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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-30

His eyes are growing dim,
His step is feeble-who would think
Gold meant so much to him!
But it is bound about his heart
And he is cold and grim.
Dear God, how sad thing to be
A man so wrought of stone, r
How sad a thing it is to stand r
In dull, cold life alone;
To. only look on yellow gold,
And be a man of stone.
ST. LOUIS GIRL WILL ATTEND
VETERANS BALL
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

Josef Stransky will again appear as
Of the Philharmonic Society
IN washington this winter. For the first
APPEARANCE the assisting artist will be
Nine. Johanna Gadski. The soloists for
the other two concerts will be Ossip
the famous pianist, and
Nine. Elena Gerhardt, soprano.
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

melodrama and as q star. Miss
Mayhem had a voice, however. and
she believed her talent was Of con-
siderably wider scope than she
found in the demands of the serious
emotional parts she was playing.
She aspired to musical comedy. B.
c. Whitney saw her work and heard
her voice and starred her for sea-
son in THE Show Girl" and from
this she stepped into the part Of
Anastasia Gilt Edge in THE Man
From China" She appeared on
Broadway for the first time in this
production and there she was seen
by George w. Lederer who engaged
her forthwith to create the part uf
Mrs. Cobb in Coming Thro' the
Rye" Klaw and Erlanger then Sc
cured her services with the all star
cast that produced THE Wnoie
Damn Family" and later she was
featured with Joseph Cawthorne in
Fritz in Tammany Hail." She went
into vaudeville for a season and was
such hit that she was sent to Lon
don and remained there a season
in vaudeville. Returning to this
country she was leading woman
with, Lew Fields in The jolly
Bachelor" and followed that with
brief period in vaudeville, when the
Shuberts signed her for the first big
Winter Garden Show in which she
was featured year and half. She
finished out her vaudeville contract
that had been interrupted and then
Arthur Hammerstein engaged her to
head the High Jinks'' company.
Miss Mayhew has A method of
getting her fun over the footliShts
and of impressing her personality on
an audience that Is distinctly l;er
own. She is one Of the few artists
Of the stage who has received all
the severe training Of the old school
coupled with highly modern methods
and she has. therefore. probably q
better understanding Of her work
and a much clearer idea Of how to
meet all emergencies than many Of
her fellow players. Blessed with
good looks. a most pleasing stage
presence and a real ability to act,
Miss Mayhem has made herself one
of the most valuable and likeable
members of her profession.
Mayhew. In addition to being an
actress she Is a fireman-a regular
honest-to-goodness fireman. 1t is
not a pastime with her, either. It's
a trade, and she gets a salary of $50
per month from the treasury Of the
good old town OF Yonkcrs, y. Y.
She makes her home in Yonkers in
the summer time, and she has been
one of the most public spirited resi-
dents of the town. She enrolled
herself in the fire department when
it was first organized. and she made
herself so valuable to II that when
the volunteer department was re-
placed by a paid department., the
fire commissioners would not hear
of her stepping out. She was given
a regular station, and when she is
in Yonkers she responds to every
alarm in her district. When she
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

ing around the finger joints to sub,
side. But suppose that had occurred
TO the girl? There would have been
no poem. And il there had seen no
poem
For one thing there wouldn't have
been any Stella Mayhem on the stage
of the Belasco Theater next week TO
delight all the people who come to
see her in the principal role Of High
Jinks,'' and Yonkers, n. Y, would
not have had a leading lady for its
fire department. When you come to
think of it, it's just as well the girl
carried out the old-fashioned idea OF
hers just like the press notices -ex-
cuse me, the poet-said she did. 1t
might be letting a secret loose on an
unconscious and perfectly well-2atis-
fed public, but the combination or
curfew, Little Eva, and Rip Van
Winkle-just as literature fixes
them-is responsible for Stella May
hew's appearance on the stage next
week and all the other times she
has appeared. not t6refer again to
the efficicnt Yonkers, n. Y, fire de-
partment. II was like this:
Miss Mayhcw is the daughter OF a
81 hool teacher. She was born in AL
leghery City, Pa, not so very long
ago. Her father was the principal of
the high school in the town. AS soon
as she could talk she vas taught
few pieces to speak on those coca
sions when the secretary of the
school board Ginod with the principal
of the high school. When she was
four years old she coul1 re:ite the
curfew piece without being given a
cue more than three times in each
verse 1t was at this time that her
father moved to Grafton, Ohio, and
took. chIrge of school there. No
Tho Sauphter'S prOficieocy ls a cur
fewist hadn't anything TO do with
il. FTe was given a digger salary.
At Grafton Miss Mayhew studied. in
fathers school and it was necessary
for her to keep up the elocuting
busiress in order that the principal
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might always have some talent on
tap when the school board came
around for its visits.
tie girl. a repertoire company en-
gagged to play a date in Grafton and
reached the town in state OF tur-
moil. They were to play Uncle
Toms Cabin and Little Eva had
Just received word that her oldest
son had run off with another mans
wife and she was so Frustrated by
the blow that she couldn't play and
they feared they would have to can
eel. The wife Of the star of the
company met the principal of the
school end told her troubles. The
principal thought Of his little daugh-
ter. and Stella Mayhem. the actress.
received Ecr first chance. She did so
well that the head of the company
prevailed on Father Mayhem to let
little Stella so on tour with his outfit.
Father consented ana from that sea-
son to this Stella Mayhew has been
continuously before the public. She
appeared as Meena in rip Van
Wrinkle" for a few seasons after
Uncle Tom" had become a dead IS
sue, and then she was the smaller Of
The Two Orphans Little Lord
Fauntleroy." "Oliver Twist in sue
cessiye seasons and appeared in a
number of other child parts until she
grew up. Her first part as a young
woman was that Of the female de-
tective in Lincoln J. Carter's The
Fast Mail" She had twelve changes
to make during the action Of the
piece and she played t every night
for fcrty weeks in the tank town
circuit
1t was this hard training in the
one night stand company that gave
Stella Mayhem the keen insight to
human nature and the unusually
happy faculty of swaying her audi
ences as she wished. She rapidly
rose in her profession and while still
a young girl was being featured in
The Washington times., 1914-10-11
MUSICAL NOTES

With the arrival in america last
Tuesday of DR.. Carl Muck. leader Of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. the
season of concerts by that orchestra is
assured WashinStonians
Despite run.ors to the contrary, the
war has had little erect upon the COM
looms more important and brilliant IT, an
ever. INT sual activity in American
musical life. stimulated not only by the
recognition Of an opportunity for i'm
proving our own conditions, but consid-
many European exies, is noticeable in
every musical center on this side of the
Atlantic.
Mrs. Katie Wilson Greene, Wash
ington manager for the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. announces that
the war has deprived the orchestra of
the services Of only two Of it's musicians
and these two vacancies have been filled
by DR.. Muck. GriseZ, the .irst clarinet,
and FCsse, the third oboe, are serving in
the French army. Grisez's place will be
taken by Sand, a Russian clarinetist of
reputation. Fosse's place will be taken
ny StdnlSlduS, an
who, up to this year. has been the first
oboe Of Sir Henry Woods Queens Hall
Orchestra in London.
Urack, the assistant conductor Of the
orchestra. has not returned, as he has
decided to stay in Germany. His place
at the first desk of the 'cellos has been
taken by Josef Malkin. AS assistant con-
ductor Of the orchestra. Ernst Schmidt,
nf nqrn0cfa engaged.
Schmidt will be one of the first violins.
He was a former concert master of the
Darmstadt orchestra, and conductor Of
the Oratorio Society of that city. An
other engagement of Importance is that
Of V. Klicka as second harp of the
orchestra. The five Washington con-
certs will be given as usual on Tuesday
at 4:30 o'clock. The dates
are November 3. December 1, January
5, February 16, and March 16. Tickets
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Will be placed on sale at Droop's music
store Tuesday, october 20

Leopold Stokowski will be the con-
ductor at the initial performance by the
fh1iadelphia Orchestra. While the pub
nc sale of seats will not open at the
tlcket office of T. Arthur Smith until
November rs, orders for subscription
are Deins filed now at l4O1 Euclid street
oy the secretary, Miss Laura Harlan.
Schumann- Heink, Alma Gluck, and
Nisa Samarof are assisting artists to
certs of the PHILADELPHIA Orchestra.
JOSEF Stransky will again appear as
conductor Of the Philharmonic Society
In Washington this winter For the first
appearance the assisting artist will be
NINE Johanna Gadski. The soloists for
tne 0ther Two concerts will be Ossip
Gabrilowitsch. the famous pianist, and
MINE. Elena Gerhardt soprano.
Mrs. Wilson-Greene will present TO
Washington this season a course of con.
certs at the National Theater. On No
vember 20. December 4, January Is.
February IL, and April g. The artists
who will be heard at these concerts are
Nine. Schumann-Heink; Pasquale
Amato. assisted by Mile. Ada sassoli:
NINE. Louise Homer. assisted by Miss
man, pianist: Nine. Alma Gluck, prima
donna soprano, and Efrem Zimbalist,
violinist.
The Rubinstein Club will open its
season with a meeting of the active
members October 21, at 1o:45 a. m. in
the ball room Of the Raleigh Hotel. A
musical evening by members Of the club,
solos and chorus. will be held Novem-
Der 25. at the Raleigh. This will be
one of the five events planned for the
season and the others will be announced
later. The director, Mrs A. M. Blair.
Is sailing on the Lusitania, October "a
and Will be with the club for rehearsal
November 4. Applications for active
membership must be sent to Mrs. B.. A.
JeWell, 1904 Thirteenth street, secretary.
The Motet Choral Society, director,
Otto T. Simon, held its first rehearsal
of the season at st. Johns Parish Hall
last Saturday evening. Twenty-Five
new memters were enrolled. Appli-
cants for membership should present
themselves for enrolment Tuesday
evening.
The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Or
chestra, Walter T. Holt, director, re-
sumed renearSalS last Tuesday at
Epiphany Chapel. Quite a number of
engagements have already been planned
for this organization.
Yvonne de Treville, the colorature
soprano, will make her first public ap-
pearance in this city carly in November
at the Columbia Theater in Three
Generations Of Prima Donna" in which
she presents In costume the most pop
ular offerings of Mile. de Maupin, Jenny
Lind and herself.
Elizabeth Wood, native daughter Of
the District Of Columbia, is to be seen
here in the important part OF. Sylvia
in the production of High Jinks'' at
the Belasco this week.
The Washington times., 1914-10-11
By GARDNER MACK.

Suppose that earnest young woman
in the poem had tripped on the bel
fry stairs and broken her leg and
curfew had rung out as per usual?
Suppose Little Eva had been a pet
horse like Black Beauty, the Uncle
Toms Cabin of the equine species,
instead Of the golden-haired darling
she was?
And suppose, thirdly and finally,
Rip Van Wrinkle had been the found
eT OF the race suicide theory instead
Of the originator of the Knockout
drops alibi?
How much of the emotional acting
that has thrilled the world these
many years would have been. forced
10 eSpend itself in rhythmic sway
inEs back and forth over a tub of
soapy water, to the accompaniment
OF a sad monotone created by the
knuckles as they engaged in skin
reddening succession, each undulation
in the surface of a washboard. Just
think how many of the bright smiles
and tinkling voices that have carried
delight and solace across the foot
lights of so many of our theaters
would have been forced into the SER
vice of telling little Johnnie how
easy il is for a boy to become Presi-
dent if he'll only learn to circum-
navigate. his entire head with the
wash cloth instead of touching up
only the high lights. Perhaps this
has never occurred to you? Some of
these literary and dramatic skyrock-
cts have had a mighty narrow es-
cape from being simply sizzers, as
II -, l. Il
days before we had to explain to the
children that the only reason the
Fourth Of July is now printed red
on the celendar like the cross on the
ambulances is because it has become
sort of national holiday for sur
Eeons, nurses and other hospital at
taCheS.
Suppose. for instance, that curfew
episode had happened a generation
or so later. when the girls in the
family did not live the sheltered life
and knew the difference between the
Vernon Castle type and the poor but
honest lad who drove the grocery
wagons What chance would that
poor chap have had then, if 1t was a
choice of letting curfew double as
the knell of parting day and his own
private Chopin quickstep or messing
M her knuCkles on the hard bronze
surface Of the old bell? There is
Just one thing that could have saved
him-and between you and me / al
ways thought that girl was bit of
s-might we call it bonehead-not to
think of it herself and save her
hands. In those days they didn't
wear the buckled things with soft
nose snaps that are popular today.
They kept EN- up with the round
kind, and she might have spared her
pair for the few minutes necessary
sarig hn sill a Ia
that old clappcr with an absolute
assurance that she would have got
ten exactly the same effect as she
did in the more melodramatic stunt
that required first-aid attention and
q lot Of patient waiting for the swell
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Or
chestra, Walter T. Holt, director, re-
slmed rehearsals last Tuesday at
Epiphany Chapel. Quite number OF
engagements have already been planned
for this organization.
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

wants to 90 on tour with a theatri-
cal company 1t is necessary for her
to secure leave Of absence from the
fire marshal.
1t is a very unfortunate thing
that all of the big fires that have
occurred in Yonkers during the years
Miss Mayhem has been a fireman
have invariably happened when she
was away from the city. She has
never yet had a chance to show
her mettle in a big conf1agration.
1t is probably just as well, to
get, back where we started, that we
didn't have anything to do with it,
and that curfew rang and Little Eva
was sweet child and Rip had a
daughter. If they hadn't been just
like their inventors made them we
realize now that the theatrical CON-
stellation would not have been
frightened by the star we have
learned to call stella Mayhem, and
Yonkers wouldn't have had first
class fireman. We couple the two
because people who know say posi-
lively that as a fireman Miss May
hew is one Of the most charming
and altogether satisfactory musical
comedy stars on the stage.
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

Elizabeth Wood, a native daughter OF
the District Of Columbia, is to be seen
here in the important part OF. Sylvia
in the production of High Jinks" at
the Belasco this week.
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HEARD IN THE zFOYERS

, much comment among the critics nd
the public when it was produced In New
York last year.
J Mrs. Patrick Campbell starts her sea-
son in America tomorrow night at the
Park theater in New York in "Pygma-
lion,"- the newest of George Bernard
Shaw products.
Seven Keys to Baldpate," the curious
Cohan and Harris drama which played
all last season in New York. follows
The Misleading Lady at :hc
National.
Earl and Marie Gates, who are to do
the Barbary Coast dance at the Gdvety
this week. were formerly understudie5
for Mr.. and Mrs, Vernon Castle.
Jules Eckert Goodman, author Of
THE Silent Voice." the new play in
which Otis Skinner is to be seen at The
New National this week. Is also the
author of Mother in which Emma
Dunn scored such a great success.
The B. F. Keith management an
nounce the following stars for their
Washington house during the coming
weeks: sylvester Schaffer ard Ruth
Roye, October 10; adelaide and
Hughes, Nat Wills and Dainty Marie.
October 26;. Henrietta Crossman and
French and Els. November .. and
Walter Kelly. November
Henry f. Dixey has been especially
engaged to play the part OF Malvolio
in the production the Lieblers are max
ing of Twelfth Might with Phyllis
Neilson-Terry at Viola.
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

Clarence Kemp is rehcarSing a two
act musical comedy at the studio Of the
kalorama Film Company, in this city.
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

1.-The Misleading Lady" which comes
to the National next week. is the nod
err cave-man drama which created so
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

Ada Meade, who has one of the lead
ing parts in High Jinks.' is well known
in this city as former member of the
Aborn Opera Company. She will also
be remembered as having succeeded
FRITZ Scheff in Mile. Modesto -
Ada Sherman Is expected to make an
important characterization of the Lead
ing heavy role in Fine Feathers" with
the Poll Players this week The part
was originally played by Rose Coghlan
Peter s. Clark, the veteran manager
OF burlesque shows, is in Washington
this week as manager OF the "Rosey
Posey Girls at the Gayety.
In Fine Feathers" at the Poll The
ater this week, Carl Brfckert will be
seen in the part of Bob Reynolds. the
chemist. which was played in the origt-
nal production by Robert Edeson.
The late Edwin Booth, with whom
Otis Skinner was closely associated, re-
ferred to his younger associate fire.
quently as 'the bright hope Of our
stage"
Julian sEltinge is underlined for ap-
pearance at the Columbia theater in
THE Crinoline Girl" following the en-
gagement Of Chauncey Olcott.
Clarence Kemp is rehcarsing a two
act musical comedy at the studio Of the
kalorama Film Company. in this city.
1.-The Misleading Lady" which comes
to the National next week. is the nod
err cave-man drama which created so
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much comment among the critics nd
the public when it was produced In New
York last year.
The Washington times., 1914-10-11

Peter s. Clark, the veteran manager
of burlesque shows, is in Washington
this week as manager OF the "Rosey
Posey Girls" at the Gayety.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13

bore these with gimlet or bit, or cut
them with the small blade of your
jackknife.
Cut the eight blades inches long
inches wide on their wide edge, and
" inches wide on their narrow edge
Prepare the hub sticks about " inch
by q inch by Az inches in size, and
white one end pointed to fit in the
hub Gig. 81. Fasten the blades to
the spokes with nails long enough to
drive through the spokes and clinch
on the under side. Glue the spokes
in the hub holes, turning them so the
blades will stand at about the angle
shown.
The shaft should be made of a
hard wood stick about u inch by ia
inches by IA inches in size. Cut the
round end small enough so the hub
will turn on it freely, and punch a
small hole through it so brad may
be driven through it to hold the hub
In place. Cut the slot in the square
end with a saw. Make the tail about
5R inches long, 4 inches wide at it's
wide end, and 2 inches wide at it's
narrow end Gig. 81.
The windmill must be pivoted to
The post support at it's exact balanc-
Ing point Pivot the shaft with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
For Handy Boys and
Girls 10 Make and Do
Copyright by A. Nicely HalD
BY A. Nicely HALL.
A TOY WINDMILL.

No mechanical toy Is more interest
ing to make, nor more interesting to
watch when in operation than min
iature windmill. 1t is very simple
toy to construct, and all of the ma
terial that 1t requires can usually be
found at hand, which are two reasons
why 1t is one Of the most popular Of
homemade toys, and why nearly
every boy at one time or another
builds one.
Figure 1 shows a small model
which may be constructed quickly.
You will notice by the detail illustra-
tons that the hub of the windmill is
spool Gig. p, that the blades are
cut out of cigar-box wood, shingles,
tin, or cardboard, and are fastened to
the side of short spoke sticks driven
into holes bored in the spool hub
Gig. 81, that the hub turns on the
rounded end of stick shaft Gig. A.,
that the square end of the shaft IS
slotted to receive a fan-shaped tail
Gig. 81, and that the shaft is pivoted
20 the top of a clothes-post, or a post
put up for the purpose Gigs. 1
and g..
Use a large ribbon-spool for the
hub. You can get one at any dry
goods store. Locate eight holes
around the center of the spool, at
equal distances from one another, and
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long nail. Bore a hole through the
shaft trifle larger than the nail. so
the shaft will turn freely. Place
washer between the nail-head and the
shaft, and another between the shaft
and the post support
Figure. shows how the power
from the toy windmill may be utilized
to operate toy jumping-j jack, by sup
porting the jumping jack on bracke:
and connecting it's string to the hub
of the windmill. Cut the upright of
the bracket (A) IA inches long and
the cross piece OBJ 7 inches long.
Nail A to B, and nail the jumping-jack
at its center to the end Of Gig. y.
Fasten the triangular block (C) to
the lower end of A, and then nail both
A and to the edge of the shaft at
point that will bring the string of the
jumping-jack a trif1e beyond the wind
mill blades. Fasten a small stick,
having brad driven in one end. in
notches cut in the hubs f1anges Gig.
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ner; / counted forty-seven steps, and
then suddenly the rock ceased be-
meath my feet and trod upon sand.
The tiny bulb hardly Illuminated the
vastness of the chamber in which we
were standing. / came to halt; MI
kolai had halted and was looking at
me irresolutely, a strange expression
in his eyes. He pointed out into the
gloom.
Summers" he said, 81 confess that
l do not myself wholly remember the
location of the tombs beneath which
the treasure is believed to lie. We
shall never, together, have time to ex-
plore this huge cavern and locate our
quarry. 1t will be necessary to separ-
ate
He looked at me searchingly, still in
the same peculiar manner as before,
trying to read my mind, as though du-
bious Of my good faith.
Il will obey you, Of course" l an
swered But if l get lost"
"You will not get lost" he answered,
still cycling me gloomily. 81 shall take
this passage to the right; you will
walk straight ahead. But tread soft
ly."
why, who is there to overhear us
in these solitudes?" / asked, and for
the first time the suspicion flashed
across my mind that the excitement
of the adventure had bereft him of his
senses.
l saw his brows gather together in
an ominous frown. Then he placed
his hand to his pocket, withdrew it
and saw a revolver shining. He had
never threatened me before.
You will proceed ahead" he said,
~ ~dinp noo Tho huh of the electric
light He detached the wire from his