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The Washington times., 1919-12-23


One must throw himself back
couple Of years mentally to acquire a
proper appreciation Of '"The Better
Ole" but with the capable presenta-
tion by the Coburns' company, this is
! far from difficult. Entirely successful
was last nights production, Old Bill,
Bert, and Alt reigning in all their
muddy glory.
There is plenty Of humor in 'srhe
Better Ole" some snappy singing by
eight women war workers behind the
lines and just enough pathos to make
complete the picture of the Three
Musketeers." Indeed, to some Old
Bill's singing of Venus de Milo" Just
before he goes over the parapet to
foil the Boche plot is an artistic tri-
umph. 1t is pathos at its best.
"The Better ole" tells the tale of
the British enlisted man in France. 1t
| describes his hours of toll, of danger,
and Of rest, showing through every
thing the rock-bottom British SOL
dier's humorous viewpoint unaffected
by the slightest sign of imagination.
If any imagination had cropped out.
it would have ruined Captain BARNS.
fathers creation.
Mr.. Coburn is Old Bill, known in
the trenches as "The Sea Lion" Save
Tor pulk, ne Is all the cartoon limned.
And that voice-oh, that vol e, who
can ever forget It? Sturdiness in fai.
! weather and foul, devotion to his
cause and his two pals. bravery Il
the self-depreciatory kind are all his
Charles McNaughton, as Bert, for
ever giving away i1entificat'o on discs >
and Colin Campbell, as ALI, the VIC :
Cockney, make up with Old Bill q
trio destined 20 lived long in our
memories.
The entire company is competen,
and the scenery typifies the country
where Britain laid down the lives oi
her sons
Last night "Blighty" was shown "a
the accompaniment of a steam PIP
chorus, rather belying the beauties
of the English countryside in
the summer, but Old Bill struggled
along right through it and
emerged triumphant as he had at the
crossroads
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Arrangements for the celebration ~
The Washington times., 1919-12-23
POLLS.

ZIP! GOES MILLION"-nusi-
Called version of "Brewster's Mil
lions" George Barr McCutcheon's IA
nous book, modernized by Guy Boil
ton with lyrics by B. G. De Sylvia,
music by Jerome Kern. a Comstock-
Gest presentation of Harry Fox
Polls holiday offering of brand
new show headed toward Broadway
has new stuff throughout in the way
of gowns. scenery and catchy music.
Continued on Page II, Column ~
The Washington times., 1919-12-23

lhE CAST.
Haylss ........... James Kearney
rs gley-Crocker ...... Beulah Bondy
~. bIhsley- Crockcr ....... Edgar Stehli
'tlItiHy CTocher ............ Gregory Kelly
rs. Garrison ............... Clare Weldon
,,alie .:.......-... Agnes Gildea
riiue Nhester ......-...... Ruth Gordon
;; NorSely FORD ............F Frank Connor
ave hllcheIl ............. Graham Eelsey
RS J. Worsely Ford. Grace HayIe
,sden Ford ............. Buford Hampden
barnes '.-.--.-.... RSth Oopley
iss fegrim ............:. Dora Matthews
Susan Trimble Catherine Prnn,or
Alan Cootes ...................Fr Fred Tiden
You'll like Gregory Kelly's new
play. His Seventeen" has grown up.
nd now he's Jimmy Crocker-"Picca-
lilly jim he's been dubbed In Lon
ION, where his wealthy parents have
social aspirations. Jimmy's Ameri-
canism is an obstacle, and Jimmy
Nnows II. It's carried home forcibly
&c Jimmy one morn when he saunters
m as the motive power for q peram-
'uIator-in this case, one might call
II an alcohol-propelled equipage, for
immy at the elimination of a large
light, has appropriated said baby
arriage in the streets Of London
own. 1t wouldn't have been SO bad
adnt there been someone's offspring
herein.
So Jimmy decides to do his parents
favor. And without ado, he shakes
he dust of London off his adolescent
eet and hies him back to America, to
mass tthis being his expressed in
cntion) 10000 of our well-known dol
ars within two months.
That's the end of the prologue.
hen comes the first act
Jimmy, garbed in raiment stylish,
eeks job. He explains that he's
united Wall Street so long in his eff
'rts to become a captain Of Industry
hat he's as well known as the statue
George Washington in front OF the
nbtreasury But Jimmy's railroad
esidential aspirations still remain
nfulflled, and we see him now in
Ts. Clarkson's employment en-
rrium, diligently seeking any old
TT OF job.
And now the plot thckens.
There enters the maiden, with
.vN"m Jimmy falls at once into love.
The Washington times., 1919-12-23

He has rescued her from q violent
taxi just a bit before. II seems
The girl, yclept Anne. also 1oo-
hunts. She lands one ~ governess
for little Oggie Ford, the hfteen-year-
old son Of divorced couple, whose
time the court has divided between
his fond parents. But each parent
strange to say. wants 0gsie, and each
consequently aims to kidnap the child
and remove him from the jurisdic-
tion Of the court.
So Mr.. Ford enters, and after
much interesting chatter engages
Jimmy to kidnap the kid. This is 10
be accomplished by having Jimmy
| masquerade as Lord Something or
Other. a noted vers libre committer.
Jimmy consents gladly. particularly
when he ascertains that there's ten
| thousand in II if he succeeds.
So the farce begins. OF course.
there's lots OF opportunities for fun
in Jtmmy's portrayal Of the bogus
poet And the plot skips merrily
/ along. Introducing an inventor Of .
| high-powered explosive and an un-
1 scrupulous crook who seeks to steal
| the formula
Eventually Jimmy thwarts this in
considerate person. thereby gaining
the everlasting gratitude Of the in
ventor-and, OF much more pecuniarX
| worth, . half share in the invention.
He also contrives, with the aid OF
the little heroine. to reunite the di.
| vorced couple, thereby gaining their
gratitude--and, once again Of much
| more pecuniary worth. Q check, which
was probably for that $4,000 he was
after.
And to bring the curtain down, he
| asks Anne to marry him, and she ad-
| mits she'll think II over. but sudden
| ly recalls she doesn't even know his
| real name. So he reels off q list of
aliases, and his real name, and then
remarks:
- James crocker, PiccAdilly Jim,'
I'm he."
And Anne musingly murmurs:
| Mrs. Piccadilly Jim-Tm She"
Curtain on the usual love stuff.
It's all very amusing And fairly
well cast although one gets the i'm
preston that the thing Is too new to
| let the actors get the full value Of
their parts. But in . short time this
will have worn off, and the comedy
will be even better than 1t was last
| night, when 1t made q goodly house
chuckle continually and roar occa-
| sionally.
Take our tip and see "Piccadilly
Jim"--it's the kind Of q merry play
thatll put the holiday cheer into
you.
The Washington times., 1919-12-23
NATIONAL

Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn in "THE BET
TER OLE" or 'The Romance Of Old
BILL" fragment from France In two
explosions. seven splinters, and q
short gas attack. by Capt. Bruce
Bairnsfather and Capt Arthur Eliot.
with music composed, selected, and
arranged by Herman Darewski and
Percival Knight. pleased at the Ma
tional last night:
The Washington times., 1919-12-23

connection with the community
Christmas trees which is to be stage
in Palmer's hall, here, during tn.
holidays, are taking definite shap'
George n. Palmer. committee chaiI =
man, states.
The Washington times., 1919-12-23
FIRE COMPANY TO ELECT.

SEAT PLEASANT. Md, Dec. 23.-
The annual election OF officers OF the
Seat Pleasant Volunteer Fire and
Community Welfare Association is to
DC held January s.
The Washington times., 1919-12-23

IL is to your best interest to put
your Liberty Bond Iaterest W. 3. 3,
The Washington times., 1919-12-23
SHUBERT-BELASCO.

SMILING THROUGH" a fantastic
comedy in a prologue and three acts,
by Allan Langdon Martin.
The Washington times., 1919-12-23


THE CAST.
Sarah Wayne .......,.... Laliye Browneli
Aary Clare ............... Elaine lnescort
John Carteret .......... Henry Stephenson
Or. Owen Harding go. .Ethelbert ID. Hales
Ellen .................C Charlotte Granville
kathleen Dungannon ........ Jane Cowi
w iiie alnIey ...........-s fniiip 1onBe
Nehnetn wayne .....-..... Ofne Caidara
Jeremiah wayne .......... .Orme Caldara
hoonyeea Clare e............... Jane Cowl
A play Of love and hate, presented
In a spiritual atmosphere which at
times drifts strangely into the fam
tastic-such is "Smilin' Through" q
play full OF heart interest. full Of
sentiment, full of tn. power that ;an
grip an audience. and hold 1t en-
chanted for nearly three hours.
In two ways the play is unusua,,
and both of these novel elements add
to the interest and effectiveness.
First, the plot develops Ike a movie
scenario, with Aristotle's ancient
dogma Of the unity of time thrown
to the winds and with the acts pre-
sented out of their chronological or
der, the first act occurring In 1914,
the second fifty years earlier. and the
third in 1918. Second. spirits of de-
ceased characters fit in upon the
scene-flesh and blood people Dress
ed like other folks-chat about int
portant things, and then leave the
stage without interrrp'ing 'bA 90
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Sees Brother i'm Film.

Cedar Rapids, Ia. Jan. q John e
Williams, foreman of the Tribune,
was sitting in a picture theatre yes
terday afternoon watching 4 pew
weekly which was showing the de-
barkation of several thousand ttcOps
from the liner Leviathan at it's Iier
in Hoboken. Suddenly he ! ok a
second look at a figure he saw de-
cending the gangway.
That's my brother" he declared
in an audible voice. Another look
convinced him that the figure hob
ling down the pasageway OH cru .ches
was his brother, +. o. Williams OF
this city, who went to France as a
member of Company C Rainbow Iii.
vision. The young man is expected
home shortly. ....r...
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
LICE KILL 1000, 900.
Blame Lice For Immense Number of
Victims i'm War Nations.

London-Of the insects responsible
for the death or disability Of hun
dreds of thousands in the war zone
the louise is declared authoratively to
have been one of the most deadly
and to have accounted for at least 4
million persons.
That, however, is only a rough esti-
mate and the probability is that the
toll was infinitely higher, for Serbia
alone typhus, a louise borne disease,
infected nearly 1 900, 900 persons and
killed 500 dav, while 200 Of the
1900 medical officers in the country
died from disease. This disease
spread over Russia, Austria, Ger
many, and the Balkans generally.
These figures are vouched for in q
publication prepared by Lieut.. Lloyd
who was chief entomologist in north
ern Rhodesia. He says:
"Typhu5, one of the most dreaded
endemic diseases of man, is entirely
due to the activities of lice. The same
remark applies to relapsing fever
over the greater portion Of the world.
Still THIRD disease, trench fever,
has been placed to the credit of the
louce. and possibly even now the full
extent of its guilt is not known.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
FROM IoWA's GOVERNOR.
Gives His Idea ON "The Constructive
Measures Iowa Must Tackle in
1919

Gov. w. L. Harding has the fol-
flowing to say in the Chicago Tribune
Of last Wednesday:
Responding to the Tribune's re-
quest for few words on the sub
ject. THE Constructive Measures
Iowa Must Tackle During 1872"
permit the following; it can be sum
med up in the one word, Prepared
ness
knowledge is preparation. The ma
ton or state which knows is prepar-
ed to meet the emergency, whatever
it may be. The citizen who does not
know cannot do for himself or his
state what he should do. We have
schools, colleges, and years of app
renticeship in order to get ready to
do the things that life demands. 1t is
preparation not to meet one emer-
gency but any emergency.
The men who succeed are those
who are prepared to meet some new
Gituation at the unexpected moment.
In Iowa our industries are farming,
manufacturing, and mining. The
foundation is we'll laid. We are not
confronted with the problem of re.
construction but rather with the pro-
blem of continued construction.
In Republican government the
public school is a vital institution.
In Iowa the teacher should be better
paid. should be hired for twelve
months or longer and not for the
school year only and then lett three
months without employment or pay.
In the school and centering around
the school as q community center
there should be a strong American
ization program. English should be
the only language taught in any
school in grade up to the high
school In high schools and all col
leges English should be the medium
OF instruction. The student may mas
ter as many foreign languages as he
wants to, but only after foundation
has been laid with English.
Community cooperation and
organization is the next step in Iowa.
To illustrate, marketing of farm pro-
duce to the present time has been
the individual task of the farmer.
The state should assist the farmer by
a marketing department and by
bringing before him the whole pro-
blem of marketing. This should in
clude grading and classifying grains
and cereals, ascertaining the nearest
and best market, knowing the supply
and the demand, and creating new
markets. Such department would
help both the producer and the con-
sumer
We should begin campaign for
elimination Of waste. From the stand
point of the, manufacturer similar
department can be very helpful.
Iowa has few new problems tn
tackle, but should and will tackle the
old ones with renewed energy and
courage and with greater vision than
| has been attained before.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Try to Identify Snake Found In
Banana Bunch.

Try to Identify Snake Found In
Banana Bunch.
Burlington, Huntington snak-
ologists are working overtime trying
to classify a specimen of serpent that
was shipped to local produce COM
pany in bunch of bananas from its
branch house in Creston. While un-
wrapping the fruit the employees dis
covered the snake snugly coiled IN
the middle of the bunch and they I'M
mediately dug themselves out and
awaited developments. The snake
made no attempt to cut OF their re-
treat but seemed content with hold
ing his position.
The discoveries gradually emerged
from the trenches and by rare ma
neuvering they forced the reptile into
a box and clamped the lid on tighter
than a dry state law. His snaKeship
is about four feet in length and OF
reddish color.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Let Him Down Easy,

Uncle Joe Cannon was discussing a
young politician. He'll do" said the
veteran. He has the faculty of re-
fusing a request in such a manner
that the refusal is almost like confer
ring favor. He reminds me of a
woman / know who had rejected a
persistent sutton. so she turned you
DOWN. his friend asked. Yes, but
she was very gracious about it,
What did she say?' She said she
couldn't think of marrying me, but
she hoped that l would keep on and
prosper so that some day she might
be able to point me out to her hus-
band as the man she might have
married. 2"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Kindly give this your attention
and address. ..
Winneshiek County Chapter
American Red Cross,
DEBORAH, Iowa.
A Torch Of Ones Own.

AS Plutarch tells us, at is well to
go for a light to another mans fire,
but not to tarry by it, instead light
ing torch of ones own" A torch Of
ones own! That is a possession
worth having, whether it be flaming
beacon on the hilltop or a tiny taper in
the window. We cannot tell how far
a little candle throws its beams, nor
who is laying his course by its flicker
ing light. The most that we can do
and it is also the least that we
should dds to tend the flame care
fully and to keep it steady.-Brander
Matthews.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
When Will Prces Come Down?

To buy or not to buy is the prob
lem that worries the merchant as he
closes his books and takes his in
ventories for the year. To build or
not TO build is the problem that wor-
ries the investor who would improve
vacant lots and prepare for business
expansion in his home town. When
are prices and wages coming down?
is the economic question mark in
every home in the land.
OF course, nobody knows but the
experience following the civil war in
this country is known. That was q
small Industrial shock compared to
the cataclysin Of this world war and
yet it took larger percentage of the
men Of that day into the army than
this war drafted in the United States.
1t must have placed an industrial
load on the country fully as difficult
to bear.
AT any rate Duns reports show that
prices doubled and trebled during the
civil war and that they started to de-
cline even a few months before Lees
surrender. They continued on the
{, taboggan for five years and finally
stopped at a net decline of 77.5 per
cent of the amount they had risen.
That is, it took prices five years to
fall back about three-fourthS of the
distance they he'd climed up.
Wages were the first to drop when
the munition factories closed and the
soldiers came home /but wages re-
covered little after the initial shock
of disqualification. They continued to
Improve until the panic of 1873 and
il Is noteworthy that following the
civil war there was five year period
of falling prices from war levels then
a four years boom which "busted" in
the panic of '73.
+, Materials, too, began to fall in
nrice at the close of the war and
went down rapidly until call prices
touched bottom. Wages were serious
~ decreased during the panic when
men we're out of work and factories
were closed but after the panic the
fever of war seemed. to have been
thoroughly eliminated from the
corntry's system and there was a
long period during which there was
stability to things. The h. c. OF !, was
unknown because prices changed
yorv slowly and fixed incomes were
able to overtake expenses. Business
men could plan for years ahead pe-
cause neither wages nor materials
changed much while builders couid
plan upon next years house costins
about the same as last years mouse,
Things got back to rock pottonl
within ten years after the civil wal
was over. After that the going was
coed for everybody.
----O
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Did Herbert Hoover Use Profanity

Did Herbert Hoover Use Profanity"
Some great speeches have been
made in France and England since
President Wilson went over But it
was left to Herbert Hoover, quarter
master general to the hungry world,
to express himself in manner which
made the world throw up its hat and
cheer.
Baron Won der Lancken is the Ge.-
man governor Of Brussels who allow
ed Edith Cavell to be executed, and
refused even to deliver her body to
friends who asked for it, DR. Rieth,
another sample of kultur, was prom
inent in the Teutonic administration
of Belgium. These precious person
ages have been appointed by the
Berlin. government to lay Germany's
food plea before Mr.. Hoover, and de-
manded meeting with him. Hoover's
response, sent thru the head of the
commission for the relief of Belgium,
was as follows:
You can describe two and half
years of arrogance toward ourselves
and cruelty to the Belgians in any
language you may select, and tell the
pair personally to go TO hell, with my
compliments. If i do have to deal
with Germans, it will not be with
that pair"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
HYankce DootlIe.n

The tune, or jingle, is very old and
the author or authors were of the dim
long ago. The tune under different
names can be found among the peas
ant dances and nursery rhymes OF
England long before 1000. In Ireland
in those days it was jig tune; in
Spain sword dance; in Holland a
song Of labor and nursery rhyme; in
Germany folk song and dance; in
Poland folk song and dance.
So ars5
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Fifth Liberty Loan in April,

Opening of the Fifth Liberty Loan
campaign April, 6, the second ami
versary Of the declaration of war
against Germany, is under considera-
ton by treasury officials. 1t is plan
ned to ask for five or six billion
dollars.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
Winneshiek County Chapter Ameri
can Red Cross

Wants to keep in touch with Sol
diers, who are honorably discharged
from the service. Please send postal
card as soon as you return home,
giving the following information:
YOUR FULL NAME,
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By MRS. EMMITT T. REID
Telephone 53S-

be "a May breakfast, when active and
association members will meet together
in a farewell session. I'VE hope" Mrs.
West concluded, ito give this breakfast
at Hotel Ardmore.
During the informal reception which
followed, refreshments Of brick ice
cream, in the club colors of pink and
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istration members held \ number Of
former members reioined and large
number Of new members registered,
among whom were: Mrs. lyey Johnson,
Mrs. c. b. Goddard, Mrs. Dilworth,
Mrs. Marvin Douglas, Mrs. S. p. Mat
Continued on Page 15D
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and show you how to make money fast. q W'l
walks as the vehicles crowded the
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New Frocks Special Showing New Velvet FrockS Pric

Fashion says the coming autumn days emphasize Velvet Froks
Advanced Winter modes in rich wedened lines have just been
opened These aurng Frocks displayed tobacco navy warm
reds and black, indicate decided Individuality
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-30
WEALTH TO VANISH
IN PRODUCTION CUT
A. J. Baldwin Warns in Dis
cussinQ PrinferS Strike.

Arthur J. Baldwin. president OF the
McGrsw-Hill Publishing Company. dis
cussing the printers strike and labor
troubles generally before the Advertising
Club, a. East Twenty-fifth street, yes
terday said that unless the workers can
be kept In production wealth will short
ly disappear. The trouble with labor Is,
he said, that II does not earn Its wages.
The cry of labor, instead of more
production Is to get more pay and
shorter hours. regardless of how you
get it," said Mr.. Baldwin.
The speaker said the old conservative
leadership of labor Is becoming radica,
In order to keep its hold on the men.
Referring to the printers strike. he said
the 'secessionist'' unions had caused one
firm he knew Of to move to Germany.
where labor Is content with n ten hour
day and a reasonable wage. He cited
another firm which had granted the de-
mands of the printers and was prepa ring
to resume operation when the stereo-
typers walked out, and this strike was
followed shortly after by walkout OF
teamsters, who refused to deliver any OF
the publications
I'VE pride ourselves on our wealth.
said Mr.. Baldwin, but we will be I'M
able TO keep It II we do not keep the
restless class of workers IN production.
Mr.. Baldwin Ia chairman Of the pub
lishers committee of five which is deal
ing with the printers strike. He was
introduced by John Adams Thayer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-30
BOILERMAKERS OUT
ALL ALONG COAST
Union Say 1900 Men Have
Quit Work Here.

A general strike called by the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Boilermakers.
Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers Of Amer
lea went into effect along the Atlantic
seaboard at 10 A. NJ. yesterday. Union
officials stated that 1900 men were
out in this port, 5000 Of them employed
in Brooklyn shipyardR Shipbuilding
plants in Hoboken, Newark and Kearny
also are affected.
The strike has been hanging fire since
September az. when demands were
served. II was stated.
The demands are understood to be for
a 25 per cent wage increase and forty
four hour week, with some variation In
the New Jersey shipyards. The boiler
makers are classed. as skilled workmen
and allied with them are the riveters
metal workers and boilers. In New Jer-
sey the union leaders insisted the agree
ment to make no new demands expired
October 1 with the Macy award, and
declared the shipyard workers had
shown unusual restraint in postponins
for a month.