davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-17

The scouts are looking forward to
big day tomorrow when the joint
Sunday school picnic is the order Of
the day. Preparations for their re-
ception are well under way and a
genuine good time is expected to be
had. An interesting and entertaining
program has been arranged and many
features Of scouting will be demon
strated a very cordial invitation to
the parents of scouts, as well as the
general public, il extended to visitors.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-17

Last nights program Around the
Campfire" was. in the language of
"Bevo" Bevis. humdinger. Anderson
Mcintyre. besides being the best camp
cook in captivity, is some Jubilee"
singer and hi, selections last night
were greatly enjoyed by the boys and
the visitors. In addition to his singing
Me" rendered 'ouplc of selections
on the comb" which were equally
well received. Sroutmaster McEac,
whose sweet voice i; known and APP
prpriated in Lakeland. gave couple
of solo; and was heard in duet with
little Bcvo" BpviS. i quartettr.
composed OF McR&c, Bcvo. Clary and
Mayor sang several of the old fash
toned airs, and Harold Harnly gave a
couple of number on the harmonica.
Yesterdays athletic event was Il
five inning game of baseball between
troops one and four. in which Troop
Number Four was the winner. the
count being eleven and six Hooks
dished them up in great style for
Troop -Four, and was given excellent
support by his team mates, not run
or anything that looked like a hit be-
ing garnered from his delivery Clary,
who succeeded him got into serious
trouble in one frame and it began to
look like Executive Bennett would
have to blow the whistle for swim
ming to stop the scoring. Black went
in and worked the last inning and his
speed and control proved more than
the boy; from Number One could han
die.
A veil of charity is drawn over the
performance OF Troop One and the
work of Executive Bennett. who UNI
pired.
However, Number One is game and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20

couple OF thousand people crowd around
YOU and prove to you that you have
aroused genuine love and admiration. Il
Just makes you feel all tingly up and
down your spine. You're perfectly
happy and you don't want to escape at
all. It's much more thrilling and satis-
Tying than the workaday stuff in the
"rhoing studios. Nope: there's nothing
10 denounce about that. I've heard n
lot of actors and actresses say it bores
them to death. and then, almost in the
same breath, try TO arrange for other
personal appearances. When they tell
you they don't like it-that's the bunk. }
VI. NJ. M.--You don't have 10 nut
YOUR story in any standard form, though
1t ts best to precede it with the cast OF
characters. describing each one. and
With brief statement of the theme.
Then tell your story just Us you would
tell 1t to me IL you were sitting here
in my office trying to explain what il
was all about. Tho word "scenRrio''
technically refers 10 the "conttnuitv. :"
or detailed succession Of shots that guide
the director in his work Don't bother
with that. 1t iE highly specialized
form of writing and the scenario edi.
tors don { want manuscript submittc,I
IN that form. They want only syn.
opsis which will give them a clear idea
or what the story Is about and what
IT'S possibilities are. If they accept it
'ney VIII have an expert turn it into
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20
LEGION TO START DRIVE
Membership Campaign viii Be
Opened by MacNider Here

National Commander MacNider and
State Commander Thompson will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20
PRETENDING
BY NORMA TALMADGE
DRETENDING is my profession

DRETESDlNG is my profession,
i as It is of every actress. In
one film ! pretend am n daugh-
ter Of the underworld. In another
am the smart wife of New York
banker. In a third must persuade
myself I am the gay-heartcd child of
an Irish gentleman. My success
with critics and public depends on
my ability to make these pretenses
seem real. To mako them seem real
not only to myself but to others.
/ came to the studio the other day
discouraged over new role. I
couldn't pretend it TO suit myself.
1T doesn't come, somchow--that
character" | said to my mother.
Pretend harder" she advised.
"Pretend the way you and Con-
stance used to when you were chill
dren. Pretend with all your soul,
the way you used to when you were
Mary Queen Of Scots in one of my
old dresses and the children of the
neighborhOod had to pay six pins to
see you-LOok, she interrupted.
The electricians youngest dau4h-
ter. aged FIVE, WAS playing by her
self In the dark corner of an empty
set. A piece Of colored cheesecloth
fell from her head to the floor, trail
ing behind her tiny feet like a train.
She strutted proudly. "Who are
you pretending to be, dear?" 1
asked.
"I'm not pretending" she said
loftily. ~ AM a princess"
~ believe you," | admitted grave
". "And thanks for your advice on
my new role. Mother, good ac-
tresses and children don't merely
pretend. They actually believe! !"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20

MCDONALD Music STORE,
1884 Columbia Ave.
LANG MUSIC STORE.
1904 Columbia Ave.
X. RUBERG g. SON,
e225 n. Front Street
FRANK BUCZKOWsKI.
27i2 Richmond street
PETER GRAEBELDINGER,
l5sI Germantown Ave.
PEARCE MUSIC STORE,
3i08 Kenslngton Ave.
PAUL'S MUSIC STORE.
1910 KenslngtOn Ave.
CAMDEN. n. J.
BERGER'S MUSIC STORE,
900 broadway
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20
David Butler Plays
Role of a Tramp

nEsPITE published reports to the
Ac0ntrary. David Butler has not
abandoned the field OF independent pro-
ducing. This rumor gained circulation
when David, at solicitation Of Tod
Browning, consented to cos star with
Gladys Walton in special production
Browning Is making for Universal.
kind DEEDS Is the title.
As soon as David completed his work
In the Tod Browning special he went at
once to the Louis Burston studio and
put on makeup for According tC
Hoyle," the Lottie Homer Clyde West
over story. In this story Butler por-
trays the role of a tramp in the earlier
scenes. Then he discovers that there is
but one right way to live, and that is by
set of rules.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20

CARSON's MUSIC STORE.
l0II South Street
RHARTNABY's UP-T0-DATE MUSIC
STORE, e023 \. I'd street
n. WALTIIER'S MUSIC STORE,
23d snyder Ave.
LUIGI BORRELII.
1887 ". PassyUnk Ave.
j. TREEGOOB'S MUSIC SHOP.
4083 Lancaster Ave.
CHAS. FRITZ,
l04S Germantown Avo.
ROSFS'S MUSIC SHOP.
ll38 Poplar street
RAIDER SMITH.
RidEe Ave. 81 oxford street
4. T.. MORSEBACH,
1920 West Passyunk Ave.
OBet. 10th and 18th sts.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20

continuity form. Most Of the books
treat only Of continuity form. They
would only confuse you at your present
stage.
James Coleman--The above answers
most Of your questions. BY all means
have your synopsis typewritten and It
is worth while to have IL copyrighted
before sending II away. can't advise
what studios to send IL to unless know
the stars for whom il is best suited.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20
DR.. BRooME TO TALK
VIII Discuss communlty's Duty to
Unfortunate Children

Tonight in the Municipal Courtroom
at City Hall, Superintendent of Schools
Broome will talk on ''The Community'e
Duty to the Unfortunate Child" This
Is one Of series Of addresses on ques-
tions of public service.
Discussion Of DIR. Broome's remarks
will be opened by J. Prentice Murphy,
of the Children's Bureau: Bruce NJ.
Watson, of the Child Labor Associa-
tion, and Alfred whitman, OF the So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Children
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20
Concert for War Victims

Shell shocked British soldiers are TO
get the proceeds OF a concert given to /.
night ut I.u Lu Temple. Broad and
Spring Garden streets. Among the per-
formers will be Henry Such, Arthur II.
|. Jackson, James w. Greenwood, Jr.,
Jesse Stackhouse and Jeanie Webster.
There will be bagpipe solo by T. Mac
Leod.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20

for the American Legion Tuesday eve
ming. at Green's Hotel. Francis A.
Lewis, Sd, Is to preside.
Two-minutc suggestions from the
diners MS 10 the best plan Of conducting
the campaign will be received by the
chair and considered by the committee.
Each post In Philadelphia will send
at least Eve members to the dinner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20
THRIFT TO BE DISCUSSED
orrin Lester TO Talk TO Catholic
Alunnae Tonluht

Orrin Lester will speak Of Thrift"
tonight 70 members of the International
Federation Of Catholic Alumnae in the
Girls Catholic High School. Mr.. Les
ter will outline q plan for social re-
construction by encouraging the instinct
Of saving among young people.
There will be an address by Mrs.
Monica d. Woodell and an organ re-
cital by Miss Katharine II. Rowan.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09
Sacred Duty Performed.

The following letter is in re.
sponse to one written by Mr..
Hastings comply ing with a request
made through him for the citizens
of Starkville to donate $40 toward
defra, ing the expense of military
band to accompany the Confederate
Veterans from Richmond to Wash.
ington, on the occasion Of their
forthcoming Reunion, June 1922.
Mr.. Hastings collected and for>
warded the exact amount asked
for. Very quietly he went among
the old citizens and sallowed each
one to chip in rs cents-no more
until the designated amount was
made up. Each one of them fully
appreciated the honor of being in,
vited to assist in the cause, and
the incident, as a whole, was att
tended bv emotions of silent and
solemn reverence.
This will be the thirty.seccnd
annual reunion.
The letter;
JACKSON, Miss Juue !, 1922.
Hon. W, W. Hastings, Sheriff,
Starkyille, Miss.
Dear Sir Accept thanks for the
prompt response of yourself and other
good citizens of Starkville to our call.
1t ia pleasing to know that the spirit
of the Old South still lives in her sons.
May your shadows never grow less;
may peace and prosperity attend you
oil the days Of your lives, and may You
meet with Lee, Johnston, Stonewall
Jackson and all other good Confederates
at that last great Reunion,
"Where falls no shadow, lieg no stain;
Where those who meet shall part no
more,
And those long parted meet again"
Sincerely,
W. j. BROWN,
Adiptapt
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09
Starkvillians to
Tour Middle West

Mr.. Ira l.. CASTOR delivered an
address here last Friday in the
interest of the First State Banks
Columbus Radius Agricultural and
Educational Special Train trip
through the middle west.
! He gave the details of the pro :.
posed trip and its plans and pur-
poses.
Mr.. CASTOR met with q cordial
response and the prospects are that
a large delegation from Starkville
and the A. & NJ, College will make
this trip. which will take place in
the early par. of August. =
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

A good many people are under
the impression that if they paid
their poll tax by March 4, 1922,
the time extended by the iegisla~
ture for paying taxes, they will be
permitted to vote. But according
to the Attornev Generals ruling
this is an error; all poll taxes
must be paid by Feb. l, az hereto-
fore. and the extension for paying
taxes from Feb. to March l did
not affect poll taxes. When the
county election commissioners meet
in July it will be their duty to
strike off the names of those who
did not pay poll taxes on or before
Feb. l. reg ~.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Capt. Barney s. Semmelman
of West Point is making q whirl.
wind campaign for Congress in the
Fourth District. opposing Con-
gresham T. U. Sission and Jeff
Busby. If he runs in the district
like he did a few wears ago for the
legislature he will have easy sail.
ing. A few years ago he was q
candidate for the legislature in Clay
against four opponents and polied
a majority of the votes against all
four of them.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Circuit Clerk Clardy is visiting
all the precincts in the county,
starting Monday. June 5, at Bells,
and ending. Monday. June 10, at
Agency, for the purpose of regis"
terlng voters. After he completes
his rounds the registration books
will be held open at Starkville
until July 1, when they will be
closed until after the November
election. 1t is believed at the close
of registration. and after the CON-
missioners have revised the books.
they will contain about 1000 quail.
fled electors, with at least 35 per
cent. women voters. '
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Hon. Robt. M. Beattie, one of
the best known lawyers in idem-
phis. is here this week, visiting his
brother. Mayor Beattie, and at
tending commencement exercises
at the A. & NJ. College, his alma
mater. While here Mr.. Beattie
paid the Times Office q very pleas.
ant visit and paid his thirty.third
yearly subscription to the paper.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Columbus has been known Of
The Queen City" on the Tombig.
bee. The Press Association dur.
ing its meeting there changed the
name to The Friendly City" A
good name fur any town. There is
no better asset for anv town OF
city than having a reputation for
friendliness for. the stranger within
its gates.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Here's On egp of record size, SO
the authorities say. It weighs one
fourth of a pound and was picked
mp from the Yards of Mr.. W. 7.
Lawrence. 1t is of Rhode Island
Red strain, and is a perfect speci,
men II you have q larger on;
bring it on. Columbus Com, : Dis
patch. E
The editor of this paper has 4
Rhode island Red hen in his poul>
try yard that laid an egg some.
time duling the month Of May that
weighed exactly a quarter of a
pound and had two yolks.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

A subscriber asks; Twill you
please tell US what committees
Congressman Rankin is on, and
whether or not he is the chairman
OF anv committeei" Congressman
Rankin is on three committees
census. pensions. and territories.
He is not the chsirman of either of
these committees.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09
Commencement Visitors.

Last Saturday commencement
visitors began to arrive on every
train, and for the uext three days
the city and campus were thronged
with people from all parts of the
state and from many other states.
MANY came i'll autos from all sec
tlons and others came by rail.
Sunday and Monday brought in
immense throngs.
Tuesday the students began to
leave for their homes.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Mrs. j. Il. Woodard left Sunday
for New Orleans. whese she :goes
to visit her sister, Mrs, Katie BAR,
and her brothsrsin- law, Mr.: Thes.
Ferguson.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

A chicken that could have been
bought a few years ago for IL
cents now sells for 60. And vel
some people think that county
newspaper ought to continue to
sharge the old price Of 81 a year.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09
In the Office of Circuit Clerk

Circuit Clerk j. A. Clardy trans,
acted the following business during
the month of May:
Total number of ladies regis
tered, 26
Marriage licenses issued; White
0; colored, Z; total II.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

The latest radio achievement; is
to broadcast a mans dream as he
sleeps, according to a truthful OK.
change. -.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

The war against flies is not kept
up as vigorously as it was year
or two ago. AT one time we had
the flies almost exterminated, but
we have Jagged Ia the fight and
they are coming pack. "Swat the
Av -
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Hon. |, d. Dorroh. attorney of
Maben. spent q few hours in the
city Saturday last
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Ut
house with me and we have two
partnership cows that he milks.
He sprays these cows at milking
time with kerosene. | misplaced
the Sprayer for him last week and
was gone several days, and he tells
me that the cows dropped off some-
thing awful in their milk. | do
not know whether it was al actual
falling off in the milk or the dis
comfort of milking time that caused
them to hold up their milk just
give YOU his opinion about the
matter.
DO not forget to keep up your
gardening now by planting beans,
corn, cucumbers. tomatoes, etc. IL
you want me to order you some
Lookout Mountain. potato seed, let
NE know about it at once. they
should be planted about July /,
and the land inten ded for planting
should be already broken aud kept
cultivated. The average Tennessee
4
farmer thinks that nothing but a
new ground will grow fall potatoes.
and it Is a mighty good place on
account of the. way it holds moist4
ure. but any good rich moist land
ought to grow them. They should
be planted fat and about 4 inches
deep.
We need stronger cooperative
selling organization in the county
than we have. At present the
farmer ships co operatively if he
cannot sell otherwise will take
our lambs for an illustration. 1t
only costs. about two thirds as
much to ship lambs in a double>
decked CO. operative car, and it Is
the logical way for us 10 dispose of
ours. This spring we have high
and active market on lambs, and
lot of our farmers sold to a local
dealer. They got a satisfactory
price for their lambs and Of course
had perfect right to sell. They
were shipped to the same market
that the cooperative car would
have gone and the dealers expected
to make a profit. Then the farm
ers that did not get in theirs this
time are practically left without
market for them. Next year the
shoe might BIZ on the other foot.
will say for the benefit OF my
good friends that sold, that they
had not obligated themselves in
the least to ship comparatively. |
am just as ready to ship ANYTHING
for them comparatively as | ever
was; but | do think that it would
be better for the lamb industry in
the county, and for them ultimate.
ly, il they had haye booked their
lambs with me month ago and
when the buyers came around sent
them to me, | will say to the ones
that missed finding out about this
buyer being in the territory, that
il YOU had have booked up with
me for shipment, ] would have
notified you when it looked like
this buyer was going to lreak it
up, as | did Mr.. J. A. Randle. 1t
has become the policy in Oktibbeba
county to ship stock comparatively
with the county agent when the
markets get 80 rotten that the local
buyers will not take an offef Then
without posting Yourselves on the
market changes you cell to buyers
on the basis Of what | get for your
stuff on low market. 1t is time
that we organized farm bureau
and you put something into your
organic alton.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Up to June / 480 women had
registered 10 Noxubee county.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Have you cleaned up your prem.
ises YETI
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09
FROM The COUNTY AGENT
8. p Barrett

1
thick spacing OF cotton that | cd
vised farmers to practice this year,
They said that they believed | was
giving them good advice and they
we're going to practice it; but they
turned their cotton chopping over
to negroes and the stand is about
half as thick as it onght to be.
Now il they had have been as
thoroughly convinced as | am that
thick spacing pay they would have
seen that their cotton was left
thick,
| am called upon to preside at
the funeral of Let of watermelon
patches. A lot of farmers tell me
that they have had their melons
eaten as many as three times by
the cucumber beetles | am Just
sorry that they waited till sfter the
melons were eaten up to tell me
about their trouble. This bug mas
no terrors fer me. as | have met
him and conquered him before,
Get some arsenate of lead in the
powdered form. and just as soon
as the melons are out of the ground
give them a good dustiug with the
poison, If it rains that off repeat
the operation and keep poison on
them till they get too big for the
bugs, or till you kill all of the
bugs, You can dust the poison
through -four sack or other thin
material. aud in the morning when
the dew is on and no wind is stir.
ring is the most favorable time.
What distresses me is that | had
expected to visit your homes and
eat melons with you this summer
and l kinder believe you let the
bugs eat yonr melons on purpose.
II. q. Hastings says on his seed
packages that tobacco dust will
keep the bugs off your melons. and
| am sure that he knows. / hope
that none of the readers of this
article have any snuff about the
,, house; but il YOU do. | am sure
that this is q better purpose to use
it for than that for which it was
! bought,
find the boil weevi!s setting in
the cstton buds in places wait
ing for the squares. am sure
that you cannot afford to hire hands
to catch the weeyils, nor can You
neglect working the cotton TO catch
them; but every one destroyed now
will doubtless mean hundreds less
later on this summer. Ii you have
children or your tenants have chill.
dren, encourage them to 90 over
the fields and pick the weeviIs out
of the buds and later on pifk up
the first squares. When you de-
stroy these potential heads of large
families, YOU are bound to tighten
the infeststion to some extent.
know that thick spacing, proper
fertilization and cultivation is the
main thing.
/ find folks putting off cutting
their johnson grass hay in order
to plant corn. / do not think that
weeks difference in planting
time of corn will make as much
difference as it will to let your hay
get too old to cut.
AS | worry along trying to sell
some little remnants of peas that
farmers failed to get in my earlier
shipments. see my judgment.vin-
dicated when | advised them to sell
earlier. l call your attention 10
Ihis.' Because miss the 1<zarket
sometimes and soa alwas emem.
ber it. > | am sure the fellows that
i advised to sell hogs early last fall
and winter think that / need to hii
the marketion something.
] Mr., w W., Love lives In ths
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

see cures Bilious Fsysv,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Ruh.My-Tisn isr Rhsuna.un
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

Mr., w, W., Love lives In the
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

l find folks putting off cutting
their johnson grass hay in order
to plant corn. l do not think that
a weeks difference in planting
time of corn will make as much
difference as it will to let your hay
get too old to cut.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-06-09

What distresses me is that | had
expected to visit your homes and
eat melons with you this summer
and l kinder believe you let the
bugs eat YOUR melons on purpose.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

Durand's. In West Forty-third street.
modelled after the Partisan dining place,
is under the direction of A. II. Beatona.
formerly OF the Ritz-Carlton. A spe-
ciai Sunday dinner will be featured.