TONIGHT
WALLACE REID
and CLEO RIDGELY '
m .
"THE SELFISH
WOMAN”
WENESDAY, AUG. 9
ROBERT EDESON
in
“FATHERS OF MEN”
THURSDAY, AUG. ID
The Famous
THEDA BARA
in
“UNDER TWO FLAGS"
FRIDAY, AUG. II
DUSTIN . FARNUM
'
THEATRE
.. 1501 .l
NORWAL
SATURDAY, AUG. 12
Big Special Feature
LEAH BAIRD
in
“THE LIGHT OF
NEW YORK"
and
BILLIE BURKE
in
"GLORIA'S ROMANCE"
6th Chapter, “Hidden Fires“
n
COMING, AUG. 15
The First Legitimate Show
of the Season
MAY ROBSON in "THE
MAKING-OVER OF
in
“DAVY CROCKETT
" Mat. Daily, 2:15
The Coolest Spot ln Town.
MRS. MATT”
PALACE THE
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ATRE:
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WALLACE new into use moo.
tunds appropriated for the
of their railroad through the imperial
Valley
months, he confidently assures them
that he will comple'e the work in that
time.
unscrupulous banker,
own interests, is determined to make
COst.
LEV in “THE sum“
wpum.
Tom Morley, a young and energetic
civil engineer, l: imbued with absolute
confidence both in his work and in
himself.
Adtlsed by his direc'ors that the
building
will be
GXIMUHG‘J In three
Thomas Morlel’, $11, a wealthy and
to further lzi:
Tom's work a failure, regardles of
To this end he employs ihe
services of a crooked promoter, Mc-
Kenzie.
In answer to a telegram from his
father to come home at once on a
matter of importance, Tum wires his
mother to make up a little weekend
party including his favorites, In com-
pliancr, Mu. Morley invites Alice little
and her mother. The latter,has great
social ambitions, and is \‘Pl'y anxious
to bring about a marriage between
Alice and Tom. McKenzie is also
in love with Alice, but Mrs. Hale
makes it plain to her daughter that she
must complete the conquest almost
3' won before Tom left for the west, 0th-
erwise they will soon be in most em‘
barrassinx circumstances.
Alice'employs all the art and cunn-
.‘h' math-tron: in Xe; York
.d a M photon hancier, who has
[come up (IQ Lb: bottom of the ladder
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in; at her command and makes Tom
very happy with her evident pleasure
, in his attentions, lie persuades her
to run away with him and they are
”married by the Justice of the Peace.
WEDNESDAY
DEWOLP HOPPER
TUESDAY
LBROOK
in
“CASEY AT THE BAT"
*g H0
3. ‘nd ‘n ll returning at once for parental forgive-
BLINN ALL STAR KEYSTONE .. ness. Mrs. Hale feign; anxiety, but
' COMEDY ’ is secretly glorying in'the clever way
in ' — if Alice i'= handling the situation. Morely
I” > . THURSDAY V‘Srq is nleo pleased at the turn of al-
“The W.eakness Paramount Pictures Corp. a fairs and hands Tom partnership
Offer Vpspers, which if he signs, will give
him unlimited wealth, and position.
Much to Alice‘s chagrin, Tom flatly
‘ refuses to sign them, whereupon he is
promised dielnheritance by his father.
Morley, 8n, impressed with Alice‘s
disappointment, tells her he will place
a million dollars in her own name if
,tahe will so west with Tom and make
him fail She agrees and Tom at-
, tributes her sudden willingness to ac-
:,(‘omptttty him. to love.
Out west, Alice at onco picks Jim.
the assistant, as a willing tool, and
. 3gulnlng his confidence. nearly upsetn
Tom's plans on several occasions.
Jim tells Alice the best way to bring
the matter to a crisis in to get the men
drunk, and she furnishes the money
.to buy whiskey. Realizing Tom‘s
;wondcrful determination and strenrrth,
she wires Morley, Sr., in send a com—
petent man at oncc to help her. Mc-
Kcnzle persuades the old man tonend
him, believing if he succeeds l'l ruln‘
,inu Tom. he will at the some time
‘ win Mice.
, Jim, in love with Alice, goes to her
1 house not! demands what he terms his
“lust reward.” The Menlcnn womnn-
“servant. whom Toni bus commandeG
to watch Alice, feels something is
wrong and rusbcs to bring Tom. lie
urrlvoe in time to rescue Alice and
‘give Jim his, deterred punishment.
Alice, feeling each day the force of
Tom‘s noble character, is beginning
to fail in love with him, and is in the
despair when she realizes how despic-
ttble has bccn her conduct. A delay
itt Ute arrival of the pay check increas-
es Tom's difficulties, and he goes to
FANNIE WARD
of Man”
Supported By Such Well-
Known Stars As ‘
Johnnie Hines, Eleanor Wood-
rufl' and Alma Hanlon ‘
in
“FOR THE DEFENSE”
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FRIDAY
FRANK IKEENAN
in
“THE PHANTOM"
8iAMf0Rll THEATRE
EMILY WAKEMAN HARTLEY. Mgr. , Phone 2300
ONE NIGHT ONLY
WEDNESDAY, August 9th
Opening at 39th St. Theatre, New York City, August 10
PAUL BENEDEK, INC, PRESENTS
A French Operetta in Two Acts
With a Notable Cast, Including
CHAPINE
John W. Bansome
Rose La Hart
Ward De Wolf
Crauford Kent
Cyril Chadwick
Rena Parker
Eugene Redding
C. Welch Homer
ROSHANARA osccrtnln the trouble. Jim impresses
and , the men with the idea that Tom has
' ‘ A Chorus of 5° and Orthestra of 2° abs-courted with their money and the
riot starts Alice rushes to the stu-
tinn to wire Tom and McKenzie cuts
the wires. She mounts her horse and
rides for help. In the meantime .Tom
hnrt come in on a special train but its
unable to quict. the men. Just at this
.............. 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00
Seats Now On Sale
Prices
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STAMFORD THEATRE
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Iiff and his posse. arrive on the scene.
l‘nnd her great icy at finding Tom safe.
at the Stamford Then proves her love for him, and happy
in his double victory, Tom takes her
tenderly into his arms.
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BALLOON ASCENSION ‘ “Yvette" a .new musical comedy wil
t open its season
tre on Wednesday, August 9th for one
inight only and go from there to New,
; York on the following day to open at‘
and .
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PARACHUTE DROP
~If you have rooms for rent, try
9ths Thirty~nlnth Street Theatre.l ,
'1 DAILY erette isihe first musical com-9dy‘fo n Sentinel To Letdld. and rent them.
' ;be presented at the Stamford Theatre,
' this season, and carries a company of
THIS WEEK 3 3
~ 3 sixty-five. 'people including special or-i
tchestra of‘f’wenty pieces. The cast:
{is headed by Chaplne who will be re-:
tmelnhered from "The Blue Paradiso,"i
land included among others, of Broad-I
t way fame, John W, anome. famous in ;
,“The’ Prince of Pilsen," and “The Isle;
;of Bong Bong." Mr.’ Ransone usedi , .
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1‘ .t
noun rout
PARK ,
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AM BULATORY SAVING.
: Grubbs-“I don’t how anyo‘pe
can call the pomssion of an automo-
bile an extravagance. To my mind, it
Is the finest sort of Iesson‘iuccon-
to be a familiar figure In Nor-walk,
having been a gentleman farmer out‘
Belden Hill way wan. Many of his old j
friends will be glad tonne him in
a new German Dialect role. He will
endeavor to make u few more speech“ »,
just as famous as his never to be
forgotten "Vacs you ever in CInxinnat- ..
ti,” In Yvette he plays a St. Louis
m". , sausage manufacture which promis-
l Stupor—"How do you mnko that ” t° 3“ u” must delightful °' all
put?” ‘ ,~ his comedytolcs
Sent on role Honday,~Anllui 7th.
. “WV ‘ ‘
r . Advertise In The Sentinel for In:
“li‘iu ,IIIIIII. Q I ‘ ’ I
3 Crabbe—"Why, warm tutti Ino-
for current hive to oultlvste thrlfi‘ln
twin to W out critic mol- 0!,
H
haustedJn the nnow.
lcrltlcai moment, Alice, with the sher-l
n.
erulfium«am.mcu;bytetmgmmotaw meme:
Bloke hsd broubt dishOnor on his
mother. '4'
After hearing the names
rescuers, the old woman steps into
the breach and tells Robert that she ‘
is Jeanne, his mother, Af'er a touch- -
ing reunion, she tells him of her {‘3
aimless wanderings since she had left 9
his father and explains that the girls
are not her daughters but had been
treated as such since the death of ,;
their mother. Both Robert anr Wat-1d 3
now remembering their unfought s
l‘.’
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his affiliation to have his wife '
7. into 9 {Sabina leader. and his ‘
son mrf! lilo in old family. The 2
namely W of the wife, and the
manly aloe-[ion of the son for the fa-
ther's rholeoome stenosrapher, wreck
the plans of the senior member of the
family, while the mother‘s snrewdness
brings a happy denouement from a
stormy, sobby and withnl mirth-pro
coking situation. In the role of "Mrs.
Matt." May Robson has a character '0
enact that fits her like a glove, while
the supporting company i..~ all that
could be desired to Lush?!“ a Robso‘
man production. May Robson in "The
\iaking Ovbr of Mrs. Matt“ will be
seen in this city at the Regent theat-
tre one nitht only, Tuesday, August
15th,
duel, but the friendship which had
sprung Up between them. while the)‘
fought side try side for a women’s
protection, prevents them frOm draw-
ing guns on each other.
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PALACE THEATRE
David Spencer. :1 young spendlhrift, 1,;
ts returning from Paris, where he has ‘li‘
been leading a life of arrogance with,
friends of both sex'e-z. lie 13 now re-
salved to give up his life of rel'elt‘y 3%
and settle down to businea», taking
up the details tf his fatl‘ur‘s routine it
work. It is also understood. that he i‘
is ‘0 marry Janice Lane, the daughter
of his father‘s late partner. Babble l3!
Norris, is hou'ant. golden-haired crca- “‘1
ture of impulse. not, in the least vi- ,,
cious or “varnpirlsh.” but gay, reck-“T
less, and surrendered to the fun of"
living, is genuinely in love with David, ,3
and is returning with him on the same ‘
Enjoy It Now
As to whether the nebular theorl'
applies to this earth or no! doesn't
intrtet- much now. The main thing is
to enjoy it while we're living on it ——
rt lida Time-Unien. '
“FATHERS OF MEN.
llowlnnd is a trapper—supremely
happy with his wife. Jeanne, and son.
Robert. in their cabin in the north.
Blake—~a trader—also married-ta
traveling to the nearest trading pcst.
Out with Robert for a sled tide,
Jeanne had run It]: sled into a snow
slide. and but for the timely assist-
ant'e of Blake, both would have been
killed. Joan-e escapes unhurt, but
Robert suffers injuries which neces~
i-itate an operation. While Howland
takes the boy to‘the nearest doctor,
Blake is left to look after Jeanne. In
the lonely night: which follow, Blake
wins her love and when Rowland re-
turns with his son, n0w recovered, he
finds the cabin empty. Heavy heart-
ed over the loss of his wife, Rowland
vows to be avenged on Blake. After
some time, the letter tires of Jeanne
and leaves her to return to his lawful
wife Soorrovful now for his treatment
of Jeanne, he returns to the cabin
where he had left her, but finds that
she has niresdy lone. leaving no trail.
Twenty ream llter—llowbtnd. now
a lieutenant In the Northwest
Mounted Police, tells his son. also a
nmun'ed man, of the sorrow which
lllalte had caused him, and Robert
jttllln his fttther in renewtnc tt vow
cf vengeance If the scroundrel still
lime. “'hrn Rowland sees make. by
the shin of If murdered man, an op-
portunity for revenge presents itself.
and though he‘knows that Illnltc did
not commit thd‘crimc, he succeeds in
having him convicted; lnv escaping
from his guards. Blake is fatally .tltnl.
In l‘llnlte‘e cabin his three sons hour
of their father‘s death and against the
ndntonlttons of David, the other two
set out to repay Ilowlnnd. After
killing the latter and stunning Robert.
they take to the trail to escape, Roo-
t-rt. with two other men. is Mailed to
track them. When the brothers sepa-
rate to battle their pursuers, Robert
follows Dttvld. but is so spent when he
finally catches up with him that he is
helpless to capture him. and fails ex-
boat wth other friends. 3
David tells Babble that he must
give her up for good, as he wants to 7 '
turn over a new leaf. Although pee-l,
ved, she declines to accept his deci-E ,.
slon as final. Janice is waiting and,
praying that David might change his '
life. When he attends strictly to bust-mt.
nos: and is att‘ntive to her she hash,»
hopes that her prayers have not re-‘
malned unheard. 0n the night of hlsp‘,
engagement. Babble gained admit-f ,i
fence to David's apartment, but when:
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he found her there, refused to inter-ill
ate her, and escorted her downttairsis
to a taxi. and bids her good-bye, <~
However, the love for fast life. ln-i1’
mined in him for years, makes l‘self‘
felt again. He seeks his old time
friends. and gives n party in his down
town apartment, to which all his” for-
mer friends are lnvlted. _
Bert Rollins, in love with Babble! ,?
jealous of David, calla the lattcr's fit-l.
ther. As the aged Spencer arrives m3, ‘
his son‘ut apartment nnd sees the rtutctlé
of t'evelry existing there. he receives ’
such it shock that he falls in a swoon};
dylnc shortly afterward. After theit'
funeral the will is read. In it Ytlrm'v,
Spencer fervently requests that lint-id
marry Janice, as through her nobility ‘l
of soul he might alone find strength, ,
Janice comes to David and holds cut {3
her hands to ltlm. lie, renounce“
nuuln his old life. fulfills his fillht’r"=ltl»"
dying wish, and marries her, iturértlz \t
the next four yours. Babble, tn melte,’
it. easier for him, xocs abroad. Yet i
the lust of pleasure is incrnlnml so? ‘
deep that domestic life is a torture. '5.
When Bot-hir- rrturm hc it: n: the;
dock to mcet her. Hr- F‘l‘llRElf'S Mt
retain his self rmt'ect, but Bubble'st
hold upon him, which embodies till his
love of life and fnllbifii" ton if his;I
secret, grow.» so tut-r" ’
tcrmlnes to lcnt'e l“ "if“ for his [HIS-3
llnvld minstcrs to him, but when he Accord“ .y, Rollins secs llte‘
rccovertt, through the other's efforts, two color the stage door of the then-
Robert insists on a duel to square trc or" nltlltl. where Rabble is appear-
thcir account. Though reluctant to inn. He ‘phones to tell Janice, who,
huh: one with whom he has no qunr-M belch-inn she can still hold the after.
rel, David is unable to withdraw with tion of her husband, goes to the 'hea-
honor, As they are preparing l0r«tre, finding the two in Robbie‘s drcru't
the fight a weak cry of distress is in: room. In a tent-o scene Davltl’
heard,snd they both-answer. Running says. "It is better that rcu divorce
in the direction from which it came, me." She looks Ill ltlm in horror and
HWY find a urny’haired woman. lost replies, “The church forbids it."
in the wilderness with her two duugh- Believing that the only way left for!
ters and dying from loci: of nourish- him to show his appreciation and love,
want. They unite for the protection for hit wife would he to die, t’herrbi';
of the. trio and take them to the home ‘ leaving her free to marry someone
of n trapper, where, during the night, who would he more worthy of her. he
dishonest trapper and hi ntarhy 115- goes to jump off a cliff into n riveri
«relates, bind the twogn and me: As he looks down he sees the hodv oft
'psre to attack the women. Follow- a drowned 'rnan.\whose face is badly:
ing their brother's trail, the two decomposed. He ch‘nnges clothes;
other Blake boys are just in time to with the dead man, and disappeartg
chase the villainous band and rescue When the bod? is found. it l9 ”WP“?
,lhelr victims. Then the brothel-slur David’s, and identified as such.:
frecognlze Howlund and bitterly tie-,Ihtcr Janice marries Dr. Stone. who,
‘nounce his father for sending thelr‘sihas always'rbeen hcr staunch friend
to his death.‘ But. Robert halts them as the family physician. and the doc-l
tor who attended the birth of her lit-
tle daughter, Doris; . '
David, however, returns to New,
. 'York some years, Inter, is recognized
by Rollins, and is arrested at the in-V
sligatibn of the latter for coinsurance}
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is "n... :—2 my” ”taut; t;
fraud, which is trumped—up against and plmltfntohimsolf
him. He so denies his guilt that even s‘ltomtfvo. A: no sinksto
his wife n.nd\ Dr. Stone, as Well as 'Bsbbio mm on his body.
David, thalattor, although 30 testify-3cm to m her child
In; in order to‘ save him, with whom}
he became a free man,
child, recognised him as the man Who
- ism-hinted: ,t
. had been five
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“The Making Over 0!, Mrs. Matt," 3 ‘t
Tuesday.- August x
May Robson in _
ent Theatre. One Night Onlv.
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Babble. are convinced that he is million-or sum. and as‘eh'
flight. 9.!!!er Who ~ ‘
paniodhtmhlnhmdoo'
mm»mtom
she had planned 'elopement as soon-as
Doris, .Itls dot- and
3 ‘st Inst."
had called ”her from the edge of the "The Wall- ot In. _
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