Life — January 16, 1913 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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rincipat udlngs, rem I ee i an li LIFES GxfienqiaL GuipE [Te Te TREATRES Astor.—" Fine Feathers,” No- tice later. Belasco.—" Years of Discretion,” by Frederick and Fanny Locke Hatton. Witty and interesting comedy of the day admirably acted by an unusually good company. ‘Way Down Fast.” ts nineteenth season. Casino.—Mme. Trentini in “The Firefly.” operetta unusually musical and well sun joseph and His Brethren,” tice later. “ Racketty Packetty House.” Child play y Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, done by child actors in a child theatre. Interesting to children and adults. Cohan’s.—" Broadway Jones.” comedy well done. Comedy.—" Fanny's First Play.” Mr. George Bernard Shaw's witty satire directed at his customary target, British middle-class Philistinism, but with entirely new ammunition. Cort.—" Peg of My Heart.” Delightful presentation of Miss Laurette Taylor asa star in the character of a fascinating Anglo-American-Irish girl Criterion.—Mr. Robert Hilliard in “ The Argyle Case.” Interesting display of the dictograph and the finger-print system in detective play suggested by W. J. Burns. Eltinge-— Within the Law.” Thoroughly absorbing and well acted melodrama demonstrating some of the evils of ove department stores and our police systems. Empire—" The Spy,” by Henry Kistemaeckers. tice later. Forty-eighth Street.—"" Never Say Die.” Very light and laughable comedy with Mr. William Collier's fun- making as the principal feature Gaiety.—"" Stop Thief!" Combination of kleptomania and real thievery as the basis of a fairly amusing farce. Gerden.—Mr. John E. Kellerd in “ Hamlet.” Sincere but not epoch-making presentation of the classic. Gorrick—" The Conspiracy,” by John Roberts. _In- genious and diverting melodrama of under-life in New York. Well done. Globe.—" The Lady of the Slipper.” ella story the basis of an amusing musical show with Elsie Janis and Montgomery and Stone as the stars. “Farn Your Roast Beef” by taking plenty of walking and outdoor exercise; double the pleasure of eating it by having a bottle of by Mr. Eugene Walter. Elementary rural Comic Up-to-date farcical No- The old Cinder- Served with it and Ne y, 1913 Undergrous Garbage Receiver : Saves the batterim Open with the Foot. No Freeaiae: DATENTS "Hiiies FEE RETURNED Send sketch for ft tent Obiaia's Patent ana Wha Wo lavest wits He of tnveetions Casi nd prizes ofered for inventions sent fe VICTOR J, EVANS & CO. by Mr. Louis} ff Seven Million Watch-Towers in the Bell System The original campanili were the watch-towers of old Venice, guard- ing the little republic from invasion by hostile fleets. Later, bells were mounted in these same towers to give warning of attack and celebrate victories. Judged by modern telephone standards, such a system of com- munication seems crude and in- adequate. In the civilization of to-day, a more perfect intercommunication. is essential to national safety, con- venience and progress. The Bell System binds together a nation of nearly one hundred million people, by “highways of speech” extending into every nook and corner of this great country. Seven million Bell telephone stations .are the watch-towers which exchange, daily, twenty-five million messages for the happiness, prosperity and progress of all the people. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES _ One System One Policy Harris.—" Cheer Up. Hippodrome.—" Under Many Flags.” Picturesque bal- English melodr, let, glittering spectacle and interesting stage reproduc. ical effects. Very well tions of foreign scenes. Maxine Elliott's Affairs of Anatol.” Dis Hudson.-~Mrs. Fiske in “The High Road,” by Mr. jointed love affairs of a young European bachelor. Clever Edward Sheldon. A drama of American politics with an and unusual, but somewhat high-flavored. interesting sex problem as its main theme, Well staged Playhouse-—" Little Women.” Faithful and_ entirely ted. agreeable stage presentation of the characters made Knickerbocker." Oh! Oh! Delphine.” famous in M t's celebrated story. of sical show from the French. girl life in a Ss vy White and the Republic.—* A Good Little Devil." Notice lat play written and performed Thirty-ninth Street he Woman of It, to delight the childish heart. Frederick Lonsdale. tice later. Evenings, “Rutherford and Son.” Rather depressing Weber and Fields Music Hall— Roly Poly.” but evidently faithful depiction of family life in an Eng- celebrated dialect. comedians, assisted by a large com= lish manufacturing town. Also a protest against family ttempting without entire success to equal their Excellent acting, especially that of Mr. Norman Universal Service See “Drama.” s Bright and ‘ew England village. y Mr The Winter Garden.—Gertrude Hoffman in “ Paris.” Together with chorus-girls and rag then some more chorus-girls and rag-tin “AN for the Ladies.” Mr. Sam Bernard in comicbooks.com