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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
The Story Of the Former Newsboy Who at
% Finds Himself One of the Most
Popular Comedians in the World,
Wealthy and Yet Unspoiled
By a Friend Who Is Not in the Films.

Mother Lloyd, seeing the family
wasn't so prosperous as it might be,
smilingly admitted him. And from
that day forward Harold became a
student of the drama. AT odd times
O'Connor taught him and rehearsed
him in scenes, some of them comedy,
some of them emotional, some of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Harold Lloyd, Real Merton Of the Movies"


mo. but I will be if you've got a
job he replied.
And once again, breathing a deep
sigh of contentment, our own Har-
old Lloyd went to work at So a day
as an extra, and remained there I'm
til one day when Hal Roach, also
broke and looking for job, came
into University City, met the boy,
Lloyd, became attracted to him, in
troduced him to J. Warren Kerrigan
and the rest is largely a matter of
modern history. No one in the land
but knows of the sensationally rapid
rise from at first cheap and frothy
little slapstick comedies that were
tackled to the end of real pictures,
Harold Lloyd has risen in these last
three years to the position of being
considered a foremost screen comic,
one who is not only laugh maker
but wholesome laugh maker; one
who never stoops to dirt but who can
always be depended upon to give
each situation into which he enters
a humorous turn and Keep it clean.
Probably ga Sailor Made Man"
"Grandma's Boy" and 'Dr jack
are the best things he ever has done.
Each of them is a comic master
piece and each has earned for this
once penniless boy who hung out
side the gates of University City a
fortune that runs into millions.
To-day Harold and his new blond
bride live in one of the most COM
Portable and luxuriously appointed
homes on the West coast. Harold
confesses to only one vice-that of
driving his racing cars too fast. He
has an organization that is large and
powerful and financially independent
and his pictures are sold long be-
fore he ever enters into the first
scenes of them.
Harold Lloyd loves to play base
ball. He really cares more for bat
ting a ball around a lot than for any
other game. He has much fun swim
ming in the swimming pool behind
his home in California. He reads
quite a lot and while he has only
recently installed in his new home a
set of DR.. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, he
has read everything Mark Twain
ever wrote
"IIow did he get the idea of wear
ing horn trimmed glasses?"
That's natural question, too. The
first one most people ask him after
telling him how little he resembles
himself.
Well, Harold once went to legiti-
mate stage play and saw a sour old
minister wearing horn trimmed
glasses and, although the minister
was supposed to be enormously seri-
Gus, he struck Harold as being ire
mendously funny. SO he decided to
try specs in his next picture. They
were successful. And that is the
reason why.
Here are a few things Harold still
does not like, even though he is
famous and rich:
He doesn't like to see women
smoke.
He does not believe any man has
a right to break the law-prohibi-
ton or otherwise.
He does not like young men who
forget to be kind to their parents.
He does not like to think he ever
has disappointed a little boy or a
little girl.
He does not like Embellishments
of any l1ird:
AS a friend who has known him
forasome time, and rather intimately
at times, it may be said here and
now that Harold Lloyd is darn fine
boy
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08

nickel came down heads up we would
go to San Diego; if it We're tails
Broadway would be the winner.
San Diego won. And. as luck
would have it, we came across
O'Connor there. He was teaching
dramatics in high school. I got a
job as an assistant instructor. Dad
bought restaurant, and L helped
him in it. 1 played a little stock at
the Spreckles, and at odd times
helped the professor in fencing at
O'Connor's school. I was not what
you would exactly call idle in San
Diego.
For the next few months played
a juvenile part, the son in The
Count of Monte Cristo.' And later
was in Sherlock Holmes as Tonga.
also had a part in DR.. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde that season."
Hard Luck and the Films.
A large variety of unfounded and
untruthful stories have been told as
to how Harold entered motion pic
lures. But IL have it straight across
the dinner table from him that it
came about as a result of "a whole
dickens of a lot of hard luck all at
one time"
The panic hit every one concerned.
The stock company closed. OCon-
nor lost his job for the summer.
Dad found San Diegans didn't eat
much, and when they did eat they
sometimes forgot to pay, so he gave
it up. Just about that time the Edi-
son Company, which was then To-
Gated at Balboa, went down to San
Diego to make a Spanish picture.
One scene called for Yaqui IndianS
to do serving in a fiesta. Harold
learned about this. He walked right
out to see the manager of the COM
pany and, because of his knowledge
in the matter of leading man make
up in the O'Connor stock school he
got a job as an Indian. There is a
good laugh in this if you get it.
They paid him So a day. Then they
moved on and the boy was again re-
duced to ordinary stock acting in
the suburbs.
But he had an idea. He would take
his dad and go up to Los Angeles
and look for a cinema job. They
went They engaged a cheapiy fur
nished room at a cheap hotel, and at
first the boy got a few weeks work
in such stock plays as Brown Of
Harvard" "Old Heidelberg" and one
or two others. But the Morosco
company closed, too.
Lloyd's Rapid Rise.
"All of sudden" he says, 81 got
the picture bug. I tried day after
day to get in as an extra at every
lot around Hollywood and Los An
geles." Like Merton of the Movies
himself, Harold hung around Uni
versal City for weeks, trying to make
an opening for himself to get inside.
ut dawned on me one day." he
told me, grinning, that if I got into
makeup I'd have a better chance,
so I went back of the restaurant
outside the studio and put on a
makeup. I waited for the whistle
to blow, and right into the center
of extras I mingled, and when It
came time for them all to wander
back through the gate, I marched in
with them as if I owned the place.
But once inside I still found I had
no work. I was pretty doWncast,
you can bet"
At this moment, he says, some one
tapped him on the shoulder.
Are you working, SOM" stern
voice commanded.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Do You Ever Vary
Your Signature!
Putting Extra Curves on Ban
Check Is Likely to Prove
Embarrassing.

An indignant citizen, whose bank ha
protested a small check because Of som
trifing variation from his regular sis
nature, is threatening to compose cod
of etiquette for the regulation Of TN
behavior of banks in their relations wit
good fellows. He contends that bank
themselves ought to act like good fe
ows.
He points out that any good felloN
nowadays is liable to vary his signatui
a bit, according to- the prevailing qua
ity Of the beverages obtainable unde
the restrictions of the Volstead law, an
he argues that a fellows bank ought
make allowance for that fact.
In the case that excited his indlgna
ton he declares the variation in his sit
nature was a very slight one, and the
the bank admittedly knew the signatui
was his. Yet. in conformity with
slavish routine, it protested the chec.
thereby causing embarrassment a
around.
TelIers Going by Rote.
A friendly banker to whom this sor
rowing good fellow poured out his tai
of woe tried to convince him that !
seeking to make banks conformable
the code Of good fellows he was con
templating too great a strain on thu
nerves Of paying tellers and other rune
tonaries.
And on the other hand. added tho
banker, clinching the argument, the at
tempt by banks to live up to the code
Of good fellows would open up a prim'
rose path before the feet Of the profess
sional forger In view Of which there is
small likelihood Of banks relaxing the
rule Of strict adherence to the sample
signature that every depositor hands in
when he opens an account.
Some men evolve complicated sigma
ture and the more complicated it is the
more likely the man Is to vary it at
times when he is busy being good
fellow. A more modern. matter of fact
tendency is merely to write your name
with no more effort at ornamentation
or significance than you give TO the
writing of the date or the amount.
Even a dull fellow sometimes expert
ences a certain mystical thrill In sign
ing his name. AS a gesture, the opera
ton might be more dramatic If 1t could
be done by pressing ones thumb print
at the foot or the check or document
That would have something of the the
atric value of the tyrant signing death
warrant with his signet ring.
Monarchs of the Middle Ages couldn't
write and their signatures were made
with monograms devised for them by
their clerkly scribes. Sometimes the
monarch would trace a stroke or two
of the monogram, but at other times the
clerk did it all. The Emperor Justin
was one of these lnonogrammed igno-
ramuses and King Theodore of the Os-
trogoths was another.
Chsrlemagne adopted a monogram
Signature and all the French kings from
him to Philip tho Fair followed his ex-
ample. And later, when written sigma
lures became the style, people used to
fellow them with a figure Of complicated
fourishes called by the French
t''ruche" or beehive. Old editions of
Dickens had their covers decorated with
the authors very illegible signature
followed by an elaborate 'ruche."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08

North-Dobbs had a very marrow
escape, but he lived to tell the tale.
West-And that seems to be all h
lived for
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08

Copyright. 1925. by The New York Herald
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
Agricultural Society.

The recently elected directors of the
Agricultural Society of Montgomery Coun-
ty have elected officers as follows Presi-
dent. Clarence L. Gilpin; vice-president,
John B. Diamond. Jr. treasurer. Eugene
W. Cissel; secretary. John E. Muncaster
assistant secretary. Margaret Muncaster.
August 81. 20. 23 and "a have been
selected as the dates Of the next Fair.
making Rockville the first Fair in the Pied
mont (Va.) Circuit. Il is probable that
seven automobile races will be given on
Saturday, August 25th. as tentative ar
ransements have been made.
This year premiums will be paid only
on breeds Of poultry recognized by the
American Standard of perfection. except
when exhibited by residents of Montgom-
cry county or the District of Columbia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
Poster Contest.

The annual poster contest for the prizes
awarded by the Montgomery County Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs was closed on
Saturday. January 18th. when the posters
were judged. There were thirty-eieht
posters submitted, all of them shown
thought and good execution. The judges
we're Miss Mona Gill of Bethesda. Miss
Brown and Miss Lent. art teachers. OF
Washington. The awards were as follows
High School exhibit--First prize. Mar
earet Rauck. Gaithersbure high school
Honorable mention. Clifford Helm. Rock
vile high school; Elinor Hlckerson. Ger
mantown; Madge Garrison, Woodside
Grammar School exhibit-First prize.
Elga Jones, Sherwood. Honorable men,
mention, Alice Rulapaugh. Takoma Julia
Montgomery. Rockville elementary sec
ton. Poolesville.
Primary exhibit-First prize. Mildred
Pierce, Gaithersbure Honorable mention.
Jacqueline Allen. Takoma Alfred Daw-
son. Rockville; primary section. Pooles-
vile.
One-room schools prize. child from
Oakmont school Honorable mention. Clara
Hammann, Old Germantown lrma Wright,
Fairland Russell Wheeler. Colesville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
Friendly Society.

The Christ Church Branch of the Girls
Friendly Society Of America held its second
admission service in the Episcopal Church
here last Sunday evening at 8 O'Clock.
The service was conducted by Rev. M
F. Minnick. who made an address. One
associate. 10 probationers and candi-
dates were presented by the branch sec
rotary, Mrs. Charles Norman Bouic.
The working associate. Mrs. Washington
Hicks, and the following girls. Constance
Aud. Veirs Buck. Edna Benson, Ayene
Coupard, Marian Fry. Marguerite Gingell
Catherine Hicks. Elizabeth Hicks. Margareu
Hicks. Julia Montgomery. Helen Ramey
Lenore Welt. Verna Welt, Mildred Ward,
Sarah Welliver. Martha Villa ms. Betty
Wilson, Ruby Colt and Lorene Garrett
were admitted as members, and the fol-
lowing candidates received their buttons,
Edith and Evelyn Pepper. Ella Wilson.
Margaret White. Elizabeth Montgomery
and Emily Blanford.
The Society meets every Monday after.
noon in the Episcopal Church Sunday
School room, where, after a short service
and business meeting, the girls in groups
work for an hour at their various tasks.
then they have social half hour and ad
journ.
The Society would like the interest and
co. operation of the community in helping
them establish pure and noble woman.
hood
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26

In sad but loving remembrance of our
dear mother, Mrs. Sarah L. Miles. who de-
parted this life December 81, 1922.
Sad was the hour of that unhappy day
When God called our dear mother away,
A loving mother, so good and kind.
No friend on earth like her do we find.
lis hard. we know, to give thee up.
But we must bear the pain,
1t seems to me hear thy voice
In memory's sweet refrain.
We know the sweet and gentle way
AS on through life you trod,
We should be satisfied to-day,
You are in peace at home with God.
It's hard to part with those we love.
And lay them down to rest.
But in the Book of God we read.
He knoweth all things best.
Have you mother, love her we'll.
While she is spared to earth,
Wait not till death shall call her home
To know her precious worth.
For all Of US she did her best and may
God grant her eternal rest.
By her children.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
Death OF Edward p. Thomas.

Montgomery county lost one of her finest
citizens in the death of Mr.. Edward P
Thomas on January 3rd, 1928.
His life was one of Christian influence
and character, and all who came in contact
with him could but feel the Spirit of his
Heavenly Father. which seemed to so pos.
sess his soul
To the rich and poor, high and lowly. he
was ever friend in need and after all
they are the friends indeed. His smiling
face can never be forgotten by those who
knew him. and his life shall live on, even
though his body be laid away to rest.
A man full of ambition, he was active to
the very last, being at his Office on Tues.
day. and passing away the following morn
ing. His lot was not to suffer as some
but to be useful to the last and then to
pass away quietly and without a struggle
Born at Clifton" Ednor. Md, in 1874
the son of the late William John and Re-
becca M. Thomas, his life from youth was
spent with an eye single to the uplifting
of humanity. Such beautiful life to be
spent in usefulness and not idleness as
so many lives are, and alas, when Death
comes, it comes only to remove a wasted
life. Not so with Mr.. Thomas. a man loved
by many and whose life was an example
to US who survive.
Standing out most prominently was that
ever present smile. that sunny disposition
which seemed to surmount all the hard
problems Of his life.
Mr. Thomas had been connected with the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company Of Mont
gomery county for the past SO years. serving
II years as director and % years as presi-
dent. He was also president Of the Mary
land Association of Mutual Fire Insurance
Companies.
Surviving him to mourn his departure
are his widow. who for So years had helped
him bear his burdens. and six children
Mrs. Edith B. Farquhar. Mrs. Nathan Waite.
Miss Mary E. Thomas and Messrs. r. Bent
ley. E. Clifton and Samuel P. Thomas.
Surely with Paul. he was able to say at
the last. Il have fought a good fight. |
have finished my course. have kept the
Faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me
a Crown of Righteousness which the Lord
the Righteous Judge shall give me in that
day."
He lived Christian. he died Christian
and was laid to rest in the cemetery ad-
joining the Friends Meeting House at
Sandy Spring, Md.
MAURICE C. BROWN.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
A Good Thing-Don't Miss II.

Send your name and address plainly
written together with S cents (and this
slip) to ChamberIain's Medicine Co., Des
Moines, Iowa. and receive In return a trial
package containing Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for coughs. colds. Group. bronchial
"fiue" and whoopins cough. and tickling
threats; Chamberlains Stomach and Liver
Tablets for stomach troubles. Indigestion
eassy pains that crowd the heart. bilious
ness and constipation; Chamberlain
Salve, needed in every family for burns
scalds. wounds. piles. and skin affections
these valued family medicines for only 8
cents. Don't miss Il.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
FuII-Time Officer For Fifth Sani-
tary District.

Under an arrangement entered into be-
tween the Maryland State Board Of Health
and the County Commissioners for this
county. Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties. which comprise the Fifth SAM
tary District of Maryland. are to have a
full-time health officer In the person Of
DR.. VIM. T. Pratt, of Rockville.
The State Board of Health has appoint
ed DR.. Pratt Deputy State Health Officer
and has placed him in charge of the Fifth
Sanitary District. where he will be required
to devote his entire time looking after
health conditions. He will continue as
health officer for this county. position
held by him for a number Of years. His
salary will be $4,000 a year. of which
amount this county will pay $1,000. which
is the salary Of the county health officer
and the remainder will be provided by the
State Board of Health.
In accepting the position. DR.. Pratt gives
up large and lucrative practice. which
covers a wide territory and which was
built up by him during a period Of 33
years. He will enter upon his new duties
at once.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
Constipation.

Constipation of the bowels is stoppase
Of the sewerage system that removes waste
matter from the body. 1t is as necessary
that your bowels move regularly once each
day. to carry off this waste. as it is that
the waste pipes of your home be kept open
and carry off the waste from the house.
If you would enjoy good health, keep your
bowels regular by taking Chamberlain
Tablets when needed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
jan Std
BONDS FOR SALE.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. MARYLAND,
ROAD BONDS.

The County Commissioners of Montgom-
cry county, Maryland, will receive sealed
bids for the purchase Of forty-one (4D
MONTGOMERY county bonds Of one thousand
$4,000 dollars each and one Montgomery
county bond Of seven hundred and sew
enty-five (S775) dollars, being bond num-
Der forty-twO (42). up TO IL o'clock. noon,
on Tuesday. the 18th day Of February. A.
D. 1928, at their Office in the Court House.
In Rockville, Maryland. at which time said
bids will be opened by said Commissioners
and the sale consummated TO the highest
bidder for cash, II, in the opinion Of said
Commissioners such highest bid be an
adequate price for said bonds
These bonds are coupon bonds and bear
interest at the rate of 4 IL per centum
Der annum, said interest being payable
semi annually on the first day Of March
and the first day Of September, In each year,
until the payment of the principal sum
at the Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pony Of Montgomery County, Maryland
These bonds are in a series Of forty-two
(42) bonds OF one thousand Isl, 000) dol
lars each, except bond number forty-two
(42), the same being for the sum OF seven
hundred and seventy-five ($775.00) dol
lars, the whole Of said issue aggreRating
the sum OF forty-one thousand seven hun
bred seventy-five ($41.775.0O dollars,
and two of said bonds numbered one and
two being payable on the first day Of
March in the year 1924, and two of the
said bonds in the order Of their numbers
being payable each year thereafter on the
first day Of March until the entire issue OF
forty-two (42) bonds is fully paid.
The principal and interest being payable
at the Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany, Rockville. Maryland. Each bid must
be accompanied by certified check drawn
payable 10 the County Commissioners OF
MONTGOMERY county for the sum Of two
hundred $4,000 dollars or by cash in the
sum of two hundred $4,000 dollars.
The said County Commissioners Of Mont
Romery county reserve the right to reject
any or all proposals.
By order Of the Board Of County Commits
si0ners Of Montgomery county. Maryland
BENJAMIN C. PERRY.
President OF the Board Of County
Commissioners Of Montgomery
county. Maryland.
BERRY E. CLARK,
Clerk to the Board OF County
Commissioners OF Monteom-
cry county, Maryland.
jan I9-td
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26

In the Circuit Court for Montgomery county
as a Court Of Equity. No. 4010 Equity.
The object of this bill is to procure for
the plaintiff an absolute divorce from the
defendant.
The bill alleges in substance as follows
That the plaintiff is a resident Of Gath
ersburg. Montgomery county, Maryland.
and has resided with said county and
State for more than two years Immediately
preceding the filinglof this suit and that
the defendant Is a resident of the city OF
Washington, in the District of Columbia.
That the plaintiff and the defendant we're
married on the 18th day Of July, A. d.
1917, at Rockville. Montgomery county.
Maryland. by the Reverend S. r. White. a
minister Of the gospel.
That the plaintiff and defendant imme-
diately after said marriage lived together
one day at the city of Washington. in the
District of Columbia. when the defendant.
without any Just cause or reason. abandon
ed and deserted the plaintiff. That said sep
aration is deliberate and final and has been
continuous and uninterrupted ever since
the 18th day of July. A. D. 1917. and that
there are no reasonable expectations of
reconciliation.
That there were no children born as
result of said marriage.
That the plaintiff has been Obliged to
support and maintain herself ever since
the day of said separation.
That the plaintiff was always dutiful,
kind and loving wife and said separation
was through no fault of hers.
Ordered this End day Of January, A. ID.
1928. by the Circuit Court for Montgomery
county. that the plaintiff give notice to the
defendant, who is a nonresident OF the
State of Maryland. by publishing a copy
of this order in some newspaper printed
aud published in Montgomery county
Maryland. for four successive weeks on or
before the 3rd day of February. A. d.
1928. Of the object and substance of this
bill of complaint, warning him to be and
appear in this Court on or before the goth
day of February. A. D. 1923, either in
person, or by solicitor, and show cause. IL
any he has. why decree ought not be
passed as prayed.
PRESTON B. RAY, Clerk
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
True copy-Test:
PRESTON B. RAY.
Clerk.
JOHN A. GARRETT.
Solicitor for the plaintiff.
jan Std
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26

Small Writes For The Star.-Robert T
Small. one Of the best known Of American
journalists. has become a regular con-
tributor to The Washington Sunday Star,
with an editorial page feature entitled
Men and Affairs" Mr. Small. who Is a
son Of Rev. Sam Small. the famous South
ern evangelist. has travelled all over the
world as a staff writer for the Associated
Press and has an extensive acquaintance
with public men in every civilized coun-
try Of the globe.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-01-26
ChamDerlain's Cough Remedy.

This is a pleasant. safe and reliable
medicine for coughs and colds. 1t has been
in use for many years and is held In high
esteem in those households where its good
qualities are best known. II is favorite
with mothers Of young children, as it con-
tains no opium or other harmful drug. Try
il when you have need Of such remedy.