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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-11
TUESDAY. JUNE IL, 1918
Time to Show Where They Stand.

Time 10 Show Where They Stand.
Very significant is the movement now
under way in New York City for holding q
massmccting Of Gcrman-American citi-
zens, for the purpose Of putting them
selves on record by making public pro-
fessions of loyalty TO the government
of the United States This is move that
should be followed in many other COM
nunities throughout the country. Oh
course, mere profession does not Constl-
tute evidence of loyalty, but by such
demonstrations rs the one proposed Tor
New York City, at least an intelligent
line NAV be drawn by which may be dis
tjnrlIished those Of our Commandment
citizens who are really and sincerely
Ioval to the country Of their adoption
and those who are only half-hcarted or
possibly trmtorous
Ii is a fact that the attitude 81 our
citizens Of German birth or extraction
has been disappointment, ard q source
81 uncasincsS, ever since the war IN
Furopc started. From the first their
svmpathcs or the sympaIhicS OF
large majority II them seemed e p"
wholly with Germany, notwithstanding
her untcnahc position and the ai~oIut"
rnthlcssncsS with which She entered thc
combat. crushing Luxembourg and Bel
gum and showing an amazing disregard
Of solemn treaty Obligations IN'h 'h'
LuSitania horror did not seem TO change
their mental attitude, and since "HF
country entered the war i has been
matter of concern to the agencies q TIE
Federal government how far tins SYM
pathv Of our adopted citizens oi German
origin might prevail. and what inSldi""S
injury II might do % the government N
the conduct Of Is var against Germany
With our entrance INTO tie held q "af
the time had come whom 4 wa> necessary
To know whore every citizen. native or
adopted. stood
In an editorial rctercne" 90 'Ar meet tig
10 be held IN New ork IN, lht German
lIcrold, which had not favored any open
expressions az loyalty on The part 81
German Americans. believing that our
actions spoke for themselves sand p
the war progressed, howovcr We have
come to the conclusion timf loyalty deg
larations and LOYALTY demons Tauoils,
while not as valuable IS stfNlceS and ac-
ton. may be OF somc additional advantage
to the country OF and some moral worth
II Is this thought which HIS brought The
idea OF "a great demonstration on Tie part
Of the citizens Of German blood 70 a dis
cussion among some 81 rs. and tins idea
Is now to be realized by way OF "A great
and solemn massneeting with patriotic
speeches and resolutions
There Is no reason to doubt that many
of our citizens OF German birth or eNtrac-
ton are thoroughly loyal to the govern
ment OF the United states and devoted to
It's institutions. And why not? They or
their forebcars were not compelled TO
come to this country. They might have
remained IN Germany But their lot there
was not pleasing, and they saw 40 pros
pect OF betterlng their condition by re-
manning there But here, N tins great
country OF freedom and opportunity, they
believed they could better their lot by
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-11

even, if tho suggestion be permissible,
too glorious-to be dcmeaned by tho con-
ventional, often pcrfurctory marks Of
mournlngY
IL has been suggested that those from
whom the war takes dear ones wear no
other mark of mourning for them than
tho broad black arn-band with the star
OF gold, There never WINS in the history
of our civilization time when tho people
were better minded to accept ouch
suggestion Hartford Times
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-11

The Germans are making a great drive
but they are not getting much nearer to
Paris Nor docs there seem to be any
probability they will ever get within the
boundaries Of the French capital The
defence is able, and our soldiers are
making if stronger every day. Soon it
may be turned into a determined and
irresistible offence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-11
Observation-Disclosures
klIPIING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
KEEPING IN TRIM


Ii We expect 10 do our blt. we
must be sure we're feeling 1T The
years ahead look pretty fierce. so
! far as our weak eyes can pierce
Wen have to strain our every
nerve, If We aspire 10 help and
serve. If ne would aid our boys 10
! shoot the horrid Hun, the tire
some Teut 80 it. unwise to say.
! "Oh. chee. there's no vacation
. billed for mel III have To work
and break my neck, and spoil
stlspendcrs hy the peck, that |
may earn some good long green,
and queer German submarine
Far better to forget the war, and all
the boons re struggling for, a
week or two, when summer here
and breathe the mountain atmos-
phcre, exploring woods and crystal
caves, or loatirg by tine sad sea
waves We viii not win the war,
| Wot ii We re all jadcd, tired aud
hot; we have to keep ourselves III
shape, II we would hand the kaiser
Grape I'm going fishing pretty
soon, along when things warm up
in June, and doubtless folks will
say, Gee whiz! A hard and cal
louscd soul is his While we STAY
here 10 earn the mon with v hich VIC
hope TO spoil the Hun. while we stay
here TO sweat and cook, he goes
a-hshing in the brook But I'll
come back all full OF pep, with spring
and vigor in my step, and cut more
grass in half day than they Il put
up while I'm away.
Observation-Disclosures I'll
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-11

Germany appears TO have exhausted
her supply Of abIe-bodied men for re-
serves and IS now calling upon boys Of IL
years, especially 70 those at present in
neutral lands They have been ordered
to report to their respective consulates.
Next, We suppose, they viii call upon
the young women
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-11

1t is said British ship Transporting
American soldiers abroad Tammed and
sank one U-boat and Immediately there
after destroyed another by gun6re This
Is work that counts
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-11

Wan EEEE& T II Ettk.. TOO
Var is having lis effect not ony on he
Botanic Gardens, but on the entire flower
industry Az4leas were procured IN
hyacinths from Holland. hydrangea> from
England, and lilies Of the valley from
Germany Easter lille Viii bt uoticeabv
scarce next Easter The main factor which
prevents the nited States from establish
ing its own Hower-ralsing industry IS not
climate nor soil, but the cost and scarcity
# labor
one purpose Of the gardens is to study
the economic uses Of plants and the cll-
mates and soils IN which they NAV &c
grown Among the distinctly useful plants
III the conservatory are cinnamon. bam-
zoo hemp. the travellers tree from which
the natives Of madagascar obtain water.
and the candle nut tree the nut Of winch
is used IN islands of the Pacific as i means
oi Illumination School children are
often brought by teachers to see bananas,
coffee and spices growing as IN the tropics
These exhibits are specially arranged for
them Scientists, too, come 10 stu IL and
To make suggestions
Varied activities have not made the
Botanic Gardens forget their duty toward
Congress, for whose benefit il really exists,
Just as the W hIte House conservatory y
kept up for the President and his house
hold Zach year q box Of nearly one
hundred slips is sent by the superintendent
to each Senator and Representative Mr.
Hess finds this part Of his work especially
interesting Tie plants sent out are the
means Of making some yard or garden
attractive and4thc desire for more beau
tiful home grounds Is then aroused among
Rcighhors and friends
In 1914 Congress took up the matter II
moving the gardens from their present
ten acre site to Rock Creek Park. on he
outskirts Of Washington, where the several
hundred acres set apart world show oil
70 advantage the sights Of the collection
Tho present location has long been made
quate, but a change was strongly opposed
| on the plea Of the great expense and danger
OF moving the valuable trees The cost
OF transplanting the gardens may be
vaguely gagged from the fact that the
Peace Oak, which commentaries the
peace between the north and south, was
| recently moved from one part Of the gar
| deus to another at a cost OF s.. 600
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
Helen Hayes, Local Girl,
Has Great Future.

Unless the predictions OF some OF the wiscst
heads in the theatrical business and OF the
leading dramatic critics of the Pacific Coast have
been unwarranted, a stage career of unusual dis
tincton lies ahead of charming young Washing
ton actress who has just passed her 18TH birthday
and who is to be tomorrow night at the
Tarkingtons "Penrod," which is to be presented
there.
The young lady in question is Miss Helen Hayes
Bro ther stage name is Helen Hayes and she
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank V. Brown,
OF 3Io7 Eighteenth street northwest Washington
theatergoers will remember her as a child player
in the old Columbia stock company and mem
Der OF the Poll players two back
Next season she is to be presented on Broadway
by klaw and Erlanger and George c. Tyler in a
new play which is being especially written for her
by Eleanor Gates, author of "The Poor Little Rich
Girl and OF the most imaginative writers in
America. Her connection with "Penrod" is limited
to the weeks early summer tour which is a
prelude to the darlington plays introduction to
New York early next
During the past season little Miss Hayes has
been playing the title role in the Western Polly
anna" company which presented the glad play"
in every important city in the country west of
Chicago Her striking and her
ager, Mr.. Tyler had the unusual experience of re-
ceivng dozens of letters from theatergoers in
than dozen States urging him to send her back
again in another play.
In "Pcnrod" Miss Hayes plays the role of Mar
saret Schoheld, Penrods sister and much OF the
comedy in the play centers around her first love
affair, romance with Bob Williams, aged 10,
and somewhat older Billy Baxter.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
Old Hey" Broun Witnesses
Refined Vaudeville"

This is the way that Haywood Broun, dramatic
critic of the New York Tribune, describes slum-
ming in burlesque in the wilds of upper
Broadway:
"A few ago the producers began to call
it refined burlesque They declared their allegiance
all the prophecies and repudiated the burIesque
manners of days that gone. As it happened
we quit the buresque houses just about that time.
We wanted to keep memories
There Pat White, whom used to see at
the Old Howard in Boston. Probably there were
other people who could explode slapstick against
the lower part of persons back as humorousIy as
Mr.. White, but not for We used to laugh be-
fore the catastrophe occurred In fact much of the
humor in the prelimnaries.
Then, too, the prodigal use of stage greenbscks
chimed in extraordinarily well with the contempt
for money which we had in those days. In most
shows huge rolls of yellow bills changed hands
The comedians always being enticed into
trick bets and losing. When they sought to recoup
by playing an identical trick upon third party
they invariably got the conditions muddled in some
way and lost still more heavily.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
Pou,,-.Heart. Of the world.-

Hearts of the World" the SUI
preme triumph Of D. w. Grifith, to
be presented at Polls Theater be-
ginning next Sunday. June I'd. in
augurates a new era in the realm
of the screen drama. Presented un-
der the management of William Ell
liott. F. Roy Comstock and Nor
ris Gest, Hearts of the World" has
proven the latest sensation in the
film world. Mr.. Griffith realized
that the public, which became en-
thusiastic over The Birth of a Ma
tion,"" would expect something big
from him in this latest picture. and
therefore instead of trying to out
do himself in staging gigantic bat
tie scenes, he used the Great War
only as a background for the film
ing of a simple and attractive story
of tremendous human interest.
Hearts of the World" shows the
happy. peaceful life Of the people
of a small village before the grim
horror war reared its ugly head over
the horizon. The causes that led
up to the war are shown; the meet
ing of the English Parliament on
the eventful night when the vote
was cast for war; the session of the
French Senate voting upon the dec
laration Of war: the session of The
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
The Wager; the Twisted Joke;
The Dialectician.

"One of the wagers which invariably trapped
the low comedian was, I'll bet you haven't got a
whole shirt on your back The two parties to the
wager would pile their money close to the foot
lights, and then the sharp would say: No
half OF the shirt is the 'front.' Picking up the
money, he would exit then, laughing derisively.
THE low comedian was not trained OBJ
server, and to the next passer-by he stated the
wager: oh, I'll bet you haven't got shirt on
We omit the dialect, because in those days il
usually German. After accepting the wager the
stranger took off his coat to prove his point and
walked away with the money, leaving the low
comedian wailing in his broken accent: No,
but half of the back is the front.
"And so the show went, mingling tragedy and
comedy with discriminating generosity. We did
not discriminate much ourselves and were willing
to accept old jokes and leers and things true
wickedness 'Ah, but we have lived was our state
of mind when we LETT the theater after Old
Howard performance. 1t was with misgiv-
ings that we went yesterday to the Columbia to
see Hello America which is set for a summer run
We must admit that buresque shows not quite
what they used to be. They are not we fear, as
wicked as Port Said or gay Shanghai And
yet it did not seem to US that refinement had been
stressed to an oppressive degree. In our judgment
the principle of free speech adequately main
tained in bantering scene between the low CO.
median and tall young person in purple tights"
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
Hobart Morality Play
Yclept Loyalty"
The Belasco Offering

For the playgoing legion which extended an ap-
preciahve and approving eye to "Everywoman" and
'Experience," George V. Hobart now adds new
morality to his collection. He calls it Loyalty"
a title sufficiently descriptive and inclusive. We
gather from various ntimations enhading the nor
NAL avenues of approach to fact card index
that the. third OF the trinity is a play. You
also, absorbing the title may have surmised it.
There is no doubt that Loyalty" is timely 1t
may be entrusted to turn the whitening Hobartian
hre on the spy, the poisonous enemy propagandist
the furtive alien, in the effective fashion that
the first was turned upon Drink, Passion, Envy
Jealousy and other human fraties in the two earlier
hanscriptions Of pulpiteering from the pen of the
former humorist-
In other words, Loyalty" seems to be under
written against all possible chance of failure. Mr.
Hobarts success in the present manner is matter
OF current theatrical history. war play in the
same vein has much chance of failure as the
Kaiser has of reaching Paris.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
Belasco-.LOyalty.o

Loyalty" the big new drama OF
love and youth written by George V.
Hobart as a sequel to his famcas
Experience" will be produced at the
Belasco all week, beginning tonight
The big company includes eighty
six people. Loyalty" deals with many
questions of the war, and shows in
nine big scenes, certain phases Of life
of today, with all its problems, al
though comedy scenes also abound
1t is a message of hope for the sue
cessful termination of the war.
The big company includes some OF
the best known players. including
Miss Phoebe Foster, who will have
the leading feminine role of Love
There are scenes showing a ship
building yard, a Y. M. c. A. hut in
France a Belgium street scene. an
American trench, and many Other
dramatic episodes. Matinees will be
given on Wednesday. Thursday and
Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26

annini, sisters, lyric soprano and
mezzo soprano, respectively; Nine.
Sara Sokolsky Freid. pianist; F. A.
Giannini, operatic tenor, and Victor
Giannini, H-year-old violin virtuoso.
In Philadelphia, where the Quin-
tet rendered a benefit concert, the
city went wild, and the event was
hailed in the press as IAN over
night sensation" Patriotic airs of
America and Italy. operatic selec-
tions, vocal and instrumental and
many other delightful numbers are
on the program to be rendered here.
The United States Government has
given substantial evidence of interest
in the great screen spectacle Lest
We Forget" starring Rita Jolivet
which opens at the Strand Theater
today.
Because this spectacle shows many
incidents which bear directly on the
entry of the United States into the
world war. cooperation has been ex.
tended to the producers by both mill
tary and civil departments.
Gen. Lester, In command Of the
national army camp at Yonkers, New
York, furnishes q detachment oi
three hundred troops for service ir
constructing the trenches used in the
battle scenes. These troops working
under the supervision of an Ameri
can Army officer, who had become
familiar with trench construction IL
France, built the trench system EN-
ployed by the allied forces in de
Tending this village from the invad
ing Germans. So successful was th'
duplication Of the trenches actual,
used on the French battle front tina
tho complete work was pronounced
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
What the Press Agent Says, That Say |

News has Just been received Of New
mans safe arrival on the other side
and he will. now tour the allied coun-
tries for the picture story of indus
trial and social! conditions behind the
battle lines.
The Permanent War Relief Players,
an organization composed of the MEM
bers of the cast in the recent per-
formance of THE Merchant of Ven
ice" will give "Othello'' and THE
Tanning of the Shrew" .(as played by
Edwin Booth), on Friday afternoon,
May 81, in the Belasco Theater. The
performance is for the benefit of a
fund to endow bed for engineers in
the American Base Hospital No. 1.
in France, and for all engineers in
Lean and Odette Tyler will play the
by Maud Howell Smith, Alexander
Hunter Gait. Maurice Jarvis, Arthur
B., White. Findley 8. Hayes. Dennis
q. Conneil, Lawrence K. Downey, Ed
ward O'Brien, Edward Hall, John Mo
Kenzie, Estelle Murray and Edwin
Ludwig. John F. Luitich is the stage
manager and the company will be as
sisted by quartet composed OF Glenn
w. Ashley. Thomas A. Cantwell. Ger
aid whalen. and Frank Dougherty.
Old songs and new. songs Of Italy
and America. operatic melodies and
folk songs-all these will be rendered
in delightful variety at the National
Theater Tuesday afternoon, June 4,
when the .Giannini Concert Company,
a quintet of five talented musicians.
give q benefit concert to aid the suf-
fering refugees OF Italy.
The five musicians who make up
the company which Is to be heard
here are Eufspis snd puselina q.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
NationaI-ssPenrOd.S

''Penrod," a new comedy based. upon
Booth Tarkingtons widely read stor-
les written by Edward E. Rose, is to
be presented at the National Theater
tomorrow night, when it will begin a
weeks engagement. The run will ex-
tend over seven days, a special per-
formance being scheduled for next
Sunday night, June 2.
1t is hardly necessary to comment
at length upon the subject matter of
the play as the reading and theater-
going public is familiar with it,.
Suffice is it to say that ''Penrod" is
himself the eternal small boy. the
embodiment of all the unsatisied
yearnings and primitive impulses
which govern and control every young
person Of twelve. No ordinary stage
child is this young man, but real boy
through and through.
The story of the play concerns his
adventures as an amateur detective
and during the action all of the we'll
known figures introduced in the stor-
les are seen, including the irresistible
Sam Williams. good little Georgia
Bassett, Herman and Verman, the
two colored brethern; Marjorie Jones.
Penrod's grown-up sister, Margaret;
Mr.. and Mrs. Schofield. the harrassed
and anxious parents; the amiable
young curate who fell a victim to
Penrod's wiles on several occasions
and others of the delightful company
including Herbert Hamilton Dade. the
get-rich-quick promoter. who sought
the hand Of Margaret, and whose
deadly rival was Bob Williams, bro
ther Of Sam.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
New Griffith Film Booked
for Polls.

An announcement OF unusual interest to theater-
OF the D. w. Griffith film, Hearts of the
World" This is unquestionably the greatest expo
sion OF the artistic possibilities of the art of the
cinema. Photography and acting and scenes
are far beyond all existing standards. 1t suggests
the coming liaison between the art of the spoken
and silent drama, and places the latter firm foot
ing art form-if indeed Mr. Griffith has not
already done so with his memorable Birth of a
Nation"
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
Actors Case Favored By
District Attorney.

The representative then went to the District At
torney's office to get the departments opinion He
saw both District Attorney Swan and Assistant
District Attorney Smith, the man who has recently
been cleaning up the Tenderloin, and the man who
will supervise the greater portion of the antiloafns
crusade. Assistant District Attorney Smith was
emphatically on the side Of the actor, both stage
and SCREEN who is recognized in his profession He
said that they came under the same category as
school teachers and college professors, and that
in all of the three the spirit of the law will
overshadow the technical side.
When Judge Swami asked If the law means
that a chorus man or film extra man must take
any sort of work just to be working thrty-six
hours each week, he replied rather enigmatically:
well, people who refuse to work will be punish
ed-Dramatic Mirror.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26

Selwyn and company will present
no less than three new plays in Wash
ington during the month of June
alone. Following these, Jane Cowl
will be presented by the same man.
agement some time in August in I'm
formation. Pleaser' a new comedy
written by herself in collaboration
with Jane Murfin.
The first of the Selwyn plays, all
or which are to be presented at the
Eelasco Theater, is Tea for Three
a comedy by Roi Cooper Negrue,
opening on Monday. June 3.
A new play rs yet unnamed, by
Cosmo Hamilton. follows the Negrue
play during the week of June II, and
Or July 1 another farce from the
Zen Of Averv Hopwood, author OF
Fair ana Warmer" will have its
premier. =
Tea for Three" is now in rehears-
al. Playing the leading roles are
Arthur Byron, for the past two years
star Of 'The Boomerang;;" Fred Per-
ry and Margaret Lawrence. who
scored q real triumph some seasons
back In over Night" and then an
nounced her retirement from the
stage to marry. .'.,,-."
AT the same time that the selwyns
are coming SO rapidly to the front
as producers, they are also building
no less than three new theaters In
New York. the first of which, the
Selwyn Theater. will open early In
september with the Jane Cowl play
E. M. Newman Traveltalker sailed
from an Atlantic. port about two weeks
ago with his operators, motion pic.
ture and still-life cameras-the mrs,
tsuch equipment permitted to leave an
American port of embarkation fol
Rolmlll{aEH va y many months,
The Washington herald., 1918-05-26

present the new comedy hit, THE
Submarine Attack" Bessye Clifford,
the posing artistic. will introduce a
series of representations that have
been praised by art critics; Russell
Mack and Blanche Vincent will
submit Some Sketches at the
Piano." and the Australian Greigh-
tons will offer a number of eccen-
trio juggling exploits commingling
comedy and skill with the colored
spheres. other numbers will be the
organ recitals and the news pic
torial and real war films. Three
shows. 2:15, SIS and Sis on Decora-
tion Day, May 80.