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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
ELKS TO PUT ON
DANCE THURSDAY
500 Party and Musicale Also on Pro-
oran-Assessment Is so Cents

The Elks' Entertainment Committee
will entertain with script dance
(PivoD, 500 party and musicale on
Thursday night, August 81, at the
Elks' home. Members will be permit
ted to bring a friend, incidentally a
nrospective member along. This will be
the last one of this nature for some
time. 20
The assessment is going 10 be oo
cents per head and to make 1t PLAIN
there will be a charge of SO cents FOR
every person entering. Members VII,
have the privilege of paying Tor SAM
themselves or making it known 10 tneiF
friends that they are entitled 10 the
same privileges as members by paying
the assessment at the top OF the STAIRS
where a big, fat, jovial BIZ VIII re-
1ieve them of their filthy lucre.
The dance will be from $3.50 O'CLOCK
until midnight. The Rag O-Manlacs
orchestra will furnish the music ana
there will be prizes for the cary party
and extra treats in the musical sur
prise.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
WEST HUMHAW TO
UNDERGO REPAIRS
NIl Pc seraped, Painted, Cleaned add
Probably other RepaIrs-Work For
100 Men.

linship West Humhaw, which
ent rdnesday with a cargo OF ma
hoB s. from South Africa, will be
x1iss the Bruce Dry Docks Monday
nlorn , be scraped, cleaned and
paint survey will also be made to
dsteri What other repairs will be nee
Assary refore officials could not state
last MIST just how much work will be
done the vessel.
sEEowever, the Bruce Dry Dock people
are earring an advertisement In the
Journal this morning asking for 100 skill
ed wQrknen to take care Of the job. This
will no doubt be good news to those now
ont Of employment and 1t is not likely
that there viii be any trouble in securing
the workers
Officials OF the shipping board will ar
rive Monday to make n survey Of the
West Humhaw. Among these will be F.
=. Ames, supervising local manager, of
New Orleans. and p. n. Shock, inspector
Of Mobile. 1t Is also understood that there
is probability Of E. c. Flummer, of the
shipping board, being in the city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
Mary Margaret Mcbride,
Noted interviewer, Says
All Famous Visitors
Ask for Dixie
Ask for Dixie

NEW York CITY-It makes no diff
ference whether it's an immigrant
unable to speak word of English
or a dignitary with half a dozen
languages at his tongues tip, after
the visitor TO this country has seen
the Statue of Liberty and the Wool
worth Tower, he always wants to
know the whereabouts of "way
down south in Dixie"
This is the discovery of Mary
Margaret Mcbride, feature writer
for the New York Evening Mail and
other eastern publications whose
daily business is the interviewing of
celebrities.
Invariably foreigners seem to
have heard more about the south
than any other section of the United
States except New York." she
declares.
South Arouses Curiosity
al remember having Iea at the
Ritz with Mrs. w. L. George, just
after the famous English writer
brought his pretty bride here last
winter. Mrs. George was trying, as
she frankly admitted, to find out
everything about America and she
asked bushels of questions.
"'Oh, know Til adore your
south, she said finally. It's So
romanticY
Others who have asked eagerly
about Dixie were Mrs, Murje1 Mac
Swiney. widow of tAs late lord
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
Be Brought Up For
Destroying Liquor

w. P. Words, a negro attendant al
Peter Delano's place. will be brought
before the United States Commissioner
Monday for destroying goods about
To he seized. Words, 1t is charged, de-
stroved LIQUOR at Delano's place when
enforcement officers made raid tnere
recently.
A member of the tug Richmond ap-
peared before the commissioner yes
terday on a charge of having liquor
and waived examination. He made
bond of $500.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
Auto and Street
Car in Collision

A North Hill street car and an Essex
automobile had a near collision on Pala-
fox near the Y NJ. c. A. yesterday even
ing at seven o'clock. The car, which
vas driven by Mrs. J. NJ. Thomas, was
coming down the hill aid several auto
mobiles parked on the side of the street
prevented the Essex auto from avoiding
the car which struck the auto on the
rear end. The mud guard was damaged
and the license plate was torn off the
ditto but no serious damage was done.
Fisher Brown Insurance assumes all
liability for automobiles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
Clears
With Lot Lumber

The Norwegian steamer PolJana clear
ed yesterday for ports in Argentina with
a large cargo of pitch pine lumber. John
A Merritt was agent.
The Poljana took on 1,219,749 superficial
feet of pitch pine lumber here for Buenos
Aires and 40,439 superficial feet of lum-
Der for Conception del Uruguay. She had
1,192,21o superficial feet of lumber in
transit from Gulfport for Buenos Aires
and Conception.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
Damage to Auto
and Motorcycle

B. Nell was arrested by Traffic Of
ficer Nichols last night as the result
of collision between an automobile
which he was driving and motor
cycle operated by VIII Grunwall at
DeVilliers and Romano streets. He is
charged with violating the traffic
ordinance.
Neither of the men were hurt in the
wreck but both vehicles were slightly
damaged.
Fisher Brown Insurance assumes all
liability for automobiles.
TRY A JOURNAL. WANT AID
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
SERVICE STATION
AT YARD FINISHED
JAG Son Has Recently Completed Model
Building at Naval Station.

JAG A. Son, local Buick agent, is to be
commended for the recent completion of
his new and thoroughly modern service
station located at the main gate of the
navy yard. The formal opening has not
yet been announced due to the inability
to secure new cars. The building proper
represents an investment of no small sum
and the people of Pensacola and the naval
reservation should readily take advant-
age Of the new service offered by Mr..
Son. ..--
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27

Mayor of Ireland, Madame Marie
Curie, of France, discoverer of
radium and the other day, Frau
Georg Michaelis, wife of the former
chancellor to the German Kaiser.
Even Margot Asquith, for all
her show of superiority, looked al
most interested when Kentucky and
Virginia were mentioned.
Lady Astor Solves Problem
"Since I'm from Paris, Missouri,
myself, I always take the tributes
to the south as a sort of personal
compliment but I was never able to
figure out how people found OFT So
much about that section until lovely
Lady Astor, a Virginian trans
planted to England came over not
long ago.
"She said Dixie owed its fame to
the song writers and ballad singers
who press agent it continually. And
when you think it over you see she's
undoubtedly right.
Georgia Played Round the Wor!3
"Nearly every photograph in tina
world plays the modern fox trot
Georgia, with its famous lines:
You put the sweet
In Home Sweet Home,
My own sweet Georgia.
and every college quartette anywhere
undoubtedly sings My Old Ken
lucky Home and Dixie AS for
'SwSuee River missionaries FIND
that savages use its tune for a war
dancel
''They may call the south slow
but they can't say she doesn't lead
the country in getting free and eli.
fectiye publicity for herself"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-27
SERVICES SUNDAY
AT GREEK CHURCH

The Greek Orthodox church at
Wright and Reus streets will hold
services every Sunday morning at nine
o'clock. G. Marines is pastor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03

most promising young actress ON the
American stage. After her exquisite
and nnforgettable portraiture Of The
straw's" heroine. she came. via
Atlas Jimmy Valentine" 10 place her
youthful genius In tho role Of Con.
suelo. know OF no ono who could
caeth that dancing. fIIckering. spark
Of llfe'l passing sunshine 40 bcau.
,ifully as she. Yet ar In the case
n Bennett. and Of Helen wcstiy.
who plays zInida. the characters
with their suggestion OF terrific
forces. mingled symbolic satire and
tragedy are bcset with difficulties.
The best portraitures are Count
ManclnI by Frank ReIcher and Louis
Calvert an the Baron. The play 10
oxccllcntly staged by Robert Milton.
n the aim Of the theatre Ia 10
make one think 'fIe Who Gets
Slapped" has reached tho goal II ~
no play for that musical comedy
creation. the tired bust.
ness man-unlcss this mythical In.
ilivldual resents tho accusation that
he has no brains. incidentally saw
! lot OF business men looked brainy
md who did not look tired but who
lccmed greatly interested In "Hc
Who Gets slapped"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
URGES ENGLISHMEN TO STUDY
MORE HISTORY OF AMERICA

the A. Il. A.. making little knitted
things for the children. making toy
sewing outfits for the little girls
asserting warm socks and stockings,
little sweaters, etc. There were real
pocket knives for the older boys and
rag dolls for the girls. TO others
Santa brought much needed warm
gloves and mufflers.
While the winter SHOWS piled
deeper upon White Moscow--Mos.
COW Is called White Moscow during
the four months OF winter when
the bare earth Is never visible and
the snow grows deeper and deeper
with the deposits Of many storms
thirty thousand bright eyed children
gathered around eleven Christmas
trees In Moscow. Santa spoke IN
accents strange to their Russian
ears. but IN accents they have grown
to love. And although the children
did not understand the meaning of
the words. they did understand the
message OF love and Christmas be-
hind them.
The Russians do not make 80
much OF Christmas. however, as
the Americans. English and Ger
mans. Easter. not Christmas. is the
principal religious festival of the
year In Russia. Christmas is OBJ.
served. OF course, and gifts are Civ
en-. Before the war nearly every
home had its little tree for the
children. But since the revolution.
OF life have seldom
permitted even this observance.
Santa Jlaus comes to Russian
children under the name ofDyedush
ka Moroz Grandfather Frost.) He
has pack, just as during his Wis
its to America, but he draws 1t in
a little sled behind him. Over his
Santa sings Christmas
tree when he crosses the Russian
frontier. He comes afoot. He has
no reindeers. On account of the |
intense cold. he is obliged TO dis
card the merry red TESTERS costume
he wears in America, for huge
white Russian "shouba" (large fur
coat) and instead of the jolly little
red cap, he has tall pointed Ounce
cap, also of white fur. Instead of
down a chimney to a row
Of stockings, Santa slips in through
he window and slides his gifts un-
Ter the pillows of the sleeping child
ZEN.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03

that was good. bad and sometimes
worse. were paid low wages and
were forced to read by lamplight.
providing they bought their owr
reading matter
Now II Is different, the buildings
are equipped with electric lights.
reading rooms. dining tables and
writing desks. Each man has his
own bed, not bunk, equipped with
mattress, sheets. blankets. com
forter and pillows.
And last but not least there are
bath rooms. Now every man takes
bath at least once a week and has
complete change of clean clothing
to put on. In the old days. many
lumber jack would go into the
woods in the fall and not take
bath until the camp broke up In
the spring.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
BY ALICE RoHE,


written for The United PressD
New York. Feb. 3-Eyery so often
the Theatre Guide gives fresh i'm
petus to the belief that the plays the
thing-not the box office.
When the decline OF the drama
seems more declining than ever,
this group OF distinguished profes-
sionals produce fine play.
How much we owe the Guild for
Is courage In producing a play-not
because II will make money-but
because II Is fine play. How much
we owe them for "fleartbreak
House." "Liliom,'. 'Mr. PIN Passes
By" "Ambush"l
And now we have "IIe Who Gets
Slapped" by Leonid Andreyev. a
play with title that sounds like a
ilapstick comedy and text that
sounds the depths OF human tragedy
II Is difficult to give an adequate
idea of this Russian play. The four
acts are all laid in a European
circus rest room where the perform
ers wait between acts. In this motley
crowd of lion tanners, acrobats, bare
back riders. clowns, manag S.
walters. hangers-on, comes an erudite
gentleman who has lost his wife, his
fame. his name to a rival. lie wishes
to be a clown whom the world may
.augh ut. and becomes "IIe Who
Gets Slapped" The slaps are ad-
on the cheeks when he
talks, as he has talked in his aca-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
MUST Reform
MOVIES, SAYS
"CHI" WOMAN

CHICAGO. Feb. Omitted Press)
The wealth OF emotional thrills
squnndered annually on cheap mov.
les" Is worth many times more TO
the youth OF America than the actual
monetary cost OF the picture show
habit"
That Is the opinion OF Mrs. Estclle
l.. Moulton. president OF the league
OF women voters. who has launched
campaign here for separate movies
for children.
Most OF the films shown in Chi.
cago are even unfit for high school
children" she asserted. "The pic
lures work them up into such emo
tional states that they are unable
to apply themselves to their studies.
"The $4,000 spent annupally by
students OF six Chicago high schools
IL as nothing compared with the
nervous energy the boys and girls
are burning each month";"
Children who go to movies regu.
larly are getting the low grades, she
found from a survey of Chicago
schools. "They are flighty. nervous
and unable to concentrate" she
said.
Slap stick comedies exaggerat-
ing home life. bedroom scenes, and
"close ups" of the long soul kiss"
were named by Mrs. Moulton as
among the undesirable in modern
movies.
This type of movie Is undermining
our educational efforts" she said.
children are such imitators that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
BY CLYDE A. sEALs

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
London, Feb. s.-Awakening in
tcrest In America. her political and
social life and customs. shown here
daily, viii be given an added impetus
II the suggestion made by George
Peabody Gooch In lecture before
the conference OF Educat onal
Societies Is adopted.
Gooch. who Is a Joint editor Of the
Contemporary Review. besides being
the author Of Political Ideas from
Bacon to Halifax" and other political
studies. urged educational co-opera-
tlon with America. A careful study
was made OF American literature In
England. he said. but the neglect OF
American history was appalling.
The chairman, introducing Gooch.
lamented that American and English
students were not at present able TO
visit one another's country in larger
numbers and declared that the next
best thing for English students was
study OF American literature and
history.
Emerson. Longfelow and Whittier.
believe" said Gooch urging n more
systematic study OF Al erican affairs.
have been studied quite as much In
this country as they have in Amer
lea. but there are extraordinarily
few books by English authors about
American history and institutions.
"Macaulay wrote essays ancient.
medieval and modern-but nothing
about America. Goodwin Smiths out.
line of the development of America
is about the best, but he only wrote
that after he had shaken the dust
OF Oxford and England from his feet |
and had taken up his residence in
the stimulating atmosphere of Can
ada.
But the amount of British atten-
tion devoted to America is extraord.
inarly small, he emphasized. 'In |
considering the question, we reach |
the curious paradox: That we Eng |
lish people only read American his
torians when they are not writing
about their own country. One reason
is the deep conviction in the British
mind that American history is dull.
when once we break through the
crust Of American history and get |
really inside" he pointed out, I'VE
are astonished at the wealth of philo-
sophical interest. We have had a
sort conviction that when America
became independent she did not con.
cern us any more.
I'VE do not want a political al
lance with America Gooch con-
cluded, but rather an understand
ing which comes from the inherit
ance OF great and uplifting. traditions,
and the closer we get to one another
the greater will be our power of
maintaining TIE best Of them
noble elements OF what call the
tradition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
America Santa to
Russian Children
(By The United Press. J

Moscow Feb. 3.--One million Rus
sian children were made happy
Christmas day by the A. r. A..
throughout the Volga famine zone,
in Petrograd and in Moscow.
In Russia, however, Christmas day
came January Z instead of December
25. The Orthodox church has never
recognized the new calendar, and
all religious festivals still follow the
old time, now fourteen days behind
the modern calendar.
Christmas dinners were served in
all the A. r. AS 5000 feeding de-
pots throughout Russia. These were
the first Christmas dinners the child
ren had had for four years. For the
smaller ones, it was the first Christ
mas dinner In their lives.
Christmas gifts were distributed
in the A. r. A. branches in Moscow
to about 10000 children, and in
Petrograd to more than $4,000. Gifts
were given in the provincial depots
in the famine zone wherever possi-
Bile.
Thousands of little kits" were
prepared by the Russian volunteer
workers in the IA. r. A. in Moscow.
Women of noble families, shopkeep-
ers' wives, manufacturers wives and
peasant women sewed side by side
for weeks in the warm rooms Of the
Hermitage restaurant. formerly Mos
cows gayest and fastest cafe, now
central children'a feeding depot for
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
PHONE 672.

Originators Of low prices on meats in Chickasha
U. S. Government Inspected Meats.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
ALL DAY SPECIALS

De Luxe Lacy Hubbard and BakeRite bread sold here
When sells for less the Empire will sell it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
HE WHO GETS SLAPPED'-GREAT PLAY

demlc world, with dignity and ser.
lousnoss. And the audience roars.
N the circus crowd is the repro.
bate Italian Count Mancini living off
the beautiful young bareback rider.
Consuelo. whom he claims as bis
daughter. and whom he has sue.
ceeded In betrothing TO lechrous
old Baron Life. subtly symbolized,
surges through the circus. Zinida.
the lion tanner. is in love with Bez-
ano-though she claims to be in love
with her lions. Bezano loves Con.
suelo. who loves Bezano 'He" loves
Consuelo-the Count sells--the Baron
buys-life. love, emotions. pulsate
IN symbols Of incvitabillty and futil.
fly through the noisy circus mob.
And II ends In the death of Consuelo
and "IIe" by poison dropped In the
betrothal wine by the latter at the
announcement OF Consuelos coming
marriage to the Baron. Then the
Baron shoots himself.
Not play to intrigue the un.
thoughtful-but brilliant and in
teresting drama so difficult of inter
probation as to almost defy acting.
II is safe to say that no otho, group
could have accomplished so much as
the Theatre Guild. Yet even Richard
Bennett,-and | admit am Bennett
fan-did not give all the tragic suf.
ferlng hidden beneath the clowns
mask OF Hes" tortured soul.
Margalo Gilmore is in my esti-
the most interesting and the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03

Norman. Okla. Fob. q Ollahoma'a
basketball success Is directly attrl.
butablo to the work Of Coach Hugh
" McDcrmo,t in sitting and shifting
his men as well as trimming them
since he took charge Of the Sooncrs
in January. with three Veterans at
bis call. Howard Bonebrake. guard.
Myron Tyler. forward. and Captain
I'd White. center, McDcrmott began
to weld successful five.
0rnnell was defeated. Drake
crushed Oklahoma and Amcs fol.
lowed the next week by winning
with narrow margin but McDer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03

great care should be exercised In
choosing their films.
I'VE must have special shows for
each age-children. newly.weds. and
old people. The children should be
shown pictures OF travel. fairy tales
and clean comedies. Old people can
stand almost anything. They are
not in the formative period"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03

mott had developed n stronger five
with every game. The Kansas
Aggles came In for n beating and
then the husky Nebraska five
dropped into the southern cline for
a wallop.
The Sooncrs stopped Into third
place IN the conference with the
Nebraska game but they meet the
strong Kansas and Missouri teams
both this week. Kansas lnvadas
Oklahoma February and the Soon.
ers make their first conference road
trip beginning with Washington at
81. Louis. February 3 and the next
day Missouri at Columbia.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03
Henry Ford Reforms
The Logging Camps

Iron Mountain, Mich, FEB. g.
Henry Ford has revolutionized the
system Of conducting logging camps.
When Ford started lumber produc.
tlon, besides carrying on operations
in progressive manner. he gave
consideration to the accommodation
and comforts of the men in his
lumber camps at Sidnaw and Onto
nagon.
The men now enjoy all the COM
forts OF real home. In the old
days the men slept In dirty hunks
With straw for mattresses, ate food
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03

A series OF more than $50 unpub-
lished letters of John Ruskin will
soon be In book form.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-03

Seventy out Of every 100 in the
city of Jerusalem do not know how
to read or write.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-21
NORTH TEXAS R. R.
TRAFFIC TIED UP

baAas. Tex. lnIy 1l.--Norgh TEXAS.
suffering q partial tseup in traffic. to-
day entered its fourth week OF thu
railroad shcTrnen's strike following
Fioaence durang the past esren DAYS
reported to have hsen more nurerou.
than the three presicus like periods
Railroad officials say the only ros.
sihle relief frorn THE situation wiz b.
state or federal sroo7 protection.
Gov Neft at Denisnn. the rr~osr
seriously affected railroad center !,
the stsies was in conference with e.
flcaais there, but said he had Nc
other statement 10 make than fhar hs
vas there to make personal fnres-
'ugatAUn 0f the strike sitnaiou. He ex-
pecied TO leave Derfson this Afternoon
sqy Waco where he will vote tonor-
row in the state dsmocmtic prirasr-
ses
He left his political tour YESTERDAY
to &C to Dsnison.
Station Agent Malone Of the MIS-
soar- Kansas and Texas railroad at
De Leon. Tex. has been told that Ne
must quit doing the work Of strikers
or get ont Of town. according to W. G.
Crush, passenger traffic manager cf
the Katy lines here de said the arr
vii1es Of the strikers AZ De Leon srs
Increasing daily and fhas so far ihs
strikers have prevented new mer
from taking their places. Shosguns
were shipped to guards at d. lean
last night from Dcnsson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-21
MANY RAILROADS TO
BURN POWDERED COAL
CRy The Associated Press,

7 New York. July 2i.-~The lead OF
Henry Ford and the Milwaukee Elec-
trio Railway and Light company in
the burning Of powdered coal Is 7,
he fclicwed in the new ss.eNoeea
Union Electric Light and Powsf
company plant in ST IJcuis McClel,sn
and Jankcrsfeid construction ensin-
GERS announced today.
Although the engineering probes
sion is said to have been slow in ac-
'cepting the economic claims made fcf
puircrized coal turning equipment. =
careful cheek has convinced Mcclellan
and ynnkcrsfield. The statement said.
that powerful fael development -
s.cne Of the most important forward
siers taken in industrial engineering
in long time