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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-07-25
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called to the new shipment of yarn
that has arrived at headquarters.
You can get your supply now by
calling at the Federated Church
from to O'Clock on Wednesday
afternoons.
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him to Portland where he is indicted
with the two other men now serving
short term in the county Jail. They
were fined $500 and given a 3O-day
sentence each.-Pendleton Tribune.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-07-25

A 1920 and 1926 Case Gas Trac-
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Heppner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
A Girl "Call Bow"

The latest development of the draft
has resulted in the appearance of the
girl "call boy" at the Casino Theatre.
For the past three years young Willie
Sanderson, twentyone years of age
now, has been the call boy at the
Casino. Young Mr.. Sanderson, being
wenty-one, comes under the new draft
law. To anticipate military action he
has enlisted in the marines. Instead
of getting another boy, F. Ray Com
stock, manager of "Oh, Lady! Lady!!"
has appointed Annabell Kelly, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Georgia Kelly, the ward
robe mistress, as "call boy" for the
ooh, Lady! Lady!!" company. Little
Miss Kelly is just sixteen years of age,
and under her mothers guidance is said
to have become very proficient in call
ing Overture !""First act!' and Girls.
get move on-the stage is waiting!"
This is the first time a girl has ever
been employed as "call boy" Many
of the best known actors of to-day be-
gan their careers as call boys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

to be wearing real hoopskirts," said
Miss Thomson the other night. ooh,
do wish I could have lived in those
daysl / would like to have been the
real Ottilie in 'Maytime,' and then
when my cousin Claude came to call on
me l would have sent him away. Of
course, 'Maytime' isn't fiction; it's his
tory, real history from the early days,
and it must have been ever so much
more fun to live then than it is now"
Every night when Miss Thomson puts
on her hoopskirt for the first act, and
lets down her hair like a little girl in
the 1910 period, she feels as though she
were going back generations and gen
erations. The spirit Of the old ro-
nance carries her through all of the
four periods, from little girl in pink
and white and lace to an old lady in
black silk, and back again to a modern
young lady.
She starred in "Adele" in London at
the Gaiety Theatre last season. but ow-
ing to the war returned to America.
When "Maytime" has completed its run
in New York Miss Thomson will be
seen in a new play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

and was crazy to play it, so on that
memorable night he was just pretend
ing.
when he couldn't finish the per-
Torrance they tackled the understudy.
but he wasn't up in the part at all. So
little Charlie stepped forward and VOL
unteered, just as in the story books,
and you remember what happened"
Indeed we do. We remember how
that child went on in a soldiers suit
six sizes too big for him and made mad
love to the japanese prima donna, and
how wonderful ne was in the part and
! how his salary was quadrupled over
night.
IL stayed with that show until it
closed, and then went with 'Piff, Paff
Pouf,' and with Grace Van Studdiford
in The Golden Butterfly Next came
The Chocolate Soldier But FRITZ
Scheff brought along Pretty Mrs.
Smith about that time and sue
cumbed. Then came Ziegfeld's Trolic'
and the Tollies of 1915; then Flors
Bella and 'Maytime.' You know the
rest"
So that is why Charlie is veteran at
the age when most men are beginning
to think they would like to go on the
stage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
So Charlie Became Charles

agent sent it to us, and Charlie didn't
tell US himself. He didn't need to. We
happened to be there the night he
jumped into the breach and saved the
show in New Orleans.
1t Is an advantage, decided advan-
tage, for an interviewer of stage celeb
rltles to have started her career on the
stage. In that way she knows the life
secrets of most of her interviewces. II
makes it easier-for the interviewer
Last week we went to the Palace to
see Charles Purcell. He is Charles
now, and his weekly check, so they say
has four figures on it. His voice Is Just
as lovely as it used to be, and the peo-
pie wouldn't let him go until he sang
the chorus of Sweetheart" his ~Mav.
time" favorite.
AS soon as 1t was over we went back
stage and told Charlie who we were
and how we knew him when" And
then we both talked at once, and said:
do you remember Lillian, with the
pompadour?" And, ado you remember
/ Cosette and Mac, who ran away and
got married in New Orleans ?" And
"How long did you stay with that
show" And, "What have you been doing
since 2" And finally we said: "Do YOU
remember how the tenor fell down In
New Orleans and you were the only one
in the show who knew the role. and
they grabbed you and dressed you up in
his clothes and sent you on in the mid
die of the act?" "Yes," came back
Charlie; "and do you remember what q
big fellow he was; over six feet. and
wasn't full grown yet? had to 90 on
somehow, so | rolled up the sleeves of
the coat and the legs of the trousers
But you never knew the inside story of
that. can tell it now.
"The tenor didn't have to work. He
was married to girl whose father
owned oil and coal and steel. She was
travelling with him, and they both got
tired and wanted to go back to New
York, but the company wouldn't hear of
1T. They begged him to stay till they
got some one else to take his place. and
then they never got any one. Well
George found out that | knew the role
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
Relics Sacrificed
To Satisfy Credulity

When the picture of the very eli.
Of the great master, treasured in ~.
Wright family for nearly a generate,
was treated with no more apprec;s.,.-
than if it were a cut from an adv.
tisement Of department store .sl.
could the question with dignity \.
treated seriously? The only ansv.,
seemed the flippant one, to COMES.
everything, admit everything. to say.
"Oh, yes, it is one of my old sb;,.,
bought for three rubles at vladivos
tok."
The other relics were in turn -.
rihced in their authenticity to satiats
credulity determined 20 be justified n
Its strange prepossession and the s,s,
idea OF hoax. 1t was an interes,ir,
study IN psychology to see how any ~.
PLANTATION, no matter how self-eyiden.lv
absurd, was eagerly accepted and ,ss
simple truth rejected, if it substsnt-
ated the hoax obsession.
A story of hoax vas expected and
We gave it, gave it in such detail thai
should have made it all the more in.
I possible of credence; showed to everv
keen thinking reader the hopeless folly
OF the claim that it was a hoay. tbs
folly of pretending that the cultured
men of the Authors Club could be
fooled in such way.
Did Larrovitch really live or was h
but a myth? Was he great autho,
brought strangely back into the sun
shine of recognition or was he a ere
alton, an invention. an imagined char
acter in "the Gargantuan comedy tina
is likely to keep the literary world II
immoderate laughter for long time
We can only say we have made on
defence and leave to readers of hi
biography their calm, unpreiudice
verdict.
We have no fear of the ultimate vel
dict of scholars and thinkers. In tn
words of Father Sergius, the shrew,
philosophic priest in "Barini Barini
Truth, with time as its ally, alway
wins in the end"
WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN.
RICHARDSON WRIGHT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

slsts of the trench fantasy, which wa
done first privately at Lambs Gam
Dol. and then was promptly ineo,
porated in Getting Together"
Lieutenant Gitz Rice is a soldier
singer and composer of trench song
lie was member of the first Canadian
contingent, and is still ia the service
IN Getting Together" being assigned
to duty with that play by the British
government. Lieutenant Rice saw
twenty-five months service on the
Western front before he was invalided
home. During his service on the other
side he found time to write several
songs, which were and still are being
sung by the Tommies. These he sings
IN Getting Together" playing bis
own accomplishments. His singing Of
You've Got to Go In or Go Under
I'VE Stopped Them on the Marine
and put Your Head Down, Fritsie
Boy" constitutes an evenings enter
tainment in itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

is, at least, better informed on Lar
rovitch now than it was a month ago
for now this very volume assaulted as
hoax stands on it's shelves. When
Nine. Curie discovered radium, was it
hoax because no mention of it ap-
peared in it's catalogues or in any of
its books? But you will say that this
IS different thing, that Nine Curie
was publishing what she had discov-
cred. Well, so were we publishing
what We had discovered.
Higher criticism tactics applied to
the Larrovitch book, as all other tests,
prove its inherent genuineness, not the
hoax contention. Whatever be the
faults in the editing of this book the
charge of inaccuracy is one that can
not be brought against it. or if brought
cannot be sustained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
-Four Men Wrote War PLav

There are three authors and a COM
poser whose names appear after the
word "by" on the programme of Get
ting Together" the musical war play
at the Shubert. The four are Major
Beth Clan Hay), J. Hartley Manners,
Percival knight and Lieutenant Gitz
Rice.
Nearly every one has heard Of Ian
Hay, who wrote "The First Hundred
Thousand" Ian Hay has contributed
much to Getting Together" and has
aided materially in making the stir
ring war scenes In the play realistic.
No moro stirring war scene has been
shown on che American stage in re-
cent seasons than that In which oc-
ours the dash over the top, with the
big British tank, splitting fire, to lead
the way.
J. Hartley Manners Is probably
known to every theatregoer in Amer
lea. He wrote "Peg O. My Heart"
Out There" and Happiness.
fercival knight is an English
comedian who came to this country
some eight or ten years ago in "The
Arcadians," in which he immortalized
i've Got Motter, Always CHEEKY and
Bright" Mr.. knight has been de-
scribed as the "best sour-faced come
dian since Dan DAILY" and in Getting
Together he has the role of British
sergeant who looks like one of BARNS
fathers cartoons come to life. In adj
dltion to appearing in the play, Mr..
knights contribution as author con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
Disclaim Responsibility if photography lnventsd
for Him Is Not Represented in
Public Libraries

We were unable to trace in any way
the actual charge that led to Larro-
vitch's exile to Siberia. Some authori
ties said one thing, others another.
We found rumors, we frankly gave
them as such. When illustrating the
work we secured one picture said to
be that of Larrovitch as a fireman.
There was just the suspicion Of ques-
tion as to the authenticity Of the por-
trait. though as stated on Page 80.
Larrovitch was a fireman for a few
months in Irkutsk, but the doubt de-
manded that the picture be declared
alleged"
Thus one after another of the fimsy
proofs of a hoax are exploded. Not
one real point was made; yes, there
was one. 1t is the kind that the prose
cution holds as its trump card for its
impress on the jury. This is the inter
views with ourselves and what might
be claimed as our Endorsement Of the
hoax theory. This is, in reality, no
more evidence than the other claims.
We have no thought of repudiating
anything in these interviews nor Of
denying their general accuracy, but a
few words of proper Interpretation
will put them in their true perspective.
The Tribune representative prefaced
his request for details about Larro-
witch, courteously, of course, with the
statement that it was clear on the very
surface that it was hoax; there was
no slightest question about that, it was
self-evident In as considerate and
kindly a tone as the establishment of
the moment would permit we in
CURED the reasons for the strange
charge. The Public Library did not
have the books, and other equally in
valid reasons flowed forth in rapid Sc
ouence.
1t was clear in an instant that this
was the case of a fixed idea that
neither logic nor added proof could
change in the least. There was. how
ever. the hope that seeming to fall in
with the obsession of prejudice might,
by making the righteousness of it
more apparent and so make the truth
clear.
When you are talking to a man who
declares that Germany did not start
the war you know there is no use to
argue it on normal grounds. You make
the point of view ridiculous by p;ling
on more equally absurd statements.
You say: eyes, England invaded Bel
GUM, too" England sunk the Lusi-
tania,' England bombarded the Cathe-
dral of Rheims, too" and host of
similar wild confederation of hope
lessly false point Of view. Thus we
answered.
When seriously asked where we Sc
cured the portrait we called Larro-
witch, with no more reverence than if
1t were the picture of some Stacker
brought in in raid, it was impossible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

"Feodor." This instead of being
proof against the manuscript merely
attests its genuineness and reveals it's
date. 1t must have been written in
that brief romantic year of his mar
ried happiness 1845-'46 when he signed
all his writings "Alexey" to humor the
fancy of his wife, Sonia, who, with
some kink in her feminine prejudice,
detested the name Feodor. Lanitere
says, by the way, that Larrovitch after
his return from Siberia always took
malignant pleasure in writing
Feodor, for it seemed to him that, liv-
ing or dead, she would know it,
The statement is made that of the
books cited in the photography not one
can be found in the public library. Are
we to be held responsible for the in
completeness Of the public library? 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

to be expected that Larrovitch, at this
intense moment when the words,
wrought from the agony of his very
soul, "You have put out the light Of
Russian liberty" came from his lips.
should have put them in some other
form to forcstall criticism? Larrovitch
was big, simple, sincere, never a po-
seur. We cannot imagine him editing
his last words, putting on them the
cosmetic of phrasal cleverness, saying,
"That is never good; it suggests
Mirabeau; | must try new form" 1t
is really too absurd for notice except
for its effect on the jury.
The autograph copy of the manu-
script, one thing that might have been
held as too sacred for carping criti-
cism, has been translated and reveals
the first name as "Alexey" instead of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
By Harriette Underhill

Once upon a time there was little
boy named Charlie Purcell. When
other little boys were piling up their
blocks and saying their a C's Charlie
WIS climbing Up on the piano stool and
laying "Do re mi" When he was six
years Ole, about, he sang the "Stabat
Mater" on Easter Sunday, and when he
was twelve he was toying with the high
C's and vowing that if all those en-
dearing young charms should vanish
overnight he would still be true.
Probably he believed 1t, at twelve.
When he was sixteen he ran away and
became the chorus In q yepertory cora-
pany. and when be WAS seventeen he
was singing the big role In 'sThe Isle OF
Spice"
Now, all Of this is true. No press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
In Vaudeville

PALACE--Mlle. Dazzle, Anna Wheaton
and Harry Carroll, Tombes and Parker
Fradkin and Tell, Somewhere in
France" Juliette Dika, Walter Brewer
and Meehan's Dogs.
RIVERSIDE-Grace La Rue, Hussey
and Worsley, Natures Masterpiece
Ideal, Mehlinger and Meyer, "Too
Many Wives" the Six Kirksmith Sis
tiers, Walter Weems, Sam Hearn and
the Gliding O'Mearas.
ROYAL-Blossom Seeley, Jack Will,
son, Nine Gibson Orhman, Ben Welch
Moon and Morris, "On the Fourth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

to answer calmly and court.on,,.
give the true story of how th.
portrait was secured. It was ..
to say: THAT was taken from . So.
painting called THE Samoyay, a.
the Traitokof Museum In Moo =.
This was instantly accepted az .rr.s
cause it fitted into q theory. !, ..s
stantiated prejudice. When II. -,
legged" portrait Of Larrovinb =.
fireman was subject to humoroa. ..
ulations was not the easiest wav -.
to emphasize the absurdity ~ :, 81
doubt to throw that, too. into II. a. .-'
card, to pile on the agreement Z. ~.
limit? 'Ae
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

Of the point that certain Of the quota
tions sound much like bits from Shaw,
Whistler, Maeterlnck and others. He
leaves us puzzled as to just what bear
ing this has in the way of proof or Of
disproof. AS Larrovitch died fifty-one
years ago, he could hardly have pla-
CARRIED from these writer's, who had
then written nothing. If they helped
themselves from the wealth of his
treasure, does their kleptomania from
what he had written prove he never
lived? Is any one writer monopolist
of a point of view that it may not
have come to another?
Even Larrovitch's dying words show
"that he had learned the manner and
style of Mirabeau." Should the last
words of a man who, it is asserted,
never lived be thus criticised? Is it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

nance. Her heroes wore powdered
wigs, and all of the fair ladies of her
dreams wore hoopskirts and bustles.
Old New York was the fairyland of her
dreams, and from bits of lace and
bright colored silks she made dresses
from pictures she found in the old
books
ITS almost like living all over again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
In the Matter
Of Responsibility

We, tho undersigned, were the edi-
tors of this volume on Larrovitch, and
feel sense Of personal responsibility
that makes a defence seem a positive
duty and the evasion of it cowardly
disloyalty.. We're it a mere affair of
critic garbling or MISUNDERSTANDING
book written by either Of us We should
have passed it over with half smile
and shrug of the shoulders and said:
"Oh, what's the use!"
But this is not personal matter to
be thus lightly dismissed. Eleven
members of the Authors Club have
contributed to this volume, the club
directed the publication and, greatest
of all, justice to the memory of Larro-
witch makes a defence imperative.
The Tribune was correct when it
said: 1.-THE majority Of the Authors
Club will first learn that Larrovitch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
Carolyn Thon7son's
Childhood Dreams
Haze Come True

Carolyn Thomson, who plays the
part of Ottilie in "Maytime" at the
broadhurst Theatre, is a Western girl.
When Miss Thomson was little girl
she used to read stories of Eastern TO-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
Passing ShouU of 1879

1.-The Passing Show of 1879 will be
presented at the Globe Theatre. At
lantic City. during the present week,
and Will open at the Winter Garden
the following week, beginsing Tuesday,
July 70. The new show has been staged
by J. c. Huffman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
GATORS OF "LARROVITCT1' DRAW PENS IN HIS DEFENC
Sponsors for "Great Russian WRITER Take Ex-
ception to Tribune Expose and Prove
His Shirt Was Shirt

never existed when they read these
lines" They will learn the fact that
the writer Of the article so declares,
but is it in the least likely that they
will believe that Larrovitch never ex-
listed and that his father and his
mother shared the same fate?
In June of this year the splendid pa
pers on Larrovitch's life and works
were published by the Authors Cub
in a beautiful volume with eight illus
trations, a literary treasure. appealing
equally to the book collector and the
man in the street. 1t tells the story Of
his life, discusses his books in detail,
gives TRANSACTIONS of extracts from his
novels. records DR.. Coan's story of his
actual meeting and the talks with Lar
rovitch in Paris, furnishes transla-
tions Of three of his poems, shows him
as writer Of letters, gives a complete
photography and other unquestionable
details.
There Amt No
Such Animal
In the face Of ell this, The Tribune
makes the remarkable statement, "He
never lived" The attitude Of mind is
perfectly analogued in the words
of the countryman, gazing open-eyed
at the hippopotamus in the Zoo and
calculating with the omniscience of the
cynic: "There amt no such animal. !"
The Tribune starts in with prejudice,
an obsession Of belief. that because
it had not known of Larrovitch he
could not have existed. The writer of
the article demolishes the whole fabric
without one single jot or title Of
real proof, no one word Of real evil
dence that would stand for moment
under the whitening exposure of its
fimsy arguments made by the counsel
for the defence in a court of law. Why,
it would not even go to the jury; the
case would be dismissed
Let Us, in the interest of truth, ex-
anime briefly some of the weak argu-
ments made to bolster up hopeless
case:
"Larrovitch is not Russian name"
this is one charge. How can it help
being Russian name when Larro-
witch, a Russian born of long Rus
sian lineage, bore that name? Did not
his very use Of the name and the use
of it by his forebears in Russia make
it Russian, even were this the only
family in the empire to bear it? Would
ne have lived, really and actually lived,
more truly if, following the writer's
suggestion that Vladimirovitch is the
more geographically correct form,
we had falsified the records as we find
them and given him this name? Had
he not right to spell it~as he wished
Shakespeare spelled his name in three
different ways and twenty one other
variations. Did he therefore never
exist?
The critic in his attack makes much