New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1919, Page 14

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1910. " MY SOLDIER Adele Garrison’s REVELATIONS SWEETHEART Continuation of OF A WIFE Stumble An as Mr. Stockbridge’s Accident? What method Kenneth and Alice Holcombe used to reduce Mrs. to order I had no Imeans of guesing, but whatever -it ed effective, at least for the Stockbridge Stackbridge ras it pr fme beine The three walked away together hnd disappeared into the dining-room. Stockbridge returned a few min- ith smiling face but eye rined, full of uneasines: Alice Holcombe and Mrs came back into the livin the both chatting ar wa quite sure that M > had been crying, althot he traces of tears were not visible ‘hey paused before the chair where I till under the watchful eye of Mr. Donkers. “M M ¢ e <brid tog ly Stockbridge 1s wondering, Irs. Graham, if the lion of the evi hing could not be persuaded to roar a pit for the visitors,” Miss Holcombe rawled, while Mr. Donkers peered lisapprovingly at her over his glasses. “‘Oh, don’t you suppose he will, Mrs. fraham?” Milly Stockbridge cooed vith the Infantile playfulness which } fhe affects at times. “We're all just | jiving to hear him. Mr. Stockbridge ells me his speech to the pupils this fternoon was simply wonderful. Fou'll ask bim ,won’t you? He can't efuse you, I'm sure.” “Her face was all smiles and ani- tion. Evidently she had promised her husband and Alice Holcombe to pehcive herself, also to remove the possible effect on Mr. Donkers of her ormer speech. But although she ould control her face and voice, she ould not quite manage her eyes, and frhen a few seconds later T inadvert- bntly met them gazing at me intently y blood chilled at the cold, malevo- | ence her look betrayed. “I would be very glad to ask him, rs. Stockbridge,” I returned courte- busly, but I am sure it would do no oad. If Mr. Stockbridge or you can- hot persuade him to speak, my word vould have no influence. Besides, my husband and I have a bargain never, o ask the other to ‘do stunts,’ as he would express it, in public.” Mrs. Stockbridge’s Invitation. “We'd better get Ken busy, then, bur hostess returned, turning carele: ly away, but naot before I had caught glance by no means careless from | er black eves. That she was plotting | ome mischief T was sure, and I would ave given a good deal for a plausi- ble excuse for leaving the house. To my great surprise “Ken” evi fently ‘“zot busy” to some effect, for little later Mr. Stockbridge called for ttention, and after a few preliminary ords of introduction, Dicky gave a| lever, interesting, informal talk vhich seemed to delight his listeners. | was immensely proud of him nd could have throttled the obtuse Ir. Donkers, who persisted in accom- hanying Dicky’s stories with whisper- d comments to me and inquiries for ny further details which he imagined e would like to hear. As Dicky finished and his hearers Lathered around him with congratula- ory remarks, Mrs. Stockbridge came ip to me smiling. “Dear Mrs. Graham,” she cooed, “would you mind coming out and re- lieving me at the fruit punch bowl? I sent Mrs. Gray, who bas been there the first part of the evening, in to hear vour husband, and she's still talking to him. If vou would just stay there till she comes back, people will e getting thirsty again presently.” “Of coursc I said, rising prompt- ly. “I shall delighted to be of service to vou.” And I was, indeed, d to escape the conversation of Donkers. ¢ led the wi be v to the dining-room, was one of the i T had ever seen with the cups to match. e s one of my wedding pres- he said proudly. “It is wonderful,” I murmured— and, indeed, it was—in its own wa “You haven't tasted the punch have you?” she asked. “I don't think I've seen you out here.” “No, I seldom drink anything that is Iced,” I returned. “Oh, but you simply some of this!” she said cally. “I made this myself. own special recipe. Do take some. shall feel awfully hurt if vou don't.”” She was fairly fawning upon me. I felt that I must get rid af her as quickly as I could, and T reached out my hand for the cup she was fllling. As I did so, Mr. Stockbridge’s volce sounded behind me. “Fill me one, too, dear,” he said quietly. “Mrs. Graham and T will ‘touch glasses’ to your health.” She looked up at him with blanched face, but stood her ground “Certainly, if you wish it,” she said in a low. meaning tone. Her husband took the silver ladle from her hand. “Let me try my hand,” he said pl: fully. Then, as if by accident, stumbled against the table. The next instant the punch bowl lay in fragments on the floor. table olnee oh howls ate ent “Tais ents,” must have enthusiasti- It is my I he EILEEN VAN BIENE, in “TI Love a Lassie,” at Parsons’ Theater, Hartford, May 19, 20, 21. CHARLOTTE PARRY In the Protean Playlet Entitled— “WALLS HAVE FARS” A Pecerless Actress Performing the Task of Portraying Six Con- trasting Parties of a Drama. You Will Gaze in Wonder and Bewilderment Not Daring to Be- lieve Your Own E Parts. MAHONEY BROS. Funny Feet and Stories yes—But the Woman is the Same Throughout AllR T ——— | HUGH STANLEY | | The Topsy-Turvey Man MACK SENNETT COMEDY ! ELSIE FERGUSON The Screen’s Most Bewitching Personality in— “HIS PARISIAN WIFE” Next Week--Farewell Week 5--BIG ACTS--5 ENTERTAINMENT and DANCE AMATEUR COMEDY SKETCHES INSTRUMENTAL and VOCAL MUSIC NN G MONDAY, BY THE FELLOWSHIP CLUB TER CHURCH GIVEN C A. HALL MAY 19th DANCE MUSIC BY DYSON’S ORCHESTRA TICKETS 50c¢, At Crowell’s and at the Door Unless otherwise noted, these n bureaus of the theaters or other PARSONS “T Tove a I farce which will be the Parsons’ theatc Hartford, three days of the coming weelk, the realization of an ambition Clifton Crawford has nursed for a number of yea Like many another talented comedian, he has wanted to appear in a show of his own fashion- ing. “I Love a Lassie” is that show. The book was prepared for Mr. Craw- ford by Erwin Connolly, but the lyrics and the music are Crawford’s own. That Mr. Crawford can write music that in its tunefulness and brightness makes an immediate appeal to " his audiences has been proved azain and again by the individual numbers he has contributed to other musical com- edics and to his own acts in vaude- ville. By every report, the music for “I Love a Lassie” has equal charm and vivacity. Mr. Crawford’s supporting cast is exceptional. Practically every mem- ber of it has won outstanding praise for his or her individual work. May Vokes is a comedienne who can amuse any audience, either of the musical comedy or vaudeville variety. Harriet Burt has a similar reputatlon. The Homestead Quintet spends most of its time stopping vaudeville shows hy their close harmonizing. Then, there is Cyril Chadwick who, in the role of a casual Englishman, fed Crawford with his best lines in “The Quaker Girl” and in “Three Twins”; Eileen Van Biene, whose youthful charm and rare ability fo | sing have made her a Broadway fa- vorite; Julia Kelety, a young French actress and singer, who, more than any other factor, has made the Sun- day night concerts at the Winter Gar- den a success The fine and of Frank Stammer: who has directed the stazing of * Love a La. e,’” has welded these in- dividual excellences into an ensemble that ought to make the piece the hit of many seasons. Seats selling. ATER. the musical attraction at the first mar TH LYCEUM THEATER. Isie Ferguson, the beautiful star, a superb photoplay in “His Pa- e”, her latest starring ve- hicle, written by Fve Unsell, which is the attraction at the Lyceum to- | and’ tomorrow. Miss T 1500 the part of a gzirl reporter of and the role is said to afford her ample opportunities for the d play of her rich dramatic talents. A Fauvette, Miss Ferguson weds a Bos- ton lawyer whose parents refuse to recognize her as their daughter-in- law, and their hostility towards her, | based upon a complete misunder- standing of her nature, leads to a separation from her husband. The eternal triangle enters into the story later with happy results, for the bride and her husband are reconciled ! after the former has won her spurs as a novelist of rare powers. The story is one of unusual interest and deep heart appeal and its develop- PARSONS’THEATER | HARTFORD. Tonight, 8§:15. Twice Klaw & Erlanger and Geo. Tomorrow | C. Tyler Present XANDRA CARLISLE Tarkington and Street’s 5 “THE COUNTRY COUSIN” Original N. Y. Cast—Socicty Satire— Not a Rural Play. LT Sat. Mat. MISS AL In Booth Julian TONIGHT AND TOMORROW and EARLE WILLIAMS in the Gripping Police Drama “TROM KEADQUARTERS” EP. NO. 2 OF “THE TIGER'S TRAIL” Don't Miss this Sunshine Comedy “THE HOUSE OF TERRIBLIE SCANDALS” A Half Hour of Continuous Laughter. MUTT & JEFF. PATITE NEWS VAUBDEVILLE 1—BIG ACTS—4 CONTINUOUS TOMORROW 3—SHOWS—3 AND 8 O'CLOCK — that | I of her employer. | is | have full opportunity to displs | chapter | deadly I bare | two : Turveyor of Scenarios, Traveling With ! the | by | Mar | Dot i | war s 4 : propaganda work for the government. | | She was in the midst of this when the armistice was signed. It was the de- otices aro wry attractions wige oy PY the With which they =] ment to a logical g, t i nouement is ac- complis S David Powell, lSm’\;\l magnetism anqg tainments, is th in the c brilliant at- ie leading man. Others | " include such well known ! screen players ay Courtney Foot, z \nk 1.osee, Cora Williams, Captain lin\rl:el;soitngaLnuis Grizel. £ udeviile program could {not be found. Charlotte Parry, the clever character woman, present a Very unusual and interesting act, one | that is out of the ordinary and amaz- ing to the highest gegree. She por- t six different characters and is | indeed a most remarkable woman. Charlotte Parry offers the protean mystery playlet entitleq «walls Have Bars”. The Mahoney Brothers sure do score a hit and cause a riot, they have some of the best comedy stunts going, and the other act presented by Hugh Stanley is a fine novelty offer- ing. As has been announced before the Lyceum will give its farewell program next week and the vaudeville bill will consist of five big act: The feature chosen for the first half of the week is “Don’t Change Your Husband”, starring Gloria Swanson. _— FOX’S THEATER. rom Headquarters”, the gripping police drama, is the attraction at Fox's tonight. Girls for the first time taking em- ' ployment outside their homes read a powerful lesson in “From Head- quarters”, featuring Anita Stewart and Earle Willlams. This is declared | {to be the greatest police story ever written and depicts the mighty struc gle between love duty within the | heart of the father when he learns | that his only daughter has trusted to her sorrow in the wilas and prom- | i The father is | a police sergeant, who always placed duty above everything else, and when his child in her desperation takes vengeance into her own hands, fate | calls him to trail down the slayer, and the trail leads to his own home. | of gripping intensity and Miss Stewart and throughout, rle William ¥ the arkable sode is o deals from is ends with scious on emotional talents. 0. 2 of ‘““The - Tiger lled “The Glowing F with Ruth Roland’s the tiger’'s cage. packed with thrills and Miss Roland lying uncon- the floor of a shack, a tarantula crawling up her arm. If she moves, certain | death will result i | ren Trai and cape o i | This | | A screaming Sunshine comedy, a regular whirlwind ludicrousness, is one continual roar throughout its reels, and proves that these Fox comedies are without a par as laugh provokers. A funny Mutt & Jeff and the latest Pathe News complete the film entertainment. Four acts of Fox vaudeville consisting of Nat Burns, in a humorous monologue, Lewis and Lamar, with a comedy cabaret num- ber, Latherty and Stoning, singing and dancing comedians and a novelty ct called “The Race of Man.” The latter consists of an Indian, a China- man, a Hawaiian girl, a negro and a white man, who render a unique and cxcellent singing ct. ‘HEARTLESS’ ONE WRITES A COMEDY ON BABY’S SHOES of Red Cross. Finds Good “Tilm Stuff.” American woman to cross Rhine. That is the record held Miss Frances Marion. in every-day life purvevor of artistic scenarios to Pickford, Sessue Hay Fairbanks and other film approaching that of our country, and in propagandist for the Public Information. went fo Trance 1 in view of film- women in the he firs s at the pr, times salay sident of of war a Committee on Miss Marion fall v the purpose the activities nd also « ing A of doing some secret | sire of the committee that she get to | Germany as quickly as possible. The | Red Cross. following its usual custom supplies and comforts d of the troops, began loading its | camions and ambulances soon after { November 11. And so, at the request | of the committee, the Red Cross, al- ; { ways ready to co-operate, took Miss | Marion, an accredited correspondent { s far as Treves, from where she se- | | cured passage with an advance supply | camion into Coblenz five days ahead | of the army. sendin; Making Comedy. ason for it, Miss T Marion prefers to | i | ] Upon this part of her trip and the | | main silent, but she has many in- teresting things to tell of her ride through the battle-scarred fields and vitles of Northern France. Since my return,” she said, “I hap- pened to remark that T had written { @ screen comedy while T was touring the “devastated country. A woman | said to me, ‘You heartless creature! How could you possibly write a com- i edy or even think in terms of humor | jin the face of such misery and de- | ! struction?® 1t difficult to was make | her see that it was the only thing T| b could write at such a time. 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Maid may sneer at matrimony for her- the person For although the Old self and tilt her nose as love- making of the sweet of the young this season year when “voung men’'s fancy, ete.’——yet she is unwit- tingly the best aid to matrimony there Spring nights and glorious moons and babbling brooks and shady nooks and hammocks and things are alf so quick vl Jonesome inspiring to the young the of the M to mar as spectacle spinster, continued Arden A girl may be inclined to resist the ft. voice of love, but the knowledge ti may he like Marvia And many noble—though by showing her mar means to remain a spinster is inclined to some day she is enough a spinster unintended—service ied sister what it If a wife “wish had never married.” one visit from her unmar- ried sister is usually enough to make her how much better o he i with someone to at the door when returns after the day's work with a welcoming kis So really an old maid, hate matrimony the stimulus that into the arms ay ‘“Yes.” she see me though hersel bo urges of theif lovers— | things in | not | Aunt | has performed ! . at { m; YES, BUT (By An Old Maid) And now, as a “horrible example, the old maid is said to be the unwit- ting ally of Cupid! old maid, and ids I ' and As an looking about the old know, I ask elf, “Is it tru X and No!” We are unconscious allies of Cupid, and also of Cupid's Waterloo—the divorce court Our| young maids into matrimony, but our all m the answer piteous loneliness mas lure beautiful freedom also invites un- happy wives out agair To the women who marry, and to the women who DID marry, we are the eternal answer to ONE phasc of the problem—we are THE WOMEN WIHO DIDN'T! To the young maid who sees us, & little a little tired and shabby and lonely—or a little too smart and cold and bitter—we ave the dreadful warninzs to “anything but that!" To the harassed wife with too much work, too much masculine bossing, and too little money, who sees us with our independence, our own incomes. our pretty clothes and free time, are the glorious “might have beens!™ As for us old maids, we were young maids once, and most of us made our deliberate choice of single blessedness. We'd rather be on the outside a-look- ing in than the inside a-looking out! But that was a wise woman who whispered the TRUTH to me—'‘My dear, whichever you do, marry or not —you'll be sor ” hesitate to we on imagination has been stirred by too big for words, one, by a quirk of human p the opposite axis for It was only two days after the guns ceased firing that I driven the battlefield of the Marne. one’ scenes strange turns to had over was The Bell-Ringer of Verdun. at night T sat out in the moon- the bonfires lighting up the station around me, and listened to the story of the old bell-ringer of Verdun. Bent, his face was devastated by 1 and horror the scenes about him. T was told that for 50 years he had rung in the tower of Verd all consciousness longer knew that war. All he was his record the past—the one that, according to his tragically disordered mind, he was 11 living up to “When the deter- mined not to desert his post, he hid as nger He had lost time. He no had been a of there Lnew s Joches came, he chimes | of | first in the cellar, Y ground city. { the Huns. then in the under- When Verdun was free v found him, bereft of reason. ‘His precious tower is one of the ew church towers in Northern France to receive miraculous protedtion from And so, day after day, just if there bad been no twar, he climbed the tower, going through the motion of ringing the chimes."” listic and touching is Marion's description of her through the Argonne. She said: “It was a misty day when I whirled as Miss ride { through the Argonne, with its terrible swes and. D of shell-shot forest and meadow “Suddenly and there as suddenl rected crosse the the sun broke through sprang up before us, ju as if they were the resur- spirits of our dead, the white limped in light, which marked graves of our American heroes.” Baby’s Shoes. It was here that Miss Marion felt She heart nor write something. neither as if she must could summon he the words to put down what the scene aroused in her. And then, just on the of the battlefield, untouched by and lookinz almost as if one was leaning on the other, was a pair of It must have been wa little baby's shoes. that some mother, when getting ready to fly from the Boches, had set the shoes on a window sill and had gone away, forgetting in her terror so small a consideration her child’s shoes. These shoes furnished the hasis for & comedy drama which will shortly ap- pear upon the screen. In Paris, Miss Marion worked for a while in the studio of Anna Coleman Ladd, the noted sculptor, who, under the auspices of the American Red Cross, passed the four vears of war in helping the mutilees back to a condi- tion where they could walk again amongst men. as -