New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1923, Page 4

Adele Garrisen's Why Mrs. Durkee At First Felt Relief and Then Fear With a smile at the delicious ab surdity of “Her Pluffiness,” 1 turned the pages of the 1 Adireetory until 1 eame to the nad given me “Dr. Philip Foxham tadnth street 1 read mAn you mean? “Yes, oh yes " she repied “WHll you telephena him please® You'll know what tn say him 50 mueh hetter than 1 wil “Rlatterer 1 said, smiling, as | took down the receiver and gave the number of a Gramerey exchange The criap, yet pleasant voice of a woman, evidently a secretary or office nurse, answered **This 18 Dir. Foxham's office, yes' There was the slightest upward in flection, and then a pause, She wasted no time on questions. 1 de- eided approvingly “1 am l[mukw! for Mrs. Marvin, 1, 1 ‘“Tell him a friend of the late Mrs Tarkins, of Madison avenue,” Mrs. Durkee prompted in a stage whisper, and 1 relayed the information with an impatience which 1 eancealed from my little friend Nothing so annoys me as to have some talking to me when [ am telephoning. “Yes?" Again that faint upward in- flection as 1 paused “Isn’t He There?" “She wishes to know if it will he possible for her to make an appoint- ment for this afternoon. She is much ephone name she Fast 1s that Vigh the cagerly Madge, to Durkee, of one troubled by pain underneath her arm, | and she wishes a thorough examina- tion."” 0 “Please hold the line.’ I will find out." Unconseiously 1 relaxed into the “at rest” position one adopts when wait- ing for a telephone message, and Mrs. Durkee's cyes widened in appre- hension. “Isn’t he there?" she agged “Yes, yes,' 1 reassured "her. “The person who answered the telephone is asking him about it." Her foot began tapping restlessly upon the floor. and I was again im- pressed with her extreme nervons- ness. 1 would have my work cut out for me, 1 told myself grimly, in the Interval between this minute, and that in which 1 should turn her over to hdr family. The voice of the office woman was welcome when I next heard it. “Dr. Foxham will see Mrs, Durukee at 2 o'clock this afternoon,” she said with clear, slow enunciation. “At 2," 1 repeated. “Thank you,' and the receiver at the other clicked before T hung Mrs. Durkee had risen to her feet. and her hands were clasped in trem- ulous, frightened .fashion against her breast. Mrs. Durkee Helps “Does that mean he'll see me at 22" she asked breathlessly, and at my af-| firmative nod, she held out her handa to get Cuffy today? to me with a pathetic little gesture. “1—I—wish I—hadn't,”” she said. New Phase of I'm afraid, Madge swiftly to trembling little holding them frmiy I1f you den't stop this nonsense, | won't g0 with yeu one step,” | seold oA, stooping 1o kiss her face, how over, as | did a0, “Now, I must hur ry and things up here will be coming back here after g0, but my packing won't take long. We're anly living in suit casen here —we keep moest of things out home and Mother Graham pareel posts us anything we need Tust curl up on that eoueh while 1 fax around,’ as Mra. Ticer says." Indeed, 'l not,” she said decided T should go wild Iying here and Give me an apron, and I'll stralght through with only don't leave me her, and took mine clear noe use o Iy thinking help right everything, alone “All right,” 1 acquiesced, witheut further demur, for 1 saw that she was right—work would be the thing for her. And so for the next half-hour we washed and wiped dishes, made Dicky's bed and put everything in the little apartment in order. Then | spread some newspapers on Dicky's bed, set my traveling bag and suit. casc on them, and taking down my clothing, began to pack for my jour- ney “I'd only take a bag." I explaingd, “hut almost every gown I haye here needs mending or cleaning, and T've | been g0 busy I've neglected them, so| T'm taking them home with me." “I think yon're very wise," she re- plied grimly, “with those awful-look- ing people in the back, I wouldn't leave a thing worth taking. RBut,” as 1 swnng a wardrobe door wide, Iy you're not going to leave Dicky's evening clothes for somebody to steal while you're gone." HOME A | BIG APPETITE. Cufty Bear was home again. And of course his father asked him how it happened that he hadn't stayed | with Aunt Sally. end | up my own.| “She wouldn't keep me any long- er,” Cuffy explained. “S8he expected you to ceme for me today, because it's just a week since you took me to her den."” Mrs. Bear pricked up her ears at Lhin. P'phraim band. “Did you " she said to her hus- “No!” Mr, Bear answered. I'm sure 1 didn't promise.” Letter From Sally Atherton to Her what Friend, Beatrice Grimshaw. Dear Bee: Romeone tells something has said that everybody to evervone and + these people should get together and the things told them be summed up, it would be found that everyone has 1d all the secrets of her inmost part. er, in all the sgtand why 1 does anyone one marries?) Oh yes, | know dearest boy in all the have always known that he drank to excess, but I thought now that prohibition was here, he could not get liguor 1 wrote you with his hoss and the next home to dinner waited for him the torments of the damned The next about 4 o'cloek, when I had just ahout made up my mind to ring up the o and see if he had gotten there on time, a eall came to me from the psycho- pathic ward of the Goad Samaritan hospital Sam had been taken there about 3 o'clock morning absolutely paralyzed from drink. He had got- ten hold of something that was poi- sonous and, Ree, 1 think he has lost his sight. At least at the pres- ent moment he is totally blind and 1 am trying to hold my job and keep him in the hospital Perhaps | am hard, way 1 do not feel at or pitving Sam unhappiest woman world 1 do not under- married. (By the way really understand why 1 am the Sam is the world and I that about his drinking Weall that started him, aight he did not come All night long 1 and, Ree, 1 suffered the in Ree, but seme like exensing Tickets for Sale— . might happen, but like any | other gerson who dallies with temp- 1 said tation, he thought he was going to skirt around the consequences. Fverybody is always ready to apply the law of compensation to everyone else but himself. And Bee, to make the matter worse, 1 had a call from Sam’s hoss this morning. He told me he took Sam out to luncheon especially to tell him that he thought he was drinking teo much When 1 asked him if he had not offered Sam a drink at the same time that he gave the warning, with- oue even having the grace to blush, he said, "Why, of course, I always have a cogktail or a highball with my meals, but 1 can afford ta buy gand liguor and Sam ean't.” Ree, then and there T made up my mind that no man was worth one heartache. Mr. White thought he was partienlarly generons when he said, 1 will pay vou Sam’'s salary for the next two weeks. Ry time it will he definitely known whether he will recover from his hlindness. Of course, if he does not he cap't expect to be a pensioner on my hounnty all his life as he has only himself to blame for all this trou. ble." “He won't expect it, Mr. White” "1 hepe you will exeusse me T am leaving the house to husband at the hos. him of your gen- now ns go and see my pital. 1 will tell erons offer.” 1 supposa are perfectly happy. terrible thing T did that sueh an unhappy sent to me, Tour despairing friend, BALT Ieslie and her husband 1 wonder what to enrage Fate ot should be hands ir There | our best | “wure. | “No! that | BRITAIN DAILY Wel o pre im today* My Promise ¢ ahe te me f Perhaps she did ineasily. “T didn't pay what she maid. | nim stay with her at You know, Afty.one wonidn't have made mueh Mrs. Fear gave her sharp ook T'm wiad him after. Anyhow. fally has already knows." Mr. Bear seemed somewhat abaut that What have you've heen away? he asked his son Aunt Sally has heen trying teash me tn live without fond told his father | What's that®" ‘Say that again!" Cuffy repeated the news 1 Sakes alive!"” shrieked his mother you to sald to year ntend east a weeks difference Cufty's home, no Aoubt o you learned eried Mrs, Rear. “its for Caffy” Mrs. Bear cAlled to him. “I thought the child What sort of Sally, Fphraim “She's a big, fat told his wife. He comfortable, “Then she she teaches” Mra Bear declared right down at the table, Cuffy. looked r I can catch it.” Mr. Bear. “I'm still hungry."” | "I think—" Mrs. Bear renliad——‘l jowing to the fact that many women think that Cuffy needs all the food l'go to the mountains in th® summer can find." too much all this late hour,” Mr. Bear objected. Cuffy's mother said no more, | went out of doors. she came back with a porcupine. “There!"” | thie dainty in front of Cuffy. .yourself!" | Mr. Bear hurried to the table. “It's all for Cuffy,” Mrs. called to him. He turned away with a sigh. “How did you leave Aunt Bally?" HERALD, MONDAY, nise, did Rear b mueh attention ot ] mare hushand a she taid 1,8hall keep him at home here. your Aunt taught him all she Aoubt P while n Cufty thin, person is your Aunt| lady,” Mr. Bear| lookad very un- doesn't practice what | “8it give you a big nuwper Just as soon MA “Catch something for me, too," md‘ “I wouldn't be safe for him to eat| rough sports apparel, at once—especially at but | In a little while she exclaimed as she set “Help | Bear | MAY 14, 1023, Mr, Rear asked Cuffy when he had finished pleking the poarcupine's nes. T hope she's feeling well fhe wamn't feeling very well when oft her,” Cuffy answered | "What appeared to he the matier with her®™ his father inquired fhe was standing her head right where she tumbled off a ledge,” Cuffy explained, “She was stuek be twean two recks." Wh Rear aried "Oh, yea! She could wave her feet in the ale" . ‘My gnodness!” Mr. Rear bellawed We must go and help her, Come on!" (Copyright, 1928, by Metrapolitan Newspaper Serviee.) T Couldn't she move®™ Mr. H ; . ten hy the press MRS, VALENTINO AT LYCORUM, Jean Acker Valentino, disearded first wife ¢f Rudoiph Valentine, open- ed at the Lyceum theater this after- noon in a great movie sensation, “The Woman In Chains.” On the same bill is Round 3 of Fighting Bleod, that L ) | e tale e prige ring by Gossip’s Cornes|) r=a. e o s voe o7 ¢ L“_— Sammer Drink A pleasant summer drink made from combining juiee with iced tea. ment novelties For the last half of the week the famous Ben Turpin in “The Shriek of Araby,” a roaring burlesque on “The Bheik,” will e one of the features whieh an all star vaudeville bill will be headed by Miss FEdna Richards, late prima donna of the Tom Carroll musical comedy shaw and easliy one of the momt brilliant soloists to ap- | pear on any local stage, She will be | here for three days only, preceding her starting on a vaudeville tour. may he loganberry Wateh the Neadles Re sure to put your needles in the hion when you finish with them. Leaving them around where they ma become embedded in upholstery s | dangerous, Soug Relts The extremely low and rather snugly drawn-in belt line i Appearing In Increasing numbers, accompanied AN augmented orchestra under the, by talk of its becoming the dominant 7Airection of Antonio Bafunno, is an style note in fall froeks for children, Mwnllv attractive feature with Ed, — Wynn, "“The Perfact Fool," who House Reantiful comes to Parson's theater for three 1t you will wipe off the sills and | Nights only, commencing Thursday, door knobs every day with hot seap May ! with Saturday matinee, | suds ft will make a great difference | "“Tony, he is popularly reterred in the appearance of your house. |to among his many associates, I8 a | musician and djrector. of unusual abil- If Rog Carls Up |1y, He, has to his credit many musi- | I your rag rug curls up on nw’cll successes, ‘among them “Some- | | floor, sew a small weight such time,” in which Ed Wynn was fea- taflors use for coats on each mm»r}m"d some vears ago during its New and it will lie perfectly flat. York run the (‘uino Six Nurses to (,raduate From Training' School | Six nurses at the New Britain gen- cral hospital's training school for | nurses will graduate from that insti- |tution May 23. Appropriate. exer- cises will be held at the Camp school. The graduates are Misses Eatelle Sova, Forence Robertson, Franeis |Juckneiwicz, Anna Carmody, of New | Fritain; Mae Kamens, of Terryville |and Ida Wagner, of Woodcliffe, N. J PARSONS—HARTFORD, Odor of Onions Running cold water will remove the !/ odor of onions from the hands, sun Pnpulnr The camel's har skirts, so much | worn in the fall, are still popular | where the outdoor life necessitates | Hats and Sashes Many of the new leghorn garden hats have the crowns sashed in geor- | gette, the georgettn sash being pulied | through the crown base and allowed to fall over the shoulder to the knees, Miss Tsabell Flannigan of New Haven and Miss Marguerite M. O'Brign of Middletown were elected committee on arrangements for social affairs during the coming vear at the annual reunion and luncheon of the class of 1916, New Britain school, at the Hotel afternoon. - ASPARAGUS WITH CHIFFONADE DRESSING . IS Miss Marie Shea were the members | THE YOUNG LADY AGROSS THE WAY | i promise Aunt Fnlly‘ |she supposed of course Sarah Bern- hardt woutd be buried in Westminster Abbey and she doesn’t think her fel- low countrymen did the great nctrnu full justice at the last, grain and vegetable starches. In the long, digested. They are chan “dextrins” and the most successful baby foods. Many people huve trouble caused e Nuts has been famous for a quar- The young lady across the way savé What to Eat and Why Making a Big Word an Easy Part of Your Diet Car-bo-hy-drates make up about 60 per cent of the average diet. They produce heat and e ergy, delightfull, They are largely secured from Eemzmg, made tmfl slow bnkil;g which Grape-Nuts is luced from wheat and malted burley, the grain starches are partially pre- to/ten lacking in modern, “refined” “maltose”—forms | foods, of Carbohydrates so easy to di- gest that they form the basis of! digestive lood-starch in its original orm, but Grape- ter-century for its exceptional ease of digestion, and assimilation, and ! Creek RY BERTHA E. SHAPLEIGH of the retiring committee. Following | i |the luncheon several piano and vocal @f Columbia [University |solos were given hy Miss Ethel Mur- [phy and Miss Lillian Spensel. five alumnae were present. Allow six stalks of asparagus to each serving. Trim the. stalks, cut- ting off all the hard part, to be used A.large tuning-fork is now being in soup. Remove the scales, a 10n8 |yseq by some. doctors in .diagnosing process but one which pays, making |giseases of the nerves. jthe stalks™ much more delicate. | Steamn the stalks until tender, cool and serve with the following sauce: One-half cup olive oil; three table- spoons vinegar; one hard-boiled egg, finely chopped; one-half teaspoon .choppad onion; one tablespoon of | chopped green pepper; one tablespoon chopped red pepper: one teaspoon salt; one-half teaspoon paprika; one- ejghth teaspoon black pepper. Mix all the above ingredients to- gether, place in a eold place until ready to serve, Beat for a minute before pouring it over the asparagus. | ——e——— | PARSONS’ THEATER Hartford, 3 me-s mmnr. THURSDAY Satarday. Seats 'l‘um.rw—-!n Phone Orders. Mail Orders Now. A. L. FErianger Preseats Palace STARTING NEXT SUNDAY " Rupert Hughes" 2 Acta—10 Reenes of Grandear. | Book, Musie, Txvic hy Fd Wynn, Staged by Jullan Mitchell. Direction B. C. Whitney. Fves., 50c-82.50—Mat., 50¢-§2.00. its splendid, building nourishment. It is a food for strength and en- crisp and appe- by the same formula which firat zrought this by | charm for taste and aid to health to the world’s dining table. Grape- Nuts contains the iron, phosphorus jand the essential vitamin, so of- by 'fl“ PLAYIVG CHARLES RAY ‘ias Juits Caesar’ SM'KLES CHUCKLES ROARS JARANTEED Many servings of real food value in a package of this eco- nomical food. At your grocer’s to- day —ready to serve with cream or milk, Grape-Nuts — the Body Builder. “There’s a Reason.” Made by Pout;x{m Cereal Co,, Inc., Battle , Mich, -VAUDEVILLE ACTS THURSDAY—TOM MIX Listen, To This AN OLD FASHIONED MINSTREL SHOW MONDAY, MAY 21ST, GIVEN AT FOX'S BY THE E. B. C. ENTERTAINERS — TRAINED SINGERS — 333 LAUGHS -— SOMETHING NEW AT EVERY TURN. MATINEE AND EVENING. All Bible Class Members At Crowell’s Drug Store V'"Ltl mflll""f“] 'I Imnll rdVe X Uuless otherwise indiented. thewtvi al #oties winl reviews & this colvin & wrli for e reopertive smuscmont compeay. superior sort of vaudeville whieh in.| troduees all the latest stage rnu-ru!nv' Normal | Bond Saturday | Miss Marie Marchese and | Forty- | —vww ""'Illl»,. \L R | inging and CHARLES RAY AT POX'S Charies Ray in “Alias Jullus Cas S one of his most subtie comedies with plenty of laughs, & few real theills and a phipitating romance. opened at Fax's this afterncon for & three daps’ rup in conjunction with four acts of the snappiest sort af vau devilie, As a backgreund for all this there is the usual reels with another of the Raby Peggy comadies, 'Taking Orders.” Read and Maye have a pretty littie danfing reviie of their |own. Relle Kover is & blues speelal- HAROLD LILOYD RIOT-PALACE, | Harold Lieyd's “Safety Last™ at the Palace last evening, where it opened a four day run, registered one of the | higgest hits that has ever been seen | here, It was one continuous seream of laughter and thrill upen thrill all the way through the pleture and no doubt hundreds laft the theater lll' evening with sore ribs from laughing. The big thrill is provided when Har- old climbs the face of & twelve mory | building and gives to the sereen the | greatest bit of acting ever depe in the movies before, He runs into all kinds of obstacles on his way up to the top and causes the entire audjence [ to gasp for breath at his dare-devil | | stunts and narrow escapes from death | |twelve stories below, But the eom- | | edy is not all theills, There is a real | story, a delightful story, with pretty little Mildred Davis, now Mrs. Harold | lloyd, the young lady in the case, | The first scenes of the comedy take place In a department store in a big| city where Harold has gone to make his fortune. His trouble commences | when the girl, thinking "he has ac- | quired a fortune already, comes lfl‘ town to marry him. And what a time | Harold has! The haughty floorwalker in the store glares while Harold tries | to get his la love out of the bulld- | ing and at the same time pretend to her that he is the general mlnu'r.J As the boy, Harold is at his best and has a huge bag of new tricks up his | sleave and a recklessness in facing Idnnn-r that is amazing. You really| | cannot afford to miss “Safety last,” | | it's ‘Harold's best and the comedy will make your sides weak from laughing. | | There will be special shows for achool | | ehildren after school at 4:15. Tn ad- | ditlon to the featurs there will be four acts of excellent Keith vaude. ‘\'illo On Thursday the bill changes ‘land brings Alice Brady, Nita Naldi | and David Powell in “Anna Ascends,” | and starting next Sunday “Souls P‘nr‘ | Bale” will be offered with 43 famous { stars, % | | A new type of airplane being built | |for the British navy can attain a |maximum speed of between 130 and {140 milés an hour. Poli's PALACE | HARTFORD THIS WEEK - The New POLI PLAYERS {Starring ARTAUR HOWARD and MARY | ANY DENTLER, with the | porting cast cver back of a Stock Or‘In- | Dration in' Hartfard. ‘AL. H. WOOD'S Big Farce Comedy Success | Getting Gertie's Garter | Matines Daily, 2:15—Fvening, 8:15. Popalar Prices Prevail ist and her program touches the high spots in the latest jase singing. Fea turing all of the o “biues”, Miss Kover sings these peenllar American songs in 4 way that they have not heen sung hefore on any lneal stage The Versatile Trio offers vauderille a 1a carte and plenty of it. Brown and Flaine do bits of everything, with lote of wise cracks and Fnappy comedy | dialogue. Lovers of the wild westarn pletures will he glad to learn that Tom Mix, famons western specialist, will he seen | for the last three days of !hn week in “3 Jumps Ahead" TONIGHT, TUES., WED, "The King of Laughter In His New Seven Reels of Screams and Thrills HAROLD LLOYD SAFETY LAST The Greatest Comedy Hit in Years You'll Hold Your Breath at the Hair-Raising Hazards " of Harold Special Reenforced Seats for Hysterical People! Come and Get the Biggest Laugh and Thrill You Ever Got in Your Life! KEITH VAUDEVILLE 4—Splendid Acts—4 A powerful photo-drama KERR SISTERS KAT-KNAPS — Now Playing — Mrs. Rodolph Valentino i “The Woman in Chains’ of romance, adventure, love and suspense LYCEUM VAUDEVILLE BABY EDNA WORTH WAITIN’ FOUR — Fighting Blood — THURSDAY — in Five reels FRIDAY BEN TURPIN SATURDAY “THE SHRIEK OF ARABY”’ of roars Tickets Exchanged at Crowell's, May 16, at 9 a. m.