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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-09
EDGEWOOD.

Mrs. Jewett was calling on Straw
berry Point friends last Tuesday.
Rev. J. J. Murtagh received the
sad news recently of the death OF
his mother in ireland.
Mrs. Wayne Terry, our primary
teacher. attended the Northeastern
Iowa Teachers Association at Water
loo last week.
Mrs. Arthur Welterlen visited her
mother at Luzerne recently.
Miss Pauline Storbeck, who was
working in the Chas. Todd home, died
very suddenly last Saturday night
March 29th. The remains were TAX
en- to her home northwest of town and
funeral was held in the German
church at Strawberry Point on Tues:
day, April LIST, and the remains were
laid to rest in the Strawberry Point
cemetery.
Mrs. M. M. Coolidge, who has spent
the winter with Mrs. Marie Hubbell
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-09
THE MANCHESTER DEMOCRAT wednesday,
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-09
Some Should Be Broken.

SEINE Should Be Broken.
these talking machines at S5006.
sdvertises q Chicago music house.
break all records" After listening 70
some records one simply can't shake
of the conviction that there cannot
be too many such machines In con.
slant use.-Springtield Union.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-09
An Example.

"SmalI eyes," says physiognomist,
denote cunning and evasive nature"
Just so. Notice how q smali-eyed
needle evades ones efforts to thread
it.-Boston Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-09
The Romaika.

The Romaika Is modern Greek
dance, dignified in character. and al.
though not as popular As other forms
Of the Terpsichorean art, Is much af-
fected by certain sections Of the pop.
ulace.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-09
BUD b.. Electricity.

Stray electric currents from rail-
road are supposed to cause the trees
on one ade Of Brussels street 70
bud again and sometimes blossom sf.
Ter they ooos have shed their leaves
svsey haA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-09
pon~ ersaths Either, c.r,..

Cynicus-The average girl can keep
her engagement secret Just about o.
long a. she can the fact that she's
been eating onionA-Boston Tran.
script.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

employment Bureau of New York City
for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. ut
sos Pearl Street, for jobs of a novel
nature.
Having just finished his spring sea-
son with Klaw & Erlanger, an ex-
dancer who was mustered out early
this spring from the army, seeks a
farm job for the summer Prior TO
his service for four years he was with
the Folies.
III take whatever pay is offered"
he told the bureau examiner. and do
ali the manual work required. This
city life is killing me and I've got to
keep up my army outdoor life"
On the same day an actor formerly
with the field artillery of TIN nth
Division, curiously enough chose SIM
liar job. He has recently appeared at
the Shubert, Maxine Elliott and AM
sterdam theatres
"A straight farm job or a caretaker
on private estate for the summer"
was the way he put it.
Another actor wanted 10 get into
the commercial field, explaining he wa.
dissatisfied to return to the stage.
81 want a mans job snow," he said.
anything permanent with future"
A violinist formerly with Broad
way orchestra, whose fingers were
smashed in the Argonne Forest. seeks
to start life anew An organist has
been placed by the bureau with a we'll
known movie house. A gassed moving
picture operator, whose impaired eye
sight prevents his return to his old
job. yesterday overheard a fellow ex-
soldier inquire at the bureau for
school where he could learn movie
operating.
Say. kid, don't waste. your money"
he cut in. Come along; III show you
the ropes and get you in right"
For these exceptions. however, there
are dozens of men back from over
seas anxious to get back on Broadway
into their old strides.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Room l3"

pened to the emotions Of the crowd. 1t
isn't there We have the docibe little
maid whom Nazimova plays with such
Illuminating sobriety, but she never
changes to the vengeance, who in her
turn should develop into the goddess
debating terms to an emnress. then
to the vanquished war maid, defiant
to death. Instead of the novelty of
incident and circum stance, the emo
tons, the psychology which these per
sonages might offer her, what does
the scenario offer her? Wen, what
we might call in the movies the regular
thing We knew, Of course, that in
Western movieland no male character
except the hero can be left alone for
a single instant with any woman with
out attempting to assault her, but we
had hoped that, perhaps, things were
little better in China. But, no;
Mahlee has no sooner repulsed the
leader of the Boxers but she is again
struggling, this time with a kind of
imitation assault, which proves to be
only a political abduction. All other
issues go by in titles and scamped
nformatory scenes.
If Nine. Nazimova were a HELPLESS
employe we should rather praise than
blame her for giving to this nonsense
only second-rate effort; it is worth
nothing better than the stereotyped
emotions or lack of emotions which
she employs in it But she is no.
helpless in the hands Of either director
or scenarioist; she is not a person
whom one easily sees weep with de-
light when they give her smile nor
tremble with fear at their frown. She
might surely have had any develop
ment of the scenario she liked. Why
does she treat the War Maid like a
highly decorative scrap picture? Or
if she wants to keep Mahlee a mere
peasant, with no race pride and race
despair save as she enivels about
herself, what is she doing with that
death? What point is there in the
defiance Of that throned corpse unless
it is also The defiance Of China7
For this she has courageously de-
fed the common weakness of a happy
ending, with which the dictum goes
that the public mpst be soothed. But
is it really true that we are soothed
into playing with tragedy only by it's
being made into a scrap picture with
out scope or depth or sincere pas
sions? Or is it possible we might
have liked it even better if some one
had insisted upon having-well, say,
the least little bit of these things
slipped in somewhere?
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Plays and Players

Lowell Sherman, who plays an i'm
portant role in "The Woman in Room
49," the melodramatc success at the
Republic Theatre couldn't help being
an actor. 1t was part of his heritage.
His maternal grandma other, Kate Grey,
played with Junius Brutus Booth, ST.,
at the Boston Museum, and went with
him to the Jenny Lind Theatre in Cali
fornia. She also played the mining
camps with Edwin Booth. His father,
nected with the Baldwin Theatre, San
Francisco, where Lowell was born
His mother was also at one time on
the stage. To clinch matters he mar
ried sister of John Hunter Booth,
playwright, author of "The Masque-
RAIDER and keep Her Smiling"
Lowell Sherman made his profes-
sonal debut az the old Fifth Avenue
Theatre in a sketch with John Jack,
who was for many years a member of
Joseph Jefferson's company. This was
followed by an engagement at Daly's
Theatre in repertory, supporting Nance
O'Neill.
After this engagement Mr.. Sherman
played n comedy part in vaudeville
with Maude Harrison. the original
Henriette in "The Two Orphans"
Then he Joined the original cast of
THE Girl Of the Golden West" play
ing the role of the rider Of the pony
express After that he was for several
years the juvenile in the Orphcum Stock
Company at the old Chestnut Street
Theatre in Philadelphia. He then
toured the country for year as
member Of Nat Goodwins repertory
company, playing in 1.-THE Easterper,"
when We We're Twenty and
others. This was followed by an en-
gagement Ps leading man in stock in
Milwaukee, where he succeeded Will
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

lam Courtenay. Ruth Chatterton made
her debut as an ingenue in that COM
pany, and Lenore Uric was an extra
girl.
The next summer Henry B. Harris
opened a new famous stock company
at Union Hill, with Mr. Sherman as
the leading man and Jane Cowl as the
leading woman. This engagement was
followed by "The Commuters" and a
season as Elsie Fergusons leading
man in "The First Lady in the Land. /"
Mr.. Sherman also appeared in the
first play written and produced by
Arthur Hopkins, called "The Fatted
Calf" Several stock engagements
were followed by his appearance in
The Dragons Claw at the New Am
sterdam Theatre, and a fier in pic
lures with Mary Pickford and Pauline
Frederick. His recent appearances
were in THE Eternal Magdalene," !"
The Guilty Man." COR Little Wife. ."
"The Knife" "The Heritage" "The
SQUAD Farm" "a Marriage of Con-
venience' and now in The Woman in
Room 49,"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Pictures Shown on Steel Pier

Orrin G. Cocks. of the National
Board of Review, has been called in by
the directors of the National Confer
ence of Social Work TO advise in the
selection of pictures being shown at
the convention in Atlantic City June
l to s. The subjects include child
welfare, delinquency. family problems.
mental hygiene, Americanization and
industry. 1t has been arranged to
show two reels of, pictures following
the general meeting each night on the
steel pier
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

"Tea for Three" Roi Cooper Me-
grue's comedy. closed its long season
last night.
Arthur Byron and Frederick Perry
are to go to San Francisco, where they
will be joined by Elsa Ryan and open
on July 20 at the Curran Theatre
After playing San Francisco and Los
Angeles Mr.. Byron and Mr.. Perry and
Miss Ryan will go direct to Chicago,
where the play opens at the La Sale
Theatre on September 81.
When "Tea for Three" reopens in
the fall there will be six or more COM
panes on tour. The three principal
companies will each include woman
star recognized as a popular favorte
in the territory their routes cover
Elsa Ryan will be with the Chicago
company, which later on will play
through the West; Charlotte Walker
will head company in the East, and
Cecil Spooner will be starred in the
comedy through the South.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

Harry Davenport, son Of E. L. Daven-
port, the famous tragedian, has a
private museum attached to his home
at Canton. Penn, which contains many
relic of the greatest players America
ever has bred. Mr.. Davenport and his
wife, Phyllis Rankin, both playing in
Wlnchell Smith and John L. Golden's
production of Three Wise Fools" have
been collecting interesting souvenirs
from their friends and colleagues since
they were twelve years of age. When
they married they joined hands and COL
lections. Both their families have been
related to each other, the Drews and
the Barrymores by several marriages.
Besides Lnconia that is rated the
seventh largest in the country, the
Davenport Rankin collection contains
piece of wood cut from the exact
centre of the stage Of the old Lyceum
Theatre at Twenty-fourth Street and
Fourth Avenue upon which stood Soth-
ern the elder Mansfield, George Cay
van, Annie Russell, Mrs. Gilbert, Will
lam ]. lie Moyne, Faversham, Minnie
Maddern and many other famous stars
of bygone days. There are also the
rhinestone buttons given to Fannie
Vining MRS. E. L. Davenport) by
Queen Victoria for dancing on a table;
the scrap book of Grandfather Vining
in which he wrote with a quill pen
the speech he delivered to King George
" from the stage of the Drury Lane
Theatre; +. L. Davenport's Hamlet
sword and Macbeth dagger; calf pad
Charles Keane wore always in "Rich-
ard IlI'; waistcoat embroidered by
Anna Cora Mowatt; Fanny Davenport's
desk where she arranged all the Sar-
dou plays in which she alone was given
the right to act; Harry's first salary
earned when he was twelve years old,
in rare coins, and many valuable books,
manuscripts, photographs and other
relics of great actors who since have
passed from the contemporary stage.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

used in her Forthcoming United Pict-
ures screen feature. Miss Reed makes
close study of Oriental customs and
architecture and, as evidenced in "Chu
Chin Chow" and in The Wanderer."
possesses remarkabl adaptability to
Oriental roles.
The filming Of Joseph Medill Patter-
sons story, "A Little Brother of the
Rich" has just been completed at
Universal City. Frank Mayo is the
star.
Exterminator, the horse owned by
Willis Sharpe Kilmer, is to co-star
with Jess Willard in a new picture
called "The Challenge of Chance"
Airline Pretty is leading woman.
Sherry's broke into the movies for the
first ard last time last Sunday, when
Rod La Rocque and company OF film
players visited there to take some in
teriors. All the furniture, draperies
and other fittings were carefully tagged
for the auction which was to com
mence the following day, but Director
John Stahl hid the tags so carefully
that this once famous eating place
will be preserved for posterity in all
of its original beauty.
Charles Meredith, who leaves the
Morosco stock company and the title
role of Daddy Long-Legs' to support
Florence >Nidor on the screen in the
next Brentwood picture under King
w. Vidor's direction, is making the
change from the Legitimate to the
silent drama largely upon the advice
of William Faversham. Meredith
played the outstanding role in Prince
and Princess Troubetzkoy's "Allegi-
ance" last summer, and while appear
ing at Maxine Elliott's Theatre under
his direction Faversham told Meredith
that for a serious young actor some
motion picture experience was invalu-
able, since it taught poise, ease,
smoothness and that art of definite ex-
preston which is so vital in putting
over the sense of part.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
ShudO1us ON the Screen

The Avalanche" adapted from
Gertrude Atherton's novel by the same
title, has recently been produced by
the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
with Elsie Ferguson in the leading
role.
Lumsden Hare is again leading man
in The Avalanche" Others in the
cast are Warner GLAND, William Ro-
selle and Frederick Esmelton.
Lawrence j. Anhalt, lessee and man
ager of the Park Theatre, Columbus
Circle, declares that there is no truth
in the statement that the Universal
Film Company had leased his theatre
for the coming season. The Society
OF American Singers will open the
house in October for its third season
Of opera comique.
Before leaving for the Pacific coast.
Wednesday, Nine. Nazimova renewed
her contract with Metro Pictures, thus
setting at rest rumors which have been
prevalent in the business for the last
six months as to the future activities
of the star. President Richard A.
Rowland had affixed his signature to
the contract on behalf of the Metro
Pictures Corporation prior to his sail
ing for Europe
E. K. Lincoln, star of "Virtuous
Men, wishes it known that there is
much difference between himself and
Elmo Lincoln, also star of the flick
ering drama. Many we'll intentioned
fans write the ST. star under the
impression that he is the "Tarzan"
hero, while Elmo, the man of might,
receives billets doux from sweet young
things who think he was "perfectly
wonderful' in "Virtuous Men,
Dorothy Green's first starring vehi-
Gle with the World Pictures is "The
American Way" directed by Frank
Reicher. Arthur Ashley is co-star and
in the supporting cast are Carl Sau-
erman and Lisle Leigh
Hattie Delaro has been engaged to
appear in april Folly" Miss Delaro
was the original "Pitti-Sing" in "The
NJ
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Actors From Orerseas
Seek Other TObs

Professional dancers, actors and
movie actors who are returning to
civilian life after being discharged
from service are applying to the Re-
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

Constance Talmadge has returned
from Washington where her company
was filming scenes for her next pict-
ure. Wyndham Standing, who has just
completed picture with Norma Tai
madge in Florida, will be Constance's
leading man.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

Purchase of "The White Heather
Maurice Tourneur's melodrama of
Drury Lane, was announced yesterday
by the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

Hattie Delaro has been engaged to
appear in april Folly" Miss Delaro
was the original ti-Sing" in "The
Mikado."
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

Samuel L. Rothapfel il at work or
the second Rothapfel unit programme.
which will be presented at the Park
Theatre, New York, and at theatres
throughout the country.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

Florence Reed will personally super
wise the special Oriental settings to be
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

' ton. 1t will be released during tho
latter part of June as Paramount
Aircraft special.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

BY an agreement entered into be
tween Theodore C. DIETRICH, president
of De Luxe Pictures, Inc, and A. H.
Woods, the theatrictl producer, Doris
Kenyon, star of De Luxe Pictures,
Inc, will appear next season in a new
play by Avery Hopwood. Miss Ken
yon's appearance o nthe speaking stage
will in no way affect her screen work
which will be continued under the
management of Mr.. DIETRICH.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

Universals group who are to go
abroad to film the largest serial ever
produced arrived in New York Friday
headed by Eddie Polo. The group in
cluded Jane O'Neill. who will play op-
posite Mr. Polo; John P MCGOWAN.
director; James Wilkinson. assistant
director and scenario editor; Jean
Perkins, actor and camera man; Virgil
Miller, camera man; Ernest ". Smith,
property manager; Earl o. Miller,
electrician, and Hope Loring, author
Arthur Guy Empey has completed
the making of scenes for Hell on
Earth" and this has given him an
opportunity to buy a semi professional
baseball team, the old "Maroons" He
has changed their name to the Treat
En- Roughs.' The team plays double
headers at Dyckman Oval every Sun
day for the benefit of fund to pur-
chase artificial limbs for wounded sol
diers. In addition to baseball picture
stars appear and pictures of the fans
are taken which are later exhibited in
local theatres.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

The filming of Joseph Medil Patter-
sons story, "A Little Brother of the
Rich" has just been completed at
Universal City. Frank Mayo is the
star.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

Exterminator, the horse owned by
Willis Sharpe Kilmer, is to co-star
with Jess Willard in a new picture
called "The Challenge of Chance"
Airline Pretty is leading woman
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-01-18
OBITUARY OF
MRS. ID. w. WEBSTER.


Custer is again called upon to mourn
the loss of pioneer citizen in the death
of Mrs. D. w. Webster. She was i'll
only few days Of Pneumonia but was
unable to stand the ravages of the dis
ease and on Tuesday she passed away at
her home in Custer
Mrs. Rose A. Webster at the time of
her death was II years of age and had
lived with her husband in Custer since
1884 at the present home. Had she
been spared until the Pad Of February
next she would have celebrated with
her husband fifty years of welded life.
Mrs. Webster was in many respects a
wonderful woman. Always cheerful
and able to see the brighter side of life
Possessed of a natural sense of humor
she passed through many Of the expert
ences fife which to others would have
been tragedies. She possessed a beauti-
ful sense of appreciation and expressed
constantly to the last her gratitude for
every attention given her.
The funeral was conducted from the
Webster home on Friday afternoon
The sermon was by Rev Katherine w
Powell, assisted by the Pastor. The
sympathy of the community goes ont to
the stricken husband who is so sorely
bereayed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-01-18
CUSTER CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY,
OF EUGENE HERBERT.

OBIT UARY OF EUGENE HERBERT.
A great sorrow came to the commun-
ity when the message came from Fort
Wayne, Michigan, that Gene Herbert
had passed away, the cause being Meas
les which developed into Pneumonia.
Gene was born February 4th, 1896 at
BakeryiIe and spent his life on the
ranch with his parents This is the
second break in this home the mother
having passed out Of this life on May
2Gth, 1917. There are left the father
three brothers and two sisters to mourn
the loss of the son aud brother.
On July l4th last Gene was selected
by the Local Board for Custer county,
under a special call for man for special
training at Brookiugs, 5. d., then under
charge of the Government. This call
was for a man Of high character and
training and Gene was selected because
of his high qualifications After spend
ing sixty days at BrOokings he passed
all examinations and was sent to Fort
Wayne for further training, and was
awaiting the call for overseas service
when the armistce was signed. On
Christmas day the last letter came say
ing that they were held up by4uarau-
tine on account Of Measles but as soon
as that was over he would be home. On
Saturday, the 4th Of January, there
came the sad message that Gene had
passed away. On Friday following the
body came and was taken to the little
cemetery at Cold Springs and there laid
away 10y the side Of the mother
The funeral was largely attended by
the Pringle and Baskerville community
as Gene was one of the most popular Of
young fellows and numbered his friends
10y all VINO knew him. Rev. w. 5.
Harper conducted the funeral service
and paid high tribute to the character of
this young man who had been called to
pay the supreme sacrifice lor his coun-
try The stricken family have the sym
pathy Of all who know them in this sad
hour of bereavement
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-01-18
ONE MORE NEEDED
Only One More State is Needed TO
Ratify the National Prohibi-
tiOn Amendment.

Washington, Jan. l5.-Legislatures OF
thirty-fye states, one less than required
for three-fourths majority, have ratified
the prohibition amendment. Several
state assemblies now in session are ex.
pected to take action tomorrow, with a
probable race between Nebraska, Mis-
sour, and of Minnesota as TO which will
be the thirty-sixth. Ratification was
completed today by Iowa, Oregon, New
Hampshire, and Utah 1t becomes
effective one year after ina ratification.
II the ratification is completed this
month the officials believe the country
becomes permanently dry July first the
date the special wartime prohibition
becomes effective.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-01-18
SUICIDE AT BUFFALO GAP.

Gustave Thiel, respected and pros,
porous farmer residing on ranch two
and half miles east Of Buffalo Gap,
committed suicide by hanging himself
in his corn crib on the morning Of Jan.
uary 18th.
Deceased has been in poor health for
some time and it is thought that he be-
came temporarily demented, and com
mitted the rash act while in that con-
dition.
Acting Coroner Reynck, sheriff
Shoemaker aud States Attorney Sellers
went down to hold an inquest, but on
arriving did not deem it necessary.