Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-17
AT THE DITMAS

The Ditmas theatre will show two
all star feature attractions today. Tit
popular queen of comedy plus drama
Constance Talmadge, in a special Sc
lect p~hotoplay, Romance and Ara
bella" will be one of the drawing
cards and Mary Miles Minter will be
seen in wives and Other Wives"
Constance Talmadge Is presented in
a role that gives her every opportun-
ity to make use of her rare and indi-
vidual quality of acting. The picture
featuring Miss Minter has the faculty
of keeping the audience constantly
amused and intensely interested.
Edith Cavell, who lived with her
mother in the little town of Norfolk,
England, was being courted by a
young neighbor, George Brooks. They
were both very much in love with
each other, but when it came time
for the proposal, Edith declined. She
intended to devoteher life to nurs-
ing and the care of the sick and mis-
cradle.
A few years later Edith Cavell be-
came a recognized authority in the
field of nursing. She was directress of
three Belgium hospitals and i~nstruc-
tress at the Belgium School for Ger
tilted Nurses. During one of her trips
back to England she again meets the
sweetheart of her girlhood days,
George Brooks, who has become a
lieutenant In the English army. Dur
Ing an uprising in Africa, Brooks has
been blinded and his wife killed. He
las come back to his home town with
his only son, Frank, to attend to the
preparation for the restoration of his
eyesight. Edith decides to remain I'M
I'll after the operation.
On August 4, 1914, Lieutenant
Brooks regains his eyesight. The same
day word is received that Germany
has declared war on Franc and has
begun an invasion of Belgium and
that England has already begun to
mobilize.
first call to England's sons and enlists.
Edith Cavell goes back to her post
of duty In the Brussels hospital.
After the fall of Louvain and Liege,
the Huns are about to enter Brussels,
when word is brought to Nurse Cav
ell. She refuses to leave her post. She
has received a letter from Lieutenant
Brooks, telling her that his son has
been reported as missing and asking
her to do her best to locate him, Dur
ing her daily trips to the cellars of the
hospital where the wounded soldiers
of the Allied nations have been
placed, she m upon Frank Brooks. !
h helps him escape to the Holland j,
border. She Is discovered and impris-
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ed many English boys to escape. Upon
this confession she is taken before the
Military Court and sentenced
to die. Al two o'clock in the morn
ing of October ~, 1915. this martyr to
was marched to the prison
yard and shot.
This is the ~stupendous and dramatic
story of THE Cavell Case" Selects
big special produced by Joseph L.
Plunkett and Frank J. Carroll, which
will be seer al the, Ditmas theatre
tomorrow and Saturday. /!
New Fox Picture is jungle Story. I
(Advance.)
A society romance that leads to the
ungles of Africa and follows a lover /
through a series of thrilling escapes
rom death Is the thine of the newest y
Fox picture starring William t
The production entitled
The Jungle TRAIL will be the feature y
4 the bill at the Ditmas theatre for I
days, beginning tapaSs[L
ararfc Incidents OF the
LAY is said to be a fight between an f
american hunter and a whole tribe of a