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81 S ON NAN..
Mr.. DORSEY
DEDUCE Els
Barbs at Standards. as
Attempted BY Producers n
Past Found to Tax the Audi
ence Too Heavily.
CONTINUED nom Page 8,

Continued from Page 81
with the type Of sawmili melo.
drama that was not current
much later than 1895. / have
horrible fear that the man who
built ''rIayseed" sadly lost track
81 the passage Of time Ia -
Stunning such . familiarity on the
part Of their audiences IN 1928.
Assuming that 9 generation Of
theater-eoers become conversant
with this particular type 81
drama prior to 1895. We find that
the ordinary passage Of time
would bring their age Of that gem
Grafton to fifty years ana beyond.
that Ii not conspicuous, even in
this day Of rejuvenated old age.
for it, support sc the drama.
Apparently the time has not yet
come when the theater seems ripe
to depart from first principles III
drama. 10 succeed with the pIny-
going population Of the country II
large play must make an appeal
that il simple, straightforward. al
rect and concrete, with audiences
entirely spared the slightest trace
of mental effort.
Neither biirIesque nor satire. IN
the true sense. falls within this.
category. Mr.. Ziegfeld and his
producers-in-arnns seem to have.
reached such conclusion though
they may have been won 70 the
idea through avenues more costly
than critical deduction.
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ley. known ~ the Personality
Girl; Nab Haworth. the Austral-
ian nightingale: Harry Baker.
Mark Scanlon, Glenn Valerie, Bin
Reeves. al Marshall and Leo, the
famous lion.
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RIALTO-washington picture
patrons viii be given the oppor-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

ing? II it was
on a Thursday
and you were
on your way
to the weekly
meeting of the
Twentieth Cen
tury Club or Of
h e Browning
Society, would
you keep right
on going? If
it was on a
Friday and won
W er e chasing
oohu,aI.. vt&R,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07

W e TO Y u q
tered in one
Of Sag Har-
boris ic es t
summer hotels
while the exte-
rior scenes for
Rack Hun
and Broke. = q
George AIDE
story In which
Thomas Neigh
an has the
star role, which
opens q weeks
e n 8 8 = ment
at L.oew's Pal
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ley, known as the PGrD0naMey
Girl; Nab Haworth, the Austral-
ian nightingale: Harry Baker.
Mark Scanlon, Glenn Valerie, Bill
Reeves, Al Marshall and Leo, the
famous lion.
ETRAND.-An exceptional nov.
city act win feature the Strand
vaudeville bill, which opens this
afternoon. when Dave Marion and
James Madison win present their
Boys Of Long Ago quintet
OF vaudeville and minstrel per-
formers who were in their prime
many years ago but who have
lately staged . successful come
back
Helen Smiles Davis, the girl
who brought Joy ana laughter 70
thousands of soldiers IN France.
win offer ) novelty song cycle.
Song impressions" Miss Davis
Is assisted BY Earl Nelson. Charles
=. Semon, the inventive musical
genius, introduces several novelty
music producing Instruments that
provide laughter ana nairth galore.
Bernard Wheeler and Adele Potter
win. offer . comedy alxit written
BY Harry Tyler. which bears the
name Of Tack Talk. Edmon Gin.
graG and Company have IN exhi-
bition Of novelty juggling ana
heavyweight lifting.
COSMOS Those who have had
the good fortune to zee the famous
New York Hippodrcme's big show
win recall the Bob Fender troupe
Of athletes and their wonderful -,
hibition. including the "March Of
the Giants" described as one Of
the great novelties on the vaude-
vile stage. This celebrated act
win be the headline attraction at
the Cosmos Theater, beginning to-
morrow.
"A strong supplemental bill VIII
be headed BY i'BrooEnetick' Elliott,
the widely known eccentric mlIsi-
clan, and 'sBabe'' Latour; the Dub,
lin Trio, in songs and Melodies:
Roy and Arthur. famous old
timers. in run IN . Chinese Res
taurant:" the Raymond Sisters.
with q dash Of novelty, and Stutz
and Bingham, In who Il Her"
METROPOLITAN - ia ckie
Coogan az ''oiiver Twist" win be
the attraction at CrandaIl's
Metropolitan Theater, beginning
this afternoon at 3 o'clock. This,
the premiere presentation In
washington Of the Dickens Inn
mortal classic, has been awaited
irnpatientIy by lovers OF the best
in silent drama as one Of the
years genuinely noteworthy
OVGuISs OlWGE - WAG@ss UeS A4114Ay.
times been dramatized and more
than once picturized, but usually
the title role has been enacted
before the camera BY q feminine
player.
COLUMBIA-A wave Of en-
thusiasm has greeted Mary Pick
ford's splendid recreation Of her
earlier triumph, ''Tess Of the
Storm Country" enthusiasm
so marked that the management
OF Loew's Columbia. where the
new production Of Tess" is now
current, has decided to hold over
the picture for q second great
week.
RIALTO-Washington picture
patrons viii be given the oppor-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07
SerlO- Comic Themes Take Possession Of L1btOJ SIS


HWI0W0NH -
would begin seventh sensa-
tional week at the President to-
night at $40 o'clock, with the
usual matinees on Wednesday
and Saturday at $3.50 o'clock.
KEITH'S For sheer novelty and
and contrast, the bill this week &C
Keith's will offer something abb
soluteIy new, az far as variety II
concerned. 'Stars Of the Future"
and stars Of the Past"-titles
under which this distinctive dou.
BILE headline act viii be presented
will afford the vaudeville.g going
public to compare the six girls
Jessie Fordyce. Pearl and Violet
Hamilton, Betty Moore, Joan Page
and Helen Schroeder - whom
TIoclxy and Green have selected a.
stars Of the future with q group
OF eight old-timers Annie Hart,
Katie Rooney, Laura Bennett. Ed
die Gerard, Frank McNish, Leon
ard Grover, Ed Begley ana John
Harding,
In addition, the mischievous
Duncan sisters win play . second
week.
Other acts are BARLEY and Chain.
Two Loose Pages from the Book
OF Fun Emil Pallenberg, In his
new act, "The Living Bears IN the
Toy Shop" Hampton and Blake.
in "Beaucoup Nuisance" Bert
Rule, the composer who sings. ana
John O'Brien, the singer. and Wal
ter Sayton and partner, eQuilib-
rists supreme.
BELASCO The Whipple Huston
vaudeville revue, ''Midnite Reyels,"
will be the attraction ct the Be
lasco this week. opening with the
matinee. this afternoon.
Bayone Whipple and Walter
Huston, long standard stars Of the
two-a-day. have written the two
act and ten-scene revue, which
serves as the vehicle Tor introduce
ing q number Of high-ciase vaude-
vile specialties. In the strictly
vaudeville portion viii be seen
Tubby Garron and the Broadway
girls; Billy PurcelIa and Evelyn
Ramsay, in ''song and dance oddi-
ties;,' the Three Chunns, in "a Few
Moments at the Club an offering
which features pleasing harmonic
ing; Bayone Whipple, in 1.-THE
Union Burglar" a nnirth-proyokin
sketch in which the star win have
the support Of Packy Callahan and
clever company; Claire Devine,
assisted by Elliott Jacob, pianist.
in budget Of up-to-date melodies.
and Walter Huston with his jazz
band, assisted by Ethel Rose. in
"A Riot OF Jazz Comedy il the
prevailing note Of the "Midnite
Revels'' revue.
isIitsisil LaEalalajl IL ssfs 81 5sfE
CAYETY-Fresh from fits tri-
umphs at the London Strand and
PiccadilIy, after an all summer.
run at the Oxford Music Hail..
London, Jean Bedini's inter.
national revue, "ChuckIes Of
1898" opens a weeks engagement
at the Gayety theater this after
noon.
Added to the original cast IL
the sensational Australian act Of
Billy Wells and the Eclair Twins,
from the London Coliseum, q
dance act Of whirlwind velocity;
the Sterling Saxophone Four.
with Emmett Baker,. Chuckles'
own Jazz band; the original
chorus OF London oxford girls,
and two of the funniest come
dams on the stage, Cliff Bragdon
and 5000 Coo Morrissey. Others
making up this show Of shows
are George Snyder, Elaine Beas-
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IT THE GGTrSck tomorrow night Nine. Bertha
II KGlich sviH be seen IN George Bernard ShGaUs
adaptation from the Vienese of play re-tted JttGs
Atonenent" distinguished cast Is offered IN support
of Nine. KGLich
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Hon TO Behave
Though Dying

r r some one pulled q stop-watch
on you and told you that you
had q certain number Of hours
and minutes to live, what would
you dot
II it was on a Monday, would
v0n keen ffHAt on with the wash
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-07
Sag Harbor No
Winter Resort

4 SUMMER hotel is no pleas
IA ant place to live in in cold
weather. So say members
of the Paramount company who
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07

be found in the United States, #
plans Of good roads enthusiasts IN
terested in the project are carried
out.
Secretary of War Weeks recently
notified the New Orleans Association
of Commerce that the War Depart
ment and Department of Agriculture
had reached an agreement whereby
that section Of the highway from
New Orleans through the louisiana
marshes to the Mississippi coast had
been placed on first priority as a
federal aid project.
Construction of the Florida see.
ton of the Spanish Trail is well un.
der way and that state, with feder.
al, state and county funds, now il
building a broad, heavy concrete
highway from Jacksonville to PEN
aacola, distance Of more than $40
Males. The highway win parallel the
Seaboard Air Line railway from
Jacksonville to River Junction and
the Louisville & Nashville from
River Junction to Pensacola.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07

Rylandcr Orchestra and the big or.
gan in the hands of Miss Ryals and
Pathe News pictures. The theater,
committee of men and women and
lots Of children are using this prog
ram to send the Old Vets to New
Orleans. Ill the profits go to "our
own dear Rebels"
''The Voice From the Minaret," a
First National picture starring Nor
ma Talmadge and Eugene O'Brien is
proclaimed the most thrilling vehicle
in which these stars have ever APP
peared. Robert Kitchens, who has
gained international fame as a writer
Of stories of the Orient, is the au-
thor of the book on which this pro-
duction is based
Swiftly moving, the plot traverses
a vast expanse, with London, Bonn
bav and Damascus the locales. Miss
Talmadge is cast in the part Of
Lady Adrienne, who suffers ignom-
inv at the hands of her husband,
fees from him, finds love in the de-
sert, becomes the victim of treach-
erous plot and is the center of other
misadventures Of a highly thrilling
nature.
Eugene O'Brien plays opposite
Miss Talmadge and gives an excel
lent portrayal of the Qle of the low
er.
AS an automobile mechanic, Bus
ter Keaton, in "The Blacksmith" his
latest comedy for Associated First
National. demonstrates that he is a
good piano mover. Serving a short
time as a mechanical genius in an
automotve works, Keaton does con
siderable damage, and in his inl-
mitabIe way brings forth so much
spontaneous laughter that the picture
is considered the best yet produeed
bv the agile funnaSef.
While toiling away innoecntly on
fivver, Buster composed.y Vrec@i
beautiful high priced automo3Ac
In the end he also fixes the jitnoJ
50 it won't run. During all this time
he goes from one funny situation liz
another, and the finish, both novel
and thrilling, is one that is sure to
bring down any audience in laughteS
The picture gains its title thropg
the fact that Buster begin his career
as an apprentice blacksmith, and he
thoroughly demonstrates, IN a FACET
Gus manner, that he knows less about
blacksmithing than a bull pup knows
about the League of Nations. De,
spite all troubles he wins the girl Of
his choice and elopes with her, bus
not until his life has been placed in
jeopardy several times.
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fore his death.

fore his death.
As far as she knows, Miss Valen-
tine is the only woman director in
this country.
Miss Valentine is responsible for
a spirited performance of the old
classic, Robin Hood" The company
goes through the three acts with dash
and enthusiasm, and the delightful
songs that never grow old are sung
in a very dramatic way.
There is Brown October Ale"
ooh Promise Me, "The Anvil Song
and many others, with fairly compe-
tent voices to sing them.
Emma Jean Arnt is Alan-A-Dale,
the role made famous by the late
Jessie Bartlett Davis when the Bos-
tonians produced robin Hood"
some twelve years ago.
Glenn Law has an agreeable tenor
voice as Robin Hood Ethel Clarke
sings Maid Marian, and Bertram Col
ira, Wiley the sheriff OF Nottingham
Il believe the day Of jazz is wan
ing and that good music is gaining
more attention than for many years"
said Mis- Valentine.
q am 8Qing to produce several
other operas Of the same class as
Robin Hood
"Why do / direct orchestras and
conduct operas? Because it pays,
says the practical blonde-haired
young leader.
"Robin Hood" opened with an en-
gagement at the Rylander Saturday
and closes with the performance to-
night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07
TOM MEICHAN
AT OPERA HOUSE

The Fable of '.e Young man who
was lack home ana broke, as George
AIDE might hive written it.
There W. IS once a strapping young
reno" dose father passed on and
Ieft mo with noshing but his health
ana d valise full of deeds of worth
lie IS land out in Texas which not even
d respectable COW would be caught
grazing upon. Whereupon the young
mans native village gave him loud
razzberry and proceeded to enjoy his
tough luck.
The young fellow decided that he
would visit his alkaI inheritance and
see how badly he had been stung.
Soon after he arrived on the scene,
man stuck big pipe in the ground
and enough oil to wet down the state
of Texas gushed forth. This was
confined to the proper channels and
in year or two the young fellow was
disgustingly rich.
All the time his native village
knew not word about his sudden
wealth, and when it was announced
that prodigal was returning they
prepared for renewal of the Razz.
All but pretty Pipin named Mary,
who was for our hero rain or shine.
The young fellow was tipped off to
what was on tap for him, and he
decided to let them believe he was
flop and poor as professor. Loud
and long was the anvil chorus Mary
was the only inahbitant who did not
WELD hammer. Then suddenly our
hero revealed himself in his real
character as petroleum millionaire
and YOU should see the choristers
make for cover In a minute the
whole world was his pal. oS he took
Mary and bade them fond good
day.
Moral: When you're on top look
ing down, the view is different.
Back home and Broke" is the
attraction at the Opera House today
and Thursday, with Tom Merghan in
the lead.
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ents, secretaries of Chambers of
Commerce, representatives of civic
clubs, all prominent in their lines of
work, have been called to discuss
this new work of extension. Chief
among these is Alvin M. Owsley,
Commander of the American Lee
gion. The legion is reported as es-
pecially interested in the work as the
ex-service men remember the camp
Libraries maintained by the associa-
ton during the war and in numerous
instances have reported their regret
that similar service is not available
in their home communities.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07
"ROBIN HOOD"
HERE TONIGHT

If you glance in the orchestra pit
of che Rylander theater during to-
nights engagement of robin Hood"
you will he startled at the strange
sight of slender young woman Wig
orously directing the opera.
Miss May Valentine not only di-
reefs the company but she produced
the opera, stepping. straight into the
shoes Of Reginald De Koven, its au-
thor, and wohse assistant she was be-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07
THE nMEs-REcoRDER

they are promised better wages. The
negroes are gone in most cases be-
fore the farmer has any idea that
they are planning to leave. He not
only faces the probabilit, of letting
his land lie idle, but loses the money
that he has advanced in most cases
to the choppers who have fled.
The farmers are substituting labor
saving machinery and planting crops
that require less labor, doing their
best to get along despite the short.
age of labor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07
VIOLA DANA
AT RYLANDER.

An extraordinary bathing suit IS
shown by Viola Dana in her new pic
ture, "Crinoline and Romance"
which Harry Beaumont directed for
Metro, at the Rylander thdater
Thursday. It was a secret, and the
little star had bribed every mem
Der Of the company help her keep
it.
"For one part of the picture |
wear a regular, up-to1date one piece
bathing slut" she said. at is one
of those brief affairs that are fine
for swimming but no protection
against sunburn.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07
MITCHELL. NOW FACES
BIG LABOR SHORTAGE

CAMILLA, March 7. - Mitchell
county farmers are facing a serious
labor shortage. Many complaints are
being made that the negroes are
leaving the county. Many of them
are going north, but it is said that
more of them are going to Florida
and other sections of Georgia, where
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07
LIBRARY ASSN. PLANS
TO EXTEND USEFULNESS

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March T.
Methods of extending library service
to the many millions of persons in
country who are now without it, will
be one of the principal subjects to
come before the annual meeting Of
the American Library association
here next month, April % to 28.
Club women, school supefintend-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-07
BUSTER AND NORMA
ON ONE PROGRAM

A boudle bill, with Norma Tall
madge and Eugene O'Brien in one
great dramatic picture, and Buster
Keaton and a $4,000 Rolls-Royceauto,
in a furnace of fun" a comedy call
ed "The Blacksmith" is on at
the Rylander Friday an Saturday,
with continuous performances.
Added to these features are the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-22
IMPERISHABLE WORDS

The President of the United
States, rapidly gaining the repl-
cation Of being a man Of few
words. made the 136th annivers-
airy of the signing OF the Constitu-
ton the occasion for d few brief
remarks - brief but remark ably
strong, because in two short para
graphs he utters the vital truth
about our Government as it is un
der The Constitution and as ii
would be without it.
Two sentences from Coolidge on
the Constitution which we quote
herewith, the first and the last.
should and doubtless will be given
conspicuous place and honor
among the utterances Of our Pres
idents, because in less than forty
words they convey two truths Of
utmost Importance to the American
people. present and future:
1.-THE Constitution of, the
United States is the final
refuge OF every right that is
enjoyed by any American citi-
zen. So long as it is observed,
those rights will be secure.
Whenever it falls into disre
spect or disrepute, the end of
orderly organized government,
as we have known it for more
than 1875 years, will be at
hand"
1.-THE Constitution represents
government of law. There is
only one form of authority
and that is a government of
force. Americans must make
their choice between these two.
One signifies justice and lib
erty; the other tyranny and
oppression. To live under the
American Constitution is the
greatest political privilege
that was ever accorded to the
human race"
Those reckless clements in cur
population which seek to under
mine and subvert the Constitution.
which cry senseless denunciatio, Z;
of the Supreme Court which pro-
tects and carries into effect that
noblest of political documents, are
unfit to guide free people. They
order, but Of license in inequality.
The President has spoken the
truth that makes and will keep us
free.-Chicago Journal Of Com
merce.
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County Empolye
Awarded Damages

Linton, Sept. 22.-B. H. Tong,
former county engineer of Emnt,ns
County, was awarded the sum of
$2,940.10 by the state workmen's
compensation bureau for injuries
sustained in the collision on AuaSst
%, 1922, while on the way home
from Bismarck.
The awards were made during the
month of June and the county board
met recently to discuss the matter.
The county might be held liable as
employer, it is claimed, as the ire
MUM had not been paid and the
bureau claims that the county's en-
ployes were not insured for while
and during the period in question.
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4heean8ze&

miss person." answered. "Some-
thing might happen to him."
Don't you worry, Leslie" he re-
joined. IF we had sent that child
where mother thinks he belongs, he
would have had to scramble UP the
best he could"
Oh, little Marquise, l hope I'll
never see again on Jacks face the
look that l saw then. AS it was
i said, ooh, surely, John, you are not
sorry we have him?'
Ia. NO." he answered slowly, che is
like my own child, "but want you
to- understand,r Leslie, that | think
your happiness and your health
worth more to me than all the ba-
lbies in the world"
8s "But if my own baby had lived
John"
9 "Well, Of course, that's different
matter" he answered.
81 NBut you said you didn't know any
difference" ~
swell, 4 don't think 1 do. I'd
probably be just as annoyed with
any baby that made you work hard
and look tired and uncomfortable"
"Have l been looking tired and
uncomfortable, jack" asked. 81
thought I was looking particularly
we'll lately"
"No, but you will do so if you
have to do homework"
'1'm going to try, anyway, Jack
And that is the reason, little Mar.
quise, that for four or five weeks
haven't written you. Old Mamie, my
nurse, has proved herself treasure
and although she knows that hel
first duties are to Junior, yet she
helps me a lot at other things. get
along very much better than I did al
first, for have learned and am still
learning how to do homework in s
systematic manner. Besides, l. have
learned to live more simply. .
Dear little Marquise, l expect 20,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-22
RAISE LESS WHEAT.

1t is said Senator Capper has come
to the conclusion that legislation
alone will not cure the low price of
wheat evil, and mildly suggests that
his people over in Kansas raise less
wheat. Kansas more than doubled
her wheat area during the war and
has not reduced it since, this year
having q bumper crop, while North
Dakota farmers have cut their pro-
duction very largely. If Kansas
farmers will raise less wheat and
less hell, the North Dakota bunch
will come somewhere near getting a
decent price for their grain without
any legislation.-Beach Advance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-22
Accidentally Shot
Handling Rifle

Glen Ullin, N. D., Sept. PRO
bert Dant of this city was accidept-
ly shot through the knee when an
employee in a butcher shop in which
Dant was employed was handling
high powered rifle. Owing to his
weakened condition, following long
siege Of blood poisoning from an &C
cident last winter, an operation for
removal of the bullet was postponed
until his condition improves.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-22
SUCCESS" MEN
AT GRAND FORKS

ArnoldA. Stoll the second grad
uate of Dakota Business College,
Fargo, N. .. |. recently employed by
the First National Bank Of Grand
Forks. N. p. , although otherschools
are much handler" Whyi
Why did Thelma Pierson, re-
Gently placed with Harris BDos.
SAutos & Machinery, come from.
Sowth Dakota for p. B. c. training!
Other schools are much closer,agh
North Dakota's largest, Oldest,
yet most modern business school
ATTRACTS employers and prospective
.students alike. Follow the Sue
ce4S ful 5 Wits r Z. Watkins,
Pres. !. sos Front s.. Fargo. n. p.