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STRAW THAT BROKE
TIE CAMEI,S Rack

Nv Tear Madam: When | took
This room in your palatial home
was told that | would have abso-
lutte privacy. would not be molested
and that things would be quiet ana
cheerful. | have enjoyed none OF
these things, yet l said nothing
You know that 7 am no kicker
When on Saturday you bathed the
entire family l did not bick about
washing a black border from the
bath tub. When your kids ate
crackers in my bed and used my
razor to cut a piece of pice with |
said not a word. When you and
YOUR husband argued all night
about household expenses and kept
me awake, | said nothing. When
your brother from the country
came to visit you and he slept with
me with his socks on, | raised nc
| objection. When your favorlte cal
had kittens in my dresser drawer OF
nv new shirts, didn't holler. WheT
the quart of whiskey | had in m!
trunk disappeared, l said not
word. But when I, Pat Murphy
good Irishman that I an, awok'
yesterday morning with a terrible
cold on my chest because your hus
band during the night took tn
sheet off me to wear to a Ku Klu'
meeting, I'm gonna kick and kicl
| like II. Please deliver to tn
expressman my trunk. Yours truly
CHAT SETTLES IT." SAIL
THE MAN WHEN HE PUT TIL
YEAST CAKE INTO THE HOME
MADE WINE.
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DEMOCRATS PAY
COOLIDGE FEE FOR
PATRIOTIC SPEECH

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. q
Ernest N. Haston, chairman
of the state democratic execu-
tive committee, Sunday night
mailed a check for $3.50 on the
Bank of Tennessee, at Nash.
vile, to the United Patriotic
Society, Bridgeport, Conn, to
reimburse the organization for
that amount, alleged to have
been paid Calvin Coolidge. then
vice president of the United
States, "for delivering a patri-
otto address before your organ
ization."
please accept this check for
welfare work among the sol
oilers, as coming from the coun-
ty democratic executive COM
mittee of Tennessee" Mr.. Has
ton said in a telegram to the
organization.
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There is strict ordinance pro-
hibiting the abuse OF cats in St.
Ives, the famous Cornish fishing
town,
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GOV. BRYAN NARROWLY
ESCAPTD INJURY

FAIRMONT, Neb., Nov. 3.-Gov-
ernor Bryan, democratic candidate
for vice president, narrowly escap-
ed serious injury Sunday night
when an automobile ran headlong
into his car at a turn in the roao
between here and Sutton, Neb.
Governor Bryan was en- route
to Hastings to speak when about
q mile outside of Fair,aont an auto
mobile containing four young peo-
pie of Fairmont and this WENT.
negotiated a left hand turn in tbs
road at the left hand side.
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read his message to Congress cali
ing on Germany to cease submarine
ho5tilitiss against neutral yes
sells.
This speech, it was recognized,
was a presage Of American entry
into the war on the side Of France
ard her allies.
For that one day his horse
drawn vehicles colld not keep up
with the little an bassador's urge
for action. SO he got an auto, and
with the French and American
flags Tapping from the sides Of the
radiator he dashed madly about
The capital-up and down, in and
out, through the streets - for
hours.
The German ambassador had
been handed his passports and
Jusserand was celebrating in one
mad automobile orgy.
$##
Next to Ju3serand, the last pub
lie personages in Washington to
cling to the horse and carriage in
stead of using an auto were Post
master General David Burleson and
David Houston and Edwin Mere
dith as secretaries of agriculture in
Wilson's administration.
Burleson used horses because he
loved them. Some people thought
it was pose with him, but it
wasn't. lie preferred waking to
autoirg, and when he didn't Drive
down 70 the rostoffice dere me /
he took chank's mare and liked
| it.
Houston and Meredith clung to
the horse and carriage as a part of
the tradition Of the office. It al
ways had been held the proper thing
for the heads of the Department OF
! Agriculture to use horses. It made
then seem closer to the soil, and
was supposed to heighten them in
the regard of farmers generally.
With the undermining Of govern
men under the Harding admins.
tration, however, VIII Hays asked
for and got an automobile for the
postmaster general and another
wa sgranted Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace.
Which left Jusserand and his
barouche the only representatives
in eff.c'sl Ifs Ct the old orGer OF
transportation.
Much has been written. both in
fact and fiction about the influence
of a wife on a husbands career.
Whether it is a mere coincidence
or whether the fact had something
to do with the result, it is of pos
sible significance that Senior Juan
Riano Y Gayganos, who succeeds
Jusserand as dean of the diplomatic
corps, because Of his long service
in Washington, has, like Jusserand
an American wife. Madame Jus.
serand was Miss Richards, of New
York. Sonora Riano was Wash.
ington girl, formerly Miss Alice
Ward.
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Washington FOLK
SET THEIRCL.OCKSBY
JUSSERlND' COACH
Ambassador Jean Adrien An
tome Jules Jusserand Drives
'Sea-Going Hack
By HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer

WASHINGTON, November 3d.
With the passing Of Jean Adrien
Antoine jules Jusserand as French
ambassador 'to che United States,
Washington will lose the last of
her horse-drawn state carriages.
The rest of Washington
officialdom long ago adopted the
automobile as a means of trans
port, the French ambassador has
chung steadfastly to the old low
swung barouche-known to our
modern youth as "sea-going
hacks"
One Of the sights Of upper Six
teenth street, Embassy row." has
hcen Jusserand and his wife going
for their daily airing. Propn.tly
at o'clock every day, rain or
shine, winter or summer, the
Jusserand equippage, with coach
man and footman on the box, the
tri-coIors of France worn in
jaunty cockades on their hats, has
drawn up before the embassy en-
trance for Monsieur the Ambassa-
dor and his lady. And as promptly
at 5:39 they have returned.
Clocks could be set by their go
ing and coming, so regularly were
they timed. The regularity of the
routine with which Jusserand
regulated his day is now regarded
as old-fashioned as the "sea-goine
hack to which he dung for
travel.
Only once in his % years of ser
vice here did the fever of progress:
stir Jusserand's blood to the point
where he willingly used an auto.
That was the day Presidnet Wilson
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M made on Improved
AOAlNNfarm lands at chean.

est rates for terms of s, z or 10
years with prepayment option given
Money secured promr+ly. We have
now outstanding over $1,100,000 on
farms in Sumter county alone, with
plenty more to lend.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co.,
in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. 81 Planters Bank
Building, Americus. Ga. Phone 50
~ All.
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/, barrel of whiskey.'

a barrel of whlskey'
The election was discussed lof
five or ten minutes longer and pro-
vidinp everybody was telling the
truth, we all agreed that TINS eieI
tion was the hottest ever pulled OIL
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ONE OF QUE.
SUBSCRIBERS SAYS

cold man Sims said he just
passed the hospital and never seen
it so lit up before. Tom Jones says
he reckons it's on account of them
three patients in there with Bright's
disease.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
NEW HARRINGTON
TALE.AT THE
PALACE

Any picture founded upon a
particular phase of national his
tory or locality, whether it be
North, South, East or West is
sure to have an appeal for the
American public. THE Fighting
Coward" the presentation of the
week at Loew's Palace, is a pic
ture Of this type which has for
its setting the banks OF the
Mississippi during pre-Civil War
days. It is based upon Booth
Tarkington's stage play Mag!
nolia," and was directed by James
Cruz, the man who made" The
Covered Wagon"
Despite the fact that the
orchestra plays Dixie. and that
the atmosphere is distinctly
Southern. there is some doubt as
to whether the Southerner will
enjoy the picture without a qualm
for it is a decided satire and
comes nearer to ridiculing South
ern temperament than anything
We have ever seen. We must say,
personally, that after viewing the
picture we had a great desire to
shake hands with the etork for
setting us down north Of the
Mason Dixon line.
The picture is based upon the
pride Of the South, it's quick
temper and love for fighting. The
result is con1edy-romance. The
cast includes Ernest Terrence,
Mary Aston, Noah Berry. Phyllis
Haver and Cullen Lands.
In the story Tom, a son Of the
South, raised by a Northern
uncle, returns to Magnolia" his
ancestral home and to his father
and mother. He becomes engaged
to his fathers ward only to have
the engagement broken when he
refuses to fight a disappointed
sutton for the hand Of the woman
he has already won, as he puts it.
When the father finds what a
peace loving young man his son
has turned out to be his heart is
broken and Tom is told to "get
out" Only Lucy a beautiful
younger sister Of his ex.betrothed
tells him that he is right and he
goes away with her memory in
his heart. He soon finds that the
fighting around him is three
fourths bluff and decides to 20
into the business for himself.
He turns out to be Cuhnel Blake,
notorious gambler roaming up
and down the Mississippi and so
wins back his honor. There are
not few thrills and in the end
Tom wins Lucy and has the whole
town chasing butterflys.
Tom Gannon's orchestra offers
as an overture Echoes from the
Old Plantation" A new Mack
Sennett comedy Smile Please"
and Pathe News finish the bill.
M. A. K.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
MOSCOW TROUPE
CONCLUDES
RUN =

The Moscow Art Theater closed
its sojourn in the National Capital
Saturday evening to the accom-
paniment Of probably the most
unique demonstration ever evinced
by a Washington audience in be.
half Of theatrical troupe's ef-
forts. For fully five minutes after
the final curtain had descended
upon Dostoicvsky's The Hyn' h.
ers Karamazoff," the practically
capacity house refused to bulge
from the theater. Not only was
but spreading rapidly from the
balcony to the lower floor came a
Quickly-increasing rumble Of
'bravos" that merged into semi.
hysterical "huzzahs!' The COM
pany took call after call in &C.
acknowledgement of this unusual ap.
probation.
Rarely has any local stage seen
such sure lining of character,
such certain delineation Of role.
as that of each member of the Art
Theater in 1.-THE Brothers Kara.
mazOff." The play itself-con.
structed of five sketchy scenes,
with interpretations by a reader
bridging over that part of the &C.
ton impossible to present on the
stage through lack Of necessary
time---is one of typically Russian
calibre; gloom shrouding in in
creasing shadow the action almost
from the first act to Leonid M.
Leonidoff's final tremendous mo.
ment in the courtroom scene.
wherein as "Dmitry" he is falsely
convicted of patricide.
No one part in THE Brothers
Karamazoff" may be said to con-
tain more chance for development
than another. Vastly Luzhsky's
"Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazoff. 4"
although seen in but one act, was
just as gripping a thing as that
Of "Ivan," enacted by VASTLY
Observation-Disclosures mad scene IL
one Of the highlights Of the play.
"Smerdyskoff" seemed a real
moron. as played by Lyoff Bulga-
koff, vet Boris Dobronravoff's "Al.
yosha," also tinged with madness,
entitled him to just as much
praise.
Lydia Korenieva and ALA Tara
(.
shoulders the. two feminine leads,
and the surrounding company
every one a headliner-gracefully
filled the smaller roles. It is with
q sense Of regret that one real
ICES these people have turned their
backs on Washington-and the
wish almost arises that this, and
not Moscow, were their native
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
AMBASSADOR
"GallOping FISH"

Busy Buddies," the chief sup.
Elementary feature of the bill at
Crandall's Ambassador Theater
the first two days of this week, is
a Christie comedy Of situation
which affords Neal Burns, Vera
Stedman, Lincoln Plummer and
supporting cast continuous OPP
portunity to be funny. The trio
Of unemployed young men from
whom the picture derives Its
name are veterans Of the great
war who attempt to evade the
opportunities Of an irate landlady
and finally come into regular in.
comes.
The chief feature continuing
through today was Thomas II.
Ince's sixreel comedy, "Galloping
Fish," in which Sydney Chaplin,
Louise Fazenda. Ford Sterling and
Chester Conklin play the stellar
roles.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
LAUGHS, Clasps
&. AND ROARS
AT MET

Don't be alarmed if, any eve-
ming this week, you happen to
be passing the portals of Gran
dalps Metropolitan and experience
sensation like that of an earth
quake as peals of thdnderous
outlaws rumble out from within.
There will be no occasion for
alarm; it will merely mark the
screening of Tom Ince's latest
contribution to the gayety Cf
nations, THE Galloping Fish"
A delegation of reformers will
probably pounce upon Harry
Crandall this morning with docu.
mentary evidence to the effect
that too much laughter is bad for
the public welfare, and petition
to have "Galloping Fish" sup
pressed as a menace to the COM
mon veal. Thereupon he will
usher them out the back way and
continue to gather in the four
bit pieces, plus war tax, with one
hand while acknowledging the
Vaccinations of a grateful public
with the other.
You never saw such a film as
"Galloping Fish," It's funny
gosh-awful funny! Imagine a
humorous tale by Frank r.
Adams, directed by Tom Tnce
who made 1.-THE Hottentot," and
cast with such people as Sydney
Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Louise
Fazenda and Chester Conklin.
Doesn't it seem like the ultimate
ultimate? Well, it is, and no
mistake.
Sydney Chaplin is a scream
q positive howl. His technique is
in no way reminiscent Of his
more famous brothers.; he has a
style peculiarly his own. And he
Is agile. His crazy scene Is one
Of the richest of it's kind ever
done in polite cinema comedy.
Not far behind is Ford Sterling.
To see him tangled in the braid
of buffers livery is to curl up
under and gasp for breath. And
Chester Conklin-minus the wal
rus Of older days--returns to the
screen as a taxi-driver with some
Of the funniest gags ever pulled.
Louise Fazenda and Lucille Rick
sen have the feminine roles. The
Fazenda proves that her talents
as Coincidence have heretofore
cloaked her true calling-which
Is bathing-suit model. Seeing is
believing!
Jan CARRIERS bunch of melody
naulers returns this week, too.
They pull some new stuff and
some old stuff, and do both so
well that the public hardly knows
when to stop calling for encores.
A Pathe News pictorial, Neal
Burns comedy, and Children of
Holland" short subject, pro.
vide additional entertainment.
The house orchestra under
Breeslkin produces some mighty
sweet sounds during the show
r. L. B.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
SMARTTCJNESA
! GOOD FILM
! AT RIALTO

The boys from the land OF the
sky blue water who rambled into
the Rialto yesterday seem to have
) brought with them all the melody,
: sunshine and anything else that
Is commonly ascribed to that mys'
tic land from whence they hail by
q yet more mystified populace.
And their Washington debut was
timed TO a nicely, for they fur
nish just the proper foreground
and a rather haunting background
for Daughters Of Today" Para
mounts muchly discussed inter-
. probation of the situation which
such a title might suggest. It's
an immense combination, and the
management of the Rialto has n
genuine right to pat itself on the
back.
The California Ramblers, one Of
the leading orchestras of this
country, numbers ten talented
chaps whose instrumental attain
ments, aside from being rather
humorously interchangeable, seems
to be no less inexhaustible. Those
boysAare all hearty advocates Of
the ever-popular jazz, and before
they let you go, if you are not
already IN addict, we wager our
Other Shirt that you will be con-
Verted in twenty minutes land 1t
took less time for us yesterday
in a delightful manner. Their
program. more diversified than is
usual, embraces everything from
opera selections to the aforesaid
jazz. Among their offerings we
liked best 1.-TWO Blue Eyes"
"Hula LOU" II Love You" and
an arrangement OF well-known Sc
lections from the immortal operas.
Oh, yes, while we have it on
our chest, since we did mention
Daughters of Today" To our
friends and to the patrons OF che
Rialto, be 1t recorded that we said
you will never regret having seen
that picture. This is not the re-
suit Of any shallow speculation,
we hasten to assure you, but is
the result Of deep meditation and
an unbiased. dual, or triple, to be
exact, viewpoint. We've had so
much hokum cranmed down our
called moderns that we had begun
to despair Of any return to nor
malcy Or any cessation in the
examining process.
Patsey Ruth Miller, remem-
bered for her good work in 1.-THE
Hunchback," has the leading
feminine role, while Ralph Graves
does a trifler in Romeo's toys to
perfection: The thoroughly stable
props of the cast are Zasu Pitts,
Edna Murphy, Phillips Smalley,
Philo Mccullough, Edward Hearne
and George Nichols.-W. s. p, Jr.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24

Barrows, veteran actor, plays the
title role supported. by Lloyd
Hughes, Louise Fazenda, Barbara
Tenant, Betty Francisco. Ben
Hendricks, jr.. and a notable
cast.
The auxiliary feature is the
first installment Of the picturized
version Of H. c. Witwer's Cosmo-
politan Magazine stories having
as their central characters 1.-THE
Telephone Girl" assigned to the
switchboard at the st. Moe Hotel
in New York; Alberta Waugh,
AL Cook, Kit Guard and a great
cast largely held over from Wit
wer's Fighting Blood" series
makes this one of the most enjoy.
able added attractions any down.
town bill can boast.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
THE MAGIC RING
WITH MlTH
HERSELF

Mitzi's Magic Ring" at the
National, cheers without intoxicaLs
ing. AS musical comedy wine, it
is vera, vera light. On Man.
haitian boards, before a collection
of already illuminated buyers, It
undoubtedly had the knack Of
turning a pretty good feeling into
weeping jag. But when set ur
before a nice, sober Sunday night
Washington gathering, one ia
tempted to report 1t was a good
thing the weather outside wasn't
a few degrees balmier.
1.-THE Magic Ring" is one Of
those combination Cinderella.
Aladdin's lamp affairs, with a
prologue to take out all the guess.
work. The customary three
wishes that go with the ring to
each Of its new wearers are
tossed into the lap Of a female
urchin in whose bosom beats Il
heart good and true. She gets
her bowl Of soup, her swell party
at the rich lady's castle, and the
man; and then you go home with
the general idea that in playing
wishes one should always appea,.
to be self-sacrific!ng to lure in
the long shots.
You have listened to that same
stuff before, but you probably
have not heard some of Mitzi $
new tunes. Generously spread
over cast Of worthy talent, they
afford much pleasing entertain.
ment.
Mitzi is as fresh and charming
as ever. Her role offers abundant
opportunities for her own per-
sonal type Of comedy, involving
thrills of voice and twists of feet.
Jeanette Macdonald is as slim and
graceful a dancing dabutante as
you will find. AS a fat man with
an ever-tilted bottle, Sydney Green.
street is a portrait come to life.
Phoebe Crosby and Adrian Rosley
burlesque opera IN happy fashion.
Again, then, Mitzi's Magic
Ring" is light Wine-but it's wine.
c. L. M.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
CRANDALL'S-
Heritage of the Desert"

Bebe Daniels. Ernest Terrence,
Noah Berry, Lloyd Hughes, Ann
Schaeffer and a strong supporting
cast appear in Paramount's pic
turization Of Zane Grey's 1.-THE
Heritage Of the Desert" presented
as the major feature Of the bill
at Crandalps Theater the first
three days Of this week beginning
yesterday. In this subject the
cast of principals visualize story
prolific in all Of the elements that
characterized the redeeming of
the West. A strong comedy note
is struck by the Spat Family in
their latest Pathe vehicle, Rough
ing It."
The bill includes short reel fea.
lures Of varied interest.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
GLORIA SWANSON
IN ONE MORE
PICTURE

Gloria Swanson stole march
on the local merchants and opened
her spring fashion show at
Loew's Columbia yesterday, more
than day ahead of the appointed
hour. 1t is, therefore, really the
province Of costume designer
rather than of a movie critic to
review "A Society Scandal" For
rest Halsey's screen adaptation of
Alfred Sutro's stage play, 1.-THE
Laughing Lady" in which Ethel
Barrymore starred for a season or
more.
About all that can be said of "a
Society Scandal" is included in its
characterization as a fashion show
amid .sumptuouS surroundings. as
in practically every scene Miss
Swanson appears in new cos
tune. some of them rather bizarre.
This production adds nothing to
the fame of it's leading characters,
Gloria Swanson. Rod LaRocque
and Ricardo Cortez. They are not
even called upon to act in more
than one sequence.
The story itself bears little re-
semblance to The Laughing
Lady" other than that the char
acters in the love story are the
same. In place of the society of
Mayfair. England, with it's aristo-
cratic atmosphere, we are given
a glimpse into the life and man.
ners of that portion of New York
society whose one claim upon it
is the possession of wealth, more
or less suddenly acquired.
The action begins with an "As
You Werep party. with Marjorie
Colbert, young society matron,
championing the cause of Harri.
son Peters. a social outcast, whom
she believes innocent of the
charge against him. He misun-
derstands her motive and acts oc-
cordingly. Her husband sues for
divorce, engaging for that purpose
Daniel Farr, a brilliant young
lawyer. Farr, believing her guilty,
attacks her reputation so Wig,
orously that the divorce is granted
and Marjorie becomes a social
outcast. She Immediately plans
to ruin the lawyers reputation
and succeeds. How she finds her
triumph an empty one and brings
about a happy ending Is told in
the closing scenes.
A very pleasing overture,
Sounds from the Sunny South"
International News and a com
edy, The Misfit." complete the
bill.-M. M.
The Washington times., 1924-03-24
MUSIC FEATURES
NEW STRAND
PROGRAM

Few bills have shown at the
Strand this season that could
surpass the lineup playing that
playhouse this week. Individually,
every act on the vaudeville pro-
gram from the headliners, Pee
Wee Myers and Ford Hanford,
down is worthy of the highest
praise.
Myers and Hanford. "The
Arkansas Valentines" as the pro-
gram calls them. need no intro
duction, having appeared here
previously. Suffice to say the
boys are still there with their
dancing and their saw melodies.
The Sandell Sisters assisted by
Messrs. Smith and Stritt rival the
headliners in merit and popular
appeal. Here is an act that rates
with the best.
Hit number three is Norris's
Springtime Follies featuring Cal
Norris and his beauty chorus of
shepherd doggies. Bobby Car.
bone, possessor of a fine tenor
voice scores a hit with his songs
and comedy while p. George, THE
Musical Chef" stages an unusual
musical offering in opening the
bill.
Full Of the romance Of Paris and
New York. centering about a
band Of international crooks and
an American secret service opera
tive, the William Fox production
Just OFF Broadway" also pleased
the house immensely. John Gil.
bert has the leading role with
Marian Nixon playing opposite.