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Why stamps Are withheld.

Local brewers say those in others
sections of the state have been secur-
ing stamps for the new beverage and
that the local bureau has no right to
hold them UP. Revenue officials claim
the brewers have no right to make beer
Of more than one-half per cent strength.
II stamps were sold. Mr.. Clark says.
the bureau would he taking part with tho
brewers In violating the law, which
states that the sale OF stamps is re-
stricted to "only qualified brewers and
tobacco manufacturers"
The brewers will base their action
in selling tho new product without
stamps on the fact that none would
be issued to them although they pre-
sented certified checks for their pur-
cahse.
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Works TRANSFORMATION Again.

In this melodrama Mr.. Barrymore Is
by turns an ardent but Illicit lover, a
criminal writhing in torment, a savage
misaRthrope and finally man who has
been led by an innocent girl to discover
that there can be some sincerity in kiss
ing after all. AS in Justice" he worked
a remarkable transformation in his ap-
pearance and wore his convict's garb
equally well. though this role called for
rather more candid agonizing than did
the Galsworthy play. His countenance on
coming from Jail was a lesson in makeup
to many a movie start wasn't over
DONE and yet 1t conveyed quite clearly
tho impression that the prison had played
the very deuce with the hero's liver.
Mr.. Barrymore may quite conceivably
add to his theatrical reputation in his
new stage play. The Jest" opening this
week, at the same time that he has
raised himself by his bootstraps another
notch in the film world through this
photoplay. wherein he rises to an I'M
usually dynamic scene in the climax in
a way that does your backbone good to
! watch.
Another player at present on Broad
way who Is in the picture is Constance
Blnney. who fills the role of the trust
ing heroine so charmingly one scarcely
notices that when she Is supposed to be
playing a violin she rarely fingers the
| instrument. Fortunately Miss Binney Is
not one Of those celluloid cuties who
imagine that to look genteel they mus,
lavish the powder until they appear &c
be kalsomined. "A S'prise Party r
Ever thing" tho first Briggs cartoon OF
boyhood on the Aims, proved amusing
though perhaps not very much OF sur
prise.
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Earns a Place on Broadway.

|. At the Rivoli William Russell. a new
member OF the family here. proved his
right to be invited to come again with
Brass Buttons" This comedy concerns
a young man OF wealth who seeks the ac-
ing her for a maid and deciding that the
best way to meet her is by DOMINIC a
cops uniform-the nightstick. as is we'll
known. being moro potent with servants
than Cupid's bow.
Incidentally in winning her he has TO
clean up an Arizona town, where the
staple industry is shooting up the works,
and does the job in twelve hours-a hard
job for the Committee OF Fourteen, per-
haps, but nothing to a former Fordham
athlete, as Russell is. Eileen Percy is
alluring as the cause OF tho rumpus. and
Bull Montana is entertaining as che
gunman who starts to do a little private
shooting, but let's his tongue run away
with his trigger finger.
At the Rialto Dorothy Gish, in "Peppy
Polly" finds chance for all the surplus
energy that the California sun seems to
have been storing up in her. She plays
the part OF an investigator In a mis-
managed State reformatory. who cyclones
through the place before finally standing
the grating officials on their heads.
Miss Gish overfiows with all her wonted
ouaintness. the overflow being finally
caught in the arms of Richard Barthel-
mess.
At the Broadway Monroe Salisbury
follows THE Binding Trail" which leads
up to The Bank" with Charles Chaplin.
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BARRYMORE IN JAIL
AGAIN--0N SCREEN
Seven Years Behind Bars in
His Latest Movie, "Thc Test
Of Honor" at the Strand.
DOROTHY GISH AT RIALTO
VIM. Russell, Former Ford
ham Athlete, Does Wei
in RivOli Show.

John Barrymore can't keep out Of Jail.
He went to prison in Justice" he was
clapped behind the bars in peter Ibbet-
son" and in his latest movie. The Test
Of Honor" which opened at the Strand
yesterday, he's in again. Evidently Mr..
Barrymore must have his lock step be-
fore retiring for the night.
The trouble in this screen version OF
e Phillips Oppenheim's novel. 1.-The
Malefactor," starts when Barrymore, as
Martin Wtnordve, a young Virginian,
knocks a man down--and Barrymore is
one of the few actors before the camera
who can deliver a punch with conviction.
The man diee-he has a skip stop heart
and though It Is really through the
guilt of the mans own wife. Wir0rdre
can't very we'll do anything but go to
prison to shield the woman. since the
story is laid In Virginia.
After glooming 1t for seven years in
prison Wingrdve comes out, a changed
and embittered man, and sets about
wreaking his vengeance on the woman
and the doctor who played him false, &C
complishing his purpose with the instru-
mentality of an inspired headache. In
the end. OF course, he finds that revenge
isn't comparable to crushing the real
girl UP against the old red necktie.
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.2.75P G. BEER TO Be
SOLD MINUS STAMP
Syracuse Brewers, Denied by
Revenue Collector, Decide
to Market Product.
Special Despatch 10 The suS.

SYRACUSE, April 6.--Refused revenue
stamps for beer made since December
regardless OF it's alcoholic strength.
local brewers declare they will place
2,75 per cent. beer on the market with
out the Government seal and force a
test OF the constitutionality of the law.
Jesse w. Clark. deputy revenue coll
lector, who refused to issue the stamps,
bases his stand on the fact that Arms
which before December l manufactured
beer OF more than one-half per cent.
alcohol have no standing as brewers
The brewers asked Commissioner Roper
whether he approved the stand of the
local officials and requested an opinion.
He replied that he did in a telegram re-
ceived tonight.
"Old beer" that In beer brewed be-
fore December /. will be exhausted in
a few days. and claiming the revenue Of
ficials lack the right to deny them
stamps the brewers will place tho 2.75
per cent product on the market without
the stamps
Deposit. Money for Stamps.
Every time a barrel is sold money TO
equal the cost OF the stamps II they
had been placed on the barrels will be
deposited in a local bank and turned
over TO tne poNerHuieHl ohiCiais Wneri
demanded. Beer thus sold will be
marked "non-intoxicant."
Manufacture of beer of more than one
half per cent alcohol was stopped De-
cember by Presidential proclamation.
but the brewers are permitted to dis
pose of stock manufactured before that
date. A second Presidential proclama-
ton said materials banned in the pre-
vious two months could again be used
in the manufacture of non-intoxicants
He did not say what per cent alcohol
was considered non-intoxicant Efihu
Root and William d. Guthrie. counsel
for the National Brewers Association
advised the members they would be
within the law in manufacturing 2.75
per cent. beer. II It was a non-intoxi-
cant, and this is the product the local
men will sell without the stamps
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07
AVOID THAT DOUBLE CHIN"
investigation Has Shown II Can Be
Controlled II Not Entirely Done
Away With.

Among the other strange ideas ad-
vsnced In THIS era of strangeness Is
the one which would make II appear
that the personal form Of plumpness
known as a double chin is not strictly
patriotic The critic. presumably a
person OF lathlike build, declares that
double chin Is an Indicator OF dis
regard for conservation. Generous
feeders are usually marked by this
feshy excess.
OF course nobody wants a double
chin. As far as known il never has
found a welcome. Nobody desires 20
lose the precious neck line OF youth.
A double chin with It's curvlng crease
Is quite enough OF an anxiety without
coupling IT with. an intlmatlon OF dis
regard for loyalty.
Happily tie charge has brought a
quick response. An investigator de-
claros that the double chin can be con
trolled and very largely mitlgated II
depends largely upon the carriage and
pose of the head. The person who
has a repeated chin or is threatened
with one. should recall and practice
nr Edward Everett Hale's famous adj
vice Look up. not down" The per
son who sits, or stands or walks with
an erect body and keeps the chin up
tilted can defy the crease and the fat
" ridges-yes. and defy the insinua-
lions of the lathy critic.-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07
Palestine in chrIst.s lime.

At the time OF the birth Of Christ.
Judea, that portion In which Jerusa-
lem was situated, was dependency
Of the government Of Rome. In the
year 40 A. D., about thirty-iive years
after the death Of Christ, Jerusalem
itself was captured by the Romans
under Emperor Titus and was de-
stroyed 1t was rebuilt by the Ro.
mans and held for varying periods
by them, 10y the Persians, 10y the Mo
hammedans. by the Crusaders and
by the Turks II was under Turkish
rule from 1919 until capture by the
British
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07
thinking and Doing.

1.-THE end Of lie" said Emerson.
is an action and not thought
which leads Us TO remark how much
Importance we give TO the thought
and forget the corresponding action.
This very thought Of Emerson Is
worth nothing unless II eliminates in
n deed. And the lesson now is, never
10 have thought that does not orig
mate or cniminate in an action. A
thought apart from action Is of no
worth. Thinking well and refusing
10 do We'll is destructive OF character.
Teach that philosophy AT school. and
you understand it, gentle teacher. and
II YOU don't stay home and wash
dishes. Saying nice things and doing
poor ones Is the calamity of life. from
which we should all pray 10 be freed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07

How Foot Stunning OF Chinese Women.
With lite Accompanying Agonies,
Was Originated.

A small foot was M one time more
greatly desired by the women of China
than any other item 81 feminine beau
~. How the practice Of stunning
the feet originated Is told by
Henry Charles SIR In China as De
scribed by Great Writers" lie says;
The empress OF an emperor, who
reigned In China before the food
was found by her leGe lord near the
apartment of one Of the principal Off
GERS OF the household. who had the
reputation OF being a lady-killer. Re
celving from the emperor a severe
reprimand. the frightened woman
pleaded in her defense that IL was not
her fault, but the fault OF her feet
which were so very large they bore
her 10 the forbidden precincts against
her will. Thereupon the emperor or
dered the fore part Of her feet ampu-
tated. To conceal the fact the en-
press announced that she was 70 IN
troduce new fashion Of small feet
and all about her were ordered 10 DO
likewise.
Az six years Of age the Chinese girl
started 10 curb her feet. The foot
below the instep. was forced into
line with the leg. the toes then
doubled down under the sole Of the
foot, the Zig toe being made TO over
lap the others. Bandages were then
applied with horrible pressure, and
for six weeks the child suffered in
tolerable agony. After this period
the pain subsidized and the child could
totter about on the stumps. This Gus
tom was abolished, with other relies
Of early Chinese practices, by royal
edict several years ago.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07
Sad Fate Of Chinese Widows.

Very few Chinese widows ever re-
marry. As a rule. customs OF society
do not 90 further, but In some parts Of
Fukien the self-destruction Of widows
in their devotion TO their dead hus-
bands has assumed almost barbarous
forms, FoI example; when a man dies
his wife VII generally declare her In
tention to kill herself TO demonstrate
her fmthfulasss toward him. Then
the elders Of the family will cause a
high stage 10 be erected and invite
their relatives, friends and acqualnt-
ances TO witness the heroic deed.
When the appointed hour has come
and the spectators have assembled,
the lady will ascend the stage To hang
herself amid the admiration and APP
probation OF the spectators. Then a
stone arch VIII be erected 10 her men,
ory, and the family will be regarded
as ilustrious for possessing such q de-
voted wife.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07
WRIGHT SCHOOL

Master Erwin Hunter is spending
the week with his uncle in Lansing.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wright and
family of Alma and Burdett Wright
Of Detroit spent Sunday with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a. y. Wright.
Master Raymond Needer has re-
turned home after spending a couple
weeks with his sister ar Summerton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weese, who have
been spending some time on a trip
through Canada, spent few days
with the latter's sister. Mrs. Hector
Smith. last week They also enter
tanned their son, Mr.. and Mrs. Dor
land Smith and son of Bay City and
also an auto load from Saginaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wess Webb and Mr..
and Mrs. George Randels spent Fri
day huckleberrying near the Chip
pewa river.
A baby boy arrived at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lentz Monday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Carpenter and
baby Of Lansing spent the week end
with his sister. Mrs. Wesley Webb.
and family.
The farmers should be able 20 get
their grain threshed this year as
there are three threshing machines in
the neighborhood at present.
Percy Hamlin Of Shepherd is
spending few days this week with
his cousin. Bernard Hunter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Whitcraft and
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Church spent a
few days last week picking buckle
berries near Harrison.
Seth Adams is on the sick list.
Mrs. James Barry gave a kitchen
shower Friday for Mrs. John Barry
who recently lost her home by FIRE
There was good crowd present and
Mrs. Barry received many useful
/ presents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Cox Of North
Star spent Tuesday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. A. ID. Wright.
Miss Nellie Russ of Forest Hill will
teach the Wright school the coming
term.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07

"Ah always hadmo' fai'h in symnafy
ian In CONGRATULATIONS observed shin
bone. You knows 20 sure dat dsr
ant anvhc1y rwirfor lac jealous on
YOU hahd luck. -lioston Transcript.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07
Irs the Truth That Hurts.

An item Is going the rounds Of the
Canadian press TO the effect that o
New York state paper Is being sued
because comp made an obituary coz
dude. MAY he roast In peace ~
Fourth Estate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07

Watch for "Bolshevism on Trial"-
Idlehour soon.-adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-07

Advertise your wants in The Rec
ord.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-06-07

II lies with rs 10 determine wh"thrr
~ not We ARE going 10 waste and scat
ter our resources ~ mind and body
until we must catch. like drowning
tncn, 1T strawS of chance or SO build
md store our lives that II fate should
buffet ne too Sorcly We will have snt
ticeui stamina 10 make even that last
straw q bridge over which wc may Stlll
climb "a success. II Is usually the
downs" of life that make Us fiji io live
ur III. heights, and IT, when We are
cropping almost hlindlI through tears,
foi our last straw, we can see clean
swept open places devoid ~ the clut
ter and intrigue ~ Whit we once con
sidcrcd success and happiness. then
viii our descent Ia the last dregS ~
EFFORT net us iuconcriNahle aud lasting
good. Exchange.
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MUCH LIKE THEIR FELLOWS
Average Persons Behind Bars Would
Compare FavorabIy With Those
Who Have Liberty.

"Some people, Bud" said Leonard
v. Whpnnc. according 10 Glenn NJ.
Farley in the Seattle Post-lntelligen-
Ger. "srem To think the jnlls ARE filled
with very dangerous and very Wild
people. suppose the average IAN
or woman would no more think OF
mluglng with these persons behind
the bars than going into the bear pit
~ Wo"dlund park A. mntter OF
fact. there are about the snmc grndes
Of society In Jail as out Of IL. Man
and woman prisoners 20 about their
daily tnsks quietly; they nre as soft
spoken and trivial in conversation as
ARE the people outside. hive seen
some mighty pleasant people In jail;
men that could sit down and talk
courteouSly and intclligently with you
on any topic And in general appear
hge street exhibit. They don't look
dangerous. they don't look wild Not
one IN forty is II confirmed criminal.
Most OF them were caught of guard
they made little slip when the Judg-
ment was asleep, aud there they nre.
We ought not L, be sentimental with
these prisoners, nor should We hold
them In horror. They are just a
piece Of the community. split on TEN
porarily. mostly through their own
cnrelessness.
1--WE are all living over powder
magazines man or wonnn may live
for nifty years before nm explosion
comes. ana il might never come. Many
n man has been q model citizen. sober.
decent, upright, fair aud square with
his ncighhors. and In an unguarded
moment has destroyed IL all. one 1T
tie word will sometimes move good
citizen 10 shoot aud Kill. The human
equation Is mighty complicated In
strument. set on hair trigger and
some fool Is always lingering II. or
examining Il to see II IL Is loaded;
we live IN succession OF tragedies,
though never expecting them. Even
now the loom of time Is weaving trag-
cdles 10 come, with the sun shining
and the birds singing and spring In
the mir tomorrow, perhaps. blow,
lapse from moral consciousness for
moment. and another respectable
person will go wrong.
'Rud. never be thankful YOU are not
MS other men: be- thankful that no
body ever happened 10 set on an OK
plosion under YOU and II you pray.
Bud pray for strength 10 80 puckcrcd
for nmlushes until your time Is NJ.
and you lie down TO sleep with your
fathers. And Bud thnt's about the
only tIme YOU win b. wholly safe"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-06-07
How Aviators Help Science.

The method II rhot"rrarhically sur
viewing Tho earth from airpiucS cas-
unlly referred Ia hy General Sccly in
Introducing the air service vote In
the British parliament Will rcvolution-
i2c mnpmaking. Trigonomctricnl sur
v,ying is such tedious and expensive
business that les than nucf"urih ~
the land area OF the globe has a> yet
been accurately surveyed The maps
Of the other three fourth> ARE mere
approximations or based on clever
cueSswork An International confer
encc which met IN London ten wears
ago decided un me production Of II
uniform map Of the world on II scale
Of e ! "HUn. but the possibility ~
finishing n" Job this century seemed
very remote ~ the tIu. Now thut
uviat"rS can carry out the survey work
while flying over he country "a be
mapped there Is ne reason why the
International map should not be I'm
Ishcd within the next decade.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-06-07

black walnut cases jammed in With
out regard to order
Il could heir you II lot grandfather.
! always worked with father in his
study. and | know how 10 du>f ana file
ard arrange papers, ana | can do type
writing too.
THINK il needs ii here don't youf"
demanded the Judge Il like things
this way. Never let anyone touch any
of my papers in my lie"
Tn" street door opened and closed.
ana somebody came along the polished
h%lwny with quick soft step. Lett
Tia did not know she WAS taking her
first look az her champion when John
Farley stepped in and smiled AZ her,
Il slender. almost childish figure in
black at the mercy of the judges Wit
and favor
"lieltn's daughter" was the way in
which tie Judge introduced her. curtly
adding. she just suggested living with
me in order I" put my place in order.
DO you agree with her. john"
II certainly do" said Fnrl"y heat.
lily. us he seated himself AZ the bros 4,
HAT topped desk and opened his case
OF legal papers. 81 wish | had some
body this minute 10 take dictntion and
help me. sir"
"liumph!" growlcd the Judge; take
on Your hat and coat. Letiiia. II this
doesn't work out right I'll hold you re-
sponsible, John"
Farley laughed roundly and met lie.
tltin's tired, appealing eyes. the love.
Hest eyes he had ever seen.
IL stand responsible he agreed.
From that day on Le,itins work was
cut out for her, as they said hack
home. She was given little room up.
s,Llrs, and every day found h,T labor.
ing under the judges wutchful eye.
Strengthening out the library and the
melee in the old study. And every day
~ 20 came Farley. with his case Of
papers. Ia :" over the business Of the
day with the Judge and look NJ Lett
tia
She had become plumpcr aud roster
since that ilrst day. Aoki. the japan.
tse house boy and cook. adorcd her
very shadow, and delighted IN making
'lafnties 70 tempt her appetite. An
other duty which She had taken upon
herself wac airing Beckett, the big Eng
lish bulldog and Kienzi. the Italian
greyhound, This gave her nm excuse
10 get out on the drive for long walks.
and Farley found that, by finishing his
work about 3 80. be could join her for
a short tramp
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-06-07
"AIl Fools Day"

The origin OF the custom az playing
tricks on the th"uehilcss on April !
cannot be- traced with anything like
certainty In the literature az the last
century there are found many refer
rncps to il. and yet beyond TINT II Is
scarcely possible To go. One sngges-
iion j. that the custom Of plhyin:
tricks on the tirs, day of April was de
rived from seine ancient pagan cll>.
tom. such nS the Hull festival among
the HindooS. ar the Roman Feast ~
the Fools. one fact. however, We 40
know. and that is that practice pre-
walls In many countries under various
names. which would Indicate that il
dates back 10 The verS early history
~ the race.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-06-07
And dnrInE those tlmes theIr friend.

And during these times thelr frlenu-
ship rlpened, until one day Letitia ven.
tured 20 tell him her new trouble. She
even showed him the ring on her left
finger, very plain little ring. with q
foreetme-not In turquoise surrounded
by pearls.
II was very old AFFAIR. she assured
him. quite two years. Bert Was twenty
two now. and when he left for college
she had promised to marry him. II
was only Ia encourage him, She added.
plnintvely. She had never thought he
would care for her so long. especially
when he didn't even see her. Of course
she WIS eighteen now, and old enough
To know her own mind. and
And you don't want TO marry Bert,
that ~" asked Farley. briefly. try
ng to hide from himself how her
words hurt him is he coming OH
lercf"
IL don't know. He says h. won't
ct tn, stay here half killing myself
working for somebody who doesn't care
'or me. Don't you think grandfather
ares for me one single bit Mr.. Far
pyf"
81 don't see how" Farley check
ed himself, and stared over at the Jer-
.cy shore with It's twinkliug rows Of
light you're the only relative the
Judge has. OF course you know all he
1sS will be- yours ~ the event OF his
1cnce itself He has changed his will
u your favor recently. so mn sure
he has deep affection for you"
oh dear. why did he do thaif"
sighed lcttin. hopclcssly. "N"w he'll
expect me- To- stay here with him for
ever, won't hct didn't want amy OF
lis old money Mother always told
ne that II She were 10 die, must he
sure and come Ia him and try and
mike him happier"
And you're not happy" asked Far
cy
Happier than ! WAS III first. but
Is pretty lonesome. II il wasn't for
he dogs aud you, Mr.. Farley, don't
know what Id do"
81 am battered" he said tcasingly.
Some day Rienzi. hop. to get ahead
n you. old boy, and even II Rocket and
Bert. Some day when the judge IL
specially irritable, aud she feels like
flying away. think We will take her
for long walk aud tell her number
~ things"
LctitIas head was higher than usual
aud eyes very bright as she hesliated
m the first step. She wished he would
say more instead ~ Just standing and
looking AZ her that why hut John was
u LAWYER and knew wheu tu stop his
summing W speech 20 get the best
effect on the iurN
81 think said LetiIa fiunlly in II
little furry Of uncertainty, that they'd
like 10 walk little farther on TO
night"