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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
AMSTERDAM. via London. Dee. 4

AMSTERDAM, via London. Dee 4
Newspaper reports say the Germans are
beginning to reduce considerably their re
quirements as TO the number OF uneln-
ployed to be deported from Belgium and
that the greater part OF the men who pre-
sented themselves at Liege last week were
sent bacl. to their homes. Only a few
men We're taken from the surrounding vii
ages. The newspapers state that the pro
tests Of neutrals have begun to produce
effect
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04

The karnak was H feet long. was built
III 1899 and was owned in Marseiles She
was passenger liner and was reported on
her arrival at La Ciotat on Aug. 8, since
which time she apparently has been in the
service OF the French admiralty Last
January she reported on her arrival at
harseilles with a large number of passen-
gers from Alexandria and Malta that she
had been pursued for several hours by a
Submarine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
MRS. MARIA T. HADLEY.
Widow of Lewis Hadley Dies in Mel
rose Hospital

Mrs. Maria r. (Whipple) Hadley, 81,
died in the Melrose hospital in West
Brattleboro yesterday morning as the
result Of n shock sustained two weeks
before when she was found mcon.
scious in her apartment in the home of
l.. f.. Bond.
Mrs. lladlcv was born in West Brat
tleboro, on what was known as the old
Sampson place, in 1882, daughter OF
Timothy and Thcda. (Stoddard) Whip
pie. She married Lewis Hadley of Dunn
merston, who died number of years
ago. They had no children. She leaves
one sister, Miss Mary IL. Whipple OF
NoTthampton Mass
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
BOUGHT BY THE FRENCH.
Ocean-Going Tug Paul Jones One of
Largest Boats of Her Glass

NEW LONDON, Conn, Dec. 4. =
The ocean-going tug Paul Jones of the
Thames Tow Boat company has been
purchased b. the French government,
it is announced here. The price paid
is said to have been more than a quar-
ter of a million dollars. The tug at the
time it was built was said to be the
biggest of its kind in the world.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
Premier Asquith Has Ac-
cepted the Advice of the
War Secretary
MORE VIGOROUS
WAR PROSECUTION
Expected That the Premier Will Be
Able to Announce Before Many
Hours an Agreement with His Col
leagues on Vital Question.

LONDON. Dec THE decision of Pre-.
micr Asquith on the advice of the war sec
retary, David Lloyd George. which j. sup.
ported 10y other members Of the ministry,
to reconstruct the cabinet is believed to
have saved the coalition government again
and ensured more vigorous prosecution of
the war There are some details yet tp be-
arranged, but newspapers which have been
the most severe critics express the convlc-
tton that the premier will be able to an
nouEce before many hours am agreement
with his colleagues ON the vital question
concerning the war council, the formation
and size of which. he'd to the crisis
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
MANY KILLED IN
BELGIAN REVOLT
Trouble Due to Call Upon
Antwerp Inhabitants to
Work in Germany.
BETWEEN 200 and
800 WERE SLAIN
And Many German Soldiers Were
Killed = Protests of Neutrals Leads
Germany to Reduce Requirements as
to the Number Deported.

LONDON, Dec 1.-Two Belgians who
have arrived at Sluisllll, Holland, from
Ghent, report that there was a revolt in
Antwerp on Nov 80, in which between
20Q. ana 800 inhabitants and many German
soldiers are said to have been killed, ae-
cording to Reuters Amsterdam despatch
today. The reported revolt was due to a
call upw De inhabitants for work in Ger
many.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
FRENCH TRANSPORT IS SUNK
Steamer Karnak, 5000 Tons, Reported
Crowded With Troops.

BERLIN, Dee. 1.-The German adml-
rally has made this announcement:
"A German submarine on Nov. y near
Malta sank the French transport steamer
karnak, 5000 tons. The karnak was
crowded with troops destined for Salon
lea.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
BILL TO REPEAL
NATIONAL GUARD ACT
Senator Borah Says Universal Military
Training Is Useless Under Pres
ent Law

WASHINGTON, Dee. 4-Senator Borah
of Idaho announced today that he had
prepared bill to repeal the act which
tederaized the National Guard. The
liberalization of the National Guard has
been demonstrated in the Mexican situa-
ton to have been failure said he. 1t
will be useless TO attempt universal mill
tary training as long as the present mill
tia law remains ON the statute books"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
THE PROBLEM IN GREECE.
King and His Government to Be Held
to Accountability.

LONDON, Dee. 4. - In the house of
commons today Lord Robert Cecil, war
trade minister, said the British gov
ernment considered King Constantine
and his government to have been in
volved in the events at Athens and that
the British government in conjunction
with its allies would take immediate
steps to bring about a radical solution
of the question which had arisen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
In Odd Fellows Temple

Monday night at 7.30-Regular meet
ing Of Wantastiquct lodge. The mitia-
tory degree will be worked.
Tuesday, Dec. j. 7.3O p. m.-Rehearsal of
Rchekall dcgrec 1t is important that
every member of the degree staff be pres
cnt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
CYCLONE CLAIMED 1000 LIVES.
-Four Hundred Bodies Found Following
Storm in India

LONDON, Dee. "A Central News
despatch from Calcutta says it is esti-
mated 1000 lives were lost in the re-
cent cyclone in Pondicherry, the chief
Of the French possessions in India.
Tremendous damage was inflicted
throughout Madras province. Four hun
dred bodies have been found
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
Precaution.

"Did you tell her what you said was
strictly in confdence?''
NO; | did not want her to think it
was important enough to repeat"
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LONDON. Dec 4. Premier Asquith an
nouncpd in the house OF commons this al
tcrnoon that King George had approved
of reconstruction OF the government.
Mr. Asqu,th suggested that after today 5
business had been concluded the house
adjourn until Thursday Premier Asquith
stated that the reconstruction OF the gov
eminent involved no departure in any
shape or form Of the polcc, pursued since
the beginning of the war He did not deny
that the designations of all the ministers
were in his hands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-04
THE WEATHER.
Cloudy Tonight and Tuesday-Warmer
-SoutherlY Winds

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.-The wealth
er forecast: Cloudy tonight and Tues
day. Warmer except on East Maine
coast. Moderate winds becoming south
east and south
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-09-27
YanI Nem6amer.

= Nad Dem Miserfolg in Sort
@ortb baben ii6 oie Irobi6itinnilten
IN Dallas zines geiieren beiornen.
Sic per6en oorldufig feline 9robibi-
tionsabitimming peranitaIten.
Our6 Die erploiion zines
uSrad Sorpeoo", ben er in Der Sano
belt, pur6e Der Sorner 5re6
SotDea IN Sprinfle idner perlebt.
Or bate ben 2orpeoo leinen beioen
gteffen, Die NIT Dem gef1brIifer
Ding ipielteu, ipegsenommen UNI
belt i'm IN Der Sano, ais Die Ct.
ploiion erfolete.
Sn einem Greet bei @augbor
ipiroe Die baIbpertpeite 9eide elmer
Jrau g~efun6en. Die Srau iuol
1n5peifelbaft ermorbet. Ser Sh1.
Del tpar ibr eineei1lagen uno lire
5iiBe fparen 5uiammengebunoen.
Sn Der N1be bon Silsbee fultr.
DC elm ilmger @fann @amcns Eolt
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- &idter Minor BON 81. 0i=
ltrtftSgeridt bot einen temporaren
@inbaItsbefebl erlaiien, our1 ben
County : Gi6ter 0abis perbinoert
miro, Sen BON Der Commonwealth
9anf & Gruit Company als Ibmi=
niitrator bes OF. 6. S. Simmons'
Nadlaiies eeiteaten gorto gut gu
heiBen uno a%l15unebmen.
= Gin 9iirger : &om1ite bat Gene
raj Suniton ieinen Stob uno cine
gauge @n3abl Sffi5iere GIT einem
@ala Diner, oas am @6eno bes
a. 9ftober nod Ibbaltlng Der gre
Ben Weilitdr : 8drabe Itottfinoen
miro, eineeloben; ane Arrangements
oo5u iino getroffen.
= @eeen 5ipan5ig Mitglieoer bes
San @ntonio &ifle Clubs, Die inn
sunni ON oen ltebungen oes oGiti-
5en's Draining Camp" bel ST. Sam
'Soniton teilgenommer batterL pro-
bu5ierten iih ant 9ienitag abeno olif
Ser Mlamo 8la5a ettpa cine Stunbe
lang; fie e~rer5ierten, marl6ierten
itno moften redts nno litafs i'm
&ebrt.
@ie na1 ieoer lteberidtpem-
mling bat iib alid iebt mieber Elm
8iirger : Gon1ite gebiloet, pelfJes
Die @dierIaufe unferes Sliliies uno
Ser beiben @16e ftuoieren uno @or-
fdl1ge CUR Mbnenbung elmer l1eber-
flutlngs : 8efabr MAIDEN miro.
Die Oeteftipen Sarbep unb
grouofoot iaaten am 9ienitag einen
30idbrigen @eger, Ser cine srm=
bano-l1br geitobGen bate, Is gGof
ipeit, ebe iie BEN Spibbubcn eripiId-
ten; Goli8iit 8roubfoot fat i%eil1ent
3amen aae gbre aem1aht.
= Die 8eIiBer oIler 2GnoereielL
pel6e Die Gegierung fir oas ftelte
1tebungsfel6 neben Dem Sort Sam
5oliton eebrauft, baben Scales"
linter5eidnet. 9as Serroin umfaBt
1917 Mder. Die u2eaies" gefp1bren
Der &egierur1g bas @orfaufsreft arf
oieie eanoereien big gum 30. Sum-
1917.
= Sn eiflem Streit nit einem
&aiiegenoiien mitroe BET 9aeger Geo.
@oam geitern abenb flint MaI ge-
f6oiien. Gr ftarb auf Dem @ege nod
benz &ofpitaI. Sein @poner fp1tr-
be berbaftet; er bebauptet in Selblt-
berteioieuna gebanoelt 81 haben.
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Der Siea oes Sdnlmeiiters.

Die oeuti1en 8ldtter nennen Die
mirti6aftlide Heubelebung oes &ei-
DIES, ipie iie li6 in ser iiberous giin=
itigen 8~erfebrs- uno anoeren Stati=
itif 5iffernmaBie ausoriidt, einen
nelien Sieg Der oeutfden 8olfslfu-
len. Ser oSieger bon aoniggrds
uno Seoan", Der oeutI6e Shulmei=
tier, lit iuieoer an Der Irbeit. Dab
Der nWsann BON fiinf5ebn", Der eben
Die SdJulbanf perlaBt, inn ariege Die
Arbeit oes Wannes bon oreiBig uno
mebr leiiten muB, lit fiber nibt err
frenli6; oaB er lie leiiten fam, lit
0as &erbienit oes oeutI6en Bolts
l6~uaebrers. 0as 8eroienit Der oeut-
iden NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., bes Sp-
items, oas ale auf oieielbe Stufe
iteat, aaen cine feite @runolage ge-
oiegenen @iiiens giebt, alien bieielbe
9abn erl6lieBt, auf Der tie nod 9e-
gabltng nno SleiB ibr ipdteres Sort
fommen finben fonnen. 9aB in Die
len 1d)fpereft 3e1tell, III 0ene11 Seoer
ale &iifii6t auf oas eigene SD bint-
aniesen, feline gan5e araft gemein-
iamem Streben miomen muB, bin
ter Der 5ront cine @rbeit geleiltet
miro, oeren Gelultate Die oes Srie-
oens nidt MIR errei6en, ionoerri
ii6ertreffen, &eiultate, Die als Auf-
fdpune oes @irtIdoftslebens onge-
iproden neroen fonnen, lit auf Den
@eilt Der eiiernen 9is5iplin uno
itrengen Sel6itiudt 5llriid5ufiibren,
ben 9eutIdlnnos Meiiter Ger S6ule
in ben ainoern ma6rufen uno mad)-
balten.
au6 ser oeuti6e Sdulmeiiter
fdmpft unenttpeet fir 8enti6lanos
Si6erbeit, mirtidoftlide 9aieinsbc-
redtiguns uno politiide ltnabban-
gigfeit. limo Der nSieger BON aonig-
gr1t uno Seoan" miro feinen gbren-
titel nift perlieren.
g. q. Gtaats5eitiunq.
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grunoeiaentnms ilebsrtraeungen.

S. @mil Naerbe unb Srau an S. 5
&irfpatrid, @rlnbitiid am 9alldt
3lace, Gan Fernando @ooitior1; SIC
II. q.
Spbn 6. 2ouitonm an Martin mi
Srene S6dfer, @runoitild an Der @ipia1s
ie 4pe.; $3.50.
Mfreo s. nno @. 81. Seibel OH 0ao=
rie Seibel, ale @nipriide aif Ben 9ia6s
LAP bon 2ouis 6eibel; 81 Ii. q.
2uopig Neumnnr an $. S. @idenro6t
@ru1bitiid in Ser 2afepiep Abbition;
5000.
YiercezS orbpce Oil aiIociation an Sic
9. q. @ns & electric Company, @rlno>
itiid I'M Gitb&8lod 230; $4,000.
6. S. @ro6e uno Sran an @. 6.
6ollanb, @runoftiid in Ser Stont's SIiz
fibe Mobition; $3.50.
8iIinm Wobrmaun nno Srau an
Srm gIisa 5 gerrp, @runbitiid al
Der Wontereb Ctr; $1,000.
q. s. @reiner an @. 9. 8rafe,
@runbItiid an Ser 8ecos Ctr; $40 II. q.
Charles lnb 8. Mergele an gilbert
8a0aledi, 100 Nder 2nn6; $4,000.
@uitabe Teter on Guido Seller Ii.
g., 1906 Mder 2ano; $500.
Sete Sidir6art an Wne 81. 6art
@rlrnbitiid III Sen neuen Gitb@8lpds
2017, 2019 unb 1925, $135.
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5.

&orerippnbens, SIorespile, 26.
Sept. 1916. OaB Die 2erte bon @il-
ion gountp 5eite arrangieren fon-
men, boben tie am 81. 5. Mts. be-
tpieien. Die ginpeiblng Ser &aae
in Gotb NOR Elm groBartiger Or
foIg. S1ier ~uniiberiebbar mar oie
Wemge uno mo tDarep Tie bergefom-
men? Neu-graunfels, Seguin, Son
Mntonio, goerne, Comfort, @on8a-
les, Sbiner, Woulton, Soblon, 2n-
bernia, Stofoole, &ornes Gitp, es
lit Ieioer unmoglih Mae auf8n5ab-
len. Die nelie Salle mar nit 8lu-
men uno Grim gei1miidt, mas
nit mebreren Sabnen einen id0nen
Mnblif geip1brte. Gin groBes
Speile5elt NOR erridtet, ait6 onoere
grquidungs : St6tten tparen bor-
banoen. Greffli6e Mlifif lieferte oie
5loresbiGe @oo6men Bano inter
Der meiiterbaften 2eitung bon Grof.
&obert Saupel. @roB : Tr1iioeni
Sortbnalen tpuroe IN feierlihem 3il.
ge bonn @abnbof abgebolt uno oen
antpeienoen p~orgeitent I'm 2 l1br
ipltrbe CUR eintueibling geIdritten
iino bieieIbe mar iebr einorufspoa
9aralif belt infer @roB Irdiibeni
cine ieiner 5~iitoenoen Meoen, mel.
die lebbaft applaubiert muroe. 9ad
S6luB Der Geoe murbe Ser Der.
ebrte Serr bon a1en Seiten begliif.
ipiinlft iiber Sen 8atriotismus ser
Line &e6e atmete. @egen @benf
ipnroe Die 6aae gerGumt, Inn Ser
9Gnsern gelegenbeit ST geben, fid
i'm areiie 81 idtpingein. @ig 81
batter Stunoe bIieb bic Menge mn
cs berridte MIR Ser @eonnfe: ,@ii
molten ms amiiiieren~
1anl Nem6amer.
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Gulf md Der aItem 0eimat.

Die ndd]Iten rteutralen 0ampfer.
Die 8oitiaden fiir 0enti6lano urt
Selterreid=l1ngarn BON Seem Oori
mitnebmetL itno:
vSscar IL" &openbagen, Son.
neritag, 28. September.
uariitianiafior6", Bergen, Cams.
tag, 7. Oftober.
uSeGig Olab", aopenbagen, 9ort-
nerltag, ~. Sftober.
u9todbolm, @otbenburg, Cams.
tag, IA. Sfto6er.
uSreoerif VIII, aopenboget
Wfittmo6, Is. Oftober.
0uniteo States", &openbogen
9onnerftag, 26. Sftober,
ogergensforo", BERGEN, %. OF
toher.
gs lit nottpenotg, ben Namen bes
6etreffenoen 9ompfers groB uni
beutli6 -auf Sem griefumidlog 81
permerfen. Sober 8rief loGte Ser.
art marfiert tueroer1, oa er ionit ptel.
Ieidt auf neutralen Dampfern befor.
oert miro, bic eitglii6e Safen anlau.
fen.
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53uiebeln, grim, per 9bb. BiinoeI 45c.
gobnen, Crime. 1925 per 8niheI.
&aotesden. 40c +. 1 Obb. -ginbeI. :
8~lnmenfobl, &c unb IL per ,Rf0.
9ohl, $500 per Crate.
@riiner Bfeffer, $1,per Bnidel.
Selerie, Csc lnb Toe per 9uBen6.
Geterfilie, 35c per Dbb.s Ninbel.
Somaten, Segas. A SCRIBE. 85c utc
90c.
Meerrettigs @nrsein. per Hfo. 12hG
@urfen. Der Crate $500.
&opfialnt. $500 per Crate.
@elbe @urseln, 40c II. SOC per 9bo.
9auafb, soc II. 90e Der @uibel.
Spinat, Toe per 8ufheI.
0fra, $500 fir gMf6eI.
8eeten. 40c per 0bo. sBiinbeI-
Catalogues, STANDARD. $3.50 Der
8onb. $t.25 Der Crate.
@ierpf(anser. $1.00 per guidel.
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9(us Glepelano, Ohio, mi

Aus GleDelatto, Ohio, miro
gemeloet, odB in Der Ndbe oes
Stdotdens Me@uffp in Saroina
Gountp groBe 3niebeliamen : Bee
te, oie Elm Ireol bon penigitens
1000 g(dern umfalfen, lett 5pei "a
gen ge6rannt boben; Der Brand bat
te lid biz ouf cine 8iertelmeile bon
Der Staot uisge6reitet uno oieielbe
mitroe MIR burd elm ploblid]es Gre
fen 0es @in0es 9erettet. 0a ole
Semitbitngen ser 8epolferi1ng, bos
Seler 81 bdmpfen, ii6 erfoleIos err
ipieicn, muroe Gompagnie So oes
Sbioer Neger : &eeiments, oas bis
Der nod nidt an Die merifaniI6e
@ren5e geididt muroe, 5ur 8efdmpf-
ing 0es Selters obfommanoiert; cine
gait5e In5abf 2eute iuuroe BEL ser
2os6arbeiten pom Haltb iibertp1l.
tigt.
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= 8rdiibent @ilion mar aeItertt
IN ieinem alien @obnort 8rinceton,
90. s., I'M feline Stimme in ser
8rimdrtpabI obSugebeu.
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L.okdies.
8a6rldeinlides @etter.

Sir Gan Mntonio uno llngegeno:
@ente obeno flor; mabrlbeinlid)
fiibler arn DonnerItag.
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3eitnn9ssN eiiember perlamat.

Sin aeipanoter 3eitnnes. Meiienber
berlangt inter b~prteilbaftem gebin.
ennsen. Mmk ante Gmpfehlnnsen fla.
ben. NpplifatiOnen an ridJten an Die
Sreie Yreiie fir Seras.
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Treie Yrtie fiji Seras: Mittpod IT. septern6er 1916.

uno Sole, sic emit nit beridmenoe-
rider 9ra9t alts9eltattet tparen.
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tuuIeI= ~fSIuuulte.
Sun antuniu, Ser, 81. Sept. 1916
8rime grlioe Cotton Seeo Oil, SO
Gents per @n0one.
9setp gprf, 81. Sept. = Spot, $t0.45
bio; Sanuar, $1O.2S nno 5000;
Sebruar, 5000 ulo $t0.44; Rdr3.
$10.52 uub $10.53; april, $10.55 uno
SOTO; September, $10.45 mn
81. 90; Sftober, $10.46 ulo $10.49;
0obember. $10.26 uno 5000; Se5ems
Der. $10.24 utib $10.25
Sarm-Erobnfte.
Gan antonip. Ser, 27, Sept. 1916-
SHtfer 2le pei pIuip
Ger (nur friidel SO. 1, soc per 9bo.
SO. 2, 15c per 9bo.
6ii6ner 15c-20c per 8fb.
Surfebg 15c per 8fuilb
@ei8en ........ $t.53h per gnidel
&orn .......... $1.O0 per Snldel
Sdter ............. oSc per CulWel
Sen ........... $14,00 per Sonue
Semitic.
aartoffeln, California, $2.65 uno
$2.75.
9iise Gartoffefu, Bbite Pam. $1.75:
8umpfiu Gam, $1.75 uno $500.
3picbeln, California. 1918 II. $500.
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Iieb Narft.

Gan Intonio, Ser, 81. Sept. 1916
&iibe 1915 biz $3.50.
&dIber $4.75 biz $3.50.
Ohien $500 bis 1925.
8uIlen $4.75 Biz $500.
ct. eoltis, 27. Sept. 1916. = ginS>
tieb. SerossIieh. $3.50 bis $3.50.
Shtpeine $500 bis $11.25.
Sante.
Gdipere pont gdIohter ......22 gte.
peifte blm Shlafter .22 gts.
Grin aefalaene ..........f3M Sta
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9rdnge Did niemaIs sum Ser.
mittler attf.
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Pan : GrInnbnfSffeine-
SO. S6offer. anbalt, Gspinoia Ctr.
800.
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WavSss8eriebf
8ammmpae.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

San Antonio, Ger, lays Cts.
@albeitou, geitern, 1866 Cts.
The sun., 1916-11-19
NEWS N COMMEN IN THE THEATRES THIS WEEK

edies. Miss Georges aim has been
from the first, and still IL. to present
worth while plays brilliantly acted"
Stuart Walker, the director of the
Portmanteau Theatre, which Maximil-
ian Elser, Jr.. and Russell Janney will
present at the Thirty-ninth Street
Theatre for a series Of special mat
inees beginning Monday afternoon,
November 81. says that his work "is
not strictly speaking Of the new art In
the theatre. That is most concerned
with scenery and costumes. I am
chiefly interested In the story to be
told and the actors who tell IT," Yet
Mr.. Walker with his diminutive play
house, which will be set up and taken
down again for each Of the perform
anccs at the Thirty-ninth Street, Is
credited with having achieved some
unusual and beautiful effects, particu-
larly ihlight and color. The Portman-
teau has, and will bring with 1t to the
Th!rty-ninth Street. its W complete
lighting system. No footlights at all
are used. Costumes and scenery for the
fourteen new plays to be given In New
York by the Portmanteau are chiefly
by Frank Zimmerer and wilmot
Heitland. For one OF the plays. the
dramatization OF Oscar Wilde's BIRTH
day Of the %Infanta." Mrs. John w.
Alexander designed the costumes.
She used as her models various paint
irgs OF V~elasquez. In addition to the
mltinees, which will be on Mondays.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, the
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for III in which I can appear as a
wronged heroine who is tossed aside in
the third act by Mr.. Kelley. 1t would
be such a tremendous relief after all
the desperate lovemaking he has done
In all the plays in which we have been
associated.
The number Of times he has whis-
pered 4 love you. dear to me in the
glow Of the footlights il almost meal
culable. He has slipped enough n
gagement rings on my hand to Ill a
large sized jewellers window. Really
the thing begins to pail. I long for
hin to spurn me with cold. insolent
disdain, so that I may turn on him
with a burning outburst Of righteous
OF course in 'Pollyanna'
l do treat him rather badly In the
opening acts. but my s~purning Ia pas
sive rather than active. I Just ignore
him. or course I'm supposed to be Sc
cretly In love with him all the time,
and Of course. as per the established
tradition, he marries me In the end"
It n sometimes fortunately and
sometimes unfortunately the case that
a novelist seldom cares to have an
other literary doctor operate upon the
infant OF his imagination. To be less
cryptic, a novelist hates to have an
other man dramatize his book. and
Owen Johnson, author Of 1.-THE Sala-
mander" and a new story, 1.-THE
Woman Gives" is no exception to this
rule. He thinks that his new novel
will at his own hands better stand the
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may cost more. II 10 no more Of q
Job to move in from or out to thu
suburbs than It was twenty years aro
to move from one street to another
in the city.
But FAMILIAR as such vans have nov
become It was at least interesting "a
10 in upper West End avenue the
other day a moving van from Phra.
delphia. Somebody In the Quaker
City had moved over to the metropolia
and now here was the big van, empty.
rolling smoothly down West End ave.
rue on the way back to the city OF
the banks Of the Delaware.
In this case the distance from hous~
to house was probably n hundred
miles; but with a power van this
moving was done with the same IA.
cility as II It had been only just around
the
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wilkins. the famous "Mere Frochard."
Miss Vernon began in this stock with
the first American production Of 1.-THE
Two Orphans" in which she was the
original Sister 0eneptere. and finished
with "A Partisan Romance" support
ing the late Richard Mansfield in his
great hit AZ Baron Chevridl. In the
terrible Brooklyn Theatre FIRE Miss
Vernon was playing Henrsetto to the
blind. Louise Of Kate Claxton. She
rescued one Of the actresses from the
flames in which 30 many persisted.
HEP forthcoming volume Of memoirs
should equal in interest those already
published by Mrs. John Drew and Mrs.
Gilbert.
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New York. and before the outbreak Of
hostilitieb she went to Richmond. Va.
where throughout the war to the last
days Of the Confedercy she was lead
ing actress at the Richmond Theatre
and a great favorite In the Confeder-
ate capital. She ran the war blockade.
to England and returned with
such plays as Leah the Forsaken"
and East Lynne" both Of which she
was the first to play In the South.
For a time she was leading lady with
J. X. Emmett (Our FRITZ. and she
for twelve years a valued MEM
Der of A. NJ. Palmer's celebrated
Union Square Stock. in which she had
such illustrious fellow players as
Charles Thorne. James O'Neill. Fred
eric de B~elleville. J. H. Stoddart.
Stuart Robson. William II. Crane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee Rankin. Kate
Claxton. Fanny Morant and Marie