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Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
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Program fer ruaii, Health ard
 Community Welfare Is How S,s, E.'e!I unGer Way. .z

Furai communities and towns of loss tl5an S,o00 population benefit in q very large part by the public health and community welfare work Of t!ie Am.ri- can Red Cross. Amos, all .t the 3,6o0 Red Cross chapters have some rural secfions in their territory. Taere- fore tlss Red Cross Rurnl Service.
 Briefly, the purpose of Rural Serv ice Is to nssisi people 10 get ont of life more health. wealth and happiness. Tn this purpose public hearth instruction and general educational progress Of bofh children and adults play. big part
 Recreation is found to he one of the biggest needs In rural life. There Is lack of sufficient pIay-life for the chil- dren and social life for the adults. Pfcnics, pageants, debating clubs. baseball leagues, community singing and other social events which bring the people of surrounding communities together have been organized and ear rfed on under the guidance of Red Cross rural workers 10 great udvnn-
 
 reational problems and getting people together proves to be the awakening of the community to other conditions which may be improved by united action.
 As result ot community ofsnniza. lion, townships In which there had been neither plans nar Interest In community progress have been organ ized to work together with the unified purpose Of bringing their community up to the most enlightened standards Lecture ahd musical entertainment courses hava heen started as res..!t of community meetings, as well us cir. culating IihrarieS, Red Cross schools of instruction in Home Nursing fCnse af the Sick and First Aid. In the lnrger towns the need for restrooms and pub- He comfort stations is being met Play, grounds for tiie children have been established nntl8reerea,ionnl9actlvIt.es worked out @tt5r fiip year.
 In order that there may ho concerted effort In carrying on the programs of the various welfare agencies in the rural districts. Red Cross Rural Serv- ice helps the orcaniZations already on the ground The main object of the servicn Is tn lend hand everywhere aud take tAe lead only where neces- sary.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
The Cents Toggery
''Batt.ln party"

l;st thursday evesing ! rs Vau McKinney's sunday Sc ool lass gtve her a "Ba,f-in up- aer, ' eeeh one c irving dieh For tue supper. many II resting gs,',,es were pisy- after witch, upper was>served. Fl SC pres ent were; Pearl Stanfield, Ruth AtkHfs. Eva Searcy, .iewet Sn Alma Fore, Alahle Curry Aliee4 searcv, Thalna Fore. Louise Scar cy. Pearl Hall and Miss Bfea. h and Mr, and Van VI Kinney.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
n0lME3-RaWLEY

One of the prettiest weddings of the season was solemnized Mondap at High Noon at the First Methodist Church when Miss Martha Holmes became the bride of Douglas Hawley.
 The Reverend F. c. Cannon said the ceremony.
 For the occasion the church was beautifully decorated with autumn flowers and ferns.
 Mrs. c K. Elliott sang "l Love You Truly" accom- panied by Miss Mamie McMurtrey. The wedding march was played by Miss Vir- ginia lfarrar.
 The bride was preceded down the aisle by her sister, Miss Lucy Holmes who wore a charming gown of blue tricotine and car ried a bouquet of huge yellow chrvsantheums.
 The bride entered on the arm of her father, and wore hand some tailored costumeof brown velour with access ories to match and carried a bcQuet of white ehrysantheums.
 Horace Hawley, brother of the groom acted as b,st man.
 The out of town guests W 4r' !; Mir. and Mrs Andrew Cleme is, Grady; Mrs R E. lIawley, Pine Bluff; Mrs Waiter Holmes, Pine Bluff; Mrs. Sam Holmes, Miss Mamie Gray Holmes; Ms E. ]. Horn and Mrs. Ella Copger.
 Immediately after the eeremoe ny taey lefr for Pine Bluff where they will reside
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
APPROPRIATENESS

Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Annie Wood laughter of Mr aud Mrs. Bert Wood of Ladelle to William ]. Green ees on Sunday October 10th 1920.
 The wedding was solemnized at he home of the bride. The Reverend shepberdsop. Pastor of the Presb> terian Church at Monticello said the marriage ceremony Only relatives aud few clnee friends wAre present,
 After a visit with relatives and friends ih Little Rock ard Ens land Mr. aid Mrs. Greenlees arrived here Sunday where they will make their home,
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
Cotton COnyen-
 tioE1 Called

Community meetings are to be held throughout the State in every cOu " where cotton is grown, during the next two weeks, for the purpose Of elect, Ing delegates to the state. wide cotton conference l.hicti has been called tor ten a m Thursday. October 23 by the Arkansaq i'ivlslon of tie American Cotton Nssocistion This conference i4 called in the interest of every citizan of Arkansas interested in the growth and markAtingof the cotton crop. The community meetings may be called by yslocal lnits of the Cotton ssociation Farmers Unit, Farm Bureau Chambers of Commerce, Rotary Jiabs or other organizations
  devoted to the welfare of the community.
 The catI tor the convention has 1een supplemented by a .,rael. natl"n is>u d by Goe, t,roagh, .Vho urges the attena auce of all business taea aud cotton farmer 10 con .idar naea'As whereby tue crop may be conserved and 'narketed in an o,derly manne :. 90 that the grower may be it. sured the high ,st of production plus his reasonable profit. some ot h. nost IF minent men identified with the movement ih the South, WI be at the meetinp
 There has never been a more criticat time in the history of the Icotton industry, a time which demands the wisest counsel ane cooperative action on the par of the citizenship at large Among those who will aud deliv CT addresses are J. ;. Nanama kef, president O. the America, Cotton Assoeiatioh Nathat |
 Atams, president of the Texas Division, Dr iradford Knapp Dean of the Agricultural Exten sion Division of the Unlversit, of Arkansas and B. F. Mcleod oI South Carolina.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
Club Work!

At our Distl jet Fa!r, at Monti- cello, Cleveland went over the top. This sis the first time ", have ever had exhibits from cor club girls at the District Fair ard what did thev dn? Ltiev showed clearly to all the District the kind of work they were doing by taking six rizes. The prizes taken were;
 First prize on poultry by Mary Varatll, sec md prfze on poultry by Mildrrd u Maddox. First on canned okra, by Oohia Fergusof,. fiest on bes5 six varieties of pre- serves, by Ophi, ferguson. Sec ond on canned peas. by Edith Raldv in. Third on best twel' c varieties of caaned vege ables. by Ophia Ferguson.
 IT csc girls competed against girls hn h: ve hfenf entering thil gs at the Fair for three veals ano girls who have h q demon- str; ,ion work in their county fer five years ;nl who have been cl, b I embers for tour years.
 Ne si ouli be very proud of or girls! If we will only en- (. urage olr girls. what will they 70 ext yea,? Suppose We ty nd see!
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
Cottoa Stored In Seed
 Is Improved In Quality

In holCing cotton foc a higher price, he farmer will gain by holding it in the seed rather than n the bale, advises E. A. lodson, agent in cotton marketing dem onstrations withthe Agriculture Extension Division, University of Arkansas.
 If seed cotton is stored before ginning the fiber is actually i'm proved n quality" says Nir, Hodson. ''0Il from tho seed is absorbed by the fibers and gives the cotton better body. At the same time weight is added to the fl Der as is shown by the gin turnout"
 Seed that is stored before ginning dries out s that it is no ilkely to neat ana deterl0rate II storage. Seed that is allowed t, dry out well before ginning is much better for planting.
 A furthur advantage of stor ing before ginning Is that the cotton stored in the seed will b, stored under cover. The ginneo bale is frequently left out in th, weather. If the farmer has nt Warehouse facilities and his cot ton is for immediate sale it k bts. tgh4a itain tae seed.''
 C wSHsl'3V.pEwas q h sines, Y IEc to Pine .'.pg Npyd y.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
MRS. CLAUDE BROWN

Mrs. Claude Brown of Corner vile died at the Clark Sanitari am in Pine Bluff Sunday follow ing an operation after which she never regained consciousness.
 Mrs. brown is the mother ot Miss Ethyl Brown who is attend ing school here and a sister to Mrs. A. NJ. Davis.
 She leaves d husband three dauphters and one son. she was buried at Bonneville Tuesday.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
New Paper
 Fer EorgdlyyCCee @

A new naper has heen estah .sshe l at Ford vce with Curtis K Hurley, former Editor of the Camden Beacon Herald, as Editot and manager and ]. J Mori L acal E iitor and solicitor,
 The paper is successor to tho Spnrkman News until recently published At Snaskman
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
Quorum Court Wifi
 Meet N xt Weei

The Annual meeting of tho Quorum Court will meet at the Court House next Wednesday.
 Many important matters will be brought before the Court anc t is hoped that every member oi the Court will ae present.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Mrs Marcus Norton was inc guest of was the guest of rea- lives here lhis week.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Mrs Pulliau returned lest week from Hot Springs very much improved in heath.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Miss Brittle Hall returned to Pine Blaff Saturday after having spent Sc. eral days with her mother, who has been i'll for some inc,
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Mrs. \. C. Bankeeship retur- nld to Little Rock Monday after spending several days here win her husband.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Mr. and Mrs J w. Elrod have moved into their handsome new home on Main Street.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
further Price Reductions Mail Order Competition Defied

Con1bare OUT prices with those Of tue mail order houses and you wifi find that we are way below lower in prices.
 Another slash in outing flannels all colors in dark and light now selling at 30 cents per yard. Don,esCs unbleacfed at f5 cts and bleached aI you want al 20 cts per yd. Big reductions on shoes our prices were already lower before reduction and with the additional re- duction in price makes shoes cheap fac tory prices while the quality remains the same Genuine U s. Army Shoes at $6.50 pair.
 Calico goods Of ali descriptio now selling at 20cs n is no longer necessary for you to send off for your goods for our prices defy mail order prices. Come in and buy your supplies while the supply is large and save all you entitled to at the present duction.
 Carharts Overalls at $500 the garment ether makes $2.5O the garment.
 Solid indigo heavy blue coveraIs now reduced to S395 the garment
 THE POPULAR PRICE STORE Rupstonp Bros ProD RSOn Arkansas.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Miss Moutioe 5howiing spent Sunday and Monday here With aer mother.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Niss sallia R'2i | asf' lsi ,s; Isps@ sxl vs K asste [; sendlnp ihr sieilllseI.o TaIl for seyes d asss,
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

E. Pierce and son Richard spent Saturday here.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21
Saliie Mai Hudson.
Mrs. L F Williams visited il Pine Bluff Saturday.

IJr. " k. Cunningham the .tye man of Pine Huff was here Saturday. He comes once eacb mon tn.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Mrs. c. c. McNurtrey Nay visited in Pine Buff Monday.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

Mr. and Mrs. N after Holmes # Pine Bluff aiteudeu the liul mes HaAIsy Nssaiag MonaHs,
Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

C wSNsa3V.pawas q h siness 7 'tc to Pine .'spg aIpya v.
The Washington times., 1920-02-01

women. The women have the chance to
meet too many men, They may be settled
and would remain nicely domesticated If
they could have only the occasional ac-
quaintances made by persons in ordinary
life. But every performance may mean "a
new temptation. Every new season a
score of them So their temptations are
multiplied.
THE silly women who write letters to
the men of opera and besiege them with
invitations to dinner do no, harm. A
singers rivals are in her own world.
Prima donnas pilter the kisses that belong
to another. A sol rano commits grand lar
ceny Of contraltos happiness. It is
dishonest world.
eff had had my art to comfort me
would not be so crushed by Georges Bak-
lanoff's cruelty TO me- But from the day
/ fell in love with nim at nineteen have
been a creature In chains. He has not
wanted me to sing was cast in the
drama OF his life to be member OF his
heap of women For there have been
many other women in his life. In my lve
years OF love-bondage to him have known
that, but have losed my eyes. A woman
must close her eyes in that world or die
OF what she sees.
"To the outside world It seems land
OF hearty friendships. Poofi A tenor
sings. His voice cracks on a high note.
He knows II, but he thinks that others do
not know. For other singers oome to him.
They shake his hand, They say, You
sang wonderfully tonight And they go
to their own dressing rooms and mimic
him. have seen them. And they say,
Why did the management ever engage
that freak5'
Il repeat that the opera is a land with
out law. A man wants something or he
does not. He thinks OF nothing else. He
recognizes no obligations. II is the land
OF deceit. It is peopled with appearances
OF friendship, never with the substance.
The Washington times., 1920-02-01

were seeking "a permanent mate. But the
singer is not. He has wife this season
and next season there is another. No one
is surprised al: this. No one in the strange,
lawless land expects anything else. These
season wives are usually without benefit
of clergy. Il
Sometimes the singers are married.
They have husbands or wives, but that
does not matter They forget It, as they
may. No one on the grand opera stage
expects them to remember 1t.
"Romances are fervid-while they last
They end in heartbreak for one or in
tragedy. Quarrels are common and ter
has passed reconciliations soon follow,
They still talk in Petrograd about vio-
lent quarrel the great Tetrazzini had with
an admirer on the stage of the Petrograd
Opera House. That was twenty years ago,
but Petrograd still talks OF It and repeats
threats Of suicide.
my case is sad one, but It is not
unusual Grand opera seethes with such
cases, It happens only that mine has
seeped through the veil that separates
grand opera from the outer world. Every
prima donna has, been broken-hearted-
not once, but many times. .N.
"The moment wife or sweetheart
turns her back the mans eyes, in fine
frenzy, roll about in search Of an object
Of his fiirtatious fancy. II may be a
chorus girl or Il may be one Of the ballet
maids. II matters not whom-it is the
nearest. To- the man in grand opera pro-
pinQuity Is opportunity.
I'm fact, every one OF them would prefer
TO be detached. The grafters, OF the opera
whisper to those from whom they exact
money. You must be free. Unless you are
free you cannot sing your best have
heard them say It., these precious blood
suckers. One OF them said to me, To
succeed IN his art a man must, be without
test .i-. o..
There Is euough scandal on the stage
OF grand operaJ OF course, but men Of this
CRATER type foment is. They couple pairs
who would prefer 10 remain mere friends
Such gossips were not content to let Ger
aldine Farrar and Antonio Scott be mere
friends--pupil and teacher. They would
have them engaged.
, Love is too easy I'm grand opera A
man has the opportunity to meet too many
or..t py,t,,n p,sb,. R...r,.d-
The Washington times., 1920-02-01

in my power, and was thus largely instru-
mental in making for him the career which
he now admits he has achieved.
IN. de Gogorza demanded that should
give him divorce. l refused"
Nine. de Gogorzas mother contributed
an interesting affidavit to this. suit, in
which she swore:
when my son-inlaw returned from his
first trip with Emma Eames in December,
1905, he was changed man. He began to
stay away from home at night He finally
went to Europe in 1906. When he re-
turned he saw me and said, You were
angry with me when left, and assuredly
year. but this year am sane. have had
my eyes opened
NINE. Eames returned to America in
November, 1906 As soon as she arrived
M. de Gogorza resumed his conduct of the
previous year. He remained away from
home and neglected his wife. He finally
told me he was going to Newport, and
when asked him why he did not take his
wife with him he said 1t would interfere
with his business"
Continuing, the vivscious little soprano
drew this word-picture of the world OF
opera:
"It all looks as beautiful as the ocean
waves dancing in the sunlight, 1t is as
dark as the. Chicago River in its most
sombre moments. II is sentimental, but
II is sordid Its sentiment is the fiimsiest.
The artist Of grand opera loves gold and
girls. He Is true to the gold, but he Is
false to the girls.
"Of the sordidness there was an example
in the complaints the other day Of two
tenors of the Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany. These complaints OF graft within
the organization followed only a day or
two after my own revelation of the sordid
side Of opera Alessandro Bonci, the Ital-
ian tenor, and Charles Fontaine, a French
singer said that they had been paying
from fifty dollars a week to twenty dollars
The Washington times., 1920-02-01

the ordinary things OF life Foolish chit that
/ was, had to learn that most singers are
very ordinary persons. l had to learn
that they were common persons Of little
education. /, who had been educated in
convent at Dresden, had learned six Ian
uages. My French was perfect. To dis
cover that singers were ignorant or i'll
educated was painful. shock to me.
while ! travelled with Georges Bak-
Ianoff we shared compartments with other
singers and the chorus and were forced to
eat with them. When saw them eat fish
with their hands I felt Ill. When they
pushed their food down their throats with
their knife-blades could have wept. But
bore II for love of Georges Baklanoff
Yet, love him as ] did, I could not forget
that he was like them-he hadn't had the
advantages I had.
Grand opera is the land OF easy lives and
easy loves. Prima donnas give out inter
views in which they talk of their hard
work But do not believe the life is an
sscetic one. The singer and the austere
life know each other not. They sing
much, but they love to sing. That is not
drudgery which one loves TO dot Is play
Nowhere In the world-not In the
jungles-is love as easy as I'm grand opera.
II sickens me to hear foolish persons talk
OF the aviaries. Birds are homogeneous.
"If In the outer world a man admires
you, he tells you so diffidently; he ex-
presses his ardor with delicacy. But a
tenor or baritone sees you. He fancies
you, as you say in America. At once,
without even an introduction, he tells you
he loves you. He does not say, Will you
be miner He says, You shall be mine.
You are mine
"The man does not do all the wooing.
IL the woman In impressed she says so.
She makes the advances. That is very
frequently done. Impulse Is king I'm the
land that has no law.
That would be right, perhaps, II one
q 1920. Internat tionsl Feature Service. Inc.
The Washington times., 1920-02-01
Mile. Elvira Amazar, the Attrac-
tive Young Russian Soprano of the
Chicago Grand Opera Company,
who Has Upset the Opera World
by Her Frank Statements.

"The man-what was his nameY-who
didn't want to be a fatherin-law OF Caruso
was right. He said, Singers are different
beings. They dwell in different worlds
True, Mr.. ,Father-in-law of Caruso Cruelty,
fatally true.
Il do not mean to say that every single
opera singer is like this--that everyone
INDUCES his or her impulses without re-
gard to the laws Of society. There are, in
deed. some very conspicuous exceptions to
the general habits Of opera land.
"There is Madame Louise Homer, the
famous soprano, who is an ideal wife and
mother Of large family. Madame Schu-
mann-Heink, the noted contralto has made
herself beloved by the devotion and self
sacrifice she has shown In raising an enor-
nous family. Marcella Sembrich, another
great singer, was equally remarkable for
the dignity OF her domestic life and free-
dom from sentimental complications.
81 would not do an injustice TO the good
women who have resisted the demoralizing
tendencies OF opera life OF course, Il is
among the women chiefly that these shin.
ing exceptions are to be found"
The Washington times., 1920-02-01

|, Singers love the
nutter OF gre e n
bank notes q thou
sand times more
than they do the
sound of their own
golden notes. They
roll their eyes and
talk of art while
they think OF con-
tracts an d bank
balances.
AT gay nineteen
I did not even sus-
pect this--but now,
broken-hearted and
disillus s l oned, I
know 1t.
Like all girls
who are young and
good to look at and
have a voice, I
wanted to 90 into
grand opera. I
thought that II was
a life In an atmos-
phere Of beauty.
something fine and
l1A a. -
The Washington times., 1920-02-01
Mile. Amazar,
Soprano and the
of the Russian
Baklanoff, T. els
of the Rapiid-Fire
Romances Among
the Singers

rformance for applause. They said
ssistant stage manager was the head
% claque.
q obtained their money under the
Use OF unlimited noise. II they paid
money there would be loud hand.
,ing, cries of bravo bis and encore
ley didn't pay for this artificial ap-
plause their popularity would de-
crease. They might even lose their
engagements. Their artistic heads
would come on as one of the
grafters was quoted to have threat
ened.
Graft prevails from one end Of
the opera to the other. For myself.
I was wealthy and desired to enter
grand opera. and I did not mind
paying for my debut at the Music
and Drama Theatre In Petrograd.
Had not paid / would have had no
debut. Everybody knows that 1t Is
the common custom. Everybody
has to be given fee. One must
begin with the lowly prompter and
progress to the stage director.
Even conductors, many Of them,
expected to be paid. Nowhere has
money such conversational power
as on the operatic stage-the tenor
may I'LL the house with his magnif-
cent high note, but high and above
1t all the scream Of money can al
ways be heard behind the foot
lights.
The Washington times., 1920-02-01

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