THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1918.
12
SECOND WRITES
GRAPHIC LETTER
ON EARTHQUAKE
Former Omahan, New Medical
Missionary in Central Amer
ica, Describes Suffering
in Stricken City;
Dr. Carlos F. Secord, former
Omahan, now a medical missionary
in South America, in a' letter to a
friend in this city describes in a
graphic way the terribly conditions in
Guatemala City, wrecked by earth
' quakes.
The letter, written at Chicliicas
tenango, Central America, is. dated
January 28.
Devasted Whole Country. '
"Have been in Guatemala City, call
ed down there to help in the mchty
work necessary to undo, in a fraction,
anyway, the damage of the terrific
earthquakes which have destroyed
the beautiful capital city and devas
tated so much country and so man,y
towns," writes Dr. Secord. , t
"I can almost say I have been to
hell; it was awful, soul shocking, tin
bearable. Imagine, a great city de
stroyed, ruins everywhere, drinking
water running in the middle of strejets,
with women washing dirty rags in it,
and others taking the same water for
food; dead dogs and cats, covered
with countless buzzards striving to
clean up the carcasses; telephone,
telegraph and electric light wines,
twisted along the streets in the miidst
of the pieces of wall thrown every
where. No light at night, compjete
darkness, people living in littfe im
provised shacks, made from carpets,
curtains, boards, etc.- Families sep
arated: some looking for children,
other for mothers and fathers. .
President Lendi Aid.
"The president of the republic took
upon himself the distribution of food
for the people, and all the country
has gent down enormous quantities.
"Then I was there whefl the fifth
jrreat earthquake was felt; it was more
like a cyclone, and I was thrown bod
ily out of bed and the room where
1 was sleeping destroyed almost com
pletely. 1 had not slept for so njany
nights, and had eaten so little for so
many days, working all the time, that
I was sound asleep and the nervous
fchock was tremendous, from which I
have as yet not recovered. The 'pres
ident sent me home here to recu
perate, but here the work is so heavy
that it was almost like jumping from
the frying pan into the fire; there is a
fierce smallpox epidemic raging here
and we with few medicines, as al
most the entire available stock in the
capital has been destroyed. The
United States marines brought some
with them and they gave me a small
vial of vaccine for combatting the
plague, but other things are needed
also. These marines said they had
never but once seen anything to re
semble the destruction in Guatemala
City, and that was in China during
In Constant Fear.
-"The worst of it is that the quakes
continue, each one more intense than
the preceding one, and we expect a
volcanic eruption any minute. The
earth in and around the city is cracked
aad gaseous smoke issues from these
cracks at times.
'These quakes are terrific explo
sions underneath the city, and the
earth rises and falls ik wave of the
sea, with most awful noises and blows,
If this is the beginning of sorrows,
what will the future bring for this
poor old'earth? ' .
"We have eight active preachers
at work, preaching everywhere, pay
ing them $15 gold a month, which
keeps us hustling day and night to
get together, especially as we rarely
hear from any ,of the brethren any
more, with one or two exceptions. We
are endeavoring to work with our
hands to keep this band at wi rk, for
thev cannot live on less.
'Everything is costly and scarce
and we are almost at the end of our
resources of strength. Sometimes
we cannot keep up, so we drop under
it all, and after a while go at it again."
McAdoo's Grain Order Fails
, . To Relieve Shortage Here
Railroad officials are making stren
uous efforts to start movement of
grain, but they are greatly handicap,
ped by the lack of freight cars. More
than a week ago an order went out
from Director General McAdoodi
rectingithe. eastern roads to release
all available freight cars into
the agricultural district, but up to
date the order has not afforded much
relief in the vicinity of Omaha ter
minals. AH cars available are being
switched to the elevator loading tracks
and as soon as they can be filled
are. started out. Most of the grain is
routed by way of the gulf and a large
portion is destined for the use of the
allies.
So far as the Omaha roads are con
cerned, there is an emfcargo on grain
shipments to points beyond the east
line of the state of Ohio, this leaving
the lines clear for consignments into
Chicago. However, there is little grain
going into Chicago, as it is under
stood that the elevators there are
filled to capacity, with no prospects
of any heavy shipments out in the
near future.
Orders Issued to Build
Thirteen More Liberty Theaters
Orders to build Liberty theaters
at Camps Beauregard, Bowie, Cody,
J-remont, Doniphan, Hancock, John
son, Kearney, Logan, McArthur, Mc
Uellan, Sheridan and Wheeler have
already been issued by the government
to quartermaster's departments at
these points. The first performance
in the auditorium at Camp Wheeler
will be given in six days.
This is an announcement made by
D. C Buell, state director of camp
activities, who is in charge of th:
sale of "smilracrA hnnW in
Smileage books" will be especially
civ.ouic oy sowiers at any of these
camps," said Mr. Bucll.
Son of Rev.C. W.Savidne
Gets Honorable Discharge
. jonn . oavtage, son of Kev. and
Mrs. C W. Savirlo t
days, having received honorable
discharge from the navy service.
... His last service was on the transport
Agamemnon. He intends to re-enlist,
but probably in another branch of the
.," sea-fighting service. Mr. Savidge
entered .the service on October 15,
jvif, uciore lie was 18 years old.
' J. "
COUNTY LEVIES OF
STATE SHOW TAXES;
State Board Secretary Com
piles Schedule That Reveals ;
Comparative Costs of
Local Government. ;
i From a Ht;f Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 18. (Special.) -J
Secretary O. A. Bernecker of the state
board of assessment has prepared a '
very interesting tabic, showing thej
county levies in every county of the
state, the total, average levy for all
in each county and the total taxes
raised by each county. It shows that
the total amount of taxes raised
amounts to $30,359,473.62 for last year.
Douglas county, of course, raised the
largest amount of tax and with Lan
caster county the only ones which ran
into the million figures, the tax for
the former being $5,755,110.65, while
for the latter the figures show $1,948,
843.59. Hooker county has the high
est county mill levy, 22 mills, while
Franklin comes next with a county
mill levy of 20.80 mils. Lancaster is
well down the list with 10.42, and
Douglas with 16.40 mills.
The total average mill levy shows
Douglas at the top with 106 mills and
Scottsbluff next with 81.55 mills. Lan
caster shows a toUl of 70.42. Grant
county has the smallest county levy,
being but mills, and McPherson the
smallest average total levy, 28 mills.
The counties of the entire state shows
as follows:
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2
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74 31
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41.11
46.41
41.il
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17.21
6171
41.71
47.20
42.10
60.(6
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61.
40.
66.72
12.20
60.16
Adama 10.
Antelope , 10.
Arthur 16.
Manner . ,, 20..
Hlaln 14.62
Boone , 14. .
Box Butt 7. 1
Hoyd
Brown
Ruffalo . 10 (0
Burt 11.61
Butler 13
Can 10.62
Cedar 14 11
Chase . . .11.
Cherry . 14.11
Cheyenne , ...... 16.
Clay . 1.61
Colfax. 14.62
Cuming 16.
Cuater (.60
Dakota 16.
Dawe 16. '
Dawson , ....... .14.12
Deuel . II.
Mxon , H.l
Doda . ,,.14.62
DouKlaa 10.40 106.
Dundy ....14. 61,
Klllmore 1.77
Franklin , , 20.10
Frontier . ., It.
Furnas , 14.01
Oaa-a . 10.(2
Garden . 16.
Oarfleld , ,, 17.29
Ooaper . , .14.
Grant . 1,,
Greeley . ,t 16.
Hall .
Hamilton 11.69
Harlan . 10.(3
Hayea . 16.
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Hole 16.
Hooker , .......22,
Howard . ..,,...17.
Jefferson , ......16.
.lohnaon 16,
Kearney , ...... 1.02
Keith 16.
Keya-Paha 16.
Kimball . ......16.
Knox . 14.13
Lancaater 10.41
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Madlaon 11.41
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Morrill 10.41
Nance 1 , ., 11.63
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Nuekols 11.(0
ptoa .MS. 12
Pawnee 11.11
Perkln 14.01
Phelpa . 1.0?
Pierce 16.
Piatt.. ., 11
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51.43
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40.13
41.70
42.74
40.60
46.26
40.72
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47.62
42.70
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41.66
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141,
116,
126
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396,
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196
240
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308,
192,
147,
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1,646,
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446,
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362,
' 166
'240,
303,
111
411
310,
76,
327
340,
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374,
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366,
199,
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303
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' 230,
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363
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436
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,706.82
,116.(2
,209.09
,631.(6
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,926.17
,117.05
(11.09
,407.05
,620.72
133.18
848. OS
166,(4
,669.28
280.68
,282.68
128.77
775.(5
,607.17
642.15
126.11
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,106.00
,364.00
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,247.68
,172.88
,635.86
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,982.01
,149.13
,442.44
,664.82
,246.30
,861.71
.736.53
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100.78
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ALLEGEDGERMAN
SPY FORMERL Y
LIVED IN OMAHA
Los Angeles, Feb. 18.--Paul Fred
erick Wilhelm von Essmarck, first
lieutenant in the German imperial
army, according to federal authorities,
is being held in custody today by
Department of Justice agents pending
the completion of proceedings to in
tern him.
It was alleged papers were among
Von Essmarck's effects seized con
taining much valuable information
concerning his movements, in this
country at San Francisco, Portland,
Omaha, New York, Chicagc, Wash
ington, Philadelphia, St. Louis and
many other cities. ,
. Von Essmarck was a chemist and
traveled under the guise of a pro
moter of oxygen baths.
Church to Give Lessons in
Dancing to Working Girls
The gymnasium class of the First
Christian church has made arrange
ments to give lessons in calisthenics
and free dancing to working girls.
The work is under the supervision of
an expert physical culture teacher,
Mrs. Musseiman, who was formerly
instructor of the Young Women's
Christian association at Topeka.
Record Number of Prospective
Navy Men Take Examination
The navy recruiting office was kept
ousy Monday when more than 50 an
plicants appeared for examination.
This was the largest number that
have been examined for some time in
one day and as onlv 30 men can be
accepted each week, all the rest who
passed the physical examination were
enlisted m the reserve, s
PERSONAL MENTION
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GOOD RESULTS
SURE TO C01
FROTTHE WAR
Ralph Connor, Canadian Novel
ist and Parson, Discusses
Spiritual Changes That Are
Already Evident.
I'icturing Canada as the connecting
link between the United States and
Great Britain in the problem of re
constructing the world on principles
of peace and righteousness, Major
Charles W. Gordon, more familiarly
known as Ralph Connor, the novelist,
discusses in the New York Times the
future of America in world politics
and the feeling of Canada for this
country since the Unjted States en
tered the war.
Major Gordon, in times of peace, is
a Presbyterian parson in Winnipeg.
The author of "The Sky Pilot" and
other novels went to the tront a year!
ago as chaplain with Ins regiment ot
Cambrian Highlanders. He is now
stationed fh Canada on a mission from
the Imperial and Canadian govern
ments, and recently completed a three
months' trip from Halifax to Vancouver.
"There is a warm feeling through
the length and breadth of Canada for
the United States," said Major Gor
don. "It could not be otherwise, see
ing that the population of both coun
tries is largely of Anglo-Saxon stock,
and we have had for years so many
interests in common. Why. the most
significant fact in the celebration of
the centenary of peace between the
English-speaking peoples just before
the outbreak of the world war was
that on the 4,000 miles of boundary
line between Canada and the United
States there was not a single fortl
"Canada today is more 'en rapport'
with American ideals and more thor
oughly in sympathy with American
views than Great Britain. The Brit
ish people do not yet really under
stand the true heart of the Americans,
but one of the greatest results of this
war, I fully believe, will be a closer
bond of the individual responsibilities
between these two great branches of
the Anglo-Saxon family. And that is
the reason, I say, that Canada, despite
all it has done in the war, is just be
ginning its job in this struggle, as
its destiny is to act as the connecting
link between the people and govern
ment of the United States and those
of .Great Britain.
Factors Making for Closer Union.
"Let me outline oriefly four factors
which I believe are leading naturally
to this closer union. They are: Race,
language, the type of democracy or
government, and religion. Of the first
it is needless to say much, for Am
ericans have always recognized their
ancestral Anglo-Saxon affiliation with
England at least, this is true of that
large proportion sprung from the pio
neers, English, Scotch and Irish, who
settled here and developed the coun
try. In respect to language, while
the British empire embraces people
speaking over 100 different tongues,
the dominating language, as here, is
English, and from it we have our
mutual interests in literature, thought
and ideals. Great Britain and the
united States are both democracies.
Inded, in one sense, Britain is more
democratic than the United States,
for every department in its govern
ment il more amenable to public
opinion than in this country, where
no governmental changes can be made
except at stated periods.
"In England, since the outbreak of
the war, we have had two radical
governmental changes. On the sub
ject of religion, while we have many
so-eHed heathen religions in the
British empire, its dominating faith is
Christianity, as it is here in the
United States. Here, then, is a four
fold bond of unity. These channels
are already made, and what, I ask, is
lacking to bring these two nations
closer together in sincerity and cor
dial understanding
"America can no. longer go back
to its old time limitations of western
hemisphere responsibility. By its en
trance into tne war it lias assumed
a responsibility for the peace of the
world. The great problem of re
construction, so well expressed by
rresuient wuson, of making the
world safe for democracv. will rest
upon the two great English-speaking
nations. Since their, entry into the
war, Americans are talking differently
auuui wona pontics ana i nave oeen
impressed with the bigness and broad
vision of your leading men. Amer
ica is already in the council of na
tions, and the voice of the American
people demands that after the war
something be done in determining the
destinies and fates of the civilized
countries of the world, with due re
gard for the independence of national
life. This responsibility does not end
with the American shore. The prin
ciple of the Monroe doctrine will be
enlarged, not abrogated, and Eng
land, as much as the United States,
will have its share in enforcing that
doctrine.
"America did not enter the war sole
ly to uphold the principle that Ameri
can shores anvwhere should he freer!
from European aggrandizement, but
that free peoples everywhere must be
inviolate trom any tyrant, and it is this
latter view that America must ,now
back up by force and counsel.
"The passion for freedom as ex
emplified in what America is so nobly
doing, emphasizes to a large degree
the spiritual side of the national life.
Americans are doubtless recognizing,
as never before, that materialism is
not the best in life. Yes, they are
recognizing that 'man does not live by
bread alone,' but by spiritual ideals. At
the outbreak of the war, the cry went
up that Christianity had collapsed.
What put Great Britain and Canada
and the United States in the war? It
was, at bottom, the ideals that re
ligion had nourished in their hearts,
for it is the spiritual that most deep
ly stirs the pulse and quickens the
blood. Far from being a collapse of
religion, the war has revealed more
strongly than ever the true place and
value of religion in the community.
New Japanese Ambassador.
TELLS OF WORK OF
WELFARE BOARD
City Attorney Rmc Explains
Improvements Made in
Omaha at Nebraska
Charities Convention.
Great interest was shown by dele
gates attending the Nebraska State
Conference of Charities and Correc
tion in Board of Public Welfare of
Omaha, when John A. Rine, city at
torney and secretary of the Welfare
board, reviewed the work before them
this morning at the Hotel Fontenelle.
Mr. Rinc reviewed the development
of the practice of working prisoners
in Omaha under contract labor. He
pointed out that under this system
practiced for some time, the city got
$1 a day for the labor of the prisoner
and the family of the prisoner got the
rest, which amounted to frpm $1 to
$2 per day. "This took care of many
families that would not otherwise
have been taken care of," he said.
He said the problem today is not
how to find work for men, but rather
how to furnish the labor to the gov
ernment and to the industries that
must be kept going. "The government
wants thousands of men on the Pacific
coast in the shipyards," he said, "and
we are working through the Welfare
board and in co-operation with the
county and city and the government
employment agency to furnish these
men. We are now placing hundreds
of men in the shipyards of the west."
Tells of Factories.
He spoke of the housing problem,
reviewed the survey that had been
made and the clean-up which resulted
in Omaha through the work of the
Welfare board, and then touched upon
factory conditions. "We found doors
leading to the fire escapes so tightly
rusted shut that you couldn't open
them with a 'jimmy,' and we found
dangerous machinery unprotected in
so flagrant a way that the employers
and proprietors in many cases thanked
us for calling their attention to it, be
cause they realized that if accidents
occurred they would have been liable
under the law.
"Omaha is today a far better place
for the poor man to live in and work
in than it was a year or two ago, and
largely because we have a Board of
Public Welfare in the city."
Lincoln Minister Takes
Pulpit at Camp at Deming
Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., Feb.
18. (Special.) At the new joint
protestant tabernacle and soldiers'
club rooms in Deming, Rev. Rudolph
Caughey, formerly pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church in
Lincoln, Neb., has taken the place of
Rev. Allen S. Davis.
Rev. John L. Barton, formerly pas
tor of the Baptist church in Stroms
burg, Neb., has also taken a pastorate
in Deming of that denomination.
Lieutenant Guy W. Green, .127th
field artillery (Fourth Nebraska in
fantry), was here to testify in an
army investigation, but has gone back
to the airplane school at Fort Sill,
Okl. , ,
In Deming the Rev. J. J. Martin,
chaplain 109th ammunition train, of
ficiating, Robert R Manning, 127th
machine gun battalion, and Miss Lot
tie Morton of Omaha were married.
Manning is a clerk in the division in
telligence office.
Half Million Help Uncle Sam
In Hunt for German Spies
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 18. Although
stating that the Department of Justice
could not make public the details of
its many activities, Attorney General
Thomas W. Gregory stated here last
night that a half million citizens of
the United States are co-operating
with the department's efforts t,o sup
press espionage.
"I give this information," the at
torney general continued, "to- set at
rest the German spy hysteria that
fills the nation."
County Agent to Address
Farmers Thursday Afternoon
E. G. Maxwell, Douglas county
agricultural agent, will address a
meeting of farmers at Woodmen of
the World hall in West Dodge street
Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. He
will explain the workings of the new
agricultural plan.
Secret Code of Shoe
Sizes Fools Vain Customers
There was quite a crowd of custo
mers in the store when G. Coxcomb
Smithers bought his last new pair of
shoes, so he had ample time in which
to find out whether the clerk had
given him his proper size. However,
when he looked at that part of the
lining which usually bears the size
mark, he found no sign whatever of
7J4C Instead, his eyes encountered a
series of figures that might just as
well have served as the numbers on
a freight car or an automobile license
plate. In his surprise he almost over
looked three figures somewhat apart
from the rest; yet, had he known it,
Washington, Feb. 18. Viscount
Kikujiso Ishii has been appointed am
bassador, for Japan to the United
States and will soon reach Washing
ton. He succeeds Ambassador Sato, who
takes a place on the unassigncd roll
of diplomatic representatives in Tokio.
DOCTOR GIVES RECIPE
FOR GRAY HAIR
Well Known New York Physician
Gives Recipe for Home-Made
Grey Hair Remedy.
A. L. Paulson, M. D., who has prac
ticed medicine in New York City for
many years, gave out the following
recipe for home-made gray hair rem
edy: "Gray, streaked or faded hair
can be immediately turned black,
brown or light brown, whichever
shade you desire, by the following
simple remedy that you can make at
home:
"Merely get small box of Orlex
powder at any drug store. It costs
only 25 cents and no extras to buy.
Dissolve it in one ounce of water and
comb it through the hair. Full direc
tions for use come in each box.
"You need not hesitate to use Or
lex, as a $100.00 gqld bond comes in
each box guaranteeing the user that
Orlex does not contain silver, lead,
zinc, sulphur, mercury, aniline, coal
tar products or their derivatives.
"It does not rub off, is not sticky
or greasy and leaves the hair fluffy.
It will make a gray-haired person
wv. vweniy years younger." Adv.
these figures were eractly iat he
was looking for the size mark. The
three figures were 375, and they told
the clerk very plainly that the size
of the shoes he had given Mr. Smith
ers was 7jjC.
Some time back so far back, in
fact, that even veteran shoe men blush
for their years when the actual date
is mentioned a retailer found that it
did not pay to let his customers know
too much about the size of the shoes
they wore. Some facts were hard to
explain to them, for instance, the fact
that a foot that will fit a 7C shoe in
one style of last will not fit a shoe of
the same size in a radically Mifferent
pattern. The result was that when
ever he tried to fit a customer in the
manner required by the type of the
shoe he Rot mixed up in all kinds
of arguments and very often lost sales
altogether. Mrs. Jones and her like
simply would not see why, because
they wore size 5A in a shoe with a
rounded toe, they could not be prop
erly fitted in a boot with a pointed toe
short SYt. So, to deal with this
phase of human vanity, the retailer
devised a secret code as to sizes. Since
then many others have been intro
duced. In fact, so many retailers have
private codes of their own that fhere
is a case on record in which a manu
facturer once had to mark the same
style of shoe with more than 20 dif
ferent size designations.
However, there are two codes that
are almost standard and which are in
quite general use. One is known
as the Western, and the other as the
French. In the Western code the
widths, running from AA to E, are
numbered C to 5. The lengths are
given openly as 5, 6, 7, etc., the full
size being designated by a zero follow
ing the figure telling the length. In
the half a 5 follows the length desig
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I have to admit it, but jaded picture
manager that I am (or supposed to
be), I have "movie" idols just like
any other "fan."
My idol is DOUGLAS FAIR
BANKS. I'd walk all over town to
see any of his pictures the second or third time, and
if you want to start an argument with me, just try
and tell me that "Douggie" is "rotten" or "losing
his popularity."
But I have an admission to make, and I am
going to make it frankly and freely. I didn't like
the last Fairbanks picture we presented, "Reach
ing for the Moon." Some way it wasn't "Fair
bankesque" enough it lacked the necessary
"punch," action, thrills, etc. It was too much of a
"pipe dream."
I don't know whether "Douggie" got a hunch
that "Reaching for the Moon" was a bad picture or
not, but I do know this :
THE BEST THING THAT DOUGLAS FAIR
BANKS HAS EVER DONE IN PICTURES IS "A
'MODERN MUSKETEER," and the reason I am
contributing a few bucks to The Bee's coffers is to
tell you not to pass up this present picture, or you'll
be sore at yourself the rest of your life.
Now then, "A Modern Musketeer" is not a cos
tume picture. It was first called "D'Artagnan of
Kansas," but they changed the title, because I pre
sume the majority of people are like myself, they
couldn't pronounce it properly if they were going
to be shot. ,
Anyhow, I am going to tell, you a little about
"A MODERN MUSKETEER," so you'll be sure
and come. (, ' ,
This is the picture that Manager Rothapfel
picked-out of the entire market to be used as his
opening attraction at the new Rivoli in New York
City, the finest motion picture theater in the world.
Fairbanks plays the part of a young Kansas ,
youth who has inherited from his mother (who was ,
a great reader of Dumas) the chivalrous spirit cof
D'Artagnan; in fact, he is so heroic that the ,old
man gets tired and arming him with a "tin lizzie"
instead of a trusty steed starts him out in the world.
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He finally lands out in the Grand Canyon of
Arizona, where nature is supreme in its solemn
grandeur, until Doug puts "pep" into it, and has all
kinds of trouble in rescuing the fair lady of his
heart.
Naturally this is where the fun starts, and they
tell us confidentially that "Doug" got real sore be
cause he couldn't jump across the Grand Canyon.
It's a good picture from every possible angle,
so come down expecting to see the best Fairbanks
yet, and you won't be disappointed take my word
for it. .
, Oh yes, the House of Pathe, locally managed
by one "Pep" Holah, had some comedies on their
hands which were so "humorous" no one would buy
them. As a last resort to keep "Pep" from getting
canned, I booked these comedies, which are known
as The Toto series, and today the first one is shown
which is called "A One-Night Stand." For the in
formation of the millions who do not know : TOTO
is the famous Hippodrome clown, and is said to be
funny; notice we stated "said to be funny."
Now then remember, please, Douglas is here
today and the remainder of the week, and the
shows start at 11, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, so come early, as
you know what a favorite he is.
DO-YOU-BELIEVE-IN-ME THOMAS, Manager.
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