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Evening journal., 1916-05-18
Uncle Harry Explains About Gasoline

thought OF the 100000 motor boats
that burn gasoline, and the hundreds
o thousands Of gasoline engines on
farms and in factories, and all the
big farm implements called tractors
that are run by gasoline
isn't there any way to make more
gasoline ont OF the petroleum." asked
Jimmy.
YES, there is one known way.
said Uncle Harry. "and inventors i'm
all parts OF the country are trying to
find other ways. The one known way
is called the Rittman Process named
after the chemist. VINO. while in the
employ OF the United States Govern
ment about year ago discovered
new way of making gasoline. which
many experts believe viii triple the
gasoline that can be made from a
given quantity of petroleum And the
best part OF this discovery is that it
belongs TO the United States Govern
ment and is free to any one that wants
TO use it.
30 you sec noAHs lllN AdNnilu' Vut0-
tiOn is an important one" added
Uncle Harry "The world today can
not get along without gasoline. and
what the world needs il gets. The
chemists will either find ways OF max
ing more gasoline out Of petroleum or
they will find ways 10 manufacture
gasoline out OF other materials"
How about the high price OF gaso-
liner asked Joe
The millions OF people who have to
buy gasoline are complaining and the
United States Government is making
Evening journal., 1916-05-18

Whats all the talk in the news
papers these days about gasoline? p
asked Joe. rs the supply running
short?"
'T don't think the supply OF gaso.
line is running short said Uncle
Harry, laughing. but many people
who have to buy gasoline are afraid
their supply Of money will run short. %
You mean the price is so high?''
asked Jimmy.
You've hit the nail squarely on
the head said Uncle Harry. "The
price OF gasoline has gone up very,
very much. In some parts of the
country it costs twice as much as il
did one year ago. and ! have heard
Of some cases where the price is
three times as much as it was a year
ago. I'm glad you spoke of this
subject. Joe, because the gasoline
question is really one Of the most
Evening journal., 1916-05-18
OPPOSE ADVANCE IN
The CITY TAX Rate

After condcmning any proposed in
crease in the city tax for the coming
fiscal year. members of the Taxpayer.
League at meeting last evening adopt.
ed resolutions ON the subject and or
dered them sent to City Council The
league also went on record as favorinc
the request of the Board of Education
for an increased app ,priation but they
contended that 1t should be provided by
tax on public service corporations.
The present law allowing such compan-
les TO pay fixed sum per mile on
tracks and wires was criticised as ella ss
legislation in the opinion of those pres
ent that the matter should he taken into
court.
The resolutions were signed by Prcsi.
dent Joseph W. Bastian and Secretary
A. D. Childs.
Evening journal., 1916-05-18
ARRANGING NINn0M nIsrLAY.

The Chamber OF Commerce is send
ing out letters 10 various merchants
OF the city explaining the proposed
show window contest 10 take place
the week OF June 6. There are five
classes Of entries. and merchants are
being requested 10 indicate I'm which
class they desire 10 enter. The OBJ
ject OF the contest Is TO encourage
window display and salosmanshlp
and appropriate prizes have been
provided for each class. n is ox-
poctod that tho contest will so stimu.
late the dressing OF windows OF mor-
chants i'm this city that after 10 is
over Wilmington will see an entirely
new application OF window salesman
ship.
Evening journal., 1916-05-18
AT MISSION CONFERENCE.

several women mission workers OF
the Presbyterian churches of this city
left today 10 attend the thirty-seventh
annual meeting OF the Women's Board
OF Home Missions - the PRESBYTERIAN
Shufch. Which is being held in At
iahuc City, Those who are attend
ing from this city are. Mrs. W. ID.
Bush. synodical secretary for the
Evening journal., 1916-05-18

freedman; Mrs. Robert Ferriday and
Deaconess Sperry. OF Westminster
Church, and Mrs. r. /. Jackson and
Mrs. Fannie Robinson, of Hanover
Presbyterian Church. Special pro-
grams will feature each session.
The convention will open tonight
with a reception at the Seaside Hotel
Tomorrow will be officers field dav
and on Saturday there will be dele
gates meeting with roll call. SUNDAY
Evening journal., 1916-05-18
Will CONFER ABOUT RrpGrT.

A conference will be held tonight
between members OF the Board of
Education and City Council. relative
10 the Board Of Education's budget
for the next fiscal year.
Evening journal., 1916-05-18

for the big increase i'm the cost" said
Uncle Harry. IF the Investigators
find that the price has been raised
illegally. then the men or companies
responsible for the increase will be
arrested and tried i'm court. Some
people believe. however. tnat the Ritt-
man Process, which is free TO all the
people. will solve the problem and
make gasOlin3 cheaper. It's an in
teresting subject, boys, and an inn
portant one"
Editors NOte-Jncle Harry will he
glad 10 answer inquiries. either In this
column or by mail. provided letters
are signed with the full name and nd
dress Of the persons writing. The cor
respondents names will not appear in
the articles.
Copyright 1916 by The NC Syndicate.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Hazel Dawn's Famous Smile

When Mother Nature endowed beauti-
full Hazel Dawn with a head of golden
hair, she also wreathed her lovely face
with the infectious smile of the rising
sun.
At the age OF eight the Famous Play
ers' star beamed her way into the heart
of a crusty old sea captain while sail
ing for Europe, where she remained for
several years studying violin and cult
waiting her voice in London. Paris and
Munich. Then came her success In The
Pink Lady" In which she smiled her
way into everlasting popularity both in
this country and abroad. Then, aba n
doning her voice and violin. Miss Dawn
smiled in the photoplay, "One of Our
Girls" for the celuloid replica of that
winsome smile was distributed to the far
corners of the earth.
This popular favorite will next appear
in another Famous Players Paramount
production, My Lady Incog." which was
written especially for her. Her delight
full performances in Niobe, The Masque-
raiders, Claressa and other photoplay sue
cesses, assure another big achievement
for Miss Dawn.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Child GETS SICK
CROSS, FEVERISH
IF CONSTIPATED
California Syrup of Figs" Can,
Harm Tender Stomach
or Bowels.

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels. which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stoma ch
sour.
Look at the tongue. mother, II
coated, or your child is listless, cross,
feveIish. breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment give a
reaspoonful of California Syrup of
Figs" then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in few hours
all this constipation poison. sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently move
out of the bowels, and you have a well,
playful child again. A thorough .'inside
cleansing is ofttimes all that 10 neces-
sary. 1t should be the first treatment
given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle OF
California Syrup OF Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Look carefully
and see that II is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup company."-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
New Strength for Lame Backs and Won-out Conditions.

Dear Mr.. Editor:
/ suffered from lame back and tired,
worn-out feeling. Was unable to stand
erec. and scarcely able to, get around.
1t would usually come on at first with
crick in smafl of MY back. ! took one
box Of DR.. Pierce's An-uric Tablets and
my back commenced to get better soon
after starting to take them. did not
have TO walk doubled over as | did be-
fore using the "An-uric." 1t Is the best
remedy have ever taken for what Il
lie Intended TO relieve / hope those
who are IN need of such a remedy will
give these Tablets of DIR. PIerce's a
trial. Yours. truly.
A. q. DRAKE.
Note-When your kidneys get slug
gish and clog. you suffer from back
ache, sick headache, dizzy spells, or the
twlnges and pains OF lumbago, rheuma-
tism and gout. The urine is often
clou iy, full CT sediment: channels often
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14

get sore and sleep is disturbed two or
three times a night. This is the time
you should consult some physician of
wide experienee-such as DIR. Pierce, of
the InvaIids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, Buffalo. N. Y. Send him 10 cents
for large trial package of his new
discovery-"An-uric" Write him your
symptoms and send sample of urine
for test Experience has taught DR..
Pierce that "An-uric" is the most power
full agent in dissolving uric acid. as hot
water melts sugar. Being SO many
times more active than lithia. II clears
the heart valves of any sandy SUBJ
stances which may clog them and
checks the degeneration of the blood
vessels, as well as regulating blood
pressure. "An-uric' Is a regular insur-
ance and life-saver for all big meat
eaters and those who deposit lime-salts
in their joints. Ask the druggist for
"An-uric" put up by DR.. Pierce, in 80
cent packages.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Marie Doro Gives Up Stage
To Appear in Movies

Marie Doro, one of the stars under
the management of the late Charles
Frohman, has definitely decided to give
up the legitimate stage permanently to
apepar exclusively in motion picture pro-
ducttons Of the Jesse l. Lasky Feature
Play Company. Announcement of her
engagement by the Lasky Company was
made this week by Samuel Goldfish, ex-
ecutive head of the firm, on his return
to New York from the Lasky studios at
Hollywood. Calf.
Miss Doro, who is at present in New
York, will leave for the Lasky studios
about March !, upon completion of a
photodramatic version Of Diplomacy
for the Famous Players Film Company.
This will be Miss Doro's third photoplay
made by this firm, the others being
Morals OF Marcus" and The White
Pearl" She also was the star in the
Griffith production, The Wood Nymph."
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14

it was her love for me and not my
reading which had touched her.
Mr.. Belasco took me to Frances
STAIRS dressing-room, saying to her as
he introduced me, Here is a little
girl, Miss Starr, who wants to grow
up to be as great an actress as you"
/ had told that to Mr.. Belasco when
we had discussed my future.
Miss Starr looked at me. an
deed"
"Yes, Miss Starr" I replied. you
see how ambitious l am"
She laughed, and so beautiful did
think her l felt a glow of happiness
surge over me as she talked to me
encouragingly.
Mr.. Belasco spoke at length about
my training in the past, and ended
by asking me if I would sign a con-
tract with him to play the part of
Betty" in "The Warrens of Vir-
ginia."
He did not know how much was
affected by this, for tried to assume
a calm, undaunted manner. But in
side OF me a tempest was raging. /
wanted to scream and dance and run
all the way from New York to Can
ada Just to tell my mother OF my
good fortune.
Not only because l am writing of
my own life have l gone into detail
about this meeting, which was really
the turning point of my career, but
! think in it there is lesson called
Perseverance"
When we look back on all our lives
everything which we determined to
have by stick-to-itiveness and hard
work we generally succeeded in get
ting.
l had said in the spring, 81 am go
ing to see Mr.. Belssco," and l saw
him, but it took me until fall to &C
complish it.
This is the advice I would give
those who are going into pictures
to abide their time and have faith in
themselves. Follow this-they can
not help but win.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Bessie Barriscale Talks \
About Plays and Players

During an interval of leisure during
the production of a new Ince-Triangle
play called The Green swamp" Bessie
Bsrriscale, the beautiful young star
expressed herself entertainingly in re-
gard to plays and players.
Il am getting more and more con.
cerned." said Miss Barriscale, about
the story that Is to be told and about
that stOry's message. As far as / am
concerned, 1 want my plays to say
something to men and women. 1 want
them to count as an influence in other
lives. To me there Is great re-
soonsibility in the making of a photo
play. The good picture reaches an
audience Of millions 1t ought to carry
great message OF thought and help
fulness when It does that
While I was creating the woman In
The Green swamp, never forgot that
when 1t is natural In The Golden
Claw we have another great purpose
play. 1t shows the folly and the danger
Of wanting too much luxury.
Personally I am one actress who Is
satisfied with filmdom as a realm for
artistic expression. The stage is gone
except for wonderful things, and I am
glad that 1t has been purified.
I'm a way much the same thing will
happen TO pictures. We will have to
go through with the baby-doIl motion
picture actress and the namby-pamb
actor. The people are tired of the male
mollyeoddle who is the servant girls idol
and tired Of the pretty-pretty girl who
has a dainty pout and a languid touch
Of beauty but not an ounce of brains.
They want in pictures what they
would require Of the stage. and that ID
force Of character and intelligence. The
pretty little thing who sticks one hand
In her mouth II she loses one parent
In wreck and two hands IL both par
ents are killed has lost her grip with
the people on the screen as on the stage +"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Better Things Than Money
Says Mary Pickford

All 1 have-my future prospects, my
ambition, my everything that the future
may hold In store for me-all that
VIII gladly sacrifice to make my mother
happy" said Mary Pickford. You see,
mother is my manager, my trainer; in
fact, she is everything to me. / never
see the money / earn, and. in fact, l
seldom even see the checks. / am ac-
cused of being good business woman,
but when the Triangle Films made me
the splendid offer of 5000 a week / re-
jected 1t out of sentiment, because I
wanted to stay in the East, where my
friends live. where / wish to live my life
There are better things in life than
money-friendship of those we love, the
love of our friends and. perchance, the
edmiration and applause of the world
My ultimate ambition is to return to
the speaking stage and play some great
role suitable to my ability and to play
II until I am tired Of it, and then bid
farewell to puhi'~ n'. No / will never
play Jy
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
strand-SsThe winged Idol"

Today and tomorrow Katherine
Kselred. the well known Broadway
actress and House Peters, who made
such profound impression IN The Great
Divide" will continue to head the double
show at the Strand in Thomas Ince's
Photographic masterpiece, THE Winged
IDOL" from a scenario by c. Gardner
Sullivan
The auxiliary attraction during this en-
gagement will be Keystone farce comedy
Crooked to the End" with Fred Mace,
the unctuous funmaker, in the role of a
Correspondence school burglar" Spe-
cial music win be rendered by the Strand
Symphony Orchestra
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
SNAPSHOTS.

Wallis Clark who made his screen de-
but in a version of Jules Verne's sensa-
tionsl romance. Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea-" has renewed his
contract with the Universal Film Com
pany. and will be featured in a forth
coming production.
Florence Laurence, for years leading
favorfte of the screen world, has an
nounced her intention. to return to the
nins for the Universal Company. She
Will make her redebut in "Thelma."
Bennett Southard has been engaged by
the Mirror Films, Inc, to play roles In
several big features for that company.
The Essanay Film Company wishes to
make IT known that some of the costumes
worn in the '70s are being used in the
production Of its comedy Captain Jinks
OF the Horse Marines by Clyde Fitch.
Announcement has been made BY the
Lasky Company that the first of a .serie.
OF picturtzations Of Mark Twains works
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14

y studied the books of verses and
recitations Mr.. Belasco had given
i me and prepared myself for the
day of my trial. But the verses or
bits of dialect made little appeal, and
I felt that I could not be master of
myself unless were given free rein.
1. was trying situation. I did not
want to go empty handed, yet l felt
that he would get no idea of any
talent from a little academic recita-
ton.
The day arrived. Aunt Kate took
me to the old Belasco Theater, which
is now the Republic, and l had the
strange feeling, as we were swallow
ed up in the gloom of the stage eng
trance, of a very small girl entering
a large cave. l knew not whether l
would find at the end of it chaos or
fairyland.
An empty theater is rather formid-
able in appearance, especially when
you are to stand out alone on the
stage, knowing that in the box will
be critical group of the men, and
women who have your destiny in
the palm of their hand, either to mold
or to mar.
The Ordeal.
Mr.. Belasco sat in box, and when
/ reached the center of the stage,
they threw spotlight on me.
Il am sorry, Mr.. Belasco," l be-
gan timidly, "but 1 do not know any
recitations. l shall have to do the
second act of the last play appeared
in, For a Human Life"
Mr.. Belasco smiled at me. Every
well" he encouraged.
l placed a chair in the middle of
the stage and explained to them l was
playing little street gamin, the chair
representing policeman about to ar
rest me. My plea to the officer was
that l had a dying mother whom
supported by selling papers and who
depended entirely upon me.
Ny voice did not quaver, but |
could hear the commonplace and al
most melodramatic lines which rang
out and Jared upon me. They did
not belong in this theater and / was
conscious of it, but it was the best
that | could do and l put my whole
heart and soul into it.
When l was through, l felt quite
exhausted and my pulses beat wildly.
l dreaded to look into Mr.. Belasco's
eyes for fear l would read in them
that sentence which would be the
deathknell of all my dreams and am
billions.
Dear Aunt Kate sat in the front
row, and, as | turned to her, she was
wiping her eyes with her handker-
chief.
"You did it so beautifully, Mary"
she said to me brokenly, you just
made ME cry"
smiled at her tenderly, knowing
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Hippodrome-"MIssy."

Today's feature will be Missy" with
Myrtle Gonzalez, a drama Of life In the
forest This picture is a striking con-
trast to the pictures of city life. Missy
is young and beautiful girl brought up
IN the wilds as free as bird. The story
OF her life in the forest. her longing for
the city, her visit and her dlsillusion-
ment and return to the forest makes the
phOtodrama. The wonderful forest scenes
IN this picture are said to be beautiful
end give Us Il real idea OF the forests in
our Western country.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Loew's Columbts-Mary Pfckford n
sSThe FoundIing.o

The rest Of this week Mary Pickford
VIII be seen on the screen Of Loew's
Columbia Theater in her latest screen
lnpersonation, that Of The Foundlinz z, 3"
which tells the story Of Molly o, the
little girl whose mother died at her
birth. and because Of the great love for
his wife, the father turns the child out
upon the mercies Of the world. The
little girl drifts here and there in a
pitiful search for q place In the world
until at last fate relsnts and she is
again restored to her father who has
had an awakening
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
hus Mskhz.

to be produced by the company will be
'Pudd' 'nhead Wilson" This will be soon
followed by Tom Sawyer"
Clara Kimball Young and company will
leave for Cuba shortly to make a few
pictures for World Film. '..
The Frohman Amusement Corporation
has secured the photoplay rights to Larry
Evans novel, Then I'll Come Back to
You" Alice Brady will be the star play
ing the part of Barbara Allison"
Wright Huntington, the actor-manager,
will soon make his debut in motion pic
lures in a film called Behind Closed
Doors in which he will share honors
with Marie Empress
Adolph Philip. author of 'The Girl
Who Smiles" and adele" will become a
screen star. under the direction of the
World Film Corporation, presenting his
own and other plays.
Agnes Egan Cobb has become general
manager for the Claridge Film Company.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
crnndalp-aBInck Frnr.n

Today and tomorrow at CrsndalI's the
Metro feature. Black Fear" viii be
seen Grace Elliston Is featured. sup
ported BY Edward Brennan and Grace
Valentine The action Is preceded By a
graphic prologue IN which an sllegorical
Satan Is seen seated on his throne, who
sends forth Miss Cocaine to fnd more
mortsls for his realm
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
"YirginIa-"The Sea Wolf"

The Sea Wolf" Jack London's IA
nous story. will be shown at the Vir-
Elnia today. This film is said to be the
last word in photodramatic consistency.
The chara actcrization of London's red
blOoded seafarers. rugged and wild semi
baTbarians Of the North Pacific seal
pirate schooner Ghost covering in sub
misAIon OF Wolf Larsden, the captain, are
claimed to be as HfeIike and typical OF
L.ondon's seamen as is possible to inter-
pret on the screen.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Famous Pair in New Play.

Harold lockwood and May Allison,
among screendom's most idolized Of CO..
stars. are sooz to appear together in a
remarkable two-reel American Flying
A" subject entitled The Man in the
Sombrero." The piece was specially
written for Miss Allison and Lockwood
and is one OF the limited number of two
reel pictures in which the famous couple
are to appear. Thomas Ricketts,. the
dean of moving picture producers In
America, directed The Man in the SOM
brsro~
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Garden-Bessie Barri.caIe.

Today and tomorrow at the Garden.
Bessie Barriscale, who has achieved such
wonderful success in the realm of
almdom, will be seen in a photographic
creation, The Painted Soul" bringing
together two extremes Of human life.
The added attraction, Secret Wire" q
comedy drama, with Harold Lockwood
and Mary Allison in the leading role
Especially arranged musical accompani-
ments will be rendered by the Garden
Symphony Orchestra.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
CAN'T FIND DANDRUFF

Every bit of dandrur disappears after
one or two applications of panderine
rubbed well in,S the scalp with the Gn-
ger tips. Get a 25-cent bottle of Dan
derine at any drug store and save your
hair. After few applications you
can't find a particle of dandruff or any
falling hair, and the scalp will never
Itch.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14

motion picture was invented II u mere
ly that the motion pictures have taught
the public not to waste its money on In
ferior theatrical attrsctions-William A
Brady.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Coming to Loew's,

Anna Held, who returned TO the Uniteo
States to appear in motion pictures un-
der the management of Oliver Morosco,
will be seen on the screen OF Loew's
Columbia in the near future in a photo
adaptation Of her former stage success,
Madame lie Presidente." This will
mark Miss Held's first appearance on the
screen.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Leader-Dn.tin F.rnum.

For the remaining two days OF this
week at the Leader Dustin Farnum Is
to be seen In the title role Of Booth
Tarkington's novel and play, The Cen
tleman from Indiana" the story of a
small town newspaper editors struggle
against the political ring which seeks to
control him.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Answers to Correspondents.

Edith W.,
asks for clipping of my hair, which
| would gladly send if she had been
the only one who asked for such a
favor, but | am sure my friends
would not accept me if I appeared on
the screen shorn of my curls. And |
have had so many requests for locks
OF hair that l would be quite bald if
| complied.
1aQVor, -, -: | think YOU
could get honest criticisms from the
agents who ask but ten per cent for
placing photo plays, although the re-
lection slips tell in few words why
the play is not accepted. | would
study the criticism and then the play
to see if l was sure that the scenario
department of the moving-picture
company was not correct.