New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1925, Page 5

= i QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any «uestion of fact or information by writing to the Questlon Editor, New Fr\mln Herald, Washington Bureau, 2 New Y n)k avenue, Washington, ']7 C4 enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- ftended research bo undertaken, A ether questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor, Q. for as house plants A. They thrive 1 of sand, loam and leaf molq require de and plenty of water, XKeep the soll damp, Give them only a moderate ng sun. Q. I there such a thing as color- ed snow A. Yes, Tt has been seen in Greenland and on the mountains in amount of the morn- Southern Europe. The usual color is red or green, the due to minute organisma konwn Protococcus nivalis, A yellowish DOsit has also been precipitated from &now, which examination has shown to be the pollen of pine trees, Q. What is papyrus? A It w the ancient F facture a s strips of yptians. In its manu- ver of thin longitudinal the gtem or pith PApYIUS plant was overlaid with a similar layer at right angles. These were then soaked in water, pressed and dried 1o form a sheet Q. How can the Iettering cloth flour sacks he removed? Try bolling them in the fol- lowinz solution: 1 cup two gallons of cup of washing powder, on water, one Boil for thirty minutes and Jet the sacks re- main until cold. Rinse well and h by freezing, or drying in the sun. This process may have to b repeated, depending upon tho strength of the dye used for letts ing the sacks Q. When the Indian speaks of “a sleep” what Iie mean? A. Indians refer to a night as “a sieep”. They often speak of “three sleeps” for “three nights.” Q. Can vou deseribe | 1= ve Manor,” the Washington an- ral home in Northamptonshire, England? A. A deseription taken from Washington Irvin's Life of George Washington reads as follows: “The writer of these pages visited Sulgra tome years since. It was a quiet rural neighborhood, where the farm- rior houses were quaint and antiquated. | *T\° A part only of the manor house re mained, and was inhabited by farmer. The Washingten crest, in | colored glass, was to be seen in a \vm‘lm\' what was now the but- . A window on which the whole | of in a mixture They s the writing paper of of the How should begonlas be cared | coloration being | household | al | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD SA TURDAY, DECE IBER 12, 1925, Q. How many kindergartens in @ Al o Sy ; " PRk TR ! e Qm.i i lienet 1 \[; ’I‘I:ZA nNISSEN The \\cddmg Song” to 1 :;ml’, at tickets already are ,“']"' 1y Tronson in “A - Kies for s o 5 N on sale at the Capitol where the an. | Cinden average attendance at hese schools? | Bo Lyceum Feature |1t/ New voasibrc viieratha uns | What state leads in the number of Tho story dealing with a band of | saged again this year, Al keats Wednesday and Thursd Yy oat U kindergartens and attendanc crooks who plan to rob a young |are reserved and ton big Keith nets fo1oe L i S A. The blennial survey of the |~|xxn.lcr u( pearls worth a milllon |ura listed as yart o Ui Giitertan T e Lo OOKEU R EM etrocOIRI AN | Burcau of Education as to the kind- ed fnto “Tho Wedding | ment LA ) al- production, *Ihe Ludy of the Night, ;-’mnvlr ne u; u,,‘l Il|||r\£ M“t;s m]r 7 wu: iy powerful sercen — A AR \” R [ sehools withan average datly atend-| 10 (06 ame ol Love a[‘-md Tiohirl Ataadie S | o Grei Niswen, a beautitul Swedish - William Farnun in “Fie End of (h . 366,718 bl ! A 4 ) Which Onens & | gir} and & new comer to the screen, |Iradl.” Iriday and Saturday 18 an nee of 366,718 out of an enrollment | C . l four days' showing at the 1 kes 1 | ; 1 ¢ 9. Now Y Al ) | makes her moviv bow at the Capi- other double-feature prog Th 018,810, New York leads with aDI[O tomorrow night.” The com ) Moty . in U Mo s A AR S R IORTA 1,418 schools, Tn these schools 122 teature fs Harry Carey | londay in “In the Name of John Golden icenss, Ihunder 1140 puplls are enrolled with an Monttmom Red (‘4,, l‘,'_' Y b n Love.” Ricardo Cortez plays op- Mountain,” and Edmund Lowe I ivoragy dully attontance of 64963 | T R M, tho Prince of Waies, | N0 10T Ted Gu chy* {aken from | posito her. The last halt of next “Marriage in Transit.” Iriday night | Q. What was (he Haton Affalr|had bottor look to! hia. laun ;m‘“‘. y |n’ Hu” Y.:v'r .u‘|| Ac- | week brings a film version of At the w monster ami | referred to in conneetion with the |Ricardo Cortez has gone into the | v fil " tho historical west-{osmo Hamilton's Brondway pro- teur carnival with several well {ndministration of ~ Presient Jack- | Prince busines | rn_country about which this au- |duction "An Exchangs of Wives” (known local stara on the bl inistrs L ) thor wrote, The news recls and se- | 1ew Cod 1 r B Thomas H 1 son? Admirers of this popular Para- | |oF WF | v and Eleanor Boardman ‘Thomas Halnes, a concdian of par | A, John I1. Faton of Tennessee, |mount player are certain to hail his ‘, ; ”1"“”]‘”“' » round out the bill. | have the leading parts, A8 already heen booked, also a loc I seain e BT wa o T e AL o ”:.rrolvv».‘ it '1 u”"u 1‘\,~\l-\\‘4.l( orchestra is billed for the evening [AncksoniaRcalingt Emairied, iin ifa20) mance; il thefNauiel of Tove i at IiEaS LR e L lraciiona s DNl B onalor1hiicaliheAlbas vandevit the daughter of a tavern keeper in|the (! wpitol Monday, Tuesday and | o "";"“ R EoRK N it bre the Capitol Monday | Harold Lloyd in “The Freshman® | Washington, who was not received | Wednesday as the finest .n:n.m,.u("”"” © of the ‘I-l|.l~“ mll the other |ty Civie Comady Four, with song |will remain a w Palace for fiv |in Washington soclety, Other mem- |ization of his meteoric carcer, 5 a suro-fire hit, “Paint and Pow- | ang mipth, 1ays. A two-reel picture, “The Wild {bers of the cabinet refused to at-| Tho portrayal Is that of an Ameri- | 07 S "‘"_,”\ nolad rafera — [ Animals of Borneo,” also shown on ftond reccptions at which she was|canized I'renchman who imperson- | foaUred "\VT"“ R ”\‘l'“l'“”;;'“’,::(' veral years ago Douglas Fair. N Program. is a very interesting present, and treated her 8o coldly |ates the Prince of Como, and i et and SUAT | panks appeared in o dashing Spantsh [S1U4Y of jungle life | ihat within a weeks she ceased | Latin features lend themselves well | 11OU0e8 - pieture “The Mark of Zorror | CDisode of the “Dlay L0 accont any, invitaflons, Whis lead - fo thia colorfulipact, while hishand- |\ SN0 Wedding Boned s Sone otz oty Syl S R 810 €IS Hongofonitna it aclaing Mrs, Eaton waffsomo face and manly physique, | C! DeMille's productions and it 10470, bin Hood who | i Calhoun, the wife of the Viee |garhed in the picturesque uniform of | '8 ¢laborately staged, The cast, be- | robbed tha vich to aid the poor, wae | One of th Iramas | President. President Jac rovalty, glve to the screen one of jtg | S1408 Leatrice - Joy and Robert |0 sman, ete, Now |¥et sercened jx “T lition," pathized with her and refus most fasclnating and magnetic per- | AMOS: ncludes Rosa Rudaml, the | wring in “Don Q' |an Emory Johnson production, and lieve storics that were (‘Iluul‘nul‘.m”‘“ fon) beautiful Italian girl whose part Is: L sequel to the |this is booked for carly showing at | concerning her character. He remon- | o theme of the story, based on t of a passionate island girl who | e asls i ¢ Lyceum. In “Madam Bohave," | strated with the Vice ~President, isada Cowan's modernized version of | 10V08 the hero. Ethel Wales, who | tol has booked this | Jullan Eltinge does his female fm Who replied that e could do noth-| Bulwer-Lytton's famous play, “The [ dPPeared in “The Covered Wagon,” | Lroduetion Others listed nclude | Personating act with & new angle ing. Martin Van Buren, a widower jady of Lyons” fllustrates the trath | 1Kewise 18 in the cast. The PICture | phorothy Gish in *“That Royle Girl™: | and this too, is 1o be brought to t |4 o friend of President Jack-|or that old adage, “absence makes 'S Packed with thrilling s uations 1 esally, “Trens and Mary,” from that |l¥yeeum soon as are saveral other | s d runu))lr“llvrvlfi attention 1041 heart grow fonder.” and {t also sad fo pr a fit al comedy; lon Chaney in |9f Ceell DeMille's attractions. !. ton. Some of his contempo- | Atar (o years in Ameries antidote for the blues Phantem of the Opera; | - | rarles clalmed that Van Buren Won {te; returng to his birthplace in| Hurriet JTamond, a sereen |mrhomas Meighan fn “Irtsh Luck™ | “Paint and Powder” which the Ms successlon to the Presidency b |jrance with the happy prospect of | S1ar badly injured two years ago in s courteous act. : marrying his childhood m\n!hnnv\?\n explosion, makes hier first re- | Q. Ts there a river in the United |yiiq Tiad promised to wait for him. | APRearance in the films with Harry | o States called Weeping Child Alas for love's young dream! He Carey in “The Man from Red There: I8 astrean n ""‘"‘1" discovers that she bhas become | Guleh,” the scenes of which are County, Montana, 80 named, accord. | o iieTs 0 - 1aid in the C: Siaos i . ' calthy, snobbish, and ambitious to | 1aid in the California Sicrras in the | Mg to tradition, from the ~circum- |t B 2. | days of 49 Sandy, a mincr, swears | CONTINUOUS | stances of an TIndian child '””“H Desperation, at first, finally glves | to avenge the murder of his pal by | B SHOW DAILY carrien ofl byjamountaln lon, caus. o ot B S e reaiit | Tasham, ol samblor. Mhal srmbler ing insanity in the mother. {that Cortez decides to masquerade as | entices the girl who Sandy loves to | RN e a Prince. How the deception is car- mpany him on a trip to find SUN—MON.—TUES.—WED. | ried out, the complications that en-| her long lost sister and then the |sue and the climax tuat devel ,,1 ilainy begins Sandy follows and is Double-Feature Bill | en the trick is cxposed are all | victorions in a most effectively | | Mrmmn. Hy and thrillingly depicted. | stager fight 8 AT THE PA! A[;E Greta. Nissen, the new ravishing | There is a disillusionment in the | [ 4 [Screen beauty, has the leading fem- | story of “Paint and TPowder” for | l | “.m,. role, while Wallace Beery and | those who hold the common views | ° b . Raymond Hatton, in the other two | of ihe off &tuge life of actors and |8 Th F h ] R H featured parts, prove their versatil- | actresses Here, for perhaps the |§ PRESENTS £ Krestman § héd y ity by combining comedy and vil-| first time, is a fair and thorough | lainy in masterful styie representation of the lives of those | 'Amflv arms was emblazoned had | heen removed to the residence of the actual proprietor of the manol Another relic of the ancient manc of the Washingtons was the rooke in a venerable grove hard by. Tl Tooks, those staunch adherents to old family abodes, cawed abont their hereditary family nests, In the pavement of the par- 1sh house we were shown a stone slab bearing effigies on plates of Liass of Laurence Washington, gent., and Anne, his wife, and their four sons and eleven daughters, The in- scription in black letters was dated | 1564, still hovered and | Q. Docs the President of tha United States hold a higher place in the ny of the United States | than a full General? A. The President of the United States is the Commander-in-Chief of the U. 8 Army and of course is higher in authority than a general. Q. What is verdizr A Ttis en crystallized sub stance of a mixture of several basic cupric aectates obtained by the a tion of dilute ac acid on copper; used as a y . in medicine, and in th Q. Is the Rtates a cruiser in the United called “The United Navy re have heen two vesse & Navy bearing this nam was a tailing frigate of tons carrying 44 guns, author, by act of C March 27, . It was used in the Naval War and War of 181 s lall up in ordina vy Yard on fire 1 when that yard Federal for: by Confe tirst ongross, with France In 1849 it w at Norfolk N It not destroy was ahandoned by the in 1851, 1t irmaments in view o 1 probahie SCTApPIr o raain [ tal ships. The treaty was fve on A dale the ¢ LIKF MOTH BAKING EDITOR New York { 1 wan opy it > cents in 1 § =an | NAME . ST & NO.or R R. T am a reader of the HERALD _— Very Funny | Howard Higgin, a neweomer in ) ; <on to f Mingled the reve and | proud of his initial cffort. | gaiety of ter opisoles It has become such a halit for mounted 1 lusurionsly | heart stir dy. Tt is o Harold Tloyd to make comedies of . the Name of Love" ap- ture that will hold onc's interes high grade of excellence that it s 1o the eye as well as the heart end, “The Mid lier, ems commonplace and savoring of | «ne vaudeville program will have | ihe same S e repetition to say that “The resh-|gvo good attractions headed by !surprise {hit 45 a breath- man,” which had its initial showing |y Libhy, Starrow and Co, i here yesterday at the Palace theater, - varjety, song and danee revus another link in his unbroken chain | e acts include the Wyomine £V [ fon, it Is the best of all of {them, Donias and Magkiave ‘charctar: ao= LU L that statement is made after eare-|magiang with a bright line of witand | ful reflection. “The Freshman' will | oS ey S50 T8 B RO o)1 o et ot remaln until Tuesday night novelty workers offering an oddity |and Mre. A 11 Grissnld of 1l As soon as the characters and the :m symnasties that is eleverly pre- | cipoeg 1 & former member of the atmosphere are well planted, thel 0. 000 Vecoy and Waiton | Guard here bt now laughs start in—at first gently, and noted skit artists who will offer = " then working up with increased vol- Momsnts with the Spirits, who entertai ume and veloeity, until your o eoreiy il o | have become one prolonged roz rown in for good measur We see Harold in his home, SR na e | e T r colleg plan. i B ’ “‘ v: r‘\"u":‘]'ll\;‘ for ‘)""‘“ :h Dost | Program, lLew Cody and Bleanor | vaudevi "“5‘ hi lm" ”"“ ihie W irdman will appear in “An Ex- | Keith's has hooked the popular l . Aol inge of Wives” with a new van navy drill team for two months and | come enough scenes on the fr H o show | Mo or e ation h given | | int irofice A j;jx: ';”g verival and | Tickets for the annual New Year's mon leave as o sort ot reerilt ""““:“1 ‘\" Uhis fondest dreams, |5ve Midnite Frolie are now selling. |ing stim There for he doesn't realize, in his sim- | Al S Bl Sk TR, i, v:‘ll aft flag plicity, that he’s been recognized earelor, In the 1 hey put on sa dub and is being kidded 1o« Honeymoon ('ruise al [ia g0 sRon s G Al as a dub an ¢ e There is excellent | o1 | these squads od to com- e B Parsons Xmas Week |16 in (i trns moe misins oo humor and hums erest in the | il udl c con- scene where he makes a speceh to s merry and melo- iest in_conn army- | the students while he has a kitten R e Sl e o | figeting under his sweator [ L b e N : took 1 eventh o e of the serial ind pretty girls—espeei place ane socond, Gris- ller ‘!“p sevoneh ,'“T:,‘ \( wiauatar Chirstmas time. All of [wold, a sailor from Willimantic and e ‘m\‘r .‘“n'fi‘ "m): study of the | * the holiday enterfainment the only Connecticnt hoys in the gram. A very interest Ay | LT ST AR wild animals of Borneo in two r 1 \} ‘u H‘l’\”i : l‘::" r‘fi”‘:..i completes the bill which is one of @ f we g | the ]nm« entertaining ever shown inning Monday, Deeem 3 ! Beitain ith matinees Wednesday Sl nrouniy: here in New Brita ] gL Saonadey i o G 3 ) ok s FLKS MINSTRELS COMING “v} : R N R Sk ol SRR T R (e S ) e : lodge ks will entertain at a | !he v‘_‘» Aegficle lfes and “Xeep | 3 e e e iopicn al g (BEowP | DANCE TONIGHT | | Elks' home on Washington stre .13‘ e ‘“‘}:P\H e [ ARCADIA | Monday night. The tronpe will ha ! picAn sl : fidioe four New DBritain entertainers, in- [ body from \‘_\ Do Music by e o e e e T [Etha RfanTous N Chesst e o o cluding Irancis 1‘ lynes i wll ‘vl;,v. Db T lont e ‘ Arcadia Jazz Boys |Cattahan as end men. and Jehn | York. @thors In the cast are Jo 2 O'Brien and John Kiniry as solo- L I S Adm. 50c iats e N oL Ning Laird, R A e e the | Virginia Dacon. Muricl Maione and | montgatgaben et Bos e | many other stage favorites of recog- | £ |Christmas fund of the Meriden :~:3’1 e t B0 EALGHA0 SR LCC 1\ ) lodge, Wedneaday, andl Thursaay (N2e0aBtlitss oS Sl o] cvenings this week, and scored o = passe musical comedy HARTEORD lecided hit. The £0 1sjopeninnly R heir p you will sce | ALL THIS to members of the lodge. indte work of 24 1 W R:10—TON A charity dance will be given at ! methiones Bed Myl Al e o Elks i ay for the bene- g el PIRST TIME HERE! e Elkn' hall Tuesday for the benos we of @ beautitul fawn. || Diceet from year's run in New Vork el Grristmnsptind SRt I be a score of tuncful || Messers. Shubert's Sensational Kevue [ia¥annits e pubiic iann ibamess OSBRSS IR i e pected that a large crowd will be |1t ; Sl Sdinele l I present, The committee in charge ‘”. e | has made an effort to make this a | h sl 20 on sl soclal as well as a financial success. | Lh¢ * Sr ot o ““] an 2 T lay mail orders will TCralanirn ety g dupticated | i ed and filed in rogular order R USED TO MAKE br To bLe e Chin cleverly by e | T ‘PARSONS’ —FAIR— OPENS TONIGHT ODD FELLOWS' HALL (Dec, 12 to 19) HAR! America’ DANCING & ENTERTAINMENT EACH NIGHT Pnteriainment Tonight SPENCER AND WILLIS Local Vaudeville Artists BOOK FOUN! o _WITH MISS NO 24 NED \lnl' Orders Now THEATER WRITTEN by AR LYRICS &y ARTHUR SWANSTROM+ MUSKC by CAREY MORGAN 0; Matinees, 50c to § TAS WE Beg. Mon.. l)ec. 21 TFORD Macs. ¥ri. (Xmas) and Sat. s Foremost Musical qumed5 Director,who staged the best Edition! of the Follies, offers his NEV SPECTACTULAR TWO-ACT MUSICAL COMEDY ONEYMOO CRUISE by PAUL GERARD SMITH DED on the VAUDEVILLE VERSION UR SWANSTROM A SUPERB CAST /NCLUDING | BODY FROM NOWHERE" i WAYBURN DANCING STARS Elaborate Ensemble of Glorious Beauties NED WAYBURN'S OWN __ HONEYMOON ORCHESTPA 2.00; Plus 15% Scat Sale Thurs, o Tax LEATRICE JOY “The WEDDING SONG” A Romantic Story of Love, Mystery and Adventure ALSO HARRY CAREY —in— ‘““The Man from Red Gulch” (ome .And H(‘dl Ben h\lng 'md His ()I(‘ v\(r' LADIES' M/ \'Il I'Ii*] This l‘mmnrl and 10 Cents Will Admit Any Lady to Best Seat ( HH I)Rhf\" S M4 \T.f\l' E . il)‘- The MESSIAH, Hande Chorus of 160 Mixed Voices assisted by The Boston Festival Orchestra and visiting artists LILLIAN GUSTAFSON ANNA HARRIS WENDELL HART . Tenor NORMAN JOLLIF ‘Bass-Baritone TOMORROW AFTERNOON, 3:30, ROMPTLY Capitol Theater $2.00 . prano . Contralto Tickets $1.00, At Crowell's Drug Store and at Box Office after 1 o'clock p. m. Sunday $1.50, S | New Britain Choral Society ¢ Burritt Hotel A LIMITED number now available. of New Year's Eve Reservations 85.00 per cover Souvenirs for the ladies. Public Dancing in Ballroom 9 p. m Music by Dyson's 7-piece orches Noise makers, balloons, serpentines, Four Acts of Vaudeville FOOD service 10:30 p. m. until 12 p. m. TN U apefruit Florida . until 3 a. m. hats, ete. Supreme of G Celery Hearts Olives €lear Turtle Royale Imonds Cassolettes of Crab Flakes a la Burritt Filet of Mignon Fresh Mushrooms Potatoes Stuffed Green Peppers Endive and Asparagus Tips Salad Parisienne Parfait Burritt Petit Fours After Dinner Mints Demi tasse Souvenirs s Phone 3310 for reservations NOW [ ¢ role, that of a mis who Is unwittingly of eriminals, traction ot ttrongest I mh | from the en- ¢ attraetion t % owill Unler the Kim's Arliss wier half to George well in pr I'arsons, advance nt} ospe- of 80 notab underlined for th BEAD HERALD CLASSIFIED A CAPITOL —mm— L Continnons Performances 1 SUNDAY NIGHT—TWO FEATURE TOM TYLER PHOTOPLAYS SHIRLEY MASON A Melodrama of (he West “The Wyoming Wiideat “Her Husband's Wive Story by Barbara LaMarr MON.—TUES—WED, THE LOVE CLASSIC OF THE SEASON! The story of a girl who was tricked into marriage with the man stie had fricked in love! LADIES! Come 1o the Show After Shopping! Matinee Prices up to 5:45 ADOLPH ZUXOR ano JESSE L LASKY rars [/b’/)" VAMEor [OVE DEVILLE i Li J:,j»./, Starrow and Company In 2 Variety, Song Dance Review D:\vn' Character 3 o Duo Varicties of the W Ambler Bros, st “Novelty Oddity* Comedians MceCOY AND WALTON “A Few Moments With the Spiri TODAT—STNDAY— FORGET YOUR WORI IONDAY—TUFSDAY ES—COME AND LAUGH WITH HAROLD i RESHMAN Absolutely the greatest comedy of the age— CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 1 TO 10:30 TWO SHOWS SUNDAY NIGHT Second Show at 8:30 Special Showing for Children on Monday and Tuesday Afternoon at 4:30 All Seats 10¢ 20¢ Matinee—10c, Evening—20, 30¢ THE LIONS WILL HOLD THER BIG FROLIC JAN. 14, 15, 16 AT THE LYCEUM THEATER