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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
THE CASINO.

This week the popular home OF elite
vaudeville. the Casino, has a bill Of high
class acts that met with the approval
OF the crowds attending all perform
ances yesterday. For the children and 10
please the older ones. too, Miss Teddy
Osborn's novelty dog and monkey skit
In "Petland," proved highly amusing.
The dogs do a variety OF stunts
and costumed as characters in a village
with a really clever drunk act by one
OF the dogs and the village policeman.
impersonated by the monkey, make a
combined act that scored a lift.
Miss Gladys Vance sings IT Don't
Care" quite different from the way We
have heard II so often, and one might
say they don't care how often she ap-
pears In her unique mirror dress, for
II Is truly wonder, and with the novel
light effect made big hit Miss Vance
sings several clever songs with strong
and pleasing effect.
In a sketch Of how father brought tha
nippant college boy son back to his
sense and TO an appreciation OF farm
life and the right way to live, Rutledge
Pickering and company, three good en-
tertainers. have an act called the Fat
ted Calf that is pleasing. and though
in pant slangy, takes well.
In the Long and Short Of It." Hayes
and Appoint, two German Imperson-
ators. one a midget acrobatic come
dian, brought forth a riot of laughter.
With partnership in team work in
mtnstrels and on the vaudeville stage
covering a period OF forty-fve years,
Fox and Ward. two ''old timers" do a
bit Of clean and clever blackface COM
edy, singing, and dancing that was q
treat to their many old friends in the
Casino audience yesterday. as well as
a revelation TO the younger genera
ton, OF the character of minstrel team
acts our dads" loved so well and often
remind us Of In these days OF short
term" alliances Il is refreshing to
know that men can, through years of
association, continue to work in haE-
mony and bring Joy and laughter as
they did almost half a century ago.
Don't miss seeing them.
The Casinos photo plays are espe-
cially good OF the dogs and the village
policeman, impersonated by the mon
key. make a combined clever act.
Quite unique is the singing Of Miss
Gladys Vance. s
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Women and Democracy.

Our heartiest felicitations to the
women who organized and carried to
a most successful conclusion the Demo-
cratic harmony breakfast II was a
task of no small dimensions to arrange
the details of the gathering, and yet
the affair lacked nothing in perfection
of arrangement The guest list, the
selection of speakers, the seats at the
tables, and all the other important fac
tors were skillfuIly handled.
1t is noteworthy that no attempt was
made to introduce the question of wom-
an suffrage These Democratic women,
who. If they share the views of their
husbands, as they undoubtedly do rep
resented every phase Of Democratic
thought, were evidently unanimous
in the opinion that their breakfast
was neither the time nor the occasion
for emphasizing their own right to
WELD the ballot They were content
to eulogize the many virtues of Dolly
Madison. in whose day female suffrage
was thing unheard of, and to point
out the way to Democratic. success in
the future. Being the wives and daugh-
tiers of statesmen, they were quite will
ing to leave to the male members of
their families the duty and responsible
ity of government.
And yet, though they cannot vote,
these women have aided their political
party in more ways than one. They
have demonstrated that Democratic
women, unlike Democratic men, can get
together inharmony and successfully con-
duct an affair of some magnitude with
out friction It would be well if the
Democratic leaders would sit at the
feet of these women and learn diplo-
macy, tact, and good management. If
the Baltimore convention can be con-
Quoted along the same lines as the
Washington breakfast, the Democracy
will go forth harmonious, encouraged.
and happy.
Even if the women cannot vote, why
not let them manage the Baltimore con-
vention? They have earned the right
to seats among the mighty.
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lIcan party II defeated at Chicago, the
intent was Enthusiastically there when
he vociferated at Cambridge:
Il serve notice now on them, the
national committee, that the people.
the rank and file Of the Republican
party, will be the masters and not the
servants of the men they have chosen
to represent them.
We will control: our representa-
vention from now on. We will con-
troll our legislation in State and in
nation"
At Caldwell, where one OF the rabIdly
partisan Roosevelt crowds Of the day met
him, Roosevelt answered President
Tafts condemnation OF Roosevelt IN his
Cincinnati statement, as traitor to his
party because Of his bold threats.
Il notice this morning, Mr.. Taft COM
mented upon my statements that I in
tend to do everything in my power to
Penrose, Guggenhe!m, Healing, Barnes
Of New York. and the rest OF the outfit.
should be made really to represent the
American people Mr.. Taft says that
that is treason to the Republican party.
Now, he and I have differSnt views as
to treason 10 the Republican, party. He
regards II as treason TO make the bosses
represent the viii of the peopA, hold
that II is treason to allow tho bosses
to misrepresent the will OF the pSopls,"
said the colonel here to-day.
The last stop Of the colonels Ohio m
vasion was at Dennison. where, before a
wildly cheering crowd OF 5000. Roose-
welt prophesied: I'VE are going to win
at Chicago. I think we are going 70
get the Ohio delegation to vote with
US, too"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
Another Labor Crisis in England.

England is facing another serious la
Dor crisis in the growing unrest in her
navy. For years over there the diff
Guilty has been men rather than ships
The actual strength of the British feet
never has been what is shown on paper,
because all the vessels could not be
kept in active commission continuously
and, in spite of the naval reserve, the
problem of manning the enormous ar
mazda in case of war has been a source
of anxiety to the sea lords.
Some English economists have taken
the view that the provision of crews, and
officers even, might reach a limit be-
fore the building of the ships The case
would be still worse if the sailors were
to carry out their present intent OF
forming trade union.
1t is impossible to ignore the fact
that in Great Britain the labor unrest is
spreading into fields that hitherto were
considered immune. Sea and shore life
are not sundered as sharply nowadays
as they once were. and sailors who ira
ditionally have been ill-paid and rough
ly used more and more are beginning
to feel their solidarity with the work
ingnen on shore. England knows that
without her sailors she cannot exist,
therefore the strategic power of the
Jack Tars is immense. If they manage
their case tactfully, so as to create
alarm without coming to actual mutiny,
they no doubt will get pretty much all
they demand in the way of reform and
as much pay as the distressed, tax-rid-
den country can pay.
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POLLS THEATER.
"Seven Days"

One Of the funniest farces OF recent
seasons Is being presented by the Poll
Players this week. and as hot weather
entertainment Il is to be recommended,
for there are enough laughs in any one
act Of Seven Days" to last for an en-
tire evening. True there were a few
bitches last night-several missed cues
and an unruly elevator to be contended
Without what mattered that-everybody
had a good time.
Built for laugh making purposes solely
this joint effort Of Mary Roberts Rine-
hart and Avery Hopwood more than
achieves its end. The very idea OF a
miscellaneous aggregation Of people, in
GLIDING a burglar and q policeman hot
on his trail, but who never catches up,
Guaranteed together for a week pro-
vokes smile, and as may be imagined
It is practically impossible to catalogue
the complications which arise and fol-
low one another throughout the three
acts.
And Just think what your feelings
would be II your maiden aunt, who had
been responsible for your food and drink
and everything else that was yours. and
who was emphatically opposed to d.
vorce, should arrive Just when you were
giving little party to celebrate the
anniversary OF the granting Of your
Reno decree. Wouldn't you have a Mt?
Jimmie Wilson did And wouldn't you
beg your good old friend. Kit McNair,
to play wife for a little while. expecting.
Of course, that dear Aunt Selma would
not be with you for more than an hour?
And then to add to your troubles sup
pose your divorced wife should happen
in to be caught in the quarantine net
with the willing provider and the other
guests, not to mention Tom HARRISON,
who always had loved Kit McNair, any
way. Wouldn't that be a merry little
party? 1t was, and It takes just three
acts and a multitude OF laugh-mak1ng
situations to straighten things out Who
could ask for more?
Louis Haines has in James Wilson,
whose wife divorced him because Of
psychic cruelty" whatever that may be.
a role which fits him like the proverbial
glove, and one in which Mr. Haines last
night proved himself a finished come
dian. He is on the stage constantly and
makes an extremely funny figure in his
efforts to make everything look as II
should to Aunt Selina's searching eyes.
And Marie Howe. who has IN Aunt
Selma, her first opportunity Of the sea-
son. gave an excellent performance as
that destroyer Of peace and calm in the
Wilson establishment.
Louise Kent, too. shone as Anna
Brown, she Of the cocktail and the fam
ily cat, to say nothing of her phychic
power with the telephone. Miss Jewel
makes an attractive figure as Kit Nc
Nair, the wife pro tenn, as does Ger
trude Bondhill. as Bella Wilson, the wife
that was Mr.. Van Buren, in his usual
self as Tom HARRISON. his
egg-separating scene in the second act
being one of the features Of the perform
ance. Mark Kent as Ohlcer Brown, John
Fee as the burglar, and ROBBERS Lesueur
as Dallas Brown, DO their share in
making Seven Days one of the most
enjoyable productions the Poll Players
have given ua
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
NO COMPROMISE
SAYS ROOSEVELT
Will Hold Fast to Every Delegate
and Insist on Their Votes
at Chicago.

steubenville. Ohio, May Ain the last
aggressive moments of his struggle to
win the Ohio primaries tomorrow. with
the stake OF forty-eight delegates, Col
Roosevelt to-day emphasized the two i'm
portant points.
First, he intends to fight to the last
ditch to prevent the Taft managers so
controlling the national committee that
the disputed Taft delegates will not be
arbitrarily seated at Chicago.
Second, he grimly purposes to hold
fast to every delegate he has when the
convention assemblies, refusing TO listen
to a compromise.
!. Through his speeches to the immense
crowds that heard him rang a bold
warning TO the committee that the pro-
gressives would not submit to being
beaten out OF the nomination by CHI
canery.
While Roosevelt did not openly say
he would break away from the Repub-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
THE HOWARD.

To an enthusiastic audience. ]. Leubrie
Hill and his company Of forty colored
singers. dancers, and comedians made
a hit last night at the Howard Theater
in his clever and tunefuI musical comedy,
The Blackville Corporation which is
matinees Thursday and Saturday.
There are. eighteen catchy, new songs,
the comedy work OF J. Leubris Hill Is
excellent, and the work Of all members
Of the company. and especially the Choir
us, is good The costumes and stage set
ting are good. Manager Thomas reports
q large advance sale for seats for this
Production.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
THE COSMOS.

Comedy is once more the strong feature
Of the Cosmos bill, and It is proving To
be OF Just the light frothy, and taking
type for the summer weather. The play
house was packed yesterday and II was
delightfully."- cool The headline feature
is the Four Ellsworths and their clever
skit on the modern elixirs Of youth,
called THE Rejuvenators," was q wave
OF fun, which swept over the thearer
like the cooling surf Of the seashore. II
is a tabloid connection OF mirth that is
most effective.
Miss Margie Hilton's ACT was hailed
by her scores Of friends and admirers
IN this city with great enthusiasm. Har
colonial doll act was q sharp burlesuue
on the fake automatons, well-known In
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
LAST NIGHT AT THE THEATERS

vaudeville. and the song and dance
which formed the conclusion OF the act
was most delightful With their brisk
comedy and song. the Weston sisters
won Immediate favor. George F. Lauder
and company offered a real ventrllo-
quistic novelty Bizarre and original IN
every element Is the act. Restivo. the
Italian accordion player. has q melodi-
Gus pot pourri. which Il most attI active.
Some new pictorial features are added
to the bill. In addition 10 Pathe's week.
" review Of current aventa
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
ALHAMBRA.

The AIhambra to-day presents their
usual great Tuesday double bill, which
includes the great photo play, All for
Her." q strong love story. In Shades
Of Autumn" we have a delightful story
of the country. A unique mystery pic
ture is THE Locket." and q real West
ern story picture IL "A Cowboy Line"
Other pictures viii be shown. Manager
Airy Is making unusual efforts to please
the lady and children patrons, and on
Saturday will show Poe's Raven"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
THE GAYETY.
"Ta1i GirIs.n

For the closing week At the Gayety we
find Joe Hurtigs Taxi Girls holding
the stage. Although this is not their first
appearance here. the show has not let
Up a hit; in fact, we ind several addi-
tons to the cast which helps to put the
show up among the leaders. The show
10 entitled In Mexico" which is only
an excuse for songs and several come
dams, just what the plot Is would be
hard to guess.
Heading the cast Is Henry Fink, who,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
THE PLAZA.

The Plaza Theater is showing Ca
mile" in motion pictures, with Nine.
Sarah Bernhard IN the title role. This
wonderful production is proving a great
attraction at the popular Ninth Street
motion picture house. and crowded
houses are the rule. The last part Of
this week Nine. "Sans-Gene," with Nine.
Rejane IN the stellar role. wiz be the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

It is now planned to use the wireless
as motive power for street cars. We
are told that receiving harps may be
placed on the machine and wave tires
installed along the roadway. These
are the days when one can doubt moth
ing when It comes to the achievements
Of electricity.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

It is possible, no doubt, to bring to a
dead stop. say within thirty feet. an
automobile that is running at the rate
of twenty miles an hour. The effect
upon the passengers can better be APP
preciated by them. AS for the effect on
the tires, well, it is good for the manu-
facturers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

Seven tons Of Bibles in Spanish and
Portuguese have just beeR shipped to
South America by the American Bible
Society. We always thought our little
brothers down there gay lot, but we
did not expect that things were quite 50
bad.
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The colonel has solved the problem
what to do at least with one OF our ex-
Presidents to his own satisfaction. As
for Mr.. Taft, he no doubt would prefer
to lock them up.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

No more impecunious italian counts in
waiter or barber garb now. since King
Victor Emmanuel has announced his in
tentiok OF creating Carnegie one as a
reward for endowing q hero fund in
Italy
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
THE CANDIDATE

Once more the honest candidates
We ind commencing.
Throughout the counties and the States,
To DO their fencing.
But here and there are captious chaps
Who are alleging
That many candidates. perhapS
Are only hedging.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

The little town OF Winthrop. in Mis-
souri,, had sixteen liquor dealers among
its eighty-three inhabitants. How about
the other sixty-seven?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

Suffrage has already begun to divide
husbands and wives. In Los Angeles
the other day pair had to vote in sep
srate precincts.
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The new superdreadnousht Texas Is as
big as her name indicates. Even big
Texas ought to be proud of the big guns
she carries.
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Uncle Pennywise Says

rye been reading the wonan's page for
years. but I've never known EN- to de-
scribe anything useful to do with the
burnt matches.
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feature At the Plaza. These pictures are
shown "A addition to the regular bill OF
feature pictures.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

It was the Confederate Constitution
which first mentioned the slx-year term
for Presidents with ineligibility there
after.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

The German aviators demand higher
wages. Another result Of high" living.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

The English gave Ismay a rousing well
come on his return. They are welcome
to him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21

The gentleman was large and fat
And didn't do q thing
But step upon q certain hat
Within q certain ring
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
More Cold Facts.

Il don't eat enough TO keep a bird
alive"
you couldn't. my dear. proportionate-
ly speaking. Science tells Us that q bird
eats two and one-haH times its own
weight every twenty-four hours"
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Sure Thing.

Some say the Senate Il not . repre-
sentative body"
Not representative Why, it's fun Of
Jonses and Smiths"
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We Can't Indorse This

Some men draw erroneous conclusions,
or jump at conclusions hastily. Witness
the following.
''Wombat why are you against the
suffragettes?
Because they hurt business"
How do they hurt business?'
well, they've lost interest In clothes
That hurts textile industries and the dry
goods business. And they havn't boost
ed the market much as regards plate
glass"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
Il Didn't Work.

Hubby was trying TO jolly wiley along
and make her forget that she wanted
spring suit.
NOW" said he. the town COMMITTEES
Ia offering a prize for the prettisst
lawn"
What's that to me1"
why don't you enter the contestT''
II haven't had lawn in five years
haven't even a Bingham that - 1T to
wear"
Moral: You can't take their minds on
the subject Of dress
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
LlterarY Mote.

Contrary to the usual impression. some
country editors Will accept cash for sub
scrfptions. and many magazines pay for
poetry.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-21
May Fl in History.

May u. 15Ss-oueen Elizabeth appears
in a harem skirt
May q. 1s12-John Paul Jones. with his
sloop. puts sthe entire British neet to
flight.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-09-04
Iowa and the Third Party Movements.
A line of investigation which i

A line of investigation which is
being carried on under the auspices
of the State Historical Society of
Iowa by Professor Fred E. Haynes,
of Morningside college, is especially
timely in view of the appearance OF
new political party in the present
presidential campaign. Professor
Haynes is gathering material for
history of the so-called third party
movements in Iowa and is bringing
to light much interesting information
concerning the support given by the
people of Iowa to the minor political
parties which have been organized
from time to time during the past fifty
or sixty years. OF these third parties
the two which have attracted the larg-
est number of voters in Iowa are the
greenback party and the popullst
party, or the peoples party as it was
first called. The comparatively large
support given to these parties was no
doubt due, at least in part, to the fact
that the late General James B. Weav-
err of Iowa was the greenback candi-
date for president in 1880, while in
1892 he was a candidate for the same
office on the peoples ticket. In the
latter campaign General Weaver re-
ceived not only the largest popular
vote, but also the largest electoral
vote ever given to a third party can
didate for the presidency.
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Business Side of Baseball.

The People OF the United States
spen;! a:l "o>inHtely $lo,0o),"t'o 4 YEA:
to see ba ;ehall games. TIL, total nut4-
Der OF r.. 50: - registered at al pre-,
fessiona. ball Games dul1:: Il season
reaches 5O,OOO,OOO. So rapid has been
the growth of baseball enthusiasm that
so we are told by Edward Mott
WOoley-oWners of baseball teams
predict the time when the aggregate
of baseball patronage, including major
and minor leagues, will be 3OO, 5000
They believe baseball to be still in it's
infancy, and on this prophecy they are
stalking their cash in monster standium
of iron and stone, and laying out bust
ness plans to take care of their profits
that they count up in the millions. AS
a business investment, we are assured
that baseball has United States Steel
and all the stocks quoted on the stock
exchange beaten to frazzle.' Base
ball magnates, Mr.. Wooley goes on to
explain in McClure's, pay salaries of
$4,000, $4,000, $4,000, even $4,000 to
their managers and players. One base
ball magnate paid no less than $4,000
bonus for the right to employ single
PLAYER. Millionaires like Charles +.
Taft, brother of the president, invest
in baseball franchises as they do in
railroads and industrials. Mr.. Taft,
backed by his wife's fortune, is the
Morgan of American baseball, his in
yestments reaching into the millions.
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gage.
After the mortgage was cleared
Ware got to thinking the matter over,
and the condition of the poor washer
woman preyed upon his mind.
He went to his desk and wrote the
famous poem. "The Washerwoman's
Song"
Eugene Ware died something over
year ago. The young man who
raised the money for the poor woman
was discouraged by the incident of
the mortgage from becoming law
yer. He is now mayor of Liberal,
Mo-, and has successfully run a gro.
Gerry store in that town for more than
ten years.
1t is somewhat surprising that Mr..
Stedman did not give the Washer
woman's Song" a place in his AN
ohology of American Poetry He
gives one poem of Wares, "The Aztec
City" This poem may have suited
Mr.. Stedman's critical taste better
than the "Washerwoman's Song"
but the latter poem will always be the
favorite with the public. Eugene
Ware was very successful lawyer
and for time was United States
commissioner of pensions under
President Roosevelt.
But THE Washerwoman's Song
will be remembered long after his
victories in law and politics are for
gotten.
Following is the song: