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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21
Lexington
Opera House
Twin Beds"

The American stage owes much TO
the famous producer. David Bealas-
co. Particular credit l. due him for
the vast Improvement in the vital
matter Of effective stage lighting
In the early days Of the American
drama few foot" and border
lights were thought 20 be sufficient
Facial expression. the charm Of dra-
matte art, was wholly or partially
lost in consequence. Mr.. Belasco
gave years Of study and spent large
sums in experiments before the pres
ent high standard Of stage lighting
was perfected. No first class the
atrical production IL complete now
adays unless the matter OF proper
stage lighting has been considered.
A contributing factor to the enor.
nous success Twin Beds" has en-
joyed-fur a number Of years lie due
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

in n measure TO the wonderful light
ing effects carried by the company.
A trip behind the scenes would be-
interesting A perfect network Of
cable and connecting wires lead 10
all parts u the stage and to the flies.
Attached are innumerable incande
scent lamps % various sizes. IN ad-
dition 90 these. a series Of batteriss
connect the telephones. otherN con
cealed beneath the stage carpet serve
10 give cues. Without these. many
Of the unroarogsly funny scenes and
situations would lose their effect; the
actors being guided by sound only
a. TO proper entrance and exists.
IL requires three hours Of fas, work
on the part o. the chief electrician
and his assistants 20 place the elsc-
trieal equipment IN proper order for
the performance. Ten big boxes
and crates are needed to transport
the electrical effects belonging 10
the Twin Beds" company. which u
TO appear At the Lexington Opera
house Friday and Saturday. April 20
and %, with a special matinee Satur-
day. Adv.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21
Back To Cave Men.

A prominent physical in
structor in one of the big cities,
who apparently Graves public
ity and whose name we there
fore conveniently forget, ad-
vises his patients" to restore
their youth by returning TO the
habits of the cave man. and he
has a considerable following
of men whose position in the
world should enable them to
know better. Such, at least,
is the information we CLEAN
from the metropolitan press.
The advice is interesting, at
least, and II his patients" fol-
low il minutely they will be-
come even more interesting.
The cave man used neither
knife nor fork. He snatched a
hunk of meat, tore il with his
teeth. and devoured it until he
could hold no more. The in
structor's patients" we pre-
sumo. are doing likewise.
II the cave man had an en-
envy he smashed him on the
head with a club. Possibly the
patients" are equally feroei-
Gus.
When Mr.. c. NJ. wanted, a
wife he simply swiped the first
maiden who pleased his fancy
and bore her away to his cave.
The patients" no doubt. are
just pining for similar ex-
perience by a return 10 the
primitive.
We pity the fool because he
hasn't brains enough to know
better. but when a supposedly
intelligent man descends to a
level below that of the imbecile
il must make God blush for
some Of the creatures He
creates.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21
Crossroads Of
Manhood.

Young men budding into
manhood should remember
that il is just as easy to go
straight as il isio be crooked.
There is everything to gain by
going straight and everything
to lose by being crooked.
Parental influence has its eff
feet, but a youth approaching
the crossroads of manhood
makes his own choice as he en-
tiers the great maelstrom of
life. He has reached the age
of self determination and is
resentful of interference with
his desires.
At this age il is well for him
to remember that the man who
is successful and honored to-
day Is the one who chose the
straight path and denied him
self the fictitious indulgencies
of youth. while the one who is
without honor and without for
tune followed the gilded will
o'-the-wisp to the destruction
of his manhood and of his
hopes.
There is no middle of the
road course.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

essential that is more vital to
our common good than any
other.
Foreigners coming TO this
country marvel at our slackness
in this respect. They can not
understand how we can be
satisfied with sloshing around
in the mud as we do. They
wonder that we are able to
climb out of the ruts and find
our way back TO our homes
again.
There is no excuse for this
condition. but the fault lies
with the citizen as much as
with the the public official. As
a rule, ofieialdom supplies
only what citizenry demands.
As spring opets hundreds
of thousands of men should be
at work on the public roads
of this country. But they are
not. There is much talk.
more grumbling. unlimited in
activity. and then forgetful-
ness in the joys of the latest
sensation.
Such is the reputation we
have earned in road construc-
ton.
What's the matter with us,
anyway?
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

We spent less than n billion dol
lars in the last year for which We
have record for education. This
takes in all schools and colleges.
But We spent for luxuries in 1920.
the last year for which we have a
record nearly $4,000. oOOl
About % times as much for luxu-
ries a. for education,
Six billion dollars more in the one
year for Injuries than We have spent
in the whole history Of the United
States for education,
In 1920 We spent practically A.
much for face powder. cosmetics and
perfumes as We laid out on all our
educational activities.
The fact Is. we are STRIKERS when
IL comes to education,
We say that the schools cost Us a
lot Of money when we ought TO be
ashamed Of the beggarly amount we
spsnd.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21
Why Not Better Roads?

Men who served in the
American army in France tell
us of the wonderful roads they
found over there.
They were eye openers
which did more than merely
open eyes. They caused our
returned soldiers to think, and
talk. and make comparisons
that are not flattering to our
own country.
France. Belgium, Germany,
Luxembourg, all of these coun-
tries had perfect hard surfaced
roads until the engines of war
destroyed them in spots. No
mud. no ruts or holes, no dis
comfort of any kind.
America is a Croesus in
wealth compared with any of
these countries, yet our travel
ed highways are a perpetual
disgrace to our intelligence.
We spend billions and bill
lions in useless governmental,
state and personal extravag-
ance. but are not sufficiently
far sighted TO place our public
thoroughfares in even third
rate condition.
We have wealth. the mater
ials, and the labor necessary to
make our roads the best in the
world, but apparently We are
10 parsimonious or Indifferent
10 interest ourselves in this
necessary work.
II we lay down a few isolat-
ed miles of concrete or maca-
dam we are satisfied, and let il
go at that.
We simply can't bring our
selves TO the point of energetic
road construction.
Rich in all other ways. we
seem TO be destitute Of the one
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21
Lancaster
School Notes

This week Is partly a holiday for
the schooLss the teachers are going
20 X. y. A. at Louisville and there
will be very little school news this
week. The school children can play
ball and tennis 10 their hearts CON
tent and will be able TO rest up in
order to commence the reviewing for
examinations and practicing for the
entertainments during Commence
ment week in the latter part Of May.
The past week was test week.
There will be no more tests this
school term but examinations come
the latter part Of May and these arr
dreaded more by the pupils than
just the monthly tests. for exams.
you know whether you passed or
flunked out in any particular subject.
II you funk then you will have to
take that subject over again the next
term. There is some one who al
ways fails. he is styled a gutter by
both teachers and classmates. Are
you going 20 be that onel
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

AL the school has missed Commo-
core the past week very mueh.He
kas been very sick and We hope to
see him back when school opens next
Monday morning.
The editor works from morn TN
night,
lie works Till his fingers are sore
Yet some are bound to say
That's stale. I've seen IL before"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21
Gilbert Seeks
German Cannon.

Representative Ralph Gilbert. o.
the Eighth kentucky District. l. pre-
pairing a bill which he will Introduce
soon. providing for the gift Of a cap
tured German cannon to each % the
following towns.
Columbia. Lawrcneeburg. Liberty.
DanViIls. Lancaster. Nicholasy.lle.
Stanford. Richmond. Harrodsbhg.
Shelbyville and Tayionville.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

The center Of population IL the CEN
ter Of gravity Of the population Of q
country. each individual being as
sumed 10 have the same weight. In
the United States the center ~ popu-
lation has followed the parallel Of 30
degrees latitude and has moved In
westward direction during the last
rs years.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

Admiral Won Tirpitz. for
mer head Of the German navy,
says that Europe brought cul--
ture TO American countries five
hundred years ago. and IL
should now be n very proud
task for America today TO save
European culture from newt
able destruction"
The admirable then naivcly
adds: 1T is only by pursuing
such a course that she (Ameri-
cal can hope to have with her
the sympathies of the world in
the inevitable competition with
the Japanese"
Reading between the lines.
this would seem TO be a sort of
yelled threat that IL the Ameri-
can people do not dig down
into their money bags and hand
over the yellow metal Euro
pean countries will all go to the
dogs and then sit idly by and
watch the japanese devour us
at their leisure.
Won Tirpitz and other solicit
tous gentleman on the other
side of the Atlantic should lose
no sleep regarding our status
in a possible war with Japan.
We have no illusions over
here.
II we are forced TO defend
ourselves against Japanese ag-
erosion we will have TO fight
alone. And we can do il. even
4 we are a peace loving nation.
Fear of Japanese reprisals
would prevent aid from any
country TO the south of US. even
{ they were in a position to
render such aid. which they
ire pot.
Jealousy and a secret desire
o see the great American giant
commercially would
probably prevent any Euro
bean country from raising a
rand in our behalf.
As TO the sympathy of the
est of the world. that is a
natter that will neither con-
'ern us greatly or deter us a
particle when the army of the
INVADER approaches our shores.
( one ever does.
Admiral Won Tirpitz does
rot understand US any better
.oday than he did in the days
lust preceding our entry into
he late war.
In a matter of age we are an
infant among the nations of
he earth, but we are at least
,ble to toddle alone and retain
l firm grip upon our self reiI
'pect.
We do not buy European
iympathy with American gold.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21
Some Things To Remember

When folks tell what isn't true
about you. don't get angry. Sup
pose they had known the truth about
you and told that!
Don't talk unless you have some
thing to say. You can waste your
own time IL you want TO, but you
haven't any right to take up some
body elses'.
Being too sure Is sometimes as bad
as being too slow.
II you are going to run this year
on your own power you'll soon run
out Of fuel. Can you guess who can
start you and keep you going'
"A Sophomore.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

what do you meant"
Hamilton-"Just what ! said.
shoe flies"
Russell to Martha am a dandy
ball player. can steal bases and
even home"
Time n 80.
Martha's father iron another
ioom II wish you would try Il to-
nightr'
Clyde-"If should kiss you on
the forehead what would you do?"
Ruth would call you down r
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21
Announcements.

We are authorized to announce
the candidacy Of +. V. Puryear to
succeed himself in the Office Of Com
monwealth's Attorney for this dis
trict. subject to the action Of the
Democratic Primary. August 6, 1921.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

The Sophomore English Glass :
now reading "Silas Mariner" by Geo.
Eliot. II is a pattern novel and is
proving to be very interesting to the
class.
Our class has had a very regular
attendance this month and We hope
our esteemed friend and elassmate.
James I. Watkins. who has been alb
sent almost a week, will not break
this splendid record.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

Madison High defeated Lancaster
High last Friday on the local dia-
mond BY the score Of TO o. Both
teams played good ball but Madison
High proved the better. Batteries
for Lancaster were Cox and Cochran,
Bratton pitching one inning. for
Madison High. Reid and Reenes.
Thursday Lancaster High will
Journey TO Nieholasville High. Fri
day they will try the Thelkeld Sc
lects at Nieholasville. Let's Paint
Lick Nicholasville again,
The school enjoyed q very delight
;ul musical program last Thursday
morning during chapel period. Mrs.
holland selected some very pleasing
records for the victrola and we al
ways enjoy Thursday morning per
iods. feeling sure that we will be
highly entertained.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-21

s. D.-"why is Lula Anderson's
heart like a moong"
Ben-"Beeause It's always chang
ing and always has a man in H."
Hamilton-"say, Hary, did you
know that had a new job!"
Henry-"No. what Is III"
Hamilton-"Oh, I'm blacksmith
down at the City Restaurant"
Henry-"I don't understand you,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Another Record Audience to
Attend Equity Show Tonight

Macklyn Arbuckle, Lionel Atwill. George
Arliss. John Barrymore, Frank Bacon,
Arthur Byron, John Cope, Reginald
Denny. John Drew, Sam Hardy, Wilson
Lackaye, Edmund Love, Bruce McRae,
Tyrone Powers, Conway Tearle, Norman
Trevor and Robert Warwick.
s'Tn the two days in which the Equity
show has been given, we have at
tracted more psople to the Metropoli-
tan Opera House than the average
Broadway show seats in two solid
weeks" said Hassard Short, general
director, yesterday. : "Ten thousand
peopls passed through the doors of the
Metropolitan Opera House last Sunday
afternoon and evening, and tonight
we expect an audience Of at least A.
600 more. We have to attract big au-
diences to mako it worth while to
bring 1000 people upon the stage"
Since last weeks performance, Nazi-
NOVA, Chic Sales and Raymond Fitch
cock have been added to the cast.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Helen Hayes to Star i'm New
Harrington Play, ''The Wren

character of the heroine may be gath
cred from the title. "The wren, most
diminutive of birds,n says Shake
speare, twill fight, her young ones In
her nest, against the OWL" In the
bird kingdom she represents the very
spirit Of motherhood. When Dickens
in "Our Mutual Friend" wanted name
for the crippled little dolls dressmaker
who was SO eager to mother and protect
every one who came near her he called
her Jenny Wren. Seeby Olds, in this
new Harrington play, is just that sort
"a girl filed with the mothering i'm
pulse toward her father, her school
children and her lover. II is role
that is different from any that Miss
Hayes has previously played, but it is
one that should suit her personality.
Miss Hayesss advance to stardom has
been rapid-but not too rapid. She
has been under Mr.. Tyler's manage
ment ever since she played "Polly-
anna" for him on the Pacific Coast. He
gave her g part In his Broadway pro-
dution Of Tarkington'a "Psnrod" and
then he lent her to Charles Frohman,
Inc, to play the little dream daughter
in Barrie's "Dear Brutus~ with Will
liam Gillette at the Empire Theater.
Last season she played Cora In Tark-
ington's "Ciarence," which shs left to
be featured in the title r3ls Of "Bab."
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

aslsn Hayes will be starred next
~ ,ss'0a ny George c. Tyler in "The
"'a' play written expressly for
ass Oy Booth Harrington.
p, MSS Hayes is appearing now at the
: 1'sskss0ne Theater, Chicago, in "Bab,''
'sa here early in the season Mt the
~ a'A Iaeater. Since leaving the Park
a,s a.n aayes has played "Bab' in Boston,
ruasosiphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, st.
cities. 0 sea 'A'S
ma, sa' VIII continue to play in Chicago
~. Ia some time in June, when she will
~, season that has lasted for forty
as s'' She will go to Europe to re-
4. ahSi The middle of August, when
!, 'aeafsal Of the new play will be-
~. She will make her first appear
s.s. i. N It at the Hollis Street Theater,
ss'0n' September 1s.
sils Harvard has been engaged by
:, iyier to be Miss Hayes's leading
i. = Tue new play. Mr.. Howard is
aa. snsed young English actor who
!, i ais American debut this season
~. = !, worried friend of the Prince in
i ~ Wrea" is three-act play with
ss..a ssnes laid in a part OF Maine
-. ar. Harrington spends his sum
|lsn.. = tells very simple. but
s love story. Some idea of ths
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Bee Palmer, Creator
Of a New Art From
Jazz and the Blues

1t was an enthusiastic welcome that
greeted little Bee Palmer on her re-
turn to the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
last week. For five minutes thu Zieg-
field hammers smote the tables and
Bee Palmer, little bewildered, stood
gasping, with Just suspicion of tears
in her eyes and lump in her throat
that would not go down.
Five years ago Ziegfeld introduced
her to New York--in a small part, to
be sure, but in part that gave her
a chance to prove her worth to O dis
eliminating audience.
Bee Palmer is q shiuamy queen, If
you will, but she is more than that.
She Is true artist. She has taken
the raw, human stuff of the under
world and made new art product of
the theater. She is to the sources Of
jazz and blues what Exacois Villon
was to the wild lits ~s Paris. Both
found exquisite blossoms Of art In the
sector of life removed GsgSm the con-
cert room and the boudo1r, and their
harvest has the vigor, the resolute life,
the stimulating quality, the impress Of
daredevil, carefree, do-as-you-please
lives of the picturesque men and wom-
en- who DEFY convention
Bee Palmer has been hailed as the
girl with "the worlds most famous
shoulders" That is mere press agent
hlurb. Shimmy is sometimes associated
with the vulgarity of the cheap dance
hall. Bee Palmer merely presents, in
an artistic way, the popular dance craze
of the day.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Prohibition Jokes Are
Sure-Fire, Says One
Who Cracks Them

Whatever prohibition may have
done for the community in general
and whether you view it from the
angle Of the ". C. T. U. or regard it
with the eye Of the truly thirsty,
there is one thing that must be ad-
mitted. 1t has given the theater q
sure-fre laugh. It has provided q
source of merriment that ranks with
the mother-in-law story or the yarn
about the lady in the upper berth.
That's the opinion of Oscar Shaw,
who plays Bobby in 1.-TWO Little Girls
in Blue" at the George M. Cohan The
ater, comedy that manages to be
both musical and comic, thing not
achieved by every musical comedy In
the year 1921.
"Theater audiences are more tickIed
over any sort of prohibition joke to-
day than they were two weeks after
the country was supposed to have gone
dry" afirms Mr.. Shaw. During the
first few months Of so-caIled drouth
the wise ones all said that the pro-
hibition joke would go the way OF
others that are founded on an event
of the moment. But it hasn't. ]
should say it has not.
"Just watch any audience and sea
how quick they are TO pick up the
slightest hint Of that sort. Now in
this show we've got brand new one
They ask me Have you travelled or
the water much p and ] say, '0h, yes
quite lot recently The audience
gets it almost before can say ny lire
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

Box Office reports yesterday forecast
another record audience tonight at the
Metropolitan Opera House where the
Actors Equity Association will again
hitch it's chariot to not one but a
thousand stars,
The feature of the show is the Shake
speare pageant, which visualizes every
great Shakespearian hero and heroine
in the personality Of q famous star.
Autographed photographs of the par
ticipants in the pageant taken in cos
tune last Sunday night will be sold at
to-night's performance. The photo
graphs include those of Lillian Albert
son, Ethel Barrymore, Jane Cowl, Mar
ion Davies, Elsie Ferguson, Marga1o
Gilmore Violet Heming, Martha He'd
man, Chrystal Herne, Doris Keane,
Madge Lessing, Elsie Mackaye, Nance
O'Neil. Florence Reed, Lillian Russell,
Norma Talmadge, Laurette Taylor, GEN
evieye Tobin, Helen Ware, Peggy Wood.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

man suggested TO me not long ago
that there was good comedy in the
episodes of any local enforcement
agent. I'm not familiar enough with
that myself to say, but certainly there's
plenty OF opportunity for comedy, or
tragedy, either, for that matter.
"Take, for example, the idea back Of
the jokes they'vssbeen telling recently
about how prohibition kept a good
many families together, because the
husband and wife couldn't agree on the
proper division of the cellar, and so
didn't get divorce after all. There's
perfectly good situation there"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

Yes, sir, this is certainly A. v. q.
WhatI Oh, haven't you heard that ?
That means Ammo Volstead. They say
lot of people are making their dates
that way.
"There's one absolutely sure-fre hit
nowadays. Indicate prohibition and
then say, This is free country I
suppose it's been done million times
already, but it always means a laugh
and that laugh comes from all over
the house - boxes, orchestra and bal
comics.
eyes. I do believe whole comedy
could be written around prohibition. A
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
= Ube 52e&n 1Dlaps @

Interpretation Of this role is said to
be new and entirely original one,
and, however it may or may not fit
In with our preconceived notions, is
suro to be an earnest and painstaking
characterization. "The Merchant" will
be repeated on Saturday afternoon
The bill for the rest of the week will
be Hamlet" Monday and Thursday
nights; "The Servant in the House, p
Tuesday and Saturday nights; "Mac-
beth." Thursday matinee.
With the production Of Richard W
Temples musical costume play "The
Three Musketeers," at the Manhattan
Opera House on Thursday night, sea-
son of summer musical plays will be
inaugurated which will last four
months, as the house has been leased
for that period by Michael Dempsey
general manager of the Southern Opera
Company. The adaptation Of the story
as we'll as the lyrics and the music
has been done by Mr.. Temple, who
will play the role Of the swashbuckling
D'Artagnan. Ernest Knoch has been
engaged TO conduct the orchestra.
Augustus Thomas, who so promptly
and adequately came to the rescue last
Tuesday in the emergency of Emmett
Corrigan's sudden illness, playing the
chief role in Nemesis" on an. hours
notice, has consented to continue In the
part during this week. The fact OF the
author, who is the acknowledged dean
Of American playwrights, coming into
the company to portray the characte,
he himself created has put the other
members of the cast upon their mettle
so that 1t is gripping performance
which Is to be seen at the Hudson
Theater.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

The initial showing of the French
hlm "J'Accuse" viii be made by Marc
Riaw, Inc, Tuesday evening, May 10,
IN the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton
Hotel. Abel Gance, author, producer
and director of the picture, will be the
guest of honor and among those who
have been invited to attend this pri-
vate view are Frank Pavey, Charles
Ditson. Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. Cad
walader Jones and others who are
known to be interested in the French
and the aftermath of the war.