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Evening star., 1913-02-23

the original of the boarding house on
West 51st street New York"
Eight years ago that same boarding
house contained an interesting as
semblage of dodgers. In addition to Mr..
Selwyn and his wife, Margaret Mayo,
now well known dramatist, some OF
the other famous theatrical celebrities
who lived there at that time were the
Earl of Yarmouth, Eugene waiter,
Eleanor Robson (now Mrs. August Bel
and Jane Remark. The landlady was
d famous character, and one day when
Mr.. SelWyn informed her that she had
q real earl among her guests she asked
who it was. On being told, she re.
marked: '-rhe idea of his being an earl.
Why, he's got holes in his socks.
Eleanor Robson was then playing in
Arizona at the Herald Square Theater.
Her salary was moderate, and her fame
was less. Sitting opposite her at the
big general dining table was Eugene
Walter At that time Mr.. Walter
achievements consisted of play,
Sergeant James; brief services with
the American forces in Cuba, desuitory
newspaper work and reputation for d
sour disposition At one end of the
table sat Selwyn, at his right. Miss
Mayo. They We're in the first months
, Of their honeymoon, and, as she joking
~ puts ii, Il was possessed or mil
! lion dollars worth of ambition and a
trousseau costing something more than
$3.50" Now and then she betrayed
symptoms of authorship, but that she
would pen a Polly of the Circus no
one ever suspected. Seiwyn was already
! an actor by grace of his nerve, He, too.
was playing in Arizona" at the Herald
Square Theater. year before he had
been an usher in the same house, and
had been dubbed an incompetent actor.
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Poll s.

The Man of the Hour. George II.
Broadhurst's successful political comedy.
should afford the Poll Players an admir-
able vehicle for their talents this week.
Mr. Broadhurst has handled his political
subject matter with great virility and
humor The story concerns Alwyn Ben
net. a wealthy young society man, the son
of a prominent politician who has recent
ly died. The son lis selected 10y the pollt-
ical bosses of the city as their candidate
for mayor. his selection having been dua
to the fact that the bosses expect 10 fird
I'm him a willing tool with which 10 per-
feet their grating schemes. Bennett -
elected and Immediately develops an uneN-
pected public conscience, much TO the d'e-
may of the bosses. who now turn upup
him. and there follows thrilling political
conflict in which the young mayor and
the reform element are eventually Via
torious. Young Bennett Is spurred on IN
his battle for civic purity by the encopi-
agement of Dallas Wainwright the gitl
who has promised TO be his wife II he VIII
only prove himself worthy OF her love
and of himself by accomplishing some
good OF the world.
The title role will be played ny A. ~.
Van Buren. part particularly suited I"
his style of acting. lzetta Jewel Will ne
seen as the heroine Mark Kent viii be
seen in the character role or Richard
Harrigan one or the politca bosses,
with Thomas Williams in the compa anion
role of Phelan, the rival boss.
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is described as a companion production
to THE Passing Show of 1872. FIRST OF
all, in that il has a genuinely muslcal
score. composed by Johann Strauss, the
libretto is by Gladys Cnger and the
lyrics are by Arthur Anderson. The
Merry Countess" incorporates variety
of musical concejts avishly embeilished
The cast of principals contains all the
stars of the original. including Miss Jose
Collins. Maurice Farkoa. Miss fritzie
Won Busing. Forrest HUFF. the famous
Dolly twins, Martin Brown. Miss Mabel
Burnege a. W. Baskcomb. Tom A. ShaIe.
Claude Flemming. Frank harrington, Rex
Feuhrer. George Lyman. Frank Ross and
Miss I,vsa Graham In addition. there
is an ensemble of stage beauties who
have been the subject of much comment.
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Lyceum.

The Lyceum Theater announces Sam
Rice and his company OF ''Darydilis' as
the attraction this week with a gorgeous
and expensive production. Mr.. Rice mas
spent the last sixteen years of his life IN
burlesaue and is considered today one or
its foremost producers az well as a CO.
median with an original style OF work
In the company are Miss Billie fill.
lately connected with high-priced musical
Miss Madge Hughes. "A
clever soubrette: the Clark sisters, a
vaudeville singing and dancing team; La
Petite Mile. Vortex" an aerial artist ot
Ringing Bros. and Barnum a. BaileEs
circus fame Mabel Lynest. George john
ston, Tom Beeson. wooden shoe dancer.
Iou Seeker, Eddie Hart. animal imper-
senator: Dave Conroy and Harry lie an.
charact comedians and ''Ah Ling FOO
the great Chinese illusionist and magician
as special feature. with chorus oi
twenty-four pretty girls
Friday night The Country Store VIII
have it's first spring opening with many
novelties and surprises.
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Gayety.

THE Merry Go Rounders Company
will be the attraction at the Gayety this
week i'm a clever two-act musical farce by
Aaron Hoffman and Paul West. The cas-
is headed by an original funmaker, George
P. Murphy. who first came into promi-
nence through his humorous characteil-
zation. of the 'oh-for-goodness-s s-sake
waiter in 1.-The Newly Weds. In the
new production. which is called Let
George Do It," Mr.. Murphy impersonates
an irascible German janitor and the
characterization is said to be hiiariously
funny.
The star is surrounded by large com
pany of funmakers. chief of whom IL IN"
attractive and graceful young lead'nr
woman. Edna Reming. who will con-
tribute a spectacular dancing specially
with her human marionettes. Audrey
Lee is another talented member of the
company and La Petite is a French toe
dancer of unusual ability. Sixteen big
musical numbers in Let George DO 1t
and the ensemble effects call for elab-
crate costume displays.
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Academy.

The story of The Country Boy, which
the Henry B. Harris estate viii present
at the Academy of Music this week. with
the usual matinees, concerns Tom wilson,
whose mother is a widow and whose
father was a partner Of Hiram Belknap,
leading citizen and lawyer of Fairview,
n Y Tom, who loves Jane Belknap,
daughter OF the leading citizen. refuses
position at a meager salary In the once
of Belkpap, and. like most boys. a great
opotist is convinced he can succeed cas-
ily in a large city, where his talents VIII
be recognized
lie goes to New York city and gets in
volved with a chorus girl and forgets the
sweetheart back home. After wasting his
time and money on the actress, Tom
loses his position and the actress has no
further use for him. To add to his cup
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Casino.

Music, magic and laughter will be lead
ing characteristics of the Casino Theater
this week. MY Wife Won't Let Ne, de
scribed as the funniest thing of the sea
son is promised by Wilson Franklin and
four clever farceurs. who are said 10
make of their offering "a continuous
scream \ new idea i'm the musical line
will be presented in The Musical Diary.
by Beltrah and Beltrah. and an IN
usually enjoyable connection OF athletic
comicality by Preston, the acrobatc
clown.
Mystery. magic and wonderful illusions
chara cterize the exhibition of Carlos Quit
reZzo, ''the Mexican Hermann. and lis
company who have been secured with
difficulty by the management for the
week. Tunney and Kalston will appear ~
''TheHeadliner.' an original offering o
song and sentiment, and Fossta, billed as
THE king of piano accordionists vii
make his appeal with lifting melodies %
the kind that sway the body and set tn"
feet going as we'll as III selections OF
classical excellence. Three reels of new
and entertaining photoplaNs will oTen
and close each performance.
Evening star., 1913-02-23

freshness. buoyancy and enthusiasm into
d form of entertainment which as pro-
fessional proposition has drifted into
rather sullen. sordid and perfunctory
lines. So commercialized has musical
comedy become that the comedian, in
stead of seeking TO amuse. takes himself
quite seriously and regards the audience
as intelligent or deficient, according to
the amount of laughter it yields. The
audience is there for the benefit of the
player not the player for the diversion
of the audience. At the Playhouse the
singers, the dancers and the actors
Evening star., 1913-02-23

Fripeau foments an intrigue to wreck
Meritals career by the circulation OF "a
scandal. Merital suspects and makes
ready to fight, for Fripeau's career has
been by no means stainless. Merital as
sembles his proofs, sits down face to
face with Fripeau, ironically unmasks
him and sends him away ready to make
an end of the scandal over Merital that
he NAV avert a scandal over himself.
The scene between the two men is one
of Bernsteins great scenes" rising
from suspense to suspense, unrolling and
ascending spirals of excitement. The
duel of words is over and to Meritai
comes Renee The avowal he makes to
her is inevitable. He confesses the
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Cosmos.

One of the most noted offerings in the
history of the Cosmos Theater. is an
nounced for this week i'm the Five Origi-
nal Tyrolean Troubadours, singers yode
lers and dancers of their national dances
in native costume. The act has an inter-
national reputation a9d is regarded as
one of the most enjoyable entertainments
in vaudeville A big comedy Offering },
promised by Douglass A. Flint and f.s
company of four clever players. in The
Mixers and one of the funniest farces
of the season by Evans and Nidocd, IN
THE New Assistant.
Three real novelties are assured in the
famous ST. Julians unique equilibrists.
who feature ''upside-down dancing" IN
their performance; Mile. Malice, the sing
ing and dancing violinst. who has been
"A Broadway feature OF note, and Bell"
Meyers, a clever comedienne. who is 81
accomplished singer as well. The famous
Pathe Weekly Review, picturing events
in which the world at large is interested.
will lead the film features. always an en-
Joyable part of a Cosmos performance.
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Columbia.

The Columbia Theater management an
nounces an all-star Shakespearean COM
pany as the attraction at that house
for the coming week. Mr.. r. d. Mac
Lean, Mr. Charles B. Hanford, Miss
Odette Tyler Miss Marie Drofnah and
associate players will present a roper
toire of famous plays. Monday. Thurs
day and Saturday nights. "Otheilo." with
Mr.. MacLean in the title role, Mr.. Han
ford as Iago Miss Tyler as Desdemona
and Miss Drofnah as Emilia; Tuesday
night Julius Caesar, with Mr.. Mac
Lean as Brutus, Mr.. Hanford as Mark
Antony, Miss Tyler as Portia and Miss
Drofnah Calphurnia, while the title
role will be played by Mr.. William
Thorne.
The Merchant of Venice" in which
Mr. MAGICIAN will appear as Shylock,
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Garden.

The usual features for the peoples pop
ular concert at the Garden Theater will
be included in the program today, and
a select number of photo plays and spe
cial musical program by Garden SYM
phony Orchestra Will be rendered.
The weeks daily change of features Will
include many beautiful film subject
never before shown, and the Garden man
agement announces that the greatest
photo play of the day, Sardou's Cleo
patra," will be featured for week early
i'm March
Evening star., 1913-02-23
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
National.

John Mason, always favorite with
Washington audiences: will appear at the
National Theater this week. under
Charles Frohmans direction. in THE
Attack" a play by Henry Bernstein, one
of the leading French dramatists of tine
present day. which has had three
month prosperous run in New York
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Panama Exhibit.

Culebra cut, Gatun dam the great
spillway, Panama railroad, Colon, Pam
anna City and adjacent country are rep
resented i'm pictures by the Panama Ex-~
hibiti0n Company at 122l q street northi
west. Elaborate models are shown, All,
lecture on this colossal engineering
work makes the entertainment Instructive
as we'll as interesting
Evening star., 1913-02-23

charge against him was really true ana
that circumstances. desperate and touch-
ing. had driven him in youth to theft.
Renee hears him to the end and tells
him what he has done to repair the
fault is a part of her ideal, and his
ayoWaI has sealed and strengthened her
faith in him.
THE Attack is declared to be Bern
STEMS greatest play. 1t is pure in plot
and lofty in ideal.
Evening star., 1913-02-23

in Midair." Other features will be I'd
win George. clever comedian and
almost a juggler". English pantomimistS.
the Gee-Jays, in a miniature music hail
performance; the kinemacolor photo PLAY,
The Call of the Blood. and varied plo-
grams at the pipe organ Tecitals.
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Cosmos Concerts Today.

Features of the orchestral concert at
the Cosmos Theater which begins this
afternoon at s o'clock and continues un-
until 1880 O'Clock tonight
will be Rubinsteins ''Kammenoi Ostrow.
Michaelis' descriptive piece, The Forge
In the Forest; Silberberg's hunioresque
Dance OF the Pirates" Hafmann's air
de ballet. "Ballerina," and Suppe's over
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of woe, a letter comes from home telling
of the engagement of Jane to his former
rival. They know all about his conduct
in New York. The landlady Is meeting
him at every turn with his board Dill.
She holds his trunk and his watch as Sc
curity and Tom begins to contemplate
suicide, and all but succeeds. when he Is
saved by the act of Fred Merkle. a news
paper man. In the last act Tom has won
the respect of his home community ana
Jane. who has loved him all along. Jilts
the man to whom she is engaged and
gives her hand to Tom.
Evening star., 1913-02-23

These characters are the prototypes O.
the boarders in The Country Boy"
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Chase's s.

Chase'S this week will present the
eminent dramatic star. William III.
Thompson, and fine supporting COM
pany, including Alice Wilson, j. ii. Greene
and Fred Webber, in the London Hay
market Theater success. AN Object Les
son. by Frederic Sargent. Jesse l.. Lasky
will offer his new musical excursion, The
Houseboat Party with Wilfred Derrick,
Lily Dean Hart. Donald Archer and the
Shaw twins, Ethel and Elsie, as the
principals, in river revels. Armstrong and
Ford. eccentric comedians. will give their
London Colosseum music hall success.
THE English Johnny and the Cop, and
the recently imported Tom Davies trio
will be seen In its sensational Motoring
Evening star., 1913-02-23

AN INTERESTING BOARDING
TIOUSE-After receiving the completed
manuscript of The Country Boy" the
late Harry 3. Harris, in discussing the
said:
How about the models?"
Send your scenic artist to me- re-
piled Mr.. Selwyn, TIL direct him to
Evening star., 1913-02-23

The latest Shubert production to bid for
popular approval is The Merry Coun-
tess" which comes to the Belasco Thea
ter this week direct from the Casino
Theater. with its entire original cast and
ensemble.
This Kaleidoscope, melodic innovation
Evening star., 1913-02-23

to become thoroughly Informed before
separating from his money.
No. 1 replied, It's musical trag-
edy"
He bought.
Evening star., 1913-02-23
Belasco.

year that is not claimed by their pro-
fessionaI duties.
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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-24
Romantic Salute.

The young lieutenant in his trim
and elegant uniform saluted in the
stiff and yet somehow graceful mill
tary manner, pretty matron promeh.
aiding the hotel piazzi at Old Point
Comfort.
1.-THE military salute" he said, is
peculiarly appropriate to you. madam.
Do you happen to know its origin?'
mo"
well, Its origin goes back to the
days of chivalry. to the tournaments
of the Middle Ages. In those tourna-
ments the knights before the combat
began rode past the queen Of beauty
on her throne. As they caracoled by
her they simultaneously brought the
hand to horizontal position above
the brows, then dropped it to the side
again--a genuine military salute. And
this they did. in their chivalrohs way,
to protect their eyes from the binding
rays of the queen of beauty's lowell
ness. That, madam, is the origin of
the military salute, and that is why
the military salute is SO appropriate
to one like you"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-24
REAL USE FOR QUEUE
QUITE GOOD REASONS WHY
cHINAmAN CHERISHED IT.
Was Believed to Promote Health. and
Certainly Was Protection 70
the Head Both in Summer
and Winter.

A great many people have, no doubt.
wondered Just why the Chinese should
cultivate queues. II has been claimed
that the queue was sacred to them.
that IL was disgrace to injure those
long braids of shiny black hair. lust
as it was considered nearly sacriiese
in Bible times to injure the beard
No doubt the Chinaman took pride
in his long braid of hair, because his
fathers before him took pride in Ii.
but. according to several authorities
who have long studied the customs
and history of China and the Chinese.
there were other reasons for the
queue, and apparently quite good rea.
sons at that
In the first place. the Chinaman be.
lieyed that 1t was far more healthful
TO wear his head shayen. except at
the top of his head, and let it grow in
a long mass to be braided. One be-
lief was that wearing the hair in this
manner increased the circulation Of
blood in the brain and therefore made
the Chinaman healthier and keener
Then again, during cold weather the
queue could be braided about the
head. giving the protection OF thick
warm cap. And in extremely hot
weather the queue was again braided
about the top of the head. this time to
protect the wearer from sunstroke.
The long queue Is also used as a
sort of neck-cloth. to wrap about the
neck. and it is bound loosely on the
back of the head to serve rs a pillow
at night. Perhaps one of the most ne.
culiar uses attributed to 1t is In sud
den illness or injury, especially in the
old days Of warfare when swords were
the general weapons. Then it was
used as a turnijuet to bind about the
injury and prevent too great q losa
of blood
1t was for these reasons as we'll as
for any reasons of sentiment or relig-
ion that the Cinnamon hesitated so
long before agreeing to sacrifice their
queues, but 1t is evident that the cue.
tom of wearing queues was not what
might be termed foolish habit" as
it was really made to serve a numbe ;
of uses.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-24
happy Thouuht.

Among the devices for helping a
shut-in this seems the cleverest: One
Of the wealthy girls In large town
invited twenty of her girl friends to
an afternoon tea and proposed plan
which went right to their hearts. She
knew CT an elderly woman. bright.
cheerful person. who had dearly loved
her bind and was interested in the
outside world. and who had been shut
up in her room through an injury to
her hip What a blessing a telephone
WOULD be to her, and it might be put
into her room II each one of the girls
vould pledge 10 cents month OF
course. it was done without delay
The phone was on table at the in
yalid's elbow and the girls called her
up and talked to her a little while
every day and told her the news. and
7he called up old friends who had
almost forgotten her, and so 1t was
IKE perpetual fresh air and sunshine
ia that duh little room. And it was
80 easily done One did not have to
be wealthy TO do it--only one had to
think, or to be told
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-24
Fable Of a Dog Tina. Misunderstood


Once there was a motley little vel.
low dog that was picked up in the
street by a kind man. The man. feel.
ing sorry for him and being afraid
no one else would be good TO such
a homely cur. kept him and bought
him a handsome collar and treated
him so well that the dog soon began
to strut and grew very proud and
vain. 81
Surely he said to the house cat,
Il must be a very fine dog TO be SO
much admired and petted, and with
that he began to bark at the solemn
old Persian cat, which ignored him
entirely
She is rather a well trained old
thing" thought the dog, She knows
enough not to talk back to her bet.
ters."
Then he ran out in the street and
barked at beautiful horse that was
passing the house, but neither the
driver nor the horse paid any atten.
ton to him.
"Ah." said the dog, 81 must be a
very fine dog. indeed--they, too, real.
ize they must not reprove their So.
periors"
Moral: To the conceited all signs
are compliments.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-24
Silence Made TO Order.

Hiram Percy Maxim, having made
a silencer for guns, now promises 4
silencer for everything. He has a
contriyance that produces silence as
a bell or a campaign orator produces
sound. 1t will be proof against even
the girl learning the piano in the
next fiat Hear the hopeful Hiram:
It will shed silence as the lamp
sheds light This is not an ideal
prophecy. but one that will be real
lied. 1t will be based on the refiec-
tion of the sound by parabolic mir
rors and will consist OF an instru-
ment that can be placed between the
source Of sound and the person af-
fected.
With such device it will be pos
sible for an invalid to sleep next to
a boiler factory or business man to
eliminate the noise of typewriters.
This Is world of noise. We may
educate yourselves to Ihdure them,
but neverelike them. We may even
grow so ealloused as to sleep on the
same street with an elevated road,
but doctors assert that the wear AMI
tear on the nerves produced by the
discord and din shorten life. Bless
ed be the name of Maxim, He
should have inscribed on his tomb
those soothing lines from Oliver
Wendell Holmes:
And silence like poultice. comes
To heal the blows of sound.
The footing of whistles, the crow
ing of ROSTERS at ungodly hours OF
the night, the malevolent bowling
OF cats, hurdy gurdies playing rag
time, the bawling Of newsboys, the
bumpety bumps of draws over cob
blestones, the painful efforts of cor
net players, trains, trolleys, thun-
derstorms fiat wheels, near singing,
spellbinding, barking dogs. morning
hour roisterers, check suits, green
hats, loud neckties and photograph
ers. all will be squelched, muffled
and snuffed out by the mighty and
merciful Maxim His silancer may
even prevail against the man who
reads his own poetry and laughs at
his own Jokes. Hiram. pou're a
benefactor, likewise wonder
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-24
SITTING ASHES.

A family on the north side have
several children. but only one--the
eidest-is boy. The little lad grew
used to sisters. but longed for a
brother. The boy was twelve recent.
iy. and the house was rather upset
In anticipation of something or other.
The father was busy and the son had
TO sift the ashes and care fer the
furnace. AT this jancture nurse ap.
Feared on the scene and two DAYS
later she came to the little boy.
What do you think you've got?"
she asked him.
"A baby brother fairly pasped
the yoHngster
No, dearie-it's a baby sister re.
piled the nurse.
Cost" moaned the youngs,er.
Must I always sift these ashes g'-
National Monthly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-24
LAXATIVE FOR OLD
PEOPLE" cASCARETS'
What Glasses Are to Yeak Eyes,
Cascareets Are to Weak Bowels
"a 10 Cent Box Will Truly
Amaze You.
NJ l. U

Most old people must give to the
bowels some regular help, else they
mffer from constipation The con-
Hilton is perfectly natural 1t is
lust as natural as it is for old people
o walk slowly. For age is never 80
,ctive as youth. The muscles are
less elastic. And the bowels are
muscles.
SO all old people need Cascarets,
0ne might as well refuse to aid
weak eyes with glasses as to neglect
his gentle aid to weak bowels. The
bowels must be kept active This is
important at all ages, but never so
much as at fifty.
Age is not time for harsh
1hysics. Youth may occasionally
whip the bowels into activity. But
l lash can't be used every day. What
he bowels of the old need is a gentle
md natural tonic. One that can be
INSTANTLY used without harm. The
,nly such tonic is Cascarets and they
ost only 10 cents per box at any
rug store. They work while you
'leep.-Advt.