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AND SON
GREAT SUCCESS.

The father and son banquet at tho
First Baptist church last Friday
proved a highly successful culmina-
ton Of the observance Of "Fathsr and
Son" week In Casper.
Nearly one hundred men and boys
gathered at the banquet held at the
Baptist church over which Rev. c..
". Thompson presided as toastmas-
ter. After he made a short address
recitinE the history OF the father and
son movement, he called for express
sion from other diners.
c. r. McGrew aid he believed that
the best way TO solve the boy prob
lem was for the father TO take them
In as conhdential partners and thu
lead their activities.
Robert Castell gave a short talk on
dad and J." He developed h idea
from h viewpoint Of n boy.
c. A Goodnight read THE Prodigal
Father" and showed how many faith
ers are stir n~eglecting their sons and
allowing them to wreck their lives
finding out the simple things that a
father could teach his son by being
a pal.
Norman Hanson spoke on Father
Through n Boys Specks." Don't nag
aAu ioF money AL the unae ana uoh
fail to do the little things that VIII
please him was the moral he drew.
Mr.. Olson placed stress on family
worship and the benefit to the boy.
This view. no said. would teach rever-
ence of BOD and things that are good.
You are succeeding II you nd IND di-
rect your son to be n better man than
you are was his urge.
c. r. Whistler urged that children
be informed and instructed to think
OF things hat pertain TO civic affairs
and betterment.
Many musical numbers were en-
joyed. The program was arranged
under the direction of Messrs. Flynn. |
Whistler. Carr and DUNN. The even
ing was closed with an invocation by
Mr.. Olson.
, 1921-11-07
TICKET SALE SLOW FOR
ARNIsTICE DAY DANCE
CELEBRATING VICTORY

The members OF the COMMITTEES In
charge OF the sale OF tickets for tbs
Arm4stice ball report h work &c
be slow at the present time The
group OF representative citizens In
charge of the Entertainment would
alone assure its worth
The following statement Is made 70
the ex-service men OF Casper. The
Armistice Day Military Ban Is your
dance. You are the hosts. You are
responsible for its success or failure
You selected a general chairman and
he appognted committees. All Of
these men are working hard. but
without your support and active
boosting his ball will not be the
success IL should he. Get behind
your committees. Buy your Ssket
Urge others to buy theirs And do
so Mt once"
Citizens OF Casper: The first an,
nu,i ex-service mems Military Ball
Is to be held on Armistice Day. II
sias the unqualified endorsements OF
the Chamber Of Commerce h XII
wants Club Ind other leading organ
izations of the city. 1t is an affair
OF civic Importance. II Is more than
m social event. II is a celebration
in Of the third anniversary
OF the endlng OF the greatest war In
Former soldiers are work
hard TO make this Military Bail
a pronounced success. They ask
only your support. Your support
best he indicated by the pur-
chasing of your ticket at once. Do
so without delay II you want to make
the Armistice Day Military Ball a
axture in the traditions OF Casper"
Tickets may be secured at the club
rooms OF the American Legion int
II the Campbell Hardware company
md also from the following: DR.. ].
ODonnell. D. L. LaBreche. r. n
Nichols. Hal Curran. Ray Z. VIII
inns, c. r. B~odenbach. John F.
sullivan. John Nash. w. I. Rehr.
rcd ROCKFORD. Ted Power. o. C.
Brewster. DR.. T. J, Drew, Harry
slack and o. c. Porter.
A better report Will be announced
Don. 1t is expected
, 1921-11-07
Y. W. SECRETARY
SPEAKS BEFORE
ROTARANS HERE
Work OF Girls Reserve Sec
ton of Organization Told
by District Representa-
tive Today.

Casper Rotarans nst,ned to an
entertaining address to-day BY Miss
Miner. district secretary OF the Y.
W. c. 4 Miss Miller spoke in be
half Of young girls. at the invitation
Of the club and as a result OF a ques-
sion raised 1t a recent meeting on
why Casper Rotarians shouid not IN
tsrest themselves IN girls work as
well as boys.
She told OF the Girls Reserve sec
ton OF h Y. W, its aims. pur-
poses and development. There are
now over 100. 900 girls enlisted in this
section OF the Y W. and its activity
= spreading to every country in the
world. Miss Miller said that h
would be happy 20 see local Rotar-
iaus interest themselves sufficiently
in the Casper girls work 10 back a
building project for the Y. here
Another speaksr o. tho luncheon
was Mrs. Burke Sinclair. president
OF the y. W. here. Mrs, Sinclair
spoke briefly but interestingly. She
announced the opening Of the Y. w
cafeteria on East First street today
invited the business men OF the
city to %patronize It.
The Rotarians will be the guests
OF the Kiwanis club on the evening
OF the nth at n dinner at the Hen.
ming. and are all straint-g vocal
chords to give the Kiwanians some
good harmony on hat evening.
, 1921-11-07

Il. l.. who lighted his home and the
street in front with gas which he
manufactured on the premises - -so6.
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Lehman Accuses

II am sure that all this Is n
frightful error and that my hus-
band Is an innocent victim. He Is
not and never was such n man as
Is described In these charges.
Others may think what they will
but I know"
Then there is another angle-a
mans this time, Lehrman, the d.
rector, the friend and fiance of
Virginia Rape, the man who de-
clares that Arbuckle must answer
to him. This Is what Lehman has
to say:
"This Is what comes Of taking
vulgarians from the gutter and
giving them enormous salaries and
making idols OF them. Arbuclle
came into the pictures nine years
ago. He was q bar boy In q San
Francisco saloon. He washed the
dishes and cleaned the spittons.
such people don't know how to
get a kick out Of life except in
bcastly way" -. w..
And then again he says:
II excuse Miss Virginia Rappe's
going TO Fatty Arbuclxle's apart
ment In the San Francisco hotel,
because she was IN strange town
and Lonesome. ..... -. a..
Miss Rappe was escorted by
Mrs. Bambina belmont, who has
s'.tr5 vr-ipia did no 't-,o' ir.
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Picture Star Is Born

And so. one day when Mack Sen
nett was looking for a. particularly
fat man to play the part Of a Keys
stone policeman on whom the other
acrobatic Keystone policemen could
fall and tumble. he spied the bulk of
Fatty Arbuckie among the hordes
waiting to be hired as extras. And
tho Fatty Arbuckle Of pictures COM
msnced his career!
From the fat policeman with the
round, moon, baby face that inspired
shrieks Of laughter. Fatty became
q fixture In films. Seunett held
on to Fatty. And Minta kept
up her course of instruction.
And Fatty became the idol of the
Keystoners. Sennett found that the
fat Roscoe was particularly effec.
tive with that diminutive little
coincidence who meant so much to
the early days Of the Keystoners-
Mabel Normand. And the Fatty
and Mabel" films were started that
sent a gale Of laughter echoing
around the world. -.
Then came the scramble for
screen stars--stars that brought
money into the box office. Pro.
ducers were bidding for their ser.
vices. The canny Mack sennstt
kept a tight hold on the purse
strings as long as he could, but the
quotations on the grin that was
visible when the moon face Of Ar
buckle was opened mounted higher
and higher until It actually became
a million dollar smile. 80.
FATTY and Mabel became the
chief assets Of a long pursed
producer and when Mabel Normand
was injured and went through q
long siege Of Ill health Fatty"
started out on his own. He has
bcen going on his own ever since.
And his films have been among the
best money getters In tho business.
II was at the beginning of the
time when tho money commenced
to flow into the Arbuckle treasure
chest that Fatty" commenced to
show his skill for being "the life
OF tho party" Just az the chubby
baby wakes in Its crib and sropes
blindiy for sofnething---enything--
20 Fatty woke to the sunshine Of
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

life. He was a keen.minded di.
rector. And he needed the job Of
director. He started Fatty on his
career in the Sennett studios.
He. like Minta. recognized the
raw material that man Of his
caliber could make Of Fatty. He
was a keen.minded analyst, too.
He knew just what Fatty's posi-.
bilities were. And as the director
he sought to bring as good acting
as he could into the support of the
comedian.
1t was and is to. the interest of
directors like Lehrman to keep on
good terms with their stars. Into
the Arbuckle encourage. Lehrman
introduced many beautiful women
he wanted them as part of his
pictures as contrasts for his star.
And among them was Virginia
Rape. A girl of excellent in
stincts, a beauty who had her way
to make and woman who had a
keen mind and a very sound un.
Outstanding Of the facts of the life
led by many of the people with
whom she was associated in the
film world, she walked with open
eyes in this world.
There is the situation that the
pscho-analysts see before them
upon which they start their dag
nosis of the condition they find.
What are the stories that the wit.
nesses of the various phases of
this particular fatty life tell,
which. stripped Of inaccuracies and
the angucarities of special view
points, will give the real facts7
First comes the step mother.
who took the place Of his own
mother when she passed away.
HE never had an education.
He never parsed the fifth sraie
school," dclares this woman who
knew the carly life history. "9is
fs'h"r T1's'-ca' 4 h'n. a1.' IN.
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Fatty in
characteristic
settings for
the million.
dollar
smile!

life and cropping found amusement
in parties.
The constant stream Of gold pour
cd into the box offices by the laugh
ter seeking public brought a back
wash as steady as the tides them
selves into the purse Of Fatty Ar
buckle. Producers found that the
contrast of fun makers with the
prettiest of girls helped make Tor
greater laughter and the pretty
girls who wanted jobs--good paying
Jobs they were--with the film come
dams sought entrance through
working innocently enough, their
feminine wlles on, the comedians.
Given an intending supply of
money and constantly adoring
public. together with a steady stream
Of the prettiest and dalntiest of
femininity all eager to please him,
the grown up child that was Fatty
Arbuckle felt he was regular fel.
ler." = rSr
He was the life Of the party"
everywhere. Managers anxious to
propitiate star that brought them
steadily increasing gains from an
amusement hungry public, and
girls. eager to establish themselves
IN the film world formed very CT
fective Insulation against any other
influence that might reach the fat
comedian--and the fat, the fat Of
body. Of mind and of purse contin-
ued to accumulate. The wife ceased
to be the mentor. The comedian
was made. And the business Of be-
Ing tho life Of tho party" sadly cut
into such time as might have been
given to domestic affairs. SO Minta
and Fatty were estrauged. And
they parted. But--that is another
part OF this story. t......,.s
And with this situation grew up
another. "Pathe" Lehrn1an, who
had some ideas of dramatic pro-
duction and particularly OF comedy
boss'hi'ttiHT came into the krhucRie
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terfered and saved him from what
believe would have been . fatal
beating at the haI DIS Of his father
II cannot help but pity the poor
boy. 1t was his money that did 1t.
Too much money went to his
head"
And the paper which printed
this statement Of the stepmother
closed its story by reciting that
Mrs. Arbuckle. the little mother
Of two blind daughters, paussd in
her work Of washing clothes OF
the best families OF San Jose to
tell of the early life of the film
star! .A
What does Minta Durfee Ar
buckle say? Minta, the girl who
discovered the latest comedy in
Fatty during those rep show
days; the keen feminine instructrcss
who taught him all he knew; the
wife who became excess baggage
and was formally separated from
her fat husband. Read again:
He is In great trouble. lie
must need me. I am going to
him. That Is ALL"
This is the greatest Of Mlnta's
reaction to the new phase OF
Fatty's life. And she--who
KNOWS the man--also declares: "
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

Is the psychoanalyist right In
his diagnosis of the situation that
has resulted from the last exploit
Of Fatty Arbuckle. the man who for
almost a decade has rejoiced in the
title of being 1.-THE life Of the party"
and whose great ambition in life
was to give parties Of which he
could be the 'life"-whether these
parties were given in darkened
movie palaces where the silver
screen reflected his image to laugh
ing tens Of thousands or for a Sc
lected group of bohemian" compan-
ions in a hotel suite. q California
bungalow, or the comedians Los
Angeles residence?
:. Just how far does the condition
in which the famous screen star
finds himself bear out the psyche
analysts diagnosis? What produced
this condition In this particular
case? What Is the case? 49,.
Many and various versions Of the
Arbuckle affair have been unearthed
by the district attorney Of San
Francisco, his associates, the
friends of Miss Virginia Rape.
whose death was the third reel
climax Of this story.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

limited. Occasionally the farm boy
went to the small village that
was the source Of supply. Of for all
things both material and spiritual
that made for the life" Of the
farm. The baby Roscoe was fat.
The child Roscoe was fat. The
boy Roscoe was fat. The mother
wanted her boy to be q minister of
the gospel But the mother died.
The father planned to make him
country doctor.
And then-then ono day there
came to town one ring circus.
The bewildering, clumsy, slapstick
art" Of the clown gave to the fat
farm boy the first CLEAN Of real am.
bition that had penetrated to his
barren image Of life. For months
he cherished the dream this awk-
ward, crude comedian inspired He
would be q clown!
One day a regular tank town min
strel show played the village. Roscoe
trudged to town and hung over the
gallery rail drinking in every word
OF the raw humor handed out by
these crude blackface comedians.
That was the climax. That minstrel
show pointed the road for Fatty"
Arbuckle. He. was in his middle
teens when a particularly savage
beating decided him. He ran away
from the farm and its lack of chance
to do the things he wanted to do and
sped toward the west. He worked
his way to California doing odd Jobs
on the way and finally becoming the
custodian Of cuspidors Of a cheap
San Francisco saloon-ever watch
Ing for the chance to get on the
stage, to become a real actor. Trials
he had. but he failed.
Finally he managed to hit q rep"
show that needed actors" A rep"
show is a strange assortment Of peo-
pie and plays. It Is a dramatic
makeshift. It has makeshift plays,
makeshift scenery and makeshift
actors. 1t merely approximates the
"drama"-and It plays those small
towns and villages that boast of
town halls and "opry" houses--cen-
tiers that merely approximate civili-
cation for the truly rural sections.
There are two general classes Of
amusement purvayors Of this kind.
One Of them is the rep show and
the other Is the Tom" show. The
Tom" show is called SO from the
fact that 1t produces what passes
for Uncle Toms Cabin" among peo-
pie who know nothing about Har-
riet Beecher Stoves classic.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
Woman's Description.

There IL first a woman writer's de-
scription Of the man himself as he
appears today-bare words through
which she pictures the soul Of the
fat comedian. She writes:
''The great face, sicIsly hued and
with dari-circled eyes, still bore
that paradoxical look-the asset
which has hred steady stream OF
gold. He looked like great big
buIISing baby reused suddenly and
rudely from sleep, its mind still
bound by the thrall Of another world,
searching Its surroundings with
slow, uncertain hand for q familiar
touch"
How many picture enthusiasts
will recognize that word portrait?
How many times has that same
sickly, almost idiotic, moon-shaped
face shown forth in a closeup" on
the screen when the comedian WINS
supposed to register" dismay? One
can almost see the mouth open, the
tongue slowly and twitchingly lick
the pulpy lips? Then, It was almost
succeeded by a sudden change to
the million dollar smile. But
iiow--read:
Like mist on a familiar land
scape, apathy is slowly settling on
FATTY" Arbuckle's face. He routs
Il for o moment by the sheer in
sistence of the mummer's training.
but the alert muscular response is
beiied by the hagsard eyes that, In
the last few days, have looked deep
into the mystery Of his own heart
and found-what7"
That Is the subject presented to-
day for analysis.
How did It get that way7 What
brought It about7 In other words
how did the fat start to accumulate
on tho body, the mind and the
purse? r.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
Advised Girls.

after thinking over the prob
lem, It isn't hard to see that con.
cessions must be made. After al
q mothers wish is about the best
thing for everybody concerned.
"And perhaps It wouldn't hurt
any Of us TO be q little more
QuaiSerfied."
What sort OF a girl was Virginia
Rappe-the girl who gave the ad.
vice that has been quoted for the
government of the conduct of girls
generally? Here is what her closest
friend. Mrs. Joseph Hardebeck,
said of her:
Virginia was sweet, kindly girl
las nice girl as could be found.
She had few men friends and she
wasn't intimate with many girls.
"For the last few months Virginia
stayed home almost constantly. Her
chief delight was In tramping over
the hills around Hollywood with her
dog. don't thing she went out with
other people more than two or three
times I'm the last six weeks.
She knew Arbuckle. But she
knew him just as she knew all the
other boys and girls mt the motion.
picture colony. So far as I know, he
was never in her house and she
was never I'm his.
"She knew Arbuckle," this friend
Of the dead girl states. How well
did she know him7 This is her
description of him given to her
fianco, Lehman, on another occa-
sion:
Hes coarse and vulgar! lie
nauseates me! lie Is cheap and he
thipks he's funnyw .-
Size said this OF the man who was
the life of the party" at the st.
Francis Hotel--to which she sum.
moned by telephone. She was car
ried to the hospital where she dice.
Roscoe did this. Make him pay
And there you have the whole
situation. =
The punishment the Psychologists
would mete out would send the vic.
tim to a health farm where exer.
cises, fresh air and no alcohol would
r"Auce the amount of-fat'
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buckle was to be In the apartment
when they were invited to call.
Even II she had known Arbuckle
was to be present I would have ex-
cused her going. For despite her
physical aversion to him, he could
have been entertaining"
Another man comes to the fore
a motion picture director also, who
knew Fatty" This directors name
is Marshall Neilan. He is bitter
against the public for its excori-
alton of ,Arbuckle. He says:
ut was the public that made
Fatty It was the public that
handed him its money, and I wish
the public had stood by him at
least until he was proved guilty.
II Arbucltle committed the crime
with which he Is charged, II was
the fault Of bad liquor, and pro-
hibition laws are to blame for bad
liquor. n
- And then Neilan, as the friend Of
AtbuOfAe has tiliS " say
IT have know Fatty since the
carly days when he was In vaude-
vile. He was the klndest man In
the world. He wouldn't have
harmed q fly. bad liquor was In
deed to blame II he Is guilty, and
as far rs I can see the only thing
against him Is the testimony OF
others who had been drinking the
same liquor" r.: F.r . F.
What did Virginia think of Ar
buckle? The witnesses who have
been examined by the District At
torney Of San Francisco seem to
agree that the girl accused Arbuckle
Of having hurt her. E..
What this had to do with her
death the juries will have TO find
out. And that is all anybody knows
from the girls own lips about the
Arbuckle party directly. But what
is her outlook on the sort Of life
and the sort Of parties Of which
Arbuckle was the life" SO many
times? '
In an interview with a newspaper
In Chicago regarding the Jazz
baby" type, OF girl, Miss Rape Is re.
ported to have said this:
There's an old saying-Nir. Lehr-
man made use of [it--"You can give
cow enough rope" It's the same
with girls. - .....
There isn't q girl Of fair dane
ing ability who hasn't been forced
10 be civn 10 the insipid lounge-liz-
ard class that persists In haunting
dance halls and country clubs. Per-
sonaliy, I don't know why the
iounge.lizsrd exists. Even the
cootle, the fly and the ant have q
mission In ilfe--but the lounge
lizard--l can't explain Il.
IT think . girls dates should
rr'ru ~ much pleasure "a the
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
His First Show

The company that Roscoe Ar.
buckle Joined was a combination
rep" and Tom" outfit-it played
both types. 1t played everything
and anything. A very careful OBJ
server could pick out familiar situa-
tons Of dozens OF standard dramas
in any one OF its plays with strange.
high-sounding titles. Roscoe was
roustabout with the show.
His first attempt with II brought
him a real serious part--and an in
nuence that really had much to do
with making for him what little sue
cess he enjoyed.
The audience laughed at his at
tempts to be an actor" The man
ager tore his hair, But there was
one member Of the company-more
farseeing than the manager or the
audience-who recognized in this fat
young man the same thing, that
everybody recognizes when disni-
fled person is| spread easled by a
banana. peelins-the elemental inspi-
ration OF laughter. The round, moon.
shaped, vacant countenance. shpns
for tho first time on n person who
appreciated its value. ..--
The name Of this wise player was
Minta Durfee-she was an actress OF
fairly good roles because she was q
real actress and wise woman. She
The Washington times., 1921-09-18
Started On Farm

Roscoe Arbuckle started life on
an obscure farm in Kansas. He was
a fat boy. A loving mother-later
a stepmother-and a father who
used the rod almost to the point Of
brutality-gave him what they
could. out Of the slender ctcre their
meagre acres allowed them to win.
II was the typical small farm Of
the middle west and the typical
small farm family. r.....
The advantages Of schooling were
only those afforded by much q dis
trict and the opportunity for that
greater education -contact with
the world and It's interioc,eing emo
lions and activities wers srsn more
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Minta Durfee Arbuckle,
discarded wife,
now speeding to his side

saw the possibilities in Fatty" Ar
buckle. And she was possibly at
tracted by what appeared to be the
utter incapability OF fat to do any
thing Of itself but be fat. She coach,
ed him. She MARRIED him finally
and kept up constant coaching.
Fatty and Minta Durfee ArbuckIe
drifted all over California IN rep and
Tom shows and In vaudeville. They
sped in circled about the larger CEN
tiers. particularly Los Angeles. g.
Motion pictures were being made
In Los Angeles. The vacant stare
OF Mack Sennett was making people
laugh. The heavy. crude humor of
Fred Mace was making them guffaw
the funny falls and plastic face Of
Ford Sterling made audiences howl.
To Minta--and to Fatty, through
Minta's inspiration and constant
urging-came the idea that Roscoe
had the capacity for showing va.
cant countenance far beyond the
ability Of Mack Sennett, a heavier.
bulkier personality than Fred Mace
and faculty OF taking far more
dangerous looking falls than Ford
Sterling. r.'- -. .Er ....
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

mother Ms to the girl herself. Any
time girl decides to have an
evenings entertainment against the
wishes Of a mother or leaves that
mother waiting up for her return,
the scheme of things Is all wrong.
and haven't much use for that
girl.
The Washington times., 1921-09-18

IT think y girls dates should
tr'nu ~ much pleasure 70 the