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1 i-. t 1 1 - i f THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH,-THURSD AYr AFT ERN06NNQVEMBER::1 frJf 9 F6: I? 'i ."r;V',V. : .W"".-:' . . . ' -- -t;ohn P. SlocumU will prepet "No- her popularity the truth of this js ob vious. But it is to be added that owing to the play she is to give there la every likelihood v that she-i going to be more welcome than ever.- The raxr in miAsHnn is J. Mj Barriers dra - , -, ."; Iody Hofcs4M orueofthe seaspas jhew- matizatio of his- own novel; "The 1 fst -and smartest musical succcesses, -; et the Academy of Music on ext i ivednesday, November 22, matinee -.: c' 'and night. : V This clever comedy- with its jolly TJttlt. Minister." il was unanes FVohman who first saw the possibili-J . t i ties of a play in tne novei ana ne persuaded its- gifted author to dramat ize it. And then, having the play, it mm: LIFE N 811 ttines, unique" dances, and bright lines, i wag jr. Frohman who placed Miss kept New-ifork, Boston and Chicago, j Adains in it, making of her a star singing, dancing and laughing forJand settfng her on a road: that cottnt nearly two years. The ' cast to be j iess people have ever sinse beeheager. seen at the Academy of Music is head-j to raae smooth-for hetJ The sutf ed by Charles . McNaughton, who i cess Df The Little Minister" and of created the leading comedy role in ; Miss Adams-in it is now a : matter 'of London. He will be remembered nere ; theatrical history. On its nrst pro-j Australia.: maf. ftcaOTearedli on t -the pugilistic njap. The brilliant record' of Les Darcy, the 2iy ear-old middle weight, . has. shoved the , Antipodes back 'it the ? spotlight 1 of the worfd's boxing ; affairs, after an absence of -;.4- j many years. - "" : U ; U - L - t Now that Darcy ;has established Well Kliowr Farmer Tells Jn-! himself as a world-beater, the : folks terestingly How , Master "down under" have another name to lrJ: -.i- :oJ , AT:fo ' add to their already long list of bqx- , tVc"1r"c w. " : 4 x" ing notables, which comprises about j rieaittl and nappiness. as clever a lot of battlers as ever pulled o- fci boxing glove. Tiie best in the original "Spring Maid," "Rose Maid," "Little Miss Fix-It" and in "Sweethearts." Other prominent names include Zoe Barnett, Frisco De Vere, Lew Christy, William Blaidsell, Edna Temple, John Paulton, Helen j mentality endeared it to all those who insists Upon me bringing her -another Jost Roy Torrey, Marion Langdon andicame under its spell,, and Miss Adams Rollin Grimes. fame as an actress win always be as- One of the special added attractions sociated with her portrayal of its her- of the piece is the dancing of Joe O Hess and Gertrude Bennett, who oine, the illusive Lady Babbie. The comedy will be artistically staged and This is the third bottle of- .Tanlac . 0f the Kanp-nmn hnvprs from Peter duction in New York it broke ail rec- for my jwo bottles ' of it havri Jacksesvthe -heavyweighti dowitto ords for the length of a continuous sure utir,huin'M!Hi-?iaBW life Youn:Orierethrwiglit,:-- foa'it run4. Its bubbling wit, quaint humor, into her and she says it is a great J n,any battles Innhis country, and vet- nasnes oi laniasy, ncuiy iiuu cixai-i rnediiner ana sbs na . reeling so- nne eratii folibwtn' nf th rin will ? eveF acter SKeicnes aim aypeatmg Bciiii- ana IS so nappy-iorawuae inai' sao manheriiho wtKaHt -hnnti -fttiead by : scan e of the Antlpodeanm - ; ' ! - Ther& w;as JacKsen; tae ebany-hued gladiator. : of - whdmf it was - said? he created nothing less than a sensation i wni have the same cast seen in the in New York last summer, while play- j WOrk during its long engagement in ing an extended engagement at the j jw York last season. Palace Theatre. The famous Vernon) p,, wn range from tu cants Castle is quoted as saying they werej (galiery) to $2. The ticket sale will "he greatest dancing team in Ameri- open Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at ca," and added that the statement in-, Elvington's. eluded Mrs.. Castle and himself. i The scenery and stage decorations! were planned and .designed by Miss! Elsie De Wolfe, designer for the, smart set of New York. This is Miss! Wolfe's first work of the kind and; it was- done through her friendship j for Miss Elizabeth Marbury, who isj associated with Mr. Slocumb in the j management of "Nobody Home." It j is highly appreciated in every city! because of its artistic and unusual, appeal. The chorus is composed ofj girls who represent distinct types ofj American and European beauties. A special orchestra is also an added, feature. Many of the popular nura-i bers of the score are already familiar to local music lovers. "The Magic . Melody," is now accepted as one of the best one-steps of the season, j Other numbers which will no doubt j become popular here are "A Question ; of Bait," "You Know and I Know,"! "Why Take a Sandwich to a Banquet," ! "Keep Moving," and many others. j The popular matinee prices will be from 50 cents to $1 with a few seats! at $1.50. The night prices will range; from 50 cents to $2. The tickets will go- on sale Monday morning at 9 o'clock at Elvington's. i HELEN JOST, "THE GIRL WHO SMILES." j Seldom is it that there appears four distinct song hits in one, production. j Still it is true of "The Girl Who Smiles." While all the music is dis tinctly pleasing, these numbers add a strength of musical composition sel dom heard outside of grand opera. ,Bert Leigh and Hazejj BuVgess werei ' most fortunate in securing this mu- j sical comedy from its composers, as J there were nearly a score of applrca--tions by managers who declared thati it was a most valuable piece of prop-1 erty. Then it enjoyed a six month's run at a New York Theatre, the Long- : acre, and that in itself was enough toi -stamp it as highly successful. The company is a well-balanced one and . the ehorus is said to be the best look- j ing, the best singing and the best! dancing group of girls en-tour. The; entire scenic production, together! vrith all the properties and furnish-! ings are carried by this really large j organization. It will ba seen here at! the Academy of Music, matinee and night, on next Saturday. W bottle of it home." r: So spoke Si A. LiJesf to the Tanlae Man.: -n -v had suffered, from-indigestion, asd a, itartiWav behind mvHMM - ' XTmcT - Anmjln 4 nisi : sleep were not good' bad she was very nervous. i:,vf-.- : "But now, since-MrSi Ldles has taken two bottles- of Tanlac, her condition has improved-' wonderfully.:- Her sleep the his negra were! Frank Slavin: and Joe Goddard, 1so' haHingf rom w Au trallst. y- ' '.:'' T The myaiew'gBt-:divisib'iras''repf resented' by ' Bob " ' Fifzsimmbhs, J'ent is sound and refreshiftg-! and she eats Hall and1 Bart CVeedon. ' Fitzsfmmoris, just fin and idon't suffer from indiges-f after cleaning up all the middle- f . i. i .C :VI nr.idht yi ei&uia; wettVA uufc ul urn- weis u.-- slon sxsd defeated slim Corbett "for While- Hall tion any more." - - - ; ; ,: "My wife thinks Tanlac is a fine medicine and reCwnroends Jtito all sof fering women and I - join her with the beaVy?wight citwn. and Creedwr- didn't measure up to furnishing a; statement to be published! Fit2" as af fighter, both- carried the to reacli others;' - v goods and. ldf- skKng records- of cork Mr. Liles is a well knownr farmer of ; jne mod ekishes. ' Route 2,-Raleigh. " Genuine Tanlae is sold in Wilming ton exclusively at the Bellamy Drug Store, where its merits are explained daily to health: seekers by the Tanlac Man; Acme, Acme Store Co.; Burgaw, C. L. Halstead; Southport, tWasonfs ! Pharmaeyr- Rocity ' Podnt, A. - Ni Rhodes; Supply, G. W. Klrby; New Bern, Bradham Drug Co.; Magnolia, W. L. Southall; Faison," Faison Drug Co. ; Pembroke, G. W. Locklear; Snow Hill, J. T. H; Harper; Vineland, R. B. McRoy & Co.; Whiteville, J. A. Mc Neill & Sonr Verona, G. W. Humphrey. Each town has its Tanlac dealer. Advt. NARROW ESCAPE OF N M '(Mrs. F. S. DufFv Knocked Down and Dragged Several Yards by Automobile. New Bern, Nov. 16. Mrs. F. S. Duffy, whose home is at No. 54 East Front street, had a narrow escape from seri ous or fatal injury when she was knocked down and dragged -lions ibe street for a considerable distance last night. Mrs. Duffy was crossing Broad street Tour Tracy, 'George Dawson f and Jim- Burgese were the best of thfe Australia r; welters; Heading : tbe feath'ereign't' division was Young Griffon of ten -proclaimed the cleverest boxer Hbev worhi-has ever known. Whether or net he was entitled to this distinction it Is indisputable that Griffo' had it on ail the feather weights cf his-day Had he refrained from playing-the bright lights" he would have become' king of both the feather ahd lightweights. Other Kangaroo boxers who wori praise for their sterling ability as battlers m this country were Tom Leeds, Billy McCarthy, Billy Smith, Arthur Walken "Tom Williams, Tim Haggerty," Otto Cripp3, Billy Murphy and Hock Keyes. and Young Griffith, Australia; aroppea out of the big; league of champion boxers. An attempt at a "comeback" wa"Tnad' when they Bent oyer Bill Squires, . after he bad "made quite a reputation as- a knockoutr: artist j. at home, but Bill, flivvered his first time aut over here when took the count at the hands of Tommy Burns in one round. -. . Squires' quick finish a3 a champion ship contender happened some ten years ago. Since then American box ers have been going to Australia to show their wares, instead of the Aus tralians Fcoming here r - -Whether America - will ; have an op portunity t& see Darey at a very early date; is- probrematicalr- ft? ia'said that he is tieadcd? for - the army. 'If this Is true -there fef' a? nig 'cnance- that be f ma7' 'never -be 'seen' to rthe ring over fier. FoHowersi ; of boxing in this country have long ; had a desire to se the-clever-- Australian and they will b sorely dfeftpointedL if circum staneea : prey ent hint from coming to ther - United Statesjf : Darby is -a -native a Australia and &a- juatiiasJiM,ftVnty-flrst year. Up to tw-o-yeara ago feewas appren ticedi asi'a! bfacferaijth. He made his ring, debut in ' Wit wiJeii he stopped Dave; Dapens ih hafne vpoads. Later Inrthe sameyear be scored his first knockout! Jimmies Bnrna! being the victim. ' : -v :- The : patr three years ' Darcy has been:; putting 'era away? jwst aDout as fast -asi?.thr'ct:facd I'illia;' Among the most, prominent of his victims have beeH'iimmy dabby, Eddie! McGoorty, Franks Longhrey, Quw Christie and Fritz Holland. It must- be '-admitted that' any scrapper who can .trim that bunch? : is obliged t pack : around soxapething' choice in a pugilistic way. Jeff 'Smith and Fritz? Holland won de cisions over Darcy, but in later bouts both were defeated decisively by the Australian. r- It is said of the new: boxing mar vel that he can hit at any angle, that no Opponent can keep away from him and that ' anybody he can hit he can knockout.- Australians point to Dar cy's 1 record- ; as being sufficient to prove? these statements. It is surely all cf that. (OOPYRIGHT Wia-VITAGRAPM) ' t . V ' MYr FAVORITE OCCUPATION. Do you knov." what TTove to dd best in the world on a dark when the wind is howling around the house and the big trr( to the ground when the snow falls fast and furious and ihc great out-of-doors bundle their coats tightly about them in , winter's chill? It is then that I love to sitjn a darkened room hoforo my i n close by dear mother's knee and toast marshmallown, roast ;!m .; corn and listen to the tales of mother's girlhood. They an- .i. children playing round the kitchen, close by the door, on bakin, lookout for a pan or two to clean with their pudgy finders. 'rii( . of how they would have all sorts of gay times in the lartro of the farm and how they would look forward all year to t!i ; :! the community. M 1 in 1.1 Somehow such an evening frightened dull care and worn recesses of the brain, and we relax physically and mentally time In the days gone by. In the summer my favorite occupation is somewhat din borders on the same theme. What could be more delightful t!i ): : on a summer's evening. Last year a number of friends am camp for a few days. We would wear khaki middies, rouh . and walking shirts; and after sunset when the evening meal i away, we would take ourselves off to the water's edge. Thero v , v, a fire and sit Indian fashion in a circle about the blaze. Then ih. 1 of the; party would accompany us in the old-fashioned melo.li. auu tiiauuuuu, wmro tiic luui-uua UL Lilt; pariy lllSlSlOU llo the air and beating time on large stones with their sticks.. Altln.u; , a delightful time, and I must confess It was my favorite sunim r nc-n Honestly, I enjoyed these days far more than the ones I lai.-i .- . fashionable hotel in one of the well-known summer colonies. Perhaps you think e rather indolent when I cite these as my ;iV(i occupations instead of telling about sorao task. You may bo rih;.' inn these pleasures would lose their savor If they were not sandw icht ij in h, (,., days of hard and trying work. .-I ! . i, ' ; ;V i 1 Mil !i; lid ;t PRISONER'S CHEWING GUM GOT ON NERVES OF THE JURY. DISTINGUISHED MEN AT ACADEMY MEETINGS Noted the bio- mus!cafeCDmedy success, "Nobody Home," which comes to) the Academy of Music, matinee and I in front of Judge O. H. Guion's home night, Wednesday, November 22, with the No. 1 company and Orchestra. TORPEDO BOOT New York, Nov. 16. Seldom has there been seen a more distinguished assemblage in this city than that which filled the cssembly room of the Ritz-Carlton today at the open ing of the eighth annual joint meet ing of the American Academy and j the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The initial session was held this morning with William Dean Howells presiding. Others of emi nence who are scheduled to present papers or addresses during the two days' sessions are Colonel Roosevelt, SUFFRAGE LE ADDER, ONCE DIVORCED, IS - BRIDE AGAIN. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 16. Twelve men, members of a jury in District i Judge H. R. Brill's Court, are pos sessed of temperament. After a recess in the trial of Joseph ... -w. ..-e,N to" j j seizea one or Mrs. i rapp f iwi l . bpangier addressed the court: j rings and with a triumphant .-sick' "The jury would like to have the ' flewn to rejoin her companions. Tli defendant ordered to stop .chewing earring is now lodged in ( la rire s nav that gum. It distracts our attention." j Mrs. Trapp asserts she would ratlir The gum disappeared before the judge lose the jewel than cut off chrip could speak. head anC attempt recovery. Men Gets Pearl. Portland, ure.. Nov. It;. i: A tie Trapp for years hr. roilf.v -,i t hobby of puoltry raisi-- mr dhi-rsu and sociey, Last night as sin- w;is ir , ing her pets she stooped to i (, hairpin that had become di-lodcr from her tresses. As she was: kin-din, Clarice, the pullet, flew to her sii-- ii,!. ')!';( I TIT when the accident occurred. The driver of Hie machine (Mrs. Duffy I& Winston Churchill, Will H. Low and not positive of his identity and for! William Roscoe Thayer. that reason his name is nor mentioned t here) was looking in some other direc- j tion and did not see Mrs. Duffy until she had been knocked down and drag ged several feet by the machine. Washington, D. C, Nov. 16. A site was today selected ,by the Treasury Department for the proposed new In falling, Mrs. Duffy grasped the i postoffice at Mount Olive, N. C, on bumper of the car and held on to this i the northeasterly corner oO James f and but for this fact she would doubt- and Chestnut streets. lessly have been seriously hurt. As it The bargain matinee prices are 9.Z cents for the balcony and 50 cents for any seat on the lower floor. Children 25 cents for any seat in the House. Night prices will be from 50 cents to! $1. Tickets are on sale at Elvington's i Pharmacy. - - - -t . The Fdote Leaves New Bern Tomorrow For : Charleston to Undergo Repairs. was she escaped with a few minor cuts and bruises. The site was offered by J. A. West brook., The price is $2,000, the A marrfaThnri enrnPRnrnPwhsr!,,mount appropriated by Congress. An as a surprise to the numerous friends appropriation is expected to be made of the contracting parties will take place tonight when Miss Lillie Dail, an i J J . . v no 111 kill. .1 V Ik V, J 1 . 1 U U Ul. J ings bill for the erection of a new. I I I . ..... -m. y. MAUDE ADAMS. It will be pleasant news to the oc casional as well as the regular theatre goer that Maude Adams i3 to ba seen at the Academy of Music on next Thursday, November 23. Without striving to be chivalrous and gallant it may be said the most popular play er on the American stage would be welcome in anything that she elected to present. To tho&3' familiar with ACADEMY Saturday, Matinee, and -Night Nov. 18. By the- Author qf "Alma" ar.d '. v.-r - s'oAdew - - Metropotftari Company oArtsts including BERT LEIGH . HAZELBERGESS Pretty G I rii: Elaborate Costumes Entire Production Carried. Prices, 50-75o$1 Box Seats $t.50. Popular Matinee,; Lowe" Floor, 50c; Balcony, 25c; Children, 25c; any seat. "": ' "V seats atf ElVirrgton'. ' attractive and accomplished daughter j. of Mrs. W. E. Dail, will become the New Bern, Nov: 16. The torpedo bride of Mr. W. E. Rowe, Jr., the cere boat, "Foote," which has for some j mony to be performed at the home of months- been located at this port, will the bride's mother, No 84 Griffith leave tomorrow morning en route to ! street at 9 o'clock by Rev. Euclid Mc Charleston, where she will be placed . Whorter, pastor of Centenary Metho in the Navy Yard there to undergo dist church. repairs. j Mr. Rowe is the manager of the local Lieutenant Commander Paul Hoi- office of the Postal Telegraph Corn land, o Payetteville, will be in com- pany and is a most estimable young I raand of. the ship and Lieutenant F. man. His bride to be enjoys a host of I T. Brandt and twenty members of frineds and is well known in the social ! the New Bern division of the North : circles in which she moves. j Carolina Naval Militia will have ! charge of the operation of the ship, i The trip to Charleston , will be ' made by easy stages and it will prob j ably take about three days to make ! the trip. The men. w.:: return home ; via rail and will probably reach the I city next Monday night or Tuesday morning. j The Foote, before being brought j over to New Bern, several months i pgD, was located at Washington, N. I C, and when brought here sho was i in bad condition. It is believed, that i he can be worked over and made ; just as seaworthy a3 ever and when j this hrs been done rho will probably be returned to this port. ' An automobile driven by Mr. George Bro.adstreet ami a motor de livery wagon owned by the- WllUs Grocery Company ' and driven by Summer Orrum,; collided- at the cor ner of Pollock and Eden streets-early-, this morning and, in 'consequence, both machines ' were ' pretty 'badly' damagfed Mr. Broadstrect, p.r,d a young lady, a relative; ho wera fn- the- antemo biler escaped .with a slight shakingi up. Orrum, the driver of the deliv- ery truck; sustained several cuts, and , a numoer oi oruises, uqt was nut e riously injured. postoffice building at a cost of about. $40,000. New York. Nov. 16,Frienda of Miss Crystal Eastman, who even be- Congressman George Hood is a ' fore she divorced; Wallace J. Bene member of the Public Buildings Com- diet, an insurance man, last winter mittee and is in a goqd position to insisted upon retaining her maiden well look after the Mt. Olive situa- name, were greatly surprised today tion. !to learn that she again has become la bride, now being married to Walter : Euller, although she still calls herself The young couple will leave on the midnight train for a honeymoon trip in the north, returning to New Bern in about ten days. Minister And do you forgive your enemies? . . f Penitent Well, I can't say I exact ly forgive them, but I do my best to . i - 1S J J , - -3 r .-,J'v i s . ' r v -a. v , tv V v "r , r, " " I V- ' 1 js '- - ik' ' " - V ' i:ca.&v;& ' I Vr Y?', " -I L'.: i ' 4 ). - ',i,, A L,, - ' s ' ,V,S . ' I I ' , ' t Sy' I ' ' - s ' - I" T-'--!-::'::v:::.::':-:-V -.-Xv ' " 1 f-aA '-' , - t 'fir' l"- i : i Crystal Eastman. When and where tho ccuple were married could not be learned. Mrs. Fuller is prominent in suffrage cir cles and is chairman of the Women's I Peace. Party. She came to New York ! eight years agi to practice law and since then has been concerned in many of the radical movements of j the city. RAISES BIQ POTATOES. It s a Pleasure to AAork with tke System tkoroly cleansed of Constipation GENUINE BEARS SIGNATURE na MM . A III Mr JJkPH. GARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS Cottage Grove, Ore., Nov. 16. The pr.ze potatoes for the season have been raised by Alfred Doolittle on his prcperty within the city limits. The two specimens weigh four pounds and two and one-fourth ounces. Mr Doo little says the entire yield is large in size and will average two-thirds the size of the smaller of the mammoth specimens put on display. Connecticut Suffrage Convention. New Haven. Conn., Nov. 16. With Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the NationaL organization, as the guest of honor and principal speaker, the forty-seventh annual convertion of the . Connecticut Association : for Equal Suffrage, met in New Haven today with a large attendance of delegates. The convention will con clude its business toEcrrow. Fights Scheduled for Tonight. Battling Levinslcy vs. Carl Morris.J 15 rounds,' at Kansas City. v J'm Flynn vs. n Bonis, 15 rounds, at Denver. of Hawaiian music i 41 'I music has a fascination thaf grows. Listen to the.. strange, sobbing plain tiven ess of voices, the all-bu-huniati notes of the Hawaiian guitar an1d:the rhythmic throbbing of the uka fete in these i .-:..- m cords put them in a position where I can ' A Whhih Mis MmdQdamWm Be ' The Colonel says he won't discuss sympathize with them. Life. 1920 and that is the beginning of it - Ahttyou yrill feel the weircf enchantment of nightm the South Sea Islands: A1G16 10 in, A1&C7 10 in, 75c 19 ( ALOHA OC. Toot Paka HmiiacCompanr. HAWAIIAN MPLY. Too. P.U FUwauan Company f ' MAUNAKEA. Henc N. Clark, Tenor, and Odette, i, t.KAALA.-Robert Kaawa. Baritone, and Octette. QN THE JJEACH AT' WAIKIKE. Helen Louite n Frank Ferera. likalelc Duet. A1935 f 10 inch J "75V I HAPA HAOLE HULA GJRL. . Ferera. Ukalela Duet. Helen Louis and l''""- Greens Drug Store
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