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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

millions of others. 1t IL virile. fun OF
action and fun OF human interest.
In her new Select picture, Scan
daP' which is scheduled for showing
at the Odeon theater Tuesday, Con-
stance Talmadge4 portrays the char
acter of a high spirited society girl.
spoiled and capricious. with the depths
OF her real womaniiness unstirred.
The story has been written for the
screen from Cosmo Hamilton's fasci-
mating novel of the same name, and is
filled with amusing complications and
tense action. go
| Starring Charles Richman and Anna
@. Nilsson, over There" which Will
b. shown next Wednesday at the
odeon theater, il notable. for it's war
scenes which must take rank with
the very best war scenes produced
outside of the actual fighting lines.
The battle areas in this picture are
uf,usua ny extensive, and the construc-
ton OF the trench system was Costly.
For, instead OF the usual few yards OF
trenches and sandbags. hundreds OF
feet are covered by really ramifying
system Of counter trench work.
Motion picture patrons who delight
in the highest type Of photo-meio-
drama a sluiy OIL Lreathless suspense.
mystery and rapid-fi action, should
flock to the Odeon theater Thurs
day to see Herbert Brenon's brilliant
screen Interpretation of Louis Joseph
Vances famous novel; The Lone
Wolf" a Selznick- Pictures offering of
exceptional quality.
Although. no. star is presented In this
production the entire cast OF players
lis practically of stellar quality. The
lovely and popular Hazel Dawn is fea-
tured, together with Bert Lytell, whose
stage record has few parallels among
the younger actors.
Friday and Saturdays double pro-
gram includes Francis X. lshman
and Beverly .Bayne in THE Voice of
Conscience" and William S, Hart in
Horns and Hoofs," two magnificent
productions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
DEVELOPS
PITCHING ABILITY MUCH
TO HIS KEEPERS FEAR

+ New York, Jan. 12,--Kaiser Bills
Nightmares of murdered Belgium ba-
bies may soon be interrupted by the
latest OF war ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
throwing by elephants.
Cartoon" a beautiful black Afri-
can specimen now quartered at the
New York Geological Park, is the
latest applicant for trench honors
Cartoon proved his unerring ain1
and perfectly good throwing trunk
when trainer thought to have some
fun and neglected to remove a trash
can.
Cartoon" not approving of the
fun. picked up the can and sent II
spinning through the air. 1t landed
against the trash wagon, and the
driver fell of the seat, No sooner
had Cartoon" discovered his pitch
ing ability than he began to practice
with rocks and other missiles.
For speed, Smoky Joe" Wood was
as a baby For accuracy, Krupp was
rs baby. For accuracy, the French
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
FRANCES FAITH IN
j. S. ASTONISHING
Americans New Kind of People. the
French Bcfievc-Htgh Reputation
10 Be Maintained.

Washington. Jan. II We've got a
reputation to live UP TO. We are firm
" believed 10 be a new kind OF people
--paIadins---of astonishing force and
virtue. handing out victory and, al
though rich, tightening our belts to
give food TO the world"
These words are used by SteEling
HeiIig. FOR many years the Washing
ton Stars Paris correspondent, in tell
ing of the scrupulous care used by
Americans in France In living up both
TO the letter and the spirit of all that
repu blics war regulations. The inn
pIcit belief OF the French in our pow
ers and our destiny makes an Amer
lean proud to be abroad In these times.
says MIR. Heilig. and accomplishing In
the face OF all difficulties and priva-
tions. Furthermore, 1t has called forth
an adniiring paternalism on the part
of the French OF all strata of society,
the lowest as well as the highest do
ing all they can to facilitate and to
protect every American. and especially
every American soldier that comes
their way.
In personal letter TO an old friend
in Washington Mr.. Heillg gives details
of his own domestic daily life that may
be taken as a pretty accurate indicS-
household. His own trained powers
of observation tell him just as accur-
ately how things are elsewhere. :.
Girls Dare Not Make Eyes.
The girls hardly dare make eyes
at our soldier boys on the boulevard"
runs the letter in part. They have
been warned By the Paris papers that
the lads are Galahads, a new kind of
crusaders. who have taken vows before
sailing. Old buns have been known
to tell the most cheerful sort OF lies to
protect them from temptation.
Where Is such-and a placer
asked one soldier. referring not to a
dive, but to a playhouse now in opera
ton, as usual. which stages effects
many of which are little worse than
those one sees in New York. It's
shut tblandly replied the old street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
Virginia Pearson
Stars al Colonis.

8Rack to the blue shirt.
MWiliinm Farnum. In all the manly
avery Of the parts the public love
III we'll Is coming to town. In This
K >&ft Of = Lion." the stslwart Will
linn Fox star makes his reappsar-
Ajkce. bringing with him a story of alb
sofbinE interest and excitement.
Al the Colonial theater. on tomor-
sow and Tuesday. The Heart of a
fAR- will be seen. 1t is undoubted
thEs y al lovers OF william Farnum will
length Of time: but the print of the
picture allotted to this territory Is In
ouch demand that ne longer engage
ynent can be played.
'sThe Heart of a Lion" is taken from
i povel by Ralph Conner called The
Doctor" Mr.. Common. whose real name
Va Charles w. Gordon, Is now major
In the Canadian Highlanders. THE
Doctor" liz one Of his best known ana
fsost popular works. as are also "Biack
sRockss and 1.-THE Man from Glengarfy.'
"Wednesday and Thursday Harold
Eockw BOD will be presented IN "The
Aduate Deceiver." with Lonesome
sLuks" In Clubs are Trumps" as an
aided feature on the same program.
The william Fox photoplay, stolen
Honor" starring Miss Virginia Pear
son, will be shown Friday and Satur-
day IL is certainly a splendid pic
turs. one that has beauty in its scenes
md settings.
Ntse Pearsons dramatic ability has
q blg opportunity of showing Itself In
sono stirring scenes. Her beauty OF
face ana form adds much interest 10
thu picture.
On the same program Mary Thur
man, the famous Mack Sennett Para
mouHt beauty. will be seen with all OF
the other charming water nymphs and
dancing girls. together with the Sen
nett com dians In That Night" one
~ the raciest. most delectable features
ygt filmed In that establishment where
{ 5rprtses are sprung every day In the
feek
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
FRENCH PRIEST ROBBED OF
SIX LANGUAGES BY WOUND

Denver. Col, Jan. 11.---His ability
Ito articulate seven different languages
shot away when shrapnel from l50-
millimeter German shell blew out a
small particle OF. his brain in the bat
tie of Asseviilers, on the Somme front.
In July, 1915. Father Marcel Souris.
chaplain of the French army, still
experiences much difscuity in speak
/ ing his own native French.
For months could not speak at
jall." Father Souris said, In his halt
ling French that he has had to learn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

witx. q food dealer Of the Bronx, ia
tho FIRST man I'm New York. city to
have his federal license revoked. The
revelation is for the period Of the
war and follows an attempt by Lef-
kowitE to sell 1000 pounds OF sugar
to a baker for afteen cents pound.
The baker bought some OF the sugar.
using marked money in the transact
ton, thereby enabling federal authori-
ties to obtain desired evidence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

all over again. "And even now / am
only able to read the Latin, Greek,
English German, Russian and Jap
anese languages that / once spoke 80
fiuently. French is the only language
/ can articulate at ALL"
Father Souris was struck by the
shrapnel while administering the last
rites to q dying soldier at the height
OF the battle of Asseviliers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

mo one understands me-
That's not to be wondered ~,
grille Your mother was q telephone
girl before she married, and your
father was train announcer"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
William Farrum
Comes to Odeon

Faoaturing the Odson bin tomorrow
Nh be NORTH OF Fifty Three with
ful4m Farnum and splendid sup
Saetimo cast Ia that picturesque story
~ III the open by Bertrand Gin
~ book this charming ptc-
x WAe read bxs milItpns A. 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

Accrued interest, forty dcsiaSs,"
announced the pupil.
"A crude answer" declared the
teacher. You're fourteen dollars Out
of the way"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
rae RIcIM ON vIRaINIAN-sUNDAY, JANUARY ID Iyls

7s's were toys. For pswer. Krupp
was not to be considered. The en-
tire ZOO faced destruction before the
keepers finally caught Cartoon"
asleep and chained him. The new
cage now being built for him will be
entirely free of rocks ana other mis-
siles-even trash cans.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Along the Enchanting Hanamichi

motley train continuously passes the
hanamch in the long theatre day-dancing
lions chasing butterflies, demons and
witches, foxes and badgers in disguise. SER
pent-princesses, spirits of the cherry tree,
wistara and even of such substantial things
as lanterns and umbrellas. Transformations
of fuman beings into weird and ghostly
shapes take place unexpectedly, with the as
sistance of the hanamichi's trap door. Mes
sengers Of buk-land-Kabuki, the beau
tfu old historic drama in which feudal
Japan can still be almost intact
scarce ever take different route than by
the tme-honored one Of the audience path.
"But it is when men in desperate fights
swarm over both audience paths and over
flow upon the stage that the players take
possession of the whole theatre and break
down all barriers between themselves ard
the onlookers from the world of reality. Or
when a grotesque spider in robes of gold,
scarlet and black throws it's fne-spun web
Of compressed paper spraying far out over
the people like a burst of day fireworks.
With rapid movements as it dances, it sends
the fragile strands flying into the boxes,
and old men we'll as women and children
reach out eagerly for the himsy stuff that
wanders gossamer-lke from Kabuk-land-a
tangible connection between the two init
mately established"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

may be lost upon the audience, a kurombo,
or black boy. prccedcs him along the hama
michi holding up candle on stick to
illuminate his face.
at is on the hanamichi that the actors
best effects are produced, and every mo-
mcnt spent the audience stage is care
fully calculated to bring certain results.
The Japanese love Of symbolic posturing,
when by dextcrous and graceful movement
and gesture an inner meaning is made clear,
here finds splendid opportunity for express
sion. No finer example of. this can be found
than in the character of Sukcroku, a valiant
man of the people, always ready to defend
the weak against the clustering two
sworded samurai of old Yedo. AS he poses
upon the hanamichi with his oiled paper
umbrella, he shadows forth his bravery and
fighting spirit by his dramatic confidence OF
manner, and makes it known that he has
secret plan to recover a sword that has been
stolen-pantomm perfectly Ineligible to
the Japanese audience, familiar with every
line and movement Of these old historic
plays.
"Another dramatic value of the hanamichi
is to put actors further along on journey;
or again it serves a means of disposing
Of them while the stage revolves for the
presentation of new scene.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

"But it is the picturesque side of the
Flower Path that perhaps serves the best
theatrical purpose. The pictures that are
formed upon it were once the inspiration Of
many of the great print artists Of Japan,
and to those who know the Japanese theatre
the print actors are in way distortions
of the truth, as they are sometimes consid-
cred. Grotesquc and exaggerated poses are
an integral part Of the Japanese stage con-
vention. Pageantry and ceremonial claim
the hanamichi as their own. Sweeping
over it come professions of women of the
old Yedo gay quarters. in dazzling robes of
gold and embroidery, all the rainbow tints
Of the East caught up from long forgotten
corners Of Asia to form the spcctacle;
priests in stiff brocades chant as they march
solemny through thes audience to some
ornate stage temple; daimo professions
here wind their way with all the pomp of
feudal days; lovers are carried off in palan
quns upon the two opposite ~hanamichi
casting despairing parting glances at each
other over the heads Of the spectators, ard
wonderful armor-cad fighters, perchcd high
upon black velvet stage horses, thrill the
audience by their nearness. Lost brothers
find each other the hanamichi with
carnations of joy, lovers are united. Spartan
mothers tearfully part with their children.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

"One great theatrical advantage which
the Flower Path gives in the presentation of
Japanese drama is the variety Of entrances
and exits which it allows the players. In
the familiar old plays a popular character
is expected and welcomed by shouts even
before he makes his appearance on the
hanamlchi, and there is great clamor and
turning Of heads to the back of the theatre
when the moment draws near for his en-
trance. One OF the most famous entrances
is that of Benkci, the warrior priest, in the
garb of yamabush, or mountain temple
attendant. Impressive as is Benkei's stately
and dignified entrance, his exit is one for
which, should the stages of all countries
be searched for something approaching it,
no parallel could be found; he simply clears
the entire length of the hanamchi 1n three
gigantic running leaps. 1t is not difficult to
imagine the enthusiastic shouts tha. greet
this athletic feat.
"There is also the exit of Yuranosukc, the
leader of the Forty-seven Ronin, or Loyal
Retainers. After saying farewell to his
feudal lords castle that has been surrcn-
dercd to the enemy, in long wordlcss
scene the hero conveys to the audience as
he passes slowly along the hanamichi, bv
facial expression alone, his bitter regret at
parting and his unqucnchable determina-
ton for revenge. That none Of the effect
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Keeping Up ON the Magazines

SO bold as to fire between the two wooden
blades of the propeller, revolving at an ex-
act speed of 400 revolutions per minute
so as not to shatter the blades has excited
our hvellest admiration. 1t is a pity that
Nj. Verne could not have thought of it.
But when this war is done we NAV know
the arplane chiefly as an instrument of
observation; its peace value is unmistak-
able along these very lines, even in ths,
face of the crisis of the greatest war that
the world has ever known
The airplane has been called tho eve of
the army. May | venture then to suggest
that the camera which it carries on high is
the optic nerve of that eye? Nay, more; it
is the retina of the eye-a changing re-
tina, If you please, in which impressions
are not teeting as upon your eyes or mine.
but are recorded permanently. And there
are many such eyes; in the course of
single days fighting thousands and thou
sands Of such permanent retnas-each
little oblong of glass, four inches by five.
but each telling in its own exact and unmis
taxable way the work and progress of the
enemy"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

three fingers of the bad man. the morn
1ng's morning Of the Irishman, the brace
OF the clubman, the shot of the barkeeper
Booze is through, and this is its vale
dictory.
The wholesale whiskey business ALREADY
has ceased to be a business. By Novem-
ber 1919, there will be no whiskey business
at all in the United States What whiskev
there is left will be in the hands of a few
ciuos, spectators, or hotels and saloons,
whose owners are even now storing un
supplies.
The saloon is disappearing automati
cally. In Chicago over four hundred sa-
looms, on an average, have dropped out at
every license period, which means eight
hundred year! The number of those
"hlch discontinued the business on Nav
broke all records for Chicago
In New York, where already the num-
per OF saloons was decreasing steadily, the
law forbiddng ownership of saloons bv
foreigners cuts the number existing in half.
BY the time this article is published everv
saloon will be forced to charge TWENTY
llVe cents or more for whiskey, and more
than half will be closed
Inc saloon seems doomed to follow
"niskey out OF existence, regardless of pro-
"ioi.ioh ACTIVITIES The movement is auto
matte. AS rapidly as saloon ceases to
nave supply of whiskey, according to the
testimony If the saloon men, the profits
OF the business will be reduced so that
tne owner cannot pay the license and must
close Scotch, Irish and other British made
whlskles are almost extinct even now in tho
United States. Gin is extremely scarce, and
"hlskey is falling into the hands of hoard
ers and speculators
4he course of the government after tho
war cannot be foretold, but it is incon-
ce'Vaole that, having made the whskey prob
ZEN solve itself to the satisfaction of the
s'e"' majority OF all classes. the govern
ment will permit the RESUMPTION of d.
tllllng after the war"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
he Camera in
Kh aki
DWARD HUNGERFORD has an
~ article in the July EVERY
k@ body's" on aerial photography.
A great airplane. he SAYS


goes skimming through the air mile or
more above the surface of the earth. The
folk of the little Belgian town go hurryine
to cover. They do not know that the in
sigma upon the under surface of the 'plane
the blue star in white circle within a rcd
circle-indcate that it is an American ma
chine and so does not drop bombs on houses
or hospitals or helpless people, They do not
know that It's business is not frng-not the
firing of explosives, at any rate The
Boches seem to scent it, and when they
hear of an enemy airplane 'on PHOTOGRAPHIC
mission lowering over their lines thew ret
out the fastest and the best of their scout
ing and fighting machines to beat off the
offender
Sometimes the machine which bears the
camera man and his tireless record maker
of details is not visible to the naked eyes
OF folk upon the ground. 1t is difficult to
observe an arplane, even on remarkably
clear day, much over 10000 feet aloft
And our big observation 'planes-like those
of the French and British-frequently 90
as high as 10000 feet, and--as we shall
presently see-take photographs from that
great elevation, photographs whose ability
to record infinite detail seemingly passes
the possibilities of science and enters the
realms OF the supernatural. The imagina-
tion of Jules Verne was sturdy; it would
go to the rear rank, however, when COM
pared with simple fact in the present war.
we nave been accustomed to regard the
alrplane purely as a fighting machine The
device by which the machine gun of the
scoutpIane, hring 700 times minute, was
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
If1E SPY: A Story by Pierre Mile
T T RAINED. 1t rained atrociously,
incessantly. 1t rained cats and
DOGS as nv comrades of the Emo

a L RAINED. 1t rained atrociously
necessarily. 1t rained cats and
IA dogs, as my comrades of the Eng
lish army say in their language.
And they added, as though wounded in
their patriotic sensibilites, that they had
never seen it rain like that before, even
in their own country.
The fact is that meteorological records
prove what they said. Nowhere, even in
corners the most relentlessly watered by
the watery sky of England, does it rain
more implacably, more regularly, more
abundantly, more persistently and
more malciously than in that part of
French Flanders which our Allies have
defended against the German armies for
the last three years. Never, moreover
had one seen it rain in the little village
of H as it had raned in those drench-
ing last two weeks of October.
II must at least finish a SKETCH" said
Mervil, the illustrator, who was enraged
because he had not been able to put his
nose outside doors for eight days.
So we sat out courageously, wrapped
in our raincoats. But we had hardly
passed the last houses of the main street
when the downpour redoubled W.,
couldn't see two steps ahead of US The
raindrops pricked our eyes like needless
The mud was SO sticky that it literally
sucked the shoes off our feet We knew
that we were vanquished by the clements
So we turned and entered an inn-thc
last on the road to b, called the
White Bucket. The bucket is painted
above the door, and it is certainly white
Mervil gave his uninterrupted atten-
tlon to brewing hot gin punch-of gin
lemon, cloves and sugar with a match to
set it aflame-which we had ordered from
the proprietress, an apiable woman and
not too homely. Meanwhile | gazed out
of the window.
A detachment of twelve men, COM
manded by an old ergeant-Berkshire
Fusieers, as l could see from the mark
ings on their uniforms - passed by,
spashing the mud up on the sidewalk
In the m)~ It of the detachment walked
man, extraordinarily pale, dressed like
bourgeois in comfortable circumstances
His hands were bound behind his back
with the sort of handouts used by the
English military police.
"Cheer up" said to Mervil "There's
your sketch"
"Jesus-Maria." exclaimed the pre-
prietress, folding her hands and than
making the sign of the cross. "It's the
spy whom they are taking to B to
shoot"
So it was. We had forgotten. The
execution had been set for to-day-the
execution of the German spy who had
found a way to install himself for four
months at b as butter and milk
dealer He was an old hand at espionage.
After his first examination before the
court martial he no longer denied that
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Diplomacy
This English Writer
Says the Widespread
Discomfort Seems Not
Adequately Grounded.
F. POLLARD, in "The Con-
temporary Review" dis
cusses "The Use and Abuse
of Diplomacy. and finds tint

the public generally criticises upon the
basis of misapprehension. He writes:
of the word 'abuse!proves war, war stimu-
lates the abuse of it in another; for war
abolishes diplomacy, and we naturally abuse
things for which we have no use But apcrt
from general disappointment with the pres
ent state Of affairs. our widespread discon-
tent with diplomacy seems to be based on
inadequate grounds Of course discomfort
will find an outlet, and public criticism Of
our tactics and strategy being taboo, and
ministerial reorganizations having left US
in much the same state of expectancy as be-
fore, we are reduced to blaming our d;plo-
mats for the war and for the hopes deferred
Of victory Fortunately, perhaps, it is an
impersonal sort of censure; d plomacy has
long been removed from the sphere of party
recrimnaton; our diplomatists are not pol
or the lack of It,
"Whether our dissatisfaction is due to
the failure of diplomacy to prevent the war
or to its inability to end it is not quite clear.
Most Of US think that our own and other
Entente diplomatists went far enough in
their efforts to preserve the peace and that
their failure was due to the warlike deter
mination of our foes, and in that case our
diplomacy is uni ustly suspect It is. in
deed open TO the charges of facilitating the
war by making resistance to Germany pos
sible, and OF proionging it by preventing
German victory