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claiming such lands asked the en-
dorsement of the club, which was
given by unanimous vote.
The matter of marketing pro-
duce. suggested by Robert Harri-
son, brought on a lively discussion,
in which ii was stated that many
dollars worth of produce is going to
waste daily because of the lack of
marketing facilities. 1t was stated
on load of Irish potatoes and could
not sell them while it was possible
that potatoes We're being shipped in.
Another said probably two car loads
of cabbage had already gone to
waste because there was no market
for them 1t was suggested that the
Ellis County COOPERATIVE Market
ing Association take the matter up
at their next meeting and see IL
some plan could not be devised
which would give market for the
surplus produce.
Ed Ayers, chief inspector of Nur-
series and orchards under the state
department of agriculture, was
present and spoke for few mo-
ments concerning the cooperative
marketing system. lie said he knew
how the system had benefited
number of communities in dispos-
ing OF their crops, and said it should
by all means be adopted here. Mr..
Ayers said it was great JOY to him
to see such evidence of cooperation
among the business men as was
manifested at the luncheon meet
ings.
w. S. Ely was named as chair
man of fhe next meeting.
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were presented through such widely
different mediums. and this novelty
relieved the monotony Of such steady
grind.
Il will try :n tell you some of the In
teresting this.gs which occurred dur
ing the filming4o of the big scenes for
The Millionaire Baby The first one
that comes to my mind, and one which
l will remember for long. long time.
was a fire scene in which was sup
posed to rescue another actor, who
was playing the part Of my employer,
from a burning building. Our direc-
tor tried using smokepots, but these
did not give the realistic effect which
he desired. SO he determined that the
shack which had been erected in the
large yard OF the studio would have to
be burned and that the two OF US who
were TO appear in the scene would
have to undertake what Is termed by
the players "a stunt In other words.
we would have 10 run the risk OF being
injured for the sake OF realism.
The other player was placed in the
shack and the fire started. The bust
ness OF my part called for my rushing
into the building and carrying the
other man out through the smoke and
flames and or the scene. Oil was
sprinkled on various parts OF the
shack. but not around the door
through which we were to exit while
was doing the rescue" All ap
peared TO be going nicely ~ l made
my way past the camera aud started
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our tents we're pitched on a small
brackish water.
Some pictures were taken at our
first camp 10 be used in the produc-
ton, but everybody was glad to keep
inside the tents and bask in the cool
ing breeze created by electric fans
which were run by small motors at
tached to storage batteries ! suppose
if some old Arab sheik could have
stumbled in on us with the expectation
OF finding q real desert camp, he would
have been shocked and Mortified to
find how comfortable and pleasant a
desert camp can be made with the use
OF modern appliances and conven-
fences.
The next morning I was invited TO
ride one of the camels. ] proceeded
to do this, and it was not my first ex-
perience, but q short session was am
ply sufficient. | was very glad TO get
back into our big, roomy automobile
and give somebody else the privilege
of riding the ungainly brute that
plunged and shook. so that il was no
sinecure TO remain on his back.
Life in the desert does not amount
TO much. Occasionally one of the men
would dash of 10 one side of road
and shoot the head or rattle-snake.
At various points along the silent trail
were the bleaching bones of oxen,
horses, burros and other animals. They
explained TO me that the bones OF
human beings who had died on the
trail had been given burial. That was
the reason we did not see any human
skeletons; but We were told that many
persons had met their death along the
gruesome desert path.
Ii was in the afternoon OF the Sec
ond day that the guides leading the
caravan dashed back along the line
Of camels, automobiles and wagons
and announced that sandstone wac
approaching. and that We should get
aver ihihs ia readiness for il. Then
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instructions wcrs given that no trunks
or clothing, except that suitable for
the pictures. were to be taken along.
No one was permitted to carry any ex.
cess baggage. In fact, all members Of
the company except those OF us who
took the part of Europeans. were In
structed TO take along nothing except
the Arabian garments in order that
they might learn to wear them in a
natural way and more effectively por-
tray the part. or course. kept my
part throughout. as European girl,
while Miss 'Eugenie Besserer, who
played the part Of my mother, also
took the part throughout OF a Euro
pean.
Arabian Nights Tale.
II looked like a tale out Of the
Arabian Nights when our caravan
started across the desert The pierre
ing rays Of the sun fell upon US with
out mercy as the day was hot, hu. we
all enveloped our heads and faces in
the voluminots folds OF Arab cloths.
so that the sitting sand dust did not
bother us as much as we expected.
Following behind the strictly orien-
tai caravan came the upto-date Amer
lean parade, consisting of huge wag.
ons, many of which bore enormous
tanks containing thousands OF gallons
of water This was q special provision
made at the instructions of Mr.. Selig.
and for which we we're ali grateful be.
fore another day had passed. These
enormous wagons were hauled by q
number OF pairs of horses-sixteen or
twenty---I do not remember which.
They were equipped with broad tires
SO that the wheels did not sink deeply
into the sand. They we're especially
constructed for use on the desert. Be
hind the big tank wagons came other
wagons loaded with tents, provisions,
cooking utensils and the entire camp
outht
Through the thoaghtfulness of Mr.
Selig our provisions we're not limited
TO necessities. There were countless
additions to the ordinary larder, and
thefe was one huge wagon loaded with
ice. When we camped for the night
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and weirdest ever endured.
You, who have read the novel OF
Harold MacGrath, will recall that the
principal scenes in The Carpet From
Bagdad" are laid in the great Arabian
Desert, and some of the principal
characters are Arabs; so Mr.. Colin
Campbell, in making his arrangements
for appropriate properties, bought a
lot of real and most interesting Ara
bian trappings, including those won.
derfully striped tents, bales and bales
of beautiful rugs, camel harness, those
peculiar Arab guns SO beautifully ia
laid with mother-of-pearl and studded
with jewels, great water jars, etc The
garments made in Arabia especially
for those who were to participate in
THE Carpet From Bagdad" were sup
piled in ample quantities, so that we
could look the part and be presented
to the world as the genuine article.
From the big Selig Jungle-Zoo out
at Eastlake, in Los Angeles, Mr.. Camp
bell made requisition for about
twenty camels. You can Just imagine
man writing requisition on a slip
of paper just as though 1t were for
twenty papers of pins, or twenty ar
ticles of any kind. These camels,
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pictures would have turned down the
offer. And yet, like many other actors.
have seen the light. The change Of
heart was not compulsory. for ! came
to realize that in motion pictures Of
higher class the conscientious actor
has as great an opportunity for
artistic work as on the spoken stage.
! considered at some length. too.
before l affiliated permanently with
any motion picture concern. and
chose the Selig Polyscope company
because Of the enviable reputation at.
tanned by the Selig spectacular produc.
tions and the artistic environments
made possible by the careful super.
vision Of Mr.. William n SeliE
when I started to work in The MIL
lionaire Baby in the Chicago studios
Of the Selig Polyscope company l was
also appearing in the lead in a drs-
matte production on the speaking stage
at one of the leading theaters in that
city. This placed me under quite a
strain and all | did for several weeks
was work and sleep-and very little
Of the latter. was at the studio every
morning at $3.50 and worked steadily
until or $50 in the afternoon. Then
rushed downtown and. after q rather
hurried supper, sped to the theaser in
time to appear on the stage at sis.
1T was quite an experience to be
working in two characters which were
themselves SO different and which
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WILL PROVE MS : :....
THEORIES SAYS stC'1.
COOPER WILL. TELL ALL ABOCT
HIS FAMOUS TANLAC WHILE
IN TEXAS.
Easy 10 Guard Against III Health
Said L. r. Cooper Recently.
One Of Ms Dsecsur~s
Quoted.

As announced in yesterdays paper,
Tanlac. the famous medicine. exploit
ed by Mr.. l.. r. Cooper, the renown-
cd philanthropist. who commanded
such widespread interest in the east
by his celebrated lectures and health
theories. In to be sold exclusively In
Waxahachie by the Curtin Drug Co.
In Dallas recently. Mr.. Cooper's
private secretary, Mr.. II. f. Garrett,
stated. "Mr. Cooper. who is much in
demand in different parts of the
country, finally yielded to the solicit
tation of some of the people Of Dali
les and Fort Worth and has made
definite arrangements to visit these
two cities, and swhile there TO prove
to anyone how easy 1t Is to guard
againt the inroads OF i'll health by
scientific treatment and hygienic liv-
ing"
Quoting from one of Mr. Cooper's
lectures. his secretary continued. Il
am convinced that the stomach is the
fountain head of health or disease.
as the case may be. My treatment
lis intended primarily for the regula-
ton of the stomach and the correc-
ton of catarrhal inflammation but
/. ii is not an uncommon thing for per-
sons who have used il to come 70 me
a n II lafp ba har
of rheumatism. malaria and other
AILMENTS not generally recognized as
having their origin in stomach tro--
Bile. As / have stated repeatedly
lmy medicine acts directly upon the
mucous membrane of the stomach
and bowels. tending to expell from
them all impurities and restoring
/ them to strong healthy condition
In leading eastern cities where Mr..
Cooper has passed the most part of
the last few years in research and
philanthropic endeavor. his theory
that his Tanlac treatment is the di
rect remedy for the above mention
ed ailments, has electrified the pub
lie
Tanlac. according to reports pub
lished recently by the Louisville,
Knoxville and Nashville Press, is not
what is commonly called a medicine
1t is more than a medicine. being
the liquid maximum strength of the
medicinal properties of a plant re-
GENTLY discovered together with 9TH
er ingredients. which obtain their eff
Ifieiency under the personal direction
Iof Herr Joseph Won Trimbaeh, M
tive German chemist of note, in
charge of the Cooper laboratories.
Tanlac is sold exclusively in Wax
ahache by the. two stores of the
Curtin Drug CO. Adv SO
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||llsscAOOl OlY
| 4 REQ LETTER DAY
amber or COMMERCE. PLANS
~ AID TRINITY IN BRING.
ING CROWD.
lnmpOth Luncheon VIII he Given
1t Hotel Rogers ON Friday, .
July ~. II Announce.


believing that Rural School day
be observed by the Trinity nor
IL Of vast Importance to patrons
teachers as well as trustees, the
hxahachie Chamber of Commerce
their regular MONDAY luncheon
esday. decided to call the lunch
y for next week for the privilege
banQueting with the normal stu
hts and trustees of this and adj
hing counties on Friday from l
O'Clock at Hotel Rogers. On
b occasion the rural schools ex-
TT from Washington, State Super
endent w. F. Doughty and other
Nj known educators will be pres
4 and make short talks to those
nembled. 1t developed in the
urse Of luncheon talks that Trim
aud the Chamber of Commerce
3trying TO make rural Schools day,
lily 10. red letter day in Waxa-
|nchie. II is believed that this
Dthering will mark the beginning
a renewed interest in rural
Shools and that Ellis county will
= among the first to take advantage
4 the new laws which have been
kssed for the purpose of bringing
De rural schools up to higher
nndard.
III. N. Naylor presided over the
xncheon which was feast of good
Aings to eat as we'll as timely sug-
4stions. President S. p. Spalding
Sade report in behalf of the COM
1ittee appointed to provide enter
ninment for the normal students.
lying a most successful entertain
Vent had been given and that all
kpenses had been paid from funds
focured outside of the club treas
~. In this connection he asked
be secretary TO read vote of
hanks rendered the club by unani-
Nous vote by the normal students,
fhich was as follows:
F"Whereas. the Chamber of Com
Derce and citizens in general of
have entertained us so
Oyally, and whereas the students
Z the summer normal and summer
rhool have been made to feel that
Aey are welcome, therefore be IL
Resolved, first, That we place on
ecord our sincere appreciation of
heir kindness and hospitality on
nst Friday night. Second, That
re~ tender the good people of Wax
hachie vote of thanks. Third
hat a copy of these resolutions be
lven the press and the Chamber of
Commerce.
1t was moved and carried that a
Ote of thanks be extended the
Ommittee for its efficient work in
banning and executing the enter
Eminent.
Hill Hardin after explaining
De proposed amendment to be vot-
4 on July cath, which provides that
|wners of overflow lands may vote
bond issue for the purpose of re-
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Baptism q FIRE Greeted
| Mr.. Harry Mestayer's Enrance
| h Motion Picture Plays

20 enter the shack Suddenly. howk
ever. the flames leaped up. famed ~.
. breeze which suddenly swoop<d
down on ne. and the other player and
myself found that We were within ~
four walls Of blazing furnace. the
door having caught fire, too.
Our first impulse. naturally. vns to
make our escape in the quickest man
ner possible. bat both OF az realized
that IL We did It would require tho
rebuilding Of the shack and repeating
Of the many efforts we had IN getting
the scene to the point we had reached,
90 we determined 70 make an EFFORT to
carry out our parts Ia the gxmest man
ner possible. We rushed through the
flames to the door and then with nay
fellow player staggered through The
door and out "a front Of the camera
where we both fell exhausted. When
I saw the picture easily understood
why the director told 10 We had done
very well. for the way We both sank 70
the ground was realistic In every DE-
tail.
.rhi. crere .,ec ~.1leA sor : rnan
e1act ana tha water rcurir~ dc,rn
unon ne addsa "a o,,r d,.ccrnsnrt Trlr
3 rs-.,v 90 ,r~,dar, ~ -. $780,
- wh;ch . r,c,v~o vI.v~- g .vr,-.s
I would not nave .one thrrnrh th.f
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failures OF stage stars when they APP
pear before the camera They fail to
realize that everything they do Is re-
corded by the camera and that a slip
which might go unnoticed on the stage
will ruin a whole scene in film drama
and possibly spoil the entire produc-
ton Ii II is not retaken. One Of tho
most difficult scenes in The Million
aire Baby was the one in which tho
child is stolen. The skill OF handling
this SO as not to kill the whole story
depended more upon the men who re-
touched the film after the director had
finished with it than upon the players.
and ] understand that these men
worked till the wee small hours sew.
sral nights in succession.
Had the players who supported me
In this production been other than
they were do not doubt but what my
lot would have been anything but an
ENJOYABLE one. but as it was We were
Just like one big family from the very
moment we began work. II was this
perfect team work In the many trying
scenes that gave the film the finished
effect which l am sure will prove I
delight to audiences wherever 1t is
shown. ] have nothing but praise for
all the players and the director and.
above all. for William n Selig the
man who is behind the many splendizi
productions presented BY HIS compsuy
and whose orders TO his directors IRE:
Make picture regardless Of cost ana
make enc that they VIII remeubes.' :
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the Calffo MIA
Desert, working
In the production
Of the new Selig
picture THE
Carpet From Bag
dad
OF course. I am
accustomed to all
sorts OF strange
and unusual con-
ditions which I
find necessary In
the production of
any big picture.
but I do want to
say that my expe-
rience in the Cal
ifornia Desert was
one of the widest
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which by the way are the homeliest
brutes l ever hope to see, were out
fitted in exactly, the same manner as
though they We're 10 make a journey
across the real Arabian Desert
guess that there is really very little
difference in the Arabian Desert and
our own American Desert. At any
rate the Arabian Desert cannot be any
worse. There are miles and miles OF
soft sand into which the feet sink and
when there is even the slightest wind,
the clouds of sand circulate about
moving figures and almost suffocate
one.
We moved out into the desert with
our caravan completely equipped as
though We were going to cross real
big desert in earnest. There we're the
strings of camels with their long,
scrawny necks bedlzened with tinkling
bells and made gay by strips and
streamers of gay colored cloths. We
had real Arabs to handle the camels
and those who rode on horseback had
genuine Arab horses Of the very finest
breed.
This was really business trip end
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Weather Conditions.

Texas-Fort Worth. clear. 70:
Dallas, clear, II; Big Springs. clear
II; Wichita Falls, clear. 10: Brown
wood. clear. Sc; Waterford, clear
6S: Abilene. clear, 10: Jacksonville,
clear. II: Clehurne. part cloudy;
Tyler. clear. so; San Antonio. part
cloudy, 76; Waco. clear. so; FL
Paso. clear. "A; Beaumont. clear
rs: Corpus Christi. clear, so.
Oklahoma-G clear. warm
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Kathlyn Williams Experiences
In q Desert Sand Storm and How
She Learned to Ride a Camel

BY KATHLYM WILLIAMS.

am very glad to write about my sd-
ventures and experiences while out IA
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.um~A 1eaayr,
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marry Mestayer b one Of the most
sr6ninent actors On the American
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The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
FooIinu the Enemy.

Rain was falling steadily as the
weary cyclist plodded on through the
English mud. At last he spied fig.
ure walking toward him through the
gloom.
Gladly he sprang off his machine
and asked the native:
"How far off is the village Of Pop
pleton?"
"Just ten miles the other way, sir. u
was the reply.
''The other way!' exclaimed the
cyclist. But the last signpost
passed said it was in this direction.
"Ah," said the native, with a know
ing grin, "but, ye see, we turned that
there post round so as to fog those
ere Zeppylings gs!'-Pittsburgh Chron
icle-Telegraph.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
LOVE OF ART NOT REQUIRED
Mans lnsensibiIity to the Beautiful
Un~Srstood When He Revealed
His Life's OCCUPATION.

AS they passed the soldiers monu-
ment in the public square of small
town he turned to his right-hand COM
panion and said:
Pretty bad, eh?"
whats pretty bad?"
"Why, this monument. Awful, isn't
it, to put those things up all over this
fair land? No art in EN-"
II rather like 'em.'
Rather like EN-, eh? suppose you
think that pile of chimneys over there
is pleasing to the eye?"
mot bad
What do you think of those fright
full advertising chromos on the land
scape?"
Pretty good
you'd like the interior of New
York theater-I believe"
"Splendid."
Ever heard of art?"
Never"
DO you mean to say, sir, that some
Of the sublimest notes of the human
heart meet no response in your bo-
som? Have you no taste, no judg-
ment. no sense of anything harmoni-
GUS? Are you lost to the fitness of
anything at all? Great heavens, sir!
Where did you come from? Who are
you?"
81, sir, am the heartless wretch who
arranges the deathbed scenes in the
moving picture shows. Life.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Police Would Get 1t.

The talk of parents at home about
conditions in the police department
made deep impression on the mind
of twelve-year-old boy who was be-
fore Judge F. J. Lehr in juvenile court
for stealing bicycle. The court had
lectured the boy and his three COM
panions on the disgrace of stealing
and finally asked the boys what they
thought about stealing.
"Now suppose everybody were to
steal," the court suggested, "and then
what do you think would become of
all of our property"
ooh, the police would get every
thing" was the boys quick response.
Indianapolis News.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Tommy's Prize.

well, Tommy, I suppose you are
entitled to something nice as re-
ward for graduating from the public
school," said the friendly aunt. what
has your father planned for you?"
"He says I can help take care Of the
garden during the summer vacation" p"
said Tommy, "and every time I think
of it 1 wish 1 had failed in my exami-
nations"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Berlin Society.

"What are you wearing that long
face for, professor?"
Reason enough, doctor. I've just
been to call on my old friend Privy
Councillor Schulze-and what should
I do but leave my bread ticket instead
of my visiting card
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
ExceptionaI Luck.

A vehement argument, in which
two racehorse players were defending
their judgment, was overheard last
night.
why nobody but sucker would
have played that horse" said the
first
"Well, he won, didn't he? You can't
get away from that. How about this
bank roll?"
WELL" said No. 1, as he looked
rather longingly at the money; "well,
all I've got to say is this: Most any
old blind hog will dig up an acorn
some y."-Louisville Times