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Francois. Moliere built his situations
around the feigned Illness Of a dJS-
tressed dansel who thus sought to es-
cape contracting a matrimonial ALI
ance with an unfavored sutton.
The latest military play Good Luck
Sam" which is announced as for, OF
and by the boys OF Camp Merritt,
comes to the Lexington Theatre for an
engagement OF two weeks. The book
is the work of Sergeant Anthony and
the music by Sergeant Merrill. It is
described as picture of soldier life
and musical comedy frame" The three
acts have been designed and carried
out by Robert Edmund Jones, who also
designed the costumes. There IL a sol-
der orchestra OF some forty pieces and
soldier Jazz band of twenty pieces.
The story OF the play is a military one.
Al the Republic Theatre next We'd
nesday evening A. Ii. Woods will pre-
sent Florence Reed in her first starring
vehicle, Roads OF Destiny" The
play Is described as O theme with vari-
atoms, by Claiming Pollock. suggested
by .. HenIy's short story of the same
title. As in the Q. Henry story. the
plot deals with tho futile attempt OF a
young man to escape his destiny. The
play Is not, however. in any sense a
damatizauon of o. Henry. Mr.. Pol
locks story being entirely original.
There is a prologue and four acts. In
Miss Reeds supporting company are
John Miltern, Malcolm Williams. Alma
Belwin. Edmund Lowe, Arnold Lucy,
Claude Brooke, Ed Walters. Charles
Seelon and Alma Kruger Because Of
the elaborateness OF the production the
curtain will rise promptly at S:l5.
"Oh, My Dear!" the sixth annual
Princess Theatre musical production
will be presented at the Princess The
atre on Wednesday night under the d.
rection of +. Ray Comstock and will
lam Elliott. Like other. of the Princess
successes. the book and lyrics Of the
new play ars by Guy Bolton and p c.
Wodehouse, and the music is by
Louis A. Hirsch. The piece was staged
by Robert Milton and Edward Royce
In the unusually brilliant cast are
Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer, Roy At
we'll, Juliette Day, Joseph Allen
Georgia Caine, Frederic Graham.
Helen Barnes, Miriam Collins, Helen
Clarke, Evelyn Dorm, Francis X.
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The public expects and wants her 10
be Just like she was In that good part
that she played last year: the produc-
erS are always trying to cast her in a
similar role to the ono In which she
makes n hit, for there's money in Il;
and the critics, by the inevitable
method OF comparison, refuse TO allow
her former character 10 be forgotten.
II is rather unfair to an actress wto
cares to achieve something more than
popularity in her profession, for these
forces combine with her own tendency
to grow into a character in which she
has been successful 10 kill her chances
of artistic progress,
Some time ago was cast az a
llspIng girl twice in succession. Now
YORK would gladly have kept me lisp
ng into a ripe old age. But refused
Then recently | was twice cast as a
tough lady. and again I was seized
With n great fear that might forget
that was the char 2ter not the char.
cter me. Even now Ao9ie Lun,h OF
Within the Law fame dogs my foot.
steps.
To avoid the double coil OF this
vicious circle ! would have committed
any crime, thereby OF course finding
myself Int IN the centre OF IL again
Fortuna ~ l needed to take no surh
futile step, for Remnant came along
ma saved me from the tolls OF such a
fate. and to Remnant turn for nv
salvation.
They tell me, continued Miss Nash,
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Conlan, Marjorie Bentley and many
others.
At the Comedy Theatre Thursday
evening the Shuberts will present Cyril
Harcourts new play IN four acts, "a
Place in tho Sun" Norman Trevor
and Cyril Harcourt have staged the
play. 1t was played in Londyn with
both Mr., Trevor and Mr. Haleourt in
the roios in which they will appear
here. 1t will be the third play from
Mr.. Harcourts pen to be seen in New
York.
The Leading female character will
be played by Peggy Hopkins. Other
msmh RS OF the company are Merle
Madden. Jane Cooper, Florence Fair.
Henry Croker. John Holiday and
George Fitzgerald. The theme of the
play Is a conflict OF ideas and charac-
tiers.
on Thursday evening the Bramhail
Players will present Difference in
Gods by Butler Davenport, showing
'he PSI biology Of a family in four
decade, II a hard New England life.
and fina ~ the cure of all evils by the
"sCientlt use of love" The char
acters viii be portrayed by Louise
Carter, Catherine Cozzens. Jane Burr.
Nell Braman. Dorothy Manley, Joseph
Sterling Edwin Dupont and the au-
thor, Butler Davenport.
Robert b. Mantell will give "othello"
Monday and Thanksgiving evenings,
Hamlet Tuesday evening and Sat
urday afternoon. and Romeo and
Juliet" Wednesday afternoon. The
Thanksgiving matinee will be Tho
Merchant of Venice" and the romantic
comedy will be repeated Saturday
night. King Lear" will be seen again
Wednesday evening and Macbeth
Friday evening.
Tonight at the Neighborhood Play
house this seasons first production
will include the Festival Dancers, the
Festival Chorus and the Neighborhood
Players in THE Feast OF Tabernacles, -
a festival of Thanksgiving.
The musical background has been
collected from ancient themes and will
be played by an orchestral ensemble
under the direction OF George Barrare.
The choruses have been trained under
tho direction OF Laura Elliot. The
costumes Of the participants have been
designed by Esther Peck and exc.
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Yet the heroine is wrong when She
accs1ses her lover of indifference be-
cause he discovers from her revela-
tidn outbreak in a fit of jealousy that
she is n servant There have been
many servants who held the love of
men OF higher station ever since there
was drama. Nine. Sans Gene was
seen in her laundry, Smith was parlor
maid and the exquisite Tril6y began
her life in Paris as q bldnchisseuse en-
m. Cooks are, OF course, different.
even IL they only have two places In
seven years to accomplish whatever
record the excellent achievement of
Mr.. Rnoblock's Bayswater Gordon
bleu may be. Women cooks cannot
be made romantic even when the tiger
is flashing his tail in their midst. This
same prejudice of the unreasonable
theatregoer does not extend to the
men, as the immortal Favart has
shown. Nor are the gentl6men who
go below stairs for the purpose of sub
DUNG the springtime roarings of their
tigers any more impressive senti-
mentally. They are just as funny as
cook when they fall in love with her.
Mr.. Knohlock must have known
this. But the author must have
known other important things that he
deliberately forgot In Tiger, Tiger"
He must have realized for instance,
that his heroine was much better
suited to development in tho pages OF
a novel, In the reticence possible to
such fiction, what makes her impos-
sible in the theatre could readily have
been ameliorated. II is one detail Of
Miss Stars superb performances, how
ever, that she Is insistently self sac
rificing in her revelation OF the caste OF
her heroine. Her hats. her frocks and
even the red ribbons that bind her
slippers are a constant proclamation
OF her calling and her character.
Mr., Knohlocl's adoption OF the play
form Is inscrutahle because there is
nothing whatever in the four slowly
moving acts OF Tiger! Tiger!" that
could be considered dramatic. There
is nothing to quicken the pulse, to stir
the interest or awaken in the spectator
any of the emotions which it is COM
monty considered the purpose OF play
to arouse, II is familiar to say OF
plays derived from novels that they
seem like pages OF the book converted
by shears and paste into acts and
scenes. OF course such a method
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GETTING AWAY FROM "AGGIE
LYNCH"

Florence Nash, now in Remnant"
az the Morosco Theatre, says that one
Of the chief reasons she jumped at her
present chance was to get away from
a vicious circle"
1T isn't always easy to check your
make beliove personality with your
makeup box" she observed. ITO slip
In and out Of part like n one piece
dress isn't possible--some OF it Is
bound 10 stick. And here turks the
danger. Or. Jekyll became Mr. Hyde
once too often, and the game was up
An actress assumes particular SCI
of manners and manperisms for part
and. as | said, she can't always check
them at the stage door. In fact if she
makes hit with them she may not
even want 10 shed them and assume
her own aura. After she has cult,
waited this tender little patch of man
rerisms sufficiently she begins TO think
that they are native to the soil. Then
by the time new part comes along
she has Incorporated into her own per-
sonality dead character. The result,
Is obvious--here lies the graveyard Of
good and successful acting.
But this Is not entirely the fault
OF the actor or actress. There is "a
conspiracy OF public. producer and
critic 10 lay her in this early grave.
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soul was the essence Of this story Of
1870, which was based on an incident
Of the Franco Prussan war.
In Horace Hodges and T. Wigney
Percyval's Little Lady in Blue" Miss
Starr had an opportunity in delicate
comedy. But the depression was short
lived. for now asuH Mr.. Belasco has
afforded her further opportunity to
touch the deeper places of life in his
production Of "Tiger! Tlger!" Edward
Knobloek's account of what happens
to two people OF opposite sexes when
this beast Of the Jungle springs out
upon them.
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the Plays Change.

George Broadhurst presents
Mark Swans farce, She Walked
in Her Sleep" at the Standard
Theatre. The original produc-
ton and cast will be seen.
Blanche Bates and Holbrook
B'ynn will play their farewell
New York engagement in the
spectacular war play, with music,
Getting Together" at the
Shubert- Riviera.
At Loew's Seventh Avenue
Theatre Richard Walton Tully
will present Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Drew in Keep Her Smiling" by
John Hunter Booth.
AL Jolson in the Arabian
Nights travesty, "Sinbad," will
celebrate a three hundredth per-
formance on Monday evening at
the Winter Garden.
David Varied enters upon
the final week of his engagement
in The Auctioneer" at the Man.
hattap Opera House.
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PLAYS THAT LAST.

Aston. "Litt'c S;mnlicitv"t BE
laseo, "TiPerl Tiger" Belmont,
The Little Brother: Bii1u,
Sleeping Partners; Booth BE
Calm. Camilla: Broadhurs;,
Ladies First; Casino, Some
Time: Central. Forever After;
Cohan, "Bv Pigeon Post; Chan
4 Harris, Three Faces East;
Comedy, "a Place in the Sun"
Cort, THE Better Ole;
Criterion Three Wise Fools"
FltirPe. "Under Orders; En-
pire. THE Saving Grace; Forty.
eighth Street, The Big Chance,
Fortv-fourtl' Street, Rober,
Mantell; Fulton, "A Stitch IN
Time; Gaietv, "Lightnin'
Globe, TIE CANARY: Harris
THE Riddle: Woman; Hud-
son, Friendly Enemies; Lib.
erty, "Glorianna"; Lougaerc
Nothing But Lies; Lyceum.
"Daddies"; Lyric, The Unknown
Purple; Manhattan ooera
House. The AuetioneeI";
Maxine Flliott's "Tca for
Three; Miller's, Daddy Lors
Legs; Moroseo, Remnant;
New Amsterdam, The Girl Be
lid the Gun" PLAYHOUSE,
Home Again; Plymouth, Re.
demption"; Princess, "Oh, NJ
Dear; Pepubho. Roads OF
Destiny; Selwyn. The Crowded
Hour: Shubert, The Betr~th,
al; Thirty-ninth Street, The
Long Dash: Vanderbilt, THE
Matinee Hero; Vieux Colon
bier, lie Medecin Malgre Lui"
and "Gringoire"; Winter Gar
den, "Sinbad."
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little wistfully, 1t seemed, that in
my present impersonation OF the little
Partisan street waif in Remnant there
Is here and there a suggestion OF
Ao0ie Lynch. the little crook girl I
played in Within the Law But" she
continued brightly, II wager you that
IN month, If not sooner, every trace
OF AO0te will be gone and l will be
wholly Remnant. And l assure you
Remnant does not need to borrow any
thing from A0gie: she can stand on
own. And then, If the public will
also try to come without any precon-
ce ton OF how am going 10 act. look
and be they will find that have made
good my promise to get away from the
vicious CIRCLE"
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takes than the April moonlight shining through
OF London
sanctuary from the streets and finds her
quarter hour after her
which is offered of routine
commercial impulse but the less difficult spring
shine exa the wide of inference which
In fact there is the first act of ge Tger
traits of that animal The harmless but
canoodng the city chimney keer analogy
beings whose conduct makes the proceedings of the
Act of Edward Knobocks play which
precedented popularity the Basco Theatre
the romance of that elusive composition
But Mr.. Knobock a realt
Of faithful visits beloved Tuesday night at
nnto be specfct happens that this
disclosed cook at two pound ten middle
cabbage Evidently her employers kind that must have
cabbage when they want Their vegetable strong
her taste for the NJ p So to disguise the sxpene
pachou is sprinked the chemist
her golden locks The NJ shifts painted as an anna
Of all the arts perhaps that he
nizes the ncongrui patchou and cabbage
tws eloquent nostr disappears the happiness mature
This
zoology suggest that this beast could de
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well. She really suggests sometime
of the ennoblement and elevation
which love Is though by Mr.. knobloCk
10 have brought to these two. Mr.
Belasco's realization or every posi-
bility Of this dsheartening play Is. of
course, mastery. He Is equally at
home in any period or any style OF
drama when II interests him. And
Tiger T.. erl" plainly interested
him, whatever Its effect on others may
he
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tie Brother" by Milton Goldsmith and
Benedict James. "The Little Brother"
which is In three acts. was first pre-
Fented at the Ambassadors Theatre in
London, where II ran for six months.
The play was brought to America by
Walter Hast, who is presenting it with
Mr.. Whiteside In the stellar role.
THE Little Brother" Is said to he
an Intense dramatic play. It's theme
Is q world old one OF bigotry and
prejudice. II has been termed a pow
erlul plea for tolerance in that II has
for its object the breaking down OF tho
barriers that retard the progress Of
humanity. Playing opposite Mr..
Whiteside Is Tyrone Power The sup.
porting company includes Mabel Bun.
yea, Edyth Latimer, Sam Sldman,
Cyrus Wood, William st. James and
others.
A happy combination OF French COM
edy will be the next double bill at the
French Theatre du vieux Colombier.
NJ. Jacques Copeau will offer Moliere's
lie Medecin Malsre Lni" and Theo-
dore de Banvilles "Gringoire," both
more or less familiar to American
playgoers 'Grinsoire" has served
many we'll known players. not the least
Of whom was the late Richard Mans
field, A musical setting has also been
made for the playlet here.
The Moliere comedy dates its pre-.
miere from 1865, when it was staged
at the Palais Royale, and "Gringoire"
RnYl ~
when Coquelin acted It at the The are
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cuted In the Neighborhood Playhouse
workshop under the direction OF Mary
Brown.
This festival, which is given in
honor OF the twenty-fifth anniversary
Of the Nenry Street settlement, will be
given again on Saturday and Sunday
evenings, November 80 and December
!, and on December Z and s. 1918.
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TABLE OF FIRST NIGHTS.

TABLE OF FIRST NIGHTS.
MONDAY-Cohan Theatre by Pigeon Post" Page
Belmont Theatre: The Little Brother"
and Benedict James
Vieux Coomber: lie Medeein Magre Lui'a "Gringoe
Lexington Theatre Good by Sergeants Antnony
and Merrill.
Observation-Disclosures THEATRE Dsstnyr by Chan
ming Pollock -
Princess Theatre: "Oh My by Wodehousc
rHURsDAY-Comedy THEATRE "A Place SUM-" by Cyril
Bramhall Playhouse: Difference in Gods" by Butler
Davenport.
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It Is easy to understand why David
Belaseo gave the play. Alert to all
that is new in the contemporaneous
theatre, he must have been Gin.
trigued," as our allies express that
state Of mind, by the novel mixtures
Of this dra ma. To see what its effect
on the mind Of the public would be
must have been q temptation too
strong 10 be resisted. Mr.. Be!asco
knows his alphabet. and he also knows
every law of sympathy and other ex-
'crnal qualities In a play.
He knows what used 10 attract and
what used 10 repel the affections OF an
audience Then how hard would have
been the task OF refusing to expert
nnent with fnything so contrary TO all
these law as Mr.. Knoblock's play
The splendid opportunities the role Of
the heroine affords Miss starr was an
other strong urge to stage "TiGer!
Tigerl" The great public success OF
the play had proved the shrewdness
OF his business Judgment.
Miss Starr's acting Of the ancillary
heroine IS a triumph of histrionic skill
She sweeps the keyboard Of her art in
a splendid display Of technical GER
tainty and facility. The love OF the
woman for her superior in worldly life
her horror OF following the course OF
other women who have begun like her
and ended In the gutter and abandoning
the work in which she had been al
ways successful in maintaining herself
are graphically expressed by the SYM
bols Of her art. which because II Ia a
fine art are the symbols OF nature al
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must Inevitably fail OF its purpose.
The dulness OF Tiger! Tiger" makes
just that impression, as IL is without
suspense, humCr or imagination Be
tweenihe covers of novel Mr.. Knob
lock-IHisht have told his story with
less offence and maybe loss stupidity.
But none of these qualities in the
play are other than violations OF the
canons OF art and good taste-that Is
to say the art of the theatre and its
standards OF taste, There is, however,
in the implication that n man OF Gull
ture and Importance drew from such
an association the inspiration to re-
newed intellectual and social activity.
the violation OF higher and essential
laws Of conduct. Are the lawmakers
and the rulers Of the people to be
saved by a trip down the Kitchen
stairs? Are their best efforts to be
achieved by reckoning to the back
area?
Probably the author meant nothing
of the kind, but such n conclusion is
altogether permissible from his prem
ises So from the standpoint OF morals
TO include that test in seeking some
explanation Tor the drama Mr. Knob
lock is Just as elusive as he Is when
the standards of the theatres art or
beauty are invoked.
SO Tiger! Tiger!" must remain a
puzzle. Had it merely been good cab
bage 1t must have been comprehen-
sihlc. or even as corner drug store
patchuli It might have been under
stood even II unappreciated The
vegetable is savory even II accounted
unrefned. The perfume does not lack
appreciation In certain circles. But
when Mr. Knoblock made Tiger!
Tiger!' out of cabbage and patchuli
combined he repealed admirers Of both
those simple ingredients and made IL
difficult 20 understand Just what he
was about. An alternating Whit OF
one or the other creates a curious i'm
preston.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
JUDGE EVANS BROTHER
BURIED in SANDERSVILLE

Sandersville, Jan 24,-The funeral
of DR.. Julian H.. Evans, one of Sanders
ville's most prominent physicians, who
died Wednesday morning, following
an attack of acute indestion, took
place this morning. He was IS years
old. He is survived by four brothers
and one sister, Messrs. A. Willis,
George c. and c. Lewis Evans, of
Sandersville; Judge Beverly D. Evans,
of Savannah, and Mrs. T, c. Boo, of
Rome, Ca; his wife, two daughters
and one son.
DR.. Evans practiced medicine at
Davisboro for twelve years and for
the past ten years in Sandersville.
The funeral services were conducted
by the Masonic fraturnity, and inter-
ment was made in the city cemetery.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
UNIVERSAL 7-HOUR
DAY DEMANDED
BY COMPERS
FOR PERIOD OF WAR-GoMPER
OPPOSES SPAsMoDic sUs-
PENSIONS BY GARFIELD

Indianapolis, Ind, January pa I'M
iversal hour day during the period of
the war, instead of present spasmodic
suspension of industries by the fuel
administration to conserve coal and re
lieve railroad congestion, was sus-
gested today by President Gompers,
of the American Federation of Labor
in a speech to the convention of Unit
ed Mine Workers.
Mr. Gompers speech to the miners
was regarded as labor's message to
the country on the action of the fuel
administration He prefaced his decla
ration for hour day with a defense
of those in high governmental ia
ton who may have mad mistakes
They are prompted. he said, by the
patriotic purpose to win the war aid
to think that the great transition
from peace to war could be made with
out mistakes was asking the impossi-
BILE.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
GREAT ALCOHOL PLANT
FOR THE GOVERNMENT

Johnson City, Tenn, Jan. %
From an authoritive source informa-
ton was received here today of the
location of an alchoAob plant at Kings
port, Tenn The government is be-
hind the enterprise which, when COM
pleted, will cost one million two hun
dred thousand dollars and will employ
about a thousand men. 1t is under
stood that the product of the plant
will be used TO polishing gun stocks
for which maple and beech lumber is
used. The by-product will be con-
verified into char coal which has a
ready market at the time Already
thirty-five acres of land have been Sc
cured and work will go forward at
once.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
LARGE HOG AUCTION
HELD NEAR AiMERICUS

Americas, Ca, Jan. 25.-The auction
sale of blooded Hampshire hogs held
yesterday at Aries plantation, near
Americas, was one of the most sue
cessful in the history of the hog rails
ing industry here. Prior to the public
sale the manager of the plantation, w.
T. Calhoun, sold to Chattanooga firm
carload of 60 Hampshire shoats for
$4,000, and n head of fine hogs, offer
ed to the highest bidder in one lot
brought $3.50.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
LAURENS COUNTY CONNECTS
PUT TO CUTTING WOOD

Dublin, Ca, Jan 25.-Laurens coun-
ty convicts today began cutting wood
for the fuel administration. Camp No.
of the road force is now at work on
the place of w. B. Rice, near Dublin,
to help relieve the fuel situation here.
Wood cut by them will be distribu-
ted by the fuel administrator.
County officials stated today that
Monday conviets will be put to cutting
wood for use at the courthouse, as I'M
usal demands for heat at this building
have exhausted the supply of coal.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
U. S. FOREIGN TRADE
BROKE RECORDS IN 1917

Washington, Jan. 2S.-America' S
foreign trade surpassed all records in
in 1917, amounting to $9,17S,OOO, 900.
Official figures issued today by the de-
partment OF commerce showed there
was gain of 81, SOO0OO,OOO over the
proceeding year December exports
of $5S9,0OO,0OO an increase of 100000
600 over November: caused the big
increase in the years total
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
DUBLIN WILL ALLOW
FEW HOGS INSIDE CITY

Dublin, Ca, Jan. 24.-Under a new
ordinance just passed by the city cour-
ell, householders will be allowed to
keep a limited number of hogs on their
lots inside the city limits under condi-
tons named by the city which has
been against the city ordinance Until
now
The members of council deemed
that under certain rules allowing the
keeping of hogs on private premises
would encourage an increase in the
meat supply.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27

A. W. Knight, clerk at the Suwan-
ee hotel for the past several months,
has accepted position as travelling
salesman for the American Tobacco
Company. Mr. Knight has made many
friends during his stay in Cordele
who wish him success in his new field.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
Skating Advantages

no not know OF any better way assisting girls
w hgure than
maturity
n sports and The
around development
OF every girl to the %
be The bo%.$n and athletic the
Ceraa on athletic
which make their
ANA then the same exercise differently
Roller skating is the most
most common of all
ward support weight and keen
the body balanced 1t is easier than
that is made is felt in the thighs legs
arms, chest abdomen and the back involved
The hipped endermhed
their oteen should aspire to
dance and in those gymnastics
the wind and thus develop lungs Roller skating
aside from its being of the
fords splendid opportunity the grace elegance
mo
Now that rink skating has
should realize the skating its pleasure
merits valuable physical
at the rink lot
Twelfth truly.
Sy,,ifh e. CoIdinC Arouserooo+ O.