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The Washington times., 1915-12-21
KEITH'S.

As usual with the Keith MANAGEMENT,
the Christmas offering includes num-
bers fitted for the holiday week. There
are musical, vocal, and instrumental.
comedy, various dancing. tragedy, and
animal numbers. all OF them the pick
of the vaudeville world. Hcadlining the
bill is Phyllis Nelson. Terry, said TO be
Englands most brilliant younE actress,
who appears I'm two scenes from Shake
speares Romeo and Juliet" She Is 4
handsame young woman of stately fig
IRE and graceful carriage, who gives
an artistic and earnest portrayal OF
Juliet. giving the scene introducing the
colloquy in Ftiar Lawrence's cell and
the one in Juliet's chamber. Introduc.
tory to the Shakespeareap Offering. Miss
Sweet Alice Ben Bolt" and "Cuuplets
du Mysoli."
Carmine Fabrizio, formerly q 'nem-
ber of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
forth rounds of applause. Next In pop
ular favor are the Farber girls. Con-
stance and Irene. In a melapge of songs
and dances. which feature the eccentric
mannerisms of the smaller of the duo
Harry Iiilfoil repeats his former sue
cess as the "Gavest Old Sport In New
York including all his many animal
limitations.
Lola Merrill and Frank Otto. the for
mer a Washington young woman; pre-
sent an amusing episode OF the Euro
pean war. in which two Americans on
their honeymoon are found stranded In
Hamburg. lola Girlie and Ivan Eankoff
appear in a conccption OF classic. Rus
sian. and cakcwalk danCinf. Songs
and dances of the "Old Sod are given
by George Quigley and Eddie Fitzger-
aid. accompanied by, .ratter filled with
the brogue of old Erin. go
The clown seal the animal with the
human brain" catches and balances
oranges. apples. and balls on his nose
and tosses them to his master with sur
prising accuracy.
feature of the orchestral nunbcrs
for the week are the descriptive over
ture. Santa Claus" by Olney and the
exit number Der Katzentammer
Kids" by Fulton, given BY the orchcs-
ira. directed by Prof. c. Frederick
Clark.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
POLI'S.

A comedy of surprises is what this
weeks Poll program calls "Mam'zelle.
The surprises are mostly in the second
act. and the audience which saw them
at the matinee yesterday were frankly
and genuinely surprised. Likewise the
audience appeared to be much pleased II
laughter and applause in such quantities
that progress with the play was almost
impossible count for anything.
"Mam'zelle.' tells the story of Young
music hall dancer who had most per
sistent admirer In the person or
Frenchman. He appears in the most un-
expected places and times at the
dancers home and in the music nall
1t Is particularly his appearances In the
music hall-called a cabaret in this IN
stance-that concerns the audience.
There are other surprises in the piece,
so many others that 1t would seem the
whole theater was filed with them. ana
the purpose of all the others seem TO
be to add to the complications In which
the French admirer involves the music
hall dancer and her associates.
A. II. Van Buren, appears In comedy
role full of action. and lends some or
the surprises. Miss Rittenhouse Is the
dancer and J. Hammond Daley Is the
Frenchman. Joseph Cone made MS
debut as an actor. as did James Thatcher
and a few ushers and ticket takers MISS
Frederici. John Kline. and the regular
Poll Players have excellent oppor-
tunities.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
XMAS SHOPPING RUSH
GREATEST IN YEARS
Postofnce and Substations Are
Swamped BY Avalanche Of
Parcels and Postcards.

John, you just must get Uncle Bills
present today. It's positively shameful
how we have been putting off our
Christmas shopping
This Is a dim, rumbling, composite
echo of breakfast table conversations
beside hundreds of steam radiators and
In scores Of apartments this morning.
John went for that present, so did
Tom, Dick, and Harry. until the stores
this morning looked as II there were a
special sale of mems, garments at one
third price.
Then the male element passed from
the stage to work, and women shoppers
began to pour into stores and shops.
Today was perhaps the businest In
years for the post office and substa-
tions. One woman VINO tried to mail a
package at substation thought by
getting there early sne would avoid the
crowd, but she waited twenty-five min
utes in line.
Today also marked the finals in the
postal card avalanche. Final hurried
scrambles were made through the piles
of cards. ranging from the two for
five" kind to the elaborately decorated
cards, done by noted designers, which
sell for so cents and even for 81.
Todays best sellers in he literary
market were not fiction writer's. hut
composers of various verses and prose
greetings, appearing on the cards which
are being poured into and through the
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
STRAND.

Robert Edeson bids fair to become
one of the big favOrites of the film
patrons If his reception in the photo :
play adaptation of Gellett Burg ass
THE Cave Man. at the Strand, yes
terday. means anything. The Vita
graph company scenario experts have
given unusual intelligence to the
adaptation of the story of the coal
HEAVIER who was introduced into the
best social circles by young wom-
an who was not only a social leader,
but a practical Joker. Because Of the
ability of Mr.. Edeson and OF Fay
Wallace. the leading woman. whose
further picture work will he lookei
for with considerable interest. the
picture made very decided impress
sion on the audiences which saw It..
Gladys Hullette, Helen Badgelv.
and most remarkable infant actor
in His Majesty the King" formed
the second feature of the program
Tomorrow and Thursday Kathlyn Will
liams and Tyrone Power will be seen
in Sweet Alyssum." an adaptation
of Charles Majors story. with Crane
Wilbur in The Mystery Of Carter
Breene." as the second feature. FRI
day and Saturday Lionel Barrymo, @
will be seen in The Yellow Streak
and Olga Gray in The Law of Sc.
cess"
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
COLUMBIA.

Students of the drama find a most in
teresting study in the program of the
first part of the week at Loew's Col
umbia Theater, where the Pallas nc
lures presentation Of Maclyn Arbuckle
in THE Reform Candidate as the
feature production, is ptted against
THE Failure" one OF the early Bio
graph efforts of David Wark Griffin
presenting Dorothy Bernard and Will
fred Luchs.
That Mr. Griffith in his early days
obtained as high a standard or
acting as has been developed In
the latest productions Is dehnite-
ly proven in the work of Miss
Bernard The suggestion of the big
things that have followed was there.
however, and what the actress and the
director were aiming to do was more
plainly evident than in some of the
later productions of both. Likewise the
big thought behind the play was very
plainly and continuously in evidence.
The Reform Candidate" might be re-
garded as one of the best examples or
the most finished form of photoplay
productions. The settings and the pho
Biography are of the highest quality. and
the work OF Mr.. Arbuckle leaves little
to be desired.
Leo Delaney IN a Vitagraph comedy
and travel pictures of MonteVedlo,
Uruguay, complete the program. Fannie
Ward in "The Cheat" will be seen the
last part of the week.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
ELECTRIC SERVICE At
j. s. RATE IS LAWFUL
No Discrimination When Given
to Officers of the Army and
Navy.

The Public Utilities Commission has
approved the opinion of its general
counsel, Conrad II. Syme. that the fur
nishing by the Potomac Electric Pow
er Company of electric service to
army and navy officers at Government
rates is not illegal discrimination and
therefore not in violation of the puC-
lie utilities law.
Under date of November IL Capt.
Julian l.. Schley, executive officer OF
the commission. wrote to the Potomac
Electric Power Company stating that
while the bills of certain officers
formerly were paid by the Governme 1T
and the difference between Govern
ment allowance and the bills accrued
to the Government. in which case 1t
would seem proper to bill the ofhcer'
at Government rates, 1t appears that
at present the full Government allow
ance is paid to the officer, and any
saving now accrueS to him.
Under these conditions. the question
arises whether Charges by you of q
rate other than prescribed in schedule
A is not discriminatory"
In reply the company stated that 1T
Is clear to us that the present contract
, requires us to furnish army and navy
officers at Government rates, and that
the method of settlement. whether by
the GoNerOnent OF lnClNluual oflCeT,
has in no way modified our obligation
under the contract
The letter was referred to the general
| counsel who holds that the service Is
given Under a general contract with the
| United Ste ties Government. and the fact
| that accounts are kept in the names of
| Individual army and navy officers, does
| not alter the situation. The Govern
ment rate Is cents per kilowatt hour
The rate for private subs'riho". pre-
scrihed under schedule A. is 10 cents pei
| kilowatt hour.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
TELEPHONE NOTICES
BY WIRE SUFFICIENT.
Company Need Not Write to
Subscribers in Ending Serv-
ice, Board Rules.

Notice to subscribers OF an intention
to terminate its service will not be re-
quired of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company. according to a de-
cison of the Public Utilities Commits
sion made public today. The commits
sion recently received from DR.. e A.
Bryant, representing the Federation OF
Citizens Associations, a resolution urg-
ing that the telephone company be re-
quired to provide in It's contracts with
subscribers that before the subscribers
rights under such contract may be ter
minated or the service suspended
writing.
The present method is to notify the
subscriber by telephone. II the COM
pany fails to reach a subscriber by this
method a letter is written. The commits
sion states that it regards this method
as more effective than notices sent
through the mails.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
GARDEN.

In making her bow before the home
folks as a Triangle star at Moore's 8
Garden Theater this week Julia Dean
is fortunate in having in "Matrimony'
a problem play presented in a clean.
wholesome manner. Miss Deans quail
ties as an actrass pre- too well known
to make comment on her good work
necessary.
The play tells the story of a married
couple who have become estranged
brought together again by the wifes
wit 1t Is a clean, honest, and enjoy
able play. produced under the super
vision of Thomas II. Ince.
In "Stolen Magic" Raymond Hitch
cock is seen in a typical Keystone pro-
duction. Mack Sennett and Mabel Nor
mand furnish most of the support with
a miscellaneous collection of snakes
playing important parts. There appears
to be an excellent opportunity for COM
edy in the idea of the play even with
out the Keystone additions which Mr.
Sennett seems unable to entirely forget.
keeping Up With the Joneses," and
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Tough-Luck Girl Gets
Job in Cabaret Show

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 21.-"Tougn
luck" said Ruth Petois. a pretty cabaret
singer when she lost her job a few
weeks ago. 1t was "tough luck again
when a round of the booking agencies
left her still jobless and almost penni-
less.
Then Mrs. Henrietta Garfield. man
ager of the Garfield Hotel, told Ruth
she might double as hotel telephone girl
until she found a singing job. mot so
tough" said Ruth, and she took the
job.
1t was a week later when flash on
the wire from vacant room startled
Miss Petois. She decided to investigate
and found Mrs. Garfield UNCONSCIOUS
and the room ablaze. She dragged Mrs.
Garfield to safety.
Then she rushed back to the tele-
phone central and summoned The fire
department. While it was coming she
calmly notified guests and stuck to her
post until all were safe.
When her exploit became known she
was in demand at a fancy salary In a
dozen cafes and theaters
Tough luck don't last when you
smile" she said, and accepted the high
est offer.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21

Washington city postoffice at an un-
precedented rate
But the shoppers, mere than ever.
show n disposition to buy useful gifts,
merchants say. The rush that TO- mer-
ly was noted In toy departments and
novelties" divisions Of the great stores
and Jewelry shops was not abated, but
in hardware stores, furniture empo-
RUINS and clothing Establishments the
Christmas shopping wen: on Just as
busily.
Candy stores now have reached the
height of their years business. The
fruit and nut shops are thronged. The
markets snd stores are selling turkeys
and cranb@rries at an unprecedented
rate.
Decorations in store windows have
never been more attractive, old-time
shoppers say. Santa Claus Is still 10
be seen. but artistic arrays OF towels
Of leather goods. of gowns and hats
and Of all sorts of goods are In evidence
in every window.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
To Present Loving Cups
To Bands Next Thursday

Presentation of the silver loving cups
given by WashinGtonians to the Marine.
United States Fifth Cavalry. and En-
gineer Bands in appreciation OF the
summer concerts will be made Thurs
day. Commissioner Newman and NJ. c.
Hazen. the latter chairman of the COM
mittee which arranged for the testi-
monial given the members of the. bands
at the BrightwOOd reservoir in October
will visit Fort Myer and the Washing
ton and Marine Barracks. The presenta-
uon addresses will be made by Com
missioner Newman
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Marriage Licenses.

Guy +. Carrico, Round HILL Va, and Myrtle
A. Howell, Round Hill.
GustaVus A. Jones, FarmVille, n. c., and
Louise Reyes.
William II. Spates and Nellie NJ. Fowler.
Gabriel M. johnson and Willie NJ Bacon
Thomas II. Willis and Ada l.. Burke.
William X. Jerman, Burke. Va, and Caro-
line ID. Ray. Burke. Va.
Harry l.. Farley, Dumfries, Va, and Violet
Reid, Dumfres
stuart b. TullOss, Waymarket, Va, and
Brownie Bass. Mount Salon, Va.
Leon V. Moss and Ruth King.
William J. Bass, Baltimore, and Lulu ].
James.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Funerals
Miss Katherine +. Martin.

Funeral services for Miss Katherine
Elizabeth Martin, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas j. Martin, who died yes
terday, will be held at the residence
tomorrow at 10 o'clock. Interment will
be made in Mt Olivet Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Something ANYWAY.

so you think a college education II a
good thing for n Loy?"
Yes, | think It's u pretty rood thing.
Fits him for something in lie 10 ne
can't catch on with q baseball team. Ire
can often land u job as professor"
Louisville Courier. Journal
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Mrs. Matilda Poole.

Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda
Poole, widow of Hamilton Poole. who
died Sunday at her residence. 1907
Twelfth street northwest, will be held
tomorrow at l o'clock at the Peoples
Congregational Church.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Mrs. Frances X. Buck.

Funeral services for Mrs. Frances r.
Buck, widow OF the Rev. w. w. Buck.
who died yesterday aged eighty-six
OF her son, 1909 First street northwest.
Private interment was made in Glen
wood Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
William Story.

Funeral services for William Story,
who died Sunday az the Little Sisters of
the Poor, will De held at 2 o'clock at
the chapel of J. William Lee. Interment
Will be made in Congressional Cemetery,
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Thomas II. DuttOn.

Funeral services for Thomas II. Dut-
ton, who died yesterday at his home in
Hyattsville in the eighty-seventh year
of his age, will be held at his late resi-
dence Thursday at 2 o'clock. Interment
will be made in Rock Creek Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Mrs. Mary +. Oliver

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary F.
Oliver, daughter of William II. Phillips,
who died yesterday, will be held to-
morrow at her late residence, 1888 Penn
street northwest at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Henry Schools.

Funeral services for Henry Schools,
who died Saturday. will be held at his
late residence, l340 Fourth street north
west, tomorrow at 2 o'clock
The Washington times., 1915-12-21

installed officers last night as follows:
Simon Bube. master; w. Ralph William
son, senior warden; MIR. Dunnigan.
junior warden; Milton J. Fillius, secre-
Fowler. jr.. senior deacon; MIR. Fisher,
Junior deacon; Samuel d. Frazier, senior
steward; Arthur l.. Simpson. junior
steward. The retiring master. Albert f..
Beck, was given a past masters jewel.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
ANACOSTIA.

The Bradbury Heights Citizens As
sociation met last night with President
J. L. Crowder IN the chair. The SCHOOL
committee reported that progress was
being made toward securing an appro-
priation for a new school building. The
attendance at the school has increased,
being more than fifty at present
Satisfaction was voiced over the oper-
alton OF the iitney line between the
suburb and Twining City.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Plays and Players at
the TheaterS

a Mutual travel picture of Lexington,
KY, complete the program. The last
half of the week Tully Marshall will be
seen in "The Sable Lorcha," with Ford
Sterling supplying the comedy In HIS
EniherR Ennt StenR.'
The Washington times., 1915-12-21

All grade schools in this suburb are
planning Christmas entertainments for
next Thursday afternoon. Most of the
classes will have Christmas trees. The
older grades will hold their exercises in
the parish hall of Emmanuel Church
I'm V street.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21

The Rev. J. w. Duffey, John NJ. John
son and f. c. Graham have been ap-
pointed Judges for the prize compost
ton to be given under the auspices, OF
r. T.. Lee Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams. The competition is open to Alex
andria High School pupils.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21

Russell L. Robertson, of Newport
News, who has been employed as book
keeper for Swift & Co, has been
made acting manager of this district,
taking the place of c. G. Cloe, who has
been granted an indefinite leave of ab-
genCe on account of illness.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21

Six years in the penitentiary for steal
ing chickens was the verdict given by a
jury In the case of William Love, col
The Washington times., 1915-12-21

The following officers have been elect
ed by Andrew Jackson lodge. No. l2O,
a. f. and A. NJ Charles f. Dare. wor-
shipful master; Walter s. Nicklin. SON.
ior warden s. r. Luckett. junior war
den; William Lewis Allen. treasurer {;
James f. Alexander. secretary; Harry
Richards, senior deacon; Elliott Hoff-
man, Junior deacon: T.. NJ. Penn and
G. &. Batchelor. stewards; George w.
Zachary, tiler the Rev. Edgar Carpen-
ter, chaplain Harry Harryman. organ
list.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21

AnaCostia Tent, No. I, knights OF the
MacCabees, will install officers on the
first Monday night in January.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
ALEXANDRIA TO HAVE
A COMMUNITY TREE
Arrangements Completed For
City's Christmas CeIebra-
tion-Choirs to Sing Carols.

ALEXANDRIA,. Dec. 21.--All arrange
ments for the community Christmas
tree have been completed. The tree VIII
be placed at the corner Of Washington
and Queen streets. and will be magni-
ficent specimen of the Christmas fir. 1t
will be brilliantly illuminated with cleo
trio lights. The tree will be lighted at
7 80 O'Clock Friday night and on Christ
mas and Sunday nights.
The singing of Christmas carols will
commence Friday night The musical
program is in charge of Sherman b.
Fowler, who has secured the co-op2ra.
ton of all the choirs OF tho city and q
large chorus from the Alexandria High
School.
Colored slides, showing incidents In
the life Of Christ, will be thrown on a
screen.
The Washington times., 1915-12-21
Want To Broaden Respect.

"It is our desire not to break down
the respect that such people have for
the policeman as the symbol of gov
ernment. but rather so to order the
daily doings of the policeman that
these people may come to recognize
in him other and different functions OF
the government. Where they now see
in the cop on the corner a blue coated
incarnation of authority. we would
like them to see also :. symbol of pro
lection. Where they now see in him
only the threat of repression and pos e
sible punishment. we hope by broad =
ening the field OF his activities to
cause them to see in him also a syn =
Dol of encouragement and service"
Royal Meeker paid a high tribute to
traffic regulations in Washington, and
said the contrast between the general
observance of regulations here, and
the violation and absence of regula-
tions in other cities was marked.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-09
new DRUG Law BECOMES
operative march |
Revenue Measure Approved by Congress
and Now in Effect Restricts the
Sale of Habit Forming Med
icines

A new drug law, which is essentially
a revenue measure but which will also
have a far reaching effect in restrict
ing the sale of certain medieines ia
miliarly known as habit forming
drugs, becomes operative on March
/. Inc law is drasclc and effects tlhysi-
clans, dentists, veterinarians, private
hospitals, dealers and manufacturers
Under this law physicians, dentists,
veterinarians and others who wish TO
dispense, prescribe or sell tine many
drugs and medicines included in this
class are required to make applica-
tion to tine collector of the internal rev.
enue or of the district for regis.
tration upon blanks to be obtained from
such collector and pay required tax.
The act makes it unlawful for any
persons, even one who has registered
and paid the special tax to sell, barter,
exchange or give away any of the afore.
said drugs except in pursuance of a
written order on form to be sup
piled by the collector of internal rev.
enue.
The provision requiring order forms
however does not apply to the dis
pensing or distribution by physicians
dentists and veterinarians who register
under this act and VINO keep record
of the drugs dispensed and distributed
to patients whom they do not person
ally attend.
The provision requiring official order
also does not apply to the sale, dispens
ing or distribution by dealer who mas
registered under this act upon the pre-
scription of physician, dentist OF
veterinarian, provided the prescription
is dated on the day it is signed, re-
ceipted for by the person presenting the
prescription and preserved for two
years for official inspection.
Any person who violates or fails tc
comply with the requirements of the
act shall, on conviction, be fined not
more than $4,000 or be imprisoned moi
more than five years.
Druggists claim that under this Law
they will not be allowed to refill pre-
scriptions written previous to the time
the law goes into effect.
The law will have a very beneficial
result in restraining the indiscriminat,
sale and use of such drugs as cocaine
morphine, heroin, laudanum, opium
chloral, etc, familiarly known a.
dope' or habit-forming drugs.
A number of druggists, however, have
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-09
RED CROSS THANKFUL FOR
AID Given BY this CITY
Home Relief Division Pays Out $175
in One Day to Needy Women Who
Are Doing Sewing-53 Workers
Dropped From List

Appreciation of the work done by
the local Home and War Relief com
mittee and citizens in providing sup
plies for the war refugees and the
wounded is expressed IN the letter re-
ceived by Mrs. James F. Bullitt, chair
man of the Foreign division, yesterday
1t is from Miss Mabel T. Boardman, of
the American Red Cross society, at
Washington, and in addition to compli-
menting the members Of the local com.
mittee and the contributing citizens
describes the conditions confronting the
nurses in the war zone.
The letter reads:
"You certainly have a splendid en-.
ergetic committee, and | was very glad
to learn of the shipment of such good
boxes for Servla. We are Just making
arrangements for another shipment for
that country, and will be glad to have
those to send.
''Our nurse writes us there that the
need is very great. our new units are
stationed in an old tobacco factory
where there are 800 wounded and
400 fever eases, where there are no
windows and men have to live ON bean
and cabbage soup.
~ am glad to see the fine spirit Of
the nurses; they say nothing of any
discomforts on their own part.'
One of the largest days pay in the
history of the Home relief division was
last Friday, when more than .$175 was
paid out in wages. At present 307
women are sewing while lie are on the
waiting list Because some of the men