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The Washington times., 1931-01-03
BROTHER, PAL
DID NOT HEAR
SHOOTING
BeuIah Limerick Led Festive
Life; Married at IA; Won
AnnuIment Within Month

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locate him all morning. Until
/ have seen him and talked
with him, 1 don't know Of any
thing / can say at this time"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-09-18

knew anything at all-you and
| YOuntiS and the rest of your outfit
is too smart to put anything in
the contribution box of race that
has robbed him of his birthright.'
He did not pause for the litter that
| went round. He now took from the
rear pocket of the flowing Prince
Albert the small and worn little
Bible. Friends! We've come Ia
the sermon. What | have to say
is going to take fifteen minutes.
| The first five minutes are going to
| be devoted to a confession by me
to you, and | didn't expect to make
it when | accepted the job of con-
| Quoting this church meeting. Walt
Whitman has a line that has stuck
in my memory. 1t is: i say the
real and permanent grandeur of
these states must be their re-
ligiOn.' That's what Walt says.
And that's the text | intended to
use for the subject of my sermon,
though | know that the Bible
should furnish 1t. And now, at the
eleventh hour, I've changed my
mind. It's from the Good Book
after all. I'll announce my text.
and then I'll make my confession.
and following that, any time left
will be devoted to the sermon. Any
lady or gent wishing to leave the
tent will kindly do so now, before
the confession. and with my full
consent, or remain in his or her
seat until the conclusion Of the
service, on pain of being publicly
held up to Scorn by me in the first
issue of my newspaper, the Okla
hOma Wigwam, due off the press
next Thursday. Anyone wishing to
leave the tent kindly rise now and
pass as quietly as may be to the
rear. Please make way for all de
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
An earthquake might have moved
a worshiper from his place in that
hushed and eXpectant gathering
certainly no lesser cataclySm Of
nature. Yancey waited, Bible in
hand, sweet and brilliant smile
on his face He waited quietly,
holding the eyes of the throng in
that sitting tent. A kind of power
seemed to flow from him to them.
drawing them. fixing them, en-
thralling them. Yet in his eyes.
and in the great head raised now
as it so rarely was, there was that
which sent a warning pang of fear
through Sabra. She. too, felt his
magnetic draw, but mingled with ii
was a dreadful terrOr-a stab of
premonitiOn. Twice she had seen
his eyes like that
Yancey waited yet another mo-
ment. Then he drew a long
breath. My text is from Proverbs.
There is lion in the way; a lion
is in the streets Friends. there is
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-09-18

a lion in the streets of Usage, our
fair city, soon to be queen of the
Great Southwest. A lion is in the
streets. And | have been a liar
and a coward and an avaricious
knave. For | have pretended not
to have knowledge which | have :;
and | went about asking for infor-
nation of this liOn-thOugh | would
change the word lion to jackal or
dirty skunk if l did not feel it to
be sacrilege to take liberties with
Holy Writ-when already had
proof positive of his guilt-proof
in writing, for which | paid, and
about which | said nothing. And
the reason for this deceit of mine
l am ashamed to confess to you,
but | shall confess it. | intended
to announce to you all today that
l had this knowledge, and | meant
to announce to you from this pull
pit" he glanced down at the roul.
cite table-"from this platform
that | would publish this knowledge
in the columns of the Oklahoma
Wigwam on Thursday, hoping
thereby to gain profit and fame be-
cause of the circulation which this
would gain for my paper, starting
1t off with bangw At the word
bang" uttered with much vehe-
mence, the congregation Of Osage's
First Methodist, Episcopal. Luth-
eran, etc, church jumped notice
ably and nervOusly. Friends and
fellow citizens, repent of my greed
and Of my desire for self-advance
ment at the expense of this COM
munity. | no longer intend to with
| hold, for my own profit, the name
of the jackal in a lions skin who,
by threats of sudden death, has
held this town abjectly terrorized.
Il stand here to announce to you
that the name of that skunk, that
skulking 6end and soulless MUIR
derer who shot down Jack Pegler
when his back was turned-that
coward and poltroon-" he was ges-
turing with his Bible in his hand.
brandishing 1t alOft-"was none
other than"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-09-18
THE STORY

Yancey Cravat, just returned
from the newly opened Indian ter
ritory where he participated in
the Run over the border, relates
his adventures to a gathering of
the Venable family. Yancey is
criminal lawyer. editor of the
Wichita Wigwam, and husband of
Sabra Cravat. When the Run
started. Yancey raced his pony
against the thoroughbred mount
of a girl. The thoroughbred broke
two legs and when Yancey stopped
to shoot it, the girl grabbed his
pony and beat him to the land he
wanted. Yancey, with his wife and
four-year- old son, Cimarron. start
for the Oklahoma country. They
arrive 10 start a newspaper. Yam
cey shows he can handle a gun.
Preparations for the publication
of the Wigwam are completed.
Yancey accepts an invitation to
conduct church services on Sun
day Graf Gotch lends his gam
bling tent for the services. The
place is packed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-09-18
Record Elk Antlers

The largest pair of elk antlers
recorded by the government was
purchased in Colorado Springs in
1897 for the emperor of Germany.
Their length of beam was 671k
inches and there were II points.
Seven or eight points on antlers
are not unusual,
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~
was that an actors wife is.the lowest
form of protoplasm extant, even
caste below that dauntleSS demi-
gorgon, the movie mother who has
the jump on the a. w. since she serves visible
purpose and is halowed by the Sanctity of
tradition and nanny songs
An actors wife may graciously be permitted
to baSk in the reflected glory of her husbands
traditions, but the man doesn't live who would
jeopardize his reputation and his sense of
humor by bursting into lyrics about her.
This is not defense for the specific exam
pie about to be opened up on. was free,
tanned and 21-frequently perspicacious. and
generally self-reliant This last quality (de-
pending on how you prefer your women) made
me a target for helpless people, of whom my
actor was notable example.
I would doubtless have been just as nearly
the ideal wfe-f such an intrepid creature
exists-for one-armed saxophone player or
an Arctic explorer or African head hunter,
women being what they are, and adaptable.
Thus employing the usual profound reason
ing and logic with which the impetuous young
conduct these episodes-the whole business
being rather a gamble anyway figured I
might just well dash out and marry an actor.
My husband and I had considerably less
than nothing in common, save our mutual
alteration, and Spring, and the fact that both
of our great-grandfathers emigrated from Ire
land-which admittedly, is more than lot of
people have to get married on.
LIE had unruly mezzo-bronze hair and vast
blue eyes perpetualy about to burst in
tears If she looked in them too long no woman
could ever be quite the same again.
1 had two years in Eastern university.
He had irresistible charm and two months in
a Long Island prep school before he TAXED
the Dolly Sisters down to a foot ball game and
casually invited the headmaster to settle with
the driver.
So, you see I made discoveries about the
actors ideal wife by the shortest possible route
ie, endeavoring to be one. Here she is:
The a. i. W. answers his fan mail with nice
discrimination and the proper degree of encour-
agement to the deckled edges. She tells
creditors he is away on location and newspaper
he will meet them at the Montmartre in
half an hour.
She praises in confagrating superlatives his
every performance willy nily, since this severest
critic idea is the bunk If you care at all to
remain married to an actor.
She informs Steaming assistant directors over
the telephone that he has gone to the studio
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hounds bought on time) he brings home to fill
out the kennels already numbering 81, the
swimming pool he's going to build, the IL
businesses he's going to enter next week,
starting with real estate, the trip around the
world in a monoplane, or the blond who ought
to be in pictures he met last night-just relax
serenely in the knowledge that he'll wake up
next morning with his mind completely purged
and all set to start in a fresh one. He
wouldn't have the faintest inkling of what you
were talking about anyway if you happened to
mention that he called up six brokers yesterday
and put the house in their hands to sell be-
cause he was going to Italy to live.
The day before he planned to become pro-
fessional foot ball player because girl with red
hair decided he had the shoulders for IT,.
The day before that he put in looking at
poultry ranches, and the day well, this
could go on and on and on.
For some time he entertained the idea that
he was really ordained to be a gentleman
farmer, until he spent week end with one in
Santa Barbara. His host put in nine hours
day at the business end of pillow, and during
lunch discussed with animation the various
merits of potash and Bordeau mixture. His
guest had an idea that Bordeaux was town in
France and potash was the first part of title.
This episode washed up the gentleman farming.
1t would be easier if he wouldn't talk about
it, too. The practiced a. W. gets so she can
read book, NOW the lawn, take shower, clean
the kennels, make dress, vacuum the rugs and
wash the car without failing to say yes" and
'how marvellous" at the correct intervals
OF course, few of these heeting frenzies and
serious than others and run into
handsome expenditures. They are tough on the
creditors and the little woman but then a lot
of things get to be- including her hide.
preferred Brahms to Berlin, but my husband
chose theme songs. He was under the inn
preston that Stravinsky was a character man.
After several years of marriage and Holly
wood could be perfectly happy without going
any place for days and days, providing the
books held out while books to my liege were
just Photographic background.
subscribed to the theory of Anatole France
that mans gaiety is the measure of his
genius, while the rest of the family reveled in
melancholy.
He knew every actor alive and thought the
Nobel prize was what you got for saving some
body from drowning.
He inquired of me daily, els there anything
in the paper this morning." If said no he
didn't bother. If I said yes he bought three
more copies.
With his hands tied he would have been
incapable of utterance
The most appreciated compliment was to tell
him he didn't look a day over %, after he was
in his thirties. He beamed on hearing that he
was really only little boy and all actors were
just dear irresponsible children. He referred
to the speaker after that as very understand
ing person and one of his most intimate friends
He was very fond of games, particularly the
one where you sat in box and watched some
one else taking the exercise.
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~She informs stedniug assistant direc-
tors that her husband has gone to the
studio 10 minutes GgO-then gets him
our of bed"
10 minutes ago and then drags her husband
out of bed. She becomes a reliable valet and
learns how to separate dinner jacket from
mess of grease paint without wearing it out
She writes marvelously imaginative publicity
copy, than which any fast-breaking press agent
would have had to sit up nights to think of
better stuff.
She arranges him in studious attitudes with
his books and dogs for the photographer and
then leaps gracefully out of range
When he isn't working she exhausts every
argument known to woman and invents some
fresh ones to lure him out of bed before noon
and onto tennis court, for the ultimate good
OF his waistlne and the preservation of his
public.
She is an amiable hostess at any hour of the
"a TO anything her husband brings home in
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HE decided to become professional
foot ball player because girl Nth red
hair decided he had the shoulders
for it,"
PERSONALLY, am silly about old houses
with trees, and inordinately addicted to
caviar and onion sandwiches but am reason
able about it if going out socially. I do all the
family laundry except the nat work, and am q
good cock when I want to be, or for myself
and others who do not insult good food with q
heavy barrsge of pepper and catsup. For the
condiment crew just fry flock of eggs.
I am no raving beauty-neither do little
children flee from me in terror.
I do not think that a woman who wears
tweed suits and low heels is necessarily queer,
and occasionally I wear them myself, secure in
the knowledge that my biology is on the up
and-up.
have lived in Hollywood for eight years,
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He was addicted to bridge, at which he lost
his shirt and the money he promised the grocer,
whose bill had been running five months.
didn't play bridge. never told him why,
but line of Huysman's sometimes occurred to
me to the effect that monument should be
erected to the man who invented playing cards.
for he had done much toward the suppression
of free speech among imbeciles. However. I
never quoted it aloud for fear of being given
entire credit the next time it reayed.
Further than this. I am intolerant only Of
maudlin sentimentality, some actors, people who
don't like dogs, and Hollywood gin.
I frequent the Huntington hbrary-unac-
companied to date. I have encountered consid-
cradle enthusiasm toward these visits, and sew
eral have pleaded, before an audience prefer
ably including a few newspaper people, to be
taken along. When actual momentum is re-
quired, it is always unfortunately discovered
they have date for a manicure or a bridge
party and are simply narrowed with grief about
it all.
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the way of gag men, pugilists, titles without
benefit of Almanac de Gotha bootleggers,
scenario writers, orchestras, acrobats song plug
gers, college boys, hooters directors, tenors,
two-gun men-and their girl friends.
She-and any other a. w. who halfway rates
the distinctions able to throw a party for
Is invited and 80 unlimited guests on sAven
dollars and leather-lunged loudspeaker.
When in funds her husband could give the
same party on weeks salary.
She relates his exceptional accomplishments
to lady interviewers latter first trapping the
interviewer while he sits and bushes becom-
ingly.
She tells him what books he has read and
goes to the mat with his agent. She yesses all
corners, in case they might be a producer next
week.
And never, not if the heavens descend, he
forgets to leave her check the house burns
to cinder, and the champion Scotty comes
down with Great Dane puppies-not by all
the gods and Jesse Laskey does she ever invade
that Sanctum Sanctorum, the studio.
At all other times she is an adorable echo
BY these visible forms land lot more that
would reach from here to the Shanghai Ex-
hibitors' Exchange with time out for lunch) is
carefully catalogued the actors ideal wife.
At first fell somewhat short of this ideal,
but as time went on got better. Almost
any division in the classification of invertebrates
would have been proud to claim me. In the
beginning I was pretty fiat echo having all
the ideas could conveniently handle My
yessing practice had been limited, since in my
youth and ignorance Eyes" implied simply an
affirmative, an agreement and a willingness to
comply
The thespian'S paragon does not rudely in
quire Of her lege why he has dark makeup
under his chin. She gently removes pastry
and potatoes from his diet, and little later
when the injury is less poignant she fearessly
declares open war with grapefruit, Melba toast
ana black coffee for breakfast pair of lamb
chops, all the lettuce he wants and two olives
Tor dinner. He can roar like lion and faint
In his tracks, but If she knows her stuff she
doesn't give a continental calory Or single
added olive
Hearken unto me, ladies-ye who would enter
the glamorous gates of matrimony with one of
this devastatingly handsome brotherhood
and you, too you wise little one who will lust
remain on the outside, thank YOU and gaze
specuatively through the artificial scrollWork
Never, and that means never remind him
today of yesterdays enthusiasms.
An actors enthusiasm, his undiminished
ardor for trtvialities, is protective coloration
defense mechanism. =. Without it he
couldn't be an actor. Consider that every
four or six or eight weekS-if he's lucky-he
begins a new job in new environment with a
new boss and new personnel. And, of course
If he's free-lancing he begins by locating the
job He even becomes another person. All his
other enthusiasts have to carry along.
What If they are as evanescent as a A-sheet-
Whether it's new brace of Russian wolf
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fore She Looked,
Into HeAymS of
aFlm CeAeM1tY.
BY ONE WHO DIT.

"HE first thing I learned in Hollywood
was that an actors wife is&the lowest
form of protoplasm extant, even
AZ caste below that dauntlesS demi-
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william Randolph Hearst, publisher, 10
take Today trip to Canada at his
expense 10 study the Canadian sales
tax system. it became known yesterday
Hearst. in kilograms to them. said he
was proposing the trip because the
United States Treasury has announced
that a limited sales tax is under con-
sideration.
The trip viii start from Washington
November Il. the kilograms said. with
other members joining the train en-
route.
Hearst emphasized that 70 effort VIII
be made 70 propaganda the members
Of Congress for or against the tax and
that their acceptance for the journey
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between Chicago and Los Angeles. is
soon 20 be inaugursted, H. @. AcCaY-
said today.
The line. he said, would be operated
b. Q railroad. with four huge planes,
which are being rebuilt a. the General
Motors Corporation plant near New
York. The service win start IN about
two months. The planes win Be opeT-
ated on q le-hoar schedule. one leav-
ing Los Angeles and one leaving Chi
caRo each afternoon. Each plane viii
have ie berths
Stops arc 20 be made az Kansas City
Mo, and Albuquerque. N Mex.
McCarroll said that two railroads
with headquarters In Chicago, we're
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Ban Political Activities.

LIMA. Peru. October 80 CEsl.--AiI po-
htical manifestations of any kind. in
doors or out, are forbidden henceforth
in communique issued by the gov
eminent last night. Partisan quarrels
have cost several lives during the past
few days, although the presidential cleo
ton is past. and permits for various
meetings have been cancelled.
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CAMBRIDGE. Mass, October 30 lPl.
Harvard University announced last
night the French government had pre-
sented to the university $1,000 francs
70 be used in strengthening the
friendship between this country and
France by spreading the knowledge Of
the French language The gift VIII
be used for a scholarship IN the French
dfsartment.
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sEWANEE GOING DRY
Beauty of River OF Song and Story
Imperiled by Fires.

ATLANTA. Ca, October 80 lP1.-The
glamour OF the Sewanee River is
endangered.
B. M Lufburrow. Georgia State
forester. says drought has affected its
fiow and that 1t Is gradually drying up.
Further than that. the beauty of the
surroundings of the stream. lauded In
song and story, i'm imperiled by forest
fires that are sweeping across extreme
Southern Georgia
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win not be construed ~ committing
them on the question.
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negotiating with the General Motors
Corporation. which OWLS the planes.
for the service.
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Attendance at London's 1881 radio
show was much larger than that OF 1880.
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FREE TRIP TO CANADA
/ OFFERED CONGRESS
Hearst Plans Ten-Day Journey for
Study Of Sales Tax Used
in Dominion.

b. ire Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 3o.-An mem
hers Of Congress have been invited by
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| Heavy weight-with rein
forced crotch; full cut. White
and ecru color. Sizes SO
l to 46.
Main Floor
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SLEEPER PLANES
TO BEGIN SERVICE
los Angeles Chicago Line Operated
By Railroad to Have 4 Ships
Of 10 Berths Each.

~ IRE Associated Press
CHICAGO, October 3o.--An airplane
service with sleeping accommodations
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08
THANKS THE PEOPLE

MT. Gus Manthey, successful council candidate, desires to thank the people of Seward for the confi- dence extended to him as exempli- fled by the large vote given him in the polls. It will ever be his aim in office to carry on to the best of his ability and to the wishes of the citizens of Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08

The Elsinore, owned by Capt. Hank Roselle and Jack BriSbois, of Ketchikan, is undergoing an over haul and extensive changes in her equipment preparatory to taking up her work for the season as ten der for the U. s. Coast and Geo. detic Survey, reports the Tribune.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08
TREATMENTS MEETING

The regular monthly business meeting of the Seward Volunteer Fire Department has been showed forward notch, one day, and will get together tomorrow (Thursday) evening, beginning at 6:30 when a big bean feed will be enjoyed. The business session and walking of the Ghost will follow
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08

Fred E. Handy, prohibition agent at Fairbanks, is to attend school of instruction in Seattle and ex- poets to return to Alaska in a short time, reports Stroller's Weekly.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08
BOUND OYER

Andrew John, Ketchk n nat vc, was bound over to the .g:and jury in trial before the U. S. com misSioner's court in Wrange.l. He is charged with an attack with a dangerous weapon on the person of Captain links, 74-year-old Chi nese merchant, and he is being held under a $2,OOO bail, reports the Wrangell Sentinel.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08

Electric clocks have been installed in the capitol building, reports The Stroller's Weekly.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08

The Reliance Packing Company of Wrangel packed and shipped ap- proximately 75,000 pounds of fresh shrimp meat during the past sea- son, according to the Wrangell Sen tinel.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08

Do not forget to send Easter card The Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08
COLD HALrs WORK

For the first time since beginning work at Shoemaker Bay near Wran- gell, shortly after the first of the year, Art Larson, Ketchikan logger who has the contract for clearing the site for the Indian Industrial School, was forced to stop work re- gently because of cold weather, re- ports the Wrangell Sentinel.
 1891 Almanaes and Date Books now In at the Alaska Shop,
 THE MAJE6TIC,' LAST WORD IN MODERN REFRIGERATION. AT BROWN & HAWKINS.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-08

L.St your labor wants with us: VI. will emdeavor to secure for you the heip desired Phone Adams I26 or call at th. M x w Club. Seward, Alaska
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