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The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
JACK and BEANSTALK
CLIMAX OF thrills
Child Among Wild Animals Start
ling Feature of Play.

Francis Carpenter and Ralph
Lewis are not on speaking terms
Just now. Francis. the mighty lit
II hero of Jack and the Bean
Stalk holds his head high in the
air when he passes Mr.. Lewis. And
the big fellow retaliates by taking
out his handkerchief and wipinC
his eyes as If he were CRYING at
the insult. Francis stops, looks
around and laughs. Sometimes he
relents enough to go up to Mr..
Lewis and say he is sorry.
1t happened this way: The whole
William Fox company. while acting
Jack and the Beanstalk" were off
in the woods for several days TAX
ing scenes for the film. Francis be-
lieves in pets. There is not an
animal alive which the little fell
low does not love, and the stranger
the beast the better he likes it,
While the company was in the
forest. Francis wandered OFF among
the trees. When he saw a covey
of quail go stalking past, he utter
ed cries of sheer delight. Then he
turned around, and a short dis
tance away he saw sleek form. 1t
was a catamount, but that did not
mean anything to little Mr.. Car
penter. he merely let loose more
cries of pleasure. 1t pleased him
10 see the animal fiatten its body
against the earth and lash its tail
there was something fascinating
In the glare Of the eyes, which were
not ten feet away. Francis moved
toward the beast with hands out
and as he did so a rife
shot killed the catamount almost
at the little fellows feet.
That is why Francis will not
speak to Ralph Lewis. who had
killed the animal as he was about
TO spring, but the child did not
know 1t. He only knew that Mr..
Lewis had spoiled one of the pref
tiest pets he had ever seen and he
could not forgive.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
MOOre's Garden-OIga Petroya.

At Moore's Garden Theater. week of
September 2, Nine. Olgo Petrova, in
her latest cinema success, ITO the
Death will be the principal attraction
from Sunday until Wednesday. incIu-
sive. In this picture Mime. Petrova
makes a strange compact with her
lover whose affections she holds de-
spite the tongue of slander. For the
remainder Of the week Edna Goodrich,
one Of Americas most beautiful and
accomplished actresses. will be starred
in a vivid and Interesting photopIay,
Reputation
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Moore's strsnd-.op TriaIy

The much-heralded initial release OF
the First National Exhibitors Circuit.
On Trial. will be the headline at
traction at Moore's Strand Theater
the first five days, week of Septem-
Der 3
On Trial. was one of the sensa-
uonal successes of the speaking stage
a few seasons back, and before the
camera it is interpreted by an all-star
company. Friday and Saturday Bes-
sic Barriscale will head the screen in
ner latest triumph. Borrowed Plum
a ge"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
PROMISED NEXT WEEK,
NatfonaI--RambIer Rose

One might think that when people
can see so many pretty girls on the
street any day they wouldn't be so
eager to see them on the stage. 1t
doesn't work out that way though.
The more girls there are on the street
the more do the people want to see on
the stage. That is why musical COM
edies are~so popular. And one OF the
biggest musical comedy productions of
the season will be seen at the National
the week beginning Monday. Septem-
Der 5
That is the annual Charles Fronman
production. Rambler Rose" music
by Victor jacob, book by Harry B.
Smith. with Julia Sanderson and
Joseph Cawthorn as the stars and an
unusually large chorus, hand-picked
And the list of principals is attractive,
too. II includes Ada Meade, Kate Ser
geantson, Ethel Boyd, Doris Predo
Wilma Walton. Gladys Siddons,
Thomas COnkey. Stewart Baird,
George E. Mack. George Egan and W.
H Bentley.
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theatrical institution Experts in all
the various phases Of production have
been here gathered together and all
work together for a given object The
Show of Wonders" Is the twentieth
extravaganza TO be produced under
this admirable system OF organization.
That the public is fully acquainted
with the quality Of the entertainment
presented at the Winter Garden is
manifested nightly. for that great
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crowded 10 the doors. The large cast
OF the Show OF Wonders includes
George W. Monroe. Eugene and willie
Howard. Mar1lynn Miller. Dan ouin-
Ian. Jack coogsn, Ernest Hare. Sid
ney Phillips. Eugen o'Rourke. Edmund
Makalif, White and Clayton. Edmund
Mulcahy. Adele Ardsley. BLY, Browne.
Virginia Smith. Myrtle victorine and
Irene Zolar.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Loew's CoIumbiu-EIsie Ferguson.


With the completion of the big AL
gerian street scenes for Elsie Fergu-
sons first picture, 'Barbary Sheep"
early last week. the production of this
super-photopiay drew to a close at
the Famous PIayers-Lasky studio at
Fort Lee
Practically two months work on
this gigantic production has been in
progress under the direction of Maur-
ice TourneuE, and it is announced
that the film is the most elaborate
ever staged in this studio in New
Jersey.
''BaTbary Sheep" it will be remem-
bered. was written by Robert Hichens,
author OF THE Garden of Allah" and
the production is of special interest
also because it is Miss Ferguson s
screen debut. "Barbary Sheep" will
be seen at Loew's Columbia next Sum
day, Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Wallace Reid in The Hostage" will
be the feature phJtOp'ay for the last
half OF the same week, beginning
Thursday.
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Show Of Wonders" Wins
Success in New York

The success of Winter Garden en-
tertainments. and more particularly.
the "show Of Wonders" due here very
soon, very well illustrates the value of
organized effort. The Wintet Garden
is in reality thoroughly systematized
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b. +. Keith's-Naudev;IIe

Next week. which begins with
Labor Day, will be celebrated at B.
F. heith's by an extraordinary bill
with three shows, 2:15, 6:15, and 9
D. m, on the holiday, while on all
the other days the usual two-a-day
will be given. At the head of the
list will be two vaudeville starline
features, Joan Sawyer and company
in her new dance repertoire, and
Cecil Cunningham. the popular
singer Of character songs. Added
to those will be Harry Green and
company in The Cherry Tree:
Frank Stafford and company in "A
Hunters Game; Jack Alfred and
company in a novel comedy called
Smile; Jimmie Lucas in The
Wild rawlings OF 1917; Alexander,
O'Neil and Saxton": Dance Fam
tastes; the pipe organ recitals and
the Hearst-Pathe news pictorial,
with war scenes section.
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tsry defeat = decisive. far-reaching,
and overwhelming-can change it"
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PoIi's-HPex o. MY Heart,

Peg o. Ny Heart" ]. Hartley Man
aers' delightful comedy of English
country life, will be the opening at
traction at Polls Theater beginning
Sunday evening. September 2.
laughter and tears are so close to-
sher IN this delightful story of youth
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scene OF Solllt OlneE sort OF scene anu
would suggest putting il in, but in
such cases Mr.. Tarkington's superior
wisdom and experience would come
into play and he would point out 10
me that while such a scene as 1 had
suggested would make n good scene
in itself it must be sacrificed because
it did not directly advance our story.
All my writing life 1 have been try
ing to learn TO eliminate the Unes-
sentiaI no matter how alluring the
UnessentiaI may appear. and I really
thought I had learned to do it. but
in the course OF my work with Mr..
Harrington on The Country Cousin"
I learned more about hewing to the
line than 1 ever knew before learn
ed il from him and I shall always be
fndebr to him for what he taught
me in the course of our work together
quite regardless of whether our play
succeeds or not.
We outlined the whole carefully,
scene for scene. building each act up
towards the climax which we designed
to reach. Then we began to fill our
skeleton with flesh.
In writing the dialogue We worked
like Siamese twins. that is. with two
heads. One head would suggest some
thing II the Olner head agreed tnaJ
something was put down: if not, the
two heads would debate the point, and
finally We invariably agreed. Almost
every line of the play was written in
that way. I sat at the typewriter
and Mr.. Harrington would sit in
chair beside me or would walk about
the studio while We talked.
When we were in a delicate part of
the work We would dscuss the exact
way in which to say the thing we
wished to say and our discussion re-
semblfd as much as anything else the
kind OF discussion that a man will
conduct in his own mind when he Isl
thinking over some delicate point. One
of US would suggest a line and per-
haps the other would catch at it, but
suggest a slight. change of wording
which would improve it. or the other
would say, Yes. that's it," where
upon I would put the line down. 7
think Mr.. TarkinCtOn and 7 could go.
over the manuscript Of the original
play today without being able to pick
out fifteen lines which were con-
tributed entirely by either one of US.
Since we finished the original version,
however. Mr.. Harrington has person.
ally revised whole scenes so that in
the form in which the play will be
presented in Washington he Is really
the major contributor.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Soldiers Get Small.

What will surely bring about
the break is the fact, now gem
orally admitted, that the soldiers
do not receive one-third of their
usual rations. Complaints from
starving soldiers at the front are
received everywhere, while the
military censors destroy thousands
of letters and erase passages where
reference is made to insufficient
food. But the people at home know
that their children are dying for
the Kaiser on empty stomachs.
soldiers returned from the front
have seen by thousands. and they
are pitiable sights-thin, tired, and
i'll, wearing uniforms that are often
in shreds or caps that do not be-
long to them. The German army
is unrecognizable, and yet the SOL
diers are suffering nothing COM
pared with the civilians.
Shops at places such as Elber-
field and Barmea are empty of eat
ables, while butcher shops are open
only during certain hours. and are
not allowed to show meat in their
windows, as the sight of milk,
bread, eggs and meat caused riots
81 ESSEN anu SOlOSne. " men DuN-
ers venture inside a shop they are
invariably told there is nothing on
sale excepting "ersatz." substitute
powders for everything. The new
Chancellor DR.. Michaelis, when he
was food controller. did not put a
stop to the wholesale poisoning of
Germans by chemical and fraudu-
lent substitutes. which have been
continuously denounced in the
press.
Nor can people dress as they
ike. The new regulations in West
phalia allow every German male
and female three pairs of stock
ings or socks a year, which are
obtainable by special permits; also
two pairs of shoes and two suits
or dresses. In view of the short
age of cotton and wool German
ingenuity is bent upon making
these things out of paper.
Wear Paper Garments.
Smart Rhenish women wear pa
per blouses and underwear and use
paper handkerchiefs. They even
adorn their rooms with paper car
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Look Pale and Haggard.

The most sensational declaration Of
the neutral. which 1 give with all
| reserve as conflicting with other avail
able evidence, was this: Il can hon
estly come TO one conclusion, that
Germany cannot stand it much longer.
People are at their wits end. and at
the end of their courage. If there is
no peace by Christmas, l cannot see
how a revolution can be avoided, at
any rate in Western Germany. Things
are disastrous. People 80 about the
streets evidently physically weakened.
Everyone looks pale and haggard.
There are no more fat Germans eX-
cept, understand. in Bavaria, where
the type will never die out. All look
sick. slovenly, and almost ready for
suicide. Germany is the most melan-
choly place under the sun, and if
civilians are sick of the war what
must one think of the countless
stories that one hears. even from
soldiers on leave, about war-sickness
at the front?
AT all points on the German West
ern front one hears of officers sud
denly disappearing. for some of them,
and practically all the soldiers, are
kept without furlough for a mimi
mum of a year. Many will not put
up with this. and simply run away
to see their wives and children. They
would be shot in normal times. Now
they are hardly reprimanded for
they are needed.
The feeling of solidarity among the
men in the ranks is stronger now than
ever. not for the common cause. but
against their commanding officers.
The discipline of the German army,
once the pride of Germania, is now
sinking to a low degree. The feel
ing of duty. formerly so strong and
admirable in the German soldier, has
now practically vanished, as has also
the desire for promotion.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
By JOHN L. BALDERsTON.


London, July 26. By maiD.-A re-
crudescence of German military
activity on all fronts has followed,
as was expected here, the victory of
the military party in the recent
political crisis in Berlin.
Recent developments have prac-
tically destroyed the hope that was
growing in informed circles for
peace before winter. The chancel-
lor and the Kaiser, as has been ex-
planned in these dispatches, for two
months past. were slowly won over
by the Industrial party to a peace
program. They were ready, IL not
to meet the just demands of the
allies to agree to a formula of no
annexations and indemnities which
might conceivably have been made
the basis Of negotiations.
Then the Junkers, the Agrarians
and the mis-named National Lib
erals took the bit in their teeth
and over-threw Bethmann-Hollwe
by making use of Hindenburg, Lu-
dendorff and the Crown Prince to
coerce not only the Chancellor, but
the Emperor himself.
That is the explanation of the Ger
man crisis given me by a high In
telligence officer here, whose busi-
ness IL is to find out what is going
on behind the scenes in Germany
Made to Appease Populace.
1t follows that the pacific utter
ances made by the new puppet prem
ier. DR.. Michaelis, and the passage
by the Reichstag of a moderately
peaceful resolution, were devoid of
serious meaning. They were in,
tended solely to appeal to pacifist
groups inside and outside the Ger
man empire. and to confuse and
muddle in the popular mind the rad
ical change in policy that took place
when the new Junker government
replaced the -Hollwegg
ministry.
THE rulers of Germany have de-
cided to tie down the safety valve"
in the words of the intelligence Office
The dominant feeling in London in
government circles regarding recent
occurrences in Germany is one of re-
lief. The issue has been made clear
between democracy and autOcracy, it
is felt, by the German junkerdom
itself. 1t is not now necessary to
debate whether the alarmed indus
trial chiefs of Germany may not
compel a pacific chancellor and
Kaiser to offer terms that perhaps
the allies ought TO consider.
II the German militarists had sup
ported -Hollweg in his in
tended peace offensive" and had de-
cided to admit defeat and try to get
peace on the best terms possible. the
diplomacy of the allies would have
been much embarrassed. In Russia,
especially. the slogan OF no peace
with the Hohenzollerns" carries little
weight. But now the German junk
ers themselves have clarified the is
sue. They have decided to carry out
literally the slogan of their prophet.
Bernhard, world power or down
fall"
BY deciding to offer no concessions
to democracy at home or to the enc
mics of the Fatherland abroad. Prus-
sian militarism has signed it's own
death warrant. Whom the gods
would destroy, they first make mad"
is a saying much quoted in diplo-
matte quarters in London since the
situation in Berlin cleared up and the
uncompromising attitude of the Junk
ers and the army chief became evil
dent.
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pets. Workmen in munition fac
tories use blue paper overalls that
cost seven times what cotton used
to cost when there was cotton in
Germany.
Another anomaly is that while wom-
I en- wear paper underwear they buy
silk dresses. Working women wear
silk because silk is now cheap in
comparison with wool or cotton. Good
silk costs a dollar a yard. Wool cloth
costs $40. Textile industries have
practically disappeared. The fac
tories. after long period of idleness.
have been taken over by the Gov
ernment to make munitions or war
| material.
I'm Barmen two large factories,
which cost hundreds of thousands to
equip for munition making remained
| idle for seven months because there
was no raw material Thousands of
workers, many war cripples, and even
boys and girls of 10 and II years.
were thrown out of employment, and
many became street beggars.
| 81 asked many Germans, of vari-
Gus classes, what they thought of the
war and of their leaders. 1 found
| 'hoe buc hdlScI pOpuldIllys anu int
unpopularity of the Crown Prince,
remain. The people in Germany are
well informed about the military fail
ures Of the Crown Prince. There was
| a great laugh last week when the
J Crown Princes troops managed to
gain a small success near Verdun at
| the very moment when the Prince
was in Berlin. When 1 was in
| Cologne it was said openly. If only
he remained in Berlin we might ad-
vance a little The hope was speed
! lily crushed, for the Crown Prince
returned to the Front and the Ger
man advance stopped Immediately.
Leaders Popularity Declines.
THE popularity of Hindenburg is
/ declining slowly because there are no
victories. Since the deaths of Immel-
\ mann and of Boelke, airmen heroes
| hardly count in popular fancy, with
| the exception of Baron Won Richtho-
| ten, about whom I heard a great fuss
| made. A leading business man told
| me: What is the use of getting ex-
| cited about our airmen? AS soon as
one does anything striking he is shot
down. We are always told that the
Allies lose many aeroplanes. Ger
many would like to hear something
about her own losses
Submarines fever is still intense in
some places, but / can testify that
the hope OF crushing England has
vanished. Germany still has blind
confidence that her army will save
/ her from invasion. Until this belief
is annihilated. militarism. even in its
present battered form, will remain
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that one can scarcely discern the
boundary line. Rather, 1t rests with
the senses of the Individual Surely
there has never been a character just
exactly like peg" She is SO win
some. hoydenish. lovable, sincere and
tender that she compels your SYM
pathy.
Pegs father has eloped with the
youngest daughter of a wealthy and
aristocratic English family. They
reach America. where Peg is born,
and soon after her birth her mother
dies. Peg is brought up by her faith
er, who does not correct her. arguing
that lit Is the original sin that is
breaking out in ye. and indade. ye
are not responsible for Tits me"
This, according to Peg. is a grand way
to bring up child. Pegs experiences
in the house of her aunt and cousins
cause many amusing situations. some
tinged with pathos.
Robert Campbell is sending Ann
Pittwood here in the role OF Peg, "
supported by an excellent company.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Gaycty-Burlesque.

The Sightseers" is the title of
the merry two-act musical folly
which is to be presented at the
Gayety Theater next week by
Butch Cooper's big burlesque COM
pany. This season the stars of the
organization are William ]. Kennedt
and Jack Miller. the well known
comedians.
Surrounding them is a company
OF unusual talent which Mr.. Cooper
has recruited from the flower of
the burlesque world. The book
used by The Sightseers" was writ
ten by Billy X. Wells. and 1t is said
to be one which combines both
comedy situations and particularly
brilliant dialogue. as well as spar
king musical numbers. During the
play, several clever vaudeville acts
will be interspersed. among which
are The Carnival Four" a quartet
Of remarkable male voices, and VIII
J. Kennedy in a "rube" number.
The beauty chorus is said to be
one of the best trained in burlesque
today.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Expect Austrian Revolution.

No less an authoritarian DIR. +. ].
Dillon, the famous authority on East
ern questions, believes that the first
result of the victory of the German
reaction will be a revolution in Aus
tria- Hungary. The situation there.
he declares, is desperate, owing to the
terrible condition of the country and
the effect upon the minds of the Slav
peoples of the dual monarchy of the
Russian revolution and the entry of
America into the war.
Austria is a tinder-boX only wait
ing the spark" he said. The spark
may come at any moment. The vi
emma and Budapest ruling classes
know what is in store for them. The y
are striving desperately to make con-
cession sufficient to avert the coming
storm. This explains the Liberalism
of the new Emperor, the convocation
of the Austrian Parliament, and the
promise of franchise reforms in Hun
gary.
The fear of revolution also was the
cause Of the utterly Unprecedented ac-
tion of the Vienna government IN
sending a note to Berlin asking that
Bethmann-Hollweg be retained in Of
fee. Vienna knows what the victory
of the Junker party in Berlin, with
its ruthless policy. means for the
Hapsburgs.
"In any case, the fall Of the Ger
man Chancellor involves the end of
The Central European dream. at least
for the present All attempts to Ger
mamie Austria have been dropped.
Any effort to impose the German Ian
guage upon the Dual Kingdom, as
know was planned a year ago, would
mean instant revolution. One extreme
ly important development recently in
Austria has been the detection of
the Poles, who formerly supported
the governments against the other
subject nationalities.
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Anti German League.

In England, for example, thrives the
Anti-German League, headed by the
Marquis Of Hertford and many lead
ing men, whose motto is, Smash the
Germans commercially" and whose
members take the pledge, Everything
German, taboo" The Earl of Eustcn
is president Of the Anti-German
Union, fifteen out Of whose seventeen
vice presidents are peers, and this
organization is actively working on
the platform, No German labor. NO
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Poles are United.

They have never liked the Haps.
burSs, but they were treated better
by Austria than were their comrades
by Russia and Germany.
But the Russian revolution has IT,
resistably drawn the Poles together
in all lands. Following upon the de-
fection of the Polish deputies, whose
votes assured the German parties a
majority in the Reichsrath, comes the
Junker victory in Berlin, which means
that Germany remains unwilling to
make peace on liberal terms. The
effect in Austria must be profound,
and may be catastrophe within a
short time"
1t is taken for granted here that
the great business and shipping in
terests in Germany, represented by
men like Herr Ballin and DR.. Wal
ter Rathenau, will not lie down quietly
under their terrible defeat at the
hands of the Junkers, which came
just when they thought the Kaiser
and chancellor had agreed to their
demands.
Germany, these men are known to
have represented, is ruined if she does
not get peace by winter. Questions of
political prestige and boundary lines
pale into insignificance, in the busi-
ness view. beside the more important
war aim of re-establishing German
trade. German policy as the CONNER.
cial classes would like to have it
should be inspired mot by land hun
ger, but by trade hunger"
The threat that most horrifies Ger
man manufacturers. bankers, ana
shipowners is the menace OF a tariff
boycott. Half the imports of Gel-
many before the war were raw mate
rails, to be turned into the finished
product and exported. Influential par
ties in all the allied countries, except
ing America, want to cut Germany of
from this source of supply for a Pc
riod of years.
Anti German League.
In England, for example, thrives the
Antt-lJernan T.aaQ1Ia haada5 -, a.