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The Washington times., 1925-05-09

The first production by the Ma
tional Players will be Owen Davis
laughable farce. ''The Nervous
Wreck" in which Otto Kruger
and June Walker appeared here q
year ago. Rehearsals are now in
progress in New York under 'di-
rection of Clifford Brooke, who
will supervise all the national pro-
auctions.
The personnel Of the playing
cast is here announced for the
first time. Boneta Lane. an
actress whose. talents have taken
her to Broadway and thence TO
the Middle West, where she played
repertoire exclusively, is the lead
ing lady. Minor Watson. seen
here this year in support of Ruth
Chatterton, and also in the VIII
liam H. Harris, jr., production,
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
New RialtO Organ

The installa ton Of the new
WurlitZer pipe organ in the
Rialto Theater has been complet-
ed. 1t is one of the largest and
finest organs in the city. 1t has
fOrtyeight distinct stops. afford.
ing opportunity for the combine
of almost any sort of instrumen.
tatiOn. The instrument is being
used for the first time this week
and it is the intention of the
management to introduce, in the
near future. many new and
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
THE GATE-POST
:By Harold Phillips

tonight from the National Theater of The
Family Upstairs" for that shrine guttonous
appetes will end Appropriately enough for
Washington began with play and draws to
only difference being that for
"Th Family Upstairs while the most earnest of local hope
nothing abrupt failure for The Far Cry
The attractions of which ten
preliminary New York Of these tryouts
York with week
1.-THE Far Cry Lass OLaughte" and "The
Comic Supplement-"
The plays presented which follows shows
greatly distinguished for novelty mood:
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
MIMI ROLLINS with
FRANkLlNs Revue STRANo
Correction

Julia SandersOn and Frank
Crumit, pictured above, were
cancelled late this week, and,
instead, Laurette Taylor will
headline the new Keith bill.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
SUMMER PLAY SEASON
AT THE NATIONAL

their of
mer plays National Theater beginning Sunday night
first time that the
National has tenanted by a repertoire company
that under
direction of Percy Winter who enjoyed five
other localities in 1897 Some
principals company included Bond Joseph Wheeo
Charles Macky Darlington
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

sThe Far Cry"
1.-The Ten Commandments.
'Music Box Revue"
~LoIIipOp."
"The Harem."
LASS o. Laughter"
Aren't We All?"
Ladies of the Evening"
'.Mr. Partridge Presents"
''The Swan"
."Lightnin'."
George Whites Scandals"
"The Haunted House."
''The Comic Supplement-"
Earl CarrOlPs "Vanities."
1.-THE Dove"
Rain"
Saint JOAN"
Louie the 18th"
Peter Pam"
New -BroOms."
'"The Rivals"
"ZiegfeId FOIlies."
''The Holy City"
The Best People"
"The Poor Nut"
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray."
The Grab Bag
The Family Upstairs"
4
Though the season is dying
It is also aborning for after
one week of informal book
ings = mostly dance recitals =
the National will reopen it's
doors for a run of summer
stock; an undertaking which
has a brighter glow of health
and promise than any similar
repertoire venture in half a
dozen years.
1t has been more than a
quarter Of century since the
National has housed a stock
company. From 1893 to 1897
this theater had summer plays
that proved immensely .popu-
lar and they might have con-
tinued apace but for the gradual
lengthening of the road sea-
son, due to the increasing out
put of plays and the upgrowth
of new producers. Within the
last ten years stock has been
reintroduced into such emphatic
favor that the traditional habit
of the actor Of working half
a year and loafing the other
half has been changed to find
him working summer and winter.
The opening production by
the National Players will be
1.-The Nervous Wreck" with
Leneta Lane and Minor Watson
in the leading roles.
Lionel Barrymore has made
a rather desperate cropping
among the shocks in the the
ater's harvest field this season,
without thus far having accom-
plished anything like a success
full days work. He blindly
ignores the cue from Sister
Ethel and Brother John who
are doing nicely in revivals;
or from Mrs. Fiske who is
also prospecting in a piece that
has been revived oftener than
an old soak at evening vespers.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

original musical innovations with
the organ. John Salb and Nor
man Stockett will preside at the
big console.
Evening star., 1925-12-23
GIRLS SCREAMS FOIL
"PHANTOM STABBER"
Man Beaten Off as He Sought to
Plunge Knife Into Thirteenth
Bridgeport Victim.

BY the Associated Press.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. December
23.-Bridseport's phantom stabber, :"
who appears unexpectedly in various
sections of the city to terrorize girls
whom he attempts to slash with a
knife. is still at large. Twelve young
women have been stabbed here in the
past few months. Several others
have escaped being slashed when the
man was frightened away by their
screams.
The stabber's latest attempt was
made last night when Bertha Bylinski
II. was attacked short distance from
her home. The girl, who was alone
fought off her assailant and escaped
being his thirteenth victim.
A score of plain clothes men and
patrolmen failed to find any trace of
the stabber. who, as on previous oc-
casions. vanished completely into the
darkness. Miss Bylinski said that the
man, as he clasped his arms around
her, held a knife aloft in one hand
and muttered threat that he was
going TO stab her. Her struggles and
cries for help saved her, she said.
Evening star., 1925-12-23
EMPLOYER IS SUED
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
Worker Says Concrete Mixer Was
Started While He Was
Adjusting.

Fred Butler today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court to recover
$50 900 damages from Raymond H.
Burrows. by whom he was employed
October IA. 1924, for alleged personal
injuries. Butler. through Attorney T.
Morris Wampler, says he was ordered
TO adjust planks under a concrete
mixer and while SO engaged the mixer
was started and he sustained serious
injury.
Alleged failure to carry out a con.
tract to sell real estate forms the
ba sis of suit for $50, 900 DANA ges
fled by Lillian Geddes and Florence
Geddes against Joseph Freeman. The
plaintiffs say they agreed with Free
man to buy premises 703 and 7o5
Webster street for S14,150 and within
the time specified in the contract
rendered deed to him to be signed
He failed and refused to convey the
property. it is charged. Attorney T..
Morris Wampler appears for the
plaintiffs.
Margaret +. LetIow. minor. by her
next friend. Charles n. Letlow, sued
w. A. Simpson. milk dealer for $50.
900 damages for alleged personal in
jury. Through Attorney r. Morris
Wampler the court Is told that a
truck of the defendant struck her on
Evart street November % nd inflicted
serious injury.
Damages of $4,000 is asked of the
rhompson's Dairy in suit filed by
Lester V. Sharp for alleged personal
injuries. Sharp says he was employed
by the dairy, and July "a, while de-
livering milk he was standing on the
running board of the delivery wagon
when it was driven around sharp
curve and he was thrown TO the
ground and sustained serious injury
He is represented by Attorney T. Nor
riS Wa mpler.
Evening star., 1925-12-23
LIBRARY HOLIDAY ORDER.
Central Building and Branches
Close Tomorrow to Monday.

The Public Library. including the
central building, Eighth street and
New York avenue, and the Takoma
Park, southeastern and Mount Pleas
ant branches, will be closed. from 6
pm. tomorrow to 3 am. Monday. This
is in compliance with the executive or
der closing all bra nches Of Governme mt
service Saturday, December 26. The
regular hours, am. to 3 pm. daily
except Wednesday g am. to 3 p.m.)
will be observed by the central library
and branches the following week un.
til New Year eve, when they will close
at pm. On New Year day the cen
trail library will render the customary
holiday service from . to pm. On
that day new borrowers may be regis.
tered and books taken out for home
use. The reference. industrial, fiction,
biography and children's rooms will
all be open to readers. The ranches
will be closed all day January |.
Evening star., 1925-12-23
EMPLOYMENT HERE
FAR OVER AVERAGE
District Workers to Have One Of
Fullest Christmastides in
Recent Years.

Washington shirt sleeve brigade
as well as the white collar employe will
have a pleasant Christmas with lit
tie white meat on the side, judged by
employment indications in the city on
the eve of the Christmas holidays.
Employment conditions in the Dis
trict were never better than today,
Robert NJ. Pilkington, director of the
local branch of the United States EN-
ployment Service, declared. Sales
people are all well employed. skilled
and unskilled workers are employed at
fairly good wages. and on the whole
Evening star., 1925-12-23
MRS. LUCIA T. DOUGLAS
DIES HERE AT AGE OF SO
Wife of Former Representative
From Ohio Succumbs After
Brief Illness.

Mrs. Lucia Taylor Douglas, 6S years
old, wife of former Representative
Albert Douglas, for 13 years a resi-
dent of Washington, died this morning
after a brief illness at her apartment
at Stonleigh Court. She was a native
of Pittstield, Mass.
Funeral services will be conducted
at her late residence at 3 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon, and interment
will be at Chillicothe. Ohio.
Mrs Douglas is survived by her
husband. Albert Douglas. member of
Congress from Ohio, from 1901 to 1911.
Il son. Richard Douglas. OF Harring-
ioa Park, y. j.. and bT a daughter,
Nr-. NJ l.. Johnson of Chicago. Ill
Evening star., 1925-12-23

Inc situation was declared most sat.
isfactory.''
While they are glad at the apparent
happy Christmas for the workers. of
the city, Director Pilkington and his
stan are congratulating themselves to-
day on the showing of the Washington
Office for this year
All placements in employment in
Washington are "a per cent aboy
those for the first eleven and "a half
months of 1924. while clerical place
ments for this year lead those of last
year by "a per cent. Washington, Mr..
Pilkingtop explained, usually has a
large surplus of clerical help and this
Christmas finds almost TO oversupply.
Mr.. Pilkington said the beginning of
construction of the new National
Press Club building on f street will
Evening star., 1925-12-23
NEW CHILEAN CABINET
FORMED BY PRESIDENT
Maximiliano Ibanez Named Pre-
mier and Minister OF Interior
in Present Body.

Nv the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO. Chile. December 23.-
The new cabinet formed by President
Figueroa -Larrain was announced to-
dav as follows: Premier and minister
of the interior, Maximiliano Ibanez Of
the Liberal party: minister of foreign
affairs. Eletran Matthew. former Am
bassador to Washington, Radical; :;
minister of justice and public instruc-
ton. Alamiro Huidobro, Liberal; A.
nance. jorge Silva Somarriva, Liberal
Democrat: war. Col. Carlos Ibanez:
navy. admiral Arturo SWEET; public
works. Angel Guareloo, Democrat;
hygiene, DIR. Lucio Cordova, Liberal :;
agriculture, Luis Larrain Prieto, Con-
servative.
Evening star., 1925-12-23

Frnged pairs and panels and plain "a and
21z yards long; so to As inches wide. 500 pairs,
to choose from; not every style at all prices,
but good assortment at all three prices
Evening star., 1925-12-23
COKE COMPANY SOLD.
West Virginia Plant to Be More
Than Doubled by Ruvers.

UN1ONTOWN, Pa, December %
P).-The Whyel Coke Co. holdings at
Arnettsvil)e, w. Va, consisting of a
coke plant and 1000 acres of Pitts
hureh vein coal, have been sold to the
Imperial Coal Corporation of New
York for. 81 900 900, an announcement
Evening star., 1925-12-23

Beautiful White
and Colored Wolfe
Dresses. Sizes . TO
Ii wears Fine holi-
Gay Sift.
Evening star., 1925-12-23

issued at the office of the coke com.
pany here yesterday said.
At present the plant has a capacii"
of | 300 tons a day. but II was 81
that the new owners expect to increa.
the output TO 800 tons.
Evening star., 1925-12-23
CHICAGO TO SPEND
OVER SGO,o)O,O[O
Christmas Sales Nearing
Huge Total-Last Years
Figure Exceeded.
BY the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press
CHICAGO, December % Chica go s
5000 900 inhabitants will spend more
than $50. 600 900 for Christmas.
Last year il was estimated retail
stores on State street alone, where
most of the Christmas trade is con
centrated, took in 100000, 600. Con
Snrvutive estimates today were for
an increase of - per cent. making the
:-:al far State street s56 100000.
one prominent State street mer.
chant said his holiday business TO
date increased more than u per cent.
lut in view OF possible bad weather
."fore Christmas he was uncertain
whether the percentage rate of pros
perity would be maintained.
Shopping Starts Early.
Newspa pers here and elsewhere ap-
pear To have abandoned their tradi
tional front-pag enumeration of the
number of shopping days remaining
until Christmas. and some have in
Stituted little Christmas shopping
stories of decorative holiday designs
as reminders. This year Christmas
shopping started much earlier than
usual. perhaps because of wintry
weather and snowfall in November
At first it was feared that the sale
Of NAH -jong sets would be nil. but
the love of bargains appears largely
10 have offset apparently waning pop
MIA rity of the once high priced game.
\ store which gave the public
{ hance 10 obtain AT S275 sets orig
inalIN priced Al SIS was besieged by
IN oId-fa shioned bargain crowd. which
store officials said almost battled for
the sets.
Radio sets were pushed more as
sressively and successfully than ever.
This was foreshadowed by previous
symptoms of the increasing popular
ilN of radio. Toy and other standard
Christmas lines continued their usual
popularity.
Pleads for Blankets.
Yet there were MANY children in
Chica go likely 10 be unidentified by
The sixty.million-dollar expenditure.
according TO Assistant Postmaster
John L. McGrath. who opens the let
.ers addressed to Santa Claus. He
has received more than $500.
We have no heavy underwear"
wrote one small correspondent. We
live in small basement and it is
very cold here. and if you have any
blankets we will be very glady TO
have them
4 12-year.old addressed his enGaG
ing plea directly to the postmaster:
81 wonder if You will come over TO
our house to help us at Christmas.
Nv father is a disabled soldier and
he is out of work. We will be so
glad if you come over TO our house
and help us"
Evening star., 1925-12-23

absorb many Of the workers who are
released soon after the end of the
Christmas rush. The new building on
street will be under construction
during January.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18
aLadv" and "Woman. {"

AS to the rather subtle question of
gentleman" lady" man" and "wo-
man." there is a difference writes u
correspondent between the sexes. A
duke must always be a nah. unless
he be, for the purpose of the CONVERSE
hon, gentleman" with great emphae
sis Of voice. Without emphasis, every
man of gentIeman's rank is man"
always and in every social circum-
stance. But with women 1t is entirely
q matter Of the adjective Without
an adjective a woman is lady :"
Who ever asked, on hearing that a
friend was to marry. who is the wo-
mani" Nor do we say that we met a
woman at dinner who told us ,so-and-
so. But introduce the adjective, and
the lady" is at once pretty woman,
o well-dressed woman, rather a dull
woman.-London Chronicle.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18
Ancient Flying Machine.

Now that so much attention is being
paid to the problem of navigating the
air, it may not be amiss to recall that
i strange effort in this direction was
made just 400 years ago. 1t was In
September, 1907, that King James Nv.
sent special ambassador from Edin-
burgh to France. An adventurer.
John Damian, who had gained the
favor of the king, said that he would
reach France before the ambassador
by simply flying there. He had pair
of huge wings made of eagles feath-
ers, fastened them to his body, and in
the presence Of thousands of people. he
launched himself into the air from the
walls of Stirling Castle. Instead OF
rising. though, he fell to the ground
and broke his leg. The air navigator's
excuse for his failure was that some
cocks feathers had been mixed in
with the eagles plumes, and that
these Influenced the body earthward.
Washington Herald.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18
Road That swallowed Itself.

A portion of the Temiskaming ana
Northern Ontario Railway at the 151st
mile, or just thirty seven miles above
New Liskeard, has twice swallowed
itself, SO to speak, and the Railway
Commissioners are now waiting to-
hear what its next performance will
be. On the first occasion the line.
which at the portion referred to was
fill in of ravine, suddenly sank
to the depth Of ten feet. A big gang
OF men was put to work refilling the
vacancy. They had it levelled to the
rest Of the grade Of the line, and were
walking away satisfied that 1t would
last, when the filing sank again, this
time to depth of at least fifteen feet.
The men who are constructing the
line are now earnestly engaged in an
other attempt to fill in the gap.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18

hall, Philadelphia, to consider the word
ing of the historical document. The
oldest man in the congress was Ben
jamin Franklin, who had passed his
SEVENTEEN birthday only six months
before. The youngest was Edward
Rutledge Of South Carolina, who at
tanned his twenty-seventh birthday in
the November following the famous
Fourth of July; Thomas Lynch, Jr, of
the same state was his senior by only
a few months
OF the whole number but seven had
passed their slxtieth year; nine were
between fifty and sixty years old, 10
were between forty and fifty, and the
same number, 10, were between thirty
and forty. The first mentioned were
the only ones under thirty years of
age. The average age of the members
of the general congress was 43.87
years. 1t has been remarked that
there were enough young men to fur
nish enthusiasm, enough middle-aged
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18
The DisIlkes of Animals.

Smoking. clay pipe, the circus
actor sat in the winter training quar-
tiers. Under his supervision a thin
boy was learning to ride erect on a
quiet horse with a broad, fiat back.
''In some towns they won't let us
show" said the man, unless we have
20 camels with us. Camels are seri-
Gus drawback to shows. Horses are
so much afraid of them that lots of
towns won't let camel enter their
gates.
"A horse won't go near piece of
ground a camel has stood on The
very smell of camel in the air viii
make a horse tremble and sweat And
this fear isn't only found occasional
~ in horse here and there. It is
found in every horse all over the
world. Queer, isn't It? / often Won
der why it is. Cattle hate dogs in
the same way, and cats hate dogs so,
too Here, though, we can account
for the hatred. Dogs in primitive
times fed on cattle, no doubt, and
even today, here and there, they will
kill and feed on kittens
Horses love dogs I'm sure don't
know why. Dogs fear no animals
but pumas and leopards. You can
take dog into lions or a tigers
cage. and he will show no fear; but
take him up to the cage of puma
or leopard, and he viii tremble and
moan and stink away out Of sight.
"All very puzzling, isn't it?"-Phila-
deIphia Bulletin.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18
DECLARATION SIGNED
BY MEN OF ALL AGES
FerU Graybenrds Among the
Nations Founders.

Many people think Of the signers Of
the Declaration of Independence as
graybeards, old in years. ripe in wis
dom and endowed Wits the vision
which decades Of experience is sup
posed to bring. None Of the 56 men
who finally affixed their signatures to
this important declaration, pledging to
it's support their lives, fortunes and
sacred honor was old enough to be
suspected of senility, though a few
were SO young that they might be
liable to a charge Of immaturity Of
Judgment.
John Hancock, president of the con-
gress, something of "blade" and none
too conservative In his attitude on
some important matters, was only
thirty-nine years old when the general
congress assembled in Independence
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18
SAW BEGINNING
OF NEW FREEDOM
Historic Yorktown Dear to
All Americans.

Yorktown monument, erected by the
national government at Yorktown, Va,
commentaries the last battle of the
Revolution fought there which won
independence and created New world
government Lord CORVALLIS, after a
desperate siege, finally surrendered to
Washington October 10, 1881, thus end
ing British hostilities in the colonies.
General Washington experienced in
expressible joy at that event, with
the remark: ''The work is done, and
it has been done we'll"
In 1871 the first congress which met
after the Revolution ordered an APP
preparation of 100000 to erect an inn
posing monument to pay lasting trib-
ute and evidence American gratitude
for victory and the birth of freedom.
Nearly 100 years elapsed before the
idea Of a suitable memorial was car
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18
Wardlnn or Old Acc.

A famous French general. when
asked how it was that he had such
an erect carriage, replied that it was
because he bent over and touched the
floor with his fingers thirty times ev-
cry day. If he had acquired rigldity
OF the spine SO that he could not do
that, he would have had with it weak
abdominal muscles, which result in
portal congestion. This portal con-
gestion interferes with stomach diges-
tion and with the action of the liver
The misunderstanding power of the
Aver is lessened, administration re-
suits, and arteriosclerosis and old age
come on at much earlier day. But
by keeping the spine flexible and the
abdominal muscles strong and taut
the portal circulation is kept free
and old age Is held of. Good Health.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-18
oId custom Houee, yorktown.

ried out. In 1880 r. NJ. Hunt and J..
@. FL. Ward, artists of New York, and
Henry Van Brunt of Boston modelled
this most beautiful conception of LIB
erty and Peace" Its cornerstone was
laid in October, 1881, during the CEN
teEnial celebration.
The Yorktown monument Is built of
Maine granite, standing 100 feet 6
inches high. The four sides Of the
base are given to inscriptions de-
lineating the valor and victory on this
illustrious battlefield. the narration Of
the siege, a treaty of alliance with the
king of France, a treaty of peace with
the king of England. Over these four
sides, near the base, are the carved
emblems of nationality, emblems Of
war, emblems Of alliance, emblems Of
peace. The base is devoted to inscrip-
lions or historical statements upon
the sources of American government.
Grouped on the circular produm are
10 female figures, representative of the
10 original colonies, beneath their feet
are these words: zone Country, one
Destiny, one Constitution"
The 80 stars on the column repre-
sent the states which up to the time
of unwilling had been admitted to the
Union.
"The Branch of Peace is adroitly
chiseled midst the stars. This was the
heritage of which the Yorktown shield
was symbolic.
Surmounting the column the God
dess Of Liberty, star crowned, extends
to the people of all nations for their
service and loyalty to share American
peace and prosperity. The monument
occupies space upon a beautiful bluff
overlooking York river. Ex-President
Taft visited yorktown some years ago