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Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
WHERE H'O.HEN RULE

An American college professor, returning from
South Africa, reports feminine paradise" he dis
covered there.
1t is in northern Rhodesia among native tribe
called Lambas The tribe is "naariarchy, Of the
most ancient forms OF tribal organization known, which
the Himalayas.
The mother IS head OF her family and village and alb
soue ruler except for such powers exercised By
the nother-in-law The merely hang around and
obey orders They have authority the chill
dren. The women arrange all the marriages. The
right Of succession in property we'll rulership.
is always n the feminine line.
Ne doubt the women are happy and contented there.
Or at least contented il is in the nature Of women
TO be. Nothing is more conducive TO feminine peace
of mind than boSsinr the menfolk around Yet on the
whole, those blessed African females such lot bet
ter off than American who boss things pretty
much the except that they do il here under the
kindly camouflage of letting the men imagine they're
the bosses.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD &. GARIS
Copyright, 1926, by Mcclure
Newspaper sys1. vie
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE SKY
ICE

ICE
I When NurSr Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
. promised forty, 1cven little bunny
/ chjldrcN Of Uncle Wiggily that she
would make icp-crcam one day, such
jolly shouting and 50 much merry
. laughter YOU never heard in =
month of Mondays.
II love icc-cream! cried loot
cr.
~ could ca, it nh day." shout.
ed Scooter
"Fooh, That's nothing. could
eat i, all night" said Jingle. ana
All the others thought Jingle was
very smart.
"nut to make ice cream, said
Nurse Jane Fulzv Wuzly. the kind
mu>krat lady hou>ckccper, vino
who helped Mr.. and Mrs. Longcars
fo lock after the bunny children,
"to mako icc-eream l must havc
Ice.
"Oh. take some from the rctrigc-
ra'or,' suggested ,umblr.
IN get it Ter YOU, offered
Bamble Who wa> named after a
bee that nearly stunG him one time.
Bu'. when they looked in the biz
chest whcre thc carrots, lettuce and
runip> were KEEP. there was hardly
>mjtr1 q ice. | don I know Just
how laarh q >mitch =, brt that :,
VIII; Bumh'c said and he ought
to know.
"Aor Il ,wi:cl Of ice" sadly
cried tn little rabbit boy.
"Oh, Mr. Whitcwash, the polar
hoar iclnnn. mn>. haNc forgotteA
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
Mrs. kenah Opens
Her Music Studio

Mrs. Oria k,nah, who rrtnu'd Il
short time ago t-em :: vacation at
various coast points, has opened her
studio for the curo'lnrnt ot pupils,
In addition to private lessons nhe
viii conduct weekly Glasses in las
mony and theory OF music. Tho
classes consist Of five or six pupils
of a like advancement in music and
are included with the private Ie>
sons. Once month thcr" Will be q
recital, given for and b. student,
that they may hear each other plaE
and observe individual advance
mcnt.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
THE U-JNDOV WASHER

Frank Stank0. fatherleSs Polish lad, came to
America Is years ago and drifted into Chattanooga.
knowing what he going to dc. but willing to try
anything He was hungry and had no money. He
earned meal in restaurant by washing the windows.
That looked good to Frank He looked for more
windows to wash, and found them. He did good work.
His reputation as a window washer spread. Soon he
was busy all the time He lived thriftiy and put his
savings in the bank and when ne had enough proceed
ed to make cautious safe investments.
Today he has money and property worth 100000.
He is in the prime of life and he keeps right wash
ing windows. Why rot? He has made his fortune
that way One Of these days he will lot of build
ings whose windows he has washed and will be capable
of buying and selling lot of supercilious people he
has worked for.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
MIGRATORY FLIGHT

Capt. Anton Heinen, Zeppelin builder VINO SupervlS-
ed the construction of the Shenandoah for the United
States government, says that in five years airshps will
0e developed that they may be used 10 cross the At
lantic with the safety OF ocean liners.
The cost will not be prohibitve, he thinks. Calcu
lating the expense Of operating drigbIe airshps be-
tween New York and Miami, under present conditions
and using only so per cent of their carrying capacity.
Capt Heren concludes that il could be done on basis
of 500 fer passenger fare and 10 cents pound for
freight and make so per cent profit.
If that 5 the case may soon have our migratory
citizens making their journeys southwark n the fall
and northward in the spring literally the migratory
birds DO
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
ANCIENT PASTIME
IS ENDANGERED
by United Press Leased Wire

PORTLANDD, Ore. sept. II. r.
The much discussed crime wave must
be near il, peak when the ancient
pastimc Of collecting stamp, be
comes endangered from counterfeit
ing, according to local collectors.
+. Hugh Wiley, editor OF Stamp
Collecting, a British weekly, said in
an address here that many Of the
rare stamps have been countcrfeitcd.
Il is extremely difficult to briu Z
these offenders to justice, he said,
because many collectors arc not
familiar with the marking, Of ralc
stamps.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
TEN YEARS AGO
Septembcr Is, 1916

Major ana Mrs Cook have rctuln-
ed from the eoa>t. They were pas.
scrgrrs on tie last south bound trip
made by the Congress that wa, bum
ed eff the oregon coast Thursday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Il. Adair, 73&
Olive street were pleasantly surPr.S-
ed last evening by Il large group of
friends in honor Of their 25th we'd
ding anniversary
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Sentamhcr Ii 1911

/, is reasonably certain that with
in the ensuing two weeks improve
ment> viii begin on the new state
experiment farm Ia be located near
MeloIand.
!. l.. Traver> has begun work on
a cottage for Daniel Leonard on
Holt avenue between Sixth and
Seventh, to cost about $lNoo. It viii
be of 4 pretty design.
Mrs. \. L. Nuffcr arrived i'm r.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
Looking Backward
What the Press files tell of In
perial Valley for this daee
in past years.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
September Is, 1906

The FL Centre town company has
made Il three year contract with the
Holtou Power company for street
lights. As result of this con
tract FL Centre will be the best
lighted town in the valley and the
gleam Of the lights win visible for
many miles.
The FL Ccntro hotel opened last
night with q large social party. Mu-
sic WAS furnished by Swiss music.
iHu~ with accuriiouS.
Ernest Fronrmr has bought c. +.
IIcath'> : place on West Main street
and expects to make his home i'll FL
Centre. His family is expected to
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Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16

Another fine thing about amateurs turning profes
sional is that little thn- like being beaten longer
bothers them much.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16

Many an American feels il in his bones that he TOO,
could swim the Channel if like Michel, he had drink
of champagne every little while.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16

Europeans complain that they America first,
last and all the while.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16

y larg- gray FOX was recently xii
II near Ca>pJr Myudoc.np county.
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
GOings.On
IS NE Ut. lAsFEleI

NATIONAL Al new comedy by
Marc Connolly The Wisdom
Tooth 2
KEITH'S Karyl Norman in I'm
presentations: others.
EARL 8 Elizabeth Brice. singing
cornedienne; others and films
STRAND Guy and Pearl Maslcy
Revue; others and films.
WARDMAN PARK Stock play
ers in The Handy Man.
GAYETY Happy Moments
bsrlesque.
MUTUAL Red Hot" burlesque
PAI.AC E Richard Dix In sWo.
flanhandled. &
METROPOLITAN Dorothy Mac.
kaiil Iii Joanna
COLUMBIA Valentino In The
Eagle.
RTAI1TO Rudolph Schildkrant
ID His People
TIvOL I'VE Moderns.
MBASsADOR The vanishing
American.
CENTRAL = Phantom OF the
Opera.
SAVOY Camille of the Barbary
Coast.
AVENUE GRAND Cobra,
APOLLO "IIelI's Highroad.
YORK IIell's FIighroad.
HOME East Lynne. "
The Washington times., 1926-01-20

that traps all the major and
trivial phases of war without
over-emphasis, without {. moral
unless you supply your own ana
with a. skilled mixture OF sentl-
ment and harshness. Though the
audiences sees something in it to
laugh about, there is the epitoIne
of tragedy in Melisande's Gespa1f-
ing hunt for "Jim-ee' as the
troops roll UP to the front and
her hanging to the truck that
Carries him away until c1haus
ton leaves her limp In the ROAD.
That same lump, or its cousin,
will stick in your throat when
Doughboy Jim catches the macnlne.
gunner who killed Slim, nlauis
him half-heartedly, but cant sum.
mon the savagery to kill TINS
German boy who, like himself, j
sure that war means glory
glory means death, and glory
then swoops down into the m lex
and Jim recaptures the, cigaret
that death left unfinished,
NJ \
John Gilbert's reputation y con-
firmed with this picture, though
it Is so beautifully turned as 70
be the ideal role for any adequate
screen actor. There isn't
chance to muff it. Karl Dane
as Slim labels himself a charads
ter actor who will not be for
gotten and whose reward Ior
such an astonishingly good chore
as he does here will probably De
engagements without end Rene
Adoree is the Melisande. the Ut
tie French girl for whom Jim
Apperson limps back to France.
The usual hordes. of course IN
the big scenes. And a fine sym.
boil OF French young womannoou
she makes.
For such a picture as this,
there is no season and to say, as
the film industry said five years
ago. that the public was then
fed up on war, is TO libel that
capricious thing known as pubic
taste. The public will never pc
FED up on stories as giftedly pur-
veyed as this one; there is no
particular season for quality. Il
lasts all the year round.
The surprising thing to me q
that film producers waited un1l
seven years had elapsed before
attempting the epic war picture,
inasmuch as thet theme is older
than Dumas, pere, and as new
as Three Soldiers, Plumes or
Under Fire.
The Washington times., 1926-01-20

If you will" ETC., etc.
A cigarette case, initiated with
diamonds, just barely saved the
day and refrigerated my democ-
racy for another time.
"Mr. Loew doesn't like inter-
views" said Larry Beatus.
eyes, l do" said Mr.. Loew,
and several of US being about to
intervene for amity's sake, Mr..
Loew amplified by saying, Il
like interviews when they hap
pen just before Pm getting out
of town."
1t seems, though he didn't say
so, that there are writer's, in
ventors, bond sellers and general
all-around idealists who dog the
steps of anyone worth the price
of two tons of coal. Mr.. Loew
limited that he loves the news
papers and the world can't get
along without 'em, but that
sometimes they result in his
getting shared by that preda-
tory class which views wealth
and prestige as sparroWs 90
telegraph wires.
Mr.. Loew sounded no key
notes, viewed with complacency
instead of alarm, and remarked
that he was totally out of
panaceas for the film industry
or any other industry.
"Metro Goldwyn Mayer has
had two enormous years and the
present one will be it's big
I gest," he said. "We're healthy,
wealthy and wise, and to friend
ly competitors my wish is that
they're the same"
Mr.. Beatus reminded Mr..
Loew that he was instrumental
in Charlie Chaplin's first APP
pearance before the American
public.
"Do you shed a tear occasion
ally over letting him go?" he
was asked.
NO." said Mr.. Loew, 81 don't
like the way he plays golf. 1t
gets dark suddenly in California,
and several times on the 18th
hole I've seen Charlie pull
flashlight to determine his lie"
That's the way Mr.. Loew
talks. Having so much of
everything that counts, gives
him a refreshing indifference,
perhaps. He's never seen all of
the landscape owned by Metro
Godlwyn out West. And he
was fastening trainwards yes
The Washington times., 1926-01-20

Then let me say that the greater
the mileage between you and the
front in 1918, the greater will be
your reaction to this amazingly
fine story Of three modern mus.
keteers and a girl. Those who
went across Will applaud 1t for its
actual atmosphere of war and not
for its atmosphere of war as a
studio thinks it should be; those
who were noncombatants will ap.
plaud it for its ;belated explana.
ton Of what France was like
in the American sectors in II
and '1S.
The picture is immense, both as
to scale and story. Synchronize
to its action the old army tunes
and you have recaptured some.
thing of that blazing spirit Of
1917, which Jerked 1000. 900 men
from desks and plows. ferried
them over there and strewed them
in. endless battalions from Brest
to the Rhine.
cover There; ''Madelon";; "The
Marseillaise"; Beautiful XXX
Katy; You're in the Army
Now" and the rest Of that, heart.
aching budget. And then when
Jim Apperson defies orders.
crawls from a sheIl-crater to
avenge the pal who's been
slaughtered by Boche machine
gun bullets, the orchestra plays
My Buddy and If there's an
audience in the world that can
resist this scene, the place for
that audience is out in the old
marble orchard
Director King Vidor has done
miracles with the battle scenes.
No previous story of the World
War has attempted with the
seriousness nor with the magni-
tude, a panorama of war such as
we see here: beginning with the
big parade OF truck loads OF rather
bewildered men to the front.
through the fighting and con.
Guiding with another big parade
back from the front-of al7lbu.
lances. The scenes behind the
lines have q verisimilitude to the
actual that will tickle and ex-
hilarate and pain few whose
memories haven't entirely evapo.
rated.
Laurence Stallings, the author,
Harry Balm, the scenarist (who,
by the way, is q former Washing
ton youth discovered by Earle
Dorsey and King Vidor combined
beautifully to turn out a picture
4 ( :
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
THE GATE POST
~ HnrOLd PhiLLips

met Marcus Loew yesterday him for fleeing minute
Monday night, hurryng his fortyt viewing OF
Big Parade" could not be halted daled with even
and large pencil on
Well formally yesterday along with about ~ others
velocity imagination being what s the others
excluded and the interview was reduced to ocaoe cna
myself We talked about many
thngspcture and but the burden OF Mr.
Loew's song 'The Big Parade"
further tapped to pulverze
my of Loe wealth and his cenpedal actv
of the He
know president of Mayer film pro-
responsible 1.-THE Big Parade, ben Hur
Merry Others he is OF
Europe he not only
of pie in the vaudeville business
The Washington times., 1926-01-20

Mr.. Loew is in the first
assembly of persons easy to
meet and easy to talk to. A
slight, wiry fellow, impressive
as to energy and enthusiasm,
he has the affability and the
approachability of your neigh
Dor across the way. Melting
beneath his neighborly presence,
started once to say "Now,
Marcus. but the ever-ready
sense of fitness, without which
no interviewer nor life-guard is
a success, manifested itself and
the sentence revised itself into:
"Now, mark you. Mr.. Loew,
The Washington times., 1926-01-20

Loew, reaching for his coat. Il
haven't seen them IN two years,
but know they're in good
shape"
A good joke on Larry Beatus,
who probably had the ushers in
pressed uniforms, the Hobbies
secured and gallons Of IN air
embaulne sprinkled willy nilly
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
A PIECE CALLED
1.-THE HANDY
MAN

Las. night We Scribe gaily
donned his Checked .suspenders.
and hied forth to the Wardrnan
Park Theater; there to view the
latest offering of the Thonlas
Herbert players, 1.-THE Handy
Man" The play was written BY
Fred Wall and Ralph Murphy
It's entertaining, especially to
the feminine part of the house.
There were many there, and they
seemed to enjoy it hugely. New.
erthSless, although it amuses,
Messrs Wall and Murphy were
apparently not aiming for 81
place IN the Hall of Fame when
they wrote it. 1T savors OF half
dozen other plays.
Parker Fennelly as Hank HaW-
kins. the handy man, phiIoso
phizes. saws, and hammers
through three acts, calmly Jug
Cling situations as IL they were
custard pies--liable to spill IL
violently handled. Ruth Harrison
gives q right good interpretation
or a basically unconvincing role.
She smokes and brazens like 81
good huzzy' ought to, and puts
out fine example OF a middle
course, between two extremes.
That It would be disastrous 70
choose either extreme, is obvious,
and she Is to be commended Tor
her wise tactics. Robert Rhodes
as the nearest thing to a villain
tnat appears, arouses our cordial
dislike early In the game, and
fans tho blaze until we would
have enjoyed shifting him.
You make 81 nice crouch, Mr..
Rhodes, Robert Clear il an ex-
cellent yokel. very properly get.
ting despairingly drunk after his.
III sweetheart turns him down.
But 1t would be well for him to
practice intoxicated speech a few
more times.
< Ruth Russell fits into her
character as the naive, sweet
little thing, in q most ingenious
fashion. Oh, and pardon us,
Miss Robertsi Leona Roberts
comprehends her material Id her
role as the accomplishing mar
tyr. Also she knows how to
shell peas; but peas or no peas,
her work is convincing.
The Wardman String Trio de-
serves a hearty cheer The trio
is directed by Moe Baer, who
Will never see amateur days
again as a violinist. He scrapes
the catgut very charmingly.- w.
terday afternoon when Mr.. Bea-
tus, his Washington manager,
asked dolefully:
Aren't you going to visit
your Washington houses before
you leave Z"
sslIo Tina lnft - nantod NJ
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
THE BIG PARADE" IS
BIG, BIG, BIG!
Rv HAROLD PHILLIPS

enouonaI
you experience The Big Parade is
prescribed but its taking mandatory This PIC
will housingystem with reent
there's Perhaps been to war
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
New Saturday NigI.Esr

A bright new artist has been
added to the roster Of the
.CrandaII saturday Nighters."
broadcasting every Saturday be-
ginning at 1880 p. M, through
station WRC, In the person OF
be heard over the air with the
Saturday Nighters for the first
time next Saturday January %.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-12

boys attained star Scout rank and four that of life Scout Tn swimming. nine boys passed the Red Cross life saving test, 29 learned to swim 50 yards, and 22 others became able to propel themselves 50 feet Five canoe trips were made. The total receipts were s3.s74.13 and the dis bursements s3.725.54. leaving bal ance of s14S.5s. It Is pointed out. however. that this is not profit but a saving on the s7oo appropriated by the council to maintain the camp,
 The most important innovation this year, says the report of A H. Scott, chairman of the camping con- mittee. was the installation of q standard accounting and record sys- tenn, which enables comparison with other camps as we'll as keeps a strict account of financial and scout ing activities. New equipment pur- chased included tents. an ice- box, tables, water pump, motion pie ture camera. boats and canoes
 The camp activities were more varied than In any previous year. The addition of canoes and a sailboat
New Britain herald., 1926-10-12
BROWNING BLAMES
 PEACHES MOTHER
Says Mother-in-LaW Wrecked
 His Marital Ship

New York, Oct 12 LF'-Refusal of his mother-in- Jaw to ledye him alone with his 16-year- old wife. Peaches. is now one of the reasons advanced by Edward W. Browning for the marital troubles he has Experienced during the past week.
 The wealthy real estate operator in an interview yesterday said he loved his child wife too much to start suit for articles purporting to relate the intimacies of their mar ried life which she Is now having published. but said he was terribly disappointed" about certain phases of his marital career.
 The mother would not leave us alone and finally she took her daughter away" he said. She re- fused to allow me to talk to my wife over the telephone on the day she left, Peaches is through with you she said to me. When I asked her for some reason she said I had not kept my promise to give them an apartment on Park avenue"
 Browning said 1t had been his de- sire in marrying Peaches" to have home and children. The terrible disappointment came when he realized that she did not wish to have child. She said she would rather die than have one." he as- serted.
 Mrs. Heenan, the brides mother, accompanied them on the honey moon. he said, and until they left always occupied the same room with Peaches"
 T appreciate that she Is very young." he said. and I wish to do all that l can for her What can't understand is that she can say such terrible things about me and drag my name in the mire.'
 Browning denied that he had given his wife paste jewelry and produced numerous bills, one for g genuine ruby and diamond platinum bracelet costing s2,600, and another for a diamond ring costing $500.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-12
N1adiCan Nominated.

Stamford, Oct. 12 Rl-J. Waite, Madigan of Stamford was nominated by the democrats yesterday for sena- tor from the 27th senatorial district. The district comprises Stamford and Greenwich.
 Madigan will oppose State Senator Matthew H. Kenealy, who was nom- mated for reelection by the repub- licans last Saturday. Madigan serv. ed as representative from Stamford in 1923. He was defeated by Kenealy two years ago for the state senate.
 Regulars Win.
 The regular republican organiza- ton again defeated the Lincoln Re- publican club, opposing faction. in a primary contest for republican nom- inees for representatives from Stam- ford:
 Mrs. Julia M. Emery and Edward c. Fisher, recognized as candidates for the regular republican faction, defeated Webster c, Givens and Warren H. Taylor, Lincoln club candidates.
 The primary contest had as It's principal issue the Stamford city judgeship.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-12
Lift that > YELLOW MASK"

HOW hard you strive for beautiful l l white teeth. You have used denti- friee afterdentifrice. You brush hard and often-yet the veil of yellow remains.
 Why doesn't this yellowish tinge dis appear' Why can't you have gleaming white teethl
 Here's the answer. In your saliva is | "liquid cement" called Calculus It slues to your teeth and hardens into a slasy mask. Worse still, it Is an absorb ent.. drinks in coffee, tea and tobacco stains like an absorbing blotter. These give this clinging Calculus that yellow ish hue.
 Now there is one valuable substance thatwill remove that mask and give you teeth like polished ivory. Your dentist usesitf for cleaningteeth. Thatsubstance is "Tri-Calcium Phosphate, a non- gritty, non-soratchy ingredient It Is a veritable miracle worker.
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New Britain herald., 1926-10-12
Mrs. Cook Nominated

New Haven. Oct. l2 Pl-Mrs. Edith V. Cook. wife of pr. Robert J. Cook, alderman from the Fist ward. and Judge Samuel F. Hoyt were unanimously nominated to represent New Haven at the next general assembly at the republican town convention held here last night.
 The convention voted to strike out section ' from the New Haven re- publican party rules. This clause has In the past barred the use of printed O. typewritten ballots in party caucuses
 Mrs Cooks name was placed in nomination by Mrs. H. H. Town spend, who said that two years 20 the delegates did her the honor of nominating her for representative and that 1T her health permitted she would be only too glad to go back on the firing line.