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The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

Seattle, April Fired Laubner committed suicide by cutting his throat either late saturday. or early Sunday morning.
 The body was found on the banks or the Skagit river. endl when found he still clutched in his hand Q s.arp knife with which he had cut his throat causing him to bleed to death.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

The HarbOr Boat Peterson made a special trip to Skagwas- yester day from Fort Seward, bringing up ,a number of persons from the post and Haines to services at thB various churdhes in this city.
 Although quite chill, the day was beautiful and suushiny, and. the little ship arrived in port at 1G:45 a. III. She left for the re- turn trip at 3:3O p. m During the time that the Peterson was in port a supply of fuel oil was takenI from the Princess sophia.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

LcndOn, April l. - The war ot- fee rep4.t today reads that the situation looks more satisfactory for the Allies today thaH at any tima since the beginning of the present offensive.
 In a speech which he mhEe last night, Lloyd George made an UT gent appeal to Canada to 1mme7 diately reinforce her heroici troops
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01
BRITISH WAR REPORT SAYS
 SITUATION MOST SATISFACTORY
ty in Alaska.

which have dane such splendid work.
 Later - Dispatches from the frcnt this arterhOonl report that the GermapB are feVer1shly dig ging themselves in around Llassig@ ny, and that their only for wa"d movement today in their ter rife drive towards AmsetsI waBl & slight prdgress in the valleys of the Luce and AyTeI i..
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

Paris. April 1.-The French gov erument has decided to accede t" the desire of General PershlnSl which expresses the wish of the United States, s2ys an official note and American troops will be mme- dately placed where they will ti=h. side by side with Frendh GLG British forces. TEe Star spaug.ed Banner will float beside the French and English flags inl the gigantic struugg,e for freedou OI the world.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

A series of earth shocks were felt in Seward or, the morning of March 22, the first shaking being fe,S at 2 q. m. and subsequent shakes occurred until a. m. The longest quake lasted fer about 20 seconds.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01
US. Soldiers Immediately Start on March to Big Battle Front Where They Will Fight Shoulder to Shoulder With French and British

rups and even somh h hanging onto horses tails. some are whlstIIhG iii chOruses Or singing populaN Broadway hits. ghey are al in gay spirits.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

Paris, April 1. - The French have recaptured Ayencourt, on the plains Of PicaTdy on the southern battle front, and also the town of Monchel, and in the re gion of OrvillerB, according tc an official comimunication made pub lic today, considerable ground has been gained.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

Private x. D. McJrhead was passenger on the PriEcessI SopEia for VaIcouveD enroute tJ camp Lewis, to which post he has beeE transferred from Fort Seward.l He Is q member of QOmbanH "C" l4ta Infantry, U. s. A.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

With British Armies in France U.ater) - Observation war planes: report the occupation of Moreutl pS the Germans after heavy ffghtinsy Ge-mans are reported to be moving westward along the Luce Yaiiey' having passed Hansardl
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

We are fighting for our lives" Taft (Dec. 29, 1917) Money is ammunition. Buy Liberty Bond Shrapnel.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

Thomas Nixon Carver, adviser in agricultural economics to the United StHtes government, is working out With Senators Curtis of Kansas and Sheppard of Texas plan for eolon- fzlna United States soldiers after the war. A bill carrying the general idea is alreS.ty pending in congress. Until recently Professor Carver was profes- sor of political economy at Harvard university.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

With British Armies in France, April l. - One paragraph of thq war office report statesI today
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

saturday: Max. 10. Min. 34. sunday: Max. S7. Min. 30.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

women. Miss Glaum presents in this
play by Monte NJ. Katterjohn an en-
tirely new type OF character from the
enc with which she has been identified
since her appearance in "The Wolf
Woman" As Neysa Won Igel, in "An
Alien Enemy she shows that even a
girl educated in the Wilhelmstrasse to
be lert'sNrs diplomat OF the future"
may = atible 20 the idealistic mo-
tives that inspire America in the great
var. The picture does not show actual
warfare. but the reason why. It is be-
.ng released at this time IN the belief
that it will be powerful. though ST.
lent. spokesman for the Liberty Loan.
The production was directed by Wal
lace Worsley under the personal super
vision Of the star Several hundred
boys OF the California National Guard
appear in the scenes, for which an en-
IRE French village was erected OF the
California Coast This regiment, known
as The Bears" recently elected Miss
Glaum its official godmother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
The World Laughs With Yo,

allow the audience to master Won bs
cause once they feel they are master;,,
you they will defeat you.
In my whole career ,onox
TWO performances alike rho
ways something, no matter how tr;via a,
snat learned from everv audisnca
ne easiest time.to make an aud;a,oo
cry is IN the midst of laughter ard
."e easiest time to make thar 1.roh
is IN the midst of tears An .,d;o.o.
wlii never cry at an artist that be,-
lows and sobs and sheds tears hr+
Il 'nat artist should suppress tear
OF make 1T appear that he is SIM.
Pressing his tears. that is the tim
the audience will cry The fact that
you are trying to gain results before
an audience must always be considered.
because once they think you are try
ing you're gone.
Arelcu.ation, too, is most impor-
lant. AS soon as an audience loses q
lew lines their interest is gone. and
IL IS almost impossible for an actor
10 recall 1t. There is that knack, too.
OF quieting a laugh. gesture. even
an expression, will stop the velocity
OF laugh so that a comedian NAV
go on with his lines and be heard
distinctly.
quarters of the success of a
comedian is the timing of his lines;
the speed in which he delivers or the
slo"ness IN which he delivers Turn
your back On the audience if you like
after You have given them Joke. In
terrupt your own laugh and WALTON
them constantly with your jokes. Never
give IN audience enough. That is the
secret 1t isn't how much you do. but
how you do it. 1t isn't big parts. but
effective parts.
AN actor is not an actor unless he
can play any part. 1t is the fault
OF the managers, l think, that the
younger actors and actresses are so
gwen 10 specializing. They say: Find
villain, or Find a hero An actor
is one who can do anything. One day
he should be able to do man of
seventy. and the next young man
of twenty-four.
$50 1 suppose that soon I should
be playing a Scotchman or an Italian
just for variety. although my present
alliance is an ideal one. Barney Ber-
nard and are like Damon and
Pythias, or, better yet, like Abe and
Nawress, and Clara Joel have known
ever since she was. Nellie, the Beau
tiful Cloak Model"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Lauder Affair1s
7 rue Greatness
In Final Tour

When Harry Lauder concludes his
present tour, which is likely to be his
last in America, at the Metropolitan
Opera House for limited engagement
beginning on Sunday, April q, he
will have played to more people and
Will have addressed, under the auspices
Of the Y N. c. A, the Red Cross the
Liberty Loan and kindred patriotic or
CARNATIONS, larger gatherings than any
actor IN the history of the world. On
this trip, which is the longest he has
ever made ne will have visited ninety
cities in the United States and Canada.
Inc extreme north, m point was Ed
monton IN Alberta, and the extreme
southern point Galveston in Texas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

Brent finches almost irperceptibly.
but Immediately RECEIVERS his self-pos
session. He removes his eyeglasS.
pohshes it, replaces it and then looks
steadily at Preston)
Brent-Yes. Miss Kidlin'ton settled
that point this morning, didn't she?
Preston-Ah! SO you acknowledge it ?
Brent never contradict lady.
Preston-I have always maintaine1
that even the worst OF US has his good
points
Brent-That's very considerate of
you.
Preston CONTINUES his sentence) -
And if, if, sir, you have any rem
nant of manhood left in you if yo1
are DESTROYS to prove 20 me that you
are not as weakened as you have led
nc to suppose, you will do the only
thing possible under the circum stances.
Brent-And that is?
Observation-Disclosures AL claim to the
Elections of my daughter, and er--
Brent-And- .?
freston-One moment. And stand
aside in favor of a more worthy
suitor.
Brent-A more what
Preston-Mark you, I'm asking moth
iug unreasonable of you. 1t is not as
though you were engaged TO my daugh-
ter.
Brent-No, but
Preston-come, come, sir! Your
decision.
Brcnt-My dear Mr.. Preston, you
may rely upon me to do the right
thing.
Preston Eth? Yos-but what d'you
call the right thing?
Brent cas- one pursuing his own
train of thought, unconscious Of in
tcrruption) And at the right time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
with Boston as the eastern limit of the
tour and San Francisco as the western

with Boston as the eastern limit of the
tour and San Francisco as the western
limit. Lauder has brought his war
message on the duties Of the allies, and
particularly Of the United States. in the
great world conflict 70 nearly 500 900
men and women.
In this great war Lauder lost the one
thing that was nearest and dearest to
him on earth. his only son and child
who was killed in France on December
%, 1916. IN all these twenty-eight
weeks there never has been a Sunday
or morning, or, in fact, any time that
he was not actually engaged with his
stage performances, that any demand
for his services as speaker by pa
triotic societies has gone unanswered
During the period of the second Lib
erty Loan in New York City he ad-
dressed from the Sub Treasury steps
the largest audience of people that has
ever been gathered in the city of New
York.
Every call upon him to speak to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

First Sunday Night Shouting
Of a Complete Pia,

Through an arrangement between
William A. Brady, William Moore
Patch, the New York Camp Community
Service and the Stage Women's War
Relief. Mr.. Patch will present his play,
The Man Who Stayed at Home" now
current At the Forty eighth Street The
atre, at the Playhouse tonight for the
benefit of soldiers and sailors now in
this city on short furloughs. The per
Torrance IS under the JOINT auspices OF
the two war relief organizations and
will take the place Of the regular Sun
day night vaudeville show at the Play
house.
So far as is known. this will be
the first time III the h story OF the New
York stage that complete play, with
all Its settings and with the real char
actors enacted, has been done on Sun
day But since the entire performance,
the players, the theatre and every
thing else connected with the offering is
given for the men without an adnlis-
sion fee OF any kind, the sponsors do
not Expect any interference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Rv Harriette Underhill

nuring the last two seasons it has
,..r forced upon US that the reason we
=. not enjoy plays as we used to do in
.ss past is because the actors and
..,rssses never manage to convince us
40. they are other than the persons
..hoss names appear on the right hand
.;as Of the programme.
~ course, every one always reads the
x;~ht hand side of programme first,
:,.st rs he does on bill Of fare and
.hsn traces it across to its source.
Rue with Mawress Perlmutter it was
s;serent, and when we saw Mawress in
apusiness Before Pleasure" We felt
sure that when we met him face to
;o.s he never would be able to convince
ne that he was Alexander Carr And
.ben when we did meet him he is Alex
onder Carr and there is no Mawress
porlmut,er at all. He exists only in
the brain Of Mr. Carr, and he produces
him each evening for a couple of hours
10 amuse the people out in front.
Mr.. Carr takes his work so seriously
that one felt it must be no laughing
matter to be comedian.
~ am a bit backward at times" be-
~sn Carr. Gin expressing my views for
fear people will mistake it for egotisn.
while, in truth, it is only confidence and
ambition. For instance: do not know
what the word failure means as yet.
In fact, there is no such thing as fail
ure when you make up your mind to &C
complish something. There arc such
thingsas drawbacks. and many of them.
In all my experience I have not failed
as yet. and although l have been in
many plays that appeared hopeless. by
reconstructing and changing concep-
tons of parts / have managed to turn
them into successes. If line doesn't
20 with the audience the way I want it
to 60, will do it hundred times if
necessary until it goes, while a lot of
people would throw the line out or
eliminate il entirely.
at is the delivery. the tone of voice,
the manner in which it is spoken.
There is no such thing as a bad audi
ence. Some audiences may be cool at
the beginning, but they can be made
good if you go after them. In other
words, it is the survival of the fttest.
The psychology of an audience n1ust he
studied at every performance. You
have got 10 figure them as you go
along. There are no two audiences
alike, but you must never at any time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
The Man Who Stayed at Home

Brent sec. That's unfortunate
ISN'T it?
Preston~-My daughter, am sorry tn
say, does not see eye to eye with me in
this-as in many other matters.
Brent-No?
Preston You understand what | am
driving at?
Rrent-No; Il can't say I do.
PrestonIt's no use mncing mat
ters, Brent
Brent-No. You get too much OF
shat sort Of thing in boarding house
don't YOU If they're not mincina
things, they're making hash of them
what?
pres:on-l do not feel in tho mood
for humor, six.
Brent~No?
preston-perhaps we had better
come to the point Immediately. What
] wish to find out from you is whether
or not you are prepared to discontinue
certain attentions which are no longer
welcome-at any rate, to myself.
Brent That's rather an odd ques-
ton, isn't it?
Preston Not at all.
Brcnt~~Oh, / say! Whatever have
/ donc7
Preston IT. isn't so much what you
naYe donc as what you have failed %
do Not TO put too hnc point on
IL, your behavior has compelled me
10 the only possible concluslon-nnd
that is that you are a coward. | re
peat, sir.~a coward!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Alma Tell Once
.Spurned Chance of
Greet Publicity

As publicity is an important asset IN
the theatrical profession, actors and
actresses alike are not backward about
Ieaping into the public prints when
ever an opportunity affords. However
Miss Alma Tell, leading woman in the
Messrs. Lee and ]. J. Shubert produc
ton of Frederic and Fanny Hatton's
new play, "The SQUAD Farm" once
PASSED up an opportunity to become
famous; at least, her fame would have
spread to all parts of certain county
in Ireland
When Miss Tell was little girl she
and her sister, Olive Tell, moving pict-
ure star, lived on their grandfath er's
estate on Castle Strange in Ireland, a
few miles from the busy city of Dublin.
Miss Tell and her sister attended a
school of elocution in Dublin, but their
week ends were spent on the estate.
At one end of huge pasture about
a mile from the manor there was a
quiet little azure lake where, on Sat
urday afternoons, Miss Tell and her
sister sailed their boats and fshed
string. Occasionally farmers boy
would visit the little lake for swim,
but the practice was frowned upon by
Miss Tells grandfather. One after
haN lpu AT q
lake a farmers boy boldly approached
for swim. The girls watched him for
several minutes and then turned to
walk away. Just as they turned there
was scream, and they looked TO see
the boys head disappear beneath the
surface. Before he had time TO come
up again, Miss Tell, who was only six
teen years old, dove from the bank
and made to his side with short, swift
strokes. She reached him just as he
was going down again, and with hur-
ried word Of advice caught him under
the chin and swan for the bank
That night the boys master came to
the manor house looking for the little
IlIt WHO HdN SdNSQ liS apprentice, bul
both Miss Tell and her sister Olive de-
MED ever seeing the boy. The farmer
had the boy with him, and The boy
looked at Miss Tell and said: THAT S
the lady who pulled nc OUT
Miss Tells grandfather looked at her
and asked if she had accomplished the
rescue, but the actress, at that time
ignorant of the value of publicity,
gtoutly denied ever having seen the
boy.
She says the reason she didn't admit
having saved the boy WAC because she
vas afraid her grandfather would pun
ish her for going in the water. Miss
Tell declares il she ever has another
opportunity to save n life she will not
he rcticcnt about claiming the award
Of honor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

The scene tnkes plrce in Mrs.. Snnderson' >
pr'fa:e ssttieg-rooua Christopher Brent a /
''rf Broisrj en1dGed 70 Molly Prestott,
ja*-s rfcfsfa 70 JDha Prestorl's John l.,
'hsne, e1ec.iu~ yc'torks requiring Brcr'fa
eaesrs nth Mc4y
Brsn: SAL, you know. that's the
most credit&ble imitation OF the jim
JAMS i've seen for very long time.
Preston axes him with an icy starc.)
fseiin' bit chippy-eh?
Preston And what the devil has it
ses 10 DO w.th you, sir, IL | am?
Brent We'll, I'm rather sound man
come to, in a cage Of this sort
nov one or two jolly good little tips,
you're been overdoin' things q bit.
Preston You are pleased to be i'm
PERTINENT
Brent--oh, gay. don't take it Ike
:bag.
rrsssonS Vi. down,
Ifsnt-~Thanks, awfuly.
Preston Now, Brent, want few
Aifaigat words With you.
Sfsnt~Ah, that's good. So long az
.ea keep EN- straight, we shan't BE-
whst9
sfssaon-~Wc shall not. II I can
help H.. W.. n.u. V'''
s''' liked youi liked you very
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

soldiers in the great camps throughout
the United States has been answered
with alacrity, and withal he has been
able TO give his performances, in most
eases numbering two day, without
breaking down under the terrific strain.
de has become more than an enter
tainer IN this country. He has become
a patriot in the highest sense, ana Il is
estimated that through MS efforts
alone, and this estimate is made by the
United States authorities, his pleas al
enlistment meetings have brought more
than 5000 men to the colors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Props Bears All,
Eveya The Villains
Visiting Card

There is a saying in the theatre that
props" is always "crazy artist"
Props" is the trade name for the
master Of properties; and properties
are the several, various, suadrv and
queer things used in theatrical per-
Torrance to help in a minor material
way make the performance seem a slice
OF real life. For example: The furni-
ture IN scene is property So is
the visiting card which, in a nelo-
drama, is the hallmark of the villain.
So is the bottle of smelling salts used
by the young exquisite who portrays
the rich mans son.
And the master Of properties, or Just
plain, everyday "props," is one of the
hardest worked and most uscf;il of all
the battalion Of earnest workers be-
hind the curtain line. indeed, when a
new play is in the making, props" is
the busiest man N the place. He has
thousand little things to do-and any
one of the thousand, il left undone.
may undo the play. Consider, if you
will, what would happen in an owen
davis or a theadorckremer MASTERPIECE
should props" forget the villains
visiting cards! There would be no way
of knowing that he was the villain,
from The audiences side Of the foot
lights. and there would be. therefore.
no villain. And if there were no viii
lain! 1900
a one-armed paperhangcr hUstling to
get long roll Of wall covering u
would be a restfu picture in compari
son with a fuIlgrovn props" on the
eve of Broadway premier.
These casual reflections upon little
known phase of the dramatic industry
were induced by the rendering of
typical "props'' bill The ulustrat ton
Is from life, and is by 10 means
touched up in any effort to insert
pep. drops" bill provides all its
own pep, by the wa. The bill in cues
ton, it may be noted. refers only to
what are called perishable properties.
That means that these are the little
things that are consumed, and must be
renewed. The larger items, such as
furniture, pictures and score If other
articles are permanent properties. The
assumption Is that, once provid I'd and
paid for, they remain for the run Of
the play. Nor is this list, as presented
here, complete. There are more than
a hun dred items all told hut r,,,,, "a
them are more or less regulation and
commonplace. Things like matches.
picture folders, paper, boxes, Irvine are
too familiar to call for attention. Read
what the props at the Punch and
Judy Theatre has to get for each per
Torrance of "Aprll' and then deter
mine, if you will. whether he is cor
rectly described as a Cray artist;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Louise GIaur,a II,
A New Role

Louise Glaun will appear this week
1t the Eighty-hrst Street Theatre in
An Alien Enemy" the .irst production
20 be made by her own company, under
he auspices Of Faralta Plays Corpo-
ration. Famous as creator Of sirenic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
ADJUSTMENTS

] upon him to speak to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

The orthography is strictly props :"
own. The observer of the bill notes,
by the way, that there is considerable
meat and drink-even if the meat oc
for the dog, and he can understand
that. But he has yet to discover what
precise use there is for an eagles
wing; and. what are "knees for furni-
ture"?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Women As Farm Helpers
May Ably Assist in Solving the FamLabo Pobm-Many Ways
Render Service

in the
pressing faraor problem should
better adapted than
ments have drawn from the
seeking
ca during the periods of seasonal strain cuvatng
done by departments of agriculture labor
mobilize
to make the of
The primary responsibility
help the farmers with their most pressing
cities
might suffered serious Such adjustments
and undoubtedly will be made when the communities
realization of the
at
necessary
for women to take the places of men in all occupations
Ing The method utilizing
prescribed
community the farms OF
hardshps Women
cooking and washing dishes the hospitals France The
would house country little While OF
binding
be fed.
thing get the specially
problem and necessity in the best possible
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Fish a Valuable
Food
By the u. S. Department Of
Agriculture

Fish, which have always been reck-
oned as a valuable food, have been
shown by a series of digestive expert
ments conducted by the department of
agriculture to deserve a more impQr-
tant place in every diet. The tests
show that fish are completely utilized
in the body.
In the experiments Boston mackerel,
butterfsh, salmon and grayfiSh-a va
riety not generally used in this cOun-
try-were made into fish loaves" and
served as a basis of a simple mixed
diet to young men of healthy appe-
titeS.
Both the protein and the fat of the
fish were well utilized. Following are
the percentages of protein digested
Boston mackerel, 931 per cent; but
terfish, 91.9 per cent; grayfish, 92.S per
cent, and salmon, 93.2 per cent. The
percentages of fat digested were
found to be: Boston mackerel, 95.2 per
cent; butterfish, 1914 per cent; gray
fish, 94.3 per cent; salmon, 93,7 per
cent.
In addition to the fish loaf the diet
included potatoes, crackers, fruit,
sugar and tea or coffee. On the aver
age the subjects each day ate 44O
grams of Boston mackerel, Al grams
of butterfsh, 40 grams of grayfish, or
$50 grams of salmon, indicating that
in every case the fish was eaten with
relish.