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Miss Chadwick in
Dangerous Curve
Ahead" at Rialto

Dangerous Curve Ahead" is the
title of a new Goldwyn picture
written by Rupert Hughes, which
will be shown at the Rialto theatre
for one day Sunday. Helene Chad
wick, called the most photographed
girl in America" is featured. Here
is the story of the play:
Phoebe Mabee tHelen Chadwick)
is engaged to Harley Jones (Rich-
ard Dix, when Arson Newton
t"Lefty' Flynn, comes to town
+ from New York. Phoebe flirts out
lrageously with Newton, resulting i'll
broken engagement with Harley
/ After a period OF miserable repent
/ ance the engagement is renewed
and the marriage follows. Phoebe
becomes a mother, and Harley
! finds himself relegated to the back
grounds, in a maze of domestic
troubles, including walking the
floor Of nights with the baby.
A few years pass and another
one arrives. Then Harley is sent
abroad by his firm, and Phoebe with
her two kiddies spends the summer
al a watering place. Here she
meets Newton again. She discoy-
ers that she is still pretty, and that
life is still interesting.
The old romance is renewed. its
interest deepened for Phoebe be-
cause Mrs. NOxon (Kate LESTER
q prominent figure in New York
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B0RSINI TROUPE
sensational and Comedy Re-
EoiEing Globe Equilibrists
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By sPEARNAy LEWIS.

Chicago. November iq.-The
frst week OF Chicago grand opera
4 season at tho Ala:-.'r tm RECORDS a
5series Of large audiences. r1nst Of
which were "sold odr bcuscs The
week vas made Interesting by the
Edebuts OF sev4cdl 81 The new artists
4 whom Ger eral director Mary Gar
den brop ght wi'h her from Europe
to- resnforc6 her ~:ganiIait"n this
season. .:s initial offering Mon
fday night was ''!sampGor and Deli
SIah" with Lucian Muratore as Sam
son, Asrgue D'Alvarez as Dc
lilah au1 ~. i.giC Pol4r % as con-
sduetor. Paul Pavan. French basso
from the Ops-l Coinique in Paris,
made his .An-"iHu debut IL this
opera, aal 4 spectacular feature
was the Parley-Oukrainsky Bal
let's presen:s ion Of TWO new bal
lets for tLe Song OF spring AMI the
sBacchanale. :'he audience at the
opening pcrform1n - was one 81 the
most brillia L the Cnirago opera
has ever assembled, with boxes
filled with representative society
personages OF Chicago s1Ciety,
while several hundred society nota-
Hbles were occupants of orchestra
seats, being unable to obtain boxes.
For the second week, beginning
Monday night, Miss Garden will
again dip into her bag OF surprises,
md present Joseph Schwartz. as
the hunchbacH Jester III "RiSolettO,'
Verbs famous opera taken from
Victor Hugo's The King Amuses
Himself" Schwartz sang two
guest performances with the Chica-
go company IL San Francisco last
spring and created a furore. Tito
ScEipa, leading Italian tenor, and
one of the greatest lyric tenors in
the opera world, will make his first
bow this season to his great Chi
cago following as the Duke OF
Mantua" in "RigOletto. With Edith !
Mason as "GiIda" and Lazzari as
Sparafucile," the quartet should /
be sung with unusual bTilliancy.
Tuesday night, Nov. %. comes the !
beautiful Claire Dux in her Ameri- !
can debut She will sing Mimi" in |
Ia Boheme" (Pucciu) and it is /
expected that she will duplicate or |
surpass her achievements in the |
Central Powers. where she has been !
q reigninS sensation for two years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-19
''Conquering Power"
gShowing Four Days
at Fort Armstrong

1t was with a knowledge that the
public generally is skeptical-when
one who has accomplished a big
thing in life, or given to the world
some outstanding masterpiece
E that Rex Ingram, producer Of that
Z epoch making film spectacle The
Il -Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse -
made clear his intention TO produce
worthy successor to his screen
conception of the famous Ibanez
Il novel.
But Mr. Ingram knew whereof
b he spoke, for he had in mind the
i very vehicle that would lend Itself
most admirably to the making of a
truly big picture. The wonderful
= possibilities of Honore Balzac's
Eugenie Grandet" had long i'm
4 pressed the director genius, and
straightWay plans were completed
4 10 transplant Balzac's powerful tale
of love and avarice TO the screen.
4 Many of those who aided so mater
tally in the gigantic success Of The
Four Horspmcn' were chosen to
dOubly insure like elimination in
this mumentous undertaking.
The adaptation into scenario
form of Eugene Grandet" was
most ably supplied by June Mathis.
also OF THE Four Horsemen" fame
and retitled The Couqueriug
Power while the photography and
supervision Of camera crews was
again ASSIGNED to John f. Seit-.
10 Alice Terry and Rudolph Val
entino, who created such memor-
able successes in The Four Horse
men," were iutrusted the leading
roles in The Conquering Power"
rs the unhappy pair Of lovers,
pawnS in the hands of misery and
INSCRIPTIONS uncle, both Miss
Terry and Atr. Valentino have en-
lowed the screen with two pre-
e0inently distinctive portrayals.
BeginuinS Sunday. Nov. 20. the
Fort Armstrong will present for
four days THE Conquering Power"
and doubtless viii create unusual
interest, based upon Producer In
grams promise TO give the motion
picture world another really big
picture.
This most unusual photopIay at
traction is made doubly attractive
WIKI the addition of two articulate
entertainments of genuine quality
the Swiss song Birds. a miniature
revue and singing scenic novelty.
and George Williams, the famous
harrist whose performances upon
ta2 golden toned strings have cleo
ulIed the entire concert world.
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'Highlowbrow" Is
Scheduled on New
Columbia Program

Two of the finest bills of the sea-
son are on the Columbia bookings
Thanksgiving week. Tomorrow
Helen Rinehart and Erminie Duff,
famous exploiters of melody and
comedy, headline. These two young
women have been featured in their
presentations of songs, old and
new. Costumes of the period and
appropriate stage settings make
their act a Joy in vaudeville"
Important event of the bill will
be S. Jay Kaufman's "Higklow-
brow" a distinctive bit of stage
writing presented by William Hal
ligan & Co. Kaufman has built an
act upon three of the best known
short stories, condensing them
into incidents. Included are de
Maupassant's Regret" Dunsay S
The Guest" and o. Henry's Gifts
of the Magi" A telephone scene
opens the act-at one instrument a
clubman is inviting another to do
the town" The friend, seated in
his library, declines, urging better
enjoyment among his books and
recites some stories. AS he begins,
the scene fades out and the story
is depicted.
]. C. Nugent, who talks about
anything is vieing for the bills
honors with the two other acts. He
is yaudeville's most taIked-about
monologist and his present Offering
is the best in his career.
Leon Gautier's Bricklayers is
canine novelty, brimful of sur
prises and genuine entertainment.
There is bright story to the skit,
too. The Borsinis, three men and
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]. c. NUGENT
faudeviile's Most Talked of
Line of Talk.
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8 'Gnnhauser" ReUiued by Mary Garden
on Opera Calendar for Coming Week;
Richard Schubert to Make Debut Here

! Irene Pavloska, herself a beauty
in voice and figure, will sing ~Mu-
sette," with Pattiera, Rimini, Lag
zari, Treyisan and Oliviero in sup
porting roles.
Sampson and Delilah," the SEN
sation of the opening night will be
repeated Wednesday OF next week
with Lucien Muratore and Marguer-
ite D'Alvarez in the title roles.
Thursday night @Tannhauser,
the first Wagner opera TO be pre-
scented in Chicago in five years, will
be revived. This opera affords an
advantageous debut to the new dra-
matte tenor, Richard Schubert, who
will be heard for the first time in
America Rosa Raisa, Chicago's
reigning dramatic soprano will
add the role of Elizabeth in this
opera to her already remarkable
repertoire. Three other important
debutants announced for this per-
Torrance are Jeanne Dusseau, the
Canadian soprano, Theodore Ritch,
the Russian tenor, and James Wolf
basso. Others in the cast
are Cyrena Van Gordon, Joseph
Schwartz, William Beck, Octave
Qua, Constantin Nicolay, with Mr.
Ferrari conducting, and with An
dreas PaVley, Serge Oukrafnsky
and their ballet in newly evolved
dances.
Mary Garden, Lucien Muratore
and Georges Baklanoff with again
form the memorable musical and
dramatic trio which they have made
famous in Carmen" on Saturday
with Mr.. Polacco con- /
Quoting. and with another ballet /
by PavIey, Oukrainsky and their |
corps of dancers. Mary McCormic, /
a young soprano discovered by /
Miss Garden last spring. Will make |
her operate debut in this perform /
ance as Micaela. Other members .
of the cast include Paul Pagan, 7
Mines. Pavloska and D'Hermanoy. /
The same cast which presented |
PI1ccini's Madam Butterfly on
the third night of the season will /
present this opera as the Saturday |
night half-price performance, in |
Guiding Edith Mason, Edward |
Johnson, Gia3omo Rimini, Jeanne !
Irene Pavloska. Con- /
5tantin Nicolay, Lodovico Oliviero |
and others, with Mr.. Ferrari con-
lucting.
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NEW SHOW S TARTING TOMORROW
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society, is an aunt of Newton's
When her husband returns a day
or so early, he finds Phoebe about
to keep a dinner appointment at the
home of Mrs. Noxon, with Newton
expected to call for her. Regard
less OF her husbands return,
Phoebe is bent on keeping the en-
gagement, but waivers when the lit
tie boy is taken suddenly i'll with
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-19

two women, are acrobats and jug
glers, in a speedy act.
Tom Patricola and Irene Delroy
and ZeIaya, the sensational pianist,
head the Thanksgiving day bill
Blossom Seeley and Bonnie Fields
are scheduled for early appearance
at the Columbi
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fever, and a trained nurse is called
in. However, she ccnvinces herself
that friendship with Mrs Noxon
will be good policy for both herself
and her husband, and leaves the
sick boy in the care of his father
and the nurse. Mrs Noxon intensi-
fies the young mothers apprehen-
siYe condition by referring CON
stantly to her darling boy!"
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4CADENY ELECTS THREE.

New York. Nov. 19.-Three new
members were elected to the Amer
lean AcS DENY OF Arts and Letters.
T. I'll places empued by the death
OF members.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
ONE FLASH OF SUMMER
Strange Are the Ways Of a Maid
When Romance Beckons from the Sea

from the beginning. OF course, should
Be ready with my answer. like you very
much, Henry; have never liked anybody
so much a. I like you."
Duer said: Thank you, Caroline"
But" she went ON, 'sI am not quite
ready with my answer, after all. We do
what Is expected Of us---don't we? We do
it because it is always xAat we want to do:
our desires are shaped, 50 long before, to
our expectations, and our expectations are
sure to be those Of the-people about u.s., ]
am not going to be different" She smiled
at bis politely masked wondermsnt. "Only
am going to ask you to pretend to the
others tonight that you haven't yet spoken
to me--and then I am going " ask you "
speak to me again In the morning"
THH Penelope anchored at Flag Island,
l . half mile OF West Point. Mrs. Dser
was confined to her cabin; after dinner, Mrs.
Dyckman, In order to leave the young people
together. pointedly retired to hers; Henry
Duer, lingering above decks only long enough
to deceive her, had, Of course. the delicacy
presently to follow suit. There was one
man on watch forward, dim figure; save
for him Caroline was alone.
There was no sound except the wash Of
q low surf on Flag Island. The sea, was
like q mirror; the sky was starless, but the
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She was looking very far away now.
Unless" she qualified, 81 should revert to
their stsndards.' =
''Revertf' He didn't like the word.
There was q Dyckman that sailed the
seas"
Three hundred years ago and more" .
The water was very quiet. Overhead q
pair Of gulls Few noiseless. Miss Dyckman
watched their free sweep above her.
rs that 20 longp she countered ~
wonder If he was happy there. think he
must have been happy"
"And I know" laughed Duer, s"that his
descendant would die Of shock"
For the second time the girl turned to
him. She had torn her gaze from the sea
and sky. She was as he had alwass known
her. :.
In day." she conhdently anentsd.
Duer bent q little closer. Caroline
he said, do you think that you could con-
template life less exciting, but more con.
genial?'
A moment later, In much such terms n
and quite the tone that be had employed To
address her mother, he was asking Caroline
Dyckman to marry him. He spoke with all
me deferencs demanded Of perfect equality
and he displayed enough of a warmth At
once genuine and proper.
She gave his declaration an attention none
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shone on their cleaning arms. Just below
the surface their bare legs curved in
long strokes. There was no breeze; the only
sound was that of their swimming; there
was no light but the moons; on each side
Of that highway of liquid silver the world
came to an end. s-
''How old are you?' asked the man.
Twenty six" said the woman.
What's your name?'
Carrie"
"Mine,s--"
IT know yours"
You don't" said the man. "You don't
know me. Ever ben here afore?"
Nope" said the woman.
Then how could you know my name%
81 Jest do"
Like hell you do!'
Yep" said the woman; like hell"
They swan for a few strokes In silence.
Then the man said:
81 come from Cat Point"
81 come from N'York," said Carrie.
Ever done this afore-like this, 1 mean"
Nope. D'youf'
Nope. But it jest struck me to try"
A deep -mouthed bell sounded over the
waters.
They SWAN on and 'on. A dark frame
work rose in their path, Glhouetted against
the dancing track.
'That there's the beli- buoy on Two Bush
LEDGE" said the man,
They reached 1t. They climbed, without
word, on its wet sides and sat dripping
there on narrow rail, swaying with its
rhythmic gwayinss. The Penelope was
invisibls; not stsA her Hight was to be seen
they were alons In The sasis Of silver. among
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By REGINALD. Wright Kaufman

mot never =
They swan together. They svsm es6ly.
slowly. Now and then .they changed their
stroke; sometimes they turned over ssd
hoated, side By side, for long minutes. on
the surface Of the water.
The Penelope came into view, its decks
deserted. Neither spoke. They reached its
side With q dash Of white limbs the woman
hauled herself up the brief steps that had
been lowered for possible use Of the ten
DER. The man ascended the FIRST two rounds.
He was looking mp, the moonlight full
upon him. Above him she bent forward.
her laughing lips parted, her eyes wide, her
lace Q glory.
Now I'm roin' 10 kiss you." said the
man.
fes, you're soin' 10 hss ne,- said the
woman. "Kia mep
he drew himself higher. One strong. vet
efm went around her throat. Their breasts
met, their lips met.
linen. from that other yacht somewhere
In me darkness eight bells sounded. The kiss
enoeo. The man slipped back into the sea.
me woman went below. Miss Caroline
onainers Dyckman wakened the bribed
a'en ana proceeded to the cabin that she
snared with her mother.
NDER the morning sunlight, Henry
Duer's yacht was speeding southwark.
Its owner stood with Miss Dyckman beside
the rail.
1T is q wonderful morning." be said. ''I
think 1t must have been on such a morning
that the fugitive Trojans first saw their
destined Italy"
IL was on such q morning." said Miss
Dyckmsn. that stout Cortez' climbed his
peak in Darien.'"
Duer smiled appreciatively.
Il do not wish to hurry you," be said,
but il we are at cur peak in Darien-"
Il shall not indulge in any wild sur
mise she said. 81 have a very certain
answer for your last nights question, Henry.
The answer is 'Yes-and thank you.'"
He kissed her hand. 81 am happy" he
said. You make me very happy"
Nobody but Henry Duer ever knew that
he was light sleeper. or that be had come
on deck at eight bells the night before.
coDyrI0hs. 1891. NSy Public Ledger CO.
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the dark waters, rocking on the great
framework of the buoy, the iron bell ring
ing overhead.
The. woman looked up at his laughing
/, face, wet, the blond hair matted in tight
curls, the eyes bright. The hair of his chest
sparkled with salt, his body shone. Her face
and neck shone also; her arms, her throat,
her 1.-THE legs. The woman laughed loudly.
'sThere amt no wind" the man said !;
''there amt no world"
There amt nothin'," said the woman,
"'cept u.s."
"Only you an me-" said the man.
He leaned toward her. Again their hands
met, the fingers bit into one another. His
face, radiant with water and moonlight,
bent toward hers.
THE woman laughed again. She did not
l draw away, but she said:
"Ne, you don't-not yet"
She reached down her hand and scooped
M some water and daringly tossed the dia-
mond drops into his face.
"Just you wait - he warned her.
Between the strokes of the iron tongues
above them there came, climbing up the
silver path, the faint sound Of seven strokes
from the way that they had traversed The
sound came from another yacht somewhere
in the darkness.
''Seyen BELLS" said the man.
ELEVEN thirty" said the woman.
Their hands pressed again. Then the man
and woman went once more into the wstsr
and swan. They were swimming back.
, Don't you never get tredr' the woman
asked him.
..Not never" said the man. ''D'youf'
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the less courteous because it was Unconditional.
She was about to make a reply when the
loud throb of an approaching motorboat Sd
fenced her.
TT CAME from astern and paralleled the
Penelope's course and then made as II
daringly to cut across her bows. 1t was
thirty foot motorboat, belonging, clearly, to
the fishing village on West Point off which
the yacht was that evening to anchor. Far
out beyond the prov q precarious plank had
been extended, terminating in a pulpit like
framework absurdly frail: within that
framework his bare, brawny arms stretched
wide above his blonde head, the hands grip
ping stick, from each end of which long
fishing lines fed backward to the water,
there was carelessly balanced a man. His
square chin was high, his eyes sparkled;
his open shirt showed 4 hairy chest; his
trousers were rolled to the, cleaning knees
above knotted calves and thick ankles. He
was uncouth; he was Of the soil-or was #
Of the water7-he was splendid.
Caroline, however, drew back from the
sight Of him. Her action was instructive;
she was not the sort Of woman that point
edly forgcts to conceal dislike for q lower
Sort
"Ah. there, ladyP'
The giant on the plank had shouted Il.
He looked full in her eyes and laughed.
The motorboat did cut across. It missed
. eolliaion By the narrowest margin. The
insuiator balanced upon one strong leg a.
fhs MAN NJ the vheeI hrou shk hfs erafx> md
denly about. Then, without a second word
from anybody. or glance. the boat was
speeding away to starbcard.
Caroline, unmoved. began again her an.
sver to Duer's proposal. Duer had not
even frowned.
i.'It b all precisely ~ II should be-" shs
said-stt II al. Just a. Il was meant b b
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moon was a silver glory. 1t left mainland
and island in black uncertainty; but it
painted a great, broad track Of moving
splendor on the water. Caroline leaned on
the port rail, amidships. The earth was
shut out; there was only the sea. The cir.
leaned there, attentive. Time went BY
rhythmicaIly; six bells sounded. The man
on watch stirred as If in sleep. 1t was
midsummer eye.
Presently Caroline walked forward.
you may 60 below" she said to the
watch
The, man looked at her stupidly. She
handed him some money.
II shall be responsible. Go into the sa-
loon. ] shall call you in time. Nobody
need know. Iwant to be alone. Co."
He obeyed her: people always obeyed
Caroline Dyckman.
The girl returned to the port rail. Pres
emily she saw something white fash in the
eilver track Of the moon. 1t flashed again
nearer. 1t was human arm, swimming.
A wet face looked up to her out Of the
water: the face Of the young fisherman that
had Knocked her from the motorboat.
"Hello 70 he said. He laughed, but he was
not mocking now; his voice was cautious.
but It was not refined voice. II guessed
I'D see you here" He was ''treading'' water
with the ease of an animal in its natural
element. "Come on in"
The woman did not reply. She hurried
below, running atiptos. When she returned.
in IN incredibly short time, she was in .
one piece bathing suit. She lowered herself
over the side and slid into the ;water
The man laughed ,oftly. 'Hsllo." he said.
She laughed too.
''Hello," said she.
!. He reached out and took the hand that
shey extendsd to him. BE pressed hard; the
pressure was returned. Then both struck
cut lsisurely. At
,"ColdT' ssksd thssman
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Nope" answered Caroline Dyckmaa.
I knowsd you'd b here"
nowsd yeu. would" said Caroline. .
"Guessed It, kind off,"
"Knowed it,"
Where should we go?'
light
Inc silver surred about them; the moon
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the less courteous because it was Unconditional.
She was about to make reply when the
loud throb of an approaching motorboat Sd
fenced her.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-02-02

STEPHEN
From the Messenger.

n
Leonard Lyons has taken advantageI
of the governments offer of free TUT
ton to disabled service men, and Isl
now at the University of Montana aSs
Missoula, where he is taking COURSE
in forestry.
William Walker arrived home from
the Philippine Islands~on Sunday and
is visiting with his parents, Mr.. and#s
Mrs. John Walker. For the past six /
months or more he had been teaching
in government schools on the islands. :
Enroute home, we understand, Will
visited the principal ports of Japan andl
Hawaii.
Chas. Widner-s'I am taking four of
my Poland-China sows and one boar to
the livestock and farm crops show at
Crookston next month. One of, the
sows will show took first place at
the North Dakota State Fair at Fargo
last fall. At one year of age she
weighed 600 pounds, and as the scrub
variety usually averages around $50
pounds at that age, this should con-
vince any farmer that he is losing
money and will continue to, do so if he
doesn't get into the pure bred game.''
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-02-02
STEINER
Jens Mattson, of Rosewood, was a
caller at the G. A. Swanson home last

Jens MattsOn, of Rosewood, was a
caller at the G. A. Swanson home last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Sande, of Aber-
deem, D., and Miss Jennie Sande, of
Thief River Falls, arrived here last
Wednesday for weeks visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. III. L. Sande, of
this place. Mr.. Sande is brother and
Miss Sande sister of III. L. Sande, our
local merchant.
Several parties have been hauling
wood from the H. NJ. Bekkedal farm
southwest of Steiner.
Mis- Matilda Liden and brother,
Julius, left for Thief River Falls Sat-
urday afternoon, where they attended
the conference of the Young Peoples
Covenant of the Red River Valley.
They returned Monday.
Charley Swanson has sold wood on
his farm now to many parties, includ-
ing parties Of thi s community, and
Cloverleaf township.
D. Lindgren, of South Dakota, has
been visiting the home Of his uncle,
John Swanson, recently.
Messrs. Edwin and Willie Swanson
and D. Lindgren were visitors at the