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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11

At the movie houses, NaZimova. the wonderful little actress from the east. will appear all week at the Trianon theatre in Stronger Than Death" Nazimova is given chance in this film to portray that exotic charm that no one but this tiny lady holds for her following In Stronger Than Death Nazimova finds fitting outlet for her emotional personality.
 At the Strand 'Why Change Your Wife?" the Cecil B. DeMilie photoz 6rama. with marriage as the plot. is the attraction for the week. The story is handled carefully. with all the thrills possible left in it. but not a dstasteful moment in the entire pie ture. The settings ere gorgeous In keeping with those used in Male and Female
 Elaine Hammerstein in The Wo- man Game is to be at the A1cazar for the first three days. This is q new role for Elaine. who heretofore has played ingenue parts, She is given her chance at last to make the most of her great dramatic ability and prove that she is not only beautiful but a won derful actress as well.
 At the Colonial '"rhe Finger of Jus tice" is the picture for the first four days This is a strong dramatic pie ture that comes appiauded from every theatre in which it has been shown.
 Annette Kellerman in "A Daughter of the Gods one of the most spec |tacular pictures ever screened, will be shown at the Rialto for the first of the week. Miss Kellerman does some of the most marvellous feats in the water that have ever been shown and .he picture is interesting as well as sDectacular
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11
THE WOMAN CAME, :. A PICTURE WITH A
 PUNCH AT A[CAzAR
Elaine Hammerstein Has Great Role In Remarkable Picture, Which Does
 Not Overstep Issue

The underlying theme of Elaine Ismmersteins latest picture The Woman Game" is that a woman has he same right to use every weapon at hand in pushing her business in lile--- which is the matrimonial game--as a man has in Wall street in the pursuit of financial success. That is the diff ference made by Amy Terrell when accused by the man she has set out to marry of trying to trap and trick hm.
 There is little word in the Eng fish language which, until recently, was used In it's literal sense and. so used, usually was applicable to the in- consequentiai things Tn life. Now this same little five-lettered word trans figured by American slang and gem orally accepted for what 1t stands for and not only for what 1t means, is, while much used and often abused. one Of the strongest and most meaning words in the language.
 We are speaking of p-u-n-c-h. and the word is of especial interest in dis cussing the latest picture in which Miss Hammerstein appears. The pie ture is "The Woman Game" and, lest
 
 to say that "Tne Woman Game" has the punch.
 It is agreed that all too frequently,
 in an effort to keep inside the poorly defined line which marks out the con- ventions of the motion picture screen ir: it's appeal to all classes and condi- tions of people. pro ducers turn out ihotop1ays which fail to satisfy. They seem weak and eolorless Situations .t4 4l., ;r, which a little more daring, little more human positiveness. would have IT ade indifintely more effective.
 Audiences who see these pictures may not put 1t in just these words, but what they miss and what they crave is the punch They want the thrill the kick which inevitably comes when dramatic incidents reach their logical conclusion.
 "The Woman Game with Elaine Hammerstein, holds the mirror up to nature as few photoolays have done.
 While there is nothing depressing or morose in the dramatic narrative the reflection is of number of phases of life which can only be laid bare with the fearless welding of the scalpel in the hands of surgeon not afraid to cut when necessary, to drain sore.
 The woman 1ame IS an drrdlSn' ment of the idle rich. dealing witt their home and social life and not with those activities of finance and otne activities which hava been so sadl, overworked within recent months. 1 The choice of Elaine Hammersteil l to play the leading role in The Wo man Game" was not merely a happ. l or lucky one The Amy Terrell of tn story is girl who knows the work | ings of the higher social stratum a | the result of bitter experience. Elain l Hammerstein. .born and bred Tn Nev 1 York. a member of foremost Knick erbocker family knows the very so cial condition with which the. stor, deals. Because of this she puts int 1 the role a sympathy and understand ing which make her work particular, 1 effective and therefore calculated t.
 add greatly to the popularity she al ready enjoys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11
MISS ROMA|NE IN ALL-STAR CONCERT
 AT THE JEFFERSON
Beautiful Young Prima Donna Soprano and Noted Harpist to Appear Here
 Tomorrow Evening

When Miss Margaret .Romaine, the beautiful young prima donna soprano ot the Metropolitan Opera, makes her pre- mier bow to Birmingham audience to- morrow evening at the Jefferson, the event will be frought with much interest, not only on account of this being the first appearance of the popular young Metropolitan prima donna soprano, bus also because it will be her only appear ance in the south.
 By Special arrangement with Mir. Gatti- Casazza, director of the Metropolitan Opera, Miss Romaine has been granted just sufficient time to leave New York, arrive in Birmingham, give a concert and return, to appear in the opera at the Metropolitan next Thursday evening.
 when the 'sAll-Star Concerts, pre- scented by Mrs Richard F Johnston and Mrs. Orline A. Shipman. found that Miss Romaine was available for concert here, they at once engaged the beautiful young American prima donna soprano, feeling that it would be a rare treat to Birmingham music lovers ito hear tliis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11
Atlanta's Verdict on
 Why Change Your Wife

Just wondering if this picture, Why Change Your Wife, was all that is cracked up to be. I thought I would find out how it was going in Atlanta. wired the leading Atlanta papers for their opinion, and received the following messages.
 Miss Anne Jordan Age Herald.
 '''Why Change Your Wife playing a two-weeks engagement at the Forsyth, Atlanta's largest moving picture theatre, breaking all house records. Movie fans declare it the greatest screen produc- ton of recent years surpasslng any thing they have ever seen before s'The Atlanta Georgian"
 Mir Linton K Starr of the Atlanta Journal replies as follows:
 Miss Anne Jordan. Age-Herald.
 Answering querry. Why Change Your Wife opening a two-weeks' engagement at the Forsyth theatre last night proved in the opinion of critics the best De Mile picture ever shown here. At 5t cents. the top price. picture drew ca- pacity crowds on an inclement opening eay. and today is holding up splendidly. + Is produced on scale as lavish as Male and Femalei and seems destined to establish a recoh here.
 HINTON K. STARR I'll say that is a boost that the At lanta papers are giving Why Change Your Wife, which comes to the Strant theatre all next week. DeMille certainly knows how to handle the husband and wife situation. and make even matri mony interesting And with Gloris Swanson for the wife. Thomas Meishar | for the husband. and Bebe Daniels a' the vamp-well the triangle will take oi brand new curves. l imagine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11

previous efforts successful. is the wife who loses her husband, Rebe Daniels flaming beauty and her talent fit her admirably for the role Of the other woman.
 No small part of MT. DeMille's sue cess as producer rests on his abil- fly to stage picture beautifully Why Chance Your Wife?" is no exception to the rule. There is not a false note in the entire production, and the settings are striking in many instances
 Both Miss Swanson and Miss Dan iels are handsomely costumed, and some of their gowns are .he most beau tiful ever screened. They were all designed especially for this production and strike new note in costume har- mony.
 A strong supporting cast was chosen for the princnpal players. lnclud in the list are Theodore Koslotf, Clarence Geldart Sylvia Ashton, May'n Kelso, Isltcien Littlefield Edna Mae Cooper Jane Wolf and others,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11

house built of beer bottles was or an interesting feature of Tonopah, N
 1t was on. account of the local scare of timber that a miner conceived idea of building himself a, dwelling fr' a huge stack Ms beer bottles More 10000 bottles were used in the dwellii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11
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 wrote: "I have seen the marvellous results of your Famous Prescription 0o, 9S% In many instances" Makes the RIGHT change in the kleod. hone and system. Nc s-.~1ft. -soutd fail to try it. Not narcotic. No disturDlnz
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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
HAD BETTER BE CAREFUL

a news item last week under a
Bartlcsville date line read as follows:
workers digging a pipe line be-
yond the city limits unearthed five
bottles of a Yhitish colored liquid.
Believing it to be rare vintage they
drank. a local Druggist analysed the
liquid and pronounced it nitro-glycer-
inc. Work has ceased in the vicinity
of the pipe line" :
Those chaps had better be- exceed
ingly careful. They should avoid
sitting down suddenly for some time
until the dope has a chance to work
out of their systems and should shun
autos even on the smoOthest roads.
Above all things should they avoid
taking trip over the NJ. o. 4 q.
Even with the utmost care the worst
is liable to happen; suppose the wife
of one of them should take crack
at him with rolling pin or flat
iron and see her spouse suddenly ex-
plode like Bolsheviki bOmb.--The
possible results of those ditch dig
gers indiscretion is too fearful to
contemplate.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
THE DEADLY CABBAGE FLY
IAN Experts Warning.)

IAN Experts Warning.)
I'm our cabbage-patches the hOlo
etaboous insecta are the hosts Of
Drastic polycmbryonic hymenoptera,
b he larvae of Pieris brassicae,
rarly cabbage butterfly.are para
tia>td by the Apantales glomeratus.
(tich in turn has hyperparasite, the
esochous pallidus. 1t is tragic to
pink that the fate of a plant, the
etetic and pharmaceutical virtues Of
lhlch have been so extolled by Cato,
fd upon which two of my Plinean col
)agae> Of uncertain data Chrysippus
pd Deuches. wrote monographs-it
lis one with regret to think that a
Frp so dear to Hodge let veris
Emata. the Brussels spronts of
|olumclla) should depend on the de-
Psltion in the ovum of the Pieris Of
Pother polyembryonic egg. The
Ptoplasm or oopasm of this forms a
fOphoamnion." ."-Exchange.
And here we've been thinking all
p while that it was the profiteers
pat had been making small dish of
prncd beef and cabbage cost so much
the average beanery.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
COX WILL SPEAK AT
OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR

Assurance that Governor Cox Of
Ohio, democratic candidate for presi-
dent will visit Oklahoma City on Frid-
day, October 1, has been received by
Ben F. Lafayette, Chairman Of the
democratic State Central Committee
Immediately upon receipt of this
information, Mr.. Lafayette held a
conference with l. S. Mahan, General
Manager of the Oklahoma State Fair
and plans have been made to have
Governor Cox speak at the State Fair
Grounds when he is here.
Although Cox's program is far
from definite, the present tentative
plans call for speech at. the State
Fairs big Auditorium shortly after
his arrival and another shorter talk
in front of the gigantic concrete grand
stand. II is estimated that in this
way he will be able to address nearly
10000 persons.
Following Cox's speech, the rcgu-
lar afternoon program of racing and
vaudeville will be given in front of the
Grandstand. There will be reduced
rates on all railroads.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
BABIES AND BABY BUCCyEs

The United States Chamber ~
commerce announces that the de-
mand for baby buggies has fallen off
at least SO per cent within the Ia .t
SIX months and declares that a scar.
city of babies exists, but does il .
According to observation there seems
10 be about as many babies in arms
es nave been since baby buggies first
came into existence; the only differ
ence Is that times have changed in
the manner Of bringing up babies as
in everything else.
II used to BE- that where there WAS
a baby there must be a baby buggy
and mothers took great pride in trim
ming up the carriages with soft,
downy pillows and fluffy cases and
spent hours knitting and crochetinp
and lace whipping covers to make
baby as attractive and comfortable
as possible so that father would take
pleasure in showing off" the dar-
ling in his evening rounds as the end
to'a perfect day" spent in toll
ing and working for baby and mother
and anticipating such amusement at
the end of the days work-such
amusement as the baby and the baby
buggy were capable of producing
Today It is different. Baby doesn't
have to be rolled in baby buggy.
Father has an automobile and while
he plies his trade and work at his
desk to procure the wherewithal for
the upkeep Of the gasoline buggy,
mother and baby and nurse are at
the steering wheel and baby is much
happier even though he still gets his
sustenance from the same old source
and is subject to all the ills that the
baby of the buggy days was accus-
toned to.
No, there are just as many babies
as the census reported ten years ago
and the United States Chamber Of
Commerce is needlessly alarmed
Ardmorite.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
COTTON

Uncertainty dominated the cotton
market during the past week. Daily
fluctuations of over hundred points,
day after day, are not normal and
can only be explained by a feeling
OF semi-panic on the part of those
interested in the commodity. Those
who were holders of cotton contracts
were sellers because of declining spot
markets and unsettled financial con-
ditions. Those who wished to enter
the market at the lowest possible
point were buyers on the advances,
believing possibly, that the deterior-
alton reported during the past week
or so would stimulate mill and export
demand.
The futility of reports estimating
the crop in percentage of fluctua-
ting 100 per cent was shown again
this week when condition of CTS
per cent was issued on Wednesday
This condition was lower than expect
ed but its influence was short lived
as the growth was mathematically
figured to be 12,783,OOO bales (indica-
ted on August 25th). This amount
with the carryover is considered more
than sufficient to meet the needs Of
the world even should demand be in
crease later. At present, however,
the tendency is toward reduced pro-
duction of manufactured goods and
retail trade is falling rapidly behind
last year.
Mill and export buyers are not
showing any anxiety to buy, and un-
til the demand is on far larger scale
than now exists lower prices appear
probable.
1t must not be overlooked, however,
that cotton is now selling at a price,
generally admitted to be lower than
the cost of production, causing many
who can, to hold at least a part Of
their crop, and damage from storms
or frost might be the signal that
would cause heavy buying by consum-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
HEATHEN IN OKLAHOMA

'uitlng large bibles to pieces, fill
lg three pianos with water, destroy
$1,000 worth of religious pictures,
.ar'ng pedals from an organ and
ne clock from the wall. breaking
Iown roll top desks in the minister's
allce' cutting up carpets, was a
(sH of the sport of unknown persons
10 entered the First Baptist church
'ale in this state Wednesday Of
AN week In addition telephone
HeS were cut telephones smashed
rings torn from the pianos and the
Sshday school literature destroyed.
"a'er was left running in the base
-en. m' and the communion set mashed.
me outrage was committed We'd
suay morning between 10 and II
= t'ock' Rev. Olen Cornelius, pastor
.ne church, has only been in Yale
Sou' Tour months. He was out Of
cit? at the time the crime was
U'a, The perpetrators appar-
a'.s cid not have theft as a motive
.h, ueSe was nothing taken from the
"uFh of any great value.
IN :, R'r'S musical recital was held
I., d. '"e church at $3.50 o'clock Wednes-
|or. or. morning. When the recital was
o,d M an' the church vacated it was in
hur. The girls returned to the
Ii, in '" ~ noon Wednesday and found
=" Chaos. No cause for the crime
|tbor"'.ht' n Mr.. Cornelius is not
Tb"rl Tuknl to have any bitter enemies.
,.a,;o. . were no radicals in the congre-
v,,rd ' 'h'tf of police at Yale has sent
crima nv - All cities in the state of the
,a,,n @ WIN request that police de-
ne '"'gn'' a'; assist him in running down
II, ,,IaM'nals. ~, No clues have been
'"' day. ~
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
PEACE OFFICERS PINCHED

Six prisoners. three of them peace
officers, were captured Saturday
night in raids by federal revenue
officers in Titus county Texas and all
were taken this morning under
heavy guard to Texarkana for arrain-
ment before a United States commits
sioner on charge of operating stills
The raiders were assembled from all
important federal agencies in Texas
and Oklahoma, because Of the feeling
in that section over prohibitory law.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
LABOR DAY

Labor Day was observed in Durant
by pretty nearly everyone laboring
about the same as usual. The banks
OF course, were closed, as was also
the postoffice. Otherwise, so far as
the News man was able to observe,
the day was about the same as other
days. although Jupiter Pluvious evil
IDENTIFY thought that there was to be
celebration here as he provided a
nice rain for the occasion.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
WOMEN SOLDIERS IN POLAND

All over Poland today the woman
guard is familiar sight standing with
her rifle before public buildings, rail-
way stations, bridges and warehouses,
according to word reaching the Red
Cross from Warsaw. Many of the
guards posted by the Polish govern
ment over the supply houses Of the
American Red Cross have been women
legionaries, and in this work Of pro-
tecting the relief stores brought to
the sick and hungry children Of their
country they take an especial salts
faction.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
rwE>Ty.DOLLAR COAL

the farmers Of the United
n'" ,,i,cd the cry Of Dollar
=. il was recognized that a mos.
" ,.,. industry was endeavoring
" ' ;t.,lf to a position of eco
...,,,i,y which its service de-
.pollar Wheat" was not re-
=. m attempt to profiteer
rrbu, expense: it was not re-
-. the expression Of excess
:" .J Indeed, it has been fire.
e., ,on,,ndcd that If a bushel Of
~ and u dollar Of money could
ad,. ~. standard, it would go far
rJ M .,ahilizing some schedules
= # he haze appeared to be very
m nw however, the people Of the
,d :, .r> are confronted with a
nr,e IDEAL, a new campaign to
BASE a certain cost to an hereto
urhcar,! of figure. The coal
ms Of the country are shouting
|en,y-p,llar Coal" with as much
zeal as ever the pioneer shout
SPIKE. Peak of Bust!"
twenty. Dollar Coal is purely a
. ideal; it is just as unreason-
As would be a clothing trade
an of Hundred Dollar Clothes. !"
mere is no doubt whatever that a
bprate attempt has been made in
United States to push prices so
that the recession will not be
Al, and then, by interference with
duction, maintain prices at a high
/ long enough to make them crys-
lie into a standard.
I coal can be pushed to $40 or, in
er to make $50 the permanent
e, if coal can be pushed to $25,
| held there long enough to COM
the entire population to adjust
6r whole living expense around $25
d, then. if pressure occurs, coal can
dropped to the $40 rate, and that
|ndard can be maintained long
bugh to make it the accepted stand
for all years to come.
6ou see, there is no economic law"
but it. There is simply an agree
b, among men who control the coal
boost their business to a higher
|ancial level.
fhey can do it-unless something
opens. People must have coal. In
her to get coal, they must 60 to
bse WIN have it. If those who have
use the fact of possession to op-
kss the people then the people may
bmt from very physical necessity,
they may exert another power and
hove the barrier which is interposed
tween them and the fuel which
Fy must have to keep alive.
There is nothing to show that $50
necessity for the producers,
Ie,her they he miners or managers.
There is nothing to show that $50
al is anything but a raid on the
pple'> wonter budget.
And this present moment would
en- To be the worst possible time
try experiments with the public
lence.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
NO WONDER HE DIED

Sir Hiram Maxim, the great in
ventor, said Of the English measuring
methods: II cannot understand why
We stick to these weights and meas
ures. There was only one man who
knew the English weights and meas
ures; he studied them for 30 years
and he just knew them all when the
poor fellow went mad and died"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-10
DURANT NEEKLY NEWS

ing interests.
We consider the market unusually
dangerous at present, and suggest
care in making fresh commitments
until the market resumes more
normal course.-New York Cotton
Letter.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-11-12
FREE.
THIS GRAIN TRULY GOLDEN
How Discovery of Prolific Gold Field
Was Made in Mysore, State
of India.

One of the worlds most prolific gold
fields at the present time Is In the
Kolar district (Mysore state) of India.
Discovery of it was made in a curious
way.
In prosperous years. when the gods
favored the valley with an ample har-
vest of rice, grains of gold were found
now and then on rice ears. This great
ly mystified the natives. who ascribed
the gold to supernatural powers.
What probably happened was that
these grains, derived from the gravelly
soil, lodged on the young rice plants
when they were being grown In nur
series for subsequent transpantatiou
to the fields) and flooded at intervals
with water.
The strange occurrence, at first
deemed supernatural. led to the discov.
cry that the gravels Of the valley were
rich In gold. brought down from the
mountains. Since then the Kolar dis
trict has contributed largely to the
worlds supply of the yellow metal.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-11-12
ORIGINATED IN DAINTY VERSE
Expression That Is Considered Slight
iy Vulgar Today Traced to
Poet Cowper.

Some of the crudest expressions in
he English tongue had their origin
IN poetry, and even religious com
mands. Among these the phrase, ito
go the whole hog" is a striking ex-
ample. Today 1t Is looked upon as
4 vulgarism. Yet the words were OBJ
tained directly from poem by Cow
per, whose title is the pretty term,
Love of the World Reproved." The
poem Is the versifying of an Arabian
story that seems well founded In fact.
Mohammed in giving forth his laws
declared that certain part of the pig
should not be eaten, but he forgot to
mention Just what part 1t was that
he thought unclean. His followers, tc
make sure of not violating his com
mands. debarred the whole pig. As
there were many. however, who were
dearly fond of pork, they met and
agreed that one would eat the steaks
one the chops. one the feet, and so on
until the whole pig had been eaten
and thus but one of the feasters could
be made to suffer for the sin. As Cow.
per says: "They thought 1t hard from
the whole pig to be debarred." and
adds: with sophistry, their sauce
they sweeten, till quite from tail to
snout, It's eaten"