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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-29

ROME, March 29.-The Rus
sian embassy today received a
dispatch from Petrograd stating
that the Austro-German armies
in the Carpathians and north
ern Hungary are in full retreat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
BROADHURST DRAMA
TO OPEN MONDAY
what Money Can't Buy" at
4Sth Street Theatre.

"What Money Can't Buy" a new
drama By George Broadhurst. will be
seen tomorrow evening at William A.
Brady's Forty eighth Street Theatre.
The play was given last week in Bal
timore, where il registered a success.
George Fawcett, who was in Mr..
Broadhurst's Law of the Land" will
be featured in the rev play. In his
support will be seen Anne Meredith,
Edith Campbell Walker. Sydney
Shields. Mrs. Russ Whytal, William
b. Mack, Frank Kemble Cooper, Will
lam Devereux, Calvin Thomas. Robert
Cain and others. William B. Mack, al
though one of the best known players
in the cast, will appear in but one act
None of the parts will be designated
by name on the programme. They APP
pear as THE American" "The Son.
The Secretary" King "The FL
nancier," "The Princess" 1.-THE Queen,
etc. Mr.. Fawcett will portray rough
and-ready American whose fortunes
deposit him in the surroundings OF
royalty. where he works out his OWL
destiny and that OF a monarchy.
The author describes his play a.
another telling of an oft-told tale,
inasmuch as il has TO do with love
adventure and intrigue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
LU
"Rolztn9
StoneN-
Harris.

alone At Last" new Viennese
operetta by Franz Lehar. famous as
the composer of THE Merry widow,
will be brought 20 the Shubert Theatre
Thursday evening. Alone at Last
has already met with success in Vienna,
Berlin and Budapest. where II was pro-
duced under the title OF "Endlieh Al
lein," and is considered TO rival the
composers best work.
Edgar Smith and Joseph Herbert
have adapted the book OF A. N. wilmer
and Robert Bodanzky, and Matthew
Woodward has, inserted the Tyres. A
symphony orchestra OF forty-seven IN
stYuments, under the direction OF
Gaetano Merola. will interpret the
score.
Marguerite .Namara. known in mu-
sical circles as Marguerite Namara..
Toye. will have one of the principal
roles. Others in the cast will be jose
Collins, John Charles Thomas, recently
of the Winter Garden; Barbara Schae-
fer. who will make her debut as pro-
fessional singer; Roy Atwell, Harry
Conor. Elizabeth Goodall. Edward Null
cay, ST. Paul Vernon, Marguerite VIM
gut, Lillian Horn and Helen Mesereau.
The operetta is in three acts, the
scenes being laid at lnterlaken, Switzer-
land. The second act is DIVIDED INTO
three scenes, showing the base, the
slopes and the summit OF the Jungfrau.
The story is concerned with romantic
episode in the life Of . young Bavsrisn
hran. vAs " a snthuslAStte mountain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

Handbook Is Home
Of One=ACt PLAYS
Washington Square Players Maintain Useful and In
teresing Form of Dramatic Art in Their Tiny
PLAYHOUSE on Fifty-seventh Street.
BY HAYWOOD BROUN.

% smallest PLAYHOUSE preserving dramatic form
-, significance the future of the theatre Only Bandbo1
-, address FfyseveNth Street just Off Third may
,ys be seem The play delightful
% and is necessary for the hest development of the
anger drama
The oreact play the proper medium of the
~ Not do author should fiddle
until he achieves successful piece expand On
r that be expanded into
than Fall of the of Usher be developed
- A. the same shorter form OF drama which the
his acquire the feel Of things theatrical and the
80 Of Illustrating in action Although FORM
- act plav simply the mechanical standpoint of words
% much easier full flight 1t is in fact the Ford of
dramatic literature
medium expressing emotions which cannot be done
other vehicle The Princess Theatre for instance made
although unsuccessful effort along Partisan lines to interest
- bu in little horror Frghtfuness is dramatically in
,pssing only n small doses.
r vet the short play the proper medium for WITNESSES An
ar engage the audience fantasy for half
he would not spread longer period Freed from
Of ntermssion, the playwright work with nice emo
could not from curtain through drink and back to cur
tain again 1900, ur.
TIC hin n the Bandbox four studies in mood Fire
IA water we think might termed q satire about Its message
M ~ "lfoch" but method altogether different Fire and
p be war through showing its humorous sde while Moloch
L. hare its tragedy Hervey Whites play laid at neutral
- ~ where two soldiers and Germans meet and ind
49, % all IN spite Of conflict their ideals and their needs their
- and fears are largely The play novel enough for the
~ il there appears The acting of Edward j. Balan
49, waiter Frnk Harold Mez and Frank COnroy Is commendable
~ we should Judge the most experienced There bit more
assurance in his method Of acting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
BURLESQUE THEATRES
Billy Watson and Ed Lee Wrothe Com
hine Talents at Columbia.

"Sliding" Billy Watson and Ed Lee
Wrothe. who have for years starred
separately, will be seen on one bill at
the Columbia Theatre this week
Wrothe will be seen in the nrst part
OF the performance. presenting "Hig-
gins at the Racetrack," and Watson
will give his well known characterize
ton Of Otto in "The Flying Dutch
man"
Assistant funmakers will be owen
Martin. Hazel Woodbury., Estelle Col
bert. Ethel Marmount, Al Dupont, Jack
Howard and Tommy Brooks. The re.
.ults of the worlds series games Will
be announced by innings.
"City Sports" is the title OF the or
panization that will be seen at the
Yorkville this week, when two one-ac'
burlesques and an olio Of vaudeville
acts will be given.
The principals are Harry Kohler
Arthur Mayer, Virginia Tuson, Jeane'
Elmer. George Woods, Marjorie Man
deville and the Four Dixie!and Boys
Matinee audiences will be kept adj
vised on the progress 81 the worlds
series.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
GILLETTE AT EMPIRE
FOR SHORT SEASON
sherlock Holmes" To Be Fol-
lowed by "Secret Service"

william Gillette will begin at the
Empire Theatre tomorrow night a
season regrettably-but necessarily
short. sherlock Holmes" will be pre-
sented for a few weeks, and then there
will be a mere dash of Secret Service"
Both John Drew and Maude Adams
have been promised the Empire at
various portions Of the season, hence
Mr. Gillette will be required to move
at the end of month or so.
sherlock Holmes" has become Pc
culiarly Mir. Gillette's own-not even
in England, where the character origi-
mated, can another actor successfully
follow him in the part. 1t will be the
first time in FIVE years that New YORK
has seen Mr. Gillette in the part.
The version of the play which MI
Gillette viii use was written by him
in collaboration with A. Conan Doyle,
and is easily the best Of the various
Sherlock Holmes plays that have been
seen in this country since Sir Arthur
created the character. William Riley
Hatch will appear as Moriarity.
There will be special matinee
Columbus Day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
New Franz Lehar Opera
at Shubert This Week

climber and as such DISCUSSES himself
as a guide, laying aside his title and as
suming another name. In his new occu-
patton he meets a beautiful American
heiress, travelling with her parents.
They are anxious 10 marry her 10 a
duke. The young lady. however, falls
in love with the vigorous and handsome
guide.
They arrange to scale the Jungfrsu,
and as they reach the top storm COM
pels them 10 remain there over night.
Il is then that the girl discovers that
her companion is not guide, but a
noble. The scandalmongers Of the hotel
try 70 make capital out OF the affair.
However, things come 10 the customary
pleasant end, even the unfortunate
duke being satisfied when the curtain
falls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
Strand Roof Garden.

Special events have been arranged
70, every evening of the week Mt the
Strand Roof Garden, which reopened
last Monday for It's second season;
New and old dances will be shown and
prizes given to the couples showing
The greatest skill. In addition. clever
dancers have a chance TO earn places
in the new Jerome Kern musical COM
edy. every Good. Eddie" as Mr. Kern
will be on the roof most OF the week
watching for likely material.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
WINTER GARDEN OPENING
A World of Pleasure" to Have
Premiere Thursday.

The deferred opening OF "A World
of Pleasure" the new Winter Garden
production, will take place Thursday
night. The premiere was announced
for last night. but mechanical Difficult
ties made necessary the pos,ponement
In the cast will be Theodor Koslof,
Kitty Gordon, Stella Mayhem. SALARY
DELI, Clifton Crawford, Jack Wilson,
William Banfeld Taylor, Ada Meade,
venita Fi,zhugh. Frances Pritchard
and numerous others.
The customary Sunday coscsrt will
BE- Given tonight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
FImendorf Travel Talks.

Dwight Elmendorf will give the first
of a series of illustrated traveI talks
in Carnegie Hall on November !. me
British Isles, Holland. Switzeriand ana
Northern and Southern italy VIII DC
his themes The talks VIII De gwen
in two courses, exactly alike on i've
Sunday evenings and the same humper
Of Monday afternoons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
Farce at German Theatre.

"Lehmann's Kinder" farce by Hans
Sturm, will be presented for the hfsI
time al the Irving Place Iheatre
Wednesday evening: The play is saIo
20 treat an entirely new theme IN
the cast will be Crete Meyer Ghristiah
Rub, Hertha Schoenfeld, Aranha EDen,
Marie Kierschner, Flora Arndt' Ernst
Robert and Ludwig Koppee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
SHAW'S LION HERE AGAIN
"Androcles" Will Be Played in Brook
lyp on October Is.

The frs; and last OF Granville Bar
ker's New York productions. Bernard
Shaws "Androcles and the Lion" pre-
teded by THE Man Who Married "A
Dumb Wife" by Anatole France. viii
be seen at the Majestic Theatre. Brook
lyn. the week Of October Is. o. p.
Heggie. Lionel Graham and others are
10 be seen in their original carts in
10th plays. while Miss Mary. Forbes
is to appear in those originated BY
Niss Mccarthy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

which should be among his most pre-.
cious minutes of exposition. We think
il might be demonstrated that there
will be no great American drama until
American theatregoers get TO the play
house on time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
Nav Thompson Signs Contract.

Arthur Hammcrsteln has signed
five years contract with MISS May
Thompson. She will first appear as
premiere dancer in the new Haueroach-
Friml opera "Katinka." Miss Inomp-
son is an English girl. Her hrst amer
lean appearance was in cabaret d, NAY
inns, where Mr.. Hsmmerstein oisco''
cred hAS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
CONCERTS FOR SUNDAY
Hippodrome and Century to Give Per-
fOrmances To-day.

souss and his band will give the sec.
ond Hippodrome concert tonight. Miss
Grace Hoffman. Miss Florence Harde-
man and Herbert l.. Clarke will again
appear as the principal soloists.
At the Century the Sunday concert
will include number of the clever
performers who appear in Town Top
l0r during the week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
Tragedy.

"Moloch," at the New Amsterdam, Il
grim but powerful picture Of war
from the standpoint of pacifist. Az
unusually fine cast includes Holbrook
Blinn, Lillian Albertson and Gareth
! Hughes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
.Alusical Plays.

"Hip- Hip Hooray," at the Hippo.
drome, is an immense show full OF
surprises and amusing features and
with a saving grace of beauty as well.
Sousa's Band, Nat Wills and Orvilie
Harold are among the features.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

"Town Topics" at the Century, is in
the nature of a huge vaudeville show
done at a much faster pace than In the
average variety house. Will Rogers,
Peter Page, Trixie Friganza and Bios
som Seeley are conspicuous In the cast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
One-Act Plays.

The Washington Square Players, at
the Bandbox Theatre, Fifty-seventh
Street and Third Avenue, give four
one-act playa comedy concerning the
great war, an Italian tragedy, a his
tcrical farce about Helen OF Troy and
a New England fantasy in Percy Mack
ayes best manner. Not everything on
the bill is good, but the composite ef.
fect';is delightful. One may go and
take his brains along to this theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

"The Girl Who Smiles" at the Long.
acre, has the attractive Natalie Alt and
a pleasant musical score for her 10
sing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
Serious Drama.

Common Clay" at the Republic, is
a play which deals with a conventional
sex problem in a manner which has
captured popular approval. The cast
includes Jane Cowl, John Mason, Russ
Whytall and Robert McWade. Cleves
Kinkead is the author.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

: 1.-TWO is Company" at the Lyric. is a
tuneful piece with touch Of novelty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

"Chin- Chin" at the Globe, maintains
its hold on the public, thanks TO the
clever work OF Montgomery and Stone
and the beauty Of large and well
trained chorus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
MelOdrama.

"Under Fire." at the Hudson Thea
ire, is a rollcking play about the Great
WARM which it is shown that il took
an Ashman to save Paris. William
CouTenay Is the son Of Erin. Violet
Heming Is handsome heroine, while
Frank Craven proves an amusing news
paper man.
"The House Of Glass" at the Cand-
Ter, is police melodrama by Max
MARGIN. Mary Ryan has the chief part.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

"The Princess Pat" at the Cort, is q
dainty musical comedy with the charm
ing and skilful Eleanor Painter as its
star. Victor Herberts music is up TO
his high standards and Miss Painter
sings better than any light opera
prima donna New York has heard in
several seasons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
"Two Virtues" Restores
SOthern to Comedy at
the Booth Theatre.
LITTLE HANDBOOK
HOLDS MUCH CHEER
Bargain" at the Comedy.Serves
to Afford Opportunity for
Some Excellent Acting.
(By HAYWOOD BROUN.)
Comedies.

"The New York Idea" at the Play
house. is a clever though artificial COM
edy, brilliantly acted by Grace George
and an excellent supporting company.
II is.easily the wittiest play In town.
"The Two Virtues" az the Booth, has
E. II. Sothern in pleasant little COM
edy by Sutro.
"The Boomerang" at the Belasco, is
in our opinion the best play in New
York A skilfuily constructed light
comedy. il enlists a remarkable COM
pany, in which Martha Hedman. Arthur
byron and Wallace Eddinger share the
honors.
q Rolling Stones" at the Harris, is .
lively story OF adventure by Edgar Sell
wyn. A capable cast goes about it's
work with an abundance Of spirit.
Young America" at the Gaiety, is .
lighEcomedy by Fred Ballard, in which
a dog plays an important part.
"The Bargain" at the Comedy Thea
ire, is an indifferent play extremely
we'll acted II deals with a clash OK
modern life and the Jewish faith. Jo-
sephine Victor and Louis Calvert share
the acting honors.
Farces.
Miss Information" at the George u.
Conan Theatre. is a slight but bright
vehicle which provides Elsie Janis with
an opportunity to display her many tai
ents.
Some Baby" at the Fulton, is
farce of vigorous type, founded on an
excellent idea. Emma Janvier and
Frank Labor are conspicuous in the
cast.
"Hit-the Trail Holiday" at the AS
ter, is a play about Billy Sunday by
George NJ. Cohan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

1.-THE Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" pro-
vides pleasant after the theatre enter
tainment and most captivating
chorus.
"The Blue Paradise" at the Casino.
is tuneful musical comedy and an
amusing one as well.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

"The Two Virtues" az the Booth, has
E. II. Sothern in a pleasant little COM
edy by Sutro.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Tipperary Wins,

Four-year-old Evelyn, whose home
is in Charlottesville, had missed prac-
tice for the Children's day exercises.
Nevertheless. she was there on Sun
day to take a part.
When the little folk took their
places on the big platform Evelyn
managed to occlpy the central posi-
ton. At the sound of the organ all
the childish voices burst forth in
song. She listened eagerly in an at
tempt to catch the tune, but to no
avail. Possessed of a singing voice
and a song spirit, she desired to use
the former. Valiantly she stepped
forth from the line and in a high key
began Its a Long, Long Way to Tip
perary." A neck-and-neck race en-
sued. Scatter Sunshine" ensemble
being outclassed by the swift-step-
ping march song sung by our little
girl.-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Safety First.
iftlofnn

Ey-Congressrnan Martin Littleton
tells the story of a railway that was
built through en-. obscure part of the
West, where no railway had ever had
the hardihcod TO venture before. On
the day the first engine ran owe the
line with its train, the engineer, on
pulling out from a small way station,
discovered that a country boy was rid
ing a horse between the rails a short
distance ahead.
The engineer sounded his whistle
again and again, but the rider only
dashed his horse into a gallcp and
made no effort to turn off into the
farm lands that flanked the right of
a At the end Of a mile-long chase,
the engine was so close upon the lab
oring horse that the cowcatcher al
most touched its heels. The pestered
engineer leaned out of his cab window
and yelled:
"You idiot! Why don't you get off
the track?'
Over his shoulder the frightened
youth flung back a desperate retort:
Nav, sir! Eff ever you git me out
yander on that thar ploughed ground
you'll ketch me in a minute!' -
Youths Companion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Railroader's Life Short.

The working life of the average To-
connective engineer is only eleven years
and seven days, according to figures
collected by the insurance department
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, a cooperative association,
which carries insurance for it's mem
bers amounting to $145, 000, 600.
For the last ten years the engineers
insurance fund paid out for accidental
deaths incurred as a result Of service
nearly IS, ZOO, 900.
It has recently been calculated that
out OF. every 100 men who start as
fremen only seventeen become engi-
neers, and that, out Of every 100 who
finally become engineers only six be-
come passenger engineers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
USE THE AUTOMATIC SToKER
Western Railroad the First to Adopt
the Device on Anything Like
Large Scale.

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad has equipped 600 of it's loco
motives with an automatic stoker that
consists of a small c%onveyor, set in a
trough, which runs from the coal ten
der to the front of the freboX, scoop
ing the coal from the pile and carrying
it forward. At the firebOX the coal is
forced into another conveyor that
feeds the fuel into the furnace through
three spouts. two of which are e
the front of the furnace, to spread the
coal forward, and one is near the cen
ter, tc spread the coal owe the real Of
the CRATE. BY means of this mechan-
ism, it is said, the coal can be dis
tributed as evenly as by the most
skillful hand filing. The device, of
course, does not obviate the use of a
fireman, but relieves him Of much
work, transforming him into a helper
for oiling, signaling, etc. If the use
of the stoker becomes general it is x
pected to affect the price Of coal. Rail
roads have hitherto used lump coal
for engine fuel, the same size as used
in households and in Is per cent of
stationary steam plants. The auto
matte stoker uses a grade of coal
known here as screenings or slack.
If the railroads, which use about 25
per cent Of the lump coal mined in
the United States, turn their require
ment to fine coal, the law Of supply
and demand may bring about an in
crease in the price of fine coal ard a
decrease in the price of lump coal.
On the other hand there may be an
increase in the price OF coke and gas
as a result Of the entrance Of the rail-
roads into the market for screen
ings." which the gas and coke makers
have hitherto been able to buy ct low
price because there was little demand
for it. Inasmuch as the fine coal con-
stituted only about 50 per cent o. the
total coal mined, the railroads de-
mand Of 25 per cent OF the total may
reverse present valuations. AS q re-
suit of the gradual installation of au-
tomato stokers by factories a writer
in the Illustrated World states that
the price of fine coal has increased in
ten years from 20 to Is cents a ton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
FINISH OF STEAM
RAILROAD MEN PUT THEIR FAITH
IN ELECTRICITY.
Many Advantages Claimed for the
Newer Power, Especially IN Certain
Sections Of the country-Some
Arguments Advanced.

Railroad men are looking forward
to the time when electric engines will
supplant those of steam equipment.
Especially is this the expectation on
mountain divisions containing long,
steep grades, and close to natural wa
ter power sites. The electric engine
can pull a heavier load because of it's
superior number of driving wheels.
One of the electric engines weighs
26O tons and pulls a train of 2 800 tons
UP a l per cent grade. A double
header will drag the same load up
ven a 2 per cent grade.
The engineers have calculated that
the electric engine has these advan-
tages as compared with the steam
equipment:
It operates with the higheGt eff
cheney in the coolest weather, when
steam locomotives often freeze.
1t returns by Regeneration" a
large part Of the power used in run
ming up hill during the corresponding
run down hill.
It requires inspection only once in
every 1000 miles Of travel. whereas
the steam locomotive must be over
hauled at the end of each division.
It uses no coal, requires no water
and has no ashes to dump.
1t carries no tender and has no
boiler and will run Indefinitely at a
uniform rate of speed.
1t reduces roundhouse tinkering to
the minimum and handles uniform ton
mage irrespective Of weather.
It does away with fuel trains and
clears the tracks for traffic that pays
dividends.
The best steam locomotive has to
be overhauled after running 100 or 125
miles. whereas the immunity OF the
electric engine from this necessity is a
heavy advantage in operating eff
cheney.
A steam locomotive waiting at a di-
vision point consumes 80 per cent Of
the fuel it uses in actual service,
whereas the electric locomotive when
idle consumes no power. The freeing
of the track from fuel trains is an ele-
ment Of the highest importance, espe-
cially in mountainous country where
double tracking is often impossible.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Through Many Perils.

For a series OF genuine hard-luck
Incidents, it would be difficult to sur
Of Deepwater. Having gone to the
cistern to pump a pail Of water, the
platform broke, letting her fall into
the water, which was more than ten
feet deep. When she came to the
surface she grasped the pump chain.
The chain broke. She next caught
hold of the cistern pipe and it gave
way. The woman's father then came
to her assistance and lowered a rope.
The rope broke and she went under
again. Finally a ladder was obtained
and the bedraggled maiden climbed tc
safety.-Kansas City Times.