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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
KEENEY'S

The success that Frank A. Keeney
has had in getting big time" acts
for the summer bills in his local
theatre will be more eclipsed during
the first half of the coming week.
Heading the list of novelties will be
comedy sketch, entitled, THE Come
On, which is described as one of the
funniest in vaudeville. 1t deals with
an old-fashioned game of poker
played in an unaccustomed place and
under interesting, not to say original
auspices.
The Won Shillaghs, man and wom-
an VIII present an exceptionally in
teresting musical act, with vocal
numbers and selections on the violin
and piano. The Four Bostonians. in
quartet and solo numbers. will rem
Ger popular and classic songs Morris
and Parks, straight and blackface
comedians. will sing. talk and dance
through an act that is brimful of
laughs
One of the notable features of the
bill will be the appearance of Eel
ava, son of the late President Zelaya.
OF Nicaragua. He is described as
one of the best pianists who ever ap-
peared in this country in vaudeville.
Rather than accept the opportunity
OF career Of diplomacy he selected
career of music and has devoted
himself enthusiastically to his ideals.
One of the biggest numbers on the
bill, and one which is sure to be one
of the most thrilling is the Seven
Tangiers, an Arabic novelty. These
marvellous acrobats and eduiIibrists
work in manner which has been de-
scribed as fast and furious They
are possessed of marvellous technique,
4 as well as of exceptional daring
Wilton and Hays, two CHARMING
| girls. wear beautiful gowns. make a
number of changes OF wardrobe and
sing original songs in an origina
and charming way. novelty act
lby the Juggling Delsle, young boy
I who has already won high repu.
tation in vaudeville will round out
the eight-act bill.
Indications are there will be a bis
crowd at the benefit to be given Al
keeney's tomorrow Sunday nigh
under the auspices of the Leni Len,
APE Club for the relief of the Salem
fire sufferers. A feature will be {
moving picture showing the devasta
tion caused by the fire The view,
are taken from an aeroplane and ar,
said to be among the most graph,
of the kind ever shown by film
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18

Profound melancholy falls upon the
spirit OF one after reading Elsa Bar
ker's Letters from Living Dead
Man" One would fain believe that 1t
was possible to have communication
with those who have passed out but
only in dreams has such communica-
ton ever been possible to the multi
tude. And, though those dreams be
vivid beyond expression, yet when one
awakens all the beauty of the vision
vanishes. perhaps at the very instant
spirit--apparently present-of the
loved one long lost.
But. while, as we have said, the
Letters from Living Dead
Man" inspire deep melancholy and
depression, their effect upon the
minds of those who read them
cannot be otherwise than bene-
fieent. To those who believe that
communion with spirits of the depart
ed is possible. the letters will bring
comfort, certainly. and to others the
lessons they inculcate will elevate
their souls and purify their conduct
on earth.
DUAL 81 lamenta perche qui 81
moia, per viver colassu non vide quive
10 refrigerio deli eterna polia," or, who
so lamenteth that we here must die TO
live up yonder seeth not here the re-
freshment of the eternal shower. !"
These words of Dante are particlarly
opposite to the spirit of the letters. .
Indeed, when they are considered
thoughtfully one cannot but think of
Dante and the Paradise and, though
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
esa 11ewBookS
!::s: y In Review
Letters from Lioing Dead Man
Appeal to EOerD Real Human Soul
The Spirit Beatrice 1t Would See Speaks Again Through
the Medium of the Dsembodied Ghost Who Dictated
Its Thoughts Through Elsa Barker.

the spirit who is supposed to have dlc-
tated them is that of a man. the
gentle radiance and purified vision of
Beatrice seem to be infused into his
revelations Of the life beyond. As he
says:
''The Beautiful Being went with me
last night to the highest heaven of
the Christians. Should tell YOU all
that / saw there you might be in too
great a hurry to go out there and
view for yourself. And you must not
leave the earth for long time yet.
You must realize immortality while
still in the flesh and make others
realize it.
Again the spirit said, as did Bea-
trice, Il have told yon about the
minor heavens, where merely good
people go. but the passionately de-
vout lovers of God reach heights Of
contemplation and ecstasy which the
words of the worlds languages were
not designed to describe
Some of the language of the book ID
singularly beautiful. Here is an ex-
ample: Have no fear. You are not
wasting time when you lie down and
dream. As | have said before, eter-
nifty is long. There is room for rest
in the wayside inns which dot the
path which the cycles tread"
The book is one that can be picked
up at any time and in II one can
find words that give new thoughts to
the reader and ideas of another life
than this on earth.
LETTERS FROM A LIVING DEAD
MAN. Written down by Elsa Barker
with an introduction. Mitchell Kennerley,
New York, 1914.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
HILLSIDE PARK

Nowhere else in this State. and
probably nowhere else anywhere. are
to be found such a diversity of
amusements as are arranged for the
entertainment of the visitors to Hill
side Park. Nor are the managers
resting on their laurels They have
arranged for Wednesday, August 12.
one of the most generous baby shows
ever attempted The prizes to be of
fered amount to no less than $3.50.
the first prize being a regular s51
Singer sewing machine This event
invariably brings to Hillside Park all
the prettiest babies of this city-to-
gether with their proud parents-and
fond mothers should enter this date
in their calendar, so that it is not
forgotten.
Even if there were no other attrac-
tions, Texas Ranch SO would be suf-
ficient Of itself to Justify the visit to
Hillside Park The management
continue to exercise their ingenuity
in the direction of novelty. One of
the new numbers during the coming
week will be an exhibition of bolo
throwing in striking contrast to the
splendid display of throwing
The bolo is used by the South Ameri-
can cowboy or goucho for the same
purpose as the American cowboy uses
a rope, the difference being that the
bolo is much more dangerous wea-
pom, for instead of merely encircling
the horse or steer as the case may
be 1t ties the animal up completely
and places 1t at the mercy of the
thrower This exhibition will bring
out the fact that the cowboy must be
strong Of limb and nerve, as he must
suhdue the animal after II is caught
An act that continues to give ths
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
KeypOrt Making Preparations
for It's Carnival on July 28

special to the Evening star.
KEYPORT. July tS.-Arrangements
are well under way for the Keyport
carnival and baby parade, to be held
on Tuesday July 2S. In the after
noon there will be parades of local
and visiting firemen, business men
and society floats, decorated autos,
etc. At the conclusion of this pa
rade the baby parade will be held and
1t is expected that two thousand tots
will be in line. Henry Salz, general
chairman, has issued invitations to
all the local lodges and societies.
In the evening there will be an
| open-air concert. Mardi Gras and
masque fete The young women's
baby parade committee, including
two hundred of Keyport's mosi
| charming young women. with Miss
Lillian Campbell as chairman, is
| working industriously to make the
Keyport baby parade the most sue
cessful of any along the Jersey coast
This Monday night a big benefit
performance will be given at the Surf
| Theatre, the proceeds of which will
be used for the carnival. baby pa
rade and free public park fund
Among those taking part will be
Miss Lillian Bolte, of Matawan, tht
| Misses Leona and Thelma Entwislt
and Miss Jessica Barker, of Brook
lyn; the Royal Arcanum quartet. in
cluding Charles w. Moore, George S
Heyer, Dallas G. Young. Fred v
| Croes; also Robert Hardiway, of th'
New Armory Theatre. Keyport
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
Roosevelt May Speak in
Ocean Grove on August rs

ASBURY PARK. July 1S.-Former
President Roosevelt may speak in the
Ocean Grove Auditorium on August
% or thereabouts. Inquiry here
among Progressives and the camp
meeting committee in charge of the
Auditorium confirmed intimations
from Oyster Bay that negotiations
are now under way for him to speak
here.
II the former President agrees to
come, and the Ocean Grove Associa-
ton does not close the Auditorium on
the ground that Roosevelt's speech
would be purely for political pur-
poses Nlocal Progressives hope to have
the State Progressive committee meet
here in special session Tuesday,
August 25
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
Miss Kelsey, Prospective
Carnival Queen, Injured

ASBURY PARK, July 1S.-Miss
Virginia Hope Kelsey. Of East Or
ange, who has been selected to be
Queen Titania XIV, was in an acci-
dent yesterday in which she was
hurt painfully. She was struck by
a bicyclist as she got off a trolley
car in Goodman avenue. Miss kel-
sey, however, participated in the
masque fete along the boardwalk and
Joined members of the Comus Club
in the festivities in the Arcade last
night.
Though the resort was alternately
drenched with rain and sunshine yes
terday the masquerade ball was not
bothered by weather conditions, for
the fun was confined chiefly to the
boardwalk pavilions The night, too
was partly clear. and when the stars
peeped out masqueraders focked
from the Casino to the Arcade and
back into the hotel district.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
GOODWIN

THE African Diamond Conspiracy
will be the principal photo play shown
next Monday and Tuesday at the
Goodwin Theatre.
Wednesday and Thursday will be
shown Thomas W. Ross in his most
recent success, THE Only Son." by
Winchell Smith. author of Brew
ster's Millions" 1t is a story of keen
human interest, romance within a
romance, and each more gripping
than the other. 1t is the oft t-told tale
of loves conquest in a new and un-
conventional attire
Friday and Saturday. Dustin Far
mum in The Lightning Conductor -
photoplay adaptation of William
sons celebrated novel, will be pre-
sented
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
STRAND

meath the Lions Paw will be
one of the feature photopiays at the
| strand the first three days of the
coming week This is one of the best
wild animal dramas that has, been
offered to the lovers of photoplays.
In most animal dramas the tale Is
written around a wild animal, out IN
this we get story written as
drama should be, with a grand climax
of the wild animal picture. The
principal character is taken by Miss
Frances Gagmar, who is probably
the greatest woman with wild anil
mails of the recent day.
The other feature photoplay for
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
will be the fifth series of the sensa-
tional picture of the day. The Mil
lion Dollar Mystery. Ten thousand
dollars in cash will be awarded for
the best 100 word solution OF this
story: therefore here are some ques-
ton TO be kept in mind in connection
with the mystery as an aid to the
solution: No. What becomes of
the millionaire? No. What becomes
of the 81 900, 900? No. 3-Who does
Florence marry? No. 4-What be-
comes of the Russian countess? This
story is published each week in the
Newark Evening Star. Read the
story, then see the picture at the
Strand and then try and solve the
mystery. A board of three judges
will determine which OF the solutions
deceived is most acceptable. The
Judgment of this board will be abso-
lutte and final The picture Of the
winner of the award will be shown
in the Strand along with the last
reels.
The feature for the last three days
of the week will be the first Amer
lean electric film production, The
Stain" a dramatization of the great
novel by Forrest Halsey and Robert
H. Davis. 1.-THE Stain is a six-reel
photoplay and is one of the greatest
human interest dramas ever put out.
The cast contains such celebrities as
Edouard Jose, Thurlow Bergen, Sam
Ryan, Eleanor Woodruff and Virginia
Pearson.
A new feature will be added to the
program in the shape of a high class
vocalist. Miss Jeanne Martell, gifted
soprano, who will be heard at each
performance. The amusing Keystone
comedy features will also be shown
at each show. and the Strand organ
and orchestra will render the usual
good musical selections The shows
are continuous from II a. m. to
IL %. m.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
OLYMPIC PARK

operate and popular concerts on
Sunday nights. in the future, instead
OF the usual Sunday night perform
ances of opera, is the policy decided
upon by the management of the
Olympic Park Opera Company for
tho remainder of the season at
Olympic Park The first one will be
given tomorrow night and will con-
sist of high-class program of
classical and operate music.
On Monday night. the second week
of the new opera house at the park
will be opened with a revival of
Naughty Marietta in which the
company scored such an instant sue
cess in the temporary engagement at
the Newark Theatre, following the
burning of the old opera house at
the park on June 10, last
The present production will be
much more elaborate from scenic
and costume standpoint than the
Newark Theatre engagement, as at
that time it was necessary to get
the production together in three days
time, while for next weeks show two
weeks have been spent in preparation.
Naughty Marietta" will be given
next week by the same company that
NtiE So GOIQldllN ItttlNtu at tllt ANCh
ark Theatre, and is repeated owing
to many requests received by the
management from persons who were
unable to attend the performances at
the Newark Theatre.
Miss Blanche Rae Edwards will
again play Naughty Marietta, the
role made famous by Miss Emma
Trentini, for whom it was written by
Victor Herbert Miss Sara Edwards
will repeat the success she gained
as Adah. the quadroon girl. while
John c. Thomas and Vernon Dalhart
will again be heard as Bras Pique.
the pirate and Captain Richard War
rington. the American frontiersman,
respectively.
The concert on Sunday night. the
first of the series, will give all the
principals. as well as the singing
chorus of the opera company. a splen-
| did opportunity to show vocal ability
| and is particularly high-class pro-
/ gram from start to finish.
| The program is as follows:
| Selection-"Naughty Marietta
| Olympic Park Augmented Orchestra
and ensemble,
Full Chorus Soldiers Chorus. from
Faust
! Tenor Solo, "SalVi di Mora .GounoC
Vernon Dalhart and orchestra.
FDuet-"Still VIE Die Nacht". Goeti
| Miss Blanche Rae Edwards and Johr
c. Thomas
Sclo-"Good- by" ......,.... Tost
Miss Sara Edwards
Baritone Solo-"The Rosary ....
.................... Ethelbert Nevinl
John g. Thomas.
1.-THE Miserere" from III Trovatore'
] ......s.......- -......a.....s...... vera
| Miss Blanche Rae Edwards, Vernon
Dahlhart and male chorus.
| Baritone Solo-The prologue from
IT Pagliacci' .....,... LeoncaveIl,
John G. Thomas
Quartet from "Rigoletto" .... Verd
Miss Blanche Rae Edwards Miss Sari
Edwards, Vernon Dalhart. Mar
shall Vincent and orchestra.
Soprano Solo--"L Lolita" .....4 Aldricl
Miss Blanche Rae Edwards.
The famous sextet from Lucia di
Lammermoor" ..,...., Donizett
Miss Blanche Rae Edwards, Miss Sari
Edwards. Vernon Dalhart. John C
Thomas, Marshall Vincent, Jane
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
Jersey City Girl of Nineteen
to Lead Public Band Concerts

JERSEY CITY, July 1s.-Miss Mar
garet Meehan, seventeen years old.
who a year ago was graduated from
a conservatory of music and six
months ago became a working mem
ber of the Musicians Union. of Hud-
son county, has got the contract for
several Jersey City band concerts.
Miss Meehan will personally con-
duct the concerts and will have eigh-
teen musicians in her band She bid
at union rates and will hire only
union musicians who live in this city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18

utmost pleasure to the large crowds
that have attended the park is Ane.
Marantette with her high school
and high jumping horses. certainly
among the very best of their class
In this act, which includes the unique
trotting ostrich driven TO running
horse as mate. Nine. Marantette Is
assisted by Miss Florence Corbin,
who rides Sunhower. a beautiful
mate to the incompatible Chief Gero-
nimo. During the coming week the
famous Shooting Savages will con-
tinue to demonstrate their remark
able skill with the rife.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
Varied Life in Soho, London, Unoeiled
in M. Pugh's NooeL Punch and judy
This Work Fiction Will Find Its Humor Unden-
able Its Interest Overwhelming, Its Characters Original
and Lfe-Like and Its Denouement Pleasant

falls in love. after nearly starving to
death, and she with him.
And then the story proceeds with
the unravelling of the thread of these
lives. Crispin finally marries Felicia
Dole, the companion of his childhood.
Una, who had been placed in the care
of his sister to be made a LADY, findl
ing that the process was too trying,
marrying Ollie Ulys, a poster ar.
tist, for whom she had often posed.
Those who take up Punch and
judy will not put 1t down. It's
humor 1t undeniable and its interest
enchanting.
Among the most graphic portions
of the book is that which tells OF
Gourowski and his wonderful collec-
tion of Reds and another char
acter in the book deserving of par
ticular notice is Bartholomew Dole,
Felicias brother. writer, who aids
Crispin in laying hold of the Golden
Thread" by writing the book for the
opera which. Crispin composes.
But all the rest sink into insigni1S
canoe when one thinks of Punch, the
wise. Here is some of his precocious
philosophy as he considers the case
of the hapless newborn child:
II suppose this one'I be just like
the others. There's Image, he's pot
W. ana Jenny, WIN ner legs tWtSt-
ed and her back not what 1t ought
to be. And Oily. with sore eyes.
And the kid that can't walk yet, and,
I reckon, never will. To think o.
this one ever growing up like them"
cried Punch. 20, ale, like Carlotta
says. o, aiel''
"It would be a mercy if it was
took. agree with you there" said
Judy But it won't be-
No" said Punch, shaking his head
| mournfully, 1T won't be-
1t was some time after this CONVEX
sation, and after many inquiries as to
! the nature of predestination thak
Punch conceived the idea of making
1t certain that the baby should be
took"
| Another character in the hook,
| Mildly" Madame Poussier's scullery
maid. a voracious devourer of penny
romances, gives memorable and in
| imitable description of the effect of
love upon the stricken one.
| Mr. Pugh's novel indeed, is re-
| markable book.
PUNCH AND JUDY By Edwin
| Pugh. The Bobbs-Merril1 Company,
publishers, indianapolis. Ind. 1914.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18

In Punch and judy Mr.. Pugh has
succeeded in presenting a picture of
life complex and deeply interesting.
There are some critics who may be so
bold as to say that the author has
initiated Dickens. but this would be
unjust The book does, indeed, deal
with strange characters, such as are
only to be found in London or New
York, and in his description of these
characters he piles detail upon detail
until those who have not much ex-
perience of existence in such neigh
borhoods as Soho In London, or old
Greenwich village, in New York,
would call them exaggerated, but they
are not.
Punch, the real hero of the book,
Is weird creature, one upon whom
the burden of life rests heavily. AS
he sees the sordid existence going on
around him he has strange ideas OF
| this life and of death, and when an
| other child is born into the wretched
| household of one of the dwellers in
| Soho he becomes so ohseased with the
| idea that It should be took as he
expresses 1t, that he harbors the
thought that he must Kill II rather
than let 1t live the blasted life of ite
brothers and sisters.
1t is a curious collection of human
| beings that live in the house o
Madame and M'sieu Poussier, {
boarding place in close proximity t.
| the Circe, Soho dance hall not o
| the best reputation.
There are the couple who keep tn,
house. distinctively French; thei
guests. Mog, the Roman; Madam
| Carlotta, Holy Joe.' Gourowski, th
anarchist; Una Vani, Punch ant
Judy and their horrible guardian
and, finally. Crispin Pix. who, out o
a love for the Bohemian character o
| the place, takes up his residence II
the house. He is composer of mu
sic.
In this Pot Bouille" of a home lif
| evolves itself with all the bizarre Incl
| dents that can be imagined in such
congeries. Una Vani, who has beel
an artists model-'for the f1gure"-i
one of those visions of loveliness tina
| appear in the slums of great cit.
sometimes, to the wonderment o
those upon whom their beauty dawns
With her Crispin Pix, the aristocrat
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
"AII Great Men Drink"

MILWAUKEE,, July 1s.-Victor l..
Berger, autocrat of Milwaukee So
cialists and congressman, when on
the witness stand before the State
Vice Commission, asserted that drink
had nothing to do with the vice ques-
ton. saying: "All great men, from
julius Caesar down to Teddy Roose-
welt, were drinking men. The COL
onel, they say, takes champagne.
But drinking has no effect upon the
social evil. India has thousands OF
immoral women, and they don't drink
! take drink occasionally myself
but would not allow any child OF
mine under Il years OF age TO drink. =
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18

The extraordinary in music, song.
dance and comedy will be much
in evidence when the vaudeville bill
at the Lyric for the first part of the
week opens there Monday Lovers
Of good. pure comedy will find no
end of delights in the Offering of the
Ten Youngsters, merry concoc-
tion OF "schoolday pranks and melo-
dies" School acts have always found
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18

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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
"NAUGHTY MARIETTA" WILL
BE SUNG AT OIL LYMPIC PARK
Opera Company Repeat Success Scored Newark Theatre
Concert Sunday Night-Good Bills Promised for Vaude-
vile Houses-Hlside Park Plans Baby Show in August.

For the second weeks attraction in the house at Olympic
of
which
the that the Newark
will
OF opera er
game
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-18
Black, entire chorus and orches

Black. entire chorus and orches-
ira
Concluding with patriotic airs by
entire company and augmented or
chestra.
The concert will be under the mu-
slcal direction of Edward j. Howe,
who will conduct an orchestra of fif.
teen people. 1t is expected that the
opportunity to hear concert pro-
gram of this high class will draw a
large number of music lovers to the
Sunday night concerts at the park.