New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1923, Page 4

The Plan Grace Draper and Her Aoccomplices Made Without a sound the motor man fell forward into the car, big man, who had just struck down, bent over him with a cool Itberation which horrified more than the blow had done “Well 2" Grace Draper's voice the same unemotional note “He hasn't croaked,” the said “Shall 1 finish tne “What's eating you, anyway?"' the chauffeur growled. He had dismount ed from his geat when the policeman had come back to the tonnean, and had been standing pust behind the officer when the big man's blow had felled him. “You must simply be honing for the chair,” he went on significantly, “and let ma tell you there isn't any time to waste monkeying with this fellow. His pal isn't far off, believe me, and when he finds this chap he'll figure some car on this road is responsibla, The cops will be flagged ahead, and they'll be giving the once And {f this bird should get his police- and the him held big man joh every car the e “Which he won't very soon,' big man interposed grimly, * your breath to help me roll him over into the ditch yonder, and run the motorcycle after him Then will listen to you." “George s “Make it snappy, feur retorted Without more words the two men picked up the unconscious officer, and, carrying him to the side of the road, deposited him in a ditch which completely hid him from the view of anyone on the road. Then they wheeled the motorcyele to the same ditch, and turned it flat on its side, hastily throwing some branches over it *“Thére !" isfied car, ‘50 Righ then,” the chauf- * the big man said in a sat when he returned to the “nobdy who {sn't looking for him will find that guy before we're at our stopping place, so let's beat it, Georgs “We'll beat it,” George sald “but not in the direction we've going. We'll go back along this road about three miles gintil we strike that cross-road leading to the middle is- land road. And we'll change this limousine for some other car at voice sulkly, heen with the heat,” the “You keep this boat crazy big man snarled headed west." “George is right,”" Grace struck in with decicion. *"The we get to Tony's the better, but don't turn around right here Run along a few rods hefore you head east again.” Draper sooner A New Difficulty “1 get you," George replied, ing into the driver's seat again, while the big man, patently rebellious, but keeping his sentiments unspoken seated himself opposite ns George followed Grace Draper's rections tmplmrv running east climb- HE take much of my time," Turkey Proundfoot replied, T have time to spare, And at your age, you ought to step working for, #o many, You would keep vou husy your twelve goslings.' “I've worked hard all my life," said Grandma Goose, “I'd feal L had only my own little family to care turned the car around, There @ ) 1 could feel In th the big man ang hateful arms held and I knew that they | would not feel safe until they wers iway from the spot where lay the unconscious officer | When the car turned off the smooth, broud boulevard tAto the nar- and infinitely rougher dirt road | which led across the island to the! north, T & A the relaxation in both of them, although they made no out- ward sign. And the very fact that| they were more at eage sent my own spirits tohogganing | Even the carefully-fashioned | springs of the costly limousine were not proof against the rough dirt road, and 1 glad indeed wnen we turned into the middie-island road, | Not that in the stress of my terror | 1 minded sn small a discomfort as| Jolting. Put at every jolt I was thrown age t Grace Draper, felt her malt- clous arms clasp me closer, and hflardi her venomous little chuekie. 1 was! wholly in her power, and 1 did not| know what diabolical tning she might choose to do to me, ‘The chauffeur slowed down lho‘ ind the big man spoke worriedly: Vo use letting Tony know more ! than he has to about our busines How you goin' to explain this dame?" | he was i the attitude the woman me so tightly, tension of whose rower was SLEEPY —=TIME TALES rtemeh gt THE TALE OF GRANDMA a4 GOOSE said Turkey Grandma Goose- sometimes, that you “I've noticed" foot to ticed, no- have {trouble making your flock mind you." He had strutted up to Grandma Goose when she was taking her gos- lings for a stroll up the lane. “My geese behave well enough, a rule,” she replied “But General Gander is a trouble- maker,” Turkey Proudfeot remarked. “It's e to see that he needs a sound whipping now and then. And I'm just the person that could give it to him." The good deal, “It's a as General does hother me a Grandma Goose admitted. pity that yon should be troubled by him,” Turkey Proudfoot told her. “T've heen 'wondering, late- 1y, if something couldn't be done to make matter easier for you. And at 1ast 1 believe T have thought of a fine | plan—-if only vou'll agree to it." “What's that?" Grandma Goose in- auired “Lot me rule the flock for you Grandma Goose shook her head “You have your own flock to look | after,” she reminded him. i Gte. Emorions RevEALD N PprVAT T S Copyri§hl 19235-MEA. Serurce Tne. Letter From Leslie Hamilton to Mre, Mary Alden Prescott. My Dear Mrs. Prescott: 1t was awtully sweet of you to think of giving me that lovely historie and poiceless desk. It came this morning and I immediately had it unpacked and it now holds the place of honor in the room which contains my wed- ding presents You could not thing that would have mada inc pier. In the first place, T am mad over beautiful old furniture or an tiques of any kind. 'That is one thing I presume that you and I have in common., In the second place, tF thought that the great-great-grand- mother of my John probably danced with Lafayette, and mavhap even flirted with him a little, gives me the greatest thrill. 1 spent one whole ing-—which 1 should as John, who is alread) coming to take me for a —hunting for that secret Wouldn't it be wondertul should find some Ietters in once belonged to Lafayette John's great-great-grandmother may rest assired that I shall keep on hunting and I am sure that 1 shall find that secret place. 1 feel a do, however, that I would not alien hands take the desk to piece do (this. 1 must find it 1 think now that when 1 tell nobody, not even yvon John came last night and we are both very happy ing forward to your coming great pleasire. He not quite as well as when [ met him in Albany three weel He has a little worried” wrinkie bhetwes hi eyes, and every time the doorbell rings, he seems to expect o telegram But he insists that all right; that he is only nervous and tired, you know ke has just pu over a hig lll\rr'\ sing campaign for which the fi raiwed his salary a thousand doilars a yvear Tsn't that splendid? You and T, know that it is only what he deserved John is quite as delighted your gift as I am He #aid to me, “Wasn't {hat sporting of mother? 1 believe that next to me she {hinks more of that desk than anything elue in the world.” And 1 answered, dear boy, I come very + to think- ing more of it than anything else in the world " I am sending you a clipping which appeared in the sociely columns to- day. You know everything about my any- hap- have given me hour thi not morn have done, here was motor ride d r it it or that even You all my 1o, 1 sha of course He look with looking is 480, everything i however, with “Well, nes nest to you, | wedding i some reporter Lovingly and gratefully vours, LESLIE HAMILTON. duly chronicled by Chippinz From The Sharon Dispatch. Among the gorgeons and wonderful presents that are being showered up- on Miss Leslie Hamilton, who is to be married on the twenty-second, is a desk from the bridegroom's mother a desk which was given to Lafavette by the tirst Napoleon and which pasgsed from his handg directly to the great-great-grandmother of the bride- groom. Naturally, with its history aseociations, Mz Hamilton re- the most beautiful of ajl Mrs. Mary Alden Presecott here on the twenty-first to on's wedding and gard her will attend her s it a it arrive Alice Hamilton Whitne Note From to Dear Karl T never wa to think that you have It lenst o et up in all my life 1sked my help makes un- ane can 1 you hower for 1 made Lelsie and 1 know been heart dhad Les your dilemma me that a child tell mother, she would haye in at again, 1 derstand call m did not am sure to take the pearl that you would have nreken, as well as to hear ahout it A sk to tea at the of next week. I'm 1y of making my this magniticent one am er, refuge Leglie I eme club the last me can figure ont inter the recipient that fim i teel ame ot tant t like very impor conspirator Hine ALICE rom Madame Mrs. Hamilign, Mr just from a It i Lovter La Monde to My Diear 1 Hamilton ived the rose point York importing ent and | 87,000, T you told as hae rece house think very of thi be willing housand do The 1 have been making for ighior is the beautifu! tion of powns Euits ees | have ever 1 of my other patrons would give 1y matters of thos " ery prond as e yon would in = gh as ten lar tronasaan aa "o and made your e o neglig ome me | Rind T know Miss Leshie | handiwork beautifully | khe call on me tomorrow the wedding dress and the ther garnitnros? carte hlancie will wear my to try on vell and othes Yours respectfully, EMBUIE LA MONDE. Karl and | wigh ! Will you and |ing a arrange for[she for."” ‘If that's the way you high time you stopped we key Proudfoot declared say mu\a never played mueh." “Never'—-sald Grandma Goos “unless you call swimming play." "I certainly shouldn't call it any. thing of the sort,” eried Turkey Proudfoot with a ghudder. "I under- feel, it's rking," Tur- 'But General Gandey is a trouble-makex’ Turkeu Proudfoot vemarked. stand it is very “Why, swimming is'as safe as—as walking, and a great deal easier,” sail | Grandma Goose. “I shouldn't care to try it, anyhow," Turkey Proudfoot replied, “But I'm glad to hear that you like it. At your age you ought to be able to take your goslings for a swim without having the trouble of looking out for a whole flock of silly geese at the same time—and that good-for-noth- ing General Gander besides," “It would be pleasant,” Grandma Goose agreed. “Then let me take care of your flock for you,” Turkey Proudfoot begged her. “I'li herd 'em along with my own flock."” “Oh! no, thank you it for a week no, thank yo peated. “Ad “Very well!" said Grandma Goose. “You may take charge of my flock to- morrow-—all except myself and my twelve gosiings." (Copyright, 19 Newspaper he pleaded, Grandma re- by Metropolitan Service,) HIKE IN EUROPE, TOO. LLondon, England--Two Boy Scouts from Czechoslovak have arrived hereafter having made on foot miles of the distance from Prague here They covered the 750 miles in 26 days. CONJURORS AS JUDG London, England—Coniurors are the detectives and judges of the Tsquim, 5 Julian W, Rilby, noted arctic explorer, in a hook on Esqimo life he's )u" finished THE YOUNG LADY M}ROSS THEWAY The young lady across the way says the automobile certainly playing havoe with the street car business and ihe sees that Congress is now consid- ering an omnibus building bill is have enough to Just looking out for lost i T w, 1 dare i, Reported confirmation of th wood (left), late of the “Follies,” has set tongues wagging in New who recently obtained a divorce from the dashing Tuxedo and New York society man, is shown above at right. | 1 e engagement of Pegm' Under- and J. M, L. Rutherford (inset) | York socxetv Mrs. Rutherford, | e Gossip’s Corner . — Dinner Frock A Paris dinner frock of unusual chic is of rose crepe trimmed with gray monkey fur. The fur is ap-| plied about the waist and gives the effect of a long fringed peplem. " Circular Flounces An unusual crepe frock has a wide cireular flounce embroidered in color and wide ruffles at the edge of the| sleves, similarly treated. The batean | | neckline is unrelieved by any trim- ming. Sweaters and Sashes Very wide, fringed sashes are worn | with some of the newest sheer wool ea A tan sweater is apt to| have a hrown girdle, a grey one navy, and 65 on. | | Shetiel skirts } Thetiered skirt is uced effectively | with the planest of blauses. It is be- coming to tall or short figures as the |tiers are so artfully arranged they do \lml cut the hm:m Black and White. Black taffeta’is -frequintly com- bined with white batiste or white face | {in the spring frocks, Aprons, tunies, | |gnimps and overblouses or white’ re- lieve the plainness of the dark, eilk |and add to the smartness. | Gold Stockings getting all excited abont some new atickings of gold ' ftissue | which make yon look exactiy as if | you'd been paddling about in a tub of \‘gc!rl paint. London i Double Faced Donble-faced materials are very stylish, a crepe surface on top and a smooth satin below. This makes it possible to nse one side for the main Lody of the gown and the reverse for trimming, ‘ Tflflv'h‘l and Tace Black taffeta hats for early spring are effectively trimmed with cocardes "or cream, or black lace, or eguipped with cmall veils that shade only the| eyes. | Var#etics of Trimming fatin gowns for spring are trimmeq | with big hows, ecircular flounces or | | capes, or with youthful drapery. sport Costumes With pleated skirts are worn the | most vivid and colorful jackets, | Sometimes a band of the figured ma- | |terial applied just ahove the hem of | the skirt indicates its close relation- | ;.‘hlp to the jacket, but usually they | 1f the mark of a king is his crown the mark of a gentleman is his hat, and how he handles it. The hat has u gocial language all its own. There uitable hat for every occasion uitable style of hat for every A man's method of lifting or s hat may be as expressive ntility his bearing in a ball 15 a and a room The Man's Hat. 1--A man takes off his hat when riding with a woman in an elevator, in u club, hotel, apartment or store; when he on the street; when he must wait for a funeral to pass, when the nationai ‘volors' are neg, and when national anthem is play A man mervely lifts a eonventional gesture: to vhenever he must recognize presence. A man Jifts his hat woman a seat in o again when she thanks should fmrvariably do. Whenever a man woman, as NAFTOYW PASEAZe his hat as strangers when offer- r,ooand him-—which unavoidably witen meet- wiiere 1 ohtrudes on her In a a g stops to speak to a woman, their the | I's Bad Mamners for a man to keep a cigarette, cigar or pipe in Iis mouth when he lifts or dofis his I|I|l or qu\- —e | must make way, he Iirts his hat, | fi~A man lirts his hat and bo when meeting acquaintances ‘r |friends, the graciousness of his bow and the cordiality his smile being the measure of the impression he | wonld areata | e |apartment. go their separate ways so far as ma- | terial and color are concerned. Fashionable Coat | The fashionable coat of the moment is the tubular, straight-line affair pre- | senting an unbroken silhouette from collar to hem, and tied at the side with an unobtrusive bow‘ ORANGE CREAM BY WLPTHA E. SHAPL}:JGH Of Columbia niversity Strawberry preserves on orange cream makes a delicious dish for af- ternoon teas or dessert at dinners. To make the orange cream,' dissolve !one and one-half cups of sugar, or | enough m sweeten, in two cups of orange | Add two cups of cream, thin or medium, a few grains of salt, and freeze, using three meas- ures of ice to one of salt. Serve the cream in orange skins which have been washed and chilled. Or a pretty method of serving is as | tollows: | In a sherbet glags put two or three sections of orange. and a little pow- dered sugar. Over this fill the glass with the cream. Garnish the top with orange sections, fre from skin and seed, or strawberry preserves. " THERE, TOO London, England,—In the Bearsted | petty sessional division of Kent, with | more than 20,000 inhabitants, only| one person, a woman, has been charged with drunkenness in the last| six years. i KEMEL'S Constantinople, T urkP\ - \huflaphn Kemal Pasha, Turkieh leader, re- ceived a dowry of $500,000 when he recently married Latife Hanoun, it haa| been revealed. | MOUTH ORGAN § Bortsmonth, Tngland—Police atel depending on a mouth organ to solve the murder of Mary Pelham, 26, flower-seller. Police helieve the in- | strument was given to her by a sailor | who afterward slew her in her Marries Wealth Whittington, and owner of fthe “most beautitul Wmbs in America,” has announced h-r onngpmfln' to. nllvh Friedman, Margie Folifes girl | headliners on the Keith |cireuit. Without a doubt they made _{many parts. Other films include :(‘hsmher |dent of the Bankers |allies and Germany |that “included the amount and meth- llnmll llhi- Mll lell Fie 1 Mbflnlu Indicuted, tieutrl ul \,nkul Al s N somiee for DI VITO'S ORCHESTRA AT PALACE DI Vito's orchestra, Connecticut's popular dance orchestra, opened a three day engagement at the Palace yesterday to capacity houses, who came to greet' their favorites, now vaudeville one of the higgest hits that any band or orchestra has ever made in this city, Popular as a dance orchestra all over the state, they are being presented in vaudeville by B. A, Rolfe, |one of the best musical producers. Set in beautiful stage draperies, the or- chestra, under the divection of Gio- vanni DI Vite, play so wonderfully well that it is a treat to hear them. They are positively the finest orches- tra that has played here and their many admirers and friends should {not fail to see them in vaudeville, The other acts on the bill include Miss Toleen, a charming miss who sings and does a clever wire walking novel- ty; Daily and Irwin are tfl"n girls who offer popular songs at thé piano; and Merritt and Mann are the cause of laughter with their fine com- 'edy and singing act. The photoplay feature pregents Dorothy Dalton in |"“The Siren Call,” a splendid drama of the great northwest. Miss Dalton is supported by Mitchell Lewis, who is also well known for his portrayal of northwest characters, The story 18 very interesting and exciting in a new episode of “Plunder,” with Pearl White. Starting Monday Whitman Bennett's “Wife Against Wife,” will | much {be the feature attraction. FINE COMEDY SHOW—LYCEUM It is without any doubts at all that the Lyceum mafagement recommends The Pepper Pot Revue, now showing, as one of the most entertaining little |shows imaginable. 1t does not vie {with the big musical companies, but what it has is of the best. The prin- cipals are all clever and Miss Tommy Alling is an unusual leading woman, since she is a real burlesque conte- dian. She gets off lots of excruciat ingly funny things. A IFrench apd Germah comedian also featurs chorus is composed of pretty pretty costumes and the speo numbers are all quite novel and plea ing. “Pawned,” the motion picture, is typically a mystery play of the un- derworld Beginning Sunday night, the big- gest attraction in the movies brought here this year starts a four day§™run. “Rich Men‘'s Wives,"” starring use Peters, is a great picture. ving opposite Howae Peters is Clare Wind- sor. Thére will be vaudeville next week, the feature of course, being Harold Schwarm, the bogus . prince charming. 1'ollowing this picture, i the Lyeeum | brings another high class picture from the pen of James Oliver Curwoord. Is a guilty conscience {ts own aveng- er? ‘That is the big theme of the pic- ture—"God's Country and the Law." SEE AMERICAN AID of Commerce Delegates Hear U. S. Finance Can Be Had to Bring About Peace. Washington, March 28-—A proposal |that European businessmen work out | a plan for reparations settiement based on American financial co-oper- ation was laid today before the dele- gates to the second meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce | in Rome by Fred I. Kent, vice-presi- Trust Co. New York and™a member of American delegation. Coupled with the proposal was lh- assertion by Mr. Kent that there was a “great waiting group” in the United States, ready te support such a move | before the American public: A summary of Mr. Kent's nddrass made public here by the American section of the International Chamber | contained the suggestion that a por- tion of the allied indebtedness to the United States might be exchangeable for "positive agreement” between the on reparations ods and times of payment and that can and will be lived up to.” LYCEUM TONIGHT — SATURDAY MUSICAL COMEDY MISS ITOMMY ALLING And a CHORUS OF PRETTY GIRLS The Pictu “PAWNED” With Tom Moore Begzinning Sunday HOUSE PETERS, In “RICH MEN'S WIVES" Palace—Coming Soon ‘the Photoplay the World Has Been Waiting fror, “THE CHRISTIAN” S il'l [l ‘A\- 1 Al |.,! o it rnviews |I!I| |||h nol this colutan are for the respective wmmsement company, LON mum—-nnows—mn‘ One of the most unusual elumw. {zations of the year {s that of Lon Chaney in Shadows, which opened yesterday at I"ox's theater, Ch appears as Yen Sin, a Chinaman wha Is cast up on the New England coast by a storm at sea, and later becomes ipstrumental in bringing happiness to two who had befriended him, The accompanying vaudeville bill presents an evenly balanced program. Opening with Frank and Beatrice Russell in @ neat acrobatic act on the rings and parallel bars, the next act presents a semi.comic sketech by man and woman who emulate the Bowery toughs of New York. Their “rough-neck” patter is funny. Ray- mond and Dwyer haye a singing and ' dancing sketch that is more novel, since Raymond has the part of a dog. Sounds funny, and it is. Four Dancing Fools finish up the program with as peppy a dance ex+ hibition as ope would care to see. Sunday night this theater will show two features: The Velled Woman, tfrom Myrtie Reed's famous story, A Spinner in the ' Sun, and Married’ People, featuring Mabel Ballin, | Starting Monday, Fox's super-pics ture Nero will open for a three days' run, .filmed in Rome and among, the beautiful resorts of the Italfan Alps, this is pictured against a back: ground that not only is beautiful but, «ls0 is historically true. The burn- ing of Rome, following one of Nero' tempestuous orgies, is the biggest| scene of its kind éver pictured on the silver sheet, 4 i CONFISCATE ARSFN AL, London Times Correspondent Writes of Activity of French. London, March 28.—The Duessel- dorf correspondent of 'the Times learhs that the I‘rench have confis- cated the ‘entire Deu!che Werk ‘at Beisburg. The plant which was formerly a government arsenal is now operated by a steel company which alleges that the ordinance under which the seizlire, | was made applies only to government property. Lon Bhaney N “Shadow” The Greatest Story Ever Told in Pictures FOOLS — 4 AT A 4 — DANC A GREL. |PARSONS’ | ’ HAETFORD Thurs, Fri, Sat. TPop. Prk'e Mat. Sat. Too Rietously Funny to escape attention. Nights 50c to $2.50. Mat. 50c to 82. Mail orders now, Seatd Tuesday The one musical comedy sensation that set Chicago and Boston's feet a dancing. FROM BOSTON EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK. | Tonight and Saturday A Real Treat! B. A. Rolfe Presents DiVito’s Orchestra Connecticut’'s Favorite’s in “A Melange of Melodies” Other Good Acts DOROTHY DALTON in “THE SIREN CALL” PEARL WHITE in “PLUNDER” Sat. Matinee Only CHARLIE CHAPLIN n “THE VAGABOND”