Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 158, 7 April 1919 — Page 8

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'THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1919..

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Theater laasBBBBBHsaasaBJiDjBsasMBMaMaia WASHINGTON Mabel Nonnand as "Sis Hopkins," the role made famous on the stage by Rose Melrllle. makes her appearance tn the Goldwyn Picture of that name at the Washington Theatre, beginning Wednesday. Why she has not done It before is one of the mysteries of the cinema. The part is completely a part cf her. She obliterates her own personality as she never has done before, and the story told Is as absorbing as a drama, i Sis Hopkins' dog really starts things "when he overturns the family oil can. It rolls into the spring on the Hopkins farm and its contents permeate the hitherto undeflled water. Vlbert, the town's financier and schemer, by accident tastes the water and concludes that the simple-hearted Hopkinses have an oil well on their worthless land. Whereupon his manner becomes oil Itself. He sends Sis to the educational fount a funny seminary and vaguely mentions ultimate mar riage. But this can't go on. Not only does Sis prove an intractable pupil, but her real sweetheart suspects Albert of an ulterior motive, and when Bis takes a drink from the spring and makes a wry face the boy follows suit. Then he understands Vibert's Interest. They both foil the schemer by selling him the farm at an enormous price. Ben Turpin, the famous actor with the squint, is the chief laugh producer In "East Lynne With Variations," the new Taramount-Mack Bennett comedy which will be shown at Ihe Washington theatre Wedneslay Hnd Thursday. Mr. Turpin is not only a good comedian, but he is a genuine actor with mimetic ability of the highest order. In "East Lynne With Voriations," Mr. Turpin, Charles Lynn and Marie 1'rovont show what the old melodrama

with the chuckling villain, the trembling heroine and greatly abused hero was like in the days of our forefathers. The satire Is one that brings tears of laughter to the eyes of every spectator, for when Ben Turpin gets into action, and the pulchriude of the heroine is dimmed by floods of tears wrested from her by the cruel villain, there is eomething doing ' every minute.

MURRETTE. 1 Three souls in the Iron grip of modern circumstances a simple, devoted old woman; a man who has gained worldly eminence, despite "the skeleton In the closet;" and a girl handicapped by adverse circumstances each telling the innermost secret of a bitter experience, and eventually finding a way to face life with renewed courage. Here is chrystallized the big emotional spirit of "Common Clay." A. H. Woods' screen presentation of the Harvard prize play py Cloves Klnkead, and featuring PanKde ward. And that it is a play with real punch is attested by the fact that it ran for a solid year on the INew York stage and was playing for three years following by six companies in every city of the United States and Canada, during which time it is estimated that more than five million persons witnessed 1L . "Common Clay' 'touches upon one of the greatest problems of the big ities The Girl, handicapped by poverty, who is struggling along without proper safeguards. It has been widely discussed in the newspapers, by social welfare and civic organizations and many pulpits. This is so because 'Common Clay" has to do with stark realities that cannot be overlooked or lightly brushed aside. It deals with souls in travail and good endeavor combatting the evil. Miss Ward in this seven reel Pathe special has done some of the most appeallngly emotional work in her entire career on the stage and the screen. It will be shown at theMurrette theater Monday. MURRAY. The Murray theater has its feature today, a photoplay called "Smiles," in which Jane and Katherino Lee, the lnlmltables, keep everybody in hot water and at the same time have the : knack of working toward a happly ending. Smiles" was directed by Arvid E. Glllstorm, who also had charge of the Lees in "Swat the Spy!" and "Tell it to the Marines." This latest play has n touch of war in it, but it shows the - humorous side of the great struggle. It has in it airplanes, U-boats, a new radio-mine invention, beside showing the methods of Borne of the German spies in this country. It is said to be one of the best features that Jans and Katherine Lee have ever appealed In. If you don't want to be happy, if you don't want to laugh, if you don't want to smile, keep away from this mirthful picture.

MRS. HANNAH HORN DEAD

Mrs. Hannah Horn died at the home of her son, Mahlon Horn, near Warren, O. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9:45 o'clock at the Arbfe Friends' church. Burial will be In Arble cemetery.

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The requirements in the arrangements of a dinner cover are as follows: . . . . The plate, if decorated, should be placed so that the decoration will be in the natural position to the eye of the person seated before it. On the plate is placed a larjre white dinner napkin, folded and ironed square, with the monogram corner showing. To the left of the plate three silver forks are placed close aogether, the points of the prongs turned up a salad fork, a fish fork and a meat fork. A pie fork sometimes is used and often the fish fork is not necessary. , To the right of the plate lie one larpre silver-handled, steel-bladed knife and one small silver knife, their sharp edges turned toward the plate. Next the silver knife is a teaspoon and then the soup spooa with the bowl turned up. Nearly touching the tips of the knife blades stands the water glass and wine goblets if any are used. If it is not a large or formal dinner a small bread and butter plate lies above the forks with a small butter spreader resting upon it. At a large affair these are not used, but the roll is placed on the napkin and removed by the guest upon taking his seat at the table.

Summer Suggestions for Alterations About House

By MRS. MORTON Along with the days of balmy weather, comes the insatiable desire to change the house about; to shift the heavy pieces of furniture Into corners or banish them to the attic to make breathing space. There is a mad wish to cover the overstuffed chairs and tapestry davenport with saucy Blips of gray cretonne or braid-bound damask. It takes more ingenuity than cash to create a restful and spacious scheme for the summer rooms, and the housewife who can use her wizardry to good effect along this line will surely have an added star in her celestial headdress. It is impossible in this brief space to suggest more than a word anent the tactful employment of little things which will go far toward making the home safe for summer' stay-at-homes. One idea to keep in mind when making changes in the rooms is to remember that crlspness in curtains, greens, blues and clear yellow in drapes and light tones in rugs are three things worth sticking to. In the matter of ornaments for the dining room, it is safe to have always a bowl of fresh fruit about. Tall latticed compotes of white are lovely, but for those who had rather have just a bowl there are some new ones trimmed in gold bands which sit snugly on the lace cloth. Pewter vases holding sprays of flowers, or even a

branch of leafy green, are quite attractive. If the summer dining room has enough of color in its hangings, platn crystal or porcelain vases filled with green leaves or white blossoms provide a pleasing note. Speaking of between meal covers or the dining table, those of Italian filet seem to be on the cret-t of the wave Just now. They are rather expensive, as all laces and linens will be until their making has taken on something more than the hull off an Industry which it had to be during the war. But this filet is Indestructible and when frequent tubbings are necessary this is an asset Other runners of linen crash have inserts of filet medallions, Italian hemstitching and cut work. Perhaps except for the formal room Madeira is the best investment, however, as it is dainty, durable and unpretentious. Mirrors are becoming quite the rage ffor use in both formal and informal rooms. Painted consoles with mirrors to match suggest a charming arrangement, and when the console has doors, it is useful as well as ornamental. Gay Chippendale frames, those of black lacquer painted by master artists are some of the styles which are for formal use. Numerous mirrors in less ornate designs are to be had for the living room and email hall. They can do wonders toward brightening up a dark corner or reflecting an unusually pretty arrangement of flowers. A clever housewife can achieve wonderful effects with the now glazed chintz curtains which are placed at her disposal in innumerable paterns. The possibilities for transforming a hopeless room into a thing of joy are imitless if some of these delightful pieceB are used singly or in combination. If used as shades, even those of brilliant colors shut out the light sufficiently without darkening the room and at the same time pronounce the color note for the whole scheme. For instance, If one has a dir.ing room which has a tendency to bo somber, what could possibly be prettier than to place vivid chintz shades at the windows, wide-hemmed scrim curtains over them, and repeat the chintz in separate cushion covers for the chairs. Or in a hall, where there is a window at one end, one could have a shade of flowered chintz, over curtains of point d'esprit, and side drapes of apple green linen crash. A console halding a piece of Chinese porcelain or a bowl of garden flowers would complete a heartening sight for a tired business man. A happy guest indeed would be the one to occupy a bedroom done in gray and burnt orange, with a lamp and a rug of old blue. The draperies and chair covers of orange and gray striped linen with tiny East Indian figures, the bed covered in the gray with a pillow of the striped linen and candlesticks of gray painted wood with pale blue shades would be a most unusual and pretty idea for a room with a northern exposure. One of the prettiest porch arrangements I have seen in many a season had for its main furnishings nothing more than a drop leaf kitchen table with four chairs with split hickory backs and seats. The Initial outlay of money was very small, and the final achievement was a marvel of artistic decoration. The table was painted a deep golden yellow, with lines around the edge of apple green and mauve. The chairs were yellow, and their round knobs were solid green. On the back of each was a round flat cushion of black oilcloth bound In mauve woolen tape, stenciled in the three colors, and attached to the chair by an amusing fat tasssl of green shaded yarn. The same stencil in a larger pattern has been applied to the grass rug. The whole plan did not call for any wonderful amount of talent, yet the result was delightful in its originality.

Nearly all new houses ind apartments now boast their little breakfast aicove, and many old houses are having room made In the kitchen for them. In the present day situation regarding the maid question, they are a boon. Some of them are quite pretentious, but the simpler ones have a stationary table, on each side of which are two built-in benches. If it is possible to include a window in the plan, it is of course that much nicer of a spring morning. A less dressy set which struck me as very pretty for a young girl was a dressing table, a single bed, a desk and two chairs of old ivory, with embossings of wreaths and bowknots in pastel shades. The dask and dressing table had covers of rose damask under inserts of plate glass. For the school boy there are sturdy sets in warm tans in the painted styles, or in Circassian walnut. Extremely snappy effects can be secured when one takes one of these for a starter and adds curtains of some dashing design in tan with a bit of red and gold, and a hunting print or bo, or some of the wonderful cartoons which our soldier-artists have made of the greatest conflict in history. It seems to me the pleasure and the opportunity of decorating a boy's room would be a wonderfully

What Jim Wanted

Jim Brown got back from France today a medal on his chest; and we

were proud as Lucifer that he had j

done his best. We slapped him soundly on the back and gripped him by the hand, for he had done the old town proud and showed he had the sand. The women too, they near went mad to have a hero bold, who'd done his part across the sea, and come back to the fold. Says they "Now Jim, you're back again, we want to honor you, and turn the old town upside down for the old Red, White and Blue." So Jim he thanked us kindly, as modest as

could be. "I'll tell you wbt T 'hk! I want I'll tell you what," "says he. "I'd HV to eat. I'd liki to .sit-ep. a .

few whole day3 at least." So v,e prepared a feed for Jim that surely was a feast. "To show our pride in you," said we, "now tell us on the square just what you'd like to have, or do, or what you'd like to wear." So Jim, he thought before he spoke. We thought he was afraid but Jim spoke up and told us then "I want a 'Graham Tailor-Made.' I'm proud to wear this uniform, but it's getting kind of old, and I long to be a regular guy and not

a warrior bold." So all chipped in to j do our bit did man and wife, and maid, and feasted Jim 'til he yelled "quit," and donned his "Graham Tailor! Made." This proved to us beyond a doubt that a uniform's O. K., but a

soldier likes to take it off, and dress some ether way.

interesting occupation as a change from lace and pale colors. A little girl's heart could be mp1e wonderfully happy with one of the sets built to her stfo '" ing made up in ivory and gay colors. These are, of course, rather high in price, and unless one n ts .1, ters to whom one of these diminutive sets may be bequeathed when one begins to grow, the investment Is not very wise. Tea carts, those boons to busy housewives, have become more usefful than ever by the addition of an electrical attachment whereby they my take the place of stove, percolator,

grill or what not. The socket is fitted underneath the tray, and supper may be prepared right at the hostess' elbow on the porch or in the living room without the bother of going to the kitchen. After the rarebit has been served, it is an easy matter to bring the frozen dessert from the ice-box. Much could be said about rugs, But even if a book were written, nothing could be of more importance than impressing upon the reader the horrible practice of laying the floor coverings in a ragtime style, without any possible purpose. Nothing is so

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Picture Sensation of the Season Hundreds who witnessed 'Common Clay' yesterday are unanimous it is the most appealing photo-play seen here this season. The writer's tears mingled with those of the audience last night at the attempt of a good girl to remain good as others tried to tear her down. And they succeeded, but how majestically she arises.

See Fannie Ward in "Common Clay" Yourself. Words are inadequate to describe it. Come early as this picture will play to capacity. ADULTS, 25c Universal Weekly CHILDREN, 15c