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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
7
The Middlesex screens this evening and Saturday matinee with A Woman of Sin, starring Mme. Lina Cavalieri, famed singer and beauty, who also stars in A Woman of Impulse shown in her latest photoplay as Leonora, daughter of a poor lace maker.
The star Lina Cavalieri features in A Woman of Impulse a tale of romance ambition jealousy and tragedy as a wealthy American sponsor elevates her then a jealous count and a betraying lover alter her life. Also feature His Wife's Friend Inside the Lines and How Could You Jean with Mary Pickford at Middlesex and Grand this week.
Tonight and tomorrow four vaudeville acts and a feature film at Grand Theatre. Inside the Lines stars Lewis S. Stone and the fifth episode of Fight for Millions. Acts include Come in and Seehem The Three Bernard Girls Pierce and Burke The Concertoes with an original musical act featuring the king of belis.
Star Mildred Harris Mrs Charlie Chaplin leads a glamorous love story in Borrowed Clothes at the Grand theatre. The week’s show features a working girl and a rich man amid social outcast intrigue. Performances run Monday and Tuesday.
New York dispatch reports thousands of sailors from the Victory fleet enjoying their first leave on U S soil in over a year. Broadway crowds cheer as sailors flood theatres and streets while electric crews prepare lights for the ships ashore. Civilians view the battleships from the Hudson shore as crowds gather nightly.
Christmas pageant in Public Hall Hadlyme presented to celebrate the Holy Night. Mrs. Day and Mrs. Willey supervised with carols and tableaux of Bethlehem stars angels and wise men. Santa handed out candy after, while Dension Hall supervised lighting and Elmer Bray handled set work.
Rocky Hill on December 27 reports a Motherhood club Christmas party for children at Library hall with large attendance and enjoyment. Local residents Clayton R. Spencer and Thomas Yeager are noted visiting destinations this week. Illnesses include Mrs Holmes' mother with pneumonia, Marcus Hills Jr, and Henry Hale. Schools reopen January 2. Charles and Gilbert celebrate a Christmas birth.
Essex December notice highlights Lt and Mrs Edward Harris wedding in Colon Hospital nurses base. Mrs Harris eldest Conklin sister honored by nurses. Also State Guards holiday dance January 10, various visits, Christmas tree 7:30 pm, and local entertainment Thelma at Centerbrook with Time Locks and Diamonds.
Miss Marguerite Thomas of New London visits her parents in town as other guests arrive from Hartford and New Haven. The honor roll at Library park is back, with 110 names and a fresh paint scheme. Main street pavements are re-set by Selectman William LaPlace, ending water pooling complaints. Local ads promote J Mittelman’s on Main Street and Pratt Read Co. workers returning after illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Rankin were held with burial at Fountain Hill. Rev. Hibbard officiated. Evening entertainment at Town Hall features Carmel Myers in All Night Pathe News.
Tillie Clinger complains at her boarding house that the only modern Cary Renee set is the soup, so thin she can eat it with her veil on, a remark reflecting local humor in Dallas News.
Cardinal O Connell declares Bolshevism destructive and says civilization is retarded by it in a public letter to Rev Samuel Buchler of New York. He supports Jewish Ministers Association’s efforts to eradicate Bolshevism and regrets not addressing their convention.
The executives and beneficiaries of a millionaire’s will renounce their rights in favor of the testator’s widow, offering a rare example of personal rectitude. If theirs is not a “great refusal,” it is nonetheless an act of fine feeling.
Jerald H. Kessler of New York City describes a five year battle with face and neck pimples swelling into boils. After trying various remedies, he used Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap, reporting relief from pain and itching and a complete recovery after using 1 1 2 jars of Ointment and seven cakes of Soap. He notes the skin is now clear and smooth. Resinol items are sold by all druggists. A small rent in a reputation soon becomes a large hole.
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