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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-04
At Movies
Tonight .

An All Around Mistake"-Kink
Baggot is perhaps the most versatile
actor on the East Coast, If not in
America. In IAN All Around Mistake"
he enacts the role of q husband who
imbibes too freely and is thrown into
jail on a charge of murder, which he
prefers against himself.
John Goody and his wife had been
married for ten years. Mrs. Goody
saw to 1t that John never got very far
out of her sight. She called him up at
his office about forty-seven times a
day, and was suspicious of his stem.
ographer. his telephone girl and even
of the panitress of the building he
worked in.
ARCADE.
George Kleine's The Spendthrift,"
founded on Porter Emerson Brownies
stage play, Contains a series of scenes
that make a subtle appeal to the fem
t1ine contingent. These are the scenes
laid in the New York establishment
OF Lucille. Ltd, Uady Duff ordon1,
the internationally celebrated modiste
These scenes were made with the d.
rect cooperation of Lady Duff Gordon,
and the models who appear clad in
several of Lucile's most bewitching
creations were selected from the bevy
OF statuesque beauties permanently
employed at the West 57th establish
Ment. Some of the most beautiful
dresses shown in the picture are worn
by Miss Irene Fenwick, who plays the
lead OF Frances Ward, the extravagant
wife Of Richard Ward, whose craze for
style leads to mischief.
The Spendthrift" at the Arcade
theatre on "Wednesday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-04
The Forum

rArticles contributed for this col.
umn must not b. In exceos a four
hundred words. The identity OF al
contr..- .ors must be Known 20 the
editor. Articles Win b printed In
the order received.1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-04
MOTHERS FIGHT AGAINST SLANG

EVANSVILLE. Ind. Oct "a cam
paign to eliminate slang has been
inauguratsd by the Fulton Avenue
Mothers School. The members have
agreed that NO slang shall be heard
around their homes.
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EATON-RIc HMOND LIN
Ownef-J. A. Banfill

RICHMOND & CENTERVIlLE
-Owner-W. Henson
Leave Richmond 100 T. m; $500 .. m; IL 100
a. M; 100 p. m. /: 100 p M; 100 p. m: p. m.
Leave Centervile- 100 a. m; 1000 .. n.s IL
noon; p. M; a p. m; 6 p. m; 8 p. m.
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his Type Of Girl-Not Too Huge Not Too Intelli-
gent and Not Too Viva cious Is in Great Demand

fifty girls who marry from my chorus
each year thirty have dimpcs Ii
dimplcs are in the knees II girls chances
are improved 100 per cent.
Even beyond all the points OF beauty,
am compelled 10 select girls according
10 their personality. What type OF
personality to which the physical de.
tails are accessory are most appealing?
There IS the innocent, ngenue type; the
Carmen, Spanish, conucttish type the
reckless. dashing type: the volatile.
sprightly, flrtatious type, and the som
brc. tragic type.
The innocent ingcnue is most
favored. should say. by 70 per cent OF
the men. That is. she has seventy-nve
chances in Il hundred against the heavy.
tragedy brunette type. We know tha;
certain graybcardcd kings have given
$4,000 necklaces TO this type and that
'hi5 hcaVy type appeals 10 Russian
counts-at least in fiction. The appeal
OF fresh innocence is most potent to the
average man. For a wild whirl of nirta.
ton some men may find n zest in pur.
suing the Carmen type. with flashing
eyes and giinting tceth-but they do not
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-19

The rules that | apply in the selection
of a chorus also govern the selection Of
principals TO a certain extent | select
principals primarily according to the ex.
cellence OF their work; nevertheless I
try To vary the types.
Into what classes Of society do the
girls OF my shows marry? | should say
ten out OF fifty marry rich men. Daisy
Virginia, OF the "Follies of 1915" met
Ford H. Keith. a rich man from London,
and was married to him last August She
left the show TO so on long honeymoon
to China and Japan. Helen Meyer. who
appeared i'll The Folles of 1914" mar
ried John i. Spear a rich man and
member OF a socially prominent Philadel-
phia family
You see they marry into all profcs-
sionS. Few ever marry men OF the
chorus. however. Among the husbands |
could mention are various classes and
professions represented Where do
most of the girls marry? In New York
should say Ave out OF those who marry
ANNUITY contract engagements while on
tho road.
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Here are a few Of the collectors other
treasures:
a viol da Gambia. made in 1911 in
Southwark, next door to Shakespeare's
Theatre.
a horr. used in the worship OF Bacchus
a century before Christ
An old English iron curfew bell.
A horn Of the Bronze Age.
All the instruments Of Nebuchadnez-
zer's band, mentioned in the book OF
Daniel.
The latter instruments do not belong
to biblical times but to the Eiizabetnan
age when the Bible was translated The
translators did not know what the origi-
nal Assyrian instruments were, so they
gave them the names Of those in a good
band Of their own time-"cornet, flute,
harp sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds OF
muSick"
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By Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.

TT has been said that matches are
made in heaven" In my professional
career as theatrical manager have
found wives for 1,44O men. If | have
been guided by any special heavenly in.
spiration do not know it.
Are these men happy? ! do not know.
Are the women whom | started on tile
voyage OF matrimony happy? ] do not
know. The fact remains-I selected
brides that appealed 10 |, +40 men, and 10
the girls who married ! should by ali
the tenets OF romance, be looked upon
as fairy godfather. For some did as
much as the fairy godmother did for
Cinderella.
Many married fabulously rich men.
From a condition OF comparative pow
erty, through me many leaped into lux
urious homes and life replete with all
luxurious appurtenanccs = footmen, but
lers, maids. automobiles, horses, prize
winning dogs.
In the olden days, so it is recorded.
certain kings found an agreeable diver
sion from the monotony OF kingship in
finding wives and husbands for court
favorites. Yet no matchmaking king
ever boasted OF a record such as mine
feel have done more in encouraging
matrimony than any other man in the
world. feel have done more in the actual
service Of finding wives for wife-seek-
Ing men, and in establishing homes, than
anyone else in the United States.
Each year ] employ about 80 girls
Each year | must find a fresh supply OF
girls Each year one.half of my choruses
are recruited anew. With few eXccp-
tions, no girl remains in my chorus more
than two years. Every two years there
is an absolute change. Now and then q
girl remains in my chorus for five or six
years, because she does some remark
able stunt, but this only proves she is not
in the class Of the others-not the prize
package some man is hastily eager to
wed. My most successful girls leave the
quickest. ! must Immediately find new
face and form as fair as the one that has
won a mans heart, and often it is not
easy. My business is like prospecting for
gold
Why do select girls for my choruses
that men will want to marry? Beauty
as you know is rare. Men will go where
they find beauty 1t is not as common as
weeds The average man does not con-
sciously know his taste for beauty. do.
Like Solomon, who had 500 wives and
gained great wisdom. |, who have en-
ployed over $3.50 girls in productions.
have gained likewise in wisdom. | have
two shows running annualy-in one
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-19
AMan Who PLAYS 600 Instruments

VV1HAT Is probably the worlds great
w est collection Of ancient musical
instruments is the property of
Rev. F. w. Galpin, an English clergy man.
1t numbers more than six hundred in
struments and what is still more remark
able, Its owner is able to render credit
able solo on each and everyone Of them.
The instruments in the collection are
grouped in families and arranged in tho
order of their development The flute
family, for instance, Includes the Nay
or ancient Egyptian flute Of type played
1000 and more years before Christ; a
nose flute OF the Fiji Islanders, blown
from the nose instead Of the mouth;
flageolets-which Pepys found mighty
pretty"-and recorders Gold English
beaked flutes, mentioned in 'Hamlet").
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-19

dict OF experience! They like EN- slim
you can put that down as standard and
established fact.
What about age? They like them
young: That is established. ! know.
knowing mems tastes. what ages do
select? From seventeen to TWENTY-FIVE.
neluom thirty. Never never forty. The
chances Of girl of twenty marrying are
ten times as great as girl of twenty-five.
and twenty times as great as those Of a
girl Of thirty. The girls in chorus must
look fresh. Made-up beauty does not
appeal. The footlights wilt and fade
A girl who does not marry in two or
three years after her first appearance
does not come in the first class of de.
sirabie wives.
The girls in my chorus must he as
fresh as the roses Of Springtime. Now
and then l employ a girl OF thirty or
more II she possesses some exceptional
talent. but it is as a professional enter.
tanner. Or it may be, in rare cases. that
she is of domestic type that appeaJs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-19
Miss Daisy Virginia-This Face
Won Millionaire from LondoI.

come enamored of rich pomcsranate lips,
five are stirred only by pale, ascetic lips
like those Of the ladies painted by
ROsetti. All girls must have good teeth
there is no deviation from this rule.
eliminate from the men 10 whom my
productions appeal the wretch who could
fall in love with woman with false
teeth. That man would not pay $50 for
a seat.
The shoulders and neck of n girl must
be perfectly proportional, according ia
her type. | never select a tall girl with
Il short neck or a short girl With Il long,
lanky neck.
Legs and feet must be altogether be-
yond criticism Not too plump, not too
thin, but including all the gradatons
within the impossible extremes. All
men admire perfect ankle. | could not
afford to employ girl. no matter how
beautiful otherwise, if her ankles were
thick, or if she were clumsy on her feet.
Nimbleness on the feet and grace in the
movements of tho arms attract the eye.
Men select wives primarily according TO
their face and feet-their attention is at
tracted by the antpoda extremes.
Certain things are impossible. may put
1t on record once and for all--bow legs,
pigeon toes or splaycd feet.
What measurement OF chest most
quickly finds a domestic nest? Excuse
me, am modest man and do rot select
beauty by the ruie and tape line.
glance is sufficient. Still modcstly may
say try to select a variation Of flowers
from the bud Of promise to the one
in opulent full bloom have never
married off n nat-chcstcd girl.
Dimples have n most potent and ire
sistible appeal. believe that of tho
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meet all demands and the girls range
in weight from % to 1875. sometimes lao
pounds. My experience has taught me
some interesting things
A girl weighing 90 to 105 pounds has
ten times the chances of marriage that
girl weighing 100 TO 135 pounds has. ~
girl weighing ITO pounds has six times
the chances of the heavier girl y girl
weighing 120 pounds has four times the
chances. The opportunity for marriage
decreases as the weight goes up. Men
prefer slim, slight slender, lightweight
girls. The most popular feminine stand
ard Of beauty is slight. The Dresden
china girl has a thousand chances iGr
marriage against the l50-pounder who
may be able to sing in opera.
There is a psychologist reason for this.
A man gaZes upon slight girl. lie
realizes, although perhaps subconscious-
ly, that she will give herself readily and
feasibly to his embrace. He can domi-
nate her Then. being small. she will
wear less clothes. Consciously the num-
Der Of yards of goods used in her dress
will not occur to him, but ii will sub
consciously. She needs less silk and
linen. That appeals. The huge woman
appals and intimdates. No man likes
the idea OF large woman sitting on his
knee. Alas, as have said, for the fat
girl!
How about height and build? ] have
said seventy-five men Of every hundred
prefer slight girl Of about five feet
four. Ten men of "a hundred admire
tall girl--of about five feet ten
should say fifteen men Of every hundred
prefer a mite OF a girl-of about four
feet ten, weighing about ninety to ninety
five pounds. But all must be young.
In selecting potential wives for my
chorus must go further than all this
further than age. height, weight color OF
hair and eyes. further than the distinc-
ton between big girls and little girls
blondes, brulettes and mediums. | must
consider all the points of beauty that
appeal to men.
Some men admire languorous black
eyes; others bright, vivacious blue eyes:
some dimple in the checks. others
dmples in the knees. While three men
OF five admire heavy arched eyebrows.
the other two prefer thin. delicate out
lines. Some men are carried away by
long, dropping. beaded ashcs. Seven
men out of ten admire straight aquilins
nose. two the neZ piuuantc. one the
retrousse nose All these details in
feminine loveliness it is my business to
observe.
1t is important to consider the lips
The favorite type Is the full. luscious lip.
Yet while twenty men OF twenty-five be-
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the "Inno-
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marry her. They do
not marry the girl
who looks as though
she knows it all.
They distrust the OBJ
v.ous coquette.
And what OF the
Lobster Girl? Does
she marry? Occa-
sionally. Usually she
drifts from one
chorus to another.
If m y C h orus
changes every two
seasons. where do
the girls so you ask.
Those that do not
marry usually en-
gage themselves in
other shows.
Whence do | draw
my supply Of fresh
girls each year? Be-
cause OF the reputa-
ton Of my chorus
many young appli-
cantS come to New
York. For freshness
Of beauty, | am al
ways willing TO sac
rifice lack OF expert
ence. Nevertheless.
before a production
opens. all girls go
through n rigid train
ing. Sometimes girls
send me their pho
tographs. asking for
positions. II the pho
tograph is promising
| send for the girl.
While on tour, many
girls apply for posi-
tons. should say
80 per cent OF my
chorus is recruited
from small cities and
country diStric;~
throughout the cOun-
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10 a certain class of
: men. In the present
chorus Of one of my
productions is a girl
Who was married and
is the mother of a
daughter of twelve.
But she still looks
young and her APP
peal is uniquely per-
sonal.
What of the height
and weight OF girls?
From my experience
] think girls Of about
five feet four inches.
marry quickest, and
therefore select a
majority Of this
height. Some men.
however, like the
pony type. Of about
four feet two inches,
other the tall ANA
Zon type. Of five feet
ten. ! never fail to
include both of these
extremes. Men can
take their choice.
AS to the weight
Of girls, the mos:
popular type is light
on the scales. a
girl OF about five
feet four. weighing
about 100 to 10
pounds. is the most
appealing TO seventy
five per cent Of
mankind. Yet in
p,,, ol0rno ,,.,- ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-01

Holland likewise suspended her maritime
commerce for while and thus held Eng
land constantly in disputed command.
II is reasonable TO suppose that in tho
present war general action on great
scale would be welcomed by the Allies, with
the odds greatly in their favor, but since
for Germany it Is not merely question
Of winning or losing a battle, it is plainly
to Germany's advantage TO avoid de-
cisive engagement unless an opportunity
comes presenting fair prospect of sue
cess.
Thus Lord Torrington sought In 1890
to avoid IAN action which might have left
the enemy masters Of all before them,
whereas, even II he had TO remain shut
up with an inferior force, the existence OF
that force alone would, he argued, so para
lyze his opponent as to render an inva-
sion an extremely hazardous enterprise.
II is easily seen that in the same way
Germany's feet is serving a useful pur-
nose. and TO sheer at her naval com
manders for not counting suicide Is unjust
and foolish. AS foolish in its way as the
twadde Of DR.. Dernburg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-01
Fifty Years of Beef and

Once In q while, even in this blase and
cynical generation, conspicuous merit will
obtain enthusiastic tribute. That, we take
it, is the nature of the celebration
to-day of the fftieth anniversary of
the founding Of Dolan's "beef and
establishment. 1t was inevitable that
sooner or later gratitude for the
existence of beans such as Boston
never knew, beef red and tender and
"sinkers" which left only pleasant memo
ries should be fittingly expressed to the
men who for half century have set forth
such comestibles for all who had the
sagacity to seek them. And if only the
half of those who owe that debt Of graft
tude take part in the parade of tribute,
Park Row and Nassau Street will have to
be closed to other traffic.
Dolans is more than a restaurant; it
is an institution. It Is almost state Of
mind. 1t typifes the American utilization
of plain, practical elements In the journey
toward the ideal. The hypercritical who
assert scoffingly that there Is no idealism,
no poetry, in beans, have never partaken
of the Dolan brand. Testimony to refute
their sneers can be drawn from a multi
tude, from the Colonel himseR-and he
has a way with him in testifying-down
to the newest substitute who is shoulder
ing q mailsack at the old General Post
Office. In other lands they have not been
above erecting statues to some Of the great
ones, the inspired who enriched the ma
tons life by charging its cuisine. If this
city ever reaches that stage, Pat Dolan,
Johnny Meehan and the faithful Adam
Brede should not be forgotten.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-01
Bell-Bottomed Trousers.
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Is ignorance really contagious?
am moved to ask the question by the
declaration credited 10 a naval surgeon that
bell bottoms to sailors trousers serve no
utiitarian purposes. Even "Pills" is sup
posed to know better than that, so / am
compelled to assume that he has been as
sociating with Sir Josephus.
One Of the duties of the bluejacket is TO
wash down decks. Then the bell bottom
trouser is the thing in that it can be rolled
knee high without discomfort to the wearer.
The ordinary trouser will not roll easily and
will at the best be anything but comfortable.
Hence its utility, apparent to any one who
has ever lived aboard ship. On much other
of the bluejacket's ordinary work, not ex-
Guiding the landing where "Pills" Is quoted
as Directing to the bell bottom as unneces-
sarily adding to weight, the comfort of the
bell bottom is known to every salorman.
However. one must not expect too much
from the department rs at present managed.
But hope remains-March 4, 1917, Is not as
far off as it was KEARSARGE.
New York, April 2S, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-01
A Elect in Being.

Though regrettably deficient in good
temper and good manners, there is a
point worth noting in the following letter:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Ignorance or stupidity" you dis
play in your editorials is laughable. "The
German feet Is helpless" Indeed! Then how
is it that the great British feet has not al
ready bombarded Bremen, Hamburg and
other important seaport towns and landed
their troops in Germany! The German fleet
is protecting Germany. That is more than
the British feet has been able TO do for Eng
land during the whole of this war. We are
not all so blinded by partially for the en-
envy Of this country England-as you and
other New York editors II the British fleet
could do as much as the German fleet we
would not read Of ships bombarding the Eng
lish coast You certainly must think the
majority Of your readers are ignorant fools
or you would not write such an editorial as
that in this mornings Tribune
AN AMERICAN WHO WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW.
Brooklyn, April 20, 1915.
Precisely because It was presumed that
the majority Of our readers were not fools
it seemed hardly necessary TO observe that
only a single aspect Of the navy's work
had been considered in dealing with DR..
Dernburg's thoughtless or insincere criti-
cism Of the British feet. The one point
taken up was the protection Of sea-borne
commerce. In the preamble to the German
navy act of 1900 the creation Of a great
feet was advocated expressly ain order
10 protect Germany's sea trade and colo
MES" In respect of this important func-
ton, 1t is not matter of opinion but a
plain and indisputable fact that "for the
time being at least the German fleet is
helpless" On the other side the returns
Of the British Board Of Trade for last
month show that the value Of British sea-
borne commerce amounted 10 el05, 766, 1884
In the face of this contrast, DR.. Dernburg
calmly maintains that Great Britain's
battleships are out Of date and useless.
Is it necessary TO labor the point that
DR.. Dernburg talks foolish.yf
The sentence italicized by the writer
Of the letter is quite obviously sound. The
German fleet is protecting the German
coast, and though, being the inferior feet,
il may be obliged TO confne itself TO that
task during the war, yet by its very exist
ence it prevents the Allies from obtaining
an absolute command Of the seas. II may
be recalled that in the Anglo-Dutch wars