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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-22
EMPIRE

No general ever worked out his
strategy for a decisive battle with
greater care than that bestowed upon
the plans for the motion picture re-
production of the second Battle of
the Marine, a feature of THE -Four
Horsernen of the Apocalypse" by Rex
Ingram for Metro, adapted from
Vicent Blasco 1banez's novel by June
Mathis. This picture is now at the
Empire theatre.
The setting for the battle consisted
of a complete French village, a castle
with many turrets and towers, and
BACKGROUND of wooded hills. All
the buildings are destroyed by mined
and shell fire, just as was the case
in the irigina1 battle in France.
The telephone central control for
the setting was a head receiver and
breast transnitter worn by Mr.. In
gram. This was directly connected
with fifteen telephone control sta
tons placed at various points through
the set. These stations could be call
ed at any time by Mr.. Ingram.
All field mines were under the con-
troll of a special operator with tele-
phone connections. Hundreds OF can
non were placed about the battlefield.
They We're provided with six shots
each and operated by switch which
exploded each charge in proper order.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-22
WEST END

To-day Enid Bennett in Keeping
Up With Lizzie" in six acts. Will be
shown with a strong cast including
Edward Hearn, Otis Harlan. Lila, Les
lie and ]. Landers Stevens. Tom
Santchi in lorraine of the Timber
lands viii also be shown. Sunday;
Hoot Gibson in 1.-The Fire Eater SIX
acts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-22
UNDER THE AUSPICES RESEARCH
AND ADVANCEMENT OF NATUREOPATHY.

at
o. OF Union,
nd demons
publ
Those who interested to make life profession should
attend this lecture. Prospective students miss the
chance to hear him.
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

name, but you will not forget the
person. Old man Wheeler is not es-
sential to the telling of the tale, but
there he is. with his affections, his
troubles. his bewilderments, his clear
seeing. a man four square. Bassett,
the newspaper man. is less convinc-
ing. There seems to be a sort of
blight in journalism that makes it
impossible for any one practicing
that profession to survive trans
planting into fiction. Bassett is an
important person in the unraveling
of the mystery. but he cannot come
real. and he is not at all like any
newspaper man known to us in
methods or attitude toward his work
or the world at large. And what
slews of money he appears to have.
and what incredible lesure!
But Bassett is the only one who
falls down as an individual whom
you know and feel to be real human
being. Even Gregory. who is merely
sketched in, is satisfactory, though
he is one of the very few you are not
going to like.
Mrs. Rinehart is interested In peo-
pie as well as in plots; she is even
more interested in the people, and
that is why she is growing as an
author. She has humor and insight
and a vivid dramatic sense. Life,
even at it's quietest. Is never dull to
ber. and 1t is always capable of be-
coming extraordinary. This gives a
freshness to her work that is con-
stantly delightful. In this. her latest
book, she is at her very best. II you
like her al all You will like 1t very
much indeed. 1t gives scope to her
various gifts. Ii is a thrilling tale and
ii is extremely well handled. 'Giao2
HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE.
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

aims that same night, his horse had
died. he had wandered on foot to
small hut, and lain there in the grip
Of pneumonia for two days before he
was discovered and slowly nursed
back to health Enough to bring
about forgetfulness. since forgetful-
ness was natures safety valve. Dick
had touched the breaking point, in
fact. and memory had let go.
But there were those in the village
who limited. had limited since the ar
rival Of visitor from the West who
claimed to- have known the dead
Henry. that the latter was never
married. and that if Dick were his
son there was something queer about
it, that's all.
So gossip starts and spreads. And,
OF course. intime Dick hears some of
it. And as he Is at the moment real
izing just what his interest in Eliza
beth means it startles him. He has
never bothered very much about his
misfortune. Always he has been too
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

this is beautifully worked out, not
only as plot. but as a study In char
acter and character growth. Dick
becomes gradually aware of his past.
in innocent fragments at first, and
then there comes the moment of sud-
den revelation. thunderclap in the
heavens Of his life, followed by a
second breakdown.
But that is enough as to the plot
of the book, which the reader is left
to enjoy as it develops in Mrs. Rine-
hart's hands. The portion here indi-
Gated is revealed early in the course
of the story, and there is great
deal more to follow, and some decided
surprises before the end is reached.
But, as we made clear in the begin
ming, there is much more than mere
plot to THE Breaking Point" The
study Of Nina and her husband is a
capital piece of work, and not man
or woman comes into the pages but
is there 20 stay. AS in actual exist
ence. you might not remember the
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

busy, learning medicine first, prac-
ticing it afterward, living his nor
NAL days and nights with David and
David's sister. Lucy, a frail, lovable
little widow who adores her two
doctors.
But now he must know He must
be able to offer Elizabeth certitudes.
not doubts and imaginings. And he
goes to David. But at the same time
other factors have entered into the
game Dick caroms. overnight say.
into another group. and in this group
he arouses an amazing emotion. He
is not himself aware OF this. AMI
later. when one of the news people
comes to interview him he senses
nothing of the truth nor Of the reve-
iations impending.
For Dick Livingstone is not Dick
Livingstone. but another man, a man
who had led a disastrous existence,
who had got deeply involved in life
and who >had come a fearful smash.
David had happened upon him at the
critical moment. at the breaking
point, and by set OF circumstances
was able to take him completely out
of the world he had known and no
longer remembered, and to start him
fresh and fair in a new one. He had
made OF a wreck a man. And now,
at the end of his own life. he had
to see that man threatened. to see
the past, which was not dead. rise up
and engulf the present.
That is the tleme of this absorb
ing novel. Dickn efforts to find HIM
self. In a sens1 far more real than
the usual one. and the gradual ap-
proach. from alother angle. of sew
eral of /, the actors in the earlier
Ibasss Of his esiistence to an under
standing of what has come about. all
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

whole book: the possibility of mutual
respect and affection between the
races, provided neither attempts to
intrude- upon the other. AS jeff
puts it:
'Mr. Dallas" I says, don't mex
no mistek bout IT'S gittin' fresh
already, witch it is theNcustomar-
custom yere, an the chances is I'll
git still fresher yit. But it'll be
for Moo Yawk purposes 'sclusively.
Wen I meets up wild one Of my
own kind of w'ite folks in these
parts or wen I goes back ag'in
amongst my own folks down below
/ the Line, I'll know my place an
station an III respec' 'em BOTH"
A good many sermons might be
preached to both black and white
folks from the texts, such as that,
which Jeff provides literally. They
are of more value than his spectacu-
lar services in rescuing Mr.. Dallas
from the lady by sable stratagem'
or in providing for the intimidation
of the willy but cowardly New York
broker who almost gets away with
Mr.. Dalias's money.
The book tempts to quotation, as
it defies summary and must lose in
any paraphrase or condensation. IT
touches incidentally upon many OF
the negro problems of the day, such.
for example, as the proposed exodus
to Africa. At meeting of the Pas
time Club surprise is expressed when
'Lisses, who. has opposed the emf
grafton idea, says he aims to enlist.
He is asked to explain why he is
willing to go and retorts:
"Who, me?" says 'Lisses. you
got me wrong! l amt aimin' to
remove myself nowhars. is mos
comfor'ble whar | is at. No sub,
what l aims to do is to 'tach myself
to the collectors office yere at
home an handle the money dues
ez they cumes a-rollin' in frum the
rest of you niggers."
Mr.. Cobb. of course, speaks as n
Southerner, or. at least, border line
man who has known the colored
brother from his infancy. He has
also seen him in the North and in
transition. 1t is not too much to
say that no one since Mark Twain
has demonstrated. to such convinc-
ing results a real knowledge of the
negro character as Mr.. Cobb does in
this book. Aside from that, few
American readers need to be told
that the story, being by Irwin COBB.
is joyously interesting from start to
finish merely as a story. 1t is not
quote novel. in a. formal sense, but
it's mighty we'll done book.
GEORGE WOOD.
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

INDIAN SUMMER. BY Emily Grant
Hutchings. Alfred A. Knopf.
TINS is literary work of high
order. 1t is first novel. and
may well turn out to be the
herald of the arrival of a new writer
of Importance. There is nothing
amateurish or inept about it: no
unsureness or hesitancy. If Mrs.
Hutchings still has something to
learn of dramatic technique, and of
a selective process in construction.
the story is nevertheless well built
AS TO the appearance of a first novel
there is no reason in the nature of
things why first novel should not
be first class affair il it be written
out OF natured experience, knowl-
edge and understanding of life and
not merely as an initiative literary
exercise. Indeed, the writer who has
a true spark of the divine fire ia
quite apt to spring full panoplied.
like Athena. into expression. 1t Ia
the respectable mediocrity who will
never be anything more than that
who gains most by practice and an
acquired mastery of the instruments
of his art
Mrs. Hutchings has the first and
most important quality of the poet
or novelist in that she has something
very definite to say. She has a deem
understanding of her subject matter.
she sees clearly as far as her yision
reaches. and it goes pretty far. II
her men are not quite so thoroughly
understood as her women it is worth
remembering that George Eliot,s
Tito sometimes puts his hand up to
his back hair" and that not more
than one or two women noyelists
have ever done so well as that in
portraying men. Doubtless much
the same thing may be said the other
way round, but not quite so concIu-
sively. 1t is hard to make out a
case OF failure to understand women
against n Thackeray or De Morgan.
to say nothing of Shakespeare.
There is an intensity in Mrs.
Hutchings's work which reminds one
Of Emily Bronte and "wuthering
Heights"-not that there is any SUI
Continued on FoIlotring Pace.
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company.
TTYE all know that charming
wv type of hostess who is able
so to Introduce us to a
group of strangers that without ef-
fort We become an intimate member
Of the party. in touch with what
ever is going on or being talked
about. happy and at ease. interested
and responsive. A word or two,
bit of description. hint as to past
Affiliations. linking up Of names
and places, and the strangers are
strangers no more. but part of our
life circle.
There are authors who have this
same faculty. and among them is
Mrs Roberts Rinehart. You need
read no more than a page or two
in one of her books to become per-
fectly at home in 1t, friendly with
its people. personally concerned in
its problems. Even her mystery
stories. whose strength lies chiefly
in clever plot, as a mystery story
must, even these. have this same
welcoming and friendly quality. Her
characters are thoroughly visualized
and clearly presented. and they are
likable, delightful persons, who re-
gard you as one of themselves and
adopt you at once on her say so into
their secrets. their intimacies. 1t is
this quality, this charm, that is one
of the reasons for Mrs. Rnehart's
immense popularity. and perhaps as
potent a reason as the fact that she
writes extremely well, and that she
always has story to tell You enjoy,
as it were. being in her book. quite
aside from your interest in what may
occur TO these friends of yours with
whom she has brought you into so
close a contact.
This special attribute is particu-
larly present in her new book, "The
Breaking Point" Before you are
through with the first chapter you
are committed These people are the
sort you mean TO stick to- Whatever
happens you are for them. You like
Dr. David and Dr. Dick, you like the
Wheeiers. you have sized up Clare
Rossiter aud mean to see as little of
her as you can manage, and you are
attracted by the town. In fact, Mrs.
Rinehart has won you. and she will
not let you go again.
And this is before the tense situa-
ton has even been hinted at. before
the drama has shown its edge. while
there is nothing doing beyond the
chat of a couple of girls some COM
ment on the doctors. a glimpse or
two Of home life In a couple OF
homes. little scene in church. Just
some members of pleasant Ameri-
can community at their daily occu-
pations.
But drama and tenseness are pre-
pairing, and before long you are deep
in the complications of the story.
and watching the forces of life as
they twist and toss the men and
women. the boys and girls, of that
quiet little community. The point of
the book. the breaking point. is no
less than that boundary beyond
which the mind. the strength. will
not, cannot go. Two persons reach
this point. one of them DIR. Dick
Livingstone. the other Elizabeth. the
girl he loves. They each take refuge.
but they do 1t unconsciously. And
what the consequences are and how
these consequences must finally be
met make a story that is to our
mind. the best thing Mrs. Rinehart
has done. and that means a very
good thing indeed.
There is a mystery in the book.
though 1t Is by no means a mere
mystery tale. The mystery is Dick.
Who is he. where did he come from
The New York herald., 1922-07-30
New Fiction in Varied Forms

THE BREAKING POINT. By Mary
Roberts Rinehart. George H. Doran
Company.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1922-03-31

p E. o. Sanregret was in Iron Noun
tain, Iron River and Crystal Falls a
few days this week making prelim-
mary arrangements for the operation
of the new bus line.
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WEST VIRGINIA
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Martinsbur6
In The Past
(Taken From The Files of The
JournaD
TEN YEARS AGO

Stewart Vehicle Company plant
is destroyed by fire with an esti-
mated loss of $150,000.
Bacchanalian revelry in celebra-
ton of new wet" regime is worst
in history of Martinsburg.
Mrs. Rachel Weber dies at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Clay.
ton Weller, near Big Spring.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Exemption board names 40 young
men who will go from Martinsburg
to Camp Lee in the second incre,
ment.
George NJ. Bowers sells crops
from two orchards for about SIS.
900. Fruit Exchange sells fourteen
carloads today.
Three men engage in vicious
fight on North Queen street; two
are arrested and one escaped.
Berkeley Orchard Company con
cludes big orchard deal when il
sells 5000 barrels of Works.
ONE YEAR AGO
Effort made to break Jail last
night; jenkins brothers and fe3er
al prisoner locked in cells after
using steel rib from army leggin2
TO saw through wall.
Miss Eldergirt NJ. Kilmer and
Mr., Walter o. Coover are quietly
married at Trinity Episcopal
church.
Farm Bureau and Chamber Of
O. ;,-+l,
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ROSEM0NT PARK TO ].
Be SCENE or FAIR,
Fair Officials Take Over Its
Control.

The Martinsburg Fair, which will
take place the first week in Octo.
Der, will be held at the ROsemont
Park grounds and the adjoining
property. This arrangement had
been made by the officers of the Mar.
tinsburg Fair this morning when
they took over the grounds and will
assume complete control and super
vision of the park property. 1t was
necessary for the officials@ of the
Martinsburg Fair to secure large
additional and adjoining tracts to
the Park property in that the pres
ent Park property will not accom-.
modate the Fair as it is planned to
be held this year. In reIinquishmg
control of the Park property the
officials of the Rosemont Park Com.
pany recognized the necessity OF
such an arrangement and have
agreeably accepted that the Fair Of.
ticials shall have full sway in md
conducting of what promises to ba
a bigger and better Fair.
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CASE TO JURY
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
been in the hills that day on
hunt for mash and stills. He test-
fed to being at Madison on the
evening of August % where he
saw some armed men. He denied
ever seeing any considerable BODY
OF armed men march INTO Jeffrey
on August 26 and never heard Of
that report. He saw Lewis White
at Madison in uniform and heard
Lewis White later on the train re.
turning towards Blair criticize
keeney and Mooney severely for
having turned the marchers back
at Madison. The same night he
saw a train 90 down towards Mad
ison and come back later in charge
OF Lewis White who urged the
men at Jeffrey to join the crowd
and go to Blair,
The only rebuttal witness offer.
cd by the state was Arthur Burns
OF Dry Branch, who testified that
he was present at "A meeting OF
his mine union local about August
II when $lo5 was ordered paid to
+. G. Lee for provisions which he
mad supplied to the families of the
miners. The statement was made
at that time by Albert Raines.
Burns said, that S105 was all that
was left in the treasury. all the re.
ma'nder having been drawn oui
for the Logan trouble.
Burns also testified that Allen
81. L.
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|NTER-CITY MEET
OF ROTARY
CLUBS Big SUCCESS
Mammoth Celebration In
HagerStoWn.


IIaScrstown, Md, Sept. 15.-One
of the most successful club events
held here during recent years was
the mammoth celebration yesterday
when over 800 members of the XII
wants and Rotary Clubs from cit
leg in the Cumberland Valley join
ed in the inter-city, inter-club con-
Vention. The business section Of
Hacerstown was gaily decorated
with flags, streamers and banners
the result of a weeks preparation
for the notable event. which mark
ed the birth of better fellowship
and neighborliness between COM
munities hitherto separated by pet
ty differences. The elaborate pro-
gram was carried out to the letter.
When the droll toll of the bell
atop the Market House announced
the hour of | a general scurry was
made in the direction Of the "Y"
with chicken Ia Maryland as the
objective As each person passed
through the doors Of the spacious
gymnasium caps and noise max
ors' were handed out. The vast
throng filled the room and stood in
silence while Rev. Walter Byron
Stehl made the Invocation.
With a scraping of chairs the
multitude "fcll to-. In7te more
minutes Of comparative silence,
broken only by the tinkle of
tools and the crunching of APP
proximately 1900 teeth. After the
dinner Kiwanian and Rotarian
We're comparatively relieved of a
carefully nursed appetite nob's
Orchestra, led by Robert J Fair
ney, blared forth with the strains
of the latest Jazz music. Jaws
jawed in unison with the syncopa-
ton and 100 Maryland fried chick
ems danced their way to a happy
end. Streamers We're hurled to all
four corners Of the gym until it
was finally transformed into a riot
of colors. Eddie Philips and Roy
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Letter distributed balloons and
other trinkets which they dropped
upon the heads of the gathering
from the balcony above.
c. Walter Baker, after five min
utes of ardent supplication, restor-
ed order long enough to welcome
the guests in a formal manner.
The speaker of the day, William
Mather Lewis, OF the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
and a member OF the Washington
Kiwanis Club, was then introduce
ed He is also chief of the Educa-
ton Service in the Civic Develop
ment Department. He spone very
entertaining.
After a good feed was had by
ALL" members of the various clubs
participated in the part of the pro-
gram under the head of stunts
The feature included a mind read
ing act which mystifed and puz-
zled the onlookers. What sort Of
money container have in my
hand?" asked the man in the aud
fence. "A pocketbook,' replied Ben
Hassen quickly. This band of gold
with a stone in it, what is it Ben
Hassen?" Much to the surprise and
wonderment of all, Ben Hassen
sailed back "a Ring" After a few
more tries it finally dawned upon
the throng that it was all a frame
up anyway.
At $50 o'clock the guests gath
cred at Stouffer's Dancing Acade-
my, whore Bob's Orchestra once
more mounted the alter of synco-
pations and the dancers bowed be-
fore the god of jazz. The hall was
tastefully decorated and the stream
err process of the afternoon was
repeated. Confetti was eaten by
all during the light lunch period"
The merry throng danced far in
to the night until the call of the
ebay" finally seduced the last cou-
pie from the portals of music.
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs from
Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Mar,
tinsburg, Hanover, Frederick and
Winchester were represented at
the gathering
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CALL M EETING OF
LEGION AUXILIARY

A meeting of the ladies' auxiliary
to the American Legion has been
called by the president, Mrs. G. f.
Whitmore, for 100 o'clock this ev-
ening in the Legion rooms. Regu-
lar meetings have not been held
throughout the summer and will
not be resumed until next month,
and for this reason the president
IS most anxious for a full attend,
a4ce.
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w, c. r. u. STATE
CONVENTION,

The annual state convention of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union will be held in Buckhannon
October 9, A. and ), and Mrs J.
Walter Barnes, state president, has
Just completed tour of central
West Virginia, getting the organiza-
ton lined up for the state gathering.
Many important issues are to be
brought before the convention
those in charge of the plans have
announced.
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BAND PLAYS
GOOD CONCERT.

The open.air concert by Comreys
Concert Band, played at the Method
lst street carnival Thursday night,
was splendidly rendered and not
only appreciated by the large audi
ence present but by the hundreds
of residents OF that section of the
city who could sit out on their
front porehes and enjoy the sweet
strains.
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CE MONIAL
IN HAGERS TOWN.

Dorak Temple POI, D. o. X. K,
OF Hagerstown is formulating plans
for their anniversary ceremonial to
be held on November the 18th, in
honor Of Imperial Prince Gus Meese.
of Spokane, Wash, who will be pres
ent. \ class of over fifty tyroes
will be initiated into the highest
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CARD OE THANKS

We wish in this manner to eX-
press our heartfelt thanks to
friends and neighbors for their
many acts of kindness and sympa-
thy shown us during the recent i'll
ness and death of our beloved SON
and brother, Ernest. Also for the
floral tributes and the kindly loan
of automobiles for the funeral. Its
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AMNESIA VICTIM IDENTIFIED.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept 15.--An
is year old girl Amnesia victim in
the Northeastern hospital was today
identified as Grace Magill, Apart
ment IA, fourth floor, sos West
152nd street, WASHINGTON Heights,
New York. When first brought to
the hospital yesterday. she sail she
believed she was Grace Warwick Of
New York.