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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-03-12

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Death Rate Near las. years

In spite Of the deaths Of 2,O37 per-
sons from 1fn" last year, Chicago s
death rate for the year remains prae-
tically the same as for 1919. The fg-
ures per thousand are: 1919, 1852; for
1920, 1877. The rate for 1918, the
year Of the great "hu" epidemic, was
1T.O1.
There were s4,s4I deaths in 1920 as
compared to sS,4s4 the year before, an
increase of l,s47, but the increase in
population held-tbe percentage fgure
down.
Chicago continues to hold the world 8
low record for metropolitan cities on
typhoid fever deaths. Only thirty
deaths occurred from typhoid during
the year. chlorinization of the water,
the commissioner believes, had much to
do with the new low, record.
Deaths from pneumonia. which trar-
els along the influenza curve. hit 1915,
an increase Of about 500 over 1913. but
only a little mere than half the record
of 1000 deaths made. with the help Of
the fu epidemic of 1918.
A comparative death chart including
the chief diseases follows.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-03-12

Seven children died Of munps i
1899, assordiaE 70 he compilation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-12
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CTEANERS AND DIVERS.

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HORSES.
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DANCING.
LEARN TO DANCE

ONE-STEP ana FOX TROT correctly for $500. Strictly private lessons; Schneider's Dancing Studios, 133 Central Ave. S49 Park Ave. Open afternoons and evenings. Receptions every Wednesday oyening Bar 1885 T2ali*
Evening star., 1921-06-26
JHE:be Phedtet: -,

FORGE ARISS eminent believes that the increasing
production railway transportation likely to re-
the stock and the visiting star ne
opinion that the touring may soon be ns
the past In recent York Times Mr. Aiss
shrewd and business man as David
Belaco would sheve Of the seasons mos po.ue
Debuau after in New York. and decide aehny NOT
send on serious ground for such action
inch his s ] oi takes st h %0 fosd its
number the largest cities and that the
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Evening star., 1921-06-26
THAT TRAGIC NIGHT AT FORDS THEATER.

each player for. though I was only Is
years old. 1 had learned nearly every
part by heart. Suddenly. We were Su
startled by a pistol shot and then
there were cries and calls from all
parts of the house. Looking up, l
saw Booth. the idol of the company.
jump from AN upper box. His leg
had caught in the American flag that
draped the box and l could see his
face plainly. 1t was drawn with hate.
anger, pain and excitement. l heard
him groan heavily when he landed on
the stage and saw him falter and
stumble when he placed his weight on
the leg he had broken.
81 heard every word Booth uttered.
What he said was exceedingly pro-
fame. He did not say: Sic semper
tyrannis' or anything like that. After
ward, we read in the papers that he
had made that classic exclamation.
which has been believed ever since.
But we were all very excited and no.
body took the trouble to deny it at
the time.
"One thing was lucky for me that
night. He wanted me to hold his
horse in the alley that night and I re-
fused. He said he would give me
thrashing. But I wanted to see the
acting and wouldn't do it. The boy
that did hold his horse was afterward
arrested. I understand he is quite a
street character around Washington
vet"
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Ina Claire to Star.

Miss Ina Claire signed a contract
with William Harris. Jr.. recently.
whereby she came under the manage
ment of that producer. She will star
in "Blue-Beard's Eighth Wife"
adapted by Charlton. Andrews from
the French farce by Alfred Savoir,
which has been a great success in
Paris. Miss Claire sailed for Europe
Immediately after this contract was
signed. and she will spend the sum-
mer in France resting from her run
of two seasons in 1.-The Gold Diggers." !"
According to her present plans, she
will not return until August. in time
for rehearsals. Miss Claire will open
in New York September 5th. 1t was
under the management Of the late
Henry B. Harris. elder brother Of
William Harris. Jr.. that Miss Claire
attained fame, playing in The
Quaker Girl" Her popularity in
creased during successive seasons in
the Ziegfeld Follies. followed by a
long run in ''Polly With a Past" and
then ''The Gold Diggers"
Evening star., 1921-06-26
COSMOS Vaudeville.

Milo, famous as vaudeville's contra
tenor and comedian. and one of the
most popular headliners of the high
class bills for years. will lead the list
of attractions at the Cosmos Theater
this week. Slatko's Rollicker@ a
dancing jazz band famous for speed,
pep and tangled harmony, and Max
Inc Brothers. and "Bobbie." their ia
nous dog. in comedy, juggling and
boomerang throwing, will help add
luster to the topnotch numbers. and
they will be reinforced with Nathalie
Lippard and Dan Collins, in de-
lightful musical interlude; Jeff Healy
and company, in George Munro's great
comedy sketch. IA Business Pro-
posal"; Jones and Cavanaugh. in a
blend of song and humor, and Sim
clair and Grey. two pretty cycling
misses with a novel act.
The extraordinary matinee feature
will be Thomas Meighan's big pic
ture, 1.-THE Easy Road" also featuring
Lila Lee and Gladys George in a
story of primrose path dalliance and
heartache. Mack Sennett will send
his new laughmaker. "AstraJ from
the Steerage," which. with other pic
ture features will complete the bill.
An excellent bill of vaudeville and
pictures will be presented at the per-
formances today. starting at pm.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Insurance Policies Are
Given Keith EMPLOYEES

The distribution Of free life in
surance policies given to all his en-
ployes by E. F. Albee. the president
and chief owner of the B. F. Keith
theater circuit, has begun. The
benefaction also is extended through
his instrumentality to the theaters
with which his circuit Is affiliated,
there being several hundred enjoy
ship, which gives them the same
booking as are obtained for the Keith
circuit of several score houses COW
ering the eastern part Of the coun-
try. The policies range from $500
to $1,000 each. according to the
length of service, ranging from SIX
months to five years.
The object Of Mr.. Albee IN the s
matter of the insurance policies Is
set forth on page of the policy
"The B. F. Keith Theaters Company.
To the employees of the B. F. Keith
circuit and its affiliations:
I'm memory Of Mr.. B. F. Keith and
his son, A. Paul Keith. this certifi-
a loyal employe of their organization.
1t is our desire to foster the friend
liest feeling in our institution, and
we want every employe to feel that
we have his or her welfare at heart.
1--WE feel that, in giving this pro-
lection, we are adding q little to
your peace of mind, and. In q meas.
your interest in the B. F. Keith
vaudeville circuit.
"Please accept this with my sim
cerest wish that you may long con-
''"si (signed9 ne ~ e. F. ALBEE."
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Wallinsford Screened.

"Get-Rich-Quick wallingford" has
been prepared for the screen for re-
lease in the fall. There is hardly a
city or town in America that did not
see the play, and as a result the char
acters of ]. Rufus Wallingford and
his partner in smooth dealing.
Blackie Daw, are like old friends to
men and women throughout the
country. The picture is said to trans
fer to the screen not only all of the
clean, wholesome, humor Of the stage
play, but adds many laughs that
could be compassed within the COM
paratively restricted limits Of the
spoken drama
To Luther Reed goes the credit for
the scenario of the comedy drama.
The role of Wallingford Is assumed
by Sam Hardy, Blackie Daw is played
by Norman Kerry. and Doris Kenyon
Is seen as Fanny Jasper. the girl
with whom Wallingford falls in love.
Others in the cast are Billie Dove
and Diana Allen. 49,.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Keith's.

Arman Kaliz, the opera singer.
actor. composer and producer, will be
the principal stellar attraction at
B. F. Keith's Theater this week. be-
ginning at the matinee tomorrow and
ending Sunday night. Temptation"
an allegorical operetta in seven
scenes, will be played by Mr.. kaliz
and q large company. including Dor
othy Smoller. a pretty Washington
miss. The theme involves the ancient
Adam and Eve story and illustrates
the old and the modern phases OF
the ways to paradise and to perdi-
tion. Messrs. Kaliz. Lazarus and
Parnell furnished the book, lyrics and
music, while Mr.. Kaliz claims the
conception, staging and producing.
The added feature will be provided
by Lillian Shaw. a really distinctive
artistic in her ability to portray with
song and story strange types OF
human souls. William Gaxton, hailed
as Doug" Fairbanks vaudeville sue
cessor, will be seen in THE Junior
Partner" a comedy which Rupert
Hughes wrote for Doug" Basil
Lynn Of Bride Shop" fame and Will
liam Rowland will join efforts, IN
"a Racy Conversation Frank and
Milt Britton. "the two jazz beaux,"
will offer "A Symphonic Rhapsody.
Norman Talmo will present The
Balancing Billiard Shop" Laurel
Lee is another laugh provocant. La
Dora and Beckman will give "A Pair
of White Birds" Aesop's Fables and
the regular house additions Will COM
plete the program.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
"A Private Scandal"

A new wrinkle in the photodrama. Il
film play supervised by the author him
self from the inception of the story until
its ultimate release in celluloid, such is
"a Private Scandal" which opens a
weeks engagement at the Rialto Thea
ter this afternoon.
Hector Turnbull, author Of that great
success, ''The Cheat" is behind this
new idea, as carried out in the current
attraction. which was his original story.
May McAvoy appears in the stellar role,
kathlyn Williams. Ralph Lewis. Brice:
Gordon and Lloyd Whitlock being seen
in support.
The plot revolves around young
French refugee who finds a home with
wealthy American family. md becomes
the storm center of a love tansie in
which the wife, neglected by her hug
band. has involved herself. Being COW
ardly, the wife turns her husbands Sus-
picion toward the innocent girl when
he at last wakes up to the fact that
something furtive is going on in his
befriended her seals the girls lips. and
tragedy threatens to enGulf her.
How well Miss McAvoy handles this
delicate role those who have seen her
exquisite work in Sentimental Tommy"
can imagine.
A program Of short features includes
laughable comedy featuring Eddie
Lyons and Lee Moran. entitled "A
Blue Sunday; an appealing scene en-
titled "One Peake Was Enough" and
showing Of the latest world events as
picturiZed in the Fox News.
The orchestra score includes as over
ture Balfe's Bohemian Girl and other
numbers Of popular and classical ma
ture.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
"Dream Street." I"

''Dream Street." D. W. Griffith's latest
photoplay. and the picture that Griffith
rates as his masterpiece of screen en-
deavor, will be presented at the Colum-
bia Theater this afternoon for an ex-
tended engagement. Its presentation at
the Columbia today will mark the first
presentation ever made Of Dream
Street" at popular prices. 1t comes
from a long New York engagement,
where it was seen at 81 prices.
dream Street" is described as
mantle theme. It is based on the Lime
house Nights stories of Thomas Burke
and 1t features in its typically Griffith
cast such players Of renown as Carol
Dempster. w. ]. Ferguson. = Ralph
Graves. Charles Emmett Mack. Edward
Peil. Porter Strong. Charles Slattery.
George Neveille. Tyrone Power and
picturesque region of London that Mr.;
Burke has immortalized In his Lime
house Nights stories.
The story centers about the great love
Of two brothers that is brought to the
test when both succumb to the
charms of a beautiful young dancing girl
who is forced to meet the wiles Of the
is a great force in STRENGTHENING the
ties that have bound the brothers.
About the girl and the two brothers is
woven a romance Of dramatic love. filled
with poetic visions and governed by the
good and evil influences of the world in
which they live. Fitting through the
street Of dreams, these three characters .es
Although Dream Street" will be pre-
sented in full-length form as it was
given in New York. the management Of
the Columbia will introduce variety into
Evening star., 1921-06-26

W. ]. Ferguson. the only person
now living who was on the stage of
Ford's Theater. on 10th street. on the
night that Abraham Lincoln was shot
by Wilkes Booth, is prominent mem
Der Of the cast of D. W. Grifith's
latest production, Dream Street."
which begins an extended Washing
ton engagement this afternoon. direct
from its long run in New York.
In Dream Street" Mr.. Ferguson
plays the part Of the father Of Gypsy
Fair. the little dancing girl who is
the heroine Of the story. Ferguson is
very gray now and his face is lined
with the wrinkles OF the years and
when he Is not working with d. w.
Griffith in picture-land he is filling en-
gagements in the New York theaters.
All the details Of that tragic night
at Ford's are craven in Mr.. Fergu-
sons memory. There is one thing.
however. he would like to impress
upon history, but which he despairs
Of ever setting right. and that is that
Booth, the slayer, did not shout ''Sic
semper tyrannis" when he leaped to
the stage from the presidential box,
breaking his leg in the fall.
Il was a call boy with the company
on that night" says Mr.. Ferguson.
and I was watching the acting from
the wings and repeating the lines OF
Evening star., 1921-06-26
white and Unmarried"

Photoplay enthusiasts who remem-
Der the success achieved by Thomas
Meighan in THE Easy Road" THE
Frontier Of the Stars" and THE City
of Silent Men" will be elated over the
announcement that Mr.. Meighan will
be the star Of the Palace Theater
program for the full week beginning
this afternoon in White and Unmar-
ried." his latest starring production.
name by John D. Swain. Mr.. Meighan
is supported by a cast that includes
Jacqueline Logan and Grace Darmond,
Walter Long and Marion Skinner.
In this production. Mr.. Meighan es-
says the role Of Billy Kane. known
love with a girl whose photograph he
has pilfered and whom he meets sub
seQuently on q steamer to Paris, after
his uncle has left him a fortune of
$5o0.Oo0. He meets the girl and a
friendship springs. up. but during a
ated with q French pickpocket and.
without knowing the nefarious call
ing of the man, she makes good her
determination to marry him.
Billy. however. is nadly in love
with her, and Immediately after her
marriage there ensues succession
of romantic and adventurous events
to free the girl from the marriage. In
an effort to bring about the rescue Of
a little French dancer who has been
Kidnapped Billy, the reformed bur-
glar. encounters group Of Apaches.
and in the resulting battle the un-
worthy husband of'the girl Billy loves
is killed Awakened at last, the girl
realizes the merit of the reformed
burglar and makes a second but wiser
choice.
The added screen and musical at
fractions Of the Palace program will
be in keeping with the standard of
Mr.. Meighan's latest starring pro-
duction. Clyde Cook will be seen In
his latest comedy production. THE
Guide; there will be the latest issue
of the Pathe news pictures and the
Literary Digest Topics" and Direc-
tor Cannon of the Palace Sympho,9,
Orchestra will contribute a musical
score and overture.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Shubert.Garrick.

For its second week the Shubert-Gar-
rick stock organization will offer Will
liam Hodges great comedy. THE Man
from Home" by Booth Harrington.
This play has appeared in every large
city in the world and has made a tre-
mendous hit. 1t will be presented at
the Shubert -Garrick Theater for one
week beginning tomorrow evening.
The plot deals with a brother and
sister who plan to live in Europe after
the death Of their wealthy father They
are taken up by schemers Of impecu-
NOUS nobility. who attempt to use them
for mercenary ends. The plot goes
we'll until the girl wishes to marry, and
then Daniel Pike, hard-headed Hoosier
lawyer, whom the father had wisely left
as guardian for his children, makes
trip to Europe and starts things a-going.
How he saves the pair from the schemes
Of the foreigners supplies the play with
some Of its most laughable moments.
Robert Brister. leading man of the
Shubert-Garri stock organization. will
play the role Of the old Hoosier lawyer
from Kokomo, Ind, while Florence
Evelyn Martin will have the important
role Of Ethel Simpson. The support OF
the Shubert-Ga players will again
be in evidence for this production. They
are Leah Winslow, Edna May Oliver.
Constance Hope, j. Arthur Young,
Douglass Dumbrille, Leon Gendron.
Theodore Hardy, Gertrude Keith. Hardy
Meakin and others.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Courage" /"

The Metropolitan Theater announces
as its chief photoplay attraction for the
current week Sidney A. Franklin's
camera version Of Andrew Soutar's
novel. Courage" with Naomi Childers.
Sam De Grasse, Gloria Hope and Lionel
Belmore in the principal roles.
Courage" is a drama Of unusual
strength. founded on the theme Of wifeiy
devotion. The foremost figures are
Stephan Blackmoor and his wife, Jean.
the former q struggling inventor just
launched upon an Industrial career as
working partner Of a man Of wealth
in the steel business. Angus Ferguson.
the capitalist, fails to fulfil the terms Of
his agreement with the inventor and Is
sought for a settlement. Blackmoor ar
rives upon a tragic scene in the mill
mans home just in time to be accused
of murder, for which sentence of life
imprisonment is imposed.
Throughout her husbands incorcera-
ton Jean struggles to win a fortune and
Justice. She establishes a steel mill in,
England and upon the outbreak of the
war renders the country great service
by manufacturing valuable implements
OF warfare designed and smuggled out
to her by her husband in prison. The.
dcathbed confession of the actual mur-
derer of Ferguson leads to the release Of
Blackmoor and his elevation to the,
peerage There will be the customary
array Of films and orchestral features. ,