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DEALERS WANT]
PRODUCE PLANT
Suggestion of Scalco to Beat
R C. L. by Municipal
Building Pleases.
SENATE jNVESTIGATION
AU Say System Would Aid
Merchants and People
Equally.
The plan of Salvatore Scalco,
president of the National Fruit Com
pany, to cut the high cost of living
la th? District hy the construction
of a central municipal storace plant.
ts gaining1 converts.
Mr. Scalco, who submitted his
plan to membera of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, Commissioner
Krownlow. Pennsylvania Railroad
officials, and to large fruit and vege
table brokers, has received favora
ble rapi les.
The plan which Mr. Scalco laid
before these officials was for the
erection In a central locality of a
municipal storage plant which
would be divided Into booths and
sections and rented to District mer
chants.
*-ld. Rail-???*?..
The plant would be reached by
sidings from the railroads, thus per
mitting prompt unloading of cars
and relieving the prevalent car
shortage. The fruit and other per
ishables would immediately be put
into cold storage, where they could
b**? brought out on the platforms In
sample lots.
Here is where Mr. Scalco would
cut the high cost of living. Under
present conditions merchants must
remove from storage and has! to
places of business a sufficient
amount of fruit and perishables to
supply their customers during the
day. Often a larger amount is taken
out than sold. This surplus amount
often becomes unsalable. As a re
sult the merchants must place a suf
1 flctently high price upon th#-ir wares
to cover all probable depreciation.
BIlMlMt* Cartage.
Another item which would be
eliminated under the Scalco plan
would be th.- cartage from the rail
road yards to cold storage and then
from cold storage to the st?>re
where salles are made. The Xa
iionaU Fruit Company alone. Mr.
Scalco says, pays approximately
?32ft,ft00 a year for this service.
Commissioner Brownlnw, reply
ing to Mr. ScaJco's letter, said:
'The suggestion which y mi make
concerning the establishment of a
wholesale market with adequate
transportation facilities in order to
effect economies In the handling of
the food supply of the city has
for a long time engaged my thought.
Indeed, before the United States
entered the war, I had considered
plans for such a wholesale market
but the war mad?? necessary the
?abandonment of any such idea.
V. iihng o Investigate.
"Certainly. I will accept your
suggestion that I investigate the
matter, and if I can find any Jus
tification for a revival of my for
?*?*? plans I will be very glad to do
*o. and will let you know.**
Senator L. Y. Sherman, chairman
of the Senate District Committee,
in replying to the letter of Mr.
Scalco, declared "there is some good
sense in your proposals." H*? prom
ised that in due time the commit
tee would take the matter in hand.
Senator L. Heisler BjM. of Del
awcre, chairman of the Senat.? com
mittee which investigated the high
cost of living in the District, said:
"I feel that th-re is sufficient
thought in your letter to submit
': to the Committee on District of
Columbia, so I am sending a copy
to the chairman of our commute**."
The-aaaa Favera Plan.
"Your suggestions.' said Senator
Thomas of Colorado, "seem to me to
be of great value and I will submit
them to the appropriate committee
of the Senate.'*
"Your logic is unanswerable." de
claro! Saitta and Jone*?, lar-re New
York fruit brokers. "We would like
to see something of that order car
ried out in Warhlngton as well as
a number of other cities."
\V. W. Bowie, local freight atrent
HOT WATER FOR
SICK HEADACHES
Te&> Why Everyone Should Drialc
Hot Water with Phosphate
In It Before Breakfast.
Headache? ?re caused by auto-intoxi
cation ? which means self-pouior.ing.
I.ivor and bowel poison? called toxin?.
?ucked Into the blood excite th-? h.art
which pumps the blood so ??ut that it
con-rests in the ?maller tatet*** and
veins of th? head, producing violent,
throbbing pain and dtstres... called
headache. You become nervous, de
spondent, sick, feveri?* and miserable.
>our meal? ?our and almost miiseate
you. Then you resort to icetinilid.
aspirin or the bromide?, which tem
porarily relieve but do not rid the
blood of these irritating toxins.
A glass of hot water with ?. tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate In it
drsnk before breakfast will not only
wash thee* pol.cn.? from your system
and cure you of headache, but will
cleanse, purify and freshen the ali
mentary canal.
A?k your pharmacist for a quarter
pound of limestone phosphate. It Is
inexpensive, harmless as sugar.
If you ?ren't feeling your best, if
tongue is coated or you wake up with
bad taste, foul breath or have colds.
Indigestion, btttousnea?, constipation or
sour stomach.- begin the phoaphated
hot water cure to rid your system of
toxins and poison?.?Adv.
^MA/OiLATZjCO
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. dUagread with Mr. Scalco only
aa to the location of th? proponed
w irehou?e. Bowl? declared himself in
favor of a site ctioaen some year? ago
I when a ?imllar movement, waa on
foot, between Twelfth atreet. Water
?street and Maryland avenue aouth
! weit. '?It would be acceesible to the
.'river, adjacent to the fish market and
of easy acce?? t<j the purchasing
rubile," Mr. Bowie ?aid.
Ta Iatei-e?t Parker?.
Mr. Scalco, in ?ending out addition
al letters today in an effort to enlist
the aid of tbe five big meat packers,
?aid: '
"The money that would be spent In
erecting such a building, I feel sure
would be returned, and the building
paid for In five years in the rent of
occupant?. Aa It la now, we all pay
tremendous rent?, and Instead of
paying thla high rent to the land
lorda, we could pay for the building
land at the same time could Bell our
commodities at less than 10 per cent
profit which, you will agree with me,
;*hould bring the cost of living down
ward."
MARDI GRAS AWAITS
ONLY KING'S ARRIVAL
New Orleans. La,., Peb. 15.?New Or
loans Is prepared to welcome King
Hex, of the carnival, when he arrlv _>?
j here Tueaday. The famous Madri
Gras, suspended the last two years
' because of the war. will then be in
! full swing. Latest Wireless reports
from the king's yacht atated ?he was
heading full speed for this port, and
| expected to arrive Tuesday, when the
I king and hi? gallant crew will head
! the iJrgeous parade. His majesty's
i famous yacht has been thoroughly
overhauled, after two years' service
; in the war.
! The city was a mase of splendor to
; day. gorgeously decorated with flag?,
hunting and flowers. The huge grand
stand, from which the queen, with
???. Pershlng, will gaze with admir
ing eye? on her king as he passe? at
th* head of the parade, stood ready
to be transformed into a mountain of
humanity Tueaday.
John Barleycorn, the mo?t prominent
n*rure at the other Madri Gras, is not
expected to be in evidence. If he at
tends, he will be Incognito.
Women's City Club Seeks
Members Among Workers
More than on*? hundred new mem
bers of the Women's City Club ad
mitted duiriK the February member
jship drive will be guests of the mem
bership committee at the club Thurs
day evening. Mrs. D. H. Kincheloe
?will entertain with vaudeville selec
tions. ? .
? Mrs. i?eorge Kastment. chairman ff
I the committee, announced last night
| it will start a drive today to acquire
new memt-ers in the various govern
ment departments.
At a mee tin*: of the membership
committee applications, presented by
the following Washington women,
wer" voted upon favorably: Miss
Orare M. Brian. Miss Charlotte ?.
Kenyon. Mrs John Van Schajck. Jr..
Mrs. Abram Simon. Mrs. I^ouey Venn.
Mrs. Krnest Thurston. Miss Hax<"*
Karly. Miss Cora K. Decker. Mrs.
S tan wood Cobb, Miss fielen E.
Stout. Miss Uly M. Hardin. M?as
Mary Jones Conrad. Mrs. Andrew
Parker, Mrs. C R. Porter-field. Miss
O. B. Pillsbury, Mrs. J. I ?ester Brooks.
Mrs. Ruth Sutphen. Mrs. K. Bennet
Decker. Mr?. C. A Norton, Mrs. Har
old Grimes, Mrs. George Wfnthrop,
and Mrs. Delia Walcott.
New York Harbor Men
Demand Raise March I
j New Tork. Feb. 15.?Fear that New
? York will experience another harbor
j strike, threatening the food supply,
was expressed by officials today, fol
lowing Issuance of what is practi
cally an ultimatum by the marine
workers' affiliation demanding an in
crease in wages for all classes of har
bor employes, to become effective
March 1. The railroads were said to
? take the position that the present con
! tract continues until April 1. while
! the union heads hold it expires
j March 1.
j The affiliation demands that wa???-s
? of captains of ferryboats and tugs be
Increased from $190 to J275 a month,
j and engineers from $1W to $265 a
month. Increases for other employes
? were also asked.
$1,000,000 Hospital Gift
Of Indian Millionaire
Henrietta. Okla.. Feb. 15.?Jack
son Barnett. full-blooded Creek In
dian, millionaire, has given $1.000,
? 000 for the erection and mainten
ance of a hospital here, it was said.
Barnett's gifts to charity have
passed the SI.?00.000 mark. A?
Barnett is a ward of the govern
ment, all his gift? must have the
approval of the Federal Indian of
ficials. The hospital to be found
ed by Barnett's latest gift will be
open only to those of Indian blood.
He will build a home for himself
on the grounds of the institution,
Where he plans to spend the re
maining years of his life.
Barnett'? wealth found its source
in the discovery'of oil on his land
allotment. He is 69 years old.
Relief Association
Makes Dance Plans
The Mutual Relief Association of
Laansburgh and Bro.. with a mem
bership of more than 300. will give
a novel entertainment atnd dance at
Carroll Hall, on Tenth street north
west. Friday evening, February 27.
/The arrangements are In the
hands of a committee consisting of
M. B. Holme?.. Mrs. Harry Shackel
ford and Marx Kahn, who promise
to make the evening one of pleas
ant surprise*.
This association, of which M- H.
Kastbrook Is president, has for Its
object the mutual welfare of the
employes of this Arm. Its member
ship Includes employee ranging
from heads of departments to cash
girls.
200 Service Men Register
In K. of C. Trade School
More than l?Vi ?ervic*? men and for
mer members of the military or naval
service have rcK i sterni in the auto
mobile mechan!. V eia?? of the
Knights of Colun ' us evening school,
which will? open tonla-fi. at 600 Ci
street northwest.
Classes in welding, plumbing and
radio telegraphy also are large in
number. The service club and em
ployment servii-e, located at the
school, are providing sleeping quarters
and positions for service men and
thoee out of the service.
G. W.U. to Aid Drive
For Near East Fund
George Washington University
will aid in the national drive for
funds for the relief of starving peo
pfes in the Near East.
Soliciting of contribution? will be
under direction of a committee
headed by Prof. C. S. Collier, of the
law school. On the committee are
representatives of every class and
organisation at th? university, to
gether with several general can
vasser?.
SUNDAY THEATER OPENINGS
?.??belt-Bel??*? ? -Kvery Little
Thin*."
We had Ion?; held, loosely enough.
It ie true, because we were not vital
ly Interested In the matter, that the
bed was the fundamental element in
boudoir farce. We know better now.
Not the bed, but the door, which,
?trangel y?nou?h, make? a/ moat
laughable little not?? when It la
slammed lightly, delightfully Inti
mating ?hat a lady in lingerie ia be
hind it. ii the very foundation atone
of modern farce construction.
We do not lcnow who discovered
the,dramatic possibilities of the
door. Doubtless the French had a
hand in it. Sheridan, when he con
cealed Lady Teasle, used an arras,
and most Anglo-Saxons of common
place Imaginations have never tried
to lift the door beyond Its very ordi
nary status in Interior architecture.
But Wilson Collisoti, who wrote a
new farce entitled "Every Ulule
Thing." projected at the Shubert
Belasco last night, has fairly run
wild on the subject of the door. He
has built his entire piece around it
We have seen many farces in our
time, but never a farce In which the
whole ?ubject-matter from etart to
finish was the hiding of a man In
pajamas and a lady, also in pajamas,
behind doors of bedrooms, clothes
presses, bathrooms, and elsewhere.
Not even the craslest of the Mack
Bennett film comedies ever equalled
the door-speed of "Every Little
Thing." Mr. Colllson proves In his
piece that a farce can exist without
wit, without nastiness, without sug
gestiveneas .or clevern???, provided
doors are slammed witlit sufBclen
frequency.
It is impossible to resist laughter
when a male roams around in a
boudoir In pajamas, making des
1 perete efforts to avoid detection.
?Vahen he adds to his scanty attire a
I lady's hat. plus a veil, and throws
?a lady's skirt around his legs In the
manner of a bear skin, the Impulse
|to Isugbter. of course. Is visibly In
creased. Mr; Colllson. In being bold
enough snd honest enough to place
a farce on a straight out-and-out
comic supplement basis, ha? accom
plished something.
Outside of a line or two. there Is
nothing in "Every Little Thing"
which will cause a squirm. The
playerwrlght has written a boudoir
1 fara-e which Is entirely minus the
I usual flavor. The formula on
?which the playwright has proceeded
is tbe hide-and-seek formula He
idees not vary It for three acts. He
is quite relentless in his loyalty to
it.
The most distinguished members
of the cast, of course, the doors
which we have rtw. it upon with
such emphasis. Assisting them were
Arthur Aylsworth as Marty War
ren. William H. Powell as Robert
Gilder. Wilfred Clarke as Archie
Dean. lone Bright as Kitty Dean.
Paula Shay as Phyllis riilder. Con
stance Beaumer as Mlllette St. Gld
on. and Anzone Lloyd as Helen Kar
rington.
"Every Little Thinir" Is really
funny. ' It is a classic of ?-ntrances
and exits.
?akubert-f.arri.-k??The l.a.l ef the
I ru.snrrs. '
If the enthusiasm with which a
large audience viewed Lowell
Thomas' travelogue. "The Last of
the Crusaders" at the Shubert-Gar
rick last evening Is any criterion it
should have a profitable stay here.
These pictures have become widely
known by reason of their success
nil London showing under the al
ta rnative title of "With Allentar in
Palestine and Laurence In Arabia"
Mr. Thomas, the ypung American
war correspondent, "appeared last
night in person, and his running
line of remarks added materially
to the value of the pictures. \Vith
Field Marshal Lord Atlenby and
Col. Laurence's Arabian forces one
made the triumphal march from
picturesque Cairo up through Pale
stine, over stretches of country in
exhaustibly rich ih historic Inter
est, by means of many colored
views and motion pictures. Ten
thousand camels passed: Gaxa and
Beersheba were taken, and Gen. Al
lenby entered Jerusalem.
A remarkable motion picture
showed the spinning nose dive of
an airplane 7.000 feet over Bethle
hem. The mysterious desert, beau
tiful in Its silence, was shown.
There was an intimate view of
Lord Allenby and his staff. Jerusa
lem, the Holy City, was shown,
with its modern streets and In
teresting types of humanity.
The travelogue then took up the
campaign with Col. Laurence in
Arabia. After moving down the Nile
to Khartoum, the Red Sea was
crossed and Jedda reached on the
Arabian Coast. Journeying on to
Petra, the enchanted "rose city half
an old as time." ruined temples and
other mute reminders of departed
glories of other days in this ancient
land were vividly pictured
The environs of the Dead Sea were
reached via aeroplane; and. finally,
the collapse of the Ottomans came
nnd the British and Arabe entered
Damascus and Aleppo, freeing the
Holy I-and after four hundred years
of oppression. A visit made to the
former Kaiser's palace on the Mount
of Olives was perhaps the most in
teresting moment of the evening.
About a thousand other details de
serve mention, made even more inter
esting by the lecturer*? running com
ment and pleasant personality, but
they are things the public will want
to see for themselves during Cie next
fortnight at the Fhubert-Garrlck be
fore the travelogue returns to Eng
land to resume his successful season.
Gayety?"Ben Welch'? Bit; show."
Ben Welch opened an engagement
at the Gayety Theater yeaterday
with "The Ben Welch Big Show."
The production has been divided
into three burletta?, Mr. Welch star
ring in each. The supporting cast
consists of Pat Kearney, Frank P.
Murphy, Vic Casmore. Florence
Rother. Dolly Morrissey, Nettie
Hyde, Harry Morrissey and Frankle
Martin.
l.oew? Palare?Wallace Held In
?Double Speed."
Wallace Reld made a new ap
pearance at Loew'a Palace Theater
yesterday as the screen star of
"Double Speed," the production
which will occupy the featured po
sition on the Palace program all
this week and which constitutes
the latest starring vehicle for this
particularly prepossessing photo
play luminary. The picture Is by
J. Stuart Woodhouse, a photoplay
author of ?ainsiderable renown, and
it is the second of a series of
throbbing motor car romances in
which Wallace Reld is given the
chief rol?.
Of recent month?, Wallace Reld
has shown a strong and unlooked
for ability to depict roles requiring
unusual physical virility and in
"Double Speed," Reld makes hie
appearance at one phase of the
production as sn unshaven, shabby,
down-at-heel "tramp, who Is almost
the direct antithesis of the Wallace
Held known to scree?, lovers. He
blossoms forth later as a debonair,
well-dressed, well-financed young
ster, madly In love with a lady of
his heart and an the production
closes out. the love Interest warms
to a climax that is compelling:.
The star has the role of "8pee l"
Cair. rich and a "live wiie," who.
while aa 'route from New York to
Lo? Angele? by auto to meet hl?
uncle with regard to hi? Inheri
tance, is robbed of hi? car and be
longing? IB the Western de?ert and
arrive? at hi? de?tin?tlon lookla-i
verjr much like a tramp. "Ejected
n? an Impostor from a bank wher?
he goes for fund?, "8???<G by
chance aasume? the name of a no
torious crook and bardine? chauf
feur to the bank pre?H**nt'? pt?tty
daughter. Th? rest of the .toi y
concerna the manner nnd method b/
which the youtvg autotat manego,
to? become lnvol?re?l In a fl-an-iial
transaction that otollge? him to poa?
a? himself, while still In tbe car
?cter of chauffeur, and which ei a
ble? him to" win the girl of hi?
hjart without affecting the authen
ticity or veracity of the plot ?true
lure.
The supporting cast surrounding
Reid in this production la partlcu
| larly notable and Inclu-Je?. amone'
other?, auch aereen playera aa
Wanda Hawley. aa the girl; Tully
: Marshall. Theodore Roberts, Lucien
j iaittlefield and Guy Oliver. The dl
: rection Is that of 8am Wood and
carefully reflects hia atentlon to de
, tall. The added attractions of the
I Palace program are particularly
] itriklng and clever and the overture
number la "Gem? of the Sunny
! South," contributed by the Palace
| Sympl?ony Orchestra, ?jeder the
direction of Thomas J. Qannon.
Moore?. Hl.ll.-"Tke TarBlaUJ*
Pelat.-?
"The Turning Point," one of Robert
W. Chamber?' most grlpplig society
storie?. I? ?een In photodramatlc
form on tbe screen at More'? Rialto
Theater thi? week, the pr?sentation
opening yesterday with a capacity
audience.
Regal Katherlie MacDonald, called
the "American Beauty" on the atage.
1? aeen in the featured role of a pro
duction which in every way maintain?
the previous h.gh standard set by the
! First National Exhibitors, who pi?
istnt the current 'attraction.
I Undoubtedly this ia one of the
?finest and most beautiful productions
in which Miss MacDonald haa ever
appeared. The ilterlor views sre un
j surpassed.
I The picture tells of the failure of
the firm of Kdgerton-Tennant Com
pany, aa a reeult of which Diana
Tennant and James Edgerton. daugh
ter and ?on of the dead partner?, are
thrown upon their own resoturce?. A
mutual? love Intereit 1? checked when,
to be constantly with Diana, Kd.er
ton decide? to a??let her in her career
a? profeealonal hoste?? for fashton
abel affairs. To ave the man she
loves Diana forces him to declare his
love and then point? out the right
way for him to earn the admiration of
a woman. Succeeding incidents lead
Diana lo believe that her great love
haa robbed her of Edgerton forever.
Meanwhile a shadow of the most un
fortunate lncidelt of her Ufe Is con
?tuntly cast before her by a die
reputable Cat? Curmew, who seeks
to frighten her into taking atepa
that woudl make her unworthy of her
Ideala. The climax being reached
when all the evidence is against her
and it look? like she is ruined so
cially, a revelation 1? made, Kdger
ton overhear? it and Diana win? to
true Io?*e and honor.
The cast appearing Includes such
well-known ?tar? a? l.eota, Lorraine.
Selected auxiliary featuras complete
a first-class, typical Rialto bill.
I??"?'? CbIbbbbIb?Mary Plrkf.rd
la "I'ollyanna."
,'.ny lingering Idea that Mary
Pickford might have lost her crown
as the greatest screen actress in the
?world ia dispelled by a single vlcw
| Ing of "Pollyanna," her splendid
'ami powerful photoplay adaptation
of the famous "glad girl" story' by
Eleanor H. Porter, which was moved
to Iaoew? Columbia Theater yester
day for a second week's run after
playing to capacity at Loew'a Pal
ace Theater for the seven days pre
vious.
Miss Pickford is '-?edited with in
corporating the gr-.'ili st acting ? f
her career Into her portrayal of the
role of Pollyanna. the glad tiri, in
this production. It <? particularly
easy to believe that she haa choaen.
In this production, the greatest
?story of her career and one must
credit the girlish star with a splen
did exhibition of showmanship in
her selection of a story which not
only fits her -haracter lye* a new
.silk stocking but carries a tremen
dous appeal by virtue of :t? far
fl-.r.i- popularity as a stor*.
Miss Pickford, In assuming the
role of Pollyanna, make? particu
larly vivid and appealing the early
struggles and sorrows of a little
I orphan girl who Is cast upon the
! very doubtful and extremely aus
tere charity of a maiden aunt, who
resists the child's attempts at
friendliness. Th.-n comes the epl
I sode in which the girl is Injured
I trying to ?ave someone else, and
| Aunt Polly's hardened heart ia soft
ened to kindness, though appar
ently too late.
Even In this great extremity we
s.-e the badly injured Pollyanna
trying to lift her own Borrow and
the sorrow of those about her by
p|aylng the "glad game," her own
manifestation of the goapel of hap
piness, and a warming glow spreads
about the heart aa we see Polly
anna brought safely through her
crippled ?tat? and Into a romantic
happiness with a youngster who
becomes the glad game himself. It
Is a rare picture, this "Pollyanna."
In Its present form. A very rar?
picture, Indeed!
Moor?'? Carden?.?Huckleberry
Flan?*? ' *
"Huckleberry Kann." the new|
Paramount-Artcraft ?pedal, as pre
sented yesterday fer It* second j
consecutive week at Moore's Oar- j
den Theater, won such Instant ap-!
j provai from Washington motion
?picture patrons In the first week
of Its showing that, accordine toi
the management, not only were ?
house records broken but many.
I were turned away dally. ?
Based on the ?to?y of the same
name by America's greatest humor
lilt, Mark Twain, and a ?equal to'
? hi? equally famous book, Tom Saw
yer, the picture version keeps close '
? to the thread of the original story,
and profits by It. Thl? I? especially
! noticeable in the titles which are
in the main reproduced In Mr.
Twain'? own word?. From ?tart to
finish, It is a story, pure and sim
ple, with little plot and with only
such thrills a? might be expected
in the adventures of a boy, or rath
er two boys, for Tom Sawyer Join?
hi? old eomrade both at the begin
ning and the end. but it la a ?tory
, unfolded on the screen in as near
?perfect a manner aa has ever been
?accomplished. It is Mark Twain and
i his Inimitable pen characters
?brought to life. There is clean
1 comedy, a touch of pathos and
?plenty of happenings of the sort
?a boy dreams of and which cannot
{help but bring back to every man
? his own long thoughts of youth.
Lewis D. Sargent in the role of
Huck. plays a part which will win
, the love of any audience. He at no
I time overdoes the part?he Is Just
a' real boy?a little unkempt, wild
boy, such a? Twain'? hero wa?.
.Gordon Griffith in the role of Tom.
?I? equally ?*ood. the rest of the cast
likewise measuring up to the high
?standard sst by the youthful stars.
The same orchestral setting for
; tbe presentation, as arranged by
Claude V. Burrows, conductor of
?the Garden Orchestra, is continued
?together with the apropriatc added
? attractions.
Meere?? Strand ? -Heeasre table by
Frexy.??
Nothing that ha? come to Moore's
Strand Theater In month? ha? had the
dramatic spice and flavor of romance
that courses through f'ommodore J.
Stuart Blackton's production. "Ue
srectable by Proxy." featuring Slyvia
? earner and Robert Gordon, which
opened a week's engagement at this
house yesterday.
We ail remember those days when
we went from knee pants to long
trousers, and father put his I>e Mau
po??ant books on the top shelf out of
our reach: of course, we sot ilia m just
t the ?ame. Tastes chanite in year?.
1 but the t?ng of De Maupassant and
| Gautier still linKers. "Respectable by
Proxy".' is not in the same class as
these mediaeval masterpieces, but it
contain? a situation around which
even these master word painter? could
have evolved something that would bo
through the ages tn be ra-aal with
avidity by boarding school sirls. col
lege boys anal men in their dotage.
While some of these authors miga.?
have been a trifle bold anal bald In
their statements, the current produr
tion Is entertainment which even prim
debutantes and alevilish youths could
attend and not feel that ?hey had put
one over on the late Anthony Com
stock.
"Respectable by Proxy" i.a sheer
romance, with tobasco-llke elements
added to give it a wholesome flavor.
? Everybody apparently.is inlereaiei la
show girls and their alleerei wit.'
I tricks. This drama paints them with
j an accurate brush, and brings in an
unique situation which a strong-head -
1 ed young blade from an aristocratia
Southern family marries a show girl,
separatee from her. goes to Slberi.-i
an.1 comes back home to find another
girl masquerading as his wife.
Another descriptive overture, for
which class of selections the Strand
orchestra, under the dlrea-tion of Ar
thur J. Manvell. has made quite a
reputation. Is provided this week In
two characteristic patrols, "The Wee
M?cOregor," by Ames, and "Baoy
Par?de," by Pryor.
Interesting short subjects, showln?
careful selection complete a bill well
worth seeing.
Waynesboro, Va.
Waynesboro. Va.. Feb. 15. ? The
Augusta Farmers' Union ?arts to
place its members in close touch
with tke political issues, and J. H.
C. Grast?', chairman of Its program
conmute?. Is arranging dates with
ration?! leaders of all parties.
Wayneeboro merchants met un
der the auspices of the Blue Ridge
League to arrange for a movie lec
ture to be given at the Star The
ater within the next few weeks on
"The Troubles of a Merchant," a
business efficiency talk.
Staunton Property 5aie
Pends on Peace Signing
Staunton. Va.. Feb. 1."..?The neeal
covering the sale of the old skating
rink property in this city contains a
queer proviso. It states that the new
owner shall obtain possession of the
property when peace Is signed be
tween America and the central
powers.
The reason for this unusual stlpu
lation is that the building was leased
last year by the government for use
as an armory by the Valley Riflemen,
a home guard organisation formed
here dusihg the wer.
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Suffer Water Fa nine
As Flood Breaks Main
Wtnche?ter, Feb. II.?The town
of HI vert on, Warren * County, waa
virtually "bone dry" a day or two
ago. When the iaa w?at ont of
the Bouth fork of the Shenandoah
River Ij, carried away several long
sections of the water main supply
ing the town.
The Southern Railway. ? which
supplies Its engines wf:h water at
Riverton, got busy and brought
pipe from Alexandria and had the
break repaired. Meanwhile, citi
zen? had to drink cistern water.
Grafton Man Found Guilty
Of Murder Second Time
G raft on, W. Va.. Feb. II.?A Jury
for a ?ecf.nd time ha? found Jacob
Luti guilty of murder In the Drat
degree, hi? victim having been
Chief of Police J. K. R. Phillip?
Tbe case had been remanded by
the Supreme Court of Appeal? of
Weat Virginia for a new trial, with
thi? re.ult. I.mi ?hot after the of
ficer had started to search him for
liquor
testified Phillips struck him
on the head and causad him tem
porarily to lose his senses. Phillips
ciime from Wayneaboro, Pa.', where
hi? body wa? interred.
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News of Staunton
Manataoti. Va.. Feb. I.?During
th? ??tir. dar yeaterday not a ma
gi? n?w caee of lafluensa waa re
ported to the city tealth officer
Equally gratifying report? bob??
from Augnata County, where Dr. H
M. Wallace, coupty health officer
found it poMible to reopen t"h?
school at Valley mils. A total of
220 caaea have been reportad for the ?
county.
The Stunton Military Academy
haa again been designated ae an
honor school by th? War D??partment.
which on Friday announced candi
date, for the W.? Point] Military
Academy examination? to b. held ia
March.
Action brought here in City Court
to dissolve an Injonction recently
?ecured by the Bath Hardwood
Lumber Company waa loat yaater
day The Injunction wa? granted
Ith? lumber compaay In connection
'with the proposed ?al? of about 4t.
000 acre? of timber laad. involving
about ?iS.vOO *-" -
After several year?' service aa
? achool norae for Augusta Coanty.
Mlaa Clarine Benton has tendered
! her resignation effective March i.
"The Balwearte Mystery." a ?tory
by Armlstead C. Gordon. Staunton
?writer. Is now running In the
Country Gentleman Mr. Gordon
'la also a contributor to Scribner'a
Magasine and bas written a n?- Wef
of hook?, sevaral of the?n 1
laboratron with Tina??? *?.!??*
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FrerJericksburg. Va.
rrederlakeburg. Va, Keb. U
Mr and Mrs. R C. Payne, of Mar
?hall. Fauquler Cawiaty. celebr?te*
the fiftieth anniversary of thein
marriage at their home ye?jter4aJ/
The enga?ement I? announced ?
Mi?? Klorence Edward?, ??ugfcaai
of rapt, and Mrs. Ella? Ed ward?
of Kleeton, Northumberland a earn
ty. to Dadley Va'. Pennlngton, ??
Chicago. Tbe m?rn?ge will tak<
place la the early ?pring.
The engagement 1? announced ol
Ml?? Pay Ls?vy. daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Bmll TLevy. formerly ?
Orange, now of V. ??hingt.?? ta
Arthur Neunten, aleo of Waablac
ton.
Now? ha? boon received here v'
[the death in New York yeaterSa)
of Plnurneav Morton, brother-in
law of Charle? M. Ha?sell. o
Frede rick ?burg Pneumonia fail
lowing Influenaa wa? th? cause o*
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York to be with bla wife who w??
; taken ill with Influenaa while vieil?
ing there. Mra Morton !? recover?
? Ing. The remain? were taken t?
? the former horn? In North Carolin?
. for Interment.
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