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tional Theater next week; is the fact j
that it is the first love story ever v.-rit- j
ten by this daring British playwright.
He has. himself, labeled it "A
Romance."
Mr. Shaw insisted upon selecting his
own cast, ami Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
who will have the role of Eliza Doolittle,
was given the American rights
to the play.
G. Bernard Shaw has never declared
himself definitely on the worldwide
question of love, but it is. intimated
that in "Pygmalion" he has established
the fact that he believes every woman
has a soul, and that it is more important
to encourage and nourish her
soul than it is to clothe her in diamonds
and silks a'fed satins, or to make!
her talk and look like a duchess. This
romance in five acts is declared as full |
of emotional fire and the problems of
heart interest as many plays by Henri
Bernstein.
"Behman Show."
The "Behman Show." with Lew
Kelly, will be next week's attraction
at the Gayety Theater. By the originality
of his fun methods Kelly has
established himself as one of the most
popular stars in burlesque. His creation
of the dope is a burlesque classic.
Clever principals, good music, bright
dialogue and effective ensembles are
features nromised bv Manager Singer.
Gene Irwin, the new prima donna, is a
recruit f rum vaudeville. Others include
Don Ha sea 11 in character leads
and Ameta Pynes. The scenic production
is said to be unusually elaborate,
with a pood sinking: chorus, in attractive
costumes. A male chorus of "college
boys" is an added attraction.
"The High Cost of Loving."
A. H. Woods is sending "The High
Cost of Loving" to the Belasco Theater
t^ext week, with the usual matinees.
Fields has always been regarded as a
musical comedian, but he is credited with
the biggest hit of his long career in the
role of the "Mustard King" in Frank
Mantlet's new comedy.
"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall."
The Poli Players will be seen next
week in an elaborate production of
"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall," a
costume comedy, the tirst which they
have offered in some time.
Tim play tells th< romantic story of
Dorothy Vernon and her Jove for Sir
John Manners, who poses as Sir Malcolm
Yer: cp. the man to whom Dorothy
has been betrothed since Infancy. At
the moment when the romance is about
to be consummated by marriage the
real Sir Malcolm arrives and Sir John
is enabled to escape only through the
connivance of Dorothy, who although
outraged at the deception which lias
been practiced on her, still loves Sir
'nhn. An interesting feature of the
play is The introduction of the character
of Mar\ yueen of Scots, whom
Dorothy ui?ls bj \< hanging costumes
with her. thus enabling her to escape
from the toils of conspirators who are
trying: to seize her and take her to
Lugfand. where 'Elizabeth seeks her
life.
'Dorothy V.-inon" will be elaborately
t-ced as to both scenic investiture and
in costumes*.
"Black Crepe and Diamonds."
V I-si.a Suratt, in an elaborated ver
> of her spectacular pantomimic pro- 1
.in t on, 'Black Crepe and Diamonds, '
or the Moth and the Flame," featuring
gowns and jewels, will be seen at the
B. F. Keith Theater next~week. Other
attractions, many of them in their pre- '
mieres here, will include Mabel Berra^
musical comedy favorite; Matthews,
Sbayne and company; Corradini's acting
zebras; Henry Lewis, the raconteur;
La sky's "Eloping." Roland and
Holtz, Radford and Winchester, the
pipe organ recitals, and the Pathe
weekly news pictorial.
OPUiLKiM
Mrs. Leslie Carter is now in vaude- ,
v.ile.
Nazimova is to have a poetic play
by Tagore, the Hindu poet.
Truly Shattuck is to be featured in
the revival of 'The Belle of New York."
Cyril Maude's tour in "Grumpy" will
take him to the Pacific coast, where
he is to stay during the exposition.
Percy Haswell is doing well with
her stock company in New Orleans
playing old-time favorites.
"The Children of Earth" may be
given to the public in book form. As
a drama it did not find encouragement.
'Life," at the Manhattan Opera
House, passed its 125th New York performance
Thursday evening.
Emelie Polini is to appear in "The
Hawk" with William Faversham in
place of Virginia Pearson.
When Nat Goodwin finishes his tour
in "Never Say Die." he will go back
to vaudeville in a sketch by Jack Lait.
The late O. Henry's publishers have
sold to Marc Klaw the producing rights
of the O. Henry stories for moving picture
purposes.
The "Potash and Perlmutter" engagement
has just ended a twenty-sixk
week stay in Chicago, with receipts of
r over 5400.000.
Porter Emerson Browne's new play,
"Kich Man, Poor Man," will be produced
m Philadelphia this week with a
strong cast of players.
\). McLean has made a great suc(<
i:? Boston as Brutus in the protion
of Julius Casar" with the
Ji^nr; Jewett Players.
New York is to have a musical stock j
t ij\npany, and such players as Henry E.
DANCING.
Miss chappelf.ar.
1312 Q St..
Phone North 6844.
kTiode island studio. "
I.-: j??or. refchi-r of all moth rn dan?o?i, as
- << by Morris E. EpTer*-. 'Hi*' < J rand On*'
College of N'-w York. Exhibitions r*?nd-r*d.
PU N. 1207. 1422 It I. a*.
. Dl'k T?f R \ T r UlUlM 4~l M?-- ta-fuv ? -r
. vwj.. by Prof. Acher; instruction. 8 to 9; . *? dan'-'.Djr.
?? to 11:30: class, Mon. and Frl..
at studki. 1127 10th n.w. Private less?ons any
hour, waltz, etc. Phone N. 6788. Estab. 19u?).
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' Every modern danca taufht correctly.
1712 G ST. N.W Phooe M. 6062.
THE CAPITAL CITY CLEF CLUB. LEWIS T.
Thomas, manager. i>46 Tea n.w. (N. 6889).?
Mutii- furnished for teat, banqaets. dances.
Located Jardln de banw. Banjo*. violins.drums.
NATL RIFLES ARMORY.
DANCE AUDITORIUM. ii NEAR 9?h N.W.
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Two band?-. Gents, adm.. 30c: ladies, adm.. free.
MRS. ROWLAND,
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Pb. N. 67.14. All dances correctly taught. Prfvate.
any hour Select ' last & danee. Tu?-?. evea.
MISS MABEL FAIRFAX
Standardized .Method Ciats.
Saturday night, 8;30 o'clock.
Mmc. Weaver, chaperon.
Phone \f. 3088. 1210 G st. n.w.
Alw evenings. 1360 Fairmont at. <>>1. 4285.
PROF. WYNDHAM. MME. BL'KSAY AND MISS
MILLER. Private leuaoas. ALL BALLROOM
DANCES- Leeaons. 50c. Claas Thursday eve.,
7:30. 816 12th n.w. Phone Main 5679.
FiU\ATE ONLY. MILLERS' toJCUrtJX.
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Belaaio Theater. Phone M. 5829-W.
""Phone LOBBY'S-You
M. IMS. at lttk.
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[Dixey, Pauline Hall, James T. Powers.
Francis Wilson and Lulu Glaser are
mentioned as possible members.
Edith Taliaferro is to appear in vaudeville
in a playlet by Tom Barry called
"A Breath of Old Virginia" and later
on will star under Joseph Brooks' direction
in a play entitled "Mother
Carey's Chickens."
Oliver Morosco. the Los Angeles producer
and theatrical magnate, may obtain
the Booth Theater in New York
and make that city his producing headquarters.
Mr. Morosco is the manager
who produced "Peg o' My Heart."
A third "On Trial" company is being
organized, in addition to the two appearing
respectively in New York and
Chicago. The new company starts out
of New York this week.
Emmanuel Reicher has engaged the
Garrick Theater. New York, for plays
to be produced by him under the general
pseudonym, "The Modern Stage."
The opening play will have its premiere
next Tuesday evening, Gerhart
Hauptmann's "Elga" being the drama
chosen. The leading roles will be played
by Herr Reicher's daughter Hedwig
and John Blair.
Charles Frohman went to Chicago
last week to arrange with William Gillette.
Blanche Bates. Marie Doro and
their supporting company for a further
extension of their season in "Diplomacy'*
and for a return engagement of
that piece with these players in New
York city.
In conjunction with the regular performance
at the Gayety Theater Wednesday
night Manager Peck has ar- 1
ranged to stage the first wrestling '
bout of the season^ ^Joe Turner, the c
middleweight champion, who recently
defeated Prof. Bob Mainford. will meet 1
John Kilonis, the Greek wrestler. The ]
management has offered a large purse, ,
the winner to take all. Finish match,
best two in three falls.
S. Z. Poli is negotiating for the stock '
rights to "Within the Law." !
"Tt Pays to Advertise" registed its
200th consecutive performance last
Wednesday night.
Julia Sanderson. Donald Brian and <
Joseph Cawthorn present a travesty 1
on the U'ilrl.n'^et nir>tiiri> rlnnmn
Next season Charles Frohman will
present Julia Sanderson in a comedy
without music, from the pen of Catherine
Cushing.
Marie Tempest inf about to make her
first appearance ij "Newly Married,"
direction of Joh- ?Cort. She will be
supported by William draham Browne
and her present company.
Ous Thomas, author of the clairvoyant
comedy drama "The Witching
Hour." has given up his moving picture
interests and is arranging to appear
on the lecture platform.
Through the office of Samuel French,
Agustin McHugh, who wrote "Officer
has executed a contract to
dramatize the race track stories called
"Blister Jones," by John Taintor
Foote. ^
Henry F. Smith of Poli's Theater has f
?et to music a ballad written by Chaises \
K. Collins, entitled "Some One to Have j
Mercy on You." The song will probably
be heard in the vaudeville houses
shortly. ^
George "Red" Martin, the well known \
soft-shoe dancer and holder of the Po- s
lice Gazette medal for that style of fc
dancing, will be seen at the Gayety this f
week with the "Girls of the Moulin s
Rouge" company. d
I
After a prize competition, Fred Stone f
of Montgomery and Stone has fourtd a t
name for his baby, now six weeks old. a
It is Fredaline Montgomery Stone, a
combination of the names of Fred
Stone, Allene Crater, his wife, and Dave
Montgomery, his partner. {
"Sinners," at William A. Brady's
Playhouse, New York city, is viewed
by all who can possibly be admitted
without violation of the fire laws. The
comedy drama contrasting city and
rural life will remain in New York "
throughout next summer
"The Trap" was seen for the first time
last Wednesday night at Atlantic
City. The play, produced by Arthur .
Hammersteln, is by Richard Harding
Davis and Jules Eckert Goodman. Hoibrook
Blinn and Martha Hedman had
the principal roles. The piece goes into
New York this week.
A famous actress of the old school
passed away last week in the person
of Mrs. John Wood, aged eighty-one, in
London. She was a descendant of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Vining, who were
well known players when William IV
sat on the English -throne. Mrs. Wood
began her career when eight years old
at the Brighton Treater.
It is not generally known that deep
in the recesses of Winthrop Ames' Little
Theater, New York city, there Is a
greenroom. As this feature of "backstage"
has long disappeared from most
theaters, owing to the premium put
upon space, it is a striking reflection
that it should be retained in the scheme
of a playhouse which is so extraordinarily
compact. |
"The Funniest Woman in the World,"
is the title bestowed upon Marie Dressier
by the London critic. Max Beerbohm.
Now Miss Dressier is headed
for the Belasco in her new comedy offering.
"A Mix-Up." written for her by
Parker A. Hord. Miss Dressier will be
seen as Gladys Lorraine, the prima
donna of the Boulevard Butterflies.
The Secretary of the Navy has been
requested to give a special invitation
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i XesMt, in " The Glory ??f Clementina,"
^ parts. Other pictures anil Orchestra. |
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( Today open 3 P-M.-cfiari.es rich*
ii MONO, in ""The Man Fr?>xn Hume." in 51 !
part*. And other Features. tomorrow?7 1
Huchie Mack and Billy Qairk. in o.T
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i TODAY -OPEN 3 P.M.?'The Hoosier School-7 I
master." featuring Max l'igman and UilitaT
R??l?ertlson. ?
COM I NO *Tillie"s Punctured Romance." fea
turlne Mari'- Dressier. Ciiarlie Chaplin and?
Mabel Norma ml: a Six-part Keystone Com *
edy . Feb. 2S and March 1. two days.
Leader, ?th Bet. E and F S?a. K.W. I
1 TODAY?OPEN 3 P.M. FRANCIS X. BFSH- *
MAN. in "The Accounting." Kssauay Fea-i
ture. in 3 parts. I
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roI>AY OPEN 3 P.M.-CHARLIE CHAPLIN. I
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Lyric. 14th and Irvfm* Sta. W.W. ;
TODAY OPEN 3 P.M.-DAVID HIGGINS, in?
"His I^st Dollar." In 5 acts. Orchestra. J
Odeoi. 14th and Chnreh Sta. N.W. J
(1 TOMORROW "THE PRICE HE PAID,"?
dramatized from the fatuous poem by Ella?
Wheeler Wilcox. |
SAPHO
cosnxrocs. 3 to ii p.m.
NEW AMERICAN THEATER
1st and Rhode Island Ave. N.W.
Edward S. Curtis' Indian Drama,
IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS.
ON THE AFTERNOONS OF
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 2tJ.
AT 4:30 O'FLtX'K. BELASCO THBATBlt.
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Tickets. Jl.'Xi, 75. 50 and 25 cents. Boxes,
i $1?MM>. $I5.0o. $20.no Apply at Belasco's, or
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performance during the Lyman H. 3
Howe sertes of motion pictures on the ?
C. S. Navyvof 1P1*., to which members <
of Congress, members of the dip- s
loniatic corns, government officials and 4
others are to: be special guests. '4
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Owing to the mistake in the hour
printed on the tickets for the New 1
York Symphony Orchestra concert J
Wednesday afternoon, it is announced. ^
extraordinary efort. are to be exerted
to guard against annoyance those v
who are in their seats promptly at s
4:30 p.m., when the concert begins at c
the Columbia Theater. v
vMiss Dorothy Megrew. a young mu- *
sician of Washington, is one of "The t
Girl From Ctah" company. which j,
comes to the National this week. Miss
Megrew joined the company in New '
York just before it left for Boston. h
and although playing her Jirst theatri- p
cal engagement, was given a small j,
part after only three performances in a
the chorus.
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Strand. c
A film version of Martha Morton's ^
play, "The Bachelor's Romance," fea- Ir
turing John Emerson, will be the h
photoplay feature at Moore's Strand P
Theater from today until Tuesday inclusive.
It is a refreshing romance, brim- o
ming over with quaint humor. A photo- t;
play of "Dn Barry," featuring Mrs. Leslie I1
Carter, will be shown Wednesday and 11
Thursday, and Friday and Saturday the I .
Rim farce comedy, "Tillie's Punctured
Romance," featuring Marie Dressier, ^
Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, ^
will be the main attraction. The j?
Strand orchestra will play accompani- _
ments. **
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Garden.
At Moore's Garden Theater from tolay
to Wednesday, inclusive, the feature
will be a film adaptation of William
C. De Mille's civil war play, "The *
Warrens of Virginia," featuring ti
Blanche Sweet, and House Peters in the i s
leading roles. While intensely dra-* c
natic, the story is filled with heart in- a
:erest and laughs are plentifully inter- ^
woven with tears and thrills. "Lena
Rivers," a photoplay of the story by
Vlary Jane Holmes, will be the at- c?
ration Thursday, and Cohan & Harris' i a
farcical comedy "Stop Thief." filmed j cj
,vith many of the original company in ci
heir roles, including Mary Ryan, s,
Harry Mestayer, Dan Movies an<f Wil- t<
iam Boyd, will be the principal attraciion
for the remainder of the week.
rhe Garden orchestra will play ac- j,
:ompaniments. s,
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Crandall's. *
Crandall's Theater announces for to- e:
lay's photoplay feature "A Fool There o
Vas," based upon Rudyard Kipling's
amous poem "The Vampire," with Edvard
Jose and Miss Thada Bara in the a
eading roles. Monday and Tuesday tl
he film features will be "Alias Jimmy 1;
ralentine," with Robert Warwick as 15
'Jimmy." Wednesday and Thursday, a
Villiain Fox will offer Miss Betty Nan- f<
en. the film tragedienne, in "The Cele- Si
rated Scandal" by Jose Eehegary, in ?
ive complete parts, and Friday and f,
aturday the sensational six-part photo D
Irama "The House of Bondage," with ti
.ottie Pickford, sister to Mary Pick- 5
ord, in the title role. Green's orchesra
and the pipe organ recitals are ,
dditional features at all performances. u
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More Definitions. w
Tom the Philadelphia Ledger. ^
"Dad, darling," remarked little Rollo, a.
'what does conservative really mean?" b
"Beloved son," replied Rollo. Senior,
it means hidebound." r<
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\ SPAEROWS IN
T N the recent bird census conducted
under the supervision and inspiraion
of the Department of Agriculture
rith the aid of bird lovers and enthuiasts
throughout the United States no
onsideration was paid to that bird
rhich in popular parlance is called
he English sparrow. It might sec 1
hat enough generations of this bird
ave come into bei g and have passed
way in the United States to have it
uoked upon as naturalized, but still
eople interested in birds continue to
>ok upon this species of the sparrow
s aliens. In the census enumeration
he numerous sparrows marked as naive
species vcre taken into account,
t may be that one reason for the cvient
slight to the English i par row was
eca.use of the difficulty of making a
E-nsus of him and her or them.
The estimate reached by the Departlent
of Agriculture was that our nave
field bird population is something
ver two billions, exclusive of spar
i? *? ra. ui .IU'MII I>IIC uiuuaanu iv 1
quare mile of land not planted to
rops. Tlie most numerous of these
irds were the robins, estimated as
veraging fifty pairs t?? the square
tile east of the Mississippi river. The
igliest average of field birds, seven
airs to the acre, was reported in the
uburban area of the District of Cojmbia.
and the lowest estimate was
ne pair for every three acres in Monana,
the forest birds being much less
umerous than the birds which dwell
a open lands.
The history of the English sparrow
i Washington goes back to i.V<2, In
hich year, under the supervision of
ol. O. E. Babcock, in charge of public
uildings and grounds, about one hunted
pairs of these birds were purchased
nd set free in the parks of Washing>n,
a. number of bird houses havii.g
een built and set up in trees for the
ccommodation of the new arrivals.
*
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The importation of these birds to the
'nited States began in the year before
lie civil war, and by 1866, according to
parrow historians, there were large
olonies in Central Park, New York,
nd in the parks of Brooklyn, Hartford,
'ew Haven, Boston and Philadelphia.
The sparrow had very active and J
apable press agents, who heralded him;
? it ?ira or promise. in nis eariy
ireer in this country he seems to have:
omported himself in the parks as a
clf-respecting bird might be expected'
> do, and to have kept off the streets.!
le aroused no word of protest, and up!
3 1872, the time of his introduction
ito Washington, his real character
ferns not to have been suspected, for
ol. Babcock wrote that "these birds
re very valuable in the public grounds
rom the fact of them subsisting almost
xclusively upon the larvae of all kinds
f insects, and as they are not migraory,
they live upon such larvae, and
hus prevent their maturity."
It seems to be properly vouched for
s a fact that the first of these, birds
hat were liberated in New York in
860 were imported not from England,
ut from Germany, but because of the
conomic value of these sparrows, their
miability among themselves and good
sllowship with other birds, there was
uch a strong demand for them to come
ver and save the American republic
rom insects that later they were im-j
orted from England, whither at some|
me more or less remote they had
een taken from Germany. j
When the first spkrrows were brought|
o Washington they were regarded:
rith much interest and treated with
uch solicitude that during the first
inter, and during several succeeding
inters, they were regularly fed in
afayette Square, Franklin Park and
le Capitol and Smithsonian grounds,
t the expense of the office of public
uildings and grounds.
The tastes and the habits of the sparjw
have greatly changed since he
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WASHINGTON I
came to "Washington. In the early 70s
there was a very feeble estimate of his
true character. But what can be done?
Suggest to a sparrow that he is a nuisance,
and he will flip a wing, switch
his tail, cock his head to one side and
chip-chip something like this: "Leave
Washington? Never! I was born here,
and I am going to stick to my home
town and my home people, cats or no
cats, ornithologists or no ornithologists.
T am as much American as a
bald-headed eagle, and there is no
eagle, no matter how fierce his glance
or horny his talons. that I would not
pick a scrap with if he but raise a
feather at me!"
Soiace Versus Stimulation.
From t*:? S|.rinjrfifi?l pul?!i? an.
For a considerable time we have seen
growing a contempt for the old-fashioned
idea that it was a function of
books, music and art to provide a
solace from the exacerbation of life.
The new fashion bred during a long
peace agitated only by reform movements
aas been to regard life itself
as an unwholesome sedative the dulling
effect of which the artists and
writers must do their best to overcome
by apnlvinsr a stimulant of one sort or
another. We have had cubist pictures
resembling the hallucinations that follow
a late debauch in green tea; futurist
compositions for piano or orchestra
that sound like a toothache set to
music, and literary and dramatic productions
frankly meant to agitate, to
irritate, to inflame
Now to any one who takes along
look at the history of tht world this
must seem a topsy-turvy condition of
affairs. Life has not usually been regarded
as a feather bed, so drowsy and
luxurious that for a counter-irritant
men needed all the discomforts which
disagreeable books, plays, music and
AMUSEMENTS.
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Beginning Washington's* Birthday Matinee
DAME-MAD \E\V YORK'S QIEEX
JOAN
SAWYER
Assisted by NIGEL BARRIE and George
Harcourt and Her Own
PERSIAN GARDEN ORCHESTRA
In the Dance Cycle, "The Fires of Life."
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The Star of "Bought MARIE NO!
and I'ntd for," (MRS. HENRI
Extra Added: Manuel Qui
"The Kubel lk of
ERNEST R. BALL
Composer of "Mother Maohrce" and Other
Popular Ballads. !
AuMtralian Wood Chopper** Wood* &
TODAY: Eva Tanguay a
March 1, Valeska Suratt; March 8, Mrs.
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pictures can be made to yield. Cicero,
a soft-flbered man in a hard age. who
ran many hazards and came to a violent
end, wrote of the consolations of
philosophy and of friendship. The horrors
of civil war gave a melancholy
beauty to the lines of the gentle Virgil.
I Much great art has been produced In
| times of storm and stress, but it has
been for consolation, not for stimulus.
Any Number of Shakespeares.
From tbe Pall Mall Gazette.
The Leicester bookseller who wants a
mere ?50 for "a newly discovered portrait
of Shakespeare" looms large in
the Knglish news of the moment. The
evidence of identity, and the picture's
history, however (for these things may
be known and reasonably proved), will
be awaited with interest.
Shakespeare was one of the most frequent
of Warwickshire names in the
{ sixteenth century. There were Shakes- .
i ..... o:.. t nointed
yeures, on gumc; ?out,
in no less than two dozen Warwickshire
towns and villages, and as
a Richard Shakespeare is mentioned
in connection with the picture, it may
j he remarked that three men of that
I name have been identified in the course
| of recent research, ail of whom were
the fathers of sons named William, all
of whom, in their turn, were cotemporaries
of the great poet.
The Value of Potatoes.
From the American Review of Reviews.
Potatoes furnish an important supplementary
supply of starchy food. Because
of their bulk they may not he
available for the armies in the field,
but there is no reason why the nonfighting
population should not in time
of war use them in increasing quantities
as substitutes for bread. Germany,
it will be observed, is in normal times
well supplied with potatoes. They are i
largely used, it is true, in the manufacture
of alcohol. This could easily
be suspended, in part, at least, in time
of war, if necessity demanded it, unI
AMUSEMENTS.
Mats., Wed.
Special Mat.
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duesday, 50c to $1.54).
remittance will receive prompt attention
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UNITED STATES.
rUR.ES. PRICES, 66c, 76c, and $1.66.
Season of the Soloist
A UU SAMAROFF
3 U MHUU The DistinKUi3hed
SKI, Conductor PIANIST
?T. ARTHUR SMITH, 1306 G ST.
Tfts 1
astest Show in Burlesque
ANK BURT
And the Girls off the
IULIN ROUGE
NTT DAINTY DANCING DOLLS
tling - - - Wed. Night
Turner vs. John Kilonis
try Store Friday Night
LADIES' MATINEE, lOc
' Concert,Vaud.vllle and Plcturas
he Behman Show With Lew Kelly
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Tomorrow and Ending Noit Sunda- Night,
i AMERICA'S HILARIOUS HOYDEN,
TRIXIE
FRIGANZA !
J Assisted by F. R. Carman and Jimmic Fox, in i
"BROMIDES"
Guaranteed. Under the Pure Fun Act, to
1 Cure the Grouch.
IDSTROM A Fair Waahingrtonian j| !
f E. DIXEY) in ot Arting."
[ The Xfw Sennation of
'*"5? the American Concert Stage.
'Old Seville." j
I Eva Condon, Jack Devercaux & Co.
In "The Same Old Thing," by Hoi Cooper
)Icgrue. ,
WoodN, l'athe 1'lctorial, Pipe Organ.
ind All Last Week's Hits
Laalte Garter; March 15, Orrille Harrold.
less. Indeed, necessity also demanded
increasing: quantities of alcohol as a
substitute for gasoline in the running
of her numerous internal combustion
engines, Austria and France are also
fairly well supplied. Since Germany and
Austria are the only countries which are
likely to have any difficulty in getting
supplies from outside, peculiar interest
attaches to their ability to support
themselves. So far as starchy foods
are concerned, it does not look as
though they would suffer, unless, indeed,
they should not be able to produce
as much in time of war as in
time of peace
The News Editor's Swear-Off.
From t.ie Philadelphia Iydger.
I will not allow the death of the oldest
survivor of the Mexican war to be
printed more than once.
I will not chronicle romances between
pretty trained nurses and their patients.
Ditto, poor persons who inherited
$3(7.*?5.642 from an unknown aunt in
England.
Also "fair defendants" will no longer
be referred to as "beautiful."
And I will slaughter the reporter who
writes that "prison gates yawn."
AMUSEMENTS.
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v -a ppmi.vtlm; on its stage, at al
most foreign o nattvc as
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to realize that the-*' r-ain-- -uhje.-ts we i.avn
moaning and in-aui y uudcr his magic deserlpt
MOTION PICTURE
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BEGINNING M<
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Repertoire?Mon., AIDA; Tuea.
CAVALLERIA-PAGLIACCT; Thar., U
Mat., MARTHA; Eve., IL TROVATC
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AMUSEMENTS.
Women's
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Peace Party
Entertainment
New Masonic Temple
Monday. Feb. Z2, 2 :SQ p.m.
TABLEAUX
By Mrs. Christian Hemmick
and
Miss Hazel Mackaye
Music under direction of
Mrs. A. M. Blair.
Tickets, 25c and $1.00.
The Kminrnt Scholar
PRIM K SARATII 4.IIOSH
of (ihoMhiiarn, India.
IA III lecture on Hciiica rnjii ion rind
Karnin from thr Kin?lu \ lew point.
I ndrr AuMplcen of the IhroNophlral
Federation.
Public Library Hall. 1Mb A \. V. Ave,
Wednesday. February 24. S P.M.
Public Invited. AdminMion free.
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il)S Presents ?SEATS NOW
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