New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1923, Page 3

LAWLOR COMPOSED FAMOUS SONG HIT Actor at Palace Theater Wrote “Sidewalks of New York” . Charles B. Lawlor, composer of the internationally famous song “Side- walks of New York" which for 30 years occupied a warm spot in the hearts of music lovers, now 72 years of age and stone blind, is in this city playing an engagement at the Palace theater. This is Lawlor's second visit to New Britain. Several years ago, while he had his sight, he was tour- ing this circuit and played at the! ~ime house when it was under the management of the late Patrick 8. McMahon. Lawlor and Mr. McMahon were warm personal friends. He is accompanied on his present tour by his daughter, Miss Alfce Law- lor, who also takes part in the act and adds much grace to the show. £he has been in the show husiness for a number of years, playing with her father and a sister in a vaude-| viile skit prior to the time that he was afflicted with the loss of. his eyvesight, “Sidewalks” and “Al" Smith. The return of Lawlor to the vau- deville stage after many vears of re- tirement and with “Sidewalks of New York" as the feature of his act, is closely linked with the political life of Governor "“Al" Smith of New York. The song was written some 29 years ago and was still an internationadly popular air when *“Al” Smith was a newsboy and assistant to a fish dealer, mingling with the urchins who trod the sidewalks in New York's east side. | When Governor Smith entered the| to | weighed within an ounce of each | velopment keeps apace. names are? BOYS SIGN PLEDGE, PAY A political field his supporters began D]ME’ SIT IN BLEEGHERS from the sidewalks of New York and ' Lads No Longer Climb Trees or Peek it was thought that the inserting of | They ar Left to right they are: Ford, Gladys and Margaret. But only they know themselves@part So what’s the difference what their These three daughters of George Ferguson Jr. of Leesville, | La., began life at the same time 11 years ago. They always have other and their educational de- e exceptionally bright in school. four year old Weathervane at the As- cot meet, It was the youngster's ninth victory on the turf. Jockey, saddle, harness and all other impedi- ments carried by Weathervane weigh- ed only 96 pounds. Ingham's father, a chemist at Ep- T0SCANO SEEKS DIVORCE Musician Names Former Real Estate Dealer As Corespondent—Says Wife Is in Trenton, N. J. Thomas F. Toscano has instituted | divorce proceedings against his wife, Assunta Leonora Perry Toscano, and | has named as corespondent in !hn‘ | suit, G. Chiodi, a former local real estate and foreign exchange dealer | whose offices were in the old Lee| { building at the corner of Main and | Lafayette street, Toscano alleged mis- | conduct and claims that his wife left| the city wth Chiodi and is now liv-| ing with him at Trenton, N. J,, where | he is in business. The Toscanos were | arated November 19, 1921 While in the defendant’'s brother, Francis Per- | ry, and lived with the Toscanos. Eighty-seven universities and col- leges of the United States offer sum- mer courses. i VACATION FILMS SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED TO STRANGERS BRING THEM TO OHRNSTEDT’S MR. W. B. RETZ Plainville won the $5.00 photo finishing married September 9, 1914, and sep- | @ this city Chiodi was fn business with | f MACKAY & WALLIN “The Furniture and Drapery Shop” 63 MAIN STREET ' Next to Methodist Church | Announcing Our July Sale of Refrigerators, Couch Hammocks and Porch Rockers PORCH ROCKERS—Priced at— 3.50 $4.75 . $5.95 BABY CARRIAGES AND GO-CARTS — All re- duced. Go-Carfs priced $l 1.75 as low at ..... COUCH HAMMOCKS All Reduced, at following | Prices— . $19.80 ' $ $16 00 Hammocks reduced to $14.40 $12.50 Hammocks reduced to .. .... $1 1.25 22,00 Hammocks reduced to . YOUR VACATION NEEDS IN " TRUNKS, BAGS and SUITCASES A Large Selection, Rgasonably Priced Only seven more refrigerators to close out in our July Sale. Every one reduced. A top $22 50 . lcer, 45 pound capacity, reduced to P | gom, reared his boy to be a jockey,| i Y s | even though another son was killed | ticket this week. Bring in your | at the age of 13 while riding on the ! " Downe, Lhis! horae atrikingagainst ' .next film al‘ul look for your name in next Friday’s paper. a post and throwing the youth to his : ) Ohrnstedt’s death, 72 WEST MAIN ST. A a few lines from that song would Through Knotholes To carry across a good idea. Smith al- ways had a liking for the song and wherever he went it was played and Greenwood, 8. C., July 20.—Green- sung. Partly as a sequence of the|wood's boys no longer climb trees or election and partly because it is one raise their volces in protest at deci- of the old time airs that are coming |slons of umpires of the Carolina base- back into favor, “Sidewalks of New | ball league as seen through knotholes York" has again caught the public/in the fence. “The Keyhole Boys" fancy and as a result Lawlor is back have moved inside and now do their | Rambouillet, July in vaudeville. | protesting from the first base line. |Henry Gouraud commander of the | song Written in, 20 Minutes Visions of the days when inability | Fourth French army who is in the: The song was written in a Third |to raise a quarter kept him and his | United States today was appointed | avenue hat store, March 4, 1894.friends from getting more .than a |military governor of Paris by the| Lawlor had dropped in to converse|stolen glimpse of their favorite team |cabinet councll. He succeeds Gen, with a friend of his and began strum-|in action brought about formation of | Berdoulat, _Finally he an-|the “Knothole Boys' Club* here by View Games GEN. GOURAUD NAMED 20. — General | 177 MAIN STREET ming a few notes. nounced that he had an idea for a song and in less than 20 minutes, while his friend was taking care of customers, Lawlor had written the song and its words on a piece of store paper. He sang it to a group of ac- tors and they approved of It, He then took it to a publisher and in short time thousands of copies were rolling off the presses, Although he held the royalty rights and collected on fhe song up to ahout two years ago, he realized less than $5,000 on the internationally acclaimed song hit. Lawlor Is the composger of many songs of a score of years ago but none reached the height of “Sidewalks of New York,” which was his first at- tempt at song writing. The “veteran actor has been on the stage 45 years. He came to Ameri- ca from Ireland in 1869. His first job was running an elevator; next he was singing in a combination club room and safe and finally he decided to go on the stage. He took the part of a gulde in “The Panorama of Ire- land,” then was a soloist in dramatic productions. Tater he joined Jim Thornton and together they toured the country as the famous team of ILawlor and Thornton. After the com- bination ceased to exist, Lawior and Lis two daughters went out in their own act and for several years proved a big hit. It was while he was work- ing with his two daughters that Law- lor last played New RBritain. AERIAL FLIVVERS' SPEED Experimental Glider Fitted With Twin Engines Hits Speed of 65 Miles An Hour at Altitude of 2,500 Feet. London, July 20--Last year's dream of aerial flivvers has come true. An experimental glider fitted with twin engines of five horsepower and two tiny propellors has, in its first test flight, hit up a speed of 65 miles an hour and attained a height of 2,500 feet. The flight was made from the airdrome at Lympne, with two hours after the little plane had been unpack- ed from a motor lorry. It seemed essy to assemble the many parts and not at all difficult, from a financial standpoint, to keep it-in the air, the gasoline consump- tion being much less than for a small automobile, The propellors, each a yard in length, are at the back of the front plane, where a chain connects them with the engine. The pilot sits in front. The span of the front wings measures only 33 feet, and the length | from head to all is 12 feet, There is hardly any undercarriage, the landing | wheels being attached to the body itself. This new glider will be entered in the various Furopean gliding con- tests this summer. These are sure to produce even greater sensations than | those of a year ago, since in the in- terim the use of small powered en- glnes in airplanes has made distinct progress. DISMANTLE 62 SALOONS, Hartford, July 20.-— Recoming frightened at the warning of_ State's Attorney Alaorn that he intended to| use freely the padlock provisions of the prohibition law where convictions were obtained against violators, 62 saloonkeepers are dismantling their places, and yesterday it was stated that only a few saloons are open for business. A few weeks ago Chief Justice Wheeler of the supreme court of er- rors talked to state's attorneys and, it is understood, called their atten- tion to the increasing prevalence of bootlegging, liquor selling and al- leged inertia in prosecuting cases. The state’s attorneys held a confer- ence and Mr. Alcorn made the first move by publicly warning saloon- keepers that it was his intention to use the injunction to close places * lalways try to obey it.” Joel 8. Bailey, president of the Green- | wood Baseball club and a member 'of | the local Rotary club. As a result the | Greenwood Rotary club took up the | plan as a part of its boys' work pro- | gram. i For the sum of 10 cents and pre- | sentation of a card issued when he | [ ] ! signs a pledge, any boy in Greenwood can join the club. The pian i5.to get | every boy In town into the baseball | | park“and the resuits, it is said, have | been-so good that the Rotary club is | | planning to enlarge the bleacher sec- | | tton “assigned to the hoys. - The pledge the boys sign follows: “I will attend Sunday school every | Sunday, except in case of sickness. I | will not use curse words. 1 will not | gamble. 1 will not le. T will be | | honest. 1 will live a clean life. T have | sewed on—and once on, THE AUTOYRE CO., OAKVILLE, CONN. FAST- ENER SNAP L2 Never cuts the thread or wears loose. Quickly and easily it is on for good. Avoid the annoyance of loose unsightly snaps. Insist on the So.E-Z Snap Fastener. 10cfortwelve. Atnotion counters everywhere. “It Stays Sewed”! ‘vead, or had read to me, the above obligation and I promise that T will | | Membership in the club and atten- |ance at the ball games does not pre- | | clude the occasional visits to “Gran- | | dam'’s out in the countr or frequent | [trips to the “old swimmin’ hole.” Ior | Ithe Carolina leagne teams play only | | on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and | | Fridays, YOUTHFUL JOCKEYS | St | Patter of Tiny Feet is Making Its Tm- | i press on British Racing as it Has | | | | . Done in American Movies, { | | | 20 The patter of impress on just as it has London, July tiny feet is making its British racing history. done in American movies and Russian One of the jockeys to he seen | | flylng around the race tracks near| London is only 12 years old. Another after having had to be satisfied with coming in second several times last| year, is now reaping the fruits of his| | long struggle to succced by riding| winners. He is just 14 years old His name is Stafford Walter Henry | Ingham and he hasn’'t a whisker on his face, but his master has. For his master is King George. The king was | el eyl watching the kid the other day when | New Britain Buick Co. he achieved the most glorious triumph | | Boswell & LaGoy, of his “career,” winning the famous e Royal Hunt cup on _his majesty's e | chess. A. G. Howke 2 Elm Unionvil | AJAX CORD, ROAD KING, PARAGON‘ 8. & F. Motor Sales, Corp,, 155 Elm Street, New DBritain. ’I'HEY have set new high standards in mileage, good-looks and non-skid security. You will find them thoroughly depend- able. Street, New Britain. Britain, ew Britain, Conn. lle, Conn. 0., Forestville, Conn. le, Conn, We will not resort to “High-Phrased Sales” or and the goods are yours. 365 MAIN STREET which persisted in seling liquor. LAST CALL Our entire stock of JEWELRY, SILVERWARE and IVORY must be sold at any price, during the next two or three weeks. Our plans for re- modeling our store are ready and the jewelry stock must go. Auctions. We simply offer yon DEPENDABLE JEWELRY AT YOUR OWN PRICE. Step in and examine quality and designs; then set your own price within reason HENRY MORANS Directly Opposite Myrtle St. | SATURDAY—LAST DAY | — OF ANNUAL — Felt, Taffeta, Canton Crepe, Satin and Fabric Combinations THESE ARE ALL SUMMER HATS — | $5.75—$6.75 —HOSIERY Be sure and get your supply Saturday—Ilast day of the sale. brands of first quality Stockings are included in t All our regular Below are only a few of the many items: Odd lot of broken Thread Silk Stockings $1.00 $2.25 Onyx Pointex Full Fashioned Silk bkl colors ... Kramer and Lehigh Full Fashioned Silk Stockings, black and $1.65 colors $2,50 Heavy Ingrain Silk Stockings, lisle top, black and all $2 15 . colors