Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-14
TRe Theatres.
Concerning PrOctor's

The theatrical manager who can please
the children is the one who upfailingly
wins success. These are the jolly days
Jas well as the holidays) when the little
folks are especially eager to be amused
by visits to theatres. and in the Proctor
theatres above all others are tn y catered
intelligently and effectively. Ever since
the holidays came near Mr.. Proctor has
modelled his programmes with a keen eye
to the ~delighting of his school-chiIdren
patrons, whom he numbers in the thon-
sands On any of his bills these days,
the ''kids'' are sure 70 be tickled by clever
trained dogs, grotesque and solemn-fdced
monkeys, cutely eductted cats. or beau
tilul trained horses; while the mlrionette
shows, tho funny moving pictures with
ktheir thrilling portrayal Of S tnta Claus
midnight chimney visi all contribute to
send the little ones hOme delighted.
These are great days for Proctor child
visitor.
A recently introduced land very sue
c~essfulJ Innovation at the prOctors the
aires is that by which all patrons, whe-
Their heal at hand or far away, can have
their choice seats reserved for them three
weeks in advance. They can be ordered
by mail, by telegraph, by leleghone. or in
person. at almost any hour Of the day or
night; for the Proctor box offices are now
kept open from $50 III the forenoon uu-
til 10. 80 at night. Better than all. one
is invariably certain of courteous treat
ment in ordering his seats. And this is
4 great treat. when ono bears i'll mind
/ that iuciviIity is too often met with in the
box office Of mary metropolitan play
houses.
The wizard Edison, it is said, Invented
he Kalatechnescope, or moving picture
machine, during one of his idle days,
when his great brain lad become tired
with some of the vast problems that cou-
fronted him. II this be true, then all
| the children in the world owe a debt Of
pleasurable gratitude to that marvellous
man of Menlo Park, for of all the features
ever placed upon a theatre stage the Ka.-
| ~atechnoscope ht ads the list in its perpet-
ual fascination for the young folks. In
all my quarter of a cenlury's carer as a
| slowmau," said F. +. Proctor recently,
81 never saw All attraction that gives
such promise of becoming All absolutely
permanent feature of entertainm' nts de-
| signeb for ladies' and children rs does the
moving picture machine. At all my thu
atreS | have used it now without ceSsa-
ton for over seven years, and i'll all that
time its wonders have never ceased to de-
light its spectators, young or oil. That
is perhaps accounted for by The fact that
that the pi3tuleS are always kept up 10
| the times. For New Years week, for
example, there are snre to be several jo-
ly and spirited pictures appropriate to the
occ Sion. | wouldn't wonder a bit il the
omnipresent 'Kaly' maj wonld have pre-
dent Roosevelt receiving New Years
| ;llers! Stranger things have Happened
specially on the Kalattchnescope.'
A recently un'qHe but rapidly growing
lad III suburban towns, where good en-
'rtaiI ment is sought all the time, is the
urmatiuu of "Psoator Clubs" composed
argely of ladies and children who loug
ago acquired the Proctor hal it" during
their shopping visits to New York. these
clubs consist generally Of cougenial little
groups of friends and neighbors, from
ten to fifty ia number. who select certain
afternoons or evenings 'or ''P octor
| Theatre PARTIES" which they attend in IL
ody. A block of seats are reserved for
In advance, and there is always some
special feature introduced in the bill Tor
their benefit. Already this season nearly
forty OF these clubs have been in success
ful operation. Frequently, whist " pro
| t~ressive euchre clubs make up proctor
Clubs" as an innovation, AMI these are
always marked by especial jollity. The
general manager of the PI0Itor theatres
will be glad to give further Information
to any readers who may wish to join or
form these clubs. Addresshim at Proc
tors Fifth Avenue Theater.