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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
MICHIO TOW
By Harriette Underhill

NEICHIO ITOW is a wonderful per-
| lF1 son. He is a brunette Buster
Brown, equipped with the wisdom of
the sages and the mystery of the ages.
! He is a form with a soul. His dancing
is but the expression of this soul. He
sees, thinks, feels and expresses beauty.
He designs beautiful things; he paints
more beautiful things. 1t was he who
produced "Bushido" last season. Just
at present he is with Adolf Bolm's
ballet, opening at the Booth to-mor-
row,
So this form can do other things be-
sides dance in the sunlight. He is
learning of the material things which
; he declares is all that the Western
world knows. The Eastern world
/ knows only of the spiritual. "So!" ne
! said, as he placed one little brown fist
| in the palm of the other hand. You
see this fist, and you would say: what
/ is this fist made of? We would see
I only this Shadow and we would say:
what does this Shadow mean? In my
dancing it is my desire to bring to-
gether the East and the West. My
dancing is not japanese. II is not
anything myself. 1t is a series
of poses; am sculptor, for | work,
and ] work over each pose until it
means what | would have it mean.
"lf you cry 'Stop!' in any place in
my dance you will find that it is a
pose which, means something. Ny
spirit of wine dance is joyous dance,
for our drunk is not like your drunk.
Our japanese drunk IS a red-headed
boy who leaps in the air and is happy.
He is wild and mad and joyous-oh,
very joyous. And my fox dance is fur
tive and pendent and cunning and
staccato. studied fox and his ways
with a biscuit long before | practiscd
my fox dance Then I went to great
hill in Hampstead and / made my soul
into the soul Of fox, and so I evolved
my fox dance.
I'm my Exhausted Warrior become
one. | pant; | reel; and at last | die
with him-you understand"
Michio also told, in his naive way, all
about his studying at the Hanayagi
School of Toxic and at the celebrated
Dalcrose School in Dresden, but we
didn't know what he was talking about
until we looked it up in the notes. Ii
doesn't matter what he says. He is a
Joy to listen 70, just as he !s JOY to
gaze on In the mazes Of the dance.
And TO make perfect the mood in each
dance he writes the music himself. All
Of his talents are to him just ordinary
things that any one with a soul might
do. Perhaps few of us have souls, only
brave Michio ltow does not know it,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

1A Nd l amt got no use for .Ahis
n partner, Mawruss Perlmostets
neither" said Jacob. FishbeihS
Of the firm of Fishbein & Blintz, as he
sat opposite Louis Blintz in Wasser-
bauer's cafe.
Listen. Fishbein.o Louis Blintz re-
torted, don't knock Abe Potash be-
cause him and Mawruss Perlmutter
goes in the moving picture business
and makes right away little money,
understand"
Money which you make right away
in the moving picture business is like
chips which you arc ahead AZ quar-
ter of nine when the game started at
eight-thirty, Blintz," Fishbein said.
"All such profits is subject to change
without notice, and you don't got to
be a member Of the Credit Mems AS
ISOLATION exactly TO figure that out
neither, cumberland
II amt trying to figure out nothing,
Fishbein," Blintz said. Which nit
mine own eyes | seen it that on the
Eltinge Theayter, Forty-second Street
near the subway, Teller by the name
Woods is backing them two boys in
the moving picture business, Fishbein,
and even if Potash & Perlmutter
wouldn't have cent, even, with fell
Ter like Woods behind 'em they would
Mt 90 broke in hurry exactly"
as that so?" Fishbein commented
well, that only goes to show what
you know about such things, Blintz,
because this amt the first time Woods
is backing Potash and Perlmutter. He
had them boys set up at TIE Cohan
Thesyter as long ago as 1913, and they
lasted there only two years, Blintz.
But you got 70 give this here Woods
credit at that. He didn't lose conn.,
dence in them. He put EN- back in
the garment trade at the Lyric Theay-
ter, on Forty-seeond Street, and give
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
BUSINESS BEFORE MOVIES

, 'em another trial, and this time they
Eheld out for year"
b "WelL rdon't care if them boys only
tlasted two years at the Cohan Theay-
ter and one year at the Lyric
Theayter, Fishbein," Blintz continued.
They've got a mighty good show at
the Eltinge Theayter. in the moving
picture business. stopped in there
the other night, and the place WAS so
crowded with customers that couldn't
get near it at ALL"
81 know such customers" Fishbein
said. "They only go there to snoop.
/ met couple of buyers from Kansas
City yesterday, which they told me
they was in to see Potash and PERL
mutter at the Eltinge Theayter, and
they said they nearly laughed their
heads off at the way them two poor
Chommorim tried to hire actors and
take moving pictures"
OlaSI anu tIillubbti
worry if every buyer in the country
laughs at them" Blintz declared, DE
cause they've got good start up there
at the Eltinge Theayter. The place is
fixed up something elegant and with
their trade mark set up in electric
lights and everything"
"What for a trade mark do they got
it ?" Fishbein asked. mix plus ultra
oder something like that?"
"Yow, nix plus ultrs!" Blintz re-
Piled. Potash & Perlmutter is too
up to date to got such back number
trade mark like that. Their trade
mark is BUSINESS BEFORE PLEAS
URE.'"
"Well, that amt such bad trade
mark neither" Fishbein commented.
81 give you right it amt bad" Blintz
concluded. 1--WE should have the trade
mark BUSINESS BEFORE PLEAS
URE' and live up to it, Fishbein, and
then, Fishbein, you wouldn't sit and
sauf coffee the whole afternoon"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

good two hours before they would be
out.
Back uptown the iniquity of closing
this town of ours was never better
illustrated. When everybody-the
two Sclwyns and Crosby Gaige, Mar
garet Mayo, Miss Cowl, Jane Murfin,
Miss Yurka, Catherine Tower and
score o. more of the friends of each
finally emerged from the stage door
Of the Harris it was close on to half
past 70, and what's the use of going
anywhere in New York now at half
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

past 70? There isn't, so they did.
But not where any one else could go
that evening, at least.
Up on the fifth floor of the Office
building where the Selwyns have their
Offices preparations had been made for
just such an emergency. There were
sandwiches and plenty of thermos bot
ties filled with coffee, and-but. then.
it makes it a little more mysterious
if everything isn't told. Suffice to say,
there was enough Of everything, and
even a bit left over, when "he"--the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
BROADWAY AND ELSE WHERE

New Haven, Atlantic City, Long Branch
and Asbury Park. The last Two an
used because they are sumner resorts
much frequented by New Workers, al
in which a producer can seeordlrfI
get the much desired metropolis
viewpoint. The same applies 10 orf
slightly lesser degree to Atlarz
City. Here the Wanted Brostw
angle is slightly tempered BY the w
of many Philsdelphians and 8 spr't
ling of folk from other places. w
Haven, in which the Shuberts hs"'
theatre, finds favor because il iss~
lege town. but Stamford has noaIs
in particular to recommend it. And
face of this fact Stamford has es
yielding the largest financial r'''S
of the try-out season.
A first night in a dog town dl'n
but slightly from a premiere on Bros
way. There are present number
managers. who have gone to view "
piece, either on their own account
at the request Of the producer
sprinkling Of playwrights, frisnd'
the author or "fyers" invited oy w
management; plenty Of actors, nsHIs
whom coyet certain part IN the ~"
and are hoping that the present ine'a'
bent will prove unsatisfactory, and W.
but important, scouts from the 's''
agencies, whose reports fre9a'''l
settle the question Of whether OF ,"
a play will be brought into New i'h
The FIVE leading dog towns i'1.
dentally, are not unlikely 10 SSs'''
thirty-fve or forty premieres a se'''-
The Hippodrome is the Oiggs"
clumsiest playhouse IN town. anu =
preparations for Hipgodroms p''''s
ton are seven to seventeen tn''
arduous as those for an ordinary 'H,'
attraction. And yet, strangely sn'-s-
the Hippodrome is almost the gay
theatre in town which never p0''p''s
its premiere once i has decided up''"
The pleasant custom Of making ""
ers out of comely msidens inss'S
ungainly youths, while il IS sppa''.s
an undiluted Improvement, BIDS i'n
have disastrous effects on the ~"
of the stage. David waFAslds ~
iniscences are running in "AeV'" !,
and il develops that he, 100, began >
theatrical career as an usher
Louis Sherwiu. who doesn't u"
arrive at any show before s'O'' ~ :.
the same way about the season !,
large. Mr.. sherwin will remain u 90.
Fire Island bungalow until sOo'' :.
TENDER / and he is relying on me ~ =,
ayers not 10 produce anything
important until he gets here 4
II II isn't one thing it's INV
The draft has lately been ersa" "A
told excitement in these par" r,,-
now comes the news that Char''
lin is coming to town.
Macy Harlan, the Reinsid We"
ra,h of the drama, is gong - M, d,
a play hereabouts this week ,...4
amalgamated linotypers and pf''
ers please note7
Arthur Hopkins has taken 10
this columns advice that he aas ~, "a
new theatre the Hopkins ana '
il the Plymouth.
Speaking Of dramatic up'N' ..s;c
LEBLANC has suddenly become
first-nighter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
By George S. Kaufman

TNHE two great prizes on which mo-
L ton picture men have long cast
covetous eyes are "The Music Master"
and peg O. My Heart"-with David
Warfeld and Laurette Taylor, of
course, in the parts they created. In
the films S1,000,000 is something more
than a matter of speech, and there is
no doubt at all that several firms would
be willing to pay over this amount in
cash for either Miss Taylor in "Peg"
or Mr.. Warfield in "The Music Master"
At present it seems unlikely that
either of these pieces will get into pict-
ures FOR a number of years. The Gold
wynn company recently came close to
sharing Miss Taylor and "Peg," bat
the continued and seemingly mex
haustible popularity of the play in all
parts Of the globe, together with Oliver
Morosco's ownership of the rights, is
indefinitely delaying the transaction.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Morosco would Ge-
mand at least s1,O00,00O as his own
share of the spoils, and relations be-
tween himself and the Manners family
are such that he probably would not
consent at any figure.
As for "The Music Master" it is be-
coming increasingly certain that il will
not be seen as a film during the life
time Of Mr.. Warfeld. Here is play
which, despite the tremendous fortunes
already earned by it, remains to-day
one of the greatest theatrical proper
ties of the age. Although twelve years
old, il never has had stock produc-
ton; in fact, Mr.. Warfield alone has
played it. SO long as it is thus guarded
it appears to possess eternal youth,
for after lapse of eight or ten years
it was revived by Mr.. Warfeld last sea-
son with all its pristine success, and
there is no doubt that it would serve
Warfeld as long and we'll as rip Van
Wrinkle" served jefferson.
In these circumstances not even the
most opulent film makers could hope
to pay Messrs. Belssco and Warheld, to
say nothing of the estate of Charles
Klein, a sum which would compensate
them for the surrender of THE Music
Master" For the righteousness of the
film is its weakness as we'll as its
strength, and "The Music Master" could
not be shown broadcast as a motion
picture without impairing its value as
play.
There is general feeling that the
art of no man should be permitted to
20 unrecorded so long as the mesas Of
recording II exist, however, and it may
be that Mr.. Warfeld in the interest
of posterity, will yet consent TO trans
fer his most famous characterization to /.
the screen. But it is altogether I'M I
likely. as has been said, that the Aim
will be released while Mr.. Warfeld con-
tinues active.
The contest between "Mary's Ankle"
and Friend Martha" for the honor of \
opening the new theatrical season was !
won by "Mary's Ankle" but Friend
Martha" is not without its seasonal
victories. II was the frst TO close
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

Stamford, Conn, which has no par
ticular advantages outside Of its prox-
unity TO New York, is suddenly BIOS
soming forth as the champion dog town
Of the land. The prominent try-out
spots during the last season or two
have been Ave In number--Stamford,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

The contest between "Mary's Ankle"
and Friend Martha" for the honor Of
opening the new theatrical season was
won by "Mary's Ankle" but Friend
Martha" is not without its seasonal
victories. II was the first TO close.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
By Montague Glass

nA ND amt got no use for aAlA,
"A partner, Mawruss Perlmottets;
.to ii r.L E;~bS,,,yal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

II II isn't one thing it's ,nO'.
The draft has lately been erss''n' "A
told excitement in these PSF" r,,-
now comes the news that Chsr'" -
lin is coming to town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

Macy Harlan, the Reinsid We" ~, I.
ra,h of the drama, is going 70 ~, a,
a play hereabouts this wees ,,.ss
amalgamated linotypers and pf''
ers please note7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

Louis Sherwin, who doesn't IKE
arrive at any show before $780, ~ !.
the same way about the season
large. Mr.. Sherwin will remain y e..
Fire Island bungalow until aOOS' ~
TENDER /, and he is relying on 'n' ~,
ayers not to produce anything ''''
important until he gets here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

Arthur Hopkins has taken y ~
this columns advice that ne " -, s1
new theatre the Hopkins ana w.
il the Plymouth. IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

Speaking OF dramatic upni' ...sjs
LEBLANC has suddenly become
first-nighter.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-21
The Three
 Wise Men
ONR Christmas mystery remains

NNE Christmas mystery remains
 unsolved. Who were the wise men
 of the east-the mugi who fol- lowed the star of Bethlehem from atar to do homage to tine newborn Saviour!
 It is fair to assume flOm tnc f&ct that the visitors were received at court by King Hcrud and thAt they carried gifts of value that they were in their own country men Cf royalty or c'0S2 to if. HcrOd evidently deemed it well to treat them with dc!crrncc. for dis uuieted though he was by their news of the comet that |aS to icad them to tho birthplace ui the Rc,irciIer he dis semblcd auI toId lAl:a tAut warn they had fovnL the ECWIycH he woG.d rc- turn to worship W.th t@cm.
 Much of our affirmation aHuut t"r early days of the Chrisia" era r"'ac" from the mc.ks of tine 'ouT"cath cen. turv. who drlvrd drrujy mto historical sources since lost tu the world. Then story of the three T i>c n:cn maS rcscN cd wide cr2dcu,c. ArtU.diH% t1 these monks. tie wise mUm were three great , kings called Caspar, Meichior nnd baL tbosar. Cas2ar was the oldest and from the north. At the time of the bIrth of Christ he was sixty years "d. and for more than two-thirds Of that time he had ruled in Arabia. Baltha' sar was black. q native of Saba, from the east, and forty years old. me youngest was Melchior, from the south, whose country Was Tarshish. He wus twenty years old.
 Impclled by some mysterious power, they dropped all the cares of state ana followed a single star thirteen days and nights. without eating or sleeping till it led them to Jerusalem.
 Then the story follows that of the Bible until they returned to their own countries.
 The story does not stop here. It tells circumstantlally the after life of the three wise mon. The good Apostle St. Thomas iourneyed to their country and baptized them, and all three went out to preach the doctrine of the Christ.
 They were slain by barbarous Gen' tiles. and later the Empress Helena, mother of Constantine, recovered their sacred bones and took them to Con stantinople. Thence they were carried to Milan and finally found an ultimate resting place in Cologne, where they now ere.-NCw York Post.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-21
A Bit Of Advice
First-DOn't Delay. SocOnd-Don't
 Experiment.

If you suffer from backache; headaches or dizzy spells; if you rest Rorly and are languid ill the morning; if the kidney secre- tions are irregular and unnatural ia appearance, do not delay. In such cases the kidneys often need help.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are especial Iy prepared for kidney trouble = they are recommended by thous- ands. Read the following interest ing statement:
 Mrs. M. E.. Gagen, 1O13-A Florid St, San Francisco, Cal, says: d had dropsy and other kidney trouble and was miserable. My back couldn't have given me any mere misery if l had broken it. My kidneys were weak and my feet ankles and hands became swollen, as g result. l felt so miserable, run down and depressed l was discouraged. I could harly bend oyer because my back hurt me so much. Doan's soon strengthened and regulated my kidneys. The swell ing went away and was again well and had all my former strength"
 Price COG, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doans' Kidney Pills the sam tba. Mrs. Gagen had. Foster-Mil- burn Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
 -AdYeTtisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-21
UNITY IN NAVAL
 COMMAND IS DEMANDED

Washington, Dec. 20.-"Do not losa sight of Lloyd Georges recon menrat!on for unity of command in naval operation," says 8 statement issued recently by the Navy League
 Unified naval command, pro- perly constituted and with adequate authority for the direction of all naval operations, should ensure the utmost initiative in the conduc Of the war by the Allied sea forces IL should guarantee that every aa- vantage Is progressively pressed.
 Tt is 8 constant duty of public ouinion to seek increased initiative in military and naval strategy thru out the Yar; never to be content with what has been done as long as it is humanly possible to do more. Such an exacting attitude on the part of the public will dc good not harm.
 But public opinion should never seek to dictate or influence strate- gy. The formulation of war plans should be left to experts. The gro ner fuucticn of public opinion IS 10 seek the utmost accomplishment from the Navy by pressing for command properly constituted, O the most able men available, anc with a centralized control exercised by the ablest naval officers oYel all the fighting functions of th' Navy.
 There is no such centralized, eX per: command of the fighting tune lions of the American Navy today The British Navy is but just now laehieylng that advantage afte months of agitation by the Britisl lpublc. British naval opinion, a well as public opinion, is convinced that the Nays fighting power i vastly increased thereby.
 Lloyd George has appealed t' lpuolic opinion in every Entent' country to secure a better com mand of the Allied armies. H. has sho%n the importance of that iIt is quite as important for Navy as for an Army.
 "UnQuestiouably every Americal warship on active duty in the wa zone today is doing splendid work ITae capacity for command of Vic Adnirai Sims could scarcelyf be oVeE rated. But much less than five pc ceat of our war ships are in tn war zone. Whether the entire na val establishment is doing all tha is lumanly possible to win this war whether it is being driven at toI speed with utmost efficiency as fighting machine, is another ques tion
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-21
SIOO Reward. S1OO

The readers of this paper will Do pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease. giving the patient strength by building up the con- stitution and assisting nature in doing It's work The proprietors have SO much faith in the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Medicine that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address r. J. CHENEY S; CO, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. 75c.
 Advert isement
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-21

The following cablegram has just been received by the American Red Gross from the Paris headquarters e the organization:
 "A report from - announces the American Red Cross opened a cnildren's dispensary Tuesday in a garage which is now the American Children's Hospital. The hospital was opened 10 days earlier with 70 beds an is already OYercrowded with diphtberia, measles, scarlet fever, and whooping cough cases.
 Arrivals Number 25O Daily
 The American doctors twice daily examine an average of 25O children arriving from behind the German lines and send contagious cases tC the American hospital. Every contagious case thus stopped may meana an epidemic prevented somewhere in France. An American QSupSL AfS OpSAeN a NCAN0A h4SPSA sary in the old kitchen with a dent al chair improvised from a wine barrel.
 Among the first dispensary pa tients was au underfed boy from Lens. His family of seven had been living two and a half yaers in the cellar under their totally wrecked house valued at 100000 francs. The family was evacuated last April to Luxemburg and lived seven in one room, sleeping on straw.
 Over 2,4OO Children Examined
 In the first week of the Am er:can dispensary over 2,4OO chil- dcen were examined, more than l. geo being between the ages of 3 and 13 years"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-21
CUILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPENED
 BY RED CROSS IN FRANCE

The following cablegram has just been received by the American Red Gross from the Paris headquarters e the organization:
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-21

nov be brought long distances at greatly advanced prices.
 The opening of the coal deposits on the Nenana River, 1t is ex- ,pected, will solve the fuel question, at least in part, if not wholly; but until cheaper fuel and cheaper pow CT are available further substantial development of placer and lode mines in the Panama Valley re- zion can not be expected. - From the report of Gov. Strong for the fislal year ending June 30, 1917.