THE SUNDAY OKEGOXTAX. PORTLAND. JUNE 1, " 1910.
o many actor that he doesn't know
what to do. Not very long ago, two
very young white rats Joined the
colony. Mr. Senett wanted to use them
In a comedy with Pepper the cat. When
they grew -up, a romance developed and
they were married. Since then the lov
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SEASON OF TUNEFUL MUSICAL COMEDY
WILL REIGN AT THE ALCAZAR THEATER
t h e ,'(Q IL ' IB E Theater's
ing young wife has presented her hus
band with tokens of her affection at
regular and alarming Intervals. The
little Sennett zoo on the hill simply
swarms with them, and will soon be
called the White Mouse, after a more
famous building. Being too tender
hearted to .waft any of them out into
Rat Heaven, the animal man keeps
building new cages and more new cages
and buying rat feed. It looks like a
fine opportunity for a Pled Piper of
Opening Night June 2, "Mile. Modiste" Will Be Presented Splendid Assortment of Light Operas Chosen AO
New York Successes. '
Engagement Extraordinary
' NOW PLAYING
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Pearl White asserts that she Is the
largest individual owner of property
in New York city, as her recent pur
chase of a 20-acre estate in Bayside.
which is within the New York city
line, gives her this distinction.
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that set New York humming and
whistling, will reign at the Al
cazar theater for the next three months.
There will be all sorts of real hits, be
ginning with "Mile. Modiste" and rol
licking along with "The Honeymoon
Trail." "Flora Bella," "The Chocolate
Soldier," "King Dodo," "Sergeant Kit
ty," "The Tenderfoot," and "The Ginger
bread Man," "The Red Mill," "The
Honeymooners." "High Jinks," "Very
Good Eddie," "The Burgomaster,"
"Spring Maid." "Madame Sherry," "The
randy Shop." "The Red Rose" and
"Dream Cits'."
This songful season opens tomorrow
right, June 2. Manager C. V. Everett
declares it will open in a blaze of glory.
Neither trouble nor treasure has been
epared to assemble a company that will
please critical Portland theater-goers.
All along the Rialto this city is known
s a chilly one for poor talent; "just
any old thin" doesn't go in a musical
way along the banks of the Willamette,
as everyone in the show business
knows. Only song birds who can sing
nd comedians who can "comede" have
been selected. -
Miss Mabel Wilber is the prima don
na. Everyplace in the United States
where light opera is loved. Miss Wilber
is known for her great work in "The
Merry Widow." In Boston and Kalama
zoo and Denver, in New Orleans and
Topeka and San Francisco, this dainty
singer is nown and loved for her very
charming presentation of life in that
most popular of modern light operas.
During the past season she has been
starring in "Sometime," and "Her Regi
ment," musical productions that made
a great name along Gotham's white
way.
The principal comedian is Oscar Fig
man, well known from Portland, Or.,
to Providence, R. I. Figman was also
in "The Merry Widow." He visited here
in the Vie'nna production, later return
ing to another success with "Madame
Sherry." He visited Oregon last season
as the leading comedian in "You're In
Love." Oscar Figman is one of those
rare stage comedians who makes his
audience laugh whether it wants to or
not, for his humor is natural, not book
learned. Whenever a musical comedy comes to
town, the florists and the candy store
proprietors always hope that the sou
brette will be very sweet and chic and
coy. Why? Oh because. Now, here's
Eva Olivotti, with the Alcazar night
ingales. The management does not
promise too many nice things, for it
wants to hold a few surprises for Port
land theater-goers, but here are a
few words about the lovely miss who
has been engaged as the summer's pre
mier soubrette:
Miss Olivotti has been playing dur
ing the past three seasons in Com
stock, Elliott & Gest's attractions; she
sang and flirted in "Leave It to. Jane
in which Eva was the athletic girl; in
"Oh Boy" she was the little wife, and
in "Very Good Eddie" (the eastern com
pany, not the one that played Portland),
she was the hit of the show. Miss
Olivotti's favorite flower is the bios
som on the pineapple bosh and her
favorite sport is baseball, football
horseback riding, golf, canoeing, box
ing, swimming and skipping the rope.
The juvenile is Edward Sedan, who
juveniled with AI Jolson in "Sinbad.
an Oriental production that made the
folks on Manhattan Isle take notice
Sedan is one of the chaps who helped
in a major way to put sinbad over.
He also gained fame and a rise in
salary when he "kidded" with Frederick
V. Bowers in "I'm So Happy." This is
Edward's first engagement in summer
stock in the wild and welcoming west.
He has been in Portland a week and is
figuring on buying a couple of lots
and a garage in Rose City Park.
Lee Daly, second comedian, has a
series of theater critics' decorations for
his splendid work in "The Kiss Bur
glar." the offering that made the Park
Theater Opera company famous. Det-
mar Poppen, basso, was with Henry W.
Savage companies five years; he was a
great favorite in Mitzi Hajos' "Pom
Pom" company and Portlanders will re
call him as the chap who made "Totem
Pole Pete" the big hit in "The Alaskan."
George Natanson, baritone, also played
half a decade under Savage and scored
successes in "Everywoman" in which
he was "Passion") and. in "Madame
Butterfly." Henry Coote, the new Al
cazar tenor, created the part of "The
Chocolate Soldier," sang in "Waltz
Dream," "The Rose Maid." "M'lle Mis
chief." "The Two Roses." "The Kiss
Burglar" and helped to present the
"Prince of Pilsen" when Henry W. Sav
age presented that Zinzinnati worthy
to the somewhat blase theater-goers of
old London.
Fred A. Bishop, who has "put on" so
many musical comedy successes that
to name them all would take another
column, is director of the new Alcazar
company; Bishop is so pleased with the
stars and chorus selected by Manager
Everett that he talks like a man in the
seventh heaven when describing them.
The director who wielded the baton for
"Flora Bella" when she visited Portland
recently, John R. Britz, will lead the
enlarged orchestra that will play for
the operas here this summer. As for
the chorus, both voices and looks
counted in the girls being engaged for
the 12 weeks of musical comedy begin
ning tomorrow night at the Alcazar.
When Harry Carey returned to Uni
versal City from his 5000-mile tour of
the United States he found reassembled
the old happy Harry Carey actor-family.
Jack Ford, Carey's director, suc
ceeded in "rounding up" nine members
of the Harry Carey entourage who
have returned from overseas duty.
Johnnie Thwaites, wounded at Mes-
slnes, is back, as are Teddy Brooks,
shell-shock sufferer, who was deco
rated; Sid Rockwell, assistant director;
Walter Kirkpatrick and George Lackey,
who were with the camouflage corps;
William Ormond, who was wounded at
Chemin des Dames; William Gettinger,
who was in the Argonne and who was
cited in dispatches; Sergeant Wilson
Carruthers of the Princess Pat's and
G. F. McGonigle, former chauffeur for
Harry Carey.
William S. Campbell, who Is making
a series of animal comedies at Univer
sal, broke into the photoplay profes
sion in unusual fashion. He was a
small-town exhibitor, and he thought
he knew how comedies should be made.
So every week he sent in a list of
recommendations to University's gen
eral manager. For a while not much
attention was paid Campbell's ideas, but
ultimately they were found to possess
so much practical value that the ex
hibitor was sent for, and engaged.
Now he Is making animal comedies
of the highest type. He takes four
and five weeks to produce them, but
they're good.
Josie Sedgwick has just received the
news that her big brother Ed has been
honorably discharged from the army.
and is now in Florida assisting Rich
ard Stanton in the making of a Fox
picture. Ed was made a lieutenant
just before the armistice was signed.
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Wheeler Dryden. the 'joy after the
Gloom, has been engaged on a long
time contract by the Gray Seal Pro
ductions, Inc. President George Julian
Houtsin will star V.r. Dryden in a se
ries of one-reel comedies, 26 of which
will be released during 1919-1920.
Wheeler Dryden cornea to the screen
after having for several years been
the principal comedy star of a leading
theatrical cempany in India., China and
japan.
Victor Schertzinger, who Is directing
Dorothy Dalton pictures at the Thomas
11. Ince studio in Culver City, is
composer of reputation. During the
taking of some scenes recently Jn
which the services of a jazz band were
required Mr. Schertzinger found a few
minutes between scenes to sit at the
piano, under the spirit of revelry which
predominated in the scene he com
posed a new jazz number of music.
which set all the actors humming and
which he will shortly give to the pub
lishers.
A striking refutation of the state
ment that screen marriages never turn
out happily is furnished by Dorothy
Phillips the star of "The Heart of Hu
manity, and Allen Holubar, her hus
band, who directed the picture. The
couple have been married for seven
years and are just as loving as if it
were, well, say seven weeks. Recently,
on a vacation at Delmar, Cal., they were
taken lor honeymooners.
Louise Lovely seems to be a fa
vored child. As soon as she could talk
she evinced an ambition to be an act
ress. Cnlike other girls she got her
wish early In life in fact, at eight
years of age, when she was Little Eva
in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." When 14 she
was starred throughout Australia in
"Nell Gwynne," "Camille." and other
big productions. Now she is William
Farnum's leading woman in "Wolves
of, the Night" and other big Fox pic
tures. To make an elephant. & five months'
human baby, and an orang-outang
synchronize their .movements for the
cinema camera is the task Director
William Campbell has at Universal
City in making a spectacularly funny
animal comedy soon to be released.
T M (PR If MA
iVVill take the amusement-loving public of Portland on b,
wonderful journey through the Celestial Kingdom
You Are Going" to See
Sights and scenes of China never before looked upon
. by white men
The Forbidden City of Pekin The Purple City of
the Chinese Emperors The Great Walls of China
The Destructive Oriental Typhoons The Ming
Tombs Visits to Ten Provinces of Old China Inti
mate Views of the Industries, Customs and Oddities of
This Little Known Country of 400,000,000 Souls
(Taken by Special Permission of Yuan Shi Kai, Former
President of the Republic of China)
NEWS OF PHOTO THEATERS
Continued From Page 6.)
picture is better than a series of books,
while the author has cleverly woven in
human interest bits that tend to hold
the spectactor's attention unflagging.
A trip through the mysterious For
bidden City, hand-carved marble steps
in the Forbidden Gardens, gigantic
bronze watch dog, the Ming Tombs,
forts along the Great Wall, sacred
wells, cormorant fishing, human power
boats, temple of heaven, 'imperial
palace. Hongkong, Canton. Hangchow,
Shanghai, Tientsin, Peking and the
ravages of a tremendous typhoon are
some of the things shown in the pic
ture. Permission of the Chinese govern
ment was secured by the traveler
photographer and all gates were open
t him. This accounts for the many
things in the film that have never be
fore been caught by the camera.
in the whole story and Vivian Rich
plays the role.
"Circumstantial Evidence," a Billy
Parsons comedy, and Burton Holmes
Travelogue complete the new bilL
"MINTS OF AT COLUMBIA
film lleatlliner -Reaches Pinnacle of
Scenic Beauty.
"Mints of Hell, the new Columbia
theater film headliner, reaches the pin
nacle of scenic beauty. The local Is
eloquent of rousing, out-of-doors action
and the story matches the settings for
absorbing Interest.
From first to last the story develops
In the open. Vast stretches of snow
covered wilderness, mountainous trails
and glittering valleys form the epic
stage upon which the events of he
story are played. The scurrying dog
teams, picturesquely garbed figures of
the tale, mystery of gold strikes, and
always the lurking perils of the frozen
trail, are elements of this screen pro
duction. ,
A Yukon blizzard is one capital in
cident. The passage Is said to be an
actual record of a violent storm. Cer
tainly it has every appearance of real
enow and raging wind and the reality
of the storm gives particular strength
to the dramatic situation of which it is
a part. Another incidental is a wonder
ful plunge of the hero from a ciiff
into a deep snowbank. For "punch"
there is a wealth of those spirited fights
which seem to be inseparable from
stories of the frozen north.
William Desmond is in his element in
these scenes. His great performance in
thrashing "the villain in the Stag sa
loon is a wonder for realistic staging
and action.- - . ; . . . y . . . .
There is only one feminine character
G ERA LD1E FAKRAR AT SUNSET
"The Hell Cat" Strong Photo Tale
of the SouCinest.
Geraldine Farrar has a colorful, dra
matic role in "The Hell Cat," a strong
phototale of ' the southwest, with its
characters swayed by primitive emo
tions and impulses. This picture, with
the Arack Sennett two-reel comedy,
"The Bedroom Blunder," provide enter
tainment on the Sunset theater's cur
rent film programme.
Milton Sills and Tom Santschi are
prominent players In support of Miss
Farrar, who has the role of Pancha
O'Brien, half Spanish and half Irish,
with all the contradictions that this
mixture implies.
The girl loves Jack "Webb, the sher
iff, and is coveted by Jim Dike, a well-to-do
cattleman. Dike determines to
conquer the girl, has his men kill her
father's sheep, and then, when they are
arrested by the sheriff, deep enmity
between cattleman and sheriff is born.
In the dead of night Dike shoots
O'Brien, overpowers the girl, binds her
and carries her away.
Dike's squaw returns to find the girl
with him and is about to plunge a dag
ger into Pancha's heart when the girl
explains the situation and persuades
the squaw to inform the sheriff of her
plight. Dike, finding Pancha inert, ap
parently dead, vows that he will marry
her and take her east if she will but
return to life. The girl responds, per
suades him to set out immediately for
the railroad and on the way the sher
iff and his posse appear.
There's a reunion of the lovers and
Dike dies by the dagger meant for
Pancha- Willard Mack wrote the
story.
every time
Film Flickers.
pebble Into a chamois bag
he pulled the trigger.
Not only Is Albert Ray one of the
most capable of the younger stars of
the screen, but he also is a tennis play
er of no mean ability. Mr. Ray has
played tennis since he was big enough
to swing a racket. He recently played
an exciting match with Maurice Mc
Loughlin, the California comet and
former international champion.
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Monroe Salisbury has quite a reputa
tion as a wit at Universal City.
A baby pig was used in "The Open
Road, in which he was working.
"That pig is just like other actors,"
Salisbury told Rupert Julian, his dl
rector.
"How is that?" queried Julian.
"He's cute and everybody loves him
when he's young, but when he's old he
eventually becomes a 'ham."
Here Is a tailor with an imagination.
Alice Joyce left hurriedly on her vaca
tion a few weeks ago and grabbed
bunch of secnarios to take with her to
read on the train. On top was one
marked personal. She scanned it and
laughed at the scenario. It told of
famous motion picture star who went
off on a vacation, and forgetting to
pay her bill, caused great hardship in
the family of the tailor.
Miss Joyce looked at the name on the
top of the page and suddenly had
glimpse of the name of her own tailor.
She had a laugh at his unique way of
presenting a bill, and you may be sure
there was no delay in sending a check.
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Arthur Guy Empey was surprised
and delighted to receive a visit from ;
Miss Ruth Whittier when he was work- ,
ing at the Biograph studios last week.
Miss Whittier enlisted early in the war
as an Knglish Red Cross nurse and
later joined the American forces. She
acted as Empeys nurse when he was
badly wounded, and Guy frankly ac
knowledged that she saved his life.
Charles Ray Is learning to play the
piano, an . accomplishment he has
always longed to possess. He has a
charming instructress. It Is Colleen
Moore, who is appearing as his leading
lady . in the picture he is now making
at the Thomas H. Ince studio in Culver
City. Miss Moore is an accomplished
pianiste. Naturally there are many
waits on the studio set between camera
shots. For this Ray picture a piano
is being used, so with this "prop" and
a leading woman who can play, Mr.
Ray is getting the fundamental princi
ples of music He has progressed
rapidly going from Chop Sticks to
Yankee Doodle in three days.
The animal man at the Mack Sennett
CONTINUOUS 1 P. M. to 11 P. M.
Admission
Matinees 25c Evenings 50c Children 25c
Painted Scenery of Drama
Gives Place to Nature.
Real Forest. Denertu, Mountain.
Rivera .Now Staice Play, for Mod
ern Theatersoera. .
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BY ROGER STARBUCK.
HAT a change between the old
days of the stage drama, and
the modern ways of the picture
folk! How differently an author must
feel when his cherished child Is staged
amid the most suitable surroundings,
with real wildwoods. deserts, moun
tains, rivers and so on for scenery,
than when, before the motion picture
was dreamed of. set rocks, painted
water, canvas trees and papier-mache
mountains had to suffice as investure!
Of course the novelty of the thing
has worn off to some extent. We are
used by this time to see film companies
goinj? to all sorts of remote places to
stage their productions; yet it still im
presses me wben I hear of a bi crowd
of players and technical experts, with
carloads of scenery and properties,
camera equipment, etc., -bundling off in
AWARDS FOR BEST DISPLAY IN ROSE FESTIVAL INDUSTRIAL
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William Russell fired his EOOth shot
the other day during the making of
"Six Feet Four." Stephen Fox's adapta.
tion of Jackson Gregory's novel, which
is serving as the "Flying A" star's cur
rent vehicle at the American studio.
Since "Big Bill" started his picture
career five years ago he has been keep
ing count of the shots his. stories have
compelled' him to fixe by dropping a studio is a. worried man. He is gei.Un
EIGHTEEN CCPS AND f lOO IX CASH WILL, REWARD SUCCESSFUL ENTRIES.
With more than 60 cars and floats In the patriotic section and more entries
in 'the industrial division, the victory-industrial parade of the Victory Rose
festival on June 11 already la assuming proportions beyond the original expec
tatlon of the committee in charge. Word was received yesterday that Chehalis
would bring down 12 beautifully decorated cars to tell the story of the patriotic
effort of that section of Washington. This is only one of similar notices being
received daily at the Rose Festival association headquarters at 103 West Park
street. Eugene, not satisfied with the entry of cars in the victory section, will
also have a handsome float In the industrial division. Several other cities are
planning double displays in a similar manner.
In the industrial division entries have come from outside of Portland, stock
ton, Cal., telegraphing to save it a place far from band music, as the Ad club of
that city had a unique display carrying its own music Spokane. San JJiego and
Oakland all have entered. Other cities have written that displays are being
planned.
Among the Portland industries and concerns that have announced their
Intention of presenting unusual trademark and industrial exhibits are: Alblna
Engine St. Machine Works, Peninsula Shipbuilding company. Crown Mills, Alba
tross Metal Furniture company. Golden Rod Milling company, Portland Railway,
Light & Power company. Mason Tire Sales company, Portland Gas & Coke
company, Portland Flour Mills company. Northwest National bank. Coast Cul
vert & flume company. Pacific Car 6l Foundry company, Lang. Jones & Co,
Northwestern Electric company, V. S. Forestry, Behnke-Walker Business com
pany, Haynes-Foster Baking company. Pacific Coast Biscuit company, Tru
Blu Biscuit company. Log Cabin Baking company. Old-Fashioned Milling com
pany. Porter Scapelli Macaroni company. Williams & Co. Davldron Baking
company. New York Baking company. National Biscuit company. Union Meat
company, Oregon Brass Works, McDougall-Overmire company.
The victory-industrial parade is being organised by the Joint committee of
the Victory Rose Festival and the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's association.
For the Rose Festival association the committee consists of S. C. Jaggar. Fred
D. Weber, R. A. Stewart, A. W. Ellis. George Bowen, George O. Brandenburg.
Charles Menzies. John A. Henry, Charles Cochran; for the. Pacific Coast Adver
tising Men's association. G. W. Stubblebine, Fred W. Wagner, A. W. Slypes,
H. C. Huston. A. G. Clark, John T. DougalL
The prizes for this parade consist of 18 handsome cups, three pennants and
a, sweepstakes prize of J10U in, cash.' Tlixeo of the cups -were dona Ltd.
tralnloads to make a picture that ulti
mately the great publio shall witness
for at top price, probably 35 cents and
thence down to a dime plus war tax.
An instance of this was recorded re
cently when Bill Hart, the Artcraft
star, toted his company, consisting of
about 40 people more or less, and a
couple of carloads of equipment some
where down into the desert to make a
few important scenes- and thought
nothing of it. Now he is booked for
the Mojave desert for a new picture
which will show the experiences of the
pioneers along the old Santa Fe trail.
Another example was when George
Melford took his company, headed by
the star. Major Robert Warwick, up
into the mountains of Idaho to get the
atmosphere for "Told in the Hills."
Permit me to digress a moment: Do
you recall that story by Marah Ellis
R;an? It was one of my beloved ad
venture tales and it had a lot of ro
mance in it, too. My, but the people
of that story were real to me and red-
blooded: I read it probably two decades
ago it was a best teller in those days
and a bookseller told me. not long
ago that it is etill in demand. It has
gone through edition after edition and
they still want it. Pretty good test
for a novel, I should say what?
W ell, now they're making a picture
of it. It will be a Paramount-Artcraf t
special and I am glad of it because I'd
hate to see an old friend of my youth
butchered to make a Roman holiday
or any other kind of a holiday.
Ann Little is to pjay the girl a hero
ne who was one of my youthful loves.
and I can see Major Warwick, with his
strong face - t.nd his soreness, as an
admirable type for the rugged hero.
Donald Crisp escorted Bryant Wash
burn and company down to Coronado
recently for scenes in "Love Insur
ance, a new "Paramount picture from
Earl Derr Biggers' novel. There's a
clever writer, by the by you remem
ber "Seven Keys to Baldpate?" Well,
he did it and they say "Love Insur
ance" is just as original in plot. Great
idea. Isn't it Insuring a man against
the lady of his choice changing her
mind? Of course she does it's a wom
an's prerogative. And she falls in love
with the agent for the insurance com
pany he is between love and duty
new angle, eh? Bryant Washburn
ought to be superb in that party the
young agent. Lois Wilson ie his lead
ing woman.
Presently Cecil B. DeMiHe is to make
a company and a whole trainload of
stuff down t Santa Crlze Island to
make the play for Artcraft that Jeanie
MacPherson has founded on Sir James
M. Barrie'a unforgettable "Admirable
Crlchton."
So It goes. They must have realism,
and they must have green fields and
pastures new all the time. And th
world is brought closer and closer to
gether and everj-body knows what the
other half is doing and there isn't a
schoolboy nowadays that doesn't know
more about the country through pic
tures than the average teacher did &
quarter of a century ago. Who says
the pictures don't educate the masses?
Go to the films, thou skeptic, or for
ever hold thy peace!
"Sixteen years ago, when I first be
came connected with motion pictures,
the whole population of the United
States contained less than a million
readers of the screen. Today there are
more than 20.000.000." William Fox,
preploVnt of the Fox Film corporation.
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Sage
OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
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Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded.
brings back the natural color and lustre
to the hair when faded, streaked or
gray. Tears ago the only way to get
this mixture was to make it at home,
which is mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply aisk at any
drug store for "Wyelh's Sage and Sul
phur Compound." You will get a Large
bottle of this old-time recipe, improved
by the addition of other ingredients
at very little cost. Everybody uses this
preparation now because no one can
possibly tell that you darkened your
hair, as it does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at
a time; by morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another application
or two your hair becomes beautifully
dark, thick and glossy and. you look
yearn younger. Adv. - - -
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Load up that picnic basket today.
Start early for the Highest, Hap
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Bring the kiddies to the old
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popular
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orchestra. Hear the most popu
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Monte Austin
King- the latest New Tork hits:
"Jerry," "When You Look In th
Heart of a Rose. "Chang" and
others Just received from the
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Try a ride on the first eeentc
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