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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

The AL G. Fields minstrels are now
in the second week of rehearsals for
the 1921-1922 tour of the country. A
bigger company and an entirely new
show will be offered by this oldest of
the most truly American dramatic
idea. The company will start from
Columbus, Ohio. early in September.
Gross receipts for 1.-THE Bat" which
has now the longest run of any of
last years plays to its credit in New
York-and it is still gong-will pass
the 100000 mark this week 1.-THE
Bat" will be seen in this city next
season.
The Kansas City Star has unearthed
the fact that the man who first sang
Dixie" Sam Glider, is still in the
game. He believes that he is the last
of the old Ministries, for 1t was in
1853 that he put on burnt cork. He
has been wearing It ever since, with
the exception of four years. when he
rolled a drum during the Civil war.
If he can just keep on little longer.
he might sing Dixie" at the opening
of Drinkwater's play about Gen. Rob
er e. Lee.
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" a farce
from the French. will be the first pro-
duction of the new season made by
William Harris, jr., coming into the
Ritz theater early in September with
Ina Claire as star
Doraldina, celebrated dancer and motion
picture star, who insured her lambent
limbs for the record sum of S125,0 has
been making a whirwind trip thru the
south and central western states making
personal appearances, is expected to make
an important announcement regarding her
future plans on her return east at the close
Of her tour.
Mildred Moore, the promising young In
genue, who has been seen in small parts
Metro pictures. has now definitely decided
to forsake the speaking stage for the
screen. She has been given the part of
the pretty school marin" in school Days"
Bros.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
At the Grand.
(By Elizabeth ANN


That Clara Kimball Young is a
screen actress whose art attains new
heights with each successive vehicle,
instead of eXhausting her versatility
n fact that is sadly true of so many
other motion picture stars, is brought
home with telling force in her latest
feature production, Straight From
Paris
Straight from Paris will be the
attraction at the Grand theater for the
first three days of next week, COM
mencing with Mondays matinee.
The action of Straight From Paris"
is in tune with it's environment. Set
in the 'gaiety and Whirl of high So
ciety life, the plot starts off with
bristling romance in which the cross
currents of human passion and jeal-
ousy are painted to a fault. The story
of this sparkling love-intrigue CEN
tiers about the adventures of an I'M
assuming milIiner in the person of
Lucette Grenier-the part played to
perfection by Miss Young. Despite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13


Educational, has released the first of a
series of unique one-reel novelties called
Sketchografs. Each will tell a story in
moving sketches, showing the actual draw
ing Of the pictures; Julian ollendorff, the
picture camera with his left hand while
he draws tie sketches with his right hand.
Mile. Andree Peyre, daring French flyer.
whose Stunts on the wing. of a flying air
peruiesf aog r Won n t ior ord sid r. he
considering entering motion pictures.
advice long before the movies began to
discuss domestic relations.
Elsie Ferguson is not superstitious. She
proved it recently by smashing a mirror
during the filming of her Paramount pic
ture, ''Footlights," taken from Rita Wei
mans story Of the stage. According to old
timers this is one of the few times in the
history Of the show business, that an ac-
tress or an actor ever consented to break
4 mirror.
Fifteen movie stars will appear in stage
dramas this winter Fourteen others are
going into vaudeville.
Corrine Griffith, known as one Of the
best dressed women of the screen, wears
calico and sunbonnet in THE Single
Track"
Jackie Coogan is out of the Glendale
hospital where he had his tonsils and ade
nO1dS removed. In addition, four of
Jackie's baby" teeth have come out. So
now Jackie is heard to say: I'm not half
the man L used to be-
The last picture George Loane Tucker
made before his death, Ladies Must Live
with Betty CompsOn in the leading role
will be released soon by Paramount.
Theodore Roberts, the veteran screen
actor. who has been ill at his California
home has sufficiently recovered to appear
in Exit the Namp." a new Paramount pie
ture written by Clara Beranger for Ethel
Clayton.
Dorothy Phillips, the winsome wife of
Allen Holubar, who has directed her in
many screen successes. despite flattering
offers is not to return to the speaking
stage this fall, as was recently reported.
Frances Eldridge, who was prominent
in the all star cast of the screen version
of the celebrated Ralph Connor story, THE
Foreigner" produced by Dominion Film
company is considering an offer to enter
vaudeville.
That the screen speaks "'the language of
silence" will be news to the annoying num-
Der of movie patrons who read sub-tItles
aloud.
Mile: Marietta, famous Spanish beauty,
and formerly internationally known as
premier stellar luminary of the Patria Film
company of Madrid and of the Royal
Cinema Corporation Ltd. of Montreal, Can
ada, after an absence of nearly four years
has come TO this country from her native
Spain to study screen conditions in
America at first hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

that man is more or less of a joke
when he takes himself seriously.
Such is the theme of the Barrie COM
edy. and its natural appeal is strength
ened by the authors delicate wit as
well as by the producers keen appre-
citation of what is appropriate to it in
INSTALLATION. If you were to find a
supposed burglar in your house at
night reading a book, would you agree
to give him 81, 800 to educate him and
bind yourself to become his wife at
the end of five years? That was the
situation which Lois Wilson, as the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

her humble calling, she is thrown, by
dint of her personal charm, into the
most aristocratic circles of the Paris
salons, and from the moment magni-
ties the attentions of the grandees of
the upper strata. The thrilling love
episodes that pursue our pretty hero
inc and their novel development form
an exciting and scintillating tale that
holds the spectators interest from be-
ginning to end.
Commencing with Thursdays mat
inee, and continuing the balance of
the week, the Grand theater will pre-
sent Miss Corinne Griffith in 'It Isn't
Being Done This Season." a picture
of spectacular spIendor and amazing
situations. On the same bill will be
Alfalfa Love-" featuring Brownie"
the Century dog and the latest release
of the International News pictorial
weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
At the Novelty.
CBy Elizabeth Ann)

Beaggy and Clause, a sensational
roller skating team, who have per-
fected many new feats with ordinary
and eccentric skates: King and Wyse.
In "Is Friday the 18th Unlucky?" a
comedy singing. talking and dancing
feature: Fred Schwartz and Company.
in THE Broken Mirror" a sl1it with a
Hons share of mirth; Frank Morrell,
1.-THE Boy From California" and the
Clara Theodore Trio, unique aerialists
who thrill. startle and entertain with
seemingly little or no effort, describes
in brief the vaudeville program at the
Novelty theater for the first three
days of next week. In addition to the
five acts of all-star vaudeville, the
eleventh episode of 1.-THE Diamond
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
GET ONE EVERY DAY

Monday and Every Other Day You Get
a Large Picture FREE With Each
Roll at WoIcott's.
Why rush and save until Monday.
Bring your roll in any day and get one
of our large FREE pictures. S25
Kansas Aye-AdV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
ALONG THE RIALTO

Squibs and Notes From the Plays
That Are Now in Process of Be-
ing Prepared for ''thc Provinces"
by the Magnates of the Great
White Way"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
MONSTER SHIPS FOR BRITAIN
No Disarmament Plans Evident for
English Navy Now.

English Navy Now.
London, Aug. 13.-Great Britain
plans to start the construction of four
super next year which
will carry 18-inch guns. the Evening
Standard announced today.
The warships will be 1 900 feet long,
will be capable of thirty-five knots an
hour and will cost 100000 pounds
sterling each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Clay Center, Kan, Aug. 13.-WiI-
Sharp, 81, were killed instantly, Miss
Susie Sharp, their daughter, and a
friend, Mrs. Ed MacKender, were bad
ly injured when a Dodge car in which
they were riding was struck by a
Union Pacific motor train near Clay
Center this afternoon. Mrs. MacKen-
der is not expected to live.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Completing a motion picture by
wireless is the latest wrinkle in mo-
ton picture production. accomplished
recently by Cecil B. DeMilIe, director
general OF Paramount pictures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Owen Moore declares that one of his
ON Long Island disposed of
his sons automobile because it had
too much spark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
At the crystal.

Next week for the first half of the
week TIC Crystal will have THE Sill
yer Car" with Earle Williams playing
the lead. Many spectacular stunts are
done with this specially constructed
motor car. The fate of a nation and
the love of a girl depend on the car
and its driver. 1t is a story of love,
diplomatic mystery, and adventure.
Action is laid in England and Croatia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

fact that observance of the rules is the
only way to avoid danger to life and
damage to property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
At the Orpheum.

What is the most difficult task in
the world?
Finding an absinthe bottle" ans
wers the property man for William
D. Taylor, Paramount producer.
The eighteenth Amendment makes
It harder under any circumstances to
find booze wrappers'-but those of
the absinthe kind are almost unpro-
durable as the drink has been pro-
hibited in France. its native country,
for 10, those many years.
It took ten days to find the three
absinthe bottles which are vital props
IN Sacred and Profane Love-" starring
Elsie Ferguson, which will be shown
at the Orpheum theater for three days,
beginning Monday. 1t is William D.
Taylor production for Paramount
The abslnthe plays a prominent part
in the production as it is the efforts
OF Carlotta, played by Miss Ferguson.
TO regenerate the sodden Diaz that
provide some of the most dramatic
incidents in the entire picture. Miss
Ferguson rises to great dramatic
heights in this picture. The cast in
cludes Conrad Nagel, Thomas Holding,
Winifred Greenwood, Raymond Brath-
wayt, Jane Keckley and Howard Gave.
In addition to this picture Pathe News
will be shown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Now the movie signs read:
rs Life Worth Living with Eugen
O'Brien.7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
COnlad NugcI in What Every Woman
Knows"

girl heroine of What Every Woman
Knows" the new DeMille, Paramount
picture which will be displayed at the
Isis theater, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, found herself. This is a
delightful perturbation by a master
producer of Sir James Barrie's IA
nous stage success in which Maude
Adams starred for several seasons.
The scenes of the picture are laid in
Scotland and England and in the de-
velOpment OF the story many dramatic
situations ensue. The cast is unusual
" capable, the leading man being
Conrad Nagol. Others in the support
include Charles Ogle, Fred Huntly.
Guy Oliver, Winter Hall. Lillian Tuck
er, Clair Mcdowell and Robert Bower.
The new pipe organ will furnish
music for this picture and Pathe
News will also be shown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Educational has released the first of a
series of unique one-reel novelties called
Sketchografs. Each will tell a story in
moving sketches, showing the actual draw
ing of the pictures. Julian Ollendorff, the
producer and artist. manipulates a motion
picture camera with his left hand while
he draws tie sketches with his right hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Jackie Coogan is out Of the Glendale
hospital where he had his tonsils and ade-
noids removed. In addition, four of
tackles baby" teeth have come out So
now Jackie is heard to say: I'm not half
the man 1 used to be"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Corrfne Griffith, known as one of the
best dressed women of the screen, wears
calico and sunbonnet in THE Single
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Masterful man, of course! And
woman-well, some one must feed
the brute. Some one must smooth
his might, care-worn brow.
But while man thinks he runs the
world, the woman smiles, and
what she knows about him!
Maude Adams brilliant stage sue
cess, with it's charm and humor
and heart-touching pathos, trans
formed to a screen delight for both
sexes and all ages.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-11-18
Books In The
Travelling Library
Books listed below may be
obtained from Miss La Rette
Dahlquist, Librarian.
List of Books

List of Books
Andrews - The Three Things
Alexander, Blake = Graded Poetry
b. Z
Anon.-How to Write Letters
Beach - The Meier Do Well
Darlington Beacon Lights OF
Patriotism
Chamberlain Home
Dyer & Brady - Merrill Primer
Buyer & Brady Merrill Third
Reader
Day - Landloper
Donworth Down Home with
Jennie Allen
Deland - Small Things
Gale - Friendship Village
Goulder "reminiscences of
Pioneer
Gardenshire Lux Crucis
Gibbon Salvador
Gordon - Lorraine and Little People
Graham - Dream Days
HALEY = History Of Idaho
Hieliprin Mont Pelee
Harrison - Angela's Business
Holbrook - Cave, Mound and Lake
Dwellers
Sedgwick - Christmas Roses
Johonnot Friends in Feathers
and Furs
Johnston Two Little Knigh of
Kentucky
Knox Boys Life of GeA--ral
Grant
- Cross Triumphant
Lee Hauntings
Lang - Adventures Among Books
Mccarthy - "Reminiscences, Vol. |.
- "reminiscences, Vol. III.
Mackie - The Girl and the Kaiser
Meyer - Witchery of Sleen
Marden - Making of Man
Rives - Trix and Over-the-Moon
Stockton - Rudder Grange
Shaw - Lady of the Dynamos
Stoddard =. Lectures Paris
Story - Swiss Life in Town and ,
Country
Twain - Prince and the Pauper
Won Hutton - Our Lady of the I
Beeches
Thompson - Water Wonders Every I
Child Should Know
Wells - History of Mr.. Polly
Wells - Tono Bungey
White - Book of Childrens Parties
-crimer - Old Gordon Graham
Martin - Emmy Lou
Maynard - Landscape Gardening
Packard = The Miracle Man
ohnston Sweet Rocket
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-11-18
INTERNATIONAL
TOWN GOSsIPs

Ninety-nine people out of every
hundred in the world today declare
they want peace. Ninety-eight out
of the ninety-nine declare that we
can't have peace without reduction
of armament. Ninety-seven out II
the ninety-eight declare that they
are willing that ornaments be re-
duced on a proportional basis.
The question is. viii the Ninety
Seven rule the Three. or will tn 3,
Three rule the Ninety-Seven?
We may say that the Three are
the International Town Gossips.
They are extremely efficient in their
methods of breeding i'll will between
nations. These international gossips
are at present trying to SOW seeds
Of distrust between the United
States. Great Britain and Japan.
The town gossip we have always
with us. Everybody knows that this
perennial plague can bring old /
friends. tried and true, to the point
of INJECTING on each other such to-
kens of esteem as smashed noses
and black eyes. The same process
holds truein the international field.
bue here the result. instead OF a few
smashed noses, may be tens of mil
lions of murdered men and women
and children, the destruction of civ
ilization. or even the blotting out of
the entire human race.
Theer are laws against SANDER to
punish tibet own gossip. But the in
ternational gossip may SANDER the
United States to the people to Great
Britain, or SANDER Great Britain TO
the peopleof the United States, and
there is no legal restraint Yet the /
Gossip's crime against 4
is a thousand times black
er than that of the village slanderer.
1t would be a great safeguard for
lie worlds peace if all the people
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-11-18

would have bought even more bread
for the starving men and women
than the Italians fine jewelry.
But would thecheck have satisfied
the hunger for sympathy?
After all, there is as much genu-
inc sentiment in Uncle Sans heart
as anywhere on the globe. Uncle
has been graphing with the prob
lens of subduing the wilderness and
clearing out fence corners. and 'sich
like" and he seems trihe gruff in
manner; but his hearts all right,
really.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-11-18
II. A. GROHOSKY
Dealer in Livestock
Oakley, Idaho
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho, Octo-
Der 29s 1921.
NOTICE is hereby given that Par
ley lie Roy Scharling, of Oakley.
Idaho, who, on October 16. 1918,
made Homestead Entry, No. 024750.
for S1-2SW14 Section IA, SE1-4-
SE1-4 Section Is, NE1-4NE1-4
Section %, Township 10 So. Range
II East, Boise Meridian, has filed
notice o. intention to make final
three year Proof. to establish claim
to the land above described, before
c. e. Strong, U. S. Commissioner, at
Oakley, Idaho, on the 9th day of
January, 1922.
Claimant names at witnesses:
John l.. Sullivan,
Darrell Il. Whittle,
Lyle Whittle,
Velnal Whittle,
all of Oakley. Idaho.
BEN r. GRAY, Register.
First publication November 4, 1921
Final publication December 2, 1921
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-11-18
STREAMS

TT HE bridge is shrouded In i'm
penefrable gloom. SO is the
ofiicer-of-Ihe deck. Inky black Is the
Splotch 81 a baftleShip ahead Two
shades blacker is the bIotch of another
in swift pursuit astcfn.
The fleet is steaming 'darkened In
column.
bell rings The o. o. ID. never
takes his tense eyes from the rail.
Hello" shouts quartermaster down
the engineroom voice-tube. Condenser
temperatures show we've run out Of
the stream" comes the muffled report
"U-m-m." grunts the O. O. ID. as
though bored But he isn't. He knows
the Gulf Stream has been left behind
The knowledge is as definite as
'"Times Square" shouted by subway
guard.
Streams of ocean currents are the
great rivers of the sea. Movement a.
the water is caused mostly by winds
prevailing in one direction for long
periods of time.
The Gulf Stream Is 80 10 $50 miles
in width and flows AT the leisurey
pace of to 3 miles an hour. 1t swings
upward along the Florida coast. Is de
Elected by Hatteras. and shoots cool
three thousand miles TO Iceland and
the British Isles. southern branch
strikes the Belly of Europe" as the
Fay of Blscay is awkwardly called
All these countries il warns.
But the American coast shivers in
The chill of an arctic current. This
frigid stream squirts from the mouth |
Of Baiiin bay and drenches with IT'S
herg-cooled spray the rocks of I.abra
ior and Maine and the yellow Jersey
sands.
II. as has been proposed, a nam
moth hreakwnter were built eastward
from New Foundland shooting the
northern current out America would
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-11-18
SLOP CHEST

Nj ASTLESS battleships before long
lV1 A few years hence the last rem
nant of oldtime spars will be uprooted
and laid In the navy yards to rot Rig
ging has already gone. Upperworks
are going. Elimination of the useless
Is the cry.
There is also metamorphoss. No.
that's not kind of bug. Metamorpho-
sis is change. such as dough to flap
Jacks mot to dimes); mud to bricks !;
apes to men. Though the samples will
not bear too keen philosophical scru-
tiny they serve to illustrate the way
old naval customs have become so
rooted In the service that they do not
disappear even after centuries, and
when the old Roman catapult has
given way to hundred-ton breech load
ers. They merely change.
On a long cruise the salorman runs
shy of clothing. His work suffers In
proportion to his ill-clad condition.
Shippers have recognized this mari
time maxim by keeping a slop-chest.
Aboard a tidy man-of-war any mess is
known as Stops SIop-chests hold a
miscellaneous supply of seaman's
clothing. Hence the name.
An account of the first siop-chest
was chronicled In $50 B. G. II con-
tanned 1000 garments, assorted in
three sizes. The garments were ex-
actly alike and cut to fit the stern
sheets of galley slaves. Ethnologists
sometimes refer TO them (the gar
ments) as breech-clouts. The largest
was Il nautical cubit in circumference
or nearly a life-size fathom.
Columbus gave us the next authentic
account of slop-chests in 1892. He in
cluded leather boots. woven shirts.
dirks. brooches. sea-bonnets and neck
erchiefs. He makes no mention of
wrist watches.
John Paul Jones turned the "slop-
job" over to his supercargo or purser
However he got his little rake-off at
the end of the cruise. For II must be
that 1000 miles and
month out fixes a pretty good price on
apparel.
Gum-bOots were the greatest step
after the Civil war. Old sea-dogs put
them down as a sign that the navy was
going HI. THE idea of a tar mind
ing wei feet !" Yet they daily turned
to the chest for sewing gear, needles
and thimbles. and the like.
Then the Twentieth Century broke
Ike typhOon over our world. A holo- |
aust of progress swept away rhe /
relics of mans past Mechanical |
genius was supreme. Only the char
ed stubble of original ideas remained.
The sl0p-chest was one.
Now we have the Clothing and
Small Stores Room" In IL our mechan-
cal Jack may procure silk necker-
hiefs. Sheffield steel knives. and hand
ewn shoes. not boots. but gloves for
lis feet. The captain makes no rake
IF. and the purchase record is In quad
uplicate. It's still the slop-chest. how
YER only different.
That is mefamnrphosiS which Is
hetter than Ever pills for
leansing life.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-11-18
BECOMING BETTER ACQUAINTED
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS

The international gossip thrives in
an atmosphere of ignorance. The
better we know actual conditions il
foreign countries, the less chance
has the lingo to get in his dirty
work. There are at least two per-
iodical switch, in the interest of in
ternational peace, ought to be in ev-
cry home in our country. They are
% The Literary Digest, with its re-
view of public opinion throughout
the world; and Cd The Living Age,
which is devoted entirely to reprints
of complete articles from foreign
and magazines.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-11-18
EXPRESSING THE
POLITICIANS

We believe that President Hard
ing and his cabinet are sincerely de-
voted to the cause of international
peace No, we are not becoming par
tisan, for we held similar opin-
ion in regard to the former admin
istration.
We have all confidence in Amer
ica's delegation at the Conference.
In our opinion, they are statesmen.
But that is no proof that politi-
clans will mott ry to but in"
There is one real way to bring
pressure on politicians why may pos
sibly try to obstruct our nation in
the limiting of ornaments. Let 1t
be known in some unmistakable
way that individuals or factions who
try to mess up things at the Confer
ence will lose support in the cleo
tions.
The politicians are not monsters
of the sort. On the whole,
hey are good fellows and all that
hat implies. Still, in a pinch, ma
ly of them will do exactly the thing
which the people don't want them to |
the politicians believe |
he elections IL b carried |