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New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
THIS is THE LIFE"
AT FOX'S THEATER

This Is the Life,'' is the very sig
nificant title off Smilin' George
Walsh's newest screen hit, which will
be seen today and tomorrow at Foxs
theater. Every picture that George
makes seems to be just a little bit
better than the one before, and "This
Is the Life is certainly not an ex-
ception to the rule, for it is not only
better than his last one but it is
the best of all that he has ever made
and that's going some. He plays
the part of Billy Drake, a rather wild,
but good-natured youth who refuses
to take either himself or anyone else
seriously. Such a condition affects
his fathers peace of mind and COM
fort Of body too, at times, so Billy
must either forfeit his heritage or
else take up an indefinite residence in
South America. Billy loves his
ukulele, but ooh! You heritage!" So
he packs his boxing gloves and HES
him southwark. While on board the
boat that is carrying him away from
home, he becomes acquainted with
Hugo Won Nuremberg, gentlemen
who is all that the name implies.
Nutty has in his possession a motion
picture camera, which he has stolen
from the original owner in the belief
that 1t was some new kind of a ma
chine gun. When Billy sees this piece
Of apparatus, he Immediately recog-
nizes it, and takes Hugo for NOV
ing picture director. Arriving in the
little republic in the South, the Ger
man starts a revolution, and Billy,
taking it for granted that the whole
thing is moving picture play, pitches
in with all his energy, and makes
things nightly uncomfortable for
the government forces. Even when
he Is captured and ordered to be
shot, he still takes the whole affair
for a huge joke. But he is undo
ceived just in the nick of time, and
what he does to Nutty and his COL
leagues is worth seeing. Among the
other excellent subjects on the pro-
gram will be another exciting CHAP
ter of the "Seven Pearls and an cpl
sode of the Red Ace" together with
the Pathe News.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31

Economy Is funny thing.
I don't suppose people find it so
who have to practise it day in day out,
week in week out, month in MONTY
out, year in year out Il know of no
greater test of character than to do
this bravely and uncomplainingly and
without degenerating into mere miser-
liness), but perhaps they will forgive
me when I explain that I carelessly
used that much abused word funny
in it's too common missuse-in place
of the word queer. ~.f
Economy is a queer thing.
In the way it takes hold of people,
I mean, the strange little ways they
economic, the strange ways they
don't economic, the total Inability
of some people to learn it and other
peoples inability to ever unlearn it.
! He Can't Bear to Spend Money for
Clothes.
! I know man who is very lavish
of his comfortable income, except
| when it comes to clothes, then he is
really misery. He wears a suit UNI
til 1t almost drops off him; his wife
has to fairly drive him to the tailor's.
And even then he does not spend in
proportion to his income-twenty or
twenty-five dollars for suit, per-
haps. Yet he is young, fine look
ing man and likes to appear we'll.
Only he just can't bear to spend
money for clothes.
She Economical in Dish Water.
Economy with some people gets to
he habit of mind. They economic
even in things which don't matter at
all, just because their mind is twist
ed that way. A woman once con-
fessed to me that she found herself
economizing in the most absurd ways.
when I heat the water for my
dishes I will use it so sparingly that
l always have some left. I can't
seem to bear to use it quite ALL she
said.
This same woman, though she loved
candy, never could eat it wholesale
as some people do. She would eat
it bit by bit, almost penuriously,
boarding it by instinct. Yet she
could we'll afford to buy all she want
ed. I have seen her look with i'll
concealed horror at people who
pitched il and ate freely.
Most Women Find Extravaganza Easy
to Learn.
The effect of prosperity on women
who have always had to economic is
very interesting. Some simply can
not learn to spend money. It seems
to hurt them. But these are the ex-
ception, not the rule. ! think the
average woman easily enlarges her
spending power, in most directions
only holding on to some little econ
omies, as a keepsake of au1d lang
syne, as 1t were. 1t Is an interesting
phenomenon that such women are
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON

I saw Cousin Agatha's crafty old
eyes light up like a child's at the
mention of the jet set, and again
wave of pity swept me for the poor
old woman who had to be dependent
for all her little feminine frlpperies
and pleasures upon the caprice Of my
irritable, If kindly, mother-in- law.
, There's one thing more against
this" Dicky said deprecatingly, and
I knew by his voice that he was i'm
mensely enjoying this situation of
his own creating. 1T means that I
shall Nave to stay in with you, too,
J could never think of allowing you
to go, alone, but it seems pretty low
down to leave Madge all alone
"Richard,'' his mother replied tart
ly, sometimes I'm ashamed of haV-
ing raised you, you display so lttles
comon sense, and SO much conceit.
If there's one solitary thing about
this moving that wouldn't be the
better without having you around I'd
like to see it. A mans no use on
moving day, unless he's hired by the
day and expects to be bossed. Other
wise it's better for himself and every
one else, especially every one else, if
he's 10 miles away"
II Saw YOU"
II ought to suit them retorted
Dicky, for it's twenty-five and six
tenths miles from Marvin to the
city"
But his mother did not hear him.
She was already mounting the stairs
with Cousin Agatha in her, wake.
They were as happy as two children
over their coming outing, and there
came to me realization of the
pathetic eagerness of old age to seize
and to hold fast such pleasures as
could be grasped. I wondered if 1t
were not the sense of the swiftly COM
ing time when pleasures or pain, joy
or sorrow would mean nothing to
them, that made them so revel in the
prospect of an evenings amusement.
Richard turned as they left the room
and came swiftly over to the win
dow seat from which vantage point,
behind the long window curtains. I
had witnessed his carefully staged
little comedy.
II saw you!" he accused, laugh
ing over his own triumph. Aren't
you ashamed to sit there spying on
me when I was trying SO hard to
work out your little scheme?"
II wasn't spying!' I returned in
dignantly. Il was in there mendlng
some things which had to be done
before they were put away. lest they
tear more, when you lal come into
the room. I waht to congratulate you,
too. You worked your scheme very
adroitly.
"Oh, you've got to slip 1t to me- he
returned, I'm clever, you know;
you've got to admit it, Then he
laughed uproarously as some remem-
brance struck him.
Did you see the matters face
when I told her I didn't think she'd
want to go because it was moving
day?' he demanded. THAT was
what fetched her. If 1 had told her
about the tickets and had said moth
ing else she would INN ediately have
discovered that she didn't dare to
leave the moving
Even as I smiled an assent to his
words there flashed into my mind
remembrance of the time Alfred
Durkee had told me the story of the
Iriskman who told his pig to go to
Dublin when he was really driving it
to Cork, pointing the tale with an
allusion to Dickys stubbornness.
Evidently Dicky, as the old saying
goes, comes honestly" by his OBJ
stinacy.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
Why Madge Feels Dicky "Comes Hon
estly' By Hia Obstinacy.


The monosyllable on my mother
in-law's lips was a trumpet of ex-
asperated defiance. Dicky, at my in
! stigation, had just told her that he
had tickets for a play she had wanted
to see, in order to get her out of the
way for the morrow's moving into our
new home. Evidently knowing her
better than I he had adroitly con-
veyed the impression in his bit of
news that he didn't think she would
so because OF leaving me alone on
moving day.
IF Margaret Is such baby that
she cannot manage her own moving
It's time she learned, as the rest of
us did," his mother continued. "It
won't take Agatha and me long to
put some things into a suitcase, and
Well get our trunks all ready for you
to move before we go. I suppose
We'll have to stay all night at some
hotel, that last train back is such a
tiresome thing"
I Rugged myself in my sheltered
corner at the ease with which the very
situation I had desired was unfolding
Itself. Then Cousin Agatha joined
the conversation.
II don't suppose your wife would
welcome my aid" she said, with her
crushed-to-th the ground-air But If 1
can be of any assistance to her I shall
be glad to give up the theatre and
stay with her."
I could thing Of nothing but Uriah
Heep, as I hear her. All she needed
was the word tumble" and the long,
black, ill-f1tting gloves to be perfect.
I held my breath for fear that in some
way her offer would be accepted.
But I mead not have feared. My
mother-in-law was in the drivers
seat and had no intention of re!in-
gushing the reins.
Dfckys Status Established.
Don't be a fool just because you
know how, Agatha she snapped.
YOU'D be about as helpful to Mar
garet in moving as a. refrigerator
would be to an Arctic explorer. You
hurry upstairs with me and get the
things you want to take with you.
TIL lend you my Jet set If you want
it,
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
PAULINE FREDERICK 80
AT KEENEY'S THEATER

Pauline Frederick, one of the
screens greatest emotional actresses,
| would grace any role that she was CIV
en- to perform, but in 1.-THE Love that
Lives she has been accorded We
hicle which allows her to display the
full splendid scope of her remarkable
talent. 1t can be truthfully said that
in this production, which was directed
by Robert Vignola, Miss Frederick
has attained to heights of artistry new
er before reached even in her brilliant
career. 1t would seem on first thought
that the role of a scrubWoman held
few, if any, possibilities, yet Pauline
Frederick has impaired to such a role
all the charm and pathos and Infinite
understanding of which she alone is
capable and Molly, the office drudge as
portrayed by Miss Frederick, becomes
a character that Is lovable, under
standable and charming.
Music and comedy are vaudeville
standbys and when the two are COM
bined there is furnished a meritori-
Gus vaudeville attraction, especially II
the combination to be as judiciously
made as it is by Nickerson and Berry
Both are good m usicians, using the
banjos, French horns, cornet, bagpipe
and saxophones in such manner as to
provoke vociferous expressions of ap-
prevail from the audience.
O. L. Nurse Girls in their musical
comedy act are favorites with the
crowd With store of really laugh
able foolishness sardwiched in be-
tween some clever dancing and sing
ing, they bring forth a liberal ap-
plause.
Rentz Trio, a clever acrobatic troupe
who has recently completed a success
1ul summer season with Ringing
Bros circus enter tain with death de
flying, daredevil stunts standing on
high pedestal in midair
Starting next week every Monday
and Tuesday an episode of the Fam
Gus Players-P serial pictura
WHO Is Number One, featuring
katherine Clifford, will be shown.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
Menu for Tomorrow

Breakfast.
SteWed Prunes
Dreamed Eggs
Toast
Coffee
Lunch
Potato Puff
Corn Pudding
Cookies
Tea
Dinner
Lamb Stew
Baked Potatoes
Boiled Squash
Celery Salad
Chocolate Pudding
Coffee
Potato Puff. Have two cupfuls hot
mashed potatoes. Add one-half cup
full boiling milk. two we'll beaten egg
yolks, three tablespoonful butter,
salt, pepper and paprika to taste Mix
we'll; add stiffly beaten whites of
the eggs. Pile in buttered baking
dish, and bake in hot oven until
puffed and brown
Corn Pudding. Mix one can corn
with four we'll beaten eggs, add one
cupful milk, one tablespoonful but
ter and seasoning salt and pepper.
Turn into buttered baking dish, and
bake until 1t is firm
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
SIDE TALKS
BY RUTH CAMERON
How Economy Takes Hold of People.
BY RUTH CAMERON

often astonishingly extravagant about
large sums. I have always wondered
about this and was much interested
in the following explanation by Mr..
George.
Poverty has taught woman much
about the pence but it has taught her
nothing about the pound"
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
News For 7heater8oerY and Women Readers
GRIPPING STORY ON
SCREEN AT LYCEUM

Hundreds Of thousands of people,
followers of the motion picture art
and students Of the fine points of this
important part of the drama give tes-
timony to the finesse Of Madam Pc
trova, the worlds most famous dra-
matte actress. During the past two
DAYS when the famed Russian act
ress appeared at the Lyceum theater
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31

The groceries that come to the
house should be weighed now and
then to make sure that they are not
short weight.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31

Muffin mixture dropped from a
spoon into deep fat makes a pleasant
change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-01

published in the newspapers of the coun- try, Secretary McAdoo said; .'Notwith- standing the spread of prohibition, col 10 months of the fiscal year showed an increase over the corresponding period of year ago. This Is due in great meas ure to the effective inforcement of the internal revenue tax on distilled spirits. It is estimated that through the cam paign of the treasury department against undergauging, equalizing and blockading in distilleries the revenue of the govern- ment has been increa sed by probably S5009,000 annually"
 The statement given out by Commis- sioner Osborn and First Deputy Commis- sioner Gates, of the internal revenue de- pertinent, is to the same effect.
 There should also be taken into account the fact that the war has, to 8 very large extent, caused a very large de- crease in importations of alcoholic liquors of foreign manufacture and purely American brands are being produced in increased quantities to take the place of these foreign brands. Another very rea- sonable explanation of this apparent in- crease is that in anticipation last winter of the possible increase in the tax on whisky by the federal government, the liquor dealers released from bond and paid the tax on large quantity, which they expected in the event the tax was raised later, to sell at price inflated in proportion to the additional tax.
 The boom in the whisky business can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-01
REASON FOR GAIN
 IN LIQUOR REVENUE

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 As a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance union and as the superin- the state organization. am asking you to allow me space for the following ar- ticle. As one of the watchwords of the organization is Educate" I hope you will allow this article in your columns as one means of educating the readers of your paper and also as reply to the question contained in last paragraph of your editorial headed Less Drinking by Business Men, found in Age-Herald of Monday morning. January p. To quote this paragraph: Yet we are still con- fronted by an enormous increase in taxes collected by the United States govern ment on whisky during the past year an increase of something like $a6. 900 900 over the previous year despite the amaz- ing strides of prohibition. Where does all of the liquor consumed go to and who Is consuming it?" The union Signal of June 15, 1916. makes the answer very plain and the whole article is given.
 If the liquor press of the country imagine the public would accept without question the statement being made by it to the effect that recent reports of the internal revenue department show pro- hibition has failed to decrease the con- sumption of distilled liquors. they are finding out their mistake Several req. sonable explanations are being given for the apparent increase, chief of which is of course that coming from the secre- tary of the treasury and the internal rev- enue department. In q recent abatement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-01
SHORT SELLING HAS PLACE
 IN CONDUCT OF MARKETS
Simply State of Mind But Otto Kahn Tells Why He Has Never Been Willing to Sell Short-Short Selling In
 dorsed by the Highest Economic Authorities

New York, January s1.-(Special.)-If short selling were abolished what would be the effect on the stock market? That question was raised this week by Con- gressman Bonnet while Sherman L.. Whipple special counsel for the congress sional Teak" committee, was cross -ex- amining President Noble of the New York stock exchange on the question of manipulation That very same question was raised during the Hughes investiga- tion of the stock exchange back in 1909 it reappeared in 1913, when Samuel Unter- myer was cross-examining stock ex- change witnesses in its money trust in- vestigation
 Even to the mind trained to handle involved financial problems, there are many disputed points as to the morals or ethics of short selling. J. P. Morgan, the elder, stated frequently when on the witness stand that never in his life had he ever sold stocks short Only last week Charles H. sabin and Otto H. Kahn stated while testifying at Washington in the Teak" hearing that they had never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-01

ending Ju 5t March 3l. 1918. there were .ls44 loI the same purpose 5.o0o,Oo gallons. This deduction could be carried further. but enough has been shown to prove that the liduorites are simply up to their old trick of juggling figures.
 The Iiquorites fight prohibition with all their might and means and then under take to make you think that prohibition increases the individual consumption of liquor moments thought will show you the absurdity Of their position"
 "The firing of a giant cannon requires barrel of alcohol" said the temperance committee of the Methodist Episcopal church The motor cars in the war zone are using large quantities of alcohol for fuel purposes. The business of producing alcohol for business, scientific Industrial and munition purposes Is boomingl The business to make men drunk is not boom ing."
 You will pardon me. MT. Editor. if I reply a little further to the question. "who are the consumers7" There are some consumers among the negroes. and mores the pity, and there are some among the whites. but according to re- cent press dispatches, 1t is very evident that the sewers in Birmingham, Besse- mer and Montgomery are consuming a good deal of the quantity shipped in here ostensibly to be consumed by individuals. there is hardly need to mention the quan- tity consumed by the fish in the Chatta- hoochee river at the time of the raids in Girard then, too, it is so useful for keeping down dust that the streets of Denver have consumed some of the stuff. No doubt more Information could be given along this line, but this is already rather a lengthy article. However, I trust you will favor it with space in your columns MRS F. B. HILL, Superintendent Press and Publicity, Ala
 bama w c. T. L.
 January so 1917, 1908 Fifth avenue. Bes- semer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-01

sold single share of stock short. Noble, the president of the stock exchange, who was the first witness called this week, made the same statement. If men of that type invariably disavow short selling, it is not surprising that the ordinary, every day business man is confused by the heavy daily transactions of the stock ex- change which call for the sale of some thing which the seller does not own.
 What is a short sale?" was asked early this week of Noble by the shrewd but constantly smiling Boston cross-ex- am:ner
 Tt is a transaction which is the exact reverse of buying stock for rise" was the prompt reply. That is, in one case, say, 100 shares of United States Steel are bought because the buyer thinks the price will advance, permitting him to sell out at a profit. In the other case, a trader thinks the price of United states Steel in the open market is too high, and he borrows 100 shares from some broker who is carrying 1t for long account, and sells it in the open market; that Is, sells it short, hoping to buy it back lower at a profit"
 AS far as morals are concerned, there is absolutely no dfferential between speculating for a rise and speculatipg on the short side. In one case A puts up margin to buy 100 shares of Steel, selling say. at 500 a share, hoping the. price in the open market will advance, say, to- 110, thus permitting the sale of that same stock at a profit of 5000. Few people eyer question mans moral right to carry on speculation such as just de- scribed.
 Here is the opposite transaction, or short selling. thinks United States Steel, selling in the open market at say, $100 share, is selling too high, and that the price will decline. He orders his broker to sell 100 shares short, the broker borrowing 100 shares of the stock from some other broker, who has a client holding for a rise. In that way the client who is long escapes paying the carrying charges. That is why he Is anxious to lend his stock The broker who borrows the 100 shares of Steel for B, immediately on borrowing 1t, sells the stock in the open market, thus raising $f0,006 cash. That money is kept in hand until 1t is used to buy in the open market 100 shares of Steel, at say, 90. The Steel thus purchased is returned to the broker from whom it was originally borrowed, and the profit between 90 and 100. or 5000 is turned over to trader D.
 That is simple. No question of morals
 in involved. That other questions are involved however, was made plain by Kahn in the speech he made only last Wednesday night at the dinner of stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-01
His Proper Calling

From the Pathfinder.
 What will they do with that eldest son of theirs? heard his father say he had neither judgment nor foresight"
 Then why don't they make him a weather sharp?"