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she has done in years. II is one that
gives her opportunity to display her
remarkable versatility and charm
The story is full of heart interest and
is so human and true to life that YOU
feel yourself in her place, knowing all
her joys and sorrows
one night in the dance hall where
Puck makes her home there is a big
performance ana Puck is on the stage
when something happens.
Puck is caught between the safety
curtain which drops behind her, and
an explosion I'm the audience, when
Capt Merryon, from his lox, sees her
plight He leaps ON to the stage and
Puck remembering a secret passage
way from the theatre to an unused
alley, is saved just before the walls
OF the stage cave in.
Merryon takes her to his rooms
where he cares for her until morning
In the early papers they read of the
disaster and Puck sees that her brutal
husband. Vulcan, who has often beaten
her for fancied attentions to another
man. is reported dead Later in the
list, however, She sees her own name
and realizes that his name, too, may
have been a mistake and that she Is
not yet surely free from him. Iow-
ever without telling Merryon Of her
past. she consents 20 q marriage with
Merryon and flees to India
Fearing Vulcan, she begs that Mer-
ryon does not yet claim her as his
wife. and except for the growing unre-
quilted love for Puck. life runs happily
When the hot season begins and Puck
is sent with the women OF the colony
to the hills where she meets Sylveste
young sport who had pursued her
while in London He understands the
situation and threatens to betray her
TO Merryon unless she Yields to him,
limiting that Vulcan is still alive
Puck flees aud Sylvester wires 10
vulcan. who is in Bombay. Puck runs
through the storm to the post to con-
fess 10 Merryon. but her husband APP
pears before she has told the truth
All this same time cholera has broken
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out and Merryon is called away 20
prevent the natives from removing
their sick from the hospital to a
fakirs hut for treatment
Sick with worry over. Puck's dupli-
city, he hurries away, after Vulcan,
telling him that he will await Puck
return at Oak Bungalow, had left
them
A note arrives from Vulcan threat
ening 20 ruin Marryon and take Puck
back by force unless she returns to
him. and loving Merryon better than
herself, she writes a note to him say
ing that she has returned TO Vulcan
and that she loves Meiryon more than
anything in the world, Drawing the
cruelty which she knows will be her
reception, Puck goes through the
storm. when Merryon. arriving home
end finding the note, seizes a revolver
and hurries after her
Vulcan is iii with cholera and has
been told that lie is dying Gathering
together the strength to carry out his
fearful threats, he reaches for a lash
and rushes at her, just as Merryon
rushes into the room Vulcan towers
over hCr-but just then something
happens and you are given the sur
prise of your life but we are not go
ing to tell YOU the climax OF this story
ard YOU must go to the Princess today
and see. This is the last day of this
picture The comedy is just the SAME
as yesterday and is one of Fatty Ar
buckle and Al st John in THE other
Man Prices 10 and 20 cents with war
tax included
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that cannot be duplicated anywhere
harlie Chaplin ana Carlyle Blackwell
are the stars. The former presents
one Of his riotous fun screams in two
reels entitled The Pawnshop," while
Mr.. Blackwell delights everyone In a
great drama Of modern life, The
Cabaret"
Chaplin rs usual gets the laughs
and plenty Of them in the piece shown
today at the Royal There is no other
median in the country that can
duplicate Chaplin's line of comedy.
That is why he is easily considered
the best comedian in the world and
the recipient of the latest salary ever
paid To any stage or picture artist He
is Just as funny as ever today in The
l'awns hop
Mr. Blackwell is too well known to
screen fans to need an introduction
Ne Is certainly one OF the most gifted
and popular leading men 0efore the
public and his popularity is attestcd
by the packed houses that fill the
theatres where his pictures are run
In todays' feature, The Cabaret. :"
Mr. Blackwell is delightful. The
production is a World Film feature,
directed by the veteran actor and
producer William \. Brady
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HOTEL COMO ARRIVALS.

w A. lIalwell, Little Rock J J.
Crayens and wife, Almo; Miss Dies,
Okla; J. G. McCutchen, OKLA, c. c.
wilkins. Okla; r. Gapp. Mena: G. G.
Capp and wife. Coer; Jno McCarroll,
Okla; ~. Van Dt. ender: Stanley
johnson, Wynne; H. T. Swain, Hope;
A. M. Denvy, Chicago; WELDON Myers,
Chicago; j. p Herr, Little Rock; D.
McDennott. Little Rock; w. l.. WON
BILE Womble; w r. Morrison, Tenn;
NJ w McGill and family, Chdster;
Mrs l.. ~ Fain, GlcnwOod: Mrs J. A.
Bonner, Glenwood; J, f. Mills and
wife, Ashdown; John iOngNorth, ARK
adelphia; o. G. lendrick, Tenn, VIII
Link and wife, Joncsboro; c. W.
Breedlove, little Rock; + f. Pharr
and wife, TeXarkana; J. =. Morgan,
Tenn; f. H. Bittle and wife, d.ittle
Rock: G. n. Pritchard. Little Rock;
L. G. Baxley, Dallas; c. Washburn,
Tenn; f. G. Apple, Little Rock; W..
C. Martin, okla; Mrs. w IA Buster,
Ark; w. S. Warren. Simms
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MISSING SCORES AT
CENTRAL TODAY
Last Day for the Big Double Feature
Program, Missing and Mack
Sennett's Comedy, "Her
Blighted Love-"

Simple. though dramatic in cons
'truction, J Stuart Blacktons great
protoplay, Missing presenting an
all star cast, was displayed with great
success at the Central theatre yes
terday. This is the last chance to SEQ
this pig scream. The picture, which
Is based upon the famous novel Of
Mrs. Humphrey Wards, made an in
Simultaneous hit
This is a remarkable picture IN
many respects, it having to do with
the present war. The story is an I'M
usually dramatic one and involves
two sisters, one of them ambitious,
the other modest and retiring The
former seeks to gain wealth and So
cial position, by contrivins the marr-
age Of her sister to some man of
wealth. She however. weds poor
British army officer, who. a year al
ter the wedding, goes to the front and
soon is reported as missing. His mind
wrecked and nearly dead, he strays
back into the British illness, where
later his wife reioins him and restores
his memory by singing, Bonnie Sweet
Bessie the song they used to sing
iii their courtins days.
In line with the thought that "the
plays the thing" j Stuart Blackton
as arranged an all star cast, for such
players as Thomas Mcighau, Sylvia
Dreamer, Robert Gordon and OLGA
Humphrey portray the leading roles.
Thomas Meighan, who does such
excellent acting in the part of Sif
William Farrell, comes to this new
role after long list of successes
with Famous, Aircraft and Paramount
stars, ne having been leading man
with Billie Burke, Pauline Frederick.
blanche Sweet, and Mary Pickford
As Sir William he is winning new
laurels in somewhat different part.
Sylvia Dreamer who plays the part
OF Nell the young wife, is an Austral-
ian girl While Robert Gordon. the
clever Young actor who played both
parts, makes ii with ease lie por-
trays Lieutenant Surratt in Missing :"
Some ono has called Missing" J.
Stuart Blackton's great picture of war
times the story of woman's heart
II tells what brides have to endure in
war times and while it is free from
the grewsome, it presents simple
little story Of life that is bound to be
loved by women the country over
Missing will be shown for the last
time at the Central today-don't miss
it,
The other feature of this immense
program includes Mack Sennetts
charming comedy "Her Bhghted
Love" This is the most delightful
comedies seen in this city in many
months. Aside from the humorous
situations which abound in the pro-
duction, the story is one of exception
al interest. The fun is provided by
such comedians as Charles iMurry,
Wayland Trask, genuine screen
comedian, Vera Stedman, Alice Dav-
export and Others, all comedians OF
the finest quality The story is a
bright one and the numerous situa-
tions are of that dctcetahlc aualiig
which Is guaranteed to dispell the
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VIRGINIA HoUSEkEEPER

Tells Of Remery for Chronic Coughs
Crockett, Val had a chronic
cough, was rundown, overworked and
hardly able to keep about and do my
housework. when my druggist asked
me to try Vinol quickly improved
by its use, my cough has disappeared
and it has built me uD in every way
Mrs H. Honnshell.
The reason we guarantee Ninol IS
because it is a constitutional remedy
containing beef and cod liver peptones
il builds up the entire system anu re-
moves the cause Of coughs and colds
II. G Morris Drug Go. and druggists
everywhere (ady)
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The public is hereby notified that
the partnership of Cooper q Drum
heller is This day dissolved and G. S.
nrumheller will continue the BUSH
ness and pay all firm bills that has
lcen contracted prior 10 this date
but will not he liable for any bills
that NJ. A. Cooper may make here
after
C. $ Dumhellcr
NJ A. Cooper S-20-3t
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EASTMAN K0DAKS AT
The MORRIS DRUG. CO

Following the announcement tha
we had reopeneC our Kodak Depart
ment we wish further to announce
that we have secured the Eastman
Kodak agency and will carry full
line of all their products, including
films. kodaks, velox paper. etc.
Our Kodak finishing department Is
In charge of Mr.. Joe NJ. Seihsr, wac
is well known to all amateur pho
fographers. lie will give his personal
attention to this work and will guar
antee that all work turned out eau
not be excelled.
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Keep the Blood Stream Pure.

Rheumatic pains, backache, swollen
joints and sore muscles often arc the
result OF impurities in the blood gath
ering in the region affected, a result
of failure of the kidneys to eliminate
waste products from the blood stream
Foley Kidney Pills heal. strengthen
and invigorate weak, diseased kidneys
and bladder. W. H. Hill, Justice OF
the Peace, Detroit, Tex. writes: Il
used Foley Kidney pills and say un-
hesitatingly that OF all have used
they are the best. and have done the
work where the rest failed" A. C.
Jennings. (Advt)
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For Constipation and Biliousncss.

For Constipation and Biliousness.
Good digestion goes far toward COM
fort and health in hot weather. I'm
dgcsted food in tho stomach can
quickly poison tho system Geo.
Jcunor. as Labor st. san Antonio,
Tex. writes: "Foley Cathartic Tab
lets have proven the best laxative /
have taken and recommended them
to any ono suffering from constipa-
ton on biliousness They should be
in every travelling mans grip" Quick
relief for sick headache. bloating or
other condition caused by bad diges-
ton. A. c. Jennings. Advt
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WALNUT LOGS WANTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT

We will pay the highest market
price for good sound walnut logs IL
inches and over delivered to our plant
at Hot Springs, or logs will be re-
ceived at any point on any of the mali
public roads from Hot Springs on
which a truck can operate as far ont
as % or so miles. Its your patriotic
duty to get mp all these logs you pos
sibly can your government needs
them.
Valley Planning Mill Company,
S-9-2Wk
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JAMES L GRAHAM
Attorney at Law

General Practice in Al; Courts.
Office. Lopez BlGg. Phone TAG
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NORMA TALMADGE AND
FATTY ARBUCKLE TODAY
1.-THE SAFETY CURTAIN" is A BIG
ESS-fATIY is tUNM i6K
THAN USUAL.

Yesterday at the Princess theatre
the new picture of Norma Talmadge
was shown for the first time in this
city "'rhc Safety Curtain" Is the
story of Puck. a London dance hall
favorite, who is suddedenly trans
planted from this life to that of hap
piness and love in an army post in
India
The many admirers Of Miss Tai
madge who witnessed this photor.ay
pronounced it one of the best things
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PLATEAU HOTEL

Como Square, sanitary, pleasant
rooms, also light housekeeping ac-
summer rates Come
and see us; new management. G.
w. Stanton, formerly of Bigelow
Little Rock, Fort Roots and Camp
Pike, 1873 IL Central avenue. Phone
100. 5-16- inc
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CHAPLIN IS GREAT
IN COMEDY FEATURE
CARLYLE BLACKWELL ALSO ON
SAME BIC PROGRAM TO-DAY
AT THE ROYAL.
s8TVs&

!. Two Of the most favored stars IN the
picture world are delighting the pa
irons Of the Royal theatre today, in
a Bis program Of comedy and drama
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worst fit of the blues ever encouut-
cred
Admission ten and twenty cents
with w. TX i..cluded
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-08
A. P. O. 766, A. Z. f.,
October ), 1918.

Dear Mother Brooks:
With much pleasure / send you these
lines that you may know / am well,
trusting you are enjoying perfect health
and the many blessings of life.
Since being over have been getting
along quite well. This is fine country.
The people are very cordial and seem to
delight in trying to make us welcome
and things pleasant as possible. The
war has made life quite a burden to
the majority Of the people, nevertheless
there is much hope among them.
Soldering is quite different over here
to what it was in the states Upon
first landing it seemed the end of the
would; eouldn T understand thing the
people said, and they tried ever SO hard
to talk until at times it was very weari-
some. We have since then learned to
speak a few phrases, the meaning of
certain words, and accustom ourselves
to many Of the rules. BY this time
(three months over here) we are much
French.
Regardless of all the nice times, and
they have been many, we long for our
own folks back there. Please don't
mistake me and think we are grieving
about home, just longing for the dear
love of America.
1t is needless to say that we miss
you, not because many little odd jobs
have fallen into our own hands, but the
motherly spirit. You can't imagine
what it was at first not to expect you
and the other ladies too that would
come into the office. We are bearing up
brave1y, so don t you all worry. Just
utter prayer for us when you kneel.
AS / stated, soldering is quite diff
ferent Have been in many little towns
and villages, and you are never in one
place long. Instead of barracks, it is
billets, or in the houses or stables, tits
all the same, for the people have their
barn, stable and dwellings in one build
ing. This is in the small towns and vii
lagos. In the cities it is different.
Another feature is the front line
trenches Have seen some real action.
Twice we have been to the front line
trenches, but we stood the test. We
have put the Hun on his homeward
flight. The papers are giving you some
good accounts of our actions.
AS we are over here we are going to
play our part like men and you may
count on us all to stick to our post
Asking to remember us in your pray
ers. Yours truly,
Corp. David w. King,
Co X, 366th Infantry,
A. p. O., 766, American E. +.
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EDITORIALS
REPUBLICAN VICTORY.

At the general election held last
Tuesday the grand old united Republi-
can party made sweeping victory
nearly everywhere. They have won
control of congress by about IS major
ity, also won control of the United
States senate and nearly all the gov
ernors and state officials in the eastern,
northern, central and western states,
sweeping nearly everything in sight. It
was indeed a Landslide to the United
Republican party and we rejoice to see
the Republicans come into possession of
their rightful possessions, and now we
know when the new congress will meet
the republicans will dictate the Amer
lean policy in the adjusting of affairs
after the war and shaping the policy
and course Of this nation. We are happy
and rejoice with millions Of other Amer
leans 70 see the return to power of the
G. o. p. Let us nominate Theodore
Roosevelt next time and elect him unan-
imously.
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Indiana Good oreharalsvs.

The American apple owes much 10
,ha care Of the Indian farmers, for the
Indian was an able pomologist. 1t was
not unusual $50 years ago for Indian
orchards to lave 1900 trees, when
al had been duly pruned and Guilt
,oted by the people we are prone to re-
gard as nomadic savages. Inc peac"
and ounce were also cultivated oy
them in latez years. To the world the
indian introduced such fruits as the
oersimmon. the pawpaw, the pineapple
md the y'~ginin strawherry.
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UNCLE SANS
MAIL POUCH
FROM A SOLDIER IN FRANCE TO
HIS MOTHER.

Oct. 5, 1913.
To Mrs Anna Humphrey.
Des Moines, Iowa.
NY Dear Mother: / have now found
time to answer your most welcome let
tiers which received some time ago. I
also got letter from Flossie too. /
wrote two letters about three weeks
ago, but never got a chanse to mail
them. So I will try and tell You some
of the same things in this one that l
had in them. l was on the front at the
time received your mail on Aug. goth,
and got through that place fine and
never got scratch. But little later
| got hurt. l am in the American hos
pital now and am resting good. We
Just had dinner. We had pork, peas and
celery Everything is very nice here
for us boys. ] got hurt on the 9th of
September. I had been in service II
months the day got wounded. But
don t worry, mother, as it might have
been worse. 1 have had long ride
since I got wounded. 1 am long ways
back of the firing line, so you must not
worry as I am getting along fine. Give
my love to all. Tell dad l will write
him soon. / don t know where my com
pany is, but guess they are all right.
Tell Glorene will write her soon. Love
TO Flossie, ORGY, Gordon and Earnest
and all. / will close for this time. From
your son, Earl Humphrey,
Co. a, 366th Inf, A. P. o. 700, A. E. F.
Post bet. A. P. 0. 766th, via n. Y.
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comfort is that she was a good Chris
tian girl and is with her dea- Savior.
She will be missed in her home, she VIII
he missed in her Sunday school, Her
seat ut the Iowa College for the BIND
win be vacant which she had filed for
y years.
Her funeral was held in the chapel
conducted by Rev. r. c. Gully. hev.
and Mrs. G. W. White are very gratefui
for the many acts of Kindness shown TO
their daughter in her illness. She leaves
to mourn her death father and mother,
three sisters, three brothers and host
of friends and relatives. She was ~
wears months old. Buried at Ever
green.
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Oct. 6, 1918.


Miss Lucille Harris. -.=.
- Dear Friend: Doubtless this will sur
prise YOU. Well what IS the use of life
without a surprise. / am real well and
hope you are ditto. Army life is o. X.
with me thus far. Have travelled ex-
tensively here and have been to many
prominent cities. Have seen Jack Grit
fin and Alfred Gorham from Macon. /
suppose this new draft has rid Macon
of many of her boys. I sure would
hardly know Macon, it has been so long
since I've been there.
This certainly is a beautiful country.
Prejudice is not known at present. l
am with the postal work. We are kept
quite busy. Mail is very heavy. / am
stamping letters. I like it fine. 1t is
real cold just now, it makes us think of
winter. Our boys are doing their part.
l suppose you read of our progress. The
noise of the big guns is very common.
Occasionally the Huns come over, but
are driven faster than they fly over. l
would like for YOU to hear the awful
cries and means these guns make. Best
regards to your mother and all at home
Lovingly,
JAS. H. Major.
P. S. / suppose your Red Cross is
helping to do some of this wonderful
work.
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Forest City, Mo-, to conduct the funeral
of Mrs. Lottie Graves, also to Mary
vile, No, to conduct the funeral of Mr..
r. Palmer.
Mr.. Riley Fields and Mrs. Lillian
Lane are seriously i'll at this writing.
Mr. Lewis Arnett and family, Mrs
George Jones and family, also Mrs. Rob
ert Marley are improving.
Mr.. Samuel Stewart has pneumonia.
Mr.. George Able is still on the sick
list.
Mr.. Joseph Baker and family Of
Cheyenne, Wyoming, are visiting rela-
eives in this city.
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OBITUARY.

Especial to the Bystander.l
Miss Meta White, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. G. w. White, was born Feb.
Sth, 1901, in Hartshorn, Oklahoma. At
8 years old she came to Buxton, Iowa,
with her parents. When she was S
years old she became a student of the
Iowa College for the Blind. She was a
faithful student for the entire 12 years
and returned the 18th year to complete
her education. After she was there 25
days she was taken sick with pneu-
'monia. After suffering for q days
death claimed her on the 23rd Of Octo-
Der at o'clock a. m.
Her nAatron writes to her mother, say
ing: Meta .wa4 = dear little girl. We
nj loved her. She vs. great fayorite
With the girls II her hursery, s 10 shown;
~ the fact that ths isls chose her fots
~ esidAat * tAli9 Sunday aekSaf
= ~ - Nesa. OF,
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B0MBAYGREATC CITY
Beautiful Metropolis Owes Much
to the ParSIS.
Unthinkabie Towers Of Silence Still
Maintained in Heart Of Most FASH
ionable Residential District
Population Now Million.

Bombay now has nearly 100000 In
habitants. At the beginning OF the
nineteenth century it already had 20o.-
600 and early in the twentieth century
the census takers counted 959,557
souls, Eleanor Franklin Egan writes In
the Saturday Eve-:ng Post. Nearly
100000 of these are Hindus and l5O,.r
600 are Mohammedans, while less than
10000 are Christians, counting both
pure European and mixed blood.
There are about 10000 Parsis, and
the Parsis are the most interesting ana
important element in the community.
It is to British initiative and example
and to Parsi appreciation, intelligence
and generosity that Bombay owes the
fact of her present existence as one OF
the most beautiful cities In the world.
Yet the Parsis still maintain the IN
thinkable towers of silence In the
heart and center of Bombay's most
fashionable residential district; the
towers of silence, where the Parsi dead
are disposed Of by the forever hover
ing horrible flocks of kites, which on
occasion grow gorged and careless and
drop human flesh and little bones IN
the Towering fragrant gardens OF the
great on Malabar hill. But what would
you? The towers Of silence are un-
thinkable only to the Christian mind.
To the mind Of the Parsi all other
methods of disposing of the dead are
unthinkable.
The Parsis are sometimes carelessly
referred to as Persian Jews or are
grouped with Persian Jews, of whom
there are a good many in Bombay. But
the faith of the Parsis is not the Jew
ish faith. They are Zoroastrians-
worshfpers Of the sun and fire as the
truest manifestations of the Almighty
and they came down from Persia IN
to India about the middle Of the sew
enth century, when they began to be
grossly prosecuted by the Mohamme-
dan conquerors Of the Sassanian en-
pire.
But they were prosecuted always by
the Mohammedan conquerors of India
and by the Hindus. until the happy
day arrived for all religions when
British power began to be predominant
In India. But Bombay was purely
British long before the rest Of India
was anything but happy hunting
ground for English merchants, and the
Parsis along with other nistreated ele-
ments in the population f1ocked to the
sure shelter Of the British flag. There
are only about 100000 Parsis In all
India today and 10000 of them belong
to the Bombay Presidency or province;
and at least 10000 Of these live in the
city Of Bombay. 4". ..: . =
Many of them are gentlemen Of the
finest type and they are distinguish
able by their long black coats and the
curious stiff black miterlike hats they
wear. Their homes are the most pre-
tentious in the city-palaces set along
side British palaces in the most fash
ionable districts; and they control
tremendous percentage Of the city's
commerce and trade.