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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Modern Melody
Favored by Test

k(T MoT1oNAL tests made
n, by Edward Carewe. In as.
sociatio with settlement
and criminology workers in New
York proved to the careful OBJ.
servers that one melody stands out
above all Others today as being
able 10 wiring tears from hardened
hearers,
Mighty Lax a Rose" the sim.
pleSt Of melodies and most limpid
of musical measures, outdistanced
hymns, old heart" songs nnd
melodies when played on the violin
before prisoners and occupants of
FLOP houses" in the poorer dis.
tricts of New York City.
I'm each of the eight tests that
we made the modern melody
Mighty LAX a Rose with It's
wavering. touching beauty, pro-
duced the maximum emotional
response"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
SMITH AND DUFFY
RF0ADEN As
PROD J(r.RS
lB 3sarioS Extend
g her Cities.
n af lost
= story.
lie the P. esd mt Play
ers, under the direction
e44

of Arthur Leslie Smith
an Henry Duffy, rollick along
into the spr;nr- Tine without a
pause in their prosperous progress
as one of the most successful
repertoire enterprises Washing
ton has ever known, these same
two afrectors-Smith and Duffy
are rapidly becoming power In
the repertoire dramatic field.
During the best part Of the
past week, Arthur Leslie Smith
was IN. Pittsburgh, superintend-
ing the opening. at the Pitt
Theater there, of new roper
toire season which got under
way last Monday night with
great enthusiasm. At the same
time, Henry Duffy was immersed
in the wilds Of Brooklyn, start.
ing another company in that
great residential section Of Great
err New York.
Once these Pittsburgh and
Brooklyn seasons can be re-
garded as definitely established
both these young men win turn
their attention to the opening
Of yet another repertoire season
In, q midwest city which, count
ing. their Baltimore and Wash
ington stock interests, win bring
five different companies in, five
different cities under their man.
agement.
II may BE q matter of interest
to those In WASHINGTON who en-.
joyed the great twelve-waek run
here OF "Abie's Irish Rose" to
know What In the case Of the
Broaklyn and the Pittsburgh
open,nrs. "Abie's irish Rose" was
selected. as the play hat was
presented as the opening hill. The
same holds true of Baltimore.
where the play also achieved a
twelve-week run and 1t Is conf
IDENTIFY believed that the same
mark can be attained in Brook
lyn. despite the fact that this
Irish-Hebrew comedy has been
running in New York for months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

When hundreds Of !. aspirants
storm the office of the casting
director and still that much tried
individual fails to find the type
he wants he no longer waits for
the right sone to4come along hut
goes out himself and finds her.
Unkifewn to his prospects he
looks them over. usually from a
fifth row aisle seat in the popular
plays Of the moment running on
Broadway.
It was while Miss Taylor was
PLAYING In George Hobart's farce.
Come On Charley" that a cast
ing director wandering over from
the Fox studios, saw her and de-
cided that she was the girl to
play In 1.-THE Adventurer." A
contract resulted and Miss Tay-
Ior has never had a chance since
to pick up the stray ends Of
her stage career.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
GREAT SPE Il
INSPIRED THE
"STOR
Scenic Feature at Keith's This
Week One Of Natures Own
collaboratiOns, Says Author

ANGDoN MCCORMICK. e..
nous American playwright
N and author Of THE Storm. =
which opens at Keitln,s this week
az the headline attraction, per-
haps would have never dreamed
OF writing q drama utilizing the
thrill attendant upon the ferOcity
Of q forest fire had he not, ia
1919. visited the Great North
west. IN fact, the theatrical
possibilities OF forest fire had
never suggested themselves 10
him before his Western tour, and
he was not known az 3 creator
Of thrillers. But fate permitted
him to glimpse one of the fiercest
forest fires that ever swept over
the northern portion Of the
United States. near the Canadian
borderline. ana when he returned
to New York he began to realize
the great dramatic element
worthy Of service ii the expe-
rience. A. ne says:
Zone can't imagine the I'M.
naensity Of the spectacle I
watched miles Of flames roaring,
giant trees cracking and turn
ing to heaps Of SCARED stumDs
before my very eyes, and people
fleeing from the zone of heat
and fury. Really, it was the most
sensational scene I ever witnessed.
and it left an irradicable stamp
on my memory.
After returning to New York
/ somehow or other couldn't erase
the picture. which, as the days
slipped BY. shaped itself in my
mind as q play. The plot grew
directly from the flaming, forests
and before knew exactly what
was about the plot, structure.
continuity ana atmosphere for
THE Storm, were clearly de-
fined and al but placed on paper
u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Laurette Taylor
Plans a Revival

" HERE is a possibility Of
Laurette Taylor being seen
- under the banner OF the
Equity Players in a revival Of
She. Stops to Conquer" in May,
but there is no definite data on
the matter at the present writing.
A meeting Of the Players was
held yesterday to decide upon the
future plans Of the organization
and more especially to formulate
a program for the Equity Festi-
val, which will be. held for three
weeks. beginning about May Is.
Presumably the question Of a re-
vivaI of the Oliver Goldsmith play
came up for discussion, and as
Miss Taylor herself attended the
meeting. it seems reasonable to
conclude the point that concerns
her inclusion in the cast was also
settled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Theatrical Almanac fo,, the Coming Week
ma Compiled BY TED LEWIS and JOEsE. BROWN, Featured
in the GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES, Polls, April L.


Thursday20
Bust of first man
to return to seat at
intermission before
rise Of curtain set
up in Metropolitan
M u s e u m 1880.
Manager Leo Leav-
lit, of Polls, Wash
ington, announces.
no one will be seat
ed after rise of cur
tain at premiere.
Enforces edict with
detachment Of ma
rines (1945). James
E nrig h t, so en-.
crossed in styles
for Men" ad in pro-
gram, he m i SIS e 9
t thrilling climax
(1918). Vitus P. Knox
only Shakespeare
super to look like a
soldier born O903).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

her roles varied. Later, when big
pictures were in vogue she played
in Lafayette, We Come" pro-
duced by Leonce Perret; Albert
CapeIlani's "The virtuous Model"
and Edwin Carewe's '"The Right
to Lie" she has. always been
known as "The Cameo Girl" be-
cause of her faultless profile.
In ''The Challenge" her latest
photoplay her profile Is shown TO
flawless advantage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

Female imperson-
ator keeps wig on
at end of act and
next day is pre-
scented with bronze
testimonial. bearing
signatures Of 10000
w a s h i n G t onians
(1923). Congress
agrees w ednesday
will follow Tuesday
(198D. Mrs. Madi-
son Merrill. first
woman to drop pair
of opera glasses from
balcony box, born in
Coving ION, KY. 1855.
H arold Hangover,
first man to sample
neighbours h o m e
brew, breaks neck
chasing plaid ele-
plant through sky.
light,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Friday-3O

Usher in Belasco
Theater, Washing-s
ton, establishes new
record by directing
thirty-eight persons
in succession to
seats called for by
their tickets (192D.
Vaudeville act tors
erect monument of
Henry Ford in ap-
probation of mate
rial furnished them
gratis by manufac-
turer 1880. Phrase,
ga play for tired
busine IS men,"
coined by Marcus
Anthony, editor Of
"A t h e n s (Greece)
" S e n tin e A." (1065
d.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
. OUBTLESS unique among
the motion picture stars
~ is Charles Ray, because
of the business

of the business
training that
he had and the
employment he
makes Of it in
his profession.
The magnet
ic portrayer of
A m. e I ca n
youth in SO
m a ny guises
doesn't pretend
that he went
to business COL
lege fired with
an ambition to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Wednesddy-28

Wednesddy-28
Traffic cop
stripped Of shield
for ignoring smile
from pretty blonde
in h 6 n powered
racer 1929. True
man Hexter, vaudes
william, lynched by
irate Atlanta audi
ence after giving
bad imitation Of AL
Jolson singing Goal
Black M a m m y +"
Q92O. Ethelbert
Gunch, first man to
rock the boat, beats
brains out with toy
balloon (175D. Old
lady finds canned
asparagus on wrong
shelf in Piggly-Wig-
ely store. Wins
heavy d a m q e e s
1920
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

Oros n Callicott
breaks record by
standing at stage
door five hours in
rainstorm for blonde
on end (192O. Les
ter Conway, first
man to stick feet
between back q and
seat of chair Of lady
in front Of him,
hanged in Carthage,
Mo. 1888. French
dancer on Mauren-
tania photographed
in deck chair with
both feet on floor
(1967). Roth mem
ory student fails to
recognize Addison
Sims, of Seattle, in
lobby Of large hotel.
Forfeits diplom a
fT92I.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

Original members
Of Florodora Sextet
meet in Auditorium,
Chicago; elect OFF,
GERS, and get option
on Yale Bowl for
n @ x t convention
1929. Nero noti-
fled by Musicians
Union of Rome to
c e a 8 e fiddhng in
public without regu-
lation permit card
$3.50 A. d.. Harry
Crandall makes no
arrangements f or
building new thea
ter 1880. Andy
Kelley backs into
garage wit h out
b r q a X a g e. Wife
calls in alienist
- 1929.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Tiny Playhouse
Ends It's Season

NV HE rfist season of the
Rams Head Players is
over. The little theater
closed its doors last night
until next autumn, closed after
presenting ssE excellent produc-
tons, over twelve weeks, which
included ten plays Of great merit.
Early next fall the company will
return. to- give a longer season
Of plays. and it may be In
playhouse not quite so small.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Next Palmer Film.

Camera work upon the first
Palmer Photoplay Corporation film
production has progressed far
enough that the heads Of that
producing educational institution
are turning their attention TO the
problem Of choosing the story
for their next photoplay. OF
course, only Originals written
by those who have been trained
in the. corporations educational,
department. win be used - Con-
sidered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

days of Essanay
pictures. when
these pictures
meant much to
the patrons of
silent drama.
Miss Cassinelli
played m or e
leading 70 lie s
than she can
recall in these
pictures Like
many OF g r
stars her pic
re S We re
numerous ana
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Profile Girl on
Strands Screen

- 1LoRES CASSINELLI. the
star of the Strands featured
IL photoplay this week. "The
Challenge is an old-time favcrite
with movie fans.
Her screen career began Ia the,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

less CONSIDERED
1t very hard
shedding at the
time. When a
mere Lad he
ran away and
Joined a circus
in the double
capacity OF aero
bat. and tuba
player.
II didn't
know q tuba
from a horn Of
plenty" aid
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

comedy firma-
m e mt. She
q till rea d 9
fairy tales and
b lie es in
them, especial
iy in the good
fairie s. She
believes h er
gra ndmother,
whose n a m e
she bears and
W h o W a 8 q
comedienne in
England b e..
fore h er, is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

AFt<sU KAJbDNDl-F1 W.T. dyIIIOIIu'
Wyut the boss handed me the in
strument and told me to go our
and play in the parade. So I
took my, place In the band be.
hind the fellow with the cornet
and proceeded to blow with all
my might. Silence ensued. Not
q sound from the horn. Just as
] was about to give up In despair
and was taking my final blow, an
enormous below issued from the
horn and put the whole band out
Of joint. The cornetist turned
around angrily. Don't blow, he
said. just puff, your cheeks"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Story by
HonOre BaIzac

NEW actors have had q more
varied. experience than Fred
- Raymond, jr., leading come
dian with Hazel Dawn in 1.-The
Demi. Virgin" i at the BeIasco
Theater.:
Most Of IL appears. to have had
an influence in his future success
O, q. comedian. though he dou.,t-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

get into trade. No, the truth
is he went under protest, or
rather as q compromise with his
father, who characterized as
absurd his passion from child.
hood up to be an actor,
The conclusion Of his business
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

OF upon ILL.,
screen Per-
haps II Is that
eating sunders
the gIamcr in
which the sta
is enshrouded
Whatever the
solution, the
fact remains
that no scene
in the play
was 50 delight
full as the tur-
key Dime r
-...ani,a Innnan
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
ESteIe Lands
By O1vn . ability

RS LUCK factor in becoming
q screen actress? Estelle
Taylor modestIy claims 1t is.
while those who have seen her
act in ''Thorns and Orange Bios.
sons" the major offering at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

4
r h e ater for
the week be-
ginning today.
claim that she
disproves h err
o'w n theory,
that ability
alone counts.
Miss Taylor
got into the
m OWES by
W h a [ / 8
known as 1.-THE
indirect method
ooc4sru -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

Carl LaemmIe. head OF the Uni.
Versal Film Company, quit a job
a. manager OF q clothing store
In Oshkosh to start his movie
Eeareer with $500 In 1906.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
ANCY WEXFORD,

IN plays the name role in
~ Edward Royce's new
comedy with music, "Cinders," a.
the National. is the youngest and
tiniest of stars in the musical
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

the good fairy who is directing
her destinies.
OF course little Miss Wexford
would be a child Of the suage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
T aIlsing Of Food,
Pity Poor Hope

!" HERE Is something partic-
Iarly intriguing about
meal served, on the stage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

Wy HEN Edith Wharton wrote :
" her famous novel, Tle
Giirnpses OF fiies NOON;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25

ANGDoN MCCORMICK. ~
nous American piaywrigit
ana a,Yt1.nr ~ sssrl.n utn,sv, -.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-05-04
Ford Sales Heavy

"Alore people want Ford cars than
ever before" said Riggs & Jones, local
Ford dealers, Monday.
Fifty thousand more Fords were
sold at retail In March than in any
one month in the history of the Ford
Motor Company, according to word
from Detroit. The March sales to-
tailed 1874 ears and trucks.
For a whole year sales have been
running over 100000 month, bring
ing a total OF ,429,979 Ford Cars and
Trucks into use in the United States
alone since April LIST, 1922.
Here in Pocahontas, which is a
part Of the Memphis branch territory,
the March sales were 21. big increase
over last year for the same month. The
demand for the Ford is just as great
proportionately right here at home
as 1t is anywhere else in the country.
"The company is now operating on
the greatest manufacturing schedule
in its history, 50 there are more Ford
Cars being built than ever before and
improvements In all the different types
make the Ford the best 1t ever has
been.
And Ford Cars are now easier TO
obtain than ever before because Of the
new Ford Weekly Purchase plan
which makes II possible for more fam.
ilies to have a car Father, mother,
sons and daughters all can partici-
pate In the plan and IL is rather sur
prising the number Of families who
are taking advantage of It 50 as 10
enjoy the pleasures that come with au-
tomOhile ownership
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-05-04

bumper apple crop this year, as most
all the trees are full OF blooms.
Lindsey Miller win ttach our sum
mer term Of school. We are expect.
ing one Of the best sch bols we have
had, as Mr. Miller has the reputation
Of being frst-class teacher.
G. c. Murphy made a flying trip
down to Ingram one day last week.
We made a mistake in our last
items. The well drill went TO Uncle
Bud Green's and drilled a well for
him and is at W. L. Johnson's place
known as the Smith place"
Chas. Bular visited at Henry Schen-
eman's Sunday. 4..
/. u. Marlett and family made a
business trip to Doniphan Monday.
John Pitman's family and Mr.
Caldwell's visited J.. II. Moore's fam.
lily Sunday.
II. l.. Baker is building new room
W uls uouSts
Tom Murphy's family visited ]. NJ
Dalton Sunday.
Ota Lynxwiler and family Of Mid
dlebrook visited his brother, ID. N
Lynxwiler, Saturday night.
What are we going to do about &
new school house? We surely are no
going TO sit here and send our children
over there TO that unsanitary hous,
the rest Of their lives. Let's go {,
work and move the school house ou
! on the road and close TO water. Nov
when II Is a dry time the childrel
have to carry water a mile or NOR,
I We have plenty Of timber in thi
country to build a good house. lie
every man in the district be sure an,
be at school election and make som
arrangements for a new house. Don
just talk and wait for the others {,
i lead. Let's all start together. II W,
had a better house and seats our chill
dren would be more interested an,
learn so much better. They must b,
comfortable to do their best work
So let's be sure and all get togethe
AMI bring old High Point to the from
instead Of beidg pointed out as having
one of the worst school buildings II
, the county.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-05-04

legislature as the late JEFF Davis ever
experienced, lost his balance and got
crosswise with the law-making body,
and was unable to spread oil ON the
troubled waters. AS an illustration
Of the bitterness Of the Legislature, it
is worthy of note that in the closing
days of the session the legislature
passed a bill appropriating money for
the support Of the departments in
question, and this bill was signed by
the governor. A fey days later, be-
cause something else was alleged to
have gone wrong somewhere or some
how, the senate ordered all records
of this bill having passed that body
wiped off of the journal. The result
is that Mr.. Ferguson has hit the trail
to the courts, and the supreme court
of the state win be called upon to de
eide whether or not the senate had
the right TO recind its action ii the
passage of a bill after the bill has
been regularly passed and received
the signature of the chief executive.
The last legislature made a com
plete mess of things, the like of which
was never known before in this state,
and it is highly probable that nothing
to equal it has ever been experienced
by and other state, whether good, bad
Indifferent, wild and woody or tanned
and docile, learned or illiterate, sane
or insane. 1t is more than strange
that body Of grown men, who are
counted big enough by their constit-
uents to hold office and manufacture
laws, will develop the characteristics
of the mule so strongly and so strik-
ingly and act that way, making spec
tacles Of themselves and inviting up
on themselves a scourge of criticism
and ridicule. No one will say that
the general assembly was justified in
bringing about a situation Of turmoil
and confusion in the state, neither
was there any provocation that should
have induced the legislature to make
an ass of itself. There is'never enough
provocation for a thing like that. The
situation that now exists in Arkansas,
brought about by the mulish propen-
stiles Of the legislature, reflects no
credit whatever upon those members
who are responsible for it, either in,
dividually or collectively, and adds
expense to the taxpayers, who always
foot the bills. The offense would not
have been so great if the Legislature
had been acting the fool at its own
expense, and If that idea had found a
roosting place in the minds Of the
senators and Representatives the stu
alton would probably have been
saved.-Hardy Herald.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-05-04
A legislative Mess

Gov, McRae announces that he will
call a special session Of the legislature
within the next few weeks for the
purpose of making an effort to have
that august body straighten out some
kinks it left in the machinery of gov
ernment at the adjournment of the
recent session.
Two Of the state departments will
be forced to cease to function on July
list, the beginning of a new fiscal year,
unless some arrangements are made
before that date for finances with
which they will be able to continue
their activities. The two departments
which find themselves in this embar-
RAISING predicament are the agricul-
tural department, presided over by
Jim G. Ferguson, and the state high
way department, presided over by
Herbert Wilson. The recent session
of the legislature sang the doxology
and quit the job without having made
an appropriation so that these depart
ments might be maintained for the
next two years.
There appears to have been no dis
position whatever upon the part of
the general assembly to abolish these
departments and wipe them off the
map entirely. Rather, the failure Of
the legislature to appropriate money
for the maintenance of the Offices OF
the agricultural commissioner and the
highway commissioner was a piece OF
stupidity that resulted from an acute
attack of babyism or muleishness
which crept into the systems Of the
members Of the states law-making
body and worked its way outward like
the poisoning from biliousness or the
itch.
The simple trutheis that jealousies
arose between the friends Of the
Of these two departments in the legis
Iature, as well as perhaps between
Mr.. Ferguson and Mr.. Wilson them
selves, which brought on a factiona
fight. This scrap ended as factiona
fights usually end, with everybody
out of humor and both sides losers
The truth is that this fight was car
ried to such a length in the general
assembly that the senate refused tc
pass house bills of any sort, and the
house assumed the same attitude to-
ward the senate The truth is that
the general assembly developed hos
tility toward Gov. McRae and his pol
icies, which added fuel 10 the flames
and made bad matters worse. The
truth is that Gov. McRae, who seems
TO have had as much trouble with the
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-05-04
Obituary

On Monday, April %, death entered
our midst and took our dear mother
and sister, Mrs. Louelia' Lewis. She
was born in nunklin county, NO., In
1868, and in 1877 came with her moth
er to this county where she spent the
greater part of her life. In 1884 she
was married to James II. Lewis and
to this union ten children were born,
seven of whom are still living, name
ly: Tom, Clarence, Carrie, Bertha,
Tennie, Edna and Leila Lewis. At the
early age of 13 she embraced hope in
Christ and was baptized and has
since lived devoted christian life,
taking great pleasure In administer
ing to the needs and wants of others
Her husband died five years ago, leav.
ing her 10 fight the battles of life
alone. Besides her seven children she
leaves fourteen grandchildren, one
sister and a host of friends and other
relatives. Dear ones let us weep not
as those who have no hope, for we
know that she is at rest with the an
gels. Let us so live that when we are
called we can meet her on that beau
tiful shore.
Thou art gone, our darling sister,
Never more thy face wen see,
Till we meet beyond the river,
In that blest eternity.
Her Sister
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-05-04
Ladies viii Serve

The woman's-Missionary Society Of
the Methodigt church announces that
the members Of. that. society viii serve
dinner on court square on May Both,
Decoration Day Arrangements Will
be made to feed as many people as
possible on this day. -C9PpleteTar,
raneements VIII be asnoupced iatef.
a7-2f,