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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Great Musical Comedy Will Appear
at the Grand in DecOrah We'd
nesday Evening, Feb
ruary 13.
RECORD BREAKING HOUSE
Is LOOKED FORWARD TO
Scenes of the Play are Laid in Cali
.fOrnia, Chorus Made up En-
tirely of Young Women
From Golden West.

so Long Lefty" Oliver Morosco's
fast moving musical comedy, with
music and it's California beauty Choir
us which played to crowded houses
during it's long runs in Philadelphia,
Boston, New York, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and all the principal cities
is announced for an engagement at
the Grand opera house, Wednesday
evening, Feb. 13.
This merry play was written by
Mr.. Morosco and Elmer Harris, and
Earl Carroll provided the music. It's
a play of California, with a CalifOr-
Iia beauty chorus and typical
MOrosco cast" The scenes are laid
in California, the story deals with
dwellers in the "hOrse car colony"
which is distinctive to the Pacific
coast and the chorus is made up en-
tirely of young women from the Gold
en- West. Another unusual feature
for musical comedy, the offering
has very much of a plot, in fact the
story is taken from successful
farce, "His Neighbor's Wife, by
Elmer Harris.
For it's present tour, Mr.. Morosco
has had the play rebuilt, newly cos
tuned, and has selected cast of un-
usual excellence, and il every detail
the production will be found bright
and new, and will come up to the Mo-
rosco high standard of excellence.
Among the cast may be mention
ed Gladys Lockwood, Jack Pollard,
Robert CaxAnangh, Jean Temple,
Vera Coburn and Muriel Griel. To
say that $50 Long Lefty" is hit
would be putting it mildly. The
show is thump a bang. and rec
ord-breaking house is looked for
ward to during it's engagement at the
Grand opera house in this city. Sc
cure your seats at E. ]. Parman's.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Local Board Has Received Orders to
Mobilize the Balance of Winnie
shiek COunty's Quota for
Entrainment to Camp
Dodge.
FIVE DAY PERIOD
BEGINNING. FEB. 23
Registrants in Class 1 With Early
Order Numbers are Requested
to Watch the Mail, News
papers and Bulletin
Boards,

The Local Board of Winleshiek
County has just received orders as
follows:
Mobolize the balance of Winnie
shiek County's Quota for entrain-
melt for Camp Dodge during the five
day period, beginning February 23rd.
Those who received green cards
last fall and who are now in class l
and who have not been re examined
the past week are directed to appear
for examination at once.
Registrars in Glass 1 with early
order numbers are requested to
watch the mail, newspapers and bull
letin boards for further announce
ments.
A change has been made at Wash
ingington in the form Of the medical
examination blank, and further
physical examinations have been de-
ferred. All men here who have re-
ceived notices to appear for physical
examination, who have not already
done so, will be notified to appear
later.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
EVERY STATE HAS ITS STAR.
Arrangement Of Field of Blue on
Is Definitely Regulated BY Law.

Do you know that every star in
our American flag has it's own indiv-
ual and particular state which it
represents AID that its placement on
tue square OF bluesWyarefnliy and
definitely regulated by law and exc
lcutive order?
In 1912, On October 26, the last
executive order concerning the flag
was made, and it provided for the
specific arrangement Of the stars.
They were to be arranged in six
horizontal rows of eight stars each.
Starting in the right upper left-hand
corner and placing each row from
left to right, the star corresponding
to each state is named in the order
of the states ratification of the
constitution.
Thus star No. l. in the upper left
hand. corner, is for Delaware. Star
No. As, in lower right hand corner
is for Arizona.
The following list will show you
at a glance exactly which star is
yours:
First row-No. 1, Delaware; 2
Pennsylvania; 3, New Jersey; 4
Georgia; 5, Connecticut; 6, Massa.
chusetts; Z, Maryland; 8, South
Carolina.
Second row No. 8, New Hamp.
shire; 10, Virginia; IL, New York
IL, North Carolina; IS, Rhode Is
land; IA. Vermont; Is, Kentucky;
16, Tennessee.
Third row No. II, Ohio; 18
Louisiana; 19, Indiana; 20, Mississ
ippi; 21, Illinois; %, Alabama; %
Maine; "a, Missouri.
Fourth row No. 25. Arkansas
26. Michigan; 27. Florida; %
Texas; 20, Iowa: 80, Wisconsin; 81
California; 32, Minnesota.
Fifth row-No. 33, Oregon; "a
Kansas; S5. West Virginia; SO, Ne
vada;37, Nebraska; 3B, Colorado;
south Dakota; 40, North Dakota.
Sixth rOw-No. Al, Montana; AZ
Washington; 43, Idaho; A, Wyom
ing; As, Utah; 46, Oklahoma; Al
New Mexico; 4S, Arizona.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
'TISN'T LESS, BUT MORE.

We have coaless, meatless, a1d
wheatless days and are likely to
have the whole week taken up by
les days of some sort, for the
weather is pitiless and spring floods
are likely to intensity or continue
the transportation problem.
These days will all be days of de-
NAL and sacrifice for France, Bel
GUM, Great Britain, Italy. Rumania.
and Serbia, and they should have
better names than "coaless" pork
less, "wheatless", etc. There is
much in psychology, much in the as
sociation of the purpose with the
thing. Why not cut out the less.
which has an ugly sound and does
not at all express the fact that, while
we have less, our friends have more,
and that there really is no loss? Why
not something like tnis?-
Italian coal day-Monday.
British meat day-Tuesday.
French wheat day-Wednesday
And so on, naming our days on
which we sacrifice after one of the
allied countries most particularly
benefited by our sacrifice. The LESS"
smacKs Of loss. There is no loss but
all gain in what we deny ourselves
on our "less" days. We simply put
our coal, meat and wheat to fighting
in Europe.
Here goes for Italian day, British
day, French day. Belgian day, all
the days for gain il allied fighting
strength that are put to us, says the
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06

Look at the enlistment in the
army. Look at the conduct of the ma
tional guard. Look at the OverflOwing
ranks of the regular army. Look at
the conduct of the national army
made up of selected men for the first
time in the history of the republic.
Look at the money the country is
pouring out for every war purpose"
says the Des Moines Capital. These
all testify that the country is patri-
otic and determined to win the war.
President Wilson and his cabinet
must do the rest. II they fail we
fail. In every great crisis the country
must depend upon it's leaders and we
must depend upon ours" r'r
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Hear Back From the Trenches" at
The Grand Next Tuesday Night
Feb. IL. Meeting Absolute
ly Free, No Collections.
SPEAKERS OF NATIONAL REP.
UTATION WILL TALK no YOU
College Band Will Play, Besides
Community Singing Will
Be on the Program,
So Don't Miss 1t,

Once more we wish to impress up
on the people of Winneshiek County
to keep in mind the big meeting
scheduled for the Grand opera house
in Decorah next Tuesday ee1ing, Feb.
IL, when speakers of national repu-
tatiOn will be here to talk on a sub
ject, Back From the Trenches"
Seats will be reserved for people
from the country or other towns who
wish to attend, il they will just nOti-
fly Mr.. c. j. Weiser of their inten-
tions of coming. Everybody is cor
daily invited and packed house
should greet these we'll known and
prominent speakers. 1t is the in
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06

tention to have the speakers address
the schools and colleges during the
day, so that the students will not
have to attend the evening meetings,
which will give more people an OPP
portunity to attend the evening
meetings. Remember the meeting is
absolutely free to all, and the opera
house should be packed that night, as
it is a mighty important meeting and
the speakers will have something to
say that you will all want to hear.
Miss Isabel G. Beecher of Birm-
ingham, Alabama, has been secured
as a member of the team headed by
Mr. Everett Colby and DR.. r. l.. Will
bur.
Miss Beecher is one of the very
best speakers in the country, hav-
ing been connected with Chautauqua
work for several years. She is one OF
the formOst women of the south, and
as a war speaker has earned an en-
viable reputation.
We are fortunate, indeed, in secur-
ing as a speaker for this meeting, a
woman so ably fitted for this work
as Miss Beecher.
Everett Colby Of Orange, New
Jersey, one of the speakers. member
of the United States Food Admins
tration's Commission to France ar.
rived in England with the COmmis.
sion December 4th.
The Commissions investigations
of the food situation started at once
Every day, until early in January
when the tour was concluded In
France. every member of the com,
mission made the most of every
moment to find how urgent is Eur.
|Ope's need of American food.
London and Paris were visited. The
training farm, where English women
are learning to become agricultur-
lists, was inspected and in France Mr.
Colby with other members OF the
Commission, visited many Of the
farming centers.
The Commission has been able tC
form an accurate resume of the sit
uation. both from informal Observa
ton tours, and trips made in com
pany with British and French Of
ficials. The actual situation will bt
presented by Mr.. Colby, in vivid, i'm
pressive fashion.
Mr.. Colby is an attorney, has beer
! a member of the New Jersey House
Of Representatives and of the New
Jersey State Senate. and Of the New
Jersey State Board of Education. He
also served as adjutant of the New
Jersey National Guard.
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, presiden
Of Stanford University. is one of Mr.
CONTINUED on page ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
80 S'OA, AA<ANOA<t'
361st Field Hospital Co.

"The national fuel administrator
did not ask to have Iowa included IL
the special conservation program,
but the state fuel administrator could
not refrain from putting in his
card" He was not requested to apply
the o'clock closing order, but was
given permission to do so. Working
to national necessities rather than
to fussy whims. is the best standard" :"
admits the Sioux City Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06

The dollar that you spend foolish
ly today will not return tomorrow
with interest. Think of that the next
time you reach down for dollar.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06

Charles City, Ia, Feb. 4.-Emil
True of this city is in receipt of a let
ter from his mother in Denmark
which tells of conditions and high
prices there. Kerosene is 81 gallon
and only two quarts molth are al
lowed each family. Rice is 81 per
pound, cabbage that used to sell for
20 cents a head is hard to obtain at
the current price of 81 a head now.
Gin Is $14 quart, so there is not
much chance for drunkenness. Moth
ing was said about Germany on ac-
count of the strict censorship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
/ ollrneur Protests
Conventional Roles

Maurice Tourneur, the Independent
producer, has taken up cudgels against
the conventionalitics of certain screen
characters. of the pbotoplay is to adj,
vance," he declares, "wc must throw
the whole impossible crew overheard
The chief feminine interest" he ex-
plains, lis usually a cute, curly-haired.
poutlng ingenue who skips playfullv
through beautiful gardens, ALWAYS with
nice back-lighting effects, or else she
IS poor prosecuted heroine WORKING
under factory conditions that haven't
been known for forty years. She gets
smart clothes somehow or other. and is
continually annoyed by a scoundre]lv
foreman. Or the feminine interest is a
vampire whose single glance brings
every man to his knees before her.
The vamp is happily passing. The
1ngenue star, however, continues to be
torn between the idiocy of the beady-
eyed hero and the inexplicable villanv
OF the heavy. So she turns to a me-
nagerle of dumb animals, usually such
animals as goats; ducks or pigs, which,
OF course, are to be found in every
home in real life.
Then there are the impulsive, gen
erous cowboys who spend their time
lolllng in front of the sheriff's office, or
dancing madiy with decollete dance
hall girls at the Last Chance Cafe. I
have yet to see a cowboy looking after
a COW.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

On board transport bound for
somewhere on the other side q serial
motion picture was being shown to
hundreds Of the soldiers. The alarm
was given that q U-boat had been
sighted and immediately every man
ran on deck. A torpedo was launched.
but missed. The boys waited few
minutes, and then one of them turned
to an officer and asked; "Can we 20 be-
low now and finish the picture 2"
mat shows what the motion pictures
mean TO the boys on the transports. It
Is practically their only form of enter
tainment except what they dig up for
themselves. Since March the Y. NJ. C..
A, through the Community Motion
Picture Bureau, has established the
motion picture circuit, providing from
ao'ooo to $4,000 feet of film to each
boat. The crew and the soldiers enjoy
them going over, and the crew and the
wounded coming back.
Olive Tell, who is playing the Amer
'can girl, Alice Monroe. in the Screen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

There is our old friend, the convict,
VINO insists upon wearing stripes, al
though such prison attire has been
abolished. Stripes seem to reconcile
him to the Nigors or prison existence.
And he always escape with absolute
ease when the inclination strikes him
81 might go on explaining all the rest
of them. There is the screen doctor
with his van Dyke beard, the rough
but kindly sheriff with his tin badge,
the faithful old negro servitor, the re-
generated Western bad man, the irate
'andlady always demanding her rent,
the underworld folks 'turkey-trotting'
IN slum cafe, the princess of the
imaginary kingdom, the brutal Russian
grand duke, the guileless mountain
maid, the beautiful slavey with her tat
ters and perfect couture, the school
teacher in the mining camp, the cool
and calculating gambler of the '40s,
the upright district attorney, the
moonshiners with their regulation feud
and all the rest.
"Do these reflect life? l doubt it.
We must get away from the ruts of the
present day scenario if we are to ad-
vance. Most of all, we must realize
that no human being is utterly bad and
no one completely good. Only by paint
ing the subtle human nuisances Of our
screen characters can we present real
life"
M. Tourneur is nov completing, at
his Fort Lee studios, his production of
the Drury Lane melodrama, Sporting
Life" which will be marketed through
Hitler e. WIKI, Inc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
NewFeQture Films
To Be Seen This
Week on Screen

Marguerite Clark will be seen on the
screen at the Strand Theatre in "Uncle
Toms Cabin
Thousands of times has Little Eva
assembled to heaven via the dramatic
stage. Ever since Cordelia Howard
Macdonald, the first Eva Of all times.
made her initial ascension, many blood
hounds have chased Eliza across stage
ice. Yet it has taken the motion pict
ure to give the story d new interest. In
the picture Little Eva goes to heaven
and Eliza is pursued across a real river
of ice, but in addition, and in partcu-
lar, Marguerite Clark plays not only
the part of Eva, but Of Topsy as we'll
Manager Edel will present another Of
the wonderful Outing Chester SCENES,
"a White Wilderness" picturing the
camera mans sensation amid two hun
drcd square miles of glaciers, towering
mountain peaks and totally unexplored
wilderness. Billy Parsons will be seen
in his latest comedy, "The Widows
Mite. feature of extraordinary in
terest is the third instalment of the
Official Allied War Pictures, showing
the activities on the various fighting
fronts. These pictures are released
through the Committee on Public In
formation
Grace Hoffman will sing "voce di
Prlmavera" Strauss). Ralph II. Brig
ham and Herbert Sisson will alternate
IN playing selections from "Tales of
Hoffman" (Offenbach) on the pipe or
gan. The Strand Symphony Orchestra
will play the overture from "Mirnon"
lhomas). Oscar Sprcscu and Carl
Edouarde will conduct.
END Bennett, in a new Paramount
comedy-drama called "Tte Vamp." will
be the chief pictorial attraction ON the
programme at the Rialto this week
one Will be seen as wardrobe girl with
musical show, dcmurc and timid
creature whose knowledge of "yamps"
has been gained solely by listening to
the chatter of the chorus girls. When
she tails in love with a young settle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
z1Al 1f1E MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS ARE DOING


even after Olive Tell put lasso
around his waist.
This picture was the first one that
Laurence Grant ever had made. He
did it just for vacation while his
sketch Efficiency" was resting, and he
! says he doesn't believe he will make
another one. He is not enamoured of
the art. AS matter of fact, he pre-
fers being at the other end of the
camera.
Taking motion pictures is much
moro to my liking than posing for
them. You see, l know quite lot
about photography, and 7 have some
wonderful pictures of your Grand
Canyon"
This was the first time we ever had
heard an Englishman admit that there
was anything in America worth taking
back to England with him, unless it
was wife, and we told Mr.. Grant So
"Why, America is a most marvellous
country; but must say ! like the
West better than the East l remem-
Der the first time visited the Grand
Canyon. ! was accompanied by party
of ministers and q party of cowboys.
AS we reached the top and the grandeur
spread itself out before our eyes most
of us were speechless; but one of the
divines stepped forward and, taking off
his hat, said: % God, how wonderful
are thy works!' Then one of the COW
boys sprang forward and, throwing his
hat on the ground, cried: Don't it
beat Hell' And I wondered which one
had been more impressed.
"What should like to do would be
to make motion pictures myself. But
I am quite sure that no one would trust
me to direct for him, and having ones
own company costs a great deal of
fed unless could make picture like
those made by D. w. Griffith-and no
one ever has been able to accomplish
that.
"Mr. Griffith stands alone Did you
see Hearts of the World and do you
remember the scene whore the swans
appear on the water with their little
family? ! went to see the picture last
night, and I sat spellbound. 1t matters
not whom he chooses for his pictures,
the results are always the same. He
could wiring tears from stone. As is
usual in such cases, he has many
imitators, but no one so far has ever
approached him. So do not think that
shall try. l shall just continue to
take my Kaiser around the country and
visit some more Of your wonderful
cities which I have not SEEM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

her sleeve and left long scratches on
her arm.
Bruin is a tame. in manner Of
speaking, bear which plays an important
part in the new picture. Miss Storey
says he Is "a sweet thing, but he gets
nervous sometimes" and we concluded
that when Bruin got nervous it was
about time for the innocent bystander
to admire the set at the other end of
the studio.
Miss Storey isn't afraid of anything
on earth, however, and she kept right
on working. without paying any more
attention to his fit of temperament
than if he had been the director.
Somehow Edith Storey is entirely
different from any other actress we
know. In the first place, no one ever
has called her beauty, and it's such
relief OF course she isn't a beauty
but she is SO many other things. Be-
sides her wonderful voice, she has
beautiful hands, beautiful eyes and
beautiful hair. Her hands look as
though they were made out of steel
and covered with white velvet. 1--WE
thought out that smile all by ourself.)
Her eyes are large and gray, with a
black rim around the iris, and her hair
is auburn and curls all alone.
isn't it splendid to make pictures ."
said Nell, the Sheriff's Daughter We
forgot to say that Miss Storey was do
ing that role in the new story. She
wore corduroy skirt, q Roman sash
and q sports blouse, just as Nell always
does.
"Pd rather work for nothing than
not to work at all. Of course we are
all fearfully overpaid. That is why
we hesitate to take the money each
week! You have noticed that, haven't
you? This picture is called Shadow
and Substance This is really the pro-
logue. In the real story | become an
heiress and live in New York and wear
beautiful clothes. | suppose that is
the Shadow, and my rough life here is
the Substance only to me it should be
reversed. like civilization"
We were so glad to hear Miss Storey
say this, for somehow she hadn't
seemed like a girl who would approve
of this "near to nature" thing. We
have noticed that people who believe
in taking morning plunge in an ice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
Please Tell Me Sometime.

The last time we interviewed Edith
Storey we said to her, "You ought not
to be in the silent drama-you are
wasting your beautiful voice. and
then Miss Storey went out West to
work with the Metro, and we forgot all
about it, and so when we saw her again
last week VIC said to her: "You ought
not to be in the silent drama-you are
wasting your beautiful voice"
you always say that to me, so il
must be rue Miss Storey said.
or course it's true. We do not
know any one, even our beloved Ethel
Barrymore, who has more fascinating
Way Of expressing herself; so, whcn
you see Edith Storey on the screen
Just fancy that every word she speaks,
and which you never will hear, is
liquid gold Miss Storey reminds us Of
the good little girl in the fairy story
who had pearls and diamonds, and ru-
bies, too, sometimes, if we remember
correctly, fall from her lips when she
spoke We should like to hear Miss
Storey say, "The quality of mercy is
not strained
When We saw Miss Storey up in the
white marble cdifce on 10th Street
Known as the Biograph Studio she had
Just returned from the coast. She was
presumably full Of snappy anecdotes
and gossip concerning her contempt
faries who dwell on the other edge of
the continent. SO we asked her for
some news
News ?" she said, musingly. "News?
Do you suppose | would get any news
out in California? | didn't return to
New York to give information, but to
seek it. want to Know everything
Please tell me something"
Miss Storey was being filmed in a
picture tho working title of which is
Shadow and Substance" Her leading
man Is Frank Mills, but when we dis
covered her she was in the embrace of
Mr. Bruin, who figures conspicuously
IN the picture. This Bruin is rough
sort of creature, with great teeth and
sharp claws and a shaggy coat.
Miss Storey was having scene with
MN when we went in, and we fancied
This dialogue: "What makes you have
such great ears, grandmother? "To
hear with, my dear, to hear with"
hat makes you have such great eyes.
grandmother? "To see with, my dear,
20 see with "And what makes you
nave such great mouth, grand
MOTHER" "To cat little girls up with"
and here Bruin did make swipc at
Mass Storey which tore away part of