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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
Loew's American koor.

Billy McDermott, tramp comedian,
will top the bill at Loews American
Theatre and Roof during the entire
week. II will be McDermott's first ap-
pearance on the Loew circuit. Others
during the first half Of the week will
be George Choos's "Suffragette Girls"
MehafFy. Cyril and Stewart. De Isle
and Cavanaugh and Arno and Stickney.
During the latter part of the week the
supplementary entertainers will en-
brace Round the World" a musical
offering, and Al Burton's Revue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
Success films Progressing.

The newly organized Success Films
Corporation. recently put together by
the aid Of S750O,OOO has engaged Con-
stance Collier as one Of its stars and
viii make use Of her first in produc-
ton Of "The Eternal Magdalene,
McLaughlin's play. Orrin Johnson,
also, has been put under contract TO
play in an adaptation of the Decam-
eron. When and where these pictures
will be made will be announced in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
Columbia Theatre.

"The Girl from Nowhere" is the title
Of two-act burlesque TO be presented
at the Columbia Theatre this week by
the Maids Of America Company, and in
which the East Wind and the West
Wind will be yisualized as characters
The principal comedians are Al X. Hall
md Bobby BarxY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
Luna Park.

The added attraction at Luna is
mawhinney gag. which, translated, turns
out to be a trench clearer. Il is shown
in connection with the Aerial Night
Attacks. The various other popular
attractions continue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

+ UCILE WATSON will At nicely into
a drawing room comedy as soon as
somebody comes along to write a play
Of smart talk. She has the sharpness
of utterance and the sense of line
values which make the comedienne. At
the same time, she has no great range.
One can hardly imagine Miss Watson
playing a scene of heartrending emo
ton. Possibly she can, but it seems
hard to believe.
However, she has the ability to han
die wit in the best possible manner.
She allows the audience to get what
the author said without thrusting her
self into the line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
Glen Islands.

Glen Islands, il has been decided w.
remain open throughout septen'''~s
The new boat service from the pave.
and East Twenty-fourth Street ~
been gradually augmented until 'h'
ands are now easy OF access.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
Palisades Amusement Park.

Palisades Amusement Park continues
to offer a free circus, as well as the
many and divers other attractions in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
By HAYWOOD BROUN.

ZONE improperly is bad art. We
have in mind part Of the second
~ act Of "His Bridal Night" There
is an ethical side to all this, but we
know much less about ethics than art.
Nothing is good art in the theatre
which makes an auditor turn around
TO watch how the others are taking 1t.
That is the trouble with the glaringly
improper line. 1t may not shock Mr..
A. or his friend Mr.. B., but both must
feel a little embarrassed in noting its
effect upon their little friend Miss c.
Or even upon Madame X, the large
lady to the left, who is a stranger to
all concerned.
If the improperly is blunt enough
everybody may laugh it of whole
heartedly, but if it is sly innuendo
which calls for a smoker a good many
people will go home the worse for their
evening. 1t is from such things that
we develop murmurs in our moral
nature.
Burlesque has grown refined In the
last few years, and yet we are Of the
belief that the oldfashioned show
with all its vulgarity did nobody any
harm. You expected it and so did
everybody else, and there was not the
slightest need to grin guilty. All
laughed and that was the end Of it.
That was back in the days of theat-
rical segregation of improper jokes.
Reformers drove the jokes out of their
district, and now they are everywhere.
They arc much the worse for their
contact with society. These wanton
words and quips and cranks have put
on a sham respectability. They walk
mincingly and talk with . broad Bos-
ton accent. Pretence has undermined
their health. Robust Jokes that could
hang about barroom for hours have
grown weak. From rosy red their COM
plexion has faded TO pale pink. They
are not what they used TO be in looks
and manner, but down In their heart
they are just the same wicked folk as
ever. Only they have lost their frank
ness. We would like TO see the pre-
tenders driven back where they belong
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
ONE Of the things in 1.-THE siler

ONE Of the things in "The Silent
Witness" which We did not like
was the strange eligibility rule which
governed the choice Of the football
team at Rushville and the casual way
in which all concerned took the day Of
the big game. And yet Cupid Black,
captain of the Yale eleven, thought it
one Of the best plays he had ever seen.
In fact, he liked it much better than
that Mahan back play which he wit
messed in Cambridge last November.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

At the New Brighton Theatre, to
quote, another bill Of the same char
acter and magnitude as the earniYs'
which shattered the attendance rec
ords two weeks ago will be presented
at the seashore playhouse during TIC
coming week" Be that as it may
among those on the bill will be bel'
Baker, Gus Van and Joe Sehens%
George White and Lucille Cavanagn,
Claude Gillingwater, Al Herman ana
WAITS Scotch Lads and Lassies. NJ
White and Miss Cavanagh have a dane
ing act which needs no introduction
to those who dropped in at the Palace
this summer; Mr. Gillingwater Is
playing sketch, yclept After Seven
Years" (the work Of Reginald Barlow,
one of Winthrop Ames's actors, and
Miss Baker is singing Irving BerlinS
songs exclusively. And there you are
Henderson's Music Hall, at Cone!
Island, will offer the public Nellie "
Nichols, singing comedienne; May NaO,
dain, Of "Katinka," assisted By Ans'0'
Friedland; the Seven Honey b0!S
Tooney and Norman, Dugan and 10!
mond, Ward and Vank, Ernette A'0"
and company and the Three Ankers
Allan Dinehart, in "The Highs"
Bidder; Stone and McEvoy' h''s'
Morton Trio and Bensee and Baird W.
be at the Prospect during the
half Of the week. Those present o''
ing the latter half will include K0''
ert Checker, stock favorite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

&C ETTING MARRIED" which was
written without intermissions, is
to be produced in November. The ru-
NOR that it is TO be staged by the
Anti-Saloon League has been repeat
edly denied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
GEORGE NJ. CONAN
By WALTER r. KINGSLEY
IAN Elaboration

Blessed be Providence
That gave US our Cohan;
Irreverent,
Resourcefu, prolific, steady-advancing
George NJ.
Nothing in life
Better becomes him
Than his earliest choice
OF Jerry and Helen
For father and mother;
Bred in the wings and the dressing room,
The theatre alley his playground,
Hotels his home and his schoolhouse,
Blessed with wonderful sister,
And in love with violin.
From baby days used to the footlghts,
With infrequent teachers of book lcre
In the cities of lengthy engagements
Showing him pages of learning
That he turned from 20 lifes open volume,
Acquiring indelibe lessons,
Loyalty, candor, clear seeing,
Sincerity, plain speaking, love of his own,
Passion for all things American.
From Jerry, his father,
Came Celtic humor, delight in the dance
And devotion to things of the theatre;
From Helen, his mother,
Depth, Celtic devotion to things Of the spirit,
Fincness of soul.
Early he turned from his fiddle
To write popular songs
And tunes so WHISKY and catchy
That the music Of q child
Enraptured the nation.
Then followed comedy sketches,
Gay little pieces that made public
And player-folk chatter of Conan.
Later, essaying the musical comedy,
He wrote Running for Office"
To be followed by that impudent
Classic of fresh young America,
Little Johnnie Jones"
One followed another in rapid succession;
His name grew cherished possession,
And ever his dancing delighted.
His manner Of singing and speaking
Provoked to endless imitation.
His personality became better known
Than the Presidents.
Always he scared in ambition
And, becoming lord of the theatre,
He ventured on serious drama,
And out of his wisdom and watching
Wrote masterfu plays,
Envisaging the types Of our natives.
Truly a genius,
Genius in friendship, genius in stagecraft,
Genius in life!
Even in choosing q partner
He fattened his average,
Batting four hundred
By taking kindred irreverent soul
Graduated out of the whirlpool
That wrecks all but the strongest
Born on the eastern edge
OF Manhattan,
Sam II. Harris, man of business,
Who to the skill Of the trader
Adds the JOY in life
And the sense of humor
Coupled with pleasure in giving
And helping
That Cohan demands Of his pals.
Together they plan wonderful projects,
And the artist soul
And the soul of commerce
Are unbeatable union.
Best of all about Conan
Is his congenital manliness.
He sees Americans
AS our soil and our air and our water
Have made them;
Types as distinct as the Indian.
He follows no school,
Knows nothing of movements artistic;
A lonely creator,
His friends are not writing men,
Reformers, uplifters or zealots.
He writes the life he has lived
So fully and zestfully,
And over it all plays like sheet lightning
A beneficent humor.
Growth is his hallmark,
Hard work his chief recreaton;
Not Balzac could toll with labor titanic
More terribly.
George NJ. Cohan,
Great in everything
Beloved son. brother, father, partner, friend,
Our best beloved man Of the theatrA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

0KlNDLY let me know thru the
columns Of your esteemed paper
what dramatic actor during the last
fifty years is or was the best TO your
estimation" writes G. D., of Jersey
City. Flppancy we detest, but assur-
eddy the answer is: "Ask dad; he
knows"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

IT HE difference between downright
honest Nut and It's simpering
half-sister is the difference between
"Tom Jones" and Sentimental Jour
ney," between Rabelsis and the "Droll
Tales"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

UTHE CLOD," by Lewis Beach, will
be seen at the Palace Theatre
this week This play, from the roper
tory of the Washington Square Play
ers, deserves we'll at the hands of
vaudeville audiences. We believe it will
prove to have considerable popular ap-
peal. It was one Of the best things
done at the Bandbox last season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

New Revue at the Brighton
"The Brighton Musical Melans'
the name OF the new revue .
Brighton Beach Hotal -----
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

AN ignorance Of law was once re-
quired Of every theatregoer so
that he could enjoy the big trial scene
in the third act. Nowadays he is also
called upon 10 know nothing of medi-
cine. In Otto Hauerbach's play, "The
Silent Witness" doctor detects leu
canemia in a dry bloodstain more
than a month old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

GONE man recently wrote me to
vaudeville house where / was
appearing very serious note OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

THE season is beginning somewhat
slowly. Every play produced this
year is written in the shadow of the
theatre. The technique Of at least two
plays is workmanlike, but there is no
contribution to what we know or think
we know about life. There is as yet
nothing on the New York stage worthy
Of serious attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

ONCE we thought that there was peli-
tics in Mr.. Hearst's editorial ref
erences to the tangoing ability Of the
Mayor, but after watching the great
editor dance with Miss Roszika Dolly
at "The Midnight Frolic" last week we
are not sure it isn't jealousy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

WE have written often about Donald
Gallaher. We have nothing to
add except that this is the first time
we have failed to refer to him as Gal
lagher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
IN WIGS AND WINGS
Some Reasons Why the Blush of Shame Should Not
Be Brought to the Cheek.

very charming actress. "He declared
that he had felt before coming in the
theatre that day that there was nothing
in the world to live for and that he had
not only contemplated but prepared to
suicide that very night. He said he
had taken new lease of life when
handed him laugh"
This may serve as an excuse, per-
haps, for the lengths to which so many
vaudeville performers are willing to go
to get laugh.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04
u IL cbofeb6
eGDgysnaAn ODanO

Regular service ct the usual hours.
Next Sunday morning the Pastor will
preach on the Presbyterisn Statement Of
Belief which is, Il believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ Every member of the
Church sad Congregation 10 urged to be
present. At the close of the service
the Every Member Win-One" cam
psign will be thoroughly explained.
In rs much AS Rev. &. K Carver has,
during his brief psstorste here, placed
such q splendid emphasis upon Christian
Unity and Brotherhood sad % endesFed
himself to the people Of both churches
it seems only fitting that we should
unite with the Methodist congregation
in his farewell service. Consequently
there will be no service except the
Young Peoples Meeting st our church
Sunday evening.
Sunday evening Feb. 13, the pastor
will preach the first of = series of five
sermons on The Young Man Affairs"
Subject: His Plans and Purpose"
A cordial invitation to eli.
Z. n. ROslKs0M. h.ssss.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04
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The eyes ~ tsi~vs Borasn nsstsss
9th pride and psasssre. fis haa
psSssa eas sses lasting lose for shss
daiaty a<Sotsa csesssre eisugsas
chssmin9ly 10 his stroag proseossag
arm. hss Mas eisd of has sbslsty ts
pay her sh< hoa.sse of wealth. end
ease. and eo0fsrt
l.ei>a ~as sissas.: osyinG ~'seh happi
ses~ ss ~ s<s ksr Ssom ssosn W rom
of the aaai1t bat grand osd MANSION
~ sAe time ef his fathers death n
haA bees csos~d Noe had been
renovated 70 welcome the young brias
Ny fathers faseIste room" ex
ptsieea h'lwya- - they sasered .
somser apartment 4 shadow of ne
spectful sssef tiased the spsaker's
tones.
Leila glanced about ct the ancient
carvings. the great beok cases. the
aamereus csbiaets Of curios. Her hana
left his arm with q sudden jerk.
Her fair face whiteRed over the
fireplace hung an oil painting.
Nho-whe Is that" she all but
gasped.
My father. Why. Leils'~ and then
a slight tap at the door and the at
tention of Borden was distracted fro9
his vile.
"A friend has called to see you.
SIT. . servant anhouneed-"sl slr Bart
ley
"Ah. 4 am glad cried Elwyn. "My
dearest college chsm. Leila. viii
return soon"
In his boyish enthusiasm over the
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04
Our Faoga1rs

A colony os l.,uhsn.ass " pro-
posed io.r ubsccupi.d land under
the Gaunlspn tunnel I.sthas.ap-
are an Industrious Irsoi,ls IRON
portb Es--san Poland. These
are already located near Chicago.
but want to- move out west and
grow up with the country.
Have voa noticed the very ia
tere-tisg faet that ,mmlgs alton
TO the inIted States had tallen
of IRON q million and a quarter
a wear to about two hundred
thousand since the great var. la
fact for a twelvesnonih 1T has
hardly eqgalled the cutco of re
servists called to the colors in
France. Italy. Russia, Servla. etc.
Ii the war Keeps on for a lew
wears, We may get a chance TO
assinIlate the tremendous mass
of undigested foreign population
which has really become a threat-
eniug political question. OF
course it would take a genera
ton TO turn out their children
from our American schools. But
even ten wear respite from the
horde of old country settlers
would accomplish wonders. BY
that time We would Ire able to
sort out the anarchists, educate
the Kids and overwhelm the by
phenated Americans by sheer
weight Of public opinion. One of
the first moves should he the alb
soluts prohibition of teaching in
our public schools, below the
ninth grade, any foreign Ian
guage whatever, unless it is
Spanish. This would stop those
foreign settlements in the big
cities and in certain eastern farm-
ing centers where the schools are
entirely taught in a foreign Ian
gauge.
The future of our commercial
LIE and the safety of our political
integrity lies in a United States
of all the Americas. These re-
publics south of us speak Span
ish, with the single exception of
Portuguese in Brazil. To trade
with them, and to cement pohti-
cal alliance we should know
Spanish and they will learn
American. In the meantime it is
a waste Of breath and it seems
to the News-Champion crime
against our children and the
Upited States to cram down their
throats the French, German and
Latin and Greek, which are now
adays being introduced even into
the grade schools. For heavens
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04

sake Vet us cut out the dad lan-
guaees of an uacIvIlszed aud bar
bsrous Europe and get busy
along the line. If Asser,ca's iH-
ture. We are not ut all STUCK 1n
Spanish, hut We must learn il 10
trade with those repablics sogth
of vs. and that means teach them
American aud evolvea language
that Is common to othecontinputs
of this New World which must
stand as one or l~ submerged
in the naelstrom II bloody az
grandizeme1t by the swarmiug
billions of Europe and Asia.
The great war is nothing but
the swarming instinct among the
crowded and seethiRg people Of
Europe. Fortunately for the rest
OF the world they happened to
attack each other, but let their
difference once be settled and the
immense masses will overwhelm
the thinly populated portions OF
America, almost all d il white
mans country. Only a well knit
and homogeneous people in the
United States, as a uucleus upon
which the two cohtiuents can
gather for armed resistance will
save our skins. u
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04
North Fork Tlmer:--luite

North Fork T,mess--tlulte a
little agitation is being carried
ca by interested PARTIES aaeat
the buildtng d the state road
from GunnlsoB, via Irwin To
Somerset And its time right
now that the Somerset Eed-fone
Good Roads Organization get :
busy and does their part to ~,
this road. This vii be- q mighty
good subject to discuss at one OF
our Business Meu's bangueis
which are To become permanent
here.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04
Mrmooasr c,sUaua

Sunday, Jan. 30. at the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Sunday School 10a. m.
Morning worship IL .. m. Sermon
by the pastor.
United Societies of Young People
meet at $50 at the Presbyterian church
Evening Worship $50. Sermon,
by the pastor. This being the last ser
mon of Rev. Garver's pastorate here.
Special music at both services. In
Guiding solo ''Oh, Dry Those Tears
at the evening service by Miss Rogers
and an anthem GLORIA from Mozart s
18th Mass" by chorls choir under d.
rection of Mr.. Damson.
CHRISTIAN r. CARVER, Pastor.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04

At the present writing, says an
exchange, We have no desire to
hurl ourselves into Abraham's :
bosom, but If we ever do, we
wouldn't lean against a shotgun
and pull the trigger as many do.
Neither would We chop our head
of with an amateur gullotine,
eat a square meal of rough-on-
rats, blow out the gas, sit down
in the lap of a buzz saw, smoke
a cigarette, or call a kentuckian
a poor judge OF whiskey, We
would simply get out an edition
of our paper in which we would
strive to the best OF our ability
to print the plain, squared-toed
truth about people as We under
stood it, and then calmly sit
down to await the end.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04

Mr.. aDd Mrs. s. P. Spencer were cal
led to Canon City Friday on account Of
the serious illness of their daughter,
Mn. A. r. Novels from appendicitis.
rhey started On the afternoon train bat
were forced to come hack and wait m
I'll Saturday On sccount Of the SNOW.
Because of the seriousness of the case
the doctors operated before Mr.. and
Mn. Spencer could get there. but .
sesephsoe message Saturday afternoon
reported their daughter - doing nicely.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04

arrival of his dtime chum Borden
hurried from the room the servant fol
lowed The door closed after them
"His-father! painted the bride
his father. That man! Oh, what
have l done, what have 4 done!"
She had fallen TO . cnair, her eyes
fixed upon the potrait. Oh, there could
be no mistake! She had been shown
the Photograph of this same person
under distressing circumstances ~he
had never forgotten. There was not
a face in Q million 50 peculiarly char
acteristic and marked-the prominent
chin. the bristling brows, one eye gone
and . criss-cross scar ON one check.
the memehtoes Of . runaway accident.
This-this is no place for mel" sne
pAlpitated. oh, TIE mookery Ct it!
oh, the hearthreak, Father-father!
Why has this blighting curse cone te
NJ poor heart"
She arose, blinded with tears but
cropping her way through an open door
way let out into the garden. She
crossed 1t in feverish haste, unper-
ceived. emerging into lane. She pur-
sueA her way for half . mile until,
tottering and faint. she reacheA the
limits Of the town where an electric
line ran.
A car came whirling towards her,
Leila hailed 1t. She sat crcuched up
in . rear seat until It reached the ter
ninus. twenty miles farther On. Here
she took . branching route Beyonl
that she became . passenger o. .
cross line II was Eeariy midnight
when she left the last train.
She must have Travelled over . hun
lreA and nifty miles. Nunbed, sick
at heart. she barely sustained her
ebbing strength under the impelline
Influence that bade her leave no trail
that could be followed. She traverseA
the streets Of . busy town, found .
hotel, and ~ she was shown - Q
roon fen across The couch q con
taineA. prost1teA.
la vivt1 panoramic array her past
life passed before her mental vision,
At fourteen, . mothesless girl, she
AoA gone - . boarding school II was
tie oaly hone she had known for
eight years. She had graduated, had
~ Ewyn Bordea, anA til Aay we'd.
/ 81 hin
Thea. back q tAat, Whae - hal
nevef toaA hiH-tAe story q Aer faxA-
-. stiIl alive - belSsvol, but ASSdea,
- outcast, . refugee n soos far Coz.
Ger Oh the world.
Ooe night . moath aftsr sAe ~
bosa placed It the school, - ~ Co.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04

LongmoHt Times.-At an un-
claimed freight sale in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. a hHnlred pound
leg OF German dye that before
the VAR sold for fifteen ceuts a
pound. brought sl.500. At
Cleveland, Ohio, x999 was paid
for keg that before the war
could have been bought for sos
II any of subscribers find any of
these kegs OF German dve kicking
about their premises, We woaid
like to have them bring the color
applied ON their account.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04
CHRISTIAN r. CARVER, Pastor

The Marble Booster officially reports
six feet of snow as having fallen there
between December Is and January Is.
They have had total snowfall Of l07
inches, but we do not understand that
Marble has anything like that qnsnity
Of snow on the level. 1t has enough,
however, to pretty near put the trolley
line to the quarry out of business and
the mill is running short, because Of
lack of material