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New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
TRAIN ROBBERY IS
 BASIS 0F FILM
Tom Mix and Tony in Palace
 Feature

Tom Mix the peer of all western stars of the cinema and his famous horse Toney will be seen at the New Palace theater tomorrow night in their latest and also their great est film of their career, '"The Great K & A Train Robbery" which Is one of the finest western thrillers ever made.
 A running gun battle. Bullets whizzing by and ripping through the sage brush of the Colorado desert. A beautiful girl in the saddle with him. This is the situation which confronted Tom Mix in the open ing sequences Of "The Great K & A Train Robbery" Tom Mix Is right in his element in this drama. Tom gets in his masterly work with the lasso. his guns and Tony the wonder horse during the course of his DOT trayal of Tom Gordon the detective who has been assigned to nip the progress of railroad bandits. Experts who have previewed the film de- clare it to be the finest thing that Mix has ever done. It has as much action as a cyclone.
 The company was taken on loca- ton to the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Colorado's lovliest scenic spot. Royal Gorge lends it. self nicely to the thrilling action of the picture and in addition give theater goes anopportunity to see one of the most beautiful spots in the world.
 The conclusion of this photodrama is as startling as the opening. The ever popular Mix has donned his blue togs for the film and his per- sonality shines forth to a degree heretofore unequalled. Dorothy Dawn plays opposite Tom.
 Considerable comedy Is supplied by Harry Grippe who plays De Luxe Harry a gentleman who elects to bum his way from place to place by riding under trains.
 The picture as whole Is mas terpiece of western films.
 The companion feature for this program Is the Fox production of the famous stage play 'The Pelican" which on the screen Is Marriage License"
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STAGE AND SCREEN

Al Jolson certainly is funny and many from this city got several good laughs during the showing of his Big Boy" at Parsons this week. But no doubt one of the big gest laughs was at Al himself when he tried to explain how reasonable he was in demanding s4.50 as top price. Al tried his best but his ar guments were absurd and fell flat. Evidentally 1t was Jolson's ambition to make the public "dig down" to see him and then make them like it."
 He failed to convince anybody, as far as can be found out, that his prices were not exorbitant and his box office returns ought to be a good reply to his harahgue.
 Parsons theater announces the coming Of the following shows short Iy: Pigs" "Trip Toes" and Miss Happiness. the last named being one of the new musical shows.
  fame in East is West" now Is put ting everything she has into First Love-" now showing in New York and favorably commented on by those who have seen it.
 Monday evening sees another new showing opening in New York when Edgar Selywn presents the charac- ter comedy "A Proud Woman"
 There Is an insstent demand that "The Big Parade" be brought here. Regarded by almost everybody as the greatest film of all time. this great movie drama of the war still Is running on Broadway.
 O'NeIlls Emperor Jones" has been revived in New York. Next Tuesday night, This Was a Man" makes its New York premier.
 Head or Tail" which opened at the Waldorf theater in New York this week is regarded by those who have seen 1t as "a wet blanket" It was transported her from Hungary and evidentally suffered much in transportation.
 Shubert's new review Gay Farce" (1926 edition) is given warm praise as one of the loveIiest of the many revuee.
 Advance notices Of the gaiety and brilliancy of the Strand Theater ap- parently were not exaggerated. It certainly Is beautiful, bright and attractive house and the exterior. with its gigantic marquee so bril- liantly illuminated, Is comparable only to those In front of the big metropolitan houses.
 A number of additions and minor changes are to be made in various parts of the interior of the theater to make 1t even more convenient and comfortable and among other things 1t is understood that the metal railing sumounting that en- circling the loge seats in front Is to be either lowered couple of inches or dispensed with entirely. As originally installed the top bar comes directly In line of vision of
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changes and brings double features presenting the great comedy of the American home, "The Family Up- stairs" with Virginia Valli and J. Farrell Macdonald featured. The other photoplay will offer Elinor Glyn's new story Loves Blindness with big cast of favorites.
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There are some excellent specta- cular scenes in this production, par ticularly one in the early part where an ocean liner rams ferry boat and losses a Charlestoning crowd of merrymakers into the Wa ter
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Studio workers are glad when winter comes. On interior sets un- der the hot lights, the temperature often rises to hundred degrees. The players, in their heavy grease paint, are the worst sufferers, and when the picture demands heavy or tight costumes their woes are doubled.
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ACTRESSES NOW
 DARKEN OWN EYES
Gaze at Black Velvet Before
 Being Screened

Movie actresses whose eyes are light in color have taken to gazing at black velvet before stepping onto a set to darken their starry orbs. The dark color causes the pupil of the eye to expand.
 Months of research and $40,000 were spent for one minute scene in Buster Keaton's picture, 'The General" In it a locomotive of Civil War days plunged from a burning trestle into the river below. with 1900 extras dressed as Union and Confederate soldiers on either bank of the river. The cost cover ed the reconstruction of the loco- motive, the salaries of the extras, the cost of their uniforms, and the erection of the bridge.
 Medium shots. close-ups and long shots of harvesters' dinner in Thomas Meighans new picture took four days. Irish stew and corned beef and cabbage were on the table all the time and Meighan and the cast had to take frequent mouth fuls. Mention of the dishes now cause Meighan to vince.
 A bit Of movie realism was had when w. H. Whythe, warrant offi- cer in the British Navy for four years, and at present an operative with New York detective agency. was engaged by Herbert Brenon to act the part of a sleuth.
 Superstitions that long have in- fluenced the stage folk have been carried onto the movie lots. Among those who are careful of their luck are Walter MerriI, Dolores Costello, Louise Fazenda and Syd Chaplin. Merrill disposed of an antique ring he had purchased in Miami, Fla,
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John St. Polls who created the role of Frederick in the stage play 'The Return of Peter Grimm" with David Warfield fifteen years ago now plays the role of "Dr. McPher- son" in the picturization of the same play.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13

Young April" one of the seasons outstanding attractions, has been booked for early showing at the Ly- ceum. The cast Is headed by Joseph and Rudolph Schildkraut and Bessie Love and among the old favorites is Bryant Washburn. This picture had a great premier at the Hippo drome in New York.
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Another big attraction booked for the Lyceum is College Days" one of the latest and best of the lively, jazzy tales of college and campus life, with its athletic side played up with view to the spectacular.
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those sitting in the front loge seats which, by the way. are as about comfortable theater chair as one could desire.
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A motion picture actress can't "die" effectively when she can look out Of her hospital room into a big cabaret and hear jazz music and see nearly 200 people dancing. Lya de Putt was attempting to portray a death scene but she enjoyed the music from another set too much, so the Director decid d to postpone her "demise" until the following day.
 A town was built, a county popu- lated and 5000 stampeders equipped with livestock and vehicles in the Jackson Hole country of wyoming for "3 Bad Men" The Royal Gorge in Colorado. Jasper Park. near Banft in the Columbian high noun tain ranges. Mount Ranier and the San Bernardino mountains are set tings for other recent productions
 Pola Negri "emotes" to the best Of classical music and permits no popular airs to be played by her studio orchestra. The trio, violin, cello and organ, is in great demand at Hollywood. The musicians, one compiser and onother first vio- lin, are with the Los Angeles Phil harmonic orchestra, but always drop all other engagements to play for her.
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Leatrice Joy and Give Brooks have the leads in "For Alimony Only" which opens Thursday at the Lyceum. It has as unusual twist in that wife No. goes to work to help her husband make good on his back alimony payments to wife No. 1 who had been divorced.
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The companion feature the last of the week at the Lyceum is "The Wolf Hunters" from the story by James Oliver Curwood with the usual virile tale of the Northwest Mounted.
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Fay Bainter, who achieved great fame in East Is West" now Is put ting everything she has into First Love-" now showing in New York and favorably commented on by those who have seen it.
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Monday evening sees another new showing opening in New York when Edgar Selywn presents the charac- ter comedy "A Proud Woman"
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the lie at the end. He did not
love Marie-Anne as he, Dave Car
rigan, loved her.
He had spoken Of her as child.
and he had treated her as a child,
and was serenely dispassiona5e in
the face OF a situation which
would have reused the spirit in
most men. And suddenly. recall
ing that thrilling hour in the
white strip of sand and all that
had happened since. it flashed
upon David that st. Pierre was
using his wife as the vital moving
force in a game Of his own--that
under the masquerade OF h - APP
parent faith and bigness Of char
acter he was sacrificing her to
achieve a certain mysterious some
thing in the scheme Of his own
affairs.
Yet he could not forget the
infinite faith Marte-Anne Boulain
had expressed in her husband.
There had been no hypocrisy in
her waiting and her watching for
him, or in her belief that he
would straighten out the tangles
OF the dilemma in which she had
become involved. Nor had there
been make-believe in the manner
she had left him that day in her
eagerness to go to st. Pierre.
Adding these facts as he had
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cry or whisper of the nocturnal
life waiting in silence for the
storm 20 break. In the stiffness
David put out the lights in the
cabin and sat close to the window
in darkness.
He was more than sleepless.
Every nerve in his body de.
manded action, and his brain was
fired by strange thoughts until
their vividness seemed to bring
him face to face with a reality
that set his blood stirring with
an irresistible thrill. He believed
he had made a discovery, that St.
Pierre had betrayed himself.
What he has visioned, the con
clusion he had arrived at, seemed
inconceivable, yet what his own
eyes had seen and his ears had
heard pointed to the truth of it
all. The least he could say was
that st. Pierre's love for Marie.
Anne Boulain was a strange sort
OF love. His attitude toward her
seemed more like that Of a man
in the presence of child of
whom he was fond in a fatherly
way.
His affection, as he had ex-
pressed it, was parental and care
less. Not for an instant had
there been in 1t a betrayal Of
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the lover, no suggestion of the
husband who cared deeply or
who might be made jealous by
another man.
Sitting in darkness thickening
with the nearer approach Of
storm, David recalleb the stab of
pain mingled with humiliation
that had come into the eyes of
st. Pierre's wife when she had
stood facing her husband. He
heard again, with new under
standing, the low note of pathos
in her voice as in song she had
called upon the Mother Of Christ
to hear her-and help her. He
had not guessed at the tragedy Of
it then.
Now he knew. and he thought
of her lying awake in the gloom
beyond the bulkhead. her eyes
wet with tears. And st. Pierre
had gone back to his raft, singing
in the night! Where before there
had been sympathy for him. there
rose a sincere revulsion.
There had been a reason for st,
Pierre's mastery possession CT
himself. and 1t had not been, as he
had thought. because of his big.
ness of soul. 1t was because he
had not cared. He was a splendid
hypocrite. playing his game we'll
at the beginning, but betray1ng
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them pass along the side Of the
bateau forward, and half a min
ute later he knew that st. Pierre
was getting into his canoe. The
dip of a paddle came to him.
For a space there was silence.
and then, from far out in the
black shadow Of the river, rolled
back the great voice of ST. Pierre
Boulain singing the wild river
chant, 'En Roulant ma Boule."
The Answer
At the open window he listened.
1t seemed to him that from far
over the river, where the giant
raft lay, there came a faint an
swer to the words of the song.
With the slow approach of the
storm which was advancing over
the wilderness, Carrigan felt more
poiSnantly the growing unrest
that was in him. He heard the
last OF st. Pierre's voice, and at
ter that the fires on the distant
shores died out slowly, giving way
to utter blackness.
Family there came to him the
far-away rumbling of thunder.
The air grew heavy and thick,
and there was no sound of night
bird over the breast of the river,
and out Of the thick cedar and
spruce and balsam there came no
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The Engaged Man

MANY men and women like to
kH1 feel. when it comes to love
and marriage. that they are free
to follow emotion and impulse.
Yet lack of control of feeling
usually results in a love tangle.
such as that set forth in the fol-
lowing letter:
Dear Miss Fairfax:
A friend of mine met a certain
young man over two years ago
and went out with him about
three months. He seemed to care
a great deal for her He called
at the house one evening. About
8 o'clock she received a telephone
call from a school friend from
whom she had not heard for
some time. She was very glad to
hear from him and perhaps talked
longer than she realized. At any
rate. the young man who was
spending the evening became
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one young woman most decidedly
should not ask permission to cali
on a second young woman untr
his engagement of marriage Is
dissolved. But 1t seems to me
that the question of real import.
ance is whether a young man SO
indispensable and incapable OF
self-control, courtesy and honor
Is worthy of cultivation as a
friend or sweetheart.
His action in leaving the house
while his hostess was telephoning
was inexcusably rude. The ~.
braiding letter he wrote did not
mend the situation. She was
right in ignoring this letter.
A few months later he in
formed her he was engaged, then
shortly afterward. ignoring thu
engagement, asked to call on her.
Under the circumstances you:
friend will, If she is wise, think
long and well before renewing
the friendship,
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SERVANT OR
TYRANT :?
BY Lucy Lowell

METHOD-what a fine thing
W it is!
Systematizing the daily tasks
SO much time for this. so much
for that-today for something-to.
morrow for something else.
Method makes things so easy
that they almost do themselves
and, given a chance, manages to
get everything done.
No loose ends to worry, no l.
can't get-around-to-it troubles for
the person who believes in
Method.
And yet it can be a slave
alb slave-drivers.
I'm thinking of a woman who
uses Method in her home.
Her house is joy to behold
always just so. everything in it's
place. every scrap of work done
up, nothing left over from today
to bother tomorrow.
But the woman herself isn't so
delightful. She never has any
thing to talk about, for one
thing.
"a body that takes care Of her
house as it should be taken care
OF and keeps right to schedule
can't waste time reading and
gadding around the theaters."
she explains.
She goes on: What with the
baking on Tuesday and the iron.
ing on Wednesday can't be
running out to the movies. Get
my work all in a muddle II l
did,
So her husband and her chill
dren go to the movies mad leave
her at home with her housekeep
Ing.
The fact of the matter is that
she Is almost a stranger to her
husband and children. She has
few friends.
What does she get out of life?
Only the selfish joy of clinging to
q habit, as far as l can see.
For that is what Method may
become if II isn't watched. Just
a habit. unless it is taken out
once in a while and made over
to fit the changes that come into
every life.
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what he saw were a pretty joke
and amused him.
Late hours and shady bowers!
l say 1t should be love song or
something livelier," he cried, clos
ing the door behind him and com
ing toward them. why not En-
Roulant ma Boule,' my sweet
Jeanne? You know that is my ia
vorite."
He suddenly interrupted himself
and his voice rolled out in a wild
chant that rocked the cabin
"The wind is fresh. the wind Is
free.
En- roulant ma boule!
The wind is fresh-my love waits
me,
Roulin. roulant, ma boule rou-
liant
Behind our house a spring you see,
In it three ducks swim merrily.
And hunting the princes son
went he.
With a silver gun right fair to
David was conscious that St.
Pierre's wife had risen to her feet,
and now she came out OF shadow
into light, and he was amazed to
see that she was laughing back at
ST. Pierre; and that her two fore
fingers were thrust in her ears to
keep out the below of her hus-
bands voice.
Perfectly at Ease
She was not at all discounted
by his unexpected appearance,
but rather seemed to join in the
humor Of tho thing with St.
Pierre, though he fancied he could
see something in her face that
was forced and uneasy. He be-
lieved that under the surface of
her composure she was suffering
a distress which she did not re-
veal.
ST. Pierre advanced and care
lessly patted her shoulder with
one Of his big hands, while he
spoke to David.
HAS she not the sweetest voice
in the world, m'sieu? Did you
ever hear a sweeter or as sweet?
I say it is enough to get down
into the soul of a man, unless he
Is already half deadi that voice
He caught Marie.Anne's eyes.
Her cheeks were flaming. Her
look. for an instant, flashed light
ming as she halted him.
MA fol. 1 speak from the
heart" he persisted, with shrug
of his shoulders. Am not
right, M'sieu Carrigan? Did you
ever hear a sweeter voice."
ut is wonderful" agreed David,
wondering II he was hazarding
too much.
Good! It fills me with happi-
ness to know / am right. And
now, cherie, goodnight! ! must
return to the raft"
A shadow of vexation crossed
Marie-Anne's face. "You seem in
great haste"
PLAGUE and pests! You are
right, Pretty Voice! l am most
anxious to get back to my trou
bles there. and you
''WiIl also bid M'sieu Carrigan
good night" she quickly inter
rupted him. you will at least
see me to my room, st. Pierre,
and safely put away for the
night"
She held out her hand to David.
There was not a tremor in it as
it lay for an instant soft and
warm in his own. She made no
effort to withdraw it quickly, nor
did her eyes hide their softness
as they looked into his own.
Mutely David stood as they
went out. He heard st. Pierre's
loud voice rumbling about the
darkness of the night. He heard
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THE last words drifted away into
- a whisper. and David was
glad that he ,as not looking INTO
the face of st. Piere's wife, for
there must have been something
there now which it would have
been sacrilege for him to stare
at, as he was staring at her hair.
No sound of opening door had
come from behind them. Yet st.
Pierre had opened it and stood
there watching them with a Gu.
rious humor in eyes that seemed
still to hold a glitter of the fire
that had leaped from the half
breeds flaming birch logs. His
voice was a shock to Carrigan.
"Peste, but you are a gloomy
pairP' he doomed. why no light
over there in the corner, and why
sing that death song to chase
away the devil when there is no
devil near?"
Guilt was in David's heart, but
there was no sting of venom in
st. Pierre's words, and he was
laughing at them now, as though
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tags off with that light last line
which is the fatal one!
She should be very choice in
the fault she emphasizes, to be
sure that it is one which will be
embarrassing to a man, for ridi-
Guile is the one thing no man
can standl
For instance, why waste time
eating about woman being
tickle and heartless when that Is
only apt to spur a man to an
expensive and highly entertaining
campaign to prove to himself
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added the others, he fancied he
saw the truth staring at him out
of the darkness of his cabin room.
Marie-Anne loved her husband.
And st. Pierre was merely the
possessor, careless and Indifferent,
almost brutally dispassionate IN
his consideration of her.
A heavy crash Of h u n d e
brought Carrigan back to a reah-
cation of the impending storm.
He rose to his feet in the cha0'tr
gloom facing the bulkhead be-
yond which he was certain st.
Pierre's wife lay wide awake.
He tried to laugh. It was in
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excusable, he told himself, 20 let
his thoughts become involved in
the family affairs OF st. Pierrs
and Marie-Anne. That was not
his business. Marie-Anne, in the
final analysis, did not appear to
be especially abused, and her
mind was not a child's mind.
Probably she would not thank
him for his interest in the mat
ter. She would tell him. like any
other woman with pride, thar Z
was none of his business and that
he was presuming upon forbid
den ground.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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on a compliment he pays another
woman but, be sure to attract
his attention quickly to her thick
ankles or big hands. Even IL they
aren't big, he'll think they are
after you say what pity it is that
such pretty girl should be so
handicapped!
Another sure way OF being catty
is to overpraise girl that you
don't want a man to be interested
in. Convince him that she is the
most beautiful, the most adorable,
most priceless creature in the
world and that he will instantly
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fall in love with her. She never
will impress him at all when he
meets her.
''She's so pretty, and ! love her
dearly-BUT-" be sure to say.
A eonnoisseur in the art Of be.
ing catty knows just how to mix
the ingredients OF q, compliment
and a cut so that she always gets
credit for being generous-minded
and sympathetic while she claws!
In other words, she makes her
hiss a purri
But, thank goodness, few women
are catty!