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The Washington herald., 1917-04-01
rHE wAsHNeroN HERAID. SUNDAY AfRIL. i lgn7.
MISS SPRINGTIME'
HAS PHENOMENA RUN
Plays 263 Night. in New York-Here
ApriI 9.

The circumstances attending the pro-
duetion Of Miss sprfngtime," which
washington theater-goers will witness
at the New National the week OF April
Q, Is an interesting one, and is another
instance Of the good Judgment Kiaw q
Erisneer have shown in their long career
as successful producers.
Miss Springtime" is acclaimed by
the critics as the most prominent OF this
seasons musical comedy offerings, an
opinion that is borne out by its phe-
nomenal run OF a6s nights at Me New
Amsterdam Theater. New York. in which
city II has outlfved all its rivals OF q
musical nature.
Miss Springtime" was originally pro-
duced IN Europe under the title Of "The
Rabbits Foot" and IL had such a tre-
inendous vogue that Klaw & Erlanger,
largely actuated by Emmerich Kalman's
exquisite score that accompanied il. Sc
cured the American rights, paying q large
bonus and likewise guaranteeing large
royalties.
When the MSS were turned over to
the firm a literal translation was MADE
Of the book, and II was so depressing
that one after another of a number of
well-known American librettists to whom
1t was offered for adaptation promptly
turned It down as presenting absolutely
no possibilities.
One daring play-thinSer had the har-
dihood to attempt a book founded on
the story given to him, but his praise
worthy effort was barren of result Final
ly the work was intrusted to Guy Boil
ton. whose name is identified with a num-
Der of present-day successes, and the out
come is the fascinating entertainment
that Washington theater-goers will wit
ness the coming week. Miss SPRING
time offers eloquent evidence that
sometimes one never can tell
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Of the big part that women are play
ing in the European war;" said Miss
RittenhouSe, "and | feel sure that
American women will do more than
their part when the time comes in
this country. There are large num-
Der of women riders in Washington,
and it seems to me that we should
have no difficulty in organizing a
troop here that could render excellent
service. in the matter of home de-
fense and patrol duty. Women have
very materially increased their sphere
of influence and activity, and our ex-
periences of late have led me to the
conviction that a womaa's cavalry
troop could certainly be a potential
factor in home defense"
Fairbanks to Travel
Doug" Fairbanks, the popular Art
craft star, has just announced his
future plans. which involve trips to
Wyoming, California and Honolulu.
The smiling actor is at present ap-
pearing in his initial picture for Art
craft in New York City, upon the
completion of which he will do an
other subject in the East and then
"hit the trail"
The title of the first Fairbanks
Aircraft release now being staged
has been changed to "In Again Out
Again" The scenes Of this prodne-
tion are located in and about New
York and New Jersey and present a
story dealing with the romantic and
spectacular career of young New
Yorker who goes through many trials
and tribulations to win the girl of his
choice portrayed in the typical Fair
banks style. There are several twists
to the story which are being kept
secret In order to effect the desired
surprises when displayed on the
screen. The picture will be released
by Aircraft early in April.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-01
THEATRICAL BRIEFS.

Bob Travers. who for the past several
years has been business manager fer
Dave Marion. and has made many ac-
quaintances In Washington, has left the
organization TO manage Marion's Hotel
Toms River at Toms River. n. J.
s. II. Dudley, blaekface comedian with
The World OF Froiics." II proprietor OF
a Washington motion picture house.
Director Edwin II. Curtis. Of the Poll
Players, made q quick trip TO New York
last week to secure special equipment for
the Easter Week production OF Mrs
Wigs. OF the Cabbage Patch"
Bernard Thornton, juvenile for the Poll
Players. established a reputation for Ver-
satility last week through his forceful
performance Of Joe Lorey In Old Ken
tucky."
"HIt-the-Trsil-H Holiday" one Of the big
successes Of last season. will be presented
for the first time in Washington by the
Poll Players in the near future.
Capacity audiences were the rule at
Polls At practically every performance
last week. demonstrating the affection
that the public has for the old and tried
successes. Il was the first time that I'm
Old Kentucky hsd been seen in Wash
ington for many years.
Helen Hay.. Brown. the popular In
eenue Of the Poll Players. will return 10
the cast this week in Alma
The four Mortons are again on the NJ
ing line of fun. The quartet has been
reformed and revived by the addition OF
the two youngest members Of the fam
fly. Joe and Martha. who have Just
adp p1n
Florence Earle and Arthur AyIeswcrth
offer a delightful burlesque OF the meIo-
drsma in the second act of Very Good
Eddie"
MAY Irwin lie booked for four weeks
only in B. r. Keith vaudeville and after
next week here it will be many a day
before Washington will see her sGain at
the Keith scale of prices. it is said
Elizabeth Murray. who for the past two
seasons has been featured in the George
NJ. Cohan Review" is again in r. y
Keithe vaudeville and booked for Wash
ington.
The first OF the spring crop Of sketches
used by the Washington Square Players.
New York. TO see vaudeville. will be The
Hero of st. Marie" with fifteen people I'm
the cast and already assigned to a week
here.
II = q coincidence that Florence Moor.
and brother. Frank Moore, live next door
TO the 3. y. Keith Riverside Theater,
New York. in which tomorrow they are
to be presented. AS New York vaudeville
chroniclers point out, this Is the nrst
time that an act has been called upon TO
make what is called "a dumbwaiter
jump which in to make IN at home knda
be on the stage all within a aNninute
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NatiOnal-"Tyyin Beds

Washington's laughing festival be-
gins at the National Theater tomor-
row evening, the attraction being
Twin Beds" written by Salisbury
Field and Margaret Mayo
In brief, the story has to do with
dwellers in big apartment house in
New York, which is SO compact that
neighborliness is at once horrible to
indulge in and impossible to avoid In
one apartment live Harry Hawkins and
his wife; he IL a noted business man,
with desire to soft pedal on parties,
and she is a highly sociable little
creature who cannot be prevented from
smiling at strangers In the elevators.
In the apartment above them live Sig
nor and Signorita Monti, $1,000 a
night tenor at the Metropolitan Opera
House, she the Amazon who picked
him out of a cabaret and set him up
In the world. In the apartment above
1--we the Larkinses, welded after the
first act of the play. He is a slave to
his work. innocent and faithful.
i 1t does not require the soul of a
prophet to see that once the tenor
comes home too exhilirated to know
one apartment from the other, and SO
by mistake goes into the wrong one,
Net .. chance for afspid.nfs situations
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Who's Who in the Picture

Lois Bolton and William intimate scene from
Twin Beds" at the National
the girls Every the Beaso this
week
"a "The Fire" at B. F Kcith's
4-Wiliam P Carleton, leading with the
5-Davc Marion who is the
"Some Show
GA dainty dancer the vaudeville bill a
7-Geoge NJ Cotan, who makes his
broadway JONES'" a Loews Columbia
8-Haod Lockwood and May\ Allison in
Moores Strand
oMargarita Fischer at Moore Garden in Th Devils Assistant
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Cosmos-VaudeyfIIe

A genuine musical comedy. with spe-
cial scenery, the latest costume conceits
and sprightly cast. mostly pretty girls.
headed by Marjorie Sweet and assisted
by Whitlock Davis and Billy Brendell,
comedians. will contribute to the mirth
and melody of the Cosmos Theater rro-
gram this week. II IL called "Oh, Doc
CONTINUED ON FACE THREE.
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b. F. Notwithstanding.

-. r. he1tn ns-NaudeNtlle.
Sensations are promised for B. r.
keith's Theater this week by Sylvia
Bidwell Company's production of The
Forest Fire" by Langdoh Mccormick
The action Is laid in the timber lands
or the far Northwest and the final
tableau shows a terrible forest hre.
The principal artistic offering will
be The Futuristic Review" under the
auspices of the Countess De Leonardo,
said to be one of the greatest of
European violinists. In the SUPPORT
ing company are Mrs. C. Zavaschi the
coloratura soprano; Mile E. de Dreux.
the rnezzo soprano; Mile. q. Navarry,
the dramatic soprano. and Messrs. L.
Casiglio, first tenor; o. Valiante, barry
tone, and L. Zwieback, basso cantante.
D. WeidinSer accompanies with the
piano. r. Anselini is the stage man
ager.
Counter-balancing the principal at
fractions will come first J. Francis
Dooley and Corinne Sales. typical
Broadway entertainers, in win Yer,
Jfm?" Billy Burke, the producer Of
Tango Shoes" in "Pinkie'' is fourth in
the list. Then comes Charles Olcott in
his 'One Man Opera" Bernard & Janis
in "a Musical Highball;" Karl Emmys
pets. ten cute terriers; the pipe organ
recitals, and Mrs. Vernon Castle in the
twelfth episode, THE Peace Which
Passes All Understanding" OF "Patria."
The Washington herald., 1917-04-01
Poli's-"A1ma, Where DO You
bfye.',

The Poll Players have never approached
a current production with more enthu-
siasm and interest than that Of Alma.
Where Do You Live?' the musical farce
which will be this weeks Offering, Begin
ming tomorrow night.
Likewise, few stock companies are bet
ter prepared to put on musical pros
duction than this organization. for its
leading man. William p Carleton. is a
graduate of the operatic school and has
barytone voice of wonderful range and
power. Florence Rittenhouse. the popu-
lar leading woman. has charms of voice
and person that fit her for the title role'
Alma, Where Do You LIVER has been
described as a French vaudeville and not
q musical comedy O farce with music.
or an operettai yet Il has all of the char
scteristies And popular features Of all OF
these. Hecenl runs In New Iosk, en-.
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Sothsrn and Salaries.

Sothern and Salaries.
J. E. H. Sothern philosophical on
stage salaries in a recent address be-
fore the graduating class Of the
American Academy OF Dramatic
Arts at the Lyceum Theater in New
York. when he said:
81 remember once upon a time
, there were two distinguished leading
men. These two men were very
capable actors, and they announced
! TO the world at large. and especially
to such minor members like myself,
that their salary was $3.50 a week,
!. and for two years they walked up
and down Broadway mentioning this
fact. We Of course looked at them
with ehviOus eyes as they walked up
and down, and as they went by day
altar day with their chests stuck out
and their heads very high. We really
thought it was an important thing
they were doing in announcing that
they were getting $3.50 week. But
1t occurred to me one day that they
. were not getting it. | really had not
thought OF it, | suppose, for about
eighteen months, and then it flashed
upon me that they were not getting
ftiis amount, and ! occasionally was
getting $40 or SIS by going out and
acting, which brings me down to the
point that it is important indeed, in
learning to act, to act and not to
walk up and down the pavement
thinking how much you are worth"
A Womans Cavalry Troop.
Washington is to have a woman's
cavalry tRop.
This movement has been inaugu-
rated by the feminine contingent Of
the Poll Players and will be given a
big impetus at a meeting Of horse
women which Florence Rittenhouse,
leading woman of the Poll Players,
will call at Polls Theater one aft
ernoon in the very near future.
1t all came about this way. When
"1n Old Kentucky" was announced
for production, Miss Rittenhouse
realized that it would be necessary
to brush up" a bit on her horse
i womanship and Manager Fred G.
Berger provided her with mount to
practice for the big race scene in an
Old Kentucky" With Miss Ritten-
house went Helen Hayes Brown,
Frances Williams, Ollie Cooper and
: Elizabeth Berger, all of whom de-
voted an hour and a half each morn
ing of last week In order to help Miss
Rittenhouse prepare for the big race
on Queen Bess." The same black
horse that Miss Rittenhouse rides in,
the play was used for the morning
rides through Potomac and Rock
Creek parks. The young women of
the Poll Players entered thoroughly
into the spirit of the morning gallops
and at the close Of the performances
last night Miss Rittenhouse announc-
ed her determination to organize q
Woman's Cavalry Troop.
- .'Ne, see .ssjdeuces on. every hand
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was missed. not a piece of charac acter-
ization omitted. Suffice 1t to saw that
Twin Beds" is not only brightly writ
ten, but much comic invention is dis
played and taste shown, and the whole
thing Is said to be a merry fresh,
healthful. and Irresistible entertain
ment
The Washington herald., 1917-04-01

ALICE JOYCE, who is featured
In '@Womanhood," the eight-part
hlm spectacle which comes TO
Moores Strand on April 8.
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URGES ARIZONA RECLAMATION.
William Courhien, in ''Twin Beds,''
Interested ffi Desert Claim,

William Cournien, who plays Andrew
Larkin in Twin Beds" has a secret
sorrow. which he says little about, but
of which the Reclamati ton Bureau of
Washington knows more than does he
himself Several years ago the actor
was out on the Arizona desert, and be-
ing something of an amateur geologist,
he analysed the soil and took up a desert
claim.
The Roosevelt dam proposition ana the
fertility of the Imperial valley. after ir-
risation had made 1t bloom like a gar
den. confirmed his opinion. Since then
he has been bombarding the department,
Congressman and Senators to do some
thing of similar nature for Arizona, and
1t looks as though he might be success
full during the next session of Congress.
Twin Beds will be seen at the Ma
tional Theatef this week. :
Dave Marion's "The World of Frolics. !,
az the GaySy Theater this week, played
all summer at the Columbia Theater.
Chicago, where 154 performances were
given, The original cast comes to wash
inston. The World Of Frolies' Il really
the 'Foliies OF Iets.'' purchased intact
ffen gsorshs zissfsia ~ Dave Marion.
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The first OF the spring crop Of sketches
used by the Washington Square Players.
New York. TO see vaudeville. will he The
Hero Of st. Marie with fifteen people I'm
the cast and already assigned TO a week
here.
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Bernard Thornton, Juvenile for the Poll
Players. established a reputation for Ver-
satility last week through his forceful
performance Of Joe Lorey In Old Ken
tucky."
The Washington herald., 1917-04-01

Director Edwin II. Curtis, Of the Poll
Players, made q quick trip TO New York
last week TO secure special equipment for
the Easter Week production OF Mrs
Wigs, OF the cabbage Patch"
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Trail- Holiday" one Of the big
successes Of last season. will be presented
for the first time in Washington by the
Poll Players In the near future
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Elizabeth Murray. who for the past two
seasons has been featured in the Gecrea
NJ Cohan Review" is again in n. y
keiths vaudeville and booked for wakh-
ington.
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MAY Irwin lie booked for four weeks
only in B. r. Keith vaudeville. and after
next week here il will be many a day
before Washington will see her sgain at
the Keith scale of prices. il is said
The Washington herald., 1917-04-01

Capacity audiences were the rule at
Polls At practically every performance
last week. demonstrating the affection
that the public has for the old and tried
successes. IL was the frst time that I'm
Old Kentucky" had been seen in Wash
ington for many years
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The four Mortons are again on the fir-
ing line Of fun. The quartet has been
reformed and revived by the addition of
the two youngest members OF the fam
fly. Joe and Martha. who have Just
graduated from the adolescent class
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Florence Earle and Arthur AyIeswcrth
offer a delightful bUrlesQuc OF the meIo-
drsms in the second act OF Very Good
Eddie"
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Helen Hayes Brown. the popular in
eenue OF the Poll Players. will return 10
the cast this week in Alma"
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s. II. Dudley, blsclCface comedian With
The World Of Frolics." is proprietor OF
q Washington motion picture house.
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CONTINUED ON FACE THREE.
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Bob Travers. who for the past seversI
years has been business manager fer
Dave Marion. and has made many &C
quaintances In Washington, has left the
organization TO manage Marion's Hotel
Toms River at Toms River, N. J.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-15
GERMAN MORALE
|SSHATTERED BY
BRITISH GAINS
Four Thousand Of Kaiser's
Trained Fighters Captured
by Field Marshal Haig's
Victorious Troops.

Paris, Oct. 14.-These are days of
glory for Field Marshal Haig's troops
and disastrous ones for the Germans.
The enemy is shattered and un-
nerved and the German losses in
dead and wounded are such as to con-
stitute terrible lesson.
Four thousand five hundred of
tehir best fighters, who were massed
to attack the British, are now
prisoners.
Thus defeat overlook the enemy at
the psychological moment and in
such a way as to make the blow
doubly staggering. One Havas cor
respondent draws attention to the inn
portance of the British gains, saying:
%Since Thursday all the line of
heights dominating the Ypres basin
from Warneton to Broodseinde is in
our hands. Instead of being domi-
mated and overlooked, it is we who
overlook and dominate the plain of
Menin and Roulers. Broodseinde is
the crest of the key position, sixty
metres above the sea, and the high
est point of the Passchendale ridge"
E: de Feuquiers, tlegraphing to the
Petit Parisien, says:
Enthusiasm and acts OF devotion
were the order Of the day here, es-
pecially to the honor of the flying
corps. A violent westerly wind was
blowing and not a German aviator
dared venture out.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-15
EASTERN ROADS
WILL ASK BOOST
INFRE|GAT RATES
Ask for Conference With Inter-
state Commerce Commission
TO Consider Charges Not
Included in Advance.

Washington, Oct. 14.-Eastern rail-
roads, seeking relief from conditions
which their executives assert are rap
idly approaching the point where they
can no longer operate with profit, in
dicated today the form their efforts
will assume in letter to the Inter-
state Commerce commission asking
for conference to consider rates not
included in the advance allowed by
the decision in the IS per cent rate
advance case last June.
Indications are that the railroads
have in mind filing applications for
increased rates on a large number of
commodities not already raised, if it
should develop at the conference that
the applications might meet with any
measure of success.
The commission, replying to the re-
quest for "a short informal confer
ence," notified the roads that it would
be glad to hear them at "a public ses-
sion" next Wednesda, afternoon.
Shippers May Present Views.
The commission decision to hold
a public session will give the shippers
and all others interested an oppor-
tunity to present ard state their views.
In deaying the railroads petition
for a general Is per cent raise in rates
the commission last June dismissed
the proceedings without prejudice to
their renewal at any time the neces-
sity for sucl. advance, or for any ad-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-15
NEBRASKA HAS
$18.000,000 IN
BONDS TO SELL
Special Effort to Be Made This
Week to Complete State
Quota Of Thirty
Million.

Nebraska must raise more than $l8,-
100000 additional in subscriptions to
the Liberty bonds. With the total of
$30,000O0O allotted to Nebraska, and
with thsu far less than $l2,0O0,0OO
subscribed, the task ahead of the peo-
pie of the state this week and next
week is a great one.
The drive will reach its summit this
week. An added incentive is given
to the workers by Governor Neville's
proclamation setting aside the last
three days of this week as special
Liberty bond days. Thousands of
workers throughout the state are Civ.
| ing not only their own money, but
their time in this work. Thousands of
these will give every minute of their
time during the three last days of
the week soliciting subscriptions for
the bonds.
Work But Started.
$50 far the response has been WON
derful," said T. c. Byrne, chairman
of the state committee, "yet the work
has only begun. We are nearly twen~
ty millions shy and this twenty mil
lions has got to come. Nebraska can
not afford not to pass roll call with its
report way over the quota.
"The big drive will come through
complete organization. In every coun-
| ty, in every precinct and in every
town and hamlet, workers will comb
the state during the week. If any,
one escapes an invitation to make the
best investment in the world. it will
be because he has left the state. The
most thorough canvess will result
from this systematic campaign out
lined by the state committee and the
various subcommittee.
''There is e5ery reason in TIE world
why Nebraska citizens should buy
bond" says Mr.. Byrne. These
bonds are the best investment in the
world. They have the credit of the
entire United States behind them.
Every conceivable resource of this
wealthy nation is back of these bonds.
In fact, when you buy onl of these
bonds, you are simply changing
money tor the government. NoWnere
or at mo- time has any people been Of
fered such gilt edge investments.
Loaning Your Credit.
"When you buy bond, you are
simply lendingyour credit to the gov
ernment. You will get every cent
of it back and in addition interest at
the rate of a per cent. And you are
getting a security which is practically
| free from taxation. 1t is subject only
to inheritance tax and supertax, the
latter when held in amounts greater
than $4,000.
"But the real reason why you should
buy Liberty bond is that the gov
ernment, your government, must have
money to finance this war. We are
sending our boys to the trenches.
They are giving up all they have in
this world to go over there and suf-
fer the hardships, perhaps give their
very lives, and to fight for you and
| -
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-15
Special "Liquor Squad" Finds Fiive
Kegs of Beer in Unoccupied House

In a short time the officers emerged
from the old frame building, each
carrying keg of real, genuine, appe-
tizing beer, which they had found
cached away in the basement OF the
house.
When the workmen caught sight
of the kegs, they dropped their picks
and shovelS and stood with puzzled
countenances, gazing at the Ticker"
being carried away-right before their
eyes.
Noah Webster's great work lacks
specific words to describe the atti-
tude and spirit of that group of men
when they espied the officers taking
the utmost craving Of the time"
away.
"lf we had only known it was
there" were the only words that
escaped the lips of the bcwilderd
group.
Five kegs of beer were found by the
officers who brought them to the
station where the booze is unclaimed
BY the owner.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-15
'NeU Postal Rates
Authorized by Tax
LalU in Effect NOU. 2

Letters and other first class mat
ter Except drop letters), 3 cents
for each ounce or fraction of an
ounce.
Drop letters, 2 cents for each
ounce or fraction of an ounce.
A drop letter is one that is
mailed for delivery from the post
Office at which it is posted. There
is no drop rate on any matter ex-
cept letters.
Letters addressed to other post
Offices in the United States, to
Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama and
Shanghai City (China) or to any
other destinations to which tn do
mestic rates apply, also other first
class matter addressed for delivery
to any destinations to which the
domestic rates apply, will be SUBJ
ject to the rate of 8 cents an ounce.
Postal cards for any address will
be subject to Q cents postage.
In all cases postage should be
fully prepaid.