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Show THE CITIZEN 0 'J She represents that vivid quality, that touch of wonder, that seeking after life and the mystery of it, that search after the hidden secrets of the soul, that belongs to youth, and youth alone. Mme. Glyn is an excellent dancer and a great social favorite. She accomplishes a tremendous amount of work, having an almost unlimited capacity and endurance. She began her career as a writer with the publication of The Visits This book went into of Elizabeth. many editions and established her at once among the most popular writers.' Other books came' from her pen, among them the world famous and much discussed novel, Three Weeks. This book created a storm of approval and disapproval. It became at once, and has still remained, one of the . PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION MEM- BER, NO. 2297 The bigger the body, the slower the movement. The greater the movement must be, the longer it takes to get under way. The United States is a large body, almost entirely surrounded by good motor cars and poor roads. It is moving slowly, but surely towards a condition when it will have only good roads. The movement is slow because the body is so large, and has so many heads 110,000,000 of them. Improving our almost three million miles of highways is a huge task. The movement is enormous. Therefore, it takes time to get under way. It is like a monster freight train, starting up a grade, requiring many locomotives to begin the travel and slowly getting up speed. But once the train is in motion, it has an enormous force for going ahead; one locomotive can keep it moving and it is difficult to stop! So will it be with our road building program; slowly but surely the movement for better roads than Federal aid can give, for more roads than states alone can build, is gathering momentum. When it gets up speed, nothing can stop it. Meanwhile the individual who needs a good road and needs it now, must not lose courage. It was said the Panama canal couldnt be built in a generation. It was built in a few short years.- At the rate we are at present building federal aid roads it will take some hundred and fifty or two hundred years to improve our road system. All of us will be very dead before that movement is well started. The answer is to change the movement, to work for, educate for, vote for, national highways, built by and maintained by the National Government; give this nation two hundred thousand miles of such roads (which could with ease be built in a period of five years), and the rest of the roads will be Improved in even less time, by states, counties, and towns, which will refuse to be kept from the benefits of such a national road system, when all that they need to do to enjoy it, is to connect with it. - At American Theatre, one week be- ginning today. most widely talked of books in the English language. Six Days is an original screen story by Miss Glyn. The story deals with the aftermath of the great war. The principal, dramatic action takes place in six days. Hence its name. Seeing its vivid possibilities as a gripping screen story of modern love, it was purchased by the Goldwyn corporation. They immediately engaged such well known players as Corinnc 'Griffith, Frank Mayo, Claude King, Myrtle Stedman and Maude George ' to appear in it. Charles Brabin, the husband of Theda Bara, was chosen to direct it. During the filming of Six Days, Theda Bara was an interested spectator. It is said that she made many helpful suggestions. NO ONE FORCES THEM. Those who complain about the commodations at Ellis Island seem to overlook that, those who make use of them do it voluntarily. The United y States does not insist on immigrants. Pittsburgh Gazette-Time- s. AMERICAN PARTY. PARTY At a meeting of the Progressives of this city, a municipal ticket was named Friday night, the candidates of which will be submitted to the people for their approval at the coming election. Judge J. E. Darmer was unanimously chosen for the candidate of mayor by those present at the meeting. The judge is an old American party man and has opposed church interference in politics ever since he came to this city and he has a host of friends who are confident that they can put him over for mayor. E. Hugh Miller, secretary of the Young Mens Republican club, and A. E. Harvey, one of the leaders of the Federation of Labor, and now proprietor of a barber parlor, were selected to run for commissioners on the ticket with Darmer. These men are well known in the city' they have a host of friends and they will be able to poll a substantial vote. The candidates pledged themselves to run upon the Progressive platform as announced and published a few days ago, and which provides for drastic measures to take the church out of politics and business. The new party will open headquarters in a few days in a popular place and easy of access, and it proposes to wage a very aggressive campaign to educate the voter how to cast his ballot next November 6. The American party headquarters are now open to the public and everybody is invited to call and get acquaint ed. The new quarters are opened in the Wilson hotel, rooms 341, 342 and 343, where the organization officers can be seen at all hours of the day. H. C. Allen, chairman of the Americtn party, has his office in room 300, just opposite the hotel elevator, and he is working day and night trying to bring his organization to perfection just as soon as possible in order that an active campaign can be started in canvassing the city, getting people out to register and preparing generally for the election, which this year will fall on November 6. The primaries to qualify candidates for election will be held on October 13, which gives Chairman Allen about a month in which to perfect his organization. There will be three registration days October 9, 16 and 30 and everybody should see that their names are on the official register so that there will be no argument when the time comes to cast their ballot. Candidates running for office must secure the signature of 100 or more voter tr and said petition must be filed with the city recorder not later than October 13. Why buy all the wheat at $1.75 a bushel? Why not make a bushel of wheat legal tender everywhere and save time and labor? Marshalltown (la.) Freckles will do more than sermons in abolishing the sleeveless gowns. Oklahoma Tribune. Times-Republica- n. uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiL1 I I i THIS WEEK O I POWELL SEXTET I O O I I O ROY & ARTHUR FOLEY & LATOUR O O LATELL & YOKES CORNELL, LEONA & ZIPPY O O WINTON BROS. SEEING AND HEARING O Two students on a train were tell- O BUSTER ing about their abilities to see and Do you see hear. The one says: that barn over there on the horizon? KEATON IN Yes. Can you see THREE that fly walking around on the roof of that barn? AGES No, but I can hear the shingles 'crack when he steps on them. Awgwan. George Washington never went to Europe to find out how to run America. Toledo Blade. i . PAN TAG EES imiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmimimmimmmmmiiiiimim- m- |