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Evening star., 1927-09-25

Piano Store. one door from the thea
ter on Eleventh street"
You see from that advertisement
that the ladies were young, beau
tiful and talented" / feel sure from
these advertisements that the ladies
OF the sos and sos were younger
prett:er and more talented than ladies
today. And there seems to have been
more of them.
The Washington Theater was run
ming in 1858, and an advertisement
tells that S. D. Etyinge was stage
manager. An advertisement In The
Star December %. 1858. shows that
the American acsress. Julia Dean
Hayne, was playing Loves Sacrifice"
at the Washington. In her company
were Miss Alice Gray, Miss j. Man
ners, Mrs. Scott, Messrs. Fisher, Daw-
son. Mills, Grosyenor and Bland
Tickets for the show could be bought
at MetZerott's Music Store. southwest
corner Of Eleventh street and the
Avenue. | believe that Julia Dean
Hayne was Julia Dean, long thought
by men of her time the most beauti-
full woman on the stage, and 1t may
be. off the stage.
| do not know what ladies thought
of Julia Dean. but they probably
found some fault with her. They
may have said, She might be rather
Good-looking were it not for the wart
behind her right ear" or 81 don't
think her nose fits her face, and she
has cast in one eye, or Her hair
is false and her hips are too much
made up" 1t is my experience that
only homely woman is called beauti-
full by other women. Mrs. Rambler
ali Iraff tod IN fT
dinner because she wanted me to meet
"a really beautiful woman" | went
to sleep at the table. Yesterday we
were in a lunchroom. and I said:
Don't YOU think that waitress Is
quite handsome" She raised her
lorgnette and said "He- face ia all
right. But, mercy, look at those
knees"'
] have told you that the Washing
ton Theater was advertising in The
Star in 1861, 1860, 1853 and 1858.
would have gone back TO 1857, but the
file for that year was too high to
reach without a stepladder, and !
thought you would forgive me IL
declined to take any exercise.
] see by The Star of February 81.
1868. that Miss Alice Gray was TO
open an engagement at the Washing
ton. She is advertised as about to
make her debut, yet q Miss Alice
Gray played with Julia Dean at the
Washington in 1858. You read her
name a few lines above as a member
of Julia Deans company. The adver-
tisement in 1863 said that Miss Alice
Gray would appear lin her great role
IN the beautiful play of 'Madelaine,
or The Evils of Dissipation. The
next show booked was John s. Clarke
In Our American Cousin and his fa-
vorite character Of Toodles." The
Star had this short reading notice:
"a new candidate for popular ia
vor appears upon the boards Of the
Old Drury this evening in the person
of Miss Alice Gray. who makes her
first appearance here"
In another place In the same issue
of The Star (February 81, 1859 was
thils
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to Present Mimic Reproduction of Madeleine Farm Fight

'"Then comes the flank attack, which
carries the day. from the left-two
companies advance TO the assault.
American airplanes. appearing over.
head, drive off the enemy planes. ana
assist in the attack as the whole
line dashes forward in final and sue
cessful assault.
ton. two hours before a hay field, Is
plowed up with high explosives as
though mines had been detonated 80
yards apart. It seems impossible that
any of the infantry could have lived
through the shell bursts and machine
gun fire"
And if the Army falls down on the
job and doesn't make the reproduction
of the Madeline farm fight almost as
realistic as the scrap itself. it will not
be because it hasn't tried. For the
Army is going to shoot the works on
the two days of the carnival to bring
home to Washington just what the
sword can do when it is unsheathed
in the name of national defense.
Troops participating in the sham
battle will be drawn from the follow
ing units: Sd Cavalry, 18th Infantry,
tank detachment from Camp Meade:
18th Field Artillery. and detachments
Of Engineer. Signal Corps. Chemical
Warfare Service and Medical Corps
from the various units scattered
through the military district OF Wash.
ington.
The replica of the Madeleine farm
is now under construction down on
the southeast corner of the big parade
ground at Washington Barracks. in q
corner Of the tree.lined driveway
which circles the parade ground. Here
American troops will attack, theoret.
ically, and will die, theoretically"
just as their comrades did in the VIC
torious American action in France.
y 4
RUT the Madeleine farm scrap will
be just one part of the carnival
the Army is going to put on. For the
Army today is a big school. wherein
every phase of modern industry and
business is taught-a tremendous uni.
versity with 100000 students. where
the science Of war is taught hand in
hand with the sciences of peace time.
Here any citizen can draw his con.
clusions as to what the Army would
do if national emergency suddenly
arose. All the instruments for man
killing will be on view at the exposi-
ton. but of even greater interest will
be the exhibits showing what ths
Army is learning at the scattered
posts which dot the land from coast
to coast. Every branch OF the service
will have display of interest to every
member of the family. The housewife
will view the demonstration Of the
Cooks and Bakers School. The chefs
of the service will be in attendan nee,
cooking on various types of apparatus,
from mud oven to rolling kitchen.
Little Billy will be in his element,
gazing goggle-eyed at the exhibits
which may SELL him an Army ca
fContinled on Fourth Panel
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|HE Washington Theater-the
second of that name-which
was on Louisiana avenue near
Il Sixth street, vas renamed the
American Theater about 1884,
and kept that name till about 1898.
The Rambler writes about 1885"
because all he knows Of the matter
is in a sketch of the building printed
by The Evening Star on the day the
building, then Canterbury Hall. was
burned. That was Friday, July %.
1869. He taxes the following from
that sketch:
About 1885 the National Theater
was built as an uptown rival TO the
American Theater. but the American,
under Ward and Wemyss, ran first
rate company for two or three sea-
sons. but finally succumbed, and the
house took the more stylish appella-
ton of the Washington Assembly
Rooms Then fashionable assemblies
or select dancing parties We're held
once I'm two weeks under the younger
fashionables of that day. During this
time the Washington Thespian Corps
ffourished. They were composed Of
aspirants for histrionic fame, and
young printers formed the bone and
sinew of the company. They usually
got up performances for the benefit
of the poor of Washington or the
benefit of Mrs. Anne Royall.' who was
a notable but rather a superannuated
editress, who published The Huntress,
q weekly paper. on Capitol Hill. The
rumor ran in those days that neither
the poor of Washington nor Mrs. Anne
Royal ever realized the financial pro-
ceeds Of those performances, because
a bountiful supper and trimmings
were generally served during or after
the performance for the purpose of
sustaining the histrionic and intel
Iectual powers of the Thespians, the
cost thereof being deducted from the
proceeds as a portion of the expenses.
Among the principal stars in this
company were Mr.. Columbus Drew,
Mr.. George Grouard. Mr.. Jim Bev
eridge and Mr.. Lew Tarleton. As
NAV he imagined, the free list was
extensive"
Mr.. A. I. Mudd. in his paper Early
Washington Theaters' wrote;
THE theater the Washington
Theater) was entirely remodeled and
opened September 26, 1885, but closed
November %.
The Rambler assumes that the
name OF the theater was changed
from "Washington" 10 American
when the bulldlnS was Ildue over.
The following is from Mr.. Mudds
story:
I'm August. 1884. a movement for
p new theater was inaugurated and
stock company was organized Tor
that purpose. Sealed proposals were
irvited until September for the erec-
tion of new theater. to he located
on the omen space included between
F. street. PENNSYLVANIA avenue and
Thirteenth street The principal
front was to be on Thirteenth street.
The building wa To run back 1870 feet
on Pennsylvanis avenue and 153 feet
IN Thirteenth street. and was to be
Of the RomanD0ric style. The ediflce
was not erected on this triangle. but
on the site of the present National
Theater. 1t WAS completed in the
Tall Of l635, and at a meeting OF the
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pouring cut their messages Of death
toward the German" lines.
overhead American airplanes will
drive q theoretical German force out
of the SKY and down to destruction.
while the foot-slogcing infantry will
move forward to the attack in th" face
of a sheet OF steel from German ma
chine guns.
To those who never saw France,
and it's mud ard anguish. 1t viii un-
doubt tedly be The most thrilling and
spectacular phase of show sure to
be full Of thrills for those not IA
miliar with what the Army is doing.
Maj. Tu,ner Ch m b iss, q
veteran of the Marine. who
served up the American strategy
which won the Madeleine Farm. will
Evening star., 1927-09-25

! and Miss Alice Gray in Paul Pry"
and Our Country Cousin"
| Nine. Ernestine de Nilliers,
/ French pianiste, gave concert
at Wizards Hall and The Star said
/ that the elite We're there. Elite
means choice, prime. best. but I am
sure that all persons offering TO pay
for admission were let in. The
| Hutchins Family-Asa, Lizzy, Abby,
Freely and Little Dennett-began an
engagement at Wizards Hall Feb
ruary 26, 1863. Gentle Washing
tonians We're thrilled with their songs,
Home, Hope and Happiness" and
Faith, Friendship, Freedom and Fra
! ternity."
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams.
! known as 'the Greatest Living Comic
| Couple" had run at Growers in the
| Winter of 1S62-63, and were given a
| benefit. but instead of telling you
about it. l will please you by letting
YOU read the following from The Star,
February. 1868:
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Williams,
Dear Sir and Madam: Having wit
messed with great pleasure and delight
/ during the past few weeks your in
imitable representations of character,
ard from our knowledge of your per-
sonal worth, untiring energy and in.
dustry. and being desirous of express
ing our high appreciation of those
qualities, social and professional
which so adorn your character and
your art, we respectfully solicit your
acceptance of complimentary testi-
| monial prior to your departure from
this city, TO take place on such eve
f, ming as you may please to designate,
feeling assured that the occasion will
prove pleasantly memorable to your
selves and highly gratifying to your
many admirers and friends. We are
very respectfully yours. etc. etc.
Signed. A. G.. Curtin, Governor of
Pennsylvania; Senators A. Kennedy,
Henry S. Lane, H. B. Anthony, NJ.
Wilkinson, Edgar Cowan, James w.
Wall. J. W. McDougall, Cassius NJ.
Clay. Ward II. Lamon, A. B. Olin,
Representatives Samuel S. Cox,
Thomas b. Florence, Hendrick B.
Wright, Clement l.. Vallandigham,
Charles r. Trimble, John Law, J. A.
Cravens, Fl. l.. Dawes. ID. w. Grant,
J. B. s. Todd, G. II. Pendleton. James
f. kerrigan, Charles H. Calvert, p.
Johnson, j. ID. Stiles, d. w. Vorhees,
c. F. White, r. Mallory, J. w. Men
zles, Anthony l.. Knapp, w. j.
Allen, Alfred Ely. E. H. Rollins, III. G.
Blake, F. A. Pike, A. S. Diven. G.
w. Wright, Philip B. Fonke and A.
T. Bridges, Gen. Heintzelman, Gen.
Thomas F. Meagher. Gen. ]. w. Nye,
Col. Nugent, Col Lathrop. Col Greene.
Capt, Potter, Capt. Merritt, Capt.
Johnson, Capt. Norton, Capt. Deacon,
Capt. Heletrum, Capt. Milnay. Capt.
Parker. Capt. Goodnow, Richard
Wallach. Mayor of Washington; John
F. Coyle, Joseph Severns, j. w. For
ney, George T. Brown. j. w. Barclay,
George w. Phillips" etc.
Barney Williams set Friday night.
February 81, 1868. for the benefit
show and wrote this letter, which was
printed by The Star lat advertising
rates.:
"During,~a professional career Of
many years it has been the cndeaNor
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guns on each flank of the attacking
force open a brisk fire, but the resist
ance is so strong that by means of
Very lights, the supporting American
artillery is called on for increased fire.
Enemy airplanes circle over the
American forces.
THE infantry advances by short
rushes; the wounded are collected by
the medical detachment and taken to
the rear.
The carnage is terrific, the infan-
try advance is checked. The tanks en-
ter the attack with assault platoons.
The Germans lay down a smoke screen
to delay the tanks. The tanks reach
the objectiye-some are out of action.
Evening star., 1927-09-25

spectacular affair Of the carnival. but
only a minor part Of what the Army
intends to show. Every phase of the
complicated military machine whose
spearhead drove forward on October
0 to win the Madeleine farm will ap-
pear in the replica of the scrap. Whip
pet tanks, two-ton things Of steel. will
dash over the level terrain of the pa
rade ground at Washington barracks.
splitting death in blank form frCm the
machine guns with which they are
armed. The big Mark SIS. seven-ton
monsters of steel, will vie with the
Mark 5s, their smaller brothers, in
cloaking the advance OF the infantry.
Back in the theoretical woods which
flanked the farm will stand batteries
of 15s. their slim three-inch throats
Evening star., 1927-09-25

Miss Alice Gray-This rising
young artistic, whose extraordinary
talents are beginning to command
general attention, makes her debut in
this city tonight at the Washington
Theater in a character we'll adapted
to the display of those intellectual
graces and natural powers which have
established her popularity in New
York. Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Chicago. Miss Gray is yet young
and endowed with much more than
the ordinary share of personal
beauty" The advertisement said she
would surely be received cordially,
because of the galientry of our cit
izens."
Evening star., 1927-09-25
By WALTER r.. McCALLUM.

"HE morning of October 9
dawned rosy in the East. prom
Using a clear. bracing Fall day
Il Out in the cleared spaces sur
rounding the Ferme de Ia
Madeleine. near Montfaucon and the
Nautillcis Cunel road where the Bois
de Cunel rises. a slight eminence in
otherwise gently rolling terrain
groups of German machine gunnerS
lounged around their rattles of death.
while in the farm building their
officers sat down to an early break
fast. Thoughts of an attack were
far from their minds. for could they
not see out in the pasture in front,
where machine gun cross-fire en-
fladeG an enemy attack. American
q '3d still lSIns from an assault ii
DAYS before.
Two hours later the farm, which
hsd served successfully as Ger
man hospital. an advanced dressing
post and finally as heavily in
tTenched position in the front line of
the ArConne fight. was in American
hands. its erstwhile German masters
killed or captured. Just another
scrap to the credit OF American arms
and strategy: another spike driven
In the ccif1n Of Germany's war threat.
And the Americans drove on in the
direction OF Sedan. while a Kaiser
fed toward the protection Of the
Dutch border and the machinery of
nation tottered and tell in Berlin and
Potsdam, crashing down before red
anarchy inspired by the failure of
an army even then fighting on alien
soil.
The Madeleine farm fight of
October 9. 1918. does not stand out
q Of rffanSix-nG nf tho
war. 1t was just an isolated combat
in the relentless advance through the
ArgoDne of fresh American troops
from the lands far to the west Of
wartorn France. hut everlasting
evidence of the courage aud skill ot
American arms: just another scrap /
for the doughhovs Of the goth In /
fantry Of the S0th Division.
In all its tragedy and sublime /
courage. revealing all the strategy /
and nerve that won the Madeleine /
farm and permitted the American ad- I
vance to continue on through the Ar |
Eonne. the Madeleine fight is to he I
reproduced in this city September 80 /
and October /. to show civilian and |
military Washington just what it
means to carry forward a successful
attack on A strongly held position
under enemy fire. 1t is to be a part.
and not a major part, Of the military
carnival and exposition to he held at
Washington Barracks on those two
days. when the Army is going to take
the wlappings off all its tricks and
show them out in the bright light OF
day. to tell Washington and the
Nation just what the Army is doing
and has done.
An exact reproduction of the
Madeleine farm fight is to be pre-
sented twice on each Of the two days
of the exposition, perhaps the most
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An
gFmturf Army
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Continued on Fourth Page)
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"HE Washington Theater-the
second of that name-which
was on Louisiana avenue near
Il Sixth street, vas renamed the
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
COMPENSATION
ACT EXPLAINED
FOR FAR MERS

| The following statement, just is
sued by the Industrial Accident
| Commission, is Of paramount i'm
portance to the employers Of Cal.
| ifOrnia:
Assembly Bill No. 997, modifying
| the elective provisions of the Work
mems Compensation. Insurance and
Safety Act "with respect to the ac
ceptance of the act by persons en-
gaped in farm, dairy agricultural
yitieutural or horticultural employ
ments, and in stock or poultry rails
ing becomes effective September
|, 1927. What this new law actual
~ does is to lay upon the farmer
the responsibility of either electing
TO accept the act by taking out "a
policy of compensation insurance OF
of specifically rejecting the act III
the manner set forth III the law.
The farmer who desires to comply
with the provisions of Assembly Bill
No. 9o7 by clecting to come under
the act may do 50 by providing
compensation insurance c0verage for
his employees. 1t will not be neces
sary to notify the Industrial Acct.
dent Commission that this has been
done.
The, farmer who desires to comply
with the provisions of Assembly Bill
No. 9o7 by rejecting the act may
do so by posting notice to that
effect lin a conspicuous place at
his place of employment where /.
may conveniently be seen and read
by his employees, and " filing a
copy of same, with proof of POSTING
oil the original, with the Industrial
Accident Commission. Forms to
be used in rejecting the act will be
sent free by the commission upon
application therefor. The proof Of
posting affidavit may be sworn To
before notary public, justice OF
the peace, city or county clerk, or
any person authorized IL administer
oaths.
The farmer who fails to comply
with the provisions of Assembly Bill
No. 997 by either electing to come
andtr the Act or by rejecting the
the Act, viii be conclusiNely pre-
sumed to have accepted the proVi-
sions of the Act, " and, therefore,
subject TO all the provisions and
penalties Of the Workmen Com
pensation, Insurance and SAFETY
Act.
The state Compensation lnsur-
ance Fund 5 minimum premium Tor
policy where the employer WORKS
his own place exclusively Is $lo,
covering a payroll of s7oi or less,
per wear, the rate being s2.l3 on
each 800 of pay roll. 1t is permis
sible to segregate fruit picking pay
roll in connection with farming
risks where bonafide fruit picking
crew is maintained and where the
annual pay roll is at least $500 the
rate being IL ON each 500 or pay
rol1
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
PERSONALS

Mr.. and ~. Wesley He'll motor
ed to Yuma Yesterday, where Mr.
He'll attende ~ business affairs.
Mrs. j D pice aud children, Sy
bill and turrin, left Wednesday
evening for A'l,ansas, where they
will visit relatives and friends.
Mrs. Sem Bacon left last night
for Big Bear Lake, to spend the re
mainder Of the summer. She will
return the middle of September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Gay and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond
Ohanion and son have returned from
two weeks vacation spent at
coast points.
Edgar b. Harvey Of San Diego,
former police judge of Ell Centre,
is in the city today on business.
j. D. Clark has resigned his posi-
ton at the Bank of Italy, Imperial
Valley branch, and leaves tomorrow
for Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
Woman Jumps
From Building.

LOS ANGELES, Aug l2.-Fear
that she was to be returned to the
Taycheedah Industrial home, is be
heved today to have caused the
suicide attempt of Mrs. Robert vii
kinson, who jumped from the fourth
floor Of an APARTMENT building, suf
fering a skull fracture from which
she is expected to die.
Robert Seanor, bail bond
broker, told police he called Mrs.
Wilkinson and informed her that he
had received information that the
Milwaukee chief of police had tele
graphed Sheriff Traeger that the
woman was wanted for escape from
the Tayeheedah home.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. &. Myers who
were visiting with Mrs. Wilkinson
said she went into another room and
leaped from window.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
HOLLYWOOD IS
WELL BEHAVED
OFFICER SAY s.

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 12.-The
popular conception of Hollywood as
- something like a junior edition of
hades,' is vigorously assailed by
w. L. Spellman, assistant chief of
the Los Angeles police department
in an article entitled elbow Wick
ed Is Hollywood" published in the
Hollywood Magazine here today.
Hollywood is the wickedest com
munitv in the world--if one be
lieves the popular view of that in
teresting suburb. Whether one
shares that belief depends largely
upon the point of view and th'
facts-or absence of facts--in one s
possession, Spellman declares.
Better known than any police
district anywhere, Hollywood rs
popularity understood to be some
where near the top of the pinnacle
of sin. License. unrcstraint, moral
laXitv, unbridled crime, drunken
ness and hectic private orgies on
every block are supposed to be every
day occurrences, to say nothing of
the daily murder as some Euro
pean reports have it. Judging from
the personal statements Of visitors
and the printed reports that filter
back here from about every coun-
try on the map, Hollywood is the
sink of ininuity--iust a plain I'M
abridged edition of hades.'
Crime Figures Quoted
From a table of figures compiled
by the statistical bureau of the po,
lice department Chief Spellman ar
rived at the following conclusions
Hollywood contains 12.1 per
per cent of the total population of
Los Angeles and'it might be reason
ably expected to furnish the same
proportion of the total crime.
And l2.l per cent of the total
crime would be 943 cases. Tn
fortunately for the exaggerators,
however. HOLLYWOOD shows nothing
81 the kind. 1t had but 9.S per cent
of the total crime and was therefore
much more law abiding than might
have been expected.
Summing up. it is pretty def
nitelv provable that in place of be
ing the He'll playground thct the
world believes it, HOLLYWOOD is a
decent, honorable, law-a biding com
munity of men and women who
make little trouble in going about
their daily business. If all comm
mites in the United States did az
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
DEMURRER FILED IN CASE

demurrer was filed at the
county clerk s office this morning
in the divorce action of Andrew v.
Wade against Minnie F.. Wade. The
demurrer was filed oy j f. Simp-
son, attorney for The plaintiff. and
asked that the cross com plant filed
in the case be di smissed by the
rourt. 1t held tina, the cross-com-
nlaint failed to sta7e facts suffic-
lent to constitute cause of action
in that it failed "a make clear
whether the complaint was based on
grounds of extreme erlelty or viii
full desertion. Several other points
for dismissal Of the ross-complaint
were cited in the demurrer.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
Girls Break Out
OF Reform School

san FERNANDO, Cal, Aug. -
Amid scenes of wild confusion, 80
girls of the Fl Retro school. cor
receive institution, rebelled here to.
day and escaped on busses bound
for Los Angeles.
Police were without details of the
rebellion and escape and received
only the meager information from
authorities at the Institution tina,
the girls were i'll two separate
groups and had boarded the busses
near the school
According to authorities one
group of the rebellious young WON,
en- forced their way out of tn,
school and stopped bus near San
Fernando. A half hour later sec
ond group followed their lead.
Captain j. K. Edwards dispatched
a squad of officers to the depot of
the original stage line III an effort
to head the girls off.