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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-09
HOW ABOUT TRENCH THEATRES
FOR u. S. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
Wanted: Phlanthropist for This Amable Frivolity,
Which Has Diverted Fighters at the Front by
Letting Them Act

AMERICA has many conundrums to solve
\ before Entente troops are under the
lindens and the tricolor afloat from the
Kammertheatre And one Of these is what
the theatre in the United States is to do in
wartmes
That It should do something is obvious.
But what? Great Britain a nation essen
TALLY romantic, found II had nS stomach
for the great gravties Of battle presented
in the playhouses. War plays were, as a
rule, not popular The horrors Of shraDnel
actually burst through insensate cellulold
too vividly for English women and other
stay-at-homes, and David Grnith's THE
Birth Of n Nation" was virtually cold
shouldered out of It's British existence All
this In spite of the fact that the photoplay
version of THE Clansmdn" dealt with the
Civil, not the world, war.
Here in America this shrinking from
martial meodrama and drama has not yet
come to pass. But success has hardly
sprung to greet such war plays as have
been presented since August, 1914. There
was "MolOch," put on with a fire cast in
New York city. There was II" said to be
one Of the most unconsciously droll things
ever staged. There was Gillette's revival
of the tawdry and theatrical Secret Serv-
ice" There were others, but none of them
got the dollars or the distinction literally
bestowed on the more intellectual forms OF
entertainment like THE Folies"
Perhaps there is more acute psychology
in this than meets the casual eye. An
operetta, when Johnny Comes Marching
Home" an old-timer has been revamped
and is apparently well liked in the metropo-
lis. Is 1t not that the people that patronze
the theatre feel, prescently. that there will
be woe and TO spare when America is really
in the grip Of battle, and that lighter things
are in order?
Here is tip for producers, librettists
composers. They need not eschew war as
theme. And they need not take it too
seriously Gratitude. for instance, would
undoubtedly go out to the men who could
concoct a burletta In the vein of w. Heath
Robinson's amusing cartoons and carica-
lures. Who will embody for us a trihe, per-
haps a farcical sketch, as funny as the
drawing Of "a Prussian family lndulging
in it's morning hate" Was there ever a
figure that so cried aloud for lampoon as the
head of the Imperial German Government?
And that noble and firm -chlnned hero, his
son--was not he predestined to pasquinade?
Hand him a blond wig and a couple of
laughable remarks and Ferdinand Gottschalk
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race specially; "Rubeville," with Watson
ana Delaney; Pat Rooney and Marion
sent tho Misses Campbell; the Arnau,
brothers; Kathryn Dahl and Cbor,.,
Gillen; Dave Kramer and Bessie Kent !.
Arnold and Miss Florence; Pathe News
'LOBh-"The 10 -Four Husbands": "The Ris.
IeyneIaton'; Frank Hilderbrant .
S',tI,,. Melcn and company; Edna Iuby:
0uillVan and Mason; Sultano.
william N-"Hockum-viue" Rob
nhapp and Chris Carnalton; Arnold ana
laSIori scranton, Bell and Scranton .
bawps o Blue Ridge" photop,ay Arst
mar Oh the week, Howard Fields and COM
pany John T. Ray and company: RuIu
AObott and Elmer White; the Mystic
Hanson Trio; wolf Lowry" photonIav
latter half of the week.
cross hEYS-"The Naughty Princess:
barnes and Forbes; the Taylor Trio ;
morlln, nrst half Of the week. "who Is to
biame! ; Joe Hortiz's Minstrels Madi-
son and Winchester; Mamie Keller, latter
half Of the week
GRAND-Bllie Reeves, THE Original
Drunk" In THE Right Key, but the
Wrong Flat" Helene Jackley Joe Towle
Johnny Small and the Small Sisters
Bonner and Powers; the Brightons.
BURLESoUE
TROCADERO-"The American Beauties"
feature being THE Oriental Glide 4"
Harry Lang, Jack Miller and others in
the company.
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METROPOLITAN LEASED
TO DRAMATIC SPECTACLE
The Wanderer" Opens September "a.
House to Continue as Le-
gitimate Theatre

Cav 'Hoodoo" to the average theatrical
nan and YOU frighten him into silence. Say
sHoodoo" to young Morris Gest, of Elliott,
comstock & Gest and you issue an in
yItation to gamble with Nemesis.
cest is pretty we'll known in Philadelphia
Nv this time. 1t was his firm that kept "Ex-
perience" at the Adelphi for five months. 1t
was the same firm that made VERY Good
Eddie" a long-run proposition in a city
Ilghty hostile to long runs hitherto. Nor
rss latest coup is the leasing of the Metro
politan for two years. During that time
he will import from the Manhattan Opera
House, New York city, the spectacular and
dramatic plays produced there.
The opening gun in the Gest campaign to
Keep Philadelphia on the long-run map will
be The Wanderer," already described at
length in this newspapers columns. 1t will
start its engagement Monday, Septem-
Der a.
The Metropolitan has sometimes been a
rood paying proposition. Grand opera,
since the days of oscar Hammerstein, -four
lshed there with usually unabated vigor.
Pictures "hivved." The Hippodrome show
did well for while. But not till the pres
snt announcement has there been any in
dcation among managers that the big play
house might be kept alive as home of
drama. 1t Is Mr.. Gest's dogged intention
70 90 Just that. And as part or his COM
prehensive plan he will advertise next sea-
son his New York shows in Philadelphia
papers. That is really more important to
paygoers than to advertising solicitors. For
Il means that producers are beginning to
take stock of Philadelphia as a potentially
strong theatrical city, and not merely as the
DOG" of the metropolis.
Mr. Gest's occupancy of the Met" will
not interfere with the New York Metropoli-
tan Opera Companys annual engagement,
for on the Tuesday nights dedicated to lyric
drama the dramatic attractions will "hold
over All this came out yesterday at a
luncheon given by Mr.. Gest for local re-
viewers and theatrical men at the Ritz
Carlton.
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Movie Excursion in July

The Motion Picture Employee AssotI.u
tion has secured the Philadelphia and Read.
ing's best date for the annual excufaIon
TO New York and Coney Island. on SUNDAY.
July 10. The movie people have arranged
things for the comfort and enjoymcnl n
the excursionists. The train will leave the
Terminal, Twelfth and Market streeta. AZ
3 a. m. and returning viii leave Llberfy
street, New York, at 10 p. M Those wish.
ing to visit the nations most famous piavl
ground can make immediate Connections
either at the Liberty street or Twenty-third
street stations. The season AT Con1v
Island will be in full swing Tickets may
be obtained from members on the day II
the excursion at the Terminal or may bs
purchased now.
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TRXIE FRIGANZA IS
ENEMY OF BANTING
Plump Star of Canary Cottage"
Doesn't Believe in Reduction
and Tells Why

rr,xe Friganza, the leading feminine
maker in Canary Cottage" oliver
roscos new musical comedy, which be-
rs a limited engagement at the Adelphi
st Monday evening, is the kind Of an
ress. all wool and yard wide or more.
"a whom the most timid person could not
shy. As the old New Englander re-
rked "She had none Of this here naughty
o" about her" On the stage she, Is
Hgcy' II It is required. OK the stage
is just plain woman mot in look9
sensible word on any subject you
!. mention For instance;
don't believe in reducing" says Miss
rganza. 81 am a large woman and a
perfectly healthy woman. l believe In let
ting myself alone. Have you ever noticed
the drcary results the woman Of nifty gets
when she reduces? Everywhere bags Of
loose skin hanging rcudulOusly on neck and
face The second state Of that woman is
far more dreadful than the first"
As TO cooking: Miss Frganza portrays
the part Of a pscudo-cook In Canary Cot
tage." She has one of the best songs in
the play-"Follow the Cook" Indeed l
can cook" says Miss Frgauza, Il can
cook good, common sense, respectable food,
like roast beef, and bread and cabbage,
and l am not suffragist, although you
might think it from my present part.
And l do not believe in "A woman pro.
posing. although ! do II in the play. And
am strong for a home Of my own In
fact, / have one few miles out Of New
York, but / don't get much opportunity
70 sec il, except for a few weeks In the
summer.
What kind Of an audience do | prefer?
why one made up entirely Of women,
They never fail to pick up the clear things
in the play to laugh at And the women
do enjoy the spectacle Of another woman
having the almighty temcrity to act even
more ungainly than she is--for a laugh.
That quality ia unnatural in the female
breast, and therefore, when woman sees
II on the stage she inevitably laughs"
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And Still More Blues

We've smiled broadly at the ludicrous
Iyncopation Of "Nigger Blues" and BULL
frog Blues" And now we have Hawaiian
Blues" new Columbia Hawaiian duet
recording by Helen Louise and Frank
Ferera, "Palakiko Blues"
"Palakiko Blues is played with the
Dreamy overtones and passionately throb-
ong underchords so inimitably the gift of
the native HawaiianS, and so inseparable
from the waving kamani trees that fringe
tne shores Of tapping Hawaiian waters.
The lazy contentment of the melody is
mesmeric and infectious.
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muEATRICAL BAEDEKER
FOR THE COMING WEEK.
.anary Cottage at the Adelphi-Last Week Of $50 1or
Lefty" at the Lyric-New PhotopIay 8
Offerings
NEW ATTRACTIONS


USDs w ana Charles
determined to challenge the heat winch
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-09
The Pan
BY CHARLES MURRAY


MACK Scunctt Keystone Company
HARRY Mccoy has gone to the
IL kennels for treatment.
Baldy Belmont is the only Irish
Austrian on the lot
Harry Booker is Americas most
useless juvenile man.
Bald heads are very popular with
horse flies this spring.
Reggie Morris has shaved his
head to give his brain an airing.
Fred Fishbach has contracted the
itch from wearing silk shirts.
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The Stanley Booking Cooperation
which S
Cainng pictures through the CORPORATION

MARKET ST. Theatre ''2 siTsst Market
ENID BENNETT in Happiness"
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Lois Weber, IN
The People vs.. John Doe
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phpT RIDGE AVE. & DAUPHIN ST.
l HINN Mat. 2:15. Evg. G;45-l1
Ethel Barrymore IN THE ,Si5s GALh n96r, OF -.
MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE CROSS" No $. |
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Charles Richman. in
The Dawn OF Freedom
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TIRFRTY BROAD AE3 S9r1-MerA
Valeska Suratt in SHE
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Tho Bottle Imp
Putting One over on Henry
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Louise Glaum, In ..
Sweetheart OF the Doomed
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AHOLLO MATINEE DAILY
Anita Stewart and Chas. Richman
in THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY
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The NEGLECTED. Vic. No. ;
The Magnificent Meddler
The Star Spangled Banner
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A Mlllionaire's Double /
The Neglected wife. No. 81
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Margaret Ellington, In
Sacrifice
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The Cantain Of the Gray
Horse Troop
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might turn you out little masterpiece that
would run hundreds OF nights.
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EVENING LEDGER PHOTOPLAY CALENDAR
SATURDAY

Henry Il. Walthall in
The Saints Adventure
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William s. Hart. In
The Desert Man
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Clara Kimball Young. IN
The EaaLeat way
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ONERPROOK G3p HAyERFoRD
w NLlNDINCON HOpe-JoHes Unit Oroh.
THOS. DINON'S MESSAGE OF WARNING
THE. FALL OF A NATION'
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Emmy Wehlen, in
The Duchess OF Doubt
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PAL ACE 12l4 MARKET STREET
i TA-EASL lOC-2OC
VALESKA SURATT in
THE SLAVE
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Vivian Martin, In
Giving Becky a Chance
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Douglas Fairbanks. IN
In Again-Out Again
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Stuart Holmes, In
The Broadway Sport
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.The Easiest way
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ALEXANDRIA MAJ, at. Daily Sj Eyes, O:l5,o,
Paramount III turcs .,
Wu. 6. Hart in The Desert Man
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16
EASTERN RAILWAYS
PRESS REQUEsTF0R
INCREASE IN RATED

Washington, Dec. 15-Eastern
railroads this fall renewed their re-
quest for a Is per cent advance in
freight rates. partially to cover the
large defnit in net earnings they said
they would face at the end Of this
because of the high cost of material
and labor. 1t was estimated the in-
crease would net about $4,000, 900.
but, at the last hearing. railroad rep
resentatives said this would provide
for only about one-third Of the short
age in revenue. and, whether or not
the increase was granted, they would
ask for another Is per cent increase
in class rates and an increase in coal
and coke rates.
Whether the increase asked would
solve the difficulties the railroads
maintained beset them. and which was
admitted by representatives of soma
of the shippers. was questioned.
Frank A. Vanderlip, New York bank
er, testified that it would not. SAM
uel Rea, president of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad, stated that the roads not
only should have the increase, but
that Congress should provide that
the government loan them money at
4 per cent
On June 20, 1917. the commission
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16
'TIALF PAST 2O' BEFUDDLES SAMMY AT
FIRST-ITS FRANCES 24-HOUR TIME

When the Sammies In France
first heard such expressions as
Meet mo at half pas twenty" and
TIL be ready at a quarter to thir-
teen." they thought they were being
"kidded"
And when they brst saw a watch
dial with "a hours on 1t. well-they
resolved to take the pledge.
But soon they found that the "a
hour time system is one of the
changes the war has brought over
there. Tho "a. m" and "p. M" Of
the old system invited too many mil i
itary errors.
The second diagram shows how a
24-hour watch may be made from a
12-hour one by putting In the figures
from IS to "a. for use in the after
moons.
You can appreciate why the French
predict universal adoption OF the plan
if you think how much time you've
wasted trying TO figure from a time
table whether a train left at 1880 In
the morning or 1890 at night
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16

physical examination. Men enlisting
for aviation duty, but failing to quail
ify, will if recommended by their
commanding officers, be assigned to
general service.
The following trades are covered by
the ratings: Carpenters, wood work
ers, machinists, coppersmlths, black
smiths fabric workers, riggers, acety-
lene welders, gas engine repair men
and instrument makers.
Landsmen for quartermaster need
have no previous trade experience
but general manual ability is neces-
sary. Men of trades, such as rig
ging. fabric working and wire work
ing, are desired, as are also men ex-
perienced in the operation of hydro
gen plants or in the care and upkeep
of dirigibles or balloons. Men who
display proficiency on dirigible work
will be assigned to this branch.
Carpenters mates viii look after
the up-keep and repair of wings,
pontoons. flying boat hulls and bod
training will cover the practical APP
plication of their trade skill to gem
eral aviation work.
Machinists' mates must show Pre-
vious experience in gasoline engines
or any allied skilled trade, such ms
that Of electrician. They will be
trained N the upkeep and overhaul
ing of aircraft engines
Provision is made for men espe-
cially well qualified for enlistment
or enrolment, as carpenters and ma
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16

declined a request Tor . horizontal
increase Of Is per cent maintaining
that the roads At that time did not
face so serious a financial problem
as had been pictured. An increase OF
II per cent on certain class rates
was granted. This, il was estimated,
resulted in an increase Of about 5
per cent in tho gross revenues The
commission estimated then that the
net operating revenues Of the 30 sys-
TENS involved would be approximate
~ $215. 900 900 in 1917. Ii asking FOR
a rehearing the railroads stated that
conditions had 30 radically changed
after the decision a. to make addi-
tional revenues an immediate neces-
sity.
Clifford Thorne, leading eounsei for
the shippers, met the railroad argu-
ment with tho statement that during
the first nine months Of 1917 the net
$50 100000 greater than the commits
sion had estimated for the entire
year. This alone, hs stated, should
influence tho commission against add
ing burdens to any businesses affect
ed during the war by the same adver-
stiles that prompted the railroads to
seek moro revenue.
Much was said during the last hear
ing Of the effect on finances by lack
Of public confidence in railroad Sc.
curities. Paul M. Warburg, vice gov.
eFnor Of tho Federal Reserve Board
called by the commission on it, owr
initiative to give his view Of the sit,
uation, stated that tho increase shoulo
be granted il for no other reason thar
for the effect ON securities. If the
public believed tho government in
tended to be generous with the rail
roads, investment securities could be
disposed of much easier. he stated.
While railroads in other sections
have penhing requests for certain
additional rates, It was believed the
decision in the eastern road cases
would Determine whether Others
would ask for horizontal increases.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16

Eight thousand young men are now
wanted for the ground personnel of
the Nays Flying Corps. Secretary
Daniels has authorized the enlistment
Of this number, and the recruiting
Officers Of the country will at once
begin a drive to enlist the men re-
quired. ,~5-
Whare Is an immediate need for
Aechsnicians for naval aviation for
the ratings Of machinists' mates, car
pentersp mates. quarternasters, cop
perUniths, and blacksmiths. These
men VIII not be enlisted for pilots
duties, but will receive special train
ing in the building. handling, repair
ing and overhauling of the navy air
craft The men are required to keep
each machine in order and make safe
the flight Of the air pilot.
The requirements for enrolment
viii be the same as those for the reg
tifar service of the United States
Navy. Training for machinists'
mates and quartermasters will last
about three months. Carpenters
lnatns win train for approximately
six weeks. On completion Of the
training, the provisional landsmen,
aftsr examination. win b rated first
or second-class petty officers. They
will then be eligible for promotion to
the next higher grade. IL they show
fitness and pass Che necessary ex-
animation. The age limit for this
enlistment IS 81 to 35 years. Candi-
dates must pass the regular navy
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16
sued here by several influentitl Hol-

sued here by several Influential Hol-
landers, among whom are A. F. de
Savornin Lehman. the Dutch Minis
ter of State, and DR.. Anton van Gym.
formerly Dutch Minister Of France.
In all, they assert the Turks have
deported 10000 Armenian men. wo-
men and children. robbed them of all
they possessed, massacred the men,
carried off the women and girls to
Turkish harems and Kurdish villages,
sold the children in the slave market,
and abandoned the remainder to slow
death by starvation.
This remnant Of the Armenian
people in Asia Minor" says the statef
ment Of these neutrals. Is q starv-
ing, beggar people, consisting in the
main of old men, women and chill
dren. The number of children who
separated from their relatives, lie
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16

chinists' mates to be enrolled direct
ly for that second class rate, should
their skill be sufficient The rating
badges for men in this service will
be the same as in the regular Navy
except for the addition of double
wings.
Quotas for enlistment for the va
rious districts have been arranged as
follows:
Eastern Division: Machinists'
mates, 900; quartermasters, 900; car
penters' mates, 800; blacksmiths, 80;
coppersmiths. 40. To transfer to Ma
val Air Station, Bay Shore. L. I.
Central Division: Machinists'
mates, 900;' quartermasters, 900; car
penters' mates. 800; blacksmiths, 80;
coppersmiths, 40. First three classes
to transfer to Naval Training Sta
ition, Great Lakes, ILL.,, and for further
transfer to Dunwoody Institute, Min
neapolis. Mimi; coppersmiths and
blacksmiths to Naval Air Station, Bay
Shore, l.. l.
Southern Division: Machinists'
mates, 500; quartermasters. 500; car
penters' mates, 200; blacksmiths, 20:
coppersn1iths, 90 First three classes
TO transfer to Naval Aeronautic Sta
ton at Pensacola, Fla; others to
Naval Air Station, Bay Shore. L. I.
re;phTo qfirdlhr oh hr hrdlu mfwypp
Western Division: Machinists'
mates, 700: quartermasters, 700; car
penters' mates. $40; blacksmiths, 20;
coppersmiths, 40. First three classes
TO transfer to Naval Air Station, at
Diego, Cal; others to Naval Air Sta
ton, Bay Shore, l.. l.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16

along the caravan routes or wander
about the towns like dogs. runs into
tens of thousands. It is scarcely
credible that in the twentieth century
the determination of almost an en-
tire people under such terrible cir
cumstances was possible. But en-
tirely trustworthy evidence of neu-
trail consular officials. of German and
Swedish missionaries and teachers,
is available, and puts the matter be-
vond all doubt"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-16
500 900 PEOPLE OF
ARMENIA KILLED

The Hague, Netherlands. Dec 15.-
(The Associated Press) - One half
or 100000 Of the Armenian people
who were under Turkish rule at the
beginning of the war have beer
slaughtered or starved TO death by
Turks, according to an Indictment is