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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-19
ALWAYS FACING DEATH.
German Uhlans Engaged in Ris':icst
of all Work.

much has been heard in the European
war, Luigi Barzini, widely known
Italian war correspondent says in
the Corrier Della Sera of Rotterdam
"The swarms of Uhlans which the
Germans sent out ahead of their adj
vance are to be found everywhere
on any highway, any path. 1t is
their business to see as much as pos
sible. They show themselves every
where and they ride until they are
fire! upon, keeping this up until they
nave located the enemy Theirs is
the TASK of riding into death. The
en:irc front of the enemy is establish
ed by them and many of them arg
killed-that is certainty they face.
Now and then, however, one of them
manages to escape to bring the in
formation himself, which otherwise
is obtained by officers in their rear
making observations.
"The fire with which the Uhlan5
are received permits Of a fair eSti-
mate of the strength of the enemy,
for they know that usually all the
soldiers shoot as soon as the cavalry
Of the enemy shows itself.
At every bush, every heap of earth
the Uhlans must say to himself:
"Here I will meet an enemy in hid =
ing. He knows that he cannot de-
fend himself against fire that may
open on him from all sides. Every
where there is danger for the Uhlan
hidden danger. Nevertheless he
keeps on riding, calmly and undis-
turbed, in keeping with German disci-
pline."
The German Uhlan is employed en-
tirely for reconnaissance purpose,
and what is known as "screen and
contact work. In the first of these
capacities he endeavors to locate the
enemy without running into his fire,
doing this usually in groups of from
90 to 80 which move with vanguard
flankers and rear guard.
In "screen work" the Uhlan is used
to cover infantry or artillery advances,
taking a position on the flank as
soon as this has been accomplished
In contact work, as the task de-
scribed by Barzini, the Uhlan rides in
small bodies until he has drawn the
fire of the enemy instead of retreat
ing, as he may do in ordinary rec
ornaissance work, he endeavors tc
trace the front of the enemy, riding
parallel to it. usually until the last
man is shot down. The contact &C.
ton has, meanwhile, ben closely Oh
served from the German front, an;
the advance and attack of the infan
try is governed by the Information
! gained at the expense of the Uhlan
for whom there is no hope as soon a:
1 he is detailed for this duty, but who
from all accounts, does not seem t
mind this part of his work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-19

At a Corporation Court of the City
of Alexandria, continued and held
at the Courthouse of said City on
Thursday, September 14th, 1914.
Present, Hon. Louis C. Barley,
Judge.
Jessie NJ. Chilcott Trucks, Com
plainant.
VS..
Hugh NJ Trucks, Defendant.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-19

At Circuit Court OF the City O..
Alexandra, held at the Co lrt
house of said City on Nor day,
September 14th, 1914.
Present, j. B. T. Thornton, fudge.
Mary P jackson, Complainant!
VS..
frank LeR. jackson, Defenda' r..
e IN CHANCENY. =
Upon written application Of the
Complainant stating specifically the
last known place of abode of the de-
PENDANT, and it appearing TO the
Court that process, has been issued
and returned by the Sergeant offthe
City of Alexandria, Virginia, showing
that the defendant WAS ra... found
within the Jurisdiction of this Court,
the Court, on the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1914, doth grant the following g
The object of this suit is.so obtain
a decree absolutely divorcing the
complainant, Mary P. Jackson, from
the defendant, Frank LeR. Jackson,
on the grounds of desertion on the
part of the defendant for a period
of more than three years and for
general relief, and an affidavit hav-
ing been made and filed that the de-
PENDANT Frank LeR. Jackson is non-
resident of the State of Virginia. it
is ordered that he do appear within
fifteen days after due publication OF
said order of publication and do what
is necessary to protect his interest in
this suit.
And it is further ordered that
copy of said order of publication be
published once a week for four sue
cessive weeks in the Alexandria
Gazette, newspaper published in
the City Of Alexandria, Virginia;
that copy be posted at the front
door of the Court House of the Cir
cult Court of said City on or before
the next succeeding rule day after
this order is entered and that a copy
of said order of publication shall be
sent by registered mail by the Clerk
of this Court addressed to the said
nonresident defendant at Philadel-
phia, Pa, his last known place OF
abode.
A copy teste:
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY.
C1erk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-19

At Circuit Court of the City Or
Alexandria, held at the Cort
house of said City on Nor day,
September 14th, 1914.
Present, j. B. T. Thornton, Judge.
Mary P jackson, Complainant
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-10-08
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CHARLES TOWN ROAD ORDERS

August Term, 1913
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-10-08
May Term, 1914.
Iune Special Term, 1914.
KabletOwn Road District.

To lew for 1913 $500 20
To amt. received from Pub
lie Service Generations 445.%
tat; tons and other sources 265 %
By orders paid
and cancelled $4,000
By Delinquent and
Erroneous taxes 1878
By Delinquent and
Enron. CapitatlonS 3l.OO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14
Sage of Vaudeville Tells of Changing Acts

more think of resting on their laurels
than they would consider quitting the
vaudeville game entirely. As re-
suit their acts are always playing at
high prices and are popular every
where.
More and more the vaudeville pub
lie Graves novelty. In fact originality
Is demanded. The time is coming fast
when the actor must change acts for
each repeat engagement. We have al
lowed lazy artists drawing the income
OF railroad presidents to loaf along I'm
turns that they have played until they
are automatons. We want brains in
vaudeville and hustling for new acts
will force their development Tho man
or woman who can write for the vaudc-
vile stage can spend summers in Eu-
rope and winters at Palm Beach. Think
OF Barrie drawing down $3.50 a week
from Dazzle for 'Pantaloon.' Even the
little fellows get from $50 a week I'm
in successful acts. The player is the
most useless person In the world to us
without vehicle that pleases the pub-
lie. The craziest nonsense has mar
ket In vaudeville IL it entertains Every
new act gets tryout. The lesser
theatres play new acts every week
done by big time stars appearing un-
der faxed names. The experts lool,
them over and IL the pep is there con-
tracts are proffered quickly"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14
WORKING FOR THE MOVIES.
some OF the Daily Tasks That Con-
front Miss he kay.

Jean De Kay is a girl who makes her
living by being knocked down by auto
mobiles. falling In front OF moving
trains and being rolled by the tenders
OF street cars. She knows how to fall
between the az" tracks without touch
ing the third rail and can roll over and
over on subway Platform with a train
laundering by with a realism that fools
even the ticket chopper.
She is a moving picture actress She
risks her limbs and life almost daily
for one OF the motion picture companies
woman to put the much desired realism
into their pictures. Her telephone num-
Der is known to every studio director
in the city and her engagement book
up TO the time she Joined the Reliance
studio of the Mutual Film Corporation
as a permanent member OF the stock
company was always fllled.
Miss De Kay recently was required to
impersonate the Mutual Girl" In an
accident" which required her to be
knocked down and thrown by racing
car. She was taken to SlXty-ffrst street
and Fifth avenue early in the morning
OF Thursday, June II, and instructed
| by Director Jack Noble 10 the part she
was 10 play. \ cross was marked on
the pavement TO point out to both the
chauffeur Of the racing car and to the
actress the spot where the accident
was To occur.
The racing car was placed about one
hundred yards from the spot and timed
/ SO that it would hit Miss De Kay at the
I exact moment she reached the point
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

one seems to be taking lessons, Il Il,
safe to predict that the hesitation wi
be the most popular dance Of tho sum.
mer months in Paris
Miss Hawkesworth and Mr.. Duran,
danced last week at the ball given NJ,
the Marquis and Marouisc Goii A.
godio in their salon at the Hotel Ma.
rice. A dinner in honor of the Duchess
d'Aoste preceded the ball Appropria,o
souvenirs were distributed to each rucs,
by NJ. A. de Fouqueres.
Among those who applauded the nav
steps OF Miss Hawkesworth and NJ
Durant were the Grand Duke ana
Grand Duchess Cyrllle vladmivoyi,cb
Prince Alfonso OF Spain, Prince Antoine
Of orleans. Mine. Tiltone, wife Of tho
Ambassador Of Italy: Mrs Myron r
Herrick. Duke and Duchess de Mornv
Duke and Duchess dues. Duke ana
Duchess d'Albufera. Duke and Duchess
de la Rochefoucauld, Duke and Duchess
de Broglie. Count and Countess Niscon,l
de Modrone and Prince and Princess
de Broglie.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14
TO TEACH PARIS TO HESITATE

Americans visiting Paris this summer
may have their tango teas as usual.
Mrs r. W. Hawkesworth and Mrs. Mary
Page Groner. both well known New
York city women, have been conducting
dansants every afternoon since Friday
at the Pre- Catalan In the Bois de Bou-
logne. Mrs. Hawkesworth's daughter,
Miss Margaret Hawkesworth, with her
partner. Basil Durant. appear there
daily in exhibition characteristic Amer
lean dances, and Prof" Europe's colored
musicians are supplying real American
ragtime. The dances at the Pre- Catalan
have proved so popular that Miss
Hawkesworth and Mr.. Durant have just
been engaged to appear nightly at the
Cafe de Paris in addition TO their en-
gagement al the Pre- Catalan.
According 10 Mrs. Hawkesworth the
French people need no lessons in the
tango, even the average amateur couple
dance the tango with more real grace
than many OF the American profess
SIGNALS. but It Is quite surprising how
little is known over here about the hest
tation steps. Not only is this true OF
the Parisians, but It applies to the
American colony as well. But to judge
from the enthusiasm with which every
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14
VAUDEVILLE AND BURLESQUE.

The Palace Theatre. which In now being
kept comfortably cool by brand new ice
cooling plant. will have lengthy bill this
week, headed by Amelia Bingham. who
Will present her original conception OF
Big Moments From Great Plays" Other
acts VIII include Lasky's tabloid musical
comedy THE Red Heads" Ruth Roye.
Ray Cox. Ryan and Lee. Kartelli the
Empire Comedy Four Col. Marc Diamond
and Mrs. De La Ware, aged so and 70
respectively, In modern dances
In conjunction with the Victoria Ham
merstein's roof garden will have this week
pleasing bill which will include the
boy twins and Carlos Sebastian. "rhe
Temptation OF Adam and Eve" Elizabeth
Murray. Lala Seibini. the Ahearn Troupe
Balaban. Lawrence Semon, Maxine and
Bobby. Capt Treats seals. Collins and
Hart. Stepp, Goodrich and King and Les
lie Thurston. During the intermIssion
there will be dancing on the roof OF the
adjoining Republic Theatre.
: To celebrate its sixth season the New
Brighton will have an excellent bill this
week headed by Walter C. Kelly, "The
Virginia Judge" Other acts will include
r. A. Rolfe's tabloid musical comedy "Ths
Porch Party" Morris Cronn and His
Merry Men. Dorothy Regel and company
In "A Telephone Tangle." Lew and Noble
Hunting. t.verests Monkey Hlppodrome
Adelane Francis. Brooks and Bowen
LAsky's 1.-The Three Types" and the -Four
Reeders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

on New Years morning, 1910, n
young man landed on Manhattan from
Jersey by way Of the Twenty-third
street ferry. The atmosphere was cold
and unpleasant. A carpet OF damp con-
fetti dented tin horns and other debris
from the previous nights debauch
spread over the streets.
Harry Carroll was the young mans
name. He was II years old and came
from Atlantic City. For many years
he had lived near Manhattan. This
was his first chance to gaze upon the
wonders of the metropolis.
Carroll boarded surface car and
rode until that conveyance reached Its
terminal. Then he disembarked and
found a nearby family hotel, All morn
ing and afternoon he remained In his
room. studying map OF New YORK
Early that evening Carroll went to
moving picture theatre on the corner
He informed the manager OF the place
that he was an expert piano player and
that he wanted a position. The youth
who ordinarily performed this function
at the theatre had carried his New
Years celebration to excess and con-
sequently was not In condition thai
night. So Carroll was engaged at q
salary OF SIS week.
Since that time he has entered the
field OF popular song writing and es'
tablshed himself Now he comes tc
the front as co-composer OF the music
for "The Passing Show OF 1917 at the
new Winter Garden.
Carroll was born in Atlantic City IL
1892. so that he Is only % years old
now. When 8 years old he learned tc
play the piano, and he ais" became
quite expert az violinist.
After his experience at the moving
picture theatre he found two men com
panlon entertainers, and the trio entered
the vaudeville profession with sons
and dance act. For two years Carroll
gained wealth NJ experience on tho
variety stage. Then, in 1912, he Joined
the staff OF one OF the local music pub
fishers.
His first real song success was A
lively turkey trot, "On the Mississippi
which tune soon became popular. A
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

him or her see reason is to refuse to
book.
Again, it is not an easy matter to
get "A bona fide vaudeville act that an
swers to the description OF sure fire.
Take Joe WEIGH. for instance. He has
discarded his Hebrew monologue of
past seasons and Is laboring to work
out n new one. He has paid out $4,000
to authors this season and Is still shy
on laughs. The monologue to get over
must have a hearty laugh in every sem
tence. At any rate the acid test OF
the managerial critic is whether laughs
follow so closely that they overlap.
When bright mono,ogue is in good
form no laugh should die out completely
before another comes along. The public
seldom realizes how the monologist
sweats blood to keep up his tempo Of
laughs.
There is a sketch known as A Reg
ular Business Man In which Douglas
Fairbanks broke into vaudeville. Seven
Of the celebrated authors of the Lambs
Club worked on this and turned out
the fastest playing offering in vaude-
Vile When II had served his purpose
Fairbanks gave It to Harry Woodruff
who scored from coast to coast In II.
This year Fairbanks came back To
vaudeville in a new sketch called All
at Sea- 1t was staged extensively
and cleverly played. but although Doug
lass Fairbanks is a prime favorite, he
died in All at Sea- In the middle Of
| the week he put on the old true and
| tried A Regular Business Man and
hurricanes of applause greeted him. He
was "a karat hit and for seasons 10
come the actor loath to change his act
will say;
Dug Fairbanks passed away with
the new stun and lifted them out OF
their seats with the old gags How
about it?'
Nevertheless It would have been
vastly better for Mr.. Fairbanks and for
vaudeville had he succeeded with the
new act
"Once player gets set In an Offering
OF any kind he or she breads a change
They plead that they have their laughs
planted, that they never fall down. that
their reports are invariably good. that
audiences still applaud them and that
they simply cannot get a new act as
good as the old one In some cases this
is true, but the average actor simply
doesn't try. Clark and Hamilton would
find It almost impossible to find a
worthy successor 10 the true vaudeville
nonsense Of their present offering and
so would Moore and Littlefield. On the
other hand Paul Dlckey. now a sue
cessful dramatlst, Greasy OF Cressy and
Dayne, Edgar Allen Woolf Jesse l..
1.asky and b. A. Rolls find no difficulty
In turning out new act after new ac,
and all Of superior calibre. They are
workers and creators and would nc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

Walter Kingsley, the sage of vaude-
willie. put down his copy Of Walter
Pater as the Sun reporter entered and
turned wearly to listen to the question.
An additional weight OF ennui settled
down on his brow when he heard the
question.
Closing his eyes for a second. as If
to summon from some vastly deep OF
wisdom the spirits OF his comprehensive
knowledge, Mr.. kingsley thought Then
, he said to the reporter:
Change Your Act Is the name OF
a popular Offering in vaudeville which
has served as vehicle for Victor
Moore and Emma Littlefctd for many
long day. 1t IL excellent vaudeville,
but the title Is grateful to the mana
gerial ear, for 1t inculcates a virtue too
seldom found among the stars of the two
"A day. Change Your Act the manager
and booking expert repeat over and over
again to the big and little acts. who
come craving time season after season
with their time worn and familiar offer
| ings that vaudeville fans can repeat
forward and backward. The booking
man says
Vet u new ACT anu you can Bcl an
the time you want after making good.
We want you. but we don't want that
musty old sketch any more.
"'Instead OF motoring or going TO
Europe this summer put new routine
OF business and gags together. Get
busy, and IL you show the goods we'll
, boost your price next season.
Here you come asking for a raise
! and everybody Is yelling for fresh
{ material. I ten you the public has n
good memory and squawks when it's
"gypped' with old stuff There's too
many places to go nowadays. and the
| act with the novel turn gets the hest
spot on the bin and the big billings
ITO all of which the actor replies
more or less as follows:
Gee Eddie, don't say that The old
act went better than ever at Sheas
last week. Ask Willie Hammerstein
how it got over on the corner.
Say, you've got a nerve asking me
to crab hit like that, My Gawd!
! It's full of laughs. can't get another
routine" like that nohow. Look at all
! them headliners that's getting by with
/ the old hokum and we've been playing
this only Ave years!
Don't say new act TO me! Why
when our number goes up they bus,
right out LATIN At every return date
Besides. can't afford a new produc-
ton"
"lf the managers and booking sharps
/ had their way no act would repeat in
their houses. Fresh material renews
interest in performers and keeps bust
ness up TO the top notch. But unfor-
tunately the actor with hit refuses
to give 1t up. The only way to make
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

agreed upon. II was realized, Of course,
that II she turned and deliberately
placed herself In front OF the automo-
bile the picture would be ruined. Miss
De Kay, therefore, was instructed not
to look around tut to proceed, with her
eyes straight ahead. to the appointed
spot.
Four tires both actress and chauffeur
rehearsed the little drama, Miss DE Kay
always stepping aside at the critical
moment TO let the car pass. Movie pa
irons want realism nowadays, so, al
though Miss DE Kay knew she was taxi
ing a chance. she instructed the chauf-
feur to put on all the power he could.
Finally the director gave the signal
and Miss De Kay and the chauffeur lined
up on their marks. With a wave Of his
hat Mr.. Noble gave the signal to the
chauffeur up the street and spoke a
quiet word to Miss De Kay.
Slowly she walked out into the
street. The chauffeur took the actress
at her word. Using all his power he
raced down the avenue. As he whirled
past the director shouted to him to slow
down. Before he could do so. however.
the accident" occurred. Miss De Kay
Jumped into the air as she was struck
and landed full on the mud guard. thus
avoiding going under the wheels. The
impact cast her OF to one side on
the sidewalk. Here the directors and
her plans went astray. Miss De Kay
struck the curb and fell half on the
sidewalk and half in the street. Beyond
a severe shaking up and ugly bruises
she apparently had sustained no III
effects.
on the way back to the studio. how
ever. she pressed her side and COM
planned of n sharp pain. As the car
turned into Broadway at Seventeenth
street Miss De Key tainted and had
to be assisted from the limousine into
| the Mutual studios. A doctor found
that the plucky actress had a broken
| rib.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

vcaIed her true vocation and little
Josephine, dressed In short frock and
with her hair down her back, visited
Charles Frohman's office.
81 have never found out who II was
saw" said Miss Victor, although |
knew that II wasn't Mr. Frohman him
self. This man listened to my prattle
about my ambitions with as much grav-
ity as was possible under the circum-
stances. and It wasn't until / grew older
that understood the reason he had to
leave the room several times during the
interview was that he couldn't control
his laughter. He finally sent me away.
telling me to come back in three or
four years"
Miss Victors experiences in other
| offices was similar and her first real
start toward her goal was when she
sought and won free scholarship in
| the Wheatcroft Dramatic School. Her
| first engagement was with Howard Kyle
| In Nathan Hale" and she toured with
| him for two seasons. She was still
wearing short skirts when she applied
| for position with Kathryne Osterman
in Miss Petticoats," but when she went
to the Office OF Miss Osterman's man
ager she wore borrowed long skirt.
She was engaged for the role OF the adj
ventures. but when she returned two
! days later for the contract she forgot
to borrow the long skirt again and the
astonished manager was with difficulty
| prevailed on to give her the precious
| contract.
A season as general understudy for
Bertha Kalich followed the engagement
with Miss Osterman. Then came a sum-
| mer season in stock at Hartford, and In
| the fall OF 1907 the young actress made
| her New York debut as JOY in Claiming
I Pollock's unlucky dramatization OF The
Secret Orchard" Although the play
did not meet with great success Miss
Victor scored a personal hit in It and
the next season saw her leading woman
with Wilton Lackaye In THE Battle
at the Savoy Theatre. Then followed
| engagements with Maude Adams. first
as Oiiuid in Twelfth Night" and then
as the Hen Pheasant In "Chanticler.
! other engagements were with Thomas
! Jefferson In THE other Fellow" with
| Arnold DAILY in steve" and in a drama
| entitled 1.-THE Warning" which was pro-
| duced in Chicago. Then early this sea
son came her surprising performance
! in THE Temperamental Journey" which
I caused David Belasco 10 predict great
things for the young girl. On the re-
| turn of Miss Florence Reed to the cast
OF 1.-THE Yellow Ticket" Miss Victor will
begin a tour OF the country with the
same play.