Middletown transcript., 1920-10-30
OUR OPERA HOUSE.
Mr. Lewis Undertaking Has Proven
Success
FINE PICTURES HIS MOTTO

That Mr.. J. E. Lewis, proprietor and
manager of our towns playhouse, has
handsomely succeeded in his amusement
enterprises, the mathematics of his box
Office receipts after whole years ope-
ration, ccnclusively prove to himself.
and the Impressive spectacle of autos
and other vehicles nightly ranged along
either curb, not only on Main, but also
often Oil other streets, as certai1ly
proves that fact to the general public.
Yes, MIR. Lewis has succeeded big
and that too, right in the teeth of pessi-
mistic prophecies of failure. by not a
few, and what is more, he has me ed
that success by a fine exhibition Of
courage and initiative in making the
heavy investment OF his money in the
elegant structure which replaces the
old Town Hall, and also by presenting
first-class plays, shown by two costly
modern machines on a high priced
screen of the best and latest design
known to the scenic art.
From his station as an inexperienced
beginner, MIR. Lewis has bloss0med out
almost over night into skilful man.
ager and impresario, who knows what
his patrons want and how to give it 10
them. The Transcript feels that this
tribute is due him not only in recogni-
tion Of his creditable success, but also
because he is one of its best adver.
tisers.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings he gave that fine creation. 1.-The
Soul Of Youth" by Julia Crawford Ives.
1t is superb picture Of real boy life,
provocative of the smiles caught from
Of the boys own smiling face, full of
interest and possessing. withal, pathos
that grips hard the sympathies of all
who see it.
The story's hero is a poor neglected
'filius nullius," ''son of nobody" as
the old law books euphemistically yed
such, the boy Ed. who after suffering
the cuffs and rebuffs OF 13 miserable,
loveless years in "Home," which was
a copy of the 'Dotheboys Hall" as
pictured in Dickens ''Nicholas Nickle-
BY" runs away because, poor lad,
hungerng for something to love, and
to love him in return, he was not al
lowed to adopt homeless cur which he
hal rescued from its gamin tormentors.
He earns scanty living for himself
and his dog --''Simp," as bootblack.
cumming it with q newsie pal in an old
packing box in vacant cellar.
A theft of food brings him before
that famous humanitarian, Judge Ben
Lindsey, whose tender salvage of dere-
lict juveniles has revolutionized the
court treatment of children not only il
all America, but likewise throughout
the world. That noble, tenderhearteu
Judge himself is shown in the play, he
wisely believing that thus he could
most widely spread his beneficent gos-
pei of saving neglected, and conse-
quently errant, childhood.
Lewis Sargent. a boy with an infec-
tlOuS smile, VINO plays th3 role OF Ed. /,
gives q charming exhibition of real boy
nature and life as natural as the thing
itself. He is famous for impersonating
"Huckleberry Finn" in Mark Twain s
immortal boy classic. One could wish
every representation upon the movie
stage were as whUlesOmely clean and
inspiring as this superb movie The
Soul of Youth I" The whole town and
all the country dwellers should see this
truly great piece of Moving Picture
representation. Why not give it
again? All who once saw it would
gladly see it once more.