New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1915, Page 4

" News for Theatre Goers and Women men_Readers Daily Fashion Talks ‘ BY MAY MANTON “DR. RAMEAU” WILL THRILL 5 HEARTS OF FOX ' PATRONS == SMART COSTUMES FOR THE SUMMER WARDROBE HE summer wardrobe means a great many different demands, but it must include some dainty costumes for afterncon wear and also simple ones adypted to outdoor sports and here are two models that surely will help to solve the problem of selection. The afterncon dress is & very smart one, showing the fashionable flounced skirt and also a blouse with'gulero effect, Here, it is made of bordered crépe, but it would be pretty for any fiouncing or or any bordered material or indeed for any plain material trimmed at its as suggested in the back view. For a very dressy frock, lace could te used with the under bodice of crépe de chine or charmeuse satin; if a silk gown is wanted, bordered taffeta would be pretty or plain taffeta trimmed with rows of velvet ribbon, black on old blue or rose color for example, and with the tafteta.-the under bedice could be of crépe or chiffion. The three flounces of the skirt are arranged over a foundation that is just comfortably wide. They are simply straight and gathered and consequently the skirt is a very easy one to ML The bolero can be sewed in with the seams of the blouse or finished separately s liked, and the blouse can be made witha highor open neck. For the medium size will be required 314 yds. of material 27 in. wide, 23§ yds. 36, 134 yds. 44, for the blouse, with 3 yds. of flouncing 18 in. wide for the bolero portion, 25§ yds. of material 36 in. wide for the foundation skirt, 14 yds. of flouncing 164 in, wide.and 23 yds. 27 for the flounces. The May %!antoll pattern of the blouse No. 8585 is cut in sizes from 34 to 44 in, bust and of the skirt 8599, in sizes from 24 to 32 in. waist measure, . . . . Painless Financial Dentistry What a costly thing is the average person’s unwillingnes to give w,.‘ Philanthropy and charity unless he has the money dragged out of him by 2 cake sale, a bazaar, 4 pageant or some other similar device of that polite fietion—painless financial dentistry, A big entertainment was given récently in a neighboring town for the benefit of two charities. The money turned over to the charities was $600—two hundred and & fifty apiece, Not bad, you say. Not at all, unless vou comsider the rest 6f the budget. ceeds were $1,800, the expenses weré $1,300 That is, if the money which wasexpended on that entertainment had been given directly to the charities, ea¢h charity would have had #5300 in- stead of $250. The .total pro- The Pleasure of Giving Painlessly. And yet, of :course, that js a purely utilitarian view of the matter. One must remember the other side. The péople who went o the entertain- ment received pleasure for their money and at the same timeé had the sen- sation of giving it away, while the people who took part in the entértaii- ment had that even more delightful double-barreled joy—the pleasure of being the cyndsure of all eves and the happiness of doing something for charity without any disagreeable effort or self-sacrific And then, of course, the uses of society are served by such affairs. since they provide opportunities for. friendly meetings and chances for social in- tercourse, and that is part of life, and no small or mean part. 1 Like My Charity Straight. Personally 1 like to take my charity straight. I like to put aside a ceér- tain sum for.charity and philanthropy and.give it directly to people who need or to further the general cause of social betterment. Then I like to take my entertainment straight, basing my selection solely on what I eh- joy the most. But this is a purely personal point of view and I do not claim it is the only one or the best one. Perhaps the world would be poorer if we all feit that way. Perhaps the sum people will spend for entertainment and charity combined is so much larger than that they would spend for charity straight that the charities would losé by the direct method. 1 wonder. gverything.on earth, ‘dies leaving an * infant Adaughter. Rameau is incon- solble. He keeps the room where his wife died inviolate, visiting it on every anniversary of her degth. Many years later on one of these visits he discovers among her letters evidence proving that his wife hdd been un- faithful, that Pamela, whom he had reared from childhood to budding womnhood, is not his child. The shock almost unbalances his mind. He drives the girl from his home and refuses to go to her even when she is thought to be dying. His best friend, Dr, Talvanne, almost drags him to her bedside. As he enters the room the girl stretches out her arms to him. Rameau is conquered. His hate for the innocent girl is dissipated by the sight of 'ner suffering. Like a fiena he labors to savé her from death, It is unusual to find such a’combin- ation of stars in one production as is presentéd in William Fox’s latest pho- to-dramatic success '‘Dr. Rameau” which is coming to the local Fox the- ‘ater tomorrow and Siturday. In the ‘title Tole appears Frederick Perry, lately starred in the Broadway. suc- cess of the season “On Trial” and ad- mittedly the most effective dramatic actor on the stage today. Stuart | Holmes, as Munzell, the artist, is too well known to require extensive praise for his very effective work in’ this re- markable production. Mr. Holmes has starred in many feature pictures, and Seems to grow more popular with each. Dorothy Bernard, who pro- trays Conchita with such telling charm and power; Jean Sothern, as the innocent object of Dr. Rameau’s Question—I came ciose to a nervous breakdown a year ago. I do not seem myself since. 1 have fears that are almost obsessions, although I never used to be timid. There are timés when trifies excite me all out of pro- portion. One of my friends ‘suggests mental science. What do you think?—W. E. G. ¢ Answer—I believe a great many physicians now recommend such treatment in cases like yours. The only instance that ever came to my pér- sonal attention was that of a young man who had an absolute horror of the water. He tried to combat it and once even ventured out sailing. He becameé hysterical and Begged to be put ashore. He finally weént t6 A menta) scientist and a few weeks ago he put himself to the test by again going sailing. He appeared and said he felt as serene as a May mornl HOORAH” 10, 20, 30, &0e. PC~ - <3S ‘ Remove the outer lium sized . summer | it’the head into strips. quarts of boiling wa- half an hour. In a . tablespoonful of tablespoonfuls of ir ‘over the fire until ‘ada gradually one pint scalded ‘milk and one ir is which the cab- | i\ Season to taste _pepper, simmer for ten “ome. eupful of . the chopped fine. simmer serve with crou- one-Half of a ‘one cupful of cold Boil together for ‘eupful of sugar and ater, take from the @ gelatine: Stir until nd add one and one- peacn pulp, prepared peaches through ‘aside, stirring occa- re is quite of four ezgs th, 'add by degrees the ‘and "continue to whip ‘thass I8 very “etiff. id ‘wet in cold water, until firm enough to Fashions [ ~ has been slow embréidered linen eotc; for-the house, but o’ “Whites 7 &dds an accent to ‘fure has in- v, are not~ only the . day, but raps are trim- wrath: George * Allison as Talvanne, and, Edith Hallor in the important role of Roselle, are a fitting support for the superb dramatic talent of Mr. Perry. The story’ of Dr. Rameau deals with Pierre Rameau, the son of a poor gatetender, who becomes, through a natural aptitude for the medical profession, the foremost phy- giclan and surgeon in Paris. = Con- chita, his' wife, whom he loves above “QVER THE WIRE” By DOROTHY CLARKE My dear! We met the célebrity ... ...Lady Brixton’s friend remember my telling you of her .. ... Didn’'t 1?2 Well, she’s a noted suf- fragette, English, of course ........ been arrested and everything .... Oh, quite militant and frigatfully in- teresting ... ..she's stopping at the Nassau and we lunched with her .+... But wait until 1 tell you what she was wearing . crash with a dark blue stripe in it L. oit looked as if Jack's tailor had made it -.»' the coat and white waistcoat wpre almost exactly like a man’'s well-cut sack suit ..... the skirt was very short but not full and below it, as a finishing touch, about four inches of trousers showed yes, Helen, regular trousers with turned up ouffs .. She wore a man's. panama and Ascot tie and car- ried a stick ..... Of course, it was ; terribly extreme, but on her it didn’t look at all out of place, : FINEST PRODUCTION OF WESTERN COMEDY Theatergoers who have seen the presentation of “The Heir to the "Hoorah” at Poli's theater this week declare it to be one of the finest pro- ductions of the western comedy that the city has ever seen and ‘the re- ception at the hands of the critics stfensthens the belief that the play- i,q giving the play a masterly 1 tion. The story is unique and n‘qu@' cleverly making an amus. ing mmway_ entertaining series of incident, he. comedy which ' runs throughout #ivés the players ample ‘opportunity to introduce funmaking . a suit of linen | bringing all his skill and science to bear and in the end he.is successful. Pamela is saved for a life of love and happiness. For the last times tonight Florence Reed, staf of ““The Yellow Ticket” is seen in “Her Own Way,” by Clyde Fitch and the latest chapter of “The Romance of Elaine"” as well as today's Pathe News with its cur- rent events. scenes 'that are not in the script and the result is spontaneous comedy that is refreshing and amusing. The the- ater is transformed into a small dairy farm this week—at least one small part of it might be mistaken for an exhihit at a ecountry fair. The man- agement is distributing fresh milk to call “attention to the fact that the players will present the rural comedy hit, “The Daily Farm" at 'thé theater | next week. “The Dairy Farm” in I which the players appear next week | is, one of the most popular of the rural plays on the stage, For years it has been a favorite and inasmuch as i it ‘has been years since it was pre- sented in Hartford there will undoubt- edly will be a general desire to see th old masterpiece. The characters are all tural, the atmosphere and that is refreshing. / Motion pictares devotees are pro- mised a treat tonight and tomorrow night -at - Keeney's. the munageme having secured “The Slim Prinoess, with Francis X. Bushman in ths leading role for the feature of the | program. “The Slim Princess’” en- | joyed a long run on the legitimate stage and the piece gained such pop- vlarigy that the Famous Players com- pany decided to produce it before the | camera. Francis Bushman, who is | probably idolized more than any other male star in the “movie” fir- mament, was chosen to play ths principal role. He scored a §reut success in the hero character and since the [Alm has been put on the circuit energetic managers of photo- play houses have been theoretically climbing over each other in their rush to land it for their respective playhouses. Keeney's booking agent, always on the job, quickly arranged for the presentation of the play in this city and as a result it will be the principal attraction tonight, serv- ing with Winifred Kingston in “The Love Route” as features tomorrow. The Kingston film will also be shown Saturday. - The Pathe weéekly will be on to- night's program. ome interesting war happenings will be depicted by this film. There will also be pic- tured many current events in thig country. - The management announees that besides this there will ih some comedy pictures tonight. The vaudiville shows this week is very entertaining. ‘The acts are light and of a type particularly suitable for a summer variety show. They break up the monotony of a three hour picture shows and help to vary the entertainmtnt, BEDTNENEE R FIRE DESTROYS SUGAR. Ilollo, Panay, P, I, July 15.—More than 3,300 tons of sugar were de- stroyed in a fire which caused the de- struction of a large number of: build- ings here last night. The sugar, valued at $160,000, represented three- | fourths of the loss, scenes are all from the country and | jt i{s, in short a play of country folks i WITH F. X. BUSHMAN | (By Henrietta Rodman in New York | Tribune). Fifty years behind néighboring states. and just awakening to the pit- | | | Design by Mey Manton. {_85 Blouse with or without Bolero Over-Portion, 34 to 44 bust. hree-Piece Skirt Perforated for Straight Flounces, 24 to 32 waist, 8646 Sports Wajst with Box Plaits, 34 to 42 bust. 8556 Semi-Circular Skirt, 24 to 32 waist. 8 859 The outing costume at the right shows the two-piece semi-circular skirt that is a prongdunced favorite of the summer and also a very new blouse that can be finished in Norfolk style or cut off shorter-and adjusted under the skirt. In the picture, the gown is made of linen, but it could be copied in épenge and in & variety of material: alatea is good and is much liked, a light wefin piqué would be smart worn with a black patent leather belt, or, if liked, the skirt could be made of linen or golfine and the blouse of handkerchief linen or tub silk or of some otlier thinner material. The tub silks are extremely fashionable and satis- factory and both the silks and the handkerchief lawns show very beautiful strited effects that 0C. toned u wide, 234 ekire, i The ' May Manton in. bust and of the skirt No. 85 The above patterns will be mailed of this paper, on receipt of ten cents for Household Notes Cut flowers will keep rresh much longer if about an inch of the stem ig slit before putting them into water. The water should be replenished each day. s Pure chloroform wiill remove raint, grease and othér saaing from colored garments. Put clean blotting paper undler the spot and pour the chloroform—a few days—on it, in the open air. A rood summer dessert ls made by lining & pudding dish with sponge cake and filling the dish with stewed fruit. Put more sponge on the top, press till cold dnd coat the whole with | boiled custard. ! i i Tea water is found an excellent | cleanser for varnished woodwork. To ' obtain this, pour water on used tea- | jeaves, and stain through a cloth or muslin. The tea water removes the dirt quite easily. are always pretty in combination with a plain skirt, The ockets that are arranged over the box-plaits are exceedingly smart and much iked, but they are not necessary and if a plain blouse is more becomi can be omitted. ‘Also, in place of being open at the neck, the blouse can closely. For the medium size will be reqlred 334 yds. of material 27 in., %yds. 36, 214 yds. 44, for the waist; 435 yds. 37, 255 yds. 36 or 44, for the itis 215 yds. wide at the lower edge. { pattern of tfihq waist NfOI , in sizes from 24 to 32 in. waist measure, to any address by the Fashién Departmens , they buts 8646 is cut in sizes from 34 to 42 EQUTTY PROCEEDINGS. Dr. Shaw to Try and Save Sale of Her Automobile at Auction, Philadelphia, July 15.—Counsel for Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suf- frage association, has instituted equity proceedings to enjoin the Delaware county authorities from selling at pub- lic auction the little yellow aulomoblle' ‘‘Bastern Victory,” to satisfy a tax as- sesement. This announcement was made last night by Miss Lucy An- thony, secretary to Dr. Shaw, who afded that the suffrage leader was no longer a resident of Lhis state but had made her home in New York since she 1eturned from abroad in 1912. The officlals claim the $120 taxes are for arrearages due from Dr. Shaw since 118, when the suffrage leader de- clined to make out a list of her taxable property on the ground that she was not a voter and therefore not subject to taxation. The car, which waa the gift of New York suffragists, was seized at, Moy- land, Pa., and is to be sold at auction | July 24 at Medta. | iful status of the feebleminded in our | midst, that is our condition in the words of the man who should know, Mr. John A. Kingsbury, Commission- er of Charities. On January 1, 1914 the care of the city’s dependents, men, women and children, the sick, the inebriaté, the homeless and the feeble-minded, was intrusted to Mr. Kingsbury, whe until then had. been general director of the Association for Improving the Condi- tion of the Poor. Responsible For Welfare. As Commissioner of Charities Mr. Kingsbury became responsible for the welfare of nearly twenty-five thousand children—twao thousand of them fee- ble-minded, and at that time virtually imprisoned on Randall's Island. Mr, Kingsbury did not want to talk vesterday of what he found when he first visited the homesg provided on Randall’'s Island by the City of New York far its defective children. “We have been fifty years behind Massachusetts and New Jersey in our care of the feeble-minded,”. was all that Mr. Kingsbury would say of the conditions which have roused New York to a recognition of the condi- tion of its mest helpless children. Horrors Uncovered' in Report. But you may read the official report of the Commiseioner if you are in- terested, if you feel at all responsible for the treatment of these weak little brothers and sisters of ours. The Dinwiddie reperts tells that they were beaten, exposed to infectious diseases, and wretchedly fed; that hundreds had no combs, or towels, or tooth- brushes. The most heipless were kept on the tep floors of the ramshackly old build- ings, and there were no gystematic fire drills. All the children were kept vir- tually as prisoners. The pleasant green acres of Randall's Island were kept formal and precise to impress the superficial inspector while the chil- dren were shut up in dingy buildings under rigid discipline in an atmos- phere of fear, almost without recrea- tion, Bring Happiness Into Defectives’ Lives “My ideal Cammissioner Kings- bury told me, “are, first, that we should bring as much comfort and happiness as possible into the crippled lives of these children. We want to bring the youngsters out into the sun- light. They're beginning to live out of doors at Randall's Island now. We're getting tents and lots of games over there. It's a wonderful place for children under right conditions. New Name, “Children’s Island.” “We want to change its name to Children’s Island—we want the mis- erable past forgotten. The city is ready now to do its best for these defective children. The Mayor, the President of the Board of Aldermen and the Controller have all put them- selves an record as favoring a gemer- 'New York Fifty Years Behind Neighboring States in Care of Imbecile Childre Commissioner Kingsbury, H owever, Island Will Become a Place of Happiness for Self-Suppor ting Defectives. Hopes ous appropriation to provide bull and equipment. s Children Should Be Self-Supporting. “My second ideal for the care of the feeble-minded is that they should be made as nearly as possible self. parting. 1 am convinced that proper teaching this can be done to a tar greater extent than most people realize. L “The lowest grade of the feeble- e A - minded are, of course, utterly help- i3 less, but even their care ir not as costly as is generally supposed, for the middle grade girls, the imbeciles, are able under competent supervision to be their nurees, and they love to do it. This has been thoroughly tried and proved in the best institu- tions, such as that at Waverly, ‘Mass,, § with, the result that the cost of each ~ase is reduced about 50 per cent. Imbeciles Work Earnestly. “Imbecile boys are capable of per. forming one process in agriculture or ather industriés. They work earnestly and seem to be contented, This is es- Yecially true on the farm colonies, where they are best and most econ- omically cared for. We find ihat Lringing this waste humanity to (e waste land results in the develop- ment of both. “The problem of the feeble-minded appears hoplessly dark only when we are trying to avold looking at if. Thé moment that we face it bravely with an honest determination to help the heipless we see light. “The imbeciles can be made partly self-supporting, and the highest grade feeble-minded, the morose, can under the best conditions not oniy support themselves, but contribute toward the support -of the other grades, State Must Accept Responsibility, “The first step toward the result must be the acceptance by the state of its responsibility for the care of the insane. New York City is com- tributing now 70 per cent, of the amount spent by the state for the care of the feeble-minded. We should not have to maintain separ- ate institutions in addition. “If all of the feeble-minded chil- dren and adults of the city were cared for in colonies where land is abun- dant and cheap, Randall's Island might be made the finest pla und for children in the world and might be used for the normal children from the congested parts of.the city, This, of course, is only a distant dveam for the future, “Finally,” said Mr. Kingsbury, "L belleve that, as we value the human race, we must prevent all defectivey from reproducing their kind. The practical and immediate method fs by segregation in working colonios, such as I have indicated. The possi- | bility of sterilization is being testeq in eleven states at the present tmae, notably, I believe, in Kansas and Cal. ifornia. These experiments prove, of value in cases where |t scems necessary or desirbble to per. mit defectives to remain under guard. lanship in community, as the Bag- lish law provides.™ A + » [