C L I T H E B O E A D V E R T I S E R A M ) T IM E S . F R ID A Y , M A R C ^ 1 4 . 19 4 1 . '


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M ks


BACK AGO


BDES: OF MAKCH 20th', '1891. jnw <)nn,l


maiTlage ypws. . “|The


the matter


'sanje j 'if:clioly con


wife can do exaptly as She'likes ikeeping her


question arises, will the "i +


p rule apply to,the husband? p. We afe driven to the melah-


:shabe'be.lt said, t ie mOn who are thel. chief arid more frequent suffjerers.: The position Is still left < full of complications, and the posi­


lose,far mofelthan ;hqy gain by the rUllpg|of ;t|ie courf, forlltlls. with


tion of Mr. Jackson I Is about as: unenviable a one las It Is iiosslble for a man to occupy. He Is married and iyet hob married.! He has a


; vicious men will. lfrom their point of.ylew, gain, and goodj women, with


old-fashioned Ideas, of] married life, will inevitably suffer."


death-occu


Bom 23rd,'


J.If., following a iirotracted Illness.’ I Aldernaan Jchn iSouthwofth,


of, _______


'ed,!on tile 1^ . ; __________


young, his pare its 'i removed to Whalley, and It was then that he entered his fabler’s! chalrworks. Later, he entered the' business on his own accouritj along with, his brother William. 'The buslriess was transferred to ptemlses at Up- Brooks, where thd brothers subse-. quentjy added that of jcottori w^te dealefs: ' ’^metlnfe about 1877mey entered the cotton trade] taking Lee Mill, Horwich ^ On a dissolu­ tion' of bartnershlpj Mr. l John. Soutlfwortn retal led ! the j cotton manufacturing business. In 1881 he became the teiant of pne-half of. Brooks ' Mill, Clltheroe, then newly erected, anc In the following year he toolc Bank leld Shed,' Black- bum.!; On Februiry 1st, 1890, he . began to run the whole of Brooks Mill, and finally, la the sairie year,, purchased lubilee Mill,,which was being filled with iiachlnery’ a t the tlirie of 11 is- demise. 'Until 'th e beginning of lg91 these businesses were entirely Iri h:s own name, but on| January 1st, the title of the firm hecime Join Soutiworth and Sons by: the inclusion of his four sons— John WllUa,mi Eobert, James Henry,, and Walteii—who had for some time- had the’ m'anageraent largely under their own control.


at Waddlngton, on December 1835] j and vhllst still very


,1876, ind sat uninterruptedly to the time )f his death, although; his seat had qeen CDntested.' Mayor In 1889. he, succeeded thej lape Aldermaa John I Mitchell to the aldermanle berich on-May 1 )th,i 1890. ■ The recognised [leader of the Conserva­ tive party, he was created a Justice- ohthd Peac e In 1817. He was cljalr- . man of tho Clltheroe [Conservative- Sunday ; School,


terest In tlie affairs ofithe borough. Hd entered the TOwfi Council In'


i Mrj Southworth ’■f


Assocjatlori, teacher


warden dt St. Mary’s Parish Church. The


concerts giveri


19th at theljParlsh Jhufch, Whalley. The third of the


interment


A riJw by.


Jk


concert ill the 17th. ,f


the e Merrlons,’’


rind! superlntefident, and a. tojk place on the:


Saturday popular Public Hall was. .


at.Plmlldo, on tne :[8th,lby OUtheroe Primitive IMetho'dliits. '


j' 4 ' 01 m of the cantata, “ H ;ro and Leandef, ’


WhaWy Vocal Society gave l a. ..


the ASicmbly Rooms on. The fi]'st part consisted


'Miss Edith Bfo)vn, an with Messrs. W. A.' M. Harigon jolr


the principals being Miss Mltchdll and; Mr.| Hlgglrisc n. | The. second part, was taken ,i p with Mendels- sphn’s’[‘Hymn of Pralte,’’- In which, the leaolrig parts wereisustalned by Itchell, Miss .Brown! Mfs's a R&. Beh| Bufy, H. Roblrison and ,t accompanists.


‘Deaths!: recorde d Hartley.]! Margaret


RichardJ fVllson. Henry Hargreaves. Agnes Ayrtpn, Wa Idington Hospltkl,. 75,: ‘Morgan Tnlstlethwalte, B1 Ington, 133: ' Rol|ert 1C. (Batesc 'Glsbuirn.


iSutcUlfe, ; ’VVaterloo, 63 , Duck-street,-74;


feawdlEu


nds,| '


. Grlndleton, 50 :


world’s lifd, rather than that a so-’ called superior rape .should make the, world as fhey wafited it. ’ That beljef was fundaiiental in our eveiyday life (and.we shcul-d realise bow serious the issues were; , How much of our liyes would be altered if our ienemies should triumph?; Yet. if that did come ltd be temporary, as the


inletely opposed to o V VI V. VUiUT p e ideas


!' ’.


WADDINGTON Th Off of the eneky were, com-


’ a collective i OSITE IDEAS.:


: pass It wou d only ’ enemy’s ' will of


entirely c6ntrarj' humanity: ' ;l .


tidn not,to forget rememberp:: the hopes,I .the ideals and pspirations which existed after the kst


Mr. Joined then [


urged the(congrega- God.i Most of them


war. They ihad keen them dashe^ to tilmy ? Wajs it rtot because


] A ^ pieces. 4iVi


Corporate i...-__ years they, had witnessed a fallhig c In church;! ttendimce, and that meant t a neglect [cf woighip. iGod.l who last


duties whlih were-inherent in nian had to


been lorgottbn? The 1.’spiritual ____;Od-


enemies wjre aiming! at something to jthe v/elfare |of


iere 77 yeard; ’ Maty nilsslon l}o6m' was opened


'Mf Viits wfour^mldsyhanje^MiM ). 1^eQulrements p f ; the woriu


line ththe want


everkbne yfith the |mentai ^hif^ ineWtio.^ M


the problem.


’Biere is.a Wace for the steongiba^ and •the weak mind. Too mhny m;


a country [might 1^ : too few., A (nation


; tasks ,the,t : Machines


■fortunately together. |


im


oI professors, poets and! pruna donnas it also ne^s pqlicemen,| P ^ ^ r s and riouehmen. We need soine strong Q S a Ue^_active:bU Aan^^^


routine wbrk'foi us, bjit it can never be entirely leliminated.! And, the w,oria


ay in time'do most of,the u rtoW -npvpr


will alwawineed.somepne to a few rouime tasks efficiently. Even u


lew rouimo ^


much random’variation In the,human race (to aU(|w, any super-i


Contribution I to the ■, urs; ’ ,We’. believed ,


, hiding a cAte of ^ a n i ty ln his;syst^^^^ One I estimator has it (thuV one sup posedly nof-mal person in twentymve ts a legitima|e canddato for a .mental


childten, -^^ifi S s S m


' 'defects, whether as to| deficiency or ' deraSgm#, are simply not even re‘


:institutionl sometime durmg. hisrhfe. Whether this is true, or not. trie co^ect figure is detidedly high.! Many , mental


Ideas \Vere contrary to the. God., w® believed that dur .


:any true strise of the word seldom con- •tinues long in gny .one f ^ i ly .^ I t iscems to bbla peculiarly delicate flower which is Aktremely dmcult to propar gate. Great authors, musicians or


’inotely predictable. LMking ut the 'Othe? side] if we;are‘to havA a success ;ful sbeiety we must have gdnij^, but where are we to get them.; G ^ u s to


BASHALL EAVES


overwhelm! ig oddkhaif jbeen forgotten. ’There waC ao Christianity without the observance of thel first-commandment, for our dll y .to (pod came before dur


war, there should of our min is the


you can ' tb ime had given ’ usi, vlctoiy oyer


duty to oilr neighbour.! Whilst we were going aboqt the


going to hd’ppen Afterwards.! The cnly; rule'for a lasting, peace: was "Do all. •serve jGod.’!


thought ofi what was


task! of wn niitininir fhe • creep into the, back


g the ■


Ribblesdalk and Hi^c^eredale, , Edward Newhouse, of jOld V'earage Farm, passed quietly to his -rest on Tuesday, Mter a long p d trying fil- ness. hi ms fifty-first yAa/j he wasjhe t Mrs.


death DF Mit.. Ev NEWHOUp.- Well kndwn to di^leultumts in


younger s6ni of the late Thomas HI, - Newhouse


fengthy piribd, farmed


art where ihe had act^ as a judge of ■stock on many occasions. As secretary


M familiar figure , at Cli


lear ACerngton, The late kir. Edward


M or. .and who for a HoUlns Farm.


Newhouse was ;heroe Auction


close! to any line of reciuiteraent.'^. ’rhe ■ ’ lUgent. have; Ifeeble-mmded


itill remot a.., „„.w-.ruier 'to:,stay


hhould ever be- There is too


the two. do: not always go There will Always be dull have to. he perfomed.


professors? Who would de & ? Lancelot


_ took a great in-^'


iof ■riiatrlmonlal existence—develop-' ments' by which unprincipled’ or


domestic life Is forbidden him, he Is legally bound to thd woman and,' In'me! eye (Of thef law, responsible \ for her actions and, Ifjsuchla point arose, for her debts. , All we can say 1'Is th^t. If mis remarkable •’ arimgement is riot to be made one­ sided-.only, [the en^d of the!century of iWfilch we hear so much [will see j some; very astoundjng jlevelopments


wife whojls not a y/lfe, an^ whilst every joy [of comparilonshlp, and'


.„.ivict}on that women will


uriBiiREDITY arid (


Dr. T. G. FJ^ichards on Heredity


' ‘ ■ ' ' '


I I uHu breeding were'dls- by Drj T. G. Richards, of


dealt with fhe question of producing a hiimBTi rice, nointmg out that and


S r inteesttag. address ^ tW e d vesterdav week. Dr. Rlc^rds


= ' w « k r own object;


|


anTs^^^ defeaf ifs :


; BBEEDING-j-FOR


- cent (four millldns) of the Americans, were eeble minded, a hari-ter cent. Srably insand.l and eight rier xent,'


Quoting a statement that tjiree per


TOunger days, qr. _ Richards sdid 'some support' them®


___ ; their


of ^these undesirable trait’s a] he definitely hereditary.


• Mt follow the! lead


hni to the majority who were by their Sto detoiffi nonnal., 'Ms was_not ffimmg, but nevertheless ^,.wa^s dis- l if f ig It might be asked why did we


Tiroduced so they picked put Ae cows they preferred and t°pk special S s to see that they were fruitful and Siplied. In iPigs the stockmam had almdst produced a boneless hum, for


5 lonK ago observed; tbat


S y a rd en tS gm ls rw o uT ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Mari was more complicated, and genetically uiuch than ”


many a ’ believe. - - ,


S a t & S


_________ _ Dr Richa ds


^®'^‘Anni^^^sDots callcd chrpmosorfies, Sid S


S nM in^vidual to another. But there were Tew traits wLlch were. ^


A were fill almost ulikCi spects t K s ' a gfeat variation


T-,- TSinUorHi: went on to say that h i , trflits'were determine by .mi-


a Jersey cow t() say-^r...


: reSetS iteknfe of charac-


horees all of which had been bred to S ideal Why-not the same procesd S h um an beings ? HereiWy in.man er, wasj- not the siniple .thing


SoSks. The same kind bf process had taken plade in dogs, poult^ and


t the bones had been bred down to mere


dairy cow waS a monument .to me shrewdness of animal breeders. Stock- 7imVpr<


heloed to make a percentage of the mtioii a burden hot only to themsel^ves


- - - -


breeders and (improve the genetic S tu r e of the nation. The modem


® to


EUGENISTS’ blLEMMA Problems of


: Environment IMPROVING THE RACE?


mathematicians seldom re-appear in their dtecendants. It , is discouraging


’ThereMis though a great deal of evidence that genius, whether musical; military, linguistic, or what not, prob­ ably hdads the list of unpredictables; Picklngi; the winner in the cradle by, w looking I over the parents Is the world’s


the othfer side'can produce several ex- t amplek of genius, of near genius, in


alt to obsene how few times they do,


hough anyone who. wishes to argue wo or sometimes .'three generatlonsJ


British I Genius” Havelock Ellis says: “ It may be doubted indeed; whether genius' m the high and narrow sense Is ever inherited.’’^


■ i j ; isOCIAL MISFITS.


iwe find that the fathers were extrava­ gant. unsuccessful in business. shift< less. Idle, drunken, brutal or otherwise;


large proportion of; the men studies who were without doubt geniuses, were' also social misfits. To quote Ellis again f I find that at least 160, or over! 16 per cent, of our 975 eminent men,| were imprisoned once, or oftener, for periods of varying length, while many others only escaped impnsonement by voluntary exile........In at least 57 cases


“ilt’ is interesting that a surprisingly'


fell into; bad habits and neglepted their, family.’ It is interesting to note-here, the records of a family ofi degenerate tendencies traced back over some years.l This family came' In time to number, 709 descendants of the original ‘black' sheep,’;' The number Included, 140, crimmals and 280 paupers. Ellis’s record ( shows a prison record almost exactly ( the same and the percentage of paupers in his group is quite con­ siderable. This would seem to Indicate j that society is peculiarly incapable of


the ‘black sheep’ and the genius the same.; ; ; ;


• I el^ sive genius.


of view it IS highly degenerate.' The- worms must be kept indoors, and can stand ; only very small variations of temperAture being subject to almost;


heredity and breeding for very select purposes which tends to produce weak stock 'and so defeat its very.purpose. No grain maintains an ability to pro­ duce fhigh yield from! any generation ufiless ilt Is crossed'with an outsider now and thCn. The silk worm hag been the subject of ‘ severe imbrefiding for hundreds, of even thousands of gener­ iations. From the human standpoint it


.There is then a levelling tendency in s a genius I but from: the insect point


not predictable at all. improving the RACE!


, ■r’W T ¥ the way


Tull of ardent worehppers xt tne^^ tree and eugenists of, m uepj


ill degrees of eneticists can


versus P'?l'!3^^®®’fiS^*'aM°'geneticists


never looks askance,at It \r always ,tbe other m|


. 1 single o“e; M his emotte 1s the W barrier. Suppose that ;ake trig per-


losewe


sioml 'sacrifices necessa hould become


the race,! how


wel go About it ? ev


■' s s r w y | | « k f & - S


yen mote bar.; First


every cbnceivable disease and must be kept from the contaminating associa­ tion'of [wild insects-low fellows. The in-breeding has succeeded In producing, an efficient producer of silk threads if the enyironment is exactly right, but the wopn has-lost its ability; In every; other form of insect life. It should give .thAj ardent'eugenists something to; think about. A study of 3,000 school­ children selected at random shows that outstanding mental superiority which is only A step from genius, occurs most! freqAently, in children of middle class families. A blow to ;the morC promin­ ent iifariiilies but, a piece iof good fortune! to'the race. Leonafdafie Vinci,, t one of the greatest mental giants of all,


•is hot everything. The solid virtues of; people ; who . have only a reasonable supply of brains may be what counts for most. On this line the hest, or at least the better families, should excel. They do in the social graces but in in­ herent mental :capaclty. theirj superior­ ity is i indeed dqubtml. Tests upon schoolchildren coming from both ends of the 'social Iscale seem to ;show’ that' the average intelligence is riot signific­ antly different.


petty magistrate and a servant girl. No genius bccurred after him. though the family I still exists, and the Imembers; are Ita ian peasants. Of icourse geniqs


ime] was the: illegitimate son of a 41fflcultiesl k t Cv,ieh is'more ffn^^geitS^lologlstltoo*s^a^^ i im 7 ' 'K W 1 o b f e w


, I am not; decrying brains In the least, I but ; it might ;be i .well to point out to the genetic enthusiast that the many levelling mechAnisms of nature (make iit veiy cufificult; to breed for long coritlnued excellence in any one thing, without, disastrous loss in


| .1


other ^epartmepts. . ; EU^NISTS’ - DILEIV^.


Dr. Richards spld’ that' , human genetics! were so complicated, and


there was so little knowledge of the most important phases of the subject, that the prospect of making A marked w improvement in the genes of; our race


thirty genl^^ions..hence[? iWould.;y.ou absorb,


;he work? In a crop of


udging any one’s worth fori it treats ! _


orst j gamble. In his “Study of


THE GRAND, YORK STREET. Wednteday, and


Monday, Tuesday, Friday at 7-30. SAluiday ai 6-6 and 8-15. Matinee


Wednesday, ^30, Saturday, 2-iS. Thursday,; and


WILLIAM POWELL AND MYRNA LOYi CcinffiDY. I !


however is all too c|ear and he deter­ mines to return to[ Habersvllle and, under the guise of his reputation, ‘‘■fleece ” the town to an oil swindle. , !‘l Love iXori Agalh ” provides'excel­ lent opportunity fori one of Powell’s matchless' 'characterisation^. ' Myma Loy, once again cast as Powell’s wife, gets her chance Jn this one to Indulge to such wifely pursuits as “ crowning ” her gpouse soundly [with a platter of scramhled eggg, , |


reputation as tl civic leaden of vine, a Jpank a( sonality. - Hov i accomplished he; hai


dea. His former ,


“HOUSE OF THE SEVEN,(^ABLES.” of the SevOPENING the flifst part of! next


a strong cast. OAmer of tlte house, which is cursed by a (former owner, who was executed for witchcraft.' Gerald Pyncheon tafonns hli sons Clifford and Jaffrey that he is ban|crupt and must sell the property. Thq former agrees, but Jaffrey opposes, the (scheme, believing the legend (that -a fortune is hidden in the wa|ls. The[ father suddenly expires, tollowing a’ quarrel with Clifford; .whom his brother accuses of murder. Sent to (prison,'Clifford serves,, a, long septerice. - Meanwhile


his I sweetheart' And cousin Hepzibah inh^ts the house, and' living with her is aflother cousin Phbebe and a'boarder named Matthew. The story goes on show how, after his ‘


iWhen' Phoebe turns out to be a


Jaffrey is caught;(to for Clifford. The


original Matthew Maule, the man who' laid the curse on the House of the Seven Gables.’ (


marries Matthew, who descendant of the,


brother’s (release, c the trap-he laid


'


urse js removed _ __


his lunch hour pnd Is, deprived of l his week-end honeymoon by business,


is • pewly-wed wife secretary. That is thi


[ the; musical, .side’’ there are' several catchy numbere, one [with a title, “Let’s


more of abundant hearty laughter.


THE RIALTO, BLACKBURN. 1 MARITAL TANGLE.'


I RENE DUNNE and Cary Grant are


the attraction at the Rialto, Blackburn, this week-end.' Migs (Dunne has the part: of Ellen Arden; an atractive young, woman with two small children, who disappears after being shipwecked. Seven years later she is declared legally dead and her husband (Cary Grant) marries Blanca ((3ail! Patrick), a superior young woman,' No sooner is the knot tied than Ellen turns up, and it is obvious that shS and her husband are still in love. Complications ensue, and interest is well malntamed..(


SHIRLEY temple NEXT WEEK.


deal with the mental defective's; there was an pbundance of material to work upon, for mental effect is easier to pre­ dict thah mental excellence. ;A11 of us had knowledge of the proposals which had been put forward from time to. time to effect’this end. It was a matter t Afhlch at; first sight did require atten­


wion. It was also full of pitfalls. It s ould be a great transgression-of per­


;with all'these measures we wbAld nqt rhateriaily raise the nlental plane ot a niation; , There would be no more geniuses thAn usual htention to! imp


arenthood as long as they did not feel that they themselves were in peril. But


genetics, was undesirable. It wfis one of the most importAnt as well ns the Iqast known lot the fields of human endeavour.: Before ,'man coAld really say that he had understood his en­ vironment he must rise over that group of molecules called the genes attd


It was not his that the study. of


co-ordinate and get at fundamentals. They might never be'successful, but it was certainly worth a trial. I The few persons,; who did ; without dou|)t, carry (outstanding ' defective germ plasm should not be allowed 'to propa­ gate, Beyond that he was opposed to, the eugenists propaganda. Their course was too visionary ' and it was by no 'ectives'


Slake them perform for lum.i Tbe iologist, phyacist, and ohemisd'must


means (certain that' their I'ob were desh’able.


‘best’ families- to make a supe Dr. Richards said in conclusion, takes knowledge, purpose and-inorale, The material at hand can accom­ plish-a great deal. iThe principal task ahead is to acquire'extensive (And com­ plete khowledge of the naturAl ■ phen­ omena [involved, and then to apply, it l with a (certain amount of social intel­


“ It takes more than the gen


a small - part , of a very much larger problem,"


, i


igence. , The field of genetips is only ; . I


for eleven-yeate of: the! Bashali Eaves and Browsnoime agricultural show he threw ail his energy Into (extending the scope and usefulness of this annual event. He was also a popular member of the Baxenden Conservative Club! with which he had kept in touch from earlier years. His mother brother, and three nephews will have the sympathy of the i farming community! in their bereavement.. The funeral takes place this . afternoon at Baxenden Church;


London County Council was one froitea. man who: asked the Chairman to fin® him, a wife, adding “ Please don’t send a lipsticker or aijaszer.”


Among ' letters recently sent'to the i (i '


itically ■-race,’’' ■lit


(raised for Church Funds. (Mr. E. Jones, the minister' presided ( over a fairly large audience and an excellent entertainment was provided by Mr. .E. S. Hartley's concert party, comprising well known local artistes and' friends. Songs, were rendered by Mrs. R. Bentley,! soprano: Miss M., Geldard, contralto: Mr.; J. Coulthurst; tenor: and; Mr.' H. Parkinson, bass, i Recita­ Ations were splendidly given by Miss


entertained the audience with his banjo ukelele, and Master D. ;Hartley, with his harmonica, led community singing. Another instrumentalist, Mr. Robinson Lloyd; gaye selections on his musical saw; The humour of the even­ ing was contributed by Mr. Jimmy Pell, of Whalley, an expepenced and popular entertataer. Mr, Hartley and Mrs.. W. lies of accompanist, programme was


lice ’Webster.!; Mlaster J, Gradwell


Lyne shared the du and the whole thoroughly enjoyed,


RBVnNGTON


THE LATE 5HI. I. BANKS.--Among the floral tributes sent to the funeral


' dhapel, retaining! his membership until the- end. , 1 ^ : i


members of the Martin Top Congrega­ tional ■'Chapel.!’ Mr. Banks'had for i. lyery many years been a member of the


of Mt;'Joseph Banks was one bearing the ; inscription, ‘ Prom his fellow


self-sacrifice (characterised the “ Gift, Day ’,’ held at the Jbllie Memorial Con- gregatlonalist School on Friday even­ ing, (and as the; result of an extremely fine effori; a sum of About £20 has been


GIFT DAY.—Giving to the point of


onal liberty. There would always be the border-line case. Since there could be no dfeflnite stopping place (the most ardent eugenists would urge; the con­ ptinued raising of the requirements for


as very remote. ’We; could,; however, SHIRLEY TEMPLE’S legion Iof fans; ^ will welcome ;ner return' to big


musicals and ’’ Young People,” her first for two years, is easily her most lavish and entertainmg jpicture to date. ■ Two tpp-flight stars or c(|medy. Jack Oakle - and Charlotte Greenwood, co-star with her’ and the trio jwlU 'give you‘more laughter and' entertainment than you've had for many a day. | :


music, song and tap-dancing,'tells of a, couple of vaudeville artistes who afiopt a child. ’. She grows up to the “profession,” joins the team which becomes known as “The Three Ballan- tines” and .climbs the ladder of success with them), Eventually they retire to a small Vermont farm. The consemtive country, people do not take kindly to the good-hearted, if (blatant, Ballanttaes, but there is a lot of fun as well as . drama in their efforts to overcome adverse criticism. And In a thrilling climax they completely win the local people, over.


.The story, set agaiast backgrounds of j BARROW the stars of “My Favourite Wife,”


(lot of troubletensues during that week- !end as Stanley hot only! nearly loses iris 'Job,'but his wife and his life. Anyway,- his first attempt, at a honeymoon Is completely wrecked. Lovely Phyllis Brooks is seen leading the considerable' coips.of beauty in this snappy film. On


tion of the new Stanley [Lupino comedy, ’’ Lucky to Me,’’ which will- be screened Thursday and for the wefik-but.i Quite a


A STANLEY; LUI lNo COMEDY. WHEN a man marries secretly to hit is not surprising that he should-t_ake__


thorne’s classic story, iri which George Sanders, Margaret , ILtadsavt (Vincent Price, Nan Grey an d Dick Fdt to lead


week’s,programme is “The House en Gabies” Nathaniel Haw­


deals with .the amazing plight of a man who, through ah. accldentAl bump bn the head, sudderily recovers from an attack ot amnesia , of eight years’ duration. To his,utter confusion, he discovers that durihg the past eight years he has acquired a charming wife who is about to divorce him. a! spotless e Wading citizen and ; I town called iHabers-


mHE comic and dramatic properties JL of an amnesia .Attack reach their fullest realisation y/hen Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayeris “ I Lovje You Again,” co- starring WllliAm Ppwell and Myma Loy, is shown this week-end. ' [■ A hilarious new (comedy,’ the story


ount and a- new per- tfiese things: were not the slightest life as a crook.


I AT THE THE PALLADIUM, DUCK ST^ET, I KING^ L ^E .FIOTUBE HALL.'


Monday 6-0 and 8-15, Tuesday td Friday. 7-30. Saturday,-j5-15, 6-9


BETTE DAVIS AND ERROL FLYNN CO-STARRED.


[ :.The _ Mvate Lives of ElizabethI and


jTJETTE DAVIS and Errol Plynr are ee^starred to the title roles of


idcolour production which is screened ^.^^'^•efid. (The'film tells the little told love story of_ England’s viwin


Etesex, the new ’Warner Bros. Tech-


fltent pomp and Elizatethan court. Based on the sta'g'e play by Maxwell Anderson, the screen


Hatoe and Aeneas MacKenzie, Curtiz directed.


play was Written by Norman o„ u.. ^


dii'ection of'Dr, Herman L’issauer, on eostumes, manners,, furiilshings 1


A full year of research, under the TJomvian T


Effi%£..?i^®bethan England.


Mikael _


and


in every detail. Drawings of Elizabeth’s palace, vyhltehall, which was destteyed


British Government, and from these a large , portion of it was reconstrSdted 9" a Stoat sound stage, other prdtbin- entxets include interiors and extoriore of the great Tower of London, nUmer-


in 1666. were .obtained from t ^


° w streets, and an Irish bfig ih which the great battle scene is stped


I “THE SANTA FE M&SHAL.”


■'^ESTEpf, fiction hds no more “ T popular cowboy or range [rider than Hop-a-long Cassidy; -’With his boon companions. Windy and Lucky, he Is here again on the flirst three days of


Pe Mhrehal,” entrusted with “cleaning np, .the township of some speEiallv undesirable -characters, A rohsing story, attaining to dramatic, and! even sensational, heights, albeit with a strong ttoture of humour, this latest of the, "Hop-a-Iong" series of adven- tures provides an hour or more’s heotio entertainment, j In the ’programme,


, “ s ! as ” The Santa


[go is a musical “ Class in Swing,!-And the ninth mstaiinent of the serial, j -


GARY COOPER in “BEAU GESTE.”


1-Beau Geste,” P. c. Wren’s classic' of the French Foreign Legion.


\ l 7 itHOUT doubt one of th e ^ e s t I y stories ever brought to the sbreen,


^ TTie ' picture was shown at the Palladium several months ago when many who wished to see It were ulnable


(


along (as his i Water," from their guardian, in'the opening situa- 1 Legion there is ' a desperate cdnflict between the-brothers and a mad brutal


avert having of a


valuable


request that it is to be screened on Thursday for the week out. [Gary Cooper, Ray Mllland and Robert Ptoston are co-starred, and they'are brilliantly supported Ih a roarlnA and lusty tale of the indomitable gallantry of the three loyal brothers Geste. (They the French Foreign Legion to the


pointed at them as guilty, of the] theft sapi milre;


flnge? of su^lcion “The I Blue


to do so because of the "house (full" notice, and it is to response to popular


Monday Thesday, Thursday and Friday, 7-36. Wednesday and Sat­ urday, at p-0 and 8-15. Matiiiee Saturday at 3rl5,.,'', ,


. : 1 , I j “ SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND.!’


mndle is being shown this week-endl Miss W|nkla -'rumer,- the charming nineteen4year[old, principal girl makes her first screen appearance lln this production arid is undoubtedly going to become 6ne W the gteatlstars; ( The spectacular tencert’'scenes are some­


r comedians Harry Korris and Prank


• Vincent, ^ng “ Our (Sergeant Major.” Frank Randle gives a’,very clever hiking number .which is deliciously funny. His remarkable make-up'as an old man of eighty, . and his ’ monologue of the attractions


pretty hikers, ukulele.


.which, will be e “iNew| Moo


4yV


two singing romance, toll and spectacle! Donald (


xpect from Jeanette Macllonald-Nelson Eddy film,


QN Mty:


n»M>> . n<M >7 La ot. __. .«1_‘ .1 elements that


been seen,to, better advantage.; ' ;■ j ' The story bpehs bn shipboard in the


Orleans I during Mardl Gras time, back again fbr thifflltak adventures' bii the high seas, end from: there to A tropic island where a strange assortment of individuals


year. .H80,! travels


own republic frqm |he remnants of a ship


.Back- to Me ’ linger (long after' leavtog |he theatre; Then , there are ‘other


The Jiauntih l stra'ini of “ LoVe'r 'Dome


outstanding (n tlrig


among _


such Sigmund Romberg favourites as “ Rondolet,’’: J One ; iffis,” ’’ Wanting You” and .’’(Paree.” As Charles, Due de Villlers, NAIsbh' Eddy finds (hfinSelf right at hom'd In many sequences he displays a delightful 'gift for comedy, a ‘ fortd denied, him in some of his earlier films.'iHis songs include "Softly Asln a Momhg Sunrise,” “ Shoe'Shine


session.deterinlnes to get it'for iiibiL»)f The film reaches' high peaks of heroic adventure ;dn the scenes which 'take place In a lonely, desert fort,-which is attacked • by the TourAgs^, theT wild warriors of the. desert. ^ ultimate fate of the, brothers Geste<and pf the Jewel is explained in an exciting 1 flashback.” Although “Beau (ifeste^’ '


Is predominatingly a film of -lull blooded adventure there are romantic • scenes In which Ray Milland and Susan Hayward, cast as the lovely


ward of the Geste brothers guardian figure prominently.


BRITISH


(EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT I . “N” ((Church) Battalion. “ A’’ Company. No. 2 Platoon.


Monday, Mar. 17, to Sunday, Mar. 23. The! following will report at


i,


fT-HE Emergency Section will hold Itself In readlness'for duty from


Headquarters, ’ Church-street, at 19-45 hours for duty as cyclist ninners:—


(Monday, March 17: 1174 G. D. Porter, I l ia E. S. 'Whit­


taker. ,


Tuesday, March 18: '•:302 H. Swales, 345a E. Burgess.


■Wednesday, March 19: :50a H: Fleldiilg, 251 H. Brown.


Thursday, March 20:. : i 377a C. Speak, 134 H. D. Barnes.


Friday, March 21: : ‘ 16 H. B. Walker, 114a H, .'yVallbank.


Saturday, March 22: ' . I Reserves: , I 155 E. Scott, 309a G. Burgess.


Sunday, March 23: I' 168 W.Edwardsoh. 373a A. Speak. ( ;


186a T. Ryder, 46, Browiilow-street. 262a W. Briggs, 58, Brownlow.TStreet. 139 C. Albones, 90, Woone Lane.


Fondle Junior School ore Moreday next. Mar. 17, at 19.25 hours,'for lecture. ,


The Platoon will assemble at the .


i The Platoon will parade at Head­ quarters,'! Church-street, on Wed­


nesday next, Mar. 19, for training, I


'


: J. DARNELL Platoon Commander.


avenue, last Friday, after being In declining health for some years. Aged;’55, he joined the colours In 1914, and served with the 1st East Lancashlres four years In France. He was wounded and gassed In 1917 and he never actually recovered froWthe effects. A member of the, Legion for a long period,'he was generally esteemed, and took great Interest In all branches of Legion activities. He was laid to, rest on Monday. To Mrs. Whiteside an'fi the family we extend sincere sympathy In the loss they have suffered. , ■


'A NOTHER old comrade; Mr. John Whiteside, died at 10, Faraday-


Often due te harmful impurities leftinthebld^ by iiluggish kidneys


, Xij action of. the kidneys slackens.;: Haimful adds ^ d Wastes retained in ( the plood cai^ patp or nagging pains ; in the back^urimiy disorders, bladder!; weakness orl rheumatic pains. You : inay suffia: persistent headaches, ate tacks of gidMeSs, getting up at night] stiff, inSamed jmusdes and joints,, ( pufflness undieritheieyes. Yon pidb-'( ( ablyf(ielwe^,ttetvou3,allplayeaout.!!


TTEAL'Th! dips'away when^’the( ‘


war are not forgetful of those who are doing their whack In the pres­ ent conflict. We have Invested £56 of our funds in National Savings as a contribution to War Weapons Week.


1,


Members of the Home Guard are reminded (that It is only in..the


The men who; fought In the last T ^ Doans brand Backadie Kidney! I


Pili?. .The diuretics, antiseptics and! ( stinttdantsinjthis spedalfcid^m^-!' cinC will strjen^en and invigofate|; the'kidneys, enabling them to rid (the!:. systemofthe|iaiimfqlimpuritieswhicbi are causiog jpur pain and discomfort, i,


Askfor DOANS, //5,3/S,S/fl(to)


event Of an Strength at


be required ! to : report, in full their warstations.


to interfere as l|ttle as possible with the or'dlnarir'(()ccupatlons (of- the men, vvho are 'urged not ; to resign because thejr'.’c'annot spare much time for duties.


are thAt lo, arrange tral ____


ical mini


. , '


' ; I : 'i'( ' i=i<!: ' I '


’ :


value and ejBficlency of the Home Guard; -. ■


’’ .(j ' !■ .1’ !


I In Decemleb last a flrmiln the provinces asked thd Legion t() pro­


vide a numbfe of ex-Servlceimlento make lip gun teams for' the protec­ tion of! an impoqtant factory. (Men were suppUe|d,' and the teams be­ came members of the Honie Guard and settled down'happily In comfortable cqp^ltlqns. ;'j


Recently ail enemy aeroplaiie paid


opened up; in fine!style. That.tlie action! was la! close one may'; be gauged by the fact that t}iree"pf our men were slightly wounded: but //fai aeroplane will make' no more iTalds oh British terrltoir! More Ve are riot permitted! to say, at! the' ipomerit, expept that the arm Pbneerried speaks In the High­ est terms oliitheuintrepldity and steadiness urider fire of bur m’eni-


a visit to the (factory And decided to try!a s'pot of machlne-gimning. The Germari crew upust have had the surprise bfi Its life when'the old soldiers provided; by ( the ' Legion


bep.


' I' -“ ALF.'WOOD. Secretary. 63, TOalley koad, ! Clltheroe; j ' ;,


:■].■!“ ■ , ' ,|.!., Invasion that they will


Otherwise War OfiBce lnstr(uctlbns al (Commanders, shall


,'g and duties;so' aA


Fields] (Richaffd 'Purcell, John' Miljan and Ivan Simpson i are effective in


supportm(g cast of, more than flfto speaking parts. George Zucco, H. B. ’Warner; , GrAnt' MlWhell, (Stanley


d Many! laughs Are afforded the pro­ buction; In thp hilarious portrait drawn


Song “ and the stirring Stout Hearted Men.”


I.- ‘ . . i ■ (. , y Mary Boland, heading an imposing


-handled the musical details! of the plcturP.; '“New 'Moon ’ is a plPture of - which jits producers and'players may


well be proud. It is musical and i dramatic entertainment of al disting-


pshed'order.


i l i r'l I’li'C'


Myageia_yrs. Amo


:9s Bonds desired iapplidjion£280) , i


' '’-vi'V’ ' c:a:s,b; ■' m


COURT VlNE^S GOOD YEAR.


ll?th, ANNUAL REPORT. )RTY-SEVBN MEMBERS NOW


SERVING WITH THE FORCES.


Here Is are ;■ Illustration, (of the IT will be a source of satlsfactibn (to members of Court Vine (No.


past year. very,


itsifunfi, which, taking into consld-! erritlori the fairly; heavy drain by. sickness- and j the unusually large fiinerai payments, is a matter for cbrigratnlatlon.


1 This more than a century ;old 'rlendly society addbd £9 15s 9d. to


,


ami Coprt Lily of the Valley (No. (® 8)' during the year, entailed a good deal of work on the officials, o^ng to the hiany -formalities necessary to the absorption. Every­ thing has been completed and has received the approval of the Execu­ tive Council of the Order and the Mlrilstiy of Health,, and the officers


The amalgamation of Court Vine ( j


express the hope that members in gerieral will use their utmost efforts 'iy.‘teeking to increase numbers In he Voluntary and' Natlonal Health sections (both adult and juvenile), thus not only demonstratirig'their approval of the wisdom of thq amalgamation but helping to con­ solidate the Ideals of Forestry, both iri the interest of the (3ourt and the Order. • ■ ,


: 'jForty-one members of the Couri are serving witH H.M., Forces! (The officers express solicitude for their welfare in ithis titanic (effort to overthrow the enemieq Of human freedom and llber^.


IB. Penny, 77, Chatbum-road; or the (Woodward and Secretary, Bro. Wm. Sllnger. 58, Bawdlands) Cffitheioe.


'interested will be gladly,*furnlshed (with particulars of the Court by the; Chief Ranger, Bro. Ernest Richards,! 18,' Salthill-road;,' the Sub-Chief i Brol. Thomas Taylor, 33,'Wllson- street; the Treasurer, Bro; william


(and widows contributing for death 'berieflts 38. Average, age per mem-! ‘ber!-is 44.86 years. .Present funds! (total £5,330 14s. 2d., and theJVorth (per member is $19 17s. 9d. Prospective members and anyone


■rile actual amount paid for adult sickness was £179 (4s.'5d.’, and to juveniles, £14 9s. 2d. Seven mem­ bers died, and four wives and six widows of riiembers, entailing , a further payment of £ 120. Adult members at' the end of the year numbered 268; juveniles'75;


9436), of the Ancient Order of FoN, estbrs, to. learn from the 113th animal report and balance sheet, jiist? published, that a'balance on the right side accrued during the


boys^_j ;h e ft s


PURSES AND CASH FROM' STOte AND LIBRARY.


agd 11 Md ,12,-appeared before a Clltheroe Juvenile Panel of Magis­ trates an the Towri Hall, on Monday morning charged with stealing a handbag containing money from a


Two Maricheslter evacuees, boys


customejf atiri store InCastle-street. The“ hahdbag and money were valued at £ 1 5s.„ and the boys, who pleadedJgullty, also asked for two other offences td be taken Into con­ sideration. They (admitted stealing a lady's burse from the same store, valued at 3s.; and a Ikdy’s handbag valued at 9s. 8d. from the Free Library. I .


. ■(';


‘ ..Warning ,the[ boys as to ■ the serlousmss of the offeiices,Mr. J. B. Smithies whe. presided; said the Magistrates wanted to save their put .jtherii on a They were, there-


’:


charaCte straight


Offender 3’ A :t.' T f into (tro ■•ible


dlsmb's consequences.


fore,belrig lei rent having decided to . ......


:s and idurse.


he cases under • ’■


_


again, however, the' would be serious. [


........... t..h..e.... F..i.r..s.t the boys got


.. HiimriiNS I rre,i:ii m teruKT.—A[


Major Tojfa were also ptesent,’Music '•'” '’"“iing I was ----- - band.


given by Major Wilson and the Rev; Fr. vavasour, ■ Sj;-- . Major i Watts, and


won by the Misses,D. and;N.'Mercer. Airs. Bolton, Clayton-le-Mbors, Mite M. Mercer. B(ailey Green, arid Alaster HL Pearson.


for, danij: Hardlker’s


provided ' by J. Competitions were


" ■


-1,'Mrs. r. Wells: 2, Airs. R.'Wllson: 3, Mrs. R, Moon; con.i Miss W. Rankin. :, Gentlemai—1,( Mr. W, Slater; 2, Mr; G. Tomlinson;' 3, Miss IH. Isherwood; ■ con,. Mite M;, E. Holjen. , A short' address d iallhg with Wqt Savings was'


most successful whist drive and dance was held in the Assembly Rooms, lak; Saturday. ’Twenty-thtee tables were' occupied. ’The lirias.. which were pre-| sented b) Mrs, BaldwjB, of Winkley Hall were won; by the following: Ladies


HURST GREEN WEAPC:


^WEEK 'I EiFFORT.-


! P.S. ’Whitehead stated that at 4-35 p.m. on Saturday, February 8th,’' Mri Edith' Hargreaves, of 6, Henthorri-road; was st^mding at the biscuit counter at a store Iri.Castle- street. She .took .some m()riey oub- of h e r ' Handbag to purchase some biscuits, afterwards replacing the handbag Injithe- basket 'she was carrying] A few secppds.later she discovered the Ijandbag- was missing from the basket, and reported the matter to the' police. ■ j i At 6-30 pjn.. on Tuesday, March 4thj P.S. Thomp­ son interviewed onejlof the boys, who , evf ntua'lly stated that the other b( y took the (handbag and that they hq^ shared the money. The other boy was thert Interviewed,' and he ilso ’admitted! the offence. The handbag was later recovered . from a y ird at the reUir of the Mid­ land B a t t .


M


promlneht: characterisations. ‘ Robert Z. Lejonard .gave the production that meticulous 'apteAtlon and inimitable talent! fbr combining *muslc and'drama that ihSrked such of his previous suc­ cesses: As “ Maytime,” .'‘’The ; Great Zie^Ald” and “Girl of tlmlGoldefi West.’! (And not to be overlooked is :the superb Jvork bf Herbert Stothart who


Miss MacDonald’s performance As the high-spirited Marianne de'Beaumarioir ranks uridlspijtedly .as her, best. ,■ She assumes (her role(V ” believes- heroine,


and


led by Eddy, set up their cargo (wrecked in A storm'.


, appeared lovelier, nor Eddy on to


■rigue,: delightful' melody 3|, ■ Never has Miss. Mac-


shown all next week. n ’[ contains all those audiences have grown to vehicles featuring these favourites.' There are


' gay New Y


tremendous leughter. He is supported to , this number by his troupe i of very Stanley King plays the


of ihlkt ag , creates musical rowIance! ,


! of -the season’s most delightful 'omantlc films, Metro-Golwyn- trie latest


s to ItseB wonderful entertainment, ail the brilliant numbers having - been specially written and;composed for the film by Arthur Hertz, Harry' Korris, F^k,mn.dlA, Dan Young,and Bobby


thing above the dtdiriafy arid the i musical progtenune presented I therein


“ aOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND,” a la tJ ; film reVue, starring those popu­


,


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