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person will probably not believe. But it IS
true When some explorer survives the horrors
of the jungle and brings back pictures of hith-
erto unknown ruins in South America, there is
loud rejoicing among Psychologists and hiSto-
rians. Yet many of the same people who are
so anxious to learn what our ancestors looked
like and how the world appeared to their eyes
remain unconcerned as many of the most vivid
and intimate visual records of our own times
are every day being thrown away destroyed
or allowed to disntegrate. Scholars who come
after us will yearn for them just as passion
ately as we long to know what Shakespeare
looked like as he went about his daily business
or, better still, to gaze on Helen's face when
she welcomed distinguished foreigners-and one
in particular-to Meneaus' court. But such
scholars will search in vain for many films Of
the early twentieth century; they will be gone
beyond any chance of recovery
1t is true that several big motion picture
firms have recently bought up and used some
old and valuable films in making up their cur
rent National Advertisers Series. This. how
ever is not solution of the problem from
the historians point of view.
A continuous visual story of the country
would require continual scholarly research.
time and money to collect from all available
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sources and the historians ability to patch
these together in a coherent narrative. What
is really needed in the opinion of those who
have made careful study of the question, is
central bureau. probably in Washington such
as the Library of Congress- with an appropria-
ton for buying important reels from any one
who takes them and staff capable of arrang-
ing and editing these films into running his
tory
So far this has not been done with any de-
gree of thoroughness for any historical period
except that of the Roosevelt administrations.
An unedited collection of pictures of President
Wilson has been made by a private Individual
collection showing American relief work in
Europe has been gathered together by Presi-
dent Hoover and presented to Leland Stanford,
and the Government War College houses COL
lection of pictures made since 1914 by the
Signal Corps. Except for the already men,
toned editing, under various headings, of the
current events pictures that are taken by some
of the big companies. there the story ends.
That the Misunderstanding, broad-toothed smile
and very active activities of Teddy" have been
SO well preserved and will be on his BIRTH
day. October q, available for private show
ings in schools. colleges and clubs all over
the country is due to the vision and indie
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containers are grouped according to the dates
when their contents were taken, instead of &C.
cording to subject matter, as are books in
library. The sad and the gay, the important and
the trivial, jumbled together here demo-
cratically as the bones of the dead. There
old comics ludicrous pie-throwing episodes
which it would be just as well for great
grandchildren not to see if we do not want
them to regard us as a generation of maniacs-
and elbowing Charlie Chaplin and his famous
trousers important historical episodes in
the adolescence of nation.
To locate the can we seek requires hours, even
days. of searching. Finally, though, we find it.
We hold it tenderly in our hands as we take
it to the light We brush off the dust of decades
which covers it, Breathless, eager, expectant,
open it, And as we do so there is small
explosion. The air is full of yellow particles.
At first we are frightened; then, trembling a
little, we look inside the contaner.
The film has Disappeared only yellow pow
der, nothing more, remains.
That almost no concerted effort is being
made to collect, arrange. edit and properly
preserve current events films and make them
available to scholars, as is done with other
historical data, is q fact which the average
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give them truer, more helpful idea of the
country they were adopting than they had
perhaps received from Hollywood studios. This
Idea, combined with plan for entertainment
MINIS on ships. she carried to the Shipping
Board They were impressed with it, and as a
result she found herself assistant manager of
United States Shipping Board Motion Picture
Bureau. Her enthusiasm for instructing the
immigrants, however, was never allowed to take
1orm and the scheme of using pictures as light
entertainment to distract the attention of the
travelling public from the fact that American
poatS could not serve liquor was not success
Meanwhile, Miss Gentry had been working to
further what had for many years been her chief
enthusiasm-the collecting of old films, and
new ones as they were taken into a contin-
uous history of the United States Such a his
tory she believed should be conferred around
the activities of our Presidents partly because
tneSe men are central figures, and partly because
sucn personalizing Of events would add to the
interest. She tried, on several occasions, Ito
get Government appropriation for this work.
Dut congress could not be made to see its i'm.
portance Our legislators had appropriated
$l'oo0OOO for the Vollbehr collection Of fif-
teenM century books to place In the Con@
gressional Library. but would not give saA
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n Film Rer0rI of Roosevelt

By Ping Bits ofOH
Been ASSEMBLED Obtaining old Pictures Bring Ont Necessity
National Film Library, Probably of
Itu1a4ID
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BY MARY DAY WYNN
Maya zine.

aspeia SarsS
Magazine.
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TO retrieve, from these scattered
scraps of celluloid. enough to re-
produce principal events in the public
life of President Roosevelt was a ia :
requiring endless patience and re-
sourcefulness. Both of these qualities
Miss Gentry possesses in abundance,
together with the scholars enthusiasm
Tor the preservation of original sources
an enthusiasm duplicated hardly
anywhere in the motion picture i'm
dustry. Before Miss Gentry began to
collect the Roosevelt films she had
many years of experience in scenario
work. During the war she was with
the Division of Films in the Depart-
ment of Public Information, helping
to get out The Motion Picture Maya
zine'-a weekly newsreel issued by the
Government-and she was on the mo-
ton picture section of Secretary
Lanes Americanization Committee.
formed at the end of the war to teach
higher ideals of citizenship to our for
eign population.
AS result of these activities. she
conceived the idea of showing Amer
1canization films to immigrants III
the Steerage of Ships in order ia
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r. RET IFVF' A FastSteppmg omanc By FAITH BALDWIN
DIET AND HEALTH
BY DR.. Logan Clendening-

instance, it changes the rate Of
the pulse. But it does not
change the muscle fibers of the
heart, or the nerve cells that
control the heart rate.
It's main actions, according to
it's worst enemies, are excited
in the circulatory system, the
nervous system and the digestive
system.
Blood Pressure Rises
So far as the circulatory
effect is concerned, besides the
increase in pulse rate (Which
may be very small-not more
than five or ten beats a minute)
there is a moderate rise in
blood pressure-5 to 20 points.
This, however, is variable.
Aikman examined II men and
got a rise of blood pressure in
five and a fall in IL from
smoking one cigarette. When
certain heart diseases are pres
ent-especially heart pain or
angina pectoris-this effect may
bring on an attack, and most
angina patients give up tobacco.
Palpitation of the heart-or
consciousness of heart action
may be induced by excessive
smoking. The cause Of the
palpitation is usually an irregu-
larity of the heart, due to a
dropped beat-the condition is
technically called extrasystoles.
But in people over so years old
this is so common as to be un-
important. It occurs in non-
smokers as we'll as smokers. 1t
is never serious and never re-
suits in heart failure or death.
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expected guest and fancied that
she was shivering little; she'd
been too excited. And now she
felt a little cold, and let down.
You'll wait with me, won't
you?" Mrs. Lorrimer went on,
with one Of her sudden inspira-
tions, "and drink a cup Of cof-
fee? I always have a second
breakfast about this time" she
told Mary Lou, without a culver
of her charming eyelids at her
entirely mendaciouS statement,
"for we get up rather early
here. Do stay, won't you? I'll
see you to your train"
Mary Lou said, gratefully,
I'D love to-" and so Mrs. Lorri-
mer rang the bell and when
Peter appeared looked at him, as
expressionless as he.
"I'll have my coffee and toast
served in here" she informed
him, land Miss Thurston will
join me-"
Every good, Madam" said
Peter, not batting an eyelid
either, although never before in
the history of time had Mar
garet Lorrimer INDUCED in toast
and coffee at II in the morn
ing"
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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ALMA RUBENS' LIFE STORY

And then 1 broke down CON-
pletely.
I. suppose I became tenn
porarily insane. When I came
to I was wrapped in cold, wet
blankets, my arms forcibly held
so that I could not pull them
off. A nurse sat beside me,
rocking in that miserable,
squeaky chair.
I begged her to release me,
but it was not until hours later,
when DR.. C. came in, that she
did so. She went out, leaving
me alone with him.
The moment she closed the
door behind her, he smirked
in knowing manner. Then
he winked, as he pulled from
his sleeve !. hypodermic needle
which he had hidden there.
I ran to him like a young
child would to its father who
had brought it home candy.
Hate him I did. But at that
particular moment 1 idolized
him, He was my savior. He
and his needle-were my
gods!
And all he gave me was pos
sibly $40 worth of morphine,
and the needle, both of which I
hid under the inner side OF the
Cenoi.tIlbuIar feet of the Clipped,
gray-tiled bathtub. adjacent to
my room.
How carefully guarded that
precious hoard through the in
teryening days of my incar-
ceration there. I took half por-
tions. weakening the compound
as much as I could and. get
results, so that I could make
it last.
A New Woman
MY mind cleared up. I
changed completely. The regu-
lar day nurse, really a most
conscientious woman, was over
joyed. She thought I was be-
ing cured. And she was happy
in that belief.
I was happy. too, because
had my dope!
At the end of three weeks my
mother came. And. miracles
of miracles, my husband came
with her! My mother had
called almost daily, but the hos
pital authorities had forbidden
her seeing me, saying it would,
interfere with my treatments.
Finally, she demanded my re-
lease, and. as I was not legally
committed. they had to let me
go.
DR.. c. had told them I was
cured. My mother was in
heaven. Even Ric seemed glad.
He kissed me for the first time
in months.
And then. the first thing I
did after we reached home, I
confronted them both in the
living room.
"You think I'm cured, don't
you?" snarled, turning towards
my husband. you're both
fools. I'm still an addict. And
now I'm going straight to
hell"
(TO be continued
copyright. 1881, by New York Daily
MtrroP).
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and all. And even," went
on Mary Lou, trying to laugh a
little and almost succeeding,
"even a sense of humor! It is
funny, isn't it, my thinking I
would come out here to find an
invalid old lady or young girl
and then to hear thiS?"
She actually managed a genu-
inc chuckle for it really oc-
Cured to her as funny now. Il
am so sorry, too," she said
again and Mrs. Lorrimer saw
her look wistfully about the
lovely glowing room.
A Sad Mistake
$50 am lit was stupid
mistake and I apologize a thou
sand times for bringing you out
here" She stopped, wondering
if she could offer money to this
charming little girl, railway
fare, some compensation.
That's quite all right" Mary
Lou said hastily, in one Of her
Mountaineering moments. She
felt shy again and awfully un-
comfortable. Tiff I might
just ask your butler to phone
for a taxi?" she went on, more
easily.
"I'll have a car to take you
to the station. But it's a bit
of wait to the next train"
Mrs. Lorrimer looked at her un-
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CHAPTER %

If tried for a thousand
years to phrase my language I
would never be able to describe
my feelings when I saw that
dead woman being carried out.
I was terrified. I could picture
her as myself!
The moment I had arrived
there, I sensed som e t hing
wrong. It was a dismal place.
Leading up to the anteroom
was a long, dark hallway, fur
nished in medieval style, with
stern, wood-cuts and etchings
hung on the walls.
7 sat down on a long bench.
Then I became aware OF some
one hammering; hammering on
steel, as though they were
mailing up bars.
My guess was right. They
were. They were mailing up iron
bars on the windows of the
room-or cell. would be more
deScriptive-at the extreme end
of the hall.
got up and wandered down
that way, trying to peak in
the door which was ajar. A
nurse ran up, all excited:
You can't go in there" she
forbade. you can't go in there.
That's private"
Body Is Carried Out
went back to my seat. A
moment later the body was
carried out. They didn't tell
me it was a body. It was on
a Stretcher and covered with a
sheet, but I saw a Woman'S
bare foot protruding, and 1
knew it was a dead woman.
They had just passed the
corner into an interSecting cor
ridor, when my attention was
attracted by my mothers ar
rival. She had driven all the
way from the ranch and had
got home too late to see me
off and the pitiful circum-
stances under which I departed.
She did everything to try and
comfort me.
But it was no use. I was too
terrified to talk. I KNEW
was going to be placed in THAT
cell, but I didn't tell her what
I had seen. She broke down
and began to cry.
In turn I tried to comfort
her. I asked her to let me fight
my own battle. I didn't men.
ton my terrible row with Ric.
I didn't tell her about the nail
ing up Of the iron bars which
I had seen.
BY and by, she believed that
I had consented to undergo
treatment, although I impressed
upon her the fact that I had
not been legally committed.
What inner fear, or intuitive
sense led me to this I do not
know, but, happily for me, I
did. Otherwise, my stay there,
in the end of the futile one,
might have been much longer.
Eventually, was booked.
DR.. c. did not appear again
that day until long after my
mother had gone. They
wouldn't let my mother go into
the, room with rne. She kissed
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"Mistake?" breathed Mary
Lou, wide-eyed.
why, yes-I advertised for
a companion-for my son"-the
dark eyes deepened with some
abrupt shadow-"for, of course,
a man companion. The paper
in which I advertised left that
important requirement out,
that's all. The moment I saw
it yesterday I 'phoned in to
have it rectified. They have
done so in today's edition, 1
am sorry :" she glanced at
Mary LOUIS sedate little calling
card-"Miss Thurston, that you
have had this trip for nothing.
Did you come from New York;"
Mary Lou nodded. She could
hardly speak. Of course, too
good to be true. But it was
something after all to know
that she hadn't been refused
because of a lack Of qualifica-
tions.
From Long Island" she man
aged to say bravely, "but it's
quite all right. IFS sorry,
too" She looked into the other
woman's friendly eyes and went
on with sudden burst of con-
fidence and courage, "you see,
it's the first position I ever ap-
piled for and I was $3.50 sure
/ could-well, fill the bill.
French, music, love of sports
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known it was too good to be
true!
Then" she, said, trying to
be practical and careless about
it all, yet feeling her hurt so
keenly that she wondered saw
agely if there were tears in
her eyes, "then," said Mary
Lou, II suppose you're-Suited?"
She hadn't known just how
to say it. Shed never tried
for position before. And
there was something so very
quaint about the way she did
it that Mrs. Lorrimer's heart,
never very hard, softened and
warmed toward her. What a
pretty child inexperl-
enced. of course. She had not
meant, to see her, or anyone
like her, but Peter had come
in with the astonishing word
that a young lady "a real
young lady, Mrs. Lorrimer,"
was outside in answer to the
advertisement. And Mrs. Lor-
rimer had sighed, but If the
stranger had had such a long
trip for nothing she was en-
titled to- an explanation of the
absurd and unforeseen mistake.
"It isn't that" Mrs. Lori
mer said, and smiled-and her
smile was something to marvel
at-"you see it's all a mis-
take ="
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THE BEAUTY
BOX

No sense hating ones nose.
Few noses are unsightly in
shape, yet few noses are con-
sidered satisfactory by their
owners. Usually the style Of
nose arranged by MisSus Ma
ture conforms harmoniously
with other features. Surgical
assistance can be sought to
change the contour, to remodel
the old factory feature, but it
should be sought only when the
nose is disfiguring. And then
only the most capable of
surgeons should be consulted.
Charlatans do havoc to the
human phiz.
For the girl who mourns
about oily hair there is relief
in frictioning the scalp with
eau de cologne. OF sprinkling
the hair with cornmeal and
brushing it all away, though
the frequent soap and water
shampoo isn't to be overlooked.
The topknot can be washed
every week with no dangers to
the growth. A shampoo fol-
lowed by brisk friction Of the
scalp and exposure to sunlight,
is an excellent scalp treatment.
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WhenManners Are Correct
BY Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-

tion Of a young man to another
young man?
DICK AND HARRY
What a responsibility! I won.
der what the wager is? Any
way, the young man who main
tains that the introduced young
man says, How do you do?"
after the introduction, just as
the lady says, "How do you
do?" wins. The reason is that
this phrase, How do you do?"
is simply the conventional
phrase that is always accepted
as the correct acknowledgment
of an introduction. The per-
son saying it does not, of course,
could not, indeed. be particu-
larly interested in how one
docs" especially at this short
acquaintance. The thing that
both are interested in, or should
be, is in making the most gra'
cious and correct form of &C
acknowledgements, and this Is,
How do you do?"
For the person to say, Every
we'll, thank you. How do you
do?" indicates that he is not
socially accustomed" for he in
terprets the phrase as being a
real. question, which it is not
regarded as being,
2. How do you do" is the cor
rect phrase for each gentleman
to use in acknowledging an in
PRODUCTION to each other.
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BY Anne Adams
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me good-by in the hall after
promising to write to me every
day.
Bursts Into Tears
I tried hard to smile when
she left, but steel myself as I
would I burst into tears. She
suspected I was keeping some
thing from her, but I reassured
her. She promised to return
the next evening and to bring
Ric with her.
The nurse came for me. She
led me into the room, just as
the institution carpenter was
driving the last nail in the last
bar. It was truly cell. Dark
and dreary. The only furni-
ture was a drab-loOking dresser,
of imitation oak, a small rock
ing chair that squeaked, and
the bed. There was no mirror.
PAGES Cell Floor
The bed had not been made.
There it was, the coverings torn
off and heaped on the floor,
the mattress turned half way
over on end, and the pillow, of
the shoddieSt muslin, perched
on top of the upper end of the
mattress like a ghostly specter,
there to warn me away.
I Shuddered. The perspira-
ton came out in little beads on
my forehead, and I became vi
olently nauseated. 1 could i'm
agine I saw that other woman's
body still lying there. No! It
was my body!
For hours and hours I paced
the floor. UP and down. Up
and down the length of my cell.
Occasionally would try the
door, but it was tightly locked.
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Once in a while a nurse would
come in, a big hoop of keys rat
tling on her arm, and try to en-
gage me in conversation. I paid
no attention to her. Shed sit
down in that chair and rock.
The squeak almost drove me
crazy.
Another woman came in
and fixed the bed. She did not
change the mattress, although
she put on fresh linen-if linen
you could call it. In rality it
was the same Shoddy muslin as
covered the pillow. Rough, un-
bleached.
Through the bars at the one
window could see the automo-
biles Whizzing past on the road
way. I watched them until
dark. Not thinking. not doing
anything. but standing there.
I was too unnerved to really
understand what was going on
about me.
They brought supper. I
didn't touch a bite. I don't
even know what was ON the
tray. Again the nurse came in
and tried to engage me in con-
versation. I paid no attention.
My mind was far away. My
picture, which Ric wouldn't let
me finish. His treatment of
me. Proof then to me that he
no longer loved me. My poor
mother, unaware of what I had
undergone. How long would I
be here.
Racked With Pain
Oh! For a shot!
The deadly deprivation pains
began. 1 had had nothing for
almost IL hours. I doubled
over with the cramps and the
nurse brought me a drink OF
water. 1 hurled it at her,
drenching her completely.
She ran out and a moment
later, in came DR.. c., bowing
and scraping, and smiling like
a cat which has just swallowed
the canary.
He remained but a minute. I
begged him for "shot," but he
would not listen.
And, a few minutes after he
left, out went the sole light: I
was left, fully dressed, and
awake. without a light. I shook
the door and a night attendant
came. I asked him why I
couldn't have one. He said it
was against the rules
I went back to the window
and stood there. for hours and
hours. it seemed. watching the
red tail lights Of passing auto
mobiles fading in the distance
and trying to forget my oains-
Eventually. I dropped down on
the same mattress on which
that other poor woman died,
and dropped off into a troubled
sleep, with all my clothes on.
Denied Dope
Four days and four nights it
went on like this l was getting
no dope, was in terrible pain.
I could eat nothing. I could
still see that dead woman in
every waking moment and
dream about her when did fall
asleep. a
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WHAT DO YOU
KNOW?

An'wsrs To TOdGy's Test
Questions On Editorial Page
/. The entrance to Hades.
2. Science which treats Of the
structure of the earth. 3.
Writer on birds. 4. Incisor.
5. Morphine. 6. The amount
of electrical pressure at a point.
Z. The dried leaves of a plant
called coca. 8. Sir Francis
Drake. 9. Coal tar. 10. Right.
IL. Ingenious. IL. FiSSure.
l3. Encumber. IA. Prediction.
Is. Careen. a....
iCoDyltWht. 1881, King Features
SyndicAtS, Ine.C ,.-.,',