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think or feel too deeply. especially on
the subject Of the hour. Emotionally
we English are always rather reticent,
and the war is too vivid a. reality for
exploitation on the stage. Revues
were very popular at first, but now in
order to score success q revue must be
very good or the cast must contain a
number o: London favorites. The 10y
atty Of London audiences to old ia
vorites is in striking contrast to New
York, where, as Rip Van Wrinkle says,
How soon we are forgotten when we
are gone!'
There is a genuine romantic re-
vival in England" said Capt. Ma
lcne, land that Is what brings me
back TO New York, where 1 brought
for the late George Edwardes. Being
on furlough at present I just natu-
rally can't keep away from the theatre,
so I am representing the George Ed
wardes estate in staging the latest
DAILY Theatre success, The Maid Of
the Mountains for Elliott. Comstock
Gest at the Casino. This piece is
now in it's second year at Days Thea
tire, London, and shows no sign Of
abating success which may fore
shadow a revival of the romantic on
this side. The book by Frederick
Lonsdale is really a romantic comedy
drama, which could very well carry on
its own merits as an acting piece. Re-
enfoyVsd with clever lyrics by Harry
Graham, F. Clifford Harris and Valen-
tine, set to suitable music by Harold
Fraser-Simson. with several additional
numbers by ]. w. Tate, The Maid Of
the Mountains simply took London by
storm and still retains her strong hold.
zone agreeable novelty OF the piece.
considering that TIA, average leading
tenor cannot act and the average lead
ing man cannot sing. is the clever
manner in which the authors have
avoided this difficulty by makig the
leading male role q straight dramatic
one. Arthur Wontner in London and
William Courtenay in New York thus
give the piece the straight dramatic
punch while the tenor and the barry
tone supply the musical accessories
In comparatively secondary roles.
1.-The title role in London was
created by Jose Collins, and the Amer
lean managers have been fortunate
in securing as her successor a young
Spanish prima donna, Sidonie Espero,
who is just the type and can both
sing and act.
Returning to New York is like
coming back to my other home, and
while 1 am here I want to extend
personal thanks to the many Ameri-
can managers and authors who have
given the use of their plays free for
our soldiers. AS chairman of the en-
tertainment committee Of the Army
and Navy Canteen Board it has been
my business to see that these plays
are produced in good style by our
Class c men. who are not physically
At to serve in the front lines, but
who give very good performances.
nevertheless. Those who realize the
importance Of keeping up the morale
Of the army appreciate the fact that
the best is none too good for our
boys over there and the thanks OF
Tommy Atkins out of the trenches IL
due to all these kind American COD.
tributors"
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AT ThE MAJESTIC.
I'm provements Made In q brooklyn
Theatre.

Theatre.
When the Majestic Theatre In
Brooklyn opens its doors for the COM
ing season with a special holiday
matinee on Labor Day patrons will
scarcely be able to recognize 1t in its
new and handsome dress. For a
month past a big force OF decorators
and artisans has been at work trans
forming the auditorium into one OF
the handsomest in the city.
At the close of last season George
II. Nicolai, the veteran theatrical man
and general manager for Stair & Hav-
lin. owners Of the Majestic. got their
sanction to make the theatre in keep
ing with its clientele. The old color
scheme is done away with and the
auditorium will show only soft tones
ivory, gold and olive green. The
draperles and box hangings will be in
the same color effects.
The Majestic will this season be I'M
der the personal direction Of Howard
F. Kinsey, who has for more than
fifteen years been a member Of the
Stair & Havlin forces as head of the
firms financial department.
The opening attraction viii be the
international success 1.-THE Man Who
Stayed at Home" with the original
cast. direct from the Forty-eighth
street Theatre. Manhattan. Following
THE Man Who Stayed at Home" will
come In the order named Rock a Bye
Baby" Seventeen" Yes and No."
Getting Together" with Blanche
Bates and Holbrook Blinn; "Oh, Boy"
Business Before Pleasure" and
Leave 1t to Jane" Other bookings.
which MI the season well into the
spring. will include "Oh, Lady!
Lady!!"' Guy Bates Post in return
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monwealth boast OF an unparalleled
repertoire but 1t can well be proud
Of the men and women who will be In
charge Of actual production.
II feel sratihed at the prospect Of
being associated IN this undertaking
with men like William G. Stewart,
resident director at the Hippodrome;
De Wolf Hopper. Raymond Hitchcock
and a score Of others who re-
ceived their training in the days Of the
old Castle Square, for these names are
synonymous with excellence in the
field Of light ana comic opera.
Commonwealth is the one and only
more so because OF its financial plan,
which Is as great an asset as its per-
sonnet. Opera by and for the people
Is our goal and in the next few days
we must gather in our remaining sub
scriptions so that We may be quick to
realize our hopes. To become q
founder one must pay 500. $25 of
which must accompany the pledge.
Founders are entitled to many privi-
leges during the season. Two other
classes OF membership are also DOS
sible. one at S25 and one at IS, both
including subscriptions to their full
amount in seats for the Forthcoming
season. All moneys are guaranteed
by trust fund created for this spe-
cial purpose.
This Is a rare opportunity for trose
who are really interested in light
opera to come forward and support An
opera at cost plan. To those WHO
arc jealous Of American music. to the
multitude OF lovers OF light and comic
opera the country over is this appeal
addressed in the hope that they will
realize the great value Of Common
wealth as an American institution"
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Lambert Terry and the Runaway Four
Troup Of acrobats.
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SHE RIVALS aENEE.

What 10 sure to be ranked as one Of
the notable events Of the Hippodrome
season is the recent American debut Of
q Danish dancer, 0erda 0uida, in
Charles Dillingham's mammoth must
cal spectacle Everything at the Hip
podrome. This young dancer, scarcely
II years Of age. comes to this country
after two years Of notable success in
tho royal ballet Of Copenhagen and
Stockholm. Her position in Denmark
Il second only to that Of the greatest
Of an ballet dancers. Adeline Genee,
and Il was the uncle Of this famous
dancer, Ballet Master Alexander
Genss. who trained both artists for
their careers.
In fact. had 1t not been for the war
II was the intention OF Ballet Master
Genes to take this brilliant young
artist to London to open q season as
star at the Coliseum. In an inter-
view in 1914. At which time Mile.
Gulda was studying with him in Lon
don. the great Danish teacher de-
clarsd his young pupil to be the logical
sucoessor Of his niece as the worlds
premiere danseuse.
War changed all plans however.
and Mile. 0ulda, after q most sue
cessfnl Stockholm season, set her face
toward America, and in particular
New York. the present gathering place
Of artists Of worldwide renown. It
was her desire to widen the scope Of
her technic gained in the ballet
schools Of, Copenhagen and Stock
holm. by working with Tarasoff.
master Of Serge Dhiagelefrs Ballet
Russo. and Immediately upon her ar
rival in this country with her mother
last autumn she placed herself under
the tuition Of the Russian, with whom
sS,e Ii still studying.
S1appily her role at the Hippodrome
gVss the young star ample oppor-
tunity for pantomime. in which she
Is wonderfully gifted; for brilliant
abandon in q species OF bacchanale
and for exquisite classic ballet dane
ing in variations Of Les Sylphides,"
one of her great successes on the
ether side.
che Is full Of enthusiasm over her
experiences in the New World. for
while q finished artist in her profess
sion the young Danish girl is as naive
Is child in her delight over fresh
impresslons. In the vast cosmopoli-
tan throngs which make up the
audience of the worlds biggest play
house she finds the greatest stimulus
to her art, and 1t Is her ambition to
become as great a favorite In Amer
lea as is her gifted countrywoman.
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Quincy, Carrie McManus, Leeta Linn,
Lambert Terry and the Runaway Four
Troup Of acrobats.
George Broadhurst viii present his
third play Of the season at the Forty
eighth Street Theatre on Thursday. It
Is entitled "The Woman on the Index, I"
and written by Lillian Trimble Bradley
ana Mr. Broadhurst based on q story
in Mwnseys by Frank O'Brien. The
members Of the cast are Julia Dean.
Amy Ricard, Alison Skipworth, Eu-
genie Blair, Camilla Dalberg, Lester
Lonergan, George Probert. Leo Baker.
Walter bingham, Harry Hadneld,
George Le sofr, Henry Miller, Jr., and
T. Tamanoto.
Jewish drama in New York is to
have a new home. Maurice Schwartz
a young Jewish star, will establish q
company Of Jewish players at the Irv-
ing Place Theatre. Irving place and
Fifteenth street, for the presentation
OF modern Jewish plays. The opening
Will take place on Thursday, whom
"A Man and His Shadow" now play
OF fantasy by z. Libin, win be given.
Now productions will be made from
time to time.
Only the best plays from the pens
of well known Jewish writer's will be
offered. and II il the intention Of Mr..
schwartz to revive some OF the sue
cesses OF the late Jacob Qordin A
long lease has been taken on the the
atrc. and some. Of the prominent Jews
Of the city are interested with Mr.
6chwartx In seeing that the best plays
In Yiddish are presented for the lovers
OF Jewish drama in New York.
'Yip, Zip, Yaphank." the musical
revue at the Century Theatre. will
continue second and final week at
that playhouse by special permission
OF Major-Gen. ]. Franklin Bell. This
popular show written by Sergeant
irving Berlin, with twenty musical
gems sung and presented by the boys
from Camp Upton, has proved most
successful
Matipees will be given on wsdnes.
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found q role for him in one Of his
productions. 1t Is not recorded that
Mr.. Dinehart stood with his back to
the audience In his sketches but some
thing in his method attracted Mr.
Hopkins's attention. 80 when he was
hurriedly assembling a Chicago COM
pany to play THE Gypsy Trail" last
season he sent for Mr.. Dinehart and
gave him the role created by Roland
Young. His success in that part won
him the role OF the lugubrious waiter.
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THE NEW PLAYS THIS WEEK.

MONDAY-Republic Theatre: Marjorie Rabeau where
pies Bloom, adapted from the French by r. c. MeGrue
Gaiety and Golden "Lightnin, by
Winchel Smith and Frank Bacon
TUESDAY-Bou Theatre: Selwyn Hopwoods
latest farce Double Exposure"
WEDNESDAY-Cohan Theatre: Henry w. brings Mtzi
ajos) back to New York in Head Over Heels musical
BY e. A. Woolf and Jerome Kern.
Forty eighth Street Theatre: George Broadurst with Lillian
Trimble Bradley made play THE Woman Index
will give IL q this theatre.
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TINE annual theatre drive has not
exhausted its force by the e.
forts OF the imprssarios. en-
srgetic as they/were. There 10 another
fruitful week ahead. So far scarcely
q night during the present week has
escaped 'masterpiece. and in the
present days Of frensied energy a play
may appkar on the horison as sud
Denly asa submarine at any time and
in almost any place in which play
may b. found.
Marjorie Rambeau viii make her
postponed appearance in Where Pop
pies IGrow" at me Republic Theatre
tomorrow. Siree the previous an
nohncsments q the play there has
been no change in the cast.
"Lightnin'." play in q prologue
and three acts by Winchell Smith and
Frank Bacon. which also opens to-
morrow evening at the 0aisty Theatre.
presented by Winchell Smith and John
L. Golden, takes its title from the
principal character.
In the cast are Frank Bacon. Ralph
Nsrgan. Harry Davenport. Jane oaker.
Jessie Pringle. Minnie Palmer. Thomas
NacLarnie. Paul Stanton. e. J. Blum
kali. Sam Colt, George Thompson. sid
Asy Coburn. william r. Granger,
George Spelvin. Fred Conklin. James
c. Lane, Beatrice Nichols. Bessie
Bacon. Beth Martin, Alice Hastinge.
Jane Frenda, May Durysa. Frances
Kenan and Mara MorelanA
6etwyn q Co. announce Double Ex-
posure." the latest farce by Avery
Hopwood. At the Bijou Theatre on
Tuesday. A cast including several
actors who were In the original Fair
and warmer company has been as
sembled for the new play. Among
those who will be seen in prominent
roles ars Janet Beecher. John Cum
beriand, Francine Larriniore. John
Wesley. J. Harry Irvine ana others.
Mitzi Hajos, who has been for some
mysterious reason shorn Of her family
name. viii be seen at the Conan The
atre on wednesday under the manage
ment Of Henry W. Savage in Head
Over Heels" Being for this actress
the play is naturally/more or less COM
plicated with music. This was just as
naturally written by Jerome Kern,
while the text is. the work Of Edgar
Allan Woolf. among the principal
players are Robert Emmett Keane,
Charles JudeI, Dorothy. MacKaye,
Gertrude Dalpls, Boyd Marshall, Irv-
ing Beebe. ernest Marini Edmund
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day and Saturday. the Wednesday
matinee being another popular priced
performances. The final performance
must Be given on Saturday night, Au-
gust u, and the engagement cannot
be extended beyond that time because
on Labor Day Al Jolson Will appear
in ''sinbad" At the Century Theatre.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-10

The story of railroad development in the Orient and the possibilities open there to American enterprises are set forth in a series of reports to the bureau of foreign and domestic con- merce, by Frank Rhea, formerly con- nected with the Pennsylvania railroad and the General Electric Company, who recently returned from a tour as special agent through China, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand and Au- stralia.
 In all China there are only $500 miles of railroad, of which 3,700 miles are Chinese government lines. Most of the railroad development has been in north and central China. All ex- cept one of the government lines are American type, of the standard four feet, eight and one-half inch guage, and on the line to Kalgan, which pierce farther into the interior than any other, 50 of the 66 locomotives are American-made giant Mallett com pound engines, each with tractive effort of S8,00O pounds, parallel the
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-10
AMERICAN RAILS
 ARE DEVELOPING
 ORIENTAL TRADE

WASHINGTON, June 10.-West and East are meeting daily in the Orient, where American built loco motives connect at Kalgan on the border of Mongolia with caravans from the far-interior of Asia.
 Steel rails have broken the arti ficial boundary of the Great Wall of China, which remains only a relic of the past, while long trains go putting through a tunnel underneath, bearing to the sea priceless furs, rugs, wool and turquoise, and to the interior the States and other foreign nations.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-10
WAR GARDENS SPRING
 UP ALL OVER ALASKA

In majority of Alaska towns there is great activity in making Victory gardens. In many instances owners of vacant lots have turned over gratis the land to persons on which to raise vegetables during the war. Radishes rutabagas, turnips, potatoes and let tuce do we'll in Southeastern Alaska and the little "war gardens" which are to play sn important part in win ming this worlds war are to be seer everywhere.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-10

For real lemon pies-the American Bakery. Next door to the Modern Laundry.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-10

Quality talks. Smoke an Ell Roi Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are mild. 1,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
Make the Garden Work All Summer.

Plant garden crops so as to have sue
cession of vegetables-as many paintings
as can be matured before killing frosts
in the fall, say the garden specialists
of the United States department of agri-
culture. The gardener who Is content
: with but one crop does not get the max
im,m benefit from his land and labor.
The gardener who is uncertain as to
when Jack Frost is likely to appear in
the fall, and as to how far in advance
of his appearance the last crops should
be planted can find information on these
points in THE Farm Garden in the
North" farmers bulletin 937, issued for
free distribution by the United States
department of agriculture.
This bulletin, which is offered to city
gardeners as well as to those in the
country and which contains information
of equal value TO both, has a zone map
of the United States based on the ay-
erage dates of the first killing frost in
autumn. BY referring to the map, the
approximate latest safe date for plant
ing any crop in any of the various zones
NAV be determined The bulletin also
contains a table giving the latest safe
dates for planting vegetable seeds in the
open in the northern states and telling
the period necessary for maturity of the
various crops.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
The Yankee Division.

Again we have brilliant and stlrrin;
stories OF the deeds Of the Grenadier
Irish and Coldstream Guards, the Aus
tralians and other particular British di
visions, regiments and battalions. Al
entire article in an English paper is de
voted to an account of brave fighting by
the London territorial battalions. In the
meantime, we in New England have hat
an opportunity of hearing of the heroic
action of our 104th regiment at Apre
mont, but we hear this because the
French command has had the grace tt
decorate the regiment and has thus com
PEELED some particular account of its
achievements. As for the rest of the
Yankee division, which has been fighting
no less resolutely and bloodily than the
brave l04th, we have, in the main, to in
fer its proceedings from careful study
of the casualty lists, or to piece together
an account of its movements from frag-
ments of information in letters that pass
the censor.
We know now that the Yankee di-
vision, after good service and consider
able loss on the Chemin des Danes see
tor, where it was most agreeably mixed
up with the French, "hiked" back in the
last days of March and the first day or
two of April to the near vicinity OF its
old headquarters on the edge of Lor-
raine, in preparation for a new move
ment; and that on April 3, after General
Pershing had offered his whole army to
the French, the division was Immediately
to the st. Mihiel sector, replac-
ing French troops This brought it into
sharp conflict with the German attacks
at Apremont and Seicheprey, and sub
jeeted it to a tour of duty which has
been prolonged, severe and sanglinary.
Day by day we are getting in the casual
ty lists the grim record of this brave
service, and no one knows how long these
lists may be drawn out in order to ca
mouhage the heroic story-not to the
Germans, for they know all about it, but
most painfully TO the hearts of the folks
1t home, who are kept in terrible sus-
,ense by the long withholding of the
names of killed. wounded and captured.
let us hope that some time we shall
know the whole story of this fighting
That il has been severe, we are already
ware from the casualty lists We have
,een told that ID men out of a thousand
5 the average loss in ordinary trench
luty, and when each of several of our
Jew England companies reports a loss
# six or eight killed, in single com
ANY, to say nothing of wounded and
Missing, and in single fight, we know |
hat the fight has been no mere skirmish |
f the trenches.1Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
AMERICANS LEARN
TO HUNT U-BOATS
School Being Conducted in Central Italy,
Being Located Near the Banks of
One of the Volcanic
Lakes.

American Seaplane Training Camp
Central Italy May Correspondent
OF Associated Press American il
training here to become submarine hunt
ers and coast protectors combine hare
work, and serious study, varied BY
occasional trips to a nearby town or, les.
frequently, to Rome.
This is the first school in Italy for
Uncle Sans aerial sailors. They attend
lectures, learn French and Italian, &c
through all the lessons up to solo fly.
| ing, when they are allowed to fly alone
thence on through careful training to
the time when they are recommended as
| fit for officers. Next their names travel
over the Atlantic to the war depart
ment, and finally they become officers,
and have their names enrolled among
the fighters for the United States.
Il know of no greater glory than that
of being an aviator" said the American
ambassador, Thomas Nelson Page, to
some of them at lunch given in their
honor.
Their camp is located near the banks
of one of the volcanic lakes in the noun
tains north of Rome. The winter and
spring have been mild and the student
aviators have been flying almost every
day since they came, under the direction
of Italian instructor pilots They util.
ize the lake for bathing.
On their Saturday afternoon and Sun.
day holidays they ride over TO a cathe.
dral town set on b< rock and they 90
to church, see the sightis, spend little
money on restaurant food, possibly put
up over night at one of the many little
hotels that are languishing here since the
war cut off tourist traffic. and they ride
back again Monday morning for a new
weeks training
Those fortunate enough to have tooth
ache or teeth in the need of repair NAV
go to Rome for that purpose Uncle Sam
not having yet provided dentist ex
for this camp as he has at the
bigger camp for aviators in the south of
Italy. As teeth connect with the nerves
which are supposed to regulate the sense
of equilibrium, it viii be understood Just
how important commanding officers con
slider such troubles. Without a proper
sense of equilibrium a man can't fly
without running the risk of breaking his
neck or valuable machine.
Sometimes money becomes drawback
to the Rome excursion, in view of the
Irregularities of pay days. One sharp
youth from Missouri overcame this
handicap by borrowing French, English |
or American money from his comrades |
In Rome he exchanged this for Italian |
paper money at the rate of eight and |
one-half lire to the dollar, spent what |
was necessary to see the sights and re-
turned to the camp with more money
than he had when he started. He repaid |
his debts at the rate of five lire to the
dollar.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
Proposal Calls for $500, 00O,-
900 Increases Annually
on Railroads
REDUCED HOURS NOT
SAME AS MORE PAY
Some Union Officials Ex-
press Dissatisfaction with
the Wage Prospect

Washington, ID. c., May ON rec.
900 annually for all railroad employees
whose wages were less than $3.50 a
month in December, 1915, the railroad
wage committee made several original
and far reaching suggestions on the prob
lem of railroad labor which attracted
the attention to-day OF Director General
McAdoo and other government officials
Mr.. McAdoo is expected to announce
his decision on the recommendations
in about ten days. There are indications
that he will not accept them in their en-
tirety. Some union officials already have
expressed dissatisfaction with the
amounts recommended for the men OF
their organizations, and increases rang
ing from "a per cent downward to 4.6 per
cent, the hgest paid men receiving the
lowest increases and the average being
lb.02l per cent advance over the 1917
pay roll,
PERHAPS the provision of the recon-
mendations likely to encounter most
strenuous objection is the one that all
wage increases allowed by the roads in
1916 and 1917 shall be deducted from the
amounts now to be given. The commits
sion declared that its conclusions were
based on principle, which was that the
men were entitled to recompense for the
increased cost of living, and in basing
its recommendations on the payrolls of
December, 1915, in comparison with
present prices of necessities decided that
1t would be unfair to allow certain EN-
ployes who already had received wage
advances, to benefit twice.
The commission declared in its report
that reductions in hours are not to be
as increases in pay, stand |
frankly at variance with high railroad |
officials.