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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03
How 10 wash the Porch.

In the July Womans Home Com
panlon a writer saws
The one thing about our porch
which | prize most, both for cleanli-
ness and convenience sake IS a water
faucet with ten feet Of hose attached
for washing the porch Ours is sec
ond-,tory sleeping porch We had the
floor lined with water.,ight Joints and
have a trough at the outer edge con
nected with the drain Spou, from the
roof The bottom rail holding the
wansco,ing, is four inches from the
floor Suspended from this rail by
hinges, we have four inch strips which
open on, and LEI the water drain quick.
" from the porch floor Having COP.
per screen wire, the screening can he
washed al any time and all dust which
accumulates can be quickly washed
away eve would not do without this
convenience which was our own thought
and PLAN"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03
Kansas Warden
Wants to Form
Convict Regiment

LANSING, Kan, July j.--tSpecialg
Warden I X. Coddug OF the Kansas
peniten,iary left last night for Wash
ington To 60 before President Wilson
and ask for permission to organize a
regiment OF conylo,> and paroled con
victs from western pcnitentisries. Mr.
Codding will lead thus regiment TO the
battlefront IN France II given permis
sion
IL have eOO men already traiued here
in the Kansas penl,entiary,' said the
warden. These men, company OF
whites and one OF blacks. have been
training for several months and are
now we'll drilled
MY proposition TO the president will
be TO pick regiment oi men from SIX
or seven western penitentiaries and OF.
fer them to the government for any
sort OF service MY boys are ready tC
fight, dig trenches rebuild railroads OF
any other work needed
81 will guarantee that II the presi
dent permits me to take such regi
ment to France the whole country will
he proud OF my men when they com,
back. | have bunch of bows her,
who will make just as fine soldiers a
YOU can find anywhere" b"
Governor Capper already has par
doned several men to loin the army
These have been skilled mechanics
Two men were granted full pardon
Thursday and both went into the army
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03
ALCOHOL FOUND
IN SYRUP TINS
MqSAogee Officer UncoverS
Latest BoOtIegging Wrinkle,

Well what chuh know bout that !"
exclaimed ". T Lewis. proprietor OF
the Midland Valley Drug store on
South Second street, last night, when
Deputy Sheriff Hughes pulled suit
case OF liquor from little closet in the
rear Of the place evils could not
imagine how tho suit case had gotten
there. and nobody in the store had ever
before seen It. But wait, the officer
found therein six gallon cans OF IL
qud Removing the lid the thick.
brown colored syrup tha, drlpped out
was apparently Coca Cola The officer
was no, baiilcd With the long blade
oi m, bowie knlic. he hayonc,ed the
side ot one oi the cans and alcohol
Spurtcd OH, Each oi the cans con.
tanned a secret apartment at the open
ing containing Coca Cola syrup Lewis
was placed under arrest. and the six
gallons OF alcohol oonil>ca,cd
We'll what chuh know bout tha, -
mimickcd the officer, as he led his
prisoner ou, the front door. A copy
OF an Injunction was tackled on the
door temporary injunction granted
by the district cour, les, than a month
ago. This little violation will Just
about make that Injunction prrmanen,
and YOU will have to face charge OF
contempt OF court
A criminal action was instituted In
the superior court Saturday charging
Lewis with possession - MuSkogee
Times Democrat
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03
Alfalfa Luncheon Served to Farmers

Alfalfa was served 10 Kentucky
farmer, IN the form Of hot biscuits.
doughuu,,, cake, aud oand, at lunch
con during the recent annual farmers
week exhibition OF the agricultural col
lcgc At the state unlvcr>,tN.aS told IN
the Jul, Popular Mechanic, magazine.
The progressive Young women of the
domestic science department took care
nt the .ookcH and convinced their
farmer guests that very pala,ahlc prod
uct, may he obtained Tor the table from
their alfalfa crops The flour or alfalfa
Is oi creamy TINT before cooking and
a light green aiIcrward and while
pea green biscuit, may not at first ap-
peal ,n the average housewife the fla
vor !, regarded hy many as rich and
delicious Food requirements may
easily result in greatly increased use OF
alfalfa for flour In the near future
The recipes used m cooking " arc
about The same a. those for wheat
flour Alfalfa candy /, made from a
glucose pressed from the stalk
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03

plans Of which spies have been trying
to get from hun for a long time His
plans arc at Washington, but he had
blue prints IN IN, possession which the
kiduaper> took They also robbed him,
he says Of SlO4 m cash
HIS statement is TO the effect tha'
four men entered his room threw .
blanket over hi, head. choked him int.
in>cnsbility, trusScd him mp with strips
torn from the he'd sheet. and tossed
HIM out OF the window
Oc-o-o-o-o-ol
Other men ON the ground grabbed
HIM and hurried him away to a cellar,
the location OF which he did not know.
Niter torturing him IN an effort TO ac-
uulrc information regarding his lnycn-
tions, they bindiolded him and took
him to tho track and tied HIM II"
managed to get loose before a train
came along. and went back 10 town
where he informed the officers
Officers are working increasingly on
the case Sin men were arrested but
aitcrWarl turned loose
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03
Garry Your Own
Campaign Opened
by Economy Board

WASHINGTON, July j.--(SpeciaD
The popular American prejudice
against "totin" bundles in public is to
be attacked by the commercial economy
board OF the council OF national defense
in a nationwide campaign through mo.
ton picture, and the press A heavy.
drain on the country's economic re-
sources is caused yearly, says the com
mittee by the person who insists that
his toothbrush or cake OF toilet soap be
rushed to his home in a truck manned
by two men whose services otherwise
might be utilized in a military capacity
BY the government.
Garry your own" is the slogan
adopted by the committee, which hopes
to materially reduce the economy ex-
pend,tutes resulting from the modern
delivery system.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03

standing. Rhodes ordered him up and
took the seat
" What do YOU mean By killing my
white peoplci' he demanded
AT first the native was offended,
but the personality and iearlcSsness Of
the empire builder soon cowed him.
When Rhodes lett he carried a solemn
pledge ,ha, not another shot would he
fired Not only did the chief keep his
word, but when the Great Spirit OF
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03

and county officers with the story oi
having been kidnapped. robbed and lci'
tied on the railroad tracks to be killed
by train
Sh-h-h-h-hl
Davis. who SAYS he is II year, old,
aud who has been accepted for the navy,
,ays he has valuable inventions, the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03

Africa died and was laid to rest in the
lonely. uninhabi,ed Matopos, repre-
sen,atives OF the chief fired a royal
salute over his grave-an honor never
before or since paid 10 the memory OF
a white man"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03
American Nurses
Too Fat and Heavy
For Field Service

N0YAsHlNGTON, July 3-(Spe-
Wy c,aD - Contendins that
front carrying IN many instances
fifty pound, OF surplus flesh, Chi
cago women have suggested to the
women'S committee Of the council
OF national defense ,ha, the organi.
ration establish camps in which the
nurses may have from two to six
months intensive training
The letter points on, that the
nurses who are going 10 France arc
taken from hospitals where there
were conditions OF comparative com
tort They need, the suggestion
adds, exercise to build up their Vi
tali,y aud powers Of resistance.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-03

In suit brought in the federal couft
IN ST Louis under the contract labor
law the jury decided that dressmakinG
is not an art and that premier
dressmakcr" is only a laborer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
BY HARRIETTE UNDERHILL

WHY is every one trying 10 invent
w strange and esoteric reasons for
Mae Marsh's popularity II is so sim
pie She is beautiful-oh, YES, she is
she is good, and she has taste, fne
sense of the fitness Of things which
enables her always TO select the proper
thing, whether it be an emotion, gown
or merely luncheon dish.
One who had been so unfortunate as
never to have seen Miss Marsh on the
screen was sent TO have talk with her.
Now. this prospective interviewer had
heard an sorts Of alarming things
about Miss Marsh. "She is the girl
with a thousand faces is the most
frequent remark. While no one would
take this literally it is apt to leave
peculiar impression on ones mind.
Then, "She is the greatest screen act
ross in the world" is decisive, but not
explanatory. One director who admits
that he would give anything in the
world 20 place her name on his list
came nearer to tho truth than any of
the others. lie said: "Ah! little Mae
Marsh. She has 10 here" placing his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

hand on his heart, land she has 1t
here" pointing TO that part Of the an
atomy which shows above the collar
and is popularity supposed TO hold the
brain. So Mae Marsh's success IS car
diac as we'll ss cerebral.
As a matter Of fact, Miss Marsh's
great charm lies in her total uncon-
sciousness. She is absolutely lacking
in conceit. She thinks she is not
pretty. She says that she does not
know anything and she cannot under
stand the secret OF her success at all.
This is Miss Marsh talking now.
"Nazimoyal She is glorious! |
adore herl She is so dark and mys-
FERROUS and full Of fire. she is so big
and forceful. Her hair and her eyes
are so wonderful. 7 want to look like
Nazimova and this is what / drew
blonde hair, freckles and turned-up
nose. want to be a vampire. Oh! |
long to vamp! want to see If / can
make my throat so up and down as
Theda Bara does
And the girl with a thousand faces
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
A Letter to Ernest Bloch

Nine. Yvette Guilbert has asked The
Tribune to make public the following
letter, which she wrote to Ernest
Bloch, the Swiss composer, now in this
country. The letter speaks for itself:
ION making your acquaintance yes
terday for the first time, and on listen
ing to your Jewish music, have made
two great discoveries. In your In
spiration Judsique' / have found the
essence Of the primitive themes Of all
our first songs of the Christian Cru
ssders, while in the violence OF your
Jewish harmonics and i'm your Tai
mudic inspirations palpitstes the cour-
age Of your race a race prosecuted
and crucifed. Yesterday when you
evoked your Red Sea, your Jordan
your Jerusalem, you also evoked In
me your Bethlehem and my church,
created by your brother Jews.
"The second impression was a re-
Election upon all you said relative TO
your artistic ambitions, and of the
necessity you felt within you of re-
producing in a special musicality at
once proud and unhappy the soul OF
that Semitic race to which Arians like
myself owe their Christ, their church
and their faith. II is magnificent
monsieur, your enthusiastic love OF
speaking of your great ancestors. 1t
is so rare, this sentiment Of universal
charity. and It will not have been in
vain that Jewish artist Of your
power, who remains so proudly faith
full TO his great ancestors, has found
the means within him OF communicate
ing 70 his brothers the antique soul
of his race, the soul Of the great
prophets OF justice, truth and love
the Jewish SOUL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
MERELY MAE MARSH

sighed wistfully. Mae Marsh is so
pretty, and it is so refreshing because
she does not know it. She has few
freckles sprinkled over q tip-tllted nose,
hair that Is neither red nor golden, and
wonderful eyes that are nearly all iris.
"Now, you are clever. aren't you?
Tell me what TO say when people tell
me that they think am the best screen
actress in the world. ] always feel so
foolish. Now what is the retort cour-
teous? Should one say; Yes, | agree
with you absolutely or ooh, thank
you; do you really think SOL! or why
arc you trying to kid me?' Mother has
solved the problem beautifully. She
always says: OF course she is. Why
shouldn't she be" But then mother is
more sure of me than | am of myself.
II doesn't seem to me as though do
anything that any one else could not
do. All | do is read the story and live
the part. feel absolutely every part
that | play"
Miss Marsh's story is the sort which
begins "oncc upon time" So, once
upon a time there was thin little
frockled-fsced girl who had beautiful
sister named Marguerite. This sister
was a movie star and little Mae, who
was then sixteen, used TO long for the
fine clothes and the plaudits which
were sisters portion. Sometimes Mac
was allowed 10 accompany her big Sis
ter to the studio out in California,
whore Marguerite was playing leads for
d. W. Griffith. One day Mr.. Griffith
spied Mae sitting on log in the yard
waiting for her beautiful sister to fin
ish big scene. Mae says that at that
particular moment she was thinking Of
the tragedy Of life and wondering
whether the game was worth the can
die. This at sixteen! To the prac-
tised eye of David Griffith, however,
there was no ambiguity in that express
sion. It was just what he wanted. He
called little Mae up to where they were
working, told her just what he wanted
her to do and then turned the camera
on her. The results quite justified his
expectations. Little Mae was a dis
covery, a marvel, and in the length of
time that it takes TO make couple OF
pictures she was star. She is
acknowledged by critics and managers
to have the most wonderful magma
ton of any Of the screen artists, and
to have the power of Interpretation to
a remarkable degree. In reviewing her
work in intolerance" one Of the critics
said: "Some Of Miss Marsh's express
sions are so intimate that you arc glad
to be sitting in the dark
This little girl is now twenty years
old. She has been working for four
years and she owns a splendid limou-
sine, with two men in the front, seal
skin coat plentifully banded with Rus
sian sable and a home on Riverside
Drive. Best of all, she bought them
with the money which she earned. So,
you see, she is not only an artistic,
but a financial success as well.
When one looks at little Mae Marsh
one does not wonder at the hordes OF
girls who flock 10 the studios looking
for a chance to prove their ability.
Perhaps they have it latent, but as
yet there is only one Mae Marsh. It
is doubtful if there ever will be an
o4bor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
All Yale at the Century

The entire Century Theatre has been
acquired in one piece by the Yale Club
for Friday evening, and positively no
one who isn't a Yale man will be per-
mitted to see the show. As a means
Of keeping rival collegians out of the
playhouse, every person will be re
CURED TO cry "Hurrah for Yalel" and
down with Harvard" before he will
be admitted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

about Twenty Thousand Leagues un-
der the Sea" The first prize Will be
SOS; the second, sl5; the third, $40
The other prizes will range from 20
to 81. The rules governing the con-
test are that no press agents Will be
allowed TO compete.
Joseph Kilgour has been engaged
by Lewis Selrnick to play the role OF
Brockton in the film version OF Eu-
gene Walters's drama, "The Easiest
Way." Clara Kimball Young will por-
tray the girl. Mr.. Kilgour created
the part in the original Belasco pro-
duction.
Jane Houston, who created the role
of Emily Fotheringay in major Pen
dennis" will play that part in the
film version. which will be called
"Pendennis."
The title Of Max Linder's first made
in-America film is MAX Comes
Across" but whether it refers to Mr..
Linder's trip from abroad or wheth-
or il has an Interior meaning remains
to be seen.
The production of the first George
NJ. Cohan screen play has been as
signed TO Joseph Kaufman, who has
directed many recent successes. His
latest picture was "The Travelling
Salesman" Mr.. Kaufman is now en-
gagged in the preparation of the sets
for broadway Jones" and he will
leave for Florida with Mr.. Cohan,
Marguerite Snow and large support
ing cast.
Never before, / believe, has the
scenario writer been so we'll reward
ed" says Alfred Hickman. Mr.. Kick
man used to write scenarios for Nance
ONel. Now he is married to her.
Dickenss literature is appearing on
the screen apace. First came "0liver
Twist" then Great Expectations, "
and now "a Tale Of Two Cities" is
announced. William Fox will pro-
ducc this picture, with william Far
mum in the leading role.
News comes from Scranton, Penn,
that for the first time in the history
of the state prisoners in the county
jail were entertained by motion
picture show within the walls of the
grim old prison. The picture chosen
was "The Ninety and Nine" and re-
fers to the ninety and nine Of Bibli-
cal fame who went not sstray. The one
in the picture who went astray was
rewarded by acquiring fortune and
marrying beautiful Lucille Stewart,
which is rather an incentive to stray.
Greenwood, Del. has the distinc-
tion Of being the stage for the big
gest railroad wreck ever put on for the
motion pictures. This will be shown
in the picture version Of "The Whip"
Ten full sized cars and an engine were
purchased and then smashed up.
A benefit performance for the Ger
man Red Cross will be given at the
Strand Theatre early in February.
Alice Brady's new picture will be
changed from "Frou Frou" to "The
Hungry Heart but why?
Theda Bara says "from time imme-
mortal, history will show that woman
can be a friend-a friend to the very
last" Well, what of it?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

A TRIO Of the famous Drews will
n furnish the pictorial entertain
ment at the Rialto this week. Ethel
Barrymore will appear in "The White
Raven" Charles A. Logue's pict-
uresoue tale Of the Alaskan gold fields
and the world Of grand opera. Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Drew will be shown
I'm one Of their domestic comedies.
The chief feature Of the musical pro-
rramme will be Verdi's overture,
"Sicilian Vespers.' Amparita Farrar
will sing "Kiss Ne Again Another
musical offering will be the initial
appearance Of the Rialto male quartet.
Charles Dickens's charming story
Great Expectations" will be shown
in picture form at the Strand this
week, with Jack Pickford and Louise
Huff playing Pip and Estella. The
cast also includes Frank Losee, Mar
cia Harris, Grace Barton, Herbert
Prior and W. w. Black
Official war pictures taken on the
German front will also be shown.
The vocal soloists are Grace Hof-
man, Enrico Arenzen and Anthony
Bescaut.
Mabel Taliaferro, in "Wifc by
Proxy" will be the feature at Loew's
New York Theatre to-day; on Mon
day, Myrtle Gonzalez, in Gods
Crucible," will be shown; on Tuesday,
Dorothy Dalton. Charles Ray and Lou
ise Glaum, I'm "The Weaker Sex" will
be the feature; "Joy and Dragon" on
Wednesday, Frank keenan, in The
bride Of Hate" on Thursday, Ethel
Clayton In "The Bondage Of Fear" on
Friday, and George Walsh in "1he
Island Of Desire" on Saturday.
The Universal Film Company has
placed on deposit $4,000, which is Of
fered to any person who can prove
that the underwater scenes in
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea" were taken elsewhere than
AZ the bottom Of the ocean.
This is the first time on record that
any company has tried TO prove that
its stock was wstered. The aquatic
drama will begin its fourth week at
the Broadway tomorrow. According
10 reports, the $4,000 which is Of
fcred might be collected at the box
Office al the close OF any fairly sue
ccssful day.
Bitter Truth" with Virginia Pear
son in the stellar role, will be shown
at the Academy for the first four
DAYS of the week. Prominent in the
supporting cast are Jack Hopkins and
William A. Tooker.
Joan The Woman" with the besuti-
fnl Geraldine Farrar as Joan Of Arc
will remain at the 44th Street Theatre
indefinitely
At the Lyric Theatre Annette Keller
mann is still disporting herself in "A
Daughter Of the Gods"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
SHADOWS ON THE SCREENS

The fact that two new theatres are
being erected does not occasion much
comment in this day of rapidly appear
ing playhouses. but these two theatres
will be used for single play and then
demolished. They have been erected
for Marguerite Clark's new picture,
which is an adaptation Of Molly Eli
Oft Sewell's The Fortunes Of Fiji"
One is a little country theatre where
Fiji is discovered as Pierrot; the
other is the Imperial Theatre in Paris
Allan Devan, one Of the most popular
motion picture directors, has just
signed with the Goldwyn Pictures Cor
poration. Devan is perhaps best known
as the man who made some of the
Douglas Fairbanks successes 1.-THE
Habit of Happiness" Manhattan Mad
ness" and "The Half-Breed,"
Is it easier to emote TO music, is the
question now before the house Of Las
ky. II would seem that the answer Is
Eyes" for without doubt the effect OF
the pictured scene is greatly enhanced
by such music as the better theatres
furnish. Max Fisher will furnish the
music in the try-out, as it was he who
inspired Geraldine Farrar during
the filming Of Joan the Woman" Mae
Murray will undoubtedly feel at home
acting to syneopatlon, and surely Lou
Tellegen should be deeply affected by
passages from Carmen" or Madam
Butterfly" but what II the tempera
mental natures of the stage hands
should get the better Of them?
All accounts OF what Maxine Elliott
did for the fugitive Belgisns will not
interest movie fans as will the fact
that she is soon to appear on the screen.
1t is stated on good authority, too, that
she Is more beautiful than ever and
that she will have nothing TO fear from
the CLOSE up" that bette noir" Of
every actress over sixteen.
Eugene h. Sanger is speaking OF
the advance which he is sure will be
apparent in the motion picture field
within the next year. Among other
| things, be says: "The manufactures
will give greater accuracy to the
mountings Of his play; greater attsn-
ton, too, will be given to the costum-
ing. and revolutions will occur in the
sub-titles, the close-ups and the light
ing effects" But he does not say a
word about the heroine who is allowed
to play golf wearing satin tango slip
pers, as so many Of them love to do;
nor Of the society leader who signs
her notes "Mrs. Van Aston" nor OF
the young millionaires who wear black
ties with their dress suits and carry
their hats and gloves into the dining
room. nor OF the college professors
who say There is something between
he and she"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Carl Laemule has offered twenty
two cash prizes FOR essays written
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Bitter Truth" with Virginia Pear
SON in the stellar role, will be shown
at the Academy for the first four
DAYS of the week Prominent in the
supporting cast are Jack Hopkins and
William "A TOoker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Joan the Woman" with the besuti-
ful Geraldine Farrar as Joan Of Are
viii remain at the 44th street Theatre
ndcnnltoIl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Dickens's literature is appearing on
the screen apace. First came "Oliver
Twist" then Great Expectations"
and now "a Tale Of Two Cities" is
announced. William Fox will pro-
duce this picture, with william Far
mum in the leading role.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

about Twenty Thousand Leagues un-
der the Sea" The fret prize Will be
$25; the second, s15; the third, Slo'
The other prizes will range from 20
to 81. The rules governing the CON
test are that no press agents will be
allowed to compete.