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New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
She Deserted the Stage;
Couldn't Resist Call to
Return; In ssHoney Cirl''

That person can come back" has
been proved by Louise Meyers, the
black haired Lucy Martin in Honey
Girl" the musical comedy version of
"Checkers,' now at the Cohan & Har-
ris Theater Five years ago Miss Mey-
ers, who was just attaining the pima
Gle of success, retired from the stage
determined "never to act again." and
now she is back, smiling happily and
determined to stay on the stage as long
as the stage will have her.
Perhaps the fact that Miss Meyers
comes from an old theatrical family
has something to do with the fact that
the lure of the stage proved irresisti-
BILE
when I left the stage five years ago
was tired of touring and working
nights when my friends were playing
she says. 81 was tired of sleepers and
.ong jumps, and I was tired, or thought
| was. of everything theatrical. l re-
turned to my home in Boston and de-
termined to stay there-that l simply
would never return to the stage.
"At first it was bliss. I loved to put
ter around and cook and fuss, for
really can cook and people can eat
what l prepare. 1t was lots of fun not
to have to hurry through dinner at
night, as you do when playing, and to
eat at in the evening instead of $50.
1t was like playing at life to go to teas
and after-tneater suppers and never
to think of getting up in the morning
for the hundred and one things that We
have to get up for when in produc-
|. ton"
And then it all began to pail Every
time ! went to a theater. especially to
musical play, my feet kept urging
me to up and dance, and | wanted TO
get there behind the footlights and
try too. 1t was agony, and soon | got
so that | didn't want to go to the
theater at all. | felt too badly when
left"
Just why she didn't go back for five
whole years Miss Meyers herself says
she does not know, except that she
was trying to prove TO herself she
would be content to remain quietly at
home. But then Sam H. Harris came
along. and remembering Miss Meyers S
work in the Follies the year she left
the stare. he found her in her Roxbury
home. and offered her the role of
Lucy Martin.
Il guess | was iattered.' Miss Meyers
confcsscs; "to have Mr.. Harris look me
up when had about decided | was en-
tirely forgotten certainly was an honor.
You know | really think that was one
of the reasons | did not have the
courage to try to make a come back
| was afraid that | had been forgotten
and would not be able to come back
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15

drome favorite is the same Marceline
VINO helped entertain the bull fight
audiences in Spain number of years
ago, Just how many he does not care
to reveal.
Marceline is his real name. At one
1ime 1t was surrounded by two others,
hrst name and g family name, which
nave long since been dropped by him.
he Is solid, dark little man with
sparkling black eyes. His appearance
on stage gives no indication of his pro,
51esslon, which is to make people laugh.
Ike all actors whose business it is to
MAKE others laugh. Marceline is a seri-
Gus man off the stage. But he is an
oPumist and never worries. He has
come back to the Hippodrome after an
aoSence OF slX years, and will attempt
70 WIN back the popularity that was
once his.
Many who came to see me when l
was playing here fifteen years ago are
now bringing their own children with
mem TO see me-" he said.
he IS not clown, he is careful to
eSplain, but a comedian. In his career,
.;h mnlch mas taken him all over the Con-
siheht OF Europe and the United States,
w mas done nearly every form of cir
Gus work He has been an acrobat, he
mas clowned, he has taken part in
equestrian acts. Then he became a
comedian. Scarcely anything was over
ttooked Marceline was born into the
business IN Spain. His father was the
owner Of the travelling group called
tne FAMILY MARITIME and all the mem
eefs w Of his family were in the troupe
niinost shi as soon as the youngster was
aia a1ie 10 walk he, too, was given his
p'ase on the program, and he has re-
named All, true to the craft all his life.
"nen the Hippodrome comedian was
seventeen the Family MARITIME was
pidSslhg In France. His parents de-
Wsuea 10 retire and went back to Spain.
;ssceiine remained in France and con-
snued acting alone. From France he
went to England and it vas while play
lug az the London Hippodrome that he
was seen by the late Frederic Thomp-
SVen VINO brought him over 10 the New
re .olh Hlppodrome in 1905. For nine
LARS lars ne remained at the gigantic
g.aayhouse, always favorite, especially
with the children.
IT,. rom l9l4 until his return in Good
lines he travelled with various cir
uses uses and played in vaudeville. Mar
tenhe likes travelling. Why shouldn't
a; ne he took his first long trip in a
.ieos wagon when he was barely more
sh .sah TWO months old. He likes the
aaAging scene on the road, but ne
SVss not like acting in circus where
20 necessary to go on with large
nj. Is much better to go on at the
pf odrome and do a single. 1t is
kOoo to hear the people laugh and
mThow that they are laughing at you.
t. "s more they laugh the more | want
70 make them laugh"
MneIofe he Is through with the stage.
neeiine nan wants to act on the Cont
A' % Europe again. He hasn't acted
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Beauty and Health Lie in
Dancing a Few Hours a
Day, Says Lillian Young

With all respect to our physicians
and surgeons. there isn't much conso-
lation for them in the propaganda
given us by one young woman in New
York this week. Because, if every one
who hears her words would heed her
advice, she says, there would be little
illness for those who live to-day, and
none at all for those of the next gem
Grafton.
tumbles with Hal skelly in "The Girl
in the Spotlight" at the Knicke rbocker
Theater, says that if all young women
would learn to dance, and keep at it
each day of their lives, they would
no longer require medical or beauty
specialists. In exercise one gets from
dancing, she says, are health and hap
of those who are troubled in mind
concerning what they call "overweight,' y
there is a great deal to be gained by
practicing what she breaches
Miss Young is eighteen years old and
has been dancing since she was eight.
She is an ll-'round athlete She is
an expert swimmer, a crack tennis
player, can handle yacht either in
water or on ice, is a horsewoman and
plays baseball. Her first New York ap-
pearance was with Leave 1t to Jane
NHcl Suc WAS SlAIeell, ana III JHdI
piece she danced with Oscar Shaw.
Last season she was in Angel Face"
The principal trouble with many
dancers" Miss Young said, "is that
they conquer certain steps and then
relax. There is never a day that |
do not spend two or three hours on the
stage of the theater practicing new
steps, acrobatic falls, tumbles and
jumps. With Mr.. Skelly there is one
scene where | jump from a table into
his arms, and l have timed this jump
by constant practice, SO that it doesn't
matter how far away he stands l never
fail to land right in his arms, so that
my weight is thrown against his body
and not into his arms. The same thing
applies when Mr.. Skelly throws me
over his head. AS he picks me up
spring as l would in a handspring
and shoot over his head without him
using much exertion or allowing my
Weight to interfere"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
q Interesting Chat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers g
C'mon, Fellers, Marc'leen Is
At the Hippodrome, an He's
Learned Lot of New Ones!

Sunday crowd is gathered for a
hull fight in the Spanish town Of Sara
gcssa. Tier upon tier of the amphi-
theater reveal throngs of gayly dressed
Csstilians-entire families in groups,
nsrties OF fashy young men and young
rounles. Was not Jose, the famed
tereador from Barcelona, going to
show his skill and daring against a
ferocious bull?
rut what is this strange group of
men. women and children approaching
,he center of the bull ring with pc
csfar apparatus carried by assistants =?
Some of the men are dressed in out
landish costumes ana their faces are
white with grotesque red designs.
0tlers wear tights to exhibit their
ncwerful forms. There is no bull Wis
ible and the arena audience sits back
expectantly.
In America when championship
hcxing contest is announced there is
also provided by the management nu-
n,erous bouts of lesser Importance to
make a complete afternoons or even
i,g's entertainment In Spain more
than one bull is led to the slaughter,
but the Saragossa promoter liked to
rrovide novelties. So he engaged the
Family MARITIME, a travelling organiza-
ton of acrobats, equestians, clowns
and other circus performers. This is
the group which was to entertain the
Sunday crowd waiting for the appear
snce of Jose.
A spry, impish youngster of six, who
was so light that he was tossed into
the air by the legs of jugglers. caught
the fancy of the onlookers. Even in
those days his ability as an enter
tainer was evident.
Who has not heard Of Marceline :?
Every ore who has been to the Hippo
drome within the years 1905 and 1914,
and it, is safe venture to say that
this includes representatives from
every town and hamlet in the United
States and from many places abroad,
saw and laughed at Marceline's ill-fit-
ting dress suit and top hat Marceline
was a Hippodrome institution and par
ents brought their youngsters from far
and near to see him frolic with the
elephants. fall into the tank while
hooking "fish' and do his funny falls
The Marceline who became a Hippo
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Produced ssEarthbound''
Over Protests of Scores Z:
Said 1t Would Not 'sCo''

The public's good taste and desire
for beauty on the screen, and the faith
of Samuel Goldwyn in his own ability
to look forward and predict what the
public would appreciate are the two
combined factors that are responsible
tor the presentation at the Astor Thea
ter of "Earthbound," the Basil King
photoplay
1t was not without a strong fight
against almost every department of. his
own concern and outsiders as we'll that
Mr.. Goldwyn succeeded in having the
theme put into pictures. He told the
other day some of the troubles he had.
ut was more than a year ago that
Basil King spoke to me of the story
he had written, and which he thought
might possibly present theme for
picturization,' Mr.. Goldwyn said 81
realized at once that here was sig
nificant theme which, if properly
handled, would develop into motion
picture. Of great beauty and strength.
st was Mr.. King himself who sug-
ready for such production as he had
in mind. To that ventured: You can
not expect the public to accept some
thing if you do not offer it to them
and try them out Personally, have a
very deep faith in the capacity of the
public to Judge what is good, and to give
it support. | have always acted upon
that basis.
"Mr. King, to whom most of the
fine quality of 'Earthbound' is due, was
not difficult to convince. He, too, be-
lieves that, as an author, he is only
the mouthpiece for the delivery of sig
nificant ideas to the. world. But in
the motion picture world itself found
doubt and skepticism on every side.
The wiseacres of the business moaned
and shook their heads. Another good
man goes wrong was the burden of
their refrain. Everywhere | heard,
whenever | told of my project, the old
axiom which has become moss green
on Broadway: The old stuff always
goes best Well, | believe in that.
too, but not from the same angle.
believe that the old fundamental and
elementary things of life-birth, love,
passion, death-all these things must
form the basis of every kind of art,
but it is in the variation of treat
ment that the producer and the author
find their opportunities.
"No amount of inspiration nor cour-
age would have sufficed to make Earth
bound great motion picture were it
not for the splendid development Of
the studio organization which we had
at hand to help US"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Back Stage in Ladies' Night"
A Hazardous Trip Unless One
Knows Just Where to Walk

Change of costumes between the
frst and second acts of Ladies'
Night" the Hopwood- farce at
the Eltinge Theater, is more process
of taking off than of putting on. Yet,
after Il weeks reflection on what is
disclosed to the eye in the Turkish
bath scene of the play, it seems that
as daring if not more daring attire has
causing nearly so much comment as the
latest A. H. Woods production. 1t is
the influence of the Turkish bath set
ting that makes one think he sees
more than he actually does. Besides,
after the dialogue in the first act. he
is looking for more.
1t is hazardous venture to explore
the back7stage region of the Eltinge
while the scenery for Ladies' Night"
is being put into place if one is not
spry of foot. and shifty of body. The
electric dimple machine, buzzing away
carelessly, should be avoided and cleo
trio reducing cabinets and the steam
room apparatus should be looked at
from distance. For the uninitated
who finds himself called into this un-
charted region the management should
provide guide to act as steering
committee of one.
Barely escaping mishap and safely
ensconced in a corner near Allyn Kings
dressing room, admittance was gained
by one young man after short wait.
The former Folles favorite, as charm
ing as she was on the roof and in the
New Amsterdam Theater, was adding
the last distinctive little touches to
her makeup. She pointed out seat
for her visitor, but remained standing
herself.
ooh, don't dare sit down in this
she said smilingly in explanation and
blushing slightly. at will wrinkle
down the back if | do, and that will
never do" SO she remained standing
in her own dressing room for fear that
the sheet-like kimono would not be
presentable if she did otherwise.
1t was the day after the opening
performance that marked Miss Kings
debut on the comedy stage. Until she
was chosen for the cast of Ladies'
Night her brief experience on the
stage, starting little more than four
years ago in a New Haven cabaret, had
been confined to musical comedy work
in Florenz Ziegfelds productions.
Ladies' Night" is her first venture
in a straight" role, role in which
she has her first opportunity to speak
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
ssIf | Were King" to Remain

With a matinee each afternoon and
one performance each night 'If | We're
King" with William Farnum, will con-
tinue at the Lyric this week
The picture has attracted large audi
ences, and the elaborate presentation
illustrates how effectually the romantic
drama and novel, when contributed by
so successful an author as Justin
Huntly Mccarthy lends color to the
modern screen. Added to this is the
characterization by Farnum for the
Screen of the highly drawn character,
Francois Vilon, the vagabond poet, who
aspired to play the King and was given
this opportunity by crafty old Louis
Hl at the risk of his life for the pre-
sumption.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
As Maclvn Arbuckle Rehcarses

Maclyn Arbuckle, who Will be seen
here soon in Daddy Dumpins," the
new comedy by Earl Carroll and George
Barr McCutcheon, is studying his role
at his home at Waddington on the St.
Lawrence. There. he writes Mr.. Car
roll, he uses his barn for stage, with
a life preserver TO represent the lead
ing lady, a keg of nails for the heavy
man, rocking chair for the old woman
ard an old saddle for the child. who
figures so prominently in the play. He
will return to New York early in Sep
tember to begin rehearsals with the
real members of the cast and .he New
York premiere is promised before the
end of that month.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Columbia Opens Tomorrow

The regular season of burlesque at
the Columbia Theater will begin with
the matinee tomorrow afternoon. The
new attraction is to be called Hip Hip
Hooray!" and will have as its featured
comedians Ben Pierce and George
Hayes. The theater has been COM
pletely repainted on the interior and
the attraction this year, according to
the management, is to be on a larger
scale than ever before.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Unique Setting at Capitol

John Wenger, art director at the
Capitol theater, has under preparation
one OF the most elaborate stage set
tirgs yet seen in connection with Cap
ital theater production, which is to be
used in the presentation of the ballet
Caprice Viennois" at the Capitol next
week. The ballet is special arrange
ment by AlexandA Oumansky, ballet
master at the Capitol theater.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-03

FOR SALE -One kitchen cabinet.
bed couch, mahogany center table and
dishes. Call evenings at EOS 2 School
street or phone 452-W, Mrs. Il. Q.
Carey SSt6F
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FOB SALE

FOR SALE-Berkshre pigs, Hol-
stein COW and Clark's double-action
cutaway harrow Phone 524-M. 5.
Everett Harwood 92t%
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sirg,e man
for farm work. II, T. Robertson, Flatt
Hin Winsted. Conn. S5t12F
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Items of Interest from Various Parts
Of The State.
The Mill Brook Trout Club has
paid UP $500 o, its capital stock Of
1000
A movement is under way to revive
the Middlebury town band.
Rutland is to have a cleanup week
the second week in May.
Il. T. Rogers has been elected presi
dent of the Barre Board of Trade.
The new bobbin mill at Hardwicll
has been completed and work begun.
buck weighing IT'S pounds, was
shot at South Vernoon the other day
while doing damage to crops.
Barre mo:ormen and conductors on
the t-oIleys have adopted the cheaper
grade Of overalls.
Chester Southworth, a studnet at
Harvard, rode from Boston to ST.
Johnsbury by bicycle to visit class
mate.
Canning hct maple syrup. glass
jar broke in her hands and badly
burned Mrs Leste. Lang, OF East
Montpelier Center.
]. L. Harbour II years on the ed
torial staff of The Youths Compan.
ion, lectured at Barre the other day
under the auspices of the Woman's
Club.
Families who have been marooned
ion Knight and Buffers island TO-
several weeks were relieved Sunday
when they were able to make their
first trip to North Hero.
Nobody in Rutland committed any
offense in the six weeks preceding
April that necessitated his being
locked up. A few years ago 80 to 40
arrests month was the average.
\ At the quarterly meeting Of the
Green Mountain Fire Insurance Co.
in Montpelier 20 per cent dividend
was declared in payment to policy
holders on policies written on the
dividend plan.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed fer Robert w. Hill, OF Lunen.
burg, laborer He has assets Of 1885
of which 5000 is claimed exempt and
liabilities of $3.50. These are mostly
accounts with st. Johnsbury mer.
chants.
Seventeen members of the Rutland
high school graduating class of this
year will go to college. The majority
of these will attend the University Of
Vermont and. Middlebury, but Nor
wich University, Smith College, Wor
cester. Polytechnic Institute. Univer-
sity of Virginia, and Northwestern
University are also chosen.
The strike CT the railroad men and
others in New York has knocked the
profit out Of fishing in Lake Cham.
plain and fishermen who have been
in Swanton and that vicinity say that
fish which were selling for so apiece
can now be bought for almost moth
ing. A goodsized pike was a high.
priced article when the railroads
we e operating into New York. but
new a dollar buys a whole string of
fish. Conditions have been so bad
that fishermen practically stopped
! fishing as business at time when
the fishing was very good,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-03

FOR RENT---A medium sized furn-
ished room, All modern improvements.
No Hawks place. Cudworth, off
School street. S1tG'
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FOR SALE

FOR Shakespeare piano reed baby
carrinee, three chairs. child's bed, cot.
iron bed, threeburner oil stove, parlor
stove, two grass mats ft.X9 Il, Sl2
Main St, Phone 2I5.4. 9lt6
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GETS $3.50 VERDICT
Land Damages Caused by Water
Forced Back by Dam.

st. Adams, April 2S.-The civil suit
of Charles J. Reed, Admir-, VS.. C. A.
and A. G. Webster, which has been on
trial in Franklin county court the past
week went to the jury this afternoon
and the jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff to recover damages of
$3.50. The suit was for damages to
land said to be caused by water fore
ed back from a dam in Fairfield own.
ed by the defendant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-03
VERMONT NEWS

Items of Interest from Various Parts
of The State.
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FOR SALE-Chalmers roadster; new
tires, battery and paint; mechanically
right. Price reasonable Inquire of
Tracy Kenyon North Bennington Tel
1894, 90t3
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WANTED

WANTED-Man to work on farm. T.
". Eldred, tel 17T-l5. SITS
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FOR SALE-The homestead property
of the late Senator Walter A. Wood, jr.
at Hoosck Falls is offered to quick
buyer at $4,000. About 30 acres In
grounds and gardens. brick buildings,
English style, twenty minutes from
Bennington and thirty minutes from
Williamstown. Willis Il. Heaton,
Hooslck Falls. S9t4
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FOR SALE or bushels S-row
yellow field corn. Selected from field
free from the corn borer and by actual
test 100 per cent termination A. b
Hawkins, So. SALISBURY, VI. SSt6
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FOR sALE--27-acre farm. pleasantly
located ON state road. Five minutes
walk from Stores Churches and Post
office Good soil brook in pasture,
Some wood and pine timber; good 8
room house, small barn, plenty OF fruit
Leroy NJ. Blackmer, owner, Relchertown
Mass, r. Q. Box eco. SEIZE
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FOR SALE--One new mllch Jersey
COW and calf one 9-year old pacing
horse. weight 1000 lbs. 10 hens; 9tents.
John Watson, Beech St, tel, 17S-N
Sst6e
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FOR SALE--One go-cart. 81. Inquire
of Mrs. Harry Warren, l19 GranHviow
St Telephone BASIN soto
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-05-14
CHEAPER MEAT seen
IN PORKER DECLINE
DROP OF NEARLY ONE-THlRD IN
, PRICES OF YEAR AGO ON THE
HOG MARKETS.

Hog prices have been steadily de-
clining for the past several weeks, and
cheaper meat and lard is in prospect
for the consumer. There has been a
decline of nearly thirty-three and one
third per cent in the cost of hogs dur.
ing the past year. Today hogs weigh.
ing more than 225 pounds are selling
for $13.75, a point lower than at any
time since the declaration of war. A
year ago the same grade hogs were
selling for $2O.10, difference in price
of $685.. A year ago the grade be-
tween 100 aud 165 poui dis was selling
for $40, today this grade is bringing
$1475.
Throwouts today are selling for
$1O.25 as against $3.50 year ago, or
difference of nearly eight cents per
pound
: Despite the steady decline in the
price of porkers, corn has been stead
lily advancing, and is now quoted by To-
cal dealers at $3.50 barrel, the high
est point reached this year on the 10.
cal market.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-05-14
COMMENCEMENT SERMON
HIGH SCHOOL SUNDAY
MANY INTERESTING EVENTS ARE
PLANNED BEFORE FINAL
CLOSE OF SCHOOLS HERE.

On Sunday morning at II O'Clock
DR.. ]. c. Molloy. pc stor of the First
Presbyterian church, VIII preach the
graduating sermon to twenty-three
young ladies' and fourteen young men
graduates of Central High School, at
the school auditorium. 1t is expected
that the building will he packed to
capacity of relatives and friends of
the graduates and friends of the
school.
On Wednesday, one week from to-
day the class day exercises will be
held. and on Thursday the commence.
ment address Will be delivered to the
graduates by DR.. Edwin Minis. of Van
derbilt University. and one of the
most scholarly men of the South,
Quite a number of interesting events
have been planted at the High School
before the largest class in the history
of the institution is presented certif.
ieates.