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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16
| mangiatOri di Carta mOncta

l giOrnali hannO raccontato ii
curioSo case accadutO negli ScorSi
giorni al fratelli Verrando, resi-
denti nella frazione di Roverino,
preSSo Ventimiglia. ESsi avevano
naScoSto in una stalla settantamila
lire in biglietti di banca. Recati-
81 per fare m prelevamento di de-
marc, trovaronO i biglietti ridotti
tutti in minuzzoli: topi avevano
3rosicchiato le Settantamila lire
Non e per6 la prima malefatta
del genere commessa da quegli in
cOrreggibili rosicanti.
Ami Sono un negOziante di Gu
gliate (Como) certo Clemente Cia-
nj, dopO aver fatto una discreta
vendita di legna, aveva naScOSto
il ricavO, circa 500 lire, in un RI
pOStiglio del SolaiO. | topi SEQ
varOnO il tesoro nascOSto ridus
sero tutti biglietti di banca in
minutissimi pezzi. La fglia del
Giani, recatasi sui SOlaio a prem
dere della legna, scopri / resti del
biglietti di banca sparsi a terra.
Ad AlencOn, in Francia, mel di-
cembre 1913, topi 81 concedettero
il lusso di un banchetto di sessan.
tamila lire.
Flu cosi. Una vecchia signora
di Alencon, volendo mettere la sua
fortuna al sicuro dai ladri, aveva
Irinchiuso in un vase sesSanta BIZ
glietti ola mile irle che possedeva
ed aveva seppellito il tesoro in un
campo. Un brutto giOrno essa 81
accOrse con ,grande stupore che la
terra era smossa di frescO, proprio
dove aveva sOtterratO lie sue eco
nOmia. Presa una vanga, scav6
per trarre di nuOvo ALA luce il va
SO prezioso.
Ma esSO non conteneVa pi1 che
dele briciole di carta, che la ST.
gnora angosciata raccolse mel faz-
zoletto porto al sindaco del co
mune. Questi, con grande dificol-
ia, riusci a rimettere insieme sci
del sessanta biglietti.
Cinquecento lire in un boccone
Ma topi non sono soil ANNA
Ii che con la massima disinvoltura
divorino del biglietti di banca.
Tn curioso incidente del genere
aFvenne mel giardino zoologico di
Newport in Inghilterra.
I'm signore dava del biscotti e
un crosse elefante. Da un dele
sue tasche spuntaya un pasticcino !;
diSg4aziatamente neha medesima
tRsca il signOre teneva una lettera
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16

contenente cinquecento franchi in
biglietti di banca. Dun tratto e
lefante inSinu6 la proboScide nella
taSca e msieme col biScotto ingoi6
con una rapidita fulminea la let
terra prezioSa:
Pin modesto, ma piu sfortunata,
fu una capra che aveva per un
mOmento traSformato il proprio
Stomaco in un portafogio.
Una contadina, scesa a Parigi
dalla Sua provincial tornava dial
| aver ritirato un gruzzolo ALA
banca, allorquando, pasSando sui
boulevard, venne urtata da un
pasSante. PenSando 81 trattaSSe
d'uno del tanti tilous che prendonO
di mira nella capitale campagnu-
oil per derubarli, trasSe di tasca il
danaro per verifearlo. Mel con
tare parecchi biglietti da centO,
gliene cadde uno; ma chinandosi
per raccoglerlo, non 10 vide pi1.
Passava in quel mentre m uomO
che recava seco una capra. La
donna accuse <coStm di aver rae
colto la banconota pretese che
gliela reStituiSSe. Ne nacque un
vivace diverbio. Intervennero pa
|recchi agent laccusato venne
condotto dial commisSario di poll
zia. Qui protest6 la prOpria inno-
cenza, oSServando che forSe il bi
glietto era state mangiato dalla
capra. ii commissario allora, no
yello Salomone, ordino che la ca
pra venisSe ucciSa Seduta stante.
Compute l'eccidio ed aperto 10
stomaco dell 'animale, vi 81 rinven-
nero resti del prezioso foglio
scomparsO, che per fortuna porta-
yano ancOra visibili il numero del
la serie ed i dati di riconoscimentO
la quail coSa ne permise il rimbor-
so.
ii prezioso paste d 'un micio
Anche un gatto 81 mostr6 aman-
te del pasti monetari.
Parecchi ami ia, a Ragusa, un
carrettiere, certo Malerba, vendet-
te un mulo per $50 lire a prOnti
contanti ne fu tanto conteDtO
che eolnpr6 del pesce per festeg-
glare l'evento all'osteria con una
comitiva d 'amici.
La vendita l'acquisto frater-
nizzavano talmente mel suo spirit6
che cacci6 quattrini pesce In
un 'unica tasca, cosicche, Sc il pc
see non pote acquistar vGlore dnl.
contattO col quattrini, questi--e-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16

chiedo perdono del miei peccati So
no pronta a restituire tutto."
La voce del telefono rispose: Eva
a prendere subito gil oggetti rubati!''
E la cuoca, in preda a uno spaven-
to indicibile, uscf corse da un ope-
raio presso il quale aveva raccolto un
intero deposito di oggetti preziosi ru-
bati in casa del consigliere, ritornan-
do POGO dopo col bottino..
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16
La voce di Dio mel teIefOno


Mel 1911 a Pietrogrado, in casa
del consigliere di State, Dynow, av-
yenivano continui furti di gioielli e
di argenteria senza che 81 riuscisse a
scoprirne Pautore. L'unica persona
che avrebbe potuto essere sospettata
era la vecchia cuoca che 81 trovava al
serVizio della famiglia da oltre
trent'anni che era tenuta in conto
di persona fedelissima onestissima.
Siccome furti non cessavano, il
consigliere decise di ricorrere ALA
polizia.
III commissariO Bielin, incaricato
dellinchiesta, credette subito di non
doversi fidar troppo della vecchia
cuoca manifesto AMI suoi sospet-
ii su di lei al consigliere il quale eb-
be un sorriso di compassione pure
permettendo al funZionario di prose
guire le indagini in questo sense, ag-
giunse che era persuaso della loro
inutilita.
Ma intanto il commissario aveva a.
vuto subito occasione di convincersi
che la cuoca non era poi tanto in
genua come faceva credere cole sue
risposte da perfetta idiota.
Una perquizione operata nella sua
stanza ebbe esito negative. Ma il
commissario senza perdersi di corag-
gio, continue a tenerla d'occhio se
dale information raccolte sui suo
conto apprese che essa aveva un sa-
GRO rispetto per il telefono. Siccome
nei numerosi interrogation continue
va a dare dele rispOste sciocche, il
commissario tent6 di ricorrere al te-
lefonO. All'apparato venne applica-
to uno strumento speciale allo scope
di fare risuonare in tutta la stanZa
dove 81 trovava Papparecchio ricevi-
tore le parole pronunciate al telefo-
no. La cuoca venne invitata un ora
combinata nella stanza del padrone
mentre stava scambiando dele pa
role con quest ultimo, dall'apparec-
chic del telefono partirono dele gri-
da di questa genere:
''Nastia Miachilowna, tn hal pee
cato, tu hal rubato Pargenteria del
padrone!"
Queste parole prOdussero un ef-
fetto disastroso sull'anima della cuO-
ca, che, pallida tremante, comm
clio balbettare davanti all'apparec-
chic: "Questa la voce di Dio. 10
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16

TO. Chi era la misteriosa sconosciu-
ia? Era stata soltanto ferita? Que
sto strano episodio, per lie tenebre
che 10 circondavanO, parve piG terri
ficante del notissimo lavoro del
Grand Guignol, "Al telefono," dove
un marito percepisce al telefono le
grida di sua moglie che viene assas-
sinata da banditi...
E. MOndini
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16
Attentati... telefonici.

IL telefono pu0 talvolta diventare
un delinquente pericoloso. Mel set
tembre del 1908, il Presidente del
Guatemala, Cabrera, era mel suo uf-
ficio, allorche suono il telefonO. Toll
Sc il ricevitore subito esplose una
macchina infernale con cui il flo te-
lefonico era state messo in cOmunica-
zione II Cabrera fu lanciato contro
una parete riporto parecchie ferite.
Un attentato consimile fu commes-
so contro il direttore dele oficine E.
lettriche a Maskara, in Algeria, Pa
rendoglf che il telefono non funzio-
nasse bene, 81 mise ad esaminarlo,
ma subito una TERRIBLE scarica elet-
trica 10 getto a terra. ST scopri che
il flo telefonico era state congiunto
sulla via con il cavo della energia E.
lettrica ad altissimo potenziale. Un
operaio licenziato aveva ideato clio
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16
TeIefOnate angOsciOse

ii telefono, come 81 vede, ha pur
esso suoi fasti nefasti Ira i pri-
mi va segnalato come New Brigh-
ton un giovane che aveva tentato di
suicidarsi abba potuto salvarsi ira
scinandosi sino al telefono per chic
dere soccorso. Svenne prima il potter
dare nome indirizzo; ma la polizia,
MESA sull'avviso, accorse in auto
mobile, 10 cerco 10 trovo
A New Jersey fu una telefonista
che udendo lament al telefono cor
rispondente all'ufficio pompe dell'ac-
quedotto, avverti il direttore di que
sto, il quale accorse trovo pinge-
gnere di servizio ferito orrendamen-
te in pericolo di morire dissangua-
to, perch6 travolto sotto il macchi-
mario.
A Parigi il 27 ottobre 1913, verso
mezzogiorno, la portinaia di uno sta
bile udiva al telefono, e faceva ascol-
tare ad alcuni passanti e ad un agen-
te di polizia, dele grida femminili
di soccorso:
"Mi uccidono! correte!" AID un
tratto 81 udi la voce spegnersi, 81 udi-
rOnO del rantOli quindi IL tonic di
I'm corpo che cadeva. MalgradO lutte
lie inchieste fatte, non 81 riusci a ga
pere donde quelle grida provenisse-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16

scherato, arrestato identifieato per
certo Kunszer che aveva subito gia
diverse condanne. Ma il telefono
galantuomo ST presta anche a far
scoprire ladri.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-10-16

E. MOndini.
The Washington times., 1920-04-04

Clip your Liberty Bond coupons and
exchange them for w. 3. s., thereby
aiding yourself and your country.
The Washington times., 1920-04-04
A Little Scene in
~Dear Brutus."

Barrie's love for children is an old
story. No man could have written
"Peter Pan" or "h Kiss for Cindcrel-
Ia" who didn't adore youth and no
ono has seemed more sympathctical
~ capable of getting inside" it and
yoicinS it's thoughts. In Dear Bru-
tus." the newest !. NJ. Barrie comedy,
In which William Gillette comes to
the National Theatcr. the coming
week, the playwright who, by the
way, supported an orphanage in
France throughout tho war and stu
does so, has given evidence OF his
supreme affection for children in his
dream-child OF tho charming second
cCt.
There is ono little speech in Peter
van" that has always delighted Bar
,lcitcs. The speech, in which much
roctry Is to be found, Is the one in
which It IL explained that every time
new baby smiles a fairy is born.
and as there will always be new
babies, 40, also, there will always be
fairies.
Il is n surety that there Is n COM
panion speech in Dear Brutus,"
which is going to please tho admir-
ers of the drsmtist quite as much as
tho one In Peter Pan" What Is
more, Il will sink very deeply into
the hearts Of parents. The speech
COMES in the second act In the magic
The Washington times., 1920-04-04
Comedian Is
Superstitious-

"Sneakine of superstition, saio
/,,ts praodon the grotesque aero
hstic comedian of "The Million Doiiar
DoJ,s.r this weeks attraction AT 'he
Gayety Thcater, sailors nave got "
go some IL they want TO peat ~.
average actor in his faith In oinene.
once worked in the same company
a,,th famous actress who invariabiy
ranned on the wings before making
her first entrance of the evening IN
order TO Danish evil influences ana
that same woman would jYst as soon
have Jumped off the rof as peep
through the curtain while the houSe
was filling. ~. .o,,
"The late Louis James, with whom
was acquainted, was mortaiiy III
fear of the number IL. he TOO his
once that 13 was sure porteh' ..
evil. and I assure you that he was no'
ulone in this belief, FOR, De IL hhoN
there are few actors today who VIII
saSnnt,r;Iv sleep in a room bearing
this number before or during an en-!
rarement. I have often wondered
how this weliknown ShakespeaIeah
actor would explain the mysterious
tnauencc the number IS has had on
president Wilson and the potent rae
tor II has been in his career.
"A prominent manager told me al
one time that there were t"o mn
he never permitted to pass the ooor
drst-a cross eyed man or pass
Jritber one. he declared, was sure 10
bring misfortune and seriously al
foct the duration of a successful en-
.,agemept. Colors also have their
significance," said Mr.. Brasdon, in
the superstition of stageland. Green
Is generally considered the. omen OF
iIl-iuck. and one well-known actress
L argued that a certain green dress al
ways brought her trouble every time
she wore it. Black, IL 1T takes the
} form of a cat, is the luckiest omen
of all.
II am not immune from terrors OF
superstition. i admit my weakhess
rThere whistling in the dressing room
"a concerned, and I have yet to see
the time that the man nearest the
door didn't lose his position in very
short time"
The Washington times., 1920-04-04
Charlotte Greenwood
Loves Children.

There isn't any make believe about
Charlotte GreenN Gods love for chill
dren, which the famous comedienne
shows so engagingiy in the first act
Of her new musical comedy, "Linger
Longer Lefty" which comes to the
shubert-Belasco next Sunday for q
weeks engagement, and thereby
hangs n tale Illustrating the real
Comanly side OF the elongated fun
maker.
She hadn't such a chance to indulge
this soft, big-hearted side of her ma
ti,re until oliver Morosco offered her
a regular royal salary and produced
$50 Long Lefty" for her on the Pa
cific slope, and there didn't happen TO
he ana kiddies in her first Lefty
cast, but every Saturday when the
Nesk-end holiday came around, the
blue-e yed blonde Lefty would gather
I'D a fock of Los Angeles young ones
and whisk them off to the seashore
with her.
THAT strawberry-tart episode in
Jinger Longer Lefty" is A reflection
Of those merry making days. for the
GOOD -natured star would think moth
ing of spending an hour around the
gas range cooking dainties for her
mischief making guests, and If they
stole the tarts before lunch time she
Just took it as part Of their juvenile
prerogatives.
There she used to stand, broiling in
her bathing suit over the oven: but
IL the Rvown-up guests ever COM
planned all she would say was:
weren't you ever kids yourselves?
Forget itn'
The Washington times., 1920-04-04
News Of Plays and Players
You'll See in the Capital

Ivy Troutmsn, who Is playing In
~rhe Unwanted One" this week AT the
shubert-Garsiek Theater was among
tha nrst OF seven players sent by the
United States Government 10 Europe
curing the war for the purpose Of
sscertaining whether the scheme for
the entertainment OF soldiers win
plays at the battle fronts would prove
feasible. I,r
After several months Of this work.
the other members OF the party hav-
ing returned to America. Miss Trout
man formed a company OF her own
ever there. which included two men
and two women and was known
throughout the ST. Mihiel sector as
the American Players. and was a,-
tached to the nth and the 2Ith DIVE
sions from New York OF the three
gold service stripes conferred upon
her, she is, of course, proud MISS
Troutman ZONES from family or
lighters and Is a member OF Inc
Daughters OF the American Revolution
and other historic societies
Miss Troutman's last previous en-
Eagement in New York was with
Lane Cowl in "Dsybresk," and upon
her return TO America recently was
engaged TO play the role OF "Alaida,
the younger sister OF the Stursis
Family in 'SThe Unwanted one,
finely conceived type of woman which
requires above all else, persohanss'
Alan pale once said: ITO wear an
snigmatic personality tidily. comfort
ably and picturesquely. woman may
be healthy, but she mustn't look II
too agressiveiy; she may DO
entirely human, but she mustn rop
IL in, as 1t were-otherwise no
enigmatic personality Will pc pao NJ
Iv,, Troutman must be described AS a
woman of enigmatic personality but
lit Ats.
The Washington times., 1920-04-04
Music in
Shakespeare Plays. =

Progress in art is often shown by
the process of elimination, and no
whore is this more evident than in
the art OF the theater To know
what not to do is an important stec
in the education of player, but the
simplifying, the eliminating of things
often considered essential until some
genius arrives who is big enough to
see beyond the things themselves,
comes only with years OF patient
struggling.
"In the early days of my stage ca
rear" says, E. H. Sothern, who, with
Julia Marlowe, is playing a season of
Shakespeare's plays at Polls. Il felt
that l was not acting unless i waved
my arms about considerably. made
much movement up and down the
stage, exercised all the muscles of my
face and never let escape a single syl-
liable without conscious, pointed infiec-
tion. AS time went on found that
in the theater, of all places, the maxi
mum effect must be and is achieved
by the minimum effort, so began the
weeding-out process.
"As IL is in acting, so it is in the
production of plays. The present day
stage presents many striking con-
trasts to the stage of even fifteen
years ago. Take music. for instance.
The old convention called for music
on every possible occasion, the en-
trance Of the hero, the heroine and
the villain, the tender love scenes
the fights all were accompanied by
more or less fevered strains from the
orchestra So predominating a factor
did music become in a play that the
actor soon found himself reciting to
music almost throughout the entire
action of the lace. 4 natural reac-
ton set in, and now the orchestra is
frequently banished from the play
house entirely.
In Shakespeare plays, music has
a prominent part, because there are
lines which call for music, but where
as in the old days we used to have an
almost continuous running accom-
paniment from the orchestra, now we
are confning it entirely to the places
where the lines in so many words
demand music. When Shakespeare
says through one of his characters
what, no! some music the orchestra
has it's chance, but no longer do kings
die to slow, wailing dirges, unless a
Fontinbras proclaims The soldiers
music and the rites OF war speak
loudly for him
we used to carry about a large
orchestra with us. with special quar-
tets OF male and female voices, and
sometimes even choir OF boys. In
Don QuiSote,' recall we had a choir
singing in the orchestra. The critics
berated me and called It a nuisance
and the audiences were no doubt
quite unconscious OF the trouble and
expense gone to in these matters.
so, for our productions this year
The Washington times., 1920-04-04
AT The TheaterS
Next Week

NATIONALS-"I.isten Lester" musical
comedy with Ada Mae Weeks and
brilliant supporting cast.
GARRICK-Frederic Isham's com
edy, Three Live Ghosts with
Beryl Mercer Charles McNaughton,
Olive Rseves-Smith, Cyril Cnad-
wick. Sidney Blsckmer, Emmett
Shackleford and others.
BELAScO - lombard. Ltd" the
comedy success. with Leo Garlic
and original supporting cast.
POLrS-"The Greenwich Village Fol-
lies" a revusical comedy OF life In
New York's Quarter Latin, with in
teresting cast.
B. +. KEITH'S-Vsleska Suratt and
company in Scarlet" Dickinson
and Desgon; Santos and Hayes,
I.ester Sheehan and Ethel Ford.
D'Avfgneau's Celestials; Idly Lena,
Miriam and Wiser, Enos Frazer,
Topics of the Day" and the kino-
grams.
GAYETY-James e. Cooper's Victory
Bellies"
FOLLY-"Girls From Joyland" .
The Washington times., 1920-04-04

Mrs. Sothern and | have made many
changes. Not only has music been
restrained to it's fitting place in the
plays but we have kept our cars to
the ground and endeavored to present
Shakespeare's plays In manner
abreast of the times"
Although Lew Dockstader has
written innumerable monologues,
afterpieces, and first parts. he has
never made any claim to literary dis
tinction. Recently the reformed min
strel has joined the ranks of o Henry
enthusiasts, and has given a splendid
imitation of "A bookworm, going from
cover to cover OF each volume COM
posing the o. Henry edition. One OF
these stories has caused Mr.. Dock
stader to regret that as an author he
In still Americas foremost minstrel.
This story is THE Voice of the City"
and gives a most somber aspect to
the metropolis. Mr.. Dock stader, dur
ing a long period spent behind foot
lights, has not only visited every city
In America, but practically every
town as well. and as a minstrel head
ing his parade has Travelled the high
ways and 'byways of these communi-
ties. His claim is that the vocal
tuned to a laughing pitch.-the larger
the city the greater the attunement.
Therefore The Voice of the City" is
exactly opposite to the opinion ex-
pressed in o. Henrys story. In proof
of this claim, Mr.. Dockstader offers
a number of incidents which he has
encountered.
Dockstader's Minstrels played a
thriving Western town. Directly op-
positc the station, and on the corner.
was a saloon. In large letters over
the door was sign reading. open
all night" Next to this establish
ment was a restaurant, and on the
plate glass window, neat letters made
known to tho passing public the fact
1--WE never Close" The third building
was occupied by a Chinese laundry
and the Oriental not to be outdone by
his neighbors, had painted on a piece
of cardboard in his window, the an
nouncement Me Wakee, Too"
Lew Dockstader was playing in
Cleveland. and on day which there
was no matinee, visited the local
stock house where faust" was the
bill. During the scene where Mephis-
topholes Is supposed to descend to
the regions below, the trap on which
this descent was to be made was
stuck, and the actor finds himself in
the awkward position of not being
able to make his exit. Hardly a sec
ond had elapsed before a voice from
the gallery was heard, mo use mis-
ter, hells full"
The Washington times., 1920-04-04

wood. with Dearth (Mr. Gillettel. the
artist, at his easel, Bayly chatting
with his dream daughter, Margaret
(MAdge Bellamy). .-+
The child, sitting -on the turf is
plying her father with questions. She
asks him II ne doesn't think size Is
pretty and he is curbinx her vanity
by banteringly telling her that he
had 10 work. over her ears and her
dlmple to make them what they are.
Here Is the dialogue:
,Margaret-HaVen't II anything
that's resliy mine? A bit Of my nose
or anything?
Desrth-When you were a babe you
had a laugh that was all your own.
Margaret--Hsven't / got II now?
Dearth--It's gone. I'll tell you how
IL went. Werwere fishing In a stream
that is to say. i was wading and
you were sitting on my shoulders,
doing the fishing. We didn't catch
anything. Somehow or another
can't think how l did it--you irrita-
ted me. and ! answered you sharply.
(He shudders.)
Margaret can't believe that.
Desrth-Yes, I did. l gave you a
shock. and, for the moment, the world
no longer seemed a safe place for you.
safe till then. You were suddenly not
even sure of your bread and butter,
and l was in a nice state, can tell
you.
Msrgaret--But what has that to do
with my laugh. Daddy?
Dearth-The laugh children are
born with lasts so long as they have
perfect faith. To think that 1t WITS
L whorobbed you OF yours! / ex-
pect that I am not the only parent in
that plight, though they may not re-
member the doing of It. ."
The most adorable of daughters and
the most loving of fathers!
To many people 1t will always seem
that Barrie has never written any
thing more charming than this scene
between the man whose dearest long
ing was to have a. daughter, and the
child that was given to him for q
fleeting hour in tho magic wood OF
the second chance"
The great glass and iron marquis In
front OF Keith's entrances is nearing
completion. 1t will add to the comfort
and protection of vaudeville patrons
and enhance the appearance OF the
block. Bills of nine acts in length
are common at Keith's these days.
The present week Is an instance. The
Albee-K Keith idea seems to be to give
the public extra measure whenever
possible, and like this week. as many
stars in one bill "as the market af-
fords." ....
The Washington times., 1920-04-04
ARCADE.

Joyous Eastertide will be ushered
in at the Arcade tomorrow evening
by an Easter fetc of unusual beauty
of decoration and a special dance pro-
gram by the large orchestra. The
smooth, resilient floor was never in
better shape or the music offered
more alluring at this popular home of
the dance.
The Washington times., 1920-04-04
STEAMER MACALESTER.

The first river trips of the season
will be made to Mt. Vernon tomorrow
by the Steamer Charles Manchester at
10 a. m. and $3.50 p. M, from it's
wharves at the foot of Seventh street
The trips will oe continued through
out the season, except Sunday, at the
same hours.