"Regent 'l’heatre The House of “in Grade Entertainment Performances 2:20. 7:15 and 9 Today . Eerie Williams In the Mystery Drama “The Grell Mystery” And Win. S. Hart in a Two Reel Feature 'llAKOTA DAN" p... Monday m“ Tuesday and Wednesday The Stupendous Spectacuiai Production : “The Zeppelin’ 3 Last Raid” . _Thureday and Friday~l)ustin . F‘nrnut- in the sensational photo t drama “The Ow." Mat. Daily 2:15. Eve. 6:45. mo 'New starting time by request of U. 8. Fuel Administrator TToday. Saturday he Six? Provini’s ITSensatioua‘i Bicycle Novelty / and 4 Other Big Acts Charliejnéhanlin and the Mount I‘IItlIe NI'WS Monday. One Day Only By "Popular Rt'flllr'nl Norma Talmsdue “The Moth” Tuesday and Wed :Ier v'! I y ‘THISISTHELABT DAY OF ‘ THE ?0ultry Shaw 7 .I the Best Exhibition of (thick. ~ I. Turkeys. Ducks. Geese, Rab- I i. Hereaisnd'Pet Stock Ever Seen in Norwslk. \ ‘ OPEN UNTIL TEN O'CLOCK TONIGHT ADMISSION 15c ll lili ilifiiiiii eIILaci rus’arns The new SelsnlI-k Picture in which Norms Tuimndso is seen to xrenl mi “'m‘lllll’l us the star tells the story of . II younu society woman who wuslea her time aeeitine’diversion and flirt- lnc with late until sharpie hrouuht to he! senses by n'drittuotlc incident cal cuinted to thrill the most blaso of movie fans. This picture. which will be seen at the Palace Theatre next Monday is the first of a series of eiaht Select Pictures In which .Vortns Tsi- IIIndle will be seen durlnn the coming year. Picture a wilful llf'l of wealth still In her teens beret" of all parental uuidance and fuse” ted by the sub- ject of Glenn tru‘ I nqucstr. and you have established 'ht‘ character of in or aliisrn. the Ni" played hw m... 'i'aitnsdae in "The Math." “Cleopatra held to her throne by dint of wontth fut manipulation of men. Her mu quest of the heart oi llnrc Anthony ended a series of hiatorwmskinc to mouse. ahe flirted her way to im- morality." That possess in a hook es- Itted Mott's imsalnation and started her aeehlna her Anthony. The orosalna of her trail about this time by A. Valentine 8pencer. a blue. IIIIodcd waster desperate for money and seolna in marrlaae with Lucy the solution of his financial problems. snatches Lucy from slrihood and hell her adrift in society as a matron. Her husbs’nd's infatuation for hire Teddy “amid”. the swift sell Iii! "M1" in. end so insatlate demand to love Mill in he loved start Iiucy upon II 0” serous course. . Ned Cunninaham. the mm die 'lrlcl simmer. mite to pilot it” ‘0 3' safe pan out innocent" hunt-W III.- one weapon needed by the Will“ ‘ less nuns-III to man: more W1 from his “fluent spoil”. A dulllul / sum of tumors. flashes W lien Eltinve . “m as“; Mm. gzgrt’ax” . Pew-s!- 8 Fifteen / Miss Betsy Lane Shepherd as she appeared in this city. when the music critics found it impossible to distinguish her voice from Edison’s'Re-Creation of it. i i i I u / “:NEXT WEEK AT HOYT’S THEATRE TO THE MUSIC LOVERS OlI‘ NORWALK AND SOUTH NORWALK:—- ; on are invited to atierd on Thursday eveninir. January Twenty-fourth at Eiirht A RECITAL At Which Will lie Demonstrated Mr. Thomas A. Edison’s Masterpiece A. The New Edison , ‘TllE PHONOGRAPH WITH A SOUL” i i I a“: .11.: 1-. a“. 1. 85 North Main St“ South IlIbIIki. and the rut trouwts and blue "pp-a iflilllh of the old iIIfnntrI the man in Assisted by the Followinl Local Talent MISS EDITH MILLER. Soprano MR. FREDERICK P. MURPHY. Violinist MR. NORMAN E. STANNARD. Celllst / m MR. WILLIAM J. SAABYE. JR. Cornetist Norwslk. Under the Direction of A. E. Estler The Recital will be Riven throutrh the courtesy of The Alfred Fox Piano Com- pany. and Complimentary Tickets may be secured by application at their store. ate. NOTE—invitations for this m (i'ect of so limltInIr them“ you wil ion are to Murbrldne. which is finally detcmln' ed to be a suicide. adds to the com piexlty of the story. A truly huiunn note is sounded when Lucy‘s children. Bolts and Larry. win their mother's love and she finds the ions souaitt happiness fifth! in het nun home utter trnIeiInII the hish ways and hi II ill/t4 ut n pace that holds the breathless interest of the lllllillll- tor. _ Aside from the mere story tellintt powers of "The Moth." it presents no interestins study of II yonua girl's rinht to happiness. It is u role which provides exceptional opportunities for “his Taimndre's histronic silliilv. and made under the expert direction of Edward dose. "The Moth" promises to be even a blaaer success than "Poppy." the petite slurs hint-st trl umph since piscina herself under the business management of Joseph M Benetton. eluding Mary Pickford m Eamon alchem- his feminine impersoniitions from the stone to the streun yin Paramount pictures. mode It crest success in his appearance III a benefit performance Riven for the family of the isle Mult- land imvles dramatic critic of the hos Anueles Tribune sud Express. Mary Pickford and Cecil ll be Mllle were hot: holders oi the niislr. iiir Eltlnne's nest i‘nrstnount pirtute. "l'he Clever tits Curios." will he the nttrIIItinn III the Poison Thestte on next Tucson, and Wednesday IIOINT THIATII TODAY "The Grail Mystery ‘lsarrinn larie Williams and Wm. I. Hart in "Dalteta Dan A millionaire on the eye of his Inor- risne is to pay blackmail to the bus- ha of II former sweetheart. The limited e your son cation at occasioned id be hincktnailer is noted by his wife in the library of tho Millionaire's: AWN“ ”“3 "'0 My ll “WW“ Surname! in saint of dramatic “flow under eyes. and alesp-dlaturbina session soldier. Captain Auchealer. II "m" rim '°" "' “‘"m "" my the Inter of hll III-omitted Mission and scenic inveatura even "Civil- itw l the ear 't‘l poaslblbe. The solution of the crime is the for einullnl story of "The (trail My» term" the Greater Vitaxraph Blue Rib- bon feature. which will be the attrac- tion in the Regent Theatre today. Earle Williams and Miriam Miles head an unusually strong cast. ——-——-fi- “ZIPPILIN'O LAO? RAID" ”I . A Itupenpoua bpeetasular Production at fluent Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday A mishty Zeppelin piunslua to earth from aloft. fismlnu and smoking like It slant meteor. forms a tremendous citrus: in theistest Thomas H. inns spectacle. “The Zeppeiln's hast Raid." to be shown at the honour Theatre. .‘l‘hls production is the initial release of the recently organised U. B. llshl tutors; Bobbins Corporation and has widespread continent throudhout the picture world for its unusual scenic effects. rmwmdmum i I British and Belgians ere imost wchrylookins men. \Iith hurd- i M nebpictsreoflr. loco. whilelot ‘etstming anything for itself. has been amnxclimbedinmeladderolm‘ cess and, looking back. we see how‘ Entirely the great director has pro- greased and that his success is due to his clear foresight and calm delibera-j .Ilon rather than to any meteoric. burst! of fame. .. ' fins PARls IN WAR TIME. The People One Meets Nowadays in the Champs Elyseea. i No other thoroughfare in Paris I .shous the effect of the war so. much At the very. top of it stands a grist hotel that. Lhas be: It turned into a hospital for which floats as the Champs Eiysces. I‘rench wounded. over the Union Jack. for it is maintained by the British as n fraternal oiler- ling to France As we go down the auntie we pass a Russian hospital. ‘Iikewise in a celebrated hotel. and through the windows of the. ground floor we see big Russian soldiers ly- ing in gilt beds in on over-decorated dining mom. Romanian. min and French hospitals. a shop for the sale of goods made by wounded men, the hendqunriets of an Ameri— can reiief association. the warehouses oi‘ the American fund for itry stores mark the way to the Place .de la Concetde. Nearly all the men .one meets are In uniform. or perhaps tit would be truer to say mnltlform. in khaki. I’i‘he Moment-grin doublets of dust- .(zolored gray and trousers of dark- biue and long black boots are differ- ent from any othtr costume. and the unit that wear them are the‘tsliest Australians are distinguishable from' New Zealanders by their hats, The. ,llusslsns. who were numerous in ,May. have disappeared. Here and ”here one “11"”! a Portuguese officer ,inio neat peavgreen uniform. Ameri- iI-ou.‘ British and Canadian officers _ icr'lt much alike to any but the sharp- ,est eyes. iuniforms ls bewildering. At first it seemed as i must conclude that "mot M' II the only wear." but soon I observed [list the y,oungest dilfllit‘Ml. set fates. who glanced neither to! right nor Kit, but lunged painfully forward under enormous packs men ulth the mark of great memories on llllt". l' brows and a stern determination in the legs. men from the trenches ulItyst- feet and pavements hurt. uore turtles and brooches and puttees and lttituets all of a sttei srnv blue. and :ldtI .Iittl tlIIil tl'.’ H was tlIt w u! thinu.| I'l'iIe min in brown wire-teen. yellow ml hues and wide red puntuloons not! other fantastic tint-”u of HI.- zou‘ates. the men in Inrious (Ilplfl' merits in protectit'e Pliltliifltl. uere Ie servists out! W'Tnlll‘fliflnflil‘t'fl.‘ Full!) "The Face of Ports." by fluorite Mr- . Lean "other. in the Scribner. BHIELD FOR DRAFT WORKERS. HARTFORD. .luu. l‘t.«.\lnll)r .lI-h't iiutkley sent out today to chairman illlti members of di‘-ll‘it‘l nod fur-Ii strait boards in the state small but- thin: for the tape] of the rents which II it show that they have. l‘tIf‘tiI ml per- ItIo tn the hailrnul goI'I-rmmnl in tho “at The huttonsure in lh-~ shape of o vhit'itl unti are mud' of how-I. and contain the words “'F-it't'ttvn Ferrite. ti. S." In addition to 'trso hottms the lifti'ltlllfl will receive letters signed by Provost Marshal (‘rowder convey in: the thanks of the prmiI'tet to the recipient for their services. . m WIECKI ONLY ENIM" “an“. . The United States tornment has order consideration It mnrlne con. incl mine of an unusually lntercatinl WW "II." the Popular Mechanics Mttaszine in an illustrated article. ,lt may. or may not. prove to he suit- able for government adoption. but at ,nny rate it has the merit of ingenu- ity and is therefore worth notice. linliite ordinary mines. this one op- erntea on A selective principle. in other words. it is designed to destroy enemy vessels without endangerins the friendly ones—40c which a sim- plo protective device has been pro vided—that collide with it. Techni- cal details of the intention cannot. of course be divuined. but earners! description ts permissible. The sum shell of the mine is built of pressed steel and equipped with A group of mamelic disks. width are employed in place of the firing pins. customar- ily used The instant that steel. iron or any similar metal comes in con. tact With one of the disks. n cinch motor housed within the buoy. is set in motion. it in turn operates n triu- uer and causes the dischsrue of a fulminnte cup that determine the es pioslve. Thus any unprotected stool vessel would explode the mine on contact. WAI EIILINO ALL RUN DOWN Symptoms of on-cotninl hidnev trou~ bio deserve prompt attention. for no- aieot lp’vltes serious illness. Louis Buckner. Somerset. Va.. writes: "i was Ileeiina all run down: tired. with pains ln my back. After tuition role! Kidney Villa 1 Mt this a new man." backache. rbcumatic pains. sill joints. sore muscles. swollen ankles. pun- Ellmflll her “koiity and to son her. nation." Ilr. lm's first areal specta' tile-(M ruddy. A been to middle- II‘o disappenrn as Is. body is Int-J W and _ museum murder or aft-s. miss muses; who is transform? m... tor that of himself. fi/ etc, “The man's hast WWW-i s/W . ‘ased men and men-Guineavm tfiieamr disses-lamp» Monteney French, Iwounded. closed lace fur and tenant The variety of the French, bladder ailments yield quickly to this ’ "mm W USE fill i YEARS, HAS MAflEBlfi JHANGES l A half—century ago. the first patent [was issued for a typewriter in the llulled States and among the most prized possessions of the Government !Patent Ollie-c me the doruments kuonn as United States lettms Pa- tent No. 3163. by John Pratt. jfliiinci] lot and inventor. During these intervening veers typewriter induetry has grown such proportims that four of great factories alone are tmning each year in the neighbotliooti 100000 machines. and, war. cannot fill their the to the out of orders. Alf cording to the 1910 census. there were 9C eightymine factories devoted to the manufacture of IprWIiIIIs and sup piiI-s. with a combined capital at $26 308. 688. Goods valued at $20,000 000 Were prrduced, of 'which one third of the total number were ex ported. In 1889 there were only thirty factories. with a capital $1500.000 with an output of a little over $500,000. time to the invention of a mechanism which be designated the "Pterotvpe." It proved to be the first working typewriter that ever; secured a sale, In 1867 his machine [was exhibited be- ' ' fore the, Society of Arts. in London; the Society of Engineers. and the Royal Society of Great Britain. Pratt claimed four operations a:~ requisite to the accomplishment of his purpose; that it was necessary to bring any one of a number of type at the will .of the operator and int arbitrary succrsslon to it common point: to form a colored or other legible character at that common point: to feed the paprr screw that common point so as to make the in. ten ai between the letters and souls; to prepsre a device for bringing the paper readily and speedilt back to tits sinitlnr point with an interval be tween the lines. ills invention received editorial .mentinn and destrlpiion in several xFoolish journals. and it was one of these descriptions which attracted an American firm and laid the fountini 'tion of one! of the mat plants which is turninziout thousands of machines Itodny. There i~I preserted as n curiosity Inmong the. treasures of the Patent Of- typewrittcn letter from him which accompanied his model The spacing alignment etc. it is claimed. huIe never been excelled. I‘nttt war the first man to make typewriters and also to sell them. Among his first customers was the celebrated Dix! III-nee Jones. author of "The Life of “ruddy." I, . Prim was the first to use (‘f‘illl' pound motion. and thus. use several runs or types or plates or whet-i: first to apply component to feed “ltv tlon mid :I trip hummer action in It utIeI-i or plate machine. Pratt mnvi justly he coiled the grandfather of the typewriter. and (‘iII-istopltrr Lamont Shoivs. the father. Pratt was also it Journalist. and III fl very entiy nor was successively the editor, of u uum her of daily papers. With It uuick in tuition he saw the possibilities of s revolution in iii" handling of the pen. and front that moment downed all hi.» time umd thought which have given to tit-I world It machine which does I! satisfactorily. For ii long time hit flnIIIII-lul It turns were small. and Mr Sholrs who has to receive ll royalty on each ma chine. disposed of his right for a com psrstively small sum. Later he in tented sever-III improvements. which with an excess of chsrucierIinI cun- science. be are to persons in control of the manufacture in the last two years of his life he invented two new machines for typewritten that were more satisfactory to him than any or his suocecdlna inventions The last work of his weary hours in the civil chambers was carried out by his 039601.07! despite the oi .. in 1864 John Plait and his wife .. went to EnglandLWliere they remain .21 I ed for several years. he devotion hi; ' the ' James Densntore. of Pennsin'Innin. nave financial and other old” to fiholcsl which made his success possible. i W .———— Till DOUGH THAT FATHII MADl.i You can snnounce it that she is the; house nest of her parents. or any way, they like. but it noncraiiy menus thntt the brlda has ambled baclt for It little Journal. Free Delivery You will r tericnnlilc mgeqofia'fi‘: Lur. COBY’S 00' Still g$18to$20tloo.ta......$9 $13.“ $5.. $28.50 Ooats- . :15 Costs .. 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