New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1918, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1918. -News For Theatergoers and Women Readers— e “The Spirit of 17" A Real Live Nephew of Your Uncle Sam! | ‘See Jack Pickford in This Bully Picture of Yankee Doodle Do—It Back Here at Home. Playing Thursday, Friday, Saturday. NO SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT. VAUDEVILLE B D. W. Griffith’'s New Pictures Will Appear Only at This Theater. NEVER ANY INCREASE IN PRICES. 3-Big s FOXS ° Today--Tomorrow-- Sat. Griffith’s Wonder Spectacle—Nothing Mike it cver conceived by the mind of man. [ “INTOLERANCE” ON ! FOX SCREEN TODAYj The chariots used scenes of D. W. “Intolerance,” -Big Days-3 in the exciting Griffith’s spec- | tacl which opened at | Fox’s today for a three days' engage- ment, are exact reproductions of \~(,{ hicles of the type the period | represented in the Griffith story. cording to authorities, the Persians| i 40b CHARTOT | not only but they also | % | rorticipated in engagements mounted | on horse; A conspicuous feature in: the Persian armies on their way to ¥ | fisht was a chariot dedicated to lhel war used in o- 925,000 PEOPLE—1.500 HORSES ; used chariots, 9 Stupendous “Four Great fFour Wonderful Stories:— un-god and drawn by pure white horses. Assyrians, who are shown as participants in the realistic present: tion of warfa did not use chariots as extensively as they were emplo) b Persians, The Medes depended largely in battle upon their archer: who were mounted on horse: Gr er reliance was placed on such thinc as the armed towe: which may well be regarded as prec sors of the a mored motor cars of today, especiallv of what is known as the tank c so much importance to the English ii their trench war re. The men in the present-day tank car are practically immune from injury by shrapnel, bomb or shell, but in the case of the armored towers of old, dang were almost inescapable. Indeed, coats of mail were of little avail against the flaming torches, the liquid fire, or the darts of a This is made apparent most exciting scenes Griffith spectacle when an at force in of the movable fights desperately and is “brought to the verge Men 1 from tremendous sure death on the ground others, mortally wounded, sin into the structure flaming un fire of a relentless foe. But tl thrilling scene of all of this tower in the midst and when the warriors who I already succumbed to repellir vities perate bravery. The presentation of this spectacle was made p through the engaging of | well-directed army of the one hei belo of ssibl beleaguered of annihilation. in the collaps part of the men were willing “to take a chance.” 1 | comfortable | or | and e — e RY ROTH TALKS CAMERON Less to Give Away We were sayving how hard it is ipon people who have fixed incomes | food | | to get along upon them when clothing and just about every- thing else She is soaring in price. with but t Evervthing she best. { aid, “it simply means | to give away. That's is a widow a small income. has is of the “Well,”” she that one has le all Course Onc Could Not Do With | Any Less Oneself. ! - How ightforward, how i hearted and how typicall It's just as simple A, B, single- isn't | 1 | 1f the luxuries and comforts fo | | which you are accustomed cost more, | | that inevitably | | in one of the| tacking towers rapidly ghts to w, and k back der the he most | fighting | ave not g a(‘li-‘ all victims to their own des- | 45 the R only who e [ “Mighty Babylon, with I ‘IPomp and Pageantry, An- | | efent Jerusalem at the time | wof the Nazarene, Medie- ] | | ‘val "Paris, Laughing, ‘Drinking, Dreaming “Paris of Catherine ‘de Medici and ‘of Today “Must Be Seen By JAll. You Will “Remember IN- "TOLERANCE for the Rest of Your Life ELATIONS By ADELE These stars ap- pear in I} TOLERANCE Mae Marsh, Bes- slie Love., Lillian Gish, Seena Owen, Robert Harron, Mir- m Cooper, Con- stance Talmadge, Tully Marshall and Elmo Lin- coln (TARZAN) Prices for INTOLER- ANCE: Matinee, all seats ...1%c. Evening, Bal. 17¢; Orch. 28c; Loges 39¢. Boxes Doors will open carly modate patrons at 1 0 P. M. How Hofer Truth, Madame Disclosed the " Mme. Hofer stood motionless for | so long after shaking me and demand- ing to know what was the matter with that I found the task of keeping stertorous breathing in feigned most arduous me up my drugged stupor ta be a | one. To the mere physical task was add- | ed the nervous strain of \\(\l\th'rll\:v whether the wine had been:drugged | after all. If it hadn’t been, if there | had been no comspiracy to detain or| harm me, then T was in a supremely ridiculous position But just s it seemed as if T simply | | couldn’t bear her silent utiny any | longer without exclaiming ar at least | opening my:eyes—for with her intent glance upon me I feared even to pee at her from beneath my lashes—I | heard her mutter something to her- self in German I wasn't able to! translate it literally, for my German is almost altogether a reading knowl- edge, but the sense of it was “She really dranlk it, then! t the others. What Madge Fears, She hurried away, and when the { souna of her footsteps, no longer cau- tious, had died away I ventured to relax my breathing, to open my eves and to steel myself for the next ordeal which awaited me. For my worst fears had an (ized. The wine had heen i and whatever fate awaited | the hands of the ill-f been | j4q seen in the dining 1ad seen in the dining nry pic- | jnn. T recalled the face lized in | faced vauth who had adapted | notehook, showed it to his neighbor, e Lotus | and left the room, all within a few is the | minutes of my first appearance in the ature ap- | dining room, and T shuddered. The pearing at Keency's theater the first | suspicion, which had scemed too ridi- half of the week. Grace Darmonil | culous even to admit to myself, that plays oppasite Mr. Williams in this | his notebook contained a description fascinating story of love and diplo-!of me, was apparently well founded. set in a turbulent South Ameri- | Otherwise they would hardly have !l republic, and in the supporting | gared or even thought it necessary to Eey F R Clements, Tonet, | detain or harm an ordinarily inguisi- 1 Humphries, Margaret Bennett, | {ive woman and a former patron of | the inn at that | and Malcolm Ble That they had dizcovered T was con- “The Spirit of the Red Cross, e — neeted with the service, and RSONS’ THEATRE! ten bp James Montzomery (showing actual war scenes taken at|would stop at nothing to silence me, —Hartford— to accom- and 6:30 INTOLER. and at 8: CE SHOWN 5 P. M. AT New York American—“INTOLER ANCE is a superb, dazzling and awe- inspiring spectacle. takes relous. Chicago Tribunc—It breath away. It is ma EENEY’S HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE one’s 1 must RED CROSS FILM KEENEY'S SPECIALTY | been real- drugged, | me was in | rored crowd T room of the of the ferret- consulted his rle Williams alwa Henry fan and { tions of to pl s has of the been (e} one career o. ambi- his screen has y the hero in an j ture. That ambition is “An American Live Wire,™ from the O. Henry story, and the Bottle,” and wh Vitagraph Blue Ribbon fi 3 [THE BROADWAY REVIEW” P 0 People, Gorgeous Wardrobe, Wonderful Scenic Effects “HUNGRY ¥ th Monroe Salishury and R. Clifford. & n “THE BULL'S EYF Miss Writ- secret the battlefront and life in the|or at least, to detain me until they trenches), will be shown the first half | could escape, 1 was now convinced. ' of the week. It shows the splendid [ But where had the ferret-faced work the Red Cross is doing for “Our | youth's description of me come from Boys Over There."” | That was an e auestion to an- The Broadway Review,” a musical | swer, although the answer made me melange, is headlining the bill at;quake with craven fear. Grace Dra- Keeney's week, and those who | nd the man whose hand I had with carbolic acid when he | had attemp to gain entrance fo | Lillian’s 1 ry——these were the only {two in the enemy camp who pos- sessed that knowledge! One of them had evidently on a description of me to othe that T might be recognized wher I happeneq to cross the path of the conspirators. Whether this was merely an ordi- | nary precaution or whether these two ! had also instructed their associates to : | detain me until they could reach the ' Prussia | yeene I didn’t know. But upon it I administrations | el qepended my very life. For I felt of Walloon and Flemlsh sections, | instinctively that there was nothing proving that after three vears of oc- | too fiendish for Grace Draper and her cupation Belgium still requires weak- | henchmen to plan for me. ening. A sharp pain in my palms made me leek—Mats. Today and Saturday. it No. 1 Don’t Miss T HE OPERA PLAYERS ppreme in the New York Casino Success, “FLORA BELLA ood Fun! Catchy Music! Nights, 10c to $1; Mats., to 50c lof May 20—*“A Modern E (First Time in Hartford) 'ave Your Eyes this one hour of solid laughter beside wonderful scenic effects, gorgeou wardrobe and catchy music Coming: “Over the Top,” Sergt. Arthur Guy Empey (the author himself) taken from the most widely | read book in the world. 10¢ featuring | ssed ” ies, ver | — f Belgium Still Brave. (Wall “To weaken divides the Street Journal). Belgium,"” financial J SEE STANLEY HORVITZ, t 327 Main 8t. Optician ! of a drugged stupoy. | throw the conspirators off their g OF A WIFE GARRISON realize that unconsciously I had my nails into them in the intensity my impotent rage and despair, a wild impulse to jump up and at least to fight tooth and nail for my liberty instead of lying supinely ing for my fate like a fowl trus for the roasting pan “Here, T of This." 1 shall always be proud that I we able to the able tc lie s T ags heard the footsteps approaching, and to the had affected before, pened I would cont control impulse compel myself to still n resume stertorous breathing Whaiever hay ue this pretens ard I might be tind much of value, and—there chance of escape If there was no physician or trained nurse in the group of people proaching, 1 felt confident that T could carry on successfully the prefense being in a stupor. Of course, a medi- cally trained observer could detect the imposture readily, but I could remem- ber no one at the end table who motely resembled a member of eithe profession Mme. Hofer able to out re- must have brought all the members of the party with he for T heard the guttural utterances of a number of voice 1 spoke German, and I couldn’t understand all of conversation, but I gathered that of the number feared 1 might shamming. she ona be said Le he Your ltching Skin Nothing purer, sweeter or more effective for rashes, itchings and ir- ritations. Bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water to free the pores of impurities and follow with a gentle application of Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. When used for every-day toilet purposes Cuti- cura S.mgxmt only cleanses, puri- fies and beautifies, but it prevents many little skin troubles if assisted by occasional use of Cuticura Oint- ment to soothe and heal the first signs of skin troubles. Absolutely nothing better, Sample Each Free by Mail With 32;p. book on the skin. Address post- card: “Cuticura, Dept. =T, Boston.” Sold everywhere. Soap25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. It would at least | the | it out. T braved myself to endure w might be coming, and it w did, for the next instant I felt pain in my arm, knew that had thru; needle a pin i flesh. | or I had | | wait- | A spoonful in a recipe spoonful, of anything alwa ans If you would not neglect to i diet. have laving ve them For mashed cups flout doughnuts pota use one-he to two and Food cooked in vessels that thorou washed cannot good flavor. Put in two tablespoonfuls bucket boiling rubbing tables and and smooth of white of | and sure ball garment, be sewing When ; o n vk ) leaves a ma time-savers have a [ importance in the kitchen thes: | Al the be aft should possible, table , RBaked potatoes from the aven, if | family sits down to clothespin down the Ave good tool for < and kettle Split a nd you Apple juice a Jittle lemon the appl = a juice can sed in rollir ice, filled hottle with filled try with n big round d macaronl into if the oni op water: the S will he be mad cubes Emergeney broth foundation ard onions, potatoes and should he well seasoned oup can Don't t that changed food Even the fat of corned be used in cooking. Iven the fat of corned beel can | used in cooking. { There is no finer polish | ware than wood ashes Be gene are second 1l food only 1lue. | to p in A wooder ter for ing bread than a tin one. A sweet red pepper should hang in the canary’s cage, Plain pastry i tle baking powder in it. much it. bacon is an boiling Steaming economical If she's plaving off we will soon me water, they carrots for the lighter for a lit- find | hate well 1 a sharp ‘ omeone nta the | led a for ens, m A1 are not | have parat- usc will <' | | socket | to sew doubled ¢ days. | taken } er the | fering, center, | serap- | i 1 ed rt with y to | g pin o : ice. { | veteran aited | not | abom- | ! | e with | of col- It | i e ef can i tin- otatoes keep- | With f always f more A | theater ap on the upper piece. The | tyre, aided by other pictur | in a i acto | anvone will sultry a perfectly straight line in the back means that, when you | have bought them all, you have less | [ to give away. Less to Alleviate the Wounded Sol- diers’ Suffering. to give to help the Red Cross | in his walk from his lodging te alleviate the terrible suffering of, our | boys. Less to give to uphold the Y. M. €, A. and the K. of C. in their splendid fight to make our army the cleanest, manliest army that ever went fore ward to victory. Less to answer the pleas of tha | men and women who are begging for money to feed the starving childre of the martyred nations. (An Ame ican consul in Armenia writes thaf hix office, he saw twelve people lying in the street who had died of stérva- tion during the night.) Cruelly Hard to Have to Turn Away Tt {8 fearfully hard to have to turn away from all these heart-tearing ap- peals. One could almost have it in one's heart to pity the people who have | this burden to bear. Indeed. T think one them. FHeaven should . pity knows they neede it. “SPIRIT OF ’17” AT THE LYCEUM “The Spirit of spirit of the times, 17" breathing the a country engaged in war, will top the at the Lyceum | today, tomorrow and Satur- day, with Jack Pickford in the lead- ing role. 5 The theater will not have its regu- lar program Friday night as the the- ater will be turned over at that time ed Cross for a mass meeting | in connection with the opening of a JACK PICKFORD inThe Gpiritof 17 A GParamount Picturg mpaign that will estend through | c tk following week, | suldiers [FADS AND FASHIONS New capes are enriched with vests, many of them being in contrasting celor. Porto Rican embroidery drawn work is coming more more into favor. and and Tub frocks pleasing in for their 1918 are most, simplicity—sturdy | singhams and chambrays, linens and voiles, with all Linations. sorts of color com- Floral crowns are still enjoying a popularity equal to last year. The smailer flowers, such as violets, for- get-me-nots and lilac, are much in evidence. . Bead necklaces, some of wooden beads even, made by wounded French , are very cleverly utilized to add grace to the simple gowns of the moment. The present mode in hairdressifig demands height. The high crowned greatly in evidence. Straight-front jackets of the blazer type are seen. . tailored hat is The latest handbags are made with frames of wood. The newest corsets have Philippine work for decoration. The season’s waists show very effec. tive color combinations, Black satin and Venetian silver-lace are a fine combination. New lingerie gowns are far leks lacy than in other summers. However, this afternoon and eve-| ning, Friday afternoon, and at a con- | Saturday, this big pic- | smaller | but nevertheless of high quality and | a program of three vaudeville acts| will be served up for the approval of Lyceum patrons. The vaudeville bill Cliff Clark, comedian, 1+ man and woman in and the Wilson Aubrey Trio, comedy wrestling act. This bill personal recommendation of management, and is sure show will include Litt & Nolan, a comedy of- as the the theater to please Pickford in his latest picture, “The Spirit of '1 proves once again that he is the peer of the vounger line of He does not have to bow to in the business and in this depicting the role of a boy s a small army of G. A. R. against a gang of German he striles a receptive chord of his admirers. is Davy Glidden in this of the superintendent of army home. The principal in the town comes from a | German propagandists na foment dissatisfaction among the hears of it, offering, who leac plotte in the hear Pickford picture, son a grand busine mine. workers. Young Glidden ind leading his men against the plot- ters, the day. There are scores of scenes in the film that bring the audience right out 5. Of jespecial interest to s and to evervone in gen- especially Young America, this | comes as an appropriate bit | sav ure of patriotic material. { During these warm days, and in | fact throughout the summer the man- ent has arranged to have the heater ventilated in a highly efficient | ind sanitary manner. The theater | be an ideal place to spend the afternoons and evenings, what the place itself cool and health- | and a pleasing. satisfactory pro- m presented at all times. ful, Some charming jersey frocks have rom neck to heels. The foulard toque with »f maline is used for €ress streamers » occasions. TRhe most satisfactory silk under- wear is the sort that is shaped. Skirts resemble the old-fashioned circular skirts in some instances. b “ embroideries and chains to favor this coming Beads in will return season. Pleated skirts are too closely pressed to lessen the slenderness of the fashionable silhouette. An evening cloak of geranium velvet lined with black satin is a de- lightful reversal of the usual thing. ™ New jersey sport suits are made with sleeveless slipons exactly like dresses, or with vests that copy men's vests. There is quite a vogue for having straw hats embroidered instead of merely applying the worked motif to them, - The “tape hat” is an novation evolved from ton tape, dyed and were straw. English ordina plaited in- cot- ir it as Capes are great favorites, espe-,. cially in navy serge lined with novelty silk, and Hindoo turbans are fre. quently worn with them. If the dress is severely plain there should be a bright ornament worn. Crepe de Chine s the most popular of materials for undergarments. Some of the best utility coats of the season echo military and Red Cross garments, Afternoon dresses froquently are combinations of printed foulard and Georgette crepe. Hight tan leather boots, like men’s, are fashion's latest freak for the gar- dening woman. e Heavy oriental embraidery goes charmingly with dark blue jorsey gowns 1f wisely used.