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The herald., 1919-05-15
Away With Him!

I do not care for Ezra Grimm,
i much dislike his knocking ways
No man. II seems, Is known to him
For whom he has a word Of praise.
The herald., 1919-05-15
Patent Medicine.

Patent Medicine.
Mary-"She rejected him ten times
before she accepted him."
Emma-"She must have thought he
was medicine and followed direc-
lions in shaking well before using"
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EDUCATIONAL
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
REASER SCHOOL
6l3 Canal Street

Gregg Shorthand, English, Dictaphon-
ing, Bookkeeping, Touch Typewriting.
Civil Service Coaching (Whites). Indi-
vidual instructions day or night, the
year round.
Graduates of the complete commercial
courses are awarded, through the Loyola
University, the degree of B. c. S.
LOYOLA-AUGUSTIN'S
l.. s. Augustin, Dean.
345 CarOndelet st.
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Business Personals

SAIL MAKERS, Awnings, Flags, Tarpau.
Inns and Tents, Theatrical Work Speciality,
Cumberland Phone, Main 1891. Corner Ca
nal and Tchoupitoulas SITS. New Orleans,
La.
The herald., 1919-05-15

VIM P. SALATHE, DEALER IN FAMILY
| and Fancy Groceries, Fine Wines and Ii
quors. Corner Bouny and Evelina SITS,
| Algiers, La.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01
"Where Things Happen"
And Singers at Orpheum
War Sketch With Odd Settings and Nine.
DOree's Opera Stars Are on the Bill.

"where Things Happen and Nine.
Doree's celebrities. two headline at
fractions, each representing the last
word in their respective class, will d.
vide stellar honors of the Orpheum bill
next week,
Where Things Happen" an ingeni-
Gus vaudeville playlet, is produced by
Emily Ann Wellman, who toured the
Orpheum circuit last season In Young
Mrs. Stanford" 1t Is a development of
the idea of suggesting by of
lightning rather than actual scene
The actual set is OF velvet and the story
Is told in six flashes, without the aid
Of scenery of any kind excepting cos
tunes and a few pieces of furniture.
The six scenes, which would be I'M
possible of operation in the ordinary
vaudeville playlet, represents the war
zone, No Mans Land, the outside of a
dressing station, home and behind the
lines The story Is concerned with two
American soldiers who love the same
girl back home. Both were on patrol
when one Is wounded by a sniper, and
his pal crawls with him across No
Mans Land to a first aid station; both
are decorated for valor, and thereafter
the story ove rapidly to a crashing
climax.
Even the most enthusiastic lover Of
opera has never even dared dream of
a performance in which would be Ca
russo, Destinn, Martinelli, Mary Garden,
Tetrazini, Plancon, Scott, John Nc
Cormack, Louise Homer and Farrar.
For many reasons such an aggregation
of operate stars would be impossible.
Nine. Doree, In a way, however, accom-
plishes this seeming impossibility with
her celebrities. She has assembled a
Of superfine vocalists, and
these singers impersonate the famous
song birds OF the Metropolitan opera
house and the concert stages, The ef4
feet is most realistic.
Herbert Clifton, in his travesties Of
the weaker sex, will be an added fea-
ture Of the bill, His character imper-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01
zone Man Vaudeville" Is
Novel Feature at Locus
Joe Cook and Harry Brooks First Half Stars.
Hart and Ray In Films.

Joe Cook, known to vaudeville cir
cles as the one mar vaudeville show"
will feature the new bill at Loew's
Lyceum, which begins Sunday after
noon, and continues through Wednes-
day night. Cook is a striking ex-
ample Of versatility, presenting an av-
erage Of six different numbers in his
act, which represents a miniature
vaudeville performance, from the over
ture to the conclusion.
Another feature of the new bill will
be Harry Brooks, an actor of the old
school, who will present a playlet,
THE Old Minstrel Man. Brooks is
assisted by a capable company, and
the playlet Is said to contain humor,
dramatic possibilities and a good
story.
Others included on the bill are the
Three Rianos In a Darwinian acrobatic
specially, and Fentell and Cecil, in
musical bits from Broadway, W.T." p''
Branding Broadway" with William
Hart In the leading role, will bring
this popular actor back again in what
is said to be a departure for him,
Hart, after being a cowboy in the first
part OF the picture, dons the conven
tional dress suit for some of the
scenes In New York, where his adj
ventures concern chiefly a pretty wait.
ress n a young millionaire spend
thrift he is sent to corral.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01
7WO Big Attractions at
NeW Lyric During Week
"A TGlOr-Made Man" Here for TwO Dnvs
and Lyric Players in "A Pair of Skies"

An announcement Of especial interest
to all theater-goers in Memphis Is made
by tho management of the New Lyric
theater to the effect that beginning
with the coming week, both big road
productions and standard stock plays
will be presented at the New Lyric
theater.
This means that Memphis is to be
afforded continuous entertainment
plays by the New Lyric Players every
night In the week and at special matt
necs and big road attractions booked
out Of New York, which viii play here
at different dates, upon which ocCa-
sions the performance of the New Lyric
Players will be withheld until the road
show concludes Its engagement.
with the New Lyric Players present
Ing various plays as the regular at
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01
''GOodbye Bill"
Hun Comedy at
Locus Princess

The Hun tragedy. grim as 1t Is, has
Its funny side and the part the kaiser's
whiskers played in the German debacle,
Is answered In Goodbye Bill" the
latest comedy success in which Shirley
Mason and Ernest Truck are to be
seen at Loew's Princess Sunday and
Monday.
The play is by John Emerson and
Anita Loos and Is a clever satire on
the many kaiser plays which have been
produced Of late. The story revolves
about the lives and the visit to Ger
dresser, his pretty daughter and her
American sweetheart. The adventures
their visit, all under different cir
cumstanceS, involve them in form the
many amusing situations in the play,
which is said to be ono OF the most
laughable Of comedy productions deal
ing with the brighter SIDE of the war.
Loew's Current events VIII be added
for the two days.
For Tuesday only, Dustin Farnum
will be seen In THE Vrginian," a pic.
Irritation OF the famous stage sue
cess Of the same name by owen Wis
ter and produced by Cecil deMille. An
excellent cast has been chosen to sup
port Farnum in this play, which car
ries a cast OF 500 and is in 400 scenes,
a latitude possible only with motion
pictures.
Pauline Frederick in her latest re-
lease, "a Daughter Of the South" will
be the attraction fer wednesday and
Thursday. In this picture Miss Fred
erick is cast 40 Dolores Jardine, a
beautiful Creole Cir who is betrothed
20 a Spaniard against her will. She
falls in love with an Eastern artist
who is %betrothed 70 IN Eastern girl.
Unexpectedly the gin arrives on the
scene and one of the most dramatic
situations ever evolved marks the sepa-
ration of the Creole from her lover,
after which she attempts to end her
life but is prevented by the Spaniard,
who finally wins her Int his bride,
Beautiful scenes marx mis- picture
which for the greater pan are, laid in
New Orleans. Miss Frederick has been
given an excellent supporting cast. A
new Sennett comedy VII also be
shown.
Wallace Reid will be .e star for Fri
day and Saturday, his latest picture
being TOO Many Millifs." Forty mill
lions in his possession n day, then
broke the next and in I'VE with a pref
ty girl, are but a few X the many sit
uations Reid, as Van porn, finds him
self in during the tte reels Of this
amusing story. Whathe does and how
well he succeeds is hown II a most
pleasing n befre "Too Many
Millions is conciudd on IN, screen. |
Loew,s News week.-Mrs. added
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01

sonations are flawless. Mike Bernard,
the peer of ragtime pianists, will be an
extra attraction. Bernard's particular
speciality is playing two, three or four
notes on the piano to every one that
Is written on the music.
Helen Gleason and company have a
sketch, 1.-THE Submarine Attack" The
sketch Is a comedy throughout, and is
delightfully."- played by Miss Gleason and
her associates. The Florence duo pre-
sent a novelty magic act, which Is en-
tirely different from the usual run of
this style act. =
Friscoe Is known as the wizard of
s~yncopation. He is a unique example
of the modern program of xylophone
playing. Friscoe makes a specially Of
ragtime.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01

H. Guy Woodward and company
will top the bill the last half, in a
playlet, "The Crisis" Woodward will
be remembered here as a former mem
Der of the Woodward, Warren stock
company, before Mr.. Woodward
sprouted out as a photoplay favorite.
In THE Crisis" Mr.. Woodward has
an ideal part, that of a crabby old
divorce lawyer, whose better nature
gets the best Of him always, and who
brings couples together, instead Of
making them agree to a separation.
Gates and England are a clever
pair in musical comedy bits, and Jack
and Tommy Weir appear In black
face and straight, and with their bud
get are crisp new songs and comedy,
and with the speed and action that
vaudeville audiences relish.
Charles Ray will be the photoplay
star for the last half, his newest re-
lease being "String Beans" the hui
morous story of a young farm drudge
who, afters acquiring a Job on a small
country daily, bucks the mayor and
the town leaders, and routs a crook
who Is attempting to swindle the citi-
ZEN with a fake string bean factory.
Ray is splendidly cast and the story
is said to be filled with humorous in
cidents of a typical Ray type. Loew's
News Weekly and a comedy reel will
be added for both bills.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01
Big Shows Will
Play NeW Lyric

Coincident with the announcement
o. a continuous booking policy at he
New Lyric theateT, which viii permit
o. both big road productions and new
weekly offerings by the New Lyric
players, Frank Gray, who will again
son avenue Playhouse b~eginning ncyt
week, announces a partial list Of the
attractions which have been hooked
Ior presentation In Memphis in the
Included in the list are several Klaw
q ranger attractions, and others
when have the backing Of the big
theatrical producers OF the cnnntry
FOLLOWING the presentation OF "a Tai
or-Made Man." here Feb. 6 ana 7
Nsl o,Brien's MINISTRIES win be biled'
followed by such attractions as Flo.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01
MOVIES AND THE STAGE g

Flo" Pom Pom" bringing Up Faith
err odds and Ends, a new musical
comedy; chin Chm Miss Spring
time a Soldier Girl" Frederick
Bowers in I'm So Happy" and others
for which arrangements are now be-
ing made,
Lucille Cavanaugh, bright particular
star Of dancers, will be presented by
Mr.. Martin Beck at the Orpheum, be-
ginning the week VI Feb. 10, in a new
terpsichorean offering.
Naudeville's famous beauty, she Is
returning to the West in an entirely
new dancing act.
Americas ~favorlte minstrel comedian,
Nell O'Brien, and his big company, will
be the attraction at the New Lyric
theater Monday matinee and night,
Feb. 10.
O'Brien brings his minstrel show to
this city on its seventh annual our and
promises an entirely new organization
throughout. with all new acts, songs
fun and features.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01
"A Tailor Made Man"


IN first of the road attractions
scheduled Is "A Tailor Made Man" the
conan and Harris comedy which ran
Tor one solid year at the Conan and
harris theater In New York and which
VIII be the attraction for next Thurs
gay ana Friday nights, with a special
matinee Friday.
"A Tailor Made Man" is a modern
variation Of a theme which has served
playWrlghts often In the past. 1t is
the story OF a prodlgious and audacious
young man, whose ~mendacity over
comes every obstacle, In this case the
zero IL employed as an humble tailor's
helper' He has picked some phrases
aha some IDEAS Of social philosophy
from an old book In the shop and his
n ampltlon knows No bounds he ,Eeven
aspiring to do things Napoleon left un-
done Possession OF a dress suit left
py, u customer which he wears to a
Dall, thereby breaking the social Ice,
starts him on his road to wealth, social
prestige and love, which however, as
me u shows, Is not beset entirely
with roses,
The comedy is bright. the dialogue
sprightly, the situations ingenious, the
cast contains many stage celebrities and
the producers have spared no expense
In staging "A Tailor Made Man"
"A Pair of Skies"
Beginning Monday night and continu.
ing throughout the week, except Thurs
day and Friday nights, the New lyric
payers viii present Edward Peple's
laughing play for tired business men
and houseworn women, "A Pair OF
This clever farce established records
at the Longacre theater In New York
where 1t ran for nearly a year and II
was declared to be one OF the most
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-01

traction, new road attractions will be
brought here as often as booked and
mus there will be no hiatus in the le-
gitlmate calendar at the Madison ave-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-06
HOLMES-MOREI.Af .Af
EDWARDS-WYMAN

Mir and Mrs L. C. Mclean of Ensley announce the enes sister, Miss Agnes Moreand, to John G. Holmes of Pratt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-06
STANLEY-BEELAND

MT and Mrs William Jefferson Zealand of Greenville gagement of their daughter, Mary Louse John G wedding to take place August 12 N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-06
ENGAGEMENTS
WHITMIRE-M'CLENDON

pr and Mrs Alexander Pope McClendon of Goodwater engagement of her daughter Lucille Pope Mir mre the wedding to take place Thursday evening July a at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-06

of July with Mrs. Fred M. Leighton. Mrs. Leighton was Miss Mamie Holt, formerly of this city.
 Friends of MT. and Mrs. W. R. Raw son will be glad to learn that Mrs. Raw son, who left here about six weeks ago for trip through the southern and gulf coast cities for her health, is much im- proved
 MT. and Mrs Sam Edlovitch, who have been visiting relatives in Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New York and Nashville, have returned to Bir- mingham, where they will make their fu- ture home. Mrs. Edlovitch will be pleas antly remembered as Miss Lillian Allen.
 Mrs. E. G. Longman arrived Friday from Brooklyn, to be the guest of her parents, Mir and Mrs. T. H. Harris, on South Eighteenth street. She will spend the month of July here, after which she will be accompanied home by her mother,
 Mrs Fuller of St. Louis is the gunst of MT. and Mrs. Feb Rudulph.
 Mrs. Howard Shores and little daugh- ter and Miss Jenny Trimble will leave this week for a stay on the coast
 Mrs. Howard Shores and little daugh. ter, who are the guests of Mrs. N w. Trimble, will leave in a few weeks for Des Moines, Ia., to join Dr. Shores, who has recently gone there from Washing ton to make his home
 Mrs. Rollo Byron and little daughter, Alice Morgan of New Orleans are the guests of Mrs. Byron's parents, MT. and Mrs. George Jannette, on St, Charles street.
 Miss Helen Jannette has returned from New York, where she spent the past few months studying voice with Joseph Reg neaf, and coaching French songs with Blanch Barbot. She will return to New York early in October to continue her studies.
 MT Hal E. Duncan left for Philadel- phia last Wednesday, where he will join Mrs. Duncan, who had preceded him. They will return about July 26, after wis., iting Atlantic City, New York, Washing. ton and other places.
 
 MT. c. H. Mullins and MT. Thomas H. Vaughn motored over from Montgomery yesterday to spend Sunday with friends in the city.
 Mrs. Camilla J. Grant and grandson Maurice Watkins, left Thursday for an extended visit to Montgomery, Greenville and other points.
 Mrs. Mims B. Stone has just returned from a trip through north Alabama, and will leave tomorrow for Gadsden, Annis- ton, Opelika and other towns in the southern part of the state.
 Lieut. Irving Engel, who has just re- urned from France, is spending a short ave of absence with his parents, MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mrs. T. O. Smith will entertain the Woman's Guild of the church of the Advent, Monday afternoon at her home at Graymount. All the women of the parish are cordially invited to be pre- sent
 There will be meeting of the board of directors of the Young Woman's s Christian association Tusday morning at 10 o'clock at the Young Women s Christian association building.
 There will be an important meeting of the Mothers club of Woodlawn to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock. All members are urged to be present
 Mrs. W. J. Sanderson will entertain the Ladies Aid society of the Simpson Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock 2310 Twenty first Ave- north. All members are asked to at- tend.
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and his mother, Mrs c. staley, is expect ing him to return home in a few days. Sergeant Staley has come direct from Archangel, where he has spent about Eine months
 Mrs. Walter Blackman, who has been visiting in the city, left yesterday for Indianapolis, to join MT. Blackman, who has just returned from France. Mrs. Blackman will make the trip with Mir, and Mrs J. P. Hunt, who will return by motor to Indianapolis. The many friends of Mir and Mrs. Blackman in the city will regret to learn that they will make their home, for the next few months at least in Indianapolis
 Miss Estelle Patton of the South High Hands infrmary will leave Tuesday to Epend few weeks visiting in the east
 
 Miss Margaret Green is visiting Miss Virginia Beauchamp in Montgomery. MT. and Mrs Council M Wright are lat Wrightsville, N. c.
 Mr. J. P. Hunt has recently arrived from France, and he and Mrs. Hunt left Birmingham yesterday to motor to h. idianapolis, where they will be for sev- .eral months.
 
 Mss Lots Wellington is spending sew 'eral weeks with friends in Greenville, Miss.
 Miss Bertha Bailey of Rocky Ridge is visiting Mrs. c. E. Phillips at West End
 
 Mrs. Owen Townsend and baby of Mo bile are visiting friends in the city.
 
 MrS Jane~ D Grav and habv eor James J.. of Huntsville are visiting Mrs Artie Gray.
 Miss Lucille Roberts, who has been act ing as librarian for the Carnegie library in Anniston, has returned to her home in Birmingham.
 Mss Margaret Leslie Garter, who has been visiting in the city, has returned to Anniston. She has as her guest Master Charles McGowan.
 Master Marshall B. Moses is spending the summer at Gulfport, Miss, where he is visiting his aunt, Mrs W. M. Berney. Misses Hattie and Alta Finley are spending the summer at Chicago, the for mer at the University of Chicago and the latter at the Sherwood School of Music Mir. Chester A. Bigham spent part of the week in Talladega- Mss Adelfne Thornton of Fresno, Cal, and Mrs. William A Jackson and chil- dren of Oklahoma City are spending the summer at Monteagle, Tenn. Mrs. F. Y. Anderson is entertaining a party of young people at her country home at Valley Head this weekend for her son, MT. Fred Anderson. Miss Pearl Renfroe has received word that her brother, MT. Morton c. Renfroe 1 formerly of this city, who has been over- l seas, has arrived safely in New York. e l MT. and Mrs. LeRoy Holt and their l little daughter, Alice, left Thursday for | Denver where they will spend the month |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-06
LOUISE CARPENTER

around Chita, pass days in the shadows
 Of the virgin forests reaching from Lake
 Baikal west and still west toward No- vonikolaieysk-perhap the greatest body
 of timber known extending 200 miles south of the railway and so far north as timber grows One must enter the fertile dairy district of Barnaul and smell the soil in that rich alluvial plain, the black earth wheat belt next the Urals. One must hear tales of the northern gold. All this and unima aginably more, the re- sources of Siberia, still undeveloped; undeveloped but no longer unknown, for the trans-Siberian has begun to plumb them and to draw Siberia within the
 circle of the world. In one year after the construction of the road, passen- ger traffic increased 50 per cent and freight still more; it has from that time been one of the most heavily taxed lines in the railway world. with steadily increasing demands. 4 master builder the trans-Siberian for the north of Asia It is commonplace that a railway line trails immigration in it's wake, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-06
Trans-Siberian Railway

From The Sick Man of Siberia" by
 Olive Gflbreath, in Asia Magazine
 The magnitude of the collapse of the trans-Siberian can be measured only by the magnitude of what the road signi- fies to Siberia, the one Siberian railway, decreed by ukase of the father of the late Czar, Alexander III, in 1891, to plumb the wilderness of this remote but virgin-rich Russia in Asia. Asistic Rus sia has never had to solve the problem of lack of resources. but rather how to Eather in and transport it's amazing Treasures and spread them over the world. Bounded on the north by the Arctic and on the south by China, Sibe- ria/has been singularly lost in its own exitless inamensity and far lying dis tances. And the most valuable undevel- oped land in the world is still Russia in Asia. To comprehend the potential ity of it, one must cease to visualize Siberia as map or as the frozen tun- dra of the exile and travel-follow the railway from Vladivostok through the wheat belt of the Ussuri, across the soya bean fields stretching west to Bulk edu and the grazing lands of the Buriats