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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07
A MASTER OF OLD MELoDRAMA
GEORGE ROBERT SIMS. who has in

GEORGE ROBERT SIMS, who has lust
~ died in London, sustained. though
without the Irish accent, the once lusty
melodramatic traditions of Dion BoucicnuIt
There are persons OF newer generation
who .sssert that the highly conventiona lied
. trade which he practiced is now outmodcd
and archaic. The modern melodrama on
the screen and before the footlights, is less
fearful than it's ancestor and much more
6isingenuous. It is also much less care
fully written and but lightly concerned with
the creation Of character.
But what the modern movies and modern
sease would do without the Sims Bouci-
cault standards, patterned in turn upon the
formulas Of D'Ennery and his school, It Is
impossible to imagine. Lights o. London, -
enc of Sims most conspicuous successes
serupulously observed every requirement in
the stock development of situation and every
prescription for the regulation trlumph Of
virtue and the eventual overthrow of black
hearted villaiDy.
The movies In particular cling loyalty to
these fundamentals of popular entertain
0snt, and the stage mystery" plays. now
- popular, observe them. though with few
< psetensions to literary distinction. Sims
Swas facile and fecund writer, and for all
Bic affection for what was in the eighties
Jailed sensationalism, his style was clean
VAd his English Trustworthy.
rEPhiladelphians with theatrical memories
alos recall in particular THE Lights -,
ousndon,' which achieved the then astound
Eng feat Of running for one hundred consec
utive nights at the Chestnut Street Theatre.
Souvenirs of the occasion lettered In gold
cempletcd the wonder Of the event.
u 10 more than doubtful whether revival,
elihAy Of this piece or Of "The English
( Ress'' or "IIarbort Lights" would win sue
go today. Yet the rudimsnts of their
& ntoesl ere constantly being made over In
I. IN terms, with veneer Gathering to the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07
CROWDER IN CUBA

tSAIO THREAT of American interyen-
~ tion was made says a Washington
dispatch telling of increased pressure ex-
erted by Major General Crowder on the
Congress Of Cuba for the adoption Of five
explicitly stated rules formulated with the
aid of Washington and the sanction Of
form at Havana. In such subtle language
are subtle threats Of formal interference
recorded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07
Answers to Yesterdays ouIx


l. The game Of golf has been det,n,to,v
Traced back as far as i457 bn,,t9ty wban ,,s
popularity In Scotland had a,rsamm "msm us
uone ,,.,, SO great as seriously To- intsy,sro
- Inc last Bourbon King Of Franc. ,,o.
, thaIles \, dethroned in 1870 wan
o. An epiphyte is plant grown -, .,,.
c, Usually not fed by, another MIA NJ ou'
T. shakespeare In his historical plaun n,.
me character Of FalstnW p'acsd
Khight' IN the reigns Of Henry 'IVv ~ ona ia,
D. ihe Himaiaya range of mountains ,.
9 the frontier between Tibet ana IoLms
OF Italian descent born in StocnhmmSiee.r IndhmSer
IN 1877. She died In 1884. aftsr hslm hMn9lm
hcnleped worldwide reputat,nna'
, her grace and charm Tor
T. fatTon on,,Ly, may, be pronounced "faw'kn" or
o. A"rome, a debauchee or rake 10
called In allusion to the wbssfs so
which In the Middle Ages Il %mesi uas on
French word 'rouer" means na,s, y, The
on the wheel and, by ASST, oIeak
roue came to mean one des.r,uto,ih
. ,, OF this punishment ''e'''hg
Te,s sHmee, of seats in the House
w. KAMA ~ kind Of palm. also f,hsr ,ro,,,
rav Ns Leaves for tying up piants IRON ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

alleged sophistication Of the public. But
whether present day theatre patrons are
enjoying themselves as heartily as their
predecessors is another matter.
Moreover, George X. Sims was once
name to conjure with among playgoers.
How many makers of up to date melodrama
can be named offhand today2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Fuel administrator in New York =
William II. Woodin. This kind Of thins
is designed to make life easy for the para
grapher. When shy Of coal put Woodin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07
What Do You Know?


QUIZ
- VIZ. T, is tne most active volcano In the
whor United "a states or It's posse ssions? ''''
3. What Is an eynsY '''s'Haue'
III mhat part or the world are the chief
3 wba colonial Possessions Of Portugal? ''''
6. Who IL the present s.,r..
- treasury OF the United Statesp ''e
J.. Why Is a lethal chamber so calIed,
"legato"? ~ VIC musical term
~ WAL WWhhat Is meant by persons "metier"p
H. What Is the jury-mast Of sbipg e'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Muriel Mccormick has, 1t is sag,
Spurned million dollar film contract
These darne1 press agents don't care nov
they throw money around. Es
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Rumors of n new scheme to end the fsh
str ke are being denied. Very properly, 20
doubt. And yet Rumor is very frequentg
wise prophet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Getting down to Rock Bottom, NJ.
Daugherty assures the world that his In
junction Lion will roar you like Sucking
Dove.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

There is a reasonable doubt as 70
whether It was Robert NJ. La Toilette 81
John Barleycorn who scored victory 70
Wisconsin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07
OiI,TrOubled
Waters

made by the International Comm,M,s.., M
Bankers and Finance Minister de Ia Nv" h.s q
whereby Mexico will resume paymeInn@a.
her defnulted obligations. Though rseyTsl r,y ~
tion of the .Obregon Administration a,a a,aa.isrs
enter into the deliberations Of the nna.mi nn1.nss q
ION tho surface, ut least), thc procsscc.usssl. prc ~.
Congress will hardly maintain iN ~
cence, and the record should MAKE ~. \
esting reading for our State Departn''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Aviator Doolittle has crossed the cont.
nent in one stop trip, showing how I
man may belle his name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

The one thing commendable about U
Tarif Bill is that 1t delays the bonus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Connecticut textile mills running y
waterpower are in full operation. SsnIs
Claus may have trouble In filling H. pw
we are going to have that Christmas sfoes'
ing all right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

1t wasn't by close shave GsorN
Sutherland reached the Supreme Court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Really, we won't know the Suprsml
Court when President Harding gets throuyl
with it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Glenn II. Curtiss is working on a mo.
torless glider that will rise from the water.
On porpoise? queries the Conscienceles
Pup.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Well, at least, the crew of the Sample
Corrca II is in position to prove thi.
perseverance wins the day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Sweden regards prohibition as dead n
generation. But one never can tell. i
may be merely trance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

lnjunctions come 50 thick and fast =,
even Joy is unrestrnined.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

The American Chemical Society ".
give an annual prize Of $4,000 70 n.
American who makes the most val1sos as
contribution to chemical science. inT
haven't chance in the world, but ~"
won't deter the home brewers. III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Admiral Sims is the latest to say 1
good word for the old dime novel. U
course, it had to die before 1t got bouquetA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Erin won't have an easy minute upsi
De Valera admits he's licked
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

The Davis Cup, be II understood, d a.
that cheers but not inebriates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

AS opponents see it, putting a tarle
on sugar is like taking candy from kid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Japan Is leaving Siberia. Even bo,s
OF contention may be scraped clean.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Congress, a dispatch from Wsshlne!oss
informs us, will be asked for leglslalvtss y
''to enable the Bureau Of Navigation y
charge fees for various services p
this, we pause to inquire, include triPs J.
mile limit?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07
SHORT, CUTS

Nothing lasts forever. happily, not IN,
hay fever.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07

Spite Of all Atlantic City can do, then
are still lots Of beauties in Philadelphia,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07
Ilrat the
Publicity

publican senatoria'
Judge who g,anted
State Attorney VIII
nulled. How Mary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07
Mary Pickford ,is.n
issue In the NW..%s.
primary, two ,Sf y.
JlJ. tao for the Nc

The chief piece Of pus p'n.,
ness before the Mexass. Me,sss.
Congress is the ratinssi,, rai,.ni,
tio, of the agreeineh'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-07


- II runs clear under the hill. In fact,
there are several ocean made caves on each
side of the ravine.
They call it Merlins Cave.
Merlin, you recall, was the wicked old
magician who, was always. getting King Ar
thur in trouble--or out of It,
lie was the original hoodoo man.
The Witch Of Endor and Merlin were the
first specialists In bad Medicine"
lie was what the Pennsylvania Dutch
would call Hex Doctor
went into Merln's Caye--twelve years
aro--to make a photograph.
got it-and it was good one, too
and likewise | got a pair of wet feet
Even at this distance recall that cursed
Merlin roundly for not building his old cave
higher in the cliff.
had no dry clothes nearer than the New
Inn at Clovelly. thirty five or more miles
away.
The Mankato free press., 1922-08-18
Mankato Cheerfully Surrenders To
Best People Who Are Here Strong
" Their Virtues UIs.n1 IS sSs ::s:ss5;)lets of
Love and Memory

all have kept letters written to Us by such, and
as once in a while we read them over, what
virtue" Immediately rises out of them!
To forget such friends, to allow oblivion
blindly to scatter her poppy over their men,
ories, is one of those unpunished crimes against
the Holy Spirit of Man" of which the world
takes all too little note
The ancients knew better. The Romans,
in their ancestor worship, in the domestic re-
igious ceremonies which kept the virtues of
dead hnsmen ever before the youth that had
taken their places, did wise and beautiful
thing. We should all keep such private sane
tuaries in our hearts for the noble dead.
And the old Roman custom of placing
statues of the great dead about their cities,
in elevated positions, intoxicating the lesson
that youth in looking upward might be
lifted" is one alas which we only travesty!
In our modern world we seem to have lost the
art of such memorial monuments. We pass
them by without notice, and too many of them
are laughing stocks.
But here and there is monument-such
as that of Alendander Hamilton in old Trinity
churchyard in New York-which no eye can
escape, and which none should pass without
solemn thought however swift and brief, of
the mysterious greatness that dwells in the
soul of man, and of the noble service one man
can do for his fellows. Horace boasted that
in his verse he had built himself "a monument
more enduring than brass Such monu-
ments, indestructible and deathlessly inspir
ing, the Elks would raise to the memories of
their brothers, whose virtues as the old poet
said, smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
It is an inconceivable disloyalty to forget
the brave and kindly dead, but for those who
so forget them it is also as much disaster
as disgrace For the dead brother loses
nothing Of it. but the living how much!
The Mankato free press., 1922-08-18
Hot Wave StDeeping
Ouer Country Today
SweIterina Multitude From The
Dakotas to the Atlantic;
Three Deaths.
UNITED Press Dispatch.]

Chicago, August 17.-Heat re-
cords of the year fell today on a
sweltering multitude from the Da-
kotas east to the Atlantic coast.
Three deaths were reported and
many prostrations. Two were re-
corded in st. Paul.
The hot wave will last at least
until the end of the week, Profes :
sor H. j. Cox. chief of the weather
bureau here declared. There is no
relief in sight in the air, but such
a disturbance may occurr in the
next forty eight hours that will
bring cooler weather the first of the
week. Local thunder storms may
bring temporary relief in scattered
localities.
Cody, Wyo.,-While the east
swelters the nations play ground
shivers. The temperature at the
National Yellowstone park station
last night went to eight degrees
above freezing 40.
St. Louis, Mo.,-Thirty tons Of
ice broken into great chunks were
deposited around the polar bear
cage in the Forest Park zoo here
today. Keepers hoped the bears
would be kidded into believing that
it wasn't as hot as the thermome-
ter said 1t was.
The Mankato free press., 1922-08-18
NEW LOVE COURT
| MATES UP SOULS
STRANGE TRIBUNAL COMES
INTO EXISTENCE
FIVE CASES FIRST DAY
Qualifications and Warnings
of Bachelors and Spinsters
Before His Honor
Associated Press Dispatch. ]

Hammonton, N. j., August IL
There has come into being here one
of the stranges courts in all the
world-the court of loye-where
men and women in search oil
mates may come, pour out the long
ings of the heart and be succorred.
Before the courts are the quail
fications and the warnings OF some
1000 bachelors and 1000 spinsters,
but the first days work resulted IN
only five matings. These were
shining examples OF what may
come.
A man, sixty two years old, was
mated with a gold star mother, for
ty- three years old; an undertaken
was selected as husband. for a
nurse; a coast guard was picked to
b. come the protector and life COM
panion of a fair divorcee; widow
was slated to become the helpmate
of a painter, and last, but not least,
a Kentucky belle-a daughter of
the mountains-was snatched up by
Thomas Bancroft Delker, FOUNDER
of the court. .,.
Constituted Like Other Courts
The court of love is constituted
much the same as any other court,
having presiding judge orr cupid,
in his case a woman and jury Of
even including the chief of police, a
former soldier, a telegrapher and
four women.
The idea Of the court, so the
story goes, was conceived over a
plate of hash in the town restaurant
by Delker and Lewis Conlcy, Ham
nc toms leading cigar store pro-
prietors. They organized the Low
ers' Cooperative Union, which in
turn produced the love court.
The FIVE women whose cases
were disposed of we're notified that in
case they were dissatisfied with the
finds of the court they had two weeks
within which to file applications for
new hearings ... q ~ s.!
The Mankato free press., 1922-08-18
Maybe His Bubble
Has "Done Busted
Police At Winona Are Looking Into
Activities of Solicitor For
Unpublished Book

Winona, Mimi, August 17.-C.
Morgan an intinerant solicitor, was
being held by Winona police yester-
day while they investigated his &C
ivities in obtaining money from
hundreds of persons in this vicinity
and throughout the United States
for a book, 1.-THE Bubble" which he
says he wrote and which he asserts
he intends to publish. ~. -
Morgan was taken into custody
when a Winona woman called po-
lice headquarters for information
as to his right to solicit Booklets
containing about $500 names of
persons from coast to coast, who
had paid him 81 to IS for his un-
published book were found in his
possession. According to his records,
he has received more than $1,000
from persons who have signed up
for the book.
A wire to the chief of police at
Des Moines, Iowa, where Morgan
says office and headquarters are To-
Gated brought infor, nation that
there is no such office in Des
Moines. A description was wired to
Johnson country, Missouri, which
police say is identical with that of
A. c.. Miller who escaped from the
county Jail there in 1906.
The Mankato free press., 1922-08-18
Aeroplane Patrol of
Forests Badly Needed
This Is The Conclusion Reached BY
Ranger A. 8. Gibbs After
Making Tour .'
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

Duluth, Mimi, August 17-With
dense smoke clouds from forest,
peat and brush fires blanketing sec
tions of the north country and SER
iously interfering with location of
new fires from the ground tower
and also the fighting of the fires,
Ranger A. B. Gibbs of Duluth, one
of the pioneers of the Minnesota
state forest service, was prepared
today to report to his headquarters
at st. Paul that there is an urgent
need of an aeroplane forest patrol
during the present emergency
Ranger Gibbs returned to Duluth
from Virginia where he made sew
eral fight in a national guard plane
yesterday to test the feasibility of
utilizing the state aviation squadron
to assist the forest patrol force.
Yesterday was an ideal day to
make the test, according to Ranger
Gibbs who cited the fact that smoke
especially from the Kelsey peat
fire, had put the various lookout
towers out of commission and had
rendered the ground forces virtual
ly helpless toward spotting new
fires. Also, he said, while the
ground patrolmen were vainly trying
to study the topography of the
stricken areas, the airplane riding
high avobe the fire and smoke, pro-
vided a ready vehicle for mapping
the bruning areas. In his way the
fighters might be provided with in
formation with which to plan attack
uDOn the flames.
The Mankato free press., 1922-08-18

THE faults of our brothers we write upon
the sands" It must have been self-evident to
anyone who has given even moments thought
to that motto, worn as an amulet on the heart
of every Elk, that it had corollary. In fact,
it was an uncompleted sentence. It implied
that forgetfulness of human weakness was not
the only business of Elks, but that the Elks
remember as vigorously as they forget. This
is how the completed sentence runs: The
Faults of our Brothers we write upon the
Sands, their Virtues upon the Tablets of Love
and Memory.
There is nothing more important to hu-
manity than that the memory of good men
should not perish from the earth Plutarchs
Lives has proved itself one of the most val
liable books ever written for this reason. "Vir-
tue says Plutarch in his life of Pericles, ''by
the bare statement of its actions can so affect
mems minds as to create at once admiration
of the things done and the desire to initiate
the doers of them" And SO, he adds, I'VE
have thought fit to spend our time and pains
in writing of the lives of famous persons
Shakespeare's statement that the good"
men do "is oft inferred with their bones is
all too true but the Elzs, as far as possible,
make it their business and pleasure to correct
this injustice to the dead and this incalculable
injury to the living.
It is a religion with them to keep ever
green, ever present and active in their minds,
the dynamic goodness and strength of those
brothers whose faces they can see no more,
whose hands they cannot grasp again, but
whose brave souls and good hearts and unfor-
gotten smiles are still with them as Vvldly,
through the power of Love and Memory, as
though their physical presence had never pass
ed away. The memory of a true friend, OF q
true men what an energinng thing it Isl We
The Mankato free press., 1922-08-18
Ladies Are To Make
Merry This Evening
Program For Their Special Enter,
tainment Will Be Given At
Masonic Temple

Ladies, who are wives of the
Elks in Mankato, are, determined
to make their part of the program
Just as attractive as possible, and
this evening the Mankato ladies
will entertain at the Masonic Tenn
pie for the visiting ladies.
About eight o'clock the visitors
will be received and program will
then be presented for their approx
al. An attractive program has been
arranged, consisting of musical
numbers, solos, duets and piano
selections, together with fancy
dancing and other features and the
entertainers will endeavor to give
the best of their ability. J ...
Ladies on the comittee who will
be hostesses are Mesdames ]. E..
Regan, Roy Ferguson, A. M. Stein.
Al Kircher, Roy Allison, Ivan Bow
en-, George Krost, Frank Madigan,
M. G. Knoff and v. E. Dunning.
The Mankato free press., 1922-08-18
TRAIN BUMPS FULL
SPEED IN STATION
REBELS STAGED WRECK AT
TRALEE, IRELAND
ARMY OFFICER KILLED
Commandant O'Brien Shot Dead
At Waterford; The Recap
ture Of Dundalk
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

Dublin, August 17.-Irregulars
forcibly moved the crew from a
train five miles from Tralee today
and sent the train crashing full
speed into the Tralee station. The
train was wrecked and the station
badly damaged. Only the presence
of mind of a signalman who divert
ed the runaway into a siding, pre-
vented loss of life.
Commandant Edward O'Brien of
the national forces was shot dead
at Waterford last night while help
ing to extinguish a fire In the po.
lice barracks.
A report reached Dublin early
today that national army troops
had recaptured. Dundalk from the
republican insurgents who occu
pied it few days ago. The re-
port has not been official confirm
ed.
Home of Cardinal Logue
Belfast, August 17.-Advices from
Greenor, in Northwestern County
Louth, are to the effect that the re-
publicans have occupied Carling
ford, nearby. Carlingford is the
favorite summer home of Cardinal
Logue, primate of Ireland. The
cardinal left before the attack.
Louth has been occupied by irreg
ulars who have mined the harbor in
expectation of the arrival of ma
tional forces. Ordinary passenger
service on the railroad is running
as usual
The Newry correspondent for
Belfast Telegraph today stated he
had learned on good authority that
Dundalk, which was captured two
days ago by irregulars was again
in free state hands. National troops
from Drogheda, he says, drew a
Gordon around the town and heavy
fighting occurred before the irregu-
lars retreated into the mountains.
Free State Troops Advance
Dublin, August 1.-THE troops OF
the provincial free state govern
ment are continuing their success
es against the irregulars. Latest re-
ports tell of the capture Of Mallow
and Michelstown.
Fall OF DundaIk Confirmed.
Belfast, August 1.-THE recapture
of Dundalk by national army troops
from Irish insurgents who occupied
the town a few days ago was con-
frmed in Belfast this afternoon.
Hundreds of irregula:'s were taken
prisoners.
Rebels Routed In Ciifden
Galway, August 1.-THE town OF
Clifden on the Irish coast forty
three miles northwest of here, has
been freed of irregulars, and the
Marconi wireless station there
which was recently seized by the in
surgents, has been rescued by ma
tional army forces. The station will
be put into operation again within
a few days, it was stated today.