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New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
ng Chat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers
Miss Anne Wheaton Will
Oblige With a Few Hints
As to How She Does Tt

girl like me, but not boy like you, ;
and the one about the dance hall girl.
Then they weren't satisfied, so / added
my old favorite, He gave me all the
tn ngs you promised me- Tell me you
think my act is all right, for need en-
couragement,"
You'll be saying next thing that you
have stage fright"
well, that is too true to be funny.
The opening night nearly died. I was
crying when they got ready to push
me out on the piano and I said, 'I'm
going TO be a failure. I'm going to
be a failure and Mr.. ziegfed said,
All right, if you insist on it 20 ahead
and be one; but you can't play on my
roof If you are and the first thing I
knew there ! was, out in the middle
of the floor, so close to all the people,
and they were eating and drinking and
talking and | thought What if I can't
make them stop, look and listen!' You
know If you don't hear the words to
my songs there isn't anything to them
at all. But they did listen and when
had finished they asked for more,
SO they must have liked them"
"They must have liked you'll You
know, Anne Wheaton, you are one of
those persons who could fool all the
people all the time if you were SO
minded"
That's personality!
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Fokine Enthusiastic
Over Ballet Of Purely
American Personnel

In "Le Ballet des Perfumes" a di-
vertissement introduced in "The Rose
Girl" at the Ambassador Theater with
Lydia Lopokova, Michel Fokine
not only does his first work for a
musical comedy but his first with an
American ballet, for the twenty girls
who surround Mile. Lopokova are
Americans. M. Fokine declares that
among them are the most beautiful
women he has ever used in his creative
dancing dramas.
"Marcella and Beatrice Swanson" he
said yesterday, "are of the finest type
Of American charm. They are statu-
esque, it IS true, but their very physi-
cal personality expresses the great
breadth of American life and national
interests. With them as a slightly
foundation I hope to build a purely
American national ballet The Misses
Swanson could not be used m ballet
to express anything small or petty
For very great movement and depth of
feeling / could not have had any more
plastic material.
1T has been said that, in dealing
with European young women as ballet
material, one is handling older ciyiliza-
tlons-races with more cultural back
ground. Therefore, the deduction has
been made that it is far easier to de-
VeIop ballet in any European nation
than it would be here.
~, L lind that the contrary is true.
The young women # my perfume
ballet are the most intelligent I have
ever met in my work. had no trouble
Whatever IN teaching them lAe steps
whlch make up story of flowers and
perfumes. At the FIRST rehearsal we
alnalyzed the story together. / had
the music played and told them of the
beautiful pictures which came to INV
imagination as it sounded.
Young ladies' / said, this is the
story OF flowers, the ballet of the rose.
we see flowers springing up from the
ground. The flowers open their petals
and the perfume spreads through the
garden. Finally the flowers end their
season. wither and disappear. Only the
scent, the perfume, the soul Of the rose.
remains. 1t seeks everywhere the fow.
ers from which it came, but it cannot
find them
Il decided to make an effort to culti-
Vate creative imagination--that ia.
creative in dancing sense--in the
members of the perfume ballet So !
asked them to submit to me little
stories OF dances which they feel might
express American life. AS a result I
have received some exauisita little
studies in life. With them / have asked
the young women TO submit their ideas
CT working out these stories. believe
that the result will be a number of
miniature ballets fairly American in
character.
There was no difficuItv at ALL" he
said. Il do not know how it came
ABOUT, but, speaking modestly. have
always found that woman possesses a
profound art interest. / do not believe
that an artist who loves his work, who
knows his art and who is able to dis
Germ the artistic quality in each Of his
aids ever has any trouble"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Zoe Barnett's Latin
Blood Marks Her as
'Vamp' Against Wish

People of what Is usually termed
pure lineage are likely to fall into
an easily recognizable class, with all
the tendencies of their race plainly
stamped in every feature of their con-
duct. II one is an Anglo-Saxon grant
ing that there is such a thing) q
trained observer can tell, with a fair
chance of being correct, what the
Anglo-Saxon will do under any given
Celt, the Teuton or the Latin. But
when a person is of mixed lineage
half one thing and half another, OF
with the elements of several races
in his omposition-he becomes vastly
more interesting, because no one can
safely predict what he will do in q
given circumstance or which sids of
him will come to the top.
This can be said of Zoe Barnett, one
of the principals of "The Rose Girl,''
the musical comedy which opened the
new Ambassador Theater on Friday
She was born in California, American
on her fathers side and Spanish on
her mothers, In her are the sparkle,
the easiness. the abandon of the Latin,
all tempered by the reserve and the
solidity of the American, who has
grown up in the natural atmosphere of
the far West. An interesting COM
bination!
1t was very likely her foreign strain,
with it's humor, its mimcry, and its
love Of acting, that urged her to go on
the stage; but it was American doggcd~
ness that kept her everlastingly at it,
through thick and thin, until she had
reached the top. 1t was her Spanish
ancestry again that gave her the dark
skin, the black hair and the brown
eyes of the Latin, ana therefore has
caused every producer who has seen
her to excliam: How distinctly for
eign! What a splendid 'vamp'!"
"The deuce of it is" objects Miss
Barnett, "lm not foreign at all, and
therefore I'm sinister. I've always
wanted to play schoolgirl roles, wear
frilly frocks and act innocently, but
when manager sets eyes on me he has
in mind some particularly wicked
woman for me to personate. And pres
entity / am on the stage again--not as
an innocent girl~-but 'vamping' away
for dear life. You know if a woman
were to do the things in real life a
'vsmp' does on the stage there isn't
man in the world but would run from
her as fast as his legs would carry
him.
"But there's the fact, and how I'm
going to get around it | don't know.
To the theatrical manager look like
'yamp,' and 'vamp' III be, / suppose,
TO the end OF the chapter. Still, there's
a constant call for them, and the de-
msnd keeps me engaged. That's a
consideratio2. But if / don't die of old
age first I'll reach that schoolgirly,
frilly frock period yet"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Wbe, GOolutlon of q 5tar
RutD Cbattertott

new interpreter of Barrie becom es
an important parsonage in the theater
world and the devotees of the Scotch
playwright precede the advent of the
venturesome player into the beloved
field with much argument pro and con
as to the fitness of the new aspirant
for the task of creating a character
from the Barrie imagination. Past
performances are again brought forth
and discussed minutely. Each previous
characterization is dissected for the
elements fitting the actor, for what to
| the Barrieite is the greatest distinction
that can come to him.
So, into field new to her, has come
Ruth Chatterton, portraying her rst
j. M. Barrie role, that of Mary Rose
in the play of that title now at the
Empire Theater. To "Mary Rose" sh e
brought depth of serious feeling lit
tie to be recalled in her earlier ro.es,
which for the greater part consisted of
characters of the drawing room vaflcty
and youthful heroines beloved of prep
school and d6butante audiences. In
MARY Rose," so say the Barrieites. she
has established herself as an intere St
ing delineator of one of the little
Scotsman's most beloved characters.
Ruth Chatterton is that rarity in
New York, a native-born New Yorker.
Her early education she received here
principally at the hands of private tu-
tors and later, in her early teens, she at
tended private school in WASHINGTON.
1t was IN the latter city, as the result
OF schoolgirl dare, that she made her
nrst professional stage appearance.
This debut she effected by applying
for post with local stock company
and being assigned to a tiny role a
week later. The start ACCOMPLISHED.
with some modest success. she deter
mined then and there to adopt the
stare as her life work and so became
a permanent member of the company.
It was the painstaking training, and
the versatility required to assume roles
OF widely varying kind each week, that
htted her for the distinction in the
theater to come to her shortly after.
mere followed engagements with other
STOCK companies in different cities until
one momentous afternoon when Henry
Miller dropped in at a matinee per-
tormance and observed Miss Chatter
toms playing. He was Immediately i'm
pressed, and for him a difficulty was at
once solved. For months he had been
searching for young actress to play
me principal feminine role in "The
RAINBOW" and in Miss Chatterton he
saw the type of girl he had been hunt
ing. She was promptly engaged and
put at rehearsal.
On the mroning following the
first performance of "The Rainbow" at
the Liberty Theater theatergoers knew
that. Ruth Chatterton had surely and
emphatically arrived" TIL place in
the esteem of the theater public won
then Iby the young actress has been
strengthened by her later work.
After the season of "The Rainbow"
she was advanced to stardom. The
vehicle chosen for the elevation was
Daddy Long-Legs" and for two long
seasons Miss Chatterton was seen as
the bewitching schoolgirl throughout
the country. Next came her exquisite
performances as Olivia Daingerfield in
Come Out Of the Kitchen" Her
portrayal Of the aristocratic Young
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

and otherwise overhauling plays. She
has drawn royalties on as many as
seven successful plays in a single sea-
son, though even the author credited
secret, silent partner in rewriting the
play. was Zelda Sears. Seven Years
Ego" further enlight"ns Zelda, 81 also
wrote and staged a play, The Heart Of
Child 1t wasn't a success. So
until Lady Billy I spent my timo.
when wasn't acting, as a play doc
tor for other authors"
But this lady seems to have thrown
ner conceit to the winds on top Of
Rips mountain! wy Va
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
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Bob HAMPTON of pIacar,

Marshall Neilan has finished shoot
ing. Bob Hampton of Placer" an adap-
tation Of Randall Parrish's book of the
same title. Marion Fairfax adapted the
book for the screen presentation. In
the east are James Rirkwood, Wesley
barry, Marjorie Daw, Pat o'Malley and
Noah Berry.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

ing sweet, so have no dessert at the
end Of my dinner. After my evening
performance in The Mirage I go
nome at once, eat bit of fruit and am
sound asleep in fifteen minutes after
enter the door of my apartment.
$50 you see, in way, a, back NAV
be cultivated" she ended. at would
be better to say that a beautiful back
may, be perpetusted, for it is, as said
in the beginning-one must first have
the hackN
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
ROBINSON CRUSOE COULD
EASILY FIND HAVEN TODAY;
MANY ISLES UNINHABITED

Tristan da Cunha, said 10 be the
l0neliest spot in the British Empire
The island, which Is OF volcanic orr
gin, towers to height of 900 feet
above sea level in the south Allan
tic So thoroughly has the never
worry creed taken its hold upon the
people that the men move In a list
less fashion, only bestirring them
selves enough 10 keep from starving,
and let the women do what work
there is to be done. There are only
l19 inhabitants on the island living
in its % stone thatch-roofed houses
Their wood is that which drifts in
to them on the tide, they raise pota-
toes as the food staple, they make
their moecasins OF soft bullock
hide, they obtain a few clothes
from an occasional ship which calls
there in exchange for geese, folws,
milk, sheep, eggs, and cured alba
tross and penguin skins, and for
months in succession they do with
out bread, tea, coffee. and sugar. The
people are fast deteriorating in type
due to interviewing.
ST. Helena Isolated But Inhabited.
THE nearest inhabited island to
Tristan da Gunha is st. Helena OF
Napoleonic fame. This rugged bit
OF earth rises out OF the south At
lanttc 1900 miles from the nearest
part OF the African coast Before
the days OF the Suez Canal it had
some commercial Importance, but to-
day its excellent harbor shelters
vessels only while they are coalinE
Its ten thousand inhabitants enjoy
most equable climase, the mean
temperature ranging throughout the
whole year from 60 to II degrees
"A bit OF land in the Pacific
which. az did zap, ruffled the sur
face OF the Peace Conference is Nall
ru. Though only IL miles in circum-
ference, this pretty little island
with Its many beautiful lagoons
which mirror its tall coral pinnacles
and cocoanut palms In lifelike per-
lection, Is treasure house OF mill
ions OF tons OF rich phosphate of
lime. 1t is perhaps one of the most
liyable of the Pacific islands, as the
"a oAiIolcio VI tHe phosphate luuuStEV
have established free laundries, ice, |
% lectric lights, and refrigerators for |
tie preservation OF fresh foods EN-,
noyes have their own homes and !
lere is an almost endless success
lion of social functions to keep them
live and happy, In fact. the place
is known as Pleasant Island.
A People Lacking Curiosity.
II there is a skeleton in your
{ ,oset, rest assured that the few in
Gabitants Of Easter Island, 1900 |
miles off the coast of Chile and the
C1stermost inhabited Polynesian |
island, will make no effort to bring
it forth into the light as one travel
ed says OF them that they are not |
curious enough to turn ON the dock |
"a look at the boat that calls there |
about once in eighteen months. Gil |
gantic statutes. stone houses, and |
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
BUSIEST TERM or
COURT IN PROSPECT
Three Alleged Murderers Be-
fore Jury.

Next Tuesday Berkeley County
Circuit Court will convene in one Of
its most NON entous sessions At
this term three causes previously re
sulting in mistrials on two occasions
will come up. DIR. NJ Virginia Nc
Cune-Rossa, Herbert Westenhaver
Ollie Arnett. Should the iurels again
fail 10 acauit or convict the defenf
ants will be automatically released
The more absorbing ones viii be
those OF John Bowler, of Lynchburg,
held for the alleged murder Of Car
field Miller Of IIagerstown, near
Failing Waters, aud Mrs Elsie Muir
ray and her boarder. w. A. H. Bow
man Jointly held for the alleged
murder OF the woman's husband, "
A. Murray, by poisoning Bowler
Mrs Murray and Bowman will be
presented TO the grand Jury Tue
day.
This will be one % the busi.
terms OF court In se8as.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15

eraHdrt as the world seems to be
getting. Robinson Crusoe could find
haven today, and he would not
have to resort to the polar regions
either.
Numerous islands still dot the
seas where a visitor would find no
living soul. and there are others
where the inhabitants are living in
almost primitive simplicity" says a
bulletin from the Washington, ID c.
headquarters OF the National Geo
graphic Society.
Nor is it necessary for you 10
choose a plot OF land belonging to
an other country than the United
s. There is Bakers Island,
miles out from San Francisco,
web IS many other such isolated
dots IN the Pacific. where there will
be no chance OF getting even a faith
full Friday to share your lot. Yes
sells used to haul enano from the is
land, but today the deposits are
practically worked out II you feel
that you must have your wife some
where in the offing Won can send her
on to Rowland Island IS miles to
the westward, an equally deserted
spot, and row over and see her when
You get bored with your freedom
Hunting And Fishing Are Good
flaming Island might interest a
less exclusive individual This ely
stun lies In the midPaeific about
225 miles north OF the pauatOr is Of
atoll formation. and is thicklv Gov
cred with cocoanut trees There is
a fair harbor on the southwest side
out OF which its 200 men and women
ship their copra Pearl oysters are
to be found in the lagoon. poultry
and cattle can be procured the fish
are plentiful and excellent, and duck
snipe, and ourlew may be shot.
"A British cruiser late in 1920
visited spot which has had only
one other caller at her port since
July, 1919 This isolated place is
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15

w E HAVE rarely displayed such wide
w variety of Frocks in these greatly sought
for materials. Every model is in the most adj
vanced style and color-Many of the Betty
but would agree to the wisdom of buying these
Frocks at the decided savings afforded during
this sale.
A display shown in the window at s3975-all
sizes, of course
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15

over atty years ago a young phys
scAan pTsottoed widely In Pennsylya-
MIA and became famous for his uni
form success in tho curing o. disease.
TAts was Dr. r. v. Pierce who after.
wards established himself In Buffalo
N. T.. and placed his Golden Med
feal Discovery" in the drug stores of
che United States. When you feel
rundown, out 'of sorts, blue and de-
spondent try the energising Influence
Of Golden Medical Discovery In tablet
or hqutd form Nearly a million
BOTTLES were sold last year.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15

sculptured rocks, relics OF an ancient
people, are found on the island.
"One rather isolated spot that
owes its fame TO the elder Dumas is
the little island of Montecristo,
which hes 25 miles south of Elba.
The King Of Italy now has a hunting
lodge on the island, which is inter-
esting TO visitors on account of the
ruins of the Camaldulensian monas-
terry"
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
DRIVE AWAY STUFFED-UP COLDS
IND COUGHS IN JFFY, rs CENTS

Tablets. Take per directions and if
they do not clean out that cold and
cough, stir up your whole system in
vigorous fight against disease and
that draggy, headachy, tired,
weary feeling, better than anything
YOU ever took in your life. the drug
gist will give you back just double
what you paid for the tube without
affidavit Or red-tape. This famous
guarantee OF double OF what you paid
if they are not the hest medicine
you ever took, created sensation
when first announced by The Uni
ted Store Co Since then these Bur
tone Tablets which they said were
the best in the world, have become
universally known. Get a 25c tube
OF Burtone Tablets at your druggist
tonight 1t
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
GERRARDSTOWN,

Gerrardstown, April 14.-Mr. and
Mrs, G w. Turner. Mr.. and Mrs. o.
II. Heironimus and daughter, Louise
spent Sunday with Mr.. John Tur-
ner and family OF Tomahawk.
Mr. and Mrs. John West went to
Winchester Sunday to see their
daughter, Mrs. John Order who is
in the hospital.
Mr.. Earl Mccormick. Miss Ethel
Weist, Mrs. Dewey Mccormick, Miss
Esther Hutton spent Saturday aft
ernoon in Martinsburg.
The old stork visited the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Mcbride and
left them a bouncing baby boy. Ell
mer did weigh about 100 lbs, and
now he tips the scales at about 300
lbs
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
FARM on BONDS.

(By interna' Al News Sorvice)
Washington. - IL Secretary
OF the Treasury Mellon announced
today that within few days the
Treasury Department win formally
announce an offering OF farm loan
bonds to the extent OF about san.
100000. bearing five percent inter
est, at par.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15

anee with the ruling of the Depart.
ment OF Justice that foreign liquors
in transient in the United States are
in violation of the Volstead Act, Sec
rotary of the Treasury Mellon said
today, The secretary said, however,
that there would be strict enforce
ment of the law against trans-ship-
ment of foreign liquors through The
United States.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15

Preaching every evening at 7.30
at the Presbyterian church, Rev.
Lacey, OF the South, surely does
preach very interesting sermons.
Ladies Aid will meet Saturday
night at Mrs. Calvin Aikens at s
p. M.
Miss Lerue and Miss Hollis, of
Winchester, spent a few days with
Miss Lena Hollis.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
A Cod Is Just Another Kind
OF Fever. A Fever Means
You Are Congested.
TO GET RELIEF QUICK
TAKE BURTONE TABLETS

A cold and cough tells you your
system is courested A cold Is an.
other name for a fever. While in
this condition your pores and whole
system including throat and lungs
are wide open To- disease Colds and
coughs are dangerous. Stop yours
tonight TO to your druggist and
gel a large 25c lube of Burtone
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15

brooks of Canton Crepe--that new and very
L popular fabric for Spring; Frocks of Geor-
gette finer Tricotines and richest Taffetas, are
to be had in this large assortment, specially I'M
der-priced this week. There's beauty in every
inch of these garments-there's quality plen-
ty as one naturally expects in personally Sc
lected Frocks, for great care and attention to
details were brought to bear in the selection of
these dainty Partisan and domestic creations
embodying the very latest in adornments.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
ECONOMY
SPECIALS

offering dOmestics
and household nec-
essities at excellent
savings.
Unbleached Muslin
&c yd.
Bleached Muslin
15c yd.
Best Unbleached
lac yd.
Linen Crash Toweling
19c yd.
Fine Sheets
$1.39
Hemmed Napkins
97c dOz.
Table Damask
Soc yd.
Dress Ginghams
15c yd.
CratonnnS
at Csc and 39c
Made-up odd Curtains
y Price
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
FOREIGN SHIPS
NOT AFFECTED
(By internatIona, New. serylce1

by International News Servtcs.)
Washington, April 14.-Foreign
ships, with cargoes of liquor bound
for foreign ports, but stopping in
American harbors, will not be AFFECT
ed by regulations being drawn by
the Treasury Department in accord
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
URGES PASSAGE
(Ry international Nav. servIes.)

Washington, April 15.-Secretary
OF War Weeks appeared before the
House Appropriations Committee
yesterday to urge early action OF
the army appropriation bill which
failed OF passage In the last Con
gress.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15
SIMS AGAIN KILL.
(6y international News Service.)

Dublin, April 14,-Sir Arthur Vic
ars, former king-at-arms to the
province of Ulste, was killed today
by Sim Feiners, who also burned
the mansion at Listoweh.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-15

Mrs G. G. Stuckey, of Waynes.
boro, Pa, was a shopper in the city
today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12
SWANSON WANTS
BIG ROAD FUND
(ey Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. IAN appro-
priation of $100,OOO,OOO TO enable the
federal government to assist state road
building projects during the 1922 fis-
cal year was proposed today by Sen
ator Swanson, of Virginia, democrat.
in the form Of an amendment to the
annual postoffice appropriations bill
He gave notice that next week he
would ask vote on a special rule for
its insertion, saying there would be
difficulty in getting a separate enact
ment for the money.
Senator Thomas. democrat Colo
RADIO, questioned the Virginia senate
about the proposal, and Viee-Pres;-
dent Marshall raped for order, there
being SINE confusion in the senate.
"Ah, Mr.. President, / presume no
body cares" Senator Thomas observed
as he sat down. It's only another
hundred million OF dollars to be
spent"