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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01
IN VAUDEVILLE THEATRES.
Plenty OF variety offered In the
Week stand Theatres

Naleska Suratt will present herself
this week ut the Palace in new version
Of "Black Crepe and Diamonds and
THE Moth and the Flame" She will
have capable supporting company and
Will wear a number OF new gowns.
Other acts to complete the bill win IN
clude Mae Murray and John JarrutL
Greasy and Daync, in "Thc Man VINO
Remembered Billy Gould and Belle
Ashley, new spectacle from Europe
called "The Forest Firr," Henry T.,
DiNcy, Mullen and Coogan and William
Pruitt
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The Star Tn atrc. which has mad" a
reputation by the quality of the bur
lesque shows which II has hc n offer
ing Brooklyn this season, will be in line
tomorrow night with auo'hcr fine
proGramma. This will bc furnished 10y
the "Crackerjacks' one Of the fora
most of the travelling burlcsquc or
CARNATIONS Harry Cooper and Ccclc
Durham are at the head Of this COM
pany. which Is sufficient guarantee of
its quality.
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WHERE TO DANCE.


Nigel Barrie continues to be the dane
ing partner OF Joan Sawyer, who will
give some unusual prizes for the dance
to he held on the eve Of December : To
the woman guest of the Persian Gar
den holding the largest number II
coupons of the resort, Coupons must
be kept by the purchasers Of the tickets
and on the date specified commute"
of we'll known ladies and gentlemen
will be appointed to count the coupons
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NOTES OF THE STAGE.

The Iichlcr Company announces for
the present season at the Park Theatre
notable list Of attractions. After Mrs.
Patrick Campbell finishes her engage
mcnt in "Pygmalion" there viii come
Aha Nazimova IN THAT Sort" by u. NJ.
Hastings, Phyllis Nelson Terry, May
Irwin IN "The Crimson Rambler" Cyril
Maude in Grumpy" and most i'm
portant Of all, THE Garden OF Paradise"
by Edward sheldon, Later dramatic
version e "pol.yanna" by Eleanor H.
:nrtcr, THE Philosopher" by Grace
iIoycr and n new Irish play by Brandon
lyman will be given
Mathlson Lang. who. created n great
sensation in London by his acting Of the
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end award the prizes. The lady having
the most coupons will get brand new
hahv grand Sohmcr piano, the nest
highest number will he awarded CO.
umbia graphophonc, library style the
third will receive an Innovation trunk,
tho fourth "A silver loving cup, tn" ht'h
a solid vanity case. the sixth bottles ~
Mary Garden perfume. the seventh two
orchestra seats for i've theatres making
ten sna,s in all.
Tho first in the series of teas. when
will hc llvon on every Wednesday ANA
Saturday afternoon. will be on Wcdncs-
dav next. the 4th of the month. 1t .S
proposed To make these teas particu-
larlv attractive to young people, vino
will he we'll chaperunod. The patronessos
are Mrs George u. Ali. Mrs. $. Harold
Freeman. Miss Jeanette /. Glider
Mrs. Arthur Rutledge Pearson, Mrs
James Spcycr and Mrs, Beverly Ward
Rosa Dolly and Martin Brown have
been added 10 the list Of dnnccrs at the
.Iardin do Dansc. They will appear in
some novel steps. Then Bonnie Glass
and Clifton Webb VIII also NE seen.
while Louise ~ re- viii sing.
The broadway Rose Gardens offer in
addition To well known professional
dancers an excellent floor and fine music
by two bands,
Maurice and Florence Walton are stu
dancing with success at chez Maurice,
which is on the first floor Of the Water
Garden.
The Zlcgfcd Dansc de l'ollics is stil
crowded every night and it remains
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01
VARIETY IN BROOKLYN.


The beautiful dancer the one who
with Anna Pavlowa stands to-day at
the head of her profession. Adelne
Genee, will dance at the Orphcum this
week. Mile. Genee Ia sending back tO
her home for the use of the Red Cross
all that she earns in the theatres. She
cnnoblcs and beauties any programme
on which she appears. She has her own
company Of dancers Lew Dockstader
the Courtney Sisters. Joe Jackson
Strengthened out" Willie Weston and
others are on the programme,
Al the Bushwick Theatre this week
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the attraction will he Julius StcCer,
Ruth Roye. the Forty DOG Comedians.
Franklyn Ardcll. the Hanlon Bros. and
a long list OF amusing vaudeville ar
lists
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THE WEEK IN BURLESQUE.
Pleasing Production. to Re shown
Mt the Columbia and Murray mn.

Rose Sydell will bring her "Iondon
Bellies with Johnnie Weber as lis prin-
clpal comedian. 10 the Columbia Tho
atre this week A now two act bur-
losque called THE Rising Sun" written
expressly TO exploit MIR Wcbcr's in
diVidual,ty az German comedian, will
be presented with an unusually elabo-
rate display of scenery and costumes.
ana with company that includes sew
cral OF tho best known performers In
burlesque. Among them Miss Wlll-Nell
Lavender. Louis Theil, Billy Burke,
George Clayton Frye. Clara Stinson.
Kathleen lesson, Chaunccy lesson.
Pearl Turner and Eddie Turner. The
election returns will he received nv
special wire installed on the stage of
the Columbia Tuesday night. and they
Will he read to the audience.
The Charming Widows" Is the title
of the burlesque organization that will
be seen at the Murray Hin Theatre this
week, when two one act satires and "A
long vaudeville bill will be presented.
The principals in the company are
Eddie Dale, Sam Carleton. BODY Ferns.
Lillian English. Pauline Palmer, Bessie
Miller, Harry Peterson and Joe Dolan.
and there IL a large chorus made up
entirely of girls. The election returns
will be read from the stage on Tuesday
night.
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The leading act this week at lIamm, r-
STEMS Victoria viii lie Singers NJ ID
gets. who have Just reached here from
Europe, There are twenty little mon
and several animals in the act. doe
Howard and Mabel McCarc. Robert
Daley and company, DANNY Mau,
Harriet iIurt. Nu,cros~ and iloldsH Qr'h.
Claudius and Scarlet, Jack Lorna r.
Brown and Newman, Orvillr ana Frank.
and motion pictures will complete the
bill
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November rs has been flXod ro- tho
opening OF the season Of the French
Drama Society. which will be gwen In
the Century Lyceum. The object of the
French Drama Society is not merely to
produce the most interesting of the
modern French dramas in New York
for the benefit Of tho theatrcgoing pub
ic, but also 10 serve an educational
purpose. This has been recognized hv
many Of tho schools which have ar
ranged to send their pupils 20 the Fri
day mat.nees. At these matinees the
plays will he Of a moro Literary chtr-
acier and each play vii, nc preceded hy
lecture which will no. interpret the
pay but Will deal intel..gcntly with its
literary and historical characteristics.
The existence Of the French Theatre
here Will in fact very materially helm
out those Partisan artists who have SUI
fered because ~ the war.
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Kitty Gordon. who IS presenting a
playlet called "Almn's Return" VIII, IN
tells of the further adventures of I'M"
heroine In Alma, Va Wohn,, nu'' IS
to he seen this week al the Co'onial
The other acts VIII include adelaide and
Hughes, the dancers, James and Bonni'
Thornton, Wellington Cross and Lois
Josephine. who recently played IN Hieg-
fields Follies; Ladde Gin, the Arnaut
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Brothers, the skaters Rijouvn ard
George Cooper and chris Smith n
Hotel Gossip There will be the uSIl.
afternoon and evening concerts to-day
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William A. Brady says he Ia going 70
make a speciality Of American melo-
drama.
The plays have in view" says the
manager. will be entirely American in
story and scene We have turned To
Eng and in the past for our big melu-
dramas. and nobody seems to have so
much as thought of our own country in
this connection. or course We have no
end Of plays about America, but We have
never produced these on dimensions
such as the English plays are presented
at Drury Lane.
~ do not soc why we cannot arouse
even greater interest in American sub
jects than those OF England 4 We give
them equal or greater importance in the
matter Of their scenic equipment. why.
here Is The Whip purely British in
stitution, tearing through the far West
and drawing 80 900 houses almost every
whore. in !ts third American season.
This is a good enough indication ~
what may he done with an American
play OF similar or better quality.
Il have had this in mind for a long
time IN the way that most active mon
carry an unspoken ambition /; tool,
positive form when we produced Tho
Whip and captured the attention of the
whole pub.ic-Fifth avenue as well ns
Tenth avenue. During the Manhattan
Opera House run alone this London
me'odrama cleared net profit ~ moro
than 100000. and better still Il tho~-
oughly entertained tens ~ thousands Of
men. women, boys and girls"
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FACES AND FIGURES
IN THE PASSING SHOW

al the New Theatre in this city, but was
title role in "Mr. WI" was for season
scarcely regarded by the public. There
would indeed be few who escaped the
b.ighting Indifference Of the public that
went to that beautiful playhouse. He
acted in The School for Scandal" IN
Don" and several other plays. and
many who saw him thought him the
best OF the young leading actors that
have recently come here from Eng
land. But with the general public he
made no impression. He went from
New York to act in Australia and since
his return to Eng and has rather con-
fined himself TO character roles. Recent
successes were In The Barrier" and the
Chinese Anglo play.
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Al the Bushwick Theatre this week
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
OFFICIALS WATCH
SCHOOL DEBATE

The last session of the Virginia
general assembly came In for much
criticism and discussion last night
when the Phi Kappa Epsilon debating
society of the John Marshall night
high school held its f1rst public de-
bate and delved into the benefits and
evils of the initiative and referendum.
Miss Mary HUMPHREYS and M. l..
Hutzler were on the negative side, but
due to illness OF Miss HUMPHREYS Miss
Dora Whisky gave her side of the ar
gument.
Miss Rettle Fisher and A. r. Amos
were the opponents of the measure.
The subject OF the debate was. RE
solved, That the Initiative and Refer
endum Should be Adopted in Vir-
ginia."
c. r. walford, clerk of the school
board: A. II. Hin. assistant superinten-
dent OF schools, and X. J. Hoke. assis-
tant superintendent of schools, were
the judges for the debate. They de-
cided that the negative side won the
controversy, two of the judges yot-
ing against and one for the resolution.
Miss Sadie Fisher gave violin
solo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
SCIENTIFIC TALK
IN LOCAL CHURCHES
MISS EDITH WILLS TONIGHT BE-
GINS SERIES AT BROAD
STREET METHODIST.

''Firginlas Most Deadly PreventA-
BILE Disease and It's Remedy" Is the
subject OF a scientific temperance lee
ture to be given tonight at o'clock,
in the Broai-Street Methodist church
by Miss Edith NJ. Wills. OF Boston.
who will. with this meeting. begin Z
speaking .our under the auspices OF
the Women's Prohibition League OF
America.
Tomorrow night. In the Barts1
Heights Methodist church. Miss W its
will speak on Saving Taxes in the
Old Dominion"
Miss Wills will speak in Paramount
Baptist church Friday night on IN
creasing the Efficiency Of the Man-
hood of the Commonwealth"
Miss Wills, who Is 2 graduate OF
the Emerson College of Orators. Bos-
ton. Mass, editor Of the scientific
Temperance Journal. and an author
ity on the effects of alcohol N The
human system, Is encountered ,ss
many, because Of he. visit 10 Rich
mond last fall with the scientific -sul-
perance exhibit.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
NAMED TO CONDUCT
The SUMMER NORMALS

Teachers who will conduct the sum
mer normal schools during the com
ing session have been named as fol-
lows:
University of Virginia, Charles G
Maphis; Hahhisonburg. Julian A.
Burruss, Farmville, J. l.. Jarman;
Fredericksburg. r. H. Russell. Rad
ford. j. NJ Mcconnell: Coving.on
Joseph Fl. Saunders; Martinsvil.e. N
p, Painter: Richmond, J. A. G,
Chandler, Emory. +. b. Fitzpatrick
Norfolk, James Hurst; Dublin, John
w Niche: Galax, j. A. Livesay;
Luray, j. D. Harris.
For colored teachers-Richmond
George Hovey; Chase City. +. c. Bed
niger; Lawrenceville, James G.. Rus-
sell: Christiansburg, f. A. Long;
Hampton, George f. Phenix; Manas-
sas, William J. Decatur.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08

had first familiarzcd her with the as
ISOLATION of her husband with the other
woman.
Mrs. Neisx Talks.
Il was not greatly surprised when
told OF the tragedy" Mrs. Neisx liz
said to have stated. for the sergeant
had an ungovernable temper when
aroused and he was in one of his ugly
moods Monday. 1t was so noticeable
that for time I feared for my own
life. In many respects. though, he was
a good husband and was generous TO a
fault with his children.
Major Werner yesterday stated that
he thought Sergeant Neisz must have
been crazy when he committed the
double crime In fact" said the chief
of police. II have always maintained
that murderers and suicides are crazy
for the time being, when they commit
such horrible crimes"
Chief Werner then told OF finding
in the pocket OF the dead man, two
hard boiled eggs, an apple and an
orange as well as recalling the chloro-
form and absorbent cotton. 1t is sup
posed that the edibles were to have
formed n quick lunch for the sergeant
as he went his rounds, but no salts
factory explanation has been offered
for the purchase of the anaesthetic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
ILLINOIS WOMEN
SWING EQUITIES
CONTINUED from first Page.)

big cities Bloomington. now dry. was
wet; Galesburg. wet, was dry;
kewanee. wet, was dry; Decatur, wet.
was dry: Taylorville, wet. was dry:
Rockford, dry, was dry; Rock Island,
wet, was wet. Springfield, wet. was
wet: Moline, wet, was wet: Joliet. wet.
was wet: Alton, wet, was wet and
| Quincy, wet was wet.
| The drys in Illinois made substantial
gains with the aid OF womens votes
| in the local option elections today.
With now and then an exception, wo-
| men voters more than offset the men,
who generally rolled up maiorities for
| the saloons.
An impressive example of women s
power was disclosed in Fulton county.
where the carrying Of Canton, the
| largest city. by over one thousand, and
smaller places by lesser figures, the
women swung the entire county into
! dry territory. and put thirty-eight
| saloons out of business. In Blooming
ton. one of the largest cities in the
| State, the women swung the balance
again in opposition TO the saloons.
They voted out seventy eight Bloom
! ington groggeries by the narrow mar
gin of ESQ votes in total OF $4,000.
| Women who cast ballots in opposition
to the liquor traffic numbered 3.S07.
as against Ash who stood by 1t.
| Bloomington men to the number of
1858 sided with the drys, while 3,S9s
+ favored saloons.
Monmouth voted out its sixteen
| dram shops. thus blottinK out the
| only wet point in Warren county. The
dry majority there was about 1000.
| and IS per cent of the women voted
| dry.
Women voters voted out twelve sa-
| looms in Sterling by five hundred ma
| jority.
! Rushing to the polls throughout a
| downpour OF rain. the men and wo-
men of Springfield. both voted wet
today, the men by a majority of 3,677.
and the women by a majority of PTS.
The men voted 3s0s dry. 1855 wet.
The women voted 4,30l dry. 4.57s
wet
! Seventeen out Of twenty-five pre-
| cincts in Quincy give a majority OF
/ $3.50 for the vets. indicating that
! the city will probably go wet by 5000
majority
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
MANU- CANDIDATES
FOR NEISZ'S PLACE

The appointment Of a sergeant to
replace Sergeant Neisz will probably
be postponed by the board of police
commissioners tonight until the next
meeting. az it is believed that the
board VIII adjourn shortly after gath
ering, IL it meets at all, because OF the
funeral Of the dead officer.
Who will receive the appointment
as sergeant Is not known, as there are
in the neighborhood Of fifteen posi- :
biliues- One man must be selected by
the votes of the police board. Mem
bers of the board were reticent as to
which of the men would probably be
selected to fill the vacancy yesterday.
and would not commit themselves to
any one Of the candidates
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
WILSON MAN BEAT
BY A REPUBLICAN

PATERSON. n J.. April Dow II.
Drukker. Republican, was elected rep
reseutatiVe In congress from the Sew
enth New Jersey district today, 10
I'll the unexpired term of Robert c
Bremner, Democrat. who died of cancer
on February 5th. He carried the dis
trict. embracing all of Passalc county
with the exception Of two townships.
with a plurality of 5.276. His total vote
was 1885, or 220 more than the COM
hined vote of the next two highest
candidates.
James j. oByrne, Democrat, in the
interest Of whose candidacy Preside nj
Wilson wrote letter OF warm en-
dorsement. was a poor second in the
race. with a total of 5,229 votes. He
was closely crowded by Gordon De-
marest, Socialist who was only I73
votes behind him.
Henry c. Whitehead, Progressive,
was fourth man. the big Bull Moose
vote of the district dwindlng down
to e02
Henry JAEGER. the Socialist Labor can
dldate, brought up the rear with a
total of SO.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
Keith'S Lyric.

b. A. Rolfe, the producer of The
Bride Shop" which Is proving such a
sensation at Keith's Lyric this week.
Is here In person to supertntend the
steal comedy line. Under his watchful
eye and guidance 1.-The Bride Shop
has been made into miniature musical
comedy, which is as good as THE
Trained Nurses or The Red Head"
which are Laxky's best productions.
Andrew Tombes who plavs the leading
role in THE Bride Shop" Is very
versatile comedian. being both a good
singer and a clever dancer with an
artists knowledge OF how to get the
most out OF his lines. Miss Lola
Wentworth. the charming little prima
donna with the company. possesses a
sweet soprano voice OF unusual range.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08

from working man, he would con-
tinue To do what he could for the
work ing men of the city.
The meeting was one OF the most
satisfactory of any yet held during
the campaign.
President Peters. OF the com mon
council. whose remarks were looked
upon as OF great Importance. told
how he had started the scheme by
which Riverside park had been es-
tablished. and how he had worked
faithfully for the Riverside drive,
and would continue Ia do So wheth-
or as president of council. mere
member, or AS a private citizen.
All the candidates were emphatic
in their statements that they would
oppose the proposition Of selling Clark
Springs and the gas plant, and the
audience applauded loudly the senu-
mehts SO expressed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
MHlTANTS HARASS
EPISCOPAL BISHOP

LONDON. April THE militant
suffragettes, who have recently been
hotnering the archbishop OF Canter-
bury and the bishop OF London have
now commenced badgering the bishop
Of Norwich. Sixteen women went to
the Episcopal Palace at Norwich to-
day and asked the bishop to discuss
pump feeling in the jail with them
The bishop sent out word that he
could not see them before April 18th,
whereupon the women announced that
they intended to camp on the grounds
II the palace until he saw them. The
bishop thcTeupon yielded, and received
two OF the women. He listened TO
their complaints about forcible feeling
and prom iSed to consider the matter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
Hart Puzzled by
His Pie Counter

ROANOKE. VA, April John M.
Hart. confirmed blythe senate yester-
day as collector Of internal revenue
for the Sixth district, was perpleXed
today over the patronage he mas to
bestow Mr. Hart has ten kplaccs 10
1ll and has a bunch Of applications
from viii Ia &c select. Asked as to
the removal of the collectors office
from Abingdon to Roanoke. the new
collector replied the mater of re-
moval was entirely in the hands Of
The department.
Mr. Hart left for Washington this
morning To famiiiarize himself with
his new duties.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
PREACHER ARRESTED
ON SERIOUS CHARGE

Especial to The Richmond Firginian.)
BRISTOL. VA, April Rev. c,
A. Barker, forty years old and min
lister of the II elston conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, is in jail
In Bristol tonight. charged with at
tempted criminal assault upon his
neice, Miss n. X. Lewis. The war
rant was sworn out by W. X. Moody,
proprietor of local hotel. where the
couple was stopping. Barker. who
is we'll dressed and man of family,
says that he brought his neice here
to start her on her return to her home
in Colorado and that the charge is
groundless. He Is said to be well to
do. His home is at Benhams, Vir-
ginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
CAMPAIGN PROCEEDS;
DATE APPROACHES

Two politi al meetings will be held
In Clay ward this week, on Thurs
day night at Moschettis hall. on Ash
land street, and on Saturday night II
Monroe hall. under the auspices Of
the Clay Ward Actiyes.
On Thursday night. also, tbs East
End Citizens Progressive club Will
meet at Tayior's hall. at which time
it is said some hot things will bs
presented by advocates Of the defeat
of Councilman Morgan r. Mills
Councilman Mills said last night he
had no fears of anything which his
opponents might pull off.