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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-06
SOLDIERS LETTERS
Letter from Pvt. Hervie w. Hill Of Co.
!, seth Infantry, A. Z. F., to His
Sister Of Manchester Depot.


Sister Of Manchester Depot.
Somewhere in France, Dec. 81, 1918.
Dear Sister,
As it is Sunday afternoon and l
have plenty Of time l will try and
pen bit and tell you about the Army
in times Of peace.
Last Monday we had a maneuver of
the 5th and 7th divisions. Went out
with full packs rolled, squad rolls, all
company property, kitchen and the
whole division. Object was to see how
quickly we could get ready to move.
On Tuesday had the same outfit on a
maneuver TO see how we would show
up il case we were called 10 active
service any time. Took our ammuni-
ton away from US. Saw some wild
boars but could not shoot them as it's
against the French laws. Wednesday
and Thursday drilled. Friday had q
battalion maacuver. Was in the ar
tillery unit SO had cinch that day.
Saturday afternoon liked US to the
next town about mile and half to
take a bath.
Last Monday night had an enter
tainmcnt at the Y. NJ. c. A. by women
from New York. Played an organ as
they had no piano. The other was
good yiolinist. As good as any vaude-
vile In the State. Had an orchestra
made up from the band: bass violin,
alto, three violins, cornet, clarionets
and flute Also some comedies put
over By men from the headquarters
company. You can bet il was all
The boys are sending out TO Nancy
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p. J. Zabriskie, Supt. Jersey Cit.
Stock Yards Company, Jersey City,
New Jersey.

Says: We used RAT SNAP purchas
ed of you about our plant for the ex
termination of rats with marked sue
cess. 1t is a wonderful preparation
1t did beyond question all your claimed
it would do-killing the rodents, driv.
ing them from their haunts, and elm.
mating odors arising from their death
We cheerfully endorse its use in
places invested with vermin. Fou,
sizes, 25c, SOC, 81. and SO. T. J. Heal
ey, Manchester Depot, Vt. ad,
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paddle my own canoe and have al
least few cares and responsibilities.
Have learned that what makes life
worth living are the daily hours at
work and something to look ahead to
and care for.
Yours with love,
HERVIE
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by some of the officers for some of the
Xmas stuff. Have all Clipped in and
are to move the kitchen into an empty
barracks. Put up tables and expect to
have some time. Wish | was to be
home Xmas, but will be next year.
Then we will make up. Had to make
one here but will do all we can and
will make merry, you bet. There are
boys enough here to have a good time.
We get lot from the Red Cross
and can buy things at the Y. M. C. A.
so can get along. Get the papers
every day given by the Red Cross.
They surely are a help to the A. E. F.
Don't think of any more so will
close, wishing you Merry Christmas.
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There r. more ca,arrh In this section
OF the country than all other diNearer
put together. and for years V was sup
posed 70 BE- incmrahis. Doctors pre-
fefibed local remedies, and hy con-
ssnntlg failing 20 cure with local treat
meat pronounced II incuFabis catRTrh
" a local disease. greatly Influenced by
constitutional conditions and Therefore
rsGnifss constitutional treatment
Halls catMrrh Medicine, manufactured
b. y ! Cheney A ce. Toledo. Ohio. ~
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Price restrictions on anthracite coal
are now of. as well as practically all
other restrictions and there seems to
be plenty Of domestic sizes excepting
stove and egg. Economy will have to
be used on these two for while yet.
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POSTING NOTICE

My wife, Rose Thomas, having left
my bed and board without just cause
or provocation, ] hereby warn all
persons that | will pay no bills Of her
contracting after this date.
EUGEAN THOMAS.
Sandgate, VT, Jan. 20, 1919. 41-S
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The membership campaign for
members for the Bennington County
receive the support of ALL
Farm Bureau Association is still on.
This is an organization that should
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Dee 81. 1918.

Dec. 81, 1918.
Was on room orderly ard had just
finished fountain pen cartoon when ]
was called TO the next bivouac 10 get
mail. Received your letter Ct Noyem'
Der 18th and it found me o. X.
I wouldn't be surprised IL ] were a.
home for sugaring. How | will make
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WANTED-Capable girl or woman
for cooking and general work in small
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Apply Box 4, Bennington, VT. ... 40-4
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FOR SALE--Yoke of Oxen in good
condition; weight about 3400 lbs;
good workers, gentle, will work any
where. Frank Squires, r. +. d., Man
chester Depot, VI. 33-H
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FOR SALE--House in Manchester
Center, east of new telephone building.
Inquire of John Zullo, Manchester
Center, Vt. 35tf
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Doan's Regulets are recommended
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Dec. 26, 1918.
Just in from drill. All is we'll after
Christmas except for hard cold and
cough. Went on sick call and got
some medicine this morning. Hope it
helps me. Too much rain, mud and
wet feet. Carried two pairs Of shoes
all over the globe last summer and
now we have only one pair.
Am pretty well off now and quite
comfortable. 1t is not very cold.
Have glass windows and candles and
can now read at night. The Red Cross
is giving US cookies, jam, gum, socks,
gloves, sweaters and other things all
the time. Will surely eat some griddle
cakes and Vermont maple syrup and
real butter when l get home. Haven't
had any real butter since we left Camp
Merritt.
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FOR SALE-Several good faym
horses weighing from 1000 to 400
pounds each. w. H. Beattie, Manchos-
ter Center, Vt. 6-H
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WANTED-Young women TO learn
to make artificial flies. Address C. r.
Orvis Co., Manchester, VT 3S-H
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FOR SALE-Pool tables and bal
lard table. Inquire A. C. Orvis, Man
chester, VI. lA6
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New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

then he was member Of one of the
Proctor stock companies, but his twen-
ty-five years of acting not overbur-
dened with recognition are, neverthe-
less, filled with varied and rich ex-
perience.
McGlynn is San Franciscan. His
father and mother crossed the plains
in the gold rush of 40 None of the
numerous tribe of the McGlynns, or
the Buckleys. his mothers family,
have ever been on the stage. They
have been contractors and hardware
merchants and priests and bankers.
One of his uncles. Dr. Edward Nc
Glynn. the famous Catholic priest
who took an active part in Henry
Georges campaign in this city and was
tics. He was later reinstated by a
special apostolic decree
McGlynn himself was delivered over
to the study of law. He practiced law
IN San Francisco for good many years
ard then suddenly gave up trying to
like 1T and came direct to New York
for an opportunity to go on the stage
This was twenty-five years ago His
first appearance was in musical
comedy called "The Gold Bug" pro-
duced by Canary and Lederer at the
Casino Theater. 1t lasted a week.
After some further desultory expert
ences McGlynn found berth with
Frohman's Empire Theater Stock Com
pany. This was the beginning of the
making of McGlynn as a character
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

music is utilized in the actual taking
of moving pictures. We always had
music while playing the intensely dra-
matte scenes. | couldn't think Of cry-
ing for the camera, for instance, with
out the proper musical encouragement.
On the stage one also enioys the
freedom from distractions of all kinds.
In the theater the business at hand il
the playing of the one performance
upon the one stage, whereas in a
studio it may be that a slapstick
comedy scene is being made in an ad
joining set and at times it certainly is
hard to concentrate upon dramatic
scene while boisterous fun is going on
right next to you. In outdoor loca-
uons there are also many distractions.
There is still another advantage to
be found in appearing before the
camera. While the stage permits ar
rlvlng at effects through the proper
use of the voice, the camera, in mapni-
lylng expressions in 'close-ups,' secures
telling effects by facial expressions
which would be lost upon the stare.
everything on the stage must be 'exag-
gerated, and so the finer, more subtle
expressions are often lost.
But then, remember these are NV
hrst impressions of the stage, for The
Magic Melody is my stage debut"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
abraham Linc0]n'' Came
As McClynn's Big Chance
After Many Years in Stock
By Rebecca Drucker

Fortune had its little joke with the
late Ben njamn Chaplin. The opportu-
nifty for which he must have hoped for
IN the many years during which, he
made the figure of Lincolnsmove in the
intervals lying between Strapeze act
and song and dance turn on vaude-
Vile bills came 100 late for him to
profit by his unique resemblance to
Abraham Lincoln. And when William
Harris Jr. set about casting the lead
ing figure OF John Drinkwater's play,
"Abraham Lincoln" he was faced with
the embarrassing realization that there
could realize the extraordinarily def
mite physical requirements of the
part
In London the part was played by
William Ray an Irishman. They know
Of Lincoln in England as we. perhaps.
know Cromwell. They know gener-
ally his life and works; that he was q
man of the people and great states
man, but not one man in q hundred
could pick the portrait Of Lincoln out
of picture showing ten other men
of his time. That is why they were
able to accept with perfect composure
aportrait that presented him as rather
short and stout, and with something of
a brogue in his speech-a distinctly
Irish Lincoln
But the Lincoln height is so distinc-
tive and familiar to us as to be past
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Carmel Myers Discusses
Difference in Playing
On Stage and for Film

Carmel Myers, the motion picture
actress who is making her debut in
"Thc Magic Melody" at the Shubert
Theater, was asked if the presence of
the audience, the music, the scenery
and the applause did not furnish in
spiraton and incentive lacking in the
movies. She said:
"Of course, an audience is great
inspiration. Sometimes / wonder if an
audience really appreciates how much
better performance it would witness
if it were more generous with applause
In the movies | always found that a
director who was continuously urging
you on to better work was in himself
wonderful audience and great in
spiration.
"A splendid orchestra, capably d-
rected, is great aid to the performe rs
in musical comedy. The general pub
lie does not know the extent to which
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

things until they are all over. And. oe
course. we see the past in ROSY hues.
Nine times out of ten people who ad-
mt they are happy in the present
don't know what happiness means. .or
else they are shallow They are not
the kind to forge ahead and do things.
50 many women simply sit down and saw,
,Well, we've made our beds; we must
lie on them with a passive, non-re-
slstant splriS that is fatal to progress.
"A lot or domestic unhappiness would
be wiped off the map if wives showed
little ginger in this respect"
Miss Lawrence is bubbling with en-
thuslasm over her work. She reminds
one irrcsistibly OF Laurette Taylor
Her blue eyes are laughter loving, de-
spite a hint of wistfulness. Currents
of JOY are let loose when she smiles
and her dimples twinkle into being
There is something simple and direct
about her that is winning And she
says Now | lay me down to sleep
every night OF her life, just as she did
as httlc girl IN her Quaker home
Yes, I'm of Quaker stock and rm
still a Quaker at heart" she said. "Y
can imagine the shock it was to nv
people when | went on the stage. They
thought | was going straight to the
devil. But as | didn't, they are quite
rcconciled to my stage career now"
Miss Lawrences first experience was
gained in a stock company in the West
She played with Fay BANTER. To quote
herself, she was everything from a
twelve -year-old girl to Mary Queer
OF Scots and Dorothy Vernon, of Had.
don Hall, one of her favorite narts
then she opened the Princess Theater
at Des Moines, Iowa. From there she
went TO Chicago, where she appeare
IN Her Son" The play itself was a
Hat failure, but Miss Lawrence made =
hit and was featured. She was goinp
to London to play in Baby Nine )
when "Over Night opened here and
she appeared in it instead. The next
step IN her career was her MARRIAGE
to s orson d. Mum, who writes plays fo1
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

all the same, | felt the call of the
stage. Coming back from overseas I
looked out on the ocean and wondered
If fame lay in wait for me beyond the
horizon. didn't have any plans at
the time. but | wasn't home long be-
fore | started to make pictures. Nv
first was 'rhe Amateur Wife, Castle
picture. Then | appeared with Elsie
Janis in "A Regular Girl | have since
played in the Lionel Barrymore picture,
'Copperhead,' which will soon be re-
leased. and am now at work on Or.
Jekyll and MIR. Hyde in the Famous
Players studios.'
Mr. Rankin admits quite frankly
that he lives in Greenwich Village and
that when he grew luxuriant crop
Of hair for his part in THE Copper
head his relatives and friends all
blamed it on the Bohemian life of
Washington Square. But his original
excuse for living down there is that
it's inexpensive as we'll as picturesque.
Anyway, his hair is now trinity
cropped and his ties and tailoring are
quite conventional.
Fact is. | think mems clothes
count lot in moving pictures" he
remarked. Pm all for conservative
attire and greatly dislike pinch back
coats and fancy lapels. These may be
all right on tailor's dummy, but thev
are apt to make rather an ass Of the
screen hero who goes in for them too
much. Anyway, it is personality that
counts most of all in moving pictures,
1Ienough appearance helps greatly. no
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

his travesty. Of the other acts on the
bill an important feature will be
the Spanish Revue from Madrid. This
is band of singers, dancers and pam
tomlmlsts from the theaters of
Spain. Joseph f. Howard and Ethelvn
Clark will sing old and new songs by
Mr.. Howard. Joe Cook will give his
"one man vaudeville show" Hubert
Kinney and Corinne will dance. and
there will be a Christmas novelty for
the little folk--Gautier Brothers. in
the Animated Toy Shop.
LOEW'S AMERICAN-Geo Loyett
Will offer a mind reading mystery
act. Nine. Zenda and an incompatible
Jazz band OF six VIII head the vaude
VILE. Other acts Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday are Miloy and
keough in a comedy, Allen and
Moore, Wentworth. Besta and Teddy.
Danny Simmons. Sue Creighton and
sister, and Loray and George. Clara
hlmball Young. in Eyes of Youth +"
Will be shown. The last part Of the
week viii be Ubert Carlton, Lamont
and Wright, "Waters Wanted ;"
Hampton and Blake, Fritchie, the
Mcdonald Trio and Neal and Stewart
out f9nder," with Olive Thomas.
VIII pe SHOWN on the serene.
COLONIAL - Anna Wheaton, musical
comedy star, and Harry Carroll. COM
poser. viii hold principal honors on a
nill which includes Whiting and Burt
Shcila Terry and company. Glenn and
Jenkins, Emnet Dewey and company
Martin Webb Tim and Kitty O'Meara'
FRED Clinton, Gruber's animals. He
lene Davis. Hubert Dyer and partner
and the news pictorial to round out
the bill
ElG HTY-FiRST STREET THEATER-
Victor Moore will head the bill. with
Emma Littlefeld and their company.
Elsie Janis Will be shown in pic-
ture entitled "A Regular Girl" 9th
ers on the bill will include Williams
and Wolfus. Bailey and Cowen, Larry
Reilly and company. Alexander
Sparks and company, Dotson, a photo
comedy. and the news pictorial.
RlNERSIDE-This theater will cele-
brate its third anniversary the COM
ing week with an all-star bill. Nine.
Marguerite Sylvia, Mabel McCane. Ju-
lict, Fallon and Brown and "The
Creole Fashion Plate" will be the
leading acts The supporting bill in
cludes the Briants, In "The Furni-
tuFe Movers"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Brooklyn Theuters

MONTAUk-"Flo Flo" John Cort,.
musical play, will have 3 O'Clock
matinee Christmas Day, instead Of
the usual Wednesday matinee. The
book is by Fred de Gresac and
the score by Silvio Helm Handlers
and Mills. eccentric dancers, and
Mabel Withee are the leading play
ers. Three Wise Fools" will follow
the week of December 30.
MAJESTIC-F. Ray Comstock and Nor
rs Gest will offer for Christmas week
the the comedy, The Five Million" with
the entire Lyric Theater cast, in
Guiding Ralph Morgan, Robert Nc
Wade, Mark Smith, Purnell Pratt,
Harry Harwood, Charles Able. Be,
atrice Noyes, Sue McManamy, Helen
Barnes, Marjorie Poir and others.
There will be special matinee
Christmas Day. The Pathe Company
has bought the entire house for Mon
day evening as Christmas theater
party for its employees.
ORPHEUM-Alice Lloyd English come
dlenne, will be in the top-line posi-
ton on the bill. George MacFarlane.
Nle' Quinn and company, Ruth
Koye, Buzzell and Parker, "Mrs
Welllngtons Surprise" Palo and
Palet' the Nolans, the news pictorial
ad and Charlie Chaplin in "A Days
Pleasure" will complete the bill.
BuSHWICK-Ruth Roye, "Comedienne
OF Syncopation" and a Brooklyn girl,
WI WI Adivlde stellar honors with Ella
Shields, from the London music halls
who is making her first appearances
IN America. "The Girlies' Club :"
Claude and Fanny Usher. Furman
and Nash, Ben Bernie. Dalton and
Craig, Prosper and Maret, the news
pictorial and Charlie Chaplin in "A
Days Pleasure" are also on the bill
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

find her and been lost on the endless
stars that seemed to clutter up the stu
dlo building. A fur tam was perched
sauclly on wavy dark brown hair.
delicately nodded face appeared be-
meath with eyelashes-such eyelashes-
pefrlliing an expressive pair of eyes
"And they christened you Martha"
one gasped, looking at her. "0ur
ideas about Marthas will have to be
revised"
Nov, please don't pick on my
name" pleaded musical voice
Every one laughs over Martha But
I'm quite proud of it. Yes, and think
us very nice name," she finished de-
family.
But do you cook and all that sort
Of thing? Marthas are supposed TO-
aren't they ?"
This one laughed and frankly con-
fessed that between posing for mags'
zlne covers. dancing and making pic.
lures she hadn't had a great deal Of
time to study domestic economy and
felt rather ashamed of herself on that
score.
"Well. you don't have to cook to
make good pictures, do you %
mo; but like to be able to 90
things she retorted "And / believe
III throwing my heart and soul into
everything. There's no success IN any
line of work without spontaneoas en- en-
thuslasm. It's the whole secret. on,
please don't think I'm preaching
laughed this sparkling and eager MAT
tina as she pulled herself up short.
But | work with such intensity ana
actually feel everything l do. am
aiming for the legitimate stage, o.
course, although l find picture-maklns
absorbing work. 1t has been grea'
inspiration to work with John Barry
more: And then Stevensons story hss
lent itself so we'll to perturbation. IN
makes me think of Dorian Grey.
Mss Mansfield started in pictures
more by accident than design. she
comes from the Middle West. and when
she first reached New York her lovely
features readily secured her work as
an artists model. She posed for nags-
zine covers to Harrison Fisher, Ham
ilton King. Stanlaws, John Henry
Philip Boileau and others.
II tired of this within years time
said Miss Mansfield. 1T WAS so IN.
active and did not call for the use OF
ones faculties. | wanted to be more
than a mere doll. SO got a small par'
as one of Hops brothers in the pan,
tomime Hop O. My Thumb. Then
spent a season in the Follies and an
other in the Frolic | was at the
Century Theater when Hazel Dawn
told me that a girl of just my typs
was wanted for star part IN nes
picture. l don't know how it happeneas,
but l was taken on and since tfen :
have played with Harold Lockwooe,,
Montagu Love, Eugene O'Brien, ano
now Mr.. Barrymore. I've only been "
pictures for year"
just year and Martha has ar
rived. But then half an hours con,
versation convinced ons that she haa
some truly Marthian qualities as wen
as much beauty.