New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1917, Page 4

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MATINEE DAILY e e e e N News For Theatergoers and Women Readers n— = e A ——— ~——————— e e e ST TODAY C I I M romorkow IN “TIME LOCKS AND DIAMONDS” AN EXOITING CROOK STORY——FULL OF ACTION ADDED FEATURE A NEW MACK SENNETT-KEYSTONE COMEDY “SECRETS OF A BEAUTY PARLOR LYCEUM WEEKLY INTERESTING CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DAY REVELATIONS OF A WIFE By ADELE GARRISON What Mysterious Work, Is Engaging Dicky’s Attention. “Madge, I wish you'd tell Katie not to touch my room until I tell her to. 1t doesn’t need sweeping, and if you'll give me a dusting cloth I'll do any dusting that's necessary. I don’t wont you messing around there, either, ‘putting things to rights.’ I've some ticklish work I don’t want disturbed, and I'm golng to keep my door locked from now on.” Dicky rushed through the words without looking at me, and then with an abrupt “so long, I've got to wark. Call me a half hour before dinner,” rose from the breakfast table, and hurried upstairs to his room. It was Sunday morning ,and but two days after Katherine Sonnot and I had taken Mrs. Allis to the private sana- tarlum for drug addicts. So well had Katherine managed the trip that neither Dicky, Katie nor Jim suspected that Mrs. Allis had entered my room at night, had attempted to throw acid in my face and had only been thwarted in her plan of disfiguring me by Katherine's alertness. It was owing to Katherine alane, also, that the woman had consented to go to the pri- vate sanatarium. I am afraid I should have weakly vielded to Mrs. Allis® threat to reveal some dangerous secret concerning my father-and have let her go her own way. Katherine and I had returned to the house thoroughly worn out. In fact, Katherine's fatigue and nervous head- ache had alarmed me. I feared she might be ill, but a day’'s rest restored her, and she had returned to the city only the night before. Madge Resents Dicky’s Aloofness. I felt depressed and resentful as I heard my husband’s footsteps mount- ing the stairs to his room. Sunday has by Dicky and me for a home day to- dinner in the evening, but the day we invariably spend at home, reading and talking. The one indication of a successful marriage to which I have clung is the fact that Dicky and I have never lost our enjoyment in discussing things which has been ours from the begin: ning. Books, plays, news, gossip, savor, unless shared fully with the manner it seemed probable that his whole day would be spent in his room. Hot tears rose to my eyes as I real- always been the day tacitly set apart | gether. Sometimes we cntertain at | neither of us appears folly to enjay its | other. And from Dicky’s words and | ized this, but I quickly dashed them aw There were many things with which I could busy myself. In threo weeks we were to move fram the old Brennan house which we had rented, into the quaint old place we had bought, and there were many odds and ends of packing and preparation which I could get out of the way if I had the day to myself. But Dicky's defection rankled. wondered as I had done many times before what this mysterious wark was which had occupied his time so much in the last few weeks. It wasn’t his usual illustrating I knew, for Dicky was notably careless as to his drawings —they lay in picturesque profusion everywhere, and often I had rescued some finished illustration ready for de- livery from a heap of discarded sketches ready for the furnace. “Don’t Do That!” But from all indications Dicky had done no drawing in his room for several weeks.~ There was no litter of papers when I went in to put his room in order each day, and his desk and chiffonier drawers were locked. The thing puzzled me—got on my nerves. I tried to put it out of my mind, and went directly about the work I had planned ofter Dicky went upstairs. But my heart wasn’t in it, and when I heard his footsteps coming down- stairs again I felt a little glow of an- ticipation. He had thought better of “his purpose, and was coming down to talk to me. In a moment I realized my mistake, however, for he held a waste basket filled with crupled papers in his hand. I supposed of course that he wished them emptied, and advanced to take the basket. “Katie is busy just now,” I said, “but I'll have her empty this and bring it up to you in a moment.” Dicky shook his head. “No need to trouble her)' he said, drawing the basket back. “I'll just put them in the furnace myself."” “Oh, Dicky,” I protested, ‘“don’t do that. Jim has had a great deal of trouble with the fire this morning, and it’s just beginning to draw well. If | you pile those papers in there now you'll simply choke the fire. Empty them into the big basket and let Jim take them outside and burn them.” Dicky turned and stared at me un- pleasantly. “Will you kindly allow me to attend to my own business?” he said, and there was a sneer in his voice that pricked like a stiletto. BY RUTH It is a terrible thing for a mother to lose her child. But there is something much more terrible. And that is for her to let no happiness in the children the Lord has left her. A woman in our town lost her son about a year ago. He was a very good son, an unusually good son. And the illness which took him from her, was sudden and short. Naturally it was a great shock. Naturally her heart was overshadowed by a bereave- ment so terrible. But unnaturally she has become almost, cruel to her other children. But She Doesn’t Want to Be Comforted. She has two dear young daughters. They have always been very dutiful daughters, and since their brother’s death they have done everything to help assuage their mother’s grief. They are with her all their work will allow, they bring her home little gifts from town, they try their best | to think of ways to divert her mind [ und comfort her . But she will not be comforted, she will not be diverted, she will not put an iron wall about her grief and she seems to be trying to leep it perfectly intact. NBURY FAI 0CT.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1917 LEADER IN DISPLAYS, RACTIONS and ATTENDANCE M. RONDLE, Sec’y, Danbury, Ct She does not try to pretend pleas- ure in her daughter’s little gifts; she egelfishly absorbs all their time and never thinks to say ‘thank vou”; she lets her gloomy manner fill the house with an atmosphere of —_——————— In These Times of Stress Relax BOWLING Will Help You. Form Leagues Now AETNA BOWLING ALLEYS that loss make her determined to take | have her grief assuaged. She has | SIDE TALKS CAMERON The White Feather depression almost as palpable as a Scotch mist, She Thinks They Are Unfaithful Be- cause They Want to Be Happy. And she wants the girls, young things full of life and youth’s un- conquerable eagerness for joy, to be as gloomy and lugubrious as she and regards it as unfaithfulness to their brothers memory when, with the inevitable resilience of youth, they turn their faces toward the sunshine. She is not willing they should go to the movies, or even to the most !informal gatherings at their friends’ ! homes, she will not even let them play the piano. She is spoiling her life—and what is worse, theirs. She Isn’t Doing Her Shar She isn’t summoning one particle | of courage. In fact she is showing the white feather in a battle that most of us have to fight at one time or another. One wonders sometimes that she is not afraid to act as she is acting. ISupposa the Lord should say “You do not value what I have left you. Then I will take it away.” BARGES STRAND IN GALE. Gale Reaches 52 Miles an Hour Off Cape Henry. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 17.—During the northeast storm on the south Atlantic coast yesterday, two coal barges were stranded on Virginia beach and an- | other was reported in distress too far out for life boats. Several nrerchant vessels put back for safety. The wind velocity ranged from 48 to 52 miies an hour at Cape Henry Peanuts have in them a great deal of fat. | EXCITING CROOK | PLAY AT LYCEUM. For today and tomorrow the ILy- ceum presents the popular Triangle i star William Desmond in “Time Locks and Diamonds.” Mr. Desmond made quite a hit at the Lyceum on Friday and Saturday of last week in “Paws of the Bear” and should prove | just as popular in his latest release, “Fine Locks and Diamonds.” It is the story of an international gentle- man crook, with many bold and dar- ing sitautions conceived so as to mys-, tify the spectator until the final scene. William Desmond appears as “Silver Jim” Farrell, known as the world's master criminal. The police of many countries are constantly on the alert for him, but his well considered bold- ness has been his greatest safeguard. Here is a picture that will keep your eyes on the screen from start to finish and is chucked full of action. On the same bill is a new Mack Sen- ‘nett-Keystone comedy, “The Secrets of a Beauty Parlor” also the Lyceum Weekly showing interesting current events of the day. “THE CONQUEROR” FILLS FOX SEATS ““One Great Picture!" That's what "they =zaid last night, the huge throng that jammed Fox's theater to capacity, as they et the hundreds who couldn't get in to see that big William Farnum standard production, “The Conqueror.” And it certainly is great. For it campris all things that are desirable in pic- ture craft, from hearty, wholesome laughter to pathetic sympathy with the poor illiterate Sam Houston, and delicious thrills at the big battle scenes in which the same Sam, but now dignified by the title-of General, repulses the hundreds of Mexican outlaws in their carefully planned border raid. The scene in the con- vent cell, where the instigator of the raid has attacked the general's wife, is one of the most gripping sit- uations ever presented on the Fox screen, and the wild bu of ap- plause that greeted Big Bifl Farnum last night as he arrived just in the nick of time, was sufficient evidence of the hold it had on the imagina- tions of the audience. Farnum is at his best in ‘““The Con- _queror.” Never has he had a more unusual and striking role, or onec better fitted to his own personality ¥rom his first appearance as the ig- norant hoy of the Tennessee back- woods until his ascent to the zover- norship of the state, he never for an instant steps out of character. He is truly the incarnation of Sam Hous- ton himself. And he is given a worthy setting for his efforts and surround- ed by a splendid supporting com- including Jewel Carmen, Chas. Jim Marcus, William Eagle Shirt, Chief Birdhead, and Waldo Little Bear. The photography 1s the nearest approach to perfection that has yet been seen, and the scenlc ef- SOVEREIGN LODGE, 1. 0. O. F. Grand Sire Plans Assessment for Re- licf of Soldiers. Louisville, Sept. 17.—Nearly 10,000 Odd ¥ellows from all parts of the country and Canada were here today for the opening of the 92rd session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of their : order. Grand Sire Frank C. Goudy of Den- | ver has announced he Wwill put for- ward a proposal that the Soverelgn Grand Lodge authorize the Grand lodges in each state jurisdiction and in the provinces of Canada to lay a special yearly assessment of §$1 to be continued so long &S the war may | last, the proceeds to be expended through the agency of the American Red Cross for the relief of Odd Fel- lows in the military service of the United States. If this proposal is ac- | cepted it will provide a yearly fund of about $2,250,000. Grand Sire Goudy also will ask that ! the various grand lodges and subor- dinate lodges be authorized to con-’ tinue in good standing at the expense of the subordinate lodge to which he e of the Unitad States. IMPERSONATED OFFICER. Former Villa Captain Under Suspicion in El Paso. El Paso, Tex., Sept. 17.—Fedeval officials are investigating the activities also known as T. Von Miller, who eral grand jury in the sum of $2,500 on a charge of impersonating an army officer, it became known today. Von Dohlen, who formerly was a captain in Villa’s army, has been em- ployed as an expert mechanic in the army machine shops at Iort Bliss. His arrest was preceded by his ap- pearance on the street here in the belongs any Odd Fellow who may be | ho later may enter the mil- | at Fort Bliss of Richard Von Dohlen, | vesterday was bound over to the fed- ! uniform of a captain with insignia of the quartermaster's branch of the service, according to evidence at his hearing. There’s Nothing “HIDDEN” in Our Plan Absolutely NO “costs” or ‘“extras’” to be added to the purchase price.—It is simply a case of saying *“‘Charge It” and paying a Dollar a Week.—You pay ONLY the marked price of the garments, etc., and those prices are in PLAIN Men’s Suits and Overcoats $14, $lo6, $18 AND UP TO $35.00. | New Shoes and Hats \ MEGESAR MISCH STORE 687-683 MAIN STREET HARTEFORD. fects are true expresions of a beau- tiful nature. Unbounded credit must be given to R. A. Walsh, the direc- tor, particularly in the incidental de- tail of the piece, and in the handling of the larger exterior scenes, in some of which there are as many as elght thousand people and thousands ot horses and cattle. Everything is strictly natural, and this is the secret of Walsh’s success as a motion pic- ture director. That he is the leader of his craft is now acknowledged by New Britain. For they have scen his “Honor System,” and they are see- ing his ‘“Conqueror,” two of the greatest dramatic achievements evet accomplished. *“The Conqueror” will be shown for the last time tomorrow alght. As an added feature for today and tomorrow will be shown the first chapter of that mew big Vitagraph serial, “The Fighting Trail,” a con- tinuous tale of the great outdoors, an episode of which will he presented every Monday and Tuesday. DOUBLE BILL AT FOX HOUSE AGAIN Another one of those hig double- feature shows is coming to FFox's on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. AAMd it certainly looks as for this occasion will put all other bargain shows so far in the shade that they'll never see light again. ¥or the stars arc none other than Miriam Cooper, the wonderful, Winsome littlo { beauty who played the leading fe- male role in “The Honor System,” and—y sir, its true—Old Doug Fairbanks himself, who is brought back by the incessant and clamorous demand of Fairbanks fans in one of the funniest five reelers he ever made, ! “Double Trouble.”” When it is said that “Betrayed,” the picture in which | Miss Cooper appears, is the handi- work of that miracle-man of picture- craft, Raoul Walsh, who, by the way, is Mirfam’s husband (but that's a se- cret—don’t let on that you know it vet) and who directed his charming little wife in “The Honor System,” “The Innocent Sinner,” and all of her big productions, no further boost | need be administered to the film. And | as for “Double Trouble,” well, banks is Fairbanks, so what's the use of telling you what a wonderful boy Doug 1 BOSTON ARCHITECT DEAD. Duxbury, Mass, Sept. 17.--John Goddard Stearns, a prominent Bos- ton architect, died at his summer { home here vesterday. He s grad- | uated from Harvard college in 1863 though the two attractions scheduled | | l and was a fellow of the American In- | 1(111[!((‘ of Architects.” * strong for it. Airmen in the great war are using WRIGLEYS resularly. It steadies stomach and nerves. It is pleasantly lasting in taste. Teeth set firmly in WRIGLEYS make sure of achievement. Our land and water forces are And the home-guard finds refreshment and benefit in this economical, long-lasting aid to teeth, breath, appetite, digestion. AY “AFTER EVERY MEAL”