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The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
CrandaIl's Knickcrbockcr--"I
Way of Woman"

II the gentlemen of the Congress
are to carry the investigation OF the
high cost Of living straight back to
the. producer. they may tind some
valuable suggestions for short cut to
the answer they are seeking in The
Simple Life" the secondary feature
Of the photoplay bill at Crandal :
l[nickerboCkcr Thcater yesterday and
today. In this cyCIonic record of mod
crn farming methods. Larry Scmon
scores one of the great comedy hits
OF his career a. q camera burtoon and
Evmnast. The action at all times ex-
Ceeds the speed limit and serves TO
introduce as its central ficure a farm
hand who devoted his time to every
thing hut farming. assisted gloriousiy
by Il band of farmerettes and others
in no way associated in the public
mind with the honest task of filling
the soil. Yesterdays capacity audi
ences were continuously convulsed by
this delightful absVrdity.
Another thoroughly diverting fea-
ture of the program was the new
issue of the picturized news events.
Especially effective orchestral accom-
panimcnt was furnished for the
Simple Life" comedy and the news
pictorial. as was true also of the
major feature of the bill.
The knickerbocker,s feature attrac-
tion the first two days of this week
is the film version of Eugene Walters S
successful stage play, Nancy Lee, t"
presented under the title of '"rhe Way
of A Woman" with Norma Talmadgc
the pictured star. a complete review
of this subject will be found in con-
nection with the Metropolitan Theatcr
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
BLAMES PEOPLE
FOR HIGH RENTS
Treasury Official White
washes Officials of Re-
sponsibility.

Responsibility for the high cost or
living rests Upon the people OF the
United States as well as the profteers,
William Mather Lewis. Director OF
Savings. Treasury Department. de
clared at the Trinity Forum last night
The situation and the cure" ne
said. rests not in the hands Of the
President or the Attorney General,
but in the hands Of the people them
selves. who by their extrayagsncc and
waste have brought tn" country to tn"
brink Of ruin"
Nh. Lewis de, Jared that following
the s,gnlns Of the armIsti,e the peo-
pc Of the United States had rushed
in a 'ssturnaIja or spendrng." play ng
INTO thc hands Of Jh" prodtcer@ anG
throw ing away the lesson OF lh-fl
the war had Taught them.
The speaker drove home hl< argU-
meHts ~ ronCIrl" oNampi'S Of re,.A-
less spending ON The part of the mid
die classes acc;ariuc every unuere--
Sary artIoI" pIrrha-sd IN the nation
had brouGnt ;hr present CRISIS that
much I~ar'r.
A. pauao'a r". ,h, MIS- wroUeht
10y This wast"lH =urlaIlnG. Nj Lewis
offered tn" ad ..n Of the Treasury
! Department 49,. n'lSonai huyin-
N" elimination Of waste and careful
saving
Tin" speaker ,io~"n les addIess with
" Warming AGAINST "w3m cat SpecI.a-
tun~' uneIed tur l..nclt, bonds
save NouT LHorl, Houds" hs :" ld
'ihcN are the safest and in the end
III" most prulitaui' tncyStm"nl YOU can
make"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Enumerates Things That
Make Christ Greatest
Fact in History.

-Four things proclaim Christ as the
greatest fact in history" said Rev.
J. Harvey Dunham. pastor Of the
Western Presbyterian Church. yestcr-
dav
First, The universal observance o.
Sunday. second. the reckoning Of
world time from his birth; third. the
great and progressive strides taken
by. the Christian churches. aud
fourth, The absorbing interest taken
b. the world IN the CREATOR and His
son
More hooks have h"on wrrrcn
about Christ than any other man who
ever lrOd The Garth His uf. and
work, ha'e been translated ir'u moe
tOn-ues-iirs principles a1Id IiE,
ma' jNrdOm Eavf. been told about %,
MOI" IanEuag~s. and Il" Us r-ur-r
known 'han ANY oE" els" eyer w 80 h..
To lhos'.." said the pastor. who
AL IU doubt Of The actual being o.
CHRIST. % lh"se who oouh' that h,
"n"" lived as oIt"r men. o." tho-.- ~ l.,.
ar" irN.uE Z" huh "ut . lh.f" : about
- tn" Div ne Fi"S,!C" or Chri-I
consult tL" history %! CIrS'. hook up
liIs rro".d "I. tn, rH-,- ,r ti,. y."lri
nts'o:y and follow lIS Tg"s.r.,..
through 1ho progress 81 manD.La
sr"cc CIICinNjon
Those who q Scover 'til~' luan.
more important discovery "f per
-onal value han n" discover, OF
America. Or he discoNrr,.- or "ur
great scientists.
'Ther" rS'a fascination about ,le
study ol christ ihat - la,hil- 90. uih-
cr characters Of history wn, h.-ro-,
of christ never gets old or larAu,-, eel
II Is always refreshing Witness rH,
u"W books about linn. Tho lev .ml"r-
est being taken overvwherc-th. rrrI
reason being that Christ Is tacl-
"lNays was fact and always will he
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18

ih" requirements Of the camera more
readily than 'Nanry Ice" which was
shown for the first TIM" in photoplav
form al CrdndalrS Metropolitan The
atcr Yesterday uudcr III" It'll" of "rH"
way "f 4 Woman" with Norma TaI-
madge in the stellar ro'r
The Way Of \ Woman" Is a photo
drama that t"vcaiS every delightful
phas" "f the art OF tn" screen : most
= brilliant Young star The play deals
with The old South The development
OF the plot concerns tho effort of 20
gently bred daughter OF an arlsIu-
cratic Virginia family to care for hc-
mother aud sister when the austcrc
head of the family finds 1t Impossible
to rcsior" the family fortune. As
Nancy Lee. Miss TaImadgC displays
all her ingIatIaIInG talents. Contrast
ing characters that add immensely to
her eifCCtN enCSs Of the CiimacterIc
Genes Of the play are Skillfullv i'm
pcrsonated by J0byna Howland. who
has a role not unlike hers in RClasco's
production Of The Gold Dggers. ."
Conway Tcarfc. one Of the most cap
able leading men in America: Hassa rd
Short. George lie Guerre and numer-
ous other distinguished players.
The production which Select has
given The Way OF Woman" re
fleets painstakinS attention to detatl
and an unusually complete grasp Of
what comprises truly artistic photo
graphic effects. The photography. IN
cidcntally. is such as to earn a high
type of pictorial art and frequent
touches of delightfully."- whimsical
humor.
Sirens of the Suds," secondary fea-
ture. includes many slow-motion div
ing pictures.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Gasoline River Blazes
In White Light Street

NInth street northwest Washing
tons White Light district. was ~
~ last night more than ever before
when gasoline leaking from the tank
Of a big touring car parked in front
Of the Gayety THester caught fire.
A. the cas tr5Ckied out Of the tank
and ran in a stream down the guttJr
for several yards. some careless per
son shot q lighted cigarette stump
INTO .he gasoline and il blaZed up.
frightening scores Of women and Al
most causing a panic. Fire engine
companies made short work OF the
blaze.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Crowder Returns From
Cuban Law-Revising

With tho thanks OF til" Cuban GOV
ernment for his work for it. Ma
Cen EnoCh c. Crowdcr has returned
to Washington to resume his duties
as Judge advocate general OF the
army. He returned in tho battleshIp
cuba. loaned by the island govern
mcnt for the purpose. after revising
the island republics election laws.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
SUNDAY THEATER OPENINGS

again gives the screen one OF those
characterization OF finesse. power and
appeal which always distinguish Fer
gUSon roles.
The romantic element of the story,
stressed and intensified by the author,
has been most carefully preserved
throu Shout by Director George Fitz-
maurice, and the settings and back
grounds OF the story. necessarily linn
tlcd in story and stage presentation.
have been invested with u richness in
The phutopldy form which il compel
ln-. William =. Carlton is seen as
Miss t'ergusonS leading maU. while
others IN The cast are War5urtOu
'i"uhIe. Henry stephenson. Zeffie Tul-
bury. BIjou Fernandez. Alexander
h Vie and others.
Tho Palace Symphony orchestra, I'M
der Director Gannon's leadership, con
tributes q brilliant program Of muSi-
cal selections, including the overture,
ictor Herberl's : March Of - Toys .
from Babes in FoyIand." The usual
Fala," subsidiary Photographic fcI-
JJres complct" the excellent b!.L
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
CrandaII's-"Man's Desire"

Mans Desire which brings Lew
IS :. Stone, one OF the most force
ful actors ia America. t. III" screen
At CrandaIF$ Thcutcr as star Of IN"
phoiopIay hllI arranged for tn" first
three days of tins week. cmbodies
all Of the elements Of fascination
essential to successful mclUdrama.
Action. eKcIt, ment. thrills and ~u~-
pcnsC ar" combined m this Stldy
Of prImItIy" If" in IN" great north
woods. stone. east in the role Of a
highly educated Young man. fresh
from the Influences of metropolitan
life. who undrrtO"k personal man
ag~m"nI Of mis- timber properties,
has on" Of tn" most thvrouGhl! .'"n-
genial roles OF his career on either
stag" or screen, and lends the plr-
ture an aspect of veIl-hrrd vjTllrN
that serves 10 DISTINGUISH IL sharply
from such melOdramas A. are d.
viS"d merely /" exert 4 qUuCh app, At
20 an aUdl"ucc'S morbIdlty.
I'm tn" ru}" oppo~Ii" the star. Jane
Noyak Is mined to splendid advau-
tagr and other important figures m
the development Of l-~tirring story
Of desperate woodsmcu and ira II
Young womanhoud are convincing y
imperSonated by, Charlotte Burton.
Bill Dyer. Jack Curtis. and others Of
note. but It is IN the superb natural
settings disclosed upon the screen
and the orderly succession Of gen
uIn.rv loglcal scenes that the all
Sorl.ng phutoplay finds ills surcst
reliance. Yesterdays capacity du-
dIrn,rs were quick to discern the
superiority Of camera drama thai
reflects intelligent preparation. d.
rcctiou and Interpretation.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Coroner's Jury Hold
Mary Hall in Murder

charged by the coroners jury with
the murder of Marshall Dw,er. Mary
Hall 80 Unon court. is being hoid
Tor the action OF the grand urv.
DwNcr was killed in the Hall home
last Wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Lieut.. Townsend Returns.

back from overseas with the
Sench War Cross and recommended
kr the Distinguished Service Cross.
Eeut. George L. Townsend, SS
kestnut street. Tskoma Park. ha,
Zen assigned to the Signal Corps
kSince the armistice Lieut. Town
- has been with the army Of oC-
Baton in Germany
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
500 Men and Boys
Use City Fairgrounds

Reports Of =. w. Donaldson. direc-
tor OF boys aCtivitits. show that over
~ men and boys are taking part in
ennis and baseball games in the va
Nous Fairgrounds Of the city. Two
sebaIl teams have been organized
each playground and = silver cup
be awarded the winning team Of
unlimited eagus~ at the end OF
season.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18

W ~ IL "a UOSu a
& e n e raj run
down condition
with headaches
and pains in my
side. My sister
induced me to
try Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
I found it helped
me very much
a n d S u h a
splendid tonic
that I am rpC-
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Presidents Advisor to
Testify in Shantung Case

TcrkIey. Cal. Aug I7--Dr. Edward
T. Williams. AGassiz professor OF orr
entail languages. left today for Wasn-
in.tOn. where he has been called nv
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
kanittce. Il is understood he will be
kasked to testify on the Shautung
taward to Japan.
This affair was opposed by DR.. Will
FANS. who was a member Of President
hNilson's s advisory committee at the
Peace Conference
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Most Women Marry Early.

A WON ans chance OF marriage is
greatest u,Jw cen the ages Of n and
= years. when = per cent OF The mar
lIuGes tano place.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Guyety-"sociaI Maids.

Jo, IImjc's Social Maids COM
pany opened to a pachod house Al
the Gnycry yesterday afternoon. pre-
senJiuE farce. They're AT 1t
Again.
Any time that words. musi.. songs
and dance az" mixed together ioOk
around for Paul Cunningham and
Florence Bennett This famous sons
writing pair jG~t simply took the
Ninin street house by storm. IIuruE
must ha.c worked overtime In at
tempting {" make rhc social MsIds .
a real production. as lcEular live up
to-thc-minutc Jokes and musical num-
D"r~ make the show one that calls
for Il second glance.
"BlItch" Laudolf. noted lOwI.. car
rieS IN" burden in the .,"mrdy r,I-S.
although h." is ably assisted by Ben
Small and Eraak "Bud" WHltamsoH-
Among II" nG-lral nmb~r~ are
t;l1due<s. songs Of Yesterday
Sweet Ki--eS.' '',;oudhy Erosdwa -
and Waltz Of Love Misses Grace
! Fletcher and Justin" Grey contributed
catchy songs and dance numbers
that fuSh o-J this cl",e ~ pr"iI Iion.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
Mound Of Iron in Mexico.

C-~ro Dc. Nercado. r~a- pIranso. u
ID, laT=e-t iron deposit in Mexico. D
rs . Erea' mound GO Zee: hiEh. and d
said % - almost q mass os iron
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
PoII'< Thrnter-"NIjekry."

FOH'N TbenIer-"Miekry."
Mickey" Mack Sennett's photo
play. opened its second weeks en-
Sa-cmcnt at Polls Thrater last
niGht to a crowded house The en-
gaCcment was extended to the sec
ond week ending next Saturday, Au-
gust -. because OF the numerous
requests from the many movie" fans
who had heard so much about the
pi,tUre.
Miss Mabel Normaud. who is fea-
tured. has maintained her POPULAR
Itv as usual. \ horse race is sta god
with much ingenuity and telling q
lex.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
MRS. LEWIS
OF BROOKLYN
Tells How She Was Made
Well by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Brooklyn. n. Y.-"For one year l
was miserable from a displacement,
The Washington herald., 1919-08-18
CrnudaH's MctropOIitnn-'"The Way
OF Woman"

Eugene Walter has written many
spIcndid plays for the articuIatc stage.
but never one thai has lent itself to
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
American Woolen

Extraordinary strength in American
Woolen common stock, which rose
more than 6 points to 1864. was at
tributed to two influences One was
the expectation of large extra divi-
dend early in the year and prospects
of the declaration Of q stock dividend
in the event the Supreme Court rules
that such disbursements in stocks are
The other was the cir
cumstantial report that leading New
York capitalist, identified with several
large corporations in various lines Of
industry, recently completed q careful
investigation of American Wooien and
was so impressed by his findings that
he has since been quietly picking up
the common stock Wall Street esti-
mates have put the asset value of the
common stock around $500 a share.
The examination Of the properties
made by the capitalist is said to have
indicated a book value of approx
mately $S75 share. The floating sup
ply of American Wooden common has
always been rather small, since the
total outstanding junior stock amounts
to only 100000 shares. OF which a CON
siderable block is held by interests in
control Of the company This makes
!. rather easy of manipulation.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
The Investment Situation

he Fulton Trust Company has some
pertinent things to say of the invest
ment situation as the end of the wear
approaches: at is hard to write any
thing in the nature of prophecy con-
corning the bond market or investments
generally. Relatively speaking. prices
are low. A great number OF new issues
have tended to enhance the demand for
money at the higher rates at which
they have been issued, and they have,
through the absorption Of investment
money, established for the tme being
higher rate. The miXup in the rail
road situation has also affected the
price OF railroad securities and has
driven some people TO industrials. Rail
road securities have deprecated. while
some lndustrials, especially where the
stocks have been increased. have ad-
vanced. 1t does not seem 10 US that
there is any reason to feel that railroad
stocks have been superseded. as we
know of no way Of doing transportation
business OF land, at the present time.
except on railroads. Flying machines
are not likely IN the time of the present
generation 10 transport freight. nor can
autom obiles. apparently, handle it, A
visit TO the freight and switch yards of
any trunk line would quickly convince
any one OF this fact. We believe some
switching of investments is being
made; but in time this will likely be
abated. Government bonds seem TO US
to be very cheap. and in time we take
1t that the supply Will be absorbed and
then prices will be likely to advance.
Considerable money must have gone
into real eState'
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Prices Irregular
In Active Session
On Stock Exchange
Motor and Copper Shares
Show Strength, but Rails
Decline; Liberty Bonds
Advance OH Big Demand

Yesterdays market was unusually
active for Saturday, the turnover in
the two hours being in excess of total
transactions in many recent five-hour
sessions. Prices moved irregulary, but
the tone, az whole, was strong, and
many active industrial issues closed
above Fridays finish quotations, in
spite Of active profit taking The rail
road group was less in favor, and under
light pressure prices eascd off little.
Losses were not sufficient to offset the
gains made during the preceding day.
Interest shifted largely to the motor
shares. most of which advanced sub
stantially. Strength of these issues
was attributed largely to pool opera
tons. but brokers reported that short
covering was of conside rable proper
tons, while purchases for speculative
long account also played n part. 1t is
stated that the motors were oversold
during the recent decline, and the ease
with which they were moved up yester-
day seemed to bear out this view.
Copper stocks were strong, as rule,
Inspiration being exceptionally 50. The
consensus Of opinion in the Street is
that when the copper stocks scraped
bottom recently they had pretty we'll
discounted all unfavorable develop
mcnts, of which the adverse foreign
credit situation is the most important.
Tho demand for the metal has been
growing of late, and prices are tending
higher There is not much expectation
Of real boom in copper. however, until
the export demand expands very con-
siderably. 1t is not impossible that the
leading producers will undertake to
finance sales abroad thu ough the me-
dium of a company formed under the
provisions Of the Edge law.
The bond market continued very
active. with Liberties in especial de-
mand at advancing prices. The Liberty
issues offer an unusually attractive
yield for government bonds. and this
has attracted some speculative ms we'll
as investment buying. Purchases by
those who had sold to establish losses
for income tax purposes were factor.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
RXron HnIt,S View

Byron Holt, Of Goodbody & Co. be-
lleves there are several Influences at
work now that viii be materially
modified after December n. thus:
First. because of the big profits that
have been made this year. the holders
of many high priced industrials cannot
sell without having to pay from so to
10 per cent Of their profits to the gov
ernment. 1t viii be possible to sell
and to take moderate profits after
January i. Second, for the same rea-
son that the rich holders have held
the high priced industrials they have
soid the ow-priced stocks. largely rails
and utilities. on which they could take
big losses. This selling has been ex-
tensive and is responsible for much
OF the recent heavy declines in the
price of these securities 1t will surely
let up after if not before. Janu-
airy |. Third. the rich holders OF
investment bonds and stocks have also
been selling those. tho incomes Of
which are subject to income taxes and
putting their money into Federal,
state and municipal bonds, tho incomes
cl winch arc not taxable. This
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Irving National Bank to
Have a "House Warming"

The Irving National Bank and the
Irving Trust Company will be hosts at
an old fashioned "house warming" and
reception in their Offices in the Wool
worth Building on Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. From that time all books
VIII be closed and business halted, and
the officers and staffs Of the two institu-
tions will welcome their customers.
stockholders and business associates
until 6 o'clock in the evening.
Altogether $4,000 invitations have
been sent to depcsitors, customers and
business and professional associates
in and about New York City Lewis
E. Pierson, chairman of the board of
directors; Eollin F. Grant. vice-c chair
man, and n. f. Ward. president of the
Irving National; Alexander r. Gilbert,
chairman; John II. Love, vice chairman
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Market Sentiment Mixed

Market opinion as the end of the
year approaches is in a state Of flux
Most of the traders frankly admit that
the action of the market has them "in
the ar The strength of industrial
stocks last week helped sentiment
greatly, but comment sent out by a
majority of the exchange houses yes
telday sounded a note of conservatism
Fear of another money squeeze prob
ably more than anything else is re
sponslble for the feeling of uncertainty
Many traders would like to buy stocks
right now because ;hey feel that the
values are there, but they are afraid
to load up with stocks in the face Of
tight money. Professional bears are
equally timid about adding heavily to
the short account because of the re
cent display of strength. Lately the
market has been moving contrary -
general expectations. 1t Will be ia-
teresting to see what happens u Ii
month in view of the widespread bel,
that stocks VIII do much better tl..,.
Ihls belief appears TO be based Gil
prospects for easier money
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Changes in rates in the foreign ex-
change market were unimportant dur
ing the last week. They remained
virtually stabilized at the present level,
which is substantially higher than that
reached fortnight ago, when new low
records were established.
The signing Of the Edge bin by
President Wilson was the outstanding
event of the week in the European
credit situation. international bankers
expressed the opinion that whereas
i"' in all FJ probaDity a@ M?" u Sq large Ss
enough to meet the extraordinary stu
alton.
Although the sales Of raw materials
to Europe are continuing large. as the
statistics for November of the Depart
manufactured goods are not looking
forward with much confidence on
the prospects for European business.
George A. CASTOR, president of Castor,
Williams & Wgmorc. yesterday said
that his company is making its chief
sales in the Far East, with which the
balance of trade is against the United
States. Moreover, his company is, for
example, buying the entire output of
four automobile factories in France,
getting advantage of low exchange
where the demand is outrunning the
domestic supply.
Until the present Decentralization Of
exchange is corrected. the company is
striving to sci! for the most part
where exchange is at a premium, as
in the Far East. and buying where it
is at a discount. as in France. at is
no use trying to go against stream,"
Mr.. CASTOR remarked, IN explaining the
policy.
The future Of the export trade still
IS contingent on the working out Of
comprehensive credit program, and the
animation from authoritative banking
sources that the Dawson plan had not
been abandoned gave some hope OF an
ultimate solution. The active booming
of the plan, however. il is said Will be
delayed until confidence among in
vestorS is enhanced by the declaration
Of formal peace, the working out of the
railroad question and the adjustment
Of the Federal tax schedule.
II YOU calculate the cost of the dol
lar IN terms of foreign money at cur
rent exchange value. that is. if you
were buying dollars with pounds,
MARKS or francs. is value al the close
OF last week. as compared with a year
Aco folloMs.-