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SKIDS VERY CLOSE TO LINE
"Innocent Idea" by Martin Brown Makes Fun of Theme of Many Plays
Such as "Up in Mabel's Room."
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NEW YORK, June 12. (Special.)
At last a burlesque on the
bedroom farce that has played
't such an important part in Broadway
' theatricals during the past season or
two has been offered. "An Innocent
p Idea," Martin Brown's new play which
came into the Fulton theater, makes
fun of the bedroom farce and will be
enjoyed by many who have tired long
: ago of that sort of farce. Mr. Brown
uses all the props of the bedroom
, farce that were found in "Up in
Mabel's Room," "Twin Beds," "Break
; fast in Bed" and many others. There
i are many amusing incidents and the
" burlesque on the farce comedy skids
mighty close to the line at times.
; Robert Emmet Keane plays the hero,
; with Russell Fillmore a "misunder
' stood" dramatist. The women include
; Florence Gerald as a hotel detective
j and Amy Ongley as a comedy cham
) bcrmald.
t "39 East," which had a very suc-
1 cessful season at the Broadhurst last
". X year,' returned to town from its road
J Ntour and took possession of the Shu-
bert, which adjoins its former home.
The show was to have closed its very
i popular tour, but the new play sched
i uled for the Khubert needed working
' over and "39 East" was put in to fill
.1 in the time. It may run all summer.
; but at least will stay until a new
; tenant is ready. The cast is prac
, tically unchanged, with Henry Hull
and Constance Binney in the leads and
Alison Skipworth, Lucia Moore. Edith
' Uresham and Mildred Arden in their
old roles. This story by Rachel
C'rothers tells of life in a boarding
house and is full of comedy lines and
GIRLS CAN ENJOY VACATION
FOR WHOLE WEEK ON ONLY $12
Y, W. C. A. Camps Provide Opportunity for Outing That Is Pleasant
and of Only Small Cost.
W
OULD you guess that a girl
couldi spend a week in a wood
sy place, swimming when she
liked it, conoeing if she knew how,
bacon-batting when she could up
ealy enough, hiking across country
when she felt particularly peppy, and
lying around In cool, still places when
she wanted to bo quiet that she could
do all this to the tune of $12 a week?
Just that has been done and is being
done by thousands of girls (over
50,000, to be specific) this summer.
The secret? Y. W. C. A. camps!
No longer is the fainting heroine
and the delicate girl popular in the
United States. It's the healthy, fresh
skinned, athletic girl with the "rouge
that won't come off" on her cheeks
because it's "painted from the in
side," that is the ideal today and that
is why the summer camps are popu
lar. Every girl would rather have a
natural bloom on her cheeks than the
6u-cents-a-box kind and she knows
that the surest way to get it is by
outdoor living, wholesome food and
lots of exercise. She knows, too, that
this is the keenest sort of fun. So
when, summer comes and she has a
week or two off from work she
chooses a camp for her vacation trip.
She does, that is, if she is wise, and
bo many girls are growing "wise"
lately that all the camps in the coun-
ry have waiting lists and disappoint
ed inquirers.
Y. W. C. A. camps are run, primar
ily, for girls who work the year
around in factories, shops, stores or
situations. The scenes are laid in
a New York boarding house just east
of Fifth avenue, but the characters
are typical of boarding houses in all
parts of the country. Hence its pop
ularity; it is an absolute picture of a
certain class of boarding house, and
nothing succeeds like a play that
shows familiar conditions.
The announcement that S. L. Roth
apfel would assume charge of the
Capitol aid not cause the big surprise
that was anticipated. It will be re
celled that when the big theater first
openea nis connection with it was
rumored, but later denied. Mr. Roth
apfel, well known in Portland, opened
successfully the Strand, the Rialto
and the Rivoli on Broadway, just
few blocks from the Capitol. Later he
resigned to go into the producing end
of the picture business and then went
to iamornia. since nis return his
name has been associated with many
rumors or big things.
Mr. Rothapfel has been called the
"Belasco of motion pictures," for he
it was who first introduced the ar
tistic settings for pictures and insisted
upon the appropriate musical accom
paniment now an essential part of
the up-to-date picture house. Mr.
joowes, me airector. made the an
nouncement from the Capitol the
other day. A new form of entertain
ment will be inaugurated by Mr.
Rothapfel which will, include a lower
admission rate (the top price has been
$1.50) and more shows will be given.
I ne Lapitol competes with the other
three theaters for patronage and it is
expected that many of the Rothapfel
fans and their name is legion! will
flock back to the Capitol. The house
will be closd for a week to make
necessary changes.
otliccs and who have to cram into
seven short days enough fresh air
and sunshine, flower picking and hik
ing to last 12 months. In location
management, equipment and Dure fun
these camps are quite as surprisingly
delightful as those run for the "poor
little rich girls" at several hun
dred per.
Number one on the list of delicious
features of camp life is the fact that
t.ie vacation girl can wear bloomers
every day and all day. can swine
along with freedom undreamed of in
full dress days. No man (unless he
has taken ladies' parts in plays) can
understand what a joy that is to a
girl, and no girl that hasn't stepped
out of her bothersome short, tieht
skirt or full, trammeling one, can ap
preciate the delight, either. On Sun
days, perhaps, and guest days, skirts
are donned, but for the rest of the
time never!
Number two in the list is the easy
chance for outdoor sports. There are
"play leaders." or athletic directors,
in all the camps, and planning with
them a councilor for every group of
ten or 20 girls. Amofcg them baseball
matches are arranged, or cross-country
hikes, or bird-hunting trips (with
field glasses in lieu of guns); water
sports are taught, water contests are
planned; early morning bacon-bats,
with wood fire, coffee and canned
cream, and all the usual accessories,
are indulged in, and moonlight marsh
mallow roasts, or watermelon sprees
are staged. For the girl who wants
to be quiet and lazy, .there are such
places as "crows' nests," built high
in, the tree branches, . where reading
or dreaming is the most natural sport
to indulge or there's the sunny beach
shore, a blanket spread on the sand
makes the laziest sort of a "chaise
longrue." Or there are queer, lonely
places along the river's edge which
the romantic soul can discover and
keep as his sanctum.
And of course a third Joy is the
simple life one lives sleeping in tents
or cabins with a wooden box for a
dressing table and one eight-inch
mirror for five or six girls, no ward
robe space other than the suitcase
under the cot and no private bath ex
cept the basin on a stand. There is
always a chance to pull your cot out
into the open and sleep under the
stars, and no one really knows the
stars, so Stevenson says, "who has not
slept a la belle etoile." The food? On
always accepts good eats as a part
of the camp game; perhaps because
one is so hungry that anything tastes
good! But things are good when
there's a special cook to prepare the
food and the whole co'intryside to
choose from in the matter of straw
berries, cream, newly-made butter
and green vegetables.
There are 153 Y. W. C. A. camps
opening this month in all parts of
the country from the Pacific to the
Atlantic coast, accommodating over
50,000 girls during the season. In
the New England states and New
York 32 camps give vacations to
10.000 girls; in Ohio and West Vir
ginia. 17 camps accommodate over
3000 industrial girls; in the west cer
tain camps draw most of the mining
districts. The cost of a week's stay
at these camps varies from ?10 to
J12. There's not much in the way
of fun. health and outdoor medicine
thit you can get for $12 these days!
Yet. to sum up this is what the
Y. W. C. A. camps offer: Bo ting,
bathing and swimming under trained
instructors; tramps through beauti
ful secluded woods, picnics in the
woods, bacon-bats, camp fires by the
lake, baseball, basketball and all
kinds of gimes; auto trips, sleeping-
out parties. In unpleasant weather
there are open fires In tne nails ana
a place where stunts, concerts, dra
matics, etc., are given. The trees
and hills abound in bird and flow
ers and you can learn to know and
enjoy them.
Increase in Population De
clared to Be Menace.
PtatlaMrlnn Auks Wbftlirr Medical
Men In Future 'Will Knvor Birth
Control That Earth Shall Be
Provided Adequately.
LONDON', June 12. The Bank of
England is to be rebuilt. The
governors and court of directors of
the Institution for the last 25 years
have considered the advisability of
replacing the black, one-story "Old
Lady of Threadneedle Street" with a
more modern and commodious struc
ture. The inadequacy of the vener
able pile to meet present-day needs
has necessitated the establishment,
since the beginning of the war. of six
outside branch offices in various
parts of London.
Established in 1691. the Bank of
England is the oldest national bank
in Europe. Millions of people
throughout the world know the out
side of the low, black building which
for more than two centuries has been
the empire's financial center. Its
central part was erected in 1732-4,
but the outer part, which one sees
from adjacent streets, dates from
1788.
The present building spreads o7er
four acres of wnat is perhaps the
most valuable real estate in the
world, in the heart of London's world-
trading center. At least once in De
cember, 1825 it saved the country
from bankruptcy. During the Lord
George Gordon riots of June. 1780. it
withstood a two days attack by a
mob, which was driven off by sol
diers stationed outside and clerks
and bank officials who mounted the
walls.
Since that date the bank has been
guarded every night by a detachment
of 36 soldiers, who, commanded by
an officer, march down from London
Tower and take up their positions on
the walls at sundown.
A number of windows, which broke
the blank solidity of the bank's
outer walls, were closed with huge
blocks of granite after the rioting.
but their outline is traced by the re
maining sills.
EAGLES INSTALL OFFICERS
Mar&hficld Aerie Owns Building
and Is Prosperous.
MARSH FIELD. Or.. June 12. (Spe
cial.) Marshfield aerie No. 538. Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, installed its
new set of officers with an elabo
rate banquet and an excellent pro
gramme of general interest to the
members. The local aerie is the only
one in the county, but it is most
prosperous, owning its own large
building and being in the best of
financial condition. Frank R. Kirk,
who. among a number of others, was
responsible for the large membership
of the order, was re-elected presi
dent, although he has served five
yenrs in the same capacity.
The new officers installed included
G. F. Shanton. vice-preeident: E. M.
Graham, chaplain: August Frizeen.
secretary: M. C. Hoffman, conductor:
James H. Pickett, inside guard; Fred
Magnusson, M. J. Ostrow and R. E.
Pinegor, trustees.
STATE ARMORY DEDICATED
Building Not Finished but In Shape
for Occupancy.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. June 1 (Spe
cial.) The Marshfield state armory
is In possession of the 2d company
coast artillery, following its dedica
tion June 4 with a grand military
ball. The function was given by the
2d company as a free event in appre
ciation of the gifts made towards se
curing the armory by citizens of
Marshfield and the county in general.
The city of Marshfield donated the
site and the county gave $20,000. The
state made up the balance, sufficient
to put the building into condition for
occupancy, although it is not com
pleted.
The ladies of the Daughters of the
American Revolution aided the coast
artillery boys in the opening event at
which nearly 1000 people were in at
tendance.
BULGARIA HAS NO ARMS
Foreign Minister Makes Reply to
Bolshevist Complaint.
SOFIA, June 12. The Bulgarian
government, has received a telegram
from the minister of foreign affaire
of the bolshevist government in Rus
s;a protesting against the alleged de
liverv to the forces opposing the bol
shevik troops of arms and munitions
by the Bulgarians.
The Bulgarian foreign minister has
replied that all Its arms and muni
tions have been confiscated by the
French and that therefore it is no
in a position to furnish arms to any
one. He added that the Bulgarian
government has no knowledge of the
present disposition of these arms and
that it will not be responsible if they
are in us .
MISS MINTER, FILM STAR, IS
VERY SERIOUS ABOUT FUTURE
Performer Who Achieved Distinction Almost Before She Entered Her
Teens Said to Be One of the Level-Headed Ambitious Ones.
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Mary Miles Mlnter. that delightful
child-woman, today tell how her dirty
face and inquisitive manner started her
on the road to success. She ftrpeaks mod
estly of her past, hopefully of her future
and thankfully of her audiences. Miss
Minter is Just starting "on her own.
but she achieved stardom almost before
she entered her teens.
BY RAY W. FROHMAN.
(Copyright. 1919. by Evening Herald Pub
lishing Co.)
THIS is the self-revealed "fact"
story of a motion picture
"STAR." according to the pub
lic's conception of that term, who
insists that she is NOT a star and
never has been YET.
That "YET" is important, for Mary
Miles Minter, unassuming as she is
regarding her present film niche,
heedless as she is concerning her
brilliant past achievements on the
spoken stage, is mighty serious about
her FUTURE.
And it is a future woven of pride
in her profession, earnestness, desire
for service, a sense of obligation to
the public a future shot through !
with idealism.
Millions Know Iter.
Millions of picturcgoers know, like
and admire the Mary Miles Minter of
the screen as a sweet, pretty little
girl with an abundance of blonde
curls, a picture actress slightly big
ger than a faint recollection, a little
queen with delicate features and "en
dearing young charms."
Few know the intense, level-head
ed, appreciative, ambitious REAL-
reel-star-to-be it was my privilege to
question as to her past, present and
future.
Not even other picture stars know
her, for she has been dubbed, she
tells me. "the hermit girl of the
screen." and says she "doesn't know
them."
It was In Mary's own limousine.
with her chauf feur-wlth-a-life-job.
Jack Filtzer, on the bridge, that I was
whirled to meet the young Realart
star "on location."
En route I enjoyed the delightful
company of her young mother, Mrs.
Charlotte Shelby, who has hair like
Mary's only a trifling shade darker.
Here's a ConfesnloB.
I was also in the clutches of Harry
L. ("Buck") Massie. her special pub
licity director, a reformed circus ad
vance agent, as earnest as Mary.
J'approche.
'Tls on the Lasky ranch, the "old
Universal ranch," amid woodsy coun
try, with muddy roads, saplings, a
young brook, Los Angeles sunshine.
fairy hills in the background, "'n'
everything."
We pass a big circle of men, look
ing like a bunch of gypsies gathered
about their campfire. They are "the
bolsheviki" in Mary's current picture.
With the bright sunshine playing
in its rival, her hair. Mary Miles
Minter Is in action In "exteriors,"
under the artistic direction of a keen
looking gentleman of distinguished
appearance, William Desmond Taylor.
And that stringy-haired girl with
watery blue eyes whom Mary is
clutching is breezy Fritzie Ridgway
playing a character without a char
acter." In a lull between "close-ups" Mary
Miles Minter greets me with a shy
little smile.
Eye Mild. Voire Snhdned.
A pretty maid with blue eyes, fea
tures of static beauty, and a quiet
composure of countenance betokening
that she has lived much during her
17 Vi years that's Mary. A refined
looking little LADY, whose subdued
tone of voice, reserve and cultured
manner makes it no news at all when
she tells me she was born in the
south.
She looks like your anybody's
"best girl."
She is wearing a little old fashioned
frock of violent-tint, with fluffy lace
elbow, and fluffy ruffles at the south
ern exposure.
I note that she is kind and demo
cratic toward her servants a sign of
true gentility.
But after all. I had to follow Mary
back to her studio dressing room to
get my interview. There she talked
quietly, with restraint.
In a detached way she bestows
blame and praise, where either seems
due. upon her spoken stage achieve
ments. Depreciatingly she mentions her
past screen accomplishments.
Ecstatically she gushes about the
"nest of darlings" she is now in.
"from Adolph Zukor," who thought
of Mary and then conceived Realart,
"down to 'Daddy" Byce," pooh-bah of
the studio.
Girl Has Serlona Views.
And oh-so-Beriously. she discourses
upon the big things of life which she
holds dear: Domestic ideals which are
real to her. freedom from commer
cialism and her dawning future what
(by.1
"Buck" Masste would call "the ripen
ing of her matured artistry," but
what Mary calls "giving the public my
best, now that I have served my ap
prenticeship; for the public has given
me Its best."
Her name in private life is Juliet
Shelby, but she says:
"All my family believe that I am
Mary Miles Minter. It was the real
name of my first cousin, who died as
a child. We were about the same
age, and I looked, acted and talked
the way she did. and had the same
likes and dislikes.
"When did I get my first 'job' on
the stage? It wasn't a 'Job.' It was
an accident. It was when I was not
quite five, with the late Nat Goodwin
in the original production of 'Cameo
Kirby.' It was a dismal failure,
which Dustin Farnum later played
with great success. Maude Fealy was
in the company.
Klrat Play Recalled.
"I was a tiny little girl, 'Toinette.
I remember my first line."
There was joy in Maly's voice as
she chanted this:
" 'Sister Adele. Sister Adele, catch
me I'm turning!"
"I rushed gleefully downstairs cry
ing that, and they caught me, and I
enjoyed it.
"I was born at Shreveport, La. My
mother was a southern girl, tied down
by the bonds of the south: 'You
can't do this' and 'You can't do that."
fane longed with all her soul to go
on the stage, but she had two babies.
Margaret and me.
"Mother really did understudy
Billie Burke in 'Love Watches' in
New York at the Lyceum theater in
1906, and played the part of the sister
in it. She looked like Billie. While
mother was on the stage I sat on
the table one night in that wonderful
green room.
Charles Frohman walked In.
"Child" Is Indignant.
'"Hello, child.- ne said. "Whose
child are you?'
" 'My mother's," I replied, faintly
annoyed at being called "child." No
one had ever called me that, and
was '
" 'Who is your mother?"
" "Tarlotte."
"My mother, Charlotte Shelby he
thought she was 18 and didn't know
she had any children walked in from
the stage.
" 'When are you going to put these
children on the stage?" he asked.
" 'Stage? My children on the stage?
Heaven forbid! mother replied. 'My
children must be educated and reared
as I was."
"Children were being engaged then
JOHN
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morning at 9 o'clock.
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I at Wallack's theater for 'Cameo Kir-
Not announcing it to motner.
my grandmother detcrminea a um
Margaret, all dreesed up in a Big oiue
! serge, all fluffy ruffles, down there,
t But when she came out of the house
I I was playing in the street. I was
filthy dirty!" Yet I insisted and so
there was nothing to do but take me
along.
"There were millions, eimply mil
lions of kids in a great room with
toes out. sashes, bows and things.
r-their mammas poking them to sit up
straight.
' Arnold Daly Comes In.
"Grandmother found a chair In a
corner, took Margaret on her lap and
told me to crouch down in the corner
and not show myself. I was a "dis
grace," 'a pig."
"My dress was filthy, and I still
had my ball. All the kids had
'snipped' at me when I came tn.
"There was a beautiful little girl
there who looked like a French dolL
I thought she was a Fiench doll. I
begged grandmother to let me go
kiss her.
"Her mother looked at me and said:
"'Oh. these little waifs how do
they let them in? And It wants to
touch my daughter!"
"Arnold Daly, who was playing
there in "The Irishman," came in. made
up as "The Irishman' big red nose
green eyes. I gazed at him fascinat
ed. All the kids curtseyed, their
mammas telling them. "Now look at
the gentleman, dearie be nice."
" O-oh, grandma, look at his funny
noe!" I screamed, sitting on my
haunches hidden behind that chair in
the corner.
Come here, little one I'd like to
talk to you." said Mr. Daly.
. "Grandmother, mortified, almost
wept.
Daly Makes Discovery.
"Proudly I stepped forth, and looked
him up and down, from his funny
feet to his funny head.
" "Come this way, little girl," he
said.
'"May I play with these?" I asked,
looking at his make-up table from a
high chair in his dressing room. 1
didn't know what grease paint was,
but I was fond of color. I emeared
paint over my hands and face.
" 'What do you like to play?" he
asked me.
" 'Hide and Go Seek. Pussy in
Corner, Ring Around the Rosey."
" 'What have you done, played on
the stage?" he asked, annoyed.
" "The child seems intelligent, but
she can't tell me what she's played
he told grandmother. She answers
"Pussy in a Corner."
"'My child on the stage?" gasped
grandmother. 'Oh, no Margaret is
talented not Juliet.'
""Why not?" asked Mr. Daly. 'She's
engaged!"
"It was a pure freak. The family
did not intend it. Mother didn't
know it until a week before I played.
She was horrified.
"Salary? Fifty dollars a week, and
In two months it was J55. I still have
the first $50 bill I earned.
"I never realized I was acting it
never occurred to me to play a part.
It Was -Steady Job."
From then on I was on the stage,
winter and summer except for
lay-off of one or two months at the
outside.
"I have never sought a contract.
"Except for playing with Robert
Hilliard In 'A Fool There Was" unti
my own engagement started. I orig
lnated all the parts I played during
my ten years on the stage.
Between the ages of 5 and 1
played with every star of importance
on the American stage except John
Drew, Including Mrs. Flske. Leo Dit
rlchstein, Maude Adams, Ethel Bar
rymore. Bertha Balich and Ellen
Terry, who came over one season.
My next engagement was at 85
week with Madame Kalich In "What
It Means to a Woman."
In 1910-11, with Dustin and Will
iam Farnum, I played the title par
The Littlest Rebel," first in vaude
ville. then on the stage. We opene
in Chicago when I was 8. but was
supposed to be 16. according to th
law. I received 1100 a week. i
First Film Accident.
She played "The Littlest Rebel" for
four years.
Her last stage appearance was in a
child part in 1914-15, in an all-star
production, at the Forty-eighth-street
theater. New York, of "The Woman
of Today," with Rita Jolivet, Frank
Mills. Alice John and Joseph Kilgbre
"another triumphant failure."
Her first picture appearance, with
Mary playing her last child part in
pictures came about accidentally, de
spite her mother's demurring.
Gustave Frohman wanted a child to
play the fairy in "The Fairy and the
Waif." the first production of the
Frohman Amusement company with
Director George Irvine, all the ex
legltimate actors, producers, and
even cameramen absolutely green!
Daniel Frohman. friend and ad
visor of Mary, brought Gustave and
his wife to tea at her house.
Screen Studio Attracts.
"I wanted to get into a studio and
see it," says Mary. "I thought the
actors got behind the screen to act!
When Gustave Frohman took me to a
studio. 1 was fascinated.
" 'I've got to play the picture
want to I love it!" I cried.
"I was the child actress of the day
got the largest salary, played the
biggest parts, had things my own
way. Percy Helton, the boy actor of
BIG EW BILL
Today Tonight
Commodore BlacWton'a
Convulsing Society Comedy
Respectable by
Proxy"
The story of a tow-brow
wife who gets a high-brow
society girl to "sub" for
her.
"Frolics of Youth"
A Juvenile frivolity of fun
featuring Uw Gleason and
a bevy of
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
EL ROY
SISTERS
Frolic and Fash
ion. BROWS! AND
EVANS
Some breezy
smiles. .
"WAITERS
WASTED"
Something hu
morous. t.EE ASH
Just laughs.
THEY
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Upside Down Millettes
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Welcome Kiwanis
the time, who played original parts
with David Warfield and ether Be
lasco stars, was 'the waif."
"How did it go? It's still going.
Percy saw it in France, where he
was decorated by General Pershing.
"It was a fine story, was produced
beautifully and the director had a
spark of genius. I was the only bad
thing I don't see why I didn't
ruin it."
"I haven't made any big pictures
I don't consider that I've made any
pictures!" declaims Mary, earnestly.
All my long stage engagements
were In heavy dramatic plays with
renowned, artistic stars. They have
given something, produced something.
don t consider that my playing in a
few pictures makes me a star!
So, public, since you should "hitch
your wagon to the star," why not to
this wonderfully earnest one, who
says that she regards it aa her
sacred trust to give the public my
very best"?
Canny Scotch See Advan
tages of Leap Year.
Old Scotrh I.avr F.narted In 12S8
tiare "Mayden Ladyes Right to
Woo."
IT took the canny Scotch to see the
advantages of having a year come
along every so often in which the
girls could officially pop the question
without being regarded as either
reckless or indiscreet. It was monny
a lang year ago. 1188 to be exact, that
the Scotch put the Lady's Proposal
into their constitution or by-laws.
It appears the Scotch were particu
lar about this, for the matrimonial
magistrates were authorized to clap a
line ot a pound or five beans in
the
old days on any bird who ran out
and refused the faire dame who asked
him for his heart and hand. The old
Scotch law on the subject says:
"It is a statut and ordaint that dur
Girls
Gayety
Melody
Merriment
ILOOK!
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Every member of the company has a part
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"The Camouflage Taxi
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The Amiable Mlmto
Jack Dempsey
In "Daredevil Jack," final episode
Welcome T. P. A.
ing the rein of hir maist blissit mag
este, for ilk yeare knowne as lepe
yearo, ilk mayden ladye of bothe
highe and low estait shall hae liberte
to bespeake ye man she likes, albeit
he refuses to taik hir to be his lawful
wyfe, he shall be mulcted in ye sum
aane pundis or less, as his estait may
be, except and awis gif he can make
It appears that he is bethrothit ane
Ither woman he then shall be free."
This demonstrates apparently that
the Scotch must have been rather fair
and square with their early statutes,
and also that they must have been bad
spellers from a modern viewpoint.
Still, they were first over the bars
with it, and not long after that
Johnny Walker was elected the first
mayor of Dumfriesboro on a wet
ticket.
Of the origin of the custom for
women to woo instead of being wooed
there is no satisfactory explanation,
says an authority, so the Scotch can
not claim that.
Following the lead of the Scotch in
this important matter the French
passed a similar law and in the 15th
century the custom was legalized in
Genoa and Florence. Leap year has
been growing in popularity ever since
with ye faire dames.
Also it is set forth that the term
"leap year" Is more or less a nickname
(more properly known as bissextile)
and has nothing to do with the matri
monial jump the girls take when they
ask Harry or Hector to become their
wedded husbands.
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