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New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
THREE BIG FILMS ON
 PROGRAM AT KEENEY'S

Among the attractions at Keeney's $ tonight, the Famous Players photn- drama, The Mummy and tho Hum- ming Bird will stand out conspicu- ously. This picturization of one of the greatest successes in recent years is said to be something extraordina ry and the producers declare it to be their greatest achievement. Heading the cast which appears in the piece is Charls Cherry, o:ie of the most pop
 ular actors of his time. Cherry has
 been scoring heavily since he fell 10 the lure of the film producers coin.
 He has great part in tonights: re-
 lease. His opportunities are many
 and he loses none of them. Other big numbers of the Kceney-
 scope program arc the Knictcrbocke star feature, "WnO KnoWsH' and ''Thc Despoiler," a three part IIs&anay re- lease in which Byran Washburn and l Warda Howard figure prominently l There will also be an epis ode in The l Girl and the Game" series.
 keeney's is offering some great pie 1 lures and some exceptionally gOOC vaudeville in addition and the show merits the patronage of all amuse l ment seekers in the city.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26

play,-he has seen and played in so many. But he is so much enthused with the play that Miss Herne has written that he predicts for it's un- limited success. It was largely through his influence and that of his stage director Kendall Weston, that the play will see it's first presentation here. J. Irving White the character man of the company who has scored so many successes during the two months stay of the Cross players has also an abundance of praise for Miss Herne's new play. Theatergoers of New Britain will be treated to a novelty when the curtain goes up on the first act Monday night. Advance sales for the show have been extra heavy, showing the high estimation in which Miss Horne is held in this city. A coteric of New York theatrical pro- ducers will be on hand to witness the opening performance. All in all it looks as if An Outsider" will get away to good start. Numerous theater parties have been arranged for the opening.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
THE YELLOW PASSPORT
 AT FOX'S TOMORROW

An event of real importance to motion picture patrons will be the return to the screen of Fox's theater, tomorrow night only, of Clara Kim hall Young, the peerless star. in the powerful photodrama The Yellow Passport
 The story of this big drama deals with a Russian girl who, in order to defend herself against unscrupulous enemies, pretends to be a woman of town and obtains from the police one of the yellow passports issued to such women. Scene upon scene of vivid drama builds the interest of the spectators to q pitch of excitement and intense feeling aroused by a mo- ton picture. A topical review nd several single reel comedies frame the balance of the offering tomorrow night.
 Owing to the immense interest
 manifested by the Fox patrons in this feature play, the performance tomor-
 TOW night will started promptly al 6:30 D. m. so as to accommodate every one who will seek admission ''The Yellow Passport" will be shown twice, the first time at 7:15 D. u. and the last 9:30 D. m.
 The Fools Revenge" the thrilling and sensational play which served 1 Irving, Booth and Barrett as theil ] starring vehicle for many seasons vii ] be shown for the last time tonight 1 This is the latest Fox feature an( 1 stars Maude Gilbert and William Fl 1 Tooker. The story carries the spec. tatOr through a series of dramatic sit uatiOnS that are inCOmparab fII l their dramatic intensity and at the | finale one is treated to the greatc% ] piece of character portrayal ever seer 1 on any screen.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
Read these episodes, each com
 pIcte in six insertions. See them acted on the motion picture screen at the Kcency Theater.
EPISODE, VI.

Strike out the question beginning, You say you paid but little attention to her excitement and its answer, Continue, MT. Langdon." That is all, Dr. Foster" said Lang don promptly, and the District Attor- ney had only one question:
 When Mary Page was brought to your sanatorium, was she not per fectly sane?"
 Temporarily so, but her nerV ous condition was such that eX>reme men tai suffering was very evident. We doctors have many definitions of that word sane, sir
 That is all" And as the doctor stepped down from the witness box with a covert smile, the name of the next witness was called by the baliff.
 Miss Gertrude Walton.'
 This was a new player in the vast drama whose every act was seemingly fresh tragedy, and the reporters whispered the name among them selves as they bent over their copy, striving to place her. among the scores who had been drawn into the net flung by the police and Langdon after the strange murder of David Pollock. Her name slipped from lip to lip through the spectators as well and more than one man in the back of the room stood up to stare when the tall brisk woman came confident ly from the witness-r room and took her place on the stand.
 She gave her name with gravity. her age with a smile, and her occu- patton with pride, as trained nurse"
 Miss Walton" said Langdon, "you specialize in nervous cases, do you not?"
 T do."
 How. long have you been doing that sort of nursing % -> IT,
 For. twelve years. I began it by by-nursing my sister through a ter rlble illness when she seemed likely to lose her reason. l have never for
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
ii:' STf:5E r7fjU fxEKs @ RUTH AA c4nun
Friends After All

that change. For purposes of her own, at times like these, she teaches her children to seem what they are not, not only in appearance and man- Ter, but in mind and character. A
 On the street the other day, two young things passed me. At the moment of passing, he said to her, What's your dogs name?" and she said, His name is Toodles." Surely
 these were most commonplace re- marks, and yet, after delivering them, they both laughed and seemed to think something infinitely witty had
 been said. So great is the glamor! Al She Couldn't Understand the Changep
 In one of the columns to which
 1ovelorn ladies write, I found the
 other day a half pathetic, half hu-
 morous missive (the latter character istic was unintentional, I assure you) from a woman who had been married six years. She was in great bewilder- ment, which she wanted the other con tributors to help her out of. It seemed that her husband cared for no diversions but hunting, fishing and sailing. She herself, loved danciRg l and the moving picture, but was afraid l of a gun or of water and thought fish 1 ing a bore. Naturally they couldn't
 find much diversion in common. But | the crux of the puzzle was this: Be- 1 fore they were married, he had him i self taken her to dancing school
 and often invited her to the moving
 pictures. What could have come ova& 1 him to make him change so? The l poor lady was so genuinely grieved 1 and perplexed, that one smiled, even
 while one pitied and pitied even while 1 one smiled.
 The point of it? We'll, first that i it's too bad trial marriages are inn ] possible, and secondly that one ought | to feel thankful that in spite of nas ture's tricky ways so many; many husbands and wives find that they ] can be, friends after all.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
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ebrities of the day and a one-act travesty on Bronson Towards we'll known war drama, Shenandoah" During the passing revue AmsNa Pynes and Bert Mccarthy will pres ent their impression of the Pavlowa Gavotte and the Spring Song" dance as offered by Gertrude Hoffman. Mar telle the female impersonator, will give his imitation of Julian Eltinge. Other impersonations which will 8 offered will be that of Nora Bayes By Eileen Sheriden, Enrico Caruso by James Tembrooke, Fritzi Scheff hy Ameta Pynes, and an interpolatcd speciality by Harry Van as Charlie Chaplin. In the latter Mir Van will be assisted by an octette of dancing pom ies.
 The dramatic work of MT. Kelly IS great. In his unique role he co1f- pines the droll work of an original comedian with the talent of a true ar- tist. His characterization of the dope has become a stage classic and has made him famous. He is one Of most striking figures on the American stag3 today.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26

Fire requires a big cast, and ! the company carries its own group Ger man feservistss Under Fire is the only play out of a score or more.
 based on the present war, that has proved success. This is largely due 10 the intense and thrilling story. the love and heart interest, the depicting of war without a lot of smoke and powder, the delightful comedy woven
 into the story and above all to the wonderful stage effects together with a brilliant company of players aug
 naented by genuine army of German
 rescrvistS. The play, which is con- cerned with certain phases of the European war, has as it's central figure, a flashing; fearless Irishman, who is an officer in the army of the
 allies. The scene in the trenches is one of the most remarl1a lole ever put
 Cn the stage. A bomb from an aero
 plane eXplOdcs in the very midst of Ithese trenches and causes complete destruction. The company numbers 100 and includes such well known people as Violet fleming, Felix Krcmbs, Edward P MaWson, Frank Morgan, Robert Fischer. Norman Tharp, Dorothy Abbott Madeline 1 Moore, Jack Vessel and others.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26

He, of course, got married, because he wanted to and the singular part of it was that he did not mate with a meek woman. Perhaps he thought she was meek, for before marriage there is a habit of deference on both sides which is misleading and some times troublesome. e."-Stephens
 A girl with a supercilious mouth and generally sniffy, disag greea ble expression sat opposite me on the trolley the other day.
 "I shouldn't think she'd be very good company for herself or anyone else,' l ruminated to myself as l studied her face.
 The Girl I Saw Had Disappeared
 A few minutes later, a young man got on the trolley and advanced to- ward the girl, evidently by appoint ment. He sat down beside her and I looked at them with great interest," all the world loves a lover, you know and To and behold, I found that the girl with the supercilious mouth and the sniffy, disagreeable expression had vanished and in her place was a girl with shining eyes, 8 pleasant smile on her lips and a general air of animation and amiability.
 That was the girl the man saw. No wonder he liked and admired her, as he evidently did. And that was prob ably the only girl he has ever seen or will see, so long as the courtshiI lasts At some future day, after the marriage, perhaps he will see the girl | saw at first.
 The Girl Didn't Mean to Cheat.
 What then? Well, can you blame him for feeling that nature has cheat ! ed him. He probably won't call il nature, more likely he will blame the l girl herself, but he won't be right at least not wholly right. The change 1 in her was not conscious or at least only semi conscious. It was not ar attempt to cheat. Nature inspired
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
THE STRANGE CASE
 OF MARY PACE"
Copyright 1915 by the Mcclure publications>

gotten her suffering, and l have spe- cialized in nervous cases ever since.' Are you attached to the staff at Dr. Fosters sanatorium 2"
 T am.'
 You have been there 8 good many years, have you not?'
 Yes"
 "When was the first time that you saw the defendant, Mary Page?"
 "On the morning when she was brought to the sanatorium for treat ment"
 Miss Walton, did you know David Pollock O.
 For the first time her quiet conf- dence forsook her, and a red spot .crept into each cheek, and there was a visible hesitation before she answered slowly:
 Il had never MET MT. Pollock, but I had heard a great deal about him. His-his name was very familiar to me-"
 "Then the first time you saw him was when he came to the sanatorium asking for Miss Page?"
 Again there was a hesitation before the answer:
 Yes"
 will you tell the court, please, what happened after pr. Foster order ed you to keep David Pollock out of the room of your new patient-Miss Pager"
 "I-I felt that I ought to know what he looked like that I might make no mistake, so I went down the hall to- wards the reception room. As I reach ed the door. however, it was opened and MT. Pollock stepped out. At sight of me, he paused, then asked me if | was Miss Pages nurse. I said I was: and he motioned me to come into the eception-room with him.
 She was speaking slowly, as one who must choose her words with ex- treme care, lest she be misinterpreted. The law would not let her explain the thoughts and i'm pulses that had inspired her seemingly inexplicable conduct. Langdon had told her that, and so she must, she felt, tell with a caution that was unnatural of the events of that long-ago day.
 (TO be cOntinued.)
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26

New York laughing at the Columia theater on Broadway for four months last summer when it played two per formances daily to audiences that filled that big playhouse to its "a- pacity.
 With record of this sort in face of the fact that there were almost q dozen two dollar musical shows ir direct opposition. the 'Behman Show bids fair to be an offering that is worthy of the consideration of every theatergoer in the city. The program will comprise a one-act burlesque en- titled The Dopo's Legacy" in which Lew Kelly will offer his famous char acterization of the slave of drugs a passing revue of all the footlight eel
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
THRILLING WAR PLAY
 AT PARSONS THEATER

Under Fire" the thrilling war drama, ran for twenty-five weeks at the Hudson theater in New York and has just completed a remarka bly sue cessful run at the Park Square thea ter in Boston, comes to Parsons tneater, Hartford for one week, be-
 ginning Monday, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. SelWyn x Co. will bring the original New York cast, headed by William Courtney. It requires special train to move the company and production. Under
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
SE,1LkS \ DIVORCE.

Charging that her husband deser'- ed her more than three years ago Mrs. Helen Wheeler, wife of Charles c. Wheelr, has instituted divorce proceedings against him She asks the right 10 resume her maiden name Helen T. Carlson. The writ IS re turnablc before the Superor coHri on the first Tuesday of March.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
LEW KELLY, THE DOPE
 PEND, AT GRAND

Theatcrgoers will take a keen in trest in the announcement that Jack Singers "Behman Show' with Low Kelly is to be the attraction at the Grand thcatcr for all next week with two performances daily. This show is the prize winning production of burlcsquc this season and comes to Hartford with the proud distinction of being the attraction that kept ali
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
Menu f Tomorrow

Breakfast
 Fruit
 Boiled Barley with Cream
 Crisp Bacon Rolls Coffee
 Dinner
 Cabbage Soup Roast Mutton Mint Sauce
 Baked Potatoes
 Lettuce Salad
 Caramel Ice Cream
 Coffee
 Supper
 Combination Salad q. Cocoanut Custards Sponge Cake
 Tea
 Cabbage Soup-Select a medium sized, solid head of cabbage, remove the outer leaves and hard core, and cut into shreds. Cover with boiling salted water. boil for half an hour and drain. Cover with three pints of mutton broth, add salt and pepper to taste, and simmer for twenty minutes longer. Just before serving add one butter and two Jumps of sugar.
 Cocoanut Custards-Cover one cup full cocoanut with one and a quarter pints milk; soak for twenty minutes. then cook in a double boiler for twen- ty-five minutes. Mix the cocoanut IrS the milk, strain. pressing it we'll Re- turn the milk to the double boiler. Beat the yolks of four eggs with two Lablespoonfuls granulated sugar: add to them little of the hot milk. then turn the whole back into the boiler. and stir careful yuntil it thickens like custard. Remove from the fire and add half a tcaspoonful lemon extract. d. vide into small glasses Beat up Aae whites of the eggs stiffly; then F1d one tablespoonful powdered sugar and beat until fine and glossy. Heap this meringue on the ton of tho dust over with q little su- gar, put into the oven for just a mom- ant to brown, and stand aside until perfectly cold.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
IAN OUTSIDER" TO
 GET A GOOD START

Miss Julie Herne's mother who as the wife of the late James A. Herne received a wonderful training on the stage and who was well known to theatergoers of a past generation, arrived in New Britain yesterday and helped direct the rehearsal of Miss Herne's new play, An Outsider
New Britain herald., 1916-02-26

The degree team of the Ladies' Aux Hilary. A. o. H., will meet tomorqbw morning at 10 o'clock in Electric hall All members are expected to attend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-02
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
Owen Johnson's Fine Study of Type of Womanhood-
When Mans a Mama TragComedy OF Errors
of the War-Madge Meers's Amusing New Story.

Wales. In the train up from London
she meets a gorgeously bedecked. gold
en-haired cockney girl, who asks:
"You won't take me for one of these
war widows, now?" But she is, and
she is on her way to her slain hus-
bands parents, who, she knows, are
not at all her kind of people. She will
be bored to death, and, moreover, she
is a moving picture actress, with a
brilliant offer from America just re-
ceived. The means by which this ener-
getic child of the people forces Miss
Whtelands to change places with her
are plausible enough. Suffice il to say
that the young woman finds herself
taken into the bosom of mourning
family which looks TO her for consola-
tion in its bereavement. She tries TO
explain, but that very night an escaped
prisoner of war breaks into the house,
and Miss Whitelands's denials that she
is the widow for whom she is mistaken
are explained as the results of a ner-
vous shock. But we are only at the
beginning of the complications, for &
telegram from Paris sends the family
suddenly thither, the supposed daugh-
ter-in-law being taken along. II is
in the French capital that Miss White
lands discovers the full extent of her
predicament. The author manages her
comedy Of errors with firm hand and
a pretty touch of romance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-02
UNDER THE BIG DIPPER.
UNDER THE RIG DIFFER. BY D. George Der
i2mo 10. $685. Breutzno's.

UNDER THE RIG DIPPER. BY d. George D.ry.
l2mo. ~. 39s. Br-utAno's.
This is a first novel, told with all L
beginners righteousness. The plot is
entertainingly put together out of odds
and ends from remembered stories, the
best evidence Of apprenticeship. We
start with Ruritania motif, which is
carried through with considerable as
surance. The rich young American
succeeds in smuggling the captive
princess and her lady-in-waiting across
the mountains TO freedom and civiliza-
ton. Then the Countess Htlene's ad-
ventures begin. She must provide for
herself and so she grasps at the offer
made to her by a partner in and buyer
for A firm of New York milliners-s
friendly and shrewd business woman
who recognizes the commercial pos
sibilities of so handsome and dis
tinCuished "A saleswoman. The purpose
is, Of course, to keep the American
millionaire and the Roumalian coun-
tess, who, by the way, looks like a
Gainsborough portrait, apart through
most of the pages of the story and to
bring them together in the climax.
This D. George Derry, which may well
be young woman's pen-name, sue
ceeds in doing by true and tried fc-
tional devices. The story lacks orig
inality, but gives evidence Of a clever
knack of adaptation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-02
WHEN A MANS A MAN

wHTS A MANS A MAN. Novcl. II Harold
Bel Wright Illustrations and decorations by
the author l2mo ~. Sio. chicago TIC
Book supply Company.
This is a good, readable. virile story
of ranch life in Arizona. 1t has atmos-
phere and takes the reader through
the whole range of the cowboys daily
work. from tenderfoot to the finished
product Mr.. Wright came to this ro-
mantle, wholesome, hardworking life
with fresh eyes, every detail of it's rou-
tine was new TO him. and 1t is this
freshness of observation and impress
sion which gives his story its stamp Of
welcome novelty. After cowboy tales
innumerable one reads 1t with interest
the making of a herdsman, the de-
scription CT his duties, the mysteries
of brands, the care of the cattle, the
fence riding, the rodeo, the feats OF
daring, dexterity and strength, the
dangers and the resourceful courage
that meets them-it is ell new once
more for the moment, and holds the
attention.
As for the fiction, the author seeks
TO draw a contrast between this free
life of the plains. in which all the
simple virtues of manhood end woman
hood flourish and grow and conquer,
and. on the other hand, the vicious,
cramping, soul killing life of cities.
The contrast is too radical; it is as
much a question of character as of
environment. And we cannot all be
cowboys. However, the city man, very
rich, convinced by woman Of his
amiable and ornamental futility, be
comes man indeed among these
hearty people of the open air, with
their own standards Of manhood the
only absolute ones there be, accord
ing TO Mr.. Wright.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-02

THE WOMAN GIVES. A story Of Rssenerstion
BY Owen Johnson Illustrations BY Howard
Little. Brown 4 Co.
The woman gives the book its name.
What is more, she makes it decidedly
we'll worth our while. Mr.. Johnson
has succeeded in giving her the living
touch; she is the eternal feminine IN
one Of its highest manifestations.
And, wisely, the author has respected
its mystery. That is why, at the end,
we are as much interested in his hero
inc as at the beginning, for her service
must continue-she must always give.
But she give< with the purposefulness
Of the modern woman. The Impulse
within her does not overrule her mead.
She demands the best, the highest, IN
return. Her love is partly AMBITION
not for herself but for the beloved
Thus she takes in hand the great
artist, whose happiness and trust IN
life, whose ambition, his talent itself,
have been wrecked by another woman
who has taken without thought of Civ
ing The delicacy of the touches with
which the heroine leads this human
wreck back to sanity, to sobriety, TO a
renewed interest in his art, to the
power of expression and interpreta
ton which he had all but lost, is ad-
mirable. As has already been said,
the living touch is there The reader
sees and understands through the veil
of the feminine mystery.
This admirable study is set in a
melodramatic plot, whose development
centres in a Bohemian rookery in upper
Broadway, where a company of artists,
illustrators, budding authors, mani
cures, models and rolling stones leads
an existence which is more or less d.
rectly suggested by the fiction Of the
Latin Quarter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-02
BRANDED.
Ru Amy Sehree-Smith.

The spell of the desert Is on me-its
got me fast and sure,
And must leave the easy trail TO
follow the deserts lure;
I'm marked with the signs OF its
branding wild eye, black lip, raw
skin;
Through hunger, thirst, through hell
III 90 to follow the cursed thing!
What /. the spell Of the desert?-ho"
can a fellow say? =.
Is it the sun on the drifting SANDS OF
a binding, burning day
Perhaps the hiss of a RATHER coiled IN
a clump Of mesquite?
Or maybe the little dust-devils run
ming on twisted feet?
You say it's the blaze Of colors that
come when daylight goes.
Colors that never had a name anc
only the desert knows;
And then the sudden drop OF night, sc
still YOU can hear the tread
OF a coyote nosing the water-hole, OF
the turn of your broncho's head.
7 tell you, the spell is none OF these;
it's something a man can't see;
But what il is that haunts the place
YOU will never learn from me.
I only know it's branded me-this
much l can understand.
And | must leave the easy trail To
wander that burning land.
The spell Of the desert is on me-its
got me fast and sure,
And / must leave the easy trail to fol
low the deserts lure.
I'm marked with the signs Of Its
branding wild eye, black lip, raw
skin.
Through hunger, thirst. through hel!
III 90 to follow the cursed thing!
From Poetry"