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The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
u. +. KeIth's-High-CIas VRude-
willie,

Eight big features are listed for B. r.
Keith's Theater this week. Foremost IN
the galaxy will be the Washington pre-
lniere Of the latest Jesse L. Lasky pro-
Cuction, a musical comedy, entitled THE
Red Heads" with James B. Carson and a
large cast, including Eleanor Suffer and
many Titian-tressed girls.
Another Washington debut will be that
Of Lillian Shaw, the American vocal
dialect Coincidence. who will offer series
Of character ditties. a special B. F.
Keith acquisition will be the comedian
and song writer. Ben Deeley, and his own
crew, assisted by Marie Wayne, in THE
New Bell Boy" Musical comedy has lost
and the B. F. Keith circuit has gained
Joseph Hart, ir, and Lillian Goldsmith,
who will be seen far from beaten paths
in The Dance of the Siren,'' in which
Miss Goldsmith's barefoot dance is a fea-
ture.
The Amoros sisters, In their Partisan
diversions in singing, dancing, and physi-
cal culture, will be an Inclusion. Robert
Emmett Keane, THE American-English-
man." with anecdote and badinage, will
REINFORCE the other offerings The Stan
ley trio also will swell the chorus OF
comedy Charles Weber. an eccentric
comedian, will be in evidence with his
10y wagon and other irrepressible i'm
pediments An extra added pictorial fea-
ture will be the first-time-shown WASH
ington presentation of B. F. Keith's eX-
elusive motion pictures of Harry Thaw
in cell and courtroom at Sherbrooke,
Canada.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
GuSety-ROse SydeIrs London
Bellies.

This week at the Gayety Theater
will be seen Rose Sydell's London
Bellies" presenting Johnnie Weber in
The Rising Son" This is a rafting
good musical show and high-class bur-
lesuue, with a big company of fun pro-
yokers. The production is one of the
best ccstumed burlesque shows en- tour.
With all due Difference to the few other
managers who have accomplished won
1ers in the direction of high-class bur-
Iesuue. it remained for a woman to ac-
compIish what is considered one of the
best productions in the Columbia Cir
cult. Originality and constructive skill
are shown in the two-act piece that is
presented, and the dialogue is rational
and witty. In the cast supporting
Johnnie Weber are George Clayton
Frye, Virginia Kelsey, Louis Thiel,
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
BeIascO-Gertrude Hoffman, Pol.
aIrc, and Lady Constance Stew
art-RichardsOn.

When the all-star combination CON-
posed of Gertrude Hoffman, Polaire, and
Lady Constance Standardization
comes to the Belasco Theater next week,
patrons of that theater will catch their
first glimpse of three noted stars of the
present day, widely differing in type,
varying remarkably in temperament and
closely allied in accomplishments.
Gertrude Hoffman will appear in a new
review in twelve scenes with a COM
pany of forty people. For her present
tour she had arranged. among other fea-
lures. THE Dance of the Mermaid"
Polaire is offering her dramatic docu-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Coming Attractions.



Very seldom is a theatrical success:
achieved such as has been scored by
Fine Feathers Eugene Walters dra'
matte masterpiece, which H. II. Frazee
produced with an all-star cast last sea
son. and which had an entire seasons
run at the Aston Theater, New York, and
the Cort Theater, Chicago. This play
with its remarkable cast intact, has been
booked for a special tour of the principal
Eastern cities. The local engagement
is for the week of September %, at the
New National Theater.
There has not been a single change in
the all-star cast of Fine Feathers
since its opening night, and local audi
ences will see this notable drama with
such actors as Robert Edeson, Wilton
Lackaye, Max Figman, Rose Coghlan,
Lolita Robertson, and Lydia Dickson.
Fine Feathers" deals with the ques-
ton of how to make the weekly income
keep pace with the growing demands
upon it.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

I hearsals for William FayeTsham's com
pany. is an intimate friend OF Miss Izetts
l Jewel. Miss Collier came to New YORK
| via Paris and Cherbourg. She brought
over from Paris a present for Mis-:
Jewel that Washington theatergoers will
see this week. 1t is an absolutely new
hat that has not been described by Paris
fashion experts, and which is an adapta'
| ton by French modistes from a design
made to order for a former favorite in
the harem of the deposed Abdul Hamid
A duplicate of It Will be worn by Nine
Rejane in the new play announced &c
| follow "Alsace" at Rejanes Theater ii
Paris. Miss Jewel will wear her model
in her new musical comedy role this
week.
The Harry Thaw motion pictures. Sc
cured for the exclusive use of the B. F.
Keith theaters and their affiliated houses,
were taken under the direction of the
former well-known dramatist, Hal Reid.
! friend of Thaw, who induced the Mat
| teawan fugitive to cooperate in the
scenes showing Thaw's life in Canada.
Jed" Shaw, for years identified with
| the National Theater, is now connected
with the Marceline Company, which,
with the indoor circus, will come TO the
Columbia Theater next week.
of memoirs, to he called Forty Years
on the Stage" Miss Coghlan's first
American appearance was in 1872. as a
very young girl. in the elder Sothern's
production Of ''Our American Cousin"
and has been a star for the last quarter
of a century. Miss Coghlan will appear
at the National Theater next week in
Fine Feathers
Rose Sydell announces that her appear
ance at the Gayety this week is final
one. Rose Sydell and burlesque have
been closely identified for many success
full seasons.
Her Little Highness,' the new Reg
inald de Koven-Channing Pollock-Ren-
mold Wolf operetta that werba and
Luescher will present at the Columbia
Theater shortly, is to be presented on
a spectacular scale.
The Casino coming attractions in the
near future include Evers Wisdom and
company in Boozeman. %Bulger's baseball
satire, "Baseballitis;' the Five Violin
Beauties, attractively costumed, in solo
and harmonic ensembles, violin selections
and graceful dances with song accom-
paniment.
Mrs. Gene Hughes, at B. F. Keiths
Theater next week, will be supported
by Addie st. Alva. Adele c. Potter, Betty
Swartz, and Joseph Attention.
Miss Richie Mclean, Miss Josephine
Mack. Miss Margaret Paine, and Miss
Agnes Whelan, the four talented Wash
ington girls in the feminine quartet that
sang plantation songs in ''Under South
ern Skies at Polls last week, scored
an emphatic hit A member of the
United Booking Offices, Of New York.
heard their songs on Thursday evening
and offered them, through Manager
James Thatcher. 1915 week and ex-
penses to go on tour in big vaudeville
time. The offer was refused.
"The Dance of the Mermaids,7 Ger
trude Hoftman's latest novelty, which
will be seen at the Beiaseo Theater next
week, is her own invention. and in or
der to secure appropriate photographs of
her startling novelty, Miss Hoffman and
stan of photographers, several Of the
ONCE force of the Comstock and Gest
enterprises and member of the Sea-
gate hfe-saEi1s crew went down to the
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Mems of Local TheaterS
and Their Attractions

Lima Abarbanen has been engaged for
the leading role in the Red Canary.
which will be seen at the Columbia al
an early date.
Assistant General Manager A Pau
Keith, of the b, F. Keith Vaudeville En-
terprises, spent the whole of last week in
town, pcrfecting plans for bigger bills
and a more beautiful. theater here.
Wilton LaCkaye, who is TO appear al
| the National Theater next week in Zine
Feathers" owes his stage career to the
| fact that he was president of the Law
| renee Barrett Dramatic Association at
the Georgetown University, in Washing
| ton. Mr.. Barrett saw one of the per-
formances of this amateur association
and offered young Lackaye a position in
his company.
George Kleine's "Quo Vadis?'' is now In
its sixth month at the Astor Theater in
New York City, and will remain there
until September y, when II will be
transferred to another New York play
| house and continue for the balance OF
the year. Twenty companies are now
presenting "Quo Vadis?" in the United
States, and it is estimated that more
tnan 5UUO.uD people nave Nle"eu lHe
phOtO-drama since May !.
Johnnie Weber, at the Gayety this
week, made a favorable impression as a
comedian in the London music halls
during the past summer.
Robert Edeson. of the cast of Fine
Feathers" is about to celebrate the
twenty-ffth anniversary OF his first APP
pearance on the stage. His debut oc-
CURED at the age of seventeen, in the
old Park Theater, in Brooklyn, in sup
port of Cora Tanner in Fascination"
Lady Constance stewart-R Richardson
was the wonder of London when she
made her appearance at the Palace The
alter, and, regardless OF the opposition OF
the prudish Queen Mary, succeeded in as
tonishing her countrymen and winning
great laurels as an artistic. Lady Con-
stance comes to the Belasco next week.
Fred G. Berger, manager of the Column
bia Theater, writes from Berlin that al
though now two days behind his sched-
ule, he will sail in time to reach here
about the 9Th of the month.
Nora Bayes has written several new
songs and Created a number of stun
ming GOWNS LOT ner latest lOl-ut-TOl ISd-
ture at B. F. Keith's Theater next week.
Robert Hall. the boy who has been
called remarkable for his impromptu
parodies and verses. will make his first
appearance in the East at the Cosmos
Theater shortly.
Mizzi Hajos, the diminutive Hungarian
creator of the leading roles in THE
Chocolate Soldier THE Spring Maid"
THE Dollar Princess" and other famous
operettas in Vienna, has returned to
these shores from her home in Budapest
to appear in the new Werba and Lues-
cher operetta, Her Little Highness,"
which comes to the Columbia Theater
shortly.
Lolita Robertson. who scored a per-
sonal hit in the role of Jane Reynolds in
Fine Feathers" Is a Western girl, who
was almost a stranger to New York
when she appeared there last year in
the all-star cast of this play. As a re-
ward. she is to be starred by H. II.
Frazee next season in a play to be writ
ten by Eugene Walter.
Constance Collier, who returned on the
Olympic last Wednesday to begin re-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
The Weeks ADJUSTMENTS.
CoIumhia-"auo vadis.D


The most wonderful achievement yet IN
photo drama, George Kleine's prodution
of "Quo Vadis?' adapted from Henry
Sienkiewicz's novel of the same title and
made by the famous Italian company, the
Cines will be the attraction at the Co.
lumbia Theater, beginning with two per-
formances today, and continuing through
cut the week. !.
This series of pictures makes up COM
plete evenings entertainment and visual
lies all the principal episodes Of the IA
nous novel from which IL was taken
Every student of history and the Bible
should enjoy it, and CLEAN the values so
admirably illustrated of the causes that
brought about the fall OF Rome and
the rise of Christianity under the most
hostile and pagan opposition. The ro-
mantle side is furnished by the love
story OF the handsome and valiant young
Roman, Vinitius, for the Christian maid,
Lygia- and the exquisite passion Of Pc
tronius and Eunice, his slave. History
is supplied in the pictures Of Nero and
his court and the fullest depths OF trag-
edy are measured by the illustrations Of
the sufferings of the sturdy band OF
Christians and the prosecutions Of Peter
and Paul, the apostles.
No detail that lends to spectacular
grandeur or dramatic power has been
emitted in this marvellous production
The principal characters are portrayed
by the foremost artists of the italian
stage. In carriage. grace, gesture. and
expression they have no peers-as far as
photo dramas yet exhibited have shown
Mr.. George Kleine presents the spec
tacle in a thoroughly dignified manner,
emitting no detail for the comfort and
pleasure Of the public. It is divided into
three acts with an eight-minute inter
mission between each and is accom-
panied by appropriate music on the or
gan. arranged specially for the attrac-
ton
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
acknowledgements.

One of the novelties of the present the
atrical season is the big circus scene
which Harris and Shaw introduce in the
hippodrOme company with Marceline, the
famous clown, which will be the attrac-
ton at the Columbia Theater next week.
The audience, or part Of the audience,
are taken behind the footlights and
shown how a big production looks on the
stage. You mingle with the perform
ers. and are at their elbows during the
entire performance This is a new and
novel idea. The theater-going public are
constantly clamoring for something new
and these enterprising managers think
they are equipped to supply the novelty.
for certainly nothing like it has ever
before been attempted in this city.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

ment, lie Visiteur," a sensational affaiJ
from the imaginative brain of Georges
Bard, director of the Vaudeville Theater,
Paris. For this, Nine. Polaire is bringing
her entire company OF French players
from Paris.
Lady Constance Stewart Richardson.
granddaughter of the Duke of Suther-
land. daughter of the Earl OF Cromartie
and wife of a prominent British Baron,
will present her wonderful dance con-
ception, The Awakening of Dawn"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Heaven Forbid.

Evelyn Nesblt Thaw makes known her
purpose to declare herself to the worid'
The means will be a book by her which
will bear the title. THE Story of Ny
Life" and which John Lane, of London,
will publish. The appalling announcement
is made that the author win now for ths
first time give the public her full story,
her career on the stage. her association
with stanford White, and her impressions
of the trial, in which she faced ths
shrewdest lawyers in America
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
PoIi's-.Ihe Girl In the Taxi"

Stanislaus STANCES adaptation of
Anthony Mur's French comedy, THE
Girl in the Taxi" will be revived next
week at Polls Theater. This story of a
man who is a respectable banker by day
and a gay member OF the electric lighted
life of a big city whenever he manages
to escape from his home by side door
at night, bristles with unexpected situa
tons. 1t ran just a little less than two
years in New York, and even longer in
Paris. TRANSACTIONS Of the comedy
scored big hits in Vienna, Berlin, and st.
Petersburg three years ago. The version
which Polls Theater will produce next
week retains all the novelty Of the Paris
production. but has been translated with
due regard to American playgoers' more
wholesome sense of humor.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
NcM Herbert onrrn.

"Thc Madcap Duchess is to be tina
title Of the new Victor Herbert Opera
which viii be produced by II. III. Frazes
ia Bcston at the Colonial Theater, Octo-
Der %. Glenn Hass has been engaged to
sing the leading tenor role in thssp pro-
duction.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
b. +. Keith's-High-CIa Vaude-
willie.

B. F. Keith's Theater will present next
week another collection of novelties and
notables, the foremost being Nora
Bayes, with her own group Of specialists,
in her own arrangement OF Songs and
Foolishness." A special attraction will
be J. Francis Dooley and Corinne Sales
in the comedians Pavement Patter," a
blend of fun and song. Edgar Allan
Woolfs playlet, Youth" will be acted
by Mrs. Gene Hughes and company.
Paul Kleist, the pantomimist, will pre-
sent 1.-The Land of Dreams" A speciality
by lie Roy, Wilson and Tom is called
Three Crazy Men from Frisco" Leo
Carrillo, the newspaper cartoonist and
monologue mimic, is among the inclu-
sions. Other features will be announced
later. The Kinemacolor will present
"Hiawatha."
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Aondemy--"A Fool There Was"

Porter Emerson Brownies "A Fool
There Was" a picture of everyday life
as it is today, has been. and ever will be,
Is the attraction at the Academy next
week. The play already is known to
Washington theatergoers through the
former appearance of Robert billiard in
the character of the man who is dragged
to the uttermost depths by his in
fatuation for an unworthy woman. Flor
ence Auer, as "the woman portrays
the repulsive yet fascinating character
Of the vampire. Warner GLAND, as the
husband, plays the part originally as
sumed by Mr.. Hilliard.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
CALENDAR OF THE WEEK.

Columbia-"Quo Vadis?"
B. F. Keith's - High-class
Vaudeville.
Poli's-"The Man Who Owns
Broadway"
Academy-"One Day"
Gayety-Rose. Sydell's London
Bellies"
Cosmos-Vaudeyille
Casino-Vaudeville.
Garden-Feature Films.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Gayety-.:The honeymoon Girls"

There is an abundance of variety in
THE Honeymoon Girls" the attraction
coming to the Gayety next week.
Mr.. Jack Strouse, the composer, has
provided any number of catchy musical
moments. Phil OFT the star, and Alice
Lazar, have several songs together. Miss
Nettie Nelson and Virginia Ware are also
heard in couple of lyrics. while Joe
Burton as the Irishman shows his tai
ents to advantage. Al HyIand and Jack
Hart contribute surprising musical num-
bers, and the chorus is girlish and spon-
taneous.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

Constance Collier, who returned on tn
olympic last Wednesday to begin re
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

Lolita Robertson. who scored per-
sonal hit in the role of Jane Reynolds in
Fine Feathers" Is a Western girl, who
was almost stranger to New York
when she appeared there last year in
the all-star cast of this play. As a re-
ward. she is to be starred by II. II.
Frazee next season in a play to be writ
ten by Eugene Walter.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

Lima Abarbanell has been engaged for
the leading role in the Red Canary
which will be seen at the Columbia at
IN early date.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

Robert Hall. the boy who has been
called remarkable for his impromptu
parodies and verses. will make his first
appearance in the East at the Cosmos
Theater shortly
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

Nora Bayes has written several new
songs and Created a number of stun
ming gowns for her latest fol-de-rol fea-
ture at B. F. Keith's Theater next week.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-19

a former Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.
employee.
Wesley was charged with the rape
of Blanche DeLorme, Is years old, a
worker in infants garments for Ru-
bins at Madison and Market streets,
!. The girl who was paid only $3.50
a week at Rubin's, and who had been
at work since she was eleven years
old, had run away from her home at
5126 Willard avenue, last Saturday.
She was arrested in Wesley's room,
2119 Washington boulevard, Monday
night.
She said she had run away from
home because she was so sick of
everything. She couldn't make
enough money to support herself and
her people were mean" to her.
Wesley was held to the grand jury
in 5000 bonds.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-19
NINE MEN UNDER ARREST IN
ARSON DEAL

With nine men already under ar
rest charged with arson, Judge Burke
today ordered a special grand jury
to consider the operations of the al
legged arson trust in which forty Chi
cago business men and fire insurance
adjusters are said to be implicated.
More than one warrant was issued
for the majority of the men under
suspicion. Bond on each charge has
been fixed at $4,000.
Those arrested so far are: Joseph
Clark, 120 N. Prairie av., Austin; six
teen charges.
Solomon Kohn. 1903 Wentworth
av., three charges.
Hyman Kohn, S13 E. SD st, three
charges.
Louis Asher, Alb E. Lincoln st., two
charges.
Sam Litman, 1343 N. Lincoln st.,
three charges.
Augustine Morici, 919 w. Randolph
ST., two charges.
Samuel Adelman, 1926 S. Sawyer
av., three charges.
d. Drozdawitz, 834 Milwaukee av.,
two charges.
Michael Weinhaus, 1921 w. 18th
st., two charges,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-19

Kohn,' Adelman, Drozdawitz and
Asher were released on bond.
Assistant States Attorney john
ston declared the men had been ar
rested in order to hold them for the
grand jury investigation. Arson is not
an extraditable offense, and it was
feared some of the men for whom
warrants were issued might flee the I
jurisdiction of the court
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-19
WEATHER FORECAST

Unsettled with rain late tonight or
on Thursday for Chicago and vicin-
ity; colder Thursday; brisk southwest
winds shifting to northwest Thurs
day.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-19

Foreign birdmen may no longer fly
over England, under penalty of being
fired upon, fined 81 900 and jailed for
six months. Gee! it must make an
aviator dead sore to be fined all that
money after being knocked out of a
mile-high cloud by 13-inch shell!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-19

Things didn't seem to work to-
gether in your series of dramatic
representations"
"They didn't, admitted Mr.. Storm
ington Barnes. When we played
tragedy the box-ofice receipts were
a farce, and when we played farce
they were a tragedy"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-04
Marshall County
Small Grain Yields

Threshing reports from the vicinity
Of Rhodes, indicates a rather light
yield of wheat and oats. The quality of
the wheat is very good. but the guam
tity was lessened by the stand being
damaged by freezing last winter. The
quality Of the pats is fair to good.
Charles Wignall threshed yield Of
twenty seven bushels an acre of very
good wheat from field of fifteen acres
Frank Morrison's thirty acres Of
wheat averaged twenty bushels to the
acre. The quality is good.
Charles Haddock got an average OF
twenty three bushels of fine wheat
from a field Of thirty-nine acres.
Mr.. Haddock's thirty-three acre oats
field, yielded an average Of twenty
bushels an acre.
Elwood Robinson got an average of
fifteen bushels Of wheat from forty
eight acres.
Thirty acres of cats owned by Mr..
Robinson, yielded an average of forty
bushels.
7 r Bradbury, of This city, got fifty
bushels of good oats per acre from n
little less than sixty acres on his farm
just south of the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-04
Weight Of Grain
Bursts Elevator

Damage was done to one end Of the
Bowles & Billings Grain Company's ele-
vator at Marietta, when the weight of
the wheat tina, was stored in the east
end burst out a section Of the side. Thru
the break in the wall yellow stream
of 1900 bushels Of wheat that had been
just recently placed in the elevator.
flowed upon the ground.
Employees set to work at once to
scoop up the wheat, which was re-
cleaned and stored in the west end of
the elevator until the building could be
repaired The work was continued
without stopping until all the grain had
been gathered up and as no rain fell
the less Of grain did not exceed very
few bushels. The damage to the build
ing will amount to about $25.,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-04
CHAPLAIN COLE VERY SICK.
Condition Becomes Serious FolIowin.
His Return 70 This City.

His Return TO This City.
Chaplain Jesse Cole of the soldiers
home. Is seriously i'll at his home, 1908
West State street. Rev. Mr. Cole be-
came very i'll last winter with kidney
and bladder trouble from which he has
never fully recovered. Six weeks ago
he Went to Ashland, Wis, thinking the
change and the cooler climate would
benefit him. On his way home ne
stopped at Rochester, Mimi, where he
took treatments. He. arrived home
Friday and was taken very il! Satur-
day. Altho he is resting easier today
there is not much change in his con-
dition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-04
CITY ACREAGE SOLD.
r. EssIinger, Of Sheffield. Buys West
End Tract for $500.

A tract comprising twenty-three and
three quarters acres on Summit street.
just west of the soldiers home, was
sold at public auction on the premises
Saturday afternoon to r. Esslinger.
real estate dealer of Sheffield, for So
500. The property was owned by D.
E. Kenyon. of Chaplin. The acreage is
a sandy tract, with a frontage Of six
teen rods on Summit street and j
depth Of 14O rods that carries it back
to the river The improvements con-
sist Of a small house. and barn and a
few outbuildings. Fourteen acres is
fenced with woven wire. The property
was formerly owned by F. E. Peek. Mr..
Esslinger bought it for a speculation.