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TONIGHT
1 VIOLA DANA IN
“THE THREADS OF
FATE" '
Tomorrow-Wallace Reid and
Anita King in ‘The Golden
Fetter,"
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Wednesda y—Stuart Holmes
in “The yScatrlet Letter ”
THURSDAY. Feb. 22—Mati-
nee and Night, the Bright—
est Musical Comedy of the
season
“VERY GOOD EDDIE”
Prices—wMatinee, 251: I to
$1.;oo Evening, 25c to $1.00.
A few seats at $1. 50. Seats
now selling.
’PALACE
'THEATRE
Home-of Best Vaudeville and
Feature Pictures
TODAY
‘Clara Kimball Young in
"‘THE COMMON LAW."
Tuesday—Lillian Walker in
“lndiscretion.”
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Wednesday—Holbrook Blinn.
111 “The mPrima Donna’s
Hush-and."
ThursdaymFanni‘e Ward
"~“Each Pearl 3 Tear."
FRIDAY
' Robert Warwick in “The Man
ltho Forgot."
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Great Attractions
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Grand Night, Monday Night
Feb. 19th
Bigger and Better Than Ever
ELKS‘ HOME
South Main Street,
South Norwalk‘
M him at the urine
drawn to ouch other.
Wednesday-Stuart Holmes
oTro} 111111. servant
' 5 Voice-BuildingSpecialist
or N. v. c'. Brooklyn Peddie
and Bridgeport, Conn.
“Italian, French German and English
Singing properly taught.
I. 1'5;- 3, dates, apply to mmi William blazing fire is a mob of frenzied Purl~ first act The husband and wife who
H B owe. 5 West Ave.. South Nor-walk tons who 1112111) on wood to keep the do not b010,}... m one another are com-
‘Tnmm
‘ REGENT THEATRE
? of Fate"
1 ' The Story
3 Martellu. the faultless wife of Jim
, Gregory, 11 Pennsylvania coal miner,
clopes withdlk 'unui. her lover. She
leaves their baby doughter with her
husband. 'Gregory. feeling powerless
i0 giro pioper care to the little one,
abandons her on a doorstep. tying
' around her neck a note and ifé!’ moth
111' ’s discarded wedding ring.
'Tom and Sarah Wentworth are the
child’s foster parents, and Tom calls
her Dorothea, meaning “the gift of
God." She grows up strongly in some
pathy with film, but wholly niisunder
stood by her foster motherfivho is
much displeased at “Dot's” propensity
for caring for all the 'stray. dogs and
cast, she can find and turning the
Wentworth home into '11 haven‘for
animals. As Dot grows into Winsome
. girlhood; young Dr. Grant Hunter falls
tin love with her, and , she persuadcsa
him to girt- ‘up his work in viviscc-
lion.
“‘I‘ot” loves Grunt, but his suit; is
frowned upon by 1Sarathnlworlh.
Her husband has inherited a large
toal mine, and she wauts someone
more important than an impccunlous
doctor for her dapghtcr, “Cot" has
never been [Old of her true parentage.
Marcella and Giovanni. after many
years of propspct'ity in Naples . have
come to g'tmir'l tliov 111ml knot» 11 11.4 the
Marquis (lei (‘111'111'11111'chi is. the leadcr
of a branch of the (.‘amorrn. The 11:11
'Fgcret Service has discovered his 1111-
Pl‘attons. and he tells Marcella. who is
posing as his sister, that America is
their last refuge and they soon will be
compelled to so there. Marcella is
. alarmed, fearing to encounter her hus-
band Jim Gregory. but Giovanni alleys
her fears and tells her the move is
imperative.
'At. this time the miners in the Penn-
sylvtmla town where Gregory lives are
talking of going on strike. Gregory,
.possesslug more intellegencc than
most of his coworkers, has stirred the
muclrnbused foreigner into action, tell»
i111: them the wage paid 11111111 are in-
sufficient, that they are being huposetl
upon immune of their ignorance. 111
his friendship foLIhcm he has drifted
into 11 branch of U111 Comorra where
he in: their spokesman Little dream
lug thut \l'tuilworth is the 1111111 who
has cared for his child all those yours.
Gregory leads a delegation of strikers
who go loathe \Vcnlwort .llmllflloll. llc
tacos Dorothea, but doc-3. not know she
is his (laughter. later, 1111 accident to
intcrests “Dot" in
him. and she visits llllll daily in the
two being ntl'ungcly
hospital, the
in "The
Scarlet Letter" . 1 .
in “The Scarlet
0
Rare night scr 111'
' Letter." Burning of witch 11nd raid by
torchligltt through forest, are photo
giuphic triumphs ‘
Munv woudcilul lighting offer it: are
duclion of lia1t"t-;l1111111"1 “The Scarlet
lcttcr.”
ly beautiful—*hom 11
st1111dpoint~nrc hc burning of the
pitch and the march of the Pu1itans
to seize Hester Il‘rv11nc.llolll are
"1“ night scenes.
The execution of Mistress Hibbens
is unusually vivid. Packed around the
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’ our: NICHT ONLY . 2:
- , . THE LAST VISIT T0 AMERICA . ‘
Only Appearance of the World’s Greatest Artiste l‘
MME SARAH i
HAR-T
And Her Own Company and Production
them the THEATRE SAhAH liERNil titlfll.
in Four Complete Plays
, DU THEATRE AU CHAMP D‘ HONNEUR
1 (I rout the Theatre to the Field rtt Honor)
‘ . = ROSALIE
:Not in many yours and ii ely not in many '16ch to come, Sllllll
nut-11 another audience be gath ted in 1'. the’utrc in Atlanta as that
hick saw Mme. Bernhardt at 'olh performances Monday.
‘er‘e old silver'liaired women th :re who had not been inside 11 theatre
in. decade. maybe-41113 wom'o 1 ho were glide when they first saw
ornhardt Tlay "Camille"——-ano 1' tiic children who“ could not possibly
anxious that in the distant into 11 their child might. any:
t was? on or: en: the like of 1111.11 few will ever see twice.
' LAthmta Constitution. 3111.13. 1917-
Regular Seat Sale Opens Saturday. Feb. 17th. ~
$1.00. Sr.so.$2eoand $2. 50 V‘
corn- 1
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1v hose ambitious ‘gparenls 11121 e
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Gunfight—{Viola 1Dan: in "The Threqu, dark woods offered George's Benoit n
lyncs of $1.11u11u'fir15'cne.
,lhc pottogc.
; without bl’llll',
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dances strung over it 111 the process of
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«ring Clara Kinibnll Young, is what
like rhinos eat: 111 seen the body or the
lwoman who our .too eccentric for her
ltime
i The torch lit raid through the thick
rare opportunity to show his skill as
a camera man. 'l‘he film is a work of
art. The bright flare of the. torches
flickering among the trees hathes the
little squad of people in a gostly light?
No’ more realistic night scene in which
a hoary growth of trees made added
iiiiilculties has ever been made.
Tomorrow—«Wallace Reid in “The‘ Gol-
den Letter”
Wallace Reid the talented young
lhsky actor. who will be Seen at the
Regent tomorrow supnm ted by Anita
King in the Lash-Paramount picture.
“'The Golden Letter,“ in addition to his .
other accompllshments, is a musician.
and what's m11re.he can play any in-
strumcnt after a few moment‘s prac—
tice. Anything; from 1111 1:536 and 1'10-
lin to a bafifi drum and a ukclole i1
meat for Wally. Mr. Reid has never
studied under any of the great must '
clans or professors and uses the catch i
11511-ca1cl1cu11, 111' Grew 'lomun methodj
of playing. All that is necessary is
for him to hear an air once and he can
play it. It may not sound like the or—
iginal tune. but. Wally expluins this by
the fact that all great musicians put
in variations and thoughts of their
own. Recently he has discovered that
he can obtain music out of 11 common
hand saw end a knife, blade and when
he is not busy in a scene he is gener-
ally off in .1 corner practicing, While
some dislrzutml carpenter is looking
all over the-studio for his roots.
AT THE REGENT—WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY, MATINEE AND
NIGHT
Elizubctb Mnrbury and F. Ray Cont-
stock have followod their first ven-
ture into the field of smart musical
comedy, “Nobody ”01119." with 11 new
offering entitled "Very Good Eddie.“
which ran an entire year at the Prin-
ccss Theatre, New York. and whichf
will receive its first local hearing in
this city at 11111 1111119111 Theatre Wash-
ington‘s l'1i1'1‘lnlur. matinee 11nd night;
Thursday. Feb. 221111.
There are several cooks 1'11'11'crnt'd
in this musical broth. but they conti
"n! 9"" do not email it. for they tire all‘
too good at tho job. There :is at tho
foundation 111‘ ' .PI‘V (£011.: Eddie” such .
a good idea 31- that of the two young
inurrlod couplcn scparatcd 011 the Mud-.1
51111 river boat, which is just an effec-‘
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the Lenten season at Reaso
Etc., are the best that money and skill can produce.
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live sci to music untl interrupted with.
lyric as it over was as more drnuut.‘
Then 3111-1111111 Karol-151111! to have. turn-
ml out a most 111Pindtouu and takingi
not of tunes for the pi egress ot‘ the en-‘
l1-1'l11lnmcnt wihch. also is sold 101
have bcnctili ll unnerlully from the
bright pom 11m “huh Guy Bolton has row night at the Stamford Theatre for the most brilliant out ecu, in \\ i'uh Alt» 1' musical dancci is graceful 11nd [llt'tli'l
the :1 last. performance of the world fnni ‘has ever tukcu 111111.
sprinkled our the (.511 between
A
"Very Good liddic" is said to prove
nonu- woudl'ltui truths regarding;
musical piuy :«hous, for instance.
that musical c:
l1
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icihwu11'11t,imt '1 in obsoiutcly
its kind. and the New
ful in all “1‘ «ltltllls.
The 1111,111' :11‘1'1111ui'111e11i follows the
Slm'y ol' M 1'. 1311‘! diplomuc'u farce with
the execution of the condensation
which makes two um lnstcnd’of three.
The young couples separanto in the
polled to pretend that they do when
the country hotel is reached in the
second act 1' lute the final scene»
straightens out this simple intrigue,
Which has .111 mubroldery of Songs and
transforming itwinto a musical play."
It is stated that Jerome Kern never
provided it. more tuneful score, while
attractive costumes, sumcient beauty
and Sirartncsu in the chorus, tasteful
costumes and 111111-117 make' "Very‘
‘ Good Eddie" a means of passing ll. def-5 and 91536.39”.
’ tire-goers Should miss her.’
The company comprises 1 a well! The company supporflng flit-“French
known list of names. including Bur- um! will interpret 3 5“°'_‘- comedy cn
ford Hztmpden. Dave Fergtisou. Medic tided‘flosulle" .
lightful evening.
uou Smith, Jack Squires, Jules Epailly,
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\n,\’allte Martin, Lottie Brunelle, Mary “The Common Law" regarded all one
iLouisc Morrison and Georgia 'Hurvey. of {My Brady‘s best works is 11 well
The new musical play is farce—but known story of an artist’
-.; with n (inference. Seats now selling Yuung plays the role of Miss Valerie
" for both performances.
o
VENT. srwroun THEATRE ;;
N0; chefs ous trugedlenuc.
lliko lllt'b't‘ :1 - in '111«inngorol‘lnjuilng hardt. will unquestionably be the 1111115 E‘Mun Who i101 "01
gallon of the present season.
the bye this time. it will be forever.
1111111 should miss thin golden opportun-
.1'1'1li011 may be funny" ity to enjoy her great art and wonder-.
The new play fut repertoire.
idovs 1111i 1111 3.1 crs to any excel-111 of brought with her from Puffs her own
free company. her own scenary and
‘0 b“ “0“" ill Willi-11H F111. ‘1 film [“0 from the 111114311.“ 55 of many plays of “"1193- Her lending man. Mr. Angelo"
’l‘l l 1 1 . \mk press (rune straight from the. French treni‘h
10-11 ““1“! 35'1”“ “m” unitc lu 111111.22" 111'. this cuterlutnmcnt es to support her on 1191 3119119111 tour
photogruplnt 1m polite highly diverting and taste of America.
hardt will in-
variety, appealing no less by its hcuu-
ty and by its dramatic interest It Will
open with an arrangement in one act.
of the memorable tale'of royal "(.‘lco
patra."
drama suggested by the great war now
raging, untitled “From the Stage to
the Field of Honor." in which Mme.
Bem’hardt will appear as a young
Fteneh soldler dying for the sake of
his fotherland.
which Mme. Bernhardt will be seen is
the pathetic work which we cknow as l
"‘Camllle” She will present the most
touching and effective
death scene.
fresh from her triumphs in New York
‘West.
BERNHARDT’S ONLY APPEAR-‘5 -
ANC-E HERE
The appearance in Stamford tomor-
IM 1111' Sarah Bern-'1
When :Minc. Bernhardt. says good-
No
. The grant actress has
(305-
The program in which ’lllme. Benn-
can is of remarkablc
Besides this it will include 11
The that play in
final act—the
Mme. Bernhardt will conic here
Not one of ourrth‘en
11 model? Miss
.‘ i’ -.. *5
‘1 The Thursday and F1 111.11' picture at ‘
infections 1111.1. worthy oi special men ‘
1tlon.0ntl10 form-'1 (1111 Minute W'rrtig
will 111111an in 11 l’gu'hmiounl "Eucl '
Pearl 11 Tour. " 'l‘hin hat: hccn dcclnrrvlf
For l‘rtd 13 R1)
berl Wur'vh.‘ 1 will he starred in ”Tlloi‘i
Brody feature better than the Music
Muster according to critics. “The M:111_
Who Forgot“ will be found to he in;
tcrcstlng 11"n1l appealing throughout.
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i CINDERELLA.
‘ Cu Saturday morni“ l‘t'btuuryl
“- ". at 10:30 o‘clt‘n"
1.1141111), 't‘iudri ‘ ..’ will be shown
it 1.
1.111111 in Norwalk.
for adults , .
auspices of 0111' of the
of the Kings Daughters for the bench
1f the Belg i
wing: in Belgium l1 grtatcr toil".-
tl‘nm excr before. and‘ thousands of
lnldren me 1:11 the vcr~o of starv‘
'11 "ul‘m'o r1cpiving just sutlicl'mt
",nouri. lnuent to keep them alive.
There is imperative 111191! for more
l‘muls fiend at: once
" 311:. Hunter." proprtczcr 1.;1‘ the Re.
gent, has kildly donnLTd the use 0
:cc‘ls of Saturday s contort mimncnt
iii no to the childrrn of Belgium.
walk will huvo 1111 oppottunity of sec-
ing a splendid; picture, and at. the
same time will have“ the Satisfaction
of ,l.noW1ng that the money they pay,
An insight to the life of ar-
' ’ i ‘ tlsts is given in this picture that can-
PALACE ‘ Ti-IeArn‘e
_ Downtown Theatre This Week
Opens with “The Corn": i“ -
m " Lain” ‘
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“The. Com-
No stronger feature the.
by manager A. J. Collins to open :1
eek of high 111151171111.htm lctures.
he 311111111111 production £1111 the
11th or Cyrus Townsend Brady, stur-
may be Ttnily called a perfect picture.
for none uttered to the public up to
i has met “with such gen 31.,
not. be so wall
! . ‘ ' picture is appearing
Stuong «Feature Bill of Pictures For and this will bethe last opportunity to ill-il-
guined elsewhere The
main hv reorient
v
4.1.1.4111. ’ - ,,
“lndiscretion” , 1
Miss I ‘liii '1 Walker will appearin-
marrow in the latest super-Vitagrnph under
release,
“ln1liseretion.". Lillian Wink-
ou1; is going for it most noble-entree
Everyone in Norwolk 3111,10: hire :1
' 'r' "”111“, cf 1“" ll 31d pltieck
Regent theatre. lit: :10. 1.11.11'1111 morn
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HURSROFT. MUSICAL pounce. l
N ‘1'."er "‘"d i emitting: pr'omnmt
the auspices of «the Hnrcroft;
ltluiieol and Lecture course is promli
111311111 Community. Mandolin and'
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ing; and Miss Vern linnlon.
Tuuiing have made her 11 favorite
A hf'W “01'“ with Norwalk’ audiences.
ltho success of the first Acquitiumuce
i ’l.uuc.heou held four ycurn' 111'11 11f.
in moving pit‘lt'l't‘i‘v. “m‘ 3‘5“” Pick ‘cinalion of the clubs giowih but willl‘
ford in UH” lltlt‘ r1111} 3““l'l'01“‘ knows he chiefly“ :1 time of 131' ttlug logrtheri
lllfil Mary l‘lt‘klm'd l1“ ”‘0 9"“"l9‘ll‘tor 11111'. dcvclopments and for social HU‘
notes, in Amcx 10.1 for. 111-11 parts mull 9. 103mm“ '
easy to imagine “it“ ”Ll-‘1 Willzhuvc been an unqunliflod success. one
11'. 0119 or ill!" picttiesl picture" CWT- having been held two years ago at the
Admission will Roton Point Hotel and one last June
be 11 cents for children and 2'51 cents at the Country Club . '
The play is to be gitrn under thcldlc of the winter the officers hope tol ' ,,
local munches brim" together most ‘of the member '1
1., ship and are planning a wry delight;
.11 1191191» fund The suf lful program for the occasion. Speak
iers will be present from New Haven, 1 Ponty':
Stamford and Port Chester, bringinel
us suggestions from the successful
clubs of those cities.
mole and One 111' tworecitations.
hers and all ‘nre asked to return their
‘ names as soon a"
chairman of the Luncheon Committee.
Mrs I-lmvey Al.
13- theatre ,m that than enliic pro ‘Norwalk '
'l‘l'o (”1‘de 117d "rm-V“ ““‘i "r M“ :11: bllc hole teda'; by the
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More 6115 Being Used!
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Each 'yEar
more families are coming to the conclusion
being used than ever before.
that gas is. th e ideal fuel and are using more
than even. -
NORWALK IS NOT BEHIND in this
respect and more gas is being used locally
than ever.
year fuel and it is only. a question of time
when the Coal Range, with all its dirt ,and
trouble, will be used only where gas is not
It is rapidly becoming an all-
available.
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TURE COURSE . .
High School As :embly «Hall
Friday Evening. Feb nary 23,
«. 58:16 p. m. .
THIRD CONCERT . ,
gCommnnity Mandolin' an" Guit; r cum
,' assisted by ..
Anas MeHugh Soloist . ‘ p '
Vera Hanion, Reader
Lodiee Weed, Classical Dancing.
Course Tickefs. $11111
l[single Tickets .50
'Ticket‘s on sale at Baur’s.
to be partly in the nature of 11 cel-
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