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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-05
1nsr, !, set,s nepsy

"There," said the artist. throwing
down his brush and stepping back
rom tho easel. II consider that tho
vary hest ching I ever Gld." "Nevaf
mind" said his friend coDsoliugly.
.psrhsps the critics win take . more
CHARITABLE view Of your other stun
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-05
Radical Remedy.

Radical Remedy.
AT last" exclaimed the medical
student, II have discovered q sure cure
for cOrns."
"Put me wise," said his friend.
"Haye your feet amputated," replied
the embryo N, D., with 4 ghoullsh
chuckle.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-05
FIVE COLOSSAL REDPATH DAYS.
Redpath Chautauqua Greenwood, Miss.
May % to 20.
PROGRAM.
list DAY.
Afternoon.

LIST DAY.
Afternoon.
Introductory Exercises.
Grand Concert, The Merrilees, Sing
ers and Entertainers.
Organization of Children's Hour.
Admission Is. Children 15c
Evening.
Concert, The Merrilees.
Lecture-"At the Front in France,
Lieut.. Donald H. McGibney. (Of the
American Ambulance Corps.)
Admission IS. Children Is.
End DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
Song Recital, Knight MacGregor,
Scotch Baritone.
Reading-"Wind Tossed Sayles",
Clarissa Harold.
Admission rs. Children l5c
Evening.
Song Recital, knight MacGregor, in
Highlander's Costume.
Magic and Illusions, Reno & Co.
Admission Soc. Children 25c.
3rd DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
Hawaiian Music, Jas. R. Frew & Co.
Admission rs. Children 15c
Evening.
Hawaiian Music in Costume, Jas. R.
Frew & Co.
Popular Scientific Demonstrations
of Torpedo with Ears, Gyosope, etc.,
Montraville M. Wood.
Admission Soc. Children 25c.
4th DAY.
Morning.
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
Popular Reading, Children's Work.
er.
Lecture - MACHINERY and Men,,
Charles l.. Ficklin.
Admission 25. Children 15c
Evening.
Accounts Overdue, Tin the War
Zone" "The Man Outside" Parish
Players Co.
Admission Soc. Children 25c.
5th DAY.
Morning. a
Children's Hour.
Afternoon.
A Singing Band, Dunbar's White
Hussars.
Lecture-"The Fortune Hunter" DR..
William A. Colledge.
Admission rs. Children l5c
Evening.
+ Circus Time in Fairyland, A Play
by the Local Children.
Grand Concert, Dunbar's White Hus-
sars.
Admission SOC. Children 25c.
Why not let The Daily Common
wealth visit your home every after
noon?
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-05
Matter Of Years,

Matter Of Years.
Editor-And you say this Joke U
original with your
Enthusiastically
Editor-Well, you don't look It
'Humorist-Don't look what?
Editor-To be four hundred yeaIs
old.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-05
Az Others Gee Us.

As Others Gee Us.
Greene-I wonder how old Grindem
managed to acquire SO much money?
Browne-DOn't know. But there's
one thing certain-the price he paid
for a clear conscience didn't keep him
poor.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
William Farnum Good as an Army

slap an engine Of tho track?
And chase mob to Helangon and
sometimes halfway back?
And have you seen him stand king
uEon his royal ear?
And beat q faithful! army to palpt-
taiiug smeaTI
How gracefully he hits a big gazabo on
the nose
And presto! UndertaKers and some
flowers and repose.
So do not fear tie English or tho
German or the Jap.
Iust notify Hill Faruum and ncll
chase 'em eff the map.
Then let ne offer up our thanks that
this Is even thurs,
Let's thank u kindly Providence for
taking care Of us,
For handing rs d Farnum to protect
or ldth and Kin.
a Farnum who can give the foe a swift
ono On the shin.
on should foreign country crow
pcrnicky or raw.
Wen laugh our -girlish tee hee nee
and likcwi % haw haw haw.
Have we not William Farnum TO de-
fcnd the mountain pass?
We have, and William Farnum, girls,
can run 'cm out OF gas
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
MOWER ALMOST KIDNAPPED


In "The Butterfly Girl" five-roel
Mutual star production. featuring
Margarita Fischer. Jack Mower por-
trays the character OF the son of the
governor of the state. who leaves home
ana becomes singer in the Hawaiian
village at the san Diego exposition.
He fails in love with the Butterfly
Girl" Margarita Fischer. and shen
off duty sings the Hawaiian melody
aloha Oe' to her
Mower is really quite a singer and
one day while the filming of one Of
the scenes in the Hawaiian Village"
was going on n crowd of tourists hap
pened to pass by. Amongst them was
one Of New York's best known comic
opera producers and when he heard
Mower chanting aloha Oe" he in
sisted upon seeing him and told his
friends that he was going to take that
Hawaiian back to New York with
him and he would bo one of the big
drawing cards on Broadway.
When Mower was discovered to be
only" an American. and a motion
picture actor at that, the producer
turned away in anger.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
Army? Navy? Machine Guns


Suporflu Gus when William Farnun.
Is on hand Thdt Is the belief Of
hundreds o. motion picture fans, "and
The greatest of these Is j. i. McEVoy,
a writer on the Chicago Trihure who
pays this tribute 20 Farnum supreme
fighting man Of the screen.
"IrcparclncsS Plus.
q differ with tho prophet who dc
clares we're On the bum.
That when II comes To fighting wc'ro
the residue and scum,
We may not have 4 navy that amoauts
TO thirty ccuts.
our army may be fun Of prurcs and
aporturcs ana vents,
Eut what care W for armies or for
navios or FOR guns
! or ammunition. strategy or even
sturdy sons?
No enemy would dare TO harm our
humble hlhiiats.
We'd tell our William Faruum ana
he'd Kick 'em In the Stats.
For ahve you seen our Farnum
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
COMING OF WAR COMMITS
THEATERS TO LIGHT PLAYS
New York Critic Declares Comedies
and Farccs VIII Pre-
,Ipmiputn

War commits the thcator To com
Cdy ana farce remarks Haywood
I}rOun, the critic Of the New YORK
Tribune. This has been the reac-
ton I'm all countries. II viii he the
reaction here, and as a matter OF toct
Il has been, for at least psychological
| state of war has existed here ever
since the beginning of tNe season.
| Under the conditions IL seems 10 MS
that the theatcr has acquitted itself
remarkably well. In spite OF the fact
that world conditions are inimical 10
creative artistic effort, the season
drawing TO close has been one or
the best I'm years The public has
learned that light play need not
hc trivial one
Barrie has done most to prove this
| with A Kiss for Cinderella Cthe
fancy that Miss Maudc Adams Is now
| presenting at the Empire thcatcr New
! oriD, which is not only a fine play
and Joyous play but a courageous
| play. only a brave man could hold
| tho mood of a Kiss FOR cinderella in
| the face of war conditions Only a
! chiNAlrous man would have included
! Gretchen. the little German. among
! the war orphans for whom cinderella
cafes. II viii be a splendid thing If
| this standard can he preserved in our
theater. Barrie is one Of the best
reasons in the world for an alliance
with England
Into such plays as do not turn their
back absolutely upon life the war will
! presently come creeping more and
more II Is 20 bc hoped that play
wrirhts will not show too much ten
1cnov to figheour battles on the stage
! We want no German villains nor toe
lmanv heroic Americans. Calling
names will win no battles, and as far
as we have been able to observe pre-
lpo"cdness plays have built no hat
| tlDshipe .
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
LITTLE SHOES" IS STORY
OF GREAT HEART INTEREST
WalthaI Seen in Drama of Sentiment
in Contrast TO His Former
Work

Have you any little shoes" in your
home? Any children, or little broth
ers or little sisters? You love them,
of course. but do you appreciate them
as fully as you should?
Henry b. Walthall, the foremost
emotional actor on the screen, is now
appearing in a photodrama that will
touch your heartstrings. He lays bare
the unalloyed purity of children. their
whole-hearted love, their supreme
goodness and charity of nature.
When you see this feature you Will
want to catch up the first kiddie you
meet and kiss him. You will love
children more than you ever did be
fore.
Little Shoes" is the title of this
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

the strand this week has been rated
80 per cent by the critics. These fea-
lures are: The Checkered Coat"
starring Dorothy Phillips, Sunday and
Monday; Harry Walthall in Little
Shoes" Tuesday and Wednesday,,
Marguerite Fisher in THE Butterfly
Girl" Thursday; Mary Miles Minter
in The Innocence of Li2ettc," Fri
day; Lucille Lee Stewart in Ninety
and Nine" saturday.
PALACE-Onc Of the greatest de-
tective productions ever made is THE
Argylo Case" "a seven-act feature
starring Robert Warwick which
comes to the Palace Tuesday and
"Wednesday. This production was
made under the personal direction Of
Ralph Ince and the detective work
was under the personal direction of
William ]. Burns. Wallace Reid and
Myrtle Stedman are at the Palace TO-
day and tomorrow in "A Prison with
out Walls Thursday and Friday,
Jack Pickford will be screened in
"1'he Dummy" and saturday Mabel
Taliaforro m "A Magdaleue of the
Hills"
LYRIC-Two new series will be
started at the Lyric this week. They
are not serials, but each film is a
two-reel story complete in itself. The
first is The American Girl" coming
Tuesday with Marion Sais. a vivid
portrayal Of her idea of the ideal
American girl. Thursday will be
started the go. Henry" stories visual
ized. Each O. Henry picture will be
Il faithful reproduction of the story
under the personal direction of
Thomas Il. Mills Wednesday brings
back Grace Cunard and Francis Ford
in another episode Of THE Purple
Mask" Friday is Red Feather day,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

\ supervising principal recently was
testing some children in reading, and.
in order to know whether they in
terproted correctly, asked the meaning
Of different words. one word which
promised difficulty was "christened. ="
When asked, none could tell its mean
ing In order to lead up to Its mean
ing tho supervisor asked: well,
what do they do when a baby is
born"
one urchin, whose home must have
had recent visit from Mr.. Stork,
popped up and said, "They weigh it."
INDIANAPOLIS News
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
All of One Mind.

A misery and unpopular citizen
lay dying
Are you willing TO go?" ques-
toned the deacon.
"Oh, yes. | am
"Wol, I'm glad you are, for that
makes II unanimous" rejoined the
deacon. -Harper's.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
STRANGE But TRUE.

Theater managers are fire.
qucntly condemned 10y public
opinion for giving too much at
tcntion 10 their box offices. Yet,
paradoXical as 1t may seem, the
box office is usually the last
thing thot of when thcater is
built. In one London theater-
the anecdote says Zeffic Tilbury's
playhouse several years ago the
management and the architect
actually forgot to make pruNi-
sion for 1t at all. and some par
tial reconstruction was necessary
TO make room for IT, Usually
the box office is placed in some
otherwise useless nook under the
stairs.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

starring Jack Mulhall in The Hero
OF the Hour"
GRAND-This is the last day for
the Van Dyke Eaton stock company.
The farewell bill will be How to
Make a Million" and curtain speeches
Will be made by each member Of the
company after the last act.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

well, spring is here bringing joy
to the butterflies and bees"
I'm. The turtle, however, seems
best prepared to survive IT."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01
DIX TO BRING SOME
HORSES HERE; U. S.
HAS IS TRANSPo

Although the Seattle Times of Feb.
ruary says that orders were received
there the day before to rush loading
of the U. s. army freight and horse
transport Dix and despatch her for Ho-
nolulu aud Manila as soon as possible,
the local quartermaster's office said
today the Dix is still at Seattle and
that she will not bring any more than
the ordinary number tof horses to
army posts ON Oahu. The quarter,
masters office always is notified by
cable Of the Dix's departure.
rOn the round voyage Just ended,
says the Times. @the Dix delivered a
sbipment Of big guns for the defenses
Of Manila bay. Uncle Sam Is quietly
preparing to defend bis island posses.
sions IN the Pacific. The DIX Is Q
Ehig carrier o. $40 gross and 1901 mel
tons fegister: s445 feet long. SO feet
beam and g s feet depth of hold. Sht
Is the largest Of the vessels Of the
Qnartermaster Corps OF the Unitel
States army, and would see importan.
service in case Of war. !.
Fhe crisis with Germany finds tll.
tinted States With, is transports. two
% which. the steamships Crook and
Burnside, now in Seattle, are assigned
to other service. All of the vessel
are foreign built, ~ of them being tn
product OF yards in the United King
dom, two being built in Germany an,
one in Shanghai. China" -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01
AMERICAN METHODS Will BE TAKEN
Up BY FRANCE when WAR IS ENDED
IRy Associated Prsssl

PARIS, France.-Farsighted obServ-
ers declare that the engineer is the
man OF the future in France. II is
not q mere supposition based upon
the eventual reconstruction. hut
seems rather to be a deduction from
the new spirit OF the Frenchman. In
the words Of professor of the Cen
trail Polytechnic School, France train
ed its students before the war as II
they should all enter the institute"
and II Is generally recognized as a
fact that. in her hour OF need. France
felt the lack among her scientists Of
men able to give practical application
to their discoveries.
France has had great engineers-a
few Of them-at all epochs. French
engineers pierced the Istbmus Of Suez,
built the ,seaIofts Of the Leyant, start
ed the Panama canal, gave the first
impetus to the automobile industry
and aviation; yet in its industrial en-
terprises before the war France en-
ployed an average of only one engi-
neer for every 100 workmen, where
Germany employed four 1t is to this
situation that many attribuSe the fact
that France was losing it's lead in the
automobile industry and had already
been passed In aviation by Germany
when the war broke out.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01

work for months on an inventory of
Americas wal. needs and of the coun-
trys Industrial resources.
All this secrecy in preparing for
national defense is only bunkum. .
said Mr.. Coffin, on his arrival In
Washington, where he will make head
quarters for the direction of the work
or the committee. You can't keep
the foreign powers from learning our
situation In detail We are a cosmo-
poliian people and other countries are
bound TO learn what we are doing.
The thing to do Is to organize our re-
sources. That done, We have nothing
to fear.
An example of the way industrial
leaders are coming to the front with
proffers OF assistance to the nation
was the offer. this week, of E.. E.
Allyne. president Of the Aluminium
Castings Co. of Cleveland. who puts
his five big plants at the disposal OF
the government for experimental pur-
poses. These are strategicaliy locat.
ed at Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo. Man.
itowoc, Wis.,, and Fairfield. Conn.
AiamlnHHi Big Facter
The aluminium industry promises to
play conspicuous part in war pre-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01

At Nancy there are the chemical.
electrical and colonial institutes, with
a brew ing school and q dairy school
Lille had. before the German occupa-
ton, an Industrial chemical institute,
while Lyons had 3 school Of tanning
chemistry and an agricultural ihsti-
tate. At GrenOble there is an electri-
cal institute and butter-making school,
while Toulouse has an electrical and
chemical institute. These institutions
in the opinion oil experienced educa-
tors lack cohesion and completeness.
Senator Gay proposes 10 give them
official status to enable 4 more thor
Cugh organization.
Learn From America
1t was in America that old Albion
learned to reform its methods" said
~. H0ulevigue. professor of the
Facu!ty of Sciences at Marseilles. 1t
is to America, also. that We must go
for guidance II We want the man OF
the future to be equal to his task
VI. HCulevigue points to the prog
ress made in America during the last
half century, before which most OF the
knowledge Of technical science in the
country was that gained by men with
tools In their hands. That Is Why
America has introduced more Of the
practical into its technical education
than European countries. We must
profit from that lesson in France" he
adds.
Economical motive power will be
absolutely required in France after
the war, and this. in the opinion of
the best authorities. will be found only
in the development Of Frances water
power In the Alps, the Jura. the Vos-
ges and the Pyrenees. and the devlop-
ment of these resources alone will call
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01

parations, according to experts. Those
interested in national defense have of
late been paying much attention to
the production of aluminium, or Ignite,
as the finest group of aluminium al
Toys is called 1t is Of aluminium that
the German 'Zepp" is made. On &C
count of its lightness. the metal is al
most a necessity in aeroplane motors
1T is also used in making propellers
for the planes. 1t has, come into gen
eraI use in automobile motors, engi
neers say, often causing a saving OF
$50 pounds In the weight of car. g..
AS we see It, aluminium, or Ignite,
lis of almost vital Importance particu-
larry in trucks and heavy. duty We
.hicles used in war times" said Mr..
AIlyne, I'm offering his plants. lover
forty different motor car parts are
being made out of it. When We come
to the airplane situation We feel that
aluminium motor, aluminium ,pistons,
will make for the success or failure
of the modern war machine. The
aluminium motor, aluinHm pistons,
and, in our opinion, aluminium planes,
will be standard equipment before
many years for all aircraft made IN
the United States. 800 =- d.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01
Change Educational Method.

The engineers of France came from
the Central Polytechnic School OF
Arts and Trades, the School of Mines,
and the School OF Electricity, in all Of
which. professors complain, mathe-
mates. which Play the principal role.
were taught for their own sake rather
than as a means to an end. The elite
OF every generation in France for a
century has thus, according to another
professor, been led toward the ideal
OF mathematical distractions and has
developed a race Of scientists. saVants
and bureaucrats.
vi. Appel, dean of the faculty Of sci
ences and an advocate of a thorough
reformation of the educational system,
IS in favor Of the adoption of the AM
erican plan of judging technical stu
dents at work in the school itself rath-
er than by competitive examination.
Senator Gay proposes to complete
each of the French universities with
a faculty of applied sciences. COM
prising instruction i'm all branches that
correspond to the industries Of the
region in which the university is To-
Gated. France has already a number
Of these regional technical schools
which require only slight transforma-
tions In order to confine themselves
to the proposed plan. -. 81.
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American industry viii be first to
the colofs II war Is declared. Offers
OF cooperation are coming In to the
Naval Constructing Board from indus
trial leaders all over the country.
,fhiIe the mobilization Of troops has
been discussed generally In the press
and IN Congress-. the organization OF
Americas Industries for war service
has proceeded with little public no
tice. Yet. those who are in position
TO know assert that, ifkwar were 70
b declared tomorrows the wheels Of
thousand factories would begin to
turn for Uncle Sam.
Iunitiqns Of war means more
than shells and gunpoWders and tor
n1does. Automobiles trucks. aero
planes, diritibies. railroad steel apd
q hundred other things viii sbe needed
n once.and needed badly The organ
i1alion Of industry took systematic
form when the Naval Consulting
hoard was appointed, with Thomas A.
Edison as IL chairman and including
the famous wi6ard, HUDSON Maxim,
and other Americans Of noted achieve
ntnt Howard B. Coffin was made
chairman of the Industrial prepared.
ness committee and he has been at
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01
GUARD OFFICERS
ARE PROMOTED

Lieut.-Col. Wm. r. Riley was yes
terday afternoon promoted to the COM
mand OF the LIST Infantry, National
Guard, succeeding Col. R. Croxton, re-
signed, by a special order issued by
the adjutant-generars office. To fill
the vacancy Of Northumberland, Maj.
Gustaye Rose has been promoted and
Capt. Charles Coster has been promot-
ed to major of the second battalion.
All OF these officers have been with
the guard for many years and their
promotion is we'll deserved. Rose was
the senior major and Coster the senior
captain. % ..-s..5
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01
ARMY ORDERS

Leave Of absence of one month to
take effect upon his arrival In the
United States is granted Capt. Nor
eis Stayton, Coast Artillery Corps, sta
sfianed at Fort Kamehameha.
First Lieut.. Harold c. Vanderveer
is assigned to the 9th Field Artillery.
First Lieut.. Louis A. Beard, field ar
tillery, detached officers list, is de-
tailed for general recruiting service.
Upon arrival In the United States he
viii proceed to Fort Logan, Colo, and
report in PERSON to the commanding
officer of the recruiting depot at that
place for duty, ....a
Pursuant to instructions from the
War Department the following named
enlisted men will be sent to Fort Nc
Doweil, Cal, on the first available
transport for discharge under the Fro
visions of paragraph 14Sk A. R., on
account of giving evidence of qualities
which render their retention in the
military service undesirable, as fol-
lows. <-,t..&
Habits: Pvt Joseph F. Medulan,
Company |, and Thomas F. Hilbert,
Company C., Cd Infantry. Inaptitude:
Pvt. George H. Drum, 1st Company,
Fort De Russy Traits of character:
Pvt. Everett Cooper, Company I. I'd
Infantry. p" u n
These soldiers are entitled to travel
allowances, The Quartermaster Corps
will furnish the necessary transporta-
tion and subsistence. The journeys
are necessary for athe public service.
Each CT the following named Off
/ GERS win report in person to- the pres.
ident of the board, Of officers appoint
ed in paragraph l, Special Orders No.
Is. these headquarters, current series,
at such time after March Il, 1917. as
may be designated by the president Of
the board for examination to detern1-
inc their fitness for promotion: list
Lieuts.. Lester D. Baker, infantry. D..
O. l.: Alfred n. Hobley and Henry C..
/ K. Muhlenberg, and I'd Lieut.. Freder.
lex A. Barker, I'd Infantry. 49,.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01
MILITIA OFFICERS
GIVEN ASSIGNMENTS
FOR DUTY WITH ARMY

Four captains and four lieutenants
lof the National Guard Of New York,
New Jersey West Virginia and Mas
sachusefts have been ordered 10 duty
with The regular army, according to an
order 20 the war department. They
hive been ordered to report to the
lc1uimahding efficer Of the southern
az EaffmeHf for q period OF four months:
Tor practical instruction
II 81 said tfiat these are the first
officers alilder the defense act TO be
assigned to the regular army They
viii receive the came pay as the
regulars.