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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
ODEON

Burlesque patrons who have grown
tired Of the usual clap stick"
variety of "burlesque" shows, will
find a decided innovation. in addi-
ton to plenty of entertainment, in
the Sunshine Girls" company
which is appearing at the Odeon
Theatre this week. unique con-
coction of mirrh and melody is
offered. The company appears in
scenes" life In which q company is
shown preparing for a regular per-
Torrance on barren stage.
This unique vehicle gives the
chorus and principals OF the company
plenty of opportunity to display
their accomplishments and they do
so in a manner which Is both sur
prising and pleasing. The work OF
the comedians IS very good and the
women members of the cast also ap-
pear to advantage, particularly Miss
Dolly Meyers, an accomplished
young woman.
The comedians are Meyer Harris
and Jack Martin. They are ably as
sisted by Hank Simmons, Dewey
Campbell and Billie Newton. The
musical pieces and jokes are all new.
Miss Mabel Baker makes 8 charming
prima donna and has an excellent
voice. Miss Helen MacArdale. the
soubrette is very active and winning
in her personality
The special features will be con-
tinued as heretofore. There were
wrestling matches last night. A
chorus girls dancing contest will be
staged tomorrow night and Friday
night (New Years. will be lama teur
night
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OPERA IN N. Y.

At the Metropolitan, Broadway
and Thirty-ninth street:
WEDNESDAY, o. m, "Gli Ugo-
motif" Cast-Destinn, Hempel, De-
launois, Egener. Caruso, Scott,
Rothier, Braun, Rossi, Ananian.
Conductor. Polacco.
p. M. Boris Co
dunoff" Cast-Ober, Delaunois, Du-
chene, Sparkes, Mattfeld, Didur,
Rothier, De Segurola, Althouse,
Reiss, Rossi, Audisio. Bada,, Schle-
gel Conductor, Toscanini.
FRIDAY p. M, "Parsifal." Cast
--Matbenauer, Sembach, Whitehill,
Braun, Foritz. Conductor, Hertz.
8 p. M, "Manon Lescaut" quo
cini). Cast-Bori, Duchene, Caruso,
Amato, De Segurola, Bada. Con-
ductor, Polacco.
SATURDAY. p. M, die zauber-
fioete'' Cast - Gadski, Hempel,
Schuman, Urlus, Gortiz, Braun,
Schlegel, Reiss. Conductor, Hertz.
8:15 p. M, Madam Butterfly
Especial performance). Cast-Far-
rar, Fornia, Egener. Botta, Scott,
Reschiglian, Begue, Bada, Audisio.
Conductor, Toscanini.
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MANY MONARCRS
HAVE MASCOTS

Many readers are probably familiar
with the story of the Kaiser's toad
stone ring. with which Is said to be
associated the prosperity of the house
of Hohenzollern. According TO tho
legend, implicitly believed in by all
connected with the royal German
house, the stone of this ring was
dropped by a toad upon the bed OF
Elector John OF Brandenburg, father
of Frederick the Great, and has been
worn by successive heads of the
Hohenzollern family. And at his
death, in accordance with the Hohen-
zollern tradition, the ring will be
handed, enclosed in a sealed casket,
to his son, the crown prince.
The czar, too, believes implicitly in
the supernatural powers of the ring,
which is said to contain tiny piece
of the true cross. The story goes that
it was presented to q Russian auto
crat by the Vatican, who handed 1t to
q former car, and 1t has remained
the talisman Of the Russian royal
family ever since. 1t might be men
toned, too, that the car attaches
marvellous protective powers to a
QIllQuS COilcCllOll VI SpAih1
which were presented to Alexander
III. by a Jew, who said that he
had dreamt that they would have
great influence on the well being OF
the Russian royal family.
King Alfonso places great faith In
q ring, one of the most famous in his
tory, which is known as the Spanish
opal, and which was given to his
father by the notorious adventures
the Comtesse De Castiglione, as love
token. Alfonso XII. believed that IL
had a great effect on the destinies OF
Spain, and gave orders that 1t should
always be regarded as the mascot OF
his country, a desire which the pres
ent king religiously observes.
This ring is kept securely safe
guarded In the royal treasury. but
Alfonso Kill always wears on his
watch chain bold sequtn given him
by a gypsy woman, whom, according
to the story told, he met one day near
Madrid and offered her aims. The old
woman Indignantly refused them, and
then told how she really belonged tC
one of Spain's most ancient families
and insisted upon giving his majesty
q rare sequin which had been the
treasured possession Of her family fol
several centuries.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29

Many a busy Newarker was as
founded yesterday by what apparent
ly appeared to be a voice from the
heavens, but which In reality. was
the melodious voice Of Roy La Pearl
who for the first half of this week,
Is appearing at Proctor's Lyric
Theatre. Mr. La Pearl sang from
atop the Scheuer building, the twelve
story structure at Broad and Com
merce streets, and also from atop
Proctor's Park Place Theatre. Mr..
La Pearl possesses a powerful bari
ton voice with tremendous carrying
power. He was heard distinctly by
the multitudes below. He is to sing
at 2:30 this afternoon from the Ord
way building which adjoins the Lyric
Theatre. Mr.. La Pearl has wagered
that his voice would prove audible
to hearers stationed In the street, II
he were to mount to the summit of
the Woolworth building and sing
therefrom. This test Is to take place
some day next week.
1t is known to but few in this city
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GOODWIN

Annette Kellermann, the famous
diving beauty, In "Neptune's Daugh-
ter" is today's attraction at the
Goodwin, Broad street, opposite the
New Jersey Central station.
Few film pictures are as beautiful
and thrilling or more fraught with
tender love passages than "Neptune's
Daughter"
1t Is of the fsiry-tale type, and
serves to show Miss Kellermann in
many amazing poses She dances,
swims, dives, fences and in other
ways furnishes one thrill after the
other to the enthralled spectators.
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REP PAIRING WASTE
CAUSED BY WAR

It will be a colossal repair bill
which the thrifty people Of the earth
must pay after this war is
ended. A French expert, NJ. Yves
Guyot, says that it costs the warning
nations $3.50 a day to maintain each
soldier. There are. or soon will be,
In the field some 100000 allies and
100000 against them, q total OF H.
900, 5000, requiring S3000,0O0 Of capital
day to maintain them.
In six months the maintenance bill
will amount to $500, O0O, 900. in a year
to $40. SOC, 900 ,0O0 But this is only O.
part of the bill. This expert says that
the people of France under normal
conditions save $500, 100000 a year, the
Germans save S1.2o0,00O,o0o, and the
English 81, 500, o0O, o00-a total of 49,
600, 00O, 600, or the cost of four months
warfare.
There Is more to be added to the
bill. What of the loss of productive
power of these 100000 Of fighting
men? NJ. Guyot says that this item
will come to $1,000, 100000 year
IL that all? No. Wait to hear just
one more item-the irreparable dam
age TO human machinery involving u
subtraction from capital account OF
SO, 100000, 900 every year the war
goes on.
DO your results tally with mine
a total yearly bill OF $4,000, 900, 600?
II we Americans could sell at par
all the railroad stock issued against
the 250, 900 miles of track and equip
ment and could get face value for
all the bonds issued against them We
would fall short about $500, 100000
Of meeting the charge for one year
Of warfare on this stupendous scale!
Yes, the bill will be paid-in time.
War costs must be met. We in the
United States will have to advance
very great part o. the sum. Not,
perhaps, while the fighting is going
on-we shall not care to finance the
warning nations while they are at
grips-but as soon as the peace set
Elements are concluded We shall be
asked to lend our savings for the
work of repairing wars waste.
We shall repsond to the limit of our
resources; and what will the limit be?
The answer must depend largely
upon how thrifty We manage our
affairs from this day on.--Chicago
News.
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Quite a New Dance.

Like flying dumping Uncle Flop
wit projected himself from the NOV
ing bus to the pavement.
But Christmas mud was every
where.
Poor old Uncle Flopwit's feet
touched the paving stones for frac-
ton of second, but he proceeded for
the next ten yards of his way face
downward - his white waistcoat
churning a neat furrow in the slime.
Then q lamp-post brought him to
d halt. He was still PROSTATE when
a Samaritan's voice exclaimed:
"Oh, deari Poor old gentleman!
Have you hurt yourself?"
Now, Uncle Flopwit didn't like be-
ing called old, and he considered the
rest of the question ridiculous
Hurt myself? OF course, not.
That sliding business is the first fig
ure of a new dance-the walrus glide.
Supposed to be a walrus sliding off
q block of ice into the sea. Did II
rather neatly, I think, don't you, you
idiot ?"-Public Ledger.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29

The Forsberg Players this week are
taking an excursion into the realms
of musical comedy, George M. Cohan's
play, 1.-The Little Millionaire" being
the vehicle.
To step, within the brief space OF a
single days intermission, from the
more sombre an dserious run of plays
into frothy concoction Of the Conan
type is q task that might have puZ-
zled even the genii who served Alad-
din's lamp, but the Forsberg Players
have accomplished it with their usual
success.
Cohan's THE Little Millionaire"
might be called a musical comedy in
the line of play construction. 1t gem
orally takes something impossible TO
make a musical comedy possible, and
this Cohan creation is no exception.
The whole plot and the counter
plots are woven around will which
prevents Robert Spooner, sr., the
widower, and his son, Robert, jr,
from marrying without their mutual
consent. With his usual skill George
builds the foundation for the compli-
eating situations in the first act, and
the second part of the play. in which
things begin to happen, furnishes
much of the mirth.
incidentally, the occasion marks
the return of Mabelle Estelle as a
member OF the local stock company.
She received d rousing reception last
night, and was fairly showered with
floral offerings.
Miss Estelle filled the role of Miss
Primper, the vivacious maid, who had
aspirations for the heart and hand OF
her employer, and is heartbroken.
She sings and dances as cleverly as
ever. and has lost none of her pretty
mannerisms which endeared her to
the hearts of the public when she
was a member of the stock company
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PROCTOR'S

Showing at Proctor's Park Place
Theatre today is another legitimate
production that has been photo
dramatized, THE Power of the
Press" a dramatic masterpiece in
which Lionel Barrymore plays the
leading role. This picture has been
produced by the Biograph Company
in four reels. Tomorrow, 1.-THE Sea
Wolf" by Jack London, in seven
reels. featuring Hobart Bosworth;
Thursday, THE Little Gray Lady"
in which the charming Jane Grey
plays the title role; Friday, 1.-THE
Prisoner of Zenda," with James Is.
Hackett: Saturday. One of Our
Girls" presenting Hazel Dawn, star
of THE Debutante," at present at
the Knickerbocker Theatre, in Now
York, will be the feature
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29

The vaudeville at Proctor's Lyric
Theatre for the first half of this
week introduces several surprising
features, and on the whole is very
entertaining. "Gertie Carlisle and
Admirers" is the title of the head
line attraction Miss Carlisle, who
has an exceptionally pleasing per-
sonality, is assisted by seven hand
some young men, all very clever.
Roy La Pearl, baritone. costumed
as a blacksmith, renders a number
Of popular airs in admirable fashion.
THE Mysterious WilP' is n comedy
sketch very different from the ordl-
nary type.
Marie Ambrose. beautifully
gowned young woman, whose rendi-
ton of song and playing OF the violin
pleased very much; Dreano and Good
win, versatile entertainers; Groves
and Terra, opponents Of sidewalk
patter and the Zenda Troupe, in a
casting act, which held the specta-
tors spellbound, finished out the pro-
gram.
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NEW YORK THEATRES

Seventh avenue-"A Pair of Silk
Stockings" (farcical comedy.
LONGACRE. Forty-eighth street.
west OF Seventh Secret
Strings" new play by Kate Jor-
dam.
LYCEUM, Forty -hfth street. east Of
Seventh ayenue-Elsie Ferguson In
"Outcast" (play OF London lfe).
LYRIC, Forty-second street, west Of
Seventh avenue-"The Only Girl
(new musical comedy.
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE,
Thirty-fourth street, west OF Eighth
avenue-"Life'' (melodrama).
MAXINE ELLIOTTS, Thirty ninth
street, east of Broadway-"The
Hawk"
NEW AMSTERDAM, Forty-second
street, near Second avenue-"Watch
Your Step (synoopated musical
PARK, Columbus Circle = "Polys-
amy"
PLAYHOUSE, Forty eighth street
west of Seventh avenue-Lydia
Lopokova in Just Herself"
PRINCESS Thirty-ninth street and
Sixth avenue-Three short plays
REPUBLIC, Forty-second street,
near Seventh avenue-'Kick In
(melodrama).
SHUBERT, Forty-fourth street, west
of Seventh avenue-'"Tonight's the
Night" (musical comedy. F
STANDARD. Broadway and Nine
tieth street.-the Midnight Girl
(musical comedy.
NINTH STREET Marie
Dressler in "A Mix-Up" (farce
comedy.
WINTER GARDEN, Broadway and
Fiftieth street-"Dancing Around
(musical spectacle).
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By AnELINE oARRIoK WELLS.

Mrs Temples Telegram" a farce
comedy by William Morris, which
enjoyed considerable popularity about
ten years ago, was revived at the
Newark Theatre last night with the
author in the title role REVEALS
seem to be the thing this year, and
in the main we are glad to receive
such old time friends, but, for some
reason or other, Mrs. Temples Tele-
gram" fails to awaken more than a
mild appreciation. Perhaps II is be-
cause the last ten years have seen
q mad influx of farces, all written
around the inevitable flb of conceal
ment and hung upon the peg OF mis-
taken identity. Ten years ago Mrs.
Temples Telegram" had the farcical
field to itself, or at least goodly
portion of it. Today there are farces
everywhere, all made up of the same
kind of lies and the same types OF
masquerading persons. All of which
Is by way of saying that Mr.. Morris's
farce has had its spontaneity taken
from it by time. It's merit is still
there, but the glitter of it has been
worn away by usage.
The story.
Jack Temple goes, out to see all ex-
position, rides in a Ferris wheel and
becomes stuck at the top Win u
strange woman when the mechanism
gets out of order. Next morning, at
1G o'clock, his wife receives this sim
nIe tale with scorn, inviting him to
tell her q better one. Promptly then
he does, telling of friend named
John Brown, who lives In Pickleton,
a London suburb. His wife sends O
telegram to the given address 10
learn the truth of his statement. Tenn
pie discovers this and persuades his
old friend, Frank Fuller, to imper-
senate Brown. Things work beauti-
fully for a time, and then it turns out
that a real John Brown, who lives
in Pickleton, has received the tele-
gram. Complications follow in rapid
order, and through everything sails
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CARLTON

The Man on the Box" the thrill
ing romance in photoplay form. fea-
turing Max Figman and Lolita Rob
ertson, is the feature of Fox's Carl
ton, Market and Halsey streets, the
early part of this week.
The story tells the adventures of
young American army officer, who,
for the fun of it, takes the place of
footman. How, in this capacity,
he foils the intrigues of Russian
diplomats who conspire to get pos
session of plans of United States for
tifications, affords one of the most
interesting plots shown on the films.
Incidentally, the young hero also
wins the love OF the girl of his heart
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MRS. TEMPLES TELEGRAM"
IS REVIVED AT THE NEWARK

the rnisled wife, firmly resolved by
this time to believe every word her
husband utters, and doubling every
body else.
Matters reach a climax when the
real Mrs. Brown appears, and 1t IS
discovered that the strange woman
in the Ferris wheel was no other
than Mrs Fuller, who comes to the
Temple home to receive references
as to the buffers character. At last,
barely in time for the final curtain
matters are Strengthened out, and
the reunited husbands and wives go
in to dinner.
In the main, the action was good,
but there were moments when things
dragged. Playing farce requires an
enormous amount of nervous energy
Everybody keys himself to a pitched
note and endeavors to retain 1t, q
difficult achievement unless the au-
dience is decidedly responsive.
Mr.. Morris's characterization OF
Temples friend Frank Fuller who
masquerades as Brown, was fun OF
quiet fun. His biggest lies were told
with cherubic expression that was
CONFUSING. Herbert Heyes played
Jack Temple with ability, and Sara
Perry plays Mrs. Jack with under
standing, depicting woman who was
entirely without sense of humor
and in no sympathy with things
that savored of unconventionality::
The loquacious butler, who adored
big words and invariably mispro-
nounced them, was worth while as In
terpreted by J. r. Amory.
The offering was preceded by one
act playlet, THE Wedding Day." q
farcical affair, which might be built
into a success. Mr.. Morris appeared
as the penniless bridegroom, who ex-
pected momentary arrest, and final
" palmed his friend off on the de-
tective and escaped with his bride
TO the station. Mrs. Temples Tele-
gram" would probably have been re-
ceived with more enthusiasm had not
"The Wedding Day fallen SO 1lat.
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ASTOR, Forty-flfth street and Broad
way-George NJ. Cohan and william
Collier in Hello, Broadway unu-
steal crazy guilty..
BANDBoX. 2o5 East Fifty-seventh
street-"Poor Little Thing" COMEDY
by Jerome K. Jerome.)
BELAsCo, Forty-fourth street near
sixth avenue-"The Phantom HI
val" dream drama).
BOOTH. Forty-fffth street, west OF
Broadway" Experience tailesorl-
cal play.
GAMBLER, Forty-second street, west
OF Broadway-"On Trial 0liuslon
drama).
CASINO, Broadway and Thirty ninth
street-"Lady Luxury" (musicai
comedy.
COHAN'S, Broadway and Forty third
street 1T Pays to ADVERTISE
(farce comedy.
COMEDY, Forty-first street and sixth
ayenue-Marie Tempest in The
Marriage of Kitty and THE
Dumb and the Blind"
CORT, Forty-eighth street, east OF
Seventh avenue-"Under Cover
(melodrama)
ELTINGE, Broadway and Thirty
eighth street-"The Song of
Songs" drama by Edward Shell
dom.
EMPIRE. Broadway and Fortieth
street-''Driven'' Comedy.
FORTY EIGHTH STREET, east OF
Seventh avenue-"The Law of the
Land (melodrama).
FORTY-FOURTH STREET, Seventh
avenue-The DIPPED Opera Com
ique Company, in 1.-THE Lilac Dom
mo-"
FULTON, Forty-sixth street, west OF
Seventh avenue-"Twin Beds
farce.
GAIETY. Broadway and F'orty-sixth
street-"Daddy Long Legs (com-
edy).
GLOBE. Longacre Square-Montgon-
cry and Stone in "Chln Chin (mu-
steal comedy.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth
avenue and Twenty-third street
"Papas Darling" (muslcal comedy.
HARRIS-M Margaret Ellington in THE
! Lie
HIPPODROME, Sixth avenue and
| Forty-fourth street-"Wars of the
World" (grand spectacular show.
HUDSON, Forty-fourth street, near
Seventh avenue-Douglas Fairbanks
in "In the Limelight" comedy, be-
ginning Thursday night.
KNICKERBOCKER. Broadway and
Thirty-eighth street-Hazel Dawn
! In THE Debutante' Ia new Victor
! Herbert operetta).
TIRED ,ry-o+is Sl,ipner in "The
Silent Voice" beginning Tuesday
night.
LITTLE, F'orty-ninth street, west Of
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STRAND

"Cabiria," Gabrielle D'Annunzio's
stupendous photoplay, dealing with
the struggles between Rome and
Carthage for the mastery of tho
world, is the feature at the Strand
Theatre, on Market street, opposite
Bambergers, the first part of this
week
The story furnishes food for
amazement and thrills during almost
every moment of the nearly two
hours exhibition of the picture Run
ming through the mighty plot for
empire are two beautiful love sto-
ries, in one Of which the winsome,
innocent Cabiria is the heroine; In
the other, her mistress, the beautiful
Carthaginian princess, Sophonisba,
rules, queen of the heart.
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CURTAIN CALLS

that Miss Camilla Priestley, one OF
the members of the Forsberg Players,
at the Orpheum, who, last week en-
acted the role of little Eva's mother
in Uncle Toms Cabin" is related TO
the Hapsburg family. of which En-
peror Francis Joseph is the heao.
Her fathers sister was the wife Of
near kinsman Of the emperor Both
are now dead. Miss Priestley Is ex'
ceedlngly good-looking, and is ac-
counted an excellent actress. she
expresses the hope TO be able some
day to take the place in Vienna to
which the station of her late uncle
entities her,
The last call has been sounded for
those who would enjoy THE Wars
of the World" the New York Hip
podromes magnificent creation that
cost more than $250,000 to stage
Little more than a fortnight re-
mains before the gaiety, mirth, mn-
sic and song that characterizes
WARS of the World" will be q mem
Dry, and this most stupendous OF
spectacles will have faded away.
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PLAYERS HARVEST
NEW LAURELS nv MUSICAL SHOW

which preceded the Forsberg Players
at the Orpheum.
A genuine treat was the manner in
" hich most of the musical numbers,
which are Cohanesque to the core, as
well as the SCORE" We're reeled off.
Charles Dingle, in the title role, not
only acquitted himself creditably, but
sang in a manner that charmed his
audience. By special request he rem
dered John McCormack's famous sue
cess, AZ Hear You Calling Me- and
he sang it so cleverly that he re
ceived several encores.
Grant Erwin, who has the comedy
part in his hands as Costigan the
troublesome friend, also gives some
vocal selections of the humorous kind
that Cohan wrote and q few that
Cohan did not write.
Miss Ottola Nesmith, the chorus
girl bride of the Little Millionaire
gave further evidence of her Versatil-
ity by singing and dancing in a man
ner decidedly charming. Particularly
is this true In the bungalow song
where she makes most spritely and
graceful, as we'll as fascinating, ap
pearance, with the aid of the colored
calcium light and the chorus.
Edward Van Sloan has musical
number, TOO, Lahen from DWeel-
hearts" and he sings Victor Herbert's
catchy song, ~ Don't Know How
Do It, But l Do" very acceptably.
Miss Helen Courtney is Mrs. Pres
colt. a dashing aunt of the gay young
bride, and, while she does not sing,
she gives a good account of herself
as a musical comedy actress.
Stuart Beebe is the light
father. and Miss Anna Davis Is Biz
dina Busby, who changes her mind al
the last minute in her plan to en-
mesh the senior Spooner and remar-
ries the man she divorced.
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THEATRES HERE

sHUBERT-"Me and Grant" (com !
edy).
NEWARK-"Mrs. Temples Tele-
gram" comedy.
ORPHEUM-Forsbe Players in
1.-THE Little Millionaire" tmusicai
comedy.
KEENEY' S-Vaudeville.
LYRIC-Vaudeville.
MINERS -"Trocadero Burlesquers.
ODEON-"Sunshine Girls (burles
que).
PROCTOR'S PARK PLACE-Photo
drama, changing daily.
PARAMOUNT-Pa pictures.
sTRAND-Photodram
ARLTON-Photodram
OODWIN-Photodram