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The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
Optimism Runs Like Thread
Of Gold Through Goodman Play

his powerful glasses as they come to sit
or walk in the park, the life history OF
his young wife since she has been mar
ried to him comes under the glasses
focused on the park. Starr watches her
! fight against her love for q younger man
his own nephew-and for once he can
not decide what God would do in such
a case"
And here Mr.. Goodman makes praise
worthy departure from the story which
| suggested the play. the man having
thrown himself to death over the parapet
I, in the magazine tale as the quickest and
surest way Of Iiberating his young wife,
while in the drama he takes nobler
course, offering release with generous
allowance. which the girl refuses because
her later opportunities for the comparison
Of her lover with her husband have
awakened in her heart a great and tender
love for the man whose wife she is, and
thus the sympathetic play ends with a
charming scene which promises that they
will live happily ever afterward."
Like a thread of gold runs the lofty
beauty of genuine optimism through Mr..
Goodman's drama, an optimism which rs
strongly emphasized by Mr.. Skinner's
finely intellectual portrait of the CEN
tral figure. His delicious whimsicality
throught the lighter scenes was last night
his emotional moments rang very true TO
life, touching his auditors with pity for
his infirmity of deafness and admiration
for the consistency and sympathy of his
portrayal.
Mrs. Skinner comes back to the foot
lights in THE Silent Voice" after a much
regretted absence, during which she has
lost none of her charm Of personality or
the round and resonant quality of her
beautiful voice, both of which were ad-
mirably demonstrated last evening in her
friend.
Playing opposite Mr.. Skinner is Miss
Florence Fisher, as the young wife. Miss
Fishers blond loveliness would seem to
justify the idolatry of her husband, as
Well as the less wise alteration Of ner
husbands nephew, while her dramatic
technique is free from affectation, ard
convincing in its sincerity.
Otherwise supporting Mr.. Skinner arc
George Gaulr whose excellent work as
the chief OF police in 'Kismet" will be
remembered here with pleasure; Miss Eu-
genie Woodward, owen Mech, Wade
Boteler, Harry Sothern, Esther Cornell,
Walter F. Scott, Miss Winona Dennison,
Miss Ruth Farnham, William Wilson and
Philip Leigh.
Charles Frohman has given Mr.. Good
mans sympathetic drama an artistic
setting visualizing several of the scenes
Starr sees through his glasses that the
audience may hear the words which THE
Man Who Plays Cod is reading from
his vantage point, and see enacted the
stories which so affect the formation of
his character.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
BELASCOJ
"HiEh Jinks."

Enhancing music, lovely women, clever
comedians, glorious dancing, q bright
text and delightful production-these
are the clements that make I'D High
Jlnks' which had its Washington pre-
mIere at the Belasco Theater last night.
There is a story for the logical, seduc-
I've airs for the musical and vigorous
COMEDY for the lover OF ingenious fun.
though not always crystal clear, the
story is never lost to view 1t has some
thing to do with a mysterious perfume,
High Jtnks,' which, upon smelling, i'm
pels one TO act very peculiarly. While
under the influence of the perfume a
staids doctor Kisses one pf his fair Iadye
patients, which indiscretion promises to
cost him dear when her husband proves
10 be a jealous military man anxious to
fight. unless the doctor submits to his
wife being kissed in return by the fire.
eating Frenchman. The doctor doesn't [
care to fight and he certainly does not
wish another man to kiss his wife, so
he prevails on a charming woman to
pass as his wife and go through the oscu-
latory performance with his enraged ad-
VersaTy, with what result you must find
out for yourselves, as the management
does not wish US to disclose the terrible
denoUment of the plot.
One song hit followed another-not
high brow" but pleasant and rhyth-
miCal measures, colorful and harmonious.
When High Jinks" dies-and that won't
be this week or the next-at least one of
the fetching melodies, Something seems
tingle-ingle-ing," will live on. 1t is a
tantaIizing and persuasively haunting
tune, which was waited hitherward from
New York last winter and has been
played. and whistled. and danced ever
since, and now seems to US in the pro-
duction in which it first saw light.
The costumer, too. has shown mex
haustible resourcefulness in providing
dainty and elegant patterns; the scene
painter, the electrician-all have contri-
huted their mighty mite to make High
Jinks" a welcome visitor to Washing
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
By JULIA CHANDLER 1IANz.

When II became known that Jules Eek
ert Goodman's new drama, The Silent
Voice" had been made with Gouverneur
) Norris story, The Man Who Played
God" as its basis, the theater wiseacre
expressed grave doubt for its success,
mainly because the tale, from the
pen Of Mr.. Morris, which had its maya
zine publication several years ago, was
exceedingly sinister in theme with a cli-
max after the order of that in Mid
Channel" tragic and grewsome.
1t will, therefore, be a relief to know
at once that Mr.. Goodman has deserted
his model in many important respects.
imbuing his drama with sweeping opti-
mism and leaving his audience sure that
this world is a mighty good place in which
to live after all.
That doubt and fear are only shadows
contured up by the imagination, even
while the light OF truth struggles to pierce
the darkness Of human skepticism and
bring the children OF the earth into their
heritage Of happiness, is the keynote Of
The Silent Voice. whicc would be more
appropriately named II the title given the
magazine story which furni sted the CEN
tral idea were retained.
For the story is that OF a ma. Who
Played God"
And the manner of his playing fur
nished a tremendously humorous picture
as presented by Otis Skinner at the Ma
tional Theater last night where the four
act drama had its metropolitan premiere.
Mr.. Skinner's viZualization is of a mid
dle-aged man of great wealth; musician
of no mean ability upon whom fortune
has smiled generously. While seated one
day at his piano, Montgomery Starr won
ders vaguely what it would mean to a
man to whom music is the devine spark
to become deaf. The idea takes root, hav-
ing for its foundation the fact that his
mother was thus afflicted, Starr becomes
obsessed with it, and suddenly the fear
is realized. The musician beco1es en-
tirely deaf, and all the things which
have blessed his life are a mockery, until
the young girl in his home under his
guardianship consents to be his wife
when there comes a rift in the clouds
and almost the light beyond shines
throughout not quite for the young
wife does not succeed in the beginning
IN her effort TO love her deaf and mid
dlS-aged husband, and once again il
would seem that Starr has been blessed
but for the sake of an after mockery.
In his suffering the husband becomes
a practical recluse, spending his hours
reading the lips of the folk who come to
the great park which stretches away in
the sunlight beneath his windows. Their
stories interest him, and little by little
he begns his game of PLAYING God
10 them until. in the happiness he creates,
he finds his own.
Until one day, as he watches the
couples and reads their stories through
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
CONGRESS IN BRIEF.
SENATE.

The war tax bill was before the Senate
all day, Senators Smoot, Borah, and Bur
ton, all Republicans, making speeches
against II.
Senator Overman. of North Carolina,
gave notice that the Senators from the
cotton growing States would ofIer an
amendment to the tax bill designed to
aid the cotton farmers in the crisis due
to the war.
Secretary Of State Bryan appealed to
the Foreign Relations Committee at Its
meeting for favorable action on the
Nicaraguan treaty. but Senator Smith. Of
Michigan, declared that he would hght
the treaty to the limit. The committee
ordered a favorable report on the peace
and arbitration treaty negotiated with
Russia.
The conferees on the Alaskan coal
lands leasing bill submitted to the Senate
a new report on the bill
The Senate recessed until IL o'clock
today.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13

duced in the Senate yesterday by Sena-
tor Pomerene, of Ohio.
The measure provides that the salary
Of each teacher shall be assessed annu-
ally 1 1-2 per cent; that tn government
shall contribute 1-2 per cent Of the total
appropriation for teachers salaries. and
that all tuition fees for nonresident pu-
pills shall go to this fund
Retirement and pension shall be per-
mitted under the following conditions:
Voluntary after thirty-five years OF
teaching. and compulsory after forty
years-except when the good of the sys-
tenn requires retention-with a pension of
$40.
Voluntary after twenty years expert
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
RICHARD H HEWITT DIES.

Special To The Washington Herald
Rockville, Md, Oct 12-Richard H.
Hewitt. for nearly half a century a resi-
dent Of this county, died this morning
at the home of his son, Frank L. Hewitt,
at Silver Spring. aged nearly eighty
four years. He had been in poor health
for about a year, but his death was sud-
den and was due to heart failure.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
PENSION FOR TEACHERS
PROVIDED FOR In BILL
Senator Pomerene Introduces Messur.
Which Carries with Il Annual
Assessment.

A school teachers retirement fund, to be
annual contribution by the government,
and the tuition fees from out-of-town
students is provided for in a bill intro
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
HOUSE.

The House continued debate on the
Philippine independence bill.
The Rivers and Harbors Committee re-
ported a Senate resolution authorizing
the army engineers to remove Coenties
Reef In New York Harbor, the cost to
be betrayed out OF the lump sum appro-
priation of the rivers and harbors bill
Repressntative Hsnry made public an
others letter written to Secretary OF the
Treasury McAdoo insisting that the
Treasury Department should deposit
money in Southern banks to be lent on
cotton.
The House adjourned until noon today.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
COLUMBIA.
"My Best Grip

Every season and every week of the
season the stream of new musical come
dies continues to flow from Broadway,
and the reservoir of popular apprecia-
ton is never replete. The efforts for
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13

ence provided fifteen years shall have
been spent in the District, with an annual
pension of $40 if mentally or physically
unable to continue active service.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
super Danaante At Harvey's.

Harvey's restaurant, at Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue, last night
opened Its super danssnts on the tbt-A
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
GAYETY.
nThe Rosey Posey GIrI..,

'aThe Rosey ;Posey Girls are at. the
Gayety this week, personally directed by
Peter s. Clark. veteran manager of bur-
lesque. The show Is programmed as .
The Washington herald., 1914-10-13

Electricity in 1911 killed thirty-one
workers in Canada
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
Meeting is Held Last Night to Pre-
pare Resolutions Over Death of
Dr.. George F.
Jenkins.
WILL ATTEND FUNERAL
Fort Madison Society Meets and De
eides TO be Present in Body at
Burial Services Of
Physician.

A meeting of Keokuk physicians
was held last night at which resolu-
tons Of regret at the death OF DR..
George F. Jenkins were passed, and
general expression of regret at the
loss which the profession and the
community has sustained in the pass
ing of this prominent physician voiced
by every one present at the meeting.
The Keokuk doctors arranged to at
tend the funeral services of their late
friend, teacher, advisor and brother
worker. in a body
A similar meeting was held yester-
day at Fort Madison. Dr. jenkins was
as we'll known there as he was here,
and many of the younger generation
Of Fort Madison doctors were This
boys" at school in Keokuk. The Fort
Madison doctors will attend the fun
eral in a bod,y. also.
The Fort Madison Democrat says OF
the meeting:
The Fort Madison Medical society
will attend the funeral in a body
everyone Of the members having been
acquainted with the deceased as he
had often been In this city for con
sultation and other work. DR. Jen.
kins was formerly yice-president OF
the American Medical association
president of the Iowa State Medical
society and president Of the Keokuk
Medical college. He began practic
ing medicine about the time the gov
eminent canal at Keokuk was under
courfe Of its preliminary construction
and much Of his work was done fol
the government in treating men who
were employed on the canal work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
MRS. HARRY WEBER
DIED LAST NIGHT
Had Been Sick for Several Weeks and
Her Death Brings Sorrow
to Friends.

At the family home. No. 213 South
Sixth street, last evening at 1915
O'Clock occurred the death Of Mrs.
Nellie Weber, wife OF Officer Harry
Weber, stationed at the water power
plant, death coming after several
weeks illness from kidney trouble,
and her demise will bring sorrow to a
great many friends and acquaintance
in the city, where she was SO well
known and admired
She was born In Hancock county,
Ill. Oh July q, 1872. and at she time
OF her death was forty-two years, one
month and eight days old.
Besides her husband she is survived
by her mother, Mrs. Sarah Moore,
and two children, Janus Hughes, OF
Chicago. and Miss Mabel Hughes OF
Keokuk There are also two grand
children, Marguerite and Nellie
Hughes.
The funeral arrangements have not
az yet been completed, but will be an.
nounced later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
Fare to keokuk $500

THE highest fare ever charged be-
tween st. Louis and Keokuk was 81
for the 200 miles. That included a
berth, wine, and the finest old south
ern cooking man ever tasted. The
best cooks I've ever seen in my life
were those old steamboat cooks. And
we gave 'em good stuff to cook. too
We bought the best Of everything.
You ought to see the steaks we had
for breakfast! The officers used to
sit at the ladies' end Of the table and
serve out of big chatting dishes. tell
you those were meals.
There was lots going on ali the
time on the river. I remember one
trip I made in 80 In the old Di Yer.
non-all the boats in the line were
named for characters in Scott's nov
els. We were coming from New Or
leans with $50 German immigrants
on deck and 100 Californians in the
cabin. The Californians were sports
and they had big game going all the
time. We had two gamblers on
board, too-John Mckenzie and his
partner, man named Wilburn. They
used to come on the boats at different
places, and make out to be farmers
and not acquainted with each other
and there was always something do.
ing when they got into the game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
The Old Order ch.nee.h.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Te seems
tending conventions in Iowa for many
years that the old order is changing
The primary has taken the spirit
out Of state and county conven-
tions. There is little left for the dele
gates to do except the perfunctory
things in which there is little interest
Tho democratic convention in
Council Bluffs was marked by a
splendid spirit. There was little riv-
airy. Nobody carried chips on his
shoulders. No one was in evidence
with blood in his eye. Everybody
was willing to concede something for
the sake Of harmony and the welfare
OF the party The candidates had all
been nominated. There was nothing
left to do now but get together and
elect the ticket.
The situation in party state conven-
tons now 10 akin to that Of the
crowd on the race track after the
races are over. There is nothing 70
do except arrange few inconsequen-
tial details. VISIT q little while, play
over some old games and then 90
home. The inevitable result OF this
situation. 1t is believed. will result In
constantly decreasing attendance
at these semi-annual party gather
ings. At the present time there IL q
large number OF wheel horse party
men In the state who have the con-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06

enough to make 1t worth stopping to
bury 'em. Then we'd tie up by some
woodward and be loading up with
wood for the furnaces while the bury
ing was going on. Some twenty-five
or thirty Of 'em died on that trip, and
we planted 'em at various points
along the way. And all the while up
there in the cabin, the big game was
going on-each fellow trying to cheel
the other.
After we got to st. Louis there was
a report that we had buried man
with $500 sewed into his clothes. OF
course, we didn't know which was
which or where we'd buried this
man. Well, sir, that started the
greatest bunch OF mining corporations
along the river bank between New
Orleans and st. Louis that anybody
ever saw. Everybody was digging for
that German Far as I heard, though,
they never found a dollar on him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
eeIa:-ns Need Relief.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Sept 5.-A plea to
America to aid in the relief of Bel
gian non-combatants. especially wom-
en- and children and the presence OF
whose husbands or fathers at the
front have left them destitute, was
made today by the Belgian relief
committee. Pietre MALI, Belgium con.
sui general, as chairman in his call
for help, explained that ali contribu-
lions received will DO used strictly
for Belgium sufferers. The commit
tee heretofore was composed only Of
Belgians. The membership was en-
larged today when Otto Barnard. pres
ident OF the New York Trust COM
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06

Dr.. Frank Crane in the New York
Globe: The only way to make war i'm
possible Is to stop getting ready for
war. If the nations now in conflict
had not possessed billions OF dollars
worth OF guns and fighting ships they
would not now be destroying one an
other; they would be settling their
quarrel some other way. The sim.
plest, plainest and only rational way
to prevent the recurrence of the pres
ent cataclysm of folly is to quit max
ing cannon and gunpowder. II there
Is nothing to shoot off there will be
no shooting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
DAYS ALONG RIVER
BEFORE CIVIL WAR.
Julian Street Draws "reminiscences
From Veteran Of Big Stream
Whom He Finds in
Missouri.
WERE GOOD OLD DAYS
Fare Of 81, keokuk TO st. Louis, In
eiuded Best Meals and Wine
Gard Games Of Old ;.
Boats.

Julian Street writes of some old
river days in Golfers as follows
Our motor stopped before the bank
in Clarksville. Mo-. and We were in
troduced to the editor Of the leeal pa
per. which is called The PikeI."
The bank is. in appearance. contem-
porary with the town. The fittings
are of a period Of the Civil war-wal
nut, as recalll them And there are
red glass signs over the little window
grilles bearing the legends Cashier"
and President"
In the back room, we met the presi-
dent, John O. Roberts. a gentleman
over 80 years of age, who can sit
back. with his feet upon his desk.
smoke cigars. and from cloud of
smoke. exude the most delightful
stories of old days on the Mississippi
For Mr. Roberts was clerk on river
golden days OF the great stream.
There, too. we had the good fortune
to meet Prof. NJ S. Goodman. who
was born in Missouri in 1887, and
founded the GAINESVILLE high school
in 1865. The professor has written
the history OF Pike county-but that
is a story all by itself.
In the old days Pike county en-
braced many Of the other present
counties, and. running all the way
from the Mississippi to the Missouri
river, was as large as good-sized
state. Pike has colonized more west
ern country than any other county in
Missouri; or, as Prof. Goodman put
it, THE west used to be full OF Pike
county men who had pushed out there
with their guns AMI bottles"
Yes" added Mr.. Roberts in his
dry, cracking tone, "and wherever
they went they always wanted Office
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
Roe's Letter to Collins.

Two letters were presented to the
members for their consideration.
The first of these was from Ole o.
Roc, state fire marshal and was ad-
dressed to the commissioner Of pub
lie safety. The letter follows:
Complaint has been made to this
department of the condition of the
Garfield school building IN your city,
the burden of the complaint being
that the building had been con-
demned as fire trap and that es-
pecially the third story therefore. is
unfit and unsafe for use by reason
of this hazardous condition, but that
it is now proposed to occupy and use
the third floor for another school
year.
Believing that this is a condition
that you are legally in position tc
deal with, submit it TO you, askine
that you kindly look into it and make
such orders as in your jud gment. may
be proper and in the interest O.
greater safety to the lives of the
children who are compelled to occup,
this building"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
Distances Not Great.

The question Of distances was con-
sidered. and it was found that nine
blocks was probably the farthest any
would have 10 walk II the lower
grades were transferred, two hours
between dismissal and school time at
noon was allowed
Member Woolley then moved that
the third floor be abandoned, and
that grades one and two with Miss
Gage and Miss Padgett as teachers y.
moved To the Mckinley school. This
was seconded by Member Lutz and
carried three to one.
The work Of fitting the rooms will
commence Monday so as to be in
shape for the opening of school on
Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06

and be so itchy that could hardly stand it.
IT tried almost everything but with no
result TIL one night happened to think
about Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
thought would try them. After using
them about two weeks found they were
doing me so much good that kept right
on using the Cuticu-a Soap for washing my
hair and the Cuticura Ointment for rubbing
on my scalp. Now my hair is nice and
thick and am not bothered with any more
dandru1 or falling hair. Tho trouble has
disappeared" (signeD Roy NIittendorf.
Jan al 1914.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
Collins Reply to Roe.

The second letter which the board
had to consider was that from J. A.
M. Collins, commissioner OF public
safety who wrote to Ole o. Roe, state
fire marshal, recommending the clos
ing of the third story of the building
as follows:
yours Of the second inst nd
dressed to this office In reference ~
the Garfield school building, has been
referred to me for attention. I have
to report that in conformity with
your request, I made a careful az.
animation of the premises and nv
judgment is:
''The third story Of this bu;ldins
should not be used as a school room
The number of pupils occupying the
third floor is far too great for the
means Of exit as now provided 7,
case of fire or any alarm Cousins
panic, the scholars have not the on
pcrtuNity which they are legitimatel,
entitled to, for making their escape
either by the shaped stairway. O
the fire escape without danger to lif,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06

pany, and Lyman Abbott, Cleveland.
H. Dodge, Henry w. De Forest and
Alfred r. White joined in the work.
y. P. Morgan and Co. will act as de-
positories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-06
.GARF|E[D THIRD FLOOR
WILL Be CLOSED AT ONCE

or limb. The danger to those on the
third floor, In my judgment, cannot
be exaggerated. but the probability
of fire happening from existing condi-
lions in the furnace room is very
much over-estimated. The building
is not a fire trap. 1t is merely danger
GUS on account Of the construction
for the purpose for which the third
floor is used. The construction OF
the fire escapes is such that it adds to
the hazard instead of lessenfng it.
even from the second floor.