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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
Started This TdlentinO Fuss

InquiSitiyc Person. am the In.
iect going about Rudoloh Valentino.
am very sorry to tell YOU this but
think 7 should.
The questions asked you to answer
for me wero not all answered. as every
thing that has been written about Ru-
dolph Valentino 7 have ,ut out and am
l;c"ping. together with other interest
ing letters. | nm sure il NY questions
had all been answered before in the
column ! would not have asked y"u
again. I'll admit there might hive
hcen two or three. but. al any rate. you
could have answered the others for mo.
II do not think Mary Leonardo did
right in telling You what she thought
OF yon. and furthermore she is t"~
young 10 give you such call down, as
she SayH she is only thirteen. IlIy the
way. ] am eighteen years old,
II would certainly like 70 hear sorrC
of the things Ting Ling knows about
Mr.. Val 'ntno and just what is meant
when Sh" states. IT is shane 90 500
n promising young actor 20 wrong.
This statement has me vuzzlcd; please
try 10 explain 10 me in which way Mr.
Valentino has gone wrong.
$50 you arc the person WHO sot NJ"
into all this trouble. are you: vow
see. nm complying with y'ur WISh not
to publish either your name or address
But you certainly hnv" got me in n
mess. "" had som" letters that wcr"
"von 700 abusive To- print-ond ! thin J.
YOU II admit I don't snGr" myself much
When thH fans disagree with m". l'ut |
really don't recall that ! tailed 10 an
Sver ToIr questions. iI | dld, why
good cant explain Ting Ling ) y
statements u you. but If 'TiLg Ling
will writ" in fuller detail I'll be glad to
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q TO DEDICATE NEW SCHOOL
Officials TO Take Part In E*erelse'
at Yeadon This Evening

The William Evans Public Srhool AZ
Ycadon. Delaware County. will be dcd,
icuted this evening, when addresses WIZ
be made by Judge Isaac Johnson OF
Media! County Superintendent OF
Schools, Smith and William Evans,
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Sheriff of Yeadon, for whom the school

NUFTIW OI lEHWUH, Tut WHVuI TUT sCHUUI
Is named.
The school stands on plot of ground
known as Iongacrc Park and school
buildingl hrs stood on this site for 10
ycnrs The first school, onc-room
affair, costing S210. was built in 1911
and in 1870 this was enlarged 4 new
school was Duilt in 1887 and was torn
down to make room for tn" present
structure.
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Film Directors Often
Defy Nature Itself

DAD weather calls are posted dur.
~ ing the winter season at studios
which are alternatives in case sun
shine fails. Some of these are quito
funny. At the Lasky studio re-
Gently such phrases as these were
\noted:
y "Jf bad weather, will shoot Mar
tNls Kitchen. "
\If raining, shoot interior of
saiSpn."
IN not clear, shoot inside OF ten.
smsnN"
ThuA are the elements cheated By
the proSpcers,
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No. 48--The Magic Cigar Band

\ cigar is shown. and waved in the
air. Suddenly the band disappears from
the cigar. Another wave, and it re-
appears.
The band only goes half way around
the cigar. 1t is glued to the perfecto
to keep it from falling off. In waving
the cigar. it is given half turn. which
brings the blank side to the front. A
reversal of the movement brings the
band back.
Copyright, 1891, by Pubrc Ledger Companv
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Uncommon. Sense
BY JOHN BLAKE
Mirrors

pie, will gradually come to a satisfac.
tory understanding Of the business OF
living. ...
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anyhow, We are friends. aren't We. Mr..
GravNs?"
ID. VI. 6. r.. 30 North Fifth street.
."Srei1g that Rudolph Valentino seems
to be I'll, latest tonic for discussion in
your column, thought would be
privileged to voice my opinion.
"As a matter Of fact. | like Itu-
do'ph's acting and 20 to sec every pic
tur" in which he np2"ars.
AS tor being COnceit"d. I cant see
whcr" y" ~ any wor'e than some of
our other stnrs-for instance. Wa,lic
Reid
Another thing: II I were n man and
had his looks and accomplishments. Id
b" Conc"'tcd. 700. and 20 would ycur
reader, who seem 90 have turned
against him.
You say YOU think he acted well
in 9TH, Four Iiorscmeu until no t"iod
t. be- heroic aJ.d then hc went 'hloocr.
We'll. I'll Ike ~ know where. think
Nc is 'ndcrrul actor and always will.
II like you. Mr.. Nicely. even If We
don't agree about Mr.. Valentino. One
thing. yoV are very frank in expressing
Your opinion.
"WrIl. hore's wishing some more
Of Mr.. Nn'rntinos admirers will speak
up for him.
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TEE value of criticism in tue We

THE value of criticism in tue world
l. is its helpfulncss.
In the pitiless lampooning Of social
characters and conditions. the novelists
seek to show to all men that their
own defective characters are creating
the same defective conditions.
They often fail, but sometimes they
succeed. II we study our friends-or
our enemies. for that matter-with a
view to seeing in them our own faults,
and their results. we are beginning to
learn.
We are all abundantly supplied with
faults. Those of use who can correct
our own by studying those in other peo-
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CRITICISM is not only easy, but
~ natural. We we're born criticizing.
The baby loudly criticizes the world
into which he has been thrust because
his little body is uncomfortable and
dinner is not always on time.
Later on, he carries his criticism to
actual comments on his parents lack OF
interest in him.
Children criticize other children for
faults, and for ignorance. BY ignorance
they mean that the other children do
not happen to know things that they
know. A child who has learned that
cows give milk is superciliously critical
of another child who imagines that the
only function of COW is to moo and to
wear horns.
A S WE grow in stature and intelli-
"A gence, and acquire what we think
is wisdom, we become increasingly crit
ical. II we learn how to speak gram
matically we arc intolerant of those who
have not learned the same lesson.
II we know another language we are
prone to use It.. now and then. in order
to .'show up our neighbors who do not
understand it.
One of the stock themes of humor
consists Of jokes about people who do
not know things that we know. In
fact, much of humor is founded on q
pleasing sense of superiority.
Continued through life. this sort OF
thing creates cads and borcs For
tunately there is saving grace IN all
OF us which enables us at times TO see
some of our own shortcomings as clearly
as we see those of others.
And. If we can learn to see in the
faults of others our own faults re-
hected, we are fairly on the way to q
better and a more wholesome under
standing of life.
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CNow. my Gear Mercedes. lr' : got
this hing StrHightcrcd out. Nobody
ever made th" statement in these COL
umnS that Italian actors are no good.
I have seen "Th"odora, and. if you
have followed this page. You will re-
m"mber tha> ! have spoken very highly
Of It. And nobody has 'knockod' Val
,ntino because cf his nationality. It
was only = suggestion made b, n littlo
sri. who wrote in intimating that that
was the reason didn't appr"l" Of him
rs an actor. But that isn't tac rCa-
son. ] disaDrruvo of him because hc j.
forgetting hat he can act. And rs
for cnncNit. hl"Ss your heart. | could
nv this column with tho Damas- Of
ether actors whom 7 consider just rs
conccited n, he IS, have no more ami
mostly toward Rudolph than 7 would
have toward any Young man who gave
every promise of being n splendid nd
dition TO our gallery If actors and
then fell down on the job. That's aIlD
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THE MOVIE FANS LETTER-BOX
by HENRY NJ. NEELY

anyhow. We are friends. aren't We. Mr..
GravNs:'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-15

open gossip all over the West that the
7. $. l.. is differed by lot Of dunn
mics aul rlace-Eunters and relatives
III have to clean house"
Go to it; dat is part of your
free hand Have you the material
10 draw FROM
II know few good men, If can
get them said the boss thoughtfuly.
THE one man can't place at sight is
a good corporation counsel. I'm OBJ
iiged to have good lawyer, Uncle
John"
Il have the man for you, If you'll
take him on my say so; young fel-
low named Ripley who has done some
corking good work for me IN Chicago
I'll wire him, If you like. Now word
or two about this local graft we
touched upon last night. don't know
the ins and outs Of 1t, but people here
will tell you that q sort Of holding
corporation. called Red Tower Con-
solidated, has strange grip on this
entire region. Its subsidiary COM
panies control the grain elevators, the
fruit packeries, the coal mines and
distributing yards, the timber supply
and the lumber yards, and even have
finger on the so-called Independent
smelters"
The boss nodded. "Tve heard of
Red Tower. Also, l have heard that
the railroad stands in with it to pinch
the producers and consumers"
A road engine was backing down
the spur to take the Alexa in tow for
the eastward run, and what was said
had to be said in hurry.
dig 1t out" barked the wheat king.
IF you find that we are In on it, it's
your privilege to cut loose. The two
men who will give you the most trou-
BILE are right here In Portal City:
Hatch, the president of Red Tower
and Henckel, its vice-president. They
say either Of them would commit MUIR
der for ten-dollar bill, and they stand
In with Pete Clanahan, the city boss,
and his gang of political thugs. That's
all, Graham all but one thing. Write
me after you've climbed into the sad
die and have found out just what
you're in for. If you say you can
make 1t so. I'll back you, If it takes
half Of next years wheat CROP"
When the special had become black
smudge Of coal smoke in the distance,
Mr.. NOrcross turned on me with the
grim little smile that goes with his
fighting mood.
"You are private secretary to the
new general manager Of the Pioneer
Short Line, Jimmie, and your salary
begins to-day" he said, briskly. "Now
let's 60 up to the hotel and get our
fighting clothes on"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-15
DRIFTWOOD
BY LUE F. VERNON

1t is all very well to talk about
the injunction to eat. drink and be
merry; but this might as we'll be
taken as a warning rather than a
command. You see, it often happens
that if you eat and drink you will be
fer from merry.
Have you ever observed how
quickly charges made by unworthy
and untruthful persons are accepted,
particularly if they are made against
prominent and worthy people? The
disposition to disparage decent peo-
pie, and believe unreasonable false
hoods against them is a very mean
habit. If you have the habit, get
over it.
Blessed is the man who discovers
in the hour of his adversely that he
has lot more friends than he
thought he had-but he is scarce.
Many a girl wastes her time try
ing to cultivate her vocal range,
when a cooking range would be
more in her line.
Many people who live up up-to-
date hotels and apartment houses,
who pose as educated and cultured
folk, sadly need few instructions
from plumber regarding conduct
when using the bath and toilet
room.
The poll-tax is as welcome to
many folk as the-black plague.
Johnny-"What does it mean to
take thing philosophically?"
Mother-"It's the way your pa
pays his card debts, but not the
butchers bill"
Just about the time q man saves
up something for rainy day he
gets a toothache, and has to give 1t
all to dentist.
HOW 1T IS PUT.
If man were to give to another
an orange, he would merely say: II
give you tulS OTduSc. but Wueu tue
transaction is entrusted to lawyer
to put into writing, he adopts this
! form:
II hereby give, grant, and convey
to you all and singular my estate
and interest, right, title, claim, and
advantage of and in the said orange,
together with all its rind, skin, Juice,
pulp, and pits, and all right and ad-
vantage therein, with full power to
bite, cut, suck, and otherwise eat
the same, or give the same away as
fully and effectually as I, the said A
B, am now entitled to bite, cut,
suck, or otherwise eat the same
orange or give the same away, with
or without its rind, skin, juice, pulp.
and pits, anything hereinbefore or
hereinafter, or in any other deed or
deeds, instrument or Instruments, OF
what nature or kind soever to the
contrary in any wise notwithstand-
ing"
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States court-or a new deal all around
In the management"
"Vich of the two will 1t be that will
come out of that commiddee room up
stairS?"
"A new management. Dunton can't
stand for receivership, and Chad
wick knows 1t. The securities would
be knocked out and the majority hold
ers-Dunton and his bunch-couldn't
unload. Chadwick will name the man
who Is to take Shaffer's place as gen.
eral manager of the railroad outfit
We might have stood 1t off for a
while, just as said yesterday, If we
could have kept Chadwick from at
tending this meeting"
"But now we don't could stand it
off-what them"
well have to wait and see. and
size up the new man when he blows
In. He'll be only human, Henckel. And
If We get right down to 1t we can
pull him over to our side-or make
him wish he'd never been born"
The big man got up ponderously
and brushed the cigar ashes off Of his
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pany Is now building a branch line.

pany Is now building q Dranch line.
Mr.. Norcross turned to me:
Jimmie. make a note to tell Mr..
Van Britt to have the work stopped
at once on the Saw Horse branch,
and all the equipment brought in"
And then to Billoughby: "Go on"
"The main graft, of course, is In
the grain elevators, the fruit pack
cries, the coal and lumber yards and
the stock yards and handling corrals.
In these public or Quasi-public, util-
tiles the railroad has given them-in
fee simple, 1t seems-all the yard
room, switches, track facilities, and
the like. Wherever local competition
has tried to break in. the railroad
company has given 1t the cold should
er and 1t has been either forced out
or frozen out"
Exactly" said the boss. "Now tell
me how far you have gone In the
other field"
I'VE are pretty we'll shaped up and
are about ready to begin business
Juneman has done splendid work. and
so has Ripley. We have succeeded,
in a measure, though the opposition
has been keeping up steady bombard-
ment. Hatch and his people haven't
been idle. They own or control a
dozen or more prominent newspapers
In the state, and. as you know. they
are making an open fight on you and
your management through these pa
pers. The net result so far has been
merely to keep the people stirred up
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HORTICULTURAL
PROSPECTS ARE
VERY PROMISING
Arid Districts Have More Than
Usual Moisture, Says
Frank GlOyd

Never for many years have crop
and horticultural conditions shown
such promise for this season of the
year, is the statement of Frank
Gloyd, supervisor of agriculture un-
der Director e. l.. French of the de-
partment of agriculture. There is
more moisture than usual at this
time of the year in the arid districts
east of the mountains and there will
be plenty of water in the mountains
for irrigation purposes. Mr.. Gloyd
states.
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tning 100 mean Tor II 70 say about
the boss and his new appointees. Then
the employees got busy and the griev-
ance committees began to pour in.
Mr.. Norcross never denied himself to
anybody. The otiice-doOr stood wide
open and the kickers were welcomed,
as you might say, with open arms.
You men are going to get the
squarest deal you have ever had. and
still Squarer one a little farther
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and doubtful. They say that the rail-
road has never played fair-and I
guess 1t hasn't, in the past"
"NOt within q thousand miles," was
the boss curt comment. "But 60 on
with your story"
1--WE pulled the new deal off yester.
day, simultaneously in eleven of the
principal towns along the line. Meet.
ings Of the bankers and local capital
lists were held, and we had man at
each one Of them to explain our plan
and to pledge the backing Of the rail.
road. Notwithstanding all the doubt
and dust that's been kicked mp by the
Hatch people, 1t went like wild-fire."
with money!" Queried the boss.
Eyes; with real money. Citizens
Storage & Warehouse was launched,
as you might say, on the spot, and
enough capital was subscribed to make
1t going concern. OF course, there
were some doubters. and some few
greedy ones. The greedy ones pro-
tested against the fixed dividend
scheme; they didn't see why the new
company shouldn't be allowed to cut
q melon now and then II 1t should be
fortunate enough to grow one."
Mr.. Norcross smiled. "That is
precisely what the Hatch people have
been doing, all along, and 1t Is the
chief grievance Of these same people
who now want chance to outbid their
neighbors. The lease condition was
fully explained to them, wasn't it,"
"Oh. yes; Ripley saw to that. and
copies Of the lease were in the ex.
hibits. The new company IL to have
railroad ground to build on. and ample
track facilities in perpetuity, condi.
toned strictly upon the limited div.
idend. II the dividend Is increased,
the leases terminate automatically"
The boss drew long breath.
"You've done we'll, and better than
well. Billoughby." he said. "Now we
are ready to nre the blast. How was
the proposal to take over the Red
Tower properties at a fair valuation
receivedr'
"There was some opposition. Les
terburg. and three of the other larger
towns, want to build their own plants.
But they agreed to abide by a major
ity vote of the stock ON that point,
end my wire reports this morning say
that q lump-sum offer will be made
for the Red Tower plants today"
Mr.. Norcross sat back In his chair
and blew a cloud of cigar smoke to-
ward the ceiling.
"Hatch won't SELL" he predicted.
Hell be up here before night with
blood In his eye. I'm rather glad 1t
has come down to the actual give and
take. don't play the waiting game
very successfully, Billoughby. Keep
in touch, and keep me In touch. And
tell Ripley to keep on pushing on the
reins. The sooner we get at 1t. the
sooner it will be over"
After Billoughby had gone, Mr.. Nor.
cross came at me on little matter
that had been allowed to sleep ever
since the day now some time back,
Continued on Page Five.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER L-Graham Norcross, rail.
road manager. and his secretary. Jimmie
Dodds. are marooned at Sand Creek sid
ing with a young lady, Sheila Macrae.
and her small cousin. Unseen, they wit
ness q peculiar train holdup in which
. special car Is carried OF.
CHAPTER u.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadwtck's. financial
magnate, whom he was to meet at Portal
City. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers Norcross the manager
ship Of the Pioneer Short Line. which is
In the hands OF eastern spectators.
headed by Breckenridge Dunton, presi-
dent of the line. Norcross. learning that
6heila Macrae Ii stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
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CENTRALIA DAILY
HUB SUSPENDS
Financial Reverses Necessitate Ac-
ton, According to M. e. Cue,
Publisher

CENTRALIA, April 1.-THE Gen.
tralia Daily Hub suspended publica-
ton today. Financial reverses neces-
STATED the action, according to M. e.
Cue, publisher.
1t is understood that an attempt
will be made to re-finance the news
paper, which was established in Feb
ruary, 1913.
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COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
SUSTAINS LITTLE ROCK
BOARD IN BALDWIN CASE

In her decision on the hearing
granted r. J. Baldwin, who asked for
the revocation of the order of the
Little Rock school board discharging
him from the principalship Of the Lit
tie Rock school, Mrs. Cassandra
Brown upholds the order Of the school
board. The attorneys for Mr.. Bald.
win have 80 days in which to file an
appeal to the state superintendent of
public instruction.
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h...,

0O SVUvsUSO0O0 0OOU VQSs
bay-window. "You wait and see what
comes init the commiddee room out.
60 up to the ovvice."
When was left alone in the row Of
lobby chairs with the snappy one
was scared stiff for fear, now that he
didn't have anything else to think Of,
he'd catch on the fact that I might
have overheard. But apart from CIV
Ing me one long stare that made my
blood run cold, he didn't seem to no.
tice me much, and after a little he
got up and went to sit on the other
side Of the big rotunda where he could
watch the elevators going and coming.
guess he had lots Of patience. for
had to have. had been sitting in
my corner for two full hours when
saw the boss coming down the broad
marble stair with Mr.. Chadwick.
Mr.. Norcross held up a finger for
me, and when jumped up he gave
me sheet Of paper; a Pioneer Short
Line presidents letter-head with q
few lines written on It with a pen and
sort Of crazy-looking signature under
them.
'Take that to the Mountaineer Job
Office and have i've hundred of them
printed" was the boss order. "Then
make a copy and take It to Mr.. Cant.
rell. the editor. and ask him to run It
in tomorrow's paper a. an item Of
news. II he feels like It. When you
are through. come down to Mr.. Chad.
wick's car"
Since the thing was going to be
published, and was going to make
a copy Of 1t. I didn't scruple to read
It as l hurried out to begin hunt for
the Mountaineer office. 1t was the
printers copy for an official circular,
dated at Portal City and addressed to
all officers and employees of the
Pioneer Short Line. It read:
EFFECTIVE at once, Mr.. Graham Nor.
cross is appointed general manager of
the Pioneer Short Line system. with
headquarters at Portal City. and his
orders will be respected accordingly.
breckenridge Dunton,
| president"
We had got our Jolt. all right; and
leaving the ladder and the Friday start
out Of the question, grinned and told
myself that the one other thing that
counted for most was the fact that
Mrs. Sheila Macrae was a widow.
chased like the dickens on the
printing job. because. apart from
wanting to absorb all the dope could
time notes with the Chicago banks
and the board authorized it."
The boss pushed that part of n
aside abruptly. as he always does
when he has got hold Of the gist Of Z
thing .
] "Now, about my STAFF" he said. ats