New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1929, Page 14

ACTUAL PARALL OF ‘BEAU GEST == T m 0nt AM' foat munt be famillar_wich at loast Join Fronch Foreign Lagion |er.itoune i this vicimty, CLAYS ESTATE Lelosster, Eng., Feb. § (UP)— Almest as though they had ctepped down from the screen, three young brethers of Leicester are living in real lite the film “Beau Geste,” de- pleting life in the Foreign Legion. The heroes in this remarkable ad- venture are John, 22, and Harry and Sdney Travers, 13-year-old twins, step-sons ot & retired business man. Because John was dismissed from his work for an offence of which hé was innocent, he fled to France where he enlisted in the Foreign Legion. where he had gone, the twin broth- ors followed after him, leaving only a note behind, saying: & “Wo can't let John go alone. We nave gone off to find him in the Leglon. Don't worry about us. We shall be all right.” S| el John was employed as a clerk in ;59 come to Kentucky, where his a London office. raised about some petty A question was |, cash of summarily dismissed. cent. | “Jokn came home from London. | he soon, Lut refused to tell me what the | trouble was about,” sald the step- father in an interview. very urhappy. was mylssing. There was a note on| uis dresser saying that he had gone |chase a tract of land a few miles to Paris to try to join the Foreign southeast of Lexington, beautifully | located. Legion. “He took some money of his own, |a and & suit case clothes. The three boys had al- ways been keen on joining the Le|life. gion, and frequently discussed join- ing it in their conversations with o =ach other.” a Within three days of the disap-|w pearance of John, Harry and Sid ney were also found to be missing. [ which are attached the Jecting to the front. and the note saying they had gone 10 join John was the only clue to their d'sappearance. i Lexington Development May En- When it became known |Onward march of progress is leading to ong of Kentucky's shrines, broad acres of blue grass once own- ington, which he had charge, and he Was town west of the Alleghanies, was| Bubsequently | the place chosen. t was discovered that a mistake had |ton that Clay made his first speech tieen made and that he was inno- | before a debating society. in his chosen profession of law and “He seemed | was successively elected to the state Two days after his |legislature and the arrival we awoke to find that he |senate. containing some | ever after remained to him a be- loved retreat from energetic public though but a single story hi through the production is provided by the celebrated Rexy Sympheny orchestra, familiar to all America's radio listeners through their regu- lar broadcasting over the National Broadcasting chain, The picture will be shown Feh. 11 and 13 at the Albro Motor Sales showroom, 22§ Arch street. Will Present Comedy For St. Peter’s Church Under the auspices of Bt. Peter's church, the LaSallette Foreign Mis- sion Guild of Hartford will present the play “Be An Optimist” at the Tabs’ hall Monday evening to create & fund with which the church will be re-decorated. The guild was originally formed to offer dramatic endeavors for the the LaSallette Missions in Madagas car but it is now belng used for clu:rch projects throughout the state. Paris, Feb. 8. UM—Another beige season for apring street and tallored costumes is being forecast on all 'IM'L Many of the new models will be of creamier beige, of beige and brown mixtures, than those of for- mer seasons, but on the whole it will be the same old beige that has been prominent for several years in a row. ‘The reason, according to fabric | manufacturers and courturiers who can be persuaded to talk, is that the modern woman has adopted beige with just as much determi- nation as he has adopted comfort and convenience in her styles. It is a generally becoming color, easy |to wear and slow to soil. “It is practical,” summarizes the| ppe play will be produced b; o masculine head of one of the, cig) grrangement m‘:n the w..‘{e!"u houses most conapicuously commit- | Baker Co., of Boston and it is dedi- ted to beige for daytime wear. cated to every grouch in the city “Modern women,” he adds, "In-|that he may become an optimist. sist upon clothes that are practical| The members of the cast and the and suitable as well as beautiful.” parts they will assume, are as fol- Mixtures, with basis of belge and | jowy: Isaac Golditch, George Baife; colored threads combined in the|pecyy hig dapghter, Anna Curtin. weave may be expected fOF MaDY! piatro D'Angelo Cacclaline, . ensembles are to have long coats, Jimmie Maynard, | His hearers were electriffied and |ensembles. More than a few of the Mildred Clmt.on Anne to use . his own words, | skirts and blouses that tuck under Mrs Clinton, K’nheflne rushed into a lucrative practice” |the belt, it is prophesied here. Marshall; Mike, Willlam Lally; Ray Hats of the same mixture as the|yyqgon Charles Henry; Miss Hull, | costumes will be a development of | \yuin Cravin: Maggle, Margaret | spring for the travel costume, and Heere: Lithel Peabody, Helen Carl. | sport houses are preparing cos- i tume, hat and handbag to match. ::é.ms:e(;::;'her.w“u?: cl:reu; s Albro Will Exhibit with George Boyce as director. James Skehan will be the stage The most elaborate motion picture manager. Dancing will follow. with sound accompaniments ever| made for industrial use, has been PUM8 Comes Visiting produced by the Fox Case Corpora- Without Permission ' | tion for Studebaker and now is be- Raymondville, Texas, Feb. 8 (W— ing presented throughouyt the coun- try, and will be shown at the Albro While hunters are killing the puma, Motor Company soon. |or mountain lion, in great numbers The new film is entitled “Cham. | Wherever it roams in the southwest, plons.” Its plot tells the story of |Others come to the United Btates the development of the Studebaker from Mexico, crossing the Rio cars which have earnea worlq Grande when the water is at a low velop Historic Shrine Lexington, Ky., Feb. 8 (®—The the d by Henry Clay. The bungalow uilders are nearing it. Some day soon it may be envelop- d in the encroaching modernism. When Clary, the “Mill Boy of the lashes,” decided to leave Virginia nother had already removed, Lex- at that time the largest It was Lexing- United States This success enabled Clay to pur- in 1809, he erected ‘which Here, handsome brick dwelling, He named it Ashland. The mansion originally consisted f & main building two stories and half high, flanked on each side by vings the full breadth of the house “L's" pro- The present mansion does not de- art materially from the original stage. - OPENING Tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 9th ANOTHER LINK TO OUR CHAIN OF STORES AT 123 MAIN STREET, NEW BRITAIN, CONN. ) Free Souvenirs With Each “I'm not trying to bring them |plan, although years ago. during|championship honors by their per- back™ said their step-father. *“All[the time it was occupied by Clay's|formance in winning 11 world and | The jaguar, & more powerful fe. three are good boys, and I believe |son, James B. Clay, following the‘fl international records for speed line, also wanders across the border they will make good in the Legion. |death of his father, it became nec-|and endurance in addition to every oOccasionally, but it seems more con- I am confident that the stories of | essary to tear down the mansion tented in Mexico. Both the puma and hardships in the Legion are groatly [because of some defects in the ma- the jaguar prey on live-stock. cxaggerated, 80 I am not worrying.” (sonry. It was immediately rebuilt Among the most active hunters of official American recqrd for fully equipped stock cars, Reigning Broadway revue favor- ites, an artist's model' whose face GIRL SCOUTS MAKE FIELD DAY RULING “ontestants Must Be Under 15 on the same plan, the old material these animals in Texas are Luther D again being utilized as far as prac- tical, so that Ashland stands today an almost exact counterpart of the original. After Clay's death Ashland passed into the hands of his son, James B. Clay, at one time charge d'affaires as Lisbon. On his death it was pur- chased for the use of the University of Kentucky, but again came into has charmed millions of Americans | Snow, sheriff of Willacy county, and from billboards, Knute Rockne and ' his brother, game commissioner. They have slain his Notre Dame “Fighting Irish,’ Robert, deputy state Florenx Ziegfeld and a trio of his dozens of these beasts and also have “glorified American Girls,” “Ann 1 lassoed a few, Years of Age to Gompete th birthday ‘rmitted to compete in the annual *ld day exercises which will be held ‘re next June, except in the scoring rank achievement, according to a 'nte of the Leaders' assocation. The necemsity for making this rul- ng arose when it was decided to bar il Alphu Mu girls, the Alpha Mu being a society of older girls. The | point was raised that there are Girl J Scouts as old as the Alpha Mu girls, American urbanity for Mrs. Hilda who do not belong to the club, A 'J. Bain, who at 62 plans to return’ general ruling barring all girls over |t 15 was {ssued. lield this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock in | the St. Mark’s parish hall. All exam. |traveling in a hammock, slung over inations have been passed except that natives' shoulders, combatted witch doctors and super- stitions of African tribes . of cook, which examination will be held after achool in the kitchen of the South Congregational church. The Alpha Mu girls served at the | porarily because of {ll health. possession of the family when it was bought Dowell, whose wife was a daughter of Henry Clay, Jr., the gallant offi- No Girl 8cout who has passed her cer who fell at the battle of Buena anniversary will be Vista. At present it is the home of Mrs. Thomas 8. 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