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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17

might find me a black-haired young gypsy
girl fighting tooth and nall with my lover" "
explained Miss Frederick. Nov, II were
to powder my own hair for the old lady
portion of my role, It would take me hours
to get my tresses back to normal. And
then they would be only Drown, and not
black.
How much easier simply to slip of the
white wig, erase the heavy lines on my
face, put a coat of dark makeup in their
place and put on my black wig. I can
reduce the time required for a change like
that by hours
"And do not think that It does the hair
any too much good to be continually filling
II with powder, removing II and then brush
Ing the hair first one way and then the
other 1t seems much moro sensible to
coil my hair fiat on my head and use the
wigs.
"Of course 1 do not always wear wigs
When we did Audrey was supposed to be
a young girl of the woods with my hair
flowing free. 1t would have been foolish
to have worn wig in that cnse, as it would
be impossible to have made 1t look right
Furthermore. I really think It is good for
the hair to let II hang like that, and did
not mind allowing mine to 40 SO.
of course great car. must oe exercised
in the selection Of these wigs. They would
be ineffective II each one was of markedly
different texture. They were all selected
WIFI CARE DOtn US 10 quality OF nair ana
coloring. Unless you have struggled with
powder-infested hair, and tried to smooth
out curly hair or curly straight hair, you
can never appreciate what a tremendous
saving In time and patience those wigs rep
resent. Then too. there Is the matter Of
actual effectiveness to be considered for
though my hair is reddish brown, It is
NOT dark enough to be really effective as
gypsy hair.
Please do not gain the impression that
wear wig the greater part Of the time
am on the screen. i only resort to the
practice when it becomes valuable as a
time saver and when want to make an
especial impression of some sort In a
great majority of my pictures 1 never even
think OF wearing any but MY own hair
In 'Zaza, Bella Donna and many other
photoplays / was totally without the wig
makers assistance"
Miss Frederick doesn't say anything
about "Sapho" Perhaps those who see
the film can decide.
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GREEN, GREEN, GREEN
AT THE GARRICK
TODAY!

At the Garrick tonight there will be
general celebration of st. Patrick's Day in
Gommemoration of the birthday of the
latron saint Of the Emerald Isle, Janet
8eecher, of the Fair and Warmer" COM
pany. will give party to the members on
the stage after the matinee performance
xLise Beecher is a direct descendant of the
sWyudham-Quinns. famous old Irish
family. and is an enthusiastic Irish patriot
John r. Clemons. organist of the Gar
43ek, will play all the Irish tunes he knows,
- addition to new overture recently
written by Victor Herbert. Manager
83naries c. Wanamaker, of the Garrick, has
'4t4Anged to give souvenirs at the matinee
Dorformance commemorative Of st. Patrick
These are small Irish flags. shamrocks and
ether favors usually associated with the
Dajnt who drove the snakes out of Ireland
A6mission tickets 'oday will be green and
~ green elevator" referred to in Fair
and Warmer" will receive extra emphasis
1rom the players.
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THIS GRAND DAME
WOULD RIVAL
POO BAH 4

Ancestral pride was one of the many a.
tributes of Pooh Bah, the celebrated facto.
tum Of 'The Mikado" and his glorious boast
was that he traced his descent to "sn
atomic primordial protoplasm." This was
apparently the longest pedigree on record
until the character of Mrs. Biers. the social
climber in THE Family Tree" the satirical
farce which will be produced at the Little
Theatre Monday evening next, was evolved
in the brain of Howard Shelley the author.
Mrs Biers is the type of woman who
desires ancestors of distinction. The fact
that she does not know of any does not
deter her. For a consideration a genealo.
gist agrees to furnish the necessary fore
bears. Figuratively he digs them up"
only to find that they are undesirable from
social standpoint" whereupou his client
insists that they be reburied, and please
omit flowers" 81.
But their reinterment does not prevent
the spreading of the scandal and the even.
tual turning up of a guileless farmer Who
is a distant cousin of the aristocratic Mrl
George Washington Van Schuyler Bing
president of the Daughters of Colonial
Heroes. That lady's efforts to conceal the
Identity of the agriculturist and the vain
attempts of her rival for the presidency
of the society to resurrect the Bing family
skeleton keep the incidents of the farce
moving. =,
The henpecked Mr.. Biers also gets the
genealogical craze and insists that he Is
descended from Nero. Lucrezia Borgia
Catherine of Russia and Bloody Mary The
astounded Mrs. Biers is completely cowed
by this discovery and the naughty Mrs
Bing learns that she is DIRECT descendant
Of Captain Kidd. This startling statement
elicits from the philosophic Mrs. Biers this
speech: Now. l know where my gold
spoons went" -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17

NEW PLUMES FOR
MADE IN
PHILLY"

Many Philadelphians will remember
Made In Phiily." which scored at Keith's
last summer. They will be pleased to
know that Arrangements have been made
for the production of the second edition
Of the local revue with It's company Of
Philadelphia artists, which Is to be pre-.
sented as the big summer feature this
year.
Last years production was In the ma
ture Of an experiment. It proved such
success that this year II is proposed to
make Made In Philly" much bigger, more
elaborate and better than the initial pre-
sentation. Frank Orth. a Philadelphia boy
who wrote the book and lyrics for the first
edition Of the revue, has been commissioned
to supply material for the second. He is
at work on the book. Being a Philadelphian
and a writer of songs and sketches, Mr..
Orth is fitted for the work. He promises
something that will make Philadelphians
talk.
Orth is now playing vaudeville dates with
William j. Dooley. another Philadelphia
comedian, as partner, offering an original
comedy skit by Orth. The Fool Detective"
Orth and Dooley will appear at Keiths next
week.
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WOULD YOU SOB?
READ THIS

Il must tell you." said Charlotte DeLong,
OF Tne Princess Pat" company. which
comes to the Knickerbocker next week, "of
a Christmas experience. Last season I
was playing in Washington. d. c.. and, as
10 my custom. paid morning visit to one
of the hospitals Of that city. A tiny colored
boy (no more than hve years oid) had been
brought In early in the day. dying from In
Jurtss inflicted by . truck which had run
over him. He was bright and intelligent,
and. despite the agony caused him by his
mutilatlons. braveiy strove to smile
MY poor boy. what can do for you p
] asked. bending over the cot. Instantly the
light Of q great. hesrt-expanding desire
shons In the boys eyes.
LADY said he (and every word added
to his pain). would you kiss msr
WHO with . human heart could reast
such an appealf OF course. I kissed him,
and the poor little fellow sank back ON his
pillow with q contentsd sigh
later was told that the boy had only
q few minutes TO live. He knew Il, too, but
all that diminutivs hero. suikePing untold
agony, did was to snaIle ard murmpr, 81
1eAa .,eafc e In dying; - NhAtp ~
y. - -. ~ ~ -. W y ><<I<<<1
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Bernard Shaw.
on Vaudeville

THE real difficulty about variety
L theatres is that their standard
Of training, accomplishment and
professional skill is so high, and the
standard of stage effect SO swift,
intense and miraculous, that it is
very much harder to come up to
concert pitch there than in an or
binary theatre. Dancers, acrobats,
jugglers and strong men are ter
rible people to compete with. They
are trained to the last inch, skilled
to the point of doing with ease and
certainty things that are impossible
to their audiences, things that seem
superhuman. All this gives these
performers amazing distinction. It
may not occur to you to call them
distinguished; but, II you are rash
enough, Immediately after one of
their performances, to send an un-
distinguished actor or actress on
the stage-somebody who would
pass muster quite well in an ordi-
nary theatre-the audience misses
that distinction at once, and the
actor looks hopelessly unskilled and
unattractive. ! love trained people.
! hate sloppy people. Well, the only
sloppy people you find in a variety
theatre are the people you zee
padded into shapelessness for the
purpose Of being knocked down.
No, depend on II, the variety
theatres will suarten Nc all up,
authors % well a. actors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17

m ROY BARNES - american boy!'-
i . Don't you believe It. Mr.. Barnes, OF
''Katinka." temperamental. but not top
loftical, shattered that generally held be-
lief one night this week. The interviewer
was surprised into silence. Like every one
else who has seen T. Roy perform IN MS
pleasantly seif-satisfled way. he had
thought the comedian the most typical OF
all American musical comedy types Call
fornia, perhaps but Great Britain, never!
However, Mr.. Barnes Gone bravely re-
presses the notion of saying Master Barnes)
not only gazed on the sun first In Lincoln
Lincolnshire. He actually isn't even yet
an American citizen. He is going to be
one and he's perfectly willing to show his
allegiance to this country by shouldering
a gun dust as he did in vaudeville, only
the real thing this time) and make 'em
salaam to old Uncle Sam" Hear him on
this theme, and then never declare again
that comedians haven't any sense OF the
serious:
"I first found out that I was British
when tried to go back to England to fill
a theatrical engagement The authorities
asked me a long string of questions about
my birthplace. what I was doing In Amer
ica and so forth. You know the usual in
volved stuff. I was quite frank about 1t.
Told them I'd been born in Lincolnshire
and brought up in Surrey. As I'd come to
this country with my mother U was one
Of five small children, my age being nine),
1t had never occurred to me that l wasn't
as American as anybody. The news that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17
Eat Wig Will You Wear
Today, Madame Pauline?
bosins Suitable Locks That Detach Is One Of
& Statussque Miss Frederick Occupations
in Posing for Films

lat color hair do you wish this
brnins. madame?"
4 q mot an echo of the recent effort
&tsoducs the fad o. wearing pink
and blue wigs. II is merely Pauline
1r>rkss maid greeting her with the
10y question as she enters her Dress
toom at the Famous Players studio to
~ up for the days STUNT before the
DorA Incidentally. Pauline comes to the
1nley IN "Sapho" next week.
EX ~ 20 much easier for an actress who
2yo . great many roles to wear different
M rather than attempt to powder her
~ or rearrange It to susr the respective
0Rracters that Miss Frederick conceived
~ idea Of purchasing several wigs Of diff
Int shades, ranging from pure white to
- black. These are kept in her dressing
&6Ia and are arranged by her maid to suit
~ character which she is playing on any
Il happens that in two Of her more re-
mt photoplays the star mas played widely
Weren't roles within the same production.
- ssThe Moment Before" an adaptation of
Paol Zangwill's play of the same name,
~ appeared as the white-haired duchess
- a. the wild gypsy. ana In THE Spider
- played both mother and daughter.
EAough these two roles are different In
Haracter, they actually represent two
|Aasss Of the career Of the same woman.
Il During the course Of preparing this story
~ the ycreen Miss Frederick might be
611ed Upon to play the duchess one day
- the gypsy the next. So II behooves the
laid to have the various wigs in constant
oadiness to meet the whim or the director.
I'm the morning may be tottering old
MY with white hair. and the afternoon
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ways veracious) newspaper representative
OF the attraction has been able thus far to
CLEAN but little Of the personality and
antecedents of the singer On his own word
Tor 1t. when he sought the young lady she
was heavily yelled and noncommital.
mot until have opened and have been
approved by the Messrs. Shubert" was her
reply to his interrogation. And this Chinese
wall was sustained to every further ques-
tion that ne asked.
You are a sphinx" he said.
II am a woman" she replied.
You are too modest" he said.
BE wise In tme," she replied.
But your voice is exquisite" he said.
Tell me where and with whom you have
studied"
by advice Of good counsel refuse to
answer" she said.
II will go to J. ]. Shubert," he said, "and
get the whole dope about you by UNDER
do your durndest." che replied
And he caught a twinkle in her left eye,
while her right eye seemed to wink through
her oriental Mispah yelling
on he shot to J. J. Shubert. And this is
all he got:
"she came to us with a letter from Oscar
Straus hmself-we heard her sing and ran
her through three of the most important
scenes to see II she could act, and that was
enough for us-we gave her contract on
the spot"
But where does she come from and who
10 she?"
You can search me-" said the musical
producer OF the firm, "or why not try my
brother?"
The p. A. caromed over to Lee Shubert
who is she7'' he muttered with hoarse
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17
BIG ORGAN FOR
IMPERIAL ~

The Master Kimball Organ. which the
Imperial Theatre started to install a few
weeks ago, is completed. The organ is one
of the most superb instruments that could
be obtained and win provide an artistic
musical setting for Aims.
The organ In played by William c.
Lovett, one Of the best known musicians
In eastern Pennsylvania Mr.. Lovett grad
uatsd from the University of Pennsylvania
and from the Boston Conservatory Of Mu-
sic He has been musical director and or
ganist Of christ's Church. Tioga Methodist
Episcopal Church. christ's Methodist Epis-
copal Church. ThirU-eishth and Spring
Gas$en 4reets. sRd for ten, years hold tn
s1''ssk en- q Z ss s 2 = 4 s'''s ss'''yt'''@'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17

a young American
singer who will
make her debut in
her own country.
T h is yo u u n &
woman gives her
name as ElnOra
Kerwin. but we are
reliably informed
that this Is a nom
du theatre. In
brief, Elnora Ker-
win is a mystery
which makes what
the baseball editor
would call a double
play of the fact
that she is to essay
the C h a r a ct er
known as the Bea
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17

vi oitiotiS tAthtfioAty
What she 2" said
Mr.. Lee. I'VE have
a considerable COL
lection today"
why. Miss Ker-
win, Of course.
"She IL beautiful,
ism Z she?" h Q
rumInated. But
unknown to me as
well. Why don't
you ask J. j.? All
I know Is that she
Is q protege of Ar
thur Nikisch. con-
ductor of the Lon
don Symphony Or
chestra that she
comes of q dis
tingutDhed Arnor-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17

very Good Eddie" which ran for ten
months in New York, and is now being
presented on tour by three companies. His
latest Princess production is "Oh Boy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17

At the top ust like Patra Castle this
holds almost strange her hosiery Marguerite Clark
where she posed for The Fortunes Of Fi the
Louise Fazenda arrive
at the Victoria in "Maggie's First False StepN -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17
Those M0ndcy Pictures

1.-THE EVENING LEDGER publishes
= every Monday an entire page of
interesting photographs dealing with
plays and players, currently seen
In local theatres.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17

NNE of the chief roles in Oscar Strauss
Onew operetta. 1.-THE Beautiful Unknown"
at the Adelphi next week, Is portrayed by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-17
{ \
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9

AT the Opera Comique in Paris and in
| concert under 'Nikisch in London"
"Elnora Kerwin'' is a mystery.
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That's a start, anyway said the
p. A., and he hiked off to interview e.
p. Temple, the stage director of THE

B e a utiful In
known"
What do you
know about Miss
Kerwin?"
Precious little"
he said" except
that she sings like
a bird and knows
her business thor
oughly - is only
twenty-three years
old and has studied
with Daubigny and
Nine. Chaminade
and a rising young
tenor by the name
of Jean De Reszke."
Where has she
s,lnQ hefore?"
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lean family-and that she has lived her
entire Nc abroad up 70 the outbreak of ~
war" i 81 -. :. /. :. (. &, 4 4 4.
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known as the Beautiful Unknown.
Even the voracious (and, of course, al
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
DEPOSIT OF CACIUM
 CARBONATE OTTER CREEK

A large deposit of calcium carbonate recently discovered at Otter Creek, near Mile 122, Anchorage Division, is believed to possess the esential prop critics of a valuable soil fertilizer. With a view of encouraging the ship ment of the deposit, and its use eX- perimentally by the farmers residing along the Government railway, the Commission has established the eX ceptionally low freight rate of 10 cents per 100 pounds for this commodity and the same rate for the return ship ment of empty containers.
 Should the deposit prove commercial ly valuable and the demand justify the expenditure, spur track vii probab b ly be constructed to the field-Rail road Record
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
GREAT EXCITEMENT

A few shots-just enough to rouse official dreamers from their sleep; a run down Indiantown; a bushel of questions fired at every Tom, Dick, and Harry and few eXclamations of "hell" and the excitement was over,
 Last Saturday night, while things were supposed to be quiet, some one heard few shots in Indiantown. A hurryup phone call was sent to Marsh al Sharpe, who only partly dressed, buckled a brace of guns to his belt and made run for the place of the shooting. It is reported that on his arrival on the scene, he found the fire chief running about inquiring where the fire was--or it may have been his assistant. Anyhow, after they all be- came conscious, little investigation followed with the result that they went back to bed swearing vengeance on the next man who tries to start a Gray engine in the middle of the night A bucking gas engine sometimes caus- es as much trouble to a man as when he uses the wrong dope.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
4 BUsHEL OF FUN FOR 25c

The most comiell and greatest mirth producing event of the season will take place in the Moose Hall next Thursday evening. May 17th when the Masquerade Skating Contest will be given.
 That this even- will be unique and in a class by its 1T goes without say ing. The fat couple will be on hand to do their fancv skating stunts and Slim Jim will represent the leans. The contest will be a SCREAM, from start to finish and 10 miss it would be to miss the mos. joyous occasion of your life. Come and bring the en- tire family, Prizes are as follows:
 1st prize for Gentlemen, l pair of skates.
 lst prize for Ladies, pair of skates.
 2nd prize S3.00 in trade at rink
 2rd prize $250 in trade at rink.
 Prize skates to be picked from new shipment.-adv G.,
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
MAKE RICH HAUL OF
 PEARL FROM MUSSELS
Missourie Couple Gamers $12,ooo
 Worth of Precious Gems.

JOPLIN. Mo, May 10.-Three years ago Mrs Bertha Scott was married to Edward Bell, and the pair moved to the husbands small farm on the up per Wite river. There Mrs. Bell spent much of her time fishing. One morn ing she raked a mussel from the stream and found in it pearl the size of a No. shot Then she waded in and soon had bushel of mussels and garnered ten more pearls.
 When she told her husband he ad- vised that they collect as many as pos siLle before looking for market They went pearl hunting together, but Mrs. Bell had the better luck. Her hus- band found only three or four rather poor pearls, while she got forty-one' some of them the size of pea and of beautiful luster
 of you are offered $50 for the bunch grab it." was her husbands advice. So Mrs. Bell took the pearls to Newport Mo. the nearest possible market. The 1 ieweler there said he could not afford to buy them, but that the regular New York buyer would be in the next day
 i Mrs. Bell called on the buyer at his hotel. After testing and weighing them the buyer said:
 "Twenty of them are but little better than "slugs' and are worth to me only S5 each. The remainder weigh abou 760 grains. The bunch is worth tt me $119OO."
 Mrs. Bell had sufficient self contro to escape fainting and to say calml. she guessed he could have them.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
BH4 DANCE HELD

TIe " biy dance held in the Moose Hall. drew an uausually good crowd Saturday evening and jolly time en- sued Dancing commenced promptly 1t nne o'clock and lasted till shortly alter midnight The music was good and so was the floor and the committee in charge were not lax in their efforts i0 please their patrons.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
CHAPLIN IN
 EASY STREET

CGAS CHAPLIN in his latest com edy riot which has only been released a few days. Remember the Dream has shown every CHAPLIN that has oyer ben released and the CHAPLIN REVUE that is coming to town is only parts of the CHAPLIN THAT were nuH at the DREAM during 1916, it consists of pieces of THE TRAMP" Ills NEW JOB" and "A NIGHT OUT"
 Watch for the date of EASY STREET adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
Field boasts of now having the be .ehted store in the city. adv.
 SCHOOL CALENDAR

Pareur-Teacher Meeting at School house, Wednesday evening May Is. Baecalmeate Sermon at NJ. E. Church Sunday evening, May 20. Spelling Contest fer silver cup and medal at .5admsr Hall Monday evening, May T. Commencement Exercises at Red man uaa. Thursday evening. May 24.
 At
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
A SUBSTITUTE FOR BEANS

At Eugene, Oregon, last Saturday, Miss E. Davis of the Domestic science department of the Oregon agricultur- al college said at a meeting in connect ion with 2 preparedness campaign that yetch seed offers about the same val lie as beans. The only difference lies i'll the cooking which takes longer.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
REVLIDA

Pat Rozich. Joe Jael, \. strand. W. NJ. Hubell. J. o. Bruer Frank F. Scou- gal. r. Soderberg, Thos. ]. Case Earl West. Mr. and Mrs. N W. Casey, ied Clough. J. | Spence. Geo. E. Brown. Jimmy Lampton. Hi Beluele.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
WHAT ABOUT THE IGLOO

The proposition to organize branch of the Pioneer lodge in Ketchikan seems a long time coming. An appli- cant to become a member wants to knew what the trouble is. Can any one explain?
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
1.-THE BEST 0 ENEMIES"
PARCEL POST SALE

The Ladies Aid of the M. F. Church will hold another Pacol Post Sale at the Jtophia club rooms, next to the Rednaa Hall. on Thursday afternoon at 2:s0 Tea viii also be served.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
REGISTERED AT HOTELS
 STEDMAN

Eugene C. Hill, E. McLane. T. E, Scougan. J. Cohen, * (. cronin, j. w. Bell. J. A. Snow J. W Mckay, Earn est Lamphilar. L. N. Thayer. T. Lib. ock, W. J. Rogers. N. p. Taylor. J. j Casey. MT. and Mrs. E. Layerty. C. E. Johnson, II. Gray. J. L. Smiley and wife. r. Schoenwald, Howard Lanneau, and r. j: Mooney.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-14
FURNISHED HOUSE SUMMER

AS We shall lea9a town for the sum- mor. we desire 10 faHt our house. com pletely furnished for the months of June. Juk and August For particu- lars calls on the mdersiened-W. A.. KNOX. Phone G fgs. adv 4