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New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
MISS LOUISE HOLCOMBE

bridge party given by Miss Elva Nc kirdy of Lincoln street. MT. Christ is the son of MT. and Mrs. Ernest W. Christ of Ten Acre road. They are both prominent among the younger set in town. Miss Hol- combe is a member of the Alpha Alpha sorority and graduate of the New Britain high school, class 1924 and MT. Christ graduated in 1922.
 Miss Mildred K. Barrows of Lin coin street entertained twelve friends at cards Tuesday evening. The prizes went to Mrs. Sturman Dyson. Mrs. James Cochrane, Miss Hazel Bemont Sturman Tyson and Spaulding Warner.
 Local people are looking forward to the concert which the New Brit ain Musical club will give next Mon day evening in the Camp school auditorium when music by New Britain composers will feature.
 The program will include prel- ude and romance for two pianos by George Hahn Gin manuscript. Three songs for contralto by A. G. Kim ball. Vaise lente the Words at Lask) for flute, violin. cello and piano by George Hahn Gin manu- scriptD
 A song cycle on Thomas Grey's immortal poem, "Elegy" (written ill a country churchyard). This poem has been set to music by Theron w.. Hart and is written for soprano, contralto, two tenors and baritone, violin and two piano accompani ment, Gin manuscript.)
 Already there has been splendid sale of seats and the affair promises to be unusually successful. socially as well as financially.
 Mrs. Elias T. Ringrose of Wooster street entertained two tables of bridge at her home last Tuesday evening. The prizes went to Miss Alice Hickey and Miss Rose Conlin.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harold Guy of Port land will entertain several friends at dinner this evening preceding the house dances at Wesleyan University. Among her guests will be Mir. and Mrs. Sturman Dyson. Mir. and Mrs. George Boil. Miss Harriet Reynal,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

Mr. and Mrs. Dana l.. Vibberts of Lincoln street, returned Tuesday from q several months stay in Tue son. Arizona.
 H. T. Sloper of Russell street is ill GreenVille, Maine. Miss Esther Trumbull. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Henry Trumbull of Pennington avenue. Plainvlle, is attending the house parties at Wes- leyan university this weekend.
 
 Burton Kinne is home from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. T., to spend the weekend with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. w. A. kinne of West Main street.
 Miss Jean Trumbull and Miss Florence Trumbull, daughters of Governor John Trumhull and Mrs. Trumbull of Pennington avenue, Plainville are spending the week. end with their parents. Miss Jean Trumhull, coming from Bradford Academy has as her guests her room- mates. Miss Louise Garfield of Somerville. N. J.. Miss Judith Pieriott of Marshall Mich, and Miss Mary Griffin Of Glens Falls, N. Y. Miss Florence Trumbull re- turns from Mount Holyoke College, bringing as her guest. her rocm- mate. Miss Virginia Rogers of Pittsburgh. Pa.
 John H. Kirkham of Lexington street spent last weekend in New York city.
 Mir. and Mrs. William H. Ratten- bury and daughter. Miss Jean Rat tenbury. oe Lenox Place, are spend ing the weekend in Wellesley. Mass.
 Howard Humphrey of Russell street returned Monday from Hot Springs, Ark.
 Mrs. John H. kirkham Of Lexing- ton street and Mrs. Johnstone Vance of Monroe street returned on Mon. day from Aurora. N. Y.. after at tending the May Day celebration at Wells College which was observed on Saturday, April O.
 James Chamberlain, of Forest street. William NIaier and Stanley Hart of Hart street are spending the weekend in Aurora. N. Y.
 Miss Dorothy Case. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Edwards D. Case of Forest street is attending the spring festivities at Wesleyan College in Middletown this weekend.
 Miss Carlotta Sloper. daughter Of Mir. and Mrs. Harold T. Sloper of Russell street Is spending the week. end in Boston, Mass.
 Mir. and Mrs. John H. Kirkham of Lexington street will go to Springfield, Mass, next Monday 10 attend the wedding of Mir. Kirk hams cousin. Miss Elizabeth Free man kirkham and Stuart Hyde Hawkins. Miss Kirkham is a daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. Guy kirkham.
 Mrs. Russell Germond. Mrs. Har- ry Parsons. Mrs Philip Stanley. Mrs. Clarence Bennett, Mrs. Her bert Pease, Mrs. Ralph Howe and Mrs Louis Young played in the
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
PERSONALS
Many Entertain Guests Over Week-End-Euro- pean Tours Attractive.

Miss Natalie Gwatkin, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Leland Gwatkin of Berlin, who is a student at the Russell Sage college, Troy. New York, has been appointed assistant business manager of the Russell Sage Review" for the coming year. The Misses Sally and Ann Petus- kis of 36 Chestnut street, are on q two weeks trip 10 Atlantic City and Washington. D. C.
 Mrs. +. Bolger of Rochester, New York. and daughter, Miss Catherine Bolger of Boston. are guests of Mir. and Mrs. Duke Bolger of West Main street.
 Mir. and Mrs. Louis Raphael of Grove Hill. will return today from New York city.
 Among the pictures sold at the recent exhibit of the Hartford Art Society in Hartford. was Blue Day" by Vera Stevens. Miss Stevens Is art instructor at the State Nor nal school and is a pupil of George Elmer Browne, 4. \. A. She will leave on May II for four months study in France and Italy.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. Carlisle Baldwin of Forest street, returned from weeks stay in Atlantic City, Thurs day afternoon.
 Mrs. Maxwell Hart and her daughter, Miss Maxine Hart of Lin coin road. returned Thursday eve ming from New York city.
 Miss Ruby Andrews, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. John A. Andrews of Lincoln street. is spending the weekend in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Bernard r. Gaffncy and daughter. Miss Alice Gaffney of Vine street, have sailed for Europe. Miss Marjorie Baldwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle Baldwin, of Forest street. left yesterday to spend several weeks as the guest of Mrs. H. H. Corriher of Tender sonville, North Carolina.
 Robert Hart. a student at Yale university. is spending the weekend with his parents. Mir. and Mrs. Maxwell Hart of Lincoln road.
 Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Mouat of Gro ie Hill, will return today from a trip to California.
 f, s. Kenneth T. sloper of Grove 9 and Miss Sally Humason, d Inter of Mrs. Harris B. Huma- T. of Vine street. will sail from sbec on the Empress of France,
 tuesday. They will spend the z mer abroad.
 Hiss Nellie Levitt. daughter of
 and Mrs. NJ. C. Levitt of Rus
 astreet. sailed last Saturday for
 UT months tour of Europe.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

open day golf matches at the New Haven Country club on Tuesday last
 Among the entrants of the 9th an. nual cavalry horse show at the state armory in West Hartford are four horses owned by William C. Hun gerford of this city. Aladdin. Rose Bryant. Blue Smoke and My Lady Jane.
 Mrs Howard Drummer of West Main street and Mrs. Bret Neece of ,Corbin avenue returned on Wednes- day from New York city.
 George Colt of Vance street has returned from New York city.
 Miss Harriet Parker is spending the weekend with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Clayton Parker of Vine street. She has as her guests. her roommates at Gateway school. Miss Louise Little of New Jersey and Miss Hatch of Virginia.
 Bliss w. Clark of Trinity street is attending the annual freshman ball at the Russell Sage college in Troy. IN. Y.
 ! Added to list of officers and direc- tors of the recently organized New Britain chapter of the League Of Women Voters are the names of Mrs. James Robinson. Mrs. Roger Whitman, Miss Mary Bingham, Mrs. Laurence Mouat. Mrs. Johnstone Vance. Mrs. Hamilton Bickford Mrs. Walter Murdock and Miss Cor inne Bacon
 Dudley P. Felt, son of MT. and Mrs. William P. Felt is attending the Phi Upsilon National convention at Hamilton college acting as dele gate from the Amherst college chap ter of that fraternity.
 Mir. and Mrs. Gail Porter and family who have been spending the winter in Florida returned to theil home on Forest street on Tuesday.
 Misses Shirley and Betty Morse 0, Bellingham. Washington and stud ents at the Gateway school in Ne" Haven, are spending the weekend as the guests of Mir. and Mrs. A. N Abbe of Vine street.
 Judge E. S. Lyman of Alabama 1: the guest of his cousin. Mrs. Sidne, NJ. Cowles of kensington. Dr. William Fownes Keith has re- turned from Boston. .i Miss Roslyn Colson of West Suf' field spent last weekend with Miss Lillia NJ. Hill of Winthrop street Miss Hill has been home from Sey- mour to spend q few days with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Ii Hill.
 1 Miss Jenette Hubbard of New York city spent last weekend with Miss Geraldine Cullen of Winthrop street,
 Mfr. and Mrs. William J. P. Moore of New York city have been visit ing Mir. and Mrs. Henry w. Moore of Linccln street.
 
 J. Feinberg Of Belden street is at the Edgewater Beach hotel. Chi cago, Ill.
 Mrs. William H. Booth of Forest street will leave on Tuesday for Montclair. N. J., to visit her daugh- ter, Mrs. Goulding K. Wight Mrs. Arthur Hollings of Newing- ton and sister, Miss Helen Hare, or Pittsfeld. will go to New York on Monday to meet their parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles R. Hare. who will arrive from Tucson. Arizona. where they have been spending the winter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
SHATTERED HOPES

A woman entered Paris hospital
the other day to inquire about a pa
tient whom she believed had died,
Assuming the visitor to be relative
of the patient, the head nurse was
happy TO be able to inform her thai
the sick man was convalescent
"Ohl" exclaimed the woman. withoul
registering any particular pleasure
"You say he is better?"
much better, yes. You are a rela
tive?"
"A relatiye Not at all, madame.
The concierge where your patient lives
promised me his apartment. lie FL
garo Hebdomadaire, Paris.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
SHORT HISTORY
OF LABOR DAY

Labor day, which has become
labor's greatest holiday, was
first suggested in the New York
City Central Labor union In May,
1882. It was decided to observe
the first Monday In September
of that year as festal day, with
parade, speech-makina and
picnics. There were other holi-
days representing the religious,
civil and military spirit, 1t was
contended, but none the indus
trial. The celebration was held
and was a big success.
In 1884, ahe first Monday in
September was declared Labor
day by the American Fedora
tIon of Labor. All wage earners,
irrespective of sex, calling or
nationality, were urged to OBJ
serve it until II should be as
uncommon for a man to work
Labor day as on the Fourth OF
July.
State legislatures were urged
to make the day a legal holiday
and 80 enacted laws to that ef-
feet Congress made it a legal
holiday in 1894 for the District
of Columbia and the territories
and while a number of states
have no Labor day law the fed
eral act has been accepted by
all OF them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02

ment, and | have never had one of the
latter to let me down or pursue a
treacherous or dishonest course"
Sir Henry Thornton Is railway
executive of considerable experience.
American born, he held important po-
Sitions on United States roads. In
England he was general manager of
the Great Eastern railway. In France
he was major general in charge of
British rail transport during-the World
war. And for four years he has been
at the head of Canada's experiment in
public operation of the greatest rail
way mileage in a single system on
the globe
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
Forest Management Pays

Forests produce timber much
more rapidly under forest manage
ment than in the wild, virgin state.
A good stand Of Douglas fir in west
ern Oregon or Washington under
management will produce merchant
able saw timber in approximately
go years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
Kites Decoy Rabbits

Rabbit hunters in South Dakota,
near Pierre, took an idea from "Bed
Time Tales" that is working out
fine, says Capper's Weekly. Rab-
bits, mistaking the kites for birds Of
prey, run for cover and become an
easy mark for the gunners.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
Two-Year-Old Linguist

A girl aged two, named Winifred
Tierney, of Lille, France, is claimed
to be the youngest child to speak
four languages. She can answer
questions in French, English, Ger
man, and modern Greek
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02

He-Youll forgive me for hugging
you in the hall, won't you? The fact
is, | mistook you for my wife.
She (dubiously)-Well, | don't
know; I'll consult your wife, and if
she says you've hugged her within
the past six months, I'll forgive you.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID
LEADERS OF LABOR
canadian Railuay Head
Lauds the Workers.
Hy SIR HENRY THORNTON,

BY SIH HENRY HUM ON,
president Canadian National Railways.
s'AIy personal experience may have
been unusual, but + can say frankly
that in all my dealings with working
people and trade union leaders, have
never found the first to be deaf to
reasonable argument and fair treat
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02

Without the laboring this bank and every other
bank in the country would be useless Our exist
depends upon active and earnest cooperation
with labor We welcome you to come here at any time
to consult us upon financial matters.
like help you save; have you given the opportun
WILL YOU?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
EARLE-Harry ConIey and Company,
AltrOck and Schacht.

Laugh Week" will be observed at
the Earle Theater this week, begin
aing this afternoon. The headline at
fractions will be Harry J. Conley and
company in Willard Mack's twoscene
sketch. "Slick as Ever" and Wash
ington's clowns of the base ball field,
Al Schacht and Nick Altrock, in a
travesty of the prize ring, entitled
1.-THE Kids Last Fight" Altrock and
Schacht are funmakers whose abilities
are perfectly familiar to Washingto-
mans, and in their present skit they
are declared exceptionally funny.
Other vaudeville offerings will in
clude the Five Mounters," who are
said to elevate equilibrium to the
status of an art; Moore and Freed In
Grooming and Ballooning," a combi-
nation of song. dance and patter, and
Harry Steppe and Richard Knowles
in "A Debate" a high-powered comedy
number.
The added house features will in
clude short screen features. an orches-
trail overture and pipe organ accom-
paniments of the pictured subjects.
The chief photoplay will be Jim the
Conquerer," featuring William Boyd
and Eleanor Fair.
GAYETY-"Red Kisses"
"Red Kisses a drama of life in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and tho
Italian Lakes"

"Venice and the Italian Lakes" IL
the closing lecture of the series on
Sunny Italy arranged by T.. M. New
man, and to be given In Traveltalk
form this afternoon and evening at
the National Theater.
An up-to-date group of live motion
pictures and gorgeous color views
will reveal the charm of Italy, for
"Venice and the Lakes" forms an un-
rivaled combination of novelty, beau
ty and scenic grandeur. THE CITY
of the Adriatic." the unique metrop-
oils, it's liquid thoroughfares and pic
turesque gondolas; the Plaza San
Marco, the Piazetta, the numerous
churches with the Doges Palace and
the Rialto are to be pictured and de-
scribed. For those who appreciate the
beautiful in nature, the Italian lakes
with their background of snow-capped
mountains will appear. Nowhere are
there more magnificent villas. finer
gardens or a greater array OF flowers
than around the shores of the lakes.
The Traveltalk Is a fitting climax
to what, perhaps, is the most compre-
hensive series on Italy yet presented
on the screen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06

Nan Not a Good Manner

MAN HALPERIN comes TO Wash.
ington today. accompanied by her
latest personal acquisitions South
American parrot which she has chris
tened Gen. Pershing.'
Miss Halperin carries the Gen
eral" along just for companionship.
She likes to know that when her per.
Torrance IS completed and she re-
turns to her hotel, she will find him
waiting for her, ready for a fight or
a frolic and eager to rehearse some
new words in the North American
vocabulary which she is gradually
teaching him to take the place of the
south-of-the-Equato vernacular which
be brought with him.
Miss Halperin's Gen. Pershing" is
said to be able to speak a little
French, to whistle Spanish compost
tionS and even to do some dances
which have not yet been introduced
to the American stage.
"He must have been raised in a
sailors rest" Miss Halperin explains.
II named my parrot Gen. Perish
ing because / thought it might in.
duce him to be a little more digni.
fed" Miss Halperin says, and / am
beginning to be sorry, for the real
Gen. Pershings sake, that I called
him that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
Ed Wynn Other Self

the same premises as yourself. was no
happy idea. But the professor made
it clear after a while that, though the
other fellow came and went at times.
/, the Wynn who had to pay the rent
and things, was the real landlord OF
the corporal substance. He said I
could always tell the other fellow TO
shut up or get out, but that he could
never get that fresh with me.
after got the psycho's assurance
that lots OF folks had an inner con.
seriousness / found 1 could ease UP on
the scare complex. Later, as noted
Mr.. KS operations inside his little
thought workshop, a compartment set
off in the north-light section of my
cerebellum, 1 learned / got co-opera-
tive enough now and then to lend an
ear to what he had to say. Now we
are on good terms, and have formed a
sort of partnership-Wyn & Wynn
and we get along in fine shape"
Ed Wynn's psychic observations
were made while filming Rubber
Heels" in which he plays the role Of
a graduate with honors) Of a. CORE
spondence detective school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06

ARE you a. believer in a subcon-
IA scious mentor, an inner voice, a
Frerdian second self within the first
that is you?
Ed Wynn, now playing in his mo-
ton picture debut, Rubber Heels" at
the Paramount Long Island studio,
after brilliant and hilarious career
as musical comedy'S Perfect Fool,
is convinced he possesses an inner
personality.
The inner personality, Wynn says.
has a mind having nothing to do with
the Wynn that gets Wynn out of bed
in the morning, carries him to the
studio, tells him how to cross busy
streets without injuring automobiles
and how to do other utilitartan
things, including being funny on the
screen. oreover, Mr.. Wynn's
mysterious Mr.. x is very real to Mr..
Wynn. He says of him:
"People who see me in Rubber
Heels I haven't a doubt, will think
I never have a serious thought. 1t
may be bad business for a profess
sioIiaI comedian to say SO, but the
fact is that when I'm off the screen.
my thoughts are serious rather than
comic.
s~This $3.50 makeup of mine-50 per
cent comic and so per cent serious
got me worried not long ago, and I
went to see psychoanalyst to try
and find out why was what / didn't
seem to be and wasn't who l am.
This may be rather obscure to you,
but the psyche said it was quite
transparent to him. told him my
symptoms-how I'd go before the mo-
ton picture camera sometimes and
would be going through the silliest of
antics, and all the time. in the back
Of my head. another plot would be un-
reeling that would be as serious as
Greek tragedy.
",The complex professor said / had
a .lodger.' You can imagine. 1 was
scared at first, until he told me what
he meant.
Having a ledger meant lots of
things to me, from the things that get
in your hair in a haymow to other
invaders. This idea of a fellow hav-
ing some one inside himself besides
himself, a sort of a tenant living on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
NATIONAI-"The Donovan Affair"

Albert Lewis, tomorrow, will pre-
sent at the National Theater THE
Donovan Affair" Owen Davis mys
terry thriller. which ran for six
months at the Fulton Theater in New
York. with, 1t is announced, the 100
per cent original cast" This play is
Owen Davis 107th contribution to the
dramatic stage and it was written
with , deliberate purpose to make it
a real theatrical play, having all the
elements of a. sure-fire hit, He wrote
it, secondly, because he wanted to put
his eldest son, Donald, in the theatre
cal business.
"The Donovan Affair has been pro-
nounced by many critics to be Il per-
feet mystery play. 1t offers romance
in the form of a matinee idol, never
seen during the performance, but al
ways talked of and about whom the
story centers. He is Jack Donovan,
murdered before the curtain rises.
He is the man who possesses "a ring
for which women love and men MUIR
der" Every woman in THE Donovan
Affair is at some time or other under
the influence of Jack Donovan and
his mystic ring. In developing of the
investigation there comes a situation
of cross currents which reaches far
into the lives of every one of the IL
characters in the play who, when the
curtain first rises, are all on stage
and never once during the perform
ance are they permitted, by the po-
lice, to leave the stage, excepting, or
course, during the intermissions.
Each, when questioned about Jack
Donovan, becomes hopelessly involved,
in what they thought would remain
their life secret, and before the play
progresses very far the finger of
suspicion points to almost every mem
Der of the cast.
"The Donovan Affair" was staged
by Albert Lewis, and the cast includes
Phoebe Foster, Paul Harvey, Eleanor
Woodruff, Dodson Mitchell, Miriam
Doyle, Niles WEIGH. Ray Collins,
Joseph Robson, Charles G. wilson,
Renita Randolph. Robert Hudson,
George Drury Hart, George Lee Hall,
Edwin Maxwell, Merle Stanton, Frank
Taylor and jefferson Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
NATIONAI-"Beau Geste."

Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky will
present Mai. Percival c. Wren's great
mystery melodrama of the French
Foreign Legion, Beau Geste," upon
the screen at the National Theater
next week, beginning Sunday, Feb
ruary 13.
No photoplay, it is claimed, has
attracted more attention or proved
more popular than Beau Geste," the
directorial efforts by Herbert Brenon
being without parallel.
Beau Geste" is now rounding out
its sixth month at the Criterion Thea
ter, New York City. with no sign of
abatement in the interest, while a
special company is on a tour of the
principal cities. Messrs. Zukor and
Lasky are sending with it musicians
who are familiar with the difficult
score, arranged by Hugo Reisenfeld,
and latest in projection equipment to
assure perfect projection.
Director Brenon is said to have
achieved a lifelong ambition in being
given carte blanch to go ahead and
cast Beau Geste" as suited his needs
and fancy.
Ronald CONAN, borrowed or SamueI
Goldwyn, appears as Michael Beau
Geste, while Neil Hamilton and
Ralph Forbes are cast as the other
two brothers, Digby and John; Alice
Joyce as Lady Brandon and Mary
Brian as Isobel. Other important
roles are filled by Noah Beery as
Sergt. Lejaune; Norman Trevor as
Maj. de Beaujolais, William Powell
as Boldini and Victor NcLaglen and
Donald Stuart as Hawk and Buddy.
two Americans who join the French
Forengn Legion together with the
Geste brothers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
Barthelmess' Sheik Film

CIDNEY OLCOTT directed THE
White Black Sheep. Richard
Barthelmess' first venture, cinematic-
ally speaking, into the land Of the
Sheik.
From Philadelphia he brought his
old friend, Ameen Zaytoun, former
American consul in Turkey, to act as
technical adviser and. thus assure film
fans accuracy in atmospheric details.
Patsy Ruth Miller plays opposite
Dick in the role of Zelie, the Greek
dancing girl. and it is said to be her
most colorful role. The cast is Of
sterling, caliber, including Erville Al
derson, veteran Griffith actor; Con-
stance Howard, Gino Corrado, Albert
Frisco, William III. Tooker. Col. G.. j..
Mcdonnell, Sam Appel and Templer
SAKE. The photography was by David
W. Gobbett, who also photogra phed
Dicks Amateur Gentleman"