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' THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1925. . .

 

 

 

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News “and Note? for Norwa

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Regent

Today and Tomorrow

 

“Dressmaker
' From Paris”

with _
Leatrice' Joy
and

14 Beautiful Models

More beauties than the F01-
lies! More gowns than a
fashion exposition! More fun
than a circus! And a stirring
love story.

 

 

 

Palace

David Esterson

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Managing Director

 

Today, Friday, Saturday
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Pola Negri l

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“LlLY or ;
THE DUST”

The story of a woman who gave
and had to fight for a

fair exchange

 

 

 

 

 

’fionsr's venv WISELY
SPENT-WHEN rr
PURCHASES

 
 
 
 

 
 

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-Why not use some of your money

to purchase modern plumbing
contentment? You'd be surpris~
ed at the lowness of our charger
for installing a modern bathtub
in your home. Why not g ac-
quainted with the real fee of
the case and give us a. chance to
demonstrate our superior sup-
plies and plumbing abilities.

The Nash, Raymond

& Dean Co.
2 Flax mu Rood

 

 

 

PEARLS— All Colors
Long Strings
Short Strings
Bracelets
Pins
Earrings

The Latest Noveltg

DONNELLY’

South Not-walk and Westport

 

 

 

Amer. Kent. Ware.

Radial. SWfllefI'
Onrlt’o II. 510 m.
with.

RADIO ’ 5

Open Friday Evening
.Closed all day Saturday a.

STUDWBLL PIANO OO.

68 North lain St.
South Not-walk

 

 

 

lions yesterday morning. Thi- All
|Souls Lutheran excursion came on
the Sirius. 1,600 strong. 400 mole
than the expected quota. The other

ROTON POINT

RAIN DOES NOT
HALT CROWDS ,
' AT ROTON PT.

Excursionists N umber-
ing A b o u t 5,000
Reach the Park By
Boat and Bus

A special ball is to be given in
the near future, according to George
Diefenbach. ol sorta-fountain fame.
which is to be held to raise money
for the Soda. Dispensers Fund.
Many concessionaires .it the park
are planning for the bail. and the
date and the orchestra. are to lie
sprung as surprises. Last year ll'll',
ball was one of the most siicctssl'ul
dances held at the Point. it is said.
If present plans work out. lllt‘ or-
chestra this year Will be the. lost
that money can hire. its name is
being withheld.

The Soda Dispensers‘ Fund. so
George says. is a fund to care. for
all sick or disabled soda-Jvrkers.

in spite of the rain yesterday.
there were more people at the park
than there have been on any week-
day since the Fourth. ,li‘oui- excur-
sions Were scheduled to arrive. They
were the All Soul's Lutheran
church. Jersey Cit); tiiv st. George
Sunday school, from the Bronx; the
Order of the Eastern Star. Bay
Ridge .and the First Congregational
Sunday school, Sound Health. All
came, contrary to general expecta-

 

parties came by bus. There were 25
busscs parked on the grounds in the
afternoon. with close to 1.500 peo-
ple in them. There were so lll1~lll_\'
of llie large chartered llllSBt'S that
there “as ScarCcly parking room
iur llll‘lll at all. Part of the regu-
lar parking field ri-sciiililt-d ll iiiiiila-
lure lukc after the morning storm.
and the busses were parked as
closely as in a garage. Many of the
cxcursionists, who had come from
New Jcrscy in the llllllfllllll’s, pre-
tcrred to remain in the liusxr-s and
eat their lunchcoiis. By dint of
considerable expert iiiniiagcment.
Mr. Haiti and Mr. Aiiscliiitz slic—
ceeded in placing OUT 1.000 of
them on the restaurant veranda ior:
dinner.

To top off the unexpected C10“ lie.
the "Belle Island" arriyed “lth 500
more pleasure-seclnis. incryonc
was intent on having a good time.
The coucessionuires did a good
business. as their stands lil‘l)\l-’ll‘d
places of shelter. L'iider ei'i‘l'l‘ cov-
ered spot a group guillel’cd to en~
joy the park in spite of the storm.
A very few went swimming .Conser-
vative figures place the attendance
at nearly 5,000. 5

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Today the St. Joseph's Episcopal
church is due on the Sirius. the
Ascension Baptist church. and a
party under Mr. Flumacher will
come by bus.

l O O

The Thursday night fireworks will
be set or: tonight. and a big display
is promised. provided rain does not
-hold it off until tomorrow.

3 O 0
Tomorrow the Sirius will bring
another excursion. the only one

scheduled for the day. the Swedish
Evangelist Church of Gustave Adol-
phus. with 1,100 expected to be on
board.

' O O
A new drink. another of the
countless concoctions being intro-

duced to the Point. is announced. It
is a fresh mixed drink, containing
lemon, raspberry. orange and other
fruits. called a Fresh Punch.
t 0 I
Paul Donovan. soda-jerker. at-
tended a wedding in Falrliaven on
his night off Tuesday.
o O 0
Miss Peggy O'Hearn. the popular
waitress. is ill for a short time. and
her place is being taken by Joseph
Rappe.
o o o
Mary Gorman. who returned from‘
her home in Ansonla Sunday,
brought back a large box of home-
cooked delicacies, and has been
treating all "'the boys" on the soda
fountain ever since.
o e t
George. Rois is planning to go to
Diamond Flock tonight on his week-
ly night leave of absence.
. I O
The new partition in the office is
now completed. and will be painted
tomorrow.

a dingo Remedy wmiom Opiates.

Many cough preparations contain
some one or more harmful drugs
which are added to take the place
of opiates. None of these narcotic
substitutes have ever been used in
FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COM-
POUND. The name of every in.
gredlent i! plainly printed on every
carton. You know what you are
taking when you take Foley's. 1t
clings to the throat. Good for old
and young. You have a cough. Why
not try it? Refuse substitutes. Still-
Ion-Powell Corn—Adv.

 

 

 

Children’s Play Suits and
Overalls
'We carry 3 complete line of boys‘
and girls playsults. coveralls. and
two-piece middy and bloomer-
Iults. Made of fine count olive
drab jeans and blue denim. Lee
Union-Alla and other makes
which we carry save clothes and
reduce laundry bills. trimmings
made of fast color. Sizes 2 to it.
Price: range from one to 82.29

HILL OUTLET STORE
124 Washington St. Phone on

. “uanfl to scream out her terror. but

STAR NEARLY
FREEZES WHILE
MAKING 3an

Anita Stewart Has a
Chilly Time in “Ba-
ree, Son of Kazan”
—At Rialto

Anita Stewart, the star of Vita-
graph‘s “Barre. Son of Kazan."
which will be shown today and ,to-
morrow at the Rialto is a asgdegree
”Snow-Bird." She qualified for mem-
bership in that select circle of all-
year-round swimmers when floating
on a below-zero morning down n
lilood-chlllng black river between
snmv-rm’el‘ctl. icicle-decorated banks
in the face of an icy canyon breeze.

in the story of "Baree." Nepeese.
the li‘rencb-iniiian girl. floats. not
swims, down stream to a. point
where she is pulled out by Tuboa.
an old lndian. Gazing on the icy
Truckee river, in California, Miss
Stewart shivered. Thoughts of the
muscle-paralyzing cold restrained
ier for a moment. Then she laugh-
ed bravely—and plunged iii.

The llrst few yards were almost
too much for endurance. They seem.
ed like a mile. Deadening pain not
in. and it was all the star could do
to keep from striking for the shore.
But the order was not to move arms
or legs. merely letting the frigid
scene hear her along as it would. She

 

 

lound herself breathless from the
shock. It was a long time, indeed.
before James O‘Neill. who plays Tu-
liua. reached out and drew her up
one oi the banks.

Attendants rushed Miss Stewart
min a nearby tent. where a trained
nurse. who was in waiting. applied
restoratives. On her recovery Miss
Stewart received the congratulations
or David Smith. the producer. on
hi‘l‘ remarkable fortitude and her
\ii'lt'i portrayal of helplessness in the
water.

"But I wasn't acting." cried the
star. “The water was so frightfully
cold I was utterly helpless and sim-
ply couldn't scream."

14 BEAOTTES lN
NEW FILM NOW
AT THE RECENT

And They’re Gorgeous-
ly Gowned As Part
Of Story of “Dre‘s:-
maker From Paris”

i-‘ourteen beautiful girls are seen
in "Th-s Dressmaltcr from Paris." at
the R.-gcnt today and tomorrow. and
they appear georgeously gowned in
support of Lentrice Joy. The girls
and their descriptions follow:—

1. Eugenia Gilbert. The Girl of the
Sun—kissed “'est.

2. Ella Lee. Princess of the Dr-
lent.

3. Jocelyn Lee. Ziegfield's Queen
of Beauty.

4. Sally Long. D. W. Griffith"s
Most Beautiful Discovery.

5, CeCille Evans. The Girl
the Coins Phillips Ankles.

6. Clara Morris. Neysa llfchl’eln's
Regal Red Head.

 

 

 

with

7. Olive Borden. Wampas Baby
Star for 1925.
S. Christina Montt. Latin-Ameri-

ca‘s Favorite Daughter.

0. Sally Rand, Named by Cecile B.
Dehlille as the Most Beautiful Girl in
America.

10. Adalyn Mayer. The Cinderella
Girl of 1925. ‘

11. Thais Valdemar. The Fairest of
Europe‘s Nobility.

12. Yola. D‘Avril.
Model of Jean Paton,

The Famous

13.31ajelColeman, The Gibson
Girl of Today.
14. Dorothy Seastrom. Venue of

the snows.

MONKEY THEORY
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Hie May,‘Gerinan screen favorite, recognizes Americahi lead
in picture production and has about decided to come to this. country.
Mia’s rare beauty is Well adapted to screen work. '

Behind the Scenes in Movieland

Colleen Moore Reported Ready to Sign Up With

Famous Players—John Feeds Down and

‘ Out Actors in Hollywood—They Usually
Pay When They Get a Job

HOLLYWOOD (By Mail—Colleen That's real philanthropy and John
Moore is about to sign with Famous does it year in and year out
Players Leaky. her present contract never seeks
iii a prime. ink to advertise his char-
* ity.
unon‘ol his establishment, and they say

 

 

with First National expiring
few months. The trouble
over First National deciding

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letting her husband. John Alvt'or- he is making money.
mack. West coast manager of lllal-ll. too.

company. ‘reslgnfi This. of course,
is not as yet 'officlal.‘ Colleen gets
$5,000 per week.
husband work. say we?
a o 0

The secret is out. that is the
secret where a lot of these would-
be’ scenario writers get their 'origln-
al' plots for the screen from. An

enterprising writer. one with a rem

putatlon found the classics rewrit-
ten so many times .such as the
'Count of Monte Christo' that he in-
iestigated and found seven of these
would be overnight authors who
write directly for the screen mono-
pollzing the Hollywood library. He
asked for a well-known book and
it was 'out.’ "i thought so," he. re-
marked to a friend. “for so and so
is writing an 'orlginal.‘ "

v C O
A lot of the producers don't
know a classic from a dime novel.
All they look for is action and a

few bedroom scenes. Let the author'

type it on nice paper. change the
characters“ names, change the 10-
cale and he has a. story that gen-
erally sells for $200. for they never
get. anymore than that. which in a
way, is fine renumeration for trans-
poslng or rather 'llfting‘ anothers
brain child. They do it in two days.
yet they are ‘writers.’
0 I

former Fort Lee producer of
st een plays once told his, scenario
editor to engage Victor Hugo and
put him on the pay roll for a. week
to see what he could do. Another
producer now "demised" sent a
cable to London asking William
Shakespeare what he wanted' for
one of his books. This cable was
delivered to a library clerk who
chanced to have that name and the
poor gink. who an fate would have
it, had written a, book. that he paid
real cash to have published. The
cable knocked him silly. He cabled
back: "Twenty pounds and it's
Yours. Answer." Signed it. Shakes.
peers. The producer closed the

 

Why should her‘

RlALTO THEATRE

 

deal the next day. He still owns
the clerk's book.

. O O C
The ‘rubbor check' season is on

 

and

the gilded type of

John‘s Restaurant is the name

He deserves
He also deserves the whole~
lhcarted suppoit of the movie play-
‘crs.
O o o
i This brings to mind an actor
‘\\'il0 became suddenly 'famous' over
iizight by his work in "The Iron
j'Hurse.” John went. to see this pic-
liure and gazed long and minutely
‘:.t a certain player who was doing
ti character ‘liit.‘ Coming back to
the restaurant he met a writer.
“Harry." said John. "last night i
see the “Iron Hotse' and I want to
know if that actor who play in the
i railroad scene is not So and So, who
liar a long time no work and eat
More?” He said it was. "All right
‘llldnKS. Mr. Harry." said John.
«someday he he broke again and
i\\'.‘illl to eat. He have money now
‘hut he forget John." But they
don't often forget John. and those
that do are ungrateful.
t 0 0

"Evidentully Lasky and Zukor got
together and big-hearted Jesse said
to open-handed Adolph. "Aw. come
on. let‘s give Gloria another
chance." Pure charity I call it."—
The Film Mercury.

Fox Film Corporation are to is-
sue stock on the. N. Y. Curb. Their
last year earnings are said to be big.
In fact Fox Filmshave always been
money makers. This is no reason
why you should buy the stock
though. Let your broker advise
you on that.

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Famous Players-Lasky have paid
stockholders 814,000,000 since 1919.
Capital invested in the movie in-
dustry. “350,000,000. Famous
Players-Lasky started in 1914 with
$20,000 in actual cash. Marcus
Loew started business with 5300;
Joseph Schenck rated at several
millions, arrived here an imlgrant
and started Palisades Amusement
Park. N. J} with his brother with
33.000 in 1912: Pat. Powers, rated
at ten million dollars today was a.
N. Y. street car matorman in 1907;
Carl Laernmle. head of Universal

OUSTTN FARNOM

Star of Stage and Cell-

screen for more than 'a year. Dustin
Farnum. internationally famous star.
will return once more to his chosen

. bilt Cup for three consecutive years.

18 TO RETURN
TO T HE SCREEN

 

uloid Accepts Offer
For Old Frontier Pic-
ture

After forsaking the stage and

profession.

Farnum has signed a contract to
play the featured role in “On the
Frontier." the epic of the West
which Universal Pictures Corpora-
tion is to produce on a tremendous
scale. according to announcement by
Raymond L. Schrook. studio mena-
ger.

Farnum, whose popularity made
him independently wealthy. left pic-
tures some time. ago to devote him-
self to his favorite sports, principally
yachting, and has won the Vendor-

He was lured back to pictures only
by the magnitude of the part for
which he has been signed in the
Western spectacle. He will be one
of more than thirty famous players
in the cast of the production.
Farnum became nationally popu-
lar on the stage in "The Virginian,”
"The Littlest Rebel," "The Squaw
Man" and other plays. and repeated
most of these successes on the
screen.
“On the Frontier" will be directed
by Edward Sedgwick. The story.
whcih will be taken from Sedgwlck's
novel. soon to be published. has a.
historical background. with General
Custer as one of its prominent char-
acters. The famous battle at Big
Little Horn. known as “Custer's Last
Stand." will be one of the big scenes
of the picture. Norman Kerry also
will play a prominent part in the pic-
ture. which will go into production

 

 

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DAVID SMITH

PRODUCTION

EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION "K
“Lunacy” a third dimension motion picture

 

 

 

next week.

OWLAND’S

Store Open Daily Until 5 O’clock—Saturday Until 6 O’clock
Entrance on Main St., Fairfield Ave., Cannon Ste

reat eratherl .
reat Crowds! I
reat Values!“ '
It’s the
, 55th ‘ .‘
Mill End Sale '

lnrs in 1908.
fortune.

He rides

Flms. began with ten thousand dol.
Today. he is worth a
_ Lewis J. Selanicli. was a
Jewelry salesman in 1912.

Said to Contain Many
Good Laughs — Has
Serious Purpose Be-

of the monkey-like traits man shows?

siiporiOr to knowledge? Who can be
species does more absurd things?

are raised by the unique photoplay
feature. "Darwin Was Right," the
latest William Fox screen hit which
is billed as the attraction at the Re-
gent Saturday.
of fun and in the midst of irresist-
ibly funny situations, they are said
to be all the more impressive and
this is heralded as one of the few
outvand-out comedies to make peo-
ple ponder a popular subject with
serlo‘usness afterwards. '

his theories. he was laughed at by"
many of the most. brilliant lavanu
and his idea; are still scouted by
plenty of wise-ores of all varieties.

O
hind It
.__J_——.
Did man descend from the mon~
key? Does this really explain many

Is the monkey smarter than man in
many subjects wherein instinct Tl

the funnier. man or monkey? Which

These and many other questions

Raised in I. spirit

dividual will pay.
right." can the genial John. "some-

aa well as the earthquake season. A
‘rubbeiO check"is one that stretches
I lone way for the giver .fhat is.
it stretches long enough until he
can get out of town. Fly-by-nlght-
era hand these out each season and

some poor actor goes hungry as a
result for the bank stamps

them
'no funds." and the landlady says
'no room.‘

‘ o o c
There is one new mode citizen of

these United States residing in Hot-
lywood. by the name of John, the
rest of his moniker is too long to
write and too difficult to pronounce.
Just the

e be is a hero in a way.
if feeding empty stomach: of. the

needy and the unfortunate counts
for anything.
Hollywood Boulevard. this 'aon of
Greece lets indigent players . also
check. and eat. like the 1:er ten

12: his restaurant on

who pay in cash and never a mur-
mur or remark about when the in-
"‘Oh. he is all

day he work and than he pay."

 

When Darwin first promulgated

 

 

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importance luncheon attached to the
entire doctrine in ever-increasing
volume. ,
nanny has been foolish in one way.

If Darwin‘wu right. hu-

 

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However.. as Father Time has math and. if, Darwin was" wrong. it has
36 no mutations: on com ”mama-g. ___.

in a Rolls-Royce now. Albert E.
tSmlth and J. Stuart Blackton were
a pair of song and dance men in
vaudefille at 840 a week. Smith
today owns summer homes in the
East and West and counts millions
like we do pennies. Blackton has
lost three fortunes. So there is
money in the movie game.
0 I 0

Take Valentino in 1918 he was a
little higher than a waiter in Rect-
ors. Today .he can- write his check
for $200,000 and the bank will ac-
cept it. Marshal Nellen was a
chauffeur on a truck in 1910 that
carried cargoes from Los Angeles to
San Diego. Doug Fairbanks ' wu
satin: about thirty per week at

with Biograph Films. Grlfiith was
letting 3100. He now gets 810.000.
As a stage actor he never made
over thirty and that was uncertain.

 

MUSICIAN DIES.
HORNELL. N. Y.. July 9 (AP),-
Dr. L. F. Herr-imam distinguished
musician. in dead It hi: home here
at the age of 610 He played in many
of the leading symphony orchestra.
in the United States. begin lng his

that time and Mary Pickford fifty

 

 

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career with the Booted ‘ phony
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As this goes to press

biggest sale in our history. There'- will

be plenty of big Mill End values to-
morrow, and each day of the:
that you can’t afford ’to miss.
’. Too. busy to say more today-e"

Come " and see for yourself. '

‘ THE HOWLAND DRY

 
 
 

 

it looks like the '

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