VIRGINIA “THE VITAL (‘.- ktri'a's Romance "THE. GATHERING STORM," * Hat. Daily, 2:15 Roaring Flames. Don't fall SATU Dustin Farnum Roton Point Every Evening until '10:30 Beach Illuminat- ed TODAY: ._.m_ THURSDAY: The William Fox Corp. Presents GEORGE WALSH AND ANNA LUTHER —In-— “THE BEAST!‘ FRIDAY: Paramount Picture Corp. Presents DONALD BRIAN In “THE SMUGGLERSJ" - SATURDAY: NANCE O‘NEILL in "THE FLAMES 0F JOHANNIS." BILLIE BURKE ln i ‘ i I PALACE THEATRE The Coolest Spot In Town. ' -.“ TODAY. WEDNESDAY _ spiel“. rsnosa axrnaoaotmnv ' Remarkable motion pictures of the IBig Explosion at Black Tom. N. J I showing ‘ acenes of Exploding Dynamite. Boats and Barges Triangle Him Corp. also offers .' Mae Marsh and Robert Han-on in THE WILD GIRL OF THE SIERRAS " and Mack Swain in “SOWING HIS WILD OATS." THURSDAY Mae Murray in “TO HAVE AND TO HOLD." FRIDAY Wm. 8. Hart in “THE APOBTLE OF VENGEANCE." . new: Wmmmfimmmab 'Hoid" goes back to tbe~days of the L. ._.__.._L-_—_ .,._-__--__..._ . n. I PALACE THEATRE I Attractions for Thursday. ()ne of the most widely read nov-t r-ls in a generation in America “To iliave and To Hold,” by Mary John’ Non. is related In photoplay‘fqrm by the Jesse L, Lasky Feature Play Com pany. with Mae Murray. the famous stage beauty and star, in the leading role. The production will mark Miss Murray's debut as a Lasky star on the' mkm'mm NORWALK 1501 COLD IAD IAN. PEARSON of WOOL AT THE REGENT THURODAY ou sorrow: ~ Hall a little Eastern girl was taken prisoner by a rough man from the IWest, was nursed 'by him back to Ihealth and happiness. and then re leased to go back to her parents, is told in William Fox’s latest screen Iplay, “The Beast.” Anna Luther and I George Walsh are the stars with Da- Ivid Manning (Herschel Mayan.) mats- Iter of millions. whirling through the i Western country in his special car. to Sir Charles Beverly (wward Cecil.) his guest, falls in love with Manning's beautiful daughter, Mildred (Anna lather.) Sir Charle‘a one object in Ilife is to gain the Manning millions. The girl is not enthusiastic about this R'typlcal Briton. who is ever at her eI ‘ bow,—even when, the special halted by a lslight wreck ahead. she goes for a little jaunt afoot to view the typical ‘ Western town of Gopherville In Gopherville Sir Charles causes .no end of amusement with his ex. traordinary attire. Mildred has seen Int to go on a little exploring expedi- .j tion of her own. by the time Sir Char- les has lost nibble money at faro. Mildred. having heard wild merri Ablaae and Miles of" (Fifth Chapter), .m‘ Eve. 1:15 and 9 :— meat from' The Double Stamp" dance hall, is eager to look on from a safe ‘distance. A Mexican leads her into a rear room which Is cut off from the main floor by heavy draperies. He then snatches her purse. locks the 'door. and escapes. Hildred's only thope of leaving the place is to enter the dance hall boldly and offer herself as a target for the revelers. She can- i i to see it. She remains hidden. Meanwhile scene of an outburst of excitement. in their pockets. have come to town. i BDAY ' immediately they are enamored of u u I their prize; each claims the girl as in BEN BLAIR" his own ' They are. about to fight it out, gun fashion, when Del Burton George Walsh.) a ranch .breaks In on the action. Paramount Program. a favorite of the screen will appear Iin Mirs‘ Murray's support. Wallace Reid. He offers to fight for her. terrific battle. be Is victorious. The “0,3 of "T0 Have and T0 Bl” ll hls_ e.'trly seventeenth century when a few sturdv English adventurers had Ithe fortitude to brave the dangers of lPElflblishlnga atteltlement in Virginia. ‘ITlte scenes of the play are laid in and Iaround Jamestown and the main I’t'lllll‘i’lclt‘l‘s are rough and ready, the kind that made It possible for our an- cestors to establish a new world here. in contrast to them was Jocelyn .' Leigh. u beautiful lady of the English icourt who fled from England to escape I the prospects of an unhappy marriage. ICaptaln Percy. a Virginian setter Is Ichallenged by Lord Carnal who ‘foilowed Jocelyn from England. There dead Then be In,“ “he .9 alive after, is a series of exciting incidents and nurses her baclt to health “d. In the effort of Captain Percy to ex- “an“ But she acorns the man as erclse his right "to have and to hold." . a p.13“. though he declares she need Some of “1° scenes in "‘9 ““7 fear him no longer.—he'l'.t a tamed production of this famous story were Beast :made at sea In a boat which was “‘3' Mildred Is returned to her friends lexnct replica of the old time Spanish'and father on the special train As ““9““ which sailed ”‘9 Smish main tthe cars sweep forward on their tour- The action 0‘ the play runs through:ney the last Mildred sects is the figure the entire gamut of emotions. a stir-‘ of the Dean. mounted on horseback ring combat to tender love. and silhoutetted against the skitllne "“ And there comes a smile to her It s —8eaunel m. brill! unm- liar he was all MAN. p Back in her home. Mildred Is host- 'Iess at a brilliant social function. Her ‘heart is In the West and the picture in her mind is" that of a great and wonderful Del Burton, a thousand ”times superior to the dawdling men she must now entertain. But Burton Is closer at hand than she believes. He is looking.on from the shadows of a nearby tree. The gaiety of the lam fete. reminds him that such a world as this he has never known. Then a new Croesus. a cattle made millionaire. comes to the city. He u made much of. Dressed as the other men. Del Burton takes on the graces of city life. Even Mildred is deceIVed and the,cli_max comes only on the night of a great masquerade ball. Then the butler announces the last guest. "The Beast" and Del Burton goes to . - the girl othiu heart. Once again he to clad in the garments of the far. for West. The big boots. the sombrero. atecar. the girl leads him to believe such Is the case, and the train pulls out, test- ing Mildred the personal property of the man she calls' ‘The Beast." has left the town. lie carries her senseless form, as he spurs his horse along the trail. In fordlng a ruaan stream, he nearly loses his life. He never relaxes his grasp on Mildred, although he hB‘d lost fighting the river. senseless. When Burton regains con- sciousness he fears that Mildred is come to know so well in the moment rings down a triumphant curtain. ‘1' A’ . «fits- BMUGDIJRa" a 'anEA'r scum couapv. h—uI-ua / Donald Benin and harm Players L- La. - :~L”L~l- not... . . I ‘ ’a »‘ the. chaps. the complete attire she had _ A urns stat. can our)“ h hedeftlypaeseatedtohiswiieinthe place at to tweaty-thouaaddouar George Walsh and Anna Luther Are origin! m 00 “T“ M" Which 15".. to regain the m ”'91:, but even Old m .f 5|“. and N", “97!. with the aid 0! the Parisian (Io test he was unable to trace themhorue girl, to whom he had git en the invalu- able pearls, Imtgd of 350 long as his sparse was ignorant of lthe deception. this unfortunate gon- itlemiln was safe from her wrath But mous Players. with the popular Am- offense, but then his wife would not tolerate such a thins. as smulgling in notices a chair immediately below the .not summon courage enough for that their curse. the dance hall Is the liner is ‘amoke through a port- -hole. not many , Del Burtons cow boys. with Del at feet above the ocean's restless waves. their head and three mouths' wages The necklace descends rapidly toward 'the waters. but its progress is Inter- Two men burst lnto Mildred'a retreat. rupted by the protruding neck of the " gift from above. be climbs up the lad- owner. ‘ ls hysterically explaining her fright- The Kiri ful loss to the crowd about her. when appeals to his liquor lnfiamed mind detective Gray, who has teen follow- After a lag the suspicious movements of Watts The for some time. antera the scene. l“accldeut" is q' Meanwhile. Sir Charles ls confident: the customs that Mildred has returnerHo the prlv-. proved In this excellent Famous Play- The Mexican who has robbed . ere production. i Del Burton with Mildred in his arms} i his senses In ace Theatre today, is that of a younit The girl. too, lsIgirl who through a course of mis- l .5 3.9,“, fibammu‘t‘huu . - magnum»... Recount-to» ' .‘Beia‘dadnpucate,whieh company Hamilton and his woman en]. 0n the way to clie mine. Bob shoots "at what he beiievs to be a deer His quarry proves to be a singularly at tracttve girl. dressed in leaves and feathers. able to utter noises like the wild beasts of the forest, but quite in- capable of understanding English? She; However he had intended adam- the imitation. Is taken into the party, and soon be; cones imbued with s dogllke devotionI “safety first' is not safety last. and in time hubby is confronted with the truth. This enjoyable farcecomedy. “The Smugglers.” produced by the Fa- Jordan soon discovers that the mine. is no good, and refuses to buy it. But: Hamilton, who is desperate, deter-I mines to get the money at the pointI erican comedian Donald Brain in the of a gun. The wild girl in the mean-I leading role of Johnny Battleby Watts, was directed by the able producer Sld- |t ney Olcott and appears at the Regent t for Friday. Many notables are in- cluded in the cast, a few of whom are Olive Tell, Cyril Chadwick. aMrgaret Greene. and Harold \'0sburgh. Poor John! They are on their way to America. and the genuinenecklace time has observed how much trouble. there is about Bob's money belt, so she takes it and hurts: it. Bob. of course, cannot find it even when threatened, so suggests Moll may have taken it. As Moll at the moment is eloplng with another man. Hamilton belt-lies this, and goes his way. The wild girl bring the weary belt back has not yet been found. How con to Bob: and then she finds for theI he keep up his fabrication, with the first-time that life is really worthI customs inspectors awaiting for smug~ liVIDS- I glers with open arms? Why should _____. I he fear the inspectors. the necklace ANOTHER ‘BEAT' FOR ‘ I "a“ "0‘ "3"? HERST rthsI smuggling a twenty- - cent string of pearls II not a criminal \ Exery one in and about the cityI felt the great explosion at Black Tom. I N. J. Today they have an oppor-I tunlty to see it, as it actually 0e cured. Motion pictures made by the Hearst international News Pictorial and released only a few hours afterl“ the blast took place. show remarka- able scenes of the terrific series of. explosions, the barges and ships on Blackened and torn walla crashed to fire and miles of roaring flames. earth with deafening roars, sending names. sparks and smoke In vast vol-I over the countryside for miles. Flam- ing barges sank and shells and cases. of ammunition exploded throwing parts of buildings and pier: hurling Into the air. But the camera men” braving death as much as any soldier on European battlefields. cranked on and registered It all on the film. “lthin a half hour after the first explosion the Hearst International. had camera men rushing to the scene. Two dashed to New Jersey in auto- mobiles. Two others chartered lugs and left from the Battery to make the pictures from the water side, Like Bombardment. As the tugs pushed off front the Bali the first place. He must devise a new method. At last an idea. Watts port-hole window of his room. He per- suades his wife to seat herself in the chair while be complete: the packing o; the trunks. The time is now ripe for his strategic plan. He calls to his wife to catch the “pearls as he throws them toward her. but the throw is not accurate. ad the "jewels" drop over the side of the vessel, much to Watts' Joy. He Is at last free from But Cruel Irate takes a hand~a big Swede employed on the peacefully indulging in a Sw.ede Surprited at the sudden der to investigate. There is a great commotion on the deck. Mrs. Watts The uickly narrated. What m's lnvestlgatibas rumbled across the bay every few seconds. sounding as If the city Wcrt being bombarded by a hostile lit-‘1 Great. flashes of flame could be seen bursting forth. first here and then again seeming a mile away. The Hearst international tugt drew up alongside the fire boats, revenue cutters, and other Government craft that were fighting the flames_ The heat was intense. The camera men and fire-fighters were threatened with destruction at any moment. A schooner loaded with dynamite sufll> cient to destroy Ellis lslart‘ was towed Into the bay. all of IV“ :orwnrd deck a marital flames. f' I one thought oi thexdanzt r. .‘l dozen streams from fire boats were turned on her-«and the camera men cranked and said nothing. Words would have been use less for the roar and crackle of the miles of names and/the etery- second explosions made speech impossible. I‘ PALACE THEATRE MAE MARSH AND BOBBY HARRON IN UNIQUE TRIANGLE PLAY. The story of “The Wild Girl of the Sierras." the new Triangle release starring Mae Marsh and Robert Har- ron. which Is to be shown at the Pal- fortunes has grown from a child al- most to womanhood all alone In the woods of the Sierra Nevadas. Jim Hamilton. one. of the first to loin the rush to (‘tallfomlm in the days of '49; locates a mine In the SI- erras. It turns out to be a failure" however. so he starts oil to find a new location. leaving his wife and infantI The photographers on land “med daughter in the care of friends in the up behind the fire They made their GIN 01' friends I“ the camp Dim“! .way over burning piers some of which his absence.a band olf Indians swoops were loaded gm, unexploded shells down on the ulace. killing everyone .The'y dodged falling walls “a save the lltle girl who miraculous- cnnked' as firemen hauled the in- ly escapes. Hamilton concludes, how-‘11,,“ from the burning wreckage 9"“. that she must have been 0“" Shell cases whistled overhead. thrown “0d 0" by Indians and 8093 his “"‘5’ thousands of feet by the concu sions Fifteen yours W232 Hamilton 11“ be INo soldiers In the trenches ever an r ‘Je & gentleman gambler H9 ““111“ Idcrwent greater bombardment. And other peril, fills her eyes. And love ‘ ugwrmganawmmt " of hi- old mine rind concludes it would net er before has any such picture be a good plan .0 sell it to some ten-l been made in "movies." AW companion, Mall, to examine the prop- :. i ii to Bob. who has been kind to her. I I“ 3 IR, i tery sea wall. explosions roared nnd‘ l l GOOD. ” ' 37 WALL ST. or out" .- ' Very Best Creamery ' Always the same, Pure. large can. has oaeaeoaoettooo bot. 83 and 85 Washington St. Been Waiting For! . DOLLARS. YOU CANNOT BEAT GAS FOR BAKING ERAL COOKING—THERE IS NOTHING ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO IS USING ONE SEE THE RANGES AT OUR OFFICE! The United Electric Light 81 Water .09, PHONE no. 1330 ‘ BUTTER 35} Fresh and Sweet. Then I! a reason why we have the largest butter trade in N I ’ Crown Aster Brand Pork and Beans (with tomato canon . .gaaoasalon-oowocmwwI-on- Armour's Veribeet Lunch Tongue (a dainty Challenge Blend Coffee, regular 30c gradea per lb. Crown Aster Brand Flour (None better at any price); Go Pink Trading Stamps with 1 lb. Special Grade 25 Pink Trading Summith 1 lb. No. a Royal Plan- tation Coffee . White Way Brand Cocktails 25¢ 50¢ and 75¢ bottle St. Julien or Medoc Claret (for Claret made). Ruppert's Extra Beer, case of 24 bottles . .. . . . .31 Ruppert' s Knickerbocker Beer. case of a4 bottles. .A. F. Beckmann & C6,. . GROCER‘: ; N ) WINE M ERCHANTS' YOU PAY mil ANCE m f MONTHLY PA. mm or M WE WILL GUA TEE THIS “vow. , TO BE A pa ' ‘- BAKER. AND a “JUST . .. luncheon at 18¢ and 85d ' l =23...— ._ MARINE TONNAGE. . Displacement tonnage is the weight lot the whole ship and everything- ahoard her. It is found by computing the exact cubic space under water. in- “, eluding the rudder and propellers and. dividing the total by thirty-five. since I. thirty-five cubic feet of sea water 5',- we'lgh atop. ‘ s new used only in rating warships. g A ship' a gross tonnage la the cubical Displacement tonnage Is measurement or contents below docks. ‘A and includes. In the case of passenger vessels. all the caqu space The net ' tonnage is the gross tonnage less de- . ductiona fixed by law. excludes cabin ounce and machinery. Net tonnage space .—-New York Bum l I . t " .. run-reunite j' -.- -"That’a easy. blur'wtth the moneytridothotamny tatlon ticket and ill aunts a day for lunch may “-t-St. we .M‘?‘ .‘ "How'la it ydu werraa‘efllmssn. ,. carrying bundles home like the rest _ of the commutera2"\ . y c . ' His wits won’t trust shoring“. All he gate is his comma-J At the Regent Trivium --- ~.
Norwalk Chronicler