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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26

way, but from the fact that the ragged
Mexican sentry stood close by under
stood that this hut was Donald's tenn
pOrary prison.
In the distance she saw Huroki and
his creature, Kato, passing from view
behind a thicket, walking rapidly to-
ward what appeared to be the brink
of a cliff.
There was no time to be lost. Hast
lily drawing her pistol the girl
emerged from the straw and covered
the sentry, ordering him to drop his
rifle and put up his hands-which he
did with gratifying alacrity.
But he demonstrated more courage
and initiative than she had anticipated
of his kind. For when she left, him
momentarily uncovered, while she
clambered out of the cart, the fellow
made an iH-advised snatch for mis- gun.
1t was necessary to shoot him or be
shot.
fastening by that twitching body in
the dust before the door, the girl en-
tered the hut, finding Donald there,
conscious but sorely battered, and
bound to a chair.
1t was a matter of seconds only to
free him. But, once he was freed, the
riddle of the next step toward safety
doomed imperatively, its solution
thing of the utmost urgency.
Already Kato and Huroki, alarmed
by the shot, were hurrying back to-
ward the hut. Already the sounds of
hoofs approached from the opposite di.
rection.
There was a window in the back of
the hut; through this the fugitives es-
capped, even; as Huroki and Kato en-
tered the ammunition depot by it's doo=,
way.
Then, skirting through underbrusb,
they skulked off as far an hey might
under cover. When the pursuits obliged
them to take to the open, they found
themselves hemmed in on three sides,
and under fire. The only way they
dared run was in the direction of Hu-
roki's point of observation.
| Two minutes later, hotly pressed,
I they dIIlNtu OAA llAt mp Va a NAAAA htS
! less than two hundred feet in height,
commanding a wide view of the sur
rounding country.
| At bay, Parr turned and emptied
Patria's pistol at their pursuers, drop
ping two Mexicans and momentarily
checking their rush.
| Then-there was nothing else for X
one after the other the lovers leaped
from the cliff.
A dense growth of foliage at the bot
tom saved them, breaking the force of
their falls.
Half sense1ess, bruised and scratched
and breathless, they lay on the ground
beneath that friendly screen of leaves
till the sound of hoofs and firing drew
them out, cautiously, to the edge of
the forest.
Along the road that skirted it the
rear guard of the raiding party was
| flying for its life.
In pursuit came a strong company
of the Charming cowpunchers-
| (END OF ELEVENTH EPISODE.l
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26

by Or. Stephen II. Langdon. Sumeri-
an scholar and assistant curator Of
the museum. The epic, according to
Doctor Langdon, takes up the history
of civilization after Paradise, the fan
of man and the food, and is a sequel
to the Sumerian epic which he trans
lated year ago. The fragment which
contains the latest history is four and
one-half inches long and one inch
thick. 1t contains about 500 lines OF
inscriptions. It dates from about
2250 B. c.. and hence represents a lit
erature older than that Of the Baby
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26

ride IN a closed car and avoid tie
closed face. that blank. toplofty aloof-
ness of expression so alien to normal
American worry and cheerfulness?
The limousine look attacks any
happy, laughing debutante or bank
president the instant the door slams
and they sink hack in what is tech
nically known in motor car literature
as ''milady's drawing room on
wheels" 1t comes on or of the face
very much as do the detachable tops
that convert an ordinary touring car
Of commerce into a miniature palace
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
How Could II Be otherwise.

The self-styled broadminded man de-
clares that he aceords to other men the
same honesty of political convictions
that he claims for himself. But deep
down he doesn't do anything Of the
kind. He knows on the q. [. that any
man who doesn't agree with him is a
seOundrel.-Houston Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
NOW THE LIMOUSINE LOOK
Snobocrscy Is Condemned in
Its Own Stronghold.

Perhaps it is hypocritical of US.
Riding in a limousine is a magnificent
and awful thing, and how should any
plain mortal be expected to endure it
without amendment to his soul? Still.
from our sidewalk we do observe aud
protest. Can no human being. even
though to the limousine born. learn to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
Sure SIGN.

"The war will end in two weeks"
ne said as he estimated the decrease
in the size of his apple pie, in a one
arm cafeteria.
"Where do you get that dope?"
asked the next chair neighbor.
''Well. l have a brother who enlisted
today and he never held a job longer
than two weeks in his life"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
GOES FAR BACK IN HISTORY
Ninpur Tablet, Recently Discovered
and Translated, Has Brought Joy
to Archeolosists.

A Sumerian epic that tells the story
Of the reconstruction of civilization af-
ter the deluge has beck discovered on
one Of the famous Sippur tablets in
the University of Pennsylvania mu-
scum. Announcement Of the discov-
cry and the completion of the trans
latioR of the epic has just been made
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26

lonians and the Chaldeans. 1.-THE boat
or ark is mentioned" Doctor Lang
don announces, 'as wei as Lahama,
the god Of the deluge. It describes the
regeneration of the ancient land of
Sumeria at the hands of the god of
wisdom, who decreed that it should
be the center of civilization"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
SYNOPSIS.

Baron Huroki of Tokyo, conspiring to
embrou the United States with Mexico in
order to pave the way for Japanese inva-
sion of the Pacific coast, Is hunted from
the country by Patria Claiming, sole eX-
ecdtr!x of a $i00O00.0o0 t-ost secretly Gre
ateG Gy Patriotic progenItors to combat
the national peril inherent in 'urprepar-
eduess" Fearing for the safety Of her
properties in the Southwest Patria leaves
New York to investigate along the border.
accompanied by her tiancc. Capt. Donald
pa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
An Economist.

Judge-You let the burglar go to
arrest an automobiles?
PoHceman-Yes. The autoist pays
q fine and adds TO the resources Of the
state; the burglar goes 10 prison and
the state has 10 pay for his keep
Life.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
What Most Of Us Would Do.

Dyer-"What would you do II you
had all the money you have spent fool
iShly?" Ryer-"Spend it foolishly."-
Life.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
Uncle Ehen.

IS man dat ain got muffin to kick
about 'ce2t &c holiness Of de weather."
said Uncle Eben, "ai3' got no trouble
worth noticin."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26

e to stand before the blazing glory
Of an opera house with q uniformed at
tendant handing in a very charming
and expensive wife.-New York Trib-
uDe,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26
THE CAST.

MRS. VERNON CASTLE as
Patria Claiming.
MILTON STILLS as Donald Parr.
WARNER GLAND as Baron
Huroki.
DOROTHY GREEN as Fanny
Adair.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-09-26

In the first dim flush of that cool,
sweet dawn, Patria Weakened with a
smile, and turning on her pillow,
looked out through the open window
at her bedside before smuggling be-
meath the covers for another hour or
two of sleep.
And because the dew-wet world she
viewed was so very beautiful, she
could no more sleep, but must needs
get up and move gently about her
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
THIS star INTIMATE
With BIGGEST ROLES
Miss Truax. of Garden of Allah"
Cast, Relates Experiences.

Miss Sarah TruaX, who will be seen
here in the leading role of "Domini"
in The Garden of Allah" the Liebler
Company's massive and magnificent
drama which comes to the National
Theater for one week starting Mon
day, September "a, has taken part in
several performances OF note re-
Gently.
She was with Tyrone Powers in
Charles Rand Kennedy's Servant OF
the House" which was given in the
Mason Opera House. Los Angeles last
summer. and later at the San Diego
Exposition, in front of the famous
out-of-door organ of that exposition.
I'VE feared that the fog which rolled
in ON the night of the performance
might mar it," said Miss Truax. but
IL never went so well The fog made
the voices carry wonderfully. The
cleaning white peristyle was pictur-
esque and the acts were marked only
by switching of the lights, when or
gan numbers were played. fhe organ
seems particularly appropriate to the
play and added TO the impressiveness."
Miss Truax played with a remark
able cast in Julius Caesar" presented
in Beechwood Terrace in Hollywood,
Calf, year ago. William FaTnum
played Mark Anthony. Frank keenan,
played Cassius. Tyrone Powers,
Brutus. and Douglas Fairbanks, Oc-
tavius Caesar. Miss Truax played
Portia.
II also played the part of Mary in
the nativity play presented by the
Channel Club Of Los Angeles in Ex-
position Park she says. 1T was
thrilling to play before 10000 people.
The organization gave the perform
ance for the benefit of the city of Los
Angeles.
Il was also with the Reliance Studio
and Fine Arts Company, with d. w.
Griffith at its head.
Il was rather disappointed with my
movie experience. But ii is amusing.
1t seems strange. playing in the
movies. for no sooner are you stirred
to an emotion than IL is over. There
is no chance to develop it and one
must be, careful not to overdo the
acting. 1t must be subdued, contained
and simple, for the camera registers
the slightest shade of expression. It
Is tine for an actor to see himself as
others see him. Faults of which he
would otherwise know nothing can
then be corrected.
But 1 believe the movies are on the
wane and the legitimate stage is COM
ing back into its own.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
HOPKINS FIRST Aid
TO GIRL PLAYWRIGHT
Manager of Billie Burke Gave Clare
RUNNERS Pen Opportunity.

Arthur Hopkins, who in association
with +. Ziegfeld. jr.. will present MISS
Billie Burke in The RescuinS Angel
a new play by Clare Hummer, at the
New National tomorrow night' mas
consistently shown liking for the un-
conventional in drama ever since ne
began producing plays some years ago
one of Mr.. Hopkins early proole-
tions was Eleanor Gatess Inc
Poor Little Rich Girl" which was pure
fantasy, and soon after that foiloNeo
Elmer Reizenstein's meiodrama' On
Trial" in which the technic OF tne
movie was first appropriated oy
spoken play. A fantasy, The HAPPY
Finding" was one of his offerings last
season, as were Good Gracious an, !,
raheIle, and a Successful Calamity.
hotb from the pen of Miss Hummer.
n was Mr.. Hopkins who gave MISS
Kummer her first chance as dram
a,ist after she had haunted tne
ofsces Of Broadway producers ior
Saars without ever having been able
20 convince them that she could write
a play.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
CRANDALL CIRCUIT
engages Big STARS
Bill for Season Contains Many
Leaders of Picture Drama.

Harry NJ. Crandall. head. of the
Crandall circuit of theaters in this
city. was recently appointed State
chairman OF the national commit
tee of the War Cooperation Com
mission. Mr.. Crandall has returned
TO the city. after attending a meet
ing of this organization in New
York. Subcommittees covering
every branch of the amusement bus
iness were appointed at the meet
ing. =.
While in New York Mr.. CrandaIl
closed important film contracts. Sc
curing for showing at his theaters
pictures featuring many OF the fore
most stars in the realm of the
photo drama.
Mr.. Crsndall says he looks for
ward to the banner season in the
amusement history of Washing ton.
Two elements in this connection are
the influx OF strangers TO the ma
tion's Capital and the military can
tonments near the city. Washing
ton is becoming more and more a
cosmopolitan center and the hotels
are being taxed to their limit of
accommodation.
Mr.. Crandall said. "the contracts
have consummated call for the
showing of photo plays featuring
the following well known stars:
Mary Pickford. Douglas Fairbanks.
Marguerite Clark. George NJ Cohan.
Clara Kimball Young. Julian FL
tinge. Elsie Ferguson. William S.
Hart. Geraldine Farrar. Francis y.
Bushman. Billie Burke, Mime. Olga
Petrova, Earle Williams. Edith
Storey. Charles Ray. Pauline Fred
erick. Wallace Reid, Norma Tall
madge. Carlyle Blackwell, Madge
Kennedy, Harold Lockwood, Anita
Stewart, Jack Pickford, Mary
Garden, Robert Harron. Maxine
Elliott, Alice Brady. Mabel Nor
mand, Mae Marsh and many others.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
Miss Burke Returns to Stage
After Absence of TUo Years

The coming of Miss Billie Burke TO
the National Theater tomorrow night
will be an event OF unusual interest,
for not only will the actress be seen
in a new play but her appearance
will mark her return TO the stage
after an absence of more than two
years. When Charles Frohman went
TO his death on the Lusitania, the
sinking of which by the Germans early
in the war always remains one Of
the momentous events of the great
struggle. Miss Burke was under his
management Practically her whole
career had been passed as one Of the
Frohnan group of stars, and after the
death of &C. F." as he was known
to his associates. she retired tempo
rarily from the stage. This is her
frst appearance in drama since she
played Jerry Catherine Chisholm's S
comedy.
Miss Burke might have resumed act
ing sooner If she had found a play
and a part suited to her individual
talents, but although she read many
manuscripts none that struck her
fancy was forth coming. Then Ar
thur Hopkins, one of the most enter
prising of the group Of young AIneri-
can managers, submitted The Rescu-
ing Angel and Miss Burke tmrne-
diately agreed with him that IL was
the play she had been looking for
The central character Of the comedy.
which is in three acts, is that OF
young woman who returns home from
a long absence to md her family in
financial difficulties. and IL is she. OF
course. who is the rescuing angel OF
the title.
The locale Is American and 50 are
the characters; Miss Hummer. in fact.
has written only of America and
Americans to date. and her forte, as
demonstrated in her first two plays, Is
putting into the mouths Of her char
acters speeches that do not lose their
naturalness because of their brilliance.
The wit and native favor OF MISS
RUNNERS dialogue have caused a
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
Woman De6es Force
In Feats Of Strength

Probably a quarter OF century eeo
young Georgia girl by the name OF
Annis Abbott electrified the natives
ana set the scientists by the ears with
the exhibition Of a mysterious power
which enabled her 70 resist force eA-
erted against her. She would place
her finger on a common board taoie
and then defy several men TO raise "
from the floor. or opposing her strength
"a theirs would successfully preNen,
them from moving from the spot
where she stood.
Just what this power or force was
has never been explained. But now
cnr,es a worthy successor to her In
Young woman who calls herself Re-
sista'" and who will exhibit her pow
ers at the Cosmos Theater next week
II is claimed that her power 80 90 su.
perior to that of the Georgia Mag
net" that men have found It impossi-
ble to raise her from the noor with
even a block and tackle. She does
many other remarkable things in her
interesting and mysterious exhibition
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
THEATRICAL BRIEFS.

Several new sets of scenery have
been received by Manager Robbins for
b. +, keith's Theater. Those with
which the audiences have become IA
miliar will be given less conspicuous
use than formerly although none of
them is more than two seasons old,
However, 1t is the Keith rule to keep
fresh stage scenes before the public
eye. These interiors. for that is their
function, are from the brushes of d
number OF foreign artists who emf
grated to this country just before the
great war and who have become at
tached 20 the studio in which all the
Keith scenery is built and painted. 1t
is said to be unusually artistic and oe-
tailed work
Former Ticket-Taker Martin, OF
Keith's. who enlisted in the District
cavalry and was called to the colo, >
some time ago, has just emerged from
hospital after stay OF several weeks.
He Is now in the South at his conn
pany's cantonment, but Marty" looks
all shot up. This serving your Uncle
Sam Is no child's play. you can believe
Marty" There's a likelihood that he
may have to be invaded home.
SObhiy SHSNdiibf COnteSSeS ne Is
troubled In his mind when he reflects
that he, too, may undergo "Marty's.'
experience when John goes into camp.
as he will in the near future.
Mrs. Roland s. Robbins, the wife ~,
keith's Washington manager, has re-
turned from a motor-boat outing down
the Potomac as far as the tang of sait
In waves. The party was gone Just a
week and got all tuned up for any sorr
OF winter the weather and the war
may provide for Washington.
Within the Law" Bayard veIller's
wonderful drama pictured at Moore's
strand Theater this week, is an unan-
swerahle argument against the small
salaries paid to department store girls
In many OF the large cities throughout
the country.
The third degree" method by which
police enforce confessions from crimi
nal suspects is vividly portrayed In
the film version of Bayard Veiller's
successful drama, within the Law"
appearing at Meore's Strand Thsstsr
this week.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16

number OF commentators on the drama
70 refer 70 her gift Of written repartee
as comparable to that of the late
Clyde Fitch.
Miss Hummer will be recalled by
Washington playgoers VINO read
their programs as the author of a
successful Calamity IN which Will
liam Gillette appeared here last
season After il was presented here
this comedy became one Of the most
popular offerings of the late season
in New York, where il is shortly TO
resume it's run. Miss Hummer en-
1oyed the novel experience OF see
ing her two first plays accepted BY
the New York public-always q
nckle one-in one season, a con-
summation that many an exper-
fenced dramatist has vainly wish
ed Before the play IN which Mr..
Gillette made one OF his occasional
emergences from retirement was
produced Miss Hummer had made
her bow as an author from the
stage with Good Gracious. Anna
telle." This. an even more uncon-
ventional play than "A Successful.
Calamity" VIII be seen in wash
ington later in the year.
Miss kurrmer is particularly
happy in delineating young men
and women and much Of the fresh.
ness OF her plays is due to the fact
that many Of the characters are in
the debutsnte and young alumni
groups. The Rescuing Angel" is
like its predecessors IN this re-
spect.
Robert Edmund Jones. the Amer
lean artistic. whose setting for
Granville Barker's production OF
Anatole Frances. The Man Who
Married a Dumb Wife" at Wal
lacks Thester, New York, attract-
ed wide attention, has designed the
stage decorations. Mr.. Jones has.
In fact. provided the settings for
all Of Mr.. Hopkins productions IN
Irecent seasons.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
NationaI-Miss Billie Burke.

NatIOn0f-MIs8 burke.
Miss Billie Burke, who was last
seen in Washington several seasons
ago. will come tomorrow night TO the
National in a new play by Clare
Hummer, entitled THE Rescuing
Angel" The play. a comedy of
American locale and characters, has
been staged under the direction OF
Arthur Hopkins. who produced Miss
Runners other plays. "A Success
full Calamity and Good Gracious
Annabelle,'' in New York last sea-
son. Washington playgoers will re-
call the former, in which William
Gillette appeared at the National pre-
vious to its New York run.
Miss Burke is said to have one OF
the best roles in her career in THE
Rescuing Angel" There is said to be
he same smartness of dialogue, the
same sense of comedy values that
characterized the other two plays by
Miss Hummer. with the added advan-
tage of a more dramatic story.
The cast Mr.. Hopkins has assem-
bled to appear with Miss Burke Is
not of the tyre that frequently sur
rounds stars. but is a particularly in
teresting one. 1t includes Marie
Wainwright, Robert McWade, Fred
erick Perry and Claude Gillingwater,
players who have acted in many
Broadway productions; Roland Young
and Richard Barbee, who will be re-
membered for their clever acting in
"A Successful Calamity; Walter
Schellin. Elmer Brown, Dana Desborc
and Rhoda Beresford
Robert Edmond Jones, the Ameri-
can artist who first attracted atten-
ton with the setting he designed for
Granville Barker's production of THE
Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" at
Wallack's Manhattan. several years
ago. designed the decorations, a serv-
ice he performed for "A Successful
Calamity" F. Ziegfeld. jr.. Is as
sociated with Mr.. Hopkins in the pro-
duction.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
STAR AT KEITH'S 1
0NETIME NEWSBOY
Garry McGary Fought Own Way
in Stageland.

Oarry McGarry at Keith's this
week. was bern in Franklin. pa
october Il, 1SSS. and rose TO the noSi.
ton he now holds through individual
enort hghting his way up from .
renter Of opera glasses In his home
town theater. His father, James =
McGarry. was born in Mt. SAVAGE,
Nc, and is p descendant Of the
titled founder of the town OF Nc
Garry in Ireland. the NC" meaning
son Of" Mr.. McGarry's mother. who
was Matilda Jane Simpson before
she was married, is a native OF
Pennsylvania, having been born in
Butler County. Her ancestors were
thoroughly American, she being close
ly related to the Hood-Simpson
branch Of the family.
During his school DAYS. when he
attended the Sacred Heart Academy
at Franklin, Pa, and the Canisus
College in Buffalo. y. Y. he earned
money after school hours by selling
papers. Mr.. McGarry also, studied
for a while for the priesthood. then
he began the study Of vocal music
and naturally drifted to the staee.
His nrst engsgement was with the
Boston Ideal Opera Company. sing
ing Pippo In The Mascot" He de-
cided 20 remain in the profession.
The important theatrical companies
and stars with which Mr. McGarry
has been connected include: The
Soul kiss" The Waltz Dream"
The Confession" two seasons with
Tom Terris and q season each with
Frank Keenan, and Madame Dore in
vaudeville.
II was during an engagement With
Mr.. keenan, in "Vinoicstion," that
his work and appearance attracted
the attention Of Van Dyke Brooke
one Of the Vitagraph directors. who
invited him to call on the heads OF
the vitagraph Company in regard 70
playing In pictures and IL was
through Mr.. Brooke's intercession
Mr.. McGarry became a memoer OF
the famous vitagraph Stock Com
psny. His work in pictures Vindicat-
ed Mr.. Brooke's judgment ana nus
appearance in such popular photo,
dramas as THE Daughter OF Israel,
"A Question OF Clothes. The Capi-
tulation OF the Major" The Wrong
Girl" Hearts Ablaze." The Ils-
re,s The Easterhrook Case, one
performance only" established MN
as one Of the most popular OF juN-
emile leads.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
Belasco viii Present
Another Premiere Here

Washington theatergoers VIII ss
have the opportunity OF Nithesss
another new Belstco prooucton Pllo.
10 It's New York presentation az pne
Lyoeum Theater. when David 5elasco
will present at ths Beiasco Theeter
the week Of September - neer
Rose" a new play Of the great Nortn-
west, by Willard Mack.
The cast chosen by Mr.. Belasco for
the nlay includes such well-known
rlsvers as Lenore Ulrich, William
CourtIeish, Thomas Findlay, Pedro de
Cordoba, Edwin Holt, Calvin Thomas.
Fulier MeIlish. willard Mack. Arthur
Wood. Edward Mack and Jean ferreh