HE WAS SEEING DOUBLE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 125, 12 June 1937, Page 8

HE WAS SEEING DOUBLE

Alexander Stevenson, manager of the Leicester Square Theatre in London, was standing in the lobby oue night after the evening's last performance of "Beloved Enemy" when he was approached by an extremely puzzled man. "Look here, old boy," said ihe customer anxiously. "Is there anvthing the matter with me? When 1 went into the theatre, L saw the end of the picture, so I stayed to see the film from the beginning — and I could swea: that the ending is ditferent." Mr Stevenson laughed and rcassurod tlie troubled movie fan. The cxplanation is that "Beloved Enemy" was made with two endings, a tragic llnish in which Brian Aherne dies, aud a happy ending where he recovers. To test the audience \reaction on which ending 'they preferred, the theatre rau a different ending at alternate shows.

Visitors to the Lafayette Collego, U.S.A., recently were surprised to see a number of bearded youths seated in the Colton Memorial Chapel, pensivo and relaxed, listening to the organ. The beaids were the result of carrying out an old Lafayette tradition, that one does not ehave during the examination period^ which starts Monday and will continue 'until Saturday. . The theory is that during these heetic days there is no time for' sueh trivialities. The chapel musie is also elemental but original. It is the idea of Professor Thomas E. Yerger, of the Department of Mu'sic and Fine Arts. He, has found that periods devote^ twice daily to the playing of symphonie airs induces mental relaxation.