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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
The Convention and Its Personnel

The fact that 4 convention will be
held being universally admitted, the
question of the personnel of the gath
ering becomes of interest.
1t is the purpose of the Republicans
who are most largely identified with
the elimination of the old convention
System-who are, in fact, keeping more
than abreast with the rapid progress
of the times-to have next years con-
vention more truly representative of
the people than ever before. 1t is
doubtful, however, whether there can
be any radical change accomplished by
next year. A few States elect dele
gates to national conventions by pop
ular vote, but their laws apply only to
Presidential years. An in-between
convention has not been provided for.
In addition to this, these preference
primaries were created to decide be-
tween individual candidates. Next
year there will be no personalities at
stake. 1t is expected, therefore, that
the National Committee, in issuing its
call. will leave it 20 the party organ
ization in each State to determine how
the delegates shall be elected. This
authority will, in all probability, be
the State committee.
The method of choosing the dele
gates is not nearly SO interesting as
the question OF vino shall participate |
IN the selection. What is TO be done |
regarding the 100000 voters who last
year affiliated with the Progressive
party? Are they Republicans or are
they not? Will the National Commit
tee distinctly specify that the wander
ers will be welcomed home again, or
viii they be ignored? The convention
which is to be held will have no other
purpose than extending the olive
branch. In what way will the hand
of friendship be held out? If the de-
serters do not come back the conven-
ton will have been held in vain.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
KING GEORGE SUES PRINCE.
Latter's Cigarette Stubs Damage.
Furniture I'm Froemore House.

London. Dec. 1s.-A claim by King
George against Prince Christian for dam
age done to furniture at Frogmore House
Windsor, has been referred to the Kings
lawyers for settlement.
Prince Christian borrower the use
OF Frogmore House while Cumberland
Lodge was being redecorated. It Is said
Queen Mary found burned spots from
cigarettes on the ancient tapestry carpets.
However. the King only wants $40 dam
ages. according to report.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
MIR. NUDGE, TINKER.
BY JANE OSBORN.
IcOpgrisht. lsIaJ

II
Mr. Nudge SAT working over his draw
ing board with his coat collar turned Ut
and his feet tapping the floor In an effor,
TO Keep warm. A lusty wind blew our.
side and drove stray fakes OF snow
through the creyices of Mr.. Mudee's one
window. For the fifth time tina. morn.
ing ne went over TO his radiator ano
hneehng down. felt each individual pipe
in search of the welcome rIow OF bsa,
that should have been there. and for
metal.
Inen ne made surprising discovery,
He had only half a radiator. the Other
half was in the next studio, and the par
ution that made two small rooms out
OF what was originally one had divided
me radiator In two. Unfortunately for
Mr. Nudge, he did not possess the end
that turned on He crouched down and
looked through the space where the par
ttion did not ut close to the pipes, and
saw Few siimpses OF ferns, rugs, and
hangfngs that convinced him that the
next room was tenanted.
Mr.. Nudge didn't stop to smooth down
his straw colored hair, and he didn't
stop to adjust his bow tie, which had
reversed its normal attitude in his in
terview with the radiator He didn't stot,
working coat. nor even to take his odor-
ferrous pipe out OF his mouth. A rather
indifferent Come In, please" answered
his rappings at the door, and he en-
tered a room as comfortably furnished
and warm as his own was bare ana
cold. The owner sat over her desk and
took only quick look at the man.
The girl smiled without looking at him.
quite satisfactory" she assured him
coolly, and then Mr.. Nudge, who, though
not OF a very sociabie disposition, usually
felt at ease wherever he happened to be-
went over TO the radiator and examined
It
You needn't touch IT," she told him.
1T Is warm enough in here. isn't It?
I thought maybe the radiator wasn't
turned on. You don't mind II I let a
little more through TO the other end. do
your
The young woman was engrossed in her
reading. Really it is quite satisfactory,"
she said. please let IL alone"
Mr.. Nudge made a few remarks about
the extreme cold and the workings ~
radiators, but the young woman ala NOT
seem to be Interested ct would bays
sent for the agent II had wanted 10
have IL dIckered with" she said curtlv
Mr.. Mudge blinked AZ her froy,, HE noSi-
don on the floor bv the side ~ the rsdt.-
tor, stayed long enough 10 warn, hts
hands and then went ont stirI unnot,cad
Back in his cheerIess room he tborgbt :,
over. 'she looked agreeable enough - he
thought To himself s.but for cold nm
adulterated snuelcb Tor frost ,bat
would CONCEAL the last spark OF hone. She
80 a. g. VI "oPe' she
For DAYS Mr. Mudgs wan, IN ,,o-,r,-.r
N the coId cbesrIeSs ot+sca IT,, h
bought an oil stove which bs h,,-,ns
when he was moi too. busv or 20 a.
,orbed. or too Law 10 Isbt II II
70 hin, 20 oor,r,IsJs g a. 80.
ho,t ~. Ill, =, -, - N 70 tne asehl
vas a tone NJ SnaI,,,, ~ ~. 49,. - &c
,aurhtv nsiebhor ~, ~, 49,. "a. % me-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
The Outlook for Roosevelt.

1t is significant that the antagonism
which Roosevelt shows for Barnes
Penrose, and Crane, three Republicans
who dislike him with equal ardor, is
not displayed toward Root. An in
terview, published last week, empha-
sized this fact.
Roosevelt and Root have no quarrel
Roosevelt has always admired Roots
ability and honesty and Rockwell.
perhaps Root has earned RooseveIt's
friendship now by never making pub
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
Will a Leader Be Developed!

1t may be that the convention will
develop leader
There are some men in the Repub-
lican party who believe that their or
ganization should be dominated by
principles and not by personalities. In
sense this is true. Nobody wants to
duplicate in the United States the ex-
periences of the Central and South
American republics, where political
contests are always the efforts of a
President and his followers to stay in
and the endeavor of some ambitious
revolutionist and his followers to up
set the government. At the same
time, no army was ever successful
without a general The men who fol-
lowed Caesar and Napoleon and
Washington needed a directing genius.
There could be no higher principle
actuatng human minds than the aboli-
ton of slavery and the preservation of
the Union, and yet the men who fought
for these things would have been we'll
nigh helpless if it had not been for
Grant. All the world loves a leader,
and leadership is the difference be-
tween a mob and a disciplined army.
In politics it is the same way There
must be somebody to lead if victories
are to be achieved.
1t is an unfortunate fact that the
one man who might be regarded as
best fitted for Republican leadership |
must be considered and dismissed, so
far as Presidential aspirations are con-
cerned, in the same breath. In 1915
Senator Elihu Root, of New York, |
will be seventy years of age. This fact
puts him outside the pale of Presi-
Dental possibilities. 1t is true, how
ever, that Senator Root today more
nearly approaches the position of
leader than any one else in the Re-
publican organization. He has long
been the spokesman and advisory
counsel of his party. 1t was he who,
1t Roosevelt's direction, uttered the
note of defiance to William Randolph
Hearst in the New York campaign;
lie was the mainstay of the Taft adj
and he was relied upon
o control the troublous convention of
-oI2. There never was any question
IF his great intellectual and executive
lbility his sincerity of purpose, his
honesty of character. Now he is TAX
ng his place as a leader. In every
POLITICAL development in New York re-
emily, and especially in the recent
ontest over primaries, he has shown
Us mastery. 1t is said to have been
argely due to his influence that the I
Sew York Republicans achieved such l
ignal victories last fall, while the re- S
urn of William A. Prendergast to the {
republican ranks is also ascribed to
i'm. Instead Of being a reactionary,
senator Root has accepted the trend :,
the times and his active mind is in !,
armony with modern movements.
Tor can his conscientiousness be ques-
oned. He has never been a hypocrite &
or trimmed his sails to catch the p
assing breeze. He has no desire to
emain in public life after reaching
lie age of threescore years and ten.
lis present attitude, therefore, has no
elish inspiration. No wonder that $,
epublicans everywhere are turning to n
i'm with the mantle of leadership in
leir hands and wishing that in ac-
,pting it he could throw aside the
Irden of his years. 9
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.
NEVER FAILING.
Original Poen written for tbs Herald
By JOHN KENDRIcR BANGS.


Copyright. BILL
No matter how the winds are humming.
It's always true that summers coming.
It's coming any time Of year.
In spring the fair. in winter the drear;
When bees are hummfng,
Or blasts are strummi5G
With sleet or rain
Upon the pane.
It's always coming, coming. coming.
And some day twill be here
With all its warmth and cheer
To share its treasures joyouslY
With you and mel
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

Whether at Florence or the Louvre,
Mona Lisa" wears the smile that won't
come of.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
Unioni.t Elected to Parliament.

Edinburgh, Dec. 1.-THE Unionists in
Parliament the opposition to the govern
ment, made a gain today. when W. Wat
son. member Of that party. was elected
TO Parliament In the by-election in South
Lanarkshire.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

And what has become of the old
fashioned girl who wouldn't go out in
public without a chaperon?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
Political Value Of the Convention.

The men who have the interests. of
the Republican party at heart believe
that the problem will solve itself.
They hope that when the convention
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

Dollar diplomacy is all right, but wby
spend as much as thirty cents on
Mexico?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

The job Of premier Of Great Britain
is just about as exciting as any that we
know Of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

Philadelphia is quiet town-until the
people begin to eat.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
CARNEGIE TRUST DEED FILED.
Paper Creating SIO, 200, 900 OrEani-
sation Deposited with Registrar.

Edinburgh. Dec. 13.-The deed creating
the Carnegie United Kingdom trust, ag-
gregating $i0o00.o00 has been deposited
with the registrar Of Edinburgh.
II Is signed by Mr.. and Mrs Carnegie,
Miss Carnegie, and Miss Estelle Whitfield.
Deeds creating other Carnegie trusts
here are signed only by Mr.. and Mrs.
Carnegie.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

Morn!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
"OTHE llO."

Forbes Robertson's revival Of "Othello'
reminds one of the curious fact that two
actors of foreign blood have been called
the best Othello and the best Iago that
have been seen. or Salvinfs Othello 1t
has been said that perhaps no man who
has not lived in the past can understand
that such a character is possible living
reality, and none who saw Salvini ever
forgot the terrible last scene. Fechter,
whose father was Alsatian, though his
mother was English, was the greatest OK
lagos. Yet it was an English Othello in
Betterton who drew from Steele famous
tribute II was on a fit-up stage In Exc
ter. England, that DR.. Drury and John
Herman saw one night strolling actor
NAV Othello. 80 overcome and startled
were they by the mans extraordinary
power that they wrote at once to Byron
at Drury Lane and begged him to employ
the man in London. He was Edmund
Kean, "the little man in the capes. III
Othello was the beginning of Kean's
career il was the end also. When he as
saved the part for the last time he was
seen TO be ill., but he struggled on till he
reached the great passage eliminating IN
'Othello's occupation's gone when ne
fell back into his sons arms, whispering:
'I am dying: speak TO them for me-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
FIFTH AVENUE.

With all the honors attendant upon
pre-eminent headliners, such as special
dressing rooms, newly carpeted stages,
kid-gloved stage hands and an aug
mented orchestra, FRITZ Scheff will APP
pear at the Fifth Avenue this week TO
sing the songs that made her such a
favorite i'm musical comedy. Others are
Bert French and Alice Els, who began
their vaudeville careers at this theatre.
The Empire Comedy Four; Mary Eliza
beth, the attractive singer; Jessie Keller
and Tommy Weir. in a bicycle and sing
ing act: Van Brothers, eccentrics; Claire
Vincent and Company in the comedy,
THE FOOL" Les Jonley. equilibrists; Nc
Rea and Bymes. sharpshooters; Hallen
and Burt. comedians. who sing, dance and
talk; Bert Howard and Effie Lawrence in
THE Cigar Girl" and a new comedy
picture. Owing to the length OF the pro-
gramme curtain will rise at 40 and 7:i5
r, M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
AMONG THE BURLESoUERs.

Girls OF the Gay White Way" Cor
don and North production, will be seen
at the Columbia Theatre this week. A
new two-sct travesty will be presented
with an elaborate scenic and costume
equipment. The cast is headed by Harry
d. Ward. Sam Hearn and Helen Eley, who
will have the assistance OF Dan Healey,
Ed Jerome. Billy Evans, Harriet Ray
mond and Estelle Barry. Many attractive
novelties will be presented. and this pro
duction is said TO be one Of the note
worthy offerings of the Columbia Amuse
ment Company, illustrating their idea OF
present day burlesque.
Robes Beauty Show is the title OF the
burlesque organization at the Murray Hill
Theatre this week, presenting a new two
act satire. called "Oh, oh, Josephine y
The cast includes Doris Thayer. James
Rowland, Johnny Walker. Augusta Lang,
sam Green, Libbie Blondelle and George
Reynolds and the customary chorus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
1.-THE GIRL ON THE FILM
George Edwardes's Gaiety The
atre Company Arrives
from London.

The Cunard Line pier looked like "a
bit of PiCcddilly" yesterday morning on
the arrival of the Mauretania, when the
entire Gaiety Theatre London Company
presenting The Girl on the Film" came
ashore. This is the first time i'm fifteen
ycars-since the days OF THE Shop
Girl'-when d complete George Edwardcs
Gaiety Theatre Company has left the
shores Of England to appear In New
York. The Girl on the Film Com
pany will be seen AT one OF the Slubcrt
Theatres, TO be announced later. on or
about New Years Day. I'm accordance
with special arrangements made by the
Shubcrts with George Edwardes. The
principal actors and actresses on board
were the following: Emmy Wehlen, Mad
eleine Seymour Connie Ediss, Mary Rob
son, George Grossmith, John McArdle,
Paul Plunkett. Grafton Williams and
Lord Dangan--a regular lord~wbo plays
the part of the lord In the piece. Blanche
Stocker, Vera St. clair and Gertie Birch
are three typical Gaiety Theatre beau
ties, and Cyra and Donna Leigh are
two sensational dancers who also appear
in THE Girl on the Film George Gros-
smith has for the last ten or fifteen years
been the leading light comedian In the
George Edwardes productions at the
Gaiety and Daily Theatres John Nc
Ardle Is an American. He left New York
twenty years ago, and since then has not
been seen in this country Emmy Web
len, the Anglo Viennese artist appeared
at the Casino Theatre here few years
ago IN Marriage a la Carte" Connie
Ediss will be remembered from her en-
gagement here with Lew Fields in the
Herald Square Theatre in The Girl Be
hind the Counter Madeleine Seymour
tx said to be a good example of modern
English beauty, entirely different from
that of the New York type. The part of
T,ord Ronny I'm The Girl oil the Film
ulIl he played In the American produc-
zion nv an English lord-Lord Dangan,
co.., NJ the well known Earl Cowley. He
is tall. good looking and distinguished
and was formerly member OF the
Guards. but gave up his position In the
amy I'm order 10 knock about bit and
100 d,1erent things. His lordship drove
ooh in Belfast and pushed coster
co., On London. and lately made his debut
az Lord Ronny, Secretary or the Army
in "The Girl on the Film" The produc-
tiou will be put on by Harry Is. Burcher
who IS the stage director for George Ed
wardes in London, and he VIII rehearse
- .,artcsn chorus This chorus VIII
y. ,on,nosed of dozens upon dozens OF
picked beauties from other shuoer' OF
aanizations. Mr.. Burcher was III New
York before. having been the original CID.
aon man I'm ..The Belle of Mayfair al
the Daly Theatre. and he was inc "'''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
ADVICE TO THE STAGE STRUCK

"You don't know how fearfully over
crowded this profession is says Cyri
Maude to an interviewer. Look at TINS
book here" pointing to ledgerlike vol
ume on his table. ITS more than halt
full of names OF actors and actresses
and good, capable ones. too who are look
ing for work. And then people WONDER
II one isn't keen on giving their sons Or
daughters a start on the stage! There
IS no profession in the world so over
crowded as that Of the stage, and none
so difficult to succeed at. II may be real
talent or it may be largely luck that
brings success with 1t. but how few there
are who have either. What I always say
10 the stage-struck youth is: Don't. IN
less you feel you've absolutely go to-
with one class Of actor / have, CONFESS
little or no sympathy whatever--he or
she who by accident Of birth or notoriety
gets an engagement at an absurdly high
salary not on account of talent. but OF
newspaper or other advertisement. Such
actors the stage could do well without"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
ANNA HELD'S DAUGHTER
Lane Canera Tells of Her Dark Past and Her Ambitions
Turned Down by Mr.. Ziegfeld Because She
Was Too Fat

wouldn't let me. She wouldn't let me
take either singing or dancing lessons. I
had TO travel around with her in her pri-
Vate car. but make no effort 10 get a posi-
ton for myself.
Two years ago | went To Flo Ziegfeld
and asked him to put me in the Follies.
| was then so fat that | was taller lying
down than standing up. Mr.. Hiegfeld
laughed at me, and told me TO 80 back
home and stay there. I've tried several
times to get a job in the chorus, but l
have been turned down every time. SO
l had to go out in vaudeville, using my
mothers name. | couldn't work alone
very WE'LL can't sing and ! can't dance,
and the best part of 1t is that / know IT,
hope to become as we'll known and as
good an actress as my mother. In a very
short time / am going to take singing and
dancing lessons. | am ambitious, and
want to make my own name. don't
want to have 10 call myself always Anna
Helds Daughter"
This was all from the other side Of the
screen. When the reporter was permitted
10 leave his prison he found that Anna
Helds Daughter had done much in the
meantime. She had rouged her lips; her
dress had not been changed.
You didn't give me half chance"
she said, land you'n now have to go out
side and look at one OF the other acts
while I'm getting into my toys"
This young woman is quite surprise.
She knows very well that she's not a
wonder, but she intends to overcome her
defects as far as she can. And she's very
pretty You may have heard the song
she sings
i've got my mothers big. blue eyes
She has-and they don't behave a bit
better than her mothers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
"SCHO0L" AT PLAYHOUSE
Something About the Author
Whose Play Will Be Seen.

~ W Robertson. the author OF
SCHOOL" the old English comedy when
Ruth Sheplcy aud her all-star cast OF
actors arc going to present TOT a pehe"'
matinee performance at The flayhouse
Tuesday afternoon, December TO- was not
only q successful playwright ana actor
hut WAS also noted for ms mastery
l,,ouledge of stagecraft, his wholesome
and generous humor, as well as LOT '"o
posseysion OF a high dramatic sense oi
human character In its theatrical aspects
Thomas William Robertson was the son
~ 1. provincial English actor-manager'
chief OF a circuit that ranged rom
Bristol TO Cambridge. lie was iail'h"i
with the 81 lge from childhood peihB '"o
Oldest of q large family, the actress MAT
paret tMadge) Robertson (Mrs. kenoap
being the youngest -.
AS a dramatist Robertson had n briei
hut brilliant career. His first play "a
Nipbt,s Adventure" farcical COMEDY
produced in 1851. did not estaDlish hiS
footing. and after its failure at the oiyih-
pic he returned to the provinces, where he
remained for some years varying us
work as an actor with miscellaneous con-
tributions TO newspapers. In 1860 he re-
turned to London and became the editor
OF a mining journal. to which he contrib
uted novel which he afterward dram
affixed under the title Shadow Tree
Shaft"
f2obertson's third play. "A Cantab.' was
produced at the Strand Theatre In 1871
His first marked success. however, came
three years later, when David Garrick'
was produced at the Hsymarket with Ed
ward Sothern In the principal character.
His cleverness as a dramatist was not,
however, fully recognized until Society
went on at the Prince OF Wales Theatre
i'm 1866. when he became the rage OF Lon
don.
II was at this time that Rot,~ytson's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
ELMENDoRFS LAST TALK.

As finale to his series Of travel talks
Dwight ElmendoTf will present at Car
negic Hall tonight THE Nile Journey.
While the lecturer will show something OF
the present day Cairo, the greater portion
Of his pictured narrative will deal with
the ancient cities OF Memphis. Karnak,
Luxor. Abvdos and Thebcs. After Egypt
:he tour is continued 10 Wadi Halfa, ana
thence across the Nubiau Desert to the
junction or the Blue and White Niles at
Khartoum. Here. after visiting the places
made famous by General Gordon. the
lecturer will close with q description oil
Omdurmar. the scene Of the cruelties oil
the Khalifa. The travel talks VIII be
illustrated with colored lantern slides and
many motion pictures. all the work OF the
author.