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The Washington times., 1914-01-10
NO OFFENSE" POLICY
GIVES GOOD RESULTS

A good many years ago. when the
old-time variety show" was going
through the course of evolution
which brought it to technical classi-
ication as vaudeville" some of the
Cld-tine variety men made a great
0eal Of fun of one Of the disciples Of
The new. school, who insisted that no
act Oh his bill should contain a sug-
gestive line or even gesture which
might offend the most aight-laced
person among his patrons.
Give me show" he told his book
lag agent, that will please and not
offend the woman and children. and
those same women and children will
give me all the patronage / need tC
make a success Of my business"
The oldt timers made fun of him,
bal he stuck TO his policy, and lived
10 own a large interest in a chain Of
theaters which reaches almost from
coast to coast
II is q mere matter Of detail. but il
might be mentioned. by the way that
c1e of the ''old-timeTs" who made fun
Of him is still alive and is taking
tickets now on the door OF one of his
Eastern houses.
The moving picture game" said a
theatrical manager the other day. "'S
Going more than anything else 10
l.old the popular price amusement
business I'D to the wOmen's and chill
uren's standard. Given clean pictures
and seeing the enthusiasm and ap-
probation with which they are re-
CCived, the theater manager soon
comes to appreciate and understand
the fallacy of mGTring his program
with any vaudeville act Wnich could
possibly offend lis family patronage.
Showmen who have watched the de-
elopment of tn" combination of
vaudeville and moving pictures, with
Int fV,fy NO iEVS VIII
q! shoE will draw the right KIND
Of DatrCnage-"right kind in this
case meaning patronage which the
thcateT will enjoy week after week.
, Oint to the Casino in Washington as
. house which is building up pol
10y along the line pursued by the
manager referred to above who nov
has one Of the oid-time variety men
working for him as 4 dUort,ndeT.
The management of the Casino
prides itself on maintaining con :
slant censorship over every feature
billed This censorship applies to
pictures and vaudeville alike.
I'VE accept no moving picture reel
from an exchange explained the
manager, "that has ever brought its
producer or a theater in which II has
been shown any unpleasant notOriety,
and in thed selection OF our vaude-
vile acts we follow absolutely the
90 offensc TO women and children
I-olicy. Leaving the question of mo-
raIity out altogether, IL would stiTl
be good business / have watched
this vaudeville game very carefully,
AID while an occasional risque per-
formance may create somewhat of a
ripple on broadway for few min
utes ] have noticed that il dies very
quickly il IT is shown in a theater
which depends upon the home folks
for patronage.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

va, that CITY nav
ing been named
for her family.
From her baby
hood, aim o s t,
Helen Lee has had
what she terms a
.hankering" after
the stage. When
she was a tiny
toddler she would
quite often aston
ish her parents
and brothers and
sisters by indica-
tions of a histrion-
is ability which re-
fused to be smoth-
cred, either by
ridicule or dis
couragement.
Many times she
was subjected to
humiliation Of a
spanking because
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
TIMES SATURDAY DRAMATIC FEATUT
Two Adopted District.
Daughters Playing Here
By JULIA MURDOCH.

-HERE are two young women play
ing here this week whose career
upon the stage interests their
many Washington friends, be-
cause of the fact that both girls, If not
exactly Washingtonians, are so closely
connected with the Capital City and its
pc pie that they might almost be called
adopted daughters of the District of Co.
lImbia
Helen Lee, who supports Julia Dean in
"Her own Money" which is playing in
he BeIasco Theater is from Leesgurg,
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

Ethel Du Ere Houston.
of her fon1ness for taking the dining
room table as the scene of her dra-
matte outbursts., A table cover often
represented her. hong trailing evening
gown. and perhaps later it would again
DO duty for Roman toga- Every sort
of drama, from Uncle Toms Cabin to
Hamlet" was tried .out by little Miss
Helen Lee on her mothers dining room
table, so nobody was surprised when,
In later years. she announced her inten-
ton of going onsths stage.
Nine. Susan oidbsxE
Discovered Her Voice
1t was Madame aasap oldberg. Of this
city, who discovered that Miss Lee had
a natural voice of great power, ana this
was developed with the view of having
Miss Lee become a church singer. and
she was quite willing to become one
until she heard of Mary Gardens big
success II, New York. Then she decided
that Washington was too small a field
for her, and that hiding her ability in
a CHURCH choir was not at all to her
liking. so she went to New York. and
within a few weeks she had obtained an
engagement with Raymond Hitchcock
TO appear in ''The Red Widow"
After this first step success began to
come her way, and it was while appear
ing with Mr.. Hitchcock that Miss Lee
decided to develop, so far as 1t was pos
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
Wants to Know Status.

LONDON, Jan. 1O-An American woru-
an, the morganatic wife of the young
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwe filed
suit to test the validity of her common
law marriage in the laws eyes.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

twenty four Of as pretty-za set of
Girls as good salaries could procure.
and the principals supporting him this
year have been recruited from the
legitimate and vaudeville fields. Every
act is brand new, and there isn't a
song, a piece of scenery, or stitch Of
wardrobe that he used before.
It's pretty near, a forgone CONCLUSION
that any of the companies following
him this season should do a land Of.
fee business The reputation he will
make and the records he will break,
should be sufficient to pack any bur-
lesque theater for any company that
comes after him.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

sible in musical production, the dra-
matte genius. which she was sure she
possessed.
This led to a dramatic engagement,
which led TO another. and which finally
led to the Schubert management and
Miss Lee was given q part in support
of Miss Dean.
In Washington this week. Miss Lee
has been looking up her old friends of
her childhood days.
Ethel DuFFe Houston Is another girl
who claims Washington as her adopted
phis, Tenn. Her school days were
passed in this city at one of the well
known academies. After finishing her
education hers. she went TO Paris, ard
studied with Jean DeRezke. who paid
her the great conplimknt of naming
her the young American with the
voice Nss q
She entered the employ OF the Savage
Grand Opera Company, playing Suzuki
in Nine. Butterfly, and it is in this
to the American public. The quality
Of her voice, Miss Houston explains
has identified her with long hne Of
sorrowing mothers and tragedy queens,
and while she quite admits that a sense
Of humor is saving. grace. it has to
With desire to laugh at some Of
the incongruous happenings of the opera
singer.
Unique Experience
In MIME. Butterfly.
One case she details in particular hap
pened when she sang Butterfly.
The little child who had been engaged
to play the baby in the opera suddenly
became refractory-"acted up" as it
were-and nothing could be done to
pacify him The act was on, and 1t
was all they could do behind the scenes
to keep his screams from being heard In
the audience. Nine. Butterfly, and
Miss Houston as Suzuki had just gone
up stage for the bushes of looking
out into the night, and Suzuki had Just
settled herself for the long vigil.
Suddenly something seemed to be
hurled from the wings and landed in her
lap with all the force and suddenness
of cannon ball As she looked, the
awful truth came over her. From some
where they had requisitioned a red
headed messenger boy at least eleven
years old. They had asked him how
small he could be for dollar, and he
had Immediately taken six inches OF
his height. When he was offered 81 TO
GO on. he had assured the stage man
ageI that he would make himself small
enough to creep.
The poor little chap had been dressed
in the baby's kimono. but his long legs
ana his enormous feet. covered with
black shoes, stuck out from beneath the
elaborately embroidered silken garment,
but they had to have a baby somehow.
They got through the scene with no
rlishap. but Miss Houston vows she
never wants to repeat the experience
again.
in Baron Trenck' and last February
she created the part of Dame Paula N
"Sweethearts.'' the character in which
she is appearing this week In Christie
MLDonalds company at the National
TEeater. y. ,.-..- - -
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
CAPITAL DESERVES
MORE GOOD MUSIC
Sufficient Number of EnthuS-
lasts in City to Justify Grand
Opera Performances.

With two symphony orchestras and
concerts by soloists, Washington music
! lovers have heard some good music
f, this season, but not nearly as much as
! they deserve. There is no reason why
all the very best in the musical world
| should not be heard in this city after
the consistent and overwhelming attend
ance with which the symphony Or
chestras are greeted. The strange part
OF it is that a certain. per cent Of the
audiences often will go mainly to hear
the soIoist. Surely there are none who
will leave before the soloist is heard.
yet times without number world-famed
artists coming to this city in concert
are welcomed by a mere handful Of
people There must be some answer to
the question.
There is proportionately large musi-
cal population in this city. They are
the only ones who can make special at
fractions pay. in This city. They could
make grand opera possibility In wash
ington. They exist, and in abundance,
and If any one is skeptical in the mat
ter let him step into the theater on the
occasion of a symphony concert, and
see the crowd standing lin the back of
of the theater. These are the people 10
whom the appeal must be made.
Fritx KreisIer. violinist will be heard in
concert at the Columbia Monday after
noon, at 4:3O o'clock. Kreisler has been
heard here once before this season, but
his appearance has only served to sharp
en- the musical appetite for a more de-
tailed performance. His caliber as a
musician is unquestionably high, his art
is a perfect growth Of d remarkable
technique, and his own compositions
have both grace and substance. His pro-
L. In Mai iNr
Bach: Prelude, Gavotte, Minuetto l
and 2, Gigue; 2, Grave, Fried:nann-
Bach: Chanson, Couperin; Prelude and
Allegro, Pugnani; Sarabande ct Allegro,
Corelli; La Chase, Cartier; Variations,
Tartaini: 5, Melody in d Minor Gluck;
Romance in A Major, Schumann; Rondo
in G Major, Mozart; 4, Caprice Viennois,
Kreisler: Three Caprices, Paganini.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

Virginia Theater. Today Only. Marin
Leonard in an overwhelming surprise.
Journeys Ending"
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
LOCAL MENTION.

Wire Your Residence for Electricity.
Electric Webster, III 9Th.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

Mrs. Ethel Hoitzclaw Gswl-r and sgd
ney Lloyd Wrightson will give 2 re-
cital on Friday evening next, at the
Ocean Avenue Congregational Church.
Rrooklyn. ~. Y, assisted by Charles
Gilbert Spross and Arthur Clyde Leon
ard of New York.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

January II. from to 1870 p. m, will
include an elaborate orchestral program
offering Massenet's ''Fete Boheme."
overture from Scenes Picturesque
Rockers descriptive Dance of the Cob
Hns." Won Blon's "Whispering Flowers, -
selections from Kalmans ''Sari," and
Victor Herbert's Wizard OF the Nile. ''
Popy's "Valse POudree," CZibulka' s
iGyIi woodland Whispers Silesu' s
melodic. TN Peu d'AmOUr," and other
rare selections.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

The second concert of the Washing
ton series by the Philadelphia Orches-
ira, under the direction of Leopold Sto-
kowski IS announced for Tuesday aft
eraoon, January 20, at 4:30 o'clock, at
the National Theater.
Florence Hinkle, soprano, will be the
soloist at this concert. Miss Hinkle is a
singer of whom every American may be
jUstly proud-quoting from Musical
America-''A truly representative prod
uct of this lands training. she can hold
UP the soprano standard with the best
that Europe affords in the concert field"
Her voice and method have received
the most favorable comment from he
late New York recital
Ysaye. violinlst, Godowsky, pianist, and
Gsrardy, 'celIist,. will be heard in a
joint concert at the National Theater
Friday afternoon, January .. at 4:30
C'CIock Nothing in the musical combi-
nations Of recent years has surpassed
the public appearances of the trio. Last
year the great Belgian violinist and the
Polish-American pianist were heard In
this city in a never-to-be-forgotten
concert. The addition of Gerardy is for
tunate.
The Flonzaley Quartet. under the
management of T. Arthur Smith, comes
to the New Masonic Auditorium, jan
to be given IN this city. The other
concert will take place some time in
March.
In four years this organization,
through sheer excellence, has gained a
foothold with the musical population
of this country that il would be diff
cult TO dislodge. Their method of work
iEg precludes the faintest possibility of
an imperfect performance. For each
season only three programs, comprising
say, nine or ten pieces, are prepared.
These are worked out to the finest de-
tail, and every effort is concentrated
on their faultless rendition. No one
of any other member, the music and
not the personality of the player is
consistently under consideration. The
men know one another, study together,
and successfully form truly harmon
ious whole.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-22

messed the union of two OF the oldest
real estate concerns In Richmond
This company was incorporated with
a maximum capital of $4,000 and
minimum OF $4,000. with B. T. Wat
kins as president: A. l.. Adamson.
vice president. and A. Vincent Adam
son as observation-disclosures.
For the past thirty years A. L. Ad-
amson has conducted a real estate
business in Suuth Richmond. and dur
ing this time has met with great
deal of success. and in the last few
years he has had as a partner in the
Business his sen, Mr.. A Vincent Adam
son.
e. 7. Watkins, the president Of -the
new company, is one of tho best
known real estate men in the city. he
having started into this business If
teen years or more ago, when the real
estate business OF Richomnd was in
Its infancy.
The purpose OF the new pany
is To take over the entire business OF
both concerns, to increase their hold
ings In timber and farm lands and to
maintain an office In both Richmond
and South Richmond for the conven-
fence of their customers.
With a charter which permits them
to loan money. buy and sell property
and to increase their holdings to $780,
900 acres, the new company Is launch
ed with the brightest OF prospects.
having at the helm of the business
three of this city's oldest and most ex-
perienced men in this line or work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-22
SENATOR FROM OREGON
OPPOSES THE PRESIDENT
Would Not Charge Toto Coasse Vessels Using the Panama
Canal and Makes Dignihed Remonsrance.

and the United States ought to main
tain its position at any hazard or
cost 1t Is insisted by those who
would repeal the clause that it Is in
violation OF the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, but the question OF treaty viola
ton was discussed at great length be-
fore the law was enacted. and it was
determined by an overwhelming vote
In both the senate and house that the
enactment of the law was In no sense
of the word q violation of the treaty.
1t Is not a party question, but one of
national import.
Not only was this view taken by
the then president Of the United
States. as we'll as the secretary of
state, both of whom we're and are dis
tinEuished constitutional lawyers,
maintained the same view. the first
In his approval of the act as passed,
and the second in his answer to the
protest of Earl Grey. Further than
that, the Supreme Court of the
United States. in passing upon treaty
provision between the United States
and Great Britain very much like the
one In question, held that 1t was not
a violation of the terms OF the treaty
that the legislature of Texas discrim
mated in favor OF American vessels
engaged in navigating the waters OF
that State.
The consensus of opinion through
out the United States sustains the view
that there Is no sound basis for the
argument that the law violates any
treaty obligations but aside from the
question of treaty stipulations there
are compelling political. military and
economic reasons why the party now
In power should not undertake to re-
peal the free tolls provision, nor, ar
view 1t. even to suspend its opera
ton.
1T seems to me that the time has
come when we ought to take a firm
stand with Great Britain. as we have
taken with Japan. and insist upon
our right to control our internal az
fairs in whatsoever manner we see fit
II we have 10 fight to maintain our
rights We might as we'll do 1t nov as
TO yield TO the demands OF every Tor
eign power and practically fetter the
commerce between the United States
and every quarter of the globe.
Il believe in peace. but 1t ought not
To be purchased at the expense of
national integrity and honor. A Law
which was enacted at the demand of
the business interests of the whole
country ought not to be disturbed be-
cause OF the protest of Great Britain
or any other power"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-22
RICHMOND, VA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1914

velopment Of the agricultural COM
munity and the bringing in of new
settlers. When q man with a little
more initiative, energy and ability ao-
composites more than his neighbors
along lines of efficiency and makes
q success Of the proposition that his
neighbors too frequently discouraged
and denounced where they should
have encouraged. co-operated and lent
their hearty assistance, II seems to
worry them greatly. This Is not al
ways the case by any means, but It
has been subsequently the rule that
we have not up to the present time
been able to interest Northern people
or capital to any great degree in the
development of Southern lands on
subdivision or colonization basis
have had some of the best western
colonization specialists with plenty of
capital back of them on trips with me
through Virginia and North Carolina.
have shown them excellent farming
lands in large areas. accessible to rail-
road station, and good transportation,
at prices ranging from 50 to $50 per
acre. that were intrinsically worth
from $25 to 500 or more and they
knew 1t as well as 1. ! could not u.s.
Qdty get LIsHl lJttitSAcu, HoNCscEs
and in the last analysis. ! have in
variably found that their reason for
refusing to consider this section lay
In the attitude of our own people to-
ward those development enterprises.
We need a little more inocuiatlon
with that bacteria of mutual co-opera-
ton and hearty good will and spon-
taneous enthusiasm regarding this
glorious Southern country and its
marvel. us possibilities. AS / stated
before. our young people are leaving
US to-day because we are not giving
them the proper encouragement hero
in the South. The State OF California
alone has been getting fifty thousand
families annually from the other
States for the past FIVE years and It
is estimated that each newcomer
brings an average of not less than 81,
600 with him. which means 81 total
sum Of fifty million dollars contri-
huted to the State Of California by
these settlers to say nothing of them
selves, which is an infinitely greater
contribution In the end. Canada has
taken more than one hundred thou
sand homeseekers annually and the
western roads are sending their pas
senger traffic representatives all
through the South continually and
taking our Southern people out by
carloads and train loads into this
western territory. II you are sutti
cientiy interested to investigate you
will find out that / am telling you
some very pertinent truths to-day and
Il you do not round up your fellow
business men and get them interested
in some real effective campaigns for
the rehabilitation Of our Southern
FARM land areas then the South can
not continue to prosper as she should,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-22
Hens That Exercise.

According to Samuel Il. Mahan OF
St Paul. Mimi, the egg yield of hen
can positively be increased If means
are taken to give her plenty Of exer
else. A dispatch the other day related
that Mahan had established a sort OF
treadmill In connection with his
chicken coop. says the New York Sun.
and compelled his hens to walk the
rungs constantly for ten or fifteen
minutes at time, so that exercise ap-
proximating two hours daily was Ia.
ken. A 80 per cent. increase in egg
laying was reported within period OF
nine days.
When news Of the achievement
reached some OF the college analysts.
they began to figure on the likelihood
OF change in the component parts OF
the egg. What the result will be, as
Stunning the hen exercise story to be
true, leaves all kinds OF room for spec.
ulation. 1t is a well-known fact that
cattle worked hard make tougher
eating when killed. Building up OF
muscle gives greater strength. but the
tenderness vanishes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-22

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. 21.-
outor George E. Chamberlain Is out
Spoken in his opposition to the repeal
- that portion Of the Panama canal
let which exempts coastwise vessels
rom payment Of tolls. He has travel
ga along the same road with President
VVllson since the Inauguration. but as
ko the repeal OF the free tolls pro-
1U1on, which is now being chmpioned
~ the chief executive, the senior SEN
Akor from Oregon enters a positive
but dignified remonstrance.
In speaking of the agitation now
nning on. Senator Chamberlain said:
TT is my opinion that the demand
Tor the repeal of that portion of the
Panama canal act granting free tolls
10 costwise vessels Is inspired, IN the
orgt instance, by the Canadian Pacific
Railroad, and this I'm turn by the trans
continent railroads CT this country.
rhese latter roads have always OPP
poSed the construction OF canal.
Their emissaries were In Washington
30 oppose the passage OF the Panama
canal act and. having failed in that,
khey are now resorting 10 the field OF
diplomacy, ready. II need be, 20 plunge
khe country into bloody war to ac-
pomplish their purpose.
"Suppose the congress yields to the
demands Of Great Britain and repeats
khe free tolls clause of the act, will
khat satisfy her? Not by any means,
Tor, yielding TO this demand. Il Will
be followed by other insistept de-
nands and amongst these will be the
opening OF the canal to railroad
owned ships. This Is the real secret
behind which the trlns-continentai
lines are hiding, both those in Canada
md the United States.
IT these demands are complied
With 1t will be insisted that we have
no right to foTtify the canal that we
have no right 10 pass our navy through
The canal In time OF war. that We
nannot honor our treaty with Panama
With reference to the passage of her
tessels through the canal. in fact, that
we have no right whatsoevsr--except
10 axpend about sixteen millions OF
dollars per annum In the maintenance
Ind operation of great national
highway built by American ingenuity
with American money
There is no question that there are
International complications which
make the subject delicate one a this
particular juncture. but truly
american policy demands that the
Panama act should stand as II was en- =
acted in spite of these complications,