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Show THE PROVO HERALD. MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1922. AT THE PROVO SHOW HOUSES Screen mm "Civilian Clothes" Becoming a butler in one's own household in order to cure one's wife of snobbishness is going pretty far, but it works out effectively and results In much good humor in Thomas Meig- han's new starring vehicle, "Civilian Clothes," which w.ill occupy the screen at the Princess theater tonight and Tuesday. The picture was adapted from Thompson Buchanans stage play of the same name. Jlr. Jleighan's role, in some days, resembles the one he played in "Male and Female," Cecil B. DeMilles popular picturization of "The Admirable Crichton.' In that picture also, Mr. Meighan was a butler and inculcated some democratic ideas into a group of aristocrats. "Civilian Clothes' Is the Btory of American army captain who marries a young society girl in France. She is in love with his uniform more than with the man who wears it. Consequently when, after she has believed him killed in action, he returns to America and calls upon her in civilian clothes, she cannot conceal her disgust for him. Thereupon, he sets out to teach her a much needed lesson and succeeds beyond his fondest hopes. Martha Mansfield Is charming as the horine, and the picture, which is a Paramount, was directed by Hugh Ford. vy ... fDnrDrfT) ?:: I:: ::: i:: !:! r.:::::::: Vnv CHARLES 1 ill am ALTHOFF 1 jfopqriqhf buj KothleerNorM ON 1 SYNOPSIS. lnj of CHAPTER I. Harriet Field twenty-Sigyears old and beautiful, la the aecretary of the flirtatious Mrs. Carter, at "Crownlanda," Richard Carter's home, and governess of Nina Carter. Ward, twenty-fou- r years sld and Impressionable, fancies himself In secrelove with his mother's attractive tary. Mrs. Carter's latest "affair" Is with young Anthony Pope, and the youth h taking It very seriously. over the teaCHAPTER cups this summer afternoon, Harriet Is arrival of a the disturbed by profoundly Next day, at a visitor, Royal Blondlr.. tea party In the city, Blorulin makes himself agreeable to Nina, and leaves a doep Impression on the unsophisticated girl. HiTxeTl wITh laughter utter thankfulness. uiul firuyera She met Linda at the floor, a weary ht bo-d- Linda, ghastly as to fare, grayer as e to straggling hair, but with such !n her eyes that Harriet, clasped in her arms, began to cry again. "Oh, Harriet If I can ever thank God enough !" Pip's mother said, be ginning on her breakfast w ith one long sigh. "Oh, my dear ! He's sleeping like a baby, God bless him, and dear old Fred Is sleeping, too. Olt, Harriet, to go about the house, ns I Just have, covering Rummy and the girls, and feeling that we're all going to be Harriers "agitation happy together again, it) a few days CHAPTER ITT. t ver the appearance of Elondln "Crownlanda" Is explained by the fact my dear, I don't know what I've done that he had been a disturbing Dement In to be so blessed ! My hoy, who has r life ten years before, and aha fears never given anyone a moment's care klm. The man Is an avowed adventurer, or trouble since he was horn my darvl.ng on the gullibility of the Idle rich, Ina frankly announces to Harriet his looked up at me yesterday tention of marrying Nina, who, as the ling, who daughter of the wealthy Rlohard Carter, with his beautiful eyes" p a highly desirable "catch," and urges The floodgates were loosed, nnd Mr to aid him. She Is In a sense In his power, and after pleading with him to Linda laughed nnd cried, while she abandon his scheme agrees to follow a enjoyed her breakfast with the appepolicy of neutrality. tite of a normal woman released from CHAPTER vtslta her mar-fle- d cruel strain, whose whole brood lies whom sister, Linda Davenport, with it ah lad had her home during her safely sleeping under her roof. Nnm-my'- s acquaintance with Blondln, and light illness, rip's wet feet, Linfells her of his reappearance. The two women, realising the unscrupulous nature da's unwillingness to believe that It was anything but a cold, every hour ft the man, view the future with of the four awful days of danger, she CHAPTER V. Knowing the tender reviewed them all. And oh, the goodfeeling she has Inspired In Ward Carter, ness of people, the solicitude of nurse Harriet Is tempted to marry him for the position and wealth he can give her, and doctor, the generosity of God! MY '. STAFFORD I WAY AND DE ROSS 1 TO lea-bel- THE radl-nne- 1 BIG A NIGHT IN DIXIE JONES & IS AT III THE SYLVESTER - I THIRTY iii jjjl 1 PINK TOES MARGUERITE whole-hearted- CHAPTER VI. Anjrered at his wife's too open flirtation with young Anthony Pope, Richard Carter markedly shows Ids resentment. Isabelle, ardently returning r youthful lover's attachment, elopes with him on his yacht, and pursuit is Useless. Tlie news of the sensational affair, exaggerated, of course, hy gnsHlp, la kept aa much as possible from being public property. - CHAPTER VII. Ward Carter ncMn rttes Harriet to marry him, hut "he can-nbri?iK herself to an alliance with lilin merely for the snUe of and refuses. The f;ict of Mrs. Carter's lopement becomes public. Harriet's capable managing luind is more than ever needed at "Crownlands," and despite the complications she foresees us inevitable aJie decides to remain. V1TI -- Blondln puts pressure n Harriet to forward his niarrlace with Klnn, hut slip makes up lur mind to "efy him. Richard Carter questions her concerning her knowledge of lilondln's Intentions, and she counsels active to the match. The family, wl'h Harriet, move to a summer establishment am Lonp Island. n uppo-Ulo- CHAI'TKI! IX. in the new home Harriet, with .Madame Carter anil Nina, settle down for a vacation, in a frank talk with Nina Harriet endeavors to show her lilondln's unworthiness, hut it lias little affect on the infatuated girl. On lib hard farter's insistence, Harriet Is Installed as mistress of the household, but her position untenable, declares her totntlon of leaving. Richard makes an ciffer of marriage, as a way out of the situation, but Harriet, considering such a while Mrs. Carter ttilng Impossible (though divorced! is still alive, refuses, anj leaves the house. To her ideas, the fact that Richard Carter has been grantor! a divorce from his docs not free him from his marital ties, and marriage with him is imlind-tn- g err-wU- e possible. CHAPTER X. There wns trou'le fit Linda's house; trouble so terrible thut I:i rri.-t'unexpected nnivnl caused in comment, mused no more tluin n weiiry flicker of Linda's heavy eyes. l'ii. the adored sou, ft y dangerously ill, nnd Urst-lmr- the whole household moved on tiptoe, Jbeartslck wiib dreitd. It vuis diphtheria, very bud. Fred stated lifelessly. Linda hardly left the room; they were afruld for her, too, "If anything hap- "If anything happened I" pened." Harriet thought she had heard the phrase a hundred times before the dreadful night oume. She had luken Linda's place tor as liour, bi't before it was up the mother t their rmtie back, and H oy tep'thor. Fred answered the strntiLO. wtitiniel.v liinrii'' of the doorbell, liroujiht In packages, conferred in the halls villi iln doctors. Midnight mine, two o'clock, fo:r o'clock. HarSuddenly there was panic. riet, by chance in the hall, saw Linda and Fred and the doctors ieard Linda's quick, anguished "Yes!" 1; er, Fred's "Anything!" Her heart pounded; the nurse ran upstairs. Harriet fell upon her knees with a whisper, "No no no!" and Linda clung to her husband with a cry lorn from the deeps of her heart, "Oh, lid soh-klti- g lip my own hoy !" It wns the afternoon of the next day when Harriet could first speak of her own affairs. Linda listened, over her mending, nodded, pursed Iier lips, or raised her eyebrows. If Linda might ever have been worldly minded, she had had her lesson now, and the viewpoint she gave Harriet was the lofty one of a woman who has faced a supreme sacrifice without shrinking and with unwavering faith. "You did right, dear," she assured her sister. "You could not stay there, under the circumstances. Whatever their code is, yours is different, yours has not been vitiated by luxury and idleness. As for Mr. Carter's talk of marriage, thai, of course, is simply an insult !" "No, I don't think It was that." Harriet said, feeling herself revolt inward- at tliis plain speaking. "I don't see what else It could be." Linda pursued, serenely. "A married man you would be no better than his well, it's not a nice word but bis mistress !" "Not at all," Harriet said, trying hard to bide the irritation that rose rebellious within her, "he Is legally free, or w ill be soon, and so am I !" "1 inn speaking of God's law, not man's." Linda said, gently but awfully, and Harriet was silent. "Fred says that such men regard these matters far too lightly," Linda finished. Fred's name, thus introduced, always had the She had effect of angering Harriet. shared the family exaltation over Pip's recovery, and had thought more than once in that fearful night of his illness thai even poverty, gray bail's and the agony of parenthood, shared with the man she loved, would, have been ecstasy to her. Hut in the slow days and weeks that followed, her spirit became exhausted with the struggle that never ended within her. Her bridges were burned behind her; It was all over. Whatever her emotions had been In leaving Crownlands. the Carters' feelings had been quite obvi ous and simple, old Madame Carter had wished her well; Ward had writ- ten from college that lie thought it was "rotten," and that site had been o corker to get Pad to raise his al- lowanee for him; Nina bad felt her own wings the stronger for the change; nnd Hichard had interrupted Ids little speech of regret to answer the telephone, and had given her a ly cheek Unit placed. It seemed to Harriet, the obligation permanently with The titter desolation of spirit her. wilh which she had left them was evidently unshared; the only word she had hud from that old life had been from Mary Putnam, and even this cordial note Jarred Harriet with Its frank revelation of the change In her position. "I can't keep this up!" she told herself, playing games with little convalescent Pip. walking over frozen roads with the girls, reading under the eve"I can't keep this up! ning lamp. Twenty seven, and u governess, and In loe with a married man who does not know 1 am alive!" summarized Harriet, bitterly. 'I will simply have to forget it, and begin uiraln, that'sL Till!" And she meditated upon Ihivid, the excellent, steady, devoted Kivid, wh Dawn came slowly ind relurtnutly at seven; the villajje lay bleak - mid closed under a sky of unbroken pray. Here ami there smoke Mrtiinid upward from a eMnmey, or n window-pan- e showed nn oblong of pale light. wns Fred's brother and a detitlt In Harriet put out the light that was Brooklyn, and who gave the children becoming unnecessary. But her heart wonderful holidays .at Asbuty Park. was sinking" for Joy, and the house (Continued in tiext Issue.) war brimful of an inner light and no could winter bleakness fheer that Mosquitoes during dry seasons aro touch. The girl had been crying until rendered moro dangerous to human ate was .almost bjlnd, hut It was a cry- - beings by thirst due to lack of water. MACK SENNETT COMEDY I m m vjv 126 wk 1 i special TONIGHT AND TUESDAY fTavt f Aammla t t4 WEDNESDAY Matinee 3:43, Evening 8:15, JL - THE PLACE TO GO rvpnn TONIGHT AND TUESDAY Regular Prices William? HART WORD, 3 BRAND Also Sunshine Comedy "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" WEDNESDAY Matinee 3:15, 10c, 20c, 30c; Evening 8:15, 23c, 40c, 55c VAUDEVILLE T? fx a Ak Ki And LARRY SEMON in "THE HICK" WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY attraction VIOLA DANA in surgeon of eminent standing, whose broken health compelled a long voyage for which he and his wife chartered a sailing boat captained by a soulless brute and manned by a motley crew. Unable to fight in defense of himself or his wife's honor, the surgeon is called on suddenly through the act of Fate to hold a surgeon's scalpel over the head of the beast whose desires had come near to satisfaction. And a few hours afterward a long : l . e 11,. v.ji- - : . e ., l .1 moment while a for ship something is read from a book, and then it is allowed to drop into the waves. How would the wife take this sight of the hasty obsequrs after the long evenings passed in quiet talks under a yellow tropic moon? How would she look at her husband; what would she think? It is a situation to hold the interest of all. "THE FOURTEENTH LOVER" Read and Use the Want Ads "3 Word Brand VAUDEVILLE Would you have the nerve to walk into governor's office, sign pardons, refuse to sign machine bills and other wise upset the plans of politcal hench men even if you were the executive's twin trrother, as like him as two peas in a pod? That is the crux of "Three Word Brand," the new Paramount picture produced and starred in by William S. Hart, which will be the feature at the Columbia theater for two days beginning tonight. The title is derived from the central character's taciturnity in the matter of speech. Three words usually serve him. Mr. Hart really plays three roles, but in the first ho died during the prologue and it is with his twin sons, grown up, that the story really has to Charles Althoff, the sheriff of Hick-ville- , who leads the troupe of s performers on the New Year bill, is an artist. His artistry is confined to selling his offering before the footlights. A perfect rural character, uncultured, and without the polish of the city, is the role that Althoff assumes. This headliner is supported by five other acts, the entertaining qualities of which make them close contenders do. for the top positon. From start to finish there isn't a Stafford and De Ross furnish a lavish song and dance repertoire. The tedious moment. The action is rapid number is staged, in an elaborate set- 'and the situations are dramatic and ting befitting the 'presentation of such It is a typical William S. terpr.ichorcan capabilities as Itfiss thrilling. Hart photoplay. Stafford possesses. The "Frolic by Candle-light,- " Jane Novak is leading woman and which is presented by the two members of the company, is the story is by Will Reynolds adapted very well received. for the screen and directed by Lam"Thirty Pink Toes" is the name of a The cast includes bert Hillyer. novel gymnastic feature. The three members of the troupe, performing among other players, S. J. Bingham. feats of agility and strength, inter- Gordon Russell, Ivor McFadden, Her-spersed with comedy, present a very schell Mayall, Colette Forbes and clever and original skit. George C. Pearce. Sam Gilder, the "Mast Kiddies" and Happy Goldeu present "A Xight in Dixie," one of those sketches that seem to transplant one from the present to the time before the Civil war. The kiddies, three of them, are March 4 Warren G. Harding in all skilled in dancing. and singing and augurated president. uphold their part of the program March 24 'Cardinal Gibbons, dean very well. Sam Gilder is a remnant of American hierarchy, dies. of negro minstrelsy and Happy Golden May 18 Edward Douglass White. fills the part of the old negro mammy chief justice of U. S. supreme court, to perfection. dies. Jones and Sylvester score in their May 20 President pre"Catching a Train.' The men have sents $100,noo worth ofHarding radium, gift voices of excellent range and tone. of American women, to Mme. Curie, 'Marguerite and Alvarez are aerial Franco-Polisdiscoverer of radium. of entertainers ability. Their feats on May 31 Nine white, 21 negroes the tight wire and trapeze, though killed in race conflict in Tulsa, Okla. seemingly very difficult, are nerform- June 3 Flood at Pueblo Colo., does ed with apparent ease. $20,000,000 damage. June 5 Laura Bromwell, woman champion, killed in 1800-fofall from plane. OGDEfJ June 9 Col. F. W. Galbraith, Jr., commander of American Legion, killed in auto accident near Indianapolis. June 15 John G. Emery elected naIT A tional commander of American Legion. June 25 President Gompers and entire administration by A. F Pan-tage- mm W 1 nwaanfc m FraTik Mayo, which is coming to the Strand theater on Monday and Tuesday, contains one of the most unusual situations ever presented in a love story. Frank Mayo appears as a appra-kanslo- n. though realizing she does aot love him. Hlondln has Ingratiated himself with Madame Carter, Richard's mother, and ah Is in favor of his marriage with Nina. Ward urges Harriet to marry him at once. She procrastinates. Jim," the 11 starring ALVAREZ unfor-tiuia- "Dr. Jim" "Dr. AND IV.-Ha- rrlet "CHAPTER Stag j n Memorable Dates Of 1921 Aug. 2-- Aug. 11- Enrico Caruso dies in Italy. - -- Secretary of State Hughes, of President Harding, invites principal allied powers to disarmament conference. Aug. 24 ZR-3- , giant dirigible, collapses and burns in England. Forty-twkilled. Including six Americans. Sept. 9 American relief begins la Russia. Sept 28 Lieut. MacReady breaks altitude record, going 40,800 feet up. ' Oct 13. New York Nations won world's baseball championship from New York Americans. Oct 24. Emperor Karl's restoration fails for second time. Exiled to Madeira. Oct 28 Marshal Foch arrives in New York. Nov. 11 Burial of unknown American soldier. of L. Nov. 12 Conference on arms limitaE BIG July 2 Jack Dempsey retains heavy tion opens in Washington. title by knocking out Georges Dec. 6- - Irish Free State treaty announced. r agreement Mrs. Eliza Dec. 12 July 2 Harding signs peace resoluStewart Finds Entire tion with Germany. Relief After Suffering Twenty signed. Years. because I know It's mine; theres "For twenty years or more I had nothin comin' to me, from the days of trouble with my liver and kidneys lang sign! Then, here's to New and my stomach too, but now I'm a UNCLE JOHN'S POEM old Tomorrow, our cycles youngest 6ua'Ts well and happy woman, thanks to the May all replace their sorrow with wonderful power of Tanlac," said Mrs. by the ton! Eliza Stewart, 3296 Ogden avenue, 1 he new-yea- r YR. OWN UNCLE JOHN. conies rejoicin' let Ogden. Utah. every heart be glad. . . . With cheery "It was certainly a big and pleas- anthems voicin' we greet the new-borUpstair and Downstair. ant surprise to me to find that Tanlac lad. . . . Let souls that once was A short time ngo I Invited a number was just what I had been needing all sorry take up the nnd of friends In theso years. Only a person who has every thought we lively bestrain, to play bridge. V'ba mirth Inborry gonaJthrough the - misery- - did fan stead"" "bt pain. With many a blessed they were leaving one of them realife how I appreciate the Fplendid promise, the risin' sun doth to me: "I found this white linen tw beam; Inhealth I now enjoy. stead of takin' from us. it lends Its In the crown cf my hat. It's the one "It is certainly a delight to be blissful gleam. 1 know its horn of your maid wears In her hair." able to eat heartily like other people plenty holds precious while we were playing card! gifts fer me. and to know that I will not be dis- . . . I banish ninetecn-twenty-ondownstairs, my mnld wns upstairs trytressed afterwards. Iru able to sleep with the things of . . . on the guests' hats, and, unfof" ing now too as I haven't been in years, All hall the llannv New.Yonr ti.nt and when I get up in the mornings, dawns around the earth! I'm tunntely, left n clew. It wns truly most instead of feeling and glad to be here, to celebrate itsmighty Chicago Tribune, birth melancholy I feel bright and happy." The wintry breeze is stlngln' but it Most People Friendly. Tanlac is sold in Provo by the Provo can never last I'll think of what its Nobody will do as much for yd Drug company, and by leading drug- bringin' to crown the doubtful nHOt will do yourself, but lots of r"" you . . I love the hour gists everywhere. Advertisement. thats due me, pie will do more to you If you let theni on behalf o p IP Tiifla riinces TONIGHT AND TUESDAY THOMAS MEIGHAN in "CIVILIAN CLOTHES" WOMAN SAYS WAS SURPRIS Car-pentie- Four-Powe- W :.. V glad-nes- ft K- - iiniiiiiiiiuiiiiminii Is "hi btm re ,S 4 n 1 ... llL!ilL used-to-be- d Frank Maqo iiv'Dfi. JIM' trsA uwciSA At the Strand tonight and Tuesday. , |