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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-22
One Million Extra Votes and q Wrist
Watch

Contestants will note that we will
give one million extra votes to the
one standing highest April first.
This is your opportunity to get two
big prizes million votes and q
beautiful wrist watch.
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ADJUSTMENTS

"Auriema" will be the attraction
at the Majestic Monday. Tuesday,
Wednesday. Green decided to hold
this lovely lady(?) over as she(?)
has been great drawing card.
The Prince OF Tonight" company
came through here yesterday on
their way to Ocala.
Mary Pickford. the well known
motion picture actress. receives q
salary of $125,000 a year. Pretty
soft for Mary.
Elk's Bulletin No. 4: Brother
Larramore was requested to sing
Get Ont and Get Under" but Larry
says he has been doing that too
much Of late. Get a Ford, Larry,
while it isn't SO handsome it af-
Fords you more pleasure.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-22

WANTED-To buy Ford car for
$3.50. Must be in good condition.
BOX $40. Lakeland. 1880
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-22

We have lett out some names as
contestants failed to make report
this week, but we have not drop
ped same from our active list Of con-
testants. We must ask, however,
that alt contestants positively re-.
port on Wednesday Of each week,
until further notice.
To the contestant VINO stands first
in the Majestic theater contest on
April LIST we will give one million
extra votes.
To the contestant who stands sec
ond Ave hundred thousand extra
votes.
To the contestant who stands
third, two hundred and fifty thou
sand extra votes.
To the contestantwho stands the
fourth, one hundred and twenty
Ave thousand extra votes.
To the contestant who stands the
fifth, seventy FIVE thousand extra
votes.
To the contestant who stands the
sixth, fifty thousand extra votes.
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Lakeland Evening Telegram.
The Flynn Cleaning and PRESSING
Company.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

LEFTY person who controls the desti-
MES Of this resort speaks as follows:
There are things to delight and
thrill those who seek them with an
abundance OF sensation. For those
desiring to he exclusive there has
been constructed n 'castleonian' dane
ing pavilion. somewhat resembling a
Swiss chalet. in which the exclusive
set will be provided with a style Of
terpsichorean entertainment that has
been approved Of in some of the ia
nous resorts abroad. The entrance
fee to this building has been fiNed
at a price 10 assure exclusiveness.
Among other new features may he
mentioned the Midget City. with epit-
ONE grand opera house. buildings.
shops. houses and churches. and its
Lilliputian Inhabitants. Thfre are
about fifty OF these little people and
they do all manner of stunts with
singing and dancing. Then there are
swimming ducks. with a prize to any
one successfully lassoing one. 4 trip
TO Niagara, Miss Innocence Illusions.
the Frisco Exhibition. the Biop.asti
con, the Edge 4 thu World and others
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THE PLAYS THAT LAST.

Among the plays still to he seen in
New York are Lou-Tellegen in TAX
Ing Chances" at the Th.rty-n!nth
street Theatre, "a Celebrated Case"
AT the Empire Theatre. The White
Feather at the Comedy Theatre, The
Song of Songs at the Eltinge Thea
ire Twin Beds" al the Harris Thea
tire, ION Trial" at the Gambler Theatre,
The Natural Law at the Republic
Theatre, Experience" at the Maxine
Elliott Theatre, SINNERS" at the Play
house, THE Bubble" NJ the Booth
Theatre "Trilby" at the Shubert Thea
tire. 1T Pays to Advertise" at the
Conan Theatre, shes In Again" at
the Gaiety Theatre, Under Cover" at
the Cort Theatre and "A Full House"
at the Longacre Theatre.
The musical plays are 1.-THE Only
Girl at the Lyric Theatre. The
Peasant Girl" at the Forty-fourth
street Theatre, DE Wolf Hopper in
Gilbert and sullivan operettas at the
Forty eighth Street Theatre. "A Mod
ern Eve al the Casino, "Chin Chin"
at the Globe Theatre and The Pass
ing Review of 1918" at the Winter
Garden.
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THE PRINCESS FUTURE.
II VIII he Made n Home Of Nirth.

Ray Comstock has decided there
shall he no more thrills and horrors
at the Princess Theatre. only comedy
and music hereafter. combined as they
are in Nobody Home"
Regarding the Princess Theatre
have definitely and absolutely decided
that ! am through with the one act
dramas Of shocks and thrills. | want
no NOR" such plays as Tho BLACK
Mask and The KISS in the Dark
In the future the Princess Theatre
Will he Synonymous with all that Is
light and joyous in the world Of amuse-
men's. II is my hop" to make IL the
home of the smartcst kind of dainty
musical comedy
III cost us over $4,000 To try and
edurat" the theatregoing public to APP
preCiate the one act dramas Of thrills
and shocks" said + Ray Comstnck,
FOUNDER and promoter ~ the Princess
Theatre. last week. And after IL was
all over We mad" tho 4, scoverv. sir
prsing rs i may seem. that tho public
likes laughs hhttcr than highly sen
sNned French importattnns. Of a dra
matte nature. For vhNc these one
pra.S" and have a collection ~ the
most favorah'" newspaper notices and
magazine appropriations the fact re-
mains that the public AT large did not
respond IN sufficient numbers to paw
the bills.
f conrs" | could console myself
with N" reelection that after ali we
scored ART site successes At the Prir-
cess Th"a'r" during tho past two
years ~ shocks and thrills. hut do
""' "'I'eN" there = such a thing as
an dr'.''' success and a financial fail
"'"' hei!"v" that # n play is an
"f''S''' success II = also financial
success as tho pph'i" AZ large is the
ma jug" N crttcistns plav. I
ooh mind being Gated a commercial
manager for taking this point Of vteu-
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STARS TO AUCTION SEATS FOR LAMBS GA\1BOJ

The public all star gambol Of the
Lambs to he given at the Century
Theatre Friday evening. June 4. and
Saturday afternoon and evening, June
., for the benefit Of the Actors Fund
or America promises to be the biggest
and best theatrical entertainment ever
presented on any stage. All Of the
stars OF the stage and many Of
the most famous composers and
dramatists will cooperate to present a
programme such as has never before
been attempted. Throughout the past
season the actors have been called
upon to help out innumerabe charities
and now they are going 10 try to help
themselves and have entered heart
and soul into the task Of raising
money TO Nil the great drain upon the
fund caused by an unusually trying
year.
The public auction Of boxes and
seats for the opening performance will
he held at the Hudson Theatre Thurs
day afternoon MAY 20 at $50 and
that promises to be an important
event In itself Acting Mayor Nc
Aneny will auction the FIRST box. Dud-
ley Field Malone, Collector Of the Port
will use his we'll known persuasive
powers to get recorc price for the
next box, and others among the celeb
rifles who will take UP the task of
d!spos!ng OF favored locations will be
De Wolf Hopper, Nat Goodwin. Wilton
Lackaye. Frank Tinney. Thomas A.
Wise. Dave Montgomery. Clifton
Crawford. Raymond Hitchcock and
William Collier. This auction will be
an all star performance itself and So
ciety leaders will vie with the men
and women OF the theatrical profes.
sion In making the occasion a notable
one
The remarkable programme Of the
all star gambol will include more than
dozen elaborate numbers. none OF
which have been seen or heard In
public before. John L. Golden, who
wrote THE Candy Shop" contributes
two OF these, THE RivSS OF Souls" a
Chinese tragedy that viii call for
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'rn fargo. in which William CO..
n'f' J'n -" Angeles. Frank Mou,an.
John HAams. Pat Rooney Leon FIR
to., 'hir'cS Evans Tom MCNauchton
nap ward. Lawrence Wheat Frank
i'Sh"n and others ~ equal note Will
pate, Thee W. hc a ousd-
rupl" quartet ot tho sweo'rst singers
Of the Lambs ana other unusual mum
hers leading up - tho grand finale. IN
winch al Of the famous actors and
Singers in town viii participate.
80 elaborate Will he many OF e..a
nuhli'rS ~ ms programme that such
an en'"r'a'om'n' "oIld he Impossible
""r" u not for the NIX revolving stage
of u" Century Theatre that permits
~ on" scene beng SET while anothe-
- being shown
IN ADDITION ~ ~" prominent artists
"n"sr names have been mentioned
above there vii he such men N tho
entertainment as Joseph Weber. Frank
T,nneN Edwin stevens Lewis
stone, Wi'l'am Norris George Nj
faronr, Drnman Malov. Frsnk
Labor, Howard r,s'lhrook. William
'"nrtl'ieh, Roy :. IatrchNd. leo
bi,rlChst'in. William Hodge, An.
drew Mack, Frank Mcintyre. John
S'avn, H'nry Rocker, Taylor Holmes,
Arthur Byron. Frank McGjnn. Fritz
Williams, G"org" Fewooti. William
'ourtlolgh Jr., George Howell. Gran,
Mitchell, JuIan EItiuGc, Douglas Far
hanks Robert EdoSun u ghy Bell
William Farnum William Elliot. VIII
Archer WIN Deming sam h HARDY
brandon lyman. Ernest G'endlnning
Charles King John SalnpoAs. Ga~-y,
frohert Morgan Conan, Edwin
Nicander, Jack Hazard, Eugene
cow.es, George Leon Moore, John WI
lard, Frank Hannah, Craig Campbell
john Park George Hamln, Frank
Croxton, Robert Hosea, George
ODonell, Harry McClaskey, Joseph
Ratiiff, John Hendricks. Richie Ling.
Frank Be.cher, Walter Lawrence,
Harrison Brockbank and John Nc.
CloskoY.
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yet the very reverse was true. The
next war was to be baser and crueller
than the cd wars just as II was vaster
In extent"
A drama showing the most terrible
Of all the effects of war, the suffering
OF women and children. THE Trojan
Women" is said to be one of the great
est arguments for peace ever con-
ceived. The exclamation Of Poseidon
over the fate Of Troy nigh, have been
written yesterday, with its:
How are We hind.
Ye treaders down of cities. We that cast
Temples Of desolation, ana lay waste
Tombs. the untrodden sanctuaries where lie
The ancient dead. yourselves so soon to
diet
The "Iphgenia in Tauris" IL one If
the very few Greek plays ever written
which end happily for all concerned.
The same Orestcs who in an earlier
play. Electra was destined to un-
happy wanderings in punishment 70.
having slain his mother Is here
brought to the end " his goings up
and down the earth and. reunited To-
his long lost sister Iphi0cnid, sails
tor his home in Argos. away from the
custom to slay all strangers.
Never before have Greek plays been
given in America with anything like
the attention to detail and to laige
artistic effects that Mr.. Barker has
lavished upon these. Through long
weeks the choruses have been rehears-
ing the peculiarly difficult measures
n their songs and tire evolutions that
accompany them The principals in
c.u6e Lillah Mccarthy. Edith wynne
Matthison. Chrystal Herne. Gladys
Hanson. Lionel Braham. Ian Maclaren.
Leonard Wiley. Phillip Merivale and
others OF almost equal prominence
Four special cars are yequired for the
transportation Of the stage setting or
background. designed by Norman WI
kinson. who has also designed the cos
tunes These in themselves are worth
separate story.
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Collier will arrive IN time to settle
il. Frank Tinney will tell new story
hitherto untold. with the adrui, as
siscance Of Lawrincr D'Orsay. and
VIII Hodge and RAYMOND Hitchcock
will donate two characteristic scenes.
Stanley Murphy in his latest sorr sue
cess and James O'Neill as the immortal
count Of Monte Cristo will close the
list OF competitors And now for ,
few minutes the actors and singers
will leave the stage and the pnb',c
will meet, face to face the clever men
whose cartoons in the big newspapers
do So much 10 mike tho wor A
happier and whose crayons are AS
potent as the pens of the cdi'oria,
writer's IN moulding opinion on the big
questions OF the day, Here you'll
have them all together lighting a good
ra'ured battle of wits with their draw
ing boards and their crayors for
weapons Every one Of tenn has 4
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OF his preserved for us through twen-
ty-three centuries. nineteen out Of the
ninety-two that tradition says he COM
posed. Of the works Of sophocles
and Eschylus We have but seven
each. No worthy successors TO this
brief line and their forgotten rivals that
filled the fifth century B. G. with their
splendor has ever arisen.
Euripides was the radical and inno-
vator OF his time. The aim Of tho
Greek drama. representing a remote
historic age. the principal characters
always gods or the offspring Of gods.
was to show the vain struggle Of ma
against his fate. Sophocles rarely has
the gods on the stage. for with him
man works out his own doom. for
Sophocles. with all his greatness,
aimed to please his ruler. Pericles. who
with the enlightened circle with which
he had surrounded himself proba bly,
troubled himself little. beyond judi
cious outward conformity. with tradi-
tional mythology. So Sophocles's cold
conformity TO Eschylean theology
WAS mere artistic utterance.
But Euripides had not so harmoni-
Gus or happy a nature. The pathos
Of human life, the capriciousness Of
Destiny, the seemingly unjust distri-
button Of lots distressed and per-
Picked him. He had written only one
play, "Alceetis." prior to his fftieth
year, and at that time there began
vars war, destined to end in the
49,,
Athens.
The plague and the death Of Pericles
made the beginnings Of the great strife
seem Overwhelmingly tragic and the
appalling disaster in Sicily fore
Swallowed the end. indeed made IL in
evitable long before il came. II Is
not strange that Euripides often
doubted the divine wisdom and felt
strife which his art could not recon-
Gle between man and Providence. And
so it il that though the gods tax,
prominent part in his plays they
usually act with less noble motives
than the human characters.
There are even some to say that
Euripides made II his lifelong purpose
to undermine the belief in Zeus and
Apollo. Pallas Athene and their kin.
He has been called an aggressive
agnostic. using the forms Of the ira
ditlonal gods to show their helpless.
ness. their .impossibility. their i'm
becility.
But even more truly than his great
rivals did he know men and women
thoroughly, loved them. found them
heroic. generous noble. and 30
painted them. The gods. whom he
did not know, Jared worse. He was
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NEW PLAYS OF THE WEEK.

Theae-De Wolf Hopper and the
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company will revive THE Sorcerer
and Trial by jury to be given double bill in the third
offering Of the seasons engagement
Bandbox TheaeThe Washington Square Players will conclude
their with presentation of play. "A Bear
The other plays Maeterlincks
THE Shepherd in the Distance by Holland
Hudson
Garden-The Mssrs Shuber
show THE Passing Review of The book
and lyrics have been written by Harold Atterdg The production
to be staged by c. Huffman and prominent of
willie artists will take part.
Barker will The Trojan Women"
Greek play Eurpdes stadium College
the City of New York In the will be Llah Mccarthy
Edith Wynne Mathson. Chystal Herne Gladys
Maclaren, Lionel Braham md
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strong emotional work on the part Of
several of the hest known men on the
English speaking stage and The
Clock shop" a dainty musical comedy
In rhyme in which will appear Frank
Moulan, Frank Deshon, Ernest Truck
and other prominent artists. This is
the nrst time that one man has con-
trihuted two numbers TO any of the
big Gambols
George v Hobart has written an
allegorical riay entitled why" that
bids fair to make an even more pro-
found sensation than his Experience"
that was one Of the big numbers Of
last years gamhol The Why" in
this case is "Why Go to War" and
the play is as timely as brilliant,
Glen MacDonough has written an
afterpiece entitled THE Hall of Fame"
that will he played by twenty-five
famous stars and leading men and
that promises much m!rth and much
guessing until the clever climax II
deals with the difficulties If Fame in
filing the drama niche.
To help her reach a decision she
summons jury composed of those
VIM P''NHl III Wv UlHNlnG OF
theatrica! regulations. Among the
members are the Matinee Girl, the
Head Usher, the HiOhbrOW. t-c Low-
hoD. the Dramatic critic and the
Common People, Before this jury
the various claimants appear, and
by argument and illustration strive to
capture the disputed pedestal.
Pat Rooney and Charles Evans, for
instance. will try to dance themselves
to victory Edwin Abeles will offer
scene from the classic drama. and
Andrew Mack and Douglas Fairbanks
will follow with samples of their skill
In enhancing the matinee maid. After
Robert Martel has appeared as Ham
let Edwin Foy and all the little
Toys will contribute few lyrical
moments. Thomas A. wise, Maclyn
Arbuckle and Frank Mcintyre will
figure IN an argument as 10 which is
the broadcast comedian. and William
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Tauris," with Miss Mccarthy as
iphiOcni1, will be given on Monday
decoration Day., May 81. and Satur-
day. June 3
Attendance al the performance next
Saturday Will ne by invitation. All
the presentations are under the aus
pices of the College Of the City OF New
York, Columbia University and New
York University.
Mr. Bankers series Of performance
at the Stadium were brought about
through the invitation Of Mayor John
Purroy Mitchell, who has appointed a
citizens committee to further the idea
of open air dramatic performances in
the municipal stadium. The chairman
OF this committee is otto II. Kahn.
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NOVELTIES OF THE WEEK.
Gilbert and sullivan RevtvnI-New
Winter GarSen show.

Theatrical managers appear TO nave
taken a new lease of life, To judge ~
the busy week in store at this time or
the season. W. y. Brady VIII make
his third revival at the Forty-eighth
Street Theatre tomorrow evening
when he will present De Wei Hopper
In q double bill, THE SOrcorer' and
Trial BY Jury" The Shuberts come
forward at the Winter Garden with
the second show OF the season, "The
Passing Review Of 1915" The Wash
ington Square Players end their en-
gaGem.n Wan new programme At
the Bandbox Theatre, and Granville
Barker caps the climax in the stadium
of the College of the City OF New York
with a performance in the open of
THE Trojan Women by Euripides.
the Forty-eighth street Theatre to-
morrow night will he notable as serv-
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AMUSEMENT RESORTS.
Coney Island Activities Getting
Into Full swing.

With the warm weather come the
opening ~ various outdoor amusement
resorts in the vicinity Of New York.
Coney Island, Brighton Reach. Luna
Park and similar places. where music
hall entertainments are. much in
vogue. This summer promises a gala
year for all such enterprises.
Douglas Fairbanks. late Of THE
Show shop" Is making vaudeville
temperance at the Brighton Thea
tire this week He will present John
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the women ~ thousand ruined towns
and Villages IN Belgium, France. Rus
sta, who are, as Gilbert Murray. trans
lator OF the plays, well says the Tro-
ian women of to-day" The Trojan
Women" will be repeated on June 2
under the joint auspices of the Col
eye ~ tne city of New York, Column
h.a uc.-ersity and New York Uni
versity, and there will he also two
performances of the "Iphisenla In
Tauris" under similar auspices on
Monday, May 81, and Saturday,
June ).
THE Trojan Women" and the "Iphi-
genia IN Taur!s" were the tenth and
eleventh plays that Euripides, most
versatile Of Greek dramatists. wrote.
We have no less than nineteen dramas
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the realist Of his age and, withal in
romantic lyric, picturesque desCrip-
ton. in pathos. in sympathy with ele-
mental human failings he had no
Attic rival whatever
Probably his happiest work il the
Tauric "Iphigenia." and certainly
among his strongest is The Trojan
Women" Writing To Mr.. Barker
Frof. Murray has said that some
years ago when he was stepped in
the latter drama OF Euripides he felt
that. vivid as II was, the things de-
picted belonged TO the horror of the
far past. War might come again.
even among civilized nations. hut +,
could never again he this kind Of
war So much seemed certain. and