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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18
BORN TO BE HANGED

Here's a clever story about a
man born to be hanged before he
was thirty for crime he didn't
commit-that's the way a gypsy
queen told his fortune the night
he was born. And what's more,
he gypsy queen was right; she
was palm reader who knew her
business and wasn't afraid to adj
nit it. So divers father disap-
peared and the neighbors cried,
Murder"
And before long they also
yelled, oliver" And finally, just
six days before divers thirtieth
birthday came along a lynching
bee strung him up. But, just the
same, all this did not prevent
divers getting elected to the
state senate and winning a
pretty wife and living happily
ever after BY George Barr Nc
Cutcheon- Enough said!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18
Skies fastened to obey. and re.urtaa.

presently In great excitement.
"Say, Ollie" he burst out, there's
couple of women out here from that
gypsy camp. They claim to be fortune
tellers. One of 'em wants to tell the
baby's fortune. She says she knowed
couple of weeks ago that he was go
Ing to be born today, that's what she
says"
well, I'm not going to allow any
gypsy woman to go nigh that infant"
cried Mrs. Grimes.
She says 1t amt necessary to even
see the baby. She says the only re-
liable and genuine way to tell a baby's
fortune is by reading its fathers
hand"
Mr.. Baxter arose. Bring her in,
joe Now. don't kick, Serepty. My
minds made up. I'm going to know
my sons future"
Mr.. Skies rushed from the room. A
moment later he returned, followed by
two shivering women who stopped just
inside the door.
The host, with a nervous sort of
geniality, beckoned to the strangers.
Better come down to the fire, Queen"
he said
The elder woman fixed a curious
look upon Mr.. Baxter.
Il am the queen of the gypsies, Mis-
ter, but how came you to know itT'
she asked in hoarse, not unmusical
voice.
always best to be on the safe side,"
said Baxter. But look here. Do you
mean to say, Queen, that you can look
at my hand and tell what's ahead Of
my boy upstairsT'
First, you must cross my palm with
silver
The company drew their chairs
closer as Baxter dropped some coins
into the gypsy's palm. Silence per-
vaded the room. Every eye was on the
dark, impassive face of the fortune
teller as she seized Ollie's hand and
began:
Il see a wonderful child. He is
strong and sturdy. 1 can see this son
Of yours, mister, as a leader of men.
Great honor is in store for him, and
great wealth. 1 see men in uniform
following your son-many men, mis-
ter, and all of them armed. / see
him as successful man, as the head
of great undertakings. He has been
out of college but few years."
THAT will please his mother" said
Baxter, shifting.
"Sh!" put in Mr. Skies testify.
81 see him." continued the fortune
teller, "as he is nearing thirty. Rich,
respected and admired. He will have
many affairs Of the heart. / see two
dark women and-one, two-yes, three
fair women"
THAT would seem to show that he's
going to be purity good-looking sort
of a Teller, wouldn't it?" said Baxter,
proudly.
He will grow up to be the image of
his father, mister"
The gypsy leaned back in her chair,
spreading her hands in a gesture of
finality.
81 see no more" she said.
is that all?' Mr.. Baxter shifted.
swell, Queen guess you took us all
in purity neatly"
Outraged royalty turned on him.
you scott at me. For that you shall
have the truth. All that have told
you will come true. But did not tell
you Of the end that l saw for him.
Hark ye! This son of yours will go to
the gallows. He will swing from the
end of rope for crime of which he
is not guilty" She was now speaking
in high shrill voice; her hearers sat
open-moUthed, as if under a spell that
could not be shaken off. at is all as
plain as the MONDAY sun. He will
never reach the age of thirty. That
is all That is the end. have spoken
the truth. You forced me to do so.
l CO."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

dead he is not, but departed; for
the artist never dies."-Longfellow.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18
No more
RHEUMATISM

IT'S GONE! That awful agonyl
i Rheumatism can't stand the rich.
red blood that s. s. s. helps Nature
build.
But rheumatism will bg.ing pain and
misery to your joints and muscles Just
as long as you are without plenty of
rich. red blood in your system.
It's the red-blood-cells that s. s. s.
helps Nature build that drive out of
your system the impurities that cause
rheumatism. And until you do build
up your blood to where 1t is pure and
rich and red, you simply can't get rid
of rheumatism.
And S. s. s. Is the thing. Red blood
conquers rheumatism. Everybody
knows that
S. s. S. means millions of red-blood.
cells-means health all
over. No more rheuma,
tism. Nights of rest-I0
days of joy, filed with
the happiness OF accom-
plishment - made pos
sible by a body brimfuI
of red blooded life, energy and vitality.
That's what the end Of rheumatism
means-that's what s. s. s. brings to
you. Get S. s. s. from your druggist.
The larger bottle is moro economical.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18
EN1sYNfF
Mutual Life
of
Illinois
Never
Without
PE-RU-NA
In His Home

Mr.. F. H. Fricke, whose address
is 625 Pontiac Bldg, St.sLouis, Mo-,
writes under the date of June Is,
1924
my family and myself have had
splendid results from your Pe-ru-na.
We are never without it in our
home. I wouldn't take a thousand
dollars for what it has done for
my family and myself. When 1
contract a cold l Immediately take
a dose of Pe-ru-na and get relief.
/ recommend Pe-ru-na everywhere"
For coughs, colds, catarrh and ca
tarrhal conditions 6 n eral / y
Pe-ru-na has been recognized as re-
liable for over fifty years.
Sold Everywhere
Tablets or Liquid
Send 4 cents postage to THE PE-RU-NA
COMPANY, Columbus, Ohio, for book ON
catarrh.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18
CHILDREN WHO ARE SlCKLY
japanese Multiplying

In the population Of Japan births
are at the rate of 1888 i minute.
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Actor and Director Loyal
Friends.

IT is a satisfaction to the normal
hustler who gives the best he has
TO the task in hand to have the
boss" take cognizance of the fact.
1t has even been known to happen
that superiors have promoted sub
ord1nates of their own volition for
meritorious service. OF course, it has
more often come to pass that they
didn't. if they could get out of it..
but still 1t is comforting to think
that sometimes merit is recognized.
All of which is by way of leading
up to the fact that Richard Barthel-
mess ought to feel himself to be
sitting pretty" as our fiamboyant
vernacular has it, whether Inspira-
tion Pictures continue to click or not
Here's why:
Any time the opportunity presents
itself Richard Barthelmess can star
again in David Griffith's productions.
The famous director says so himself
and the young star declares that
there is nothing he would like bet
ter. But Barthelmess has his own
company and Griffith is making pic
lures for another concern.
Barthelmess, now appearing in his
new production, "Shore Leave" Is a
close friend of the Grifiths. He still
calls Griffith governor" and he
still looks upon him as his best ad-
wiser.
1t was Griffith who first saw the
histrionic possibilities of the young
star. He caught a glimpse of him
in a series of Marguerite Clark
comedies and signed him to play op-
posite Dorothy Gish in four comedies
But Griffith realized that the prom
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Making Iron Horse" Long
Task.

WHILE the first transcontinental
railroad was under construction
in 1865, Gen. Sherman, back from his
march through Atlanta TO the seas
remarked Of the railway: 'I should
be unwilling to buy a ticket over it
for my grandchildren" In five years
ne RODE over the line with Gen. Green
vile NJ. Dodge, who was the construc-
ton engineer of the Union Pacific.
In "The Iron Horse" the William
Fox photoplay of this stirring period
IN American history, Walter Rodgers
plays the role of Gen. Dodge, the
friend of track layers and the enemy
of bad Indians. The picture presents
the colorful life with vivid realism,
most of its incidents being based on
actual facts of history.
Fox research workers found in their
work of gathering data the statement
of William NJ. Thayer, in his "Maryels
or the New West" to the effect that
the construction of the Union Pa
cif1c across the continent was the
greatest marvel of our age. The con-
summation of the enterprise settled
the high destiny of the new West.
From that moment old things began
to be new. Progress was wonderful
and now 1t sweeps on more grandly
than ever"
Continuing his account, Thayer
wrote: "The road was completed in
3 years, months and 10 days. Two
hundred and sixty-five miles were built
in 1866: 2S5 in 1867, and the remainder
finished on May 10, 1869.
Strangely enough, the picture It.
self required three years in the max
ing, with John Ford directing a huge
cast on the open prairies of Nevada
and Wyoming.
How the express business followed
the transcontinental railroad, expand
ing commerce and extending civiliza-
ton into the West, is recorded with
remarkable realism in the picture. And
1t Is shown, too, how express was ship
ped before the railroad crossed the
prairie, when Kit Carson rode one
horse steadily, day after day, for 4 600
miles. The little animal became so
shy of Indians that he would leave
the ground at the sight of a feather.
But Carson got through with the Gov
ernment mail, small express packages
and money.
Wells-Fargo first had the pony ex
press service with Buffalo Bill Cody as
their chief rider. With the opening of
the railroad the express business be-
came one of the most important and
most picturesque in existence. Ex-
press guards worked across the plains
with their guns always in reach.
Many a good man died defending his
little wooden car from attack from
Indians and bandits They asked no
quarter and gave none.
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Thomas Esd Playin 42Years

& UGUSTUS THOMAS, whose new
comedy, "Still Waters" opens the
season at the Shubert- -Belasco Theater
tomorrow night, spent a Winter in
Washington as a page boy in the
Forty-first Congress, when he was ~
years old, living next to the old
Waugh Chapel, on North A street,
three blocks east of the Capitol" he
explained in recalling those days,
when such a play as Still Waters
would have been impossible to write,
by the way.
Il had been a page boy in the Mis-
souri, House of Representatives at
home, and through a friend of the
family-strings were pulled then to
open the political gate, same as they
are nowadayS-got appointed a page
here.
''All of us boys We're away from
home. and so the then superintendent
of the House ruled that every boy
should take two baths a week in one
of the several large bathrooms pro-
vided for the House. An adult inter-
probation of Article VIII of the Con-
stitutional Amendments made things
easier for the statesmen themselves
The bathrooms We're built of marble,
with tubs cut from solid blocks large
enough Tor boy OF IL years or so TO
take a good swimming stroke in them.
In the Winter these baths had touch
of regimen about them. The tickets,
two a week, were issued on certain
days at the doorkeeper's desk, and
had to be returned by the attendant
of the bathroom after it had been used.
But 1t wasn't always possible to make
the lad to whom the ticket was given
take the bath, and so as the weather
grew warmer-and il can grow warmer
in Washington-and as the asphalt be-
gan to run-and it does-the boys with
hotel tubs sold a ticket now S@d then
TO comrade not so we'll fiXe6.
I'VE had three sources of incoEne in
those, dayS-from guiding visitors
through the Capitol Building. from
autographs we got from statesmen
for tourists, and from getting orders
for printed speeches. AS an oratorical
effort in Congress excited the Speak
er's colleagues, the particular Speak
er's page boy slipped from desk to
desk, gathering the orders, because
many a brilliant effort, once cold and
in the Congressional Record, was I'M
marketable. These lists were good for
cents q hundred on all orders OBJ.
tanned. | have known one boy TO
make as high as 500 on his leaders
efforts. More than once I made more
than SO or S12 myself
When the House resolved itself into
a committee of the whole Speaker
Blaine was partial to Ebon c. Inger-
soil OF Illinois, a brother of Col. Rob-
Evening star., 1925-09-06
ARLINGTON BEACH PARK.

AS a wind-up to the closing season
Arlington Beach Park will stage a big
Virginia week" celebration, begin
ming tomorrow and lasting through
the closing day, Saturday, Septem-
Der 12.
There will be a special daily pro-
gram, including an old-fashioned tilt
ing tournament Wednesday afternoon,
participated in by knights from Vir-
ginia, District Of Columbia and Mary
land; a Moose oyster roast and clam
bake on the beach Friday evening; and
a Mardi Gras celebration Saturday
night. Prizes will be given for the
most beautiful, the most grotesque
and the most comical costumes.
A surprise feature will be sta ged
tomorrow night on the beach. Tues
day night on the dance pavilion prizes
will be given away to the best anna
teur dancers, and Thursday night the
first annual Dancers Club ball will
be held.
The regular amusements, including
bathing, the roller coaster, merry-go-
round. ferris wheel, airplane swings,
dodg'em, whip, fun house and scores
OF prize concessions will be in full
swing
Evening star., 1925-09-06

man Theater in Hampstead. It scored
an immediate success and a few weeks
later 1t was moved to the Royalty
Theater, in the West End, where 1t
continued to attract crowded houses
for months. Later it was moved
again to the Little Theater, and there
1t only closed its long run a few
weeks ago, because Mr.. Coward and
some of the other principals in the
cast had to come to America to do
the piece here.
And since the production of ''The
Vortex" Mr.. Coward has had two
more plays-"Fallen Angels" and
Hay Fever"-produced in London,
not to mention a musical play, ION
With the Dance" for which he wrote
both the words and the music.
Think of that-four successes run
ming simultaneously in London the
aters-and he is not yet 26 years old
"The Vortex" will be the first of
his plays to be seen in America, but
all the others named above are to be
done here this season and there are a
couple OF others that have not yet
been produced in London that Ameri-
can managers have already contracted
to do.
Evening star., 1925-09-06

ert G. Ingersoll, as chairman. AS the
temporary presiding officer. Ingersoll
had to listen to long discussions, usu-
ally made for purposes of publicity,
and as the season advanced and the
weather grew more Washingtonian he
more than once intrusted to me the
delicate mission of going to the res
taurant in the basement and bringing
him one of the tall mint juleps of
which he was fond. Following his
careful instructions, I used to wrap
the glass of julep in a folded news
paper and pass 1t to him below the
level OF his desk. There was a shelf
sufficiently depressed TO admit the
julep glass, and so with the beverage
once there 1ngersoll would make one
or two disarming passages of his hand
kerchief across his face and then sit
with his hand over his mustache, as
though listening to the flow of oratory,
while his handkerchief fell from his
hand to the desk top and masked the
straws he manipulated"
In 1888 Mr. Thomas went to New
York as business manager for Julia
Mariowe, who was then being groomed
by Ariel Barney for stardom
up to that time l had had an init
mate acquaintance and relationship
with the theater nearly all my life"
Mr.. Thomas said. II had played sew
eral years as an amateur, three or
tour years as a legitimate. and had
more than year of travel with
company of which ! had an interest.
| had produced four plays which l
had written, had two years in a box
office, and l shared for a few minutes
the lease of a theater, while never los
ing sight of dramatic authorship as an
op1ectlve. And / had refused to re-
write a play for Mr.. Sothern. Yet in
order to keep in touch with the bust
ness l found myself in a $40-a-week
job to count tickets for a young actress
upon her first trip as a star.
1t was in Washington here that I
had to go on one night as Benvolio to
Marlowe's Juliet, when the actor from
New York We were counting on to play
the part missed his train. Ons actor
lent me pair of tights, another shoes,
another the doublet. which, by com
pressing myself, l finally got into.
Benvolio's most important office, you
remember, is to catch Mercutio when
he falls wounded in the duel. The
scene went all right up to this point.
but when sturdy Charlie Barron
dropped into my arms the tight doub-
let split up the back with a ripping
noise that defied neglect by any one
in the audience. 1 doubt that the
death of Mercutio ever got so good a
laugh"
still Waters" Mr.. Thomas new
play, is the sixty-third he has written
in AZ years.
Evening star., 1925-09-06

gram, and start work on his next pro-
duction, which will be made abroad.
Norma Shearer's next starring pro-
duction will be Free Lips" directed
by Hobart Henley and with Lew Cody
opposite-the same trio that made "A
Slave of Fashion" recently shown
here.
Inspiration is said to have recently
taken film tests of Dorothy Knapp,
the Ziegfeld beauty. She may appear
opposite Richard Barthelmess In Just
Suppose" says Film Daily.
Michael Arlen is In Hollywood aid
ing in the adaptation of Crossroads
of the World" his original screen
story. for Pola Negri.
The embassy, a new and intimate
type of theater on Broadway, had it's
formal opening last week. when THE
Merry Widow" was presented. This
is the theater which is managed by
Gloria Gould Bishop. who employees
only women on her staff.
One OF the highlights of Gloria
Swanson's production, THE Coast of
Folly" is the Palm Beach movie
ball" in which the star plays the part
of Pollyanna. Other characters are
dressed to represent '"The Sea Hawk"
another Moses in THE Ten Command
two girls appear as "The Two
Orphans" and there is still another
who counterfeits the scant costumes
of Mae Murray.
Good Night Nurse" sgd Chaplin s
next feature comedy for Warner
Bros, is a story by Robert +. Sher-
wood of Life" man who knows
comedy and comedy situations.
Evening star., 1925-09-06
COLONIAL BEACH-st. Johns.

The management of the Steamer st.
Johns announces a special schedule of
sailings to Colonial Beach for the La
Dor day celebration, beginning today
at 8 am, another trip tomorrow at
. am, and the last trip Of the season,
Tuesday, at 8 am.
Located on the Potomac 20 miles
from Washington, Colonial Beach Of
fers many advantages of a seashore
resort, such as saltwater bathing, fish
ing, grabbing and dancing.
On each trip of the st. Johns, both
to and from Colonial Beach, free dane
ing on the dance deck to music by
Sokolovs band is a feature. The last
40-mile moonlight trip of the season
will be Wednesday, September 9, all
the proceeds of which will go to the
officers and crew, when the manage
ment turns the Steamer st. Johns
over to them for their annual excur-
SioT1
Evening star., 1925-09-06
The Author of The Vortex >

NOEL COWARD, the author Of
THE Vortex" the London success
with which the regular Autumn sea
son at the National Theater will be
opened tomorrow evening. Is one of
the most talked of young playwrights
in England. A year ago he was
known as very clever young man
who could turn his hand to various
things around a theater. He could
play part, If necessary. He could
write the words for a song and he
could compose the tune to go with
the words. He could write bright,
witty little sketches-the kind that
are needed in musical revues. He
could write excellent dialogue, espe-
cially when 1t was needed in hurry.
And he had tried his hand at writing
a couple of full-length plays, but they
lacked something-at any rate, they
had not been successes. But with the
London theater crowd he was a prime
favorite and they all said he was a
conner" They were right.
His boom began with the production
of "The Vortex"-the play that Is to
be seen at the National-at the Every
Evening star., 1925-09-06
GLEN ECHO PARK.

The MANAGEMENT of Glen Echo Park
announces special features for tomor-
row Labor Day., the last holiday of
the Summer season. Happy" Walker
has arranged a special program of
dance music for the evening, and will
direct and play with his star band,
The Golden Pheasant from $50 to
1870 pm.
The derby racers. coaster dips,
shooter, ginger.snap whip and frolic,
the carrousel, big midway with dozens
of attractions and the old mill offer
fun and entertainment, while picnic
groves for all-day outings, with tables,
benches and Fairgrounds for the kid
dies, are provided. Admission to the
park is free, and it is reached by troll
ley on the Washington Railway and
Electric Company or by motor along
the Conduit road.
Evening star., 1925-09-06
CHEVY CHASE LAKE.

Star events for each carnival
night" are being booked for the last
week of the Summer season. A group
of vaudeville specialties. featuring vo-
cal and dance numbers, will make
Wednesday evening vaudeville night"
'Dixieand night" Tuesday the troupe
of little brown performers will make
their final bow and step their last
Charleston this season, and "oppor-
tunity night Friday, will give juve-
nile performers their final opportunity
to compete for the prizes offered.
Pete Eacias and Al kamons, who
lead the yake's two Jazz bands, will
snap over their gingeriest brand of
dance music until the resort closes.
Evening star., 1925-09-06
CHESAPEAKE BEACH.

Chesapeake Beach is prepared for a
big Labor day celebration, the festivi-
ties having started yesterday, and will
continue until tomorrow night. Spe-
cial trains will be run today and to-
morrow.
Trains leave District line today at
$50 and 11:30 am. and 2, 3:20, 4:45
and s pm, returning from the resort
at am. and /. 3. 6. and 10 pm.
Tomorrow trains leave District line at
915, 10 and 11:30 am. and 2:30, $3.50
$40, $50 and pm, returning at 6:35
am. and 1890, 3, SIS, 6, s, and 10
pm.
Boardwalk amusements will con-
tinue running daily through next
Sunday, closing day. Saltwater bath
ing and fishing continue to be popular
and there are picnic groves available
to outing parties.
Evening star., 1925-09-06

Using young player was not limited
to comedy.
When he made his epic of Lime
house, Broken Blossoms" he Sc
lected Barthelmess for the role of
the dreaming young Oriental. He
gave him the dashing part of the
romantic hero in Scarlet Days" and
when he made "'Way Down East"
Barthelmess was named for the role
of the young New England hero.
Griffith is very proud of Barthel-
mess. He looks upon him as a true
product of the real Griffith tech
nique. Some time in the future they
may work together again. Who
knows? Anyway, whenever the two
meet they discuss the interesting pos
sibility with great enthusiasm, it is
said.
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Flnograns

CONTRARY to former plans "Kiki"
will be Norma Talmadge's next
production instead OF Paris After
Dark" Work will start about October
1, with Clarence Brown directing.
Among film folk who arrived from
Europe last week are Thomas
Meighan, Lois Wilson and Virginia
Valli
Jack Coogan, Sr., recently an
nounced, says Film Daily, that little
Jackie's money would be used to build
a 5000 first-run theater in Los An
geles, and this would be the first of
a prospective chain.
Alice Terry. who has finished work
in Mare Nostrom," will arrive in New
York from Europe early this month
for a short visit She~will return in
time to join her husband, Rex In
Evening star., 1925-09-06
LIE PARADIs ATTRACTIONS.

Dance music is the dominating at
traction of the Chateau lie Paradis
and the lie Paradis roof garden for
Observation-Disclosures of both Washing
ton and Baltimore.
Vaudeville specialties are also a
drawing card, among these being
Klark and Jacobs, "strumming South
land singers at the Chateau LIE Para
dis every night except Thursday, when
they appear on the LIE Paradis roof
Swanee, the Meyer Davis ballroom,
under the Earle Theater, will open