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The Washington herald., 1917-10-14

ago, when he was a clerk in one Of
the largest department stores Of the
country:
~one d ] was showing a line of
clocks to an Irishman, who desired
to present one to his wife on the
occasion of the third anniversary of
their marriage. I had exhausted all
of the stock except some little
cuckoo clocks on a shelf nearby.
The Celt asked to see them. | took
them down, thinking that l would
make a sale. After telling Pat the
price he asked if they struck the
hours. Instead of answering direct
ly, ] wound up the timepiece and set
the hands a few seconds to twelve.
AS the little door opened Patrick's
eyes bulged with interest; but when
the chipping ended he plainly showed
his disspproval l pretended not to
notice it and said:
well, how do you like it?'
pat thought a moment and then
replied earnestly:
Faith, it's all right, except on
one point It's throuble enough to
reminder whin to wind it without
havin' to think of feedin' the burd.' "
May Thompson After Stardom.
There is an irresistibly attractive
premiere danseuse with the Arthur
Hammerstein music play, You're in
Love-" which comes to the Belasco
Theater tomorrow, who, after being
schooled in the big Drury Lane,
London, pantorimes, and who was
one of the stellar dancing attrac-
tons at the Winter Garden, New
York, three seasons ago, toured
through that season in the Harbach-
Friml jollity High Jinks" and last
year danced herself still deeper into
the hearts Of the public through her
wondrous gyrations in "Katinka," is
this season not only dancing, but
singing herself into the front ranks
of musical comedy ingenues by her
clever Characterization, vocaiization
saA terpschorean feats in this latest
1'ammerstein music play of Life,
] - and Youth.
dancer is none other than
...rA-l May Thompson, a most
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14
Drama and Music Listed
On Theatrical Program
By THE PLAYGOER.

Both drama musical comedy will top
Of Washington during the week. while
Washington, Under Pressure
premiere than You're in Love-" the Belasco
But what the former has is Offset by the popularity
which the youthful You're York
audiences 1t entertainment similar "Oh, Boy
charmed capacity audiences the theae last
corng the the Of the about 20
A New Movie Palace.
Washington witnessed the opening of palace night
when Harys Crandas Knckerbocke Theater opened its
doors for the first time The audience which mostly invited
charmed by the phooplay house which
elaborate this city complete story opening
appears another section Of The Herald
Nbo Tells a Story.
Fred Niblo the popular comedian. who leading Kaw
changers comedy Under Pressure" the following story
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14
Maud Powell, "Human"
Violniste, to Be Here

In order to be leader in any class
II Is necessary to do things a little
better than anyone else and to i'm
press this fact upon all. This is what
Maud Powell who will be here In T.
Arthur Smiths ten star series mas
done. There are few violinists who
nave ever aroused the interest Of the
public or appealed to them to the ex-
tent that Miss Powell does.
Just what Miss Powell would have
peen had she not been a musician, is
oimcult to say. but 1t is sure that
Whatever she might have essayed
would have met with success, for she
10 the possessor of one Of those
dynamic personalities that discount
tenance all failures. She is a worker.
thinker and a believer. She works
necessarily toward that broader field
and development she has thought out
Tor herself. She believes in herself
ana everyone else. Perhaps this ac-
counts for the humanness Of Maud
Fowell playing, this belief in every
one else Whatever is responsible for
IT, 1t Is there, that wonderful human
appeal that has won for Maud Powell
me title Of the Kriesier of woman vio-
linists.
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observation-disclosures Kids,

The katzenjammer Kids" with all
the funny characters and a big agsre-
CATION of dimpled divinities will be
the spectacular offering at Polls The
alter beginning tonight with matinees
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Gazzolo, Cats ad Clifford, the pro-
ducers of the newest cartoon musical
comedy, the original "Katzenjammer
Kids" whose funny antics have de-
lighted millions who have seen them
in the pages of the comic supple
ments of the leading newspapers, have
surpassed all previous efforts of other
producers, in staging a cartoon play,
One of the features Of the "Katzen-
TANNER Kids is that all the cut.ups
from the funny page appear in the
show. Hans and Fritz, Ma Katzen-
TANNER, Der Captain. Der Professor,
and all the rest of them are on the
stage. Then too. there is a monster
bear. funny goat, a playful dog, and
a ferociuos tiger. all of which will
prove an especially delightful treat
to the kiddies as well as amuse the
grown-ups.
The jingling, swinging musical num-
bers of "Katzenjammer Kids" which
were written by Donald H. Bestor, in
clude San Francisco" See America
First" And For That He's Got the
Nerve to Draw A Salary Sailor
Yarns How Do You Do Honolulu"
and "katzenjammer Kids.
The book and lyrics are the work
Of David NJ. Wolff, who it is said has
written some extremely funny lines
and situations. The piece was staged
by Virgil Bennett, VIII is responsible
for the fantastic dances and beauti.
full ensemble numbers.
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WHO'S WHO IN THE PICTURES

Nbo plays leading
National.
The dainty piquant Thompson
seen on In Mt he Beasco.
to In a
A
5-steIn Wood, with Girls"
6-Al Fields, headlines lie q
7-Bnlie the Columbia.
S-Antonio Moreno
e-Dustin a strand
1o-A Casino.
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Appeal Is Wide.

mother to grow up. entirely ignorant
of the snares and pitfalls which be-
set the paths Of young women. while
Ruth, the daughter Of Richard, is
carefully looked after and taught by
her wise mother. Lillian meets a
rich young rake, goes automobilins
with him, is caught in q heavy storm
and remains with him over night al
the roadhouse. Later she introduces
her seducer to Ruth, her cousin, with
whom he promptly fails in love. and
as he and Lillian keep their secret,
! he wins Ruth's affections and they
become engaged. In the meantime
Lillian's mother has accumulated a
lot of gambling debts, and falling
into the snares of an unscruplous
physician becomes his agent in the
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work of preventing the increase Of
families.
As the wedding day OF Harold Win
throp, the young roue. and Ruth
Stevens approaches, Lillian is unable
longer TO hide her secret, and con-
fides in her mother. and in an In
tensely dramatic scene. denounces
her for having kept her daughter in
ignorance Of some OF the vital facts
Of life, that ignorance being re-
sponsible for her unfortunate condi-
ton The mother. at her wits end.
takes Lillian TO the doctor whose
tool she has become. but he returns
the girl 10 her home IN such a con-
dition that she IL unable to recover.
CONTINUED on TAeE THRkx
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14
CosmoS-EaudeyiIle

THE Mystery OF a Hanson Cab"
the leading attraction Of the Cosmos
Theater bill this week, is a farce in
three scenes which has made a rec
ord as a laughing hit both in this
country and abroad. 1t will be pre-
scented by a company OF expert merry
makers headed by Al Fields, who has
won fame as a clever comedian. The
playlet will be well mounted and
there will be many other things 70
attract the eye in its presentation.
Another big act will be a handsomely
costumed revue OF the Russian va
rieties, presented by the Golden-Or-
loff troupe. Under the title The
Carnival of Moscow" a program of I'M
usual songs, music and dancing will
be presented. The scenic equipment
of the troupe is described as WON
derful. Other acts will be THE Fol-
lies Of Adam and Eve" a quaint COM
edy conceit, by Allen Spencer Terry.
which will be presented by Harry
and Sophie Everett; Jesse Hayward
and company in George w. Rosener's
sketch with a message, THE GUTTER"
Tom and Jerry Maynard in acrobatic
comedy on a pedestal; Van Orden and
Fallon. a high-class singing and dane
ing team, ad lie Tong Foo, the Chi
nese Harry Lauder" a striking novel;
ty.
The matinee photoplay will be the
Vitagraph production, Soldiers of
Chance" and the comedy will be the
noted Allen Howell mirthmaker, Bal
loonatics." The Hearst-Pathe News
also will be shown.
The performances today start at 3
p. M. and run continuously, present
ing for the last time Friedlander' S
| original vaudeville musical comedy,
The Night Clerk" hit of last week,
and the other acts Of last weeks bill.
Casino-"Enlighten Thy Daughter
Daniel Stevens. lawyer, and Rich
ard Stevens. his brother, a doctor.
have. married women of widely diff
ferent types. Daniel has a daugh-
ter. Lillian. who is allowed by her
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14
An American Play.

An American Play.
The Land OF The Free" has been
called as American" play. 1t is and
it isn't. The prologue starts far back
in Southern Russia, where Sonya
Marinoff leaves her mothers arms
to join her sister in New York.
Passage money has been advanced
by a dealer in Illegal contract labor.
Arriving here, she finds her sister
living in what seems to her real
luxury. the companion of the slave
driver who runs the sweat-shop in
which the sister works and where
Sonya finds her first employment A
young idealist. a newspaper man in
terested in Socialist propa ganda- be-
comes little Sonya's first friend in the
new land; saves her from an embar-
RAISING situation on Ellis Island; gives
first aid TO her rapidly growing and
ornate American vocabulary and OF
course eventually marries her. Then
comes the protest from his aristo-
cratic family; the arrival af the girls
mother from Russia; the conflict and
the heart hurts; and the eventual
happy ending.
For all this more or less trite ma
terial the well-known novelist, Miss
Fanny Hurst, is responsible, aided
by the contructive pen of Miss Har-
riet Ford. II viii be seen at once
that the ingredients of the narrative
are of the simple, elemental sort in
which Miss Hurst excels. There
could be no hint, in the bare recital
Of so simple a plot, Of the vital
human note which lie struck through
out the playa note Of such resound-
ing clearness that. crude as the story
may seem. one cannot leave the the
alter without saying This is life. "
The characters are "types"-such
definite types that Mr.. Brady showed
fine discretion in going to the the
aters OF the East Side of New York
for actors to impersonate at least
half Of them. Indeed, the program
of The Land Of the Free" contains
names unknown 10 Broadway. though
idols on Second Avenue. And it may
be said in passing that this section
of the cast provided some OF the
best acting of the play-notably SC
in the case of Miss Vera Gordon as
Sonya's mother.
Appeal Is Wide.
Many of the scenes, situations and
incidents of the Hurst-Ford drama are
of such vital truth and realism that
THE Land Of the Free" cannot fail of
very wide popular appeal, except
ing. perhaps, along upper Fifth ave-
nue.. But whoever suspected that
Fifth avenue represented all OF New
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14
Florence Nash Wins Stardom
In New Production by Brady
Plays Russian Jewish Part to Perfection
in The Land of the Free"
By CHARLES EMERSON COOK.

New York, October I3-Ener Florence Nashi
All her attractive Mary held attention
Playhouse William A Brsdys record OF The Man Who
Back With the exit of Mary from Fortyegh Street
Florence Broadway noby
ing the family glory play called "The Land of the Free
BRADY IS PRODUCER
Again William A Brady of judgment and dis
elimination stage director par excellence truly
lends his rising youth stage
establishing little Florence Nash
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14
WINTERS MADE TREASURER.

Fred Winters, one Of the most popu-
lar of washington's theater treas
urers. has been named by Manager
Fred @. Verger as the treasurer OF
Polls Theater. Mr.. Winters Is well
known to all the baseball fans, hav-
ing occupied that position with the
Washington Baseball Club.
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FINDER PRESSURE Rivals
you re in Love" at Theaters

stract and retain the dainty silken
foot covering as a souvenir. Some
thirty very pretty girls. most of them
still in their teens. make up the fem
mime contingent. Costumes. said TO
be wondrously pretty are also prom
ised. Whether you're in love or mar
ried, the assertion is made that you
will thoroughly enjoy what is assert
ed to be really a pretty musical show
next week at the Belasco.
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Loew'x charlottesville Burke.


Today and continuing until Thurs
day the feature photoplay at Loew's
Columbia, will be Arms and the
Girl" with Billie Burke as the star.
Arms and the Girl" is a quick-fire;
heart-interest story, right of the
boards of Broadway, where it proved
a sensational success on the stage.
This play, and its now-adopted photo
play version has to do with an Ameri-
can girl stranded in Belgium at the
opening of the present war, innocently
exchanges her passport with a Rus
sian girl-a spy. Another American
"a young man, also helps the Rus
sian girl by the loan OF his auto
mobile. When the Germans seize the
town the two Americans who have
not been able to escape are held
for completely. especially the man
who is ordered to be shot. THE Girl
saves him by declaring him to be
the fiance she been waiting for, and
as II TO prove her statement. the
German general orders the two Il
be married at once.
A Sidney Drew comedy. Bray
Photograph and the Hearst-Pathe
News will also be shown.
Beginning Thursday and for the
last half OF the week Fannie Ward
will be the pictured star in "on The
Level" which Is said to be her most
memorable success since THE Cheat"
In it she is seen in the role of a
girl OF the dance halls in the early
pioneer days Of the West.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14

James E. Cooper's 1s17-1s edition
of The Roseland Girls forms the
current weeks attraction at the
Gayety Theater. and shows. It is
said. a manifest intent on the part
OF this producer to get away from
the cut-and-dried lines of the aver
age production. Billy K. Wells in
the author of the two-laugh vehi-
cles. Putting It Over" and "a
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14

whirl of the Golden West" both of
which afford a new comedy atmos-
phere and are verItabIe incubators
OF merriment. The music is by Hal
Dyson, and will prove a treat TO
the ears of the most critical. The
dancing numbers are staged by
Raymond Perez, who has been re-
sponsible for some exceptionally
pretty numbers in which the attrac-
tive chorus is enabled to exploit its
talents.
One Of the most pleasing features
OF the entire program will be found
in the finale of the first act, in a
speciality which is entitled The Pr
rates Midnight Reyel." and which
introduces the entire company in q
musical symposium. The cast 10 in
every way of top-notch caliber, with
Solly Ward. the always amusing
comedian. at its head. He is sup
ported by such well-known bur-
lesQue artists as Harry Coleman.
Esther Delaur, Elsie Bostel. Stella
Wood. Evelyn Burnett, Don Trent
and Hunter Cheek and Hunter, be-
sides a chorus of twenty maidens OF
striking talent. Nine distinct and
elaborate stage settings are made
during the production.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14

Benny Spandauer. assistant treas
urer Of the Gayety Theater, has lust
oeen promoted to the position of ad-
vertising agent.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-14

York life or even the average part OF
it? II you want life" of the more
pulsing, throbbing. intense sort, VOC
observe il as you drive in your COM
Portable motor car through the crowd
ed streets Of the East Side And il
is this route which is traversed BY
The Land Of the Free"-en "Aneri-
can" play in which nearly all the
Characters are immigrants, but which
rome the less represent a vital part OF
our national life and character. Per-
haps the most vivid scene Is that OF
the second act, which shows a sweat
shop in fun drive, with scores Of tired
backs bending over whiZzing needles
So much for the play itself. And
so much is given purely as a founda-
ton on which 70 raise a monument Of
praise and tribute TO wonderful little
Florence Nash. At last she is freed
from her overpowering reputation az
Aggie Lynch in Within the Law
and yet. for the solace Of her legion
Of admirers. her sonya Marinon car
mes all the smart, alert, humoroUsly
pugnacious qualities of Aggie Lynch.
Better and bigger is the revelation Of
her searching emotional gifts, to-
gether with hitherto unsuspected
powers OF characterization. The best
tribute paid Miss Nash came from a
Yiddish East Side paper. Florence
Nash, a gentle" II said. PLAYED a
little Russian Jewish girl better than
any Jewish actress could have PLAYED
IL II was perfect In manner, in dia-
lect, in spirit. This is art"
Proves Versatility.
And this tells the whole story,
Little Florence Nash, erstvhile
comedienne OF crook types. took a
daring lesp-snd triumphed. The
me intellect OF this brilliant young
artist could not be hidebound BY
narrowed opportunity. She refused
TO become a one-part actress. Two
years ago she turned her back on
crook parts. disdaining countless Of
fers. and waited her time. The time
is here-so is Florence Nash. and
with both her little feet.
The critics pecked a bit at tn.
play, but one and all proclaimed III.
triumph of its star. She and Mr.
Brady are carrying Il TO success with
the multitude. 1t will win long "a
vor at the Forty-eighth Street Thea
ter-because the splendid Art OF
Florence Nash vitaIires every mo-
ment OF play that, whatever NAV
be said against il, holds ones closest
Interest from first curtain TO last,
And IL does this because, through
out, Miss Nash strikes that one unit
versal note-the note Of human an
peal.
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c..ino-AEnMshten Thy psushter.'

ard Stevens. his brother, a doctor.
have. married women of widely diff
ferent types. Daniel has a daugh-
ter. Lillian. who Is allowed by her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29

individual initiative and the forces OF
private capitalism, that the Steel cor
poration will not continue to earn any
thing like 6 per cent on its common
stock Such a return is dispropor-
tionate to returns to other forms OF
wealth. Either other capital will come
into the steel business, or the pubic
will find a way to lessen profits thru
an increase in wages or decrease
of prices.
The men who are big enough to pro-
ject the Steel corporation and to
carry it to success may be assumed to
be big enough to recognize the tenn
porary nature of bursting prosperity.
Even tho it can be truthfully said that
the wealth amassed represents no sub
traction from any one, but merely the
capitalization of the savings, of bet
ter methods, the public will demand a
larger share of the savings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
MAKING HISTORY.

Great events are moving with light
ming rapidity. Russia has been reborn;
Germany is visibly weakening; the
Allies are Strengthening; the United
States is preparing for war; the rail-
the supreme court has sealed the con-
stitutionality of the Adamson law.
All of these events, says Henry
Clews in his Financial Review, are of
first Importance. In ordinary times
they would have commanded the most
intense attention, accompanied per-
haps by considerable excitement. AS it
is, this rush of developments has been
taken with comparative calmness, and
there was a notable absence of agi-
tation, explained by the fact that
Americans are prepared to face these
crises and will continue to face them
as steadily as other nations have done.
Unless all signs fail, we have reached
the beginning of the end in the worlds
greatest tragedy.
Turkey is practically beaten; Aus
tria is almost impotent; Germany is
retreating, and her submarine and
Zeppelin methods of warfare are
practical failure. Not a few well in
formed authorities maintain that Ger
many is anxious to end the war, and
rumors of peace are once more in the
air, while evidences of grave internal
dissensions among the Central Pow
ers multiply daily. At the same time
the Allies are increasing their ascend
ancy every day.
| Great Britain is at the zenith of her
power; Russia has been invigorated
by the revolution; the French spirit
| is higher and stronger than ever and
| Italy, too seems to have taken on new
energy. OF course, Germany may be
able to maintain the struggle longer
than expected. but only at the cost of
more serious consequences to herself:
and the entry OF the United States
into the war will certainly hasten the
end.
| Our own government must at once
decide just what part we shall play in
the great struggle in which we are
about to participate. There is no al
tentative; we must cooperate with the
Allies, individual action being imprac-
teal and inadvisable. The most eff
fective lines of cooperation for the
United States would be, % a suitable
and active use of our fleet, which
ranks third in the world; furnishing
financial aid and munitions on a lib
eral scale; and the preparation of such
an army as we may be able to create
and utilize before the conflict ends.
| In all probability. peace will be at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe

[From the Atchison Globe.
To be a perfect gentleman one has
to lie sometimes
What has become of the old-fash-
toned peace league?
After IS a man wonders if his ILL
ness is anything serious
There is always some curiosity to
know how much of an actors salary
Is real money.
While the weather man makes some
poor guesses, he is wise enough rot
to bet on them.
Harvest hands are often scarce, but
there is never any difficulty in getting
public speaker.
The average woman gets mad now
every time she enters a store and asks
the price of something.
An Atchison young man will never
make a good soldier, for there .5n't
room in a trench for strutting.
1t is possibly true that every man
has his price, and that a number Of
them ask more than they are worth.
There are several loose-tongued
women in every town that should fol-
low the example of the car, who
abdicated.
Going back, after years of absence,
to your old home town, is likely to be
among the most disappointing expert
ences.
paper office except to complain. Why
not drop in once in a while and say
something cheerful.
While one is sometimes inclined to
doubt that there is a hell of real live
Goals, one can't keep from believing
that there should be such a place,
after having sized up some people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
BIG BUSINESS.

The Steel Trust last year cleared up
S342. 100000 in net earnings amount
ing to 46 per cent on it's common
stock. In Is years the concern has
invested sS5S, 100000 from earnings.
These amazing financial results,
says the New York Globe, have not
been achieved by grinding the face of
labor. The 252,O 900 employees of the
corporation received last year an aver
age of 1886 a day. A shortening of
the hours of labor and an increase of
its pay-this has been the practice of
the company. Nor has the enormous
profits been at the expense of the con-
sumner. Prices Tor steel, altho high
during 1915, have averaged lower than
in the days when the steel industry
was more competitive.
What has ~een done has been to
seize for the owners of the property
part of the savings incident to large
scale production. Looking at matters
broadly. the Steel corporation has
been an institution of great social bet
terInent. 1t is fortunate that the trust
BUSTERS" who wanted to restore old
conditions. did not succeed in their eff
forts-that the force of economic law
bent and finally defeated the effect of
statute law.
Nevertheless. it is obvious. in spite
Of the magnificent triumph won thru