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Show THE CITIZEN 0 ft HISTORY MAKING. is a land without memories a land without memories is a land without history. A land that wears a laurel crown may he fair to see, but twine a few sad cypress leaves around the brow of any s, land, and be that land barren, and belak, it becomes lovely in its consecrated coronet of sorrow and wins the sympathy of the heart and of history. Crowns of roses fade; crowns of thorns endure. Calvaries and crucifixions take deepest hold on humanity. The triumphs of might are transient; they pass and are forgotten. The sufferings ' of right are graven deepest on the chronicles of nations. A land without ruins ; 'i beau-tiles- i ( ii 6 Height feet 2 Reach Chest normal Chest expanded 75 40 44 35 15 Waist Biceps inches inches inches inches inches inches Wrist 8 inches Ankle 9 inches AND SO IT WAS. So runs the scroll of human destiny, Written in fire and blood and scald- ing tears, Scrawled with wrecked hopes and blasted visions The weary record of ten thousand years. The weary record of people and of kings Of empire and of race, Which unto the law that ruleth earthly things In ruin yielded place. AS WE SEE IT. towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe The GLORIA SWANSON. SADIE THOMPSON 1 TIRES OF ABUSE AND LEARNS HOW TO BOX Chest heavyweight prize ring lost a j great bet when George Bancroft, star of The Showdown, now at the Vic- -j tory theatre, left the U. S. navy and ! stormed Broadway and the movies. 1 Standing six feet, two and a half inches, Bancroft was forced into the ring early in his career as a matter of He liked it so well j The 41 inches 34 inches 19 inches expanded Waist Biceps Wrist 7 Ankle 8 inches inches Dempsey 1 Weight d itself, Aye all which it inherits, shall Opening Today at the Paramount BANCROFT cloud-capp- 190 pounds dissolve And like this insubstantial pagent faded Leave not a wreck behind. We are such stuff as dreams are made of And our little lives are rounded with a sleep. WELSH BANQUET. St. Davids Day Banquet, Concert and Dance, under the auspices of the Cambrian association and Sons and Daughters of Wales Society, will be held Thursday, March 1, at the Elks club. The big time will start promptly at 7 p. m. and no excuse will be accepted from those late. W. D. Prosser will be the official toastmaster and there will be special talks by Rev. Alfred M. Williams, D. D., of the First Presbyterian church, and Wm. H. Folland, city attorney. No, the Prince of Wales will not be present, hut he will have an able representative in John James, who will do everything but ride horse. This will be an enthusiastic gathering of the Welshmen, and no real Welshman will miss this banquet. Lion cubs, which can be kept with safety until about two years old, are becoming popular as pets in Europe, the price for a cub ranging from $375 ' to $475. -- self-protecti- on. 3 that he became a regular the navy boxing bouts, feature of sixteen, a large negro in the service approached him j one day and asked, Do you think you are tough? Without waiting for a j j reply the inquirer planted a large foot in the center of Bancrofts face. A fight followed in which Bancroft was worsted, being outweighed more than When he was only j fifty pounds. A few days later, Bancroft had an argument with his best friend. The friend hit him two terrible wallops both on the nose. When Bancroft I reocvered teh use of his eyes, he said to From now on, no man hit my nose again, no one. took up the study of boxing and became one of the finest heavyweight fighters in the navy. Here is a comparison of his measurements wtih those of Tunney and Dempsey as on JJe the set where the star made himself, j will ever 1 e Picture, The Showdown. Tunney 185 pounds 6 - Uiest normal - feet 70 inches 38 inches Feel My Pulse This the Gregory La Cava production1 a. Paramount Picture Arlen in Bebe'Daniels-Richa- rd high-powere- d comedy a spirited starts Tuesday at the Capitol . i |