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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29
An Anesthetlc,

A number Of dentists were swapping
experiences the other day and one
related how colored man had brought
his wife 10 him 10 have some teeth
extracted. When the employment of
gas was suggested the husband look ed
quite worried and said: Couldn't you
Glib her suflin' n little milder'n gas,
doctah? Couldn't you glib her gaso.
line Boston Transcript.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29

was a light on the
table and beside
II the house clock.
Norman noticed
that II told the
time as ten min
utes TO twelve.
All was still and
solemn except its
monotonous tick.
and outside an oc-
casional echo OF
$ h o citing. an
nouncing impa-
tlent celebrants
already prepared
to herald In the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29
swordn.h Hunted With Electricity

Electrocution is now the approved
mode of landing the swordhsh on No
Mans Land, Mass. A 75-pound specI.
men was recently taken by sending
an electric current through the steel
harpOon.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29
Rouoe for the Stomach.

by taking Blank $ Cola Celery each
morning you will wash all poisons
from the stomach, leaving II pure and
sweet. with rosy cheeks.-From an
English Advertisement.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29
Peanut Butter Tany.

cupfuls molasses. l cupful peanut
butter.
Boil the molasses and peanut butter
TO the crack stage, and then pour into
pans. When partly cool pull like any
tsffy. Cut on into twoinch pieces
with sharp scissors.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29

DRMAN HARDY was born
on New Years day, and
deemed the fact a decided
misfortune. There was one
feature In which his father
specialized - system - and
this involved discipline. "A
strict discipllnarian," he
would boast TO his neigh
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29
In the Game Belt.

want 10 try a bear steakr
-what kind OF n bearr'
"Cinnamon."
"No. can't eat highly spiced meat
Louisville Courier oumal.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29
Matters Under investigation.

There has been commission Of
endeavor To find out all that II IL
possible To fnd out about agricultural
conditions IN the United States before
definite legislation Is undertaken A
committee Of congress N studying rail
road questions with view 10 framing
a report In behalf of changes In the
transportation net. II In said that
legislation nlong railroad and agrlcul-
turnl lines will not be- reached even
for debate purposes until somewhat
later In the season.
The finance committee Of the senate
debt situation. II Ii believed com
mission will be appointed to take up
the whole matter of the indebtedness
with the foreign nations involved and
10 seek some means by which the pay.
ment ~ principal with the interest OF
the war loans may be accomplished
without injury To credits.
Much has been written heretofore
about the tariff. II was promised. or
rather predicted last spring that per
mnnent tariff legislation would be en-.
acted before the autumn came, but
autumn came and Washington has had
its first winter snow storm, and tarlff
legislation still Is In state Of abey-
ance. Notwithstanding the urging that
the administration has done, the tarifr
measure may not see the light OF pas
sage until spring comes.
No Secret Deals In Conferences.
Something more than month Of the
deliberations Of the arms conference
has passed and II can be said that
gratifying progress has been made to-
ward success and that one hope OF
"what's the matter 7" Lincoln asked.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29

Copyright. 1874. Western Newspaper Unto
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-29
Neu Years
Lore

EW YEARS night quiet and
clear indicates a prosperous
year.
On New Years eve while
the clock Is striking II re-
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

A RTHUR MACHEN. an English writer
~ of horror and mystery tales, has in a
story called 1.-THE Coming of the
Terror" pictured a revolt of the animals
against man. The tale is sufficiently har-
rowing. Men are trampled to death by
horses, torn limb by limb by dogs and rats,
smothered to death by great flying clouds
Of birds and bats and moths. The revolt
ends mysteriously as it began. The ami
mails resume their wonted docility, and all is
well with man again But there is a hint
that the war of the brute creation against
man may be renewed
Fantastic, you say. Man is the ruler of
his world and is in no danger of losing his
mastery of the brute creation. But is he
really master? Until week ago the writer
was sure that this is ''man's world" Now
he is not quite so sure, for he has been talk
ing with one of Uncle Sans entomologists,
a member of that government staff whose
duty it is to see that Republic is not
overwhelmed by the lowly bug.
There's nothing fantastic i'm Machen's
story" said this entomologist, except the
conscious purpose of the insects and animals
to destroy man. They could hardly achieve
that And they wouldn't need to- The in
sects alone could do 1t if they did not prey
on each other. 1t is lucky for us that the
insect world is house divided against itself
If this check of the insects upon their own
depredations were removed, English en-
tomologist has figured that they could kill
off the entire human race in five or six
years"
We are accustomed to call this the age of
Mammals and of Man, as head of the man.
mails and deputy lord of creation. 1t is moth
ing of the kind. The mammals are a scant
and declifing family. The known and listed
species of mammal only number $500.
Reptiles and amphibians come next with
5000 species protozoa and arachnida (spi-
ders) having the same number. Worms
have 1000. crrstacea 5000, birds 10000
fishes 5000 and molluscs $4,000
The insects overtop the whole list with
known species numbering 400, 900. as against
114500 for all other species of life on this
earth
In mass the insects are much more for
midable than the average man thinks. Their
possibilities are enormous. Huxley has fig
ured that one green fly in ten generations,
accidents apart will produce q mass of or
ganic matter equivalent to 500 100000 hui
man beings--that is equal to the Chinese
Empire in sheer mass of living matter.
single hop louise will in one season pro-
duce nine and half quadrillons of young.
A super -Rooseveltian birth rate. that. Luck
lily for us comparatively sterile humans, in
FAINT mortality among insects Is very high.
Luckily, too. only a small percentage OF In
sects are inimical to man. The enmity comes
particularly where food lines cross. though
insects have in many cases bad record for
carrying the micro organisms that spread
disease.
Sir Harry Johnston. British writer on
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

particularly during rehearsal eras. What
is constantly and busily passing through
their pretty cerebellums no mortal man can
ken. They never seem to read the news
papers, but they know everything that is
going on, probably because to them the
whole world is a huge bazaar through which
wireless eternally all the news items of the
universe.
Here is an illustration, strictly up to date,
and all men will listen, for if there is still
one great masonically masculine trait extant
it is our love of discussing women's excuses.
1t is our last mark of the eternal masculine.
Yesterday my prettiest chorus girl was
over an hour late, but upon entering the
theatre she walked up to the piano swing
ing her bead mesh bag, calm and collected.
1t appears that she had brought bottle OF
Scotch down town with which to pay debt.
and crossing Longacre square a Federal
officer had stopped her:
"Luckless waif" he said, II will have to
annex that bottle of hooch and along with
it, perchance. your pretty self Also
Gladys made baby blue stare.
"Why, the very idea!" she exclaimed,
don't you eper read the papers? am
simply taking this over to the Government
laboratory to have 1t tested. 1t might be
wood alcohol you know
The officer had not read the morning
paper so a paper was purchased al nearby
news stand and the wire from Washington
triumphantly pointed out to him. Mean
while time flew. He scanned the item
thoughtfully and let Gladys escape. Then
reinforcing herself with black sundae In
the Claridge. and along with it consuming
some more of my valuable time the patient
assistant stage manager meanwhile phoning
her apartment and wearing out his watch,
she finally came over to rehearsal and ex-
planned
Oh the little devil devils!
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
HTLY 1921 CHORUS GIRLS REALLY WORK NOW

general-more response to the best in them
more wideawake sense of an artistic view
point. I wonder if our much abused Vol
stead Q mention him as condition rather
than man, of course) is responsible for
that?
Realizing this new trend of intelligence,
managers and producers are quickly utiliz-
ing an opportunity, and this is to produce
musical comedies which feature the chorus
girl more as an individual rather than en-
masse. You have probably noticed the grad
ual decline of the old style military pre-
cision in dance numbers. The growing cry
this year is an order to let the chorus girl
be more natural-more human.
She will dish the dirt" just the same,
God bless her! But she feels to-day, more
than ever before, that she represents a pro-
fession that is mighty near as important as
that of the star himself. Furthermore, II
she uses her brains more she may not have
to use her feet so much. She stands a great
chance of graduating out of the chorus class
into the mightier mysteries of real acting
real singing-real personification. She is
taking vocal lessons if she has any voice as
ALL and dancing lessons on the side, two or
three times week.
/ know of two young and famous feature
dancers who are studying dramatic art. for
they aspire to fields of the legitimate star
spoken stage. They are not satisfied with
merely earning seven or eight hundred dol
lars a week as silent dancers. They want to
express themselves as takers and thinkers.
too.
The subject of baby's diet is no longer
always sufficient for topic of recess con-
versation, nor the condition of somebody's
black eye. on the part of the new chorus
girl. If she wears a bathing suit at re-
hearsal, like as not she is gorgeously tanned
underneath with real sea bathing, done to
perfect her figure and health as much as for
the fun Of the thing. If she eats those funny
chocolate sundaes she is liable to take honest
beefsteak later on, being just as familiar
with the reasonings of diatetics as she Is
with up to date physical culture.
And if you see her in the subway busiIy
coming that little blue bound dialogue
part" be sure that Gladys or GwendolyE
of to-day is a typical, advanced and am
bilious potential star, which brings us back
to our opening paragraph.
Good morning.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

the subject estimates that if we could rid
ourselves of harmful beetles, scale insects.
midges and aphids we should increase the
plant food output of the world a hundred
fold. Statistcians have figured that the
Hessian fly alone destroys $4O,O0O,00
worth of foodstuff i'm the United States an
nually, the cotton boil weevil $780, ,O0O, 900
annually the codling moth $15,000,O00 and
the chinch bug $7,0O0,00O. Were it not for
the beneficent efforts of the Hippodamia
and Megilla ladybirds, the worlds tobacco
crop would be laid waste by the dry tobacco
beetle and the cigarette beetle.
The United States suffers periodically
from massed attacks of various members of
the insect world. In 1854 the wheat crop of
the Eastern States was practically destroyed
by the European wheat midge. In the sos
the fluted-scale threatened to wipe out the
orange and lemon groves of California. Uncle
Sans entomologists, to fight the scale in
sect, had to introduce an Australian lady
bird which killed off the pest in two years
The California State Board of Agriculture
maintains barracks of these ladybirds at
Sacramento, ready to be rushed to sections
infected by the scale.
One of the greatest battles ever fought
under the Stars and Stripes was that of
Americas insect allies against the gypsy
the early 1900s These moths defoated
whole counties. In 1904 il was said that
from Belmont to Saugus and Lynn a con-
tinuous chain of woodland colonies presented
sight at once disgusting and pitiful. The
hungry caterpilars of both species of moths
swarmed everywhere; they dropped on per-
sons, carriages. cars and automobiles, and
were thus widely scattered. They invaded
homes, swarmed into living and sleeping
rooms, and even made houses uninhabitable.
Real estate in the worst infected districts
underwent a notable depreciation in value"
Against this destructive and disgusting
pest our chronological war staff gathered
an insect army from all over the world,
sending men to Japan, to Europe and to va
rious parts of Asia to bring in the insect
warriors Many were brought over six thou
sand miles.
Barracks were established at Melrose
Highlands Mass by the government for the
rearing and study of its winged A. r.. r..
which consisted mostly of beetles and flies
The fight between these insect allies of man
and the moths was apty described by one
writer as a Winged Armageddon."
The moths suffered casualties running
into dizzy figures. and were finally wiped
out. Recently a fresh importation of the
gypsy moth from Europe has started the
pest in New Jersey and has made another
insect Armageddon necessary.
New Jersey has also been attacked by an
other insect enemy, the japanese green
beetle. which defoliates trees and shrubs
These beetles were first discovered in Bur
lington county, N. j.. in 1915, and it Is
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Slips off Her Street Clothes
Like Butterfly From a Cocoon

Passing these preliminary entrances and
excuses, therefore. the chorus girl then dons
her practice clothes which she has brought
with her. or has left in the dressing room
the night before, or else does so by the emf
nently simple expedient of slipping off her
street garment and again like the butterfly,
energies from her cocoon.
She is now in the one typical chorus cos
tune that the public never sees. Ziegfeld.
the younger. has overlooked this bet. These
practice clothes" used to be more less
of a uniform design, but nowadays they
battle description. In the good old days
during the Gilded Age of popping cork and
scarlet claw--they consisted mainly of the
jersey blouse and bloomers, with black
stockings fleeing sedately UP toward the
thigh. and were quite enough.
Occasionally, 1t is true, the stockings were
also brown white depending upon the
street scheme worn TO rehearsal that day,
or upon the section of Greater Manhattan
in which Gwendolyn lived and slept. FIRE.
quently this practice attire was varied by
befrilled pajamas splendidly admitting free
dancing play for the 1.-THE figure.
But as Hoover and Volstead came into
prominence the garb OF the rehearsing
chorus girl sloughed off slightly. Dimped
pink knees with stockings rolled beneath
them flashed into the first border lights
generally used for rehearsals IL the same
we're held on a regular stage-or We'd with
Old Sol IL we rehearsed in Bryant Hall or in
some X. c. u. lyceum west of Eighth avenue.
Now. in the Astor Hotel some of the girls
are in one--or two-piece bathing suits and
slippers. with no stockings at all, apparently.
say apparently, for the aforesaid Volstead
seems to have ruined masculine vision to a
great extent. referring to the so-called
blind pigs: and this, perhaps together
with modern delicate. tintexed textiles in
battling skin colors. requires more than the
usual five senses to distinguish flesh from
fantasy.
In any event 1t is safe to assume that
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
If the Insects Were to War on Man

thought they came in with earth surround
ing some plant like the azalea, imported
from Japan. In 1919 they had increased to
such an extent that 10000 beetles could be
collected by hand by one person in a single
day
Another recent addition to our insect
enemies Is the European corn borer, which
was found injecting corn near Boston in
1917. 1t bores in the corn everywhere, in
the tassel stalk, causing it to break; in the
main stem, lowering the vitality of the plant,
and in the ear, spelling the food. 1t breeds
in corn, and in a great variety of weeds,
and it is consequently hard to control
II we could wipe out these and other in
sect enemies we could increase the worlds
food supply to such an extent that the Rus
sian and the Chinese famines could not pos
sibly occur, and the undernourishment of
the present generation in Europe could be
remedied almost over night.
Think of what that would mean to the
anamic and rickety children of middle and
southeastern Europe!
The destruction of mans food supply is
not the only way in which insects are harm
full. In the carrying of disease they play
a big role. The cootie Is a dangerous car
rier, and at the moment is taking toll of
its thousands in Russia, especially by trans
porting the germ of the dread spotted ty-
phus. Lack of soap and other chemical
means to destroy the cootie in Russia makes
it more dangerous to the Soviet Republic
than several Kolchaks or Denikins.
Mans best friends and allies in the fight
against harmful bugs are the ladybrds
These pretty little beetles, so well known
to every schooboy, are continually in the
front line trenches for man. Each plant
and tree seems to have "ts tuteary saint
among the ladybirds." Hats off to the lady
birds, gentlemen Their small red wings. II
appears. bear aloft the proud human race
and keep 1t from being engulfed in squirmy
oceans of insect life.
But fight the ladybrds may, and
though we strain our utmost to help them,
our insect enemies will outlive us after all.
The reason. 1t seems. is that the climate In
time will become too cold to support the
higher orders of life. OF course any num-
ber of things may happen to sidetrack thar
possibility. But this is a melancholy thesis.
and there is no better way to end IL than
with quotation from w. j. Hollands Moth
Book" 1t is:
"When the moon shall have faded from
the sky and the sun shall shine at MONDAY
a dull cherry red and the seas shall be
frozen over. and the icecaps shall have
crept downward to the equator from either
pole and no keel shall cut the waters. nor
wheels turn in the mills, when all cities shall
have long been dead and crumbled into dust.
and all life shall be on the very last verge
of extinction on this globe, then, on a DIT
of lichen growing on the bald rocks beside
the eternal SHOWS of Panama shall be seated
tiny insect, preening its antenne in the
glow of the worn out sun, representing tho
sole survival of animal life on this, our
earth--a melancholy bug"
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Must Take off Her Hat,
But Hates to Do 1t at All

What annoys the chorus girl most Of all
is to have to take her hat off at these bus-
ness functions. You who are slipping your
coffee in boudoir cap you read this heart
felt tale this morning will sympathiZe with
Gladys. 1t is ruinous to dance up and down
unless you have permanent wave But 1t
has to be DONE as Alice or Eve will tell you.
Slightly less than a century ago-as
Broadway counts Itime-when Eddie Foy
was heading a typical Casino rum used to
wonder at the limousine loling sultanas of
that day, and ponder at their vitality at re-
hearsals. They would step into rehearsal
with the glory Of a Cleopatra and twice as
much jewelry. and in trice descend to
nothingness, 1t seemed to me.
Sulkily they shed their radiance; off with
the sweeping. broad brimmed hat, after a
tense remark or two; away with the rope of
pearls-on the piano. in care of the musical
director. At the first opportunity off came
the high heeIed, bucked French slippers;
enormous marquise and dinner rings Joined
the mine on the piano. Lady Macbeth was
getting down to business. An hour later she
was a tonsorial wreck and breathing like
a grampus, but still fighting bravely. She
might apartment, but her job de-
pended on her learning those dances.
The same rule holds good i'm many re-
spects with the chorus girl of to-day. You
marvelled at her cool, fresh daintiness as
you mayhap peered over your newspaper
yesterday morning on your way down town.
You should have seen her an hour later.
It's mighty hard work. my bald headed son,
TO whip a big production into shape 1t
looks easy on the opening night The girls
fit and flutter and smile with amazing
grace and agility. Like swallows again,
you know what mean.
Merely in the interest of intelligent curl
osity, what riot it would be to put on
show for the general public and admit them
an hour after the rehearsal" had been under
way!
During the rest periods the girls relax
with vengeance. With no alien eye to
criticise. they flop on benches, old scenery,
chairs, even on the floor, with the abandon
Of sprawling kittens. 1t is during these re-
cesses that one is liable to hear some typical
talk. Tanning themselves vigorously with
abbreviated ruffle or handkerchief, they
dish the dirt" This has nothing whatever
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Up to Date Chorus Girl Is
Most Radically Progressive

The 1921-1922 chorus girl is radically pro-
gressive. She was always more or less am
bilious Now she is becoming distinctively
an individual In one big production that
has been running since the middle of last
May there are some Columbia College girls
in the chorus. / know of one or two social
workers-girls of first families-who are re-
hearsng right now Competition has leaped
and bounded with the dance itself The old
style, less cultivated chorus girl Is rapidly
becoming a wall flower. This marks an in
teresting and significant new era in coming
theatrical enterprise. 1t is unconscious
stand for more individuality, more inteli-
gence, perhaps cleaner appeal.
There is a noticeable new vigor among
these girls-a brighter outlook on life in
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

to do with eating. 1t refers to the process
of verbally circulating news of vital pro-
fessonal Importance such as the progress
of other rehearsals around town down to
the reason why the male prima donna wears
a black eye this morning or to the changing
of the diet of baby sister.
Probing questions are artlessly put to one
another, too, and as artlessly and scientifi-
cally answered without the bat of an eye
lash. Intimate, inside information about
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
These perfumed
They look as if

stars that would make The Variety grind
its teeth with envy is discussed freely and
openly.
When at loss for other schemes with
which to occupy their spare time, the girls
annex the sometimes lettering manager of
the show-in- construction and endeavor to
make him Jump through and play dead"
This has nothing to do with Fido; it only
means that they are teaching him to "eat
out of their hands"-which has also nothing
to do with game or COW or horse. Just
making him secure for future favors such
as advances in salary or tickets without the
tax.
If one of the girls starts in with tale of
much money or a ridiculously rich John she
is liable to be told to "be yourself" This is
the up to date chorus expression and does
not mean what it says at al-merey a
caustic observation to quit kidding.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Most Resourcefui in Excuses,
Especially in Rehearsal Times

Passing the buck of the subway or traffic
cop. our understudy crosses the stage
TO get into line, into practice clothes" O..
into her chair. as the case may be- In doing
she reads the mind of the man at the
piano or the man at the table down on tho
footlights who has charge of the rehearsal
or whoever the particular Ned Wayburn
may be.
Speaking OF excuses, suppose the chorus
girl is the most resourceful of all women
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

Gwendolyn is freed at last from all entan-
Cling un-vampirish impediments of speech
during the rehearsal of up or down to date
dances. She may wear a camisole but shoul-
der straps were never built to stay in place
during the long, exacting hours Of the mod
ern Broadway dance rehearsal.