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Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
COUNT YOUR
BLESSINGS

How often do we accept beneficient
blessings without apprecisting their eX
istence 1t was against this human ten
dency that the Biblical preachment was
directed. One of these blessings for
which everyone should be appreciative is
the fact that no flood swels the COlora-
do river, and no threat of danger hangs
over the valley.
Countless times in years past, this
was the worry season. The Colorado
either climbed its banks or threatened. to
do so. Today, thanks to Boulder Dam,
this giant of destruction has been throt-
tied Only as much water GIBBS down
the river as is desired A huge water
way has become as easy to handle as the
flow of small amount through faucet.
Actually, this benefit warrants an
annual jubilee to be united in by every
owner and tax payer in the Irrigation
district
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Iuup I. Io0h

Ell Centre Is now the business ccn-
ter of Imperial Valley. This state
ment will no doubt be surprise to
many. During The month just end
ed. the business at the railroad off
ice here exceeded that of Imperial
by 25 per cent. The new factory is
now in operation. the Central
Creamery company will soon be do
ing business. the work on the bank
and opera buildings will soon be
completed and the bakery has re-
Gently completed its new oven and
baked its first loaf of bread.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
y ED HOLDe
TOO BAD

TOO BAD
hearing a story about two
sisters. One of them was very
fat and the ether one was very
too thin. So the fat one make
purchase one bottle of reduction
medicine. And the thin one
making purchase bottle of fat
tening fluid. During of night
somebody are mixing up those
bottles and what happening
please? / tcll-the thin girl are
taking the reducing medicine
and the fat one are taking the
fattening liquid. That going on
for two weeks and what happen?
| tell-the thin one got fat and
the fat one got thin-believe it
or don't, Now whats matter?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
GRAB BAG
One Minute Test

/. Which Of the following Amer
ican national holidays is also cele-
bratcd by the British: Christmas,
Easter. Thanksgiving day and In
dependence day?
2. Give the title Of the "a nom
nal, b actual heads Of the Cana
dian government
3. At what city did Corvallis
surrender to George Washington?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June |, 1916

The Ell Centre Progress was hum
bly, apologizing on the front page
for the following error: "Yester-
day the Progress bill collector was
instructed to leave a bill for the
Republican committee with Mrs.
Coggins. She left it with Mr.. Col
Inns
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
Hints on Etiquette

A hostess should cat slowly
enough 50 that she doe not finish
her meal before all CT her guests
are through eating. If she happens
to finish first. she should nibble
on a piece Of bread or something
until everyone is through
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
TEN YEARS AGO
Fnnn

H. B. HollingsWorth and son-in-
law, Rev Don Turner. former res
idents of Imperial Valley, are the
house guests OF Mr.. and Mrs, Oscar
Sweeney for the coming week.
F.. E. Clark. well known member
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

Continuous ourlesque shows no
abatement in attendance, although
first to open in the morning and
last to Close when Broadway goes
dark They have made several for
tunes for hackers the past few years.
A sure-fire strain in patronage Is
composed of sailors in port, There
are generally a dozen at every per-
formance. But the burley'S chief
appeal is to the out-of-tOWn visitor
who wants to spice his visit with
dash Of reckless adventure. He fcelT
he is slipping his halter and Will
have something to tell the boys back
home. Too, many actors like to
take a lGOk at the other half OF the
show world. John Barrymore take
in one when he comes to town
George Arliss has also attended
several. And I'm told William Gill
lette, whom GrouchO Marx calls
the cid blade" looked in on one
wasn't Irene Castle first with it?-
made a fumbling bow several years
ago but quickly withdrew. Thea
trlcai press agents worked overtime
exploiting news pictures OF chorineG
lighting up. Avenue tobacconists
displayed various models in theil
windows and literary lady who had
just authored a risque book appear
ed here and there with one. But
the idea was a mild furry that died
a a-bOrnin'.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
TOday'S Horoscope

If your birthday is today, you
are quiet, though venturcsome, and
have the faculty of finding some
satisiaction in any condition. You
are musical, inventive, original and
poetic to a marked degree.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
One Minute Test Answers

l. Christmas and Easter
2. "a Governor general: Cb)
premier.
g. Yorktown Va" Oct. 1e. 1881.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

Miss Blanche May of Imperial
was announced TO be the winner in
the contest for the honor of being
the queen for Imperial Valley day
at the San Diego exposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

Katharine Brush has been in a
dither over a lady resembling her
somewhat crashing parties and pro
claiming herself Kay Brush. The
imposter's relaxing meter is the
fine bead which brings on much al
coholic braggadocio Miss Brush is
a shy. silken-voiced lady, inclined
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

Iowa senator says Americans live on
food unfit for dogs to eat. Certain bride
grooms, however, maintain their wives
offerings are eminently fit for the pur-
pose.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

The only fault to find with Sterling
Oswalt's Junior Police idea is that it
does not permit every deserving lad to
become a member.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

I heard Gelett Burgess declare
ever the radio that city folk didn't
know how TO kill a skunk. He says
every country boy knows you can
stone them to death if you work
quickly When they're angry or
frightened, they are defenSeless. l
killed one once that was evident
ly neither angry nor frightened. No
tations on a desk pad of several
people I want to meet: John p.
Marquand. Di Maggie, the dia-
mond's new sensation, and Rose
Wilder Lane Harry Richman has
discovered an expert whittier out in
Chicago apd sends me an intricate
sample of his handiWork. There
should be a whiting renaissance.
It's the most absorbing of all con
centrations. The confirmed whit
tier is never a Worrier. And if |
read the signs Alright there's a heap
Of worrying going ON about the
world. Heaps and heaps!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
Words cf Wisdom

I fear three newspapers more
han a hundred thou and bayonets.
Napoleon l
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

Of Saloman's staff, motored TO Los
Angeles and brought Mrs. Clark
here for a visit over the weekend.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
NEW YORK
DAY by DAY
By O. O. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, June In the
manner of Arnold Benefits jour
nal: At breakfast M. and l were
discussing how an invalid SO often
dominates a household Of healthy
people. And I recalled how Diego
Rivera, Mexican painter, plucked
ants from plants at Theodore
Dreiser's and ate them, And she
sWished from the table.
A letter from Governor Park re
Gently asked me, along with other
Missourians, to attend the Spring
Festival at Excelsior Springs.
Which recalls an experience at that
pleasant resort years ago. My faith
er had taken me there while he at
tended some political pow-Wow.
l was sitting on one Of the hotel
verandahs ana an elderly gentleman
in the next chair was DOING
Awakening suddenly, he exclaimed;
There's a disaster somewhere. "
Next mornings papers told Of the
destructive cyclone that had struck
st. Louis that same hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

to blush at the compliment, and one
who never discusses her literary
work. There was once a spurious
George Ade who cut SWath
through the South. Other children
should follow Shirley Temple and
wear porcelain teeth when incisors
fall out.
90
Mary Rogers, Will and Bctty'S
daughter, on her way to Maine to-
day for more experience in stock.
An earnest, talented lady who is go
ing far. SO far as l know, the
only word that has three sets of
doubled letters together is book
keeping That's what cryptography
does for you. GeneVra Nash paint
cd a portrait Of Mussolini before
she came over. In Cannibal costume
standing by a window, looking pert.
| wonder what II DucC would think
of that one II is in her studio in
Washington Square. Jimmy Walk
cr seems back in his old form-do
ing the lunches and dinners, max
ing speeches, and royalty welcomed.
New York!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

The Boston fire department sends
gold plated badge embossed with
my name. 1t entities me, l presume,
to gallop right up and help unwind
the hose. One of my dreams has
been coming down the ladder with
sleeping princess. Just as a flaming
tower reels against the sky
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
Other Editors Say
THE FLAG OR A RAG
Riverside Daily Press

Here's another flag incident A resident Of
Battle Greek. named Dan Keeler, bought a used
car and, as he says found in it an old American
flag torn and soiled. He was working on the
car and getting some grease on his hands,
and noticing the torn flag. and thinking it only
a bit of waste cloth, wiped his hands on it.
Some critical person noticed it and turned
in complaint to the police with the result
that Keeler was arrest ed for dishonoring the
flag. He explained how it had happened. Justice
Will Cady sentenced him to appear every morn
ing for 30 days at police headquarters and
salute the flag.
The offender duly appeared the next morn
ing but there was no flag flying from the mast.
He complained to the officer in charge who
scurred around, but couldn't find any flag.
Then rather embarrassed, they escorted him
over to the poStoffice building and the culprit
accomplished his salute there.
Now this is simply story-not an editorial.
The editor feeling around for some appropriate
comment. simply doesn't know what to say.
Should good patriotic citizen laugh get
mad? And if the latter whom should he get mad
at?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

My friend Frank Vance has been
laid up most of the winter with
stone bruises. He calls t n m
Roosevelt gout' From Tahiti this
scrawl in the morning post: I'm
doing little beach Combing number
cut here in a setting Of corals and
palms. Left Frisco with $500 and
most of it has gone for cognac
This hen-track scribble is because
you know my writing. I Want to be
forgotten" We were wishing at the
movies we could play the piano like
movie actors. Hands hidden and
never look down at the keyboards.
Also Lutte playing with no lingering
of strings.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

Subscription Rates; SC per copy.
In conjunction with The Post
Press; per month 60c; Paid In
Advance. 3 m months. $1.65; s
unonthJ. S3.E5: On- Year. sS00.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

A sculpture class has been organized
in a western prison. Their favorite mod
el, undoubtedly is warden's pistol.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

An established friend is tele-
graph operator who took me under
his wing when my journalistic pin
feathers were sprouting. He is
Lloyd Scholl out in Cincinnati, who
became general manager of the
Cincinnati branch and is now re
tired. When l was saving to buy
the only girl a S185 engagement
ring, he acted as banker When I
became a telegraph editor he saved
my job many times by surreptitious
notes to play up this story and
that. When Ibsen died I sent out
the flash under a dinky one column
head: playwright Dies" Scholl
in a shy nudge suggested an eight
column Page one streamer. I han
died it that way The editor, the
late John Vandercook, was a wor
shipper of Ibsen's genius. I became
for a week or so the fair haired
boy. Nella Webb writes servants
are at premium in London. All
making munitions.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01

Paul jenkins, Publisher; George
Bennitt, General Manager; Rus
sell Bennitt, Secretary y-treasurer
Ed. Fitzhugh. Managing Edi-
tor.
NJ. c. Mogensen e. Co, National
Advertising Representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-01
Imperial Valley Press

Published every afternoon ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday (Sat-
urday afternoon issue now sue
ceeded by The Post-Prees. sun
days. by the Imperia. Valley
Publishing Company, 625 state
street, FL Centre, California.
Entered at El Centre, California,
post office as second class mat
ter.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
Down.

Down.
I. Assist.
2. Fruit.
8. Putting money in securities.
T. Robber.
S. Viper.
6. Fatten.
Z. In favor Of.
8. Dairy machines.
9. Black shirts.
10. Abuser.
II. Din.
IL. Finisher.
13. Acts.
18. Daze.
%. Vehicle.
"a. Managing.
Is. Spanish jar.
rs. Fall short.
81. Comprising.
29. French article.
81. Aversion.
80. Observed.
80. Trust.
IS. Substances used to produce reac-
tions.
36. Pronoun.
80. Subordinate.
Al. Notched.
43. Man: Latin.
"A. Hindu garment.
As. Rub out.
46. Spars.
Al. Hebrew dry measures.
48. Disliked.
so. Unless: Law.
81. Itinerary.
50. Gaelic.
S. Negative.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
Picture Man Puzzles Police.

Police of Prague, Czechoslovakia,
are trying to learn the identity of q
man with a picture Of the expulsion
of Adam and Eve from the Garden of
Eden tattoed on his chest. He Is the
victim of an automobile accident, and
is a walking picture book. On his left
arm is man wearing top hat. On
his right arm are three female figures.
His left thigh bears portrait of
Christopher Columbus, and the right
two angels.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
Claim Swing" Music.

Some musicians In Moscow, Russia
claim that swing" music started
there.
Evening star., 1936-07-08

l. Egyptian sacred bull.
s. High mountains.
9. Penahzed.
IA. Inclination.
is. Venture.
16. Solitary.
IT. Listen secretly.
19. Slip.
20. Dealt with.
81. Indicted.
%. Innuendo.
"a. Kettles for stewing or broiling.
rs. Frequently.
27. Unre1ned.
%. Den.
49, Mislaid.
30 Rubbish.
"a. American linden.
35. Redeens from captivity.
81. Recent: Prefix.
49, Seaweeds.
40. Fearful.
Al. Stride.
A. Crowliks birds.
IA Net
As. Coming out.
48. Stringed instrument.
49, Swords.
SO. Tell.
SO. Pale.
54. Originator.
Sc. Begin.
ST. Pry into.
So. So.
SO. Worms.
so. A grating.
81. Journey in circuit.
Evening star., 1936-05-27
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Tobacco Road" at 2:3O
and $50 pm.
R-K-O Keith'@"Show Boat" at
10:45 am, /, 3:04, sos, 1928 and
s:3s pm.
EarIe-"The King Steps Out" at II
am, 1880, AIS. z and GAS pm. Stage
shows at 1885, $40, 6:25 and 9:10
pm.
Loew's Fox-"One Rainy After
noon," at IL am, / 1:35, 4:2O, 7:10 and
10 pm. Stage shows at 1875, 3:20,
6:10 and s:55 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Daughter, "
at 1875 am, 1880, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35
and Gas pm.
Belasco-"Ecstasy," at 1905, 2:O5,
4:05, sos, sos and 1905 pm.
Columbia - Champagne Charlie, "
at 11:l5 am; 1855, 2:50, 4:30, 6:l0,
sos and 10 pm.
Palace-"Small Town Girl" at
1l:45 am. 2:l5. 4:30, and $50 pm.
Tivoli-"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."
at 2, 4:20, $40 and 9 pm.
Ambassador-"The King Steps Out"
at 6, 8 and GAS pm.
Lttle-"Lives of a Bengal Lancer" {"
at IL am, los, $40, 5:25, 7:25 and
9:35 pm.
Howard-"13 Hours by Air" at
1890, 4, 7:05 and 10 pm. Stage shows
at 2:40, $50 and 9:10 pm.
Evening star., 1936-05-27

film It. A few minutes is all the
time we are allowed.
And caHleraman has to keep his
pulse under control. When Georges
Mejat, staring through his finder at
Marseilles, saw an assassin burst from
the crowd and empty his gun into
King Alexander Of Jugoslavia and
French Foreign Minister Louis Bar
thou, he couldn't stop to holler or get
scared. He had to keep grinding. And
while death rode gathering down that
crowded street, Mejat's job was to
think up a scenario and swing his
camera into focus on all the little
sidelig1ts that would serve to point
up a soaring picture record OF one
of history's hot points. He had sec
onds in which to do 1t all, and no
re-takes allowed.
Rivalry Tremendous.
There's tremendous rivalry among
the cameramen, not only to out-rival
rival companies, but to get the beat
on each other. When the stuff comes
through, we know whose work it is
without seeing the name"
Expenses of cameraman are $500
a week. On Stalling's recent jaunt to
Ethiopia, he took four cameramen
with him, dividing them between the
Italian and Ethiopian Armies.
Every country has its news pre-
ferences. In Canada, 40 per cent of
the newsreels must deal with British
and Imperial events. France must not
be treated to a pictorial display of
the German Army at maneuvers.
At the moment. any item praising
the Italians is taboo on the screens
of Great Britain.
Having to be diplomat is making
my hair gray" concludes Editor
Stallings.
(Copyright. 1895. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1936-05-27

special arrangements were completed
with the New York theater to permit
the singers to appear here another
seven days.
All new numbers will be presented
by the Glee Club starting Friday. in
cluding special arrangements Of Might
and Day" and "Mandalay" and nov
city number, Barber Shop" Miss
Lindhe again will conduct them.
SPEAKING of Miss Lindhe, this
youthful musical celebrity, who
has had the whole town talking by her
success with the Radio City-ites, will
not only lead the Glee Club this Fri
day, but she will lead the orchestra In
a specially selected overture together
with Freddie Clarke. Just how two
people can lead an overture we don't
quite see. It's to be done, however,
according to Dan Terrell, starting
Friday at the Earle.
X X X X
PEX INGRAM, noted Negro char
acter actor, who appears as DE
Lawd" in the Warner Bros. picture
version of Green Pastures" will be
here in Washington tomorrow. This
is pot the same Rex Ingram who used
to be prominently affiliated with the
silent motion pictures.
NORMAN MAXWELL, press rep
resentative for Tobacco Road"
leaves today for Hollywood together
with Producer Sam H. Grisman, who
came down to say farewell to the COM
pany that has played his play "a
weeks. In Hollywood Mr.. Grisman and
Partner Jack Kirkland will discuss
their Broadway plans for next season.
These include the Romberg operetta,
Lady in the Window" which will star
Carl Brisson and possibly Mady Chris
tians; a dramatization of F. Scott
Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night" and
the Cedric Work-Philip Wylie comedy.
They Took the Town." which is said
to be a newspaper yarn based on a
now worldwide famous town in New
Jersey.
Evening star., 1936-05-27

-HE piano recital by Norman
Frauenheim last evening at
Wesley Hall attracted a large
Il and distinguished audience
which listened with close attention 10
an excellently chosen program. MI.
Frauenheim was in particularly in
terpretive mood last evening and the
recital took on an intimate atnos-
phere. with a oneness of spirit be-
tween pianist and auditor which Is
seldom realized in a public perform
ance. It is not often that an artist
can so thoroughly impress the value
of the music on his listeners without
intruding his own personality to
distracting degree, but Mr.. Frauen-
helm happily established his contact
with the first phrases and the result
was an evening Of real musical en-
joyment.
Another facet Of Mr.. Frauenheim's
art was thus revealed and he sus-
tanned it throughout the program.
One felt the searching for musical
values and the seriousness and sim
cerity of thought. Several numbers
demonstrated this attitude, which was
a departure from the more bravura
style which characterized former ap-
pearances by the same artist. Among
these were She Bach "Chromatic Fam
tasy and Fugue," the opening num-
ber, which in spite Of a slight lapse
of memory was sketched on noble
plan: the dignified and sonorous rem
dition of the Gluck-Brahms "Gavotte"
and a charmingly and delicately
played "Arietta," by Leonardo Leo.
A program note now and then
pointed out special idea in the work
to be played and gave an impetus to
the auditors interest. The first had
to do with the "Arietta," which was
recently discovered in Leonardo's
copy book at the Naples Museum. !"
Schumann's "Papillons" was given an
explanatory note, as was the very
beautiful ''Nocturne in c Minor" by
Chopin.
In a group of Chopin numbers the
"Nocturne" stood out as incarnating
with rare poignancy Chopin's sensi-
tive and deep-feeling nature. Accord
ing to Sigismund Stojowski the Moe
turne" was inspired by visit dur
ing a storm to the chapel and tomb
of Casimir, the Polish King Of the
tragis period Sienkiewicz called the
deluge.'" From such sympathetic
source Chopin received the stimula-
ton which opened the well-springs
of his patriotic feeling, and which he
inclosed in the musical form of the
"Nocturne
Mr.. Frauenheim caught the poetry
and nobility Of sentiment with fine
understanding and his Interpretation
was exquisitely animated by these ele-
ments. Other Chopin numbers which
proved his concord with the composer
were the "Impromptu in G Flat" the
"Polonaise in E Flat Minor" the IF
Sharp Minor" and the "a Flat Ma
zurkas." In place Of the Revolution
ary Etude,' which was programmed
to conclude this group, Mr.. Frauen-
helm substituted the "Etude in A
Flat" and the Butterfly Etude,
which had to be repeated.
Debussy.s Reflections in the Wa
ter" and his ''The Wind Over the
Plain" were also given with sensi-
tive touch and the program finished
with Mompou's Folk Song and
Evening star., 1936-05-27
2-Act Ballet
Is Given by
Pupils
Lies Millions d'Arle-
uuin" Is Presented at
Wardman Park.
ES MILLIONS D'ARLE-
QUIN," tragi-comedy ballet
- In two acts, by Richard

QUIN," tragi-comedy ballet
- In two acts, by Richard
IL Drigo; choreography by
Theodore Beken, and Dance Monop-
oly," an original musical comedy by
Maurice Delaporte. were given per-
formance Monday night at the Ward
man Park Theater before capacity
audience. Both directors Of the Bekefi-
Delaporte Institute of Dance deserve
unstinted praise for giving an excel
lent performance of dificult presen-
tation, elaborate for the means at
hand, and for showing what patience
and perseverance can accomplish with
youthful performers from kindergar-
ten age up. Rhythm, mimicry, acting,
artistic elan were the elements of both
presentations and won enthusiastic
applause. Mr.. Bekefi, in the role Of
Pierrot, served as an inspiration to
his cast of students.
Margaret Mary Edmonston in the
role of Arlequin gave evidence OF
talent and of good technical equip
ment. Ronnie Cunningham, to whom
comedy seems to come naturally, was
seen in Pierrette, and also had solo
in the Dance Monopoly" Lila Zalip-
sky was an attractive Columbine.
Among the high lights Of the perform
ance was Pas de Trois'' by the Pier
rettes, the Good Fairies Dances" by
Virginia Barry and the amusing scene
of the little Arlequins who undertook
to teach the unfortunate suitor of
Columbine a lesson.
Savage Isle" scene in the Dance
Monopoly" to the music by De Falla's
"El Amor Brujo," gave an opportu-
nifty to Mr.. Delaporte to exhibit his
artistry and skill as "Shiva," god of
fire. His supporting cast included
Lucille Bracket, Ronnie Cunningham,
Margaret Edmonston, Elaine Glorius;
also Opal Petry, May Tenn This
number had the finish Of q profess
sional performance.
Tap dances, routined and staged by
Billy Lytell, one Of the characters Of
the Dance Monopoly" were enjoyed
and warmly applauded. Acrobatic
dances staged by Maurice Delaporte
proved a healthy expression of youth
full energy:
The accompaniment to lies Mil
lions harlequin" was played by Nine.
Marie Zalipsky. Nan Doe was the
accompanist for Dance Monopoly"
Ruth Perrott was the dialogue coach.
Ell de s.