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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01
Aged Couple Hurt by Horse
Runaway Dashes Through 9th
Avenue; Stopped by Reporter

Thomas Adams, eighty years old, a
retired plumber. of 272 East Ninety
eighth Street, and his wife, Sarah,
seventy years old, were run down by
a runaway horse on Eighth Avenue at
Forty-fourth Street yesterday after
noon.
The horse was driven by Milton
Grips. of G79 Ninth Avenue, employed
by the Jacks Express Company, Of 1873
West Forty-sixth Street. Grips lost
control of the animal at Fortieth
Street and it dashed up the thorough
fare, while dozen persons made flu
tile attempts to check it. John Nc
Cams, a patrolman of the West Forty
seventh Street station, Communicated
a taxicab and chased the animal. Robert
Dawson, of sos West Fiftieth Street, a
reporter for The New York Times
stopped the horse.
Adams and his wife were treated at
Roosevelt Hospital. Their injuries
we're not serious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01
ssSweetheart Shop"
Warmly Received
At KnickerbOcker
New Musical Comedy From
Chicago Proves Its Worth
and Amusing Qualities at
Its First Presentation Here


When the folk Of Chicago besought
"Thc Sweetheart Shop" and the flower
of its starryeyed youth to depart
not out from those coasts, there was
reason in their petition. With the ad-
vantage of twenty weeks training in
the Windy City that plurally sponsored
musical comedy arrived at the Knick-
crbocker last night thoroughly drilled,
we'll nigh perfectly staged. and flushed
with confidence blown upon all the
trumpets of the West.
True, this piece has the faults to
which all musical comedy appears or
daincd. That elegant diction, ut drives
me off my NUT" and the wit that Aaron
spake unto Moses between Beersheba
and Dan, namely, "When Greek meets
Greek they start a observation-disclosures
things, of course, are inevitable.
The Old Joke Will Live
There is always someone between
six and sixty years of age who is just
beginning to be touched by the pure
novelty Of being alive. Such a one is
reached by the things that tickled the
childhood of the race. The paleolith-
ic jest-suppress it if you can! One
the whole it were better to judge the
by the poke it keeps.
Sweetheart Shop" is filled with the Joy
Of youth and beauty and color and
music. 1t has the felicities of cloth of
gold and cloth of silver, the mirth of
silks and satins and organizes and
chitfons. Hugo Felix lowered it with
music so catchy that cumulative en-
cores made the evening tarry an hour
over its due. And when bards and
reviewers left at little short of mid
night there were encores still to accrue.
Edgar j. MacGregor and William
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01
Barnett Goes to Pacific
Former Commandant of Ma
rines ASSIGNED to Coast

WASHINGTON, Aug. s1.-Brigadier
General George Barnett, formerly ma
jor general eommandant Of the Marine
Corps, has been ssigned to duty at
San Francisco as senior officer Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

corps on the Pacific Coast. Sscset.rv
Daniels announced to-day.
General Barnett, whose assipnmenA
taken at the beginning Of the Aacsi
year, when he was succeeded as eon,1
mandant of the corps by Major Ces.
eral Lajeune. will have immediate al.
rection in his new post of all Marins
Corps movements on the Coast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

"The Charm School" will move to the
Thirty-ninth Street Theater next
Wednes day, instead of to-day, as was
stated in this column yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01
The Stage Door

Inc second eOlllOn OF ClnQeTelIo on
Broadway" will be presented by the
night, when Marie Dressler will appear
in. several of the new features which
have been added to the production.
Chief of these is travesty on the three
Barrymores and another is a burlcsque
on the League Of Nations.
Hassard Short has been engaged by
Nora Bayes to stage "Her Family Tree"
Cable offers from two London mana
gers for the British rights to "The
Bat" the Rinehart-H opwood mystery
play at the Morosco Thcater, have been
received by Wagenhals and Kemper.
AS it is possible that the producers
may make the London production them7
selves, the negotiations have not been
completed. A cable from Melbourne,
asking for the Australian rights, also
has been received.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Moffat and
performance of Don't Tell" Monday
evening at the Russell Theater, Ottawa.
Lee Shubert has rewarded Ernest
Truck for his performance in "Blue
Bonnet" at the Princess Theater and
hereafter the actor will be starred.
A. little Chinese miss with an ORR
entail gong was stationed last night in
front Of the Republic. Theater, where
"The Lady of the Lamp" is playing,
and announced the beginning of the
second and third acts to the between
the-acts smokers.
The cast of Jimmie" the Frances
White "musicomedy" in preparation by
Arthur Hammerstein, was completed
yesterday with the engagement of Dee
Loretta. The play will open at the
Park Theater, Boston, on October a,
and will come to New York on Novem-
Der Is.
The largest chldren's theater party
of the current season will take place
at the Hippodrome tomorrow after
noon, where a reservation of 1000 seats
has been made for the Russian refugee
children who are in New York this
week, en- route to Petrograd. The New
York County Chapter of the American
Red Cross WIZ! entertain the children.
At the Rivoli hext week Roscoe
"Fatty") Arbuckle will be seen in "Thc
Round Up" while at the Rialto Thomas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

Meighan will be the sta. in "Civilian
Clothes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

Norma Talmadge in 1.-THE Branded
Woman" will be the feature picture at
the Strand next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

HOTEL. HAZEI.TON. Stamford. Conn: 80
minutes from New York; so trains daily !:
five minutes from station well-ordcrcd
rsSs,iden.!al hossl. American plan; reason
oatt:s. carry isscrva dons for wfh.rr u1-
sirAble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

Lenore Ulrich will begin her seasons
tour in 1.-THE Son-Daughter," with an
engagement at the Bronx Opera House
the week of September 5.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

Dorothy Lippincott, niece of Bishop
Darlington of the Episcopal Diocese of
Pa, will dance in the
chorus Of 1.-THE Rose Girl" Anselm
Goetzc's new musical comedy. which
will open in New York shortly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

Lee Shubert has rewarded Ernest
Truck for his performance in "Blue
Bonnet" at the Princess Theater and
hereafter the actor will be starred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01
Hassard Short has been engaged by
Nora Bayes to stage "Her Family Tree"

Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Moffat and
their Scottish company gave the first
performance of Don't Tell" Monday
evening at the Russell Theater, Ottawa
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
WON FAME EARLY IN LIFE
Precocious Youths Have Given to the
World Many Works That Are
classed as Remarkable.

Mile. Germaine Sablin. the French
girl of ten summers. who wrote novel
of which the critics declared "victor
Hugo might be proud" had many pred
ecessors in precocity whom she her
self might almost envy. London An
swers states.
Torquato Tasso was famous through
out Italy before he was nine years old,
an accomplished Greek and Latin
scholar and the author of clever and
polished verses. At eight Louis de
Bourbon. prince of Conde, was a per
feet Latin scholar; three years later
he published a work on rhetoric. and
at seventeen he was appointed gov
ernor of Burgundy. Fenelon displayed
so much precocity that he won fame
as preacher Of rare eloquence when
he was but fifteen years of age. Pas
cal wrote treatises on acoustics Mt
twelve and at sixteen he published his
treatise on comic sections, which Des-
cartes refused to believe was not the
work Of a great master.
OF more recent and familiar feats
Of precocity It may be sufficient to
mention that John Stuart Mill was
studying Greek at three. had practical
ly mastered the language at seven and
a year later was acting as schoolmas-
ter to his younger brothers and sis
ters; while. to give but one other ex-
ample. John Ruskin actually produced
a manuscript work in three volumes
before he reached his seventh birth
day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
INDiA AonE OF TREE FERN
In Thrt Country the Plant AttaI7s the
DIGNITY Of a Splendid. Full
Grown Tree.

When we visit botanical garden
and behold specimens of palms and
serns so luxuriant that their crowns
n"nr!y touch the glass-domed conserv-
atory. we rarely pause to realize
that in their native haunts these rrop-
ical plants are trees. AT Darjeeling.
India. for instance. is the tree fern
found in its greatest glory. The first
few miles of the 2-foot gauge railway
journey from Calcutta passes through
dense jungle. with vegetation of
tropical luxuriance Grass is 10 feet
deep. cane stalks rise so and GO feet
high. while from the feathery foliage
of the tree fern peacocks and birds
of-paradise lift their naughty heads
In their topmOst fronds. AS one rum
bles along in the little frst-class car
riage which weighs under two tons.
he realizes that the tree fern and all
the other luxuriant foliage In this i'm
penetrabIe jungle, shields the home
of the tiger. rhinoceros, panther and
wild hog.
There are no tree ferns in the Unit
ed States, but 80 specimens or more
are found In the higher attitudes Of
the West Indies, and many more oc-
cur in other tropical regions. In some
portions Of the mountains of Jamaica,
tree ferns form half or more Of the
forced vegetation, their trunks vary
Ing from to so feet In height.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
A Wholesale Rat Cure.

An Interesting experiment in dealing
with rats infesting the workings at a
Welsh colliery has proved tremen-
dous success. On a Saturday after
noon. after the miners had left work.
and the horses had been removed. n
large stock of sulphur was placed at
the bottom Of the main shaft and lit.
The fan was kept going at quarter
speed, and the rats scurried as far as
they could go to the upcast shaft,
where they congregated. The next
afternoon to get the workings clear
of the fumes the fan was set going at
full speed. and when tile men descend
ed the pit thousands of dead rats were
found at the bottom of the upcast
shaft. Four trans were filed with
them.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
Trying to Appear pIanIfied.

When was a girl of eighteen was
chosen to be Goddess Of Liberty at a
Fourth Of July celebration in small
town. AS Is usual on such occasions,
the whole countryside turned out to-
celebrate. and there was a great crowd
to see the goddess mount her impro-
vised throne. AS crossed the lawn
trying to appear dignified before the
crowd ] stepped in a gopher hole that
had become overgrown with grass and
turned a complete somersault. losing
my crown and becoming unbecomingly
tangled up in my long robes. Ny
maids Of honor picked me up. but II
is needless to say heard little, Of the
address that followed.-Exchange.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
MAN OF SUPREME TALENTS
George pu Maurier, Whose "TrlIby"
10 Immortal, Celebrated a. Mas
ter OF Three Arts.

George Du Maurier was singularly
ing reputation as an artist, writer
or a caricaturist-he stands immortal
as a master of all three arts. He was
born March 6, 1884, and died in 1896.
He was the son of naturalized
Englishman-a man who had left
Fance to escape the reign of terror.
He himself was born In Paris and
much Of his early youth was passed
there. His life was ideally happy. His
"gay and jovial" father brought him
up in a charming home; his pretty
wife was an object of alteration to
him; his success was certain from the
start.
Intending first to be a chemist, he
soon found that his real vocation was
art, so he went to the Latin quarter
in Paris and later to Holland to study.
In London he Joined the staff of Punch,
a connection he kept for SO years. Be-
sides the light and graceful cartoons
for Punch he exhibited water color
sketches.
Late in life he began writing novels.
"Peter Ibbetson" and 'aTrilby" were
especially well received. "Trilby" was
dramatized and produced in 1895, a
year before Du Maurier's death. by Sir
Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Lately 1t
has been revived with immense sue
cess.
Like his pictures, his writings were
graceful, humorous, too fanciful to be
true, yet written with an air Of great
truth.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
Plant. Demand Gold.

After the period Of growth in spring
and summer there is period OF DOR
NANCY before the cold weather sets In,
and II plants are maintained artifi-
cially at a high temperature this dor
mant period, persists. Exposure to
cold Is needed to activate the plant for
another period Of growth. Perhaps the
liberation Of engines acts on the
stored starches. converting them into
sugars or the phenomenon may be due
to a change in the permeability Of the
cell-membrane. Though normally the
stimulus required for a renewal Of
growth is supplied by cold, mechanical
injury or a period of drying may have
the same effect The process occurs
Independently in any exposed part Of
a plant, so that If one or two branches
Of a plant be kept continually warm
while the other is subjected to the
usual winter chilling, the former Will
not develop on the return of summer
temperature. though the latter devel-
ops as usual.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
MOSCOW CITY OF pEsoLATloN
London Newspaper Correspondent Re-
fers to II as Place Of Second
Hand storea

The desolation Of Moscow under the
reign Of Lenine Is described by "Pier-
marini." the correspondent Of the
Evening News, who has Just re-
turned from a visit to the capital Of
soviet Russia. Here are some Of the
facts which he has to tell Of life in
Moscow today. as reprinted in the Lon
don Times:
The only goods exhibited for sale
are old things. Everybody sells any
thing, and the most dissimilar odds
and ends are exhibited together In the
smartest shops.
The value of thing is in the In
verse proportion to its size. The hunt
IL for portable property. Such trans
portable goods are either stored safe
ly away or sent by some means or
other into foreign countries.
Though there are certain limitations
to the sale Of liquor. the number Of
drunken people to be seen everywhere
at all times Of the day and night Is
simply amazing.
One cannot buy any new clothes or
boots or linen In Moscow. but all the
powerful ones" are richly, II not
smartly, dressed. The female portion
(which. by the way, exceeds the male
by three or four times) wear hats and
fashions evidently fresh from Paris.
I saw. worn by actresses and courte-
sans, more expensive and modish
frocks than one would find in any
other city at the present moment
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
F,.h,ro super,tltions.

The salmon fisheries of California
used to be responsible for queer Gus
tom on the part of the Indians. Every
spring they would dance for salmon"
II the fish did not appear with the
celebrity deemed appropriate. there
would be employed 'wise man" who
made an image of swimming fish
which was placed in the water in the
hope of attracting live fish to the bait.
The Japanese fishermen have the
quaint notion that silence must be OBJ
served, and even the women left at
home are NOT permitted to talk lest
the fish should hear and disapprove.
Among the members Of the primitive
race of Anus, the first fish caught is
brought In through a window instead
of door, so that the other fish ''may
not see."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
BEAUTIFUL IN ITS coLoRING
Green Warbler Remarkable Even
Among American Birds for the
Goroeousness Of Its PIumaoe.

Some birds get very nervous and be-
come much excited If you approach
their nests, and among them is the
black-throated green warbler, says the
American Forestry association. An
other thing about this bird is that 1t
frequently builds several nests.
Whether this is because 1t changed its
mind after building the first one and
decided to select better location or
with the deliberate purpose of deceiv-
ing any intruders who might come
along is not known. The bird is very
beautifully colored, the top of its head
and the region nearly down to the
shoulders being yellow green, the
back olive green, the throat and breast
Jet black and the under parts white
with some yellow in them at times.
If you are out bird hunting and are
looking for that member of the warbler
known as the pine warbler, you will
be most likely to find 1t, as the name
implies, in a pine grove. In fact 1t is
seldom found outside Of such localities.
The bird is rather quiet in its man.
ners and does not move about from
one spot to another with as much
fuss as do many birds. Like the
creeper 1t has the habit Of creeping
about among the branches Of the trees
1t is greenish yellow above and
brighter below, with two white wing
bars and with white spots on its outer
tail feathers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
Squirrel WIN Put Up FIGHT

When surprised in the woods. the
behavior of the fox squirrel is quite
different from that of the gray species.
As a rule the former will put forth his
best endeavor to reach some hollow
in a tree, and into this he quickly
scrambles to avoid his enemy. says the
American Forestry Magazine of
Washington. One may often see
them stretched out on q limb as fat
as possible, and they will. thinking
themselves unperceived, remain a long;
time in that position as quiet as a
mouse. II cornered and there Is no
hole handy for him to get into, and
the limb he is on is too small to hide
him, he will begin barking at the
hunter or his dog in the most defiant
manner possible. 1t is said that fox
squirrel can beat off small dog, and
will put up hard fight II one attacks
him. ~
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
Cruel Chinese Custom.

There is cruel custom which pre-
walls in some districts In South China
in time Of drought. A large collec-
tion of brass locks is made, and each
is marked with Chinese character.
One iron lock is added to the pile, and
duplicate slips are distributed among
the male population Of the villages.
The unfortunate man whose slip holds
the same writing on 1t as the iron
lock must have a slit made in the
front Of his throat and through this
the bar Of the iron lock is passed. He
cause Of the drought and must wear
this lock until 1t rains. Blood poison
ing often carries the victim OF hsfnvs
the drought Is broken
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17

Heien's visit came. ana Anne knew
that no girl who had ever been enter
tained there had enjoyed greater pop
ularity.. There had been rides. lunch
cons. teas, dinners and theater par.
ties to the nearby city. all Of them
sponsored by the able. quiet-looking
colonel. Anne was grateful beyond the
power Of words to express. but the Wis
1t had been trying one for her. She
was conscious every time that she saw
the commanding officer at the post that
all he did was for her. She had worn
her blue dresses because she had heard
him say SO many times in the old
days that blue was his favorite color,
and she wanted to please him because
he was doing so much for her.
He came to call. alone, the night be-
fore Helen was to leave. The girl
seemed strangely excited. as If she
were just bubbling over with happi-
ness. Anne said goodnight to them
early and went to her room. thinking
over her own care-free days and her
unwise choice of a partner. She would
try to save Helen from the same fate.
She wondered II the girl had come
really to care for any of the men who
had danced attendance on her. None
Of them probably cared a straw for
the girl herself. OF course. they
There was a little lieutenant who had
seemed sincere in his attentions.
Could It be that he-Anne was startled
from her reverie by Helen tip-toeing
into the room. with her finger on her
lips. The little visitor was in fame
colored taffeta with wide-plaited ruff
nes that served to round out her slim.
girlish figure. A high Spanish comb
held her yellow curls on top Of her
head. She was eager, vivid, keenly
alive. Her eyes were sparkling.
II have a secret, wonderful one"
she confided rapturously.
"YesT questioned Anne; but already
that strange sixth sense was at work,
prophesying the astounding news.
I'm coming back-to be leading
lady at the post-thfnk Of I'll The
colonel's wifei Maybe I'll snub you
and Tom," she laughed. rocking her
self back and forth on the low stool
by Anne's dainty dressing table. you
know was wild about him before I
came here. Tom had told US SO much
about him. I cared even before saw
him. So yon see your quiet, demure
little sister-in-law has something that
all the lovely. scintillating visitors who
came here before must have lacked. /
met him two or three days before you
asked him to tea. he said then that
II you didn't soon ask him to call he
would have to hint to you" Then sud-
denly she changed the subject. IT
think that will have a brown going
away dress, Anne. thought of blue.
but he hates 1t. Isn't that queer7
Most men adore 1t. Why don't you say
something? Aren't you perfectly
thrilled to have a sister who is the
colonel's lady9"
Anne was staring at her. eyes dark
as shadowy pools. as If she were see
ing her for the first time. "Why. Of
course. am delighted"
II wanted him to tell you. but he
said 1t would be better for me to
break the news. Wasn't that thought
full Of him7 Women do love startling
secrets, don't they7 And just think,
Anne, he says that he has never loved
4 girl before. and he is nearly forty
years old"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
Had to Stick.

The most embarrassing moment I
can remember was the time my hus-
band accepted an Invitation and un-
derstood 1t was for a dinner instead
of just for the evening. When we
arrived at seven the host was just
returning from work, and It was ap-
parent from his manner that we were
not expected for dinner. We wished
thar we were far away, but had to
stick and admit the mistake.-Ex-
change.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
uss a Iona Memory.

Jinks-Of all mean, grasping men.
think Minks is the worst don't be-
Iieve he ever gets his thoughts on the
subject Of money.
Binks-What has he been doing7
JInks-He's been asking me for q
paltry pound borrowed on him some
years ago.-London Answer6
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
JOE RYAN

belonging
Of bad
Of
Devils Tower Crook County wo He lived the of his
At work serial which
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-06-17
HARRY T. MORE>

Al T.
Williams The walls resemble combination
his crook Joseph within
a
Evening journal., 1920-02-21

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal- Feb. 2O-th-
teen-eent baseball for kids meets WIN
he approval Of the Pacific coast
Each and every club owner OF the
hie western circuit placed himself on
rccord as favoring a cheap admission
mice FOR boys under 70 years OF age AZ
,bc recent annual. meeting OF the IL
rcctors They unanimously adopted a
resontion TO admit all boys free AZ
is,st twice weekly and charge mem
onlv 10 cents on other days, including
saturdays and Sundays.
Ntonsgaer Charley Graham OF Soh
trsnclsco. as practical a baseball man
as lhere is In the minors. agrees Win
prsiness Manager Bobby Quinn ~ -:
louis who regards the youngsters OF
,odav the fans Of tomorrow.
~ learned to love the national pas
,,,,o ,yhen ,vas In knee pants Gra-
bam stated "and I believe all follow
ors % NJ the game become attacned 10
h,soball when they are boys. There
,Sore n we Eve tho youngsters a chance
- learn the game now ! think they
viii ~ always regard It as their favorit'
amusement"