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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-18
Z entertainment .

laughing entertainment seen In
years. .x,.
The EAST is headed by remarkably
clever comedians. Bobby Clark ana
paul Mccullough. In the supporting
company are Florence barley, a
charming prima donna from the
nette Creighton, Kelso Brothers, a
clever Juggling act from the Anti
podes, Ben Grinnell, the Six High
Steppers, Balzer Troupe, a sensa-
tionaI novelty act. Ignatz Pluto
Troupe of the Worlds Worst Aero
bats. Freeman and Lewis, Harry
Wilde, and the Seven Musical Spill
ers, the ~jazzies. of all colored jazz
bands a typical Bedini chorus of
twenty-four pretty girls, who sing
and dance we'll. in numerous
changes Of beautiful costumes,
completes the list of attractions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-18
At the Crescent

There will be a mingling Of tears
and laughter, finished on with a
surprise of a lifetime at the showing
of 'Mid-channel." Clara Kimball
Young's latest and greatest picture,
which comes to the Crescent thea
tire today. Knowing that Mid
Channel" Is the greatest play on
modern married life that the worlds
foremost dramatist, Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero, has ever written. and
that this masterpiece aroused sucn
a sensation when 1t was first pub
lished, because of the startling rev.
Citations 1t made, it Is easy to ex-
plain the tremendous popularity
that this production will have, espe-
cially when Clara Kimball Young,
responsible for many of the screens
greatest achievements. excels her
w best effort, If that is possible,
in the difficult role of Zoe Blundell,
the abused and neglected wife OF
Theodore.
mid Channel" is depicted on
the screen fairly teens with bril-
liant and vivid dramatic moments
that touch the fibres Of the heart,
awakening memories In some and
sounding a warning to others. Its
message is unmistakable-it rings
out with clarion-clear tones. Many
n husband and many a wife Will
find their lives unfolded II grim
truth with each act of this great
photodrama.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-18

Tanner Takes Nap With His Lions.
GENEVA-When a lion tanner
was missed. police searched all
the cafes. Finally found him
asleep in a cage with two of his
lions. After eight hours of snooze
he walked out and went home to
his wife and breakfast.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-18
sRfeet tho Wife,

sMeet the Wife"
"Meet the Wife," the domestic
farcical comedy which comes to the
Majestic for a limited engagement
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From Germany to ndinavia

er to find it. Now Berlin is most
depressing city, populated by most
depressing, ill-favorcd people; the
vast majority Of the faces that surge
past you in the streets are pallid,
sandy, suety, unintcrested it is an
event to see good looking man or
woman. / myself would have as
cribed much of this to war priva-
tons and their mental reaction had
| not been assured that it always
was so in Berlin; indeed, I have
heard an Englisiman of long resi-
dence dilate on the plainness of the
Berlin women almost with anger, as
though it were personal grievance.
And here was Sassnitz quay filled
with the most charming Swedish
girls, bright-haired, pink checked,
chattering merrily in their attractive
sing-song--so closely related to gut
tural German, but as different to
the ear as French or Italian. Their
blue and yellow armlets, with tiny
red cross, and q column of newly
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landed kriegsbarn waving small
Swedish flags in the middle distance.
left no doubt AS to their errand. The
hospitality given by Sweden to vast
number Of kriegsbarn {war children)
from Germany and Austria is an
enduring monument to Swedish
kind heartedncss and generosity;
its association in certain quarters
with "sob" propaganda against
England of the most spiteful and
nauseous kind has, happily, not come
within a thousand miles OF discred-
iting it. 1 should hasten to add that
the other Scandinavian countries
have nobly played their part
The next shock came on board the
ferry steamer, where in Sassnitz
harbor itself a waiter was casually
crumbling a white roll--the manu-
facture or sale Of which is illegal in
Germany, though, of course, it exists
as profitable form Of Schleichhand.
el-and tossing the fragments to a
mob Of screeching, swooping gulls
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now carries over no passenger
coaches. There is, however,
through carriage, or more, from Ber-
lin to Copenhagen, via Warnemunde.
The last night / was in Berlin l
jolted out to the suburbs in a grimy.
close-packed train to dine with a
Scandinavian colleague who has a
young German wife. This lady,
filled, it may be, with regretful men,
ories of a summer holiday spent on
the best side of the Baltic, declared
the contrast between the scenery,
the people, the conditions of life on
the two opposite shores to be that be-
tween might and day" And in
truth they are. The remarkable eff
ficiency Gall things considercd) of
the German railway service, gen.
eral smartening up of exteriors, an
ampler supply Of many things for
people who can afford them, may
just take the edge off the contrast,
but no more. One had not this
time even to board the ferry steam
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who are still doing their bit. They
represent the club, whereas the
girls who 60 to dances are only
guests Of the club. The girls who
come in at the sailors invitation and
those who are invited by the women
Of the club are just the hind of girls
the men themselves like to meet.
They are like the girls they knew
out home.
Tuesday night is big night. The
dance runs from week to week with
out much definite support. Miss
Helen Merrill Emery has charge OF
the dances and runs them by con-
tributions from various persons who
feel the urge to give the sailors a
good time. Purdy is one Of the
mainstaysso sof the club. He is the
| right hand man of any Of the
women who are doing things for the
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

TN THE midst of little tables
ready for afternoon tea a big
~ table of forty covers was spread.
The clock struck four. The
gypsy musicians were tuning up
their instruments for the afternoon
concert. A maitre d'hotel was cut
ting an immense tart into slices
while an assistant was piling up
sandwiches. Nine. Portrieux made
her way to the table with the forty
covers. A woman was seated there.
She was obese, though still young,
and followed the tart-cutting opera
ton with greedy eyes.
"Is this Nine. Fournier's tea?'
Nine. Portrieux asked the waiter.
The stout woman interposed
amiably:
Yes, madame; but I believe we
are little ahead of time"
She glanced at the newcomer ap-
praisingly and added:
II think we haven't met before.
am Nine. Charavant."
Permit me also to introduce my
self. ] am Nine. Portricux."
Looking at each other they felt a
certain sympathetic attraction. Both
we're enormous and lethargic, short
Of breath, too much made up, over
pcrfumcd, covered with furs and
aigrettes.
Take an armchair" suggested
Nine. Charavant. "Thcse other
chairs are 10 uncomfortable.
The waiter murmured to himself /:
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slim beyond belief, rejuvenated and
weighing-so she said--only 1870
pounds.
II have melted away" she ex-
planned.
'It's only matter Of time," Clo-
tide stammered. "In month you
will be yourself again
II hope not
There was a silence.
"You must think about ordering
some gowns. You have nothing left
that fits you," said Nine. Charavant
"We will 60 to our costumer."
Il am going to drop him." Mar
celle answered. you understand
now that have a figure
They had become strangers to each
other. They realized that the bond
between them had been broken-that
friendship is somehow based on com.
mon weaknesses and disadvantages
Nine. Portrieux, proud of her rewor
slenderness, would never again sue
| cumb to the sweetness of tarts, the
SAVIOR Of chocolate creams. She nt
longer dreaded the summer. Sh,
even talked of taking long walks
They separated, almost with fri
gidity.
When M. Charavant got home thai
evening he said to his wife:
did you see your inseparable?"
yes"
"Is she getting along well?"
"Yes." ~'Ws
"You answer in monosylIables
You seem to be out of humor. Is i
possible that you have tired of YOU
romantic friendship"
Then Clotilde replied dryly:
II found her changed---and not =
all to her advantage"
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'It is the Two Hundred and
Twenty Pound Club"
II am not sorry l came early"
Nine. Portrieux said, "since / have
had the pleasure of meeting you. l
seldom come here. But it seems
that this is place in which you see
many pretty toilettes. Ordinarily
go to little English tearoom which
is very fashionable and where the
chef knows how to serve roasts.
They come in tender and warm,
without being ovcrdone. They are
dream. | confess that afternoon tea
is my best meal"
ut is the same with me. break
fast on an egg. l am afraid of TAX
ing on flesh"
They discussed tactfully the weight
question and exchanged compliments.
Each was pleased to find the other
plump, chubby checked and asth-
AN'@N@A~' AASy puoilCu~ CHClE Chairs
closer together and became confiden-
tial. M. Charavant was in the ex-
port commission business. M. Por
trieux was banker. They had
friends in common and were aston
ished that they hadn't met before.
Suppose we take piece of tart
while we are waiting" Mime. Chara-
want suggested.
"That was just what was going
to propose. | am thirty, but | am
still child so far as sweets are
concerned"
BY o'clock there were dozen
guests awaiting Nine. Fourier.
Most Of them didn't know one an
other and sat silently at the table,
while the two new friends gossiped
and offered each other sandwiches,
cakes, lemonade and Vienna coffee
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idea and contented themselves with
spending the afternoons together.
They met at 4 o'clock and POLITICALLY
digcsted their cakes, listening to
music. When some rude fellow in
the street turned to look at them
and made disagreeable remarks
about their embonpoint, each was
sure he was referring to the other.
They hunted for a dressmakcr and
found one who engaged to trans
form them into sylphs, and was able
to persuade them that he had sue
ceeded i'll doing SO. They had the
same lack of opinion about every
thing, the same Oriental passivity, a
smiling fatalism and quietude from
which the railings of their husbands
could not arouse them. The antip.
athy between the two men had the
effect of bringing the women closer
together. They had the feeling OF
joining forces against the injustice
of destiny.
But one day Clotilde, not finding
Marcelle at the rendezvous, hurried
to the latter's house, where servant
told her:
Madame is very i'll. The doctor
thinks she has a pernicious fever
Will madame come in?"
Nine. Charayant excused herself
She was afraid Of catching the fever
But she went daily for two weeks t,
make inquiries. At last she received
this telegram:
II can go out this afternoon. A
last! Come and go with me. 70,
have nothing to fear. The house ha
been disinfected."
But, oh. what . surprise! Mme
Charavant stood, glued to the floor
In tho presence Of a new Marcelle
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Translated by William L. McPherson
(Copy,10ht, 1920, Ncw York Tribune Inc.)

y disappointed at the attitude of the
husbands. But they, didn't discuss it
when they met again. Soon they
were calling each other by their first
names, Clotilde for Nine. Charavant
and Marcelle for Nine. Portrieux.
And they addressed each other thus
in public, SO that everybody would
know how intimate they were.
One Sunday evening the two men
met and played bridge at the same
table. The law of contrasts holds
good in many families. II Mime.
Charavant resembled Nine. Por-
trieux, NJ. Portrieux resembled M.
Charavant. After the first rubber
they had spat.
but, you see, you don't play we'll
enough for me to argue the matter
with you," said the former.
"And you, monsieur, you play too
well, y retorted the latter.
What do you mean to insinuate!
put down my cards and await ar
answer. What Interpretation am
to give to your words?"
Clotilde and Marcello interviewed
That evening they had heart-to
heart talk.
"Adolphe is often insupportable.'
IT'S the stomach, my dear, thu
stomach. There are times when yol
have to handle julien with gloves
They are both men whose blood j,
bad and whom good eating cannot
benefit"
Thoy gave UP the parties-of- foul
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
.HE contrast between life in
Germany and that in Sean

Germany and that in Sean
dinavia is as between night
and day, says the Berlin corre-
spondent Of The Morning Post, who
recently made a trip to Sweden. He
writes:
Travellers from Germany who fare
southwark across the numerous
frontiers of Central Europe COM
plain bitterly of the delays and dis
comfort attendant on the journey;
they are continually being hauled
from the train, as likely as not in the
small hours, and compelled to buy
fresh tickets, produce their pass
ports and haul their baggage in and
out of customs sheds. The traveller
to Scandinavia is a more fortunate
person. The journey, apart from
the universal passport nuisance, is
practically normal; the main differ.
ence as regards Sweden and Norway
is that the Sassnitz- z-Trelleborg ferry
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

At $3.50 a young girl volunteered to
telephone Nine. Fournier, who al
most tainted when she was reminded
of the affair, which she had COM
pletely forgotten. There were mur-
n1urs of annoyance. The other dis
appointed guests hurried away.
Nine. Charavant asked for her bill.
1--WE will share the expense" Nine.
Portrieux declared. 81 hope we shall
meet often"
They made an engagement for the
following week. Nine. Portrieux re-
ported that evening to her husband
Il have just met very distin-
gulshed and pretty woman, although
she is little stout. She is Nine
Charavant."
The latter asked her husband:
DO you know M. Portrieux, 2
banker? l saw his wife to-day. She
is a hundred times as large as
am, my dear, but delightful, and sc
intelligent"
nj. Charavant, who was a small
man, thin and bilious, shrugged hi.
shoulders and intimated that tht
banker ought to have spent a con
siderable term making shoes for the
state, while the banker remarked
that he had seen the name of the ex
port commission man in recent lis
of bankrupts.
These messieurs were atrabilious
nervous and all on edge. The twt
wives, who had promised themselvc,
charming parties Of four, were deep
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
An Old Navy Man

Mr.. Purdy himself is an old navy
man. In the days when he was in
service there was little enough done
for gobs, and he says that it is his
realization of the need for the Navy
Club that makes him so willing to
do everything he can to make it a
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
n Lure Has the Uniform Now the War Is Over:
The Navy Club, Where the Cob
Ashore Is Entertained, Finds
Plenty Of Girls to T lei p

all round. In fact, it is so popl
lar that sometimes the older persons
watching the dancing wonder just
how badly these young people must
want to dance when they can man
age to laugh and crowd and bump
each other in the limited space.
While Tuning Up
On some occasions the band from
one or another Of the battleships
| furnishes music for the dance. In
that case real pandemonium is let
loose at the club in the afternoon
footing and tuning and practicing
drive the regular workers at the
club to seek some quiet nook like
Times Square, just FOR few mo-
ments' peace.
TIL sailors who have not yet mas
tered all the steps In whatever is
being danced take advantage of oc-
casional strains of music to practice
the light fantastic. Here we must
confess that another tradition is
somewhat shot to pieces. From the
excellency with which some navy
men dance we had always thought
the ability was something that went
with the service, like the stunt Of
making those white caps stay on in
a high wind. But we were mistaken.
Most sailors have to learn to dance,
even as you and l, and the Navy
Club here offers a chance to young
sters whose education is not yet
complete.
When the gobs want to fetch girl
friends they have met outside the
club, the women in charge Of the
dances are most diplomatic, but,
nevertheless, observant Of the mems
and the clubs welfare.
Always Nice Girl
"This is your club" they say, "and
you know the kind of girls the club
wants invited here"
Usually the blue uniform straight
ems up, very responsibly and with
dignity.
"Of course" says the boy, II
would bring nice girls here"
And he always does. Although
the Navy Club always investigates
even the friends of the men, none of
these boys has violated the respon-
sibility placed on him. The girls al
ways are nice girls.
my girl lives at the orphans
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home" said one youngster. recently.
"She's nice and pretty, but all alone
in the world"
The chaperon found out the name
Of the orphans home" to which the
sailor referred and discovered that it
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was the Girls Friendly, a church
home.
The girls who attend the Navy
Club dances are pretty and attrac-
tive. We have it not only on our
own authority. but on that Of a
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young man whose specialties are
pretty girls and line drawings,
The Girl Back Home
The girls who serve in the can
teen are, many of them, society girls
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70 M iN u %ts.'


upon to help distribute these, and
so with anything.
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Of them. The girls are all his
friends, TOO.
"You know that little girl that
comes to the Dances" he said to
Miss Emery, "the one who doesn't
dress so stylishly as the others? |
think she has the sweetest face Of
any Of them"
On Election Night the Navy Club
dance came near ending in a
tragedy. In spite of the storm the
floor space was very crowded. The
holiday spirit was felt in the groups
Of young people, few Of whom could
vote, but all of whom were in the
mood for good time. Just when
things were at their gayest the
skylight above the room in which
they were. dancing gave way with
crash and let down on the party
a dcluge which covered the floor
with two inches of water. Miss
Emery was dismayed, thinking that
all the good time was spoiled.
Should Cob Fear Water?
For only moment, though, did
this thought bother her. Laughter
followed the first surprise. The gobs
were not at loss what to do. What
of a little water? They knew ex-
! actly what to do. Gathering the
girls upon q raised deck" at one
end of the room, they set about re-
pairing the damage. Several ladies
with wet slippers had to be carried
to safety. Then came the order to
"swab the decks" The skylight was
fixed; the floor was "swabbed" as
it had never been before And in a
very short time everything was
cleared and the dance went on. Only
one lazy COB had not helped. He had
been sitting on 4 large couch close
under the skylight. From some place
he whisked out an umbrella. Rails
ing this he sat on the couch and
gave orders to the other feAows how
to do it.
A poll of the boys who are in the
club at any time always lists large
number of states. Last week on an
afternoon when just the average
nulnuer Of men were in the club
rooms there were twenty-five states
| represented. The dormitories will
accommodate $50 men. But with
extra mattresses and improvlseo
fiops more than 800 often sleep al
the club.
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Local Men 60 Home

Hardly any New York men use
the club, except TO get meal now
and then, and to come to the dances
sometimes" Mr.. Purdy explained
1--WE don't get many men whose
homes are within 100 or 200 miles
of New York. You see why this is!
They want to go home. And, OF
course, home is the best place for
them. That's what the club tries TO
stand for. It's home for the boys
whose real homes are too far away
for them to go to on leave"
Holiday time is when the Navy
Club takes its place as a real home
Just before Thanksgiving the boys
begin to come in. Some Of them
have their leave then, and Others
have Christmas. On Thanksgiving
there were boys from forty states
staying at the club. Oklahoma, Kan
sas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ore
gon, Wisconsin and Wyoming were
some of the home states represented
When Their Ship Comes
When certain ships are expec'ea
in, the women in charge OF ths
Navy Club know about it IN aa'
vance, and not, as you might sup
pose, from the morale office. lhes
learn it from the girls. wives anu
sweethearts of the men who co'is
in asking whether there is any mes
sage for them. AT other times INC
club stands as a friend OF 'A'
wives of the sailors. If any OF tnes'
women are having hard times iihah-
cially, or are in need, they can 60 "
the club and get help. The ciup
has never lost by lending money "
the wives and families OF gobs.
Going back to the dance ana H.
significance in the life of the navy
men, one of the greatest tfipuN.
to this phase of the work for saliV''
came all too unintentionally. 1m
management of cheap cabarea sa''
recently that he wished the Nav.
Club would close down. 1t ts'
taken too much of that caoaee'
business. 4
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Club When
hng ne helps make ready for it, boys
when notices to be sent the In talking
newspapers
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By Hannah Mitchell

A TRADITIO which re-
ceived considerable impetus
n during the war was to the
nHnnt Alat tho man in mi.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-11-03
DUUbi New aULyast
Recent Earthquakes Did Not
Form Another BeIcsler.
Scientists Believe Escaping Gas Was
Mistaken by Observers for
New Crater

ROme-Scientists say they do not
believe that new volcano was crea ted
on Mount Pisan1n1 rear Spezia. dur
ing tie earthquakes whsch began Sept.
Z and continued until Sept 9, causing
the loss of 500 lives. Tongues of flame
and smoke or dust We're seen TO be
emitted fron ~har is popularity sun
posed to have been new crater
opened near the mountain top.
Frank A. Perrett. the American vol
canoiogiSt for fhe Carnegie institution
who occupies station at Mount Vesu-
wins tC observe its operations. has ey
pressed to the Associated Press the
opinion that no new volcano has been
formed, but that the earthquakes
caused displacenents of subterranean
strata causing assure in the earth's
crust. and that gas escaping therefrom
was mistaken by onlookers as the OPP
ening of a new crater.
The phenomenon was not new one
Mr.. Perrett said the selsnical instru-
ments showed a towering of the earth
level in the earthquake district previ-
Gus to the tremOrs. This has been OBJ
served on other occasions when earth
quakes occurred.
This view is shared by Senator
Caplel'!ni. a leading geologist who
has been interviewed by the Mesa zero
and who says there may have heeu an
eruption of gas Though II assure on
Mount pisanIno, 'apd he supposed
column of smoke above the mountain
may have been caused by clouds of
dust from falling earth.
The tongues of fame. in Senator
Caplelliui's opinion, may possibly have
been iufiammable gas from under
ground wells of oil He said, however,
that volcanoes can appear independ
emily of the structure Of the earth's
crust, and that the greatest catastro
Plies have occurred from the appear
ance Of volcanoes where nobody ex
pected them.
For example, the geologist continued |
Mount Etna rises out Of post-pilocene
strata, while the volcanoes of the |
Andes mountains in South America |
arise from granite rocks. Therefore, |
the nature of the Apuan mountains did
not exclude the possibility Of a vol
rano appearing on Mount Pisanino.