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New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Variety;s. Golden Days
Go Unn1O urned

fly. However, if one is inclined to
mourn the passing Of that naivete
which was vaudevilles chiefest charm
in other days, he has only to reflect
that in this new passion for refine
ment is displayed naivette of an
equal though a different sort.
The Keith management, which has
shown great capacity for considering
all the angles of their many sided busi-
ness, has not overlooked the value of
experimenting the limits Of
good business. If the results Of this
experimenting are not radical, it is be-
cause they have kept tight hold of the
psychological truth that the common
denominator underlying vaudeville is
the love of the familiar. Who said
for new sensations? No audience is
more pathetically eager for the safety
that lies in long usage-for the songs
that resemble other songs it'has loved,
the sting, thrills that do not take it by
surprise. And greater part of vaude-
vile enterta nment is built on a shrewd
recognition of this fact
Every fresh and new act has to spec
ulate against this inertia. To come
through victor in a duel of this kind
there has been evolved rule Of thumb
that a certain kind Of audacity, a GER
tain mode Of attack, is required. This
is the myth of vaudeville personality.
The business of extending the range
of vaudeville also runs up against
the blank wall of native limitations.
There are many things extremely
popular in Continental and English
vaudeville that do not graft onto
American vaudeville. For instance,
none Of the several efforts to popu-
larize pantomime here has ever sue
ceeded. 1t may be that Americans
fail in the necessary finesse of atten-
ton. Notwithstanding the enormous
appeal of Yvette Guilbert and Albert
Chevalier to foreign music hall au-
diences they won no success here. In
deed, Yvette Guilbert's failure still
casts its shadow on many an adven-
turous vaudeville impulse.
Notwithstanding these expressed
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

limitations, the inertia or hostility Of
vaudeville s1dience gives curiously
before the push of great talent. how
ever unfamiliar. For instance, Beatrice
Herford's exceedingly fine and subtle
monologues are scarcely of the
robust sort to which a vaudeville
audience is accustomed. Yet they sue
ceed enormously And there is re-
cent incident which proves that there
are unexpected responses in any
vaudeville audience.
There is in vaudeville a prodigy who
has memcrized four thousand poems
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

and who recites whatever the audience
asks for. In all his experience no
more than four hundred poems out of
his repertory have ever been asked for.
So, as an experiment, he announced
that he would recite poem of his
own choice, "The Ballad of Reading
Gaol" But at the end Of his allotted
time only onc-half Of the poem was
finished. He stopped and told the
audience that he could r6t finish the
poem; that the next act, q famous
vaudeville team, was waiting to go on,
and with one accord the audience
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

said it; in fact, the first thing in the
advance notices of "rhe Gray Horizon"
which made our heart jump for joy
was the announcement that he killed
somebody. Our spirits have been very
low about him during those pictures in
swallowing him whole. 1t has become
too much his habit to be always max
ing presents to the poor, turning the
other cheek to slanderous attack, de-
voting his existence to nursing weak
AngloSaxon youths back into the mar
row path, renouncing unfortunate la
dies who suck the honey Of his musical
vows up to the last reel only to be
thrown back upon the. stony bosom of
their family, professedly for their
own good but really in order to graf
ify his taste for remuneration and for
dying for the first person that comes
handy. Forgetful of the royal days
when we sat spellbound while he.
branded Fanny Ward with a red-hot
iron, while he fed through the mid
night of volcanic islands carrying stol-
en- pearls in his breast, or poisoned his
wife for the honor of his house, he
has lately so INDUCED himself in
desire to pluck sympathy from every
flower that there has begun to creep
into his acting, more damaging than
any acid to that keen metal, Il sug-
geston of slow music and of his lin
gering on the taste of his own suffer-
ing virtue as OH an all-day sucker.
Hayakawa Transcends Restriction
This is one Of the dangers of being
an essential poet and tragedian among
those areaway restrictions. Stories of
historic importance, of legendary
beauty and romantic passion, things Of
scope and depth and really large signif-
icance conceived in an ultimate and
distinguished mood, are the very essence
of his meaning as a dramatic figure.
durc the commonplace. We hope we
don't suggest that his acting is not
"natural"; it is not always natural to
be undstinguished. That thoroughbred
racer we were speaking about a while
ago is perfectly natural-as a thorough
bred; he will never be drayhorsc for
all that. Mr.. Hayakawa has, as mat
ter of fact, too truly naturalistic
technique, too justly observed a variety
of manner, for people to be always
gasping about how natural he is. But
story without vivid imagination, which
can clutter along pretty convincingly
arm in arm with mediocrity, faces
him, droops, withers and drops down
dead, leaving him with it's corpse on
his hands; another muffler upon that
mingling of dramatic dynamite and
classic restraint which mark him, for
US, as the most important actor Of our
screen. All, now, if we just could get
him Hamlet-even without improve
ments!
Meanwhile, there is "The Gray Hori-
zon," with the earlier moods of utterly
charming vivacity and the leap and
sparkle of its little river, with its wild
and lonely mountains and the passion
that arises amid them, as lonely and
as wild as they.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
The Scenario TreadmiU
Holds the Thoroughbred

seen equalled, and which lends to the
earlier part Of the picture heaven
knows how much Of its imaginative
value. 1t is always good wager to
keep Mr.. Hayakawa out of doors. If
the story has not the right qualities
for him there, if anywhere, it will
take them on, and, if it has them al
ready, there they will find themselves
with the least opposition of atmos-
phere, for he is entirely competent to
keep scenery in it's place, backing up
human romance.
We aren't going to blunt any ap-
petite by telling the story of "The Gray
Horizon" since it is simply and purely
story, and very good one. But we
ought at least to suggest that it con-
Germs very simple boy whose life is
violently invaded by all the great
forces-by death and treachery. by the
lust and satisfaction of vengeance, by
love and the loss Of love, and the sud-
den vision of an implacable fate-and
who meets them as they come with the
passion and directness of his very SIM
plicity. Nothing of this is mushed or
fumbled, NOT is it watered by any
maudlin waverngs or repentance; the
boy charges against the world with an
instant clean obedience to the strength
of his impulse, and with no more
lingering or yearning about his crime,
once it is done, than a young animal
or young god might have. There are.
to be sure, certain brief scenes toward
the close where we think we see Re-
morse invited by the story and hang
ing round the threshold in hopes of
being asked in. But Mr. Hayakawa
Will have none of her. He plays these
scenes for the mere nervous frenzy of
strong nature coming to realize that
it must be beaten and his Yano finally
dashes himself to pieces against life,
with the best grace Of hatred and hard
ihood to the very end. He gives the
part the clear action Of a wave which
gathers and rises and shines moment
in full splendor and then filings itself
away in a spirited and ungrudging
crash.
Restraints Greed for Self-Sacrifice
We are we'll aware that this crash
is sacrifice for love, but of that we
wish to say as little as possible. Not
because we don't like it in "Thc GRAY
Horizon" where it is inevitable and
right, as vigorously defiant, moreover,
as if it were self-assertion. But we
simply cannot bring ourselves to en-
courage Mr.. Hayakawa in that greed
for sacrifice as a chronic state which
has grown on him so alarmingly that
we have learned to tremble lest we
should yet see him drown before our
eyes in the very syrup Of self pity. We
had long determined to say this, even
If our knees gave way with US and
we fell into mere supplication as we
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

shouted, "Never mind the n.r,
Finish it,"
1t is this extraordinary quality Il,
extension and change, tnis .en,s.~
quality in the gay, shifting, naIv. a.
native crowd, that is the chief fasc,n.
tion Of American vaudeville.
Faithful as it is to It's mediocr;.:
it has the power to fash out into rae,
comprehension. Il is its inconsis,os
cies that make it genuinely repre,e,,
ative OF the times.
As for us, we wouldn't 20 ba.s ..
varie'y's golden days for anythjnv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
THEATRES
GRAND THEATRE

Miss Cantwcll, Of Wash;n%t will
entertain the patrons CT the Grand
Theatre tonight. She vii! be accom-
panied h" Fer pianist. Gene early.
Also Blue Ribbon Feature, with
Alice Joyce.
Percy Standing does a splendid
piece Of character acting in the role
Of Bill, gunman, in ''Everybody's
Girl" the Vita graph Blue Ribbon
Feature, which Will be seen at the
Grand Theatre tonight. Mr.. Stand
ing comes from a family of distin-
guishcd actcrs and has had promi-
ncnt roles in many Of Vitagraph,s
big productions.
Alice Joyce is starred in "Evcry-
body's airl." adapted from o.
Honry's short : stcry, Brick Dust
Row."
Come early and get good seat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03

France, late soldier in Marshal
Foch's army and for time a prisoner
il a German camp, writes: 4 tel!
you there cannot be any eqaul!ty be-
tween Germans and other peoples,
No more than between an eagle and
a nightingale. When you hear
nightingale you are happy and you
make yourself noiseless, but when
you see an eagle you take your
gun and fire at It. When YOU take
IN eagle you put it in a cage so that
It could not do any harm. Germans
also must remain in a cage whose
bars will be our soldiers on the left
bank Of the Rhine and Poland at
Danzig.
"In the same manner that an
eagle cannot become a nightingale,
Germans cannot become good ma
ton. Tell it in America"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
NEW SOIL BY WIND ROUTE
One Storm in March Carried Millions
Of Tens From Southeast
To East

One is reminded Of verse about
iiestlc drops of water and little grains
Of. sand by the estimate made, 1t the
University Of Wisconsin. that a SIN
gle storm list March scattered A.
least a million tens Of solid matter
from the deserts Of Arizona ana
New Mexico over all tic northeast
ern. United States, from Wisconsin
to Vermont.
The ;nfiir:t2s:n:al particles Of sol
i'll matter, swept up by the storm IN
the deserts, were carried On snow
fakes, so many OF them that 'at
least million tors Is the term
used to describe aggregate weight,
and deposited wherever the snow
flakes melted. The conclusion is
reached by microscopic examination
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03

CT tie firm OF Perkins, Perkins and
Walker, Of this city. The defense vii!
probably be a lack Of mental ade-
qracy to a full understanding Of his
responsibility for the death CT IL"
Green connty magistrate. Morris was
regarded as Url!t for military service
h. spite of fine physique and his
familiarity and ability .citn w2&poT@,
the examiners al the Southern camp
thought the service wculd be better
off without him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
RICHMUND-TOM MlX

If you are interested in :he OLD
days when justice, crippled and stag
s,r. i. was fighting IL way through
the vast region Of the West. don't
miss the new Tom Mix picture. cal
led "Thc Coming of the Law" which
shows at the Richmond tonight.
This photoplay, which has rot only
thrilling drama. ia mary comedy
situations, is based on the book of
the same named by Charles ALDEN
Settler. Besides beirg coed story
with plenty OF adventure and rom
arce, Mr.. Mix has added to It many
sensational stunt. It is one Of
those pictures where courage and a
cool head win their way against
sheer rascaity-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03

10 find him. lie was finally captured
al EIkins, w. Va, on May 2 by
s;ncriff Marstello. He was brought
back to Virginia by Sheriff Malone,
o. Greene, and taken TO Stanardsvi!le.
where, on May G. 9 day for his tr!a!
was set. Since that time he has beer
ccrf;nad in The A!bsma"le jail.
Up to few days ago Morris had a
single attorney, but he has now mate
rally added to his defense by secur'
mo the services CT George L. Walker
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as Executor Of
the last viii and testament of d. W.
Harrington, deceased, all persons in
debted to his estate are requested to
make prompt settlement with the
undersigned, and all persons to
when said estate is indebted are re-
qucstcd to present their accounts
properly certified for payment.
First National Bank,
of Alexandria, Virginia,
l23-10c. Geo. E. Warfe!d, Cashier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03

Of ulrnle.ted snow in different parts
CT the country, in response to a sug-
gest:on .ant out from the University
Of Wisconsin.
Oddly colored snow started the
investigation; the sonwfall covered
an area Of 1T least 100000 sqanre
miles. ard the estimate OF solid met
ter conveyed and deposited is be-
lievld to lie conservative. Al! Of
which emphasizes the Importance Of
the wind from time immcmor'al, IN
distributing soil over The earth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
WOULD CAGE GERMANS
Former French Soldier Tells What
Should he Dcnc With huns

II view of the stout opposition of
France TO any cn2cSs;cns to the Ger
.a"ns by the Allies in the matter of
pence terms. it is interesting TO
learn first hand Just why The French
people are 50 dad set aGains! show
irg my !a-Jrs tC the Hun. IN let
ter to Harry S. Randall. of Balti-
more. Jean Broustail, CT MoriaiN,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
ANNOUNCEMENT

Columbia Bedding Company has
opened mattress factory and Is
now ready to renovate box springs,
mattresses, pillows and etc., at rea-
scrable prices. Let us call and give
YOU estimate. See US about a new
r.a.tress. Columbia Bedding Co.,
Prince and Commerce streets. Phone
7A3. 10G-1m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Clarl;

The army OF admirers of la;nj!
Marguerite Clark. TIE Paramount
star wfo is widely known rs tn
sweetest girl in motion pictures
have genuine treat in store for
them. when her pho: oplay, "Out Of a
Clear Sky" will be presented at the
Ingomar tonight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
Rheumatism

$ completely washed out Of the sya-
.em by TIE celebrated Shivar Mineral
Water. Positively guaranteed by
noney-back offer. Tastes fine; costs
trife. Delivered anywhere by our
Alexandria Agents, F. S. Harper, Inc.
phona tucn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-03
TO TRY ACCUSED CLANSMAN
Edgar Morris Counsel Expected t.
Plead Mental Deficiency

Charlottesville. Va. June 3.-The
case Of Edgar Morris, the Greene
County clansman. indicted April 2l.
for shooting to death Magistrate Blu
ford G. Sullivan, on March %. in the
Courthouse at Stanarisville, will be
called Tuesday in the !Alhemarle Cir
cui: Court. to which it was transfer
red by motion of his counsel. Charles
S. Hammer. of Harrisonburg.
after the murder Morris remained
hidden in the mountains Of Greene IN
til the report reached him that mill
1sry company waes coming to Stanards
vile and would later scour the county
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
BURNETTE'S MARKET

relatives at Minnith
Little Miss Ruby Dix spent Sunday
night with her friend, Pearl Frezeli
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Wade and Miss
Susie Gregory spent Sunday with II
E. Boyd and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Rodgers spent
Sunday with A. j. Gordon and family
Mrs. Albert Blaylock and little
daughter of Leadington, returned tc
their home on Sunady, after spending
the latter part of the week with Mr.
and Mrs. James Blaylock. They were
accompanied home by Mr.. Blaylock.
Mrs. Percy Heberlie and little sor
of Minnith spent the first of the weel
with her father, J. V. Herman, anC
family.
Cobra Evans and sister, Miss Ce-
celia of Oakland spent Sunday with
their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. N
A, Mertell.
Master Ralph Boyd is visiting rela.
tlves IN st. Louis at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Resinger anc
children of Pennington Route 8 spent
Sunday with Mrs. Resinger's sister
Mrs. W. W. Rodgers.
Those who spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. James Dix were. Mr.. anC
Mrs. j. E. Mechanically and children
Mrs. Cornelius Smith and Miss B
Frizell.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
CROSS ROADS

Miss Mildren Beard of St. Louis is
guest of her parents, MIR. and Mrs. N.
c, Beard.
Miss Luella Welty was business
visitor at Fredericktown last Satur-
day.
Alonzo Hicks and Harry Leigh were
FrederlcktoWn visitors last Saturday.
Joe Griffith, formerly of Womack,
passed through here Saturday en-
route to training camp at San Antonio,
Texas.
Gus Vessels was a Mine La Motto
visitor last Saturday.
DR.. Barron of Mine La Motto was
called to the home OF Grandma Tuck
er last Saturday.
Geo. LEM, John Him., Arthur Wo-
mack, John Shaw, r. N. Leigh and
son, Harry Of the Womack vicinity at,
tended the Farm Bureau meeting here
Saturday night.
Don't forget, there will be a pie
supper at the Gross Roads school
next Friday night.
The Farm Bureau Club met here
Saturday night and elected the fol-
4c"i'AS SLLtSS4os IGIEuSOn,
president; VIM. LEM, vice president,
and Edward Fraysher, secretary and
treasurer.
The County Agent, Mr.. Hensley,
MIR. Jones and Mr.. Crowder Of Farm
ington, spoke here Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Tesreau were
Mine La Motto visitors one evening
the past week.
Misses Alma and Tina Wright left
Thursday for St. Louis to seek en-
ployment.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schultz and
Mrs. Dimes and daughter of Freder,
icktown spent few hours here Sun
day evening with relatives
Private Clyde Hicks of the Puritan
Arsenal was guest of friends here
Sunday evening. He had recently been
discharged from Camp Taylor, Louis
vile, Kentucky.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04

day.
Miss Gustina Buscher visited friends
in St. Louis few days during the
! week.
Private Clarence Horn of Astoria,
Oregon, arrived here Saturday with
his honorable discharge.
Mrs. VIM. Decker and daughters,
Alice and Sadie, of DeSoto are visit
ing at the home of Mrs. Monroe Nash.
Mrs. Henry Finney and Mrs. Chas.
Nees of Bonnie Terre visited their
mother, Mrs. r. II. Rowe, Friday.
Mrs Effie Turlcy was a Bonnie
Terre visitor Friday.
Henry Turley was a DeSoto visit
or Friday.
Miss Ada Heaton was guest of
Mrs. H. G. Rhodes Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Armbruster was called to
st. Louis Thursday on account of the
illness Of her daughter, Miss Alice.
Miss Eugenia Thurman of Bonnie
Ierre visited her father, J. A. Thur
man. Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Emma Mammon was guest of
! Mrs. Monroe Nash Friday and Satur-
day.
Gustlna Hurley and brother visited
at the home of Mrs. Emily, Grandiean
Saturday and Sunday.
The following from here attended
the pie supper and entertainment at
Roughly Saturday: Misses Anna and
Ada Heaton, Pearl Whitesell and
Katherine Groves; Edw. Heaton,
Maurice Whitesell, Henry Nichols,
Chas. Belleville and Andrew Stated.
Mrs. Preston Ratty and Mrs. Oc
car Polite were shopping in Bonnie
Tere Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. E. Heaton and
children, Edw., Roscoe and Aletha,
Miss Pearl Whitesell and Clarence
Sykes were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. G. Rhodes Sunday evening.
There will be an entertainment and
bog supper at Pfinster Saturday night.
Everybody invited to attend.
Mrs. j. L. Richardson and children
were guests CT Mrs. Effie Turley Sum
day.
Mrs. Geo. Brand, who has been Wis
Ting relatives here, returned to her
home in Bonnie Tore Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs viii Turley and fam
lily visited Henry Turley and wife
Sunday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
COLEMAN

MIR. and Mrs. Luther Boyd and lit
tie son, Robert, spent Sunday with
Richard Adams and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Graves spent
Sunday evening at Nick Danieley's.,
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Evans and little
daughter were guests of Mrs. Evans
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Vale
Sunday.
Little Leanna Evans spent from
Thursday until Monday with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine
Vale.
Miss Edith Gordon and Hilda Bau-
or were guests Of Miss Dorothy Haney
near Avon Saturday night and Sun
day.
Miss Gertrude Harter was guest of
her friend, Miss Mildred Boyd, Sun
day.
Quite number of our people at
tended the tractor demonstration, Civ
en- at Gus Kerns'., Several different
machines were demonstrated.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Bauer spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Mertell
of Route 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Thomure Of
River Aux Vases were guests of Mrs.
Thomure's brother, Noah, MertelI,
and wife, Of Route 8 Sunday and Mon
day.
Mrs. Emile Vogt and children and
Aunt Lizzie Vogt spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Vale and faE-
| lily.
John Vogt and mother spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Vale.
Jasper Mcfarland and family spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Eliza Cor
don and family.
Several Of the Coffman school chill
dren gathered at the school house
Sunday afternoon to practice their
plays.
Miss Martha Vale spent Wednes-
day night with her sister, Mrs. fBurl
Evans.
Simon Rigdon and wife Of Flat River
were guests of Mr.. Rigdon's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Rigdon, Thursday
night.
Jasper Mcfarland and family are
packing up their household goods to
move to Minnith in day or so.
DR.. Minnie Rose of ST. Louis was
called to the bed side of Mrs. Richard
Adams Tuesday and while she was in
this village she had several other pa
TENTS.
Willard Roper is carrying the mail
for his brother-in-law at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Fannestock have
moved back to Coffman.
Mrs. Henry Vogt of River Aux.
Vases spent Tuesday night with her
brother, G. L. Bauer, and family.
John Gegg and sons spent several
hours with G. L. Bauer Sunday.
Mrs. Charley Danieley was guest of
her mother, Mrs. Joe Boyd, the first
of the week.