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New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
MANY FEATURES AT
KEENEY'S THEATER

The political system of a big city
furnishes the plot for zone More
American,' the big tiye-reel Para
mount Aircraft feature George Beban
is starring in at 1<ecney's. A poor
immigrant, ignorant of the city's ways,
falls victim to the boss of the gang
and Immediately he starts to fight
against the tyranny. All the system $
resources are turned on him, but he
insists on lighting until he has the
system at his mercy. George Bcban
plays the immigrant. Carmel Myers,
in the Bluebird feature THE City of
Tears" is tho extra photOplay feature.
This unusual play gives Carmel Il
chance to display her remarkable
emotional ability in q manner entire
~ new From Il bench in park at
night to the back room of shop
keepers dingy apartments. then to q
gaily lighted ballroom, are a few Of
the many scenes in the first reel. The
courtroom scene in the fourth reel,
with the city's unfortunate characters,
is unquestionably the best scene the
Bluebird company ever produced,
Throughout the five reels Carmel con-
| tinually fights temptation.
Current events with a variety of
scenes, is also shown Ten large lions
have an Important place, in The
Lions Claws, with Marie asWalcam y
as the heroine. Belle Richie, in an
! L-Ko-comedy entitled Live Wires,
! places him in the lead as movie
! comedian. The Screen Magazine, with
! twelve different events of Importance,
! Is shown daily. \ NeStor comedy and
! q onc-reoI educational film start the
| show.
The success Of the triple feature
! vaudeville bill is now assured and the
management Will continue this policy
| in the future. Ever" act will be =
! feature act. The Sunshine Sisters are
| proving as popular as any act on this
! weeks bill, and the cleverness Of this
! trio of handsome girls is shown II
| their first number. Dancing in 4!
| entirely different manner, they nitro
| duce novelties that seem 20 take tho
house by storm. Jothro's dogs witt
q bedroom scene create considerable
aStonlshment. Ray Donlin in a hand
balancing act is also COED The 1--WE
big feature photoplays and the triple
feature vaudeville bill, with seVera
one-reel films, make this tho h"7
| show in New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
VIRGINIA PEARSON
ON SCREEN AT FOX'S

Virginia Pearson, the popular FOX
star, in a powerful drama, Her
Price" the latest chapter of The
Woman in the Web" Mutt and Jeff,
the latest Alice Howell comedy, and
several others are the attractions at
FoXs theater today. ''Her Price" tells
the story of Marcia Calhoun, a young
music student in New York who
makes the mistake of sacrificing all in
order TO realize her ambition, that of
becoming a star in opera. Lofty of
purpose characterize. with every at
tribute of mind and body to carry her
successfully to her goal the lure of
New York cnvelops this girl. blinds
her mental vision. stunts her spiritual
growth--and she takes The "short
cut to fame. When fame is hers,
the sweetness of success legitimateIy
obtained does not leaVcn ii, and the
lees of the cup of life re hers instead.
Love comes late, but does come to re
generate her. Her Price" is a power
full drama and one of the best vehicles
that Virginia Pearson has appeared in.
Her wardrobe and jew ''lst have
cost we'll into the thousands, her sable
coat alone said to be worth $500.
Those who We're fortunate enough
to witness THE Brides AWalcning'' a
few weeks ago will be on hand to-
morrow night to see the latest Uni
versal feature THE Two Soul Wom-
an" with Priscilla Dean in the title
! role. 1t is adapted from the novel
1.-The White Cat,' by Golctt Burgess,
and is a drama of mystery, passion
! and suspense Chester Castle. being
| injured in an automobile accident,
| finds upon regaining consciousness
! that he is in a strange house rendered
| by the sympathetic JOY Fielding. Be-
fore he fully regains his health he
witnesses great change come over
| her. All her good characteristics drop
| from her and she becomes q, cruel
shameless, fierce girl calling herself
Edna. It does not take Chester long
to discover that she is in the power
| Of d crooked doctor possessed of :,
| hypnotic power. When Joy assum es
| her bad character she gives this doe
tor money and shows love for him
When her good self returns Chester
marries her. The doctor, furious, once
again sets himself to bring about a
change and with success. Leah, JOYS
servant determined to bring about .
climax to this. shoots the doctor ans
the finish is as sensa tlOnaI as. it l.
unexpected There will be seNera
other short comedies. also Britain
! BuIWarks and other appropriate pic
! '1lr"#
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20

From the tip of Cape Cod in
Massachusetts,, to the Golden Gate
in California, has come endless praise
for the wonderful healing powers of
sFruit-a- tiyes' or Fruit Liver Tablets,
The mediclne Made from fruit juices
and aaInabIe tonnes.
Right here at home, we have The
testimonial of Mr.. Henry Dater of
65S First Avenue, Troy, New York,
who wrote under date of April
goth, last.
81 have been a great sufferer for
years with Kidney Trouble and
CONSTIPATION. / tried 'Fruit-a-tiyes'
about a month ago, and with almost
immediate results. The Kidney
Trouble has disappeared and the
Constipation is fast leaving me-.
Soc. box, 6 for s. so, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent on receipt of
price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited,
OGDENSBURG, n. Y,
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
u CLARA- KIMFoALL I0uh6 q
n sELzNlrKGBPlrTuREs "
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
. CAVORTS ON SCREEN
:!::;;R'..,G':' {.

Monday brings the immo rtal Tom
in the further adventures of Tom
Sawyer. The picture is "Huck and
Tom" starring the well-knoWn favor
lte Jack Pickford. A tale of absorbing
interest, Tom Sawyer, aided and
abettcd by the irropressible "Huck"
Finn, indulge in thrilling and humcr-
Gus adventure, including witnessing
murder and being able to save mans
life by their testim onY, as we'll rs be-
ing marooned in "a cave where ttIsv
discover untold wealth that had been
hidden by robbers. This new picture,
"Huck and Tom" will be at the LN-
ceum Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day. On Sunday evening the Lyceum
will have two features "Heiress for
a Day" starring the famous beauty of
the Ziegfeld Follics. Olive Thomas,
and vengeance, starring Moutasu
Love and Barbara Castleton. This is
an enthralling interesting story of the
far. east and of London. The story il
unusual The marvellous tricks Of the
East Indian wisemen, who can dc
things through their occult science
which no westerner can do, are strik-
ingly shown on the screen in Ven
geance" To-day Vivian Martin will
be shown for tho last time in THE
Fair Barbarian
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
lIl0M OF A WIFE
Hy Adele GARRISON

pose of their own wished me to stay
closely at home fer q week or two,
and purposed frightening me into
needing their command. Her COM
ment upon the melodramatic manner
of their communicating With me also
bolstered her theory that they were
in no way representative of my
father.
And yet-a little doubling voice
within me protested that [ ought not
to set aside so ruthlessly the possibility
of my fathers love for me providing
just the safeguards which these men
claimed had been thrown around me.
Suppose, after all, the man on horse
back was in reality some friend of my
fathers doing his bidding?
l ran over in my mind every friend
Of my fathers whom l had met
casually in the days before I knew he
was my father But not one of the
very few men l remembered answer
cd in any way the description Of the
| man on horseback.
And then into my mind came the
last warning words which Allen
| Drake of the secret service had
sounded in my ears before leaving
| Craigie Manor.
| Don't run any foolish risks" he
! had said, and, above all, inspect
carefully any messages You may re-
I Ccivo purporting to come from your
| husband or friends. BE sure they are
authentic, especially if they name q
meeting place unknown to you"
The memory of this impressively
! given warning decided me. I relent-
! lessly smothercd the little voice of
! protest which urged me to believe my
| fathers friends were near me, and
| turned an acquiescent face toward
! my mothor-in-laW.
Il think you are right. mother"
| said quietly. mo doubt those men
! do belong to the enemy camp. The
next question is what am I to do ?'
! ANY fool could answer that ques-
ton" snapped my mother-i law,
and l saw that the excitement Of he
affair was making her irritable. T
tried to placate her
What do you advise" I aske
with as humble q mien as [ could
! manage.
'Why, you must get away from
| here, at once she answered, molli-
fed, "and leave us to throw dust in
the eyes of your friends next door,
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
Council OF National Defense.
Those In Charge OF Work.

by the Woman's committee of the
Council OF National Defense.
Those In Charge OF Work.
The committee appointed for this
work consists of the following:
Mrs. j. w. Alsop, chairman; Miss
Margaret Rourke, r. ~. president
Graduate Nurse association Of Con-
necticut, Bridgeport; Miss Harriet T..
Gregory. II. n, secretary Graduate
nurses association of Connecticut and
secretary State committee ON Red
Cross Nursing service, Waterbury;
Miss Martha j. Wilkinson, r. ~.
president State league of Nursing
Education, Hartford; Miss l.. l.. Coop
pinger, II. n, secretary State league
! of Nursing Education, actins princi-
pal Hartford Hospital Training school,
! Hartford; Miss Margaret *. Stack,
II. ~ State superintendent of Public
Health Nursing, field director Child
Welfare campaign. Hartford; Miss
! Maudc Lands, A. 3. & r. n, direc-
! tor Of Connecticut Training school
! for Nurses, Now Haven; Miss Flor
! enre NJ Redtield, Il. n, New Haven
! Visiting Nurse association, New Ha-
ven; Miss Katherine T. Mccarthy. r.
! ~, chief nurse, Visiting Nurse as
ISOLATION. Rockville: Miss Mary a.
| BOdinc, r. n, superintendent Nor
walk hospital, Norwalk; Miss Anna
| r. Cunliffc, X. n, superintendent
Stamford hospital Stamford; Miss
jeanette Styles. r. ~. instructor Of
] nurses Danbury hospital, Danbury;
! Miss Katherine Murphy. Il. n, South
! Manchester; Miss Henrietta Van
! CLEFT, K. n. LakeYille, Mrs Frances
! e. TinSley, K. ~, Norwich; Miss Ollie
| G.. Nauss, r. n, New London; Miss
| r.. indie Albaugh r. ~, secretary
Connecticut Board of Examination
and Registration Of .urses Pleasant
Valley; Or. Valeria H. Parker, chair
man. Health and Recreation depart
ment Connecticut State Council of
/ Defense; DR.. Harriet b. Hyde, Green
! Wich hospital, Greenwich.
Information concerning the en-
rollment of student nurses can be
obtained by writing to the Woman's
Division Connecticut state Council Of
Defense. State Capitol, Hartford, Con-
nGctjCut.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
SIDE TALKS
BY RUTH CAMERON.

ter. will surely drive home the lesson
more forcibly and more universally.
Cheating Thirteen hundred Pigs.
Fortunately the largest and most
important industry in the country Is
the one in which the lessons of utlil-.
zution have been most ably put into
practices. refer of course to the
great business of hOme-mkinG. Let
me tell you a little incident which Will
illustrate moro forcibly than anything
J could SAW what has been done IN
this line. A friend of mine knows the
man who has the contract for collect
ing the garbag for two cities, each, L
believe, Of about ten thousand lnhabi-
tants. Hc told her the other day that
before the war he was able to feed
sixteen hundred pigs on the material
gathered. Today he can only feed
three hundred.
Surely She viii Never Go Back.
+ That is a humble perhaps some
might say u vulgar, incident. But to
my mind ii is one of the best Things
| have heard for months.
Surely the American woman IL
learning d lesson in true economy
which she can never wholly forget,
| do not mean that I think she VIII
be as strict after victory Is won, aea
she is today: but | do not think she
will ever be as lax as she was in those
carefrcc. careless Wastcfnl days be-
fore the war.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
nam Advised Madge
At Once.

It Once.
= al-( Jaws manner was
4Atant, as she elucidated
saf1f The character of the
But as her eyes fell
ne, her mien abruptly
it, child?' she asked
and then / saw plying
(nsion creep into her eyes
Befon / answered her.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
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New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
THE PRICE YOU PAY

II know 1 ought to take treatment;
have been running down for the
III wear or two. I am all tagged out,
we no ambition, worry from morn
|g till night, don't care whether L
u dead or alive, have lost weight and
snnot do the same work L used to
some years ago. If l were as
8reng as l was, 1 could earn good
GOOD specialist. but l cannot afford
honey. / know L ought to treat with
pay for the treatment"
u You are paying for it NOW, my
bend, and dearly; yet you do not
It it.
Let me tell you why.
Your health is your capital; your
Aorking capacity is the interest you
ke drawing.
A GOOD manager never spends more
ian his interest.
Should he begin to draw on the
pital his interest would, of course,
screase.
And what are you doing?
i You allow your health to run down
s. are and more; therefore, you cam
In work and earn what you used to.
Il 70 YOU see the point? You are draw
,e on your capital--which is your
#eaIth-by allowing it to run down
had SO the interest (your working
apacity) is steadily growing smaller
You used to make good money
low YOU earn about half of what you
sed to get.
To make two, three or four dollar!
las play to you; and you had al
our heart and soul in your work.
These happy days are gone.
You now barely make a living anC
nd it almost beyond your strength
nd you shudder at the thought o
hat will happen when the tina
Breakdown comes.
Figure out in dollars and cent
Dhat you have lost already and vol
yiu be amazed at the amount; AM
That you are gong TO lose is beyond
Estimation.
The dollar you MIGHT earn, blu
on't, is an actual expense to you
lou spend it, And what do you ge
lor it. Worry, anxiety, dependency
Rant and deprivation for your family
The dollar you take out of you
ocket and spend for treatment wit
La experienced specialist Is not a
Expense. 1t is an investment. And i
eturn you get increased workin
@bility, higher wages, health and hap
biness at home.
Which will you choose?
Can you hesitate?
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
fKy For 7hedte180ery and Women Readers

\ nackage containing several break
able articles came to me from the
shop the other day. and when | op-
pncd it [ found that, instead of being
backed in excelsior. the articles were
safeguarded by multitude of vari-
colored scraps Of paper ! looked
more closely and recognized these as
credit slips sliced up by some cutting
machines.
War economy, Of course.
Yes, and Why not peace economy,
too. when We bHNe fought the good
fight and won our victory?
Necessity is teacher az we'll as u
mother. The necessities of war are
daily teaching us all the best kind Of
cconomy-which is not the economy
of doing without. but the economy Of
fuller use of what VIC have.
But School Cannot Sc Over Too Soon.
IF We DO not promptly forget these
lessons as soon as our teacher leaves
us (and this school cannot be over too
soon, an dthc savage Hun beaten( ,
that Will be one blessing Wrestcd from
the most tragic duty the world over
had SGT before it.
OF course tho efficiency movement
had, long before the war. taught
many Of the business mon of the coun-
try lessons in this fuller utilization
which Hnriches both the individual
and tho world For instance. there is
Il big mail order house which
for Years has manufactured wall pa
per out of the vast quantities of cor
rcspondence it handles. But thu
Steiner teacher who is NOW task mas
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
GET NO SUPPORT.

Correspondence of the Asso Press.)
Dublin. June 25.--t'rederick Mere
dith. a Dublin lawyer, who endeavOred
to form committee to place Ameri-
can opinion before the Irish people.
has announced that the support
offered was not sufficient to Justify
him in proceeding with the project.
Some of his correspondents requested
that their names should not be dis
closed as they were afraid of violence
or bONCOtting
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
What Do You Advise ."

NIIdt DO lou AUVlSc'"
CpOn the other side was my
mother-in-laW's thoroughly logical ar
gument that the men for some Dur-
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20

63Sut mother" L faltered, IF these
nen are not representing my father,
then he must be dead or they would
never have had in their possession the
bracelet from which this coin was
taken"
Don't tell me you're one of those
people who give up as easily as that,
Margaret" she retorted, and there
was that in her voice which pricked
my self-respect.
What fortunes Madgc.
Il don't believe in giving mp hope
until you see Your friends embalmed
or cremated," she went on. That's
plenty of time. And even then
wouldn't DO sure unless 1 had seen
them die myself. Now, in your
fathers case, it's utter nonsense to
! argue that he must be dead simply
| because this coin from q bracelet he
! had comes to you in this queer man
ner There are a dozen ways in
I which the thing might have fallen in
to the hands of his enemies. Some
trusted associate who knew about it,
may have been in reality a spy upon
! him. What an easy thing it would
have been for such a man to steal
the trinket!"
/ wondered duly if she believed
her own theory or was simply trying
| to bolster my courage. I rather in
clined to the latter theory, for never
| before had | noticed such determined
! optimism in my mOther-in-law
But | could not share her hopeful
! ness. If | accepted her theory that
the men next door were enemies who
were trying to mislead me, then
couldn't get away from the conviction
that my father was no more number
ed among the living.
But did ] accept her theory This
was the question which confronted
me torturingly. Upon one side OF
I the argument was my conviction tina,
had known somewhere without hi.
Disgusting beard and foreign dres!
the younger of the men who hat
rented the house next door TIL,
memory of his eyes with startled rec
ognitiOn in them as | had seen then
in the taXicab next to mine joined witt
my belief that 7 had seen before tn,
left-handed chirogfaphy of the lette
the Japanese servant had handed t,
l me.
What Do You Advise"
Ul)on the other side was m
p mother-in-law' thoroughly logical ar
! gument that the men for some pur
New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
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Arizona republican., 1918-06-15
REGISTRATION OF
 HUN WOMEN SOON

Rules relative to the registration of German alien women have been re- ceived at the office of the United States marshal in this city.
 Beginning Monday, June r, all Ger man women or all who have become citizens of Germany and are living in the United States or it's colonies, must register at police stations if they live in cities, or at their post offices if they live in country dis ricts. The women must have regis tered by June 26.
 Under the law, any American born woman who has married a German is required to register as an enemy alien. A German woman who married an American prior to the declaration of war with Germany, April 6, 1917. is regarded as an American citizen and need not register Austrian women will not be requqired to register. nor citizens of other countries which arc allies of Germany.
 The registration applies to all women over IA years old. The women must return to the registration places between July 6 and II to receive their registration cards. A number of the restrictions that apply to male enemy aliens also will apply to tho women The women will not be permitted tc change their places of residence without permits
Arizona republican., 1918-06-15
RAY AWAIT OR
 WRITES HOME

Mrs. Charles M. Smith. of Ray, has received the following letter from her son in France, Sergeant R. Wright, of the 9Sth Aviator squadron, of the American expeditionary forces:
 France, May F, 1918. My Dear Old Mother:
 As promised yesterday that I would write long letter today I will start out. Anyway, today is Mothers day and it is requested that every boy write his mother letter. I don't think they will request it of me because I have not forgotten my dear old folks at home, and especially my mother. I just received a lot of mail, eight in all, and my, I am glad they were from home. It is best to write home because when one writes home one thinks more of home and mother. Perhaps you think I should tell you a lot about this country, but mother, the censor will ob- Ject, and anyway when I get back home shall have just that much more to tell you evenings, and you will appreciate it more then. And don't worry, mother for am in as good place as anyone l could wish for, and being taken good | care of as good as any lady under the CAiotiliS NOIlu1llOilS Ol WdT. AuO U nCle Sam is going to treat his soldiers well for they are all willing to give every drop of red blood which runs in theil good American veins to keep their deal old U. s. A. and mothers at home, as well as the whole world, safe from the greatest menace known, and keep i safe for freedom, liberty and democ. racy. and keep the whole world iron | being bowed under the Prussian yoke and bow to Prussian autocracy. Never as long as America can fight will we lose.
 We are here to win and never Shal we return until the fight is won. Nc Prussian can disgrace our flag ant president. and if anything, he shall b, the one to bow down to the presiden and kiss Old Glory until he weeps fo her freedom and admires her power.
 Well. chow call just blew so I vii stop and finish this letter after dinner I just finished dinner and am feelin, pretty good. We had coffee, mashed and roasted spuds, beef and gravy spinach. apple sauce and bread. Now i that is not a healthy Sunday dinner don't know what is. It is clearing up little so expect will have to go to Worl soon, but will finish out this page.
 I hope this letter finds you as wei and happy as I am right now. I gues will have to close because they sa "all out for work" I have to chang my clothes. With lots of love to m dear old mother. I remain your son,
 JAMES R. WRIGHT,
 98 Areo Squadron,
 U. S. Service,
 2nd A. E. F., France
Arizona republican., 1918-06-15
SMILING PAT FALLS
 FUR SECOND TIME

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 14.- Smiling" Lieutenant Pat O'Brien, of Momence, Ills, and later of the Brit ish royal flying corps, who survived a battle with four German planes, was taken prisoner, leaped from d fast moving train. wandered more than two months through enemy ter ritory, finally reaching Holland and safety, tonight is suffering from the second fall of his adventurous career, caused, according to observers, by taking liberties with a student train ing type of airplane at Kelly Field. Apparently O'Brien's only injury after a 1000 foot fall in a nose dive, was a broken nose but Kelly Field physi- clans refused to allow him to leaV this afternoon for Houston lest il develop that he also was injured in- ternally.
 Two thousand feet from the ground the plane side slipped and OBrier was unable to right it. The machine landed nose downward in soft earth He climbed out badly shaken and bleeding freely.