SATURDAY, DEC. 9, 1922 _THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. ll ee | ee oo hee -- eee TE 4 +o Se tly con + SPP erPO NET COMING ATTRACTIONS. Mon., Tues, Wed. Grand Opera House-- "Mutt and geff on The eymoon," Tuesda inee and night. * Strand-- William Fox presents Cristo." Vandeville, Fiends." Allen-- "Theodora." Thurs., Fri,, Sat, Grand Opera House-- "Come Out of the Kitchen," by the Rex Stock Company. Vaudeville between acts. Strand-- Watch Whig for announce- ment. Allen-- . "Bast is West," with Con- stance Talmadge. r Hon- Mat- "Monte "Radio Banjo QPL PP LP EEL TP PPPPPFIFPITITIIPIEIRLIO0 432244222 e dre dete COPPP POP 900 809000 "Mutt and Jeff" Here Again on a Honeymoon The perennial question of domestic, infelicity and its attendant squalls and unfortunate denouncement seems to have been thoroughly and decisively settled in the brand new concoction | of fun, laughter, merriment, screams and surprises, which is to be the piece de luxe at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday, Dec. 12th, bargain matinee and night. And who should be the ones to solve this much-mooted and troublesome problem than our old and beloved friends and conspirators in frolic than Bud Fisher's famous car- toon creations, Mutt and Jeff! As it is probably universally well-known, Jeff has been a married man for these many years. Not so with little Jeff. It was only lately that he betook to himself the burden and uncertainty of supporting a helpmate. Jeff's martial plunge from all account has been ra- ther blessed, he having found a sweet and adorable creature to share his lot | and tolerate his diminutive stature and placid nature. Mutt has not been so fortunate and it has remained for the "shortened" of the well-renowned team to show him the path to happi- ness and contentment: The result of Jeff's advice, suggestions and inven. tive resourcefulness form the basis of a pot certain to add new lustre to their popularity and furnish additional gay- ety to a universe sadly in need of sun- shine and bliss: Twenty-five original musical numbers, novelties and a cast of unusual strength and competency provide an additional incentive to those who have found the pair their milestone toward real enjoyment and pleasure. Rex Stock Company For Another Comedy | | § The fact alone that no less a per- sonage than Miss Ruth Chatterton chose it for a starning vehicle for the stige, and delightful Miss Marguer- ite Clark of screen fame, also select- ed it for a feature picture, should be solid guarantee of that delightful comedy 'Come Out Of The Kitchen" which will be the offering by the Rex Stock Company during their next three days' run in our city. Those who remember Zana Vaughn ifn "The Brat" and "Kitty Be Care- ful" and later in "Peg O' My Heart' ard parts Mke that will welcome with delight a glimpse of this charming little person in perhaps the best part she has had since being here. As "Livy" in "Come Out Of The Ki'- chen," Zana Vaughn has a complete and altogether captivating surprise for her admirers. Of course the rest of the Rex Stock Company appear to good advantage, Rex, as the man who owns the kitchen, has a part of quiet dignity, which will be a wel- come change, Joe Kelly has another one of those kid parts, and Bill Seymour has a great 'comedy role as the older bro- | ther. Incidentally this is the first time "Come Out Of The Kitchen" bas been at popular prices. Frank James has been preparing some quiMe wonderful scenery for this Prodyetion too. THEODORA CALLS FOR SUPERLATIVE Greatest Newspapers Use Very Strongest Adjectives in Its Praise. For once the adjective despised by newspaper editors and the, superla- tive that only the youngest of re- Jortyps have had the temerity to hand over to "the desk" haye appar- for EE ee HEARD ALONG KINGSTON'S THEA TRE ROW EEE EEE : r own again witn Italiar il presen lay, mns of notices v York and where the picture might indicate to the ordinary ver who has not seer the production that there has been a revival of the flowery praise and re- verberating superlatives of the cus days. The people of Kingsto: has iwill have a chance to walgh the jus- {tice of the claim that they are merit- ed For instance the dramagic critic of the New York World, who is noted his severity and who praises a screen offering declares: 'To adequately describe it would tax the vocabulary of P. T, Bar- ther ' "Thecdora' aven num' and adds' jcught to be a breeder of movie fans. {When they have seen {: {teen about the heat the they will have screen can present. 'Theodora' 18 a marvel of marvels." SARDOU AT BEST IN WRITING "THEODORA" French Dramatist's Technique Responsible for Story of Sweeping Power. Victorien Sardou, the French dra- matist, was a rare gonfus in techni- que. This is splendidly illustrated in his immortal romance, "Theo- dora," which was originally written for Sarah Bernhardt and which now serves ag the story for the world's greatest screen spectacle which Gold- wyn will present at the Allen theatra, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Critics have agreed that the story itself Is dramatically perfect. First there is what might be called a pro- logue, showing Theodora as the reigning beauty of Byzantium, wor- shipped by, scotes, nut fully realizing her charms and confident ot her powers over all men, That 1s Indi- cated when her lady in waiting grows doubtful whether the young emperor, Justinian, will come to pay her court, She knows full well that he will soon be dancing in attendance. Then fhe action carries us several years forward, She is the wife of Justinian, empress of the Rom world and truly the ruler of the v dominions, for she masters her royal husband completely. These facts the action makes clear, so when she does fall in love with the Greek, Andreas, whom she sees in her wanderings about the city, we know immediately that sbe is not a woman who gives fier affections here and there, but that suddenly a great and overpower- ng love has swept over her--con- "ered her, b= ALLEN THEATRE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY. "MONTE CRISTO" AT THE STRAND Fox Great Spectacle Sure to| Please Captious Critics of Silver Screen. Jt is generally conceded that the motion pioture has not reached, to any degree of permanency, quiie a number of persons in America, Just why it has not is more or less of a mystéry. Those few which the screen has pot reached are numbered among the older folks who still doubt that motion pictures can portray a story manner, ubting Thomas | 1 witnessing the | a adapted from the Monte Cri 3 immortal Alexandre vs produced by direction of" Emmett as, It 3 ¥ox under the J. Fl Strand starting Monday. This story, millions and as a ck which will ever remain wssic of adventure, love and {romance, provides an excellent theme {for a screen drama. It is possible {through the scope of the mdtion pic- {ture camera to carry the audience to |, { France, the locale of the story, and {there depici in a faithful way the {known as Edmond Dantes, "MONTE CRISTO" WILLIAM FOX SPECIAL PRODUCTION. tion, who have read at all, have never read this story. For this reason many who seldom go to the mation picture theatre, will do so when this great lox special! opens here. This has proved to be the case in other cities where the picture has already been shown, The local management states that "Monte Cristo" is without an equal as a screen drama. 'The - vaudeville offering Monday will be Sadie and Yam, banjoes and novelty dancing, direct from "he Keith Vaudeville circuit. Special Artists. The big vaudeville special at the Strand Theatre fdr the first three days of this week will be the Famous Radio Banjo Fiend, Sadie and Yam, announced Manager Abbey. This act is just off the Keith circuit, where it caysed a riot wherever it went and it will be presented in conjunction with the big William Fox spectacle, 'Monte Cristo." ' "| Calve Saw Cheque; Then Made Record Some of Sir Landon Ronald's most interesting musical experiences have been in getting great artists to make records. Pattl was about six- ty when she reluctantly consented to record-making apparatus had to be installed in her castle in Wales. She sang beautifully and begged to hear the record at once, which meant that it could never be used again, but they allowed her to listen to her own voice and she was enchanted. She blew kisses into the little trumpet and said many times, "What a voice! Now I understand why I am Patti. What a voice, what an artist!" Calve had to be lured .to the door of the gramophone company and when she got there she refused to go in and not until the cheque for her fee was written out and held up be- fore her could'she be persuaded to enters writ- | Du- |' William | nn and will be presented at the | | which has been read by i rarely |rlirring adventures 8f the youth first: Few, if any of the older gemera« sing into the gramaphone and the. Miss Irene Williams, the Prima Donna of Costi Fan Tutte, the Comic Opera which is appearing at Grant Hall on the evening of December 12 oth, is one of the younger Ameri- oan sopranos whose achievements in the concert field have won her much favorable notice. Miss Williams started as a planiste by friends who discerned the unusual beauty of her voice, She has ap- |peared as a soloist with the San | Francisco Symphony Orchestra and as a Grand Opera Prima Dofina win- ning success in both fields. Miss Williams' first New York re- cital took place in Aeolian Hall in 1918. The fine singing of the young soprano combined with her personal charm attracted the attention of the Society of American Singers and Miss Williams became Prima Donna of that organization during its success- ful run in the Park Theatre, New York. Miss Williams has youth, good but was induced to take up singing _ Jooks and a voice of luscious tome; she makes an ideally adorable Leo- nora in Cosi Fan Tutte. Supporting Miss Willams is an 'exceptionally strong cast of concert |singers. Mr. Leo De Hierapolis, bari- tone, sang last year with the Mont- real Opera and was regarded as the outstanding artist of the whole series «of*performances. Mr. Judson House, nor, does all the oratorio singing with the Damrosch Symphony Ordhes- tra in New York. Miss Philine Falco, soprano, in the role of Dorabella is a fine musician and artist. She first appeared on the concert stage in Hague at the age of eight, Even then, a great future was predicted for her. One of her great successes was as "Nedda" in Pagliacci at Ha- vana, Cuba. Here, she sang with Amato, Barientos, and others of note. Never before, have the music lov- ers of Kingston had such a rare op- portunity" of hearing in the course of one evening such a galaxy of artists as those appearing in Grant Hall, on the evening of December 12th. How Plays Grow. If a play cannot grow while it is being made, it can never come to life. A dramatist may plan his play to his heart's content, but if he will not permit his people to take their lives inté their own control and do with them what they® please, then ne had better abandon drama and take to another occupation. It is easier to sell ice cream than to make playe, and a rigid planner will find more profit in the former occupation than in the latter. In the best plays of all, the characters will regolute- ly refuse to. do what the dramatist tells them to do. He has, indeed, put them into the world which he bas made for them, and to that ex- tent they are bound by his will; but inside that prison they are masters |of themselves, and he, if he be wise, will \let them have their way. The hero who {is dragged with absolute | strictness from the first scene to the last without one moment of way- wardness or self-assertion is a dead hero, and will, on the first night, which will probably also be the last, bea damned hero. If your heroine will not say what you wish her to say, do not be despondent.: Lift up your heart and rejoice, for your heroine has come to life and Is no longer a puppet pushed hither and thither by the master of the pup- pets. (St. John Ervine in The Lon- don Observer.) Hated by Understudies, To appear two thousand times consecutively without missing a per- formance is surely a record. Phil Lester, now appearing fn several characters in "Round in Fifty," at the Hippodrome in- London, claims tnis achievement. He has appeared 721 times in "Joy Bells," 307 times in "See-Saw," 184 times in "Alad- din," 419 timed in "The Peep Show," 137 times in 'Jack and the Bean- eialk," and from the opening per- formance to the present date in 'Round in Fifty," without one ab- sence. Such people are, of course, the despair of understudies, but | GRAND MATINEE EVENING i nlaromibte-- 200 | THEIR « TUE, DEC. 12 A Great, -B g, Beautifully Prese nted Show--Crowded With Lively Fun, Snappy Music, Spirited Dancing and Pretty Show Girls. All Fun, MATINEE .... EVENING? PRICES SEATS NOW. OUR Will Present PRI 20c., GRAN Thursday, Dec. 14 Curtain at 8.15 sharp. Rex Stock Company Comedy "Come Out Of The Kitchen" VAUDEVILLE BETWEEN CES . SATURDAY MATINEE: CHILDREN, 10c.; ADULTS, 28c. OPERA HOUSE OWN the Delightful ACTS 80c., 50c. GALLERY . 10c. ~ For a Moment of Love She Sacrificed an Empire. THRILLING--STUPENDOUS-- SPECTACULAR SARDOU'S IMMORTAL DRAMA The history of the world has been written in its love stories. This is its greatest one, gripping the heart with its power, while the splendor of its settings mazes the eye. IF YOU MISS "THEO- DORA" YOU MAY ASB WELL STOP GOING TO SEE MOTION PICTURES, [ALLEN | Matinee Daily 2.30 | Evenings 8 clock STARTING MONDAY. USUAL PRICES. their rellability must be a conside able asset, Honeymoon Chorus with "Mutt and Jeff on Their Honeymoon," coming to 'the Grand Opera House on Tuesday, Dee. 42th, bargain matinee and night. 's RE : Chief of Police Birrell, London, is strongly opposed to the proposal to! lower the speed limit tn cities. he T THE LEAVING OF CARDS NOW OUT OF FASHION London Ladies Have Turned Their Cases into Holders For Their Cigarettes. Londom, Dec. 9.--A real casual ity fn or social customs is the leav, ing of cards. Only Ambassadors and a few old-fashioned people leave cards now, and a card case will soon be a quriosity in Mayfair. Twenty years ago thirty or forty ea were the common thing on any popular man's or woman's table. Now there is hardly ome, Carde are left at all the embas- {eles except one, which keeps a book for signatures, as if it were a royal household. Visitors to the palace do not leave cards but sign 'a, book. At Chesterfield House, as a° Kemsing- ton Palace In Princess Louise's time, visitors sign & book as a call on Princess Mary.and leave cards for her husband. it is the telephione, akled by the general slackening of social cere- mony, that is ending the old cus- tom. No ond calls now without first telephoning to see if the people wil be in, and a good. deal of calling tov haa been supreseded by telephone con- yersations. Many fashionable men, carry no cards, and many ladies have turned their tortoise shell cases into icigarette cases. Honor matriculation students Halton will be admitted to the Ha- milton Collegiate Instit until the end of the school term, the in- ternal management, committee of the Board of Education decided. from the countiés of Lincoln and | - Delinquent Taxpayers Not Allowed to Vote Cobalt, Dec. 9. -- Citizens who have not paid their taxes in full wiil not be permitted to vote at the fortn- coming electicn for mayor and coan- ell according to a by-law passed by the town council Thursday evening. Despite protest by three councillors it was decided to furnish the re- turning officers with a "defaulters' : list" which will be posted at the poll- | ing places on New Year's day. The | by-law carried only by the vote of Mayor Pipe after it had been intre- duced by Councillor Drew who was told by Councillor Fortin that ke | (Drew) had not paid his taxes when he ran for office last time. The tobacco growers of Kent ra- ceived forty per cent of the price of °j thelr 1320 rap. lstolen from a room in his house. {Handed Money to His Wife But Somebody Annéxed It' Brockville, Deg. 9.--Joseph Bd- wards, a farmef of Kitley Town- ship, is mourning the loss of $750 Edwards cashed a cheque for that amount and gave the money for safe-keeping to his wife, who ee- créted it in the living room. While Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were convers- ing in another part of the house thes heard a noise in the living room and upon investigation found a window open and the money gone. Provincial Officer A. E. Rae is investigating the circumstances of the robbery. "Tillsonburg Board of Trade is en- deavoring to secure the reopening of | the million dollar milk plant, and are sending a questionnaire to farm- ara in the district. . : » by EMMETT J. FLYNN Senario by BEANARD MS CONVILLE STRAND STARTS MONDAY PRICES: DON'T MISS THEM ! » Press and Public have acknow- ledged "Monte Cristo," the Svesient sétacy drum over Prog duced. First time ever shown at popular prices. > Plan Winter School. Cobourg, Dec. 9.---The Bay of Quinte conference winter schoaql exe- cutive is perfecting plans for a big winter school here In Jaguary. Last January saw the inception of this work in the Bay of Quinte Confer. ence, and4he efforts of the executive were rewarded by a registration of $35. This year the objective has been Ch -------- a ---- «placed at 225. The teaching stall will include: Rev. Dr. Bell, King ston; Rev. Prof. Maine, Albert Cob lege, Belleville; C. F. Plewman and Miss Winnifred Thomas, Toreats; Rev. Dr. W. BE. Smith, Toronto, a re tired missionary from China. "The foree ~{ habit is at deed great. tm