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The Washington times., 1914-03-08
ManV Shows
Will Close
Early
By BEAU RIALT0.

NEW YORK, March SIT is the pre-
diCtion along the Great White Way
that the 1894 season will close very
early this year. Already some of the
productions that have eked out a pre-
carious Broadway existence through
the lean winter are preparing to fold
their tents like the Arab and as silent
ly steal away. Managers who have
been losing money have waited only
for a seemly time to close their shows.
rather than confess failure by closing
ahead of time.
The spring season is likely to see
little new on Broadway except NOV
ing pictures. Only one or two serious
productions have been announced for
April and May. OF course there will
be the perennial Gilbert and Sullivan
reVivals at the Casino. with De Wolf
Hopper as the star. And there will be
Joe Weber and Lew Fields and George
Monroe in some sort of airy persifiage
thing on the Forty-fourth street roof
And probably Sam Bernard and his
string OF pretty girls will think it
permissible" to come back to Broad
way in the balmy spring. Otherwise
the outlook is distinctly depressing.
Thespians with weather eyes who
notice pigs with straws IN their
mouths and goose bones and things
like that predict that The Yellow
Ticket" Michael Morton's powerful
Inelodrama, at the Eltinge, VIII! close
its New York season about June /
The belief is based on a bet made by
Florence Reed, the woman star OF the
piece, and Al II. Woods, the producer
During rehearsals Miss Reed bet
" oods d box of cigars against a boX
Of gloves that The Yellow Ticket
would run at the Eltinge until June.
Woods took the bet. The other DAY
lie setn a small boy back to Miss
Esed's dressing room with the gloves
and a note which said: Il lose" Wise
acres argued from this that WOODS
had set June ] for closing. The play
proba bly, will be sent on short road
tour. and put on the road again IN
September. but without the strong
cast that marked its New. York run.
John Mason, for one, has ALREADY been
engaged by Woods for the Leading
role in another play.
New York first-nighters last week
saw two typical Broadway plays, plays
that no producer would dare tryouI
on a less provincial town. One Is q
musical comedy hodge podge without
shred of plot or story. with little mu'
SIC and with moth ng TO make il &c
and a hundred or more pretty girls
with shapely legs and arms. The other
Is a typical old-fashioned small town
melodrama OF the Way Down East
, old Homestead type. Both are impos-
s!ble. but New York likes them. Thai
gives them the all-powerful stamp oi
metropolitan approval. and they doubt
less will have runs here and then he
received with approval on the road:
The musical show referred to is ''Tht
Midnight Girls" at the Forty-fourtr
The Washington times., 1914-03-08

it in Greece before the dramas OF
Euripides were written. and that In
Rome it antedates the circus:''
1 didn't know any of it. Aud l
didn't expect to have the history OF
the Greek and Roman theaters
thrown in my face in the office OF
burlesque house, either. The owner
of the voice came into the light,
very well-dressed young man who
was introduced to me as Joseph
Robie.- son of the owner If Robes
Beauty Show, which l had pust seen.
Young Robie was born in the busi-
ness. His father had been in It al
most since he was born. 1 sat COM
fortably and listened to lecture On
burlesque-historical. analytical. con-
structive. And the lecture told me
what / wanted to know.
The burlesque business has changed.
Its owners are trying to cut out its
coarseness. And they are very close
" knit together. these people. They
have control of more than sixty
theaters. and they have 4 company
for each theater. These are divided
into two sections. One Of these sec
tons consists of forty-three houses.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
Sigma Lambda Girls Give
Anniversary Banquet

The tenth anniversary OF Alpha Chap
ter, Sigma lambda Sorority. an Or
.anization OF Central High School girls
WAS celebrated with a banquet ana
dance at the Raleigh Hotel last 0!2ht.
Miss Beulah Boss was toastmistrcss
and Miss Katherine Carter delivered
the address of welcome. Miss Marie
Johnson, Miss Madeline MerkhnE' Miss
Dorothy Hermann. and others spoke.
Those in charge of TIE affair Were the
Misses Harriet Snow. Alice ReA. Ada
johnson, Dorothy Rider. and Beulah
loss.
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Ends 5-Year Sentence,
Must Face Charge Here

Christopher r. Davidson will step
through the prison gates at Columbus.
Ohio. tomorrow morning to waiting
shackles in the hands of Detective Bur-
lingame. of the Washington headduar-
ters force. Davidson has just COM
pleted a term of five years.
He will be brought 10 Washington to
answer 4 charge of forgery and false
pretenses growing out Of accusations
that he cash.d 4 check for sl.so0. to
which the name Of 4. A. b.undon. real
estate dealer, RAD teen forged. The
check was cashed by the Fourteenth
Street Savings Pank-
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Street Theater. Sometimes there are
100 girls on the stage. good looking
singers. The comedians get of yards
ARD yards of supposedly funny lines.
but they are not at all funny. Half
dozen really new jokes are sprung. The
music is not very tuneful. either. But
the picture. ever changing, is exceed
ingly pleasing. That is what makes
such shows go in New York. The en-
semble is attractive and the .'tired
business man cares little wnethc. a
play is sensible or tuncful so long ns us
feminine portions are pleasing u the
eye.
The melodrama is Along Came
Ruth" at the Gaiety Theater. The
drama. Oldport, Me. is its locale. to
be exact Any other small New Eng
land town would serve as well. Ruth,
of course, is a marvel and a paragon.
From nowhere apparently she DRIFTS
into the small community and is dis
covered getting a job in a furniture
store l.. /.
Almost before she can dust off its
contents she has the proprietor on the
bigbroaj 10 fabulous wealth, just like
that. The first thing one knows. sne
has made sales of frightfully shop-wofn
goods She improves the town, ORE AZ
izes a board of trade. adveruses Olo-
port all over lne "oiiu dito :P'
n. citizers until Oldport IS almost
metropolitan. And all through it runs
the old fashioned love story: ABOUT
ali the unmarried men in Oldport are
anxious to marry the miracle ,s rVam ~orker; sbs
hut she prefers the son of the man she
Sas Used from poverty to opulence.
Because It is d play ard Ruth Is a
, sort of erman-the-Great. she has her
way and marrl':S .. 1T,
but il, real life the ending mlSht e4sLs
I-fh
nowhere and nothing was known "f
her antecedents. That might have 1Gen
All verv well in France. where the play
originated. but It did not 90 az an ~
prim New England. Ruth as a pusineS II
rr,nan and town promoter WAS Ill
right but as a daughter-in-law. she
Was strenuously opposed. i-oweVef'
she solved the difficulty. Curtain.
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specialties, and an after piece. The
show l saw at the Gayety did not
follow these exact lines. 1t was
more like the Follies-a sort OF con.
tinuous procession of events that
were connected only because they
happened on the same stage, ana
the intervals between them were
minute. l noted the difference in
structure when the moving picture
part of the program was put on
at the end of the show. And l de-
cided to pay visit to George Pech.
the sGayety's manager. to learn why
this show wasn't like others l had
heard Of.
Deserves Service Medal.
If it ever becomes fashionable to
issue service medals to the survivors
of theatrical campaigns. Mr.. Peck
will be awarded most of them.
Fosty-eight years have elapsed
since he first mounted horse in the
old Agricultural Exhibition Hall In
London and made his debut in the
business as a steeplechase rider.
That was about the only job Father
Peck ever had as a performer. lie
came to America while a young man
with a show and has remained here
and with a show or theater ever
since - s---
The first shock I<recetved at the
Gayety came in the manager ONCE;
/ had introduced myself, and asked
WHY l hadn't been Informed that
burlesuue was beginning to be the
only form of entertainment to which
a gentleman can take a lady without
fear of embarrassing consequences.
Nv little speech was interrupted ~
quiet laugh from dark corner CT
the office And the laugh gave way
to a low, well-modulated Harvard
accent:
NV dear madame, don't you know
that burlesque is the oldest form OF
amusement in the world? Don't you
know that Aristophanes introduced
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
She Found Clean, SprightB Wit,
Plenty of Comedy, Wide
Latitude in Music, and At
tractive Scenery.
By JULIA MURDOCH.

When the late Mr. Bunyon con-
densed a sentiment as old as the
world itself into burning words that
tell of a group of vicious-looking
lions. whose terror-inspiring jaws
turned out to he nothing more than
a magnificent bit of prehistoric re-
enforced concrete construction
wrote something,
One of these days I will probably
learn something about the theatrical
business. Just at present l feel very
much toward it as the famous Pill
grim must have felt toward life in
general after he discovered what
lot of mental energy he'd wasted in
being frightened by those stone
lions.
I've been to the .Gayety Theater!
I've seen a REAL burlesque show
In a regular burlesque houseI
And-and / liked it so well, I'm
going again! -!
The big wind last Monday did it.
That is. the wind blew me into the
lobby of the Gayety. And there /
was beset by spirit of daring that
prompted me to brave the question
ing crowd of men standing around
waiting for the show to begin and
boldly walk into the smoky audi
torium.
Blush? Pretty Close To 1t.
As I entered the house I probably
came as near to blushing as l have
done since the first Zeigfeld Follies
Whan considers
things like The Lure THE Traf-
fic.'' Damaged Goods" and the
other delicate morsels that have
been served playgoing people during
the past few seasons, one gathers
Just what a difficulty involved me
when l sought to blush at all. But
/ admit feeling red and uncomfort-
able when / settled myself in my
seat at the Gayety Monday after
noon.
That is the only time during the
afternoon, / want to say, that I. felt
the slightest desire to blush. The
show / saw was very much like one
OF the Zeigfeld shows-except that it
was cleaner, that the girls in the
chorus were not SO brazenly exhibit
ing themselves, and the costumes
were much more MODEST
Rea ly, I can't remember a sug-
gestive thing about the whole per-
formance 1t was bright, sprishtly-
spicy at times. but not extensively
so-and il seemed to me particularly
clean. The costumes were pretty,
well selected and worked out a care
fully thought color scheme. The
scenery was attractive, the same
people painted it who prepared the
'Garden of Allah" scenery.
Like a Musical Comedy.
The show was like a musical COM
edy. It had even less plot than most
musical comedies. There was con-
sIderably more latitude in the music,
because practically all the songs
We're introduced" They We're what
one hears on the phonograph, and
most of them were new. There were
many comedians and quite lot or
pretty girls.
AT stated intervals during the &C
ton specialties were introduced.
They were not unpleasant. The
humor was bit more direct than
one usually hears in the legitimate
show because the people who use 1t
must be sure to get il over" The
usual burlesque show consists OF
three parts-a burlesque first part.
an olio, which means a series OF
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
Chicago Policewomen
To Be Taught Jiu Jitsu

CHICAGO. March s.-Chicago's police
women are 10 be taught tiu jitsu to fit
them for emergency encounters. The
women will enter the police school OF
instruction at the Fillmore street sta
ton tomorrow morning for "A month $
course, which viii include instruction In
the Japanese art Of wrestling.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
What's on Program This Week

Rathbone-Superior, No. % Pythian Ss-
ters-Rathbone Temple. No. s.
Socialist Party--Thirteenth anniversary. "a
val Lodge Hall.
Sons Of Jonadab-Hope. No. i; Faith. No. J.
SATURDAY.
Meetings, evening:
National Un!on-Columbla Council
Odd FelIows-Patriarchs Militant, Canton.
Washington. No. i.
Socialist Party-Women's Committee. lunch
con, sli street.
Sons Of Jonadab-John c. Daley Council,
No &
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
LOST AND FOUND

EASTERN STAR PIN-Marked Naniva Chap
ter No. g. on back OF star Marcel. Los;
Sunday, February =. Mrs. NJ. J. SCH AF-
FER Reward II returned to 800 Louisiana
PRAYER BOOK-Saddler's Teachers Manuel
of Episcopal Prayerbork. Lost March at
7th and Pa ave. Return to 1901 Emerson
st. y. W. Reward.
wATCH-Lady's gold: initial II. B. on wal ch
and fob. X. BAYNE. GA Eye St S. E. re-
ward
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
Lectures on Opera.

Under the auspices OF the Fine Arts
Society. II. E. krehbel gave the fourth
OF a series of lectures on THE Develop
ment Of the Opera" at the New Ma
tioual Museum last night. The subject
was WaYncr's Der MeistcrSinger." lie
was assisted by Paul Bleyden, tenor.
Miss Alice Burbage, at the piano, and
Mrs Bleyden.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
HELP WANTED-MME

AMBITIOUS MEN-Classes now forming In
strength OF materials. ID. c. cynanos.
building and contracting mechanism draft
ing mathematics etc. Get bulletin and en-
roll now CAPITAL TECHNICAL INSTI
TUTE, Kenois Bldg. llth and q.
BOY-Intelligent, about l6 with bicycle. to
work IN newspaper office: good salary and
opportunity for advancement. Apply Room
s26 Munsey Bldg.
BOYS and young men with wheels N1O day:
steady work guaranteed. Apply DIME
MESSENGER SERVICE. III 18th 1T. y. W.
GOVERNMENT POSITIONS in Postoth e
Railway Mail and other branches are sood
prepare for "eNams.' under ioriner L. 5
Civil Service ary-Examiner: bnoke;
G-20 Write today. PATTERSON CIVIL
SERVICE SCHOOL. Rochester. N. 7.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
SPIRITUALISM

MRS. MAMIE STEVES, sGi4ismni MS4i%m and
instructor OF spiritual school; private rradins'
given daily. Si5 \. J. ave. ;. i. fh. Line. solS
MEETINGS Monday. Wednesday. Friday.
D. NJ. sharp. a message to each: daily read
Nv, back OF Carnegie Library. Phone II. 370e
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SITUATIONS WANTED
Male.

BOOKKEEPER - Thoroughly experienced.
double entry; reference. moderate salary
1904 9Th st. =. w.
RFHiISrERED DRUGGIST. thoroughly re-
liable. desires relief work. Address EOX
Is Times office.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
WANTED-AGENTS

U. S. GOVERNMENT uses Richmond Chemi-
cal Fire EXtinguishers that kill sasolene
fires; auto factory sizes; District MANAGERS
make 5uyGo profit: auto free. RICHMOND
CHEMICAL COMPANY, Div. IL, Wheeling,
W. Va.
AGENTS make big money selling Our line
Of specialtes; write for our new cataloS
and free sample ROBERT LINDSEI,
Broughton. c. b.. Nova Scotia. Canada.
Notwithstanding new: fastest sellers and
quickest repeater on earth; permanent,
profitable business. good for $50 to S15
week Write Tor particulars. AMERICAN
PRODUCTS CO., SCS9 Sycamore, St, Cincin-
natl. Ohio.
AGENTS-Make .$5 to SO every day: some
thing good; sells everywhere; particulars
free. II. ". WILLIS CO. Dept. 5. Box 2si.
Hagerstown. Nd.
AGENTS make 5000 profit selling "No:elty
Sign Cards" merchants buy 10 to 100 on
sight. SO varieties. catalogue free. SGLlI-
VAN CO. l23i Van Buren, ST.. Chicago. Ill.
AGENTS get In success circle; 1914 spe-
cialties. big money. NJ. o. l.. Specially
Co., 23l7 ith ave. Altoona, Pa.
START mail order business of your own:
small capital. spare time; q plans send
for particulars. Mutual Opportunities EN-
change. Buffalo. y. Y.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
LANDS FOR SALE

500 BUYS Southern farm home near city Of
IS COO: share in profits paid until buyer
takes possession; write quickly for views and
particulars. stating how you want to buy-a
b. McMANAMON, Box ISi. Waycross, Ga.
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HELP WANTED.
AHt E~~l.

PERFORMERS WANTED for road show just
organizing; guarantee you position
within weeks; phone WARREN BEVERLY,
Hotel Ardmore, for appointment.
wANTED-Persons to prepare IUr civil serv-
ice examinations: private and confidential
lessons at reasonable rates. WOODS CON-
MERCIAL SCHOOL. 3u Z. Capitol st.
WANTED-Buyer for silk and
knit underwear and sweater de-
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references regarding character and
ability need apply. BOX 1T,
Times Office.
wANTED-Ambitious people who wish to be
prepared for q good position in the shortest
possible time: Gregg shorthand, touchr type
writing Bliss bookkeeping. WOODS CON-
MERCIAL SCHOOL. 81 z. Capitol St
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WANTED-SALESMEN

WILL REQUIRE FIVE HIGH-GRADE MEN
for saleswork in Virginia and Maryland at
once: Old-established line. Write or call at
once for proposition. A. w. DORSCH. Dis
trict Supt.. +. >. BOWSER CO, 26i
Evans Bldg, Washington, ID. c.
WANTED-Salesmen Of ability and neat ap-
pearance call on all merchants in their
territory: elegant side line: convenient TO
carry: good commissions: prompt remittance.
BELMONT MFG. co. Cincinnati. Ohio.
SA ALESMEN-Experience unnecessary. easy
work. big pay: write for large list OF open
ings oIferins opportunities to earn Sl0O to 800
a month while you learn. Address Dept. 81.
National Salesmen's Training Association,
Chicago. New York. Kansas City. San Fran
cisco.
The Washington times., 1914-03-08
FOR EXCHANGE

VIRGINIA FARM. acres. aear city and
electric. IL room house. ocher buildings:
terms. Exchange for city property.
JOHN q. SLATER.
l410 G st. y. w.
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ROOMS AND BOARD
WANitD-ROOMS

wANTED-3 or 4 unfur rooms Tor ]. h. k:
gas and bath; Southeast or Southwest.
W. II. NJ. Carlton ave-. Woodbridge. d. {.
l.
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SITUATIONS WANTED
Female.

YOUNG LADY desires position as stenosra-
ph.r and typewriter; has had about one
years experience: willing TO accept tempor-
ary employment. Address BOX q. Ii.neS
office.
wOMAN-Colored. wishes position cook.
washing and ironing. 1873 18th st y. w.
PIANO Pupils at pupils home; experience
teacher; beginners a speciality: reasonable.
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BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW AUTOMOBILE MAP and Touring
Guide OF Maryland. Virginia and New
Jersey. Including the most direct route to
New York and Atlantic City, giving dis
tances: for sale a, BRENTANOS. i9th and
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The Washington times., 1914-03-08
SPECIAL NOTICES

CARRIAGE WORKERS are invited to attend
an open meeting and smoker to be given oy
Local ~ at their hall, 6th and @ SITS. y. w.
Thursday, March ls. All are cordially In
vited to attend
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-14
COMMISSION FILES
APPROVAL Of Plan
N. s. kErcHuM ACCEPTS viApUcT
PROJECT FOR STATE RAIL.
ROAD BOARD.
ORDINANCE NOW READY
FOR RAILROADS. APPROVAL
Two Steam and the Electric Line Have
Twenty Days to File Written Ae-
ceptance-U Understood All Three Are
Ready to File Their Aeeeptanees
With City clerk.

Another step in the South Third ave-
nue. viaduct proceedings was taken this
forenoon when y. S. ketchum, acting
for the state railroad commission. and
with its authority. formally accepted
the plans and specifications for the
viaduct
This acceptance and approval was in
writing and was made a part of the
plans which. in turn. are a part Of the
viaduct ordinance that the council
passed to final adoption Monday fore
noon.
The next move in the viaduct pro-
cedure is for the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis and the Northwestern railroads
and the Iowa Railway and Light Com
pany to file written acceptance Of the
ordinance. They have twenty days in
which 10 do this.
1t is understood that the formal ac
ceptances OF the two steam roads are
IN the hands of their local attorneys
in this city where they have been
held until the state railroad commits
sion approved the plans and speciti-
cations. The Iowa Railway and Light
Company is ready, it is said, TO file its
acceptance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-14

SS"NO NSSs SSS ~ ~O'~'Os =
Like the Bank Of England. the Bank
Of France is now guarded every night
by soldiers, who do sentry duty out
side the building. 4 watch being like
wise kept inside it's precincts. But
within quite recent time the oncials
at the French bank resorted to q very
novel method Of protecting their bull
lion This consisted in engaging ma
sons to wall up the doors Of the vaults
in tho cellar with hydraulic mortar -
soon as the money was deposited each
day in these receptacles. The water
was then turned on and kept running
until the whole cellar was flooded. A
burglar would be obliged to work in q
diving suit and break down cement
wall before he could even begin to
plumber the vaults. When the bank
officials arrived next morning the Va.
ter was drawn of. the masonry torn
down and the vaults opened. Cum.
ously enough. within . few months
after this obsolete maner Of protecting
the banks cash was done away with.
burglars did actually get into the
vaults and decamp with, about $4,000
in gold coln.-Strand Magazine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-14
AN OFFICIAL kNlTTER.
Old Woman Knitting in Gallery Helped
to Curb Senatorial Acerbities.

The United States Senate few
days ago tried to transact business
while an old lady In the gallery knitted
wool socks and cast meditative eye
upon the doings and the sayings of the
solons.
The senate made little Roadway 1t
was self conscious. Perhaps 1T had
memories. Perhaps it had feeling
that it was undergoing a criticism
much keener than that of the press
gallery
The old lady sat and knitted. When
the debate waxed warm she laid by her
yarn and reedles and listened When.
things uuieted down. she took up her
task. After the senators discovered
what sort Of an eye they were WORKING
under, they became more circumspect'
and more temperate.
Most senators are yet old enough 10
recall the aunt or the grandmother that
knitted. and knitted, without any les
sening OF mental activity. Those VINO
are that old. or that fortunate, know
the ultimate Of criticism, and CAIN
Judgment. and detective ability. me
play of the knitting needle seems 10
give it's manipulation supernaturas
calm. It seems to give the small boy
who faces it a physical and mehtai
uualm. So did truth use to come forth
and boastings fall to the ground. ana
evasions go up in the air. and pretense
shrivel and die.
We would that the senate in the ex-
ercise of it's constitutional right as
self governing body might in moment
of virtue elect some dear old lady knit
ter extra ordinary. to sit and knit. ana
look, and with the flash Of her needles
and the calm sophistication of her eye
soothe the heated brow Of rhetoric ana
bring back the normal temperatures OF
health and truth.--Columbia State.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-14
Native Son Make
Success IN Stock

2
St. Paul papers tell Of the success
being made in the Schubert Theater in
that city by Monroe Addington, a ~
year-old Minneapolis boy, who has
been appearing for twenty weeks IN
character parts with the Wright Hunt
ington players.
TO most Marshalltown people the
name Monroe Addington would mean
nothing. Out Of his profession, how
ever. Arlington is Francis Monroe
HAWKS, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
NJ. Hawks, and a native OF this city.
Mrs. Hawks was formerly Miss Ida
Woodruff, and is daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Woodruff, now OF Cal
ifornia.
In adopting his stage name young
Hawks has used his own middle name,
and the family name Of mis- paternal
grandmother.