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Evening star., 1912-10-08
Academy.

"A Fool There Was" presented at the
Academy y~-Theater~ this week. is ~rentete
with opportunities for dramatic effort
and the cast Is an exceptionally talented
one, which loses none of the opportuni.
ties presented.
Porter Emerson Browne, basing his
play on Rudyard Kipling's poem, THE
Vampire" portrays the downfall of a
man through fascinating woman. The
man is shown in his successive down
ward steps, until he finally dies a drunk.
ard.
The plot of this tragic drama points q
powerful and gripping moral; negative.
it is true, but still moral of tenacious
fiber that clingsr to one after the curtain
has fallen.
Briefly. the theme of the play NAV he
stated: An affectionate husband-a home
loving type OF man77Tis compelled to go
abroad alone on trip of great i'm
portance. On the steamship he meets
"the woman. with, whom he becomes
enamored. The wife and child at home
vainiy await his return, while he in the
throes of an uncanny fascination, travels
through Europe with the woman The
wife eventually learns of the conditions
but refuses to get a divorce. friend of
the couple tries to get the husband to
return to his, home, but fails. A year
later discovers the husband, now a wreck
completely isolated from his family The
wife. on the advice of her friend re-
members her marriage vows. for better
or for worse" and seeks the husband.
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his eight white polar bears Is the one
everybody waits for. This act differs
from ordinary animal acts in that polar
bears are not as docile or as easily per
suaded' as other beasts. The bears IN
Albers' act. however, perform a wide va
riety Of feats which make the act one
of the best of it's kind ever seen in Wash
ington.
George Moore opens the show with
some exceedingly clever juggling. In
dian clubs, tennis racquets. dishpans. wa
ter pals, ccoal shovels, brooms and the
like do things in his hands that take
them out Of the humdrum utilitarian~ class
of utensils and make them seem as
ethereal as thistledown. His feats are
new and very interesting.
Pearl and Roth are a pair of ragtime
piano players and singers who get real
music out of couple of fddles made OF
cigar boxes and broom handles. Their
fifteen minute skit is quite entertaining:
Brown and Bartoletti open an act, billed
as "some laughs" with a song not SO
very new and an assortment Of jokes and
parodies that make for laughter.
Ruth Curtis, 1.-The song bird lives up
to the appellation, singing number OF
-opical songs in good voice and with a
daintily pleasing style that won the big
audience. She was encored several times,
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surprise, in which beautiful classical

surprise. in which beautiful classical
music Of the popular order is blended
with comedy quaint and laughable by
three men in eccentric dress who are
veritable virtuosos on the violin, harp
guitar and piano-accordion. Beltorelly
and Glissando. international musical
comiques, also have an enjoyable act fea-
turing knives, forks. plates and other
tableware among their musical instru
ments, as well as sparring contest in
which every punch makes a musical
sound.
SnoWie Maybelle in a baby offering"
that opened to faint smiles. which grad
ually grew broader aroused her audi
ences to hearty laughter and appreciation
with her stories and songs Of childhood
days. while Mack and Waters of the lat
ter day type of singers and dancers reap
ed a harvest Of applause with their hu-
morous repartee, pretty songs and grace
full dancing. Hart and Neale. In sister
act. showed themselves good dancers.
The feature of the motion pictures Is the
funeral of Gen. william Booth. the great
Salvation Army leader, in London. one of
the famous Pathe weekly review series.
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Arcade.

A large crowd enjoyed the sport fur.
Inished at the Arcade Skating Rink. which
opened the second week OF it's eason in
the mampoth amusement palace at 14th
street and Park road last night
The excellent condition OF thte floor and
the skates called forth favorable COM
ment. The claim of the management is
that the rink is now easily the best south
of New York.
included on a program being mapped out
by Manager Whiting. who entered upon
his duties for the third successive season
last week. Roller polo, In which the lead
ing exponents of the sport in the east
will be factors. will be encouraged. A
number of the fancy skaters Of the world
will fill engagements at the rink at In.
tervals during the year,
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and the other tramp is Billy Baker as
bud" Saver. Wilbur Dobbs. as the
wealthy German soap manufacturer
stranded in Venezuela. gives a good per-
formance. Eta Pillard and May Will
nieces. Jimmy Connor, Jack Pillard
George Snyder and Josie Kline have the
other roles.
Jennie Austin's singing OF 1.-THE Beau
tiful Isle Of Love" was the hit OF the
show She had to repeat the chorus sew
eral times. There were several dancing
specialties, most Of them by George
Stone. which delighted the audience. The
chorus and a male sextet sang very
well, one Of the members of the chorus
Louise Mann, having a song of her own
which was encored several times.
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She offers him forgiveness and begs him
to come home He willingly consents
While he is left alone. however. to await
the completion of the arrangements. the
woman comes back and struggle en-
snes between them in which he tries to
kiII her for the wrongs she has done
him. Weakened by his long debauch, Is
hurled aside. and dies before his friends
return. maj;
Rupert Julian. as the friend, and Dlsie
Iane Wilson as the woman. together with
William L. Gibson. in the husbands role.
divide honors. Agnes Mapes and Marion
Frederic. as the wife and her sister. are
also good Charles II. Ellwood, as the
secretary. fills a minor part creoitanly'
os does Walter B. Woodall. as the butler.
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The plot is built around two Americans
in Mexfco during the reYalutinn Wat.

The plot is built around two Americans
in Mexico during the revolution. Wat
son and Cohan, as the Americans,
roar with their ideas of comedy. They
sang parodies on a number Of popular
songs which made big hit. and were
repeatedly encored. Several musical
numbers are introduced during the
production. including "Hitchy Coo"
sung by Lillian Houston, and "Oh.
What a Beautiful Dream"' by Tom
Burnett and Fay Odell.
The attractions Of the olio are Lii
liam Houston, who sings and dances,
and the Mysterious Waldo" who is
clever in ':black art" He also escapes
from q securely locked trunk in q very
short period Of time.
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Garden.

All new acts with Sweet Innisfallen." :"
which was we'll received, make up the
Garden Theater bill for this week. Hap
Handy and Company. a clever and novel
act, manipulate soap bubbles in surpris-
ing manner, in addition to their comedy
jokes and songs. Hilton and Hughes
German comedians, present a funny skit
entitled Getting a Strangle Hold on So
ciety. during which they Introduce the
Frisco Texas Tommy Slide" and punish
the English language. Jack and Leona
enliven the bill with singing and taking
speciaities. and Shepard and Burns offer
lauShable sketch, 'LizZies Troubles"
Feature photo plays complete the bill
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Cosmos.

Replete with novelty. varied in char
acter and thoroughly enjoyable through
out is the Cosmos Theater bill for this
week. Three of the numbers are of the
kind usually billed as headiiners and all
three are exceptionally good. The Four
Grohvinis have probably the most refined
and remarkable risley act ever seen in
Washington. Their feats are really Won
derful. The Three Romans also offer a
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Belasco.

series of picturesque and curious
events lead up to the finale OF "The Rose
of Meadco," described In the Belasco pro-
gram for the current week as a wordless
play in their scenes. written and played
by Signor Molasso. The versatile signor
is also mentioned in the list of char
acters as "a wealthy farmer" but owing
TO the fact that a Mexican farmer runs to
expensive embellishments and does not
wear chin whiskers, he was not easily
recognized as is the usual stage type OF
rusticity. A story of love and jealousy
is told by bevy of gladsomely costumed
players, who move industriously from
place to place. The story Of THE Rose
of Mexico" Is evidently tragedy, and the
denouement is inadvertently. but touch
ingly, announced by an advertiser who,
in black letters, declares when doctors
disagree, the undertaken settles the argu-
ment." 1t is one of those inadvertent
touches which sometimes prove more
effective than anything art could attain
by studious care. After THE Rose OF
Mexico" has slowly but surely faded
amid much music and gyration. Oscar
Lorraine, an eccentric violinist, holds the
stage.
His performance is unique. He has n
whimsical facility with the violin which,
together with remarkable mobility of
facial expression, makes his contribution
to the program veritable monologue OF
melody.
A delightful legitimate feature is YER
sion of Dickens Christmas Carol entitled
''Scrooge,' with Mr. Tom Terriss in the
title role. Great ingenuity has been shown
in arranging the incidents OF this most
charming of all Christmas stories, so
that they may be shown with a single
stage setting. Mr.. Terriss plays the part
Of Scrooge with strong note of pathos.
which sounds even in the earlier scenes
before his nature has been led through
fear to a more generous and sympathetic
mood. The ghost of Marley is an uncom-
promisingly fierce apparition. The cast
is a numerous one and although the act
ing is not notable for subtlety, the story
is unfolded in a way that conveys the
play of sentiment with irresitable appeal.
A motor car traveSty, so determined in
its absurdity that 1t reached into the
higher mathematics for pure material,
produced many laughs. The golf sklt
which preceded it was also funny. 1t
of the broader sort, and interesting as
such even when 1t seemed little strange
The chief attraction of the program
was the well known and beautiful eXhi-
bition of diving by Annette kellermann
This was the concluding episode OF a
creation entitled ''Undine, by Manuel
Klein, celebrated as the gentleman whose
duty 1t is to sOothe the elephants with
ponderous and reverberant strains dur
ing changes of scene at the New York
Hippodrome. The music throughout the
evenings entertainment was abundant to
the point of lavishness. Miss kellermann
preceded her diving with some posing
which revealed graces of contour with as
much frank unconcern as If, to her. the
world were a studio and all the men and
women only painters and sculptors
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New National.

The Littiest Rebel came back TO the
National Theater last night. with VIII
liam Farnpm in the role of Lieut. Col.
Morrison. United States Cavalry. 1t is
play full Of the fortunes OF war, and
paints vivid picture of war times in
Virginia, with the fields, storhouses and
the colonnaded mansions stripped as
bare by invaders a wheat field is
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both for singing and for her undeniable
prettness. As whole the bill is well
balanced and pleasing throughout.
new act Is to be added today for
the remainder OF the week-WNls and
Dwyer German comedians-because Al
bersi bear act will appear but once In
the afternoon. between performances, and
at both evening performances.
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Gayety.

George Stone and Jennie Austin. with
"The Social Maids" are the attraction
at the Gayety this week The show is
much the same as it was last year and
the year before. but the big audiences at
both performances yesterday seemed to
like it just as much as ever.
1t Is called 1.-The Boys From Home"
and traces the fortunes Of two hobos In
South America. and finally leaves them
on q bat&lechip bound for home. George
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Lyceum.

Miss New York. Jr.." with the well
known comedians. Joseph X. Watson
and VIII HI. Cohen. is the attraction
at the Lyceum this week. Assisting
them are Fay Odell, Lillian Houston
and Violet Hall, Tom Burnett and Irv-
ing Hay, and a we'll trained chorus.
IA Marriage OF Convenience 10 the
name OF q two-act farce they present
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Chase S.

Mcintyre and Heath are growing
laurels instead of ham trees and biscuit
bushes at Chase's this week. Yesterday
these Kings of Minstrelsy.' assisted by
Otto T. Johnstone, gave their cork sketch.
Waiting at the Church." which, liter
ally translated means spontaneous
combustion of fun. Mr.. Mcintyre, as a
bride, in snowy white and razor, gives
to the wedding ceremony one tense
the orchestra will be caf1ed on to play
Mendelssohn or a Hot Time" The or
ehestra evades responsibility by playing
neither. Mr.. Heath's "Parson Wide
mouth" is surely the most remarkable
minister never ordained, while Mr.. John
stone. as the delayed-in-transmissio
bridegroom, had nothing to say. for him
self except by way of an abjectness of
face, hat and manner that spoke con-
siderably louder than words Waiting at
the Church will be repeated tonight, but
will be replaced tomorrow by "The Man
from Montana"
Claude NJ Roode opened the program
with slack wire, on which he waltzed,
wheeled and hoped on stilts. James Nc
Cormack and Eleanor Irving danced and
full DIVERSION "Flirtology." reserving
their best number for their encore song,
levied on the motion film for his portraits
of men and boyishly cartoons of
women, which he sketched and threw on
the screen. His face of Lincoln was
breath-quickening. in that he not only
seemed to catch the features but the soul
of the man. Edith Helena sings beauti-
fully. Her numbers ranged from grand
opera to old-time ballads. Her voice
needed no such dramatic vandalism as
the pulling to pieces of perfectly good
flower to illustrate the Last Rose of
Summer" and, furthermore, 1t was an
artistic mistake to take from her corsage
the blush of color that contrasted the
golden tan of her gown.
An organ recital in the promenade
lounge entertained during the intermis-
sion and the animated weekly" pictured
in it's series of current events motion
portraits of Taft, Roosevelt and Wilson,
each candidate receiving his tribute Of
applause.
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Casino.

Five big acts make up the bill at the
Casino this week, and Of these Albers and
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timed to show conditions near the close
of the great conflict. with the armies OF
the north and south tired of the aW1ui
strain: with the women and children OF
the Confederacy bearing the heaviest
burden, yet refusing to utter the sheh'-
est appeal for sympathy.
1t is with these great stresses of emo
tion that Edward Peple, the author, mas
sketch. the second act of the present
production. The chief episode, indeed the
whole strain of the main story, SHOWS
that brotherly love is stronger thlhg
than brotherly antipatiy.
The Littlest Rebel is Virginia cary.
seven-year-old daughter of Capt. Her
bert Cary. the most daring. dashing ana
dangerous scout in the whole gray army
Cary's house is burned while he is Wor-
rying the front of the Union lines. HIS
wife dies and the half-starS ed child lives
alone in an old house. to which cary. the
father, comes as often as ne may, nav
ing to crawl through the blues picket
lines and facing death in a thousand
forms every hour. 1t is the. intense
heroism of this man, founded On. his
overpowering love for his child. that FUR
nishes SO great an element OF the force
OF, the play, and it is the element Wnlen
brings the pocket handkerchfefs of the
audience into frequent use throughout
Hunted to earth by Lieut.. Col. Morri-
son, Capt. cary surrenders; but here the
little girl interferes, and Col. Morrison
SD1u1tI ftdIt luiIS tidit'f ~ iiiii hi iiit
thought of his own little girl at home. He
acts the good father and the bad soldier.
and Cary and the little girl start on their
way TO Richmond, but they find trail
of war following them. They fall into
the midst of pickets: there are fights all
around them. The whistling of shrapnel
in one act is SO realistic as to make one
vince Finally, in the last scene. where
Gen. Grant the "unfeeling war machine,
is sWayed to the depths of his heart 10y
the childs simplicity, there is a warm
gush of sentiment which last night left
good proportion of the audience blowing
noses with almost humorous regularity.
Military. details of this play have been
brought to state of perfection. especially
in the principal roles. The acting in the
principal roles is Of the highest quality,
with a touch of intense melodrama here
and there. William Farnum, as Lieut..
Col. Morrison, received the plaudits of
an enthusiastic audience. David Landay,
as the Confederate officer. Capt. Herbert
Cary, shared the honors in applause and
sentiment. and the little girl. Virginia
Cary, played by remarkable Juvenile:
Boots Woorster, had as little of self-con-
sciousness and as much of pleasing abil
ity as one can imagine even in this day
OF prodigieS. AS Il southern matron
Frances Newhall gave fine presentation
of Mrs Cary. Jack Ravold's makeup
and portraiture of Gen. Grant. whether or
not true to the original. managed to make
the role one of great Importance in the
one act in which he appears, =
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Baby Shop.

To make room for our new fall
stock, we will have on Saturday,
our semi-annual sale Of Childrens S
Dresses.
These Dresses are only slightly
mussed from handling and deco
rating and will be sold at greatly
reduced prices. They include both
high neck and long sleeves and
low neck and short sleeves, in
sizes from 6 months to 6 years.
Evening journal., 1912-09-06
Continued from First Page.


resentative William NJ. Connolly, and
Democratic observers today express
ed the opinion that the contest would
be close with the chances favoring
Gormley. Friends Of both candidates
have been combing the district for
votes.
For Sheriff there is contest be-
tween Joseph Schunder and George
T. Barnhill. both of Wilmington, and
for Coroner there is a fight between
Charles II. CleweH, a well-known
undertaken of New Castle, and Mark
II. DeCray of Wilmington. There are
no contests for the other county
Offices, the candidates being:
For Clerk of Peace, Edward Hart,
Townsend; for Comptroller, Charles
Mcintyre, Of Wilmington: for Pro-
thonotary J. Pearce Cam. of New
ark, and for Receiver Of Taxes and
County Treasurer, Hervey Walker,
Marshallton.
Fights For Representative.
There are several interesting
AAdohto AoA NACBl tothNtlAANt hOhiAho
ton. The one contest in Wilmington
is in the Fifth district between Timo-
thy J. Mooney and Patrick +. Walsh.
New Castle hundred has a triangu-
lar fight for the Legislature between
Chouncey p. Holcomb, George F.
Duncan and William II. Mccoy In
Appoquinimink hundred four Demo-
Gratis are seeking the nomination for
the Legislature, they being Thomas
NJ Brothers, John r. Francis, G.
Clifton Severson and John ID. Strad-
ley.
In Blackbird hundred there is a
three-angled fight between Andrew ].
Wright, familiarly known as Jack"
who has served in several Legisla-
lures; George H. Records and Will
liam A. Watson, Jr.
Brandywine Hundred.
In Brandywine hundred a situation
has developed over the contest for
Representative that has caused many
residents there some concern. II is
over the candidacy of G. Frank
Stephens, of the Arden colony, his
opponent being James II. Reynolds,
who is a prominent resident of the
hundred Stephens has the backing
of the Single Takers and Socialists of
Arden The opponents of Stephens are
circulating newspaper slippings show
ing that Stephens was active in behalf
Of Emma Goldman, the anarchist, and
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TAUGHT CHILDREN
TO COMMIT SUICIDE

MOJI, Japan, Sept. GA man by
the name Of Fon Tu has been thrown
into prison here on many charges Of
child murder. II appears that for a
number of months Tu has been pos
sessed of a mania TO see children kill
themselves, and it is asserted that
probably as many as 30 or 35 have
been induced to commit self-destruc-
ton by this one man.
Tu, who lived in the district of
Shisi and was fairly well off. would
adopt OF buy children-usually girls
from their parents and take them to
his lonely home. He was said TO treat
them well in the mater of supply
ing clothes, sweetmeats and play
things and his neighbors testify that
he was never known to whip or
otherwise ill-treat the children But
II appears that all the time he was
teaching them a method OF making
way with themselves telling the lit
tie victim that she would not re-
main dead but would come
to life happier and with more play
things and candies than before.
At the examination of Fon Tu be-
fore the district magistrate the case
grew much blacker than at first ap-
peared, and the prisoners assertion
TO the effect that personally he never
assisted his little wards to make way
with themselves was proved by the
testimony of one young girl and an
old manservant to be utterly false.
Upon the accusing tetimony Of these
two witnesses Fon Tu--who is half
Chinese-broke down and made a full
confession covering his many deeds
of murder and assisted suicide during
the last six years.
Il appears from Tu's story that he
first converted his wife to the doc
trine of self-destruction, telling her
that as soon as she was decently bur-
led he would end his own life and
join her in the next world He said
that he loved his wife very dearly,
and as they we're getting along in
years he was afraid he would die
first and that his widow would be
sought by other men.
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old rime EIeotion Lawn.

American electors were at one time
required to possess very high qualifica-
lions. In parts Of New England dur
ing the seventeenth century voters had
to reside in "a stone house Of the di-
mensions OF twenty feet by sixteen
with on OF more brick or stone chin
ney or chimnies." Each voter had also
to be certified by his neighbors "of
sober and peaceabe conversation" In
Connecticut every candidate for the
local assembly had to furnish certif-
cate from the selectmen of the town
where he resided that he was "of quiet
and peaceable behavior and civil con-
versation." That the selectmen might
exercise due care in signing such GER
tificates they were liable TO a fine OF
S25 in case the candidate turned out
otherwise than was represented