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Coming Attractions
NATIONAI-"The Show on"

"The Show on listed by Burns
Mantle as one of the ten hest plays
on Broadway in 1924, is the attrac-
tion booked by the National Theater
management for next week, commence
ing June 81.
This piece brought fame to its au-
thor, George Kelley. and though it
was nominated informally by most of
prize that plum went to another play.
Mr.. Kelley retrieved the honor this
last year, however, with his latest
play, "Craig's Wife"
"The Show off" depicts a chara cter
pitiful in his inadeQuacy to approach
the standard of ordinarily well-bred
people. He is a braggart and Il victim
to the empty philosophy that every
thing will turn out all right by and
by" He is convinced that every one
else on earth is a boob. The audience
laughs at him, not with him, and the
inclination to squelch him IL alive
throughout.
Despite the acute delineation of the
author. Aubrey Piper. the show.Off. is
not really an unpleasant character.
lie has a heart. All he needs is some
thing to back it up with. He is a
magnanimous beggar, though his mag.
nanimity is not the kind that can be
cashed at the store on the corner.
Romaine Calender is slated for the
title role. done here last Winter by
Louis John Bartels. Leneta Lane will
do the unalert sweetheart, whose eyes
are opened by the hard and bitter ex.
perience of marriage
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FREQUENTLY during the past two
years as the curtain arose on plays
presented by the National Players. dis
closing an unusual scene. even for the
theater, the audience has been heard
to give a scarcely audible All fol
lowed by more or less handClapping to
indicate that the play was getting
away to a good start.
Some will Immediately begin to FUN
hle With their programs to see the
cause of it all. and MANY will let the
incident pass merely AS an incident Of
more or less pleasure without inquir-
ing why.
Occasions when this occurred in
clude the first performance given last
year. THE Nervous Wreck and the
cause was the wonderful mountain
atmosphere and scenery brought to
view II all looked aStonishingly
beautiful end natural. and the audi
ence beyond its gasp and perfunctory
applause, accepted ii as a matter of
course.
There was another incident of the
kind when Cyril Maude's famous play.
Aren't We All" WAS given here.
And the same thing occurred again
with Little Old New York The
Song ana Dance Man The Last
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Star of "Volga Boatman.

WILLIAM BOYD'S contract with
W Cecil b. De Mile expired re-
Gently, but the option held on his
services for another long period was
exercised automatically. DE Mile
declared that he wouldn't trade
Boyd's contract for that OF any player
in pictures.
Boyd was doing extra work when
De Mile gave him his contract, and
his subsequent success In THE Road
to Yesterday" steel Preferred.
Ewes Leaves" and THE Nolga Boat
man" has made him one Of the most
talked-of young players in Holly
wood.
At present he is playing the lead
ing role in THE Last Frontier a
Metropolitan production. and upon
the completion of that he will start
work in The Yankee Clipper which
Rupert Julian will direct
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Does perilous Stunts.

MABEL CODY. a niece of the ia
- nous Buffalo Bill" Is said TO
be the first woman to climb from q
speedboat to q racing plane.
Miss Cody performed this feat when
the boat was going SO miles an hour,
and Pathe News caught the thrilling
action. The aviatrix took up flying
about eight years ago, and went into
stunt work a short time after.
Her first stunt was parach
jump at Memphis. Tenn. The man
scheduled for the jump failed TO show
up and Miss Cody took his place. Miss
Cody Is reported to have said II had
rather change from an automobile to
plane 10 times than from a boat to
plane once. The boat bumps about
on the water and the automobile runs
on the level ground"
It is said that Miss Cody's next
stunt will be to change from a surf
board to plane. The thrilling stunt
scenes are now being shown through
out the country in the Pathe News
Aim.
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THAT motion picture exhibitors In
the future will take e leaf from
the book Of legimate theater owners
and have motion picture houses class
flied according 70 types of pictures,
is the belief of Ray Rocket. one OF
First Nationals producers.
ION every side" SAYS Rocket. you
hear people asking why there are not
more .hiGhbrow' pictures. Why this
and that is not put on the screen.
Why Shakespeare and Shaw and Plato
and Aristotle and lot of other peo-
pies works are not screened. Why
there are not more fantasies, allegori-
cal pictures.
'The reason is very evident. II
IS because the general public does
not want such pictures. Will not
support them and company who
makes them finds itself footing the
bills and, in the language of the
street. holding the bag
However, | believe that there is
a distinct demand for such pictures
among certain types of people
throughout not only America but the
world in general. There are many
people who are not attending picture
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Train Realism.

"TRAIN STUFF" of which there
is lot in Burning Bridges" a
forthcoming Harry Carey Western
for Pathe, is said TO be regular
feature of railroad service in south
ern California.
The division superintendents are
always willing TO cooperate with
film producers. Spur tracks are used
for wreck scenes with old or dis
used equipment, which is sold to
the picture companies. For routine
scenes such equipment as is need I'd
is rented by the movie people and
run as regular train under dis
patcher's orders along the main line.
Where only few scenes in a
moving train are needed. the COM
panies arrange for a private car in
a regular train. load their lights.
cameras and properties aboard and
make their scenes as the train
travels on its regular schedule.
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Vets in The Fighting Marine

life has been written into the script
by Frank Leon Smith.
Joseph H. Roach, who helped Frank
Leon Smith write the fighting story
was in the medical service and most
of the time al the front. He was badly
wounded in action near st. Mihiel.
Walter Miller. who plays Larry the
Plumber, was II member Of the real
daredevils serving in the Tank Corps.
and Sherman Ross. the leading heavy
was an Army aviator.
In making the picture, Tunney had
veteran Of overseas service at every
angle.
Some Of the others In the picture
are Roy Heinze, I'd Field Artillery
O. T.. Mcpherson, 91st Division, 364th
Infantry Machine Gun Company: Bud
Ilimball, in the Navy on torpedo boa,
destroyer: Wally Oettel, in camoutiage
unit of the Navy. and Ted Pierce OF
the l6lst Heavy Artillery. There were
others
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IN 1.-THE Fighting Marine" the new
Pathe serial starring Gene Tun-
ney, the challenger of Jack Dempsey,
Tunney has in his support 10 over
seas veterans, who will help to insure
the accuracy of the scenes.
Tunney was Il member Of the Marine
Corps in France, reticent on his war
record. and loath to use it for public
fly purposes. but nevertheless very
proud OF his adventures. 1t was the
training camps and the bouts in
France that gave him his training
and ambition to be the heavyweight
champion.
Spencer Bennet, director, was a
member of the S2d Division, serving
in the headquarters company OF the
164th Brigade, and rode motor cycle
hearing dispatches throughout the zone
of combat. one of the incidents of his
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Outside Commentator.

habitants, should easily hold enough
theatergoels to make it very profit
able for firSt-Tate stock compa ny
TO he with us during the Spring and
Summer. 1t should. | said. but II
doesn't. or words to that effect
These thoughts again occurred to
me when / read an interesting
article in Variety which recounted
the great success now being enjoyed
by the stock company operating at
the National Theater in Washington
just 40 miles away"
Here he quotes the article in
Variety and goes on with his com
ment:
"A weekly average intake of 5000
for seven weeks. Just think of that
referring to the Nationals box Office
figures) And Washington has a popu
lation of 100000 in round numbers.
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Stars Hard to Get.

to play what we call the second leads.
Consta ntly, we, here in New York,
have to send to Hollywood for such
players. There are only a few there,
so when they reach New York the
producers in Hollywood are waiting
eagerly for their return to play SINH
lar parts there.
There are not enough of these
women to go around. There must be
In fact, there many Of them going
about their daily duties throughout
the country. But to mud them and
get them before the camera is one of
the biggest tasks that faces the
motion picture industry today.
This is a condition that has always
been with us, but as the industry has
developed so has the magnitude of
the problem of players. The question
of PLAYER supply promises to be the
biggest problem we of the motion
picture industry will have to solve"
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A Comedy Find"
NTv1EN OAKLAND is the "fin,

NIVIEN OAKLAND is the find OF
' the year for comedies-in the
opinion of F. Richard Jones. vice
president and director general of the
Hal Roach Studios. where Pathe
comedies are made.
Miss Oakland has been on the stage
since she was IL. first as a dancer
and then principally in vaudeville
although her training has been
varied. She has played comedy roles
from -slapstick to the height Of
subtlety in character.
She has played with Charley Chase
and Glenn Tryon. also with Claude
Gillingwater and Lionel Barrymore.
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Heaven and He'll Pictured.
THE pearly gates of the Elysis

THE pearly gates of the Elysian
Fields were opened recently at
Astoria, Long Island, and thousand
lost souls marched into the Kingdom
of Heaven.
This astonishing event took place at
the Paramount studio, and the scene,
one of the most difficult. technically
ever filmed, it Is said. will appear in
the new ID. w. Griffith production,
SORROWS OF Satan"
Soon. as a sequence in the same
picture, He'll in all its traditional and
fiery ugliness will be created by the
same maGicians of the camera.
The original designs for these su.
pernatural sets We're made by Nor.
man-Bel Geddes. stage and screen
artist, who was responsible for the
settings of 1.-The Miracle" and other
large-scale presentations.
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Has Camera.Proof Face.
DISCOVERED, the camera proc

DISCOVERED, the camera proof
- face.
The face belongs to Kenneth Thom-
SON Well known young leading man
of the stage, who is now acting his
first screen role opposite Vera Rey-
nolds in Risky Business
Thomson attracted attention some
time ago and was persuaded To take
q camera test that resulted in his
long.term contract. 1t had been Cecil
3. De Miles intention to apprentice
him in small roles until he became
used to the limitations of the new
medium, such as the necessity OF
keeping ones Objectionable facial
angles" turned away.
But exhaustive camera tests reveal
ed the startling fact that Thomson
didn't have any objectionable angles!
He was thus enabled to disregard one
of the most harassing bits of screen
technique
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Crandall Manager Promoted

roHN J. PAYETTE. formerly as
} sistant general manager OF the
Crandall Theaters, last week was put
n comnlete charge OF all the houses
onarated in and about the National
Capital by the Stanley-crandall 90 GO,
of Washington and given the new title
of supervisor of theaters>
Mr.. Payette will continue 10 ne IN
charge of bookings and presentations
in all Crandall theaters ana VIII nave
the additional duties IN supervlslhs
house conduct. He has peeh VIII ,he
Crandall company for the past seven
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Christie Summer Comedies.

a GROUP Of new two-reel comedies
from Christie has been finished
and will be showing during the Sum
mer months. They include: "Shore
Shy" with Billy Doley. Gimme
Strength in which Jimmie Adams is
mauled in true slapstick fashion by
kalla Pasha; Jimmie Adams in
Chase YOURSELF; Bobby Vernon in
It'll We Eat Again: Neal Burns
and Vera Steadman in "Papa's
Pest" and Neal Burns and Yola
D'Avril in Mister Wife" two domes-
tic farces with babies and dogs and
rroIIhlaS and things
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GLORY or Dollars?"

uDED" GRANGE. the phantom OF
the gridiron. whose desertio'
of college ranks stirred up wide com
ment. flashes across the chalkmarks
in :Glory or Dollars?", a Grantland
Rice Sportlight, distributed by fathe
In this number Grantland Rlce has
contrasted two phases of sport IN
which all participants belong the
amateur and professional. Where
Red" once plunged on for the glory
of Illinois University he now shakes
off runners and heaves forward
passes for big money.
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"1'HE man who finds method Of
discovering the hidden Mary
Pickfords, Charlie Chaplins and
others like them, has a fortune with
in his grasp, says AL Racket, pro-
ducer of the famous picture
abraham Lincoln" These future
stars will not he recruited from the
spoken stage. A few, perhaps, will
find their way in through the extra
ranks, but the stars of the future Will
have to be discovered from the great
American public that thus far is not
thinking of going into pictures
The question is, How are We going
to find these people, The man who
discovers the way Is millionaire the
day he does It.
There is q crying need for women
who can play leading feminine roles,
but the greater need at present is for
women who are beautiful. sweet
graceful, and have poise and brains
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Uplifting Comedy.

IL feature length comedies for
Pathe The first, Alta Boy" now
In production at the Hal Roach
studio in Culver City, being comedy
without a custard pie.
II was delighted to start the new
series of comedies with this story"
said the comedian. "for it Is clean
comedy. wholesome in every line.
without a dubious glance of gesture" i"
Alta Boy" shows the humorous
side of newspaper life, the trials of
apprenticeship in that exacting pro-
fession-but love. pure. wholesome
love-as clean as a newspaper just
off q roaring press-is the end and
object Of the story.
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EARLE-Vaudeviil and Pictures.

The vaudeville attractions at the
Earle Theater next week will include
the Beaucaire Sextet in "An Idyll at
Trianon.' Dixie Norton and Coral
Melnot in THE Meal Hounds" and
James Burke and Eleanor Durkin in
III I Could Only Think
The photoplay will be Ship
wrecked" a Producers release. fea-
turing Seena Owen and Joseph SChild-
kraut.
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"CLEAN plays, we'll acted by a
GoMpetant cast. -


That's the combination that's win
ming success for the National Theate
Players.
No less than three publications de-
voted to theater news within the last
three weeks have printed compli-
mentary observations on the success
of this stock company. They We're
the Billboard. Variety and the Morn
ing Telegraph all of New York city.
Last Monday Norman Clark,
dramatic editor Of the Baltimore News,
devoted his entire column to observ-
ing and analyzing the success of the
National troupe. He said, in part
I'm this space last week l rumi-
mated the fact that Baltimore, be
Ing a city of more than 10000 in
Evening star., 1926-06-13

SCUNNY" reached it's 300th per-
formance at the New AmSter-
dam Theater. New York, Monday
night and Is still drawing crowds.
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'"The Shamrock Handicap" Fox
Films adoption of Peter r. kyne's
story of horse racing in Kildare, Ire
land. and this country, is said to he
as near a counterpart to the English
Grand National Steeplechase as was
ever screened.
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A. II. Woods denies the announce
ment that Russell Mack: has purchased
the rights to Lonely Wives"
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Violet Heming, Eddy Brown.

A double headliner will be presented
at B. +. keith's Theater next week,
when top honors will be shared by
Violet Heming and company in The
Snob" and Eddy Brown, the famous
violinist. Ruth Budd. the girl with
the smile" will be featured
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NJ. j. Nicholas will soon preScn,
Black Velvet" play by Willard
Robertson. author of "The Sea
Woman" and big Game" He also
Is to produce Mission Mary" in New
York In the Fail.
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THE Phantom Ship" an adaptation
from the German of Rudolph Lothar
and Oscar Retter by owen Davis, will
be tried out in Asbury Park next
week. with Ruth Gordon in the lead
ting role.
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DANCING

DANCING LESSONS BY YOUNG LADY:
hest section: private lessons S5: single.
15c latest steps. Phone North 70s2W. IA.
PROF. AND MRS. l.. A. ACHER STUDIO,
1In7 10Th st. n.w-Classes. Mon. Fri. to
II pr with orchestra Priv. lessons by
appointment. FIR. 1867. Est: 1900. 16'
nANICON,C Teach you to dance cor
In ASOA< - rectly in few lessons
PROF MRya. Strictly private: any hour
Main 1732 evening with orches
Charleston. Foxtrot. Tango. Waltz. Collegiate
Evening star., 1926-06-13

"A Small Town Girl" musical
comedy with book and lyrics by
George r. Stoddard and music by Ray
Gorney. will he presented at Atlantic
City by Clark Ross.
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The first play to be purchased out
Of the Yale dramatic workshop of
Prof. Baker is ''t'hcago.' by Maurine
Watkins. The piece will be done by
sam IL. Harris and Laura ID. Wick
Miss Watkins formerly did newspaper
work in Chicago.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Glare Hummer leaves this week
for Narragansett, where she will
write q play for William Gillette and
put the finishing touches to "Spick
and Spanish. comedy written for
her daughter
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Ruth Gordon and Gregory Kelly
will try out, with Lyceum Players in
Rochester, "A Lady for a Night" re-
finished by Russell G.. Medcraft and
Norma Mitchell from an original by
HutcheSOn Poyd
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Victor Morley has been granted a
weeks leave Of absence from the ca ST
Of rs Eat So?" to supervise the pro-
duction OF Sunshine" a comedy by
Henry White.
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Frank Keenan, has been engaged to
play the lead in BLACK Velvet" late
this month. Mr.. Keenan, has been
identified chiefly with movies in re-
cent seasons. although he did desert
them long enough 10 play a piece
called Peter Weston" a couple Of
years ago.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Edward II. Viewer has been engaged
for ARLENE Adair," in which Grace
George will appear late this month.
Mr.. Viewer was recently seen in The
Great Gatsby.'
Evening star., 1926-06-13

George Whites Scandals" had It's
premiere In Atlantic City last Monda y
night and goes into New York tomor.
row night.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Brock Pemberton has completed his
east for j. Frank Bgvis's Tho Lad.
der" now in rehearsal. Among the
players will be Vernon Steele, Irene
Purcell. Anita Damrosch and Mary
Hone.
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Australia Is now to see Able g
Irish Rose" Anne Nichols. apparent
ly fearful Of the comedy's reception
there. engaged her company. which
sailed from San Francisco last Tues
day, for only two years.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Clare Eames next year will he a
member of the board of managers
of the Theater Guild. in addition to
being an active member of the guild
repertory company. Miss Eames re-
Gently returned from Europe with
her husba nd, Sidney Howard. who
brought a play which the guild hopes
to produce next season.
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Beginning with the new weeks pres
entation of Seventh Heaven" the
National Theater management lines
up three Of the most emphatic stage
successes in years for the balance of
this month. following Seventh
Heaven with 1.-The Show or and
"Lightnin'."
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THE BORDER vIDETTE, SATURDAY, AUGUST Il. 1925

cessay render the all the provisions thereof eff
fective and in full force.
49, All ordinances resolutions and regulations of the
municipal corporation existing under the of Getty
of Nogaes force at the time this Charter takes effect and
nued in force until the shall be duly amended repeal
include the feminine.
2o The violation any provision of this Charter
any ordinance of the city shall be deemed misdemeanor and
punishable provided by the general of the state
law concerning misdemeanors.
121 The City of Nogales, by and through its Mayor
and Board Aldermen by ordinance enlarge add
and incorporate within the present City OF Nogae such ad
cent land and incorporate the City of Nogaes such ad
diona and territory the Mayor ard Board of Alder
shall deem and wise The procedure for making
such enlargement extension and addition, shall bel
such hereafter be prescribed by statute
by ordinance and adopted by the said Mayor and Board
122. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall have
penay to enact and make all and
ordinances resolutions and orders to carry and give eff
feet to the well the implied granted in
this Charter the end that complete eec
tive municipal be initiated installed operated
and maintained in the City of Nogaes and thereby protect
and safeguard the rights interests safety morality health and
welfare of the city and it's inhabitants
All prosecutions to enforce penalties
ton of the ordinances of the municipal corporation
existing under the Getty of Nogales heretofore be-
gun shall be continued and concluded to Judgment and excu
before the Police Judge like the
effect as if this Charter had not been adopted.
l24 This Charter, part or subdivision thereof
be amended the provided in the Constitution
of the State of Arizona.
CERTIFICATE
WHEREAS the City OF Nogales the County OF Santa
Cruz State of Arizona did, the twentieth day of April
1926 at special election duly called and held under and in
accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Ar
elect R. c. Beam Duane Bird Chas L. Hardy c. Jung
H. j. Harms, David Loeb Grover Marsteler Malcolm Middle
ton, w. j. Phillips A. E. Sanders " A. Sneker, H. L. Sugg
B. Taylor Wilkey, w C. Vinegar Board of Free
holders and qualified electors of said City prepare
pose Charter for said City.
BE 1T KNOWN that in pursuance Of said provisions of
the Constitution and laws the State Of Arizona and within
period Of ninety 90 days after said election said Board of
Freehoders did and does the foregoing
and Tor the Charter OF said City OF NOgales.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we the undersigned duly
elected and qualified members Of the Board of Freehoders Of
the City of Nogales County of Santa Cruz State of Arizona
have hereuno subscribed duplicate convention
at the Council Chambers in the City Hall of said City this
nineteenth day Of July the year of Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Twenty-Six
DUANE BIRD,
Chairman.
r. C. BEAN,
Secretary.
-: ;'..% =. ~; ~ - CHAS. L. HARDY,
GROVER MARSTELLER
H. J. KARNS,
V. A. SMELKER,
S. c. JUNG,
H. L. SUGG
B. TAYLOR WILKEY,
MALCOLM MIDDLETON
w. J. PHILLIPS,
A. E. SANDERS,
w. c. VINEGAR.
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CHAPTER XII.
MISCELLANEOUS

IT. This shall take effect from the time of the
.nnrova Of the Governor of the State of Arizona
and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City OF Nogaes
cha thereafter take such action may be
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exhibition buildings which Of the
December celebrate
timeth
The border vidette., 1926-08-14

DUANE BIRD,
Chairman.
r. C. BEAN,
Secretary.
CHAS. L. HARDY,
GROVER MARSTELLER,
H. j. KARNS,
V. A. SMELKER,
S. G. JUNG,
H. l.. SUGG,
B. TAYLOR WILKEY,
MALCOLM MIDDLETON,
w. J. PHILLIPS,
A. E. SANDERS,
w. c.. VINEGAR.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
REMINGTON NEWS

A meeting of the executive con- mittee of the Maple Hill Improve ment society was held Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. E. B. Proudman, chairman, on Frederick street. At this time, the lot which
 Mir and Mrs. c. w. Lines gave to Ithe Improvement society for com munity house was formally accept ed. Mir. and Mrs. Lines have lived at Maple Hill for about 20 years. During this time, they have been in terested in the welfare of the com munity and have evinced special en- thusiasm in the proposition of a community house as shown by their
 generous gift. MT. and Mrs. Lines formerly lived on West Main street in New Britain. For many years
 Mir. Lines was president of the grain
 and feed business which still bears his name. The lot, which is situ- ated on the east side of Johnson street, has a 50 foot frontage. It Is
 expected that D. K. Perry will pre- sent drawings for building at the next meeting of the executive com mittee. The society plans to have construction on the building started next spring.