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PAGE. SEVEN Screen News and Reveiws by "Old Bill? tia eg te ed inte sR oo oy NEW MARTIN 8 | As a tonic to those who have not had a good laugh for some time, we prescribe the bill now being pre- sented by the management of the New Martin theatre. This program includes two very funny comedies and a feature picture 'Cheating Cheaters", with many amusing epi- sodes which are guaranteed to make even the most hardened theatre- goer'crack his face with a grin. When a gang of society criminals attempts to rob an innocent mil- lionaire and his family of their fam. ous jewels, the story becomes in- teresting, buy when this milllionaire turns out to be not quite so "inno- cent" as you would suppose and is, . in reality, plotting to do the same thing with them, thinking that they are also wealthy, things are bound to happen, and they do! @ NEW MARTIN-Now COMEDY 'A Fool and His Honey" GAUMONT WEEKLY Now ) Playing! DOROTHY GISH In----- "Madame Pompadour" COMING! "THE BIG PARADE" ¥ Vo Hetty Compson, as the daughter of one family and Kenneth Harlan as the son of the other, find it very hard to keep from falling in love with each other, as each has been sent to bait the other for the trap. The complications which follow ¢an easily be imagined. The conclusion comes as a great surprise and will only be appreciated by actually see- ing the picture. s ! The first comedy entitled "A Fool and His Honey" is one of mis- taken identity. Van Bibber is mis- taken for a mysterious gentleman sent out by the newspaper. This man when accosted by any woman and asked if he was her "loved one" would réply "There must be some mistake." This woman would there- by be awarded a free trip to New York. The tangle which follows is very amusing, and should not be missed. the other comedy. It is a Neal Burns production and as the title suggests concerns turkeys. Jack Duffy is the prospective father-in-law and is as funny as ever. - [| "MADAME POMPADOUR"" AT THE REGENT Though the main incident of the picture now being shown at the Re- gent, that of Madame Pompadour's love for the young artist Laval, may not be recorded in written history, it is more than probable that La Pompadour had many such affaires du coeur to vary the moratony of the court life of that period, which mainly consisted in doing nothing in the most elegant possible way! In practically every other respect, however, strict attention seems to have been given to the historical verities, As a little girl her mother, Madame Poisson, did actually take her to see a fortune teller, who fore- told that she should be a King's mistress, before she was twenty-five. She was about twenty-three when she caught the roiring eye of Louis XV, and though his love for her did not last long, she managed to retain her position at court until her death in 1764. Her troubles. with the Comte de Maurepas are also a matter of his- tory, and he was one of her bitter- est and most dangerous enemies. La Pompadour"s main interests, however, were political rather than amorous, and she ruled France from her boudoir with a rod of iron. Nothing could he ddne without her sanction, and her favour was sought by the highest in the land, Voltaire was one of the most familiar fig- ures in her entourage, and she en- couraged such artists as Greuze, Brun, and others, whose paintings are now among the most famous in the world. Madame Pompadour has a par- - We Specialize in the Best Quality and Service--Our Motto Argue & McLaughlin 110: King St. W. - Phone 1246 "Gabby Gobblers" is the title of , ticular interés¢ (br Catiddiank; for one. of the result, of her political manoeuvres was the famous Seven Years War, which finally resulted in the, loss of Cagada by the French. Had it not. been this woman and her extraordinary power, who knows what might have happened in North America? Quite possibly this great Dominion would still be a French colony, or, more probably, would have become a part of the United States, These few historical notes are given in the hope that they may add to the interest of this drama of old France, in which Dorothy Gish plays so delightfully the beau- tiful mistress of Louis the Well- Beloved. : In the comedy, Eddie Horton, the queer-faced funmaker, has an op- portunity t3 address a gathering of ladies on Phy Wrong With Our Girls?" a subject with he seems to be quite, familiar, Being disguised turer, has its disadavntages, especi- ally when an electric fan gets going at high sneed. Of course, the real Blue-stocking arrives just at the critical moment, and Eddie has to fly for his life. However, he gets what he came after, which was a picture of "the girl" go everything ends as such things usually do. iE etapa ee "CHEATING, CHEATERS SOCIETY CROOK FILM EXCITES AND AMUSES What watuld you think if you were told that some of New York's rleverest crooks had' broken down the barriers of society and had in- vaded the realms of the upper class? This is only a wee fraction of the plot that is interwoven for the bas- is of "Cheating Cheaters," ine | reatest somedy-drama production of thé season. which opened an en- gagement of 3 days at the New Mur- tin Theatre here last night. With Eddie Gribhon and Irwin Cennelly, an unbeatable comedy team, playing supporting roles to the intriguing blonde beauty, Betty Compson, it is no wonder that the house fairly shook with laugun.er. And in the next instant to be thrust into a spirit of depression as the handsome Kenneth Harlan has his Infty ideals of love shattered on | the rocks of reality, all tends to hcld the interest of the most crit- iral audience, And the mirth-pro- voking climax surpasses all the fantastic fancies of imagination, E. J. Ratcliffe, one-time matinee idol of New York, who was seen in "Held hy the Law," portrays the role cf an aristocratic member of the 400, and the husband of the | celebrated actress, Maude Turner Gordon ,in this great screen version of the workings of the underworid, Others in the supporting cast are ' Sylvia Ashton, enacting cne of her favorite mother roles, Lucien Little- field and Cesare Gravina, This is Edward Laemmle's second consee™ tive crook picture for Universal, and aceerding to enthusiastic audiences is one of the finest crook pictures ever filmed. ROLE OF "PIED PIPER" PLAYED BY COW MOOSE Aylmer, Que., Oect, 24--The strangest 'pied poper" of all time enticed children of this town into a "parade" last week-end, Becom. | ing separated from its usual wooded | haunts, a large cow moose wandered along a street skirting the Ottawa River, and with its loud bellowing attracted a group of children, who were quick to follow the animal, Eventually the moose leaped froin the sidewalk over a six-foot fence and disappeared toward the river. WOMANS PAGE OUR DAILY SUMMER SQUASH WITH CORN Parboil a summer squash, cut a rcund from ithe top and: scoop out the centre, Have ready 2 cups of | canned corn drained from the liquia with one well beaten egg. % tea- spoon salt, 3% teaspoon white pep- rer and 2 tablespoons melted but- ter. Rub the inside of the squash with salt, pour the corn mixture in, replace the top and. bake in a quick oven. Serve at Bye, * CORSET DEMONSTRATION Miss McCulloch, of the famous Nemo Corsets, will be at The Arcade, second floor, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, and will be pleased to give advice regarding this popular corset. 7 Phone for Appointment as Miss Blue, a veteran female lec- | the German frontier. { road will be linked with those going | od operate {the tep of | put up to the memory of the earlv THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1927 "CROSS-COUNTRY AUTO. HIGHWAY Rotterdasi to German Fron' tier by Way of the Hague Coast to Leyden PRIVATE ENTERPRISE Toll Rate of Two Florins a Vehitle Proposed for Up- keep and Interest The 'Hague, Oct. 25--Owing to the difficulties of making solid foundations - for the railroads be- cause of the sandy nature of the ground in Holland the question of motor road traffic is more serious here than in most countries. In spite of this, however, possibly be- cause of the large amount of canal traffic, the roads have fallen sadly behind, and there are few stretches of more than a mile or two that a gelf-respecting motorist will travel at any considerable speed. districts a speed limit obtains, that | kilometres an hour." | A proposal now has been made | to build a road entirely for motor ttraffic starting at Rotterdam, pass- in along the coast through The | Hague, turning inland at Leyden, | 80 as to go by the aerodrome at | Schipol, through Amsterdam and | thence by Utrecht and Arnhem to Here the north to Hamburg and south toward Switzerland and Italy. This road, | it is suggested, will be a private en- terprise run on somewhat the same manner as a railway, but all that it implies, that the rolling stock will be casual and in stead of a charge being made for carrying pas- sengers and goods a toll will be charged for the right of running each vehicle and for each occasion. How this will he worked out is a matter of detail to be settled when the road is approaching completion. At present it is merely under dis- cussion. ' The proposal, so far as it has al- | ready developed, is that a road | should be made of from sixty-five to eighty feet in width which will cost from thirty-five to forty-five million florins. Besides the main road certain sideroads will be con- | structed leading to important towns | and residential districts off tej route, It is estimated that an av- erage of from 150 to 200 automo- | biles of various kinds would travel | over the road an hour, besides a | number of autobus services that! would he» organized, t ! With a charge of, say, two florins | a vehicle, it is estimated that from the firet a profit of two million flor- ins as a minimum annual profit | could be anticipated, while with further development this gradually would be increased. Allowing for a reasonable reserve fund being pro- | vided this would be more profitable than most of the European railways have been for many years, apart, of course, from the indirect profit! which a convenient means of trans. | port for goods and passengers. brings. ! One great advantage or tho pio: posed route is that it forms a useful main 'artery for the whole country without interfering seriously with existing roads or railways, while the cost of making, including that of the necessary land and rights of way, is less than it would be were the old routes followed more exact- ly. t MOTHER SEES BABY KILLED BY TRAIN Port Arthur, Oct. 24.--Mrs. J. Thi- beault, of Long lac, was unable, de- spite frintic effdfts, to prevent her two and a half years old baby boy from being cut to pieces by a CN.R. freight tram vesterday morning. She had just washed and dressed him for the day, and placed him on the kitchen floor while she attended to something else, when she saw the tot had walked out to the. track and was sitting between the rails with a freight train approaching hin. The mother watched her baby's life being crushed out, powerless to prevent the fatality. Her husband is watchman at the (".N.R. shop: at Long Lac. SOLEMN SERVICES : MARK ANNIVERSARY Port Arthur, Oct, 24--Yesterday being the sixtieth anniversary of Father La Rue's entry into the Jes- nit Order, the Roman Catholics of Port Arthur comfemorated the oe- casion, High Mass was celebrated in the morning at St. Andrew's Church by the aged Jesuit himself, with Rev. H. Cormier, Toronto, as deacon, and Rev. J. Des Jardines of St. Boniface College, Winnipeg, as | subdeacon, Rev. Father Mondhan of St. Patrick's, Fort William, was the preacher, In the evening Father A. J. Pri- meau, pastor of the parish, assisied by Rev. E. O'Gara of St. Ignatius Church, Winnipeg. and Rev. Father Cotter of Port Arthur, unveiled and blessed a bronze memorial tablet Jesuit missionaries. The tablet was given by L, J.B. Bolduc, one of the most prominent Catholics in | the city, an Alderman 6r many years || and a past President of the Kiwanis | Club. It has been placed in the main vestibule of the churéh. The service concluded benediction of the Blessed Sacra- ment by Rev. Father La Rue, as- sisted by Rev. T. Filiatreault. Supe rio of the Jeenit Order, Montreal, and Father O'Gara. In most |road together with the present Cor- ley Mountain highway from Colu:- in the towns being generally thirty jado Springs te Cripple Creek would two roads serving a single objective | or wilh' the solemn PUBLIC HiGHWAY TOP PIKES PEAK Policy to Result in Con- struction By 1929 Washingten, Oct. 25.--Public ownership of a motor highway to the summit of Pike's Peak in Col- crado, not later than 1935, is guar- anteed by the action cof Secretary of Agriqulture Jardine in accept- ing the offer of the Pike's Peak Auto Highway Co. to convey to the United States its present highway te the summit of the famous moun. tain, together with 500 acres of privately owned land apd all strue- tures appurtenant to the operation of the road, subject to the reserva- ticn by the company of the right to use without cumpetition and at prevailing toll rates until the close of the season of 1935. The offer was accepted in pre- forence to the proposal of W. D. Corley to donstruct a second toll road to the summit of the peak, on the opposite side of the moun- tain. with the understanding that at the end of six years the new become public property without cost. It is probable the State of Cotur- ado will be willing to assume the maintenance of one highway to the peak, but quite improbable that it would undertake the maintenance ot point and class of users, The Pike's Peak Auto Highway Co., secured a permit to construct a motor toll road to Pike's. Peak from the Department of Agriculture in 1915, The permit provided that in 1940, five year intervals thereafter, the public might assume ownership of the road by paying the cost of its construction. HIGHWAY SAFETY co Si 2 MMITTEE dap pips? TO MAKE MOTORING SAFER Ottawa; Oct. 24--In an attempt to reduce the number of accidents at level crossings, the. Board of Railway Commissioners has issued an order requiring the railways td lower all danger signs to within 5 feet or 5 feet 6 inches of the ground. The purpose of the order is to bring the signs low enough to be illumin- ated by the headlights of motor cars, 4 'a MARVELLOUS VALUE It is really marvellous the wealth of good, wholesome, instructive read- ing matter in each issue of The Family Herald and Weekly Star of Montreal. It is a wonderful combin- ation of three great papers: a week- ly newspaper covering the news ga- thering organization in existence; a family magazine of interes! to ev- ery member of the family, old and young; and an agriclutural journal that is worth, alone, many times the price of the paper, Just imagine a combination centaining all the a- bove features in a big 72 page pa- per, and all for the price of ue average country weekly---cne dollar a year. 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