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The Washington times., 1915-04-27
ST. CYRS VANISH
IN PHILADELPHIA
Baggage of "SiIent" Smiths
Widow and Dashipg Bride
groom Gives Clue.

NEW YORK. April Tit is safe to
wager that Jean II. st. Cyr. who secret
ly married the widow of James Henry
c'Silent') Smith in White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, Sunday night, has dis
carded the pink sweaters. gaudy neck
wear. and symphonic socks that at
tracted such great attention at Bar
Harbor last summer.
When the bankers special pulled into
the Pennsylvania station here, st. Cyr
and his bride we're not on board. Their
sixty-four pieces of baggage, mostly
ever. A Pullman porter said they got
of in Philadelphia, and he was quite
| confident he heard St. Cyr give direc-
| tions to the taxicab driver to drive to
| the home of one of the city's best fam
| lilies.
The bridegroom. who is known a.
| "the champion shirt owner Of New
any other man in the greater city, not
| In the shirt business, first came Into
| public notice on this side Of the ocean
about three years ago.
| At that time he married the widow
of Henry Alexander Redfield. a banker
OF Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Redfeld wal
reputed to be sixty years old at ths
her home, in Yonkers, and a fortune
estimated at from 100000 to $500, 900. to
, her husband.
| Last summer st, Cyr, evidently deter.
mined to make the society colony in
Bar Harbor sit up and take notice OF
from gay Paree. He succeeded. Hi,
bathing costumes. 1t was explained In
the diplomatic language Of society
| were a little out Of the ordinary.
The Washington times., 1915-04-27
GAYETY.

The Girls From Happyland" are
holding forth at the Gayety this week
and, despite the warm weather. large
audiences were on Sand yesterday to
greet them. Two liv,iy skits and an
olio comprise the entertainment. the
opening piece bearing the title of The
Professors Troubles" while IT," closing
number is entitled Americans in Prison
In Mexico Marty Ward. Frank Har-
court. and Phil Doyle have the comedy
roles. and managed to extract lot of
laughs out of the material provided for
them.
Princess Luba Meroff. as pretty and
vivacious as ever. heads the feminine
contingent and sang a number of songs
delightfully."-. Another attractive mem
Der of the company who can sing above
the average burlesque queen is Nellie
Lockwood.
The three Creighton sisters and John
Bohlman are other members of the
cast In the olio are the Creighton sis
ters in songs and dances: Ward and
Bohlman, conversationalists, and
Princess Meroff. in a musical act The
chorus is one Of the attractions of this
Hurtig show.
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COSMOS.

The Martha Washington Quintet. in
cluding an accomplished harpist. furn-
ishes the headline attraction at the
Cosmos Theater this week. The four
singers and the harpist present novel
repertoire, which includes the music OF
the barcarole from The Tales OF HON.
man." and other numbers with a ropu-
lar trend.
One of the best vaudeville playlets OF
the season. Chance" by Loun Cheva-
lier is presented by Fern Marshall. a
clever actress. and Mr.. Chevalier. 1t
tells the story of young actress who
won part in a play which required a
clever girl burglar.
The Mavine Cimeron Trio has an act
Of acrobatics and dancing. Other acts
include a japanese novelty by Little
Alright" who introduces some new feats
of hand balancing and juggling; Billy
Elwood, the California Cartoonist
makes amusing pictures and cartoons
and Knowles and White bright and
snappy dialogue and songs. The bill
VIII be changed Thursday at the matt
necs.
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POLI'S.

Two acts of so Much for So Much. :"
as seen IN Washington earlier this sea-
son, and a third act prepared espe-
cialiy for Broadway consumption. form
a most welcome and pleasurable Poll
offering this week.
The question that arose In the minds
of many persons was settled in a salts
factory manner last evening. The ques-
ton was this-could this cameo-u like
picture of a certain aspect Of metropoli-
tan life stand on its own feet after II
had been deprived of the wonderfully
sympathetic treatment of the author.
Willard Mack. who figured originally
as producer and actor. and his charm
ing and accomplished wife, Marjorie
Rambeau, who was his leading lady.
Cut loose from It's apron strings. and
even with Its new third act the play is
one stil admirably adapted for stage
use
Fitted into that wonderfully true de.
piction of the home life of the Rren.
mans, Of whom there are some hundred
thousands in New York. was Heller
Tracy as the quaint. querulous mother
who, IL you thought would ever become
| used to this "new-fangled talk" yo,
had 1T doped out all wrong" There
! too. was Graham Velsey, as the yount
man who got IS a week. wore mauv'
| neokties. and rolled his own cigarettes
thank you. A most welcome visitor
| was the newspaper reporter. imperson
! ated BY Albert Roscoe. And the dy
namo that gave life and movement tt
! the entire picture was the very wise
/ very winsome. very resourceful fgur'
of Mary Brennan. portrayed with keei
| understanding by Maude Gilbert
| For some unknown reason the thir'
act has been transferred to a roadhouse
| kcr was transferred to a roadhouse
! There the employer. Stedman CRober
Lowe). draws In broader strokes hi
! own villany.
As the father OF the wronged girl.
! German baker. John Kline appeafe'
for a brief time in a charac 1tzatiol
! that was finished and artistic. Fillinl
, in the background of the Brennan hom
picture were Marion Welch, In the par
! of Mary's younger sister, and Loui
Haines, as a fireman. j. X. h.
The Washington times., 1915-04-27
Plays and Players at Capital
Theaters This Week
COLUMBIA.

THE Spring Maid was given at tho
Columbia last night. And that sums
up the greatest success that the Co
lumbia Musical Comedy Company has
scored since its opening. 1t was THE
Spring Maid"-and what moro can any
audience demand?
AS a rule, when one sees a production
In stock after seeing the original COM
pany. one cannot help being disap-
pointed. The Columbia stock presenta-
ton Of The Spring Maid" Is the cx-
ception.
Maintaining all the original piauancy
Of the part. Eleanor Henry stepped into
Christie MacDonald's shoes and created
a role of her own. She was not Chris
tie MacDonald-but she was Eleanor
Henry-and last nights audience gave
proof Of the fact that the young prima
donna has won a place with local musi-
cal comedy patrons that even the
sprightly Miss Macdonald might envy.
Harry Short. taking the part origin
ally portrayed by Tom 'McNaughton.
received applause second only to that
accorded Miss Henry. His antics. Ca
sentially Richard Carlesque. kept the
audience in a state of almost painful
| mtrth.
Carl Haydn played opposite Miss Henry
as Prince Aladar. the breaker of hearts
whC finally was conquered.
Lenore Novasio made a delightful An
namirl, the role created by Elgie Bowen
| and danced her way straight into the
heart Of the audience She also was q
most bewitching Rabbit. in the allegory
| the fnal scene Of the operetta:
Phillip Sheffield. as Baron Rudi. rams
| true to type and performed very credit
| ahlv I p McSweeney Dorothy Walk
er. w. J. Mccarthy, and Lucille Saun'
ders were members Of the supporting
| company. =,
| The chorus was earnest. and what !
lacked in polish 1t made I'D In an EVIL
! dent desire to please.
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B. F. KEITH'S.

Extremes of dramatic entertain
ment, both as to chronology and spir-
it, meet in the Keith bill this week.
The Might Have Beens." as present
ed by Charlotte Walker and company,
emphasizes the clean, wholesome.
spiritual note that can be accented
in the vaudeville chord. while
"Spooks," which might also be called
The Used To Be's," as shown by
Billy B. Van. the, Beaumont Sisters
and company. recalls the burlesque
methods that once formed the domi-
nant note, but have happily dropped
out of most variety entertainments in
these modern days.
The Might Have Beens" Is a dell
cate bit of drama by Robert sheldon.
that tells a very tender story in the
vein OF a Robert Louis Stevenson or
James NJ. Barrie. A happily mar
ried couple find themselves very lone
ly in their childlessness on the tenth
anniversary OF theix wedding. AS
they sit before the fire telling each
other of the two children that
might have been"-a boy and a girl
the voice of boy is heard off stage
and in walks the very boy and girl
|
| mother" and father" shall tell them
stories and play games.
Miss Walker as the wife gave one
| of the best performances she has ever
given here, and Miss Walkers stock
engagements and many visits as a
star to this city, have made her a
great favorite. s. J. Warrington. as
the husband. presented thoughtful
| finished character. The two children
Reginald Sheffield and Georgia Ma
| Fursman, were out the dinary
stage children, especially Master Shef
field.
Billy b. Van, who is one of the mos
amusing Of the vaudeville comedians
has been rather poorly provided with
a sketch in "Spooks" which neither
does his methods justice nor gives hin
the opportunity to display his rea
ability. The same applies to the Beau
mont Sisters who support him.
The particularly pleasing feature o
the remainder OF the bill was the Bel
Family, nine brothers and sisters whC
have musical sketch that display
a fnish and polish that would com
mend II even II the music was not 81
good. Other features OF the bill ar
|Cecil Cunningham, who comes from
the Winter Garden with personalit.
land a voice-both of which are use'
with ability; the Four NightonS
Harry and Eva Puck. and the Volun
tssrs. an excellent quartet q. u.
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CRANDALL'S.

The Heart of Painted Woman"
was presented at Crandalrs Theater
yesterday with Olga Petrova in the
principal role.
Selma, the beautiful daughter of
poor parents, secures a position as a
model. The model and artist fall In
love, but later the artist abandons Sell
ma TO marry an heiress. After numer-
Gus unpleasant adventures. Selma meets
young Spendrift, who offers her his
wealth II she will be his wife. Selma
declines. but tells Spendrift how differ
emily she would have lived had she had
his opportunities. He presents her with
a huge check. and she opens a hospital
foy cripple children.
Spendrift falls into the clutches OF
Wealth, and in order to rescue him
Selma. by seductive wiles. eXtOrts q
confession from Wealth which eXoner.
ates Spendrift and herself, and together
they begin a new and happy life.
The Heart of Painted Woman
viii he shown again today as the tea
turs photoplAy.
The Washington times., 1915-04-27
MASK AND WIG CLUB.

So extravagant have become critics in
lauding the Mask and Wig Club for its
pretentious productions that the best
ever has grown threadbare in express
ing Impressions on the annual visitation
of the noted organization Of the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania to Washington.
Twenty-seven years ago this club gave
its initial performance in Philadelphia,
being known simply as an insignificant
part in the daily student life in West
Philadelphia.
During this period of more than a
quarter Of a century, however: the in,
stitution has grown in reputation and
progressed In prestige until 1t is now
generally considered the most powerful
undergraduate organization of it's sort
In the nation among the general group
ing of the hundreds OF amateur clubs
given to theatricals, the Mask and Wig
Is forced to surrender premier place to
none.
This year the Pennsylvanians' timer
| ary called for thirteen performances
with Washington the last on the sched-
ule. In the fag end Of season that re-
quires rehearsals from fall to spring. an
amateur actor or actress Is not CAL
culated to be especially. devoted to a
part. This would indicate that their
might be an indifference when the last
| stop was reached.
But last night at the Belasco there was
| no indication of such lapse. From the
| rise of the first curtain to the finale.
| when the whole company chanted Penn
| sylvania's stirring anthem. there was no
lack of dash, pep spirit or interest
among the student nt-thespians.
/ Paradise Prison." an allegorical musi-
! cal satire in two acts, with the book by
Darrell Fl. Smith, and music by Charles
| Gilpin, serves as the vehicle this year
Like all Mask and Wig shows, 1t Is little
=: more than an excuse to present sltua.
tions that bring forth. singly or in pairs
quartets. sextets or big ensembles. the
| whole company upon the stage to sins
| and dance before multi-colored lights
Last night the theaters capacity wa!
, taxed and few numbers escaped withou
more than one encore.
In the past It has been the female i'm
personators who have been particularly
appreciated, but last night 1t was T. X
Merrell, a senior at Pennsylvania, WHIT
, worked the audience almost into con
vulsions with his German dialect H.
played the head guard in the prison. bu
this was overshadowed by his limitations
In the second act he reached his eli
max in the part Of Charley Chaplin. th'
motion picture favorite. In the film In
terpolation, he was co-star with w. W
Wright, Jr., who Interpreted Mary Pick
ford.
Mr.. Wright, as an adventures. wa
one Of the real hits Of the evening. A
student of sociology, r. w. Bell.
Washingtonian, appealed strongly in hi
rather difficult part. while the othe
members who had speaking parts wer
c. s Payne, jr., Thomas Hart. r. v
Bolger, O. c. Wagonknight, p. B. Hill
Clayton McMichael, T. w. Finletter. r
b. Jones, and w r. Black. T. X
The Washington times., 1915-04-27
GARDEN.

Moore's Garden Theater, cool and de-
lightful by reason Of the recently in
stalled ventilating system. was crowded
Yesterday, the chief attraction being
The Cup of Life" with Bessie Barris-
Gale In the leading role.
Today and tomorrow the attraction
Will be The Woman Who Dared.
featuring Francesca Bertini. a recent
discovery of George Klene's. The story
of the piece deals with the disappear
ance Of military plans supposed to have
been stolen by a dashing lieutenant
who is condemned to die and Is saved
by the wit and daring of his faithful
sweetheart.
Thursday there will be a return en-
gagement OF Protect Us" the story OF
which tells Of the pitfalls that menace
young girls in a great city. photo
play of Cyrus Townsend Bardy's story
"A Child of Cod will have Its first
showing on Friday and Saturday
featuring Sam De Grasse, Francelis
Ellington and Richard Cummings. II
deals with the great West In the early
seventies.
The Washington times., 1915-04-27

naughts, and that If British and
French merchant ships were kept of
the waters by his cruisers, and we
did or sought to do for, the allies
what German clamor repeatedly de-
mands that we do for Germany and
Austria, the Kaiser would declare
war against the United States and
strive with all his might to make Of
America another Belgium.
The American people are not
going to be bullied into swerving a
hairs breadth from the neutrality
they have pursued; they are going
to lose their patience over the Ber-
lin complaints incessantly dinned
their tired ears.
The Washington times., 1915-04-27
AS GOLFER SUNDAY
GOOD EVANGELIST

PATERSON, n. j., April 81. Billy
Sundays day OF rest was devoted to
sleep with the exception of a game of
golf played on the Arcola links. None
Of the party, composed Of William A.
Arnold and George Arnold. the hosts
Billy's trainer and son George, would tell
who won. but the opinion was expressed
that Billy is more proficient on the plat
form than he is with hrassie and driver.
The fact that l,55OG Of the s23 OOO
needed to cover expenses has been oh
ta!ned has taken burden from Sun
dav's mind. The collections this week
iii be for Patersons pClicemen's and
nrsmen's pension funds
The Washington times., 1915-04-27
GERMAN NEUTRALITY CLA NOR

German statesmen, publicists, and
press agents might as we'll under
stand what the American people
think of their iterated and reiterated
demands that we show our neutrality
by compelling the allies to let US
ship munitions of war to Germany
and Austria as well as to Great
Britain, France, and Russia. What
the American people think of this
argument is that it is an insult to
the intelligence of everybody in the
United States.
What the German neutrality
claque asks of US is simply that we
shall do the work of the German
fleets and armies for them. We sell
the allies anything they want to buy
from us, and it is up to them to get
the purchases delivered into their
country. All right for them while
they can; so much the worse for
them if ever they can't.
We have always stood ready to
sell the German and Austrian bellig-
erents anything they want to buy
from us, and it will be up to them
to get the purchases delivered into
their hands. 1t is their misfortune
if they cannot take them now; it will
be their better fortune whenever
they can.
When they can come and fetcf
them, the supplies will always b,
ready for them, and on the sam,
terms as they are always ready fol
the allies. If they can get anybod.
else's merchant ships to come fo,
them, let them come and the sup
plies will be put aboard at their risk
exactly as for the allies.
AS long as they can't sail thei
own ships, as long as they can't keel
their own harbors open to othe
ships, the decent and the rationa
thing for the Berlin authorities an
agitators to do is to hold thei
tongues about the obligations o
neutrals to do what they, belliger
ents, cannot or will not try to do.
There isn't a German statesman
newspaper, private in the ranks, tina
does not know that if the Kaiser
fleets were in command of the seas
that if French and English port
S~sre locked tight by his dread
The Washington times., 1915-04-27
A SIGN IN RUSSIA

It is reported that the Emperor OF
Russia has decided to restore the
Finnish constitution, which was
practically abolished in 1898 and
wholly overthrown in 1900. The
Firms, though annexed to Russia in
1908, had enjoyed special conces-
sions, amounting to autonomy, be-
ing the only part of the Russian en-
pire to possess it.
Alexander I wrested Finland from
Sweden in 1903, the pretext being
that Sweden refused to close her
ports to England, but agreed that
there should be no compulsory re-
cruiting in Finland, and left the
government, together with the dis
position of the taxes, to the Fin
nish diet, composed of the four es-
tates-the nobility, clergy, bur-
gesses, and peasantry.
Thus the Films enjoyed compara-
tive freedom until 1898, when the ex-
emption from military service was
removed. Then in 1900 another step
in classification was taken, the Rus
sian language being imposed upon
the government. These steps led to
general dissatisfaction, causing large
numbers of Firms to emigrate.
Nevertheless, the Films in the
Cars army have fought valiantly,
Finnish officers especially distin-
gushing themselves. They have
won the warmest praise from Grand
Duke Nicholas, and it is said the
Emperor's decision to restore their
constitution was arrived at upon the
advice of his commander-in-chief.
Thus Russia has learned what
England has demonstrated. The
Union of South Africa, the Common.
wealth of Australia, and the Domin.
ion of Canada have proven theil
loyalty to Great Britain as enthu
siastically as any Englishman. Il
has not needed conscription to Sc
cure soldiers for the empire, and, be
ing free, they fight as no man com
pulsorily recruited can. 1t appear.
that Russia is taking these lessons
to heart. She has promised NOR
liberal treatment for the Poles ant
Hebrews also, for they, too, hav'
battled with zeal and skill and meas
ured up to the full height of tn
patriot-soldier.
It is not too much to expect ,
wave of liberalization to sweep owe
all the Russias after the war.
probably will not Immediately TAX
the form of full constitutionalisn
but it will be in that direction. Tn
war has taught the enlightened peo
pie Of the Cars realms, includin,
the governing classes, that Russia
strength would be multiplied thou
sand fold if the Russian people wer
permitted freer use of their gifts.
The Washington times., 1915-04-27
MEYER VS.. DANIELS

1enSe OF the American navy hHu ieo
present condition has called forth
from former Secretary Meyer a re-
tort which in tone and temper is cal
culated to convince the reader that
Mr.. Meyer is more concerned to i'm
prove the navy than to play politics.
He goes at the thing in the right
spirit. This is question that ought
to be dealt with in no spirit Of fac
tionism, but broadly. If the navy is
ill-equipped, short Of ammunition,
without anything like enough mines
and torpedoes; if it needs more bat
tie cruisers; if it's battleships have
been built for too slow a speed-if
these and many other criticisms
lately voiced are justified, no one po-
litical party can be held exclusively
responsible.
There has never been much poll
tics in the management of naval leg
islation in Congress. In a general
way, Democrats have in recent years
tended toward the little navy and
Republicans toward the big navy at
titude; but when the Democrats
came into power they recanted and
Mr.. Daniels points out that they
have provided for big ships much
more generously than did the Repub-
licans before them. One very real
difficulty is that there has been a
good deal of buncombe about the
little navy advocacy; and men have
found it unpopular whenever enough
attention was centered upon the
navy to bring out a definite evidence
of how the country really felt. That
10 the real explanation of the Demo,
cratic party's generosity toward the
navy.
Mr.. Meyer does not attempt tc
place all the blame on Congress-, OF
on the navy administration, or or
politics. He does point out, anc
hosts effectively, the folly of pres
ent methods Of legislating. Th'
navy costs the country about $14O,
100000 a year, which is enough t.
have made and to keep US seconc
naval power. But we have dropped
to third and perhaps fourth place
have not kept pace with countrie
that spent less than we did.
Mr.. Meyer insists that we hav
not got our moneys worth. That i
no new protest. There is an airin,
in every Congress of the scan
dal involving our naval establish
ment on shore-the navy yards scat
> tered about the country where the
are extravagances rather than fla
cilities, kept in existence because n
locality is willing to give up wha
it has. The appropriation bills, mad
,, up necessarily by men who are no
experts, dictate in minute detail TO
just what purposes money shall b
4 used; how much for each purpose
The distribution of the cash in thi
y way is the real hamper on initiativ
i and originality among the profes
sional men who after all must bull
and operate the navy.
No more effective argument ha
been advanced in favor of the bulge
system of appropriations, than thi
by Mr.. Meyer. He makes his appl
cation indeed to the navy, because h
knows the navy best; but the appl
8 cation to other departments is jul
- - as obvious, and can be made just q
~ emphatic by men intimate with the
> operations.
The vaccine being rushed int