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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
BEHOLD OUR MODEST BLUsHEs

The Dispatch wishes to express its hearty
thanks to the editor Of The Baptist Record for
the following complimentary reference which APP
peared in a recent issue of that splendid religious
publication:
1--WE are sorry that in our effort to give due
credit to a most worthy editor we called the
wrong name The Columbus Dispatch, which has
shown such commendable enterprise, which
Jackson people value highly, is edited by Mr.. Carl
ton M. Brosius Our hat is off to him. If his
years and his subscription list are according to
his worth there will be no end of them"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

The Irish president" De Valera complains that
the Irish in America have fallen down on his cause
and that they have failed to place the vast funds
raised in this country in his hands. Rotten luck,
De Valera You certainly have grievance We
can't think of anything more CALLING than such
disgusting lack of confidence especially when
your eloquence must have been largely responsible
for raising the unraised money Ungrateful job
being an Irish President far from the scene of
suffering and sacrifice, and handsome exchequer
Just beyond ones reach.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
ODD BITS

Smile--it doesn't hurt.
--O--
| You can't keep bad oyster down.
49,
! Some people think that marriage is
bow knot and try to unite it.
80
Some girls do not wish to have
their beauty hidden by long skirts.
Football isn't the only thing that
develops kickers.
Which is the least sarcastic, the
blonde or the brunette?
o.
No matter how cold it gets the
thought Of BerGdoll will warm you
up.
Well, we guess Secretary Charles
E. Hughes told 'em Hughes who.
If you love your neighbor-let him
rest-don't play your victrola all
night.
It's funny how hard it is to make
some one else see that which is SO
plain to you.
If there. is any short cut to wealth
it is by means Of an education.
Business failures are recorded, but
there is no record of professional fail
ures.
You could bring heaven right here,
if you would be just and considerable,
instead Of cold, grasping and essent-
full.
The war eliminated prejudice
against the railroad corporations and
since then the railroads have resorted
to every little trick that would re-
store prejudice.
There are two forces-brute and
Which do you use.
One of the reasons for unhappiness
folks try to get more out of life
than they put into it.
"How little can human being live
on ?" asks a magazine writer. Why
doesn't he ask school teacher?
So
A Kentucky farmer dropped dead
when told the price of a pair Of shoes.
In other words, he was given pair
Of golden slippers free.
Suppose the chorus girl who got
10000 for broken heart had brok-
an leg. r
Ea o.
If things don't come your way you
nay be on the wrong road.
A man has figured that a snail can S
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
MILK FOR FOCH

When it was announced that Marshall Foch,
though privileged guest of the nation, would
drink no wine while in this country, many people
wondered how he would get along without it, AS
a Frenchman, it was supposed that Foch was ac-
customed to the regular use of wine, and sud
den break with digestive habit of a long life
time is sometimes serious. The truth, however
has come to light
Foch gets along with milk, and gets along very
WELL indeed During a stop on his way eastward
recently, flying squadron of police appeared at a
milk depot with the message, eve need 10 quarts
of milk and six quarts of cream for Marshal
Foch." They got it, and Foch, seeing it installed
in his private car, went away happy He drinks
two quarts day. And the custom is not of rec
ent date He has drunk milk for many years
AT home he uses little native wine but his as
sociates say that he prefers milk
Was it milk then that gave this marvellous old
man his clear head and steady nerves and sound
stomach, and thereby played a leading role in
winning the war? Quite possibly Milk, already
popular in America, registers another triumph
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
THE EXPECTED HAPPENS

The other night Meridian police
man interfered when citizen was
indulging his ancient prerogative of
beating his wife. The result was what
might have been expected. Both hus-
band and wife joined heartily in whal-
ing the officer. They stripped him
of his star, his club, his revolver and
part of his uniform and threw him
down two flights of stairs. That is
what an offcious person gets for but
ting IN on Americas favorite indoor
sport. tx
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
THE MEDDLER

Senator Tom Watson seems to have
about as many friends as a tarantula.
He won't belong 80 any camp or keep
company with any group. He just
wants to stir things up. He is like
the youth who fired the Ephesian
dome. He would like to start blaze
just to see how much damage it would
do. He thinks one destructive states
man is necessary to overcome the
work of the constructive ones. Il is
possible that such have their uses.
but it is hard to place them.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

T. l.. E. sends this inquiry to the Dispatch:
Please tell me what the following means and the
author: "Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, auri
sacra fames?" These words are found in Virgil's
Aeneid, and mean "Accursed thirst for gold
What dost thou not compel mortals to do?"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
THINGS WE LIKE

This is nice hog-killing weather,
and, without desiring to appear in
sistent on the subject, we again
humbly remind our rural readers that
town folks certainly do love backbone,
spareribs and old fashioned country
pork sausage.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

A New York Judge has ruled that husband
is compelled to give his wife three-fourths of his
pay Oh, just and upright judge Heretofore
the impression has prevailed that the husband
was compelled to give his wife all of his pay.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

PA, said Main Street boy yesterday when
people have been married fifty years why do they
call it a golden wedding?" Because" responded
the father, "it means that the man has kept sill
ent for fifty years, and silence is golden"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
NEWSPAPER SUCCESS

To BELIEVE something and SAY what you
believe, to see things clearly and describe them
simply, to know what the people think and write
about their thinking, TO remember that your con-
slant loyalty belongs 10 the poorest man that
reads your newspaper-that is all there is to
newspaper succeSs.-Arthur Brisbane
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

Charles Dawes has said that his budget system
will save the United States government something
over $300,000000 year. A years subscription
to the Columbus Dispatch will be given as prize
to the one offering the most practical method by
which a newspaper can save that amount of
.TnD1Ipv- reT' vpar s4-@1
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

Geraldine Farrar once gave some advice about
how to keep husband, but we should judge by
the stories in the papers that she did not read her
own recipe.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

1t has been our idea for some time that khan
organized to compel creditors to keep their dis
lance would be a success, numerically speaking,
in this country.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

The ladies seem to be divided on the limitation
of arms question A number think that two on
each man are none too many.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

make a mile in fourteen days. Cong
ress is out of the race.
o
memory test: With what Well
known bird is the cranberry associate
ed? &
o.
Why is it fad to criticize women ?
Half our parents are women. y
O. N
Uneasy lies the head that wants to-
wear a crown.
o y
1t must be awful to be too poor to
need an operation.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
Il CANNED PEACH

A young lady recently discharged
from a store for having had her hair
bodied was referred to by her brother
as a canned peach"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
MILLIONS OF FEET

Make no perceptable impression or
real battleship linoleum, the kind
sold special by Simon Loeb & Bro. n
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04

A man has figured that a snail can.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
Women s Leather
Pocketbooks
Special, $1.85

A limited number Wom-
ems Leather Pocketbooks,
finished with white metal
clasps and durably lined;
mirror; straps with double
stitching.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

population in southern Albania are a
little disappointing as cities. this is
not true Of the country or Of the
picturesque villages which gather
i1ke gray splashes upon the grayer
hills, where they appear to have
nestled since the beginning of time.
Rough stone huts they are for the
most part. with fiat stone roofs. For
purposes Of defense. they are usually
situated halfway up the lower hills,
ana the houses and outbuildings are
walls.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

tivAted. chiefly by the women. but
present a desolate. deserted appear
ance. except in the daylight working
hours. Not a farmhouse or a stable
Is to be seen amid all the fertile
acres. The crops cannot be stolen
no bandit would think Of destroying
them. and SO they are left unguard-
ed"
Evening star., 1921-09-30

both Of New York. were elected
senior and Junior vice presidents.
respectively.
The legion voted to admit holders
of distinguished service crosses to
membership, previously restricted to
those awarded congressional medals
of honor A proposition to make
lineal descendants of medal OF honor
men eligible to first-class member
shin was disapproved. They are
now admitted as second-class mem
berS.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
WIFE OF AMERICAN FREED.

TIFTIS, Transcaucasia, September
27.-Liana Edwards. the Russian wife
Of James Edwards Of Youngstown,
Ohio. was released by the Russian
soviet government on September
after five weeks of starvation and
Imprisonment. She now is lodged in
the American consulate here. and is
being cared for by the Near East
Relief.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

WOMEN'S SUEDE FINISHED
GAUNTLET GLOVES, with sewn
gusset at wrist; flap and clasp; strong
sewn fingers. Practical <cr all wear.
Color:s are brown, beaver, mode,
champagne and white. Sizes 5H to
8H.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

The letter box was invented by
Anthony Trollope, the novelist. who
was a surveyor Of the post office in
England from 1841 to his retirement
from the service in 1867.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
Exceptional Values in
Girls Gingham
Dresses, $l.25

GIRLS SPLENDID QUALITY GING-
HAM DRESSES, in small checks and
p1aids which all the young folks like. Va
rious styles from which to choose-all
nicely made. Some in vestee effect. All
have collars and cuffs of solid color mate
rials wide sash ties in bow at back. Sizes
to IA years.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
VALoR MEN ELEcF:.
Patrick J. Kyle will Again Head
Army and Navy Legion.

BOSTON. September 30.-Pafrick ].
Kyle of this city was reelected
president of the Army and Navy
Legion of valor at the annual con-
Yention here. Lieut.. Col. Charles w.
Whittlesey and Capt. John McCIoy,
Evening star., 1921-09-30

Boil rice in plenty of water until
the grains swell open.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
New Tailored Sailors
Special, $500

A new shipment of Hatter's Plush Sail
ors of very fine quality. Several attrac-
tive styles from which to choose The atten-
ton of every woman who wears tailored
hats is directed to this sale and the unusual
value that is offered.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
800 New Velvet Hats,
Specially Priced, $500
Attractive Values In
Muslin Underwear
At the low price of Csc

WOMENS NIGHTGOWNS in
aundered
sies.
MUSLIN OR BATISTE
shoulder styles, with designs of lace
WOMENS
or erswthru knee
Evening star., 1921-09-30
New Crepe de Chine
Blouses, Special, $3.95

The sort of blouse for which one
can always find use and welcome
place.
Slip-over styles that are gracefully
becoming; tie-backs and tailored mod
els. Navy, black, mohawk, flesh and
white, or black-and-white and navy
and-white combinations.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
Silk Jersey
Pett1cOats
Specially Underpriced
$2.95

These Petticoats were bought at con-
cession, so that we are able to offer them
to you at this very low price. Made of
extra heavy quality Milanese jersey, in
good colors. Straightline styles with
hemstitched finish or the pleated founce
effect. Taupe, gray, green, blue and
brown, all good shades.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

The valleys are rich and well cul.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
Women S Full-Fashioned
Silk Hose
Specially Priced. $1.95 Pair

WOMEN'S FW.L-FASH1ONED
HEAVY QUALITY SILK HOSE
M;t@fsle tops and deep garter hem;
reinforced heels and Isle toes and
soles. Colors are slate, mouse. alum
inum. biege, champagne. cordovan,
African brown. black and white.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
THE DRAMA
Nemesis, New Play by Augustus Thomas.
 What Is the Best Play of the Season?
Fly ANNE GOLDEN wILKERsoN

''Home-made calicoes are well enough. But homemade dramas must be
 stupid stuff.
 Had it the London stamp 'twould do-- but then
 For plays we lack the manners and
 the men,"
 These lines were written over 60 years ago by a man named Epres Sar- gent. In way they express the old time attitude toward American plays. There has been. however, .an awak- ening, and strange 'tis. tis true" much of our enlightenment as to our drama tic standing and efficiency has come from outsiders! William Archer. noted English critic. also Vicente Blansco Ibenez Spanish novelist and dramatist both of whom have visited this coun try during the past year, are optimistic yea, verify, enthusiastic, over what Mir Archer terms the phenomenal progress" of American drama.
 Perhaps the war gave us d prestige and dignity that would have taken us many years to attain. At any rate, it is possible to speak now of an Anglo American drama, term that 25 or 35 years ago would have had little mean ing. Surely. our pride that such is the case is entirely pardonable.
 'Nemesis" is the name of the new American play by that dean" of American dramatists, Augustus Thom- as. which was given a New York showing on April 4.
 Announcement of new play from the pen of MT. Thomas is interesting, but when George M Cohen functions as the producer interest is indeed in- tensifed. The cast of the play in cludes such well known players as Emmet Corrigan, Olive Tell. Pedro de Cordoba and others.
 Nemesis you recall, was the goddess of vengeance and retribution, and there is an ancient doctrine that Nemesis keeps watch in the universe and lets no offense go unchastened. In Nemesis" Mir Thomas has chal- Ienged the Fates as they work their retrl- button through the modern criminal sys- tenn by the use of finger-prints, which he proceeds to prove are not a thorough going method of absolute conviction This theory he has developed in a highly sen- sational manner.
 It is described. however, as a 'sedate, mannerly melodrama, a fairly interest ing story worked out by skilled play
 
 the Times dramatic editor continuing, says: Nemesis is brimful of artful devices, bound to captivate the embryo playwright. who prays every night that he may be exactly like Augustus Thomas when he grows up.
 In fact, this new American play seems to have struck the vein of public favor.
 
 As the season draws to a close many of us find ourselves asking the ques- tion: What is the best play of the year?" The question is being answered by the dramatists almost before the pub- lie finishes asking it.
 According to Walter Pritchard Eaton in an article in the April Vanity Fair Magazine, entitled What Is the Best Play of the Season." he accordingly awards the Dramatic golden crown" to MT. Frank Craven and his charming play of domestic life, called The First Year. As Mir. Eaton describes, "it is simple,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
SONG COMPOSERS
 TOP LYRIC BILL Wide Variety of Keith vaude- vile Is First of Week
 Offering

Vaudeville of a wide range of variety is on the programme for the first half of the week at the Lyric Begnnin, with Fletfa Brown and Herbert Spen- cer. who are called "vaudeville's Best Singers" and going on down to Miss Happy Brown. in her comedy animal cir. GUS, the bill is described as one that is we'll balanced and above the average.
 In Mss Brown and MT Spencer, the audiences will meet two we'll known song composers. Miss Brown is prima donna Of such excellence that she has sung the principal role in musical successes. Mir. Spencer has been introduced from the covers of thousands of copies of ,popula.. sorgs, few of which are There's Egypt in Your Dreamy Eyes" Last Night You Told Me That You Loved Me" Mid night in Japan,'' and Underneath the Stars"
 Chung Hwa Four, styled "China's Only Quartet in Harmonly." is the second number on the programme China is one of the poorest producers of theatrical material in the world. The United States and Australia are the greatest circus creating countries and Europe leads in the production of vaudeville novelties. Hence. the announcement that the only Chinese quartet in the world is coming to Birmingham might be termed un- usual
 and Irene Douglas, assisted by Louis Thiel in Morning Glory" little sketch by Grace Lowell Bryan. This act sees two stars that have found new firm anients, for both Mir. Travers and Miss Douglas are stock actors of prominence
 La Ear and Dale or just Sam and Josh. will present An Ethiopian Melange
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17

Peter the Great had passion fol riding about in a wheelbarrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
WORLDS GREATEST OPERAT|C STARS 10 APPEAR NEXT WEEK
Grand Opera Week at Atlanta Opens Next Monday-Seats Now on Sale With Brisk
 Demand

Atlanta, April 16.-Only one week more and Atlanta will be the mecca for music lovers all over the south attendant upon the eleventh season of Metropolitan Grand opera, which opens at the auditorium Monday night, April 25, with programme of opera as rich in wonderful melodies and harmonies as could well be crowded into one short week of mus ical feasting.
 Likewise, a happier or more perfectly balanced selection of singers could scarcely have been made. This is so true. apparently, that it is we'll nigh impossible to pick any one opera or any one singer as favorite above the others Even the sale of single performances.
 always something of a citerion as to the popularity of the operas, does not give an. inkling in this direction.
 So far, the sale for single seats has
 been successful beyond hope or ex-
 pectations, and gives proof that the
 programme will be we'll balanced one, both musically and in attendance. Orders from out-of-town patrons are
 still arriving and are being handled
 with the best possible attention as to
 location of seats. Reports from the
 box office state there are still gooa seats to be had for all operas but they are growing scarcer as opera week
 approaches. The out of town attend
 ance, it is believed, will exceed that
 of any previous season and will cover very much larger area. Several large parties are coming from New Orleans Birmingham NaShville Greenville, Asheville and other cities outside the state.
 Among the singers who will perhaps
 share honors equally are Antonio Scotti, Lucrezia Bongi, Rosa Ponsel1e, Giuseppe de Luce. Jose MardoneS, Florence Easton, Orville Harold, all old favorites returning, and among
 those new to Atlanta, Beniamino Cigli. Charles Hackett. Cora Chase, Mario Chamlee, Julia Claussen, Giulio Crimi and Giuseppe Danise
 Florence Easton who sings Wednes~ day night in 'Mefistcfele," and Satur-
 day nght in. "Tosca," and who is a
 favorite in the south has. perhaps, the
 largest repertoire of any leading so- prano singing on the operatic stage today. She has sung during the past 12 years French German, Italian and
 English operas numbering some 30 or | more different roles. She possesses a voice of rare beauty and richness ana will, undoubtedly be given an enthu- siastic reception upon her appearance. here again,
 c. B. Bidwell, treasurer will attenc to the wants of out-of town patrons Requests addressed to him, accom- panied by check, will receive the very best of attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
COMEDY Ai;a MUSIC
 FEATURE LOEW'S BELL
Two Sports From Michigan Top Fine Vaudeville Bill.
 Big Picture Feature

A perfect epidemic of smiles and chuckles is threatened at Loew's Bijou theatre for the weeks opening bill, because of the amount of enjoy able comedy that is scattered through the entire programme. There is also deal of dancing. sirying and instru mental music
 Chuck Callahan and Bobby Bliss in their traversity characterization, Two Sports From Michigan" are to head line the bill. Both men are said to be comedians of exceptional ability. while their act is much enhanced by a series of songs and dances.
 Jim and Irene Marlyn, musical come dy stars, have n combined singing, dancing. piano and violin offering, to- gether with some changes in costum- ing that almost smacks of the Tight ming Change artist" class. The versa tility of their offering together with their many charges seems to warren. the title of the act, which is The Kaleidascopic Revue.
 Mcconnell and Austin have a cycling act that is far out of the ordii.ary. and call their offering The Pinnacle of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17

Some time ago George Broadhurst saw the dramatic possibilities in Mir. Cohen's famous darky yarns which were appear ing in the Saturday Evening Post lie called MT. Cohen into his office and then and there commissioned him to produce darkey comedy in which the most fla nous of his characters should appear. Broadhurst presented at the Broadhurst theatre with Miss Gail Kain and a great supporting Broadway cast From the first performance it was evident that Come Seven" was destined to be a suc- cess.
 There are still a few people who be- lieve that Come Seven is story ot the well-known crap shooting art. Quite to the contrary, this splendid comedy by Octavus Roy Cohen, originally produced at the Broadhurst theatre i'll New York is play in which all the characteristics of the negro of today are 'skillfully portrayed by man who knows and understands them. Come Seven was one of the big comedy hits on Broad way, and is a comedy that has rocked hundreds in their chairs with laughter.
 The story revolves about a 'sparkler' that is stolen, and a fake diamond that takes it's place. The efforts of the right ful owners to acquire the lost jewel, the ludlcrous situations that are created be- cause of the fact that everyone is trying to make some money out of the affair, and the manner in which they all reflect back aga,nst the love story of the play, cause one continuous cascade of merr.' ment.
 Into Come Seven has been placed all of those characters whom you have chuckled over in the stories, The quaint ness, trials, tribulations and joys-ano now and again the desire 'fo IT crap become all the more delightful in the stage visualization of these people. And
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
sA1 PARK moc1Ayus Roy cOHsns cor,e ssvEnl "KJssrc

Picturesque Pedalry." Harry Sykes, in African Opera" is a blackface come dian who can sing as well as tell stories in a way that is all his own. His act is said to be pleasing, clever and unique.
 The three Keena sisters, Frances. Loretta and Florence, style themselves The Singing and Dancing Triplets." They are said to have an extensive repertoire of songs as well as some splendid piano selections and clever dances.
 Jewel Carmon will be seen in the film feature, "The Silver Lining" a story which deals with widely diver gent careers of two girls, one brought up as a crook and one as society belle, and is said to offer many op- Iortunities tor really worth while acting.
 Peter the Great had a passion for IT inc sah tr, hon ltao~