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The New York herald., 1921-08-14
LLEPROTESTS BILL
FROM GERMANY FOR
REPAIRS TO THEATRE
Bluff and Bad Taste,' Com.
ments French Press on Re
port From Berlin.
CITY PAID FOR THE WORK
Then Building Was Damaged
and Scenery Burned in
Big Retreat.
yITY PAID FOR THE WORK
Special Gable TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1871, By THE New YORK HrnALD.

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, By THE New York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Aug. 13.
"A typical instance of German bluff
and bad taste" was the unanimous de-
cision by the French press in COM
menting on dispatches received here
from Berlin that Herr Grunewald, di-
rector of the Karlsruhe Theater, had
stated Germany had put in a bill for
reconstructing the Grand Theatre In
Lille during the enemy occupation OF
that city. Immediately after the pub
lication of these Berlin dispatches
protests began arriving here from Lille
and other towns in northern France
demanding to know what the French
Foreign Office intended to do about It.
An investigation showed the Germans
spent a million francs rebuilding the
Grand Theatre at Lille along German
lines. but promptly made a levy on the
city treasury for the total cost of the
work Numerous performances were
held there with German music and
actors imported from Germany with tho
Kaiser's consent, but not one centime OF
pfennig of the money received from
these performances ever reached the
Lille municipal treasury.
This might have been overlooked by
the people Of Lille had the Germans left
the theatre intact, but when the order
for retreat was given the interior OF the
theatre was badly damaged. the seats
broken up and the scenery burned In the
street to give the impression that the
invaders had decided to have final
holocaust The Lille authorities had e
spend a quarter of a million francs t.
put the theatre in order again.
With such a dosser ready II is cer-
tain that the reply OF the DUAL d'Orsay,
If 1t is asked to pay again for thib thea
tire. will be the same as that given last
month by Lille theatrical manager
when jobless German who had
achieved success during the occupation
asked for a chance on the stage there.
This manager Immediately called
strong gendarme who escorted the actor
to the railroad station and placed him
aboard the first eastbound train with a
free ticket TO Berlin, assuring him at
the same time In the best Franco-Flem-
ish German, ''Nichts !"
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
SLY QUIP ON PUTNEY PURITY
SPOILS SUCCESS OF FARCE
Trump Card" From the French Goes Well at London
Premiere Until Hint of Humbug Provokes Boos
for Arthur Bourchier, Actor Manager.

Mr.. Wimperie. in commenting on tho
Incident, said: What I really meant
was suburban responsibility. and it is
just that quality Of English hypocrisy
that has made England what she Is.
Suburban prudery. by which I mean
not a clean mind but really dirty
one. Is a form of humbug and it Is this
spoof1ng Of the people that has made
England what she Is.
THE English people are being
spoofed all the time, whether by Put
ney prudery or Westminster wrang-
ling. We are living in an age of
humbug. Sir Eric Geddes has wasted
more public money than any other
Minister-probably than any other
living man-and he Is made head of
the economy committee. That is
much more extravagant farce than
the one 1 have written, but l hope II
won't run so long"
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
FRENCH SUFFRAGISTS HOPE
FOR VOTE EARLY IN 1924
Battle for Equal Rights Will Begin in Senate in
Observation-Disclosures Already
Start Campaign.

port the woman suffrage movement at
the following session.
The Chamber as now constituted Is
more than two-thirds pro-suffraSe,
but the stern. hard headed old patri-
OTIS OF the upper body profess to SEQ
danger to Frances future prosper
ity II women get the right to mix up
in political affairs before the financial
problems have all been solved and
France once more is occupying a vital
position in world politics.
The prospect of women visiting the
voting booths meanwhile Is having the
same effects as In the United States.
Anti-alcohol and anti-tobacco faddists
are parading their hopes under suf-
frage banners, insisting that once
women have attained their rights
there will be no moro drunkenness.
absinthe substitutes will disappear,
churches will replace cinemas. bold
train bandits will begin TO fear women
controlled police and other crimes viii
diminish appreciahly
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
ENGLAND'S TANK CORPS
WILL BE EXTENDED
New Type of Machine Is
Being Developed.

Spec,ni Cable TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1881, oy THE NEW YoRK HEzALp
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Aug. II.
Great Britain has found II necessary
10 reconstitute her strong tank corps TO
take the place OF armored cars, accord
ing to sir l.. Worthington Evans Sec
retary of War, who made this declara-
ton in parliamentary debate. He said
that very high standard OF efficiency
as well as practical knowledge was re-
quired of members OF the corps.
Much progress had been made with the
design OF the tanks. he said. involving
a long, light tank which will have all the
virtues OF an armored car and at the
game time will be more formidable. The
tank service, which now consists OF four
battalions. will be expanded next fall
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

Special Cable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891. by THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Aug. 13.
"Putney purity" was an expression
that drew a storm of disapproval
which marred an otherwise highly
successful premiere Of THE Trump
Card" at the Strand Theatre here this
week. 1t Is farce from the French
done by Arthur Wimperie. and it
made a great hit" until just before
the final curtain, when the line was
spoken:
IF there is any one thing more than
another which has made England
what it is to-day 1t Is Putney purity"
Although the play was racy, 1t was
not considered indelicate, but this line
brought forth a burst of disapproval
and the gallery booed Arthur Bourchier.
the actormanager of the Strand.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
ICE PROBLEM STIRS
BRIGHTON MERCHANTS
Americans Cause Demand for
Ice Crecn1.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE New YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Aug. 13.
Brighton business men have been
stirred for several weeks by quarre'
between shopkeepers and ice cream ven-
ders there over the distribution OF Ice,
which was always hard to get here. but
which is coming more into demand with
the arrival of Americans In England.
Ice cream venders asserted that they had
a right to the same amount of ice as was
had by shopkeepers.
Finally the dispute was settled by the
Ice Cream Federation, which contracted
for supplies from London sufficient to 60
around.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

bpectot Cuos 70 IHn NEW YORK hEnAID.
Copyright, 1871. By THE NEW YonK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, Aug. IL.
Women will vote In the municipal
elections before the spring of 1924.
according to the prophecy Of Senator
Louis Martin and other advocates of
universal suffrage who are planning
to give French women the same privi-
lege in the next two years which their
American and English sisters enjoy.
The Senate temporarily overthrew
calculations by refusing to discuss
women's rights before the summer va
cation, but Senator Martin has OBJ
tanned a promise that the debate will
open early In November with the
probability that a compromise on
municipal voting will be arranged. As
soon as this Is obtained the suffragists
will open a campaign for the election
as Senators and Deputies Of only such
men as will pledge themselves to sup
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
LADY VERA MAKES
WINNING IN TIME
Takes I75,O00 Francs in Sin
gle Hours Play.

Special Cable 10 THE NEw YonK HEnArp.
Copyrtoht. 1921. bv THE Nrw YoRK HrnaLp.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris. Aug. r3.
Lady Vera Cathart has replied to her
husbands announcement recently that
he would no longer be responsible for
her debts by packing her trunks and
going to Deauville where sho has Just
caused sensation by winning 175.ooo
francs in a single hours playing.
When she took her scat at the green
table Lady Vera had only 1876 francs
left from the allowance her husband
gives her every month and which she
has publicly protested is too small to
be OF any use to her.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
BY the
London Firms Dodging
High Rates of Postage

Special Gable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, ov THE New York HHRALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London. Aug. 13.
F,NGLISH postage rates for do
mestic letters and parcels
are now so high that a well
known firm of London manu-
facturers has discovered it is
cheaper by half to ship its mail
to Paris and have it posted there
for it's clients in this city. The
increase in English postage rates
recently has caused a strong pro-
test, but the advance is con-
sidered necessary because of the
increased expenses of the post Of
flee. This firm has just sent 5000
circulars in a single batch to its
branch in Paris to post for Lon
don. Had these been mailed here
the cost would have been f32,
whereas by sending them to
France the postage is only Sic.
The firm said that delay of two
days in such mail makes little
difference.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

Special Cable 70 Tur NEw YonK HrrsLp.
Copyright. 1891, by THE Nrw YoRK HrrALp.
New York Herald Bureau
london. Aug. ~.
The United Kingdom has had sta
tistics on divorces. drunkenness, births.
deaths and marriages, all with ireland
not Included" IN recent months and II is
now proposed that II have precautions
against death also with ireland left out.
Members of the House Of Commons
have introduced bill drawn by Gen.
Surtees providing that the contalner in
which a poison Is sold must bear a
printed prescription for an antidote for
such poison, the last paragraph or the
measure providing that this act shall
not apply to Ireland"
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
A POLYGLOT WEDDING.
siberian MosIem WEEDS Lutheran
I'm Catholic Church.

Special Correspondence 10 THE NEW YoRK
HERALD.
ZURICH, Switzerland. Aug. 3.--A poly
glot wedding has taken place at Haders-
leben, on the German-Danish frontier.
where a girl. until recently Of the Luth-
eran faith. was married in Roman
Catholic Church to a Siberian Moslern
who was a Russian prisoner OF war in
Germany.
The couple were received into the
Church Of Rome before the ceremony.
which was performed by a priest Of
Dutch extraction, while French teacher
OF Danish origin and Lettish work.
man were witnesses.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
PASSION PLAY REVIVED.
wnlle. Germany, Rencws a HIS
toric Production.

Special Cable 70 TIE Nrw YoRK HrlsLp
Copyright. 1891. by THE Nrw YORK HEsAtp.
VALE. Germany. Aug. 13.-The Passion
Play was revived this summer In this
little Bavarlan village. which has been
presenting Il since the eighteenth century
during which time the electors and the
Augsburg bishops have supported the
Peoples Theatre
since tile BEGINNING OF the nineteenth
century this play has drawn 2s. 900
visitors TO this village The last previ-
Que production was In 1914
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
BEACH TIDIED UP.
Volunteers Spike Rubbish and
Urae Public Care.

Special Correspondence 70 THE New YosK
HYRup.
I,oSpoS. Aug. s.-while mixed bath
ing was IN progress at Frenshan Pond,
surrey, eight young men marcned round
tho banks carrying sandwich boards
bearing the inscription: PLEASE clear up
your rubbish after YOU
They then spiked pieces q uapcr,
banana skins and empty match boxes
like professional park scavengers, and,
placing their collection IN a heap. again
mingled with the girl bathers.
Some of the girls wore costumes OK the
new wall paper pattern, which, clingins
"a their wet bodies. produced . grotesaue
effect
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
STATISTICS NO LONGER
INCLUDE IRELAND
United Kingdom Onits Fig
ures for Erin.

Special Cable 70 Tur NEw YonK HrnAlp.
1871. bu TnE Nrw YoRK H-lALn
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
FAIR BATHERS IN SPAIN
MUST HIDE CHARMS
Nor May Shapely Shoulders
Appear at Casinos.

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HERALD
Copyright, 1921, by THE New York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

Speo'o' Gable 70 THE New York HERALD.
oopD'f0hf, 1891, by THE NEW YoaK HEaArn
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

Special Cable to THE NEw YonK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, bp THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29

quiet, breaking out once, in the meat
course. to tell me that he'd just had a
forwarded telegram from an old friend
of his that would stop us of for
day or two in Portal City, the head
quarters Of the Pioneer Short Line.
Farther along. pretty well into the Ice
cream and black coffee, he came to life
again to ask me II had noticed the
young lady and the girl In the Pull
man section next to ours.
told him I had, and then, because
had never known him to bother his
head for two minutes In succession
about any woman, he gave me a
shock; said they were ticketed to
Portal City-and to find that out he
must have asked the train conductor
adding that when we reached Portal
1t would be the neighborly thing for
me to do to help them off with their
handbags and see that they got a cab
II they wanted one.
"Sure will" says I. "That is, II
the lady's husband isn't there to. meet
them. Her suit case has her name,
Mrs. Sheila Macrae,' on It,"
The boss has way of making two
up-and-down wrinkles and little
his eyes when he IS going to reach
for you.
"There are times. Jimmie, when you
see altogether too much" he said.
! sort of gruff.
'Macrae,' you say: that Is Scotch.
And so is 'SheiIa.' Most likely the
names, both of them, are only hand
downs. She looks straight American
to me-"
'She Is pretty enough to look any
thing" threw In. just to see how he
would take 1t.
"Right you are, Jimmie" he agreed.
"Tve been looking at the back of her
neck all day. There are so many
women vino don't measure up to the
promises they make when you see 'em
from behind. You catch glimpse of
pretty neck, and when you get
around to the face you find out that
the neck was only bit of bluff"
IL had been eating anything In the
|, world but ice cream believe II would
have chOked me. What he said led
up to the admission that he had been
making these face-and-neck comparl-
sons for goodness knows how long,
and I couldn't surround that, all at
once. You see, he was such picture
of mans man In every sense of the
word; fighter and hard-hitter,
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29
BY
FRANCIS
LYNDE

question at the two women: "Wili
you two stay here with Jimmie while
l go and see what can find In that
gulch?"
They both paid me the compliment
of saying that they'd stay with me,
but the young woman suggested that
1t might be just as well II we should
all go up the gulch together. So we
piked out In the dark, the boss help
ing Mrs Shella to hobo along over
the cross-ties of the spur, and the lit
tie girl stumbling en- behind with me.
We had followed the spur track up
the gulch for maybe a short quarter
OF a mile when we came to the en-
gine. AS we had feared 1t might be,
the big machine was crippled. There
was key gone out of one Of the con-
necting-rod crank-pin straps; one
miserable little piece Of steel, maybe
eight inches long and tapering one
way, and half an Inch or so thick the
other but that was a-plenty. We
couldn't make move without 1t.
thought we were done for, but Mr..
Norcross chased me up into the cab
for lantern. With the light we be-
gan to hunt around In the short grass.
had been sensible enough to show
the little girl the other connecting-rod
key, so she knew exactly what to look
for and It did me heap Of good
when 1t turned out that she was the
one who found the lost bit of steel.
"Tve got Tive got It'll" she cried:
and sure enough she had. The hold-up
people had merely taken 1t out and
thrown 1t aside on the extremely prob
able chance that nobody would ba
foolish enough to look for 1t so near
at hand. or, looking, would be able to
| find 1t In the dark.
1t didn't take more than a minute
or two, with q wrench from the en-
gineer's box, to put the key back In
place. Then, with one to boost AMI
| the other to pull, we got our two
passengers up into the high cab. I
threw a few shovel-fuls of coal into
the firebox and put the blower on;
and when we were all set the boss
| opened the throttle and we went care
fully nosing ahead over the old truck,
feeling our way up the gulch and keep
| ing a sharp lookout for the Alexa as
we ground and squealed around the
| curves.
1t must have been four or five miles
back in the hills to the place where
we found the private car, pushed In
on an old mine-loadlng track at the
end of the spur. The other members
Of the crew were Off and waiting for
us; and standing out on the back plat
form, In the full glare Of the head.
light as we nosed up for coupling,
there was big, gray-halred man.
bareheaded and dressed In rough-look-
ing old clothes like a mining pros.
pectOr.
The big man was "Uncle John"
Chadwick, and IL he was properly
astonished at seeing us turn up with
his lost engine, he didn't let 1t inter-
fere with our welcome. Mr.. Chadwick
seemed to know Mrs. Sheila; at any
rate, he shook hands with her and
called her by name. Then he grabbed
for the boss and fairly shouted at
him: "Well, well. Graham !-of all the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29

We trailed of together up the track,
two and two. the boss walking with
the young woman. After we'd counted
a few of the cross-ties, the girl said |:
"Is your name Jimmie Dodds" And
when I admitted IT.: "AIine Is Maisie
Ann. I'm Shella's cousin on her moth
er's side. / think this is a great lark |;
don't your
II can tell better after It's over" l
said. Maybe we'll have to stay here
all night"
II shouldn't mind" she came back
airily. II haven't been up all night
since ! was little kiddie and our
house burned down."
We reached the big water tank, and
the boss picked out one of the square
footing timbers for a seat. 1t seemed
as II he were finding 1t good bit
harder to get acquainted with his half
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29
cAAprgn ll

OF course, as soon as the skip-out
Of the four hoid-up men gave MS a
free hand we knew II was up to us to
get busy and do something. II was q
safe bet that the Alexa was carrying
her owner. and in that cnse Mr.. John
Chadwick and his train crew were
somewhere back In the hills. without
an engine. and with a good prospect
Of staying sput" until somebody shodld
60 and hunt them up.
we've got to nnd ont What thsy've
done with Mr. CHADWICK" Mr.. Nor
croes broke out And then: re can't
~ vory far q where they have 1ef<
~ ooginA ~ r thog havH't cz1D-
20 NJ = sleg0se 49, 80 -
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-04-29
CHAPTER I,
A, Sand Creek Siding

As general proposition, l don't be-
lieve much In the things called
lunches" But there are exceptions
to all rules. and we certainly uncov-
cred the biggest one of the lot-the
boss and 1.-The night we left Port
land and the good old Pacific coast.
1t was this way. We had finished
the construction work on the Oregon
Midland; and were on our way to the
train. when l had one of those queer
little premonitory chills you hear so
much about and knew just as well as
could be that we were never going
to pull through to Chicago without get
ting jolt Of some sort. The reason
If you'll call 1t reason-was that.
Just before we came to the railroad
station, the boss walked calmly under
q ladder standing IN front of new
building; and besides that, II was the
thirteenth day of the month, a FRI
day, and raining like the very mis-
chief.
be, the fates didn't begin on us that
night. They waited until the next
day, and then pyoceeded to shove us
In behind freight-train wreck mt
Widner, Idaho. where we lost twelve
hours. 1t looked as IL that didn't
amount to much. because we weren't
due anywhere at any particular time.
The boss was on his way home for a
little visit with his folks in Illinois,
and beyond that he was going to meet
a bunch of Englishmen in Montreal.
and maybe let them make him general
manager Of one of the Canadian rail-
roads.
So Mr.. Norcross was In no special
hurry. and neither was I. had been
confidential clerk and shorthand an
for the boss on the Midland cOnstruc-
tion. and he was taking me along part
ly because he knows cracking good
stenographer when he sees one, hut
mostly because was dead anxious to
60 anywhere he was going.
But, II It hadn't been for thnt
twelve-hour layout we would have
caught the Saturday night train on
the Pioneer Short Line, instead of the
-o,,,a hove n.on no mestinc with
NJ she,,o ond Ma,s,e Ann. no tele.
,r.r from Mr. Chadw,ck becouse n
s,o,,ian,. hora fornd nc. NO ho,d.rn
:. Sana crao,, s,d,na. ,n s,or, no,h,na
-o,,d have honnanaa hat d,d hon
pen.
IA S4I ~
..r .o rot reodv- 20 land nm ne R,oht
soon of,ar hrooIfast Nth tho holm "a
. ,,ttIa Pullman her,h tahle md mo
"a NV ,ynewr,ter Nr Norcross
,rrned our SECTION into a business office
.av,ne that now we had a good nniet
dey we.d clean nm the million or 60
odd. ond ands ., corresnondence he'd
hser Netting 90 wbile we were tusslinc
For The Midland r,gbt.of.wav throuph
Tho Oregon mountains
Trom who're no sof d,ct.,,ny n mo
the boss was facing forward and now
and then nm absent sort Of look came
,nto his ewes while he wos talking Of
his letters ana n puzzIed me because
g. WASN'T like him One of the times
after he had given me n fulI crist Of
letters and had gone of 70 smoke
while I-typed n few thousand lines
from NV notes to catch mn ! wade
discovery. There were two people
IN Section Five Just ahead OF us. a
young woman and a girl OF maybe fif-