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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22
ACTRESS HAS ARTISTIC
AND BUSINESS GIFTS
Talented Alexandra Carlisle
Has Managed Company and
Been Typist

Alexandra Carlisle. who plays the
try Cousin which returns to the Broad
Street Theatre next Monday night. has
been more or less of a business woman
herself since she was fourteen yeA,
old. When she was that age her fa,Ss
announced that he planned to make n, +
school teacher. This was In London.
Miss Carlisle promptly protested. fol-
lowed her own desires by learning a bi.
of stenoeraphy and typewrlting In school
and Straightway got q position us a
typist. But this work eventually bored
her, and before very long she got a
chance at playing tiny part in one of
the big Christmas pantommes. After
season she secured the part of a
tockney girl in "A company about TO
make a provincial tour in Henry Arthur
Jones's "Whitewashing Julia" She
signed up for the staggering salary of
SO a week
During rehearsals Miss Carlisle heard
the manager say that he wanted a good,
cheap secretary and accountant. She
volunteered for the task. agreeing to do
the work in her off moments. and she
reluctantly consented to have on addi-
tional $3.50 forced on her every Satur-
day night for the extra service
So capable did Miss Carlisle become
that Manager Dauncey presently dele
gated to her virtually the entire busi-
ness management. as he frequently went
away for week at a time to visit other
companies under his direction
Later Miss Carlisle went with James
Welch. the popular farceur, and from
his company she went to Granville bar
ker TO understudy Lillah Mccarthy in
Man and Superman." From that time
on all was clear sailing She was one
of the Gibson Girls In "The Catch of
the Season. and was eventually picked
by Nat Goodwin as his leading woman
for his London season in An American
Citizen" and THE Gilded Fool"
This engagement made" her She
played Portia in one of the late Sir Her
bert Trees revivals Of "The Merchant
of Venice" and she created the leading
roles in number of American sue
cesses brought to England. among them
being Alias Jimmie Valentine" Bought
and Paid For" "a Woman's Way" and
"Everywoman."
Miss Carlisle first came to this coun-
try about nine years ago to play with
Joseph Coyne in THE Mollusc" She
later returned to create the leading role
in THE Marriage Game" and three sea-
sons ago was John Drew's leading
woman in the revival of Rosemary. Z"
She was also leading woman for T.. II.
Sothern in "The Two Virtues" two sea-
sons back.
She Is now determined to devote the
rest of her career to the American the
atre she is married to an American
physician who is now doing his bit in
France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22
GUIOMAR NOVAES TO
DISCLOSE ART HERE
Young Brazilian Pianist Will
Be Philadelphia Orchestra
SolOist Next Week
ANNUAL "MESSIAH" BILL

\ program Of noteworthy artistic
substance is promised patrons Of the
Philadelphia Orchestra at the concerts
to be given in the Academy of Music
on Friday afternoon and Saturday eve
ming of next week. The soloist will he
Senhorlta Guiomar Novaes. the young
Brazilian pianist, who was a sensation
of the New York musical season
last year. Senhoritl Novaes is only
twenty-one years Of age and has the
distinction of being the seventeenth Of
nineteen children. She is a native of
Sac Paulo, Brazil She was a wonder
child" playing in public when she was
ten years old. Her talents were SO pro-
nounCed that when she was fourteen
years cd she was sent to Europe with "A
subvention from the state to study at
the Paris ConserVatoire. At the en-
trance examinations The took first place
among 3SS contestants. her playing of
the Schumann "Carneval" so impressing
the jury Of such distinguished masters as
Fouray. Debussy and Mos zkowski that
they asked her to repeat the work and
tlhen awarded a unanimous decision. At
the end of her second year she received
the first prize, and then was offered en-
gagements in England France and
Switzerland She was received every
where with enthusiasm
After n visit to Brazil. she was pre-
pairing to return to Europe. but was
prevented by the war. and came instead
to America. The Brazilian ambassador
was active in interesting several New
York music patrons in her behalf. for
the flct that the pianist had originally
been sent to the Paris Conservatoire at
the expense of the Brazilian Government
4, =, ,i..aY, lot. gi -nfff Ia1 gtn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22
ONLY FINEST FILMS
IN CINDERELLA MAN"

II is significant of the care with
which Goldwyn Pictures are made that
no fewer than 1857 separate scenes were
photographed for the making of Mae
Marshs third starring vehicle. THE
Cinderella Man." which is to be the at
traction Of the Stanley Theatre next
week AS each scene Is usually photo
graphed twice. or in two takes" to
guard against mishaps, this means that
a total of 2074 scenes was photographed.
or approximately 10000 feet of film. AS
this included duplication, one may say
that about twenty reels of 1000 feet
each. were exposed to make the six reels
necessary for the completed work.
About $50 scenes among those taken
were eliminated, leaving about 307 to be
shown on the screen,
The details Of this method are such
that II is impossible to accomplish all
the work in advance In writing the
working scenario. In the case Of THE
Cinderella Man" this continuity OF Ed
ward Childs Carpenters play was pre-
served by George Loane Tucker. who
directed the film production.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22

Billie Burke first half of week. Ton
Sawyer" with Jack Pickford latt
half of week.
BURLESQUE
CISTNO-Billy Watson's company In 81
potpourri of vaudeville and musicail
farce. The burlettas will be The
New Arrival and 1.-The BashfnI
Venus" The company, besides Mr.e
Watson, includes Beatrice Harlowo.
Katherine Pearl. Frances and Helen
Russell, Harry Montague, Tony Ken.
nedy, Lew Reynolds.
TROCADERO - "The Forty Thieves
company will present a varied program
Of fun and music. A chorus of comely
girls IL promised The speciality fea-
ture will be La Mona, who will appear
In dancing act. Jean Bedinis ballet
of the four seasons will also be pre-.
sented. ts
GAYETY-"The Follles of Pleasure" in
swift moving melange of music.
dancing and burlesque features. Al
two-part farcical burletta will be subj
mitted. THE Broadway Broilers" win
be a special attraction of lively bill,
COMING ATTRACTIONS
DECEMBER 81
ADELPHT-"Follow the Girl" ~
KETTH'S -- Mime Doree's Celebrities.
Duffy and fnglis.
JANUARY - In Il
BROAD--"Mister Antonio" with. .ofis
Skinner 49,
KETTH'S-Lew Brice, ION the High
Seas" III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22
SELECTING CHORUS
GIRLS Is REAL ART

Things that Leon Enrol always accom-
pished in the staging line but which
never came to the public's attention
while he was the handspring of the
dancing numbers in The Follies' are
forcbly asserting their brilliancy and
the versatility of the man I'm the mu-
steal productions now being introduced
by Raymond Hitchcock ana T.. Ray
Goetz.
Mr. Enrol has been entrusted with the
selection of every chorus girl for
"Hitchy- -Koo." Words and Music" and
Follow the Girl" In addition to this,
the comic dancer finds time TO play his
important role in "Hitcl:y-Koo," which
will bring him back to Philadelphia next
week.
At the present time Mr. Enrol is ham
ding upward of 200 girls. Every step
Is being taught them by Mr.. Enrol, His
greatest originality will probably be
shown in the array of assemblage for
the finales.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22
FOLLOW THE GIRL" TO
HAVE PREMIERE HERE

Follow the Girl" will be the
title of the new musical piece that
Raymond Hitchcock and T.. Wray Goetz
will give premierce of at the Adelphi
Theatre. New Years eve. Monday night.
December 81. The new play is from
the combined pens of Henry Blossom
and Zeel Parenteau. Walter Cattell will
be in the cast.
The new musical comedy will play In
Philadelphia during the engagement OF
"IIitchy-Koo" so that Raymond Hitch
cock can follow out his policy of at
tending the premiere of all plays under
the Hitchcock -Goetz banner. He ac-
complished this last week for Words
and Music" which opened at Whining
ton prior to its New York engagement,
BY laying-off the 'Hitchy-koo' show.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22
LOCAL FAVORTTE IN
CAST OF "EXPERIENCE's

William Ingersoll. who will be sean
in the title role of Experience" at the
Metropolitan Opera House. Will not bo.
forgotten by local playgoers In 1905
he appeared in Joseph Brooks's Play
Home Folks" in Philadelphia and ~
was also in the cast when 1t was gfvans
In New York later. In 1907 Mr.. Inger-
appeared with the Keith Stock Company
at the Chestnut Street Theatre and re-'
mained there until 1910.
MIR. lngersolfs career has been a long
and successful one, but he did not start
out In life TO be an actor. While at
tending school of mines In Colorado
he visited friends In Denver who rave
some amateur theatricals. Mr.. Ingersols,
was induced TO take part in produo>
tion of The Pirates of Penzance" NJ
scored such a hit that he gave i'm
mining engineering and decided to, aho1
the stage, His first engagement wa
the Boston Museum in 1889. at wb1&
time he played juvenile roles. HI
been associated with Mrs. Thomas ua&
and William Redmond: he PLAYED 3
THE Silver King" with MRsxer CouI1
with Frank Daniels and Jenny Yeai
in "A Rag Baby" After actin<
repertoire with william Redmond
Mrs. Thomas Barry in 1883 he lolg
stage for short time. Betwe6a
years Of 1883 and 1904 he was
ciated with Margaret Mather In -
mate" repertoire. with the Boston
tire Company with Mary Shaw anN
Marie Wainwright, succeeding H
Miller as Miss wainwright's lc3
man. Mr.. Ingersoll toured the II
with Nat Goodwin. and afterwar1 -
lished stock company Of his on
Salt Lake. City. lie has also ahr
with Dewolf Hopper IN "Ei CT
Just before his engagement for NJ
rolo In ''Sxperlcpco" Nr. li.so}n1
pc.cd with Ethel Ra.ry.ncre
now hcsn with ''Expeficncsv ~
than four re&kvps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22

in the program is extremely welcome.
The other number which brings the
concert 10 a close, is the familiar Fury
anthe" overture of Weber,
The Christmas week list of concerts
includes the annual performance of
Haenders Messiah" to be given in the
Academy of Music under the direction
of Henry Gordon Thunder on the eve
ming of Friday. December 2S. Singers
to the number of 300 from the ranks of
the Philadelphia Choral Society will be
heard in the stately measures of the
popular old oratorio.
Robert Steel. "A young baritone Of
local reputc. will give concert In the
New Century Drawing Room on next
Thursday night. Mr. Steel is said to
possess rich. fresh voice that promises
interesting possibilities. lie is at present
n Cornell student and at the Ithaoan
university he Is continuing his vocal
studies. The recital will also bring for
ward Mrs. Alice Baker. violinist and
Florence WightnHn, harpist. The pro-
ceeds viii be devoted TO the Lansdowne
Branch of the Red Cross.
The sixth free concert of the season
at the Academy of the Fine Artss is
scheduled to take place tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. A Christmas program
that will include numbers by Tschaikow-
sky, Dvorak Gluck and a group of old
French songs will be interpreted. The
chief participants will be Domenico
Bove. violinist and the choir of the
First Unitarian Church.
Nellie Melba is announced to give a
concert in the Academy of Music, Satur-
day afternoon. January 8. AS usual she
will have interesting assistants. One of
these will be Francis de Bourguinon, a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22

distinguished piinst, of Toronto. who
has done his bit in tic Air and been
discharged on account Of wounds. The
other will be Arthur liackett, the Amer
lean tenor. who has had such a success
ful career in the last two years Frank
st. Leger Will he the aCcompanist.
The third recital in the series of morn
ing musiCales at the BelleNueStratford
will be given on Monday morning. De-
cember 81 Emilio de GogorZa. the we'll
known baritone. and Mischa Levitzlii. "A
pianist who has achieved success In New
York, but has not previously been. heard
in Philadelphia, will furnish the pro-
gram,
Concerts billed for the early part of
the new year include one by Mischa FL
man. the violinist in the Academy on
the evening of January -. and one by
Joseph Malkn, Cellist. and Theodore
Celia harpiet. both of the Boston SYM
phony. in Witherspoon Hall on the same
night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22
Newman Rediscovers America

Newman's series Of five travel talks
will be given OH five successive Friday
evenings and Saturday afternoons at
the Academy Of Music commencing
January IS. under the title The Re-
discovery of America" The picture
and word Journeys are entitled "our
National Parks" our Pacific Coast
"Our Egypt--the Land OF Indians
~our Hawaii and Our West Indies"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22

Ruby De Remer (top) in Rex
Beach's "The Auction Block"
the Palace Theatres Christmas
week screen attraction. Olga
Petrova (bottom) will be seen
at the Victoria in "A Daughter
of Destiny"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22

in the program is extremely welcome.
The other number, which brings the
concert TO a close, is the familiar Fury
anthe" overture OF Weber
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24

Since putting on sale Mrs. Joe Per
sens Remedy the success of the prem
Ter tonic has exceeded all expecta-
tons Mr. r. w. Rhodes, special
salesman who was sent here to intro
ducc this marvellous remedy, has eX,
pressed himself as very much gratified
4 results so far
There is no reason, said Mr.. Rhodes
why Mrs. Persons Remedy should not
soon be the household word in the
city as it is in the other sections Of
the south, where the people have an
opportunity to learn of its wonderful
curative properties. During the thir-
ty years that this remedy has been
on the market it has accomplished
some very remarkable results.
For instance there is my friend Mr..
A. S. Blanton, of Spartanburg. Mr..
Blanton is a merchant of that city who
is not hard to find. 1t cured Mrs,
Stanton of what the doctor had pro-
nounced a hopeless case of nervous
Indigestion After she had taken II
bottles she gained 25 pounds in 80
days and was we'll woman. The
fact that Mrs. Blanton considered Mrs.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
Sale Of Wonderful Remedy Con"
tinues AT Jennings DrWg Store
A Few Facts About Mrs. Roe Person S REM
edy and What Those Who Have Tried
Have 20 Say ..,.. -4,-.

Joe Persons Remedy splendid med
icne is proved by the fact that he of
fered to handle it in his store and by
recommending it personally to his Gus
toners has since sold hundreds of dol
lars worth of the remedy.
Another case is that of Mrs. B. f
Carter of Durham N. c. Mrs. Carter
was sick for about 2 years and was
treated by various physicians without
results. Was supposed that she had
pellagra and she was not given any
hope of recovery through the kind
ness of friend she learned OF Mrs
Joe. Persons Remedy and took -four
or five bottles without any results, sc
far as she could notice. However, at
ter she had continued the treatment
for some time she was completely re
stored to health. The interesting Sc
queal to this story is that when her
husband died some time ago she ap-
piled for a position as saleslady for
Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy and is now
making a comfortables living helping
others to regain their lost health. Mrs.
Joe Persons Remedy is handled in
this city by Jennings Drug Store.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
FRIENDS OFFER TO
GO TO PEN FOR MAN
Co-Laborers of Jim Kettles, of Dalton
Would Serve Part of His Sentence.

Dalton, Jan. 23.-Jim Kettles, re
Gently tried in Whitfield superior court
for the murder of Will GOrdy, who
was killed here on the night of Get
IA, 1915, and convicted Of an assault
voluntarily dismissed his motion for
new trial and will present himself
to the warden of this county to- serve
the sentence of twelve months i'm
posed upon him by the court.
Kettles was tried first on Oct %
1915, and convicted of the main charge
and give a life time sentence; the
case was appealed and a new trial
granted. The second hearing OF the
case resulted in a mistrial April Is, OF
last year, and on Jan. 4, of this year
he was convicted Of an assault, which
reduced the charge to misdemeanor
and he was sentenced accordingly. Ed
Bishop, cousing of Kettles, was also
indicted for the killing of Gordy, and
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
THAD CHAFIN is FREED
OF WiFE-MUR RIDER CHARGE
Sensational Case Results In Acquit-
tai for Young ogIethorpe Farmer.

Lexington, ca, Jan. 23.-Thaddeus
Chain, prominent planter of Ogle-
thorpe county, was found not guilty
of the murder of his wife after trial
here lasting since Monday morning Of
last week, engaging a dozen of the
best lawyers Of this section and at
tracing crowds which packed the
courthouse.
The case went to the jury Friday
night at O'clock the jury returning
their verdict about 4:30 Saturday af-
ternoon.
The murder was committed Septem-
Der IS. Mrs Chains body was found
nearly a mile from her home, in al
gully. she lived till the next morning,
without ever speaking. She had bees
strangled, the prints of the fingers OF
an assaliant being on her throat. She
had ben also stabbed IN the back with
al knife. There weer fractures in three
places on the side and back Of her
head--inflicted, it was shown, with a
rock found near her body. The clothes
she had worn were torn from her
body-only one thin garment remain
ing. Besides the wounds mentioned
there were no evidences of other is
jury or assault.
Chafin, who had ben away from
home on the plantation all day, went
home and found his wife absent, with
the 2-year-old girl baby, their only
child, crying in the yard and calling
for mother"
The husband then phoned neighbors
and later officers and the search was
begun over the countryside. Her body
was found by two young men Of Lex
ington.
Great excitement spread over the
county and the roads and paths thru
Oglethorpe were guarded and every
suspect was held up and investigated.
Several negroes were arrested, but no
Of them with the crime.
On the night after the funeral Of
Mrs. Chain officers arrested her hus-
band and quietly roshed him to the
strong jail at Athens, and later, when
there was fear expressed again, he was
hurried to Atlanta, where he remain
ed in the tower for several days. For
The past three months he has been in
the Jail at Athens.
The state prosecuted on the theory
that jealousy was the cause Of the
killing and charged Chain with the
deed. The jury, however, tok diff
ferent view and cleared him this af-
sernoon.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
WILCOX TURNING TO TOBACCO

.Abbeville, Jan. 23.-TObaccO is one
If the coming crops in and around
Abbeville. There will be about 400
acres planted this year. This section
shipped one car last year. Some OF
the farmers made as high as $3.50 to
he acre. The lowest yield was 5000.
The tobacco is worth about 5 cents
more in the leaf than it was last year,
so the farmers are expecting to make
up losses sustained by the boil weeVil
on their tobacco.
A. l.. Averitt, who came to Georgia
about four years ago from South Car
DINA is planting 100 acres in tobac-
co. He fully understands how to cul-
tivate and gather, and expects to teach
his neighbors how to grow it. He
lives eight miles south OF this place
and is on the railroad between Able
vile and Fitzgerald.
A. ]. Mcbride, who is farm agent
for the Seaboard Air Line, says that
there will be 1000 acres planted in
tobacco between Pembroke and Rich
land.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24

Chile's national forests cover about
100000 acres of land.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24

after being brought back here from
Portland, Ore. was acquitted
After Kettles had announced his in
tention Of accepting the sentence of
twelve months, it is said that thirty OF
his co-laborers volunteered to go and
each of them serve ten days of the
sentence which would aggregate 300
days of the 1868 days imposed, which,
of course, is not permitted by law.
Kettles has a young wife and child
who will anXiously await his return.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24

Dir. Alex Carrel of the Rockefeller
Institute, who has been hard at work
in the F'iench hospitals, has dis
covered a method of preventing and
killing infection of deep wounds. In
lection is the cause of most deaths
from severe wounds, and ever since
the beginning of the war surgeons
have sought method of preventing
it. The result of DR.. Carrel has OBJ
tanned in the hospital at Compiegne,
Of which he is head, are such as tC
warrant public announcement.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
HAPTiSTS TO HAVE SYSTEM
IN THEIR FUND CAMPAIGN

Atlanta, Jan. 23.--C. J. Hood, direc-
tor in charge Of the pending campaign
to raise a half million dollars to pay
CT all debts of Baptists institutions
in Georgia has divided the state into
thirty districts and is at this time en-
gagged by telegraph and letter ap-
pointing a campaign manager for
each district.
When all acceptances have been re-
ceived. probably within the next two
or three days a meeting date will
be set for a conference in Atlanta.
This conference may come the latter
part Of the present week, and will
bring leading Baptists here from all
parts Of Georgia The committee will
visit the various Baptist Institutions
in Atlanta, Forsyth and Macon, and
will make use OF the knowledge thus
gained in starting the campaign.
A comprehensive financial plan has
already been adopted from a report
made by the general committee of five.
It provides that the debt Of all the
Baptist in terests be pooled and paid.
and that when this done, the legal
title to all property of the convention
shall be vested in a holding committee
Of seven. This committee of seven
shall be legally chartered and the
charter shall provide that no debt of
any kind whatever can be put upon
any of the property, either by the com
mission or the convention, but only
the net income can be used.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24

Charles NJ Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation; Eugene
c. Grace, president of the Bethlehem
Steel Company; William E. Corey,
president of the Midvale Steel Com
pany and Herbert Du Puy, acting
president of the Crucible Steel Com
22ny OF America, headed the great
american steel manufacturers whose
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24

prices on shells for the navy's a.
inch and 16-inch guns were so high
that Secretary Daniels gave the con-
tract to a British firm. He said the
American prices were $144 higher on
each 14-inch, and $237 higher on each
16-inch shell than the bid of the
HadGelds of England, and the other
day the contract was awarded the
Britons.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
FABRIC FlNENESS.

Softness rules.
The finish is suede-like.
There's a real fleXibility.
Velours-like stuffs will hold.
Diagonal twills rule sports fabrics.
Chiffcns are to rival the favorite
Georgette crepes.
India effects in silks are to be q
great feature.
The lightweight silk foulards are
promised a revival.
They must all fold, drape and
rleat to advantage.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24

The average resident of the Unit
ed Kingdom consumes about a pint
and a half of tea each day. -
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-24
COUNTRY STORE is BURNED.

Moultrie Jan pa country store
located in Mitchell county owned by
Frank Harmon, was destroyed by fire
according TO news received here to
day. The loss resulting is estimated
at $4,000. No insurance was carried
on either the stock Of goods or the
building. The fire is believed to have
been the work of an incendiary, Of
ficers are now conducting an investt-
cation.