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Till: Mil! 00 PARA ' 1’ .‘
MA! SEYMOUR. whose
bend. on. loan with“.
kliledhluselibecanaoeibsrltve
alch- with villi «can. re.
turns to bet- house tswe alters,»
year's shoelace. .
. She eons leis one light to
the hunts at her lawyer. DICK
GREGORY. and owns. his
wile. She tells than how the
ugly story oi h- pesi iua tel-
kiwi! her «when All! .”
shehasnudeupherntiadtogo
to Eunope where no one‘will
know her. .
She turns over her house in
ULYSSE! x. sonom.‘ .
wellilir widow. to sell ior her. '
And sho hogs Dick to sell her
stocks and bonds {or whatever
they will bring. All she wants.
she says. is enough money to
dress the part of g m.“
widow tor a tow months. so she ’
can land a rich hushe'nd.
cheklster.wiil180000lnher '
handbag she goes 'to Atlantic
City for a rest beibro sailing.
There she meets. a divorce.
CHARLOTTA FBOLKING. and
her lriendl. DAN brunch and
HERBERT WATERBUBY.
One night while the‘ioursome
is at a supper club. May's beg
drops totheiloorandherroli
oi money «(ails out. Wat‘ ""'y
scolds May ior carrying so-rnuch
money about with her and slots
to take care oi it {or nher. lint
May refuses. '
ile makes love io-ller in the
* am that iollow. and dnsilyaeka
her to invest her money in Don
Sprague’s ollweii. Bite he lot!
I‘m to think that she has much
more money than she really poo:
ceases. " ’
Finally a letter iron: Ulysses
Hrgasi comes. He tells her he
cult sell her house '10! 312.000 '
or for 816.000 on terms.
mow do on wrrn run snooty
AT night when she had eaten
her lonely dinner. May‘went up
'to her room to answer Ulysses
l~‘or.;cn 's, ictter:
"Dear Mr. Forgets," she wrote.
“Being a foolish woman. I have
decided to take'timoo tor my
house now. Taste“ of 01f.000 in
little dribdrabs. on terms. " ‘A
1.1- d in the hsnd'--. you know.
“i suppose the sale thing tor
me to do is to Invest the money.
Later on. l'ln going to ask you
to give me ”your advice along‘
those lines. M3- husbend used
to tell me that government bonds
ueio the_only‘, sale buy for a
widow.
"i am going to stay here in
Atlantic City until you send me
the money for my house. Where
1 shall go then. 1 "really don't
know. To Europe. probably. The
only thing I'm sure of. i. that
i shall never come back to [N-
.SERT NAME OF YOUR TOWN.
Cordially yours. .
May Lucas Seymour."
I I I
9.4 DON "1‘ know why I told him
all about my plans-or. my
lack oi plans," she said to her-
Self. as she dropped the letter into
the mallcliuie beside the eldmor.
‘ But he‘s one oi those quiet. under!»
standing people. to whom it’s easy
to tell things." *
She sat beside ‘her window'witb
her chin lcupped in her handmaud
.
a. Carlotta Frolking pushed open the door——
a. tar-oi! look in her eyes.
take his word on anything." she
thought." I'm sure he": he hOnosl
as. the day is long.
way. anyhow." .
She remembered, then. the queer
little gleam she had seen in Herby
Waterbury's eyes that day.
he“: menu?
a uls0.the mother or a tmiiy.‘
He looks that
nothing about these people l've
picked up dowa here," she said to
herself. "I don't wen know where
Carlottacsrneironti .
has an oil. well in California. so
And llerby has a pic-
ture oi a house ill Brookline that he
says belongs to him.
everything I know about the titres
l-ler thoughts were cut short by
.a light tapping on the panels at
s in." she called. and Carlotta
Frolking pushed open the door. “or
plumpllttle figure seemed shooter
anddumpler than ever in a ruii’ied
pink toilets. track, with a caps to
She twinkled at. May. and our-
veysd herself in the long mirror of
the wardrobe. with childish admir-
“Look at me, all trimmed up like
a birthday cake!" she said,
asked me out i. dinner yvith him.
And- l’m taking your advice 'along
with Ins—I'm going to vamp' him
Who known-Tomor-
row's dawn may and me a blushing
"I! studied her ince.'1‘ho fading
blondttesa of it was r uged and
powdered into a semblan
lug girlhood. But. unden the harsh
electric light. shadows canto out un-
der the eyea‘end at the corners oi
the mouth. Carlotta was old. There .
was no doubt about it!
And tor her. a lonely woman, age
was a tragedy.. Much more or s
then it visa for the com’
tortsble middle-aged wits, who was
F. s. Lyon
JOB PRINTING
‘Soutb Norwaih
I
’ BUY. . '
,, missiiaés
"How long has your husband been
iumo?’ '
poured May‘s "Black Narcissus" per?
rubbed it. under her chin.
“My husband,"
ouietiy.‘ Has been dead for more
than a year." ‘
She held her breath for a. moment,
and then cohtinu'eed: ' "ile—-—-com-
miitcd suicide"
"Committed
mean he killed himself?"
asked. Her blue 'eyes were like
saucers.
“Well. I must say you take it
calmly." the other woman observed.
"There are people, you know. who
thimt divorce is Just as disgraceful i
as suicide.”
to herself. when Carlotta had gone
leaving a trail ct "Black Narcissus"
perfume in her wake.
her to do. she found when she I
Dr. Johns death. And it would be
-the way.
eeek‘
ing when May wakened and .
went to the window. to look out.
e her bed. lubed stopped.
bath-tub.
mmnwonuwiaunse-v
days at that:
May deoidedto give it lathe
chamber maid. .
sue wished passionueiy that she
could give away all the other some
hits or that tinhspps eaten. at the
same titer-tile tam 0‘
John's deed face. no maxim
thesnnbssnehedhsdiroatbee
townspeople, the thought of Jon
mews.
"Let the dead put bury its dead.”
it had more lives than a eat. it
Ilived format» torture you--
. I O O ,
4c ow morNd.I em!" luv
shook herself. “It must be
the weatherl"
she pulled pm the window-
shades aedturnedonalitherose
colored lights in thew”!!-
eboly from living alone sh much."
she went on thinking as she h!
is her warm bath. drowsy and re-
dazed.
“I never could stood bolus-dos:
varyinuch. itgetaonnymi
a'lumpy nerve in her body when
she wrapped herseli in. a meal
bathrobo.a tow minutes W-
heaith. she brushed her black hair
back from her low. M m“.
and breathed deeply with disdslninl
nostrils.
"Us'hl" she crlod aloud. The air
in the room was still sickest!!!”
reminiscent oi Carlotta's "Black Nar-
cissus” periume. so. opened the
rain...
"i suppose Carlotta told Herbert
the sad .story at my lite." she
ugbt. remembering last nldllt.
,At that moment there was I
knock on the door.
Hay hurried to open it.
boy stood mg" with a ilorlst‘s box
in his arms.
Breathiessiy she opened iLIWitbin
wad a mass of lull-blown cream-
colored roses. She buried her face
in their fragrance before she read
the little card that was Qcked
among their leaves. '
"You're like these." Herbert Wa-
terbury had written across the toes
of it. “And will you have lunch with
me at one? I'D wait for you in the
NEL—SO. NORWALK.
- IUI- “fit"..-
one today.“ Iho [instilled their on ‘
.' she turned on the taunted ctthe
‘K presentment-Dr. .lohniatheesrly.
marriage.
e
“Or perhaps I'm getting islan-
.-
But she didn't look as it she had.
Her warm white skin slow! with.
windows wide to the wind and the g
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“Laughs and .
Ladies” .
A Minsturepidusiosl Comedy 1
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Four Other Big i
Vaudeville Acts ;
lobby. "
to herself “Hes so sure l'll accept
wait in the lobby Jor
pine l'd tool him and
durned old luncheon!"
timid?" Carlotta asked. surprisingly. care. in soft mauve crepe with t
“Hiking over to the dressing-table. h ‘.
“Mav i borrow some or your par- Waterbury's roses to her breast. and
with s bestinthesrt went docgt’
Without waiting for an answer shes stairs to meet him.
iumc over her iiuiiy "blond hair. and her hands in his for Just a. second.
Fire glowed in his blue eyes as 'he .
May said very looked at her. i
utiring her.
didn't like to be called a "stuogter"
oy this man whom she was using
suicide?—Do you to marry.
Garlotta her—not to admire her.
. help admiring the sure. roams! the-
' "What else could i mean?" May world air with which Horny gave
asked. "Certainly he killed him-ell." his luncheon order.
very debonall'.
“it it had hoppened to my husband. dressed._
I'll bet I wouldn‘t go around telling envy her it she were the
it" man like bani And think of. all the
"Why not?" May asked coolly. money he bod. bedded--
"Now, she'll go and tell all that heart. Sir Knight! iAnd you haven't
to Herbert Waterbury.”, she added asldaword about it!" she rtproached
him surly.
my sleeve." Waterbury answered. » .
That. really. was what she hated leaning across the table andspeaking
searched her mind. She knew that in: very much in love with you—-
it she married Herbert Yates-bury. and have been since the minute I
:1 . would have to tell him about laid eyes on you?"
easier to do it Carlotta had paved can't see that " she sauces-ed. "Are
you?" ‘4
URTAle oi gray rain hid the am." he said quietly. "Au! you know
ocean yam her the next morn it."
, why in the world don‘t ~‘you ask me
She picked up her little wrist. tomsrryyout”
watch= from the table that stood be- about love? it was marriage she
wanted!
“W oil. 1 like his cheeki" May said.
his invitation that he's going to
el For two
ot go to his.
But she knew she would.
She dressed heraeit with extreafi
to match. She pinned one or
He met her. unsmlllng. and ttpk
“You're a. stunneil" he said ud-
Msy was vaguely disappointed. Ihe‘
She wanted him to want
But. in her turn, she could not
Today. he was very good-limiting.
extremely well-
How other women would '
s of a
May crinkled up her nose. at him
it a saucy smile.
"I'm wearing your rose upon my
“I'm wearing my own 'heart on
n a. low tone. “Can't you. see that
May shook her heal. “No. I
Waterbury nodded (gravely. "1
May wanted to salt .‘hlrn. "Then
Wild did It. are l
f'I‘ll buy myself a gorgeous new
anvsxcn nonca.
“Vere you very sick?"
list for my.name." ’ . d
“Man. I was so sick that most
every night I looked in the casualty
(Tone Mikhail)
\ Haw tonic Nov. he... busi-
éafeguard‘ . '
umnter ',
Flu ‘ _ ‘
Mrs. M is right now,
perhaps, looking oysr
your valued summer
”things. ”when M
I 19me
asks .
‘ot
‘ manymodels. K.
2* FALL coins you
school. CiilLDREN
For comfort and soprtness
these costs wills appeal to
youngsters. and .likewise to‘
parents for their servicesbiiih
ty. Fur collar and .m- trim
neas men have their troubles. U .
ually they worry more over trivial
Annoyances than over major distur-
haaccs. ._ ' "
Right now Adolph Zukor faces a
doverntnental .jprohe tn determine
whether be h an illegal movie
monopoly. He; , veryllttle wor-
ried about gt. Yet a few months
Ito one 0‘: directors exceeded his
budget tor snaking a cousin picture
time ester tints. dad that wot‘ried
Zultor. , .
Finally th cost at the film went
ovir the sol lpnédollsr mark” The
director in oiiywood wired Zukor
in New In “Need another huno
dred thousand." tithes, Wired back.
"Glad we sore 8000 miles apart I?
we can't so. each starve to death."
l l. C » »
In one at the New York hish
schools the) boys Wear their over-
BARRYMORE
A MAN°f mos g
It!" MONSOIL mascocomz
A picture you
will really 0050)”
costs throughout the day. That is
not because the classrooms are not
heated, but became the boys are
amid their costs will be stolen ii
hung in the antcrooms. What price
education?
1 t O
Walter Kingsley. one 61 Broad-
wey'a most widely known tlgures. is
Ill out of breath from a. vah‘ tat-
tempt to iind the answ‘hto
mat serious question: at tit
become at the old-fashioned girl
Who used to,cough.it you blew cl-
garet smoke in her lace?”
C i 0‘
Almost cvery out-ofotowner 1
meet complains about. the difficulty
6! doing business with dispatch in
New York. Back home it is possible
to get your leading banker, your
. broker or s. purchasing agent on the
telephone and strange is meeting
with him for the same day. Like
wile you know in a. general way
when he is out at lunch and when
he is in his office .
Kore there seems to me no delin-
it'e lunch hour. Some business men
get to their offices early in the
titanium -ciee.n up their work by
noon and play golf the rest of the
day. Others come in st to. or 11.
Ill! at their desks until their work
is done and do not go out tor lunch.
other: follow the more orthdox
scheme of coming in at nine. leav.
ing tor lunch‘ at twelve and return.
ing to their otiices at two. Despite
the rush of pie on the streets
one the axle l nuniiestatlons oi
speed. business moves no tester in
Now York then elsewhere.
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RIALTO THEARE
LAST TIMES TODAY
LEWIS STONE, VIRGINIA VALLI AND NITA NALDI [N
“THE LADY WHO LIED” .
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THEATRE NOTES 1
\T Till Ill. ALTO.
“The lady “Im lict" wins praise—n:
last iintcs iodnv.
“The Lady \\'ho Lied! which has
lvt‘Oll cute-running the llinlto patrons
lot the past the (iil\So\\1ii close its
Luisagoulout villi} tonight! piescnta-
lions. Those who limo seen this pic—
'lurn lune praised it highly.
lllcharil Burthelmcss comes to
tho. illulto theater tomorrow.. open
ing it three day on ugnmcni in
"Shore Leave." The p ture was in-
kcn aboard the l‘nited Slates bal-
ilcshlp Arkansas with the special
consent of the Navy Department.
"Shore Leave." is an ideal role (pr
Dick. It is it side splitting screen
comedy di‘t‘ima.
AT THE PALACE.
. I
“Lnugiu and Ladies" Leeds \‘ttutic- i
\ lilo—Singing and dancing.
An cxorilent vaudeville bill i.
playing today and tomorrow at the
Paincc theater. The bill is headlined
by “Laughs and Ladies." n mlnaturc
sical comedy well worth the
price of admission alone. There is
plentymf singing, dancing and Drei-
ly gills in the act. The Lyncs Sis-
leis hp’Leur in a singing and ddnclng
not while Eddie Cook and the Shaw
Sisters appear in a novelty act.
There are t\_\'o other big vaudeville
acts on the bill.
licsides the vaudeville. the pro-
gram is featured by the picture "A
Man of Iron.” featuring the great
Lionel BarrymorefThe story is that
at a. romance of a strong
man's fight to win hlswiic's
love. The picture has an all-
star cast. Besides Barrymore. Mil.
dred Harris is also starred together
with Jean Del Vail, Dorothy King—
don and others.
' AT THE REGENT.
Pretty Betty Bronson appears in
“Not so long ago."
.‘ _'_____
"Not. So Long Ago" is the feature
at the Regent theater today a to.
orrow. This picture stars th ret-
y Betty Bronson and the cleyer Ri—
cardo Cortes. two of the greatest
stars of the day. The picture goes
back two score ‘years and shows, new
mother was courted by dad. One
sidg testures in the picture is an
old-fashion bicycle. one of the first
to appear on the market and there
is also a. "homeless carriage.‘
“THE HALF-CAME."
'waEtnovp—Qr- cmtmcll
“The Haitcsste" which is to be
shown at tEe Regent Thursday night
only. has all the charm of the
South Sons. The entire production is
enhanced by marvelous lighting ei-
tects. amid scenic grandeur and gor-
geous settings.
”The Hall-basic"‘s said to give
a new twist of an astonishing na-
‘ture where father and son become
infatuated by native women while
on nvlstt to these islands.
M'lle .Veronica. the dainty den:
o‘er and celebrated Parisian actress
who was last seen in this country
in the'Dililngham-Zlegtleld Frolic.
will be seen in the title role and
her characterisation of 'TU’ANA."a
native dancer. is said to be one of
the outstanding dramatic sedation-
Rot the‘y'esr.
'nonnywoon ocean:
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. sr—hmon
Navarre emphatically reiuees to he
to may consignedto to'ths limbo at
in the Latin laser's. Despite his cousins
vhsge‘ and: strict-cue prostitutes.
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young Navarro bravely takes the
stand {or "wholesome" films.
Following this policy. he recently
appeared in his first American role,
which was also his initial excursion
into the sea. of comedy. "The Mid-
shipman." showed the young Latin
as a talented la’ugh producer.
"I want to make the it of pic-
ture which sends you home mm the
theater with a. good totaling." de-
clared Navarro. '
"No. I do not care for the sophisti.
catcd sort of thing. For, you see.ll
cannbt do thattype oi: work "
Tentativ eiy, alter the cntcrnal
“Ben Hur” is finally and safely stor-
ed away. Navarro is to do “Tonga.”
a. story at the South Seas. in" Which
he is to play the role or a white boy,
orphan o! missionary parents. who
is adopted by an island chief. only to
be‘ sent back, after reaching man-
hood. to learn the way or civilisation.
And Navarro also plans to play
that wistful and charming love tile.
"Old Heidleberg." which gained such
fame in the New York production as
"Tho student Prince."
The aims of this serious boy are.
strangely. in perfect keeplnt with
his personal life. He is never seen
It the highly festive Hollywood
origin. though he was s. conspicuous
ilgurepduring the recent opera ses~
son. In fact. he is writing a book
on that subject.
So perhaps the producers will take
heed of ‘his wishes and save him
from the fat! 02 a sleek-haired no.
moo.
Pllvortulli suggests Navarro. “I
hope they‘won't change the title of
‘Tongo' to "The Price of a. Good
Time? " '
——-Advlrtrise in The Sentinel
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