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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-02
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-02
DIR. SHIP ADDRESSES
OXFORD HIGH SCOOL

On Wednesday morning, October
18th, DR.. Shipp Of the Mississippi
State Board Of Health addressed the
students and faculty Of the Oxford
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-02
The Aduertised Stores
Succeed

Old the "Come and Take it,
system opened shop and waited for customers to come
good years. they used to his
come around.
built Soliciting system The retail
dealer soc his trade He rarely bothers with
people who don't enough patronage solicit it, He
line with the modern tendency that they
are not likely to be up o enterprsing
public feels the They wait to who soiets
their deciding should does not
SOLICIT conclude he out of the
AS advertising thoroughly practical of solicit
ing reasonable the only make appear
appear that dealer playing modern business
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-02

And still, "no vote, no eat" Law
might help some.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-02

IF. o. B." now has a new signifi-
canoe. It is tackled onto invitations in
high society and means "fetch your
own BOOZE"
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03

WOulu OlUcn nave
to lie down be-
cause of pains.
One Sunday my
aunt was visiting
US and she said
her girls took
Lydia E. Pink
ham 8 Vegetable
Compound and got
well, 30 mother
said she guessed
she would let me
.tryit. II is doing
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03

a sure thing that turns out to be a
pig. Don't you know what we
mean? Well. b. sure TO see friend
Ed and Owen Martin and find out.
Dancing of a high order is offered
by Lola and Scnia, whose act inn
proves splendidiy as IL goes along.
That the sweet and simple songs
OF another day still have a strong
appeal was proven by Allan Rogers
and Leonora Allen. The program
of these excellent young singers In
cluded Loves Old Sweet Song" and
love songs OF a kindred type. Not
once did they strike a jazzy or even
frivolous note and their act runs
second to none on the bill in point
Of applause.
whoa, Sarah" cries Jack Nc
Lallen to Sarah And well he may
The act is son roller skates in more
ways than one and can't be stopped
That indigenous American melodiC
expression, the blues" is inter-
preted fully and thoroughly by
James Burke and Eleanor Durkin
Harry Jolson is another proof that
talent does run in families. He's
SO good that he doesn't need to re.
mind folks that Al is his brother
Sealo, sleek and beautiful, doe.
tricks that no mere human could
accomplish.
NJ II
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03

"The Bat" resolves itself into moth
ing more than a most engrossing
detective story or mystery play
adapted fol, the stage. Its major
appeal probably lies in the fact
that its solution is cleverly delayed
until the last few minutes of the
final act, the meanwhile providing
an abundance of melodramatic ac-
tion and the tangled threads of a
theme that leads in a umber Of
different directions and give the
audience full opportunity to ex-
ercise such detective instincts
as It possesses. Everybody who
watches THE Bat unquestion-
ably has his or her theory
as to the mysterious criminal who
commits two capital crimes and the
finale discloses that the vast ma
jority of these surmises have been
predicated upon false premises.
The living room of Miss Van
Gorder's Long Island home furnishes
the setting for most of the action.
Mysterious warnings to vacate the
premises she has just leased for a
period of rest, followed by spooky
demonstrations and threats of vio-
llence, are interviewer with the theft
Of over s1.000.ooo from the village
bank, and In the solution Of the
strange happenings two violent
deaths occur. Back of this crime
saturnalia is the mysterious Bat"
a fieeting desperado, who derives his
title from the symbol of: the noe
turnal bird which he leaves wher-
ever he operates. Who is the
"Bat? That is the question. The
finger of suspicion points at many,
and II would destroy the full meas
ure of enjoyment for those who will
see the play later to disclose the
iedntity in this brief summary.
Quite the best piece of acting,
in a play which calls for no am
bilious histrionic effort. is pro-
vided by May Galyer as the elderly
Miss Cornelia Van Gorder."
Faultless diction and skilled sup
preston at moments when over
playing might be excusable make
her Characterization the real gem
of the performance. Comic relief
is provided by Ursula Ellsworth
in a slavey role fitted with broad
comedy lines that frequently verge
on hokum but attain their object.
Norma Phillips as "Dale Ogden
Charles Gotthold as DIR. Wells"
Herman Lieb in a detective charac-
ter, Robert Stevens as Richard
Flemming" and Leo Stark as
"Beresford" furnish competent sup
port in important parts. The other
roles are adequately handled.
The producers have furnished a
pretentious setting and for those
who love a good detective story or
a first class mystery play. The
Bat" is certain to please.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
GERMANS MAY
RUN US. AIR LINE

The Schutte-Lanz Airship Company.
Of Germany. is believed to be ne
gotiatinE with American financiers
for the purpose Of establishing cross
continent airship lines. Engineer
Doctor Waltere Bleitein. director and
chief engineer of the company. has
Just arrived in Washington and is
believed by aeronautical circles to
have come here for that purpose.
He believes airships to be the com
mercial carriers Of the future. for
iairships within their sphere have
no rivals either on the ground. the
surface of the sea. or In the air.
'Heavier-than-ai designers and
manufacturers may consider this a
rather strong statement" Bleistein
said. ''In America you have that
wonderful gas. helium, with the
lium as a lifting medium. with the
great progress in rigid design since
the war. one must admit that this
country has the edge on the world I"
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
COSMOS.
Josie Roopev-

It is not well known, but little
Pat Rooney and daughter of quite
Pat rooney and daughter OF quite
as famous a father. all of them
dancers. belongs to the family that
inspired years ago the popular
song. Little Annie Rooney Is NY
Sweetheart" Josie, too. IL making
sweethearts today. for she Is a
typical Rooney, with a snap an6
vim in her personality that mani
tests itself in her songs and her
dancing in "A Cafe Honeymoon"
the production in which Brother
Pat is starring her with her own
company.
The bill opens with one OF the
most difficult exhibitions of the
clean art Of athletics. head-balanc-
ing and acrobatic tricks of the sea-
son, by Jessie and Ossie. a pair Of
clever "he athletes" Philbrick and
Devoe bring an entertaining team
act Of songs and clever chatter;
Little Lord Roberts. the famous
lilliputian. is scream in "Biliy's
Santa Claus" and Jack Morgan and
company in roaring farce, What
NeXt?" share with them in the
laughing honors. Cngaro, the
gypsy violinist, may be a gypsy
end probably Is violinist but the
feature Of his number is the COM
edy with a mate off stage. One OF
the best numbers OF the bill is the
Riano. NorthIane and Ward trio Of
nut 'n'evry'thing." which brings a
rollicking dash Of musical comedy
and an honest-tn-g goodness ringer
for Mary Pickford in the girl Of
the team.
The added matinee feature. shown
only from today to and including
Friday. pictures Herbert Rawlin-
son in The Millionaire" which.
like Harold Lloyd's picture. Never
Weaken" one OF the most thrilling
and laughable of the Lloyd galaxy.
are both first run pictures. At all
performances the Lloyd comedy.
with the International News and
Cartoon Comics, are supplemental
attractions.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
RAPS DAUGHERTY
PROFITEER PROBE

Goodhue Weatherly. formerly spe-
cial assistant to Attorney General
Palmer. in charge OF the Justice De-
partment's machinery for enforcing
the anti-profiteering act. declares that
the new campaign against profiteerinC
announced by Attorney General
Daugherty is "unwarranted, unjust
and dangerous under the present con-
dition OF business"
Competition" Weatherly asserts
forces the merchant to sell at the
lowest margin of profit" and for this,
among other reasons. he holds that
statements that profiteerinE is the
cause of nigh prices lis incapab bic
Of substantiation."
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03

NJ. H.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
TENANTS TESTIFY
FOR ELEVATOR BOY

Twelve OF the fifteen tenants OF
the Don Carlos apartment house. al
G007 o street northwest, testified In
Police Court yesterday as character
witnesses for Fulton Fitch, a col
ored elevator boy accused Of at
tacking Mrs. Mary L. Tayenner, a
tenant The case was dismissed.
Mrs. Tavenner testified that Fitch
struck her when she protested al
the blocking Of her front door with
a settee upon which the elevator boy
was sorting mail. Fitch denied
striking her, and declared she as
saulted him.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
KEITH'S.
devtIIe,

In the role of a bediamonded re-
generator of the young, Miss Va
leska Suratt shines with even
more than her usual effulgence at
Keith's this week. Draped in chin
chilla and gold cloth. she berates
Broadway's follies; with a be-
gemmed hand, she points out the
pitfalls that await the unsuspect-
ing 1922 flapper; then she beats
such Of her bosom as can be seen
for strings of pearls and bewaiIs
the evil fate that made her a mere
stage star instead of the mistress
of a siX-room bungalow, a husband
and a dozen or so of sweet kid
dies" It's all very impressive and
well calculated to make the modern
young girl beware of limousines,
millionaires and midnight suppers
like a cat does cream.
The action of Valeska's vehicle,
The White Way" is laid in Croesus
Van Dusen's apartment And let
us say. to begin with. that the set
is vision and a dream. We can't
be more superlative. Mr.. Van Du-
girl into his domicile. But his ex-
"''S' d Oiiies S1ai' pIdSeu ny MISS
Suratt, appears just in time to
snatch the lamb from the VOLTS
jaws. Complication is added by the
fact that the lamb isn't altogether
averse to being devoured But.
finally, she accepts some loose
change. furs and Rooseveltian doc
trines and is packed off to her
Hicksville swain. The sketch was
written by Jack Lait. overflows
with snappy lines and climaxes
well. That's all except that one
can't help wishing Miss Suratt
would pull her hair back as she
used to.
Ed. Lee Wrothe plays a grand on
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
by EARLE DORSEY.

by EARLE DORSEY.
There is a high and seething
quality of moral indignation In
The National Anthem" that j.
Hartley Manners has written for
Laurette Taylor and which came to
the National last night. 1t is a
play shot through and through with
fierce cold passion of resentment,
dudgeon SO classic in it's intensity
that Mr.. Manners, toward the end,
becomes almost inchoate in his
rage.
II Is possible. however, to learn
that jazz itself Is the national
al hem and also the national evil.
In its incoherent frenzy, however,
the latest Manners play leaves
one sadly mixed among three evils,
the greatest of which is jazz.
The National Anthem" gets un-
der way delightfully."-. Aside from
its somewhat fetching portrayal of
cOuntry-club habits-the highballs,
the nicotine, the f1appers and the
iazz-it presents a well-balanced
picture of a really nice girl in
fatuated with a scapegrace. She
is convinced he can be reformed,
via marriage. and none of his
fathers warnings of the mans in
nate cruelty, savage Temperament
and selfish past has the slightest
influence with her.
The picture. of course. is nowise
new. for girls have married men
before to reform them. but it is a
well balanced array of characteri-
zation, rather strongly atmospheric
and played in the proper tempo.
From here. however. one passes to
the lecture room with Prof. Man
ners. the playwright. and there
straightway ensues two-hour
revelation of a trite stage plati-
tude. in which IL is proved that
while angels may sometimes lift a
mortal to the skies. it is more
frequently the angel herself who is
dragged down.
The medium. of course. is alco-
| hol, for which the young husba nd
'rns a most romantic weakness He
even communicates his weakness
1" his wife and by the time they've
cached Paris on their honeymoon
she's an incipient drunkard. too
From then to the finish. THE Ma
tiOnal Anthem" is nOthir= more
than the unhappy affair of an act
ress who took bichloride in Paris
not so long ago.
An attempt, however. is made to
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
Mayor Cuts OlDn Pay
As 1922 Resolution

MOUNT VERNON. y. Y. Jan. g.
Edwin w. Fiske. whom the Demo-
Gratis elected mayor of Mount Ver-
non for the ninth time last fall,
started in his term yesterday with
New Year resolution to reduce the
mayors salary from $4,000 to $4,000.
Today he carried out his resolution.
His ninth term in office, he said,
would be characterized by economy,
efficiency and service. To that end
he has appointed seven women to
posts in his cabinet.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
BURGLARS TAKE
CASH AND PIN

Thieves entered the home of Mrs.
p. H. Hucher. 1886 Newton street
northwest, early yesterday morning.
and escaped with S73 in cash and
a stick pin valued at SIS.
A robe worth $500, the property
of E. Van Rensselaer,. 1916 Sixteenth
street northwest, was stolen from an
automobile parked in front of 81
Ninth street northeast, according to
a report to the police by Walter
McKenny. OF the Ninth street address.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03

This Wagenhals and kemper pro-
duction has made theatrical history
since it was first offered for ver-
dict from Washington playgoers
under the title "A Thief in the
Night" Established in a Broadway
theater it has become a hit of such
magnitude that it is now running
in its second year and Chicago has
provided sufficient box office pat
ronage to maintain it over a full
season. Road companies are turn
ing in tremendous profits to the
pxoducers and the Sl,0O0,O0O mark
in earnings has been passed
Founded upon Mary Roberts
Rinehart's novel, The Circular
| Staircase" the dramatization called
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
GIRL HAD
PAINFUL. TIMES
Mothers-Read This Letter
and Statement Which
Follows

Portland, Indiana.-'Iwas troubled
withirregularity and constipation ard
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03

me good and l praise it highly. You
are welcome to use this letter as a
testimonial. "-STELLA NEWTON, R.
r. 8, Portland, Indiana.
Mothers = You should carefully
guard your daughters health. Advise
her of the danger which comes from
standing around with cold or wet feet,
from lifting heavy articles, or over
working. Do not let her overstudy.
If she complains of headache, pains
in back or lower limbs, or if you no.
tice a slowness of thought, nerve =
ness or irritability on the part of yo,.'
daughter, give her careful attention.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is an excellent medicine
for your daughter to take, as it is
especially adapted torelieve just such
symptoms. Remember it contains
nothing that can injure her.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
ATTRACTIONS At LOCAL THEATERS

depart from journalistic history by
staging the recovery of the girl
and the death of her dissolute hus-
band while driving for the doctor
In short, a reboiling of the old
theory that ethyl alcohol, In large
quantities, will eventually UNDER
mine the human animal, particu-
larly when the male of the species
happens to be an inherent beast
and his wife is one of those nice,
soft things who does what hubby
tells her. There is an artificial
characterization of an old lover
draped around the edges to keep
the audience interest up but it has
no major value and merely assists
The National Anthem" to muddle
to close.
For two acts, Miss Taylor. the
star, manages to bring a profoun
sense of charm and ingenious
force to the central role of the
eventually unhappy wife; but after
the second act sne colIapses aIong
with the manuscript; and of the
characterizations leTt, there arc
| only one or two of minor nature
who preserve their original iden-
tity. Ralph Morgan, as the hus-
udlu, CdpllNdICS dktChIioh % foHo
as his part remains credible and
sane, but beyond that point, he
too, perishes with the rest.
The National Anthem" is a
queer play, not so much because
of its embrace of perfectly
shopworn and platitudinous theme
but because of it's continual at
tempt to throw the blame for rep
I -. IL III a
! sounds that issue from a slide
| trombone. From the second act
to it's final curtain, it is nothing
more than an intensely hectic
| highly illogical and thoroughly
| childish attempt to preach tire
some and altogether foolish SER
mon.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
POLI'S.

wagenhals and Kemper presented The
Bat" at Polls last night; by Mary Roberts
Rinehart and Avery Hopwood.
The Cast.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
NATIONAL.

THE National Anthem" = play in four
acts by J. Hartley Manners, produced under
the personal direction Of the author, was
presented at the National last night under
the management Of A. L. Erianger and
George O. Tyler.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-01
PLAN To ENTERTAIN
THOUSANDSkT LAKE


WINCHESTER, Ind. July AR
engagements have been completed for
the handling of from 10000 to $1,000
people az the Funk's Lake speedway,
two miles west of here Tuesday, July
4. The one-half mile dirt course Is
attracting the attention of many driv-
ers from various parts of the country.
Much interest is being manifested in
the independence Day races and many
entries have been booked. Several
drivers who have inspected the track
dclare that it is the fastest dirt track
In the country
There are two principal races SEIZED
uled for Tuesday afternoon, a 20 mile
and a 80 mile race for purses aggregat-
ing $1,000 Another feature that is
attracting drivers is the 800 prize
offered by the management to the driv-
>er breaking the worlds dirt track rec
ord of % and four-fifths seconds in the
| time trials to be held at 10 o'clock
Tuesday forenoon.
Entries have been made from Gin
! cinnati, Toledo and Dayton. Ohio and
| FIT Wayne, Indianapolis and Winches
| ter. Ample provision has been made
! for the parking of cars and caring fol
visitors. In addition to the races there
] will be amusements and a program II
! keeping with the day on the banks Of
the lake In connection with the race
] track.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-01
RAYMOND ROBINS ON
CHAuTAUQUA PROGRAM

as Christianity Essential to Demo
cratic Civilization" will be the sub
ject of the lecture to be gwen by Ray
mond Robins at the opening session of
the Richmond chautauqua which will
be held in Glen Miller park beginning
Sunday afternoon, Aug. 20
Mr. Robins is a noted social econ
omist and industrial expert, was a
lieutenant colonel in the United States
army and the commissioner command
ing the American Red Cross mission
in Russia. He was also the special I'M
official representative of the American
government for communication with
officials of the soviet government in
Russia in 1917 and 1918.
While his life has been NAKED by
many exciting incidents, none was
more thrilling than his battle to delay
the Brest-Litovsk peace and prevent
the shipment of raw materials from
Russia to Germany in the first months
of the Bolshevik regime.
The local chautauqua management
has been trying for three years to en-
gage Mr. Robbins services but it was
only until this year that he could be
secured. In addition TO his address
Mr. Robins usually conducts what ht
| calls an "open forum" in which he per
| mits his audience to ask any question
! on any matter developed or touched
/ upon by his address.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-01
Where Training Counts

Nothing brought out at sessions of the In
ternational Sunday School association is of more
Importance than the fact that in the early and
proper training of the child lies the future well
fare of the church and society,"" says the Kansas
City Star. "It is this fact which must be driven
into the American consciousness Actions of al
most daily occurrence that strike at the very
roots of the countrys basic institutions, indicate
plainly the absence of any intelligent or moral
instruction at impressionstic periods in the lives
of vast numbers of the people. Peril lies ahead
safety is possible only through the right direc-
ton of youth
"A convention speaker who has made care
full study of the subject pointed out that 95 per
cent of men and women now in the churches
made their decisions to enter before the age of
%; that nearly 70 per cent came in before the
age of Is, and that 68 per cent of beginners in
crime are between the ages of IL and 20. From
all over the country and from other countries
have come, in the last year or two astounding
reports of youthful delinquency and crime In
accurate and misleading as some of these reports
may be, it requires only common observation tC
establish the fact that all is not well, certainly
not as well as it should be, either with youth OF
the adult.
'Take the shamefully high percentage Of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-01

crimes of all kinds in America as compared with
various European countries; take the riots, the
ynchings, the wholesale murders vitality with
public sanction, that frequently cast blot on
our civilizations take the mine outrage in Illinois
and the utter lack of even public conscience IN
the vicinity of the brutal massacre; take into
consideration the chance that a similar occur
renee may to many other parts OF the
country at almost any time-can there be any
doubt that something is badly, dangerously
wrong with the thinking of thousands of men
and women today?
"Can there be any doubt of it, either when
one jury after another, supposed to be made up
of representative citizens, gives no evidence
whatever that its members possess sense of
justice sense of moral obligation, sense of
duty to a community or society as whole?
'The perverted and narrow ideas that find
expression not only in crime and lawlessness but
in many forms of action that threaten civilized
progress can be displaced only by real training
for intelligent and right minded citizenship,
There is no great hope for the mature person
through this means, little enough unfortunately
through any other means; but with the child
there is unbounded possibility.
Delegates to the Sunday school convention
have been told that beginning in right training
cannot be made too early in the life of the child;
that from the moment the infant is able to have
the slightest conception of any object the oppor-
tunity for instruction, through looks, manner
behavior, motions of various kinds, has been
presented. The idea should be spread broadcast
into every home, to every agency that has any
thing to do with child training There is nc
new discovery in the idea; it has been used, both
consciously and unconsciously, to good and had
purpose, in all time. The novelty is the need fo'
it's right and general application today.