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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
ROAD
BUILDING
HURRY GOOD ROADS BUILDING
Country to Profit In Future From,
Highways Built as Necessity Of
Warfare and Defense.

IL Is the general opinion OF motor.
ists arriving in Washington from all
parts Of the country that the war
with Germany Is acting rs a sharp
prod TO speed up road building.
Whatever the war costs the nation
in dollars and lives. II viii result in
the building Of thousands Of miles OF
usable roads in all sections. for these
highways are now rated as one Of the
necessities Of warfare and defense.
says Washington Star.
Possibilities OF an invasion are re-
mote, but now that Il has been decid-
ed to send an expedtiOnary force
abroad, II is certain that other thou
sands will follow, hence the moblliza-
tion Of troops on the seaboard Is some
thing not to be overlooked.
Railroads are up to their ears in
other work and have shown their lack
OF equipment to meet ordinary de-
mands of period of fast growth and
an attendant increase of consumption.
SO other means may have to be relied
upon to hustle the boys In khaki TO the
ports, whence they will sail for the
front For this purpose the motor We
hicle is ready. and all It needs to add |
to Its wonderful record of efficiency in |
a pinch is a system of roads which can
be Travelled in safety and at speed dur
ing all seasons.
Here on the East, where the troops
will be massed before sailing, good
roads are considered as Of vital inter-
est to the nation just as the raising
Of vegetables In fields and yards which
heretofore have produced nothing.
Throughout the Atlantic area the
road builders are hard at IT, and, In
spite of the urgency Of the calls for
men for other purposes, help is being
enlisted in the cause.
An immense amount Of road building
work is being done in the South, and
In the Central West thousands of miles
OF roads are under way, these forming
the connecting link and making pos
sibie hurried trips If such are needed
Experts point out that automobiles can
take an army of 100000 men from the
Middle West to New York in less time
than can the railroads. and when the
highways are improved a great cut
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
TREATMENT OF PARETIcs.

As result Of two and half year.
of treating paretics in the New Jer
sey State hospital with salvarsan
neosalvarsan and albuminate of mer.
curry injected into the spinal cord
Drs. BrittOn d. Evans and Frederic
ii. Thorne report to the Medical
journal that this method has l..tle
or no value.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
l.. & N.
TineCard
Effective Apr. Is, 1917.
STRAINS GOING SOUTH,

ANA1INO OOlNO OOO III,
No.I93-C. G N. o. Linn. 1921 a. m.
No. 5l-St. L. Express 5:29 p. m.
No. 95 Dixie Flyer 9;32 a. m.
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. ZOO a. m.
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail $3.50 a. M.
No. 9l-Ev. and G. accom-. 1858 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. L. Lin. 5:29 a. m.
No. 52-St. Louis. Express 1O;2Oa m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 7:O5 p. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 o. m
No. 54-St. l.. Fast Mail 1914 p. m.
No. 9O-Ev. and 6. accom-. 1926 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points as far south as
Erin. and for Louisville. Cincinnati
and the East.
Nos. So and 55 make direct con-
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati and all points north and
east thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta. Macon, Jacksonville, st.
Augustine, and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. SO will not carry To-
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville, Tenn.
w. N. CHANDLER. Ticket Agent. |
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
NECESSARY STACKING.

"Did you bring up your boy to be
a Stacker, my dear woman?"
"NO, ma'am, but then somebody's
got to tend to the lime work in this
business"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
Litter In Hen House.

Litter kept on the floor Of the poul-
try house should be removed when
ever il becomes damp and filled with
drOppings that do not dry White
washed walls make the poultry house
lighter and more sanitary.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
SUSPICIOUS GRIEF.

1s Mrs. Oldboy in mourning for
her husband?"
Glow do l know? I'm no mind
reader"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
PatehIna old crayel Road.

Patching done m the proper manner
when the road Is wet, followed by a
road drag. win maintain an old gravel
road surface as good ps new until 1t Is
70 badly worn that an entirely new sur
k4ff h rsqxireA ....------......--.--A 4
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
How He Had Chanoed.

She-"Remember when he was a
green country boy and you showed him
the sights? What crude interest he
took" He-"He's the same now ex-
cept that he'd like to take the interest
before 1t is accrued Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
LEAVING A LooPHoLE.

She--When you ask me to marry
you why do you laugh9
He--Well, ! don't like to get too
|ssriQgS SHOUT susb mattsrs. . !
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
THE PRELiMINARIEs.

"NOw, my boy, l want you to set
tie down"
"All right, father. Then you'll
have TO help me to settle up"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24

will be made in the running time Of
the motor cars.
The West is not overlooking any
thing in the way of road building
Inere Is not state in which it is not
one Of the big movements, even in a
flrt Of the country which is least af-
feeasAs,
What Virginia is doing is being un-
oertaken3 In greater or less degree by
many Eastern states.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
NATURAL PROCEEDING.

"Pa, do they muzzle poets2"
"Of course not, child. Why do
you ask"
"But don't poets have to have a
license as well as dogs?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
AWEsoME AUTHORITY.

III bet one cook amt so high and
mighty"
(Which one?"
THE one where the food dictator
boards"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
CORRECTION.

"Did you call Bliggins a pin,
head ?"
"Ycs."
We'll, you're wrong. A pinhead
can be polished" I'd.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24

With the passing of the subscrip-
ton dance and other purely social
functions in New York, rife practice
and other sports which reflect the
spirit of war have come into vogue.
The Vanderbilt Rifle Club is the first
organization of the kind among So
ciety folk. Miss June Haughton, al
expert rifle shot, is in charge of the
school, whose members include
many social lights OF the city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
ever rIeu Irr

Half the excitement Of being In love
Is trying to make the other person con-
fess 1t while you assume a careless in
difference.-RecOrd.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24

Tom-SlowbOy proposed to that
college graduate last night.
Dick-And was turned down?
Tom-He doesn't know. She used
such big words that he couldn't un.
derstand what she was saying.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
WHERE?

In the field from standing stalks of a
variety that has "made good" and be-
come locally adapted.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-11-24
WHEN2
WHY?

1t pays. Field SELECTION of seed corn
is one OF the surest ano oesS paying oper-
ations on the farm. Pop r care of seed
corn pays well. TESTS ,ow that properly
cared for seed corn has lded eighteen
bushels more per are raln crib-stored
seed from the same fie ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07
JUST PUT YOUR VANITY
INTO YOUR VANITY BAG
Such Is Charlotte Greenwood's Advice
to Plain Girls Who Would
Be Stars

It took Charlotte Greenwood six years
20 learn that she was funny. 1t took an
other year to reconcile herself to the idea.
To see her in 80 Long Lefty" at the
Lyric next Monday evening, any one would
think she had been funny since she left
the cradle. Nothing could be further from
the truth. She had no more idea that she
could make people laugh than has William
Jennings Bryan. But she found It out.
There was one great obstacle which Miss
Greenwood had to surmount before she at
tanned her present personality. She had to
eliminate her vanity. Experience did it
experience gained on many stage and be-
fore all kinds of audiences.
."The reason 70 few women are funny is
because they absolutely refuse to be or
look ridiculous" says Miss Greenwood. For
six long years ] lodged rne issue, refused
4nto the belief that / was going to be a
treat dramatic star or play prima donna
like Fritzi Scheff and all the other ceebri-
ties.
But nature has to be served and nature
never intended this fair Charlotte for any
thing but comedy. A lot of my friends tried
30 talk me out Of my foreordained career.
and now they are the very ones who say
7 told you so. She should have gone in for
comedy from the startv
six long years of my fair young life
were spent in the chorus and I was no
pony either Every attempt I made to
break into the cast met with rebuff, until
one day the last straw was busted across
my shoulder blades. A friend. a beautiful
girl friend asked me to go into vaudeville
with her. She wanted me as a foil to her
beauty. That was the limit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07
WHY ELSIE FERGUSON
WON'T DISCUSS GARB
Star of "Shirley Kaye" Designs Her
Own Gowns in Individual
Fashion

One Of the things that Elsie Ferguson,
who appears In the new comedy, Shirley
Kaye" at the Broad next Monday declines
to discuss is her wardrobe. Now IT is very
generally acknowledged that Miss .Fergu.
son is one of the best t-dressed women on
the stage. and Il is no secret that she de.
signs all her own costumes. Many women
would doubtless like to know her ideas in
the matter of fashion. But Miss Ferguson
politely evades all questions on the subject.
She says: 1T is true that / design my
own stage gowns and do so for the sim,
pie reason that. In my opinion the gown
is very important part Of the character,-
zation. I work out my gowns with the
same care that work out the details of a
role, SO that the impersonation may be in
perfect harmony, Should describe my
costumes and explain the why and where-
fore of them, l would destroy the very
effect they are intended to produce; and,
moreover. / would presently find myself
considered a modlsts, when wish to be
known only as an actress. I have a grea,
fondness for clothes. but I do not wish to
be smothered by thems
Incidentally, in SHIRLEY Kaye" Miss Fer.
guson. appearing as a society leader, wears
some of the most stunning gowns of her
career, says the press agent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07
IMMORTAL BERNHARDT
UNDER FIRE AT FRONT
How Sarah of the Divine Voice Posed for Patri
otic Motion Picture, Mothers of
France" Coming Here

ToUIS MERCANTON. director of the war
- picture. Mothers of France" of which
the French Government is part owner and
Sarah Bernhardt the star. and which will
be. at the Metropolitan for four perform
ances next week, was a recent visitor to
New York with a view to arranging for the
distribution of the photoplay In the United
States and Canada Before Mr.. Mercanton
departed he said to a reporter:
" Mothers of France is epochal in a
number of ways. In the first place, Nine
Bernhardt is its star. In the second. 1t was
written by NJ. Jean Richepin. poet dram-
atist and member of the French Academy.
And finally. 1t was photographed in the
trenches by arrangement with and the as
sistance of the Government, which retains
ownership in the war scenes and thus be-
comes q partner In the picture, unifying
the intensely national spirit which Is at the
bottom of this undertaking.
This play will be a part Of the official
record of the present European war, and
will be preserved through the generations.
The authorities In France, civil and mill
tary, are deeply interested in it, for It car
ries to the world genuine representation
Of France as IL is--not merely Paris, with
which most persons are familiar, but that
provincial France of which the outside
world knows little or nothing.
IN. Richepin, as doubtless you are not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07

aware. is the Mayor of the littlo town in
which he resides He knows and loves the
atmosphere of the local life. and through
this condition he has been able to impart to
the opening scenes Of his play the precise
effect of the war declaration upon tho peo-
pie who are the backbone of France, and to
interpret the lofty. the holy patriotism with
which they entered upon task calling for
The last ounce Of self-sacrifice, grief and
suffering on their part
Briefly, the story of Mothers of France
Is woven about woman. the wife of
provincial squire, whose husband and son
are In the fighting line, and who. for her
patriotic part in the great struggle volun-
teers for service in the Red Cross becom-
ing matron in the hospital at Rheims at
the front The conflict deprives her O,
husband and son. Both expire from their
wounds while she, having been informed
of their injuries, is frantcaly searching
Tor them In the trenches
THE love story concerns the daughter
Of neghbor, who engages herself to
sultor on the eve OF his departure for the
battlefield. only to find that she Is really
in love with another. The man to whom
she is betrothed is blinded by q fragment
of shell. realizes the hopelessness of the
future and offers to set his fancee free, but
she places duty above heart anguish and
refuses her liberty He is very happy over
this act Of loyalty, but by accident learns
of her real feelings and insists, not only
upon being released but bringing the lovers
together.
1T is story of self-sacrifice and nobil-
ity Of character against the grim back
ground of war-an exalted poem of tho
SCREEN"
Throughout the making Of the picture
Madame Bernhardt was accompanied by Mr..
W hn rieyip otaA
and who actively superintended each step
of its progress Describing his experiences,
he continued
After securing the consent of Madame
Bernhard whom I had known very we'll
for number of years, it was easy to enlis.
the interest of NJ. Richepin, who most as
suredly would not have entertained the
thought of writing moving picture drama
for any other artist or upon a topic less
closely knit with his great love of France
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07
1.-THE WANDERER" BEATS '
MOVIES AT THEIR GAME
Pictorial Beauty of Vivid Order Makes "Experi
ence's" Successor a Noteworthy Def to
Cinema Spectacles

bit, is neither devoid of rhythm nor Of \
Kind of rough romance.
To get away from the individual merits 4
the drama, and return to its one large hi I
illuminating quality, 1t must be repeatsd:
here is a spectacle that takes the moyk
norm and fits it to the playhouse Furthe.)
more, it adds that last touch Of beauy1
(Which should be first in the motion p&
lures, and will some day. one hopes).l
color. Not only have Messrs. Gest, Con
stock and Elliott commissioned decorato11
who can scheme and fashion rural runwauI
for browsing sheep (please note the trv1l
and ironic challenge to the picture PM
ducers in that), palaces, and great bal
drops and wells and pools They have s>a|
to 1t that gorgeous pigment lends its insdk|
Gus charm to the whole. The finely propct1
toned house of Jether's father in the az
act. with its stucco surface bathed In ia
yellow sunshine, and heightened in effectiv'
ness by natural shadows, is only matcheG
In appeal to the eye by the sumptuoV1
adornment Of the second, where glowiu
corridors are set against a sky Of modef1
pictorial blue. and an infinity of dssaa
suggests Mr.. Be.asco. In fact, 1t is ~
that he did have hand, or at least q finsu'
in the pie. ,i
But whether 1t be a dvll-brown canon
that one picks out, for individual adnir1|
tion or red cliff, the admission must u
made that THE Wanderer" has distlnc
scenic merit Merit there is, too, in the ID.
terpretatlon. On paper the cast looks lid
an all-star revival such as William
Brady used to put on each spring till IN
fad went out.
This is not the place to go into IN
details of the stage business, some Of 1
extremely clever and costly. 1t must b
added, however, that the incidental must
is ingenious, even If no cello ever made al
equal the heavenly and hoarse accents d
Nance O'Neil. b. D.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07
WOMAN TAKES FLING
AT MAN-MADE LAWS
sJohn Doe" Film, Lois Weber's Attack
on Capital Punishment, to Be
Seen Here

N The People Versus John Doe" a drama
Of cifcumstantial evidence and a preach
snent against continuing the system of capt.
tai punishment. will be presented for the
nrst time in this city at the Victoria Easter
week.s It was written by Lois Weber. who
has been called. with some justice. "the
rreatest woman director" and 1t is pro-
duced under her direction with company
Of players Of Universal. The story tells
Of farmland, John, who falls into the
hands Of detectives seeking some one to
convict of the murder of wel-to-do farm
or and his sister. John Doe Is innocent,
but circumstances TO some extent are
against him. Detectives. evidently feeling
that they must get action. procure the con-
slsGuions Of John Doe and his half-witted
brother -in-law. Just before the execution
- John Doe friends Of the persons who be-
|Jl>ve the man is innocent finally are sue
&Hnfnl. Tho execution is stayed and the
~ cuiprit confesses
1fieu Weber Is also responsible for "Iiypo-
11t1fes" "Where Are My Children" 2" Scan
n1~ and other photoplay productions which
- won praise tAs propaganda for the
Mon of capital punishment the pictur.
lookously polemical material and was
HI q Harrisburg when the hlm was
~ ;heaving before the Senate and
~ ~ away with such punish
~ ~ play u based on : conn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07

TO mo an amazing exhibition of fortitude
In lady of her years. after a lifetime OF
luxury, pleasant surroundings and, at least,
the absence of physical peril.
when l left Paris the completed Moth
ers of France was about to be shown for
the first time, as a great national event, In
the Trocadero, which seats 1000 persons.
The President of the republic and the heads
Of the civil and military departments were
to be present. and the receipts were des-
tined for the French wounded fund. "A
similar representation is shortly to be given
In London in the presence of King George
and the Government Chiefs
The American Ambulance Field Service
will benefit from the four representations
next week of the picture, loaned to John
H. McFadden Jr., for these exhibitions by
World Pictures, Brady-made. The proceeds
will go toward the $4,000 which Mr.. Nc
Fadden is raising for additional ambulances
and their support in France.
Interest in the series of exhibitions has
been indicated by the fact that before any
formal announcement was made two prom
inent Philadelphia ladies' Mrs. Alexander
Van Rensselaer, and Mrs. Ernest Law. Or
dered boxes for their own use for Thurs
day evening, April II, when the first show
ing is to take place
For the Philadelphia engagement the
same elaborate musical setting that was
used in New York will be Interpreted by
a large orchestra and 1t is possible that a
wel-known soprano of the stage will sing
"The Marscllaise" in French as part of
the prologue, 1t is likely also that the first
showing will be preceded by a brief address
by one of Phladelphia's most prominent
citizens
1t is said that the American Ambulance
Field Service at present is costing very
| large monthly outlay to maintain, and that
| Mr.. McFadden expects the $135.000 he is
| earnestly striving to raise will supply the
| necessary new equipment and keep the
| service going for about a year.
Among the well-known Philadelphians IN
| terested in the success of Mr.. McFadden's
| undertaking are Mrs. George Wharton Pep
| per, Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, Miss Caroline
Sinkler and others.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07

1T then became necessary to gain the
consent and cooperation Of the Govern
ment, and the difficulties were mlnimzed
by the distinguished character of our au.
thor and star, as we'll as the ultimate pur.
pose Of this picture drama Our company
already had a motion-picture news service
at the front which was of material value
to the Governments own Photographic rec>
ords of tho war; so tho matter was arranged
with far less trouble than might have been
expected.
IN fact, from the moment our plans
were fully communicated to the authorities
we had their cordial assistance in every
possible direction. Nine. Bernhard spent
six days at Chalons, about fifteen miles
from the German lines, and from this base
was taken to the forward lines of trenches
every day In a military automobile under
the protection of two officers of the head
quarters staff.
Upon two of these excursions she was
actually under fire. and once she was
treated to the spectacle of a, German plano
being shot down from the sky. This was
so near that she could distinctly hear the
projectiles from the machine gun pelting
against the foreign plane.
I'VE went on to Rheims, directly in the
fighting zone, where extremely effective and
dramatic episodes of Mothers of France
occur One of these scenes shows tho dis
tracted wife and mother before the still
beautiful though sadly lacerated Cathedral,
at the base of the statue of Joan of Arc,
her patron saint and the patron saint of
France Offering n prayer for her country
and her loved ones
I'VE found that the Cathedral was in q
great roped inclosure which nobody was
permitted to penetrate excepting under cir
cumstances of extreme urgency. We were
allowed to stay for only fifteen minutes, the
explanation being that every time group
or an individual remained In near the
Cathedral for considerable period the
German artillery only two miles away
dropped few more shells into the mme-
diate neighborhood.
How they get their information is a
mystery, but it is supposed that they are
in telephone communication with a spy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07

MORRIS GEST land co-workers." as the
IHl sociology drama people would say
have thrown down the gauntlet to the
movies. For some years now the films have
been Pickering along, saying silently in
their unreeling, I'VE can do things the stage
can't; we have the most beautiful scenery.
tho grandest vistas, the longest visual
scope, the bravest, most primitive emotions
in the world" In effect, Mr.. Gest replies,
Assuming that you are worth your own
valuation, ] will beat you at your own
game" And his answer has taken the form
of a big production of Maurice V. Sam
uels's biblical play" THE Wanderer." 1t
Is on view at the Manhattan Opera House,
in New York, and may reach Philadelphia
next season.
Here at last we have something that
actually does challenge comparison with
an 1nce. Brenon, with a "Cabiria" or
any other cinema spectacle that is bold and
brutal. simple and sensuous. But we have,
moreover a surprising advance in art both
as to the word that is written and the
scenery that is painted. Experience" with
its huge money success, made us fear that
whole hand of Experiences" would be
shuff.el and dealt yearly in the theatrical
poker game. In way, THE Wanderer'
does not allay that fear.
However, in two ways the piece Is a
noteworthy advance on "the most wonder
full play in America" One is that the
author has abstained from the hideous
practice Of making his characters gen.
eral terms, such as lust pride, guttony,
travel and the like. He gives them names.
and one feels on that account that one is
watching the actions of definite persons,
not assisting at the spurious renaissance
Of the old morality play. The other is
that the literary quality Of the compost
ton, while highly spiced with ''thees" and
"thous" and purple patches that have faded