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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
WHEN ELTINGE
WORE A WHISKER
How the Actor, Yielding to Ma
lures Adornments, Nearly
Lost His Job

Allow boy To srend the early years OF
his life in Butte. Mont, and move from
Butte to Boston at the age of " /; send
him TO the public schools OF Boston ana
give him free rein with the rest ct the
bows OF his &C. and the career OF en inter-
pretcr oe feminine roles on the stage Is
about the last prediction that would he
made for him. Tho fact that he is born
OF Irish American pnren:ag and Srown 10
manhood. is rs masculine aS big uill-
veisity football player. make all the more
remarkable the contrast between the JU-
lian Eltinge of tho stage, tightly corseted'
rashlorabiv bewgged and wearing thou
sands Of dollars worth of Paris costumes,
who will walk out ON the Forrest stage
Monday night. and the Julian Eitinge on
his farm at Fort Solonga, Long Island.
So far as making mp for the stage is con-
cerned. Etireo fuCes two serious obstacles.
one Ia a tendency to flesh. and the other
hcavy, black beard. lie is OF the ROBUST
corpulent type which naturally puts on
lcsh as the 30-yenr mark is reached 10
offset these two obstacles Eltnge has hut
two points that are in his favor when he
hegins to prepare for female imperscna-
tou-p pair of gray eyes that are un-
usually clear and soft for man and a
round, chubby face.
Ills tendency To flesh and his heavy
beard once got him into an amusing
difficulty with Paris theatrical man
aser. El;ingo had been engaged Tor his
frat Euroncan H0neprRnCe solely on h!7
photograph and his American reputation
II was for tho Mnrisnr. one of the most
famous Of the Partisan music halls. For
six weeks prior to the date OF his OPEN
ing appearance AT the MaTigny, EltinGe
loated In Switzerland He not only al
lowed his weight to accumulate but
turned out n mustache. When he mp
peared at the office of Mornay, the
managing director of the Marigny, and
announced himself as Julian Eltlnge, the
Partisan was dumfounded.
"1s this your photograph" asked Nor
nay. handing Eltingc q photograph taken
in skirts.
Certainly" replied Eltinge.
The thing Is a fake retorted the
manager.
Nevertheless Eltnge was allowed to
rehearse with the orchestra, which he did
in his street clothes. At rehearsals he
uses his natural voice. which is of bari
tone quality. Mornay watched the re-
hearsal ntently and at its conclusion
muttered, in French, "It Is n swinde'
That night Eltinge made his first APP
pearance before Partisan audience and
was enthusiastically received. None ac-
corded him more admiration than Nor
nay who congratulated him after the
performance upon his remarkable trans
formation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
LETTERS FROM THE PLAYGOERS
Readers and Theatre Patrons on Current Topics of
Both Hemispheres Of the Anuse-
ment World

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and rnIsc continent y,i,i,h - hoIrr,,l In
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"tic 'S n'ItIy ',s' 'ounu'" on thc
Su"lr.',oi o' women 'hat thls 'laS@ o'
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sen S,iIlu'a,'"h Whlcn ~ ~ the roof oI
IN IN Fl'"''S' wis OF modern tilN me
lho "nuSFpaNmon' ot the chorus makes
some '"rh OF SUBSIDY necessity for its
mtnlpei"' Whlle lh' maze audience pro
nIueS th' temptation OF IN" easiest way
me costumes combine maximum OF en-
traNaEahce with q minimum OF sus-
sestlve covering The story Is com
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15

Ilenry B. WalhlI who plays the lead in
EsEauays siN-aCI feature. The Haven o.
auapte', from George G. HaZeltOu's romance nf
Edgar Allan Poe, sIent houis teaching u raven
10 tdlk, Tor IN the photoplay the bird plays
a most Important uLIt and is supposed 10
articulate the word 'nvN ermOre" several times
the raven took a great fancy TO SIR. WRithaIl,
aud before long lie ,ould say 'neyeTmoTe' Just
as easily AS a parrot says cracker"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
Against Musical Comedy

10 me Dramatic Editor:
Sir-The daily papers are announcing the
arrival OF "A specimen musical comedy.
When such "A show was here before II
included most Objectionable features.
graphically described by dramatic critic
who had the good taste to be disgusted.
In regard to such performances | should
like TO quote from Mrs. Hales modern
book What Women Want"
Drama has become intelligent in regard
TO women, and vaudeville more decent,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
why Not Drew on the screen7

NJ
fectve
comedian
but otherwise would be the public The John Drew
might what social
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
Let There Be Shadows

John
Off we
Of
glorious
of
after dramatically well
Of
Carmen THE Cheat THE Temptation and "The
Gode Chance a re
with the of moyi
add
taking the
in 70 an
$
And II
criminal in light the
essen OF its exist KIN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
tf There We're Record

will
lacking yet with
their 1t
loss doubly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
Death in the Theatre

TO THE long
never acted before the moonpcture
there will be dispute finally oblivion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
A Circumscribed Comedian

mild
his meer-high comedy If he to present
u
thing something woher of its pvged place in
lie
Drewd doesne to of
s something
to
footights7
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
KNOCKING ME DOWN AND INF LETTING A SEVERE CONFUSION

shot one glance at him, turned ashen
pale, and collapsed. He hurriedly
communicated to his attorneys the
fact that he recognized Dingfelter
which caused CONSERVATION among the
party for the defense. The following
questions were then put by the as
sistant circuit attorney, Mr. Marshall
F. Mcdonald. and we're answered as
follows:
O. What is your name? A. John F.
McCulloch.
Q. Where were you born? A vii
mington, Del.
Q. How old are you? A Thirty
years.
O. What is your business? A De
teetiye.
O. By whom are you employed
A. Thomas Furlong.
O. Do you know the defendant In
this case pointing to MAXWELL
A Yes, sir.
O. When did you first become &C
quainted with him? A. In the city
Jail.
O. Were you prisoner in the Jail
A Yes, sir.
Q. What were you charged with
A | believe it was forgery.
Q. When and where were you ar.
rested? A. ! was arrested at the Me
ehanics' bank on the corner of Fourth
and Pine streets, this city. by Thomas
Furlong, who was afterwards assisted
by police officer. whose name l do
not know.
Q. Why did Furleng arrest you?
A He was commanded to do so by
the paying teller of the Mechanics
bank.
Q. Why did the teller cause your
arrest? A. Because | had presented a
check bearing what was purported to
be the signature of ID. S. II. Smith
local treasurer of the Missouri Pa.
eific Railway company. The paying
teller told Furlong. in my presence
that the signature was a forgery.
Q, Did you know it TO be forgery
A. did not.
Q. Where did you get this check?
A. Mr. Furlong gave me the check and
instructed me to present 1t at the
bank. as | did, and told me that he
would be at the bank when presented
1t.
Q. Was Mr.. Furlong there? A. Yes
he came into the bank while was
at the teller's window. That was
when Mr.. Warner. as l believe the tel
ler's name is. told him to arrest me.
Q. Then you do not know whether
the check was forgery or not
A No. sir. ! was only obeying the
instructions OF my employer, Mr.. Fur
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

Are you sure that your lawyers
will not get these friends of mine into
trouble or let the police get next to
them If l can get them to Gomez"
asked Dingfelter.
Maxwell assured Dingfelter that his
friends would be perfectly safe in com
ing to st. Louis, and that the police
would not get next to them, provided.
of course, that they were not already
known to the police.
1t was about five o'clock in the eve
ming when Dingfelter was released
from Jail on bond. and at that hour
the courts in the building had ad-
journed for the day, and the news
paper correspondents and all others
had left the building except for the
few attaches who were on duty. Thus
Dingfelter left the Jail unobserved,
He took a circuitous route to my
house, where he remained until late
hour, when | sent him to New York.
| had instructed him to open CORE
spondence with Maxwell from that
city. so as to get positive instructions
from Maxwell as to what the wit
nesses were to testify to when they
took the stand in his defense. He car
ried out these instructions to the let
ter. The correspondence was kept up
through the medium of Maxwell's at
torneys, copies of the letters cent, and
the originals that came back, coming
into my hands. When the trial was
called Dingfelter, or McCulloch. as he
may now be known again, returned to
st. Louis, his presence there being
unknown to anyone except myself and
Messrs Clover and Mcdonald
At the trial Maxwell took the stand
in his own defense and testified that
he had administered chloroform to
his friend Preller on the fatal evening
at the Southern hotel, for the purpose
of alternating his pain. He saw fit to
mention certain disease as the cause
of Preller's sufferings. whereupon a
second autopsy was made. which
showed conclusively that Maxwells
statement on this point was untrue.
Dingfelter was among the first wit
nesses to be called by the prosecution.
After being duly sworn. he took his
seat on the witness stand. Maxwell
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

bled and also fell. and the clumsy po-
liceman made q dash for him In the
ensuing fight the policeman lost most
of his uniform, and all three of us
went down in the mud and were COW
cred with filth before Dingfelter was
finally subdued.
Dingfelter was taken to headquar-
ters and searched. In an inside pocket
was discovered a letter directed to
some person in San Francisco, togeth-
er with a large sum of money. The
letter seemed to implicate the pris-
Oner in series of bank swindles
which had excited the people of the
Pacific coast. The newspapers had
printed a good deal about this gang,
and the st. Louis detectives felt that
they were on the trail of the robbers.
The afternoon newspapers censured
and ridieuled me for having failed to
discover this letter
However, / was not disconnected
for it had taken me about two hours
to compose and write the same epistle
The st. Louis papers devoted to
Dingfelter good deal OF the space
that they had been devoting to Max
well. much to the disgust of the lat
ter The two men met in the bull
ring" in the jail. and Maxwell hast
ened to make the acquaintance of so
notorious a swindler as Dingfelter
seemed to be. The more the latter
held himself aloof. the more anxious
Maxwell appeared to be to cultivate
his acquaintance.
you are Dingfelter. believe" said
Maxwell
Dingfelter replied that he was, and
Maxwell continued
They seem to have strong case
against you"
You will have to excuse me, sir"
answered Dingfelter. Il don't want
to seem impolite. but | must decline
to talk to anyone in this place about
my case, as you call it, don't be-
lieve it would be a good thing for me
or any other person to talk about a
charge that is pending against him in
a place of this kind. Besides, | don't
know you"
Il am Maxwell" replied the other.
Il am the fellow who is charged with
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

the murder of that man Preller. who
was killed in the Southern hotel, and
whose body was found in trunk.
was arrested at Auckland, New Zea-
land, and brought back here to St
Louis to stand trial, but have been
assured by my attorneys that | will be
acquitted They have no case against
me. and just as soon as / can get
trial, why, of course | will go free"
Il have been reading In the papers
about you." answered Dingfelter. land
if you will pardon me for saying so.
it seems to me that you have already
been talking too much about your
case. If you are not guilty of the
crime with which you stand charged
you ought to be acquitted. and l hope
you will be-"
Dingfelter was in Jail for forty
seven days. during which time Max
well never let the opportunity pass
without talking to him. Meanwhile
Dingfelter was making daily reports
to me- Maxwell, who seemed to have
implicit confidence in Dingfelter. ad-
mitted that he had killed Preller to
obtain the seven hundred dollars
which the latter possessed.
Maxwell also told Dingfelter that he
had used morphine, which had not
hitherto been suspected. owing to the
presence of the chloroform. The
| body was at once exhumed. and
traces of morphine were found, the
...,,;oi,, 5oo+ors ouordiuO tho caorat
faithfully until the trial.
After this information had been OBJ
tanned from Maxwell 1t was unneces-
sary to keep Dingfelter in Jail any
longer. and 1t was accordingly ar
ranged to have him released on ball.
When Dingfelter told Maxwell that
he was about to leave the prison he
added that if there was any way In
which he could assist him he would
be glad to do so.
You can do whole lot for me. .
answered Maxwell, by getting two of
trial is called and have them testify
that they met Preller and myself in
| Boston. and that they accompanied us
| to the depot when we were leaving
Boston; that at the depot proposed
that the party take parting drink;
| that Preller. these two men, and my
; self went to a cafe, and that when
paid l displayed a roll OF seven one
hundred-dollar bills: that l explained
that / wanted to change one of these
| bills so that | might have smaller
bills with which to pay my expenses
on my way to st. Louis. If they will
testify to this it will account for the
six one-hundred-dollar bills that
| took from Preller."
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
Paper and Ink for Our Money

In the manufacture and printing OF
the paper money of the United States
it is necessary that there shall be i'm
ported materials from various parts of
the world A part of the paper fiber.
for instance. is linen rag from the
Orient. The silk that furnishes the
strands that are run through the pa
per as safeguard against counter
feiting comes from China or from
Italy. The blue ink contains cobalt
from Canada or Germany. The black
ink is said to be made at Niagara
Falls from acetylene gas smoke; and
the greater part of the green ink is
made with white zinc sulphite, de-
rived from German sources. The red
color in the seal Is obtained from a
pigment imported from Central Amer
lea
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
EXHIBIT OF BRAlLLE SYSTEM

In report to the department of commerce giving
book held
~
public
which
history legislation 90 T
exhibit
Braie
with the Roman
ehoda and
mostened ~ W
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

out
arrived at the Alsoha re-
Gently orleans VIM
eight who moment the heh before
the fish in the pool OF MS
was IN he
dining armed with bent PIN on Tie
Jackie far from the hustle ana
the little fellow vany trying 10
which had refused be
The fish Vrggng ana mapping
which ad been paeeu
aid administered by the beDo the
notified
a hotel management
to Mr. The fountain
family might be captured ana
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
Following Up a Fable.

"Of course, you remember the fable
OF the thrifty ant and the mendicant
grasshopper?
Yes; the grasshopper. having sang
all summer. was invited to dance"
And then what happened?"
We'll, II the grasshopper was any
good as dancer 1t ought to have
made enough money to make the ant
feel like small change"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
CHECKERS VERY MUCH IN FASHION.


IL
Baltimore will
this the abA
his In
crowd tables areon
possible that checkers
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

dance selections and the visitors
danced. They even moved heavy fur
niture around to make room for the
foxtrotting.
Then they served lunch, cleaning
up most of the provisions in the
larder.
The music, the dancing the NOV
ing of furniture and the rattle of plates
and silver were heard all through the
apartment building. Their holiness
apparently saved the burglars from
detection, for neighbors thought men,
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29


che matter further attention until Mrs Aubrey
the
Mrs MaryG liberia her
made
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

NpIHshIHS Water against Ine MtIH
sides of the tank was missing. 1t was
customary each evening for the diners
ms they passed into the fountain room
to stop at the fountain, gaze for mo-
ment at the japanese goldfish SWIM
ming about and wish the head waiter
good evening. They stopped and
looked, but they saw no goldfish, and
in their desire to know why and where
they had gone they forgot to wish the
head waiter the usual good evening.
hurriea inroSti crn Ii ON ,t-hiS1anrnd
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

Ilan on IHt staHOIU Wis sISHdIIHs
one below. In his voice there was
startling note of eagerness. He was
pointing to rope upon the end of
which. just leaving the ground, was II
can of paint. As 1t rose foot by foot,
the voice of the man above grew more
distressed. People passing stopped TO
look. \ little crowd began to collect.
Were they to witness some great
tragedy which the newspaper woul|
plaster all over the first page? 1t wan
sickening to think of how hard is con-
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29


little The still Then
high above.
whats the mater? asked bated the youth drew
starting
a
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
Burglars Play the Photograph as They Loot Flat

NNEAPoLIs burglars made the home of Mrs
They IonogaI of the numbers
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
"Human Fly Has Crowd Gasping; Just Wants "Chew'

oLUMBUs OFT moment of great excitement People collected
where their
the side of The b4ng
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
"Jackie' Finds Fishing Good in Hotel Fountain

NEW YORKFor three dinner time recently the water T
IN Ansona hotel was
totally absent and the Ink OIL Lrs
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

Why, dHU IIIt HTSL IHdItaIlOn OF the
angered Fates was his presence IN
cell of the West One Hundredth street
station.
Carly, who lives at 515 West One
Hundred and Thirty-second street, was
the motormaS of a southbound Broad
way trolley ear. He had reached Nine
ty-ninth street on the trip downtown
and, being INHALED by passengers at
the crossing, bore along at a good
speed. What appeared to be an ice
berg brought him to a stop. The Ice
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29
Centuries Of Bad Luck Await This Unhappy Man

NEW York; years
of
upper Broad
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-29

berg
by Morris
Morgan
automobile toppe splinter
Richard
assisting
feet.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-21
DQ09lloY.

Mrs. j. Finch Of Nampa is visiting in
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Carlson left last
night for Portland.
Miss Beatrice Evans has gone to st.
Anthony on a visit.
A. w. Mcintyre of Caldwell spent
yesterday in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs C. ]. Frazier of Placer
Vile are visiting in the city.
MIR. and Mrs. Howard Hart Of En-
NETT are guests at the Bristol.
j. H. Pinkston and II. H. Miller are
Boise visitors from Bruneau.
Ira A. Clark was up from Star yes
terday. a guest at the Pacific.
Il. w. Hayball OF Idaho Falls is
among the guests at the Idanha.
Albert Fouch of Parma was trans
acting business in Boise yesterday.
j. G. Watts of Mountain Home is
looking after legal affairs in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. B. Johnston are in
the city from Reynolds creek shopping.
John Mclean is here from HALEY for
a few days. He has rooms at the
Grand.
c. B. Faraday is in the city from
Mountain Home. He is a guest at the
Idanha.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Quinn came in
last night from Pocatello. They have
rooms at the Bristol.
Mrs. c. f. Beichley and Mrs. H.
Nichols are shopping in the city. They
reside at Horseshoe Bend.
]. n. Wallace has returned from the
Boise basin, where he spent some time
looking after mining business.
George NJ. Faeth and II. ]. Reid are
trading in the city. They came over
from Horseshoe Bend last evening.
Miss Mabel L. Shellworth of Jersey
City arrived here last evening and is
visiting at the home of her uncle, ]. F.
ShellWorth.
C. A. Robinson. formerly cashier of
the Idaho Trust & Savings bank, now
a resident of Twin Falls. is guest at
the Owyhee.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-21
DRAWINGS MADE
FOR TOURNAMENT
I First Round Must Be Fin
ished by Monday Of
Next Week.

The first handicap tournament un-
Ner the auspices of the Boise Golf CLUB
has been inaugurated. Drawings of
the "a players entered took place last
night by the tournament committee
and players may proceed Immediately
to play off their respective matches.
These matches must be finished and
the scores turned in to the secretary,
DR. Norman Beckey. by Monday night
or Tuesday morning. after which the
PLAYERS successful and matched for the
second round will be announced
through the press. Many of the play
ers will endeavor TO play off their
matches Sunday the most convenient
time for most of them to get onto the
links. IT was necessary to make the
tournament a handicap in order that
players who feel they might be out
classed in an open tournament would
enter. The handicaps have been lib
eral and players under them appear to
be we'll matched.
After setting down the average
scores of the various players entered,
those playing So and about were given
the benefit of handicap. The play
ers who established a record under so
on the course were not given the
benefit of a handicap. After this had
been done the names of all players
entered were drawn and as they paired
on the draw were matched. The han
dicaps are to run through the tourna-
ment.
AS they are matched for the tour
nament on the draw, the figures fol-
lowing the several names showing the
h-ndicap each player is under, the
schedule of matches stands as fol-
lows:
Altman versus Lawson; Beckley
versus Gill; Johnson 10 versus Nourse
8; Lingenfelter versus Wing: Randall
versus Paxton; King versus Sch-
ferl 2; Kahl versus Gebauer g. Cain
versus Young 8; Safer versus Mar
ion; Alloway versus Over 3: Bissell
versus Martin s.; Fleharty versus Nc
Kinley.
An illustration of how the handicap
works out is as follows: A player
handicapped matched against a player
Handicapped 8. subtracts in each in
stance from his total score the amount
of the handicap and the player then
having the lowest score wins the match.
A player who goes around in 80 and
is drawn against a player who makes
1t in So is handicapped to bring his
play onto an equal basis with that of
his opponent The handicaps are on
strokes and not holes the total num-
Der of strokes to go around being
counted. The course has been made in
b. The average around is so.
The course is now being prepared for
faster play by levelng off the ground