New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1915, Page 4

RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW AND SEE THE BIG NOVELTY SEATS RESERVED MUST BE CALLED FOR BEFORE 2:15 and 7 10,000 'Myswry. ACK MARKS, us English Comedian. Other Big Acts. st-Selig and Other “Pics” Tonight OX'S | lity Photo Plays J | ,‘T‘[MES TONIGHT N MARTIN in RRIVAL OF IRPETUA” exquisite romantic in 5 acts. BLACK BOX', . of this serial, ) pte most ming Tomorrow FIO IN SOULS,” unding expose of vice. TH Piee ORGAN |- ) -1+ | SONS’ — Hartford | TONIGHT. the Delightful Success [LLIAM HODGE. omedy of Cheerfulness oad to Happiness” ic, to $1.60; Seats ready. STHEATER Hartford. ‘'eek, Twice Dally. Poli Players, DF THE CIRCUS Eve. 10, 20, 30, 50c. BIG ACTS 'KEENEY'S BILL lacts, all of headline cali- | ohnson’s colored enter- Adelphia and company hystery specialty and the 0f acrobats, form the of the program week. They are imbers and the ived them with en- ey drew liberal ap- here was no question them winning tNe Of the audience, on’s troupe make one fggregation of dusky en- in New Britain is a comedian of unusual ability, He by: & company of capable he result of the efforts fination are very pleas- at all “first $10,000 mystery is onc ffling feats every used t-of-hand artists. There of other good tricks in it's repertoire and they “sensation last evening. Cular features of the speclalty enliven the These performers entirely new lines and ity in their every move- hake-up of the act is in ponsible for the strong erformers make to tie overs of acrobatic feats siderable enjoyment in fhe program. eéd Sisters have a most ong and dance number, s, the versatile English ks hisiway into favor es and stories that are pute. e, .with a little sugar jetter than vinegar for PRotable salads News /oi Theatre _G(_)ers nd Women eaders R L Good Musical Comedy Again Packs Lyceum; Audience Delighted popu- the There is no question of the larity of musical comedy Lyceum and there is no question of | the capability of the company to give such a production. The theater was packed last evening and the audience was delighted with ‘“The Man Who Owns Broadway,” which is to be there all week. The piece was beautifully mounted, the New York chorus sang well and the music of the orchestra was pleasant to listen to. This is the cast: at Fred Sutton | Belle Flower ««o. L, J. Fuller Adelaide Hibbard Lois Bolton Wyrley Birch Emily Callaway Frank Wright Andrews ... Anna . . Anthony Bridwell Curoline Curtiss ... Tistelle Wilson Tom Bridwell Sylvia Bridwell George Burnham Sydney Lyons . . Alfred Cross Captain at Martin’s .. ..Jim Connor Harry Hathaway . . Adrian Perrin [ Bill Robinson . . ¥red Sutton Detective .. . Adrian Perrin Coachman .. ..+ Jim Connor Cook Harry Belmont Synopsis of Scenes. Act I.—Reception hall in Anthony Eridwell's New York home. Act II.—Martin’s restaurant, street and Broadway. Act IIT.—Scene 1. ‘Waldorf Astoria. Act III.—Scene Natonal theater. 25th Corrldor in the 5 Interior of the The piece was written by George M. Cohan and it follows out his line of comedy interspersed with epigram- matic sayings and was built purposely to amuse. There is no plot, unless it can be said that Caroline Curtiss who wishes to marry Anthony Bridwell, a millionaire, and George Burnham, who has similar aspirations in the direc- tlon of the old man’s daughter, Sylvia, played by Miss Callaway,” can be called a plot. They are confidence people and card sharps and are de- tected in time to prevent the wed- dings, the affections of the young girl going out to Sydney Lyons, an actor, who, upon being questioned, asked the girl if she thought he needed a keeper, and she very artfully repited that perhaps he wanted a housekeeper. The music has a pleasant swing to it and encores were numerous. The company borrowed the perfume song from “High Jinks,” the members leaving the stage ana marching single file through the theater, singing the sweet song, each waving a hand- kerchief and dispensing perfume. The piece was well acted and the various characters were very compe- tently filled. There were some local hits by Mr, Cross as Sydney Lyons which were in good taste and the audience evidently liked them as they did the entire production. POLLY OF THE CIRCUS | GOES WELL AT POLI'S “Polly of the Circus,” that pretty little three-act play of Margaret Mayo's, is this week's dffering of the new Poli Players in Hartford and the opening performances yesterday were most capably given. Harry Hollingsworth, as the clergs: man, was characteristic of the broad- minded ministér who sees beyond the narrow confines of his own parish and who makes allowances for those who have been brought up to differ- ent idea Marguerite Skirvin made a pretty and sincere Polly and de- lighted her audience by her work in the many fine scehes given her. Hal Briggs, as the blustering dea- con and Maurice Dower, as the hesi- tating-follow-suit ‘"deacon, injected much comedy into the piece. Royx Phillips also furnished some deligit- ful comedy in the role of Hasty Jones, a colored servant, Forrest Seabury was excellent as Uncle Toby, the clown, who watched so tenderly over the little circus rider and John Ellis as Big Jim, the boss canvasman, looked the part and was consistent with the type some- | times found carrying around a kind heart under a rugged exterior. Ben | MacQuarric was very good as Joe the circus proprietor, anid Gale, Welba Lestina, Ina Ly- man ard others of the, cast dfd thor- oughly good work. Ada Dalton, as Mandy Jones, the colored housekeeper, did even more | pleasing work than usual. The piay was put on with the true circus at- mosphere from the time one entered i the theater lobby and began treading sawdust on the floor until the curtain ng down on the scene show- ing the circus lot after the circus with the big wagons rattling up the hill, and away to the next town. In the circus scenes some good vaudeville was introduced, making the show the more realistic, Parents Oftentimes Cherish Secret Ambitions for Their Children Backwardness or Percocity Do Not Always Determine the Possibilities of Little Ones—Some Noted Instances Given. Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg in New York Tribune. Alice, almost three years old, very busy scribbling for effects on the back of a circu ter; and she was quite oblivious to the presence and conversation of her mother and a visitor. *“Can she write vet?” asked the visitor. *Oh,. beamed the mother, “we do not wish to hurry her. But she does love Lo play with pencils and paper, and I think she is going to be an author.” The visitor smiled indulgently, and sn't that interesting!” Bt s what she thought: “She is just as likely to become 'a cheap clerk or a fourth-rate stenog- rapher.” Which is quite true; only there is no usc discouraging parents too early in the game. Parents naturally harbor secret am- bitions as to the future of the children: we know that, because they sometimes let the secret out. And it is quite nat- ural that they should, because they transfer to their children the hopes of théir own childhood, the hopes that never crystallized into reality. We can therefore understand why the scrib- blings of Alice should suggest fine writing to the mother, or why Tom- my's tinkering with the decrepit alarm clock should remind the father of that other Thomas, the great inventor. was t and cloud ar let- Hopes Aid in Developing Child’s Per- sonality. Not only is it early to understand why parents do such things—which must appear rather stupid or conceit- ed to the parents of other children but it is very desirable that they should continue to do more and more of the same. For entertaining hopes about children is about ‘he sur way of guiding our plans and bring! unity into our treatment of developing pefsenality. The hopes can certainly do mo harm—unless they blind us. But there is the real danger. For if we have nothing to go by ox- cept our hopes, we are just as likely to be moved or paralyzed but our fears. It is natural for parents to translate the random activities of their children into possibilities for achiegement. But It is just as natur- al to translate the annoying or un- conventional activities into gnawing fear. Charles Darwin tells us in his auto- biography of being rebuked by the schoolmaster for wasting his time on such subjects as chemistry. We should explain this by saving that the school- master had no appreciation of a sub- ject of which he was totally ignorant. But he tells us further that he was greatly mortified when his father.once said to him: ““You care for nothing but shooting dogs and rat catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family Now, Darwin’s father was not an ignorant man and he was not unsympathetic; but his imagination was not equal to interpret- ing the child’s interests and activities in terms other than those of loafing, shooting and rat catching. Patrick Helry Was a Lazy Youth. But if the experience of Darwin should lead any one to predict a gr scientific career for the son of simi- lar proclivities, he must be warned. The youth of Patrick Henry was char- acterized by alternating spasms of running wild and hunting in the woods and spells of extreme lazin 3 V' persuasion could bring him either to read or to work,” his biograph writes, “and every omen foretold life at hest of mediocrity, if not of in significance.” Which on pports the old suspicion that you must not put too much trust in omens. Again and again we find cases children who filled their parent: despair and their teachers with dis- gust, only to emerge later into men and women of distinction and high so- clal value. The timid youth, backward in school and slow to give any sign of internal fires, develops into a leadcr in thought or in action. This should not make us translate timidity and backwardness into signs of leadership Henry Ward Beecher was so bashf and reticent as a boy that he gave the impression, according to his sister, of “stolid stupidity.” Tn addition to thisg he was a poor writer and speller, and had a “thick utterance.” No one would have guessed that this ten-year-old bo; s to become a brilliant orator, espeeially since the other children of the family memorized their lessons readily and recited them with and elegance, in marked contrast fo the confused and stammering Henry. John Adams gave no sign of abili- ties beyvond the ordina until w along in vears, and but for the c cumstances of the Civil War Ulysse: S. Grant would have remained an ob- scure, uninteresting and “unsuccess- ful” drifter. On the other hand, many a precocious child secms to stop short of with in its development long before there is the maturity or the opportunity to begin to accomplish things of impor- tance. We are not to suppose that every brilliant child will neéesarily become a mediocre adult, mnor that every backward child is to develop in- to a genius. David Hume “Weakminded.” The fact is that the “abilities” of a child are in a state of.constant change. At no time may we say of the child that it has exhibited a final manifest-- tion of its possibilities or of its limi- tations. The “inattentive” Isaac New- ton, the ‘“‘dullard” Robert IFulton, the “indolent” James Russell Loowell, the “weakminded” David Hume and hun- dreds of others make us challenge our methods of estimating the powers and characters of children. These, more than the disappointments we feel in the failure of children to de- velop into a realization of our great expectations, make us question our standards and systems and signs. In view of the common failure to anticipate the ultimate achievements of children, it would seem much wiser to draw all the possible encouragement and stimulus from the positive man festations, to watch constantly for the best, than to fear and despair for the weaknesses. Fashion Hints by May Manton Z A 2] 2\ WAWVAY 2 8614 Plaited Skirt with or without belt, 24 1o 32 waist. The plaited skirt is an accepted fact. it & exceedingly smart for the coat suit, for ‘he separate skirt and for the gown made o suitable material. tan be made with the yoke or without t and which is finished at_the slightly | ‘aised waist line. It is a simple model, { becoming model as well as a smart one | «nd it can be utilized for many different naterials. The fashionable poplins make 3p beautifully in this way, gabardine, lerge and the light weight broadclothy ire perfectly adapted to the design, thg + répes are all handsome when plaited an(' here are various novelties that might bg nentioned in the list. Since no ong ihinks of sending the finer cotton and inen fabrics to the laundry, thev al<o car} se plaited successfully. In one view, ong of the new plaid gabardines is cut biay ‘nd made with a yoke; in the other view ¢ silk and wool crépe is combpined wit'} atin. The skirt can be cut in two or threg sieces as the material renders desirable. ' For the medium size will be required )1{ yds. of material 27, 36 or 44, 4 vds }4, with 113 yds. 27 for the trimming hown in the back view. The pattern 8614 is cut in sizes from 24 o 32 in. waist measure. It will nailed to any address by the Fashion { Department of this paper, on receipt o en ceats. (F j loorshine Cedar Oil Polish CLEANING DUSTLESS POLISHING DUSTING A clear, pure polish for furniture, pianos, autos, linoleum and all firithed ot hard wood floors. Best for re-newing any make of oiled or polishing mop. 10¢ to0 $1.00 Packages PORTER CO UNION A ANDREWS CO. it at 1 TEA CO., { Here is one that ' A Menu for Tomorrow R Breakfast Fruit Cereal Sugar Broiled Ham Creamed Potatoes English Muffins Coffee and Cream Lunch Baked Potatoes with Egg Croquettes Date Cakes Cream Cocoa Dinner Carrot Soup Broiled Chicken Potato Soutfle Spinach. French Dressing Wafers Cheese Corn Starch Blanc Mange Coffee Put half a dozen | eggs in a saucepan, cover them with cold water, heat and simmer for an | hour. In the meantime put one pint l'of milk over the fire to scald; together to a paste two tablespoon- fuls of butter and four tabléspoan- fuls of flour Drop this paste into the scalded mill and stir slowly un- til it is dissolved and the mixture thickens. Cover and cook for five minutes, then season with one tea- spoonful of salt, one-half of a tea- spoonful of paprika, a dash of cay- enne, one teaspoonful of onion juice and a suspicion of mace. Take from the fire, add one heaping tablespon- ful of chopped parsley and the hard boiled eggs cut in small pieces. Spread out on a buttered dish and set away until cold. Dip the hands lightly in flour and shape the mixture into small croquettes; use as little flour as pos- sible, only just enough to keep it | from sticking, or the creamy consist- ency will be lost. When all are shaped dip them into slightly beaten egg, roll in fine dry bread crumbs {and immerse in smoking hot fat un- til_golden brown. Drain on un- glazed paper and serve with cream or tomato sauce. Small Date Cakes—A simple des- sert for lunch is found in small date cakes. The batter, which is put to- gether as for a cup cake, calls for one_half cupful of bytter, one cup- ful of, sugar, one cupful of milk, one- half teaspoonful of salt, one egg, four cupfuls of flour and three tea- | spoonfuls of baking powder. St linto this, when well beaten, one cup- ful and a half of stoned dates cut into bits. Bake in two shallow gem pans and serve them while still warm. Endive kgg Croquettes | THERON HART WELL RECEIVED AT FOX'S Hart, the local week's organist, iast Theron opened engagement cvening at Fox's in a series of recitals ¢n the mammoth organ. Mr. Hart is a musical wizard, and work will receive words of great commendation from the best music lovers in this city. Mr. Hart has a most subtle and deli- cote touch and his rendition of “The | Triumphal March from -Aida” by { a his Yerdi and “The Beautiful Blue Danube { Waltz,” by Strauss were exceptionally fine, pleasing and delightful. Mr. Hart will change his program with the change of the motion picture program, that of Wednesday and Friday. He | will play evenings only with just one matinee, that of Thursday at p. m. The motion picture program cxceptionally good one. Vivian Mar an 3:30 rub i | i tin, remembered here for her artistic: “The Wishing Ring” and “In 0Old Dutch,’ seen in of Perpetua,” a romantic comedy in five acts which is most delightful and pleasing. A cast made up of Shubert principals gives Miss Martin capable support and a most exquisite and ar- tistic comedy is offered with a story that will please the most fastidious Fox patron. In conjunction with the above photo-play the fourth ! of “The Black Box™ serial, the serial motion picture story you like so well werk in wolding down the educational portion «f the varied and entertaining pro- gram. “or tomorrow and Thursday “Traffic in Souls,” an astounding story of e pose of vice, will hold the headline position on the big program. The story deals with the “system’™ and the man higher up. Phineas Trebanos ihilanthropist and reformer, head | the Citizens' league, has been chosen {'to lead the fight aga em Iin control of white picture is most attractive. MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR GHILDREN, A OertainRolief for Feverish Constipation, Stomnch Troubl Disorders, : o oy Brea Trade Mack, 1 51 Eonrs. AL aliroer e Aoy Don’t accept Sample mailed FREE. Address, anysubstitute. A, S. OLMSTED, Le Roy, N.Y. chapter | was also shown, with the Pathe News | of | The | “The Arrival | i cuffs of dotted Judgments Built on Sand “And that poor man was so sound asleep, dreadfully tired\"” con- cluded Molly, star eyed, “that the conductor could hardly wake him up.” She had been telling us the sad tale of the poor, sick looking man on the seat in front of her on the train who had evidently come through without a sleeper because he just dropped his head forward on the window- sill and slept, “Silly,” safd the authorman's wife. what makes people go to sleep like that. “He was not,” said Molly, the wistful blazing suns of wrath The Laugh That Is More Cutting Than Words. authorman’s wife laughed the scornful laugh that is a more cut- ting answe¥ than any argument, And as I listened my mind flew back to an occasion years ago when, newspaper woman, I was suddenly sent out on an assignment, to a city some hundreds of miles away in the late afternoon, 1 worked on my story until eleven and wrote until two. I had to be up at six the next morning to catch the train back to the office, I could mot get a parlor seat and I slept all the way back with my head pillowed on my arm. “Doubtless,” I now reflected 1 myself for the first time the light of the authorman's wife's positive judgment, *doubtless the passengers in the train thougint ‘of course’ I was drunk.” At least half the injustice of-the world Is not deliberate, It is simply careless. It is the injustice of judgment founded on the basis of preju- dice and semi-truths, People who are asleep on the train are sometimes under the weather. Therefore anyone who is seen asleep on the train is to be adjudged in that condition. “Of course he was drunk, That's stars in her eves changing to he as a s saw in all An Injustice That T Always Resented, As a child nothing made me more indignant than this form proof: “How did you break such and such a thing?” “I didn't break it “But it's broken. True, I was an impetuous young person and frequently did break things, but I did not think tdat was a fair premise on which to base the judgment that anything broken around the house was my doing. We were talking about canned goods the other day., I am n great believer in a reasonable use of good canned things because they are usually cooked by first class cooks and because they save so much time. The woman with whom I was talking doesn’t believe in them, “My dear,” she said, “they’re not nourishing.” ; “What makes you think so?" T sald. The Reason Why She Knew. “I know so0,” she answered. “Why, T know two voung stenographers who kept a little apartment and they ate almost nothing but canned goods and one of them broke down.” The fact that the girls were trying to work at same time keep house, and the possibility that mental troubles, lack of fresh air and exercise might have affected girl's healta apparently never occurred to this woman., Yet she woman above the average in brain and heart. It is a very common falling indeed, this habit of basing one's judg- ments on semi-truths and prejudices, but remember they are a vers wobbly foundation and the judgments built upon them are about as de rendable and valuable as the house built on of re- an office other factors, such and at the as the is a ’. Fads and Fashions l Sleeves are usually full length. Househo@_ Notes Brown sugar used granulated sugar in sweetening brown All-black hats are again smart. Betty will make it taste much richer. A dash of lemon juice in water ie an excellent tooth wasn; it not only removes tartar, but it sweetens the bath, Organdies are so sheer as to seem unreal, smart motor coats are in - When early breakfasts are re- quired, prepare them as much as pos- | mble overnight, to save time in the morning. serge ssuits are trimmed with scif-folds. The one-sided jaboy is again fash- tonoble, Always have the oven very hot v.hen a roast of beef is put in, because i the meat sears instantly the juices are kept in. Exquisdte being made »f voiles of voiles; gowns ‘are Silk linings than decorative, arc more ever of ‘linen erpieces; niers for Always after cutting they can be tiny doilies, save the out large used for the o corner: Waists of fashionable. marquisette dre very of will in An occasional saltpeter sprinkled irevent soot from the chimney., teaxpoontul on the fire accumulating Ve made voile or are of organdie, 1 hemsiiteied col- > When chopping figs dates through the meat chopper acd a few drops of lemon julce and the chopper will not become clogged New suits have s of white pique. or The favor the custom new style iressmaker. ainiy When too many sandwitches have Fcen made, open them, take the meat out carefully and use the bread and | butter to make brown Betty, waists have collars and swiss, Ratiste Jet buttons are considered cr afternoon gowns. When waghing kitchen utensils it is a good plan to use hot soda water, ‘The alkali turns the grease into soap ! which does its own cleaning decided fancy for black parasols. There is and white in generally hizh at Collars and open are the throat. very e If you desire a change In sand- wiches for the school lunch ery fine and mix it with er This will make chop cel- m cheese a delicious sandwich Seperate skirts are made of taf- feta, faille and poplin, The thing he hape the important ving milliners is If knives and forks that have Tien used for fish are aflowed to stana "ir cold water for a half hour before washing, the unpleasant odor will dis. appear, in istitching is used and upon underclothes Ha more more stains should linen and clothing into the laundr: not taken, the | ccme out, Al from B¢ i Automobile veils do not | be removed much from year to year | before they : If this precaution There seems o be no limit to the stains may never fandnass far nink corsets, in place ot ¥