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Today
CARLYLE BLACKWELL
in the Famous Play
“The Burirlar”
Al.~o 9. Keystone Comedy and the
llil‘hl Hearst-Pattie News Picture
lids from "Over There and “Over
lieie." ‘
Added Attraction
A 8min Comedy
"The lSoirit of Christmas”
Wednesday
Dustin Farnum
ln‘a “'estern I’hotoiday
“Durand of the Bad
Lands”
Also Burton Holmes Travel
Pictures.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY WJ-
ttam Parnum in "When a Man
5
Seed Red," in eight parts.
it
M'. ‘W ‘ ”MW
‘ Wishing You All__
‘ A MerryChristmés"
and a
Happy New Year
3 Complete Vaudeville
1!:
'scuivmotthemusymsnd her
R gent Theatre ,
‘ latest three scene comedy ploylel l. of her happiness,
Periorinances Tcdztv
.n- . “fit.-. .__ ~._,...___._.., - V
. ii iii 'ililiiis "
1 onto SHOWED WASHBURN
WAY To sic. sUCCEss
I .zanayl Star at the Palace Wednes-
day First Refused to Leave
titans For Movies. Then
He Relented
it really paya soiuf‘timca
is afforded by the
v .inderiul success of llrvanl Wash-
lium, Eissanav star of thoI "Skinner"
:~»-rles f‘amm, who will next appear on
the screen in "The l‘ibhere."
Six years ago. when Essanay offered
Mr. Walshhurn. then onlv 22 years old.
no opportunity to join the Essanay
fumes, the actor Just laughed, The
moving picture industrv was compara-
tively now. Mr. Wnehbtirn had alrea-
in stock companieS.
roof that
1 . acceptfadvice
so new a venture.
Shortly after he received the Reson-
:ty offer he laughlnulv told an actor
friend of the incident. The friend.
more fur-sighted titan many of his pro-
tein-tom at that time, declared the
movies were bound to succeed. and
strongly urged Mr. “'ashburn to grasp
thn opportunity to join Essannv. The
nest day the contract was signed.
"i consider that fricnd did more for
me than any other friend i ever had,"
said Mr. Wanhburn recentlv. “if i
had followed my own ideas 1 probably
would still be. a rather obscure- figure
ulth some stock company. making
about 'a tenth the salary i am getting
as a movie actor. llcaldes, I like the
work before the c: zera much better
than ‘ stock it i.» lch a relief from
thaigEnotony of in stage."
unite in a (.hicago .heatre to
the position of one of the hestknon'n
stars in the movie world is some lump,
but. Mir. Washburn made it. He was
born in Chicago 28 years arc, and ilf'
for being graduated from high school
Xo’ work as an usher in the. old Chl-
(zlgo Dpera House. A year later he
was promoted to a box oilice position.
during; which time he studied acting.
'lhen‘he joined Donald Robertson in
e‘ock. After one season with Robert-
» in. he obtained a small part in “The
(in-at John Ganton," a play by George
r‘iWClMi. Mr. Washburn next appear-
el in. stock for one season at Lake
Brady, Ohio. later joining a stock com-
pany formed by Percv Roswell, in To-
ronto, Ont. The season following be
we: given the leading role in "The
Wolf." and it was then be retained
his offer from Essanay.
Mr. Washburn married Mabel For-
T wt. ‘an Essanav actress, three years
we. die and Mrs. Woshburn are now
making elaborate plans for the screen
debut of Bryant iv as soon as the
youngster is old enough to face the
comma. ‘ ‘
Miss Virginia Valli Raiees Book Fund
when the cry went up in Chicago
for it more ‘liberitl response to the
campaign for books for soldiers, Miss
i
l Lamont and Girlie offer a bit of Va-
nuitu-rtrlls musical instiulnt-uts iviioec
”mm" "lemme "
raised 8250 in one afternoon. late the been of the hut recent".
Elsie Ferguson decree A Di. Hit It fan! 0! the male sect. .
”it Palace in "Th. Rise of . l
l
i Jennie Cashing"
, “The Rise of Jennie Curbing," the ' . . .. .
{Am-raft production now being shown Mar Fm“ ”'1'“ F" "' fipreumg
{at the Palace Theatre, is a big. hu-; Dawn" a“. “ .
’man subject. Ellie Ferguson, the Jane Cowl, the'heroine of “Main
;noted stage Mar and beauty, who re- the Law," and “Common 53": “d
‘centiy capitulated to motion pictures. one at the foremost 0‘ Agar-legit: d“-
\
plays the title role. The struggles of mm“ ""95“" “m“ w . ‘3“
this girl. born in the slums. of un- Theatre Thursday as the star of the
known parentage. present an arraign» Goldwyn "Mum” of “The 8 ,“d'
merit of modern society. in the book “‘3 Dawn." This 1‘ “‘9 first “we“
fby Mary 3. Watts, Jennie (‘ushins 8999mm " i 00'4"“ It“ 0’ "l“
commanded admiration, appealing to “0‘95 beauty, “"9” “‘1 dramatist
the sympathies not by her helpless. who created the famous “‘19" M M", I
nests but through her grit and deter- Turner “‘1 Ellen Neal.
mination to rise from her lowly sure “The 31”“de Dawn" ‘3 ‘ pictur
roundlugs. As played by Miss Fergu— tattoo of a remarkable story by Bastll
son, the role receives added virility. King, which, when it '3' published in}
and the plav will long be remembered thefiaturday 1'3"“an PO" "”3““
by those who “.9 it. country-wide attention.
Georgiana Vanderpyl wishes to,
marry her soldier lover before he1
_-__ leaves for France and is prei'ented.
Excellent Vaudeville Bill at the Pal. from doing so by her aged aunt who;
ace dominates the family and is a dis-V
The management of the Palace The;- believer in love. Challenged as to]
tre has arranged one of the finer-t bill'i lmr rl-r‘n to disavow the existence oi
oi the season for the first half of the love the aunt reveals to her niece the
current week with "Getting the Mom story of her own romance in years
PALACE THEATRE
”—-
g PALACE THEATRE
Regent
A MERRY
CHRISTMAS
To the Peeple of Norwalk
Samuel Kantor, Prop.
SANTA
Theatre on...
shopping.
)
or." as the headline vaudeville attrao before.
lion. Through her diary she relates how,
Harry Mason, who features as a Patrlca Mercer Vanderpfl (Jung
Hebrew Deddler in "Getting the Mon- Cowl) belle of New York societY.‘
93‘." is one of America's leading pm. married her soldier layer at xthe out-1
travers of the Hebrew character, ills break of the Civil War. in the midst
'" iii ills _
death under Brevities of the News by
~..
rather an unusual vaudeville offering 0“ a furlough. meets 'm‘
_ ’ n . “ ‘
prom-mini: five characters in three circumatance'tI that aDDBTPB‘” ""93 WIFE and Cable
scenes with special scenery. The pedd- fit him as faithlese, and ill? WOW!
ler's ion Abe wants to he a fighter so girl. never rclrnllng. “"93 0“ “"0 old LEXIXGTO-V. KL Monday—Mr.
that lie can )nake'enough money to age, with the firm conviction that James M. Rose, managing editor of
mud his sister to college, the old love is a mockery. Th"? is a let!" the Lexington Leader, and Miss Mar-
lleddlcr objects, he wants the bov to “NW 9‘19““! ”N" opened and Geor- ion Morgan Mulligan, daughter of
he a twildler. l’eddlini; is a business. Elana insists that it should be read, It 0394""? Senator James Y' Mulligan.
tightlne is a (llhgl‘flt'l‘. Aft! r mum ls_thc last uord from Patrlca's dead were married here.
t‘lcrsuasion from daughter and son. he husband and ""93"" truth about his , ,
reluctantly agrees. ills determinationsdt'i‘m ("’“H‘wed that ”he had mis- [405005. Monday-4hr: London
to see the fight, “(419mm, m ”m Judged him, the aged Patrice. sanc- newspapers announce that a "unique
, n
rinasldp, m, (‘Ollltpsc at WWMW ”0an the [flamingo of her niece and and hsitoric Christmas message will
Will all an inward tralnlna one of tho, then goes to meet Anthony In “The be '9'" from Great Emmi" ”"3 U31"
funniest skits pct-sent.” ‘ pm... in Spreading Balm." ed 3‘3“! tomorrow,
years,
it happcncl a few years before Miss LONDON, Monday.—-it is announced
flower enlisted under the William Fox that Lord Cunlltfe will end his ...'e
banner. and it (‘Hmt' so romantically years of Governorship of the flank of
that it is Wm- .- “f a moving picture. England next March, and the court
rit-ty in which it tunnv young man and
a good nil'urcd type ofypretty fciiiiuine
make merry t til: ; . . . . x .
who see Hum!) t unummrt of all "up" will recommend as his successor Sir
. ‘ ' , ~. ‘ which Miss Brien Ctikiivne, tlic prPrt-ul‘ Deputy
'illc hordon liizltlanllers, a Switch in the first pitture in ”M to t‘overnor '
.. ,. _ ... . _- - t'll.‘ 'c( u I - ’
”m “I”, [“0 lads and a “mu“. “Ml litmll plat ll. kill \ s l l _’
make a leap from a 25-foot height in-
to the racing ecu below. ('Ahll’ .\ic('l.i£l.l.A.\', ANNlSTON.
Ala. Monday—The War Department
has accepted the resignation of ('ap
taln Howard W. Bodine, of Company
D E, 113th infantry. The one-time New
Jersey Second infantry commander.
in". in...“ has left for hilt home in/Trenton.
main plirpo u iii to sec that you are
at lcas' smiling illlillizlt'illh' i'l‘ftlll tltc L.
tlttil- illt‘V lunltt. lilt'il' luli'nvict- iiiilil CUT CABL- RATES ON
the”: il;l\i' lll'lilt' you [it‘lllitll‘i an l..- MESSAGES TO THOSE
(0,... zoom. m SERVICE ABROA
i‘iihit‘ l"t r'rttuonlie prc; I‘Ylli .i in ' ’i‘iw ”Am" .
“l : ~ '~ .
lilac ot‘ .lt-nnlc (‘u~litn;:." hcr lat.-:.t ‘1’)”; '1 :rrtnir't‘tmnts ,
Anwml production, "l”dl‘)" “(MW um. i) t t Vii-stern lnlon Tpln.
y 1;. l v : ‘~ - .
Arbitcklc ill also hero iii "The [lunch M ”I (crimpinyi, under “him cable
._ .. . ’ "turns it . ‘o- . 4 ; .
“on”. a two W” Paramount “mum. .. . d i t. dl churictt r may be
of unusual worth“ Last btit not least Him m mldiwfi' sun” 3“,“er or his works was the memorial erected
n“. llearst-l‘athe News prbs.‘min‘: all the American force in England or here '0 Commodore 0m“. Hazard
the latest war new. There “-m be “mm" mm" cabletzrams will “M Perry, hero of the battle of Lake Erie.
three complete vaudeville pcrtornizmc charged at the rate 0‘ six cents pct Mr. Turner had a Mild!" In Florence.
H mm” at 2215.7 and 9' , word from Bridgeport. makingv a rc- ltaly for many years
*4“. 'tlulrtlon of ill cents per word for thc ' ’ ’
REGENT THEATRE room "”"m "f ”‘0‘“ 5”“ “m“ ”‘9 “'3'. i’ARlS, Monday.—The 325,000 acres
_____., '1‘?” Th" ““"“"““" mi” ‘30 “""i““")‘- of wheat land rctakcn from the chem!
Carlyle Blackwell in "The Burglar," ”mm" “" F’TM'” .lhb war in Northern France may be
Kcyltonc Comedy and Latest . These: messages should be address- made to produce enough wheat next
Hearst-Patna News jcll Ahihhi'tflli id, London, for London. your for one million men. according
Tim,“ lmllillnl" World star-w (‘arlvlc for the sailors and lYS‘N'A‘FORCE. to tht‘ estimate of a mlsiiion appointed
lilackit-cil. l'IWll'n erhw and Madge London, for the sailors. in addition the by the Agricultural Department. which
"f ”m "OWN” midi-cell should contain the addressee s has been craminlng the liberated ter-
NmVPORT. R. 1.,‘,r"fll\l0nda)'.-.\il'.
William (lrccne Turner, sculptor, is
dead in his home in this city. Anions:
.._.
tics, food prices were 118 per cent.
higher in June. 1917. than in July,
191‘.
i’ PARIS. Monday—Dr. Herbert Ad-
Pm” Gibbons has begun on extensive‘
program of lectures in important cit-
ies on "What the United States is Do
ing in the War," for the Committee
on the Effort of France and Her Al-
lies. of which Stephen Pichon. Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs, is chairman.
NEXT CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS CLUB
Now !
Oome,joininwithyonrfriendsnlilld¢hhminthissplen-
Save During the Year
and assure yourself of staple funds for next year's holiday
Allyouhsvetodoistopsyesinsnunontuchweekuol
willbesm‘prisedhowfutitwillmhte. , ’
Ito Red Tape. lo Expense to Join. lurybody Welcome.
OPEN mos cums wax
[The Central Trust
Company ‘
no WALL sun's
nonwsu, con.
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a
i BOSTON, Mass, liionday—-(.‘oloneliI
Arnold A. Rand. for tvvelve years com- . _-
mauder of the Military Order of thel
Loyal Legion of the United States'
and vice president of the John Hau-
cock Mutual insurance Company, is
dead today in Brokllne. He served
with distinction in the Civil War. and
at its close began a successful career
as a lawyer.
h—I—d;
iDNl‘lON. Monday—The Minister on
Justice has introduced an electoral
reform bill in the lower house of thel
Hungarian Parliament. accordinc to!
lludapt-st advices traneiiiltted in a}
lleuter dispatch from Amsterdam:
The measure would give the vote to)
male, twenty-four years of age and}
able to read and write.
WASHINGTOX, l). 0.», Mondav.-—W.
'li. Moran. deputy director of ”193‘"
crt" Service, will take lip-the duties.
of chief of the rervice when William
J. Flvnn retires next week. it was
stated that Secretary McAdoo had ac-
cepted Mr. Flynn's resignation rPluc
tantly and onlv because the chief in
iii..tcd that he needed a rest from the
orduous duties that here pressed uponl
hint since the l"nitcd States entered
the War.
LONDON, iiondav.—~ ab soihier.
in the Turkish armies 'e l “a dc-
eertin: in great numbers , ..mg the
last few weesk. accord; , to informa-
‘tion received from intestine. Those
'who vverp retakcn have been subject-
" The Ebb c145" hwy-
Starring Bryant Washburn and Virginia Valli at The
Elansw-ai'o the stars
“'tll'Tli'l’itdllrn liradv-Madc, “The Bur.
alar." and this picturization of a vcrv
name. the name of the regiment or
ship or number of tlic unit in which
cd to the heaviest‘pcnalties as a les-
ritory.
son to their fellows, one man in every
Virslnis valil, leading woman for Bry—_
l . '
. O
r hi,“ “In”, will he thwn m the (Ititil'IHt- c in Sl'lYinf“. each word “'i RI'STON, Lo. Monday—Elma Cau-
tllc itl-zcnt. Til‘flii'l' today. "The lltil‘- be counted. . floor ““3"“ a Vicksburg. Shreveport
Nor" is a rr-allr supremo attraction] Pm. ”I“ inlol'ma'ion of ”1050 (km-"Md Pacific passenger "3‘" near here.
Not a sinzlc tannins: moment, not a OHS of sending Christmas greetings climbed into a car and shot W. 1' Seltz-
siuylc liackncycd situation more the from llritlucport‘ the company sug- lerto death, after dangerously ““9““
swift. logical movement of this flint “NS that “up“ cahiegrams be filed an int: Wiley Tankersley, who interfered.
n,_.1,.t,.rpl,...,.. See it. llilt' preceding Friday or Saurday so When the train atopppd here Causey
that advantage of the interVenlng Eiun-5 surrendered to the sheriff and went to
liar can b.- taken, and better aseure in”.
. the sender that the message Will reach:
The anti
pop: I:
REGENT THEATRE WEDNESDAY
Dustin Farnum in Western Pnolopiay,:m destination on time.
"Durand of the Bad Lands"
l‘hck' Durand (Dustin Farnum)
outlaw is wanted caper-lolly for lh
dccd he has not done.
Durand hits been present.
LONDON, Monday.~'l'~hc average
[an congestion of cable facilities on ao‘ manv up to the end of 1916 may be
“t count of the war and this deferred ser—I reckoned to be about twenty-five per
iccnt.. says the Board of Trade Labor
'Gazetfe. According to official statis-
'_> h..- ..».._.. -__.
ENTAL me IMPORTS l-
, rice.
at the‘ “’—
‘ SACRAM
vncunccment it made. because (if the. increase in wages in industry in Core
tcn being publicly hanged and the
body left exposed for a long time ar-
tit: ward.
SAX JUAN DEL SCR, Nicaragua,
Monday.——A local judge at Blucflelds
has imprisoned the Collectors of Cu '
ftoins. Mr. Lln‘berz. for contempt, he
‘having opposed the embargo on a con-
signment of liquors forwarded from
‘Horuiiiras by Cotton 8: C0,, alleging
that the products of other Central
American states do not pay duty. The
Nicaragua govemment has sent a
special lawyer to Bluefields to ar-
range the matter.
massacre of settlers by the lndinna.
anti he and lhrce children are thc ohm
iv ones who escaped. Because his; _ -_ —~ .
mask is found Shem Clem M50“, OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Dec. 2i:
(Tom Mix). thinks that the olitlawl‘4'”"‘m°“ “Friars «W not Permitted
himself has massaprpd the DPODk‘. ;to introduce wines into the state of
in ii“. midst of his escapadog m.:0klalioma. even for sacramental pur-
rand falls in love with Moilv Gore poses, according to a decision handld
(Winifred Kincslon). a ziri who looks down 'bY Diilirii‘i JUdK" 09mg? “1,
aftPr the children rescued from theicmrk today. . ' l
massacre, She K095 east with the m_l In denying o'writ to compel the Song
tie 01195.1)!” when she receives it M_-lta Fe Railroad to deliver the wine,
ter from Durand mentionlnr: the meet-1Judge Clark hold that to force ”lit";
trig with the iZOVOmOr's daughter, Mayéroads to accept such shipments was a‘ ,
Boyd (Babe Crosgmfln), I. she hastens violation of the prohibitory law. ‘
west once more. " , Attorneys for the. plaintiff an-
nounced an appeal to the Supreme
Court will be made. '
BARREu m OKLAHOMA;
The problem of a useful
with this strong bank.
it year after year.
“WHEN A MAN SEES RED"
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP.
William Farnum in Masterpiece at Re-
gent Theatre Thursday and
Friday
Advice to movie fans to are "When
a Man Sees Red." the lat-ye: William
l-‘ox super de luxe photodrama "in
which the eminent William Farnum
compound interest’psid.
NEW HAVEN Dec. 24.—“'lih a. lo-l
tal enrollment so far of 24.000 new'
‘members, Red Cross workers were
'making a final drive here today for
this city‘s quota creation in the rat.
9‘3" ”‘9 ”'1“ “Ola PM” 1““ l“ “"8. llonnl Red Cross membership cam-
with Lulu Mae Bower, She's married. palm ‘
l
*T/le'Bank'o/DI'SI‘I'I'Ice/IV 5er
The Best Christmas Gilt
gift can best be solved by presenting 3 Savings Account l
Such a gift has the unusual merit of increasing steadily i
in value by reason of the interest that accumulates upon
Deposits from $1.00 upward are invited and 4 per cent.
x ml PEOPLES
riwsr COMPANY ' , ,l
ice
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WHEN A MAN 3555 'RE .4.
W'LLIAM Pox PRODUCTlON
-» *t...
and appropriate Christmas
i‘KiLLEo MAiLmo xMAs POSTALS
BRlDGEPORT, Conn" Dec. 24.—
ii.eonard Matherbe of Stratford, alight-
ictl from a trolley car on Strntford
,avenue, this city, only today, to mail
iChri'atmas cards. walking past the
hear of the car. was struck and in
:':-t:intly killed by another car on the
:oppoeite track.
‘DANBURY HATTER DROPS DEAD
lN STREET‘
DASBIYRY Conn, Dec. 21-Hour!
lC. Michael, n hatter, sixty-five Jenn
ioid, dropped dead on the street while
This advice is necessary. Miss Bow: ‘ '
3 of South Norwnlk,Conn.
on his way to work today. Heart di-
sease was the cause. "
er is of the dark Italian type of beau-i Advertise in The Sentinel.
i
The Story of Perfidy, A: it I. Gradually Unfolded, Brings the Grim
' f Blood to His Brain, and He Can. At most feel His Fingers On His Emmy.
Throat. William Farnum in "When A Man Sees Red. Comes to the no“
Theatre Thursday and Friday in Eight Partl. ‘
Norwalk Chronicler