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The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
ROAMER DESIGN
NOT EXPENSIVE
Easy to Make Beautiful Car
Ugly Models Are Not
Economy.

"a paradoxical difficulty l have en-
couhtered in selling the Roamer." re-
marked Mr.. Sobotka, of Roamer Sales
Co., who handles the Roamer b, Wash
ington, 'is to satisfy the prospective
purchasers that design is not cXpen-
sive. We Americans have been con-
tent so long with ugly automobiles
that the motorist has come to believe
that the inartistic appearance of an
average automobile represents an econ
omy. Sometimes, for this reason. pros
poets, when they have seen the Roam
er and been impressed with the beauty
of its lines, are afraid they will be
obliged to pay a premium for this
same beauty. but we are always quick
to explain that design is simply a mat
ter of head work. This head work is
evidenced in the creation of the orig
inal model and, once that is created. it
does not add penny to the cost of the
duplication of that original model.
Ronmcr Attracts Attention.
I'm other words, it is just as
cheap to make something beautiful
as it is something ugly; the only
difference lies in the artistic sense
of the original creator. For in
stance, the simple vase made by the
japanese potter. that you can pick
up for a few pennies, will in most
instances fill every requirement of
line, contour and color the artist
would demand. And this same
principle is now being applied to
the design of motor cars. A good
design in motor cars was bound to
happen sooner or later-our only
reason for lf-congratulation is
that we have produced the Roamer
sooner rather than later"
That Mr.. Sobotka is justified in
his conclusions is shown by the in
terest the Roamer is attracting
among local motorists.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
DAYTONA TRACK MADE
OF POWDERED SHELLS
De Palma Record Made on Swift
est U. S. Speedway.

In connection with. the wonderful
performance of Ralph de Palma, in
establishing new worlds automobile
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
KNICKERBOCKER.

sis Hopkins" of the silver sheet,
impersonated by witching Mabel Nor
mand. was yesterdays attraction at
Crandall's KnickerboCker.
While the plot is in the main a
humorous one, enough drama is in
trOduced to provide a proper balance.
The villain" is introduced IN the
person Of NibeTt, the towns richest
man. who suspects that the ran-1Own
farm upon which Sis lives with her
rheumatic father is rich in oil aud
proceeds to ingratiate himself with
Sis in the hope that her father viii
be induced to sell. He sends her to
the local seminary to be educated
and her exploits there open up rich
vein OF humOr. Finally. the Ca"m is
sold to Nibert-at a rich price, so
far as the value OF the land is con-
cerned-but the climax comes when
he discovers that the only oil it con-
tains is in an old well in whiCh an
oil can had been accidentally dumped.
The same picture also heals the
program at the KnickerbockeT today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
POLISH CHILDREN
HONOR PADEREWSKI

How 1000 Polish school children OF
Prussian Poland joined in reception
given to Premier Ignace Jan Pao'-
rewski and Nine. Paderewski on Il
recent visit they made to Posnanla L"
told in dispatches to Polish heaoquar-
tiers here today
The dispatch points out that 1t was
the Polish children OF German POLAND
who. twenty years ago, inaUgurated
the famous strike Of the school chh-
when" when they refused to pray IN
German as their German taskmasteFs
desired. There are men and women
of Polish birth in America who still
hear the scars inflicted on them at
that time. The memory Of that strike
Is one Of the great traditions Of Polish
childhood which the Germans have
never been able to eradicate. The dts-
patch adds that the Polish children
referred feelingIy 10 that episode dur
ing the PAD eTeWski reception.
According to the dispatch the eX-
ercises were opened by President Kor-
fanty. of the Peoples Commission
who presented Colonel Wade, OF the
British mission, whom KOrfanty eN-
tclled not only as a patriotic friend
of Poland but as the representative
Of the nation which had helped to
give Poland its opportunity for life.
In the absence of Premier Pader-
ewski his wife received an address
by two school boys who said that
the Polish children suffering from
the terrible iuhuman Prussian sys'
TEN in the Prussian schools perse-
cuted with a brutality equal TO thar
melted out to the martys Of old, which
is known to the whole civilized
world. have never permitted to die
within their souls the Arm conviction
that Poland will be constituted
Mrs. Paderewski responded by wish
ing the children that they may ever
be the shining example for Others
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
BELASCO.

a SleepIess Night" concocted by
Jack Larrie and Gustav Blum. OPEN
ed a weeks engagement at tho Shu-
bert Belasco last night and KEEP. a
large audience giggling at least 1vo-
thirds of the time. To those Who
have seen Twin Beds" or "Over
Night" there was little new. OF
course. those green silk pajamas worn
by Irene FenwiclS may make amends
for much novelty that fails to appear
during the evening. Really. Miss
Fenwick is most becoming in green
silk pajamas.
Miss Fenwick is the wilfu; ward
of. millionaire who desires her mar
riage TO his son. She saws she is u
radical" though she has no 'plausi-
BILE explanation as to her mca1irr-
She may be said to be in a manner
of speaking different" il yo-l kD,,,v
what we mean. 1t serves 10 yet Ter
into considerable trouble.
Ernest Glendinning is an artist
looking for sizable commission
from the millionaire. His progress
sive" wife is sculptor on the same
search. She wears no wedding ling
and, as the millionaire's son is smit-
ten with her and his ward is s,nit.en
with her husband. the basis for diff
ficulties is afforded. Had the scuIo-
tor, and the artist announced them
selves man and wife-wen, they
might not have received their com
missions, but, anyway, there would
have been no play nor ''sleepless
night"
Laughed at as a child with foolish
ideas and dared to do something
radical" Miss Fenwick enters the
artists room, at midnight. No, she
never should have done such a thing,
that's true, but she just hal to be
las radical as she could be" Con-
ventionality is guarded by the fact
that the artists wife had preceded
her by a few moments. and was then
hidden under the covers
Oh, it all comes out in the third
and last act when the Rev. Henry
Townsend recognizes the artist and
his wife and greets them as such.
but a mere whispered truth would
have done as much at any time be-
fore. But that would have prevent
ed the entire play.
Miss Fenwick is an adorable ward
| for the millionaire. Ernest GIsndia-
| ming as the artist, carries the whole
show on his shoulders. Carlotta Mon
! terey, as the sculptor wife, and Lu-
Gle Watson. as the millionaire's SIS
ter are pleasing. Donald GaIlaher
as the son OF the millionaire. VIII
liam Morris, aids in entangling every
thing and everybody.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
TOO BAD So FEW
HEARD THIBAUD

1t has always been a question in
Washington whether this city is a
Sunday concert city or not. When so
eminent a master viO1inist as Jacques
Thibaud, who was heard in joint re-
cital here yesterday afternoon with
Helen Stanley, soprano, can attract
but a very small audience, the infer
ence is that the National Capital does
not care for Sunday concerts.
The recital was one in the course
Of Fine Arts Enterprises given at the
BeIasco Theater. NJ. Thibaud brings
to his art that exquisite fincness and
polish that bespeaks the French claS-
| sic school He has a suave technique
/ OF absolute mastery; a tone delicate,
tender, appealing in its sentiment.
/ His Bach aria was rarely lovely, given
with a rich cello depth and an OK
quisite song beauty in its compelling
legatO.
The climax Of his playing came in
the Pugnani prelude and Allegro"
Here the technician cOntrasted with the
romanticist Broad were his opening
octaves and masterful his double stops,
his figure work with it's subtle flow,
while melody and romance dwelt in his
theme deIinea ton. In his treatment Of
melody there was ever refinement more
than bold characterization, beauty rather
than type pervaded the rarely executed
Symphonic EspagnOle" of Lalo. An eN-
duisite bit of musical sentiment was his
encore. the "Melodie'' Of Guiraud, and in
all of his playing the piano, with NicOlai
Schneer as artist, added color, character
and charm.
Mime. Stanley is a singer OF the lighter
opera type with rather too much opera
manner for the concert stage. She eN-
celled in the old Italian opera arias Of
Sarti and PergOlesi. giving a comedy
charm in her vocalizations. She sings
too much at full voice, lacking variety
and entirely missing the subtlety or Il 2
mystery that such song cOnceits as MY
Menagerie" of Fay Foster demands, that
song that has stars for it's playmates,
or the 'Nocturne des Cantilenes' Of
| Poldowski.
Four concerted numbers were on
| the program for voice, violin, and
piano, a very lovely f'Priere' by
Maurice Dambois, given from MANN
script. 1t is in the modern French
style, but Nine. Stanley quite over
powered the composition, having no
ensemble appreciation in her singing.
ELMER Zoller was at the piano for
Nine. Stanley. J. Mach.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
WOMAN CHECKERS
LOSE THEIR Jobs

Woman checkers in the parcel
rooms Of the Union Station have been
removed from their positions for
Humanitarian reasons" officials Of
the United States Railroad Admins
tration declared today.
Woman inspectors sent by the ad.
ministration to investigate the work.
ing conditions of woman railway en-
ployes reported that the checking and
lifting of heavy suitcases and boxes
in parcel rooms was work entirely
unsuitable TO women. On the strength
OF this report, IL WAS announced to-
day. the administration ordered the
removal OF woman employees from
such work.
This is the answer OF the Govern
ment to charges by the National
Women's Trade Union League that
"sOme thirty-Odd women have been
dismissed without notice from their
jobs as checkers in The parcel rooms
OF the Union Station"
The dismissals occurred, the league
charged. after the women had paid
STA each for uniforms, this amount
being deducted from their pay. The
league formally hled these charges
with Director General Hines. who re-
Gently ordered the dismissal OF va
riOus classes Of woman workers en-
ployed by the railroads during the
war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
RIAIiTO.

Between the drawing rooms OF the
very rich in London and the naked
primitiveness of life in the South
Sea isles there yawns a wide gulf,
but these opposite poles Of the So
cial sphere are spanned, at Moore :
Rialto Thcater this week.
Ethel Barrymore in The Dl-
Norcep" has never succeeded 20 well
in registering upon the silver sheet
the full charm Of her radiant beauty,
the surety Of her command of all the
subtleties OF character dcllncat'on
and the fascination OF a personality
that has placed her among the fore
most Of American actresses. The
scene in the play in which she dislI-
Iusions a youthful admirer by per-
hitting him to learn the secrets Of
the matutinal dressing-table is one Of
the most delightfully."- humorous cpl
Sudes ever caught by the camera.
The second portion of the duo
featured bill Is Martin Johnson :
vivid studies OF life among the cannI-
balls of the Southern Pacific. Many
OF the views revealed by Mr.. Johnson
show signs Of having been secured
al great personal risk.
The weird tribal rites: the fantastic
notions Of Self-adOrnm' nj, which fro
gucntlv take the form Of physical dis
figurcment: the Ingenious frankneSs
Of peopIe who live in "A CLINE where
raiment is a negligible consideration
and the barbaric methods Of WaEing
war praCtiCed by races to which the
eating OF human flesh brings no
Qualms. all are recorded in this film
with almost terrifying realism.
The customary subsidiary features
complete the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
STRAND,

when a Girl Loves" starring Mil
dred Harris. now Mrs. Charlie Chap
lin, is being screened at Moore's
Strand Theater for the first four days
of this week.
The story is one of girls redemp-
ton of a young Westerner of brilliant
mentality who devotes his superior
endOwments Of mind to criminality
rather than to any form of construc-
tive or beneficial effort. He even car
ries his defiance of all social restraint
to the point of agnosticism, where he
dares the Deity to prove the possess
sion OF any power superior to his
own. The revelation comes finally as
the climax of series of events so eX-
citing and so intensely human that
conviction of the reality of the tale in
the spectators mind is made sure.
The bill is completed by the usual
abbreviated reels and musical fea-
lures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
LEADER IN SOCIETY
CATCHES LEPROSY

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 10.-Until
today only a few persons in Philadel-
phia knew that a woman OF consider
able prominence in the city's social
circles was confined in an isolated hut
of the municipal hospital suffering
from the dread disease OF leprosy.
The woman, whose identity is care
fully shielded from the public, con-
tracted the disease while on a pleas
ure trip to some islands in the Pa
cific re~e - -~~1 rsturniug here
he fell I'll and her physicians, after
treatIl.s - "A weeks, finally
decided that she had contracted
yet as to the final disposition of the
leprosy.
No decision has been reached a.
woman. She was taken to the isO-
lated hut in an effort to prevent any
spread of the contagiOn. She. Is ab-
soIuteIy cut of from the outside
world. but an effort may be made to
install telephone in the hut, 50 she
may communicate with some friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
APOLLO.

Bill Hart proved to the satisfac-
ton Of the patrons of Crandalls
Apollo yesterday that he can give
;ust as good an account of himself. as
all-around bad man" in the brightly
lighted districts of the metropolis as
he can in the wild and somewhat
wooIly West. This revelation was
made as the chief character in Brand
ing Broadway" his latest picture, the
major portion Of the action Of which
is laid in New York city. How he
happens to change his field Of action
is told in the early part Of the story.
which leads up to a series of adve%
lures which are just as thrilling rs
those in which Hart has previously
figured. although the environment is
a decidedly different ono.
The same picture will be shown to-
night
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
METROPOLITAN.

Mabel Normand is the isis Hop
Ilins" seen at the Metropolitan this
week. and possibly no other actress
in the motion picture field could so
completely visualize the quaint little
girl from Posey County, Indiana.
It is hardly necessary to say any
thing regarding the story but the in
depreciation of the name part by Ma
bel Normand brings much that is new.
While she is the same Sis whose
homely philosophy, awkward man.
neTs. scanty gown and twisted pig
tails are productive of laughter in
themselves, Miss NoTmand adds a
wealth of individual touches that con-
tribute to the creation OF clever
comedy Characterization.
In addition to the feature picture
which viii continue until Thursday,
there are a number of short reel sub
jects on the Metropolitan bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
GARRICk.

Just at the moment when all seems
lost and she is about to be Immersed
in matrimony Eleanor Painters miss
ing voice returns. the loye-selnsh
hridegrOom-to-be fades out and the
star OF The Climax" is free to tri-
umph in fields operate.
Miss Painter is a happy selection
of the Shuberts for the revival OF
this comedy by Edward Locke: 10
Neutrality-suspicious. who remember her
as the prima donna of stock com
many of several seasons ago anu
later as the leading lady in The
Lilac Domino" Princess Pat and
only a few weeks ago the star OF
"Glorianna." she is a revelation. IN
the emotional scenes of THE Gil
max" We all knew she could sing,
now we know she is an accomplished
actress.
This three-act play which requires
but one stage setting and cast oil
but four persons is admirably suited
to the Garrick. In the cast is Entng-
ham Pinto, who played in the original
productions. Walter Wilson Is Luigi
Golfantf" the old music teacher, Roy
Walling is the doctor from Azelea,
Ohio. who is madly in love with
"Adelina Van Hagen" the pupil por-
trayed by Miss Painter.
The story, simple in construction,
is aptly portrayed by the quartet.
It deals with an orphan who is build
ing the foundation for an operate
career under the tutelage OF an old
music master, a distant relation of
her mothers To the dingy fiat In
New York the ardent young doctor
follows her, but learns he can make
no progress in his love suit while
her voice holds forth the glamour
which is 70 make her a diva.
The physician by his powers OF
mental suggestion convinces the girl
that slight operation has killed her
voice and after six months she is
ready to become his wife and return
to the provincial Ohio town. A few
minutes before the ceremony she at
tempts the score of The Song of a
Soul" which the teachers son had
written especially for her and, 10 and
behold. her missing voice has re-
turned. Exit fiance. Curtain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10
OVERSEAS
FLIGHT THIS WEEK

NEW YORK. Feb. 1O.-while the
governments OF the United States and
| Great Britain have been considering
taking up in a serious way the ques-
ton OF a trans-Atlantic fight, Capt.
Hugo Sundstedt, a Swedish aviator
has designed and constructed a sea
plane in which he proposes to make
the flight.
Late spring or early summer is the
earliest time set by either govern
ment for the possible flight, but Cap
tan Sundstedt said yesterday he was
so certain a winter crossing was FEAST
BILE that he intended to rise from the
waters hereabOut to make the attempt
! in a week. or so II his seapIane acts
as he expects in his trial trips
Captain Sundstedt is no tyro in tho
matter OF long distance flying In
July. 1914. he made a sustained flight
Of about 200 miles from a little town
called Buc, near Paris, to Stockholm,
in a Farman biplane. The time for
this trip was Is hours and 20 minutes.
Although only thirty-One, he has
been flying since 1909, and has many
other flights to his credit. He cana
to this country late in 1916, with
Lieut.. Kiel Nyegaard. a Norwegian
aviator, who had become a French
citizen and military aviator, to make
plans for a transatlantic flight, but
the United States entered the war be-
fore anything could be done. Last
July he resumed his planning. having
interested Christopher Hannering, \
Norwegian financieT, in the project.
Over in Bayonne on floats in New
ark bay, rests the huge seaplane
which is the result of his planning.
The great seaplane, painted bat
tleship gray. resembles nothing SO
much as a huge dragon fly. Her
huge upper wing spans a hundTed
feet. her lower seventy-one sn1 half
feet. From the tip end of her moss
to the end OF her aerial ruddcr Ia a
distance of more than fifty Feet.
Between the wings and well Ia front
of them is the cabin from which The
craft is controlled. The cabin il
a tiny chamber. with four seats, two
in front and two behind these. The
front seats are for two pilots, either
one of whom may control the craft
without shifting his seat.
The proposed route is from Newark
Day 70 0l- JOHNS, Ne"LOuAulahus anu
from there right across the ocean
to London. Captain Sundstedt be-
lieves he can make 1t in less than
twenty-five hours.
There is a gap between Newfound-
land and Ireland of $500 miles. As
soon as the machine has been tuned
I'D, however. he intends to start.
Not only is there honor in the un-
dertaking. but there is also financial
reward, for $4,000, including the
London Daily Mail prize of $4,000
awaits the man who first spans the
gulf between England and the United
States. he said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10

The story OF the regeneration OF
the Partisan Apache. under the guild
ance of a Joan of Arc of the under
world, is being revealed at MOOre's
Garden Theater the first four days of
this week, in 1.-The Wildcat of Paris"
in which the title role is played by
Priscilla Dean.
zone Of the outstanding supeTiori-
ties Of this subject is the fidelity with
which the atmosphere of a phase OF
Partisan life with which America is
little acquainted is created and pre-
served.
Miss Dean in the role OF Colette
performs some of the most amazing
feats the screen has known. There
seems TO be no limit to the hazards
this young woman is willing to take
IL, the matter of risking life and limb.
The result is a feature of stupendous
action from first flash to final fade
cut. when the Apaches are being led
to a glorious part in the war against
the Hun by the girl who has trans
figured them from originals into
heroes.
The bill is completed by the usual
short-reels and orchestral accompani-
ment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-10

The. following statement. authoriz-
ed nv the American Red Cross Com
mission for Europe, has been issued
at Red Cross National Headquarters:
At the request Of General Perish
ing the American Red Cross has ap-
pointed commission 10 cooperate
with the Intcr-Allied Commission for
the feeding. care and repatriation or
Russian prisoners of war IN Ger
many" The Iuter-Allied body, which
vas provided for by the governments
participating in tn" arinISt'r" confer
rnce. is now established in Berlin.
Plans Completed.
The Red Cross has already formu-
lated plans for placing at the disposal
Of the commission a personnel eN-
perfenccd in relief work and large
stores of clothing, medical and surgi-
cal supplies, and food for sick and
cUnvaIescent prisoners. The Eed
Cross will concern itself chiefly IN
supplying articles of the nature men
toned. and an organization which,
added to that furnished by IN" British
Red Cross and other Red Cross so
cicties. can inspect the prison camps
and superinteud IN" distribution OF
suDpIicg The commission will give
particular attention to the care and
relief Of sick prisoners. the number
Of whom Is estimated TO exceed
100000.
Major carl Taylor, L. :. \. who
has been released from the army 10
mead the Red Cross mission, viii
have an organization # about thir-
iy-rivc men. The Organization. with
Headquarters IN Berlin. will begin
work this week. A. there a:e more
than 200 camps IN Germany at which
Russian prisoners are held the .lcd
Cross plans to send representatives.
on tours of Investigation. after which
the workers will be assigned To the
various parts of Germany in which
they are needed. At one time Ger
many reported l,lUO.OOO prisoners in
it's camps. but by deaths and releases
this number is now supposed 90 have
been reduced to about >OO.ODO.
Death Rate Is High.
Owing 10 the lack of medical ct
tention and the fact that the RUSSIAN
prisoners are receiving hardly 20 per
cent Of the amount Of nu,rimrnt
necessary to keep an unemployed
person alive. the death rate among
them has been very high. TIC death
rate has also been increased by bad
sanitary conditions. The 4usSiln
government is unable to provIaa food
or care for its people, and has made
no provisions for their repatriation.
Besides medical. surgical, clothing,
and convaIescent food supplies. the
Red Cross will furnish hospital equip
ment and doctors. The staff which
will accompany Major Taylor includes