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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
ALHAM BRA.

At Keith's Alhambra Theatre for the
coming week Marie Mcfarland and
Madam ? will be heard i'm operate selec-
tions and songs of long ago. John +.
Conroy and his diving models will pre-
sent an aquatic spectacle, and the re-
mainder OF the bill will include Taylor
Holmes. in humorous monologue; Paul
Dickey and company. in THE Come
Back: Mike Bernard and Willie Weston,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
PARK THEATRE.

An all-star programme of twelve feature
acts will be offered by the management
of the Park Theatre next week, chief CT
which will be the first appearance in New
York OF the Flying Venus direct from
the Hippodromc Vienna. Billie Seaton
has been retained for another week
Dorothy Rogers will present Babies la
Carte" a comedy In one act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
UNION SQUARE.

4 programme of vaudeville maryels'
is 10 be found ~ Keith's Union square
Theatre FOR the coming week. Heading
the bill Is a notice Of the first appearance
here Of Bessie wynn. who, few months
ago. created the title role in THE sun
Dodgers" at the Broadway Theatre and
is returning to vaudeville for short
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
FIFTH AVENUE.

AZ Proctors Fifth Avenue Theatre
Ethel Barrymore will bid farewell 10
vaudeville. appearing in j. NJ. Barrie =
comedy classic The Twelve Pound
Look" Miss Barrymore enjoys the proud
distinction Of having created new records
for large receipts In all OF the variety
theatres in which she has been seen, and
a week of large takings for the Fifth
Avenue is assured A bill OF sterling cX-
cellencc without the headliner viii also
la. disclosed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
AMATEURS WILL GIVE STRIFE

The men Of Madison Square Church VIII
Give .Iohn Galsworthys play Strife on
Arri d at the Murray Hill Lyceum. Inc
oas, includes Inez Milholland, Helen
Hartley Jenkins. Mary Gray. Gertrude
Hill. Esther Mccullough and Nathahe
Nurice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
IN TIE BURLEsoUE FIELD.

The Golden Crook" a production fas"-
toned along the lines of the extravaganIas
of a decade ago, is this weeks attraction
al the Columbia Transformation scenes
trick properties. elaborate ballets' be
spaneled costumes and an Amazonian
march will take the memory of present
,heatroeoers back To bygone days.
At the Murray Hin Theatre Tire WIN
ming Widows" one Of the leaders amonS
the burlesaue shows. will be seen. In the
company are Florence Mills sam Mics's'
Mae Rose. Julia May and Daisy DaVeh-
port
..The Gaiety Girls" with Gus Fay anu
Clara Douglas Racket at their head VIII
he seen this week at Hurtig seamoh
l2jth street Music Hall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

So exnerIeuced a writer as Charles Ram
Kennedy must know that the chances OF
Production for his latest one-act pay
The Necessary Evil" CHarper q biosJ
are exceedingly small; those OF its sue
cess, IL produced, far smaller sun Ai''e
was when the drama OF ideas awakened
thought. stimulated II, and directeo i'
into new channels. IL transformer ph"so'
Of existence 10 which we paid but niue
heed, or which we unthinkingly accepteu
as matters OF course. into problems u
b. dealt with and, If possible solVeo' ~
drew our attention 10 new theories anu
conditions, TO progress or the reverse ~.
that Is changed. at least with us our
dramatists of IDEAS prefer 10 take thehi
from us, TO follow Instead or Ieauihs 10
to put on the stage what has been al
ready presented TO ~ in newspapers
periodicals.. by investigation commilteea
and reform leagues. And so we Sii"i,
have the social evil. or as IL Is oa'ieO
here. THE Necessary EVIL VII" 10
unto repletion. II not on the stage d.
least in the closet play. That we nav
liking in the theatre for what does no.
belong there is sufficiently Well hho" 80
as is witnessed. 10 take the si'iP'.''
manifestation Of this liking, by saWfhiiiS
that really buzz and fire engines thdt
really hiss and shake and thuinp' anu
railroad trains that at least look re"' IA
our melOdrama. These are no mo-
miliar TO us than most OF the lo'as
That are put before us in the 'lnteiieo'""'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

And still they come the published plays
in their battalions-plays that have been
produced and have succeeded or failed
others that vet await the test OF the
theatre. and still others, growing in num-
hers. that have been written for the
closet. not for the fo0tlights at all. What
influence will these closet plays nave
upon the taste Of the public IN the
theatre? VIII they, with their frequent
disregard of the requirements of the acted
drama, lead astray this public whlch 80
many agencies are endeavoring TO moulo
TO their desires, artistic and ethical! VIII
they foster more tolerance of the play III
which action is reduced to minimum
VIII they add to a confusion OF tastes al
ready badly COMPOUNDED? Or Will they SIM
My find their own audience among those
bevond the reach Of even travelling compa-
MES? Construction is already suiiiclehuE
lacking In the American drama OF to-day
a debonnair disregard Of orderly develop
ment and progress produces entertain
ments" whose only justification lies III
the fact that they succeed as of'eh d
they fall The theory OF the drama Oh
ideas, with form as a secondary considera-
ton, nourishes; meanwhile, what we
mostly do get just now is drama WITHOUT
either
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

A little over year ago George Mopie
turned his Esther Waters into hyc-
act play for the London Stage Society
Boston: John w. Luce & Coz. lie did
II rather well which means that he re-
told the story of the novel in dialogue
form with sufficient conference and clear
ness to make one remember the DOCK
itself so distinctly that one prefers il 10
the dramatization. The play was pro-
duced In due time. but not without con-
siderable friction I'm fact. the tacuui
hand OF a -Irshman, no less
parsonage than George Bernard Shaw
was needed to smooth Mr.. Moore
much-rufiled feathers Wrote Mr.. Shaw
10 Mr.. Moore ION a postcard: Il haze
tried every possible way of bringing
about the correct position, but it is easier
for a camel 10 go through the eye of a
needle than to get any sort of deli
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
IN VAUDEVILLE
Lillian Russell and Ethel Barry
more Take Part.

A cursory glance at the bills Of the
,audevillc houses for the coming week
shows that there is no tagging IN the
zeal and ingenuity Of the managers In pre-
farlug them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
ACTS THAT SPEAK.

'1Iowever. behind the scenes the capital
istic and successful representatives or this
newest art seem 10 have been all the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
4IZSaeZeZ11e NSuezOe,
1wtc0Cen/z evzdhE5 HreERe7ex
GsnIQIY'Z HeaErS

. Props" 10 tine Victoria Theatre THIS
week. The famous Vampire Dance by
Bert French and Alice Els. which they
performed for six months In London will
Doe continued for a second week Other
acts are: Raymond and Caverly, German
comedians. Lyons and Yosco; the three
l.eightons. in a skit with singing and
dancing; FRANKLIN Ardell, in THE Suff-
ragette" Mayo and Altman; Marie Fen
ton: Corelll and Gillette acrobats, Charles
Francis and ellison and Landers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
HAM M ERSTEIN'S.

Billy y. Van and the Beaumont Sisters
hiring the tabloid musical comedy,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
THE, DRAMA IN BOOK FORM
PLAYS for the Stage and the Closet-Construction and
Purpose-An Intellectual Drama That
Follows Instead of Leading.

drama Of the moment If they were only
as dramatically presented as arc these
properties Of melodrama. all might yet he
we'll But, 10 return 10 our subject, Nj.
Kennedy's play is not dramatic: the un-
necessary attempt to drag in the medieval
miracle clement, the suggestion that this
woman of the streets may be an incaina-
ton Of one Of the greatest figures In the
Bible. initiates one. The trick Is now 50
obvious. however sincere its intention.
And. worst Of all THE Necessary Evil
is most Of the way as tedious TO read as
n would be TO listen TO in the theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

Katrina Trask's three-act play, I'm the
Vanguard" (the Macmillan Company II.
on the other hand, decidedly good read
ing. Whether II would Ego" on the stage
Is another question; but there is no rea-
son, as special matinees go nowadays,
why IL should not have its opportunity
at one of them al this their season. the
drama is a plea for peace, for the lasting
peace that will come when men shall
have the higher courage to refuse 20 XIII
their fellow-men There are ideas mere;
there is interest, especially, in their con-
slant iuxtaposltion. Here Is the young
girl afame with admiration for the Young
man who goes to war. hero In her eyes
even before he has smelled powder; and
side by side with her we see the young
girl 'fn the enemy's country Here Is
religion appealing 10 the God OF Batties
and the God OF Peace In the same breath'
and here is religion surrendering the
stricken field and it's horrors 10 the man
Of science Finally. here is the hero VINO
dares to refuse To take further part IN
the carnage. ostracized by his fellows
vet winning the battle his conscience hlus
him fight. Mrs. Trask has the enthusi-
asms of her conviction. she leaps the
obstacles in the way Of its realization,
hut that does not matter one reads her
with pleasure, and not without profit.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17

the martyred President. in order to wipe
out the stain on the theatrical profess
sion occasioned by the demented player.
John Wilkes Booth.
The plan proposed by the actress 10
for every man and woman associated
with the stage in America TO contribute
per cent Of one weeks salary to the
fund. II is estimated that there are
10000 people in this country who gain
a livelihood on the stage, from the men
and women in the chorus to the high
salaried stars, whose weekly income is
81 ,O00 or more. A conservative estimate
of the weekly incomes of this army OF
players Is $50 per week. or q weekly
total of $1,0OO.00O Five per cent of this
amount would be $4,000. The weekly
salary list OF the Fine Feathers'' COM
pany alone. which is composed princi-
pally Of prominent stars, is 5000. Miss
Coghlan has communicated her plans to
the Actors Society Of America. with
the request that a committee be ap-
pointed to promulgate the. movement
and set aside a week for the donations.
Another committee Is to be-appointed to
cooperate with the Lincoln memorial
national committee and to make definite
plans for the theatrical addition to the
memorial structure.
Prominent actors for the past forty
years have advocated such q move
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
JOHN J. CORKERY.

John ]. Corkery. resident of Brookland
and formerly a prominent st. Louis
business man, died at the home of his
sister, Mrs Catherine Burke, 1862 Law
renee street, Brookland. at 30 O'Clock
this morning. He, was seventythree
years old. Funeral services will be held
at st. Anthony's Catholic Church at
Brookland. Friday morning, at O'Clock.
Burial will be at Mt Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Corkery was unmarried, For
years he was associated with brewing
interests in st. Louis. and was also
veteran of the First Missouri Confeder-
ate Volunteers. He leaves, in addition
to his sister. two nteces, Mrs. Joseph S.
Noel and Mrs. Margaret B. Downing
both of Washington.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
STEPHEN F. STEELE.
Funeral services for Stephen F. Stelle,
chief engineer Of the Army War College.
How to Make Your
Hair Beautiful
1eB MfnUtes' Home Treatment Works
Woeders, Stops, Falling Hair. Itch
Ing Scalp and DandFuff and
Makes the Hair Soft. BriIIi-
ant, LHstrOus and Fluffy.

Better than all the so-called hair
tonics" in the world is a simple old
fashioned home recipe consisting of
piaiu Bay Rum, Lavona (de composee)
and q little Menthal Crystals These
three mixed at home in a few minutes,
work wonders with any scalp. Try ii
Just one night and see. Get from your
druggist OF. Lavona. 6 OF. Bay Rum
and X DR.. Menthol Crystals. Dissolve
the Crystals in the Bay Rum and pour
In an g. OF. bottle. Then add the Lavona,
shake we'll and let II stand for an hour
before using. Apply 1t by putting
Draw this cloth slowly through the
hair, taking just one small strand at a
time. This cleanses the hair and scalp
OF, dirt, dust and excessive oil and
makes the hair delightfully."- soft. lus-
trcus and fluffy. To stop the hair from
falling and to make 1t grow again rub
the lotion briskiy into the scalp with
the finger tips or a medium stiff brush.
Apply night and morning. A few days
use and you cannot find a single loose
or struggling hair. They will be locked
On your scalp as tight as wise. Dan
duff will disappear and itching cease.
IN ten days you will find fine downy
new hairs sprouting UP all over your
s,alp and this new hair will grow
with wonderful rapidity.
ANY druggist can sell you the above.
Tie prescription is very inexpensive and
we know of nothing so effective and GER
tain In its results.-Advt
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
Even Most Chronic Su6eess.
Find Relief From Few
Doses Of Croxone.

Croxone soon relieves such conditions
because it reaches the very roots Of the
disease 1t soaks right into the stopped
up. inactive kidneys. through the walls
and Innings; cleans out the little fil-
tering cells and glands; neutralises and
dissolyes the poisonous uyic acid sub
stances that lodge in the Joints and
muscles to scratch and irritate and
cause rheumatism: heals the inflamed
membranes Of .he bladder. and cleans
out and strengthens the stopped up.
lifeless Kidneys % they can litter and
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
ACTRESS PROPOSES
TO AID MEMORIAL
Rose coghIan Would Have
Members of Profession Give
to Lincoln Fund.

In an interview in Pittsburgh. Rose
Coghlan, the actress, who is appearing
there in Fine Feathers" proposed to
start a movement among the people Of
the stage. for q professional chapel to
be erected as an adjunct to the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington. plans for
which have already been accepted. Miss
Coghlan stated that every actor in
America would be glad of cn oppor-
tunity to contribute to the memorial to
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
Marine Graveyard Burns;
Firebugs Are Suspected

PERTH AMBoY, N. j., Sept. IL
Gregory's Marine Graveyard. pictures
que spot on the Raritan river was de-
stroyed by fire today while thousands
of people lined both banks Of the stream.
The damage is estimated at $4,000.
This is the third fire in the graveyard
in two months. All nave been OF mys-
terious origin.
John W. Gregory. the owner, mas q
nrit. his belief being that the fires nave
been of incendiary origin. Four ferry :
boats and several other craft were burn.
ed. In the last blaze the ferrypoat
'Warren," which saw service between
Bergen Point and Staten Island was
destroyed.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
SLEEP DISTURBING BLADDER WEAKNESS
BA0ANt- t-RhfUMATEm, QUlQQY VANISH

sift All the poisons from the blood. and
drive II out Of the system.
So sure. 20 positive. % quick, and
lasting, are the results obtainod from
the use Of Croxone. that three doses .
day for . few days are often al that
10 required to end the worst backache.
regulate the most annoying bladder dis
orders, and overcome the numerous
other similar conditions.
Croxone.is 20 prepared that II b. prac-
tically impossible to take IL without re-
sults.
An original package costs but trif1e,
and all druggists are authorised to re-
turn the purchase price II Croxone fails
to stve desired results. regardless OF
how old you are. how long you have
suffered, on what else has fAilsd.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
SENIOR SEVERE LOPEZ.

Word reached Washington yesterday
of the death of Senior Severe Lopez
minister from Salvador to the United
states, who died in Paris. last week
Senor Lopez was travelling with his
wife at the time of his death. He was
minister from Salvador to this country
in 1So2-03. and was looked upon as a
prominent man of affairs in his coun-
f,-x,
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
MRS. LOUISE DRESEL.

Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Dre-
sci. widow of Otto Dresel, former
prominent Ohio politician, who died at
her apartments in the Florence Court,
West, will be held at Columbus. Ohio. to-
day. The body was sent to Columbus
last night.
She was a native of Columbus. Ohio.
and lived there up to the time of her
husbands death, when she went abroad.
Mrs. Dresel had made her home in
Washington for several years.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17

and a resident of Capitol Hill for years,
will be held at Zurhorst's undertaking
establishment today. Burial will be in
Congressional Cemetery.
Mr.. Stelle died at Homeopathic Hos
pital after an operation. He was un-
married and a native of Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17

|ment among the people Of the stage,
but tie task has never been defnitely
started. Now that the American
people, through its national repreoen-
tatives have set aside q sum to erect
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
THOMAS QUIGLEY.

Funeral services for Capt. Thomas
Quigsey. chief of the Capitol police.
who died at Providence Hospital last
Sunday. We're held at his old home ~
Paterson, n. j., yesterday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17

local grade schools last year, and
wish to begin their high school work
this year need only TO report to their
respective high schools at II a. m.
Monday.
Those who will be required to take
examinations to get into high school
will be examined in English gram
mar and composition, arithmetic,
United states history and Constitu-
ticn. geography. and algebra through
factoring.
Saturday and Monday will be devoted
largely TO meetings of the teachers and
principals. Miss Catherine Watkins, di-
rector Of kindergartens, will meet all
the white kindergarten teachers Mon
day afternoon at 2:3o o'clock, at the
ThomnSQn School building.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
OBITUARY NOTES.
SISTER ANGELS.

Funera, services for Sister Angels.
former mother superior at ST Cecilia s
Academy. who died at the Mother
House. st. Mary's Convent, at Notre
Dame, md, YESTERDAY morning. have
not yet been arranged, but il was said
at St Cecilia's today that the funeral
VIII be held at St Mary's Convent.
Announcement OF her death was made
at st Cecilia's Academy yesterday. and
among the sisters now at that institu-
tion il Sister Baptista, lineal sister Of
the dead superior.
Sister Angels was mother superior ST
the Capitol Hill school for years, Civ
Ing up her work there last October
owing to falling strength. She suffered
o collapse, but recovered sufficiently
TO resume her duties She had a re-
lapse about two weeks ago and grew
Steadiiy worse. She was porn In IL
lineis in 1873. and had been a member
of the Sisterhood of the Holy Cross for
mere than Sc years
The Washington times., 1913-09-17

: ntting structure to The me1efy Of
the dead prssldsnt. every actor n the
land VIII glad1y eontribuse g = lund
to mark the esteem Of tne American
stare for Abraham Lincoln.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
TEACHERS PREPARE =.
TO WELCOME $4,000
At Least 1000 New Students
Are Expected to Enter Pub
lie Schools Monday.

Principals and teachers in all the
public schools of the District are keep
ing Office hours this week preparing for
the big rush next Monday morning
when 5000 pupils, ranging from the
five-year-old tot. who marches proudly
to kindergarten. to the high school
senior. ponderous with dignity. will be-
GIN their winter studies,
The chief work of this week is to
classify the 1900 or more new pupils
who come from out Of town or who
have heretofore gone ID private schools.
Such new applicants for the public
schools will apply for admission tickets
tc the principals Of the various schools
next Friday and Saturday. the hours
from $50 to 10 o'colck in the morn
ings, and from to s in the afternoopS
OF those days having been set aside for
this purpose.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
To Meet Teachers.

Miss E. V. Brown. director Of primary
Instruction. will on Saturday afternoon
at O'clock meet all teachers of the
first and second grades whose appoint
ment took effect September /, at the
Thompson School. The supervising prin-
oipals of tha white schools will meet the
teachers OF their respective divisions II
the offices of the respective principals
at 1880 o'clock Saturday morning.
The teachers. of Mckinley Manual
Training School will meet their prin-
cipal there at 1O:30; those of the Bust.
ness High School will meet there at :
o. clock; those of the Central and East
ern High Schools will meet their re-
spective principals at o'clock, while
the teachers of the Western High
School will meet at $3.50.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
Must See Board.

New applicants for admission to the
Central Eastern, Western, and Busi-
ness High Schools must appear before
the high school admission board at
the Franklin School Thursday. Fri
day. or Saturday between the hours
of and IL a. m. or and p. m.
This board will either accept creden-
tials from other schools or assign the
applicants to the examinations.
This requirement applies only to
applicants for advanced standing and
to pupils who have not heretofore
attended schools in the District of
Coli, mbia Pupils who graduated from
The Washington times., 1913-09-17

garments, and this Outing Flan-
mel is especially adapted to that
purpose. Choice of plain colors
and striped effects. 27-in.' wide.
and PFC under regular value when
sold at 10c a yard.
Main Fioor-Eighth st. Annex,
Flannel Section.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17

1t Is a beautiful weave this new
cloth. 1t is a combination of ra-
tine and crepe with a linen finish.
1t will make up nicely into fall
frocks, and Is shown in all street
effects and plain black.
z1-in. vide. Do see this ma
terial tomorrow
Main Floor-Eighth st. Annex
Wash Goods.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-22
POLICE ARREST WHITE
MAN ON SUSPICION

When police court convenes tomor-
row morning, Elmer Dunagan, a
white man, will be compelled to an
swer to a charge of grand larceny,
and it is expected that his case will
be transferred.
The man was arrested last night by
Roundsmen Mitchell and Boyd on a
charge of stealing valuable ring
and other articles from George Hes
tand, when the latter spent the night
in Foti's Rooming House, recently.
When his room was searched, a
number of articles which appear to
have been stolen, were found and con-
fiscated by the police. Dunagan de-
MES having any connection whatever
with the theft of Hestand's ring, but
he cannot account in satisfactory
manner for the other articles found in
his room.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-22
YOUNG men MAY
BE REAL YEGGS
LAWRENCE ODE MILLER AND
JOHN COLEMAN ARRESTED
HERE.
Will Be Tried on Charge Of Having
Attempted to Blow Post
office Safe.

Lawrence Obermiller and John
Coleman, the young men who were
arrested recently by City Detective G.
P. Roebuck on a charge of burglary,
the crime alleged to have been COM
mitted at Weiner, must now face
more serious charge and they will be
taken to Portia today where they
win stand trial for a postoffice rob-
berry.
Chief of Police J. Frank Stewart
received a telegram yesterday from
Deputy Sheriff Mccall, of Portia, say
ing that the men were wanted in that
city for attempting to burglarize the
postoffice and that he would arrive in
this city today after the prisoners.
He stated that some time ago the two
men made an attempt at safe-blowing
in, the postoffice at Portia, but he dis
covered themJand attempted to arrest
them. The men fired ;on him, how
ever, he said, emptying their revolv-
ers. while he fired three shots at
their fleeing forms.
The men are thought to be wanted
in Weiner, JQnesboro and Portia, and
it is charged that they have engaged
in extensive operations in this vicin-
ity recently. A..