hep At South Nor- ‘walk Station. It has Just been learned that when Mrs. Franklin Cleverlelh of Crew _ nvenue. left for Boston recently. she slipped on a piece of ice while board- ing the train in the South Norwslk station and fell under the car. Fortunately Mrs. Cieveriey land- od between the wheels or otherwise the might have been seriously hurt. As it. was she received a sprained , back and a severe bruise on the head. V Mrs. Cleverley was assisted on the train and continued her journey. At present she is getting along nicely although having quite a little trou- ble with her head. I 0 0 ._ Mrs. Wing lll. “Friends of Mrs. Henry Wing. of _Rowsyton avenue. regret to learn. that she has been confined to her icihome for the past few days with a. severe cold. They send her best wishes for a speedy recovery. l O I t , Linrn'ry noel-a Meets. . .At an executive board meeting of ,the officers of the Rowayton Pub- ”iio'hlbl'ary which was held in tho :‘llbrary rooms last evening. a. vote ‘was passed to draw up a. resolution . of sympathy upon the death of one of its past presidents, Mrs. Josephine Crow. 5 , . ids are to be asked for the erec- on of‘new shelves to replace the bookcases recently disposed of. A nominating committee was up. ointeti to name the officers for/tho coming year. The committee in- fusion: Mrs. E. Howard Every. holrman. Mrs. Sidney Bell and Mrs. gar D. Lynch. At the next meet- pg. the annual election of ofllcers ll be held. Officers of the board attending last ght's meeting were: Mrs. Percy ll. rett, of Brookside. president: Mrs. am D. Lynch. vice~president; Mrs. jg, H. Kiggins. secretary: Mrs. Clin- tquowland. treasurer; Mrs. Charles ' in Mrs. Hulbert A. Bond, past ldents; Mrs. Sidney Bell. chair. im‘ of the entertainment commit- ' Mrs. Earl P. Stevens. chairman the room committee, and lilies Willa Smith, librarian. ’ . I d rs. Edwardn Shine. Crockett afflict, was n. guest at a bridge party ' he home of Miss Mary Rider in t Norwnllr, yesterday. Bl ‘ . Ni. and Mrs. James A. Landgraff K rtained several friends from New ER over the \vc‘ok-endm'nt their ‘ e. Rowaytbn "avenue. .fi II C hilltop/Every, who has been con— d to his home on Pennoyer street it grippo for the past week. is he road to .rec‘overy. . rs. Herman Miller of Westport. m . Alfred Caskc. Mrs, John Do'yer ofi‘Esst Norwnlk. and‘Mrs. Oliver L. 0} it of Pennoyur street, were I" been guests of Mrs. Thomas fig’no today at her home on upper wayton avenue. . iii * bl » Wr.“ and Mrs. Josephine J. Stro- yor. who have been spending the Writer ut the Hotel Glendennlng. in E est has been distributed by If!” - era's carried. the some way—only. ddn't see the pipes in a _ odours-Mi namrai process. 0 ‘ ‘ ’raall hidden. Gone Isles and ‘, on bill. No more do on do. on the ice we on. lectric _ttakeethelrp acemdkeepa foods ins chengeless. chilled tore. Let us show you. ‘ orwalks’ Electric Co. No Main St. South Norwalk . Phone 2978 ‘0il0l0NMllllS CLUBREHEARSE FOR FROLIC Holy ‘Week Services 'At Churches — Dr... Mac- !Niooli B u y 8 Jones Home. A rehearsal was held last night for the Black and White Frolic. to be given by the Men's club of the No- roton Presbyterian church. on the evening of April 24 at the Baker school and on April 25 at the Roylo school. The frolic will include many popular song hits of the day. such as "Barn Bern Bumby Shore." "Din- nah." "80's Your Old Man." “Al- ways" and several others. all done up in real style. A feature of the show will be the Cosmopolitan quar- totto. consisting of Karl Relisfnb. Dr. William Cettaneo, William Mor- ton and Robert Parker. The names of several of the artists are being held until the opening of the show. Dancing will follow the program at both performances. Tickets will soon be available from any member of the club. 0 e O Holy Week Services A Holy Week service will be held tonight at the Darlen Congregation- al church at 7:45 o’clock. The pes— tor wishes to have all who com- template joining Ulla church Easter Sunday and the deacons to be pre- sent. , _The mid-week service of the No- roton Presbyterian church will be held tonight at the Manse at 8 o'clock. This service is especially for those who plan to unite with the church Easter Sunday. O t It Dr..MacNicoll. of New York city. has purchased the home of Percival Jones. Old King's Highway. 0 O O St. Luke’s Activities The finance committee of St. Luke's Episcopal church has announced the budget for the com- ing year. The budget includes: rec- tor's salary. $3.000; supply. $100; music. 33m); sexton. $360; pension premium. $300: insurance. $200; fuel. $200; lights. $35; bishop's fund, $90: convention fund, $100: repairs. $250: missions. $600: miscel- laneous expenses. $465. The total budget amounts to $6.000 and is a conservative estimate but will put the church through in good shape. The Easter offering of St. Luke's church will go towards the rectory t‘und. Nearly $4.000 will be needed to meet the final payment due when the work is finished. The Altar Guild of St. church requests that those who plan to give flowers for the Easter decor- ations to leave or send them to the churéh on Saturday hetero 10 if pos- sible. or leave them at Mr. Dug- dulc‘s store Friday. A Lenten service will he held to- morrow afternoon at St. Luke's churcliuat. 4 o'clock. New York, expect to open their home. Summit avenue. L'cll Island. Thursday. . 0 0 t Miss Helen Scoficld. of New York. in spending several works no the guest of Captain and Mrs. Andrew Mills. Iiowuyton avenue. t 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. William Ambler. of Hartford. and Mr. and Mrs. George Lotte and children, of Satorls. are spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Ambler at their home on Witch Lane. O O 0 George A. Wright, Jr.. Crew ave- nue. has been stage manager for a company playing the popular new attraction. "New Brooms.” which closed last week after playing their last performance in Springfield. Mass. Mr. Wright expects to leave shortly with another company. 0 t O ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith. of Sound Beach. and Mrs. William Ca- ble. of Danbury, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George 'Mayer at their home. North avenue, Bell Island, Sunday; 0 O O . Word has been received that the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Al- Milford, Conn.. with scarlet fever. Mrs. Scrosi will be remembered as the .former Miss Bertha. Seol'leld. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Sco- tlold, of McKinley street. 0 C t ——Esster Post Cards. Booklets and Folders at Allen's Drug Store—- Adv. 0 o a ‘Mrs. lWilliam La. Natalie has ‘ many friends who are pleased to learn that she has recovered from her recent illness and is able to be out again. 0 O O The first of the Lenten services was held in the Rowaytou Baptist church last evening. Rev. Elbert E. Gstes..of Hartford. spoke to a most interested audience. l O t Mrs. Andrew Mills. Rowayton ave- nue. was s. visitor in New York yess terday. O. O 0 Members of the Ladies' Aid so- ciety of the Baptist church are meet- ing at the home of Mrs. John Suif~ fan. in Raymond street. this after. noon. The ladies will hold a short meeting after their luncheon before continuing quilting. O O , Tuesday evening. April 5. the Ever .3 Circle of the King's Daughters , . meet at the home of Mrs. Au- )ttlls on Romy-ton avenue. ’l'bla society has accomplished much good and has one of the largest . membership lists in the association. Bunker oil supplied to vessels on- gaged in foreign tradegiu 1.935 at the various ports of the W m amounted to “JIM" bar- re‘. ants-t 0.311.?" barrels ‘ in; m entrust barrels in m . . Bridgeport Theatres Fall’s Park “Bose” Snyder The Man Who Never Speak with . Barney Gerald's ~ “Follies of the Day” All Star Cast Including ELSA MAY And a Chorus That Radiatea 0 Youth and Beauty Luke's , bert. Scroci are ill at their home in _ THEATRE NOTES PALACE “The Ten Commandments." an appropriate picture for the Lenten season. closes its engagement at the Palace theatre with today's presen- tations. The picture is playing a return engagement here because of the many urgent requests that it be brought back. It is a. magnificent picture treating from the earliest periods of civilization to the present day. The cast includes many mo- tion picture celebrities. Tomorrow and Friday with vaudeville the mystery play "The Man Upstairs,’ 'will be featured. Monte Blue and Dorothy Devore are in the leading roles. It is a. fine picture. The vaudeville show will also be one of the season‘s best. ----—e Blame The insistent demand of motion picture audiences for fast moving comedies with plausible stories and natural situations without forced il- logical “gags." has been amply met. in "Monte Carlo." now playing at BEGIN HERE TODAY o. HENRY RAND. oil. a business man. is found murdered in a cheap hotel in Grafton. Police find the yellow stub of a theater ticket. ' ‘ JIMMY RAND. his son. goes to Cleveland. where the theater is. The stub is traced to OLGA MAYNARD. ii cabaret singer. Jimmy meets and falls in love with MARY LOWELL. Later he finds Olga. She fsints at bearing she is wanted for murder. and Mary. out with SAMUEL CHURCH. a wealthy lawyer. sees Jimmy lift her into a taxi and rulsnnderaiands. Olga tells police the stub" might have come Into possession of a man who “plotted her up” . two nights before the murder. ' Out with Jimmy one night. she gets a swift glimpse of the man she described. Later they Iden. tliy him by his police photo as "(E JENSEN. Mary Lowell to promises marry Church. but later breaks V the engagement. Not long often win-d Jimmy gets a phone call from Olga. saying she has found Jensen. lie rushes to her spart- ment to and her gone. “or dis- appearance becomes a news- paper sensation. inter Jimmy accidentally sees Kin "“718. a known intimate of Jensen. boarding a street car. He trails him to a lonely house where Divis and Jensen are holding Olga. He sneak! in and waits for them to separate. When Jensen goes upstairs to the telephone Jimmy bits Dlvls with a bmken sndlron and then goes up the stain. In the fight that follows. Jen- sen crashes through the stair rail and breaks his neck. Jimmy is next shown in Sun Church's house. accusing him of having hired Jonson to commit the inur- iler. Church confesses at the . point of a revolver. and Jimmy carelessly lays the weapon down on the table. Church leaps for . ltpolntsltsemysndtells blinheiegolg‘toldllhhusnd thenleaveiow. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAMER LIV 1" ever murder was in a man‘s 0!“. it biased in Church's. And HAROLD LLOYD IN I; M. to 1m rims “noun , ,fiARLO” Lew Cody and .8?“de Olmstesd What a whirl of thrills. romance, hilarious adventure. All the thrills. geyety. beauty, wealth of Monte Carlo flash through the fastest, funniest film you’ve seen in years. -—-and-—-' . Irwwwyu' W . .. ,JWWWM lei. Alida. ”wry PAGE SEVEN I v NEWS , FOR NORWALK THEATRE—corks 7 LAB! TM! TODAY 1:16. 1:15 and D The most thrilling dramatic novel Gene atrattcn Porter ever wrote “THE KEEPER OF THE BEES” made into a splendid motion picture with Robert Frazer, Clara the Rialto theatre. starring Lew Cody and Gertrude Olmstead. Spark-‘- ling with whimsical humor. replete with hearty laughs and distinguish- ed by the excellent Work of a siren! cast. the picture is easily one of the best light comedies ever put on the screen. The story concerns the adventure of three small town girls who win a newspaper popularity contest. giv- ing thema vacation trip to Monte Carlo. Once the locale is trans- ferred to Monte Carlo it becomes in addition to a romantic narrative. a. farcici satire on the manners and deportment of. a certain type of American tOurlet abroad. The pic. ture was obviously constructed for laughing purposes only and it meets these puroposes well. The romantic theme is subordinated to laugh getting. ‘ ' REGENT "The Keeper of The Bees." by Gene Sirntton Porter featuring Robert Frazer and Clara Bow. "There are fwa ears. "Empty. Church. Only one bullet in it. and I wasted that on your book case. ‘ "You fool." he said. “do you think l'm crazy? Do you think I'd delih erateiy walk away from that gun it was loaded? i thought you'd d that very thing. Church—confess null then repudiate it the moment yofu know i wasn't going to kill you. You see. ! anticipated you. and you played right into my hands by ad initting it over again just a minute ago." . l "i can still repudiate it.‘ nd." said Church. and it was like i last baring of teeth of a. corners rat. He jumped for the table. " no i can still kill you." But Jimmy was in his it before Church could reach drawer there was a loud i there was s. maddening deliber» bind. .. steuese to him. too. as if he found much to enjoy in the situation and was reluctant to have it end so .003. But for a man threatened with sudden death. Band was surpris- ingly cool. He said: “And you still admit it.“ Church?" “Sure." the other saeered. “but little good it will do you. you young pup.” "I just wanted to shake sure.” re- malted Jimmy with s. shrug and went on calmly sucking his dam lad new. baffles)»: was sermon on the other man's face. How could this fresh young upstart be so pro- wvokingly cool? How could he feet with death in that manner? A soil. den sinking fear assailed hint that. somehow. something was man-— thither! was something he didn't know. no llager tightened on the “Why don‘t you shoot Choral" “a J”! m h.“ “w.'bl toeksuopecwardblai. Moshe-d: get it over with.“ “mean you. I willi" His teeth meet-CflnlybepulM . thetrlg- ".m’mdotihebsniagehet bebesrdanoeldogcilok.lem u sash. Dd sulfa the bani-er ones ' ‘ III-Oiled. encumber "You see. Church." “you can't very well after all These men a court steuogmpiier. Y word. didn't you. Jimmy turned to 0' standing beside his» observed. and turned Jimmy opened the pulled out Church's Ital" Lowell would be; wet?“ for sun militias-stasis reasons why didn’t kill you. Church,” he said. “I guess you know ulna! one of them is. The other»! gave my word to O'De y." knell. ring with bill. “Lieutenanh'tbey M growled O‘Dsy. “Rand. I'm an old ' to apologies when I see her again. xtl'eallltionauu Thursday and Friday DRUSILLA WITH A MILLION featuring Kenneth Harlan, Mary Carr, Priscilla Bonner Such entertainment as comes once in a. decade closes its engagement at the Regent theatre today. From the. heavy. other laden air of veterans' hos. pitais to the clean. salty tang of the sun kissed cliffs above the blue Po- ciflc. from torture to paradise. with only it year to live (he thought) he offered the protection of his name and a. wedding ring to an unknown uoman. You‘re going to thrill to this beautiful love story with the most amazing climax. . “Drusilla With A Million." which will open a. two‘day engagement at ii the Regent. theatre tomorrow feu- llll‘lllg Kenneth Harlan and Mary Curr, will grip you to the. heart and soul. 0f the many lnflbll pictures. acclaimed as great. it "may be said this is a. picture without one foot of dulness. You will see thunderins drama that will clutch your heart. delicate comedy that will make you plow inside. inniler emotion. burn- ing anger. scenes of tours and laugh- for beautifully intermingled. The biggest picture trout of many sea- sons. There is evidently some mistake about this report that footprints made by an animal twenty-live mil- lion years ago have been discovered in Colorado. America wasn't even discovered then—Punch. During the 1925 season. accord- ing to officials, Michigan topped all other states with a navy been pro- duction of 7.4ll.000 bushels; it II in his «up pauses to ew- behind him and see what has been overlooked in his quest. There was Olga. broken in spirit. hurt. with nothing to look forward to. . . . And she loved him: had told him with her lips. with her eyes. with faithful devotion to him. . . .. What a debt he owed her-what I debt. . . .> "And God help me." he sgoniud. “how can i pay it?" He thought. "Church has licked me. after all." . . . Surprisingly. it was Church him- . self who broke into his reverie. lie . said. with a forced smile and saected indifference. "Congratulations. Rand. You win. Lots of money now . . . you can marry her. and they lived hlvplly ever after." "Shut up. you." growled O'Dsy. He had missed nothing. There was a rare quality of sympathy and under- standing beneath his tough bide. It had not occurred to Jimmy that he was wealthy. He failed to realize it even then. He thought. "Yes. I suppose i can—and trample on tho! poor girl you dragged into this." To Church‘be remarked quietly. "You'll never realise what you've done. tonne.“ and tuned away to hide his face. ' " A struggle went on within him. As long as Mary had been out of his reach he had been indifferent to everything else—as indifferent. at any rate. as a. sensitive nature would permit. Then his path had seemed so clear. But now it branched. and one we! lay desire and the other way—was it duty? He thought of going to Olga and sayilll. "You'll be taken care of now. Your troubles are over. I've got influential friends. I’ll see that you get your start—your career.” But the words in his mind were mere empty phrases. it would be nothing short of byprecisy. be thought. He groaned aloud. ”Lord. that's not paying her back. I owe her everything." and was startled when O'Doy put a hand on his shoulder. “Come. lad." O'Day was saying. "let's get out of here. You need to sleep it over. Too much of a strain. You're tired. sn' you're hurt. sn‘ your nerves are all in pieces. You need quiet." ' He turned toward his men. "Bring him along. boys." and pointed to Church. . " When he spoke again to Read his manner was bluff and hearty. “Did i tell you how Mooney got that dope from Mexico City? No? Well. he callednie up first and sent the tele- grain on as confirmation. i told him I'd want it. Seems be bed on old friend who used to be on the force years ago in unison and who went down to "‘Hexico. learned the inn. gouge au’ than settled down in some business or other. "Mooney got in touch with him. am this fellow did some gum-boa work aa' finally found these Mexican lawyers Thaddeus used to deal with. They told him the dope an’ be re- lays it right back to Mooney. Slin- Plo as pie. wasn't lt—after he got on the right track?" Jimmy limo his: listleeely. As they were; leaving the front door. O'Dey. With a mole: slauee more him. said. “line boo-e you've got hero. Rand. Do you realise. my boy. thatcit'e yours: Why. you’re a millionaire. lad!" He whispered. “Think of iii" And then he threw an arm wood the other'e shoulders. “Aw. buck up. Mbuckupl fthasbeenberd.but you pulled through on top. Imagine that any meow your money all these nan. But it‘s yours aomen' let's hope you put it to better use.” “I hope." said Jimmy thoughtfully. “I hope l'll be generous. that‘s all." He watched dolly while the on- eers climbed into the automobii‘ e and pulled Church is with them. He climbed to alongside 0'8” and eat spent. an min a nosey fumble of tbeugbte as lie all to resell sane kind of decision. And then. Main. g, be set his teeth. He knew. . ,“Waotinetodrobyouolat bone?” O'Day asked. not are you cooling down with us!" . “rill going down then later to meet new Calm.“ said tinny. so be regarded Church. the man to sponsibie not only for his father's murder but. for Olga's plight as His face within inches of Church's. his hands tightly clenched to keep himself under control and not strike him. he said: “The really eontempti- bio thing about you is that you would have passed the blame on to an innocent woman. You knew that we had something on you over since the night Olga Maynard and w Jensen in that automobile. An ban you found out. somehow. that she was suspected. . "So you planned the kidoeplng. and list my er’s picture planted in her spar ent. Church. if i could forgive everything else you have done—which 1 can‘t. or course—l could never forgive that." He turned to O'Dsy. his face twist- beat her—that nun Jensen-because she wouldn't write a confession: God knows what they'd have done with her after she had.” - "Killed her. more than likely." fool. I'm sorry for tbiukln' what 1 did about her. an’ l'in iuau enough But this here bird." and he ladl- ceted the cowering Church. “is cooked. There's .not only murder was: run. but abduction au’ a number of other things. “By the way. Church.” be contin- owtvmmetbstyouetuekia your pocket!" Be fumbled with his large head through Church's cost. debed out a folded paper and spread it on the not...) “it's a will. Rand-the will of Thaddeus Rand. I guess this is Nun‘s- "Take care of it." said Jimmy. "They'll, be wanting it as evidence later on. Hold on. though. guess l'll-resd fl 0"? mmlf- .e 1- .s “rep." he said later. when he had gone over it. “it's just as "more informant. whoever he was. said. HON? Bundorbisbeira... 8on- uei Church executor." He looked at gauroh again. but be so 0'13». 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