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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04
REQ Adds Four and One
Half Acres to Large Plant

II you happen to be passing
through Lansing on the Grand Trunk
railroad you will likely get the i'm
preston of a new city in the build
ing.
The REQ automobile factories are
directly opposite the Grand Trunk
station in that thriving city, and the
numerous additions that are being
made to the factory give an impress
sion similar to that mentioned above.
las a matter of fact" says Mr..
Scott, vice-president and general
manager of the REQ Motor Car Com
pany, in his modest way, I'VE are not
adding so much to the factory-prob-
ably not more than eight or ten acres
in ALL"
Those walls" indicating by a ges-
ture an enclosure that would COM
pare favorably with the Yale Bowl,
Enclose what will be the new REQ
truck plant. That does not belong to
the REQ Motor Car Company-it is an
entirely separate concern, although
manned by the same executives"
I'VE are enclosing within those
walls a little over four and one-half
acres, but (again in his modest way)
that will be only one-story build
| ing. 1t is of modern saw tooth roof
construction, with plenty of light and
air for the workmen, and so arranged
| that the heavy parts, such as go into
motor trucks, will not have to be ele-
waited"
THE floors. by the way, will be of
concrete block and / think the con-
| tractor said it required some 10000
square yards of blocks to cover it,
That would be, let's see. how many
! square feet?-oh, WELL figures aren't
| interesting anyway"
Leading the way a couple of blocks
to the East, Mr.. Scott indicated an
other plot that looked like an acre
made for still another addition to the
REQ plant.
This will be used mainly for the
| storage plant. where we hope if we
| can ever catch up with the immediate
/ demand, to carry a few cars over win
| ter for some of our dealers who like
| to buy them in the Fall and hold
/ them against the Spring demand, but
who have not the storage capacity to
do so. We constructed a similar
building last year but never managed
| to get car into it. Before we realized
1t we had it full of machinery and
had increased the factory capacity by
that much. We are now trying il
again, and wondering to what real
use this building will be put. Looks
as If there would be no chance to get
car in it this year at least"
At another point Mr.. Scott indicated
where streets we're being closed and
utilized for railroad sidings inasmuch
| as the REQ Company now owns sew
eral adjoining blocks and the streets
are useless for any other purpose.
| Between the new motor truck plant
and the main machinery building is
| still another enormous tract of land
| just being enclosed by steel frame and
brick walls as rapidly as men can do
| so. This explained the general
| manager. lis to be used as a ware
house for incoming materials. One
of the reasons for our getting behind
in deliveries this season was our in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04
Thrilling Trip in a
Dodge Brothers Car

The Toledo News-Bee prints an in
teresting story of a thrilling trip
made by Adam Nolk, of the papers
delivery department, in carrying eN-
tras to the towns adjacent to Toledo
after the recent election in that city.
The trip was made in 4 Dodge
Brothers motor car and the News Bee
enthusiastically describes the trip as
follows:
''Nolk left the News-Bee with sew
cral thousand papers at 2:30 a. m.
Driving at full speed he made Maui
NEE in the record time of II minutes
(about seven mileS.) He passed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04

that fills your system and of the wind
that puts a complexion on cheeks that
had none before. Occasionally the
goggles are the only means enabling
the roadhouse man and the hotel
keeper to distinguish the motorist
from the rest of humanity and it is
often said that some of our most eX-
elusive hotels would hesitate to turn
away fairly well-dressed vagabond
for fear that he might be a wealthy
motorist. That, of course, may be
good deal of an eXaggeration, but the
fact is that the new motorist soon
learns how much fun there really is
in going out and becoming saturated
with the dust of mother earth and
then to wash up again.
Gwen milady of fastidious taste
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04

gradually comes to the conclusion
that it is well to discard the hitherto.
inevitable box of cold cream, the pow
der puff and various other aids 10
Identification and to appear more like
her male companion, like a genuine
motorist. Everyone who has had
the good fortune to observe the crowds
of motorists at the big races--and this
statement includes the feminine ele-
ment as well-how they camp on the
ground or bunk in their cars, rough
ing it in the full sense of the word,
must have realized that there are joys
of automobiling quite apart from the
mere eXhilaration afforded by rapid
motion, and health giving advantages
to which our unfortunate brother, the
nonmotorist, is q total stranger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04

Jersey City, North Baltimore and Van
Buren and arriving in Findlay in one
hour and % minutes (almost 80 miles
of night driving over country roads)
Between Findlay and Tifin, Volk
encountered a bridge that was closed
for repairs. To avoid an Is miles de-
tour he took TO an open field, climbed
onto the right of way of the Tiffin and
Fostoria Electric Railway and crossed
on a 500 feet trestle. Clear of the
bridge he ran down the embankment
and through a corn field to reach the
road.
Returning to Toledo Voll exam
| ined the Dodge Brothers car thor
oughly and found it absolutely unin-
jured by the wild ride through the
country"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04
Electric Starters on Trucks
Just as Essential

When the electric starter had been
developed and perfected it became rec
ognized as a necessary adjunct to q
pleasure car. but few considered II
necessary to apply them to motor
trucks.
They seemed to reason about this
way:
way. and IL won't hurt him to do r
little cranking.
The REQ Folk were the first to dis
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

that the stock presentation Of Mr..
Hughes piece will be identical with
that seen here in the original.
The story Of Excuse Ne" concerns
the adventures Of q motley group or
travellers, including q young army
lieutenant and his bride-to-be; q sad
visaged salesman who pours out a
tale Of woe to every listener; the
travelling salesman's dashing wife.
who is on her way to Reno with di-
vorce designs: a man-hater ana .
woman hater who suddenly fall in
love; a thick-headed Englishman, and
a ubiquitous Pullman car porter.
A. H. Van Buren, will be seen .n
the role of the army lieutenant and
Miss Rittenhouse will enact the bride.
while Mark Kent will have the rich
comedy role Of the Pullman car por-
ter. Other members Of the Poll COM
pany will BE- congenially cast.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
TO MAKE AUDIENCE
PART OF ACTING

Richard ordynski. theatrical pro-
ducer of Berlin and Moscow. who has
collaborated with Gertrude Hoffman
in her production OF "Sumurun," says
that his mission is to bring public
and players into more intimate re-
lationship, to make the audience a
part Of the acting. by stimulating the
a perfect illusion of reality. 1t is not
enough to merely buy a ticket and
defy actors to entertain you. you
must give free rein to fancy and
yield yourself up to dreams In con-
versation behind the screens at the
Palace Theater, New York, after the
opening performance of "Sumurun,"
Director Ordynski said:
"Pantomime is the most difficult of
all stage art. The training for the
work IS long and difficult. First it is
thoroughly experienced actor In
spoken drama. All our artists In
Europe have played for years in
spoken drama before they went into PAN
tomime. Miss Hoffman is an excellect
actress and has had much experience in
drama Of speech.
We want the public not only to
work. but to act the part for us. We
regard the public something in the
light Of a subject that comes to be
hypnotized. hypnotist demands that
the influence that the hypnotist ex-
erts. Miss Hoffman and myself try
to appeal to the imagination Of the
audiences SO strongly. IL possible. that
they will forget they are in o play
house and for the time being imagine
they are spectators Of some happen
ings in real life"
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
MISS MCCARTHY TO
OPEN IN WASHINGTON

The tour Of George Bernard shaw's
'Androcles and the Lion" and Anatole
Frances one-act comedy. The Man Who
Married Dumb Wife" which will be
under the direction Of Lillah Mccarthy.
Granville Barker and Percy Burton. will
open on October II in this city, instead
of Montreal Montreal and Toronto,
which were to have been the fyf cities
to see Barker's productions Sdtside OF
New York City, will not be visited until
January. The tour will extend as far
west ~ Kansas City and includes all the
important Eastern cities Lillah McCar-
thy, c. p. Hogsie and practically the en-
tire original cast will be seen on tour
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
8i)l=
WMson
GeygW

Watson as the star. He is presenting
two burlettas. "Krausmeyer's Alley"
which Is known from coast to coast, and
The Bashful Venus" Mr. Watson is
seen in his familiar character Of Philip.
His chief aid is Frank Bambard, consid-
cred one Of the best Irish comedians in
vaudeville today. Besides these two
stars the cast contains the names Of
Jean Leighton. prina donna; Violet
Pearl, a gymnastic souhrette; Billy Nee
han, Kathryn Pearl, Annette Walker,
and . chorus Of young women who can
sing and dance the intricate numbers
presented. One Of the features with the
Billy Watson Beef Trust Company will
be the dancing number of Billy Meehan
and Violet Pearl, entitled Society a
terpeichorean novelty with French dres-
sing and Oriental sauce.
Manager Harry Jarboe announces that
the performance given by the Rosey
Posey Girls last week will be given to-
day without any changes. The produc-
ton 10 SO arranged that its performance
will come well within the Sunday regu-
lat1ons. Harry Bently is the featured
comedian and viii be ably assisted by q
cast Of well-known artists.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
rri..vir.te to Dissolve.

Donald Brian. Julia sanderson and
Joseph Cawthorne arc to 60 their sew
sral ways after brief season In The
Gin from Utah" in which they appeared
last season. Gossip has it that Brian Is
to Be managed BY Oliver Morosco and be
starred in "sybil," Hungarian operetta.
by the Frohman company. but ~ ''oybif'
cannot Be produced before II 70 seen In
England and the war y handicap to
its presentation there, the American pre-
miere 10 uncertain. Meanwhile. musi-
cal comedy may Be written for Niss SAM
derSon's immediate use
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
BbssElL. .E!!moe~
F0LlS
T1IIS'

York vaudeville managers frequently
put on these surprise acts, and Manager
Fosse Is preparing the same sort of a
surprise for Casino patrons.
WilliamS and Cady, successors to Rice
and Cady. that latter-day combination
that recalled Weber and Fields In their
prime, is a headline feature. These COM
edians have a new line of comedy.
Gwinne and Gassett are to appear in .
rural comedy act. The Assina students.
q group Of Spanish singers who were
formerly favorite troubadours on the con-
tinent will be an added attraction.
De Leon and Orma, in six Feet of
Comedy" and the Five Martells. cyclists,
round out a bill that will be supplement-
ed by a feature motion picture.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
Cosmos-VaudeviI1e.

A singing and dancing revue. The
Frolics Of 1915" presented by an all now
cast Of entertainers with featured crea.
tions from artistic modistes, will be the
leading attraction Of the Cosmos bill this
week. It IL . show Of variegated colors
and style. songs and terpsiehorean feat
tures. Laughter will be provided in the
farce. THE Booking omcs." which will
be presented by the Five BraSdon Far
ceurs. Brooks and Harris will offer q
number Of specialties In . high-comedy
setting; Nick Castano and Harry Nell
son. q blend of song and comedy; Ten
uey and Gould are billed for . musical
act. The added attractions will include
the Hearst-selis pictures and series Of
photoplays.
A new bill for the last half Of the week
win b presented at the Thursday mat
ineee,
suppe's 'Piaue Dame" overture. Bsrni-
aux's Bunch Of Roses." Dslibes'
.'Naila." valse lente; Rubsnstein's "Kam-
menoi Ostrow." Ra6's "Cavattna," :"
Dance Of the Hours." from Penchielli's .
ia oioconda:" Trinkhaus' idyil. 'Ro-
nance Of the Rome" and many other Sc
lse3ians win Be included in the coneert
proGrom e the concerts today. Besi0eo
tbs ORCHESTRAL program. number Of spe-
cialties and photoplays VIII enter into
The entsfta1nment.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
THE CURRENT WEEK.
Belasco-"The Only Girl.o


The Only Girl" will be offered at the
Belasco Theater. opening its regular sea-
son tomorrow evening. under the man.
agement Of Joe Weber. The book Of
The Only Girl" is by Henry Blossom.
the music by Victor Herbert. and it was
staged under the direction Of Fred G..
Latham.
Its story concerns young man
about town who is a successful au-
thor and is engaged in writing the
libretto of a new comic opera and
who suddenly discovers that he is IN
need Of a composer to furnish the
music for the work he has in hand.
He is in despair of finding one when
he accidentally hears the strains Of
an air floating through the open WIN
dow of his apartment. 1t is discover
ed that this music comes from the
nat just over his own, and he hastily
sends his servant to make an appoint
ment with the player as he believes
the theme to be just suited to his
purpose Judge Of his surprise ana
dismay when he finds that the COM
poser is a young girl, for he is 4
Confirmed woman hater. At frst he
dismisses the thought Of collaborat-
ing with any one Of the feminine sex.
but in sheer desperation he arranges
to work with her on the new opera,
but not until he stipulates that their
dealings shall be wholly Of . busi-
ness nature and that she is to be
treated just as though she were .
man This arrangement is all right.
but does not work out in practice,
and he soon falls desperately in love
with the fair composer.
The Only Girl" not only contains
an interesting story, but 1t 10 said to
be replete with good lines. humorous
situations and witty lyrics. while Vic
tor Herbert has furnished q score that
has been much praised. The cast NJ
cludes Edna Munsey. Leona Stevens.
Elsie Baird, Genevieve Houghton, Re-
gina Richards. Janet McIlwayne.
FRANKLIN Farnum. Russell Lennon.
Frank Coombs. Alfred Fisher. and
Tom Burton. There 10 to be an aug
mentsd orchestra. the membsrs Of the
latter having been selected by Mr.
Herbert, who will personally direct
the opening performances.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

the vitality Of a performance, and
that distinction which he never fails
to impart to any role entrusted to his
hands.
These very qualifications as they
were impressed upon me brought
with them degree of curisoity and
interest concerning Mr.. Van Buren's
obvious preference for stock when his
gifts are of just that peculiar quality
to command Broadway idolarty.
So to settle the why's and where
fores Of the matter I betook myself
back stage" and piled question or
two
why do you do it," I asked, for
getting that tthe leading man of the
Poll Company had not been following
my trend of thought as had sat
watching his performance.
He radiated the patience of mar
tyr in his interrogating smile, for he
had been having a strenuous time Of
it waging his war to uphold the play
wright's principles and was in no
mood for even the appearance of a
flippaney.
why do I stick to stock?" he
unused more as if he were asking the
, question of himself.
II have established a reputation as
a stock star. / like stock because it
is sure. There is none of this busi-
ness of expending weeks of strength
upon production that must take its
chance at public favor-likely fail
financially and be sent to the store
rooms, in which case there begins
again the search for an engagement,
maybe idleness for months until a
suitable role can be found-rehear-
sails all over again on another un-
certainty, with all its accompanying
| nervous strain.
"1n piling up my reputation as
stock star l have builded so surely
and so permanently that / can now
command a salary equal that of al
most any star in the producing field,
and what is more to the point can
command it as long as 1 wish"
THAT proves it," l exclaimed.
Proves WHAT" questioned the nom
plussed actor.
THAT you deserve the reputation
you have of possessing more busi-
ness astuteness than any actor in the
business"
Nonsense" he laughed, and imme-
diately made an unsuccessful attempt
to prove an alibi.
So just oust any little idea you may
have entertained when seeing Mr..
Van Buren emote all over the Poll
stage that he has woven his life out
of lot of dream stuff, for he pos
sesses that combination of artistic
temperament and praeticability so
rarely found in one of his profession.
A one-time Washingtonian now re-
siding in New York waited into my
Office one day last week on a heat
wave, and unburdened his receptive
young brain of all the theatrical Cos
sip it had been aeeumulating for
months.
Carefully sorting his budget of
news I find an item that interests,
even though it conforms to the laws
of publication.
During the run Of Hands Up" at
the Forty-fourth Street Theater, New
York. some Washington folk who
had drifted into the playhouse were
suddenly caught in the act of gaspins
their astonishment when they beheld
transmigrated from the smart set of
the Nations Capital to the chorus Of
a musical comedy none other than
Zounie Maury. Marie Newton, and
Stewart Gilmore.
Shocking. eh. what?
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
Poli'-sExcuse Me-"

The Poll Players are to Be seen to-
morrow in one Of the most novel COM
edy offerings Of recent years. It 10
Rupert Hughss' farce Excuse Ne"
which had its arst performance on
any stage IN this city sevsrsl year,
ago.
The stage settings for ''Cxcuse Me-
are unique, all the action taking place
ON board . vestibuls Pullman tram
bound from Chicago to San Francisco.
90 elaborate and intricate are the
stAgs settings for this play that the
Poll management found tt eevisable
70 purchase the entire or1G1nel eeenic
prsaucetsn from Henry ". eaxAGA =
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
casine-vasAsville.

Tor the second week Of the Casino
Thsatsr's nswiy inaugursteA reason Of
vauAsviIle Manager Louis J. Fosse has
arraneed . eoodiy array Of acts.
M headlinef = 10 b . ''surp9fee aet." "
Thio announeenenf may - . novelty to
WAsAAAgtsa tAsatsegoers Dut n New
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
Ketth,s-Gertrude Holman.

Gertrude Hoffman in "Sumurun. -
the wordless play with music. will De
the headline Offering at Keith's this
week "Sumurun" was written by
Frederic Fresca from The Arabian
Nights" and originally staged BY
Max Reinhardt 1t made sensation
in Berlin. Paris, London and New
York. Miss Hoffman's version in eight
scenes lasts over an hour. It was
staged by Richard ordynski. . dis
ciple and associate Of Reinhardt. Miss
Hoffman 10 cast as The Beautiful
Slave Of Fatal Enchantment" and Ar.
ordynski acts the unhappy hunch-
back. A large cast Of pantomfmic ac-
tors and actresses are employed m
the action. To these are added an
augmented symphony orchestra under
the direction Of Max Honmann. as
sisted by c. Frederick Clark OF the
local corps. The music 10 BY Victor
Hollandasn. Bizarre feature are The
footlights and orchestra; The Sheik's
Palace" The Oriental Bazaar" and
'sThe Harem Bath" Contrasting COM
edy will be found in the remaining
numbers Of the bill. the leading stsl-
lar act being Wilson Mi5ner's start
ling comedy 'Ships That Pass In he
Night" Others are Nae Melville.
Chauncey Monroe and Company; the
Misses Lightner, and Newton Ajax.
andsr; Binns and Bert the Enghsh
comedians. and the usual Keith add
tions.
Two concerts will b given today
and the bill will present David Bis
pham. wilbur Mack. ana Nena Walk
Or. williams and Wolfus. the honey.
boy minstrsls, Bancroft ana 1rookl
". J. kslly. Sammy Weston. ana eid.
nsy Clare: Robert and Bsa vsrers. the
pipe organ rscitals ana the Faths mo-
ton pictures.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

company under the management of Joseph
until last
Henry Blossom by Joe
Weber to the lifting strains of Victor Herberts music
"The Only Girl"
Everybody liked this bit Of fenny who ped The Only
Man from his bheohood Everybody enjoyed the tangled
THE Only Girls
udous disturbances before Mr.
Herbert stuck his finger the pie for the creating musical
then the ensemble with and clever plot htehed
TO Herbert seore
Kilbourne Gordon suggestion pov-wow
last week David Bpha exactly what he termed a grand
da"-he o
For Mr. Bspham isn't usual and hour with him last Wed
nesday of the delightful ever spent.
of it with the feeling that had interested time
Mr. Bipham destiny would have been under occult
everything happening happen ought
Only fairy but leaves of the life book of
possessed of peculiar psychic power
life work for Mr. Bsphams early studies
confined ooo until twenty when London he found
himself what he should
when pnhe board under spriuastc control directed him
y means OF writing 10 enter the no sns
and what roles should be studied So
The SEQUEL to this direction Of his proved the
Mr. Bpham offered
opportunity
that
a followed
Being pessor experience
decision
classic drama written by Hugo Muller about 1860 thyv
were, be
this founded the between the
ded
st ~ hd ~ .his w its ss h t .s g ~ d ~ Nh ,r Inv 80 -. | n
should his from drama through this medium
Although isn't be complete for the Beethoven
half that the singer
has arranged miscellaneous be the form
He offer the double bill for of special performances
New York prior to going en- tour
fora of gossip
Players oodes of things generally
As example certain Beau Bumme rushing desk one
day last week, grnnng sheepihly
"Wen:" questioned
Miss Rt,enhouse isn't she splendid" he burst out
penetrated
as much as an with ts. charm, Of her nerformne. Wont Won ,d m
IF agreeable and husband don't replied.
Whereupon caller who all but fell of the
lying every per-
fornane eh asked the completely labergasted gentleman
Cupid seemed have picked for
suspect that Briggs the tot
Mrs Cushins comedy ey
side the world of make believe now did you
Daley al quite natty chap he
isn't visualizng fossil
play acting
bune You'd never imagine when reviewing the splendid fuhmen.
actor doesn't wan, to BE- an actor and isn't e t e.1s @ h an
for indication is that he a
boot But it: because he can't help himself.
By natural gift education and he
already climbing particular
foohod when game of and
his undergo
operations and his drawing tem-mabe for
Some kind friends with himl
New York production when
do anything aland that's how
inclined fataEsm
strengthen the belief that have mighty little
tinies after all is said and
One during the Rngme hands
Of the Poll Company little wonders wiggd
watching H. Van
technical skill strong
human touch which bespks that understanding Necessity M
The Washington herald., 1915-09-12

oayetye-Dflly watse.'s Beef Tssse.
What promises to b the BIG event Of
the huriesaue season Will occur af TIE
ooyssy this week. when Besf Trust Buy
WatSoa ana Ms Big 0iriie Show wa
uaka NJ appearaace here, with 8aay