New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1917, Page 4

ATIONS OF A WIFE By ADELE GARRISON _Madge Tried to Meect Dicky Part Way. ly shivered with nervous fear I contemplated the rage Dicky 1 experience upon arriving at Haven 4t 2 o’clock in the morn- , only to find that the taxi I had jmized him, could not move on ac- EENEY’S TONIGHT count of the starm, and that he would have to walk home a mile and a half through the worst snow _drifts and storm Long Island had experienced in years. For a moment I wished, oh, 80 ear- nestly, that I had never tried to in- terfere with his earlier plan to walk from Marvin, of which he had told me when leaving in the morning befare the storm began. Then I scored my- self for my selfish timorourness. Better, far better, that Dicky should empty all the vials of his wrath upon my head than that he should attempt the walk from Marvin with all its pit- falls of lake and stream and dark- ness. But, to use one of Dicky’s own slang expressions, I knew that it would be some wrath I should have to face when my liege lord finally ar- rived at his home. I knew him well enough to realize that he would never take Into consideration the damger he faced in coming from Marvin, or ap- prove at all the frantic efforts I had made to get some sort, of tnnuportu.- tion for him. To Dicky’'s danger is a negllglble quantity. He Js foolhardy in his dis- regard of it. But he is as indolent as he is brave, and I knew the thing that would looln largest in his mind would be the fact that he was com-! pelled to walk a mile and a half through the storm when he had planned . the sharter course of half that distance, It seemed to me that the time would never pass untll the arrival of the 2 o’clock train. Katle begged to sit up with mé, but I sent her to bed for I was afraid if I did not get her safely oft into slumberland that she would be awake when Dicky ' came home. And I wished no eyes to witness the scene which-I was sure Dicky would ‘| make ‘when he finally arrived. Word at Last. . I tried to camfort myself with the reflection that since our reconcilia- tion after Dicky's long absence in San Francisco he had kept his temper under wonderful control, practically his only ebullition being.on the occa- -slon of his’ attack of lumbago/ But, an the other hand, I remembered that I had watched every word and action of my own most carefully in order that he should have no excuse for a scene. I braced myself instinctively to meet his anger when he should at last reach home. Like an uneasy ghost I wandered from room to room, looking after the fires, seeing that everything was in readiness. When at last I heard the whistle of the train I put on the coffee, reckoning that it would be just ready when Dicky arrived. A moment later I heard the Ting of the telephone, and hastened to answer it with my heart in my mouth, ex- pecting a tirade from Dicky over the | garage telephone. ‘Window and ch'Boxes. Our fine ‘and long experi- insure satisfactory But it was the night man fram the garage who was telephoning, and I thought I detected suppressed laugh- ter in his tones. “I ‘met Mr. Graham, ma'am, and tried to get him to let me take the things. He was loaded down with bundles, but he said he'd carry them himself, and he’s started home. I don’t know as I ought to tell you, but I'm afraid he's pretty mad. He'd have landed me in the snow if I hadn’t dodged him. But I don’t know as I blame him much.” . “I am very sorry,” I replled me- chanically, “and I will see that you are duly recompensed for your trouble.” A Wild Determination., “‘Oh, that’s all right, Mrs, Graham. I'm sorry things had to turn out this way, Good night. 3 ‘Good night,” I hung up the re- ceiver and stood motionless a moment contemplating the picture of Dicky laden with bundles trying to make his way through the drifts. \ I could understand that he was so angry that he had stubbornly deter- mined.to ‘be a martyr,” as he was so fond of telling me, and add every possible item of discomfort to his lot. But I knew how heavy were the things from the antique shop which he was bringing me, and I was alarmed at the passibility of his be- coming exhausted by his struggle, so heavily handicapped, through the drifts. With one of the absolutely idiotic notions of sharing suffering which only a woman could. evolve, I hastily changed my slippers for shoes, slipped “on a sweater and cap, and taking a broom and a snow shovel in my hands started out the front door with the wild determination to shovel a path to meet Dicky as far as I could get. I think there was an idea in the back of my brain that he might not be so angry if he found me toiling to meet him. It was unaccustomed work, and I found myself perspiring freely, my muscles aching flercely before I had gone very f: But I had reached the gate and turned into the ' road when I heard a tremendous pounding upon the dining room door, which faced the other road of the two crossings at our corner. In dismay I realived that Dicky had came the other way and was now facing a locked doo: LAKE COMPOUNGE PIERCE & NORTON, PROPS. SPECIAL BAND CONCERT EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNERS Boating, Roller Coaster, Bil- lards, Bathing, Bowling Carrousel The Popular Playground of Central Connecticut NEW BRlTAlN DAILY HE News For Theatergoers and “THE GIRL PHILIPPA” CLASSIC OF THE FILM The long-awaited motion picture showing of “The Girl Philippa” 1s at hand. This Robert W. Chambers story, superbly staged under the su- pervision of Albert E. Smith, pres- ident of Greater Vitagraph, and with dainty Amfta Stewart starred in the title rol 1l ready. It will open today fo e days at the Lyceum theater. The furore created by “The Girl Philippa” - when it ran, a short time ago, as a serial story in The Cosmo- politan ‘magazine, is fresh in the memory of all. The plot is fundamentally fascinat- ing. Philippa, a girl of aristocratic mold, is discovered as the serving mald in an obscure cafe, somewhere in France. She sparkles, a Jjewel against a background of infinite world tragedy—at once baffling and piquant. A burly animal of a task-master, the host of the tavern, Wildresse, holds the key to her past and to her future. Into this seething environ- ment, fate draws conflicting personal- ities from the capitals of the earth, after which the plot spins dizzily CIRCUS IS HERE FOR SHORT VIisiT Sparks Circus arrived in New Brit ain early this morning from Naug- atuck and the tents were pitched oi the Stanley street grounds, where two performances were to be given today. After the cars were shifted to the sidé-tracks, the unloading of the horses, camels, elephants and the heavy canvas covered wagons was accomplished in a very short time, showing the great system used by the modern circus. There was no con- fusion and the workingmen seemed to work in harmony. The show grounds was soon transformed into a tented city of amusement with the American flag flylng from every tent and . banner pole. The parade left the grounds at 10:30 a. m. and everything looked brand riew from the uniforms of the Women about the frajl central figure of the girl herself. Back in her childhood there was & fatal catastrophe in a Balkan kin; dom. In France she is living a really bizarre, but on the surface prosaic, life. Come now Warner, the Amocr- .ican artist; also Halkett and Gray, the Englishmen; Hoffman, the Teu- ton; Asticot, the Paris safe-blower and Apache, and spies and couriers, gendarmes and armies. The powder traln burns merrily! A hostile foreign power has stolen the secret of a war engine divulged to Great Britain by Americans. Hal- kett and Gray, secret agents of Eng. land, are dispatched to recover the plans. ' Warner, ansinnocent dreamer in the meadows of Ausone, is elec- trically dragged into the plotting. After several encounters the plans are recovered and part of them entrusted to Warner. At once Philippa be- comes the first antagonist in his new made peril. She is a spy! Love solves the danger of the ‘young hero, but doubles it for Phi- lippa. She spies now for him—at the risk of her own life. The intrigue is turned from.now on against her. She naively transfers herself to the protection of Warner. Wildresse, the master spy is foiled by her when she burng some of the papers he has stolen from the artist. The remainder of the story is a series of thrills. drivers to the large steam caliope at the rear of ‘the procession. The cages, dens and tableaux wagons glistened with gold leaf and varnish. The horses looked sleek and fat and showed the effects of careful groom- ing. There was plenty of music by three bands and two caliopes. The afternoon perfoxmance was well attended and was first class in every respect, equalling if not sur- passing last year's show, some of the featurés were the Sparks Herd of baseball elephants, Wopdford's posing dogs and horses, Capt. Tiebor's trained seals and sea lions. Prof. May's performing horses and ponies and an army of funny clowns and Keo Namba, said to be the only man in the world who walks up a flight of steps on his head. All in all, this year's Sparks Circus is bigger, great- er and grander than ever and there is no doubt but what they will play to a packed tent tonight. The Sparks Shows have the reputation for ha ing high class clean performances and this season’'s show lives up to that reputation; THURSDAY JUNE u 1917. Readers STUART HOLMES AS “BROADWAY SPORT” ‘What is without doubt the greatest bit of novelty ever presented in a comedy-drama setting is “The Broad- way Sport,” the feature of the Fox bill for tonight. Stuart Holmes, the star of the plece, caused a great deal of surprise at the nature of the role he played, for, instead of portraying the heavy type of villain that his fol- lowers have been led to expect him, he did the finest piece of character work in his career. ‘Ag Hezekiah Dill, the plodding bookkeeper in a village flour mill in the first two reels of the subject, he pictures a character that is familiar to all, but that can be properly played by very few. Then, after he has robbed the thieves who broke into his employer's safe. he takes a sleeper to the Gay White Light district, and undergoes the most complete and rapid metamor- phasis conceivable, emerging as the rather flashily-dressed, debonair type that passes as the denizen of Broad- way. - The experiences of his New York visit, from the time he engages to act as the long-lost nephew of 2 childl millionaire, to his dramatic return to his home town in a Mixty horse-power racing machine, make up one of the best rapid-fire tomedy- dramas that has yet been released. The co-feature of the double bill is “Her Mistake,” in which Clara Kimball Young stars, with’ the fa- vorite matinee idol, Earl Willlams, playing opposite her. It is a picture that, gives eaeh of these celebrated artists plenty of opportunity for the vantageous display of their best .talents. The Florence Rose Mode! show the latest summer styles In their latest release, and several other short subjects complete the bill. Menu for Tomorrow Breakfast Fruit Steamed Eggs Potato Cakes Buttered Toast Coffee Fried Fish Sauce Tartars Corn Pudding Buns Tea \ Dinner Tomato Soup Lentil Croquettes Sweet Potatoes Best Salad Strawberry Custards Coftee Sauce Tartare—This calls = for * & tablespoonful each.of capers, parsl and gherkins pounded to a pulp then pressed to remove as much moisture as possible. This pressed pulp is then mixed with one cupful thick mayon- naise. Corn Pudding—Add one pint canned corn to one cupful white sauce; when cool add the yolks and whites three eggs beaten separately. Turn into a shallow buttered baking dish and bake twenty minutes in a hot oven. UNIQUE MODEL FOR MAID OF PERSONALITY ORIENTAL INFLUENCE. Jade green satin is here shirred on to a top which is massed with orien- tal embroidery in eastern colors. The confined points of the drapery let down in'a demitrain as mln as the flat neck lines, | Fads and Fashions I —_— New street gowns are showing per- fectly plain panels front and back. Coin-dotted foulard is used as lin- ing and trimming for pongee suits. Soft white Shetland vells will be a a good deal seen for this summer. Rubber soles and fiber soles are walking into the most fastidous cir- cles. High princess skirts are. promised for same of the new two-piece suits. Soft wide ties of surah silk are fre- ;xunty used with high turmover col- lars. The most satisfactory knitting Wag is a'very large roomy one of cretonne. The low-bust corset comtinues to lead on account of the influence of athletics, Ostrich feathers are clevérly worked on somé hats to take the plate of straw. Transparency is a characteristic of many of the new dresses, wraps and blouses, Jackets in plain color continue to be worn with a skirt in check or con- trasting color. Linen is scarce, eépecially dress linens, with the almost inevitable re- suit that fashion demands whéle suits of genuine linen for almest évery sort of out-of-door wedr. The effort of fashion artists to get back to long skirts is having its per- ennial battle, with the insistence of ®olf and other sporta that skirts shall remain short, and golf is still well ahead in the contest. The call to the garden brings more and more ‘convenient” fashions— short skirts, four-pocket blouses, com- fortable shoes and “women's overalls” —and all but the last nml\m be- ing worn on the streets. The demi-totletée is liked by many women because its transparent long sleeves and slightly low-cut neck make it equilly practical for after- noon or evéning; the latter when full evening dress might be considered an extravagance. The early effort of some fashion makers to take advantage of the spir- it of the times to useé the flag and the United States shield as déecorations on women's suits, coats and even stockings has been very effectively frowned down. A whist, which was the third of a series, at St. Mary’s School hall yes- terday under the auspices of = 8t. Mary's T. A. B. society for the ben- fit of the Red Cross was largely at- tended and very successful. Mrs. Mary T. Crean, Mrs. William ,!‘ny. Miss Catherine DéWitt and Mrs. P. J. Egan were the winners of the prises. STRICKEN IN THE STREET Completely Resfored To H B’ ul;w_nmou m 8r. Vauzs Sr., MoNTREAL. “In 1912, I was taken suddenly ill with Acute Slomack Trowble and dropped in the street. I was treated by several physicians for nearly two years, and my weight dropped from 225 pounds to 160 pounds. Then several of my friends advised me to try “Fruit- atives”. I degan fo improve almost with the first dose, and by using them, I recovered ‘from the distressing Stomach Trouble—and all pain and Constipation were cured. Now I weigh 208 pounds. ‘I cannot praise *“‘Fruit. a-tives” enough”. ' H. WHITMAN. 80¢. & box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 280, Atllldu.lmouutwbym, a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y. . e Household Notes Can pineapples while they are cheapest, Apple sauce should be served with baked beans. Salt dissolved in aléohol will Te- movc grass .N"- A few drops of chloroform wfll Te- move machine oil. % Rock salt broken into bits is & good bottle cleant Brulsing vegetables vlll cause them to spoil repidly. Milk is the best source of lime for the growiag child. —_— 1t you peel and slice beets they will boil in half an hour, If & hot-water bottle leaks and 15 needed, fill it with hot salt. e When stuffing eggplant try bolliug it first for twenty minutes. A pinch of salt added to cooking applés will make them tenderer. Learn how to.store roots crops and fruits so that they will keep. Rub salt: on the flatirons if you would have them remain smooth. Household pets should not be al- lowed to come anywhere near’feod. “The“most ‘ubeful Kitchen apron iy long and wide and has long sleeves. Sandwiches made of cucumbers and lettuce Are fresh and appetizing. The more Ccoarse :ru,. the better for the h otth.um- 1ly. SIDE TALKS The Hardest Lesson “If a string is in a knot Patience will untie it, Patlence will do many things, did you ever try it? If t'wer sold in any shop I uhonld surely buy it But you and I must buy our own, no other can supply it.” “And when can-you hear?” I asked the Lady-who-alwaysknows- somehow. She had just told me of & tremen- dously important letter which she knew by subbequent developments must have been lost in the malls. She had written And asked for a sec- ond letter and now she was waiting the results. = “Not for five days at the soonest, sald. “You must be just crazy!" “What good would that do?” The Two Virtues One Learns With the Years. “My dear,” said the Lady-who-al: ways-knows-somehow with her gen- tle smile, “as oné grows older thera are two things one learns—patience and the power to put things out 'of our mind in these waiting times.” 1 4idn’'t quite agree with her, Those are surely two things one ought to ‘learn if one doesn't want to be made miserable by the inevit- ability of life, but alas they are not things “one” always does learn. I know at least one pérson who finds them] very difficult lessons. Impatience is Iike Munger. Impatience almost as primitive an instinet as hunger. So also is the delire to worry over things when the issue is uncertain. It is only the peeple who really grow and develop as they grow older who detach themselves to suidue these instincts. Of course, with age there is a cer- tain blunting of the of many things,—worry and pamm and happi- neds and impatiencé and all kinds of eagernesses. But the control of an instinct i something more than its enfesble- ment by age. True patience is an active virtue not a mere dull acquiescente. “They Also Serve—>" I often say over to myself when I am trying to tesch myself to wait Patiently and serenely, that beautiful line from Miiton's “Ode On Hip Blindness"—*“They also serve who only stand and wait.” : Theodore Parker's, “I know what the trouble is, God isn’t in & hurry and I am,” 'also helps, especially when I am impatient about existing evils. And just the other day in some of Mark Twain's recent letters I cama upon a line that both amuses and helps. He had been writing about a pudsling mix-up in some lecture dates. He was,was pretending to scold thout it most Irritably and then he eéndad up with a funny little flash of sun- shine: 4 “Now leave this thing 'to Providence for tweaty-four hours. you bet it will come out all right.” Good advice, isn’t 1t? Many New Britain People Fai] to Realise the Seriousness. Backache is so déceptive. It comés and goes—keeps guessing. ' Learn the cause—then cure it. Possibly it's weak kidneys. ‘That’'s why Doan's Kidney Pills are 80 effedtive. They’re especially for weak or dis- ordered kidneys. Here's a New Britain case. Mrs, R. Hopkins, 20 Bigelow St says: had sharp, shooting pains right across the small of my back. They bothered me mostly in. the morning. When I moved a certain way of bent over it felt just like & knife being driven into my back. Doan’s Kidney Pills soon gave me re- lief and three boxes entirely . cured me.” soc at all dealers. Foster-Milburn. » MIgrs., Buffalo, N. ¥, % you -~ ©