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OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1922 PAGE THREE Oshawa and District *aguished | Visitor Coming ér)t, Hon, L. 8. Amery, financial nd parliamentary secretary to the British Admiralty, and Mrs, Amery {ll visit Canada next month, where r. Amery Is to confer on emigra- fon problems, Mrs, Amery was ormerly Miss Florence Greenwood, f Whitby, and is a sister of Sir famer Greenwood, ardship For Pickering ; Gardeners in Pickering Township re suffering a g Joss on account bt the township "heing quarantined for the European corn-horer. A humber have planted a considerable juantity of corn but they now find hat they have no market for it out- ide of the township. Some claim hat the quarantine was unjustly im- hosed on the township, for although he 'corn has been attacked by a orm, they say it is not the corn- horer. They maintain that the De- artment did not make a thorough bnquiry, but relied on rumor. Mnger Bady Torn, Recently while helping Mr. H, R. in grain, Mr, Sheriff Thompson had the misfortune to have one of his fingers torn by a pulley, -------- Engine Jumped Track, Owing to an east bound engine of the Grand Trunk jumping the track between Newtonville and Port Hope on Tuesday, the fast train on which the 48th Highlanders Band were go- ing to Cobourg for the Horse Show, was one and a half hours late in ar- riving there, Court Case Adjourned. Thomas Riordon, chargd in Police Court yesterday with unlawfully hav- ing in his possession certain goods valued at about $31, pleaded not guilty, The goods which are al- leged to belong to Maude Blanche Harris, of Cobourg, consist of blankets; table napkins and other house furnishings. Accused is be- ing defended by D. A J. Swanson with Crown Attorney Farewell pro- secuting. The case was adjourned until October 2nd. Riordon entered into a recognizance of $200 to appear Successful Rebekah Piende, 'Quite a number of members of Oshawa Rebekah Lodge attended the annual picnic of Whitby Rebekah Lodge No. 132, which was held at|}| Lakeview Park Wednesday after- noon. The picnic had been postpon- ed for two weeks owing to unfavor- able weather and although rain threatened to mar the event again, it proved to he a real success, Woman Severely Hurt Having sustained a fracture at the base of the skull and a severe shak- ing up when she fell out of an auto- mobile running about 25 miles an hour, Mrs, Silas Calvert, of Reaboro, is a patient at Dr, Hall's private hos- pital at Little Britain, The accident occurred near Little Britain, Mrs, Calvert being picked up in an un- conscious condition after she fell out of the car. Mr. and Mrs, Calvert, along with their son-in-law and wife, Mr. and Mrs. E. Smith and Mr, Victor Smith, wére returning from a motor trip to Toronto at the time, Prisoner Makes Statement John Ward, who was sentened to eight months in Whitby Jail on August 2nd, having been convicted of two breaches of the O.T.A, and an additional sentence for not disclos- ing the name of the person from whom he obtained the liquor, was brought before Magistrate Hind in Police Court yesterday. He asked to THEATRES | THE WOMAN WHO WALKED ALONE A Thrilling Story Showing at the Regent Theatre the Beginning of Next Week, The Honorable Iris Champneys agrees to a "marriage of conven- fence" with the old Earl of Lemister, Iris makes the sacrifice so that her younger sister Muriel may be proper- introduced in society and marry well, Muriel has a secret affair with Otis Yeardley, a penniless society blackleg, In a mad chase to overtake and de- liver a parting gift to some peasants who are leaving for South Africa, Iris meets Clement Gaunt, an Ameri- can graduate of Oxford, who is work- ing as a chauffeur to gain money to go to Africa, His aid to Iris causes him to be late with his car, and he is discharged, Iris has put money in his pocket without his knowledge. He decides to use this as a loan, He sees Iris once more, as she comes out of the chapel a bride. The Earl becomes jealous and bribes the servants to spy upon Iris. A letter from Clem returning the Fall Swirls In With The Season's New Costumes The famed coutouriers guard their Fall creations jealously. "But send us just a few," we urged, "for those very smart women who know how distinctive it is to be first with the new fashions." To-day they arrived. They are a revelation. You must see them--there are only a few, of course, but they're very choice, urphy, at Prince Albert, to draw |on that date, money provokes a quarrel. In Africa, Clem's mining ventures fail and he goes north and becomes foreman for a Boer rancher, At a ball at Lemister Castle Is an- nounced the engagement of Muriel to Sir Basil Deere, a wealthy young Englishman. Yeardley Wlackmails V/, Muriel, threatening to give letters 4 f be allowed to make a statement, which was taken, after which he was re-committed to Whitby Jail to fill out the unexpired. portion of his term, Two Bad Hills Being Eliminated The work on the Highland Creek bridge on the Kingston road, is near- ly completed, and the steel construe- tion will in about a week reach the eastern abutments. Work on the . wi western deviation from the Kingston letters but & vena) servant Jeporls to 4 {the Earl, 28 4 Mt scene. road to . connect with the bridge |; i unable to explain without en- started Thursday and the eastern' Pla aout deviation is now ready for surfacing. |dangering her sister's happiness re This road and the bridge will be | mains silent and the Earl orders her ready in less than six weeks, and thus|from the Castle. The letters are two of the worst hills between here | burned. and Toronto will be eliminated. The! pivorced by the Earl, Iris goes to faving of asphalt on, the 1oad roth South Africa where she buys a tavern has begun, the surfacing having been on the velat, Jock MasKinney, a completed a week ago. From the sergeant of the South African Con- Grand Trunk railway tracks to the | Stabulary wants her to marry him, point where the Kingston road turns| Put she laughs at him. Clem comes off to the north toward Danforth the |40Wn from the hills for supplies, secs road is in poor condition. Materials! 1Fi% who does not recognize him for the paving of the north side of A servant tells Iris that "Yankee Jim" the radial tracks cover the road, and is a murderer, Iris sends for the po- it is' necessary to detour continu-|lice.and playing cards with Jim, she "|ally. Eglinton avenue concession learns that he is Clem, whom she¢ line is in good condition, and is used knew in England. She asks him if land believes his denial. She aids him {to escape. Many New CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION Aug. 26---TORONTO--Sept. © she has written him, to Sir Basil, un- less she gives him, Otis, a large sum of money. Muriel hasn't the money, and goes to Iris, who agrees to get the letters for her. She gets the Sshions Tall Noteboot Darts From Fashion's Quiver Sleeves continue to show much diversity, The Kimona, the Mongolian and the Bishop sleeve play important parts. The New Coat that isn't banded in fur is truly an exception, and those that are, are cxceptionally smart, PRINCE OF WALES DURBAR Gorgeous production with all the mystery, and spl d of the Far East. $1,500,000 in new buildings and scores of other new features and attractions. NEVER ON A BIGGER SCALE Reduced rates on ell lines of travel JOHN G. KENT, ROBT. FLEMING, President Kkirts ase to be longer--that's decided, but one notes this added length particularly in frocks. Ruils skirts continue short because Jackets are long. The introduction of a shorter pile into Au- tumn Woollens takes but a hair's breadth from their 'thickness and adds many cubits Fashions horizon fairly with to their richness. metallic effects --gold lace a sil- ver thread woven into the new crepes, also tinsel ribbons add to the cflect., scintillates in blouses, 'Beads which have grown in popularity are seen gathered in varicolored clusters rather than scattered over a wide surface, | Clem returns to the tavern, and is cations begin to complicate. No less {captured by Jock. Iris offers to shoot {than a dozen other screen favorites Continued from Page 1 {a match with Jock for Clem's chance |appear in support of Mr. Barrymore ing W. Stacey, who has large green-|l0 escape. Jock agrees to this, with |thus affording this production the houses and who, it was thought by the proviso that if she wins, she must [distinction of being one of the real some members of the commission, | marry Clem before he goes. Iris wins | so-called all-star motion pictures, will be a large water consumer. and the police parson marries the with a national star in the main role Town Engineer W. C. Smith pointed two. -------------- Almost Invoked out that a sidewalk has already been (Continued from page 1) $6,800 for repairs to the Albert Street school. CARD OF THANKS Mrs. J. Cs v $1,500 for repairs to the King) io thank the tacens inronfly wish Street school. | Donald Campbell, aged 16 years, for £1,000 for repairs to the Simeoe|their kind sympathy extended to Street school. {them in their sad bereavement $1,700 for Mary | Mother, MRS. J. CAMPBELL. Street school. The by-law authorizing the bor- rowing of £8000 for High School] purposes to pay for the repairs that are being made to that institution Both by-laws passed the council with no discussion. repairs to the laid this year for Arlington Avenue. | A water connection will be put in for| St. Lawrence Avenue from Simcoe Street. No action was taken regard- ing the laying of some 200 odd feet | of water mains on Kingsdale Avenue, | In the letter received from Prof. Angus he reported on the state'of the sal Jowel Waterworks eflepsion, and in con-| priscilla clusion remarked on the fine spirit o arti ; ris . co-operation that has been i Marin Theatre 8, Monday. is her. to him by the Water Commissioners jalded as a dramatic thunderbolt of pointing out that the relations be- tremendous power. ~Dfier fer gi tween them had always been of the rece. Buconsses, The Virgin of best. During passing the accounts Stamboul and "Outside the Law," for the month, the clerk brought| Universal realized it would require out the information that $908.17 re- |2 photoplay of extraordinary strength mains as a balance from the money © complete the dramatic trinity. voted by the town for the water- From all accounts, "Reputation" works extension. The ratepayers tot only proves its right to follow voted $279,000 for this work. the first two, but many reviewers ; During the early part of the meet- | have declared it to be by far the ing a petition had been received most powerful drama projected om asking for a water main on Albert the screen in many months Street between Jackson Street and | ~The R the Base Line. The Commission there- lr he most fore decided to use the surplus of deputation - $908.17 in laying an 18-inch main on mits Priscilla Dean to play a dual this part of Albert Street as far as| 0. --@ mother and daughter --both the surplus will cover the work. | possessing marked histrionic genius, Chairman G. D. Conant was given | PW differing in every other charac- authority to look after repairs and |veristic. The mother is a woman improvements that will be made to | Who has violated social code and the house at the pumping station at [Sunk to moral depths in inverse ratio the lake. Those present at yester-|t? her rise in fame and popularity. day's meeting of the Comission |The daughter. on the other hand. were: Chairman G. D. Conant, Com- [raised in a county asylum, blooms missioners E. L. Vickery and J. C.|like a violet in a swamp, and grows Fowlds, and Mayor John Stacey. {up to pure and charming young wom- . _-- anhood. The mother has forgotten the daughter's existence, while the child has never known her mother's identity. Fate brings the two together under circumstances that try their souls and make for big, dramatic situations. . The story, under the title of "False Colors," first appeared in a maga- zine as the work of Edwina Levin Lucien Hubbard and Doris Schroed- er adapted it to the screen. It was directed by Stuart Paton, with a cast that includes Niles Welsh, Spottis- woode Aitken, Harry Van Meter, Rex de Roselli, Harry Carter, William Welsh, Mae Giraci, Al Garcia, Kath- leen Meyers and many others -- -- - é AT THE GRAND A fitting example of how a suc- cessful stage play can be made into |an even more successful motion pic- ture will be presented at the Grand Theatre beginning Monday and con- tinuing for three days. The produc- tion is "The Great Adventure which, as a stage play, helped make Arnold Bemnett famous. The pic- ture, which is a First National at- traction, will help make Lionel Barrymore more famous. He has al- ready appeared in two productions for First National, and, having mark- od up an exceptional record in dramatic parts, now exemplifies the art of creating laughs along with entertainment containing unusual heart interest. "The Great Adwven- ture™ is a comedy, but not a comic. The star has the vole of a well- known artist who effa himself from society and becomes a walet. The passing away of his own walet permits him to do this, and he be- comes his own walet, attending his jown funeral and mourning with his friends and velatives. And then en- ters a charming little widow--and things begin to happen and compli- A ---------------- "REPUTATION" That's Everything, Says Priscilla in Her New Picture--Coming to The Martin Theatre and moved that the by-law become effective January 1, if passed. Councillor J. A. Stanton seconded this. | matter on roo Se raramoB "Reputation," the newest super-feature, starring Dean and coming to the Univer Preserving Plums Ready Good | varieties of preserving plums, Bradshaws and Gages, are now on the market at reasonable prices. The mark of the Niagara Peninsula Growers Limited, Grims- by, Ontario. the containers stands for carefully packed, even- ly graded fruit. Dep. Reeve Mason suggested that the Town Engineer be allowed to get the new water mains for this vear laid down before this by-law came into effect. Councillor D. F. Johnston wanted to see the by-law laid over till the end of the year and Messrs Mason and Johnston then moved that it be laid over till the end of this year. Councillor Trick failed to see why the by-law would {not be amended so that it would come into effect on January 1.1923. He moved, seconded by Dep. Reeve J. V. Hill, that it be made to become effective with the first of the year. Dep. Reeve Mason them withdrew his motion. Chorus of Groans This was about the 'steenth time that this water rate question had been before council and when Coun- cillor R. D. Preston moved that it be taken up clause by clause there was a distinctly audible groan utter od in unison by the other members of council. Councillor 0. M. Alger suggested that Mr. Preston read it again when he got home. Mr. John- ston re-iterated his desire to see the matter laid over till the end of the your, Councillor Trick signifying his willingness to see such action taken ) Councillors Alger and Johnston then moved that the by-law be not read a second time but laid on the table and the advice of the Town Solicitor sought on warious points. This mo- tion passed. To Borvow Vver $100,000 The $102,000 which the town will borrow for Public School purposes will cover the following work: -- $85,000 for the mew South East Ward school. MON. -- TUES. -- WED. on Mother! Be careful your REPUTATION is at stake But Our Pro- gram Never Shakes interesting feature of is the fact that it per- MACK SENNETT COMEDY "BY HECK" Always Super-Feature PICTURES ""N fn BEAUTY COMPACTS LAST SHOWING TO-NIGHT Of The Famous Photoplay MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY GEO. MELFORD'S Greatest Production Since "The Sholk™ WOMAN WHO WALKED ALONE" FEATURING DOROTHY. DALTON Romance, Shivery Thrills and Brilliant Fashion Show The Cast Includes Wanda Hawley and Milton Sills REGENT THE OOOLEST SPOT IN YOWN N" THEATRE Monday | Tuesda Ww. y Two Shows Nightly 7 Ae AD 25¢c SPECIAL COMIC HAROLD LLOYD REGENT NEWS REGENT ORCHESTRA 4 Fr 10¢c rT 18