New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1915, Page 4

atre IRRING STORY OF HUMAN 4 st cRIbOING. 5T/ THE HISTORY OF MAIN 3 FRIENDSHIP IN SUBERB SCENIC B SPECTACLE WITH DISTINGUISHED CAST " AND 1000 PEOPLE UNIVERSAL MOVING PICTURES PRESENT DAMON IN @ PARTS . GRECHN CITIE. l?&fllfl? BATTLES M%m.‘lfi' o THRIL LING CHARIOT CLASSIC DAYCES & STRDIUNS GANES CYIMENDED BY EOUCATORS, HISTORIANS & CLERGY No_ story with a heart heat in il has ever lasted and lived more vivid- 1y through all the ages than the won- derfully beautiful narrative of the friendship of “Damon and Pythias.” These two noble figures have stood heroically through: all the flight of time as everlasting evidence of man's humanity to his fellow man and countleas thousands have found life more blessed because of the example. The real friendship of these two war- riors and leaders ®f men and the greab test to which it is put, fills the six acts with a plot of absorbing in- LODGE KNIGHTS~DYTRIAS terest and ons that bristles wib ihe | thrill of unexpected climaxes and the !’ throngs at the games, the classic dances, the thrill of charioteers, the ' conflicts at sea are pictured with wonderful power while the real sen- timent of the story is'tbrought out with a tenderness thut'its Jlasting. BY MAY FOR THE HAPPY : ULY is the summer the young folk’s own season. It means many ha hou: altogether a time of relaxation and of rs, freedom from sechool and pleksure. Ia the group are shown Various needs. There are rompers in which the smaller children will be perfectly happy and there is a dainty frock that the fittle girls will like to wear for lawn parties and the like with a charming bolero costume for the older sisters that is ipted to almost any afternoon function. The little girls’ dress 8624 is one of simplest and most charming that could be devised. It is made with a i very pretty shirred girdle with shouider ,htrlpe of ribbon and is worn over a plain separate guimpe. It is dainty, it is lattractive, dressy in effect, yet is absolutely simple and child-like. It can be imade with high neck and with long ule;_ve-, but few mothers will care for that ort] skirt of flouncing and with a finish during the warm weather season. ds. of flouncing 22 in. widé, with 1 yd. , 174 yds. 27, 136 yds. 36 and 1 or the shoulder straps, The May from 4 to 10 years. he rompers are new ones, are closed are easy for the child to adjust. The fall 80 is easily butroned into place. the bloo Pl g ongindios ymers are drawn in ns they are left free and each finishs: Goers MANTON —_— SUMMER TIME attractive costumes that will fill their 8 year size will be roquired 23§ of material 27, 3{ yd. 36, or 44 for the . 44, or the blouse, 114 yds. of ribbon anton pattern® No. 8624 is cut in sizes right down the front and consequently at the back is attached to the beit and There is a separate shield that can be worn as liked and the sleeves can be made longer or sherter. [n one view, elastic at the knees and in the other, ] ishsis quite correct. Galatea, ginghams and simrle are the materials that are most used for rompers and on the figure, blue and white striped gaiatea is trimmed with white. For the 4 year size will be needed 31{ yds. of material 27 in. wide, 214 yds. 36, 114 yds. with 3§ yd. 27, for the trimming. The May Manton pattetn 8603 is cut in sizes from 2 to 6 years, throb of exciting pulses. Battles, the | Orrin Johnson in #Fightit g Bob," : a five act photo-playbused “éu‘ithe Mexican situatidn, ‘thie lateft:ehapter ‘of “The Romance of Elainé®? “and | today’s Pathe News will -bé¢'@hown for the last time tomight. *4' s experiénces of the yc]un: coanle to all. sr0lsd emegeie i8¢ altin B3 pags | and | the play is sure toiprové defightful zimd'Vmefi aders » én “All ic institutions, I here assert, should have as their employes only :;opl::blvv‘;\onua couteous, pleasant and kind. One of thé greatekt hardships of poverty is to be obliged to face the autocratic martinets who stem to guard the doorways of all such organizations. There 18 something dstestable and offensive in the frozen, impatient and often insulting man- ner of the men and women who occupy little positions cf authority Hk: these, and before whom poor working girls, and 1 supposs, men. must £o. The above is an exiract from thelife story of a girl who left ‘her home with only ten dollara in her pocket aad with little education, and after many vicissitudes, became & successful author. Tarned Invo the Streets. In the course of her adventure she went to Chicago without any kmyfl-‘ cdge of the city, and having been told of one of the homes for girls, tried to Bet a room there. She had money to puy for it, but was at first refused, because she had no written character and knew no one In the city from whem she could get one. Eventually she was admitted, but only after an unpleas- ant controversy with on official such as she described. Afterward she saw other girls turned away for the lack of money or credentials, ] | The story is supposed to be per(cctly trae. I can well believe that her experi solld autobiography. I have lond had it in my mind to write somsthing = ence with the disagreeable oficial # f fear my own experience might be un- along this 1) have hesitated for e heosebuslops But it is evident that others have had vsual and hence unfair to tell about. simlar experiences. One of My Own Experiences, 1 remember a woman in charge of an eéxchange where Womens pro- ducts are sold. 1 went there one day 1o buy. My order was not large, but 1 meant to g0 again if 1 were pleased, When she heard my small order this woman treated me so slightingly, so impatiently that I never cared to go again. . T hope I am not actuated by a grudge. There is nothing. (o my mind. emaller than to let a sense of personal injury prejudice one against & worthy cause and T do hot mean to write in that spirit. The Gentlewoman Who Needs a Job. But T do think the people who conduct such philanthropies need warn. ing. Altogether too often the existence Of such pokitions is used as an op- pertunity to find & comfortable berth for the protege of some patron, Iv out of sympathy with the class they are supposed to serve. themselves creatures of another worldund tagonize thoss whom they are paid to help. It seems to me that people in such positions should be carerully 2nd either taught sympathy and real belpfulness or asked to tind ment where they camnot a0 so much harm. I believe some system % g i wealthy These are often gentlewomen in reduced circumstances who are not trained for any other occupation. Oftentimes such wpmen ure h..:i they patromize, irritate and am- * watched 4mploy- N who, , ¥ I o : | Menu for Tomorrow | : = like that whereby the telephone company makes sure of the ::utr::‘.odt its employes—that is by having an inspector put in calls and ‘By DOROTHY CLARKE i'haven't a ‘cent of ‘dress allow- ance left! all because 1 saw a per- fect dream of a dress and bought it. +..+.A morning costume which can also be worn at informal afternoon affairs .....White marquisette with' green stripes, over net ..... It's hor- ribly complicated, but I'll try to de- scribe it, ‘aithough I can do it Justice .. The blouse is net with very loose sieeves ending in and a up to the elbow ..... The skirt is of the marquisette, except for a centre panel of met and two pieces. of net which are let in at the hips ..... ‘The marquisite extends above the waist-line fn two broad bands which g0 over the shouldérs in a sort of suspender effect ..,.. At the sides the skirt is very full, so two huge pockets are made by gathéring the tullness ‘in over silk cording .,... frills, | nuts—almonds and English walnuts line of tiny black velvet bows ! Breakfast Fruit i Sugar and Créam Fried Egg Plant Corn Bread Lunch Chickén Salad Saratoga Potatoes , Cantaloupes Iced Cocoa Dinner Corn Soup | Beef Cannelon Mashed Potatoes Lima Beans Cold Slaw Wafers \ Cheese Mousse - with Chopped: Nuts Corn .Bread—Mix togethér one and 2 Bbalf pints of corn'meal, a half pint of ‘our, one teaspoornful of sugar, one Cereal Coffee Squash teaspoonful of salt and three tea- | spoonfuls of baking powder. Rub in | one teaspoonful of lard, add two egss | well beaten and one and a haif pints of milk; mix into a moderately stiff batter and pour from the béwl into a shallow cake pan. ‘Bake in a hot oven for thirty minutes. i Mousse With Chopped Nuts—Into one pint of cream stir five ounces of powdered - sugar; when dissolved add one teaspoonful of vanilla and two tablespoonfuls of sherry and whip well. Take off the froth as it rises and lay on a sieve to drain, returning the liquid cream which drains off to the larger quantity. Continue whip- ping and skimming until no more froth will rise. Let the whip atand for ten minutes longer, then stir in lightly one cupful of finely chopped mixed. Turn into a mold, lay over the top a sheet of waxed paper, put on the cover and bind thé edge with a | strip of muslin dipped in melted but- ter.. Pack in ice and salt for from two to three hours, according to the thickness of the mold. Then take from ‘the ice, wipe ecarefully with a cloth, dip for an instant in warm wa- ter and turn out on a dish, By way of variety one cupful of finely pound- ed nougat may be used in place of the My ; pm‘f[h ‘L\“fll 1!l’f3i &2 8624 Girl's Dress, 4 to 10 years, 8603 Child’s Rompers, 2 to 6 years. 8613 Boléro Costume for Misses and Small Women, 16 and 18 years. ” The young girls’ bolero costumé shows the high waist-line and so sy s the Empire :ffe!crt It is made with a little elecveless jacket that is exceedglsne;lty smart, 2 biouse and a two-piece skirt, In the picture, the material is one of the handsome cotton crépes, showing a figure of yellow on a white ground and is worn over a blouse of fine white voile. It i$ a dréss that can be made from a variety of materials, from linen and from silk with equal success. Taffeta, either filaam or flowered, worn over a crépe de chine blouse would make a somewhat ndsomer frock; one of the pretty handkerchief linens treated in just this way would make a very dainty and very attractive costume and there are number- less ways in which the design can be varied. For the 16 year size will be i 5% yds. of material 27 in. wide, 33{ yds. 15- Fd yds. 44, for bolero and skirt wnh.: yds. 27, 114 yds. 36, 1 yd. 44, for the folds on skirt, 2 yds. olplu'nd rufihng;? yds. 27, 2 yds. 36, 15§ yds. 44, for the blousc, 3}§yds. of ruffiing 2 yds. of insertion. ‘Theskirt is 2 yds. and 22 in. in width at the lower edge. The May Manton pattern No. 8613 ‘is cut in sizes for 16 and 18 years. The A‘gwe patterns will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, on reesipt of ten cents for each. Threshhold Club Makes Struggle of - Young Actresses Much Easier Florence Walton Tells of Difficulties With Which Stars of the Stage Meet in Beginhing I've been dreadfully extravagant -in | nuts. i, but it was such a “THE GHOST BREAKER” AT POLI'S NEXT WEEK New Britain- HERALD 50,000 poople in New Britais More of them see | the Herald than asy.: ofier nenspaper. ' < If you haw.a. més- sage for-all, gweit thropgh the Herald The first time Hartford theater- goers have ever had :thé opportunity of witnessing H. B. Warner’s big hit “Thé Ghost Breaker” in stock will be afforded next week with .the wéll~ balanced ‘stock company at Poli's theater, using the ‘vehicle to further advance 'their popularity with * tho | Hartford lovers of good drama. It is a big stock proposition and presents an unusually fine plot, with many ex- citing thrills and moments of irresist- ible comedy. The action of tae play starts at 5 o’clock ir the morn- iag in an apartment occupied by Prin- cess Maria Theresa of Aragon. War- ren Jarvis, a young Kentuckian bursts into the room, carrying a - smoking pistol. He explains he has just shot an oid feudal enemy and seeks pro- tection from the police. The spirit of ‘adventure and romance enters inty the heart of the princess and -she hides ‘Jarvis in a trunk. “With other baggage the, trunk is loaded: on an cean steamer and Jarvis is carried , Spain with the princess.’ She¢ in- to find a favorite brother who usly - disappeared in ‘a .- The superstitious na- _Search for hhnm but *American . callous- . with his man o tion, gaia- 1t fim the Herald, " . £ efsdmOn “retary, a really fine and bdeautiful star, | needed. | “Hlands Up” she tells of a club which | ‘gome to this city to wait, sometimes Their Careers, (Neéw York Tribune.) Time Was when the press agent was an amusing but ,anti-social institution who begged you out te breath it {0 a soul that Trentini— but veu know that story. ‘Art you learned better in those later days— and the stolen jewels that sounded past long toward the end to even the most gullible reader of the most vellow afternoon journal have ldid | away, if not in rue, at least in silence. All this is apropos of the finest idea of the season, whose process is simple. 'The time and the girl and the place, quoting Browning and not the opera to that effect, may indeed never meet, but given an energetic organizing sec- and you find them nowadays keeping an engagement with whatever s Florence Walton a lect Star. A threshold club was needed. Rod- ney Richmond is the perfect press agent Florerce Walfen the perfect star, The story reads like this: You are on the threshold of your stage career? ‘'With one or more years’ oxperience? You are a stranger in this | city and ag lonesome as can be? , Grieve not, for. the hospitable wel- come of Miss Florence Walton awaits | you ‘once a week to encourage you on ! your way. Tells of Club. “Seated on the reallest of property beds in the midst of a rehearsal of she is opening for voung actresses who endlasgly, nearly always lonesomely, fer wwork which does not seem to come to them. “Have you an idea,” she asks pen- sively, between altternate strokings of her beautiful Pekingese spaniels, ‘“‘of the condiiions under which young girls at the commencement of their stage careers live?” I shamefacedly have to murmur that I have not. Interrupted by Chorus Members “Well,” begins Miss Walton—but i interrupted by various ladies of the chorus, with hair golden as the sun- light and black as the raven, in at- tires ranging from the one-piece bath- irg suit to the most chic French tai- lored costumes, who have come to pay their respects to the already above mentioned spaniels and Inquire tender- ly after their health. On receiving reassuring replies, they retire, evident- 1y much relieved, to the various cor- ners of the stage wkich are theirs, Above the strains of the piano and | smging of the chorus do 'we continue our conversation as to the lot of the young woman who is pining for a stage career, and feels she belongs nnwhere. Miss Wallon tells of the hundreds snd hundred: of these young girls who come to N:w York ard spend théir days walking from one agency to an- other, to return at night to a lonely, uncomfortable, ugly room in the Fertieth .streets, for which they are charged a comparatively exorbitant price—almost that of the small hotel, where Lhey would be nrovided with faths, decént service and every com- Vveajence, A Meeting Place. “1 want these girls to have a place | Wailton, | ends and e | vay as well as socially.” j of the many i f | | : own dinner and & poO see if they are answered courteously. Of course 1 know that there are . positions, and they are automatically to meet once a week,<w says Miss “where they can make fri- xchange \ ideas and their | knowledge of What's going on, so that they can heip sach other in a business to be a dining k at some one 1n New York ; ity vote-of the the initial The Threshold elub is B city, selected. by members at each meeting, Walton | one to he designated by Miss hc:eel(. Each member/will pay for her 1 will be mad for the tips at each meeting, a nom iral tax of five or ten cents many fine and helpful women n such = excepted from this condemnation, T2z Coei became aware of this, for, luckily, she had nothing to do in the last act, and was thus able to fily home with an #x- cuse that she had been visiting. Her Chance Came. g “Then my chance came,” she “In February, 1912, Mr. Ziegfeld for me to tell me that the opport: I had waited for partner had #1 wah to take HWer “Having seen 2 was terror stricken at the thought of what stood before me: but Mr. Zieg- a member. . feld wounld listen to no ncu-.mm ne or more guests of honor will be, 100k me 1o A rehedrsal at the invited each week, the selection &lS0 | theater, where Maurice was al to be made by a majority vote of the mermbers, naturally for some One prominent in the field of accomplish- ment, the quests’ expenses to be paid Fy the members. ' Election Officers of the nated at the first at the second. . All applications for membership to the Threshold club should be sent in to Miss Florence Walton, 106 West Fortieth street, ‘Room 1,208, A call of “Miss Walton, please,” and of Officers. club will be nomi- Miss Waiton leaves her resting place | to rehearse one of her dances and meeting and elected ’ us, introduced me to him and m well. “We were married twg months and two. days afterward, adds, smfl- ingly, “and, funnily . have married ever since. “All of which has nothing ever to do with the elub, that I shall insist on Maurice belfg lh;‘flm guest of homor.” e 4 el kA Mm‘lh—'r' ub is the beginning : TWO FEATURE FILMS | songs with Maurice, it requiring al | AT KEENEY HOUSE her reproachful but affectionate coax- | ingled with the “trying to be ing, m stern” manner of Stage Manager Ben- rimo to make him gake life sufficiently | serious for the requiremeénts of a per- fectly good new musical comedy. “Maurice is just like a child,” she afirms on her return. “He always wants to play. He cannot be made to realize it is the first time we have ever spoken lines or sung, and it must all go properly.” She is so pretty in her dainty white frock and so sure of herself that she leaves not the tiniest spark of anxiety in one’s mind as to her success in any- thing she undertakes. A Woman’s Life. “My life is really a very difficult | one, she goes on, her hands folded seriously. “You have no idea the parts Maurice expects me to play in his life—that of mother, sister-play- mate, business partner and Wwife. Very complicated, isn't it?” With a smile asking for sympathy, somehow a little difficult to give. “Did your personal experience make you specially sympathize with these girls,” “Oh, no.” And Miss Walton tells that’ her career has been a truly simpie One, compared with that of many stage- struck little daméels, whose struggles | are many, for she was “invited” "’I her first part without even thinking of | going on the stage. After being edu- cated in a convent, at the age of six- teen, having hardly entered a theater, she went to stay with an aunt in Philadelphia, and there met a girl of her own age, at that time playing in a musical comedy. Her friend intro- There are two feature films &t Keen- ey's today; besides “A Gentleman of Leisure,” the management has been able to secure the “Millionaire Baby” for today and tomorrow. Wallace Edinger plays the star role in “A Gen- tieman of Leisure” to perfection. The plot of the story is built up around a wealthy young man of no apparest talents, but as story goes on the gen- § tleman of leisure develops into ome of the best. brokers on Wall street The comic element is supplied by the novel reading office boys that Inhabit the offices around New ¥ork's stock exchange. Anna Katherine Green's “Mil aire Baby” is the lttle surprise t the management has had in store f Keeney patromns for the last two or three weeks. This film is also o sb- ciety play, but it deals more with humorous incidents in the Vfe of & young millfonaire. Today is the firgt time that this photo-play has been introduced to the public, and judging by the applause it recelved, the book will play a secondary part in intro- ducing the story to the public. Harry Burgoyne still continues his popular line of talk and song, and each performance brings him nearer to the hearts of the patrons. has picked up all the humor in Merry Old England and has brought it over to this side of the water that America may laugh and enjoy the jokes that, have pleased England for the last fifty or sixty years. Forty minutes of folly and song | characterizes the aect of Julia Moors and company. The act is opened by a novelty song review and scenefy slides and winds up with an old fash- duced her to her manager, who at once wished to engage her, telling her she would make the ‘“‘nicest of little Quaker girls.” Miss Walton, with courage beyong her years, accom- panied her friend to the theater each night, playing her little part regulerly. { Two weeks ore her. tamily ioned song medley especial- ly for this troupe The McKenna and LaBlanche do their share in king the bill a - ceds. The dancing in this number has a snap to it that helps to bring the applause up to the geneéral amount ed to the most popular aets house. < ¢