Regent Theatre
special Musical Program By Wfi:‘:i
.Begent Orchestra Every Evening.
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Today
Clara Kimball Young
in her latest. Pholoplay.1a romance
of high society, superbl3 acted
and gorgeously produced,
“The Reason Why”
' Latest Hearst-Pattie News and a
' 2-Reel Comedy.
j Friday
One day only,
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William Farnum
And the popular
SIDNEY DREW COMEDY.
:SATURDAY——Vi1ginlih Pearson in
“A Daughter of France, ” and the
“Undcx
1 Lincoln th 11
1' Stars."
drama,
5‘ Thursday
Herbert Rawlinson
.be greatest melodrama that
thrilled New York.
"Come Through”
.1 i old-fashioned melodrama,
full of thrills.
«and her eyes
——~aud her smile
.e story of the bride with the
bright idea, .
“Our Little Wife”
um A3c1'y Hopwood’s Broudua3
hit of the same 111111111.
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JEGENT THEATRE TODAY
lira :Kimball Young and Her Own
Company in “The Reason Why"
.Clara Kimball Young' production of
The Reason Why" for her Select Sttu
cries is exceptionally noteworyth. in
am respects, but in none more so
'1sn in the superlatim felicity of its.
little presentation. The story deals
iih English high society and is a
mantle tale of great: heat interest
'1 appeal
iElinor Glyn, the author of the? novel
cm which lhe’ photoplsy was taken.
ow the British nobility and the
art set of “honorables' .u perhaps
3 other writer oi popular fiction
1ows them; she is 111 fact an inti-
ltte member of the innermost circle.
he chalaciers in her many well-
cwp 11.c1els " 1cludlng "Three
eeks " “On 11 DoV,’ ‘High Noon" and »
1 he Reasoa \-.hy," are. of course.
on from the various strata of Ru-
1pean society. but» the leading 11111-
ranges are all «members of the
uuté monde," the highest and
hottest SocietY. It is because of her,
‘mate acquaintance with the note:
es of London society that Mrs
"vns stories have the breath of lite
them, llnd. the characters seem to
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Park
tore 8: Chicken
Dinners and
la Carte Service.
1141111110131 111 the flesh. Her stories
hold the mirror up to nature and re
Ilcctmost vividly the manners and
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. in a 1918 version of Hall Cnine’s
_ gxeat novel,
. “The Bondman” 1
Friday ’ 1
1 jAugustfl. . . . 1...
, Madge Kennedy l
incl Scribbler, in love with Dodo (Miss,
iliennmlyl, were intentlt‘d for her, and
-1 slderstion may include the (losing of
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customs of the European smart set.
" REGENT THEATRE FRIDAY
William Farnum in Hall Caine’s Fam :1
cos Novel, “The Bondman" l
One of the greatest moments in any ‘
screen play is that which brings too a
Fiimax William Fox’ s 1918 39151011
Hall (‘aiue's “The Bondman," whirl]
will be shown at the Regent Theatre
Fiiday.
William Farnum.
itsed his (1:1 ing mother that he would
find his father and kill him for de ‘
sorting hcl. But the father dies and
laser. 10'” vengeance against his son
by another mother. At this time both
Jason and his half brother, Sunlocks
are in love with the same girl, though
neither has met the otheruln Iselan'l,
both are condemned to the mine1 V
lasou, not knowing Sunlocks. saves
him from death. Jason is freed
Sunlotke is sentenced id deatl‘ The
Kill 103 es Sunlocks. She pleads uith
iJason to save l1im_ ‘
Yet this man. who holds in
!lean the vow of l’enegunce.
inows that if Sunloclts lives he JaSon.
loses, the girl, goes and chanson places
with Sunloclts and dies in his stead.
lie gives up his life to make two per-
'0115 happy -
as Jason. prom
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PALACE THEATRE TODAY
George Bronson Howard's greatest
melodrama. “Come Through" featur-
i111. Ht 1bctt Raulinsou. will give you
the sh .1rpcst drama shock of your lite.
it is full of real. old- fashioned creep1‘
,ing thrill. Not even the rat- -witted:
“Possum" could figure out what .he‘
was up asalnst. lie backs him up my
' 11 111inistc1 and‘ girl, pokes a gun in his:
l1ibs and 5111230011111. Through" Not ‘
will the shrewd plot- guesser. tllough‘
13ou may think yourself a good guesser‘ .
,be able to fathom out this drama which
iwill be shown at the Palace 'l‘heatrc,‘
:Thursday. in seven thrilling reels.
PALACE THEATRE FRIDAY-
A poets love note to woman he 11d-. '
orw is as :1 lule 11 morscl oi‘ sweetl
nothings that affects neither the writ- l
or nor 1hr 1eccipient But not so the{
long that is passed around plomiscu-. 1'
|ousl3 duling the action of “0111 thll6
\\ lie," the Golduyn pictmization 01‘
iA3fle13'llox'13ood's merr3 and excitingi
state shores-.1 starring \ludge Kenned3
‘nnd to be 511111 at the Palace Theatre
The ravines oi n heartbroken son
Ille'r 'zlm't- All would have gone well
and five other innocent pct'snnsvmost .
of ”Wm 11am led—would have l'rcnI
.sp'alcd no end of ttollblc had she 11!“- 1
‘5“0N0ll lhc missive after readin' 11::
‘but who dillnt, and 11 series of thrill
in;r and hilarious situations follow 1111
will :‘uu‘csslo‘n. .
lim- 3‘ lb: little note. i
11ml of the sunset bled with 111311
love for 3‘,ou , E
And all the lneczes of owning sinhcf'.‘
1 with sweet lensing
i And nou the molninl: still smiles
‘1 you lie in m3'111'ms, I
Pale with my. kissing. .
. it is a colossal job to make three}
much interested persons bellow, thal'
this is just 11 poem. The3 do iinal‘v.‘
out only nftel mum explanations. 111
number of which didn‘t explain but.i
tended to complicate an already con, ‘
fusing situation.
It wasn‘t all Dodos fault. either. it
that sentimental poet and Dodo's (1011- l
101 friend had ghen due recognition.l
to the fact that she was a lmppilY'
married woman with a perfectly goodx
husband that note would never hnvci
been written: her husband would not:
have been subjected to fits of jealousy
and the physician's wife would have
been spared the paid of taking the
love missivc out of the pocket of her;
spouse. to whom Dodo had given it
just for it lark.
Nor does
’Tlic
11s:
Dodo come out of the
melee unscathed. In fact, it prov‘éfi
anything‘ but a lurk for her. Most
notes are innocent, but w'hen they
come from love-sick poets, beware!
lM’ADOO FAVORS 80
ER C. WAR PROFIT TAX
(Continued from First Page).
solidatlons 9i existing 1113111111123 to in-
crease the eillciency of the. local lines.
The plan for unification under eon
big down town passenger ter run its
Secretmy McAdoo left 1.1 at night for
Cincinnati, Where he .Wiil inspect the
railway terminals today. He will then
go to White Sulphur Spljp'ge. ’ West
Virginia for a few days 119.11. before
returning it; Washington next Mm-
day.
. Speaking of the. next Liberty loan
Secretary MoAdoo said: 1 1
b
per cent It“ would be
raise this interest It would mean that
the Amelican people were trying in
hit themselves up by their boot straps
We must have a stsbill 011 l
fiysitem in t
f
‘em.
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CLARK TELLS WEST HAVENERS.
NVlCTORYJS AMERICAN HABIT
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Speaker Declares America WIII Beat
Germany if for No Other Reason
NEW HAVEN Aug. Sir-Declaring
that the present Congress had accom-
plished more than any previous body,
Champ Clark, speaker of the House, in
a speech at West Haven, last night at
the invitation of the Progress club of
that place, asserted that abuse of Con
gross was unwairanted and “strikes
a’t‘tlle very foundation of representa-
tive government)“ He said America
would be victorious in the war because
"victory is the. habit of the American
1Jpeople
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SHORTAGE or SAFETY RAzdR
BLADES NOW'HITS MERE MAN
Dealers' Stocks Are'Run Dub-No lm
mediate Relief Now in Sight.
For us poor men under 01' above the
draft age. them is one more sholtagc
that is going to make heaps of tumble.
and it’s up to those soldier boys of
our s. as usual
Not content with monopolizlng all
the plettlest girls and taking up the!
time of the jam- makers, and the knit-i
ters and the rest of’ em, they threaten‘
to drive us back to the barber shops.
Have you tried to buy a package of
safety razor blades in 9. loo 1
lately? a shop
If so, the chances are you didn't get
ASentinel reporter tried' this 5:11:11
yesterday. and it was only in the
fourth shop that he found the rcq 111‘- Rudolph Psgensteicker 11nd ChatlesH.
ed kind and only a tow were left.
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Souys
the country. It is impossible to thy
blades in this city at 1119111111 .1111l111en
who sha3e themselves are in 11 11111113
dry.
The druggists disposed of their
stocks first and then consumers began
to visit the stores who bundled blades
only as a side line. Their supplies
were. quickly purchased, with the re-
stilt that some dealers who happened
to have a few packages left advanced
the prices of brands ordinarily selling;
at $1 a dozen to $1. 50 a dozen
Local dealers have been wiring the;
iobbers asking when tl1e3 Will get a,
new supply of blades, but have secul- l
ed no promise of immediate relief.
it is said the Go3ernment has 111'
ranged for the men in the service to'
13113 $5 safet3 razors f01 S1. 85 and the!
$1 varieties at a big reduction, too.
This has resulted in an enmmous de-
3111'1nd fm blades Barbers blue been
calling the safety 1nzoi" hard names:
but in the present crisis it looks as if
11mm of those who hme been sha3 1n
themselves will find it 1lecesstl1'3 to;
climb into the chair once more and letl
the professional razor wielder do his
3301'.st
FEDERAL AGENTS
1 SEARCH OFFICES
1 . . or PRO-GERBANS
(Continued trom r1111 Puget
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The” oilines of three associates of!
Thlm and Janssen, in New York, and
(Der Zeigeist, published in Chicagbt‘by
Dr. Michael Singer. were also search-
ed. District Attorney Kane declared
that Thun and Janssen, together with
the New York men. Wilhelm Kaupe
j lnvelflzagtf ads contributions to the:
upport of Go on pericdicnls and.
.1 tr .
They were correspondence he had,
with the "Spirit of the Age." 11 maga-
zine. published in Chicago he sent.
“The Spirit of the Age' is above
board and not disloyal, " he, added.
“The whole th mg is 1i n1lsts.c ’
A ysrge delegation from the Grace
Baptist church lire at Rye Beach toda’y
enjoying their annual vacation.
ANTICIPATING NATURE
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et t1"1ul-lc was an equivocal 51 1111011
10f common events. To the initiated
spelled blood deficiency, which is the
phy slologlc cases of a long list of con-
stitutional, functional, nerve, bone1
and tissue ailments. V
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1stitute provides the agency of restor-
ing normal conditions in tlouhlc ot
both sex, which institution is equip,
held with ‘all modern apparatus.
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Entrance Room-No. 3
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