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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

erts Rinehart in the field of fiction Reginal Barker.
 It is a strange and remarkable story, gripping with human interest, and the characters are well drawn. There is Clayton Spencer, one of the great men of industry, who has been entrusted by the government with the fulfillment of vast steel contracts during the war. He has accumulated a great fortune through sterling service, while vain, selfish, frlv olous Natalie Spencer, his wife, devotes her energies to dissipating his vast wealth.
 Natalie plans to spend a vast sum of money on a new mansion and obtain the services of Rodney Page, architect for society. A love affair springs up be- tween the two. Spencer's son. Graham, works at his fathers steel mill but un- der the influence of his frivolous mother runs up bills far beyond his salary and trifles with women who really care for
 raham, close to the danger point.
 Graham's stenographer. Anna Klein. is already in love with him, a society girl named Marion Hayden. knows all the tricks of catching a husband and uses all her wiles to trap Graham and his for tune, while the girl. who really cares for him, Delight Haverford, is utterly un- appreciated.
 DuI tiC Si doii lllCNltdplS anu luS oCi- fish, vain society, seeking lives of Ma talie Spencer and her son, Graham, are rudely shocked from their complacency by a great national crisis, and Clayton Spencer finds he has to fight his own wife, Natalie. as well as his weak son, Graham.
 At this point the situation becomes in- tensely dramatic and Clayton turns from Natalie, and the shadow of the beautiful, sincere Audrey Valentine is thrown over the home of the Spencers Clayton's love for Audrey further disrupts the home, while Natalie's love for Rodney develops into scandal.
 The great question arises, "Is Clayton to blame?'' and whether the husband is always at fault. And Dangerous Days answers these questions amid scenes of tremendous conflict, great thrills and gripping emotional climaxes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
"Silk Husbands and Calico
 Wives" Dynamic Domestic Ora ma This Week atAlcdzar

The Alcazar theatre offers a pro-
 gramme of exceptional quality for
 next week, the feature photoplay be-
 ing the big international success.
 Silk Husbands and Calico Wives" a
 picture filled to overflowing with
 gripping scenes-tense, human and
 throbbing The latest Sunshine com edy, 'The Great Nickel Robbery" fea-
 turing the Sunshine beauties and the
 noted comedians that have made these
 entertainments one of the features,
 and the big programme of continuous
 music by Earl Wiley and Lester Huff organists, complete the bill
 Silk Husbands and Calico Wives" is dramatic production that
 strikes the highest pitch of human
 interest. It is a drama so real, so fine, so big and so we'll acted as to make you wish that all photoplays were as eight to eighty.
 silk Husbands and Calico Wives is based on Monte M Katterjohn's s popular novel of American life. thor oughly and intensely modern story, dealing with both country and city life. No finer or truer to. life picture has ever appeared on the screen. It is intensely absorbing and timely, with q beautiful love story running through it. The story depicts vividly the struggles of two young people making their start in ljfes fresh from the country. They are full of the enthusi- asm of youth and are thrilled In their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
s. HAYAKAWAA AND
 RUSSELL AT L0EW'S
Noted Screen Stars Will Be Seen in Unusual Roles
 This Week

Two movie stars, ordinarily as far apart in characterization ands mannerisms as the two poles, are to be seen at Loew' s Bijou Theater this week. bound together by the common role of comedians.
 William Russell is seen in the opening bill in Leave It To Me-" a roaring comedy of crooks and courtship, while Seesue Hayakawa is the silver sheet star for the weekend offering in what is probably his first real comedy, 'The Beggar Prince
 Both film stories are captivating, and the week promises to be an exceptional one for movie fans"
 Here are some of the situations that make Leave It To Me- one of the very best comedies seen at Loew's in weeks:
 Mir Russell, as Dicky Derrickson, is blessed with too much money and a sweetheart of a practical turn of mind. She insists that Dicky go to work. Dicky objects, but of course Madge has her way. Dicky buys a detective agency and, to insure plenty of business, brings a gang of crooks to town. Dicky's pros pective brother-in-law is in the clutches O. vampire who combines with Dicky's crooks. Tom disappears and Dicky, thanks to luck, rescues him from the band, and, with the aid of the police, captures the entire gang, who, masquer- ading as walters, have come to the we'd ding.
 ''The Beggar Prince" Is based on a fantastical story which seems totally dis similar to any other that has been seen on the screen. It has sufficient comedy to relieve a highly romantic situation and offers Sessue Hayakawa fine opportuni- ties for a double role. As the prince of an island in the Orient he is grandly royal in manner, and as Niki, the fisher man, he displays the simple passion of lis station. The settings of the film, the supporting cast, the entire presentation, is said to be highly unusual and particu- larly to juvenile and adult audiences ali
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

Big Bill Hart, in the play he has always wanted to make. story of the west, of the days of the frontier. of bold bandits. of brave men and life in the raw. 'The Toll Gate" will be the feature at the Strand theatre all this week. This is the best pie lure l have ever produced" is how MT. Hart describes this play. which is set ting a new mark n western fea- tures
 The Toll Gate" represents the realization of an ambition Bill Hart. the greatest western actor before the screen. has had for years. It is the lfcture he has always wanted to make, and now it is complete and will be shown to Birmingham movie fans this week, beginning tomorrow. It is a Paramount- Aircraft production, which means that MT. Hart had every res source at his command for filming the Iicture he had dreamed about.
 The question of time was not con- sidered in the production of 'The Toll Gate" It represented a dream of MT. Hart and he set out to make that cream come true. He wrote the play and he knew just now every scene should stand out, how every situation snOuld De ueNeiOptu. Il the SteieS ulu rot come up to his expectations, they were taken over and over again until they were what he eidesired. 'The Toll Gate" is polished and finished idea
 The star showed unusual care in the selection of the cast to help him in the making of "The Toll Gate.' His characters were types and he chose the players best fitted for these types, and in their acting the wisdom of his choice is shown. Anna Q. Nillson, whose beauty and talent have ap- peared to such advantage in many pro- auctions. is his leading woman in one of the best roles she has ever had
 "The Toll Gate" is a story of the west of the old days and it has caught the atmosphere of those pioneers who dared the desert and Indians and un- known dangers to make an empire. It is story of men who lived life in the raw of bold bandits of Indians. of women brave and fearless and men of high honor.
 MT. Hart has the kind of role in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Dangerous Days e Gripping Story Of Human Interest,
 GoldlUyn Feature, Al Lyric

Dangerous Days" Mary Roberts Rine- hart's story of mismated marriage with the recent great national crisis for background, will be shown at leach performance at the Lyric all of this lweek
 | Few names in the field of literature are as well known as that of Mary Roberts IRinehart, the author of this powerful story so powerful that even a director of ordinary calibre could have produced a lgreat money-getting attraction from the novel of Dangerous Days'' Goldwyn has nevertheless seen to it that this story should receive screen interpretn- tion by a director whose achievements have made his name as distinct in the field of the cinema as that of Mary Rob-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

call to the great city. when their offer comes to go to New York. What the tumult of the great metropolis makes of them. this strong man and woman. who, in the midst of all their struggles to establish themselves, have found romance and a great love in the big human theme of Silk Hus- bands and Calico Wives" It is a story that reaches down deep into the heart of every human being and starts folks to talking and to thinking.
 "Silk Husbands and Calico Wives" is portrayed by an all-star cast. in- cluding such celebrities as House Peters, famous on two continents: Eva Novak, Sam Southern, Mildred Rear don, Edward Kimball and Ruth Sin clair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
My Best Play, Says BiU Hart of"7he Toll Gate" at Strand

which he won his greatest fame and in which he is al his best He is cast as the leader of bandit gang who is betrayed by one of his own men, He escapes from his oaptors and man. ages to lose the sher!ffs posse after series of thrilling episodes He comes upon the lonely cabin where the wife of his betrayer lives.
 He kills the traitor. but his chivalry is aroused by the helplessness of the innocent wife. He gives himself up to the law, but he is allowed to dis appear to work out his own salvation.
 "The Toll Gate will be at the Strand this week only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Just a Smile

From the Thrift Magazine.
 Whats In smile? Not much per haps, sometimes, but again a great deal
 There is the smile of love and the cynical smile of hate. the smile of ridi- cule and the smile of approval. The language the smiles speak is of the profoundest depths.
 The smile Is the poetry of conduct, sometimes the master of destiny. The fatal smile may unite two lines with ties as lasting as eternity or break them asunder and forever mar the holiest relationship.
 Then there is the joyful message of the friendly smile. It brightens the face of the one in sorrow. It brings light and gladness to friend and stranger who are groping in the dark for sympathy and sunshine. It brings blessings to the ordinary lines about us. and makes all our little world happier.
Evening star., 1920-05-15

The King and Queen Of Rumania
have postponed their visit to the
United States to next spring.
Evening star., 1920-05-15
ELEPHANTS "CHAPER0N"
HAS ELEPHANTINE JOB
George Denman, With Ringling
Brothers Circus, Trainer
Of Largo Herd.

How would you like to chaperon
two-thirds Of all the elephants in
America?
George Denman. veteran pachyderm
specialist. had that job wished" on
him last winter when the Ringing
Brothers and Barnum & Bailey cir
cuses were merged into one institu-
ton. From the elephant Thespians
Denman organized six herds and
trained each herd to execute tricks.
This accomplished, he put all six
herds into one mammoth ensemble
and taught them to pyramid" In
unison! The management has termed
this achievement a "quarter-of-a-mi mil
lion-pound act"
One might naturally picture Den
man as q man Of immense stature. On
the contrary he is hardly of medium
height, almost reticent in disposition
and a man Of very few words. When
he talks there is usually wit in what
he SAYS. One day some one asked him
how he liked his job.
"Oh, all right" he answered. only
It's a good thing that that tentful OF
elephants ain't birds. Why? Because
It's a known fact that bird will eat
its weight in food every day"
The Ringing Brothers and Barnum
& Bailey circus will exhibit here next
Monday and Tuesday.
Evening star., 1920-05-15
RUMANlA EXPERIENCING
new POLITICAL CRISIS
Combinations Threaten to Defeat
Gen. Averesco, Former Premier,
!! in Parliamentary Elections

BUCHAREST. April 20 Correspond
encs Of the Associated Press).-Ru-
mania Is passing through another Of
the many political crises she has expe-
rienced since the armistice. Gen. Alex
ander Avercsco, who was made premier
by King Ferdinand in the middle Of
old parliament which tho king dis
solved at that time and he is being op-
Evening star., 1920-05-15
TOMM|ES' STANDARDS
At CRYSTAL PALACE
King Is to Open Novel Exhibit OF
Relics Brought From Bat.
tie Zones.

LONDON, May Correspondence of
theAssociated dPress).-Signpost bear
ing the Inscriptions "Hell. Fire Corner"
erected rsceaay by British troops ops just behind
the front lines in France, are among
the more than 10000 exhibits being
assembled at Crystal Palace. London,
to form the Imperial War Museum. It
and viii continue for four years.
Exhibits innumerable have been
gathered from every land, where the
war cast its trail to show the COM
mon effort Of the empire during the
great conflict. Shortly after the sign
signposts mentioned were found dis
carded as lumber. In addition to
those bearing street" names. which.
to many Of the men who knew them
! best. had meant so many direction
posts to avenues Of agony, there was
found the raliying trench sign of Yer
dun with its mo thoroughfare." They
were all rescued and are now to be
preserved as relics to posterity.
Gun Fired First British Shot.
There will be on display the gun
| that fred the first British shot in the
war-from the decks of destroyer
Lance at the minelayer Koenig
Louise; the E battery gun that open-
ed the military hostilities; the anti
| aircrat pom pom, which. mounted at
Gresham College, fired the first shot
ever directed at foreign foe from
London since, the days of the Romans
the occasion being the Zeppelin raid
| in September, 1915-and scores OF
! other entries, which have equally
vivid associations
| The larger pieces OF ordnance. some
Of which weigh fourteen tons. are be-
ing arranged on the floor OF the spa
cious hall. But the galleries Will hold
displays OF equal, II not greater In
terest. These include war paintings
and trench implements, realistic
scenic models and protective devices
and curios that throw an illuminating
light on conditions which existed in
the German army. Some OF these are
amusing, some tragic.
| Offenders PeAaled Cycle for Light.
There is a cycle with dynamo at
tachment for lighting an officers dug
out. upon which two Of the worst Of
tenders had to sit in shifts and pedal
In order that those within might have
illumination while they devised new
plans of aggression.
Far less amusing Is specimen OF
the enemy's bear trap" soldier ex-
ploring no-man's land might step into
Its ugly spikes. concealed in the
| grass, and escape from their grip was
virtually hopeless.
| Looking at the lifebuoys Of the Lu-
sitania, the shattered funnel Of the
Vindictive, the portion Of the Zee
brugge Mole and the formidable
mines that bestrewed the Dardenelles.
the exhibit will recall to "those who
were there" many chapters Of great
epic.
Evening star., 1920-05-15
DIRECTING GENIUS
OF CHICAGO CONVENTION
Treasurer Upham Finds Each Re-
curing National Gathering More
Complex and Costly.

| CHICAGO, May 1.-THE directing
genius of four republican conventions
in the past, Fred w. Upham. repub-
lican national treasurer, this year
has planned his fifth and greatest
one.
| Mr.. Upham has been chairman of
the Chicago convention committee for
sixteen years. and in that time prob
ably has promoted more national po-
litical gatherings than any man liv-
| ing. He has organized and financed
| the local arrangements for the repub-
lican gatherings since 1904.
! Every four years the planning OF
the big gathering has become more
! complex and more costly AFFAIR. In
| 1904, the first year the republicans
| met at the Chicago Coliseum. the con-
| vention arrangements cost $lo.OoV. IN
1915 the expenses had increased to
| $4,000 and this year the sum Will
| exceed $15O,000.
| Myriad Details of Work.
! To raise this money, contract for
building alterations. extra seats. deco
| rations, tickets. badges and all the
other myriad details Of staging the big
ouadrennial spectacle. in which more
than $4,000 delegates and spectators
will this year participate, is Upham
task.
| Cost Of altering the Coliseum and
! decorating 1t will alone cost more
| than $4,000 this year. The task OF
obtaining and then safeguarding the
tickets, is a problem in itself. The ad-
mission cards are printed on SAFETY
| paper, in special inks. and then lock-
ed in vaults until the Thursday before
the convention. None are sent by mail.
all being distributed here: In spite OF
| these precautions, many fall into the
| hands of Spectators. who retail them
4 at anywhere from $50 to 500 each.
1 and even counterfeiting of the cards
is not unknown.
Long Experience With Party.
Mr.. Upham, who has been treasurer
/ Of the national committee since Feb
4 ruary. 1918. has been associated with
i national politics for twenty-elght
\ years. In 1892 he was q delegate to the
Il national convention from the stn
4 Wisconsin district He represented 2
Il Chicago district in 1912 and 1915 ana
| ran on Gov. Frank 0. Lowden's slate
4 for election as delegate-at-laree
I, from Illinois this year.
4 He was western treasurer OF the
national committee in the first Tart
campaign in 1908 and again In the
| Hughes campaign of 1915. The only
| elective Offices he has ever held were
| alderman in Chicago in 1895 and
member Of the Cooke county board OF
| tax review for fourteen years. he is
| president of q large coal company.
Evening star., 1920-05-15

posed by several political parties In the
new elections to chose q parliament to
succeed the one dissolved by the king.
Promises have been made that Gen.
Averesco will establish order in the
country, regulate the railways. demobi-
lixe the army. send the soldiers back to
the farms and eliminate dishonest off,
cials who are said to have enormously
increased in number since tho begin
ming Of the war:
1t is charged that political combina-
tions have been made against him to
prevent him from carrying out his prof.
ects and that unless the new parlia-
ment supports his program he will be
unable to put his reforms into effect.
Friends Of Rumania say that she now
presents a fair example Of complicated
Balkan politics. which mystify those liv-
ing beyond tho frontiers Of any Balkan
country. Foreign diplomats assert that
such political intrfgues are responsible
for the Balkan wars with which the
world now is sadly familiar.
Evening star., 1920-05-15
SOME LETTERS MAY BE
SENT WITHOUT STAMPS
Postage Will Be Paid in Bulk
When Permit Is Obtained From
Post Office Department.

| II the batch Of monthly bills is re-
ceived June 1 without any postage
stamps on the envelopes do not think
the merchants have made a mistake
and forgotten to put on the stamps.
They will be acting under an order
issued by the Post Office Depart
| ment under a recent act OF Con-
gress providing for the acceptance
OF frst-class mail matter for mailing
under permit without stamps affixed
This privilege hitherto has been ex-
! tended only to second, third and
fourth class matter.
The Washington city post Office an
ticipates that general use will be
made of the new privilege by local
merchants. and that 1t will prove a con-
venience both for the merchants and the
post office.
It was pointed out today that the
individual cannot avail himself Of
this privilege and calmly leave stamps
off his sealed letters. II he should do
SO. he will find his letter returned for
proper postage, as usual.
Permit must be secured from the Post
Office Department for the privilege of
leaving the stamps of, and a special
user. The mail must be paid for, Of
course. at the regular rate.
Owing to the law which makes 1t
mandatory on post offices to postmark
all frst-cIass mail, 1t Is anticipated that
the f1rst-class letters without the stamps
will be run through the cancellation ma
chimes Just the same as usual in order
| to get the postmarks on them.
Evening star., 1920-05-15

No President or ex-President has
died out of the United States.
Evening star., 1920-05-15
D. C. HEALTHDEPARTMENT
NEEDS YOUNG PHYSICIANS

Tho health department wants sev-
eral young physicians for tho con-
tagious disease service.
An unusual number Of smallpox
cases this spring has greatly In
creased the work Of this branch OF the
health department.. and now scarlet
fever Is Increasing slightly above the
normal number Of cases.
The department has q lump sum ap-
propriation for contagious disease
work. and II may be necessary to en-
large the star. Physicians interested
should call on Health officer Fowler.
room eos, District building.
Evening star., 1920-05-15
New Assistant Secretary Urged.

A bill to bring all mining activities
of the Department Of Interior. geo.
logical survey. Department Of Agri-
culture and other bureaus under an
assistant secretary Of interior has
Evening star., 1920-05-15

been introduced by Senator Hen
derson, democrat. Nevada The sen
ator said there were many duplica-
tlons and overlappings in govern
| ment mining affairs that need CO
ordination and concentration. The as
| sistant secretary would receive s1o,-
| 900 year.
Evening star., 1920-05-15

The roller Jewel Of a watch makes
every day $4,000 impacts against
the fork. or 157,6s0000 blows during
the course of a year, which figures
out S,153.600.000 blows during the
space Of twenty years. the period for
which q watch 10 usually guaranteed
to keep. good time,
Evening star., 1920-05-15

Excepting Van Buren. Buchanan
and Cleveland-during his first term
all the Presidents we're married at
the time Of their election.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-05-06

Turn out this evening as early as
possible to help clean up the cemetery.
Take along your rakes and baskets if
you have any, but be on hand anyway.
If a good crew puts in vigorous even
ing one evening should be enough to
do finished job. This is a piece Of
work that every able bodied person
should be glad and thankful to per-
form. In case of wet evening go
on Friday. If Friday is wet go next
Monday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-05-06

Memorial day will soon be here and
preparations for it's proper observance
should not be left until the last min
ute. We have the ex-service bows
with us now, and we feel confident
that the legionaires will put forth ev-
cry effort to- assist the veterans of '61-
'65 in every way possible upon this
day of days-this day of mourning
for the heroes who fell in the civil war
and those who were cut down in the
great war conflict. The day now has a
double significance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-05-06
Tom Olsen Of Milaca was among

Tom Olsen of Milaca was among
those who attended a meeting at Mil
AGA when a spellbinder attempted to
organize so-called World War Vet
eran's' post. The organizer requested
all ex-service men to stand up and y
responded. He then declared the show
ing to be fine as only 10 were needed
to start a post. Surprise, however,
was depicted on his countenance when
10 of the ~ put on their hats and
walked out of the hall. Yet the
bolshevist editor stated in his unre-
liable publication that branch Of the
w. WV. had been organized.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-05-06

Wahkon has a Fins, Feathers and
Fur club-part of an organized state
association for the protection of fish,
birds, and fur-bearing animals such as
marten, muskrat and mink; to prevent
their destruction contrary to law and
bring about the arrest and conviction
of violators of the statutes pertaining
thereto. Every village and town in
the state should organize one of these
clubs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-05-06
On Monday afternoon at / 40 a m,i,

On Monday afternoon at 1870 quiet
wedding was solemnized at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Sausser when
their son, Raymond C. Sausser, was
united in marriage to Bertha Louise
Blouin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Blouin Of this communicable Jas.
A. Geer read the service Of the Me-
thodist church. The young couple left
for Minneapolis, where they will make
their home. The Union extends con-
CALCULATIONS and best wishes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-05-06

I. H. Galley has improved to the ex-
tent Of being able to sit up for a short
time every day, but he is still in a
weak condition from his seven weeks
suffering and confinement to the house.
He said to US yesterday that he hoped
ne would be able to get out in time to
vote on the court house removal propo-
sition and so do his numerous friends.