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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
4
A collage of quotes and quips urges readers to travel and see new faces, mixing reflections on mobility with pop culture lines. It notes travel hardens the body and sharpens wit, while warning against overindulgence and complacency. It includes miscellaneous observations on advertising, cars, births, and cinema.
A columnist narrates how a family moving west discovers a thriving community service movement in the city. Neighbors visit, playgrounds and tennis courts are organized, and weekly events build a shared civic spirit, with a goal of $4500 to fund further programs and winter lyceum courses.
The High Point chautauqua is set to return with the Ladies Aid Society of Wesley Memorial church handling season tickets. The tent will be near Elm street school, placing the event in the city center. The Redpath bureau promises top lectures music and drama at low costs, continuing the chautauqua’s established position.
New York contemplates a $2 million to $15 million peace memorial housing an opera auditorium art salon concert halls theatre and conservatories to educate American youth in the arts. Governor Miller signs the bill and the board of estimate may fund it soon with a possible link to the Metropolitan Opera association. A second note profiles a 90 year old embroiderer at an city home who keeps busy and hopeful, saying rest is not yet due.
Angus K Nicholson a 54 year old Broad street broker says he was held prisoner for three days in the apartment of 21 year old actress Malvena Richman. He claims she robbed him of 5800 in jewelry and cash. He warns that modern danger comes from unlikely quarters.
Robert Ringling son of circus magnate Charles Ringling, age 24, signs a two year contract for concert and operatic signing with R F E Johnston, manager for renowned singers including Tetrazzini and Ruffo, pledging to pursue a serious career over circus life.
The New York federation of churches organized a dawn Easter outdoor service in Central Park with about 100000 attendees. Bishop Herbert Chipman officiated and Dr Henry Van Dyke read God of the Open Air. An amplifier was installed for clear hearing.
Arthur Hopkins presents Eugene ONeill's The Hairy Ape at the Plymouth Theatre after a Provincetown run. Louis Wolheim stars as Yank the stoker who confronts modern society’s norms, a drama critics hail as a significant, powerful work by ONeill.
Mary Pickford's United Artists production Little Lord Fauntleroy opens at the Broadway Monday. Filmed mostly in Los Angeles with a Burlingame exterior castle, it is the most expensive Pickford cinema project yet despite aims for economical sets.
A lavish exhibition presents Dorin court Castle interiors and New York street scenes drawn from Mrs Bett Bur nett popular tale. The recreations span wicest extremes, from peasant homes to grand lodges, forming a varied dramatic setting full of pathos and humor.
Waukegan April 19. The trial of Governor Len Small was postponed again yesterday and is now set to begin next Monday, per a promise from C. C. Leforgee, chief counsel for the defense, to Judge Edwards.
Washington April 20 The house ways and means committee voted 13 to 9 to report the Fordney resolution authorizing a five million dollar loan to the Republic of Liberia.
Miss Ruth C. Wilson of North Carolina College for Women returns to Greensboro after spending the Easter holidays with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Luther on Willowbrook Street.
An average of 2,173 persons each day join various churches across the United States reflecting ongoing religious affiliation trends and community growth.
The piece compares oaks rooted in a community to tumbleweeds blown about by winds of change. It argues slow growth, deep roots, and sustained local interest build communities, while transient presence yields few lasting benefits. The Community Service movement is praised for fostering constructive, oak like development.
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