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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17
Di4zcreeable Duties.

The easiest time 10 do disagree
able duty is when we first decide it is
a duty. Evasion and delay double the
unpleasantness, AID hours of fUre-
taste and distoste are added to DIS
comfort the decisive action that must
come at last. Dodging the disagree
able is a losin~
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17

It's said there are barely lawyers enough
in the Vermont legislature for seed. But
when noses are counted it will be found
there are enough doctors and bankers
there to offset any such lack. Just which
is worse is hard to tell. Perhaps the two
men in that body will be able
10 give us some light on the subject when
lie session is over.-Barton Monitor.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17
Riverside

Harry Manning is ill.,
Theodore Whitcomb is suffering from
the humps.
Joel Whitcomb is repairing Roy Serb
ner's house at johnson.
Mrs. Ella Currier of johnson is visiting
her brother, A. 1. Mills.
o. M. Whitcomb has had telephone
installed in his residence.
Several children have the whoopipg
cough. The Barnes school is closed.
Ed Styles and r. B. Crowell were
business callers at Henry Patnode's
Friday.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17
Funeral of Ralph Nye

The body Of Ralph Nye, who died in
France, about two years ago, arrived
home from OVERSEAS Thursday, Nov. IL
The funeral was held from his late home
Sunday, attended by large number of
relatives and friends. Burial in the fam
lily lot here at East Cambridge. Masonic
exercises at the grave. Much sympathy
is felt tor the bereaved family.
He gave his young live for his country
like many other noble youths.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17

There has been adopted in the public
schools of New York City rule requiring
twenty minutes a week Instruction IN
manners. This is an excellent rule
one that might we'll be adopted in schools
generally. A little less Greek and Latin
and more attention to manners would
make better men and women of our boys
and girls.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17

The Burlington Free Press intlmates
that Col. F. S. Billings of Woodstock will
be the next Speaker Of the Vermont House
of Representative Of course he will
The News AND CITIZEN was for him from
the beginning before the "elimina-
tlon" of Dana and Alexander. If you see
in the News AND CITIZEN its so!
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17

Republican officers, elect have to remem-
Der that the immense majority given the
Republican ticket represent thousands
upon thousands of votes of Democrats
who have become tired of Democratic mall
administration. To hold a great part of
their support, it is necessary for the Re-
publican party to make good its promise
of thorough reform in the government.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17
No important Climatic CHANCES.

There has been no well-authenticat-
ed changes OF climate within the last
1000 years. Changes due to man,
such as deforestation, agriculture, the
building of canals. railroads or tele-
graph have only a local effect.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17
Ever Meet Anvone Like Herr

A man who lives in a West side
boarding house describes his land
lady: "She is a kind of parallelo-
gram; that is, an oblOng angular fig
ure which cannot be described and
which is equal to anything; and any
two meals in her house are together
less than a square meal."-New York
Times
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17

Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby, is
taking a southern trip. The south would
seem to be about the only direction in
which he could go j~st now without suffer.
ing from depression"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17

Perhaps the weather this fall may be
like that of three hundred years ago, when
the Pilgrims landed at Cape Cod. Moth
ing but an open winter" ever saved their
lives, settling on New England shores in
November and December. Here's hoping
that the mild weather will continue, as it
must have done then.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17
Their Diversion-

Jud Tunkins says that some men
who would scorn to bet on a horse
race play politics, strictly as a game
of chance.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17
News and Citizen

In New Hampshire, the town of Bosca-
wen. the birthplace of Daniel Webster, a
woman was elected as its Representative
to the State Legislature.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
New Productions Open
Out Of Town, Ready for
Showing OH ESroaeIwa,

The following new productions re
Gently opened out Of town. preparatory
TO showing on Broadway:
"Afgar,' It musical comedy. produced
BY Comstocb and Gest, opened at Par
sonss Theater, Hartford, Conn. Mon
day. November I, with Alice Delysia.
Lupino Lane. W H. Rawhns. Irving
Beebe, Francis Cameron. Guy Collins.
Paul Irvine, Philip Sheridan. Glenn
Gamble, Violet Blythe, ray EVELYN.
Jean. Casselle. Gene Grey. Alyce Mel
zard, Clara Burton Vera Ruby, CAROLYN
Reynolds, Orette Lewis. Jacque Sage
Anna Miller, Billie Danscha, Jean Bar
nette, Betty Michaels, olga H4rting.
Queenie Andrews. OLGA Ne11ia, Agnes
D'Assia, Anna Fisher and Betty
Squiers. "Afgar' comes to the Central
Theater tomorrow nighr.
The iroper Spirit comedy by
" Willard Robertson and Kilbourn Cor
don, produced by Mr.. Henry b. Har-
ris Monday. November /. in Bingham
ton, with Tom Wise. Frederic Burt,
Marion Kerby. Frank Thomas, S !
via Field, Ralph Dean. Helen Stew
art, Raymond Van Sickle, Elliott Nu-
gent, Harry J. Lane, Gabrielle Ravan-
ellie. Lawrence. Williams and John D
Walsh.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Ube Gholution Of 4 5tar
Grto 6tonc

show has been remembered as much
by that one feature as by name. In
The Old Town. for instance, which
was his first production with Charles
Dillingham;, lariat throwing was the
feature. For The Red Mill" he in
froduced the famous revolving wind
mill. "The Lady of the Slipper"
glide; for "Chin CHM he became Il
bareback rider, displaying all of the
ability of circus trouper Of ten sea-
sons; and in "Iack o. Lantern" he be-
came an ice skater a la Charlotte.
while for Tip Top h acquired whip
cracking and rife mark smanship. And
his characters have shown a Fred Stone
as versatile from the standpoint Of
comedy as frcm that OF acrobatics
His greatest appearance this year is as
a comedy Indian, perhaps the only high
class bur,esque Of an Indian ever done.
Stone himself thinks the character
is the mo effective since the straw
man Of The Wizard of o." He has
been Cossach, a Scotchman. a bur
lesque Englishman, Cinderellas coach
man, & whi.e-facc clown, a Chinaman,
an Italian organ grinder and min
strel. to name few. But always lie
mas been Fred Stone the wonder He
has done what no other comedian has
done. AS bareback rider he is as
great as he is an ice skater. and he is
as great an ice skater as any theatrical
exhibitionist America has seen, with thu
possible exception Of Charlotte. He
learned whip cracking from the Austria
hans and then taught them a few
tricks OF his own. He learned "bronco
busting' and lariat throwing from the
cowboys and thea went to the From
tier Day celebration at Cheyenne and
beat them at their own game. James
}. Corbett almost convinced him he
could become the worlds champion
boxer, and Frank Chance, of the chi
cago Cubs. almost induced him 10 quit
the stage for the diamond.
The accompanying pictures have been
selected by Stone himself as showing
some OF the characters which he con-
slders the most effective of his career.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
By Harriette Underhill

But ! can make up for it in real
= life, you know, or if that won't do well
give q special performance for you
with any sort OF ending you like" Pa
tricia Collingc was trying to console
US after the final curtain Of Just
Suppose one OF tho most delightful
things we have seen this season.
There is something strange about
Just Suppose. 1t makes you feel
the way you used 20 feel when you
were little and went to the thcater to
see Waits OF New York" and The
Two Orphans done by the local stock
company. Remember how you used
to thrill when the orchestra came out
from under the stage and how long the
waits seemed between the acts and
how beautiful you thought the leading
lady and how 1ou hoped some day to
marry the leading ~man? Well. by and
by you lose that feeling; you so to
the theater to be amused or TO see the
people or because You have TO, but
you don't ever again live in world
of romance for three hours that is,
hardly ever.
Once since we've been grown up
play made Us feel like that It was
The Road to Yesterday and now
comes "Just SUPPOSE
Patricia Collinge, the star. made her
debut in America in "Everywoman."
$ as ca ,UOu 2nG So Was t
fifteen years old at the time. She
bee. M D Nu II n m .aiate =,
on account of her dainty Irish lowell
ness, and she hasn't changed bit in
this last decade. There is something
N her voie that makes you cry if she
only says @'I expect to go through life
always a little lonely hackneyed
phrase.
1t is some time since Miss Collinge
has been in New York She was play
ing in Chicago when she received word
that she was expected to open in New
Yer .oll."ng Mcnaay III Jus.
Suppose"
"And / opened cold" she said. Which
is only an actresses way of saying that
she had not played with the company
when the play was tried out in other
cities.
The last time we saw Miss Collinge
and she had been out on the road with
that nearly ever since.
Some people we write about because
we are asked to. and others we write
linge is in this latter class, so We got
to the Henry Miller Theater at 7:45
and went back stage Miss Collinge
met " a tne c C. rh
dressing room and sit down. There's
csn ll. IL S cl e.
back in no time We're changing the
last act-cutting it, in fact
But we don't want it cut before wc
see it,
"oh. it's only line or two, 50 don't
The boy called half hour" and then
"ffteen minutes" before Miss Collinge
rushed into the dressing room. "lt
seems so fanny to be putting on pretty
dresses and satin slippers, and the
hardest thing Tor me to remember is
not to stand on one foot and turn in
my toes. You know Tillie was not ex-
actly what you'd call po!seful. This is
my first grown-up part in years, and Oh,
how love Linda Lee
We were delighted and relieved when
she volunteered this information. Long
ago we used, in our innocence. to ask
artists how they liked their current
roles, but We never have dared since
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Capitol Theater Will
Celebrate Arnlistice
With Special Program

Armistice week will be celebrated
at the Capitol Theater next week with
- special program arranged for the
occasion by s. l.. RothaDfcl. Special
occasion by $. J.. Rothafel. Special
and arranged for the celebration and
there viii he a selection Of appro-
pirate film offerings. There will be ex-
ccrpts from the "pageant Of Victory"
which was London's welcome to the
heroes who fought and won July 49,,
l9l" "Rheims,' pictures Of the i'm
mortal ruiQ, and "Whcre Poppies
Bloom" showing the last resting place
OF the dead. all produced bv the Prizma
process, VIII be shown.
"OVcr There" an overture bv Josenh
Carl Breil, will be played for the first
time by the Capitol orchestra. It is
composed Of the themes of the various
national anthems Of the Allies woven in
with the American national airs. Nerdi's
"RcGuicm viii be sung by Bertram
Peacock and Sudworth Frasier, assisted
by thirty voices Of the Capitol ensem-
hlc
Special nights for armistice week
have been designated as follows:
Monday Army Nlght'; Tuesday. "Navy
Night; Wednesday Marine Corps
\ ght': Thursday, American Legion
Night. and Friday "Allied Night" at
which the official repre- sentatiyes will
be the guests
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

formanee. She set the fusy poxd..
puff aside, reached for comm 80,
started TO arrange her coiTnre rss"a
she pointed TO tiny lock of blo.s
hair. fastened 10 the edge Of her s,s." ss"4
ing mirror.
That's lock Of my sons hair" .A
said. Il brought it down opening n;s.. G
for good luck" "'s''
Again She lapsed into bries sue,..
continuing o apply the necessary 49,
meticS with deft touches. Fv,6a1.,-
something vas troubling her. Then -.
asked an EN- barrassing question.
DO you think | am plump ." shs 10
nanded, without any warning.
Some sort OF reply was s.am-e-a5
confusedly, and she continued, 49,,
time complainingly. but good "a.
turedly:
"One Of the critics gere me 8 ioy..~
notice. but have ore thing apa,9..
him. He said | was plump aid 5ie-s'
ing don't think am plnmn
weigh only 100 pounds. Surely .,..
can hardly be regarded as plumn
am on the stage so much with NJ
Sawyer, who weighs much less than
do, that perhaps The con,ras. rnakss
me appear plrmper than really sr'
After what the critic said can't a.
ford 70 grow any stouter." she addss
laughingiy.
Did you notice how me p,av =.
worked out in pair ." Mss Thompson
asked. There are two sons. ,xo
fathers. TWO daughters. Two character
parts and TWO maids. let in spite o.
so many pairs everv oue has a d..
tinctly Individual role which does not
submerge his or her personality Ne
are all like d very happy faaiiy"
May Thompson comes from B,rming
ham, England. Although much Of her
accent is gone. she stl.l retains the
clear. precise diction that she broueh,
over with her. Before coming 20 Amer
ica she took part in many Christmas
pantomimes. and also rad roles IN
melodramatic productions Christina.
pantomimes in England by ,ne va,
are more than the word implies. size
explained The Characters have lines
to speak, and IN reality the pantomime
is a big Christmas musical production
Her most recent appearances here
were in Fancy Free with Clifton
Crawford; in You're in Love" in "Ka-
tinka' and The Midnight Rounders, =
at the Century Promenade
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

called double eXposure,' q camera de.
wee tnat takes two pictures at different
elnes on the same pate or fln< Reid j.
enabled to play the two leading roles.
tha OF the rich young San Francisco
clubmaA as we'll as that Of the crook
VINO personates him. A skilled camera
man makes Ii possible Tor the TWO
Wallace Reds to appear at the same
l'ine on the stage and even TO indulge
IN a iisl light, in which the hero oval
l&ce Rcid) punches the villain (Wallace
Reid in the jaw
The picture. which is not only an
interesting bit OF work from the view
point OF the cameraman, bur also from
ne fact that the author Ben Ames
lilams, newspaper man and short
story Wilter. helped solve a similar
mystery m has reportorial DAYS. viii
nave Its debut at the Rivoli Theater
To-day. James Cruze WAS the director
o. we production for Paramount and
lom Geraghty wrote the unusually
smooth continuity.
Double exposure on the screen is not
an Invention Of yesterday; it has been
used repeatedly for trick purposes. but
u Is a rarity IN telling a story like the
one Williams created. In Always Au
uac'ouS It's use has been legitimate.
ar such that the two men. the clubn,ar
ana the criminal, must look so much
allke that the rich marfs sweetheart
niS lawyer snd even his old house
keeper. cannot tell the TWO men apart
Mnen they are brought together at the
'4>"N yer Once TOR the purpose Of as
eertaining who is who. The laws sits
IT j. desk with Wallace Reid as the
rent tleman CROOK at one elbow and
Wallace Reid as the clubman at the
other Il similar situation were pre-
sented on the stage it would be nee
essary to ind TWO men who had ~
Same stature and features. and then
makeup would be resorted to for a
common denomlnater. And. further.
1t would not be unlikely. that there
YOU'D re dlmming OF lights to make
similarity seem the more striking.
But the celluloid reverses tn y proc
ess. There 's 10 dimming ia the dual
rgures on the screen 10Th Wali.cn
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Jerome Storm Deserts
The " eli known Farm
For the Wicked City

Jerome Storm is the first man to
make the farm pay-on the screen.
He's a most scientific and intensive
agriculturist. 1t was he who directed
the last fourteen pictures starring
Charles Ray. but he doesn't claim to
have "made' Ray. He says it was
mutual.
Now that he's left the dear old farm
and come to The city CLOS Angeles to
New York in other words) he's just
as enthusiastic about. the wies of
Wall Street as he was about the wiles
of the willun who held the mortgage
ON the old COW barn.
Jerry is wnat Robert ". Chambers
calls "a clean-Nmbed. wide-awake
young Americana His PRINCIPAL en-
thuslasm just now is Lillian Gish. He
is to direct her in her first stellar
venture away from D. W. Griffith.
MISS Gish and the Frohman Company
showed excellent taste when they
asked Mr.. storm to succeed Nh Grif-
nlN' ana lncldentaily Jerry considers
DaNid lhes best director in the world.
men we saw his "Peaceful Valley"
our enthusiasm knew no bounds Re
cause we did not know how better 10
express ii we said that it was worthy
Oh NrlIlih At that time we never had
met Mr. storm, but not long after that
we did, and the first thing he said was:
nat the incest thing any one ever
said about me and I'm going to have it
engraved on my tombstonc.o
Before Mr.. Storm began to direct
the destinies of Charles Ray he made
I9ur pictures with Enid Bennett
Keys of the Righteous" was about
the best thing Miss Bennett ever did
= nd, OF course, You remember "rhn
Girl Dodger.' The Egg Crate Walloni,
and the others.
Like all geniuses he refuses to take
any credit which he feels does not hc-
long to him. Ray is great actor"
he declared. "l'm certainly Fortunate.
tor Miss Gsh is the greatest screen
actress IN the world" Before he he
c,lne q director he was Il "heavv." He
aId bad men, land you've no idea hpw
BAD they were,' he added. Mr.. Storm
suck to them for seven years, but he
lad to give up. His sense Of humor
N'as too great. He was born in Denver
and people who are born in Denver are
always nice. Eugene @ Bricn was born
lN DenVer
Mr.. Storms first production with
lAillan Gish is from a story by Fred
de Grease, tentatively called World
S@adoWs II is now in rehearsal.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Can l20 Pounds Be Plump?
Asks May Thompson, Who
Mildly Berates the Critics

Until her appearance in "The Half
Moon,' never before had audiences
laughed at the efforts of May Thomp-
son on the stage Not that they had
been expected 10 laugh. If they had
laughed it would have been an indica-
ton that Miss Thompson was not play
ing her part we'll or that she was not
dancing gracefully. And Miss Thomp-
son both plays her parts well and
dances gracefully. In the musical
comedy productions in which she had
roles previous to the Dillingham pro-
duction at the Liberty Theater she was
not expected to create mirthful
chucl1les OF hearty laughs. Nov she IS.
and does.
After sweet ingenue roles in you're
in Love-" "Katinka" and other recent
musical comedies it is like setting out
into an uncharted sea to have lines
and scenes which. for the first time in
her career. cause audiences TO laugh.
"Whcn The Half Moon opened IN
Baltimore and [ heard my first laugh |
was bewildered. could scarcely so
on fer moment. Then was proud
and happy, and tho more laughs l got
the happier | felt. 1t was an entirely
new and pleasant sensation for me,
Miss Thompson sald.
her first chance at comedy she has ana
bitions to be comedienne and will
study al winter she says, to prepare
herself She viii read comedy roles
and practice their Interpretation.
Forget that you are a dancer and
talk as you do in everyday conversa-
ton. Then people will point to you
and say, She's a dancer, but she can
also act.
That was the advice of Fred G.
Latham, stage director for The Half
Moon," to Miss Thompson when re-
hearsals for the lie BaronJacobi play
started.
Il had always found it extremely
hard to be natural on the stage. As
soon as | went on it seemed that inn
mediately ] became extremely artiticia al.
SO il was rather with my dancing than
anything else that gained whatever
success did in musical comedy. When
We started work in The Half Moon Mr..
Latham took me in hand and worked
hard and patiently with me, trying to
get me 10 overcome my artifciality. If
have overcome it the credit is his"
Miss Thompson was making up pre-
paratory to the Election Night per
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

principal characters through i terrific
snowfall. or "The Tavern" where all
the queer, interesting people are driven
TO the shelter of a country inn by the
pelting rain.
"uncle Toms Cabin" would still have
been great book and q great play.
even if Eliza had not had t. escape
across the ice. "Thc Two Orphans'
would have lived for years. even If the
sisters had not shlVered IN the stage
snowstorm. but "Pittcr Patter." The
Storm and The Tavern to mention
but few of the current successes.
were born Of clouds. How would The
Bat" have wrought his spell and kept
the audience feverishly thrilled over
mis- identity had II been clear night?
In some of the current plays the
weather, while not the pivotal point
Of the story, adds great interest ~ It's
development. In The Charm School"
row appearing IN neighborhood thea
icrs. one Of the most delightful scenes
Is that IN which the runaway school
girl is driven home IN the rain by the
school principal with whom She had
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
There's Motive Aplenty
For the Two Malinee
Idols in Spanish Love-

Imagine two matinee idols in the
same company. Wagenhals and KEN
per point with considerable pride at
James Rcnnie and David POWELL two
young men Of romantic stage habits,
who are at present holding down two
of the leading parts in Spanish Love-"
the drama of passion in sunny Spain
playing for some three months at the
Maxine Elliott Theater
Nh. Powell plays the part Of a
wasted, gaunt and generally tragic
young man whose condition is the re-
suit Of a fcud fight in which James
Renne. as the matinee idol Of what
might be called the opposition party,
has traced upon Mr.. Powel's chest as
wicked knife as might be found in
the whole OF Spain. The wound makes
Mr.. Powell, only as the character in
the play, of course. one of those figures
who are known as pale and interest,"
ing
Maria del Carmen, tie feminine
character Of the play. who lives SO
Splendidly up to the feminine reputa-
tion of being more deadly than the
male, is in, love with the character
played by Mr. Rennio. but she feels
duty bound to care for the unfortunate
Mr.. Powell after 50 large section OF
his good health has been cut away by
The Rennie knife. OF course the pa
ticnt falls in love with his beautiful
rurse.
The opposing candidate for matinee
idol honors is Nj Rennie as the
strong, masterful lad OF romance who
IS equally efficient at love and ven
detta. Mr.. Rennie is the conqueriny,
swashbuckling type of matinee idol.
however, and romantic young things
thrill just as much between bonbons
over his masterful ways as they sigh
over the tragedy of Mr. PowelIs fate
Between Mr.. Rennie and Mr.. Powell
there is, however, no petty sense of
jealousy such as might be expected Of
the tn romanticaliy inclined of the stare.
They respect each other as excellent
actors and. quite naturally. always
give of their best when playing o.
posjte each other on the stage. OF
stage, however, they throw their mash
notes into the same wastebasket and
mut ually agree that being a matinee
idol is great life ii one doesn't
Weakcu