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15 BROOKLYN LIFE "More than four million gas appliances cook New York State's food and furnish heat for its people, while a vast number of gas-fired cens, kilns and other heat-producing equipment is at work in the industrial plants. All this has not come about by chanccCiood gas at reasonable rates and the vision, initiative and efficiency of private enterprise tnjurrfishing the service have made it possible." if EtOOXLYH B0H0UGII GAS Coney Island, II. Y. White Label Zlalt Brew Brewed from Selected Imported Malt and Certified Saazar Hops -The Premier of Trommer'a Celebrated Brews on Draught and in Bottles 0 II IT F. TROIIIIER INCORPORATED BUSHWICK AVENUE AND CONWAY STREET, BROOKLYN, N.

Y. Telephone, Glenmore 1600 to find a terrified girl hiding from pursuit under the bedclothes of his hotel bed. Ian Maclaren, who took the part of Chang Hong, played it interestingly, but did not in the least suggest a Chinaman. "The Green Beetle" is an amusing melodrama, but will not bear too much analyzing. -1 G.

common ambition to appear well dressed, that is to say, to be correct according to the best taste, and not to make one's self conspicuous by experimenting in extreme cuts of clothing and overbright colors. "A proof of this will be found in the almost slavish imitation of the best models in men's clothes. There can be. no doubt about it the dude of yesterday has passed." such as a manikin, a -tailor's model and whatnot. "There can be no doubt, however, that there are fewer dudes, or whatever we may call them, than in the past.

Our standards of good, form in dressing have improved. The correct style in dressing, the right combination of collars and ties, are generally recognized and observed. It is a "For one thing, the average city man in America is. much better dressed than for- merly. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that more men are well dressed in American cities today than ever before.

The well-dressed man is less conspicuous, while men who are over-dressed attract less attention than in the past. To be sure, we have several equivalents for the word um iTY SERVICE "DYE, BYE BARBARA" A New musical comedy just opened at the National Theatre Manhattan. John E. Hazzard has one of the leading parts, but Stanley Ridges is quite the dominating figure among the male He sings well, dances gracefully and keeps things moving every" minute he is on the stage with his pleasing personality and What Dollar You Spend Buys R2an Value? vivacity. JLillian Fitzgerald also nas an important part, as PauUtle, which she handles as if she were really the French girl she portrays.

She also does some ot of her clever imitations on the side. Mildred Keats, the heroine, is most attractive, dances well and has a pleasing voice. The Vomxinitaii nf Vta Met io null 4irtCn and Comfort the chorus is well selected. There are" some good song numbers which wilt become popular. Of course, there is a story which -t runs through the two acts, the-typical musical comedy story held together by the music, dances and incidental comedy.

Musical comedy lovers will like "Barbara" and should see and hear it. It will probably stay "on for the season. Sidney Foler and Alonzo Price wrote the book. The music and lyrics are by Carlo play, which had a successful run at the Haymarket Theatre (London) is by Harry Wall, and had its first night on Monday evening, September 1st, at the Maxine Elliott It is worth going to, if for nothing more than to hear the beautifully modulated voices of the English actors. However, "Havoc" is a melodrama of, high grade, and is 'one 'of three war plays which were put on last The story of the play deals with friendship between two men and their love for the same woman.

She breaks oil her engagement with one in order to go to the other. The new lover goes back with her note and the ring to his -superior officer, her lover and his friend. The friend sends him treacherously to. the front, and the action tightens from that on to his return, wounded and. blind.

acting is evenly good, no one standing out particularly from the rest Not so with the play itself; for the second and third acts stand out far above the first and fourth. C. G. H. Three million electric labor-saving devices are at work in the homes of New York State, adding to their comfort and casing the tiresome tacks that must be done day after day.

Twenty-eight years of household drudgery is spared to the women in these homes every day, if each of these appliances saves only five minutes of work. v-v- 1 i 11. 1 f1, Thb is not a fantastic interpretation. It is a fair appraisal cf ono result of the widespread use Voffelcctriciiy. 1 I 1 1 Service that contributes so materially to the comfort and happiness of millions of homes certainly vital to the well-being of the family, the late, and modern civilization itself.

Passing of the Dade What has. become of the dude? Twenty years ago the term was in constant use. Beginning as a slang phrase, it soon found its way into the dictionaries. It may be necessary to explain today that a dude was a man who carried his ideas of dress and haberdashery to extremes. The word was commonly a term of contempt or reproach.

A Fifth Avenue tailor, who might be pected to' qualify as. an expert on. the. subject, throws light on the disappearance of the word in every-day use. "The passing of the word dude," he explained, "is really -significant of a general change in the public attitude toward dress, among men I mean, and to the public taste as expressed in clothes in general.

The phrase 'over-dressed' has largely taken the place of the word dude, and even this phrase is much less used. Brooklyn Edison 'Company.