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tors of foreign nationalities entertain crowds of their countrymen with bet ter plays than Broadway usually sees. Less than , per cent Of them have ever been inside a Broadway theater, When they do go to American shows 1t is necessarily to the cheapest kind. The influence of this is manifested in the taste for art which their chil- dren develop. But the parents never forget the pleasures they were used to in the old country
 "This is what l mean: A town that 1 know of in Bohemia, of 1000 inhab- itants. produced The Flying Dutch man for their own entertainment. It must have taken every member of the community to put it on. l have some times offered the tiny stage at the LenoX Hill settlement where l direct dramatics, but when l say to an eX- cellcnt group of Bohemian amateurs come and play for us The Bartered Bride by your famous countryman Smctana,' they answer: Our orchcs- tra would leave no room for the au. dieuce And with such q small stage and no dressing rooms it would bC impossible.'
 Interest in the Folk theater has been taken by Hunter college whict
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CALIFORNIA MAN IS
 MORE THAN PLEASED
K. A. Dennison Says Tanlac Put Him Right Back On His Feet Again After He Had Been in Bad Health For Over A Year.

'For the past year or more I have didn't feel good at all but last April 22 1 had an awfu attack with my stomach which nearly drew me up and I have been worse ever since
 "About the best way I can de- scribe the way I felt is to say was just leg-wearv and all in. really did net have strength to keep going and l gave up all idea of try ing to work, For a long while I had no appetite, but would eat anyhow though my food never seemed to do me any good.
 q would go to bed at night and would sleep but apparently did not rest for l woul dget up just as tired as when I went to bed. I got SC l could scarcely go a block, but what l would have to stop and rest
 "Well, I read about Tanlac one day. and that reminded me that a friend had spoken about the same medicine, so l got some and began to take it. I had been taking it about week when one evening, after supper, I started to walk and before ] realized it l had walked up to First street and back, about IA blocks, and never felt it at all and then l realized that the tonic was helping me.
 q have taken four bottles now and am just feeling real good again am able to be back at the Expo sition Stock Yards every day and have just as much energy as 1 ever had. I get up refreshed in the mornings now and I have a real ap- petite which makes me enjoy three
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22
OWEN FOR FOREIGN CREDITS.

Washington, May 21.-Sugge stlon by Senator Owen, democrat, Okia- homa, that the United States faciil- tate extension of commercial credits to Europe brought forth in the sen ate yesterday criticism of proposals that the government itself should loan it's money to Europeans, gov ernments or nations.
 "The government should provide the mechanism by which credits can be secured by Europeans" Senator Owen said. England, France, Bel gium and Italy have always paid theii debts and always will"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22
Scotland's Local
 Option Act to be
 Effective June ]

Glasgow, May 10.-scotland,s local option act, enacted in 1913 after thirty years of agitation, becomes effective June 1. Coincident with the coming into force of the law, prohibitionists are planning to launch an electoral campaign, which, in intensity, cost and use of all varieties of publicity will be comparable to the latter stage of the anti-alcohol crusade in the United States.
 government franchise i'll every town and district of Scotland and out of that vote will come the choice of one of three alternatives-total prohibi- tion, reduction of drinking facilities by one-fourth, or continuance of pre- sent regulations. Even spokesmen for the liquor interests concede that a good part of Scotland will go dry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22
Foreigners Here
 Will Have Folk
 Theatre Their Own

New York, May 20-Foreign born Americans with a love for the drama of their native lands are to have a folk theatre of their own, the project of Burton w. James, a local commun- ity worker, who has directed Russian and Italian as well as English produc- tions in New York.
 The theater, in which, it is said, "the plays of all nations" will be giv- en by amateurs and professionals will be one of the finest in the city. It will seat only 29o persons but the plans contemplate that it shall be complete and modern in every way The site selected on the upper East Side.
 Russians, Italians, Czecho-Slovaki ans and many other former Europeans for years have presented grand opera
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22
Texas Grain Spells
 for Lack of Cars

Austin, Tex, May 21-A shortage of 3350 cars to move grain said to be spelling at points in the Panhandle due to lack of storage, was reported today to the interstate commerce com mission by the Texas railroad com mission, it was announced here
 Congestion of 2600 carloads of grain at Galveston also was reported. The Texas commission urged that the United States Shipping Board and the British embassy be requested to rush additional bottoms to Galveston.
 Two thousand ventilated cars for vegetables and watermelons shipments from South Texas will be needed with in two weeks, the Texas commission alos reported.
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will celebrate it's 50th anniversary here tomorrow with festival includ- ing a benefit performance of "Thc Two Orphans" a play just half cen tutry old itself- The box office re- ceipts will be used as n nucleus for Mr. James theater enterprise. The Bohemian artists, Miteka and Myrc- sek, who have sympathiZed with the dramatic efforts of their fellow coun- trymen. have offered to cooperate, it j said, in the decorative arrangements and preparation of scenery.
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comedy and tragedy written by mas ters whose work has never been seel by Broadway theater goers. MT James, who is enthusiastic about his venture says that the primitive lov' for acting is very much alive in Nev York and that the zest for self-eX pression which persists among thes' one time immigrants even in smal dingy public halls with wretched stag acccutrements will never die.
 Night after night, all over Nev York;" said MT. James, amateur ac
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22
Memphian Named
 as Barge Head

St. Louis, May 21.-Appointment of Cyrus Gurnsev, Jr, of Memphis, Ten nessee, as operating manager of the Mississippi section of the government barge service on the Mississippi and Warrior rivers. was announced at headquarters of the service here to- day. The appointment is effective June 1.
 MT. Garnsey succeeds the late Lew lis T. Kavanaugh, who was drowned in the Mississippi river at Memphis April IA, last.
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FLEE TO UNITED STATES.

Maf1a, Tex, May 21.-ca,.tain Ze- |es1ias |s sa and Lieutenant Glov.s of .ne Gra Mexican regiment, with tnei. Lnes, nave fled to the Ua;red States \, cross from Bouquillas, Chihuahua personal safety and have surren- easa eas; to the American military au- |nnn |Finor,ees; Half of the command of Evuo' | which left Ojiniga under CT. Eas ra or President Carranza for Pie Eas' has no wdeclared for Obregon |ouquillas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22
USE II. $. GUNS.

Brussels, May 9.-Amcrican army rifles, pistols and ammunition have been delivered to the Belgian teams who will compete in the Olympic shooting events. The United States wal. department consented to the re quest of the Belgians, through the American embassy here, to use the ammunition arms, which the Belgian, believe to be the best in the world.
 WOMEN MAY SMOKE.
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Martial Law in France Declared

Madrld, May 21.-Martial law has (eeen proclaimed here as the result F the bread disturbances. government statement chhron-
 es dlsturbances during which rio Efs plllaged shops, especially those
 pakerles and grocers. Even some [llVate houses were attacked.
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: PARIS SALOON STRIKE.

rans' May 21.-Saloons throughout Pias Will be closed from 4 until 6
 NsueA r tnls afternoon as result of |r;stn ;ssasral strike called by the pro- es.ors Tn protest against additional Esss Es pslng levied on cognac, rum and
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FIRE UNDER CONTROL.

Quebec, May 21.-The forest fire which threatened destruction of sev- eral villages and large timber tracts in Belle Chase county is under con- trol today. according to reports re- ceived here.
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CHICAGO BA7, DIES.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 21.- Will liam II. C. Stogs, president of the Guarantee Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, died suddenly here yes tcrday
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protect her against bolshevik al gression. The appeal, which fo lows the landing of bolshevik forcs on Persian soil from the Caspian se was made through the Persian fol eign minister, who is in Paris.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22

IS announced. arc to be permitted to smoke "to keep them in good humor to expedite business and as an anti dote to a badly ventilated room"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22

C.. l., Blackwell has bought foul room bungalow at 1904 Fox stret from the McGehce Realty companI
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22
PERSIA APPEALS TO LEAGUE.

London. May 2i Persia has ap- pealcd to the league of nations to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-22

LIMA, O.-Fifty years as tea cher in the same school, seeing three generations of pupils come and go, is the record of Prof. $. S.. Steffens, head of the foreign lan- guage department of Central High School here. He now is teaching the children or grandchildren of
 aaClier pupils.
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Eton, End, May 10.-Women mem bers of the rural district council, it
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14
Again Auto Racer
inc Double Speed"

Screen fans who liked wallace Reid
r. his former picture. The Roaring
Road viii be delighted with his
latest photepiay. Double Speed" which
viii be on the screen at the Odeaa
thesser for TWO days commencing to-
morrow While Waffle doesn't do
ANY auto racing IN the latter picture.
IL has much 10 do with racing ears,
and the sta. as chauffeur for pretty
Wanda Hawley. does some fast driv-
ing that would do credit to Barney
0ldaeld Tie is breezy millionaire
reduced by a eoupic Of crooks to earn
Ing a living and his adventures are
said to furnish amusing entertainment
spite marriage" entered into for
hate turns out happily because n VIE
desnised her husband TO such an exte Mt
that she refused to obiige him by al
lowing their married lite 80 he ua-
happy m ''rhe Thunderbelt." starring
Katherine Macdonald. and which will
he seen AZ the odeon theater Wednes-
dAy and Thursday
E'ith pomerey. played BY Katherine
Macdonald, has the unusual role Of a
girl forced into 4 marriage with the
only living member of a family hated
hs her own family as the result of u
Kentucky foud.
RudSard KipIiuS, years ago. made \
remark about tho similarity Of the
passions of the coionei's lady and
Judith o'Grsdy," but il was accepted
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14
Goldwyn Actors Real
Romance Like Fiction

y Any somance which he may portray
On the screen is ontdone in the real
H. romance of b. F. Blinn, who apr
psaxs IN The Blooming Angel" the
Goldwyn picture starring Madge Ken
ncdy, which comes to the Colonial
theater for three days. commencing
tomorrow
Mr.. Biinn. when he is not in the
movies. playing doctors, lawyers and
professors. is Los Angeles broker.
Two years ago he fell in love with a
beautiful face and vowed he would
marry no one else. The search last
ed over two years but was finally
successful and he is now married to
beautiful Guadalupe Andrade, widow
Of General Andrade of Mexico.
The old general was friend of
Guadalupe Serana's father, and when
the latter died in Mexico of yellow
fever the general had the girl edu-
Gated in a convent and afterwards
married her. 1t was while they were
in Los Angeles that Blinn saw her.
The old general died soon after, fate
threw the young couple together and
all ended happily.
Can lawyer win a case for both
sides?
This question is answered in the
affirmative in Young Mrs. Win
throp," the Paramount Aircraft pic
ture in which Ethel Clayton Is COM
ing the Colonial theater for three
days commencing Thursday next. Miss
Clayton has the role of Mrs. Winth-
rop. a young wife who misjudges her
husband and thinks he is carrying on
an affair with another woman. Her
pleasure-loving instinct and his abb
sorption in business leads to their
estrangement. The death of their
fve-year -old girl drives them further
apart. 1t is wise old family law
yer, whom both have come to con-
suit regarding divorce. that recon-
Giles them.
Harrison Ford has the leading male
role, The picture is a. Paramount Art
craft directed by Walter Edwards.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14
"a Gamble in Souls" is
Big Play Well Handled

= The scenes of "A Gamble In Souls
the Triangle photoplay which Will
&c seen q The Victor theater Monday
and Tuesday are i~id in San Fran
cisro's notorious ga. barry Coast region
and on desert island in the Pacific.
Ehere dance haH girl and young
missionary are cast ashore when tue
Ship on which they are voyaging Is
burned The leading roles are in the
hands of William Desmond and Doro.
thy Dalton, with r. n Tahier as third
member Of an eternal triangle" group
which works out its salvation with
lists and clubs and in which the fittest
OF the two men survives. the minister
proving the fittest. much TO his own
surprise as well as the. girls.
"a well-rounded. artistic and in
ferSely Interesting play is the Griffith
supervised Triangle production.
Tiger Girl" in which Lillian Gish
stars with Roszika Dolly. which Is
coming to the Victor theater next
"Wednesday and Thursday. Tiger
Girl" is an adaptation from The Lily
and the Rose by Granville warwick.
LILLIAN Gish plays sympathetieally
Ana looks the part of the young I'M
sophisticated Southern girl. who Is
married to a man about town. She
f. always lovely and. interesting.
40ctHuA III JOY UT III ulS1ppClHtIt1cHt-
because Of her natural graces and
charm of personality
~ Every Friday and Saturday Jack
UHmpsey is shown in a new episode
~ Daredevil Jack" she Loved a
Nnt' II the comedy for the first two
days, and "Only Farmers Daugh-
Ter" with Charles Murray and Louise
Tadenza follow Wednesday and Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday Dollars
xHd Sense" Is the added feature.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14
Emerson Hough's Story
Glorifed on the Screen

Stamped with the enthusiastic ap-
prevail of Emerson Hough The Sage
brusher," the vivid picturization of the
first Of the famous noveiist's works
TO be transferred to the screen, Is I'M
questionahly the greatest achievement
Of that master producer. Benjamin b.
handsome fellow.
The Sagebrusher" w ". Hold
kirsson special release coming To the
Isis Theafer. beginning tomorrow and
running all week, depicts the soul
stirring events in the life Of Mary
Warren "a beautiful. refined girl, who.
having lost her sight is forced by r.
cumstaBces 10 we'd Sim Gage. a shift
less Montana rancher. The blind girl
knows from his speech that he is
uncouih bat visuolizes him big
andsome fellow.
To Sim the marriage Is a grim irony
of fate. and from a hidden nobility
within his crude exterior, he respects
his wife and refuses to kiss her, ieav-
ing that Ia DR.. Barnes, Il young. hand
some practitioner at the power cora
sany's plant, who believes that ne can
restore Mary's eyesight Knowing
that Mary's first glimpse OF him will
lose her 70 him, Sim consents to the
operation, though he loves her. FL
An outbreak led by Frederick Valid :
horn who recognizes Mary as ths girl
whose esA8te he has appropriated
piunscs Mary into peril, and ends
after the operation on her eyes in TIN
blowing nap of the power company dam
which floods The valley. Sim gives his
life in rescnring Mary~from the food.
Or. Rarnes battles With Waldhorn IN
the root of his Office. which is whiriing
down the canyon on the crest of the
food lie throws Waldhorn into the
water and is rescued. The operation
proves successful, and after q time
Mary returns the doctors love.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14

by most people as being more or less
of poeficai fancy. Norma Taimadge.
the young star of "A Daughter of Two
worlds" in which she enacts role
more widely diverse than even the
poets contrast. la authority for the
statement that Mr.. Kipling should be
hailed as discoverer OF a profound
truth.
In "A Daughter OF Two Worlds"
which will be shown at the Odeon
theAter, Friday and Saturday. Miss
Talmadge portrays the daughter of n
notorious dive keeper. AT first she Is
Immoral and uncuitured. then she has
the advantage of the training of an
exclusive girls school and becomes a
fayorite in the upper strata of the So
ciety world, then through discovery
she is again The daughter of the dive
keeper. All through ii her every ac-
ton is in keeping with her station in
life
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14
O'Brien Play Starts
! Train Of Discussion

In advancement of the coming to
the Bijou tomorrow. Tuesday. We'd
nesday and Thursday of His wife's
Money new Selznick picture with
Eugene O'Brian, 1t was said that the
photoply was scoring an unusual sue
cess throughout the country. If one
were to pick the particular thing
which Is making the picture success,
1t would probblay be the in
eyitable word of mouth" advertising
which must follow tho presentation
on the screen of any story as inter-
esting as that told in His Wife's
Money"
Eugene O'Brian. as Richard Flint,
fearfully marries a girl with a ire
mendous fortune, feeling that his
wits money" will create y condi-
ton which no rail red -blooded man
realized, but the working out OF the
story Is calculated to create discus
sion wherever the picture 1t shown.
Just what the average man, or woman
would do under the same circum-
stances becomes problem when 10
/ interesting to any norma! mind.
/ This is chiefly the reason for the
success of His Wife's Money" and
i explains why local fans accepted the
/ play with appreciation.
/ The Glorious Lady, Olive Thomas
! third Selznick picture. which begins
, . two-cay engagement at the Bijou
theater next Friday. is as novel as 1t
{ is thrilling. The scenes are laid In
/ England and the authors. Ma
, rillo and Edmund Gouiding. have been
! faithful to traditions 1t was directed
j by George Irving, noted for his per-
feet technique in stage craft. In pre-
/ pairing his scenes the director has
Achcscu his settings with rare discrimi-
| nation, creating picture that appeals
| to both mind and eye.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14
STATE PRESS COMMENT
THE WORST is PASSED
(Accomacl News)

We trust that the worst stages OF
law enforcement in Virginia are
passed Less bootlegging has been
going on since the national law went
into effect From now on the state
offlcials will have the sympathy and
active support OF the federal officers,
which ought to help matters in many
ways
The friends Of Mr. Peters must
stand by his efforts until September.
then give their unstinted support to-
Mr. Smith. After he has been In Of
fee q year. or perhaps less. we will
then be able to form a Judgment OF
his efficiency. and also his then pop
ularity with the antl-prohibiion ell
ement in the legislature and through
out the state.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14

They continue to fix the sugar
prices, but always at a higher rate.
No price is Fixed" II la decidedly
movable. The things sought seems to
be uniformity OF price.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14

The farmers az Amsrira ar4
ing the disposition of the txAd3txo
worm to turn. They are getting 49,
OF being the goat for III the 60
orfaic ills of the country. They hayo
been patient and long suffering In -
face OF abuse on the ono hand -
have been charged with prUhteerfn9
by the consumers Of their produce
when as d matter OF fact they have
always had TO sell at the purchasers
figure and buy at the sellers pr4cA
They have been the under dog II
both going and coming. and nov
they are showing the intention VI
verify the truth OF the old saying
that every dog has his day"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14

A copy of Shakespeare. contain
ing nine plays and published ia 1919,
has been sold in the United States
for 800 aNA.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-14

The first rice ever shipped from
America to the Orient has been sent
from California. 1t was made nec66-
sary by the failure OF the rice crop
OF Japan and China
The evening world., 1920-09-07
D A r N T ON

anguish
night
M Crowd" happily
represented the salts
O
Genius usually reTeeted The stage in % form OF an eEoes
so quea Worst of all . musical EenS for unless he plays beaun
able bore This possible even in real to But must be said for
q
q
s crowd
ninss aside
spoiled
eaeing
The hero told
that
George Rsavent eoy4sA teapera1enl
An automobile materiaSt
z speech and action aooordnely popular Fuller
old violin
further ad to a fairly divegtng
The evening world., 1920-09-07
BY Way of Diversion.

on, gentle reader. tell ne iohv
Il Is-rd like to knoD--thdt
iDhen the funny actor springs
his Jokes, doiDn at the Shoto, the
neto ones hardly bring a smile,
tOhtle those ioe've heard for
years evoke oppIGEse, and laugh
ter. too, from every one toho
hears. The man toho really has
a Joke coined since Columbus
sailed toiH tell you that, iDhen
he has tried to toork u, no has
tailed. Why DO zoe lope the ttuse-
toorn gags" first sprung long
years d0oI Oh, gentle reader,
tell me iohv. I'd really Ike to
knotD.
The evening world., 1920-09-07
GOSSIP.

Baily Horuiman. Howard r. Smith
and Elizabeth A. Smith will be IN
'Sonya."
Larry .Anhalt wEfl continue as lessee
of the Park Theatre until Oct. 1, 1921.
Arthur Row wishes the managerial
public 10 know that he is again in
town.
No more bobbed hair. say the sirls
of the Winter Garden chorus. But
what II one has a pretty neckH
THE Charm School" has moved
from the Bijou 70 the seth Street
Theatre.
John DriniSwaters abraham Lin
coin" Us TO be produced in Prague.
broadway Brevities," which was to
have opened this week at the Lyric,
is in Philadelphia
Ernest Truck says he has bid good
by to the bedroom farce. He's a
gruff cowboy In Blue Bonnet now.
A new beauty, fresh from Ireland.
Joined Scandals of 1920" yesterday.
She Is Dudd McGushion.
Ada FoTman, recently with the first
Greenwich Village Follies," has been
booked abroad by NJ. S. Bentham,
Roland Young. OF Scrambled
Wives" was an architect once. On
coming 10 New York he drew plans
20 go on the stage.
John Murray Anderson has gone 70
Atlantic City to rest for a week. He'll
next rehearse Whats in a Name7"
Aleta. toe dancer who was in ''Buz-
zin' Around" has been signed by Gus
Edwards for his revue
Mabel Burke has q new vaudeville
act. After a few weeks out OF town
she will play the Keith houses here
Doris Kenyon Is busy reading playI
for A. H. Woods. by whom she will
be featured this season,
Francis Deane OF the Edward Small
Play Company has received a play
entitled Home Brewers OF 1890"
Grace Fielding will spend another
season in up in Mabers Room"
The Messrs. Shubert have engageS
Queenie Smith for role In The Cir
In the Private Room"
The Century Promenade Is TO be In
closed in glass. Thus will the storm
king be defied
The evening world., 1920-09-07
rNMENs sHoEs ooNE.

Frank Tinney 10 disconsolate. Tho
scrubVouan at the Selwyn Theatre
ran across his old, dilapidated stage
shoes yesterday and threw them
away. They were No. las and
had been a part OF Franks blaclCface
act for years. II you saw Tickle
Me" last night YOU may have noticed
that Frank was as uneasy as bride
groom while his liberty Is being
choked on. He was wearing a pair
OF Joe Flynn's shoes.