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Little Lord Fauntleroy
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FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW DOLORES COSTELLO BARRYMORE
A Motion Picture Based on the World- Famous Frosche Hodgson Burnett Story
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE: The Earl of Dorincourt sends America for his grandson, who is to inherit the title. He stubbornly refuses, however, to see the boy's mother, an Ameri- can tooman. The boy's engaging qualities cause the Earl to re- tent. Distressing news, however, threatens to bring sadness to all. Another claimant to the title ap- pears and apparently establishes his claim.
CHAPTER SIX
Overseas in Brooklyn the
news
all this time?" she anys. Ben looks at her in silence. flavisham addres- ses him.
"Do you know this woman?" As he nods and looks away, she says: "Funny if he didn't, seein' he was my second husband.
Ben
asks for the boy, their son, and Minna tells him the boy died from pneumonia. Dick sides in the bedroom door and opens it sudden- ly. The boy falls on the flour. Get- ting up sheepishly he addressed Dick
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"uncle". Then both Minna and the boy realize that the show over and the exposure esmplete.
"Well, I'll be jiggered!"" says Mr. Hobbs.
Ben speaks to his son. He says: "Hello, Tom."
This is my son, Lord Fauntle- ray," says Minna still trying to car- ry it off.
"Oh, no, it isn't" says Ben, "It's
of the momentous events that are happening to. Ceddie stir grent ex- eltement In the hearts of his old my boy, Tom."
chums Hobbs and Bick. The do-
a
"Oh, shut up," says Minnas In rage. "T have the law on the lot
Ings of the 'ristocrats, as Hobbs of you for hounding a poor, weak calls them, are of perennial inter- woman!” est, and both inugazines and news- Lawyer Snade looks at the Earl papers are full of accounts of then a frightened way and says: Battle over the Dorincourt sucers- "I knew nothing of this, my lord,
sion.
"He can have half of my shoo- shinin' business," Dick says,
"I've always had in my mind that Coddle would come in with me seme flay." says Hobbs.
Thumbing through the pages of all illustrated workly, Diek suddenly let out a whoop.
"Holy mackerell" He shows Hobbs a pleture over the caption: FAUNTLEROY, MOTHER
"LADY
cries
OF CLAIMANT,"
She in't no ristocrat?" Dick. "She's Minna-Ben's wife!"
"You mean it's alt some kind of a hocus-pocus?" says Hobbs.
"Sure I do"
"Well~I'm--Jiggered!" |
►
1 assure you.
"The sooner the pair of you are out of this country the better," says the Earl, addressing Snade Minna.
and
Sebbing loudly. Minna fees into the bedroom.
"We shall have no more trouble with her," says Havisham, and the Earl answers with grim satisfaction: turning Then, "No, I think not." to Hobbs and Dick, he adds:
Thank you, my friends, I shall never forget this."
which
Mr. Hobbs, thus privileged to be one of the Instruments by Justice is done lo his little friend Ceddie, proceeds promptly to make
"I never heard of, her havin' no himself very much at home with kid but Ben's kid. The one Bena real. live earl, Being conducted went to Chicago to look for when on tour of Dorincourt Castle by she run off."
the Earl, in the course of which he views some portraits of the Dorin- court ancestors, Mr. Hobbs snys:
"We oughta do somethin' about this."
"I know Alderman Murphy,” says, "You know. Earl, I used to have Hobby decisively. "Come along, a very poor opinion of you aristo- we'll go right now Them earls crats but I've changed. You're a They've always had a splte against pretty good sort even if you are an
Earl.'
us ever since the Révolution
And they're off to consult the ora- cle, Alderman Murphy,
"I'm deeply gratified," says Dorin- court,
Some wecks Juter Minna and It is Ceddie's birthday and a party Lawyer Snode tre quarreling Inis
Dorincourt in progress on the Minna's quarters at the Darincourt grounds. Ceddle is called upon Arms when Lord Dorincourt calls.minke a speech, which he dues.
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A boy follows Dorincourt into the "My grandfather wants every- room. It is Dick, Minna recog-body to be happy and comfortable nizes him as the youngster brother and when I grow up I'll want it too. of her husband, Ben, from whom That's all because I'm not very she ran away, and gives a cry in good at speeches but I'm very-much- spite of herself.
obliged to you."
"Why, hello, Dick," she says. "Hello, Minna."
Now Ben himself strolls in fol- lowed by Mr. Havisham and Mr. Hobbs. Minna gass but tries to cover up.
"Why, Den, where have you been
THE
A
Rentleman guest observes: "Ripping little nipper, isn't he?" To which Dick rejoins:
"Ain't he a daisy! I'll betcha some day you British bolds will elect him KING!"
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EXERCISES
THESE three exercises will develop the muscles of the front
wall
of
stomach your These muscles make up a stomach band round, the which supports the intestines and prevents digestive. and nervous troubles. If they are well developed they keep you slim and fit.
Contractions of these muscles act also as massage · on your digestive organs.
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Sit on the ground,
body up- right. legs
and arms stretched out. Then touch in turn your right foot with your left hand and your left foot with your right hand.
Breathe in
Breathe in
Breathe out
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IT
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THAT
People
LIVE LONGER
among single people jumps to as
OME fifty years ago has 400 per cent, above mar-prising incrense of all. It is about William Farr, the re-ried persons.
Hut the mortality rate
Alcoholism shows the most sur-
400 per cent. greater in single men, among but about 60 per cent. greater in
nowned English sta- widowed and divorced people is married women between the ages tistician, made the follow-even higher than among single of_twenty-five to forty-four, ing notation in the course people. of his medical researches:
"Marriage is a healthy
Also four
1.
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to
more shy than women,
Deaths from exposure--pneu- monia, flu, .t.b., bronchitis show
The general medical explanation THESE FACTS
for this paradox is that the female alcoholics are, almost without ex- are based on reports from the cepilon. suffering from some pre-
and state. Registrar-General
from liminary nervous complaint of which The single individual is more the Metropolitan Life Insur drinking is only a symptom. likely to be wrecked оп his
But with men It is due to ance Comparty of New York. voyage. (through life) than the
straightforward business of having tives joined together in matri- It is interesting to
howtoo note
many rounds, pub-crawling, mony."
closely they bear each other out. and getting deliberately "light" to Farr, fact lover that he was,
to note that under twenty- go out on a party. years of age more married Oddly enough. this latter cause must have been going pretty women die than single; the reason is attributed by psychologists much on instinct and personal being for the increased hazards of the surprising fact that men are observation; for, surprising as childbirth at this early stage. it may be, the first survey of
IT IS WHEN WE the relation of marriage to analyse the cause of death due the next greatest increase in single health on any wide scale has to specific diseases that the people over married. The single only just been completed. most illuminating evidence is person not only does not wrap
But It shows that Farr's instinct found in favour of marriage us but goes out much more..
as carefully in dangerous weather, was right. On 1 three-year a very definite aid to health and Appendicitis and uicers *show analysis of mortality due to nearly longevity.
from 20 per cent, to 50 per cent. than 20 per cent, lower in the case The diseases to which single greater frequency in single people. Again, the answer is common sense. married persons, of all ages, people are particularly susceptible The single person eats hurriedly, Insumciently, incorrectly, Irregu- Jarly.
Cancer, the dread mystery dis-
single ond married people, with the notable exception of cancer of the breast, which runs up to 25 per cent higher in single women be.. tween the ages forty-five sixty- four.
all causes, the death-rate is more
Lof
than in the cases of bachelors and
about are both sexes
equally Influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, spinsters.
When the figures are divided annemia, - stroke, heart allments,
into specific age-groups and stomach diseases and ulcers, goltre, lease, shows little selection between
diseases, the Incidence of death appendicitis and diabetes.
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Diabetes is unique in that it has La relatively high mortality among
married women after forty-ave.
ONE OF THE most interesting differences is in fatal accidents, There are more than twice as many fatali- ties among bachelors than among married men; and, dis- counting the fact that women rarely indulge in adventurous or dangerous pursuits even in spinsterhood, the fatal accident toll stands at forty per cent. higher among single women up to the age of forty-five.
Emotional stability is probably the main factor in these enormous differences in the death, rates.
Chetainly doctors who specialise In marital advice ogres that where there is emotional stability, though it be not of the "sweep you off your feet" type, there is inevita- idly satlifaction and, hence, health.
even
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8 Without the sixth letter this scene of labour would be an English town.
9 The height of the artist in art. 10 Forço.
11 Snubs men in another way, showing a decided lack of feel- ing.
from
12 Profession abroad.
borrowed
13 I'm in the property for a con-
sidered idea.
15 A real alteration.
17 Simply asking for it, 19 There's always weight in this
football team.
22 Rough1.
24 This Italian might be blind. 27 Take a chance
29 This traitor started in former
days.
30 His occupation costs him some-
thing.
31 Severe. 32 This is in rags..
DOWN
1 Not cheerful, but with final
bloom. 2 Thia form of exercise has its
ubs and downs.
3 The coming generation.
4 Useful sall for a smaak?
6 Spell a foreign word for an
animal.
6 Excludo the start of 11; acrops;
for a showman.
7 To warble in this is highly un-
natural.
14 Form of conveyance familiar, to
Russian lawyers.
10 Famous town from a grain
country.
10 Longer than one cares to think
about. 20. Retire from the world and
cabbages?
grow
21 A hint to the forgetful, 23 Deception ended by a girl.
25 Foreign
20. In a friend one finds a Co-
dweiler.
26 A soldier of considerable stick-
ing power.
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