WEDNESDAY, JULY 30', 1919 '
Regent Theatre *
The Home of Quality and Entertainment
‘ Phone 1501.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 5
The Season‘s Opening Offering
Augustus Pitou, Inc., Presents
The Popular Irish Singing Comedian
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FISH D’HARA
WITH A NOTED CAST
In His New Romantic Comedy
“Down Limerick Way”
By Anna Nichols
in tho role of :1 handsome confirmed bachelor who tries to dodge mut-
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rimony in a play of the shamrock.
Hear Mr. O 'Hara’s New Songs
Including
“Down Limerick W 11).” “Acushla Machree.’ ’ “Dear
Little Angel From Heaven’ and “If They 'd Only Give
Old Ireland to the Irish!”
PRICES—Orchestra .......... $1.00, §1-50 and a‘few at. $2.00 ..
Balcony . . . . . r ................ $1. 00; 750 and 500
Seats on sale tomorrow at 10 a. to. Mail orders received.
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AT THE REGENT THEATRE
”TODAY AND THURSDAY;
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Regent Theatre
Orchestral Melody '
It's 20 Degrees Cooler in l
The Regent _ William Farnum in, “The Man Hun-
Matinee 17c. Evenmg 200- l ter," Ford Weekly and Comedy.
-.—-——.-— Vl'llllnm Furnum appears ‘on the
“Today and Thursday screen today and tomo'rrow at the Re-
(Two Days Only) gent Theatre. in "The Man Hunter.‘
This picture is another fine “'llilnm
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fining America's Favorite Star
'the character portrayed by Mr. Far-
num is well-to-do. and wnerc he lives
WILLIAM FARNUM
night before he had proposed and was
accepted by :1 pretty girl. He means
to keep his promls to marry the young
lady. and dresses to call upon her.
Before he. leaves a man whom he be
licves is his friend persuades him to
ibuy a large block of oil stockgr This
stock is declared woxthless. .-F‘ar
iretuxns in anger to his» friends home.
.and there meets not only his suppos-
ged friend. but also his bridetobc.
.Thev are div' .din: his monez. Reallz.
ing that he has betn trick ed b; 55th
’hc attacks the man. The police at...
'1i\e.Fa1n111n fights- the police. lie
filoors mo of them but a thixd in self-
defense st: lifCS him on the head Will!
,a clul1.}le is rendered unconscious
,The supposed friend makes a charge
against him and he is arrested and
scnt to prison for twelve months.
i A limping desire for reVenge caus-
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The Graffitflime la Goody-had
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é 1‘" ‘\"“‘:rr?:;m:uc meen Farnum tie luxc production. The.
'5'. p story is intensely exciting through-
2 "THE MAN HUNTER" out. - ‘
,{ i The play begins in London, where
s 113111 to ship in the steernge to New;
York. whither his also friend has}
gone. There he hires out as a long-1
shorcman. One day he sees this man.
going aboard a vessel on his wafv to
Europe, in a party which includes an
oil king's daughter.
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AT REGENT THEATRE FRIDAY
Alice Brady in, “Marie, L. T. 0.."
v Pathe Weekly and Comedy
“Marie. Ltd..." Alice Bl'adv‘s latest
Select Picture. which can be seen at:
the Regent theatre. Friday. 'is as-
suredly one of ,the :best pictures she’
has ever made. Miss Brady is cast3
in a role for which she is well fitted
and gives an admirable characterize-2
tion of the girl who gave up a promis-
ing career to take a position in her
lmother's fashionable millinery estab;
lishment on Filth avenue. 1"
All the true metropolitan atmosfii
phere is seen in this remarkabh renl-'
istic story. Traffic-crowded. people:
filled Fifth avenue. the exclusive hat;
shop of “Maxie. Ltd." a train bold-up
—all are true to life and furnish an:
and versatile Select star.
The story is clean, breezy and (as-_
cinating. with just enough heart-intern
est to make it apepal to :1“ classes;
Theplot is absorbing the: characters.
human ones. each actor portraying to,
the best of his abilltv-——which is some’
when you consider the cast:
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who comes East to help her mother
‘l‘hn Beautiful Actress
ALICE BRADY
i . llv'r New Select Success
"MARIE. L. T. D."
:1 girl fulfills an obligation
Pathe Weekly
Comedy
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Coming
Beautiful
Anita Stewart
In the First National
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Supt-r-i’roduction
“Mary Regan”
u.“ 1‘ w. xxx/m
William Furnum in. “The Man
Thursday.
Quality Pictures on the
Silver Sheet
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Today
\\'. Griffith Presents
"The Girl Who
Stayed at Home”
With Robert Harron
and Clarine Seymour.
‘l hi< story takes you through
~111'ln-s (lt'fended by women's
;.:2rl answers the. ‘uesiion of
Wont. “Did they win the
112111 against temptation
was at the front?"
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"=22. Sennet’c's Latest Comedy
'Ns Mother to Guide Him"
8.- rton Holmes Travelogue
, Thursday
? Billie Rhodes
L in
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Dana in “Some
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M] by the Cronin brothers.
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been the Chef “‘7 "
““5"? years.
->':'1:1>‘l of society's luxuries and with a rather gay 9t 01' Americans. ability
'1: :1 llt'r't‘l't 149- “'ith Silfl‘lal H9 awaken 0119 "101‘“ng to 193m in the picture—the role she assumes.1
. ..r gul'gl-Ous scenery through the newspapers that the “Marie. Ltd." is the story of a girl
A Ford Weekly .____ ____ - __,__.--.-.__ -, _ - . _ -
Comedy
Friday
in her fashionable millincn establish-
’ mcht. 0n the train she meets Blair
Carson. who falls in love with her on
sight. They promise to see much of
each other, but things do not materitl-
ize as they expected. Colonel Lam-
bert. an old rouge, falls in love with
Drina. and her mother is anxious that
she marry him. How Blair saves
Marie and her daughter from a very
embarrassing position ts told with
tact and skill in the following chap-
ltcrs of the story.
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FISKE OHARA comm: soon
In A new PLAY
Fluke O'Hara. the popular Irish art-
or-singer. will be seen at the Regent
:ithnatre. on Tuesday. August 5. in a
new romantic comedy. “Down Limer-
ick Vt’av," by Anna) Nichols,
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which
has been judged hv both critics and
public cs the, brightest vehicle in
which he has ever appeared. Spark-
llne shafts-of Gaelic wit. enliven :-
’novel and interesting plot. and there
is a love story that is a dream . of
when the world is young. During the‘
action of the play Mr. O’Hara will
s'nz his new selections of song hal-
lads which are such an important
feature of apeal to his audiences
The supporting company is an ex-
cellent one, moluding: Patricia Claty.
Nan Bernard“ Laurette Allen, Mary
Louise Malloy, Robert H. Irving, J; l".
Sullivan. J. S. Miller, Vt'. T. Sheldon
Wand Norman Post.
E Mr. Aucust Pitou has given “Down
ILimerick \K' ay” an elaborate produc~
ii 'on and there is a special augmented
l'mchestra en tour. who will render
selections as usual between the acts.
AT PALACE 1 THEATRE TODAY
Robert Harrcn and Clarine Seymour
in, Big D. .W. Griffith Pro/suction.
“The Girl Who $uyod x. Home.“
Love scenes in photoplaya have be-
come very much a matter of "Three
steps forward, two to the side. meebj
'cllnch. kiss for three feet and fade
out and the variation is largely in
the length of the bias and the num- .3
ber of steps "
So the announcement Of a new love
scene. in the David Work Griffith pic-
ture. “The Girl W'ho Stayed at Ham”:
la refreshing if nothing. elm. Mr;
Griffith is a master at data old
4mfiuevnn.aotttsbm:ur-
prising tint he should play I tore
' been. in a way no melee has our
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those dreams
a delightful
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PALACE THEATRE THURSDAY
D‘lnty Billie Rhodes of Cemedy Fame
Plays Bareback Rlder‘
La". Drama of the Sawdust Ring.
Billie Rhodes. the sprightly
I’Vfi‘d little star who has created a
piquant stvle of comedy all her own.
has a remarkably (-iever vehicle in‘
her latest picture. “Hoop-La." pro.
(luéed by the National Film Corpora-
tion for release by Exhibitors
“Hoop-La" is :1 beautiful young girl
uho Is an all round star in a MRI
ring circus planing county fairs and
small towns. She rides bare- bac"
do rs thrillinz t1? pcze acts and “don-
bles“ as a .adv-cloan. Her guardian
and faithful friend is Toodlr-s, a clown
with the circus, who “brought her up”
from a baby. \
“Hoopla" volunteers jockey
and wins a race for Joe McGee. :1
cheap horseman who wants to marry.
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\19r.Tony Barrows: rcion c: a wealthv
family. sees ‘HoooLa” perform and
falls in love with the beaullfnl eques-
trienne. “'th “Hoop-La" learns
that her father was of the Charters
family. wealthy snobs, she marries'
howex or and induces McGee to team!
her 'on promise of keeping him sup-
plied with ll!(l!l€\.
McGee. in a drunken debauch. ‘1
starts a fir-5 in the circus- -tent and is,
killed when the tent collapses. "Hoop-I
La" marries Tony and goes to live in
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her own home, her father's inner!»
tance. _;
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iGERMANS WILL :
TRY TO ENTER FRANCE!
PARIS, July 2 (Correspondence of
e Associated- Press). —-A warning
voice on the danger: of German infil-
gtration by devious ways comes from
Luxemburg. According to the Journal
of Each, of 42 petitions now before
the Luxembarg Chamber for natural.
'zatlon 38 come from Prussian sub-
Jects. several of whom have been
identified as having been connected.
more or less, with note of frightful-
noes during the war. None of them.
'the Esch paper m, would have
dreamed of changing his nationality
had’ the Germans won. j
Reports from Svitaedand Indicate
that German: will try to caudally re-
enter name under the tube of Sum.
Whip. According to a m}
from The Associated Free.
to m the m
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TwoSom EnterAflny, Mother
andDog Work forReJCr-ou
and Father Goes Overcoat
for I ‘ Y. ,'
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A 110 per cent American family!
That to. if a fine patriotic Ameri-
can collie is worth 10 percent. and
most Americans will acknowledge
he is, .
Tbls la the proud record of the
family of Loui- Goldamltb Jonel.
n nmmper and publication man.
who served for the last eight
,month. with the Y. I. C. A. In
France. Father. Inhaler. two boys"
and the doll“ all mil-bed in Ameri-
ca'a fight—and not one of them was
- required to do .10.
The two sons of the family. then
aged eighteen and Ilium, cull-t-
ed in 1917. and are Itlll serving in
the army. Mrs. Jones next cull-ted
in the Red Crate. and tut summer
Mr. Jones Joined up with the “Y"
as a but secretary and wt to
France
This was too much for 3 ml
American dog. who was already
aching 1m- action. Upon him had
L fallen the responsibility of guardv
i in; the home with the three men
away. and only his prelenee per-
mitted them toga. But he took
more than that upon his silken
shoulders, and volunteered to carry
hi: mietress‘g package. to and
from the Red Croce each morning
and mum.
Mr. Jones. while abroad, bad the
honor of working entirely among
Immediatdy upon his ar-
rival in Paris be was ordered to
SUMMER
$5.98 and $7.98
Sport Skirts
$2.98 up
JACOBY’S
153 WASHINGTON ST.
McGee to save herself from having to l
live a dull society 1112 She repeats: “i “a mil
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37 WASHINGTON aren't \,
Tel. 968—4.
comm LI!!! ill BEDDING AND FLOOR 00“.:
Buy of the Connecticut Bedding Store and you an the
middleman'e profit.
WATCH r03 OUR AUGUST SALE.
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the world had been planned” DAG ,
work wu being carried forward on "
his but.
The men at thin cm were“ fl. ..
soldiers who bed can action,“
been wounded, and were now on.»
velactnc to go back into til
They was a long’ faced lot
the "Y" m arrived men.
and win. he am MM
about the moat strenuou-
could cope with was croquet, an.
In; ores-hoes and Infill II.
next, bet: some tennis, and I.
football kicking. but m litth &
tual ball playing. Thou of th
men who were well enough he“
with the bulldlnx of the uni ilh ‘
racks, and it was a common elm ,
to no a man walking with a can.
and carrying a load of board- 0‘
his shoulder 5‘
Mr. Jones was assisted in the“
letlc wor‘ at different time. I]
Russel Starkey. Al Orth “I It“
Hulz, all Y M. C. A athletic“
torn.
Mr, Jones has worked on the d!-
torlal‘etafls of the Kan-u our
Journal. the Chicago Herald. and
the Curtis Publishing m. ‘
and has been the Northeastern Bo.-
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DRESSES
,Slip Over Sweaters .
$1.98 up
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A DAIRTY atom,
is. made by its furniture. We“
free to say that our my”
niture and pieces of M I“
rare design are the moat mm
ltc and appealing we in" and
had the good £011an to m
the women of this W." ‘ 1*
come Jul see then.
Norwalk Chronicler