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V -A f -i.THE MORNING STAR: WILMINGTON, N.'C.r FRIDAY, JANUARY .7, KOUR , if J'- I?? s 4 .r " j i. if. ii ! hi: Ri tl . mt 1 I-! t ', i It :-l;i-t:-:- 1 H ;: I Hi 6 It Ki t . IBS'-: j I ! 1 Hi 1 tm i. '.V! TItR OLDEST PAILT "u"'" Tke wit- MNill StAR COMPANY. Jl2!EL Stret. Wilmington. North OroUM ' Entered at the Fostonic i. -"i Second Class Matter. Editorial business Office TlehBt .No. l No. bi is 17J nths ........ " Dae Yar Btx Month: Tare Montns Una Month V v fclfiBSCfelPTtO ttAfBS BY MAII. Poatage Prepaid Daily enty One Year... ttix Months .j...-. ..- f 'I'hrci. MnnthR ................. One Month .4 Dally an Sunday .0 Subscription Not Aecepwd f6r Sunday Only ' Edition friends and will vet6.notEtng until he is duty In stalled In office, and Congress, could hardly begx pected to benY churlishly about tequest ior a hundred thousand or so. Hence the outlook is'for aswHl affair in all important particulars. TSen- ) ator LenroOt said he had read in the papers that there might be" a dance in the capitoi plaza in addi tion to the inaugural ball in one of the govern ment buildinjrs. "The suggestion apparently was,? says he, -"that the inaugural ball would be attend ed by the aristocracy while the peasantry might dance on the plaza." He was assured by several senator. howyTrj that there was no fittclt plan in view. The peasantry is not runniftg - this show , and no. peasants ball is going to De allowed to break lflto the plans of the inaugural committed J or to mar the dignity or brilliance of the occasion with horseplay on th sidelines Nevertheless, the fifty thousand dollar gfandstand which our eco nomical Senate is going to build for the occasion should certainly have a small section reservtd somewhere in a' remote corner for1 plain Americans. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use ior publication of news credited to not otherwise credited in this PPr and lso th local Hews published herein. All rights of re-pu- li cat ion o special .dispatches herein are also reserved. FOltfilcn ADVKRTIStjfG OFFICES iti.nta- Candler Buildinz. J. B. KTSOtJGH New York Boston 226 Fifth Ave. 21 Devonshire BRYANT GRlFFrtH BRTJNSON. ChicaKO Peoples' Gas iJld. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921. Butler's Folly ' ' ,Nicholas Murray BuUer, President of Columbia University, too circumventing a politician to be a great, educator And too didactic a pedagogue to be a successful politician, has made another bid for - an unenviable fame. Writing in the Paris Journal des Debats, he makes this rarely unsportsmanlike assertion: If America had had at its head at the end . of the war a man wtio'knew btnrian nature, who knew history and European diplomacy and was acquainted with the fundamental principles of a firm political and social ' philosophy, the state of Europe and America would have been mueh more happy than It i today. Certainly it will be impossible for any government or any party to avoid all conse quences of the stupefying mistakes committed in 1919. This is a duly modest picture of himself which the doughty Doctor paints1. Butler on Human Na ture, Butler on History and European Diplomacy, ' Butler on the Fundamental Principles of a Firm Political and Social Philosophy, have given many a Columbia student a headache, but they have curiously enough, never availed to carry. Butler himself beyond the opening vote in many a Re publican convention. It has long been one of thosa wonders which Providence moves mysteriously to perform that' a man to whom human nature, his " tory, diplomacy, philosophy are an open book should have been so consistently slighted by the American people. The papers of the country have been pondering the probable causes of this splenetic assault. The Springfield Republica'n is reminded of what the learned Doctor had to say last summer, upon his return from the Chicago convention about General Wood's candidacy. Wood, he declared, had been Supported by "a motley group of stock gamblers, oil and mining promoters, munitions makers and other like persons. Defeated in their inso lent attempt to buy the nomination, (they) repre sent all that is worst in American business and .American political life." When the General furi ously denounced this as "a vicious and malicious falsehood" Dr. Butler contritely and publicly apologized, offering an excuse wmch was ridicu lously puerile in view of the fact that there are few things in heaven and earth which are not to be found in the Butlerian philosophy. Cynical . people, the Republican comments, said at the time that the trouble, with Dr. Butler was that he hao incomprehensibly failed to be nominated. The . Same people, it suggests, miy how perceive a deeper sore, originating in the painful actualfty that when a President was chosen for the period v i913-1920, the Princeton schoolmaster and not the Columbia one, received the mantle. Some' day, perhaps, observes the New York .7 Evening Post, we shall have a specific catalogue of Woodrow . ' Wilson's Stupefying mistakes and" a statement ' . of just howtthey could have beeit atoided. We mio.li uavc yuiutcu uut tu us me man wuu, in i Wilson's place, could have given Alsace-Lor- V raine t.a TTrariOA withniit talHnir it oqv fnm A " h w fc"W ft M.. Mi ft W ft ft. Germany; could have persuaded the French to accept a fixed indemnity hi 1918 when they are riot yet ready for It in 1921, could have made a Poland without using German- Poseti or Aus . trian Galicia; could have erected Czecho slovakia' into a nation without detriment to th revenues, of JCarl Hapsburg; . could have left Paris withourbreaking up the Cotttererfce; cotild have made omelettes without eggs. That, too, would be stupefyirig statesman ship, but of the right kind. ' t A Swell Affair . The.excellent"pro8pect4i fo failure do not lessen our sympathy for the efforts of certain members :, ' of Congress and others to Tceep the Harding in ; augu ration within fairly simple,, modest bdvinds. - We are not so much interested in the Senate's talk about placing some measure of restraint upon the i operations of the pickpqekets and other Washing- " tOnians who may be planning to "get theirs" by "safer methods, as we are in the evidences that the inauguration is td be made the occasion for a tirtf'.xt lavish outlay of. public and private funds in order -lflat ''society' may have a long-deferred treat. -; . 'No one was simple enoug to imagine that Sen ' 'ator Borah's suggestion of a ten-dollar inaueura f'iibn would be taken Seriously, as meritorious as ''.. .';lt undoubtedly , is; but we are sure that manv v naraiy more tnan nominal expenses and reflect lag at least a shadow of the simplicity which now appeals peculiarly appropriate. , ' That would naturally have been highly annoy- Irig and disappointing- to' the Edward M. McLeans,' ; who have barrels of money and ; thriving social azhbitibns and who,, according to every sign, have taken tip the loly Hardings with the fulljnten- tlon of making- them co.unt for something. The Pl csident-elect; of ' course, is in the bands of his & number of fridftda there) It has received hos pltable treatment in the past and will not be" noticeable . tor its absence . la the f uture unleia warning be definitely' served n thtjts friends have- departed or changed their minds. -Let iVbe hoped that, the .daily tick reminder will not be a necessary afflietion of the General Assembly through this session. AS long as it is nefcessary, we sincerely trust that it Will not, for a single, day, be overlooked.. " Mi Letters to the Edito; The Poverty of OUf Legations There is one appropriation at least which th& coming retrenchment should not cut, if .the coijdi tions portrayed by a special correspondent ojt the, New York Times are tru. On the' basis of the following figures, th State Department has been having twpracties the greatest economy in its conduct of foreign affairs: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, the Department last wlnteY requested $1,310,000 for "contingent expenses of foreign missions." Congress allowed only $900,000. Also $1,168, 000 was requested for contingent expenses of the United States Consulates, of which $1, 000,000 was allowed. Practically one-third of the total appropriation had to be spent for , rent, heat, light, messenger and janitor services, and in spite ot rigid economy was -inadequate because the Unitd States, does not own its own embassies and legations at the majority ot the posts where the" United States maintains diplomatic representatives and is at the mercy of predatory landlords. In 1908 the State Department was paying $125,872.18 for rent. Next year it will pay $364,538.21. The rates of general increase for rents charged the department by foreign land lords average $5,000 a month. " The only alternative to-tlM United States purchasing land and ejecting its own embassy and con sulate buildings is to maintain diplomatic and consular quarters in those sections Of the dif ferent, foreign cities where.rent8, due to the fact that these "sections are less accessible and less desirable, are within the reach of the State Department's ptfrse. The latter is the course which has been followed. As a result, the United States' Charge d'Affaires at Sofia, Bulgaria, is liable to eviction now because he can not find Suitable, quarters for which he can afford to pay; the American mission in Berlin is housed in a building which is falling to pieces; in Budapest the approach to the mission is through an evil smelling courtyard, up two flights of stairs, and the oftces themselves are worse than the ap proach; the American Legation at Warsaw has just been robbed ot a large sum of money, because it has ho safe. The lack of a safe for the pro tec tion ot papers, codes, and other valuable material s the rule, rather than the exception. Safes and offiee furniture are in the class of luxuries, and one finds kitchen tables as desks, packing boxes as typewriter desks, trade and diplomatic records tied up with strings and stacked on the floor be cause there are no filing cases. It has long been said that only a wealthy man tfould afford to accept one of the more important ministerial posts, because' of' the meagre -salary and the great need of a dignified social position, which the salary could not maintain. And it now appears that the current appropriation has been inadequate to supply enough Clerks and stenogra phers to the embassies' and legations, though there have been many men and women sufficiently patri otic to go as clerks, at financial sacrifice. It seems that our diplomatic corps is in the same state as -our teaching force. The financial return is too small to attract the capable people who would make excellent workers, but cannot live on patriotic idealism, and those who are mak ing the sacrifice are overworked, and hardly re paid by the consciousness of duty well done. To the non-politieal mind, it would seem that, with the Increasing complexity and delicacy of our relations with European countries, we need the best ability we can find td conduct our affairs, and that our representatives have time to be con structive agents, and hot general office wbrkers, tied down by routine. Moreover, with the popular and correct opinion of this country as a wealthy one, it must seem in congruous, and an evidence of lack of respect forN the foreign governments, that we house our repre sentatives so poorly. It would be only natural for the foreign government itself to have less respect for lis because of the squalor In which we transact business. That this does happen," The Times is confident, for it states that "In Peking and Toklo, also, mortifying conditioris exist that are proving embarrasSihg to' the prestige of the United States. - .i - '-I ft i i V ' ' Tick Time Again . The author of the News and Observer's "Under the Dome" column offers a gaily 'facetiOusHament in behalf of the General Assembly upon the early arrival of thfe catUe ticlc fci the midst of the mem bers. "Hope's were entertained,"' says he; "that one day might pass without the bedeviling pres. ence of - this creature' in . Legislature halls, but 'not so." '- - ' " ' ' - - No sooner did Mr. Crisp of Dare get the eye and ear of the new speaker yesterday inorn- lng but he advanced with a measure ior the . frustration of the tick in Dare. Today it will be-somebody lelse, and tomorrow fend tomorrow. That is, or course, very anneylhg. iWe are at a loss to understand why this obtrusion should be endured year after year,.session after ssession day after, day, when the case is one ih which the; Gen eral Assembly holds theltower of "life -er death, so to speak. Neither Mr. Crisp of Dare nor the .gentleman; described as "Billy" McGirt, the tick's "archenemy' nor anyone bt the Eastern mem berS WhdVwill rise from to.r' so'ata with an oi,h tick inspiration "tomorrow and tomorrow" is so f committed to the subject that he might no be curea oy tae right sort of treatment. Why should it not be BdppoSed that thi General Assembly wlll finally yield to a suggestion of . common; aeiise -and "f,or-all time, relieve itself of a persistent ahnoy ahefc by giving the righV and obyious' answer. ( It should not be forgottea that thedespised .tick is calling at the State Capitol only because it 'has Jobless BUt Gay- (Prom New York fireftitig Post) "WILMINGTON'S GROWTH ;, EpiToa of The Stab: :., ' . One living in Wilmington and seeing the im provements' going on from day to day I cannot ap preciate the almost, mafrical chancres which have taken place in the past few years. It is to the visitor who returns from time to-time, and to the native ' born, particularly, who has all the heart ties of birth, of childhood, and of friendly assb; cia tions Who sees What, has taken place and is able- to measure its growth by comparison with . oiner, growing cities ana communities, The physical development of Wilmington re viewed from any angle has been wonderful. The banks are beautifully housed and thtfr statements show resources indicating ample ' facilities for business, and above all a-thrif ty, industrious popu lation given to the saving habit. What a few years ago was an uninviting, unproductive almost use less waste . of white sancf with here and there a spot of Wire grass or gall berry bushes, is now beautifully , laid off residence sections, with well constructed -modern homes. Well keot lawns -and flower beds, paved streets'supplied with sewers, electric lights, car line service of frequent inter vals and all the other equipments of a prosperous, developing city. Carolina Heights, Sunset Park, the little communities or groups dotting the road to Wrightsville Beach with their picturesdue names should be made known through newspa pers and pamphlets to be studied and copied by other cities seeking civic improvements for they show a true artistic treatment of natural condi tions. The shipyards, the wholesale and retail business of various kinds and the mills are Im pressive iri the quality and variety ot their goods or manufactured products, but particularly in the housing, the methods of display, the systematic arrangements of goods. These indicate a high quality of salesmanship and a . large volume of " btislness. Front Street, Market and Princess streets with" their crowds .night and day, well lighted stores and streets have all te air of a big city. . - . The back country which some years ago was thought to be unsuitable for cultivation with any profitable returns has responded to the touch of the hand guided by intelligence and is yielding returns perfectly amazing. I saw on one fahn near the Princess street road peanuts, corn, po tatoes, cotton, hay, hogs, chickens and was told that during the summer season truck of almost every " - kind was produced in the greatest abundance. This farm, was started some years ago as a kind of philanthropy sponsored by Mr. Hugh McRae and both superintended and worked by Rev. Moore, pastor of Shjloh Baptist church. When started it was virtually a piece of waste land, but in these three or more years during which it has been worked, it has been brought to the place where it will produce a bale of cotton to the acre. Driving over the well constructed roads which now radiate from Wilmington in almost every direction the marvel is that the sandareas of a few years ago reached by sand roads in which a buggy mired half way to the axle are now well fenced, cultiyated farms and fruit orchards pay ing back riches and contentment for intelligent effort. ' But, the most impressive thing about Wilming ton is the spirit of its people. The great throbbing city of Atlanta with very few-natural resources, a mountainous country without large mineral re sources, with no navigable rivers or sea frontage has become the great city, that it Is largely through the spirit of its people. The same spirit of opti mism, of. hopefulness, of progress in. spite Of the adverse economic conditions Which now prevail is everywhere among business and professional men, mechanics, laborers, black and white. All show the spirit of a great future for Wilmington and each wants to contribute his part to its greatness. ' R. R. Taylor. Tuskegee, Ala., Dec. 28, 1920. - . -o i It. Is a genial place to be a thcatrii cat aseney. - it is likely to be full, of good looking:, well .dressed people with all tile style th&t "only stage folk cap put one,xand it is filled with spirit of cattiai-aderie that ts eod t6 feel. They all seem tp know each other and to. have something amusing'- to say. Now and then a long lost acquaint ance turns up and is greeted with a warm handclasp, and a laugh that sig nifies, somehow, participation in ft com mon, but slightly, borne, difficulty. "What are you doing-now?" sTiieat Noting man- asked A furcoated, blond beauty who came In.." . ' - "God knows,"sh answered him. "1 was doinsf pictures. But now the Pa mousPlayers is closed for two months Twelve hundred of us are out . And so if went. The .agencies are crowded with waiting actors and ac tresses., Even the best actors , and ats Daily Health 3!alks ' By William Brady, M. IV , V' DAMPSESS ASD NO HEAT Our politicians, as ever eager ' to seise the more popular horn of a dilem ma, base a great deal of their noisy talk nowadays on the popular belief that , insufficient heat in living apart ments or offices or stores predisposes occupants of such apartments to some disease, preferably pneumonia. And when, anyone subjected to the discom fort of insufficient heat does Happen to ptck up anything -like a respiratory in fection the coincidence is Cited as per fectly convincing evidence of the land lord's wickedness. . Nobody loves a landlord at least not less than I do" A -landlord is to my. mind the leasers of two evils the greater being the -evil of having no place to stay when there's no place to gor I'm ready to take the staha QUESTIONS AND .: .ANSWERS President-elf ct Hr Q. HoW is Intf'o mWdU . irfl. -" yiunouncf-d an . does it'meanNV. M. T. lt A. Gamaliel )s pronouncea ga-m lee-el, and is a Hebrew worn , "my rewarder is God." maninK Is lt possible to obt i . uvnoiuie LU n its n .. nort to the United st,..,. . " i in tii , ' many and Austria-Hungary- j " A. There are . now Vomi om American commissioners in SIal n vita in loreiKn tresses are out of jobs. I heard of one j and swear away the good name of A Contemporary Views RUBBERNECK London Post: Two ladles, one carrying an in fants entered a bus, and their conversation pro Claimed them of American origin. A gentleman sitting opposite thought he had never seen such an intensely plain baby, and Sat gasihg, fascinated by its very ugliness. At length the mother, irri tated by his prolonged stare, leaned forward and exclaimed "Rubber!" The gentleman, unaware that this Yankee expression has reference to any one who Stares, fervently replied, "Thank God, I thOiight it was real!" well known actoir"who, sincere played in the "Cave-Man." six 'months ago has not had one offer. ' "Do you know many people who haven't got jobs?" I asked innocently of one competent looking young wo- man. 1 They Cai Still Langfe """Do- you know anybody that has got ohe?'!, was the reply, Any everybody laughed. For that is the way .n the offices. They must be able to laugh or else they had better stay away un til they can. An actorN who cannot laugh canno.t get a job. Yet the situation is not really a laughing matter. It is estimated by people in-close-touch with the stagp world that there are 5.0)0 actors and actresses at present hunting about New York for jobs. There are "in- the neighborhood of 30,000 actors and actresses in the dra matic and road show field. Of thest about 1,590 to 2,000 fere nominally un employed at the mid-season period, for the number of weeks work a year done by an actor average pnly 23 i-2. This year, it is estimated, there are 11.5 per cent more than the usual num ber, of unemployed, a total of OoO. which, added to the normal number of unemployed gives to us 5,000 as an ap proximate figure. The actors them, selves will tell you 7,000. but this seems a little high. The causes of the present unemploy ment grow out of the enormous over production of plays that took place during the war. in this country, as i' Europe, there was during the dark days a spirit of "eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die." Everybody Flocked to Theatres -People flocked to the play where the thought of the moment could be dis tracted from the shadow of the morrow to come. In this country the demand was augmented by the group of peo ple who. become suddenly rich, flocked to the theatres?, not wf much to drown their sorrows as to give themselves sorrows to drown. The result of the Over-production of the past year is that theatres in -New Tork are now at a terrific premium. Many good managers are not producing at all for lack of stage space. Shows which have rehearsed and had success ful runs in other cities are waiting about to get into New York, with their actors temporarily laid off. Plays that could go on for many months more with crowded .bouses are closing up because they cannot get theatres in which .-to continue. . Scarcity of theatres has been in creased by the withdrawal of many theatres during the war for the produc tion of moving pictures, and this condi tion is expected to become worse, rath er than better, with the. expected with drawal of the Shubert theatres from bookings for regular Plays and their transformation into vaudeville houses. .The increase in the motion picture industry during the. war provided a large field to which actors could turn when out of other employment. This work is a sort of stop gap. for the stage players. The work is at best, however, very irregular and jobs are by the day rather than by the week or month. There has been' a change recently in the policy of motion picture produc tion which has led to a temporary lay off of cinema actors, but people in touch with .the situation say there is no very unusual Unemployment in this field. Picture manufacturers are beginning now. to .make fewer films, and to' spe cialise more on the perfection of each one. This necessitates the closing of some of the studios for repair or im provement, Which throws a good many actors out for a time. It also means that the demand for actors .may be slightly less in the fu ture, although this is hot probable. Re cent reports of 50,000 motion picture actors unemployed in Los Angeles and 5,000 in the east are probably exagger ated. A motion picture expert, recently come from there states that there are kno . NOT THAT KIND OF INVESTIGATION Neio York World: Much may be said for a leg islative investigation of the Municipal Govern ment of. New York City, but it is not said in the superheated rhetoric of the statement by Senator Robinson and Assemblyman. 8teinberg .which brings the subject to the Legislature's attention. The statement igih the worst possible spirit. It paints a picture of the metropolis, untrue be cause of. its exaggeration, as a fester of "graft and corruptioh in 'high, places" arid .apparently asks an investigation to provide proof of the reckless charge. Any inquiry undertaken for that purpose may . prove the boomerang that old legislative hand seem to fear. Probably New York-City suffers more from of ficial ; stupidity and incompetence than from out right official dishonesty which, for all that, may In many cases exist. Very likely it suffers from" a bad system as much as from either and would benefit by charter changes. That, is what the peo ple want to know. They would welcome ft help ful inquiry devoted to ascertaining the tacts sCnd to searching out ways to cure the conditions, espe cially,. financial conditions,-;that cause justified anxiety for the future. - . .-. . The City Government badly needs a thorough and dispassionate overhauling f rem the outside Such an inquiry, to be ot any use not to be, In deed; worse than useless should be judicial, non partisan and solely in, the public interest. New York Herald: Archaeologists have fouhd in New Mexico a fdrty-flve story apartment house once tenanted by 1,000 Indians. It was a walkup and certain .hierojjiyphics near the . entrance are taken to mean that iceineb: woUld mot be expected to deliver above the fortieth floor.' v , - -'.tfewr Yorfc tiefaldt. Dr. Simon Flexner 'tells us ot evil parasites 6d .Small that they pass through the ports W earthenware. A contractors ring of creatures so elusive might escape Sam Untermyet. jotning larger seems to get away from his net, : ry- ' 'V- 6--- ,? - i-'-v' Springfield Republican: "111 never again hold a ' political : plate ; I'm a business v man t rem now'' onVformer, Governor Smith of New. York IS quoted as saying. .But Cincinnatus on the trucfc can doubtless be relied on In , the event of a public emergency- His good citlzekshlp has been "well i proved r . landlord at any time. But pneumonia is, something else again. '11 gladly give, at my regular rate, expert testi mony against a landlord as a factor of nervous prostration, high blood pressure, .insomnia And anxiety neuro sis but when it comes to a1 Question of pheumonia, I muBt testify1 that the landlord positively is not guilty. It would be love's' labor lost for him to grind Uown on the heat as a means to that end. His chance of success would be better if he would overheat 'em to the verge of suffocation. No doubt it is a reckless and ill advised thing to say, as Ir 'do "say, that the conventionalized landlord, skimp ing about 10 degrees Fahrenheit on the heat through every cold spell, ?3 in reality acting as a good friend of his tenants. He Is taking nothing from tnem, save imprecations; he is giving mem something akin to a hygienic in door temperature. Deduct 10 degrees Fahrenheit from the average indoor temperature of flat, office and store and you have approximately the ideal nor mal or hygienic indoor temperature, w.hich is 65 degrees Fahrenheit, Landlords as a whole are indeed execrable creatures. I hate nothing more than landlords unless it be get ting up bright and early in the morn ing. Nevertheless, speaking from the viewpoint of good health, we must grudgingly concede to the landlord an' important role in keeping us well. Some people harbor the notion that it i is the landlord's place to keep us good and warm. I thank goodness that he is such a Uniform success at keeping us cool and well. atKSTIONS AND ANSWERS A Lady" Hand I see by the paper where a lady praised your hand lotion. Just - now one of my chief occupations in life is holding hands. And I ht.Ve a fancy that a young man jUkes to hold", a nice soft hand, or at least my particu lar young man does and my hands ain't! CJ. A. A.) Answer Here is the lotion I .sug gested for softening and whitening thfe skin of the hands or face: Tragacanth, in shavings.. 80 grains.. Glycerin i ounce - Boric acid 1-2 ounce Oil of bergamot 4 drops Bain water (or tap water) 1 pint Boil the tragacanth in the water, stirring constantly, until dissolved. Add water to make up for evaporation. Then add the other ingredients. Ap ply .to the skin two or : three times daily, immediately after washing attd before the skin is quite dried. Hynerthrofdism What is the difference between hy perthyroidism and exophthalmic goitre? (Bertha. ) J Answer Hyper means more or ex cess hyperthyroidism means excessive function of the thyroid gland, which produces and pours into"' the blood an "internal secretion" or ferment which is the natural stirr-iiiant to various vital processes. In exophthalmic goitre the patient suffer frdm hyperthyroidism. in j . v icuii ua ..uuaape8t, who passports given by thes erntnents, provided "such alie satiszactory credentials. Q- What was tne earliest adding machine? it. a. R T earliest known adding m . . ft.ft v. ft..c,i i m raicuiatinn bacu ntioa. as early A and prea.i lawful anv imnnrtiticn to maiA n v. . " u: .j iu uc i if aliapi.. j.uv. vfti.ftft iaj iiaini LO lis lnvf- ueroaotus staled that this was usetTby the EgypUans.a is. is. -rnrougn the Greeks Aomans tne use oi the machine over all Europe. V- wnen tne eovernmpnt liome from France the ri.main. sMdier, When are the relatives m.i fled? J. W. D. ol" A. The war department says thtt the relatives of a deceased sodn,. whose remains are to be brought ovVr from France are notified by tht ,eme. teriai branch of the war departmental the time the body leaves France as to the date when it may be expected ,0 arrive in this country. The oempteriai branch is -notified or all such depart, ures by cable. Q. Can a man destroy or Uisfigur his own money? W. H. W. A. The treasury department says that a person may do anything ho to his own money, but after it has been punctured or defaced in any way , cannot be placed in circulation agajj That is, the hole cannot be filled !j ana tne coin again used, as money. Q. Who were the Bashi Bazouks' i). s. s. A. The Bashi Bazouks are Turkic irregular troops, nartives of thi pashalics of Asiatic Turkey and pos. sessing the worst reputation of anv. class of fighting men in the worlj, They are wild and turbulent and ready to plunder and kill at any time. Q. " Why is one of the Xcw K states called Rhode Island, when ;,hk Of it is part of the mainland 11. j. A. "Roode Eylandt" was the nam given by the Dutch to the large island on the east s4de of Xarragansett ha The Colony established on it was unite: with other settlements under the lead, ership of Roger Williams and a chart: obtained for administration of affain under the name "Rhode Island am Providence Plantations." This is stili the offlclai name of the state. Q. 1 What is the longest river in the j world, and what is the widest?-.)! R. D. A. The longest river in the world is the Mississippi-Missouri, 4.194 mil?? The Widest river is probably the Ami zon, Its Width being 50 miler, a! mam mouth. , Q. What Is the derivation of tli name "Rotten Row" in Hyde Park, London? A. W, A." The name "Hotten How" n supposed to be derived from 'Uoti.. de Roi" or "Kinsr'S Drive." The kin. Is the only person who may drive doir. it in a 'carriage, Q. Who said "Be good and let wkt will be cicverr s. s. j. A. The quotation is from a purr "'A Farewell" by Charles Kingsley. ih verse fiom . which words are takti being: "Be good, my dear, and let who wi; , be elver; , Do noble things, -not dream them i day- long; And so make life, death and the vim forever, One grand, sweet song." ItrODMISTS OPPOSE THE S. A. TOKIO, Nov. 24. (Correspondence of Associated Press). A Buddhist Balva- tion army has been formed with head quarters in Tokio and according to one of its leaders, it is determined t6 "fight the Christian salvation army out of Japan. Members of the Buddhist sal vation army took a leading part in the disturbances which marked the cele bration of the salvation army's semi jubilee during the last few days. Col onet puce of the salvation army makes light' of the attacks.- : CUPID MAKES ROOM IN AT LEASTNTWO SCHOOLS Students Decide to Marry and Are Wedded at Rocky Mount (Special t The Star) ROCKY MOUNT, Jan. 6. There ffill be room for an additional student at it least two colleges during the ensuin? spring term. as the result of a rominci Which Culminated here last night bf R. William Nettles, of Florence, S.C and a junior at the University of South Carolina, and Mfcss Sallie Roebuct of WilHamston. a member of the frert man class at the Eastern Carolin Training school, of Oreenville. N. C Were. marifr1 Tnv Vtcv W Kdtrar WJ8'. persuaded a friend in The Bronx to sell his boarding house , and .put the monev into a. nw nomnanv T I 4 n. hearsed the company, took them to BaU, ! a8tor the Arlington Street Kapu timore, Where they played one week without a ent being paid to them. Some of the members of the cast are said to have lived on apples for two nit mnr- tun, is-flflfl tft -sn.-nnn attorn aays. ai iasc ine company noppea, employed ih that town at its height Of the 11 members who were in the production, and that unemployment is not 100 per cent. There are not, he states, probably half as many as 5,000 motion picture people unem-ployed in the, east. These reports are thought by some to be circulated by manufacturers, Who sign their new contracts in January, to make theatre managers believe that production has been largely curtailed so that they will pay high for next year. -" Attracts Perfoimern . . - The announcement that the Shubert theatres were about -to be given over to vaudeville is said to hav had an .M t. ft-ft-... I lin.ft. ntimKavti et R vaudeville performers to New York. . It is said "that other vaudeville pro ducers, .-fearing th" expected- competi vtion, allowed reports to spread through the West that there was a scarcity of such talent, which brought them a crop of 3,000to 4,000 new artists to choose from and increased the nunibeV of act ors hunting lor jobs. j The last and perhaps the most un fortunate cause of thiE present state of unemployment is the widespread fail ure of road companies. Forty such companies failed' during the season of 1919-20.: This season 25 have railed to Shows under reputable producers, which have hafljsuccess in New York, have failed oh the road during the past year, either from the increased rail road rates, from the substitution of in ferior actors in star parts, r from the fact that their original success had been due to war enthusiasm and Hot intrinsic merits. ' - But the larger proportion of the faiW ures has been due- to the newer, irre sponsible' managers who take a' com pany out, allow their salaries t6 iapS6, and Jstrancl' them in some small town Without the means of getting back. -There are any number of stories about these privateer producers who fcly theijp-trade with a picturesqdeness worthy 6f O.. Henry. ? There wal a c6m lany Jlast'jreek, which, is said to liave got - a New '.York cast and full; quota of -husicians as; f ar a the "Tcnoaylva-, -nia station, . where fherfecerVed a mes- : sage "ftomv the " manager;; that he.'' was lS.OOUJ. short hand the show, would "not proceedX.---? Or there ' Was -another manager who Actors Equity telegraphed for the needed funds with which to return to New York. A daring "shoe string" manager, who was formerly a motion picture star, has strandedtwo companies within the past month. "Members of the companies were resctied by the Actors' Equity as sociation. Nothing can daunt thepn, these thea tre people, because they always keep their, faith in their own ability to act, their Willingness to pull each other out of holes, and the confidence that they are "good looking when they are made up." ; Which is what keeps the present situation from being one of "discour agement. - church, the ceremony beins lierformn at thfi home- of Mr. and Mrs Hn Cyrus shortly after 9 o'clock. th two vaiirnr neonle left their rt- 'Spective homes to resume their statue1. several davs aaro. each oiio stoppm- over. in the city for a brief visit t friends. While herR thev decided ! chanire from student life to marrn' life with the result that Rev. Mr. W attd a few intimate friends were In last mto-Vi anA Ua hanire effeCtM The young couple left this morning ' an extended southern trip, after they . will thake their home in Flore SL C Mrs. Nettles is the attractive daut' . n a M n n.l MM 17rci1 .1 ItueOUi WilHamston. and a sipter of A'et host XT..t.lftft, ft. It,1 Qn.l 1 1 : ii xwuics VI t-mo liiij, o"u - ij.. 1 Hi v- friends throughout eastern Mr. Nettles is the son of Mr. a B. ence.-' nd JI" Nettles, who reside np8r Our Reout m ation The bank that is known for the .service it gives and the friends it keeps; for its readiness to advance the interests of our community ; and, abovejall, its strong P-1 sition and ability at all times toare for the needs of its depositors. . lie Vilmington Savings Trust Co. "Oldest and Largest Savings Bank In North Carolina 'A
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