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NORWALK
Thursday, Sept. 6th
A. H. Woods’ Big New York Success
“ChéaiingChealers” .
A FA: ill MELooRAtuA m 4 nor-s
Coming Here Aft-c: :L‘ne Year at the E tinge '1“:eatre, N York
The Most Enter-P snag 1.2catrical Offering in. Recent Years
A Laugh t‘nc l‘linuie and it Thrill the Next
Nothing Quite 7 c It Has Ever Bean 5- en on the Stage
PRICES .................... $51.50, $1.00, 750, 500, 250
beats are now on sale.
tre will prove one of the most norable
theatrical events of the local season.
: Seats are now on sale.
AT THE REGENT FRIDAY
‘Earle Williams and Ethel uray Terry
Vitagraph “Apartment 29"
Just what can conceivably happen to
'a bold, aggressive critic of plays when
his trencha'nt pen may unmake a pro-
duction of which a brainy and re
sourceful though unlucky playwright
is the author is whimsically protray-
ed in ”Apartment 22." the current
W'itagraph picture in which Earle Wil-
tliams is star. A bewitching flight of
imagination on the part of the scen-
Ett‘iu man presents the critic put
,through a train of experiences that
i could well turn his hair gray, and that
:Williams’ own raven locks don‘t bleach
iwhiic acting the critic is because he
5 knows all along: that it is going to turn
iout all right, The. audience, howeVer,
I” left in a. glow of exciting suspense
,until right at the end, when the crit—
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“The Masque of Life" is
different front anvt‘ninu
ever prmiously shown in Amt-rica.
“THE BAR SINISTER" COMING
TO THE PALACE THEATRE
Grcat Rex Beach Picturization Coming
Friday and Saturday, Deals
With the Barrier of Race
in Vivid Manner
wort 3y,
ill).’l('lll'l iv
The House of High-Grade
Entertainment
/ R ‘g. . I.
. egent i «one
8 Shows, 2:15, 1' ' ill 9
Today
MARY l’ll‘i .
In The Great Putt-tun ‘l‘otopiay
“The Little Amg‘ican” “The Bar Sinister," the attraction
'No Advance in 3 cs ut the Poison Theatre on Friday and
‘Also Burton “01"" “in Saturday, is a photo production that
Picture is z -‘ ll it. c‘crv respect The theme
is :1 r, w on“. Subconsciously the
Opening'll’hlzgrgtdfil “Huh lactt Di uplo of all races have recocnlz- .
(d If -» the tut that the barrier of race
“Cheating Clio: tors”
i»: u sociul one and in the schcmc of
F - . , this world ‘l u=cful thing, but in tin-
, , rtdni .,. , ,m ‘1‘ . n
Earle Williams a,“ . (,1 Gray spi ttu. no: t t r). sis not at a .
Terry ‘1; Ti!“ is strikingly borne out in the
“ Dartment :19” . plot. A 't‘gl-lt’bl‘nd Southern girl is
And An 0. Hem} i gturc :tliductwl in. childhood by a poor crazod
‘ ""“ ilcgt‘ccs and crows up in tlieliun‘s'lt'
Ar(EOllIfltl‘yli‘lV—Douglas l-‘ -.,. ...‘ into :1 tlmcr of rare chctncss. The
r. t , .
Agutllna" eaiurc, 1“ ‘ .dln, ouli story of the young Northerner who
learns to love her and the struggle for
Whit-r pout-Minn are most thrilling.
Mitchell Lcwis is very noble us the
young St‘m‘nnlc Indian, in mingling of
thrci: raccs, who loves the girl solov-
all). There is 2.! glorious flclit in the
picturc, mun to man, that almost raises
the audience off thclr seats.
The pictut‘t- is one of the most inter-
cstiuc this city has seen, finely con-
ceived und mannificently directed and
photographed. So bountiful are somc
of the scenes that the house repNtted-
m‘- ,_ ~.
.‘cv
Palace Theatre‘
THE HOUSE OF SUCCESSiVE
SCREEN SUCCE‘-‘lES
Performances Today at 2:15,
7 and 9 O’tlflt’K
Three Smashing Supt .trcaturcs
“Today
JACK PlCKl'Wlill) and
LOUISE llUl-l“
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u -
The Varmint”
A Tale that Bristlcs With the
l Energy of Amcrh an Youth “The Little American” Failed to An
rive for Matinee But Was on
MARY PICKFORD WAS I'.ATE .
AT REGENT YESTERDAY
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The Vlvidrlt‘iomiorrow Time for Evening
‘. ol-l ourrb. ~ Emotions We have Mary Pickford at the Re-
‘The Masque of Life” fit-M :tszt'u today and we suppose cv-
A Re,” Novelty cry one in Norwalk will want to see
kl ' ~ ‘ her. But as with the early bird catch-
Friday and Saturday—1PM lat
Rex Beach plcturizutlou, "The 1::
Sinister, a gripping drama of the
screen, dealing, with the insur-
mountable barrier of race.
. ll llli lilillllliS .
REAL NOVELTY PRODUCTION IN
“The Masque of Life," AT-
; = THE PALACE
After EnJOying Long New ._ un,l
, Great Romance Comes Here for _
ing the mouse, so it is with the early
corner to the Regent getting a seat and
Mary Plckford's latest screen triumph,
“The Little American," is really too
good a picture to be forced to pass, up
because the crowds are. too big.
“The Little American" is unquestion-
ably the greatest. picture in which“
"America's iittlc sweetheart" hos eV-'
er posed, not only because of its won-
derful opportunities for dramatic act,-
to: offered the talented youm.r star. but
because of its marvelously realistic
land unusually timely story, . l
Truly, Mary is lovable in any mica:
but us Angela Moore, the little heroine;
Single Day Tomorrow tof bottle-scarred Europe, whose volt-t
’Combinint: love and hate, romance 3‘ ._ T'tr‘is bring comfort to scores ofI
and tragedy. jealousy and 381163011”woundcd on the battlefield and whose,
fice in its drama!“ moments, withlkeen forcsllzht and undauntcd coursgei
strikingly spectacr ‘r sci-pm; and e\'~l save her own-us well as the life of her,
idence of in “ flux: mi‘.'*‘.',expendl- sweetheart and rave tho day for her“
lures-to get ":uitaptic ri'v‘ .‘ts' "The? comrades, she is incomparable.
Masque of L‘fe" u'on Jr: tut pubucl The Artcr-tt't program never releas-
approval in New Xork not. :ill be seenlctl :1 more wholes-ninety enjoyable
here at the Palace Theafru tomorrow, , rcrccn play and a movie theatre never
It is the biggest ’mmlern pectacular' booked a btrzser sensation for crowd-
production ever attempted lgnthcring purposes,
Though from its name» .:t.ny wouldl
suppose “The Masgue of lee“ to be:
a costume play, it is rcallv a drama.l
of the most modern sort. 'mving ‘ as
its basis the love of a pretty little:
circus girl for n‘prince win inherits:
the throne, and so is precluded from
marrying her, although he really,
‘ loves her. The girl, unwilling toI
interfere in his life, disappears and: the Regent Thcntre, Thursday, for an
he thinks that she is dead. Tlicir.‘ encasement of one night only, under
next meeting comes ,aftrt» she hasltlic direction of A. H. Woods. This
climbed a 360 foot Cllll'llllt"? to rescuefivill be the first performance of the
the King’sfilittle son by :1 Royal Con-f play in this city, “(litenting Cheaters"
u
“CHEATING CHEATERS"
Opening Play cf the Season at the Re-
gent Theatre, Thursday, Sept. 6
“Cheating hooters," the brilliant
New York success which ran an en-
tire your at tho Eltingc Theotre,,New
York, last season, will be presentcd at
l_v breaks into spontaneous applause. 1
lbut by winning a desperate fight with
,l ic is shown to be the dupe oi as elab-
foratc and artistic hazing stunt as ever
.could be devised,
AT THE PALACE TODAY
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VJack Pickford and Louise Huff in “The
, Varmint” Bring Back Visions
f of Good Old Boarding
‘ School Days
Ou'cn Johnson‘s world famous stor-
4 ics of l.:,twrcncm'ille school. ”The Var-
mint," which created a sensation both
in ntagazinc and in book form has
been cdapted for the screen by Para-
mount with Jack Pickford in the stel-
lar role. As Joint llumperdink Stay.
or, altos “'l‘ltc Varmint," Jack I’lck-
lord is an txtrcmcly sensitive and
highly imaginative young man.
instantly rhristcncd “I‘ink” upnn‘his
arrivul at the school, Stovcr tries to
llllltl't“‘:1 titt- fztct upon his schoolmates
lltzti he is :t wild young desperado for
'whom the law was never written, H0
.conlidcs the reasons for his havlne
been expelled front the prm’ious
't'cltt)ol——:tvtd these rcusons vary every
,tlmc they are given, running from put-
’tin',: usufetidu in the stove to endow—
oring to commit murder.
. On the way to school he has stolen
~cvcrythint: movable and he arrives
with a splcutl'd collection and the
:tvowt d intention of showing the
‘ school up, He is rebellious, unaovcrrr
table. and as gullible us a two—vear-old
child in thc hands of the older boys of
the school,
i llc wins their instant hatred by
lcommltllng the unpardonablc blunder
{of asking for a second portion of
, prunes at his first meal for if a single
lboy manifests the least approval of;
prunes there in danger of their being
gfolsted upon the helpless diners wlth
even more methodical regularity than;
is customary.
The boys sell him practi'cnlly ev-
erything but the four walls of his room
and fleece him of his possessions with
great case. There are many tragedies
and not a few triumphs in the life of
John Humperdlnk Stover who soon
came the soubrlquet of the ”Vurmint’
because of his pcstiferous conduct and
is almost driven to suicide' when he
loses a baseball game for his house
team.
There awakens in his mind the firm
belief that he is an all around coward
when he immediately takes flight when
threatened by two of the older boys.
one of them and making a touchdown
at the crucial point, of on important
game, he re-c‘stablisltcs himself in pop-
ular favor and becomcs 9. great leader
among the follows.
"The Varmint" will appear today ut‘
the Palace.
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A bouncing baby boy was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Howraih of Elm
Grove street, Sunday.
THE HILLSIDESGHOOL
Prospect Hill, Not-walk
Founded by Elizabeth B. Mead, 1883
A boarding and day school for girls
and little boys which offers sane and
sound training in elementary and aca’
demic subjects under the best nus
nices. Large. faculty of excellent
teachers. New school building with
spacious gymnasium and separate
study halls for each department
qutiful grounds, tennis court.
Upper School offers general and
special courses. ”College preparatory
reviews a Specialty. New sour-9: In
Household Science taught In a Hal
house with a real kitchen. A few.
non-resident pu'pils may be' admitted
to this course. ‘
The lower school, includes the In-
termediate, Prlmtfry and Klndergar
iLast Austrian Stronghold,
'Withy. Company, owners. The mes-
sage gave no details but it was
stated here that the vessel was on
its way to this country.
The Kenmoor, a vessel of 3.919
tons’ gross, was built in 1912 and
had made a number of voyages tut
in the Gorizia District,
Taken By Valorous Ital-
ians
(Continued m P3130 One)
Loxoox, Sept. 5.—-Nine per— this port. - ‘ l
sons were killed and 49 injured in PETROGRAD, Sept. a.——’l he
Russians, continuing: their retreat
last nights aerial raid. One raid- . . ‘
along the coast of the Gulf or Riga
01-15 WWrtctl to have been brought
down off Sheerness. it is an- toward the northeast, havc crosscd
nouncctl otliciallv. the lnvontan River Aa .1130 War
" Tim oliicial announcement fol 013109 announces. t
The Russian forces operating int
the castcry direction from Riga!
have rctirctl to chevoid, Lem-
bcrt,r and Dctzschubruyd.
'l'hc announcement states that:
lows:
, "Eitcmy airplanes in considera-
lblc numbers crossed tlic southeast
Ecoast over a wide area between
lllzb'tl p. in. and 2 a. In. last night. . . ,
'l‘lic raiders sccmcd to have traVcl- the hostile ships which have bccul
3ctl singly or in groups of from two shelling the Riga (“UilSl “'l‘l'l’ Sllb'l
lto thrcc machines, for which reaymartnes. l
'son it is tllflicult to estimate their. LONDON, Scpt. 5.~——Man_v tons
numbcrs with accuracy. but it is‘ofbombshavcbccu dloppctl in fur-
possiblc that as many as twenty lthcr raids on German military cs-'
machines took part in the raid. itabiisbmcnts in llclgrium, causing
“By 11:20 p. m., it bccamc cvifilargc tires. The Admi 'alty todayj
tlcut that cucmy airplanes were gave out thc following account of,
approaching London, and at ll :45 thcsc operations: ,‘
titc first bombs \vcre dropped in} "At midnight on the third in-
thc London district. From tltis‘stamt a bombing: raid was carried
time until approximately 1 a. m.,’out by naval aircraft on tlic Bru-
i'orty bombs were dropped. lgcs (locks. the Vursscnacrc nir-
“Tbc totul casualtics reported,tlromc and thc (lliistciics uirdrmnc."
,up to this time arc: Killed, ll; iii-:Malty tons of bombs were dropped
‘jurcd. 4.9. The nuttcrial damngcnvilll good results. i
is not cxtcusivc. i “A sccond raid on the Brugcs
“()nccncm)’m‘dclllllt‘ is reported docks was mutlc at noon_ou Sop?
to lmvc bccn lit-ought down in tltcflt’mllt‘l‘ 4. Dircct hits were ob»|
3,.“ ”fi Sheerness." 'scrvcd on special turgcts. Mauyi
LONDON, Sl‘lll- 5,4; dispntchlfillf‘tlfi along: the quay side were
A‘. .\ .-
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\
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The Connecticut light and Power Co.
67 “:14". STREET NDRWIHJI
rcccivetl in London confirms tbc‘llll. fllltl largo tires Which \vcre‘
Sun (inbriclc, together with limping when the machines rc-croxsctll
prisoncrs, inclutlitu.r 32
Tim ltuliuus now posscss the cu-lt‘tl from both raids.
tirc chain of mountains \vliicitl "011 Monday ai‘tcrnoon,
dominate (lorizia. 'tbird instant. uu cut-my nircrai‘ti
LONDON, Scpt, 5.-Attucks (m spotting mucliinc was engaged by7
Amcrican suilors on Sunday night ltllll‘ “l. 0m" ill-'lllt‘l‘ lltlll'ill‘ ullll Sllllll
:trc reported from (‘ork to tltc.tl0\\'u, completely out of control?
t'lu-ouiclc. it is said that gangs offAn enemy kitc balloon also wnsi
young mcu purutlctl the strcctsluttnckcd and the observer was?
tbcl
\\'ct'c accompanied by their sweet.{null-turmoil fire, the fate of the5
hpflrts‘ kite balloon was not obscrvctl.”
()uc instance cited is that of two l’ltl’l‘ROGRAI), Sept. 5__J1‘h,.
Aincru-tuts who wcrc attacked on gtivcruor-gcucrnl of Finland bus;
womtm with them being: iusultctlimier Kcrcttskv's sanction for 011-,
. V‘ - - ' . . V
and buying: itcr but torn oil. ihctwmmm by armed fol-(.0 If ”9095.!
sailors did notbitn.r improper "rgmwcrmucnt, which he (lccms “pl
attack. and us far as
lcztrncd (lid not rctulinlc. .11.“. m sea of six «toured (lcrmansl
cscupcd 0“ ll tramcar. {is announced by he Admiralty.
All lllt‘ girls “'llO sufi'ul‘lld at ll10,'l‘hc statement follows:
bands of tho crowds, the dispatchl
says. belong to the rcspcctublc'
middle class.
An uttcmpt was made at 11 p.
m. to break into places where
chricuus are staying, the dis
could be!
They
trolling the North Scat on Sept. 1
captured a small boat containing
capcd from this country.”
have taken possession of Monte
singing: Slim Fin songs and per- ,Snn (lubriclc. t,
forming military evolutions. Sonic,l
windows were broken. one llarl};'iittiottligltt raid over tbcliotulou
Ptlllll'd llll‘ prcuuscs Of an officers ttlislrict occurred ‘ about midnight
training corps "lid 51010 file'S‘xllust night and resulted in thcdrop-
rifles, lllll‘l." 1‘0"“ch“ and ,l‘ n“m'lpiug of bombs, but the full extentl
ber of swords, none of which limbot‘ the damage is vet unknown and
been recovered. the correspondent fno casualties have been r“tortcd.
MFR at the time "f writing ins dis- One bomb fell just c"! die a bos-
putch, nor llfld lllll’ “1‘95“ beenqtitnl. another Sinusileltrouglt a
made. "0 reports that he talked'thcutcr and still another hit u re-
with several American sailors l'l‘s‘«lail store in which a number of '
tcrduy, “lid tlmt,th_cy belicvcd'tltc girls were sleeping. Notwithstand-
ui’ftm‘ was ‘orgamzed,but “'emjug the moonlight, nothing could
not aware of the reason. Tllel'tbc seen of the raiders, although
Mild they had been “'cll-tl‘ealedltltcir engines could be. heard ovcr~
hitherto in Ireland. _ bend. That they were invisible
GENEVA, Sept. 5.—It lS learn-,was pcrltcps due. to a slight haze.
cd from a reliable source tllfll'which, however, was insufficient
Switzerland will not be officially to obscure the moon. The raiders
represented at the proposed 0011- were constantly shelled by anti-
fcrcucc of neutral UNIONS fifiaircraft guns and sevcrnl'liritish
Stockholm. The SWISS alllllOl‘lllC‘Sgmachincs took to the air to-uttack
believe, it is stud, that smcc titetflmm
entrance of America into the war The streets were virtuullv (19.
the voice. of smaller nations will sorted at the. time it beinn' ion"
lll‘OllllCl’ little 9300i 0“» ”10 llt‘lllil- after theater hours: The fcnw lat;
Cl‘OlllS. Tl]? SWl‘SS lllllllSlOI‘ Ht Bcr- street (gaps that “Tye l‘lllllllll" Cllll-
liit may attend the Stockholm Con- or put out their lights or stdppcd.
fcrencc m an unofficial capacity. A mcssage .from a southeastern
Swissnewspaperscomplain tllill,digtpict says that apparently the
since the recent-arl‘lvdl of Prince; invaders crossed the North Sea in
you Buclow at Berne pro-German three successive groups and that.
propaganda in Switzerland has all were sevcrclv‘slicllcd both ar-
grcatly intensified._ riving and returning.
BOSTON, Sept. D—Ernst Faber, The streets were filled with cur-
formcrly a member of the crew of
the North German Lloyd Liner
Kronprinzessin Cecilio, and Julius
Barron, both of whom had regis-
tcrctl as enemy aliens, were intern-
cd ystcrdny by order of President
Wilson for attempting to obtain
passage on a steamship for Russia.
WA‘SI’IINGTON, 'Sept. 5.——Tlre
capturc by the ltnlinus of Montojvauscd wore still sccn to lac hum-imam»?
(imam-5,;tiit- liuc. All our machines return»: a,
l
and sct upon tbc Americans, who‘i'urcctl to jump (rut. Owing to tin-11*"
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the chicf strcct of Milk. ll .‘"“l“l~7ircturuc(l to llcisingfors with l'rc-ltii
I _ . .
corrcspomicnt reports that thc sury to any (M of n". l-‘mmslt iocall ,5
contrary to “(ma “m“ ‘" imit“ ”‘9 imicnl to the welfare of Russia. l
I‘ONDQN» St‘llt. 5.—'l‘itc rc-cttD-l
“British light forces while pu-I
"mas mm m
MARDlGRAS
[Nolan Point Park »
SEPF. 6, 7, 8.
Thursday Night Costume Dance
Friday Conlclli and Rattle Night
, ' Saturday Night FireWorks
. Dancing Eti'ery Evening This Week ‘
LET’S GO!
,six German prisoners who had 03-! . - " Mat ‘
) . ‘ , . Iions crowds until the early hours ST. THOMAS SEMINARY To '
_ 1 All”. Rl‘l’l- 0-”Tlll‘ PM" today iusp cling the danmgc. from,t
patch coutmucS. but after u short,l’urmcn says that news has reach-4],,“ “guy‘s .m- raids ovcr thcl
Sll‘ilt‘ llll‘ uttuckcrs departed. Sl‘l'd‘d I’lll‘ls Slflllllll that the Italilmstlioudon district. More bombs all“
"‘1'“ parties paraded the stream] lpcur to have fallen in the streetslwlll reopen September 12 Tor
'thun llll buildings. ’i‘hc l‘hroniclc year's work, examinations being held
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The first estimates that eight or ten raiders at 3 o’clock. There are several Btt ‘
visited London.
There were two separate attacks tend.
over the London district. the sec-
ond occurring about 1 o’clock this
morning.
hnvc seen a half dozen uirpiunes.
After dropping bombs, the raiders;
iiew scmvard. '
located by scnrckligbts ill: on esti-
mated height of 9,000 feet. It: was
severely sitcllcd and onlookers (lo-l
clnrc that it was hit.
time British airplanes were sccnl
unutocuvcriug for attack on
raiders. t
Try a Sentinel Want Ad.
sort who he was forced to marry for
diplomatic reasons. The love of
ruler and circus girl Spl‘iltfis into bet,
inc.r anain\,~and with a background of
-is a farce melodrama. in four acts by
Max Marc‘ , author of “'Dhe’House of
Glass." ltflleals with ‘ two ingenious
and original sets of crooks who try to
ten Departments. Children are taughtISlale‘Dl‘vllm‘lmell’t yesterday char-
how to study and lay a good foundn 'tetcrizcd us “without foundation
tion for their later blah school work. in every detail” a report b1‘~
_. . . I. . . , . . . pu 1.511-
The I‘mde‘gam‘“ and I ”ma” De gcd in German newspapers and cir-
REOPEN ON SEPTEMBER 1" '-
Slt. 'l‘homas’ Seminary at Home!" ‘
th.’
ldents from this county who will no. ,
_
a TWELVE CARS DERAILED
Some people claim to ~
l BROOKFIELD JUNCTION, Sept. Ir
—Spreading rails caused the deraib
ment of twelve cars of a heavy freight“. ,
Etrnln between this place and Howler-w .
‘ ville this morning. Tracks of both HQ ,
Highland and Berkshire divisions M'
blocked several hours today. A W.
ing train from Waterbury rcplacefi.’ .
the cars on the rails. No one was W?
Ono machine wasi
At the saute ‘
the
? lured.
—f4m—-.lm. .. cmfw shrdlu
,«FI
the most elaborate sccncs‘ imaginable ‘gct the better of each in n his! ion new
the story finally works itself out in-lto the usages of the underworld, The
to a logical and happy ending. [situations evolved from thistidea were
Throughout. the seven reels there; declared by the Sew York Times to
are numberless thrills: and in addl~ constitute the. best mixture of fame
, tion, poems of pageantry, and a bal- and melodrama seen on the American
let' spectacle that are truly beautiful. ' stage since “Saran Keys. to Buldpate."
.‘l‘be acting of n‘ remarkable Itrnlned The fame of the play and its phenomf
V " is a Mahmoud theorist no moccasin New ' or such“
Fall term begins 9
all gradual,
,» 8 lb. '
partment for girls and boys will be,
in charge of Miss Eloise Byington and lcuiatcd‘ by German agents that
Miss Eda Haywood. New roams spa-l
cially (‘qulpp'i‘d in Main School build-i
lug.
Arrangements made for meeting
childrenat the trolley and for serving
lunches. Chorus class in charge 62'
Lillian SherwoodNewkir-k. Gymnat.
tics and folk dancing in
a
the United States had protested to
Russia against occupation of Chi~ ,
luesc territory and coastal provin»
ces lying north of Vladivostok by
the Japanese, and that: the'Japan- .
esewithdrew as, a result.
BO
Norwalk Chronicler