AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

‘‘TI! Al’i’Kl) IN' Til K AIK” TO-NIGHT. At tin- ITiuccss Tlii'iit"«• t i-!iii.:!'-Will I'ox lIIV-0 11 1.-i I. as Iff ( lined il! “ I'r;iI >l n-tI in tilt* Air,” n story of ;i. i".;|>lin-, adventure mill lore. .luck Dexter is doing 1 1 is lust trip fur the Mail Service wlicn lie is attn.-ked liv uir pirates anil I >r< ns •»! 1 1 (lawn. Marion Grey anil her lather live nearly where lie cniiics ihiwn. ami they re ■cue Inin rrniu the wreckage. Ilnyt, the leader nf the hand, follows under cover ul darkness, hut. .lack has escaped. Many thrilling incidents follow till iinally the limnlits are brought to itlstiie h.v .lack, and all ends wall with him and hi- new pilot far life Marion—speeding away ill tin- skies. The latest Fox news and a live-reel come ly ciimpl. toi the hill. dll Timr-day the greatest prebVm play e.f the age entitl 'd “The I’uverty nf Kiches" with an all-star cast, includin'.; I.ratrice .lo.v. Kichnrd Dix. lonise Lovely. J.hn Rowers and Irene Itioh, will le the special attraction on Thursday night. ‘'ln your utter l lioughtlcssiK-s. sai i* i lii -ill pr everything for success, you have robbed me of inv ehihlren and I wanted them so. Children that would press their warm Ii11!■ ■ liodies against mine—babies wln'se s-nils and minds would grow before mv eves. You’ve rolihed me I You've rohhed me!” They v ere rich. TWev had renehe I their coal, lint the rich are sometimes poor, and happiness is not always a matter of money. It is not true that vouii.tr married couples v. he .have children arc mere hampered in the light for wealth ill'll couples that arc. childless;' I'!very younpr couple reach the day when they are forced to make a d'Tmito decision- Dallies or Wealth ? MCLEAN’S PICTURES. "TODY’S DOW.” Fill DAY. McLean's I’icturcs present on Friday night "Tally's llow," which contains a real surprise. In this new Tom .Moore picture, the Ouldwyn Company has reproduced the famous "Fagan limit" held annually in Webster I lull in New York City. For this event all the (treenwieh villagers turn out for a wood time, and they Usually get their till hv daylight. A regulation strip linker game is shown. The locale of the story is Greenwich Village, the tiicrea for artists, sculptors, socialists and ether folk of a lioheniian temperament. The hahitues of the quarter live a hmu! to mouth existence, sellim.'. a honk or a play or a music-cnri' win n lumber approaches, the remaining days living on a pittance and avoiding persistent work li.v every possilile means. A typical eriiup of people of this ehart'.eter are l)u Hois, an artist. Mona, a chorus girl, Kainbridge, jt down and out writer, and Valerie, a sculp! h—*.

These people “other ill Tom * ’ln kt ’- apart leent for a late evening game ol poker. The “roup have hcen drinking previously at "The I’urple I’up," a. tesort of the v'lhi“e. and as the “mile prceeeds and waxes in interest it is suggested that they play strii>-pol;er. Mi mi removes her handsome silk shawl as the first stake. Later her hat and slippers join the pile ol clothing for which they are playing. Her “artel's follow, and picture onlookers wonder i'.ist how far a gam" ol this character can pro; eed when am earl\ i.iorning a.rrival interrupts, lie had lottinl himself at last! The warm Iragl'anre ol Fairlawn, way down south: the wholesome sweetness of it.' people, parlieiilarly Eugenia. had iy ll il l ■ 1 1 in this ri.iisterii':; Sv. a-hlim-klrr irom New York ilm spark ol genius, and lie wrote the hoi k that made him fatuous. Pul ii was otilv the beginning ol e ...real adventure and a “reaier romance. A sizzling iomedy-drama of New York life ami Southern lofe. 'loin Mori"' light - and smiles his way to a

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