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The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Battle Cry of Peace" to,
Be Shown At the Strand

The Battle Cry OF Peace" which
created a profound impression upon its
local private presentation before Cab'-
net officers. ConGressmen. and others
last week at the d. A. r. Memorial
and will be shown for a week AT the
Strand Theater. beginning January IL,
The picture has won enormous ponu-
larity i'm every citv in which II has
been shown. and had run OF hvo
months on Broadway a. NitaEraph
TheateT The production unfolds n
stirring story woven about Hudson
MsXim's book "Defenseless America.
tTuthfulIN piCtuTing the resources 0t
Uncle Sans nGhtinC forces and to- "
present ability to cope with a possible
foreign invasion.
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Attractions Coming to
Capital Theaters

Announcement is made of the coming
of Mrs. Fiske. most distinguished OF
American actresses. in a new modern
light comedy entitled "Erstwhile Susan"
to the National Theater for one week
beginning Monday evening, January 10.
The new comedy is from the pen OF
Marian de Forrest, recalled for her
Little Woman" and founded on Helen
r. Martins novel, "Barnabetta."
The play introduces to the stage an
environment at once new and novel
and never before used in the theater.
that OF the quaint characteristics and
modern life among the Pennsylvania
Dutch. Additional interest attaches to
Mrs. Fiske's present visit. also, since
1t marks the return to a field in which
she excels, that of bllliant, deft light
comedy of the most delightful kind.
Her company is headed by John Cope,
capable player of undoubted ability,
| who is seen as Baruaby. while other
characters are portrayed by Madeline
! Delmah, Rockliffe Fellowes, Owen
Mech. Wylda Millison. Robert Stowe
Gill and John DAILY Murphy.
One of the greatest successes in mu-
sical productions which this city has
| ever known will be presented when
1.-The Lilac Domino" returns to the Be
| lasco next week. For an entire season
| last year this light opera charmed New
York, Boston. and Chicago, and drew
crowded houses in spite of the social
| cd depression of the times. 1t is now OF
| It's way across the continent. visiting
| the large cities of the West Its twenty
| brilliant song hits are being whistleG
| and sung in all ranks Of society where
! ever it has been produced.
| The Poll Players will continue theil
policy of presenting plays never before
| seen in Washington, when they offer tho
| third of a series of New York successes
next week, THE Show Shop" from the
! clever pen of James Forbes, author oi
THE Chorus Lady" and The Commu
! ters." 1t tells an absorbingly interesting
story of stage life, and presents lift
| behind the scenes even more viVidlN
| than his earlier success, The ChOru!
! Lady"
| Keith ; announces for next week Ma
| &. Goodwin, comedian. as the forcmOs
| feature, in monOlOguC. Beatrice Her
| ford, raCOnteuse. is another importan
inclusion. while Emma rarus, as svcIti
land smiling as ever. will return Nil
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Keith's: Vaudeville.
Alexander Carr.

A LENANDER CARR, the original
u Mawruss Purlmutter of the
~ New York production of the
Montagu Glass comedy. POT
ash & Perlmutter." will be seen here
at the b. F. Keith Theater this week
in AN April Shower"
Next in ranking order among the at
fractions in the bill will be B. A. Rolfe's
musical comedy, The Bride Shop" fea-
turing Andrew Tom5es. with Lola
Wentworth and Basil Lynn, re-enforced
by many bCwitChing shop girls, who
sing. dance, and wear the bridal fincry
of the day. The author is Fred De
Grossac, who wrote The Enchantress,
and other light operas.
The third stellar Offering will present
James c. Morton and Frank f. Moore.
the comedians of The Tx Tok Man
of OF" fame. in dances. Another ad-
dition will introduce Charles Olcott, the
operate comedian and singer In "A Com
fc Opera in Ten Minutes" in which he
burlesGues the principal features of
opera.
Other numbers will he Mignon, tho
mimic. EVerest's Monkey IIippodrOme.
Paul Porter. and Alice Sullivan in II
hirtatious episode; the Ioeen Sisters
in an aerial surprise; the pipe organ re-
cilals, and the Pathe news pictorial.
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Gayety. Burlesque. Frank A.
Rurt and the "Girl Trust"

Bl Rl-ESQl'E Il bearing the mark
~ of Joe Hurug and entitled
~ THE Girl Trust" comes 20 the
Gaycty theater this week, with
Frank A. Burt in the leading comedy
role.
Augusta Lang. the prima donna. who
vas last seen in Washington with Ray
mond Hitchcock in The Red Widow :"
Maudie Heath. comedienne; and Edna
Green, are the principal feminine enter
tainers.
The vehicle is a two-aCt musical farce
entitled, Two Husbands and One
Wife" boastinG Of real plot, which
has enough twisted threads to enable
Frank Burt to employ all of his comedy
methods The chorus. numbering
twenty-four, was carefully marshalled
and trained. -
The settings for the two acts furnish
an attractive environment not often
found i'm burlesQue. The first setting is
a handsome interior representing re-
Ception room at the home of Mrs. Har-
burg at Great Neck, Long Island, while
the second shows the lawn spresdnS .
before her stately mansion. The light
ing cffectsI employed are said to offer
some very pretty stage pictures. Others
Who will further strengthen the eXcep-
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course. in this evolution. there IL ro-
nance and refreshing comedy.
A. II. Van Buren, will be seen in the
role OF young Hubbard, the son OF the
furniture dealer. who is more i'm
pressed with Ruth's personal charms :
than with her business success. Flor
Fer Rittenhouse will he seen in the
tile role. and should prove most en- =
raging heroine, while other membe RS
Of the Poll orEaniza tion will be seen
In a variety of interesting character
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FRANCES Nordstrom, Willlam Plnkham
and company in AN Wrong" Maurice
Burkhart, Holmes and Buchanan. the
Schmettans, the pipe organ recitals and
the Pathe news pictorial.
For the third week. the Hall Players.
at the Casino, will offer Lena Rivers"
decentralization of Mary Holmes novel
of the same name.
Virginia Ware. prima donna soubrette
and Comedian Selly Ward are the fea-
tured stars of Butch Coopers burlesque
organization, The Roseland Girls"
which will be neext weeks attrac ction
at the Gayety Theater, presenting the
musical farce entitled. Love, Law.
and Politics" and "A Call For Volun-
teers. The books were both written
by Billy X. Wells. and the musical
| numbers were composed by William H.
Farrell. The production was staged
by James e. Cooper. and there Is also
a special ballet, entitled. The Ballet of
the Cards. which was arranged by
Mile. Amelia Barteletti, formerly prima
bailarina with the Metropolitan Opera
House company, in New York This
season the "Roseland Girls" are pre-
senting an entirely new scenic produc-
| ton, and the costumes have been es-
pecially designed for the present offer
ing. There is a chorus numbering more
than a score of pretty girls. Included in
the cast are Alfred White. Murray Har-
ris, Tom Nolan. Charles Keith, Lillian
| English Jeanne Barnes. and Stella
! Wood.
| The Newman traveltalks for this
year on South America illustrated. as
] usual, with beautiful colored views and
! original motion pictures, will be pre-
sented at the BelasCo Theater on five
successive Sunday evenings and Mon.
day afternoons beginning January lf
and II. The course sale opens Jan
| uaTy 3.
One of the most important musical en-,
| Eagements of the entire season is sched,
| ulcd for the New National TheateI
| Thursday. January l3, when Nine Calvc
| assisted by her husband. Gallo Gasparri
| the noted tcn"" will be heard in z
| recital.
Mime. Calve comes to the CAPITAL un
| der the auspices OF the f1otila commit
! tee, the object OF which is to raise fund,
| for the immediate care OF the wounded
on the French firing line. \ distin
Continued on Page. Eleventh)
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Loew's Columbia: Films.
Pauline Frederick and Farrar.

BILL. of unusual excellence
A s:;s:s :::$s., b; :,;; y: s:.ss :: 1%';::: %;:s
eriCk and Geraldine Farrar. Is
promised to patrons Of I.oew's Columbia
this week.
II the impression has ever been gained
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BeIasco: "Omar, the Tent
Maker" A Spectacular Romance.

GAIN will lovers OF fine romance
~ and the "Rubaiyat" come into
~ their own when Guy Bates Post
will reappear at the Belasco
Theatpr tomorrow night in "Omar, the
Tentmaker," the sumptuous Persian
love-play by Richard Walton Tully. The
entire original company again will be
seen.
AS thousands of Washington theater-
Goers know, Mr.. Tully has based the
life. times. and Rubaiyat of Omar Khay-
yam. the genial and beloved poet and
mystic of the eleventh century.
Pictorially 1t is doubtful il Omar, the
Tentmaker' ever has been surpassed
upon the American stage. company
liant raiment of the Orient, pass to and
fro in the moonlit. scented garden
or come and go among the huddled,
teeming bazaars of Naihapur.
The play itself recounts the wonderful
ioye-life and picturesque wanderings or
one of the most romantic figures In the
worlds history, Omar Khayyam, the
great Persian poet, mystic and epicur-
can of the eleventh century. who shares
in immortal kinship the spirit OF Dante.
the Italian. ard Francois Villon, the
first poet OF France. How Omar wooed
the beautiful Shreen In the glowing
flower garden at sunset; how he re-
mained faithful to her through stress
fui wears: how he sought and found
and lost and found again his happiness
how he sang of the grape and love ana
toy in eternal quatrains; how he dehed
bikotry: suffered unspeakable torturesi
deived into the basic riddle Of human
mingled in the most enhancing romance
of1nodern times.
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who are still in the business of taking
what Is not theirs. They befriend and
hide one such who has stolen S2O.OO
diamond necklace and been shot while
trying to escape. 1t Is their intention
to keep the man hidden until he re-
covers and then send him on his way,
because they have no wish TO be mixed
up in the crime.
But 1t is discovered that the brother
in-law. dope tiend, has. In turn, stolen
the necklace from the wounded crook.
This connects the couple with the rob-
berry. and. after making the dope
kick in" with the jewels, they decided
to take them direct to the district at
torneY. Then II develops that the
wounded crook has died. and it becomes
necessary to carry his body to the cellar
anu send 1t away on cart. On top OF
this tragic situation. there arrives at the
house a detective from Headquarters.
who suspects that the young couple
know something about the stolen gems.
Upon the detectives promise that all
concerned In the robbery shall 90 free
If the collar is only handed over to the
police. who wish to obtain the $4,000 re-
ward. the husband gives it to the CEN
trail office man. This gentleman prompt
ly double-CrOsseS the reformed crook
and arrests both him and his wife. A
terrific fight take place in which the
wife plays a sensational part. The last
act occurs in the office of the commits
sioner. but it would not be fair to the
producer of the play to expose it's un-
usual and unexpected ending.
Polls: "AlOng Came Ruth"
Comedy Romance. Stock.
r. a LONG CAME RUTH" a
- a clever comedy pro. produced e;
Savage at the Gaiety Thea
ter, New York, will be the entertain
ing play offered by the Poll company
this week, in striking contrast to last
weeks melodrarha. Under Coyer.' but
in one respect the two plays are
strikingly similar-neither has been
seen in Washington, although both
scored unmistakablc New York sue
cesses
Along Came Euth' is a comedy OF
romance and laughter. 1t tells the
story of a young girl who has had n
normal school education. ard who Sc =
cures employment as clerk in a fail
ing furniture store. Her enthusia SIN
and personal charm not only make
the establishment n great success, but
arouse the whole village To such q
Point of stir and hustle that il TAX es
| on new lease Of life, and becomes a
busy and prosperous community. OF
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National: Ten Star Series.
Evan Williams.

ENdH W II1IdnNS.
1.-TWO artists will be heard in Joint
recital next Friday afternoon at
i the New National Theater when
T. Arthur Smith presents as the
sixth attraction in his ten star series"
Evan Williams. concert tenor. and Olive
Kline. the gifted American soprano.
There is little need of an introduction
for Mr.. Williams to Washington music
lovers. While for years ne was known
as the great Welsh tenor. Mr.. Williams
IL an ardent American. born and trained.
Olive Kline is a living dennonstr ration
of the old saying that Nothing sue
sceedS like success" She was ''discov-
cred in a church choir. and her tirst
claim to fame came through the disc
record. In less than a wear sho rose
from obSCuritY to a place in the first
rank of great concert and opera stars
The Washington times., 1916-01-02

tional cast are Tom Haverly. John
Bohlman. Arthur Putnam, and Dolly
Barnes.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
National: Boston Symphony
With Ernest Schelling.

~ r. MUCK has arranged a pro-
gram of unusual beauty and in
tcrest for the third concert of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
which will be given in the New Ma
tional Theater Tuesday afternoon
January 4. As already announced, it
contains a very important novelty, a
set of variations for orchestra and plan D
by Ernest SCnelling. and Mr.. Schelltng
himself will play the piano part. This
ton the preceding Friday and Saturday.
The symphony will Oe MoZart's in Il fiat.
Another important work on the pro-
gram will be the very remarkable sym
phonic poem of the Russian Rach-
maninoff The Island of the Dead" "
which was inspired by Arnold Bocklin s
great picture OF the same name. The
other number will be BeTlioz's Roman
Carnival" overture.
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Casino: Stock. "A Bachelors
Honeymoon" With Jane Ware.

"HE Hall Players present at the
Casino Theater this week Charles
j Hoyt's famous comedy. "A
Bachelors Honeymoon" with
new leading lady, Jane Ware, and
Maude Eburne. Gale Saterlee. and
Louise Kent in the principal roles.
This famous comedy was the Hoyt
success which brought into prominence
Max Figman. Y. j. Ferguson. and
Louise Galloway. Miss Ware has been
leading in stock for several years and
completed a long run in Providence prior
to her engagement with the Hall Play
ers.
Matnees will be given Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02

Noel Stewart in another of her jam
horee efforts. Other inclusions will be
Gautier's Toy Shop, for the kiddies ;
Frances NOrdstrom, William Pinkham
and company in AN Wrong" Maurice
Burkhart. Holmes and Buchanan. the
Schmettans. the pipe organ recitals and
the Pathe news pictorial
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
National: "Kick In" 4
Crook Play With a Punch.

.T/ ICK. IN" the comedy-drama
'k success produced in New
IN York last season. comes to
the National Theater for an
engagement of one week. beginning to-
morrow night.
" Willard Mack and pro-
q. n. Woods. the man who
Potash and Perlmutter."
Law" and other great sue
In" was hailed as a mas
proved magnet TO Broa d.
wards of a solid wear.
Iur sony OF "kiCk In" concerns a
young couple. a husband who had once
been a crook. and a wife who married
him without knowing his past but who
is determined to hclp him remain
ssyslght But the couple have friends
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Polls: "AlOng Came Ruth"
Comedy Romance. Stock.

II. LONG CAME RUTH" a
~ clever comedy. produced
n originally by Henry w.
Savage at the Gaiety Thea
The Washington times., 1916-01-02

KeithS announces for next week Nat
&. Goodwin, comedian. as the foremost
feature, in monOlOguC. Beatrice Her
ford. racOnteuse. is another important
inclusion while Emma rarus. as svcIte
and smiling as ever. will return With
The Washington times., 1916-01-02

For the third week. the Hall Players.
at the Casino, will offer Lena Rivers, -
a dramatization of Mary Holmes novel
of the same name.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-22
REDEEM.

Jacob Franklin Smith, the three year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Smith,
died at the home of his parents Tuesday
night, Of cholera infantum. Little Frank
lin was a very bright little fellow, and
loved by all with whom he came in con-
tact. He will be greatly missed in the
McColley NJ. e. church, being a member
Of the Cradle Roll Of that Sunday School,
and was nearly always present in his
class. Funeral services were conducted
at McColley's church Thursday afternoon
and interment made in the adjoining
cemetery.
Clarke Dutton and Horace Webb have
accepted positions in Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il DuttOn, Miss Lena
Dutton and Mrs. X. c. Hill attended
the Chautauqua in Georgetown last week
Samuel Briston Of Philadelphia, who
has been on an extended visit with his
brother here, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Brs-
ton, returned home on Saturday.
Misses Mabel Hinman and Fannie Rust
and Messrs. Edward Rust and j. G.
Jeuries attended a party on Tuesday ev-
ening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Ed
ward Rust of near Milsboro. The party
was given in honor Of the twenty-first
birthday Of their son.
Clark Hill, Jr. who has been spending
his vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. C. Hin, returned to Delaware
College on Monday.
Miss Minnie Rust has been the guest
OF Georgetown Friends.
Mrs. George II Messick has been re-
Gently entertained by Georgetown and
Stockley friends.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-22
MILLvILLE.

The public school Of this town opened
on Monday with a fine enrolment. The
teachers are, Edwin T. Undercunler,
principal: Misses Agnes Musgrove and
Margaret Townsend, and Mrs. Ross
Ringler.
Miss onie Dukes is spending some time
in Philadelphia.
d. H. Powell is visiting his family
here.
Mr.. and Mrs George Fisher. Misses
Amy and Margaret Fisher Of Lewes, Wis
tied relatives here last week.
Mrs George p. Townsend and child
ren. Of Philadelphia are visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Townsend,
near town
Mrs. Ward Richards and daughter
Georgia, spent a few days last week at
Bethany Beach.
large number fro mhere attended
Chautauqua at Georgetown last week.
Rev. j W. Fogle is taking his vaca-
tion and is spending 1t in Western Mary
land, his childhood home.
Mrs. Herbert Evans and children and
Mrs. Kate Steele visited the latter's sis
ter, Mrs. Nathaniel Warren, in Selby
vile last week.
Mrs. Sarah Lee and daughter return
ed to Millville on Friday after a success
full season in their boarding house at
Bethany Beach.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-22
have COMFORTABLE SUNDAYS

1.-The dusty season is upon US. Every
pleasant Sunday afternoon from now un-
til late October. dozens and possibly
hundreds of automobiles will drive by
your place. Perhaps you will be driving
yourself. You may perfer however, TO
sit and rest on the porch or in the front
yard. But can you do so with any COM
1Sitb or MN & see ssJ ~ e,ouus 80 % Ius, Is,s1
white with it2 There is an easy and in
expensive way to prevent it. Road oil,
which can now be bought in nearly every
town, costs about ten cents per gallon
in barrel lots. II is put on with an or
dinary sprnkling can. Depending upon
the condition OF the road, a gallon will
oil from two to four square yards. Fig
ure IL out for the strip in front Of your
house. Oihng fifty or a hundred yards
may be the making Of your Sunday or
evening comfort.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-22
WHEN MUSTERED OUT.

There will be gains for the young mil
itiamen for whom the bugle has sounded;
gains that in many cases will far more
than Offset their losses. Suddenly they
have realized that there is a bigger boss
in these States than Business-obliga-
tions which all the other obligations sal
ute and give way to. Suddenly they re-
alize that there is a mortgage on their
time and strength and skill prior to all
the liens that ft has been the effort Of
their young manhood to satisfy. Sudden
ly, after being hard fastened to a task
for years they find themselves shifted
from their vocations to what has been
their avocation, and with nothing to do
but be a soldier
II Is an immense change; a swapping
OF all the little chains that restricted
life; a change Of thoughts, duties, asso-
Citations and physical and mental habits;
a chance to develop in new ways; a gem
eral. revaluation Of men and things.
All men will not profit by it equally,
and some will be hurt by 1t. But to
very many it will be stimulating and de-
veloping, leaving them better citizens
and broader and more valuable men than
when IL found them They will have
opened a great window Of life and looked
out, and that is worth while.-Life.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-22
MILLsBoRo.

School opened Monday, September 18th,
with H. II. Williams Of Georgetown, as
principal, and five assistant teachers.
the children employed in the canneries,
and this session promises 10 be one OF
the most effectual for years. -
Mrs. Lizzie Rowland Of Holmesburg,
Pa, and Mrs. Cassandra Seymour, Of
Mikado, Mich, are guests at the Mills
boro hotel this week, visiting old child
hood haunts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly Hickman are the
proud parents of a baby girl which ar
rived early Tuesday morning.
Miss Katherine Rash Of Camden, the
first assistant teacher in the high school,
arrived in town last Saturday morning.
Mrs. w. p. Moran is spending the
week in Philadelphia, purchasing fan and
winter millinery.
Miss Minnie Abelman spent the week
in Georgetown with Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Miss Nora Matthews has returned to
Baltimore after spending the summer
with her parents.
Robert JONES, formerly employed at
the Burton & Lingo garage, has accept
ed a position in similar place at Mil
ford
Harley steen is in Wilmington this
Many people from here attended Chau-
tauqua in Georgetown regularly and de-
rived much entertainment and instruc-
tion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Wiley of Wash
ingtOu, ID. C., are with Mr.. and Mrs.
p. S. Shockley for a short visit
Mrs. Lucius Washburn and Miss Ellen
Scott have been spending a part of Chau-
tauqua week with friends in Georgetown.
Mrs. Eliza j. Jones, who has been in
Bridgeville with Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. b.
West for several weeks, has returned to
her home.
The second quarterly conference was
held Monday afternoon in the class room
Of Grace NJ. +. Church.
DR.. MOwbray. district superintendent,
was to have preached Sunday evening in
the Methodist church, but due to illness
was compelled TO phone his inability to
come.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-22

mend your Compound to other ladies. "
Mrs. MARY RDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts, Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. "My troubles
were from my age, and / felt swfully
sick for three years. / had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. took Lydia E. Pfnkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am well.
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 2S9,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitstion of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
lsrities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-22
REMEMBER TO VOTE
FOR HARRY JOHNSON

The people Of Sussex County are espe-
cially invited TO consider well their action
before casting their votes tomorrow for
County Commissioner. Think the Mat
ter over This special position is a bus
mess proposition, and not a political
favor, and you want practical men, with
wide views and experience to organize
the new Board Of County Commissioners.
Harry Johnson, Of North West-Fork Dis
trict, is "A candidate asking for the sup
port of all Republicans at the Primary
elections tomorrow, and his record is one
Of the best recommendation he is stand
ing upon. His work as a member OF the
present Levy Court stands out prominent
for earnest effort for the public welfare,
and economical government through Civ
ing an honest dollar for an honest SER
vice.
Just think Of this before voting tomor-
roW-Adv.