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The sun., 1918-10-27

~ ERTHA KALICH insists she Is
100 per cent. American, and
SO she wants TO be address sed
simply as Mrs. Kalich. The title
doesn't suit her half SO we'll as the
more stately and exotic Madame.
Exotic enough she looked at the
photographers a day or two before
she opened at the Harris Theatre in
The Riddle: Woman" In her SHIN
tnerins green gown and little pointed
green slippers. with her abundant
black hair and her strongly marked
features and glowing black eyes, criti-
vally surveying her face in a hand
Slass as she daSbed paint here and
there. and talking volubly with ami
mated foreign gestures, she looked not
unlike a Jewish Cleopatra.
The sight recalled the days when
tie art loving, idealistic, passionate
tenement jewellers OF the New York
Ghetto used TO stream into the dirty
little crowded little hare little theatres
~ the Bowery to see Our Bertha" as
hey called her. portray the heroines
y Shakespeare. Ibsen. D'Annunzic.
Maeterlinck, Tolstoy. No trash did
Bertha Kalich give her people Of the
East Side. She has given Broadway
wants 10 appeal to the hearts of her
audiences there.
II want the American people to
lave me-" she exclaimed. dropping her
stick OF carmine and her handglass
and grasping the hands of her visitor
with both OF hers. THAT is why ]
come TO them with this little play.
I have given them tragedy: l have
given them Ibsen and Shakespeare
and Maeterlinck; now I give them
this play, because I think. hope, 1t
viii make them feel me one of them.
. J am a Jewess from Poland, but
have gone into the melting pot and 7
am all American, though I still think
with affection OF the land of my birth.
and one Of my greatest hopes is that
Americas part in this war shall free
Poland and make her a self-governing
nation"
DO you think you'll miss your Yid-
dish audiences" she was asked.
Those days in the Bowery theatres
when your own people fiocked TO see
YOU. when you were the one emotional
outlet in their hard lives?"
She recaptured her glass and car
nine and continued the adornnent OF
sr face
II shall always love my people. she
aid. and I shall hope to play there
once or twice If ] have time to DO so
lt the end of my engagement OIL
Broadway. They flock TO see me, they
Ess'Ipy hands; they take the horses
Ut OF the carriage and draw me along
ne streets All that is very pleasant;
and then they pay me much money,
and that is agreeable" added Bertha
kalich candidly. "I am bourgeoise
enough to wish to pay my bills" she
aid, laughing. and the photographer
smiled as II he approved that senti-
lnent
But do not like the little dark
dressing rooms, the utter hsreness, o.
The East Side theatres. The effects
are as primitive as an Elizabethan
stag. for the people down there don't
so to see gorgeous lighting and cos
tunes and wonderful trappings.
They step out OF life, they know
Ike without trimmings, and they go
10 the theatre TO see life. Their play
houses are as bare as their homes
are; the characters on the stage are
everything to them. They see the
Characters rs children do. I am not
Bertha Kal!ch. the actress. TO them,
The sun., 1918-10-27
Vaudeville and Burlesque.

Lillian Russell will sing her
favorite songs at the Palace and
display a number of gorgeous
gowns. Frisco, the jazz dancer.
and his partner are on here for
a second week. The bill is full
and varied.
Trixie Friganza holds sway at
the Riverside. where Bessie
Clayton will remain for a second
week, and the Cansinos, Valerie
Bergere, Herbert Williams and
Hilda Wolfus, and Al and Fanny
Stedman are present.
The Morton Family holds it's
reunion at the Colonial. where
the acts include the Mosconi
Brothers. Mabel Darrell and
Jack Edwards, Marris and Nor
ney and the Brightons.
Ethellyn Brewer De Foes
sketch, The Weaker One" a
tribute to the French, is featured
at the ALEXANDRIA. The Avon
Comedy Four appear here, and
also Swift and Mary II. Kelly.
Harry Hines and Moran and
Wiser.
Art" a patriotic novelty in
spired by recruiting and Red
Cross posters. is the headliner at
the Royal. The Watson Sisters,
Ruth Roye. Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie
Barrie and Julian Hall are
among the acts.
Billie Watson's Beef Trust
will come to the Columbia in
Simon Pure Burlesque."
The sun., 1918-10-27

preparing for. the priesthood. the call
Of the footlights proved more strong
than the call OF the pulpit. so one day
he took French leave for Chicago and
secured an engagement with the A.
NJ. Zlnn Opera Company. His debut
was made in the "Three Musketeers."
II was in this piece that his singing
proved his salvation--althougn he
played n comedy role. A season with
this company and he Joined the
Singer company, at the La Sale The
atre in Chicago.
During the time he was in Chicago
Mr.. Skelly kept up his study Of the
voice. His first real tour was when
he joined the touring company Of The
Wizard OF OK" In this piece he be-
came known as a comedian and dancer
when the fact was that he never
took a dancing lesson in his life, and
was never interested in that art until
he saw Pavlowa. and later, the rus
sian ballet. When ''The Wizard OF
Or season closed Mr. Skelly formed
vaudeville partnership with Ned
Norworth, and the two wrote q sketch
called The Scare-Crow Man" The
whole cast consisted of fourteen peo-
pie. When the war broke out Mr..
Sicily ana his partner were in Eng
lard.
The sun., 1918-10-27
THE HIPPODROME..

Charles Dillingham's Every
thing" pageant of fun and
splendor. continues its merry run
with two performances daily at
the Hippodrome. One of the
novelties this week will be the
two Nelson's, Australian come
dams on stills introduced into
the Toyland scene. During the
past week the largest American
flag ever made was given a per-
manent place as ceiling canopy
in the auditorium. 1t was
previously displayed by the
Liberty Loan committee in the
concourse of the Grand Central
station.
The sun., 1918-10-27

The latest Thomas II. lnce photo
play. in which Dorothy Dalton is TO be
featured. concerns a prirna donna who
is stranded in a small town, and much
OF the action takes place on the stage.
in the dressing rooms and about the
theatre. The author has given a pic
ture OF the humorous side OF theatre
existence. The vividness OF this Is I'M
doubtedly due to his personal expert
ence. Years ago Mr.. Lynch, who
wrote the story, owned the old Grand
Opera House in Syracuse. II was
there that he gave Sam and Lee Shu-
bert. then but kids, their frs: employ
ment in a Show house. While owner
of that and other theatres Mr.. Lynch
came 10 know the unique playhouse
characters. the temperament Of actors
and actresses and the Joys and adver-
sites Of the professional life. These
he has realistically woven into the
story OF the small town "opry" house
and the blowup OF a musical comedy
that leaves the prima donna in a hick
community to work ont an existence.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30
ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO
STIMULATE w. s. s. SALES
Enthusiastic Meeting Tuesday After
noon to Announce Result of Drive
for Benefit of Boys Over There

lotment of w. S. S. MUST be raised,
and RAISED SOON. There is no
question about that. The boys at the
front, as well as those who are pre-
pairing to go to the front, must be up
held. There is no room to argue that
fact. The sole cause of the present
shortage in the sale of W. S. s. in
this county is the slackers and near
slackers. Many have attempted to
pass this proposition up, as though
they were not interested. The facts
are they doubtless are not yet interest
ed. In other words, there are quite
number in this county who are slack
ers, pure and simple. A better word
would be TRAITORS" That is the term
by which they will finally be known.
And it would indeed be charitable if
the Good Lord could have mercy on
them then, as no one else will. They
will be in a similar condition, only
more exaggerated, as "The Man
Without Country" ~.
But even then, they will not be per-
mitted to escape this w. S. S. cam
paign. Methods will soon be adopted
that will compel them to do their du-
ty to the country in which they are
living, even though they have no in
terest in it, other than to enjoy the
protection which they have been en-
joying, without money and without
price. But these are real war times,
when the very liberty of the world is
at stake, and it is absolutely prepos-
ferrous to think for one moment that
the government will permit anyone to
"sit tight" on their pot of gold while
that government is needing that mon
ey to carry on the war. However, the
Government does not intend to confis-
cate such money. IL offers the best
security under the sun for the lean of
part of the money you may have, and
1t is up to YOU to say whether or not
YOU are willing to do this little bit
for the country whichsis affording you
liberty and happiness. If you longer
refuse, then you must bear the con-
sequences, whatever they may be- It
will then be too late to look or ask
for sympathy. There will then be
none, unless it be from your own
kind, and they will be too busy; look
ing for sympathy to be permitted To
bestow any on you. But thoughts OF
slackers, and what would be spit-
able punishment for them, has caused
US to divert from the original inten.
tion of giving an account Of Tuesday's
meeting. But such diversion is not at
all unnatural, under the Circumstance
es. If there is. any human thing low
er than the Kaiser, it is the Stacker,
right here in our own midst, whether
such Stacking consists I'M attempting
to dodge actual war service or the
purchase Of war stamps Nand bonds,
contributions to Red Grossly M. G.
A., 'etc. It all has the same ultimate
meaning. The Times MANAGEMENT
| does not know that there is . Stacker
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30
Graft" Charge
Has Exploded

The graft" charge, which was so
prominently displayed in the Lead
Belt News last week, to the extent of
about 130 inches, has fallen of it's own
weight and smashed itself so that it
will never be able to stand again. 1t
was weighty thing, as will be seen
by the result. 1t was charged against
the Pennington News and Pennington
Times of attempted graft in the pub
lication of the official ballots before
the recent primary. The charge was
that more than half of the space which
the tickets occupied IVES in excess of
what the law required, and that the
padded" space was simply an attempt
to "hold up" the people.
In view of the "hue and cry" that
was thus attempted to be aroused,
County Clerk Wulfert held out the
statements rendered by the News and
Times for this work, with the consent
of the aforesaid papers, until an au-
thoritative opinion could be obtained.
The County Clerk then carried the
matter before Prosecuting Attorney
Mathews, whose opinion was that the
work had been performed in strict
compliance with the law. But County
Attorney Mathews did not stop here.
He carried it up to the Attorney Gen.
erals Office for an or;ilivii,, IN order
to preclude all possibility of an error.
The Attorney Generals opinion was in
exact accord with the opinion chat had
been rendered by the Prosecuting At
torney-that the publication of the Of
fetal ballots in the News and Times
was in absolute compliance with the
law in the case. r,
This is exactly what all those es-
pecially interested in this matter
knew in advance, with the possible ex-
ception of the editor of the Lead Belt
News, whose memory appears to be
sadly defective. 1t had never before
occurred to him in the past, when he
had share in such publications, that
there was any graft" connected with
the work. But when the Lead Belt
News editor failed to share in the
\ work he Immediately saw where the
taxpayers were being 'held up" But
there is no law to keep him from re-
funding to the county the share of the
graft" in which he was heretofore
participated in. If his conscience is
really hurting him this would be a
wise procedure in order 10 obtain
I surcease from his torment. W
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30

The meeting called for Tuesday af-
ternoon, by Ed. T. holland, chairman
of the St. Francois County W. 5. s.
Committee, which was held at the
court house in this city, drew a repre-
sentative gathering of those who have
been devoting much of their time to
purely patriotic work of selling War
Saving Stamps. The Circuit Court
room was well filled, very largely by
those who had been canvassing the
various school districts in the county
and selling the war essentials. Prac-
tically all who were in attendance at
the meeting seemed to be thoroughly
imbued with the spirit of the occa-
sion, and while the county's quota of
about $850,000 was still found to be a
little more than half still unpledged,
all present presented splendid reports
of work well performed.
The facts are, however, that the
mass meeting did not come near up to
the expectations of Chairman holland,
whose efforts to put st. Francois coun-
ty "over the top" in this drive have
been tireless and unceasing. He has
worked day after day, week in and
week out, to do his full duty in the
filling of this difficult position. And
no one will presume to even think that
Mr.. holland has not performed his full
duty in this trying position. He has
grappled with the many troublesome
details that have arisen in a manner
that refuses 10 recognize opposition;
he has absolutely given up his other
business, which afforded him recon-
pense, to devote his entire time to
this governmental business, without a
cent pay. It appears to The Times,
therefore, that the. least the citizens
of st. Francois county can expect to
do in this matter is to stand solidly be-
bind Mr.. holland in this matter, and
put the county "over the top" in the
sale Of War Savings Stamps. There
is nothing savoring Of . gift in such
purchase. w. s.. s. are the best pos
sibie investments that are now offered,
anywhere in the world. ~
It now seems timely togo little
further into this matter, SO will here
state that st. Francois .county,s al
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30

Risk Bureau proper tracers, assistance
in getting compensation for depen-
dents of disabled soldiers, il man is
missing, wounded or taken prisoner,
getting word from him through the
Red Cross Communication Service.
Every effort Is put forth by the Com
munication Service to locate men and
send direct to the families a report,
also in case of casualties they will do
all they can to learn how it happened
and send letter to the relatives tell
ing all they know about it. The Home
Service Section of the Red Cross viii
assist relatives to get in touch with
Communication Service. If there are
worries Of any kind in the home of the
soldiers, the Home Service Station
stands ready to be of assistance in
giving advice, financial assistance and
offering friendship so that while the
soldier is away he may not be wor-
riod for General Pershing says, "A
worried soldier makes a poor soldier,
find his home unbroken and happy.
There is committee for Home Ser
vice in every town in the county and
a secretary has been employed to give
whole time to the work. Every We'd
nesday from 2!30 p. m. to 4:30 the
secretary will be in an Office over the
Pennington Bank so that those wish
ing information may come. At any
other time letter sent to Home Ser
vice Secretarys A. r. c., Bonne Terre,
Mo-, or getting in touch with ]. c.
Morris, Pennington, will bring quick
action. go
The Local Board has received q
limited call for six men, who will be
sent to-day, Aug. 30th.
A limited call for twelve men has
been received by the Local Board here,
to be supplied within four-day peri
cd from Sept. 3rd. Another limited
call has been received, for the same
four-day period, for two general ser
vice men, who are Asa Hovis and No
ah Harris Croft.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30
BOY KILLED AT ELvINS

,Aashooting scrape qat Elvins last
Thursday hight about $3.50 o'clock re-
suited insthe killing of an innocent by
.stapdez, the f44year$oldi sDhnfr Green
Sumpter being The victiFt sAsbullet
entered his head rjnst under his left
eyebrow killing him sinstantiy.o.v'
I. Several shots we're; fred Jltheottou-
ble nbsinst stthe euterowth; ;oft rneyious
|trouble lhetween a soldier andtsexerai
citizeHaoft that vicinity. Several other
soldiers came to the passistance of
theirocomrade, and a. number of sshots
were9 fired. During the battle, Berry
Harris and George Maxsoi1, twOr 4of
the belligonents, wereSslightlyd
ed. ~ sH. r.
An inquest over the body of the
dead youth resulted in verdict of
"death from gunshot, fired by un-
.knownTparty." M hat
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30
TO THE VOTERS

Gentlemen:--I am using this means
of expressing my appreciation. and
thanks for the. support that was SO
:iiberaily extended to me in my race
for County Clerk. I = y
l will make an effort to see all Of
the voters again before November, al
though it will be necessary for me to
be in the school room most of the time
after September 3rd.
Respectfully yours,
MARVIN w. CROWDER.-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30

Hon. E. A. Rozier returned home
Sunday from prolonged stay in Chi
cago, where he had been trying to re-
cuperate his health, which has not
been robust for the pasts9sseveral
monts,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30

!, Remember school starts one week
fromiM Monday--Sept. 3. -t
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30

81 A, Red Gross representative, was
permitted, to address the boys, telling
them, many things IN regard to the d.
versified work of that great organ
ization. Among other things she
said: ~ y Ja.rsS,, $50 So "a =
"Hemc Service, Red Cross work
embraces any service to the relatives
of the men in alldbranehes of service.
Home Service sections are kept in
formed on all Government informat-
ion which will be Of interest to the
relatives, qSThe following opportunit-
les to. assist will tbe oftgreat value to
the families and they are invited to
come to the Red Cross-to receive this
aid. Informing relatives; Of their pro-
per rights to Government allowances,
if ailotments and allowances are delay
ed, assistance in sending to the War
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30

The Local Board has received {
limited call for six men, who will b.
sent to-day, Aug. 30th.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-09-05
KEEP THE cow

The COW is an income producer.
She brings in her harvest continu-
ally. AT time it may seem hard to
scrape up enough feed, but it can
usually be done. In addition to
the milk and calf, the cow returns
most of the plant food in her food
in the manure. This means that
the COW will help keep up the
land, thus making the land more
productive through manuring.
The pasture continually becomes
more fertile and growing SUCH:
crops as alfalfa, grasses and corn
puts the land in better shape for
growing crops. Even if the cow
does not make much profit she
makes the acres that support her
more productive, which usually
means more profit.--Ex. Div. N.
D. A. G..
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-09-05
WAR BOARD NOTES

Henry Oliver Gilbertson of
Portland was sent to Grand Forks
Sept. first to take a sixty day
course at the School Of Mines.
Avoids Yausanitian, an litter
ate Armenian, was sent to Camp
Dodge as a deserter on Aug. Both,
by order Of the Adjutant Gener-
al. He had failed to file his
QUESTIONABLE in time.
Knutee ROLAND, who goes to
Camp Grant of Sept. 4th, was an
alien and in Class V in the draft
until recently, but waived his
claims and took out his citizenship
papers in order that he might as
sumo his duties in the land where
he expected to make his future
home.
The Provost Marshal General
has ordered that no involuntary
inductions shall be made Of per-
sons who are citizens Of countries
neutral in the present war, until
further orders. Citizens of Great
Britain and Canada are given un-
til Sept. % in which to enlist with
their home country, after which
they are drafted here in the u.s.
ual way.
Those who have declared their
intention to become citizens are
given the privilege of withdraw
ing>their declaration, within twen-
ty days of the receipt Of a no.
tice to be sent them. Those taking
advantage Of this privilege are in
the future "forever debarred from
becoming citizens of the United
States"
Local Board of Steele Co.,
Sherbrooke, N. D.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-09-05


Notice is hereby given that the City
Council of the City of Hope will re-
ceive sealed bids for a hot air heating
plant for the opera house, to be in
stalled in said building within a
reasonable time, aid heating plant to
have a fire pot not less than 81 inches
in diameter.
Said bids LAY be filed with the City
Auditor on or before noon Of Monday,
Sept. 10th, 1918. n should be accom-
panied by a certified check drawn to
the Treasurer Of said City Of Hope for
an mount equal to S per cent of bid,
to assure prompt and satisfactory in
stallation.
The City Council, aforesaid, will
meet n open such bids on the even
ing Of September 18th. 1918, and re-
serves the right to reject any or all
bids.
Dated at Hope, N. Oak, this 3rd day
Of September, 1918.
+. r. PHILIP,
City Auditor.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-09-05
NATIONAL N AND
THE LIBERTY BONDS

The Comptroller Of the Cur
rency has made an interesting
statement Of the part the national
banks played in the three Liberty
Loans.
He reports that $6, OOO, 900, 900,
a little more than half Of the ag-
gregate Of the loans, passed thru
national bank channels. By far
the greater part Of this. was alb
sorbed by individual subscribers.
On June 20 only about $500 ,000,-
600 Of Liberty Bonds, constituting
less than three per cent of their
assets, were held by national
banks. At the same time the
national bank loans on Liberty
bonds were only $457 900 900, or
two and one-half per cent of their
assets.
These figures are taken by the
treasury department to indicate
that Liberty bonds have been TAX
ell largely by individual invest
ors and are being held by them.
The Comptroller Of the Cur
rency has no juridiction over and
makes no reference to the banks Of
the country other than the nat
ional banks, but it is believed that
all investigation would show that
most of the other banks were
equally active in the loans.
Secretary McAdoo, in speaking
Of the work Of the banks for the
various loans, made no distinction
between national and other banks
in praising their efficient assist
ance and cooperation, and he has
expressed the hope and belief that
i'll the coming loan they will con-
tinue the policy which has been
OF such tremendous service to the
Treasury and the country.
1t is we'll here, however, to
quote further from Secretary Nc
Adoo's statement regarding the
banks.
1.-The loan must huve the sup
port Of the people of America. The
support Of the banks, great as
their support is, and welcome as
it is, and splendid as it has been,
is not enough alone to carry the
burden. : \ The only true
way to finance this war is to sell
the Liberty bonds to the people
Of the United States. The more
people who buy $50 bonds,, 800
bonds, $500 bonds, the better it is
for America and the more dis.
couraging it is for our enemies.'