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SSWIN LYCEUM TONIGHT H.FRAZEE,PRESENTS « CROWDED WITH LAUGHS" N\ by. FRED. s N\WJACKSON, o1 b MINE // OF LAUGHTER N.Y.JOURNAL Now Selling At Crowell’s. Prices, 25¢ to $1.50. TWO DAYS Ind Sat,, Nov. 12 and 13 Popular Price Matinee Saturday t and Dingwall’s Production IN OLD ENTUCKY ‘Written by C. 'T. Dazey 'WCKY THOROUGHBRED HORSES~ | Tho Famous PEKANINNY BRASS BAND p—~Lower Kl 80c, 75¢, $1.00, pny, 50c, 3365 Gallory, 25c. Lower ;Bloor, 35c. Ral- e at CrowelPs Tuesday Night TONIGHT /Bertha Kalich In : OF : LOWLANDS” ED. AND THURS. Jolin Barrymore In “THE DICTATOR” ith Storey and Antonio 3 Moreno In DUST OF EGYPT” hn;reeeooav-um £ The national favorite in “THE SILENT VOICE.” Now Appearing ALADO and OLGA PARADOFSKA The musical phenomena. PARSONS’ EATRE—Hartford d ‘and Saturday, Nov. 12-13 (Matinee s Saturday) . Frazee Presents a Play Crowded ‘with’' Laughs— “A.- ¥FULL HOUSE” By Fred Jackson. Nights, 25c to $1.50; Mat- DLI'STHEATRE Night. Hartf, The.Poli Players e Volunteer Organist” 10c, 20c, Eve. 10, '20. 30, 500 IL H. R. VOGEL Voice Culture erman English phone 339.12, ' 179 Glen St. News By My First Party Is Arranged. When I had recovered from my astonishment at Dicky’s unceremoni- ous departure, I again started to write to Mrs. Helen Brainerd Smith, secretary of the Lotus Study Club. It was now Saturday evening, and I had received her courteous letter asking me to consider conducting the history class of her club, Wednes- day morning. I went to my room and switched on the electric drop light over my desk an old-fashioned solid affair which had been my mother’s and which I valued beyond price, and returned to get my pen which Dicky had used to write his check. As I picked up the pen my eyes fell upon Dick checkbook, from which he had ‘hastily filled out the check for the old artist. It lay open at the page from which he had taken the check, and I could not help see- ing the figures on the stub—$150. I bent closer to see the name. a4l 3r were to take over the finances of the family, I told myself, I had a right to see where the money was going. Yes, the name on the stub was Maxon, Horace, Maxon. One hundred and fifty dollars! I repeated the figures to myself as I went back to my room to write my note. I hope I am not parsimonious, and I always have tried to do my share of social service. ~Out of my salary I always contributed a certain proportion to the societies which have charge of the charitable work of the city and in addition I gave some of my time to help the resgular workers in my district in times of emergency. But this loan to a man whom I had learned was a constant borrower seemed criimnal in its reck- lessness. As the risk of more un- pleasantness, I resolved to speak to Dicky about it when he came back. He would ruin himself if he rersisted in doing things like this. I Write to Mrs. Bxafnerd Smith. In the meantime I would write my note, I thought it over for a few minutes, my invariable practice in writing a letter and then wrote: 46 Fast Twenty-ninth street. (Apartment 4.) My dear Mrs. Smith: ° I shall be glad to consider taking up the work of which you spoke in your note of last Tuesday, the 12th. I can meet you at any time to make the necessary arrangéments. I should be glad to have you come to my home, or if it be more convenl- ent for you I can meet you else- where. If you will telephone me a few hours beforehand, we probably can arrdnge a meeting place which will be convenient for both of us. My telephone number {s Madison Square 2468. Thanking you for your thought of me, I am ADELE GARRISON into the pocket of her jacket. you tell me vot you.want for dinner.” Katie, the Versatile. “Can you open oysters, Katie?" “Me? I can do every ting.” “Then stop at the fish market and get a dozen oysters. Mr. Graham is very fond of them on the half | shell. Then get a small leg of lamb, the smallest nice one you can find; a can of peas, a bunch of fresh mint, or a package of the dried mint, and all the things for a com- bination salad, a head of lettuce, two tomatoes, a cucumber, two green peppers, two bunches of radishes— we will have a dish of thosc separate from the salad—and a bunch of those little scallions which look so green and fresh. Are you sure you can remember all those things?” Katie Never Forgets “Me? I nevaire forget notting,” de- clared Katie proudly, if undramatic- ally, as she started for the door. The telephone rang before she had opened the door. “Wait until T answer this, Katie,” I said, as I took down the receiver. Lillian Gale's voice sounded in my ears. “I don’t suppose you ever want to hear of us again,” she began gayly, and I reflected grimly that as far as my own feelings went, she was speak- ing the truth. But of course or- dinary courtesy made me interrupt her. A Polite Evasion. ought to know better than assured her, and hated my- self for the evasion. “I am so glad,” she said, “You cer- tainly had good reasons for a grouch, and it's awfully sweet of you not to cultivate one. But I called you up to see if you would forgive us and come to play with us tomorrow night. We’ll promise to behave, just go out to a little snack somewhere and get acquainted.” I did some rapid thinking as I listened to her words and came to a sudden decision. I knew I would have to spend an evening with these people soon. I resolved to have the meeting in my own home where to a certain extent, I could control the situation. “I have a better plan that that,” I said, and I put as much enthusiasm in my voice as I possibly could muster. “Suppose you and Mr. Underwood come over here tomorrow night. Dicky isn’t here just now, but when he comes in I'll ask him if there aren’t two or three more of his friends who would add to the gaiety of nations, and we’ll get acquainted over my new chafing dish. It hasn’t been christened yet.” I had not heard the door open, and I gave a little start as Dicky took “You that,” I Yours very truly, MARGARET SPENCER GRAHAM. Mrs. Helen Brainerd Smith, Secretary Lotus Study Club, 215 We§t ‘Washington avenue. I read the letter over noting that in its context three out of its five sentences began with the letter “IL” The third sentence, I changed into two reading, “Can you come to my home? If that is not convenient for you, however, I can meet you else- where.” Then I copied the letter over, addressed the envelope, blotted it, put the letter inside, sealed the envelope and stamped it. As I was debating whether to call Katie to post the letter or to go myself, she appeared at my door. Katie Recalls the Dinner. “Wot you tink, Misses Graham,” she said excitedly, ‘“We all forgot everything today. morrow dinner. Plenty for break- fast. Ham here, eggs, grape fruit, everyting, and I make cream pie for dessert tomorrow, but no meat, no salad, no veg-e-ta-ble. I take me basket, go queeck before market closes. Vot you want.” “Why! Katie, aren’t you afraid of the man with the black beard who frightened you the other night’” T asked slyly. I knew that she had invented the man so that I would al- | low her to sleep in the apartment instead of going to the miserable tenement on the East side where her cousins lived, but she was so tran- sparent I really could not resist ask- ing the question sqlely to see how she woud answer it. “1 tink he no dere, now,” Katie de- clared unblushingly. “He no see me jast night, he tink I move away, he | no come tonight.” “Very well, Katie, if you are not afraid you may go. Please post this letter on the way.” “All right'” Katie put it carefully "SALESMANSHIP CHARACTER VILL Course Develops PERSONALITY AMBITION A 20 WEEK COURSE ‘The INSTRUCTOR a ord Salesman-An Experienced Teacher JOPENING LECTURE NOVEMBER 9,at 8 P.M. by Y. M. C. A, A. J. BIRDSEYE NEW BRITAIN, CONN. Nothing for to- | the receiver from my hand, smiling mischievously at me as he did so. Dicky Does The Talking. “I am surprised at you, Lil” he began. innocent bride after inviting me to Your orgy last night and getting me— well—let us say a trifle mixed. I warn you that if you come tomorrow night, you'll get nothing but tea and toast and family prayers. I'm a reformed man, I am.” Evidently Lillian made him some witty reply, for he laughed uproar- jously before he said: “Sure I'll let you talk to Madge, although it's a i privilege, I can tell you. By the way, what do vyou think about the Stanleys, Paul Atwood and Bess Marsden for the rest of the crowd tomorrow night? What? Stanley out | of town? ‘Well, who then? The Lesters? H'm, yes, I suppose so. All right. See you tomorrow night,” and he handed the receiver to me. “This is awfully good of you, Mrs. Graham,” sald Mrs. Underwood cor- dially, “and we'll be mighty glad to come. Those other people whom scouts, too. all. “Good by,” I said mechanically, and hung up the receiver. I had a queer little hurt feeling inside me. I had invited the Underwoods to | please Dicky, and he had taken the thing out of my hands and consulted Lillian Gale about the other guests as if I did not exist. “A FULL HOUSE” AT PARSONS’ THIS WEEK I hope you'll like us One of the most original comic characters new to the stage is that of Susie, the eccentric housemaid in “A Full House,” which will be seen at the Parsons theater, Hartford, on Fri- day and Saturday. She is quaint in ap- pearance and is prominent in the ac- tion of the play through her infatua- tion for King, the funny, fat burglar. Susie - thinks him a sure-enough Apollo, and sets her cap for him, greatly to his distress and peace of mind. The character made such a hit in New York that the newspapers de- voted columns to it. The part will be played here by Miss Coleman, who was for many a year a prominent star in her own right. Among the attractions that played here last season and gave genuine satisfaction was H. H. Frazee's pro- duction of Edward Peple’s great farce, “A Pair of Sixes,” which is booked for a return engagement at the Par- sons theater Tuesday and Wednesday, November 16 and 17. A chicken for broiling should be wrapped in a buttered paper bag. This will keep the flesh moist and retain flavor. “How dare you call up my | Dicky has suggested are bully good | “A FULL HOUSE” HERE TONIGHT An idea of the comedy possibilities of “A Full House” which will be shown at the Lyceum tonight may be gleaned from a recital of the charac- ters in the play. There i$ a breezy New York lawyer and his newly mar- ried wife; a fat burglar with a sense ot humor; an amazing servant girl and a pompous Knglish butler; a young college chap and his pretty fiancee; a slangy chorus girl, and also a stately Boston society woman. And there are three New York policemen, each a different type, and there is a maiden aunt from Yonkers and an ataletic woman, who stands up for her rigat: There are numerous minor characters, a]Al well drawn and each contributing his and her share of the general mer- riment. “A Tull House” is guaranteed to make one laugh longer and heartier than any farce seen in twenty years, and the fun is of the wholesome, healthy sort than can be appreciated by the tired business man as well as his wife ang daughnter. Seats at Cro- well's. “IN OLD KENTUCKY” A SURVIVOR OF FITTEST In this era of the fad-drama, the eugenic play, the various detective thief brands of stage entertainment, and other twentieth century kinds of stage offerings, it is refreshing to an- nounce the survival of the ever suc- cessful American drama, In Olad Kentucky,” now in the twenty-third year of its unending ®areer. It comes here shortly with new laurels to its by the passing years. The big Boston theater cast and rroduction is announced for presen- tation at the Lyceum on next Friday and Saturday with a special matinece Saturday at popular prices. VOLUNTEER ORGANIST SCORES AT POLTI'S “The Volunteer Organist,” a revival | credit—and with its vogue untouched | for Theater Goers and Women Breakfast Fruit Broiled Bacon Stewed Potatoes Virginia Rice Waffles Coffee Lunch Scalloped Potatoes Apple Dumplings Cocoa Dinner Brown Beef Soup Corned Beef Mashed Potatoes Lettuce and Pepper Salad Wafers Cheese Cabbage Lemon Puffs Coffee Virginia Rice Waffles—Mix a cup- ful of boiled rice with a quart of flour two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, three well beaten eggs, a teaspoonful each of salt and sugar, one teaspoon- ful (mixed) of melted lard and butter; 2dd enough sweet milk to make a thin batter. Bake quickly in well greased waffle irons. Lemon Puffs—Lemon puffs are our old friends, popovers, under a new name. When mixing add to the bat- ter the grated rind of a lemon and serve with a tart liquid lemon sauce. LADY MINSTRELS ST. JOSEPH’S KIRMESS 1ine Entertainment Promised This Evening When Troupe Makes Initial Appearance. The chief entertainment at the kirmess which is being held at St. Joseph parish hall will be furnished tonight by St. Joseph Ladies’ Minstrel trcupe and those who attend are guaranteed an evening of real en- joyment. The performance begins at 9 o’clock. The troupe is under the direction of B. F. Gaffney 2nd and Miss Mar- garet Sullivan is the pianist.)’ The solo singers are the Misses Lolo De- Mars, Catherine Gaffney, Mary Jack- son, Margaret Kilduff and Mary Noo- nan; ends, Miss Mildred Brady, Clara Bisere, Lucy Dunn, Eileen Kilduff, Catherine Ryan, and Isabel Richard- son. of a rural play that is being presented | by the Poli Players this week, made | a big hit at its first performance yes- terday with a matinee audience that nearly packed the house. The play is a simple one based on the simple life of an old-fashioned New England community. The scene is laid in mythical Cambridge, Vt., but it might easily have been laid in any one of a number of places within twenty miles of Hartford in the days, not so very long ago, before the de- velopment of the automobile and the interurban trolley lines. The Poli Players, who have had much experi- ence in popularizing New England drama for Hartford audiences, handle their parts with skill and make real characters out of the conventional “rubes,” who are seldom seen on ihe stage nowadays, except in burlesque or farce. The best part of the play is, of course, the scene in which the volun- teer organist fills the place of an ab- sent musician and plays the accom- paniment, while a boy singer, also a volunteer, sings “The Holy City.” This scene is done on a half-lighted stage and is made very effective, not only by the organist's playing, but especially by the singing of the boy, Hugh MacHugh, who is soprano solo- ist at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Hartford. He has a sweet, clear voice and he holds the audience spellbound. EDITH STORY IN VITAGRAPH FEATURE Edith Storey and Antonion Moreno, two of the Vitagraph company's lead- ing stars, play important roles in “The Dust of Egypt,” the Blue Ribbon fea- ture which is to serve as the Big Four offering at Keeney’s Thursday and Friday. It is a seven part film and one of the greatest releases of the Vit- agraph company ever billed for New Britain. Another big attraction this a The chorus is made up of the fol- lowing: Margaret Bratton, Mildred | Brady, Helen Brady, Grace Brady, Lillian Brady, CI Briere, Viola Clark, Regina Clark, Lucy Dunn, Della Daly, Lola DeMars, Verena Frey, Elsie Gills, Catherine Gaffney, Esther Hannon, Mary Hannon, May Hannon, Margaret Hallinan, Mary Jackson, Helen Jackson, Margaret Kilduff, Eileen Kilduff, Gertrude Luddy, Helen McGuire Catherine O'Leary, Loretta O’Connor, May Queenin, Margaret Quinn, May Ryan, Catherine Ryan, Isabel Richardson, Kathryn Sheehan, Mary Zaches and Mary Noonan. { YOUTHFUL PRODIGIES | SCORE HIT AT FOX'S I Master Alado and Little Olga Par- adofska are presenting a high class | musical offering at Fox's this week. The boy’s capable handling of the piano is remarkable, Little Miss Olga ' possesses a beautiful' coloratura-so- prano voice and sings to the ac- companiment of the piano. Pos- sessed of beauty and exceptionally pleasing personality her rendition of some of the most difficult arias from Grand Opera are delightful. Tom Wise, will be seen for the last time tonight in “Blue Grass” a five act photo-dramatization of Paul Armstrong’s famous play of tho same title. A Chaplin comedy and other single reels of sterling call- bre frame the balance of the pro- gram. The many admirers of Francix X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow will learn with pleasure that they are to appear jointly in Otis Skinner’'s stage success “The Silent Voice” coming to Fox's tomorrow and Thursday, when the latest chapter of “Neal of the Navy” will also be show! week is “The Dictator,” with John Barrymore In the lead, which is to top the program Wednesday and Thursday. There are a number of photoplay specials of exceptional mer- it for the every day during the jen- tire week. Tonight's feature will be “Martha of the Lowlands” with Ber- | tha Kalich. There are also three - high class vaudeville specialties. ~ Numbered among the performers are the Four Aerial Wizards, who do some wonder- ful tricks on the rings and trapeze; Roy and Stantion, clever song and dance artists and the Four Smiths in a varlety number Women Should Take Warning If the statement made at a New York Assembly of women, that heal- thy American women are so rare that they are almost extinct, is true, it is time for the women of Amer- ica to take warning and look to their health- It may be headaches, back- aches, dragging down pains, nervous- ness, mental depression that are tell- tale symptoms of some organic de- rangement for which Lydia E., Pink- ham'’s Vegetable Compound —a sim- ple remedy made from roots and herbs—is a specific and may be re- lied upon to restore women to a healthy normal condition. —advt. - If a fruit salad is served in the dinner menu it should always be served last, and then with crackers, | cheese and coffee. Fads and Fashions Velvet handbags are having a tle vogue all by themselves. most important season. 1it- Sleeves are a point of fashion this Big flopping shapes are among the nicest hats for young girls. Velvet and velveteen will worn a great deal for evening. be The quiet colors are as liked in plaids as the gay much ones. A novel walist is of a heavy or black net over white chiffon. blue Tight little jackets with astra- khan fur are now new fashioned. _Hoasehold Notes Damp salt is an excellent thing to remove stains on cups an saucers caused by tea and careless washing. When boiling eggs, always the water boiling when eggs are in and then boil them for two utes. have put min- The character pends much on of the meals the occupation de- of R o . s e o eaders | Menu for Tombrrowfl DPermanent Relie} for o R o o ~ Chronic Constipation Knowledge and Practice of Correct Daily Habit the Gieat Essential. Constipation is a condition affecting all classes of all people and can be permanently relieved only by acquir- ing habits of regularity. The most natural time for the eliminative process is in the morn- ing when both the muscular and ner- vous systems are relaxed by sleep and rest. When relief does not come read- ily, it is an excellent plan to take a mild laxative at bedtime. Cathartics and purgatives, that by the violence of their quick action shock and disturb the system, should not be employed. An effective laxative remedy that is very dependable, and which does not gripe or otherwise disturb the organs involved, is found in a combination of simple laxative herbs known as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin that can be bought at the drug store for fifty cents a bottle. Mrs. C: C. Allen, 215 Foam St., New Monterey, Calif., wrote to Dr. Cald- well that she ‘“found Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin just what was needed for constipation and distress of the stom- ach after eating. It should be in every® household.” Get a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and keep it in the house to use when occasion arises. A trial bottle, free of charge, can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 154 ‘Washington St., Monticello, IIl. Why She W as Happy The other day I heard one ot my neighbors singing softly to her- self as she sat on the porch, sewing. “You seem to be light-hearted this morning” I commented. She lifted a bright, sweet face from her sewing and smiled at me. “I am.” “Would why.?” Her Husband’s Compliment Meant S0 Much- She laughed. “I'm almost asham- ed to tell you, and yet why should 1 be? My sister dropped in this morn- ing and she told me that Harry (my neighbor’s husband) told her last night at the dance that he never saw me look so well. You know Harry is one of those people who can't seem to say such things to your face| Even before we were married he seldom said he was pleased with anything I wore. So you see how much it meant, Just supposing she hadn't told me. I've been sitting here thinking of it and trying to think if I can’t remember something nice someone has said aout someone else s0 that I can tell them about it and make them happy, I do think people ought to be more careful to pass on things like that, don't you?” With a sudden pricking of science I admitted that I did. How is it with you, friend? Does that thought set your science a-pricking, too The Fine Art of Passing on Compliments. There are some people who make a fine art of passing on all the pleas- ant little things they hear people it be intrusive to azk con- reader con- By DOROTHY CLARKE Could it have been a more success- ful wedding? ... There wasn’t a hitch ..... and it's the first one I've been to where there were no tears! Do you want me to describe bride’'s gown? . . There was such an awful crowd that you really couldn’t tell very much about it .... The foundation was a Princess dress of white Liberty satin . The sleeves were of silk lace, also the yvoke, which was cut high in the back, open in the front and outlined | those who eat. heavy food Active bodies need wita pearls ..... From where the yoke ended, a ‘lace overdress hung say of each other. I know one girl whom I seldom meet that she has not one of these delightful little second- hand compliments to slip into the conversation. But the majority of us are care- less or indifferentt We forget the pleasant word, or we don't want to take the effort to bring it into the conversation. Or perhaps we're even ungenerous enough not to enjoy hearing another praised, and to pre- fer to let the praise stop with our- selves, Anyone who catches himself feel- ing that way (even deep down in his subconscious mind) needs to disciw pline himself by making himseif re- peat every compliment he can pos- sibly get hold of. One Second-Hand Thing That is More Valuable Than First-Hand. Most second-hand things are no- where near so valuable as first-hand. A compliment is one of the rare ex- ceptions to this rule. The pleasank thing. that someone says of you to your face may have to be discounted a bit, but if it is sald to a third person you can usually take it at its face value. People don't flatter behind your back (I except the few far-seeing schemers who deliberately flatter through a third person.) If you were wealthy and could lighten other people's lives by gitls of money and beautiful things, you would take pleasure in doing o, wouldn't you? Why not learn to take pleasure then in the gift you can give—the gift of a kind word passed on? Make it a rule never to let a com- pliment or word of praise for ane other stop with you. TR O “OVER THE WIRE” 1 straight to the knees where it wag weighted by a broad band of white velvet which ended in a square traim of the velvet . Under the lace, the Princess dress was caught in , around the waist by a rope of pearls ..-.. Her vell was of tulle, standing, high in the back and oncircled by a wreath of orange blossoms She carried a lovely, old fashioned, bouquet of white pansies, lilies-ofe the-valley and roses, surrounded by % frill of lace and tied by a hanging shower of ribbons ..... Ull drop I8 4 tomorrow, dear, and tell you more about it ...... Good-bye.

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