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Did you ever try to scream. and
couldn't? For me- says Margery
Maude, the most difficult moment
in 'Paganini' was at the end Of the first
act. when | have to scream. A lone
scream. say when induced 10y sudden
pain. is Involuntary, | suppose-auto-
matte. To scream once in "A while.
when one sees a mouse for instance.
comes naturally. bu; to uncork a
high pitched diminuendo scream at a
given moment every evening Is less
easy than 1t sounds. on u first night
and sometimes on other occasions
when important folk are out front
every bit Of nervousness and stage
fright ! ever feel seems to concentrate
In that scream Of ChdrlOttc's. | feel
q sort Of dread lest | find myself un-
able to produce a sound: the sort Of
feeling one experiences when try ing tu
call out in n nightmare. Screaming. !
find. requires practice. just as though
Il consisted OF musical notes instead
OF "A group of d!scords. especially when
one must express n great deal in the
scream-race. petulance. disgust.
temper and revolt against parental un-
rcasonableness. So. every day. |
practice running through the scream
scale to conserve the proper pitch
which my physician tells me Will
minimize n harm To my voice and
throat. In the ORIGINAL role. after the
quarrel with my stage father I used
merely to fall over the table and burst
into tears. The idea Of screaming
came to me from hearing the cries OF
an unjustly punished child. | found
the scream made all the difference
with the audience, and now It is "a
nightly part Of my role in 'Paganini.'
With the advent II Anna pavlowa ms
the star extraordinary of the Hippo
drome the Incompatible dancer adds
one more unique playhouse To- the long
list of the worlds theatres N which
she has achieved distinction. She *
now nj the head Of tn" largest theatri-
cal organization In the world In its
most colossal playhouse. She has APP
peared AT every opera house in this
country and abroad and in three Of the
most unique theatres in the world.
One of these, the HERMITAGE, is said
to be the smallest in Europe. II is
part Of the imperial palace of the Car
of Russia in retrograd. This unique
playhouse seats leo persons. but has
n stage as large AMI as We'll equipped
as that of the Metropolitan Opera
House here in New York. Perform
ances are given in the Hermitage only
every two or three years, the last per-
formanc was six years ago. when Paw
Iowa was the premiere, There Were
Just twenty persons in the audience
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OF THE THEATRE LADIES

same, having continuously been act
ing under the same director for a
year, including the summer. In August
the theatre. the troupe and the stage
crew all went to live at wyoming.
n. Y, hear Rochester. as the guests
Of Mrs. Coonley Ward Of New York
and Chicago. Performances were
given every day. The company In
cludes Gregory Kelly, Mckay Morris,
Florence Wollerson. Nancy Winston.
Willard Webster. Gertrude Davis. Ed
gar Stehli, Lew Medbury, Judith
Lowry, Ward Thornton, Agnes Rogers,
Robert Cook. Frank Zimmerer. Git
ruda T~risjanski and Dorothca Ca
rothers.
Fourteen plays. including three by
Lord Dunsany. will be given by the
portmanteau in New York. The ar
rangement Of the bills for the first
three weeks at the Thirty-ninth Street
Theatre follows:
First week, beginning Monday after
noon. November %. at 3 o'clock. on
Monday, Tuesday and Friday, THE
Golden Doom" by Lord Dunsany;
Nevertheless" an interiude before the
curtain. Voices" by H%ortense Flex-
ner. and six Who Pass While the
Lcn,ils Boii.' by Stuart Walker. ON
Thursday morning CThanksgiving) and
Saturday morning a children's bill will
be given at 1890 o'clock.
Second week. beginning December 4.
on Monday. Tuesday and Friday after
rons at . o'clock. 1.-THE Birthday OF
the 1%nfanta.' dramatized from the
story by Oscar Wilde; two Thumbnail
sketches and The Gods of the Noun
tain" by Lord Dunsany. On Thurs
day at 3 o'clock. THE Crier by Night
by Gordon Bottomley. another Thumb
nail sketch, and "Gammer Gurton
Needle" On Saturday morning at
1890 a children's bill.
Third week. beginning December II,
on Monday, Tuesday and Friday after
Moons at 3 o'clock, King Argimenes
md the Unknown Warrior" by Lord
Dunsany. and The Lady Of the Weep
ing Willow Tree" by Stuart Waller
ON Thursday at 3 o'clock THE Cricr
by Night" the second Thumbnail
sketch and "Gammer Gurton's Needle
On Saturday morning at 1890 a chill
dren's bill.
Subscriptions for the first three
weeks are now being received at the
~Portmanteau offices In Carnegie Hal
studio building.
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~ ATItirIA C~OLLINGE, the de-
- lightful clad Girl' in polly
anna at the Hudson. is prob
ably the only actress now appear
Ing in Ncw York who has ac-
tually created every part in which size
has played. The preliminary train
ing in stock companies and the re-
lentless grind of zone night stand
tours which are usually the portion
of the young and ambitious actress
have had no part a the stage career
Of Miss Collinge.
Her first appearance on the stage
was In IA tiny part in the Original
production Of the Wizard and the
Girl" a comic opera in when sam
Bernard was the stellar luminary.
Then came the creation or a smaii
part in the American production oi
"The Blue Bird and following ms
che played the important role OF
Youth In the original production OF
"Eyerywoman." Her giriish charm
and beauty were widely commented
upon when this rather obvious mix
ture OF simple symbolism n senti-
mental theatriCalism wac hrst re-
vealed to "A metropolitan audience.
That part established Miss Coillnge
~ a actress TO liz seriously
reckoncd with. Her next part was the
role of AyH.S in the revival or "The
Henrietta" lnasmuch as the old pay
had been revised and rewritten so that
only the skeleton Of the original re-
manned Miss Collinge insists That her
appca in this role was really the
creation Of a new part.
Then came the creation or the leau-
ing roles in "IIe Comes Up Smiing.
which enjoyed but the briefest oil
runs. and THE show shop James
Eorbes's satire on the show business
And after that there was "PolIyanna
which Miss Collinge played in chicago
and Philadelphia last season n IN
which she is now imparting iadhess
ut the Hudson. .
. Just after her first appearance III
Chicago in ~"pollyanna' she received
n cablegram from Alfred Butt OF Lon
don Offering her the part OF reg IN me
London production OF Peg q My
Heart" Laurette Taylor had JUST
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announced her intention OF returning
TO her native heath and had suggested
Miss Collinge az a successor. of
course the latter refused the ofcr.
Even had she not just achieved success
as POiUdnna she would have done so,
if one may believe her " story.
II would never think of playing a
part which had been made positively
brilliant by the playing OF Miss ray
lor," said she the other night. my de-
sire is to create, not to copy. A great
many actresses, some Of them grad
yates Of musical comedy and promoted
chorus girls. did play reg with great
success, hut what has become OF all
Of them but two or three? They have
slipped back into the ranks OF the
great unknown simply because there
were no other parts fat'ened by a great
actress for them Ia play"
Cathleen Nesbitt. who was appearing
as ThP Daughter Of Rcrcdlmcnt in
Hush" at the Little Theatre. made
her first appearance in this country
with the Abbey Theatre Irish Players
some few seasons ago.
ut Is n pity hat this organization
has been disintegrated," said Miss Nes-
bitt during n chat between the acts
the other night. "Of course the war
liz responsible for the breaking up of
q company that really produced fine
things in "A fine way. Most of the boys
are now. | believe. at the front fight
ing for England: while the women
Of the company are appearing in every
English speaking quarter of the globe.
Miss Allgood. who was So well liked
here IN the United States, is now in
Australia"
Miss Nesbitt says that her favoritc
role in the repertoire Of the Irish
Players was the heroine in Synge's
play THE Well of the Saints" al
though she liked "Deirdre almost
equally well. In this last play she
wore "a wonderful costume. the original
design for which adOrns the wall of
her dressing room ut the Little The
atre.
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THE LITTLEST THEATRE.
The Plans for the Little Portmau.
tcRu Play house.

stuart Walkers Tortmanteau is so
portable that II VIII he set ~ and
taken down again for zach of itS per-
formances al the T~hirty-ninth street
Theatre. II is So complete and so
heavy that on tho road IA sixty foot
baggage car Is required for the the
atre, scenery. costumes and properties.
Thus the portmantcau can give a
complete performance in any hall, ball
room or auditorium, provided it has a
ceiling seventeen feet high and Is
twenty-five feet wide. and can accom-
odnte an audience. OF late the Port
manteau has outCrown bathrooms and
~symnas!ums. ITS first performance
WAS given in the gymnasium of Chris
'adora settlement house here in New
York; Seventeen hundred girls saw
the p~ortmanteau in John VI. Greene
Han AZ Smith College last week. and
5000 undergradua'es VIII view il in
Bailey Hall NJ Cornell next week.
There will be a theatre within a
theatre when the portmauteau is
erected ut the Th.rty-ninth street
Theatre. MI. Walker will also use his
W lights The hard headed United
states Patent Otilce has granted nearly
. ruund score ot patents on the Port
mantoau, and applications are in for
patents ~ Canada and all foreign
countries. The rrv.rccs and the big
ger cites therein have liked tho Port
mantoau. Return engagements at the
colleges and in towns like Boston,
Buffalo. Rochester. C!evc,ard and Chi
cage bear this out. = Macmillan
EIscr, Jr.. and Russell Janncy. the
Portinantcau managers. seem to have
ground in assuring this town that they
have something to- uirer worth seeing.
Reports strengthen TIA" homogeneous
announcements.
TIL" Iortmaut"au itself is certainly
unique It, company Gems - be the
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THE PLAYS

Oliver Morosco will bring 1.-THE
Cinderella Man" to the Majestic
Theatre this week with the same
cast that acted in the play during
its long run at the Hudson Thea
tire in this city. The leading roles
are still acted by Shelley Hull
and Phoebe Foster, with such vet
Grams as Hubert Wilke and Louis
Rial also in the cast. There will
be a special matinee on election
Day.
The Montauk Theatre will
bring to Brooklyn for election
week Hit the Trail Holiday"
which has never yet been seen
there. This is one of George
Cohan's most successful plays
and its popularity is deserved.
The New York run of the piece
extended through the whole sea-
son.
Evening journal., 1916-04-12
GENERAL duPoNT AND THE PRESIDENCY.

QY unanimous vote the Republican State Convention
Oyesterday declared itself in favor Of the nomina-
ton Of General r. Coleman DUPONT for President of
the United States and requested the Delaware delega-
ton to support his candidacy the Republican Ma
tional Convention in Chicago
That action cannot fail to meet with the approval
Of the people Of the State Of Delaware and that of
thousands OF persons outside who have watched the
business career Of General DUPONT and admired his
great constructive ability It is especially pleasing
however, to Delawareans. They would be delighted il
the plans of those who believe that a business man
Of recognized ability should be at the head Of the
American Cover nment result in the selection Of Cen
eral DUPONT the party nominee.
It is emnenty fitting that General DUPONT go to
Chicago supported by the six delegates from his
home State. The unanimous action Of the delegates
TO the State convention shows that they appreciated
that fact
When the National Convention comes General du-
should be placed in nomination by the spokesman
for the Delaware delegation his candidacy should
be supported whole heartcdy by every Delaware dele
gate. Any other by any delegate would be
betrayal of the trust reposed in him by the Repub-
lican State Convention.
Evening journal., 1916-04-12
Want CONTRACTOR TO
LAY BRIDGE CONCRETE

James I. Vincent. contractor for the
superstructme of Third street bridge,
wrote to the Levy Court today that he
was not bound mler his contract TO
place concrete around the tr,mnion posts
of the bridge. He said the work should
be done by the substructural contractor.
John +. Greiner, consulting engineer
told the court that his plans showed
that tine concrete around the posts had
been approved by lin. The contract
requirement. was that Vincent was 10 do
the work subject to the approved
plans. lie said the bridge should not
be accepted by the court until every
thing about it is complete.
Mr. Greiner said the bridge is first
class i'm every way. II now requires
humping blocks, emergency brakes and
a little flooring which work should be
done i'm a few days
Fay Hunt said the air brakes have
not been connected but that they
will be In a few days He added that
there would be but few extras on the
bridge.
Mr.. Vincents question was re-
forred to the attorney Of the court,
and the consulting engineer and a
report be submitted this afternoon.
Evening journal., 1916-04-12
.S2.765.OOO FOR THE
Delaware RIVER

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The an
nual river and harbor appropriation
bill carrying $4,000, 600 passed the
House yesterday by a vote of 21O to
1873 with every item as agreed on in
committee unchanged. 1t includes
S2765, 600 for the Delaware river.
Many amendments to cut down
items. urged by representatives who
charged that the bill was a pork
barrel" measure. were rejected dur
ing the two weeks debate. Just be-
fore the final vote an effort. led by
Republican Leader Mann, 10 reduce
the total to $2O,O0O,O0O0. failed 200
TO li9
The entire appropriation. except
for a 100000 item to deepen the ap-
proaches to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
is for continuing work on improve
ment projects already authorized and
under way. The new project was
urged. by President Wilson and Sec
retary Daniels as part Of the pre-
paredness program.
The bill now goes to the Senate,
where last years measure was killed
by a flihuster and a lump appropria-
tion of S30,00O0OO was substituted to
be apportioned among existing pro-
iocts by the Secretary of War.
Evening journal., 1916-04-12
TALK ON THRIFT
YOU AND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT

When the banker accepts your ac-
count, and gives you a pass book and
a check book. he has the right to ex-
pect certain things from you. as you
have the right, legally and morally,
to expect certain things from him.
ln the first place, he has the right
TO expect a profit from your account.
Banking is an expensive business. It
costs q certain amount to handle
every check that passes through the
bank, and every account should con-
tribute a portion to the expenses Of
the bank, however small. When your
banker asks you to keep a certain
balance. he is merely asking his right
10 a profit from your account It
is easily to he seen that If YOU keep
a small balance, say ten dollars. and
the banker furnishes YOU with sta
tonery, does the necessary bOOkkeep-
ing on the account (for your benefit
as well as his), the earning power Of
that ten dollars, even if it were all
invested at per cent, would be in
sufficient TO compensate him for The
cost attending that account. There
fore be, generous and give him q
chance 10 make a profit: for as every
sale of merchandise should show a
profit. so. every bank account should
at least pay its way Give him as
large a balance as YOU can possibly
kept will help you very much in
his estimation, help your credit, and
add to your self respect
Second. Never overdraw. In national
banks overdrafts are now forbidden.
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but whether they were or not, you
have no right to asst it, II hurts your
credit with the banker. II is forced
loan without security, and is a poor
business practice.
Sometimes an overdraft is allowed
as matter OF accommodation, and
sometimes in order that the credit Of
the drawer with the holder of the
check may not be impaired; but it
is bad practice gets you in wrong all
over and should neither be asked nor
expected
Third DO not draw against "Un-.
collected funds" BY uncollected funds
is meant checks that have not been
collected. For instance. if you have
4 balance of 800. and deposit hun
dred dollar check and draw your own
check for $3.50. you have taken all the
original deposit and half of the
amOnnt represented by the check just
deposited. The banker must send that
check, let us say to New York, and
wait for advice that it is paid before
knowing that it has been paid, which
may take three or four days You
are asking him to pay out his money
three days in advance of its receipt,
a practice which good banks frown
upon and will not allow. Lastly draw
your checks properly as outlined in
the next talk. and have your pass
book balance once a month. Doing
these things consistently, your banker
will be a good friend and you will
be a good customer, in favor with one
who can do you many favors.
American Bankers Association.
Evening journal., 1916-04-12
FUNERAL OF HIGH
EXPLOSIVE expert

The funeral Of Oscar Roland Jack
son, high explosive expert who was
connected with E. l. dupont de Ne
mours q Co. was held at noon today
from his late home 1901 Market street.
The Rev. Frederick Hinckley. of the
Unitarian Church. officiated and the
body will be taken TO Boston this af-
ternOOn for interment
Mr.. Jackson died on Monday of
pneumonia. He was 81 years of age
and a nephew of Ralph Waldo Emer-
son.
For the past thirty-fve years he
has been connected with the DUPONT
Company and was considered one Of
the leading experts on high explosives
in the country. He came to the du
Pont Company in 1881, going to the
Repauno plant where he served until
1903, when he came to Wilmington.
After the disastrous explosion which
caused the death Of Bammot DUPONT
and several prominent men of the
company and the destruction OF the
Repauno plant, March 20, 1884. Mr..
Jackson was made superintendent. II
was under his efficient directorship
that the plant became one of the lead
ing manufactures Of high explosives
i'm the country.
Mr.. Jackson was born in Boston
He was graduated from Harvard in
1876 and returned TO Cambridge for
two years as assistant professor in
chemistry. Being awarded the Kirk
land Fellowship, he studied in Mu-
mich, Germany, until 1891. when he
went to the DUPONT Company at Re
pauno
His father, Or. Charles r. Jackson,
was one OF the most eminent scien-
lists OF his dry, and was the first man
TO discover and TO apply successfully
anesthetic ether For this he was
awarded a medal by the French Acad-
emy of Science and decorated by Ma
pOleon III. Later he was decorated
by Oscar T., King Of Sweden. and Mr..
jackson. who was born shortly after,
was named Oscar. because Of the
honor his father had received Or.
Jackson was also one of the leading
biologists Of his day and made geo
logical surveys from Maine to Michi-
gan. which still remain as valuable
texts
Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife,
a son, Charles II. Jackson, who has
just returned since his fathers death,
from Milton Academy. Milton. Mass,
where he was a student and two
daughters-Mrs. Benjamin VI. Bird,
of Gwynedd. Pa. and Mrs A. C.
Coney, Of Cambridge, Mass.
Evening journal., 1916-04-12
award Contract FOR
LARGER DUPONT School

The POmeroy Construction Company.
of Philadelphia. has been awarded the
contract for the construction Of an ad-
ditiOn TO the Alexis /. dupont High
School on the Kennett Pike. The ad-
dition is to be 9S feet by rs feet 9
inches and two stories high. The walls
will be of stone to match the present
building and the interior partitions
will be of hollow tile
Concrete will also be used in the
construction. All staircases will be of
iron with slate treads and floors will
be of hollow tile and other fre-proof
materials. A new shingle roof will be
laid over the entire structure. Mod
ern ventilating apparatus will be in
stalled.
The school now accommodates 250
pupils and when it is rebuilt it will
provide quarters for $50 more. 1t is
expected that the addition will be
completed in October. William G..
RObelen was awarded the contract for
the plumbing, heating and yentilating.
Evening journal., 1916-04-12
ENGLAND Defends
SEIZURE OF GERMANS
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. April 12.-That Ger
mans seized from the American liner
China were engaged in unneutral SER
vice, and, in fact, shifting their base
of operations from Shanghai to Ma
Mia. is the contention of Great Britain
in her reply to the United States pro-
test, it was revealed by the State De-
partment today. making known the
British reply.
Great Britain contended she had the
right to seize the seamen. though they
were not actually allied with her
enemy's fighting forces. and that in so
doing, she did not violate the SOW
ereignty of a neutral power.
England expressed the hope that
"the United States government will not
feel disposed further to contend that
this action was not justified"
Evening journal., 1916-04-12
Editorial Opinion
CONCERNING TWO PORTRAITS.

From the New York Sun.
What more natural than that SEN
ator James Hamilton Lewis should
arise in hot reply to National Guard
critics? His own picture in the uni
form Of the Washington State militia
still blazes with all its pink reful-
gence in the minds Of thousands Of
his countrymen. 1t outdazzles even
the photographs of the great Ne-
braska Colonel. who so unflinchingly
faced camera battery after camera
battery before the Spanish war was
finally won.
As between the two photographs,
perhaps that of the Nebraska Colonel
eXcels in stern grimness Of express
sion. with the thin Tipped, widely
elastic mouth compressed in firm
unyieldiEg line well across the eX-
pansive chasm between the two bel
ligerently squared jaws.
But what the Washington Colonel's
portrait may have lost in suggestion
OF wars awful. unrelenting realities
is made up in romantic loveliness
OF feature, pose and trappings The
launty, straight vizOred martial cap
gracefully aslant toward the star
board ear, the alert upward tilt OF
the beautiful face, the smart befrog-
ged military jacket. the keen sword
ready to the hand. the brisk impress
sion of attention conveyed by the
squared forearm supported by the
clenched fist against the side. and
above all, the golden glory of the
square cut but sweetly curled and
parted whiskersl
Short lived as the gratitude OF re-
publics may be, surely the Joyous
greetings of great people when that
vision was flashed upon them arc not
yet wholly forgotten. There indeed
was militia preparedness for you
With the cameras indisputable word
for it that the originals of these two
COlOnels actually existed and were
not nippant stage ictions, who could
doubt our instant readiness for wars
direct emergencies; who could pic
ture the blighting effect upon an en-
emy Of two such visions as these
suddenly sprung upon them?
II is TO the militia mobilized for
Federal defence that we owe both OF
these precious memories. No wonder
Senator Lewis arose in fiery defence
Of a force he himself has done SC
much to adorn and of whose sartorial
preparedness his own treasured por-
trait has left an indelible impression
on the public mind