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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14

the deliciously, hOpelessly, helplessly
sentimental illusions of the age, of
autograph albums and daguerreotypes,
During these decades of British and
continental rOmanticism, when the
fine arts all together dropped to the
lowest depth of aesthetic degradation
they had ever reached, the art Of val
entine making flourished as never be-
fore or since. When the collector Of
today says valentines" he means
those of the funny forties.
Great Valentine Industry.
Especially in England, the home Of
the arts Of the heart, great industry
grew up around the valentine, employ
ing multitude of workers from poets
to die sinkers. Everybody gave every
body else valentine, to delight or to
insult. Maids and bachelors, widows
and widOwers all looked eagerly for
the pOstmail on st. Valentines day.
1t is these mid-century English val
ientines that have in the past few years
caught the fancy of collectors Of the
old missives, as readers Of chap
Ter on "a Box Of Old Valentines"
I'm Virginia Robes "The Quest of the
Quaint" may have noted. In Cincinnati
Frank III. Bear has formed collection
Of valentines that Is internationally
famous, with upward of 1000 speci.
mems, representing such makers as
Kershaw, Marks, Dobbs, Martin, Gilks,
Peck, King, Richardson, Hughes,
Bysh, Hodgson, Kidwell, Tegg, Dean,
Bailey, Harrison and others Of Lon
don; Lloyd of Edinburgh. Leleux of
Calais and Riedel of Nurnberg.
Churches and towers rise in the
Background of many Of these Febru-
ary romances. In one, at least, Is
sued over the name of "A. Park, Lon
don," the village church is all the pic
ture-just a fine, substantial late
Gothic structure quite literally de-
picted. To the receptive maiden 1t
must have come as a rather common
place If apparent symbol of her suit
or's hope for early nuptials. Seem
ingly he might have sent something
with little more of the color of love.
However, probably he knew the tenn
permanent Of the lady.
The Message Revealed.
Just the bare church and II imper-
feet, for that flap over against the
southern aisle has not been properly
pasted down. "Why, look, 1t was in
tended to be lifted" You raise it, the
loose cardboard, and behold, you are
booking into the warmly lighted
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
INFANT TORN TO PIECES
Bears Fell Upon the Little Girl in a
Park


Park
The two-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel M. Willard was liter
ally torn to pieces by two big bears
in q park at Venice, CAL, while the
mother and another small daughter
looked on recently, according to in
formation received by friends here.
The child, while walking through
the park with her mother and sister,
went too near the cage where the
bears were confined. One of the
beasts grabbed the child and dragged
1t through the bars. One Of the
child's legs was torn off and the sec
ond bear had jumped on the childs
mangled form when guard shot both
animals. The child died on the way
to the hospital.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
In Right Direction.

Twenty-Five years from now many a
man will say: "The first money |
ever saved was in buying War Saw
ings Stamps. My parents got me
headed in the right direction and l
contracted the habit of saving" Habit
rules our lives. We use our brains
occasionally: habit works automatic
ally.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
Docks Electrically Eouipped

Electricity plays an important part
in the equipment of piers. 1t is used
for the operation of the fire pumps,
the sprinkler system, fire alarm, for
trucks, lighting the interior of the
pier and for the protective lighting
outside of the pier also for the move
ment Of freight cars by electric loco
motives
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14

II there is any one who won't save
and invest to help the Government
clean up what it has undertaken, then
sell him Liberty Bonds or War Saw
ings Stamps as an investment. II
neither appeal seems to succeed. don't
be discouraged; think of the mission.
aries sent to heather lands and keep
plugging.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
IF Your Feet Ache and Burn

And make you tired All over, ask any
druggist for Aliens Foot Ease. the An
tiseptic powder-Shake it in your shoes
and walk al day in comfort | has no
eqnal for CorDs. Bunions. Blis,-rS or
Callonses Used by American, Britrh
and French soldiers. 46-49
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
Many Children are Sticky.

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for
Children Break up Colds in "a hours,
relieve Feverishness, Headache, Stom
ach Troubles. Teething Disorders, move
and regulate the bowels and Destroy
Worms. They are 80 pleasant To take
children like them Used by mothers
for over 30 years All druggists sam.
pie FREE. Address, Mother Grav Co
Leroy, N. Y. 46-49
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
Should Have Bought a w. 8. 8.

Bill lived for one thing-just to spend.
Couldn't even spare money to lend.
Save? Bill couldn't do it.
And newell. you knew it,
He died poor and early. The End.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
Cafe Bettinu.

About the only sure-thing bet in this
world of chance is to place your money
on the locomotive when it is racing an
automobile to a crossing.-Indianapo
lis News.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14

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or At our o ,kley creamery RUNDELL
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
"Grandma" In the Picture.

Man, the deceiver, comes in for a
swat from grandma ("truly, she herself
had suffered!") in valentine in which
tall, fragile, willowy, underfed and
presumably tubercular damsel in low,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14

II something prevented your keep
ing that 1918 w. 8. S. pledge-now Is
your chance to make good. Keep {
now-Buy w. S. S. in 1919.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14

We will pay STRAIGHT salary of 49,
per week for man or woman with rig &c
Introduce Eureka Egg Products. Six
months contract. Eureka Mfg. Co.,
East st. Louis, Ill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14

church Interior where a pretty wetr
ding, just like the one we hope to
have, is in progress. Was there ever
sweeter concelt? To match the senti-
ment of the picture these dainty lines:
Yes, here at last young love and
The Gordian knot of love shall tie.
And throbbing thus, my bosom swells.
To listen to the marriage bells.
Oh! hasten fond one-haste to me.
In thine own truth and consistency.
Concerning the maker Of this church
weddi1y valentine, and Of many others
which are much sought after by col
lectors, Miss ROBBIE has gathered bit
of information. He was located at Al
Leonard street, London, and made
many valentines about the time of
Queen Victoria's wedding His produc-
tons are generally printed in color
over a black and white foundation, the
deep reds and blues and green run
ming at the edges as If put on with a
full brush. The scene Is always set
in the center Of large sheet. The
lady is always retiring and coy. The
gentleman wears low waistcoat,
high stock and Victoria whiskers, alas
for high romance, while Cupid looks
on like small English schoolboy in
tent on a new game. Park valentines
are not beautiful, but they are well
worth securing and few are decid-
edly amusing"
Cupid and Merry Widow.
Much in several of the valentines of
the famous collection somehow re-
minds one of the art, or artlessness,
of the beefy English ladies who semi
expose their charms to all weathers
among the forsythia bushes along the
facade of the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts.
Wholesome beef-fed Briton, the fact
is, asserted itself even in the most
ethereal manifestations Of nineteenth
century rOmanticism, in such valen-
tines as the one of q plump blonde lady
with Merry Widow hat who cOmpla-
Gently permits three cupids to paddle
about her neck and shoulders. Nothing
in tie wording Of the piece suggests
that this buxom middle-class lady Is
a widow of thirty-five, but one rather
gathers that from her appearance.
She is very least county," very Nordic
in build. Her lover, on the other hand
one suspects from his Identification Of
fairies and cupids, is a dOlichoceph-
allie Irlshman, a kinsman Of Lloyd
George. Good luck to his suit. This,
at all events, is his invocation:
Fairy, for her my passion move,
Whisper meath her ringlets that love.
Fairy. upon her nodded bosom press
Thy rosy fingers to yield happiness.
"GrandnaU In the Picture
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14
In Evs..y Profession.

Not all the quacLs practice medicine.
There are few of them in every other
calling.-Topeka Capital.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-14

Fairy. for her my passion move,
Whisper meath her ringlets that love.
Fairy upon her nodded bosom press
Thy rosy fingers to yield a happiness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Observation-Disclosures

One of the novelties Of the season
is promised at the Metropolitan Thea
ter the first four days Of this week,
In the Rothapfel unit program, which
provides a bill complete Of quality
entertainment devised and directed by
a single producer. The overture was
arranged by Samuel L. Rothapfel and
Hugo Riesenfeld Of the Rivoli Thea
ter, New York. and the dramatic
feature. comedy. epigrams and news
events were produced by Mr.. Rothap-
Eel. co-ordinated into a balanced en-
tertainment. complete from overture
to exit march. The feature is
photoplay of +. Lloyd Sheldon's drama,
False Gods" and the comedy. wild
Flowers" was written especially for
the program by George v. Hobart, the
noted playwright. Mr. Rothapfel, who
made film history with the Strand
Rialto and Rivoli theaters in New
York, 1t is claimed, has originated a
new form of cinematographic enter
tainment that establishes new stand
ards of quality.
Thursday and the remainder of the
week Pauline Frederick will be pic
tured in her latest release, 1.-The Fear
Woman" which will be supplemented
by the short-reel subjects and orches-
trail Accompaniment,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

" Hz1z Ice "
Photoplay Features.
PALACE-Double Bill.

Dorothy Gish, the famous little dis
turber" of D. W. Grifith's Hearts of
the World" and Roscoe (Fatty) Ar
buckle have been combined to make
| the double bill at the Palace Theater
| the first four days of this week. be-
ginning today.
Dorothy Gish is pictured in her lat
est comic offering. I'll Get Him Yet"
as a millionaire's daughter who falls
in love with a newspaper reporter,
who is attacking her fathers railroad
interests. The girl manages to con-
ceal her wealth until the wedding
ceremony is performed, and her eff
forts to keep her family relations a
secret after that result in host Of
amusing complications. Fatty" Ar
buckle is pictured in "a Desert Hero,'t
side-splitting travesty on the west
ern screen melodrama.
The last half OF the week, begin
ming Thursday, William. s. Harris
newest production. Square Deal San
derson," a desert love epic, will be
shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
.kllllIyQnQQnt&o
The PhotoPlay %@z

%- HAT is the legitimate thea.
Nv ter to do for pretty girls
NAk if the motion picture
w keeps stealing them away
that is to say, for pretty
xirls who can talk as prettily as they
lock
In casting a drama, suod elocution-
airy work used to be expected from
the women more than from the men,
The feminine temperament disclosed
emotionality by intuition, and charm
of voice was cultivated as a profes-
sional asset. The children of the
moving picture studio expect to be
seen and not heard. They may say Il
seen it" and Il done it, if they
choose, as they proceed with their pic
torial registrations and no beholder
of the film will be the wiser. unless,
perchance. he is a deaf mute and an
expert lip reader.
= ss IS .
1t is becoming obviously more and
more difficult to provide good femi-
nine players in the legitimate drama.
"A SOOu IOOhIiS SOuuS NOIldn STEPS
on the stage with stately poise and
graceful anima ton. She satisfies the
eye; she arouseS expectation of tenn
peramental depths that must find ex-
preston in vibrant tones ranging
from delicate sweetness to depths of
reverberant power. Mostly it doesn't
happen that way now. The disillu
ont 10 no fa
BILE of Mabel and Her Line of Talk"
The explanation is easy. She was a
student in q studio. She learned to
register. She never learned to talk.
One of the great advantages enjoyed
by the moving picture lies in the
fact that agreea BILE personality may
be employed without reference to ac-
complishments in vocal expression.
Beauty is but film deep.
= > - =
With a comedian it is different. 1t
has often been found that experience
in the studio, restrictive as it Is to
the talents of the lady actor, is bene-
hc1al to the comedian, who picks up
many a point in pose and pantomime
well worth adding to his bag of tricks
for the talking drama. The two lead
ing opponents of the moving picture,
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick
ford, were conspicuously independent
of any charm of speaking voice in the
dramatic theater. Their enviable sue
cess in films has tempted many play
ers to regard any effort beyond rse
appeal to the eye as wasted. 1t would
be a generous thing if the studios
would establish schools of vocal ex-
preston for the players in the silent
drama and qualify them for service
on the speaking stage in case demand
for their services should, in the course
of time, come from that direction.
Many a moving picture actress not
particularly eminent in that domain
might be able to square accounts and
succeed in talking roles if her train
ing were as broad in the studio as
that enjoyed by so many photo stars
in their earlier days of stock or
repertory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
C0LUMBIA-"An Innocent Ad.
ventures"

Vivian Martin will be pictured at
the Columbia Theater the first four
days Of this week in "An Innocent Ad-
ventures" In addition, Roscoe ("Fat-
tyr Arbuckle's bowling travesty on
the western melodrama Of the screen,
entitled "A Desert Hero" will be
shown.
In AN Innocent Adventures" Miss
Martin will be seen as a country
maiden whose efforts to help friend
in need involve her not only in what
appears to be a web Of crime. but also
in the real romance of her life. Lloyd
Hughes, one of the new leading men
of the screen: Edythe Chapman, Hal
Clements and Spottiswoode Aitken
are in the cast.
The comedy. "A Desert Hero" is
one of those rollicking, side-splittipg
mirth concoctions which defy descrip-
ton.
The last half Of this week, begin
ming Thursday. Hale Hamilton will be
pictured in his newest production,
Full of Pep" the story Of a live wire
munition-salesman's chase up and
down the continent for the girl
whose face he saw in a slot-machine
mirror.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
GARDEN-"The Wilderness
Trail"

Lovers Of sensational deeds and red
FLOODED characterizations will be in
terested in THE wilderness Trail"
featuring Tom Mix. at the Garden
Theater the first four days of this
week. beginning today. THE Will
derness Trail" is an adaptation of the
novel by Frank Williams. which tells
Of the old battle between love and
duty. Mix more than, once defies
death in hair-raising feats. One Of
the fight scenes is described as very
tense. Colleen Moore, Mix's new lead
ing woman. is dainty and capital
actress.
The last three days Of the week
Peggy Hyland will be shown In Cow
ardice Court" adapted from the novel
by George Barr McCutcheon. A fea-
ture of the picture Is a most unusual
storm scene. The picture is full Of
fights, quarrels and fear of ghosts.
but has a vein Of delicious comedy.
Extra features complete the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
RIALTO-"Pretty Smooth"

Another photodrama Of the type
that has won fame for Priscilla Dean,
who is called "the meteor of the
SCREEN" will be shown at the Rialto
Theater this week. beginning today.
Its title is Pretty Smooth" 1t is a
play with strong story by Bayard
WELLER, noted author of criminal
plays. Miss Dean Is seen as Gertie
Jones. female thief. who helps the
safecracker she loves, turns straight.
then reverts to crime to save him
and again regains her footing on the
straight path and starts toward her
goal of happiness with firm step.
The scenic effects vary from the
home Of the rich to the underworld
haunts. Subsidiary film features and
a special musical program. which in
cludes violin solo, completes the
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

Cosmos CelebrateS-The Cosmos
Theater. which this week is celebrat-
fng it's tenth anniversary, has earned
the right to do so with especial pride
because of it's unique record as a
house of entertainment for people,
young and old, of moderate means.
In establishing this popular home
of vaudeville on Pennsylvania avenue
between 9Th and 10th streets, ten
years ago, Manager Brylawski laid
down the lines of its management
and they have never been departed
from. First of all, in every matter
affecting the national or the civic
welfare, it was resolved that the Co.'S
mos should be conspicuous. How well
that policy has been adhered to was
splendidly demonstrated not only in
war, the sale of liberty bonds, contri-
buttons to funds for auxiliary war ac-
tivities. and in helping to spread and
to intensity the spirit of true patriot
ism, but as well in other matters
affecting the city's welfare, the influ-
enza epidemic. the movements to
make Washington a cleaner city and
even in such crusades as swat the
Fly" and similar. movements for the
peoples best interests.
A vital rule in the management of
the theater has forbidden any act or
picture to be exhibited in the house
which was in the slightest degree in
fected with the unpatriotic. Lack Of re-
spect for that which its patrons might
hold sacred, or which offended the
most delicate susceptibiiities in mat
tiers Of propriety. Acts SO marred were
barred from the theater. and every
Monday afternoon, at the first per-
Torrance of new bill, all ere-
ments of entertainment are carefully
watched and censored by Manager
Brylawski in person and by others
competent to pass in judgment.
1t is the boast Of the Cosmos that
women. young or old. may attend any
performance without an escort, safe
in the feeling that nothing will be
permitted which is in any degree OBJ
jectionable. The quality of the enter
tainment provided has steadily i'm
proved each year until today the Co.'S
mos bill will compare with that Of
any theater in type, presentation and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
CRANDALL'S-ssThe Knicker-
booker Buckaroo."

1.-The Knickerbocker Ruckaroo." the
most sensational and the most costly
Of Douglas Fairbanks film produc-
lions, which slows the athletic star
at his widest, will be presented at
Crandalrs Theater today and tomor-
row. 1t is the story of young east
erner, who went west and southwest
and proved himself a regular fellow.
Tuesday and Wednesday Norma Tai
madge will be, pictured in THE New
Moon" and the last three days Of the
week Mabel Normand will be pic
tured in her latest farcical comedy.
when Doctors Disagree"
The daily bills will be supplemented
by shorter films and orchestral ac-
compartment. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
KNICKERB0CKER-Rothapfel
Unit.

Today and tomorrow at the Knick-
erbocker Theater also will mark the
first presentation in Washington of
the Rothapfel Unit program, whose
features are False Gods" and wild
Flowers" and which is complete from
overture to exit march.
Tuesday and Wednesday Douglas
Fairbanks latest superproduction,
''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo." will
be shown; Thursday and Friday, THE
Fear Woman" with Pauline Fred
erick as it's star, and Saturday, Harry
Morey, featured in Beating the
Odds" with Betty Blythe.
Each bill, except the Rothapfel Unit.
will include supplemental camera sub.
3ootS- and orchestral accompaniment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

Of the week, at the Columbia Thea
ter.
Constance Talmadge's latest picture,
Happiness a la Mode" the first four
days, and Tom Moore, in Basil King s
The City Of Comrades" the last three
days, at the Metropolitan and next
Sunday and Monday at the Knicker-
booker.
Rosemary Theby and Ben Wilson,
in when Woman Strikes" at
Crandalrs next Sunday and Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
American.

Today, Elsie Ferguson, in eyes
Of the Soul; tomorrow, Norma Tai
madge, in 1.-The Forbidden City;
Tuesday. Evelyn Nesbit, in Thou
in The Amateur Widow; Thursday.
Jack Pickford. in What Money Can't
Buy; Friday, Shirley Mason. in THE
Rescuing Angel; Saturday, Charles
Ray. in Creased Lightning"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Savoy.

Today. May Allison. in Castles in
the Air." a new release; tomorrow,
Emmy wehlen, in 1.-The Amateur Ad-
venturess"; Tuesday. Leah Baird, in
"As Man Thinks; Wednesday, Flor
ence Reed, in Her Code of Honor;
Thursday, Evelyn Greeley, in "Phii
for Short" with a comedy, Scared
Stir; Friday, Enid Bennett, in 1.-The
Law Of Men," and a comedy, Good
Gracious, Bobby; Saturday, Lila Lee,
':HsalthX and HAp1ylc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
NEXT WEEKS PHOT0PLAYs.

William Gillette's famous stage play,
Secret Service" in photoplay form.
starring Robert Warwick. soldier-ac-
tor, in a secret service story of the
civil war, at the Palace Theater
Charles Rays latest picture. Hay
foot, Strawfoot." the first four days of
the week. and June Elvidge, in Love
and the Woman" the last three days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Apollo.

Today, June Elvidge. in The Social
Pirate: tomorrow. Corinne Griffith, in
Thin Ice" a new release: Tuesday.
Zena Keefe, in IAN Amateur Widow:
Wednesday, Leah Baird. in LAS a Man
Thinks: Thursday, Enid Bennett, in
THE Law Of Mem; Friday. Lila Lee,
Grey, in when My Ship Comes In"