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The Monticellonian., 1915-09-09
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystifed by series of murders and other crimes. The principal clue to the criminal is the warn ing letter which is sent the victims signed with a "clutching hand" The latest vic tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor Dodge, the insurance president, His daughter, Elaine. employs Craig Ken nedy, the famous scientific detective. 10 try to unravel the mystery. What Ken nedy accomplishes is told by his friend. Jameson, newspaper man. After many fruitless attempts to put Elaine and Craig Kennedy out of the way the Clutch ing Hand is at last found to be none other than Perry Bennett, Elaine's lawyer and the man she is engaged to marry. Ben nett fees to the den of one of his Chi nese criminals. The Chinaman forces from Bennett the secret of the whereabouts of q, ,o00,100 Then he gives the lawyer q po- tion which will suspend animation for months Kennedy reaches Bennett's side just after he has lost consciousness.
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Hlqh Cost of killinn-

The $3,oOo,oOOOoo subscribed to a single British loan is greater by some hundreds of millions than our entire lhterestoearing national debt, after Irouf years of Civil war. Even faster than the cost of living rises the cost ol Killing one's fellow men.-New York World.
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WAR MAKES MUSICIANS IDLE
Instrumentalists Are Said to Have Suf- fered More Than Any Other
 Class.

.'The war has injured great many industries in this country, as it has benefited others. but perhaps no line of business has been so seriously crip- pied as the music profession" said A. J. Jorss of St. Louis at the Raleigh. according to the Washington Post. Tn every big city musicians are idle and
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Serves Him Riuht

A Mississippi bride sued her bus. band for divorce rather than ride in the dilapidated, mule-drawn surrey which met them at the station after their honeymoon. She was awarded $40 month alimony
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Familiar to Hi,,

ne Coed-"I don't see how you can read Chaucer so readily. The spelling ,s so queer" The Professor of Eng iisn-lve had lots of experience while examining the sophomores pa- pers, Harvard Lampoon.
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but don't you think this is just lit tie raw? Whats it all about?"
 The newest conner eyed me for a moment, then with quiet dignity drew from his pocket and handed me his card, which read simply:
 M. DEL MAR, Private investigator.
 As l looked up. I saw Del Mars other policeman bringing in another manacled man.
 These are crooks-foreign agents, ," replied Del Mar pointing to the pris- oners. The government has employed me to run them down"
 What of this?" asked Elaine, hold ing up the note from Bertrand.
 "A fake. forgery" reiterated Del Mar, looking at it moment critically. Then to the men uniformed as police he ordered: You can take them to jail They're the fellows. all right"
 As the prisoners were led of, Del Mar turned to Elaine. Would you mind answering a few questions about these men?"
 .Why-no," she hesitated. But l think we'd better go into the house, after such a thing as this. It makes me feel nervous.
 With Del Mar I followed Elaine in through the conservatory.
 
 Del Mar had scarcely registered at the La Coste when the smaller car which had been waiting at the fisher mems hut drew up before the hotel entrance. From 1t alighted the fussy old gentleman who bore such a re- markable resemblance to the fisher man. hastily paid his driver and en. tered the hotel
 He went directly to the desk and
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Business

Madge-Why don't you tell him frankly that you don't like him as well as you do Charlie?
 Mar1orie-How can I, dear? "a not just sure that Charlie will nro- pose.-Judge.
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A Regular Dare-DeviI

sne-"But you know an eminent pIoiessor says that kissing is a mild form or insanity" He-"Well, should worry When l told your father wanted to marry you. he said l was crazy"
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and screaming that attention is at. tracted to the aeroplane. So biddy has been compelled to take part in the great war as we'll as horses, dogs and men.-Mertzon Star.
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the outside than he gets from the gov ernment and for his outside work he gets paid proportionately much more than the government pays him. Since the war started, in fact, ever since the Democrats came into power, the mu- sicians have had little work, and be- lieve there is no line of endeavor in which there is more suffering than among musicians"
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Hens Made to Take Part in War.
 An article in London paper states that hens, pigeons and crows are being
Evening star., 1915-05-16

he has become known as "the man who
owns Broadway" will be taken by
Robinson Newbold. Others announced
for the cast are Nelson Riley. as An
thony Bridwell: Theodore Martin. as
Tom Bridwell: Eileen Castles, as Sylvia
Bridwell. William Pruette, jr., as
George Burnham; Dixie Blair, as Caro-
line Curtis: Gus Buell.. as Bill Robin
with Clifford Mech as musical director
The scenes of the play are laid in New
York city. showing the mansion of a
millionaire named Anthony Bridwell in
the first act. Martins restaurant in the
second, and two scenes. the corridor OF
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the in
terror of a theater on Broadway. in the
third act
Bridwell has taken into his confidence
and his home pair of adventurers, to
one of whom he intends to marry his
daughter Sylvia. but she has fallen in
love with Lyons, the man who owns
Broadway" and. with the assistance of
her brother Tom. the two lovers sue
ceed in outwitting their adversaries
and bringing the elder Bridwell to his
senses, SO that all ends as 1t should.
This story is unfolded during the three
acts with many clever lines, comic sit
uattons and seventeen catchy musical
numbers. A feature will be THE Evo-
luton of the Dance" in which Mr. Pru-
cite and Miss Bauer. with the chorus,
will illustrate the progress Of ballroom
dances from the minuet to the tango
and other dances of today.
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B'FKEITHy

Nora Bayes. the popular topical
singer. will be the star heading the
ten-feature bill at the B. F. Keith
Theater this week. Miss Bayes, who
alternates between musical comedy
and vaudeville. London and New York.
was the special attraction with Maid
in America" and the star of Little
Miss Fix1t.' prominent in the Zieg-
field 'Follies,' and on the Keith cir
cult she is one of the great drawing
cards. When Nine. Calve fell ill at
keith's here last February Nora Bayes
was called upon to fill the vacancy.
In appreciation of her help volunteered
on that occasion the Keith manage
present week. Included in her new
repertoire is "Hicki Hoi." one of the
seasons most tuneful songs, and added
to her fresh offerings are all of her
old favorites, which she stands ready
10 sing upon request Donald Graniard
assists at the piano. The added at
traction will be the six Water Lilies"
sensational feature of the New York
Hippodrome's recent water carnival
The water pool is hidden in big
scenic production which introduces a
series of beautiful feats of swimming
and diving. Other attractions include
Walter LIE Roy. Emily Lytton and COM
pany in "Neighbors." a comedy by
June McSree. lave hramer ana
George Morton. burnt cork comedians,
as Two Funny Black Dots; Johnny
Dooley and Yvette Rugel. the Okuras,
human foot ball and pedestal bouncers:
Leo Beers. post-prandial wit: Meeha n g
days. including his famous leaping
greyhounds: the pipe organ recitals
and the Pathe weekly news pictorial
Today's vaudeville concerts at and
SIS pm. will offer The Spring Fash
ion Show of 1915" and all the other
acts in last weeks bill At the matinee
the electrical scoreboard will show the
game between the Washingtons and
st. Louis at st. Louis today without
additional cost
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Polly of the Circus

Margaret Mayc's charming little COM
edy of the sawdust ring, Polly of the
Circus" will be the offering of the Poll
PLAYERS next week. 1t was in this play
that Mabel Talaferro first achieved
stellar honors. when it was produced for
the first time on any stage at the Ma
tional Theater in this city. The piece
ran all season at the Liberty Theater.
New York and the next fall it was sent
on tour with Edith Taliaferro. Mabefs
younger sister. as the star.
The story concerns "A young bareback
rider. who is painfully injured by a
fall from her horse while the tent show
is giving performance in a little town
where the church people think that tu
attend a circus is a sin. The injured
rider is brought to the home of a young
minister, and it is there that she is
nursed back to health and happiness.
The clergyman falls in love with the
circus girl. and she with him. but their
romance is not one of undisturbed tran
quillity. for the people of the congrega-
ton are Indignant about the affair. and
it is only after MANY dramatic incidents
that the story ends happily.
During the action of the play genuine
one-ring circus IS presented on the stage,
with acrobatic. Juggling. trapeze and
horseback-riding acts.
The play will be elaborately staged.
and will be one of the most pretentious
offerings of the year.
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Crandall's.

big photoplay feature is promised
today at Crandall's Theater in the fifth
drama of the who Pays?" series, entitled
Unto Herself Alone" Tomorrow and
Tuesday Annette Kellermann. in the pic
torial triumph. "Neptune.s daughter" a
thrilling fantasy of the deep sea in seven
parts. is scheduled. Its scenes were all
taken in the Bermuda Islands. Wednes-
days and Thursdays film feature will be
Princess Romanoff," based upon Vic
torien Sardou's drama. Fedora" with
Nance O'Neil in the title role. Friday
and Saturday Emily Stevens will be
shown in the story of the world of make
believe. entitled Cora" a photoplay in five
parts. with scenes taken in Paris and New
York. Green's Orchestra and the pipe
organ recitals will be additional features
Next weeks photoplay features include
the sixth of the Who Pays" series, en-
titled Houses of Glass" "The Middle
man. with Albert Chevalier and Jane
Gail; The Clemenceau Case" and
Princess Romanoff"
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Towns That Resist Flames.

HE cities and towns of Belgium ana
northern France do not burn eastl,
This reflection must have come to near
ly everybody who follows the news
from the main battle region of western
Europe. Cities and villages that have
been frequently under bombardment by
larger cannon and faster firing cannon
and greater numbers of cannon tina IN
have ever before been used in war, sur
vive though preached and battered, but
they do not burn. In some cities whole
districts have been crushed and crum-
pied by artillery fire, but flames start
ed in a hundred different spots have
not swept the place of the map. Most
American towns, If subjected to such
an ordeal. would be but a pile of Gin
ders. a black scar on the landscape
Where villages have been burned in
the western fighting area, 1t has been
necessary, SO say the accounts, to set
fire to the place house by house. The
interior woodwork goes up in flames,
but stout stone or brick walls, tile
roofs and other things have prevented
the spread of the flames from house TO
house and from quarter to quarter.
There is a lesson for America in the
comparatively non-inflammable towns
of Europe.
Evening star., 1915-05-16
Cosmos.

A program Of varied vaudeville Offer
ings. some of them OF the headline
type and some real fun novelties, 10
announced for the Cosmos Theater this
week. headed by the famous little
"Haberdashery Girls" with Harrington
Reynolds. tho clever little lingerie
drummer. and her corps of fashion
beauties In neat little comedy, in
which gowns are a feature with the
fun. Gardner. Vincent and company
will present their laughing travesty in
three big stage pictures. with lots of
fun mingled with songs and panto-
mime. entitled "A Trip to the Moon"
Ezra Kendall the younger, with a
graceful and accomplished partner.
will offer a song and dancing revue.
while GaYney and Bell will be seen in
their "all-comedy melange of mirth.
music. songs and snappy sauciness."
and the famous Dancing Stares. sensa-
tional dancers. featured in the Winter
Garden revue, will offer terpsichorean
surprise, introducing their famous
staircase waltz" The added attrac-
tions will include the Hearst -Selig
news pictures in motion. q series of
laughable photoplay comedies and, on
game days. after the first matinee. the
electrical score boards detailed story
Of the various plays and score of the
game In which the Nationals appear
away from home. Todays game Is
scheduled at st. Louis.
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"The Mikado."

For the fifth week of the season OF
musical comedy and comic opera at
the New National Theater the Aborns
will present THE Mikado."
For more than a dozen years no sea-
son by the organization of Messrs
Milton and Sargent Aborn has been
complete without presentation OF
this delightful comic opera by Gilbert
and Sullivan.
Many favorites will be seen in their
old roles. the cast selected including
Phil Branson as the Mikado. Albert
Parr as Nanki-Poo. Frank Deshon as
ko-Ko. George Shields as Pool Bah.
Richard Bum as Pish-Tush, Helena
Morrill,. Edith Bradford and Mabel An
drews as the three sisters and Jayne
Herbert as katisha as the principals.
The story of the opera is familiar,
and every music lover admits weak
ness for the score and a half of num-
bers that make The Mikado" one of
the gems of light opera.
An elaborate stage setting up to the
standard set during the preceding
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II ~Mc cMe
SPOTLIGHT

A new play is to be presented in Lon
don called The Sister-in- Law"
Two companies will be on tour with
Experience next season.
THE White Feather is to be seen in
Chicago this spring.
Bernard Granville is to start next sea-
son in He Comes Up Smiling"
An allegorical play has been produced
in Cincinnati called "Everychild"
Brandon lyman is to appear with
James K. Hackett in The Man in Re
quest"
THE Law of the Land" with Julia
Dean and George Fawcett in the cast.
has closed its tour
Charles Richman Is to appear in a
picturized version of Cyrus Townsend
Brady's play. Heights of Hazard"
Elizabeth Brice and Charles King are
to be with Lew Fields when he puts on
Hands Up"
Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayheld will
shortly join the Shubert production, "A
Day in Paradise"
'Beverley's Balance" with Margaret
Anglin in the leading role, closed its
engagement in New York last night
Next season the Keith management
promises fashion shows for spring.
summer and fall, three times year. and
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POLLS

Green Stockings" A. f. W. Mason's
clever play which provided Miss Mar
garet Anglin with the greatest comedy
role she has ever had, will be the Of
fering of the Poll Players this week
Maud Gilbert will enact the stellar part
and Albert Roscoe will be seen in the
leading male role, which was created
in the original production by H.
Reeves-Smith.
The title Of this comedy is derived
from an ancient English custom which
stipulates that the oldest unmarried
sister of a family shall wear green
younger member of the family. When
the play begins Celia Faraday has just
been forced to wear green stockings
for the second time, both her younger
sisters having found husbands" The
family regards Celia with pity and
considers that she is doomed to per-
petual spinsterhood Celia, who is
really very charming young woman
would have numerous admirers but for
the fact that everybody has come to
maid.
She finally rebels and in order to re-
lieve the situation informs the family
that she is really desperately in love
and engaged to be married-but that
her fiance has just sailed for Somali-
land to join his regiment. The family
Is thrown into wild excitement and all the
young men who learn of the romantic en-
gagement Immediately recognize Celia 8
undeniable charms. She becomes the
center of interest and solicitude. The
younger members of the family de-
mand to know all about Celias sweet
heart and they also want to read the
first letter that she writes to her SOL
dier lover. Celia does send Off such a
letter. addressing il to Col. Smith.
Somaliland" By strange trick of
fate this letter. which Celia had in
tended to destroy. Is posted and it falls
into the hands of Col. Smith, who
upon his return to England seeks the
writer and discovers Celia But in
the meantime Celia has found it neces-
sary to kill off" her imaginary lover
by inserting a death notice in the Lon
don Times. The real Col. Smith. how
ever. appears on the scene with his own
death notice in his hands. From this
point the complications are highly d.
verting and the love story moves swift
ly with many flashes of wit between
the two young people who are destined
to succumb to each others destinations
Green Stockings" is an ideal summer
entertainment
Evening star., 1915-05-16
Garden.

An exclusive photograph production,
entitled The Juggernaut," featuring
Earle Williams and Anita Stewart, will
be the attraction at Moore's Garden
Theater from today until Wednesday.
inclusive. 1t is a story of modern life,
and concerns a railroad president, who
manipulates his company's stock for
his own benefit, and allows the road to
SO deteriorate that serious accidents
are every day occurrences. He is being
prosecuted by the district attorney, and
has urgent need for certain documents
locked in the safe of his country
residence. He telegraphed his dauch-
ter to bring them to him, but her
automobile being broken down she is
forced to take a train on her fathers
Evening star., 1915-05-16
Strand.

Harold Lockwood viii be seen In ph"
toplay Of THE Lure of the Mask ~
Moore's Strand Theater today and To-
morrow. The story possesses powef-
ful plot Others in the picture are In
ing Cummings. Elsie Jane Wilson and
Hal Clements. Tuesday and Wednesday
the feature photoplay will be Eltnor
Gates Doc" The story was written bv
the same author as THE Poor Little
Rich Girl" and the leading roles are en-
acted by Cyril Chadwick. Regina Roberts
and Sydney Seward. The remainder OF
the week will be given over to the frs,
exclusive showing Of MANS Witness.
featuring Florence La Badie and Sidney
Bracey. A novelty in connection with the
program will he the showing Of farce
comedies three days In advance OF their
general release dates. Auxiliary features
for the week include other photoplays
the Topical Review and musical accom-
paniments by the orchestra.
Evening star., 1915-05-16
GAINED RENOWN THROUGH
LINCOLN FUNERAL, PHOTOS

H1HE great American traeedy-the
assassination of Lincoln. the
murderous assault on Secretary
Seward and others. the pursuit of the
assassins. the conspiracy trial" and
the quadruple hanging at the Wash
ington arsenal-has been given ex-
tensive space in the American press be-
cause of the f1ftieth anniversary of the
death and funeral of Lincoln, the kill
ing of John Wilkes Booth and other
episodes in that terrible drama.
Many of the reviews of the events
of April and May. 1865. have gone at con-
siderable length into the funeral of
Lincoln. The remains of the muir
dered President lay in state in the
rotunda of the Capitol from April 10
until the morning of April 81. The
funeral train left Washington for
Springfield. Ill. at o'clock in the
morning of the aforementioned date.
At Baltimore the citizens were given
an opportunity to look upon the face
of the national hero and martyr. Har-
risburg was the next stop. and there
the body was viewed by thousands of
mourners in the state capitol. From
Harrisburg the funeral train Travelled
to Philadelphia. and Lincoln's body
rested in state in Independence Hall.
From Philadelphia the cortage pro-
ceeded to New York, where obsequies
were held, and after leaving New York
the funeral train made stops at West
Point, Albany, Buffalo. Cleveland. Co
lumbus, Indianapolis and Chicago and
reached Springfield May 3. The inter-
ment took place the next day.
Many of the scenes in connection with
the funeral procession from Washing
ton to Springfield and scenes attendant
upon the committal to the tomb have
been preserved in Photographic form,
and this fact recalls the name of
photographer who. though never as
well known as Brady, the photog-
rapher." yet who for two or three years
following the ASA ssina ton was n con-
spicuous character and figure. He was
a curious man and but for him there
probably would have been no authentic
There were few photographers in those
days and very few out-of-doors
photographers. The art of ready re-
production of photographs by news
papers was not known.
The name of this photographer was
Ridgway Glover. He has been called
''the pioneer of stereoscopic photog-
raphy." He lived for a good part of
the time in Philadelphia. He was an
educated man. but of an inconstant and
restless disposition, and seemed only
to have worked when the pressure or
necessity was upon him.
Directly after the assa ssination
great many pictures appeared of scenes
in Washington-the crime in Ford's |
the death-bed of the President.
the attack on Secretary Seward and
other things. These were sketches !
made, as rule, by very skillful artists. |
who drew the pictures from such in |
formatio as they could obtain. |
Ridgway Glover conceived the idea of |
making photographs of the funeral |
scenes. and coming over to Washington |
from Philadelphia made a number of
of scenes in Washington |
and at ell the places where the funeral
train stopped. At Springfield he COW 1
ered' the funeral pictorially.
Such a proceeding as this would be
the expected and commonplace today /
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Dangerous Revenge.

6eNT cry little talk is heard among
the allies now about debating
terms of peace IN Berlin" said Repre-
sentative Bartholdt at a German -Amef-
ican banquet in Chicago
THE allies realize that to get to Be-
lin would be as dangerous a game as
Daft Hanks revenge.
Daft Hank once helped himself 10 a
wheelbarrow load of fertilizer belong
ing to Farmer Husk. The farmer.
therefore. had him looked up for ten
days. Daft Hank. when he got out.
said to the general storekeeper:
Well. I've found out a way to get
even with old Corn Husk for lockfn. me
up.
"'Yesr said tho storekseper, as he
drew the cheese back out of Hank
reach.
Yes said Hank. I'm goin' to catch
mad dog and put II IN among his
cows"
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weeks of tho season will be provided,
and the musical director will be John
r. BritZ.
"Girl Of NV Dreams"
Xal|Rfh

THE Girl of My Dreams" will be the
attraction at the Columbia Theater next
week
The musical play had wonderful
vogue when originally presented, and
for the Columbia Musical Comedy Com
pany it will be staged with an idealism
that should mark it as a notable of a
long list of productions to be made at
the Columbia Theater. The book and
lyrics are by Wilbur D. Nesbit and Otto
Hauerbach, while the music is by Karl
Hoschna. a composer of note.
THE Girl of My Dreams" scintillates
with bright dialogue and enhancing
melodies.
Scenic Artist Squires Is preparing a
series of fne stage displays for this
production.
There will be the usual Thursday and
Saturday popular-priced matinees.