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Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-04
NEW PRIORITY
FUEL ORDERS SOON
WORD OF SPENCER

Washington, Aug. 3-New priority
orders for the transportation of fuel
will be issued Immediately by the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission, Fed
eral Fuel Distributor Spencer an
nounced tonight, with the purpose Of
facilita ting the distribution of coal
under the administrators emergency
program.
The district committees represent
ing the federal organization in the
producing fields will be functioning
by Monday. Mr.. Spencer said.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-04
POISONED PIES
WERE REEKING
WITH ARSENIC

New York. Aug. ".-H"dlth depart
mont chemists announced today that
pie crust and pastry taken from the
Shelburne restaurant, where six per
sons were fatally poisoned Monday,
contained arsenic in such quantities
that it literally closged test tubes
used in an anlysis of the bake stuff.
Many Of those who We're poisoned. the
chemists said were saved because the
largo quantity OF arsenic acted as its
own cmctic.
There wero no new deaths added to
tho list today. but tw" more girls and
a man wcrc reported violently i'll.
District Attorney Banton continued
his Investigation. but said he was still
as Ear away as ever from a solution
of thc my ~tcry of who had placed tho
baI-bl.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-04
General Forecast

Pressure remained high during
Thursday over the upper Mississippi
valley and the plain states and north
ern Pacific coast and relatively low
along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
This pressure distribution has been
attended by widely scattered thunder
showers in the eastern and southern
states and in the Rocky Mountain
and plateau regions. Moderate tenn
perature prevailed throughout the
east.
Winds north Of Sandy Hook will be
gentle variable and weather generally
overcast and thick Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-04
THE WEATHER
LOCAL SHOWERS

New Ensland-Local showers Fri
day; Saturday partly cloudy; moder-
ate temperature.
East New York-Partly cloudy Fri
day. possibly local thundershowers
Friday afternoon; Saturday fair,
moderate temperature, gentle variable
winds,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-04
Federal Word
Puts Off Strike
Great Lakes Men

Detroit. Aug. 3.-By \. F)-Fndcr-
al intervention today averted a strike
Of union vessel mon on the Great
Lakes. the district executive commit
tee Of the International Seamens
Union voting 10 withhold the strike or
der until the department Of labor had
made an effort to adjust the wage diff
ferences which caused the strike move
ment
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-04
100 Quarrymen
Return on Recognition
Union at Vinalhaven

Ninall4aven, Me, Aug. 3.-Eecog-
milton Of the union was said to be
embodied in a settlement made to-
day by Joseph Leopold with repre-
scntativcs Of the quarrymen's un-
ion Work was resumed at once by
100 men who have been on strike
for several months.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-04
Boston Forecast

Boston and vicinity-t'riday local
showers: Saturday generally fair;
moderate temperature, light variable
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-04

Two dutteA await you when ron 70.
ce!vs the Journal In the morning. The
hrst 10 to read the classifed Ad page
The second - TO telephone you; "A. 50
that others may read It.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02
Avery Hopwood
Prolific Writer

A 8 a rule, the most prolific
~ writer's are not those who
turn out the best work. The
man who writes a 5O,O00.word
novel over night, then dashes of
a three-act play the next morning
and spends the rest of the i!ay
turning out grist of short stories
and editing an encyclopedia, can
hardly be expected to do any Of
those jobs particularly we'll. Gre.
ative effort is ordinarily associated
with much labor and searching II
soul. Shakespeare did not COM
pose his sonnets to catch an edi-
ton, nor did Shaw grind out
Back to Methuselah" at any gait
except his own.
Avery Hopwood. however. seems
to be a conspicuous exception to
the rule. Not only Ia HopwooI
generally conceded TO be a clever
writer Of farce, but he IL aston
ishingly prolific. A mere mental
listing OF his plays in recent years
indicates his tremendous industry
for industry Is necessary 10
write a play. The mere physical
task Of putting 10000 10 10000
words down on paper Is a pretty
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

hardly to be expected. had in
fact happened. The character
ingenue" had undergone apothe-
osis. Ada Meade, turned lead
ing woman with dizzying sud-
denness, was astounding any
body who might chance to look
in on the Garrick Players pres
entation Of "The Acquittal.' At
last, and in one Of Washing
tons own local companies, a
genuine emotional actress. And
Of a power theoretically extinct
since Mrs. Patrick Campbell put
on the flesh Of middle-age and
Nance O'Neill evolved basso
profundos lacking in high lights.
Clumsily overdone speeches
fell to her portion in what was
betimes a childishlv overdrawn
ground plot. She lifted speeches
and plot into that verisimili-
tude which is a magic now and
then impaired by sincerity, to
the unreal. Her concentration
never wavered. William Harri-
gan. guest star of the week. a
sterling actor trained BY life
long contact and the tradition
Of forebears TO a sense Of every
symmetry and rythm. was given
the surprise of his life. He had
expected adequate support from
some routined ferrinine nrofes.
sional-choice still undecided
when he signed his contract. He
had not hoped 70 encounter in
p spirational reaction in a young
woman BEING "tr;ed out" in her
verv first emotional role.
The incidental facts were even
more surprising. Miss Meade's
experience, as he was to learn,
had been wellnigh exclusively In
musical comedy-that ambling
and aimless hybrid Of drama
froth and melodious faulty,
which Is yet so beset with techni-
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The Washington times., 1922-07-02

Soap and water, for a theater oc-
casion, should be encouraged. 1t
is a delicate matter. but most inn
portant things are delicate. Any
way, when we have'a grievance let
us ventilate II and not suffer in
silence"
The mixed perfumes in a play
house are very annoying. II every.
body used the same perfume It
wouldn't be so bad. 1t would be
better to he knocked senseless by
one particularly strenuous perfume
than to be tortured by a dozen
combined nuisances. I often think.
during a scene in a play that Is
supposed to be located in a drawing
room. how lucky we are that the
perfume cannot be dramatized! In
real life how that scene would be
scented. But no playwright has as
yet perfumed his characters so
that they could be waited into the
auditorium.
SHAW declares that when he
went to his first theater he was
very much more interested in the
audience than he was in the play.
This season, admit. has been far
more prolific in studiable audiences
than in studiabie plays. do
think, however, that a more altru.
istic attitude on the part Of audi
ences would be OF ineffable assist.
ance to many plays. Distractine
sounds and scents initiate against
the acceptance of certain situa.
tions.
But much as abominate IN.
highly scented ones. I have even
a greater horrors of the chew.rs-
OF those whose Jaws are moving
all the time like the jaws ofesomc
awful prehistoric monster. I
wonder why people chew in pub
lie. I can understand that per
haps in private, in the solitude 0.
ones chamber, It might conc.lv.
ably be a pastime. But II Is 50
ugly to look at. How on earth
any pretty girl can do It Is a mys.
terry to me. The moving jaws In.
stantly counteract the beauty OF
feature and the grace of contour.
And II makes her look 30 greedy
-as though she couldn't set
enough at table and was forced 10
continue her attacks upon edible
matter. She goes to the theater,
and sometimes the young man
Continued on Page s)
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

big job. quite apart from any con-
siderations of dramatic construc-
tion.
Hopwood first really put MIN.
self on the map with Fair md
Warmer" though he had written
several plays before that, and one
Of them, Clothes" had made
something OF a sensation. He has
followed up Fair and Warmer"
with up in Mabel's Room"
Ladies' Night" "The Bat"
Spanish Love-" Getting Ger.
ties Garter" THE Demi.virsin"
and various other original works
ana coiiahorations. Now. II 8
announced he win have a new
The Washington times., 1922-07-02
Glen Echo Ready
for Big Holiday

TN anticipation Of the usual
record crowd at Glen Echo
Park the Fourth Of July, the
management has arranged for spe'
cial car service. and everything the
resort has in the way Of fun pro-
viders will be In evidence. Among
the special features will be the
matinee dance Tuesday afternoon
from 4 o'clock until 7:30. There
will be another session as usual in
the evening from $40 till 1880.
Music will be furnished by the IA.
nous Glen Echo orchestra under
the direction Of f. A. oehmann.
The big coaster dip, vastly i'm
proved and enlarged, offers
1000 feet of thrills equaled only
by Concy Islands hair raiser.
The carrousel, with it's newly
, equipped organ, has proved de.
light and the Old Mil is holding
its own, while the Rocking Pigs
have become the 'kiddies' best bet.
The big picnic grounds, at the
park are expected to be filled con.
ttnually over the holiday period.
The car ride alone. which affords a
magnificent view OF the Potomac.
with the cool breexes from the
river dispeiling fatigue. b well
worth the trip.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02
Lay Your Plans Next Week to See
Some of the PLavs Listed BeIoW

ARRICK-"A Voice in the Dark, melodrama staged and
"a directed by the author, George Henry Trader
KEITHS-The Princess Vaeza and Shirley will be
headiners of the bill
METROPOLITAN-"The Crossroads of New York." Max
Sennett sx-reeler with augmented cast
PALACE-"Our eadng Citizen" George Ade comedy star
RIM Thomas Meighan
CoLUMBIA-"Reported Missing" drama featuring Owen
Moore and n alstar
CRANDALL's-Frank Mayo, Billy Bevan. Agnes Ayres and
Richard Dix will be featured
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

r T may have been a month or
five weeks ago that an itin-
Grant New Yorker. dropping
in on a matinee performance Of
these Garrick Players, first
rocked of Ada Meade's existence.
She was playing a cockney maid
servant, a brief bit, in an
ephmeral Margaret Lawrence
comedy. She moved across the
stage en- rapport with the gro
tesquerie of which she made her
self protagonist. 81 would like
to see that young woman doing
something more and something
better" said the Manhattanite
to his companion. "Who is she?"
"The new character woman
suppose"
"Ah, considerably more than
that" rejoined the Manhattanite.
For Miss Meade, with no
tricky intention of self-confes-
siSf, had yet given herself away.
Something of swinging verve,
something of vitality triumphant
in her bearing, went deeper than
the farcical aura with which,
conscientiously, she sought to
disguise herself. Revelation was
in the uplift of her chest, the
spring of her stride. She goaded
herself to effect Of ridiculous
ness via spontaneities of allure,
with never a suspicion Of what
she was doing. 1t isn't often
done.
Nor do the mills Of the gods
grind invariably with a slow
ness. A brief fortnight after
the cocknev character bit, and
y. the thin hoped . for, yet
The Washington times., 1922-07-02
.CkLC1 tuU/LoM uo opLSpN
PALACf >,anIIILK9| WLIL9|I IoTIInx1nI1S oTInx1nI1ISSnnWW' ~
"ZizE >HlZTfy/1T"
GARR|(K PLAYERS MAKING
UN(HALL LENGEABLE HISTORY
IN FIELD OF REPERTOIRE
BY STANLEY OLMSTED.

critic author of work Of fiction
notably "The Pourer "Pierrot" Mountain Furmers etc.,
lightning discovery Of
player Ada Meade by organization Of the
Garrck Players those dra
matte than ITSELF which Washington
Not altogether Not the other hand frequent enough be
less so!
recall sitting in scant audience
assembled performance Of comedy centerng
insignificant. little play. Neither
its nes yet its craftsmanship
eonrved hold the longer than the
piece mermaid film sandwiched between the vee thriller
and the animated cartoon
And Of this stock performance stick and cling
particularly gulf years that has the
remang Of history Of the fact that there
The other neffaceabe picture Of the
made unmistakaby by the simple feat OF
presiding herea blonde demurely jocos debo-
narly little gestures suggesting etching Her
Taylor.
before Miss Taylor would
be lowered with "Peg My Heart" by mtlessly perspcaous
husband She however, already thereeven in this tea and
cake hiatus with the thermometer ninety under the
which, Alright whirled dstractngy
and forgot them along with the
humidity "trooped"-as the
recalls identity them all But
them vsbly drawing in sustenanc from her
residence; actors the making under the Her
absolutely nothing The hardest part Of her
job had adapted it,
subonscious growth to her proportions
ongenta with wherefore for why The
point, with luck accident Presumably
To tr to scent out the
ncerudes with the probab
ties similarly n young woman's favor.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

THE coughing and sneezing bore
isn't half as bad, as to my
mind, as is the perfumed lady who
sits close to you and who appears
to be saturated with all the odors
Of Arabia These perfumes are, ]
am told, frightfully expensive. and
imagine that their cost is reckon.
ed by their deadliness. Very fire.
quently some of these odors recall
certain plays. They have grown
to be associated with them in my
mind. l meet a woman at dinner
and instantly the horrible, suffo-
eating sweetness" haloing her re-
minds me Of plays during which |
was bathed in the same perfume.
Most Of these pestiferous scents
bear French names and are sold at
SO much per ounce. That much I
have discovered. The women at
the theater seem to be drenched in
'em. Handkerchiefs, gowns. cloaks.
gloves-everything is perfumed up
to the nth degree. Certain dram
attic scenes upon which you are
anxious to focus your attention are
lost in this odorous malaiase that
gently drives you to distraction.
Exactly how an audience can be
expected to concentrate upon any
particular episode when these nox-
ious perfumes fre permitted to ir-
ritate their sense I do not pretend
TO explain. l have frequently been
rebuked by ladies with whom I
have demonstrated. They have told
me that 1t was pose" on my part
and that l couldn't possibly dislike
scents that cost so much. One
of the worst that has ever afflict-
ed my nostrils cost s12 per ounce.
1t nearly disabled me. 1 savored
It during the progress Of a big re-
uval at which everybody worth
while was present. l assure you
that I was hardly able to totter out
of the theater, so weak and miser.
able had the hateful mixture made
me feel.
MANAGERS who are Just now
" complaining about the lack OF
attention on the part OF audiences
should bear in mind that scents are
Just as fatal as sounds-that the
perfume.saturated woman is as DIFF.
ficult for sensitive-nosed folks to
cope with as In the coughing man.
There should be line on the pro-
grams asking politely that per-
fumes be discarded temporarily.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

play produced this fall-"Why
Men Leave Home"
The tremendous popularity OF
Hopwood farces has never ocen
more clearly indicated in Wash
ington than by the great success
OF Getting Gertie's Garter"
which tonight begins its third
week at the Belasco.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02
.GUM-(HEWERS AND KINDRED
PESTS SHOULD Be BARRED
|FR0N THEATERS, SAYS DALE
By ALAN DALE.

~ with the subject of Audiences English ats-
an has just been buyng himself counting up the number
coughs throat ceangs that he discovered
London theater He asserts that
he coughs twelve
alone He counted in all 2s67 throat sounds
audience Five hundred and sixty hard
coughs he kind meant to be heard 74s smoteed
suppressed 692 geneel deprecang
coughs coughr tried pretend that
really ALL only little burst of sound, and
q w incdentas chroncled
started trying keep count of the various
encountered but bad job after
the middle of the first For of all these coughing
other merely of boredom
You heard them play of interest and significance
thrilled,
the their lives
begin their Observation-Disclosures and
out They suppressed However, bound
that grow these nerruponsevn the
the back neck and
enioy discomf future
The Washington times., 1922-07-02
Entertain Riddles

OK Thursday. July g. the Chill
dren's Free Institute will be
entertained at Glen Echo Park
under the direction Of Miss Car.
rie Hart and committee from the
Council OF Jewish Women.
Newark post., 1922-11-29
SURPRISE PARTY AT CHAM
BERS' HOME MONDAY NIGHT

The members of the Mems Barracca
Glass of the First Presbyterian
Church rendered very pleasant sur
prise party to Mr.. Gilbert Chambers,
at his home on Depot Road, Monday
evening. The merry throng of raid
ers descended upon the peaceful
household about eight o'clock and the
fun continued until a late hour. AT
ter the first few minutes of confusion,
the visitors were invited in and
pleasant social hour followed. Af-.
terwards delicious refreshments ap-
peared and the guests were unani-
nous in voting it real party.
Those present were the following:
Rev. and Mrs. H. Everett Hallman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
Bryan, Mr.. and Mrs. William Brown,
Mrs. Brant, Mrs. Gregg, Miss Brant,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Earl Dougherty.
Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Colbert, Mr.. John
E. Frazer, Mrs. Lester Gallagher,
Prof. H. E. Tiffany, Mrs. George
Wood, Mr.. Will Crook, Mr.. Warren
Singles, Mr.. Irwin Grow, Miss Helen
Gregg, Mrs. H. Reynolds, Mr.. Carroll
Nickerson, Mr.. and Mrs. George Potts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Potts, Mrs. Stra-
horn, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Steel, Mrs.
Reynolds, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Cham
bers, Miss May Chambers and Miss
Edna Chambers.
Newark post., 1922-11-29
LEGAL NOTICES

Estate of Gotlieb Fader, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Iestamentary upon the estate of
Gotlieb Fader, late of White CLAW
Creek Hundred, deceased, were duly
granted unto William Lewis Fader.
Lydia R.. Fader and Winifred Fader
on the Eighteenth day of October A.
D. 1922 and all persons indebted to
the said deceased are requested to
make payment to the Executors with
out delay, and all persons having
demands against the deceased are re-
quired to exhibit and present the
same duly probated to the said Exec
utors on or before the Eighteen day
of October A. D. 1923, or abide by the
law in this behalf.
Address
CHAs. B. EVANS, Atty-at-Law
Ford Building,
Wilmington, Delaware.
WILLIAM LEWIS FADER,
LYDIA R. FADER,
W1NIFRED FADER,
10,25,10t Executors
Newark post., 1922-11-29
SALE
OF
Real Estate and Personal
Property
Of John Devinney, Deceased
AT Christiana, Delaware
TUESDAY,, DEC. 5, 1922
AT Il o'clock NJ, as follows:
2 Good Farm Horses
2 Good Farm Horses

Three Cows, 1 Heifer, 2 fat Hogs,
70 Chickens, 100 bushels of Corn. G
tons of Hay, 500 bundles of Fodder,
Straw by ton.
One-horse Farm Wagon, Family
Carriage, Mower, Horse Rake, Randall
Harrow, Sulky Cultivator, two-horse
Plows, 3 Hand Cultivators, One-horse
Plow, Spike Harrow, Extension Lad
der, Step Ladder, Harness Horse.
Work Bench, Cross-cut Saw, Large
Chest of Carpenter Tools, Large Chest
OF Machinist and Plumber Tools.
Wise, Post Spade, Lot of Fence Post
and Rails, Lot of Lumber, Hay Rope,
z Meat Benches, Sausage Cutter, 6
Empty Barrels, One dozen Hoes.
Forks. Rakes and Shovels.
HARNESS - Two sets Leather
work Harness, 2 sets Chain Harness,
Market Wagon Harness, set Light
Driving Harness, Brides, Collars.
Halters, Blankets.
Newark post., 1922-11-29
NOTICE OF BOND SALE.

The Board of Education of Newark
Special School District, New Castle
County, Delaware, will receive sealed
bids for all or any part of an issue of
One Hundred and Sixty Thousand
Dollars ($1GO,0OO.OO) tax-free Bonds
authorized to be issued by said New
ark Special School District, by virtue
Of the provisions of the General
School Law of the State of Delaware.
Said Bonds will be of the denomi-
nation of one thousand dollars
($1,000) each, will be dated January
1st, 1923, will bear interest at the
rate of five (5) per centum per
annum, payable semi-annually on the
first day of July and January of each
year.
One twenty-ffth of the total issue
of bonds will be paid. each year, be-
ginning on first day of January, 1924.
No bids will be accepted at less
than the face value of the said bonds
and the right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
Certified checks for ten per centum
of the amount bid must accompany
each bid, to be forfeited in the event
that the purchaser shall fail to
comply.
Bids will be opened in the presence
of bidders or their representatives
and the public, at the office of the
Board, High School Building, known
as Academy Building, Newark, Della
ware, on the first day of December,
1922, at eighty-thirty P. M.
NEWARK SPECIAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT
By Walter II. Steel, President.
Attest. Herbert Queens, Secretary.
11,22,2t
Newark post., 1922-11-29
Real Estate

The Farm consists of 20 acres of
good land, and will produce abundant
crops of wheat, corn, hay; improved
by large eight-room Brick House,
Barn, Granary, Carriage House, Im-
plement Shed, Hen House and other
buildings. These buildings are all in
first-class order; also has apple,
peach, pear, plum and cherry trees on
it. This farm is located on stone road
in the village of Christiana, Del.
All the above goods must and will
be SOLD for the high dollar to settle up
the estate.
TERMS OF PERSONAL PROP
ERTY-All sums of $50 and under
cash; over that amount a credit of
Nine Months will be given by pur-
chaser giving a bankable note with
approved endorser, interest from day
of sale. On Real Estate, 5 per cent
on day of sale, balance at settlement.
MARY A. DEVINNEY.
Armstrong, Auctioneer.
Jester, Clerk. 11,29,1t
Newark post., 1922-11-29
HIS MAJESTY THE STORK

Word was received yesterday TO the
effect that baby boy came to grace
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. L.
O'Rourke, of Haddonfield, N. j. The
newcomer weighed 71s pounds, and
both mother and child are doing very
nicely. Residents of Newark, par
ticularly recent alumni Of the Uni
versity will remember the father as
the famous Baron" O'Rourke, of
Iron Hill and Newark, scion of the
soil and farmer extraordinary. Mrs.
O'Rourke was formerly Miss Evelyn
Nourse, of Arlington, Mass. At pres
ent Mr.. O'Rourke is connected with
the New Jersey Department of Agri-
culture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce K. Crompton
are receiving congratulations upon
the birth of a little daughter, born on
Friday, November 24th.
Newark post., 1922-11-29
NEW CENTURY
CLUB NEWS

At the meeting of the Newark New
Century Club, held in the club-room
yesterday afternoon, the president
announced that the date of our Reel
procity Day with the club at New
Castle has been changed to December
18th, and the date of the card party,
which the club will give, to December
5th.
8 Mrs. Carter announced that approx
imately $S5 was received from the
rummage sale held last week. Mrs.
Manns reported that the play, "The
Microbe of Love-" given by the Edu-
cation Committee and it's friends on
November Oath, had cleared S1O5.25,
which has been given to the public
school to buy maps and other needed
equipment.
Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Noble, Mrs.
Thorogood and Mrs. Sparks were
unanimously elected members of the
club.
The program for the day was in
charge of the Education Committee,
assisted by the Music Committee.
Miss Duffy sang three lovely songs
and Mrs. VIM. Holton played three
selections from Mcdowell.
Prof. w. A. Wilkinson, Dean of the
Department of Education at the Uni
versity of Delaware, presented for the
clubs consideration the proposed
changes which the State Board of Ed
ucation hopes to make in the school
law at the next session of the legis-
lature. The new Budget Bill was
also read and explained. After Prof
Wilkinson's talk, the club heartily en-
dorsed the proposed amendments.
Two pupils from the fourth grade,
Miss Cooper, teacher, gave a drama
tization of "Epanimondas," and a
third read poem, entitled "Thanks-
giving" which had been composed by
the class.
Pupils of Miss Harriet Wilson's
third grade gave charming little
play, the result of their reading,
"Hansel and Gretel"
The next meeting of the club will
be an open meeting, to which the pub
lie and the students of the Univer-
sity are invited, and will be held on
the evening of December 18th, at 8
o'clock, in Wolf Hall. The invitation