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New Britain herald., 1918-05-17
LYCEUM PROGRAM
AT 2:3O TOMORROW

Again doing its patriotic bit, as has
been done ever since the first oppor
tunlty presented itself, the Lyceum
management has turned over the the
alter to the Rcd Cross this evening for
monster mass meeting, and so the
regular vaudeville and picture pro-
gram will not be carried out. Tho
management is behind the Red Cross
movement to the last ditch and takes
this means of displaying its desire to
cooperate.
This afternoon, however, the pro-
gram as rendered Thursday afternoon
and evening was presented, and on
Saturday it will also be repeated, with
continuous performance in order
Starting at 2:15 tomorrow and last
ing until 1890 the big picture and
vaudeville program will be given to
the public, in order that the crowds
who usually pay us a visit Friday eve
ming may not lose the show
The show this latter part of the
week is one that needs no APOLOGIES
When Jack Pickford was flashed on
yesterday IN the feature picture, The
Spirit OF H. he was received with
appreciation, and as the plot of the
story was unrolled, he became more
popular even imam DSrOre. For this
picture is one that commands atten-
ton and draws favorable CONNIE emit
every inch of the way.
The producers could not have Sc
1ected a better vehicle for the talent
ed young star in these days when the
backing of Young America is needed
to the limit and when the seeds of
patriotism and Am ericanism are be-
ing sown In every heart.
The vaudeville bill is winner from
top to bottom, with Lift & Nolan and
Cliff Clark and the Wilson Aubrey
Trio holding the boards.
Next week will be Jubilee Week
Charlie Chaplin, in "A Dogs Life"
will be the feature Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday, with George Beban In
Jules Of The Strong Heart" on the
program Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, and on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday Ann Pennington, star
Of the "Folltes", will be seen in Sun
shine Nan" There will also be
vaudeville. Some bill, what?
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17
News For Thedter80ery and Women Readers
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON

| turned faint with horror, almost
forgetting my heavy breathing in the
terror OF knowing that my fears were
true, that the man with the SCARED
hand was still nursing his vengeance
against me. But the ferret-faced man
was talking again, and 1 put down
my terror with the grim determina-
ton to act my part as worthlly as I
could. How kept up my pretence
of stupor, and at the same time
missed no necessary word of the dia-
logue, is a mystery to me. spsF'ortu-
nately, the ferret-faced youth-or the
voice which l believed to be his
after his first sentence or two, useo
English. and as he appeared to be
the leader and principal speaker, my
task was not so hard as II all the
conversation had been in German.
''Tic Her Up WeiI.'
I'VE don't have to hurt her at all"
went on the voice, speaking, Or rather
numbering, English. Just toss her
into one of Your upstairs rooms,
Sophie, and let her wait there until
we all get safely away. I'll tip off
the guy that's so interested in her
just where she is, and after that we
don't know nothin'. See? 1t amt
none of our business what he does"
You forget" the deep voice which
had advocated my death said slowly,
that we cannot all get safely away
so quickly. There are messages that
must be sent tonight from here, 9TH
erwise you know what fails. No mat
ter what happens, the wireless must
work tonight. 1t means thousand
swine in the butcher shop
His tone was pregnant with a mon
strous menace, all the more horrible
to me because I couldn't fathom his
meaning who was helpless in the
face Of this awful hidden peril to my
country!
Whats eating you, Grandpa?" the
ferret faced youth replied impudent-
ly IT happen to be the guy that has
to operate that wireless, and ! don't
want more than one or two Of you to
stick with me anyway, just enough
to put the plant out of commission
when we get through, and fight our
way out If anybody gets next before
about three o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. which I don't think anybody
will. You said you didn't think any
body knew whore this dame was
didn't you, Sophie, a while ago."
she said her husband was out of
town." Nine. Hofer replied, and with
vague glimmering of hope I thought
I detected distinct sulkiness in her
voice. "She probably won't be missed
before rising time tomorrow morn
ing"
And by morning we'll all be far.
far away" said the ferret-faced
youth Grab her up. Otto; you're
the strongest. Carry her UP to the
room Sophie shows you and lock her
in. And remember Sophie no chick
en-hearted stunts now. Tie her up
we'll"
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17
what the Persons at the Inn Decided
to Do With Madcc.


l shall always be proud that | ut
tered no outcry when L felt the thrust
Of the needle deep into the flesh of
my arm, and thus was able success
fully to deceive Nine. Hofer and her
associates. [ had read somewhere
that such a test if applied to real
morphia stupor would result only in
movement Of the arm, that there
would be no cutlery, and the memory
of the statement flashed across my
brain as it is said memories come to
a drowning person.
OF course l wasn't able to control
a VINCE but l managed to continue
the movement so that it appeared to
he a. drowsy withdraw of the arm
SECURE In the belief that there was no
rJT1ysician or nurse preSent-a cOnVlc-
ton I deduced from the fact that no
I one had lifted my eyelid and peered
aA the pupils, the first test of genuine
unorphia Stupor-I even Ventured an
&1ndistinct murmur of Let me alone,
d as 1 moved my head slightly and be-
9an to breathe still more stertorousiy.
fEhes doped all right" affirmed the
same voice that had advised the
xneedle test. [ had no reason for my
8conjeoture, but was sure that the voice
belonged to the ferret-faced youth
3who had shown his notebook contain
ing my description-as l believed
Ito his neighbor after 1 entered the
1aining room.
j What shall we do with herr" It
was a woman's voice that put the
huestion.
al A deep voice rolled out a cultural
&entence, which I gathered to be a
Norman version of the old proverb,
MDead men tell no tales
8# A Cold-B1ooded Discussion.
III "No, MOI" Nine. Hofer almost
Mhrieked. II will not have that. She
Ives down Cresthaven way. in Mar
Nm. I think. She will be missed.
He shall all hang. Besides, I do not
Ike all this killing business"
III "You are a milksop, Sophie" an
Wher woman said eontemptuously.
NBVhat is the life of baby-face like
Mis when 1t interferes with what we
He doing for the fatherland?"
Il II may be millSsop, but I am not
schweine butcher" Nine. Hofer an
erred angrily, mixing German and
glish in her excitement. and l tell
liz will have no murder
ii 'Wh6's talking about MURDER"
Il brled the voice which I was sure
M onged to the ferret-faced man.
81 M e know this DANES in the secret
81 & vice, and the man who wrote out
description which put me wise to
"a M is mighty anxious to have a little
N brview with her again. I don't
w what the row is, but he's been
~ ching for her for some time, says
n has a nice little score to settle
IA IT. her.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17

In France, the magic wand waves
You have often read of Belshazzar,
the great Prince of Babylon. You
have often seen the sensuous pictures
OF his feast the greatest in all his
tory. The Feast of Belshazzar it
rings with a vibrant thrill against
your ribs as you repeat the sounding
phrase. We will take you so close to
Belshazzar you could almost reach
out and shake hands with him. We
Will take you to the top of the walls
OF Babylon, three hundred feet in
height chariots stretching for miles
down that boulevard, built upon the
top Of the walls. You will see Cyrus
the conquering Persian in his camp
outside the city. His myriads of
thousands assault the walls, bringing
ladders. engines of fire, battering
rams, towers of hide and wool as
high as the walls themselves filled
with armed men. From the top Of
each they throw spears; they hack
with swords-sWeat, blood, curses
the roaring of battle-such a battle
as has never been seen before. Lo,
again change, Victory this time is
With Belshazzar, we will go and cele-
brate the victory, in hall a. mile In
length, fountains of perfume spray
around you; other fountains sing with
wine. All the swaying dancers and
beauties of the world move before
your dazzled eyes All is we'll in
Babylon. Again the pendulum swings.
you see Jerusalem the Golden, as 1t
was in the time to the Nazarene. wise
men from the east, with trains Of
camels, fruitsellers, with dates and
melons, offer you their products You
see Mary of Magdala, slave borne in
sllken palanquin, wrapped in soft
linens and clinging garments, her
black eyes, glowing through a silken
veil. And so on through the great
est adventure and when 1t Is finished
you will be bigger, broader, better,
wiser, happier than you have ever
been In all your life. So come and
enjoy the wonders Of D. W. Grif1th's
colossal spectacle, Intolerance"
showing loves struggle throughout
the ages
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17
SIDE TALKS
Snobs and Climbers Still.
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; dously big times, and be so utterly
petty as that?
Still another friend told me of a
woman of high social standing who
gives teas and bazars for war chart
ties. Women of lesser social stand
ing are invited, and flock to them
with JOY, though the prices are enor-
nous. The privilege of meeting the
hostess and saying they have been in
her home is what they pay for, not
the tea or fancy articles. There are
just necessary camouf1age.
Does she cut them afterwards?"
someone asked.
Certainly not" said her friend.
she is gentlewoman. But, of
course, she never has any personal
acquaintance with them"
That incident is not quite so ugly.
In fact, the hostess showed a COM
mendable willingness to use her par
ticular talent for the good of the
cause by capitalizing her social
standing.
One could wish she did not feel
obliged to remain so strictly aloof,
afterwards, but perhaps that is ask
ing too much.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17

Does it seem possible that, into
into anything so big, so fine, so vital
IS Red Cross work, there could pos
sibly come anything 50 petty, SO
ugly, so trivial as small personal feel
ings, narrow prejudices, social snob-
berry?
And yet. not long ago a woman
told me that several Of the women
in her neighborhood who had for
merly been regular attendants in the
Red Cross workrooms, had given up
going there because they did not
like the woman who had been put in
charge.
I tried to find out If the new head
had been disagreeable or domiheer-
ing in her attitude, but that did not
seem to be the case. They simply
did not like her, personally, as we'll
as the woman who had preceded her,
and they were registering their re-
sentiment at the change by staying
away from the workroom!
But This Is Not the Motive Of Most
Women.
And from a friend who has moved
to a city which, though small, has
the reputation of being one of the
most SnODb1Sh ana clCquey in the
country, I received this description
Of the attitude of several women she
has met there:
"One of the snobbiest things I ever
heard was a criticism Of the numbe
of ordinary women who have tried
so hard to break into the Red Cross
work"
Think of that.
How Petty Both Glasses Are!
How unbelievably petty, from both
points Of view,--that of the society
woman who wants to keep the great
privilege of working through the
Red Cross for our soldiers, for her
self and for small, select gathering
of her sisters; and that of the So
c1al climber who calculatingIy looks
upon such work merely as a ladder
by which she can climb into an &C
workmanship with someone to
whom she cringingly looks up as her
social superior!
They Get No Spiritual Sense of the
War.
How Can they live In such tremen-
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17
KEENEY'S SIGNS UP
"OVER THE TOP

Robert Gordon Anderson, the man
who discovered" Sergeant Arthur
! Guy Empey, the -merican boy who
fought alongside Tommy atkins for
eighteen months in France, recently
told the story of how the little fighter
came to write his now famous book,
Over the Top
Mr.. Anderson is one of Empey's
closest personal friends and knew him
in pre-Lusitania days In fact, could
qualify as charter member of the
'I-Kn ew-Him- When Club" When
Empey returned from France after
serving eighteen months as a member
of the British expeditionary force and
bearing seven wounds. Mr.. Anderson
was one Of the friends he looked up.
The soldier was back home, honor
ably discharged from service, but
chatting to get back on the firing line,
Anderson, who is sales manager for
G. P. Putnam's Son, publishers Of
Over the Top" was one of his daily
companions and to him Empey re-
counted many of his expe riences in
France.
1t was Mr.. Anderson who suggested
that Empey write "Over the Top" but
for months the soldier declined the
suggestion. Finally, when Mr. Ander-
son put it to him on patriotic grounds
and showed him that in his own ex-
periences he had message of value
to every Am erRcan who donned the
khaki Empey consented to write the
book
Then began the fastest preparation
OF a book in the history OF publishing,
1 honestly believe" said Mr.. Ander-
To-, &ot15
could get Empey to put his thoughts
on paper, we took the copy away
from him; so fast, in fact, that he
says we literally choked 1t out of
him. AS it stands, Over the Top is
really soldiers notebook, but be- !
cause of Empeys wonderful appre-
citation Of the dramatic and the HUI
morous Incidents it Is probably the |
most human and most Am erlcan book |!
that he's been written on the war.
Every word in it is Empeys- |
Every thought in it Is Empey's |
Nothing was changed in the editing, |!
or collating, and one of the chief |
charms Of the book is the simple |
language in which Empey tells his !
story. ALI the time he wrote as one |
soldier to another, because he had !
no idea that his book would become |
SO universally popular, believing, in |
stead, that If it had any appeal it /
would be to soldiers only. He told !
his yarns just as he told them to me |
and other friends as we sat around |
In the evening in Jersey City listening |
to his recital In my magazine and |
publishing experience / have met !
many authors but never one who en-
bodied as does Empey the ability to
live romance, to sense the dramatic
and to reproduce it in words or play"
When Empev finally consented to
appear in g. film version of cover the
Top" for the VHagraph company, of
which Albert e. Smith is president,
1t was Anderson, the writer, who was
chosen to adapt the book, and he ap-
pears as the author Of the screen
story. In writing 1t, he has retained
all of the punch and dramatic power
that made Empeys book great, and at
the same time has woven a story of
mystery, love and adventure that en-
braces all of the high lights of the
book
over the Top" In which Sergeant
Fmpey himself appears as the star,
Will ha shown at keeney's theater
onk
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17
Menu for Tomorrow
Breakfast

Breakfast
Stewed Figs
Boiled Rice and Milk
Dreamed Potatoes
Parkerhouse Rolls
Coffee
Lunch
Potato Salad
Brown Bread Sandwiches
Rhubarb Tarts
Tea
Dinner
Cream of Canned Corn Soup
Beef Loaf
Sweet Potatoes
Peas
Watercress
Coffee Junket
Coffee
Potato Salad (without onion)--
Boil small potatoes, peel and dice at
once; season with salt and pepper,
add q liberal amount olive oil and set
aside to cool. To four potatoes allow
one Sliced hard boiled egg, adding
this just before serving.
Coffee Junket--Dissolve in one
half cupful very strong, clear hot
coffee, three tablespoonfuls sugar;
add one pint milk and teasponful va
nilla. The mixture should be just
blood warm. Dissolve one tunket
tablet in one tablespoonful cold wa
ter; stir it into the coffee mixture and
pour at once into cups. Let stand In
the kitchen until set, then put on ice.
Serve cold with milk or cream.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17
FADS AND FASHIONS

The all-in-on or waistless gown
has become permanent.
Both coats and dresses show
marked contrast in colors.
Rosewood, pastel tones and bright
blues are favorite colors.
There is a. new high stock which
is pulled up over the chin
New Britain herald., 1918-05-17
72z.G''':.

Many small ostrich tips piled on
top of close turban make a becom-
ing trimming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Colonel Cooper Preparing
 to Work on Big Dam

Florence, May 7.--tSpecial. )-Deeds were signed today conveying to the govern ment a tract of land north of the river to be used as a cantonment site for the building of Dam No. ?.
 crew under charge of MT Talbot, one of Colonel Coopers active men. is now at work at Buck Island, testing sand and gravel deposits to determine their quality and probable quantity and availability for use in construction of the dam.
 A steamboat crew and necessary help is at work below the Florence bridge taking metre readings and soundings for the Muscle Shoals district engineers of flee. The steamer King has been trans- ferred to this river district for this and similar work. Additional men were en- ployed and put to work thereon today.
 A number of men who came in the Florence office with Colonel Cooper are now actively at work on the job in fact, mt single active man has been called from it.
 Engineers are continuing their work locating property lines and figuring acre. age on property that will be needed in connection with the dam construction, and doing preliminary railroad work.
 Everything that can be done to facili- tate the beginning of actual construc- tion work on the dam itself is being done.
 Office men are working out details for the cantonments that are to be built on the north side of the river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
WOLF WILL GIVE
 FIRE DRILL HERE
Cincinnati Paint Manufacturer IS Expert on Fire Fighting Methods
 of Every Character

L. l.. Wolf, recognized as an expert in fire drills, and an instructor in all work pertaining to fire fighting is in Blr- mingham for 6 few days oil business and while here he will give fire drill for the benefit of the local firemen upon the request of Chief Middleton.
 MT. Wolf wears a beautiful medal which was given him by the Cincinnati fire department, in appreciation or ms services in building up that department. He has always refused any remunefa- tion for his services. and never would accept any kind of gift, but when the boys of his home city offered him the medal which he is very proud or. ne could not refuse it.
 MT Wolf is paint manufacturer, ana his fire fighting knowledge and work among the firemen all over the unlteo States is even more than hobby with him, it is a pleasure and recreation that he always enjoys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
LOEW'S FEATURES KITTY FRANCIS G CO.
 LAST HALF-WEEk
Scenario for Journeys End" Photoplay Offering Written by R. S. Sensa-
 baugh, Local Author

The second half of the weeks bill will
 offer an unusually good programme, with
 Kitty Francis, the famous comedienne. as the leader. Miss Francis has sur rounded herself with F stunning beau
 ties, who appear as members of the New
 Yorks society in Mrs, O'Malleys Re
 ception," a screaming satire, with music.
 Miss Francis appears as Mrs. OMalley
 parvenu who has invited New York s
 society to her first reception, and shows
 her struggles to sail on the social sea.
 From start to finish she keeps her au-
 dience laughing, when with her brogue and her Celtic wit she initiates the climb CTS dive into the social swim. Her son is played by Rube Welch, who has many followers in the south, as he was a former member of stock companies in Augusta and Atlanta.
 Other acts on the bill will be Norman
 Taylor and Ida Howard in a comedy skit. "Officers e7s"; the German Broth | CTS, comedians with exceptional voices l in original repertoire, and the Three Rob- bins presenting a review Of songs, past and present.
 1 A decided feature of Loew's bill for the i last half of the week is the photoplay, | Journeys End" which was written by E. S. Sensabaugh, Birmingham author
 of photopiay scenarios.
 1 A delightful romance occurring at the seashore in Florhia is depicted in Jour ney's End" with Ethel Clayton as the star. Supporting Miss Clayton in this production is a notable cast, including John Bowers and Muriel Ostriche. Many of the scenes were taken in Florida amid surroundings of extraordinary beauty Director Travers Vale outdid himself in the selection of pleasing backgrounds for
 the staging of this most charming ot pro auctions Journeys End" tells a piouantly pleasing story that will appea | to every movie fan, whether old oi
 young It will leave pleasant taste ir l your mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
VILLAGE T|NKERS" HEADLINE ACT AT
 LYRIC LAST HALF.
Four Other Big Acts on Bill, Dark Clouds" Being an Exceptional Comedy
 Offering

With rural comedy under the title, The Village Tinkers' as the headliner, the bill at the Lyric theatre for the last half of the week, beginning today's mat inee. is replete with comedy, song, good dancing and much real histrionic art. Such big vaudeville attractions as Ed Reynard and company, ventriloquism; Bennett and Richards in a dramatic sen sation, Dark Clouds: Models De Luxe. presented by Stewart and Downing com pany, and McMahon and Chappell in their sensational inimitahle comedy: When
 Hubby Missed the Train are among the acts billed.
 The Village Tinkers," which will be
 the headline offering for the last half
 of the week, is a rural comedy which
 does not fall into the error of most such
 comedies of overdrawing the characters.
 The cast carries it's characterizations
 just far enough to be screamingly funny.
 and ably presents the plot. Fred J. Ar
 dath is presenting the offering here Mile Blanca presents Ed F. Reynard. the famous ventriloquist in an up-to- the minute ventriloquial and dancing rovety under the titles: "A Morning in Hicksville Court,n in which Seth Dew berry," the greatest of all mechanical figures is introduced.
 Beyond the mere statement that Joseph Bennett and Edward Richards have ill Dark Clouds one Of the seasons ie- cided novelties, 1t is not necessary t'' diate uron their performances This is a genuine surprise.
 | Stewart and Downing company will pre- l sent their artistic treat, Models De Luxe" Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This is a high-class posing act, the mod els duplicating famous art from the gal :, leries of Paris The Models De Luxe are really beautiful from an artistic stand
 point and their offering indicates intense study and practice and the result is they are perfect.
 | The scenic skit by McMahon and Chap pen entitled, When Hubby Missed the
 Train" verifes the truth of the new yer
 sion of an old song which runs: With Strings on His Fingers and Wife at ] His Toes, Each Shall Have reminders
 Wherever He Goes. Hubby is trying te depart. but wifey is with him at the sta
 ton, and her warnings and admonitions result is his seeing the train leave with out him.
 l Lyric screen felegrams is a feature ol every performance at the Lyric
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Marine Sergeant
 Sells Savings Stamps

Splendid results are reported as re- suit of the tour of Sergt. J. C. Whit lock of the marine recruiting station through south Alabama in the interest of the War Savings Stamps, he having addressed large crowds at every town.
 More than 1000 people gathered at a patriotic mass meeting at Talladega, where more than s1600 worth of stamps were sold following the talks. The peo- pie present bought s60O worth on the spot and 5000 worth were pledged. Sergeant Whitlock also spoke at Montgomery and Opelika.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09

the, contest and the squads start from a line 15 feet in front of the wall and from the time they start until every man has gone over the top and has landed in safety on the other side, time is taken. The boys do the wall sealing under arms and the guns have to accompany the cadets. In addition, they must be handed, not thrown, both up a-Id down on the other side, for a broken gun would be of little service to a soldier on a charge.
 Company c of the Ensley High school will assist Companies A and B in stag ing an exhibition drill prior to the con test. Sponsors have been appointed for each side and the outcome of the con test is being anxiously awaited, each be- ing confident of victory.