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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-27
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wEsT-Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blais-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-27
Are You Ready to Talk?

Mr. wanted to talk with Mr. Thomas and asked his
call him by telephone.
When Mr. Thomas answered. he told to aita minute"
few later when Jones got ready talk
the line Thinking the operator had cut m of he
asked his clerk to put in the call again.
That happened three es then Jones got mad and the call
himself
Mr. Thomas answered and Mr. Jones said what the deuce the
matter with your telephone Charlie? This the fourth time
have called you"
To which Thomas replied "Oh you calling?
did the telephone three times and told each time
wait minute could not reason why should waste
time holding the line for else so hung If
yourself had been the line ready talk the first time
swered would have saved each Of us ot time
bother"
Jones cured.
answering the telephone it is aggravang to be told
wa minute and hundreds of people impose that
way those they have occasion to call.
be easier for the busy time by asking clerk to
put CALL bN the other should receive due consider
alton and not be unnecessarily inconvenienced.
IIA NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE
% AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
E. HERBERT Manager
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS.

A. Milwaukee, - Marquette. SO; ST.
Louis. O..
A Brookings. :. D-South Dakota -;
North Dakota University. l.
At Topeka, Kan-Kansas, %. wash
burn. o.
Al Manhattan. Ksn.-Missouri 6; Kansas
Aggies. Z. :
Al Ames, Iowa-Morninsside, o: Ames, 7.
At st. Louis-Knox. 7; Washington, 7.
Al Evanston. m.-North western, 20;
Iowa, ~.
At MISUNDERSTANDING. A.; West
Virginia Wesleyan. o.
At O~berlin-Caso, ~: Oberlin. o.
At Observation-Disclosures Valley. =; Muhl-
enbcrg, a.
4, south Bethlehem-Penn state. 10;
Al Observation-Disclosures IS; Dickin'
son, I,
At Bal.imcreoo-John' Hopkins, 81; West
ern Maryland. o.
ana A Ms cS,I:Srv, " eli FRANKLIN
a. LexinTton-washinEton and Lee, %
Al, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. So; soutl
Carolina, u.
Al winston saiem-North Carolina. 10
At Denver-schooi OF Mines. o; Colorado
~, SsissssdS sDr'ns.--co'oraaa College
4, ItrTrsnss.Eppor'a state Normal "a
I Al wlnons-st' Mary's' -; Minnesota
cinoinnati--Qhie. %: Cincinnati. 10.
Al Indianapolis-waossh. 70: Depauw. "a,
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At New Haven Brown. II; Yale. o,
At South Field -swarthmore, II: Column
At West ~Point-Army, II; Maine, g.
At Ohio--Colby, 3; New York univer-
Syracuse - Syracuse a.; su'au'-
At ithaca-cornell, "a; Michigan. 20,
Al Hoboken--stevens. 10; connect'cut
at Cambridse-Harvard. 2; Princeton. o.
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u part
"J iamiiton-Colgate. 10; Rochester,, q,
At PIttsburP- Pittsburs. 81; washing
ton and Jefferson. 0. IN
Al Portland--Holy cro.s, ~; Bowaoin. ~.
Al Cieveland-Mount Union 7; western
HeXSt Easton--Lafayetts. SO; Albright, 9.
Al Villa INTERPRETATIONS. .; Mas
.achusetts Angles. o.
Al Observation-Disclosures. u worcester
FoWW a.t,ysburs-Ge,,ysburs ~; villa
"'xxtt' Sioux Fan.--Notrs Dame 81; South
4 WS.shinston--Gsorss washington ~
"xt schsnectady-Union. q; Amherst, g.
a RsnO-cslifornis Frs'hmsn' 30
M fertisnd-orssOn. ~; Washington
ssus 'ssst.i:@wssh,nston. 50; Oregon
!.rrs Hsu,.-Ro'' Poly IL; Earl
"AXWt'I inGiasapeus.yrAakiil. ~; Butler. u
Al Dscatur--Annksa. sV' 'Hiso"' w.
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BIue Advance. Again.

with Legorc, Braden and Smith carry
ing the hall Yale continued a smashing
attack In the second period, u whel
,he han was finally received On the
brown 80 ward line Vale bumped twice
for Gains and again Rradcn drop kicked
, goal Almost Immediately the tide Of
hrttl. turned. pollard broke through the
Y3'. defence for n first down and put
m, bail in Yale territory. And for the
remainder 81 the half the play was all
~ favor Of BROWN
As the second half opened Brown be-
gan "A line attack which netted forty
Yards without a stop. Then Pollard
lrokr away for thirty yards and planted
the ball on Ya!e's 4 yard line, Lee
gore tackled from behind and STAYED on
the touchdown. Yale held for downs
here and took the ball away. l.esore
hunted and Brown started again from
the ~ yard line. Line plays and a
forward pass again LEFT only fonr yards
needed. and his time Purdy Slapped
over. peNitalis kicked goal.
with no further scoring In his pc
rlod the last quarter began with Brown
driving. The quarter had hardly begun
when Pollard romped sixty yards for a
chd aud brvitdls kicke goal
Two ~zigzagging runs by Pollard inter
sners-l with line plunges again put the
hal IN scoring distance and from the
ward line u forward pass enabled
pevitalis to- score, He also kicked goal,
The lineup
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OF TIBBOTT COSTS
TIGERS GAME TO CRIMSON
With Drop Kicker in Contest Princeton Might Have
Forced Harvard on Defence and Thereby
Won-Superior Team Is Beaten.
Uy NELSON ". t..PI"D WAY.
,rnmou. ,nl. Foo,bniI piay.s.)

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. 1.-THE Har-
ward football machine was not able To
push the ball over for a touchdown
against Princeton to-day, but II did
succeed in getting 1t near enough to
enablc Horwcen to Kick the ball over
for the Crimson's lone tally, Victory
came to the Harvard men because they
had n better attack and made the most
If every opportunity offered.
Princeton did not have any offence
puzzline to Harvard. with the exception
OF one play which Melted II Il few good
fathomcd it. Then the Tigers turned to
straight football which brought them
very little ground. In their vain at
tempt 10 bring victory on, of defeat they
resortcd to some Crisscrosses and long
forward passes, but again Harvard was
unruffled.
These passes bring good gains when
completed. hut are seldom successful be-
cause OF their height and distance. which
enable the secondary defence to cover
the pass as easily az the man for whom
II IL intended. The fact that out of
fourteen attempted passes only four
were completed for a total gain OF my
seven yards will show the slight pcr-
centagc attached to that particular kind
of pass, Probably as n threat Harvard
! resorted to passes In the early part OF
the game, and completed two out Of sis
for 20 yards.
Harvard 10 A~Egressor.
! Taking up the general attack OF both
teams We have Harvard the aggressoi
with a fine variety Of plays from kicl
formation, delayed bucks through TN
line and just enough Of the forwar,
passing game to cause the Tiger sec
ondary defence to stay back looking fol
such n play.
The game opened >Nith u couple %
good forward passes which caused ever,
| one to wonder II Harvard had somethint
J 10 uncover In that department OF tn
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WILLIAMS ATHLETES WIN.
Defeat N. a. 4. In Dual Gross
country Hun, ~ 90 50.

WILLIAM sTowN. Mass, Nov, ll-The
Williams cross-coun'rN team easily de.
Gated the Massachusetts Agg!es here this
afternoon in a dual run by "A score of
II to 40, Williams took the first three
places az we'll AS the NTH and sixth.
Lyons. first Aggie runner in. finished
about 200 yards behind Brown. the win
ner.
captain Kelton OF tn, Williams team
was scri lusly hampered by IA pain In his
side. but zane home In third place. The
men finished In the following order
Brown. WilHams Putnam. Williams
Kelton. Williams; Lyons. NJ. \. G.;
Stafford. Williams; Leeming, Williams .
Gordon. NJ A.. c., Chaplin. NJ. A. & :
Sweeney, NJ, a, g.; Hodge. Williams
Plat. williams. The time Of the win
ner wa 81 minutes ! So seconds for n
i've mile course.
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Yates vauu,rl attack app'aie" ~"
erile. LARGELY because the hro"n -.
charged moro luictly ard Smo'i'te" ~
playe before they had tim" I" s'hr'; ~,
uuen,ly Yale Interference trippeu u,
runner because a B~runonian had spun"
the leaders into the man Inrryi"s w,
b,ll Brown also tackled cIeah.N anu
,~.c;ously. as several limping >ale play
"rs Will attest e,,.
Tn. Els bogau ably and in the HiE'
ru.rtcr appeared ,ikelN 10 triumph ~
most ~ the whistle blew faIe '"o,
me offensive, and after an eNchahse ol
Kicks and a twenty two yard dash ny
L,euor. placed the bah within elsht !aVuS
ofthe goal line. Here Brown st.nehen'
and in four attacks Yale was onIy ao''
to mako six yards, Brown gaming pos
.cssiun. Browns strength asserted Nse't
hero when its attempt to punt was
blocked, but Pollard recovered ana ran
the bah out twelve yards before being
dowued, -
Yale began another march down 'he
field after receiving the ball at midnelh'
and Braden went over from the IL yard
line. hut he was called back, AS aie
was orsida. Immediately atterwafd
n alden drop kicked a goal from the i
yard line. The period ended o after
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a tumble hy Camel In "a" final period
gave Pennsylvania the ban on Dart
mouths ~ yard line, hut Dartmouth ON
the next play recovered It IN a Penney
vania tumble. 4 forward pass, icrrish
10 Emery, brought the bali Ia Pennsyl-
mia 80 yard line. Dartmouth worked
the bail To Pennsylvaria'S - yard line
ard then lost Il attempting to score Il
touchdown on n forward pass.
Then Pennsylvania carried the bal.
from her own 30 yard line by short
PUSHES and forward passes 10 Dart
mouths 80 yard line. Here Berry
brought the Rcd and Hue stands up by
breaking through Dartmouth's defenc.
and racing acroSS the lire for q touch
down. Quigley kicked the goal, tying
the score. The game ended with the b,l
ON Pennsylvania own 80 yard line. Tn
lineup
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HARVARD HARRIERS BEST.
score over Yale In Dual Run. 2G to
2O-OvertOn First Home.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov Harvard
defeated Yale in the annual varsity
O. Us%s-country run to-day 10y n score OF
2G to ~. j. ". Overtou Of Yale finished
first. covering the SIX mile course In SO
minutes Is 2-5 secoGd>. II. 4. King
of Harvard was second. IN - m,uu,es
~ seconds,
The other runners finished In the fol-
lowing order;
V. T.. Waiter. Yale \. r. bancroft.
Harvard ", i, Wh!t'house, Harvard {,
l.. l.. Levine. Yale Il. w Rahcock, Har-
ward J. ~ Hutchinson, Harvard II. =.
+. Cooper, Yale 4. T.. krauss, Yale
Yale won the freshman race over a
three mile course, "a 10 81. - Lewis
OF Harvard finished first in lG minutes
81 seconds, with :. NJ. Hincks ~ Vale
"A close second.
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HONOR PRESIDENT LOWELL.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. NOV. ia, Law
renee Lowell. president = Harvard I'm
yorSity. was elected president OF ,lu
New Eueiand Association of coil"g'
ard Secondary schools ~ the oln-l 3
session OF lis convention { day pIh'"
pfitrre elected were
Firs, Nir"-prcsIdcut, rl'rl Fla b..
dlctou. president ~ Wellesley COLLEGE
second yIac-presideu,, l~irrtye H. Taff.
hcadmaster ~ the Taft School, Mater
town, tlup mountaineering Waite"
y. Jacobs Of llrOwn University
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To Percy Haughton. its coach. more
than to any Of the many Crimson tet-
seyed players does Harvard owe It's vic
tory. 1t was |iIauehton strategy. with
the usual Haughton emphasis o. decep-
the Tigers blundered about in search uf
a fixed scheme OF attack and never found
any.
Princeton uncovered it's punch IN the
first half, and withal ii was a scmewlat
anRmic affair. In the second half. with
their bag Of tricks as bare as Old Mother
Hubbard's cupboard, the Disciples of
Speedy Rush fell back on straight foot
ball, with occasional recourse 10 an
aerial attach. OF fourteen forward
passes tried by the losers only four were
completed. for a total gain of nifty seven
yards. Harvald's six invasions into the
realm of the aerial developed only two
successful passes for ten yards each.
Allan Brown. who took the place OF
Thomas in the Princeton back field. had
a nance to gain a place among Prince
ton football immortals In "A niche next
to the great SAN White. Late IN the
third period Harvard advanced to
Princeton's 22 yard mark, Brown had
Just entered the fray. on Doe next play
Casey fumbled n Brown scooped up
the ball.
Brown had a clear field as he scooted
of for the Crimson goal. He covered
eighteen yards before Harte came from
behind and threw him In the midteld.
The tackle resulted In Harte's injury
and Phinney took his place. II Moore
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SPRINGFIELD HAR2JFRS WIN

S~rrI"GrIrl'. N,.. &c., - Su.,,
fed Colles" defeated T'.',, 'r-u'.
in "a cross-r"unin rIr H. q. 80.
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world. let alone anybody representing
Harvard. could nave stopped thc Inter-
collegiate s%printing champion
NOursr steps In.
The opening Of the fourth quarter
found the Tigers on IlarvIrds ~ Ia;d
mark. another cnance for a Tibbutt. but
without n reliable goal kicker. \ TOR
ward pass from briggs was intercepted
10y Murray ON l~iarvard's 20 yard mark.
Casey and Flower, the latter with a
dash os eighteen yards. brought the pig
skin TO the orange and Blacks ~ yard
mark. tn Crimson vas working In
great style, but here Nuurse rose TO the
height Of his form. Twice he made
remarkable tackles that hurled the Crin H.
son runners for losses and Flower mad
to Kick.
In desperation Princeton opened up
it's anne Forward passes began 10 shoot
right and left from the Tigers back field
and to some small extent the tries were
successful. Harvard was too alert to let
Princeton enjoy any distinct success In
the passing game.
Eddy was the most serious offender
IN Princet)n's fumbling carnival. forhhe
le: he ball get away from him az threc
occasions. once he recovered and an
u.her time Moore got the ball, l:dhy's
third tumble was picked up by lidrte.
briggs made two fumbies and recovered
one, Brown was charged with "A FUN
bile. which was recovered by Ames. Flr
Harvard the arch fumhler was Casey,
with three Offences. aonly one OF which
was recovered. Murray made two FUN
bles and Coolidge one, In penalties
Harvard suffered a loss Of thirty-five
yards. while Princeton LIST fifty-hve.
Harte. Casey, Horween and Dadmun
| were the stellar performers for the Grim
' Continued on Second Page,
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Fumbles Hurt Princeton.

Pr!nceton's attack was straight. hard
football during the opening part OF the
game with a good drive to II until dan
gerously near Harvard's goal line. and
then either a tumble or penalty did the
damage,
During the last few minutes OF the
third quarter Princeton exhibited n play
which looked good the first couple Of
times. The Tiger end would leave the
rush line and play way out as II for a
pass TO the side line, and then would
come running In and clip he Harvard
end lust az the ball was snapped, ana
the play went off tackle for a good gair,
tiar,e fathomed his play by watching
the end which outfanked him 40 that he
was not boxed. and the play ceased to
gain ground.
At his point OF attack the quarter
ended. and when play was resumed the
Tigers figured that they had better take
advantage OF their proximity OF the goa
gained by their recent drive. The result
was that Funk, who a taken the place
! OF Wilson Mt end. dropped back for a
placement kick which went wide and lost
! Princeton the advantage gained, as ia--
: ward proceeded to run out of danger.
In the first half. the two teams fought
each other back and forth IN the centre
of the field. with IN occasional exchange
Cnaflaush "a Hacopd Pane
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Brown ..., $3.50
VI MoriCe, pennsylvania Head lnrsman-
Mfr. Noble. Amherst, Field jndce-Mr. Nc
Carthy, Pennsylvama Time OF perious-Two
Is and two !. minutes
Yale scoring-Field goals Bradcn, . Brown
scoriny -Touchdowns-Purdy Pollard Dew
,,li. Gods from touchdown -D,y.iai- 3
Suhs,tutions--Nale l.arochc Tor SmIth.
Waite for Carey, Smith for i.aiochr, Neville
for Waite, " u smith for Hutchinson
Lynch for Legore. B~ro~n-Andla Tor Jema,l.
Murphy for Pollard ~
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kind OF u break. But the Tigers were
fighters, Thrice the Crimson hurled it.
self at the black jerseyed mass. only to
be kept two yards from its goal. To
neutralize the penalty on Princeton Har
ward suffered a similar loss for holding
Then Horween dropped back to kick his
field goal.
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licking ability Yale must nave suHef'"
.y.r more than +, did. Thro' times
nradrn was called upon 10 Try "A drop
lick after ia. running attack had heeil
.l,ved down To- a snail pace by Brown
I'D ,,,ira out ~ the three times ne
.rc.eod,d Vie booted one throuSh inc
y,,l moss iu the nrst quarter II htted
IN. cher over the crosShar in IN" second
,n,r,c,. After that Vale WAS so busy
~,~,iny 10 s,up Pollard Braden got no
more chances. $780,
The gam. vas filed with all xmas
~ football. most Of II Of the spectacular
kind Pollard was ~ slippery as an
,,l md frcJueutiy iesled off sensational
,,rs In the nusl ,S'iod, with us 'e"'n
leading ny only one point, ne c'lhcheu
the victory 10y ducking. dpdIlhE anu
suuiruluE through the entire Yale 'eh'h
,,r touchdown, covering hity-nNe
y,rd. during his flight. He shook on
a, 10 (, a half dozen would-he tackl.rs
&, This surin.. Pollard stood out IN the
yau. e,slly overshado"ins t"t cHor's
Of ~I.erore.' Ya,e's hope. .
Browns initial touchdown came IN 'he
third p.r!nd and was mace oE u,n'
Inst rrinr 20 Browns success NaIe n'O
s,lbhornlN hnttirI and taken nv n'
or dnVrs an their own : yard me '"''
,eunurary check only seemed 7" r'h'",
no ,iror OF Brown. ns SIX plays iV'".
tho tail AGAIN under the shouuN A.,
Yo'e's eorI nosts and TVS tim iur"s
riuur.d Trough for the ~touchoo"h Nv
last touchdown WaE made on = P''.'
forward pass. Purdy :" p,v!t'ls W.
plantct the ball behind the goa po'''
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More Ill Fortune.

Tn. persistent Ill fortune that hangs
on Princeton's trail made itselt eVrden'
In the series OF events that LED up 10
Horween's winning the game. shortly
after the kickoff in the third perioh HOT
Yeen hunted TO Eddy on Princeton's az
yard mark. From a fake kick formation
briggs lost I'VE yards. being thrown by
the ubiquitous Dick Harte, who played
the game OF his career. Thomas got 10
his own 30 yard line, where Drigss
elected to punt.
The sun shone full In the Princeton
klcker's eyes and he booted the ball out
~ bounds for a gain OF only twelve
Yards. 1t was probably the worst punt
ing effort briggs had ever made. 1t was
Harvard's ball on the enemy's AZ yard
station. and here came the opportunity
10 tally. Horween plugged two yards,
repeated. and Casey made II first down,
Horween and Casey advanced the bal
to the 20 yard line.
Tickle dame fortune landed another
body blow on Princeton hopes. VIM
was sent In TO TAX the place of Highly
and because III new player took som
Instructions from his teammates befor<
reporting 10 the referee the Tigers wers
penslized nfteen yards. Harvard was or
the Q yard line,
II WAS one OF the most unfortunate
Henaities yet imposed In . big game
Even most OF the Harvard msn did no
line the idea OF thsls team 0ettanG thA'
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instead OF Brown had been thee - pix
up the hall nobody IN the college t'utb.!!
world. let alone uybody representing
Harvard. could naye stopped thc Inter-
COLLEGIATE sprintlug champion
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BROWN BEATS YALE
BY. BETTER ATTACK
Ellis Fail to Hold Early Advan-
tage When Pollard Gets
Started.
FINAL SCORE 81 TO

NV HAVEN. Nov. 11.-Ya'c football
confidence tumblei out of sight here
;o-day when Brown literally tore the
Ei gridiron stalwarts 10 ribbons and
raced away with the annual safne by
the score of 81 to 6. II was either lack
of condition or else supreme effort on
the par, OF Brown that drubbed the
Rlue. for in the the nrst half Yale led
.,y a comfortable margin ana really out
ilavci the visitors But in the second
hslf the Brunonisns rode rouahshod
over the best Yale had to Offer, registered
three touchdown and kicked the goals
after. each. ,
n was a sad blow 90 Tad Jones and
J ,thc, Val. caches who had visions or
a victorious year for Yale. something
missing from the New .,aNen institution
Tor a long time The Jones smile was
n evidence. but that was before Pollard
The colorcd halfhack OF Brown began
IA ruu RAMPANT over the Ell tacklers.
:. n. nersis,ent Pollard was the big morn
the Yale side. As he Owed into ana
through 80 many men on his dashes TO-
ward victory he left Yale "arr'"re
,;irwu all oNer the field.
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Continued on Second Page
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-01

Marguerite took to the screen she duplicated
her success almost overnight
Miss Clark is apty cassed among 1.-The fairests
OF the fair" because she is beautiful with a
most piquant form of good looks and personality
one of those girls of whom every one saws:
Isn't she sweet?" wherever and whenever she
appears. Miss Clark was born on Washing
tons birthday. and is in her 2os She lives
cares little for society, and has only her worx
for her hobby.
Jackie SAUNDERS, Balboa star was chris
~ tened Jacqueline, but she learned early in
life to answer to the nickname of Jackie which
she much prefers to the long French sounding
Jacqueline. She comes from the State of Penn
sylvania, having been born there on October
8, 1892.
Miss Saunders buffed her way into the
movies She was determined not to begin in
extra parts. so she told the director to whom
she applied that she had had screen expert
ence. and she was given a leading part-and
she made good too, although she admitted that
she was half frightened out of her wits in think
Ing that the director would call her bluff any
minute
IUANITA HANSEN. the girl with the Scan
y dinavian surname and the Spanish front
pearances. including the extremely light hair
and blue eyes peculiar to the Northern races,
and there is nothing Latin about her except
the "Juanita.' Both names her own how
ever. and they are ideal for picture purposes.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-01

Harry.s first job in drug store, but ma
ture and artistic temperament put an itching
in his feet and set them stageward Young
billiard forso, TX the noxious drugs and hied
him to the footlights: and whether not the
medical profession was robbed of great physi-
clan. this is sure--the stage given very
good actor.
billiards first appearance was on the regular
Afterwards made a record for good work with
such stars Henry e. Dixey, Florence Reed,
Marie Dressler and Blanche Ring Then he
Joined the pictures. and his first screen work
was with Mary Fuller In The Strength OF the
Weak billiards style of acting is individual.
He is very matter fact young chap not
ut all obsessed with the knowledge of his good
looks and sums up his opinion about screen act
ing in four words
1T is HARD WORK.
MARGUERITE CLARK, the Famous Player
wi star, and the "littlest lady of the films"
owes the success she has made on the stage
and screen to a boundless ambition and the
fact that folks back in Avondale, Ohio. where
she was born. said she was too cute for any
thing In every amateur play that she took
part in.
Miss Clark's parents were well to do and she
could just easily have led life of luxury
and as to follow the hard road to success
on the stage. Miss Clark made her first ap-
pearance in the spoken drama Coincidence.
and her work in Baby Mine was the talk of the
other successes Just big. and when little
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-01
Breaking Into the Movies
~~~~~~~~>~~~~~~~~>~.By A. II.
By A. II. G,ebIer.

every day while stayed on at the laundry and
provided thu money for the room rent and things
IL eat
This went on into the middle Of the third
ally being out and always half starved.
And then came the big day! The day Myra burst
into the room like young cyclone.
We'll. kid, | butted in" she cried.
IL you could hear Myra talk now, after she
has taken English diction. syntax. and the entire
bag OF tricks supplied by instructor In polite
conversation. besides having her voice mani
cured twice week. you would never believe
she the girl who talked to me that night.
i've broken the rope" she ratified on. I've
made dent in this movie mountain; I've got
a toe hold. and I'm going to climb"
Myra's first part just part of part She
a face at window. one of twelve strike
breakers In shirt-w factory scene. II was
small. It beginning at the ground floor. the
basement. the very subceilar. in fact but II
meant much to us.
Myra earned IS for her first days work. and
had another day in prospect.
"As much / made at the fve-and-ten In
two weeks" she exuited.
suppose l was envious. ] think cried lit
tie. and then Myra grabbed me up in her strong
arms and tossed the bed.
"You little goose" she said. You would
have stood Just good a chance I did II
you had been there. l was 'Myra tho spot.
that's all. was not chosen for my great