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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
Belasco-"A Pair of SKIES"

Edward Peple's delightful farce. "A
Pair of Sixes.'' will come to the Belasco
Theater next week. beginning Monday
matinee.
In the cast provided by H. ii. FraZee
are Ralph Herr. in the leading role of
Nettleton; Mark Smith, lone Bright.
Ethel Jackson. Marion Balou. Richie
Ling. Stanhope Wheatcroft. jr.. Mary
Harper. Walter Allen. Robert Smiley.
Edward Mack and many other famous
farceurs.
The fun begins in the New York Office
of the Eureka Digestive PHI Company.
of which George B. Nettlcton Ralph
Herz) and T. Boggs John Mark SMITH
are equal partners.
In everything that should combine for
harmony they fail to agree. each assert
ing his right to conduct the business as
senior partner. Their lawyer. sum-
moned to arrange a separation. fails to
provide an acceptable business diSSolu-
ton. and so he proposes a game of show
down poker. in which the winner shall
conduct the business unmolested by the
as the others servant during that period.
The proposition is reduced to legal YER
biage and the cards are dealt
The dismay of the loser. who is ordered
to serve butler in his partners
home. aggravated throughout the two
acts when the wife. sweet
heart. stenographer and finally the Eng
lish houscmaid all become involved in
struggle to disentangle an arrangement
which legally provides forfeits. fines and
other penalties for any infraction of the
covenants in the contract, develop the
farcical situations:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
At the Theaters Next Week,
NatiOnal-Julia SaudersOn,

Charles Frohman will offer his unique
three star constellation composed of
Julia SandersOn. Donald Brian and JO-
seph Cawthorn at the National Theatre
all next week in the sensational musical
comedy success. The Girl From Utah"
The three stars come here direct from
their long runs i'm New York, Boston and
Philadelphia and Washington is one of
the six cities only, that will be played
by THE Girl From Utah" as the tour is
exceedingly limited owing to the fact
that Mr.. Frohman can present these
stars in conjunction this season only.
The Girl From Utah was originally a
London Gaiety Show and its book is by
James T. Tanner and music by Paul
Rubens and Jerome Kern. The Score
contains a number of hits, the most IA
nous of which is THE Same Sort of
Girl sung by Miss Sanderson and MIR.
Brian. The cast includes in addition to
the three stars Venita Fitzhugh, Renee
Reel. Queenie Vassar. George Bishop.
Cfssie Sewall, Walter Wills. Michael
Mathews and Clara Eckstrom.
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keith's-NaudeyiIle.

Joan Sawyer. the beautiful dancer.
originator of the Fox Trot and other
popular steps. who shares honors in New
York with the Castles. will lie seen for
the first time here at the r. F. Keith
theatre next week. She viii be support
ed by Nigel Barrie and George Har-
court and her own Persian Garden Or
chestra, in The Fires of Life" spec
tacular dance series. Trixie Friganza.
the hoydenish coincidence with F. r.
Carman and Jimmie Fox lending first
fun-aid. will return in her funniest de-
coction of tomfoolery called "Bromides -
a cure for crouch in its tertiary stages
Another star will be Marie Nordstrom.
who is Mrs. Henry +. Dixey, former
lead of Bought and Paid For making
her debut in her native city. i'm Bits of
Acting" by her sister, Frances Nord-
strom.
Other luminaries will he Manuel Quir-
oga. Eva Condor and Jack Devereaux.
Ernest r. Ball. the Australian Tree Fell
lers. the Woods and Woods trio the pop
ular pipe organ recitals and the Pathe
weekly news pictorial.
Next Sunday the vaudeville concerts
at and s:l5 p. M. will offer Eva Tan
quay and all other attractions compris-
ing the current weeks noteworthy pro-
gram.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
POIi's-..The Big Idea"

One of the cleverest plays of the cur
rent theatrical season in New York will
be the Offering of the Poll Players next
week. when THE Big Idea will he given
its first performance in stock. This
breezy modern comedy is from the pens
of A. +. Thomas, author of THE Rain
bow and Clayton Hamilton. the distn-
Cuished dramatic critic.
The play is "a play within a play" In
the first act n brilliant young dramatist
is scheminG to commit suicide in such
way that his death may seem accidental
SO that his father may be able to collect
the oOG0 life insurance. which will make
good a shortage in the parents hank aC-
count. Just as the dramatist has decided
on a plan of death the heroine enters
with the suggestion that instead of kill
ing himself he write a play about his sit
uation and sell the play for the necessary
S2o.0o1. The remainder of the play shows
how this big idea" develops 1t is an
play. and there are lots Of unique
and gripping situations in il. IT should
prove a most effective stock production.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
COam Os-N audeyiIlc,

For the last half of the week, be-
ginning at the Thursday matinees. the
new bill at the Cosmos Theater will
present. in addition to Nine. Doree's
operate bellies and beaus. in their mu-
steal act de luxe. Alice Tojetti and Hal
Bennett. Broadway dancing stars, in
"Reve d'Amour." terpsichorean story
ranging from a barefoot classic to the
latest dancing fad of the day. Brooks
and Abbott. lauGhable comedians, will
offer the newest in the line of song
parodies. comical repartee and merry
nonsense; the DE Wolf Duo, singers
and instrumentalists. will give features
of the latest Broadway Cabarets, and
the Great Ducro. an exhibition of aerial
contortions. with another act to be an
nOunced in the program. In addition
to the Pathe Weekly. with its world
news in pictures. an extraordinary film
attraction will present Charles Chap
lin in the two reel Essanay comedy.
His Night Out
Sundays orchestral program will be
a musical feature at the special con-
certs THAI run from to 1890 p. m, and
present new specialties and other at
fractions.
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Column bia-Thr I. :. Navy up-tO-
they inute,

Most of us are SO much absorbed in
our own environment and vocations that
we have only the faintest conception of
activities in other spheres. such as. for
instance. naval life. Our daily lives are
SO far removed from the decks of dread
noughts and superdreadnouGhts that
Lyman H. Howe's reproduction of the
United States navy of 1915 at the Column
bia Theatcr next week. with matinee
daily. comes as an Illuminating revela-
ton. II was secured by authority of the
Secretary OF the Navy. Mr.. Josephus
Daniels and with the hearty cooperation
of the commanders and officers of our
new navy. How thorough and searching
this reproduction is may well be realized
from the fact that Mr.. Howe's photogra-
pliers devoted two years to the task.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18

The Dainty Darlings will be the at
traction at the ajestic this week
commencing with Il special Monday
matinee. The company contains a
cast of forty clever entertainers. J.
Thee Murphy. the chief comedian, is
known as a fun-maker in all of the
big attractions in which he has ap-
peared. The Dainty Darlings' show is
real burlesque show and is to be
relied on for an abundance of good
songs as well for pretty girls
costumes, and scenery. Wednesday
evening is the big championship
wrestling night. Friday evening is
amateur wrestling. Tuesday evening.
waltzing contest; Thursday evening,
amateurs: Saturday evening", surprise
night. Sunday concert every Sunday
evening at Sis at popular prices.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
DRIVE NEUTRALS FROM ALSACE

London. Feb. E.-Accordnc to dis
patches from Berne Germany has I'M
tremendously driven out of AIsace Lor-
raine not only Swiss subjects. but Span
iards and every one else. regardless of
nationality. who is suspected of pro-
French sentiments
Many Spanish merchants residing in
Muelhaus"n and vicinity have been OBJ
liged to leave their homes which are
now being occupied 10y German officers
and soldiers
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18

China" Mr.. Sherman said last night.
Sun Vat Sen, himself the product of a
mission school, said:
Men say that l am responsible for
the revolution. | do not deny the charge.
but where did the idea of the revolution
come from? 1t came because from ny
earliest years l have associated with the
missionaries of Europe and America, and
they put the ideas OF freedom and justice
in nv heart
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
CHRISTIANITY CAUSED UPRISING
Missionary Quotes Chinese Leader
on Start of ReyOlutiOn

Rev. Arthur Mason Sherman. who has
been a missionary in China for fourteen
years. arrived in Washington last night
and VIII speak this evening at the Epis-
copal missionary mass meeting to be held
at Memorial Continental Hall
AT this meeting Mr.. Sherman ~ ex-
pected to tell of some of his experiences
IN, far-off China. Bishop Harding Is t.
pfeside. and the full Marine Band will
accompany big choir from seven Of
the Episcopal churches of the city The
other speakers will be Rev. Ethelbert
Talbot. d. D.. bishop of Bethlehem. Pa,
and Rev. William Cabell Brown, ID. d,
bishop coadjutor of Virginia.
''Christianity in China is indirectly re-
sponsible for the late revolution in
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
CRsinO-S0udeyiIle.

General Hanback," one of the live
Hest of military musical farces, will
be presented at the Casino Theater
next week by the Baldwin Musical
Comedy Company of fifteen ten of
them girls who are specialists in sing
ing and dancing. headed by Eddie
Baldwin, Pearl Reid, y. S. Lange,
Charles Crafts and Pearl Burns, all
clever specialists. with new scenery.
new costumes and many new faces
in the chorus ranks. Among the
other attractions will be the family
of Jules Levy. the once famous cor
netist. and Baby Ann Suter, who re-
turns to Washington full fiedged
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
Gayety-''GirIs of the Moulin Rouge

The Girls of the Moulin Rouge" in
Bernard and Zeisler's big burlesque
musical comedy entitled In Wrong
and The Rajah Bum. will be the at
traction at the Gayety Theater next
week. The comedy OF Frank Burt and
Hughie Bernard the two principal
comedians. is excellent. and the two
farces are promised to provoke laugh
ter all the time the stars are on the
stage. Miss Laura Houston. the dainty
little wild fire soubrette is with the
show. and will be seen in her quaint
way of putting over her many songs.
Others in the cast are Miss Amy Allyn.
George Martin. Walter Vernon. Flossie
McCloud, and one of the best singing
and dancing choruses of twenty-five
young and pretty girls shown here this
season. The patrons of newer bur-
lesque. who seek legitimate musical
comedy with song and comedy that is
fast and furious. and yet clean, crisp
and classy. will be pleased.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
E1me N DORIS Traveltalk.

Tomorrow afternoon at 40 o'clock
Dwight Elmendorf. noted traveller and
lecturer. will give the first of his series
of traveltalks a the New National The
alter. The subject for the first lecture
will be Around the World Through tine
Panama Canal showing scenes all
along this new route through the Seven
Seas.
In this, Mr.. Elmendorf's newest lee
ture. which is presented for the first time
on any platform views will be shown of
the Azores. Madeira. Gibraltar, Port
Said. the Suez Canal. India. Burma,
Penang, Java. Singapore. Hong Kong,
Canton. the Hawaiian Islands and the
Panama Canal as it looks fully complet-
ed.
The subject for the second lecture
next week. will be Around the Medi-
terranean.'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
LAWYERS MAY FILE PROTEST.
Contention that Salary Basis for
Auditor Is Unjust,

Attorneys of the city yesterday hint
ed objections to the system whereby
fees formerly given to Auditor Dent.
of the District, will. under the salary
basis established for the office. revert
to the Treasury.
The United States. the attorneys
claim. should not profit by litigation.
and what revenues there are above the
expenses of conducting the office of
auditor. they contend. should be given
to litiEants. Under a salary system.
the lawyers would have a basis of fees
fixed SO that litigants will pay only
the bare cost of operation.
Arizona in 1872 produced 35O.ooo. 900
pounds of copper
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
The Philadelphia Orch estra.

At the New National Theater next
Tuesday afternoon the famous Philadel-
phia Orchestra will give its third and
last concert of the season The occasion
will be made notable by the appearance
as soloist of Nine. Olga Samaroff, the
famous pianist, who will play Tschai-
kowskfs First Concerto in b fiat minor.
As usual Leopold Stokowski will wielo
the baton. and he has selected for the
Washington concert the following num-
bers: Beethoven's Symphony No. s." c
minor, opp. s.. and the overture to wag-
ner's die Meistersinger.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
SCOPE OF TRADE BODY
EXPLAINED BY DAVIES
Commissioner of Corporations Ad-
dresses New York Merchants Asso-
citation on Trade Commission Law.

New York. Feb. I7.-For tin. first
time the plans and Scop" OF the new
Federal Trade Commission were cN-
planned here today ny Joseph T..
Davies. United States Commissioner of
Corporations. who SpOk" before the
Merchants Association OF New York.
Although tn" trade commission law
was one of tn" most important meas
Hrcs oil the administration program.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18

MI Il. X. Baumgardt opened his
series OF illustrated talks at the Be
iasco last Sunday with two lectures
which met with a more than cordial
reception from his audience. In the
AFTERNOON he told of "Pompeii, the
CITY OF the Dead" and chose Sweden
ana the Swedes' as the subject of his
evening appearance. There are to be
SIX more lectures in the series-an
afternoon and an evening one each
sunday until March Z. The matinee
next Sunday will be on Rome, and
in the evening Mr.. Baumgardt will
depict st. Petersburg, or, as it is now
called, Petrograd
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
EDUCATIONAL,
Kills Wildcat as Big as Goat.

Bay Minette. Ark. Feb. Tx. r.
White. one of the leading hunters of
this vicinity. is exhibiting a mammoth
bobcat which he killed several days ago
about five miles southeast of town. The
animal is almost 3s large as a goat
and is noted as one of the fiercest of
the wild animals yet in the woods of
this country. The animal has been prey
ing on the smaller animals in the vicin-
ity of the White home. and when chase
was made the hunter and dogs were able
to capture it. The fur is very pretty,
and it is highly priced by the owner
Greece is starting extensive citrus fruit
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
Fris. krei.ier At the National.

Fritz kreisler. the great violinist. will
give his last recital in Washington this
season next Friday afternoon. February
10. in the National Theafer At 40. Frits
kreisler today stands unQuestioned the
foremost violinist Of our time. the su-
prenne master. whom the public. lay and
professional alike, delight to honor. That
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18

professional with fine reputation
as juvenile entertainer The country
store will be an added attraction
every night except Sunday night and
at every performance specially select
ed comedies will be shown.
The Sunday concert from to 1890
will present new features of enter
tainment and a good orchestral pro-
gram.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18
HOFFMAN, and Damro.ch at CoIumbi

with the greatest of pianists, Josef
Hofmann. as solist. and Walter Dam
rosch. conducting the final orchestral
concert of the season by the Symphony
society of New York at the Columbia
Iheater next Wednesday evening. start
ing promptly at 4:3O O'Clock, tho event
Is certain to be one of the highest musi-
cal Importance. Starting with Weber's
overture to .'Oberon" and running
through the Haydn Symphony In Mill
taire and the st. Francis Preaching to
the Birds Hiszp. which complete the
first part. the great orchestra Of over
ninety men will be heard to the very best
advantage. The second part will open
with Chopin's Concerto in + minor for
piano and orchestra. with Mr.. Hofmann
at the keyboard. will include Wagner's
study Tristan violin solo by Alexander
Saslarsky) and will terminate with the
weird Ride of the Valkyries," by the
same composer.
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kreisler mas Deen spared rs inc cause Of
universal rejoicing. A capacity audience
will greet this great artist on Friday.
This recital Is under the local manage
ment of Mrs. Wilson Greene.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-18

Greece is starting extensive citrus fruit
growing.
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"Hoeke" Rugs Belov Cost

We mean that these Rugs are genuine Hoe
prices quoted are less than actual cost. We woul
carry this stock over to another season.
You may rely upon the truth of 'Hoeke" S
tiles, and bargains you cannot equal elsewhere.
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swarms of men, thousands upon
thousands of men, streets full of men,
men well within the age limits of
your demand. Here is army after
army for you. Why don't you take
them?
Why not? Well, this is why not.
4istIess, nerVeIess, dulI-eyed, with
hollow chests, palIid faces, scraWny
forms-What! Will you make SOL
diers of these? Once, years ago, the
recruiters tried that experiment with
results we'll known in the secret his
tory of the army. They will not try
it again.
Traditionally, the British yoeman
was the strongest man of his inches
that went in shoe leather. While the
nation slept on this tradition a pro-
found revolution had taken place.
Up to 1849 the country had been
largely agricultural When the Corn
Laws were repealed she ceased to be
agricultural and developed into the
greatest manufacturing nation in the
world.
A vast army of producers gradually
exchanged agricultural employment
for life in the back alleys, dark courts,
sub-ceIIars and attics of the crowded
manufacturing cities.
Also, they exchanged open air life
for the grinding monotony of mills,
the fresh air of the fields for the
stencheS of Slums, and the rough,
hearty farm fare for tea, salt fish and
jam.
The second and third generations
under tense conditions furnish those
strange beings that, inert and hope
lessly inefficient, now live and swarm
in the most repulsive regions of every
British city.
They represent the price that Eng
land is paying for her neglect of her
less fortunate.
They are not alone feeble in body,
but equally feeble in mind. If YOU
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race of men apart and with only the
rudiments of human intelligence. You
would find, for instance, that some of
them seem to have forgotten how to
laugh, that they have almost no
knowledge of passing events and the
world about them, that they barely
know there is a war. You would find
that by day they creep out of their
holes and by night creep back again
like some dreadful animal! You would
find that to get something to eat and
to find some place to sleep constitute
for these children of God and breth-
rem of yours the horizon of life.
1t is horrible fact that in London
the underfed and the illfed are in a
majority-after all these centuries of
civilization, here in Civilizations CEN
ter. If you were to go attentively
along any of the streets you would
see how true this is. The proportion
of young men most plainly ill-nour-
ished and proportion of young men
revealing the stigma of degeneracy
are not less appalling.
vi IIOIIIIOISJ IL 10 uiiIOI luIldlSly
true that the mill that produced these
specters continues to operate. To this
day a very large part of the toiIing
millions never get enough to eat, in
habit gloomy or unsanitary dwellings,
work long hours at dreary employ
ments, and as a result are thin-bIood-
ed, smaII-boned and without ambi-
ton. And that is one reason why
Great Britain has no such army as
Germany's and will have none.
1t was the aftermath of Boer war
revelations that jolted the nation to
some of these facts. Nobody should
have been surprised; there had been
warnings enough. For years the un-
needed prophets had been pointing
out that the conditions to which the
majority were condemned were eat
ing out the strength of the nation.
There was no strength, thew said, in
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-08-26
Flood Stricken
Take 10 Tree Tops
Millions Lost In st. Louis County
Through Floods That Sweep
Valleys

St. Louis, Aug. 90. st. Louis
county is recovering today from the
third calamity in as many days-a
flood which cost at least twelve lives
possibly many more-destroye more
than 100000 worth of property and
made 1000 families homeless.
Twelve deaths had been reported
this morning and almost 100 persons
were listed as missing. River men
who are closely acquainted with the
situation fear the falling Of the Mer-
amec today may disclose a heavy toll
Of lives.
Equally distressing conditions pre-
vail throughout southeastern Missouri
and parts of western Illinois where
the toll less severe in the number
of lives lost, is far greater in damage
to property and crops Railroads and
telephone facilities are demoralized,
the physical damage may aggregate
$5,O00,000, and tens of thousands Of
farmers and villagers are homeless.
The Meramec river rose during the
night while thousands of campers and
picnickers slept in the club houses
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-08-26

crease the domestic output, Russias
facilities are still comparatively small
and entirely insufficient to meet the
large demands of such campaign as
is now under way. With the Baltic sea
closed to Ter vessels from without.
she has be an able to importsupp'ies
only thit coh the port of Arc'angel,
closed ~ ice during a large ~ OF
the yed., o. over the trans-Siberi,t
railroad. The attempt of the allies to
force the Dardanelles has as one OF its
great objects, tn eopening of straits
route for the assistance of Russia.
orders In the United States
Large orders have been placed in
the United States by Russia and ex.
tensive shipments have been made
from Seattle and other Pacific ports.
Japan also has forwarded war sup
plies to Russia.
Advices by the Associated Press
from Vladivostock several weeks ago
saird that great amounts OF supplies
were received there fore transporta-
ton to the Russian front. Word was
received from Toxic early this month
that Japan had stripped large coast
guns from her Notifications on the
northeastern coast and had shipped
, them to Vladivostock.
Notwithstanding this assistance the
Russian supply Of munitions has fall
en- far below the requisite amount and
fortnight ago the Russian Duma In
stituted a secret inquiry into this con-
dition of affairs. It was reported that
In this connection charges had been
brought against General w. A. SIOUX
homlinoff, who resigned as minister
of war in June.
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six per cent interest, but | was fishing
now for bigger game. I told the book.
keeper to hold back $50 week.
THE end Of the eighteenth month
found me in charge of the purchasing
department for the company and
drawing the $4,000 year. When am
fifty years old | shall have no less
than 100000 at the present schedule.
And this is a better asset in old age
than pride"