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The Washington times., 1916-01-18
BELASCO.

The Be,asco stare. the popular rum
way and the risibilitles OF on immense
audience shook with another OF those
Winter Garden extravagant entertain
ments last night with the opening per-
formance Of the musical production
styled Maid in America Fun. pretty
women. jlnRly tunes and scenic splendor
held sway throughout the evening. and
made three hours of riotous amuse-
ment seem cruelty short.
Headed by Florence Moore. a comed-
ienne as attractive to look upon as her
fun was contagious. and Mile.
Dazzle. the feminine gender in
the animated vaudeville produced more
enllvened nimbleness than previous
Winter Garden offerings, and the mas
culine end of the entertainment was
held to high standard by the many
humorists.
Two acts. of twelve scenes with New
York and Greece and Egypt as the
locale. were employed TO put across
the quantities of originality in the sosre
and lyrics, and the prancing and dis
porting coryphees in scanty and album
| dant raiment furnished embellishments
| to the stage pictures that untoldeu
| during the forty -centimeter evening.
/ The intimate humor that FlorencS
| Moore purveyed grew in volume as tht
show progressed, and she FURNISHED Iur
in no less measure than the graceIuI
| Mile Dazzle, and her dancing helpmatei
i shone with brilliance that challenged
the most powerful lights thrown OF
| them.
ON the frail, though shapely should
ers of Minerva Coverdaie ien Hlost % ~
| she warbled and danced most ensas
lingly throughout Margaret CaISert ul1
an active bit of cabaret with her Dan
cling violin number. BY BroNh Mil was 10
% hn
| ton, and Louise Mink looked atuac
tive, sang with abandon and burlesque'
with great glee. l..
4 Sam AdamR created humor in III
subway patron and Caesar, IN oroe
named; viii Stanton's American ,.lSi nlau
"souse" was rliiculously funny; Eddl
Cox and Jack Coogan terpshicore'
feverishly whenever given an oPpQi
tunity, and George Schiller ana VIII
liam Halligpn were two males neces
sary to mako the plot, when WASH
| Distinguishable I'm the large choru
, were Mabel Hill, Francesca CariDe
and Ida Kramer. whose prelaSgi 4
, cally performed dancing OF MIG
Dazie, whetted the appetite OF tn
audience for the wealth OF dhhcih
given. Strikingly beautiful was IN
, Egypt, near Alexandra, I'm whic
some travesty was well performed
+ and the first scene OF the second &C
in which Nile. Dazzle and her dancin
! assistants staged the Russian bah'
of color and motion,
r Twenty-onc singing and danckn
numbers i'm the twelve scenes inter
Z spcrsed with the uproarious fun
Swor and Mack. the buriesque benin
? the scenes Of the Metropolitan Thea
! ter. and a chorus that wore and faile
/. TO wear coverings that startled tn
I eve, makes Maid in America one
: the best musical productions We've
! by WashingtOt,iaus in recent season
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
STRAND.

Considered in conjunction with the ed
itorials that are appearinR in the news
papers by such persons as Col. Theodore
Roosevelt Col Henry Watterson and
others the presentation Of The Battle
Cry of Peace" at MooTe's Strand Thea
te- this week Is an object lesson which
shows the evils the writer's are trying
TO warn the country against.
Considered purely as photo-plaY
THE Battle Cry of Peace" contains
more thrills purely spectacular protog-
raDhy. to the linear foot Of film than
anv play that has been produced pub
liclv in Washington for months.
The production of J. Stuart Black
toms preachment against unprepared-
ness Mt the Strand Is important to pho
toplav patrons totally aside from the
propaganda features involved. 1t Is
being presented here in accordance with
the ideas of Tom Moore. manager OF the
theater who has completely re-arranged
the film and by changing the original
sequence Of events. BY cutting out
quite a bit OF the morbid horror that it
! originally contained. Mr.. Moore has
given the play more striking quality
and with special incidental music. the
decorations OF the theater the ushers
and attendants In appropriate uniforms.
| has given the play A real atmosphere.
THE Battle Cry OF Peace" tells, the
| story Of unpreparedness in the United
| States m a most vivid wRv. The play
! deals with the life OF a man of millions
| who Is an ardent peace advocate. He
| will listen to nothing that suggests the
/ preparation of the country for a posi-
/ hle war. With his money and influence
he works AGAINST military preparedness
| in every form.
/ At the great moment In his life. wher
| he is presiding over a monster peace
| meeting in New York. the city is at
! tackled by a foreign army and navy
| The pictures show the defenses OF New
! York as they actually are and the futile
| efforts at defense that are made by th'
handful of regular troops against tht
| big invading force. The ships of thI
enemy remain out OF range OF the gum
of the harbor forts and reduce the cit!
| to ruins.
Pictures of familiar sections Of Broad
way are shown with shells falling in tn,
streets and buildings being demolished
The fleeing population is met by al
army of invaders from the rear and tn
CITY is complctelyS the mercy OF tn
enemy. The victory of the invaders /
sweeping. the last part of the filn
showing a color bearer OF the defender
falling with a furled flag before tn
smoking ruins of the Capitol In thi
| city.
Before the showing OF the film Cap
, Jask Crawford, the poet scout" 4
scheduled to make a brief address O
preparedness. The story of the pla
, was written by j. Stuart BlaclIton an
, is based on Hudson MaXim's book. "De
fenseless America" The production wa
, made by the Nitagraph company wit
Charles RiChman and Norma Tallmadlg
in the leading roles.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
SCANDINAVIA AND THE WAR

s----
The King of Sweden, addressing
his Parliament from the throne, in
dulged some pointed references to
the fact that Scandinavia has been
placed in difficult position by rea-
son of the blockade which, in order
to be effective against Germany,
must also bear heavily on the neu-
trails adjacent to Germany. He ad-
vised in strongest terms that
Sweden prepare itself for whatever
emergency might arise.
Before the wars end, unless that
end shall come much sooner than
now seems possible, there will al
most certainly be period of most
difficult consideration of the inter
ests of the minor northern countries.
! Scandinavia may become another
Bahama, of the north. The Scandi-
navian nations and the Dutch king
dom are naturally bound by ties of
sympathy and interest and common
institutions to the western wing of
the entente; precisely as the Balkan
states are naturally affiliated by
racial and religious ties with the
eastern power of the entente, Rus
sia, and with Italy. .a
| But despite the logical presump-
tion that Sweden, for instance
i. would side with Britain and France
she IS disposed toward Germany, be-
cause of her fear of Russia, which
overweighs all other considerations
In the same way, the only one oi
the Balkan nations that has latterly
plunged into the war has broker
away from its obvious moorings anc
, taken the German side. Bulgaria
, ought to have been bound to Rus
, sia; but it has gone with Germany
= Greece is naturally bound to Eng
| land; but it has refused to do NOR,
than maintain an attitude of neu
r trality.
2 Sweden is suffering severely be
cause Of the interference of tn
4 blockade with her commerce. Ye
0 her suffering is rather imaginar.
: than real. Were it not for tn
y blockade, she would be getting ric
n by taking toll as the gateway t
c Germany. She is doing extremel
It well, indeed, in that capacit,
It despite the blockade. But her bus
o ness interests do not easily recor
y cile themselves to the measure OF ir
reference that is imposed, just a
J. certain American business interest
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF STREET
RAILWAYS

Congressman Crosser made the
question of street railway owner
ship more than academic when, last
session, he got a favorable report
on his bill to buy the systems of this
city. Down to that time it had been
a subject for languid debate now and
then, with the proponents of the
measure very certain to be set down
as unmitigated cranks.
Among the cranks, this newspa-
per has been pleased to be numbered.
1t believes that the municipality
ought to own the street railways,
the gas and electric facilities, pre-
cisely as it owns the water supply.
Mr.. Crosser's bill was reported
last winter, but did not get consid-
Grafton. Now it is reintroduced and
a reconstructed District Committee
will pass on it.
The reasons for public ownership
are precisely the same that they
have been throughout the years that
this newspaper has urged the policy
Sentiment has grown powerfully
however, in favor Of it's adoption
There is a better realization that
competition between TWO car cor
porations is wasteful, unscientific
and promotive in inconvenience
rather than satisfaction to the pub
lie. The street car systems com
pete in the sections that have dens,
traffic, and leave other sections witt
utterly inadequate service. They ar
overcapitalized, and very recent!
there has been a determined effor
further to initiate the capitalization
1t is time for Congress to begil
doing some real things for Wash
ington. We have had long perio,
in which the needs of the city hay
been well-nigh neglected because o
the quarrel over fiscal relations
That controversy is on the way t
settlement; and there ought to b
prompt attention to matters of vita
concern to the city. Among thest
public ownership of the street ca
systems, consolidation, universe
; transfers, better, faster, and safe
service, come at the head of the lis
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
CASINO.

Willard HOlcomb dramatization Of
Augusta Evans Wilson's story, st.
Elmo is the vehicle Oc the Casino
Stock Company this week Its nrnscl-
taton last night was. giVer unmistak.
able evidences Of SpprcVdl from tito
large audience.
The story Of "St. Elmo" IS familiar to
practically every one Involving, as il
does. the complete reformation of a
man from a careless young man about
town. TO quiet cultured. thou-h
rather morose. rocluse. The hCfOlne OF
the stoT$ hhs Witnessed duel i'm which
ST. Elmo killed his opponent. She ne us
the man afteTwnTd and they change
the course OF each others lives. Tie
play Is set In America most Ct the
suenes beng in the vicinity OF Lnd,tt,,
nooRa.
Louis Anl:er. in tho part OF ST. Elmo
made dcCD Impression on his ludi,
enCe, while Jane Ware played the ,pac
Of Edna Earl. the heroine. Louise Ken
appears I'm the part Of Agnes uRm
nOnd, sister OF the yOuns man 81
elmo killed IA the duel.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

refuse to feel cheerful over the al
lies intrusion into our field Of busi-
ness opportunity. SO, between the
feeling that the blockade is pruning
down business, and the fear that one
day Russia, IL her side wins now,
will swOop down on the northern
peninsula, there Is real danger that
soon or late the war will slop over
the Baltic and draw in the north
countries. It is going to be neces-
sary for the allies to handle the
minor northern states gingerly and
with all consideration, il they shall
be kept from making new trouble
territory in the north.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS

Coincident with the announce
ment from the Capitol yesterday
that Senator Pomerene is to urge
legislation for retirement pensions
for civil employees of the Govern
ment, the spokesman of a commit
tee of the National Civic Federation
expounded sound sense about the
matter before the convention of that
body. For ten years this commit
tee has studied the subject and
their findings have the value of an
expert opinion.
William r. Wilcox, chairman OF
he pension department, not only
presents the Government pension is.
'ue, but tells of the progress ir
'tate, municipal, and corporate pen
ions. How temperate are the
'laimS Of those who would have
Uncle Sam provide pensions for hi
workers can be sensed from tn,
fact that corporations in many case
already have provided straight O
annuity pensions, while all the Gov
ernment is asked to do Sis to bear
share in a contributory plan.
One novel suggestion, whicI
sounds workable, made by the com
mittee. is that the difference be
tween the salary paid a retired EN-
ploye, and that paid to a new ma
taking his place, be granted to tn
retiring emplOye as a pension. Sue
scheme might we'll furnish tn
basis of a beginning for Feders
pensions, though, of course, the Gov
eminent would have to provide fo
the increase in the salary of tn
younger clerk from time to time.
The committee explodes that oil
argument that the $1,000 or S1,2C
Government clerk should be expec
ed to raise and educate a famil
and then have enough left to live
comfort in his old age. Even if !
did it quarter of a century ago,
is pointed out, the advancing co
Of living has practically worked
decrease that mans actual salal
from year to year.
The subject Of pensions is pro
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TO-DAY

Meeting, National Marine Engineers ASsO-
citation, Raleigh. 10 a. m.
Meeting, National Civic Association, New
Banquet. Bereau Bible Glass, Ninth Street
Christian Church, p. m.
Meeting. Columbia Historical Society, Shore
Illustrated lecture. Tho Nations at war
w. J: showalter, Luther Place Memorial
Banquet. New Jersey Society, Rauscher's.
Election OF officers Home Club. GSO to
Address Tho World War and the Future Of
the Socialist 1nterna tionality,'' Alexandra
Kallontay, before Socialist Party. Pythian
Illustrated lecture, The Necessity OF water
Power Development Henry y. pierce,
New National Museum, $3.50 D. m
Address, THE Nays Trophy Flags" Prof.
il. G. washburn, before District Sons OF
the Revolution. Army and Navy Club. SIS
Address. Laws Of the District Relating to
members Of Housekeepers' Alliance IIome
Ladies. SiHS -''U night ~ entertainment. Kanisoll,
Grotto, Raleigh, p. m.
Meeting Petworth Citizens Association. ret
worth NJ. +. Church. 1870 p. IN. Address
ANNUAL meeting Retail Merchants ere Assoela-
Paper, The origin Of superrtitiSns.' Dr.
Society of Washington, Lecture hall, PUbiio
Library. p. M.
| MasOnic-lOuBeS: national, No. ", thea ter
N. Patker, No. "a. NJ. NJ. Royal Arch
Chapters: La Feyette, No. 3. election =?
! officers: Washington Naval, No. g. gran I
| visitation. Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite: Mlthras Lodge Of Perfection bis.
| Kodash, twenty-fourth degree, full cere
nlonial. Kailipolis Grotto Yelled ProDh.
ets ladies' night Raleigh Hotel
Eastern Star-Mizpah. NO. s; Fidelity, No H.
odd FellOws--Lodges: Mt. Pleasant. No. 70.
| degree: Washington, No s; Golden Eulc,
| No. q. and Anity, No. a. business En-.
oanpments: Grand Encampmsnt. semi
Rebekah Lodges-F1delity, No. 7. degree
knights OF Pythias--Webster, No. a Excel.
sior. No. Il: Capital, No. q. and Myrtle.
No. 25 business.
National Union-state, war and Navy Coun-
oil at Perpetual Building Hall.
Socialist Party-Lecture. PythiRn Temple
main hall. s:l5 p.
knights OF Colunbus-Carroll Council meet.
ing to receive report OF committee on Ia
Annual show, Capital Poultry and PIGEON
, | Association, Arcade afternoon and evening
Washington Cat Show in connection With
poultry exhibition.
Meeting. Gaelic Society Of washington, Com,
stock Studio, 1870 New York avenue north
Program for the blind, Mrs. Frederick E
: Georgia Miller. Library Of Congress. Ssl
2 Meeting. Association of Collegiate Aiumnas
. Home Club. p. m,
= Address bleeding France" Mrs Ida Gibi
2 Hunt, before Bethel Literary and Historic
a Association, A. NJ f. Church, NJ sire
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth street
northwest. p m
= ! Address. Kinds of Credit" Carl c. Mueller
before Washington Association Of Gredl
= Men. Y. NJ C A
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
EXPECTS PROHIBITION
BILL FOR DISTRICT
Senator Jones Has Little Doubt
Measure Would Commanr
Majority in Committee.

Senator Jones Of Washington pre-
diets the Senate District Committee
Will report Out a prohibition bill 70"
the District at this session. senator
Jones has canvaSscd sentiment I'm tile
committee, and is In position ~
know.
Senators Kern. Dillingham;. Jonck
Works, Kenyon, Martin. aud Sterling
are considered certain tor pTonIbi-
tion. Senators Smith OF Maryland.
pomerenc, Smith OF ATiZuna, Jane
and sherman are rated against Il.
Senators Hollis and salisbury are ser
down as doubtful. Little doubt is
felt that the bill Woulu command u
majority.
Predictions are made that the noml-
nation OF X. @. Smith for another term
on tire excise board will test the sit
Jation. smiths nQIrination is in the
hands of q subcommittee. Indications
are the subcommittee and the com.
mittes will report adversely.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
CULTURE AND FIuHTINd
QUALITY

One of the commonest errors
which unthinking people make is
the assumption that the more civil
ICED nations, those Of highest cul-
ture, are somewhat decadent; that
they are softened by luxury, ener-
waited by indulgence, accustomed to
comforts which they cannot spare,
and incapable of fighting as the
rougher peoples can.
At the beginning of the present
war it was alleged that Europe had
enjoyed such long peace that it's
people would prove indisposed to
take up the tasks of war as they
formerly did. Yet they have in
fact risen to the occasion in man
ner that has made all former wars
look like the play of children. The
men Of France and Britain and Ger
many and Italy have proved stur-
dier soldiers than those of Russia,
the rudest, least cultured nation
among Tie RICdL pOWGISs
The truth is that culture and re-
finement give men better, steadier
nerves; they equip the mind with a
power of concentrated control that
the barbarian does not know. A long
period of peace does not enervate
the race; it rather strengthens it.
There has never been n war which
| imposed such fearful, nerve-racking
conditions of life and fighting on its
soldiery; and there never has been
one in which higher quality of per.
sonal heroism has been displayed.
The most warlike nation engaged
in the war, the one that for cen.
turies has made war it's vocation
and has held the pursuits of peace
in light esteem, is the first to sur
render: Montenegro. OvermatcheC
indeed it has been; hopeless under
/ the heel of Austro- Bulgarian power
But beyond that lies the fact thai
the Montenegrins are a simple, un
cultured, elemental people who don
know any better than to quit wheI
they are beaten. In such a struggl,
as the present, the race that sur
renders merely because it is defeat
ed, has a poor chance to win glor,
or to maintain it's place in the world
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, address
ing the CivicS Federation yesterday
made some observations that ma
we'll be considered in this connection
Comparing living conditions of to
day with those Of the "good oil
times" a generation ago, he find
that 1--WE live almost twice as Ions
die more than a third less frequent
ly, are sick only two-fifths as Otter
and should have three times a
much money to spend for good foo
housing, and healthful recreation.
= That sort of thing makes stronj
virile, efficient people. Civilizatio
based on the factors that more an
: more dominate in our modern life, 4
+ not degeneracy and enervation; it
; the very opposite. DR.. Hutchinso
might have added that men of II
: same races are taller, stronger, be
t ter set up, than they were centuri'
r ago. The race is improving in q
directions.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Gives Drama Lecture.

The first OF series OF six lectures on
the dynamics of the modern drama Is
to be delivered bv Miss Emma Gold.
man tomorrow evening In Perpetual
RWldinE Association Hall. Her tonic
will be the Scandinavian Drama" and
will include a discussion of Henrik
fbson. August Strlndberg and Bjornst'
JGrne BjOrnsop.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Trap Catches Eagle.

GREEN RAY, Wis. Jan. lS--A large
bald eagle slighted in trap set on his
farm by Herman Gustman, aud tho
bird Is being held as prize by him.
The eagle is three feet in height,
weighs forty pounds, measures eight
feet from tip to tip OF It's wings Its
claws have spread OF nine tnchO6A
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Amusements.

New Natfonal-Elsie Ferguson in ''AIArgsre
Schiller" S:l5 p. m.
Belasco-MIle. Da gle In Maid in America,
$50 p m.
Poll s-''Tess OF the Storm Country" e:16 and
s:l5 p. m.
Ksiths--VaudeyilIe. 2:l5 and s:l5 .. m.
Casino-"St. Elmo" 2:l6 and Sis o. m
Gayety-Burlesque. 2:l5 and S:I6 p. m.
LOew's Columbia-PhOtoplRys 1850 a. m. 10
IL o. M,
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Classical Club to Meet

The thirty first reed jlsr meeting ~ ,h.
at GunstCl Han. ~ Flor aven-, .
Saturday afternoon b, ~ "clo, <, r''.l
will be addressed. II thr Rev Er,ncl'
+ Donnelly. prrsid,tt ~ Glnz4s9 81.
English Through tlIs rlssGscS.'
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

It's going to take a lot of diplo-
macy for Colonel House to get
along with all those American am
bassadors.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

"Go to war or marry" is the gist
of that conscription measure. That
is, trench or retrench.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

There are two sorts of visitors in
WasRington-those who wear con-
vention badges and those who don't.
The former are safe to take into
your office, according to one of the
Congressman.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Why not mention Henry Ford for
President, anyway
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

1t is reported from usually well
informed sources that there are sew
eral vacant seats on the January
wagon.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

The war, says Shepherd, has cured
French soldier of indigestion.
Take your choice.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

From the daily prints, some of
those warriors look about as much
at home on a horse as man driving
his Mife's electric.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

As a living room decoration at
this writing, a fire, log has it on a
family tree a long, long way.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Normal conditions restored in
Haiti. About one attempted assassi-
nation a day now.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

! Yes, he's at large this morning
the notwithstanding o-the-spring-
of-'S2" pest.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
B-r-r-r-r-r!

B-r-r-r-r-r!
The offstage chortles are from the
fuel men.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

There is no law to prevent you
from swatting the man who now ad-
mits that he bought his coal supply
last June.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-05
Fine Subject

FROM Judge.
When you took the long walk with
Dolly how did you find so much to talk
about?
Marjorie-We happened to pass girl
we both knew.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-05
Arguments Will Begin

| Arguments of counsel in the trial of
Addie Smith, negro woman indicted for
the murder of Curtis Price, negro, on
August, %, will begin this morning at
$3.50 O'Clock before Judge Harrington p.
Heflin. The taking Of evidence in re-
buttal was completed 80 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
The only interesting feature of the trial
yesterday was the dramatic testimony
of a negro named Harrison Scrugg, who
was brought in on an ambulance stretch
er and placed In front of the Jury.
Scrugg's testimony was to the effect that
he was asleep in the same room where
Curtis Price was killed and that he
awoke up when a shot was fred. He
stated that he saw the negro reeling
about and caught him before he fell. He
testified that he did not see who shot
him.
In the arguments before the jury this
morning Attorney Altman will open for
the state and will be followed by Attor-
news Terry and Beddow. Assistant So
licitor WEIGH will close for the state and
will be followed by the charge of Judge
Helm, after which the jury takes the
case.