I h e O b server
fouutalti BOW el h 11« I lag« to * ■ centerj <w<
was the guillotine.
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Tbe life o f the picture anfi a t the
MORO. OREGON.
name time a contrast with the Instru- ¡
ment of death were the «ay companies
F ebruary 25, 1916
dluIn« within and w ith o u t the cafa '
FRIDAY
The men wore the cocked bat, the 1
The price ol The Observer
raffled shirt bosom, the loa« double ,
-ear, 75 coats tor sis months. 50 coats for
breasted waistcoat, the high eoat col- -
four m onths-to» H noid in -¿ ».nee we
lar and the tight trousers In rogue a t <
accept S2.50 in full for 2 7 « *" ’
S ho rter
the end of the eighteenth century. The ’
term , than one year 12X coots per month.
women wore the short waist dresses «
A Blue M ark hero w ill answer an In«
and poke bonnets. Tbs revolution bad '
How
an
Attempted
Picture
query, when entered upon our calendar,
either guillotined or drawn Into exile
giving the date ol the paper as the date at
\ Flay W a a Spoiled
most of the refined women of France ’
which your current subscription expires.
and brought Into prominence those 1
whom we would now call “fast” I f net ;
abandoned. Such were the persons
By
A. MITCHEL
eating and drinking at tbs tables on
the Champs Elysees In sight of the ■
machine that was every day rkldlng hi
Moviorllle Is situated In a region France of Its aristocrats.
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where the sun shines oftener than any
W ithin this effective scene was a al
where else la America and where the more minute <m u tb s group about H
By Luke Mcl ake
surrounding scenery Is more varied lia ra t, with Charlotte Oorday a t a d
and beautiful T M s city, devoted to neighboring table. Both the face -of
the work of producing picture plays, M arat and that of Charlotte were a
looks out upon mountains on the one study, the former uneouadous th at the
h a n<i amt undulating tracts on the oth g irl he admired was to kin him. the “
er.- The latter la partly wooded, puri efforts of Mme. Du F ear to hold his. J
p»«» and Beauty.
ty cultivated, and a river runs through attention, which kept wandering away p
- R says here that rest is the greatest It, connecting several lakes.
to Charlotte; the U tte r aware of her tí
beau Litter,” remarked the old fogy as
MovlevlUe Itself to a vary singular advantage in bis admiration, trusting
he looked up from hla newspaper.
city, Containing a singular population to It to give her access to Ids presence „
“T h a t to the reason why all the ho There to every variety of dwelling In whenteedy to strike the fatal blow.
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boes are ao handsome, I suppose,” It from an Indian tepee to a Chinese * The aoibor of “Charlotte Corday,” .
growled the grouch.
palace, every variety of fortification the picture play, totroduced one scene
from a Roman cpptdum (waned lncto that rendered all thia thrilling. Amid
sure) to a modern b as tio n I f there to the gayety about the tablea, reckless "
anything required that Movievllle does men end brasen women talking, loung-
not contain It to Improvised. A scenario, Ing, drinking. M arat and Charlotte the a
one scene of which was laid In the central figures, there Se a commotion 0
United States senate chamber, having about the guillotine. A beautiful worn- f
' been chosen for production the senate an la strapped to It, the ax falls, and 0
•u re .
“Who Invented the hit end ran chamber wee constructed not o f stone, by one of those quick transitions com- £
but of stucco, canvas and other ouch mou In moving pictures her head ap ü
game?” asked the fen.
pears to roll into tbs basket.
v
-T h e lad who bought the first auto like materials.
One of the famous speaking plays of
Such Is an Imperfect word descrip
mobile. I guess,” replied the busy man.
Its day was “Charlotte Corday.” The don of one of the most notable acense
scene waa laid In Parts at the time of ever attempted to be placed on the
the French revolution end Involved the screen. Tbs company chosen to enact v
assassination of the leader of the it before the camera wars gathered end e
reign of terror. M a ra t The woman taking their positions M arat was be a
who played the part of Charlotte waa Ing posed; Charlotte was seating her v
considered a wonder. During her per
self; men and woman were arranging e
Paw Knows Everything.
formances she seemed to he the person
W illle -P a w , what to a pillar of soci I whose part she wee enacting. The themselves In groups. Then, when all *
was ready, the signal »«» <lv «n
t
ety?
play had a very long run, and every
Pqw— A fashionable doctor, my eon. I mouth during the time It was on the the company, consisting of hundreds of n
] hoards this leading lady, whose stage persons, was under firs of the ca mera
The pantomime had continued for
name was Marguerite Stanley, put
F e e t S tu ff.
some time when the photographic dl
more
Intensity
Into
her
p
a
rt
UP
til
her
▲ rlmo should h a v e a point, th at's truw
C u t th ia p oin t I’v e fo r g o tte n ;
I audiences were often thrown Into a rector called a b e lt Going to M a ra t ?
And now th at It is w ritten you
be led him apart from the others and
| cold shiver.
Can • • • th et It la rotten.
‘Churlotte Corday- waa eoi»eclnlly whispered something In bis ear. While (
adapted for a picture ploy, and Movie be was doing so M arat cast a fright-
The Editor's Big Day.
villa was considered as the best, veal- sued glance at Charlotte. The man (
The editor of a Kansas paper eaya I ly
the ouly. place to make the photo ager went back to hla position of ob .
that to picked np a Winchester rifle
serration, and the photographing re v
graphs
recently end started up the street to
John Estcrbruoke. who took the part commenced. The ch at the laugh, the j
deliver the weapon to Its owner. The of M ira t, though a finished actor, did the conviviality went on, each actor or
delinquent subscribers got It into their
not produce (be (mpreeilen effected by actress Intent oa his or her part, for ,
heads that he was on the warpath, Miss Stauley. While she became more 1n a picture play everything counts;
and every one he met Insisted on pay I and more tragic, lie seemed to lose there U no deadwood.
ing all they owed
One man wiped
When the scene of the execution ]
out a debt of ten years' standing. On
came the only attention paid to It, ex
returning to the office he found a load
cept on the pert of Charlotte, was that
of hay, fifteen bushels of corn, ten
a number of persons raised their
bushels of potatoes, a load of wood
glasses, and the pantomime Indicated
and a barrel of turnips.—La Belle Star.
that they were drinking to one more
i aristocrat put out of the way. As for
G id d a p l.
Charlotte, a close observer would have
He took In two bed dollar^
aeen a dpep purpose In her eye. As
And oow he’s bavins fits;
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the head of the guillotine’s victim fell
But, pardon ma, 1 inexn that ha
. into the basket she rase, ran like a
la bavins counterfeit*.
—B. T. Eonsfallow.
r flash to the table occupied by M a ra t
» at the asms time drawing a dagger
Hay, Have a H e a r t !
i from uuderuesth the kerchief crossing
Dear Lake—As the d a b physician 1
i her breast and plunged i t into hla h eart
nominate Dr. L Mayberry of Scot-
An Indescribable confusion followed,
town. O.—Scot town.
p The bussing of the machinery moving
the film ceased.
Every one ran to
K uhl
i M a ra t the men standing, the women
“I f you'd avoid a buatlng bead.”
5 screaming, for all knew that this was
Ona d ay I beard a w ise m en say.
■ not the assassination scene, and It was
“B ew are th e w ine when lt to red.
i believed that he bad been really
B ew are th e rum when It to bay.“
f struck down. He never spoke again.
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As to Charlotte, she withdrew a Ut-
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Charlotte
From the Sea
it Reward.
- <r roll into a d g a -
rette. And it’s so
good you just feel
you never can got
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Deer Lake—Can Mgy K . Ripple, a
beautiful corn fed of this city, use the
swimming pool In the club?—B. M. I* ,
lA>utovlUe, Ky.
Dear Lake—Can Stone W are of Don
aldson, La., be foreman of the d a b ’s
pottery department?— H . P.
Oenel
Dear Luke— W hat has become o< the
old fashioned boy who need to any,
‘•Yes slrree bob tall bone f l y f - G E P.
Things to W o rry A b e u t
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Some married couples fight so much
that the neighbors wonder why eaML
married couples do not name their
homes “The Balkans.”
There are a whole lot of married
women who have more confidence to
their fam ily physicians than they have
to their husbands.
Every man to Just crazy altont girt
babies when t ’u? pirS |talfi<M urc about
nineteen years old.
It must be mighty unpleasant to be
blind and ta havs to eat a piste e f
spaghetti
One reason why men’s clothes w t l
‘ never be popular with women Is be*
cause they w ill stay on without being
I f w e ere to be cotnbelled to believe
all the stories about tbe big whoppers
that got away from the other fellow«
when they were fishing we win else
be inclined to believe thet tbe anglers
were using bologna sausage« for
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Wfam you fire up yoor Are!
^ u t M arty to Gio sort that stands safe
ty ashore and sends another man.” -
. Once she glanced heck and saw the
strong swimmer gaining on her. There
was a glimpse of bronxed arms end
shoulders, a tattned face, dark and
keen. H e shouted at her, but the words
drifted away on the wind and ware
drowned in the roar of water.
der tbe Tale afternoon sunshine. 'EdHh
drew to deep treat to of the Invigorat
ing salt air. I t wae good to be alive; it
was good to almost lose one’s life and
then regain It through the valor of a
man who looked like a Greek god.
E d ith flu s h e d hotly.
- In the distance wee the life aavlng-
statlon. There would be a group ef
men around a table playing cards per
haps or telling etoriee, waiting for a
human cair for help.
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She began to wleh that her life guard
might be out on the beech; then she
sew him sitting on an overturned host,
hla rase fixed fa r out at eea.
“Good afternoon.” said Edith tim id
ly, and be turned hla heed, with a s ta rt
la an Instant he stood before tor, a
very giant o f a man, bto dark eyes
eagerly searching ttor face as I f la that
brief period when be had rescued her
from a watery grave he had dlacoverod
something deelrable In her charming
features and waa now trying to find It
•« •to - & '¿¿c
“I am glad yon are quite well again,”
he said In a deep voice that thrilled
her. “But you must never go Into the
water at Seehaven when the waves ran
high.”
“No; I won’t.” said Edith meekly. .
“T k a t to why the etatton to estab
lished here.” be went on. leading the
way to the boat and finding a seat for
her. “It*a a tricky bit of water here
lo vel y girl poo red out to htan.
< L atar In the evening while Edith was
softly playing to him, h e r vttttn tacked
nnder hag dimpled chin. M m Wayne
was talking to b«^husband to ike
^ ld " y o u say that be to the eon of
General M o n tfo rd r she asked to a
Edith smiled mockingly and struck
startled tone. “W hy. I thongkt he was
ont afresh.
only a life guard.”
She did not see that the man’s face
“H a to a hero and a mag, as matter
was tense with fear; that hla Upa were
what hto station In life may be.”
white nor that hla eyes were fixed be
growled plain John Wayne. “But he
yond her where a gray black fin cut
happens to be General Mot»tfOrd’s sen,
i the water.
and. from your viewpoint, a most
She did not see the ugly fin of the
eligible young man, Rophla.”
I shark either.
“Poor Marty Dupree.” sighed Mrs.
How the thunder of wavee roared In
Wayne, fo r ahe bad glimpsed Edith’s
her ears—how drowsy she felt!
face while Montford was talking to
She was sinking—sinking—down. She
her daughter.
could not even muster a cry for help,
B at M arty Dupree wee heck la town,
though help waa near. Edith closed
poring over hto first editions la the
her eyes against wind and wavee and
gloomy library o f hto house, hto blue
staring bine sky.
eyes goggling through the thick leasee
Strong .arms grasped her and pulled
o f hto spectacles. H e bad quite fo r
her up—up out of an abyss of~water—
gotten for the time all about Edith
Into the blessed sunshine.
W ayne
Edith opened her eyes and looked
I t was wen that he bed. tor no one
Into the dark ones of her rescuer. Then
was thinking about him. A t Seahaven
his gaxe was diverted and she ta w the
tie from the group about the mau she
Edith was dally meeting Hugh Meet-
I pupils contract and the Meek brows
had killed and stood trembling. Then
fowl. end together they were eon
I bend. Hla breath came heavily.
for the first time It was noticed t h a t ,
tinning the story begun to the eurf
“Can
you
support
yourself
F
he
there was a wild look in her eye. She
that day he saved her from the shark.
I shouted close to her eer and for answer
was lad eway, and none of the com-
One September day. Hugh aaked
I she slipped from hla embrace and took
peny ever saw her ag&hu
Edith to marry Mm, and bluahlngly
I
the
end
of
the
leather
belt
which
en-
abouts.”
The picture play of Charlotte Cor-
the Mid her head against hto arm and
| circled hla w a is t “Hold on for dear
“Ton belong to the lifesaving c r e w r
day was never put on the screen for I
nodded a shy naeeat
naked Edith.
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life, there's a shark around here.”
the public.
The films were ran
H
e
hesitated.
“Not
exactly;
P
re
t
o
Sudden
horror
blinded
her
vision
fo
r
through before the management, and
I an Instant Then she aew for the first vented a sew lifeboat and I ’ve been
the morder scene was pronounced a
I time that ugly gray fin and the cruel town here trying It o n t I spend a lot
wonder. But there was so much ohjee-
I Jaws of the monster. The meg had of time w ith the boys at the etatton—
tlon to It on the pert of Miss Stanley's
I brought a long ugly knife from aome- a fine lot of fellows they e ra too.”
relatives end others that the film a.
| where and he lunged forward to meet
“Mr. Dupree eeU yea were one o f the
were destroyed.
I the eea brute.
guard*,” blushed Edith, annoyed at
Nevertheless It has been whispered
I. Then the waters were thrashed Into her own interest In the h a n ds om e
that the films comprising this scene of
I fury a red fury of blood as the shark 1 stranger. She noted that he was he-
an actual tragedy were not given over
I drove down, down Into the depths to ' comlngly attired In yachting garments
to destruction. I t la claimed that prl-
I hide hla mortal wounds until death and that he was even more attractive
vats exhibitions of this unintended
I should send him again to the surface. than she had at first believed. “I must
part of the play have been given for
A boat load of men had reached them return now, but I hope yen w ill come
managers and their friends. Whether
I —the lifeboat from the station beyond up to the cottage some evening when
or not this la tras, there can be no
Gw red bathhouse. They pdUed to my father to home—he wants to thank
doubt that so realistic a scene, em
Edith and her heroic rescuer and re you.”
bodying a tragedy, has never been put
“Thank you, 1 w ill coma” bn reM
turned to the beech, telling in tow
oa the films.
bowing low over her band.
tones
how
sharks
always
appeared
In
One question—a psychological one—
Edith went beck to the cottage to a
I shore when the sea was high a t Sea-
has nevar been settled. Was Margue
tremor of agitation. Why. she ques
I haven.
’
rite Stanley’s act the result of an in
M arty Dupree met them at the wa tioned herself indignantly, why was
sanity caused by ee long playing so
ter's edge and Insisted on carrying she so Interested In thia stranger-she
emotional a part, or was It caused by
I Edith’s unconscious form up to the had not even inquired hla name.
Jealousy, or was It a combination of glance at M arty on the beach. H e
Several days slipped t o before Hugh
Wayne’s cottage.
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both? Bsterbrooks was the only per wee not alone. V w / ' j :’" .V-i*-'*-
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see you later, Montford,” he Montford called at the Wayne oottage. regions whence the beetle has eert-
eon that suspected she was In love
M arty wee talking to another man,
fyatad.—Exchange.
with him, -and had she been would not whose form hulked large In the dis I nodded at the men who bed saved the
I glrTs life nt the risk of hto own.
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she have shown It to others? But Its
tance. H e was pointing out to see,
Montford made no reply but lent a
Cemmunal O v«ni In Argentine,
appearing only to him does not prove and Me arm w m sweeping the water« samBMev * ee the M
guards ean the
l a the Argentina kampo (rural dto
that It did not exist I t seems moat
to a wide gesture.
I boat upon the sand. Then ha disap
trtets) there are stll 1 to be seen the
likely that the act was the result of
T h a t was all Edith sew. She was not peared with them toward the station. ;
communal ovuna-od the native«. Ik c e e
Insanity, caused by the prolonged repw a strong swimmer, and her strength
aboriginals are eaUed gaqcbee; they
títíon of a single act of a highly emo was weakening against the might of
Edith Wayne wee not permitted to
are more hospitable than E ero p f »
tionat nature, but momentarily lnten- the waves that sometime« crashed
come down s ta in until the «econd day
The ruralltes use these ovens in tom ,
sffled by Jealousy.
ever her heed to Minding, stinging after her adventure to the surf. H er
each party doing Me own hearing or
combat or, again, hurried her breetb-
mother, who waa ambitious and who
firing Sometimes one eenorn fie la
The Largest Domes. .
leeely out with the tide.
rnw In M arty Dupree’s millions a gold
case will attend to the oven.heat and
Boms of the largest domes In the
A sudden desire for Srm ground took
en Ufe of wedded biles fa r her child,
baking for a number o f famSlea. the
world are: The Pantheon a t Rome, 142
possession of her. She waa afraid— prettied ceaselessly of Mari»*« anxiety
stipulation lieing that she reserves one
feet diameter, 149 high; baths of Cara ^ ra to o fth e a e a .
concerning her welfare; she told and
o f the blggtoh family loaves from each
calls. Rome, 112 feet diameter. 116 feet
W ith dtfflcuky and much buffering
retold how Mgrty had warred Edith
batch for her OWn usually bttnay w a r
high; B t Sophia. Constantinople, 115 she fought he* way about until she
not to go Into the water and when she
ran fam ily. For fuel heat for the oven
feet diameter. 201 feet high; St. Marta waa headed toward shore. She gasped
bad disobeyed be had called a Ufe
the sun dried bovine chips ("cow coal”)
delle Furs, Florence. 189 diameter, 810 sffrtghtodly because it seemed ao fa r
guard to go after her. '
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are often need where wood la scarce.—
feet high; 8L Peter’s. R oom , l^p feet ateay. There were eeuttered forme
“So lt was one of the guards who
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diameter. 890 high; SL Paui’e, lan d o *. ranutug around the beach—they look
saved my life?” asked Edith dreamily,
112 feet diameter, 215 feet high.
ed like dolla She recognised lfarty
" la m very glad.” , ‘
from Me location near the red
“You should thank M arty.” reproved
Napeleeft’e Destructiveness..
house, and new the man beside him
Mrs. Wayne.
Napoleon was destructive by char-
suddenly dashed down the beach, aad
“I prefer to thank the man who did
actor and custom. He stuck bla paper
the work, not the one who sent a sab-
knife into the costly chairs that were leaping into the w ater disappeared to
stltute,” retorted Edith. .
provided for Wm everywhere, tie waet-
“Nonsense. You forget that M arty—
ed huge quantities of paper
Whan - “I wonder If he Is coming after ma,"
ever he took op anything that was thought Edith, and, with quick rebel M a rty -to a - * " — M rs Wayne cast
her to find an excuse tor her to-
frail or finely worked he was quito lion that M arty should have discover , about
vorite.
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certain io demolish It or damage It be ed her plight and sent a stranger aft
F
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"I
forgot
that
be
waa
a
cow ard.”
ar
tier,
she
swung
around
and
heeded
fore he put It dow n He pulled op the
finished Edith.
“Mother, w V you
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choicest plants In the hothouses, and ra t to see once aeere.
I t was bed enough to prove oneself | pleese send Ellen In to me? I believe
when he could do M without belfcg aeen
he used to shoot Josephine s rare birds to the wretig. WE to to r e another dis i I shall walk over to the station aad
One day the emperor shot oat one of cover t t - * n d that one M arty Dupree, thank my life guard.”
tbe eyre of Massena, the duhe of BI who wee always preaching at b e r - h "M arty wBI take yen.” protested
lire . Wayne.
voM, hot nothing was anld of R. Ber arouaed Edith’s obstinacy.
" I w in ge efoae,” selfi Editfc.
“I f he to d here the eert of man to
thler took the Meme for IL probably
totease he WM to te « * e< the b u n t -