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''Snuffy, the Cabman.'

The funniest comedian in American bur-
lesque is promised at the Gayety Theater
next week-Dave Marion. with his
own big burlesque company, in snuff
the Cabman." The piece is in two
acts. The songs are special compost
tions by Mr.. Marion, who at one time
was successful song writer and pub
Usher, and are of the popular tango
ish" rhythm. The production is spec
tacular. electrically embellished and
contains many surprises of stagecraft.
The costumes were designed by Mr..
Marion and his wife. One of the fea-
lures is Marion's original recitations.
which have long been famous in bur
lesque- Marions '''girlies" are sadi to
represent the true poetry of motion.
Several specialties of the unusual kind
are introduced.
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Culp-de Gogorza Recital Tuesday.

One of the musical treats of the season
is promised in the joint recital of Julia
Culp and Emilio de Gogorza at the New
Nationala q Theater Thursday afternoon.
Julia Culp's fame as leder singer from
the Land of Dikes." is recognized in
Washington.
Mr.. de Gogorzas successes as a bari
tone in the concert and recital field have
given him high rank in the world Of
music.
Nine. Culp's selection of numbers will
include group of songs by Brahms a
group by Carpenter: wind Song" and
'The Star" by Rogers; "Morgen and
Traum durch die Dammerung." by
Strauss. and .'Heimweh." by Hugo Wolf
Mr. de Gogorza VIII sing Mozart's Ser
enade. Gluck's aid de Thoas"; Alvarez )
"El Calesa' and "Canto del Presidiano" ::
Elgars THE Pipes of Pan: Bruno
Huhn's ''1nvictus," and others. A feature
will be the Accomplishments of Mr.
Coenraad Boe.
The recital will be under the local man.
agement OF T. Arthur Smith
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pretentious double bill. consisting OF The
Legend of Leonora" and The Ladies
Shakespeare
First in Importance is The Legend OF
long play from the Barrie pen since
What Every Woman Knows" Thr
heroine of this work is composite of
many women She is w!llful and "a
railway car IL his death. Leonora was
in the car with her little girl. who
had a sniffy cold. The day was raw and
man insisted on keeping the window
open. Upon his refusing 70 shut the
window Leonora simply pushed him out
of the car. She felt she was within
her rights in protecting the health ~
her child and could not understand WHY
any fuss was made in the matter The
humor IS not in the tragic event. bu
in the trial OF Leoncra for her rss'E
act. This trial is delight ully amusing
travesty. The role 70 Leonora is one
of the best that Miss Adams has had
THE Ladies' Shakespeare the ono
act play which follows the longer work
is announced as being one woman
reading of a notor6Is work called The
Tanning O. the Shrew.' edited by J. NJ
Barrie" There are three scenes with a
of the old comedy is retained barrie has
so edited Shakespeare's play that kath-
crime turns the tables on Petruchio and
It is he who is tanned. The double bill
will be given at the evening perform
ances.
A play pleasantly remembered is also
to be revived. 1t IL Quality Street"
one of the early Barrie successes which
came directly after 1.-The Little Min
lister" 1t will be recalled as telling n
charming story in which the prtncipa
figures are Phoebe Throssel and Or. Val
entine Brown. In revirinC the play a
the matinees Miss Adams is carrying
out a plan that she has used for some
| time. The company supporting Miss
Adams is large and well balanced
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Keith's Next Week.

Next week At the E. +. Keith Theater
the vaudeville attractions will include
George Macrarlane, the English singer.
formerly in The Midnight Girl" Sam
Chip and Mary Marble in n new Hol-
landish musical comedy of song and
dialect; Stuart Barnes. monologist:
Grace De Mar. singing comedienne /;
b. A. Rolfe's new musical production
The Lonesome Lassies," with a large
company of comedians and pretty girls
the Arnaut Brothers, gymnastic violin
lists. Coaklay. Hanvey and Dunlevy.
minstrel comedians: Martin and
Fabrini, the dancers. and others.
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ers from the south. whose Offering in
cludes also touch of comedy, some
new and striking songs and dash of
thrilling dances: Robyns and Lyons, in
a travesty-burlesque of the modern
"drahma." entitled Mine O'Clock on
the Bridge" and Hazel Moran, a breezy
western girl, who claims to hold her
own against all comers in performing
amazing tricks with the lariat In ad-
dition will be shown at every per-
formance selected series of higher
grade photoplays. with the famous
Hearst-Selig weekly news pictures in
motion. showing views of the war zone
abroad.
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Philadelphia Orchestra Tuesday.

The Philadelphia Orchestra, at 4:3O
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, at the New
National Theater, will give it's second
concert of the season in Washington.
Alma Gluck, the noted soprano Of the
Metropolitan opera company of New
York, will be the soloist, and her pro-
gram will include Blondina s aria from
I'll Seraglio," by Mozart, and the aria
"Casta Diva" from Norma by Bel
lini Few of the great singers are
more in demand in the concert field
than Nine Gluck. who in single sea-
son rose to a position of first, magni-
tude. winning during her first engage
ment in one of the leading opera houses
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Lamasure Opera Lecture.

Mrs. Mignon Ulke Lamasure. in her
opera lecture-recital tomorrow after
noon at 4:45 O'Clock at the Comstock
studio, 1910 New York avenue. will
have an epoch-making masterpiece for
her subject in Claude Debussy's Pei
leas and Melisande.' an opera of the
ultra modern French school. This
beautiful music-drama set to Maeter-
linck's remarkable love story bears no
resemblance to any other opera.
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he was forthwith taken to a military
hospital. He was not searched, he says,
nor subjected to indignities; in fact, he
received kindlier treatment than was to
be expected under the circumstances
But for four days. until he succeeded
in getting word of his predicament to
Ambassador Gerard. he was kept in
confinement. With the cooperation of
the ambassador, he was finally per-
mitted to depart His cameras were
confiscated, although be was permitted
TO retain what pictures he had taken.
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pany will appear with Miss Starr. In
cluding Jerome Patrick, Frank Reicher.
Edward Donnelly. Henry Vogel, Paul
Stanley, Alphonse Either, Edward Wald-
man. Charles w. Kaufman, Robert Rob
son, Marie Wainwright. Harriet Otls
Dellenbaugh. Ada c. Nevil. Alice Mar
tin, Sally Williams, Mildred Dean. Amy
Fitzpatrick. Mary Green, Mona Murray
and Alice Carroll.
Mr.. Belasco will be on hand to per-
sonally supervise the initial production
here tomorrow night.
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A GIRLS FIRST KISS.-"During my
experience as an actress" says Miss
Frances Starr, "I have been called upon
to give and take pretty nearly every
kind of kiss. And not just stage
Kisses either. For character to De
real. must do real things on the stage
Just as would be done in actual me
But the first time that it ever has
been allotted to me to receive IN
Characterization on the stage. hrst
kiss is in the title role OF MARIE
Odile"
The character of Marie-Odlle' SIX
teen-year-old novice in convent Is
the sweetest, purest. most innocent anu
altogether charming role that Will
have played during my entire career
This Young girl, who never has seen
Inv of the world beyond the inner
courtyard of the convent, naturally is
entirely innocent. The only men she
mas ever laid eyes on have been Father
Fisher the good and venerable priest
,sho comes to the convent to lead the
listers in prayer and old Ieter, the
bent and wrinkled gardener.
"Rut with her maidenly intuition.
Iarie-O.ile thinks that there must be
-ounger men, men. for instance, like
Inc nicture of Saint Michael. in The
recess of the convent hail with ms
-.ming sword and. later. when Il
striking young soldier enters the con-
vent, for IL is wartime. she not "hiy
-ees ~ young man for the first time,
.,1tF she receives her first kIss-dnd.
she, likes it, ., ,os,
eiifficufE bit of stage business ever
Rave had to do. Think of IT. TO give eN-
precision to an innocent girls hrst KISS.
and in keeping with the wonderful
spirituality of the character
When i began rshearsng The Case
Of Becky a few seasons back one OF
the. first things Mr.. Belasco impressed
upon me was the necessity OF my CIV
Nlgsspecial study to the scene IN winch
Dorothy gives her Iong-lost father first
Kiss. AS Mr.. Belasco pointed out to me,
that kiss represented the very emotional
climax of the play. 1t was necessary
I've told me. to make that kiss signify
all the tenderness and pent-up feeling OF
a young girl who had never before known
her father. That kiss. which ! gave him
as he folded me in his arms at the end
Of that intense third act. was, i am
frank to say. the most difficult kiss
ever had to learn.
"How did / learn it? Perhaps it may
in the learning i now am able to kiss as
| believe little Marie-Odile would in real
life. Well, l learned it from nature. Al
Mr.. Belascos suggestion. l haunNed rail
way stations the summer before De play
was produced and watched young school
girls greeting their fathers as they dis
embarked from trains. | also took FIRE.
quent trips to the steamship piers. any
place, in fact, where j could study ant
observe this particular variety of kiss.
so, for the entirely innocent kiss o
Marketable l have had to recall to nn6
some of those sweet girl graduate
iisses / saw smacked in the railroad
terminal. and to instill into it the won
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"The Little Cafe. :"

A week from tomorrow night klaw
& Erlanger will present their nam
moth. musical comedy success. THE
Little Cafe at the Columbia Theater,
promising the same production that
was offered recently at the New Am
sterdam Theater, New York city. and
the company of over 100 people VIII
be intact. The Little Cafe WAS writ
ten by V. NJ. S. Mcclellan with musi'
by Ivan Caryll. author and composer.
respectively. of The PINK Lady" and
"Oh! Oh! Delphine." Many captivating
songs abound in the score.
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terful feeling Mr. Knoblauch's beautiful
play exerts over me-

RED HAIR ECoNoMICAL.-'My hair
- red" says Miss Billie Burke. And.
-sides I'm glad 7 have red hair. Any
.nman ought to be. 1t is economical.
+ oh, ] know very we'll that isn't the
way a lot of red haired women look at
it. But they ought to.
Il was very much amused the other
day: when a nice little girl from a
newspaper came to interview me. AS
she was going she kept looking at my
me something and was a bit afraid. At
last I asked her what it was.
why. Miss Burke said she. I'D
like to know what color you want me
to say your hair is.
We'll said ], lots of people think
they please me by saying that 1 have
auburn hair or Titan tresses or some
thing like that, but. as matter of
fact. my hair is red and I'm proud of
it. SO please say it is red
And that is honestly the way / feel
about it. Have you seen that big
poster they have of me this season
The one showing a great mop of hair?
Some one. who wanted to be funny,
said it looked like the picture of one
of the standard Oil Company's tanks
in blaze. Maybe it does. but doesn't
it stand out? Why, you can see that
red hair a mile.
But you Wantsto know why say 1t
IS economical to have red hair. 1t is
because woman with red hair can
dress on smaller income than either
a brunette or blonde can. You see
there are only a Few colors she can
wear ana sh' ooesh nave TO nave so
ntans dresses ana She can get along
WIN ever mats anu other accessories.
Lor Whatever goes with one of her
oLtsSes IS pretty sure to suit the others
sue mas, 700. lhen she doesn't have to
"edi olhdhl.nts. fier RED hair IS the
pIe touch Oh color sne needs TO set
lei OIL.
PICTURE TAKING IN WARTIME
The experience of f. NJ Newman. the
+r,,al ,act,r.r !, por,;
49,, aoo,,oa ,a.. ,''
i"a' summer " DIS not the
nrst time thls intrepid seeker after un-
usual pictures had come into conflict
with military authorities as a result of
-, VI
'aniea III iof of"iuoeh places.
ne previous instance occurred in
fort Artnur, shortly after the opening
OF hostliities between Russia and
Japan. Mr. newman was making a
tour OF the world and the ship on
Whicn ne was a passenger entered the
Russian port after many days at sea.
None on board knew OF the turn af-
lairs had taken In the Russo-Jap con-
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GHxE7X

At the Gayety Theater this week, be-
ginning with a matinee tomorrow aft
ernoon, Charles Waldron's "Trocadero
Burlesquers" will appear in The Leg
end of the Ring" new two-act musi-
cal comedy by Frank Finney.
"The Legend of the Ring" recounts
the misfortunes which befall a young
man, who, upon his wedding day. re-
ceiyes a ring the stone setting of
Evening star., 1915-01-17
Cosmos Concerts Today.

Tschaikowsky's "Song Without
Words" Adams overture, "If l Were
King" Bibgood's descriptive, "A Motor
Ride" selections from Sullivan's
"Iolanthe;" Popy's valse lente. "Poud-
ree;" the Wallace 'Lurline" overture;
Lansing's intermezzo, Rye Reel" and
other beautiful selections of high
class, yet popular, will be included in
the orchestral program at the Cosmos
Theater concerts today from to 1880
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Christab bel Pankhurst January "a.

Miss Christobol Pankhurst. who was
to have lectured at the Belasco Thea
ter this afternoon. has graciously post
poned her lecture on "Internations
Militancy" until q week from today. in
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of the world a success that most great
artists required years to achieve
Leopold Stokowski, who will again
direct the orchestra. has already estab-
lished himself one of the most bril-
liant conductors in the musical world.
Evening star., 1915-01-17

CST what is to be the outcome or
the merging of the booking in
terests of klaw & Erlanger and
the Shuberts is still a topic with
those interested in the local
theatrical situation. The present out
!ook serves but little as guide to
what Washington may expect in the
future 1t is authoritatively stated
hat the Columbia Theater manage
nent has a four-year contract with
Klaw e. Erlanger to supply it with at
fractions and that recent assurance has
been received that this contract is to
be carried out in good faith.
ess>SY 5: = :
On tire other hand. David Belasco is
where several of his greatest produc-
a Knoblauch play. the first. perhaps.
that has ever been produced in this
country, with the added eclat of Miss
Frances Starr in a new and beautifui
role. Many are hoping this foreshadows
future plans of the great producer to
make the theater which bears his name
a producing center, "a consummatlon
devoutly to be wished" Washington is
not only partial to Mr.. Belasco, but
il has furnished every real production
made by him here with a passport to
success.
No, even the widest dreamcrs have
suggested that Washington's famous
theatrical standby, the New National.
is in the slightest danger of being COM
pelled to withdraw it's boast of being
the home of the greatest foreign and
American productions. No one would
pay the slightest attention to such
suggestion, because of it's utter impos-
sibility of verification. The National
Theater has been associated for so
many generations with all that is best
in theatrical effort that the public 1t
self would revolt at any movement
looking to its suppression Besides
there is not the slightest dangen OF IT,
:. i, =
A New York hint deals with the pos
sibility that in cities where there are
competing houses" new circuit may
be formed for a special line OF attrac-
tions at lower prices. But what Is the
use of guessing? Washington in the
end will get what 1t is willing TO pay
for, and 1t will not pay for what 1t
does not want. Such astute managers
as Klaw G. Erlanger and the shuoerts
know this beyond question.
4 X
II To-day failed to prove popular
attraction the past week it was not
because of its lack of strength as a
play. or because 1t was not presented
by a company that fully met its de-
mands In every particular. 1t was
probab bly, the suggestion of the morbid
theme and the gruesome tragedy that
sent its audiences away with shud-
lar of horror in times when all the
world that Is not at war is whistling
20 keep up the semblance of peace and
happiness. Not all playgoers want to
zee a murder, no matter how well acteo.
Potash and Perlmutter may not
nave lifted the intellectual standard OF
the drama to a high level, but 1t served
TO convey a pleasant lesson. and 1t did
make those who saw it laugh ana
laugh heartily. After all that is one
of the biggest elements of success
People will pardon crudity in con-
struction, and even shortcomings in
presentation, IL a play has the where
with to scatter the clouds of care and
worry with the sunshine of genuine
laughter.
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liam II. Sans. Thomas Reynolds. Ed
win Rurch and Arthur Hurley
Matinees will be given Wednesday
and Saturday, as usual.
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b'FKEITHy

The B. F. Keith Theater this week
will present Arthur Prince of London,
Evening star., 1915-01-17

p.m., at which new specialties and
other forms of entertainment are pro-
vided.
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which is stolen from the eye Of an
idol in a temple at Cawnpore. India,
and upon which curse has been
placed. The mishaps are of comedy.
however. and they result in the final
happiness for the possessor of the ring
and his bride. Frank Finney. who plays
the principal comedy role. Is supported
by George S. Banks. Dorothy Clark,
late prima donna of a Broadway mu-
sical show: John P. Griffith. Minnie
Burke. Rose Dupree, Belle Millette and
Ernest Fisher. The scene Of the first
act is laid in Newport and the second
act shows a setting at Cawnpore. India,
giving opportunity for lavish oriental
scenery and costuming. Harry L. AL
ford composed the music of the piece.
which is said to be original through
out. feature is the "Bostonian Flirt-
ing Chorus" which is in evidence
throughout the entire play and assists
in sixteen big musical numbers Sew
eral unique vaudeville numbers are
also promised. The added attraction is
the country store and poultry show
Friday night.
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Cosmos.

A notable bill OF all new acts to
Washington, each of them with an es-
tablished merit, is promised at the
Cosmos Theater this week. headed by
Emily Smiley and the noted Smiley
Players. in a tabloid adaptation of a
well known play of the legitimate
stage, famous for it's punch" but in
the smaller version, entitled "One
Woman's Way" A second act of real
worth. a foreign feature forced to
America by reason of existing condi-
tions abroad, will be the Malvern
Comiques, in a pantomimic farce of
grotesque. acrobatic novelty, entitled
The Rough-House Village" which in
PRODUCES a number Of pleasing innova-
tions. Rose Enkel, a violinist of real
merit. who prefers to present her high
grade selections in an eccentric way;
the Carolina Duo of singing entertain
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POLLS

Maggie Pepper. Charles kiein's
clever comedy, in which Rose Stahl ap-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13
gnaIand,a primato,g RegIdeneo.

Lambeth palace can show specimens of almost every style of architecture which has prevailed since 1190.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13
PETERSON WILL BE
 OFF RUN FOR MONTH

The harbor boat Peterson made a trip to skagway today, which will probably be her last for a month or six weeks. She will be taken to Juneau next Thursday for inspec- ton, returning to Fort Seward the following saturday. shortly after this she will be taken to Juneau and there go into dry dock where she will be given 8 thorough oyer hauling. This will probably take month. .tr'I
 On today's trip, segt. Perry and wife. of Company A, sergt and mFs. Cherwinsh of Company A. and sergt. Jerolamen, were passen- gers for skagway. Miss Una Jer- olameu, who has been visiting width Mrs. J. P. Sommers at Log Cabin will return on the train tonight and leave for home at the post.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13
RUBY 00 NAY
 FROM ARCTIC
tContlnued from page I.)


 patches received from the command CT of the Snohomish it was ex- plaincd that the Ruby would be talk un to Port Angeles.
 Stefansson and his party were found on Bailey island by the Seat tie power schooner Polar Bear, and tho news taken to Herschel island by Capt. Louis Lane, master of the vessel Capt. COttle, of the Ruby, was advised that steCansson and his 1nen were alive and he was the first to tell Nome and the outside world of the whereabouts of the party of explorers.
 The Ruby has been at Bethel, on the KuskOkwim river. Nome, St. Michael, Teller, Point Barrow and Herschel island. The vessel de- livered a cargo of supplies to the Hudson Bay company's station on HsrscheI island and called at Dutch Harbor and Akutan on the way to Seattle. The Ruby has a cargo of whale oil and fertilizer She is expected in Seattle today.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13
NOTICE TO
 TAXPAYERS

The assessment books of all taxable property in the town of Skagway, for the year 1915, are now iu my hands, and taxes levied upon same are now due and payable.
 Taxes upon PemOnaS property will become delinquent on the last day of November, 1915, at D. n. Taxes upon Real property will become delinquent on the last day of February, 1918, at 6 p. m., and unless such taxes are paid upon both real and personal property on Or before date of delinquency, 20 per cent penalty will be added thereto and interest charged at the rate of eight per cent per annum. All taxes payable at the office of tho Town Treasurer, at U. g. Court House, Skagway.
 MARTIN CONWAY,
 ToWR Treasurer,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13
A Definition.

Debate-An argument or word battle of a formal nature, engaged in by two or more people, iD which each tries to ronviuce the other that he Is wrong, but only succeeds in convincing him self more firmly that he Is right-Lifs.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13
WINTERS MEAT
 F0R DAWSON
CContiuued from page 1.)

Continued from page 1)
 Hibbert, who was with MT. Jones' har the toughest luck reported. MT. Hilbert was in the midst of a herd with scores of the big fellows around him, when the first cart ridge iammed in his rifle, and he could net fire a shot. After Harry got through he turned his rifle over to Mir. Hibbert, but It will re- Quire some tall sDrinting for the parsou nimrod to catch the quarry,
 McLaren was out with his rig and brought back game shot by a number of hunters. It made a wag- On-load.
 The caribou were about fifteen miles out yesterday, and had start cd back the other way after having found the Yukon river could not be crossed. ....
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13

winter was nine degrees above zero. During the past summer the mer- eurv reached the hundred point sev- araI times and went as high as 1O4
 5u the shade. Miss Myhres states .ha. Alaska is a great country for vegetables, and that they grow very tus: aud large. During the summer seasoa the weather is hot and there is almost constant light, and vegeta- uCu does not stop to rest during the night, but keeps on growing all the time. Boats are constantly tray cling forth and back from Seattle and Canadian ports tC Skagway and sometimes there are several a day sacl way. Mail service is good and the Tribune reaches Skagway just 0ue week after pubHcatiou.-Yolga s. D) Tribune.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13
FACE DISFIGURED
 WITH PIMPLES
And BIaCkheads. ItChed and Burned
 Used Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment, First Treatment Great Relief, Soon Completely Healed.

Las PIumas, Callf--" For about 0 year I was troubled with blacllheads and pimples and my face was just dishgured. The
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-13
: UJ Tribune.

MOther-Freddie. come right in the house and wash your face this instant
 Freddie-Aw, ma. if I do that all the companyu want to kiss me.-Pitts- burgh Press.