New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1918, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1918, = _News For Women Re aders an d Thea tergoer;s—% MY SOLDIER SWEETHEART Adele Garrison’s REVELATIONS at Dicky Sald When Madge Tele- phoned Lillian. “Pdith Fairfax!” 1 ejac dly enough, but Dicky’ t the girl on the telephone for him d startled me. Dicky threw up his head, his eyes hshing with a touch of his old-time mpar. “Oh, of course, if you're going to t your prejudices out of the cage, hy, I'll telephone her myself,” he sgan hotly, but regaining my self- = on quickly, I smilingly laid ingers on his lips. “Silly boy!” I rebuked here, are no prejudices ose around this room. Of caurse li telephone h 1 simply echoed r name because I was surprised to ;ar it. You haven't spokea of her o long I thought perhaps she had | oved away or something.” “The wish was mother hought, wasn't Dicky para- nrased mockingly, but I saw that y “soft answer” had succeeded in fue scriptural fashion, for his| rrath” was not only “turned away” it evidently effectually banished. He retched himself on the couch, and pened a magazine. “On second thought, I don’t believe 1l talk to the fair Bdith today,” he hid lazily. “Just get her on the bhone, and find out the earliest day he can come out here. Better ask | or to luncheon, and tell her I want b talk business. Tell her to get in puch with Stern, and find out his test. She'll understand.” A Strange Fear. With a sudden inspiration I turned k from the door. “Don’t you think it would be nice, icky, to have Lillian out for lunch- bn the same day? We haven’t asked er out, you know, since your conva- scence. Of course, she's been here pumber of times, but always taken | bt luck with mother and me down- irs, and she might feel it if we ed any one else even informally to hach with you before we asked her?” Dicky raised himself on one elbow d looked me over with exaggerated riosity. “For the love of—'" he began, but han't finish his favorite expletive, in- ead he explosively demanded, Wha. eating you? Lil feeling ighted because You didn't stand on bremony with her, and be sure she as asked first? That's the best yet. can just see old Lil ng into her ankcy if she ever hears of it. You Ik like a plate of pork and beans.” “I Thought Se!” He threw himself back on buch with a force that made the I was so glad he 12t suspected the real reason for | anting Lilllan that I made my unusually humble. 1 I suppose I was foolish,” I said eekly, “so don’t think any more| jpout it.” | “Ask Lil if you want to, I don't| hre,” he returned, but there was a! pservation in his tone which told me at Mrs. Underwood's presence atthe ncheon was distinctly not desired. And, please shut the door when you | o out, for I'm going to read myself| b sleep. and I don’t want to be dis- prbed.” I closed the daor softly behind, me, v heart light in spite of the trouble- | bme problem his request for Kdith ‘airfax’s presence presented to me. or, woman like, the fact that he had | mt off—exactly as if it were a' oublesome business task—the per- nal conversation with the pretty irginia, art student, and had delegat- 1 her summoning to me, was of ost consequence to my troubled balous soul. 1 went down swiftly to the tele-| hone, closing all the doors after me' s T went. For I meant to telephoae lated stu- | request to lightly, running to the the { | 1aid up. Continuation of OF A WIFE Lillan for advice I executed Dicky's commi her negotiations with reached a crucial pot endeavoring if possible to settlement with the man without ing to resort to the ‘‘polite black- mail” of which she had spoken to me. and I didn’t proposo that her plans | should be thwarted by this unexpect- | ed action of Dicky’s. At least she| must be apprised of his purpose | I got hor on the, telephone quickly, | before ion. |and in law, hurried tones told her of | Dicky's request. [ “If that isa’t just like the Dicky- | bird,” she said impatiently, “to spill | the beans just as I've got everything in shape for the final settlement. Bur, | ot course, there's nothing else to be done now but call her up. In the| mean time I'll be on my guard. Doa’t worry.” “Thank vou, Lillian,” [ and hung up the receiver. As I took up the telephone baok to look for [Edith Fairfax's number 1 heard Dicky’s voice behind me ex- plode with writhing contempt: “I thought so!" Why Madge Determined to lln"c Lillian Tell Dicky the Plain Un- varnished Truth. “I thought so!" Dicky temptuously, = then paused a marshal his wrathy vocabulary most effective form. T tried to hide the trembling of my hands by busying them with the leaves of the télephone book, but the effort was a failure of the kind that deser- ved the time-worn adjective “‘dis- mal.” “So T can’t even request a friend called by telephone without you ask- ing advice on the subject!” Dicky said, and I knew by the swelling of the veins on his forehead, the flush upon his cheeks that he was working him- self into one of his temper fits. “I admit that Lil is one of the best scouts in the world, but that doesn’t maka her the guardian of my life and libs erty. And while you're probably all that one could ask as a wife: his tone was like a stilletto— ‘“yvet I'm not aware that you're entitled to be my jailer. I don’t know what made me suspect something was up—your little speil about Lil coming to lunch- eon, T gu but 1 had a sudden hunch T'd better sneak down after you. And I'm d—d glad I did. Now if vouwll kindly get away from that table I'll do my own telephoning.” “Yowrs both blind and unjust, Dicky,” I flared as I rose from the telephone stand. “Lillian is doing her very best to straighten things out for you—" I stopped, panic stricken, as I real- ized that in my resentment I had be- trayed the fadt that Lillian knew of his troubles. Facing the Facts. He had taken the telephone re« ceiver from the hook, but he jammed it back again and turned upon me furiously. “Now we'll just come down to cas on this thing, if you please,” he said. ‘What the devil have you and Lillian been up to while I've been flat on my back? I thought it was queer I didn't hear from a man that's been taking care of things for me, he must have come back to town since I've been 1 didn’t expect to hear from Miss Fairfax, because she went down to Virginia a little while ago, and was only to be back this week. But the man is different. There must have been some underhanded work going on, and I'm going to know what it is if I have—" His face was convulsed with anger and as he advanced a step towards me I saw the fingers of his hands twitching. In foolish, uncontrollable returned, repeated con- if to | into | IFOX'S TOMORRO W MAMMOTH DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM ALICE BRADY in FRANK KEENAN GAUMONT WEEKLY ALL NEXT WEER CHARLIE CHAPLIN —linie i “SHOULDER ARMS™ 3 OF THE MOST RIOT- 4 Big Acts 4 Mon., Tues., Wed. § THEDA BARA and HARRY CAREY | TONIGHT THE LEE KIDS EVENING “The Death Dance” in “More Trouble” C COMEDY / “THE SHE DEVIL” A DRAMATIC SIX REEL STORY OF A WOMAN WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE. JESTE L. Lflfky presentsa IAN PMAARTIN AT THE LYCEUM THEATER, & JOHNSTON MCCULLEY Seenario . GARDNERC HUNTING Directed by. ROLLIN STURGEON fear I shrank back from him involun- I doesn’t alter the fact that I must tarily putting up my arm before my face. | Dicky gave a short, ugly laugh, and there was an utter silence for & mo- ment. When I looked at him again his face was drained of color, and the , fury had left his eyes. “J—Beg—Pardon.” “This is no good business, Madge,” he cal voice. *“You ought to know I'm not the kind of a man who would strike a woman, but I suppose if I get so angry that you're afraid I might it amounts to the same thing. If I frightened you I sincerely beg your pardon.” There was but one thing for me to do and do instantly. 1 saw that for Dicky’'s self-respect and mine I mustn’t let him think that I imagined he might give me a blow. “Dicky, don’t be idiotic!” I said sharply. “You didn't frighten me in the least. But—frankly—I don’t like to look at you when your face and eyes are so angry. That putting my arm before my face to shield my eyes from something I don’t with to sea an old, childish trick of mine. Until | I was quite a big girl I used to do it ! if 1 saw a hurt dog or cat, an angry | grown person or even a person whose appearance 1 didr’t like.” Whether Dicky really believed me or simply accepted my explanation in the same spirit which I was mak- ing it T don't know. At any rate his face lighted instantl “Mighty glad to h nply “But mind he said all this e u, TODAY B DOUGLAS IF'AIRBANKS in “BOUND IN MOROCCO.” “THE ROAD TO FRANCE.” 7—Reels—7 with CARLYLE BLACKWELL Also Another Big Feature Prices 150—256 MONDAY VIVIAN MARTIN CHARLIE CHAPLIN lin DOROTHY DALTON “TYRANT FEAR”. “The Brass Bullet” Mack Sennet Comedy Several Others VAUDEVILLE Ed Blondell & Co. “THE LOST BOY” 3 Other Acts—3 Other Acts TOMOKRROW CHARLIE CHAPLIN in “SHOULDER ARMS.” id in a curious, almost mechani- * know at once what you and Lil have been doing while I've been laid up.” His voice held cold determination— finality. I Knew the issue couldn’t be postponed much longer. But how longed for Lillian! I wondered— “Dicky,” I pleaded, turning to him, “I'm going to very frank with you. | Lillian has been ‘meddling’ as you no doubt put it, and I have helped her, because 1 realized that the thing she was doing was the only thing to be done under the ciréumstances. And I have only one request to you. Won't you please ask Lillian herself about it? If I telephone her he'll be here within two or three Then, I promise, vou shall know everything. And it really isn’t to Lillian or to me for me “Of course the question of what is fair to me doesn’t enter into the mat- ter at ali,” Dicky commented dryly. “But go ahead, get Lil ot here if you want to. She's a good old scout and an old friend, but I've got a few words to say to her that—get her here quiel Ex-Pres. Taft, Fox's theater, Dec. 16. | «—advt, At a meeting of New Britain council No. $ O. U. A. M., it was voted to turn out in a body jointly with the P. O. S. of A. and the Jr. O. U. A. M., mak- ing an American unit in the British Day parade on Saturday, Dec. 7. The | uniformed rank will assemble with the jeorge W. Corbin Commandery and act as an escort. James J. Thompson formerly of this city grandmother, Mrs. High street. Lieutenant Leo St. Thomas has re- turned to Camp Johnston, Fla., where he is a member of the quartermaster’s | corps. He was called home to attend | the funeral of his mother. He left last spring with a draft contingent and has heen promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Mr. and M of Boston, | s visiting h Spurvey of Robert Carberry, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and sons, Robert and Vincent, are visiting at the home of Mrs. T. Martin of Tremont street. The schools of the city will reopea Monday after the Thanksgiving re- cess. Mrs. William . Hungerford and Mrs. Charles W. Nichols will be the hostesses at the next meeting of Fs- ther Stanley Chapter, D. A. R., next Friday afternoon Mrs. Hungerford will be in charge of the program. No arrests were made last night, and as there were no postponed cases to come to trial, there was no session of the police court this morning. The French people of this city will hold a meeting tomorrow _afternoon at 2 o'clack in St Jean the Baptst hall to make plans for the parade on Brit- ish day, December 7. oBth men and women are invited to attend. There will be a dance in Booth's hall on New eaYr's nifiht ‘under the auspices of the local chapter of Theta Sigma.. Henry Dowd of Fairview street, re- ported to the police this morning that big auto, an Overland touring car, was stolen in Hartford last night while he was in one of the theaters. Police in nearby cities and fowns have been notified. The Men's Club of St. Mark’s Epis- copal church will open ‘“an every member” canvasz tomorrow after- noon. This method of financing has proven successful. Offering cards for the year 1919 will be presented to the mcmbers, Sergeant Hyland of the New York police, and Michael McEvoy ot Brooklyn, N. Y., are visiting at the Iome of John F. Meehan in this city. Fx-Pres. Taft, Fox's theater, Dec. 16. make of | ! night, whea u___l —advt. NEWARIC’S ROUGING Policewomen Guard Town Against Gheeks That Bloom Too Much Newark, N. J., Nov. 30.—Two New- ark policewomen eeizéd girls at the Park Place station, the Pennsylvania station, and the Public Service termi- nal in Newark last night, overawed them by a display of their police badges, and forced them to wash rouge and powder from their face This was done uader orders issued by Police Inspector Thomas J. Cor- bally, who sald last night that he derived his authority for this proced- ure from “the common law Four terror-stricken girls had been forced, up to 11 o’clock last night, to restore their natural tints. Six com- plexions were unmade on Thursday the decree was first is- Inspector Corbally's read- common law, sometimes as the sum of human wis- sued under ing of the referred to dom. “Now go right back and wash your face,” said Mrs. Margaret T. Dugan, one of the policewomen, when a girl about 16 years old emerged from the woman's rest room at one of the sta- tions, with cheeks a shade more bloaming than ten centuries of Anglo- saxon jurisprudence would allow, u der the opinion of the Newark ex- pounder. The girl was inclined to rebel until she saw the =i ling metal badge of authority. She went quietly, with some tears, while the policewoman stood by and saw that the spots were attacked with the vigor of a Lady Macbeth. Other girls went through the same process meekly until the un- constitutional color was removed, and then hastily left the stations. The second discrimination again, this conspicuous color, which has taken place in large cities within two weeks, was inspired, according to In- spector Corbally, by the fact that the well-being of Newark has been menaced recently invasions from New York and other places by girls with dangerous complexions, also be- cause Newark girls, whose parents forbid cosmetics put on their mak in the rest rooms at the stations, make their public appearance in color and then disarm themselves at the same place before returning by some - unp) i authority from the com- mo: id Tnspector Corbally, *and I feel also that I am acting in the place of the parents of these girls, who would want me to do what I am doing, if tifey knew what was going on.’ HARTFORD AVE. BLAZE. The fire department was called out at 7:20 last night to extinguish a small fire in Sam Kennedy's barn on Hart- ford avenue. The barn, which is an old frame structure and stands in the rear of 107 Hartford avenue, took fire through some unknown cause, fire having been found in the beams of the roof. Several beams were burned, but the damages were very slight. 30,000 PRISONERS RELEASED. Paris, Nov. 27.—Thirty thousand Allied soldiers, prisoners of war are pouring through Metz and Verdun ac- cording to Y. M. C. A. advices. A large number of American officers will enter Switzerland on Friday the ‘Y. M. C. A. announces, These men now are being concentrated at Villen- gen, Germany. FOX'S THEATER. The Lee Kids and Harry Carey say farewell at Fox's tonight, and Monday brings the much talked of Charlie Chaplin comedy, ‘“‘Shoulder Arms' and Theda Bara in her latest six reel | production, “The She Devil." The management of Fox's theater has decided to keep Charlie in “Shoul- der Arms” all the week, knowing that every man, woman and child will want to see absolutely the funniest comedy picture ever screened. “Shoul- der Arms” has been running in New York, Boston and Philadelphia for the last three weeks and theater-go- ers in these cities are repeatedly see- ing it again and again, the universal verdict being that Charlie Chaplin, the world's premier comedian, has { made a masterpiece in “Shoulder | Arms.” This comedy will absolutely {not be shown in New Britain until Monday and Fox's will show it all week. ‘“‘Shoulder Arms” is a howling comedy of trench life, with cootles, | camouflage, rookie training and all | the ludicrous happenings in tha life of the average dough-boy. The story takes Charlie through all the training experiences of a recruit, and then blows him into a first line trench, prepared for action with an armament by which he could be mis- taken for & soldier, cook, a cham- bermaid, a milkman, or a plumber, “Shoulder Arms” is a great timely story with a new vein of scintilla- ting humor, that will be enjoyed by | big and little folk. It is a barrage of fun, frolic and laughter that will | make your sides ache. The other picture will be the latest Fox release, Theda Bara in “The She Devil,” in which the star portrays the | role of a Spanish siren. While melo- dramie, the production has a touch of light comedy that differentiates it from the Theda Bara pictures to which we are accustomed. Miss Bara has THEATER BILLS TONIGHT KEFENEY'S THEATER. Today is the last opportunity to ses the big show at Keeney's. Large crowds have attended each perform- ance and the show ha# received a generaus amount of applause. All who have not seen ft should attend tonight's performance. The feature picture is “Tyrant Fear,” starring Dorothy Dalton and is a thriiling story of the northwest couatry. A number of oOther good pictures, in- cluding the latest episode of ‘The Brass Bullet,” make up an excep- tionally good photoplay program. Four clean acts of vaudeville com- plete the ghow. For tomorrow the management has arranged to give the biggest and best Sunday show in towa and as an extra attraction will show Charlie Chaplin in his second million dollar production, “Shoulder Arms.” Canvass ¥For Membership Wil Be Carried On Next Month. The New Britain Chapter of the Red Cross is preparing for it¢ Christ- mas roll call. There are 20,000 mem- berships in New Britain which will expire in December. A campalgn for the renewsl of thess memberships and for néw metmbers will be carried on trom December 16 to 23. The publicity éomimittee will plan the campaign at a meeting next Tuesday night. The committee consists of Herbert V. Camp, chairman; Michael Smith, John W. Lockett, Louis Stev- enson, F. 8. Penfleid, J. B. Comstock, C. W. Nichols, Donald J. Bartlett and Thomas J. Lynch. ; Christmas seals will not be sold thig year, but the New Britain Tu- | berculosis Relief society will be given a part of the campaign receipts in or- gone to the land of Sunny Spain for her story and depicts the character of a coquette in a lazy little village where she is adored and admired by all men. The play is replete with thrill- ing incidents and runs the gamut from Spaln to blithesome Paris. Four of the usual acts of high class vaudeville will also be presented with “Shoulder Arms” and Theda Bara. For tomorrow night Fox's theater offers their usual excellént double fea- ture program, with Alice Brady in “The Death Dance” and Frank Kee- nan in ‘“More Trouble” with the Gau- mont News and a Christie Comedy. In “The Death Dance” Miss Brady depicts a cabaret character in a re- sort known as the “The Grey Rabbit” and is a story of dance and song, of sorrow and tears, and with an end- ing that thrills. “More Trouble"”/with Frank Keenan, scored the biggest hit ever registered by a picture play in the Rivoli theater in New York, and in it Mr. Keenan has scored the triumph of his long and distinguished carrer. Commencing tomorrow the manage- ment of Fox's theater wish to an- nounce that they have been forced to raise the Sunday evening admission. The increased cost of sverything con- nected with the maintenance of a first class theater, the high film ren- tals necessary in their policy of show- ing only two of the best run features obtainable makes this step imperative. Prices at Fox's theater on Sunday evenings hereafter will be fifteen cents in the balcony and two cents tax, and twenty-five cents in the or- chestra with three cents tax, boxes and loges thirty cents and three cents tax. LYCEUM THEATER. The Fairbanks' picture “Bound in Moroceo,” which is showing at the Lyceum for the last time today, Is described as a snappy twentieth cen- tury, high-geared, romantic comedy- drama, travelling at high speed all the time. The story, by Allan Dwan, makes it possible for Mr. Fairbanks to present several new stunts that he created especially for this picture One stunt worthy of mention, is & dive that Mr. Fairbanks makes from the top of a high sand dune to the shouly ders of Fred Burins, who is passing by on a speeding horse. This is followed by an exciting hand to hand fight on the desert sand which is said to be an exceedingly thrilling affair. This big charming photoplay filled with many surprses and the famous Fair- banks athletics are constantly in evi- dence. The vaudeville contains three good acts that are thoroughly enjoy- able. There will ba a continuous show today so all who have not seen this great show shall have a chance to see it at any time during the day. Sunday there will be the usual double feature program and a special concert by the orchestra. One of the features will be “The Road to France,” starring the favorite, Carlyle Black- well. The other picture will be a big sunprise feature. The prices on Sun- day evening in the future will be 15 and 25 cents. On Monday the Lyceum will give one of the biggest bills ever shown in the city. There will be shown Charlie Chaplin in ‘““Shoulder Arms,” a very funny feature full of new Chaplin tricks. The other feature will be “Un- claimed Goods,” starring dainty Vivian Martin. There will also be a new vaudeville bill. } RABBI HALPERN RESIGNS, Rev. Harty Halpern has resigned as rabbi of the Congregation Sons of Israel and leaves this week for Read- ing, Pa. The Beth El Congregation Sunday school will meet at Talmud Torah hall tomorrow morning. The choir will meet there in the after- noon at 3 o'clock and a rehearsal will be held at the same time by the or- chestra. Bx<Pres. Taft, Fox’s theater, Dec. 16, —asltt. [ der that they may carry on their work. STONE NEW SALES MANAGER. Joseph B. Stone has returned to this city to take charge of the domes- tic sales department of the Stanley Rule and Level company. He was formerly in charge of the Western sales department and lived in Fre- mont, Neb. During his service in the West he has buiit up a wonderful trade for the local factory and his promotion comes as a reward for his hard labors. He is m brother of Sem- uel Stons, vice president of the Colt Patent Fire Arms company of Hart- ford. AT Curran’s Just in Time for Your " Holiday Shopping A Manufacturer’s sam- ple line of Leather Hand Bags, Pocket Books and Strap Purses 14 Off from regular prices. All new——fresh and clean and no two alike. Christmas Handkerchiefs nicely embroidered and put up in fancy boxes of three and six. Special per box 29¢, 50c, 98c. Curran’s 383 Main St.