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New Britain herald., 1923-12-22

Another big week of vaudeville at fractions is promised the patrons of the Capito theater beginning with the Monday matinee performance. For the frs, three days including Christmas, on which day three per formances will be played. Ralph Dun bars Broadway Choir in Moments Musical" will be the feature attrac- tion, This act carries nine women and one man. It will be remembered by followers Of the chautauaua that five Of this group Of ten played in New Britain last season with the swarthmorc chautauqua attractions. They received q splendid press notice st that time and special mention was made of their work.
 For the last three days Of the week the management nas booked the or iginal London Steppers" company, which is an act carrying | girls and one man. IL will be remembered that Ht the time this attraction was brought to America from England each girl promised that she would not marry until the act returned intact Co London. The girls have been here some ilmc and have been able 10 keep their promises. An act Of big canbcr which has been booked for an early appearance is that of Cunningham & Bennett with their band, This act has not played anything but full week stands and in order 10 bring them to Now Britain it was necessary to ar range a split week policy with inc Capitol thcater in Hartford so that
New Britain herald., 1923-12-22

John Sheehan, known on the stage as John Miltern, is spending the holi- days at his home in this city.
 Thomas English, well known yaude- vile performer. who recently return ed to the stage after q long absence, is spending the holidays at his home here.
 Harry Burke, former manager of FoX's theater, is visiting friends in town.
 Next week the Palace will lay aside its straight picture policy and present to the public a musical comedy revue, offering Tommy Anderson's Beauty Revue of 1924. This is also the firth anniversary of the Palace and an excellent show has been selected as a fitting attraction to celebrate. this anniversary.
 The following week, starting Mon day, Dee. Sl. Phil Ott's Musical Com edy will bC the big attraction. This show will also be offered at the Mid night I'rolic New Years cyc for which tho reserved seats are now sell ing at tho box office,
 Announcement is also made by the Palace management Of the booking of tho new Hoyt's Revue, with an en- tircly new east
New Britain herald., 1923-12-22
Twas Harder Then

go you got a year off for good be hayior?"
 "Yes. sir. You scc didn't steal a thing while I was in Jail.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-22

Gypsy Jim" with Leo Carrillo as it's star, will play its first performance next Tuesday night in Springfield, Mass
New Britain herald., 1923-12-22

1 the mtd week jump will not be great. New Britain is to have It's share of midnight shows this year with one stated for Christmas eve at the Iy- l ccum and two for New Years eve one at the Capitol and anoth ,r at the Palace. The Lyccum will book ten acts Of Paramount vaudeville for their Christmas eve show. while for the Capitol New Year show ten acts of Keith vaudeville will be featured with a musical comedy revue at the Palace.
 Waterbury recently had the honor of being the try out city for a brand New Broadway production named 'Loipop," and featuring Ada Mae tWceks) and Zelda Sears, who aided in writing a bit of the production The event occurred at the old Poli house, and although the company came to town on Wednesday the opening show was not until Friday evening. Several good seats were left that night, 0u, after Waterburians and others read the morning press mo- tices it was impossible to buy q scat for the atarday matinee and night shows. New York theatrical journals proclaim the event wonder and can not get over the fact that Waterbury really supported a high class attrac- tion. The show is now in Boston For short run preceding it's Now York gagcmcnt
 Tho only and original company on tour playing Sally" will be seen at Hartford all of next week, although when n" production plays at Parsons MarillD Miller will not be in the cast She left the show in New Haven last Saturday night and went to New York to begin rChcarsals for Il musical pro- dnction under Tlorcuz Zi"gfeld's man agcmcnt. According to her contract with the producer. Miss Millor is to be presented Pn new show not later than February ]. Miss Ethel Kelly. a member of the chorus, and Miss Millers undcrstudy. will play Miss Millcr's rolc for the remainder of the season, Leon Erol is still starred in the production,
 Josephine Hull ]. Warren Lyons and Bruce Fillmore have been engaged for "Neighhors." opening al tho For ty-oighth street next Wednesday night
 II is announced that Frank Craven will quit the stage after his current st a.son in "The First Year" He will devote himself to playwriting. Craven was seen in play in Hartford this fall
 "Madre" will open at the Lenox Hill thcator on Saturday night Of next week instead Of Wednesday.
 "Nerl." by Herman. Bernstein. will he produced soon by Amos Nichols
 Moonlight" l.. Lawrence weber's ] new musical piece. will open in De troit sunday night
New Britain herald., 1923-12-22
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New Britain herald., 1923-12-22

Moonlight" l., Lawrence weber's new musical piece. will open in De. troit sunday night.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-22

Josephine Hull J. Warren Lyon, and Bruce Elmorc have been engaged for "Neighhors," opening at tho For. ty-cighth street next Wednesday night
New Britain herald., 1923-12-22

"Ner1." by Herman. Bernstein. wil be produced soon by Amos Nichols.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08
Beyond the Limit

A bather got out beyond her
depth, and her screams soon
brought to the rescue the boat
man whose business it was to
save anyone in difficulties. A
few strokes carried him to the
spot and he reached out muscu-
lar arm to grip the poor girl.
who was just about to sink. At
this moment her frantic struggles
dislodged her bathing cap, which
soon floated away, carrying with
It. what was more precious, her
wig.
''Oh, save my hair" she cried.
Save my hair""
Madam" replied the gallant
rescuer, hauling her into the
boat, II am only a life.saver, not
Z hair restorer. Pr eton
Tiger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08
According TO Scripture

In a small village in ireland.
the mother Of a soldier met the
village priest who asked her IL
she had any bad news.
''schure I have" she said. Pat
has been killed"
: ''Oh. I az sorry" said the
priest. ibid you receive the news
from the war Officer"
mo-" she said. II received word
from. himself"
The priest looked psrplexed. and
said. But how is that?'
"Sohure," she said, ''here's the
letter, read 1t yourself"
The letter said: Dear mother
II am now IN tho Holy Land. -,
Bison.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08
A Sad, Sad Story

Loud laughter echoed and re-
echoed in the Garden Ice Cream
ParIor where men Of all denom-
nations gathered to drown their
sorrows in sundaes, sodas and
other VIE connections. A man
was cursing loudly and a little,
golden haired lassie came in ond
with tear-fIlled eyes, walked over
to the loud-mouthed individual.
"Dady-please come home"
she sobbed, Mother il ILL.,"
serve 'er right" growled the
man. pushing her away.
"Please-pIease-" the little girl
sobbed ogain, Mothers dying"
LET 'er die" And with a
muttered oath he turned his back
on her and ordered another nut
sundae.
But Daddy, there are two men
breaking into the cellar"
With q horrible shrek the man
leaped across the room and out
Washington Cougars Paw.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08
Campus
Stories
Dumb-why is a cigarette like

Dumb-Why is a cigarette like
q woman?
Dumber-I don't know.
Dumb-One a man tries to
smoke and the other a man
tries to love.-Mainiac.
The Bright One Ras just had
q nice nap-is startled by the bell
ringing for the dismissal OF class:
"Well, Freshman, come to life
and answer that telephone-What-
cha think y'r here for--an orna-
tnent ?'-Parrakeet.
At one of the fraternity houses
here, the manager is not exactly
Scotch, but he has Scotch char
acteristics. One morning he dis
covered that Brother, Schmidt had
very suddenly died during the
night. Hurrying to the rear
stairs, the manager called down
to the kitchen; "Oh cook! Schmidt
died last night. Omit one egg
this morning. "-Dodo.
Protective for one year, the
number OF tons OF coal shipped
out or the United States.
Frosh-1492; None.-Whirlwind
pat, you moight get a job at
sthe Model Laundry"
But, begorra. Mike, amt
never washed no models."-Dodo.
The rush of the six hundred,
cried the cook, as the cockroaches
ran over the floor.-Mainiac.
The signs in hotels which read:
..FIave you left anything?" shouts
read: Have you anything LEFTY"
Mink.
First Stude-Are you sure your
folks know I'm coming homo with
you?
Second Stude-They ought To;
argued with them for q whole
hour about it.-Royal Gaboon.
First Stude-Where are you
from?
Second Student-Petoslxy. And
you9
r. S.-Oh, I'm from SanduslEy.
Russian (standing nearby
Shake. brothers.--Gargoyle.
Suzanne-Helen is the worst
hypocrite / know.
Piedro-What makes you think
20?
Suzanne-She appearing at the
Bal Mosque tonight dressed 0s
Puritan maiden!-Tiger.
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A Sad Story.

The prim old lady was 20 In
terested in aviation, In visiting
the Government field she piled
the guide with innumerable ques.
tons On things she really wanted
to know about, "But what II
your engine stops In the ARR she
asked, what happens?"
That's exactly the trouble" ex-
planned the willing guide. ''There
now are four men In France
with their engines stopped. They
amt get down and are starving
t0 death. Royal Gaboen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08
@. E. D.

The Tables at the weekly sew
Ing circle are reported to be con-
cerned with the future of our
young women. They are at a
loss to tell where the gin-lapping,
cigarettes m oking damsel will
wind up.
It's an easy problem.
The flapper will marry the
bean. The bean will quit beam
ing, and the flapper will quit
Tapping. They will raise a
family, pay their bills, go to lee
lures like this, and the mother
will come home lamenting the
decadence Of morality, barking
back 70 the good old dogs OF
Tnodesty when she was girl.
That's what they all always do
Rice Inst. owl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

He-There Is something wrong
with the present-day marriage"
Ghe-How is that?
He-The best man doesn't get
the bride.--Burr,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08
College
HunlOr

mental?
Ikey-My sister went out horse
back riding and when she came
home for lunch she had TO eat
Observation-Disclosures jug.
He trying to get his bearingsl
How do we get to your home from
here?
She (nonchalautlyl-O Oh, any taxi
driver knows the way!
He (grimly)-That's ali right, I'll
ask conductor
Brethren and sistern sinners,
shouted the cullud pahson, "you all
come aroun' arg'fyin' bout havin'
TO pay to hear me preach a'ter
done said that tn word OF tn Good
Lawd was free! Now femme tell
you all, femme tell you that tn
water in de ribber. am free. too.
but you all got to pay to hab It
deIibered to 20 house! Oats me-!
I deliber de word oh de Good
Lawd--an' yo' wuthless sinners
hab to pay To- it-dat's allr'-Yel.
low Jacket.
Token from q Maine paper:
Senator Edge comes to Maine TO
marry girl in Bath. "-Mainiac.
4
81 tried to draw the queen. but
got the deuce. :" quoth the discard
ed Jack Of Hearts. Green Gander.
First Convict-when get out
Of this place I'm going to have .
hot time. amt you?
Second Convict don't know;
I'm in for life.-Phoenix.
There viii, : brags concert adj
vertisement, "also be several num-
bers rendered by a quartet OF four
male voices
why not - masculine quartet Of
four male voices. Goblin.
~
Another car! why. when
started in I walked"
You're q wonder. dad. ! didn't
walk until was . year old. -"
Royal Gaboon.
"A man would be crazy to 90 20
q place like that" said the guide,
pointing to the insane asyium.-
Brown jug.
Little Clarence. climbing . &reese
began to tall swiftly to the ground.
''Oh, Lord. save me! Save mel
Never mind. my pants
caught on O branch!'-Black and
Blue Jay
Who would have thunk t. These
headlines that appeared recently
in the New York Herald:
REJECTED sUIToR
SNATCHES A. BAG CONTAINING
GIRLS SAVINGS FROM HER
NGCA AMI = AGS60s
Jack -I.antern.
''And why did you leave your
last position?"
''To be frank. sir, thewffecfmy -s
'"To be frank. sir. the wife Of my
employer objected 70 his flirting
with me-"
"Ah-um-er. well, think that
you may start hero tomorrow
Maniac.
He had just asked for her hand,
and. anticipating the question
which father would aaiE. he said.
mo. perhaps I cannot support her
in the manner to which she has.
been accustomed, but I can support
her In the way Ia which her mother
was accustomed when she was first
married.''-0argoyis.
Sergeant to colored sentryo-n
anything moves. you shoot.
Sentry-Yas, sub. an II anything
shoots, ali moves.-Drexerd.
Prof-wnich month has twenty.
eight days7
stude-AIl Of them.-YeIiow
Jacket.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

First convict-when I get out
Of this place I'm going to have .
hot time. amt you?
Second Convict don't know;
I'm in for life.-Phoenix.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

"A man would Be crazy to 30 20
. place like that" said the guide,
pointing to the insane asyium.-
Brown jug. ..sr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

81 tried to draw the queen. but
got the deuce. " quoth the discard
ed Jack Of Hearts. Green Gander.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

There VIII, : brags concert adj
vertisement. "also be several num-
bers rendered by a quartet OF four
male voices"
Why not "a masculine quartet Of
four male voices. Goblin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

Another car! why, when ]
started in walked"
You're q wonder. dad. I didn't
walk until was . year old. -
Royal Gaboon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

Token from q Maine paper:
Senator Edge comes to Maine TO
marry girl in Bath. "-Mainiac.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

Little Clarence. climbing . 4reoSe
began to tall swiftly to the ground.
'Oh, Lord. save me! Save met
Never mind. my pants
caught on q branch!'-Black and
Blue Jay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

''And why did you leave your
last position?"
ITO be frank, sir, thewifeCffny -s
ITO be frank, SIR, the wife Of my
employer objected TO his flirting
with me-"
"Ah-um-er. well, think that
you may start here tomorrow
Maniac,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

VINO would have thunk Il. These
headlines that appeared recently
in the New York Herald:
REJECTED sUIToR
SNATCHES A. BAG CONTAINING
GIRLS SAVINGS FROM HER
NECK AND FLEES.
Jack O-Lantern.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

Sergeant to colored sentryo-1
anything moves. you shoot.
Sentry-Yas, sun, an II anythfng.
shoots, ali moves.-Drexerd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

The rush of the six hundred.
cried the cook, as the coclxroaches
ran over the floor.-Mainiac.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08

He trying to get his bearingsl
How do we get to your home from
here?
She (ncnchalantIyl-Oh, any taxi
driver knows the way!
He (grimly)-That's all right, I'll
ask conductor.-Mercury.
The Washington times., 1923-10-10
| Tx LUNCHES
FOR PUPILS
NOV. |
Mothers and Teachers Of Car
berry School viii Start Plan
First This Year.

Milk lunches will be started at the
Carberry School by November /.
Mrs. Loretta Woodcock, in charge of
the lunches. announced at meeting
of the Carberry School Parent
Teacher Association yesterday.
Mrs. Walter L. Hagen, chairman
of the electric light committee, re-
ported that electric lights will be
installed in thu school by November
10, contracts having already been
let.
Nine. Won Unschuld, chairman Of
the music committee Of the Mothers
Congress, explained her ideas for
raising the standards Of musical
education in District schools and
urged Capitalization Of musical in
struction.
The following officers were IN
stalled: Mrs. Walter L. Hagen,
president; Mrs. John w. Davis, vice
president: Mrs. Allen Hart, secre-
tary; Mrs. N. 81. Jenkins, treasurer;
Mrs A. X. Wine, director of pub
licity.
The Washington times., 1923-10-10
CAPT .GWYNNE IS
GALLEDF0R
TRIAL
court-Martial viii Sit in Leg
less Veteran Case Next
Tuesday.

Capt. Samuel G. Gwynne, Army
Medical Corps, retired. will face a
general court martial next Tuesday
in the case involving the amputa-
ton Of both legs OF Private Guy
Pendleton. following gangrenous in.
lection, at the Fort Eustis, Va,
hospital in 1922. He was chief
surgeon at the institution, under
the command of Major George w.
Cook. who last week was found
guilty OF neglect Of the patient and
sentenced to lose twenty-five num-
bers and be publicly reprimanded.
The Cook finding is now before
Brig. Gen. II. H. Bandholtz, COM
manding the Washington district,
for review.
Following today's announcement
by the War Department of the
date for Captain Gwynne's trial, 1t
was intimated that the Pendleton
case might attain a broader scope,
involving as defendants several per.
sons not mentioned in the Cook
c0urt.martial.
Major Cook, an officer of seven.
teen years standing in the Medical
Corps. has been returned to his
duties at Fort Eustis. He will be
called as q witness in Captain
Gwynne's court-martial, but, in &C.
cord with military regulations par.
alleling the civil code, nothing sub
mitted In the first trial will have
pertinence in the second. About
sixty witnesses will be summoned.
The trial win start at 10 a. m. and
the conducting board will be head.
ed by Brig. Gen. John w. Joyes,
Ordnance DEPARTMENT
The Washington times., 1923-10-10
P D 5 I MASTERS
PRAISED FOR
EFFORTS
New Tells Association Mem
bers How Work Was Accom-
plished Under Handicaps.

Praise for the postn1asters who
carried on the work Of the postal
department efficiently during the
busiest year the Post office Depart.
rnent has ever seen," was the key.
note Of an. address by Postmaster
General Harry s. New at the an.
nual convention Of the National Az.
ISOLATION OF Postn1asters of the
United States III the National Mu,
tgeum today.
''The serious situation with which
the department was confronted az
the beginning Of the year" the
Postmaster General said, was hat
while the receipts increased "
cent during the year, the in,
in the number. OF employees
possible under the appropriation
was only a 81. more than =
per cent among clerks ana less
than that among carriers. That
you met this under thsse treTnen
dOus odds with the temporary
emergency aid which the depart
ment devised, u Ngreatly 10 your
credit. al
'eThe postal business in tl1f
! United States is constantly grow
ting business During the last ter
years the revenues Of the Pos
Office Department have about
doubled and II is reasonable Y
believe that they will increase il
the same proportion III the Mex
ten years.
Eubstantiatfng himself with fig
ures, Postmaster New declared thai
an approximate increase Of S48,
O00, 900, or 9.S per cent, was re
ported over last year. He also
stated that the deficit Of ths de
partment has been reduced from
SCI, OOO, 900 to $31 ,000. 900.
With about 1900 p0stmasters ii
attendance, the session today open
ed with an address Of welcome b.
Commissioners J.. Franklin Bell tn,
Rev Bernard Brasxamp, Of the
Gunton Temple Memorial Presby
terrain Church, officiated at the in
vocation.
The organization and manage
OF the postal division viii be tnt
subject Of discourse by John X
Bartlett. first assistant POSTMASTER
general later in the day. Postmas
tiers John b. Mullan and Charles M
McCabe will also talk.
The Washington times., 1923-10-10
Legally Traded Wives
And Husbands Give
Little Party

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct.
1O.-Swapping wives has not
weakened the bond of friend
ship between Lynn Haller and
Paul Hartsough.
The swapping was done
through legal channels.
A year ago the four became
acquainted, when Mrs. Halter
went to work as a stenographer
in Hartsough's office. Soon
there were picnics and parties.
Even during the divorce suits,
which both wives filed against
their husbands, charging cruel
ty, the friendships between all
four continued.
They waited the legal number
months after the divorces
....,. Mrs. Halter married Mr..
Hartsough and Mrs. Hartsough,
Mr.. Halter.
Today Hartsough said: II GER
tainly got the best of the bar
gain"
Haller replied: did I beat
Hartsough in trade? I'll say ]
did,"
But they never quarrele1
about it. Instead they planned
. party. Both couples are
young and neither has children.
The Washington times., 1923-10-10
COURT REFUSES
TO SCI FREE
WOMAN
Suit Dismissed on Ground She
ReWed When Prohibited by
the District Code.

Mrs. Anna NJ Diversion, who is the
wife of Albert M. Diversion. sued her
husband for limited divorce in the
District Supreme Court and failed
to obtain a decree. Justice Hoehling
dismissed her suit on a motion filed
by her husband, who alleged that
William G. Heflin. the woman's first
husband had divorced her on the
ground of misconduct and that she
had no standing in court because
the code prohibited her from mar
rytng.
Disregarded Code.
She. however, disregarded the code
end went to Baltimore, where she
remarked and where there are no
restrictions. She charged her hus.
band with failing to provide for her.
In Diminishing her bill and motion
for temporary allmony. Justice Hoeh-
ling did not pass upon the validity
Of the Baltimore marriage, but
merely took into consideration the
fact that the code prohibited her re-
marriage.
Jurisdiction Question.
The case was taken to the Court
of Appeals. which will decide
whether man may remarry his
former wife whom he divorced on
the ground of misconduct; whether
a man who has married a woman.
who was prohibited from remarrying
by the District code may refuse to
support her, and whether the local
courts viii be required to recognize
the validity OF marriages performed
outside the District where they have
no Jurisdiction.
Mrs. Louise B. Childs, wife of Mel
vile w. Childs, was awarded an
interlocutory decree for absolute di-
vorce by Justice Stafford on the
ground Of alleged misconduct.
The Washington times., 1923-10-10
LOCAL SCHOOLS
PLIGHT SEEN
ON COAST
Los Angeles Times Echoes
Criticism Raised by Hearst
Papers at Conditions Here.

Proof that the nationwide cam
paign conducted by the Hearst.
papers to acquaint the people Of
the United States with the dis
NAL state of Washington public
schools" is bearing fruit was found
by DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of schools, today when he
received an editorial from the Los
Angeles Times entitled, "A Blot
On the Capital.
schools of the Capital" the
editorial states in part. continue
to be of an ancient vintage, over
crowded, behind the times, supplied
with tattered and dogs-eared text
books. the teachers underpaid and
inadequate in numbers, 10000 chill
dren on part time, many in make
shift and fire-trap, temporary build
ings.
The people of Washington can do
nothing. Nobody can do anything
for public improvements in the Dis
The Washington times., 1923-10-10
MethOdists Drop Ban
On Card Playing
And Dancing

CHICAGO, Oct. 1O.-Methosl-
lists Of Chicago and vicinity,
meeting in the Rock River Con-
ference, officially have gone on
record against the time honCred
ban Of that church on dancing,
card playing and theaters.
The conference approved a
memorial to the General Con-
ference to be held in Spring
field, Mass, next May to change
paragraph No. $50 in the
church discipline.
The change strikes out ref
erence to Indulgence in sinful
temper or words, dancing, play
ing at games of chance, attend
ing theaters, horse races, cir
cuses, dancing parties, or pa
tronizing dancing schools"