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RAMS-â€" REPAIRS quate. since i What makes the picture outstanding, aside from its unusual background. its delightful love story. and its strong dramatic values. is the performance of Will F‘yfl‘e, who shares honors with John Loder and Margaret Lockwood. but whose characterization stands alone. a truly magnificent achievement. As McAdam, the wily Scotch shepherd, at odds with his neighbors and all the world. Fyfl‘e. that staunch old vaude- villian. reveals a depth of understand- ing. and a sense of drama. unsuspected llay even his oldest admirers. He belongs to the screen Hall of Fame from now on. together with pughton, or Paul Muni. .or others who occupy the too. r In short. it is a tender, moving and altogether noteworthy production. des- tined to a high rank among the “ten best.” Advance critical raves have no more than done it ju’stice'. . Writing about “To the Victor," the Gaumont picture featured at the Car- tier theatre Sunday midnight. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Feb. 12th, 13th and 14th. one critic says that if it were just the ordinary good picture, such terms as “magnificent." “sparkling" and the like might be used, but that this picture is so different from other pic- tures that such adjectires seem inap- propriate. It certainly deserves such Words. but it is so outstanding that there is no hesitationpn the part of the critic to use the usual words for a pic- ture that is so unusual. At the same time, “To the Victor" has the qualities that make for general popularity. It has proved specially pcpular â€"- over- whelmingly popular wherever shown. It is a picture for young and old; it will. delight the innocent and please even the sophisticated. Outstanding Film at the Cartier Theatre Next Week Gaumont’s “T0 the Victor” Hailed by Critics and Pu b- lic as Unique and Notable PAGE SIX 3E n no: VIKING ELECTRIC W0 FLOOR POLISHERS AND VACUUI‘I CLEANERS FOR RENT bt‘ inade- convey 10 CEDAR STREET NORTH Back in England. the "Pancake Bell” is still rung in some parishes. It was once rung everywhere. to summon all to the great Shrove Tuesday feast. in which pancakes played a part. As late as the 18th century “Lent-crocking” was a common practice. The youth of the parish would go from door to door ask- ing for bread and cheese. bacon or doughnuts. If the huseholder refused them a pile of smashed crockery was left to mark the inhospitable threshold. The association of pancakes with Shrove Tuesday can probably be credit-- ed to a thrifty desire to use all the eggs. grease, lard and dripping in the kitchen preparatory to abstinence from these foods in Lent. Try The “Pennsylvania Dutch" brought their German Fastendien'stag and its culinary evidence, the “little cakes." And wherever England's sonsâ€"and grand- sonsâ€"are found, pan-cakes are eaten, preferably in quantity. In the New World. Shrove Tuesday has survived the melting pot to be celebrated in various ways by natives of European countries. In New Orleans the French festival of Mardi Grasâ€"Fat Tuesday~has been celebrated for three- quarters of a century, with processiOns and public feasts. In old France, Mardi Gras was marked by the parading of a fat bull through main streets. Many~ customs, some dbserved and some forgotten, have grown around Shrove Tuesday through the years, says The Toronto Telegram, but the most outsianding is the most popular one of dining on quantities of well-greased, well-syrup‘ped and wellâ€"browned pan- cakes. To some, the pancake dinner on the eve of Ash Wednesday represents a. last ‘,‘feas’t" before the 40-day a'b- stinence of Lent, and to others, a strange reminder of old days and old habits before the Reformation. In days of old, Englishmen made high holiday on Shrove Tuesday With a harum-scarum football game between huge teams. each usually representing -â€"or comprisingâ€"half a town. Savants make no guesses as to the origin of “-Shrove Football", which was played with the goals sometimes miles apart, on opposite sides of town. Many Unusual Practices to Mark “Shrove Tuesday” makes of a volving two sheepdogs. situation. in a brief synopsis the manner in which it is told. Suffice it to say that it in- volves ‘he dour McAdam in a 'feud against his village; that it, includes a good romantic situation, and that. it Advance Want Advertisements Phone 590 Get rid of those annoy- ing hoists. Be certain ~ mr mdir- is perform- ing correctly. All work guaranteed. sheep-herding contest, in- of the most intelligent of an incredibly dramatic In .the meantime. and for your en- couragement, let us leak at some of the actual results claimed for xitamin‘Bl in the backyards of other folk. Daffo- dils bigger. than a salad plate are men- But the beginner is invited to make his own tests: “To test 31 in trans- planting, on seedlings, on cuttings, or as a-tgrowth stimulant. use no vitamin on some of them; but otherwise give themvide‘n’tical treatment. And then compare the vitamized plants with the non-vitamized. and fyou will have a measureof the vitamin's effect under your own conditions." SinCe these tests can be‘ carried outtwf'th.__,those wan and weary-locking begonias or geraniums on the dining-room window-sill, the idea seems fair enough. A Worker of Magic Of thousands of experiments made by (professional gardeners and horticul- turists, it is claimed that 75 per cent of the vitaminized seedlings or cut‘tings. as compared with the non-vitamized showed favorable results. This success ranged all the way from a noticeable to a spectacular improvement. It appears that 100 milligrams of vitamin B1, casting a dollar, is suffi- cient to make 2,000 gallons of the watering fluid. And what the fluid does to the plants dosed with it, is to make 'bigger, better and healthier roots. From strong and vigorous roots, it fol- lows that a strong and vigorous plant will develop, and the development will be faster. , There are other "testimonials" to the magic‘of’vitamin Bl. published in an articlein the February Better Homes ,and Gardens, and Walter Adams and Britton Logan. the authors, have had to hire extra help to ccps with a deluge of inquiries about Bl. So far, they have received 65.000 letters on the sure- ject from amateur and professional gar- deners everywhere. 'And that, we think approaches a deluge. Just a White Powder In recent months the world has learned about new plant forms and varieties produced from seeds treated by X-rays. Biochemists and plant geneticists, by the use of colchicine and other drugs. have transformed the homely marigold, pink and petunia cf yesterday into blooms of amazing size and surprising beauty. Chemical gar~ deners, growing flowers and vegetables without. soil have done equally impres- sive things. But all these processes are more or less involved and complex. It is because vitamin Bl will do wonder- ful things with plants and demands lit 1;; more in the way of technique than watering the garden with water in which a littleâ€"very littleâ€"white powder ‘ has been dissolved, that the BI treat-l ment promises to become a craze with! the gardeners of 1940. l (By Percy Ghent) Our backyard dahlia grew sicker and sadder Till .we dosed it with vitamin B. [Now we have to borrow a neighbor‘s ! ladder ‘ To cut blooms from our dahlia tree. Lest you shOuld think the obscure bard who penned the jingle above has too vivid an imagination, we hasten to quote from a letter of Dr. Fred Bartlett, dental surgeon of Washington, 0.0., to vitamin :Bl booSter. Walter Adams. “I’ ve bx. een dabbling With the effects of vitamins on teeth for years and last year I began to try 81 on plants. Last Monday morning I climbed a stepladder beside a 12-foot dahlia and cut a blos- som 10 inches in diameter from a stem 3 feet long. It's‘in my office now." Miracles of Growth Credit- ed to Vitamin Used in Garden Work. Vitamin B. Becomes Star Performer 0f Gardening Tricks Anathcr Big Foto-Niteâ€"THURSDAY NITE. FEB. 151‘“. (3 BIG DAYS) “BABES IN ARMS” Starringâ€"MICKEY ROONEY. JUDY GARLAND AND CHAS. W'INNINGER SHORTS “Mad Maestro" “Pound Foolish" “Forgotten Victory" Starringâ€"DEAD END KIDS. JOHN LITEL AND FRANKIE THOMAS ALSO ADDED SHORTS Another Big Foto-Niteâ€"Two Big Ofi'erSâ€"lst Offer ($250.00) 2nd Offer ($75.00) Friday and Saturday, February 9th and mm Starringâ€"ED‘VARD G. ROBINSON AND RUTH HUSSEY SHORTS Sunday Midnight, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 11. 12, 13, 14 (4 BIG DAYS) Starringâ€"“’1“. POWELL and MYRNA LOY SHORTS Thursday, Only, February 8th “ON DRESS PARADE” PALACE “ANOTHER THIN MAN” N OTICEâ€"On Double Feature Programmes coming to our theatres, we reQuest our patrons to attend the Theatre not later than 8.00 pm. to see entire performance. TELEPHONE 560 “BLACKMAIL” Universal News THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE. TIMM’INS. ONTARXO AT THE TIMMINS THEATRES Sud‘oury Stanâ€"Personally, we think some of the old movie 'bewitchers had more “oomph” than the Ann Sheridans and Lana Turners. Certainly there was more of them. The general and economic geology of the region is clearly and briefly des- cribed as well as the means of access and tOpography. The report points out that this area oflers fair possibilities for ‘both copper and gold. mineralization and appears to merit careful prospecting. It may. be obtained on request from the Director, Quebec Bureau of Mines, Quebec City. The Quebec Bureau of Mines is is- suing Preliminary Report, P. R146, by W. W. Langley. This report deals with the Kitchlgama Lake ,Area. lying 95 miles North of Amos and 20 miles West of Mattag-ami Lake. Quebec Issues Report on the Kitchigama Lake Area At, all events, vitamin Bl promises to provide a lot cf fun for the gardeners _of 1940. And some pretty tall stories of successâ€"we hopeâ€"will drift over back- yard fences on cool summer evenings. In transplanting, vitamin Bl seems to be a godsend to gardeners and florists alike. Experiments of the most drastic nature have revealed that with the use of Bl, there was no root shock. no wilting and no setback in 86 per cent of the trials. Ruiz-her plants, poinsett-ias. rhododendrons and other varieties grown under glass were moved from hothouse to garden or garden to hot- house without loss of leaves or the usual drooping. “They never batted an eye under the ordeal.” quoth one gardener. For the mo:?: part, however, the ex- periments of amateurs b-ring songs of praise. Watered twice with Bl a Chiistmas cactus owned by a man in Nebraska doubled in size in a month. though no growth whatever had been observed in the previous .two years. Gardenia Bud Grew Root In-Virginia another plant of the same kind had rarely bloomed. A few drinks of B1 were given, and like magic a bud appeared on almost every tip. And .the 131 was taken by a woman of San Marino. California. She plucked a «bud from the corsage of gardenias she was wearing, tucked it into a flat of sand and leafmold, and fed it Bl. A few weeks later she displayed it at a meet- ing of the local horticultural society. It was a healthy little plant with five leaves and “a pack of roots as big as a baby‘s fist." . Cactus Respondea Those not. treated were less than half the size. and had no blooms to speak of. Orchids reacted to Bl like avkitten to cream. and were almost as fast and {Hairy 1!: their growth. More precisely. they made about double. the growth in jless than a year‘s time than the un- '.reated specimens. In the case a: gar- denias. ‘cegonias and camellias. the favorable results reported in word and picture of the plant dosed with Bl as against those not dosed. were even more striking. Sometimes. indeed. »Bl is altogether toot enthusiastic. There was a,Cali- fornia nurseryman. for instance. who had ‘been persuaded by an equally en- thusiastic Bl salesman to use his pro- duct on bedding plants. It would hasten their growth and speed up business Alas! ‘twas but a Week later when a wild-eyed nurseryman snatched the telephone and palled the salesman: “You‘ve ruined the sale of my+plants,"’ he yelled. “They are only three inches high. and in full bloom.“ tioned. So are five-inch rose buds. and dahiiu with stems taller than the tail- est policeman. helmet and an. English primrose treated with Bi were large and flourishing punts thirty “5‘s after tramplantins. and had unusually fine flowers. “A Dog in a Mansion” ['niversal News Fox News ‘C‘HARLIE CHAN AT TREASURE ISLAND Saturday, After Midnight Sunday (12.15 am. and Monday, February 10th, 11th and 12th JOHNNY MACK BROWN and BOB BAKER in Revival on Friday, Feb. 9th, One Showing Only at 9.40 pm. EDW. G. ROBINSON in “CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY" “Life in Paris"â€"a Travelogue Paramount News Serialâ€"“DAREDEVILS 0!“ RED CIRCLE"â€"Episocle No. 8 “Judo Experts”-â€"â€"A Sports Novelty “Snapshots" No. 3 “Organ Novelty"-â€"With the Crawfords Due to the tremendcus popularity of the REVIVAL NIGHTS. the Goldfields Theatre will Show EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. commencing, Friday, Feb. 2, 1940, an outstanding hit of Last Season. - Tuesday and Wednesday, February 13â€"44 Double Feature Programme SIDNEY TOLER. CESAR ROMERO, PAULINE MOORE in Thursday and Friday, February 8th 9th EDITH FELLOVVES and JAMES MacCALLlON in GOLDFIELDS ADDED SHORTâ€"“Miracle at Lourdes"â€"-a Travelogue “ PRIDE OF THE BLUE GRASS" SECOND FEATURE OTTO KRUGER and DNA MUNSON in Only a small percentage of those tested recalled that in the initial pic- ture of the series. the “Thin Man" was Clyde Winant, an inventor, who is murdered early in the story and his body disposed of by burial beneath the floor of his laboratory. The part was played by an actor who,- having been Tests by the studio ‘and by Powell himself have proved that. To twelve of his Hollywood acquaintances. Powell mentioned that he had never played the “Thin Man." “What are you talking about?‘f replied eleven out of the twelve. “We saw you play the character in tht first picture." Similar but more extensive soundings of the public‘s memory ‘by the studio disclosed the same thing. But they were a long time making the choice because the “Thin Man." who gave his name to the first picture of the series, died in that picture to fur- nish mystery for the Detective Nick Charles created by Powell. Yet. through an odd quirk on the public’s part, the character of the Thin Man was shifted from its original owner to Powell. “DESPERATE TRAILS” That is a ten-word diagram cf the dilemma that two of Hollywood's top writers faced when they sought a. name for the newest of that rollicking mys- tery series, co-starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. They finally settled on the name. “Another Thin Man.“ and under that title it will be seen at the Palace theatre Sunday midnight. Mon- day. Tuesday. Wednesday. Feb. 12th. 13th and 14th. The Thin Man is dead. long live Thin Man! Who is the Thin Man to be at the Palace Theatre Next Week Seeking a Name for Play “SCANDAL SHEET” With” Rollie-king ’M’ys'téi; Plot. , TELEPHONE 531 ADDED SHORTS ADDED SHORTS fami'Y? Yes! There's been a blessed event in the ”Thin Man" family. Meet the NEW BABY in "ANOTHER THIN MAN" at your local theatre. V the n counssv or MEIlO-HOOtfibvwflYN-MAYER I 000 0:000. 00000000. 000000090 0.000000009000000... V4900. "000900.ocoo”:0’030000303039000000000009003030000.6000?09009009000.090oooooooooooou’ooooooooo933.309.000.303“?00006000930000... ova 0.09.09.00.00. 0.... . 33:V.V.V.u8v.u..uxutuz.twouxoxutuzux. uxuxuzuohxuxuzvoanuohxuzuxuzn..uxutuxuxuzu. Montreal Gazettezuwuh all these bureaus «being established at Ottawa it looks as if the Government will have a lot of second-hand fumiture on its hands at the end of the war. Faced with the widespread belief that William Powell was the “Thin Man." the studio and the writers. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. capituo lated and draped the “Thin Man" mantle on the star. titling the new picture. "Another 'I‘hin Man" to at' both Powell and a brand-new character" the infant son of Nick and Nora Charles. The Junior Thin Man, who figures prominently throughout the picture. is played [by eight-months-old William Poulsen. baby find of the season. Starring NOAH BERRY JUNE DUPREZ. NIALL MAGGINNIS AND HUGH WAKEFIELD Startingâ€"JOHNNY DO‘VNS. MARY CARLISLE and EDDIE Ql'll.l.:\N ALSO “ON DRESS PARADE” Mascioli Theatre, Schumacher Starringâ€"DEAD EN.” KIDS. JOHN LITEL, FRANK THOMAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 141‘" and “ST" SUNDAY MIDNIGHT. <12.15‘a.m".) MONDAY AND 1‘l7l'ZSl):\\' FEBRUARY 11â€"12â€"13 DOUBLE FEATURE um)“ AND QA'llRDAY FEBRi “Aiu’h'm‘and 101‘" Starringâ€"EDWARD G. ROBINSON and RUTH IH'SSEY ' ADDED SHORTS LAST SHOWING TO-NlGllTâ€"THITRSDAY. FEB. 81‘]! With JOAN BLONDELL and MELVYN DOUGLAS Wednesday and Thursdaf, February 1-1â€"15 “ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES" Starringâ€"DEAD END KIDS. ANN SHERIDAN AND RONALD REAGAN NEW EMPIRE Friday and Saturday, February 9th 8:16;}; “SOCIETY LAWYER” Starringâ€"WALTER PIDGEON, VIRGINIA BRYCE. and LEO CARRIILO CARTOONâ€"“DATE T0 SKATE" “GOING PLACES”â€"N0. 47 “THE AMAZING MR. WILLIAMS" Last Showing To-Nightâ€"Thurs., Feb. MATINEE EVENING Adults ................ 25c Adults .............. Children ............ 10c Children .......... Sunday Midnight Monday and Tuesday February 11th, 12th and 13th “FIRST LOVE” Starringâ€"DEANNA DURBIN. ROBERT STACK AND HELEN PARISH “COMMUNITY PRICES” EVERY DAY AT THE NEW EMPIRE THEATRE, MATINEE EVENING Starringâ€"FRED MacMURRAY. ALLAN JONES AND MADELEINE CARROLL SERIAIrâ€"“HAVVK OF THE \VILDERNESS"â€"-No, 3 SERIALâ€"“HAWK OF THE WILDERNESS"-â€".\'u. 4 LOONEY “THE CRIMSON CIRCLE" “HAWAIIAN NIGHTS" TOON “BLACKMAIL” TELEPHONE 173 ADDED SHORTS PHONE 60 CARTOONâ€"“PORKY'S Pl('.\'l(" Lute." Cabbnn wn. some weighing 30 acme even «um. nsurmasod fur Kraut tableau. Verytnmunx o wnu‘ mama-um dos-chm. Our sale. of Jum )0 (‘ub ago Imam»: exceeded all other; 3’“. News. 660; mamas FREEâ€"OUR BIG 2940 SEED AM) NURSERY BOOKâ€"Boner Than Ever DOMINION SEED MUSE. GEORGETOWN. ONT. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8TH. mo JUMBO CABBAGE 25c 15c 8th :~:«:»:-~ 30 mm In uni UM! QI'I