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The Winslow mail., 1921-04-01
HAPPENINGS. AMONG
THE CITY PEOPLE

Don's forget the Junior PLAY at
the Auditorium Friday night.
R. L. Keith was a visitor to Flag
STAFF and kingman this week.
Today is All Fools Day. We were
reminded of the fact when we comb
ed our hair this morning.
"Bill' O'Hara was visitor IN
kingman this week where he is in
terested in some mining properties
Monday and Tuesday Mrs. E. w.
Fish entertained at Auction Bridge
over forty guests were present and
afterwards luncheon was served.
|, Where are you going. tonight?
Why, to the Junior Glass Play at
the Auditorium, of course.
During the past several days the
city has been laying the pipe which
extends the sewer service in that
section of the city adjacent to Cher
ry street.
The passing of Cardinal Gibbons
and John Burroughs is naked in
this weeks historical events. The
world is the loser.
Prof. Masters, the worlds great
est, clairvoyant,. who has been stop
ping at the Palace hotel for several
weeks, left. last Saturday. He ex-
poets to return to Winslow later in
the. year.
1t has been formally announced
by the Elks Entertainment Commit
tee that dance and entertainment
for all Elks and their families will
be held at the School Auditorium
promptly at eight o'clock.
"The Importance of Being Earn
est tonight at the Auditorium.
William Daze, manager of Babbitt
Brothers Trading, store, accompanied
by Harry Moore of the grocery de-
partment, made, combined motor
and businos trip to Polacca this
week
The McAlbert Company which held
forth at the Pa5time heatre for four
days commencing Sunday afforded a
good entertainment to the people of
Winslow Miss Dorothy Van and her
company of singers and dancers re-
ccived much applause, as did Mr.. Nc
Albert, the mystery man.
Charles Prochnow, proprietor of
the Commercial hotel of Flagstaff,
was a visitor to Winslow the first
of the week He was a caller at the
Mail office where he procured some
of the editors dissertations on the
Goldroad- -Oatman country in which
he is interested
Bruchmans Curio store has great
ly enhanced the metropolitan ap-
pearance of Second Street by it's
handsome new electric sign. This
sign is the product of the Snow
white Electric Works of Chicago and
was sold through their local repro-
sentative, Mr.. H. e. Siegmund.
Judge r. B. Walton, who looks
after the federal building and govern
ment business here, has installed
number of large electric lights in
the government warehouse and now
The big trucks in use between Win
slow and the various Indian agen-
cies can load and unload at any hour
they desire and still not be in the
dark.
Tonight, Friday) at the School
Auditorium at 8 D. m.. the Junior
Play will be given. This play has
been carefully coached and will fur
nish "a splendid evenings entertain
ment. Those who have not secured
reserved seats NAV get them at
Goldman's store until 6 p m. after
that at the door. General admis-
sinn, fifty cents; reserved seats,
seventy-hve cents See program
elsewhere.
The Winslow mail., 1921-04-01
Intermission, five minutes
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
CA Three-act Comedy
DRAMATIS PERSONAL


JOHN WoRTNG Cooper
ALGERNON MONCRIEFF idle
Keyes
CANON (The o Schaar
LADY BRACKNELIA Mother ondof
CECILY
MISS PRISM (The Cecily
proud,
ACT l. n
l. of
The Winslow mail., 1921-04-01
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
AT GYMNASIUM TONIGHT

PANTOMINE, Rock of Ages.
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BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching service Sunday at II a.
m. and p. m.
B. Y. p. U. Sunday at p. m.
Ladies Missionary Circle Thursday
at 2:30, Mrs. Camp Leader.
The Winslow mail., 1921-04-01

ture of his remarks must not have
ben strictly fresh. Just then a Vic
trola from inside the schoolhouse
blared forth that beautiful waltz en-
titled Good Looking Ohio" and the
nurses and their charges were soon
inside going round and round.
The Winslow mail., 1921-04-01
KATHERINE BAUER
''THE HOUR GLASS"
(One-act Morality Play

DRAMATIS PERSONAL
A WISE MAN, of the Time Heney
A FOOL, with
The CHILDREN of the wise Charolet Mahe
( Coe
\
J
STUDENTS of the wise
I :
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
M BUILDING.

COMMUNITY building is the re-
suit Of constructive thought.
Constructive thought is not born of
political faith or lpersonal preference
but comes from unselfish interest in
the public good.
Life is indeed what we make it, but
all of us are not builders even If we
think we possess the urge"
Breadth Of mind is necessary to
build. A contracted mentality, ever
if it is laboring under the idea that
it is working for the best of all, can
not advance. 1t remains stagnant nc
matter how much you work" it.
There are some community build
ers, just as there were some crusad-
ers; who succeeded because they
possessed vision. There are others who
never "arrive'' because they are not
"going" any place.
II takes all kinds of people to make
up this world. Some are doing things
and others only think they are.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
Al r

WOMAN is loycliest at 40" says
the Countess Andree de T~avernay, Of
France, and a member Of the Paris,
France Charm Club. Although she
is but rs years old she seems to have
studied the matter thoroughly.
The Countess says the worst enemy
Of the women Of 40 is the man Of the
same age. She says; "The woman
of 40 is the mirror in which he sees
with terror the shadows Of his own
degeneracy. He forgets that the
wear and tear of his past ten years
have not been hers. So, the man Of
40 marries the girl Of 23.D
The only question that arises in
our mind concerning the above state
ment is where are the women Of 40?
Just study the matter over and see
if you know any woman who really
should be 40 that will confess it?
Most of them claim 20 with a limit
Of IS and, if the truth were known,
SO we are led to believe, they are far
past the two score period.
Hence it is impossible for US to
check these statements up but we be-
lieve the Countess is correct If the
truth were known.
Figuring a woman's age is a good
deal like counting your chickens be-
fore they are hatched-there is no
certainty that your answer is the
correct one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
MOVIES ON

IN many instances the movies are
being blamed for the crime wave in
this country today as was the tide
Of crime a few years ago placed at the
door Of the dime novel.
There are certain classes Of vicious
films, shown under the guise Of i'm
proving public morals, that hold sug-
gestions entirely too heavy to be
digested by the adolescent mind or
the person with criminal tendencies.
Such films, as a rule, are shown in
the poorer sections Of the larger cities
as a means Of pandering to the de-
PRAYED tastes of those who seek the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

day and made his home IN the face
of many h~ardships is reelected in the
sturdy boy and girl Of the farm as
they make their daily trip to school
regardless Of what the weather is.
The day of better highways is COM
ing and it viii mean easier times for
the little folks on the farm. The time
is coming when buses win pick up
the children from farm to farm and
hurry them to schol to the tune Of
a purring motor. This is but one Of
the advances that is coming to rural
America and when that time comes
Audrain will be in the front rank.
Nothing is too good for our children
when it is helping them to gain their
education under the most favorable
circumstances.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

dollars in a train holdup ]. c. Rum
sey, was sentenced to 20 years in
prison. When he arrived in Mexico
Monday morning, after serving ff-
teen years, having been given q
fourth of his sentence off for good
behavior, he said that he was going
straight" in the future.
Rumsey states that while he was
serving in prison he might have been
free and making a fortune had he
been honest. You may 'beat" the
law once but you cannot beat 1t long,
and as the money comes easy it will
go easy and as a result the lawbreak-
er continues to rob until the law has
him, he says.
Every Ease ofthis kind is a lesson
that every boy who considers trying
to beat" the law should think over
carefully. Honesty is the best pol
icy" may have been dinned into the
youths ears until he is tired of hear
ing it but after all it contains a world
of good advice every boy should ac-
cept without a doubt.
There is only one way to live, within
the law and according to Biblical in
junction When you deviate from
these you will o suffer the conse-
quences.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03


THE resignation of DR.. ]. W. Mil
lion as the president of Hardin Col
lege will be generally regretted by
every friend of the institution. DR..
Million is recognized as one Of the
foremost educators Of women in the
West. Under his direction Hardin
was the first Junior woman's college
in the West and he made the school
one of the finest for women in this
country. His many friends here join
the Ledger in regretting his and Mrs.
Millions departure from this city and
in wishing them much success and
happiness in their new home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
U FISCAL POLICY.

THE ~delineation Of the Hardin ifs.
cal policy is a matter that Republi.
can leaders in congress are awaiting
with much interest. They desire il
most as a guidance in the revision
Of direct federal taxation and of the
tariff. The plan they are consider.
ing, broadly outlined at present, Ii
as follows:
Refunding of government war OBJ
legations ove a period Of forty Of
fifty years, postponing liquidation
of the $4,000, BOO 1000 Victory loar
which natures in 1928.
Repeal Of the excess profits tax
scaling down Of the higher surtaxe:
and raising the income tax exemption
to pre-war levels.
Exercise Of such economy in gov.
eminent expenditures that no sub.
stitute for the excess profits tax viii
be necessary.
Levy OF a special tax, possibly or
sales, to raise the fund for the sol
diers' bonus.
Increase Of the tariff for revenue
as well as protective purposes.
Of course Mr.. Harding's attitude
may change this plan materially, anC
then economic conditions may have
some weight in making changes moi
at this time contemplated.
These problems aredifficultone ant
much depends upon their early solu'
ton, especially The easing of the
present business conditions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
HIS SHIP COMES m.

SOMEONE has well said that you
need never expect your ship to come
in unless you sent one out
Yet there are a lot Of folks who
never launched a craft Of any kind,
not even a tiny skiff of ambition who
wait and watch for a vessel to make
port" in their favor whose proper
lions would make the deviation re-
semble an Erie canal boat.
The folks who have ships come in
are those people who r SC. busy
building a craft" that when it does
come into sport" they never realize
it had been fully launched.
All we get and keep these days is
what we hustle for. Mind and mus
Gle make the ships that return. Loaf
ing and talk don't even make a chip
that will float.
This is true Of communities as well
as individuals. The town that doesn't
try to get somewhere never arrives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
THE LEDGER'S
THE WORLDS RICHEST MAN

AZ w.
THE following letter from a Neb-
rsska blacksmith who doesn't even
envy Rockefeller with his millions,
has been widely copied, and we are
republishing it because we believe it
will be of interest to u readers and
because of the wholesome sentiment
it reflects. The letter follows:
Il wonder If you know that one
of the richest men in the world was
fourteen miles north of Norfolk,
right here in Pierce? That mar is
the writer. I am just a common
plug blacksmith but oh! how rich.
81 go to my labors each morning,
work until noon, go the dinner, return
at / p. M, and work until 8 o'clock.
/ enjoy the greatest of all blessings,
good health.
"Rockefeller would give all he
possesses in money and holdings for
my stomach, but he can't have it.
Each day sees something accom-
plished and every job Of work | turn
out / feel l have done my customer
a service worthy of my hire.
Il have a wonderful little wife. She
has, stuck to me twenty-five years so
/ know she must be a dandy to &C
complish that.
81 have a little home, a beautiful
little daughter, a o grown to matur-
ity and now in life's game for HIM
self.
Rich? Why, man alive, who can
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
possibly be richer?

possibly be richer?
Then, to add to all the above
riches, l take my old shotgun in sea-
son and ramble through fields, woods
and tangle in search Of the elusive
cottontail, teal and mallard with my
faithful old pointer at heel (now
past II years old), and he is as happy
as I when on the hunt. Then, when
l get back, oh, how good everything
does taste.
Then, when night has spread its
mantle owe his good old universe, I
settle down in a good old easy chair,
enjoy a smoke, and then roll into
bed and never hear a sound until the
beautiful break Of another day.
erich, did you say? Well, I guess.
Dollars? Not many. You inquired
about riches, not material wealth.
'The height Of my ambition is to
so live that may have no regrets for
having lived when the time comes for
me to shuttle off this mortal coil, and
l hope by that time to haye accum-
ulated just enough dollars that my
self and mine may not be objects of
charity,
This, then is my ideal of a rich
man. If anyone enjoys life more than
l do, he is to be envied for his riches.
With kindest regards,
EDWARD ]. MEYERS"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

County Unit bill, not because we have
studied it line for line but because
the people in the country generally
favor it and because County Superin-
tendent Of Schools Offutt says II
means better country schools.
1t is easy enough for the children
in town to go to school but a child in
the country displays more Dr. less
Spartan spirit in attending school.
Often lin the coolest or worst wealth
er, they ride or walk to school,
through mud or snow, getting the
fundamentals of an education that
later in life will be invaluable Ia
them.
Audrain county has a splendid
school system. This is not alone due
to the efforts of Mr.. Ofut, although
he is an indefatigable worker and
ambitious for Audrain schools, but
to the splendid citizenship, those
whole-souled men and women on the
farm who want better things for their
little ones and who know that edu-
cation will be a means of getting these
good things.
The schools of a community reflect
its citizenship and the schools Of
Audrain are telling to the world a
story Of progressiveness and ambition
in education that we may well be
proud of. We are building a better
and finer citizenship through these
institutions and the spirit of the
pioneer, who came here in an early
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
sensational and o6-color.

sensational and of-color.
Mexico has always been fortunate
IN that the films shown here are al
ways Of the better class. Now and
then film is shown whose influence
may be open to debate. However the
arrangements Of Mexico's film thest-
res make every effort to book only the
cleanest and best pictures and when
they get a film that is not altogether
what they expected, it is no fault Of
their own.
Mexico is noted through the state
for the clean character Of the films dis
played here as well as the high class
Of the productions given by local
theatres.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

WHEN a mar gives literally Of his
time and money for the Improvement
Of his community he is doing so be-
cause he is investing both Of them
wisely. Men who do this haven't a
selfish idea in their mind even though
they are benefited by the results Of
their activities for the community.
They are not only helping themselves
by such work but they are aiding
their neighbors. Community building
is a splendid work, It is an inn
portant part Of every business mans
routine If he is farsighted and un-
derstands economic conditions.
Whatever upbuilds a city or county
contributes to the interests Of every
resident Of that section. They enjoy
q part Of the resulting good either
directly or indirectly. That is one
reason a Chamber Of Commerce is
such an important factor. The other
reason is that it is the means Of Sc
curing the united efforts Of the cit
izenship toward a desired end It is
only through unified efforts that any
big community success is gained. It
is only through the unselish efforts
and the investment of the funds nee
essary for such work that a Chamber
Of Commerce can function.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

goods and now they can sweat for the money" And hav-
ing decided upon his course, the divers merchants per-
spired profusely in their attempts to collect what was
Justly due them.
But another day came. The promising young man
with the apt brain had an opportunity to get in on some
would 60 to the. bank and borrow some, like all business
men, and after he had .cashed in' he would settle his ac-
counts with the sucker merchants.
In high hopes he wended his way "bankward'-told
bis story-but. to his infinite disnay, the committee
wouldn't pass upon his note. Indignation knew no
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

THE only note we will endorse
is that of the village q~uartette when
it closes its nightly serenade under
Hardin windows.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

The same young man, several days later, walked into
a shoe store, selected a pair of shoes and said: Charge
it" The shoe merchant, also acquainted with the prom
ising young mans reputation, entered the charge upon his
books.
The young man then i'm turn, visited the tailor, the
barber, the haberdasher, the florist, the jeweler and all
the other merchants in the community, made purchases
from each and said: Charge it,
Before long the promising young man owed every
merchant in the city and the bills became due.
They're suckers" said the young man. aThey were
willing to take a chance with me-they sold me their
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

BETTER COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
THE better u schools, in town or
country, the better citizens we are
making. The Ledger is. for the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

bounds-but ne was told that his credit was mo good"
Credit poor" and Require cash"
The opportunity of his young life slipped away, In
his youthful f~oolishness he had dubbed" all men suck
ers.' His was the brilliant mind--all others were mum
skulls" Yet the "numskulls" knew one thing that the
young man, in all his brillancy, hadn't reckoned with
INTEGRITY He had vet to- learn the value Of O
FIDENCE.
While this story has reference to d young. man, the
same trouble here related il applicable to accounts made
BY young and old, men and women.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03

WE are certainly changing, biol
ogically and otherwise. You hear Of
so few men being shot in the saloon
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-03
mi WEEKLY LEDGER
L. II. White, Editor.

$50 Per Year, Cash IN Advance
Audrain and adjoining counties.
sEhere 50 a year in advance be-
se Of advanced postal rates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-24
W/aShlngt0nlanS Head Nezv
Producing Company

will be George Preston Marshall who
was also one of the founders of the
Garrick Players and producer of the
Auditorium Players of Baltimore. Mr..
Marshall is also the producer OF
"Dodo," I'm Say She Does" The
Poppy Cod" and THAT Pool Duff" all
of which are now headed for Broad
way.
While the new company will conduct
a general theatrical business its pri-
mary object will be to produce ten
new plays that have already been Sc
lected and a number Of others by somr
of the best known authors in Ameri-
ca including Samuel Shipman, author
of EAST Is West" and Friendly
Enemies" Montague Glass, author OF
Potash and Perlmutter;" Fred Jack
son, author of "The Full House" Two
Little Girls in Blue" and "The Hole in
the WALL and Claiming Pollock,
author of ''The Sign on the Door, ="
1.-THE Crowded Hour" Clothes" etc.
Among the plays selected for produc-
ton by the new company are TIL
Weakest Link" "If," wings" THE
New Cinde~ella," Point of View"
"Matrimoney," "Affinities," Genesis
XVI" "The Clinging Vine" and Love
Nesters." 1t is very probable that
first production of these plays will be
made in this city as negotiations are
now pending for a theater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-24
LOEW''S COLUMBIA
"ToO Wise Wives"

Too Wise Wives" Lois Weber's
vivid and sumptuous screen analysts
of the problem of modern wedlock. In
which Louis Calhern, Mona Lisa and
Claire Windsor have the roles OF chief
Importance, viii be given It's premiere
Washington screen presentation at
Loew's Columbia Theater this after
noon. where it viii remain for the en-
tire week
In developing the thene Of Too
Wise Wives Miss Weber has EN-
ployed a dramatic cast Of but four
principals. The action centers about
two normal American upper-class
couples One woman loved her hus-
band not wisely but too well, and his
highest domestic ambition was to be
let alone. The other wife, who had
contracted a marriage of conven-
fence, pandered to her husbands COM
fort though in thought she was not
faithful to him.
With this situation as the basis of
her theme, Miss Weber reveals how
tho first husband, burdened hy a too
attentive wife, began to dream Of the
other wife, whom he once fancied he
loved This woman, not loving her
own husband, feels her hunting In
sttncts aroused and attempts to win
for hersclf a sweetheart In the person
OF this man. Then comes a climax
wherein the too-attentive wife, inter
cepttng q note between her husband
and the other woman. lays bare the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-24

eTA fifty thousand dollar corporation
headed by Washington men will enter
The, ranks of theatrical producers dur
ing the coming season according to the
announcement of the Incorporation OF
the Mutual Production Company this
" eek.
l.. Monta Bell. well known to Wash
tYfsrton as one of the founders of the
6iarrtck Players of 1918 and 1920 and
later the owner of TINT organization,
~ president of the new producing COM
pany The Garrick Players of 1920
was one OF the most successful organ
ization of it's kind that Washington
hasNever seen. Not only was its arts
tic calibre ranked ahead of every stock
company in the United States by New
York authorities, but many theatrical
presidents and records were shattered
during its stay in Washington. For
the first time in local history num-
bar OF plays ran for more than one
week and the personnel Of the COM
pany listed many names that are now
blazing on Broadway IN electric lights
/, !. Arthur Leslie Smith. son of T. Ar
thur Smith the local concert impress
sarfo, and who has been associated
with the leading theatrical firms and
moving picture companies in America,
will be secretary and treasurer of the
nov production company.
4 Associated with the company also
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-24

whole situation and with both families
prought to the verge of SCANDAL, both
wives have their errors revealed "a
them and realize the path that leads
to Happiness and better, understand
ing.
Miss Weber has not only evolved
slngularly powerful study OF the mar
rage problem, but she embellished the
photographic scenes with the most
luxurious furnishings and atmosphere.
II is a production marksd throughout
by the brilliant and unusual inter
pretative power of this famous woman
director and there is fttie doubt that
in point of scenic magnificence and
splendid dramatic force, Too Wise
Wives" exceeds by far the mark at
tanned by those two more recent
Weber productions, What's Worth
While?'' and ITO Please One Woman"
In keeping with the tone of this
splendid featured production. the Co
lumbia will present in addition a pow
erful and fascinating array Of added
screen and musical attractions of the
first rank.