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Evening star., 1916-09-24
FIRTH ScheH.

Fritsi echs6. the viennese song star,
will BE- the radiant feature Of the bill
1t the d =. Keith theater next week, in
q new repertoire Of ballads and ro-
mansas. with gowns Of beauty. Isabel
D'Armand. assisted by Bobby o'Neil.
will offer The Demi-Tasse Revue"
Others will be Al Herman. 'sThe Black
Laugh; Maria Los Porceiains, Devine
and Williams. as The Travelling Sales
man and the Female Drummer; Ba-
yonne Whipple, Walter Huston and
company. in "spooks"; Myrtle Young
and Jsssica Brown and Annette Asoria
and company.
Evening star., 1916-09-24
Leader.

Sessue Hayakawa. in a perturbation,
The Honorable Friend" will be the
feature photoplay again at the Leader
demand, Mary PIckford will be the pic
ture star Monday and Tuesday in
'Hulda From Holland" Wednesday and
Thursday Pauline Frederick win be
featured in The Worlds Great Snare"
and Friday, Saturday and next Sunday
Lou-Tellegen will be pictured in his
recent and most notable screen achieve
ment THE Victory of Conscience"
The Leader Is now Offering Para
mount pictures exclusively.
Evening star., 1916-09-24
~ *AmuSements& ~

staged. The program has been 30 ar
ranged that 1t is almost a constant pro-
cession of girls. with lifting melodies
and humorous situations. WiM.J. Ken
nedy and Jack Miller. comedians well
known to burlesque patrons; are the
co-stars. They are supported by Harry
]. Kelly, Boldly Van Horn, the Carnival
Four, Kathryn Dickey, Kitty Forsythe,
Flo Davis and Lottie Blackford and
feature chorus
Evening star., 1916-09-24
In FINLAND.

Geraldine Farrar has just completed a
motion picture version Of tho story OF
"Joan d'Arc" for the Lasky Feature Play
Company. It is said to be a most pre-
tentious production
Evening star., 1916-09-24
In the Spotlight.

Tho famous mission play is to be
brought east from California
Susan" will begin in Atlantic City
October 2.
When Cyril Maude produces his new
comedy, "Jen, he will have an Amsri-
can company to support him.
Zelda Sears and Roy Atwell will have
prominent roles In Follow Me-" the
revue In which Anna Held 10 to star.
Marie Tempest will begin her season
this week In Philadelphia, in "A Lady's
Name" by Cyril Harcourt.
The drst performance Of Mary Lee
Evening star., 1916-09-24

In Vivian Martins new feature, '"The
Right Direction" a Pallas production. it
is said some Of the scenes were filmed
5000 feet under ground. 1t Is the story
Of an eastern waif who seeks fortune for
herself and baby brother. with an unex-
pected climax
Evening star., 1916-09-24
Ten Star Concerts.

Tomorrow at 1906 street northwest
the sale of season tickets for T. Arthur
Smiths Ten Star Course" of concerts
will be opened to the public. Subscrib-
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Puppets" Triangle release. is said
to be one Of the most remarkable Of mo-
ton picture innovations. It tells the story
Of Pierrot and Coiumbine. with De Wolf
Hopper as Pantaloon.
Evening star., 1916-09-24
Savoy.

Frank keenan, is featured in "The Phan-
tom," q Triangle-Kay Bee photoplay Of
modern life. which is today's attraction
at the Savoy Theater. Louise Fazenda
and Charles Murray will be pictured also
IN the Keystone comedy. pills of Peril"
Little Lady Eileen" fanciful romance.
In which Marguerite Clark is pictured.
will be shown tomorrow. Tuesday, The
Pretenders." concerning the plots Of
noblemen. will be shown. with Emmy
Wehlen featured; Wednesday, Clyde
Fftch.s drama. THE Woman in the
Case. in photoplay. featuring Pauline
Frederick; Thursday. THE Almighty
Dollar" an adaptation from the story
OF 2. M: Ingleton. featuring Frances
Nelson; June Eividge and e. K. Lin
coin; Friday, The Captive God" a
story Of the days Of the Aztecs. fea-
turing William s. Hart. and also Willie
Collier in Never Again." a Keystone
comedy; ana Saturday. Vivian Martin
Stronger Love-"
Evening star., 1916-09-24
bringing Up Father in Politics."

Gus Hills newest production. Bring
ing Up Father In Politics" will be seen
at Polls Theater next week. It is a
production built on vaudeville lines
and contains clean and wholesome
comedy. with good music and girls
There are funny comedians and pleas :
Ing dancers. gorgeous scenery and mag
nihcent costumes"
Evening star., 1916-09-24
Chevy Chase Lake.

Dancing in the big open-air pavilion
to the music furnished by q fine orches-
ira continues to be the chief attrac-
ton at Chevy Chase Lake.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Fannie Wards next production will be
'Witchcraft," the Columbia University
Lasky prize photoplay. 1t Is laid in New
England during the witch persecution
period and is by DIR. P. Ralston Reed
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Henry Lewis and Muriel Worth viii
divide the honors Of the 3. F. Keith
;Theatsr bill this week. With IN unu-
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Blanche Sweet is to be starred in 1.-THE
Tides Of Barnegat," "a Marshall Neilan
picture. for the Lasky company.
Evening star., 1916-09-24
Casino,

One Of the notable achievements Of
the aim manufacturers is the presenta-
ton OF e. H. sothern in the
silent drama, and the first Of his
pictures will be offered to the Wash
ington public this afternoon at the
Casino Theater. When the announce
ment was made last spring that Mr..
Sothern had yielded to persuasion and
that the three photoplays to which he
has limited his screen appearances
would appeal strongly to the patrons
Of film stories. the Casino Theater
management sought and obtained all
the sothern films for exclusive presen.
tation and will show THE Chattel."
the first of the series. here, it is
claimed. week in advance OF its re-
lease elsewhere.
The Sothern pictures are The Chat
Enemy to the King" The Chattel"
was written by Paul West and staged
by Fred Thompson. 1t depicts the
story Of a millionaire. who. in a
moment Of pique. tells his wife she
Is his "chattel" just as a picture that
hangs In his library. and was bought
with his money. The wife, lashed by
the taunt, pawns her jewels to clear
her fathers name and purchase her
of independence, the husband slashes
the priceless painting and replaces it
with beautiful painting of the wife.
Peggy Hyland, the English beauty, Is
shown in the role of the wife.
The Chatter will be shown con-
tinuously at the Casino from noon to
II pm. every day this week.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Pathe Is to be the first to film a Rud-
yard Kipling story. THE Light That
Lillian Tucker and Claude Fleming are
pictured In the cast
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Marie Doro will be featured next on
the Paramount program in The LASH"
an elaborate photoplay by Paul West
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Pearl White Is to be starred in the
new serial, Pearl of the Army" by
Pathe.
Evening star., 1916-09-24
Columbia,

Maurice and Florence Walton. the in
ternationaAy famous dancers. in their
motion picture debut. In '"The Quest Of
Life" win be the attraction at Loew's
Columbia today and until Thursday.
Maurice and Florence Walton have
danced before and have received many
exceptional tributes of esteem from royal
v They have danced in all the Euro
pean capitals, In South America and in
the principal cities Of the United States.
where they have invariably scored great
successes.
''The Quest Of LIFE Is q big dramatic
story Of q girl who has but year to
live. . theatrical manager with money.
but few morals. and q dancing partner
(Maurios) who saves the girl and 'the
game" Things end dramaticaIy-but
happily. There is q lot of exceptional
dancing. Maurice introduces his famous
Apache dance. The picture cast includes
d. Maurice, Florence Walton, Julian
Lstrange. Royal Byron. Daniel Burke.
Russell Bassett and Mrs. William Bechtel.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

An unusual photoplay, The Captive
God" featuring William 81 Hart, will
be shown at the Garden Theater from
today until Wednesday. inclusive. II
pictures Mr.. Hart in a story of the
Aztec country. as a stalwart spaniard,
shipwrecked in the early part of the
sixteenth century. who is adopted BY
the people Of ancient Mexico and made
their leader because Of his superior
wisdom. The Star has published the
story. Enid Markey Is pictured in the
cast. Charles Murray and Louise Fa-
zenda will be pictured also in a Key
stone farce. pills of Peril" Thursday,
Friday and Saturday Douglas Fair
banks win be featured in THE Half
Breed" fashioned from one of Bret
Harte's stories. which shows the bar
rier between tho red man and the
white man, which, in the picture, is
surmounted by love. "A Ia Cabaret" a
travesty upon New York's cafe craze,
featuring Ora Carewe and Joseph Bel
mont, will be shown also. Special mu-
sic Is played by the orchestra.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Crane Wilbur Of the Horsley- Mutual
forces is to be starred in "The Painted
Lie" his own story, founded on the
present Mexican trouble.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Helen Holmes is soon to be featured
In THE Diamond Runners" which has
to do with smuggling raw diamonds
from the South African mines. Some of
the scenes were filmed in the Hawaiian
Islands.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

served the circIet.
his is genuine; man with clothes like
that wouldn't be sporting a fake"
That's not what I'm bothering about.
What / want to know is what is he
wearing it on his watch chain for, at
all? He must have some reason back
of 1t, and that's what gets my curios-
ity."
It didn't in the least seem to occur
to her that the gentieman's motive
might be exclusively his own affair.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

The board of judges in Chicago is said
to be narrowing down to a decision
on the dollar prize see
mario for a sixty-reel fllm novel for
the Mutual.
Evening star., 1916-09-24
Crandall's,

From tomorrow. and extending to
include Thursday. The Dark Silence"
q World photoplay, featuring Clara
Kimbail Young. will be shown at Gran
dalls Theater. This will be the first
appearance on the screen In a new play
of this star in over four months "The
Dark Silence" is a Partisan play, and
Miss Young Is pictured as a gifted,
self-sacrincing young artist, who after
ward becomes a nurse on the battle
feld. Her love for a man as noble in
character as he Is by birth Is very
nearly wrecked by a rival. Others
pictured in the cast are Paul Capellani,
Edward T. Langford, Barbara Gilroy
and Jessie Lewis.
Friday and Saturday. Fires of Con-
science" a virile drama of western
life. picturing William Farnum as
strong, thoroughly ilkable man, who
wages incessant war against two
forces. his enemies and himself.
Gladys Brockwell, Nell Shipman, H. A.
Barrows, H J. Hebert, William Bur
ress and Willard Louis are pictured in
the cast.
Today's attraction is The Velvet
Paw" which concerns the activities Of
woman lobbyist before Congress
Gall Kane and House Peters are pic
tured In It
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Nan Christy, who has been enjoying
a "fve-month retirement" is to return
to the pictures. She was pictured last
in THE Love Liars"
Evening star., 1916-09-24
The New Savoy,

After nearly two months work FspEs-
Evening star., 1916-09-24

saint, Devil and Woman" about to
be released for the Thanhouser COM
pany by Pathe. Is based on a dual per-
sonality and Introduces a bit of hyp-
notism. Florence Labadie is the pic
ture star.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

In "The Dawnmaker" William S. Hart
has the role Of an Indian who tries to
lead his tribe the white mans way, only
to be misunderstood and to be made
an outcast by both sides. -
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Lillian Gish, who is starred in Diane
of the Follies," is called upon in the
photoplay to give IAN imitation of Nine.
Sarah Bernhard"
Evening star., 1916-09-24

''The Amber Express" produced in
New York last week, has a motion pic
ing parts are played by Emma jan
vier and Frank Lalor.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

pathways of Life" which is prom
tsed for release October 22, is said to be
a morality play. inspired by Every
man.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

The Astra Company. new company
producing for Pathe, has among its
Grace Darmond. Alice Dovey, Jane
Grey, Ralph Kellard. Mollie King. Mary
Nash, Florence Reed, Pearl White and
a number of other players who have
made their mark - .-rr sr,4~-1I
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Little Peggy OMoore." which will
have its final performance tonight at
Polls Theater, has had successful
week,
Evening star., 1916-09-24

The first performance of Mary Le
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Dorothy Dalton is to be 'vampired''
by Triangle in a costly black evening
gown worn by her great-grandmother
and found in a trunk in the garret at
home Gowns last long time in Chi
cago.
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Hilda Spong has been engaged for
prominent role in William Faversham's
production Of the Shaw play. Getting
Married"
Evening star., 1916-09-24

The Pathe News prides itself on it's
many scoops" the same as a live
newspaper does. e"
Evening star., 1916-09-24

Bessie Barriscale is to be starred in
"The Pigs Sister," by C. Gardner Sulli-
van. 1t is described as a merry tale of
Ireland"
Evening star., 1916-09-24

The smiles tbs Il with Al Jolson.
star performer of the new Winter Gar
den spectacle. "Robi4son crusoe, Jr.".
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-23

all; the railroader cannot sit on the
front porch or go to the park like
neighbors on a hot summer evening,
because when he eets home. first h.
must tax some rest and he is anxious
for a good, cooked meal; by h time
he has slept about four or nve hours he
is second or third to be called on duty
again and canno leave the house for
fear of missing a call. as thai would
mean from ten to fifteen days suspen-
sion. These neighbors Of mine can go
out with their wives. or sit out on the
porch with them every night in the
week. but they did not speak Of the
wife across the street, who must sit
out all by herself six nights out of the
week and sometimes seven.
There are oceans more I could write
of a wife's experience. but I cannot tell
much of the railroader's experience
while out on the road.
Now, dear friends and neighbors, the
last I will write tonight is: We are not
crazy for more money; it is shorter
hours. so husband and wife can be to.
gether more at home.
"A RAILRoADER'S WIFE"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-23
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
RArLRoApER,s w1FE,s STORY
> the Editor Of the TclcgrdPh:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
This evening, as I was sitting on my
front porch GALL by myself, ecaus my
husband is a r~ailroader). my neighbors
the eight-hour-day. AS I am only a
woman, I could not go over and argue
with them. but then I thought I would
paper, as I know they both get your
paper. II I could only tell them my
self I would feel happy. but this wa
more will know about IL. One said the
railroaders want too much money; they
are getting more money than any other
ordinary working man. Yes, they are
getting more money because they work
more hours than any other a not
because they are getting more money
per hour. according to their work n
then they did not speak OF the incon-
venience they are put to. They did not
speak Of the railroader or his wife who
must get up any hour Of the night, say
| or 2 a. m: ooh! my, when you are in
your best sleepy and make a hot lunch
or breakfast, or whatever you might
call It, and pack a large dinner bucket,
Knowing that your husband must eat
out OF this bucket from thirty to forty
Ave hours. Doesn't that sound good?
And oh! that good, odor that almost
knocks one down when he brings that
bucket back home again to be repacked
in about ten to fifteen hours.
money It takes for a r~ailroader's fam
lily: they do not know 1T costs almost
twice as much as other families. Well,
that do not spoil dixie canned beans.
spaghetti. olives. ham for the bucket)
that we could DO without IL we all
il takes more gas TO cook extra meals
s Mssa about two hours after the resuiss
These neighpors of mine did speak OF
] the pleasure the ~railroaders are de-
prived of.-but oh they do not realize
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-23

ated-goes glimmering for the same
tSpSth OF TIME. Japan also asked for
the privilege of building railways in
Shantung, told China hat she must
get Japan's consent before borrowing
money or granting railway conces-
SION IN Manchuria and eastern Mon
golia mongolia is over a third the
size or the United States) and pledged
emma not to sell or lease any of her
coast line to any third power. There
were several other demands, but
these were the principal ones, and
snow with some c~learness how japan
went about securing what she refer
red to in her preamble, as the general
peace of Eastern Asia and a further
strengthening of the friendly relations
and good neighborhood existing be-
tween the two nations"
Having made the demands. Japan
strictly forbade China to talk about
them. They were to be kept absolute
~ secret, OF Japan would be serious
ly annoyed and take steps accordingly.
AT the same time Japan assured the
rest of WORLD hat the demands did not
infringe on anybody's rights. and gave
out a highly modified statement of
them herself. So we'll did she do her
publicity work that when an English
correspondent in Picking got hold of
the real demands and cabled them to
his paper, hat journal expended o n
siderable money on a cable telling him
to his false and misleading re-
ports and get down to facts.
However, in subtle diplomacy, China
was finally the equal of Japan, and be-
fore many weeks she saw to it that the
demands became generally known. In
the face Of questioning from the chan
%cellortes of Europe, in the face Of a
note from the United States fatty re.
fusing to recognize the result of the
negotiations, Japan blithely stuck t.
her course. She would have preferred
to put it through without unnecessary
trouble. but if trouble came, she was
ready for it. The conferences between
the japanese minister and the Pekine
government continued. Japan con.
sented to Qualifications, in a few of hel
demands, postponed a few others fol
future reference, graciously consented
that China, instead of signing hel
Continued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-23
HOW ABOUT JAPAN?
The Mailed Fist
By Frederic ]. Haskin

Japan has never lacked for de-
tenders in the United States.
- Her Asiatic policy has been up
held even when its methods were ir-
regular, on the ground that her friend
ship for America and China as we'll as
her high political ideals would make
the end justify the means. Now Japan
has shown her hand. If any American
does not see what Japan's curse in
China means to the United States. it
is probably because he never deemed
the question worth investigating.
Japan made twenty-one demands on
China. Some of these demands were
the most sweeping and audacious ever
made by n modern power on anoth-
er. Japan modestly requested that
China should employ Japanese politi-
cal, financial and military advisers,
that the police departments of i'm
portant places in China should be put
under the joint administration of Chi
nese and Japanese, that China should
purchase from Japan a fixed amount
of munitions of war (one-half, or
more, of all that China needed, sug-
gested JAPAN or else establish a
jointly worked arsenal under the di-
rection of japanese technical experts
and using japanese material.
DC6AOCS llCoC oClAldlANos Which W.
~viously trampled roughshod over al
China's sovereign rights as a nation
and over the interests of all the other
powers including the United States
japan advanced many more. She de-
manded that the great Chinese iron
mining company, the H~anyehpine
should be made a joint Chino-Japa-
nese concern and stuck in a clause tc
the effect that no mines in the neigh
borhood Of those belonging to the
company should be worked by any.
body else, thereby guarding herseli
! against the superior efficiency of Am,
erican and English mining companies
She ordered China to extend hei
lease on Port Arthur and Dalny for 8!
years, and her lease on Manchuriar
railways for the same period. Thereb!
China was deprived of any chance o.
getting back Nhat belongs to her fol
another century, and the principle o.
equal opportunity for foreigners il
the rich Manchurian territory-whert
American trade formerly predomin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-23
1.-THE STATE FROM DAY 10 DAY

The report that Atlantic City's
beach director is going to put the ban
on the bare-legged feminine bather
next season need not strike terror into
the hearts of the fair swimmers of the
Harrisburg Navy. Harrisburg FORUM
ately hasn't gotten to that stage yet.
Robbing pastors seems to be the
favorite summe pastime of young
Walter Hoffman, OF Butler, who is ac-
cused of having taken two cameras,
a bicycle, some valuable old coins, a
revolver, a child's savings bank and a
church missionary nox from two min
listers. The boys defense will doubt
less be that the minister had no right
to keep a revolver.
Mrs. Angelina Apostolico, of Scran-
ton, is suffering from a broken arm
where a cupboard fell on her. II
doesn't say whether she was going to
get her poor dog a bone. but her re-
ception vas Just as insulting as old
Mother Hubbard received.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-23
THROWING SAND
JAPANESE statesmen are so per.
sistert and vehement in their

JAPANESE statesmen are so per-
sistert and vehement in their
declarations of friendship for
the United States that thoughtful
purposes may be forgiven for sus-
pecing that perhaps they are engaged
IN the old practice OF throwing sand
in order TO blind the vision OF Ameri-
cans to the true intentions Of the Jap
anese government. Just now we are
hearing from many sources hat the
Russo-Japanese alliance will be real
~ beneficial 70 American business
n is by no means designed to drive
Yankee trade out OF the Orient. Let
us not be too sure.
Reports and rumors have been rife
for months, and are steadily gaining in
persistence and conference. TO the ef-
feet that the b~e!ligerent alliances OF
Europe will be succeeded by
cial alliances which will wage a Bit
ter though bloodless war for the DOM
nance OF the worlds trade-an object
that really underlies the war itself.
In this connection We hear OF prefer
entail trade treaties, Of reciprocal tar
III agreements TO be contaminated. Of
elaborate plans for girdling the globe
with trenches OF commerce. in which
the place OF the United States is no.
very clear. The Allies are said to in
tend the elimination OF the central
powers tren the supply-and-denand
equation, while Germany and Austria
naturally enough have their own in
tentioas in the matter of p~ost-beIlum
business.
Meanwhile the United States. with
no organized national policy for for
eign trade domination, or ever extern
sion and consolidation. by grace OF
circumstances continues to enjoy
more profitable foreign business thar
ever before in her history.
The vital question, Of course. il
how long this state of affairs. or one
al all like il, will last after the peace
treaties are signed and Europe turns
from the rife to the ledger. True
enough, it seems doubtful that = ar.
bitrary combination of powers. mar.
kets and can long stand on;
against the LOECS OF natural trade III
rents. which are guided by laws eco.
nomical rather than political or sen.
timental. None the less. there is lit.
tie doubt that strenuous and far.
reaching effort TO direct artiAcially
the flow OF world business will b,
made by the warning powers after tn,
war.
Arbitrary and artificial arrange
ments for the direction of industr,
and commerce have been more sue
cessfully applied in China and the I'm
settled markets OF the Far East gen
orally than in any other place. Givel
a sufficiently strong native centra
government and a moderate nationa
autonomy, the business OF a buyer ma
ton will go TO the sources where tn
goods best fitted to its needs are 70
sale at lowest prices. In the case of
country like China, where the compli
cations of the local situation make
necessary for the foreign merchant t
be backed by the force OF his hom
government before his investment /