New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1918, Page 4

. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, {Fox Fandard in 7 , Parts puay--2:15, 5, 7 fay-Show in Town! 2THE& OFFICIAL U.S.A.AND BRITISH WAR FILMS JCT FROM TH E WESTERN FRON Accompanied by a thrilling lecture by Sergeant J. B. Pimlott, Chesh- jre Reg't., British Army, who helped drive the Germans back at Vimy Ridge! These pictures are presented under the auspices of the Conn. State Council of Defense. Total Receipts go directly to the govern- ment. Regular prices will be charged. MATINEE AT —_— EVENING AT 8 = | PARSONS’ THEATRE Y TODAY Tonight at 8 sharp. Return en- gagement of the Big Musical Comedy Hit. “OH, BOY"” to Prices 25c THE PROGRAM UNUSUAL. VAUDEVILLE ARTHUR DUNN & CO. —IN— “SAY UNCLE” YANKEE COMEDY FOUR THURSDAY / February D FRIDAY “VERY GOOD EDDIE™ Pric to $1.50. Secat sale Tuesday. “OH BOY” RETURNS TO PARSONS’ TODAY YOUNG *»® WHEELER A BOY WITH A PIANO A BOY WITH A VIOLIN “Oh, musical Boy!” comedy success Parsons’ theater, today, engagement, playing matinee and night performances. Recently the play packed Parsons’ theater for eight performances and the return is popular demand. The same com and production is here today. e cast of favorites includes Harold Crane, Helen Shipman, Joseph Allen, Irene Haisman, Charles Compton, Jack Raffael, Harry Queally, Mrs. George A. Hibbard, Stella St. Audrie, Ralph O'Brien, Ethel Forde, Gladys Dore, Evelyn Dorn, Jack Osterman and others. “Very Good Parsons’ on Thursday nights. Local playgoers looking forward with much | able anticipation to the of this musical comedy the Comstock-Elliot back -— - = E ~ i for a return AND JUST TO MAKE IT THE BIGGEST SHOW IN TOWN, ADDED IS MAE MARSH and TOM MOORE N “The Ginderelia Man” A -SIX. PART SATURE This Bill Be membered Two Shows Tonight 6:00 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. JUST A WORI s TH COSTLIE BILL EVER PRESEN IN NEW BRITAIN. any win by Long Re- Eddie” coming to and have pl been ur- success, and disappointed, for it is coming with its complete cast and production. New ! York, Philadelphia and | where the picce ran for a year and a | half, were enthusiastic over the un- i usual qualities of this musical com- | edy, and as the present company has { been playing without missing a sin performance since it first opened on Broadway the son before last, the | perfection of the performance c: appreciated. In fact, “Very Good Jiddie” is seen now playing a return | engagement in New York, and it is coming here direct from Manhattan, sea VAUDEVILLE— Fngagement Extraordina —ALL WEER— THE HOMELAND OR U-15 The bigeest novelty dramatic S production in vaudevillo— load of special scenery—Me- Menu for Tomorrow chanical and electrical effects. Breakfast, SEE—the wonde Cereal with Milk the German submarinc, Taihedl b otatos _MON., WED. i Wheat Muffins FRANKLYN FARNUM, in ] IGHTING GRIN” r T Dinner. of Cele Soup at Production OF Curry of Mutton GETTYSBURG" lashed Potatoes . . String Beans Lettuce Cheesa Biscuils ‘ \bple Fritters Entire Tho: Cream “THE BATTI 'HARTFORD’S I“i \"“(,’]'I‘YT R RAND HarTFORD ENTERTAINMENTS This Weck (Except Tuesday.) SHOW 1IN Coffce Suppe Sliced Mutton Apricot Pie Tea, . Wheat Muflins—Into a quart wheat stir a half teaspoonful and two heaping teaspoonfu baking powder. Beat three eggs till Ladies are Welcome ! jight and stir them into three cupfu ve Courteous Accommodations at | m Add these to wheat flour, stir e in one tablespoonful melted butter, AETNA and beat for five minutes. Turn into BOWLING ALLEYS greased and floured mufiin tins, and ANG AL = bake in hot oven. S ——— INTY N HARTFORD, LADIES' ] | . ! TOWN" 1 i DWLING CLUB: and will re- | VAUDEVILLE AND | tion at | by | | take of the breath, Friday | appearance | from all indications they will not be ! Boston, | n be | these days, { beneath i does FEBRUARY 11, 1918 ys For TheaterSoers an She has everything inthe world she wants except the man she loves! E beautiful and pampered little daughter of a cross and disgrace- fully-rich millionaire. Surrounded with luxuries and sought for her fortune, she forfeits abrilliant marriage to steal across snow-capped roofs and win a poor but handsome youth shivering in a garret. herotne of this unusual motion picture is the nation-wide favorite Mae Tu{larfih, The CinderellaMan From Oliver Morosco’s Stage Success by Edward Childs Carpenter the better would take a judge of more l\hnn ordinary abili Second on the list will be Young & Wheeler, “Bachelors in Music,” with a piano, a violin, and some clever stuff of their own. The third act Comedy Fou nal number: at t ir pre hous on vaudeville presenting vet havi of numbers ven today in order that the ay at thousands who weekly make this theater their trysting place may he opportunity to get in. prev announced, the performance start at 1, 3:30, 6 and 8:30 o'clock, two and one-half hours or probably slightly more, entertainment furnished at each show ven to the expense ci Competing for highest honors are a finished prodction that has boru, the motion picture, “The Cinderella comment from all critics. 7 ing Mae Marsh, and the sh is an actress with estab- . le,”” presented by utation, and in this offering Arthur Dunn & Company. Both these up to her past record. Then attractions are stellar in their respe Goldwyn offerir To- tive departments, and to judge the be a gala day with this excellence of them to decide which is REVELATIONS ADELR MOVIES AT LYCEUM The combination of three big vaude- | will be the “Yankee presenting some origi- that scored in g style »us appearances in other the circuit. Thus the program is well-balanced, acts differing widely, and that excellence demanded before they are allowed the city’s most critical The Rialto of New Britain.” leading picture, “The Cinder- ella Man,” is an offering for which the management has been waiting As pretty a plot as one would care to presented by a capable c: and filmed without ¢ille acts and one of the greatest mo- picture successes of the season, with i1 other pictures added on for extra n seve isure, comprise the pro- theater today the Lyceum Four performances gram and Wednesday. will be g will being live it is a hould ram. she too, day pro. Gy GARTISG Why Madge Came Back from the jtions vou're to Walk Alone ser make for the aviation Dicky gave a littTe 1rritated snor and I didn’t blame him, for the tion was a banal one, although the only thing of which I could think at the moient. “I'm not in the mood for talking,"” he said shortly. “If you don’t min —perfunctorily—*T'll take you as far the edge of the woods and then slip off for a long walk. You won’t mind going home by yourself?” “Not in the lea I answered, I heard Dicky give a sharp little in- and realized that I must no longer postpone my an- swer to the question he had asked me| 1 forced myself to raise my eyes to W I be said boldly. his. had to say to him must It was no time for shrinking. “My love is strong enough to stand anything, Dicky,” I said, and believed that I spoke the truth, “but oh, m dear, I cannot make the same tion for my respect and belief in you.” My husband’s face hardened. “So vouw're one of the jingoes, said unpleasantly. “The trifling m ter of my leaving you and my mother penniless and unprotected if I did go, of cours V't occurred to you. B sides, it would break mother’s h I shook my head. “Dicky, dear,” T conr; would, and mi that's what we women | the heartbr | hardest il And for leaving | our mother penniless, you know that f 2! corafort the little boy in him whom T could beneath his mask of surly indifference. see 2 The Vase Untouched he “*All ri again Dicky “Don't luncheon il he: | by But | ht," until ind the edge of the woods at and said curtly: to have Katie wait I'll get somethinz . ver I happen to stop. too. have to that is the nid “Good-bye,” T returned but walked swiftly home'T h:id hard work to keep the tears from run- down my cheeks. I was glad that I met no one on the way. My heart was heavy indeed as I hurried upstairs to my room, unlocked {the door and entered, looking in again behind me. But T meant to spend no more time in reflection. If Dicky re to be a cker"—how T hate ugly word—there was reason for me to do evervthing in my power to help my country. K under Lillian was as distasteful to me as it could possibly be, but in the mood 1 in [ felt that nothing could be too hard nor too obnoxiot for me to undertake I ate a hurried luncheon, to which, fortunately, Cousin Agatha come down on the plea of a headache, and spent the afternoon getting iy personal affairs and wardrobe in read- {iness for the coming days I expected Jto spend in the city doing the Lillian had planned for me. One thing brought me relicf. Chinese e hiad not been with. Bither 1 had been about Cousin Agatha or she hadn't ed to enter my room in the face of my precautions. But I resolved to take the precious paper to Lilli with me every day securely ‘concealed about my person. I must prove to my own satisfaction that neither Agatha nor Katie suspected my use of the vase as a hiding place before: en- trusting to it for any length of time | the important document I w 5 as I of as is foolish There’s plenty of yot own money in the bank, if used sole for her spending money, to last for a long time. And, you forget me. “I ecarned my own living and [ little mother for yvea could inly do the same for vour mother, to say nothing of the funds my father left for me when he went to South America. There's no pos- sible financially, why you houldn’t feel free to go Dicky gave a short hard laugh. “Of cour: it would be so plea for mother to live upon your bount he said. “Not In't caught his perversenes I bitterly an v at a with Dicky lon he is uttering sentiments and when s he so often i he’s simply giving i anger to which he has worked himsclf up without c That I had hurt him cruelly, I knew, but there was no way in which I could soften the blow. 1 made an effort to turn his attention to something else. g we don't refer to this ested, as soon as T could command my voice to steadiness. “It can only hring pain to both of us and th s mno way of changing things. “Tell me more about those llustra- of my cc reason, was the TLeast” the note of pain should him. But enou his true in 4 been live when to know The voice tampered mistaken 1s¢ uppose 1gain,” I sug | it were amazed, | the 1 William | many i most | detail it is most perfectly done, | all their details are exact A WIFE | Keeney's this week after a very | cessful stung by his tone, and yet yearning to | Scene shows neither of us spoke | { and Good- | steadily, | | Franklyn 1l the more | The work | 5o work | | Hartford BARA AT FOX'S| S | There of | urprise was a strong element in the presentation of “Du v,” at Fox's theater last night, for in spite of all that the public had expected of it, the crowds that viewed not on at the gor- of the production, but at nt work of Theda Bara, in | sentation of this greatest of I'ox photoplays The story of “Du Barry” h: been attempted in | forms, but only the een, it | would appear, can truly present it to the world. Miss Bara has grasped | the subtleties of the character in a | wonderful way. She seems Uwi the part in very truth, as she | acted it. For gorgeousness of scene | and costuming, nothing e it has | ever been presented on the screen before. The life of the famous woman | of the court of Louis XV. is shown with all its complexit, and it proves to be a most interesting one. The in- trigues and plottings of the ' inner side are clearly presented, and ever phase of it is built up so as to mak o perfect drama. But the person: Theda Bara as she displays th woman of the most effete court that history has developed is the predom- irating feature throughout. Those who went to Fox's last night thought that they knew Miss Bara, and were | familiar with hat she was capable of doing, but they left it with new and greater conception of her abili- ties nd her charms. She never | looked more beautiful in her life, and | she never acted better than in the | presentation of this character. The wns that Miss Bara wore were be- | wildering in their gorgeousness, and | while they undoubtedly were correct | s to period, | £eousness the pr live of each one of them was | such that every woman in the aud- | ience envied her whenever she ap- peared on the screen. The play is an | epoch-making one in every sense. In | the | costuming, the scenes themselves, and | pictures of | the times of Louis XV. There is no | doubt of the sensation that already caused, and wiil contin cause. It will be shown three times | today, at 2:15, 5, and 7 p. m. Fox will be the only theater in New Brit- | ain, or the surrounding towns to open | tomorrow, as a special show is to be given under the auspices of the Con- | necticut State Council of Defense, and | the total receipte of botM afternoon | and evening performance will be | ven directly to the United States | svernment. The feature of the show ill be the official United St: Lritish War films, direct from the | Western front, which will be accom- | panied by a lecture by Sergeant J. B. | Pimlott zeant Pimlott was a member of the Cheshire regiment of tish army, and is incapacitated | for further service through being blown fifty feet by an exploding Ger- man shell, and severely wounded. | The matinee will start at 2:30, and | the night performance at § o’clock. | There will be no increase in price. tes and | U-BOAT ON STAGE AT KEENEY'S THEATER | I's a Great Help! Just imagine how helpful it is to be able to pay your bill for Clothing, Shoes, Etec., A DOLLAR A WEEK! in such easy payments as OUR method—and Hartford and vi a wonderful help this store has been to them. WILL BE THE SAME TO YOU! That is families hundreds of good inity will tell you what b g in TEN WEEKS to TWENTY W. $10.00. bill of pay a bill of EKS to pay a We Clothe the Family Men—Women—Chil dren Miscr ST —-693 MAIN STRERE $20.00. th and consider fo signed check th ! ing any idea how much he considered th wouldn't friends not to embezzle the money in one's checking account, | prefers to know what one | fo live vors from friends, gned check to novelty, dra- | appearing Vaudeviil higgest production is at | uc- | theaters. | are laid in matic run in New York To begin with, the scenes Berlin, Germany, and on board a German submarine. These are marked by wonderful they impress one as being what they pretend to be. fine examples of the scenic and builder’s art. The act is pre- sented by 12 characters in five big scenes, and with a carload of scener. mechanical and electrical effects. One the submarine rising ! depth of the ocean to the surface. The interior of the U-boat is a very vvid and convincing thing, and adjectives are scarce that will do | justice to the extreme beautiful Scene, showing the American heroes in tho conning tower, the warshi transports of the American ex- pedition to France that the heroes have saved from destruction, riding | the waves lantly in the back- ground with their lights shining, and small boat manned American seamen coming to take the heroes away to their own countrymen. The feature photo play for Mon- day and Wednesday is the popular Farnum in his newest pro- duction, The Fighting Grin.” For Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Thomas H. Ince thrillir drama, “The Battle of Gettysburg,” a thrill- ing drama of love and patriotism. ' The story is of the perils of a north- ern spy, who was willing to give his that his country might live. As triotic American you will be >d, entranced and thrilled by | stirring drama of the Red, | and Blue. i They painter's from the by | SPECIAL SHOW AT didn't | ow Britain an opportunity theatergoers to see two special theatrical ~ performances at Poli theater Meriden tomorrow afternoon | and evening. © show is the best on | the Columbia Amusement Company’s | circuit, Frank Finney and “The Bos- | tonian Burlesquers”. The company | numbering recently appeared at | and received the highest praise fro mthe newspapers and the | public. Reserved seats are now selling for both afternaon and evening per- formances and special care will be taken of phone orders. The matince is at 2 and the evening show at § Tickets ordered will be held until called for by out-of-town patrons. will hav th | sp Then ch whom another young couple in much be ) all sorts of thin, them ried them an co on ox! sufficient ralthier check on the gratitude bank and pre- sented we ch presented po they HARTFORD (P SIIIIIIIITH R So=— =20 N mgmummns SIDE TALKS BY RUTH OCAMERON The Gratitude Bank It a friend wanted to sell you some- ing, would you ask him the price whether yvou could af- penditure of time the young man whd¢ was in business for himself simply could not afford to make just then would you hand him a He refused regretfully, and relations and tell him to fill in o been strained ever since. The ¢ amount for himself, ‘without hav- call the A’s ungrateful. ] th will never accept anything for which they give a titude note. he Had to Givo I-im a Puppy. A friend of mine lived in a sum- mer place where meat was high. Her neighbor, a man who went to town every day, offered to buy her meat when he bought his own. Sometimes he brought it down, sometimes he had sent it. In the fall the dqs which this woman owned had a litter of puppies; the man was crazy about them and it seemed the most natural thing that after all his kindness she should give him one. Of course she did, though the price she could have gotten for the puppy, if sold, would have been much more than the amount he had saved her. Yet if she had not given the puppy she would have heen considered ungrateful. - Don’t Run Up Your Gratitude Debts Too High, Of course the world would be an ugly place to live in if we didn't accept little neighborlinesses and pay in kind, but there are dangers. I think one should be careful how one runs up a debt of gratitude and reck- on well one’s resources to pay it withe And I think one should be careful when one tacitly demands payment that the demand is not inconvenient or exorbitant rd it, or ags worth. have mean to be willing e article 1 don't that trust infer to one one’s but that ono s to pay r a thing before one buys it. And t when one accepts too many fa- I think one ds, in manner of speaking, giving them a on the gratitude bank be filled in with whatever amount ey think fair, and cashed when the irit moves them. Your Account is Dishonored. True, one can refuse to honor those ecks, but then one’s account at the titude bank is dishonored—as far that friend is concerned I have in mind a young couple to tter circumstances, financially, took very violent liking. The B’s did s for the A’s, dined | at expensive restaurants, car- about in their limousine d sent them candy and flowers. Of urse the A’'s entertained the B! the simple le of their own stence, but they felt that was not return. Then one day the couple filled in their their and their that ex- it on It wasn't from the gratitude bank it. It wasn’t from of view a large thing ked, but it involved an POLI'S THEATRE MERIDEN, Phone 619. Tuesday Matinee & Night, Feb. 12 (Lincoln’s Birthday) Columbia Amusement Company Offers FRANK FINNEY and “THE BOSTONIAN BURLESQUERS” No Advance in Prices Matinee—15, 25, 50. Evening—15, 25, 35, 50, 75. eck int NOTE—Special permission has been granted to present these two performances on Lincoln’s Birthday at Poli’s, Meriden. Orders will receive careful attention. Phone