davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
HAS CONE TO IRELAND

Father Costello left last Thursday
afternoon for his old home in Ire
land, where he will visit his parents.
He has not seen them for several
years and will probably remain until
the first of September. The mem
bers of st. Patrick's church held a
social gathering at the w. o. w. hall
early Thursday afternoon at which
time a purse of 1904 was raised and
presented to him before he left. His
members have certainly been kind to
him and no one has keener appre-
citation of their kindness than Faith
er Costello. His many friends trust
that he will enjoy his visit.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
EVANGELICAL CHURCH

The ladies of the Evangelical
church held very successful food
sale last Saturday, netting about
$500.
There was a splendid attendance
at all services Sunday.
Viola has now more thaR raised
her apportionment for the Forward
movement. with several yet to be
seen. We hope Audubon will do
as well.
Services for the week are as fol-
lows:
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Preaching in Audubon at 11:00 a.
m. and 500 p. m.
viola-Preaching at 800 a. m.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
mi. CHuRCH NOTES.

sunday school SESSION at lO:OO
o'clock. Everyone is urged to be
ia the Sunday school.
Preaching at 1880 O'Clock Sub
ject for the morning hour, 1.-THE In
fiuence of God in the Nation"
Epworth League at 700 p. m. A
good meeting last week. Come
again.
Preaching at 500 D. m. by the
pastor. Everyone invited.
Our prayer meeting is keeping its
attendance up very well. We will
be able to continue through the sum-
mer without any break in the Bible
study. New recruits are welcome
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01

at any time. Some are coming al
ready. Everyone is invited to meet
with us on Wednesday evening at s
o'clock.
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold
their meeting next Thursday after
noon at the home of c. H. Samp-
son. rlET
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
CHILD FRACTURES SKULL

The sixteen months old baby boy
of Mr., and Mrs. Will Ridgley of
Extra had his skull fractured Satur-
day afternoon, when he rolled off
the bed on which he was lying and
tumbled to the floor The fracture
was at the back of the head, causing
quite deep depression. AS the in
FAINT had not reached the creeping
stage his mother thought him safe
on the bed. The parents, accom-
panied by DR.. Jacobsen, left imme-
diately for Des Moines with the baby
and placed him in hospital. Word
received today was that the lit
tie one would recover. but whether
an operation was performed to re-
duce the depression, was not learn
ed. 1t will be necessary to keep
the child in the hospital for week
and the parents will remain in Dies
Moines until he can be brought
home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
STORES TO CLOsE MONAY

The business houses OF Audubon
will close all day Monday, July 5th
with the exception of the meat mar
kets which will remain open until
$3.50 a. m. The public will kindly
take netice.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
MUST CUT WEEDS

The people OF Leroy township are
requested to have the weeds cut
along the roadside in compliance
with the state law. n all weeds are
not cut before July Goth, the work
will be done and the expense charged
against the property. Kindly give
this matter your prompt attention.
ROAD SUPERINTENDENT
Leroy Township.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01

Have your shoes shined at Riley's
any day of the week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Rem Phelps returned
Saturday from several days visit
with friends and relatives in Allan
tic.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Beatrice Herford
Says Stage Humor
Comes From Hints

where do you get your inspira-
tion for these fragments of charac-
terizatioR?" was asked Beatrice
Herford, who comes to Keith's this
week.
"oh! I get a hint here-see a
funny experience there-and make
the rest up" she replied. calmly.
You have to-, Life is rarely sus-
tainingly funny, or sad, or tragic.
The bit 1 did on the employment
bureau was written before I ever
stepped inside Of one. How did l
know? Only from what l read and
heard my friends say. But when I
came to go to one il was pretty
much as had imagined. That was
after was married. Before, 1
hadn't had occasion to visit one"
Miss Herford sat there, hands
folded, talking along in the mono
tone she employs on the stage, with
hardly a muscle Of her face moving
or a change of expression. Yet ev-
cry now and then there broke
through the monotone the rich color
of her humor. Outside she is qoite
like other people, but inside she is
different.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Twelve Pound Look"
Noted Barrie Play,
Becomes PhotopIay

Sir James NJ. Barrie's big, little
play. The Twelve Pound Look" has
been made into a motion picture in
England. but, whereas Barrie wrote
a one-act drama, the film is a full
length feature" in which Kate, the
wife who leaves her vulgar hus-
band as soon as she can scrape to-
gether fls with which to buy a
typewriter for earning her own liv-
ing, is represented as the daugh-
ter OF an English country clergy
man with a large family. including
a son with artistic leanings and
another daughter who aspires to the
stage.
The story is spread over five or
six reels. and. though the writer
has no information on the point, he
is almost willing to expose the com
posing room to the risk of betting
his calligraphic typewriter against
n cacograpic lead pencil that Kate
finds second husband. a true lover.
and comes to a clinch with him in
the final fade-out. or is last seen
smiling with him over a crib. The
baby, perhaps, is referred to as her
fat jewel of a different kind"
And all because the long photo
play is considered a necessity. II
there is a stage for one-act plays,
surely there ought to be a screen
for shorter films
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
TTTTA RUFFO TRIUMPHS
IN SOLO FROM "AFRICANA"

Truly marvellous" is the unani-
nous verdict of those who have
heard Titta Ruffo's great baritone
roll forth in "Adamastor. re dell
'onde profOnde," the half savage in
vocation from Meyerbeer's opera
"Africana," that is an important
item in this months list of new
Victor Records. The song begins
Justify, the tremendous voice of the
great artist lending itself to the
music and dramatic action with splen
did and powerful certainty. At no
time has Ruffo made greater
record-evidently he found in it in
spiration. In it he displays perfect
and swift enunclation and a strength
of delivery beyond the power OF all
but a very few singers.
Bright, joyous, versatile--these
words but family express the Flon-
zaley Quartet's rendition of Smet-
ana's Allegro Moderate a la Polka"
Those familiar with the magic of
Smetana's music; his genius for
spontaneous rhythm, will thrill with
delight as they recognize the subtle
handling of tempo and the delicate
shading Of each gem-like passage.
The melodies are pure folk melodies,
torn, as It were. from the very
heart of the simple peasantry and
translated eloquently by the mas
terry of genius.
Never was waltz more deservedly
popular than Victor Herbert's
When You're Away" which was one
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

A Prop" Mans Paradise

obtain just the bottles necessary TO
mix a moving picture cocktail
To give an idea of the immeasity
of the task accomplished By the
property departments o resume OF q
few OF the things in stock might
help.
Fourteen different kinds of tele-
phones, 1000 different household
goods. every type OF rife and re-
volver from fintlocks to the pres
ent day Colt and Winchester, to say
nothing of the stone age axes and
Indian bows and arrows. model aero
planes and boats, flags of every
country. lamps, skins and whole
furs, suits of armor, toys, trunks,
handouts, legal papers and foreign
money; play things, old books and
new books. artificial flowers, pig
cons, csnaries and thousands of
other things that go to make up a
collection that could not be equaled
the country over.
Henry Sokolove, one of the most
sklllful violinists in the Capt.
tai, returns to the leadership Of
the symphony orchestra at Gran
dalls Knickerbocker Theater today,
AintuNO NAOAAAg hANCi 's%~@
tion, having again assumed the con-
ductorship of the augmented or
chestra at the Metropolitan.
Lawrence Beatus, manager OF
Loew's Palace Theater. whose en-
gagement to be married was an
nounced a short time ago, is And
ing the news of his engagement a
BIT embarrassing at times. Mr..
Beatus was one of a party of ten
who were dining at the Washing
ton a few nights ago, and during
one of the jazziest passages of Ava
Ion, Meyer Goldman, the musical
director. looked down and noticed
the Palace manager gliding across
the floor in a foX-trot. Goldman's
greeting was accomplished by sud-
denly breaking off the music of
Avalon" and swinging his musi-
clans into the strains of The
Wedding March"
Charlie ChaplIn's studio IN Los
Angeles has been leased to Carter
de Haven, which would seem to in
dicate that Chaplin was not bluffing
when he said he was going to Eng
land. On the stage where the IA
nous fat-footed comedian has made
his pictures, Director Lloyd In
graham will now direct Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter de Haven in their next
comedy, The Girl in the Taxi"
This will be a film version OF the
successful farced staged by Al H,
Woods.
Billie Burke Is working on The
Education of Elizabeth" Her
previous picture, The Frisky Mrs
Johnson" is an early release.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

Quinn, tenor, and Herman FzkIer,
bass. The programs are: Morning
Organ prelude, "Reverie" CDeth-
ier); soprano solo, The Voice Of
One Crying in the Wilderness"
CScott), sung by Miss Scherger; Of
fertory chorus, Jesus Lover OF Nv
Soul" (Neidleinger), sung by the Mt.
Pleasant chorus; organ postlude,
Allegro Guibilante" CFederlein).
Nesper service-OrEan prelude, -Ro-
mama" (Parker): bass solo, Thou
Art My God" (Blount); ofertory.
quartet, God Who Msdest Earth
and Heaven" CChsdwickD: organ
postlude, Festival Prelude" Park
er).
Georgetown Presby1eriHn.
The following musical program
will be given at Georgetown Pres
byterian Church today: Morning
prelude, "Cantilene" CHollins); So
prano solos, Sing Anelujah" CLuz-
zip and Come Unto Him" DUNN.
postlude, "Fantasie G Minor"
(RachD. Evening-prelude In Par
adisium" (Dubois); anthem, "Hark.
Hark Nv Soul" (Shelley), i1ciden-
tai solos. Miss Netta Craig. So
prano. and Miss May Norwood, con-
tralto: contralto solo, The Sun
Shall Be No More Thy Light"
(Spross); postlude, Grand Choeur-
tsslome). Miss Meta Craig is the
soprano soloist, and John B. VIII
son, organist.
Musician Marries.
Miss Augusta r. BcrCmsnn. a
wcll-known orEsnist and music
teacher. was married Thursday cv-
sning to Howard A Greene, OF Chr
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Reversing Eltinge's Stunt

shown. In speaking Of her debut
Miss Hayes explains: q was an
actor with a company out West
The juvenile quit. We were hard
hit to find someone to take his
place, as his part was an important
one. / volunteered for the job.
Somebody lent me a coat.
bOug ght a pair Of misfit trousers
from a tailor near the theater. The
comedian. had a wig, but Il didn't
Mt the way il was made TO go 50
he turned it hind part before, and
this is the way ! made my debut
as q juvenile in a comedy-as an
actor, and not as an actress. And
I've been doing a specially with
mems clothes ever since.
Next season ] intend 10 reverse
the Eltinge thing. have a part
Yin this show as a woman. In fact
] have worked as a regular woman
in most OF my shows. Now I in
tend to couple up the two things
and do exactly what Julian Eltinge
did-only reverse it."
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Hampden REEVES Hit.

Walter Hampden has decided to
add Charles Ram Kennedy's beau
tful play to his repertoire. and
will give his first revival here in
Washington at the Shubert- -Garrick
at a special matinee on Friday next,
October 90. Mr.. Hampden was the
original Manson in THE Servant" ;"
and made very deep and favorable
impression in this symbolicaI char
acter.
The Servant in the House" wa.
first produced in Washington in
March. 1908, going from here ito
the Savoy Theater, New York, where
IT had a long and prosperous run.
Mrs. Walter Hampden Miss Nabe,
MoOre) played Mary" in the orig
inal cast, and will be seen again in
this part for the one performance
only on Friday next. Mr.. Ram
Kennedy, the author, is coming to
Washington tomorrow to superin-
tend the final rehearsaIs.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Victor Concerts.

Eight famous Victor artists will
be heard in concert and entertain
ment at Polls theater Sunday even
ing, November Z. The appearance
of these entertainers in Washington
will be under the management Of
local Victor dealers.
Gunton Temple.
At Gunton Temple Presbyterian
Church this morning the vested
choir under the direction of John
George Klein, will sing the an
thems Savior When Night Involves
the Skies" (Shelley), Fred East sus-
tanning the baritone solos. and
"Cantate Domino" (Buck). Miss
Ruth Bronson, violinist. will be the
soloist at the evening service
which is held at the former Gurley
Memorial Church. She will play
'Nocturne" tChopin), The Swan"
(Saint-Saens) and Largo" (Han-
del). Mrs. Klein is organist for
both services.
Mt. Pleasant Congregational.
The following musical programs
have been arranged by Claude
Robson, organist and director, for
the services at Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church today. The
Mount Pleasant Chorus Of fifty
voices, under the direction OF Nor
ton NJ. Little, will sing at the morn
ing service. The music for the ves-
per service at five o'clock Is. given
by the solo quartet composed OF
Miss Frances Scherger. soprano;
Miss Lura Smith, contralto. from
the Church of the Covenant, sub
shutting for Miss kittridge. T J.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

A complete inventory of the prop
erty department. of the Famous Play
ers-Lssky Corporation Eastern stu
dos has been completed after FIVE
months work under the supervision
Of Arthur ". Smith, general man
sser Of the Eastern studios. The
hundreds of thousands of properties
that have been collected by the de-
partment for the lRt eight years
and have been occupying warerooms
in New York, Brooklyn and the
Fffty-sixth street studio are now in
dexed, numbered and many of them
Photographed, and are being trans
ferred to the new Long Island studio
Of the company. which will be oc-
cupied within the next two weeks.
The properties consist of every
thing imaginable, from toothpicks
TO statues, animal skins to diamond
studded dice and everything IN be-
tween. They represent an accumu-
lation that closely resembles an
amalgamation of the secondhand
shops of New York. To one not ia
miliar with the production or mo-
lion pictures this would seem to be
unnecessary, but any director appre-
ciates the value Of getting what he
wants when he wants II whether "
be handful of loose diamonds or a
bucket Of coal.
A property department such as
the Eastern studios now has Is an
Invaluable asset to the production
OF pictures and one which it has
taken years to build up. Ordinary,
everyday properties. such as modern
furniture, rugs, draperies and tapes
tries, can be obtained upon short
Il ), ~ y
makes a collection of up-to-date
properties unnecessary, but when 1t
comes to obtaining q piece of furni-
ture or a vase or a gun which mi ght
be a little out of the ordinary, pos
sibly enough to class it as an an
>tique, that is where the value Of the
department comes in.
Where there are many things of
one type. a group Of photographs
was made by placing one Of each
unit on a stand and clearly num-
ibering each representative of a set.
These photographs, which include
entire lines of glasses, silverware,
vases, bottles. china guns, pistols,
etc. are bound together so that the
director or property man may tell
At a glance exactly what he wants,
how it will photograph and the
number in stock.
Long before the time the Eight
-enth Amendment went into effect
the property department was busy
collecting bottles Of every descrip-
rion which had at one time contain
ed liquor. At the present time the
bar" as II is famillarly called by
those who know, contains well over
a thousand bottles and promises to
be one of the most valuable Of the
properties, for, in a few years, 1t
will become increasingly hard to
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

Why doesn't some woman work
reverse English on the Julian
Eltinge stunt and show how good
a man she can be for theatrical
purposes. after having shown that
she is a regular woman in a regu-
lar woman's role?"
The query comes from Gertrude
Hayes, jr., and beats the answer by
only one breath-the one she
stopped to take after asking it
Because no one ever thought OF il
before. And pow she says she is
going to begin doing it this season.
Gertrude Hayes, jr., is the spe-
cialist in The Follies OF the Day"
company at the Gayety Theater this
week and she has been doing q
Vesta Tilley speciality ever since
she started in the business OF being
an actress.
She comes from Missouri. She eX-
plains that her principal job so far
has been TO show people how things
could be done. rather than be
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
500 Actors "Scalped"

Five hundred extra players,
cast as Indians for Maurice
TOurneur's fllmiZation of Cooper's
immortal book, The Last of the
Mohicans,' had their heads
"scalped" in order to look like
real warriors in the picture.
Their hair was oiled and
brushed down fiat, then bronze
silk stocking caps, made for the
purpose, were pulled tightly over
their craniums, with the result
that they looked like bald In
dians. Then small scalping
locks. or tufts of hair in wig
form, were stuck to tho "scalps"
and the picture was then made.
IF course these players were
background" and the deception
could not be discovered on the
film.
For Closeup" action, four
leading actors and fifteen players
actually shaved their heads to
play these roles. The picture
will be released this fall by As
sociated Producers.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Concerning 'PrincessVirtue'

Of letters Mr.. Griaith Is cherishing.
Mr.. Griffth, in commenting on the
letter, seemed more pleased with
the appreciation shown Miss Gish's
work than In the praise given the
picture
Mr.. Barrymore said:
My Dear Mr. Griffith:
Il have for the second time seen
your picture OF Way Down East
Any personal praise Of yourself or
your genius regarding the picture /
would naturally consider redundant
and a little like carrying Goals TO
Newcastle. Anyway, ! imagine you
are so used TO IL that II would onH
bore you TO death.
81 have not the honor Of knowing
Miss Gish personally. and / am
afraid that any expression of feeling
addressed to her she might consider
impertinenJ ! merely wish 20 tell
you that her performance seems TO
me TO be the most superlatiN sly e1-
quisite and poignantly enchanting
thing that have ever seen in my
life.
Il remember seeing Duse in this
country many years ago when I i'm
agine she must have been at the
height Of her powers-also Nine.
Bernhardt-and for sheer technical
brilliancy and great emotional pro-
lection, done with an almost Un-
canny simplicity and sincerity OF
method, il is great fun and a great
stimulant TO see an American artist
equal IL not surpass, the finest trs-
ditions OF the theater.
Il am not in the habit Of writing
letters Of this character, and IL fs
only a very rare experience thai
could impel IL. / wonder II you
would be good enough 60 thank Miss
Gish from all Of US who are trying
TO DO the best we know how in the
thester"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
RAYS Idea of Film-Making

Every motion picture star should
be his or her own producer" in the
opinion of Charles Ray. the noted
screen star, who has just completed
his first independent photoplay made
under his personal direction in his
own studio.
This picture is none other than
George NJ. Cohan's famous starring
Broadway" the production opening
a weeks engagement at Moore's
Rialto Theater, beginning today.
IF facts are needed to prove my
contention" continues Mr.. Ray, zone
has only to glance at the list of mo-
tion picture stars who have become
their own producers, and to note the
success they have achieved as such.
Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford,
Charlie Chaplin, Katharine MacDon-
aid, Norma and Constance Talmadge,
Mildred Harris and Dorothy Phillips,
since branching out for themselves
have not only been successful but
have turned out better pictures.
This is quite the natural thing.
sAdI hHO"S DtsI "HaI roles
he can interpret. Given a free rein
he will naturally select the role that
fits him best with the result he does
better work and his creation into
which he has put his enthusiasm
benefits by it.
But when his roles are selected
by others. when his contract forces
him to accept the judgment of his
producer, he naturally is assigned
TO roles of which he is entirely out
of sympathy. The result is, that no
matter how conscientious the actor
may be, his work suffers through
lack of sympathy. He may do his
best with it and think that he has
given everything that is in him, but
while it is perfect from a technical
standpoint. it lacks that spontaneity
and creative genius which love of
work instills in a person.
when he is his own boss, he can
build un role or interpret 1t. But
when he is working under a di-
rector. he is forced to conform to
that directors ideas Naturally
the person playing a certain part
feels it more than a third party
simply directing 1.-THE result is
that a false and jarring note is in
jected into the stars work when he
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
GARDEN
A Gloria in Tatters

thing to Think About" which will
be shown at Loew's Columbia today.
Something to Think About" rep
resents a new departure in the type
OF role portrayed by Miss Swanson.
AS Ruth Anderson, the talented
young actress had abundant oppor-
tunity to display her abilities. The
role carries Miss Swanson through
the entire emotional gamut and 1t
is confidently expected that this
production will earn for her an ad-
ditiOnal host OF admirers.
Although rags and tatters play
their part in the action, Miss Swan
son wears gowns Of striking beauty.
Several ultra-new street costumes
and evening gowns of unusual
beauty We're designed by Claire
West under the supervision of Cecil
B. De Mile and Miss Swanson wears
them with her habitual grace and
charm.
Miss Swanson plays the central
feminine role. Other notable names
in the cast include Elliott Dexter,
Theodore Roberts. Monte Blue
Claire Mcdowell, little Mickey
Moore, Theodore Koslor, James
Mason and Julia Faye
If all convicts could effect their
escape from prison with the dexter
ity shown by Douglas MacLean in
his first Paramount starring vehicle,
The Jailbird," there would soon be
no one left in the penitentiaries but
the wardens and the guards.
Doug's escape from Jail is but
one of the many humorous Incl
dents that occur in The Jailbird." ."
new Paramount picture produced
by Thomas II. lnce. which will be
shown at Loew's Palace today.
When you see this photoplay, you
must not reveal the secret you
know
Prison visitors, collar and shit
lying in easy access on an office
desk and suit of civilian clothes
in the warden's closet are the ac-
cessories that aided Doug's escape.
While the guard is showing a crowd
OF visitors through the prison Doug,
left alone in the warden's office,
where he is trusty, snatches the
collar and shirt, adjourns to the
closet, dons the "civies," and re-
mains there until the return of the
visitors. As they pass the closet
door he steps into their midst and
exits with them through the prison
gates. How he gets back into jail
again is another story.
Thomas II. Ince personally super
Vlsed the picture, which was di-
rected by Lloyd Ingraham from a
story by Julien. JoseDhson. A capa-
pie supporting cast is headed by
Doris May.
Reginald Barker last week fin-
ished the taking of "Bunty Pulls the
strings, a forthcoming Goldwyn
picture, in which Leatrice Joy has
the principal role.