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"Town Scandals" at Casino

Ethel Shutta and Charles Pagan,
two old favorites, are the leading
players in Town Scandals" which
comes to the Casino Theatre next week.
This lively extravaganza gives Miss
nous male impersonations, and also u
chance to demonstrate her unusual &C.
centric dances. There Is plot in
Town Scandals" which is not lost
sight of to the very end.
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Burton Holmes Lecture Rleases

Academy of Music-The second Of
the years series of Burton Holmes
Travelogues was given last night, and
will be repeated this afternoon. The
popular lecturers topic this time was
cluded many places of unusual interest
including Kyoto, Nagasaki, Koya San
and Yokohama, and showed many in
teresting phases of the life of the peo-
pie. The usual Burton Holmes inti-
mate and humorous touches added TO
the enjoyment Of this lecture.
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hendlinerS come TO tne VauueVllle houses
Babe Ruth, at Keith's, and Frances VIII
Tho other shows remain-"The Last
waltz" at the Shubert; "The Easiest
Way" at the Broad; Elsie Janis and
her gang, ut the Forrest; The En-
pcror Jones" at the Walnut: The
Bat" at the Adelphi," and Leo Dit
richstein, at the Lyric
WHILE we are all sitting back
w comfortably and comparing The
Easiest Way with what it was twelve
years ago when we
"Easiest Way" first saw it, it would
ShoIDs HoD We be interesting to
Haze Changed know how Frances
Starr compares US,
as We are now, with us as we were
then. Our moral standards, | mean.
II you'll remember back, you il grad
ually realize the storm that the play
aroused when 1t was first presented.
1t dealt SO brnzenly and openly with
things that you and didn't talk about
at least we weren't supposed to talk
about. When we discussed it, we did
it in guilty whispers. And VIC laughed
at the clever lines quite carefully and
young girls tried not to laugh at some
of them bacause they weren't supposed
to understand just what they meant.
But all this week the audiences have
been made up very largely of eminently
respectable men and women and boys
and girls and they laugh right out in
meeting at the keenest of Elfe st.
Clair's dcmimonde philosophy and ap-
plaud her as an altogether sensible
wollan' And EoI se' NY ,'np N,r"
tnaL tneS iaune I iJon Son, o 20 a b"oh for
uock as soou aeal oi h"ouJ;nU. u"og 40,
ilving IN tnat unatIracti'e u,n uouiu'' =,
mouse room anu u,,iihs ii
hait pottie OIL mi,k It.;t una .snbaro LEV
QUITS. inere uis,lhc: a,niuopnv az ,,s,i,
OF wen, "ou'un w ~ on
tue nouSe'
ine Easiest way mas tcaseu W W
play on suD-roSa suoJecC anu -
now simply very clevcr preSen!a'aon .iIt w
OF events ana circumstances "hicn ar az
ordinary topics OF tne stage anu nv
streets To-Day. Ahd IL lsn 5ne plas
that has changed. III you anu me. A.
There are few dramatic authors WIN
the nerve to carry out the true per
sonalities OF their cnaractGrs ruthiessiy
| to the only logical ends as Eugene WAL
| ter does here. n so-caIIed happy,
| termination could nave Deeh arrdnseu'
That. itself. "oula nave peen M Mtne
easiest way. Ana therc must nay
been strong temptaIlon once LAURA :
revolver had been MADE so Consptcuous,
to have her. at the end; rush or to tha'
side bedroom. to have the shot hre9 smo 1
let the curtain 60 down on a traglcailI
empty stage. That Is undoubtedly the
end expected by most people VINO SCI
the show for the first time;
But John Maolsoh, Ill tnht last ue,
weaknesses admirably when, as sn
threatens suicide; ne calls . III no, ner %n,' ha'
as witness, seias nt miI, cue tn shoot % hon
enough Strensthb b OF =" VIII IL TO T. SnGo and % sp
Sclt ana uares ner " w N' anu o"
doesh L.
All her life, she has been wlSttu
wanter rather than determined doer
Her romance IL one OF desire ratne
than genuine deep emoIioh. Every
through inan,i,ty 10 MAKE ,,,ss sooa o.rnnn nSn,
inrotSn tLrovnh uI"i,, iacL nf stamina and res
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New RurIesaue at pumont,s

Emmett Wclch and his players have
an entirely new bill of satires next
week. with screaming travcsty on
The Bat" as the chief attraction.
This offering is said to have all the
hair raising thrills of the original.
Another part OF the show is the farce
entitled "Fleishers' Yarns in Twisted
Tale" Emmett Welch, himself,
Charlie Boyden, and all the company
fayorites, have ample opportunities to
display their ability.
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week than it was the week before
when she was here
Elsie Janis. with 1.-THE Folles.'
Fannu Brice The new proof was
1nJ 1 Son1 furnished by two
Wv" other people who
sang two of her songs. And they
showed us how great Fanny really IS.
Jimmy Hussey, in the revue act at tn"
Chestnut Street Opera House, sang
Second Hand Rose" Now, Jimmy Is
mighty clever boy, and there aren't
many who can get MS much out oil a
Jewish characterize ton as he can. IL
Fanny Brice hadn't sung this song;
his Interpretation might have sounded
fine. But not now.
/ hate to make the next comparison,
because, pus' n'lly, I'm one of the most
vociferous boosters for Elsie Janis In
captivity. But I wish I hadn't heard
her sing "He's My Man" (Which she
does in FRENCH or else ! wish / hadn't
heard Fanny sing it.
Elsie docs it bcautifully-therc's no
question about that. She uses all Of
the art of which she is in such per.
feet command and her gestures and
the technic of registering emotion are
fawlcss.
Fanny didn't do it that way. 1t was
the one serious bit she did. 1t was
IN the Seine scene in which she was
seen sane, If YOU like to put it that
way. She stood motionless throughout,
leaning against lamppoSt. with her
arms folded. And she didn't even raise
her voice during the singing. Its very
monotony gave it a pathetic appeal that
put the whole heart hunger Of the song
across. Why doesn't somebody put
hn -
show where that marvellous and versa
tile personality could have full swing?
HAVJNG said something not alto
IL gcther favorable about Elsie Janis
let's about face. On Wednesday night
mingled with the crowds in prone =
made and smoking room and heard three
different men use the same expression
good entertainment. It's all of that
And what blessed relief to sit through
whole evening Of fun and not hear one
single suggestion of vulgarity or SCI
stuff
Here Is star who comes here with
company of unknowns and with seen
cry that could be duplicated in the opr.
house at Perkins Corners, and, jus
by sheer brains and entertaining abil
ity, sends the crowds away perfect
happy and satisfied. There are no bi
high spots in the show; neither is ther
q dull moment.
And Elsie has lost none of the un
canny gift of impersonation which or
iginally brought her out as an intan
prodigy. When she initiates Sam Ber
nard she is Sam Bernard. And she
Ethel Barrymore. And then, with
few deft touches to her hair, she turn
around and she actually looks more lik
Fanny Brice than Fanny Brice doe
herself, if YOU get what mean.
From all of which you may gathe
: that I'm pretty strong for Elsie an
her gang. You're right,
"THE BAT" ought to be a grca
help to budding romdnceS. An
acreage girl wW tcdnt to reach out i
the darkness for a protecting hand I
hold during those tense moments Of tn
play.
Az who hare done 1t soy, "Aye.
Carried.
NEXT WEEKS one new play
~ "Bull Dog Drummond' ''-whlc
! comes to the Garrick. has been doir
ran. .Io. big business
Next Weeks years. Its leadin
NeD Play man is A. f. Mat
thews: an Englis
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Lions" For the last seven years he
has been presenting American plays In
London and showed our British cousins
(in-law) such things as Tea for
Three" The Willow Tree" 'Oficer
666," Nothing But the Truth" Peg
O. Ny Heart" "Daddies" and The
Third Degree.
All I can tell you about the new
play is a brief summary contained in
an advance notice, which says: The
drama concerns itself with the activi-
ties of an cx officer possessed of hand
some income and no occupation, who
finds peace a beastly bore.
"a keen sense of humor, q whim-
steal nature, an adventurous dispose
ton plus an annoying sense Of ennui
decide him to announce, via the classi-
fed columns of the Times, that he will
do anything for n thrill.
"A maiden in distress comes along;
so do a horde of sinister characters, and
the ensuing circumstances provide q
drama Of uniuuc action and concomi-
tant heart interest
So, there ware.
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Germany Aids Quaker Relief

Berlin, Nov. 2G.--An appropriation
of 100 100000 marks for the relief
work of the American Quaker organiza-
tion has been approved by the Cabinet.
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BEFORE THE CURTAIN GOES UF
Only One Neo Shoto Comes to the Legt Theatres Ne eeh
but the HoldOuers Provide Plenty OF Good
Fare for the Pldygoer
Nv HENRY NJ. NEELY

little Miss Tobin and Little od New
welcome 'Bul Dog Drummond
vaudeville houses the the Baono OF
Street Opera
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BurleSque

CASINO - Town Scandals an cx-
travaganza presented by Irons and
Clamage, with Ethel Shutta and
Charles Fagan in the leading roles. A
plot that is not lost sight of and
tinklIng tunes are features of the
show.
TROCADERO--"The Gaiety Girls" with
Pat White, faVorte comedian, and
Mile. BabDette, a speciality dancer, as
an added attraction. The show also
has In long cast such favorites rs
Jim Mc1nney. Tommy O'Ncil, Bonnie
Lloyd and others
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some success here. notably in the revival
not so long ago of Peg o My Heart.
and, before that, in Love Among the
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NIinSiIalS

DUMONT'S - This weeks up.to.date
burlesque is entitled The Bat" and
Is said to have all the hair-raistng
episodes of the original. Another new
feature of next weeks show is
"tleisher's Yarns in a Twisted Tale"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26

actor who. though most of his work
has been done in Great Britain and
her flock of dominions, has achieved
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26

liner. Also on the bill are MALTA
Bart and company, comedy; Perez
and Marguerite. novelty; Nelson Story
and Elsie Clark, songs; Lew Cooper,
songs and stories, and many others.
WALTON ROOF-On the newly deco
rated there is an unusual a. =. ~
entertainment. including June Roberts
in . repertoire of dances; the Kenny
Trio. songs and dances; Guilo Ca
bricll, vocalist and Armstrong and
Ladder, whirlwnd dancing.
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NEXT WEEKS one new play
~ "Bull Dog Drummond' which
comes to the Garrick. has been doing
. ran. .I. big business in
LtHe auo"N London for two
Next Weeks years. Its leading
NeW Play man is A. f. Mat
theMs an Enplish
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"THE BAT" ought to be a grcq,
4 help to budding romdnceS. Am
acreage girl rW cdnt to reach out IN
the darkness for protecting hand IL
hold during those tense moments Of tn,
plGp.
All rho hare done It say, "Ayc.
Carried.
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Theatrical Billboard
for the Week to Come
New Attractions

New Attractions
eIPRTCR - Bulldog Drummond."
London comedy success. with a. e.
Matthew's in tho leading role Of a
yn,,IT man with q restless spirit and
a sense of humor. who announces he
viii do anything for thrill.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02
The Roman Sestertius.

Sestertius is the Latin name for a
Roman coin meaning half of the third,
that is, two and half, from "semi'
meaning half and ''tertius" meaning
third.
When silver coinage was introduced
in Rome in 26S B. c., with the copper
as a unit, the silver sestertius was
valued at 21a asses. The. standard as
retained only one-fourth of its original
weight. The sestertius was equiva-
lent to the original libral as; and, as
accounts had formerly been made in
terms of the libral as, they were now
made in terms of the sestertii. After
the first Punic war, which ended 241
B. c., the sestertius ceased to be
coined. The weight of the as was many
times reduced. In PIT B. C. the de-
narius was made equal to 10 asses
and the sestertius to 4 asses. With
the reorganization of the coinage sys.
TEN under Augustus (63 B. C. TO Il
A. d. a copper sestertius of 4 asses
was coined under the control Of the
senate. This was about 4 cents in
United States money.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02
! CHILDREN WITH WEAK HEART
Cardiac Disease Shown to Be Prev
aIent Among High-school Pupils
of New York.

Heart disease is more prevalent
among pupils of high-schOOl age than
among those in the elementary grades,
according TO an announcement made
by DR.. Royal S. Copeland of the Pub
lie Education Association of New York
City. 1.-THE results of a complete phys
ical examination of SIC pupils of the
eastern district high school. Brooklyn,
showed per. cent affected with ear
diac disease, as against Is per cent
among all pupils of the elementary
grades" DR.. Copeland said. The
examination of the high-schOOl pupils
was made under especially favorable
conditions. OF the boys who were
examined Il per cent showed cardiac
trouble and per cent of the girls
were found affected.
There can he no doubt that the per-
centage of cardiacs increased with adj
vancing age, rather gradually. from
eight to fourteen years. 1t reaches
its maximum at that age"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02

Daring our period of inactivity, Tars
TarkaS had instructed me in many of
the customs and arts of war familiar
to the Thanks, including lessons In
riding and guiding the great beasts
which bore the warriors. These crea-
lures, which are known as thOatS, are
as dangerous and vicious as their mas
tiers, but when once Subdued are suffi-
GENTLY tractable for the purposes of
the green Martians.
Two of these animals had fallen
TO me from the warriors whose metal
l wore, and in a short time l could
handle them quite as well as the ma
tive warriors.
My experience with WOOla deter
mined me TO attempt the experiment
of Kindness IN my treatment of my
thoatS. First l taught them that they
could not unSeat me, and even raped
them sharply between the ears to i'm
press upon them my authority and
mastery. Then, by degrees, won
their confidence in much the same
manner as l had adopted countless
times with many mundane mounts.
In the course of few days my
thoats were the wonder of the entire
community. They would follow me
like dogs, rubbing their great shouts
against my body in awkward evidence
of affection, and respond to my every
command with an alacrity and dOcili-
~ which caused the Marian warriors
to ascribe to me the possession Of
some earthly power unknown on Mars.
On the seventh day following the
battle with the air craft we again
took up the march toward Thark, all
probability of another attack being
deemed remote by LOrquas PtOmel.
During the days just preceding ouI
departure / had seen but little of De-
jah ThOris, as l had been kept very
busy by Tars Tarkas with my lessons
in the art of Marian warfare. as well
as in the training of my thOats. The
few times l had visited her quarters
she had been absent, walking upon
the streets with SOla, or investigating
the buildings in the near vicinity of
the plaza.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02
John fights with Fad.
CTO BE CONTINUED
LIFE SAVED BY PLUNDERERS
Badly Wounded Soldier Owed Reeov-
cry to Cupidity of Ghouls Who
Had Stripped Him.

1t was at the battle of Edgehill,
fought Oct. %. 1912, that Sir Gervase
Scroop was found upon the field to
all appearances quite dead This was
on Sunday afternoon, when the battle
took place, and 1t was not until the
following Tuesday that Sir Gervase's
son found the body of his father.
When discovered it was entirely ma
ked, having been stripped by camp
plunderers. The body was also COW
cred with wounds. sixteen of a ma jor
nature being counted.
Being brought from the field. efforts
were made to accomplish what ap-
peared hopeless resuscitation. Rub
bling was tried and after a long time
a faint warmness pervaded the sup
posed corpse, finally resulting in vol
untary movements of the limbs. Sir
Gervase recovered completely and
lived for ten years after what was
considered almost a miraculous revivi
cation.
The doctors were Of the opinion that
he owed his life really to the brutal
Indifference of the robbers. as the
GOODNESS of the nights had coagulated
the blood and prevented him from
bleeding to death. Had he been
brought off the field. they said. and
put in a warm place he would un.
doubtedly have died owing to the fact
that he would not have received prop
er attention. hut which circumstances
provided.-Chicago Journal.
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of possible escape from my mind, my
audience with LOrquas PtomeI only
served to center my every faculty on
this subject. Now, more than before,
the absolute necessity for escape. in
so far as Dejah ThOris was concerned,
was impressed upon me, for l was
convinced that some horrible fate
awaited her at the headquarters of
Tai Hajus.
AS described by Sofa, this monster
was the exaggerated persOnificatiOn
of all the ages of cruelty, ferOcity,
and brutality from which he had de-
Scended. Cold cunning, calculating /;
he was, also, in marked contrast to
most of his fellows, slave to that
brute passion which the waning de-
mands for prOcreatiOn upon their dy-
ing planet had almost stilled in the
Marian breast.
As l wandered about the plaza lost
in my gloomy fOrebOdings Tars Tar
kas approached me on his way from
the audience chamber.
"Where are your quarters, John Car
terY he asked.
81 have selected nome" l replied
at seemed best that quartered either
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02
Insects Worse Than Fire,

OF the 100000 feet Of yellow pine
in klamath and Lake counties, Oregon,
fully per cent has been killed during
the past five or six years, or is now
infested by beetles, says report to
the American Forestry association at
Washington. The average annual loss
has been about 15O,OOOOO0 board feet,
worth at least S25O,OO0, or 300 times
as much as the average annual fire
loss in the two counties.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02
JOHN IN LOVE.

Synopsis.-rhe author tells OF his
acquaintance with the hero of one
of the most remarkable adventures
ever recorded. From a manuscript
left by his friend he has wildly set
out the strange happenings which
brought together a brave Virginia
gentleman and a Princess OF Mars.
In the Arizona hills John Carter,
mining prospector and ex-Confed-
crate soldier, fleeing from a war
party of Apaches, takes refuge in
a cave the atmosphere of which
has a remarkable effect on him.
Yielding to his influence he sinks
into Inconsistencies, his last
thoughts centered on the glow from
the planet Mars. Awaking. Carter
realizes that he has, in some in
comprehensive manner, been trans
ported to Mars. He is captured by
Tars Tarkas and a party of Mar
tan warriors. He is conveyed, a
prisoner, to a Marian city. Three
days later a fleet of warships from
the neighboring state of Helium is
attacked by Carriers captors, the
green Martians. One of the air
ships is captured. Among the prls-
oners is young woman of a race
different from the green Martians
and closely resembling the women
OF the earth. Carter ascertains
that the fair prisoners name is
Dejah Thoris. granddaughter of the
Jeddak, or ruler, of Helium. Ac-
cording to custom she is doomed
to die by torture. He fights for her
and assures her of his sympathy.
John learns the language and be-
comes a chiefta!n, though still a
nominal prisoner.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02
Rich Yukon Silver Deposits.

Authoritative reports from the Yu-
kon territory, Canada, indicate the
location of marvelOusly rich silver de-
pOsits in the Mayo district, about $50
miles east of Dawson, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. A few veins.
eight feet in thickness, assaying 5000
to $4,000 ounces of the metal to the
ton, are being worked. Five-fOOt veins
are common, and smaller lOdes with
an assay of 200 ounces. are said TO
be plentiful. At present transpOrta-
ton and living conditions in the dis
trict are very bad. These will be bet
tered if a proposed motor road into
the territory is built.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02

PJiH8J
by myself or among the other war
riors, and was awaiting an OppOr-
tunity to ask your advice"
"COme with me-" he directed, and to-
gether we moved off across the plaza
TO a building which was glad to see
adjOined that occupied by Sofa and
her charges.
my quarters are on the first floor
of this building he said. "and the
second floor also is fully occupied by
warriors, but the third floor and the
floors above are vacant; you may take
your choice of these.
II understand" he continued "that
you have given up your woman to
the red prisoner. Well, if you wish
to give your woman to a captive, K
is your own affair; but as a chieftaln
you should have those to serve you,
and in accordance with our customs
you may select any or all the females
from the retinues of the chieftains
whose metal you now wear"
L
could get along very nicely without
assistance. except in the matter of pre-
pairing food, and so he promised to
send women to me for this purpose
and also for the care of my arms and
the manufacture of my ammunition,
which he said would be necessary.
finally chose front room on the
third floor, because this brought me
nearer to Dejah ThOris, whose apart
ment was on the second floor of the
adjoining building, and it flashed up
on me that could rig up some means
Of communication whereby she might
signal me in case she needed either
my services or my protection.
My thoughts were cut short by the
advent of several young females bear
ing loads of weapons, silks, furs, jew
els, cooking utensils, and casks of food
and drink, including considerable loot
from the air craft. All this, it seemed,
had been the property of the two
chieftains l had slain, and now. by
the customs of the Thanks, it had be-
come mine. At my direction they
placed the stuff in one of the back
rooms, and then departed, only to re-
turn with second load, which they
advised me constituted the balance
of my goods.
Finding that must assume respons-
Utility for these creatures, whether
l would or not, 1 made the best of it
and directed them to find quarters on
the upper floors, leaving the third
floor TO me. One of the girls charged
with the duties of my simple cuisine,
and directed the others to take up the
various activities which had formerly
constituted their vocations. There
after l saw little OF them, nor did l
care to.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-04-02
The Fashions.

Lady Duff-Gordon said at a lunch
con:
THE fashions are gradually becom-
ing more modest. They are nothing
like so shocking as they were last
year.
"A young woman went into a very
smart shop one day last year and
said to the saleswOman:
az want to buy an afternoon gown
of the very latest fashion,
"'Yes, madam said the saleswom-
an. And does madam prefer a gown
that is altogether too short or one
that is altogether too transparent?
We stock both kinds"