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-WEIiNKSIlAY, FEBRCARY 21, 1H28,
TF1E BAX NEB-HERALD. ATHENS. CEORGTA.
EXTRAORDINARY SHOWING
—orchid cf the rrreen who
tells the love story'of.a
More c BeauttJul: More Gorgeous Than Ever
EXTRA
ATTRACTION
MACK SENNETT
COMEDY
Cahcnnl
, Pictures t
Here
J FRIDAY
You’ll love it!
ram
When infatuation for another mar. tugs at the
bonds that hold a wife end n wife dares face her
husband with the truth—there's drama that
touches the heart of everyone who has known
love. A mrdern story set in Egypt— Romance
Land—where lovers remember only today and
pray there never be a tomerrov.
Meeting “A KISS FOR CINDERELLA”
909.00.° PALACE THEATRE TONIGHTi
f rt-er tr. "Tha. Rond to Glory, r POx I por* ..ns, an eplecr* occu.v which
i Hlms version of Howaiu Hawks'I convinces her that her husband ts
fine original story, which comes I her real loyer.
to the* Strand Theatre toct-sht c'urtone Griffith plays the part
legislature, despite City Council
I'm for Democracy.
j Mencken Says Democracy Has
Failed And We Must Now Turn
To The Intelligent Minority
But How ^“intelligence ^
TO RulC Except Under A rights that are their* inherently
Government That Gives
It ThrC Opportunity?, not yell, "There, that proves Dc-
You may think the subject is
net worth devoting all this good
white space and typewriter ink to
but you haven’t talkoi with young
men who have giver, up all hone
of a Democratic system ever work
ing even before they have got in
to the fight. It's sort of excus
able for a man to get cynical
after being cuffed about by the
deer peepul but when college
studi nts 1<>S.> faith in a Pemo-
’ratic government before the pee-
nul have even had a chance to
kick them in tho slats it’s begin
ning to look kinder gloomy,
Unt maybe 1 m jigt bilious.
And, another thing, without a
Democracy wherein all can try ,to
•mle if they want to, how is this
“Intelligent Minority” to be se
lected? Since the only sure way
tf judging a person’s intelligence
’• to watch him perform it would
»eem to me that giving everybody
he opportunity to strut his stuff
rou’d V® t^e fairest’ and surest,
ncthod of selecting the “fittest.’’
Fortified with a superb dramatic
_ roJe that rum* the
story and .. -, irT
gamut of e«otioha,. this Stirling
| May McAvoy Is At the Strand; Corinne Griffith
(Continued from Page One)
little actress adds new laurels to
an already fine list of screen ach
ievements.
"The Road to Glory” Is an origi
nal story by Howard Hawks, who
alec directed the picture. It deals
dramatically with the part Chance
ploys in human lives and tells the
experiences of Judith Allen, played
by Miss McAvay, whom Chance
topplea from the pedestal of youth-
uul ecstacy |o grim de.-oair.
‘Infatuation” With Mack Scnnctt Comedy
• Palace Thursday and Friday.
iL, camj>uign, made an Inter-
But talk. ,:
%$’■' x.reports were the most
c.i ir>' lures of the evening
./ •* - e : ily -encouraging for
It - • *'the campaign. $8,-
it. i i for the budget thi..
kyr and tecK .’interested in the
i* W“ ftro» confident that the
mount sought .will be raised ba
ulk* the campaign ends! .
*jf Slings Feature
A number of appropriate songr,
rfanged espetrally for the cam-
^gn, were sung Tuesday night
>w of these, sung to the tunc of
■I Lisa Jane,” was sung to open
right, 1925,
Jnited Press.
(BY DAN MAGILL)
“Since Democracy luur fnilctT It
is up to the intelligent minority to
rule.” This is the contention of
the Honorable Henrico Lambastico
Menckeno. Mr. * Mencken never
fails to give the Democratic idea
a atiff job in the ribs, it matters
not upon what »ubjeet he is writ
ing. Xf It be the planting . and
care cf flowers he must shout to
the world that Democracy has
THURSDAY
KGO— Oakland—4151 met
res—8 p. m. I’CST— KGO
Players In “Richelieu.”
KPRC— Houston—297 met
res—7^0 p. m. CST—Aeollon
met-
re»—10:45 p. m. CST—Orgxn
Recital.
KDKA—Pittsburgh — 309
metres—rOt'O p. m. EST—Half
Hour with Chopin.
WEAF—New York and
regular hookup—8 p. m. EST
—Joint program Including
male quartette, orchesteas
and Eskimos.
Regardless of the fact that it
seems to be quite popular nowa
days to lament tho failure of De
mocracy I’m for it good and
strong. If tho Democratic idea
had not been horn, back yondefj
somewhere at sou* time In some-
one’s brain and fought for all
these years I might not be fitting
hero In this office pounding a
typewriter with no fear of w
CORINNE GRIFFITH PALACE
8PECIAL THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY
Everything reifies out of the
•This time it ts a film atory. “In
fatuation.” showing this week at
the Palace Thursday and Friday
has Egypt for ltd locale. TV Dim
»j based on W. Somerset Maug
ham’s stage success, "Caesar’s
Wife.” Cut Inne Griffith it starred.
Others in the cast are Percy Mhr-
mont. Malcolm MacGregor, War
ner Oland. Leota Lorraine, Claire
DuBrey, Martha Mattox and Cla
rissa Seluynne.
The story has to do with the
wife of a British diplomat who
fee j that her husband ia neglect-
I nit-her for his official duties, and
becomes interested in his young
secretary. Just when the affair is
fclnnlng to assume sorlous pro-
f$cs ns follows:
Right thousand d6?lars what we
; seek
I * - Li’l larger yet
teh us make it all this week
Li’l larger yet. ,
co larger,-AIM larger yet.
oo larger, li’l larger yet
ryone working for the *'{**
LIT larger yet.
that money, try*, try. try
LIT larger,yet.
until we go over the top
Lin larger yet.
il never, full er never J.op
LUl larger yet
Team Reports -
.,pie individual, reports by. team
^pesday night were a* follows:
Team N.\ one, Mr-. Applcwhit-
Captain. . 189.0
Trnih No. 2, Mrs. Eradw^ll
Captain .. 31
Team No. 3, Mrs .Dobbs,
Captain, no-report due to
illness of paptain. »
Tram No. j, Mys. W. B.
Kodgso«. Cnpt. 239.5C
Team No. 5, Miss K. Pal- .
mcr. Cnptnln . .. 234.00
Tram No. 0, Miss Vance
Captain 66.o0
Tram No. 7, Capt. Barnett
Captain . - ..' 151.0C
Tcnrn No. 9, A. E. Davi-
, son, Captain 128.00
Ti*am No. O, Harry Hodg
son, Captain 218.00
Tram No. 10, R. I* Keener,
Captain No report
Team No. tl, C. A. Trtic-
ac’l, Captoin • • - 91.5C
Team No. 12, Lcr:y Mich-
re 1 , Captain 115pf
, **E>:> utive • Committee.. 120355
In l&at Sunday's New. York
World, commenting on the decline
of Liberalism and the apparent
decision of such Liberals os Wil
liam Allen White, Newton D.
Baker, Walter Lippman, formerly
of The New Republic to give up
the idea that there i» hope of in-
I have known instances where
ven intelligent persons didn’t
rote for the best interests of ths
public. Unless accompanied .by
want we knoW v as backbone nnd a
social consciousness— whatever
that Is—the ballot in the hands of
the most Intelligent docs al
ways mesn good/gover.ir.-*nt and
fair government. For my parti
had rather live in a country where '
the stupid have the, right to rise
up now and thrti and with.
inAimtive accuracy kn:ck the
daylights out of intelligent
ploitation of the public.
Desoite his constant lambast
ing of the system I am confident ,
Percy Marmont, Halcotm.MtcGrcgo'’
A KISS FOR CINDERELLA” sopallty tint ha, wo„ for B»tly
ALACE TONIGHT 1 hest of friendsJboth in and out
if toe studio.
I^.rti I aumot but inwnnlly
claim: “There but for th£ Demo
cratic Idea goes Dsn Msgill!”
One of my student friends ove
iktty Bronswii. twice honored
by J. M. Barrie, hai more than
ustified that noted author’s faith
n her.
It was Barrie*, - ,—
icked Beuy, then an absolute un-
mown, to piny the title role In
'aAmount’s screen yerslon of his
mmortal fantasy, "Peter Pan*’’
And It wa» Barrie a*aln. » few
Coal Dealers Plan
To Gouge Public
For $16.50
telllgent rule via the people
(phew! that waa a long sentence).
Mr. Mencken says the only hope
lies in rule of the intelligent mi
nority. ..
?Jr. Mencken may be right In
contending that this country’s ul
timate salvation lhe vithin the
E ower of the fritelliger.*. minority
ut it seemt to me thit Yc is* not
thinking straight, as be . usually
does, by claiming that Democracy
is a failure. If it were not foi
the Democratic idea and the ap
proximation of the .Democratic
system in this count.-y the Intelli-
MAY McAVOY AT
JHE STRAND TONIGHT
[ WeV?>' gives »be fjo****!
a. Cdlcmancftings.
CALL US
I Anywhere In Athens.
Sam W. Pinson
Garage
Vests Battery Sales and
i Service Department
\ Phone 461
rear sgp.
n^jwn. to piny the title rolo^ln
mmortal t fantasy,
And It was Barrl* —. -
months 'back, who unhesitatingly
selected the now f *world-famoas
Betty for the leading part in the
picturlzation cf bis gotable stage
success. “A Kiss for I'Mnderells."
As the herrino of “Peter Pan,
Betty scored s tremendous hit, but
those who have bad an advance
peek at “A Kiss for Cinderella."
which Herbert Breno n recently
corarletej,, olalm ■ that she does
the finest work of her meteoric
\treer as the wistfully appealing
Cinderella. Ucal picturt-goers
will |>« ablo to judge for them-
*clv<*4 the picture Is scheduled
*0 phy ct the Pulaoe tonight.
Perliav* never before In the
history, of tho screen fcas c girl
of ..evouteen had honors hekped
upon her as has Betty Bronson.
it» a little more than one short
year she has risen from obscurity
NEW YORK.—(UP)— Accofd-
ng to advanced estimates nnthra-
ite coal dealers are planning to
•harge frqm $1 to $1.50 per ton
nore than the prices \'hlch pre
vailed last September wl.en the
*al strike began.
The regular prices within a
nonth are expected to be from
<1550 to $16.60 a .ton.
The increase (s explained by
M • •we , » of ;
raise in price .announced by .soma
independent coal dealers,, . ■
gept minority lot which he hopes
*0 «u*h wouldfnot hav* the.oppor-
tunity to rule.i Opportunity to rule
*as not always accompanied intel
ligence. If Mr. Mencken cares to
-efer to -hia history he must sdmit
WASHINGTON TUBBS
that Divine Eight and Hereditary
Rights have played a not unim
portant part in the history of
- DID NOU se
STOCK QUOTATION
GOWDEH COPPEfi
{jKBsPEhJMXHTof
, BiGAKM
AtCTWERSrlMiLAU).
rovernments. There have been
kings who were so stupid they
couldn’t make a living for them
selves who have ruled over sub
jects of much pative intelligence
but no opportunity-to make that
intelligence active in releasing
them from their environment. A
' thousands brave souls died for
the right to exercise their intelli
gence, for their right to develop
individuals and to exercise the
right of becoming more than
Serfs. InteTi-ence alone has nev-
fr «n»vided riwht to exercise
.intelligence,., Mr. Mencken’s ..Ia*
fMligent minority woijtd hdf have
'he oppbrtuhity *tb rule - except
under a system whereby itiipidity
As Beau For
Mrs. Jardine
t WASHINGTON. — It
w,s Mr*. Coolidfe', turn Tui«4»r
in cich n ■’• M nnd ,n. a rwuit
the Preiident esrorted another
I«H» to e dinner Tueaday ni«ht.
Mm. William M. .r*rdine w««
tho honored penon. She war e*.
corted to the eolree given by At
torney General Sargent for Mr.
"’ildge In d'fault of the 0r*» -
Wy. . ... .
C n»e of the .'oik, who pay the
rgeit taxes. W* do have aright
to vpte for bond, that mu,t be
met by all the people If we do
WINS AGA'N
ATLANTA—fUP)— Hollii Siil-
livan, the new fight *ea*ation ef
i-c south i'ft Us reat estate of-
rea in AJprie'Ua long ecouph
Tvc.il,v nisht to coma here and
I neck out Battling Barnett, a vet.
rmn of the ring vrhj-outweighed
him five pound,.
believe that Society owea a duty
to all memhera of Society to pro
vide opportunities to enjoy life as
it should bo epJored. And that i«
pot Ilumanttarianiem os we have
r«mn to'ood'rrrjHvi tho Word.
That I* Social Justice, ■ , lf
Despite Congress, despite . the
May McAvoy 8 -rand Tonight
also, .-tag.., similar, rights.
GLENN TRVW
. Madame S9ns Jane 1