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SEA LIFE PICTURED.
Submarine Views at the Brondwny
Rose Gardens,

The most remarkable motion picture
ever made, entitled Thirty Leagues
Under the Sea-" presenting the first and
only photographs ever taken at the
bottom Of the ocean, Is the decided
novelty chosen at the Broadway Rose
Gardens.
The Williamson expedition to the
West Indies which set out last spring
to photograph scenes under the ocean
went against the advice OF every
photographer In the United States.
Tho Williamson brothers not only Sc
cured pictures clear I'm detail but they
pictured wonderfully vivid events un-
der tho sea and themselves played
heroic roles in their deep sea diving
ventures and their combats with man
eating sharks.
These remarkable photographs were
obtained 10y means of the williamson
submarine tube attached to sub
marine chamber that can he lowered to
depths Of 500 or oven 500 feet in safety.
This working chamber built Of steel
and glass. accommodating party OF
five people. was taken to the crystal
waters of the Bahama Islands and
when lowered into the ocean the expc-
~ "
league trip under the sea, photograph
Ing tho mysteries Of the deep as they
passed along.
They returned with 10000 feet ~
motion picture film, and az tho request
If scientists in Washington exhibited
their pictures at tho Smithsonian Insti-
tuition a little more than a month ago.
Two crowded audiences of scientists.
diplomats and society people packed The
Smithsonian and applaudcd the marvel
lous Views as the mysteries of the
oceans bottom were being revealed
They bchcld tho wonderful corals.
crossed tho beautiful marine gardens
OF the Atlantic. passed tho suhaqueous
forests Of tho deep, and finally thrilled
at tho man eating sharks in life and
death combat, with Ernest Williamson
as the hero Of the fight. This thrilling
encounter that took place while a dozen
man eaters were Circllng about the
fighters was clicked off by the camera
man in the Photographic chamber ns
easily as If he had been working in his
New York studio. George Williamson.
the other brother. contributed daring
scenes by giving an exhibition OF deep
sea diving and exploring tho wreck
Of an old blockade runner that now
lies in sixty feet Of water near the
Bahama reef. The pictures are said to
present excitement and thrills impossi-
bic TO be shown in any other motion
pictures ever staged. They will be
shown nj the Broadway Rose Gardens
Theatre for limited engagement only.
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AN ACTRESS FROM ENGLAND

annie Saker, ,he actress. who bas ,ho
roe OF Princess Tcnefia in "Tba ST..
" 'ne Rosary at the Manhattan on
rouse has acted seven princessas -,
'he course of her Appearances In ,ha
"'e'odranas written by Walter Hnuard
au'hor of the present drama NJ 49,
Mahhat an Opera House. The nlovs T.,
Wnlch MISS Saker appeared were "rho
Midnight Wedding" Her Love Acoinr,
'h' World The Prince and tho por,
gar Maid "Thc Llfeguardsmar " .,rrho
ragged Princess" and "The sold,an
Ir'ncess.' They we're Of course only
Processes of molodrama. but thev b,I
rlFht To their titles. In more than
nan OF these plays Alfred Paumier load
ing man in THE Story of the Rosary "
mas played the leading roles with Ms
Snker. WIN MISS
adore women Of action" saws sbo
ana | never enjoyed anything so much
as my nightly fight In The solder
Princess which I hope Mr.. Howard
VIII produce in America.
But Princess VCnetio is Mr. uo,,
ards best woman character. considered
from all stanGpoints," continues Mis-
saker in explanation, Best because
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THE NEWEST VIOLA.

The appearance in New York this fall
Of the young English actress Phyllis
Nellson-Terry under the Liebier man.
asement gives American theatregoers
their first sight of the most youthful
Viola in Twelfth Night" since Adelaide
Nelson.
While II is thought that the nrst per-
Torrance OF Twelfth Night" took place
In London as early As 1899, there IL no
record of Viola until 1861. when Mrs
Davenport played the role on the stage
or the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields
Pepys tells in his celebrated diary Of
having seen the play there in 1861
After that Twelfth Night appears to
have been neglected for time. hut in
January. 174l, we ind It played at
Drury Lane under Fleetwoods man-ge-
ment with Hannah Prltchard as Viola.
April Il. l7i6 the lively Peg Wellington
was Viola at Drury Lane. Her inter
probation is noted in the annals Of that
day ms gay and scnsuous."
Mrs. Yates was another early English
Viola. while Mrs. Barry had consider
able success In the part at Covent Gar
den in I'LL Mary Robinson played
Viola In London In 1888. while Dora
Jordan So impressed her audiences IN
this part that on her tombstone was
written, I'm humor. in sweetness Of
voice, in acting sprightly girls and char
actcrs Of the other sex she was second
10 none
Viola" was first given IN New York
AZ the Park Theatre on June l. 1904
with Mrs Johnson as Viola She was
BENJAMIN Franklin's granddaughter
Marion Trewar made success in the
part In 1885. William Evans Burton.
the hrst American Micdwbcr by the
way. made production Of Twelfth
Night" at his Chambers street Theatre
on March 20, 1892. playing Sir Toby
Bc'ch. Lizzie Weston was the Viola
while Lester Wallack played Sir Andrctr
A0hcchcek. The late Sir Henry Irving
brought his London Lyceum production
OF twelfth Night" to this country in
November OF 1884. His Viola was the
aunt OF Miss Neilson-Tcrry. Ellen Terry.
Adelaide Nelson's Viola was first seen
IN TINS country at the Fifth Avenue
Iheatre' May I, 1877. She was the
Youngest Viola. or her performance
"Illlam Winter, the critic wrote:
her VIOLA was inCarnate April spn-
shlhe' an embodiment OF eXauisitelv
prlEht ana tender womanhood, dazzling
yet ueepIy sympathetic, because through
an investiture Of light and 10Y there
was perceptible certain sweet me,ap.
choiN' genuine sorrow uncompIair-
ingly endured" 'i''''''-
Ada Rehan's Tiold was hrS seen at
DAYS Theatre, February q, 1899 II
'aS oe"h critically described as POSSESS
ing as salient qualities. poetic condition
phSSicai beauty, innate refinement ana
ardent feeling artfully restrained Mrs
barrow tJulia BennctD and Mrs Hoo.
were other TioidS remembered bv tho,
,,'soers' Fanny Davenport and Helen,
ModJeska, and the last was one ~ ,ha.
Er'a'est. were both seen in Tho
part Viola Aliens Viola OF "TwaIf,h
NiEht was regarded as a good modorn
'o''' ana Julia Marlowe's internre,a,
'on Is something never 10 he forao,,.,.
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HOW RAY COX ROSE TO FAME

Ray Cox, who made such a hit in the
comedy role in Twin Beds" now play
Ing at the Fulton Theatre. Is known
chiefly to American playEoers as a
vaudeville artist of extraordinary ability
To provoke laughter. Twin Beds" Is
the first play she ever acted in. Hav-
ing -ucceeded in It she hopes to re-
main in the dramatic field always
There Is always for her the vaudeville
stage as sure means OF making a live
l!hood
Why should I want to make people
cry?' she asks. i've cried enough in
my NE Believe me, ! am mighty happy
if | can succeed in my mission TO make
EN- laugh That's big enough .chieve-
mcnt for mo
Miss Coz was born in Baton Rouge.
La. Sunset Cox was her grandfather's
brother Her grandfather and father
We're lawyers, but her father never did
much more with the law than play at
II. lie came. from the breed of hard
riding, high living southern gentlemen
the South knew before and even a while
after the war Miss Cox says that her
father gamblcd away in the South that
part of his patr.mony which consisted of
property that now is the approximate
site of the Hotel Sherman in Chicago.
"He lost that over a poker table"
she says, land lot Of other things
went the same way. Then we came to
Chicago, where my dear dad continued
to play the gentleman while we had TO
hustle for the rent. But he never .ost
his poise. once we were driven To- the
extremity Of taking boarders, but father
never lost his air. They might have
been guests on his baronlal estate to
judge from his manner. 1t may be
funny to tell of that now, but some of
the tears II caused are mighty near
the surface when l think of it,"
Ray Cox was graduated from "A high
school and went to work in AN office as
a stenographer, In business she got IS
q week, then $40, then Sl2, Then the man
who had charge of the place. at a salary
of $50 week, died and to her was given
his post, but at $50 a week and never
a hope Of getting more. That turned
her thoughts to the stage as n field in
which a woman could hope to mount
through her own endeavors, and she felt
that she had talent.
Miss Cox, in all the time she has been
in vaudeville, has written her own mon
ologues, and she followed this plan from
the outset, She had done some club
work and n bit of amateur playing, so
me idea for a sketch came to her and
she and her chum, the late Mabel HIite,
worked II out. After much effort she
got chance 20 try 1t out In a beer gar
den at tho south end of town She
was TO have 80 a week. But she didn't
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past. James and Bonnie Thornton, Mrs.
Gene Hughes, Connolly & Wenrich and
others will be seen on the same pro-
gramme.
AT the Bushwck Theatre this week
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" which Will
IAN A. Brady made from the first act
of play by Elizabeth Jordan Van
and Schenck. the Schwartz brothers in
THE Broken Mirror" Sophye Barnard.
Burns and Lynn will be the attractions
on a long bill OF well known vaude-
vile artists.
The French Models are coming this
week to the Star Theatre, which keeps
up its high standard OF burlesque en-
tertainments for the large audiences
that gather there for all the perfor-
mances. This week the company in
cludes, in addition to its comedians,
no less than thirty attractive young
women.
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Part of the Ascent Was in an
Aeroplane, but Talent
Did Most of 1t

receive even that. for at the end OF the
week The treasurer of the place de-
camped. just the years before the day
mat she began her first legitimate stage
work in Twin Beds" she obtained her
first real stage employment in her
sketch at a Main street theatre, Peoria.
a. $l2 a week.
Mindful of the hard days OF her girl
hood and of her own and her mothers
tears, she has saved and invested her
earnings until to-day she Is mistress Of
little fortune. There is home in
New York and an estate in Rhode Isl
and. There she spends her summers
fishing and hunting over her own pre-
serves. entertaining her friends, and
radating cheerfulness and happiness.
She has dogs and horses and a trout
stream and a farm that not only af-
fords her vacation and amusement but
turns her in good profit every year
for she sells the product and keeps a
careful eye on the books that her farm
manager sends her for inspection.
you know was destined for a
lawyer" Miss Cox said no THE Sun re-
porter. I'VE owned some prairie land in
Kansas that went the way OF other
'l'HNoi anu UNIV L was taken tntfe DIV
my father and I met Judge Margraye
VINO Immediately planned a legal ca
reer for me. | often wonder If a good
lawyer was spoiled when | chose the
stage. ! want the world to understand
that one doesn't reach Easy street with
out travelling over lot of rough roads.
I've had my experiences, but I'VE been
blessed with balance. know what r
can do, and | don't try to do what is
for me.
II have had my trials and my re-
wards. but don't You believe that yarn
about me jumping in night from being
n chaser to five hundred week. That's
Just buncomhe. When ! was a chaser
believe me. chased 'em. | remember
once in Providence, within a ride Of
whore my farm is now, was on the bill
at sixty n week. ! had the second place
and was singing little Southern songs
and telling Southern stories and died
like a dog. They didn't get me at all
We'll, the manager sent for me after The
FIRST night and told me that | would
open the bill and that I wouldn't even
be allowed to do that II he had any one
else, Years afterward 7 was in the
same house at 800 a week and the
same manager came to me and told me
how he liked me and my performance
and lot Of stun like mat. And said
to him, If you'd said about Ave OF those
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five hundred words to me here few
years ago when | needed EN- to keep
me alive you would have been doing
something worth while. | don't need
EN-, so save your energy.
so Consderate, some of these man
| ayers. Once, when | was first doing
my aeroplane skit In vaudeville, was
! so Interested in perfectinG Il that
quite forgot | was working twenty feet
above the stage and one night lost my
hold on the machine and got "A terrible
bump. ! was Knocked unconscious and
the curtain was rung down. The man
ager came running back. just as |
began my Where am L scene he en-
claimed, Gee, It's "A shame YOU fell. You
were going great
while ! was sitting in my room
watching Beachey doing his aerial
stunts | was reminded of the fact that
| was the first woman who ever went
mp in an aerOplane with a woman pilot.
Blanche Scott took mo up 1900 feet in
Los Angeles and ii was an experience.
Hereafter your Ray will keep her feet
firmly planted on the good old earth.
"AftG- Dearly ten yosrT on the Yapee-
vile stage my work in Twin Beds
the first actual work in the drama I
had ever done. was n great and inter
estng experience. Every time | made
an exit J made a wild dash for my dress
ing room and began to peel. couldn't
seem to understand that my work was
not over when | made my exit NV
maid had to station herself in the wings
to restrain me all during our first week
had always worked alone in n mono |
logue and II was like starting all over
again to have to get cues and wait for
other peoples laughs and make myself
part OF the picture instead of being
the whole works.
81 tell you us n lot of satisfaction
to know that | have ucceeded-thats
what the critics say, anyway, and what
one of them said made me feel mighty
good. I know | am big and rough
and slangy in my part of SiOnOrd Monte.
but that's what ! ought to be. An ox-
cabaret singer breaking into society
would he just that, wouldn't she? And
so when this critic gave me credit for
acteriza Ion, which is my hobby. and
said was TO tho life, | was mighty
happy over It. Most NJ the rest Of them
seemed to have overlooked that alto
gethcr. There's another thing | would
like to say, and that il | never needed
to swear to put my points over. ! don't
think one ever needs that. The talk
of tho day Is bad enough. but it's mighty
expressive and under strain = man or
woman would he moro likely to Use It
than page from an orators handbook
but I could always mako my points
without oaths and guess others can
too II they try" A..
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she is the most human. Her emotion.
are very sincere, her grief is very real
her love very true and strong. "A,
Howard has written the part so simnlv
and sincerely that IL has never va,
failed to reach an audience, as do au
simple and sincere things"
Miss Saker is the second Scottish s.,-
ress 20 appear on the Manhattan saga
and she is as tall and. as imposing 10
the flrst-Mary Garden Miss Sakcr ux.
born in Edinburgh and Is as dark a.
Miss Garden was fair.
Miss Saker has one recreative devo.
ton, which is golf and also possesss.
the ambition to be a successful play.
wright.
The playwriting bee, though, has don.
some successful buzzlng. Mr.. Paumier
has already produced In London Mis-.
Saker's play "A Passing Cloud" and h,
may be done In this country before she
leaves. II is interesting to note tina,
this was written when she was but IL
years of age.
Last season Miss Saker was about to
head her own company in South Africa
presenting upon "a starring tour such
plays "a Mrs. Danes Defence" and "Ths
Second Mrs. Tanqueray" and the newes,
plays of strong emotional type in Lon.
don when Mr.. Howard wrote Princes,
Fenefid for her and prevailed upon nor
to stay in London. She Ia glad that an.
did stay, for Princess Venettn wa.
greater success than any other pr,nenss
she has played.
Miss Saker believes that the chancs
for women's parts OF striking nature in
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Party" at the Thirty ninth street, I'm
der Cover at the Cort, Innocent" a
the Eltinge. The High Cost of Loving"
a; the Republic. The prodigal IIus-
band" n, the Empire, The Beautiful
Adventure az the Lvccum Theatre
He Comes Up Smiling at the Liberty
The Dragons Claw" at tho Now Am
stcrdam. and The Elder SON at the
Playhouse.
The musical plays are THE Passing
Show of 1919 AZ the Winter Gard'u.
and Julia Sandorson in THE Girl From
Utah a the knDkorboCk,r Theatre.
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LIVING ON THE ENEMY.

As an army advances into hostile
territory 1t usually expects to depend
| on the inhabitants to a large extent
| for its supplies and maintenance, and
| This subject is covered In an interesting
| description Of the operations given IN
| the special war Issue OF the Scientific
American, from which the following IA
| taken:
supplies ~ food are, as a rule 20 be
found for several days IN every town
| or village, and each householder usually
has a sufficient quantity to provide his
family for few days, consequently
az least the same number Of soldiers
as there are individuals in the house.
hold can obtain subsistence there FOR
day or two. This method IL the one
which distributes more uniformly. ~
not in tho best way. the burden Of m.
subsistence among all the Inhabitants
and makes it possible 10 subsist the
greatest number of man in a given sec
ton OF n country.
An exception should always he made
In favor of the poorer classes, who at
the best Of times are barely able 10
provide for their own families.
The following exceptions are usually
made
flrst-Any householder who has on.
tertained wounded man In his home
Is exempted from the quartering ot
soldiers" tArticle V. Geneva Convon.
ton OF 1864, acccded to by United States,
March /, 1882
Second--Charitable institutions. hos
pitals, asylums for aged and infirm.
religious communities of women, unpro-
tected women and educational institu-
tlOnG for prlG
billetcd upon them.
The advantage of this system 4. tina,
the men at the end of a days march find
their meal ready cooked and prepared
The disadvantages are that II cause.
very great dispersion and separation O,
the different units. In addition this
method may lead to oppression on the
part OF the troops II they are not treat,
cd as literally az they consider they
should Ice. The dispersion of the troops
prevents the officers enforcing s,ric,
compliance with orders and is subversive
of discipline.
A supply of uniform clothing must he
provided from the home country and
suffcient reserve available AT nu lines
To replace the losses which occur I'm nc.
1--WE service. In some of the foreign
armies the first reserve of clothinr e
composed of 10 per cent. of trousers
ana shoes; per cent of caps. coats and
oNercoats. These percentages are cal
culated on the maximum war strength
OF the organization. In those armies
every soldiers kit must at all times con.
taIn an absolutely new uniform. this
UNIFORM the man is required to put on
ohiN When the order for mobilization
~ received. The troops, consequently
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PLAYS OF THE COMING WEEK.

Three Comedies to Be Seen.
MONDAY-Astor Theatre-"The
Miracle Man." by George Cohan
from the novel of the same
name.
Casino-"Pretty Mrs. Smith,"
with FRITZ Scheff in the title
role.
WEDNESDAY-Longacre Thea
tre-"Tipping the Winner"
comedy from the English.
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The Standard Theatre. which John
Cort has opened at Broadway and
Nnety-second street, will this week
bring back to New Workers one OF the
successes which has not been seen here
in some time. Mcintyre and Heath
will appear in THE Ham Tree" WHICH
was one of their great successes in
previous years. II is promised that they
will have an admirable company to sup
pOrt them
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AT THE NEWARK THEATRE.
"sevcn Keys 10 BaIdpRtc" to he
Seen There This week.

George Conan Ia sending one OF his
most carefully selected companies to
Newark this week to appear at the
Newark Theatre in Seven Keys to
Baldpate." This popular comedy ran
Tor an entire season at the Astor
Theatre and will be acted as well in
Newark az 1t WIS there. There viii be
a number of the best Of the New York
plays seen there this season with es-
pccially selected companies.
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THE NEW PLAYS SEEN ON THE
SCREENS THIS WEEK.

The title Of the picture play to he
given at the Forty-fourth Street Music
Hall during the present week IL Ire
and. a Nation and the events which
this tito suggests Will I've shown on tho
Green. This film was made I'm Ireland.
''sh actors played the roles and all
De- interesting incidents of Ireland.
ruGglc for freed IN are shown in the
'aE. Robert Emmett and John Philip Il
irran as well as most Of the other
iSh patriots are to he seen In tn
Nurse ~ the drama. II was written by
Walter Mcnamara. author Of Traffic m
souls Irish music will accompany tho
revelation of the pictures.
The popular picture shows that CON
tinuc are the Globe Theatre "Cabiria e"
which has been on view ever since June
the NltaCraph Theatre. THE Winksome
widow with Cissie Fitzgerald, ana
lib "A mclodrama. Broadway Rose
Garden, wonderful submarine pictures.
Tho Strand Theatre will this week
have the star of the moving picture
stage. Mary fiCkford. NJ the heroine
OF Such Little Queen" which was
acted as spoken drama by Elsie Fer.
9uson. Then there will he the topical
review and the musical attractions VI
The theatre.
Toe Lexington Avenue Opera House
continues its operate intcrludes be-
tween the moving picture shows.
William Morris will this week show
AT the New York Theatre the picture
play made from Breuxs Damaged
Goods Perhaps IL this masterpiece
must continue 10 be utilized as a means
of public entertainment it were Just
as well that 1t be seen and not heard.
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1914 and THE Pckin Mysteries" a pre-
tcnu"us oriental illusion. viii share
headline honors this week al the ROYAL.
Some of the other acts will ho Morton
'nd Austin IN Success" Collins and
Hart, Genevleve Warner. assisted by
karla, a violn!st, and Harry Richards
and Bessie Kyle who viii present -
Regular Cluh Fellow" There viii be
concerts this afternoon and evening.
The American Beauties" which is
ono Of the standard burlesduc organi2a-
lions, will be seen at the Columbia The
atre this week. when a new two act
'raNcsty called "Mil.ionalrss for Day"
VIII he presented. The performance is
said to he perfectly in keeping with the
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THE PLAYS THAT LAST.

The plays 10 he seen in the New York
theatres are 1T Pays TO Advertise" at
the Cohan, "Tt~n Beds" at the Fulton.
Miss Daisy at the Shubert THE Story
OF the Rosary at the Manhattan Opera
House. "On Trial at the Gambler. THE
Dummy" at the IadsOn. THE Third
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MSH F4REE NEW PLAYS TO BE SEEN THIS WEE

present a new version of George Bald
wins BLACK Crepe and Diamonds"
Others on the bill will be Hal Forde,
w. j. Hurlbut's playlet, "The Bride"
which was seen last season at the Prin-
cess Theatre: Jack Gardner. Dunbar's
Nine White Hussars, the Faber Girls,
Charles and Fannie Van, the English
Dainty Trio and the Aerial Buds.
There will be concerts this afternoon
and evening.
Four headliners will be the unusual
Offering this week at the Alhambra.
They will he Adelaide and Hughes.
George MacFarlane, Fannie Brlce and
Charles Grapewin and Company. Other
acts on the programme will include
Francis Dooley and Corrine Sales in
skit called That's silly" Sylvia Loyal
and her trained pets. including more
than seventy pigeons: the six Brown
Brothers, Max and Mabel Ford. and
the Tuscano Brothers Concerts will
be given this afternoon and evening
Gus Edwards's New Song Revue for