New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1916, Page 4

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1916. YCEUM| e R e —— News for Theater Goers and Women Readers e Theater of Distinction— The Best Plays ¥or the Best Peoplo In the Best Theater. By ADELE REVELATIONSOF A WIFE GARRISON Veek of May 8 g Alfred Gross Piayers | —In— T MUSICAL GEO., M. COHAN “Why dia tell he Talk some woman who is te “interest Dicky ? I feared to admit the answer even when it flashed across my brain. The AND A Madge's Adventure in the Library It was fully half an hour after Lillion Underwood had left ‘me be- fere I rose from the fireside seat from whose depths I had listened to her sound, wholesome advice con- cerning my life with Dicky. I threshed it all over again, nowing her words carefully. cvery word she said was true, back in my brain a little voice insistently win- I felt but said she bec you this just he knows of already trying beautiful face of Grace Draper, the student who was posing for Dicky and whom he was helping with in- structions, came before me as clearly as if she were in the room with me. Lillian Underwéad’s studio was on the same floor with that occupied by my husband. T felt that nothing would escape her ey Had she cbserved anything in Dicky's treat- ment.of the gir] or in the model's de- : v seanor toward her employer that im- s acia:s0 .1 0cand Soce pelled her to talk to me as she had hts at 8:15, 10c, 20¢, 30¢, K e 3 T felt a sudden chill at my heart, a | sensation that always came to me with thoughts of Grace Draper. Fver since the day of our outing at Mar- vin when Dicky had discavered the | girl and engaged her, I had felt a curious premonition that some day she would bring me sorrow. But the memory of Lillian’s brusque, kindly words braced me. “You hald all the cards in your hands.” I resolved to waste no foolish imaginings, but to hurry through with my work so that I might return to Dicky and—T flushed ‘ednesday to myself as T thought of it—put into Fuller In B | sractice some of Mrs, Underwood's OF MEN" precepts. “Dicky needs loving and petting &nd vou must give them to him,” she had said. If anly he were in a good humor when I reached home! I feared, however, that he would re- scnt the fact that Lillian had told me of the happenings in their long buried p: TCHY WONDERFUL CHORUS EFF!ELD NIGHT TUESDAY y lady will want a pic- SONGS ure of this popular player. Tonight Tyrone Powers in OU SHALT OoT COVET” time on Thurs. Fri. and Sat. Jodeph Kilgour In Z WRITING ON THE WALL” Hard at Work, Before she left she had said she would telephone Dicky that I w soing to spend the afternoon study- ing in her library, so that if his mother needed me I could be called at once. I had th, however, that Miss Sonnot would do her best to insure me a long, uninterrupted da So, putting my wandering imagina- tion down with a firm hand, I turned my attention to my task of the af-|{ ternoon, putting into shape my ideas Ll PLAYE for the history class I was to conduct RS «t the Lotus Study club. M Helen Brainerd secretary of the club, | {hat the members of the class T was | to conduct wished to study something 1 * HARTFORD ice Daily. Smith, had told the jEdgar Selwyn’s Success me LING STONES Farce Drama of Merit .10c, 20c, 30c, .10c, { of the history of the countries in- volved in the great war, so that they might he able to understand ‘ | titanic struggle better. T checked | the countries off on my fingers, Ger- | wany, France. Russia, England, | | 50c 20c ARSONS’ ATRE—Hartford T AND WEDNESDAY X (Mat. Wednesday) MAY IRWIN in VASHINGTON SQUARE” ights 25¢ to $1.50; Mat. 25c to $1 May 13—Mat. and Night les Dillingham Presents Mary Dressler in the comedy JEET GENEVIEVE” Night, 25¢ to $2. Matinee, 1.00 Seats Thursday, the | Ttaly, Austria, Belgium, Serbia, Bul- garia, Turkey, Japan—what an awful array! I shivered as I thought of | what it all meant. Mrs. Smith had said there would | be teen lecture: I resolved to | make the first lesson a sort of intro- | duction to the whole, outlining the | work I wished done. Then I meant {o devote one session to each of the eleven countries involved, two gions to the former wars which had | ravaged the European battlefield, and | the last two sessions to the Dl‘(‘fi(‘nl;‘ struggle and its causes, | Fortunately I had not been long cnough from my teaching days to tecome rusty on the subject which T had made my specialty for vears. .T cutlined the lessons for the later | days, and with each jotted down the ' names of the baoks of reference | which Mrs, Smith had asked me to suggest to the class, Then T turned my attention to my opening se u for TomorrowJ " Breakfast Sugar Scalloped iscuit lecture, {he one which T felt would determine the attitude of the class toward me. My note books which T had brought with me were filled with just what T wanted. With a little modification and amplification to the needs of club women I could use material which was ready to my hand. Harry Underwood Appears. warked hard all the afternoon, several trips to the shelves Loth in Lillian’s library and in Mr. Underwood’s den across the hall. T was so absorbed that T did not realize T T and Cream Potatoes Coffee Lunch Rarebit lerries Dinner Lima Bean Soup Chicken Giblet Gravy 1 Boulettes ed Onions pam with Chocolate Sauce Coffee making and cut white thick Place in a add a teaspoonful salt, cov- oiling water and boil for ten Arrange in vers in o bak- Vith salt, pepper and bits of our in stock to half fill the slowly pan stir d two-thirds imbs until Mix wit Onions—Peel slices. how late it was growing until finished the last page of my founa that the fire was out, and last daylight disappearing from window Hurriedly I took up ¢ until tende 2 Mr. tablespoonful i Titic cupful coarse ; place. slightly browned | ell, well! T wondered when you N equal quanti- | were going to come to the surface ust with pepper. | You staved down so long in that sea ONIONS and return to | of literature you were in that I was | cheese is meltea Just about to dive after you.” | rry Underwood rase from the | of ¢ chair as I entered | room. My first impulse was to turn and run. [y nce T met Lillian Un- dervood’s husband I have feared and avoided him. Upon the twa or three occasions 1 have met him he has an- 1royed me terribly. The incident of the Aquarium meeting was still fresh in my mind. Ppartly intoxicated, he tad actually frightened me and had completely disg my mother-in- | law. He saw the involuntary I made toward the door, “Don’t worry, my as notes, T | the | the gathering up my things, book which T had taken Underwood’s shelves and hall to return the valume balke cheesc | er the until the ocolate 1 one-h il sugar ablespoonful dist a little cold for then boil until clear. Add Lspoonfuls cocoa which has Ived il a little hot water and / ) Luce- If cup; for Boil tog uls water two th- anq minutes arrowroot water, stir an the ch of salt and boil three onger. Take from the fire bne teaspoonful vanilla. isted jhorschair hats, ftenest chosen to unce of lace. movement nd grinned déar. You are |l 1 ! bent low ! stock ! Hartford, i ence Webber, | bin I'years | succeedea donna when the opera had its second ! | performance is | ers, ! to i season tickets ar as safe as if Remember You were in a church. this is ‘me castle.’ Never, never, will I molest a helpless female who has claimed sanctuary within its walls.” 5 His mixed figure made me mmo in spite of myself, Fesides there was something in his manner which put me at ease, Whether or not he really did have his own peculiar ideas of honor that made me safe in his own home from the burlesque lave making with which he had terrified me elsewhere, I did not know. But at any rate he had elected to play the role of a gen- teman, for which I was truly thank- made up my mind to ignore @ny previous unpleasantness. “Mrs. Underwaod was kind enough to give me the freedom of library on condition T did not break the backs of the books,” I said non- chalantly, holding out the volume T had brought back. “Please witness my discretior A Farewell Salute, He took the book from me cxamined it with burlesqued an Go to the head of the class,’ said finally. “You may read hooks at any time." “Thank yau,” I have a wonderful your wife say: “Won't you e ould his mimicry, vour and returned collection “You here, amine it more close- enjoy showing it to 3 I tried to make m voice careless, but in reality 1 wa uneasy. for the presence of the maid in some remate part of the hou T was alone with this man who had so often terrified me with his unwelcome at- tentions. “I really must hurry ‘T have been away all day. be uneasy about me. I roodby here, My Underwood’s room “Couldn’t think of letting you unescorted,” he returned, com- panying me down the stairs and into the living room. Shall T call a or would you rather walk with m going to take you home home,” T said. They will will bid you wraps are in Mrs. down st 20 I went into wraps and the living room. “Mr. Underwood,” 1 said resolute- iy, “I cannot allow you to see me home. Please do nat make it neces- sary for me to be rude.” His face darkened. Dlease,” he said stiffly. He walked by my side door. 1In the hall Betty sentinal with arms folded. I did not like the look on her face. She looked suspicious, watchful. .When Harry Underwood his face lost its displeased lighted with the impish expr had had cause to dread. As I crossed the threshold he held cut his hand to me, and I could not avoid toking it “Now you are longer,” the came bedroom, out put again on into “As you to the hall stood like a her and saw, look not in my he whispered, sanctuary any { aloud: “Good-hy, ing inflection. dearest,” with Then to my and kissed my hs As T wrenched my hand hurried down the steps I malicious chuckle from the top of the steps, and realizing that Harry Gerwood was still to be reckoned with as an unpleasant factor in my life, PARSONS' TO HAVE MUSICAL ATTRACTION With an organization ple, the Opera Players will inaugurate A special season of summer musical productions at Parsons’ theater, on Monday, May 15, pre- senting a series of light operas musical comedies at popular The company, which is one most pretentious of its kind ever or- ganized, will be headed by Miss Flor- the petite prima donna, who was a big favorite in two years ago when musical stock flourished at Parson The opening will be Arthur comedy-opera, “The Firefl; made famous by Mme. Emma Trentini three ago, and in which Miss Webber the Hammerstein prim: a linger- horror he na. away and of forty peo- season on the road. The book and lyrics were written by Otto Hauerbach and the music: bers—w composed by Rudolph Friml. Six of the principals of the Opera Players have appeared in “The Firefly” previously, assured when the or- ganization makes its bow next Mon- day night In addition to Miss Webber, others in the cast of principals will include: James Hornberger, tenor; Francis J Boyle, basso (late of Soldier” company); Louis Mink Mme. Trentini in ‘“The Firefly borne Clemson, baritone; Sylvia Thorne, contralto; Roger Gray, com- cdian; William Bruette, Jr., light com- edian; Elsa Mitchener, soubrette; Madeleine Mitten, in small parts; I lian Crosman, second prima donna, and other The chorus will be made up of twenty pretty g who can sing and dance, and ten male voices. Charles Sinclair, director of the Play- has just come east from St. Louis, where he directed musical stock pro- ductions for two seasons. The ma agement promises standard musical productions, superbly staged and cos- tumed, all at popular prices. The scale for evenings will be seventy-five cents to ten cents, and for the Wednesday and Saturday matinees ten fifty cents. Seats are on sale for the first week and reservations for also being made at ithout extra cost. with Os- the box office, twenty beautiful num- | so that a splendid | “The Chocolate | l I had just realized that save | | the celebrated ssion I | | ful { and also he knows a few steps. I In nd then | | | which | This form heard a | | the first | There is no need for introducing then | Miss Winifred Wellington. and | prices. | of the | | we are M-A-R-R-I-E: Hartford | Hammerstein's | MUSIC, MIRTH, MAIDS AND MEN All'in Musical Show at Lyceum— Many Surprises Greet Playgoers “‘Stepping out of the character’ is the way the old time comedians used to announce the fact that they would essay something quite different from their ordinary line of work. Thus an Irish comedian would “step out of the character,” which meant taking off the wig, and singing an old time lullaby, or telling a series of heart interest sto A change somewhat an this order has gone into effect at the | Tyceum theater. The Alfred Cross | Plavers have cast aside’drama and are now devoting their time to musi- cal comedy. Last night they “stepped out of the character” and put an George M. Cohar popular vehicle, “The Talk of New York And, be it said in passing, the entire fair was a success, Alfred Cross takes the part “Kia” Burns, a character not new to him as he started the “Kid” on his merry way last vear in “Forty-five Minutes From Broadw This time “Kia” all dressed up. has spic and an clothes, travels in the best society. and is almest on the verge of winning the hand of a wealthy voung lady when | ‘ruel fate steps hetween fl\mn But | the end the whole affair turns out | all 0. K., and Alfred Cross gets a | chance in the last act to share with ! < Julie Herne a scene that harks | back to the davs when real drama accupied the stage at the Lyceum. Miss Herne plays the character voung society girl who is very much in leve with “Kid” Burns but who | has difficulty in mursing her heart’s | Gcsire because of a stern who loaths the sight of this man.” Miss Herne has mno song this play. but what she neglects to do in the singing line she more than | makes up for clever vortrayal: of | character. Seldom, if ever, has leading lady of the Alfred Cross Players been seen to hetter advan- tage. Mr. Cross has four songs and aets away with them in fine style. More than that. He scores a tremen- dous hit when, after singing “Under Any O1d Flag” his chorus scemingly deserts him and he zoes through a Zouave drill all by himself The | audience last 19ght liked this ‘stunt” immensely and insisted upon several | 1epetitions. “When a Fellow’s on the | Tevel With a Girl That' the | Square,” proved another good unm:‘ for Mr. Cro And now, in things, we come This voung man ciement in musical comedy. Abso- | ‘utely! He is possessed of a wonder- ! nging o, sweet and £oothing, The however is enough songs. alled all of well, in- | Philip | comedy. was just of i of a | | mother | “vulgar in § the | i on the regular order of | to Philip Sheffield. | has faund h ane deplorable thing, that he is not given the third act the audience out far a few enchore: were rendered very deed. As a matter of fact, Sheffield belongs in musical of entertainment Tuilt for his purpos All by him- self he could casily become a star of magnitude hut he has done | better. He has taken unta himself a partner, not a life partner, hut one to assist him In his dances and songs. She well known to loca] theate goers as she has done some excellent work in serious plays at the Lyceum. him 1 | | Always a pable actress she finds no difficulty in following in the intricate footsteps Sheffield, through a maze of ncing steps. nor in joining him in wo very clever songs. With more | training Miss Wellington should find no trouble at all in adding value to ny musical compan One of the st bits these two present is “When -D.” They have @ number of effects, including a haby carriage and other paraphernalia Frederick Smith has two sangs succeeds in “putting them Thomas Senna, who has ‘horus of local boys and assist the leading people. last night gave a clever impersonation of a e singing a topical song and | dancing. All in all, the the Lyceum is nd over.” drilled girls t musical comedy at great entertainment. The singing and dancing are very well done and what character sitetches are presented 2o hig. Miss Florence Hart leads in this work, presenting with finished ability the e of a wealthy man who insis upon keeping company with race track touts and gamblers. XNaturally, | woman whose husband tak to | this sort of life hecomes insanely un- sympathetic, and Miss Hart truly de- » just the manner such = wife would assume, William Ennis, too, a well drawn character, although far different from any type he has ever played. Robert W. Smiley, as the old timer along the row, the man who is always looking for a brass rail, is immense. Others who take part in the comedy are Miss Ruth Miner, Charles Schmitt, Roy Buell, Anthony Cushman, George Betz, Herman Bauer, Rdward Williams, Alden Lincoln, Robert Strong, Miss Anna Bray, Miss Grace Wainwright, Miss Florence Yeaman Miss rtrude Weber, Miss Donovan, and Helen Alleys Open to Ladies at Any Time. AETNA BOWLING ALLEYS Church Street. has a hand at 1 proval af the i moral 1 i of Constanc i English | play t { mount Pictograph and | Talmadge in | who | tries to make it appear that the child « scenes that { isode | win YPSY JOE” ON THE BILL AT FOX'S The program that is being offered at Fox's for the last time tonight is | a combination of high class attrac- tions that will mcet with the ap- legion of Fox patrons “Tiie Cope oF MARCIA Gray” QLIVER MOROSCO PHOTQPLAY CO. who enjoy none other but those plays tman interest and with conveyed. The Para- | the appearance he celebrated | “The Code of domestic problem | highly interesting and | Then there is the Par with its many educational features Joe Jackson, the famous tramp | comedian in a twe act Keystone inugh “Gypsy Joe.” The Fine Arts production is Norma Martha’s Vindication, an effective story true to life. The fickle ladies (bless them) find them- selves set in a maore charitable light in this Triangle attraction for in the course of the photo play's action there is set forth an instance of fe- male constancy laudable to an ex- treme and, what is more remarkable, | constancy between women. To Martha, played by Norma Talmadge, figures prominently in plot and title, is given the onerous task of caring for the illegitimate child of Ler friend, and though an enemy of deep ssen attraction Collie actress in Gray” mount Marcia entertaining teresting and he; she reveals nothing of the true ate of affairs until her friend herself makes the necessary explana- tions. The situation is presented with such naturalne; and is such a con- vineing sequence of cumulative one is disposed to regret that it could not have been shown to some famous women of history, and through force of splendid example, prevented wars changed the map of Europe. much would have been saved Britain, for in- stance, had this film been shown to Queen of Scats, hefore the latter lost her head and started such a lot of trouble i Theda Bara, the famous William | Fox star and a splendid apporting | company inciuding J. Warner Oland, | the local actor, will be seen in “The Fternal Sapho” tomorrow and Thurs- day. TWO NEW SERIALS SHOWN AT KEENEY'S Two big dramatic serfals, *Peg of the Ring™ and “The Mysteries of My« ra”, both of which are to run for fif- teen consecutive weeks, with a new ep- cach week, have been booked for Keeney’s theater. In the first mentioned, the initial chapters of which are shown tonight, Grace Cun- ard and Francis Ford are seen at the head of a remarkable company. “Peg of the Ring” is a circus story of un- usual interest and it is splendidly adapted to ion picture presenta- tion. “The Mysteries of Myra' starts Thursday. Jean Sothern and Howard Estabrook were selected from among a group of eminent screen stars fos the picturizatoion of the story, which is now running in serial form in all the Hearst newspapers of the coun- try. The Keeney management pects these big attractions, with special Billy Burke feature, negoti tions for which now in progres do much to keep up the attend- ance during the summer. Besides the continued number of big Tonight ex- ! films, there features for the leading will he the entire week LAST TIME TONIGHT Constance Collier, in “THI CODE OF MARCIA GRAY"” Norma Talmadge, in “MARTHA'S VINDICATION" COMING TOMORROW Theda Bara, ETERNAL in “THE SAPHO” Speaking of progress, have you tried RYZON, The Perfect Baking Powder? It makes the old baking methods as obsolete as the wood-burning stove. Made with a new and better phos- phate—a pure, crystallized kind. At your grocer’s. 14 pound, 10 cents; 1; pound, 18 cents; 1 pound, 35 cents. SATISFACTION— or your money back any eternal though | husbands and wives have worked out. The other cvening I | particularly Someone “Yes, I word times leaned putting hugging felt terribly tionate, and that was the first time he had failed to throw his arms about me came home at acted constrained and that made him feel something was wrong. He asked me what the matter was and | Nothing,'—the foolish way when course I said, all do. She Was Sure He No Longer Loved Her. Men" erfulerful photodram the idol of millions of motion picture g Miss Fuller ha local devotees. popular of the problem married” intere wondered had them. The woman who is an wife, “how which came sting one. had spoken of if all married Avoiding It is always interesting to hear of little helps in solving the to be happy successful across a quarrels, ' people | grease on question was appealed to a unusually and she gave us this bit of autobiography. My Husband and I Never Have a | success- Cross Word?” 1 but if you ted I'll tell when been over and his me, 1 didn’t hurt. he think they | quite believe a woman when she says ( - husband and I never I'm sure we quarrel think you'll be one thing helped us to nip some of our misun- derstandings in the bud.” We said we should be delighted, and she went on “One day had only 1 went out came home in his machine and he just kissed me about vou v husband and I married to greet him arms say He is very | Before You I never can | have a crc some in- | that a little while, when he without me, and usually but I affec- | he word, of night. we Quarrels “By and by he began strained too, and 1 had myself quite persuaded that he didn't love me any longer, before things finally came to a head and we had it out. “When I tola him what started being queer, he just laughed. The only reason he hadn’t put his arms about me was that he had machine his hands. 1 had gone house, so I didn’t see washing them in the garage. Of course I felt ashamed, and then he said the thing 1 want to tell vou about. ““You see, dear, there's always an explanation.” to act con- me into the him Make Mountains Out of Molehills, There anyone always is some does when any- explanation thing unlike themselves ways some other side to the vou don’t think of. And if you hear it before you begin abused ad making mountains moleéhills, a good many times, thing could clear right up. “We promised each other that try to remember that whenever either of us felt himself getting hurt or ag- grieved, and that we'd ask for an ex- planation instead of nursing a griev- ance. ‘And have, many times.” It's an old theory are all too pronhe to trust to appear- ances and distrust people, though everyone knows that appearances are chronically deceitful. So L recommend an explanation” as thought, not only for but for all housemates, everyone. There's ai- case that ould feeling of every- out we'd we and it's helped so of mine that we “There's always an excellent married folks, and in fact for T Coe Williams and the principal role rnm(‘d\ sented hy ble company. or Wednesday is booked. with Frank theater film will be the Vitagraph hlue rihbon- { Wednesday's program is expected er, “Thou Shalt Not Covet" Tyrone Powers in There will be a! . Jack Trifles” as Danfels with Kath- and a Huntress £ Playing in this pow s Mary Fuller, always been goers and | to be most attractive to them. half of the week will bring feature in “The Writing on the Wall” as played by Jo- .ph Kilgour and a splendid com- pany rank Daniels will come to the fore again on these days when he will e seen in the three-part comedy, “The Great Smash.” Three good vaudeville offered for the entertainment of patrons. 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