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NO HATE IN “DAWN."|
PAVLOVA SWAN.
BELGIAN PRAISE FOR NURSE IN DISGRACE AFTER OBSTRUCT-
CAVELL FILM.
ING TRAFFIC.
A "GAOL-BIRD."
THEATRE CROWD.
LONDON SCENES ON A RECENT NIGHT.
FAINTING WOMEN,
COLUMNS OF PRAISE,
Brusaela-Amid columins of Оле of Pavlova's Swans Was Extraordinary scenes took praise, the Belgian Press can find arrested at Golder's Green recently place at the Lyceum Theatre, only one criticism to level against and lodged in a cell at the police Strand, on a recent night when the Nurse Cavell film, "Dawn" station, charged with obstructing some 20 police tried to control a which was shown for the first time the traffic, and assaulting the police: crowd-estimated at 7,000 of in publie recently in a Brussels! Its identity had not then been people who had been standing all cinema.
discovered, Inquiries established its the afternoon in a queue in the hope of seeing the variety pér- formance given in aid of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Ina- road.
Houston, Texas-Photos show (upper) Clem Shaver drives the mules while Jesse H. Jones handles the plow in breaking ground for temporary hall to be built for Democratie presidential convention. (Lower) General view of the olte.
an accident.
The swan arrived-apparently by
The whole of the island site was surrounded by the queue, which was four deep, and within ten minutes of the opening of the theatre's doors all the unreserved parts, pit, gallery, and pit stalls, were full.
up
Exeter-street, Tavistock-street, and Wellington-street were im- passable, and traffic in the Strand became disorganised Many women fainted in the crush. Ticket-Holders Guarded. The
stretched queue Burleigh-street to Covent Garden, and when it was announced that the gallery was full an attempt was made to rush the doors, and extra police were sent to rein- force the men guarding the pit entrance, to which hundreds of people hurried from the gallery doors.
to be escorted through the crowd by constables who pushed a way through.
Five constables struggled to get the pit doors closed, while The "Slecle" voices the opinion ownership and there being exten- others tried to prevent the crowd of the majority of Belgian news-uating circumstances, the police from rushing the entrance. From papers and the public when it says: arceded to the appeals of Mme. the pit the crowd surged to the
Mr. Wilcox, the producer, has Pavlova to release her pet.
front of the house, and within à shown a constant and exaggerat- Its offences, to which there was'a ¦ few minutes the main staircase ed care to present the Germans great crowd of witnesses, arose was thronged with people in such a favourable light that from natural excitement after the clamouring for admission. the sentencing to death of Miss bird had been slightly injured in Meanwhile, ticket-holders had Cavell becomes almost psycholo- gically illogical. Throughout the film it is obvious that the produc-
air at Golders Green Tube station er has been actuated by thoughts
after lunch, and wandered about the of pacifism. Not a single critic can and an station all the afternoon, as though offensive gesture in the picture, awaiting a friend due by train. At "Le Matin," of Antwerp, for in-length, showing signs of impati- stance, writes:
ence, the bird flew off, and unluck- Nothing, absolutely nothing, ily collided with the overhead tram from beginning to end can stir wires, Amid a cloud of feathers it up hatred against Germany, It fell to the ground, narrates the is a placid film of concentrated "Daily News." emotion which the world should P. C. Hunt, on traffic duty, went
Ace.
Finally more police arrived and lined the main entrance, but it was more than half an hour be fore the street was cleared.
President Coolidge has sent a message to Congress requesting the appropriation of £20,000 a ex- penses for United States participa- tion in the international conference
to the rescue, but his intentions in London in 1929, which would Miss Sybil Thorndike in the role were either misunderstood or re-seek a revision of the 1914 Safety of Nurse Cavell is universally sented. The swan flew around him, of Life at Sea Convention. praised. "She has incarnated the fiercely striking out with its wings. part of Miss Cavell with dignified The contest continued for some and true emotion," is the verdict of time, all traffic being held up and the "Nation Belge."
Ja big crowd looking on.. At last "Le Soir" says: "Even to the sub-the constable gained the mastery titles the producer has kept any and marched off with the bird under thought of hate out of the film his arm to the lock-up: The picture merits being seen by every Belgian."
lova in her garden In North End.! road, Golders Green-flew
away from home about three weeks ago. The gaol-bird was utterly shame- less when it returned in disgrace, It was discovered that the awan still holding its head as high as -one of seven kept by Mme. Pav-ever.
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