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saving system offered them. They will be allowed to put one penny in the bank or as much more as can be af- forded. No sum will be too small or too large. When the school card, which will be punched up to a dollar. is filled, tho card is taken to the Ber- lin Savings bank where a handbook is started in the name of the child. Many consider this fine plan as the children would otherwise, spend their money for candy aud other articles and would have nothing in the bank.
 As a person stated this morning. they will have something to start life on. which is more than quite few people can say today. l1ns have been mostly completed for speakers in the various sections of that town sometime this week Rev. Ellsworth of East Berlin will speak in ;hc East Berlin Congregational church while it is expected that Rev. MT. Hazen of Kensington Congregational church will address the pupils Of the ken- sington schools. B. R. ShowaltCr is trying to have MT. DemIng speak t0 the pupils of the Junior High school which will be of special interest to the children taking up commercial subjects.
 tscOrEc D. ftoyer
 George D. Boyer. a long time rest dent of kensington dropped dead short distance from his home about Ii o'clock yesterday morning while on his way to visit his son, George H. Boyer of 74 Bassctt street, New Britain Death was due to heart fail ure. MT. Boyer has been resident of this town for the past fifty years and
 
 Ing been elected on the republican ticket. MT. Boyer was about so years of age and was born in St. Johns N. R. He came to this country when still a boy. making his home in North Adams. Mass. later moving to New Jersey whore he lived before coming to kensington. Several years ago he was in the contracting business al though of late he has been very ac-
New Britain herald., 1921-01-17

iar church of New. Britain will give a talk on Armenia" Berlin Bits. The St. Paul's T. A. B. drum corps will hold a meeting this evening.
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Paul Leonard of 62 Pierce street was fined s7 and costs in the Plain vile Town Court Saturday night, for trapping without a license. Justice Merritt Q. Ryder. heard the case
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
METROPOLITAN
"SalpatiOn Nell"

A T Crandalps Metropolitan this
IA week, beginning with this after
Moons performances, the principal
offering will be Edward Sheldon's
undying drama. Salvation Nell" in
which the foremost roles are flaw
lessly played by Pauline Starke.
Joseph King and Gypsy O'Brien.
This play afforded Mrs. Fiske one
Of her most successful starring
vehicles on the articulate stage,
where 1t was an emphatic hit by
virtue OF its great strength Of plot,
splendid character drawing and
faithful depletion Of an important
phase Of American life.
Miss Starke brings to the role of
Nell Sanders, slavey, outcast. girl
mother and finally the redeeming
power In the lives of many Of her
fellows tenderness, a usefulness
and a dramatic force that stamp her
impersonation indelibly upon the
memory.
The story of the struggle against
temptation Of slip Of a girl who
wrapped her whole life up In the
love for a drunken derelict whom
she eventually reclaimed Is punctu-
ated by flashes Of humor and oc-
casional flares of lurid melodrama,
the whole comprising one Of the
most impressive film plays the
screen has ever offered.
Supplementing the major feature
will be shown a new comedy,
Standing Pat" the latest issue of
the Pathe picturized news events,
the newest symposium Of the Liter
AIRY Digest's Topics of the Day"
and other abbreviated camera sub
Jects.
Keen interest will center In the
musical program arranged by N.
Mirskey, conductor OF the Metro
politan Symphony. AS an overture
number will be played, "Old Folks
At Home and In Foreign Lands"
an international transcription of the
American folk song in the musical
idiom Of eight nations. This beauti-
fully variegated number was COM
posed by Charles J. Roberts and Of
fers "Old Folks at Home" in the
musical manner OF various foreign
nations; that is to say, the COM
poser has taken the original Amer
lean melody and infused into II char
acteristics as well as harmonic and
rhythmic peculisrities Of seven OF
the most prominent European coun-
tries-France, Scotland, Spain, Ger
many, Ireland, Italy and Hungary.
Another innovation will be sup
piled by Miss Viola Taubert Abrams.
solo harpist with the Metropolitan
symphony" by A. +. Pinto from the
Awakening" by A. f. Pinto from the
prosecenium side-stage. NJ 1 ss
Abrams Is well known TO Washing
ton audience, having appeared here
frequently as solo harpist with the
foremost symphony orchestras, her
last appearance having been at the
Belasco Theater as soloist with the
Russian Symphony Orchestra, Mod
est Altschuler, conductor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
V0LHead Hound Goes Mad
In This Picture

r IFE is getting more complicated
every day!
Proh bit ion enforcement
agents now offer motion. picture pro-
ducers a new problem.
One of them recently pricked up
his ears and followed a cameraman
to work after he had heard the lat
ter remark to friend:
I've got to make some new stills
this afternoon. I only made a dozen
yesterday. and haven't finished tho
Job yet"
The shadowing expedition led the
sleuth to the famous old Sixty-ninth
Regiment Armory in New York,
where Whitman Bennett was film
ing his latest special Associated
First National release, Salvation
Nell"
Entering the armory, the Volstead
law cellar smeller Immediately had
his suspicious confirmed" by what
he saw.
There men were lined up two deep
at a bar, receiving great schooners
of foamy beer for a nickel a schoon-
er. And. just as in the days Of old,
many of them walked over to the
table at one end of the bar labeled
Free Lunch" and helped themselves
to the food
This place is pinchedr' declared
the dry agent. as he seized the bar
tender and flashed his badge.
Whereupon Director Kenneth
Webb rushed over and explained
that they were merely rehearsing a
scene for a motion picture and that
the beer was of the one-half of one
per cent variety, invented by the
worlds poorest judge of distance.
He backed up his statement by Of
fering a glass of the near.beer,
which the dry agent swallowed with
apparent difficulty, evidently being
used to something stronger!
We'll, l guess you're all right
about this stuff, but want this man
here then" said the officer, pointing
TO the cameraman he had followed.
1T heard him say that he was MAX
ing stills. and l am going to make
him show me where they are"
Mr.. Webb finally convinced the
prohibition hound that the gentle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
LOEW'S Columbia
"The Great Moment"

GLORIA SWANSON. the glorious
~ and exquisite screen beauty OF
% many brilliant Cecil B. DeMille
screen productions. will be seen for
. second great week at Loew's Co
lumbia Theater. beginning this
afternoon at 8 o'clock. In THE
Great Moment her first starring
production and tho first original
screen drama by Elinor Glyn. the
world-famous author of Three
Weeks" and other noted novels.
Miss Swanson 10 supported by q
powerful cast that includes Milton
Stills and Julia Faye.
Miss Swanson has probably never
appeared in any production which
affords a more splendid and opulent
scenic and atmospheric background
for her talents. 1t IL a brilliantly
invested production which intro
duces Miss Swanson In all the glort-
GUS regalia that marks her COM
handing screen appearance, and az
far as the story itself Is concerned
one finds Its action covering too
continents and drawing upon the
luxurious life of pre-Bolshevist
Russia, upper-class America and
aristocratic England.
1.-THE Great Moment" Is a splen-
did drama Of love and social In
trigue that reveals the wild strain
in a beautiful girls nature and the
stern and unceasing efforts Of
patrician father to thwart tenden-
cies that he believes will bring her
to unhappiness.
Between the two. a great struggle
IL waged, in which the girl even
tually triumphs by winning the man
of her own choice, rather than the
scion of aristocracy that has been
selected for her.
Into the dramatic and scenic cpl
sodes Of the story, Elinor Glyn. who
supervised the production OF the
picture as well as writing the story.
has incorporated all her well-known
appreciation for dramatic intensity
and passionate color. 1t Is truly a
triumph of the photoplay art and
in presenting 1t as the featured at
traction for a second week at
Loews Columbia, the management
is retaining the brilliant array of
program supplementary features
that accompanied its first weeks
showing, including the latest issue
of the Literary Digest Topics. the
newest news pictures, a sprightly
and altogether hilarious animated
cartoon, and lyric and captivating
overture selection. Dance OF the
Hours" from la Gioconda."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
He Sans a Woman
In Two on Stage

" GRACE GOLDIN, the fllu-
sionist, is responsible for the
latest and greatest puzzle
ever propounded on a stage, &C.
cording to the critics who have
seen his new presentation which
has only been on view to the
vaudeville fans in the Keith The.
aters, commencing August / last
Since then 1t has been given in
Boston, Brooklyn and New York,
coming here next week. In those
cities it broke all attendance rec
ords for years, Boston especially
turning out tremendous audiences
anxious to see the sensational nov.
city and DESTROYS Of supplying
their own solution Of the mystery
involved in what looked like a
case Of homicide, but yet never
resulted in a police investigation.
Mr.. Goldin characterizes his il.
fusion as "a possible impossibllity.
A feature of the presentation is
that Goldin invites his auditors to
bring their own saws and do the
saving themselves. Tho act is
called "Vivisection." and 1t Is said
to create as much interest and be-
wilderment as Houdini's startling
box and straight jacket escapes.
At any rate, Manager Larsen. of
the Boston Keith Theater, advises
Mr.. Albee, the owner of the Keith
circuit. that the attraction has
made the biggest hit in years. and
In
news among all his managers, with
the Injunction that the public
should know that in this offering
there is a quality of novelty that
will live in their memories along
with the memorable feats OF the
elder Hermann, Keller. and the
others Of bygone fame in legerde-
main and Illusion. It's something
new and strange and that's what
faded audiences need to awaken in
terest in life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
NzzA,zeS2ack
SAIVATION NEIb"
HzsI9ooIAa1o
KNICKERBOCKER
"SaIpation Nell"

TODAY and tomorrow at Gran
dalls Knickerbocker Theater
will be shown for the first time in
Washington Edward Sheldon
sterling play, Salvation Nell" in
which the title role is played with
great effectiveness by Pauline
Starke. The story OF the girl
mother who fought an uphill fight
against all of the temptations that
could be offered by the rum-sodden
slums in which she lived, finally
winning through to redemption for
herself and the man she loved is
one of brilliant high lights and
blankest shadows. The new COM
edy, How She Lied" late news pic
lures, Topics of the Day." and
other short-reel subsidiaries, to-
gether with symphonic accompani-
ment and overture, will round out
the early week bill.
Tuesday and Wednesday Pauline
Frederick will be the star of the
bill in Salvage" in which a strong
story is faultlessly interpreted by
the star and o distinguished sup
porting ensemble. Nothing Like
1t" will be the added comedy attrac-
ton.
Thursday and Friday double
feature bill Is announced. Viola
Dana will be screened for the first
time in Washington as star OF
Puppets of Fate" and Mack Sem
nett's Hard Knocks Are Love
Taps" will be presented as the
added comedy hit Miss Dana APP
pears as an Italian immigrant in
her latest vehicle, later assuming
the guise of a star of the ballet.
Wallace Macdonald is prominent
in the supporting company, which
includes many players of stellar at
tainment.
Saturday only. Alice Calhoun will
succeed to the stellar position on
the bill as star OF Vitagraph's pro-
duction of Peggy Puts 1t Over" a
delightful comedy-romance. ION
Account" a comedy, and a new re-
lease in the series of modernized
Aesops Fables will be Important
auxiliary features of the weekend
bill.
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ART ISS- IN "DISRAELI" COMES TO LOEWS PALACE
Miss abrams Will
Make Her Debut
At Metropolitan

AK USIC lovers of the Capital
W will find much of interest
In the program Of orchestral
and solo features arranged by N.
Mirskey, conductor OF the sym
phony orchestra at Crandalrs
Metropolitan Theater, for presen-
tation this week in conjunction
with the premiere Washington
screenings Of Whitman Benefits
special production for First Ma.
tional Of Edward Sheldon's pow
erful drama of Salvation Nell"
made famous on the stage by Mrs.
Fiske.
Foremost among the musical in
novations for the week will be
THE Souls Awakening" by A. F.
Pinto, played as a harp solo by
Miss Viola Taubert Abrams, solo
harpist Of the Metropolitan sym.
phony. While this is Miss
Abrams first appearance as soloist
with the Metropolitan orchestra.
she is, nevertheless, well known to
Washington audiences by reason
OF her frequent appearances in
this city with the country's most
important symphony organizations.
Her last local appearance was as
soloist with the Russian Symphony
Orchestra, Modest Altschu!er.
conductor, at the Belasco Theater.
Miss Abrams will play her inter-
pretative prelude at the Metropol!-
IL. L
sidestage, where a much finer ef
lower level OF the orchestra trench.
A distinctive overture also IL
scheduled for the current week lIy
Mr.. Mirskey IN "Old Folks at
Home and in Foreign Lands"
skillful orchestral transcription of
the familiar American folk song
into the musical idiom Of eight
nations. Charles ]. Roberts, the
composer, has taken the original
melody by Stephen Collins Foster
and embellished it with the must
cal characteristics Of seven Of the
most prominent European coun-
tries-France. Scotland, Spain,
Germany, Ireland, Italy and Hun
gary. The different versions are
INTRODUCED in such characteristic
fashion that every layman will
Immediately recognize the national
stamp Of each.
During the action of Salvation
Nell" there is occasion for an off
stage voice in a familiar song.
This portion Of the program will
prove a sensation when the iden-
tity of the concerto artistic en-
gagged to sing the number Is re-
yealed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
CRANDAL'S
"A Midnight BeR'

EOR tho first three days OF this
Il week, beginning today, the prin-
cipal attraction will be Charles Rays
latest production, "A Midnight Bell"
a highly entertaining film version
of Charles Hoyts famous melo-
dramatic comedy Of the same name.
In this subject the star is cast as a
small.time rubber heel salesman. who
goes broke in a small town where he
has been left stranded by telegraphic
discharge wired him by the home Of
flee. Obtaining employment In the
general store by a clever ruse. the
ex-drummer catches wind of q dar-
ing plot to rob the village bank and
proceeds to break up the party and
capture the bandits. AS compan-
ion feature will be shown Mack Sen
nett's latest two-reel comedy sensa-
ton, Call a Cop" in which the full
roster of Sennett stars appear.
Bryant Washburn will occupy the
screen on Wednesday and Thursday
in THE Road to London" a gen
timely laughable comedy In which
the central figure takes command
of his own destiny and steals q
charming bride. A supplementary
comedy film OF unusual cley erness
will be offered In Just in Time"
one of the seasons most successful
laughmakers.
Friday and Saturday Pola Negri
is announced In GYPSY Blood" the
screen version of Prosper Merimee's
original French story of Carmen"
With this Incompatible feature will
be shown the rousing comedy. Din
ing Room. Kitchen and Sink"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
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PEGGY PUTS IT OVEp",
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MOORES RIALTO
Zone Wild Week"

u EBE DANIELS appears at
- Moores Rialto this week In
"One Wild Week" Miss Daniels
has a whimsical personality and an
elfish beauty which especially fit
her for roles of the 'good-little-bad-
girl" type-the girl who is always
in trouble because of her high
spirits, not because she is wan
tonly bad. There isn't anyone else
on the screen just like her. She
does not Initiate anybody and is
therefore never compared to other
stars. zone Wild Week" is said to
give her an opportunity for dis
play of her talents such as she
has never had before.
In the role of the girl who is
making up for lost time, she gets
into trouble at the very start, Is
unjustly arrested for another per-
sons crime, but dares not give a
candid account of herself because
she Is really on probation for
period of six months and will lose
her Inheritance If she behaved
badly.
While she has not done anything
wrong, she has nevertheless got
herself into a predicament which at
least looks wrong, and so she
gives an assumed name ana per-
mits herself to be sentenced for a
month at a girls reformatory.
An extra added attraction will be
seen in one of the new two-reel
dramatic photoplays presented by
Educational Films, THE Police
man and the Baby" as adapted
from the story by Clarence l..
Cullen.
other subsidiary features will In
clude a laughable Christie Comedy
entitled "Oh, Buddy featuring
inimitable Neal Burns; and the Gus
tomary exclusive showing of late
world events as pictured in the
Fox News.
Director Bond Gotta and his fam
Gus Rialto Orchestra promise one of
the finest interpretative orchestra
tions heard here in many weeks,
with special stress laid on the
overture, which will be rendi-
ton of Gomez's difficult number,
"u Guarany," which promises to
furnish a real treat for lovers of
the best and finest in symphonic
offerings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
STEAMER ST. JOHNS.

COLONIAL, BEACH is now Mt the
" top Of an unprecedented season,
and gives every indication Of re-
tanning It's great popularity until
the big steamer st. Johns ties up
at the wharf from her very last
trip. This salt water resort not
only has catered to the thousands of
men and women on their annual va
cation, but furnishes recreation to
tn the many who can only take a
few days off" now and then.
Fine salt water bathing, good fish.
ing and Grabbing, dancing and boat.
ing played a conspicuous part all
summer In putting pep and energy
in those who made the beach their
playground. The st. Johns makes
four trips a week, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Sunday at 900 a. M, and
Saturday at 2:30 p. m.
The 40-mile moonlight runs are
made every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday evening at 7:15 y. m. Soko-
loves jazz orchestra furnished ex-
cellent music for those who desire
to dance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
GLEN ECHO PARK.

A N ideal place at which to spend
"A Sunday is Glen Echo Park, and
many Washingtonians take ad-
vantage Of its many facilities and
attractions each week.
A feature of the Sunday program
is the concerts arranged by Sol Min
ster's Band, and consists of both
classic and popular selections. The
various amusement devices of the
park, including the midway and the
six big rides, are operated as usual.
Boating and canoeing may also be
enjoyed on the canal.
Dancing in the open air ballroom
will continue each weekday night
to music provided by Oehmann's Or
chestra of nine expert opponents OF
the art of syncopation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
GREAT FALLS PARK.

TO-DAY special musical pro-
= gram will be rendered by the
ladies' orchestra at Great Falls Park.
other amusements include merry
go.rounds. slides, swings, etc, for
the children. Boating, fishing and
hiking for grown-ups, and free
dancing all week days in the large
open-air pavilions overlookin the
falls.
A fast and' frequent electric
train service to and from Great
Falls Park is maintained, and the
ride through the nearby VirTinla
hillside country forms pleasant
feature of the days outing. Pic.
mic facilities and excellent cafe
service are provided.
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Studio BrepitieS
Los ANGELES. Aug. 81,

Los ANGELES, Aug. 81,
DIRECTOR WESLEY RUGGLES.
~ is wading into 100000 feet of
slippery MCGEE" film in the Mo-
rosco cutting room this week.
WILLIAM DE MILE has re-
W. turned from fishing trip and
will start work tomorrow on Miss
Lula Bett." Mildred Harris and
Milton Silla will play leading roles.
HOWARD HIGGINS is at work on
III his first production starring
Wallace Reid. The picture is to be
called Rent Free" Lila Lee Is
leading woman.
COUVERNEUR MORRIS, Gold
~ wynn author. Is now writing an
original Chinese fantasy Cor the
screen called What Hottie Cook"
and will have a distinguished ORR
entail actor in the leading role.
MRS. MARY DEAN, mother of
AVA Priscilla Dean, Universal star.
is seriously i'll at a local hospital.
ENTHEL CLAYTON has completed
~ Exit the Vamp" at the Lasky
studio. She is scheduled to begin
work in about two weeks on THE
Cradle" from the stage play by Eu-
gene Brieux.
A c. STECKER, chief Of tho Uni
IA. versal City arena, tore his lit
tie finger off at the big knuckle
when he jumped from the top of a
training cage in an effort to land on
a ferocious lion. His signet ring
caught on a nail, throwing his entire
weight on the finger. The accident
occurred in the filming of a serial
in which Eileen Sedgwick is starred.
Stecker's study was to hurl himself
on the lion to strange II into sub
mission to save the life of Miss Sedg-
wick, who was alone with him In the
cage.
T go WHITE, noted screen actor
~ and leading man opposite Fritxi
Scheff in the all-star revival Of
"Mademoiselle Modesto" plays the
role of Jean Marot, the dancing
teacher, in Miss du Points Universal
debut as a star in ''The Rage Of
Paris"
NTATHILDE BRUNDAGE, ''the
IVA grande dame of the films" APP
pears as Madame de Courtigny, an
important character in THE Rage
of Paris" Miss du Points first star
ring picture with Universal. Mrs.
Brundage has appeared in notable
parts with John Barrymore, Olga
Petrova, Emily Stevens, Florence
Reed and William Faversham.
MARIE PREVOST'S- second COM
Nl edy drama has been completed
at Universal City and Is on it's way
to the screen. II is called The Girl
Who Knew All About Men," and
was filmed under the direction Of
King Bagespt.
TWO Russian wolfhounds which
a appear In Foolish Wives" es-
capped from the Enclosure whore they
are kept for five whole hours. Three
days afterward Erich Won Stroheim
began receiving bills from miles
around-bllls for chickens. cats and
rabbits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
CHESAPEAKE BEACH.

CHESAPEAKE BEACH, the Mary
~ land bay resort, will remain in
full operation through Sunday, Sep
TENDER IL. Free dancing to music
by the clown orchestra will be a
daily feature until the closing night,
All of the numerous boardwalk
amusements will continue running
full blast until the last train leaves
on the last night of the season.
This is one OF the most delightful
times OF the year to visit the beach.
Fishing for trout is the best so far
this summer. Bathing is extremely
enjoyable. The shady picnic grounds
offer an excellent place for outing
parties. There are always pretty
girls on the long over-the-water
boardwalk,
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man he referred to was what Is
known in the motion-picture profess
sion as a still cameraman-one
who photographs players in motion
less poses.
The officer meekly took his depar-
ture, but from time to time the re-
ports of free lunch and real beer
being served at the bar brought
others to the armory Chey weren't
all dry agents, either, and Director
Webb was kept busy explaining I'M
til the scenes were completed.