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The Washington times., 1920-01-25

A PRETTY girl in our company showed
~ me new hat yesterday. She had
4 4 paid $3.50 for it. said:
"Oh, my dear, wish you had put $235
OF that in the bank. You are so young
and pretty that you don't need those bird
of paradise feathers. When we are old
we need the birds of paradise. A little
black velvet hat with buckle would have
set off your sweet face as well. l wish
could make you understand that time
brings change. To fortify yourself against
that change you need liberal bank ac-
count. Begin 1t now"
| might have given her chapter from
my own life If could have made her stop
laughing and listen. / could have told her
that when "Erminie' ran for eight hun
dred performances at the Casino l was
the toast of the town. Yet two years ago
fate cast me for a small part in a comic
opera in which another woman was the
prima donna. The opera was kitty Oar
lin" 1t lasted for one week at the Ca
sino. | couldn't bring myself to play
trivial part in the house that had been the
scene of my triumphs. So / resigned be-
fore we reached New York.
am not complaining. Thank heaven l
am thrifty. But l am glad to have even
small part in a successful play, and to
play for long time in New York. / want
to be near my home and my daughter.
But my present part is undeniably small.
1t is what actors call one side" That is,
il fills page. No one who has played the
leading part enjoys the transition to a
lesser one. But that is what time does.
That is the reason preached the little
sermon on thrift to the girl who bought
the $3.50 hat.
Click! | draw back the shutter in the
camera Of thirty years and see what?
Marie Rose, the grand opera prima donna
Of other days, dying a beggar She was
run over by an automobile while begging
in the streets. She who had worn robes
Of lace and jewels OF regal splendor was
clothed in dirt and rags. Her home was
downtown basement. II was found that
she had some money. Thirty-five thou
sand dollars we're credited to her in a
bank. But the fear of being without
money made her a miser.
Poor Marie Rose! Her later life was
tarnished remnant of what lad been a
glittering career. The voice that had
thrilled thousands in the Academy of
Music when great operas were given there
was lifted in the quaver Of age and men
delaney. She was OF another generation.
None survived to tell the reason for her
downfall. But we have the sordid, unfor-
getable facts. No use to shrink from them
We must look them in the face, In the
eyes,
Clickl Open the shutter again and we
see Mamie Arlington. Twenty years or so
ago her beauty was a household word.
She was, indeed. the toast OF the town.
But that which sooner or later comes 10
all players came to her. Her popularity
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ales. But cafe life undermined her health.
she disappeared and was found living in a
rear room OF an Eighth avenue saloon. She
was hungry. and penniless. The high
arched feet that had worn silk gauze stock
ings and velvet slippers we're stockingless.
She wore pair of mems shoes she had
found in the gutter. She died in agony on
the train while her parents who had dis
carded her were, taking her back to the
home from which she had fed.
last heard of frankie Bailey, whose
beautiful figure made her the toast of the
town while she was in Weber and Fields
Music Hall, as a saleswoman in cigar
store, afflicted with rheumatism and living
In basement. ....
Mabel Bouton died on Blackwell's Island.
have heard that Marie Jansen, who had
the most beautiful dark eyes in the world,
sunk from prima donna to visiting seam
stress.
why these changes in fortune? Who
knows7
Sometimes the cause is extravaganza, as
with my little friend who paid $3.50 for
hat.
Sometimes Il Is the grip OF drink and
drugs. as. with unhappy Florence Schenck.
Sometimes doubt not at all, It Is lick.
II I were to sum it up should say 1t Is
lack to holding power. They do not hold
to their advantages. They loose their hold
upon themselves.
In the play where now have the small
part Of Cissy Gray, the author introduces
me as has been" in these words:
"That's Cissy Gray There was time
when she was the toast OF this town. She
had a carriage and pair-that was In the
day before the autos-and her coachman
and footman had house in town and
place in the country. And when she went
10 London she almost married Duke.
When she lost her looks she lost her
friends-at least her gentlemen friends.
And then-goodnight bank account"
To sum up further. Those to whom time
brings the cruel and hopeless changes are
those who have been spendthrifts. Spend.
thrifts Of their time. Of their money, oi
themselves.
The Washington times., 1920-01-25

Corona Riccardo. Don't you remember
what a dream OF dark beauty she was In
the barge in ben HurT' And how the
town acclaimed her in the title role of
Marta of the Lowlands? But times wheel
whirled round and round. Corona van
ished from Broadway. Persons who knew
her occasionally asked each other about
her when they met. Then they forgot.
They remembered only when the dis
patches from Kansas City told OF white
The Washington times., 1920-01-25
Pauline Hall
While Play
ing the Title
Role of Err
mimic in its
500 Nights
Run at the
Casino

said she was In the charity ward He said
he wrote me because he had found nv
name in her address book wrote him
that he could get all the information de.
sired from the Actors Fund.
Click! The shutter closes upon Sadie
Martinot and opens upon Elita Proctor
OTIS She is the daughter Of Cleveland
banker, granddaughter of a banker of
Boston, niece of the Mayor OF Cleveland
Charles A. Otis, who was at one time a
partner OF Mark Hanna. She Is a grand.
niece Of Senator Redheld Proctor, OF Yer.
mont, and lineal descendant OF the Eng
llsh poet, Adelaide Proctor John Stetson,
the manager. said there was a fortune in
her laugh. A few will remember her
debut in The Crust of Society" She was
a star and a celebrated character actress
But things went wrong They kept on 60
ing wrong. Two years ago a subscription
was taken up for her in the profession
She has become an agent for a typewrit-
ing machine.
Close the shutter and open It. We see
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waned. True, hers was the fault tnat IL
came so early. Dissipation marked her.
One day she leaned over the dumbwaiter,
lost her balance and went crashing down.
Her beautiful form was found crushed, her
lovely face bruised almost beyond recog.
milton. % &
Click! The shutter opens, revealing
Sadie Martinot Sadie Martinot. Of the
fair hair and the brilliant smile. No smile
was SO eloquent as Sadie's. Sadie Marti-
not, of the piquant poise of the head and
of such toilettes as every woman In her
company envied. Sadie, who by ancestry
was French enough to look chic in the tat
ters of a beggar maid.
She sang Nanon in the opera OF that
name before was the Nanon de rEnclos.
II was at the Casino. She was the most
fascinating woman ever knew. The years
rolled round. We seldom met. Occasion
ally she revealed herself. One saw her In
gorgeous gowns at smart restaurants.
She had a beautiful house on West End
avenue. Then one saw her no more for
years. Sometimes she showed taste for
seclusion. There were rumors that she
was growing poor. Someone said the
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beautiful woman who had Deen
the toast OF multimillionaires
was living in a furnished room
and cooking her own meals. But
/ had not seen nor heard of her
for years when I read that she
was q patient In the psyche
patkic ward Of Bellevue.
I went to Bellevue at once. I
said to the physician at the head
of the psychopathic ward:
Doctor, there isn't anything the
matter with her" He said. "Oh,
yes, there is" But Miss Marti
not talked so reasonably that !
was sure the expert was mis-
taken. went to the office OF
the Actors Fund and told OF her
plight. The Fund arranged to
have her taken to Amityville.
In a short while I went to
Amityville and induced the au..
thorities to let her go home with
me. She was living quietly with
me in Yonkers for two weeks.
Then she burst into e frightful
state and accused me OF having
conspired with her husband
and the Fund to put her in an
asylum.
heard no more from her until
late this Summer. The super
intendent of a hospital in
Washington wrote me that she
had been found wandering about
the streets OF that city and that
her mind was unbalanced. He
aatd aha xvaa In tho rbu rfty ,,,o "a
The Washington times., 1920-01-25
By Pauline Hall.

(In an Interview Just Before She Died)
A PRETTY girl in our company showed
~ me a new hat yesterday. She had
4 L paid $3.50 for it. said:
The Washington times., 1920-01-25
frankie Bailey in the
Heyday of Her
Popularity at
Weber & Fields

squaw dying IN a Cheap fur-
nished. room in that city. Her
Indian husband mourned over
her. =
Pearl Eytinge captivated the
town when she revealed her
beauty In the bath in "The
Clemenceau Case She died
Door and forgotten.
Click! That exquisite beauty
Is Florence .Schenck. She ran
away from her home in Norfolk
with Charles Wilson, who man.
aged race horses of a Wander.
bilt. She was. the most conspic.
uous figure in the show girl'
The Washington times., 1920-01-25

THE greatest dramatic success In the histor
Of the New York stage was the famous 80
= night" Of the light opera "Erminie" q
the Casino thirty years ago. Pauline Hall was tn
prima donna and played the title role Of Ermini
She was the dramatic sensation of the day; she ha
climbed to the very top of the ladder OF famefroi
chorus girl to the most popular opera star OF th
hour
And Pauline Hall was still playing part in
Broadway show-unknown and trivial-when sh
died the other day The great prima donna
"Ermnie" had climbed down the ladder Of FAM
On this page to-day the woman who held tn
centre of the New York stage for three years tell
of chorus girls and prima doInas
she has seen come and go-into
poverty, obscurity, disaster. This -
article prepared few days be- 01
fore Pauline Hall died q
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14
CHILDREN'S DAY
AT EDWARDS CHAPEL

Interesting Children's Day exer-
cises were held yesterday afternoon
at Edwards Chapel. Parole There
was large attendance from the sur
rounding country.
The program included short recita-
tiens and dialogues by the scholars,
solos and choruses, and an address
by the pastor Superintendent of the
Sunday School. Joseph o. Fowler. an
nounced the numbers on the pro-
gram. 49, ga
Edwards Chapel Hail, where the
exercises were held, was banked with
flowers of all kinds, and presented
beautiful appearance. The pastor,
Rev Jaeger. made an interesting adj
dress. There was a pleasing pro-
gram by the primary and informed
late departments, in both of which
the children did well.
Miss Hazel Sears sang very sweet
ly an appropriate Children's Day solo.
solo.
During the program the storm
came up. and detained the audience
until after o'clock. The entertain
ment was highly pleasing and en-
joyed by the large audience who APP
preciated the children's efforts.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14
Submarine Chasers. Too
Avn THE REPUBLIC TONIGHT

= Burning Daylight" screen version
of Jack Londons novel. is announced
by the Republic Theatre for tonight
1t will be played by an all-star cast,
including Mitchell Lewis, Helen Fer
guson, Louis Morrison, William V.
Mong, Edward Jobson. Gertrude AS
tor, Alfred Allen, Arthur Edwin Ca
rev, Newton Hall, Robert Bolder and
Aaron Edwards.
Readers of Jack London's story will
recall that Elan Harnish, or Burn
ing Daylight" as the whole Yukon
knows him, is a crude, powerful. big
hearted prospector. with a lust for
adventure and devil-may-care spirit
that drives him gaily through the
hardships and joys of the mining
towns.
The novel shows Burning Daylight
winning and losing millions, beating
financiers at their own game by his
sheer nerve and being defeated
through their subtle Vaccinations and
control of the Market. His greatest
defeat comes through his infatuation
for Lucille. the willy daughter. of
Nathaniel Letton, the INSCRIPTIONS
mining promoter. She lends herself
to scheme of allurement for which
the big miner falls hard. 1t is only
through the steafast faith of Dora
that he manages to get hold of him
self again for his last big triumph
ant battle.
The picture was produced by c. E.
Shurtleff. Inc, and is being distribut-
ed by Metro. A. S. lie Vino is author
of the scenario and Edward Sloman
was the director The photography
was by Jackson Rose and special art
settings by Edward j. Shutter.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14
GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN
THROES OF EXAMS,

Pupils at the Grammar School on
Green street. and those in the various
schools in the county are in the throes
of examinations this week.
The county public schools close Tor
the summer vacation on Friday
June is.
There will be the usual ceremonies
of closing at the City Grammar school,
both in the eighth grade which grad
uatesn fits pupils into the high school,
and the lower grades where certlh-
Gates of promotion to higher grades
are given.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
OF TELEPHONE CO.
BEING AIRED TODAY

The Public Service Commission this
morning took up the telephone case
when the company submitted evil
dence which it feels will justify the
proposed increases throughout the
State now being asked. The case will
be handled for the company by c. w.
Aatz. general counsel, Charles H.
Carter. and Samuel X. Dennis. The
Opponents will be represented by Mar
bury. and French. counsel for the
Telephone Protective Association;
Osborne l. Yellott, counsel for the
Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore,
and Joseph S. Goldsmith, peoples
counsel.
1t is expected most of the coun-
ties will be represented by counsel
and if they do not appear at the be-
ginning of the hearing, will be on
hand when the problems of the coun-
ties are taken up.
The case of the company was pre-
scented today by w. B. Clarkson, gen.
eral commercial superintendent, and
c. W Gretz. chief accountant. The
days proceedings viii consist largely
in presenting the companys financial
statement and statement of the val
uation the company puts on its prop
erty This will be done by Mr.. Gretz.
The Commission valued the prop
erty in June. 1914, at 11,554.75S. Mr..
Gretz will endeavor to show that this
value has increased to SIT ,206, $50 as
of December l last. This large in
crease, Mr.. Gretz will testify. has
been of benefit to the people, show
ing that the company had in service
S9,679 telephone stations in 1914 and
on December 81 last, it had 122,512,
an increase of 361a per cent.
To obtain this net increase of 32,S15
stations it was necessary to install
during the FIVE and half years more
than 10000 telephones In the first
I'VE months of 1920. the company con-
nected 10,S2S new stations at a net
gain of 5.064
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14
MOVEMENT FOR
FARMER-LABOR ON

a farmer-labor nonpartisan move
ment has been started by represen-
tatives of maChinists, electricians and
railroad trainmen's and shipments
unions. The movement has for its OBJ
jeet the backing of candidates for
State and Federal offices favorable to
farmers and labor.
Resolutions to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor Convention in Mont
real. declaring in favor of the move
ment as already inaugurated in Ne
braska and Ontario. Canada, have
been adopted. A State convention
was planned. to be held in Baltimore
next month.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14
FLAG DAY
MESSAGE TO THE G. A. r.

Wilson to
McElroy
81 with all heart could
IN
shall certainly prevent my
n
Fortunately Americans, a
cOmpluson
believe that
policy of the
and until everything
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14
CHICAGO FACTORY
DISTRICT, GRAVE
Of MANY SHIPS
In Chicago River Lies One OF
Strangest Fleets Ever As
sembled On Great Lakes
By The Associated Prssso

CHICAGO. June I4-There is
graveyard of famous fighting ships in
the heart of Chicago's manufacturing
district In the Chicago river lies one
of the strangest fleets ever assembled
on the Great Lakes.
The submarine. once the U-79 and
one of the prides of Admiral Won Tir-
pitt, has little in its appearance to
indicate its war record of seven al
lied ships sunk by torpedo and gun
fire and no one knows how many
destroyed by mines. for the US was
mine layer. On deck she still
boasts a long range naval rifle, hut
below is only a shell. Her main en-
gines and all her principal working
parts have been stripped out and
shipped to Annapolis. where future
officers of the navy will receive their
education on machinery donated by
the late Imperial German govern
ment The U-97 was surrendered at
Scapa Flow after the armistice and
was one of five U-boats allotted to the
United States. She toured the Great
Lakes during the Victory Loan drive
before coming to her last rest here.
Slave Traffic "Buster" There
In this strangely assorted fleet is
the Essex, whose ancient wooden hull
was designed to break up the slave
traffic on the African coast. The
Yantic was built as yacht for Presi-
dent Lincoln, then remodeled as ma
val corvette. Her most famous ex-
plot was the vain attempt, in COM
pany of the Proteus, 10 rescue Lieu
tenant Greely's artic exploration
party at Discovery Harbor in 1888.
The Hawk, formerly a yacht, was
sold by the late Mark Hanna, of Ohio,
to the government at the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war. She cap
tured the Spanish liner Alfonso XIII
of Havana and brought her prize into
port.
The gunboat Wilmette, still in her
grey war paint, bears little resem-
blance to her former self when she
was the passenger liner Eastland,
which turned over at its dock in 1915,
drowning S12 excursionists. Remod-
eled and armed by the navy depart
ment she is now what her officers
claim is the finest gunboat in the
service and is in use as training
ship.
Submarine Chasers, Too
Half dozen submarine chasers
stationed here, all of which saw serv-
ice overseas during the war, are to
be sold, if the government can find
purchasers. Two have already been
disposed of. one bringing $4,000 and
the other $4,000. They cost the
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
rASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking as the formula
is printed on every label, showing 1t
is Quinine and Iron in a Tasteless
form. Coo.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14

Everybody is familiar with the
Southern negro superstitution about
the dog baying at the moon being an
omen of death. and if it bowls twice
and stops it is for a man; if three
times, a woman.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14

Naturally anything which has pro-
duced such splendid tributes in prose,
in poetry and in human devotion as
a dog would have much folklore ac-
cumulated around it.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-14

"How could you throw any illumi-
nation on a black deed like that?"
at might be done with dark lam
tarnS,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-10
EMPIRE

Just how difficult it is to procure desired effects in motion picture pho- tography is best shown by the effort required on the part of Director AL hert Parker and . number of techui-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-10
LYRIC.

Beginning with the matinee on Monday afternoon the Poli Players at
 the Lyric theatre will be seen in one
 of the most stirring of all dramatic
 productions. Blind Youth contains
 a peculiar appeal to everyone and no
 woman should miss 1t and every
 man should go out of his way to see
 this wonderful production. The
 story of the play carries the audience
 from the Latin quarter in Paris to
 America and during their sojourn
 many strong happenings are illus trated. A young artist is the central figure, and after his mother goes to America after the death of his fath- CT he falls in love with an adven- turess who proves faithless. He is m despair and takes to drink but is saved by fellow artist who induces l him to go to America. The woman ] follows and plans to marry the hero's 1 half brother but these plans are up- 1 set by the artist
 The final production of that delight I full musical comedy, 50 Long Letty- 1 will be given tonight and those who i have not seen it should make ar
 engagements at once for reservations Another of those snappy programs i of music and motion pictures has ! been arranged for tomorrow night /, and the photoplay concert promises i to be more interesting than ever i That wonderful drama, "Romany," is 1 scheduled as the feature, with the l 17th episode of "The Midnight Man i second. The Sennett Comedians will present another scream of laughter i and the Pathe News has some inter l esting current events on tap. IT addition to all of this the Lyric or chestra> will give a concert with al modern selections on the program.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-10
RAY WINS A
 BET - ALMOST!

To get the desired realism, scenes from Charles Rays new picture Red Hot Dollars" were made inside a big iron foundry near Los Angeles. Be- tween shots" Charlie conyersed gen. tally with some of the regular work men. Knowing the stars fondness for athletics and various feats of strength. one of the laborers led him to a huge sledge hammer and made a small wager with the actor that he couldR't lift it. Charlie went at his task cheerfully but after several mtn- ute's effort found, to his surprise. that he couldn't budge it, though it looked to be perfectly normal size. He looked around to find a broad grin on some of the workmen's faces and grew suspicious. Has this sIedee been 'doped up?" he demanded
 Yep" admitted the workman who had made the bet Three men couldn't nave it. We prepared it special to win lunch money from hus- ky visitors like you"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-10
FORTUNE SALVAGED FROM
 THE SEA

In 'The Best of Luck.'' a Screen Classics, Inc, picturization of the famous Drury Lane melodrama- fea- turing Kathryn Adams, Jack Holt Lille Leslie, Fred .Malatesta and an all-star cast, the plot .revolves about the efforts of the hero to beat the villain to recovering a treasure sunk with ship: of the Spanish Arcade in Scottish waters some three, hundred years ago.
 Recently Maxwell Karger, Screen Classics, Inc, Director General, read an Associated Press dispatch from Tobermony, Scotland, stating that treasure hunters are saIvagfng by modern mechanical contrivances re- lies from the sunken payship of the Spanish Armada A fortune in gold, silver and jewels, according to the re- port, had already been recovered. 1T wish" said Jack Holt, when Maxwell Karger showed him the re- port, "1'd looked around that ship a little more Carefully when we were taking the scenes"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-10
NEVIS 0F TIE THEATRES

Two Famous Characters in ''The Old Homestead' with William Lawrence Uncle Josh Park Theatre, three days, commencing Monday, Jan 12 Matinee Wednesday