THE STORY SO FAR: GLORIA GORDON. beautiful dapper. marries DICK ORIG- OBY. a struggling lawyer. Her idea of marriage is inn and line clothes . . . but no work or children. She refuses to cook and keep house. She hires BANOHIID BWANBON to do it for her, el- thoogh Dick says they can't aiiord a maid. And she swamps him with debts for her clothes and an automobile. Gloria becomes infatuated with STANLEY WAYBURN. an 0qu oi-work actor. Her " friend. MA! SEYMOUR. wife of DR. JOHN SEYMOUR. warns her not to be seen with Weyhurn. She tells Gloria how she, her.- selt. has been snubbed beceus of her foolish alieir with Jib; CAREWE. Dick becomes seriously ill with pneumonia. During the days of his slow recovery. Gloria sees a great deal of Weyburn, who makes violent love to her. He borrows $200 of Dick's from Gloria. and goes York to be leading man for SON- 1A CHOTEK. a Russian actress. Dr. Seymour orders Dick away for a rest. His mother, who has been III. also plans to go with him. But Gloria says that ii MOTHER GREGORY goes, she won 't. Dick refuses to tell his mother that Gloria doesn't want her with them. So Gloria . stays at home . . . just long ' enough to pack to go to New York. where dter friend. KIT CAMERON. is on the stage. ' Gloria goes to see Waybnrn. But he "turns her down" and. tells her he has lost married Sonya Chotek. (NOW 60 ON WITH THE STOIYl LORIA took the news of Way burn's marriage as she might ‘ have taken the news of. his death-«tending Very straight and still. Too hurt to cry! Too shocked to say a word! So he had married Sonya mantel: yeetcrday- e s . At last she found her voic "How long have you been in love w h her't Weyhurn smiled. For quite a long time. if you must knbw." he said. “Months." It began to dawn upon Gbria that she had been treated shamefully by ayhum. He had made love to hot- when he had really been in love with Sonya Chntek. And he had borrotwed money from her to follow Sonya Chotek here and merry herl Gloria groansd aloud. v Oh, what a fool she had made of h'erselfl For deep in her heart. she hed always known that Stan truly didn‘t care about her. . . . Perhaps if she had. scorned him. laughed at him. he whuld be on his knees to her stilli For that was the way with men: they wanted most what they couldnt hovel . .They spent their lives wishing for the moon. The fruit that hung highest on the tree . . . that was the fruit they craved. The women who be longed to somehow else we; the we man they desired above all other women! “You cowardl'! she flared up at him. “all the time you were telling me how crazy you were about me ‘ . fBeat‘rlce Burton Quoevwhozssawca’mc door closed on him. Weyhurn went on intolently. “Light- weights . . . that's the way men also you up! Dolls to play around with for a while. . . ." Gloria picked up her hat and be gen to put it on. She didn't have to stay l.ere to be insulted any longer. Weyburn spoke again. “You‘re a member of the great sisterhood that takes everything and gives nothing in return." he said. That stung Gloria to anger. “You say th...l You!" she cried. "What have i ever taken from you. l'd like to knowl Nothing but 11 lot of applesauce!" “1 wasn't talking about myself. i was speaking of your husband] Wayburn said clearly. ”You've never made him any decent return for what he‘s given you. Have you?" “You're a great one to talk!" Gio tie answered. “You were glad enough to ride around in the car he‘d given me, weren 't’ you? You didn't mind spoiling my’ life with him just for the fun of the thing. did you? . . . And now you have the nerve to pull this holier- than- thou stuff on moi- Oh. it's too funny. . . ." Her voice rose shriily on a high wave of hysteria. She laughed and laughed. until she was weakx She you knew you were going to merry . Why, you're another woman! .. . nothing but a monk!" Al'BURN'S smile widened. ’ W And all the time you were letting me make love to you; you were married to another man!" he said. "You were doing a little double~crossing. yourself. l’d say!" Gloria couldn't ilnd a word to say. She knew that he was telling the truth . . . unvernished. and un. pleasant to listen to! "The wonder to me is that Gregory ever married you." Weyburn went on. “I can't understand any man ever taking you seriously, Gloria. . . . I never did. you know. Not for a minute. I had the low-down 011 you right from the start. "The low-down on me?" Gloria asked htm. "what do you mean?" "0h. (I'd seen your kind of woman before. The world's full of them." he pulled away from her. said. The door closed on him. back to her hotel. the open door of' the dining-room. Her own room was dark. lay limply in her chair. with her arms hanging at her sides. She was beyond‘tears. done for. She heard the door of the room open. She looked up. Weyhurn was going out. She stood up then and laid one hand on his arm. But “No," he LORIA had no feeling in her as she left Stunley Wayhurn'e hoarding house. She was so terribly hurt that she was numb to her own pain. She walked along block after block without knowing what she was do. ing. She stopped sometimes, to look into shop windows-but only be- cause she had always loved to look into shop window. it was alter seven when she got She walked past Without turning on the lights. she The Home of Ballet Shoes We wish to call the attention of the man who is particular in his footwear of the arrival of our new fall Oxfords and Shoes. Weber, Ralston and Co-operative, three makes ‘ that assure you quality, service and style. MILTON ELWOOD “The Home of. Better Shoes” 122 WASHINGTON STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. He pulled away from her. “No." he said. The dung herself down on the herd hotel bed.. The best thing that could have happened would have been to cry herself to sleep. But she could neither cry nor sleep. An hour passed. She got up and undressed. Her movements were slow, and she moved without a sound. She felt as if the person she loved had died. and that the body was in the next room—dust beyond the well. She must be very still. . . Toward morning she fell asleep. 0 t O flirt. ‘.' she smoke the sun was high. Gloria lay in bed trying to maize up her mind whether to go home or to go and hunt a job in New York. She looked into the mirror. Her face showed no sign of the strain she had been through. And Gloria wasi sure she had never been prettier in her whole life than she was that May morning. when she ran: the doorbell of Kit Cameron's apartment in Fifty-Ninth street. Kit was having breakfast in bed. She was in black satin pajamas. A green ribbon handed her hair that mm “hire black satin above her black eyes. Her smooth skin was the color of cream. "Why. it's little Glory Gordon!" she exclaimed. when the elderly mail led Gloria into the big. airy bedroom. ‘ wears out too soon." house-boot at Palm leech. But. there's nothing to most of them but a line of telit and e fur overcoat that ain't even paid fori ,. .. Buttonhoe boys' i sell 'emi" Gloria frowned a. little. bbe didn't want Kit to think that Dick was that kind of e men. Buttonohoe boy. indeedi , “Oh. it weeo't the money thet made the trouble. lit." she! said Quickly. "We lust didn't hit it on. . . . Don't get it into your heed that internal! him for nothing intt money. i thought i wee pretty keen about him at first." Kit signed. as she sugared her earshot. l'rhet's the way with love. it she said. “A girl ought to many for money.” "Only, it’s so hard to and.” she went on willfully. "Ilost of these heavy-sugar pepee' with real money are tied up to some heteheweced wits who's hanging on to 'em like grimdeethl. . . Aglri hesehard time these days. especially in the show business.” The show business! Ah. new they were getting down to brass tacks! “Kit." Gloria began. “i came to eslr you to help me get e job on the siege. Do you more" you could introduce me to Glnteld?” Kit widened her green eyes. “Well. you sure have your nerve!“ she said. "Ginfeld's girls are sup- posed to be the best looking girls in the world!" . Gloria narrowed her eyes. Could it be that Kit didn't think the was pretty enough for e Ginfeld chorus girl? "You used to say i was better :ookmg than you. Kit. " she said at set. “i know. But I'm a type! Pure Rpenlshi Ginieid says so. " Kit said with pride. “and . . . aren't you getting the least. bit too fat. deer?" She looked across the room into the mirror above the dressing- table. She ran a hand down her own car qulslte flatness. “i'll tell you what!" she said end- denly. "l' in going down to the shop for reheersel in a little while. 11] take you along. Glory. And if Oin- teld is there. l’ll introduce you to him. That's the best i can do for you. . . .And after ell, some girls :pfind years just trying to see Gin- e Gloria was delighted. lit Gloria who walked into Her- man Glnfeld's odice was sure of her own charm. She was confident that Glnfeid would jump at the chance to put her in his chorus of beauties. "Let's see."‘Glnieid began. “You're the girl that Cameron told me shout. Gloria Gordon?" "Yes." Gloria answered. seating herself beside his desk. "Stand up." he said sharply. lo- ria eiood. Ginfeld leaned back. and stuck his thumbs in the ermholes ct his veat. He looked bet over from head to foot. » "Dance?" he asked. “Bing?“ "A little of both. thanks." Gloria answered. She knew that it was not dancing or singing. but her looks. that counted with Ginfeidi she waited breathleeely while he clapped a brown derby hat on his bald head. end stood up. He looked at her indifferently. “We're putting on a summer show pretty soon.” he said. after a moment. "if we can use you in it. I'll let you know. . . . Thanks for coming in." c1 “Bring another cup and some fresh coffee for Miss Gordon, please Elsie." Then she turned to Gloria. "What in the world are you doing here?" she asked. “Hunting a. job, " Gloria. answered briefly. “A job! What do you want with a job?" Kit asked in surprise. “I . thought you'd married a millionaire back home." "So did I," Gloria laughed. "But i got stung." ‘ Kit took her hand sympatheticalim "Poor Glory! You found out he didn't have one cent to rub up against another. I suppose,“ she said, "That‘s the way with fellows. nowadays. . . . They all look as If they have a bank acount. and e THEATRE. NOTES AT THE REGENT “A Son of His Father” Has Bessie Love As Featured Player Raymond Hutton was working on a farm not far from St. Louis. He left the old homestead and joined a. cheap stock company, playing boy comedy roles. He got 33. This is just another example of the long hard paths modern movie stars had to walk on yesterday in order to win their present success. Today. Hutton is one of the best paid character actors on the screen. and always in demand. He figured in "Java Head," Contraband" and “Adventure." Fans will remember him best for his fine charactei portrayals in “Ad- v"enture. "In the Name of Love" and “The Thundering Herd " His latest picture is the Paramount scrcen version of Harold Bell ‘ Wright's "a Son of His Father." adapted for the screen by Anthony Coldewey and directed by Victor Fleming. Bessie Lme and Warner Baxter are featured with Button in the cast or the picture. which opens a three- tlay run today at the Regent thee- tre. AT THE PALACE. Last Day to See “The Sun Pooch Girls" in Vaudeville. Vaudeville patrons of Norwelk hat-e a last chance today to see the splendid .bili offered at the Palace Theater. The bill is headlined by ”The Sun Porch Girls". a. musical rm-ue with lots'oi pretty girls wear- ing handsome gowns and with a real line of popular apnea. Besides. the novelty fantasy. "Shadowiehd" on Kit comforted her. happen to be the type Ginfeld wants. Try the other managers.” A summer show! A hum summer show! . . . Gloria could have wept with disappointment. was as heavy as a lump of lead. Her heart She knew that she had not made a “hit” with Ginfeldi She knew that she would never be in the famous “Geyeties” chorusl . . That dream was mashed for- ever! Elie was ashamed to go out into the dusty hallway and tees Kit. who was waiting there for her. “He didn't want me." she said hopelessly. "Don't take it too hard. Glory." "You just don‘t (To Be Continued) the hill. is well worth the price of admission. In addition. there are three other Broadway acts on the bill. The feature picture for today is "Lorraine of the Lions". féeturing Norman Kerry and Patsy Ruth Mll- ler. Commencing tomorrow and con- tinuing tor the rest of the week. there will he a complete change of vaudeville program. Heedlining the bill is Stevens and Burnell, Nor- waik‘s own star artists, who make their home at Harbor View Beach. The couple, who are well known to ‘Norweikers, are appearing in a skit entitled “A Cycle of Songs". The artists have appeared before in this city and through their ability have won a host of friends. In addition to the vaudeville the feature pic- ture. “Where Was I". starring Regi- nald Denny will be shown. The pic- ture has an unusual plot. to say the least. and will hold the' attention of fans every moment of the six-reels. AT THE mantra. “The Talker" bruins Three D" showing-A Home Story. One of the most ultra-modern wo- men. who hates housework and likes to preach about the freedom of her sex. toak possession of the screen at the Rielto theatre this afternoon. where "The Talker." began e‘three day engagement. She silences a "hen peeked" hue- band and has her entire neighbor- hood thoroughly cowed. but sudden- ly her young and unsophisticated sister disappears. it appears the child has adopted her vievrs'end eloped with one of the greatest. yet most fascinating rogues of the com- munity—o man who happens el- reedy to be married. Thus the “talker." reaps .her just reward and the tensely dramatic ac- tion of rescuing the girl gets under way. it is e humon story—this picture Palace DevidrEsterson, Managing Director Theatre Last Times Today 5- VAUDEVILLE ACTS— 5 Headlined By “THE SUN PORCH GIRLS” Plenty of Girls, Gowns and Songs ‘ — and -- “SHADOWLAND” A Novelty Fantasy .. .1” _ ‘LORRAINE OF THE LIONS” With Norman Kerry and Patsy Ruth Miller N orwelk’s Own “A CYCLE “WHERE Thursday, Friday, Saturday Complete Change of Vaudeville! Headliner! By STEPHENS AND BURNELL of Harbor View ._....in...__ A Clever Act Rated at 100% -- also —- Reginald Denny ._in._. Star Artists OF SONGS” ‘ WAS. l” 1 riders —— twmfisted fighters Regent Theatre Today, Thursday, Friday Ill-31((M D [ll (L Harold Bell Wright’ I 56,000,000 readers have been waiting to see his greatest novel on the screen. It herel _Lightning -- majestic mountains - amas- ing adventures -—ond a wonderful girl. On the Inside of MoVieland' Gloria Swanson‘Said Not to Be Getting on So Well With New Hubby—But She Denies It By I". P. D. HOLLYWOOD. Cal. (By Mail).— Gioria Swanson is said not to he set- ting along so well with her new hus- band. Asked for verification, Gloria flatly denies it. So take it as you like. 'Mee Murray recently divorced her hubby. Robt. Leonard. Now they are pale again and rumors have them getting re-merried. That’s just like Holliwodo. A fat gentlemen with a. Rolls- Royce car. keeping a. suite of rooms at a hotel. reel swagger here and costly. blow into Hollywood from gay Broadway to take a. "flier" at the movies~ilnancially. of course. "I have $500,000 to gamble with.” he advised all comers. "Maybe I can get into the business?" ‘ No. he wasn’t “welcome." He was mobbed by male and female alike. Someone suggested naming a new boulevard after him. An “original" idea producer dedicated his latest screen epic to the newcomer and the clothing business which he~wea identified with. ‘Another civic personage wanted to sell him the key to the city. but was stopped at the last minute "by a mo- Vie mogul. who claimed ownership for ten years by right of conquest. not saying in what. they dined and wined the newcomer for two'weeke. peid his hotel bills and everything. New York last week accompanied by his wife. At any rltE. He went back to "We had a one time." she said. with a. broad. expansive grin " "And think." he s'eld to his wife. "it didn't cost us a. dime. My idea worked to perfection. and that Rolls. Royce car was a good buy for the money." he concluded. "Yes." said the better half, "if we had the money." The man was a pants presscr. --nnd its characters might easily have been drawn from the life of They arrive every day in Hollywood. Try the stunt yourself. It works. The newspapers of California are vainly endeavor-lug to solicit sub- scriptions for the Santa Barbara earthquake. The newspapers admit seventy per cent. of the town is in ruins with money from kind-hearted people very slow in coming in- For a time, and perhaps for publicity. many signified their intention of as- sisting the sufferers, but. since. have either ignored the situation or have not the money to spare. Santa Barbara will take years to rebuild, as it is a total wreck, far more serious than the news dispatch- are to be congratulated for sticking and doing their best to rehabilitate the devastated region. but. they are handicapped by lack of money and uncertain. California could take care of its own. but it seems even rich men are not rich in reality. and every dollar counts. The, poorer, people. es al- ways. the giving their mite. never forgetting the person in want. If the so-called wealthy gentry would give a little instead of “blowing“ in thopress. advising others to do it. Santa Barbara would soon be re- built. You must give credit to the East. for it never fails a. sister city. California can still learn a lot from the Easterners. almost any community. .. 1 .l os admitted. The people of the city. materials. with the future dark and . One would think that the State of ‘ l 1 Willi“ .1111111'11 11.: m1- wow PLAYING A tremendous drama of Women who forget-cf a wife who was a talker and almost broke up w ~ her home untih she learned'that . silence was golden. -—wlth - Anna O. Nil'seon Lewis Stone. Extra Added Attraction Harry Langdon 1n “All Night Long” (COMING THE IRON HORSE) BRIDGBPORT THEATRE 1.11110 THEATRE 4 Days Beginning Sunday Night DRUSILLA with the Piggly Wigt coon oaooaam's? MILLION ““- ~wiih~ _ POPULAR Puma Mary Kenneth . 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