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Brussels, via Paris, Aug. 5.-Sev-
sral thousand dead and wounded Is
enc toll paid by the German army OF
me Meuse for its attack on Leige.
<he Belgians made a heroic defense,
repulsing the Germans after heavy
and continuous fighting.
The fortified position of Liege had
to support Wednesday the general
shock of the German attack. The
Belgian forts resisted the advance
fiercely and did not suffer. One Bel
gian squadron attacked and drove
back six German squadrons. Eight
hundred wounded Germans are being
transferred to the city of Leige, where
they will be cared for. Prior to the
attack on Leige, the general command
ing the German army of the Meuse,
issued a proclamation, calling for an
open road through Bel gium for the ad.
vance of his forces and suggested tina:
prudence would should it to be the
duty of the Belgians to accede to this
in order to avoid the horrors of war
The Geramns committed many depro
dations against the civil population
Of the town of Wise, near I.eige,
burning the city and shooting many
residents.
The German troops attempted tt
cross the river Meuse on a pontoor
! bridge, but a sharp broadside by the
batteries of the forts destroyed the
bridge as soon as it was completed
Later the invaders succeeded in cross
ing the river near Maestr;cht. The
French troops are reported rs havine
entered the province. ofPainaut, the
frontier province Of Belgium and join
Jig the Belgian army.
The newspaper "Lepeuple'' says th'
early landing Of the British troops il
Belgium is expected. The same news
paper asserts that in fighting betweel
Germans and Belgians from near Wise
platoon of Prussian cavalry was al
most annihilated by the fire Of tn,
Belgians from building on the banl
Of the river. The Prussiars, in re
venge, tie newspaper says, fired ol
civilians.
At Female, near Irgenteau, Bel
gian force surprised force Of P1us
SLAMS and killed seventy out Of Tel
officers and eighty men. The Bel
gian losses we're two officers kille'
and two men wounded.
| The German troops have crossed tn
Belgian frontier at three points, q
Dalhem, seven miles north of Liege
and at Franchorchamps and Stavelot
Doth about twenty-five miles to tn
southeast Of Leige.
The prompt destruction Of bridge
by the Belgian troops checked the ad
vance Of the the Germans.
Belgian accommodating parties local
ed three German army corps, th
tenth army corps, at Eysden, the se1
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GRIM MESSENGER Turks
At WHITE HOUSE DOOR

Washington, D. c., Aug. Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, wife Of the presi-
dent, lies at the point Of death to.
night. -Four months Of almost con
stant illness the plication Of ner-
yousS ailments ana BrightV disease,
have sapped the vitality sof the Fl first
lady Of the land The end is regard
ed as : natter Of days, perhaps hours.
IHttr three daughters are ct the bed
s1ide, whore the family had been sum
! n,sned ysicians in consult ation
for days admitted at the White
House tonight that hope Tor the =
eovery Of Mrs. Wilson has almost va1
ishsd ii.
o Conscious only Sat intervals, Mrs.
Wilson has hssn cheerful and called
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London, Aug. 5.-The admiralty an
nounced that a special dispatch boat
will be placed at the disposal Of the
German ambassador tomorrow in order
to permit him to leave British ter
' ritory. Telegraphic communication
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constantly for her husband. Every
moment he could spare from urgent
Official duties has been devoted by
the president to his wife "a
AT her side he wrote the tender Of
good offices appealing to European
monarchs to stay the present conflict.
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Vic Noble Of Minot was q business
visitor in this city Wednesday.
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(Coutia II on page eight.)
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FOREIGN WAR VESSELS
PATROL ATLANTIC :

New York, Aug. 5.-With British, the
German and French war vessels lurk fre>
ing a1ong the trans Atlantic lanes
piled by steamships, conditions -
the American north Atlantic
have taken on some of the AZ
blockade. Foreign vee
ventured to leave this pc n
forth under the risk
ers incoming tray
part at full r
of danger u u
Their S.
fragme
CRUZ
|,
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plies them 20 THE trade" in real life,
There will he an entirely new and
realistic automobile flight ending with
an effect never before introduced upon
the stage; mobilization of Gen. WI
las forces in ri Paso before his series
Of triumphs in Mexico became matters
of history; an enormous Mexican des-
err scene. in which exciting events
occur. and an exterior and an interior
'i massive mine stockade with n
startling bombardment.
The story Of Life" has To- do with "a
Young college man. the stroke oar of
his university eight. who is convicted
of murder Of which he is lnnucen,.
ana from the peril Of which he * eX-
ul'ated with most surprising ingenu-
ltN. The murder itself takes place in
the room in Fifth avenue mansion
adjoining the ballroom In which a So
cletN debutante's bah Is in progress.
The ensemble scenes are at the Yale
Harvard boat race, the debutante's ball,
II garden In the Mexican quarter in III
Paso. where the ConsttuLonallsts are
mobilizlng and the stormlng of the
mine stoCkade.
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ter. That is, as young woman in the
first act, a middle aged one in the second
and IN old woman in the last. And true
to tradition on the strength Of my work
in 'Milestones.' managers at once Of
fered me no less than four old woman
parts, three in London and one here
please understand that | am not
blaming producers at all 1t is the
most natural thing in the world for
them to think of an actress in her mos
effective part. But 1t always makes mo
feel bit hopeless when | realize it.
The Duchess is a fine study of an old
woman. She Is a true type-or she used
To be. FOR. alas. | suppose there are none
of her left She is consistent from be-
ginning to end; and that is a rare thing
to he said Of stage figures nowadays. If
I can't imagine a character as livinS
and breathing. | cant present her with
any sincerity. And I may as well add
that believe in the Duchess Of GHiin0-
ham with all my heart"
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On Wednesday night the curtain at the
Manhattan Opera House will ascend
upon the first scene OF Thompson Blu
chanan's melodrama Of American en-
vironment called Life william A..
Brady, under whose personal direction
the production has been prepared, hegs
prospective spectators to he on hand
early. as some Of the vivid and striking
scenic and ensemble effects occur almost
Immediately after the play begins
The manager declares that the present
Offering is not alone the biggest dra-
matte production he has ever made
but that in magnitude il very consider
ably eclipses the greatest of the Lon
don Drury Lane exhibitions In Life"
there are more scenes, more speaking
characters and "A far greater number
of persons emp Logged upon the stage
than in The Whip"
The story sets forth the perils of a
young college man. the stroke oar of his
varsity eight. TO whom circumstances
point as the murderer Of a New York
banker. tnjusty convicted, he re-
mains imprisoned until the very eve of
execution. when he is eXtricated 10y n
device both Ingenious and surprising
The play contains among its pictorial
features a college boat race, a coaching
scene with a crowded four horse tally no.
/ a debntante's ball on Fifth avenue. the
front of St Patrick's Cathedral. IA mobil-
i2ation of Mexican revolutionists in III
Paso. pitched battle on horseback in
the Mexican desert and the storming and
demolition Of stoutly built mine stock
AIDE I'm these the rema rkablv large
number of supernumeruries take part
with the PRINCIPALS.
The coutesting crews in the boat race
are real oarsmen selected from the New
Rochelle Rowing club, the New York
Athletic Club, Amherst College and
and Columbia and Vale universities
They have been trained for this scene
as carefully as though undergoing prep
arations for genuine race by James C.
Rice, coach of the champion intercol-
legate crew OF Columbia.
The moving picture feature of Life"
Is designed 10 carry on the story he
| tween scenes, thus avoiding tedious
explanations of events which are not
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performance had been forcshadowed by
her other stage contributions. These
were Scrofton In 'Tante' and, more
particularly Miss ht", the Pdinfcd
LodU. in The Passing of the Third
Floor Back
what made Nor success so great was
the importance Of her role. II may ba
said actresses resent character parts
ur any roles requiring makeup or
grZZ'"d hair ana dark facial lines. TIL =
feel that II is graceful way producers
have OF telling them that they are get
uns old and VIII soon he thrown into
the discard. But IT is not thus with
Miss Wright.
Il do not OBJECT 10 character assign
mentS on the ground that uney make me
feel antiquated, she said to THE SIS
reporter III heT dressing room AZ IN"
Lying lnat N"uld ne absurd Tor ny
IN" same process "i mlht one would
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The acting company into whose hands
Mr. Brady Is giving the new play in
cludeS Kathleen Macdonald. Leonore
Harris, Mrs. Stuart Robson. Josephine
Drake. Jane Corcoran, Lillian Page Lois
Arnold, Jane Miller. Mary Evelyn Jones,
Phyllis Thatcher. Rita Heller, Beatrice
Bentley, Bess Arlington John Bowers,
Ralph stuart, Walter Hampden.
Frazer Coulter, sheldon Lewis, Dion
Titheruge, Lynn Hammond. Frank
Hatch, Etiingham Pinto, Tom Mcguire.
Joseph NJ. Lothian. Richard I. Scott.
Walter u Greene, Clarence Rockefeller.
Forrest thinner, Joun Dudley. ben
Hendricks, Jr, Fred r. Fairbanks,
Hugh Nixon, Philip Dunning. Erncs,
Mack, William Parke. Jr.. ANA Edwin
Thompson.
The scenery has been painted in the
studios of John Young and H. Robert
Law, with construction by Harry Lin
ton.
Mr.. Brady il now actively superin
tending the production, and this morn
Ing his entire office staff will he es-
tabiished a the Manhattan Opera
House.
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GAZE ROLL ne COHAS
Jl|
~THE SALAr1ANDER'

Sign of the Cross in London throughout
its run Of two years al the Lyric
Theatre. oddly enough I absolutely de-
clined tn accept more boy parts and
was without an engagement for nearly
two years more because the producers
could not see ne in anything else.
But | have been very fortunate in
having had opportunity TO pla"
wide variety of parts. And ! am really
fond Of character work, because char
actcrs are true. We don't go through
the drama with our eyes closed to dir
ferent kinds Of people. any more than
we ignore them in real If. No. I
haven't limited myself ~ character
work AT all. Why. when was between
fifteen and sixteen I played Desdemon
and JHiict with Louis Calvert al the 81.
James in London.
Really ! have never played old
women at all until created the part Of
GCrtrHdc n the London production Of
'Milestones.' think I liked Gcrtrudc
the best Of all my parts. for it gave me
a chance to present in one play three
great periods in the life Of one charac-
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n, LAWRENCE REAMER.

-HF personal success Of Mrs. Pat
rick Campbell is about all that
is novel for New York in "Pyg-
malion" Bernard Shaw's play
uas vel known before Its production
AZ the Park Theatre last Monday. II has
It's engths hut It has in the character
q, the dustman some of the brightest
Of the shaw humor that has been hearu
here in a long time. The fate Of the
indeser,ing poor as described Ivy this
cheerful heather was altogether de
lc!ous and 50 was his later discontinue
under the respectahllity forced on him
nv the terms II his legacy. The usual
Shaw treatment Of women IL found In
the relations between the former flower
girl and her instructor. Come home
and et MS he three bachelors together"
Is tho most I dent declaration Of pas
sion that H'nry HigOins makes. Usu-
ally ne rags the girl with as much bru-
,ality as one man might use toward
another II may he that the superman
attitude toward women does win them.
But there is strong family like
ness between Hcrrp HggiHSS way of
regarding women and the viewpoint Of
Jdcquciu. the cockney dressmaker, in
"My l.adys Dress" He browbcats the
unfortunate girl who has refused To go
70 supper with one OF his clients friends
Just as another woman might. Into
their relations comes no suggestion Of
affection. The dressmaker specifically
-epudiates the least interest in her sex
or her physical beauty. His attitude to-
ward her seems quite as detached from
all sexual interest as that which Henry
exhibits toward Eliza Even IL one
knew that they were to be happily mar
RED, there Is little doubt as 10 what
their relation will soon become. The
heroine Of "Pygmalion' will continue to
interest her lord and master less a. she
loses her novelty az the successful event
NJ a scientific experiment. In spite OF
her lodgings there is nothing in his
milo interest to indicate that she will
ever he anything else on her return 10
MS rooms IN Wimborn street than a
subject for her husbands investigation
-end one of three bachelors She is
e~ the pursuing fury that Shaw drew
N Man and Superman." but she is not
altogether free from the quality that
MAJ Nordan always found in Wagners
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w. A. Bradys Defence of Melodran1a

william \, Brady's production of
LIE the new melodrama by Thomp-
son bn'han1n, viii he made at tn.
Manhattan Opera House Wednesday.
i"e undertaking will present AZ num-
"er or features which have never
oeen attempted upon the stage. among
mem he employment Of moving pic
lures sandwiching the scenes of the diff
'eren, acts. showing the movement of
ne Story between the episodes depict,d
% the spoken drama.
MI Brady believes the Innovation will
'"' mi" general use a. lending 20
4NCAeh the movement Of PLAYS of all
anus ana also 10 relieve audiences who
""'hs elaborate spectacular produc-
IONS have been obliged To sit in n
istKened theatre for periods extending
rom -FOUR to eight minutes while the
scenes were being shifted
me preparations for Life" have been
''nuucted upon scale OF considerable
nra'eF magnitude than that Of The
,""'p or any Of the other big Drury
zane productions. There are twenty
'nt scenes. righty-two speaking parts
'nd 800 persons on the stage.
The organization has been in active
"earsal for the pas, eight weeks. the
H''pdis at the Manhattan opera
nus the ensembles AZ the Seventy
''Si Regiment Armory and the horses
VI large field near Newark. During
W. mornings IN the same interval the
p'IUg PICTURES have been taken in
NfaGy's recently bull, studio at
u'' "'". excepting those reproducing
- ION IN well known localities in New
'o'N These. which reproduce a crime
,intted IN front Of ST. Patrick's Ca
p'aA recognition at Twenty-third
'''' ana Broadway, a rendezvous Of
,.''''"''S IN the outer gallery Of the
"'p'l'an tower. and the concoct ton
pot before a well known restau-
"". OK 'he inexpensive kind, were made
IN" TIM" Of day between dawn and
"c'ocH In the morning when few
''eS'rarS were abroad
!" IN" Life production there viii
college crew in training. fol
v"'o 'y varsity boat race between
~ ana Harvard on the Thames at
london, with crowded tallyhos and
-. ''''i'n rains In motion, the racing
- he.ng produced by an entirely
u"Vl'" This part of the play has
n prepared under the active super
a, "" ~ James Rice, the, official coach
We champion Columbia University
'"'r'oll' giate crew.
""'''fr scene rehroduces a spiritual
nj, scene with all the actual parapher,
-, -" used in producing mediumistic
, vnen cinema" These appliances are
''f'shed by the manufacturer who sup
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conception OF woma mas an overwhelm-
ing influence in mans life. usually the
figure that leads him on into tragedy
whether she he Isolde. Venus or Brunn-
hide. Thus she is always to Judge by
the conception of Richard Wagner as
Nordau interprets him in his relation to
women. burden from which man
should flee.
There is an intimation Of the same
attitude on the part Of the phonetic
professor toward his pupil. who is never
so interesting TO him as when he is
about to start out on the task OF educat-
ing her. Womanhood is. however.
made oppressive to other heroes Of the
Shaw theatre.
The tragedy which ends MY Lady's
Dress" is complete and impartS to
Edward Knoblauch's interesting play
the emphasis which II would otherwise
lack The scene between the cockney
Frenchman and the model H. built up
10 "A fine conclusion. In the first place
1t is plcturesquely framed. when the
girls are strutting about the showrooms
OF the establishments to exhibit the
toilets there IL little outward exhibition
W blt proprietor cruelty. tie SHOWS
his teeth occasionally. He snarls be-
hind the backs of his customers. But
he Is outwardly suavc and agreeable
II is when he Is behind the curtain
which hides the spectators from the
workrooms that there IL no effort to
conceal the devil which the girls prot
estations against going to supper with
the Influential lord have aroused.
His nagging is wholly feminine. but
II has the added force Of mans per-
sonallty Her complete insignificance
he makes plain TO her. calls her atten-
ton TO the number Of girls as pretty a.
she who can be had for the same money
that he ~ paying every month to her
and accuses her of an attempt TO ap-
peal to him through her bodily charms
which he frankly declares he has COM
plete contempt for. His bitter per-
sistence In his refusal to allow her to
go 10 her Ill mother that he may con-
time his emposoned chatter only dis
tresses her until one Of his pals calls
him on the telephone. Then she hears
his sighting alhsion To her mother.
VINO he says is probably named Algie
or Bertie. Then she seizes the shears
and dispatches the evirated egoist with
swiftness that lands him on the floor
behind the curtain. only his polished
patent leather boots and his CATERS
being visible to the public.
This Is the end OF the dream. But
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acted upon the stage and at the same time
engaging the attention of the spectators
during what would otherwise be tiresome
waits in the dark This innovation II
of MIR Bradv's invention and is regarded
a. Of considerable importance in its possi-
ble bearing upon future productions.
The acting company is quite unusual in
a numerical sense and embraces many
well known players. including Kathleen
! mcdonnell. Leonore Harris Mrs Stuart
! Robson. Josephine Drake. Jane Corcoran
! Lillian Page. Lois Arnold. Jane Miller
/ Mary Evelyn Jones. Phyllis Thatcher,
Rita HellS. Beatrice Bentley. Bess Airing
ton John Bowers. Ralph Stuart. Walter
liampden, Frazer Coulter. Sheldon Lewis.
/ Dion Titheradge. Lynn Hammond. Frank
| Hatch, Eflingham Pinto Tom Mcguire
Joseph NJ Lothian. Richard ]. Scott.
Walter ID. Greene, Clarence Rockefeller,
! Forrest thinner, John Dudley. Ben Hend-
ricks Jr Fred I Fairbanks. Hugh Nixon
| Philip Cunning. Ernest Mack. William
| Parke, Jr, Edwin Thompson and others.
Josephine Victor has been added 10 the
cast of kick In" which will he acted at
| the langacre Theatre Tomorrow night
John Barrymore and Jane Grey head the
cast. which includes Edward Gillespie
! Forrest Winant. Paul Everton. Made !
! Turner, Lionel Adams, Annie Berlein.
katherine Harris, f. J Mack and John
Sharkey This is play OF underworld
| life
William Gillette, Blanche Bates. Marie
| Doro and II chosen company will for the
/ first time be seen together in Sardous
celebrated drama. Diplomacy" at the
/ Empire Theatre on Tuesday. This IL
Charles Frohman's most important dra p
matte Offering of the season. II took no
| little pains to bring about this association
of stars. Each of the principal players
has been absent from the New York stage
for some time. MIR Gillette has not played
| since his farewell season at the Empire
Theatre two wears ago; Miss Bates has. for
the lack of an appropriate play, been away
from New York for year. and Miss Doro
has been playing Dora. the part that she
will take next Tuesday night in support!of
Gerald du Maurier in London. MIR. Gil
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the sapling is bent and that the tree
will grow that way unless she bends
1t back again. If have been 50 fortu-
nate as to present a convincing char
acterization I'm the Duchess Of GHiiHG-
ham. ! may have. along with my honest
qualification, an assurance that sue
Cession OF DuChCSSCS OF GiihnOhdm are
destined for me unless ! pun my feet
down and say beware OF mutations
This difficulty OF becoming a type
has been brought very close home 20
me. After had played the hoy in TIL"
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ACTRESS OF REAL WOMEN.
HRidee Wright Always Likes - tc,
Women Of Character.

To the first night audience Al the
Lyric Theatre on the evening of OC-
toher : Haidee Wright's brilliant pOr-
trayal of the aged and defiant Duchess
Of GillinOhGm proved "A constant delight.
Her success was not altogether uney-
pected. The intellectual quality Of her
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THE PLAYS ON THE SCREEN.
what Delights the Public In the
Moving Picture Theatres.

The continuing attractions in the the
aires devoted to the moving pictures are:
"Cabiria.' which is still on view at
Webers Theatre after long and pros
booker and the Globe
ireland as Nation" which continues
to entertain and instruct large audiences
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre.
The Tangle" is one Of the interesting
screen plays at the Nitagraph Theatre,
and The Locked Door" is a strong rem
iLiscence Of a certain tragic fre in this
city which might never have happened
had there been as much attention paid
TO fire prevention then as there Is to-day.
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NEW PLAYS THIS WEEK.
Managers Offer Many Novelties From EuroI


This Country.
Theatre-"Kck Of the
world by Willard Mack
TUESDAY-The Empire Theae-Revva of Srdous
with Blanche Marie William
leading roles
The Little Theatre-"A Silk Stockings Cyril
with the leading an
company
Theare-Chsrles Dillingham;
Stone in Chin"
Observation-Disclosures Opera House-"Le" American meo
anna by Thompson Buchanan
THURSDAY-Hudson Theae-Rose Stahl in "A Perfect
FRDAY-Harrs Theatre-Fst performance of
mander," version of his Over Johnson
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Mary Pckford in behind the Scenes"
by Margaret Mayo, will he a the Strand
Theatre this week. Plays To follow are
John Barrymore In The Man from Mex
leo" The Rose Of the Rancho" with
Bessie Barrisoale and Hobart Rosworth
In "Checako.' There is always music
at the Strand and fresh views Of cur
rent events.
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The Lexington Avenue Opera House
always has beautiful music to delight It's
spectators as well as the best IF the cur
rent moving pictures. This week II will
be The Nightingale" with Ethel Barry
more, that will he on the screen.
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The wonderful submarine pictures
called Thirty Leagues Under the Sea"
Will he seen at the Rose Garden Theatre
this week. They have attracted large
audiences over since they were first ex-
hihitcd AMI will be kept on view for a
long time.