New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1918, Page 4

i ; NEW BRI TAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1018, ' s For Theat ergoers a nd Wame}z' Readers: i+ has ever FISKE O'HARA AT PARSONS’ TONIGHT the eminent il be seen at Pa rnoon and evening new play, “The Man From low.” The play is a romantic comedy in three acts, and is claimed to be the best vchicle the Irish star appeared in. As Robert Emmett O'Donovan, he portrays one of the dashing youn: arac- ters of the early nincteenth century, who were a credit to their race and traditions. He makes love as only an Irishman can. Of course, Mr. O'Hara | will be heard in a number of new | songs. i Read this if you don't believe that screen stars wear more expensive and | exclusiv than their sisters Trish singer, ons! theater this | of the | example of Mr. \trailing cape worn Parson | the Lyceum theater is ushered in this “THE FLOORWALKER” THE DREWS PATHE NEWS Wednesday and Thursday HAROLD LOCKWO00 THE SHOW OF WONDERS NOW PLAYING FOUR PERFORMANCES, 1:00 p. m., 3:30 p. m., 6:00 p. m., 8:30 p. m. PLENTY OF ROOM AT 6:00 O'CLOCI Vaudeville VICTOR’S MUSICAL MELANGE 14—MUSICIANS—14 Ted by BEATRICE NASH “The Woman With the Baton” WELLS AND LEE “Just for Fun” FATRFAX AND STAFFORD Colored Entertainers MONDAY AND WEDN CG—“ack and Jill” and “The Cinderelia Man” § KEENEY’S| HIGH OLASS VA ot MON. and WED. “IHE DOOR BETWEN" with RUTH CLIFFORD and MUNROE SALISBURY S THURS. and FRL “PHANTOM RIDERS” with HARRY CAREY and MOLLY MALONE and “BROADWAY LOVE" with DOROTHY PHILLIPS UDEVILLE “HARTFORD'S FUN OENTER~ | GRAND wuartrorn o Charter 1026—FARTFORD “Hartford’s Fun Center” This Week, Twice Daily BILLY WATSON and thc BEEF TRUST ON THE SAME PROGRAM. MARY GARDEN The World Famous Donna THAIS The First '] e Before the Screen Prima in The Amazing Story of a Saint Who Became a Siuner, and a Sinner Who Became a Saint. DON'T FAIL TO SEE IT ! ! iSDAY ONLY T —Hartford—— TONIGET at 8 SHARP FISKE O'IIARA The Actor-Singer, in His Vatest —“THE MAN FROM WIC Hit, ys—Com. Wednesday, Daily—Fcb. 6 D. W. Grf BOWLING CLUBS IN HARTFORD, Ladies are Weicome and will re- ceive Courteous Accommodations at AETNA BOWLING ALLEYS | the Eyesight Specialist and Manufaciuring Optician. HYE EXAMINATIONS ARE FREE Broken Lenses Duplicated. Office, 306 Main St. "Phoue 57¢ Satisfaction Guaranteed | excellent calibre. third at 6 o’clock, and the fourth In “Intolerance” the Princess Be- | loved, adored of Belschazzar the Magnificent, in the Babylonian epi- | sode, wears a gorgeous creation of ostrich plumes and jewels that cost $7,000, and at that all of the jewels are imitations. nother fascinating Griffith’s success in Babylonian opulence is the by the Princess | realizing veloved. “Intolerance” will be shewn at * theater for four days, start- ing Wednesday, with matinee daily, at popular prices. BILL AT LYCEUM | The second week of vaudeville at afternoon with a better bill than cither of the two presented last week, | statement means something, fact that th and to make o that | the | like considering hows las All week were of arrangements are ready today of | capacity crowd ued that if the theat everyone who desires to enter, the management cannot be blamed. Tt is | the theater's fault. Last Monday huge | crowds stormed the doors, and eight policemen were required in the hand- ling of the mobs which tried to force entrance. Today's shows will run First at 1 o'clock, second ndling r warning is cannot hold | as follows: | at 3:30, | at | s doors of the theater will open at 12 o’clock. Pick out the show you intend to see, and then go, is the best solution on the part of the pub- | The bill 0. The for teday and Wednesday (the theater being closed Tuesday) will be headed by *“Victor's Musical Melange, a company of 14 musici led by Beatrice Nash, famous in mu cal circles as one of the most capable conductors on the stage. These musi- | cians, presenting a ng and ins and xcellent ippearances along the come to New Britain with an record scenery will be used in stas Oth- ers on the bill will be Wells & Lee, a man and woman presenting a singing and dancing act just a little better than the average, and Fairfax & Stafford, a colored couple with some good stuff. Outshining the vaudeville number will be the celebrated motion pic offering, the first in which Mary Gar- den has appeared since entering the pictures, “Thais”. Oddly, this vehicle was used by Miss Garden when she entered upon her stage career and now when she enters a new linc of wor she is al n the leading role. As for the story itself, suffice to 3 been translated into | hteen difterent languages since firs n in French and has been read by hundreds of thousands of people. A | magnificent, gorgeous, motion picture terpiecce would probahly be the | proper summing up. Other pictures, | including the ILyceum Weekly and | comedies will also be on the program, | king 11 an excellent Monday.| program. | ' RUTH CLIFFORD IN BLUEBIRD FEATURE | | RRCH T | herself firmly in the | cction of the public in v single atured with he Door Monro Between theater ext on emotiona on these an > of attributes setted by her rare | clothes suited to the characters which she portray o her debut in Bluebird pho: s Miss Clifford has had rather preponde roles. Miss Cli rly won the | ight to be 1 exclusive | Bluebird firmament as one of the | brightest stars that shine there, and | there is every indication that the | | present combination of Ruth Clifford, | Monoe Salisbury and Rupert Julian will prove to be one of the strongest in the field. | a | If the skin beneoth the fingernails is very rough, before retiring dip the | tip of your fingers into cold cream, allow the skin to take up as much of | the cream as possible, then dip the fingers into talcum powder and Wear loosely fitting gloves. should be cut from worn-out garments and strung on a string, that you can get at them easily when one is needed. All buttons | came to | dream of | whenever I | slip out again, i nets of different kinds. | when I | at her, Lillian. | if Jack had sent her a box of roses have | By ADELB GARRISON Where Madge Hid Ifer Father's Message. When T had finished my careful in- spection of the Chinese vase which been left me as a precious leg- by that had my littie mother I decided not it was the very thing I which acy only needed in to hide the impor- my fathor had intrusted but that I could also continue in it the perennially fresh blossom with which I had supplied it since my mother’s death. With hands trembling from excite- ment T tried a little preliminary cx- periment. Into the bottom of tho vase, through the slender neck I pushed down with the button-like knob of a pin a piece of absor- bent cotton. Then I ir rted into the neck of the v of the ewmpty metal pencil ses I had bought of the spy masquerading as tant to me, keeping paper | a peddle To my intens not tco large for thanks to the gratification it was the opening, and, absorbent cotton, it rest on the bottom of the vase without any click. Shaking the vase also failed to produce any noise, and I began to breathe more freely. I filled the vase again with water, rut back the flower, and then hold- ing it to the light, looked it over carefully in the fear that some sha- dow through its wonderful coloring would betray the presence of the alien thing inside it. But its appear- ance was exactly the same as before. I was sure that no one would ever looking inside it. So far, so gooc My next problem was the cxtraction of the pencil case hould wish to do so. The Very Thing. To test it I took out the flower again, emptied the water and turned the vase upside down to see whether by any chance the pencil case would something I wished But there was no and I pro- most crucial the thought idea of the childish pas- with mag Bickett, the ared PPy vith our ever to guard against. sign of its appearance, ceeded to the last step of my experiment, of which had made th vase possible in the fi One of my favorite {imes was experimenting Jack who W and my brother-cousin, playmate of my childhood, my enthusiasm, and man and absorbed hour we spent treasures. Neither of s relinguished the childhood hobby and Jack used often to bring me shaped magnets he had up h els. Katherine not, his fi , and my friend, knew of this hobby which we shared, and when I had last seen her she had hingly handed me a small T in “Jack asked me to give this to you should next see you,” said. “If I couldn't ve him lect something differ than stuff!” she col- that Who Has Secn? Her voice was full of playful scorn, which did not disturb me in the least, for I knew it was but teasing raillery. I drew from the packasge 2. magnet such as I had never seen before, a_long slender bar with a i | novel i his bidding, | eve “He may keep the roses for you, my dear,” I sa “For my part, T much prefer the magnet.” “All wight ittle dirly dirl! Go pay | wif nice play sing!” Katherine mocked, and the incident had ended. ut T blessed Jack’s remembrance of my childish predilection as I took the queer looking bar from my desk, removed the nrotector from it, and cently inserted the magnet into the The sound case I told me that the been drawn to the end of the net, and in another second, and pencil cas upon my . Even with success as- sured I stood for a moment shaking s with a ch The remembrance of nence of Dicky's home me. His train must be for to my excited imagination tho me I had spent in srimenting with my vase seemed almost honrs. T looked at my watch, and to my as- tonishment found that the whole proceeding had occupied less than five minutes. I still had five min- utes before time for Dicky to come heme. Peeping ma the immi- ' coming roused ite, T thought,’ inside the pencil case in which I had put the oiled silk in- closed message to be sur> I had t right case I fastened it securely, put t into the vase, filled the vase again with water, put in the carnation I had taken from it and replaced the vase upon my dressing table. Then I locked the other pencil cases and the magnet securely in my trnnk and turn or to 'see if my hair was The a slight scratch- door startied E the color from my face I stood confronting my image in the | mirror. my nt LAST SHOWING OF “PLANTER” AT FOX'S the nan Whit- 1ssed bo at which H “The Planter,” seven- reel screen Vv on of much-dis Mexico, famous and of Southern seen again, and for the 1 Fox’s theater today. It i which stands strongly as thing absolu unique amo dramas, and is bound to leave a deep ion wherever it seen. It ith the rather primitive con- that exist in the rubber plan- in Southern Mexico, owner is king, and ail must uffer untold agon olf, for disobedie of aker e out Aeatl pi its cor n The m a some ing sce whicll is the destruction native stockade village by fire a revolt among the enslaved labor- ers of the plantation. A fascinating fteature of the | voung slave ¢ | tal fear queer looking cap or protector on the | end. “Jack says if vou tector on it the tt netized for many a long year,” his pretty fiancee said, eyei the net with pretended disfavor. She’'s as pleas keep that pro- “Look ed a { m ng will stay mag- | mag- ! | i o of her ples of the is perfectl a famous o ove thern layed by I model alistic touch is lent to the pict in the repre- sentation of a fellow-fever outbreak the native stockade, and the mor- in which the ignorant na- hold the 1 1e is shown in the st graphic manner. All the fas- tion of the tropics, from the his- torical monasteries of the o'd Span- ish padre to the southern jungle at its wildest, are brought before the spectator’s eye to aid tho story. it is truly a remarkablo sto hen her The part lle King, tive | SIDE_ R A woman fr wailing the other day 1 wag terribly shy. is so bright when she is alone °n strangers come in stupid,” TN The Charm of Childhood d of mine was be- the fact that her a4 readily understand how it xagperate her not to have her friends know how bright her daugh- ter is, but I should think she would be so thankful that the child was of forward that she would the other cross with calmness. hat nobody ever is thank- ful for that sort of thing). Why is it that everyone joins resenting and often in disliking forward child? We Cannot Tolerate Assurance in a Chitd bright, how amus ing, how pretty a child is, if it is forward and self-assured we are not charmed by it as we usually are by childhood. Last summer I had an opportunity to observe a child of this kind. She was a very bright child, full of vitality and life, and rather pretty. She was also kind-hearted and good, and she said amusing things. She would have been an unusually delightful child if she hadn’t been s0 totally devoid of any trace of shy- ness. She Rebounded From the Hardest Sonuh LK in a No matter how She was always perfectly self-pos- sessed, perfectly at home. She mever TALKS BY RYUTH OQAMERON | fume { heads i played by a splendid cas A | were | oined on the fit of were scemed to question whether wanted anywher: but r which she gave t the opinion on the cussin S had not the est fear of strangers, she rebounded | cheerfully from the hardest sn In a way, she was a most 1 ild and yet she wasn’'t he calmly | fruit m Shyness in a child is like the p of a flow A perfectly selfpossessed child is 1 some big flaunting flower utterly lacking of perfume; a tulip or dahlia. a | 1t T3 Exasperating I do pity the mother of embarras- children who hide their | in their mother’s skirts and become dumb before visitors. T once knew a little boy who for vears h the trick of screwing his eyes tight shut when outsiders (even his aunts and uncles) came in. Mothers of shy children with similar tricks will be glad to know that he has grown up | into a young man just self-possessed enough and just shy en be charming. On the whole, shyness that children ar r more cover from than i te. ness usually wears off where fc ingly shy W | bo | baked in | ticular wiil | cherries mix | with warm suds. YOUR the shops, factories, open, so-that YOU an tail your purchases. Live as you have need—or we must all BUY THIS If we are to WIN THE WAR—and keep EARN THEIR LIVING, you must not cur- YOUR CLOTHING STORE — A DOLLAR A WEEK PAYS THE BILL. £HGF—885 MAIN STREET HARTFORD DUTY! industries and stores d your neighbor CAN lived—Buy what you suffer. AT rone Power who will his famous in- of the leading of which is T remembered for terpretation of one parts in “Where Are My Children?” | @ | Mr. large Power is'at present playing role in Broadw newest hit, “Chu Chin Chow,” at the Century theater. But “The Planter” is not the ly commendable feature of the p#ogram, for a screaming funny plin comedy, ‘“The Floorwalk- adds a lot of fun and laughter the entertainment, and Mr. and Sidney Drew present one of the ost little satires on domestic titled “Too Much Hener Th » News will also be shown. Tw moro big feature hits have been en- aged for the Wednesday and Thurs- program, which r heroes, Harold George Walsh will are “The Avenging Blod and Red. in Lockwood The Blue FADS AND FASHIONS Ivory white beads girdle. make a pretty ray nd yellow make a 3 pretty combination. Small poke-shaped hats are in evi- Printed silk voile i the spring blouses. used for some of Pointed trains are a the new evening gowns. Grocery boxes make very inexpen- sive kindling wood worst form of wa leads to sickness. Crumbs of corncake may be used or making crumb bread. feature of The vhich ste is that pineapple will of milder fruit. A little arge dish flavor ible comes own food. A pinch of salt in the leep the irons from Very small cakes should always be a very auick oven. left-overs the starch icking. When using attention to p flavor. Stewed tomatoes can be improved by the addition of sweet peppers. am can be made flavored with cinnamon. A deliciot reapple of A strong solution of washing soda remove paint from chair Juice left over from any canned be used with baked apple: Lump magnesia is a great thing will | par- | CHARMING GOWN FOR THE COMING SPRING s Here is a beautiful spring gown of | gray ftaffeta, short-waisted, with pipe-organ folds placed below the velt. “It has a braided net-top flounce € nd is trimmed with lavender and a canary ribbon. i | | | Menu for Tomorrow il Breakfast Cereal with Milk Tomato Teast Corn Muffins Coftee Tunch Baked Potatoes with Cream Cake Smothered in Custard Tea Dinner Stewed Liver Boiled Rice Dried Lima Beans Minute Pudding Coffee to cover soiled spots on white satin | ppers or on the linen tablecloth. Dip the tops of corked bottles in melted paraffin if you wish to pack them in your trunk without leakage. When the air is very frosty our pillows out in the wind. will be fresh and sweet when come in hang They they Thin toast with a filling of cream cheese with a little minced candied ed with it is a delicious | sandwich. | skirts, When milk or cream has been ' spilled on any kind of cloth, soak the cloth in cold water first. Then wash | A mustard plaster is a good nldi serving as well as an emetic, d not be kept in the same riace all the time. It acts just as| .11 if placed just a short distance | om the spot affected as it does if | directly over it. Cake Smothered stale cake in slic Sprinkle each picce with fruit juice. Place in a deep dish and cover with boiled custard. in Custard—Cut Minute Pudding—Allow for each pint milk, five tablespoonfuls flour, scant half teaspoonful salt and table- spoonful sugar, mixed to paste with cold milk. Stir into the boiling milk, and when thickened cook for at least ten minutes without scorching. Serve with milk and sugar. Cotton frocks have plain straight slightly full, sometimes with large tucks, simple little waists, often with surplice or fischu effect. They are often of organdy and with the simplest little Tibbon bet with ends. A convenience for the invalid s B simple bag with a yawning mouth held open by a large ring. Hang the bag on the bedpo Slip-over sweaters without sleeves are greatly liked by women who golf.