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New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Is Marriage Dying on Europe's
Battlehelds?
By Godfrey Singleton
By Godfrey Singleton

Urge iovc, in the feld a. the bsyipnir .
OF the war. and therefore hss ss,npeC
;h. irunt OF tEs earlier ca'aalties, he,
losses siuce the bLtle o. ;hs Somm,
b .est have besn terribl bc. yoUr,
nan arc being called lt. slowly 81
ine,itsbly, 10 take their place. IN tA-
line.
;'oof 20 T:ve Million Boys Gons
Counting oil IN. 5ollieerents. j., Il.
sale to say that within Tie year tbs
world 1lll have lost between .our and
ave million men eho have not khovn
marriage or Satherhood. In tbos-
countries whore the NEE slNsSs hs'
beS1 numerically stronger tA.h zee
'em9le TIE efrcct will not be felt -.
m lately. In countries ike e glp- d
where tho percentage usually las rae
IS Of women 20 IS OF ms1, the sTesi
will be over whelming.
Ihis 10 now realized By thinking 7es
pie aud the Bishop Of Peterborough
only expressed what many feel v.sa
he t>ic, in ID sNme sermon:
"One crave question OF the fatui ,
,s~rhSTs Of the near future, is tn. idea.
OF marriage which will prevail. /; Is
p"ssible q At the holy estate will b. ct
Tackled in way we never have known /;
ws may be confronted ~ N. efforts OF
mary people, in view Of the present uR-
pre-edtutcd situation"
What src "thc effort: OF many yso-
pie TO which the Bishor refers: -
cerstal, they tsll int, two Giy;,;',s, Il:
dicotei by these two questions:
VIII the world 50 in for poly'sny
nftsr N. war?
Or shall we have world whers thee
= neither marriage nor living in ma
risg
-ror7 the DAP Great Britain .st hal.
irg st munitions, prophet, have at
nocncsd that narriarc was done fer. A
Gt;ls :remAturely Not declared ttlt
tho woman o. after the wsr" would
be economically inispeadent and would
net need TO msrry. They said she would
choos her husband Vhc-. ste like an
p hir1 As long - che chose, and no
lonQe-.
And row comss Gerrran, Major
Geno:al Andres. attached To the TURK
~ army. who dcrls. IN sll sober .e
yiousness that the o7lI hope for his
country is in the adoption OF polyrsr'y.
Gumors have had it long ago that The
German government was drawing ue .
plan fol limited poiyRany, out no sur
foundation Las been found for these re-
ports. Yet il is clear that something
lik. nolyEsny is briaG considered fO'
,he devastated countries Of Europe.
What Is Likely TO Happen
Between these two extremes some
change will probably come over the ~
stitution Of marriage a. we know IL -
lay. nc war, which has torn up mems
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Francis X. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne have begun work on new
comedy-drama called The Woolworth
Diamonds" The story is from the pen
Of Hugh Weir. 1t has been adapted
for the use Of Mr.. Bushman and Miss
Bayne by Albert lie Vino.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Music Notes

Leila Holterhoff, the blind soprano,
who made her debut In recital at the
Comedy Theatre last year, will give an
Aeolian Hall concert on Saturday even
ing, January 8. She will be assisted
by the American barytone, Vernon
D'ArnslIe. The concert is to be given
for the benefit Of the blinded Soldiers
in Battle in France" a charity organ
ization founded in Paris By Miss Wini-
fred Holt.
A concert Of Christmas music will be
given at the Greenwich Village The
atre, Fourth Street and Seventh Ave-
nue.. on Sunday evening. December %,
under the direction Of ". FRANKIE Har-
ling, the musical director OF the theatre,
the programme 20 consist OF Christ
mas carols of the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries, including pastoral
melodies of Bretagne and Normandy
and an old Christmas time masque o.
the fifteenth century by Able Prin-
tame. The assisting artists will in
c.ude Gretchen Morris. soprano; Helen
WELLER, contralto; Albert Quesnel,
TENOR, ana Lyman Nt4lc tldiFt Ddi
tone, who form the Harling Quartet;
Mile. Marcele Darcy. diseuse: Natalie
Boshko, violinist, and Sara Gurowiteh,
violoncellist
A repetition Of Gabriel Pierne's "The
Children's Crusade" is promised for
Saturday afternoon, December %, IN
Carnegie Hall by the symphony So
ciety of New York as an extra gala
concert The Piern6 work viii be given
with the New York Symphony 0rches-
ira, assisted By the entire chorus OF
two hundred and fifty Of the 0ratorio
Society of New York and by the chorus
Of two hundred children from the New
York public schools. Mr.. Damroseh
will conduct. The soloists are Edith
Chapman Goold, who will sing Alain;
Florence Macbeth, who will sing Allys;
Albert Lindquest, as The Narrator, and
Royal Dadmun. as An Old Sailor and
The Voice From on High. The oratorio
will be preceded by a performance OF
the new standardized version Of THE
Star-Spangled Banner" prepared at tho
request of the government by Messrs.
Damrosch, Earhart, Sousa, Sonneck and
Gantvoort.
Fritz Kreisler's first appearance with
the remaining members Of the Kneisel
Quartet will take place az Aeolian Hall
on Friday evening, December 2l, He
will open the programme with the quar-
tet in c major by Mozart. The other
numbers will be the Beethoven Quartet
-, Il IN NJ tho frat of
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
The World in Motion

from the war zone and who speaks a.
Sir Johnston speaks In regard 70 the
world conflict.
The greatest actor in the world didn't
remember us at first, which was not
surprising; but when we told him that
we had played In "Casar and Cleopatra"
he answered Immediately, "Ah, yes, I
remember. You used to say, 'Ftatsteta,
Ftatateta, come, come, speak to Bel
zanor." And he was right; only il we
had been able to say II as Forbes-Rob-
ertson said IL we should undoubtedly
be doing it now, instead Of merely
writing about IL.
And how wonderful to see the great
actor again; to view at close range
those eloquent hands, which can say
so much more than any other actor
can say in three acts Of monologue:
and to listen TO the vibrant music Of
that voicel
And we became rather incoherent as
we tried 70 say everything at once:
"oh, do you think you will seem the
same on the screen as you do on the
stage7 And shan't we all forget how
good the picture Is because we will re-
member that we do not hear your
voice? And how did you conceive the
idea Of coming over here to make pict-
ure for us? And why do you go di-
rectly back? And did you feel that you
were giving to the camera what you
give to your audiences? And do you
think that the screen version of The
Passing Of the Third Floor Back" will
have the powerful influence for good
which the stage play had?"
To which Sir Johnston replied: 81
sincerely hope that shall have sue
ceeded In being myself on the screen.
/ enjoyed the work immensely. and I
feel that was very fortunate in being
able to make my first picture with Her
bert Brenon. He is a director who
knows what he wants and who knows
how TO get il.
"0f course, an actor Is greatly handi-
capped by the loss of his voice, so to
speak, and the play which we were
filming had to be changed considerably
to make it adaptable for screen pur-
poses, but believe that It will be
success and | hope that shall be.
have heard rather discouraging ac-
counts of the stage favorites over here
who had essayed to repeat their sue
cess in the silent drama. Many Of
them, they tell me, have been-well"
and as Sir Johnston hesitated we
longed to say eyes, fivvers," but we
didn't. We substituted Total failures
"The idea Of making this picture
was not mine. It was Mr.. Brenon's,
believe, and did not know exactly
what 1t was to be until arrived here"
And then Sir Johnston spoke Of the
war again. And he told how every one
in England has voluntarily given up
all luxuries. He and his beautiful
wife, who was Gertrude Elliott, have
not kept motor car for long time;
they eat sparingly of the plainest kind
of food, and their recreations are bene-
fit performances for the different war
funds.
Lady Robertson devotes all Of her
time to organizing concerts and enter
tainmentks both as benefits and as di-
version for the men in uniform. They
live only to end the war.
So It is not strange that when Sir
Johnston's friends begged him to stay
in America for time, at least, he
shook his head and replied, "They need
me over there"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
"Pippa Passes"

Tonight the Neighborhood Players
will give their tenth performance Of
Browning's "Pippa Passes" The fol-
lowing week end, December % and 23,
will be the last times the play will be
given.
1t is interesting to note that a
Browning play should have been the
most successful of the plays which the
Neighborhood Players have produced.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Film Notes

The attraction at Loew's New York
the coming week will be Belle Bennett
In Because Of the Woman" on Monday;
Thomas II. Ince's great spectacle, "The
Zeppelin's Last Raid" on Tuesday;
/ Wilfred Lucas and Leah Baird in "Sins
Of Ambition" and Alice Howell in a
comedy, "Her Bare Back Career on
Wednesday; Irene Hunt in "The Ma
ternal Spark" on Thursday; Earle Will
Jams in an the Balance and William
Russell in "New York Luck" on Friday;
Madge Evans and Henry Hull in "The
Volunteer With Kitty Gordon and
Montagu Love, on Saturday, and Fran
cis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in
"Red, White and Blue Blood" on Sun
day.
The William Fox perturbation OF
Victor Hugo's lies Miserables" will
continue at the Lyric. William Far
rum is Jean Vatican, Jewel Carmen
appears as Cosette, and Laura Markova
as Fantine. There are daily matinees
at the Lyric.
Frank A. Keeney, who runs a string
Of theatres in Brooklyn, Newark and
so forth, announces that he has be-
core, or is about to become, pro-
ducer OF photo plays, with Catherine
Calvert as his first star.
The new organization is called the
Frank A. Keeney Picture Corporation,
with Offices in the Putnam Build
ing, Broadway and Forty-third Street
Miss Calvert made her initial ap-
pearance as a film star last March. She
made her debut in the spoken drama
in Brown of Harvard" and soon after
became the wife of the late Paul Arm
strong and starred in "The Deep Pur-
PIE" and "a Romance of the Under
world"
Lois Weber's latest production, THE
Man Who Dared God" with Mildred
Harris and William Stowell, will be
released by the Universal in the near
future.
Frank Crane has been engaged to
direct "The Life Mask" which will be
Olga Petroyas next picture. The see
mario was made from the novel by the
anonymous author of the book "To
NJ. L. G."
Jackie Saunders has just arrived in
New York from Long Beach, CAL, not
Long Island. She is here for the pur-
pose of putting some of the idle gar
ment workers TO work, and for this
purpose she purposes spending several
thousands of dollars. The finished gar
ments will be worn by Miss Saunders
herself in her next Mutual picture.
Mr.. Crane has the distinction of hav-
ing directed the first picture for five
we'll known actresses recruited from the
legitimate stage. They are Cathleen
Clifford in "Who Is Number One 2"
Kitty Gordon in "As in a Looking
GLASS;" Alice Brady in "As Ye Sow"
Elaine Hammerstein in 1.-THE Moon
stone" and Mary Garden in "ThaIs."
Petrova's first picture, Daughter of
Destiny" will be shown at the Rielto
Christmas week.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Grace Darmond, known as the Lillian
Russell of the screen, has joined the
Vitagraph forces. Miss Darmond was
engaged recently to play opposite Earle
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

N. II. Hoffman, of the F5ur-Square
Pictures, is making trip into the West
in the interests of his new serial, "The
Eagles Eye" now being produced by
Wharton, Inc. The author is William
j. Flynn, chief of the United States Sc
cret Service, and the picture is said to
reveal the Hun intrigues and machina-
tions in this country for the last three
years.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Williams in an the Balance" and so
we'll did she play the role that Presi-
dent Smith Immediately offered her a
place in his circle Of stars.
Norma Talmadge is going to give a
Christmas party to all Of the children
to whom she has played mother on the
screen. Among the guests will be her
young sons in Poppy" "The Moth,
"The Law Of Compensation and "The
Secret of the Storm Country" In real
life they are Lorna Valare, Baby Pa
tricia Grant, Aida Armand, Joe Carroll
and Howard Hollacher.
Eugene O'Brien, Herbert Frank and
Niles Welch will be sort Of trium-
virate Santa Claus.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Between these two extremes some
change will probably come over the ~
stitution Of marriage a. we know il -
lay. nc war, which has torn up mems
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31
The Chautauqua Is Educational

What we nast learn is that the
eehautauaua is an seslucatiye anfluence
IN the land, thas those who consti-
fate it are men and women OF capac-
fty, and that to hear them is to add to
ones store of information and, brush
uD sne's ideals and ambitions. The
moving picture convas presents every
form OF human delinquency as well
as human virtues and films have d
mighty influence for good or i'll on
those who see them. But as an enter
tainKent the sfihns are obviously in
ferior 10 the chautauqua, since tha
latter presents oHlY picked talent with
established reputation and the power
to appeal TO those who patronize it
This years program mas many notable
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31
Goethals to Build 1,O0OSteel Ships

New York, May 49, Answering the
call ef Major General George Nv.
Goethals the ssteel companies cf sthe
United States today enlisted under
the Stars and stripes AS. a resalt
America's emergency ships felt a
thrill efs life aasange. thei s4sslsfsl
tom &eeis. a
An army of wcskmen today started
putting the first emergency shipyard
into condition acrass the river at New
ark. Within six nenths, according to
the steel naen, this new plant sof the
American Bridge company, subsid-
fiary of the United States Steel cor
yporationy will be turning out one 5000
TO 5000 ton asteel skip a day. The
emergency program calls for 8, ,0ge, 900
4 tons OF new craft small enough to
gevade U-baats successfully.
Goethals told the steel men that
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31

aftar his .s.call to geWernment Hervice
on the principle Of selectiye draa I, -
5brief survey Of the situation con
ivinced him that the wooden ship plan
was an slnpracs icaI myth. He ssiH .hes
found that the trees ID ON which alae
s.ssssslilass Der Sa senle wess I'd Ill
unfelieu. He sought plans and speci.
fcations, but there were none. He
found plenty Of offers TO build shirss,
but very little aDility hack of most
of them. 5
Goethals .abando med the wooden ship
plan. He summoned President Far
veil OF the United States Steel cor
Horation, learned THAT plensg of steel
is available and Started out to enlist
the steel makers. The response was
instantaneous and today, after few
weeks of quick, quiet work, the ship
building program is well on It's way.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31
Poisoned Pencils the Product Of
TheG German Spy System Brains

sshristiania, Nprwa y.An Amazing
seonectionSsof bombs. g,oisons, bactali Of
deadly diseases ard other means Of
death and destruction, has been saNed
by the authorities here as a part of
,the baggage of Baron von Rosen, AL
legged to be German, agent. The
baron fed to Norway after his actir-
aties lhad aroused the Swedish aufhori-
ties. He was arrested. but, as be
could mot be convicted sof violating
amy Norwegian law, he was released
With warning to leave die country.
Baron xon Rosen's field .of opera
tfons was along the Swedish Finnish
bonder. This purpose is supposed to
have been rle destruction OF Russian
food and munition warehouses. Part
of his baggage was seized BY the
Swedish authorities and found TO CON
tain a large quantity of high explo-
sives, packed IN tin cans marked
.corned beef 1t remained, however:
for the Norwegian police to uncover
the real extent OF his equipment.
After the baron had been ordered
sut Of Norway those portions Of his
baggage which had not been seized
in Sweden arrived in Christisnia and
were turned over to the police. Among
the articles found were cans Of explo-
siyes marked table salt BOTTLES
marked mouth wash contained cul-
lures Of dangerous bacfllf, Identified
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31

names conspicuous in iRtellectual
spheres. and it would be a B1ty if we
failed to manifest due appreciation
not only OF them but OF those Of our
citizens whose public spirit enables
us TO share in the feast. At least our
educational institutions, upon which
we depend for our standing in the
world should be well represented,
since IT is eyentf,fl in the young life
OF the sindent TO come in contact with
men and women whose names are
household words and whose achieve
ments IN some instances have become
historically noteworthy May we not
hope in the circumstances that this
years chautaaqua Will enjoy ban
rer attendance San Jose (Calif.
Mercury.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31

by he sstate heaaea Laboratory; sas,xei
OF lump sugar each lump coneea1int
a small glass vial filed with sbarill
Of anthrax or glanders, and a number
of explosive pencils , ,s
This latter article is an ingenious
Internal machine and a new departure
in frightfulness as far as the author
tiles here are aware. 1t has the ap.
pearance Of an ordinary pencil, but II
sharpened a aidrop of acid concealed
in thin glass tube is released and,
acting on other concealed chemicals.
causes an explosion sufficient to MAIN
or perhaps kill the sharpener.
One scheme Of Baron Won Rosen in
which the poisoned sugar lurnps were
to figure is believed to have been di-
rected against the great traffic stream
which the war has called inso being
between the northern Norwegian town
of Naryik and Finland.
A tremendous tide OF merchandise
flows into Russia along this road ~.
horse transports Between 1000 and
5000 horses are used for freighting
goods and barns have been construct;
ed along the road for their accommo-
dation.
the plan attributed to Baron Won
Rosen was to put the poisoned sugar
in the feed boxes in these barns and
start an epidemic among the horses
which would cripple the whole trans
portati0n system.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31

Belgium, and three Of the German
machines we're brought down, one 81
them falling into the sea.
This Is the second raid BY German
aircraft in three days On Wednes,
day night four Of fiye German ma.
chimes Gew over the eastern portion
of England dropping bombs which
killed one man.
The only other raid which approach:
ed this last one III destruction of IA.
man life vas that of March 1915,
when six or seven zeppelins were i
part Of the ratding force. The VIC.
TINS Of the 1915 raid were5skiiledand
101 injured. I'sl
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31
Sterling For $40 Acre Homestead

Washington, May 22. Senator ster-
ling would have the remaining unen-
tered lands on the Cheyenne River
and Standing Rock Indian Reserva-
tfons designated as being subject to
entry under the 64o-acre stockraising
homestead law He has introduced
Senate Bill 1901 which provides that
these lands shall be 50 designated i'm
mediately without examination BY tho
Geological Survey. Practically all Of
the vacant land on these reservations
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31
Prohibition as Viewed III Senate

Washington, May ~. After confer
encea extending over Saturday and
Sunday between senators who are in.
8terested In the prohibition question
and national officers Of the Anti-sa.
loon League, q program has been
agreed upon which will probably
mean the enactment Of a law prohibit.
Ing the use Of grain. molasses and
/ other foodstufrs for the manufacture
Of alcoholic beverages during the war
in addition to this. ii ii likely that an
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31
German Air Raids on England

Rome, May 26. German air craft
to the number OF sixteen reided the
southeastern part Of England last
night resulting in the killing Of sew
3enty-six persons and the injury Of one
hundred and seventy -four, according
TO estimates made today.
Of the dead, % are children and
27 are women, the injured including
many children and 90 women
Nearly all the damage occurred in
the ore towns where bombs fell III
the streets, catching many inhabit-
ants alnong the civilian population.
British airplanes engaged the Ger;
man crsft which retreated towards
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31
DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1917
Memorial Day More Eittingly
Observed Than il Many ears


memorial nv s, ~ va, ye.t,, IN
tp ]. Z pr.,at er IN u, yya ,a,t,,,,,,
than nron ,nv &, q s,,,,,
- iact tnat the county n en- ,s
'slin = tlsAnac Waf ls pronaoly tnc
1ehs0n ior 9 mese eiaoorale opsets-
u.Ae exercises opened ii tlle morn morn
ing u the form % 4 parade II which
the cavalry. the Grand Army nf the
Republic. the Woman 4 Relief Corps,
the Sons q Veterans, the city govern
Isnsnt and hre Department, the Red
Cross, the hcspitaa nurses. represents
fng both Luther hospital and the
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31

was designated as coming Within thei
provisions Of the 320-acre hosestesS
act and Senator Sterling believes that
the land which has not been entered
ct this time under that act csn ~.
considered stockraising land ands
should be go designated az soon q
possible in order that II may y putss:
INTO use for grazing livestock. II iss
stated that $50 far no steps have been
taken BY the department Of the irter.s
ior to classify lands under the -
acre act. Il
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31
Began Last FRIDAY.

The destruction began last Friday
in Aridale, Kan, where 26people were
killed and SO injured. Late Saturday
another twister struck the rich corn
belt of central Illinois, killing SIS per
( sons and injuring perhaps 800 in Mat
toon At Charleston, ten miles east
|. of MattooE, 40 were killed sand more
than 150 injured. The property dam
!. age in the two cities is. estimated at
sSa,SOo,OoO
1.-TWO in onelDay.
AnotherAdestructiNe sstorm late Sat
urday erased a territory Epproxi-
nately 10osmiles north of the center
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31

attempt will be made to authorize the
president TO commander all whisky
and other alcoholic beverages now Ne
the country for war purposes. These
measures will n all probability ~
put through as amendments 10 ths
pending food control bill. Among ~
senators who attended these confer
ences were Senators Beckham, Borah
Curtis, Jones Of Nashin ngton, Kenysn,
sAafrotf sterling Thompson, an1!
syardaman.