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Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
WHEN NoYoN WAS EVACUATED.
pespaIrirg Villagers Could Not At
Once Believe That Savage Huns
Were Really Gone.

Noyon was before the war just one
of the many sleepy Old French pro-
vincial towns, with an hotel de Vile,
and cathedral, and little gray streets
twisting ont into a rich. green agri-
cultural plain; now. writes Elizabeth
Shepley Sergeant, in the Century, 1t
will always be remembered as the
town nearest to Paris-only 65 miles
away-where the enemy stayed for
two and a half years. It had been used
during the occupation as sort Of con-
centration center from the actual FIR
ing line. Before the retreat, however.
virtually all the useful members of the
community had been deported; all the
men between sixteen and sixty-there
were good many OF territorial age
not mobilized during the first days of
the war, and therefore caught by the
German invasion7-and most of the
women between the same ages except
those who had dependent children. 1t
y'as, thcn. community largely made
up Of ole women and children and of
the very old. who, on a certain Thurs
dSy in March, were ordered to go into
their houses, close their shutters, and
not come out for 4S hours. Promptly
q series Of explosions began, very
alarming explosions, which made the
poor people inside tremble. What new
horror were they up to now? The
sounds went on for a day and half,
gradually growing fewer on the sec
ond morning. By afternoon, strange
". nothing whatever could be heard !;
not voice, not a rumble. The bold.
est spirits pushed open the shutters a
little and perceived that the streets
were absolutely deserted-the gray
green soldiers were nowhere to be
seen. Slowly and cautiously, halting
at every step, they ventured out and
up into the center Of the town, coming
back with the astonishing news, the
news nobody dared believe. that the
Germans were gone. They had blown
up the bridges, burned few factories,
cut down trees along the roadsides,
and made off. Even then the French
inhabitants believed there must be
some trick about 1t: and when their
own soldiers, looking unfamiliar in
blue uniforms instead of the old red
and black, entered the town the next
morning, they tried, in the midst Of
the tears and welcomes, to hold them
back lest they get caught in an am
bush. 1t was true, though; the peo-
pie of the Noyon region were again
free citizens of France.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Remarkable Tactics.

In "ground flying" tactics the pilot
acts mainly on his own personal IN
itiative, and he must be prepared to
attack the enemy wherever he may be
found, either with bombs, grenndes,
dnrts or mnchine-gun fire. Thus Ger
man officers in charge of ammunition
dumps have every reason to fear the
approach of British slow fliers." The
fear OF mnchine-g,in fire is even great
or, ana whole German regiments have
been decimated and demoralized BY
British alrplnncs.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Fed the Multitude

Mess sergeants are just the same
whether they're In Kansas City, Mo-.
or Chateau Thierry, France-always
suspicious that the whole army Is
trying to edge on their company
mess.
The beans ran low-which will in
d'cate the gravity Of the situation
in company that was having its first
hot meal out of the lines. 5000
''Three hundred and seventeen
men I've fed" finally exploded the
mess sergeant. "Three hundred and
seventeen! And when we went into
line we were only two hundred and fif.
ty strong. You'd think company
would lose when it's fighting, but It
doesn't. It gains."
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
New Kind Of Candy.

II someone offered you box Of
chocolate bonbons which were SO de-
licious that you apologized for the
number you ate. and then someone
told you that the chief ingredients Of
their Interior was p-0-t-a-t-o-e-s,
wouldn't 1t surprise you? Food Ad-
ministrator Peden OF Texas, who had
this experience, was more than sur
prised. The filling Of the bonbons was
suggestive of coconut and very deli
cate to the taste. Potato candy is n
logical follow-up to tapioca -four
bread, whale steak. mesquite sirup
and other interesting food revcln-
lions brought about as result Of the
war.-Dallas (Texas) News.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Concrete Shin Not New.

That the much-talked-ot new con-
crete ship Edith, generally considered
n discovery in ship building that will
revolutionize the industry, was ante
dated by some IL years in the Philip
pines is II fact not generally known,
even to Filipinos. The bureau of, nav
igation of the islands constructed in
1905, however, n floating re-enforced
concrete dock for the use of boats In
the Pasig river, n dock which is in use
to this day, and perhaps the first sue
cess achieved In the use Of concrete
in shlpbuilding.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Wheat Crop In Scotland.

The president of the Scottish board
OF agriculture recently stated that the
wheat crop in Scotland this year had
been increased by 10000 acres, the
ont crop by 10000 acres and the po-
tnto crop by $4,000 acres. There was
some decrease IN the barley crop, but
the net increase on the whole OF these
crops was 227.OO6 acres, compared
with 1917.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Hin Excuse.

One Camp Custer rookie claimed he
should have deferred classification
and 10 substnntla.e his allegation re-
ferred to Deuteronomy .4-5:
"When a man hath taken new
wife he shall not 10 10 war, neither
sbull he be charged win any business,
but he shall be free az home for one
year and shall cheer up his wife which
he has taken"
"Well," said one OF the army clerks
after sizing UP the blrd making the
claim. Il guess she would need cheer.
Ing up II she picked of ihat lemon
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
He's a Thrifty Flohter, Too.

Proof that the American soldier Is
not forgetful OF his financial obliga-
tions toward the folks at home" is
found in the report of the Knights Of
Columbus general secretary at an
embarkntion camp that during two
days he sent express company money
orders aggregating $4,000 to soldiers
relatives, this snm having been in
trusted to him by American fighting
mcn,
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Airmanrs Discovery.

Writing home from France an Amer.
lean airman says Of a recent flight !.
II went up for altitude and made the
remarkable discovery, which am
thinking of publishing nt oncc--name-
ly. that the world is not round, but
snuccr.slnpcd slightly depressed n
tlia middle"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Plays Pushed Into Success
By Modern Methods

good business. But as in the same
breath he processes an enthusiasm for
all plays one is left uneasy as to what
controls his special urgings
1t is only occasionally that he is
startled by the emerging of a play like
Redemption" out of the cut-rate racks.
1t is not in the calculations that such
a play should win favor in New York
Mr.. LEBLANC admits that it is not the
type of play he urges upon the public
There are few plays of this season
or last that have not leaned heavily on
the cut-rate ticket dealers-of whom
there are a number besides LEBLANC.
And many plays that are down on the
atrical records as great successes owe
their start to them. 1t is a system
which might work to prolong the life
of really fine plays until the public
came to realize their value. But the
good this system does is more than
offset by the number Of anamic, unfit
plays it forces upon an unprotestng,
inert public. Under the present system
it works more often than not as a
subsidy Of plays that the public
has already signihcd its desire
30 reject. Of course, one may say that
in the long run poor play will flicker
out and a good one will survive. But
in this process of artificial stimulation
good many ideas become falsifed.
And if a play is bound to flicker out
why should it not have short shrift?
In the mean time the institu-
tion of the theatre, like all other
modern institutions, seems to have been
victimized by its own cleverness and
efficiency. R.D.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

had been bit less nice we should have
hated her. But you couldn't hate Miss
Bayes.
And in the twinkling of an eyelash
she was ready and it was her turn to
go on and announce her engagement to
Irving Fisher. But first she introduced
every one in the company.
Helen Montrose is delightful per-
son. In fact. she is twice as nice as
any one else, because there is twice as
much OF her.
We asked her where she got the idea
for her dance. which she does with poor
Mr. Ebbsmth.
IN tell YOU" she said. seriously. Il
once saw some cows trying to be cute
out IN pasture. And one Of them
looked like me. II ever get chance
to do dance shall pattern it after
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

if each had been visited with the home
illness I have been forced to endure
ever since was born"
"Ain't 1t bHghty to be home1y?
"However, while I do not rant at
fatc-at least, openly-for having
played me such shabby trick, at times
| do wonder why | am so homcly, es-
pecially when my mother, Annie Bald
win, well-known leading woman on
the London stage years ago, was such
an extremely beautiful woman.
"Ah, fate, | am as | am; five feet
one inch in height, and perhaps the
homclicst actor on the stage, either
in England or America.
"And the discouraging part of it is
that never but once have I been Sc
lected for a part because Of my home
liness. In fact, my looks have been q
detriment, eXccpt-and l say it with
thanksgiving--in farce.
"ln drama it was always my unholy
luck to have an entrance in a scene
WneIe laughter was "HdC tney ulu nO'
want. And when l did manage to Sc
cure part and get to the opening
night, my homely face would get 6
laugh. And the next morning some one
else was rehearsing in my place.
"And, mind you, did not 'mugg.'
just looked natural
$50 l sworc off doing anything but
farce; and, outside of one or two slips
I have attempted to live up to my
promise to myself"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

fully. How many Lucille hrst-act
gowns have you?"
ooh, a half dozen or so. You see, I
get tired OF wearing the same one all
the time How maddening!
That's rather nice, think. It's new.
Nancy, take down the blue one" 1t
was gorgeous affair Of cornfower
blue chiffon velvet, with bright green
and soft pink dabs on it where YOU
didn't expect them. Next to it hung a
wonderful watermelon pink chiffon. and
then came our choice of the lot-a
sheer white organdie with baby Irish
lace, made over pink crepe with blue
ribbons and festoons of rosebuds and
forget et-me-nots.
And there were hats and fans and
slippers to go with each one. And it
didn't seem bit fair If Miss Bayes
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

the sportive grace Of that mild-eyed
bovine said to myself. SO l did"
Here Miss Bayes was right in the
midst Of Without You" with Mir.
Fisher, and it didn't look as though she
ever was going to leave him. SO we
Went back into the dressing room and,
closing our eyes to the beauties OF
chinchilla and Russian sable and broad
tail. we let Nancy put us into our own
simple caracul coat, trimmed with the
fur OF the humble skunk. then buttoned
it over an honest heart ana Nancy took
US to the iron door and turned US loose
in the theatre
And as we went down in the elevator
our spirits rose. "Wen. anyway we
said, she has TO work every night and
we have to work only Thursday nights.
The rest is play-like this"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
By Harriette Underhill


Thursday mornings are hateful morn
ings because they precede Thurs days,
which are hateful days whenever any
one is planning a good time and says
"How about Thursday?" We always
snap back ooh, no, not Thursday.
That is work day
All OF which proves that nothing is
perfect this side of the great divide
not even a job in The Tribune dramatic |
department.
Now, as matter of fact, we love
everything about newspaper work ex-
cept the writing And Thursdays being
the day when we do that, Thursdays are
our bette noirs OF course, YOU don't
have to leave it ali till Thursday
There is no law which says it may not
be spread over the whole week, but
Thursday being the dead line. every one
leaves it all until Thursday. Excepting
the boss. He does his on Friday
Oh, yes. This is well constructed
article and we are getting somewhere.
We are about to write perfectly rip
ping interview with Nora Bayes. But,
as we were saying, Thursday mornings
are awful. Our dreams of the late
morning are laden with a horrible i'm
pending something which little later
takes form and becomes a bushel of
unopened mail and six or eight or ten
chatty stories to write.
Last Thursday was the worst of all
1t was raining, and then on our break
fast tray lay nice, blue, interesting
envelope postmarked Philadelphia. We
opened it. and it was wonderful letter
from some one who had taken the trou-
BILE to find out our home Gin manner
of speaking address, and full of eve
read all you write" and "can hardly
wait till Sunday and lot of other
nice things, and then it said "Whcn are
you going to interview Nora Bayes?
Please do her, for we think that she is
a peach"
And as we love to obige people who
say such pleasant things to us and as
we love to write about Nora Bayes
and as we had her scheduled for this
week anyway, we are doing it.
Some time ago we went to see Miss
Bayes in "Ladies First" "How did you
like it?" said the peg6n who always
asks our opinion, seriously.
"Splcndid,' we answered
"But isn't it all Nora Baycs ?" he
asked.
eyes, thank goodness!" we answered.
We, for one, can't get too much of
Nora Bayes, and we were sure she was
going to be just as chummy and con-
Mike, the incest little press agent
that ever wore a sailors uniform, took
us to the door of the dressing room
and introduced us, through the crack
Lady come in, man stay OUT said q
voice slightly muffled in cold cream.
Fancying that perhaps she meant us,
we went in, and then we saw why the
prohibition. Miss Bayes didn't have on
her Golden transformation which she
wears as Betty Burt Also she didn't
have on some other things which Betty
wears in the first act.
"Hello." said Nora, just as though
she had known us always. "Sit down.
No, you can't. There is only one chair
and Pm sitting on it, Have to make
up! Late, as usual, Take off your
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
"A Little Journey Mores

Rachel Crothers's comedy, "A Little
Journey" moves to the Vanderbilt The
atre Monday evening from the Little
Theatre, from which house it has been
compelled to withdraw owing to the
limited seating capacity. The engage
mcnt at the Vanderbilt will be Of an
indefinite period.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Ten Reasons Why We Like
TO Mteruie1U Nora Bnyes

coat. Nancy, hang Up the coat. love
your frock. Who made it? I'm 50
glad you had silver in it instead of
gold. No one ever wears clothes we'll
unless they love them. love them
Don't you?"
Yes we answered. ESPECIALLY
yours IN this play. Oh. may we see
that Lucille thing you wear in the first
act ?" - ! :
(which 0ne?" said Miss Bayes, bra
zenly.
y" hlch one?' we echoed, reproach-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Who 8 Who in
Current Plays

Christine Norman, who plays the role
Of the neglected wife in "The Crowded
Hour" went on the stage. originally.
merely for the purpose of enabling her
to secure a musical education.
Miss Norman was living in Paris
when her voice attracted the attention
Of a number of persons, and she was
urged to study for the opera. She
had just arranged to do so, when finan-
cial reverses in the family forced ner
to abandon the plan.
Shortly aftorward Miss Norman re-
turned to America with her parents.
The idea of putting her voice to prac-
teal use, abandoned for the moment,
vas still strong in her mind The only
thing that stood in the way was the
needed money for vocal education.
To get it, Miss Norman thought of
the etage. She enrolled in dramatic
school, and her work in play. given
by the pupils at the end Of her first
YEAR was so above the ordinary that
VIII Dean, a manager for David Be-
lasco who saw the production, offered
her an engagement in 90 he Warrens of
Nirgina.' She followed Charlotte Wal
ker in the play when Il went on the
road
Miss Norman still clings to the hope
that some day she will make both
name and fortune as a singer, but
;cto
she shall achieve both results on the
dramatic stage
Following her first engagement, Miss
Norman played in Bernstcn's "lsrael."
Following that, she had important roles
in "The Bird Of Paradise" " "The Avi-
ator," "Upstairs and Down" "Our
Children" peg O. My Heart" and. of
course, "The Uncnastencd Woman in
which she scored one of the real hits
Of her career.
In both the last named play and
'"lhe Crowded Hour Miss Norman's
parts are rather similar. SO neglected
has she been in her recent stage ex-
periences, Mss Norman confesses she
is getting rather anxious to have a
part where some man falls desperately
IN love with her. She says she might
even think Of trying vampire role,
lust to convince herself she hasn't en-
tireiy forgotten how to handle the "un-
fair sex"
Little Marie Callahan, the four-foot
high, eighty-seven pound heavy bit of
dainty femininity whose acrobatlc
dancing with Harland Dixon in the
third act of Charles Dillingham's "The
Canary" at the Globe is one of the
most amusing features of that per
formance, has appeared before New
York audiences before this-and yet
has not been seen before this by
New York audience. She danced every
week night and two afternoons on the
stage of the Globe in "Chin Chin" and
Of the thousands upon thousands Of
persons who enjoyed her performance
not one Of them confronting her on
.he street ten minutes later could have
identified her-for the excellent rea-
son that she was one Of the little bears
whose antics in the toy shop IN the
rrst act were so genuinely amusing.
And whenever she was on the stage
she was completely cnvcloped in the
hshv bruin costume It was the eX
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
NEWS AND NOTES OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS

position of her unusual ability in that
part which led to her selection TO he
Dlxon's dancing partner when Dovle
and Dixon succeeded to the parts
Montgomery and Stone PLAYED here
mat explains her presence in the big
cast of the latest Dillingham; Offering.
ii. Cooper Cliff, who plays a promi-
nent part in "The Invisible Foe" the
lhomas Dixon production now playine
at the Harris Theatre, comes Of old
theatrical stock. His father was an
actor and manager. His mother was
kemble, direct descendant of the
Slddons, and well-knovn on the Eng
llsh stage IS an interpreter of Shake
spearian roles. Mr.. Cliff was trained
for opera, studying the violin. singing,
fencing, dancing and began his stage
career as violinist, followed by en-
gagements in Gilbert and Sullivan
operas. Before coming to America he
played three years at the Drury Lane
Theatre with Henry Irving. His first
broadway engagement was with Will
lam Faversham in "The Souaw Man"
Following this he played many we'll
known roles, including the light come
dy villain in "The Intruder" the hu-
morous, mystic Nobody in "Everywom
an and leading part in last years
Seven Days Leave"
Mr.. Cliff, who plays the doctor in
Walter Hackett's psychic play, saws
that it is relief to play an agreeable
part, as he has, in his long and varied
career, played so many villanous parts
on both stage and screen.
Whenever 7 hear fat man saw no
enc loves him, or pretty girl be-
moaning her fate about her beauty be-
ing detriment to her ambitions TO
act, because managers refuse to give
her the opportunity to do more than
present an attractive picture" saws
Dallas Wexford, the funny English
waiter, now appearing in "Keep 1t to
YOURSELF" at the Thirty-ninth Street
Theatre, 81 smole to myself little
smile, and go my way wondering what
would happen to the fat mans disposi-
ton and the pretty girls pulchritude
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-12
(First published April 4, 1919
NOTICE OF SALE OF LANDS UN.
DER EXECUTION

Notice is hereby given, that in
pursuance of writ of execution is
sued out of Court Clerks office of
the District Court in and for Grady
County, State of Oklahoma, ON the
9TH day of March, 1919, in an action
wherein VIM. Cameron and Co., Inc,
was plaintiff, and w, G. Carter was
defendant, commanding me to levy
upon property belonging to said de-
fendant, w. G. Carter, sufficient to
satisfy a Judgment rendered in Jus
tice of the Peace Court Of Grady
County, in said action in favor of
VIM. Cameron and Co., Inc, and
against said w. G. Carter for the
sum of $219.32 (includng interest
to date of Judgment with 6 per cent
interest thereon from date of judg,
ment, January Gath, 1919, until paid,
and accrued costs in the sum of
$905, together with accruing costs
on this execution; have levied upon
certain lands and tenements belong.
ing to said W. G. Carter, not exempt
from sale under execution, for want
of goods and chattels of the said w.
G. Carter, to-wit:
Lots One, Two, Three and
Four in Block Ninety-two (92)
City of Chickasha, Grady Coun-
ty, Oklahoma, according to Of
ficial plat and map thereof, to-
gether with the buildings and
improvements thereon,
and have duly caused said lands and
tenements to be appraised according
to law, at $1,000.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given, that in pursuance of the com.
mands OF said writ, l will offer for
sale and sell for cash in hand to the
highest bidder, said lands and tene.
ments, or so much thereof as will
satisfy the said judgment and costs,
on the 5th day of May, 1919, at II
a m. of said day, at the front door
Of the court house in the City Of
Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma.
Witness my hand this End day Of
April, 1919.
MATT SANKEY,
Sheriff of Grady Co.
By L. w. Jones, Deputy Sheriff.
4-4-30td
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-12
TORNADO TIME is HERE.

Can you afford to run the risk Of
losing your property by wind when
it will only cost you about 16 cents
to guarantee you $1OO. No? Well,
call me up and tell me to place the
insurance to take effect at once for
you can't tell what hour it might
come.
If you are building a new home, or
remodeling the old one can pro-
tect you against wind while you are
in course of construction.
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.
l have one bungalow almost done
that is for sale on payments and
don't hesitate to tell me what kind
of terms you want if you want any
terms, this bungalow is at Tenth
and Minnesota. | am starting four
four more bungalows on Chickasha
avenue between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets; this is fine
location and if you want one of
these and want to tell us OF any
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-12
ARE YOU INTERESTED?
Cochran's Bill Board No. 6

thing extra you want done to it we
will try to fix it to suit you, remem-
ber they are all for sale and the
first that comes will be the first
served.
have some bargains left yet in
ready-built houses, for instance 1914
Chickasha avenue is a real bargain
on real, easy terms.
LOAN DEPARTMENT.
l think we are doing the largest
by far loan business on city prop
erty of any one in Chickasha. Why?
Because we have the most liberal
contract offered by any company,
and if you will compare our contract
you will find it so.
OUR INVESTMENT STOCK
The local Building and Loan Asso-
citation will pay you little over 9
per cent a year en- your savings; no
taxes or other bother about any
thing, so what WI L,.at this for an
investment? Is It safe? Come to
my office and will satisfy you
along that line.