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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
French in a Fierce Battle
Drive Germans From Part
of the Village of Hangard
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Friday. April 26.-some of
the heaviest. fiercest fighting which
has yet occurred in tho battle of
Picardy followed the comparative quiet
through Thursday and until tho small
hours of this morning. The Germans
had taken advantage Of the respite to
relieve exhausted divisions and bring
up strong achievements with which
they made a further effort today to
reach Amiens.
In the late hours Of the night the
German artillery became much more &C
tive. Just as the enemy was about to
launch a fresh infantry assault with
French made a sudden attack, forestall-
ing them. The attack swept along the
line extending from southwark Of VIII
lers-Bretonneux to Hangard.
Braved Terrific Barrage.
In the densest mist the French units
engaged made their way through ter
rifle barrage which relentlessly bat
tered ROADS. pathways. woods and fields:
Notwithstanding the most determined
resistance by the large forces OF Ger
the attack they intended to make and
had to be driven backward, the French
within two hours established them
selves on a great part Of the lines from
The monument south of Villers-Bre-
tonneux first fell into the hands Of the
French, then the northern part Of Han.
gard wood and finally portion OF
HanRard village. The enemy obstinately
came back again and again. launching
at least half a dozen Of the most violent
counter attacks in the course OF the
day, but always failing to dislodge the
wave OF German footmen was swept
back. each time in greatly diminished
strength. In some instances most OF the
Germans were killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
TERRIFIC LOSSES
COMPEL BRINGING UP
OF FRESH FORCES

CONTINUED from First Pase.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
Over 1000 Honor Flags Awarded.

More than 1000 honor flags have been
awarded throughout the country and
headquarters believes that by the end
Of this week all of the 10000 flags
which have been ordered from manu-
facturers will have been won by vari-
GUS communities.
Flag awards by districts to date are
Chicago. 2.646; Cleveland. 993; Boston,
10; San Francisco, 1854; New York, 625:
st. Louis, 500; and Atlanta. 224. The
low standing of st. Louis is explained
by the fact that awards in that dis
trict are being made by counties only.
Secretary McAdoo decided yesterday to
close his liberty loan speaking campaign
in Rochester, N. T., Wednesday. He will
Mich. tomorrow; Buffalo. Tuesday. and
Rochester. Wednesday. It had been his
intention to speak In other eastern cities
up to the close Of the campaign, but
pressure Of public business changed his
decision. He will come to Washington
from Rochester.
7. An official report from Chicago last
night said that railway employees in the
western territory had subscribed $751;
351,670. Vermont and Mississippi were
quota yesterday and were among the
nrst states in their respective districts
to achieve their quotas.
Navy Nearing $4,000, 600 Mark.
Tho Navy swept on toward tho S.
100000 subscription mark.
'The nation will follow tho Nays
lead-so strip for action and let go all
broadsides!" was the message issued to
commandments. commanding officers and
other liberty loan crusaders by Admiral
T. J. Cowie. Navy liberty loan officer.
Einety-nine per cent Of the civilian
employees Of the Boston navy yard al
ready have bought bonds.
Eighty-f1ve per cent Of all employees
OF the Seattle ship yards have sub
scribed $1,650.O00, and 1905 Of the 1927
civilian employees Of the Mare Island
navy yard have bought bonds.
The foreign language division Of the
Philadelphia liberty loan committee re-
ported the following subscriptions by
nationalities: italian. $1.60o.000: Ger
man-American. s1,Sss.560; Polish. $780,
900: Lithuanian. $65,444; Russian,
$4,000; Gkranfan. $4,000: Armenian,
$1,000; Lettfsh, $19,250; Rumanian,
$4,000. and Swedish, $4,000, making a
total Of $3,S76,800.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Mime. Van Doren
A Fine Ceorgette

Nine. Van Doren. an actress Of skill
and distinction. appeared for the first
time at the Theatre du Vieux Colom
bier last evening. The play was DoRs
nays "Georgette Lemeunier.' the
story of two sharpers, foolishiy am
hitiops husband and an intelligent
wife.
The new member is valuable addiS
tion to the company. She combines
brains and emotional force with 8
pleasing personality. The play was
we'll chosen as test of her ability
for the role of Georgette runs the
whole emotional gamut from eoquetry
to despair. Charming in the lighter
scenes with lemeunier. in her agsi
tempts to coax Journay into an admiss
sion of her husbands relations with
Nine. Sourette, Nine. Van Doren did
not disappoint in the tenser moment
that followed. Her grief was genuine,
Her sincerity excited the sympathy Of
the audience from the start.
Nine. Van noren's presence evidently
added zest to the work of her asso-
ciates. Nine. Tessier, as the adventur
ess. Nine. Sourette. was convincing in
her artifciality. NJ. Copeau's Lemu-
nier, however, was less plausible. Al
times he turned the play into farce
and made the husband comic when he
should have been merely weak
Next week Clemenceau's "Voile dn
Bonheur" and Anatole Frances "Crai.
quebille" will be given.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05

galety Of the Quarter, develops a love
affair between the flower girl. Little
simplicity, and one of the students.
r;u ~ as' however. interrupted by the ar
rival OF the irate American parent.
Inc TWO are separated and do not meet
again until the next act, when,
several years having passed, the flower
g.r' mas become successful singer.
lney meet then at Y. NJ. c. A. hut
IN Franco, where she has come to sing,
sstlll guarded by the faithful Lulu.
Needless to say her lover and AL his
boon companions of the Quarter are
now soldiers.
The sentimentality of the piece.
though obvious, is not too greatly
stressed, and the last act, which might
easily have been the worst, is the best.
mere are bare moments and moments
that drag, but, on the whole, the piece
achleves conference and unity that are
seldom found in musical romances.
Marjorie Gateson, as the gay and care
less but honest Lulu, is a coincidence
OF exceptional quality. She has verve
and charm and intelligence. As Little
Simplicity, Carolyn Thomson was ap-
pealing and sang very we'll. Charles
Duckworth characterized the pedantic
professor who is humanized by the wal
and Lulu--with humor. Carl Cant.
WORT. Stewart Baird, Harry Vincen,
and Paul Forecast sang and played will
spirit. The romantic, ingenious atmos
phere of this play somehow recalls tina
earlier success of Rida Johnso,
1oung's, Brown of Harvard"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Mantell Back in
"Richelieu" Revival

Robert B. Mantell has produced
"Richelieu" just 1000 times since he
first essayed the part, seventeen years
ago, but none of his previus triumphs
was enjoyed more than his revival of
it last night at the Forty fourth Street
Theatre.
New scenery, lew costumes and a
company of sympathetic players give
a kind Of novelty to timeworn drama
which one is accustomed to think of as
somewhat buried with the dust of the
seventeenth century and not at all as
bright and as new as modern taste de-
mands. But with his fine, poetic in
depreciation of the crafty Richelieu,
Mr.. Mantell adequately sweeps aside
all objections to the resurrection of a
stage antique and presents a character
that pleases. Out Of the cruel, revenge
full, selfish, garrulous, ambitious old
churchman Mr. Mantell has evolved a
warm locded, poetic, whimsical figure,
weak in body but strong in mind.
Mr.. Mantell's avowed intention to
present this play indefinitely means he
intends to keep playing it as long as
people will go to see it. He considers it
sertion, "France, l love thee!" Yet
one is tempted to suspect the crafty
Cardinal of pacifsm when he says :;
"The pen is mghtier than the sword!
Take away the sword. States can be
saved without i'll"
Mr.. Mantell is we'll supported by
Fritz Leiber as Adrian de Mauprat and
by Genevieve Hamper as Julie, the Car
dinal's ward.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
France Will Need
Help After Peace
End of Conflict to Mean Neces.
sity for Rebuilding Devas-
tated Land

An early peace instead of putting an
end to French relief work will make it
all the more vital, according to Mrs.
Valentine Schuyler, member of the
American Committee for Devasted
France, who returned yesterday from
the Aisne region, where she has been
organizing for the committee.
while the French government ia
engaged in the process of making
peace, devastated France will need
all the help she can get, in order to
stand on her own feet" said Mrs.
Schuyler yesterday. "Working in CO.
operation with the French army and
with the recognition of the French
government, we will continue to rent
farms and give the French refugees q
chance to recover from tho Losses of
the war until they are able to help
themselves"
Since April. Mrs Schuyler SAID, the
American Committee had helped $500
families in the Aisne region.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
This Is "Tag Day"
In c a mpaign to
Reopen Inhrmary
Volunteer Workers Seek $780,
600 for Women's and Chill :.
dren's Institution

This is Tag Day for the New York
lnhrmary for Women and Children,
321 East Fifteenth Street, in its cam
paign 10 raise 100000 for the hos
pital. Volunteer workers will patrol
the streets and ask voters for the
money that is needed to reopen the in
Urinary, closed last March for lack of
funds.
DR.. S. Josephine Baker. director of
the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the
Department of Health and chairman
Of the intirmary campaign executive
committee, said yesterday:
VI appeal to the men and women
of our city, indeed, of our entire coun-
try, to help save the babies here in
New York. The maintenance of the
intirmary's hospital service. medical
service and district social service for
the mothers and children of the swarm
ing East Side is an essential war ser
vice; for the future of those East
Side babies will play a big part in
the health of the coming generation
of Americans.
"The intirmary for sixty-five years
has ministered to the WON IN and chill
dren of the East Eide, leading them
to health and American citizenship.
The infirmary has never had the ad-
vantage of the wealthy. or even we'll
to-do among its patients, hence it can
expect little from the thousands of
sick poor it has ministered to- There
fore, appeal to American mothers, to
American fathers"
The amount raised to date is nearly
100000 and the volunteer workers are
making extraordinary effort to obtain
the remaining 500 900 in two days
to-day and day-when the cam
paign will close with meeting at
1890 p. m. at the McAlpin Hotel.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Opera

The Society of American Singers Is
evidently coming to the belief that
Sullivan is more in ats field than
Donjzetti. This week it has completely
dedicated to two operas, 1.-The Mikado"
and THE Pirates of penzance." The
former received it's first performance
last week, the latter last night, and
no one seems to have regretted the
passing of Douizetti.
The performance OF "The Pirates Of
Penzance" was far from faawless. There
were indeed moments when we felt
that the cast had become invaded by
the spirit of the First Congregational
even the amateur can kill this thrice
delightful hurlssque- The best part
of the performance was furnished by
the orchestra under John McGhie, q
conductor who knows his Gilbert and
Sullivan, and by William Danforth as
the Sergeant of Police. Mr., Dapforth
is true master of the ridiculous, and
whenever he was on the stage the JOY
of the audience was unrestrained
Craig Campbell was the Frederick.
He sang the music exceedingly we'll,
but he forgot the characature. Her
bert Waterous was a conventional
pirate chief, but his fine voice gave
pleasure, and Bertrom Peacock was
wildly amusing as General Stanley
The rest of the cast with the excep-
tion of the Edith of Gladys Caldwell
had little conception of the require
ments of the opera, though some par
ticularly bad singing on the part of
Blanche Dufield seemed to enthuse
the audience. Later Miss Duffield
partially redeemed herself, though she
was as far as ever from Mabel the
! generals youngest daughter. Greater
rehearsal and vigorous recastine
would improve the performance.
C. Y
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
COR Congress-Thomas H. Cullen.

For Congress-rThomas H. Cullen.
>, For County Judge: Grattan MacMahon,
Frederick S. Martyr. Willis X. Gillette. w.
Eenton Myers. W. Floyd Gibson Charles ], F.
Erman.
For State Senator-1st District, Otto
Gransalke I'd District, Edwin Morsch; 4th
District, Richard Melville. Kenneth Suther-
land. Israel Chatcuff; 9TH District Kate
Ssou'hmeyd; 9th District, Charles F. Murphy,
wood; 9Th D.str.ct, Brown C.. Hammond 9Th
District, Robert r. Lawson, Charles E. Rus
sell; 10th District, Carl Johanntges lth
District, Daniel J. Carroll, Charles Weiss
District, FREDERICK T. Dummer; 18TH Dis
trict. Abraham Kaplan, Simon Berlin 18th
District, James w. Duffe; 18th District,
Joseph D. Cannon; 10th District, William
nuggan; 23d District. Forrest G. Hirleman,
Belle Robins 24th District, Mary G. Brewer
born; 26th District WiIliam Bsknap ssIs sd
James II. Mackin; 3Sth District, James j
Barrett
For Assemble Elmer Rosenberg. Mary N
Lilly. Herman Weiss. Philip A. Walter, Win.
Wtte. Myra Marks. Joseph Boccia, Martin
J. Healy Earl A. Smith, Michael L. Condor
Charles Frey, Joseph Il. Case: Albert j
Brackley Kathryn II. Starbuck, Walter Still
we'll, Matte E. Truman. Elizabeth Colbert
Charles Lundholm, Walter NJ. Cook; samue
George H. Taylor, George l.. Hudson, Will
lam H. Montgomery, Andrew S. Seaman
Thomas J. Cox. Ambrose G. Madison, Ger
trude We'll Klein. Louis Janson, Edward j
Flanagan, Joseph Lentol. James II. Nance
lam F. Wilson, Philip F. Rosenberg, Alber
a. Copeley, Albert e. Truesdale. Georg,
Crosby.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Music

Mr.. jacques Thibaud is no stranger
IN our concert halls, and it was, there
fore, with every expectation of a pro-
gramme of high artistic excellence that
the large audience gathered yesterday
afternoon in Carnegie Hall With the
opening notes of the Lekeu Sonata,
played by Mr.: Thibaud and his accom-
panist, Mr. Nicolai Schneer, they knew
to surety that their anticipations
were to be realized. The sonata has
peen given here before, but never with
a loftier conception or more serene
beauty
Mr.. Thibaud has lost nothing of his
artistic poise. He is master Of the
liner things of the vioIinist's art-of
hnlshed phrasing. of tonal beauty. of
color and nuance. His bowing is fiex
ible and perfectly controlled, giving to
ms tone that speaking quality which
clothes his least phrase with distinc-
tlon. His greatest skill lies in the del
icate moulding of mezzo forte and
planissimo, in his sparkling staccato
and sensuous cantilena. To say that
there is occasionally slight harsh
ness in the fortissimo passages and
an occasional faulty intonation seems
captlous when there is so much that
is admirable.
The Mozart E fiat concerto was
played with surprising grace and del
icacy of interpretation. A sharp con-
trast in form was the Chant oliver
of Ysaye, which followed Mr.. Thi.
baud breathed into it spirit of poetry
that lifted his performance to high
levels. Other numbers were a caprice
by Ernest Guiraud, largo by Fiorillo
an etude of Rode and the Wieniawsky
polonaise, which he played with ad-
mirable verve and poise, to the great
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
"Little Simplicity"
A Musical Romance,
Opens at the Astor

Little Simplicity" which opened at
the Astor Theatre last night, describes
itself as a play with music, and for
once the tact promise to furnish a
story that will at least prove intelli-
gihle is kept. The plot, though romantic,
still carries the interest from act to
act, there are several well-drawn char
acters and there Is even comedy. The
book, by Rida Johnson Young. tells
pleasant story, and the music by
Augustus Barrat, is bright and often
charming.
A party of students Summing in
Algiers under the chaperonage of their
pedantic American professor find there
little flower girl who is about to be
sacrificed to a native sheik by the mer-
cenary owner of cafe. The flower
girl is being protected by the neice of
the cafe owner, Lulu, companion of
their Paris days. When the two girls
are driven out the stuuents take them
under their protection and install them
in the Latin Quarter. There, amid the
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
New York S Women Citizens Cast
Their F irst Ballots at Polls To-day
Teachers Raise Equal Pay Issue Appeal to New Voters
Estimated in City to Number Between
350,000 and 100000

Three hundred and fifty thousand
women are expected at the polls in
New York City to cast their first vote
to-day.
The registration Of women last
month amounted to 414,760, and poll
ticians customarily estimate loss on
Election Day of about 10 per cent reg
istration. The influenza epidemic this
year may increase this falling off to
slight extent. Chairman Koenig of
the Republican County Committe said
last night he expected vote of 800 Wo
women, while the Democrats were
little more lavish with their estimate
of $4,000.
New York Teachers Fight
Women teachers Of New York will
use their first ballot to-day to fight
wage discrimination against them
selves. Having sent a questionnaire
to all candidates on the matter of
equalization of salaries, the Legislative
committee of the Women's Welfare
League, through it's chairman. Miss
Cara q. CaAklns, makes puol4c the INST
OF those who nave spoken Ior their
cause and appeals to all voters, and
women IN parLicu.ar. to choose among
them Tor oIrlcehO.ders.
This IS the appeal in part:
candidates for office at the coming
election received a questionnaire ask
ing them to state their position on the
subject of equal pay for men and
women doing the same work. Illus
trations were given of the present
tremendous tax on women teachers
and this question was asked:
"Will you work for equalization OF
salaries before any increases are
granted?"
List Of Candidates
These candidates are named:
For Goyernor-Charles S. Whitman, Alfred
f.. Smith. p.s
For Secretary of State-Franklin f. Bard
For Controller-Bird s. Coler.
For Treasurer--Jacob G. Cohen.
For Attorney General-Charles D. Newton
Charles Morschauser.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Farley's Will Probated

The will of Cardinal Farley was filed
yesterday in the Surrogates' Court. His
estate is informally estimated at more
than $1,000 in real estate and more
than $4,000 in personal property. Car
dinal Farley left his entire estate to
Bishop Thomas F. Hickey, Of Roches-
ter, N. Y; Bishop James A. McFaul, OF
Trenton, N. j., and Bishop Patrick j.
Hayes, of New York. Bishop McFaui
died before the Cardinal, who, however,
did not change his will, which was ex-
ecuted in 1915, and provided that the
estate left to the beneficiaries men
toned in the instrument was left to
them and their heirs. Fhe three
bishops also were appointed as exec-
utors.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Stage Policemen Ready

Theatrical unit. New York Police Re-
serves. has its premier TO-DAY FOR cleo
tion duty. Reports from the Lambs
and Friars clubs, where dress re-
heRrsals were held late last night, in
dicate success.
Strong pressure was brought to bear
on Captain Mckinney, Of the West
Forty-seventh Street stsation, In COM
mand of the unit to-day. to permit the
numbers to parade to their posts. When
it WAS pointed out. howeve-. that In
duty at 6 o'clock in the morning the
absence of few would not be quite
so conspicuous II the parade were dis
penscd with, the unit agreed heartily
though the parade advocates pointed
out IL would bc simple enough to all
up all night and wait for the hour ia
arrive.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
More Fruit Pits Needed
Boy Scouts Asked TO Go Nut.
ting to Help Government

Efforts to obtain fruit pits for con
version into charcoal for gas masks
having been disappointing. the Chemi-
cal Warfare Division Of the army has
appealed to the boys and girls of the
country to go nutting this fall for the
army. They are asked to save the nut
shells for the army's gas masks. The
Red Cross has established 160 collee-
tion centres for them.
The Boy Scouts have enlisted the
aid of their 44p 200 young members in
this work, as have the Camp Fire Girls
Throught the Department of Ag icult-
ure all county agents of that depart
ment will organize nutting parties. In
addition every school is urged to arouse
the interest of its pupils and TO eu-
courage nut gathering in every spare
moment of the pupils time.
1t is suggested that nut meats bring
good prices and that patriotic nuttcrs
can probably make enough by sellipe
them to add considerably to their thrift
stamp collections.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Drama
Cawthorn at His Best IL
The Canary" at the
Globe
By Haywood Broun

1t makes no difference who writes
explodes them. There is perhaps moth
ing of brilliant wit in the remark OF
the funny character named Timothy
that the ladder is not really his but
only sort of step-ladder but it comes
intriguingly when spoken by Cawthorn,
in his familiar, but ever quaint Czecho-
Slovak dialect We do not laugh at
Julia Sanderson even when she sings.
She stirs no sound waves into tumult
and yet she is welcome, for hers is
Il face that should be bulletined by the
Drama League.
With Doyle and Dixon dancing as
delightfully."- as ever and Maude Eburne
cooperating manfully in the funmaking
of Cawthorn there is ample entertain
ment in "The Canary" at the Globe.
Many composers, including Irving Ber-
lin and Ivan Caryll, have contributed
to the score, which is pleasant, al
though we cannot recall that there was
any particular number which leaped
across the lights. The most popular
number was comic ditty sung by Cav
thorn and Maude Eburne called you're
So Beautiful" Dixon appeared in q
graceful and amusing dance number
with half sized partner named Marie
Callahan.
The book of the new musical piece
is from the French of Georges Barr
and Louis Verneuil, There is un-
doubtedly much that is not theirs, al
though no American adaptors are
named. We recognized a few inter
national jokes. We have no desire,
however, to adopt superior attitude,
for snothing we have seen this season
equals the first scene between Caw-
thorn and Miss Eburne for contagious
low comedy foolery. Urban has pro-
vided a handsome setting and the cos
tuning is attractive.