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Regent
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able life of New York. and Miss
, Although this popular star is
her costumes and wraps for “By
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last Performante of The
NORMA TALMADGE
In the Gripping Society Drama
,“ Bit mom or PURCHASE ”
X "By Right of Purchase" deals with the most "exclusive fashion
society butterfly who marries a millionaire solely for his money.
> her and beauty of the gowns worn by her in her screen productions.
her own record in this regard. Their cost runs well over the 10‘"
FRIDAY—A Paramount Picture: Jack
“The Ghost House.”
TONIGHT AT 8:15
Note-hm. but Ms
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WHYNO‘I‘TIIIIIITOVII
Theatre
TOMORROW .
L w e “ or so val
skis 1's L a," any.
"reign . '. mung.”
an kinds. heights. and designs
SamuelW. Hoyt. Jr. C. E.
19 Washington Street
9 miles of fencing sold and erected
during the last ltteea years
i
Talmadge portrays the role of a
boxing club. It was generally thousbt
always distinguished for the num ground the studios that Jack was In
Right of Purchase” surpass even
,great deal of consternation when it
i was learned that this clever young ac.
{nor had been aging every atoning at
six and undergoing rigorous training
at the hands of an experienced figh'er.
in the boxing match Pickford came off
victorbus. Mr. Plekford's most rs«
cent picture, "The Ghost House." will
. be shown on kids! at; the Regent
Theatre.
Pick:
THEATRE
0. Norwalk
C1200 DANCE PROMIIED
"Lo. fuller, whercya goin'?”
‘ "lie? Wily l'lu goin' to the big ball
[to be held on Friday night at the ar-
mory by the American Band and the
First Norwalk Company, C. H. G."
‘Wottsa C. H. G. mean?"
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Kaiser. tilelieasl cillerlln _
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Coming, Thus-5., Fri. and! Sat.
“('ertainlv His Grand."
“Wottsa mean?"
'Why it means atcha’ll have one
Feature Pictures
Thursday and Friday
Marguerite Clark
. win- .
“The Seven Swans”
A Paramount Picture
Saturday
Eleventh Episode of
"THE HIDDEN HAND"
PALACE NEWS PlC’T‘Olli.‘L!.
And a Paramount
MACK SENNBI‘ COMEDY
fine tiru'e. continuous dancin', a good
Vaudevdle crowd. a nice looking bunch too, and
KCISO Br“, lolly. say. \le the music that yer‘ll
Comedy Jugglers hear will Just make you wanta wiggle
' ‘ .l'cr mudhooks until they most drop
8333: £253,193,... 0!. (Toni McMahon stuff with the air
. . sistance of Ralph Dibble.)
FuanflEklrr’slagf silagrgbillty All fooling aside it you want to at-
, tend a good dance. one where you can
BCI’IIOI'lt & Finn dance until you grow tired because
~-in-~ the music is continuous. and it just
Bits of Nonsensicai Nonscnse makes you “1m. to dance it is so be
“Princess Lilia” witclllng. catchy and so well played
in a Brilliant Hawaiian whv just forget all other dates on Fri
Musical Offering day night. the 26th and take your best
0" TEE BEACH AT “il'Kl‘K' girl, your wife, or if you haven't a girl
NEXT WEEK TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
WM. S. HART IN “BLU
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PALACE THEATRE
lanai Performance of “The Kaiser, the
Beast of Berlin,” at tits Pals“
Tonight
“The Kaiser, tlle Beast of Berlin,"
is the striking title of the remarkable
idiotoplay being shown for the last
time at the Palace Theatre todar. a
title that leads the spectator to won:
o'er what the picture is about; what
it shows and if it really shows what
lta'titlo suggests. A visit to see the
production nllays all doubt, Never has
.1 human being been so flayed or so
bitterly denounced as the Kaiser in
ibis startling picture which shows ac.
moi occurenees for which this mod-
dcned monarch is responsible. It is
certainly making boiling-mad Amer-lg
tune with its every showing on the
semen.
Marguerite Clark Substantially Proves
Her Patriotism .
Disproving the opinion of many that
:-he is merely a sort of pretty shadow
All Artcraft Production
or are not married take your mother
or else attend it alone, you'll find picn-
lly of friends who will be glad to is-
troducc vou to some. of the young lad-
ics who attended the last Home Guard
ball and who, remembered it so well
as being such .a nice place that they
will attend this one also.
E BLAZES RAWDEN”
thcr lacking in energy and it caused a.
IANSAFTEBALET-
WNW“).
French forces well occupied there.
Not only has the artillery bom-
bardment been heavy in many see-
tors, but last night there was a
strong hostile attack on the north-
icrly side of the Lys salient, near
:Dranoutre close to Mount Kemmel.
iThe French were guarding this
region and they repulsed the as-
W ssult after sharp fighting, their ar- ‘lin
1“,. m bo‘m mm, ., . ”artillery “WWII"!!! With the Brit- mans in the Flanders attack.
9
‘oll guns in severely punishing the
enemy.
Along both battlefronts in
France the cannon continue to roar
mightily, but the rumble of the ar-
jtiilery gives no sign of where and
when the next battle or battles will
be fought. From north of Ypres
to south of Verdun the big guns
arciactive, the German especially
so in the region south of Albert,
south of the Somme and around
Noyou. ‘
Taking advantage of the lull Ill
German offensive movements,
Field Marshal llaig is improving
his posifion on the Flanders field
by successful local attacks. In
the vicinity of‘llobccq, ut the apex
i"! the salient, he again has ad-
;yum-cd his lines slightly, captur-
lug more than one hundred prison-
or» and some machine guns. Suc-
ccss also attended a local attack
by the British near Metcrcn, West
of liuillcul, and the nearest point
to lluzcbruuck tllc Germatis.havc
reached.
The Germans have given no in-
fllt'lllltlll apparently of where they
‘will attack again. The Allied com-g
mamlera are reported ready for theI
cxpcctcd onslaught wherever it
may coma. It it. not unlikely it
will come on the Flanders or the
I’il'urdy battlefields, as the Ger-
lumls "it"! improve their positions
on both front», for to remain
.wlu-rc they are would be to invite
u counter ofleuaivc, which might
prove disastrous.
. in making their apparently suc-
r'cssiIill attack on the German sub-
ulariuc lwsts nt Zecbruggc and Oil-
tcud. the British fleet, assisted bv
the French. has given the Gcrmall
,ficct mutethiug‘to ponder over.
iBritish sailors and marines who
1
lion. D. C.. where. at the Riggs Nation-
:nl Bunk. _on special invitation from the
glJLcrty loan Committee. she. spent a
jwhole afternon personally selling
. ‘ bonds.
.A few days later she made the trip
to Cincinnati. really her "home town"
[where at the. invitation of Mayor rudi-
ta. she sold bonds at the Chamber of
Commerce. The star's popularity in
that district brought out thousands of
persons, who crowded each other in
their effortr to see and speak to the
starr—to sav nothing of surrendering
their dollars in the Liberty cause.
These duties interrupted Miss Clark
in the production of her play. "The
Seven Swans." which. nevertheless.
has been finished under the direction
of Directoivr. Soarie Dawley and will
be shown at the Palace Theatre on
Thursday and Friday.
AT THE nsoéur THEATRE
rooav mo rouonlmw
Norma Taimadgs in a Modern Society
Drama, “By Right of Purchase"
; "By Right of Purchase" will ,be the
Shake otf your pines. give your who" have returned from the gallant
it shine, put on your best suit, and get enterprise ”ported the gate to the
there early so as not to miss the cou- lock of the iiruges ('anal has been
cert and you will have one evenins blown up and the water let out into
illat will stand out in your memory. lthc North Sea. The channel also
-.. -. -- . was blocked by sinking concrete
Hons: allow TONIGHT 'iaden cruiser» and the batteries
- .> ,and munitions stores on the mole
Many Exhibitors in shrine Event at were destroyed.
Durilnd'a Academy ‘ The Bruges Canal has
The New York Spring Home Sb" . used as a base by the German sub-
will oven Might st Darland's, under marines and the blowing up of the
the auspices of the New York Wo';lock, the report of which lacks of-
men's League for Animals. in behalfdlcial confirmation. and the block-
of the American Red Star Animal 36,ng of the channel would destroy
lief. Zcebrugge's usefulness for some
A class for hameuronin. chlldrvsfiime. British naval writers give
to drive. will start the show at 8 varied estimates as to how long
o'clock. Thirteen classes in all will be it will take the Germans to repair
judged during the evening. ' ,the damage done, ranging from
Reginald C. Vanderbilt. l7. Ambrose many days to many weeks, perhaps
Clark, ii. I. Herbert. and Samuel‘longer.
Willets are to be the lodges, with Holland and Germany still are
Mrs. James Speyer. Mrs. .‘liurke RochP. reported as being near the break
and Mrs, Adolf ladenhurg heading ing point, but it is not clear as to
the women's committees. The been what thchrmanu rcally have de-
tlve Committee includes 0. 1. Guild. mended from the Dutch. A dis-
.iohn McE. Bowman. Reginald C. Van- patch from The Hague declares
derbllt. James Cos Brady. John . Gel» nothing is known there of a report-
been
ioouout to the fly of u» so.
lag beside that of the United
8tstesonfiegrainahips,itisnn-
‘deraooa.
wNDON,. April 24,—Strong.
German attacks developed last
evening in the neighborhood of
Dranoutre, on the Flanders front,
,but were repulsed by French
troops, the War Ofllce announces.
l Heavy infantry attacks are re-
rted to be in progress this morn-
Ilug in the Albert sector, north of
,thc Somme and also between the
,Somme and the Avre rivers.
I The French and British artillery
flictedi‘eierc losses on the Ger:
0n the front northwest of Albert
a German attack early yesterday
evening was repulsed.
PARIS, April 24,—Airplancs
having been heard coming toward
Parns, an air raid warning was giv.
en shortly before midnight last
night, but on airplanes reached
the Paris district, according to all
ofllcial statement issued today.
The statement reads:
“Suspicious sounds of airplane
engines having been reported by
watching posts as coming in the
direction of Paris, warning was
given at 11:36 o'clock p. m. No
airplane crosscd the tire curtain or
flew over the Paris district. All
clear was sounded at 1:02 a. m.
PARIS, Tuesday, April 23.--—
The blowing up of lllt‘ American
steamship Florcncu. 1]., oil“ the,
coast of Briiallny, is believed toI
have been due, says the Radio
Agency, to a bomb pluccd on board
before she left the United States,
so timed to explode when the ves-
sel reached port. Owing to a tire
on board, the news agency adds,
the bomb exploded prematurely.
PARIS. April 24.—-—Thc German
artillery has been conducting an
extrchlely heavy bombardment of
the Franco-British front between
the Somme and the Avrc, ill the
region of Ilaugnrdcu-Sanicrrc
and l'ilicrs Brctollncus, the War
Office reports today.
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WITH THE AMERICAN
ARM Y I N FRANCE, Tuesday,
April 23 (By The Associated
l’ress).—Gas shells continued to
fall alongthc Amcican front north-
west of Toul today, but generally
speaking the artillery fire was
lighter than usual. There was a
slight increase, however, in rifle
and machine gunfire against the
American positions around Scichc-
P"!-
A German taken prisoner cast of
the Mouse has died of his wounds.
At one point three German pro-
paganda balloons descended, car-
rying' copies of tllc Gazcttc dcs
Ardemlcs. which is printed in
French.
LONDON, April ilk—Admiral
Lord Beresford in an interview
on the raid on Gcrmsu submarine
bases, while eulogizing thc Zec-
bruggc achievement as a splendid
thing quite Worth attempting,
warns against disappointr: .it if
the results do not renc‘; he most
sanguine expectatio' :. lie shys
the blocking of n harbor is a most
diillcult undertaking and it never
can be certain that the obstacles
have been placed just right. More-
over, there is slways‘thc possibili-
ty of dredging a channel around
the obstacles or finding a passage
between them. . '
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who fllts across the motion-picture attraction at the Regent‘Tbeatre to-
sru-esn «for our entertainment, dsinty day and tomorrow. it is a Select pic-
rMsl-guerite Clark has recently thor- tut-e directed by Charles Miller, star:
ougth proved her patriotism and ell-'ring. Norma Tatmadge as Margot
orgy. For the first Liberty down she Hughes, a society butterfly, She mar-
contented herself s" h buying a mere ries Chadwick Hillier. a rich yount:
hundred thousandgl lars' worth of the manof high social standing. under all
bonds, but for th~ son-0nd aim was in- agreement to be his wife in name only
defatlgsble in her work to arouse in- for three years. At the end of this
terest “Henermity on the part of period, if he has not uucceeded In Win-
others. She went first to Washing- ning her love, she will receive hsr
boredom and a handsome settlement
- ‘ .. ' ”'l in addition. She comes to realize hm
' lWélloll’llloAl
the optical
,to speak: how husband and wife go
rm, w. w. Taylor. William Durlsnd. ed German ultimatum threatening, The return of a damaged British
pith fire and is. Can South Norwaik people doubt
Samuel G. Allen. Samuel Teller Jac- the occupation of Dutch ports un-
obs. Esmond B, O'Brien, and w. a. less certain demands are yielded.
Blitz. . Other rumors are to the effect that
the main demands concern trans-
port of sand and gravel and war
materials, while others suggest
iii'at Germany desires certain
guarantees from Holland as to
.' nacx mas our
Plenty of South Norwalk leaders
Have This Experience.
' You fax the gldn,,,_onm,.m treatment of Germans after the
thcm~ war. _
They can't keep up the comm,“ Viscount Motono has resigned
strain. . as Japanese Minister, for Foreign
The imp m, We “,4, m, Maire. ”The reason for his action
ache and ”in, has not been announced, but it
probably is in connection with the
Urinary troubles may set in.
Don't "I, longer—take Dom" Question of Japanese intervention
Kidney Pills, ' ,, in Siberia.
I /” ’1’-
éwztsldents of this vicinity endorse PARIS. April 24.-Major Wil-
, .
liam Thaw, commanding the
lLafaycttc Flying Corps, now is
lcmilitsd among the “sces' ’ill avia-
ltion in France, having, brought
Ithe. following Norwalk evidence?
Joseph Healy. 99 Main street, Nor-
iworth. especially in comparison with
lithe wovthlessneas of Dick Derwant» .n
.handsome spendthrift with whom she
‘has long been infatuated, but Himes
Butall the Opti-
on] business we
do is good
‘restrains any display oi emotion. de-
fsiring not to embarrass her by violat-
~ing his agreement. ‘
“‘l’lls Hesse sf peed (Ii-sass”
How she plays
.slnged. although not really burned. so
a sit-silo st. soul-u, buss «
M by. Ive. Q 0;... M U
'thelr separate ways, to serve France in ' walk, says: “i suffered from weak hid;~
ithe war; how they are both reclaimedzneys andJny back was a coast!”
:and finally reunited, combine to makeiiche. My back was weak too and l
_a masterful photoplay of metropolitamoften found it didlcuit to straighten
{stole-t; m. .with Norms Talmadas in: after bending over. The kidney secre-
n sympathetic and artistic delineaJ
‘tinu. '
aaosur vuaavna saloav
Jack Pickford in the Paramount Pie
tors, “The Ghost House"
Jack Pickford. the strenuous you"
Paramount star in "The Ghost House."
finding himself too yang to be ac-
e‘sptsd by the W is the at»
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l energy
havetlteSwiss
1!! s t
down .his fifth adversary and a
captive balloon on the same day.
Major Thaw within the past
month has accounted for three op-
ponents in aerial encounters.
tlolfs were too frequent in passage.l
One has of node'- Kidney Pills, would
t not at Glendenning a Co's drug?
store helped me very much and con-l
tinned use cured me." ,
meant-um. Don't no,
ply ask for a kidney remedy—Ml
Dunn's Kidney Pills-the same that
to, nutrition roam-ileum (lo/L.
mgr... prone. ”rm-Adv;
BERNE. Switzerland, April 24.
—-The Gerlhan governnlontmhas in-
! med the Swiss government that
.shipa loaded with cereals for:
Switzerland, even though dying an
flag, will have theright of
free passage. They must, how-
ever, fly the Swiss dag beside the
national lag of the vessel, and
colors painted on
to.
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Every Woman’sl’s‘slllon H ‘
“THE 8801’ 0" GD! DIN] VALUE"
unusual. Norwalk
Beautiful selection of GRADUATION Ale?
CONFIRMATION DRESSES are on display. M j:
most charming and graceful styles. ‘in‘ Junior one .
Misscs’ sizes at very reasonable prices.
See Window Display
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It is said that soars”r
boys actually outgrowP "
their stomachs, m
the same as they OI!-
grow their clothes, M
no one's stomach will
ever outgrowas'raulfi .
range. A good M‘ f
and a summit range is"
a combination that can't
be outgrown.
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HORACE ll. NASH w _
Corner North Main and West .5 . ,
his congratulations to Vice-Admi-s'llm mobihs' old baby that she t";
ral Keyes. lend to have kidnap ped m
York. Honda! night. mm l- ,
220 ANNUAL MEETING |'who was arrested here yesterday; .
or women's ctuss day waived extradition in the; ~ -
The Connecticut State Federation of Court. She will be taken back to
Women's Clubs will hold its twenty-[York this morning for arrai
second annual meeting at Centugm Ros-r. the baby in , =
Church House on Wednesday andgwss taken to New York last night,
Thursday, May 22 and 23. The Fod- returned-to "8 mother, "I'- 3
cruiser with its decks torn open,
was reported Illil dispatch from
Dover. Few of the crew escaped
mum; of some kind, while many
bodies wore brought back and
placed rcvcrcntly ill a-tcmporary
mortuary.
The survivors were greeted
with hearty cheers from excited
crowds, who had awaited news of
the fight eagerly since they were
awakened Monday midnight by
the sound of heavy gunfire. While
the action was in progress the tre-
mendous explosions were violent
enough to shalt! the buildings in
Dover. '
King George has telegraphed
i
erated Clubs of Hartford will act as Rossy. 0’ 333 M “711' m
hosts- The speakers will be: Presi-
dent Benjamin T. Marshall of the Con-
necticut College for Women, Henry/C.
Morrison, asistsn‘: secretary of the
state board of education; ‘Mrs. Nancy
Schoonmaker of the Connecticut state
Council of Defense, and ‘Dr. Jane Rob
bins. who will speak on "The Ameri-
canisation of Forelgn Born Women."
Sergeant .l. Holley Tyrrell malt
flying visit to his home in this"
from Camp, Upton, yesterday. .
‘gesnt Tyrrell, who has been a . ,
of the ohleers' training school
for several months. and who it h
deratood by locol'friends, was _
those who recently made good b.
examination for a lieutenant's‘.
mission. accepted eon -
modestly, and stated that while
not received definite knowladu,
his promotion, expected to be
CLAIMS RIGHT 1'0 KEEP BABY
BRIDGEPORT. April alt—Declaring
that she is not afraid to face the New
York authorities and that she will be
able to prove rightful claim ' to thel
‘—
Norwalk Chronicler