The Press., 1919-08-14
John Williams of Hartford spent the

John Williams of Hartford spent the
 week -end in town.
 I Mrs. Robert L. Quinley is spending a few days in Holyoke, Mass. The Italian band has been engaged | to play in the welcome home parade in Willimantic Saturday.
 Ralph Fontanella is substituting as carrier on the R. F. ID. No. 1 route which position was recently vacated by Edward Dupre.
 The photo play "The Heart of Hu- manity," featuring Dorothy Phillips will be given at the Palace theatre Rockville, on Sunday evening and on Monday afternoon and evening.
 Misses Ethel Moore and Mabel Mey- CTS. with Mrs. Hoyt and daughter, Miss Helen Hoyt, and Miss Alice Ray of Springfield are at "Justamere" camp on the north shore of Mashapaug lake.
 Visitors at MT. and Mrs. Fred w. Bates home for the weekend were Frank w. Bates of Warrington, Mass, and his daughter, Miss Catherine Bates, from Boston, Mass. and Miss Emma Bates of Hartford.
 John Dearborn, formerly of Staff fordville, was arrested here charged with desertion from the U. s. navy by Officer Thomas Hayes Tuesday after noon and kept in the lookup over night. He was taken to the Charles town naval station, near Boston, Wednesday morning.
 Some time ago we haZarded the opinion that Frank Watts, that trotter driven by Gillies. would soon make a cleanup. The cleanup took place yes terday afternoon at WoonSocket, R. l., where he won the 223 trot for a purse of $1,000 in three straight heats. Peter Hopeful, with Gillies up, took second money in the 2.15 trot at this same meeting. On the previous afternoon Forest B led another large field in the ? 15 trOt.
 We have often heard that the auto mobile is replacing the horse more and ther0 they have to depend upon the horse to pull them out of a rut or tow them into some garage. Jarve Cady, as we all know has a Ford car, and last Tuesday it went ack on him and had to be drawn to a garage for re- pairs. Did he fall back upon the horse? No. not Jarve. He depended upon his oxen. He hitched the steeds to the front axle, perched himself upon the hood. reached one hand over to the steering wheel and drove the oxen with the other. It was in this manner that he came down Main street to Helms garage, and it is su- perfluous to say that he attracted a whole lot of attention. This occur rance alone would give us reason for saying Leave it to Jarve."
 "Glittering Fantasia" proved to be fully as successful here as everywhere when it was given before we'll filled hall Monday night for the benefit of St. Edwards church. The 150 young people who took part had but ten days preparation, yet there were many who saw the production and cOnsid- cred it to be positively the best anna teur performance that they had ever seen. One of the main reasons for this big success was that it was so spectacular. The costumes and seen cry can truly be termed gorgeous and the electrical effects made them more so. The first thing that struck the audience when the extravaganza opened was the large number that were grouped on the stage, nearly 100 being on there in the first scene. The singing throughout the whole play was good and when the whole chorus sang in the opening scene the volume was surprising. What seemed to please the large audience most two of the third act in which an Indian princess led the singing and a number of Indian maids joined in the chorus. "A Chinese Honeymoon" in this same act was given in very Chinesey way and went well. The work of the young children made just as much of hit as that of the older ones. They did their parts we'll and it is true that the whole production would have lost much of it's charm had they been ab- sent so they can be assured that they had a heavy part and carried it out well. The second night was a repro ductiOn of the first. but it had fully as large an audience. In appreciation of the entertainment itself those who were behind it MT. and Mrs. Echart 1,,I fDx h. coaching. the actors deserve much credit for the production as we'll as the actors themselves who gave their time in preparation.