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Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Six cities have barred pr. Karl Muck and his Boston orchestra, including 22 enemy aliens. The latest is Brook lyn.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Three men were killed by an. ex- plosion of gas in the Campbell Coal Mine near Manorville, Pa.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Erection of a new immigration sta ton for Boston will begin within few weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

American troops have coined a new name for officers and men holding soft jobs outside the danger zone at the front-"Coffee coolers
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Theodore E. Ferris of New York, formerly chief ship designer for the shipping boards emergency fleet cor poration. will appear before the senate ship Investigating committee Thursday
 to answer charges of irregularities in connection with his services with the corporation
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Hundreds of New England college girls are organizing agricultural units
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Dr.. H. L. Russell, dean of the col lege of agriculture of the University of Wisconsin, today was appointed chief of the butter and egg section of the food administration. He succeeds George E. Haskell.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Governor Whitman requested the of- ficers of the New York Guard to wear their uniforms at all times when not incompatible with business.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

pr. w. J. Mayo, now major in the
 United States Medical Corps declares
 that 30 per cent of the cancers of . civilized man are in the stomach.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

The "kins of Prussia inn" 20 miles from Philadelphia, is now 'Ye King IS Inn" Auto riders made target, of the old sign and shot it to pieces.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Rodrnan Wannanaker, speciol de- putty police commissioner, will make the police reserves of New York the "finest' reserve system established
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Senator GaIIinser, of New Hamp shire, introduced in the Senate a re solution declaring for application o the principle of self determination tC Ireland.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Paul Rosecrans, German, worked as a laborer at the New York Ship building Co. yard all winter, although he owned hotel in Atlantic City He turned over his wages to the Red Cross
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Ludwig Hoffman, German was ar rested at the Central '. M. c. A. Brooklyn and is being held on a charge of having a revolver in his possession.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

The Federal authorities at Wash ington accepted the contract with Purdue University for the use of the ground as an aviation field
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

The Public Service Commission and the B. R. T. reached an agreement whereby the company will supply time schedules on all it's surface cars.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Players Reuie,ued for Capital 7heatergoers and Fans
FILMLAND GOSSIP

That President Wilson ardent of
indicated in striking the Washington
sailed for France with Presidents peace party
away the liners box
Tor the OF the Presidents The
10 entertain the Presidents Mr. Fxt" He
Up Smiling Bound Morocco and Say Young Fellow
starring Douglas Fairbanks Selfish
The Border Wireless" three OF William Harris
ures The Great Love" d. W. Griffith picture; Battling Jane
picture starring Dorothy Gish; The Marriage H
Tee picture starring Enid Bennett His Own Home
Ray the lnce Stela Ma Johanna Ensts
Anarly OF Clothes Line Alley" with Mary
Battle Royal PraountMack comedy Polly Moran
Gently he established
resembled
the
private secretary, from Doug"
Dorothy Dalton has
Little Women" story
Famous
A Brady
direction
1t
the
of film play.
before
herself oyously into the task Of making her
Mabel Normand as unique conedenne
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
BeIasco-lsSeventeen.-

Stuart Walkers original production
of Booth Tarkington's Seventeen" 1"
which comes direct from a years run
in New York and Boston. comes to
the Shubert Belasco the week Of De-
cember g.
With rare skill Mr.. Walker has
transferred the Harrington story to
the stage. giving it all the bubbling
spirit of youth and love and sum-
mertime" by delightful cast Of
young people. Gregory Kelly has been
sensation in the role Of Willie Bax-
ter and his characterization Of the
love-sick seventeen has been uni
versally voted a valuable addition to
memorable stage portraits. Lillian
Ross made 10-year-old Jane a never
to-be-forgotten villain, and Ruth Cor
don has made the fluffy "baby-talk-
lady" Lola Pratt the toast Of New
York. Judith Lowry upholds the
banner of the grown-ups in the cast
Of her sympathetic portrayal Of Willie
and James much-tried mother; Fred
Strong as Genesis, the household
servant; Lew Medbury as Mr.. Baxter;
Eugene Stockdale as the harassed
Mr.. Parcher, and there are a host
of lively young people including Neil
Martin, Morgan Farley, Ben Lyon and
Agnes Norton.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
National-Mitxi in a'Head Over
Heels.S

Mischievous little Mitzi, musical
comedy star, is coming to the Ma
tional Theater for Christmas week
in the new music play, Head Over
Heels"
At the first, a regular union operet-
ia lberttist could dash Off his regu-
lar old-line material and 1t would do,
largely because after Mitzi had CO.
quetted around in 1t a little and made
1t Mitzi-ish, 1t became so changed
that her name should have been
added as collaboration. A little later,
as in "Sari," new developments in
variably crept into the story as
Mitzi's dramatic instincts grew more
definite, and 1t was only last season
that one of the Vests most erudite
critics devoted his entire criticism or
Mitzi to the prediction that not far
in the future this youngster would
largely subordinate the musical COM
edy type OF performance and appear
principally as a dramatic actress.
With advance intelligence of this
newest of Henry w. Savage's music
plays with the superlative New York
cast headed by Mitzi, it may be said
thot this precocious youngster, for
Mitzi Is but Is years old, had chosen
to take still another step toward the
dramatic. Head over Heels is the
tale of a little foreign acrobat and
the ups and downs of her circus life.
Virtually a slave of the padrone
Papa" of travelling circus troupe,
subject to the strap and other humil-
iations, love comes to her. Yet it is
by no means a saddened butterfly of
q Mitzi seen in the new musical COM
edy and her powers as a commedienne
are rated now at their highest. She
dances like spirite as before, stands
on her head with ease and Is 50
saucily mischievous she is not COM
pared to any other player of her
times.
The cast supporting her Is a long
and important one and includes Rob-
ert Emmett Keane. Charles Judels,
Dorothy MacKaye, Margaret Linden,
Boyd Marshall. Irving Beebe. Carrie
McManus, Edmund Gurney, Cyril Du-
For. the Runaway Four Troupe Of
acrobats anr . group Of girls sum
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Poli's-"Chu Chin Chow.

"Chu Chin Chow" the gorgeous and
beautifully staged musical extrava-
ganza of the Orient, which ran all of
last season in New York at the Cen
tury Theater, is announced as the at
traction at the Poll Theater the
week of December q. The coming of
this brilliant pageant OF ancient Bas-
dad. staged on scale of superlative
magnificence by the firm Of Elliott,
Comstock and Gest, will unquestion.
ably rank as one of the most impor-
tant events of many theatrical sea-
sons. "Chu Chin Chow is now in
the third year of its amazing run at
His Majesty's Theater, London.
"Chu Chin Chow" is q romance of
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
MITZI RETURNS
IN HEAD OVER HEELS"

And then there's Miz-Mz, the merry, the mschlevous!
Nearly remembers the time Mitzi took the town IN
"sa" artists the newspapers were "ns pieces ~
d drawing pictures of her generally making themselves
nuisance to the publicity chapeionng the production lhos
WERE the good old days. they called her Mtzi Haos She
inst plain Mitz,
N returns to Washington the National this week in show
No. uc and girls Head Over Heels The play has
,d the METROPOLIS truthfuly speaking OF the hits OF
a.. Therein the role of circus acrobat VINO mas
.1 ms and downs aside from her gymnastc per-
h.,,
- b strap Rather prospectus, should say
hand
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
NstionaiN~A T.iIsr-Maae Man,

At the New National New Years
week, Cohan and Harris will present
the greatest comedy success of re-
cent years. "A Tailor-Made Man"
with Grant Mitchell and the entire
original New York cast and produc-
ton precisely as presented for fifty
one consecutive weeks at the Cohap
and Harris Theater. New York; four
solid months at the George NJ. Cohan
Theater. Chicago. and eighteen weeks
in Boston.
Discriminating playgoers are to be
congratulated upon the fact that this
city is one of the few that will see
Mr.. Mitchell and the New York cast
in this surprising success. There
are three companies presenting "A
Tailor-Made Man" on tour. Detroit,
st. Louis, Cincinnati. and various
other important metropolitan centers
will be visited by one Of the other or
ganizations. but this city il particular-
ly fortunate in view Of the fact that
Mr.. Mitchell and the New York COM
pany are now en- route to Philadeiphis
for q long engagement. and this rout-
ing makes the local engagement pos
sible. Mail orders will be filled in
CONTINUED ON PAGE rRm
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Next Week at Theaters

ancient Bagdad OF a thousand years
ago and tells the story of Abu Hasan,
the robber chief. who DISCUSSES him.
self as Chu Chin Chow, a rich Chin
ese merchant, and enters Bagdad to
rob Kasim Baba, the wealthy miser
and raid the slave market His plans
are foiled by Zahrat, the desert wom-
an, slave who brings about his
downfall, but not until fourteen bril-.
liant and wonderful scenes with mu.
sic. dance and pageant have been un.
folded.
The music by Frederick Norton is
especially alluring and tuneful and
there are eighteen musical hits in tn.
score. There are s6S dazzling and
brilliant costumes of many colors and
a mannequin parade of fashion mod.
els of ancient Bagdad that exhibit.
some of the most striking costume.
ever designed.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Tribute to aChu Chin Chow,

Many remarkable tributes have
been paid to the beauties of "Chu
Chin Chow" the brilliant Oriental
extravaganza which comes to Polls
Theater next week, but it is doubt
full IL any appreciation has yet been
wrStten in such fiowery language as
that which came recently from Wal
ter J. Kingsley, the renowned poet
and essayist of Broadway life. Mr..
Kingsley saw ''Chu Chin Chow" and
wrote the following letter to Morris
Gest regarding his experience upon
witnessing this wonderful story Of
BAgdad:
II am eternally your debtor for
those seats more magical than open
sesame, for they flung open the fast
locked gate of the past and revealed
to me the glories and the wonders,
the ardors ana the passions, the
blazing lusts, the supreme devotion,
the loveliness, the picturesque pow
erty-all the sense-stirring imagi-
nation-kindling marvels of that
treasure city of rich romance-Bag-
dad"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Grace George on Comedy

why aren't there more high COM
edies written by Americans7"
Grace George repeated the Ques-
ton.
Well. chiefly, / would say" she
continued, because Americans have
a keen sense of fun and gayety
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

rather than a sense for comedy
There are plenty OF subjects in our
own urban life, seemingly all ready
for the playwright's pen. but any
one with as keen a business sense
CONTINUED on PAGE SIX
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
A NEWSPAPER MAN
WRITES A NEW PLAY.

The other play-s majority OF the North Amer
lean continent including Broadways Take From Me- musical
comedy featuring dance that will assist the passage OF
winter evenings daily longer 1t written by
named Johnston and rumor states at
has Pittsburgh with commendable results
Vera heads the and the space-grabbers
advance production lay stress the songs The ues
we freely admit rather tnk particularly Bold Bad Beau
tful Broadway"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
walker. Pertn.,te.. season.

Stuart Walker has brought his port
manteau to New York and will un-
pack IL early in January, bringing
forth the imaginative drama of that
goiden dreamer, Lord Dunsany, and
khe delightful one and two-act whim-
sizes of other authors. Most of the
repertory seen two winters ago at the
Princess Theater will be revived and
those who missed The Gods of the
Mountain" The Golden Doom, %
king Argimenes" and the Unknown
Warrior and other Dunsany plays
win have new opportunity to see
them That helter skelter old Eng
lish comedy, 'Gammer Gurton's
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
PoH's-''Take 1t From Me-

Wednesday and Saturday with popu-
lar prices prevailing on Wednesday,
Poli's-.'Take 1t From Me-
One of the new features of the new
musical comedy, "Take 1t From Me, y
presented by William Moore Patch
Inc, and the Christmas week attrac-
ton at Polls Theater, opening to-
night, is the striking originality and
beauty of the costumes of the big
chorus Of pretty girls and the amazing
class" and distinction of the gowns
and hats worn by the principals.
The cast is headed by Vera Michel
ena, the prima donna, and associated
with her are Leona Thompson, Alice
Hills. Helen Raftery. Fred Hide
brand, Jack MCGOWAN, Dorothy Belts
A. Douglas Leavitt Charles Welsh Ho-
mer. Harold Wizard. Harry Burnham
William Balfour and George Morti-
mer, with a score or more of real
show girls.
The secret of the superiority and
color, fabric, draping and general
style" of the dresses and millinery
the lingerie and shoes worn in Take
1t From Me" is explained by the fact
that Will B. Johnstone, who wrote the
libretto and also designed the cos
tunes, the scenic effects and the mod.
ern gowns worn by the principals, is
himself an artist of high achievements
as an illustrator, cartoonist and water
colorist.
The excrutiatingly funny incidents
in the pilot" of Take 1t From Me-
are all taken from real life in a greai
city department store, Just as Libret.
tist Johnstone saw and knew them ir
his professional commerce with the
big advertising stores.
OF the music nothing finer could be
written than what the critics in the
few big cities where the new show
has been seen have already said about
1t. Its tunes are as novel and as beau.
tiful as the gowns worn by the per.
formers, and If Johnstone's book
for Take 1t From Me- actually sets
the styles in women's clothes, as i
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
rhirty-.eventh Week for Jol.on.

Al Jolson has passed his thirty
seventh week in New York in the
Oriental travesty, "Sinbad." at the
Winter Garden. II can hardly be said
that the attendance at the Winter
Garden to see Mr.. Jolson has in
creased. and this for the reason that
the attendance from the opening
week has tested the capacity of the
playhouse at each performance. "Sin-
bad" was produced under the per-
sonal direction of Mr.. ]. ]. Shubert.
Among the more important players
appearing with Mr.. Jolson are Law
rance D'Orsay, Forrest Hun, Kitty
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

Needle" will also be revived; and the
dramatic presentation OF the Old Tes-
lament text of The Book OF JOB,
which was given at four Lenten matt
ness at the Booth Theater last spring.
will be repeated.
There will be many new plays, too;
Dunsany's THE Laughter of the
Gods" THE Compromise OF the King
OF the Golden Isles" and possibly
THE Tents of the Arabs and The
Glittering Gate" Then there are The
Hero" by Alice Brown; "A Night in
Avignon," by Gale Young Rice;
''Stingy." by Maxwell Parry; "A Son
of Isis" by Thomas J. Kelly, Gregory
Kelly's brother. and "a Leaf in the
Wind" a translation from the Rus
sian, which will be presented early in
the engagement.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
The Happy Yulehde Opens
With Two New Productions;
Mitzi In Head Over I Ieels"

reveals the advent of
productions Both comedies-one of the musical
rey These performances with Mitz in Head Over Heels
the opening holiday entertainment which will be
supplemented later by the opening OF the ShuberGaric at
and streets.
Up the writing Shubert decided
the particular will for the opening of the
heater Sunday night hancy undoubtedly due to the
exgncies of booking which make desirable
choice playhouse that will add
inaugural What hints leaked however point
the booking of a proven
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Grace Couldn't Leave.

l. Stoddard Taylor, manager of
the Shubert-Belasco Theater, an
nounced last evening that Miss
Grace George would appear at that
playhouse next Monday evening in
stead of Sunday evening as prev
iously announced. The reason for
the change is that Miss George will
have charge of one of the big SOL
der shows in New York Sunday
evening, under auspices of the Stage
women's War Relief, and Mr.. WILL
lam A. Brady, under whose direc-
tion she appears, notified Mr.. Tay-
Ior last evening that she would not
leave the soldier entertainment for
anyone. Consequently, she will be-
gin her weeks engagement at the
Belasco on Monday evening for a
week, appearing in a new comedy,
The widows Might"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Ne Dieting for Mitzi.

Mitxi Is through with all dieting
and exercising. ar least as long as she
IS the star Of Head Over Heels. "
which, from all Indication. will be
for a long time to come. She Is now
an acrobatic star as well as prima
donna and Head Over Heels" for ht-
tie Mitzi Is a show hGed with hard
work and lightning changes. She is
on the stage during most of the per-
fornance and is seen in seven differ
ent costumes during the evening.
Mitxi declares that Head Over Heels"
win keep her figure slim and sylph-
like IL 1t doesn't entirely pass her
sway"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
MISS GEORGE RE-APPEARS
IN THE WIDOWS MIGHT"

Both of existing Shubert housesthe Belasco and Polls
scheduled plays for the Christmas week that is
George the Belasco in "The Widows
comedy written by Leonard Husknson and Chris
writers who better known England than
initial public performance of THE
Stamford Conn., last Monday night but the
of such distinctly experimental try-ion-thedog
which will witness the first truly metropo
of the might be said to be the locale OF its
premiere of the play indicate be smart
comedy, possibly of a certain Hatton flavor.
Grace George visited Washington professionally for sew
eral years for her Washington
performance of a repertoire ago
bu something inervened and she didn't appear Widows
here tonight but Miss George
assisting of military play New York tonight and
she wouldn't herself away
until night
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
IT.. J.oane.e show Girl.

The Japanese show girl is the latest
vurthermore, the japanese show girl
a. a serious rival for her American
associate, as the records OF the s'a
6oor "Johns" attest, and as lot oeau'y
end attractiveness over the foothshIS'
t,,st take the case Of the two Japanese
shoy girls in "Chu Chin Chow. the
bg1 musical eXtravagan OF the
orient. which is scheduled TO appear
AZ the Poll Theater, beginning next
Sunday night /.
The two japanese show girls IN IN
''Chu Chin Chow" named respectively
Okita and Kiota Watina. Their fatner
is a prosperous japanese importer alu
exporter Of Kobe, Japan. -Four years
ago. when he came to America on I'M
uortant war business, the tather, NO
guchi watima- brought the slsteLS i,
Vim him to place them in an Amerl-
- boarding school up the Hudson
Rtyer so they could learn Enslish
r,annsrs and customs. Then father
went back to Japan. The two sisters
food the boarding school for couple
OF wears. until they had mastered
American slang. and had learned to
IKE the theater through frequent trips
10 New York. Next they decided to
become real actresses themselves.
About this time, little over a year
ago, Morris Gest was planning the
rroduction of "'Chu Chin Chow In
New York at the Century Theater.
theatrical agent reported that two
Japanese girls wanted engagements
with a show. Mr.. Gest needed several
Japanese girls for the mannequin pa
r-ade Of fashion models in the bazaar
scene He had been unable to find any
Japanese girls so he welcomed the
Misses wattIna. They were engaged
and made their first appearance
wear ago in "Chu Chin Chow. They
were 80 pretty and attractive in their
native costumes that Mr.. Gest en-
uloyed them last summer in the mid
night Revue on top Of the Century
Theater, New York, and they there
scored success In keen competition
with thirty Of the most beautiful show
girls and dancers on the American
stage. Now they are on tour with
-Chu Chin Chow"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
To Be Seen This Week

cienty charming to be called an EN-
semble" and not a chorus as is usual.
There will be matinees as usual on
Wednesday and Saturday with popu-
lar prices prevailing on Wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
The Washington times., 1918-10-23
Fashionable Blue Waists
In Navy and Other Shades

Blue, perhaps is the most popular color for wom-
ans suit and in consequence there is great demand for
dark blue waists, in georgee especially. We have an
unusually good selection of Blue Georgette Waists that
begin as low $5.75, and range upward in price to
$1s.75. There are plain blues, blue combined with tan
and sand or red, beaded and embroidered
At $575-Navy Georgette is effectively combined with
sand the bib effect in front given by bias bands of the sand
and the cuffs and collar trimmed to correspond
Batk print Georgette in French blue navy and gold Is
most effectively trimmed with gold Georgette the panel
effect in front being outlined in navy blue twOtoned ribbon
o1275.
Navy blue and crimson make pretty combination The
sailor collar is Of crimson with smaller blue collar over N
the vest is crimson also and veiled the top BY bit
Of vest Of navy gecrgte laced up with pipings are
all Of navy satin. $13.75.
There are many styles from which choose that are
pretty with almost style material the Batk prints being
beautiful with suits Of silvertone
Third floor, street
The Washington times., 1918-10-23
Dainty Garments for
Leisure Hours
Negliges
Boudoir Caps

Lace forms conspicuous part of the new negIiges,
many being made of crepe de chine undergaments and
coatee of lace
Flesh colored crepe de chine makes dainty Neghge the
skirt made In full plated STYLE the pretty lace coaee con-
fined the high waist with pcot ribbon in blue and finished
with ribbon rose buds, $500.
French blue Charmuse one-piece straight line
model cunningy at the sides to form sleeves and
pockets finished with chenille fringe and also rnged at the
round neck; 5000.
Neglges Of Waterfall Velvet both beautiful and
with their soft Innings of silk; have collar and
sleeve trimmings of chiffon borders with the velvet and others
made entirely of the velvet The coors the soft shades
Of pink, lavender and gold and totone effects $500 and
$500 each.
Becoming Boudor Caps Of chiffon wash san ribbon and
lace One cunning style of pink wash satin made like dear
little baby cap shirred and finished with lace and
strings that cross in the bac this style in delicate
blue also.
Another style made Of crepe de chine IN lavender and
with divided f in the back the entire cap being finish
ed in narrow ribbon finely plated with straight edge
Some Tam0 0Shanta style made Of frls Of ribbon
and lace net and finished at the top with tass There
worlds Of attractive styles from which to choose
$1.50 and up.
Boudor Slippers Of deicay coored satin-so style;
shed with heels and satin Mules, trimmed with ribbon
flowers and rosees in pink blue lavender $500 and up.
Third floor
The Washington times., 1918-10-23
NegIige Shirts

White and eolored, soft and
stiff cuffs; cotton, silk mix
lures; al silk; flannel tl50
to $1,000.
The Washington times., 1918-10-23
Gloves

for various occasions; cape,
tan, mocha, suede, chamois, silk
and wool fabrics.
The Washington times., 1918-10-23
Underwear

For now and colder weather,
IN both union suits and two
piece garments Many Of these
weights and makes cannot be
duplicated sI.O0 to $3.50.
The Washington times., 1918-10-23
Hats

A splendid variety Of makes,
and colors. The famous Bor-
saline, Stetson, and our own
makes. $500 to $500.