Putnam patriot., 1926-12-17

tie Ha Pax Here uFu the Hf0UaGka 9A all the world never moHe temRtmgiS displayed than tn this eXtrasaganf age of our own.
 The Holiday Theatres
 Ii you are coming to town for the holidays you will want to kno" tast what are the plays to see and We venture to recommend few. N md ham CountyItes will naturally want to see the enormously successful pro- .duetlon made by Ninton treedley ot Pomfret. lt Is called, 'Oh, Kay and K playing Co capacity audiences at the imperial Theatre. This tune, Mr. FreeaIey and hls partner, Mi. Aarons. have gone even farther than m their previous successes. Miss Gertrude Lawrence sings and dances delightfully. the music Is by Georg (;ershwin and the whole affair. IS on the whole, completely deligntial evening m the theatre.
 Of the plays, there IS of course, that stupendous success, bfoadWayi playing at the Broadhurst and If you can get seats-the prices, we may tell you. are prohibitive IS no more thrilling play in town. Down at the Empire, the beautifully acted pre- sentation of The Captive stlli at- tracts crowded houses nightly and Tor two matinees a week Up at Hamp- den's Theatre. Walter Hampden IS attaining his usual success in an ltai- ian romantic comedy. But of all the delightful events of the season, the return of Miss Ethel Barrymore Co success at Maxine Elhotts Theatre was perhaps the most pleasant. Mss Barrymore, thin and perennlally beau tifu and the purple velvet voice more charming than of yore, plays briskly and brightly in an unimport. ant but amusing trifie by Somerset Naughan entitled irThe Constant Wife" |" Then over in Forty Ihrd Street. Holbrook Blinn. finally freed from a long service in gun ana som brero, k playing suavely and delight fully the latest Molnar success, en- titled eThe Plays the Thing.
 Opera and Such Music
 In the Metropolitan. which some still delight in calling the Yellow Brick Temple of Bad Music, there Brovresses season that here and tbere has a high light and many over which q shadow is cast. Jeritza, the great Jeritza. still continues Go dom mate the house with her singing and her art Recently, Madame Jeritza made one of her greatest successes m the role of the Princess Iurandot In the last and unfinished opera or Puccini To the production the Metro polltan gave ll the limit oi lts large resources The setting were gorgeous tb. chorus was massive and beautli li- Iv trained. inc 0rches Lra was superb. H directed la a role which would have taxed Che limits uf the greatest of vocaI artists, Madame Jerltza crowned the work with an astonisilii.e .'ll, and magnificent per; ;ss .s.@isee, v 9,, andot," we venture to pfealeI VII never enjoy q great uceimi success for it's music IS not the meloaio1a score of "Boheme" or "Butterhy or aTosea." However, so long as Madame Jeritza lends to the pro~ duction her superb talent t will be worthy Of a place in the Metropoil- tan's repertoire.
 A Monumental Movie House
 And when you come down and pay vonr first evening visit tO Times Square there will be another surprise in store for you, for here Is one Of those modern miracles that blossom to being only in New York. Rising story on story and tier on ter you will see a building of colossal dimen- sions bathed in light. This IS the new home of the Paramount Pictures Cor poration and including in t the new Paramount Theatre. The theatre alone demonstrates tine growth Of the moving picture industry, for here ia lover that outshines in splendor the famous entrance hall of the Paris Op- era. The theatre itself Is mammoth in