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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
AND ELSEWHERE

N RURY LANE is at it again. There
~ is another huge melodrama melo-
draining away within the confines OF
the great London playhouse, so it is
probably only matter of time until
some optimistic American manager will
bring it over here, with the complete
London production" and install it in the
Manhattan Opera House. This despite
the fact that American audiences are
uniformly cool to this type Of attrac-
ton, although, perhaps, "The Whip is
to be set down as an exception.
The new piece at Drury is entitled
"The Best of Luck" and the descrip-
tions in the London papers indicate
that it is more so than ever. There is
"the dash Of the heroine on her motor
bike over the insecure structure that
bridges the Miller's Gap; the hurting
to destruction of the car that attempts
to follow her" Also, "a submarine
slowly sinking to rest on the bed Of the
ocean, the hero emerging therefrom in
a diving dress Of the latest style"-cut
close at the waist, presumably.
Nor is tho story neglected. There Is
"the beautiful heroine who wants to be
loved for herself alone, no longer the
type Of damsel who swooned in the face
Of danger, but sporting, up-to-date
girl, who can do and dare anything"
To say nothing Of "the noble hero,
Lord Glenayr. very proud and very
poor, hating his rival-rich, soft-voiced
General Lanzans. Spurned politely by
the heroine, Lanzana swears she shall
be his, by fair means or foul, and pro-
ceeds to the latter with the aid Of a
false friend, Lady Blanche"-and so on
and SO on. You will see it all over here
sooner or later.
Incidentally, the beautiful and ha-
raised heroine is being played by none
other than Miss Madge Titheradge, who
10 we'll known on this side Of the water
for her work with Lewis Waller and in
"A Butterfly on the Wheel"
So here is Montague Glass coming
along with still another play, and the
assumption is that presently no season
will be complete without one or more
plays by Mr. Glass. Potash and PERL
mutter are out of the comedy coming 20
the Conan & Harris, Mr.. Glass evident
ly being Of the opinion that Abe and
Mawruss have done their share. And.
so far as Mr. Glass is concerned, they
have.
The story of Mr.. GLASS; early
struggles with the partners is cheering,
considering the heights to which he has
since assembled. The first p. and P. yarn
was written eight years ago, and was
titled simply Potash and Perlmutter."
Tho story concerned Mawruss's mar
riage and Abe's grief thereover, and
with the change that overcame the
senior partner when large orders began
to roll In from the cities that Mawruss
was visiting on his honeymoon.
One publication after another turned
the story down-most of them because
they feared that Jews would be Of
Tended by it. Then an obscure publ
cation in the Middle West accepted it,
and printed it in May. 1906. Then it
accepted another and printed it-and
then went out Of business.
Thus encouraged, Mr.. Glass sold the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
And Then the Deluge

"CoME OUT OF THE KITCHEN the COhn
this from the story Of the same name by
Alice the play with Ruth Chat
teon star ChaOns third appearance in New
the first in second in Daddy LOnggs
played for five weeks in San Fran
cisco by Mr. company, the Columbia Theatre there it
broke all The is that of proud southern
home rich Northerne and the three h are
in the Daingrfed mansion in Virginia
and others in the ST. john Alice Lndah Mrs
Barbara Milton Frances Goodrich Charles Ir0"
bridge Walter Connolly and Harry Mestayer'
$50 LONG LEFTY tomorrow evening 1t described
New York already knows considerable about IT,
place. based Elmer Hass comedy Thy Neisn
bos Wife, played Lceum number of seasons ago
secondly Long for the West and
bits of news concerning time filtered to New York
reports has written deal OF snappy
said be humorous book by none other than
In the company whose long figure
used also well known here;
Walter Catle Boe Baldwin Vera Dora Winnie
Baldwin, Linn and the Cameron Sisters
MAJoR PENDENNs" Tuesday the Criterion John Drews
appearance what in particulars the most
years n DdeT h np' ib ob william, Also Mr. Drew will
create Thackerays characters play by angdOn
Mitchell who generally regarded Americas most able writer
high comedy.
In courageous scrupulous Major Mr.. Drew will
unlike anything that he has hitherto played The other
story, ferthur the
valet Amory, various celebrated
will be added by the in the cast Of
playing Arthur Others the cast will be Edith
Shayne Helen MacKlar, Alison Skpworth, Helen
Walter KngsfOd Alice Chaplin Mary Worth Lester Lone
gan, Jsn and Leonard Wiley
The been staged by B. Iden Payne, who performed
similar service for Justice
eco TO IT. Tuesday evening Princess annual
Comstock and William
John Golden John f. Hazard and Anne
Caldwell authors, something than has it that
Hoyts White Flag" foundation of the
will be Percva Knight Emma Janvier Wellington
Charles Judels VIII Dming Will
Bond Tyler Brooks and innumerable others.
OBJECT MATRIONY Wednesday evening and Harris
a Glass and Jules Eer Good
Of already we'll fame. Mr. GLASS;
already been made into successful
Mawru however figures in "Obec Matr
his playsTreasure Island
Man Who Back"-are view here
the will be Jess Dandy long associated with rh Prince
Plsen Mahde Cotey, has done much good acting here
pictures Jules Jor
Abe road Leo Donnely who has
Marjorie Wood Temple Wright
Kramer Dixon, Robert Robbins Philip Dunnng Philip Loeb
Clifford Nelson, Emil och and William j. Kane.
Wednesday the Irving Place
This which English "The Spnsrs Husband is
Gabriel Dregely, Hungarian Its presentation in Ger
its first performance this country In the will
Rudolph Fsing Heinrich NARROW and Hams
Unekrcher
that the like its predecessors
Harold Etterdge; music by Sgmund
Romberg and Tmberg by j. c. Huffman
unusually munifeen assembled the headiners
Mcintyre Heath Eugene Willie Howard George w.
Walter Kelly Tom Lewis John T. Murray, Dae Irving
Marlynn Miller White Koslof, James Watt,
George Baldwin and Dan Qunan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
By HAYWOOD BROUN.

UIoODROW WILSON ought to
w be reelected. but not on his
dramatic record The President goes
TO the theatre frequently, yet when
ever he comes to New York he
picks a popular show rather than
good one. Almost invariably he Sc
lects q melodrama or farce.
IL we remember correctly, he saw
Grumpy" twice and he was highly
delighted with an indifferent farce
called "No. 80 Washington Square,
in which May Irwin was the star.
One Of the first things to which he
rushed this season was the tawdry
"Civi,ization." But Mr.. Wilson has
lower tastes than moving pictures.
Vaudeville is his favorite diversion.
During such times as the submarines
are behaving he may be found every
week al Ke.th's Washington branch.
He saw the act of Mercedes there,
and when the thought transferring
gentleman asked what the blindfolded
lady a. the piano should play the
President promptly remarked "The
Star-Spangled Banner" We never did
think much Of the use of the national
anthem in the twice-a-day houses
but. on the other hand, Mr.. Hughe:
might have asked for "Die Wscht am
Rhein."
The Friars' Frolic delighted Mr.. Will
son beyond measure, and he remarked
that he wished he could accompany
the troupe. Willie Collier deferred
him by replying, "lf you want to 81
along with US you'll have TO black up.
However. the President did draw the
burnt cork color line.
The most unfortunate thing about
the Presidents rather low taste il
things theatrical is that his example
seems TO have infected the entire Ad
ministrstion. Ambassador Gerard, just
back from the land Of good drama
had two days TO spend in the New
York theatres and saw Betty" and
Upstairs and Down"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

ID INERO'S "Tris" might have been
included in the brief list Of plays
with good last acts which we printed
last week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Standard Theatre

"The Cinderella Man." which pleased
thousands during its long run at the
Hudson last season, will be on view
this week at the Standard The orig
inal company. headed by Phoebe Eos
ter, Shelley Hull and Frank Bacon, will
BIO present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Columbia Theatre

Midnight Frolics," new burlesque
in two acts and ten scenes. will be
shown this week at the Columbia by
the Harry Hastings Big Show. Dan
Coleman, a comedian who works along
the lines Of George W. Monroe, heads
the cast --...--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

NJ OWING picture directors will
save money when they learn
that war is not dramatic. Drama is
concerned with the fortunes of indi-
viduals and not Of groups or nations.
II Pierre and Fritz meet suddenly in
a shell crater from which all other
soldiers have fed there arises sit
uation suitable for the theatre, but
there is little drama in the clash of
the thousands. Playwrights have
avoided battles as q rule on account
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
YorkviIle German Theatre

A musical comedy, entitled "Die
Tolle Dolly" 1.-THE Mad Dolly'O opens
at the Yorkville German Theatre Mon
Gay night and will continue indefinite
ly. 1t will be reviewed in Tuesday,
Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Seven Chances" Moving

Seven Chances" which has been at
George Cohan's since early In August.
will be transferred tomorrow 10 the
Belasco. where IL will continue until
the holiday period. "The Boomerang"
simultaneously. takes TO the road
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
IN WIGS AND WINGS
Some Consideration of Wilson's Record as
Theatregoer

of the limitations of the theatre.
Scenario writer's are able to leap these
handicaps. If they will they can have
their thousands, and of late they have
courted the privilege of filing the
screen with contending warriors, but
they cannot make the spectator thrill
to the fate of the many as he thrills
to the adventures of the few.
Consider Griffith's intolerance" and
his earlier Birth Of Nation" In the
latter picture the big scene occurred
when small group was besieged in a
cabin by negro soldiers. Tie members
of that group were acquaintances of
the audience and there w. s therefore
far more interest in watching their
fight for life than in contemplating the
fall OF Babylon, even though the bat
tie of Intolerance" is on a far larger
scale ard is much more remarkable
from a Photographic standpoint. Yet,
after all, what does it matter if
Babylon stands or tumbles? We
don't know soul in the place.
Again, in the Fox picture "a Daugh-
ter of the Gods" we see two mammoth
armies at strife and watch them with
out emotion. Suddenly the masses fade
and there are only two figures on the
screen. Prince Omar and Anita are
hewing away at each other, and up
comes the pulse. This is much better.
Now our friends are fighting.
Nor is it necessary to prove our
point entirely by war incidents. 1t is
generally agreed that modern football
! is much more interesting than the old
, fashioned game. Time was when the
man who carried the ball had six or
seven associates TO pull him along and
as many opponents piled up to prevent
the cooperative advance. Drama came
10 the game when the mass became q
Mshan. Anybody can get excited about
the toe OF Brickley, but interest is
only technical when the progress Of
the pigskin is bound up in q scrim-
mage which rests upon eleven pairs Of
legs.
War is the greatest team game in
the world, and so it Is the least dra-
matte Of world movements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

WILLIAM Fox should be congratu-
lated on "A Daughter Of the
Gods" Early in the film drama one
Of those pesky birds which infest all
pictures is caught by cat and killed.
We were very much pleased.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

next story 70 Robert II. Davis, who ran
X in one of the minor Nunsey publlca-
tons. The next one went TO George
Horace Lorimer, who bought IL. II was
Taking 1t Easy" 1t duly appeared in
"The Saturday Evening POST and
thereafter the world licked on as usual.
The story made nary splash. But the
piece with the splash was on the way
It was "The Arverne Sacque." The
Arverne Sacque" put Montague Glass on
his feet, and the appearance Of Abe ard
Mawruss on the stage was foregone
conclusion from that moment. They
have been on the stage in English,
French, Russian, German, and Hun
garian.
So it is not to be msrvelled that Mr.
Glass feels bit indebted TO them.
The forthcoming season OF the Thea
ire Francois, it appears. Is to be played
not in Forty-ffth Street, but in Thirty
sixth. NJ. Bonheur's proposed new hons
has not progressed beyond the founda'
tons, and an opening on November II.
is quite obviously out of the question
On the other hand, announcement "
made that "Le Poilu,' now st the Car
rick, will be followed next month oy
Catherine" and intimstion Is given
that the Garrick will be the centre OF
the Gallo drama for the coming sea-
son. Mr.. Morosco's Forty fifth Street
house, on the contrary, is now under
roof, and Canary Cottage will DO ao''
to open there in December.
1t seems that the chorus girl who en-
tered the new Century show was COM
PEELED to get through the eye OF
needle. The requirements were rather
strict. Not only" says the announce.
ment, was the candidate obliged 70 n''
the exacting requirements OF Ut.
Raphael Kirchner's rarefed ideal o.
chorus girl beauty beauty which 10
cludes an ensemble Of face, figure ei'
preston, complexion and museu'"
grace-but she had to be able TO give
satisfactory demonstration OF her woes.
abilities and Of her understanding u
what constitutes drawing room man
ners. Quite as important as her ao''l'
to sing is the chorus girls know'e's'
of how one should leave or enter
room"
Endowed with such perfection anu
possessed OF such rare talents NV
ever, why should any girl have 70 en'''
the chorus?
Stephen Davis, the fourteen-yes'.0''
youngster who plays the orphan A''
"Pollyanna," is hiding a terr.0'e
cret. He used 10 be girl. Inree
four years ago he had besuufu' -
curls, and so he was Martha, the
little girl" in "a Bachelors Bs0''
Unreasonable women in thirty v
forty states are said to have rsved wv
his euteness, and young Davis was W
der bonds to gnash his teeth sh'
nothing. The curls are on NV
course. and Davis will probably s'V"
up into a regular actor lie has m'I 80,
years OF experience back OF him, ~ -.
addition 70 the engagement with iran.
chs Wilson he has played WIN ~"
uo,o.r,,r Mrs Leslie Carter, Chso"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

A READER thinks that William Col
"A lier fails to abstain from lying in
his twenty-four-hou trial which forms
the basis Of Nothing but the Truth"
AT the curtain Of the second act"
writes G.. X. w., "Mr. Collier brings
Mabel, the cigarette lady, to Mrs. Raj
ston and says. Mrs. Ralston, Mabel
will tell you the truth when, as a
matter Of fact, Mr.. Collier as well Mr..
Rslston, Mr.. Donnelly and the tiresome
one know that she will not tell the
truth. Mr.. Collier has legally and
rightfully lost his bet when he makes
said remark"
This is serious II true, for Mr.. Col
lier has been betting $4,000 every
night now for some six weeks. II G. X.
w. Is right the comedian owes the
other characters in the play Slso,ooo.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-26
OTHER CROPS TO
MEET WHEAT Loss
IN N THIS / 5. STATE;
T. P. Cooper Says Other Grains
and Livestock Will Bring
Many Millions.
FARMERS HAVE BEEN
OVERSEEING, HE SAYS

Minneapolis, Aug 25-"North Da-
kota is no longer one crop state, and
there is no such thing as complete
crop failure there any more,'' said
Thomas P. Cooper, director of the
state agricultural experiment station
at Fargo, in Minneapolis today.
Failure of the wheat crop is a ser.
ious matter, but it does not mean to
the state what it did even in 1910
Other farm products this year viii!
largely make up for the shortage in
wheat and fax, and the shortage will
stimulate the diversified farming
movement still more.
"The last government report, dated
Aug. s, estimated the oats, barley, rye,
corn and potato crop this season at
$42,O00,O00 more than in 1910. This
does not include forage crops. Corn,
while a less acreage than last year,
looks we'll and two weeks without
frost will mean corn crop five times
as great as 1910. Hay, especially al
falfa and clover, are great crops this
year.
81 estimate that livestock products,
as hogs, beef cattle, cream and butter,
sheep, wool, and horses for sale, will
bring the state $16,000,0O0 this year,
compared with S4,OOO,OO0 in 1910.
While in 1910 the state sold only Co..
900 hogs, last year it sold 100000, and
this year will market an equal mum.
Der. ...- ~ .....'.. r..
Dairying has increased tremendous.
ly, and there is a great interest this
year in sheep. Many sheep will be
brought from the ranges to feed on
poor wheat, either on shares or
bought outright. There is a great in
terest among farmers, too, in breeding
stock. A poor wheat crop, doesn't
stop things in North Dakota in these
days, by long shot. NV.
The seed question is the most seri.
Gus one ahead. Good seed wheat is
going to be scarce and hard to get in
North Dakota next spring."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-26
HOVER PROVES A
GREAT INHERITANCE! \!
Lecture on Knight Motor L
Largely Attended and En-
joyed by All.

Bismarck motor car owners saw at
close range last night what makes the
wheels 60 round in that small but for
midable compartment underneath the
hood of the car they drive. The ex-
PLANTATION was given by Henry Fl. How
er, S. A. E. at the Grand theater. Gov
ernor Hanna introduced the speaker.
A thrill was furnished the audi
ence when the Knight motor expert
from the platform read thu anony-
nous letter he had received earlier in
the week and series of questions
which came up from member of the
audience in what appeared to be hand.
writing identical to that contained in
the letter.
Mr.. Hover declared that while he
did not believe the writer would care
to step up on the platform he never
the less extended him an invitation to
do so. Those Of the questions asked
by the anonymous writer which were
coherent, where answered by the
speaker
In introducing Mr. Hover, Cover.
nor Hanna told of the engineers long
association with Charles Y. Knight,
the inventor of the sleeve valve motor
Preceding the introduction there was
a musical program by the Grand theat-
er orchestra and vocal selections by
Z W. L. Miller, accompanied by the or
chestra.
|, If there were in the audience any
who anticipated technical discus,
| spn on gasoline engine CONSTRUCTION
they were disappointed. Mr.. Hover
regarded as one of the country's first
authorities on the Knight motor, di-
rected his lecture to the layman rath.
! err than to the scientific engineer And
the audience apparently was apprecia
tive of that fact.
| The lecturer related incidents of
the pioneer days of the Knight motor:
he told Of the early struggles and ulti
mate triumph of Charles Y. Knight
the American inventor, who achieved
success only after many bitter disap.
pointments.
within few years after the adop.
ton of the motor by the Daimler com.
pany of England" said Mr.. Hover,
''the Panhard, the Minerva, the Mer-
cedes and practically every motor car
manufactured in Europe was equip
ped with the Knight motor. Today 90
European automobile manufacturers
euip their product with this type of
motor.
''The King of England and the EN-.
peror of Germany may not agree on
the matters OF state, but they do agree
on motor car construction. Both drive
Knight motored cars: the royalty and
the nobility Of Europe almost without
exception are owners of automobiles
equipped with the motor invented by
that American of whom we are all
proud-Charles Y. Knight"
! Preceding the lecture Mr.. Hover
was the guest Of honor at dinner Civ.
en- at one of the hotels by Mr.. Lahl
to dealers in the Bismarck territory
At the dinner Mr. Hover made brie
address.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-26

ment was to have been held this
morning, but had to be done away
with and the balance Of the day was
devoted to cleaning up.
The sun came out bright and strong
later in the morning and by noon all
the water had dried off and the heavy
gumbo had been baked into cement
like substance.
Novel Experience for Boys.
The hurricane proved quite a novel
experience for the North Dakotans
and they actually enjoyed the excite
ment Of it.
When quarters had been made Sc
cure against the storm, they crawled
in like drowned rats to their hunks
and yelled and played with glee while
the storm howled around them.
E. r. Smith Of Hettinger, N. D.
went out of his tent with shovel to
dig a draining ditch. A moment later
he crawled back into the tent and told
his comrades that the wind had blown
his shovel away and he could not
find it. The shovel was found in the
road today.
Much of the supplies at the cook
tents were ruined by water and hun.
CRY soldiers who thought they We're
going to miss supper did not help the
situation. The captains cheese and
ginger ale were reported missing.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-26
FIRST LARGE BEEF
SHIPMENT MADE

Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 25.-The
first large beef cattle shipment of the
season from the western part of the
state, will be made at Kildeer on Sep
TENDER %, when Robert Wilcox and
w. L. Richards will load a full train
load of their Berthold reservation
steers for the Chicago market. H.
G. christensen, William Connolly, C.
S. Lee, Henderson Bros. and others
will ship at the same time, making
enough in ALL for two or three train
loads Of beef stock. The date is UNI
usually late for this locality i but the
growers are very busy Just now fin
ishing haying and other ranch work.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-26
COMMISSIONERS TO
MEET AGAIN TO-DAY
County Board Will Take Action
on Road Machinery Purchase
This Morning.

The board of county commissioners
We're in session practically all day
yesterday, but as yet have come to no
definite decision as to whether or not
they will load the county up with
more road equipment Eids from va
rious companies desiring to sell ad-
ditlonal road equipment to Burleigh
county were again discussed pro and
con, and the board will meet again
this morning to determine just what
will be done.
Whether or not an overhead grader,
a road leveler and tractor will be
purchased is still unknown and, in
fact, the commissioners seem at a
loss as to what course to pursue. A
tractor would cost in the neighbor.
hood of $4,000, according to the bids
submitted; a grader, $1,000, and lev
eler, $1,1OO.
Something must be done to the
roads in this county and action taken
at once. This point was made evident
in the discussion yesterday. The
roads in this Vicinity are in very
bad condition, but public sentiment is
strongly in favor of letting the road
work by contract, thus eliminating
the purchase of expensive road ma.
chinery.
The commissioners took a Joy ride
over the county roads yesterday on
tour OF inspection. They refused to
make any comment as to the condi-
ton the roads were in.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-26
ROBBERS GET MONEY
SECRETED RY OWNER

Rugby, N. D., Aug. 25.-Sixteen hun
dred dollars in currency, secreted in
his home, was loot obtained by two
men who attacked and beat D. w
Snyder, aged IS, Of Wolford, this
county.
Over $4,000, similarly secreted in
the home by the bank fearing posses
sor, escaped the thieves.
Two other people sleeping in the
residence at the time of the attack
and robbery, were not disturbed.
Officials are today making a search
for two men whom they suspect OF
turning the trick.