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The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
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given recently by Mrs. Theodore shuey
in honor OF Miss Dorothy bennett, q
debutante.
Gen. and Mrs. Tasker H. Bliss enter.
tained al, dinner recently when their
guests were Gen. and MrA Macomb. Gen.
and Mrs. Cain. Col. and Mrs. Treat. Miss
Bliss and Col wIlber e. WilAer.
Lieut.. and Mrs. George II. Paine left
recently to spend the holidays IN Scran-
ton. Pa. with Lieut.. Paihe's PARENTS. DR..
and Mrs. q. A. Paine.
Col. and Mrs. RoaaTt n. Thompson en-
tertained at dinner recently In honor of
Miss Margaret Read. debutante daughter
Of Col and Mrs. George Read. The din.
ner was followed by dancing.
Mrs. Cameron. mother OF Mrs. George
II. Paine. and iittla grandson left re-
Gently for San Francisco. to visit rela-
lives.
Lieut.. Clifford b. King has left for
Georgia to spend the holidays with his
parents.
Lieut.. and Mrs Philip Sheridan have
as their guest Mrs. Sheridan's father,
Col George X. McGunnegle. of Califor-
MIA.
DIR. Brantley I. Mwsome will arrive
here shortly to relieve Dr. J. Craig King.
Those attending the riding class held
every Saturday afternoon by Capt.
Charles S. Haight In the riding hall here
are Mesdames Williams, Haight, Sturges.
Misses Wiley. Scriven, Katherine Scriven.
Scott and Miley.
All the artillery officers from the post
attended the dinner given recently by the
Artillery Association. The officers OF the
different batteries Of militia also at
tended.
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Fort Myer Notes.

Fort Myer. Va, Dec. 2s.-The post
recently was the center of gaiety with
many dinner parties. followed by tho
FIRST formal hop Of the season, in the
Administration Building. which was
artisticaily decorated. The Fifth Cav
airy orchestra. under Mr.. w. ]. Cain,
played throughout the evening. Gen.
and Mrs. L. Scott and Col WILDER e.
Wilder received, assisted by Mrs.
Charles 7. Menoher. Mrs. Mapus Nc
Closkey and Mrs. William j. Glasgow.
Capt. and Mrs. Edward A. Sturges
entertained at dinner for sixteen prior
to the. hop.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Richard c. Burleson
had dinner before the hop for Mrs
John c. Walker. Of Galveston, Tex,
Mrs. Russell Bradford. Miss Margaret
Read. Col wilber f. Wilder, Mai. A.
w. Williams and John b. Pitney.. of
Morristown. N. J.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Philip Sheridan
had dinner recently for Capt. and
Mrs. Hodges. Maj. and Mrs. Casard.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Kilburn. Mrs. Charles
T. Menoher and Col. McGunnegle.
Capt. and Mrs. Augustine Mcintyre
left recently for Texas, to spend
Christmas with relatives. then leave
FOR San Francisco. to take the Janu-
ary transport for Hawaii.
Mrs. Glasgow, wife of Mai. William
]. Glasgow, received at the informal
tea dance on Friday. Mrs. Isaac w.
Little and Mrs. william p. wooten
presided at the tea table.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Philip L. Thurber
have as their guest for the winter
Lieutenant Thurber's mother, Mrs. n.
L. Thurber. of Wisconsin.
Capt. and Mrs. Clarence n. Jones
entertained recently at dinner in hon.
or Of their house guests, Miss velma
Hitchcock. of Washington. and Capt.
Consuelo A. Seoane, S. c.. of New
York.
Mrs. McCloskey. wife of Mai. Manus
and small daughter. Sarah.
left recently to spend the holidays
with Mrs. McCloskey's parents at
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Richard c. Burle-
son have as their house guests Mrs.
John c. Walker. of Galveston. Tex.
and Mrs. Russell Bradford. of the
University of Virginia.
DR.. and Mrs. Clemens W. Mcmillan en-
tertained at luncheon recently in honor
of Miss McKenna. house guest Of Miss
Margaret Loughran. of Washington.
MAI Thomas Q. Donaldson Is here on
an inspection tour of the post
Maj. and Mrs Charles p. Summerall
gave a dinner recently for several OF
Maj. Summeralrs classmates of West
Point. go. Their guests included Col.
and Mrs. Hoffer. Maj and Mrs. Stokes,
Maj. and Mrs Shipton and Mai. and Mrsl
Moore.
Mrs. Edward A. Sturges and Mrs Rich
ard C. Burlesop attended the luncheon
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sweet anesthetic. storing up force, vi
tality, energy for the coming day?
Is it any wonder when you take your
work to bed with you that you get
up in the morning with a tired stale
brain. all used UP, instead Of feeling
refreshed. rejuvenated. as though you
had been made over and were really
new creature, eager and enthusiastic
to tackle the days worIE Is II any
wonder when you insist on working
night and day that IL takes such a
long time to get up steam in the morn-
ing. even with the aid of coffee, to-
bacco and perhaps other stimulants.
before you can do any decent sort of
work? Is 1t any wonder that you are
prematurely aged. that the boy In
you is dying but. that you do not have
the same inclination to play and to
have a good time as formerly?
You can't evade or try to get around
Natures laws and keep at tbs top or
your condition. You must get the
amount of sleep your system demands
or you will not be whole man. q
whole woman.
Lany people say they cannot stop
thinking after they go to bed: that
their brains are so active they can
not cut of the mental processes.
1t may take some time to be abls
to do so at will. but il is not so diff
ficult a thing to empty the mind Of
all that has filled and troubled Il dur
ing the day and thus leave II open To
the sunshine of JOY and Eladness. OF
appreciation for all the blessings Of
life in a harmonious condition for re-
freshing sleep.
OF course you cannot stop all think
ing the first night you begin to form
the new habit, when you have prac-
ticed the old night-thinking habit for
years: when. perhaps as far back as
you can remember. you have made .
business of going to bed and worry
ing. worrying. thinking. thinking.
planning. planning. but II you persist
in the effort and the determination to
put stop to all this because 1t Is
running your health and your power
to do really efficient work, you will
be surprised to see how quickly you
will accomplish your object. Make IL
cast-iron rule to allow no anyieties
or fears. no business troubles or dis
cords of any kind. to enter your bed
chamber. Think of this as the one
place sacred to rest where the things
that trouble and harass and vex dur
ing the daytime shall find no entrance.
some conspicuous place where you can
see it: NO thinking here. This is my
holy OF holies. the place of supreme
peace and power in my life from which
all discord must be shut out.
BY the exercise OF Httle will power
you can drive out all that relates to
your business or profession and re-
place these things with sentiments OF
love and thankfulness toward the
Creator. and then your brain will not
go on laboring all night. Then you will
get sweet and refreshing sleep. and
you will be a new creature in the
morning.
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West Point Notes

West Point. Dec. 25-About IS per cent
Of the Corps OF Cadets are entitled to
christmas leave this year. Academic
duties were suspended on Friday and
VIII not be resumed until January g.
II: -. Borup class Of 1876. was q ~
cent visitor at the post
An orchestral concert on Sunday after.
noon was much enjoyed by a large au-
dience. Cadet Moses sang a baritone
solo. Who Knows" and Musicians
Lukiewitz and Deyerberg gave a "Sere.
made duet for flute and French horn
On Sunday at the morning service ther,
was special Christmas music, with a
cadet choir of ninety-two voices. soloists.,
Cadets Riley, Moses. Shaffer and y.
Miller.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Drysdale had Dime,
Sunday for Cadets McEwan. McCul.
lough, Neyland. weyand. Meacham anA
Masters Manolo and Jose Asensio.
A recent visitor at the hotel was Mrs.
Sturgis. mother Of Cadet Sturgis, Of the
fourth class.
Mrs. Bubb entertained the Tuesday
Club on December :.
On Wednesday Mrs Osborne had three
tables of bridge. Prizes Srere won by
Mrs. Fiebeger. Mrs. Estes and Mrs Man
ley. About twenty ladies came in for
tea Mrs. Ennis and Mrs. Householder
served tea and coffee.
Mrs Ladd was guest Of honor at a
bridge party given by Mrs Cunningham
recently. The prizes were won by Mrs.
Lockwood and Mrs Dunwoody.
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Even with our resent small army the
General Stan should Be enlarged. and
II we are to have . continental army
or any other force Of second line troops
there should b Q General Stan Of at
least 150 oflcer. II ~ Understood that
the War College has fixed q minimum
at Is. No civilian organization. such
a. the proposed Council Of National
Defense. can take the place of a General
Stan In the organization of an army.
1T Is urged that there should be a
Grand General Staff of army and navy
officers. as only thus scan the functions
Of the two services be co-ordiinated.
Germany has an organization of some
what this character. and the modern
tendency In military organization is to
bring army and navy into closer rela-
tions. In war time they are frequently.
indeed generally. called upon to CON
duct joint operations. and 1t Is Urged
that they should have the same organiza-
tion In time of peace as In war time. At
the very, least the scope Of our General
StaE should be enlarged and its strength
incf cfsased."
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
THEATRICAL BRIEFS.

Hauptmann was not the only man
who understood the psychology of
mobs. There was Charlie Case. Don't
you remember: For two acts I play
ed the part of a man pursued by a
mob, but in the third / got the au-
dience SO worked up that they Joined
the mob"
As its attraction for the week Of
January 10, the National. Theater an
nounces the engagement Of Mrs. Fiske
in "Erstwhile Susan"
Russell Fillmore. who has rejoined
his Some Baby" company after q two
hearty Christmas greetings to his
many Washington friends.
The London Lyceum Theater has re-
opened with q Christmas pantomine on
the subject OF Robinson Crusoe."
Martin Harvey VIII make an elabor-
ate revival Of Henry v" In celebra-
ton of next years shakespearean ter
Sir Herbert Tree is said to be nego-
tiatins for the English rights to THE
Great Lover" which he saw In New
York recently. He IL now in Los An
geles, ready to start three months of
profitable servitude to the Aims.
At the close Of this season William
viii put by The Hawk"
the Francis de Croisset drama, in
which he has achieved SO great q sue
cess.
a. /. ~r~sxsue, IN tNs treou,s,~x,
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William Faversham. when a lad. went
to work in a foundry in order to get
away from home to go upon the stage.
He succeeded finally in joining a COM
pany I'm which he received no money
and not very good board and lodging in
exchange for his services. So he can
appreciate the position of the beginner
in a stage career. Ben Greet has always
had 4 rather original method of recruit
ing his companies. and In connection
with one of these ways Mr.. Faversham
tells the following story:
While Greet was forming one OF his
outdoor. sceneless Shakespearean COM
panies he put an advertisement. as was
often his custom. in a London theatrical
paper stating that he wanted an actor
to play a certain line of parts. note at
the bottom added that the applican must
be good slow bowler. He was very
fond of cricket and evidently figured that
the man could get by with his acting af-
ter n fashion as long as he could bowl
to Greets satisfaction. However, i can
say nothing" continued Mr.. Faversham,
''for the season before last I had, q
champion baseball team in my company.
In fact. some of them played baseball
better than Shakespeare
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Gently for Capt and Mrs. W. c. Bsksr
and Mrs. Bradley. The other sussks were
MIS-. Fowler. Capt. and Mrs. Lincoln.
Lieut. and Mrs w. W. Rose. Mr.. and
MIS- Adams. Capt Jordan and Capt Aus
tin.
Mr. and Mrs. George r. Adams save
dinner recently for Capt. and Mrs.
Masteller. who are en- ropts to their
new station. Foyt Williams, Ne. Their
guests were Mrs. Sehmeitz. MAJ. and
Mrs Nugent. Capt and Mrs. Lincoln,
Capt. and Mrs McKenney.
Capt. and Mrs. Gulick entertained at
bridge recently in honor of Capt and
Mrs. W. c. Baker and Mrs Bradley.
Playing were Mrs. Nugent Col and Mrs.
Todd, Capt. and Mrs. Brigham. Capt and
Mrs Lincoln. Capt. sDnd Mrs. Shartle,
Capts. Jordan and Grain.
Capt Tobin. of, Fort Scott, spent SUM-
day recently aththe post seeing old
friends.
Col and Mrs. Todd had dinner recent
ly for Capt. and Mrs W. c. Baker and
MIS- Bradley. Capt and Mrs Brigham
and Capt. Jordan.
Capt. and Mrs. Seaman had dinner
recently for Capt. and Mrs. MasteIler,
MIS- Weggemann and Capt Grain.
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PROMISED NEXT WEEK.
Guy Bates Post in ..Omar, the Tent
maker"

Guy Bates Post in Richard Walton
Tully's sumptuous Persian love-play is
scheduled to return to the Belasco The
ater next week Omar, the Tentmaker'
makes an appeal particularly to educat-
ors and students because of its subject
matter. The playwright sets himself q
worthy task in transcribing for us the
world PHILOSOPHY of Omar in dramatic
form. Our Western world is too much
with us. We are in the fell clutch of
circumstance We judge the uncertain
tomorrow by the sordid today. whereas
for Omar and his forthier compeers there
is no tomorrow, yesterday is forgotten,
and today alone worth while. To this
immaterial view Of the cosmos the ORR
entail mind allies very material regard
foriwinc. women and song. a love of lcis-
ure. the invitation to the soul to loaf.
and other fatalistic and hence really
carefree attributes which the Western
mind. burdened with the factory system
and other rude economies. cannot even
aspire, to lot alone grasp. Mr.. Posts
Omar Is a Installation of the Oriental
philosophy. His character may be test
cd from the standpoint of the dreamer.
the fatalist, the man of action or the
philosopher. and it will ring true.
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s.k lex In"

Direct from its all-year run of Broad
way comes Kick In to the New Ma
tional next week.
Manager A. III. Woods. who gave the
public Potash & Perlmutter,' within
the Law and other great successes,
went on record the night kick In open
ed in New York in declaring it was the
best play he had ever accepted for pro-
duction. This opinion was substantiated
by public patronage of the comedy
drama from the pen of Willard Mack.
The story revolves about Chick Hewes
and his wife Molly, who have married
and decided to live straight. But they
cannot resist the appeal of a former
crook friend who. wounded by the police
rs he was making his getaway with n
$4,000 necklace, crawls to Chicks fiat
for protection. Chick hides him in the
attic, where he dies. Molly's brother, a
dope fiend. rcbs the wounded man of
the Jewels. Chick finds this out and
forces the brother to ''kick in'' with the
collar, 1t being Chicks intention to turn
it over to the police. as he has no wish
10 become involved in the crime. When
he does give the necklace to a detective,
however. he is a ,cused of the robbery and
is brought before the commissioner.
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Annapolis Notes

Annapolis. Dec. :5.-Inforraation which
is accepted as reliable has reached the
Naval Academy to the effect that the
next annual practice cruise Of the mid
shipmen will be in South American
waters. This has not been the cruising
grounds of the midshipmen in their
summer voyages for a score OF Years.
1t is understood that there will be no
stops in the Canal Zone or in the West
Indies, hut that four South American
ports, including Buenos Ayres, Rio de
Janeiro and Pernambuco. will be visit
ed. The cruising squadron will be COM
posed Of three battleships. In the strong
efforts now being made to cement the
friendship of South American coun-
tries and the United States the choice
Of next summers cruising course for the
is very significant.
At the reception last week OF Mrs.
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PnramOunf Pictures.

On the first Monday morning of the
new year, and continuing through the
first three days Of the week. Pauline
Frederick will be seen on the screen of
Loew's Columbia Theater in an elab-
oratc perturbation of Henry Arthur
Jones' Lydia Gilmore"
The last four days of the week Ger
aldine Fsrrar, who created one Of the
greatest Jurors in the history OF the mo-
tion picture industry with her wonderful
portrayal OF Carmen will be seen in
her second great photo-dramatic produc-
ton, Temptation which depicts the
trials and hardships of those who would
strive for the goal of great prima
donna
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Doing Tomorrow's Work
After Going to Bed
By ORIsON SWEET MARDEN.
Copyright. 1851

Copyright. 1851
Many of the worlds decisive battles
have turned on the vitality which one
man had reserved for an emergency
All of the important life battles are
. question of mental reserve power.
We are frequently brought face to
lace with great crises where We re-
quire all the stored energy. all the
staying force we can muster. II we
have none to meet such occasions we
Inevitably lose the day.
Much Of our reserve power is stored
curing sleep. Its quantity and quail
tty depend very much on the quantity
and quality OF our sleep. How often
when you needed to be at the very
top notch of your mental and physical
condition for the days demand have
Jou found yourself worn out, jaded.
tagged from lack of sleep! Just when
cut mental grasp to enable you to
grapple with serious problems, you
came to your work played out ply
sically and mentally. unable TO think
clearly because you did too much
thinking the night before. You lay
awake. perhaps for hours after you
went to bed. thinking of and planning
your next days work. Then you won
dered why you tossed about the rest
Of the night unable to sleep.
If many of you men and women who
have passed your fiftieth milestone
could go back over your active years
and reckon up the amount of work
you have tried to do after you have
retired. you would find 1t an answer
to your wonderment as to what had
aged you SO prematurely. You would
probably hnd where much of your
spontaneity. your vigor and vitality
had gone to: how your mental ana
nervous energy. your reserve power
had been wasted.
Isn't 1t enough for you to work like
a slave during the day without trying
to do a good part of next days work
after you retire. when you ought to
be sleeping swestiy under Natursr
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
Illington's Success.

Margaret Illington's tour in the far
west in The Lie" has broken q rec
ord. To put it technically. she has
come within 20 per cent Of the best
business ever done on her route by
any company in the most prosperous
of years. and she has exceeded by 2S
per cent the business done by any
other company in the West this year
i'm brief. Miss Illington's engage
ment has proved itself to be the high
point of the season in every city
where she has appeared.
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comedy role of honor. Joe Hurtfg has
furnished him a vehicle in the two-act
musical farce. THE Two Husbands and
one Wife" The piece has a real plot
The story is based on matrimonial entan-
clements, and Burt has the part Of MOE
art Doudelsach. who Is much involved
In these complications. Mr.. Hurtig Is
said to have equipped the production
with the best talent available. including
Maudie Heath. Augusta Lang. Edna
Green, Tom Haverly. John Bohlmsn, Ar
thur Putnam, and Dolly Barnes. A Hur-
tig chorus will be featured in sixteen
musical numbers.
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Manager Jarboe. of the Gayety The
ater. has arranged for an extra mid.
night performance to be given by the
Merry Founders" company on Friday
evening. December 81. The perform
ance will commence at 12 O'Clock
sharp and the entire show will be
given.
AN April Shower" in which Alex
ander Carr is starring in vaudeville
was written by himself and Edgar Al
len Woof He is supported by Helen
Cunningham. Jack Rollens, and Sam
b. Wilson. Mr.. Carr is said to have
a Hebrew part that is really warfield-
ian in its appeal to the sympathies of
the audience.
Andreas Dippel will present The
Lilac Domino" for a weeks engage
ment at the Belasco beginning Mon
day. January 10.
Alexandra Carlisle. who last year
appeared as leading woman for John
Drew. will play the leading feminine
role in David Garrick" which will be
the third comedy in the repertoire Mr..
E. H. Sothern has established at the
Booth Theater. New York. where he is
at present appearing in Lord Dun
dreary."
For the Christmas holidays +. R
Benson will revive at the Court The
ater. London. "A Midsummer Nights
Dream"
William Elliott is to star in q play
by Mrs. Merriam Crichton.
Sylvia Therne is to impersonate
Aurelia In The Chocolate Soldier"
A. S. Byron. who has an important
part with william Faversham In The
Hawk" made his debut on the stage
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
Plan Enlarged Personnel

Under the plans that are now being
considered by the Roosevelt Naval Per
sonnel Board there is to be an increase
of about fifteen per cent in the strength
of the officers of the staff departments
of the Navy. This. II is understood,
is considered TO be about the same in
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
"Alons Game Ruth

Henry W. Savage's comedy, 'AloNp
Came Ruth" should prove an appealing
offering when presented >by the Poll
Players next week. The piece is in
striking contrast to the stirring and
melodramatic episodes which will be the
feature Of the current offering, Under
Cover"
Mr.. Savage at the Gayety Theater. New
York. two years ago. 1t was then taken
to Chicago, where it pleased the public
OF the Western metropolis as much as 1t
had done Now York theatergoers.
This play offers excellent acting oppor-
tunities for Mr.. Van Buren, and for Miss
Rittenhouse. who Will play the title part.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26

On account Of . loss of about $4,000
worth Of property issued BY the War
Department to the States and District
Of Columbia for the National Guard.
Brig. Gen. Albert L Mills in a report to
the Secretary of War recommends legis-
lation By which those who handle the
property shall be held accountable for
any loss to the government.
In only two cases, one in Texas and
another In Colorado, are there any
charges OF criminal negligence on the
part of the militia authorities. but at the
same time Gen. Mills insists that under
the present system of issuing National
Guard equipment the loss of property
will continue.
Gen. Mills calls the attention of Con-
gress to the fact that for three years the
War Department has been making an
effort to correct these irregularities with
out success. II the law was enforced to
The letter most OF the States next year
would be without equipment for their
annual encampment. This, he fears,
would have a disastrous effect on the
National Guard at time when an effort
Is being made to build 1t up and would
defeat the purpose that Gen. Mills had
In mind.
Consider Property Theirs.
The trouble with too many OF the Of
ficers and men in the National Guard Is
they assume that when equipment is is
sued to them it becomes their personal
property. AS a result they take home
the governments property and it is lost.
According to unofficial reports. a great
many of the National Guard organiza-
tions would be short of equipment IL they
were called out at the present time. This
is not on account of the failure of the
government to provide them with the
necessary equipment, but because much
of it has been lost The most perplexing
part of the situation is that a greater
part OF the loss occurred under former
State administrations and those now in |
power cannot be held accountable for it. |
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
Cosmos Concerts.

The overture from Martha" Three
Dances" from Nell Gwyn." selections
from Donisetti's Daughter Of the Regi-
ment," Won weber's Invitation to the
Dance" ALIENS idyll. SLEEPY Hollow"
scheikovsky's revere Visions Gay
and Frivolous.' by A. Cello. a new fox
trot. and Norris The kangaroo Hop"
will be some Of the selections Of the
orchestral, program presented at the
Cosmos today. There viii also be num-
Der Of new specialties and other attrac-
tons.