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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-12-02
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Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
Star Learned
Vampire Role
Watching Snake

Flora Revalles, whose portrayal OF
the part of Daisy Rittenshaw. i'll
"Earthbound," Basil Kings remark
able motion picture, which comes to
the Rialto theater, for this week. is
among the best things in the play,
was formerly a star member OF the
famous Diaghiletf Russian Ballet,
and in the days before the war. was
St. PcterSburg's favorite.
She is one of the most fascinating
women on the stage or screen. She
attained her greatest fame in the
Russian Ballet dance cleopatra" in
which she had the title role. She
made a cold, beautiful, snake-like
Queen of the Nile. To perfect the
dance she adopted Cobra and
studied the rythm of this most grace
full of all snakes.
Miss Ravalles admits she grew
fond of the snake. She declares she
has learned many, many things by
watching it.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

Ruth Middleton. Alice Lynch, Robert
Gamble, Mary Elizabeth Pruner,
Bernce Smith. Helen Grout, Ella
Marcus. Martin Sterricker. Ruth Pil-
ling, Gertrude Redman. Pauline
Koppel, Helen Robson. Margaret
Scott, Alma koZa, Helen Meister,
Ruth Cochrane, Dorothy Knox. Mar
garet Smith, Margaret Lee Burgess,
Margery Adair, Doris Segur. Vir-
ginia Fonda, Mary Walrath and
Elizabeth Roberts.
A piano recital will be given by
pupils of August M. Borglum on
Saturday evening, January Is, at s
O'Clock. 1851 Douglas street. The
following will be on the program:
Gretchen Meier, Harriet Lillis. Emily
Hoagland. Esther Smith, Alice Bor-
sheim. Elizabeth Paxton. Jean Bor-
elum, Ethel Gladstone, Charlotte Nc
Donald, Margaret Shotwell. Eleanor
Smith, Dorothy Sherman, Elinor
kountze, Elizabeth Robson, Eliza
beth Paffenrath.
On the evening of January 8. 1921.
the National Association of Piano
Tuners of the jurisdiction of Me-
braska. elected new officers for the
ensuing year as follows: President,
Charles II. Thacher: vice president.
A. w. Fischer: secretary-treasurer
H. X. Hutchinson: chairman pub
licity committee. Ed Evans. This is
a national organization devoted to
the maintaining the highest tech
nical and moral standing in the pro-
fession of piano tuning. Each mem
1ay. GO q ~ N
ability and all are required to have
had five years experience before
they can apply for the examination.
Omaha Shriners and their families
Uimited to these) will enjoy musi-
Gale at the Shrine Auditorium at 8
p. M. Wednesday. January IL. The
West Sisters string quartette: Lor-
eta De Loue harpist; Frances Wyatt.
soprano, will take part. Edgar
Guest, poet, will also appear.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
Some Peti

One OF the least popular actors
that has appeared at the lasky
studio in some time was l0-toot
damond-back rattler. The serpent
was released from his basket by his
trainer and in the studio lot sur
rounded Cat a respectful distance)
by score of actors and others,
clicked like a pair OF castanets with
l,is II ratt!ers. Finally the owner
stroked his head till he ceased his
clamor and purred gently. Then
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
Marjorie Almost Visited N. Y.

For months Majorie Daw. the
Neilan star. had been planning on
spending Christmas in New York.
At last the great day came and Just
as she was about to leave her home
for the train another Los Angeles
producer prevailed upon Mr.. Neilan
to loan her for film already in the
course OF production.
P. S.--This is the fifth Christmas
Miss Daw has umsuccessfully
planned % spend in the big city.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
How Wesley Got Freckles

Wesley Barry. now star in his
own right for Marshall Neilan, re-
Gently answered an inquiry as to
how he came by his freckles, thusly:
Il was up on the roof one day
and got my face wet aud then the
sun came out-and | Just rustcd. :"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

Girls, how would you like to have
good-looking Wally Reid as super
intendent of your schools But
stand back, it only happens in pic
lures. As head of girls school,
which Wally inherits, he introduces
some lively courses in nature dane
ing, fancy diving. soul" music and
postgraduate course in love.
All this happens in "The Charm
School," chief attraction at the
Strand theater this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

back he went into his basket, One
OF the onlookcrs declared he hadn't
seen anything like that since the
| drV law came III,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

pitu what had been beautiful still held
trembling consuming the she had been for
hidden Such is tragic Madame X hailed as the
greatest emotional picture produced.
picture really epopuzng Pauline Frederick the
Madame opens weeks engagement today the Sun
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
INHUMANTTY Of NEICHBORS
BY DIR. w. Il. BARTON

A neighbor a be q terrible
thing. He can keep chickens that
scratch out your garden or a boil
dog that frightens your children, or
a daughter that sits with a compan-
ion in a hammock on the front
porch within sound Of your open
window and forbids your sleep. or
a photograph that plays jazz tunes.
and for none of these i~niquities is 1t
lawful for you to shoot him.
He can permit his children to be
extravagant, SO that your children
come to you demanding that you
shall permit them to dress or drive
as fast as his children do. He a
fail to shovel the snow off his front
walk to the grave peril of your safe.
ty of body and peace of mind.
You cannot very well ignore him.
because he Is so near to you. If
the world were larger you might
forget him. but he is very lear. The
line-fence question Is an occasion
Of long standing bitterness between
farmers; and clothes line quarrels
are In a class by themselves In mu-
nicipal courts.
There are times when you have a
suspicion of what may have been
the hidden experience behind the
prophets declaration. IT will show
them no mercy. saith the Lord, but
! will deliver them every man into
the hands Of his neighbour" That
is a very terrible threat.
Inving Bachelor has story or
Keeping Up With Lizzie" in which
one girl, who has been away and
come back with fine clothes and
extravagant habits. started a whole
neighborhood in a foolish though
amusing ace to be in style. Neigh
bors have a habit OF goading each
OTHER on in this fashion, mutually
complaining of each other the
while. Neighbors are very tyran-
meal.
But there comes to almost every
home some time in its history an
occasion when the family learns
what neighbors really are good for.
Sickness arrives, or trouble in
some other form. and the whole
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT.

The exhibit being held in the public library
this week showing the widespread use of the
international language. Esperanto, is of more
than ordinary interest. Esperanto is not be-
ing treated as a Joke as much as it used to
be. Some smart columnists still delight to print
,snatches of it to show how peculiar it looks in
print, but we saw q stanza of the Bulgarian
.~naaieaal anthem published in the same way a
few days ago and that which would look per-
sfectly natural to . Bulgarian seems ridiculous
. o person familiar only with the English
tongue.
Esperanto has many excellent points to rec
-ommend 1t as an auxiliary world language. One
OF the greatest obstacles in the way OF progress
with the League of Nations is the inability of
the delegates from the different countries to
understand one another. II right now one aux
Hilary language should be taught in the public
schools of all countries along with the mother
tongue it would not be long before a person, by
the use OF the auxiliary language, could go any
where In the world. attend any international
conference and read periodicals published In
any country thereby greatly facilitating a mu-
tusl understanding between races and nation
alities.
The exhibit at the library shows publications
from many countries all printed in Esperanto.
It emphasizes the adaptability OF the language
as an auxiliary to every civilized tongue. The
fact that q number of the nations represented
at the recent Geneva gathering OF the League
of Nations suggested the use of Esperanto a
the official language of the international con-
gress il significant.
A chance for anyone in this vicinity to study
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

@. In what countries, II any. does
the United States W residences lor
its diplomatic representatives!-M
A. Diplomatic residences are
owned In Siam, Morocco, China,
turkey. Panama and Cuba, and in
Japan the United States owns the
building occupied by the ambassa-
dor. but does not W the ground on
which it stands.
O. What is the area of Jugo-sla-
via and how many inhabitants a
it?-R. o. D.
A. According to the curren; issue
of the Statesman's Year Book. Jugo-
SIavia has a total area of 1O1,24e
square miles and a population OF a.
q. Who invented football?-c. P.
G..
A. Football has been known since
ancient times. To the Greeks 1t was
harpaston, the Romans Latinized h
name slightly, calling II harpaston.
The first travellers to the P~olynesian
Islands found the natives playing
with a football made of hbers OF
bamboo. Italy knew the game in
the Middle Ages as CALICO, while the
name football was known in Eng
land as early as IT'S.
O. May a Civil War veteran OBJ
tain clothing given to soldiers at the
present time?-N. A. NJ.
A. The war department says 1t Is
not possible for a Civil War veteran
to obtain army clothing or equip
ment given 10 soldiers of the World
War.
Q. How did the name sentence
hymn" come into use?-I. M. -.
A. The term sentence hymn"
came from the practice of earlier
days when hymn books were scarce
In order that all the congregation
might be able to join in the singing.
two lines, which were then sung, and
the reading and singing would con-
tinue alternately to the end Of the
hymn. This practice is still contin-
ued in some of the rural churches
of the South.
Q. Is it true that some foreign
country is replacing its paper money
with metal coin?-H. H. +.
A. 1t has been announced that a
% form of money is about to make
its appearance in France. This new
currency will replace the emer-
gency paper money issued during
the war, and will be coins made Of
a composition of bronze and alum
mum.
Q. What does "Rubaiyat" meant
d. v.
A. "Rubaiyat" Is the plural of
"rubai." The 'rubai" is a quatrain
or stanza composed OF four verses
Sometimes the plural is construed
as singular and means a poem COM
posed in such style OF stanza.
Q. Is there any invisible ink
which becomes red upon subsection
to heat?-H. NJ. B.
A. A weak solution of nitrate of
copper gives an invisible writing
which becomes red through heat.
@. What Is the best kind of hunt
ing knife ?--F. j. w.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
DOWNWARD NOT UPWARD.

Mayor Wilson is right in regard to telephone
rates. Prices are on the downward trend these
days and any further advance in the cost Of any
commodity ought to be resisted with all the
mower the government possesses.
An increase II five cents on every telephone
cau that a local business man has to make to
New York-and such calls are numerous-means
that much additional expense in running his
business. This expense must be added to the
goods he sells IL he is to make a reasonable
profit.
But the demand here as elsewhere is for
lower prices to correspond with the lower wages
that are being paid. How can a man reduce
prices when his expenses are increasing? The
telephnne is only one Of many items that enter
into the cost of doing business. to be sure. but
1t all counts and in these days every little ad-
ditional expense helps 10 retard the general
movement mack to normal conditions.
It would seem that IL the telephone company
could furnish service all through the war period
and UP to within q few days ago without rails
ing rates 1t ought to be able to continue to do
30 not only as a means of helping to keep down
the costs OF doing business. but because Of fall
ing prices all along the line that cannot help
but eventually lessen the expenses of operating
telephone lines as well as everything else.
In short, II we cannot ind a way to reduce
rates at the present time the least that it to be
expected is that rates will now remain station
airy until such time as they can be reduced.
There is no excuse anywhere for increasing
costs. The trend today must be ownward not
upward II we are ever to get anywhere in the
establishment OF conditions generally.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

world looks blear and drear. Then
the neighbors come in. They an
swer the telephone, and wash n
dishes, and neglect their own work,
that they may do yours. They b
and love and s~ympath:ze. They
warm your heart and give you a
new grip en- you. faith: and you
anc your household Forget tie dog
and the chickens and the phono-
graph and say. I'VE have the best
neighbors in the world"
That interesting genius. Chester
tor. just now on a visit to this u
try. has this word to say:
I'VE make our friends; we make
our enemies; but God makes our
next door neighbor. He is Man. the
terrible among the beasts. That is
why the old religions and the old
Scriptural language showed so
sharp a wisdom when they spoke.
not OF ones duty towards human
| ity, but ones duty toward ones
peighbor. 80 The most monstrous
martyrdom. the mos repulsive ex-
perience may be result Of choice
or a kind of taste. We may be 50
made as to be particularly fond
OF lunatics or particularly interested
In leprosy. We may love Negroes
because they r black. or German
socialists because they are pedantic.
But we have to owe III neighbor
because he il there"
One of the permanent needs OF
society is for neighbors. For them
we may well sacrifice much. We
may leave behind us much Of comb
| fort and even of luxury, and go with
Riley, back to Grigsby Station,
"whar we used to be so happy and
SO pore" For there we shall ind
neighbors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason.
BEGNNING RIGHT

Let's all begin the new year right,
and make a record snowy white.
Let's drive our cars twelve miles an
hour, and not show off their pep and
power by stepping fercely on the
gas and staying people as we pass.
What is the hurry, anyway? Why
speed her up? We have all day to
get to Punktown-on-the-Heigh
where we expect to spend the night.
IL we'd cut out the foolish haste the
present wild and wanton waste of
human life would promptly shrink
it's worth a new year vow, / think.
A more important vow this Is than
swearing of on drugstore fizz, or
punk cigars that smell like shoes
when you have deity lit the fuse.
OF course0the gents who have no
cars may. waste their vows on hay
cigars, but we who push our clank-
ing vans should make some new
and drastic plans. We're Staying
thousands every year as down the
turnpike we career; the dead are
lying where We raced. and all be-
cause of maudlir haste. What is
the hurry, anyhow? It's all uncail-
ed for, you'll allow; we have all day
in which to reach the famous Bilse-
town-by-the-Beach.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

A. In a hunting knife the quail
ties needed are durability, lightness,
power in the handle grip. The
sheath should come far enough upon
the grip to insure the knife sticking
fast in 1t unless pulled out forcibly.
No. /. 5 to 8 inch blade, weight
about 6 or, ana No. 2, Az inch
blade. 5 o., 6 inch blade 6 OF. These
are considered among the best mod
els for hunting knives.
Q. In what year since 1900 has
there been the greatest number and
the smallest number of failures In
the United States?-G. A. c.
A. The greatest number of bust
ness failures between 1900 and 1919
was 22,156. which occurred in 1915.
In 1919 there were but 6.451 fall
ures. this being the smallest number
since 1900.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Direc-
tor. Washington. D. c. This offer
applies strictly TO Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake sxhaus-
tive research on any subject Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give fun name and address and en-
close two cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
Bangi

Bangi
Kindly Old Gent sees ragged Urchin with a
rag tied around his head.
whats the matter. son 2" asked the Kindly
Old Gent. "Who hit your"
Father" SMILED the Urchin.
where Is your father?" asked the Kindly
Old Gent.
Hospital" SMILED the Urchin.
Accident" asked the Kindly Old Gent.
mo. Mother!" grunted the Urchin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

Esperanto is now Afforded through the class
that Is being formed to meet once . week at
the public library. There will be no charge,
the instruction being sivea by one interested In
the spread Of the language. Names Of any
wishing to Join can be les 1t the library.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
NEW BRUNSWICK DISTRICT COURT.

with the appointment Of the county Judge
and prosecutor out Of the way. interest now
centers in the appointment Of q Judge for the
district court in New Brunswick where the
term of Freeman Woodbridge has expired.
While of more or less interest to the entire
county because the court has jurisdiction
throughout the county. b is OF particular In
terest to New Brunswick because the district
court is looked upon as somewhat of q local In
s~titution. Perth Amboy % considers the dis
trict court in this city so ably presided over by
Judge c. C. Hommann. and we are sure New
Brunswick so looks upos the district court
there. Either city would resent any but a local
lawyer being appointed 70 the judgeship Of
their respective courts ana for that reason the
filing of a vacancy when enc occurs is mainly
a local affair. 1t would be presumptuous there
fore. for Perth Amboy to butt in" with regard
to the successor to Judge Woodbridge.
Nevertheless. we can but note the unusual In
tsrest taken in the matter at the county seat and
follow the fortunes Of the respective aspirants
with no little curiosity. The race seems to be
between Judge Woodbridge, who has already
served two terms and who seeks appointment
and former AssemblymaI Fred W. De Voc, a
young lawyer who. while not having many years
experience as a lawyer. has an excellent record
as a legislator at Trenton
Nothing can be brought against Judge Wood
bridge as far as ability = concerned and his
long experience on the bench Is more In his
favor than against him.
Devoe takes the ground that a district court
judgeship is not a life job and that having had
two terms of five years each. Judge Woodbridge
ought to be satisfied and sep aside for q young
er man: that the district court bench Is only a
stepping stone. after all.
Both woodbridge and Devoe are Democrats
and with the precedent already established in
the case of Judge Homnnann in this city and
in regard to Judge DAILY and Prosecutor strick-
er, the chances seem to favor the renaming Of
Judge woodbridge. Really. there seems to be
no reason for ousting him excepting that some
body else wants the Job, and that kind or rea-
soning is not usually applied to the New Jersey
judiciary.
However. II the governor is seriously consid-
ering the appointment Of a new man for dis
trict court judge in New Brunswick we are sure
that the appointment OF Mr.. Devoe would give
much satisfaction all around. Mr.. Devoe is not
unknown In Perth Amboy. having served as re-
porter on the EVENING NEWS before taking
up the study of law. It L not without intimate
knowledge as to his ability. therefore. that we
him. The fact remains. however,
that Mr.. Deyoe is young yet and he has a
brilliant future before hdm whether he lands
the New Brunswick district court Judgeship at
this time or not. He can well afford to wait
rather than see a good man turned down for
no better cause than THAI Somebody else wants
his place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

As an after dinner speaker. seeI
Give me old Billy Bree.
When we get through dinner. he
Says:'This feed Is on mel"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
BITS OF BYPLAY
By Luke McLuke.
Copyright 1870. By The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Paw KNOWS EHerxfhfnx.

willie-Paw, what IL prohibition7
Paw-Prohibition IL something that every
body voted for and nobody wants my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

Son, learn by heart this cheerful verse:
Though / nav many ills.
I will not try to make things worse.
/ will not chew my pills.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
Such a Langwidges

Don't you think that Owens account has
been startling long enough?" asked the Book
How long has his account been runnins?'
asked the Boss.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
Highest Type Ii Right

! hate a yellow JournaIist,
I'd like to fan him with my fist;
And yet I will admit by cripe.
He Is a man of highest type.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
Names Ii Names.
Stars lives in Cotton, KY.
Our Daily Special.

Our Daily Special.
Faint Praise Meier Won Fair Lady.
Luke McLuke Says
A wise man won't fool around with either Dy-
Mantle or Married Women.
Our idea of a nervy guy Is a man who will
stand in front of a display window filled with
the pink and white unmentionables that are
worn by the female sex, and stare at them for
ten minutes.
But when It comes to Modern improvements.
the City Girl hasn't a thing on the Country
Girl.
The size of a mans bank roll seems to worry
a woman more than the size of his head.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

As soon as q man buys an automobile h
thinks . pedestrian is some kind Of a nut.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

If the anti-tobacco fans succeed, renew yout
with cornsilk cigarets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
Mental Arithmetic.

UT
L'Encephale tells of a young Frenchman
named Fleury who is absolutely blind. but who
Is the most wonderful lightning calculator on
record. A committee gave him a severe test In
mental arithmetic and was amazed. Here Is
one of the tests they gave him. Shut your eyes
and try to get the answer mentally:
How many grains Of corn will there be in any
one OF 81 boxes. with one grain In the first, two
in the second. four in the third. eight in the
fourth, twelve in the fifth. and so on in sue
cession. And how many grains will be in the
entire 81 boxes. Fieury gave the answers for
the first rs boxes instantaneously and gave the
total, the correct answer. in Is seconds. 1t is
18,<4s, T34,073,709 ,551.615.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
The Limit,

Smith is an awful crouch, isn't he?" said
Brown.
sIn say he is" agreed Jones. why, If that
crab ever discovered that he was having a good
time he'd feel bad about It,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

why not call them income tax blanket,
blanks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
Keen This Under Your Hat!

Edgar Quackenbush, New York tea expert
who tastes and selects tea for the importers
slips US this information:
"Green tea is unfermented; black tea Is fer
mented."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

Would 3 disarmament law rob the movies OF
the rolling pin and custard pie?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

George Has Reference To "White Coal"
(Houston Post.)
We fancy Tom Wallace who recently toured
the coal fields Of the Cumberland Mountains.
was thoughtful enough to supply a blueprint of
that country to Luke McLuke. Luke needs such
a blueprint for his next vacation and then he
can lend 1t to his friends.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

The b igh-powered automobiles that are used
10 smugsls whisky across the Canadian line
might be called modern tug gernautk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31
Gnshi

There must be a boarding house at 1924 Clay
Street. Bowling Green, Ky. Anyway. 1. Board
lives there.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

Social climbers who laid In = stock nnd their
progress up the ladder ac-cellar-ated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

Said a fery young lover named Sid:
Whats to keep me from kissing you, Kid ?"
The maid bowed her head,
"Oh. my goodness" she said
But don't you believe that 1t did.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-31

Senator Mccormick bought some clothes in
Paris. but his rural constituents in Illinois will
never zee them on him.