Scenic Theatre
PRESENTING THE BETTER CLASS PHOTOPLAYS
Week-Ahead Program
SATURDAY, MARCH 27:
“MEMORY LANE,” featuring ELEANOR BOARDMAN and CONRAD NA-
GEL. Never a bride who didn’t look back down memory lane to the first kiss,
the first quarrel—to the day she told the other boy she liked him as a friend,
but,—where is he now? What is he doing? Where the dawn of tomorysw
kisses the dusk of yesterday, that’s where memory lane begins. Also, a first
run two reel comedy, “PAWNSHOP POLITICS.”
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MARCH 29 AND 30:
“BEHIND THE FRONT,” with WALLACE BERRY, RAYMON HATTON
and MARY BRIAN. Here is the low down on this show. A great comedy with
a pair of noted screen stars that are hard to beat. A wonderful story of what
went on behind the front, and positively not a serious moment in it. This
picture starts with a chuckle, then works into laughter and then you just
simply scream. Among the many screaming situations are the air raid, in-
spections, and especially the scenes with the tanks in No Man's Land. In oth-
er words, it is the sunny side of war told in pictures, and do you know of a
funnier pair of screen stars who could make it a bigger laugh hit? Also, on
Monday night the added attraction will be Pathe News, Aesop’s Fables and a
Single Variety reel. On Tuesday night we will have “LOVE AND KISSES,”
Mack Sennett’s latest 2 reel comedy.
WEDNESDAY: MARCH 31:
“BUSINESS OF LOVE,” starring EDWARD HORTON and ZASU PITTS.
Here is a story about a le business man who has all of the he-ness and red
blood of a two-gun man,except, instead of juggling a revolver he works his
gray matter at lightning speed to beat the other fellow at figuring. A power-
ful play of romance and laughter. Also, a first run two reel comedy.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1:
“BIG PAL,” featuring WILLIAM RUSSELL and JULIANNE JOHNSTON.
Here is a story of a great fighter, a great fight and a boy who helps his hero
win. Russell, in the role of the champion, is much at home, for he once was
amateur heavyweight champion of the boxing world. An original story of a
square fighter in a squared circle. Also, Pathe News and Review.
FRIDAY, APRIL 2:
“THE BORDER SHERIFF,” headed by your old friend, JACK HOXIE.
Here is Jack’s latest picture and one of his best. He plays the part of the
sheriff and goes throngh some tough joints before he finally lands his man.
Also, the 3rd chapter of the serial, “CASEY OF THE COAST GUARD.”
MOOSE TEMPLE THEATRE.
THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY:
“DICK TURPIN,” with TOM MIX. The story of the world’s most noted
bandit. Also, an “our gang” comedy, “BIG BUSINESS.”
MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 30 AND 31:
“THE VANISHING AMERICAN,” with RICHARD DIX, LOIS WILSON,
NOAH BEERY and MALCOLM McGREGORY. Here is the screen’s mighty
tribute to the American Indian, first lord of the western continent, showing
the parade of civilization from the first man and his mate down to the modern
Indian. The red man’s gradual eclipse before the irresistible sweep of white
civilization. His final stand in the barren wastes of the far west, his retreat
into the desert fastnesses marked by a trail of blood. Even Zane Grey's mas-
tery of language could do scant justice to these awe-inspiring scenes. A east
of 10,000 Indians and 100 principals. The final epic of the fast-disappearing
red man. Admission, 15 and 35 cents. Matinees at Scenic Tuesday and Wed-
nesday.
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HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WCRD PUZZLE
When the correct letters are placed in the white spaces this pussle will
spell words both vertically and horizontally. The first letter In each word Is
indicated by a number, which refers to the definition listed below the puzzle.
Thus No. 1 ander the column headed “horizontal” defines a word which will fll
the white spaces up to the first black square to the right, and a number undes
S“yertical” defines a word which will fill the white squares to the next black one
below. No letters go in the black spaces. All words used are dictionary words,
except proper names. Abbreviations, slang, initials, technical terms and obso-
lete forms are Indicated in the definitions.
'CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 1.
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4—Compare (abbr.)
6—Beverage
11—To consume
42—To perform
‘34—Part of to be 6—Tidy
16—To prohibit 7—Same as 38 horizontal
46—Similarities 9—Limb
38—Qrass rug 10—Pair
80—Preposition 12—Helps
21—To free 13—Canvas shelter
15—Something bought at a profit te
the buyer
16—Top of a kettle
17—Man's title of address
22—To arrest
24—This person
86—Undeveloped flowers
£6—Horse's pace
$8—Flippantly smooth 19—Trying
£9—To need 21—Russian monetary unit
80—To shine with a steady light 23—Abllity
88—A horned ruminant 26—Large
85—Part of to be 27—S8allor
81—Native metal
87—Period of time
32—Division of a hospital
88—Rowing implement
89—Preposition 83—TFate
40—Shelled fruit 34—Organ of head
42—Mistake 86—Certain
44—XKind of fruit 89—Lubricates
45—Torn cloth 41—Salilor
47—To obstruct 43—A foray
48—Everything 44—South Atlantic state (abbr.)
49—God of love 46—=Sailor
B1—Periods of time 48—Part of to be
52—State of being a captive 50—Thus
61—For example (abbr.)
Solution will appear in next isswe-
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Celtic History
Celtic-speaking peoples occupied a
very wide territory of old, spreading
from central Europe, where the first
records of them exist, far to the west,
gouthwest and even southeast. They
gettled In Gaul perhaps about 1000 B.
Q, and were probably at the height
Patriotic Pride
The term “God’s country” is often
applied to a nation or country by its
sons and daughters. A recently pub-
lished bulletin on Australia calls at-
tention to the fact that among the
white inhabitants poverty 1s prac-
of thelr power about 400 B. 0. Later
they were under constant pressure
from the Germanic tribes to the north,
gnd saw most of their territories con-
quered by the Romans, from the
otith. ‘They maintained their inde-
pendence in the British isles, though,
or centuries,
tically unknown, the aged, infirm and
children are adequately provided for,
the labor situation is satisfactory and
the territory itself offers unlimited
possibility for development, exploita-
tion and the exercise of man’s ingenu.
ity. All these things would make ii
seem a favored spot.
—
Brora Wald
Bellefonte, Pa, March 26, 1926.
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CONCERN FELT FOR
FUTURE OF FRANCE
Writer Sees Possible Extinc-
tion of Race.
Harold 5. Villard of New York dis-
cusses in the Scientific Monthly the
question of the possible extinction of
the French race. Mr. Villard says that
although the French are not repro-
ducing themselves, they have not as
yet begun to die out. In the last
three years, 1922-24, the excess of
births over deaths in France was 237,
666, or at the rate of 80,000 per annum.
While no statistics are available on
the subject, some experts are of the
opinion that this excess of births ig
in a large measure due to the pres
ence of several million foreign labor-
ers on French soil whose home birth
rate is higher than that of the French
native stock. Should conditions re-
main the same as now, however, the
scale will before long be tipped the
other way. For during the war years
the French hirth rate fell off more than
50 per cent, which means a correspond-
ing drop between 1935-40 in the num-
ber of young men and women able to
marry. During these years or shortly
thereafter, the French marriage rate
will be halved, with the inevitable
consequence of a like proportionate de-
crease in the birth rate. Thus, the
slight annual gain that is now taking
place in the French population will be
more than wiped out a decade hence.
Then the twilight of the French race
will truly set in. The French
seem to have it in their power to de-
cide whether they will increase In
time in the same proportion as other
European peoples or become eth-
nically extinct. They must Improve
living conditions at home or thelr
ranks will continue to be thinned by
disease as now and they will slowly
but surely shrink in number. If they
resolve to remain the world’s foremost
military power and to carry the bur-
den of a great colonial empire with
all the attendant sacrifices, they crip-
ple themselves from introducing the
housing and sanitary reforms essential
to their survival as a great race, They
are therefore confronted with a fate-
ful decision.
Whatever their choice, it is improb-
able that France will become depopu-
lated hereafter. Ouly half as densely
peopled as Germany or Italy, she has
had to call in thousands of alien labor-
ers to till her soil and to help de-
velop her industries. In 1924 only
slightly more than 3,000 foreigners be-
came naturalized French citizens. ‘The
population but denationalization. Be-
fore many decades these alien workers
and their descendants may outnumber
those of true French extractica,
Noncommittal
fay Lamphier, “Miss California,”
viewer what toilet soap she used. Call
fornia’s most beautiful girl laughed
and answered:
“I'll tell you a story. Once upon a
ddme there was a professional golfer
who entered a golf competition. He
won this competition and he broke a
lot of records besides. It was a
triumph,
“Well, when he returned to the club-
nouse all the fans gathered round
bim, of course. They had just one
question to ask. What ball had he
been using?
“When he heard this question the
champion frowned. He hemmed and
hawed. Then he sald:
“‘To tell the truth, gents, I haven't
decided yet.’”
Engine Depreciation
An airplane engine worth some $10,-
J00 only lasts 80C hours, even with
several overhaulings. Allowing care-
fully for the cost of overhauling and
for the salvage value of the parts left
over, Mr, Black in Automotive Indus-
tries nevertheless estimates that such
an engine depreciates per hour to the
expensive tune of $10.60. This is not
quite so bad as would appear at first,
since at a cruising speed of 110 miles
per hour, the engine would have pro-
pelled its plane a distance of 88,000
miles.
If the average passenger automo-
bile does 7,500 miles a year, the air-
plane engine gives at least the equiv-
alent of twelve years of automobile
engine service.
Trust Companies
The first company in the United
States granted the power to do a trust
business was the Farmers’ Fire Insur-
ance and Loan company, now the
Farmers’ Loan and Trust company of
New York city, to which extensive
trust powers were granted in 1822.
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BANKERS SURVEY
STATE BANK LAWS
Find That Movement for Stat
Guaranty of Bank Has
Gone Into Eclipse.
New York.—A .survey of state bank
ing laws conducted by the State Ban}
Division of the American Bankers As
sociation shows marked progress to
ward greater uniformity and more ef
ficient bank supervision, it is declared
by Frank W. Simmonds, in charge of
the division, in a statement giving the
results of the investigation. He says
that the movement for state guaranty
of bank deposits appears to have gone
into eclipse.
“The division has urged that thed
office of bank commissioner be freed
from politics and all other functions
of state government and tenure bg
made more secure with sufficient com
pensation and discretion to attract
men of outstanding ability,” Mr. Sim
monds says. “Gratifying progress hag
been made during the past year in im
portant bank legislation in many
states. Idaho, Wyoming and Oregon
led the list by adopting entirely new
modern banking codes, while Texas
and Montana have new codes in prep
aration
Uniformity Among State Laws
“The survey shows that it is gener
ally agreed there should be a high de
gree of uniformity among the states
fn laws dealing with certain funda
mental principles of bank organiza:
tion, regulation and supervision, and
that there is a strong tendency in this
direction. We find a very definite
trend toward increasing the minimum
capital requirements of banks to $25,
000; creation of banking boards to act
in an advisory capacity with the state
bank commissioner, and legislation
empowering bank commissioners te
take complete charge of insolvent
banks and to liquidate them as dis
tinguished from liquidation through
the courts.
“We find also a trend toward legis.
lation providing for closer supervision
and regulation of building and loan as.
sociations; more equitable taxation of
bank stock; legislation providing for
merger, conversion or consolidation of
banking institutions; the legalizing
and regulating of what is known ag
‘departmental banking’; . broadening
the field for investment of funds of
saving ‘banks and trust companies, and
Increasing the power of the bank coms
missioner as to granting or denying
charters for new banks, and authoriz
ing his making reasonable rules and
regulations governing bank manage.
ment and prescribing penalties for the
violation thereof.
“Additional general characteristics
of state bank legislation are for in.
creasing the compensation of the bank
commissioner and lengthening his
term of office of four, five or six years,
with power to appoint necessary depu.
ties and examiners; legislation provid:
ing for the reduction of mandatory
bank calls to three and reducing the
number of examinations required by
law annually to one; making issuance
of worthless checks a misdemeanor;
limiting or prohibiting an officer or di-
rector of a bank borrowing from his
bank unless his collateral is approved
by a majority of the board of direc-
tors, and limiting or prohibiting the
opening of branch banks.
Eclipse of Guaranty Movement
“The question of state guaranty of
bank deposits appears this year to
have passed into an eclipse, so far as
the extension of the idea is concerned,
notwithstanding the fact that state
guaranty laws were recommended by
the governors of two states, and bills
were introduced in several of the
states, all of which were defeated.
The general tendency, so far as state
guaranty of deposits laws are con.
cerned, is distinctly the other way, the
indications being that several states
now having guaranty laws are trying
to free themselves from this legisla-
tion. Oklahoma has abandoned the
plan of state guaranty of deposits, and
this year the South Dakota legisla-
ture has repealed the state guaranty
law and has referred the repeal to the
people at the next general election for
ratification.”
BANKERS RAISE FUND OF
$500,000 FOR EDUCATION
A fund of $500,000 to endow schol.
arships and research in economics in
American colleges was recently es-
tablished by the American Bankers
Association in celebration of its Gold.
en Anniversary. The intention of the
Foundation is to promote education in
the direction of sounder general eco-
nomic understanding. Half the total
sum represents subscriptions by the
American Bankers Association, the
American Institute of Banking and in-
dividual bankers, and the other half
quotas assigned to bankers in each
state. The Association gave $50,000
from its reserve funds, and the Ameri.
can Institute of Banking, through in-
dividual subscriptions from ‘its mem-
bers, who are chiefly clerks in the
banks, subscribed $25,000. Numerous
subscriptions of $5,000, $2,500 and $1,
000 “each were made by Individual
bankers in all parts of the country.
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8 But, if you wish to feel assured that what you
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economy, willfnot be lost, make this Bank your Exec-
utor or your Trustee.”
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be made safe.
Let us talk it over with you.
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