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By Arthor Prrrj
JL'S.OOO Iuik ht'fn mid for tlu- !
lu-Ht wrlUHi nolutlon furnlHhed for j
the ctifurvpiiiHiit of the l'rohflil
tion Imw. There Ih notliliiK tho !
iiiutlor wltli the Hiilutlon. except i
that (t hfiH hern trleil and v.'tll not j
ivork, uh prifHf'nt condition amply
tcwtlfy. No nmttpr what icHtrlc- !
uodh arc Imposed, Man ulwuyH j
flmlH a wwy to wot hlH whlntlc.
i.N'uno of the conlt'Mlanla for tho fat
' iI::o proponed a period of prayer.
Tht whn Invoked for Ihe eh-etlnu
of Mr. Hoover, v.i:h kuo1 ruHiilts
ami the fuinieiM are now receiving
ilhn rain they prayed for lawt
AX
ASIII.AM) IMIKOMi;.
(AmIiIiiikI ThliiiKH)
TIhiho who viewed the IiIIIh
at inldniKht on t'htlBlniuH,
when the clouds had cleared
li way and the huii and moon
hhlnlntf made the ru'ied otil
I'ne of the nnow-eovered IiIIIh
plainly visible, hrw Kom?thliiK
id in; wiiy ut real heutiiy. It
wan nwehn plriiiB und hrculh
tuklntf. J ntoHcoUiiuH from the campus
are here demonstrating that two
more yellow-sllckered collegians
can be crammed Into u 4d than
hii;h school glrli'.
It begins to look like the lcgltdu
turc was going lo nbultah every
tiling but ltsell'.
,, Yesterday we reported that .lay
(iure's burltidtlu pants were apt lo I
hhrink. This was Incurred, as I
lbe' are made of different tnuto !
Hal than shirt collars and are
n:ver seulenced to the laundry.
( While eating Home u 11. Flew
1 er'H imported (lermau -.lalnt les
IuhL eve, u well known eltlz"ti
i.hoked und accidentally pro
nounced the uainu of tho product.
Your con, was kicked on the
shin during u bridge game, and
,e tiled "Oni'h " instead uf lending
tlie lUne uf diamuntiu.
KOII YK IXMMirKWKMMK
(My dining room is not correet,
Tho riiKS and woodwork clash,
, And do not give Ihe right effect
( When father serve ihu hanh.
'We ought to carry out h I heme,
I Well-ordered and complete,
.Hut wo prefer ihe simpler tichemu
j Of buvtug lotn lo eal.
.My living room Is mostly wrong.
The chairs have awkward shapus
Tho chandelier does not belong,
, And neither do the drapes;
My artist friends such pressure
bring
Thai sunn I'll have to give in
JiiHt now the room's nut worth a
thing,
( 'ulemliu-H cuntlmii tu tmivo to
usher In "1989, which Is npproui'li-
inu nii tho rpvpii or u kid uiituisi.
I'liey I'uveal eows slutiillhK nnltle j
'rtrep In n Mtronm tin. hIt.ii of thn
rush of ivntura clown iho south xhio I
liuncr ui rut 4i ti in niuuiu, tuvuiy
(ladles un front porches, and aged
gents puffing contentedly on pipes.
."Culendai-H portray the trend," the
ipt-esn WiforiiiH. There has been no
calendar distributed us yet, reveal
ing n matron tn a Mother Hubbard
opening a package of yeasl at thej
lop uf tho basement steps.
"The little boy who five years
ago was able to reach the hem of
11 Ih mother's skirt bus grown up
with It." t Palmyra Sentinel.)
LA GRANDE WEATHER
!T WARMEST DF YEARS
j I .A (IllANDK, f-c. Dee. S7.r.1-)
Although snow prevailed in some
portions of enslern Oregon yes
Herduy. 1 .11 tii undo had one uf
the warmest mld-wtnter days In
;cvoral years, with muxlmum of
Mil above. Bast night' minimum
was 3 ft above,
f Contrary tu report! received In
Portland, all state highways In the
,1'asteru Oregon division were open
today. Tho Old Oregon Trail. Ba
(framlc-Walluwa 1ake, und John
ijiay highways were all In fall
fdiup".
f "W e h a ve hud no difficult y
"Whatever In this division recent
ly." wild n Mate high vsy depart
'ment officer today. The only anow
: r here whs reported between
'Jlulncs und North Powder where
"the tall wo light.
HOHntlli'RO New laundry room
installed at L'mpqua hotel.
OREGON SHOULD EAT
I ' i 'HE oilier iliiv we cxpri'ssod our virus ri'arilin the vulur
' j of it untie. mil advert ising ciimai, to ilioivusr the driiiiinil
fir pears in this eomitry. We eiiiliiisied tin- leiralilitv uf
i ,.n ;.. l... i m:.i.ii.. ai.. i.... ......
j" ' '"- " "liu
: ' ' ""' rllowiiW
r.iil, which demonstrates lliat tueli a e;iniiii'Mi i.s ill mi needed in
our own ; lute.
This edituriid .so well describes 11 situation, which exists in
Oregon, lis well lis in every stale in the t'nion, that we are
priiitiiiL' it in full. (A'i'tainlv what adverlisin'' has done fo.-;
California and Oregon fruit can
jirre is wie cniori;ii wfucii
. Mioum lcmii in nnntc:
IN THAT
While you aro helping eat UOOU orIOOO carloads of Ciilifoi nia
fruits in OrRf.n every year, dn you ever eat Mudfoid pears baked
or raw with c.eam and sugar?
I Low often have you ever Keen Oregon ptarH hi either form on
a hill of fare in an Oregon hotel or reHiauiant? There Ik no more
delicious fruit. A baked Oregon pear in a delifilit for any palate,
and given off a Juice that Ih nectar for the goda. Or t'ie blend ol
Hn Oiegon peur law with cream and sugar Ih a product that no
chef can match.
Hut In Oregon nu cull for Florida or Arizona grapefruit and
bring it Home thousands of miles and pay the freight. Hornet linen
theie Ih hk much hitter an Hweet in the juice hut wn Kwallow it
down just the same as we Htow away a concoction of ijulnine.
We impoit oranges also, hundreds of carloads of them, pay
the freight, gulp down the juice and smack our llpa over the fruit,
often as sour as It Ih sweet.
Meanwhile the .Med lord district produced more than SI. 000,000
worth tf pears this year and because we Oregonlans do not real
ise what a Cornice or Bone or Anjou or Winter Nellis pear Ih,
Jnckson county pear growers have to go east and to Kurop3 to
maiket their wonderful pears. There Is a like status at (Inod
lilver where the beat pears are grown. The same Is Irue of Co
mice pears at Scappoose and In l enton and oilier Willamette
valley counties.
A good many things arc dune like that. Maybe it Is because
a lot of us do not realize what we have in Oregon. We talk
loudly about uhI) '; Oiegon-mado goods hut ship 0gon wool
east, pay several profits to several agencies In its manufacture,
ship it a second time across the continent and buy It hack as
clothing, blankets and in oil er finished forms. We used to sliin
our Port Orford cedar In a form that brought 900 a carload, but
some Coos Hay folks learned a bettor way and now It goes out
In a finished form worth CtiHtO a carload.
Hut we are learning Hy and by we will rind out that I" nea'H
and other orchard products Oregon has tho beat, most toothsome
and most valuable fruit in food content in the world.
In that glad day we will use more of it In Oregon.
GIVE OREGON A
TNe supreme need in this Ktiito tx lnisiiirs.s, as we see it, is!
to secure, as nearly as possible, a uniform system of tuxa-J
tion on the t'aeifie, (.'oaht.
All three states on the (toast
lem, and they are all inlenr.tcil
stale development. In (He solution oi nir national nanii tax
problem tliey have a common starting point.
AKsumin that the best solution lies in the adoption of a
state ineoim; tax, then why not devote the. next few months to
ward persuadinn; all three states to approve of this portion of
the tax program.
Certainly the most ardent advocate of such a tax will .not
deny that its adoption by one stale and its repudiation by the
other two would work to the serious disadvantage of the former.
California has already adopted an excise tax, which closely
resembles an income tax. If this is as far as California will jro,
then, would it not b.etUiyor the. t ate of Oregon to also re-
Iumj to o any lurther, at the present time; f
Villi a uniform system of taxation, no Pacific, ('oast state
wi.uld he handicapped, .as far as taxation i.s concerned.' And
certainly no fair-minded person can deny that Oregon can leasl
afford any further handicap in the inevitable competition with
California and Washington, for the investment of outside capital.
Still there's always plenty of
(lalabnd had his ;ood points, but only our higher civiliza
tion eoud produce a hotol clerk who says, "Thank you, "after
selling a postage stamp.
If he talks too much about the duty of the Mate, ynu can't
help wondering which of his relatives is in the poor house.
Among the. distances shortened by the automobile is the
one between the introduction and the altar.
They don't think sub-lilies
dumb. They honestly think the
Americanism: 'Trying to dodge germs; parking a cigarette
Another way to iiiexense Ihe
W ould be lo erase the i-ox jokes
jfs ,,.,. vo iate!i if she
tgg yellow from a breakfast plate.
It's nice lo have friends you don't like much. How
could you dispose of picstuts from people who didn't like
much?
MUTT AND JEFF
(MUTT, j jon'T THINK fwetL SP&AKIMG "A IjlllllW M0 AIN'T i fyn VMSCC ? THef SAY AW,W W0u PAY tMlfo frS Bur lT 5AVS K
AND V0U ARE FOR rAYStiF, I'rA VlJjrfl Vyt 6oT" BAD STBMS)6e:V. lAI-mcN'Re SORRY .AWV ATreMTiow Hi 11 STRlCTU-Y S f'
60NNA ATTCNO The COMMA Be. TH6PC 1 IH H I! THef L i.,ljl BUT TrteVfte TO THATl IT'S PERSONAL ' 0?
iE jld-llll" liif fli""
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MORE MEDFORD FEARS
..ii.i.iiv ..... ..... ......,,...
li'"'-'l in tin- I'oi tlan.l .li.ur-
be done for the Or.-. .r.
snows inui puuncnv, imv emir
CLAD DAY
FAIR CHANCE
have much the same tax prob
in sceuriiitf outside- capital for
parking space oh Knsy Street.
silly because they think people
idiotic tilings are clever.
visilile supply of while paper
in a fimnv niai;aiue.
,
can siiiK' while removiiift eold
else
you
It Wai Enough To Discourage Jeff
Personal Health Service
WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.
Hitl IrlUra p-rtjininff to p-roiil htgltb and h'tfiene, itol to dixiM duffiuMU- i
trtDieiit, ill t uninl by I if. Utxiy if a lUiikl. ilf-dJrvMl Mitrittpc I riMrluwKL
briu-ri aliutild le Inurf hJ rillfn in Ink. I)J to Urn largr ituiiitM-r o( Utur r
pil, oil IfW Can W tvtinb brr. So iryly ran I ml to qui-t'n not uMform
mg to liMtruciMXis. AM'- Dr. William lirsily, in rsr of Urn Mwppvr.
' Dr. John A. Tourney reports that
C5 out of 2.05S scarlet fever cases
treated in Cleveland clly hospital
in it period of four and a half years
ending AUri'UKt 1. terminated
f a t a I 1 y. That
wuuld bu a mor
ality rate of &.1 ,
per cent, w hich in
rather lower than
the average and
much lower than
Ijs popularly at-!
tached to scarlet 1
fever. Speaking '
of tho u HO of K- 1
rum In the treat-!
indit of carli t fever mot prophy-i
lactic or immunising treatment j.
Dr. Tourney reminds up that scar- !
b t fever ordinarily runs an acute1
course of from two to seven days
of fever, then the fever naturally
comes down, about the fourth day J
in the average; so that if mereuro-!
chronietor a serum be Injected on
the evening of the third ay, the j
chances are that the fever will be j
down on the following day. Al- '
though Dr. Toomey does not say !
so, this observation explains a i
greatdeal that you neveo see In the'
pajiers. Kven I can't tell you, and;
1 am allowed n lot of rope. '
If I had a bimbo again and I j
surely have no complaint, but, oh, '
how I wish but, shucks, I sup- j
pose there are forty million other j
ginks in line ahead of me whatj
would 1 do about this scarlet fever'
hazard? That's the proper way to
approach uch a tpiestion. Try It 1
on your own, your own blood, I
was going to say, but that wouldn't j
Hit He convey the meaning. Slip- J
post you've adopted your bimbo; I
that doesn't make a bit uf differ-)
enco. What I mean tu say w us, J
li y It on you i' own sou!. Your j
own blood merely means your own1
body. Kvery parent or foster par- j
cut will understand, but let my '
d'e an instance for Ihe benefit of
the mere workers and shirkers. I
In my professional youth I was1
frankly opposed lo the policy uf
Immediate opera tion for presump
tive appendicitis. I pr:ict led for
reverul years on th's principle and
believed my experience stiHialn !
the principle. Then my own bim
lio lieKan to have periodic attacks
of whn. I fondly ca IUI "scut"
acidosis" and what M rs. Sumscy
won hi undoubtedly call "worm
spells." These attacks grew pro
gresively more severe, untU even
tually lower right quadrant pain
ani tenderne" s cumpdled me to
call in a real doctor a thing' I
t-huuhi have done ut the very be
"Intiing, for as Kuod as I thought
I was, no doctor is Kiod enough
to deal profes'-lonally with a seri
ous illness in hi own family. Tho
good doctor udvised Immediate up
eratlon, and although everything
turned nut nil rlcht I'll never re
cover from tire remorse niy 'error
briimrht home lo me. Then il few
years later when f developed a
lilt le bellyache myself, It was 'so
easy in holler "lid's go!" when 1he
same real doctor Marled to brejik
gently the news that l was due
a Jaunt tu the oporat.lntr-i'Otj
Merc's another prob t cm for our
nsvctio'ogir.'il emboli: K I bad! a
suspicious bellyache, tomorrow I'll
hop blithey unto the operating
table: yet I fear I'd trump up every
possible excuse fur evasion, delay
r . "exnrctaet treat ment" If my
blmbu had the bellyache In tues-f
' Ion. I can't understand Ibis at
all. for prubablv ther" are fey ;
greater cowards than I am In re-
yard tu personal pain or ubconi- j
furl.
I started talking about t c uiet ,
fever serum and here we him wan-j
derlim into a diHcussion tf eour-1
ajje. but I bee the Iinluluetiee of j
editors u.nd readers, for it is still
1
'iictlv within my province. t ;
Summing up his analysis, 1VJ niars no sympathy ut all. only set
Tourney says: "Although 1 have imm curiosity.
not been much Impressed with thej rm.j Sam, convinced that his
value of I antitoxin (scarlet fever ( ufrit.i,ila are not honest or able
ciiim eh her In treatment or ln;nouK, to aiiccecd in business, is
prophylaxis. 1. am extremely on-JKuttmK uUl ot shipping, as fast as
inusiastic aiioui uie resuos 1 nave no can. 1
obtained by the active iimmmlKH-j That suits tho iTllish. They do!
tun.uf susceptible patient In thetnot jnta competition with (his 'Uiv-j
manner and according to the tneth-' eminent and Its long purse. Hut j
ods advocated by the Dicks. This! they uro not ,lt an afiultl of our
rout hie procedure has practically
radicated population of our hos-
I pltals." t
(Jl'KNTIOXK AND AXNWKItS
IILgdiim or Something.
Is there any nourishment In such
retlshos as green peppers and to
mutoos, shopped up fine, seasoned,
and vinegar added, or does such a
relish merely sharpen appetite?
i:. K.
Any. There Is a small amount of
nourishment in it. It helps dh
Uon, when uv in moderati.,i.
ltftter omit vlncKar whenever lem
on juice will serve. Vinegar iw
not f Jil; It l piim-ipaUy acetic
acid, nut utilized hy the body, l.ein
oii Juice Is food, for it is principally
citric add. which Is oxidized In the
hudy and yields ome energy, be
sides favoring alkalinity or oppoH
lim acidonin. Toma'oes, I'ypecially
rcen tomatoes, ouuht to be tart
enough for su h sauce, without
adding vinegar.
ir the K I. Is l'p tti imte.
J have uii ahnorniii) .'iceretlun in
my nose tt all llineft Otherwise
I believe I am perfectly well. Hhall
fco lo my family physician for
this trouble? 1'erhajiH 1 whould go
to u fpecfalisl, for I doubt that
the family physician will he able
to take care of' It. JJ. 1. K.
Ans.--l"nlc(-s the family physician
is an old fogy and this has noth
ing to do with his age he will
tie competent to take care of it.
Uy the way, hero is u fairly de
penabk lest of a family physician'
fitness: Does he have u Jook-sce
by means of suitable instruments
and head lamp or hear mirror,
when you com Ida in of trouble tn
nose, throat or ear. or does he Just
Htrlm- you along until the trouble
spontaneously parses off or some
thing seiiuus happens?
Old Dim Inirt Hack Tor the Winter
It seems that every winter about
this time, I begin tu have a lot of
dandruff, though in the summer I
have none or very little, is there
anything I can do to stop this?
Miss 1). I...
Ans. Sure. Write m u little
note, il nk or lavender or almost
any tint will do, and say: "Detir
Doctor. Dandruff. Darn it. De
votedly, Dorothy," und I'll find the
stamped addressed envelope you
emio'sc you don't have to say
snythlng about that In the note,
you know, just put the s. a. e. in
your letter and trust 'me to find
It. alt right! and you'll get com
plete Instructions how to get rjd
uf old Dan Druff.
(Copyright, John V. Dille Co.)
Things will never be right till
a feller kin git jest ns fer on a
salary as he kin on promises. Do
you remember when a feller used
t' git his hair cut jest C read th'
Police Gazette?
Brisbane'sToday
(Continued From I 'aire One)
private shipping men . ; of them
ll.jir opinto.i is small.
Our ship owners had built up a
good tourist trade with Culm,
bused partly on America's prohibi
tion Hi li st.
The Cunurd line decides to get
that trade. 11ml puts fluo, big steam
ers on a New York-Cuba run, The
American Ward line cuts rates 25
cent In revenge. But the British
ican'ruu bouts more cheupl' than
our people can, partly because of
our legislation. 0
The king and queen of Afghanis
tan are shut up in the fortress of
Kabul, hemmed In by rebellious Af
ghans. Ki Amanullah visited
Kngland. hoi :ht 'tisli clotlieu for
his wife and himseit and went home
lo Introduce reiorms. Tbew in
clude no veils on women s faces,
rights lor women. Afghan barba
rians did not like that, heO-- the
trouble.
Fortunately tor British women
and children, the Kabul fo -tress
has plenty of room for ah plane
lundlng. llritish plHnes were sent
to take out the llritish women and
children, also women from India.
Killing Hindus is un Afghan pas
time. The Aighans say that 1 rli
aln. fighting plague and famine In
India, thus adding one hundred mil
lion to India's population, have
committed a crime. Perhaps they
have. It IS dangerous to Interfere
witli Nature's processes ot elimina
tion.
A hundred iii..tj you read this
headir ;. "Thief Snatche Woman's
Purse." Sometimes, a small amount
goes, sometimes all the ladies' jew
elry, very valuable.
Is there not room somewhere,
even In modern dresses, for a pock-;
et? The old idea of hanging n bag
safely underneath V'3 skirt no
longer works; the skirt would not t
hide It. Hut somewhere between"!
the knees and the lower ribs there
should be pocket room. j
Suppose men went about, dang
ling their wealth from their wrists j
in little bags. How long would ;
they keep It.
Quill Points
The chjld Is the primitive, says'
the scientist. Well, if man . was i
once n sea creature, why does u J
small buy avoid water.? j
Money still talks, but its vocab
ulary seems .limited to the word
"buy."
So live thai yon won't care
a rap if there Isn't any aspirin
in the house'.
One reason why peace treaties
aren't effective is because crutches
don't last as lung as monuments.
A man Isn't much Interested in
hi, weight. But there's a mirror
on the scales and it's worth a penny
lo avoid the appearance of vanity.
Americanism: Trading in, at
half price, a car as good as ntw.
to get a shiny new one that will
be a half-price used car next week.
As an emblem of prohibition, the
C'tinel Is an unfortunate choice. He
d H n Its g rea t q mint it ies beca use
drinks are far apart.
Brisbane says great elevation
would cause us to swell perhaps
to burst. You've noticed how a
little elevation can affect the head.
You can travel abroad without
knowing other languages. .Ipst
1........ II,.. l,'w.,.li llnlhin 1111,1 Sil .
un for the words: "How much in j
real money?" I
And some renplo ko-p Hgiit
on spend Injy money Toe hii
roa.sis wl'.n (hey haven't haifa
new iliituv v c c o r d In s'x
month.
All things .work togrther" fur
good: and for the purpose of keep
ing the party of protest bitter,
no'hlng could serve bettor than a
good heavy deficit.
A great man never seems so mor
tal us when he demands correction
of an interview that didn't say
anything worth two whoops in the
first place.
It probably doesn't please Mr.,
Hoover tn hrjir ihrtt he was elected
merely as u reproof to the wicked.
Correet this sentence: "My elec- I
trie bill is tiS cents higher," said ;
he. "and I know ,wo didn't use any 1
more Juice than usual." j
KLAMATH FAl-I.S. Construc
tion of new telephone line between
here and Bend progressing rff'lly.
I "lucl: of disturbance Insures j
j prosperity." No; the cream rise.
lo the top, but the milk is no
! richer.
Rippling
Rhymes
Dr Walt Mason.
TESTIMONIALS
All sorts of pleased and grate
ful critters indorse Dos Hung
shaw's I Joes wax HHteis. For
vears and years they have b?en
riling their tales uf puin and
anguish h'ightfufr, of auonies
that did enfold them, until kind
.neighbors came and told them
of Beeswax Hitters, which re
stored them to health, and 11U
no longer bored them. And then
the write! s -of the letters reliev
ed themselves of ancient fellers;
they tilled themselves with Bees
wax l itters and filled the air
with laughs and witters. For
years physicians had endeavored
lo see their bonds of sickness
seveied; but they grew wo.se
Instead of better, their hc;gnrd
brows grew daily welter with
sweat 01 anguish and forebod
ing of doom was all their
thoughts co: roiling. The doctors
sized them up as quitters when
they switched off to Beeswax
Bitters, but that great miraclo
of healing restored them, and
like colts their leelimr. Me
thinks t at few do willful lying
when they are buey testifying;
they praise the remedy sincerly;
enraptured, they explain quite
clearly, that Death upon their
doors was knocking, their suf
ferings were simply shuckir-;
wtien they began to take the bit
teis. the b'-at of science's pi"d
iltters. Yet chemists Hay. with
some emotion, l.-ere Is no virtue
In ibis potion: it has no potencv
in healing, despite the users'
frenzicH spieling. It never made
a:i ailment vanish, there's no dis
ease that It will banish. In fact,
tho gilted chemist titters, when
be discusses Beeswax Bitters.
The chemist surely Isn't lying
and still the cured are testifying.
3LAGES"
By (i. I. Seymour.
NKW YOKIv Bringing a nov
elist's heroine to life upon the
stage again engages the talent of
Kaiherine Cornell. She who was
the green-hutted Irish March in
the play from
Michael Alien's
tale, and last
season the com
promised w t f e
in S o 111 e r s e t
Ma ughaiu'VThe
I e t t e r," now
portrays Coun
tesH olenska in
' The Age uf 1 li
no c e n c e," a
'dianm wrought
fro ni F d I t b
Wharton's storv
nf New York
life half a ccn
1 111 y ago. Mar- katherhic
garet Ayer Bar- lumen
lies, tihort story writer and sister
of the Chicago author. Mrs. Kel
" Fair bank has fashioned tho
play.
the flowing gowns and -robes
of the seventies. Miss Cornell helps.
to enact the story of frustrated
love, which Mrs. Wharton built,
aga inst a background of post
lieMum times in New York when
a young metropolis was Just
emerging when Tweed was the
ogre of honest young polttlc'nns,
and when Twenty-third street was
a f:i si 1 tunable uptown residential
district. Critics d'd not all agree
that t he novel was capable of
conversion Into a piny swiCt-mov-pg
enough fur Miss Cornell's elec
tric talents but they liked her
portrayal, and most of t hem had
kind words for Uollo Peters as
Ncwiand Archer, her lover, and
Arnold Korff, as ,1 ulius Beaufort,
her suitor.
Alice Brady's new play N "A
Most Immoral Bady." and again
the star rather than the play won
t he apphui?c. .Miss Bradyl is Ihe
wife of a society blackmailer, and
she helps to keep the family in
funds by enth tug (male admlrois
lo her apartment, where the hus
band discovers the pair . embraced
and exacts fimtncUil balm for his
aggrieved feelings. The partner
sh p ends when the wife fulls
In love with a young pianist.
who-e purse is hardly fat enough
to make him fair game for the
husband. Willi soreness and sa
volr falre, M Iss Brady dominates
Ihe play in her fit rote.
A new word Is "Congai." wiiich
1
It ing.s Helen Menken tu Broad- .
way iiain. 11 identifies tho Indu-fhltitti-w
girl who falls prey tu
the W nt h teriCtorial soldiers
and their officers, and h' n;i
tk husband und baty ,Q lost
tO her through the tin ins of
while masters upon her life. The
flavor of the cast is in it, aial
pipes ami drums and shadow-
add to the authenticity of its set
ting. O Iark Avenue 1111 Broadway.
An actress out of the Social
ReBter has made a phice for
herself on the New York Mage.
She is Jlope Williams, society
Kirl. who won attention a reason
ugo with a bit in "Tails Bound."
and who now has a play written
for her by l'hilip Barry and pre
sented by Arthur Hopkins. The
play is "Holiday." and it tells the
story of a daughter of wealth
who KCts her man after the rvi
of the fiyiiily has renounced hi in
because he insists that his- life
shall be lived while he enjoys
living it, and not after he ha-
grown feeble and astigmat'c and
zest It ss nmassi ng wea It h. M its
Williams hs a very modern, hero
ine with no preconceived notion:-,
of adinV to hamper a natural and
earnest presentation of her role.
The play won general acclaim. ,
not only for her part in it. but
for Ihe hilarious presence of Don
ald o g d e n Stewart, humorist,
whose recital of how he invented
the bottle "Potter's Folly, they
called it" is one of the funny
things of the season.
Dniiiiatiilng the C't'iv b"iim
The quest for the fourth di
meiiiion in the theater has point
ed Austin Strong, author of
Seventh Heaven." in a new di
rection in "A I'lay Without u
Name." Kugene O'Neill sought to
find it by giving voice to the
thoughts of his player. Mr.
Strong, working in collaboration
with Frank . Beilly. has placed
upon the stage a mechanistic reve
lation of the brain of his hero,
with ha'f -stripped men working
the levers by which thought and
imagination are controlled. The
device has been divested of any
repugnance and its employment
is an interesting stage experiment,
1 in 0 play dealing with the young
i clerk who aspires to a foreign ap
ipoinlment and flees from his wif
'and roof to another woman in
IdNappointnient. at his failure to
obtain it. Ken net li McKenna Is
( Ihe husband Peggy Wood the
1 wife and K at lie rine Wilson the
'other woman and all three
shared the credit for keeping the
play from becoming a mere ex
position of a new met boil in the
theater.
It is not easy to believe that
A. A. Milne, creator of Winnio
ihe Pooh and Christopher liubln.
can write detective plays, but be
has done so In "The Perfect
Alibi."
' SKATTMi, Wash.. Dec. 2!
Vessel: of the North 1 aciiic wer;
asset! today to searcj for Hie Ital
ian steamer Hilda Scouderi, onr,
overdue at Kobe, Jaiuin. Tho ves
sel sailed from Seattle November
f with a crew of -." and since has
not reported her position, the Se
attle haibor radio department re
ported. The navy department has
asked all vessels on the northern
trade route to watch for the craft.
Checked at
5sS kuh your ,cnest
with Vicks before
your little cold gets BIG.
1 Vicks acts two ways at once
j to check the cold and prevent
' complications: ,
; (1) It is vaporized by the heat
of the body and inhaled for
hours direct to the inflamed air-
passages;
j (2) It acts through the skin
I like an old-fashioned poultice,
; "drawing out" the tightness
! and pain.
OVZi tZtiJUlONjASSUsaYtAW
By BUD FISHER