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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1918-03-01

ANY American soldiers lost on the
torpedoed transport were protected by
United States government insurance
and government compensation. Those
who had not applied for insurance
were covered by automatic insurance,
which is payable to wife, child or
widowed mother. The automatic in
surance aggregates about $4,000, net
ting S25 a month for $40 months. In
surance that had been applied for is
payable to a much larger class of ben
eficiaries and can go as high as $1O,-
600, netting $3.50 a month for 24O
months.
The compensation in case of death,
given by the government without
charge and regardless Of rank or pay,
ranges from 500 to $75 month, based
on the number of dependents. Pay
ments under the compensation feature
of the military and naval insurance act
in case of death are payable to a
widow, children, or dependent wild
owed mother.
The automatic insurance ceased on
February -, but the compensation
feature of the act is a separate pro-
vision. The scale Of compensation in
case of death follows:
(a) For widow alone, $50.
(b) For widow and one child, $35.
(c) For a widow and two children,
S4750, with So for each additional
child up TO two.
(d) If there be no widow, then for
one child, $50.
(e) For two children, $50.
(f) For three children, $40 with So
for each additional child up to two.
CD For a widowed mother, $50. The
amount payable under this subdivision
when added to the total amount pay
able to the widow and children, does
not exceed $75.
To meet the shortage of small silver
change in Norway large issue OF one
crown notes Cat normal exchange the
Norwegian crown Is worth 26.S scents
United States currency has been put
In circulation.
The United States publis health
service is carrying on campaign
along sanitary lines in areas adjacent
to % military camps. Complete sani-
tary organizations work to prevent
the spread Of disease from the civilian
population to military forces, and to
protect civilians from communicable
diseases where they have occurred
among troops.
The organizations include phySi-
clans, sanitary engineers, nurses, at
tendants and laborers. Methods un.I
dsrtaken include inspection Of all e.
tAbllshmsnts handling feed supplieA
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Evening star., 1918-07-28
NEXT WEEKS PHoToPLAYs.
LoEW'S CoLUMBIA-Dousla Fair
banks latest photoplay. Bound II
Morocco. $50. !

LoEW'S COLUMBIA-Dougla Fair
banks latest photoplay. Bound in
Morocco. ".r -
KNICKERBoCKER- Brady. in
The Death Dance; Dorothy Dalton,
in The Kaiser's Shadow; Marguerite
Clark. in Uncle Toms Cabin" and
Viola Dana. in Opportunity" with
1.-The Allies War Review"
CRANDALL's-W. s. Hart. in Shark
Monroe: Constance Talmadge. in "A
Pair of Silk Stockings" and Charles
Ray. In '"The Claws Of the Hun"
SAVOY-Norma Talmadgc, in The
Safety Curtain; Mae Marsh. in "A
Glorious Adventure: Wallace Reid,
in The Firefiy of France; hiadge
Evans, in 'Neighbors": Harold Lock-
wood. in Lend Me Your Name." and
Enid Bennett, in "A Desert Wooing."
APoLLo-Mary Pickford. in How
Could You. Jean?": Kitty Gordon. In
..Tinsel"; Madge Kennedy. in The
Service Star; Enid Bennett, in "A
Desert Wooing"; Jack Pickford, in
sandy" and Constance Talmadge, in
= Pair of Silk Stockings'
AVENUE GRAND - Norma Tai
madge. in THE Safety Curtain; Har-
old Lockwood. in Lend Me Your
Name: Mary Pickford. in How
Could You. Jean?t: Constance Tai
madge. in "A Pair Of Silk Stockings:
Jack Pickford. in Sandy" and a COM
edy
Evening star., 1918-07-28
B. F. KEITH's

Clifton Crawford, star of New York
and London musical comedies, heads
the bill at B. F. Keiths Theater this
week IN a mixed repertoire of songs.
stories and recitations, some in Sc
rious vein. The added attraction will
be the Russian violinist, Fradkin.
with Jean Tell. prima donna soprano.
in selections of the semi-classical
sort Other attractions include Ames
and Winthrop, in whimsical skit,
Caught in a Jamb"; Margaret Young,
singer Of descriptive and character
songs: Joseph E. Bernard and COM
pany. in Who Is She?" a query COM
edy with a surprise climax; the Eddie
Miller duo, harmony singers; frankie
Wilson. in "A Modern Mirage; Fred
and Kittie Demaco, in The Garden of
Surprises; the pipe organ recitals
and the Hearst-Pathe News
Today at and 8:15 pm.. the bill will
o6er last weeks list Of attractions.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
POLI'S.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew who
once more are appearing en- the
speaking stage. will come to Polls
theater this week under the manage
ment of Richard Walton Tully, in a
comedy in three acts, Keep Her
Smiling" written by John Hunter
Booth, author of THE Masquerader,"
prior to it's presentation at the Astor
Theater in New York. The engage
ment will open tonight. Screen ad-
mirers of Mr.. and Mrs. Drew will
thus have an opportunity to see them
in the life and to become really ac-
quainted with Henry and Polly whom
they have known by their pictures
for a long time. The play is guar
anteed to be clean, wholesome and
vigorous. and in every way a match
for the admirable pieces the Drews
have done on the screen. An excel
lent company and an elaborate pro-
duction are assured.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
BELASCO

A new Glass-Goodman comedy. with
Fannie Brice in the leading role. will
be A H Woods offering at the Be-
lasco Theater tomorrow evening. 1t
is called why Worry" and is by
Montague Glass and Jules Eckert
Goodman. Mr.. Glass is famous as the
creator of Potash and Perlmutter."
Mr. Goodman is the author of the
Man Who Came Back" a stage YER
sion of Treasure Island" Fannie
Brice has been for years headliner
in vaudeville. a star of the Ziegfeld
Follies and one of the most popular
condolences on the American stage.
why worry?" is another of those
delicate comedies of Yiddish life that
made Potash and Perlmutter" and
Business Before Pleasure" famous.
With Miss Brice is company in
cluding May Boley. the famous Avon
Comedy Four, George Sidney. Vera
Gordon and others.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
GAYETY.

Performances starting at o'clock
today will present for the last time
the attractive offerings of last week.
After the shortest dark" period in
its history, the Gayety Theater' will
open it's I91s-19 season next Saturday
night. with THE Beauty Trust an
organization that is making it's debut
IN the Columbia circuit under the
management of l.. H. Herk. 1t is
headed by Frances Farr, Jack Pearl
and AL Hitler, noted entertainers in
the world of burlesquers. clean,
snappy performance, enlivened by a
chorus of twenty attractive girls, is
promised. fht't
Evening star., 1918-07-28
COSMOS.

A merry development Of the suffra-
getre. under the title, THE Court
Room Girls" will be presented at the
Cosmos Theater this week by a large
company, headed by Teddy Mcnamara,
Ruth Francis and Herbert Brooke,
uniquely costumed. It Is full of orig
inal music and mirthful diversion. and
one of its big features is "a ragtime
Jury" which tries willing culprits
from the audience Orlando and Mack
number; Grant Gardner, amusing carl
oature and "kuitur" In blAckface:
Port and De Lacey, blend of COM
edy and song: the Musical Hunters. .
suuaint melodious concett, and Butts
Evening star., 1918-07-28
FERouSON Locust sLGLumb@

ETY. Theater. will come 1.-The Behman
each of which is unusually popular
with Washington burlesque fans"
In front of the Gaiety Theater. New
York. is a frame of cartoons of the
principal characters in THE Rainbow
is well known in this city and acts as
manager for that musical comedy.
Lest We Forget" which has for its
son to whom Charles Frohman talked
before the Lusitania was sunk. is said
to have been produced with that trag-
ic event in mind. Miss Jolivet was
one of the survivors of the tragedy.
Fannie Brice was once a clerk in
Brooklyn department store. with
George Bickel of the team of Bickel
and Watson. who later were co-stars
with her in the Ziegfeld Follies. Fam
ME was discharged for keeping the
other girls in too high a state of
ceived the blue" envelope she i'm
mediately ceased to be funny, for it
seemed to her calamity. She got
position in the chorus of a musical
comedy stock company in her home
town. and not SO very long after
aWoke one mofhhS " Ahu heTsSA q
star.
Seven Days Leave" a military
naval melodrama which is coming to
Polls Theater. ran for twenty weeks
at the Park Theater, New York. last
season and attracted unusual atten-
tion from the naval and military au-
thorities. A sepecial midnight per-
formance was given in honor of the
Secretary of the Navy. Others who
gave theater parties to see it included.
it is announced. the late John Purroy
Mitchell, Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Gov. Whitman of New York and for
-mer Ambassador to Germany James
W. Gerard. 1t is described as blend
of love, intrigue, suspense. religion.
pathos, patriotism and laughter. inter-
mingled by the sensational scenes,
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Personality, Jolly. entertaining
modes, and spontaneous Fannie Brice
has made more people laugh probably
than any comedienne on the Amer
lean stage.
Personality" is the only thing tnat t
really counts. says Miss Brice II
YOU have that you can get away with
anything, and if you haven't II you
are pretty likely to fall with duli'
hard thud of drop.
We have seen actors and actresses
who are taIented-can sing and dance.
and have the technique of acting at
their HnCers' ends. as it were: but if
they haven't that elusive quality we
cali personality they do not get
anywhere. Ii they have personality
they don't need to be clever.
There are some people you can SIT
up all night and watch. and yet not
geniuses-it is merely because they
have personality 1t is that which
holds your attention and charms you.
The Crandall Theaters Company. H.
NJ. Crandau, president, is now in its
new quarters, in the Metropolitan
Theater building, F street between 9th
and 10th streets northwest. with
suite of handsome Offices extending
over the entire lobby of the theater.
A spacious reception room is separat-
ed from the general offices by ma
hogany counter. To the right is To-
Gated the Office of Arthur l.. Robb.
who will look after the management
of the Metropolitan Theater. and the
office of George Crouch, treasurer and
secretary. Further to the left is the
office of Joseph p. Morgan. manager
of the Savoy and general booking
manager of the Crandall circuit. and
to the extreme left is the private Of
fee of Harry NJ. Crandall. On the third
floor are the Offices of Barry Bulkley.
vice president of the company, and X.
W. Bulkley of the Gaumont News.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
BATHING BEACH SOON READY.
Col. Ridley Hopes to Open Tidal
Rasin About August 8.

Extra efforts are being made by Col
Ridley. the engineer officer in charge
of public buildings and grounds. to
have the new bathing beach in the
tidal basin of Potomac Park ready
for the use of the public by Monday.
August 5. or a. few days thereafter.
More than a hundred additional, me
chanics and laborers are engaged in
completing the bathouses. and pre-
pairing shelving beach of. sand. A
publication plant near the inlet gate
is feature of the equipment -
Evening star., 1918-07-28
NEXT WEEKS ATTRACTIONS.
Relasco.

Helen With the High Hand" an
Arnold Bennett comedy. presented as
his first effort as a producer by Adolph
Klauber, with E. Lyell Swete, a dis
tinguished English actor. in one of the
most important roles. Mr.. Swete pro-
duced "The Blue Bird" at the Hay
market Theater, London. and has
played important engagements with
Sir George Alexander. Oscar Asch and
Lewis Waller.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
NO Mans Land" and a comedy. "Hel
Screen Idol"
Avenue Grand,

THE Service Star" to be shown at
.Crandall's Avenue Grand today. fea-
lures Madge Kennedy, as hero's
waiting wife and the strange decep-
tion passed on draft board: tomor-
row.j"old Wives for New" featuring
Theodore Roberts and Tully Marshall.
will be shown; Tuesday. Bert Lytell.
in NO Mans Land; Wednesday and
Thursday, Douglas Fairbanks. in
Say. Young Fellow: Friday. June
Elvidge, in Joan of the Woods: !:
Saturday. Enid Bennett. in IA Desert
Wooing.' with comedy, "A Village
Scandal"
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Casino.

The Casino. starting at pm. to-
day. with THE Pleasure Seekers"
viii present a new two-part bur-
lesque show. featuring a new set of
comedians in each. W ith a prima
donna. soubrettes and a chorus of
thirty lively girls. who will make
effective stage pictures in many song
hits. Leo Stevens. the man with the
funny sneeZe," is announced as an
added attraction.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Poi's.

Where Poppies Bloom" by Roi
Cooper Megrue. with Marjorie Ram
beau as its star. assisted by Percival
Knight, James L. Crane, Will Deming,
Lawrence Eddinger, Marcel Rousseau,
Sydney Blackmer and Charles Mather
1t is a love story with scenes laid in
the hall of a French chateau near the
war front, with the war as back
ground. ~
Evening star., 1918-07-28

bowling and dancing in the pavilion
on the riverside. The steamer Charles
Manchester leaves 7th street wharf
daily for Marshall Hall, at 10 am.
and at ESQ and $50 pm.
Chesapeake Beach, an hours ride
from Washington. offers salt water
bathing. fishing and grabbing
among it's diversions. A mile-long
boardwalk is lined with amusement
devices. while shady groves furnish
pleasant facilities. for picnic parties.
Ride thrillers are in operation and
dancing is also a feature. Commenc-
ing tomorrow free exhibitions will be
given at and S pm. daily by VAL
lecitas five trained leopards.
Great Falls Park. reached by electric
trains from 36th and NJ streets north
west. affords pleasant prospect for a
days outing. with concerts afternoons
and evenings by the Ladies' Liberty
Orchestra, dancing and a motion pic
ture show. 1t is especially commended
to fishermen and cameramen.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
B. F. Keith's.

Vaudeville. headed by Eddie and the
Seven Younger Foys in 'tSlumwhere
in France. George Hobart-"Bugs"
Baer fantasy. with special music by
Bryan Foy. Also Dolly Connolly with
Percy Wenrich, the Ford Sisters in
THE. Ford Revue of 1915" the Ward
Brothers, Quinn and Caverly, Harry
Henlere. Embe and Alton and Francis
and Rose.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Cosmos,

Vaudeville. headed by a unique en-
teEtainment. entitled Making Movie.
Stars" in which an experienced di-
rector, with a complete studio force
and talent exclusively from Washing
ton, will make moving pictures on the
stage, to be shown the following week.
1t gives an audience the entertaining
features of both the speaking and the
photoplay stage. Other standard acts
will appear. &
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Loew's Columbia.

Today and until Thureday Elsie
Ferguson will be picturedsat Loew's
Columbia in a photo production of
Robert w. Chambers story The Dan
ger Mark" as Geraldine seagraye. a
young society woman who has in
herited, from an ancestor. an inordi7
nate desire to drink. Her guardian
discovers that the girl secretly in
dulges her craving by eating sugar
STEPPED In cologne. At garden fete,
Geraldine drinks champagne to ex-
cess, and barely escapes disgrace.
How she finally overcomes the, drink
habit makes an Interesting picture
story Reels. of comedy and current
events reels will be shown also.
Thursday. and for the last half of the
week, SSssue- Hayakawa will be. seen
in his new ,photoplay. "The City OF
Dim Faces,
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Howard.

David Higgins drama of the race
track. His Last Dollar" will be pre-
sented at the Howard all this week,
with the usual three matinees. by
the Quality Amusement Company.
Four thoroughbred racing horses and
four jockeys have been secured by
the management to add to the realis-
tic features of the play.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Hnickerbocker.

Crandalrs Knickerbocker today and
tomorrow will offer for the first time
here "a Glorious Adventure" pictur-
ing Mae Marsh. in a magazine story
by Edith Bernard Delano, as a quaint
girl who reaches womanhood ignorant
of life and given to dreams and illu-
sions, until by chance she becomes the
chief figure in a series of highly
dramatic events. The Claws of the
Hun" another frst-run patriotic pic
ture, will be shown Tuesday and We'd
nesday, with Charles Ray featured;
Shark Monroe" the latest William 5.
Hart film, Thursday and Friday, and
Lend Me Your Name" featuring Har-
old Lockwood, Saturday.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Strand.

At Moore's Strand Theater from to-
day through wednesday the Artcraft
picture, "We Can't, Have, Everything"
viii be. shown. It pictures Rupert
Hughes novel and features, Sylvia
Dreamer, Wanda Hawley. Kathlyn
Williams, Elliott Dexter, Theodore
Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Tully Mar
shall, Thurston Hall and Sylvia Ash
ton. Thursday and the last. half OF
the week. .. Warren Kerrigan. pic
tured in "One Dollar Bid" Will be the
attraction. Short reel features also are
shown to orchestral accompaniment
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Criterion.

The attraction at the Criterion
Theater today is the Fox version of
1.-The Plunderer." featuring William
Farnum. 1t is a picture of thrills. one
of them representing the desperate
efforts of a man imprisoned in a mine
to save himself and his companions.
A love story runs through the play.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
CLIFTON Crawford
kSS (HS
FRANCES EARP
GayeJ

and Chidlow. a masculine diversion in
comedy Rita Jolivets noted photo-
play, Lest We Forget" will be the
big added matinee attraction. A film
for laughter. Ladies First" and the
Hearst-Pathe News. the official dis
tributer of news from the front, will
be shown also.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Apollo.

Douglas Fairbanks, pictured. as
'.cub" reporter, will be shown in "say.
Young Fellow" at Crandalls Apollo
today and tomorrqw;, Tuesday. Bar
bara Castleton, in The Heart OF
Girl'::s Wednesday, sessue Hayakawa,,
in .''The Bravestt Way. Thursday.
Theodore Roberts and Tufly Marshall,
Sn 'tOld Wives for New; Friday.
George N, Conan, In "I3it-the-T Trail
Hollsdsss;i sti,Es 3s1 sytsll, n
Evening star., 1918-07-28

In q. blues; loves arbor and merry
hunter, in green's. and canary.s bill and
Midas joy, In yellows One. color,
smoke. Of yesuvius." was not men
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Photoplay Features

The Safety Curtain" which will be
shown at Crandalls the first four
days of this week, commencing today.
Norma Talmadge is featured. The
Safety Curtain" deals with the tran
sition of Puck. a dancer. into the wife
of British officer I'm India, as the re-
suit of a series of thrilling events.
How Could. You. Jean?" featuring
Mary Pickford, will be shown Thurs
day and Friday, and Opportunity"
featuring Viola Dana, Saturday.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
PARKS AND EXCURSIONS.

.
Glen Echo Park. this afternoon and
evening, with free admission to the
grounds. will offer free concerts by
its own band under the direction of
Antonia Cello, beginning at $3.50 and
continuing until 1880 pm. The resort
is noted for its park attractions, ride
thrillers. fun devices and children's
Fairgrounds. and also for its facili-
ties for picnic parties. Dancing in an
open pavilion. to orchestral music is
a feature weekday evenings.
Marshall Hall, down the Potomac,
is a popular resort for outing parties
for the day, with tables and benches
for picnic parties on green and shady
lawns. Many of the park amusements
sS to be found, with facilities fey
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Crandall's.

Life In. an English music hall is con-
trasted with litxurious ease at a Brit
ish army post in the antipcdes. IN
Evening star., 1918-07-28

A new play production by David
Belasco is announced for the last Of
the year.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
S|MONDS' WAR REVIEW
CONTINUED from Third Page,

in which for the first time American
troops in large numbers played leading
part.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Gerald Du Maurier Is to- appear in
London in q. play by, Dion Clayton
Ience." A. e. Matthews is to. play. a
prominent part. :
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Rehearsals of William Golfers new
play. Nothing But Lies" have
started in New York. Its first presen-
tation will be held in this city the
latter part of August
Orme Caldara will have an important
place in the cast with Jane Cow1 when
Selwyn & Company produce 'Infor-
nation, Please" at the Selwyn
Theater, New York.
A committee has been formed re-
Gently by the War Department Com
mission on Training Camp Activities
to collect plays for camp use on which
royalties and publication rights are
waived.
Eddie Foy appears as j. Booth
Harrington in the new skit, "Slum-
where in New York" especially writ
ten for him by George Hobart and
Bugs Baer. 1t deals with an Irish
and Italian family clash.
Following THE Beauty Trust" the
opening weeks production at the Gay
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Annie Hughes and William Dew
ereaux have been engaged for the
cast of Haddon Chambers play. The
Saving Grace" which Cyril -Maude is
to produce next season. E-S,
Evening star., 1918-07-28
community songfest Tomorrow.

Community singing at the American
Theater, Rhode Island avenue, at S
o'clock this afternoon will be led by the
Bloomingdale Fairgrounds chorus.
with DR.. Albert H. Zimmerman in
charges - >,
Evening star., 1918-07-28

New and comfortable seats have
been provided on the ,orchestra floor
by the Gayety theater. management
and patrons OF the balcony Will, ind
an Innovation In the form of I3psh
chairs. a new heating plant ais6Ea
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Doris Keane is to appear as Juliet.
with her husband Basil Sysney. as
Romeo.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Manager Robbins of B. F. Keith's
theater left Tuesday on a brief va
cation at Dingman's Ferry.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
In the Spotlight.

Blanche Yurka is to appear in new
play by Jane Cowl.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

"Out There" by ]. Hartley Man
ners. is again to be sent on tour with
an all-star cast.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Garden.

At Moore's Garden Theater today
and through Tuesday Bessie Barrie
Gale will bepictured in Patriotism"
a aim drama for which the, war is
utilized merely as a background.
Wednesday and Thursday Edward
Earle. Agnes Ayres and Florence
Deshon wili be pictured In the lead
ing roles of "oneeThohsand. Dollars"
For the last two days Of the week
'Winner Takes ALL" Aim melodrama
featuring Monroe. Salisbury will be
shown. A comedy will be shown also
to orchestral accompaniment,
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Avery Hapwood's new farce. Double
Exposure. will have its New York k
day night. August 26. Janet Beecher
and John Cumberland head the cast.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Savoy.

How Would You, JEAN" featuring
Mary Pickford. will be shown today
and tomorrow at CrandaIPs Sa-
voy. 1t is the story of a young society
woman who. suddenly deprived of her
income, is forced to earn her living in
humble capacity. Tuesday. George
NJ. Cohan will be pictured in 'tHit-the-
Trail Holiday; Wednesday. Theodore
Roberts and Tully Marshall. in "old
wives for New; Thursday. June Ell
vidge, in Joan of Plattsburg'; FRI
day, Bert Lytell, in mo Mans. Land.; !;
Saturday, Charles Ray In the Claws
of the Hun" with a film comedy,
Her Screen Idol"
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Ethel Clayton is to be the Maggie
Pepper of Rose Stahrs play when 1T
is filmed.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Charles Judels has been engaged for
Head Over Heels" Henry w. Savage's
new musical production.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

James K. Hackett. Efie Shannon.
Ruby de Remer, Paula Shay and
others are in the cast of the Graphic
film picture, Ashes of Love"
Evening star., 1918-07-28

Otis Skinner is to appear In a. new
comedy by Horace Annesley Vachell.
Beryl Mercer has been engaged for
the company. -.