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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18
Pointed Paragraphs.

The good either die young or out
grow it.
A woman begins to snow her age
only when she tries to hide it.
After all, Herman, there are more
prizes than blanks In the matrimo-
NAL lottery.
A mans height in the social work
is estimated by the length of his
purse.
Truth is stranger than fiction"
but it isn't nearly so convincing.
1t is better to be. beaten in trying
to do right than it is to succeed in
doing wrong.
Some men seem to think it is bet
ter to have loved and married than
never to have loved at all.
If a man realizes how careless he is
about paying back what he borrows
he seldom lends anything.
Many a woman enjoys riding in
street car because the conductor may
possibly forget to collect her fare.
Did you ever think what lot of
good you might have done in the
world if you hadn't made up your
mind to begi-- tomorrow.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18
Secretary Hughes Clarion Example.

Undoubtedly America has never
produced a greater statesman nor one
with deeper and more unassailable
integrity and conviction than Secre-
tary Hughes. There can be no reser-
walton about this proposition, but so
much cannot be said of other leaders
of the Republican party. The reluc-
lance of the Administration and its
sudden and unexpected conversion to
the policy of disarmament means
nothing more nor less than an act of
political diplomacy.
In it's very nature it is a revulsion
of feeling which reconciles the en-
emies Of the League of Nations with
radical Limitation, or practical dis
armament. There can be no other
conclusion. One means international
alliance for the preservation of peace,
the other the same thing, with speci-
fications which cannot be separated
from disarmament. If the hated
Article Ten i5 to guarantee the ter
ritorial integrity of the weaker ma
lions, the provisions for disarmament
must of necessity lead to the same
end.
The Republican party, with SEN
ator Lodge as spokesman, has made
a political football of the greatest is
sue the world has ever been called
upon to decide.
Ex-Secretary Carter Glass holds
the Christian churches of America
responsible for their utter faithless-
ness in default of one the greatest
Christian principles ever conceived
in the minds of men, when the
League of Nations was allowed to go
unsupported by the united Christian
organizations.
But while this is true, with the
assurance that the committees of
the powers on limitation do not fail
us in the avowals publicly declared,
there will be general rejoicing all
over the world. Especially will the
starving thousands in Europe see the
hand of God in this great movement
extended in mercy.
Peace and disarmament plans are
inspired from higher sources The
world, in all peradventure, has never
moved before for the peace of man
kind. 1t has been left with Almighty
God to proclaim ION earth peace,
good will toward men,"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18
Memory of Mamie Thomas.

Just at the break of day on Friday
morning, November 4, 1921, the
death angel visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Page, near Sam
burg, on Reelfoot Lake, and claimed
the spirit of little Mamie Thomas,
daughter of Mr.. Fred Thomas.
She was sweet little girl of about
eleven years of age and had many
friends and loved ones who will miss
her. Although she was not rela-
tive of Mr.. and Mrs. Page, she and
her little sister had made their home
with them since their mother death
some years ago. They were taught
to consider them as their grand
parents" and no one could have told
that they were not relatives.
All that could be done by loving
hands and willing hearts was done
for Mamie; but after an illness of
two weeks, God took her from her
suffering for it was more than she
could bear.
She was laid to rest in the Elson
Cemetery Saturday, November g.
Funeral services were conducted by
Bro. Willis, pastor of the Baptist
Church.
She leaves a father, sister and
many other relatives and friends to
mourn her death.
/ shall miss her for she was pupil
of mine for about five months, and
during that time / learned to love
her very much. We should not grieve
for her for she has gone where sor-
rows will never suffer any more. To
her loved ones / would say, do not
grieve for Mamie, she is happy now
and is only waiting for you to meet
her some day."
The Golden Gates were opened wide,
A gentle voice said come"
And angels from the other side
Welcomed our loved one home.
BY her teacher, Ruth Woody,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18
City Schools.

Armistice Day was appropriately
celebrated in all the city schools,
each school rendering it's own pro-
gram. In the Junior and Senior
was given:
Song, America.
Scripture reading and prayer.
Song, Battle Hymn of Republic. ="
why We Celebrate"-H. P.
Thomas.
Disarmament Conference.-The.
Baker.
Song, Star Spangled Banner"
At 10:40 am. the schools were
marched in a body to the corner of
First and Main streets, where they
Joined the American Legion parade.
From here they marened to the
Opera House where they attended
the addresses
The football team went to Trim
BILE Friday afternoon, where they
played and defeated the Tr1mDle
team by score of II to 7. They
will play the return game in Union
City on Thanksgiving.
Mr.. Ranck and Mr.. Thomas at
tended the football game in Trimble
Friday. They could have reported
a more pleasant trip had the weather
been more moderate.
The girls basket ball team will
probably play at Hornbeak on Thurs
day and Obion on Friday, depending
on weather as they have outdoor
courts.
There will be joint program of
the two literary societies next week,
appropriate for Thanksgiving.
The Junior hall observed Better
Speech" last week.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18
Onion Sets.

Many people do not know that fall
(now) is the best time in the year to
plant onion sets. Why? Because
you have more leisure time and the
ground works better than at any
other time 1t does not hurt the onion
sets if they freeze. They will grow
each little warm spell during the
winter and when spring comes you
will have them large enough to eat
and sell before the balance of the
garden is dry enough to work. Try
it and be convinced.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18
Better Sundays.

Say, boys and girls, what do you
think of an hour of music and short
talks every Sunday afternoon during
the winter? One of the local the
aires has been offered for this. pur-
pose Watch out for the call for a
meeting of this kind and then come.
BETTER UNION CITY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18

"A cracker Jack home for sale,
direct from owner, save agent COM
mission, cash or easy terms. If in
terested leave name and address at
this office and owner will see you
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18
Democratic Ticket.
City Municipal Ticket.

FOR MAYOR.
T. r. Meadow.
FOR ALDERMEN.
j. w. Kerr.
John Adams.
c. l., Andrews.
C. T. Lovelace.
G. B. White.
E. H. Marshall.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18

and show you the place in person.
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18

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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-11-18

ed at the post Office. Union City. Tennes-
mail matter.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

terest to dramatists, critics and the
general public. The organization, which
is a super-stock company. will open its
season at the National Theater, Forty
first Street, west of Broadway. Speak
ing for the organization, Mr.. Nash
said:
"Our company is the first associa-
tion formed for such purpose by
actors only, and our principal aim will
be to produce plays of such a char
acter as to invite the attendance of
women and children. There will be no
production of immoral or suggestive
plays.
Further, we expect to win our quota
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
StageCossiip

wv HEN Al Woods recently an
wv nounced that he would pro-
duce Lawful Larceny" by
Samuel Shipman, those who have been
following this authors work blinked
and sent out hurried feelers for
further information. Had the typist
forgotten to supply the name of Ships
mans collaboration or had he been for
saken by his host Of coworkers? AS
sembled, they would fill the orchestra
Of the Eltinge Theater. Yes, Sammie
has written whole play all by himself
and it will be seen for the first time
out Of town on December "a. Sammie
has the gambling spirit. He admits
it. So when q challenge was hurled at
him, challenge to write play alone,
he accepted and snatched few mo-
ments from watching his numerous
theatrical irons to write Lawful
Larceny" another of the paradoxically
titled plays with which his name has
become associated.
Sam HofYenstein, who pointed out that
Shipman finishes a play at midnight
and starts new one at 1 a. m, says
that Shipman feels that he cannot
write play unless the idea centers
around paradoxical title. Shipman,
who was listening, assented.
"Hoffie is right. / am addicted to
paradoxical titles and to seeking out
lets for my royalties. East Is West
Friendly Enemies First Is Last
Lawful Larceny and Right Is Wrong
which I am working on now, are some
of the titles I have used.
Shipman is dramatizing Cervantes's
"Don Quixote.' In this case he intends
to accept Cervantes's title and for once
forego the opportunity of waxing
paradoxical. Eugene Walter was listen
ing to Sammie's recital of titles.
81 wonder" he asked, winking, "if it
would be considered paradoxical if I
wrote a play and called it 'Shipmap
Is Shakespeare.'
Would it?
|. Edmund Lowe, Wilton Lackaye,
George Nash and Charles Mestayer,
founders of the National Players, Inc,
new repertoire group, have just issued
declaration of policy which is Of in
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

Of friends among theatergoers, and they
viii look forward TO our new efforts.
Hence we do not intend to follow the
policy of other repertoire companies
and continue the run of a production
that might prove quite successful. No
matter what the plays may do fnan-
cially, none will be continued longer
than four weeks.
"We feel that such an organization,
with such policies, will be welcomed
by the public, and we are approaching
the work with enthusiasm and con-
fidence."
Several plays are under considera-
ton. The announcement of the selec-
ton, together with the cast, will be
made within few days. All of Angus
tus Thomas's plays have been placed
at the disposal of the organization.
Arthur Hopkins will replace Dad
dy's Gone A-Hunting" at the Plymouth
with Ben-Ami in Peretz Hirshbein'
The Idle Inn" on Tuesday evening
December 90. Ben-Ami, whose English
is improving daily, will be seen in a
role far different from that Of the poet
author in Samson and Delilah," which
he portrayed last season in his first
<CanttNUe6 a HAYt OQRe1
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

the leading spirits OF 1.-THE Co-opti-
mists," one of London's most success-
full shows of a lighter kind. In this
production Dorothy Maynard, q young
debut.
"Bibi of the Boulevards"
To Be Produced Here
Miss Maynard is scheduled to re-
main with this piece for period Of
six weeks only, after which she is
returning to New York to begin re-
hearsals for a new musical play, Bib
of the Boulevards," by Catherine CHS
holm Cushing and Rudolph Friml, to
be produced early in the new year.
wherein she takes the title role.
She was unfortunate IN her first
London appearance, for, not due TO any
fault of hers, the show was very badly
received on its first night, not only by
rhe critics, but equally by the audi
ence. The management in this case
was quick to take the hint, and on the
second night the production had been
pulled together and was very greatly
improved. 1t IS to be further over
hauled by Alfred de Courville, in CON
sideration of the fact that four of the
people concerned were associated with
! him in former productions, and he is
putting in certain numbers prepared
for the new version of "Pins and
Needless" which, withdrawn from the
Gaiety, is ready for production at
Washington. There is no question
that, with proper handling, Fantasia"
contains the makings Of a successful
show.
There is, indeed, something to be
said for the revival of the discarded
habit of booing by bored gallery.
Certainly the critical spirit is one TO
be encouraged. Due to the feverish
war years, when anything and every
thing was accepted, there has been q
certain carelessness IN recent years in
theatrical production in London. 1t
was this carelessness which caused the
crashing slump Of year ago. There
Is a tendency now to stress the spec
tacular side. The new beauty of the
stage really is beautiful, but there is
an irresistible demand that the appeal
TO the eye be tempered by wit and
humor. Managers cannot afford to
rely solely on beauty OF design. color
or chorus girls, but must mix their
productions with brains. When they
do, the gallery booers-to whom. and
not to the critics, really belongs the
last word-don'r have it.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
AT the Hippodrome

Charles Dillingham; is making hol;-
day preparations at the big playhouse.
and new scene, "The Workshop of
Santa Claus" will bring together on
the stage for the first time this sea-
son the 100 members of the Fokine
ballet corps and the 1oS members Of
the ice ballet, together with a group of
sixty coryphees, which, with the princi-
pal, will bring almost 800 persons on
the stage at one time. =
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
The Theaters
By Percy Hammond

AFR BURNS MANTLE of "The Evening Mall complies each year
opedia of the pages
history of
New upon
value Mr. Mante own cool and impartial ee
ion of list entertainments which he deems the best
Repositories of the usually dull
and intimate fashion experienced
GERS sophisticated The
lies estimation considered pragmacay
and asheics follows then"ary
which l thought terrible.
"Deburau,' MARY Rosen
"The First Year" People"
Enter Madame "The Bad Man"
The Green Goddess" Emperor Jones"
"LIiom," Skin Game"
Inc Journalistic practice of choosing from the
mo the drama items which the opinion the
SETS pleasant and might with profit
' zen electricians be interesting know
M counterfe twilight evening
IN showing places and what ten box office officials
the ccoade for vity the yearning give
" fourth row, center, aisle and exit?
Who the least odous of the
grs had the best scholastic their ten
s and reviewers who know about drama life ought
amusing catalogue perhaps the ten actors who best can
i that stable won't you my
~ confess npersonate the
% drama the buffers slaves maids cbaueu bartenders
VIII be all right, then aist players who
g upon the heroes heroine harequins villains
thea impressed me s being entitled to enconn9 Is o. A
APPENDED: ~ 49, ~ '
NJ Garry Lnlford, butler n "Ducy.~
A Marion Kerby the maid in "The Way"
Phillip Tongue secretary "Buebeards Eighth Wife"
@ Claire Weldon Matte Intimate Stranger
VT VT John Troughton butler in "The Broxopp"
Ns Varying Shore" -NN' '-A'0 ~
.ne bartender in "Anna Christie"
ss Lillian Breunard in "The Bill Of Dvorcemen$"
~" Siartna Bryan Allen in "The Wife With Smile"
@s Jean Wardey in "Daddy's Gone A-Huntng"
New York confronting
mat II all about The Steel the railway
plead for sympathetic nervenons Broadway
@ VI entertainment suffer,
and shows have this large
nsu OF them whiom if
nave displayed bravey their the marketpace
en mas been doing Comedies that
pnant and mintlke this oherwse-and simply
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

because the popuace impoverished without funds with which buy
The condition
heater The
embematc of the prevailing When if the population
will be WE'LL
worthy things the nvountarly produce will be
Mean time they display their such
"The Return "The
Way Bought and Paid "The Jimmy
Valentine They producers
about their business Improbable asking unlike
other dignifed interests, subsidies endowmen
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

Clare Runners latest play, "The
Mountain Man." which will succeed
"The Silver Fox" at Maxine Elliott S
Theater tomorrow evening, is an at
tractive story of rich young man
reared in the mountains among crude
neighbors and boorish manners. He
is taken in captivity by a young thing
of Paris and a primrose past. 1t is OF
their quaint courtship, marriage and
rupture over an unexplained Partisan
romance thai Miss Hummer tells her
tale. Sidney Blackmer, remembered
chiefly for his performance with Eva
LIE Galliennc in "Not So Long Ago,
heads the cast. AS Aaron Winterfeld
the mountain man, he will sing two
songs, Through All the World" and
"Cut Down the Tree" words and mu-
sic being Miss Runners, who began
ter career as song writer.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
OnLOndOn Boards
From Tho Tribnss's Europecn Bursou

LONDON, November
UGH of the limeght in London the
but the saltho them which
by the dramatic critics
Shaws Heartreak House, which the critics
After
Hereupon H. W. Massngha editor Nation
dramatic critic The Daily
for all the critics
II wish ask he whether disposed prom
London editors
beginning with the ustriou doyen The Tes prolonged
the of which they
Relatively the Bottomey living the simple life
we'll call for because
For only have gentlemen depec
sponse for Mr. Fagn disastrous approaching
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
New Theatrical Offerings


I'd DuHy
Poppen
Elliott L.
Clare RUNNERS play THE Mountain Man. The Sidney
Blackmer Catherine Dale
Lucia Moore Marion Abbott George Fawcett Eddinge
Fred Kerr Chester Norris Leonard
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

Warbling Shakespeare with his
wood notes wild is succeeded at the
Century Theater tomorrow by still
more dulcet season Of "The Chocolate
! Soldier" which the Shuberts have un-
tombed from the late uneasy rest of
old plays. Donald Brian, still nimble
voiced and legged, and Tessa Kosta,
one Of the happy memories of Las
sie," will be seen in the leading roles.
To these and a supporting company of
prominent lyric artists, such as Vir-
ginia O'Brien, John Dunsmure, Mildred
! Rogers and others Of like excellence, is
committed the voice of the Oscar
Straus operetta, while to Conductor
Max Bendix and an orchestra of sixty,
falls the Interpretation of the score.
Charles Sinclair has staged the pro-
duction with the same spirit and dis
tnction that featured his original pre-
sentation Of the work at the Lyric
Theater in 1909.
From which it may be gathered that
"The Chocolate Soldier" Will be a
spectacular production, and, If the
press agent-as all press agents do
tells the truth, will surpass in lavish
ness and splendor the presentations Of
'Florodora' and The Last Waltz"
"The Chocolate Soldier" is based
upon Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the
Man." the English version being made
by Stanislaus STANCE. 1t ran for more
than year at the Lyric, Herald
Square and Casino theaters. For
three years there were three COM
panies presenting it on tour. In that
period it enjoyed one of the greatest
successes of the American stage.
And later it had similar prosperity
in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna
and other European cities. Indeed, it's
thrift has been continuous for the last
twelve years. No longer ago than June,
1920, it was successfully revived in
Madrid.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

. Edmund Lowe, Wilton Lackaye,
George Nash and Charles Mestayer,
founders of the National Players, Inc,
new repertoire group, have just issued
. declaration of policy which is Of in
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

Il Leon Errol (of the righs), a promising young
waiter in Sally srere to spill garlic broth on
only dress shirt it scouid simply mean the
beginning of beautiful friendship
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
New Plays
BY Beauvais Fox

TIME extinguisher is clapped upon
three theaters along the varying
shore of Broadway this week end.
Everyday" is withdrawn from the
Bijou, without an inheritor. The
Lyric, which changes its picture gear
for a revival Of "The Squaw Man."
stands darkling until the new tenant
is ready. Natures Nobleman" moves
to the Forty-eighth Street Theater,
leaving the Apollo MUSCLES until
Christmas week, when .Grifith's picture,
Two Orphans" will be seen there.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Ervine Finds Use
For "Chu Chin Chow

Ervine repeated his impression that,
the play, "it remains the most stimu-
lating piece of work that has been seen
upon our stage for considerable pc
riod," and he added: "If it dies un-
timely, then our generation deserves
no better than to be compelled to
spend enternity in hell watching end
less performances Of 'Chu Chin Chow
The discussion raises a point quite
outside the merits of "Heartbreak
House." 1t is very disputable if the
adverse comments Of the critics were
in the case of this or any other play
the cause of the public's lack Of sup
mean full houses and bad notices
empty ones? A very able theatrical
manager argues that from the point
of view Of selling tickets, the best re-
ception is the mixed reception. The
public come in that case out Of curl
osity to see what they think for them
selves.
And the public taste is not, in fact
so uncultivated as the sneers of St
John Ervine suggest. There is a steady
( public for the better class of play, and
it is discriminating public which is
not ready to be bored even by Bernard
, Shaw. Ard the certainly much larger
public which prefers the spectacular
| production such as "Chu Chin Chow
is not prepared to take any old pro
duction of the kind which is thrown
ct it's head. An example of this came
with the production last week of Fan
tasia,' a revue promoted by one o.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11


The stir about the play and its re-
ception led in the end to what must
surely be an unprecedented event in
London dramatic annals-namely, a
special performance at which the
critics were given an opportunity of
modifying their judgments. 1t is
scarcely necessary to say that most of
them didn't Even one of those who
treated it kindly in his original notice,
st. John Ervine, wasn't very cordial
in his attitude to the second try-out.
81 take it rather badly" he wrote in
his second notice, "that I, in company
with my brothers in criticism, should
have my ears publicly clouted for call
ing attention to defects in the pro-
duction when those defects were
promptly removed and the pace of the
play quickened. 1 am not sure that we
are not entitled to be thanked for what
we did"
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-08
SAYS GROUNDHCG ,
WRONG THIS YEAR
Dutch Weather Prophet Takes lssus
With Animal

The State, 5.
The grounding did not see ms
shadow when he came from his hole
Yesterday according to the Dutch
Weather Prophet, who thinks this IS
one time the groundhog has been
crossed up. He belle ss, however, that
generally the little animal is right.
February is to some extent as
important an epochal period as the
four regular quarterly periods in the
calendar-the annual equinox March
2ol, summer solstice (June 2D, au-
tunnel equinox (September 25), Or
the winter solstice December 22), .
he said night. Gwen casual
observation of the lengthening days
will show that the sun has begun tc
send its rays in increasing directness
and find an entrance between walls
and into windows where they have
been absent since October. So Can
dlemas day (known as grounding
dav) may be said to be the midwlnte,
period. No doubt this period is aifect-
ed by. the changes as to temperature
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-08

with severe frost, during the closing
periods of the winter and carly
spring the forecast was also verified.
However, l am not prepared to pre-
dict an abundant fruit crop, especial
ly peaches, for 1921. The indications
are that the similar conditions as to
temperature and frost will prevail in
1921, bat the relation OF the elements
which neutralize the effect of tenn
perature and frost will be so differ
ent as to cause serious damage to
fruit.
"Similar also to 1920 will be tenn
perature and precipitation during the
summer Of 1921. Overhows in the
rivers are indicated and bottom lands
will be affected thereby.