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BROOKLYN VARIETY.

ORPHEUM - Mile. Dazzle,
Americas diminutive dancing
star" will fill the largest space
on the bill. Assisted by Con-
stantin Kobeleff, she will present
some of the elaborate numbers
that caused her instep to be ad-
judged worthy to be put at the
head of grand opera ballet bat
talions. The Princess Radjah, on
the other hand, will show how
they do those things way down
south on the Nile before an
audience of crocodiles. Frances
Nordstrom and William Pink
ham will tear the covers off "The
Memory Book"
BUSHWICKAAgain an Inn
mortal patrons request bilp
will be presented with the Four
Mortons, Bradley and Ardine,
Stuart Barnes, Gilbert and Fried
land, Frank Conroy and COM
pany and the Sharrocks, as the
management can't resist their
weakness for finding out just
what Bushwick thinks about
vaudeville.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THEATRES

ago. Mr.. Abbott assumed small role.
Then he Joined the Princess Players
and appeared with them In some of
their one act plays.
Mr.. Abbott was prominent in the
cast Of THE Last Laugh" when that
play by Paul Dickey was seen here a
few years ago, following that by sup
PORTING Jefferson De Angels in Some
Baby" during It's tour OF the country.
Two seasons ago Mr.. Abbott APP
peared in THE otio Lady" during its
presentation in the West, but when
that play was rewritten and staged
here last season. as "The Country
Cousin" he was nStan the cast, having
accepted an offer2fo again Join Mr..
Dickey for a Lengthy vaudeville tour
in that actors playlet 1.-THE Lincoln
Highwayman," which was seen at the
Palace.
That costume that Otis Skinner Is
wearing at the Globe Theatre as Col
Philippe Briddu in Paul NJ. Potter's
The Honor OF the Family" is the real
thing.
In the play one of the scenes Is a
meeting Of former officers Of Napolean
to celebrate. the anniversary OF the day
on which the. Little Corporal became
IN Emperor-December 2. For long
years that anniversary was kept by
Bonapartists all over France, and one
group OF men who had fought in the
Old Guard used to meet annually on
that day in a small and obscure cafe
in Paris known as the Cafe Lemblis
to drink to the memory OF their idol
For that solemn occasion the old uni
forms were brought out from their
hiding places, and with them the wear
ers, even when they grew very old, got
back some of their old swagger.
On Mr.. SINNERS first visit to Paris
a good many years ago this anniver-
sary came around and friend took
him to the old cafe. There were only
three or four of the old guardsmen LETT
then and the scene impressed Mr..
Skinner deeply. Years afterward when
he was preparing to appear as Briddu
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Vaudeville and Burlesque.

,PALACE-Bert Williams will
be the dark horse on the bill,
carrying the burden of the pro-
gramme on his voice and his feet.
A new feature will be a sketch,
Intelligence" which will not
seek to educate vaudeville patrons
but to show them how the army
intelligence service obtained kul-
tur at St. Souplet which the Ger
mans didn't want them to have.
This playlet, arranged by Private
Hugh Stanislaus STANCE and per-
formed by soldiers of the
Twenty-seventh Division, is said
to be packed with all the excite
ment of the war. The United
States Jazz Band will remain for
a. third week If their, instruments
can stand the strain.
RIVERSIDE-Lieut. Bernard
Granville will return to vaude-
vile. where he gained his first
service stripes, and making his
initial appearance since he told
the Boches to look pleasant as an
aerial photographer and took
snapshots over their heads. He
will sing, dance, tell yarns and
in general try not to 60 over the
heads of his audience. James
and Bonnie Thornton, listed on
the variety catalogues as "The
Youngest of the Old Timers"
will sing some of the old, old
songs. and the United States
Jazz Band will themselves bring
their echo up here from the
Palace.
AMERICAN Carl McCul-
Tough will keep the spotlight
operator busy chasing him. Eva
Shirley, billed as vaudeville's
youngest priina donna. will do so.
Other acts include the Eight
Black Dots--with a dash of song
and musical melange, "Cele-
brating Day in Tennessee"
which would seem on the face of
it to have nothing to do with
July I. Norma Talmadge will
carry "The Probation Wife"
through her gelatine troubles.
/, COLUMBIA-The sufferings
in the near East of Broadway
will be alleviated by Harry X.
Morton and leila Russell. with
a skit called I'm Bagdad.",
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play the title offers but little in the
way of n clew as to its intent, for
The Bonds of Interest" may logically
be construed in a number OF different
ways, but Crispin. the central figure,
who at once excites our admiration
and contempt, utters in the third act
the words which form the theme
around which the plot is built. THE
ties OF love- says CriSpin, ARE as
nothing compared to the bonds of in
terest" And that at least half the
world agrees with him on this score
there is no denying.
NO character in 'Daddies." at the
Lyceum Theatre, is more humorously
drawn than that of Henry Allen, the
bachelor who believes the raising of
children to be the simplest of mat
tiers. AS conceived by George Abbott
he Is responsible for a great many Of
the laughs in the comedy. Although
Mr.. Abbott has appeared in several
other productions in this city It has
remained for his present role TO firmly
establish him as a character actor
of distinction.
Like many other players, Mr. Alb
bolt got his first ieanings toward the
stage during his college days, when he
appeared in many productions put on
by the student body After gradual
ing from the University of Rochester
he went to Harvard, and while there
had one act play called THE Head
OF the Family" produced by the dra-
matte club. After leaving college a
play Of Mr.. Abbott's authorship won
first prize in a play contest and was
produced at the BiJou Theatre, in Bos-
ton. 1t was there he got his real stage
experience and after remaining a while
he went into vaudeville.
In THE Misleading Lady" presented
at the Fulton Theatre several seasons
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r EE SHUBERT announced yes
terday that hereafter in en-
gaging actresses for leading
parts preference would be given
to the younger people Of the stage
regardless OF their experience or
reputation. In keeping with this
policy 1t became known yesterday
that tho Shuberts have awarded the
role Of Susan Lemon In the forthcom-
ing play of that name to Mona Bruins.
n young actress who is comparatively
new to the upper Broadway sector.
In competition for this role Miss Bruins
had to contend against over twenty
well known stage and screen stars,
most OF whom were better versed In
the art of acting. She submitted to
the test Of going through the eleven
scenes OF the play, and It was this
trial, coupled with her charm. youth
and beauty, that won for her what
will surely come to be known as the
greatest part for q woman written in
the past decade. The play "Susan
Lenox" Is from the novel of that
name and is the work OF George V.
Hobart. Miss Bruins. at present is APP
pearing in "Hobohemia" at the Green
witch Village Theatre. Her home Is in
st. Louis.
Another similar engagement recently
made is that of Constance Binney, for
the leading role in Rachel Crotherss
new play "S9 East" Miss Binney, like
Miss Bruins, is not yet out Of her
teens. This, however. Is the first
speaking part she has ever played.
She has been seen on the stage only
twice, but in both instances as n
dancer which up until recently had
been her profession. over twenty
seven girls were tried for this part in
$50 East" and Miss Binney won chiefly
because of her earnestness. her beauty
and as Mr.. Shubert expressed it TACK
of experience"
mo one likes new faces better than
Broadway, and in my opinion the time
has come when opportunities should
be given to the younger and unknown
aspirants, and surely their name is
legion said Mr.. Shubert.
II Is announced that the season of
the Theatre Guild, which begins early
In April at the Garrick Theatre, will
begin with the presentation OF THE
Bonds OF Interest" translated into
English by James Garrett Underhill
from the Spanish OF Jacinto Bena-
vente. Mr.. Underhill controls the
American rights for all of the Bena
ventc works which he has translated.
"The Bonds OF Interest" had its first
presentation at the Teatro Lara at
Madrid on December 9, 1917. 1t is
the most popular modern play in the
Spanish repertoire, but the forthcom-
ing production will be the first given
outside of Spain 1t Is described by
its creator. whose popularity is by no
means confined to his native country,
as comedy in u prologue and three
acts" but the comedy spirit does not
reign throughout, for the play runs
the gamut OF human emotion from
fantastic farce to the keenest satire.
For those unacquainted with the
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Tessa Kosta, prima donna Of The
Royal vagabond," is Chicago born, but
was educated in Salt Lake City, and
there got her ambition for a stage
career. Just which branch Of theatre
calls she would follow. however. was
for some years undecided. That is, the
young lady at the age Of showed
promise as n pianist. She gave ner
first recital" at that time in Salt
Lake City. and was hailed by the local
critics as coming PaderewskL Some
years later, when at a school enter
tainment she acted the leading role
in Tennyson's Princess" Miss Kosta
was called a budding BernhprdL.
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for the first time he remembered the
old Bonapartists and thought 1t would
he a wonderful thing IL he could get
one of the genuine old uniforms. He
wrote to his friend In Paris, and after
much search the costume was secured
at considerable expense.
"Oh, ] had to have 1t repaired, of
course" says the actor. but the old
framework is all there. 1 wore the
clothes all through my first run in the
play here and on the road ten years
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AT THE HIPPODROME..

Charles Dillingham; will see to
it that his pageant Everything"
will give the Twenty-seventh
Division a welcome dazzle this
week, which will not only reveal
to the boys how they did it at
Chateau Thierry in one scene,
but in another, the "Heroland"
episode, will show them to their
faces just what New York thinks
of them. In addition there will
be novelties added to the per-
formances of Belle Story, Bert
Levy, Charles T. Aldrich and
Desiree Lubovska, while Poodles
Hanneford will initiate a German
General trying to ride a horse
without using Foch's pincer
movement. The statistical
bureau of the Hip, which has got
loose again, says A. J. Caring,
musical director, will throw in
extra fourishes to his 4,24s
down beats during the second act.
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BROOKLYN THEATRES.

MONTAUK - Leo Ditrich-
stein in "The Great Lover" is
announced as "the dramatic SEN
sation of the year" for Brooklyn,
but it is expected that borough
will be able to recover from
Henri Lavedan's play.
MAJESTIC Bertha Kalich
will be here in 1.-THE Riddle:
Woman" but Brooklyn is relied
upon not to get too upset over
this.
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ago, and last autumn when we decided
on the revival found It still wearable
carefully packed away in an old cedar
chest at home. 1t is real inspiration
to me now
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ADJUSTMENTS.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
She Knew Better Anyhow.

A certain small town, seven miles
from somewhere else, as the crow flies,
boosted only two physicians, Doctor
Smith and Doctor Brown. There was
considerable rivalry between the two
knights of the pill and powder and
when Doctor Smith received a very
urgent call from young farmer about
four miles in the country, he left an
Office full Of patients, cranked up what
has to be cranked up and was off.
When he arrived at the farmers
house he found that, a three-year-old
farmer" had cut his finger. The doc
tor was chagrined when he saw the
serious nature of the accident. He
thought of the office full of patients he
had left and had visions of them walk.
ing in single file to the Office Of Doctor
Brown.
''It was very, very silly Of you to call
me on this case," he said, somewhat
testify, to the farmers wife.
II know it was, but Doctor Brown
was out"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
Saved Shin From Destruction,

Capturing a runaway bomb on the
deck of ship during a terrific gale,
a United States navy man heroically
held on to several hundred pounds of
high explosive until it was got to safe
ty. This man of iron nerve is John
Mackenzie of the naval reserve, who
is serving as a chief boatswain's mate
on the U. S. S. .Remlits, a converted
yacht now on patrol service in Euro
pean waters. For this extraordinary
herOism Mackenzie has been awarded
medal Of honor and given gratuity
of 500. In the midst of a storm Il
depth charge, such as have proved SO
disastrous to German submarines,
broke loose and went rolling about the
decks. Realizing the danger, Macken-
zie shouted out, "I'll get her!" and
flung himself upon the charging cylin-
der. Three times he was thrown from
the bomb. The fourth time he got it
and, heaving the charge upright, sat
on it and held it down. Here he re-
manned until lines were placed around
the bomb. Had the charge exploded
it would have blown the ship to pieces.
Mackenzie is a native of Massachu-
sets and his mother, Mrs. Mackenzie,
resides at South Hadley Falls, Mass,
After serving four years in the regu-
lar navy he returned to service in the
fleet naval reserve.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
PRESIDENT WILSON GOES TO ITALY

London, Dec 3l.-President Wilson left London on re-
firing to France at $3.50 this morning bringing to close
the most momentous events in British history The
president will remain in Paris until late tomorrow when
he Will leave for Rome There he will visit King Victor
Emanuel, Pope Benedict and the Methodist College,
turning to Paris the first Of next week. Premier Lloyd
George left for his country pacetoday for brief rest be-
fore going to Paris The final ceremony of President Will
sons visit to London dinner in Buckingham Palace
list night. Thrtytwo guests including the family and
personal friends of King George and Queen Mary were
present. The unprecedented though simple acts of the
ling and queen in accompanying the presidential party
The train this morning drew exceptional farewell crowd
the vicinity Of the station The royal couple stopped Is
minutes the platform saying goodbye to each others
guests. The party was given hearty sendof by the
crowds There doubt that the people we'll the
statesmen thought that President Wilson's visit has &C.
complished complete understanding Of British and
declaration at Manchester "aganst balance Of power
together with Premier Cen1enceaus open advocacy of
American aims AS the president departed his sweeping
return to that ancient form of alliance has filled the public
mind
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
Strained His Telescope.

The oldest inhabitant OF Little
Cockleton possesses telescope which
he never uses.
''Why don't you make use of it some
times, JamesY' neighbor asked.
ut used to be aigood ~" James
said sorrowfully, 'but it's broke now"
''Broken?" the neighbor asked.
Elbows that?''
"Well," James replied, 'sit was such
a good'n that I could see the old church
steeple five miles away quite plain,
but Joseph, the scbundrel, got the
lend Of it and tried to make out the
steeple of the Methody chapel morn'n
ten miles away. He tried and tried
and couldn't, so that he strained my
glass and it's never been right since
Drat Joseph"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
Burglary Among NonessentiaIs.

Among the nonessential industries
which are almost in a state of collapse
is the ancient and sinister one Of bur
glary. According to data furnished by
burglary insurance company there
has been decided and favorable
change in the attitude of chronic
recalcitrants since the executive proc
lamation of a few weeks ago, direct
ing all ablebodied men between eight
cen and fifty years old to turn their
hands to industrial pursuits. The
draft, high wages and federal and
state surveillance promises to reduce
crime almost to the vanishing point.
Many sociologists and criminologists
Of the modern school will point to this
as proof Of their theories that poverty
is the principal cause Of crime. 1t will
no doubt be potential argument in
favor of a revision Of criminal laws
after the war.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
VICTIMS OF HUN BRUTALITY
How Allied Soldiers Suffered Whei
They First Experienced the Hor.
rors Of kaiser's Poison Gas.
Suddenly a great cry rang out:

Suddenly a great cry rang out: IN
"The gas I"
1t was true. Over there from thu
enemy's lines, came great greenisf
balls, rolling close to the earth, rolling
deliberately yet swiftly, rolling
straight toward us, Emmanuel Bour
cier writes in Scribners. Gas That
horrible thing, still almost unknown
which had been used for the first time
only recently on the User. 1t was
coming with deadly surety amidst q
tornado of artillery. Orders were
shouted back and forth:
'"rhe gas! Put on the masks!'
Each man spread over his face the
protecting cloth. The shelters were
closed. The telephone, whose wires
ran the length Of the communication
trenches, gave the warming: "Look
out! The gas!"
We did not yet know what manner
of horror it was. None Of us had ex-
perienced an attack Of the sort. We
ran to and fro like ants whose hill
has been molested. Some fired their
guns at random, others awaited or
ders. The frightful, vivid thing came
on, expanded to a cloud, crept upon
us, glided into the trenches. The air
was quickly obscure. We were SWIM
ming in an atmosphere stained a
venomous color, uncanny, indescrib"
able. The sky appeared greenish, the
earth disappeared. The men staggered
about and rolled on the ground, stifled.
There were some knots Of soldiers
who had been asleep in their beds
when overtaken by the gas They
writhed in convulsions, with vitals
burning, with froth on the lips, call
ing for their mothers or cursing the
Germans. We gathered them up as
best we could; we took them to the
doctors, who, thus confronted by an
unknown condition, found themselves
powerless. They tried the applfca-
ton of oxygen and ether in an effort
to save the lives of the victims, only
to see them die, already decomposed,
in their hands.
~ The masks had not yet been perfect
ed and were poor protection. Some
ran about like madmen, shriekirs in
terror, the throat choked with saliva,
and fell in heaps, in cOntortions of
agony. Some filled the mouth with
handfuls Of grass and struggled
against asphyxiation.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
REALLY NO SECRET
Power to Charm Lies in Forget.
fulness of Self.
Women Who Fascinate Have Simply
Developed the Art or Power OF
Putting Others son Good
Terms With Themselves"

A vivacious woman writer seeking
the secret of feminine fascination,
finds it in the art or power some WOm-
en- have of charming others by putting
them, as bluff Britisher phrased it,,
ION ripping good terms with them
selves" Is not this chara cteristic
Of almost all those persons, men and
women, whom we like the best and en-
joy the most? Do they not, either by
artifice or by instinct, endeavor to
make the people they meet feel that
they amount to something, know some
thing, have some excellence, attrac-
tiveness or interesting qualities, and
thus put them on pleasant terms with
themselves. The persons who are
least adept at this Or least inclined to
try it are the self-centered, self-impor-
tant people completely absorbed in
their own affairs and not wise or well
bred in little worlds of which they are
the centers, and may be said in GER
tain sense to revolve about them
selves.
This is characteristic brought up
from lower forms of life from which
we are ancestrally derived and only in
part outgroWn. For most animals the
only concerns of the least Importance
are those which directly affect them
selves. They are egOcentric. The
things that touch them make up their
world and they have no interests out
side of that. More than any other ami
NAL the dog can sink his personality
so to speak, subordinate himself and
make his masters interests his own.
Only infrequent individuals of other
species can or will do this. Hence dogs
as rule are more companionable for
man than any other living creatures
below him in the evolutionary scale.~
But to return to human beings, Jo-
Sepkine was the most beloved and
charming woman in France because
she took genuine and kindly interest
in the affairs Of all with whom she
came in touch. She was outgoing, in
elusive in her sympathies and thus
counteracted antagonism created by
Napoleon, who was self-centered to IN
extraordinary degree. Not to multiply
examples, does not experience teach
all observant people that in selfiess-
ness lies the secret of charm? Are not
the lovable people those whose love
goes out spontaneously, or appears to?
Is not egocentricity, entire absorption
in themselves, characteristic held in
common by most of the people who
get on ones nerves? Kind hearts are
more than coronets, said Tennyson.
More attractive, therefore, than
beauty or the brilliancy and glitter of
intellectually is the drawing power of
kindly consideration for others. Fas-
cination is born of the heart, not Of the
mind; and whether instructive Dr. ac-
CURED, would seem to be the are Of
entering into the lives Of others and
putting them, as the Englishman said,
on good terms with themselves.-Rcch-
ester Post-Express.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
WANT TO GUARD LIFE OF KAISER

Berlin, Dec 31-Aleague for the safe guarding Of the
life and freedom of the former kaiser is being formed to-
day under the auspices of the TagesZetung, which
GENTLY advocated the establishment of democratic
aIchy general appeal has been issued to the people
ing them to join the league All former diplomats and
councillors have been asked to place themselves
reservedy at Whelms disposal The arguments advanc
ed by the league would lend moral support to Holland in
protesting the extradton of the former kaiser Prince
Henry in declining to head the league suggested the name
of Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02

London, Dec 31.-'The coming six months will decide
whether the Irish question will be settled peaceaby
boodi Edward Short chief secretary for Ireland told
the United Press today. The Dublin convention next
which will be the deciding issue and give the Sim Feners
TO show their ability Short said Sane cool action now
Of the most vital Importance to Ireland We will not per
nit any extreme physical force to gain control of the sit
nation do not consider that the large Sim Fener vote
IN The recent parliamentary election shows demand for
separation from England and about SO to 70 per cent Of
the Sim Feners be persuaded to accept home rle
From other authentic the United Press learned
Shat the Dublin convention will be one Of the most if not
the most important happenings in modern Irish history
will be attended by the Sim Feiner members Of paria-
ment several nationalist and the remainder will be Sim
Feiners especially elected for the meeting.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-01-02
Commander a "eood Fellow

One of the home-guard boys had on
a uniform that was too large for him.
While waiting on the station platform
for the train to come the commander
noticed this boy and coming up to him
turned him around and around, look.
ing him over on every side. Finally
he said: "Young man, that suit does
not fit you"
The boy, not realizing to whom he
was talking, promptly retorted: "Well,
that is no reason why should be
made a windmill of, is it,"
Luck favored him and the comman'
der laughed.