"-t,.:. . ,. ‘
turn from the Coal. His work in the
Regent
m.
Friday Night, Dec. 27 '
m SEASONS SUPRm TBEATRIGAL EVENT
MA RGARET
ANGLIN
IN HER ORIGINAL NEW YORK COMPANY
IN HER GREATEST COMEDY SUCCESS
~ “BILLETED’
EXACTLY AS PRESENTED IN NEW YORK ALL LAST
t SEASON
”A delightful play delightfully acted. ' ’—-New York World.
“Mi... mglin flawless and dazzling."-—Boston Post.
I
pit-sent film it deserving of the hillb-
tst commendation. for It combines an
artistic scone with a technical knot-’-
hdge and cxecutlon that is Ideal for
the purpose. Mr. Vignola personally
t< the most charming of men and his
" in)" with h..~ actors is said to be ex‘
f tt-ptiunally successful.
. Louis A. Iiowlund assisted Mr. V1,!-
l nuts in ditecting “:l‘he Girl “'bo Came
Back." and has done some good work.
The as>istanl director has a wotld 0t
troubles on ill: shoulders much of the
time, for there an- a hundred and one
little details lur which he is respott
sililu, Mr. llowlztntl has done his bi.
In this direction with a cherry slllllt‘
which hilx‘ lit—\er It‘ll ltiut from start
Theatre
to ttn..~lt.
WILLIE JACKSON WINS
FROM ERNE BY K. 0.
I’llII.AIlI‘.‘I.I’IilA. Der 1'03."A"'0Ul'
New York honors won tltctr bouts, one
of them with a knockout, two were de-
feutcd here yesterday at Christmas
tnstinees, The knockout 1110" was dc
Iivcred by thlie Jackson, who sent
for tho count in the 6th round with a
.v' I
I'll soon 10"”! “Islam 815'
“a
000 against Richard E. Casey.
Stamford business man, for alleged
slander.
remarks alleged to have been made
by Mr. Casey to Arthur F. lcCrea, re
porter for The B.idgeport Sum u, u
aid, and published In The Bridge-pa
.Sunday Herald, which Mr. Spelkt
claims were false and malicious ant
damaged him. They represented hi7
.Spelhe as favoring one Peter \‘nncc'
hotel and restaurant keeps". in tht
distribution of sugar. Mr. (‘asey ssy‘
hc will fight the suit and intimattu
that he did not use the language at
tributed to him in lr. Spelke’s com
plttittt.
Within the week, Mr. Spelke brouah'
:Innlltcr suit for 310.000 damages
against a local man for allow-rod .rl-i'1
tit-r, following a war of words. The
man nwrlv ‘I vwittcn pnlogv f’lld lltt
suit was withdrawn. Mr. Spt‘lko sat“
he w’ll hrin;v another suit 9"9-ITIFV
Stamford man who csttsml him In hr
"written up“ in The Bridgeport Her-
nld.
Cnfc Entered. Cash
and Merchandise Taker
The Imperial Cafe on Railroad ave
nuc, recently reopened by Joseph
Dodtl. well-known sport fit and light
Gcnrgc IYOIIDE} Erne of Buffalo, down promoter, was entered last evenlngg
and a quantity of cignrs and bottled
jgood‘s taken besldct- about 830 In
cash.
l The thieves entered 'by pushing in s.
The suit is based on oertainl
PRtons ............... 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 and 32.00 m... .,, m, ,3... .
’ Ulllt‘l‘ ottl.~ went the six round lim
'5 sea“ Are NOW on sale. it and teEultc'l its follows:
._ ; M... P , W...“
ill agent Theatre
.—
Today
Jane and Katherine Lee
In .1 rapid firs, rlproarlng travesty
of ..t th and misdtisvousnsss
"Swat the SW”
and the latest Paths News
Saturday '
Tom Moore
In a dsllolttful story full at dramat.
it: situations
“Just For Tonilrltt”
also tits 18th episode of .
“The Eye's Eye"
MONDAY AND TUESDAY—NOR-
MA TALMADOE In her new.“
est photnplay, “HER ONLY WAY"
Int-WWW
and It Ioutz engagement in Chicago
and llustotl. Without revealing the
theme or plot ot the play, It may be
said that it Ls a comedy dealing In It
lllllllOl'Ollt‘ manner with certaln phases
of the wnr, but this must not be con-
strued into meaning that it is wwat‘
play. In the centml character Mlsc
Anglln has at role which Is entirely slg-
nlflcnnt of her Ideals In the reslm of
comedy. The play is said to sparkle
‘ with eplgrsmmstlc speeches of the
sort which Miss Annlln ls famous for
delivering with Incomparable Incisive-
ness. Imagination, brilliant. dialogue
and an eye for the humorous side of a
cortaln phase of military life, mark the
action of the story In which the char-
acters are never allowed to dwindlc
In =- wmrtnnce or In vlsion throughout
thr‘ ‘ I‘ nt‘lfi,
REGENT THEATRE SATURDAY. I
Tom Moore in “Just For Tonight,"y
‘ Also 13th Episode of “The 5‘
Eagles' Eye." ‘
l Tom Show a world of adtntrers will
tind ltlm morn tlcl‘cltuttlly entertaining;
0—.-
.‘llwm a Grant Show-oi the i '
Today and Friday
Five Actsof
i Classy Vaudeville
t; m ' ' l
Ethel Clayton
ln‘ Paramount picture.
an.
Came Back’
Tito, daughter of an export cracks.
luau lasmo _sssy_llfs.of It, partleu.
,tsrty'u on, a In.
ultl her lather-has bun unklms'no
Girl Who — ‘
MM" ~ OM“
" ,tltan ever when he appears as a Gold-l
\vyn. star In "Just for Tontgnt" at tho
Regent The-utru, Sit rdny. Goldwyn
could not hate obtained a better mo-t
diutn for Introducing tho popular:
screen player all one of Its famouai
group of stars. 1
“Just for 'l'dnight" tells the story or
a man who, in his ntlvenlttrelllled
quest of low. In confronted ,by ttllutt-I‘
tlons that would have balked a loss dc‘
termlncd pcrtton than Theodore Wltlt-
ney, J r.. (played by Tom Moore). The
gt ‘ [or whom he risks all. hides her
It . t ' from him for some stranxc
rcuson. and that adds to his many
trials. She Is the niece of Mttlol'
Blackburn, whose home has been rob-
bed of costly jewels. At the sums
tlme'whtmey's father Is shocked by
the loss of a v'slusble mlnlng stock
certificate. And the some detectives
3m employed on both cases.
.——-— g
THEATRE. ‘
,_-
AT PALACE
Prank Britt, Boston. won from Jo‘m- broken back window which hnd been,
ny Meals-y. Philadelphia;
Brown. New York. defeated YolllIK They went Into the bar-room where
ltnhltIt-nu, Johnny Murtuy. New York. they rifled the cash register for about
won from Wally Nelson: llsrry (Kid) 850 which had been left there to be
Brown defeated Johnny Gray. New gin the day's business on. and then
York; Harlem Eddie Kelly. New York. turned their attention to the merchan-
defeated Eddit- Wilson: ‘nlck tltoott.I disc. stock and besides tt number of
Cleveland. won from l-‘red Reese. New bottles of liquors they helped them-
York; and Bennie Valger of France selves to a number of boxes of cigars.
and Frankie (‘Iark fought a draw. The police were notified thls mom-
| In as soon as the brook was dlscov~
BUES F0“ SLAND‘ER ‘ cred and Investigated, but as yet no on
Abram Spelke, Stamford food ad-
minlslrator, has begun suit for 010.- ”a“ have obon M
-:
'Frank boarded up and unlatclted the door.‘
O—The—fi
.5331) Book
WHEN BLUE at'nRS TURN T0
GOLD.
How numerous the servlte flags, the blue
stars how resplendent.
And they tug at teams of Iovcd ones un-
til till our Ines, ll bt‘k‘llla,
\rc upltfttd by the boys ct‘lnc to mun-
h-md so transcendnnt
'Ihat the-y gztc to us the wit“ of their
\lalullfl and their dteants.
l‘hcy re declaring now the glory of the
tuth rs and the mollttre'
\‘llu upon the mils and ptalrtcs In the
:tttntt; ulle of youth
Jutlcrvd It tlud, endured l‘.e dsttgets, lived
tltc [lie of hope. that other;
blight build upon foundation; they had
I.tld on stories of truth.
l‘hcsc heroes Itavc Inltct’lhed tlm promise
of our ltallutt,
Their work In Home and Flanders ls
fulfillment to ti.“ll’ souls.
Fighting for a ntastcr purpose.
ttthtere an exttltallon
'l‘bnt Lin come but ultte lo huttmnltind
as Ittstoty unrolls.
lhcy
Su pttprcme the heights they're reaching
that their bluc stars now are chang-
ng
Into gold once
the rod,
("or their noble sacrifice, the soul's high-
est reaches ranging,
[lat-c glorlflcd America and God!
GIVING THE KAISER ttts DUE
At That, Writer's Remarks mom loom
by bout. to Go the Limit of Con-
troversial Argument.
. . . And we mcehly kins
In the Amerlcsn Magazine Booth
‘ bluflfiandiflf Cartoon
Saturday
_ { Vaudeville
outlaws 11th opisodsof. I
' “The Eagle’s Eye”
Ilflltllllllllltfi
*. V
- ‘TODAY AND thMY
Ethel Clayton In “The Girl Who Came!
' lack" and Fm Acts of Vaudeville. .
Clayton in "“rh‘o' Girl' 'Who Camel
Back." her first Paramount offering;
which wIll be shown at the ‘
theatre today and Friday, Is one of the
best known In the business." He Is
responsible tor most of the work of the
Pauline Frederick pictures and but so
complislted 'itome mavelous results In
no and “filter”! Lee in tits Big
- Photbpldy, "Swat the Spy."
A real treat for the tired business g—~'——._———._.__—
. I, his wife and children. and evcty
e else is'coml‘ng to the Regent till‘a-
- today, On that date the greatest
- r of laugh Inventors now appearing: - -
the screen. thc'lnlntltnhle Lee chit-f
n, are ~announced In their latest!
medy drama, "Swat the Spy!" It Is;
cit-repeated assertion that tlte pro?
.ctlons in which Jane and Katherine:
'L featured have~ntsde as many newl
ondance'records as those of any; .
n .r famous comedy Start-l. "Swat the1 ‘.
.4" is heralded as the dimunltivcl .
.' best creation. '
-- REGENT THEATRE} FRIDAY
I"
rot Anplln and Original New,
.Osot in the Play "Illlletcd."
....... l.s
».l
‘rot Anglln, who ranks among. 3 .2.
1 W stars on tile Americanf
- . will home to the Regent theatre. .
Friday evening. Dec. 27, In ber'
. lost cognody success, “Billetetl; '
sl desorlh'sd'ss s merry military:
mmedy, with the record oh tt', .
I run in tho Boyslty theatre Lon- . Ethel Clayton will'bo at the Palace
and In wildlfllkml " ‘
Ruin cmv'ron "
Jimmie Gierho (W ’ 2'
JW -
-.
I
I.
Palace ' '
utter Irwin: reached Albany on his re. p ;
-~..— ._._._._.
MARGARET ANGLIN
Robert G. \‘Igncla. director of Ethel Who comes to the Regent Theatre to mot-row, wltb the original New “0
company. In the new play "Billetod."
I
,rnrklngton sdtnonlsbss us to use the
‘tmlser as an object lesson—as a hor-
Irlble example of what not to emulate.
tin clotting he says: "
l “F‘Innlly. we ought not to be unchart-
tablc. even to the kaiser. I bc'teve we
ought to say of him: As a kaiser be
it: the clltnsx and tho centrifugal polnt
of the most dctcstsbls ambition that
itho world Its: known: and ss a nun
.bc Is the molt blindly hide. cruel Ind
solflsh man whose traits have been
shown forth by spectacnlnr pm
tncsslnhlstory. And sssmansnda
kaiser comblncd be Is the most calam-
ltous thing that has over happensd to
the earth.
“But then, lest we be outdone In
charltablencss by the gentleman-lathe-
bsrmom. who dId not wish to seem to
be merely nbuslve, we should add:
“But outside of that. he's all right."
The Noises of New York.
. The nolscs of New York are so lone-
some, wrltcs Josef b‘ucs In World (tut-
Iook. They make me want to go home
.—-bsck to Tunis. when It Is not all
machinery and I can hear the people
shoutlng to eoch otbcr‘and to their
lltnltnalu In the atreet. Here you can-
not hear tbs pooph at all. It Is as If
t the whole dry I: n bl: machine and the
tpoople all are dumb. I find that very l
lonesome. When I learn n little Eng
llsh amigo to the stores I Iiod them
very strange. They do not bargain at
till.
ile tells you and.“ In Tunis. you cry
lint: It Is robbery." But what says
thc Amerlcttn storekeepcrl He says.
“Then you need not btty It." You must
my what he. nsktt or not at all. I find
in.AfrIctt a Merchant spends hours.
sometimes. burgnlnlng with Ms cus-
tomers, and they come again. day after
titty. until they agree on u prlcc. But
hot n thcrc In no tlmc—hurry, hurry all
llkc machine.
Thanks forTwoconts
“The man that keeps the we stand
where I buy my par-us." ssld Mr.
wlt-in I put down Inytwo cents.
“lie doesn't any title humbly. no:
loudly. nor pertunctorlly. but just sill-
ply and quletly and naturally. as If
he meant It. which I have no doubt he
doom. as likes to have people com
snd trade with him and he trles to
- moire things pleasant for them.- and
people llkc-to trade with hlrn.
“I don‘t doubt that he has doubled
Ills buklness just by being polltu’ to‘
people and meaning It. ; Everybody
likes to be treated with courtesy."
Japanese lelng Abroad.
Tho totttl number of Japanese cltI—
sens 'Ilvlng abroad wits 4:50.773 at the
end of June. 1917. recording to figures
Issued by the Japan Guzetlc. This Is
an Increase of 50,357 In the your. The
United States was credltcd wltlt 151.006
men and 78.572 \rcmcn. the most In any
country. Mattclttttlu ttntl Kttwttntttng
runkctl but with 60.49:: men and 51,760
women. Brnzll lntd 3,050 men and 2,-
688 women. \vlllr 24,235 men and 2,621
women In other South American cottn~
trlcu.
Egyptians Rslse Pigeons.
(‘crlttln Egyptians carry on to a to
mitt-Ruble. tlcgrcu the huslncss of l‘tllS-
Int: plgcotm. (In one t-stttte ttrc 14
pigeon towers. cttclt Itotttptist-tl of about
1.200 clny ,lnra, wt mic upon another.
Ettclt Jttr forms It t'nmfortttlile house
for the fttntllr of pigeons occupying It.
Foresight.
“I think we had bottcr get a Job be~
forc u-c marry."
"Don‘t be so ttnromnutlc, Foray: I
won't‘necd city new clothes for n ma:
time."
“True; but you may want to eat nl~
most Immediately."
.—L—...___.._..
Absstn “In:
J"
“I was uneasy whllc downtown." salt
the absent-minded-mon. “I wan sun
' t Milton su'ulnltt'olll‘.’ .
—_._
Continut-u mun “list Page.
, h
iOr Ins gallant L‘UIIuUt'l in the 011212
men! at Seichprcy on April 20m."
The letter was t‘UUflleI‘élght—d by Ma-
JorGeorge J. Run. with thc ddlicd .1.
scnptlon. “For exemplary conduct in.
der fire.” Major Run of ttt- 104m.
was later killed in action on July 2. sh
Following their participation-ill a
number of other cngugnmt tits tit» tt';
tmcnt was sent to the front at I‘ha-
teau-Thlerrcy. Coppola Was with hi
comrades charging the German omen»-
en when he was t-‘tntck In lill' rial.
hip with a machine gun bullet. lie In.
In No Man‘s Land for some ttne ult-
tll the Germans launched a strn't
counter attack. and tn pressing for
ward ceuuc upon t‘cppola “ilo “as t-tk
en back to thc Germ Iinrs. lie wa:
.sent a few miles bind the lines
where he lay for the 8!“er dty. Tot
Ward night-fall he asked it NOHIPOHI"
,would take him to a IlOspllui whet-e
lhts wound could be cared for No u.-
‘gruffly told In response that If he was
able to walk he could go to the hos-
‘pital, but otherwise they had no tlm'
Ito bother with him. liu suffered utt-
{told sgonies that night and early next
'mornlng he started on his painful
slourney toward a dressing station. It
took him until nightfall to walk two
miles and finally reached
no: u
$507,560 AGAINST HUI.
WASHINGTON, Dec. u—Sfl- U
a war bill against GM 1 I”:
550. It was announced today. The O)-
[re-dilutes were made In training I“
quuipmont of a considernbh pit m.
sending Siamese labor troops II
Franco and shipbuilding
When lamps Iturtt ..
out replace them
with NATIONAL
You ask it man. “How much?" ,
out and say. "All. ncvcr wlll l ptty‘
It strange to do business that way.‘
lulnklngton. “always says Thank. you':
a field
dressing station where one of the
lluns looked at his wound, walled It
out and passed blm along to care for
himself. One more night he spent
behind the German lines and had
about given up hope of rescue when
the town was taken by the combined
charge of French and American-
troops sud Coppola removed to anl
tAmerIcan field hospital where he roI
ceivod the best of care and attention.
' Ho romdned In this Institution un-'
til early In November when he was!
judged well enough to stsnd the voy-
age home. He arrived at this side
on Thanksgiving Day snd was scnt'to
MAZDAS. .
More light Ior
your{ money and i‘
better Ilgltl for
‘Ksndrlo. F")!!! this pllce be was . Albert D. Morgan
Private Coppola’s nsme has spoon-i
it '0 wobbly thought he had been
unong the severely wounded.
Promises
the hue hospital No. 2 at Fort .‘ I, i
xiv-I
en a 10 day furlough to reJoln hls fsm-.
fly our Christmas. .
Id WASHINGTON or.
0d tile. on the casualty list. first as'
balls been killed Insctlon. When u. _......-. _.. m -. .. .
ho was wounded dud taken prisoner
Ellis“ and he was so listed. However...
error was corrected upon his re- Th N Y
apposrsnco out! on today's list be Is; e ew ear
Coppola Is greeting his friends.
about the city today and Is whole;
heartedly welcomed wherever be Is
seen. An Invitation has been extend—
ed to him to be the guest of honor all
the grand openlng of the reorganized Good Wat kers
O
Prosperity.
Italian Social Club on New Year's
Day.
BRITISH LINER SOXONIA
BRING. WOUNDID,
"~""' I
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—rollowlng:
the homecoming battlefleot Into portl
today. came the .Brltlsb liner Sunnis.
from thermal. csrrylng 1,400 slot:
and wounded olllcers and men. 'l‘hlsI
.complemcnt was made up mostly of
surgical cases.
. Com
_ Reopens Jan. 2.83.8.5.
”PEACE ON EARTH TO !
m 0? GOOD WILL"
80 the Christmas message of
yesterday reads. We may well
strive In these days that thls
spirit of good will shall be real-
ized In every phase of our com-
munity llfo—l-lome. School Fac-
tory and Government.
-Norwnllereananbbsr Oo.
fl
tstrnusnsmsronm.
not nous 7003'er
um REPAIRING? nous
wmsvou wsrr. 20m
81., noswm.
your eyes. - ,
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MERRIII. rusmss ;
.14.». ..A. .....4
I
lie You Realize
thatlotlu eyeglass wssrsc two
poirs. of glasses srs really neces-
' [any corporations insist that
their employees who hove defec-
tiys vision keep an extra pair on
hand. - .
Boarding schools request that
students have on extra. pair to pre-
vent timebelnglostlfonepoirls
broken.
Have you an emergency pair?
THAMER
Optometrists and Opticians
“The house of good glasses."
3'? Atlantic St., Stamford
than Sol. Eve. ’IIll 9 o'clock. Est. 1807
DIVIDEND‘NOTIGE
138.“.
Semi-Amusl'Dividsnd of ,.
'flte Norwalk Swings '5
Decca-lull,”
ann- was declared to
from the earnings of the _
gliding Decembe» r 31. ma-
Ths same will be sound-unqua-
boohs and paid on and after January
10, 1910. . .
DRAW INTEREST F'ROM‘JANUA”
181‘. 1919: ‘
OPEN MONDAY EVENINOB‘I 'I'O
' HENRY F. comma». ~
Preside-L
LESTER HYATT.
Vice-President.
FREDERICK A. nus.
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