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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
HOW NERVES CONTROL HABIT
System Must Be Trained TO Follow
called-For Motions Along
Certain Path.

Those who think a habit is just
something you remember-that is, is
purely a mental proposition, are mis-
taken. Habit is question of mechan-
les as much as the smooth drawing
Of a piston rod.
Habit is the action of nerve mo-
tions along beaten path. A muscle
somewhere in the body contracts and
a nerve moves because it cannot help
it, and SO on until the process is
complete, and the thing we call habit
is done.
There are as many of these paths
in the nervous system as there ara
habits. The impression which one
nerve center receives awakens another
and the whole path of the action is
travelled over.
The first time the action is per-
formed the nerve centers do not awak-
en- their successors readily. For
this reason some things are hard to
learn. Everything that employs a
great many nerve centers is hard to
learn, because the path must be worn,
the nerve centers trained to act in
sequence. Once they are trained the
habit is formed. The second call upon
them is easier than the first, the third
easier than the second, etc.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
"UncIe Sam"

The application of the term "Uncle
Sam" to the United States had its. be-
ginning in Troy, n. Y, during the war
of 1872. A commission contractor of
Troy, named Elbert Anderson, had a
shop in which the stocks were always
examined and passed by a government
inspector called Samuel Wilson, who
was generally known as "Uncle Sam"
When the boxes were passed they
were always marked with the initials
Of the contractor and the nation, ga
U.s." One day the man who was doing
the marking was asked what the ini-
tials stood for, and replied, jokingly,
that they were the initials of the con-
tractor and of "Uncle Sam" The joke
spread among the men, got into print.
and long before the end of the war
had become known all over the coun-
try. Mr.. Wilson, the original Uncle
SAM" died in Troy in 1854.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
TURN OUT MILLIONS OF PIPES
Supply a Very Large Part of
the Worlds Demand.

Over 100000 pipes are manufac
t9red annually in the United States
The wooden pipe is probably more
distinctly nationa, than any which
finds its way into the market. Rang.
ing in between the aristocratic meer.
schaum and the plebeian clay, it is
rarely expensive, while at the same
time its manufacture calls into exist
ence a considerable industry. The
roots of tie mountain laurel and rho
dodendron are most generally used for
pipe making, they being selected for
the purpose on account of their du,
rability, hardness and the light polish
whieA they are capable of taking. They
are found throughout the southern
states generally-the best material is
said to come from North Carolina and
is sent to the market in large pieces,
which vary in size from that OF a
mans fist to the dimensions of a good.
sized keg. The material costs from
$40 to $50 per ton, the price depend
ing upon the quality of the wood. In ad-
dition to the domestic material used
in pipe making, immense quantities OF
brier root blocks are shipped into this
country annually from southern
France and Italy.-Scientific Amer.
lean.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
Lightning in Rural Districts.

Nine-tenths of the annual mortality
from lightning occurs in the rural dis
tricts (including under this head all
towns and villages of $500 inhabi-
tants or less). Lightning is one OF
the principal causes of fires in the
rural districts, the loss from which
might be largely lessened by putting
rods on all barns and isolated build
ings.
In respect of the number of deaths
caused by lightning. Nevada comes
first, followed (in order as given by
North Dakota, South Dakota, Colo
rado, Montana and Utah. These
states may be said to comprise our
principal thunderstorm belt. The few
est deaths and injuries from lightning
occur in the state of Washington,
where storms of the kind are very in
frequent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10

Ruth Roland, the well-known photo
play star, won the hearts Of almost
countless screen enthusiasts by her
consistent playing in the now famous
"Who Pays?" series Of stories. She
bids fair to extend the conquest
through 'sThe Red Circle" the grip.
ping romantic serial which Balboa has
Aimed for PSthe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
YOUNGEST STAR ON STAGE.
Lois Meredith Featured In ! "The
Precious Packet" a Donald Mac
k.ozia p.+hn production.

kenzie Patio Production.
When Donald Mackenzie secured
Lois Meredith for his Pathe produc-
tion "The Precious Packet" he got
the youngest star on the stage today,
for Miss Meredith is only eighteen
years old. Look at her. and you'll
wonder that so much genuine talent
is to be found in so girlish a little
lady. Yet she followed Laurette Tay'
lor in the leading role of peg O. My
Heart" was featured in Help Want
ed" and played 'Modesty" in Every
woman" She has not yet reached
the age where women. and especially
those on the stage, choose to forget
their birthdays, so her eighteen years
are not fancied, but real.
Little Miss Meredith can dance and
sing more than ordinarily well. and
hopes for a part in the spring in which
she can utilize those talents. Despite
her tender years she studies French.
music and literature from choice and
not compulsion (therein differing from
most girls OF her age) and works hard
az her CHOSEN profession, Tor sne mas
a number OF younger brothers and
sisters to look after, and when she
travels she takes the whole brood
with her.
Miss Meredith was ,sorn in the
United States, but spent her earlier
years In Ireland, which explains her
delightful accent when she forgets
herself. In the Paris Salon was ex-
hibited statue which was much ad
mired, for which she posed for arms
and hands. for hers are considered
by sculptors TO be perfect.
"The Precious PACKET" in which
Miss Meredith IL featured, was writ
ten by Fred Jackson, and IS on the
Pathe Gold Rooster program. 1t is
the universal verdict that it fully mea.
sures up to the high standard Of this
series.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
Divine Right of Kings.

The old idea of monarchy-the so
called divine right Of kings" = by
which the ruler was regarded as the
representative within his dominions
of the monarchy of God over all things
was Shaken to its foundations" by
the English refolution of 1858 and
shattered by the French revolution
of 1888, to quote the phrases used by
the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1t has
not been recognized as a political
force in England since the expulsion
Of the Stuarts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
FROM SOUTHERN Pies
To PATHE PICTURES
ARNOLD DAILY DISCOVERS EN-.
TRANcINe FACE FOR FILMS
BEHIND LUNCH COUNTER.
NORA MOORE A LUCKY "FINDp'
Ability and Beauty So Extraordinary
That She Starts at the Top as Lady
DardIniIIs" in The Kings Came"

! HArnold DAILY. whose fame is about
J equally divided between Broadway
Legitimate" productions and Pathe
motion pictures, was travelling through
the south not long ago. and in GER
tain town OF South Carolina stopped
of between trains to get hasty lunch
| In a railroad restaurant. His eye
wandered from pile to pile of crullers.
takes and pies as he tried to make
UP his mind on which particular dain'
ty be should take a chance. Thus en-
gagged in this engrossing hunt for edi-
bles he failed to notice at first the
girl who with hands folded upon snow
white apron waited patiently for his
order. His decision made. he turned
TO her and then at once forgot what he
had taken SO long to decide upon. The
girl before him was surely waitress
extraordinary. Oval face delicately
tinted with old ivory and the flush
Of youth and health; brown hair
combed with Quaker like simplicity.
yet somehow looking better than If it
had been worked over by a fashion
able hairdressar; blue eyes that look
ed at him modestly and yet unafraid.
While Mr.. DAILY punished his stom-
ach with the usual small town railroad
station lunch counter delicacies, he
questioned the lady of the apron. He
asked her IL she would Ike to work
in pictures and told her if she would,
he would give her chance. The girl
refused to commit herself. you'll
have to ask my mother, suh," was her
reply. -
Mr.. DAILY decided to miss his train
and see her mother. He did. He call
ed at the address given him by the
girl and talked things over with the
Kindly old lady living in the weather
teaten house not far away. He found
that like SO many southern families
the two had seen better days. The
father. once a leading lawyer of
neighboring town. had died poor. The
grandfather was an officer in the Con
federate army, and wac killed in the
Wilderness. The one-time large eg-
tates bad vanished. and now the girl
was supporting her mother by working
in a railroad restaurant.
. Mr.. DAILY made an offer that caused
the old ls.dy to gasp with surprise.
When the, girl returned from work
that evening it was talked over and
decided that such a golden opportuni-
~ could. not be neglected. So two
days later Nora Moore and her mother
took their soft southern accent and
a few belongings to New York.
That was two months ago. Now Mr..
Daily wagers his judgment as a pro-
ducing manager that he has made a
find" THAT girl is going to be
great" he Says. Il tried her out with
3 big part the very first thing-that OF
Lady Dardiniiis,' in 6eitz's play, The
Kings Came which I'm putting on
for Pathe. and she has more than
made good. I'm going to use her right
along. She'll make a name for her
self one of these days!"
% ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
HOLDS Z RECORD FOR SERIAL
STARRING.

pearl White, world famous as the
heroine of the serials, "The Perils
OF Pauline" and Elaine" will be fea.
tured, it is announced, In a new serial
to be called "The Iron Claw" Miss
White thus enjoys the distinction OF
having starred in more serials than
any player before the public
She has for several years been one
OF the three or four ii the best known
stars In the business, practically all
of which time she has been identified
with Pathe pictures. In fact. "The
Perils of Pauline" may be said to have
been her first great chance and the
starting point of her fame.
She was born in Missouri, and broke
into things theatrical, by the Uncle
Toms Cabin" route. that great nurs-
cry of histrionic talent For several
years she was connected with various
road shows, and then obtained an
engagement with circus. For two or
three years she worked under ''the big
top" and then went back to the stage
where she has been ever since, play
ing with some OF the best and some
Of the worst companies IN existence,
as she expresses it. -
Some three years ago she received
an offer from Pathe to appear in pic
lures, and with Pathe she has been
ever since with the exception Of short
intervals. ----~~----s.ss 49,
Miss White possesses a marked indi-
viduality upon the screen-she re-
sembles no other player before the
public. Her popularity is tremendous
as is amply evidenced by the bewiIder.
ing amount Of her daily correspond I
ence which comes from all parts of
the civilized world. it Is said that
i was becauae Of the number OF let
tcrs received from admirers all over
the country begging that she be placed
Ia another serial that Pathe selected
her for "The Iron CLAW" :
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
Commercial.

"That fellow Dauber's work is abb
solutely rotten" exclaimed one of his
brother artists. "He has no feeling
for true art All he cares for is to
pander to the degraded taste of the
philistine public"
What's the reason for this venom
Gus trade against Dauber?" asked
the man who occupied the studio next
door.
What? E.avenf you heard? The
lucky dub sold picture yesterday"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
Only One Road 70 SUCCESS.

To do anything worth while in the
world We must not stand shiyering on
the brink and thinking OF the cold and
the danger. but jump In and scramble
through as well as we can Sydney
Smith.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
FinicaI. All RIcht.

Married Niece" Harry wired me
last night" Finical Aunt-"What an
absurd expressionl AS if you were
champagne bottle or cheap bouquet"
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logical bent of my side of the house,
what do you think you are fitted for?'
Like IN inspirat!on-for had
never thought Of 1t h~efore-the answer
rose to my lips. I'D like to be a
broker No sooner were the words
out OF my mouth than I felt my fac
red with bushes as I realized then
and there how l had come subcon-
sciously to choose such a career. I
was always reading In tho newspapers
about some beautiful chorus girl
either marrying. or lifting. or dlvorc-
ing a broker. That meant chorus
girls liked brokers. because even to lie
tilted by one OF these divinely beaut!-
full creatures meant some degree If
intimacy!
ITO get back to the inquest. father
sroaned. mother cried a bit. and the
next week I had n Job as a clerk In u
brokers' office In the Bourse Building.
! made $40 a week. and meantime WIS
to learn oil the business of finance
After I'd been there six months I got
a raise to SIG. with which. by living al
home a. q pensioner. I was able to
worry along somehow.
zone Saturday half holiday. after
weeks Of saving. I ran up to Atlantic
City and that night went to see the
tryout performance Of tho Shuberts'
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BY WORD OF MOUTH ALONG THE RIALTO

warranted I sometimes stinted my.
self on the 'necessaries and sent her a
bunch Of orchids. Along with II wen,
always my card duly inscribed with
the most respectful terms Of admira-
ton. also my address. and yet never
did receive q single acknowledge
mcnt!
About this time my parents con .
cluded I might as well be taken out
Of the university and put to work.
They In tho meanwhile consoled thera
selves az best they could for the dis
appointment ] had been to them In
failing TO- qualify for either one Of
the careers which they had respcc-
lively designed for me. For. you see.
father. he wanted me to follow In the
steps OF his grandfather and go into
the church. Mother. on tho other
hand having had m uncle in the
Mexican war and a father In the civil
war. had raised me to be a soldier.
When finally II became obvious tina, 7
would be fatally miscast in either OF
these roles n family inquest was held
as to what disposition was to be made
Of ME and my future.
well. young man. Numbered my
father. 1nasmuch as you seem to have
inherited neither the heroism and pa
triotism Of your mothers family nor
yet any Of tho reverence or theo-
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ALICE Oove~. ,N"VeR~
OOOO eOO,e"

tt'n stout n that is the secret OF
wearing flesh iiehtly-to be light
=. .r!ted and forget all about Il.
Not if o are as stout as am
some women say 20 me. l'.sh. tush.
I'm as stout as anybody. But I've
always been tout. It's perfect, nat
dral to me When ! WAS thirteen
years old ! was as stout and big as
| am to-day. I've always been active
ard quick in motion. and my flesh has
not intcrfered IA bit with my activl-
ties. except. l suppose. that with my
v"i'e l might logically have expected
10 be a light opera star but for my
stoutne:s. But as the public has loved
IL as well stout as hin. and ! have
Had "A busy. happy life as a ONE
-.vnNe. ! haven't o..cn remembered
;la. : Vas stout-cxccpt when | went
shopping. The only thinss | can buy
ready made AZ thu stur, are hand
h'rcii!ufs and umbrellas, And L -
not uAlv .Ec"uvonicnt bat cNpens.v. to
wardrobe made 10 order.
Speaking Of aC'.v.ty the nlccs;
compliment I had las, winter In the
ID" Wolf Hopper rcv!vals Of the Gil
bert and sullivan Operas was from one
OF the newspaper men who asked ME
II ! had been a dancer. II" would
scarcely believe hat had never
learned 10 dane and that tGe il:tlc
minuc' ! tr.ppcd wiki Mr.. Wairuus
IN The SurccTcr' MAS lust keeping
time TO the music. L can't dance /
told Mr.. Wilson when W. were re-
hears.ng IN The Road 10 Mandalay.'
but the little buri,suuc of Mr.. Fit2-
hushs light fantastic has seemed to
20 very well. Il is wonderful. that |
IAN walk in on the second act. with
u" weight o! ~" gorgeous gown
am wearing. IL Is one mass of So
duins and weighs like lead, ana I'd
nate to be weighed wearing IT,"
Arthur Row will give a dramatic
interpretation of Maurice Maetcr-
'nck's love drama '.Aglavaln, and
Se.ysette" at the Bandbox Theatre
n Sunday evening, Mar,h 10 at o
o'clock, under the PATRONAGE of NJ SO
Nar@arct Woodrow W lson Mrs
@ rtrude Anterior. Mrs, Fiske prin-
ess Pierre Troubet"skoy. Lady liour-
mott, Mrs Philip NJ I.yd!g Kate
Dou7las Wigg!n. NJ IS Cecilia ,seauy
Edith w m Mntthison. Ruth :,
Denis, Mrs. Humphrey Nicols. Mrs
G. c. Overton DR. Louis *. Ans
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production OF The Mimic World.

production OF The Mimic World.
When the curtain went up I was IN
The third row. and a few moments
later I saw the most beautiful girl
in the world. She was in the front
row, to the left. third from the end
That night | tc~legraphed a friend in
Philadelphia to lend me 800. and the
next morning ] began sending flowers
and notes. I t~clegraphed my firm I
was III and couldn't report for duty
Monday morning. I went every night
to see The Mimic World and sat all
day waiting for In answer to my
notes.
mo no Acknowledgements
ever came. Here I was. almost n
broker and still as far off as ever
from my star. On the next Saturday,
after n week Of hopeless waiting. I
was walking ~dejected.y on the Board
walk. when I stumbled into nm Old
friend, IA charming matron from Phil
adelphia. I poured out my heart TO
her then and there. why. that's easy.
boy. get n job as n chorus mar and
follow the show. Id go right away.
too. as they'll he leaving after to-
nights performance
ITO make n long story short. I left
the gracious matron rather abruptly
and besieged the stage manager of
The Mimic World with such effec-
.tiveness that I left on the midnight
with the company. and the next Mon.
day night made my debut as a chorus
man In the New York premiere of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-05
OSCAR ONCE WAS JOHNNY SHAW
And . stage Door Johnny At THAI
in 1ShlIadelphia.

His mother raised him 70 he q col.
der. his father wanted him TO become
a clergyman: he himself was bent on
"A career In high finance. but Fate.
in the guise Of Cupid, managed to land
Oscar Shaw on the musical comedy
stage.
And quite n happy stroke Of man
agement, too. as any ono will testify
who has seen the clean cut. good look.
ing. well set up young chap who
shares with Anna Orr most Of the
song hits in Very Good Eddie at the
l'r.ncess Theatre. a nice bit OF man.
aSoment. even though IL did lose to
the l.. S. a. n valiant General. M
Mrs. Shaw mere still insists. and to
the church an eloquent preacher, AZ
Shaw perc has never ceased TO be-
li"vc. But hear Shaw himself "a he
stands attention" In his dressing
room AT the Princess, waiting 70, hts
second act call, ana apparently sin
cerely obliyious Of the fact that in
his present role of Dict Rirrrs no II
one Of tho haudsomes, and most
wholcsom" looking men on tho must
cal comedy stage.
"Ncvor Wis stag"strucls IN my
lifc. never dreamed al such u thing"
said tho actor in the same brisk.
breezy tone which Ia one OF the Oscar
Shaw characteristics IN all his stage
presentations. Whatever fascination
the theatre had for me vas satisfied
by having the price Of an orchestra
chair. sitting in that chair and wor-
shipping some divinity on the other
: de Of the footliGhts. When I was o
We Y small boy 1t WAS Mary Anderson.
and later julia Mar.oWe: at IL II was
n. c!r.s IN the chorus.
while | WAS a student AT the Uni
vcrsity of Fennsylvania--I was horn
in Philadelphia, and my family home
- still in Germantown-I spent all
my allowance In buying tickets for
musical comedies. and when the
harms of any particular coryphee
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WHERE TO DANCE.

|. The Dolly Sisters are working
hard these ~days-and also these
nights. They dance twice at the
Palace-once in the afternoon
and again at night. Then they
are always on hand at the Zieg-
field Midnight Frolic along with
Will Rogers, Oscar Shaw, Paul
Gordon, the Arnaut Brothers,
Claire Rochester and the rest of
the attractive bcvy that keeps
New York up at nights.
Montmartre at Midnight is the
new name given to the entertain
ment which is now given or both
floors Of the corner in the Winter
Garden building ut Broadway
and Fiftieth street. Joan Sawyer
and George Harcourt along with
Miss Sawyer's Twelve Leap Year
Girls are on one floor of the
building, while Nylson Fischer,
Maurice farkoa, Mile. Feindcl,
Eva Pr0ut and others help TO
keen the gaycty well scattered.
In addition to the ice skating,
which is still a feature of Castles
in the Air, there is a fashion show
which produces every night the
most striking model in the spring
fashions. Bobby Mclean, famous
as a speed skater, has been added
to the list of skaters.
The Strand Roof Garden has
Le Tanton and Cumberford. who
are giving exhibitions of South
American dances. There will be
U Mardi Gras celebration on Tues
day. Prize dancing still con-
tinues and there are to be special
holiday features Oh Tuesday
night.
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Newman Lecture Tonight,

The second Newman "Travel-
talk" at Carnegie Hall tonight
will be devoted to "Argentina."
Mr.. Newman spent many weeks
gathering material for this
"traveltalk." He has returned
with pictures-both still and mo.
tion-and a story of the vastness
and fertility of the wheat and
cattle ranches, of the thriving
cities in the interior, and of
Buenos Ayres, the fascinating
metropolis of one and one-half
million souls, with its Parislike
atmosphere of luxury, wealth and
gayety. MI. Newman will show
every phase Of life in Buenos
Ayres, conducting his hearers to
the famous racetrack at Palermo.
through Florida, Congallo and
Maipu streets, and into the resi-
dence districts. Visits TO the
suburbs will include La Plata, the
model city.
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pacher. Mrs. David Rumscy. Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett and Charles
Hanson Towne. Mr.. Row first pre-.
scented "AGiavaine and S~elysette' In
Anler.ca in 1918 at Miss lAonard's
outdoor Greek Theatre in Mt. kisco.
y. y. The only other performance
Of this play ever given in America
was the outdoor production coy the
sylvan Players under the direction
of Arthur Row or the campus OF the
New York University in 1914.
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Marie Morgan. who supplies comedy
In Tho Road to Mandalay" at the
Park Theatre and a contIGllto voice,
wears a gown OF sequins In the Sec
ond act that brings her weight TO
somewhere near 80 pounds, yet she
trips about as lightly as u Boubrettc.
because" said che. 1--WE always
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piece. and here ! am still. An! there's
my call now. Good-by!"
"But the sirl?"
"Oh." proudly replied Oscar Shaw
with a flashing smile. Il got the cii.
long. long ago. She's now Mrs. SHAW
retired permanently from the stag
and converted into a regular Alice-s''.
b~y-thc-flre wife"