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The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22
Oct IL. woedehuek spirit.

Lloyd George WAS once asked how
he achieved 30 much. He laughed and
said it was by means of the woodchuck
spirit-the resolve to do what can't be
done. Then lie told this story:
'Once upon time there was \ wood
chuck. Wocdchucks can't climb trees.
Well, this woodchuck was chased by a
dog, and finally he came to tree. He
knew II he could climb the tree the
dog wouldn't get him, but IL he didn't
climb it he was doomed. Now, wood
chucks can't climb trees, but this one
had to, 10 he did"
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22
usIns VI N, Straw.

In effect bulletin Of the United
States department Of agriculture ask
why the American farmer cannot put
straw to the same use As 1t IL put by
the European farmer. In Europe The
farmer knows as well a. the American
farmer that straw d not liked BY
stock, but instead Of burning 1t or 9th
erwise wasting 1t the European farmer
chops II mp, mixes 1t with beets, man
gels, silage or other feeds and makes
1t 70 palatable that It can - fed to
good advantage.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

"what picturesque variations you
have introduced into your dancing!'
II am entitled to no credit" replied
Miss Cayesne. "What you call varia-
lions were the efforts Of my partner
aud myself to quit stepping on each
others Washington Star.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

In Australia kangaroo farming is an
important industry. The hides are
valuable and the tendons extremely
fne--indeed. they are best known to
surgeons for sewing up wounds and
especially for holding broken bones
together. being much finer and tough
er than catgut
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

What was the worst money panic
you ever saw" asked one financief Of
another.
"The wost money panic ever saw"
was the reply, was when q fifty cent
piece rolled under the seat Of q street
car and seven different women claim
ed it"-Exchange.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

0hrewd Woman.
Il am encouraging my husband to
buy an automobile"
They cost an awful lot"
That's just 1t. II he pays $500
for the kind he wants he won't be able
to preach economy to me for quite
awhile."-Boston Transport.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

The More You struggle the Iisnsst
You 8tiek-eeon Your Courage 10
Gone and You Are Dead Fiy-os
Wise and shur That Fly Paper.
More than half the people are in debt
that Is to say, they are living beyond
their means or they are spending every
cent. -
And the man who il spending every
cent he gets il actually In debt and
running In debt, for he is running In
debt to his old age, when he won't be
able to make and won't be able to
spend and when the spending Of today
means debt later.
Those that are in debt know what
debt is. There Is no need to tell them
about 1t.
First you owe $50 II you are little
manor $4,000 AZ you are big man.
And then you owe $10O-or 500, 900
IL you are big.
For awhile you struggle and plan.
You are going to pay 1t on soon. 1t
Ia a good thing to use 20. p. M."-that
is to say, other peoples money-in the
effort to get ahead.
You tell yourself that all the big
men have used their credit and Dor
rowed and gone ahead rapidly.
1t all sounds very nice and plausible.
But remember that you keep getting
in deeper.
The fly lights on the fly paper. per
haps with only one leg at first. He
says this IL nothing and puts down the
other leg to push himself on.
And then be is stuck fast.
And then he says to himself, II will
fly away from this fly paper" so he be-
gins Tapping his wings. And both Of
his wings stick to the paper.
There he ID with his feet stuck and
his wings stuck and only his head free.
That fly feels about as independent
and hearty as you do II you are In debt.
And lie says: II can get OF of this pa
per easily enough when l get ready.
III Just put my head down and push
myself on"
He buzzes for awhile. Then he puts
his head down on the fiy paper to push
himself of.
Then his head sticks tight. He be-
gins to choke.
BY and by he rolls over on his side,
he sinks Into the sticky surface-and
there Is another dead fly.
So 1t Is with men In debt. So It will
be with you II you stay in debt.
The only hope for the fly the moment
he feels one foot on the ny paper Is to
nse both wings and hy away, not put
ting in the other foot, flying OF as
quickly as he can.
And billion times wiser and better
Is the occasional rare fly who sees the
other flies sticking to the fly paper and
says, II don't like the look Of those
dies; I'll stay away from them"
Look at the people in debt. See their
worry. Sec the anxiety of the mother,
reflected in the children.
See the lack Of standing, the extrava-
gance and the poverty mixed together.
You can't mistake the human fly
stuck on the fly paper Of debt.
Since you cannot mistake him why
not keep away from that fly paper7
Debtmakes everything worthless.
II you owe $1,000 1t seems rather
foolish to save ten or twenty.
You feel that you might as well
spend 1t: 1t won't make any difference.
And 80 1t goes II you owe $1,000
And then 1t isn't worth while to save
twenty or forty.
And you become a failure. You put
down your feet And then your wings
and then your bead, which is ambition,
and by and by you roll over and you
are dead dy.
Keep out Of debt.-From the New
York Evening journal.
Copyright by the Star Company
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

DO you believe in heredity?~
Il certainly do All my children got
oil their bad traits from their fathers
side. Detroit Free Press.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

81 hear old smudse's doctors have
given him up
Yes; he is getting well in the nat
urai way."-Baltimore American.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

Every production of genius must be
the production Of enthusiasm.-Dis-
raeli.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

ColIector-Did you look at that little
bill I left yesterday, sir? House Mem.
ber-Yes; Il has passed the first reAd.
| Ing.-Boston Transcript.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

Do not keep your noble thoughts for
tomorrow's poem: PIT them Into ~
days prose.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22
kEEP oU1 OF Debt
II You Arc In Debt You Are a Fly
Glued to the Fly Paper.
LITTLE CHANCE TO. ESCAPE.

Til. More You Struggle the Tighter
You 8tiek-eeon Your Courage Il
Gone and You Are q Dead FIy-os
Wise and Shur That Fly Paper.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-22

One 10 the Pioneer French System. An
other the Dual Control System, ait.
. Continuation Of the Two Which Il
Used For Training War Pilots.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Ii. f. keith's-yaud

The stellar attractions will share the
first place of distinction in the bill
at b. +. keith's Theater this week.
one of them is the blackface comedy
farceurs, Conroy and lie Marie. of
Passing Show" fame, in a revival
and renewal of their greatest black
face success. THE New Physician
with his screamingly funny diagnoses.
The other leading feature will be the
musical comedy favorite. Wellington
Cross. formerly of Wellington Cross
and Lois Josephine. Most of last
season they were in the Broadway
zone of high-priced amusement and
later they starred in Go To It." Sew
eral of his songs are exclusive and
were the rage in the Metropolis.
Among them are Little by Little, Bit
by Bit, ''Nellie's knitting Nighties for
the Navy and Going Up" Third
in the stellar zenith will be Florence
Tempest. formerly of Tempest and
sunshine, whose billing proclaims her
Americas most lovable boy and
vaudeville's daintiest girl" Miss Tenn
pest also is alone and sings a number
of topical and timely ballads, among
them broadway" and The Lily and
the Rose" both written for her by
Sister Marion Sunshine.
Mabel and Dora Ford, of the origi-
nal Four Fords, and Henry 1. Mar
shall. the song composer. will present
an act that attracted widespread at
tention in New York. 1t is a minia-
ture musical production, in which the
handsome Ford sisters are seen in a
number of the features they inter-
polated in the Winter Garden bill dur
ing their engagement last season.
Mrs. Marshall will sing I'll be the
First Man Over the Rhine" written
by l.. NJ. Bell, of this city.
Maud Earl, the musical comedy
star, will offer her own company in
The Vocal Verdict" described as a
fantastic novelty. Other additions will
be Jack La Vier. the flying monologist; /;
In the Dark" a mystery play, by
the Lewis and Gordon Producing
Company; the pipe organ recitals, and
the Hearst-Pathe news pictorial and
war section films.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
CosmOs-NaudeyilIe.

Harry Sauber's production, The
Wedding Party" not girl act, but a
jolly comedietta. with interpolated mu-
sic and featuring Ethel Fenshaw and
Eddie Hickman, with a jolly octet
designated as "conspirators" in the
plot, will be the headline attraction at
the Cosmos Theater this week. Built
purely for laughter. but punctuateo
with lots of pretty music. and equip
ped with handsome costumes and
scenery. it is a new departure for
popular vaudeville in the way of stel-
lar entertainment. Six supporting
acts include Edna Luby, song COM
edienne and character impersonator:
Will Leonard and Grace Willard in
another laughmaker, "At Seldom Inn, -
characterized as a Brazilian mon
strosity; the Partisan Duo, an odd
combination of piano-accordion and
flute in a repertoire of beautiful Sc
lections: Gardner and Hartman. in
songs and sayings; Ed Van Sloan and
company in "A Harmless Bug" a
third laughmaker. and Mimi and Coco.
who are billed for a "Dsgo Tragedy"
The film features will include for the
matinee photoplay the Eitagraph
cinema production of Alfred Henry
Lewis novel. Dead Shot Baker" the
second Alice Howell comedy film, "Au-
tomaniacs." and the Hearst-Pathe
News
Today's performances. starting at )
p. m. will present for the last time
Marty Brooks musical production.
BETTING Bettys" and the other fine
offerings of last weeks bill.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
"Lilac Time' Plays National;
upstairs and Down" Returns

adventurer, and he in turn bound
ders.
They sailed forth on the good
ship "Alerte" and reached their des-
tination, where the surf was terrific
and the unwclCome destination in
the past of many a wrecked cargo.
After they managed a landing camp
was pitched and the eager adven-
turers itched to get to work. Alas
for their eager hopes. The trip was
failure and after twelve weeks of
digging and combing the island with
trenches and holes the party had to
admit that their search was in vain.
but the spirit that had led them on
still lived-the spirit of youth and
adventure.
This is how their biographer puts
it: The toilers had been paid in
richer stun than gold. They had lived
the true romance. A man Of spirit
and Imagination could not wish for
anything more TO his taste than to
be encamped on a desert island with
the surf shouting in his ears, the
sea birds crying and all hands up at
daybreak to dig for buried treasure,
whose bearings were found on a
tarpaulin chart that had belonged
TO a pirate with a deep scar across
his face"
Treasure Island will be seen at
Polls Theater for one week, COM
mcncing Sunday night, November II.
with the usual matinees on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. This will
mark the first time that this won
derful play has been given at popu-
lar prices.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Actress Says Serious Drama
Is Place for Risque Subjects

The male OF the species is more
deadly than the female-at least when
It comes TO audiences" declares
Frankie Mann, who plays the Baby
Vampire in Oliver Morosco's comedy
success, Upstairs and Down" when
recently asked 70 discuss her views
OF the effect of the semi-risque situa-
ton, or play, on men and women.
after careful observation. / have
come to the conclusion that women
are certainly the more broad-minded
in the manner in which they receive
situation on the stage that tinges
on the risque. At the same time.
I have found that il anything OF a
really risque nature is to be dis
cussed on the stage it should be done
with the utmost seriousness, and
never handled from a comedy view
point.
The most recent illustration Of
this / have found in Upstairs and
Down the new Hatton comedy sue
cess in which 1 am at present play
ing the role OF the Baby Vampire.
In this piece the Hattons have clev-
eriy injected a bit OF spice here and
there-good-na harmless spice,
OF the most amusing sort-and GER
tainIy not OF a shocking variety.
These situations are just such as
might happend in any well-regulated
Long Island household. Yet / find
that some men have taken consld-
have yet to meet the woman or see
cradle exception to them. while /
the woman in the audience who does
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

not receive them in Just the spirit
in which they are written and PLAYED.
"On the other hand. these same men
have found much TO commend in a
really vulgar and distasteful situA-
ton now being revealed in a Ger.
tain play which was last season ac-
credited as a Broadway success, sim
ply because il was treated and PLAYED
with the utmost seriousness. Whether
or not they lack a sense Of humor
l cannot say. but certainly in the
matter Of being risgue. the situations
in Upstairs and Down cannot COM
pare with those in A score or more
Of PLAYS OF the last two years which
I could name.
Time and again have visited New
York theaters where have Witnessed
plays dealing with the most risoue
and vulgar subieCts-subjects which
have no place for discussion on the
stage. and which there was absolute
ly no reason for discussing other
than to attempt TO produce some
thing that might be so raw and risque
as to prove sensational. and thus sue
cesSfUl
Yet many OF these have been high-
ly lsuded by press and public. while,
on the other hand, a couple OF good
natured. but slightly suggestive situ-
ations or line in a farce. comedy
or musical comedy bring forth a look
Of pain TO the self-same auditors.
And when play the part Of a per
fectly innocent. but firtatious. girl
Of whom there are thoUsanGs-they
term me a baby vampire
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Loew's ColumbIa-Mary Pickford.

Mary Pickford in The Little
Princess" from the story by Fran
ces Hodgson Burnett, which will be
seen at Loew's Columbia today and
all this week, is reminder that
Christmas Is coming and that the
well-known shopping for the chill
dren must soon commence. Christ
mas trees, roast turkeys, presents,
dolls and candy figure prominently
in the incidents of the picture.
When the Christmas tree is deco
rated in Miss Minchin's London
boarding school, Mary Pickford, as
Sara Crewe, is enacting the humble
role of maid-of-all-work at the es-
tablishment, having been relegated
to that position from that OF one OF
the well-cared for pupils when her
father died and left her penniless.
The story turns out all right in
the end. however, because Sara is
rescued by her fathers former part
ner, who arrives at Christmas time
with news of millions Of dollars
worth of diamonds from the VEN
ture of Sara's father in India. Then
Sara and Becky, the slavey, have a
Christmas tree all their own, and
things are not half as bad as they
appeared to the friendless children.
The Hearst-Pathe News and other
short reels will also be shown.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

English army officer, played by
| Orine Caldara.
| Jeannine-See you dose ilacs--
how you say wit you-dose lilacs-
wot sweet parfum comes from dem
Philip shall never smell their
perfume again without thinking OF
this place.
Jeannine-So? Dey are mine
dose hlacs-no one picks but me.
love dem so-and all night long, in
by the window OF my little cham
bre-wen l am lie in 6ed-dat comes
to me--dat psrfum--it seeves me
appy dreams.
Jeannine-You are unhappy about
! some-bodee?
7 Phiip-No-not exactly.
| Jeannine-Wot you say-omeseek
for yoarr, people? Dey mos miss
you. -o...~.- o.. =. - +. 49,.
+ PhiiipEH havtsfhlt anybody to mi miss
me, Jeannine.< -. ..... -,
Jeannine (softly) No? Well,
den-we mos not have like dat
shall miss you-wen you are gone.
Philip turning to her almost
fercely)-Will you?
Jeannine-But yes-I want YOU
not should be lonlee in your cart
Philip-Jeannine, l am like a
child in the dark-so awfully alone
If should die tomorrow-no-
body would care! It's a dreadful
feeling to carry with you ali the
time! l don't suppose there are
many of US like that Every fellow
has somebody to care
Jeannine-You mos not feel like
datl
Philip (bending closer)-Why?
Jeannine-Because l care for any
i one W'H S Ionlee.
Philip-Look into my eyes. (She
raises her head timid1y) What do
you see?
Jeannine-Something-w'at makes
me-afraid.
Philip-Afraid? Of me,
Jeannine-No-of me.
Philip Quitting his arm around
her)-Jeannine!
Jeannine-No-pleasel
Philip (n low, soft tone)-I
love you- ,-
Jeannine--I cannot-pIeas'-
Philip-The lilac time of youth
Gle slowly draws her to him and
they kiss)..
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Belasco-"Upstairs and Down.

At the Belasco Theater next week
beginning tomorrow night. Oliver Mo-
rosco will offer his famous laughing
success Upstairs and Down" This
comedy by Frederic and Fanny Hat
ton is not unknown to Washington
playgoers for it was on the stage of
the Belasco but little over one year
ago that the piece was given its first
presentation on any stage Immediate
ly after which it moved to the Cort
Theater, New York. and ran for one
solid year, and proved the most sub
stantial laughing success this man
ager has brought forth since his fa-
nous Peg o. My Heart" As the
cleverest comedy writer's of the pres
ent generation on the native stage the
Hattons are well known to Washing
ton audiences and only recently their
latest effort lombard, Ltd" was
produced at the Belasco. In Upstairs
and Down" they have written a high
ly amusing play of smart Long Island
society and their servants with par
ailei stories running upstairs and
down. providing unlimited opportuni-
ties for fun of the best sort.
AS usual Mr.. Morosco has selected
an excellent cast for the presenta-
ton of the piece including Regan
Hughston, Basil Lynn, Frankie Mann,
marguerite Hertz, J. Harry Jenkins
Dorothy Andrews, Arthur Behrens,
Lille and others of equal worth. The
play is in three acts, the scenes being
laid at the Long Island summer home
OF the Ives, affording excellent oppor-
tun1ties for lavish scenic production
mat VIII prove we'll up to the estab-
lished Morosco standard.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
q
that the burlesque stage

dancing that the burlesque stage
can boast.
In support Of these stars are
Willie Barrows. Marty Seamon. Sam
Wright, Teddy Dupont. Jack Pillsrd
and Jessie Hiatt. A genuine beauty
chorus Of Broadway show and dane
ing girls. thirty in number. ably
aids the principals in making the
most OF the many dazzling stage
pictures and brilliant ensembles
The plot of The Boys from Home"
is just enough to lead the action
through a maze OF comedy, adven-
ture. music and dancing to a logi-
cal denouement. Briefly, the story
is that OF two young Americans
who go to a South American coun-
try to seek their sweethearts whose
home is in that land which happens
to be a hotbed for revolutionists.
Much OF the comedy element is
found in the efforts OF two droll
characters to dispose of a new de-
vice for the manufacture of mood
les. and it is declared that the fun
will keep the Gayety in a constant
uproar from curtain to curtain.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
REHEARSALS Begin
FOR 1.-THE MESSIAH"
Church of Covenant Chorus to
Sing Oratorio Nov. I.

Rehearsals for the annual per-
formance of The Messiah" were
begun in the chapel of the Church
of the Covenant on Wednesday
evening last by the evening choir
of that church, which now numbers
lis voices. The Messiah" will be
given on Monday evening, January
I. Mr.. Wrightson. the musical di-
rector, cordially invites any singer
in the city to become a member of
the oratorio section of the evening
choir.
This new departure il in the form
of a subchoir, Its members will
only take part in the rendering of
three works planned for this sea-
son, The Messiah" The Cruci-
fixion," and "The Word of God" A
special platform to accommodate
fifty more singers will be erected
for these events. Rehearsals are
held every Wednesday evening. The
regular choir which sings at the
Sunday evening services rehearses
at s o'clock and the rehearsals for
THE Messiah" and other works be-
gin at $3.50. Singers for all the diff
ferent parts are cordially invited to
join. 1t is not necessary to be an
expert reader. Anyone with a nat
ural voice and who enjoys the study
of these magnificent works will be
heartily welcomed at any of the
Wednesday evening rehearsals. The
Church of the Covenant is located
at the corner of n street, Connccti-
cut avenue and Eighteenth street.
At the Church of the Covenant
this afternoon the music will be
the evening by the evening choir of
100 voices with double quartet and
two additional soloists, both serv-
ives being under the direction of
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, with Har-
vey Murray at the organ. The fol-
lowing are the musical numbers:
Afternoon-"Softly Now the Light
of Day." Frank; tenor solo. Ninety
first Psalm" MacDermid CMr. Back
ing); anthem, unaccompanied, Il
VIII Give You Rest" West; by the
Waters of Babylon" Stoughton (in-
cidental solos, Mrs. Dunwoody and
Mr.. Backing).
Evening-Organ prelude, "Ange-
lus." Gounod; Lead Me, Lord" Wes-
ley Incidental solos, Mrs. Downs
and Miss Jacobs); soprano solo,
1.-THE Lord Is My Shepherd" Liddle
Miss Craig); softly Now the Light
of Day." Geibel Gncidental duet,
Mrs. Downs and Miss Jacobs; 20
Paradise, o Paradise" Neidlinger
(incidental solo. Miss Craig); organ
postlude. Festival" d'Acosta.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
NatiOnaI-"Lilac Time,

The management of the National
Theater announces with pleasure the
engagement of Jane Cowl in Lilac
Time" at that house this week. This
is the play which Miss Cowl wrote in
collaboration with Jane Murfin, the
wife of a Detroit judge, and which
ran the greater part of last season
in Manhattan. AS a matter of fact,
when Lilac Time" closed in late
June. it was only in order to permit
Miss Cowl to appear in a motion
picture, the contracts for which had
been made prior to the production
of her own play. Miss Cowl will
bring her original company, including
Orme Caldara. Henry Stephenson,
Philip Hubbard, Charles Hampden.
Cecil Owen. T. J. McGrane, Emile De-
tramont, Michellete Burani Henry
Crocker and others, to Washington.
1t is safe TO presume that every
woman who has given a male member
of her family to the service of her
country in the present war, will be
interested in Lilac Time" the locale
of which is French farmhouse
owned by a peasant family. Miss
Cowl appears as Jeannine Berthelot.
the young peasant daughter of the
household, and her love for Philip
Bluthe. one of the officers Quartered
there, furnishes the romantic theme
of the play. Behind all this, how
ever, these women authors have used
the womans side of the war. and
have depicted the loyalty. tremendous
fortitude, and splendid patriotism of
the French women in the present
conflict. Though the war serves as
the background for the story of Lilac
Time it is well to add that not a
bullet is fired during the play, nor
are any of the horrors usually asso-
ciated with war dramas, depicted
therein.
On the contrary. the humor and
pathos of everyday life behind the
trenches is shown with graphic real
ism, and it is asserted that much of
the material for this purpose was OBJ
tained by Miss Cowl and Mrs. Muir
fin from actual letters received from
the front. When Lilac Time" re-
Ceived its premiere last January, the
critics agreed by the way, that Miss
Cowl has never done better work
in her career of star than in the play
of which she is joint author.