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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-06

This series SO far has bee, .o,n.
ih!HS o, Il? off on the American
t..as4H pitchers. The Sox hit n
,toa on he run Of the season
AGAINST theiT own i!k and can; do a
eng aoou; the hurting Of the
Nat!oaa. lcaguers
The sun., 1919-08-03
ARoCENA's WIDOW FILES PLEA
Rich Mexican's VIII Failed 20 Pro
vide for Youns Bride.

Application for her appointment as
temporary administrative of the estate
Of Rapaei ArocsnA, the aged Mexican
muiti-millionaire who died at the Hotel
Plaza June Is. was made yesterday be-
fore Surrogate Cohalan by Consuslo
Carras de Arocena, the 26-year-old
widow of the decendent. Arocena, who
was so years old at the time OF his
death. was resident Of Torreon. Mex
leo. near which place he had extensive
mining and ranching interests.
The widow states that as far az she
knows the decedent left no legal win. but
on information and belief. she states. a
document purporting to be the last will
and testament Of Arocena was discovered
in this city Immediately after his death
and was hurried TO Mexico City. whore It
was filed for probate. An exemplified
copy was filed recently here and the petit
ton stated that Arocena owned Man
haitian realty valued at more than
81. 100000.
In the win filed In Mexico no mention
Is made of the widow. The residuary es-
tate, valued at nearly s20.000.o0o. was
to be divided between two grandnieces.
aged IL and 0 years. who live In Du-
range, SPAIN The argument on the
widows petition win be heard on Sop
tember 2s.
The sun., 1919-08-03
GIRLS LEG CRUSHED
BY MOTOR TRUCK
Child Of 10 Stealing Ride Is
Hit as She, Jumps Off
{ Truck.

Mary dallina, 10, OF 11s Manhattan
avenue. Brooklyn. paid for the pleasure
Of stealing q motor ride heavily yes
terday. She had swung up on the run
ming board of an automobile and was
enjoying the ride until the car reached
Montrose avenue and Leonard street
Then she decided she had ridden lar
enough from home and the rest Of her
playfellows and hoped or.
She tumbled directly In front Of q
heavy commercial truck. and before the
driver could jam on the brakes wheel
went over one Of her legs. The driver.
John Scallon, 416 West Twenty-sixth
street, Manhattan, picked her up and
tagged an automobile. The car got as
far as the Stage street police station
toward the hospital when II was struck
by q truck Of the Texas OIL Company
which was being backed down Bushwtck
avenue. The lighter machine was
thrown against trolley pole.
There were no injuries in the second
accident, and the girl was given treat
ment In the police station until an am
bulance arrived from st. Catharine's Hos
pital. The surgeons said It would be
necessary TO anputhto tnc ics' Inc
driver Of the oil truck, John Lerlzweski,
was summoned to appear in court on
Monday for reckless driving.
Adam Newman. driver Of an automo-
bile which ran down and killed Charlotte
Bierschank. 16, of 249 Meeker avenue.
Brooklyn. on Friday. was nned II yes
terdsy for driving without license. His
home IL in 1047 Manhattan avenue.
Edmund Medley. 4. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Edmund Medley OF Greenwich,
Conn, received serious injuries when he
was struck by an automobile near his
home In Han iiton avenue. and II Il
feared he may die. The driver was held
In $500 bail pending the outcome Of the
case. The boys grandfather Is Capt
James J. Medley of the Greenwich police,
Mrs. Mary Fadak, aged II. who. with
her fye-year-o daughter Helen and
John Spankowitz, was walking along
Park avenue to her home In South
Plainfield last night. was struck by an
automobile going in the same direction
and instantly killed Spankowitz was
knocked down by the machine and
slightly injured The autoist did NOT
stop and his license number was not
obtained. The woman was taken to
Muhlenbery Hospital.
The sun., 1919-08-03
LEWIS QUESTIONS
TRANSFERS LEGALITY
Doubts Commission's Power
to Authorize Them.

District Attorney Lewis. Kings county,
raised yesterday a question as to the
authority Of tho Public Service Commits
sion ito increase the rates OF fare over
8 cents for continuous ride within
the limits Of the city over the lines
owned or operated by a given company"
He held that charge for transfers u In
effect an increase in fare.
Calling attention to the railroad law,
which states that the Legislature Eek
pressly reserves the right to regulate
and reduce the fare on any railroad
constructed or operated wholly or in
part under said chapter ;. and the Pub
lie Service Commission possesses the
same power to be exercised as prescribed
In the Public Service Commission law"
the District Attorney added:
ITO my mind the language regulate
and reduce does not give tho right to
the Public Service Commission TO 'resu-
late and Increase"
His opinion, he said. was not affected
by, the recent decision of the Court OF
Appeals In the so-called Buffalo case.
in which the Milburn agreement was
involved.
I'm my Judgment" ne declared. shat
decision has no application on the facts
now before the Public Service Commits
sion. The power reserved In the Milburn
agreement was the general power to reg
ulate. while the power now invoked by
Section 1s1 OF the Public Service law.
is the very restricted power to regulate
and reduce
'"rhe decision to permit charges for
transfers was made almost Immediately
after the decision of the Court OF APP
pesls in the International Railways case.
VIII the people ever be able to obtain
as speedily from the public officials
entrusted with power q reduction of fare
when the situation warrants and de-
mands it2"
The sun., 1919-08-03
MORE CROSSES AWARDED.
Gen. Pershine Decorates New
Workers Among Others.

Y0rkers Among Others.
wAsHNGroN, Aug. 2.--The War De-
partment announced to-day that Gen.
Pershins had awarded the Distinguished
Service Gross to the following officers
and men OF the American ExpeditionaTy
Forces:
Capt. Martin c. Rudolph. Charleston.
8. C. Lieuts. Arthur e. westphal. Hart
ford. Conn. James j. Roach. South
Boston, Mass. and Joseph A. Mendel-
son. washington. d. c.: ssrgeants Ru-
fus Bean. Poplar Blur. no. Sidney H.
Palmer, Richmond Hill, I. l.. and
George A. Casey. Cold Spring On -Hud-
son; Corporals Charles Cain. Waltham.
Mass. George Werner. Albany. and Fred
Schick, Rosebank, g. l.. Privates Carl
c. Gentry, Trenton. Mo-; George p.
Duncan. Dearborn. No. Daniel T. Wei
ner, 3240 WOODBURY. street. Brooklyn
Louis II. swesey, Patchogue. L. l.: John
@. Frye, Bernie, Mo. Saxton G. Foss.
Somerviile, Mass. George r. Fratus,
Providence, r. l.; Pietro Formica.
Turin. Italy Charles n Epler, Dayton.
Ohio. and Guy In Bordman. Hughson.
Cal
The sun., 1919-08-03
ASKS FOR oUENTINs ESTATE.
Widow OF Col. Roosevelt Applies
to BE Administrators.

Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt. wicow
o. Col Theodore Roosevelt. applied YES
terday for letters Of administration from
Surrogate Newell Of Nassau county on
the estate OF her son Quentin, who was
killed In France July Is, 1913. In an air
plane battle An affidavft accompanying
the petition stated that the personal es-
tate of Quentin Roosevelt amounted to
81, 100 and that he had no real estate.
Waivers from George Bmlin Roosevelt
and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, as execu-
tors OF the estate Of Col Roosevelt. re-
lease ouentin's estate 70 his mother.
brothers and sisters as his heirs. This
h required. As under the law the father
OF an unmarried son dying intestats boz
comes his hcin
The sun., 1919-08-03
Enameled Luggage

Continuing the sale Of all kinds. shapes
and styles suitable for every travelling pur-
pose. Smallest to largest hand pieces.
Marked at prices Which are much
belop their real North.
The sun., 1919-08-03
Continuing the Sale
Weather Capes
For Misses

So great lDas the response to the
sale last IDeeE that zoe haze ordered
IN all the reserUe stock of capes
from the manufacturer and UiH
continue to sell them at this ex-
ceptionalIy lO,O price for another
Ueek.
This rbbSired esps which b rainproOf b IN great
demand for II savo q numb1 Of purposes. Ideal
for beach, metorins. tavelns and sto,my weather
wear. The model features . convertible collar and Is
jus. heavy enough to tho necessary protection
7.45
The sun., 1919-08-03
Underwear

Woens Vests Of extra 6nc quality .Swiss ribbed Isle
thread-pure whits-ssune weight-neatly trimmed.
All SHEA Value 50 Now IS
Women's Isle Coulbisatons- weisht-in
Pink or White-band tops-rcgulsr and eztra siz.s.
Value 500 Now .7S
The sun., 1919-08-03
New Silk
Umbrellas
For Men and Women

Women's Umbrellas-Most attrac-
tive Of the new and practical short handled
and club efects-only reliable and service
unique and novel handles. Black. nickel.
brass or bone tips.
4.95 to 22.50
Mems Wood Shank Umbrellas-
We specialize in this grade Of mostly Eng
lish sticks made up in New York for US.
Natural wood handles and shanks.
$50 to 1850
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

goods have got to know how to pick nv
songs and jokes, for they are my stock in
trade, just as shoes and shirts are the other
fellows stock in trade. Past reputation
doesn't count as much people think. If
a salesman doesn't bring in the orders his
reputation drops in the trade In the same
way If don't get my orders in the shape
OF laughs and applause, drop also
Like most salesmen, got my selling
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
The Two Drinkers
BY Witter Bynner
From the French of Charles liidrac

"T HEY hare sat douw together FOR
little drink
H. They are leaning auth oil their
lceiglst on their eIboios:
Their rords are meeting and their eyes
Ind their cheeks and roices and eyes
are laughing
Across the table,
And, oh, qchot good ones they're telling!
They ore really happy for the moment;
They are really happy to- be together;
And get,
# tomorrow they hare to hurry
through a door
Not 10ide enough> for tico,
Where one mast pass after the other,
They tcil pause before it
Wjth an ugly change in their faces,
With an ugly look Mt each other,
And slonting took tolcGrd the door.
As dogs, uith bone betVeen them,
Gro1cI, tcd17aing each other of,
SO mag these two become to-rrorro4o or
tonight,
These ttoo soho no1o are friends because
Of little drink
That Is true enough, and it's sad, too,
But that's not the 10Gy to say III
TINS is the aoay to sag it:
These two men rcho are laughing
Might be fghtng for no reason:
They might ind a thousand reasons
To be fighting;
There are reasons d-plcnty!
They need only pick, they need only
chsosei
Bnt no,
Deep IN that old heart of theirs,
Is the secret need Of anion and Of ,nirth,
nd IN a moment Of unberding,
While the spite Of life has left that
poor old heart 10 itself,
See hoa0 their eyes are Iaughtna,
See holc they slap each others shoulders.
See holo they hare no doubt Of each
other,
See ho'o they Ike to offer each other
drinks,
And, oh, iohdt good ores they're telling!
Prom Contemporary Verse.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
That Noise

In describing how the audience often
spolIs laugh, Al Jolson says:
l want to say word about whispering
and talking in theatres When people
cough come in late, talk, shift the feet and
DO the hundred and one things that an audi
ence does do, they are making it mighty
difficult for the statesmen to sell their
goods. In way. it is just as though
man whom salesman was trying to sell
was very rude and curt. That nav seem
far fetched, but it isn't People have no
idea how disturbing these little things are.
IN drama actors work through half the
play TO lead up to tense situation, and
then foolish giggle or careless sneeze de
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

experience in small stores. These stores
were called vaudeville, and in these places
picked up many valuable selling point
l learned such tricks OF selling as how to
approach my customers, when to close the
sale, and how to put my goods over And
even to-day, after about eighteen years Of
selling experience, am constantly learning
new ways.
i can easily demonstrate what my selling
experience in small stores did for me by
telling what happened when | went to one
of the biggest department stores In my
line that you can find in New York mean
The Winter Garden.
ain vaudeville had learned that the
average human being loves 10 have people
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Surprise

ION almost par with contrast would
put surprise.
"Flguring out what the audience expects
and then doing something different is grea.
1un to me- In one of my pictures, The I'm
migrant the opening scene showed me lean
ing far over the side of ship ONLY nv
back could be seen, and from the convulsive
shudders of my shoulders it looked az
though | was seasick n had been il
would have been a terrible mistake to show
1t In the picture. What was doing was de-
llberately misleading the audience. Be
cause, when | Strengthened up, 7 pulled
fish on the end Of line into view, and the
audience saw that instead Of being seasck
| had been leaning over che side TO catch
the fish It came as total surprise and
got roar Of laughter
There is no mystery connected with max
ing people laugh. All have ever done is to
keep my eyes open and my brain alert for
any facts or Incidents that could use in
my business. | have studied human nature.
because without knowledge Of it 7 could
not do my work. A knowledge of human
nature is the foundation Of success"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Now Then, Jolson

And here is how A Jolson Gets
Laughs IS related in "The American
Magazine" Comparing himself to a
salesman, he says:
Just as any other man sells merchan-
disc, | have to sell my goods to the audi
ence SO when people say | know how TO
put song across they are merely saying
that, like a salesman of shoes or shirts. I
know how to sell my goods
TO bring the point down further, just as
the buyer must know how to select hi
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

~ kings of comedy, Charlie Chap
Il lin and Al Jolson, are able tc
command 'the laughter of the
rods." and others, is here related in their
.rr words. The first confession is that
~ Charlie Chaplin (taken from "Thc
Grand Magazine"). in which he unveils
Few Of the professional secrets which
govern his success;
The one point OF human nature TINT I
.,.v upon moro than anything else Is that
i, ,,rkcs people ms funny when they see
.or,e one else placed IN an undignihcd and
embarrassing situation.
~. isn't the mere fact Of n hat blowing
"A that Is funny, 1t ia the ludcrous eight
presented by man chasing up the street
With his hat blowing and his coat-tails fly
ing that makes people laugh When a man
wslks quietly along n street he is not
funny. Placed in an embarrassing and ride
Nous situation, however, the human being
nrovokes other humans to laughter
DAll comedy of situation is based upon
this fact Comedy moving pictures were an
instant success because most of them
showed policemen falling down coal holes,
sl;puing into buckets Of whitewash. falling
off patrol wagons, and getting into all
sorts Of trouble Here were men repre-
senting the dignity of the law, often very
uompous themselves, being made ridiculous
and undigniied. The sight of their mis-
fortunes at once struck The public funny
bone twice as hard as if private citizens
were going through the experience.
Even funnier than the man who has
been made ridiculous however, is the man
who. having had something funny happen
to him, refuses to admit that anything out
Of the way has happened and attempts to
maintain his dignity. Perhaps the best
example is the intoxicated man who, though
his tongue and walk give him away, at
tempts In dlgnlhed manner TO convince
you that he is quite sober
"Hc lie much funuier than the man who.
wildly hilarious, is frankly drunk and
doesn't care a whoop who knows it, In
soxieated characters on the stage arc al
most always slightly tpsy, with an at
tempt at dignity; because theatrical mana
gers have learned that this attempt at dig
nily is funny
For that reason all my pictures are built
around the idea of getting me into trouble
and so giving me the chance to be desper-
siey serious in my attempt to appear as
normal little gentleman. That is WHY, no
matter how desperate the predicament is.
! am always very much in earnest about
cutching my cane, Strengthening my DERBY
nat and fixing my tie, even though I have
just landed on my head
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

AL Jolson, above, and Charlie
Chaplin, on the right. The figure
disporting hinself in the fore
ground-but nobody needs TO be
told which of the pair this is.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Harder Than 24

People often ask me how l pick my
jokes Well, take my word for it. finding
good jokes is harder than working twenty
four hours a day. I get swamped with
Jokes from every part Of the country. but
| rarely find one good enough to purchase.
Most of them are either too long or too
risque for me to tell. Every joke tell
has to be simple and short People sort
Of cock their ears to catch every word.
That is strain SO the shorter Jokes ate
the better
also to be really funny, Jokes have got
to be personal. They have got to be about
something people have experienced them
selves. or, at least know all about. The
man who laughs Is always matching up the
joke from his own experience, and while
he is laughing he ia secretly tickled TO
death that while Jones's wife, for example
goes through her husbands trousers each
night, his wife leaves his trousers alone
Jokes about married life go well because
the ma jority of people married and know
all about it.
'ln this seasons Winter Garden show
| told joke about negro barber. 1t was
one of my best and I know why-simply
one sort or another with a barber He has
either been kept waiting an hour or his
neck has been nearly cut off, or he has one
barber who has shaved him for twenty
years. If | tried to tell joke about the
boatmen of Venice, might better go and
drown myself in the Grand Canal Nv au-
dience wouldn't know or care anything
about the boatmen in Nenice
Songs are easier to pick than Jokes vet
the selection of the right ones is very i'm
portant. Any song l sing has got to have
swing to it, that | can get the people
tapping their feet, swayng their heads, or
hummlng the tune along with me- When
they do that | know they are enioyinp
themselves. The words have to be simule
and easy to pronounce; the idea behind the
song very clear, that people can know
what am singing about, and the melody.
OF course. must tickle the ear If the song
Is supposed to be funny, the words are all
important, whereas the melody does not
count AS an example Of that, consider two
big song hits such as Poor Butterfly and
Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Fri
day on Saturday Night In the first song
any words could have been used because
'ne melody was wonderful. In the second
song the melody did not count because the
words were very funny"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

stroys the entire interest in the play. In
comedy, where the lines are so important
points are constantly being lost through
noise in the audience. From my own OK
perience | know that one man rising in a
seat in the middle of song or story can
destroy the entire point. At once the eyes
of the audience follow him to see where he
is going. Being curious, people speculate
as to why he should leave in the middle of
the show, and it makes it difficult for me TO
hold the interest"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Contrast

Another point about the human being
mat l'use a great deal is the liking of the
average person for contrast and surprise in
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

get confidential with him and tell him in side
stuff that he thinks no one else knows about.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
" the Kings Of Comedy Make You Laugh

his entertainment 1t Is a matter of simnle
knowledge, Of course, that the human likes
to see the struggle between the good and the
bad' the rich and the poor the successful
and the unsuccessful He likes to crv and he
lkes to laugh, all within the space of a very
lew moments. To the average person CON
trast spells interest, and because 1t does
am constantly making use of 1t in nv
pictures.
"lf am being chased by policeman I
always make the policeman seem heavy and
clumsy, while. by crawling through his legs.
appear light and acrobatc If | am being
treated harshly IL is always big man who
Is doing it; so that, by the contrast between
big and little, get the sympathy Of The
audience, md always try 70 contrast nv
aeriousncss Of manner with the ridiculous.
mesa Of the incident
ut If my luck, OF course that am short,
ana SO am able TO make these contrasts
without much difficulty. Every one knows
chat tho little fellow in trouble always
gets the sympathy of the mob Knowing
that 1T is part of human nature to SYM
pathze with the under dog always ac-
centuate my helplessness by drawing nv
shoulders in, dropping my lip pathetcally
and looking frightened. 1t is all part of the
art OF pantomime, of course. But if we're
three inches taller it would be much more
difficult to get the sympathy of the audi
ence. should then look big enough to take
care of myself. AS it is, ,he audience, even
while laughing at me- is inclined to SYM
pathlze with me. As some one once said. it
feels like 'mothering me-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

wow two of the most famous
kings of comedy, Charlie Chap
l. n lin and Al Jolson, are able to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-18
At the Hospitals.

Mrs. Henry Lorenz, Of Gladbrook,
who underwent an operation for mas
toidttis Friday is very seriously sick at
the Deaconess. Her temperature has
become alarmingly high. but it was
thought today that she had a. fighting
chance.
Mrs. Herman Dee. Of Baxter was
operated on for acute appendicitis at
the Deaconess this forenoon. Her con
dition is good.
Mrs. e. Dennison, 1909 Vast Summit
street, underwent an operation at the
Deaconess this morning to correct an
impairment Of the vision.
Mrs. C. H. Peter meier. of Melbourne,
is at the Deaconess for treatment.
Mrs. A Brooks, III North Tenth syo-
nue.. underwent an operation at the
Deaconess this forenoon.
Verda and Rosamund Lau, Of Whit
ten. had their tonsils and adeno'ds re-
moved at the Deaconess this morning.
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