New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1927, Page 16

16 Ea—il;;e As 5 and 10 Clerk, Thelma Tod d. Lawrence, Mass., .Because She Was Too Beautiful. Becomes Success In Movie Girl Lost Store Job NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DId Not Bob Hair Fall came and the 1925 school orm opened. Thelma mother’'s advice and § Lowell, Mass., Normal school. travelled daily on the inter-ci Boston . & Maine train and was known to lhe commuters as “The s Queen.” She never bobbe , although her flapper com- | sita ‘Pfinions had theirs shorne to almost masculine shortne Instead, she wore her golden locks in long hmlds'lur said she must play snowball in | t only played | {twined loosely around h Just about this time | Essex county, of which Lawrence is |a part, were holdinz a beauty con- head. ell Normal school lost a pupil and the Motion Picture academy In took her|New York gained a new candidate. entered the | She | ohstacle. She was a beautiful model, There she encountered her first | but there were fears she could not act. Thelma began to study with an enthusiasm that equalled her personal charm. If the role neces- *d her rolling down stairs, she rolled down the stairs disregarding all danger of injury. If the direc- « bathing suit, she Llks of | but rolied In the Succeeds As \nmp The year was soon over and Thel- st. The winner was to recelve &ima was casts as a vamp in a minor mlw-ue silver loving cup. the title | part, “Miss Essex County,’ nmpcr! for the state title of *Miss | Massachusetts” and a $500 war |robe to do the competing in. The e visions of going to Atlantic ty and tr to capture the Miss Amer; title, Friends sought in Thelma enter, but she r ing that she had dec teacher and somehow “school | ma’ams” and beauty contests didn't used, say- mix. The great night approached ! . and Thelma consented to attend the | her friends, but under | contest Wi no conslderation wo: They reached the hall the Garden, It was called. The cu went up and the girla ma led out on the stage before the ad- miring audience and the baffled | judges. nette whom Rudolph Valentino had selected as “Miss Lawrence” when he visited the city late in 19 There was the girl who had crownad “Miss Hampton Beach” the summer before, and the voung wom- Winter | n to have|oyt aid 110 be a g, | This was a difficult role for * a chance 10| hor, bacausc she was by nature any- thing but a vamp. But ghe became | |a vamp—on the screen at least— |and vamped the audlence so well at hor fame became nation-wide. Two years have passed and Thel- ma has a Paris or Reno di- voree n fa she's not even mar- ‘although she has had dozens of opportunities e'll soon be returning to Law- e to spend the Christmas holi- with her family. Of course, 21l visit the store with the red There was the pretty bru- front and she’ll see that manager who thought she was too beautiful to be useful. Perhaps she'll be sur- prised to note that he has changed {his mind and_that she's still on the Jace and novelty counter attracting |large crowds. Yes, there she'll find | herselt in many poses—bcautiful | colored pictures of Thelma Todd— | price 25 cents each. PRIEST MADE BISHOP Rome, Dec. 16 (UP) — Rev. | Francis Johannes, Roman Catholic {rector of the Church of the Im- {maculate Conception, St. Joseph, Mo., was appointed today coadjutor {bishop of Leavenworth, right of euccession to the See. The | bishop's title will be Bishop of Thasus. TAKES UP BOXING Urbana, Til, Dec. 16 (P —Les Mar- the University of 1llinols football team for three years, has declded to turn professional, as a hoxer. He is six fect tall and welghs about 180 pounds. Last year he won the Cen- tral A. A. U. champinship. His professional debut is scheduled for with the | DECEMBER 16, 1927. MANY OHIOANS ARE Residenls New Wamen En- dangered by Rising Waters | Warren, O., Dec. 16 (A — Hun- dreds of families in Warren and-its suburban settlements were rescued | trom ~ thelr homes in boats last {night as the' waters of the Mahon- |ing river rose five feet above flood stage. Police and county authoritles were | |unable to estimate the number of | homes inundated but declared that | cn to movie heights with- \rln‘r of Chicago, end candidate on | the situation presented a preseing | problem to relief crews. Cance City, a hamlet on the river below Warren, was reported entirely under water. Many of fits | 130 inhabitants had to be rowed to laces of safety while others de- I serted thelr homes for higher | ground. “SAVED FROM FLODD, A steady downpour of rain added |under way there last night. |to the danger of the situation as Canoe City is a town of cottagcs. |the river was reported to be ris-| Most of fts houses arc small one- ing rapidly, authorities said. | story dwellings some of which havt The villages of Leavittsburg and |no basements. Hardscrabble also were sald to be hard pressed and rescue work was; READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS TO DELIGHT Boysand Girls SPEEDMOBILES - PLAY SETS AND DESKS SCOOTERS AUTOMOBILES WAGONS SLEDS DOLL CARRIAGES VELOCIPEDES KIDDIE CARS ROCKING HORSES —_— Fountain Pens || BILL FOLDS A wide selection of leathers and colors. Two bin S onove, Cait - 911 0 $9.50 POPULAR FICTION Hundreds of new books, bound in cloth vl ISR 843 o o00000600066000 75C STATIONERY Handsome new boxes in $1 to $4-50 holiday wrappings .... Package Seals — Tinsel Cord — Ribbons an who had been queen of the last | g winter carnival. | | Thelma Saves Judges | The judges were about to an- Inounce their decision when Thelma rushed from the group with which she had entered and climbed upon the stage. If it had been anvons {else this act would have been ridi-| culous, but she did it with such a the manager |display of youth and grace that the S B Md‘nmwd applauded. She stood there trom her|f°F. % moment, her face faintly | fushed from the exertion, her gold- Monday and |en curls slightly deranged, her lips a somewhat different type |parted showing her smoothly pearl- O bl o i the lace counter. |ljke tecth as she smiled back at the Appears As a Model audience. The judges glanced at Two weeks later Lawrel ach other and in a chorus they cotton mill was conducti o the title ot “Miss Essex Coun- | |ion show to display the varied and the beantiful loving cup to rics it tured. Here was he Unknown Beauty.” opportuni helma thought. She| Thomas Demarra, owner of four K¥ 1 [ would be a mo; So she saw the |of Lawrence's six theaters, was in woman in cha nd when the cur- [the crowd and had seen Miss Todd tain rose on the opening night she [He thought of the many picture ‘ar\pwr»’d o the a1 nce clad in a |stars who had visited his theaters | g e cctators were on various occasions, he looked at ¥ Then soneone whispered, | thelr pictures hung in his lobbics and | & 1 about her|“She's too beautitul for that rag.” |was convinced that Thelma admiration [ I'rom one to another the remark |tined to hecome a great actress. » la as pa and no matter how fre-|conferred with —representatives ntly the professional models from |the Paramount corporation and would like to wear the g New York appeared, they could not |was, agreed that Thelma was to be handiwork this in n was s change the impression that cotton |invited to have a film test made at posed to represent. The crowd was|was no aid to beauty and that silk one of the motion picture studios. | ge one from morning to night— |or wool or anything else should be| Thelma Todd on the screen proved | e that even the bargain-hunt-|worn. Thus the show was a “flop” [so beautiful & creature that even | § housewife dared not p and Thelma’s carecr as model suf-|the Paramount crities became en-| Ve are very sorry, but we shall | fered a similar fate. |tmustastic. A tew weeks later Low- | RS TR N R R N T N A R S A A R RS S TR AR RN K| ,’{C—?A@\AAAAAAA S S S ST S S A e S MAW&wAVAE’?m 2 This (hristmas S’mrtBnms va' With Enfl Hints » § 7 ¢ FRIDAY and SATURDAY ONLY This will be the only sale before Christmas. Cigarette Carton Sale Camels, Old Golds, Lucky Strikes Chesterfields, Ete. $1.23 carton Buy Christmas Supply Now. A DEPOSIT WILL HOLD ANY ITEM FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY! 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