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The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
We NAV Feel II.

1t behooves to be interested in a Mexican gent
named Palaez, front name the wel-known Mex,
Gen" For several months past Gen. Palaez, backed
by small but active and lousy army of patriots be-
lieving in division of the land the purses, etc, has
been hanging around in the outskirts of the Tampico
oil field from which the allied powers have been get
ting huge volume of their oil Indeed tits said, that
the British navy depends almost wholly upon Tam
pico oil
Up to the present. Gen. Palaez and army have been
kept quiet through the simple process Of greasing them
with foreign gold apenty Patriots like that don't have
be creased heavily but often, and the arrangement
with Gen. Paaez has been happy thing for the allies,
is so easy for Mexican patriots to set fire to oil fields
in the name of freedom and higher democracy
Now, however, cometh Carranza, whose govern
ment the allies have generously creased in the form
of tax payments and who proposes to go cunning for
that Palaez bunch of patriots, the Paaez part of
what the allies are willing pay for oil and it is
greatly feared that setting fire to things will be Palaez
main policy of generalship.
The affair is serious, serious to Americans, for
if Palaez does set those oil fields ablaze we've got
go to conserving oil before in all our lives
Dipomatically speaking regard for cheapness would
dictate that somebody buy somebody in Mexico about
now
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

running to the Tyrol while there are only two be-
tween Italy and France
1t is logical enough argument and it shows
clearly that there has been certain amount of frc-
ton between the political and military powers in Lon
don since the war began. We think it entirely true
that whatever blunders have befalen the allies in
Russia, in the Balkans in Italy, they have not been
due fundamentally to errors of commission or omis-
sion on the part of Britain and France. 1t is the
American idea that the French and British have made
magnificent showing in the war, and that it i'll be-
hooves either of them to indulge in elimination and
recrimination because Germany, which has made fine
art of war; has given US another and perhaps much
needed illustration of her wonderful resources in in
trigue and strategy.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
LET the Dead Past Bury Its Dead"

The British evidently in for a moral house
cleaning. They trying to find out why the Ger
man star is still in the ascendancy. They do not
spare themselves. Through excessive indulgence in
selcrtcsm they have reached an acid state of NOR
bidty which is both sautary and dangerous-sautary
because it reveals the national will to the war
pitch higher, dangerous because morbidity always
entails certain amount of mental unbalance
We adjure the Briton to accept the celebrated
advice of Gladsones-to "let the dead past bury its
dead The past is gone forever; its errors and its
mistakes to receive their proper perspective
in the vista of Time, and it is as unwise now to
magnify them during ministerial crisis as It was to
gloss and make light of them at the time they
committed Perhaps history will show that there
certain large share of inevtabity in the errors
that perpetrated. 1t is even possible that mill
tary operations which like garing errors now,
may, in the larger perspective, become part of the
deciding factors of victory. Circumstance is mad
gambler. Things unforeseeable and uncomfortable
by the mere finite mind may change the whole course
OF the war in the future, and perhaps in the near
future. .
Col Repington lays upon the shoulders of Lord
Kitchener the blame for the Dardanelles expedition
since it until October, 1915 that the British
general staff assumed control of operations He says
Rumania crushed because she refused to heed
any military advice but her own; that it was impos-
sibe to Serbia through Salonki; that Russia
fell because of her internal collapse through any
failure of military coordination among the allies that
the Italian disaster primaSly is not military at ALL
but POLITICAL due to the maehinations of German
propaganda in Italy, ard he adds that-so far as mill
ary cooperation between Italy and the forces on the
Western front are eoneerned-there are FIVE Austrian
railroads debouchng on the Isonze. and SIX German
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
Was Not Quite Clear.

Reference at a social affair was made to the young
wives and their cooking experiences, when this anec3
dote contributed by Representative Martin A. Nor
rson, of Indiana
One afternoon Mrs Jones called Mrs. Smith, a
young friend OF hers, who had just been married. and
found her in the kitchen with her sleeves rolled up,
flour her nose, and cook books and fashion books
lying all around. i
Hello Gladys!" cheerfully greeted the young wife.
"Pm glad you came. l am just beginning to make
my first cake"
Eyes, dear, so l see" smiled the visitor glancing
the culinary scenery But what in the world
those fashion papers for?"
THAT is just what want to ask you about, Gladys"
responded the young wife with perplexed expression
DO you make cake from recipe a pattern?"-
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
THE TOWN CRIER.
Clarence r.. Wilson. food admIni.-

Clarence II. Wilson. food adminis-
traitor for the District. and Clar-
ence A. Aspinwall. for the fuel ad-
+ ministrator, are to speak in the
Metropolitan A. NJ. Z. Church this
evening at s o'clock. The meeting
will be under the auspices of the
Bethel Literary Society.
The District of Columbia Woman
Suffrage Association will entertain
at a card party at national head
quarters. 1925 Rhode Island avenue
northwest. this evening.
A class In Russian IL to be started
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the Y. w. c. A. The teacher is to
be Nine. Butzkoy, wife Of a member
of the Russian mission.
The board OF education will meet
at the Franklin School Building to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The Day Nursery and Dlspensary
Association. Inc. will give a card
! party at the Ebbitt Hotel tomorrow
at 2 o'clock.
The District Branch of the Needle
work Guild will hold its annual ex-
| hibit of garments tomorrow aft
ernoon at st. Margarets Parish
Hall.
| An election Of n community sec
retary for the eastern section OF the
city will he held tomorrow night at
Eastern High School.
The Presidents Own Garrison, No.
1O4, Army and Navy Union. will hold
its annual smoker this evening at
7:30 O'Clock. in G.. A. R. Hall, 1872
| Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
National Commander Marshal Rob
ert D. Carter and stan. and com
rades of Garrisons, No. AZ and 60, of
Baltimore. will be present.
The Alumni Association of BusI-
ness High School will hold a meet
ing on Saturday. November "a. at
the Henry School. Sixth and P
streets northwest at o'clock.
Capt. Andre ROstand. Of the French
! army, a cousin of Edmund Rostand,
| dramatist and poet, will address the
League of American Pen Women to-
morrow evening at the home of Gen.
| and Mrs. Richard l. Hoxie. Mrs.
Clara McNaughton. who has been en-
gagged in war work in Paris for two
years. also will speak. Music will
be furnished by Miss Katharine Nc
Neil, pianist. of New York. Mrs.
Isaac Pearson, president of the
league, will assist Mrs. Hoxie in re-
ceiving.
A boxing match will be staged In
the Y. NJ. C. A. Building at Ameri-
can University tomorrow night for the
entertainment of the engineers sta
| toned there. The principal will be
William r. Whipp, former South
Atlantic lightweight champion. and
his brother. The District War Ser
Vice has arranged for the bout.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
First Night at Theaters
Natlonai-.zIelsfeld Follle..-

National-aZieIgfeid FellIes.1
II the welcome given by last nights
audience to "ziegfelds Follies''
is any criterion Of popularity,
Mr.. ziegfeld has solved successfully
what the public wants." It IL a
dazzling spectacle. sSquadrons OF
shapely sirens pass in review In all
their glory. catchy tunes tickle the
ear, the eve is fascinated by the
beauty Of many scenes. and there
are numerous vaudeville features de
luxe.
In the end, It is the lovely charmers
of the chorus that remain our most
vivid impression Of the production.
The dimpled darlings are costumed
without stint-stint, Of course, refer
ring to the cost Of their garments
only. There has been q delicate
choice in the color-tones OF their cos
tunes. and the eye is gratified with
the harmonious blending Of subdued
pinlss, the rose and purples; the In
termingling Of emeralds and olives
with gold and amber. and the merg-
ing Of sapphires, azures. violets and
mauve.
SEVERAL OL tnc stage pictures al {
beautiful in the extreme, notably the
patriotic finale of the first act. with
melody by Victor Herbert, Cant
You Hear Your Country CallingT
and the episode of the Chinese lac.
quer. in which lovely Allyn Kine
sings the tuneful "Chu Chin Chow"
There are SO many performers, with
so many catchy song numbers, that
it is impossible to mention. them all
Just imagine a large assortment OF
pleasing melodies having snap and
vim. Tom Richards lends effective
ness to MY Arabian Maid" and
funny Fannie Brice burlesques Egyp-
tian dancing; lugubrlous Bert Will
liams says "I> Amt Married No
More" and Mildred Richardson sings
Of THE Jealous Moon
viii Rogers Iariated. William c.
Fields juggled, and Don Barclas was
as amusing as ever. Eddie Cantor
told of The Kind of Baby for Me"
and there are few prettier girls any
where than the Fairbanks sisters.
Don" the inebriated dog. provokes
gales of laughter, and Hello, Dearie''
was a song number that went big"
last night.
Decidedly one of the best. II not
quite the best, feature of the even
ing was the dancing of the ante
hellum girls and the dandies of 1853
IN Just You land Me-" Those who
seek pleasure will find 1t abundant at
the National this week,
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MOOre's Garden-"The Scarlet
Pimpernel."

In considering "The Scarlet Pim-
pernel." the chief feature of the
bill for the first four days of the
week at Moore's Garden Theater. it
may be well. first. to explain that
the picturesque photoplay. in which
Dustin Farnum has the stellar part,
derives it's name from a little way
side flower that grows in England
and was the badge of band of
daring Adventures who rescued
members of the French nobility
from the fury OF the Republicans
during the crimson revolutionary
days of 1892. So successful were
these friends of aristocracy that
their leader, who at home seemed
feather-hrained and extremely
bored society fop. became known as
The Scarlet Pimpernel," and a
price was set upon his head
Rarely, has there been a picture
distinguished by more competent
acting than is contributed in the
present subject by Dustin Farnum,
william Burress and Winifred
Kingston. Their roles, to begin
with. are prolific in opportunities
for fine displays of those Varied and
conflicting emotions in which, prop
erly registered. cinema enthusiasts
delight. Sympathy usually has rest
ed with those who overturned mon
archy in France and converted that
valiant nation into a republic. hdt
SO skillfully has the scenario of
THE Scarlet Pimpernel" been con-
structed that ones interest, and
hope. centers in the heroic figure
Of the English nobleman who out
witted the keenest minds Of the
French Republican secret service.
This beautifully set camera play
is supplemented by a new issue of
the news pictorial and a light COM
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
A Smooth, White Skin
That De6es Weather

During the coming months OF
biting winds and intense cold, YOU
who would keep your skins smooth,
white and Velvety, should turn your
attentIon to mercolized wax. Moth
ing else will so effectively remove
a chapped. roughened or discolored
surface. BY gradually absorbing the
weather-beaten cuticle, the COM
pleXion is kept in perfect condition.
and even the beauty of expression
appears more pronounced.
II your skin be blotchy, pimply,
freckled, coarse, sallow or overred,
why not shed itf One ounce Of
ordinary mercoliEed wax. TO be had
at any druggists. VIII completely
transform the most unsightly COM
plexion in less than q fortnight. Use
the wax nightly. like cold cream,
washing it OF mornings--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
Keith's-vaudeviIIe.

With the wonderfully finished dane
ing OF Adelaide and Hughes and Clare
Runners admirable sketch The
Choir Rehearsal competing for
headline honors. the bill at Keith's
this week is one of really unusual at
traction.
The dancing feet of Adelaide and
Hughes follow a strangely devious
path leading from Broadway cab
aret through a quantity piquant toy
land. where two bright playthings
come alive, to a glowing Chinese fan
tasy of two half real and wholly mag
ical celestial lovers. The whole act
is delightfully."- whimsical and of fin
ished perfection in presentation.
"The Choir Rehearsal is blessed
by having Sallie Fisher in the leading
role OF the reprehensible young lady
who had to be prayed for by the
shocked congregation of her rock
bound church. Clare Runners usual
skillful touch is apparent in the anus
ing dialogue OF this sketch of small
town life in the eighties. The whole
cast is exceptionally capable and
gives full value to every line.
REORGANIZATION OF Harry Carroll's
ingenious smile and catchy songs was
quite irresistible to the audience. his
clever and amusing patriotic dittles
being especially appreciated.
Will Ward and his five Symphony
Girls were extremely well received.
Four Of these charming lassies are OF
the dark haired persuasion. but there
is one auburn curled little maid who
does an Irish jig with grace and
enthusiasm which indicates some real
Connemara blood. Frances fTor
combe's contralto voice was real
treat. Ashley and Altman depicted a
few of the disadvantages OF suicide
in 1.-The Dawn of a New Day"
AS exponents of acrobatic dancing
and equally acrobatic jokes the
Hickey brothers are more than salts
factory. Seabury and Shaw present
a series of cameolike little dance con-
ceptions. Life in Dogville is quite
complicated according to the Derkin
production which proves that an ami
NAL act can really be novel and inter-
esting.
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UNFURL THE FLAG.

Unfurl the flag and let it fly
And help to hush the cruel cry
Of uffering across the sea-
Unfurl the flag to set men free!
The battlehelds with blood are red
Of thousands who have fought and bled
Unfurl the flag and let it fly
that men in war no more shall diel
Unfurl the flag that we may be
Inspired to stand for liberty;
And lay upon its shrine our ALL
To overcome wars savage thralll
Unfurl the flag now everywhere,
That all it means is in the air!
And ev'ry one shall yearn to do J.
His humble part to see it through!
Unfurl the flag that it may thrill
The peoples heart to do its will,
And with unfaltering faith fare on
Until the Light of freedoms dawn
Oer-spreads the war -snshrouded world
And all the flags in peace are. furledi
Till then our flag calls you and me
To fight this war for libertyl
STELLA v. KELLERMAN
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
Cosm0s-VaudevilIe.

''The Breakers" q musical COIN
edietta in five scenes, featuring Harry
Bewley, Colt Albertson and seven
pretty girls. made realistic with
moving picture effect, as well as In
we'll trained chorus dancing and evo-
lutions, is the best tabloid musical
play Of the season at the Cosmos.
John and ollie Vanis open the show
with a ''live wire" act in name and
action; Helene Moratti, "a Venetian
songbird" sings; Moore and Elliott
make laughter with a playlet called
Baby Grand and the Three Brit
tons offer fine musical entertainment
with violin, horns and xylophone.
Two acts of the bill stand out above
the supplemental acts, George Lima,
with a novel and interesting exhibit
ton of ventriloquism, and Fisher,
Luckie and Gordon. harmony singers
with a grist of taking songs.
The matinee photoplay, THE Love
Doctor" featuring Earle Williams
and Corinne Griffith: first run Key
stone comedy, "A Shanghaied Jonah"
and the Hearst Pathe News are the
film features.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
Credit Men to Dine Dec. Is.

The Washington Association of
Credit Men will hold its second din
ner Of the season December 1S at
the Commercial Club. Following the
dinner there will be "credit state
ment contest between teams repre-
senting the Baltimore and the local
associations. On the Washington
team will be Samuel ]. Henry, vice
president of the Munsey Trust Com
pany; E. B. Adams, president OF the
E. B. Adams Company, and John
Brewer, local manager OF the r. G..
Dun Company. The local association
has accepted a challenge for the re-
turn match.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
WAR CLERKS TO DANCE.

A dance for War Department clerks
and their friends in Pythian Hall, De-
cember 4 has been arranged by the
entertainment committee Of the Fed
eral Employees union.
There are more than 5000 clerks in
the War Department, a large number
Of them new to the city, and this
dance will give them an opportunity
Of becoming acquainted with each
other and with the purposes Of the
union.
Monthly dances, occasionally varied
by entertainment features, are
planned.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
A REALIZATION.

I know there's pain. 1 know there's
woe,
Just as / know there's sleet and
snow.
Yet why should I dwell e'er on life
As IL 'twere naught but care and
strife2
1 know full well pain holds release.
I know that after care comes peace.
I know whatever storms arise
They lead us on TO clearer skies.
And life holds little to annoy
For him who thinks in terms of Joy.
(CopyIight. I9ID
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

Special Correspondent Tie Washington Herald.
New York. Nov. l9-The old clothes
men who stand at the subway kiosks
and worry the hurrying New Workers
with offers to buy their discarded
clothing are now being run of the
sidewalks on the charge of obstruct-
ing the trafhc of pedestrians.
The efforts of the police in warning
on this particular line OF endeavor
have revealed another strang slant on
the old clothes business. Down on
the Bowery there are many re
lievers" as they are called in the old
clothes business.
A reliever is ostensibly in the cast
OF clothing business, but his speciality
is to prey upon men who have fallen
to the down and out stage. Most of
these men eventually are swept into
the fiotsam and jetsam Of the Bowery
underworld.
Here they have no fear of being rec
ognized by former friends and they
can live cheaply and buy cent
third-rail whiskey. When one of
these down and cutters has reached
the end of his resources by selling
everything Of value he possesses and
has outgrown his credit among his
friends by his frequent touches"
his last chance is the reliever.
Hunting up a reliever the victim
quickly makes a deal whereby he will
give up a good suit in which he is
clothed, and in return he will receive
q small sum Of money and an outfit
that could be used to advantage by
Nat Wills in his character of a stage
tramp.
When New Yorker has grown W
with the village and goes to a mu
sical comedy he generally goes away
signing that we never hear the gooc
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
WARREN S. YOUNG DIES.

Warren S. Young. 7S years, and one
of the oldest employees in the White
House, died at his residence, 2S06
Cathedral avenue. northwest, yester-
day from cancer of the stomach. Mr..
Young has been Ill at his home since
September. His position at the White
House was in the nature of a social
secretary.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

francesca Villa whom we hope sometime TO hang,
is right on the United States border protesting great
frendliness. Say there must be streak OF German
autocracy in that fellowl
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

Premier Venizelos, who is to visit in the
spring says the spirits of the Greeks rising,
Good! We do admire things that get above zero in
this war
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

Henry Ford is to serve, without pay in the gov
ernment shipbuilding department. There's lot more
OF fun in building warships than in fahering peace
ships, Henry.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
Bed Spreads at Special Prices

old Harrigan and Hart songs any
more.
That is true And here is a list OF
many other familiar common places
in New York that are no more:
The fat policeman. the silver dollar,
the cigar stores wooden Indian, the
organ grinder and the monk, the
sporty Cambolier with ponderous
watch chain, the old school TRACE
dams classic pose and fur-Iined over
coat. the side whiskercd turfman
speeding dp ST. Nicholas avenue in a
chorus girl carrying a spear in musi-
cal comedy. the perambulating open
air medioco falir. the long haired poet
singing and starving IN an attic, the
polite open framed bicycle for ladies
"a long farewell. and peace TO their
memories.
Newspaper Office boys learn rapid
ly. Some OF them acquire vocabularies
in two weeks time that are away and
beyond the reach OF mon Of the stan.
One OF them answered the telephone
in the Herald editorial rooms the
other day and turned to a reporter
sitting nearby:
Mr.. Jones at Bryant-wants you to
call him right away"
The reporter. after calling the num-
Der, found there was no such person
as Mr. Jones there.
well" said the busy office boy. Il
guess they just gave US fracttous
name. that's all"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

As the boy to knock the nsouciance out OF the
British lion, we vote for Northcliffe
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

play IeatuFe Will pe n DauRnLer Oh
Maryland" starring Edna Goodrich.
rich.
Moore's strand-Hwhen A Man Sees
Red,
One Of the most powerful silent
dramas in which William Farnum
has ever been screened constitutes
the feature Of primary Importance
for the first four days Of the current
week at Moore's Strand Theater.
when a Man Sees Red" q picturi-
zation OF Larry Evans novelette,,
The Painted Lady" Is a photoplay
OF that rare sort that grips interest
from the first fash Of the FIRST scene
unbrokenly through the last flicker
Of the final fadeout.
This tale Of t. \ sea and the caba-
rets and the South Sea Islands, with
its swirl Of the spray, jazzing Of Jazz
bands and comfortable Incidence Of
the lower Pacific, Is punctuated with
big moments when right and might
clash and wealth leers from the side
lines over the rim Of a champagne
glass. Although 1t takes a circuitous
route to reach a climax Of over
whelming intensity, this -blooded
drama moves unwaveringly to a
triumph of good over evil that Is as
warming to the heart as 1t Ii rack
ing to the nervous system.
The program Is completed by an
interesting issue of the news pic
torial. a slap-stick comedy, Hustle
and Harmony" and the customary
orchestral accompaniment.
Beginning Thursday, the feature
photoplay will be "One Law for
Both" with Rita Jolivet heading an
all-star cast.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

When New Yorker has grown up
with the village and goes to a mu-
sical comedy he generally goes away
signing that we never hear the good
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20

, edy, Maid To Order" and is accom-
panied by particularly pleasing
orchestral program
Beginning Thursday the photo
play feature will be "a Daughter Of
Maryland" starring Edna Goodrich.
rich.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
TREASURY STATEMENT.

Receipts and disbursements November Il, 1917
RECEIPTS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-20
OFFICIAL STORY OF
SUBMARINE FIGHT

Washington. July ia report of the
chief petty officer in charge of the
gun crew on the American tank steam
ship Moreni, which vessel was sunk
by gun fire from a German submar-
inc, June ~, off Cape De Palos. Spain,
after a two-hour fight, was made pub
lie today by the navy department. 1t
Celebrates on official description of the
Rattle made public several weeks ago.
In his report. A Copassak, the gun
crew officer. says that with the ship
afire he and two gunners went for
ward. and manned the forward gun,
with which we fred four shots before
the firing pin went out Of commission.
When the submarine saw our fire was
coming closer she steamed full speed
astern. so that we could not see her.
The crew then took TO the boats,
which the submarine later approached,
10 allow the commander to congratu
late the cunners on their fight. Four
members of the Moreni's merchant
crew lost their lives.