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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1925
Page
5
A collection of light humorous snippets and two line jokes from a past era. It includes quips about jobs and misheard phrases, classroom anecdotes about a Roman from a child named Jimmy, a Solomon joke, and a mock exchange between a judge and a from Nanaimo. It closes with a theatre box office gag about seating.
A juror jokes that the plaintiff seeks only the return of presents, not damages for affections, and that if the romance failed the cost was his fault. The foreman agrees and the juror recalls courting the girl himself.
Paramount producer Joseph Henabery notes rain aids murder mood and cites statistics. Agnes Ayres stars with Edward Burns Cyril Ring George Seigman and Clarence Burton in the mystery The Guilty One showing next Monday and Tuesday at the Ilo-Ilo Theatre.
A Paramount film adaptation of Clarence Budington Kell’s novel Contraband stars Lois Wilson as a girl editor who sleuths in a small town newspaper. Noah Beery plays a crooked deputy, with Raymond Hatton and Raymond McKee in key comic and editorial roles. The production uses a real newspaper set and prints a mock Gideon Free Press. Shows next Wednesday and Thursday at Ilo-Ilo Theatre Cumberland.
Eleanor Boardman stars in The Way of a Girl at the Iloilo Theatre next Friday and Saturday. She argues women’s dress is healthier and more comfortable than men’s styles, citing past roles and observations about collars coats and corsets.
The excerpt weighs in on fashion contrasts, noting a tight belt irritates more than the dress, full skirts triumph over trousers, sensible shoes suit the wearer, and hats bind the head while women’s headgear appears more generous.
The July Rod and Gun in Canada highlights seasonal outdoor reading. M. Martin McVey recounts a canoe trip from Fort Francis to Windigo on the Rainy River district. Fishing notes by Robert Page Lincoln and D. King Haven’s angling dissertation add depth. H. Mortimer Batten contributes The Nomads of Aura Lake. Regulars Bonnycastle Dale F. W. Williams Martin Hunter J. W. Vinson and C. S. Landis maintain high standards. Outdoor Talk offers camper tips.
The Kennel Department is a full and comprehensive monthly publication issued by W. J. Taylor Limited based in Woodstock Ontario.
The bureau of statistics reports Canadians averaged 28 pounds of butter per person last year. In 1924 total butter consumption reached 254,203,762 pounds, up 4,000,000 from 1928. Production totaled 298,690,999 pounds, rising from 277,480,207 the prior year. Exports stood at 22,343,939 pounds, up 1,000,000 from 1923.
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