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The Washington times., 1917-12-25

Thirsty WashingtOnians, doubly 80
with the advent OF the Yuletide, may
do either OF two things at the Nation
al Theater this week. where Avery
Hopwood's remarkable farce, Fair
and Warmer" f. shown to be Just as
funny as It ever was. The afore-
mentioned 7. WIS may either sit
blissfully reveling in the Eloriously
alcoholic cocktail scene. or they may
sit through the same scene and be-
come raving maniacs.-just as did
those tortured pioneers once bound
just beyond reach OF food and drink.
Fair and Warmer" on its present
visit here has lost none Of the
sparkling comedy that has made it
such a success The cast, in which
John Arthur 10 again featured as
Billy" Bartlett. the husband who is
or. was-"too good for any self-re-
specting woman" is excellent.
Miss Edna Hibbard, the new Blanny
Wheeler, is charming. Her ingenu-
BUSINESS in the rendition and acting
of lines that are decidedly risque more
than appeases those who feel inclined
70 blush and feel scanGalized-it
makes them laugh instead. The rest
Of the cast keeps up to the pace set
by the leads. William H. Sullivan, as
Jack Wheeler. positively lets the au-
dience know he's there. Miss Maud
Andrew IL an excellent Mrs. Bartlett.
Chester Ford. as Jack Evans, and
Miss Florence Ryerson, as Tessie. the
maid, both handle their parts well.
And. for Washington. whose Christ
mas cheer must be imported from the
gay outside, Fair and Warmer is
a mighty entertaining show. The
first laugh comes early-others crowd
each other along-and the last stays
long after the final curtain has
dropped. Fair and Warmer7 will,
as formerly, provide an uproarious
evening for everybody.
That is, everybody but the Anti
Saloon Leaguers.
The Washington times., 1917-12-25
XMAS SHOPPING TRIP
ENDS IN GIRLS DEATH

ALLENTOWN. Pa, Dec. rs
Blanche Raygen, sixteen-year-old
daughter OF Elmer Raygen, OF North
ampton' was almost instantly killed
when she was thrown from a trolley
car at Catasauqua, on her way from
q Christmas shopping tour In this city
accompanied by her sister,
She was taken i'll, and as she step
ped on the front platform the car
gave a lurch, throwing the girl of
against stone wall and then under
the rear car wheels. It was necessary
10 jack up the car to remove the
body.
The Washington times., 1917-12-25

Jazz" number in the second act is
one OF the features OF the show and
won numerous recalls. Drena Mack,
pleasing in appearance, and posses
sing a good voice, was particularly
effective in a number of patriotic
songs, while Irene Meara scored with
her songs and dances. Ruth Denice,
Alice McCann, and Jack Strouse are
other members of the company who
aid in making the show one OF the
seasons successes.
In the cabaret scene a number OF
entertaining vaudeville features were
introduced by various members OF the
company. A sprightly chorus OF
twenty-four good-looking girls appear
to advantage in the ensembles.
The Washington times., 1917-12-25

comes a love affair, but when hei
early life IL revealed by q Jealous
woman, Jennie writes a farewell note
and disappears. But after a series
of interesting incidents they are re
united and a happy ending Is
brought about.
Rex Beach's sensational story, THE
Auction Block" will be the screen at
traction at the Savoy 10th today and
tomorrow, with Rubye de Remer head
ing the cast. Thursday, Carlyle Black
well, in THE Good-For-Nothlng;" Fri
day Ethel Barrymore, in "The Eternal
Mother" Saturday, Pauline Frederick
in THE Hungry Heart" and Charles
Murray and wayland Trask, In the
Mack Sennett comedy, THAT Night
The Washington times., 1917-12-25

Quite apropos The Bonfire OF Old
Empires" a symbolic play OF today,
tops the bill at j. F. Keith's this
week. II was written by Marion
Craig Wentworth. author OF Madame
Nazimova's vaudeville vehicle, war
Brides," and tells the story OF the
doom OF Autocracy.
Irma Lerna, as a poetess OF the peo-
ple, and George Webb, as a captain
II the empire. have the leading roles,
and, with the aid OF motion pictures,
give a thrilling tabloid dramatic pro-
ductiOn. The poetess seeks refuge
from soldiers sent out to arrest her
The Washington times., 1917-12-25

Elsie Ferguson is the thoroughly
charming star OF THE Rise of Jennie
Cushing" yesterdays screen attrac-
tion at crandalrs Savoy.
Adapted from the novel of that title
by Mary S. Watts, It tells the story OF
Jennie Gushing, q child Of the slums.
who is reared in an environment of
misery and crime. and when aban-
doned by the female Fagin into whose
hands she had fallen. she is arrested
IN a street night and sentenced to q
leiormatory for incorrigibleS. As she
crows up she Is finally given a home
Win kihd hearted family. Then
The Washington times., 1917-12-25

The holiday week attraction at the
Gayety is a lively burlesque show
presented by "The Sporting Widows, a"
one OF the best known companies on
this circuit. The performance is in
two acts and ten scenes. and the ac,
tion takes place in various parts Of
the world, affording ample oppor-
tunity for elaborate scenic effects and
unique costuming.
Harry Cooper. comedian OF sterl
ing ability, Is the featured member
of the cast, and he has two able
assistants in Jimmy Save. eccentric
juggler, and Frank Cook. Their
The Washington times., 1917-12-25

It's wonderful how quickly hot bath
with Cuticura Soap followed by gen
tie anointing with Cuticura Ointment
relieves itching, burning eeEemAs,
rashes, pimples, irTitations. etc The
mission Of Cuticur1 Is not only 10 BoclAe
and heal but to prevent skin troubles
by keeping the pores free from inlPur::
ties and irritations. For sample Of
each free by return mail, address post
card, 'HCutieura, Dept. Is G. bostea."
Sold everywhere. Soap sc. ONT
ment Is and Soc.
The Washington times., 1917-12-25
N. ]. SOLDIER -DESERTER
KILLED BY SENTRY

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 25.-rsken
into custody a week ago asa desert
er from a New Jersey engineer regi-
ment, Alphonz st. Pierre, twenty-five
years old, was shot and instantly kill
ed here when he attempted to escape
from Fort Wayne.
The Washington times., 1917-12-25
LNELYFARCESON
CHRISTMAS BILLSAT
T CAPITAL THEATERS

II IN the good old days when the
town was wet you ever drank a
Hancock cocktail, or more especially
10 you ever drank two Of them, you
will enjoy the new play of George
Hobart, whats Your Husband Do
ihE7H which opened at the Belasco
last night to an enthusiastic audience
which laughed its way through two
hours of fun that was never tagging
and always clean.
This newest Hobart play concerns
the experiences OF two young lawyers
whose practice Is made up for the
most part Of divorces and correspond
ehts. Their wives. filled with the
fears that their husbands will be con-
tan2nated by association with disap-
pointed wives of other husbands, un-
dertalke a surreptitious investigation
of affairs. The lawyers stage a spe-
eial scene which convinces their wives
Of their matrimonial reliability, but
Which leads TO situations at a fashion
Able roadhouse, where the wives have
planned q surprise dinner, that are
as amusing as they are complicated.
/ The visit of the entire cast to the
toadhouse, the serving OF the 'rhoney-
tuckIe dreams" which seem to bear
! striking resemblance TO Hancock
cocktails, furnished the main Action
Of the play.
It is no use to tell all the details of a
Hobart farce. It can't be a. funny on
paper as # is on the stage. All that
needs be known to the reader is that
the knowledge which the wives gained
Of what their husbands were doing
was not at all to the discredit of the
husbands, and, truth to tell, that IL
the usual fact, and so both husbands
and wives will enjoy the production.
Jane Cooper as Beatrice Ridley, the
victim Of the "honeysuckIe dreams"
Is called upon for rather more work
than the rest OF the cast, and carries
the part Of the innocent more sue
cessfully than she does the various
potions which she imbibes. Clara
Maclin, as the showgirl and the CO.
respondent, Is as breezy as her lines
and as attractive in figure as the part
requires. Joseph Conyers, a. the chief
Of police, is originally amusing. and
Hale Hamilton and JED Prouty, who
play the parts of the suspected at
torneys. are as breezy as divorce law
yers are supposed to be.
To add to the realities of the pic
ture, q regular Jazz band is made q
part OF the roadhouse scene and adds
noise OF its own peculiar variety
whenever It seems most needed.
Joy and fun are notlthe same thing,
but they are close relations, so that
the advent OF q play as full of clean
fun Is particularly appropriate at
the Joyous Christmas time.
The Washington times., 1917-12-25
PENNIES SAVE ss4o, 900.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 25.-Be-
ginning wednesday the local street
car railway will keep the penny US
ually rSbated on transfers. They'll
save $4,000 q year on IL.
The Washington times., 1917-12-25
NINE EMPLOYS WOMEN.

MT. CARMEL. Pa, Dec. 25.-EiEht
women and girls have been appointed
to clerical positions at the mines OF ths
SusGuehanna Collieries Company. III
women are the first employed at IN
mines.
The Washington times., 1917-12-25

the screen both today and tomorrow.
Violet Heming, Wllfred Lucas, and
Conway Tearle are pictured in the
central roles. The attraction for
Thursday and Friday will be "The
Rise OF Jennie Cushing" with Elsie
Ferguson featured, while Saturdays
picture will be "The Son OF His
Father" with Charles Ray starred.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28
EvANcELlNE FRIDAY

A brilliant artist wins the love Of
1 beautiful model. She i married to
him, only to learn he has committed
biEamy. She quits him and while
struggling to earn living meets a
writer who is at work on novel to
Be called ssThe Power of Decision"
It's theme IS that every mortal has
within himself 1.-THE God-given
power Of desieion."
The model marries sthe writer.
She is supremacy happy, when the
artists again crosses her path; tries
to awaken the old love. Apparently
he succeeds. But the girl exercises
her "God given power Of decision"
A tragedy results, but it leads to the
bizth Of a new and righteous love.
This is one Of the greatest emotion
Il picture plays Of the SEASON.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28
ARCADE TONIGHT

81 am younger than you and !
have always wanted to travel. l will
say that l lost the $4,000 at cards
that you have lost. / will take the
blame for it. You have an establish
ed position and cannot afford to lose
it, while l am young and can stand
it."
So young Alan Winthrop, the
younger son of proud English fam
lily, took the blame for his elder
brothers loss and was turned out
of the house by his father.
About the time of this occurrence
in England, Ralph Cornwell, an un-
scrupulous young American million
aire, made proposal to Edward
Strong, a bankrupt financier.
eff you will make your daughter
Edith marry me-" said Cornwell, II
will pay off all your debts and put
you on your fee. again."
Strong grasped, then clutched at
the opportunity.
81 will speak to my daughter
about it" he said.
Edith, though she loathed Corn
well, consented to the marriage to
save her father.
But on her wedding night she be-
come so nauseated by his obnoxious
embraces that she eluded him and
changing her wedding dress to
street dress, made her escape.
Several weeks later Alan VIM
throp who had come to America, Sc
cured the position Of caretaker at
Sylvia" Cornwell's mountain lodge.
"Get woman to help you," said
Cornwell, land remember that at
my lodge am known as Colonel
Page
Unsuccessful in her search for
work; Edith applied for a theatrical
position.
The theatrical managers attitude
toward her, drove her from his office
in dismay. 1-gN
That night, while Alan was MAX
ing his way to the railroad station,
preparatory to leaving for Sylvia
Lodge, he noticed a young woman
acting strangely. Following her, he
saw her jump off the pier into the
icy river. -
Unhesitatingly Winthrop leaped
in after her, though she fought him
desperately, rescued her from a.
watery grave.
II have nothing to live for" de-
clared Edith.
II can give you a position where
you can make an honest living"
said Winthrop. "Come to Sylvia
Lodge. A position is waiting you
there as housekeeper."
Edith grasped at this opportunity
to begin life anew.
Saul Potter, the half-crazed ex-
caTetaKer OF sylvia 1O0ge, saw
Edith and party, come to Sylvia /
Lodge.
"Colonel Page must be coming,
too," Potter said to himself. "Then
l will be able to get my revenge"
he emuttered, angrily.
Later, page" with a merry house
party, came to Sylvia lodge.
And a day or two later page"
was shot and killed.
Who shot ''Page" and why?
See tsThe Page Mystery" at this
thearte and see the conclusion Of
this fascinating mystery.
II uava ~ odvor<iso - V,n,1 saen tho
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28
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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28

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columns Of the Daily Review.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28

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columns of the Review.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28
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Cavalry
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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28
The Government Needs You Now

Don't put off offering yourself
through any mistaken idea that
the situation is to be lightly re-
gaTded. Grasp the seriousness OF
it all. ~
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28

Our Government is asking for
volunteers to serve in the army
and navy. Fearless, loyal volun-
teers carrying the grave but glor-
ious responsibility Of acting as
deputies Of the nation to defend
the republic and to punish the
violatorsof her national rights.
integrity and honor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10

The French, like the British, have
made no new general attack, but
they likewise are delivering thrust
here and there and making valuable
headway in preparing the ground for
the next push. One of these effective
local operations was carried out last
night after German counterattack
in force had been repulsed in the re-
gion northeast of Craonne. A forti-
fled point of support near Chevreaux
was captured in this advance.
In another operation, just to the
west on the Vauclerc plateu's north
ern slopes, the recent French gains
were enlarged and prisoners taken
from fresh German division.
The news from Russia is far from
reassuring in any respect and appar-
emily the provisional government is
still in a precarious position.
There are no marked develop
ments in the other war theaters.
Fighting on the Macedonian front
goes on with conflicting reports from
the rival camps but nothing as yet to
tell whether a movement in force is
under way. Desultory fighting is re-
ported from the Italian front. but
Rome gives no sign that a resump-
ton of drive on Triest is in pros
pect.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10

While to-day's official reports
throw little additional light on the
situation around Fresnoy, where the
heaviest fighting in the Arras battle
occurred this week, they reveal i'm
portant gains for the British and
French at other points on the front
in northern France.
London's announcement of British
progress south of the Souchez river
means further pushing back of the
German lines Immediately south of
Lens, Tightening the hold of the nip
pers which the British are applying
to this important industrial town
and coal district.
Germans Fight Hard
Further inroads also have been
made upon the German positions
head Bullecourt on the Hindenburg
line, just west of it's point of juno
tion with the eQueant-Drocourt switch,
where the Germans, although re-
ported nearly surrounded, are stub
bornly clinging to the town.
Far TO the south on the British
front, two miles north of st. Quen-
tin, General Haig's troops have
pushed eastward from Gricourt
They are right atop the st. Quentin
Cambrai road at this point.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
Germans Escape Under
Dense Cloud of Smoke
Although ShipsAre Known
to Have Been Struck by
Shells
BRITISH HAVE ONE
SEAMAN WOUNDED
Engagement Lasts Hour and
Twenty Minutes When
Teuton Vessels Take
Refuge Behind Guns at
Zeebrugge
BY Associnted PrcSS

London, May 10.-A British fleet
of swift cruisers and destroyers to-
day chased eleven German destroy
ers, according to an official an
nouncement by the war office this
afternoon. The German vessels
were engaged at long range. but
could not be caught. The admiralty
statement redas:
"A scouting force consisting of
light cruisers and destroyers from
Harwich, under Commodore Tyr
whit, while cruising between the
Dutch and English coasts this morn
ing, sighted a force of eleven Ger
man destroyers about four o'clock
Greenwich mean time on a parallel
course and to the southward.
Enemy Escapes
Our forces Immediately closed
and on our opening fire the enemy
at. once made off at full speed to
the southwark under cover of a
dense smoke screen. The chase was
continued for one hour and twenty
minutes and the enemy was engaged
at long range but our force was un-
able to oVertake him.
-Four British destroyers chased
the eleven German destroyers to
within range of the guns of the bat
teries at Zeebrugge.
Our casualty was one man
slightly wounded. The enemy's de-
stroyers were seen to be hit by our
fire."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
School Board Row May
Be Settled Tomorrow
at Regular Meeting

Harrisburg's school board mystery
which Director Harry A. Boyer
started on Tuesday afternoon by the
introduction of a resolution that GER
tain charges had been made against
someone" and that certain mem
bers will investigate and report to-
morrow. was still unsolved to-day.
The majority of the directors claim
they know nothing about it. One
rumor is that a representative of a
manufacturing firm will make an
affidavit that he had to pay to get
subcontract for work on a school
built here. Another rumor which
was circulated to-day in official cir
cles was to the effect that no affidavit
would be made by the person max
ing the charge, and that should this
be the case, nothing further will be
announced.
The row over the architect ques-
tion however, remains unsettled and
many persons in the city are openly
advocating an early settlement of the
trouble by fair and unbiased ap-
pointment preferably by reopening
the competition or having an expert
make the selection.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
DELEGATES
ASKED TO REMAIN
LOYAL TO NATION
Governor Receives Represen-
tatives and Cautions
Them

Delegates to the convention of the
State Federation of Labor who were
received by Governor Brumbaugh in
the big reception room at the State
Capitol to-day, were cautioned not to
let any hysteria or criticism disturb
them during the present crisis, but to
keep cool heads and conserve legal
standards, peace, order and right re-
lations. The governor said the war
was going to call for sacrifices and
that labor should lend its efforts for
everything that will demonstrate the
solidarity of the nation and that If
conditions arose to which they OBJ
jected they should welcome mediation
and go on producing for the country
and the world. The governor also
said that it was the duty of every
one to yield to the major sentiment
on matters of public welfare.
In regard to legislation in which
labor is interested the governor said
it was his wish that it should be
brought out on the floor of the Legis-
lature and openly discussed He as
sured President James II. Maurer, who
had spoken in behalf of a greater ap-
propriation for the inspection serv-
ice and employment bureau of the
Department of Labor and Industry, of
his interest in the proposition and
his appreciation of the compliment
given to Commissioner John Price
jackson
Praise For DR.. Jackson
President Maurer said that the Fed
Grafton favored legislation to increase
the efficiency of the Department of
Continued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
BERLIN POURS
GREAT ARMY
INTO FRANCE
Thousands Sacrificed For Mastery Of Little Heap Of Ruins
That Once Was Village of Fresnoy; Hindenburg
Takes Men and Guns From Russian Front in Effort
to Fill Gap Caused by British and French

The battle of Fresnoy continues rage with fury which
recalls the bloody struggles for Forts Duaoun and Vaux
the days OF the battle of Verdn Thousands of lives being
poured out for the mastery of the little heap ruins was
village and the blackened blasted sumps that
wood until Fresnoy threatens rank with Vmy the price
paid for its possession.
The enormous concentration of German divisions
British front and the marked increase gun power give added
significance to the reports that Field Marshal Won Hndenburg
withdrawing both and artillery from eastern The
disorganzaton of the Russian army has apparently
serious effect the whole allied situation materially
creased the burdens imposed the British and French