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The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
sIoore's strand-"Purity."

The much-heralded photopiay Purity"
featuring the worlds most famous artists
model, Audrey Munson. who posed for
many celebrated statues and works OF
art, will be the main attraction at Moore's
Strand Theater week Of October !.
Purity" is an idealistic story. and de-
picts the efforts OF an artist to find a
model qualified to pose for his forthcom-
ing statue, Virtue" Wandering through
the woods one day he accidentally hap
pens upon a young girl disporting her
self in a crystal pool. She has the form
OF Venus and a face OF a Madonna and
he realizes she is the embodiment Of
Virtue"
She poses for him and 1t is this posing
that forms the keynote Of the piece.
The story is interesting and wholesome,
and was written by a former Washing
ton, Clifford Howard. The picture has
been produced upon a mammoth scale,
is spectacularly beautiful and has created
a profound sensation in every city in
which it has been presented.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
SIX PRODUCTIONS BY
DRAMA LEAGUE PLAYERS

Six productions, including one play by
a Washington author and others Of
great variety and exceptional interest,
will be offered by the Drama League
Players during the coming season, in
pursuance Of their little theater" prof.
ect as outlined last spring. The plans.
according to o. A Lyon, chairman of
the players. are rapidly maturing, and
the frst play. Mansfeld's The Tragedy
Of Nan" will probably be put In re-
hearsal within the next two weeks.
By courtesy OF the Board of Educa-
tion, the auditorium OF the Wilson Nor
NAL School, on Harvard street northwest,
will be put at the disposal OF the Drama
League for these performances, the first
OF which will be given in November
There will probably be four to eight per
formances Of each play
1t Is the ambition of the players to or
ganize a full staff of amateur actors,
scenic artists, designers and mechani-
clans, in order that the entire production
In each case may be the work OF local
talent.
All persons interested in such work and
willing to cooperate are invited to COM
municate at earliest opportunity with
Bertram Bloch, at 1905 Belmont street.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
INTEREST IN music
REVIVED BY movies"
Prof. Breeskin Outlines Trials of Or
chestra Leader.

In one sense OF the word the public
owes a debt OF gratitude to the motion
picture in that it has served to stimulate
and revive musical interest OF the bet
ter sort. Some years ago the music in
most picture theaterS was a Joke, consist
Ing mostly Of mIsht piano played by an
Indifferent performer. Today some Of the
greatest musicians and conductors in this
country are employed in motion picture
houses. In Washington some few years
ago. when Tom Moore installed an orches-
ira to play films, Wiseacres shook their
heads and predicted dire failure.
Prof. Daniel BTeeskin, conductor Of
the Strand Symphony Orchestra, has
made a close study OF the relationship Of
music to motion photography. ''It is OF
the utmost Importance, said Mr.. Bree-
skin, that the conductor in a picture
thsater have a wide knowledge Of musi-
cal composition from the classics to rag
time. have a library Of many thousand
compositions. Very often we use over
800 compositions In fitting one picture,
. strain from piece and few bars from
another.
Mr.. Breeskin has recently installed a
new and enlarged orchestra at the Garden
Thsater with Signor James PunRro, late
Of the New York Symphony Orchestra.
director, and Prof J. H. Click, concert
master.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
Reith's-VaudeviIIe.

FRITZ Scher the brilliant Viennese
songstar, Little Devil OF Grand Opera, ."
musical comedy feature. movie attrac-
ton. and keith vaudeville occasional, will
be the radiant center Of the bill at the B
F. Keith Theatcr next week.
The fair. volatile. and impetuous FRITZ
will display a new repertoire OF ballads
and romanZas, with gowns OF gorgeous
beauty.
Isabel D'Armand. assisted by Bobby
O'Neil will offer The Demi-Tasse Re-
vue," and this time there will be no dis
appointment in their appearance. AL
Herman, The Black Laugh" is another
to come, positively.
Besides these there are Maria Los
Porcelains; Devine and williams as The
Travelling Salesman and the Female
Drummer Bayonne Whipple, Walter
Huston and company in "Spooks; :" Myrtle
Young and Jessica Brown: Ernette Asoria
and company; the pipe organ recitaIs and
the Pathe news pictorial
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
PROMISED NEXT WEEK
BeIaseo-.The Cinderella Man"

BeiaseO-'The Cinderella Man"
This most delightful comedy was one
OF the charms of the past New York
season, where it played continuously
from January to June at the Hudson
Theater. 1t will be presented here by
oliver Morosco, the producer Of Peg o.
My Heart" and the Bird OF Paradise" ."
II took up the trail OF popularity where
Peg O. Ny Heart left on and still re-
mains the delight of all who see IT,
This charming comedy written by Ed
ward Childs Carpenter will be the at
traction at the Belasco. the week begin
ming October ,. and will be presented by
the same typical MoTcsco cast intact,
from the Hudson Theater, New York,
where Manhattan critics said it had the
best balanced cast of any play Of last
season. Being typically American, it mas
to a marked degree the two great Amer
lean characteristics, OF imagination and
humor.
The story tells OF Marjorie Canor. who
has lost her mother; she has never seen
her father, as her parents separated
when she was a baby and she had been
reared abroad under her mothers caro-.
The Hudson Theater cast which will
appear here includes Shelley Hull, Phoe-
be Foste, Frank Bacon, Reginald Mason,
Theodore Babcock. Berton Churchill. HUI
bert Wilkie, Percival T. Moore, Louise
Rial and others.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
POIr.-"BringinE Up Father"

Gus Hills latest singing and dancing
carnival Of fun, Bringing Up Father
in Politics" which comes to Polls Thea
ter next week. was founded on George
McManus famous cartoon series Of the
same name.
Their attempts to take him into good
society and Congress lead to many side
splitting incidents and such hilarfty over
funny situations as has never before
been offered in any play or any character
The fact that Bringing Up Father in
Politics" is a Gus Hill production, lends
1t an Importance and assurance OF sue
cess which no other name would suggest,
The production of Bringing Up Faith
er in Politics" is magnificent in every
particular and Is surrounded by a girIic
chorus. The cast is made up entirely
of speciality people, each Of whom not
only play their part but interpolate a
speciality of his own
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
GRyety-Burlesuue

Theatergoers in general as we'll a. the
regular followers of burlesque in par
ttcular will undoubtedly be interested in
the announcement that Butch Cooper's q
famous burlesque organization known as
The Sightseers, is scheduled to play
an engagement at the Gayety Theater
next week.
The program has been so arranged that
1t presents an almost constant procession
Of charming girls, lifting melodies end
humorous situations, all ably set in a
scenic environment that rivals any
Broadway production.
Will J. Kennedy and Jack Miller, n pair
Of comedians well known to bur!escHe
patrons are the co-stars. They are ably
supported by cast which includes Harry
P. Kelly, Bobby Van Horn. the Carnival
-Four. Kathryn Dlckey. Kitty Forsythe,
Flo Davis and LOttic Blackford, besides
a chorus OF bewitChing beauties.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24

now playing at Polls Theater. have be-
come thoroughly acclimated. Little
Peggy O'MOore." which will have its final
performance tonight. has had a won
derfully successful week. Reports from
Richmond where Tine Natural Law"
next weeks production. is playing, indi-
cate that the play is also meeting with
great success
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
HE WAS HIS OWN BANK.

New York, Sept. 3.-Thomas Ducho-
geruk, IS years old, furrier was burneo
on the back yesterday in a fire OF the
eighth floor of a twelve-story loft build
Ing, 1852 and 15G East Twenty-sixth street
surgeon from New York Hospital
who treated him, noticed what appeared
to be huge swelling on the mans right
leg. A bandage was removed and from
1t dropped $1,000 in small bills
I'm my own bank" remarked Ducho-
geruk, grabbing the roll He was taken
to the hospital.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24

Blanche Sweet in The Storm" another
Lasky-Paramount picture, comes to the
Loew playhouse.
Miss Sweet has been seen In many
roles, but In THE Storm she appears as
a half-wild, fun-lovng daughter OF re-
tired professor who permits his daughter
to run at will in the Maine summer resort
where they live.
The majority OF the scenes in this
thrilling drama were taken In the noun
tains near an unfrequented lake. The
company was forced to 90 several hun
dred miles by train. nearly fifty miles by
automobile and through part of the
country they had to construct their own
roud.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
Former Senator Warner Diving

Kansas City. Mo. Sept Z.-Maj. Will
lam Warner. former United States Sen
ator from Missouri, i'll at his home here,
suffered a change for the worse early
last night. A TRANSMISSION Of blood wae
performed. the second he has undergone
since he was taken i'll. his son, John B.
Warner, giving a pint of blood each time
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
Moore. Gard.n-Be.-ie BarriscaIe.

At Moore's Garden Theater Sunday
and Monday, week OF October l, Bessie
Barriscale, Charles Ray and Louise
Glaum will be the headline attraction in
masterful photoplay of contrasts
Home"
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Mabel Taliaferro will be featured in a
heart interest drama, THE Dawn Of
Love" On Friday and Saturday, Bessie
Love and Wilfred Lucas will be seen in
Hell To Pay Austin" q Yisualization
Of the story bearing the same title.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
Woman, H. Dies After Swim

Pittsburgh, Sept. 23.-Mrs. Blanche Kir-
wan, Il years old, tainted after emerging
from a pool at a local natatorium fol-
lowing a swim with her daughter, and
died shortly after medical assistance had
arrived, here last night. Physicians said
her death was due to heart trouble.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24

The Harvard Merrymakers. a spIen-
did musical comedy troupe Of twelve,
In their pretty musical offering, "Au-
tumn Days" will be a big feature at
the Cosmos the week Of October :.
The Old Homestead oCtette a famous
band Of singers, is also a notable
coming attraction.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24

AUDREY MUNSON. whose beauty
and grace of figure have proclaimed
her one of the worlds foremost
models in the feature film Purity"
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
Loew's CoIumbIa-"rhe L,,n >,

The Lash" is the title of the latest
Lasky-Paramount photoplay in which
Marie Doro will be starred, the scenes
Of which are laid on the coast of Brittany
and Paris. Marie Doro in THE Lash" is
booked at Loews Columbia for the first
half of next week
For the last half Of the same week
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24

General Manager AIbee. Of the Keith
circuit. has forwarded Resident Manager
Robbins A copy OF a letter he has receiv-
ed from Edwin Mordant, Of the Laura
Hope Crews Company. complimenting
him upon the excellent system and uni
form courtesy that obtains in the Keith
houses recently played by the actress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-03
GOOD CROPS IN GERMANY

BerliM July 1.-OfiAfal reports
just published show that the har-
vest prospects are excellent through
out the empire, and especially in the
southern states. Baden, Alsace, WI
Gutenberg, and Bavaria will have
at least so per cent more barley, rye
and wheat than last year, and in
Prussia, Saxony, Hesse and the 9TH
er northern states the crops also
promise to be above the average.
As a result of the rainy weather
during May there will be an abun-
dance of hay. The condition of the
orchards and vineyards is satisfact-
DRY, and experts calculate that the
apple harvest will exceed that of last
year by 100000 barrels. The Black
Forest and the Odenwald will furn-
ish enormous quantities of berries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-03
POLICEMEN'S
REQUIREMENTS

It is generally assumed that
policeman must be of the sui generis
class. He must bear the criticim Of
the community when it is alleged he
fails to take notice of every little vio-
lation of law, and general abuse when
he enforces strictly long ignored sta
tutes. This has been his lot from
time immemorial, and now the phan-
tom of the custer law follows him as
closely as his shadow. The proceed
ings of the Police Court of this city
this morning show to what extent
this notion prevails. On two occa-
sions Saturday night officers of the
law attempted to befriend drunken
men by placing them upon their feet
and advising them to go to their
homes. In each case the officers were
abused, and insulted. One of the &C.
cused was white man and the other
a negro. They were fined $50 each
and their fate should prove deter.
rent to others who strangely sup,
pose that policemen are placed in
the street for the purpose 81 :
drunken men and taking their abuse
while engaged in this Office of mercy
The Richmond. Virginian contained
the following last Saturday which we
reproduce in connection with the case!
disposed of this morning.
ut was very happy note. that Mr.
struck STUCK in MS lad ad
dress Friday afternoo n%at theMcers
monies attending the laying OF th'
cornerstone of the new Second Dis
! trsct police station.
! Especially good is Mr.. Smith
: plans and Specifications Of a pslice
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A So YEAR OLD LADY
CURED OF EVERY
Ache L AND AND PAIN pa N /!
Mrs. Mary Oman, of No. 3239 p ST.
n. W., Finds Dreco A Wonderful
Remedy

eyes, Pm getting along in years
and can't expect to be quite as spry as
I used to be, but the way I suffered
with my stomach was almost past
endurance.
"The doctors said it was Gastritis,
and they kept on dosing me, and
that's about all they did do, for not
only had the sharpest sort Of pains
in my stomach at all times, but al
mos continuous pains in my back
and limbs. l was all run down, too;
almost afraid to eat, for / felt as if
I was actually putting poison into
my system, whenever l put food into
my stomach.
81 saw something in one of the
Washington papers about man with
troubles like mine, being relieved by
Dreco and I bought bottle. Al
most with the first dose l noticed 4
marked improvement. The pains in
my stomach let up, for the first time
in months and before long stopped
entirely and my appetite got as keen
as youngster, and l positively eat
anything I feel like. No more pains
in my back, and / walk without the
slightest trouble, for l haven't had
an ache or pain in my limbs for weeks.
| sleep fine, too; my strength has
come back and I'm almost back to my
normal weight, after taking only
three bottles. | haven't trace of
constipation, either, and 1 suffered
from that for years.
Buy Drcco today at Aliens Drug
Store.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE
SOUTH
IN EFFECT MARCH /, 1916

N B.-Following schedule figures
are published, only as information'
not guaranteed. -.
Trains leave Union Station, Alex
andria.
7:37 A. NJ, Daily-Local between
washington and Danville, deliver
connection daily except Sunday q
Orange to C and O., No. 4OS for Cor
louisville and Richmond.
SAT A. NJ. Daily-Local for Har
risonburg and way stations. BuiIes
parlor car.
9:17 A. NJ. Daily-Mail tram,
coaches for Manassas, Warrenton,
Orange, Lynchburg, Greensboro and
Charlotte.
1922 A. NJ. Daily-U. S. Fast
Mail stops only for passengers to
POINTS at which scheduled to stop
Coaches and Sleeping cars to Atlanta,
New Orleans, Birmingham. Sleeping
car Salisbury to Ashville. Coaches
for Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Dan
vile, Greensboro, and Charlotte.
4:22 P. NJ. Daily-Local for Char
lottesville connecting at Calverton for
Warrenton.
1852 P. M. Daily-Birmingham
Special. Sleeping cars between New
York, Atlanta, Admission, Birmingi
and Augusta. Through first
coaches between Washington, Al
ia and Birmingham. Dining car
vice. Tourist to California daily.
4:O2 P. M.-Local for Harrison
burg and way Stations on Manassas
branch. Pullman Buffet parlor cars.
5:22 P. N. Local for Warrenton.
TIT 2. M. Daily-Augusta Special.
Through train with sleeping cars to
Charlotte, Columbia, Aiken and Au-
gusta. Through Sleeping cars to Ash
vile.
1902 P, NJ. Observation-Disclosures
and Chattanooga Limited (via Lynch
bu-g) FRS: class coaches and sleep
ing cars to Roanoke, Knoxville, CHAT
tanooga, Sleeper to New Orleans
Washington to Roanoke, Dining car
service.
1902 P. NJ. Daily-Ncw York and
New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train. Club and Observation cars tc
New Orleans. Dining car service.
APT A. NJ. Daily-Mcmphis spe-
cial, Sleeping cars and coaches for
Roanoke, Knoxville, Nashville, Chat
tanooga, and Memphis. Dining car
service. Washington sleeping cars
open 10 p. m.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets
reservations. ETC., apply to
S. D. SHELTON
Union ticket agent, Alexandria, Va,
E. II. COAPMAN, Vice-Pres., and
gen. Manager.
II. f.. CARY, GenI Pass, Agent.
w. II. TAYLOE. Pass. Traffic Mgr.
C. W. WESTBURY. Gen. Agent.
705 18th Street, n. W.. Washington
d. G..
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their endangered eastern lines a:
they have done heretofore. One so1
the important factors in German sue
cess in previous operations has been
the promptness with which they coulc
transfer large bodies of troops from
one front to the other by means OF
their splendid system of railway
transportation. While the Allies re,
NAMED quiet in France and Belgium
this interchange was feasible, but II
the British keep up their offensive
with the persistency which the Ger
mans have shown at Verdun no fore
es from this quarter will be available
for relief anywhere else.
The British have now, it is estlma-
ed, at least two million men in France.
They are superbly provided with every
engine of war. In artillery they can
match the Germans with up to date
guns, and the devastating fire which
preceded their infantry attack seems
the last word in this form OF blast
ing battle horror. 1t is now or never
with them; they will surely never
be more fit.
This looks like the deciding chapter
in the war. There are still five good
fighting months in which to write it,
and those month ought to tell wheth-
er the conflict is to end in a draw or
in a positive victory.
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WILL TAKE CHURCH. BELLS.

.
Vienna, July 3.-An arrangement
has Been reached whereby the au.
thorities will take in return for pay.
ment, two-thirds Of the church bells
within the monarchy for military
purposes. The agreement issued pro
vides that no bells aRtedating 1890
will be taken.
In the case of churces equipped
with a. number of bells, care will be
exercised that the one-third retained
by the church shall be in harmony,
SO they still can be used-n other
words, that the two-thirds share of
the authorities viii not be selected
Unfortunately.
This method of obtaining vast
amount of raw material has been
decided on after the completion of
Church bell list of the empire,
showing just how many bells are
on hand and what their approximate
weight is.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-03
BREAK UP
OF TURKEY

An important phase of the Far
Eastern extension of the great wal
that has attracted only occasional
attention is the uprising of the
Arabian element against Turkish rule e.
The Arabs are generally Mohamme'
dams, but they are not Turkonans,
There is an Arabian revolution now
in progress which, though not formal
ly affiliated with the Franco-British-
Russian alliance. is plainly depen-
dent upon the ultimate success of the
Entente Allies for the maintenance
of whatever may be gained during
the stress of the great war involve
mcnt. The Arabs are now in posses
sion of more than 1000 miles of that
narrow green strip that is between
the Red Sea and the sands of the
great desert.
They control the seaport Jedda
and the important cities of Mecca
and Medina. Further northward in
this same green strip that borders
the Arabian desert in Palestine, in
which are the cities of Jerusalem and
Damascus, British force protects
the section of this strip through
which extends the Suez Canal. What
The Arabs have won to the south OF
Port Said will undoubtedly hold per-
manently if British control in Egypt
and over the canal region remains
when the territorial war accounts
are finally balanced.
AS it observed by a contemporary
if the war goes against the Teuton
allies it vii! mean nothing short OF
the complete humiliation of Turkey:
there will be no Turkey on the map
either of Europe or Asia. The green
strip around Arabia will be likely to
figure on the future maps as new
Arabian empire, or, possibly, as an
Arabian republic. This strip averages
from so to 100 miles wide, but there
is over 1000 miles lincal measure
to it, including the coastal strip that
borders the Persian Gulf. AS for
Mesopotamia, Russia and Great Brit
ain arc already in possession of a
large part of that grain growing re-
gicn. Even that part of Turkey Dor
dering the Mediterranean will be like
" to pass from Turkish control.
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APPROACHING
ARMAGEDDON

As the Baltimore Sun says, KIT
,.hener did not live. to see the great
allied offensive which is now shaking
the German lines in France by its
tremendous impact. The day which
he doubtless had in mind when ne
said "the war would not begin until
the spring" seems to have arrived.
The British "drive" is a year lace'
taking the Kitchener prediction llUe-
rally, but it is a year stronger IMAM
it would have been twelve months
ago. Kitchener, when he met his
death, was probably on his way to
coordinate with the Russian forward
movement with the allied advance in
France. But though dead he still
speaks in the concerted and formid-
able blows which are being delivered
simultaneously against the armies OF
Germany and Austria in the east and
west.
Berlin processes to feel no uneasi-
ness under these terrific assaults on
both fronts at once, but even those
who have the greatest confidence in
Germany's powers of endurance and
her wonderful resourcefulness must
admit that the Teutonic combination
is now being subjected to a test which
will demand all its strength to stand
to such test as it has never had tc
meet before. There are indications
in both the eastern and western
theatres not only Of an ominous In,
crease of allied strength in mum
bers and military equipment, but OF
the increased power which come;
from cooperation and from greater
mastery of the art of war.
The Russian army that is row press.
ing the Austro German forces bacl
is. from all accounts, very diffcren
army from that Of last year. l,
numbers it is probably far large
than before, in training and expert
ence much more s;aa:i,ned and lei
fectiye, in all 'mannef=of eaaipmer
fully as well supplied as is advel
saries.
j The British-French onset in Franc
l. is not only menace in itself. but. pr
vents the Germans from s,sccorIn
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NO PAPER TOMORROW

rhc Gazette will not be publlshet
tomorrow. July Fourth. This mas
Icon ,hc custom with two or th't2
exceptions during the past clt'ry
or more. Thirty five years ago ye5-
tcrday President Garfield was as
sassina$ed hy Charles Guiteau in
Sixth repot, Washington and 1t was
r,cessar; to print the Gazette on
j liz r,rl tn. 1881, as it was supposed
The Presidents injur! would resu:'
fatally wishin a few hours.