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How to Beautfy
Hair and Complexion
fMartyn's Health Guide }

Nothing has been found 90 efficient
to keep the scalp clean and healthy and
the hair lustrous, fluffy and growing a.
q shampoo prepared by dissolving .
teaspoonful Of canthrox in a cup Of hot
water. After rinsing the bead feels
good and the hair dries quickly without
streaking. This shampoo costs little
and Is very easy to use. 1t removes
dandruff instantly and prevents brittle
ness and split hairs.
A lotion, far better than face DOW
der. which seems part Of skin when on
and whitens and beauties the complex
ion can be made at home for little
money. Dissolve ounces spurmax in
u pint witch hazel Cor hot water). then
add teaspoonfuls giycerine. For tax
ing away that shiny, oily. sallow look
and improving . muddy" complexion
1t is unequaled. It is very beneficial to
the skin. does not show as q powder or
rub of easily and gives to the skin
such a smooth, refined appearance
Advt.
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siderable beauty and ability in the
thankless role Of Claire Fellman, who Is
supposed to be killed, and then appears
before her husband to his undoing.
The play is full of hairbreadth es-
oapes and kept the attention of the
audience at a white heat. The climaxes
were unusually effective. They are
often startling. but come naturally
enough. and were well carried out oy
the company. The stage settings were
pretty, all but one being laid on The
Mauretania. The play promises to De
a popular offering for the week.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Recent Reports Show Hundreds
Suffer With Kidney Troubles
and Don't Know Il.

There are scores Of nervous, tired,
rundown people throughout the city.
suffering with pains in the back and
sides, dizzy spells, weaknesses Of the
bladder Frequently causing annoyance
at night, who fail to realize the seri-
BUSINESS Of their troubl,s until such
conditions as chronic rheumatism. blad-
der troubles. dropsy, diabetes, or even
Bright's disease result.
All this Is due to weak. inactive kid
neys The kidneys are the filterers Of
the blood, and no one can be well and
healthy unless the kidneys work prop
erly.
II You suffer with such symptoms
don't neglect yourself another day and
run the risk of serious complications.
Secure an original package of the new
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
MOST SICKNESS COMES
FROM WEAK, INACTIVE KIDNEYS

discovery, Croxone, which costs but a
trifle, and commence its use at once.
When you have taken few doses. you
will be surprised how differently you
will feel.
Croxone cures the worst cases Of kid
ney, bladder trouble. and rheumatism.
because 1t removes the cause. 1t cleans
out the kidneys, and makes them filter
out all the poisonous waste matter and
uric acid, that lodge in the joints and
muscles. causing rheumatism; soothes,
and heals the bladder. and quickly re-
ueves you Of all your misery.
You will find Croxone different from
all other remedies. It matters not how
old you are or how long you have suf-
fered. It is SO prepared that It 10 prac-
ticaily impossible to take II into the
human system without results.
An original package Of Croxone costs
but a trifie, and all druggists are au-
thorized to return the purchase price
II II fails to give the desired results
the very first time you use it.-Advt
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
POLL PLAYERS GIVE
REAL MELODRAMA
Situations Are Well
Developed in Production Of
"The Greyhound"

There are plenty Of melodramatic
situations in THE Greyhound" the Of
fering this week at Polls. The play is
the latest production Of Paul Armstrong
and Wilson Mizner, and was produced
last night for the first time here. From
the start, one il introduced to a not
over-desirable lot Of people. and the
company is scarcely appreciably i'm
proved as the play progresses.
Even the best man Of the lot, Nc
Sherry, an agent of THE Eye" is a re-
formed crook and performs a cleyer
card deal in a poker game which must
have delighted every lover "of the
green cloth circle
A wife miraculously brought to life
after she has been apparently poisoned
by her ''skallawag" husband, and a
little suggestion Of intended gunplay
are some Of the ''thrillers." The play
suggests, Wife For Wife, "Romany
melodramatic stage Of twenty five years
ago.
Staging Is Excellent.
The staging was excellent. although
there were seemingly interminable
waits between the scenes. and the COM
pany brought out the strong points of
the piece with effectiveness. ThurIow
Bergen was McSherry. The gentlemen
and ladies' Of the profession" included
Mark Kent as Louis Wellman, the Grey
hound Frank Shannon as Crawford Alex
ander. alias whispering Alex" Thomas
Wilson, as Jack Fay, the Pale Face
Kid: Miss Lotta Linthicum, as Baron
ess Won Hilda, Deep Sea kitty
The people upon whom they were sup
posed to operate included Dudley Haw-
ley, as Bob Kirk, a struggling archi-
tect: Graham velsey, as Percival Allen.
q youger son: Hardie Meakin, as Porter
Allen; Harrington Gibbs, as Henry
Fenmore Watkins, of Lima, Ohio: Mrs.
Foster. Of many millions, Tiilie Wat
kins. also Of Lima; Eta Watkins, an
only daughter, and Miss Gertrude Bond
hill, as Bess Allen.
Climaxes Effective.
Miss Louise Farrow was the maid,
Miss Marie Drofnah appeared for a
short time effectively as Mrs. Fagin,
and Miss Izetta Jewel displayed con-
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GARDEN.

The Garden Theater has startel its
summer schedule. This permits the man.
agement to feature its Nokes electra
scoreboard every afternoon when the
Nationals are playing away from nome
The evening shows start at $40 O'clock.
and the program iseiudes photoplays
and musical entertainment by the Gar
den symphony Orchestra.
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Song Recital for Blind.

Announcement is made by the direc-
tor Of the National Library for the
Blind, 172s H street northwest. that q
song recital for the entertainment of
the blind will be given at the library
tomorrow evening by II. p. Hoover.
with Miss NJ. Athey at the piano. The
entertainment win began at 8 o'clock.
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sweetheart with a series Of thrilling
feats with the rifle. his final act in
her back. John Dooley, a young COM
edian, repeated his many successes
with his fifteen-minute specialties and
laugh provoking sayings and doings.
Mislabeled motion pictures Of Wash
ington views also furnished an unex-
pected comedy element.
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Seven Mclean Horses to
Compete in London Show

Seven Of the horses in the Edward b.
Mclean stables win be sent to London
to compete In the International Horse
Show. The string will include Pride
o. Prides. which won three blue ribbons
in the recent horse show here; Nala.
champion Of America for heavy harness
horses: Tissington Bells, Lady Dilham,
Elegant DiIham. Indian Flower. and
Oakwood Mr. Mclean will not go with
his horses, which will be In charge OF
Charles ]. Barrie. his stable manager.
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Detailed as Attache.

The War Department has issued
orders that Capt. Norton L. Wood, on
detached service with the Sixth Field
Artillery, at Fort Riley, Kan, be de-
tailed as attache to the American jega-
ton at Madrid, Spain. He Is to report
at his new post next month.
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sparkling in with comedy and sweet In
its ending.
Miss Taiiaferro Is supported by Miss
Ada Deaves last seen here with "Rebec-
ca Of Sunnybrook Farm" and Mr.
Resan Hughston, a young English ac-
tor of great talent
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ACADEMY

Good old-fashioned melodraIna holds
the boards at the Academy this week.
The Convict's Daughter" heroine, pur-
suing the harassed way of all melo-
dramas but with wedding bells and the
groans OF a chastened villain sounding
~ the curtain descends for the last
time. The play is acted with consider
able skill by the Academy Stock Com
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Rigid Curfew Law
Urged for District

A curfew law. for the District watch
would be rigidly enforced. was advo-
Gated at meeting Of the fathers Of
the Waugh M. T.. Church Third and
A streets northeast. The Rev. Arthur
II Thompson. pastor of the church,
discussed Home Problems" and Miss
Elizabeth Robins talked on my Little
Sister"
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THE PRINCE CHAP IS
COLUMBIA OFFERING
Stock Company Handles Pretty
Love Story With Unusual
Sympathy and Art.

The Prince Chap" put on by the
Columbia Players this week. is the best
offering of a highly successful season.
In its simplicity and appeal to the best
,f human continent. 1t has remarkable
power Of impression upon an audience
that suffered all the heart throbs and
enjoyed the comedy which leavened the
more gripping situations.
1t is a simple story by Edward Peple,
OF the ultimate discovery OF great
and unselsfish love. By exceptionally
clever work the cast. given roles out
side the usual run, carries the story to
completion with no loss Of Illusion.
The story opens when a kindhearted
artist gives to a dying woman the
promise to care for her little girl. The
child twines her affections ABOUT ms
and ripens into the passionate love OF
q young woman, as the advancing years
bring maturity.
Love Finally Triumphs.
This great love finally is recognized
by its object, but not until after sad
experience with a worldly young wom.
an who sacrificed the artists love for
money and then sought ever after in
vain for that which she had thrown
away. The sting Is lost In the great
and purer love. that comes to the big
hearted man. and the little eirl to
whom he has always been daddy.
Edna Koontx, as Claudia, the five-
year.old child, handled a most difficult
role In q manner 80 natural, ensaging
and w1nsome that there was universal
regret when the curtain fell upon her
last scene .'in deddy's arm at bedtime.
Characters Well Taken
Following her. as Claudia. the eight
year-old. Helen Hayes. under the handi-
cap Of the impression left by little Edna
Koontx, gave an equally good and IRE
sistabla. performance. Miss Helen
Holmes, as the Claudia of eighteen. did
well IN the difficult task of carrying
the character.
Dorothy Demands Phoebe Fuckers
brought many good laughs. She fitted
the role we'll, and was screamingiy
funny. Everett Butterfield. the artist
foster uncle, and George Barbie az
Marcus Runion, the butler, gave zest
to the performance.
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Climaxes Effective.

Miss Louise Farrow was the maid,
Miss Marie Drofnah appeared for a
short time effectively as Mrs. Fagin,
and Miss Izetta Jewel displayed con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

trek away, leaving hubby arrayed in his
beautiful new summer clothes and his
Come hither' Panama, and a maddening
look of comfort in his eye-a prey to
every atom of feminine fluff in the world.
l recall at a vaudeville show before l left
that one comedian said to another:
And have you had a vacation?'
TO which the other replied:
No had my wife with me!
Which hasn't anything to do with the
case suggested the other.
Yes 1t has, was the quick answer.
Mister you've been deliberately driven
away with the tears and the perspiration
streaming down your face, and in perfect
misery, the neighbors all congregate and
talk about how selfish you are TO go
away and enjoy.a life of Incidence and a
bathing suit, while your poor husband Is
left at home to slave for you and the
children, so you can waste money In lux
urious living Slavery? It's not In 1t be-
side trying to enjoy yourself at a sum-
mer resort, IL they only knew. Some
women, of course, love to be called Sum-
mer Widows which sounds very attrac-
tive but 1t isn't I'd rather be big, fat,
fuzzy caterpillar, with my cwn dear Mr..
Caterpillar, crawling along beside me, or
a Winter Widow than a Butterfly, or
a Summer Widow At least you can find
out where your husband is not when you
are a Winter Widow, while when you
are a Summer Widow, you can't even
guess where he is. In the winter time you
can phone him and have the pleasure
of hearing his stenographer say he's not
there, but in the summer. Oh dearl
wonder If real, bass-voiced married,
male being ever went to summer re-
sort of his own accord. Talk about sum
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"All you who listen with credulity
to the whispers of fancy" said our old
friend DR.. Johnson in his immortal
..Rasseas.' and applying the aphorism
to the Summer Widow" or today. the
uniniated may CLEAN a world of philos-
ophy and wisdom.
Says one of the type who has just re-
turned from summer campaign:
81 wished all the time were at home
Quarreling in peace. This summer widow
arrangement Is the most disappointing
thing. l wonder who planned it originally? :?
Somebody with grudge against woman.
no doubt
Think of having your own dear home,
your own dear husband, your own dear
bathtub, and all the other own dears that
belong to you and deliberately, with NAL
Ice aforethought, picking up and going
to a summer resort. I wished all the
wkile I could hear a street car, or a
Honkl Honkl If could I'd be the hap
piest woman in the world.
WELL" interrupted the Stay-at-Home-
Widow, why this trader
II ioathe and abominate the country, or
seaside or mountain resort 15 miles Off the
railroad" said the other. THE unendur-
able silence and loneliness makes my ears
buzz and my heart grow faint If ever
anybody catches me talking about gurg
ling dells and grass green brooks hope
they'll cart me off into secluded spot
and-shoot me-dead."
But isn't it something of changer"
asks the other.
'change? 1 should say so, but not an
agreeable one," said the Summer Widow
quickly. why even the birds haven't
any manners. They start before the
break of day. screaming into our window.
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, while the erickets have formed glee club
In the evening that nearly drives you
mad. They sound like slate pencils being
sharpened. Then the awful part dawns
on me all over again. I am that much
cetested, disgusting, awful, fearful thing
Known as Summer Widow. Here I am
away from John. l don't know what he
is doing and I'm miserable | think of
every thing. He's probably right this
moment gurgling down a glass Of clear
cold, draft beer, and feeding his face with
frizzled veal in Aspie, while I'm eating
spring lamb (Spring of year ago, If you
please, or more probably plain old
mountain goaD and canned corn. and big
puffy fritters of various varieties, and
yet I'm considered the cruel one, neglect
ful of home and hubby, who leaves the
poor dear to water the lawn, attend to the
canary and nibble out of the ice box, and
incidentally get into some several games
of dominoes and lose the rent money!
Then what did you do 1t for? asked
the -Home-Widow. What could
I do? l was driven to It, Although
woman may love her husband devotedly
and weep madly because she has to go,
yet she is forced to go away on a sum-
mer vacation. The neighbors begin as
early as April to ask where you are going
this summer, each word like lump of
sugar and the question mark like quart
bottle of vinegar. OF course a woman
doesn't dare answer that she wouldn't
give 80 cents for all the summer resorts
in the world, but that she'd rather stay
at home and swat the noble house fly and
take 1t easy. No, though home be heaven.
she must go somewhere during the sum-
mer In order to be In the swim. She's
got to board hot, stuffy old train and
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wound up or the cat is fed, or whether
there are flies in the house. The only
thing he attended to with any regularity
was the baseball games"
Perhaps you don't know how to Sum-
mer Widow. That was the trouble. You
should have taken some lessons" the
Stay-at-Home Widow suggested
'Of course the magazines have lovely
women pictured" said the other, sur
rounded by swarms of summer men. To
be sure they are beautiful on paper. but
in reality the men are queer little human
inaects swarming around in straw hats
and white 'panties.' It's funny how they
ever got away from Mamma. How they
ever grew up into real live men l don't
understand. They are the only brand of
male creatures that I've ever seen infest-
ing a summer resort, and I've been to
them all. Real men have probably been
through the experience early in life as
these are going through it now, and in
consequence make a wide detour and es-
cape when a summer resort is men,
toned I remember how husband said
when we left that he'd love to be able to
go to nice, quiet little place like we
were going to and romp in the woods and
be boy again, but he just had to stay at
home and keep on with the terrible grind
and attend to some important business
matters that would come up during Au-
gust. When we return he has MOURN
full tale to tell about the lonely summer,
ana how she'd come home at night Che
never by any chance mentions the time).
and sees a CHASTITY stretch of moonlight
en- the floor, and nearly collapses, he
wants to see us SO bad, then as quick as
the first day of October arrives he jumps
on the train and goes to New York and
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plorer in many parts of the world en-
ables him to include many. striking and
little known scientific facts, and he
has the knack of writing about these
entertainingly In general, Mr.. YER
TIL succeeds In impressing his readers
with the real Importance Of even mod
est collections, and with the fun that
repays the labor and pains involved
in making more ambitious ones. His
book Is illustrated with many photo
graphs and with drawings which have
been made as simple. clear, and self
explanatory as possible
THE INFLUENCE OF THE DRAMA"
BY Granville Forbes Sturgis, A. g.. A. M.
University of Denver, and LII b.. CO.
lumbia University The Shakespeare
Press. Publishers. New York.
In scholarly book entitled, "The In
fluence of the Drama Granville Forbes
Sturgis has given to the reading world a
most delightful resume of what part h,
thinks the drama plays in the world S
work
The book is delightfully."- written and is
very consuming In its interest from be-
ginning to end.
The author asks among other things:
Lives there thoughtful person who
has not at some time paused to consiaer
that great question, The influence OF the
drama? 1t Is question which has been
uppermost In the minds of men of ali
ages so far as we have record. and II no
doubt troubled the minds Of the men who
first reviewed our earliest preserved dra
matte writing. that wonderful allegory.
thu Book of Job.
1T is not the purpose of the present vol
ume to draw conclusions as to the definite
moral effect of the drama upon the peo-
pie of the ages, but rather to trace the
various forms Of influence of the drama.
and Its ways Of producing that influence.
and leave 1t to each reader to make his
own deductions.
THE subject is~vast and of necessity its
treatment must be merely suggestive. 1t
Is to be hopsd the reader may be assisted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

| "Addenda," in the form of Biographical
"reminiscences, by t. c.. DeLeon, ths
well known writer.
OF Mrs. Wilson he says:
Were I asked to name the most re-
markable woman of the century just
passed. my answer would be that name
better known everywhere that the English
language Is spoken or read than that of
any other American, or probably any
other woman whatever.
And I should make the statement, not
from impulse, not from personal friend
ship OF near lifetime's duration, still less
from any sectional prepjudice veering to-
ward her southern BIRTH nurture and vol
untary residence.
II should make it because I believe II
absolutely true; and because 1t Is as
clearly proved and provable as it is true. +"
when Mr.. DeLeon heard of Mrs. Will
SONS death he penned the following beau
tiful thought:
What has she left?
High on the roll of fair duty a name,
Loved: friends devoted, as few women
claim:
A nation berefti''
THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMA1RE OF
LOUIS BONAPARTE."
By Karl Marx. (Translated by Daniel
DeI1eon). Charles II. Kerr &, Co., Pub
fishers. Chicago.
1.-THE Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
.HARPER's BOOK FOR YOUNG NAT
URALISTS"s


BY A. Hyatt verrill. illustrated. Har-
per Brothers. publishers. New York.
Boys who like TO collect things-and
most boys do-will find in "Harper's
Book for Young Naturalists" exactly
the sort of guidance they need. AL
pheus Hyatt Verill, who wrote the
book, Is an artist and naturalist of
much experience, a contributor to var
ious scientific periodicals, and editor
of the popular science department of
The American Boy. All the informa-
tion he gives about the practical work
of making natural history collections
strokes even the uninstructed reader
as first hand. practical and trust
worthy. The book Is one of sugges-
tion, not too systematic to be readily
adaptable to the needs of the least am
bilious collector, but inclusive enough
to meet the tastes and requirements of
all sorts of boys living In every part
of the country. The first part of the
book tells how to make and conduct
a boys museum. The second part
deals with birds, birds nests, and eggs
with chapter on bird taxidermy Sue
ceeding divisions of the book treat
of insects, fish, reptiles. and batra-
chians; mammals, with useful hints
about trapping and hunting; marine
invertebrates; rocks, minerals and fos-
sils, and finally botanical collections,
including plants. woods and fruits
Stress Is laid at the outset upon the
Importance of deciding what to col
lect and what not to collect, and simple
methods of classification are given.
Dry scientific discussions are omitted
and difficult technical terms are avoid
Cd, yet collectors are advised in label
Ing to use scientific names, since the
common names OF plants and animals
are found to be too ambiguous for
availability in even small museum
The author believes in boys learning
20 do things for themselves, and he
lays most stress upon the practical
side of his subject: showing just how
to make cases, appliances. and prep
arations, explaining in detail the art
of blowing an egg and the trick of
using butterfly net. At the same time
his experience as natural history ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

"THE LAND OF THE SPIRIT"
BY Thomas Nelson Page. Illustrated.
Charles Sribner's Sons, New York.
The literary world always halls with
delight any word from the pen OF
Thomas Nelson Page one of the FORE
most writer's and scholars of the day.
I'm Ole Virginia., down to the pres
ent Offering. "The Land of the Spirit"
the interest of his readers has never
tagged and his books are read and
appreciated wherever his name Is
|known.
In the present collection Of short
stories Mr. Page has done some very
fine work.
Particularly good is "The Shepherd
Who Watched by Night also ''The
Outcast," while the others arc equally
as absorbing.
OF these stories Mr.. Page says
'"rhe Stable of the Inn is to some
extent based on the golden legend. The
idea of "The Old Planters" was first
suggested by a charming story entitled
"The Passing of Falstaff," which was
read long ago in an. old magazine
which 1t has been vainly sought to