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The Washington times., 1920-10-24
~HE faintlu)-Mother! Mother,

CHE (faintly)-Mother! Mother,
y desr!
IIE-Eh?
SHE-Mother, dear, I'm SO glad
HE-Really, l beg your pardon.
STIE-I'm so glad you've come.
HE-Ah, yes. Quite so.
SHE-Kiss me, mother.
HE-But I'm not your mother.
SHE (p1aintiuelv)-Won't you kiss
me, mother?
HE (looks around furtively. Then
he O6liges her,
SHE-Ah! That's so nice. (She
pauses; shudders.) Hold me close,
mother, hold me close. I've had
such a terrible dream!
HE-Good heavens! You're not
dreaming now. -.
SIE-I dreamt-I dreamt- (He
has raised her to sitting posi-
ton. she stops abruptly. LOOEs
,dbout.) Where-where am I?
He lin q matter-ot- fact tone)-We
are about half a mile away from
the Poland Springs Hotel, Poland
Springs, Maine.
SHE (udguely)-Oh! (She pauses.)
And you, how do you come here?
HE-Strolling
SHE-Strolling?
HE-I reached the hotel this morn
ing. 1t was hot-beastly hot.
went for walk in the woods.
SHE-What happened then? How
did, we meet?
HE-Don't you know?
SHE-T remember nothing - I'm
confused. (She tries to get up,
out sits on the log tDith little
erclamdtion.) My shoes-where
are my shoes?
HE fetching them)-IIere they are.
SHE-Thank you. (She looks
at them.) Those aren't my shoes!
HE-No?
SHE-They're wet.
HE (noddin0)-They would be.
SHE-But they're not mine.
HE-I found them on your feet.
SHE (confused)-On my feet?
HE-Yes. IAN afferthouDhtJ
One on each.
sHE-Oh, (she tries to put
them on.) l can't get them on.
HE-No?
SHT1-Will you help me2 (He as
sists her: she feels her clothes
and ercldims): Oh!
Held hurt you?
SHE (ostonished)-My clothes are
wet!
HE (houghtfully)-Yes.
SHE-How funny! Noticing him.
And you-you're wet also!
HE-Soaked.
SHE-What coincidence! How
curious! How did It happen2 (She
pduscs.) Oh, IL / could only think!
Think (He rises and traits pa
tientlp.) Tell me; you must know.
HE-Well. I was strolling through
the woods. / heard n splash
SHE (interrupting)-A splasbl oh,
don't say any more; ! rememberl
That horrible lakel Horrible! II
was so warm Mt the hotel; / had
gone off into the woods. I was
sitting at the edge of the lake
on a rock-reading. I must have
been sleepy. fell in.
HE-Then you screamed.
SIIE-Yes; was drowningl Drown
ingi 4 called for helpi
The Washington times., 1920-10-24
0hi4h cut lace SnQeS

A sensible high-cut shoe for
growing girls and women.
Just the shoe for cold weather
The Washington times., 1920-10-24

NePuDncan Candidate FOR PRESIDENT
These are two American Mothers whose sons
are to be elected President and Vice-President of
the United States
In trusting their sons you honor them.
The world at last has come to realize the legal
political equality of women as it has always been
compelled to recognize their moral superiority
This election involves problem of vital impor-
tance to every mother, wife and daughter in this
Nation.
Shall war peace for America be decided by
the men and women of America, or by the vote of
Council of Foreign Nations9
When Harding and Coolidge, typical Americans,
elected, it will be thoroughly understood all
the world that the United States it's people
and its money are to be controlled in the future as
in the past By the United States, not by the advice
consent suggestion, necessities threats nor agree
ments of any foreign nation or Foreign Council
You, who soon will elect Harding and Coolidge
and defeat the theory that this country is no longer
capable of elfgoverhment, will look with interest
and with veneration upon the faces of these two
mothers. You know that their sons will do all that
men can do for all the mothers Of America
With Harding and Coolidge elected, Americas
destiny will be shaped by the united intelligence of
The Washington times., 1920-10-24

oHE Tso9r~fxIsy) What dealings
can there be between usf
HE-Did you hear the whistling q
minute ago7
SHE-Wellr
HE (sotth meontn0)-Thst's Brook
neld.
SHE (affer a paSse)-Well?
HE-The path leads here. He Is fol-
. lowing the path
SHE (after sttH another paase)-
Welll
HE-You and I might be very good
friends-
SHE fthou0httuHy) - On. you
mean
HE-A valet is not paid very
Wou
The Washington times., 1920-10-24
toopyrisbs by ths Author. and nos 70 b pro
ooc,d without MS written psrmssssoo.)

,o.ovvtrb, tv the Author. and nos 70 b. prs
duosd without MS written psrmisssoa.)
"A secluded spot In the Adtne
goods IN the net0hbOrhood OF
Summer hotel. IL Is the. middle
OF jug. As the curtain rises the
scene Is empty. Suddenly, not far
apuy, there Is the sound OF
splash, toilotoed by the scream OF
a dro,ontng toomdn, "Heipi Help!
Helpw There Is tremendous
crushing through the uHderorush'
and another poice, pery rdscultae,
very English, shouts, where are
pouY Where are vour" Rather
Indefinitely the first speaker an
spers, "Here! Helpi Help" An
other crashing through the under
brush, toHotoed by second
splash, and presently, after a short
pause, there enters upon the stage
tall, much bedrdg0led English
man, bearing In hts arms the mo-
tionIess body of an extremely
good-looking girl. Both Of them
are very ioet, and a trdH OF iodter
marks their progress across the
scene. Reaching the clearing, the
Englishn,an methodicaIIv deposits
the girl on the ground. Then,
rather timtdly, he kneels at her
side, and lays his ear Orer her
heart. He rises promptly toith q
satisfied nod, carefully remopes
his dripping coat, folds tt neatly
and places 1t on the log. Again he
kneels, this time aoith his knees
on either side of the girrs head,
and laboriously begins to dppW
the Syluester Omethod, counting
dudibly as he does so. At ten
he stops a1edrily. and again dp-
plies his ear to her heart. The
result is evidently pleasing, and
after teto more Sylvester mlOpe-
ments he begins to cary the pro-
cedure bv remOuing her shoes and
alternately chatting her hands and
feet. Presently she Sighs deeply.
For the third time he pduses tn
listen to her heart. SlOt1ly and
deliberately her left arm rises, to
encircle his neck in q confding
clasp
The Washington times., 1920-10-24

Mother of Calvin Coolidge
Republican Candidate for Vice-President
American men and women American families. In
the great family of nations this country will retain
its place as heretofore sympathetic, helpful,
offering refuge to the oppressed and opportunity
to the ambitious.
With Harding and Coolidge elected this Nation
will retain and exercise it's complete independence.
The Congress at Washington not Foreign Coun-
Gil in Europe, will decide whether this nation shall
remain in peace or go to war.
The League of Nations, as it stands and as the
Democratic Party would fasten it on this country,
is League of War. It is League that would
make the independent, self-ruling States of
America no longer an independent Nation, but
merely little group in larger international
group and governed by that larger group.
When you vote for Harding and Coolidge,
typical sons of noble American Mothers you will
vote to maintain the independence of the United
States. You will vote against war by dictation
from abroad. You will vote as Washington, Jeffer-
son, Lincoln and other great Americans talked
when they lived and as they would vote if they
could return and vote with you
One flag is enough for one country and we have
the right flag.
Republican National Committee
The Washington times., 1920-10-24
Let's be done with wiggle and wobhe

Great Brstain R,shts Rsssrvs1.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18
The Cat Had Tried II.

A friend visiting in the city called
on me, and it being almost luncheon
time ] asked her to have tea with
me and try some Of my cake had
Just taken from the oven When got
to the pantry door found | had for
gotten to close the window and my
neighbor's cat was enjoying the last
of my Exchange
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18

and family as an ardent lover.
If Don't Ever Marry" were
other than excellent in any one
spot, the cleverness of the titles
alone would save it from AN
early shelf, for it is par excel
lent" from the Introductory
shots of a "rubberneck" auto
mobile to most unique ending
which could not help but please
the most critical motion picture
theatre patron.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18
Difference In Time

In reply to our observation that he
and his son and namesake resembIed
each other greatly old Bin SIlvers
said; The main difference twixt me
an young BIZ is, when put In day
at work don't feel much like runnin'
round at nights; and when young Bill
puts In q night runnin' round he don't
feel much Ike workin' next day.
Topeka Capital
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18

April "a IL the anniversary or thu
appearance. in 1904 of the first con-
tinuons newspaper in America, the
News Letter OF Boston. Since that
time the development of the news
paper has been one of the potent fac
tors in the rapid advance of the coun.
try's prosperity.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18
Most Sensitive Instrument

The most sensitive instrument yet
made is the holometer, originally IN
vented by Langley, which is used for
measuring variations In the radiation
or heat. 1t registers to mlllinntI Of
degree. The heart of il is n plat
mum wire 50 Thin that it cannot he
seenieXcept when a ray of bright light
Is reflected from It.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18
Why Clear Nights Are Colder.

wy N'cd' NignlS are CoioeT.
clear bright Starlight night in
winter Is always much colder than
cloudy one The reason for this is
that The hem Of tie earth is always
thrown OF more quickly when there
is nothing TO intercept it, Clouds
act as a kind Of blanket, and In pre-
venting the earth's heat from eschp-
Ing tend 10 keep the atmosphere
warm.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18
Avocado Rich in Eat

The avocado or alligator pear con-
fains as much nutriricnS fat as does
Ordinary cream. sometimes as high
as ~ per cent. AS il contains little
starch or sugar it might prove valu-
able in rhe diet of hiiihetics if It did
NOT cost 50 much
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18
PRINCESS THEATRE
PROGRAM

Friday, Nov. 10Th, Topics o
the Day" compiled from tn,
press of the world by TIL,
Literary Digest. Larry SENIOR
in The Grocery Clerk, /" the hes
comedy ever made. If you DON
laugh at this you are truly ;
Crouch" 1t ran at the StranC
Theatre in Memphis for a weel
recently. Also "ThesLost City
featuring Jaunita Hansen. 1t is
without a doubt the best seria
ever produced and gets better
with every episode. Bray's Picto-
graph Cartoon Comedy. DOM
miss this program, the comedy
alone is we'll worth the price of
admission.
"+''v Nov. goth, THE
Dara Star" a Cosmopolitan
Production by Robert w. Cham
bers. A Paramount Special.
This is combination of merits
for a photo play that can't be
beat. It's bound to be good.
Also Private Detectives" a
Mutt and Jeff Comedy.
Monday, Nov. 22nd, Will
Rogers in Water. Water Every
where. The remarkable art of
Will Rogers, both as comedian
and as, the portrayer of pathos.
IS once more registered on the
screen in his newest Goodwin
Picture, Water, Water Every
where" In this perturbation of
William R. Lighton's series of
BILLY Fortune" stories which
appeared in the Saturday Even
ing Post, Will Rogers has the
role of Western cowboy bent
on sacrificing himself so that his
friend and the girl that he him
self loves in vain may find the /
happiness that is denied him.
The humorous background of
the story centres about the at !
tempts of a temperance society |
to Danish liquor from the town. |
In the course of the story, the
town saloon becomes a soda
water parlor, and the men stay
away from their homes as
usual to congregate there and
swap stories. However, Will
Rogers succeeds in his attempt
TO reform his rival, and then
resIgnedly steps aside to permit
him to wed the girl he loves.
Also Hidden Dangers" No. IL.
. Tuesday, Nov. 2Srd, Wallace
Reid in alias Mike Moran"
story that proves the folly of de-
,eption. If a man tells a lie or
ieceives, he Immediately be- ,
comes a slave and remains en-
Ihackled until he confesses
Ind clears his conscience. And {
he ladies aren't excepted.
But there are times in a mans E
life when he turns on the devil t
within him and blOts it from his
'ath and confesses regardless of I
ne outcome. How Wallace i
Ieid turned the trick in alias, '
like Moran" is admirably v
hown. A delightful romance is h
Voven into the story and the t
icture closes with a finish that t
vill please the most critical. s
James Cruze directed, and il
rim Bartlett wrote the story, Ii
hitch was published in the Sat- f
rday Evening Post under the s
tie, open Sesame" la
Wednesday, Nov. oath, Even 4
] Eve" from the Robert W. u
hambers' startling story ''The Q
Inning Band. " The amazing 9 9
dventures Of q beautiful cir y
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18

Tho Culnins That Doss Not Affect tha Head
Because Of its tonic and laxative effect, LAxA.
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Rememb' .he iulI name and
lock Tor the signalurr : " GROVE. Gee
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-11-18

WIZ 10 IOICcN w JUN group VI
men and women who think love
a sin and marriage is not for this
world = how she regains her
rightful place in society role is
cleverly and dramatically en-.
acted by Grace Darling and q
strong cast. A thrilling story OF
love, romance and mystery
beautiful scenery of the Adiron-
dack mountains adds to interest
of picture. A, First National At
traction.
Thursday, Nov. 25th, Matinee
3:15, Night 1880, Marshall Mel
lan's famous 6 part First Nation
al comedy drama, Don't Ever
Marry" The following is what
an impartial and disinterested
critic has to say about the
picture:
Whatever it costs to be able to
deliver to the film market a pic
ture such as the Marshall Neilan
special comedy, Don't Ever
Marry" it verifes the old ira
dition that the best is always
the cheapest, for this picture
will run as long as the print
will last in any theatre showing
it. That no expense has been
spared is plainly evident from
the high salried cast to the
smallest detail of equipment,
with the result that this is a
picture which illustrates the
year, fewer and better pic
lures. Most difficult. indeed.
would it be to find fault worthy |
If mention. 1t is clear, spon-
laugh provoking comedy |
which does not lose one iota of
for the highest improved
photography, settings, lighting
md all the other ingredients
which go to make up a meritor-
Gus film production.
The story is well thought out
md cleverly put together, pre-
enting the troubles of those
Who do not heed the warning of
n unfortunate woman whose
husband in his jealous frenzy
envelopes in her an obsession
against marriage. The misun-
erstood wife finally is Obliged
. part company with the jealous
usband and earn her livelihood
y offering beautiful antiques
nd suitable presents for hus-
ands to present to their fami-
es when the necessity of get
ng squared" looms up. She
as made a friend of a youngI
zap in love with the daughter of
n eccentric rich man and in a
loment of sympathy for the
&c tim of a jealous husband he
Ills her to apply to him in the e.
snt she is ever in trouble. The
.me promise seems. a habit of
le youngster who wants every.
le to be happy, and the plot is
about all the girls and
en- he would befriend taking
Vantage of his kindness upon
e night when he has secretly
the daugh ter of a Colo
i, blood. thirsty by experience
the late war and possessed
It'll an idea to murder theI
ung man if he ever finds he
8 disobeyed the warning not
attempt to marry the daugh.
:. All sorts of com plications
t in which would spoil the
terest were the details out
ed, but with a most beauti-
lily balanced cast, including
me well-known names of can
le artists, Don't Ever
AIRY" scores heavily. Partic-
If mention might be made
the work Of Matt Moore, who
lnds all sorts of punishment
Introduce the necessary COM
=, and does credit to himself
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Broadway Judgment
Often Reversed in
Other Cities
BY Steve C'Grady

4 CCORDING to several men
N who employ their time and
r "A fortunes In the promotion
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

American topic Of expansion. With
clever comedians and pretty girls in
the ensemble, the "Sultan Of Sulu,"
sparkling like champagne, was q red
riot of fun.
Afterward Ade wrote what he de-
scribes as one Of the worst things he
ever did, Peggy From Paris" and
after an up and down career Peggy
finally established herself and played
to appreciative audiences in every
large city and water-tank hamlet in
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

OF ordinary business. What business
1t got came from that particular fol-
lowlng-and large one-that was
loyal to anything that bore the
George AIDE trademark. After the
premier Of ''The Sho-Gun" in Mil
waukee every one connected with
the production was willing to gam
bic his last dollar that here was the
sure-tire musical comedy hit Of all
ages. After that first performance
there was spirit of confidence per-
vading the lobby atmosphere at Mil
waukee that seemed to shout out
Here is success that hits the bulls
eye on dead center" And "The Sho-
Cun," from box office standpoint.
proceeded out, and never more than
made expenses.
Eugene Walters Success
In the history Of unexpected
Broadway successes no figure looms
higher than that Of Eugene Walter.
who has few failures and manv
successes to his credit, and who
might have been one of those desert
flowers to blush unseen had it not
been for one of the most unusual of
circumstances.
Walter had written sergeant
James," which failed. He had writ
ten "The Undertow," which proved
a good stock medium, but which
never bloomed on Broadway. He
had builded a play back in 1908
called "Paid in Full" and he was
sure that the manuscript which ul-
timately he carried into the Offices
OF Wagenhals & Kemper and laid
down for critical inspection was
great piece Of acting literature.
Mr.. Walter was sure of "Paid in
Full" Wagenhals & Kemper were
not SO sure as Mr.. Walter. Thew
had given "Paid in Full" a trv-
out on the road, and when the
little company Of seven people re-
turned to Longacre Square they
were at liberty to seek other en-
gagements. Frank Sheridan, who
played the sea captain in the origi-
nal production, told the Broadway
FOUNDERS that paid in Full" was a
unique piece of work. There was
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

Savage ultimately withdrew one Of
the companies and passed the re-
naming County Chairman" COM
rany to one Of his executives.
Ade's "Sultan Of Sulu" was his
first musical comedy effort, and it
was an immense success. Savage
produced it with the old Castle
Square Opera Company.
AIDE when he wrote the Sultan
was at the crest Of his fame. His
fables had been making American
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
0pEG o. MY HEAR1'
4 failed IN Nea0 Havem.
aU1s giVeM an ovation IN NeaU
York and then sWept the en-
tire country

thusiastic opinion Of It's author, was
a better work than either the Sui
tan or Peggy, the public didn't want.
''The SI1o.Cun's" Failure
"The Sho-Gun" opened at Wal
lacks and never got above the mark
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
HTHE COMMUTERS" a
4 play dealing a0itA SUD-
urban life, aUas a great suc-
cess in Neao York, but other
cities didn't k,,ow whut a
c0nen,Mter W0S

were in ecstasies. Tho uprosrious
applause continued. In time, it was
believed. MIR. Erlanger would arise
and make briee address of
thanks, but backstage the British
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
{ -HARLES KLElN'S "2he Lion and the Mouse 2oas
severely crtcased achem 1t first appeared, but made
fortune for its producers

life worth while for several years.
The Spanish-American War had left
Uncle Sam boss Of the Philippine
Islands, and AIDE based his satirical
comedy on the current and heated
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

the United States before her final
surrender. peggy From Paris"
over the popular-priced route, out
lived [The Sultan of Sulu," and
"The Sho-Gun," which, in the en-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

stage hands were patting the Ben
Hur" stage carpenter on the back
and assuring him that the tumult of
applause was in recognition Of his
mechanical genius. How could it be
otherwise? The stage carpenter be-
came convinced, and it is matter
of record, according to the best
Broadway authorities, that for the
first time in the history of the Drury
Lane stage stage carpenter ambled
before the curtain and "took bow"
That wasn't all he took, either. He
took a boat for home as soon as A.
L. Erlanger was able to arrange, his
passage. =
While reason can be found for
the failure on the road of many New
York successes, the causes for some
OF these failures ever remain a per-
picking mystery. There are shows
that go over big in New York that
are regarded as logical road sue
cesses and logical New York fail
ures, and in the test the reverse of
things comes true.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
George AIDES Experiences

George AIDE, the we'll known
humorist, of Brook, Ind, had sue
cesses and failures to his credit be-
fore he settled down to the simple
life on his Indiana farm, and there
was one Of these AIDE plays that, in
its varied fortunes, puzzled the ex-
perts. "The County Chairman"
produced in 1908, carried the atmos-
phere of rural community. 1t pre-
sented we'll drawn rural types and
was founded on. story Of rural poll
tics. Produced at Wallack's The
ater, with considerable misgivings.
it scored an immediate Knockout, in
the Broadway language Of that
period, and ran an entire season.
playing to record business.
| IF it goes this good in New York
what cleanup on the road!" NUT
tered the experts, and Henry w. Saw
age, who produced it, felt that he
was taking no chances with failure
when ne sent two companies on the
road the following season.
"The County Chairman" however.
was not the success on the road that
1t was In New York. and Colonel
The Washington times., 1920-04-20
When a Girl Mnrries
By Anne Lisle.

ones gentle. You are a Kind-heart-
II 1t hadn't been for you. probably
terry wouldn't have his Betty to-
day. Sometimes l think you're go
ing to help Virginia find happiness
again. But don't wear yourself out
over other peoples problems. Nor
over your own--if you have 'em.
Remember old Tony will always be
happy and proud IL you give him a
chance to stand by you. Your
friendship is a wonderful gift.
I'm an old hulk. Anne. but I feel as
II there were garlands over the
broken timbers when l think l mean
something to a beautiful soul-like
you"
A Real Gift.
"Oh. Tony" j cried. more deeply
touched than 1 dared to show.
"Your friendship is a real gift. I'll
always cherish it,"
Tony laid his left hand over mine
for half a second. Then he rose.
And l noticed that though his lips
smiled his eyes were sad.
That's the best life can give me,
Anne" he said quietly. 'Your
friendship" After a moment he add
ed, "Your friendship-Betty's. Ter
rvs, Virginia's. Just to think OF
you-all-pulls me out of the sloJgh
OF despond whenever / tumble in"
Are you ever sad. Tony?" ] asked
in astonishment. Let me help you
when you are, as l know you'd nClp
me-"
"I1l help you whenever you ask.
Anne" said Tony in a voice that l
knew was a vow, and then he added
strangely, You do help men when
I'm sad. Be sure of that. Perhaps
you may be helping the people you
longcd to aid today-helping them
by your loving thoughts and de-
sires."
On the very words, and before I
could puzzle over Tony's utter So
lemnity, / heard Bertha opening the
front door in answer to a ring of a
moment or so before. Then there
was the murmur of voices. a rush
across the hall and in another mo-
ment the doorway framed two fgl
ures, smiling. blushing, calling to
me and standing shyly awaiting my
response.
1t was Neal and Phoebe-togethe
hand in hand.
tTo he Continucd.)