assistance-dissente- ' ,
.ing spisnls scenes. which it knows.
wuld brill M! a flood of scandal
’shont her own and her daughter's
Iears. is Richard Harding. When she
learns that he wishes to marry her
daughter, she does everything in her
Ipower to further his purpose.
i Thus the loveless match is accom-
ipllsbed and the daughter forced to tilt
. her real fiance, Geolrey Morton. ‘
i A space of five years elapses before
we see the characters again and this is
ion the eve of the return of Geotfrci
iMorton from abroad, where he went at
gthe time of Margaret's marriage. .
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t
DANCE FOR NAVAL MILITIA
Petrovs
is a Paramount Picture
“The Law of the Land”
Burton Holmes Travel Pictures
and a two—reel Comedy
Thursday and Friday
Mae Marsh
In the story at a game fight
sttsehsdto a‘. visual aw,
win... of iii-"mm
. imvorrssomo
whohvshadwum from, finsheaacrlnoesherseif to ob,
INCREAOES AT DEVENO
'Mme'WWtu-muienmomwmuu umjmnuzofim ”"0,
red. As a result they show for the
first time on the movie screen things
that have been hitherto described in
prim but not pictures, and some things
that have not before even found their
way into print.
The work of the army is illustrated
by all kinds of pictures taken at train-
ing camps and cantonments among
the most interesting of which are
views of sham battles fought out on
careful reproductions of the sheila
torn, trench-cut battlefields of Europe ’
and a battle between two battalions of
unused of Moreland's mm, and
how her husband's assistant, also an
oldiover of hers. clears her make s
srtiwiu photosrlsy—oae of me best
Paramount pictures that has been pro-
duced under the supervision of the
tannin director, Thomas H. Ince. it
r-v
that won
“Fields of Honor”
Today. Wednesday
at 2:15. 6:45 and 8:30
yVm. Fox Presents
William Farnum in
“The Conoueror”
A titanic American drama
Also a two-putt Keystone Comedy
entitled "Tao l'roolts"
Tomorrow and Friday
With Vaudevdie,
Dorothy Dalton in
“Love Letters”
You remember Dorothy Dalton's
woudcrtul (harm-terizzition in "The
Price Mark." d-Ifl'l iou'.’ til-cat as
that characterization was. it does
not own approach her forceful
work in tins storv of Ill" vindi-
cated wife.
Saturday
The Second Episode of
-- “The Hidden Hand”
. A'id the latest Hearst-Pattie News
ii lit with?
AT THE REGENT THEATRE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
~—
1 ie Marsh in Irvin Cobb's Thrilling
Drama, “Fields of Honor"
.fae Marsh, star of the new Gold-
1 picture, "Fields of Honor," from
story by Irvin S. Cobb In the. Sat-
iinyvening Post, and to be shown
'he Regent Theatre Thursday and
lay, has the role of Marie Messer-
. a little French girl struggling to
port her ill sister and herself under
' - ist adverse conditions.
Her brother and her sister's sweet-
' t-art have died fighting each other on
- :1 European battlefield; the doctor has
ordered that her sister he sent to
the country, which Marie cannot af-
ford. Then Marie thinks she sees an
l-nd of her troubles, for Robert Voor-
We, the handsome young son of a
- wealthy judge, ask her to become his
wife.
But the' end is not yet. Larry, a sup-
. posed friend of Robert. whose em:
advances have been repulsed by Ma-
rie, takes revenge by declaring that
. Marie accompanied him .home one
, night after leaving Robert.
. Ilees the‘ house. Robert's parents
thereupon urge him‘ to go on a trip
Other organisations have been as- an engineer regiment fighting with
tsisted, but nothing has been done for poison 835 “Pd “de fire. The work‘
:the members of the Fifth Division. Nae of the navy Is shown 1” magnificent»
' destroye'
{val Militia. Last April the hovs left pictures of Admiral Sims’ ,
:town with no bands of music. no gifts fleet scouting in European waters. 3‘
‘or aunhing m the way of a farewell liuttle waged by a destroyer against 3
Other military bodies have been re- submarinc. destroyers developing a;
Em’flibt’l‘Gd. . , smoke screen, maneuvers of a submar-
On Fridav m’cning. however. thcrcinc flotilla off the coast of Florida and
will be a dance at the Norwalk Ar life. on board a battleship. 'The work
MOW. a masque ball, the proceeds of of the marines is depicted In pictures
which will be dcvoted to the members taken at thelrtraining camp in Virgin
ot’ the Fifth Incision, Naval Militia, in, including a realistic sham battle
The affair is under the ,zxspices oi fought by a complete machne gun ba- .
. . oi
the Butterworth Rifles, Home (iii'tr‘in it «iron. The pictures are full I
and gives every indication oi lain: a tin.” . . f “mi“;
real event. A number of handsoizw There will be a chats-’9 0r - -
. - the
iirlzcs willg’h; giVen to thuse costumed slon, but the WWW“ “m ’30 ‘0
attording to“the dictates of the coin- war fund of in" “at“ council. film} ‘9‘
mtttee. lac-voted to having "0""9C‘im "' 5“”
The committee in charge Is cotnplel- of the cost of making the films.
int: arrangements for the affair and‘
promises that all who attcnd ' this}
event will have a pleasant time. Those
who attend are helping the Naval .\lll-
itia. It is urged that the patronage be
liberal on this occasion.
PALACE THEATRE
The millions of admirers of :tai—
wart William Farnum, the famous
Fax flint star. may look forward with
keen anticipation to "TheConqueror."
. . .-_.,_ a massive and thrilling William Fox
FOOD SAVING SPELLS VICTORY tphotodramatic romance based on the
Herbert Hoover says "The whole life of one of America's frontier be-
great problem of winning the war roes. General ‘Sam Houston, of Tt‘xag.
rests primarilv on one thing—tho loy- which will be seen at the Palace Thean
nlty and sacrifice of the American trc today.
people in the matter of food. It Is noi‘ The first announcement of this bi:
a government responsibility. it is theiprodnction carries with it the facts
responsibility of each individual. Each ' that It was directed by R. A. Walsh,
pound of food saved by each American i producer of "The Honor System" and
citizen is a pound given to the supportfothcr Fox pictures of extraordinary
:of our many and Allies. If we are sci? merit. and that in the course of its
ifirth or even careless, we are disloynl. production. “The Conqueror" made
1Now is the hour of testing. Let us use of several thousand indians, More
,makc it the hour of our victory. hot . [cans and live stock; that. the battle
us begin at once to learn how to save‘sccncs. in which a hundred cannon
food bv using nourishing substitutes
were used, are tremendous; that thi‘ .
feeding the 70th division of the Nation-
al Army at Camp Devena is going up.
Figures available for this month show
that the government pays 40.62 a day
for each man's substance. In Septem-
ber, when the division was assembling
it was 88.75 cents.
...._..-._.__.._.__._. ___.. , ~—
‘
DIRECTION
wwmfox
AT THE ”Lacs 'wso. rss. 20. IN "THE CONOUEROR"
for meat. sugar, wheat and fats."
To this splendid en'I, the Patriotic
Food Show is to be given at the House
love storv ls onc of infinite charm and
that the dramatic action builds to a
climax calculated to make every spec"
Marie agh,
tator gasp for breath.
With thcse advance facts, onc mn)‘,
indiecd be prEpnred for a film sensa‘:
tlon when the talented William Par-E
num steps into the screen In the role,
of Mayehoff. Tlitii'sdav and Friday of
next WPf-k and its great sucresa Is as
sured in. having the following ladies as
the heads of the various committees:
Home Economics—Mrs. J. G. Gre
gory. .of the celebrated Texan hero. In the
' Wheat—Mrs. Henrv K. W. Kcllosfl. picture Sam Houston is first shown,
Mrs. Rose Burchnrd. as a diamond in the rough, living.
Myth—Mrs. Wm. H. Earle, Mrs. H. among the Cherokee Indians and in-‘
S Lockwood. ’ different to the call of his white,
“Meat and Fats~hliss Jeanette lea- brethern. But when he meets that
vltt. ; Tennessee Rose. played by the lovely"
Balanced Rations and Economical Jewel Carmen. Houston undergoes a
Recipes—Mrs. Geo. l'letls. icomplcte reversal of form,
Canning and Fowl!“ RPCIDt‘S—‘WBS From that moment he is filled with
Dotha Stone Plneo, Miss Margaret unconquerahle ambition and the DiC‘l
Wilson. iture carries him through the various:
(‘hildrcn's Food—-l\frs. S. .i. Stirling steps in his career, from constable to:
Mrs. J. Wallace Maryln. 'Govcrnor and from GOVernor to thei
l Properties—Mrs. M. N Mayehott General who repulscs, with the aidl
Entertainments-Mrs. John Cavan- of his Cherokee friend“, an army of,
Mexicans and saves the woman he
Publicity—Mrs. Stanlev A. Smith. loves from the hands of the renegadeg
l
l
‘ for several weeks to try to forget the of Lawrence A. Bevaus and Leonard -Among the~ other members of the.
. girl, so he goes.
REGENT TH EATRE TODAY
A Paramount Feature, “The Law of
the Land," Starring Mme.
Petrova
, A story of human experience that
runs the whole gamut of human emo-
.tton is Mme. 'PetroVa's latest Para-
mount. picture. This is George Broad- mates of the army. navy and m
, hurst's “The Law c:‘ the Land," which
was directed by M 'irice. Tonrneur. It
- will appear z.t t‘: i iLegent Theatre to
dd], V
The prologue shows how a sensitive
girl is forced Into a loveless marriage
suns Your
FEATURES
l The satisfaction derived from
eye-glasses, depends as much
I on the adjusting as on the fit-
ting.
lye-glasses of the right kind
do not detract from one's ap-
pearance, but rather add toil: in
a great many instances. -
Our WT mounting,
which is t on and taken on ,
withons ,isthsvsry best
finger puss attachment on the
market.
THAMER
The Three!) lye Service
Own-u. Optometrists. Opticians
I7 Atlantic It. In!!!“ Conn.
’Olenlsblgallliptn.lsttl1
——
“ “Wt has made arrangements with the fed-
Johnson—The Misses Ange“. Green supporting cast are such famous Fox
iand Dickinson. : favorites as Clarks Clary, J. A. Mar-j:
i . — -—- , lens, Carrie ('Iarlte Ward, Robert Dun-t
. PICTURES ON SUNDAY bur and Owen Jones. ‘
The first release of the onicial Unit-Y
ed States government war films. which ; PALACE THEATRE
twill be shown at 8 benefit ”from'3 As Eileen Harland, young wife of a,
shoe in the R389!“ 3‘ 3 P- m. and the District Attorney, Dorothy Dalton In'
,patace Theatre at 8 D- m.. 0" Sunday. her next picture, “Love Letters." by
Inext. ““‘Stt‘ate every PM" “the “c' Shannon Fife, makes a determined!
“me struggle for her husband's confidence.
corps. The picture! are i° be “MW" in her girlhood she had written indis-
under the auspices 0' the Connectl- erect liters and Raymond Marciano.
cut State Council of Defense, which
Farm Bureau—Under the direction leader of the raiding Gleasors. i
I
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BHOWING AT THE REGENT THEATRE TODAYs
, *Univ armor, Inning Bow-
' Beautiful new Swiss in.
Dresses and Skirts
J ACOBY’S
CHARGE ACCOUNTS OPEN ED
CONNECTICUT NURSERYMEN’S
ASSOCIATION. ,
HARTFORD. Feb. 20.—The ad i‘aBCe
ment of the nursery business through
publicity and a campaign of united ef-
forts by all firms and individuals en-
gaged in it were subjects considered
at the twelfth annual meting of the
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association
- in this city yesterday. President F. S.
Baker of Cheshire presided. and made
a brief address of Welcome. Treasure
er William H. Hunt of Hartford re-
ported a balance of 866.73. Officers
were reelected as follows: ‘
President—F. S. Baker. Cheshire.
Vice-President—C . F. Brainard.
j Tiiompsonvilie.
Secretary—i". L. Thomas, Merideu.
Treasurer—William W. Hunt, “311-.
ford.
The afternoon program included an
,address by Dr. William E. Britton, of-
iNew Haven. state entomologist, on‘
“iiugs;" W. E. McCartney of New
Jump spoke on “Labor Savings De-,
[ vicesz" John R. Barnes on “Food:
i Crops. We Can Gram" F. S. Kelley of
, Princeton, N. .l.. on "The Four-
, Flusher;" Prof. George P. Clinton ofi
. , l '-
.\t'W Haven. state botanist. on "items N. Y., N. E. O H. m T”
I of Intcrest to All Nurseymen;" W. 0.
:Flllcy, state forester. spoke on “I-‘or-‘soufgnflggmisziéfiugvlvsvm
,estrv“'0rk.'- ' a. ii.—i:39x. 6:27x, azisx. ME-
: 35:57:, 7:13;. 7:541. 8:211. 8:5”. fil-
in'YEAR'OLD MAN '3 ?‘°s’?‘§ti‘ifii’§. 12:52 (Stamford
F°UN° 'N WESTPORTIImH,1:381,3:17x. 4:32» 5:271. I:
, PRIDSEPORT,Fcb. 20.-—Wandering tzozx, 6:47 (Stamford only). 7: e:
l around Westport alone John J. Con 110‘. 101°73' _ ’
.ners. Sr.. 73,- of 478 Strntford avenue, A 11-12'342u”:%; 5.4” “*1
.was located Monday afternoon andipnpx, 16:33:: 12203.: ' ' ' ’ ?.
ébrought back to this city none the! P. M.-—l:091. 21441. 3113‘- if“
lworse for his experiences in wanderv i043: sigaxé 6:57" 7:02" 7:“?!
i lng away from his home for 24 hours. Név‘lx'YOéK'TO gou‘ru NORWAL‘T
I Mr. Conners was brought back to A. M.—4:10x. sigoi’rtlx‘:3" it“.
,this city and returned to his home 3351‘v9515"9:‘5" : ' .
‘Monday afternoon. The aged man 3,?” ‘11—;34032? gig; 2512503}ng
Icould give no definite reason for hit 5203,: gfio'x' i1;i5x, 11:45x. “ti.
Hearing home when seen by the deter. 5 Sundays :
i tivcs who brought him back to llridge-z A. M.-6:00, 8:00x, 9:001, 10:“
hrs
, port. . Ox. '
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11:45:. - ’-
HOMEGUARD R; SOUTH NORWALK TO NEW'
EAMINE . HAVEN ,
Lieut.Col. Stephen '1'. Cronan “‘3 A. M.-—12:26x,12:68x. 5:37. “3%
Bridgeport. was yesterday appointed-gas, 9:19;, 10:22:, 11:58:.
by Colonel Wilson of the Fourth Regl-‘ P. Air—1:20. 2:41 (Bridgeport m
ment. Home uGard, a member of metasturdays), 2‘" (Bridgeport, "F:
Getoww
OICTHREB
Showing at the Regent Theatre
day and Friday
LIEUT-OOL. caoNAN MADE
' a l , 33:21:,- 4:28, 5:19,
examining board, a newly created body ,gasii’rITuzfiz’ 7.32 (Bridgeport
created to hold examinations for theipflfia. .
benefit of enlisted men in the Homc' “M". "
t __ . on ' 4‘,
Guard who are desirous of securing lO'lll 3;.1'11gi261x1,:518;38, 7'43’ ” ,
commissions. Applicants willbeex-‘ it, 'pi,—2;i'ox. 4:421, 6:33!, C
amtned by the board and their appllcn- 7208!. 8733- 91351
tions with the findings of the board NEW HAVEN To SOUTH
NORWALK _- .
notcd forwarded to the adjutant gen- 5:“
A. M.—-12:25x. 4:101, 4:531,
eral‘s ofllcc at Hartford, with recom. 6:50. 8105:, 8:30. 9:411, 11:00. ,-
mcndatlons. P. ll.—12:l7. 3240:, 4:35, 5:
5:371. 3:11;, 9113:. . .v’
I Sundays ,.
A. llI.—4:10:. 4253!, 7:55. 0: .
9141:. 11:09. -"
P. M.—-12:l7x, 1:55x. 2:23!, 8:
4:35, 6:18x, 6211:, 7:051. 9:181, 9‘]
11:40:. I 3-4
SOUTH NORWALK TO DAN. _ .
A. M.—6:l3, 8:27, 9:591. "
P. [—1127, 4:391, 6:25.
. Sundays
1 a. lit-9:25.
P. M.—-—2:15. 7:15.
DANBURY TO SOUTH WNW
P. Dir-4:23,; 7:07. "
norm PROOLATOBS
make good coffee ovary morning,
in the week, not once in a while A ”.7.“ “""1"
like the ordinary codes pot. Bvsry as u'_..-'..~.é m... m.
up-to-date horns should have one. a. n.—s:oo. 7:15. 19:24:. 11:“.
We have the well-known makes— _
AUTOMOBILE
eral government to obtain the exclu-
sive rights to these films and all the:
tsudceeding reels of a series “showing:
the part played by the United Statesi
~
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