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The Washington herald., 1919-03-03

tensity OF well-conceived police play.
In the supporting cast are many
whose names have always stood for
the most sincere and most worthy in
character delineation. including Al
fred Whitman and Joe Dowling.
The story is one which concerns it.
self principally with the incidents OF
most direct bearing upon the career
Of a young American girl who under
takes TO pay off her fathers debts
and finds impersonation of a famous
Parisienne the quickest means Of at
tanning her end.
The bill is supplemented by the Gus
tomary short-reei picture subjects
and specially synchronized interprela-
tive orchestral accompaniment
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tractive chiffons and velvets. Her
work is similar to the work taught
by Mrs. Christian d. Hemmick at
Neighborhood House several years
ago.
The Highlands Auxiliary Red Cross,
of which Mrs. William .. Gorgas,
wife OF the retired Surgeon General.
U. S. A. was the organizer and chair
man. held its last meeting this year
Wednesday. Mrs. Gorgss entertained
the members at luncheon, ami held
an auction sale of the implements
with which they have worked for the
past two years. The reports read by
Mrs. John Van Rensselaer, Hon and
Mrs. II. d. Potts showed one OF the
most remarkably successful organlza-
tions, with a membership OF so
women. They closed their work with
between $500 and $500. The ladies voted
several sums TO several Red Cross and
relief funds. and will keep their or
ganization intact, in case OF future
need. and will meet again next year
on February g. for a luncheon or ban
quet. After the business was trans
acted Mrs Patterson, a pianist, played
delightfully."- a number of her own
compositions and some Chopin and
other works. Mrs. Williamson, wife
OF Col. Williamson. with keen wit.
ready repartee and unfailing good
nature disposed of the articles. The
gift to Mrs. Gorgss from the auxiliary
OF the Red Cross pin and illuminated
prose tribute. of which Mrs. HoT Is
the author. were shown. Mai. Gen.
and Mrs. Gorgas are sailing for Ecua-
dor the middle of this month for sew
eral months absence.
The ball OF the nations. which
will be given for the benefit of
Neighborhood House on mi-careme,
March IS, will be the oasis in the
desert of Lenten social dulIness; for
after the dawn of Wednesday social
festivities, IL any. will be small and
informal. At this ball of nations a
pageant OF the various nations will
be one of the features, Mrs. Walter
r. Tuckerman having charge of the
groups which will form the pictures
Among the patronesses are, Mrs.
Mahlon Pitney. Nine. de Riano. Mrs.
James w. Wadsworth. jr.. Mime.
Ekengren, Nine. Grouitch, Mrs
Frank Lyon Polk, Mrs. Breckenridge
Long. Nine. Axel Nordvall. Mrs.
1neOQOre V. bOynlOn, Mrs- tfederiC
A. Delano. Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins.
Mrs. Richard S. Ely. Mrs. Marshall
Field, Mrs. George T. Msrye. Mrs.
Henry Cleveland Perkins. Mrs. WILL
lam Mcclellan Ritter. Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood. Mrs. William H.
Wilmer and Mrs. Herbert wads-
worth. The committee in charge OF
the ball are Miss Sophie Siebert,
chairman: Mrs. John Jay white,
Mrs. John c. Fremont. Mrs. Walter
r. Tuckerman and Mrs. George Tai
bot Odell.
The Sisterhood of the Eighth
Street Temple will hold its regular
monthly meeting this afternoon at
2:3o o'clock In the vestry rooms OF
the synagogue.
The Colum bus Country Club will
entertain at their annual ball at the
Wardman Park Hotel on st. Pat
rick's night, March II.
DIR. Kate Waller Barrett, assisted
by the board of managers of the
Ivakota Farms. will give a tea at
1914 Massachusetts, avenue, today
from to 6 p. m. Several musicians
of note are to be present. Mrs.
Hitchcock will preside over the tea
table.
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Confessions of a War Bride

= not possible that you have control
over me-thst / sm-your-pr1sone,
Let me telephone to my husband 5
mother or TO daddy" I pleaded.
Not without Or. MsndeTs permis-
sion. Moreover, read in an evening
edition that Mrs. Lorimer had zone
with Mr.. Lorimer and Or. Certeis TO
the place Of the accident, and that
Mr.. Robert Lorimer went hack 10
France two days ago"
Il will walk home-this vzy-snd
now said, wrapping my CAV
Chinese robe about me and starting
for the door.
You cannot get out Of this hous.
was her answer. Remember you
are in an insane asylum"
CTo Be Continued
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Don't Call Attention to Your Faults.
BY DOROTHY DIX
THE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER

wife's shortcomings II she hadn't
called his attention to them herself
Men do not enter matrimony with the
irrational expectation OF 1t being 4.
state OF perfect bliss that women do.
They are used to the profit and loss.
the give and take OF business, and
they arc prepared to find the same
ups and downs In conjugsl life, and
t. think that they have gotten a pret-
~ good bargain in any woman who
is a reasonably good housekeeper,
and not inordinately eXtravagsnt.
Hence the average husband is con-
tent until wife herself wakes him up
out Of his complacency, and shows
him what a poor, feeble, faulty crea-
ture he tied up with.
1t Is curious that women do not
appreciate how dangerous 1t is for
them to institute comparisons between
their own weaknesses, and other
women's strength. No woman can
complain that she isn't a splendid
cook like Mrs. A, or that she does't
know how to get the value out of a
dollar as Mrs. B does, or that she
cannot manage her children as Mrs.
c. does without making her husband
feel that A and B and C have drawn
luckier numbers in the matrimonial
lottery than he has.
Yet left to his own devices he
would never have discovered but what
his own choice was entirely salts
factory.
A still more fatal mistake do
wives make when they call their hus-
bands attention to their waning
beauty. The very first time that
many man notices that his own wife
Is growing fat and old and that her
hair Is not all her own and her COM
plexion is camouhage Is when she be-
gins to grow jealous of girls young
enough to be her daughter, and to
worry about losing his affection.
The poor. dear man had never OBJ
served that his wife was going off
in her looks until she pointed it out
to him. When he thought Of her
he pictured her as the sweetheart he
had wooed and won, and be had
never really taken a critical look at
her until she focused his gaze upon
her. Then he saw the ravapes of
time which he never would have OBJ
served II she had not directed his
eyes to them.
All of which emphasizes the wis.,
dom of a wife blowing a trumpet
about her virtues, but putting the
soft pedal on her faults in the. fam
lily circle. Let her celebrate her
thrift when she makes a good bar
gain but keep mum as the grave
about those injudicious purchases
that she makes In the delirium of a
marked down sale. Let her praise
and give honor to herself when her
cake is angels food. But let her
chuck It into the garbage can and
say nothing when her baking is fat
and sour. When she burns the gravy
let her not weep salt tears into
u, but dousc II with the contents
OF The condiment shelf and offer IL 10
her lord as n new sauce.
SO she shall have honor with her
husband. and be exalted by him. for
AZ wife estecms herself, SO docs her
husband esteem her,
fcofsnshs, isp, by Ths Wheeler Syndicate. iue. I,
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CHAPTER l@.
CHAPTER l55.
| Lose My Name and Identity and
Am Trapped in the Asylum.

Mile. Vanderlyn, We have avoided
telling you-but you would better get
the news now and get over the shock
OF IT," said Miss Dennis And she
unfolded the papers for me.
Leave me-" said. Under her
eyes, could not face what was TO be
revealed TO me. Staring at me in big,
black print was an account of a rail-
road wreck in which Mrs. Robert
a. Lorimer" had been killed!
An engine had run into the rear
Pullman OF a standing train, and had
ground half hundred sleeping trav-
elers TO an unacceptable pulp. Some
of the dead could never be Identified
Gold fittings Of dressing case mark
ed with Mrs. LorimeTs name had
been collected from the wrecked coach
and had been identified by members
Of the Lorimer family as the property
Of the beautiful bride.
BY trick OF fortune, Chester. the
chauffeur, who had taken young AIRS.
~ NAAC NAolAAs anu LIlN Nasl
member of the household to see her.
had brought his car back to the ga
rage and had not been seen since
The man was melancholy. owing TO a
recent attack OF the flu, his fellow
employees stated.
tore the meaning from the page.
then spelled out my name in the long
list OF the dead. II looked so odd
there-1 could hardly get past il to
the cruel fact about EIoise-crushed
-
"Eloise! It's all my fault /
moaned. Il made you go! / bought
your tickets"
And l think 1 might have become
as oemented as ] was supposed 10
be. II j had given way to my emo
tons. My usual impulse to sudden
action saved me. I rang the bell for
Miss Dennis-I tore of my siIken
boudoir robe.
TIE an awful mistake, I called
to the nurse in a high and hystericsl
voice. II must 80 home Hurry with
my things, please! And order a car
for me-
The nurse came across the room
without hur1ying at all. picked up my
robe and wrapped Il around me.
i beg Of you. msdamoIsellc. no,
to get excited" she said with ex-
asperaung calmness. II cannot heIr
you to leave without an order from
DR.. Manden"
"send DR.. Mandel 10 me at once. A"
l demanded.
"He-he is not in the building jus,
now. And even Il he were. he would
do nothing except by order Of the
doctor who sent you here"
Get DR. Certeis!" I cried. II am
not crazy. am not Eloise Van
oerlyn! ] am Mrs. Robert Lor1merT''
The nurse smiled patiently as IL she
had a perfect understanding OF my
case and knew just exactly how 20
deal with it-snd me! Her attitude
irritsted me slrnost beyond endurance
You do not believe me. Miss Dem
mis-. Find the head Of this place for
met"
still she only smiled and said:
Il must insist that you be reason.
able. riada moiselle. You will realize.
II you viii stop TO think. that the
head OF this institution doee not come
at patients beck and call. am IN
full charge Of your case. Mile. Van.
deriyn-"
."But I tell you I an not that girl
] am Jane Lorimer."
"Many Of our patients have similar
hauucinstions-
This is horrible interrupted. IT
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Crandalrs Avenue Grand.

Mac Marsh cleverly combines
whimsical comedy and gripping
drama in her new picture. The
Bondage OF Barbara" which formed
the principal Offering at Crandslrs
Avenue Grand yesterday. Her role
is that Of Barbara Grey. a girl who
mothers" a weak younger brother,
for whose shortcomings she holds
herself responsible. The boy is used
as a tool by two individuals to gain
their own ends. One is Slick Sim
mons" keeper of Questionable re-
sort; the other, Jack Newton, son OF
Barbara's employer. Tony. the boy,
Is eager to escape the sisters care
and seek his fortune in New York,
and Jack Newton fans this desire
until the boy is willing to accept
money from him under the promise
that he will leave the town and
never return. The money is obtain
ed by Jack through robbing his
fathers safe in Barbara's once. The
girl suspects her brother, but to
shield him. remains silent. Her en-
ployer, while unwilling TO believe
the girl guilty, turns her over to
the police. Her sentence TO re-
formatory cannot be prevented, not
withstanding the efforts of her law
yer sweetheart. How these two
eventually solve the mystery and
bring the guilty ones to Justice. con-
stitutes the major portion OF the
succeeding action. A Mack Sennet
comedy. Never too Old" featuring
Charles Murray and Marie Provost,
completed the program. Todays
attraction will be Adele" starring
Kitty Gordon.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-03
Shubert- -Garrick-"sh walked In
Her Sleep

Most self-respecting ladies who
walk In their sleep confine their
somnabulistic perambulations to their
own boudoir. When their unconscious
self innocently wanders into a bridal
chamber with only an unsophistlcated
husband present at the moment the
situation offers unlimited opportunities
for gossip and explanations
1t is such a setting upon which
the plot of "She Walked In Her
Sleep" Mark SWANS latest farce is
founded. OF course the title suggests
boudoirs, robes de mutt and other
things that often creep into divorce
libels and they are all present.
But with all these fundamentals of
situations which might be made
broadly suggestive. the wickedness is
more implied than direct, and only in
brief spells docs 1t trespass from the
niceties of pure farce.
Miss Helen Lackaye. a Washinston
girl. stands out In a cast that is
slngularly competent
Isabel Irving might have better or
portunities but she handles what is
given her with all the skill of real
artist. Robert Ober plays the inno-
cent husband with due regard to its
laugh making possibilities and Ar
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Last Night at the Theaters

seives admirably to the canera and
this is easily one Of the best pictures
the star has had to display her wares.
There are opportunities to register the
fun variety OF emotions and all OF
her appealing mannersms are dis
played. Much of the SUCCESS OF the
sustained story is due to the clever
and apt subtities
A Mack Sennett comedy, Safety
First Ambrose" has neither rhyme
nor reason in its plot. but furnishes
vehicle to offer a number Of hui
morous thrills.
A current news weekly has some in
teresting and timely shots of the
Coming Home parade Of last Thurs-
day. with President Wilson and the
local siik-hat celebrities featured.
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Here's a tip to Stves:

Here's tip to Sives'
Never tell your husbands about the
niEtakes you make. Never let your
own hand be the hand that turns the
spotlight on your faults and weak
ncyseS
OF course most women will say
that this Is superfluous advice; that
It is not necessary TO- them 20 point
ou- their shortcomings to their hus-
bands. and that the gentlemen 10
whom they are married have already
discovered that they possess more
flaws IN their characters than Il
seems possible that any woman. how
ever imperfect, could support. Also
that the majority Of husbands arc
born charter members Of the Knock
crS' Union and the Amaigamated
Order Of Hammer Wielders.
This is a mistake on the wives
part. when q man gets married
he is strong in the belief that his
superior Judgment and acumen has
enabled him to select the head liner
OF her sex for a wife. The mere
TACT that he did pick that particu-
lar woman out from the bunch con-
vinces him that she is superior to
all the balance of womankind.
Therefore every bride begins her
married life on a pedestal. and il
is her own fault II she climbs down
OF Of il. Her husband would never
dream OF knocking her of of II
ir she would just sit fast where he
had placed her.
II is one Of the peculiarities of
human nature that we all, more or
less. take people at their own val
Uation. And especially do men
take women at their own valuation
since men have really no standards
by which to measure feminine
worth Any man will believe that
any woman is a superior creature
IL she tells him she Is a superior
creature, and exscts the homage
que a superior creature.
And especially do wives write their
own price tags for their husbands.
takes his wife at her own appraisal
CT her value and believes himself to
have been lucky or gold bricked in
matrimony. according as she boosts
or bears her own stock.
II she tells him OF what a good
manager she Is, IL she sings the saga
OF her economies, n she beats upon
the cymbsls and calls his attention To
what a devoted wife and mother she
is, and how she spends her life minis
tsring to her family, husband swefls
out his chest until his shirt buttons
won't hold. and brags that he knows
how to pick 'em. when IL comes to
wives.
But II a woman gratuitously in
forms her husband that she never
ear learn how to cook or keep house,
and tells him OF the foolish purchase.
she has male. and opines that she il
temperau1entally untitled for matri-
nony. husband comes TO regard him
self as a domestic goat, and pities
himself for being offered up as a sac
rihce on the altar OF an unfortunate
marriage.
Yet the chances are that tho man
would never have found out about his
The Washington herald., 1919-03-03
CrandsII's Apollo.

Courage for Two" presents Car
lyle Blackwell in a dual personality
role in which several ingenious effects
are accomplished through double ex-
posure. This picture formed the
principal attraction at Crandalrs
Apollo yesterday.
From the very start, the story
abounds in action, showing the raid
on a dance hall in New York's East
Side, the dancers making their es-
cape on housetops and through fire
escapes. Evelyn Greedy and Rosina
Henry portray important roles in the
picture. The program was completed
with the showing of a Mutual comedy
Of merit. Today's attraction is Rest
less Souls" featuring Alma Reubens.
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Loew's oismbin-WaIIace Reid In
"AIias Mike Moran

Wallace Reid comes to the screen
of Loew's Columbia Theater for tho
first four days of this week. be-
ginning yesterday. in picture
somewhat different from the pic
lures commonly identified with his
name. In Alias Mike Moran" the
title of the current offering, the
Columbia offers a drama of the
great draft lottery in which an
aspiring department store clerks S
latent manhood is revived in time
to save him his disgrace.
Wallace Reid plays the part Of
the department store clerk with a
small salary and large tastes. When
the army draft comes. he trades
places with an eX-convict who de-
sires service but Is barred by his
prison record. The convict, under
the clerks name, goes to France
and dies for his country. The clerk.
shamed to his very soul, enlists with
the Canadians later and wins glory
In action. In France, he meets the
girl he loves. who. instead of prov
ing to. be & millionaire's daughter
as he supposed. proves to be just a
regular girl who had been posing as
a young woman of wealth This
clears the situation and results in a
climax that makes Alias Mike
Moran-the clerk having enlisted
under a convicts name-one of the
best vehicles Reid has had In
months. The regular subsidiary
Columbia features completes a we'll
rounded bill.
For the last three days OF the
current week. Louise Huff will be
seen at Loew's Columbia in Crook
Of Dreams" supplemented by the
Columbia minor attractions.
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Loew's Palnce-.Good Gracious,
AnnnbeIle.-

Most of us everyday mortals have
at some time or another experienced
that embarrassing situation where the
pocketbook is empty and the next
pay day seems long way off.
But to be just plain broke" with
life just one drab procession of over
drawn checks and unpaid bills and
still maintain our normal charm and
culture requires a touch of the unu-
sual.
1t Is just this touch that Billie
Burke gives to Good Gracious, An
nabelle," which makes 1t such a de-
lightful picture story. mingled with
enough wholesome laughs to make it
rank far above the average screen
drama.
The optimistic Annabelle, who let's
her regular allowance filter through
her fingers until the bill collectors
are menacing. frequently gets into po-
sitions where life could be a very
drab proposition, but she smiles
through 1t all. with all the winsome-
ness and beauty of Billie Burke, and
her abiding faith in future fortune
is always dominant
The Plot centers about two shares
of mining stock. They are very val-
liable shares. since they mean con-
troll of rich mine. Annabelle Leigh
finds them convenient to borrow upon
and once she loses possession of the
securities the complications thicken
until it appears that the carefree
spender has unconsciously bartered
away her happiness and that of her
mysterious husband. However. An
nabelle shows that her head Is more
than hat rack. and by some in
genious detective work that neccs-
states her becoming cook. man
ages to get the precious shares into
the strong box where they really be-
long.
Billie Burke's charms lend them
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Portuguese Colony
Threatens Revolt

Bombay, March i.-AlonC with
it's troubles at home. Portugal faces
an uprising In it's India colony pc
cause self-Government promised
four years ago-hss not been grant
ed An act called the Organic
Charter was drawn by the roverr-
or general. Costa. Lisbon amended
u, reducing the popular majority
in the council and giving the, GOV
ernment members equality with
elected members
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pon,.-.srAe Bls CA..e..r

The apologists and the annotators
of Broadway and the Broadway
spirit are forever active. 1t is not
surprising. therefore, that some
dramatist should arise to reveal the
various reflexes and reactions of
the New York Tenderloin to the
war. Nor is 1t surprising that this
theme should result IN the most sin
cere, solid and telling. bit of war
drama that has yet been written on
this side of the Atlantic.
1t Is almost as easy to over
estimate THE Big Chance, as 1t is
TO under estimate it. dramatically
IL is big; a play which shows the
spawn of Broadway redeemed in tho
crucible of the front-line trenches
is something radically outside the
category of mere melodrama. 1t
possesses more than surface realism
In its sisillfufr and compelling treat
nent of various tenderloin types:
and although IL is streaked with a
dldactic sentimentality which blurs
rather than compromises the SINGER
ity with which 1t has unauestion-
ably been written. even this didac-
ticism is given a certain distinction
by such lines as these:
God has sent the war to give
us useless creatures a decent chance
to die"
In this line is incorporated the
spirit and the message of the play.
Grant Morris and willard Mack,
who wrote the piece, have tried
manfully to rise to the bigness or
their theme. They have been spur
red on by II to try for effects which
Pinero would be glad TO achieve.
In a garment of melodrama' they
have clothed play of real sincerity
and significance. No heroics here
no fiag-waving or cheap play TO
the war spirit in the gallery; rather
genuine study of the spiritual
values developed in the big show.
1t might be called a biological de-
fense of war. Beyond doubt. II war
could exalt such q barren little
creature as Charley" Hickson, or
regenerate such a rat as Eddie"
Crandall. 1t has its place In the d.
vine scheme of things-the society
OF nations notwithstanding.
The cynic will say that the dramat-
lists have not had the courage to at
tack their study in the Sheerly reslis-
tic spirit-for have they not made
much of the regeneration dependent
upon Girl rather than upon Mars? In
deed. II the truth be told. ''The Big
Chance" is always lowering suspi-
ciousty close to the commonplace. Al
ways, when It threatens to fatten out
into a pancake of more sentimental
melodrama, IT il illumined and re-
deemed by some brilliant twist of ac-
tion or dialogue--something which he
stores our faith in its essential sin
cerity. It is the only war play that
has visited Washington In three sea-
sons that is something more than
mere patrioteering-unless "A Kiss
for Cinderella" be accounted a war
play.
Miss Mary Nash. as the Girl. gives
a performance Of distinction and
sincerity; the kind of work which was
expected OF her. The cast. including
William ]. Kelly, William e. Meehan,
Ramsey Wallace, and Anna Berlein,
is one of metropolitan calfber. No
such rich and vivid collection of
Tenderloin types has been seen here
in manyss a long day. -
The big thing about The Big
Chance is that II is a real mans
size play. Its grip is none the less
sure because the war is over.