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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-17

Kansas City Grain Market.
(The fange OF prices ON grain futures on
Kansas City Board Of Trade as reported
by Thos. J. Myers. Ml N e Esidgb
Kansas City, Dec. II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-17

New Orleans Offon Market.
New Orleans Dec. 1I.-COTTON-Spot
steady, IS points up; middling, 20.3S.
AID PROV CHI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-17

reported over long distance telephone dl.
rect to the State journal by Clay Robin.
son & Co.. live stock commission mer.
chants.)
Kansas City, Dec. 1T.-CATTLE+Re-
ceipts 10000 head. Market, best strong !;
others steady.
HOGS-Receipts $4,000 head. Market
slow; steady. Bulk of sales, $17.O0G@17.30;
top, $17.4O.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 head. Market
16c to 25c lower.
SHEEP-Receirts 1000 head. Market 15c
to Csc lower. Lambs. SASS.
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70 bs . maid or . beliboy In the cast
Il became an author principally be-
cause there was nothing else left for
me TO do. and once an author ] be-
came an actor. principally to get my
name In print. Authors want to be
a. well 40 heard. We take q 9 r
tain pride In u job. though God
only knows why. considering what our
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parts OF women whose personalities
and characters have something to say
to the public. Real flesh and blood
creatures, in whom the audience will
see their W emotions, desires and
faults. but In all of whom there will be
evident a fundamental decency and
1neness. A woman who will not in
any way resemble the saint, forto-
day modern psychology and feminism
has put that class somewhat out Of
fashion. but who In neither shallow
nor insincere. selfish nor cheap: In
short, the recognized ideal Of to-day
and tomorrow. She ls making her.
self felt In every walk OF life. for she
Ia far from sheltered: she is firm and
cool yet she has II In her TO be yielding
and warm: she In wholesome but she
Is no prude; she il frank without be-
ing crude or unftmlnine; she brings
with her the freshness Of clean air
and wide spaces, ven though she has
level stepped nearer to uhe open
fields than Central Park.
This Is the type that should null
tiply and flourish on the earth I
wanted young girls t. know and love
her; for once a young girl picks out
O particular actress as her Ideal the
parts in which she sees her play are
bound to have a great influence on
her. l think that without being un-
duly vain l car say hat l had suc-
ceeded to a certain extent in estab-
fishing some popularity with young
girls. Consequently when Mr.. Selwyn
showed me The Crowded Hour my
first reaction to 1t was most unfavor-
able. The part OF PeOOv seemed TO
me at first reading nothing more than
a vulgar selfish chorus m OF the
most worldly type. the very thing that
I had been working against. But
there was nothing to do but resign
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The spectacular English melo-
drama, Seven Days Leave"
comes to the Majestic Theatre,
with practically the original cast.
The attraction at the Montauk
Theatre is Klaw & Erlangers
musical comedy success, Miss
Springtime."
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ones own, recognized but too well
comprehended to be damning, and
counterbaIanced by other qualities
that one must believe In to maintain
ones poise and self-respect. PcOOYs
medals were hidden under q thick
crust of worldliness, but I soon dis
covered that II was largely due to her
surroundings. which had been such
ls to foster only hat which was worst
in her. When PeDOy's great test
finally m her instinct, which Is
after all the real Indicator. leads her
70 do the big thing. Instinct purely:
later she admits II ~unconsclously In
her naive defence Of her action. But
instinct leads the way and Intellect
follows. In the end she Is called on
to prove herself by a test that would
bare the real core Of a woman, no
matter what her previous training or
environment.
1T was when I started to grasp the
significance of this that 7 realized that
Pe00y was as fine an example OF good
womanhood as ! had ever played. She
contains the essential qualities with
which ] had tried to invest my other
characters and she proves that they
may exist under a most deceptive ex-
terror. In so doing she goes a point
beyond my original Intention. i am
more than reconciled to playing 1t
I am glad, for II is propaganda. less
obvious but quite as telling as any
thing I had written"
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Henry y. Dixey. Then Henry w. Saw
age engaged her for the role OF Modes
u in "Everywoman." Mr.. Savage
thought so highly Of her that he called
he- The Girl Nazimova," for Dorothy
was still in her teens.
She played a few summer engage
ments In pictures and otter a season
with the morality play she devoted her
career entirely to the screen. In the
last two years she has gone through
the experience OF being featured or
starred In twenty-five feature films
including three six reelers. She be-
lieves 'The Heart Of Humanity" to
be her best work, Hell Morgan's
Girl" comes second. closely followed
by 1.-The Talk of the Town"
Cyril Harcourt has attempted to ex-
plain Just why playwrights like to act.
"A Place In the SUM- his latest play.
at the Comedy Theatre. has Mr.. Har-
courts name included In the cast MI.
Harcourt. In his typical method of
talking, explained: "And why shouldn't
authors act7 It's a harmless. innocu-
ous pursuit. However, very few au-
thors do act, more's the pity. / can
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~ELoosStgnncg- REED

IN ROADS QT DESTINY"
r n view Of the recent controversy
over the leading part in the New
York company Of 1.-THE Crowded
Hour" which the friends Of Willette
Kershaw, who Is playing the part in
Chicago, claimed to be hers. It Is in
teresting to know that Jane Cowl was
not at all anxious TO play the role at
the Selwyn Theatre.
"a determination to play a certain
sort of role" said Miss Cowl the other
day, had been growing in me almost
unconsciously. In the three plays that
Jane Muffin and l had written to-
gether the characters of the leading
women had contained definite things
in common. The plays were OF widely
different types and so were the charac-
ters. The women principals were of
various ages, classes of society and
types of mind, but in each case they
were fundamentally the same Dust as
the most cultivated lady Of the land
car have and often has the same in
stincts as her cook. Each Of the
women that we created was essentially
decent, sincere and unsophisticated;
by no means a person untouched by
life. for in 'Dayhreak' the woman a
u%nhappily married and In 'Informa-
ton Please unsuccessfully so. but one
whose idealism. whose feeling for real
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myself to It. for I was under contract
with the Selwyns besides being very
grateful to them and most anxious to
help them in any way in my power.
after the first few rehearsals OF
the part my point OF view underwent a
distinct change, for Peggy Laurence
and l started to know each other. AS
one gets or closer terms with a part
one finds out all sorts OF things about
1t that one never suspected at first.
II becomes first like an intimate
friend for whom the sympathy and
understanding continually deepens. If
he or she Is at all worthy OF them.
Then It becomes a sort OF second self.
whose sins and shortcomings are as
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only think Of myself and Shakespeare,
DO you suggest that I can't act?
AN author, you must understand
Is only a mere machine. The feeling
against the author Is rooted in an
tiquity and contempt. II is one Of
those curious phenomena which can
not be explained by logic. One has to
accept It as one accepts the law OF
gravitation or the cocktail before din
ner. II simply happens.
Although neither actors nor man
ayers could exist without the authors
their work is often regarded with
scorn, and the star, IL there is a star
in the cast, no infrequently takes it
upon himself to twist the lines around
to suit his own taste. II Is seldom
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that he %consults he author. He pre-
fers rather to make any change he
thinks desirable. Perhaps that is one
reason why / insist upon playing In
my W productions, Il act as watch
man over my lines, as 1t were. Several
movements have beer started by well
thinking people to bring into greater
prominence the author OF the play.
As Shakespeare said. The plays the
thing But 1t is the author that
makes the play. and yet his name is
generally In smaller type than that Of
4 maid or a hellboy. II there happens
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Brooklyn Vaudeville.

The Orpheum will present an
all star bill with George MacFar-
lane, Mosconi Brothers and COM
pany, the Avon Comedy -Four,
Rooney and Bent and the Dun
can Sisters as the particular
features.
An attractive bill has been
booked for the holiday season at
the Bushwick, with Harry Green
and his players, and Janet Adair
dividing the headline honors.
THE Military Maids" Is
booked for a limited engagement
at the Star.
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that is why so many more people go
to the theatre than to church or to a
lecture. They are happier when their
sermons are not labelled For this rea-
son and because 1t a employ every
kind of a device to interest and amuse,
to elucidate and arouse. 1t is the most
insidious OF teachers. Its public may
we'll be almost unlimited. for there are
theatres in every civilized land.
at Is not strange therefore that I
have tried t create and to play the
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ROLES JANE COWL LIKES

tiles remained unscathed. This type
not only embodies those qualities that
I most admire. but naturally 1t is the
type that ! am most anxious to play.
Fol- the stage Is and always has been
something more than a place for the
antics OF m It Is one of the
greatest, II not the greatest. mediums
for propaganda Of all descriptions that
We have at our command. That has
been said a million times. I know.
but II could be said a million times
more without making half enough I'm
preston.
"Some n ought TO write a play
about It; a play about the influence Of
plays. The stage Ia . pulpit OF plat
form without appearing to be one:
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upon to play with the local stock
company whenever a play called for a
child part, and she generally prevailed
upon her neutrality-suspicious.
by the way-to give her a weeks va
cation from school, so that she could
fill the engagement. She was the star
actress at all the school entertain
ments, so tho scholastic authorities
were inclined to be lenient.
Having graduated she packed her
grip and left Baltimore for New York
determined to do or die on the legiti-
mate stage. Her first engagemenr
was as understudy in Mary James
Pa" and the next season she played
the ingenue role in that play with
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DOROTHY PHILLIPS.

Dorothy Phillips came In front Of II
very strong limelight this week when
she appeared as the star OF THE
Heart OF Humanity at the Broadway
Theatre, where It has now settled
down for an indefinite run.
Dorothy Phillips is in her early
eos. but she has been before the pub
lilo professionally since she was II
She could go back further than that
for when she was In school in Balti-
more. her home. Dorothy was called
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THE NEW CINEMAS.

The Rivoli is celebrating its FIRST birthday this week. A special
rogramme. including Cecil DeMilles production of "The Squaw
Aan," an arplane picture of Washington, and the FIRST showing of
Dior pictures made under a newly announced invention, will be seen
A tale of the adventures Of a "hck" hero in a small and
enuinely American town is presented in Charles Rays picture
String Beans" the Rialto's feature number for this week
The Strand Theatre will present Anita Stewart In "Virtuous
Wives" adapted from Owen Johnsons popular story of the same
tie, a story of married life in New York society.
The attraction at Loews New York Theatre and Roof tomorrow
ill be William S. Hart in Branding Broadway"
The Heart of Humanity" a multiple reel film with Dorothy
Philips as star, is on for a u It the Broadway. Allen Holubar was
he director and the coauthor with Olga Scholl.
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Job ia We work eight months 4,
write a play. three moro to prod,cs
it'and then step bnck to see our nam.
set up In the smallest type the printer
has In his case"
That is all Mr.. Harcourt would sac
In defence Of his principles. Still. bo
Is an actor because OF public demand
Tie wrote "a Place In the SIM =
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ADJUSTMENTS.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-05-01

going strong Every town in the county oversub-
sc1ibed the quota fixed by the government Moscow
with the largest quota and many handicaps, has
healthy margin above the highest figures set by the
state board.
Moscow is a peculiar town and this popularity has
been demonstrated in instances The people are
slow to start and lag after they get started any
important project but they stronger than horse
radsh' the finish. With the subscriptions of the
railroad university people credited to other towns
with thousands of dollars withdrawn from Moscow
banks to pay for bonds credited to Whitman county
towns the town of Moscow and county of Latah have
oversubscrbed their quota and kept with the best
towns in the northwest Spokane the great center OF
wealth is than half million dollars behind her
quota while Moscow, which Jagged at first, is
ranking now among the most patriotic towns of the
Inland Empire.
But special credit is due the smaller places. Dearly
Bov Juliaetta Kendrick, Genesee Potatch, all went
above their quota and the records made by Bovi Deary
and Juaea especially pleasing 1t will be pleas
He people of Moscow to present to the Bovill
Red Cross the $50 bond Bovill citizens have earned
nobly We would suggest that Bovill citizens be invited
to Moscow and rendered banquet when the bond is
presented to the Bovil Red Cross.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-05-01
HELP THE BOY SCOUTS

"Give the boy chance" is the title of old song
always appropriate. 1t be applied now to
good advantage in Moscow We have company OF
Boy Scouts here These to be the soldiers and the
business men future years. They getting vafua-
BILE training They Endorsed by the nations leaders
They doing a good work.
President Wilson asked them to mop up" at the end
of the Liberty campaign and the boys are doing
spendidly President Wilson has offered flag to the
company that gets the largest subscriptions to the
Liberty loan Lewiston scouts the prize in the last
campaign with $4,000 in subscriptions. Moscow scouts
now have ST. 900 to their credit
Every and woman who subscribes from now on
help boys asking that the subscriptions given
be credited Boy Scouts 1t costs nothing and may
help the boys to win the Presidents flag. Remember
when you your bonds to ask that the subscription
be credited to the Boy Scouts of Moscow. That is all
you to do The bank and the town and the county
will get credit also and the boys may win the flag
by your action and request. J. r. Gwin set fine ex-
ample yesterday when he increased his subscription
from $1,000 $1,000 asked that the $4,000 be credited
the Boy Scouts.
There are only four days left but if every one who
subscrbes during that time asks that his or her sub
scripon credited to the Boy Scouts of Moscow the
Presidents flag will come here. We have gone over
the top in county town Now let get the flag
for boys.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-05-01
NUMBER OF MEN
IN ARMY DIVISION
SIZE OF DIVISIONS VARY IN DIFF.
FERENT COUNTRIES-AMER
ICAN is LARGEST

How many men are in division"
This question is asked often and sell
dom answered satisfactorily, for few
know. This paper has secured from
an officer of the regular army, some
interesting facts in regard to this
question which will be of interest to
those who are trying to keep in close
touch with the progress of the war.
An American army division has 81
100 men and is complete army in
ITSELF being provided with everything
necessary for carrying on warfare in
dependently of any other army or por-
ton of an army. 1t is Differed from
second lieutenant to a major gen.
eral. 1t has approximately $4,000
fighting men and the remainder of the
division is divided among the air
plane squadron, transport service,
medical corps, hospital corps, stretch
er bearers, ambulance drivers, COM
missary department and quartermas-
ter's corps A division is supposed to
have $500 horses or mules, in addition
to the trucks, motor ambulances and
other cars.
The officers are major general who
ion, which is composed of three bri-
gades. Commanding each brigade is
a brigadier general. Each brigade
has 10000 men. A regiment is COM
posed of three battalions and the
commanding officer of regiment is
the colonel, who has lieutenant as
his assistant.
battalion is commanded by ma
jor, and in consists of four companies,
or 1000 men. A company is composed |
of $50 men and its officers are cap !
tain, and first and second lieutenant. |
American Divisions Largest
America has the largest divisions of
any of the countries now engaged in
the war and it is the most complete
army organization known. There is
the infantry, the machine gun battal-
ion the artillery, signal corps, com
pany of engineers who plan the
trenches, roads, railroads and all engi-
neering work and not only plan but
do much of it, the supply trains car
rying sufficient supplies for long
hospital tents, cots, nurses,
doctors, ambulances and everything
hat has been found to be necessary to
carry on warfare under the most mod
srn methods There are 120 men in
he airplane squadron for each di-
yision.
Changes in warfare have made it
necessary to increase the size of each
rnv unit. Formerly 100 men formed
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-05-01
AMERICA RACES!
WITH GERMANY

With a force which crashed home
President Ray L. Wilbur of LELAND
Stanford University, put the prob
lens of the war, particularly the fooc
situation, before the student body al
the special assembly Monday morn
ing "What we do in the next six
months decides whether we will be a
great democracy or the most despised
and contemplate nation on earth"
declared the speaker. "Will we open
our eyes now before it is too late ?"
President Wilbur showed the direct
connection between the food supply
and an unbroken army, pointing to
the Russian collapse and the Italian
retreat as unquestionable results of
a shortage of food. He called upon
America to hurry, if she would out
distance Germany in the race, and in
the meantime to save food.
His address follows in part:
"The American people do not IN
derstand what this war means. Their
attitude reminds me of the story of
boy who owned a pup that did not
open it's eyes as it should. The boy
waited impatiently for some time for
the dog to open its eyes, but, at
length, becoming exasperated, he
slammed the dogs head against a
building. AS the dog was gasping
for his last breath it finally opened
it's eyes. Upon seeing this the boy
cried, ''You fool, why didn't you open
your eyes before it was too late?'
Is this to be the fate of America
Will we open our eyes only when it is
too late?
Will We Be Too Late?
"The world is now breathless over
conditions on the western front. 1t is
1 race between the United States and
Germany; with Germany trying TO
finish the war before the u. S. gets
started. Will the U. S. be too late?
We were too late to save Belgium and
Russian. The question now is, are
We too late to save democracy?
Allies Depend on Us
"Our allies would quit fighting to-
lay if they thought they could not
lepend on US. But, they depend on
IS. They depend especially on Her
ert Hoover and they expect him to
'et the necessary food stuffs and sup
lies over there. The people over
lighting, that they were dying for US.
hey have waited patiently for three
ears for US to understand. Did we
Understand when we entered the war?
We went to war because Germany
ecreed that we could send only one
nip week, painted in certain stripes
nd colors, across the ocean, while
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-05-01

regiment and other units were of
proportionate size The company has
been increased $50 per cent and every
other unit has been increased proper
tionately. The division is the largest
and most complete unit in modern
warfare and is supposed to be abso-
lutely complete in itself and to lack
nothing in the way of men or equip
ment
English Division 10000
The English army division is COM
posed of about 10000 men. The Ger
man army divisions have 1880 men
of all arms and departments. No fig
ures have been obtained on the size of
the French divisions. During the early
composed of certain army corps,
which had a number of divisions, esti-
mated at 100000 men, but that term
is no longer used by the Germans
Pershing is 'sFuII'' General
6eHefdl blacR JACK feTSHlHS Is |
he only full general in the army |
and the first man to bear the title of |
general since U. S. Grant, having the
highest office in the American army
md, according to regular army men
Who know him, he is worthy of the
lonor. Probably no commanding Of
icer in Europe today commands the
aspect and confidence of his men
more thoroughly than General Perish
ng in charge of the American Exped-
Lionary Forces.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-05-01
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE POPE'S PEACE OFFER

Today's dispatches state that Pope Benedict is again
to make peace proposal. This announcement will
raise much interest for there be no doubt some
is back of this suggestion the pope would not
again offer peace to warning world after his former
offering had been rejected unanimously
Austria is Catholic stronghold. The Vatican owns
millions of dollars worth of property that country
Emperor Charles of Hungary is said to be pre-
pairing peace offering. Can it be that the pope and
the Austrian emperor foreseeng the failure of German
autocracy will make another offer to stop the at
time when Germany's power is at its greatest height?
There is something very significant about these rum
That the offer will meet with no response from the
allied nations, unless provides the restoration by
Germany of all the occupied territory she has siezed
and restitution for the damage DONE total abandon
ment of German militarism and the disarmament of
Germany and the creation of some power to prevent
such countries Germany from throwing the world
into such reign of terror it been in for three
and half it is certain the proposal will be
rejected the first
This has only begun, far the United States
is concerned and this country will consent to
that leaves Germany in possession conquered
territory and the world PROSTATE at her Peace
offers that do not provide righng the wrongs
done by the Huns entirely of place. no matter
from what source they come.