Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
Theatre NewS
Strand

Lois is the daughter OF a noon
accustomed to n care-lIee
life of the mountains, no
code of morals or o .n
that of self-indulgence. brotb,
student of philosophy, and his protn-
or Dean, studying for the ministry,
attend college not far distant from
moonshiner's cave. ekln rec
raetion the brothers hike TO Inc
country to the mountains. Here tney
narceive Lois bathing In a nearby
brook. Her wonderful figure ana APP
beauty impress Bruce Vioiehe-
iv. the lure of the flesh possesses L
When Lois sees d sIrahsels So
r,ns away. Before Dean can stop
Rrnce. the latter is following her.
h brothers reach the cave just as
the sheriff is about to place her IN
der arrest for participation IN her IL
Iicit Bruce ~interceoes,
hegs her to come to the city. Sne
leaves her surroundings, and Is later
seen as barmaid at the College I'M
Bruce and Lois are enveloped IN q
secret love affair until sucn q llnie 3S
a interferes with his studies.
When Bruce attempts to shun ner,
he ands that it is too late. She a
become accustomed to the ways OF
~ World and defes him. Time
hrinos MANY changes. Her charms
are sIlurins alike to the college train
ar the actor. the musician, the bank
er and the a~ristocrat, who, eacn IN
his turn, falls prey to her macnina-
tons. This picture is shown at the
Strand today and tomorrow.
Ditmas.
Alice Brady IS each part n plays,
and that is why her performance 10
= Convincing in her latest Select PIC
ture. THE Ordeal of Rosetta" wnlcn
is to be the feature attraction at the
Ditmas today and tomorrow. In thls
photodrama Miss Brady creaIes tne
twin sisters but radically different
phystcally, mentally and no
setta is sweet, reliant girl, blessed
with every virtue, who supports her-
self and her aged father by learning
stenoRraphy and securing a posluon
Arst in a typist's agency and later as
the secretary to Aubrey Hapgood, q
successful novelist. Her
and gentility win his heart, n oe-
spite the unfortunate incident OF no
setta's innocently posing for a rlsque
hiii-noster. he sees her true worth
and, at the close of the story marries
her.
Lola. her sister, Is seen as a mem
Der of the underworld, a felloW-con
spirator of sharpers and commences
men m~asouerading as foreign nopllity
who seek to Aubrey's sister
Lola is venomous, revengeful, impure
and possessed of the basest
in human nature.
A tremendous contrast, and one
which owes its successful delineatlon
~ nm TAlInlu
portrayal of each role by Alice Brady
the versatile, the winning Select star;
AS has been previously announced
no one will be admitted in h even
ing from eight fifteen until nine TO-DAY
and tomorrow as the final scenes oi
'aThe Ordeal of Rosetta" are SO un-
usual that the management insist thal
patrons see the picture from h star
and not witness 1t backwards. WI
liam Desmond in 1Old Hartweirs
Club" is the added attraction TO-DAY
and tomorrow.
John Mccormack.
The sale of tickets for the concert
IN he given by John Mccormack, the
celebrated tenor, in Ocean Grove Au-
ditorium on Saturday night will open
at the Auditorium box office, Thurs
day morning
MT. MCCOTu1ACh Will nav 6o
sisting artists on the 18th, Fllgn
Lieut.. Donald McBeath, violinist; Ed
win Schneider who has been his &C
companist during the past v sea
sons, and Harold A. Fix, the organis
at Ocean Grove. -,
Mr.. Mccormack will sing n OF his
greatest programs at this concert. Il
will include such pronounced favorite,
as the Lullaby from anc
Gounod's ave Maria" with violir
obligato. 'SThe Lost Chord" with VIC
lin. organ and piano; "rhe Last hoss
OF Summer" The Long, Long Trail,
keep the Home-fires Burning" 60
Be With Our Boys Tonight" Little
Mother OF Nine" Mother Machree,'
"I Hear You Calling Me-" "Macushla-'
City.
Two more large houses yesterda,
was the answer to Mr.. Lewis n nj
| company in The House of Bondage
| This play seems to have met with in
| slant favor and besides teaching
| great moral lesson the stage mount
lfngs, the meritorious performance an
ali, 20 to make this n Of the bes
plays yet given.
The play, while sensational, Is ais
intensely dramatic. S1he author, wit
a daring that marks him as one of tn
most important dramaIlsts OF toua,
has taken problems of life that hid
den though they are usually alloweI
to remain, veritably shrek for dis
QUESTION, and through the medium o
the play that Is vital, thrilling an
powerful he has set them forth be
fore the world.
MAJESTIC
Nowhere in all this great world o
amusement is there to be found
musical extravaganza Organization
that can compare with the New Boz
ton Girls" the attraction at the Ma
jestic Saturday and Monday. There
mot q wait or stop in the entire shoy
from the rise to the fall of the cur
tain. There Is one rapid IRE deliver
OF clever connections in the theatres
amusement line. The ~specialties ar
all new and up to date.
Huns Act Against Rent ProAteers.
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 14:-Koenigs