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New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Wandeust f1ls the Ccus Performers Long PIC Ton"

uST after assembly" was
sounded by a bugler backstage
at Madison Square Garden a
few nights ago, when perform
ers IN vivid costumes and animals
IN heavy trappings were beginning
20 form for the opening pageant of
the Ringing Brothers-Barnum &
Bailey Circus, an elephant stepped
out Of line. 1t was Albert, the old
est and biggest "bull." who cher
ishes somewhere inside his thick
skull memory of the greatest of
snowmen, his former owner, P. T.
Barnam himself.
George Denman, the head "bull"
keeper, waved away a subordinate
VINO started forward with appraised
ankus 70 menace Albert's ears and
make him resume his place.
Albert just wants some CONVEX
sation with that little elephant Pete;
they're pals" Denman explained.
Hell yet back in line before the
bugler blows mount
1t was conversation Albert want
ed lie extended the tip Of mis- trunk
and little Pete, who weighs only a
couple o. tons, extended his until
there p.as friendly contact. The
animal remained in this attitude for
nearly minute. 1t was apparent
'sat they were haeing some kind of
communion with each other. Then,
abruptly, Albert lowered his trunk
and backed into line.
What did they want to talk
a'"''tz" the elephant keeper was
asked.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Albert Would Wander

\ haven't any definite idea" re-
pied Denman, after a bit If refec-
1'ori, but if had to make guess
q say tina, Albert was complaining
a'out having to work in the. Garden
shc expressing longing for the
''n'ng season under canvas. That's
*nat We all ike, performers and
saiFaalz, 70 yet out into the country
ahaer the Big top. There is some
'n'ng about the sawdust then that
.9fs your blood Around here, be-
."esn brick walls, it's just like be-
ms IN vaudeville. Albcr. doesn't
s"s Beng cooped up"
ine dark-eyed girl dressed as an
1ass Indian princess, in the howdah
snapped to Albert's back, leaned
sssf Sos front until fser black braids
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Increased With War

smoking among women Increa sed
tremendously during the war. The
". A. A. C.'s. Wrens, farmerettes
and a host of other women who did
war work seemed to need some stim-
ulant. something relaxing. some
thing soporific-and they appeared
to find If in the cigarette. Only
those who lived on the edge Of the
fiery furnace appreciated what a
strain the war was. If we call
smoking a vice we must record the
fact that thousands and thousands
Of British women succumbed to it
during the war, and that they are
still addicted.
British women smoke in public
tearooms, III restaurants, in their
homes, In their Offices. in the thea
tiers, at lawn parties. al the races,
on the Thames or anywhere else
British men do-except, perhans, in
the lobby Of Parliament-and there
Is only one there now. No one OBJ
Jects, no one seems surprised, An1
no one has prophesied that the cdun-
try IS going TO the dogs because the
women are following the example a.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

IN all the tobacco shops along ahe
Strand, Piccadilly, Bond and Regent
streets orc can see a varied assort-
ment of cigarette holders, rang
ing from the ordinary imitation
amber mourhpiece selling for Q
couple of shillings to the diamond
studded jade affair costing from $40
TO Sl00- Most British women use
holders; so do the men. Virginia
tobacco Is more popular in England
than Turkish Or Egyptian, and it
also stains more
Strange as it may seem. one hard
" ever sees a photograph in the
countless pictorial papers of a wcm-
an smoking. To photograph a wosn-
an with cigarette between her Eps
is mot cricket; it is not done. The
Lord Chancellor is frequently
snapped at the end of . fat ci9Sr.
but it is only on the rarest of occa-
slons that British woman permits
the photographer to show her hold
ing cigarette.
Mr.. Bonar Law is frequently
photographed smoking a well-caked
nriar. but no one has ever published
photograph of Lady Astor ssaokiae
a cigarette.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

east caves Of the Garden. Charles
fingered a toothless cavity in his
mouth and then told what happens
when their timing is bad. He said
ut took us ten years of practice
to get the triple somersault in shape
to do it publicly. Once in a while
we fail to accomplish it. I lost a
couple of teeth a few nights ago.
We timed the take-off wrongly and
knew it as Ernest made his last
turn. thought I'd chance it, though,
because don't like to have him take
the chance of falling into the net.
''1nstead of catching his arms at
point where his swing would be
continued in unison with mine, his
head struck me in the mouth.
don't think it would have hurt US as
much if Ernest had dropped into the
net. He is wonder. He never
gets cast which is the circus way
of expressing the act Of losing con-
troll Of your body while in the air.
He turns and twists himself into
position while falling.
Net Not Always Safe
"Not many people realize it, but
you can hurt yourself just as much
by a fall in the net improperly done
as by fall on the ground. There
was Jap named Joe Osacoa, who
wanted to learn aerialist stuff while
we were in Paris few years ago
His stunt was to slide on his feet
down rope stretched from the top
Of the tent at an angle of about
forty-fve degrees. He was twenty
three years old and | warned him
he was too old to learn our game.
He insisted, though, and on one Of
his first tries fell into the net, land
ing on his chest. The rebound
whipped his feet up to the back of
his neck, breaking his spine. This
was during a rehearsal, of course.
He died few hours later in a hos
pital.
In falling into a net face down
ward the body should be fully ex-
tended. In falling on the side the
body should be doubled into ball.
In falling on the back the shoulders
should strike the net first. Never
fall on your feet. 1t means
broken leg, sure.
ernest can twist and recover in
a fall to the net in a space of six
or eight feet"
The Clarkes have another stunt
that is all their own. 1t took four
years of practice to learn this. 1t
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

smoke a Much AS You
Like We Like 1t
j..
HAT SIGN appeared recently
Il in q conspicuous place in a
I London postoH7ce where most
Of the employees are young
women.
The Southeastern G Chatham
Railway decided recently to label
cerlai IA compartments on its trains
Non-Smokirg -; all unlabeled
coaches are for smokers.
Every other car on the London
underground IS for smokers. A
three-car train has two cars TO,
smokers.
Judged by New York standards,
personal liberty runs riot in London
these days. Not all Englishmen and
Englishwomen are smokers, but
then, not every American is a pro-
hibitionist or every Scotsman is a
two-bottle man. Some Englishmen
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Mrs. JOHN FRANCIS
1'A YAWGER says 1t is
time the men stopped teN-
ing the 2Oon1em Whdt then
shall do

again I must say that cigarettes are
not responsible. You see, the style
came along when my habits were so
firmly fixed that I couldn't readily
change them.
Il haven't noticed that the habit
has harmed any Of my cigarette
smoking women friends, but then, as
said before, I'm not surgeon gen.
eral.
Knows No ssFiends"
Il know many, many women who
DO not smoke. Also, | know many.
many women who do. Most of them
smoke a trifie after dinner. They
seem to enjoy it. don't know a sim
gle woman who might be said to be
addicted to them, who might be
called cigarette fiend. Some of
the young women may be pushing
the habit to excess, but as | don't
see a great many young women l
can't say positively.
"On this subject I feel like an
old Turkish general that l read
about the other day He was very
old man and was deploring the i'm
pudent freedom with which young
radicals expressed themselves on all
sorts of subjects. He said, in sur
PRISE Why, l never had an opinion
OF any kind until I was sixty years
old, and then it was an opinion that
mad been In the family for years.
We've never had any opinion on this
subject IN my family, so really I
ought to be quiet"
Miss Mary L. Wood is chairman of
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
"A mo'non is only Il acomon,
But a good cigar is smoke"


But a good cigar is a smoke"
"HUs decided the hero of Kip
ling's poem after Maggie s
ultinatum that he give ur
her or the weed.
Seems odd. doesn't it, that a poet
still alive should have chosen such
q subject as the right of a man to
smoke? These days the only contro-
versy revolving around the subject
concerns the right.of Maggie" and
her sisters to the solace bestowed
upon the devotees of My Lady Nico-
tine.
Women are smoking in increasing
numbers every day; even the foes
Of the practice admit. that; the
point is:
First, is it injurious to their
morals?
Second, is it injurious to their
health?
Powerful Support
The ants were apparently losing
ground rapidly, but they received
powerful reinforcements a few DAYS
ago in the person of Surgeon Gen
eral Hugh S. Cumming, of the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice. Taking his stand on the second
OF the two questions asked above.
General Cumming appeals to Ameri-
can women to stop smoking in order
to prevent the deterioration of the
race.
THE cigarette habit INDUCED in
by women" says General CUMMING.
"tends to cause nervousness and in
somnia and ruins the complexion. If
American women generally contract
the cigarette habit. as reports now
indicate they are doing, the entire
American nation will suffer. The
physical tone of the whole people
will be lowered. This is one of the
most evil influences in American life
today. The number of American
women who are becoming cira rette
smokers is amazing.
THE habit harms woman more
than a man. The woman's nervous
system S more highly organized
than mans. The reaction on a
woman is, therefore, more intense y
Whatever the reaction of the
feminine constitution to cigarette
smoke may be, the reaction to
DR.. Cummings words of some of
New York's women was immediate
Listen:
I think it's all rot about ruining
eomplexions," said Mrs. John Francis
Yawger, formerly president of the
New York City Federation Of Won-
ems Clubs. "Englishwomen have
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Smoking Is the Rule
Among Englishwomen

wear long hair and go hatless; the
others always pass the cigarettes to
the ladies no matter where or what
the company.
In the last few months | have had
an opportunity to observe to what
extent ladies smoke in America,
England and France. Parentheti-
cally, should say that the word
LADY is used iii its broadest and
best sense, with no thought of classi-
ilcation according to social position.
Going westward toward New
York nine-tenths of the ladies smoke
after luncheon on the deck or in the
saloon of the steamer. Smoking is
prohibited in the staterooms, but
suspicious wreaths of smoke curl
over the half-closed door of the
cabin occupied by the two American
Red Cross nurses and the two uni
formed Y. NJ. c. A. workers return
ing from the battle area. Every
body is happy. There is a spirit of
camaraderie, a recognition of sex
equality, a frankness Of opinion,
which comes only after few days
at sea on westbound trip. The
ladies' smoke without attracting the
least attention. and they smoke as if
they got the same amount of enjoy
ment out of cigarette as a man
InoS
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

about the habits of women and their
effect on the race" she said. I'll
We paid some attention to the bad
habits Of men which iniure future
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

the legislative committee of the New
York CitW. Federation of .Women's
Clubs. Recently she expressed her
self strongly on the subject in con-
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

while the other half Of the act, ?
husky youth, does gymnastic stunts
oa top Of the wavering tree trunk.
With muscles big enough for that
sort Of thing, Bruno, to be consist
ent, ought to amuse himself by
playing the steam calliope.
Joe Baeonghi, the midget rider
had peeled eff his shirt, revealing
muscles that many man twice as
tall would be proud to possess and
was tucking away in his trunk the
curly blond Wig he wears when he
makes his entrance as a bareback
girl rider and. suspended from a
boom by q rope secured to his waist,
performs queer antics on the rosined
back Of a white horse. With the
wig out Of sight Joe engaged one of
his clown friends in burlesque
boxing bout. from time to time max
ing prodigious leaps from the floor
20 swing a short-armed punch at his
Dig friend 5 painted nose.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

nection with an appeal published by
the Methodist Episcopal Church au-
thorities asking women not to smoke.
I'm tired of hearing so much
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Women Ought to Know

Too many mandatory things are
being thrust on this country. If
smoking is a menace to the health
of women, | believe women can be
trusted to know 1t. No woman is
going to allow anything to inter-
tere with the health or the welfare
of her children that the reformers
are always scolding her about. l
say that it is time that the men
stopped telling women what thew
ought and ought not to do. It is
time they trusted women a little
more.
Moreover, / don't believe in laws
which control the private acts of
individuals. This country is sup
POSED to have free speech and
freedom to life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness. Why does every
tody want to take them away from
US? A cigarette may represent all
three to some people"
Something very like a sniff came
from Miss Helen Varick Boswell
when she was asked to express an
opinion on Surgeon General Hugh
Cummings pronouncement. Miss
Boswell, an executive of the Repub-
llcan County Committee, is $50 far)
the only woman delegate scheduled
to attend the Republican National
Convention in Chicago from New
cork County. When President Taft
wanted some ona to initiate club ac-
tlvlties for the discontented wives of
employees on the Panama Canal
during the construction of that en-
glneerlng marvel he persuaded Miss
Boswell to go down there and take
charge. Before she finished the
women were SO interested in their
clubs that they forgot the nostalgia
that was influencing them to urge
their husbands to give up their canal
Jobs and return to the states.
Is Smoke Cured
I'm not surgeon general, so
perhaps l oughtn't to have an opin-
ION on the subject to express" said
Miss Boswell. AS I am in politics,
I'm accustomed to thick, heavy to-
bacco smoke. You might say / was
smoke cured. My complexion is gone,
anyway, but cigarettes didn't do it,
for | am not smoker. However,
I'm sufferer from insomnia, and
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
v omen Strictly Guarded

Beyond curtain was the dress
ing room of the women performers,
guarded from intrusion by stricter
propriety than would obtain at a
Methodist Episcopal cantata. Some
where beyond this vas May Wirth,
the greatest Of women riders. who
now, in her early twcnties. has been
riding since she was five and half
years cid out in Australia. where her
uncles are the proprietors Of a cir
Gus. Beyond this curtain were all
the women acrobats, the shapelv
trapeze performers, Jennie Rooney
among them, the lady statues also.
But the entrance Is as jealousy
guarded as the door Of a haremlik
Kingling Brothers Barnum &
Bailey's outfit viii be at the Garden
about two weeks more and then old
elephant Albert viii get his wish
and the circus VIII move out and get
under canvas. There viii be parades
in each new town and the canvas
men will swing their sledges in
tattoo on the splintered heads of
tent stakes; the ballyhoo men with
raucous voices will tell about Zip, the
What Is 1t, Sally the Ape Woman,
The Bearded Lady and all the other
strange people (freak is Taboo and
The shillabers will buy the first
tickets and then the crowd will fol-
low them like sheep, happy sheep.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Was Too Dangerous

II was too dangerous, that stunt,
and SO it was eliminated from the
program. There was never a day
that some one didn't wrench back
or an a-@k .iD making those jumps.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

generations the race would benefit
auise as much as from this excessive
safeguarding of the habits of wom-
en-. The mental detectives and con-
genital criminals are Just as much
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
In Both England and America
Feminine Users of the Weed Are
Increasing Rapidly

been smoking cigarettes for years,
and they have the finest complexions
on the face of the earth.
There is nothing immoral in
cigarette smoking, either. This
whole wave of criticism that is
sweeping over America will act as a
boomerang. 1t simply undermines
American morals.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
By Arthur S. Draper

From The Tribane's European Bwequ
Smoke A Much AS You
Like. We Like 1t
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

BeIo2oT Tea md
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
GIVES TALENT
TOBURLESQUE
Texas Girl Prefers Travesty
Show to Grand
Opera.

Franz Marie Texas. who is in her
second season with Cooper's Folly
Town" said last night that she pre-
fers burlesque to grand opera be-
cause in burlesque Influence has
less to do with success than nat
ural ability"
Miss Texas is in the show at the
Gayety this week and sings in
beautifully clear soprano voice of
excellent range. She comes from the
State of her name and is a grad
uate Of Denver University. class of
1915. She also has studied under
several music masters and includes
in her repertoire eight operas,
which in itself is no mean accom-
plishment in the musical world.
The wardrobe that Miss Texas
carries with her in the Folly
Town" show is complete and gor-
geOus enough to gain for her the
name of The Fashion Queen of
Burlesque." She likes her work
and says she would refuse offers
to sing in any other musical shows
than burlesQuc.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
STEAMER ST. JOHNS.

After having repairs made in
Baltimore. the steamer St John $
will resume its regular schedule of
trips to Colonial Beach, leaving
Seventh street wharf Saturday at
2:3O p. m. and Sunday at 9 Il. m.
on Monday the popular 40mils
moonlight sails will be resumed
with the boat leaving Seventh street
wharf at 7:15 p. m. The regular
schedule of sailings to Colonial
Beach. the popular summer resort,
which is reached after 70mile
sail down the Potomac. is Tues
days. Thursdays and Sundays at 3
a. m. and Saturdays at 2:30 p. m.
Moonlight trips are made every
Monday. Wednesday and Friday
evenings at 7:15 o'clock. Free
dancing is enjoyed on these trips.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26

Just imagine that there is a
steady blaze of FIRE in constant
contact with your tender skin, and
you can form some idea of the
pain that must be endured by the
afflicted. For the millions and mil
ions of tiny disease germs that
seem to burrow through the skin,
each one carrying a torch of hre,
cause pain that IS almost unen-
durable.
And the constant plea of those
afflicted is the oft-repeated ques-
ton, How can find relief from
his constant torture2 Not pallia-
tive, temporary relief that causes
The terrible itching to abate for
awhile, but genuine relief that
shakes of the shackles Of the dis
ease and restores the skin to its
;omer healthy condition?"
And temporary relief is the most
hat can be expected from local
reatment. such as ointments,
'alves. lotions, etc, which is one
,eason why these diseases seem to
nold on with such tenacity. 1t is
not because they are incurabIe,
out because they are improperly
reated, that they appear to be so
stubborn and so difficult to cure.
The fact Is they are misnamed,
and. therefore, improperly treated.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
CRANDALL'S.

Dorothy Dalton will be the fea-
tured star of the photoplay bill for
TOMORROW and Saturday at Gran
daITs Theater in Black is White"
a perturbation of the widely read
story by Louis Joseph Vance. A
Mack Sonnet comedy. "a Bedroom
Blunder." supplements the bill. An
attraction extraordinary will be pre-
sented for the full week beginning
next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
when will be shown for the first
time in Washington The Captivat-
ing Miss Carstairs," in which the
title role is played by Norma Tai
madge. As an extra added comedy
hit for the full week will be in
cluded the latest and funniest OF
the Snub Pollard comedies, "A Lon
don Bobby"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
Auction saie-Ce,.
=

sy virtue Of certain deed Of trust dui,
recorded In LIber No sess Folio sa4 3
see. Of the land records Of the District q
Columbia. and at the request Of the part,
secured thereby. the undenigned trustee
WI. sell at public auction in fronf Of ths
or August A.D 1920 at O'CLOCK p
N. the Following -oescribed land and prem
lset. situate IN the District Of Columbia sns
Designated and being an az orfsinal t~s
IN Square y. Terms: All cash. A DE-
posit OF 500 required st time of sale and
the purchaser allowed thirty dHyt 20 CON
plete the purchase. Further psrtieulsrf a.
time Of sale. BENJAMIN NoRDLINGER
Jr-, EDGAR A. BEHREND. Trustees
suZ2 "a "a y ss-st
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26

reveals Miss Dalton as a girl who,
impoverished by her fathers death,
secures a position as goVerness in
rich family. An unfortunate love
affair with her employers young
cousin follows and she compels the
youth to marry her, leaving him
Immediately afterward. Years later,
the husband returns from abroad
to find her teaching school in a
country town and through a series
of dramatic events they are brought
happily together.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
GLEN ECHO.

Yesterdays return of fair weather
following the long siege of drtzz-
ling miserableness (tO pleasure
seekers) was happily welcomed by
Glen Echo's thousands of patrons,
great numbers of whom spent
joyous evening at the pleasure park
last night. The parks spacious
open-air dance pavilion, with CLASSY
moor, Is oniE Eoo,e %ng G,nn tDr'EJu" Ec%n
The cool, bracing trolley ride
through the country on the way to
Glen Echo is counted as an incl
dental joy of Il trip to the park.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
CRANDALL's METROPOLITAN.

For the week beginning with a
matinee performance next Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, Crandalrs
Metropolitan Theater announces one
of the most unusual performances
of the year in The Chorus Girls
Romance" starring Viola Dana.
This subject represents the filmiza-
ton Of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Satur-
day Evening Post story, Head and
Shoulders" During the remaining
days of the current week Alice Lake
will continue the star of the Metro
politan bill in The Misit Wife"
Added film hits and an especially
delightful orchestral aCCompani-
ment complete the bill.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
FOLLY THEATER.

Harry Hastings "kewpie Dolls
will be the attraction at the Folly
Theater commencing with next
sundays matinee.
The entertainment will be pro-
duced in two parts entitled The
Girl Next Door" and "As You Like
It," both of which are said to be
oVerfowing with fun, music and
vaudeville specialties.
The company will be headed by
Jack Shargel and Frank Penny. The
show viii be presenter in two acts
and seven scenes which are prom
iced to be most elaborate.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
CHESAPEAKE BEACH.

Fishing still remains excellent at
Chesapeake Beach, the nearby
Maryland saltwater resort. and the
half-mile steamer pier is crowded
daily with anglers. Boats are avail
able for those who desire to visit
the choice fishing grounds farther
out in the bay. Saltwater bathing
and grabbing are other popular
pastimes. Free dancing is daily
feature. with snappy music furnish
ed by Bert Saulsman's Jazz Orches-
ira. Varied amusements, including
giant derby racer, line the long
boardwalk.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-26
CRANDALL's kNICKERBoCKER.

GO and Get It," picturing the
adventurous life of a newspaper re-
porter. showing through Saturday
at Moore's Rialto, promises to be
one of the most talked of attrac-
tions at that theater in months.
The picture is embellished with a
series of thrills and breath-taking
stunts that mark It as one OF the
most different" productions ever
shown on a Washington screen.
Next week will bring to Moore's
RisltO winsome and popular Con-
stance Murray in a picturized YER
sion of her most recent stage sue
cess, "39 East"