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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01
iuns" and the American War News
Weekly.
,aile.a.Minutc Girls Close Here Tonight

sdile.a.Minutc Girls Close Here Tonight
Two performances remain of the
scheduled eighteen which Mersereau's
"Aiile-a-Minute Girls nave been givinl
- Hippodrome patrons this week, ana
while they are last, they are, however,
by no means least. BY many "Hal-
lowoen." the final bill, has been voted
he best of the three. One thing is self.
evident. and this is the element of com.
ely which almost runs riot in the pres.
ont offering, is funnier than in any OF
tho other bills. This fact impressed
itself on the audience last night. many
whom attended all the other produc.
IONS, and they registered their ap.
roval in loud applause. Jess Myers
and Lottie LeClair have won them
selves many friends through their sue.
cessful efforts to present the sort of
comedy most people like. The chorus.
too. has left its impress, for not in a
long time have five winsome little la
dies of their calibre been noted in one
organization. They dress becomingly
and dance and sing with a uniformity
that adds much to the smoothness of
The entertainment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01
Mew o. Henry at Nelson.

The extraordinary merit of the O.
I.enry pictures being distributed by
General Film continues to be the talk
u filmdom. The public has accepted
re delightful film versions of O.
!ienry's masterpieces with an enthusi
ssm that indicates a long run for all
% the subjects. The o. Henry stories
lave been characterized as the most
valuable mine OF motion picture mate
rial unearthed in years, and the re,
.ponse in all parts of the country has
,orne out this estimate many times
No more popular two and four.reel sub
iects have ever been issued.
Among the current o. Henry sub
jects which have added materially to
The sensational hit already made by the
series Is 1.-THE Enchanted Kiss" which
is on the Nelson program today, along
with 1.-THE Triple Entente" wild In
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F!A1RyIEW,il

Oscar Wilson of Fairmont spent
Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Pinkey Wilson.
Ray Sine of Washington, D. c.
spent the week end with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Sine.
Mrs Maude Amos and children.
Master Robert and Ruth. spent the
week end with relatives here.
DR.. Hershel Yost OF Fairmont was
visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Ellen
Phillips Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jarvis Collins OF Fair.
mont spent Thanksgiving with rela
tives here.
Mrs. Leon Smith OF Eairmont was
a recent guest of her sister, Mrs. Her.
bert Toothman.
Mrs. James Davidson and Misses
Margaret and Bessie Cowan were at
Fairmont shopping Wednesday.
Miss Virginia Morris OF Fairmont
was here Thanksgiving the guest OF
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. l., Morris
on Mai nstreet.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01
Submarine Picture Held over.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea-" the great submarine spec.
tacle. which was originally booked at
the Grand Theatre for Thursday and
yesterday, will be held over for q re.
showing this afternoon and night. The
Unprecedented attendance at the two
days showing convinced Manager Nor
gan that the spectacle had met with
nrboundcd approval and there were
many direct requests from people who
could not get to the theatre any other
tine but Saturday for continuance.
These came in SO great numbers that
Mr.. Morgan was influenced TO comply
with the expressed wishes end ar.
'angements were hurriedly made to
ietain the wonderful picture of the
deep day longer.
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some soldier to smoke every time he
takes one himself.

The Jack X. Lewis Stock Com.
rauy is now in its eleventh week at
Chester. Pa. Business is increasing
light along and the general outlook is
good. John NJ. Carson. a well.known
circus and theatrical manager, is man
sser of the company.
-Lottie Leclaire. prima donna Of
the company now at the Hippodrcme,
designs and actually makes the ward.
robe for the girl members of her com.
rany. The costumes in which the ia.
dies of the ballet" were so becomingly
Gowned during the week were first ex.
hibited several weeks ago when the
company appeared in Connellsville. 1t
was proud moment for this charming
leading lady. To one of less artistic
temperament the work of keeping the
chorus well dressed would seem an irk.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01
HOULT

Mr.. and Mrs. James. McElfresh and
Lewis McElfresh OF Morgantown are
visiting relatives here.
Lewis Burnworth is moving his fam.
lily from Belview to the property late,
ly vacated by Henry Hess.
Erma Watkins who attends High
school in Fairmont is spending the
Thanksgiving holidays here.
Mrs. Nellie Earr and two daughters
of Fairmont is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Dora Hoult
Mr. and Mrs. b. E. Wilson and two
children are visiting relatives at Man.
rington.
Mrs. s. J. Smith is visiting his wife
who is caring for her aged mother,
who is very sick at Cambridge, o.
Mrs. Harvey McElfresh of near ow.
ems is visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey johnson here today.
Several people took advantage OF
the Thanksgiving holiday to butcher
their hogs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01
"cLoSe UPS"

Every time Roscoe Fatty" Ar
luckle, Paramount's heavyweight COM
edian, buys package of smokes" for
himself, he buys another and drops it
into one of the various receptacles
about the studio, to be sent to the boys
at the front. He says he doesn't know
of any fairer arrangement than to treat
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01

come duty. but to Miss Leclaire It Is
: genuine pleasure. She is an artist
with the artistic temperament in its
supreme state.
"A nearby Pennsylvania paper in
commenting upon the work of Cliff
Watson. whose Rag Time Revue com.
rany was showing in that town, said
that Cliff was native of Hannibal,
Pike county. Nd. We never heard Of
any place by that name OF any import
ance outside OF Missouri, and regard
less of that fact Fairmont doesn't want
tc be sidetracked when it comes to say
ing things about some of its boys OF
long ago. Cliff is a Fairmonter, al.
though he claims Atlanta, Ca, as his
Professional address. Bet he hasn't
forgotten the time when he used to
play about the sand bank where the
Hotel Watson now stands, Go slow.
reighbor. "Credic where credic's due"
OIL Adeel
-- n .
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01
Mex. Weeks Hlppoarome Attraction.

Next Weeks Hippoarome Attraction.
Lyons Musical Maids will como to
the Hippodrome theatre on next Mon.
day for q weeks stay with three splen.
did programs, all of which literally
TEEN with pleasing specialties good
Song numbers and a particularly bril-.
liant line Of comedy. 1t was announced
last night from the Hippodrome stage
by Jack Vivian. who stated that he had
o personal acquaintance with the show.
that It far excels anything OF its kind,
The wardrobe is said to be magnificent
ind the features in many respects
unique. Notably among these are a
coon shouting soubrette. buck dane.
ing Hebrew character comedian and
buck dancing chorus. The company in.
cludes Ed RUDE Ferns, comedian: G.
a. Lyon. manager and comedian;
Charles H. Davis, comedian; Andy Nc.
Laughlin. straights; Stella Gartner.
general business: Pauline Avis. gen.
oral business; Ruby Davis, soubrette.
Avis Ferns, Evelyn Kingsley. Bohbie
Banks and Dollie Smith make UP the
chorus.
lockwood Feature Again Today.
paradise Garden" the Metro Won.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01

Mrs. Glenn Hawkins was at Fair.
mont shopping Friday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01
ADDED ATTRACTIONS.

Hippodrome-ln again, Out Again,
picture comedy.
Princess-He News.
Nelson.-American War News Week
y, The Triple Entente and Wild In.
juns.
Dizie-Keystoue comedy.
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Hans und Fritz Next Week, Also.

"Hans und Fritz" which follows
Cheating Cheaters" at the Grand, is a
stage version by Frank Kennedy of the
excruciating funny R. Dirk's cartoons,
after which the new hilarity is named
Everything in the way of artistic detail
IS said to be found regardless of cost,
IL the newest Dirk's conceit.
Leo Edwards and Will Cobb have
written the incidental music. Frank
Kennedy has written the librettos and
Frank Tannehill has rehearsed the
company, including fair bevies of at
tractive choristers who sing and dance
their way through the plays three acts
The local engagement is announced ai
The Grand for Thursday, December 9th
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10 Of "Hokumo In "Hallowe'en."

Lots OF "Hokum" In "Hallowe'en."
The weekend bill at the Hippodrome
bears the rather appropriate title Hal.
lcwe'en." 1t is appropriate because 1t
consists Of pranks, antics, or funny do.
posed to do on so festive an occasion as
Halloween" Although 1t begins with
sort Of plot it soon works itself sc
far away from the threatened theme
that 1t becomes entirely lost in the
maze Of comedy bits" In which the
whole company Of the "Mile.a.Minute
Girls" indulge. Its initial presentation
at the Hippodrome yesterday by Mr..
Mersereau's company was hugely en-.
joyed by large audience. At the first
evening performance the "SRO" sign
was taken from its mooring and held
IN readiness to flash before an eager
lyswaiting crowd at the box office win
COW, but many Of those in line pre-
ferred to linger about for the second
performance and the result was moth
Ing more than complete sell out"
AS consequence the second night
show was attended by a much larger
than usual crowd. The performers had
nc trouble in keeping the spectators
interested and amused every minute of
he show. Jess Myers was in the lime.
light pretty much all of the time, and
80 was Bob Oswald. Miss Lottle LIE.
Claire, who launched into instant favor
on her first appearance Monday, did
not appear as often as the audiences
were wont to have her, but every ap.
pearance was enthusiastically applaud.
ed. Besides the excellent work Of the
chorus en- masse, opportunity was al
. forced each member to do chit in.
;svidually and their eforts were i'm.
rnensely enjoyed. The final perform
Lace Of the same playlet will be given
tonight after which this excellent mu.
steal comedy organization win depart.
taking with them the hope of Hippo
drome patrons that they will some day
I'lay a return engagement.
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.cheatins cheaters" Monday Night.
Cheating Cheaters" which A. H.
Woods will present at the Grand The
atre Monday night. has just complet-
ed an engagement of a solid year at
the Eltinge Theatre. New York, and
comes here with the endorsement OF
the press and public of New York as
one OF the most delightful entertain
lnents Of many seasons. The play Is
lest described as farce melodrama
in four acts and is the work OF Max
MARGIN, author of THE House of
Class" While the characters in the
play are for the most part crooks"
Cheating Cheaters" is not Crook"
play In the accepted sense of the word.
It is a brilliant farcial satire on the
Crook melodrama" as tense and OK
citing as melodrama, and as full OF
sparkling comedy as the gayest Of
farces. All lovers of the theatre will
enjoy this brilliant comedy that at
tracted discerning New York audi
ences for an entire year. The play will
be iDterpneted by powerful cast. The
advance sale of seats began at Martins
book store yesterday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01

rSRoF. FRANCISCO DE EcHE.
- MENDRA, the musical director
! Of the "Mile.a-Minute Girls" com.
pany now playing at the Hippodrome,
IS anative Of Cuba. He received a col.
legiate education In this country and
has been active in his profession on
the mainland for many years. He was
reader Of the Grace NJ. e. Church choir
at Harrisburg, Pa, for several years
and was manager Of the Family Thea.
tire at Lebanon. Pa, for time. He
Euhered from nervous breakdown at
about the time Of the Spanish-Ameri.
Can war and happened to be in his ma.
tive island trying to regain his health
when the hostilities began. He wit
messed the battle of Santiago and saw
the destruction OF Cevera's fleet from
q vantage point on land.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-01

lockwood Feature Again Today.
Paradise Garden" the Metro Won.
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10000 Leagues Unde,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-05
Happy New Year to all!
C. H. FREYER.
$500 REWARD.

LOST-BETWEEN 106 WRIGHT
STREET AND THE RAILROAD
CROSSING ON WHITLOCK AVEN-
UE, A SMALL GOLD PIN WITH
LEILA BOND PLANT ENGRAVED
ON THE BACK. REWARD OF
$500 FOR IT'S RETURN TO MRS.
FRANK FEM, 1O6 WRIGHT
STREET. J12
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-05

wheel. You ought to see them mt
on the tires. 1t is lightning. Nv
a special device, invented by one
of the men in the department. the
tire can be put on wheel in three
seconds.
From overhead bodies are dropped
down on to the chassis and soon
made fast.
The car is now ready for its
tests. Rapidly revolving wheels in
the floor engage the wheels of the
car, and send them at high speed
to make sure that they are operat-
ing freely. This is not a test un-
der the power of the car.
Gasoline and water are then put
into the car. 1t is pushed off the
track into another room, till its
wheels are in contact with wheels
in the floor
With the use of the self-starter,
the machine gets it's first chance
to prove the success of it's con-
struction
1t surprised me the way the mo-
tors started. They were off with
rush. There was no hitch or de-
lay. All the work. had been done
right. In few minutes the motor
means of solving the dye problem.
was working apparently almost as
smoothly as if it had been a year
on the road.
We saw how the cars were shipp-
ed. The export department has
the big feature in this line The
finished car undergoes preparation
by having its wheels taken off and
fastened on the under side of the
frame which forms the top covering
for the car
The top is covered with tar paper
as a protection against the elements
and all is securely boxed.
Along comes a big crane running
| in an overhead groove quarter
of mile long. The operator sits
in a small cab not unlike that of
a railroad engineer. Chains grab
| the box containing the car. and
within forty five seconds have car
riad it outside the building and
| placed it on the flat freight car
1t is processes like these, all that
l have described, that explain why
every car in the Willys-Overland
| line is what it is at so low cost.
Making so many is the answer,
making them to go all over the
world and having profited by the
| experiences of users everywhere
| Quantity production, immense and
costly machines, skilled designing,
careful inspection, accurate tests
Of material, efficient factory meth
| DDS, rapid assembly and advanced
methods of handling, all these we
saw; all these tell why the WHY'S
| Overland Company lives up to it's
ideals of a car for every need or
taste, price, class and service right.
|
from the lowest priced to the head
liner. 1t will be the marvel of the
automobile shows
This sightseeing tour is only one
angle of this convention. Tonight
we will hear policy defined by the
various officials.
The two-day's program includes
a rollicking beefsteak dinner,
more formal banquet, a minstrel
show, a concert by the famous Over
land Band and a concert by the
Glae Club.
Finally there will be a speech by
the moving genius of it all, Mr..
WHY'S himself.
You will agree with me that this
is some project to have been put
over all within one plant and by
the people of the organization.
Yours truly.
i "JIM" DELK
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-05
THE AUTO TOURIST
Idlehurst, Marietta, Ga, Jan. 1st

Editor Journal and Courier:
Recently | have noticed in your
valuable paper a disposition on the
part of some of the progressive citi-
zens. of Marietta, to Ego after" that
"big game" and fruitful source of
profit-tne auto tourist-who con-
stantIy ebb and flow within and
without the gates of the city in
such vast numbers like great flocks
of migratory birds seeking the sun
lit planes of a warmer cline. But
what profits us if we sit idly inert
or only passively interested when
we hear the familiar "Honk!
Honk!", asFthey speed onward. We
will derive no more benefit than
would the huntsman who levels
his gun as the flying squadon" of
duck, geese, or twittering black
bird, yet sent no powder and lead
into the downy, whirring wings.
We must find weapon as effective;
but made especially for the auto
tourist game. Other states have
found it, and are using it to their
own great profit and the pleasure
of the auto tourist-and that wea
pom is in it's first and last analysis
-"Attractiveness.' The auto
tourist is a pleasure seeker. First
of all he must be interested and en-
tertained in the manner peculiarly
his own. He seeks new perspec-
tsves; new eXperincea peculiar to
the mood and MODE that accompany
an anto tourist. The whole per-
spective of the city dweller las
changed the moment he enters his
car, seeking new Environments. In
the city Comfort" is his watch
word
Not so with the auto tourist He
has elected for the nonce the rugged
high road that leads back to Ma
ture. Nature in all her primary
grandeur such as the "Cave-Dwel-
lers" knew For him the gold of
the sunsets the royal purple of the
mountains veiled in their silver
mists: the music of the hidden cat
aract; the winds lullaby in soft or
strident tones To sleep like his
fore-bears-in fur robe under the
quiet stars; broil game over the rud-
dy glow of a camp fire. All of these
the auto tourist seeks-and more,
He likes a broad, smooth, and open
road a cheerful welcome and a
helping hand The fresh air and
speeding" thrill has gotten in his
blood has whetted his appetite
and restored strength, and the prim-
ltive instinct of muscle building.
For rest and refreshing, he seeks
the attractive road side Inn or Tour
list Hotel that caters especially to
his well being, interest and com
fort; that speed the departing
guest on his way rejoicing-in him
self, in the goodness of his fellow
man and the watchful care of a kind
Providence that directed his ma
chino ovor snch . norfoo+ ut1i,.l,
WOW, If hoa,,+, o,a s,,oo4h,,o-,. 80
ho,n4n1 fal,owshin Of conooni j.,
friendliness ito the wayfarer and
s+ranaar, ana ~ ho.t r,oao ean
mutton ohons ana bonon,ado Mas,
ror tho auto to,,rist :, o,roaario,,u
o,so ona t.,,a - 80 80 80 -;
ora+ior Nil, fo11o,,. III, ,a,aau -,
on, f,;oh+ +hat ,uo.,3-.a 49, ~
s,,.,i+ nIanos 80 ior atnan-;an ,aa,,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-05
C0OK-CARNEs.

Miss Nell Cook and Mr.. George
Carnes We're married Friday evening
at the home of Judge Greer who
offlciated. At present they are
in Woodstock
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-05
FROM OUR CUBAN CORRESPON-
DENT.
Bahia Honda, Cuba,
Dec 25th, 1916.

Dec 25th, 1916.
Hello Marietta,
Christmas here and thermometers
80 in the shade, nobody wearing
much clothes, Palm Beach suits too
heavy, no collars nor neckties to
worry a fellow. No lawyers, doc
tors or preachers but plenty O
horses, pretty women, game cocks,
oranges, tangerines, grape fruit,
bananas, pineapples, etc. On this
ranch alone there are $4,000 trees
and | am assistant to the admins
traitor and have my own horse and
man
Happy New Year to all!
c. H. FREYER.
On the other side of the large
card on which this letter was writ
ten is picture of Ell Template. the
Havana Chapel which is a memorial
to Christopher Columbus erected
on the spot where the first mass was
celebrated in 1919 and where the
body of Columbus rested before it
was sent to Spain to rest in the
cathedral.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-05

But for ner Golf Courses and bat
tlefield sites. Atlanta cannot fur
nlsh the Wild beauty and historic
interest that Marietta has in sucb
an abundance in her Kannesaw
Mountains, old Confederate forts and
cannon pits made of granite rock
with scenic views from ner noun
talhS that Switzerland could hard
iy surpass |. who have watched
these mountains, clothed in the YER
nal 2arb of spring or decked in the
royal robes of Autumn: sun kissed
and drenched in rain; know how
beautiful they are, and worthy Of
our deepest reverence and undying
remembrance. Sometimes when the
clouds gather and wrap them in
gloom, and they call to each other
IN the thunders roar, and flashes
or light smites the darkness. I seem
10 see again that mighty struggle
or friend against friend. and bro
Their against brother" hear again
the cannons roar and the scream of
the piercing shell; the lightnings
play is the light from a Thousand
guns. Digging among my roses I
nave found shattered bombs. broken
ana unexploded shells, and even =
cavalry spur Was it fancy or true
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-16

A BOX OF PHILA CANDY.
Will be doubL. appreciated this
year. We have a large assortment of
fancy packages from which to select.
Buy now. The Phila. -Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-16
AN OPINION
FROM ONE WHO KNOWS

Nothing equals the daily newspa-
per as an advertisement medium"
This was the statement of G. a.
BrOwnell, advertising manager of
the Ford Motor Co. 10 members of
the Chicago Advertising association
on Dec. s.
THE daily newspaper is the voice
Of the people, said Mr.. Brownen.
1T is the eyes of the multitude. For
the last six years the Ford Co. has
touched nothing else.
Il have here a most remarkable
comparison of the circulation of
papers as compared with magazines
1 have taken 81 cities in the United
States and 149 daily newspapers in
these cities. The combined circula-
ton of these papers is 5,5OO,OOO. I
have taken the weekly magazines
with the greatest circulation in the
nation and find that in these 81
cities the magazines have a COM
bined circulation of $4,000.
"A page advertisement in the
two magazines would cost $500, an
equal space in these newspapers
would cost less than $4,000"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-16
MUST ACT AGAINST
MENACE OF AUTO
Prompt Measures to Protect
Human Life Are Needed,
Asserts Speaker.

NEW YORK. Dec. 15.-Need for
prompt measures to curb the in
creasing menace to human life from
automobiles was emphasized by Lee
X. Frankel OF New York. third vice
president OF the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co. in an address he de-
Hvered here before the annual con-
vention OF the association Of life in
surance presidents. NJ. Frankel
presented original statistics TO show
that the death rate from automobile
accidents among insured lives has
trebled within six years.
The increasing importance of the
automobile as an Instrument OF in
jury and death is daily being viewed
with greater alarm by life insur-
ance companies, police officials, civil
authorities and public health ad-
ministrators." said DR.. Frankel.
Vital statisticians are observing
that while the mortality from COM
municable diseases has responded
more and more each year to the
measures instituted by health au-
thOritleS Tor their control injuries
and fatalities resulting from the
growing use Of automobiles are
steadily climbing. Where formerly
diseases like typhoid fever, scarlet
fever and others played an import
ant role in mortality tabulations, ia
talities due to the automobile are
today as numerous as some of the
serious infections.
Accidental Deaths Increasing.
What this increasing incidence
OF automobile fatalities means to
life insurance companies is indicated
by the industrial experience Of a
large company whose statistics 1
have at hand. In an exposure of
more than 10 million lives annually
the death rate from automobile ac-
cidents has more than trebled since
49,. In that year the death rate
from this cause was 2.3 per hun
dred thousand; in 1916 il had in
creased to IA per hundred thou
sand.
During this six-year period the
rate for each year was markedly
higher than the rate for the preced-
ing year. The rate for 1916 showed