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The Washington times., 1917-01-16
KISSING BUG AT KEITH,s
William eaxton, In oroll PIaylet,
Wins Novel Wager.

Wagering one hundred dollars to be
paid to sweet charity that you can en-
tice four girls into kissing you within
one week and winning the hundred
within fifteen minutes Is William
Gaxton's droll novelty at B. F.
keith's Theater this week.
Mr.. Gaxton succeeds, in attracting
very young girl, a strenuous girl, a
rather old girl, and a very sweet girl
10 MS throne, and each in turn sue
cumbs to his masculine magnetism"
to the extent of granting him a kiss.
MISS Blossom Seeley, with the as
sistance of Bill Bailey. and Lynn
Cowan syncopates her way into the
good graces of the audience. The act
Is entitled "Seeley's Syncopated
studio" Miss Seeley is as finished
as ever in all of her numbers, and
Bailey and Cowan, we don't know
which is which, added greatly to the
piece with rare beAjo, cello, piano,
and saxophone accompaniments.
The California boys band is much
more than musical number.
Their opening appearance includes
a series of marches. High and low
tumbling, Jig exhibitions, Caruso and
Chhgley Chaplin limitations follow,
anf the act ends with a band concert.
Nina Payne presents character stud
les In dance and a clever interpreta-
ton OF rhythm. Paul McCarty and
Elsie Faye have a musical travesty,
Suicide Garden" which is excellent.
Val Harris and Jack Manion, in
Uncle Jerry at the Opera" are
songsters and dancers and entertain
ers. Donald Kerr and Effie Weston
have some nifty songs and dances
from Broadway cabarets ~
The episode OF "Patria." the film In
which Mrs. Vernon Castle II starred.
is thoroughly enjoyable. The film
play is to be continued each week
at B. F. Keith's.
George ROLAND, Billy Kelly, and.
Helen Western are a scream" in their
playlet, THE Vacuum Cleaner"
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
ON DOMINION LINE
VERY MANY YEARS
James M Shertzer, of 1864
N Street, Is Feeling Like
New, Since He Took Plant
Juice.

It Is always interesting tn Iistar ~
the statements OF our friends. esne-
eislly when We know that thew or.
honest and sincere in what thew sav
Added interest is created in a stats-
ment coming from well-knouyn
Washington man, Mr.. James M sher.
zer. of No. 1854 N Street n. W ~
mas been a conductor on the Old 10
mlnlon Line for years. Mr. Shertzer
recssntly gave the following:
,ro,,hIa sunereo with stomach
that 1 ate would ferment in INV stom.
aSh ana form gas; was badly bloat-
60 bsa sad haa66 IN me 66ch worst kind OF misery:
times. and had terrible pains IN NV
pack- due 10 deranRed kidneys: i wa =
80 nervous that could not sleep at
pieteIv IE run SI nwn very weak and com
ated on some time ago. and had been
IN very weak condition: NV liver
Sad SisSy aEsS asSfsd speiisd Which XII caused the
had taken SO many different medi-
cines that had little faith in anv'
fhlng. but ] finally decided to try
Fiant Juice. as a last resort / seern
ed TO get relief almost from ths frat
qose' and my appetite returned TO me:
! sleep Wen and am able to enjoy ali
S1eiIsy OF y N meas: S:s have no more. dizzy
like a. new man. l am 'boostfnT
Plant Juice whenever can"
SUCH words as these and those Of
many others which have been printed
have wide influence. for they come
from men Of standing and inteSrity,
who have given Plant Juice a fair
trial and have been greatly bene-
flied thereby.
Plant Juice acts like magic in stom-
ech trouble. gas. fermentation, heavy.
distressed feeling after meals and on
retiring. II attacks and destroys all
poisons in the blood, correcfa dIa-
eased conditions of the liver and Kid
neys, and restores them to normal
The Plant Juice Man is at The Peo-
pies Drug Store. corner OF ith and
y Streets n. W.. where he a daily
meeting the local public. and intro-
dncinE and explaining the merits Of
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
EAST WASHINGTON
OPPOSES DRY BILL
Citizens Association Asks That
Some Substitute Be Offered
for Lost Revenue.

The East Washington Citizens As
ISOLATION, meeting in the hall at 3I4
Pennsylvania avenue southeast lasr
night, went on record agaisnt the
Sheppard bill, prohibiting the manu-
iacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors in the District without provid.
Ing in the bill substitute of revenue
for that lost by its passage and that
provisions for referendum be added.
copy of this resolution was sent
to the chairmen of the Senate and
House Committees of the District.
HaIf-MiIIIon Dollar Loss.
Fully half million dollars will be
lost. according to DR.. Charles N. EN-
mons. chairman OF the association.
He said that property now rented for
the use Of liquor dealers will be prac-
tically worthless for a time, but the
same rate Of taxation will be in effect.
and IL no substitute Is offered the resi-
dents of the District will have to
make up the loss in revenue.
1t was suggested that the untaxed
land, churches, and charity institu-
uons be taxed to offstand the rev.
enue lost by the discontinuance Of the
sale of liquor.
A motion was made by John II.
Adriaans and passed that the re-
claimed land on the Anacostia river.
from Poplar Point to, Shepherds, be
converted into public park, and that
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
LITTLE WOMEN" AT PoLPS
Old Play Of New England Life Wins
Approval.

New England life in '63 is pictured
with delightful reality at Polls
Theater this week with the presenta-
tion, by special arrangement with
William A. Brady and Jessie Bons-
telle, of Louisa NJ. Alcott's famous
story, Little Women" dramatized by
Marian De Forest.
As IL the book had suddenly come
to life, each OF the quaint characters
does his or her part, amid beautiful
scenic effects. in minute down East
style. Three of the scenes are laid In
the spacious sittingroom of the March
home, changing in the last act to
'rhe Apple Orchard at Plumield."
Lynn Hammond and Adelyn Wesley
appear as the home-loving Mr.. and
Mrs. March; Mrs. e. A. Eberie takes
the part of the grouchy but kind
hearted Aunt March, and Eleanor Sey-
bolt portrays Hannah Mullett. Evelyn
Yorke plays Meg in real storybook
fashion, and Charles White makes
love to her as John Brook.
Florence Huntington depicts the
moods of 10, and Constance Robinson
airs the ambitions of Amy, while Har-
riet Mcdaniel has the role of Beth.
E. A. Eberle, as the eccentric Mr..
Lawrence; John Won Rittberg, as the
lovesick Professor Bhaer, and Paul
Kelly as Laurie complete the cast.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16

the children, dinner at home, and
cribbage and bed shortly after, would
be every day occurrences.
Cast II Good.
The cast of young people surrounding
Mr.. Gillette is an interesting and we'll
trained one. Especially is the Clarence
Rivers Of Roland Young worthy of
note. EstelIe Winwood, Richard Bar
bee, Ruth Ffndlay, Richard Sterling
and William Devereaux discharge al
most equal duties with equal ability.
Minor roles are well handled by Kath-
crime Alexander, Manart Kippen, James
s. Ryan. Mile. Marcelle and Claus
BogeL
The settings by Robert Edmond Jones
provide an artistic and most happy
background for the development of this
Arthur Hopkins production. F. Y.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
DYING SOPRANO SINGS SONG
Recollection of Christmas cantata
Comes as Death Neared.

cHAMBERSBURG, Pa, Jan. 16.-
Mrs. Louise Foster Henninger, aged
twenty-eight, whose husband died
two years ago. died last night of
pneumonia after a very brief Illness.
Mrs. Henninger was leading so.
prano of the First United Brethren
choir, and fifteen minutes before sne
died she regained consciousness and
sang the solo she sang on Christmas
night in a cantata with force, clear
ness. and sweetness which amazed all
who heard her.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
GAYETY SHOW SCORES
eowery eurIesquers Prove One Of
Seasons Successes.

Comedians who are really funny, a
number Of good singers and an excep-
tionally good-looling chorus are the
outstanding features of the entertain
ement provided for Gayety patrons this
week by the "Bowery Burlesquers"
This organization, one of the most
famous in burlesQue annals. opened the
Gayety ten years ago.
AT Lobster Beach, in two acts and
four scenes, is the title of this years
Offering and affords ample opportunity
for Frank Harcourt and Billy Foster,
the headlined comedians, to display their
talents. Harcourt's tropical song, with
Those Wonderful Glasses of Mine" !"
was one Of the features Of the show.
Pauline PAUL. who has a sweet voice
and who dances gracefully, shared hon
ors with the comedians for popular
favor. Others in the cast include Libby
Hart. Grace Anderson, Edna Green.
Marty Seamon. Charles Jensen and Ed
die Aiken.
"AIl the Fun, Fun for AL" a bur-
lesque quartet act by Harcourt. Foster,
Seamon and Aiken, and a dancing spe-
cialty by Pauline PAUL. were among
the features. Elaborate costuming and
wealth Of scenic effects aid in MAX
ing Joe Hurtig's latest production one
Of the seasons successes.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
Experience" Delights Capacity
House at BeIasco on Open
ing Night Here,
HAS WELL-BALANcED CAST
Eminentiy Satisfying as Stage
Production and Presents
Moral in Gripping Way.

A most remarkable play. most appeal
ingly acted came to the BeIasco Thea
, ter last night when Experience" had
its first presentation in the Capital
For nine months in New York, seven
months in Chicago. I'VE months in Bos-
ton and five months in Philadelphia, this
extraordinary product Of the genius Of
George Hobart commanded the atten-
ton and attendance Of audiences that
crowded the theaters in those cities.
Washington is to have this play for a
much shorter time-for a time indeed
all too short to give opportunity to all
those who ought and will want to
see II.
Title Becomes Plain.
The title OF the play, somewhat
enigmatic at first speaking, becomes
perfectly plain once the curatain has
risen on the scene Of the cottage home
and inviting fields where Youth, his
sister Hope and his sweetheart Love
face the departure OF Youth, attended
by Ambition, to make q career for
himself in the world at large. From
this first of ten episodes, each q sepa-
rate scene, until the last, which finds
its setting in the same surroundings
as the opening Of the play, the audi
ence follows Youth through a maze
OF temptations always accompanied
by that constant companion OF all
mortals, Experience.
what Youth Undergoes.
What Youth undergoes, what he
succumbs to and what he conquers are
influences not uncommon in the lives
of men and women, and these sinflu-
ences are graphically personified by a
long list Of actors and actresses who
without exception visualize the influ-
ences they were supposed to repre-
sent.
Mr.. Glendinning, who plays the part
Of Youth, was uniformly satisfying.
whether as the gay and buoyant par
ticipant in the revels Pleasure plan.
ned or in the sordid>and repulsive sit
uations in THE House of Last Re-
sort"
Prominent In Cast.
William Ingersol as Experience,
William Belts as Crouch, John Todd
as Work, Margot williams as Intoxi.
cation, and later as FraiIty; Harry ].
Lane as Poverty, and Olive Newton as
Love were the prominent members of
a cast which is exceptionally good. =
Mr.. Hobart in writing Experience"
has contributed to the stage a moral.
ity play which has a long life of use.
fullness before IL. 1t presents in
compelling form a lesson which IL is
well worth while to know, and II
affords to those who see 1t a series of
pictures not easily forgotten.
The play and its presentation is
well worth a continuance of audiences
such as crowded the Belasco to the
doors last night.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16

it shall not be leased for agricultural
purposeG
Opposes PIan.
The association is also opposed to
inclosing any part Of his land in the
grounds of st. Eiizabeth's Hospital
It was reported sometime ago BY
the association that the delivery OF
mail in the outlying sections was
made 50 late in the morning that q
man working in any GOVERNMENT Of
fice would have to walt until his re-
turn at night before receiving his
mail. A letter was written to the
Postoffice Department and arrange
ments have been made to stan the
first delivery at an earlier hour.
The association went on record as
approving the objects for which the
Federal Employees Union - working.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
CANNOT MAKE PAPER
state et Minnesota Lacks Authority
to Engage In Business.

ST. PAUL. Jan. IA project for
State paper mills. proposed recently
by the Minnesota Editorial Asocia-
tion as a means OF aIieviating paper
shortage. has been declared imprac-
ticable by aLandoni A. Smith. attorney
general OF Minnesota
According to Mr.. Smith. the State
may lease the needed water power
sites and timber tracts to . co-opera-
tive, organization OF publishers. bot
Is without authority to use state
funds In the erection Of paper mills
or to engage In papermaking.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
The Strand.

Harold Lockwood and May Allison
in a visualization of Harold McGrath's
story, "Pidgin Island" were shown al
the Strand Sunday and Monday, where
they are appearing again today. The
play is built on a story of pearl and
opium smuggling and deals with the
gangs rounding up by Lockwood, as
a Secret Service agent.
Lockwood's sweetheart, Miss ALL
son as Diana, It so happens, Is the
daughter of the leader Of the SNUG
glers, and although 1t promises to
play havoc with his love affair he
succeeds in rounding up and driving
out the gang.
Bessie Love, in "The Heiress at Cof'
fee Dams" will be the Strand fea-
ture for wednesday and Thursday,
As hwaffles," q waitress in cheap
restaurant, Miss Love Is persuaded to
impersonate a missing heiress. To the
confounding of the crooks who put
up to the job "Waffles" turns out
to be the real heiress, but contrary to
the customary procedure che splits
her fortune $3.50 with the guys who
helped her into her own"
Friday and Saturday Dorothy Gish
will be seen In ''rhe Children Of the
Feud," dramatic story Of the noun
tain folk of Kentucky.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
The Garden.

Anita Stewart was seen to advan-
tage yesterday at the Garden Theater
in the film play. THE Glory OF Yo-
landa." Her portrayal was impress
sive. and marked another success for
Miss Stewart.
As Yolanda. beautiful Russian
peasant girl, her dancing attracts the
attention of the grand duke, who is
passing through her village He sees
in her the promise of a dazzling sue
cess and determines to open to her
the road to a future. She is housed
The Washington times., 1917-01-16

in one of his villas and given the
tutelage of the royal ballet master.
Love for a young artist brings her
to. a realization of the true situation,
and rather than sell her soul she
goes with him into Siberian exile.
Margarita Fischer, in "The Butter
fly Girl" will be shown at the Garden
Wednesday and Thursday. The little
orphan girl is adopted by a band of
strolling players and later her un-
usual talent leads to her success in
dramatic roles. AS one Of company
Of Hawaiian entertainers, where she
is known as "The Butterfly Girl"
she is wooed and won by a prince who
Is travelling incognito.
On Saturday Antonio Moreno and
Peggy Hyland, remembered as the
stars in "The Rose of the South" will
be featured at the Garden In the film
attraction, 'sHer Right to Live"
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
QUEEN LnlUokALANI ILL.

/. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 1&-Ths
condition Of former Queen Liliokalsni
of Hawaii is again critical. accord
ing to adviees received here today
from Honolulu The former Queen
rallied from an indisposition some
months ago, but II now suffering
from q general breakdown due to ad-
vancing age, It IL said. She was born
in 1898.
The Washington times., 1917-01-16
"A Successful Calamity" at Ma
tionaI Wins Spontaneous Ap:
proyaI at First Performance.
STORY WRITTEN BY WOMAN
Tells of Experiences of Poor
Rich Man Who Wanted an
Evening at Home.

All that Henry Wilton wanted, was
70 spend an evening at home with his
family. Seeing that he was an ample
proVider of financial ammunition for
social warfare on an immense scale,
one would not suppose that this sim
pie wish would be impossible for his
wife, son, and daughter to grant.
But not until he descended to in
trigue, white lie or two, and declar-
ed financial ruin could he obtain his
hearts desire.
incidentally a whole play has been
written about his wish, his efforts to
nave 1t consummated, and the resultant
circumstances which eliminated there
from 1t is being shown at the Ma
ional Theater this week, with Will
nam Gillette impersonating the very
tired Mr.. Walton.
A Tip For Fathers.
Fathers with families socially in
clined will do wise thing IL they go
anu see this play accompanied by
their wives, sons, and daughters.
Perhaps the outspoken replica of
their own desires, coated over with
eiever and humorous situations, and
impeccaoly hedged In by very last
minute smart set dialogue and cpl
gram, viii lodge and bear seed in the
minds of the indefatigable mem
= bers OF their families.
Clare Hummer. a woman, wrote thi :
play. Some time ago a certain critic
voiced his appreciation and agreeable
surprise at the results OF a play
written by a woman.
Comes the Woman Playwright.
This second new play this season
By q woman to be shown in Wash i.
ington for first night, fresh in con
cept, delightful in development, and
technically without serious fault.
should aid him in considering the
successful woman playwright a neces-
sAry evil, and as usual an instItu-
tion as is the successful male play
wright.
More than this. Clara Hummer has
happily fitted William Gillette with q
role suited to his capabilities and re-
quirements. How much Of the SEEM
ing aptness and ease OF the whole
production, from a managerial stand
point. is due to the excellent influence
and discretion of Mr.. Gillette himself
one cannot say exactly.
Ii Fitted to Gillette.
1t is quite true, however, that the
impersonator OF sherlock Holmes,
has gone a long way through years
besprin<led with multitudinous male
playwrights before he has found a
piece at all compatible with his ideas
and abilities
And the story?. Merely a detailed
account of what happened in one
evening and the next morning, at the
Wtltons, when the many times mill
ionatre, Mr.. Wilton, decided to have
an evening at home, surrounded by
his family, at any expense.
Expense Was Heavy.
As it happened, the expense was ex-
actly $s.Oo0yOoo. registered on the
credit side of the ledger. The COM
bined efforts of his young, second
wife, and his son nearly broke up the
family, and ended in a crash in wall
street, respectively.
The curtain descends, however on
Mr.. Wilton and Mrs. Wilton, planning
not the alternative of letting Mr. VIII.
r ton so to the opera in his pajamas
ESQ that he could sleep comfortably.
as long as he always slept anyhow
but the rehabilitation OF an "aban.
doned farm" where meetings With
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
WOMAN DEALER AND MOTHER,
IS. DRIVE CARS 1900 MILES

II there is any phase of twentieth
century business in which man ex-
cells w-man, Mrs. iona Berg of SUI
perior, Neb.. wholesale and retail
dealer in motor cars. would like to
know about it, Mrs. Berg has just
completed a little business drive, lit
orally and figuratively. which estab-
fishes a record She demonstrated her
contempt for such business barriers
as freight car SHORTAGES by establish
ing an independent" transportation
route from Dodge Bros works in
Detroit to her salesroom out in Su-
petior. 1000 miles away on the Kan
sas border"
The route was the drive away"
Mrs. Berg led fleet of four cars
OF erland. on their cwn power,
through snow. frozen ruts and a
temperature that waver d between
II below and - above from start
tC finish. She drove one of the
cars. Her 12-year-old son Jack
drove another. Two of her sales me-
chanics had charge of the third and
fourth cars. However. the mere
fact that the mechanics were in the
party does not warrant the conclu-
sion that they did all the driving
For. let ii be known, Mrs Berg s
mother was also in the party, and
never yet has she gone on motor
car tour of any length without TAX
inc the wheel fer a goodly share of
the route herself Likewise in the
tom just completed. The lady is Mrs
j II. Kesters "'" is two years
less than Co The fact that Mrs
Kesterson was the first woman who
ever drove a motor car in Kansas
may account to some extent for her
continued enthusiasm over this form
Of travel. At any rate she does con-
tinue enthusiastic
The party proceeded by the way
Of Elkhart. South Bend and Chicago
and from there followed the Lincoln
highway. 1t is one of the few trips
Of this nature ever made by a wom-
an dealer and probably the lncgest
Of any of the many drive aways''
that have been made necessary this
winter by the fact that there have
been no freight cars for shipmnts
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
farmers CLUB
HELD INTERESTING
MEETING SATURDAY

The members of the Lakeland
Farmers Club held their regular
monthly meeting Saturday. March
II. at the home of Rev and Mrs.
Wear After dinner the meeting
was called to order by the president.
The secretary read the minutes OF
the previous meeting and tehse were
approved. There was no new bust
ness and no new members were en-
rolled
The subject for discussion was
General Farming. THE first speaker
was Judge Preston who hopes to
see the time when the Florida farm
er will emancipate himself from the
slavery Of truck farming and will
farm in a general way; will raise all
the feed to feed all the animals kept
Upon farm-when the farmer will
live at home making his own meat,
milk. butter, eggs, vegetables. ETC.
MIR. Lewis followed by saying
Florida is as good a country as any
for farming and cited the good corn
crops produced by the Corn Club
boys. He says there is too much
trucking done now for any enc to
become rich trucking and that 20
acres in Florida brought mp to 4
high state of cultivation is equal to
iC0 acres elsewhere. The members Ct
the club were greatly interestd in
hearing him tell of the good old
days when general farming was the
rules and of how the farmers made
their own sugar and hauled it TO
Tampa where they sold it for cents
per pound. He urges the planting of
lceumes and turning them under for
humus.
Mr. Fuller is not so optimistic
upon the subject of general farming
rs the hiqh price of land. work. etc,
renders it almost impossible tc have
the farm described by Judge Preston
but thinks the Florida farmer must
do little farming. little trucking
and hope for the rest
Mr. Durrance thinks general farm
ing does pay and advises rne Farmer
to keep cows. chickens. etc, and t.
raise feed for the same lie gave a
good talk upon raising feed for
chickens, and advises planting few
money crops"
Mr.. Lewellin favors general farm
ing but does not believe in expert
mcnts-new crops. General farm
ing does not mean the Ground alone
but chickens, cattle, etc. Have your
own milk and butter" He raises
berries as "mcney crop" "Plant
what will sell The man who plants
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20

ron acres Of cabbage and cannot sell
y is had on. If he raises a lot OF
.t,1 he cannot use he is bad on
Mrs. Van Sickler made a plea Tor
return 4 the social feature OF the
cr,b-fcr a return to the days when
che members of the club came for
the whole day and spent the morn
ine hours socially Those who come
after dinner. during the business
session have no opportunity TO
mako the acquaintance Of new mem
bers.''
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Julians lnNl-
ta;icn to hold the April meeting az
their home was accepted.
committee. consisting OF Mrs
Fannie Van Sickler. Mrs. Fred Julian
END Mrs. J. w Scarr tMrs. Van Sick
Ter chairman. was appointed to ar
range the program LOT inc NJ
meeting which is Ladies Day-the
subject. The Flower Garden ana
II me SURROUNDINGS.
A vote of thanks was extended 10
Rev. and Mrs. Wear for their gehlai
hospitality. Though the attendance
vas small the general sentiment was
that it was one of the clubs hes'
meetings
There heinz no further business
the club adjourned to meet again on
hnril 81
MRS. IRWIN KELSEY Sec