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vance Of its release in any theater out
side the big Liberty Theater in New
York, but at the regular Casino popular
prices. This is a really remarkable
achievement in view of the fact thst the
new Dixon film will be shown at the s.
scale in other American cities after II IL
exhibited to Washington plsygoers at 10
and Is cents. This is a second proof OF
the Casinos reiterated announcements
that It has special arrangements with
the biggest producers to effect a closer
affliation between the makers OF big
film plays and the playgoing public.
The Fall Of a Nation" II a remark
able film spectacle for many reasons. II
is the first photopIay ever produced for
which a noted composer has written a
special score. The music for the Dixon
spectac Gle was specially written by Victor
Herbert. Americas greatest and most
popular composer. 1t will be interpreted
at the Casino today and for the balance
Of the week by an orchestra OF grand
opera proportions. Moreover. The Fall Of
a Nation" gives its spectators a graphic
picture of modern war. DiIon's first
play, The Birth Of a Nation" was re-
markable for its battle scenes, but these
were views Of civil war conflicts. The
new film play shows "cIose-ups" Of fight
ing with 42-centimeter guns. hand gren-
ades. airship bombs. liquid fire, poisonous
gases. and all the other terrible engines
Of destruction now being used on the
battlefelds OF Europe. The opening
scenes depict the invasion Of America
the destruction Of New York City and
the annihilation OF the pitifully small
American army. The story then shifts
TO Washington where II has a spectacular
and sensational climax. Women. es-
played by Washington women, one OF
whom becomes a modern Joan Of Arc in
the final gripping scenes OF the mighty
picture.
The engagement Of The Fail Of a
Nation" is for the entire week. begin
ming today. The film will be shown con-
tinuously from noon to II p. m. except
today, when 1t will be shown for the
FIRST time at 8 p. m.
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WARS WOMEN APPEALS
TO MAN'SLOYE OF Home
Spectacular Film Is Masterpiece of
Thomas Ince.

In the making Of Wars women
Thomas Ince set out with the set pur-
pose of picturing the vital necessity
for preparedness by showing the bor-'
ror and brutality OF modern war.
In speaking of the picture. he says:
7 have chosen as the dominant thems'
the violation Of women in the time OF
warfare as the best and surest way 20
rouse my fellow Americans Touch a
mans family hreside-it's the surest.
way TO make him think and light
Some may think the picture 10 over
drawn, but II is absolutely true IN ar
Of the essential parts. While no ma
tion is specified in the production. it ts.
filmed from actual facts and happen
ings OF the present European struE
gle. For months before / started n
picture. I kept in close touch witt
events on the other side Of the worl
through trusted agents. Upon the.-
reports and data based War
Women" ~
Every right minded man holds n
holiest Of all things to be woman ar
upon this thought / built the pictur
The sole purpose Of war is TO devH
tate and destroy. Therefore, first
pictured a smiling prosperous countr
with people happy and contented At
busy with their allotted duties. The
abruptly comes the grim spscter
war which 1 have tried to make 70
realistic as possible.
In fact Il is screened % reah
ticSlly that we feared II would
pass the National Board Of Revie'
but when they viewed IL they
speIlbound and unanimously voted
the most convincing argument again
the bsrbarity of war that has 90 Z
been presented on the motion pictu
screen"
II took upwards Of four months
complete Wars Women" 20 mar
moth being the production and
painstsking being the director. Tho
sands Of extra people had 20 be drf
ed and houses and entire villages co
strUcted- Every scene was filmed
Inceville studio near Los Angeles
picture had a private showing BoT O
weeks ago at the National Press q Dr.
Of this city, and made q profound II
preston
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"

A brand new comedy is scheduled
the Belasco Theater during the week
September "A. This Is "Object-Aia
mony." Of which the authors are n
tague Glass, who wrote Potash
Perlmutter," and Jules Eckert Goodm
who wrote Mother" Treasure Islal
and the current success al the Playho
in New York, The Man Who Cs
Back"
William A. Brady, the producer,
elected 10 bring this comedy here a.
a short preliminary tour. so that II
be seen in Washington Just before
ginning a New York run. No play be
ing the name Of Montague Glass has
known failure, and Jules Eckert &C
man Is known as a successful playvrI
so the comedy has the chances all in
favor. Il has a setting similar 70 tn
in which ". Glass other plays and
many Saturday Evening Post stories h
been plsoed-Jewtsh business and 90
life
Mr. Brady has chosen q special c.
including Nine. Mathilde Cottrely. y
appeared IN Potash and Perlmutter
Society" Marjorie Wood, from ''Bs,
Nine" Jess Dandy, the famous con
edian Of The Prince Of Pilsen;" irwin
Cummings. a motion picture star; Jul,
Jordan. Wright Kramer, Leo Donnell
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Moore. Garden-Feature Films.

Two OF filmdom's favorite players,
Harold Lockwood and May Allison. will
head the double-feature program at
MooTe's Garden Theater today, Monday
and Tuesday in an up-to-dste comedy,
Mister a" The piece derives its un-
usual title through the whimsiCalness OF
its heroine. a sunny-haired girl of the
city who tires of its tinseled Fayety.
tires of its men Of flabby mind and
body, longs for the great outdoors and
dreams of a hero-"real man with a n
chest" Merriment will be added TO the
program on these days by Rosemary
Theby and Harry Meyers in an amusing
farce, "A Strenuous Visit" and Bud
Fishers famous characters, Mutt and
JEFF. in an animated cartoon entitled The
Gay White Way"
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will
mark the final appearance in filmlsnd OF
Billie Burke, who will be shown in the
concluding chapter Of "Gloria's Romance. -
entitled Loves Reward" The extra at
traction on these days will be Florence
Turner in a INSTALLATION of Rits's wide
ly read novel, Grim Justice On Sat
urday II. 5. Warner will be seen in
shell 49," a drama with the present
European war as a background. William
Collier will lead the laughing section Of
the bill in a merry Sennett Keystone
comedy, Never Again"
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Loew'. ooIumbia-Feature Films.

Loew's CoIumbia-Feature Films.
A rare combination Of laughs and
thrills. with a touch OF pathos. is
promised at Loew's Columbia today and
for the first half of the week where the
feature photoplay will be The Daughter
of MacGregor" with the English actress
Valentine Grant as the star. 1t is no
small task for a young Scotch girl.
Just arrived from the old country, to 60
into an American lumber camp and win
the affectionate regard of rough men.
That is the task which Jean MacGregor
faces in the story of The Daughter
OF MacGregor."
Jean has run away from home after
a serious disagreement with her father
and. after earning enough money to get
to America, has discovered that the
uncle whom she depended upon for as
sistance refuses to help her in the least
except to get her a job in his cook tent
with instructions to the chef to give her
all the work possible! So Jean bit her
lip and proceeded to battle her way into
the hearts OF the lumbermen, appealing
to some through their sense Of humor
and to others by her unlimited courage.
Beginning Thursday and for the last
half of the week the famous emotional
actress and one Of the greatest of the
screen stars, Pauline Frederick. will be
seen in her newest photoplay Ashes OF
Embers."
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Excellent Cast Provided
As usual Mr. Morosco has lavish
ed money on the settings and pro-
vided a cast OF unusual excellence,
including Christine Norman, Mary
Servoss, Juliet Day, Ida St. Leon,
Courtenay Foote, Leo Carrillo, Ar
thur Elliott, Paul Harvey, Orlando
DAILY, Roberto Arnold, Adoni Fo-
vieri, Fred Tiden, and others of
equal ability. The play is staged by
Robert Milton, and after its pre-
sentation in Washington during one
week it moves direct to the Cort
Theater, New York, for an indefinite
engagement.
Mr.. Morosco has an interesting
and excellent method of ascertain
ing whether his plays will be well
received. In Los Angeles he en-
ploys the Morosco Burbank Stock
Producing Company, which gives
all of his plays their initial try
out" From the reception given
the new plays by Los Angeles Mr.
Morosco is able to learn with what
degree Of warmth the plays will
be received in the cities of the
East and whether the plays are to
be labeled as a success or failure.
Success for Play Expected.
The productions, after their Los
Angeles runs, go on the road for
Eastern tours. We assume from an
announcement of nine weeks run
in Los Angeles of Upstairs and
Down" that this new comedy may
be what might be called a breath
less" success. The play proved the
most popular of the season at Los
Angeles, where $50 Long, Lefty"
Canary College," "The Brat"
"Mile-a-Minute Kendall" and others
had long engagements.
Following the presentation Of
Upstairs and Down" here, Mr.. Mo-
rosco will present "The Cinderella
Man." which had its premier in this
city last December. The cast will
include the same members that
played continuously at the Hudson
Theater last season from January
until June. This program is excel
lent evidence Of Mr.. Morosco's par
tiality to Washington as an opening
point for his productions and his
faith in the judgment of the local
theatergoer.
Dancers Hold Sway.
That Keith's is suffering an epi-
demic of terpsichoritis may be de-
dueed from the number of star
dance acts exhibited at the home of
polite vaudeville during the past few
weeks. How long the Muse will
continue her variegated filtration
with Manager Robbins can only be
answered by Mr.. Robbins himself.
Where the weekly supply will con-
tinue to come from, who will keep
up the pace set by the past few
weeks, we do not ask, for we have
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Moore. str.nd-"war'. womer

One of the most sensational pictures
ever filmed, Wars Women" exploiting
a powerful theme, the violation of wom-
en- in the time of war. win be the stellar
attraction for the entire week at Moore's
Strand Theater beginning today at p.
m. The leading roles are splendidly por-
trayed by Frank keenan,, as a villainous.
marauding soldier and Enid Markey as
his fragile victim. The picture discloses
war in all its horrible brutality.
The story opens showing Sylvia, the
devoted daughter Of her rugged. soldier
father. Col. Damien, spending a few brief
hours in the paternal home. The saw
age Emir brings the announcement OF
war. The girl shrinks before his ad-
vances. The colonel departs for the
front. A defenseless town is taken, for
most Of the men are gone or have been
slain. and the village burghers refuse
TO deliver the keys to the treasury. Then
the Emir suhtley suggests to the colonel
eff the burghers persist in refusing, let
me and my followers occupy the abbey
where the women have sought refuge"
Sylvia vainly seeking her father Is caught
in the crowd of fleeing women and swept
into the abbey. The Emir and his fol-
lowers arrive and batter down the holy
doors. He spies Sylvia crouching in a
corner, and offers liberty and immunity
fee herself to him. Terror stricken she
consents, but half crazed by the Emir's
extreme brutality she slays him with his
own revolver. Learning Of the death of
their leader. the soldiers thristing for
vengeance attack the women and the
few remaining men Of the village are
shot down in cold blood.
Thus is shown the most brutal, burn
ing aspect of modern war. its awful
price and those who ultimately pay. The
denouement is timely and relieving. The
necessity Of preparedness Is typihed in
this picture, and 1t shows conclusively
how an unarmed nation is wholly at
the mercy of an invading foe. Never
before IN his career behind the footlights
and before the camera has Frank Kee-
nan given such a wonderful character
ization as the wicked. sinister Enir and
Enid Markey as his innocent victim is
Ideally cast The augmented Strand
Symphony Orchestra will render sppro-
pirate music especially arranged Tor
-WA<s RamAn-s
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PROMISED NEXT WEEK
NationsI-AbOrn Opera Compan,


Washington has become accustomed -
having a season OF grand opera In Er
lish given every spring by the Abo
English Grand Opera Company. but {
appearance Of this organization in
regular season Ia somewhat Of q novel
They viii limit their visit 20 two Weel
beginning Monday. September 3, at
New National Theater. Not only is q
a different organization from those Z,
merly sent here by the Messrs. Abor
but It will follow a different policy. p
senting a repertoire with a change
offering for each performance fnste
Of using their former plan OF giving o
opera for an entire week or a half we,
In their spring seasons. the comps
located at the New National has ,
operated with other Aborn orEanizstic
running at the same time in other cid
During this season, however. there v
be but one Aborn company. much lars
than usual. its membership selected fr,
the several Aborn spring companies.
is formed for a winter sea son in n
York. and preliminary to their OPEN
there the Aborns will send this organiG
tion on a tour Of short visits 10 Wa
ington. Baltimore. Brooklyn and Bostr
The repertoire will include The Few
Of the Madonna % Samson and DeIilal
''Lohengrin," Madam Butterfly" q"
Boheme." Lucia di Lammermoo
"Rigoletto" and II Trovatore " Amor
the leading artists are Edith Heller
Blanca Saroya. Eileen Castles, l.
Demorville, Lillian Eubsnk. Marie Lou
Biggers. Grace Baum. Giuseppe AEosti
Salvatore Giordano. Giuseppe InEeri
Louis Derman, Milo Picco, 10
D'Angelo. Mario M8rti George Shiel
Paul Vernon and others, with Igns
del Castillo as conductor. and K
Schroeder as stage director.
Seats for all performances Will
placed on sale at the National Thea
hov ofNca foroorrovr v,,prrFrp 80 nrrTr
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Who's Who in the Picture

Arnold
roscOs
Keith
S-Frnnk Keenan,
S-Esther n Peggy PoP.
nIiams, Cosmos
e-Harod Lockwood n Garden
e-Ben Wech hmseID N how" Gayey
n Jams Bell Lyceum
IN he Fall of a Nation, Casino
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Gnyety-BurIesque.

"Casey's Silver Wedding" and The
New Commander" are the titles of the
two burlesques presented by Ben Welch
and his big Show at the Gayety this
week. They are said to abound in hu-
morous situations of a high order. new
and Catchy songs and novel effects.
The cast. besides Mr.. Welch, includes Pat
Kearney. Frank p. Murphy, Billy Wild.
Vic lCssmore, Florence Rother, Billie
Lewis. Freda Florence, Dorothy Curtis
and Leona Earle.
During the course OF the opening bur-
lesque, Mr. WEIGH will introduce a little
playlet. his first attempt at serious roles,
in which he plays the part of an Italian.
The olio includes a number OF high
class vaudeville specialties which will
prove pleasing to the most exacting au-
dience. The entire production is marked
by a lavish scenic investiture. dazzling
costumes and startling mechanical and
electrical effects. The chorus is compos-
ed Of twenty girls. above the average in
point of personal attractiveness.
The Sunday amusement seeker will find
a diverting program at the Gayety to-
day performances at and p. m, being
given by Ben Welch and his Big Show"
Two burlesques and half a dozen high
class vaudeville acts will comprise the
program, the entire company participat-
ing. Wagner's orchestra will render sew
eral musical selections as a forerunner
to each performance.
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CURRENT ATTRACTIONS
BeIascO-"Upstair. and Down,

At the Belasco Monday evening Oliver
Morosco will present his latest produc-
ton, Upstairs and Down." by Frederic
and Fanny Hatton, co-authors Of THE
Great Lover" and authors of the David
Belasco success, Years of Discretion.
The play Is a mover one. contrasting
happenings above and below stairs In a
smart Long Island household. The GEN.
tral ngures are a polo-playing Irish
guardsnan and his valet who conduct in
draWlng-room and kitchen, respectively,
much the same sort Of amorous cam
paign, but with very different results,
Though there Is a satiricaI angle to all
this, the play is written strictly In COM
sdy vein, hitting OF amusinsiy various
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Cozmos-y=udeyiIte

Nine acts Of continuous high class
vaudeville. never before seen in Wash
ington. will be presented at the Cosmos
Theater this week. beginning at tomor-
rows matinees.
Chief among the feature acts, of which
there will be several. will be Lottie Will
Jams. the well-known dramatic star, and
slang and scripture classic. "On Stony
Ground" whose scenes are laid in the
Fried Egg Cafe" Pell street, New York
Another big feature will be Zerthos Dogs
a very large troupe of trained and in
telligent CANNES in an exhibition inter
esting alike to children and older folk
Still another will be the Four Charles
unique jugglers and balancers, in a COM
ical offertory in a hotel kitchen during
which everything from straw to the
kitchen range Is handled with clever and
amusing skill
The DEVILS Daughters will furnish a
romp of feminine revelry in songs, COM
edy and new dance numbers. 1t is one
of the latest girl acts" Other attrac-
tions will include the Four Moroccoans
a fine quartet in a novel song revue
Marjorie West, in songs as they are
sung beyond The Great Divide" Cohan
and Young, in a vaudeville hodge podge
of melody and nonsense; Hazen and
Meyer, in new songs. saucy chatter and
some clever dance steps, and Harry Rose,
In a new singing act
The supplemental attractions will in
clude both the Pathe and the Selig Trib-
une news pictures; a Mutt and JEFF car
toon, The Red Cross" and other film
attractions including a big feature,
changed daily, at 1890 and 4:45 p. m. The
show runs the entire week from 123o to
nearly II p. m. daily.
ater today will begin at p. m. and run
until nearly IL p. m, every act of last
weeks bill, with a number Of new film
features being presented at each full per-
formance. The regular weekday prices
prevail.
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Judy" Ethel Barr has the role Of
Doris Montague.
There will be the usual Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday mstinees. and
Sunday night performance as weII.
Carl Mason's melodrama, For the
Man She Loved" will have farewell
performance at Polls Theater tonight,
beginning at Sis o'clock.
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Amusement Calendar.

Belaseo-Upstairs and Down"
new Oliver MoroSco COM
edy from the pen of Fred
eric and Fannie Hatton.
Keith's Vaudeville, featuring
Adelaide and Hughes.
Poli's-"Iittle Peggy O'Moore"
IA comedy-drama by Hat
ton Powell.
Gsyety-Burlesque.
Loew's Columbia - Feature
Films.
Lyceum-Burlesque.
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Casino-"The Fall of a Nation"
Moore's Gsrden-Feature Filrns
Moore's Strsnd-"Wsr's Wom-
en-"
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AL JOLSON. the noted comedian.
who is to appear in Robinson
Crusoe, jr.." soon to be seen at the
Belasco.
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Casino-"The Fall of a Nation.D

The Casino Theater, at Seventh and F,
will break another Washington theatri-
cal record today. Last Thursday the
Casino presented the new Anita Stewart
film, The Combat" to its patrons exact
ly thirty days in advance of its first re-
lease in any other city in America. To-
day the Casino will offer the premiere
presentation Of The Fall Of Nation"
Thomas Dtxon's sensational sequel TO
t1UAA Rixkh 81 . NAxzan-s nsk anlx IN a.
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Morosco Offers New Comedy,
upstairs and Down," for
Opening of the Belasco

The local theatrical is fairly launched
houses National The
variety pleasing the fastidious playgoer
The Blsco Theater will
the premier performance Of comedy, Upstairs
Lover The comedy produced Oliver
responsible such plays THE
Heart"
Upstairs and Down comedy contrasting happenings
the title Long Island home
The central figures poopayng Irish
conduct drawing kitchen respectively
but results
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PoIi's-'LittIe Peggy o'Moore.

Little Peggy O'Moore." which will
come to Polls Theater this week, is
an American comedy drama produced
by Halton Powell. 1t is of present.
day life and tells the romantic story
of little Irish girl, fresh from the
"old Sod" who comes to America to
seek her guardian.
Halton Powell has gathered together
an excellent cast for the play, includ-
ing Oscar O'Shea, an actor of wide
experience, who will be seen as Dan
Murphy; Daniel Reed has the role of
Matt Hogan, and Edward Clarke Lii
ley. leading man for years in the
principal stock thesters Of the coun-
try, will be seen in the role of Howard
Richmond. ]. Ward Kett plays Web
ster and Al Jackson has the part of
Tom Andrews.
Ada Gerard plays Peggy" and her
experience in Irish comedies should
stand her in good stead for this role.
She formerly played Peg" in Peg o.
My Heart" for Oliver Morosco, and
was also seen In Daddy Long Legs
WHARF Ahs had Ma chAraatAx rals Af
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Square Players-the play the girls will
give here.
Third among the stars will be the Span
ieh virtuoso, Ota Gygi, whose style of
bowling critics have likened to that of
Sarasate, Spain's greatest violin virtuoso.
New numbers will commend his roper
toire to lovers of string melody. Others on
the bill will be Clark and Verdi, the Italian
comedians, with their laughable dialect
colloquy: the four Amaranths, acrobatic
and dancing nymphs: Maud Muller, the
eccentric comedienne la Bert Fitzgibbon,
but blessed with a grand opera voice."
'Skeets" Gallagher and Irene Martin in
a dash of tuneful dalliance; the de
Macos in a novel gym number; the pipe
organ recitals and the Pathe news pic
torial.
Today at 3 and S:15 p. M, at the B. F.
Keith Theater the program will offer
the Meistersingers, La Argentina, Stan
ley James and company, Truly Shattuck
and Marta Golden, and all the other d.
verting hits of last week.
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CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-10-06
Valley Fair q 1ioodstock.

Woodstock - the place and Octo-
her "a Is and 20 apd il the time for
holding the Valley Wide Fair. For >
time Edinburx was contesting with
Woodstock for the h0nCr. but now
Edinburg joins Ia the landslide TO
Woodstock.
With twenty-six sores Of ground to
entertain the visitors, one OF the best
race tracks. In the Shenandoah alley
and its central location, Woodstock
appears to, be the logical place for
the event. i
An effort 10 being made to sfcure
from the War Department some Of
U Gle Sans latest and most modern
devices for the slaughter OF mankind
1t is hoped also that : search ligll
can be obtained. These lights are
50 powerful thats pip can be seer
and picked up . mile from the sourc,
OF the light.
The association has secured tb'
support OF Senator George N Conrat
Of Hsrrisonburg, Joseph M Bausel
man. o. Woodst,,ck, nd Judge T. v
Harrison, of w ncLe.t ter. Arrang
msnts for. government exhibits ar
b ing made through Senator Thoma
s. Martin.