New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1918, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1018, News For Theaiergoers an = d Women Readers— ————| IFOX’ Cool, Convenient, Comfortable TODAY ONLY BEWARE OF STRANGERS] 8—REELS—S8 An electrifying expose’ of the methods employed by a syndi- cate of high class criminals who first compromised their society vie- tims, and then blackmailed them for large amounts. Full of tense situations and gripping climaxes. .With Tom Santschi, Bessie Eyton, Vivian Rich, and others. REMEMBER! TOMORROW, Episode No. 11 THE EAGLE'S EYE. THIS PERFORMANCE FRIDAY, SATURDAY—INTOLERANCE—9 Big Reels FOR TODAY ONL Jack Pickford “The Spi_rit o He’s a Yankee Doodle Dandy! Doodle Do-or-Die! See Thi Home Town.” £’'17° A Yankee Red, White and Blue Story of the “Old Vaudevwville ANNOU NCEMENT 1 1 D. W. Griffith’s New Pictures ili appear only at this Theater -NEVER ANY INCREASE IN PRICES. VELATIONS OF By ADELE Madge Discovered Windmill. soon as I was certain the waiter gone I opened my eyes and intently at the old windmill, fortunately r my purpose, n full view of the hammock ht the mystery of the inn cen- in the windmill I was certain. led inwardly to think that in all bility something treasonable to puntry was going on, and I lay fit hammock impotent to prevent About the I didn’t EENEY’S IGH CLASS dare to raise my head VAUDEVILLE 1E BROADWAY R IEW” People, Catchy and Orig- Music, Wonderful Scenic ccts, Georgeous Wardrobe. ARLE WILLIAMS ‘AN AMERICAN LIVE WIRE from O. bages and Hen Kings. en “THE SPIRIT OF THE RED CROSS” ONS’ THEATRE pki—Mats, Today and Saturday. t Nog 1! Don’t Miss TIt! IRA PLAYE n the New York Casino Suc “FRORA BELLA” Catchy 31 sess, pod Fun: Jights Music! 10 Mats., to 50c f May 20—“A Modern irst Time in Hartford) 10c Eve.” ;) aveYour Eyes § il by a3 \/ SE STANLEY HORVITZ, Main St. Optician A WIFE ever so slightly, sition of my slightest GARRISON or to changé the po- body or llmbs in the degree. My assumption of drowsiness after pretending to drink the wine Mme. Hofer had had evidently completely waiter. He had hurried inn, of course; to report Hofer. Within the' next few minutes T should know whether or not my wild surmises were true. If they were unfounded Mme, Hofer would come herself to see if I were ill or not. fooled the back ‘to the to Mme. { If, on the other hand, the wine real { had been drugged, as 1 suspected, I { might expect—I couldn’t keep back a little shudder at the uncertainty be- | fore me. I thought of Lillian, of how she would bear herself in this emergency, { and I would put from me all my un- ! windmill { brilliant | many worthy tremors. What was to be would be, T said to myself fatalistical- Iy, and without another thought was ed upon my own danger concentr, all my observant faculties upon standing bathed in sunlight before me. the the Regrets Too Late. Inch by inch outlines, admi At firs eves traveled over familiar to me through g glances in days gone could see nothing its by 3 | strange in the upper standards of the | windmills, but after a moment or two I thought I saw something like wires following the outlines of the stand- ards. I closed my eves to be sure | that T wasn't being led away by imag inative fancy, opened them again searched the gain, outlines of and the | windmill. | 80 closely that 1 full ! cove ashed 1 { most cunningiy Yes! I wasn’t mista were w a number ningly painted standards, and n. There of them-—cun- the same color as the following their my scerutiny of vas standing at failed to reveal even the windmill when T the locked gate them There planation plant! had but this was of one possible A secret bounded what T ex- the haa had the tre contrivance potent cedingly s evidently devised one, no operated only.in the midnight hours. The lower part of the windmill concealed that part of which it was possible to That v the reason for luxuriant growth of vines and the flower T had noted first N the ked for the enemy hard to to locate a ear afte course. plant tach de- the ga my also the explained upon Tt and inn lo gate, sent mo | lines | wireless | doubt | the | | troubles | revolutionary A { JACK PICKFORD AT BELSHOZZAR’'S FEAST IN “INTOLERANCE"” AT FOX’S TOMORROW ‘Intolerance” acclaimed the length photo- Fox". tur- never before equaled as a drama, will be presented at theater, tomorrow, Friday and day, with Episode No. 4 of ‘Woman in the 'Web,” and other short subjects. Do you love life and laughter Or do you want busy bodies to regulate your lives? Do you believe in free- dom in thought, ion and bein do you prefer making meddlers that would legislate the joy out of life? If you have not made up your | mind on these questions see ‘‘Intoler- learn the lesson of the will secure knowledge that would require months of hard study. And at the same time you will for three hours forget your and your sorrows. You will enjoy laughter, thrills, ro- mance, adventure, love, You will see a mighty spectacle which is not only daringly new but radically in its handling of dra- matic themes pulsating with life, You will see as from a mountain top with one glance the four great storles of the world’s history sweeping down the vistas of time, Like four rivers, at first slowly and quietly, ance” and ages. You “The | | and breadth of the Globe, a spectacle | “INTOLERANCE"” as they flow, in the last act they com- mingle in one mighty flood of human- ity. You will see the world's great- est painting come to life and move and have thelr birth before your eves. You will see the birth of a perfect love in the hearts of a boy and girl. In the maeclstrom of the underworld of a modern city they are drawn | down to the depths. *““Will love save | them or intolerance drag them deep- | | Gor { the | walls, suspense. | gathering strength and power | sentiment of the little winsome girl er? Another glance and you will see the love story of a little Huguenot maiden In medieval TFrance. You | will see Parfs, laughing, loving, drink- ing, dreaming until. Catherine de Medici with the whip of Intolerance brought about the fatal eve of St. Batholomew. Another wave of the magic wand and you will see Babylon Magnificent, Queen City of the Ancient World. You will see the ast of Belshazzar, in mighty walls stretching away a mile in length. You will see the pomp and glory of at cradle of civillzation. You will | see the countless hordes of Cyrus the Great as they sweep over the plains of the Huphrates with thousands of | charlots to battle at, On those mighty | towering 300 feet in fhe alr you will gaze with awe war-mar- | dened masses of men ng to death while great s dash through the frenzied hosts Again vou gaze with wonder as huge siege towers against the mighty walls and liquid fire is flung on the besiegers below. | And through it all goes ever-per- fect love—from the tender redeeming At strugg chariot speechless move | | | | | count. | Griffith AT FOX'S of the modern storv—through pure lovers, that like Romeo and Jullet, die in each others arms on St. Belshazzar and Attarea who die cling- ing to each other's lips as mighty Babylon falls. You will rub your eves and lo you see the gentle Nazarene turning water into wine and rebuking the pharisees, precursors of the intolerant reform- ers of today. And then the earthquakes—the sun turns black and the moon is red with blood and the stars fall to the earth while the heavens are rolled up like a scroll. Before you are able to grow tired of one period, vou swing into another from Babylon to Judea, back to our own days and then to medieval France, until in the end they blend into ona splendid paean of | thrilled, | you have seen the past re-created be- | humanity. You have heen fore your eves and you have learned the truest lesson that history that love iz more than all, that free- dom of thought and action should never be shackled and that the world was made for love and laughter and happiness. In other words patrons of Fox’s theater on Thursday, Eriday or Saturday are going to tacle of the something that dis- all the theater has ever s in all probabilitr David W. will never equal his colossal achievement “Intolerance” and achievement that for magnitude and beauty is far bevond any creation that it stands alone as drama and as ar age. else known, s0 i LYCEUM TOMORROW | Jack Pickfor “The Spirit of '17", as apropos of tim esting production has n h in his latest picture, offering that is and inter- the young star entire career | been seen in had *h to scowling waite come scurrying otit fence and I bitte e had displayed in the enclosure around the windmill, my attempt to enter it, and, above all, my indiscreet emotion when I had seen the edge of the Ger- man flag above the of the woman in the dini oI hadn't thus betrayed Mme. Hofer would surely have classed me th other casual tourists, and have t me vway anmolested, gate, regretted in room my Too 1t a foot My that light ear caug all so ierr! e will be the feature of the bill Liyceum theater T hursday, Fric Saturday he o B i at the Ay and Spirit ory of this weeis was written from Judge Willis B the Juvenile Court judsae material from actual hay which he became fan r ting in varfous cases that his eourt Pic own of Chicago | getting the his with while sit- came into kford in this offering is “Davy JACK PICKFORD wn The Spirilof 17" A CParamountPicture ‘usl‘ Glidden", the thirteen yvear old son of | a superintendent of an Old Soldiers Home in a middlewestern town. Ger- | man plotters hoping to tie up the | town's activities by inciting a strike at the mine and then blowing up the ! mine, meet with the armed opposi- tion nted by voung Glidden and | some ans the Civil Spanizi-American This picture pr vete: of War and | war. | will prove stimulating listening for heard it. I reath T breathe for I the ooking for a moment. then spoke softly ‘Mme. C m, are vou i Is Madge Mistaken? I thanked fortune for the control my fd mus; w mine. T concentrat it I never closed my had who had ve pain sure the down upon once heard cnd given morphia Mme she, mock, heen Hofer, came to stood was ham- me side of h power to | h q power to keep the resolved to and upon stupor, sham be prepared for any test be painful, devise to t slumber. waited even though it h the woman the genuineness hould might of my whi st She a long moment, then | came nearer, bent over me, and | shook me. i “Mme. Graham!" she exclaimed | more loudly, “what is the matter with | you?" tones held cleverly A pos Her genuine couldn’t mind. that I mise? alarm, whether counterfeited, T bubt crossed my e, af all, in or tell Was it had been mistaken in my sur- the teaches, | witness some- | thing inconesivable, the greatest spec- | other | | fec! | da. {and ~ To Clothe Your Girls our From large stocks of fresh new Dresses, Coats, Hats, etc.—and best of all, you may take a LONG TIME to pay the bill. No extras of any kind. GIRLS' DRESSES 79¢ up GIRLS' COATS NO EXTRAS OF ANY KIND WE CLOTHE THE E Misca §ror MAIN STRESY “ARTFORD - Only a Dollar a Week NTIRE FAMILY P . E TALKS The Most Important Quality — — in these days when national unity is the big problem and the government is called upon to exeri every effort in keeping the country safe from the ef- of German gples and propogan- Conversation between two of the plotters who are leaders in the at- tempt to blow up the mine gives Davy the vetorans an opportunity to do their bit by forcing the would-ba strikers to surrender at tha crucial | moment. Young Pickford has an ex- | cellent, well-directed vehicle in “Tha Spirlt of '17”. The theater has be turned over to the Red Cross Frids evening so the regular program will | not be carried out then. The program the other days, however, will he in o der with that exception. There will 1ls0 be a good vaudeville bill in con- nection with the picture This afternon and evening Guilty Man”, which topped the bill Monday and Tuesday will azain he | presented, and Benjamin Chapin will be seen in “My Father"”, the second of the series, *“A Son of Democracy.” Good vaudeville will also be present- ed today. “The Menu for Tomorrow | Breakfast. Stewed Fruit Cereal and Milk Flannel Cakes Coffee Lunch. French Fried Potatoes Baked Custard Tea Dinner. Cream of Turnip Soup Broiled Breast of Lamb Rice Croquettes Corn Pudding Grape Sherbet Coffee Flannel Cakes—Beat four eggs well, add half teaspoonful salt, one level tablespoonful sugar, three cupfuls milk and sufficient flour to make a thick pour batter . Beat hard, add two teaspoontuls baking powder, beat again, then bake at once In larg pancakes Crape Sherbet—Dissolve half pound sugar in pint boiling water, boil for two minutes, then set aside until cold Add one pint grape juice, juice one small lemon, and turn into freezei When half frozen add white one esic | hipped to stiff froth with one | iablespoonful powdered sugar and | finish freezing. FADS AND FASHIONS Foulard frocks have underblouses organdy or mull. Very plain frocks cuffs of brilliant silk. ot have collar and Navy blue make a good trimming for a brown hat. | ! their salespeople are {ing and algebra, | curacy, | goods, ete. | given 1 was one quality It is a wel]l known fact that certain of the most progressive business con- cerns keep record cards on which all graded, some- the way we used to be graded our report cards in school. Only, instead of reading and spell- the salespeople get such esubjects as ac- knowledge of what on their marks on honesty, t the™! How Much the The other came inter zood ach Factor Counts in s of This Firm. day one af these charts into my hands. It was very sting. I think it might be a idea if such charts could be out among High school and college students, so that they might res how much each factor counts™ towards success. There are thirty-five der which the marking these thirty-five are four main heads tual, Personality One Quality More Than Valuable As the The point which most in the whole chart, was this There were fourteen qualities listed under Personality, and among them which counted more twice as much as any of th others; it counted twice and a I times as much as ambition, enthu asm or honesty, and five times much as that most vaunted of ail business qualities—promptness. And what do you think that quality was? Something that only the evceptional person could acquire? No,—something that anyone, no matter how lacking in brilliance or “pep’’ could have if he willed it Just courtesy. Just the habit of “Good morning,” and “Thank you.” Just le and a pleasant note in Just a mixture of good manners and kindli- ness The Hotel Manager The day after that my attention I and read an article by one leading hote] managers in the try. Speaking of his walters, he said: ‘We to impress upon a waiter that no matter how deft he is, we will not keep him if he is perpetual- ly grouchy or sulky. We alway point out to him that even jf he is slow and not very able at first, if he is courteous and shows a willing ize headings un- is done, and grouped under Physical, Intellec- and Salesmanship. Twice As Rest. interested me than always Ple s ing and a one’s voice. Feels chart up a the Same came to magazine of the coun- picked try | spirit to serve to the best of his abil- the average errors.’ There you it again. Put courtesy in the balance against ability, and it is not the more quality that tips the scale. Courtesy is heart sunshine. Tts presence warms and cheers us and puts us in a better mood. While the absence of it affects us as disagree- ably as the continued absence of the fun on a of cloudy davs. ew man will condone have showy succession