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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26

the fascinating title OF Daddy Ions
legs" on one OF the books.
How much for the book Mr.. Miller
inquired OF the clerk behind the coun-
ter
"on6 dollar" was the reply.
81 fumbled about in my pockets,
says Mr.. Miller. in relating the incl
dent. searching i'm vain for some
change. as / didn't have time to take a
bill from my pocketbook. ! had about
given It up and started away when
my fingers touched a crumpled dollar
bill that had been wedged into a corner
of a pocket. l quickly exchanged the
dollar for the book. and dashed for my
taxi. II that dollar bill hadn't been In
my pocket right at that moment Daddy
Ling Legs would probably never have
seen the light of the stage-certainly
never would have produced 1t.
well, 1 found Daddy Long Legs a
series of letters OF absorbing interest
and read 1t from beginning to end or
that journey. 1t brought tears and
laughter and made such deep i'm
preston upon me that Immediately
upon my return to New York sent my
son in search OF the author. Miss Web
ster laughed at the idea of their beinG
a comedy plot In Daddy Long Legs To
her mind dramatizing these letters wal
entirely out OF the question. finally
convinced the brilliant young woman
that her book really had a tremendous
dramatic value, and she consented
] That lone dollar bill was the luckies
invest ] ever made"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
Crandall,s Apollo.

Mary Pickford. athe gdaSifng of the
SCREEN" is to be seen at crandalls
Apollo. today, in 'lMaNsme butterfly"
in the Paramount production OF John
Luther Long 4, eiastl d or The same name.
Tomorrow, Lillian Walker VIII be
seen in the ". j.. g., gE.,l production
Green stockings...,F adapted from the
stage success Of the same name.
George Beban, the celebrated charac-
ter actor, is to- be presented Tuesday
in THE Pawn OF Fate World Film
subject. in which he Is supported by
Doris Kenyon ~.
Douglas Fairbanks and ,Margery
Wilson will appear Wednesday In the
Triangle fine arts feature, Double
Trouble. and the Keystone comedy,
"a Japitor's Wife's Temptation" with
Fred Mace will also be alown. 4
I Pauline Frederick will be seen Thurs
day In Lydia Gilmore, - a Paramount
adaptation Of Henry Arthur Jones'
drama.
Fridays principal attraction IL THE
Road to HAPPINESS" featuring Mary
Roland. The Triagle-Kay Bee Aim. The
Golden Claw" featuring BSssie Barris-
| Gale and Frank Mills. will be shown
on Saturday. with Weber and Fields
in THE Best OF Enemies"
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which IL at times appropriately relieved
by comedy touches.
Monday and Tuesday william Farnum
VIII be seen IN a nov production, Tho
Mhn.of Sorrow.s or particular interest
to Washingtonlapsii As the announcement
OF the fact that Dorothy Bernard APP
pears in the principal feminine role.
sfs-F ttsss-r. .----A-------.- -...
Marguerite Clark Is to be seen in the
Paramount production OF Mark Twain's
story. THE, Prince and the Pauper,"
at Crandall's Apollo next Sunday. Miss
Clark In called upon 10 assume n dual
role In this subject, as she plays tho
roles OF both the prince and the pauper.
Nance O'Niel will be seen Monday in
the V. l.. s. f. production. Souls In
Bondage" by Daniel CaTson Goodman.
The attractions for the rcfnhipder of
the week include: Tuesday. Kitty Gordon
in the World feature, "As In A Looking
Glass" most OF the scenes of which are
laid IN Washington.
Wednesday n strong Triangle program
will be shown Thursday, Constance
Collier will be presented in the Para
mount subject, Tongues of Men, FRI
day. ADELE Blood and Edwin Stevens
appear In "The Devils Toy" Saturday.
| n Triangle-Kay Bee feature, with an
excellent Keystone comedy will form
the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
Twinkling
Stars And
Satellites
Billie Burke and Her Adventures

Billie Burke and Her Adventures
At melville.
~ LILLE BURKE is enthusiastic
- about the nlm, drama. and In
tends to remain in It for some
.. = time to come. IL cost 1homas
1nce lots of time and money TO secure
Miss Burke as star for his photo
graphic enterprises; In addition to big
salary he provided the little star win
q bungalow on Catalina Islands, prl-
vate yacht for her exclusive use, ana
an automobile, a racing car at that, FOR
he we'll knew Miss Burke's mania for
turning gasolene into speed.
: Miss Burke confessed that she was
quite awed at the magnifcence OF lnce-
willie. the mammoth studio Of Thomas
Ince tust outside of Los Angeles. "Why,
this In a city In ITSELF" delightedly cried
the fair star, as she jumped from the
car. 80 wonderfully cosmopolitan. On
one side she saw a typical Lonoon
street., branching away from II was an
Indian village; further along forked on
streets like those of Scotland, ireland,
and a ,bazaar-lined lane such as one
would see In the extreme East She
was conducted to a suite of rooms with
private bath I'm one corner of spa
cious studio building. which she quickly
labeled Home, sweet Home
The scenario is ready, and / hope IL
will meet with your appreciation" said
Mr.. Irce. 1T has been prepared with
the idea of permitting you to do before
the camera the many fascinating little
things you've done behind the foot
lights. We're sun worshipers here
continued Mr.. Ince, I'VE only work be-
meath its rays, for Old Sol is the best
light to photograph by"
I'VE started In next day." said Miss
Burke, land In an incredibly short time
the picture was completed. and con-
fess ! was sorry. The idea of leaving
that ideal country. the charming hos
pitality of the studio folks, the beauti-
full little bungalow and the fast-gliding
yacht filled me with CONSERVATION. 1
am afraid cried a great deal the first
day on the Overland limited bound for
New York. and as soon as I finish a
short season behind the footlights am
going back to the studio. for l must
confess the films have got me, and got
me bad
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This Weeks
Photoplays
Crandall's.

Crandall's.
A return enRa cement of the World
Film Corporations offering, AS In a
Looking ulass," featuring Kitty Cor
don, is the attraction at Crandall's to-
day. ..r
Tomorrow and Tuesday Charles
Cherry will be seen In a film adapta-
tor OF 1. Haflden Chambers play.
The Passers-by,"i a dramatic vehicle
Of high merit The story concerns
Peter Waverton. as a wealthy and
scholarly bachelor, whose principal in
tcrest In HE concerns the study OF par
ticular types OF humanity. These are
The pa sseTs-by" of his solitary life.
Mr.. Cherry In supported by cast
consisting Of Mary Charleson, Mar
guerite Skirvin. and Donald Kite.
Wednesdays attraction Is Dollars
and the Woman" V. l.. $. Il. produce
ton OF Albert Payson Terhune's novel,
Dollars nnA Cents featuring Tom
Moore and Ethel Clayton. Thursday and
Friday, House Peters and June Elvldge
will be seen IN the World feature. The
Hand, OF PERIL" written by Arthur
Saturday and sunday George AIDES
play, Just out Of College, "a comedy
OF q high order. will be given Its first
screen presentation. with Eugene
O'PrIen heading the cast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
ToDATS BEST FILMS
By GARDNER MACK.

Pauline Frederick In Audrey"
adapted from the story by Mary
johnson Famous Players). Loew's
Columbia. Twelfth and + streets.
william s.. Hart in "Helrs Hinges"
tTriangle). the Garden. I23 Ninth
street.
Robert Edeson In For Woman's
Fair Name ". L. s. E.-Vita-
graph, the Strand. Ninth and ID
streets.
Ida Schnall In "Undine" Universally,
the Empress. i16 Ninth street.
81 Kitty Gordon in las In a Looking
Glass" CWorld Film Corp, Gram
dnll's. Ninth and Il streets.
Mary Pickford in Madame Butter
. fly" adapted from the play by
David Belasco and the story by
John Luther Long Famous Play
ersD. Crandalrs Apollo. GA ii street
! northeast
George Beban in The Pawn Of
& Fate. the Circle. 2lO6 Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Antonio Moreno and Muriel Os-
triche i'm Kennedy Square. "
adapted from the story by +. Hop
kinson Smith (V. l.. s. tE.-Vita-
graph. the Masonic Auditorium.
Thirteenth street and New York
avenue.
Biihe Richie and Pagie Pearce in
Live Wire and Love Spark"
U-Ko). the Hippodrome. Ninth
street and New York avenue.
May Robson in "A Night Out ".
l.. 8. E.-Vitagraph). the Olympic.
1881 U street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
Empress.

"tSndine." the sensational Bluebird
production. has been held over at the
Empress as the principal attraction for
today. The atmosphere of the French
classic tale has been accurately trans
formed to the screen. The open scene
lies in the Kingdom of linda. with scores
OF sea nymphs disportlng In the waves.
Ida Schnall plays the title role. and
during the story gives ample evidence
OF her remarkable aquatic ability.
Tomorrow and Tuesday, Theda Bara
will be seen in q return showing of the
Fox production. ''Gold and the Woman"
Miss Bara appears In the role of a
Mexican adventures.
Thursday the first local showing OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
Blossom and Herbert
History Condensed.

ICToR HERBERT. who is the
W grandson of Samuel Lover.
" the Celtic poet and novelist, in
boyhoo6 showed unusual musl-
cal talent 1t was first directed
toward the mastery OF the violon-
cello, and as Svirtuoso on that
instrument he quickly leaped TO fame.
He came TO this country in 1886 as solo
,'cellist. at the Metropolitan Opera
House I'm New \ ork, also as assistant
conductor under Anton Seidl.
Mr.. Herbert and Henry Blossom Joined
in writing together. six years ago. Mr..
Blossoms career as a writer Of musi-
cal plays began ir 1904. when. in con-
junction with. Alfred q. Rotyn. he
mond Hitchcock.
Blossom was an insurance clerk in his
fathers office In st. Louis when he
first played mt writing magazine
seSip pss eafisidsrstion ana 'S as CHECKS Tor
accepted stories began to come to him
Mr. Blossom wisely turned his attention
to serious thoughts of writing as a
means of livelihood. This encourage
mont determined him to try more am
hitious wIitinG with the result that
The Documents in Evidence" a love
story was accepted by one OF We lead
ing magazines He then cH~ers field
entirely different. Hc visited the race
track and studied the characters there.
which resulted first IN his book. later
,dranatized by himself into play. en-
titled Checkers" familiar to millions
of Americans II was at this time OF
his career that he abandoned the writ
ing Of plays TO become a librettest.
II was early In the year 1914 that
Joe Weber, of Weber-Field fame. by
some good chance was able TO bring
Mr.. Herbert and Mr.. Blossom together
again for the writing of musical come
dy, with the result that 1.-THE Only
Girl" was produced that year to be
followed later by princess Pat" which
Is also one of the collaborations Of a
newly found re. association,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26

the BluebIrd production, Hop. the
Devils Brew" will be given. In which
Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber. and Marie
Walcamp are featured. IL Is story OF
the traffic in opium, and many OF the
scenes are said TO have. been filmed with
the assistance OF United tSates custom
authorities.
Robert b. Manteil and Genevteve
Hamper appear Saturday In the Fox
production, "A Wife's Sacrifice. a
drama of unjust persecution. Care
the supporting cast. y ssfly Ag ~ ~ 20
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Henry Miller, The Lawst
Iron Man. and Daddy Long. Legs"

r. r ENRY MILLER. who has the
- triple distinction of discover
err" producer. and star Of
Daddy Long Legs and who.
with his co-star. Ruth Chatterton. will
he seen in this delightful dramatiza-
ton of Jean Webster's quaint little
story at the National Theater the week
OF April 10, declares that II It had not
been for the presence in his trousers
pocket of q lone dollar bill at the
psychological moment this comedy
would not now be delighting thousands
of theatergoers In all of the big cities.
Mr.. Miller, passing hotel newsstand
on his way to a train was attracted by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
Next Weeks
Films

aust Out of College" George AIDES
famous play. filmed by the Frohman
Amusement Corporation. will be the
attraction at Crandalrs next Sunday.
The cast includes Amelia Summerville.
Eugene O'Brien. Marie Edith Wells,
Ben Hendricks. and Jack Sheriff..
Monday and Tuesday Alice Brady
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26

Note-These selections are made
from programs prepared by the
managers OF the theaters concerned,
and no responsibility is assumed for
arbitrary changes without notice to
The Times. They are based on the
personality of the players and the
producing company, and not per-
sonal inspection. except In special
cases. q. M.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26

will be seen in her latest production on
the World Film program. Then I'll
Come Back To You" John Mason and
Clara Whipple will make their first
appearance on the Equitable program
"wednesday and Thursday in "The Reap
ers," powerful feature.
Friday and Saturday Frank Sheridan
viii be seen In the Equitable production.
The Struggle" virile drama.
George Walsh Rnd Doris Pawn are
the featured players In the Fox produc.
tion. Blue Blood and Req which
comes to the Empress next Sunday. II
Il described as "a Western drama that
Is different Algy Dupont (Mr
Walsh. son OF a millionaire, after be.
Ing dismissed from college, leaves home
In racing automobile with the family
butler. who acts as his masters valet
The play jumps to the wllds OF Mon.
tana. where AlRy obtains employment
on a large ranch and his attentions e
his employers daughter arouses tn,
teslously OF Buck. the ranch foreman
How the young college man Illustrate,
the plans of the william and finally win
the girl. forms highly dramatic story
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
Where To Go
TODAY

At 3 and S:15 p. M. at Keith's Thea
ter. the bill will comprise Nora Bayes,
George Nash and Julia Hay in The
Unexpected" Paul Morton and Naomi
Glass in Before and After Frank
Orth and W. J. Cooley in The Fool
Detective" Leo Beers. and all the
other hits of lest week.
Che entire star and Garter organi-
zatlon has been held over for todsys
Sunday Gayety performance. Among
the specialties will be the following:
Popular Irish choruses. by MarSaret
Lee; speciality, by Weiss and Tallman.
and MY Home Town." by Don Clark.
At Moores Garden Theater today
William S. Hart will he the stellar
attraction i'm "Hell's Hinges" a vivid
Vestern drama providing Mr.. Hart
with the most congenial role OF his
career. The added attraction will be
William Collier I'm "Wife and Auto
Trouble" funny keystone farce
comedy. :.
Robert Edeson will be featured at
Moore's Strand Theater today in n real
istic film drama entitled For a Wom-
ans Fair Name" The n1ded attrpc-
tlon will be FTsnk Daniels in Mr..
Jack Wins the Double Cross
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
MODESTY OF MYERS
INew York World. ]

All hail to Captain w. NJ. Myers,
the Sartorial Solon of the Virginia
Legislature.
To protect the men of Virginia, 4"
covering in coy dismay amid the
sweet seductiveness of ladies fashions,
the dauntless Captain has introduced
bill.
To his powers of sustained research
we owe the first scientific determina-
tion of where ladies must end and
fashions must begin. Ladies, ap-
parently. may safely extend from the
top of the head, all the way down the
face and three inches down the throat.
Then fashion continues the charming
work of artifce down, down, abysmal-
ly down. until finally, when hope has
almost perished, at four short inches
from the ground fashion comes to an
abrupt and unlamented end, and
ladies may again diaphanously mani
fest themselves all the way down to
the earth. But mind you, between the
three inches of larynX and the four
inches of underpinning, fashion must
extend continuous and Opaque. There
must be no interstices nor trans
parencies. No, nor even Translucent
cies. for according to the Captain
shadows are more sinful than shapes.
1t is a wonderful work which the
Captain has accomplished. Had he
done no more than finally to establish
the innate viciousnesS of the female
collar-bone, he would deserve the
gratitude of posterity. But when we
think of all the other suspicious sec
tors which he had to scrutiniZe and
analyze before condemning, we feel
that we should like to take our hat
off to the Captain-if we felt sure that
we should not be considered guilty OF
an indeCOrOuS exposure.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
AN ENGIIsHMAN,s VIEW

a n English financier who is now
~ in this country on an important
mission for private interests
abroad declares that Americans are
entirely too optimistic regarding the
conclusion of the war. He believes
the finish may be five or ten years
away and in his judgment the people
of the United States do not realize the
vast amount of prosperity which is to
accrue to them from the European
conflict. He thinks that the only real
danger here is that I'VE may get
drunk with prosperity" 1t is like
wise the opinion of this experienced
tinancier that a generation will have
passed before the European manu-
featuring and commercial situation
becomes normal. Many factory dis
tricts in Belgium, for instance, have
been absolutely annihilated and this
leads him to believe that the United
States will be compelled to manufac-
ture many articles that have always
been imported. Hundreds of indus
tries abroad, he thinks. will never be
rebuilt
All of which is important. if true,
and further spur to the right sort
| of activities on the part of the people
of the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
MANAGING THE CITY
The Wave That Swept America
By Frederic J. Haskin

the city stood on to the level of it's
top, and built a causeway from their
island to the shore. Through their
commission they spent millions and
every dollar of it was well spent, while
every municipal service was put upon
new basis of efficiency. At Calves
ton, a fine community spirit was lit
orally born in one day of awful de-
struction.
Last summer this spirit was put to
the test. The United States Weather
Bureau sent warning to Galveston
that another great storm like the one
that had destroyed it was about to
strike. The commission was equal to
the emergency. In few hours it or
ganized a battalion of messengers on
motorcycles and sent them racing UP
and down the island warning the
country people to come behind the
shelter of the sea wall Every family
on the island was reached and all but
81 persons came in behind the wall.
All of the 81 who failed to come in
were drowned.
Behind their mighty sea wall, the
people of Galveston We're safe, but the
causeway to the mainland, which had
cost them a million dollars, was swept
away like u picket fence. Two ocean
going freight steamers swept over it
without touching and now lie stranded
The water supply of the city was
also cut off, and for some days the
commission peddled it in wagons, dol
ing out a quart at time.
But Galveston is not discouraged
Pipes have been laid across a tenn
porary trestle to the mainland, so that
the water supply is renewed, and plans
are already complete for rebuilding
the causeway.
Galveston has enjoyed only one
piece of financial good luck. She has
been exempted from State taxes as q
mark of respect and sympathy from
the rest of the people of Texas. But
the i'll winds which have brought heI
so much loss. have blown greater
good. They have awakened in Gal.
weston perhaps the finest civic spirit
this country has ever seen, and they
have EIade her a shining example ot
efficient municipal government to al
America and the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
MAYOR SMITHS JOB

VTTHEREVER the exceeding diff
wv Guilty of his position is appre-
ciated and understood, the SYM
pathy of Republicans generally is
with Thomas B. Smith, the present
Mayor of Philadelphia. He assumed
the responsibilities of his important
office in January and almost upon the
moment of taking the helm the politi-
cal factional storm, which is increas-
ing in intensity with each succeeding
day. broke over his head.
Mayor Smith is not in sympathy
with the factionists and has mani
festly striven in every proper way to
prevail upon his friends in both camps
to maintain harmony within the or
ganization and thereby strengthen the
party alignment for the Improvement
conflict of next November.
If the walls of the Mayors office
could speak, they might tell a story of
strenuous argument on both sides to
influence Mayor Smith to bring the
forces of his administration to the
support of one faction or the other.
Thus far he has withstood the pres
sure that has been exerted in this way
and 1t is known that he is determined
to maintain a neutral attitude so far
as the Republican factions are con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
T<HIS is the place where commits
sion government in America be-
u yar uyboro haan most

T<I1IS is the place where commits
sion government in America be-
- gan, where 1t has been most
severely tried, and most triumphantly
ccessful-Galveston Texas.
Galveston changed her plan of gov
ernment in the midst of death and
ruin. Her misfortune drew the eyes
of the world, and proved a sensa-
tional advertisement for the system
she adopted to overcome it. In fact,
1t may be said that the tidal wave
which struck Galveston in 1900 swept
commission government all over the
United States. The storm of last sum
mer put it dramatically to the test.
The government of American cities
was patterned after that of the United
States. 1t worked very well while the
towns We're small because the rapid
advance in property values made a
comparatively small tax levy sufti-
cient to meet both municipal expenses
and the needs of a large force of city
hall pie-eaters. But as the cities
grew, their needs became so compli-
Gated and numerous that these ami
able but rather incompetent gentle
men could not take care of them, al
thought they did keep right on in
creasing the taxes.
The 400 commission government
cities are scattered all over the United
States. Kansas leads with 35; Illinois
has 80 and Pennsylvania 20. Maine
has 1 and Massachusetts Z. but there
are no others in New England. Forty
of the forty y-eight States contain COM
mission government cities.
OF all these, Galveston has had the
most unusual experience. Before the
food. it's municipal government was
about as bad as possible. The town
was bankrupt, it's script was at dis
count, the city council spent all its
time squabbling and good citizens
were refusing in disgust to pay their
taxes. Then the storm hit it, destroy
ing its city hall, it's fire department, its
water works and the lives and homes
of many of its people. out of neces-
sity a commission was appointed tC
take charge of this ruin. In the emer-
gency, jealousy, hatred and selfishness
were forgotten. The people not only
rebuilt their homes. but also con-
structed sea wall, raised the lane