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The Washington times., 1915-03-18

Note-These selections are made
from programs prepared by the
managers of the theaters concern
ed and no responsibility is as
sumed for arbitrary changes with
out notice to The Times. They are
based on the personality of the
players and the producing cCm-
pany and not personal inspection,
except in special cases.--G. NJ.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18

bill the middle of the week before its
coming
Special Sunday concerts will be given
from to 10:3O p. m. when orchestral
music. new specialtieS. and other enter
tainment will be provided.
At Moore's Strand Theater next week
the stellar attraction will be Marguerite
Clark in "Gretna Green" adapted for
the film from Grace Livingston Furniss'
comedy. The play Is set In the pic
turesque period of the early nineteenth
ccntruy. when romantic elopements to
Gretna Green. in the north of England,
added a dash of excitement to many
love matches
Edith Wynnc Mathison will make her
local debut in films In Belascos THE
Governors Lady" She is supported by
Theodore Roberts, James Neill. Tom
Forman and May Allison.
A special feature for the week will
be the animated song pictures The
songs will be changed twice weekly. and
they will be interpreted by recognized
soloists.
Few modern feature films have made
the impression on Washington audiences
that has been made by The kruetzer
Sonata" at Crandalls s this week, and the
manager is SO certain of it's popularity
that he has engaged it for return en-
gagemcnt next Wednesday and Thurs
day as the principal feature of next
weeks program. Nance O'Neil, the dis
tinguished American emotional actress,
and Theda Bara, the eminent french
actress. are seen to special advantage.
Monday and Tuesday there will be an
other big feature in the first MIN pro-
duction in Washington of What Hap
pened to Jones'" George Broadhurst's $
unusual comedy. which will be played
by Fred Mace, Josie Sadler. and Marie
Charleson under the direction of the
World Film Corporation. The usual re.
citalS by Greenes orchestra and the
pipe organ will be given daily.
Moore's Garden Theater program next
week begins sunday with return
| of Gaby Desleys in Her Triumph. y
| During the course of the film Mile.
Deslys. introduces the dances originated
| by herself and her partner, Harry
Rilcer.
will be seen in the film version of Hal
Reds drama, Dan" Dockstader' pre-
| sents characterization of the faithful
old slave.
"The Treasure of the Leuztas." fea-
| turing some of tse stars of "Cabiria,' -
will be the attraction Wednesday and
Thursday.
| The remainder of the week will be
given over to the Introduction of the
| Mutual masterpictures. the feature he
| ing a film of Richard Harding Davis
story, The Lost House" with Lillian
Gish. and produced under the direction
| of n. w. Griffith. In the company are
Wallace Reid, +. a. Turner. Elmer
Clifton, x, d. Sears, and others.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Attractions Coming to
Capital TheaterS
BY GARDNER MACK.

Next Saturday afternoon at the New
National Theater. under the auspices
OF the Band of Hope, Dwight Elmen-
dorf will give his colorful lecture, The
Garden of Allah"
In this unique travel talk Mr.. Elmen-
dorf will describe his experiences while
he "captained" a ship of the desert
in an eight-week caravan Journey from
Susa, on the eastern coast Of Tunisia,
to the oasis of Biskra.
All of the proceeds from tho lecture,
which is one of the most interesting
in Mr.. Elmendorf's repertoire, Will go
to charity, and some of the most prom
inent women Of Washington are work.
ing hard to make it a success.
Saturday morning, in the small ball
room of the New Willard, Ernest Hutch
eson will asiVe another of his series Of
during the Lenten season. The list of
patronesses includes many of the Capt.
tails most prominent society women.
DR.. Kurt E. Schlossingk, an assistant
to DR.. Carl Gauss. the discOverer of
Twilight Sleep" at Faruenkunk OF
Freiburg, Germany, will deliver IL lee
ture on the subject in the Belasco
Theater on Tuesday afternoon, March
e.
The lecture will be confined to women
patrons only All the male attaches OF
The theater will be excused during the
course of the doctors lecture, which viii
be illustrated with several thousand feet
of motion pictures depicting the ethlCs
and TECHNIQUE of ''twilight.
The fact of the lecture being Illus
trated with motion pictures will give
the public an opportunity of not only
hearing the truth about twilight, but
of seeing the actual progress of the
mother under the treatment.
A big dramatic sketch, entitled Jus
tiCe," will be presented at the Cosmos
Theater the remainder of the week, be-
ginning with the matinees today, by
Joseph II. Crane and company
The musical comedy, The Count Nor
Stromberg." which won high favor the
first half of the week, will continue
and new acts will include the Dancing
lie Fevres." team of French dancers
Ia More and Juliet, in an acrobauc act
Gordon and Gordon, music makers from
wood, glass, and metal, and Biano anC
Goodwin, in comedy and melodies.
In addition to an orchestral concert
new specialties will be offered at the
Sunday concerts.
The management of the Casino Thea
ter announces that next week a bill
comprising six of the best acts obtain
able from the New York AmalgamateC
Vaudeville Circuit will be presented a
the Casino Theater, with number o
feature photoplays as an added at
traction.
Under the Mayer Amusement Com
pany II is stated, under a new policy
and method of booking. it will not al
1Ays be practicable TO announce new
The Washington times., 1915-03-18

Bob refuses to reveal his secret. The light OF
cupidity blazing In their eyes, the two men
attack him. At least they will wrest from him
his coveted gold. Then they will attempt to
force from him the truth concerning its source.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Food Query Department
Prof. LEWIS B. ALLYN
BUTTERMILR.
of Westfeld. Mass.
"The Pure Food Town.


through this coIum
The Washington times., 1915-03-18

Saturday morning. in the small ball
room of the New Willard, Ernest Hutch
eson will give another of his series OF
recitals that have proved SO popular
during the Ienten season. The list of
patronesses includes many Of the Capt.
tails most prominent society women.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Thrilling Tales of Adventure, LoOe and
Comedy for the Readers of The Times
FRED G. LONG
illustrator

But they reckon without "Wolf, y who, with
savage fury, leaps at the throat Of Yukon Harry
Red Dick draws his revolver and, waiting his
chance, fires at the dog, which drops to the
snow, then crawls away crippled.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18

coming.
Special Sunday concerts will be given
from to 1890 p. m, when orchestral
music, new specialties. and other enter
tainment will be provided.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
A. Nssss% sssS UNDER THE AURoRA-By Jack Garland
The Washington Times "Movie-Story"
Complete Each Week
All Rights
Reserved

The sledse covers the spot where the NUGGETS
were found, and with anxiety Bob sees the two
prospectors whisper together, then approach
him. you've made 'strike,' Red Dick says.
.'Now come across and tell us WHERE!,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
The Enormous Skulls OF Use
Only as Liping Baffering Rams

THE total weight of the animal" says Lu. must
have exceeded that OF the greatest living elephants,
the brain Of which averages eight pounds, fifty
times that Of the weight of the brain OF Stesosaurus
Lul draws distinction which seems to apply to
all dnosaur brains He says:
ln comparing the relative potential intelligence OF
the twain. one has also to bear in mind the great
the elephantine brain In Stegosaurus the cerebrum
constitutes but little than third of the entire
brain weight. The Stegosaur brain has a very large
ofactory portion. small cerebelum large medula
size. but also for the peculiar shape The sense OF
smell was apparently well developed. as may have
been that OF sight"
The brain cavity Of the crested dinosaur has not az
yet been measured and weighed by equal dis.
placed In water. 1t Is certain, however. that It must
have weighed less than any yet discovered. In the
same group OF trachodonts, however. Is the gigantic
Tyrannosaurus the brain OF which estimated at one.
eighth OF an elephants, In a skull seven feet long,
Lucas tells us that the smallest human brain that
thought 10 be compatible with life itself weighs little
over ten ounces. the smallest that exist with
soning powers Is two pounds; this creature weigh.
saur brain In general ranged under pound and the
largest one discovered twopound brain In Tricera.
tops the horned 6nosaur. equal in weight to mans,
Has backed by ten tons OF bulk. There can be no
agreement the weight OF dlnosaur brains because
two schools Of paleontoogsts differ radically on brain
cases.
Tho dnoSaurs brain has received full attention at
the American Museum. Mr.. Barnum Browns view is
the last word all data collected He makes Il con.
siderdSly larger than the specialists the National
Museum Washington, have, by of greater mate
skull Ia the brain In dinosaur Of the skull
is hatterins ram, arranged to give fullest
TO the big horns often carried huge or
fr or beak or other function. The dinosaur brain
WAS located at the base Of the skull tn centre
nccted behind with the spinal cord and It's case WIS
made mp OF all the homes Immediately surrounding It.
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widely enough 10 permit their edges to clear each
other. and good deal OF vide gaping must have
accompanied tho act OF mastication. This would be
easy the mouth opens In reptiles and birds gener
ally to point behind the line OF the position OF the
eye.
1.-THE huge-bind legs especially useful In wading
through the water that produced such food When
depth OF ten feet and drag the plants from
below. Fishes, not covered with bony plates
too large might also have formed food supply. Beds
OF Ignite lake bottoms show that ancient
ton abundant"
The crested dinosau7 evidently was the turkey,
goose. duck and fowl for contemporary carnvorous
dinosaurs. which Professor Brown found fces.lized
With them, to feed After the crested be-
came fat and plump on aquatic or marsh vegetation,
the fesheaters marked them for their
Professor Brown secured two complete skeletons OF
OF these carnvores 1t Is called Deinodon horrdus
"Denodon Is Greek for terrible. and this reptile was
we'll named.
1t was the largest flesh eater OF the period about
twohirds the size of the huge yrannosaurus. which
came into existence at later stage. In feet, the
denodon probably ancestral to the tyrannosaur,s
which 1t much resembles.
This creature stood fifteen feet high and was Some
twenty five feet long. 1t was equipped with from
an inch wide and some four inches high above the
gums Powerful claws, like those found in eagles con-
doris and other birds OF prey made OF this reptile
OF the most dangerous specimens OF his time
In addition to the corythosaurus and two deino
don. Professor Brown brought back with him two
monoc!onius. one ankyoseurus. one ornithomimus
and one kritosaurlla
Perhaps the most interesting specimen in the new
collection. although the smallest la that OF the ornf
thomimus. reptile which about eight feet long
and five feet high and resembled in appearance the
gigantic tyrannosaurus. the largest OF the dinosaurs
The ornithommus derives IT'S name from the fact
that In structure it very brdlike It's bones are
found TO be hollow just like birds and It's skeleton
seems 70 De unusually light In construction for it's size
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
BY w. H. Ballou, Sc. D.

IT. HE 1915 model OF dnosaur has arrived at the
American Museum OF Natural History. New
York. and the ancient monster is puzzle to
the scientists. His skull is admirably fitted to have
qualified him for a brain that would have made him
she Edison or the Napoleon OF prehistoric animals.
Notwithstanding Its enormous size. it required
siderable detective work locate the small cavity
where the brain itself had reposed. When this
found Its size shape and location proved
that bad filled 1t had possessed capacity think
Ing. and that apparently its sole business had been
TO guide the animals senses of sight. hearing, taste
and smell. moro particularly the last named. Indeed
1t strictly be called brain all as compared
to any modern idea OF what brains
About Christmas Professor Barnum Brown arrived
at the American Museum with a carload OF fossil
skeletons quarried In the Belly River formation OF
the towering cliffs OF Red Deer River. southern
Alberta, Canada. Among other finds eight
plee skeletons Of gigantic carnivorous and herbiver
Gus cretaceous dinosaurs, forming worlds record
for extinct reptile collecting Some OF these new
60 science and the Others being complete will practi
cally make past species, OF which only parts had
ever been found Among the ones, and the most re-
markabe. the referred to as having brain.
This scientific mystery Is crested dinosaur 1t has
been named Corythosaurus casuarius. 1t was herb
ivorous monster that waded in the Crctaccous marshes
some 100000 years ago. Not only his every bone
Embedded in the rock but most of It's hide which beats
the record Of the Siberian mammoth OF $4,000 years
ago, with skin preserved in Ice.
In appearance the crested brute resembled at a
distance the modern Cassowary. although closer
inspection would have changed matters. lie
thirtyfve feet long When standing his hind bird
like feet, he could lift his head fifteen feet above
ground and browse tree foliage practically his
sole occupation. His structure light and frog.
like. On his head was great crest: His skull was
shaped like Cornthian helmet and. 1t evi.
IDENTITY not meant for thinking. may have been used
battcrng RAM like that OF goat now TO butt It's
enemies and next to break down get at their
juicy leaves
The tall. rounded skull stood thirty inches high
above the neck, and had diameter Of forty inches
Attached to it huge duck BILL twenty
inches long. In the big jaws seventy
Of teeth arranged In batteries, toalling 1000
teeth The animal covered with plate scales.
rounded some sQuarish. averaging and
half inches long and and quarter inches wide.
Immense herds OF these creatures existed In the
marshes. where nearly all OF them-those not eaten
by contemporary carnivorous dinosaurs-perishcd.
Thousands committed suicide by mring. being too
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HO70 the Dinosaurs Brain
Wdgged His Tais and Ears

The brain itself always much smaller than the
case as foated In liquids. In appearance dinosaur
brain would have looked like section OF small tree
trunk. with the limbs sawed off inch OF two from
the trunk. From the Brown point OF view the brain
ends in each Of these projections pongs where the
nerves become surrounded with soft tissue, There
ere twelve OF these projections Brown and
his associates have figured out exactly what each
nerve function was, controlled through the brain
proper
Nerve No. controlled the nose; nerve No. e. the
eye nerve No. 3. the muscles Of the eye No. the
pathetcs principally, in dinosaurs tho appetites No.
was subdivided into three functions controlling face
and eye muscles. No. related to the abducents from
the interior surface OF the BRAIN No. had to do with
the acales superficial facial muscles No. boesed
the audtorii, ear mattersshall say wagged the
ear? No. 9 la termed gosopharyngei-that is, sup
piled the pharyDgeal regions of the allmentary canal
No: 10 is labelled controller OF respiratory
and heart organs-pneumogastrlcior vagi. No. II ia
called aceessor or having to do with muscles Of the
head and anterior vertebrate. No. H. hypoglossi,
formed the motor nerves of the tongue.
1t will be seen that, however small, the dinosaur
brain had many functions of control actuate the
functions OF body. Vested In him the prob
able origin OF the ten thousand things reptiles and
even mammals do today. His giant tail. used
batterng RAM has dwindled to fly brush for cattle,
wager for dogs or has been lost altogether in
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stupid to wade when the waters arose in flood time
and engulfed them.
The crested anomaly belonged to group OF the
earliest dinosaurs he fairly illustrate the
origin Of brains. There Is long period between this
group, having brain only for control and man
with certain contemporary animals. having brains for
thought and control Of conduct. Just when brains
began to think is still question OF discussion since
scientists place the origin OF thought In periods rang
ing from $4,000 to 100000 years ago according to the
school to which they belong
. Many scientists deny absolutely. while others be-
eve. that all animal life OF to-day does think
accordingly to which certain groups urging
the addition of some plant life We hear little less
OF instinct" these days as governing factor In the
doings Of lower animal life. Whatever walks crawls
swfms and flies is now conceded by many to be gov.
erned by more less deliberate thought more or
less reasoning power Even such Insignificant crea.
lures Tin size) the ant, the bee and the hummlng
bird are accredited with more reasoning power than
millions of the lower human beings
The smallest reptilian brain has heretofore been
accredited to one Of the largest Jurassc dinosaurs
Stegosaurus. Marsh. its discoyerer said that Its brain
was the size OF the brain of the modern
alligator, which, In turn had bulk 1000 times
smaller than that of Stegosaurus. Lu weighed the
brain of the Segosaurus He found that it's crGnal
cavity was LOS centimcters long and 80 cenmeters
wide. with total estimated weight Of brain OF 21z
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wandering Around Central

more a case for the brain Horns alone seemed TO
survive but 1t Is doubtful II they really
tial except for ornament and male fighters. The
best COW today Is the short horn. The female deer
content leave such decorations to tho male and
keep UP fair toilet he must shed his aut!ers ON
occasions and grow ones. The rhinoceros OF the
horns to dig slime Of bottoms with nnout
and horn for living but he is freak who. ~having
been left out Of the Ark, for 1t and beat Noah
to Mount Ararat.
Another mystery OF the crested dinosaur relates
to the immense number of his teeth OF these, Brown
says: 1.-The exact number Of Of teeth charac-
ter Of the enamel surface is problemaca There are
visible thiry.four rows the dentary and thirysix
rows in the maxllary. more than 1000 teeth.
Cope found practically the same denttton In the
jaws Of the giant Hadrosaur. OF the same group OF
cretaceous dinosaurs visible to the extent OF 2012
teeth His explanation OF the necessity OF 30 many
teeth by these types OF marsh loving dnosaurs ID the
generally accepted by science and likely to endure
undisputed. What he said Of the dlstnct species he
knew be applied to the entire group OF
trachodonts, waders
1.-THE fore limbs were small and doubtless used
occasionally for support, rarely for taking hold
they are more hoof-like than ciawke The head was
borne the summit Of vertical neck and at right
angles to It, in the manner OF bird, with the appear
ance Of the head like that OF bird.
1.-The Of the beak and dentition indicates for
these strange animals diet OF soft vegetable matter
They could not have eaten the branches OF a tree
without breaking the slightly attached teeth OF the
could have broken of boughs with weak, spatulate
bcaks BY aid of the beaks dentate. horny edge they
may have scraped the leaves from the ends OF
branches but the appearances indicate even softer and
less tenacious foods
If the lakes supplied abundant aquatic plants, with
out woody tissues would have the condition appro-
have easily been gathered by the double bill and have
been tossed with birdke jerks of the head and neck
back to the mill of teeth In order to submit the food
to these vertical shears. the jaws must have opened
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Thls bird.like dInossS
have been quite form
with sharp. dagger-likej
and aft. In the specli%
teeth had been reneE,S
which is true OF mosti
When q tooth broke d
and this process was |!
limos before the creatl
a fair idea OF what
obtained by scientists
parts OF It's skeleton, 4
learned. The complete
earthed will now clear
In many respects Il
mos. unique OF the dino
creature about eightee,,
diameter. His front q
than his hind legs. y
was therefore equipped
turtle.shaped beak, hel
the attacks OF the leslI
His armament consiI
covered him from he@
united to his vertebraS
club-like affair, like &c
historic armsdillo. and
he could deal destructf
contemporaries.
The two monoclonfus
VIII be most highly val
plete skeleton Of thei
tanned. although some
gathered from a restors
The monocloniua Is 1
usually large and grol
by horns. The skull
length and four feet 4
long horn over the N.N
eye. These horns wi
have been deadly weaE
tense. The brain IN
that reptile also wasI
gence. the brain bell
size OF the skull than n
class OF fishes.
Very similar to thf
rus. except that instel]
with a huge bony hurD
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They were OF too
obvious value to
the female sex to
get q standing
a M o n 6 the lost
arts. One by one
nature dropped all
other functions OF
the skull, which
became more and
The Detroit times., 1915-10-08
SCALPERS
GET kAY0

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 8.--The
scalpers and spectators who have
been making Sads Of good United
States coin on worlds series reserv-
cd seat tickets since yesterday after
noon, were handed a solar plexus
wallop this aftrnoon by the Phillies
management.
The bottom dropped out Of the
scalpers market shortly after noon
when the management Of the Phiily
park opened a window for the sale
OF 81 seats at the face value of $6 a
set. Only one set was sold to each
purchaser.
Within five minutes the news was
all over the city and hundreds rush
ed the box office at the park. The
throng was so thick 1t was impos-
sible for the police to get through t..
II goes witllont saying the scalpers
beat hasty ret: eat.