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T" Tfr V w ft THE WASHINGTON TIMES.' WEDNESDAY,1 JANUABY 2ff: 1910. T' ' -or :J7GP&7$ Z TS7 9hiBn0hin0tDit fflm& PUBLISHED EVERY KVBNINO - (Including Sundays) 4y 'llio Washington Times Company, 'HE MUNBEY BUILDING. Penna. av. PRANK A. MUNSEY, President. R. H. TITHERINGTON, Secretary. G. H. POPE, Treasurer. On Tear (Including Sundays), IJ.C0. Mi Months. 11.75. Three Month. Me. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916 A SHAKESPEARE SUCCESSION With the announcement that E. tt. Sothcrn would leave the stage at the end of the current season, join fag in retirement Julia Marlowe, playgoers will receive with pleasure the news that Margaret Anglin and William Faversham have joined forces to take the place of the here tofore Shakespearean lenders of the American stage. ''Margaret Anglin has had a wide and varied opportunity since she was graduated from the Empire Dra matic School, where she was one of the four leading pupils engaged by Charles Frohman at the commence ment of 1894, and from that time to the present she has been climb ing in artistic favor. Faversham, before he became a star, had the opportunity of playing with E .H. Sothern, Mrs. Fiske, and other well-known and capable play ers. He has created any number of roles, so striking in themselves as to stand out distinctly in memory. Margaret Anglin and Faversham appear as the legitimate successors in Shakespeare of Sothern and Julia Marlowe. May their work be profit able to them and worth While for the public! USE THE YOUNQ MEN! In his address urging prepared ness for citizenship by inviting the young men to participate in the wprk of the citizens' associations, President P. T. Moran, of the Cham ber of Commerce, brought to the Mid-City citizens last night a doc trine that would help to prevent re currence of the ,misunder&anding and bickering which attend the dis cussion of all questions of civic bet terment. Preparedness by educating the young men in the fundamentals of good citizenship would make un necessary an extended campaign of education every time a question of vital concern to the community is to be decided. It would build up a body of citizens who would know their responsibilities and be willing and anxious to accept them. The question of what to do with the young man is more easily dis posed of in a republic than under any other form of government. Growing boys and callow youths have a keen idea of their own im portance; they are made into surly men and careless citizens by the at titude a community usually assumes, of treating this feeling as a joke. They are made into good citizens by treating it seriously and giving them opportunity to demonstrate their importance. Mr. Moran is doing a service by preaching this doctrine. If the young men of Washington can be gathered into the citizens' associa tions, placed on committees, and given place in the deliberations, the matter of building up the city can take care of itself. It is not a diffi cult thing to do. Every citizens' as sociation has a host of committees. Let the young men be- taken in. Let them do the work, prove their abil ity, and develop ideas. Preparedness, like charity, begins at home; and preparedness for the defense of the neighborhood against ignorance, and lack of enterprise is preparedness for defense of the na tion against a foreign physical foe in the very best sense of the word. NEWSPAPERS IN THE SCHOOL A few sensitive persons may be shocked at the 'news from Brooklyn, N. Y., that newspapers instead of the usual text books, are to be used in teaching foreign pupils the Eng lish language. I The principal of one of the schools 1 doing this explains that he not only believes the forceful and colloquial diction of the newspapers a good thing for those learning our tongue, , but he thinks foreigners will be in 1 terested in reading about current events as they study the new lan guage. Ho might have added that the aliens should read .the newspapers for the same reason that many school officials have ruled that na tivo pupils should read them; be cause these records of the day's happenings in national and civic affairs arouse that sort of interest in community and national life the school pupil needs to have stimu lated. In schools of many large cities,. including Washington, newspapers are read and a certain time each -week is devoted to the discussion df current topics. Here there are Qven courses in the high schools which carefully examine daily newspapers with a view of training those who .may wish to work upon them. In the case of the foreigners the Tewspappf brines thorn tho news from their former homers and fur- ni8hcs an interesting' connecting link between their nativo and adopt- f ed land. The newcomers may have a readier command of English for , their study of the daily papers; thoy surely will be better, more alert, and more intelligent citizens. THE STORY OP, STEEL IS THE STORY OF THE NATION Nothjng could better Illustrate the pinnacle of prosperity on which this country is now poised than the al most magic transformation which has come over the business of the United States Steel Corporation in less than a year. It was only last March that tho quarterly report of this, the greatest single manufacturing industry in tho country, perhaps in the whole wide world, showed such low net earnings, at $12,457,809, 'that no dividend at all was paid on the common stock, though it previously had been cut from an annual rate of 5 per cent to an annual rate of 2 per cent, when tho December quarter had given less than $11,000,000. Yesterday the dividends were re stored at tho annual rate of 5 per cent on the common shares. 'But it was nbt this dividend which electri fied the nation; it was the statement of profits for the threo months end ing witti December 31 last. This showed net earnings for that single quarter of $51,232,788! . In the autumn of 1914 and the spring of 1915 a pauper, with every body wondering whether even the future of the preferred were secure. I and at the coming 'of tho new year a pnnge, with earnings more than eight times tho amount required to pay a quarterly dividend on the com mon at the annual rate of 5 per cent! Earnings all but five times as big as in the year before, two and a half times as big as in the quarter before and not far from three times as big as the first quarter of 1914! And undoubtedly even this is not the whole story of Steel. What is to be borne in mind in considering this exhibit of vast earning power so soon after the impoverished returns which followed the outbreak of the war is that some of the business of the quarter which has earned more than $51,000,000 net was done under old contracts made at lower prices than obtain now for all the business that can be handled by plants work ing at full capacity. Every old order filled means greater profits on the new order succeeding it. And so it may well be that the earnings for the December quarter will be a thing of wonder only until there shall come the statement of the earnings of this current quarter to stagger the imagination. But the wonder of all the treasure gathered in this country while the Old World was at war will never fade within the memory of long gen erations; for it is not only Steel, putting profits divided into the pockets and profits undivided to the credit of rich men holding many shares each and poor men holding a few. The story of Steel is the storv of the nation, with the farm of the West and of the South, the mill and factory of the North and of the East, the lumber camp, the mine, the live stock range, and the dairy all minting money for the American people a work, while 20,000,000 of her fellow men -strain and struggle on tne Dauieiieras or Europe. WORLD EXPORTS INCREASE The swift rise of our imports in recent months, has been pointed out. There is little doubt that we are now going an import clip of some $2,000,000,000 a year. Even when there was no war we never looked forward to an import record by this country of two billions a year. . A table of international trade' sta tistics compiled by the National City Bank shows how the foreign busi ness of trading nations not under blockade was well on its way to re adjustment virtually within one year from the outbreak of the war. Tojudge what is ahead of us in the way of further increases of our imports even 'before the war shall end, and then to picture what can happen to us when all the produc tive forces of the Old World are again at work, it is worth while to examine these statistics. In the s,even months preceding the war the exports of the United King dom ranged between a minimum of $194,200,000 in June and $232,600,000 in January. In August they fell to $117,700,009, and in no month dur ing the rest of that year did they touch $"140,000,000. In January of 1915 they -were "nearly $100,000,000 below January of 1914; in February some $70,000,000 below February of 1914, and in March some $70,000,000 below the previous Mdrch. In April, however, the exports of the United Kingdom had risen to $156,700,000, running thereafter: May $163,0, 000; June, $161,500,000; July, $168, 900,000; August, $157,700,000; Sep tember, $157,200,000. From an average of some $110, 000,000 a month in the first half of 1914, the "exports of France sank to $47,700,000 in August, and then ran $'32,100,000 in September, $34,100.- 000 in October, and $29,100,000 id November, rrom March, iio, to the end of September, however, they averaged more than $GO,000,000 a month. Even Russia, dropping from somo $49,000,000 in January, February and March of 1914, to 87,300,000 Irf Sentember, $8,300,000 in October, $9,700,000 in November, $4,400,000 in December, had hfr expprts rising from $12,100,000 Uf Slay, 1915, to $14,100,000 in JuMfc t00,000 in July, $23,400,000 i August and $24, 000,000 in September. In tho latter part of 1915 Spain waB doing 25 per cent better, than she had been doingjn the half year preceding tho war. Japan was enormously ahead of her antebellum record. Her monthly average for the first half of 1914 was in the neighborhood of $25,000,000. She ran $27,500,000 in Juno, 1916, $li0, 000,000 in July, $32,500,000 in Au gust and $34,400,000 in September. Canada's exports a year after tho opening of the war had become vir tually double what they had been in the six months preceding tho war. Taking altogether tho United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, Spain, Egypt, South Africa, India, Japan, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the United States, their average exports for the six months preceding the war were roughly cut in half in August, 1914, falling from a monthly range between somo $800,000,000 and $883,000,000 to $442,400,000. By January, 1915, however, they had recovered to al most $700,000,000, and in June, July, August, an1 September of 1915 averaged more than $800,000,000, with a top figure in September of $926,400,000 more than $43,000,000 above the high water mark of the six months preceding the war. Taking all those countries togeth er, exports in September, 1915, were $345,000,000 more than in Septem ber, 1914. The total oxport gain of all those countries for September, 1915, with the United States ex cluded, was $201,000,000. The lesson of those figures is un mistakably that the nations at war, as well as the nations at peace, have been able to readjust their industrial systems and, under the law of neces sity, have found ways and means to get out products and to sell them abroad as a partial offset to huge foreign purchases for war purposes. And belligerents who, with 20, 000,000 of their male producers transferred from the fields of in dustry to the fields of battle, can gradually work toward a restora tion of their oxport trane will, when those producers are transferred back to the fields cf industry, swamp any market that has the money to pay for what they will sell. It is just as certain as anything on this earth can be that when the war is over an avalanche of the products of the world will come sweeping down upon this country where, for the time being, will be the richest markets on the globe. And it is no less certain that if we don't protect ourselves against tlint avalanche it will knock the bottom out of our markets. What's a game of Kelly pool be tween friends? They ain't no such animal. More preparedness buying mos quito netting now. It must make the German women blue not to have any white sales. Victor Murdock has a hard time getting out of London. It's a lot nearer home than Paris, Victor. This, Villa person must be a sponge for grief. Now it appears he has wives in three ports. Haven't heanLany loud cheers in response to that proposal to erect a monument to the inventor of the alarm clock. t ' Every time one of those notes goes or comes, a lot of persons feel just as if they had found tho dentist was not in his office when they called. Wonder if there's anything spe cial intended in that dispatch that "Henry James, who recently took the oath of allegiance to England, is not improving!" CONSIDERS APPEAL ON 8-HOUR LAW Chief Justice of Supreme Coirrt Has Under Advisement Cass of Mrs. Hotchkiss. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has under advisement the matter of permitting an appeal from the de cision of tho Court of Appeals In the case brought against Mrs. Susan II. Hotchkiss, who was found guilty of violating the eight-hour law In employ ing women for moe than eight hours in her dressmaking establishment at 1606 Nineteenth street northwest. The mat ter was presented to the Chief Justice yesterday by Attorneys Tracy L. Jef fords and Lemuel Fugitt. Mrs. Hotchkiss wan convicted In the Pnlicfl Court, and UDon aDDeallnc to the Court of Appeals, that tribunal con firmed the judgment of the lower court. In turn the Appellate Court refused the petitioner the privilege of taking the case to the United States Supreme Court. Itecourso was then, had to the Chief Justice, with the result that he now has the application under consideration. To Hold Oyster Supper. An oyster supper will be given at the Northmtnstor Presbyterian Church, Eleventh street and Rhode Island ave nue nprthweat. at 5 o'clock this after noon. The service will last until 8:30 o'clock. MAIL BAG (From The Times' Readers) Communication to the Mall liar nust o written on ons aid of the papr only: must not exceed 200 word,ln length, and muit ba altntd with nam and address of lender. The publication of letter In The Time Mall Bar does n?t.men ,he Indorsement by The Time of the opinion of the writer. The Mall Bag I an open forum, whern the cltl ten of Washington can nrgua moit questions. Wahts U. S. Citizens To Send Him stamps. To the Editor of THE TIMES: As a Belgian soldier prisoner of war. I am taking tho liberty to send you a nine request. I was collecting postage stamps in BtHlNtlm. nnrl ..... 1.... . llmilni. . " " 1V UUV. IUUi A.S.l,lffc T 1 1 "H? t0 "Pend her ,n lh Cttm"' - nuMiu iiua io mane a collection ojcain, onn 1 nl.niil.i 1 . . .. 1 -,; "iu uo real iv iiuuny il yuu "--" u Kiiiu as 10 puunail ilia jbui. i,i 1 ' Be'K'an prisoner of war, will --... ut nvgsuntl III UXCI1UUHU 1UI 0UIUQ nice postago stamps for collection sent rcKlstercd to F. Ilaudson. U do Llgnc. Camp II. Zelst. Holland. i BAUDSON. -ielst, Dec. 22, And Now He Wants (No Doubt In Vain) To Sail 1p In An Aero plane. To the Editor of THE TIMES: To hang on like ho dya up there must keep that blrdnmn Dusy for meiely watching him from earth makes my bean" mighty dizzy. And when no does that loop-the-loop, or trleH tiie 'hesitation" and makes tho "ctlvt" tt looks just like he's on his last vaca tion. I wonder how he keeps his nerve while Tar up there lie's swaying tor in that place, I tell you now, I'd do some rapid praying. But, still I'd HUo to have such wings that did not have the rail ing, of making somo unlucky dlvo vvnett ovtjr Ninth street sailing. We'd be mistaken for a "spook- by some belated shoppers and plainly tahe United States, to hyphenated "coppers" the kind that sometimes eek renown a pittance, too, of glory by tolling Judge P. down at court a wild and wondrous story, of how "This fellow scratched a match" while he tho peace was keeping (which doubtloxi In the truth you see, when Mr. Copper's sleep ing), also of how "That other guy stop ped too long on the croailnc" 'to wait until a car had passed, and did not heed his "bossing." I would enjoy a trip like that I would, "upon my soul" unless some "wise guy" started out a Blcrlot patrol. "PAT." Washington, Jan. 22. Suggests New Routes To Relieve Street Car Congestion. To tho Editor of THE TIMES. There Is much in the public press and in The Times about street car conges tion, but the whole trouble Is, and will be until temcdled by extension of new tracks, that there are too many cars on F and O streets at present. What I propose Is to take cars off of F and O streets ns follows: Let the LeDrolt Park cars bo on Fifth to K and out E to connect with 'existing tracks there at Ninth. This will take this line off of O street and at Four teenth relievo the congestion there. Maryland and District lino cars to cut across Fifth to F and go Ma City Hall to Union Station loop pnd hack to North Capitol by Postoffice. This will take another lino off C street and re lieve conditions at Fifteenth and G northwest. Tenleytown and every oth er Mt. Pleasant car to go up G to Fourteenth and turn by new curvo to existing tracks on Fourteenth and fi northwest. This will relieve F street a little. There will e no relief for Ninth street until there is a subway from Pennsylvania avenue to K street, and the sooner It Is built the better. Kut above all We want municipal ownership, as in Crosser bllL Then there will bo one company and one standard for cars, beds, etc. All good citizens should work for the passage of thin bill as free transfers will then be a reality. . JOS. E. GOODKET. Washington, January '13. "The Lexicographer" Returns To the Fray Armed With Much Au thority. To the Editor of THE TIMES: Sir There can be no question that the man who wrote, "Do as 1,500,000 other people are doing read tho Literary Digest," was right, and that your cor respondent, Mr. Francis Do Sales Ryan was wrong when ho penned tho dictum that the word "people" cannot be used correctly with a numeral adjective. What .Mr. ltyan sadly needs Is to heed tho advice of the advertising man: "Head the Digest" and broaden his horizon. Mr. Ryan cites Dr. Vlzetelly's "Desk Book of Errors In English" in support of his contention, but he has overlooked that writer's purpose as explained in the Introductory to his book. Here the, writer seta forth his purpose In plain words. On page xl he says: "The pur pose of these pages Is not to dictate a precise course to be followed, nor to lay down rules that will prevent any speaker or writer from exercising his privilege aa an individual of speaking or writing freely and independently tne thoughts that are uppermost in his mind." The paragraph quoted from the entry "people," on page 1B of the book, deals clearly with "individual persons, or a number of such" Individual persons, and not persons colleptlvely. In which sonse the word "people" la correctly used, aa the New Standard Dictionary clearly indicates in its definition 3 "Persons collectively: In this sense a collective noun tuking a verb in the plural." Quito aDart from the Dolnt of the discussion. Mr. Francis De Sales Ryan deems that "It Is a pity he (the Lexicograpner) de parted so lar irom his custom of con sulting "Funk & Wagnalls New Stan dard Dictionary as arbiter." But, has the LexIcoirraDher done so'.' To Mr. Ryan, "the surprising part or the 'Lexicographer's' stand, however, is that instead of quoting from the New Standard Dictionary, which, according to his standing announcement at tne head of the Digest column, he consults as arbiter In such matters, he quotes from the Bible! He was hard pressed, indeed!" One can almost hear Mr, Ryan ex claim this, out lie wrote It Instead. Possibly Mr. Ryan may not be familiar wun nis uiDie, or pernaps iiu no diw to consult, for It is hard to believe that If ho had he would have pronounced that foolish dictum of his. Readers or The Times will be pleased to learn that nowhere In his book does Dr. Vlzetoliy condemn as an error In English the use of tho word "people" after a numeral adlectlve. Knr hna the occupant of the EaBv Chair ever done so, and, for that matter had Mr. Francis De sales nyan consulted tho verj aroiter wmen ne citee. "wnatlnir his energy In trying to put his opinion. above the decision of the noif oianaaru ne wouiu. n umiu out, no doubt to his infinite satlsfac-1 tlon. that thR tfflw standard upholds every word that the Lexicographer has penned. On page 1831 (column 2) it says: "Tho use of people us signifying persons collectively has been severely criticised, but is old and ac cepted Enullsh, and may fitly be classed as idiomatic, and onen Deurr man per sons, b reason or Its collectivism. As Dean Alford suggests, it would make a strance transformation of the old hymn. 'AH People That .on Earth Do Dwell' to Ping 'All Persons That on Earth Do TAirell In view of the foregoing, th Lexi cographer tenders Mr. Francis De Sales Ryan the assurances ot his distin guished consideration, and hopes that he may enjoy all the comfort and sat isfaction out of his absurd ditum that halMaught nedants will acccd to htm. THE LEXICOGRAPHER. New tork, January 25. Attractions Coming to Capital Theaters C 3 NATIONAL. Cn tho oponlng night of Julian E-l-tinge's engagement at the National next week the famous Impersonator will show for the nrst time a completo 1 new wardrobe of ultra-fashlonablo COWns Just I'rnnlvitri fi-nm tho Hn. slcncis. Duplicates of these exclusive models will not bo seen In local vhopH for at least six months, nttd their exhibition at tho National holds much interent for women. Tho Julian Eltlngo play this season Is a lively musical comedy entitled "Cousin Lucy," said to bo the best vehicle tho popular War has ever ha,d. The cast included Dullus Wot ford, Mrs. Stuart Robson, Harriet Hurt, Mark Smith, Austin Webb, Mabel Acker, and others of equal importance. There is also a largo chorus. c 3 KEITH'S. Klslo Janl. at Keith's next weoK, bids fair to break all paid attendance rec ords, judging from the advanco rush for seaU, the sale, being in progress all this wock Iho famous mlmio positive ly will appear, urcordlng to tho an nouncement of her vaudeville execu tive. Jitfvnrd F. Albee. the 'ginnral managor of the Keith circuit operation and who secured her for her peruonal manager, Charles Dillingham for fifteen weeks. Mlsa JoniB will give 'Imnres slons of My Favorite fctar. ' and its whimsical orlgln-illty is Indicated by the fact that her stage favorite nro presented In roles and scenes aulte tho reverse of their ordinary accompllh ments. Tho suiroundlng Mil will Inclndo Ralph Dunbar's Maryland Sinners, Tony Huntlnp and Corlnne Francis in "Lovo Blowoms," Clnude and Fanny Usher, in "Fagan's Decision. ' Ray mond and Cavcrly, in iipw linguistic ca pers: Lohse and Sttrllnc. gymnast. Corcoran and Dingle In "A Vaudevilln Splash: Herbert douH, tho pl?o on,an recitals, and the Pathe news pictorial c 3 CASINO. Basins; Ms decision upon tho applause vote of tho audiences for the week. Manager l"null:nr has selected Hall Caino's great piny. "The Christian." as tho attraction for next week at the Ca sino Theater. It will be given ah elab orate production and Louis AncKer will bo seen in the rolu of John Storm, while Jano Ware, tho versatile leading woman, will bo cast aa Gloria Quayle. Tho story of thi nlav is familiar to theatergoers and to patrons h the movies, but so tene nnd Interesting aie its various 1 (unifications until Jpliu gathers Gloria In his arms as hlo prom ised wife, safe from tho snares and pit falls of tho pi cat city. It has alwrys hod a great hold upon the hcail In terest of tho theatrical public. Tho other roles of the ploy, will t lillcd by tho capable members of thi Hull Players. r 3 GARDEN. Francis X. Bushman and Bevcily Bayne, the queen of the silent drama. will hold tho screen at Moore's Gar den Theater Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. In their latest effort, a power ful drama entitled "Man and Ills soui." On Wcdnesdav and Thursday tho principal attraction will be ''Tho T-ure of Heart's Desire," rcaiunng tutnuna Brceso. Tho auxiliary fcaturo during this engagement will bo "The Smug glers of Santa Crane," with William Russell, Charlotte Burton and othcri. On Friday and Saturday Henry W Savage will present "Madame X." with tho original New York company, head ed by Dorothy Donnelly. Tho added attraction on these days will be Charles Van Loan's funniest story, "The Extra Man." with Art Ac cord and others. Special music by tho Garden symphony orchestra will add to tho effectiveness of tho film plays. a STRAND. Harold Lockwood in a v Ivid Western drama, "The Man In the Sombrero," in which he will be supported by May Allison and other popular Mutual stars, will head the feature program on Sun day. Monday. Tuesday, and Wednes day at Moore's Strand. The other at traction on tnese aays win oe rno Submarine Pirate," featuring Sid Chap lin. On Thursday, Friday, ana Satur day. Mary Boland. lato star of "My Lady's Dress," and leading woman for several seasons with John Drew, makes her screen debut In Thomas ince'a sen sational photoplay, "Tho Edge of the Abyss." In the cast are Wlllard Mock, JPTanit anus, Jiuucri uiurwim, unu ui.ii ers. The added attraction on these days will bo 'The Knotted Cord," featur ing Mlgnon Anderson. There will be special musical accompaniments by the Strand Symphony Orchestra. ( LECTURES. ) Punta Arenas, the southernmost city In the world, some 00 miles farther south than Cape Town, at the southern tip of the African continent,, will be in cluded In the Itinerary or the easy-chair travelers who accompany E. M. New man on the third stage of his South American Journeys at the Belasco The ater next Sunday evening and Monday afternoon. At the New National Theater next Tuesday afternoon Burton Holmes will pay the third and final visit of the sea son to tho Capital. He will have tor his subject California and tho San Diego Exposition. Those who havo made the two previous journeys wltn the lecturer have assurance of tne pleasure In store whPn the beauties or America's "Land or Sunshine" and tho marvels of the great exposition are colorfully and realistically reproduced. Those who have never bee" to the coast can see through the eyes of his cameras, while those who saw the ex position will again see It faithfully reproduced on the screen. Assault Charge Against F. P. Crovo Is Dismissed. The charge of assault with a danger ous weapon against Frank P. Crovo was dismissed today on motion of tho United States District At torney for lackof evidence to convict. Crovo was accussd of shooting Arthur Ashton, colored, on March ?f. 1914. Ills trial before a jury In Cilmlnal Couit, No. 1, resulted in a disagreement. One Year Ago Today in the War The Craonne battle, near Soissons, was the most desper.ate of the war to date, the Germans losing 1,000 n)en in a single attach. The Turks again invaded Egypt. The Russian advanced in East Prussia. c BELASCO. Two well-known Washington favor ites, Rockcllffo Fcllowcs and MIbs Emily Ann Wellman. will bo seen at the Be lasco Theater next week "in a new play. entitled "Tho Co-rcspondont." ' Tills play Is described as of vital human In terest, and has been written by two young women well known In metro politan literary circles. Alice Leal Pol lock and Rita Welman. The play depicts in a new way tho character of a young woman of the Middle West. who. after being almost Involved In an affair with a wealthy voung New York man. runs away, reaches the metropolis, and then begins to Hght her way alono under the handi cap of n perles of overwhelming epi sodes, which involve her, Innoccnly, In a fashionable divorce case. The characters are tvplcal of persons of todav. Tho title role will bo played by Emily Ann Wellman. and others In the cast Includo Morgan Coman. Mario f.',V?.mber":. Winifred Harris. Suzanno willa, Hallett Thompson. Joseph Glllow, Elmer Redmund. and others. c 3 POLL'S. Tho clevciest detective coined tiro duced in the last decade. "The Dum my," will bo offered by the Poll Play ers next week. This icrreshlng stage entertainment had Its first performance on any stage In Washington two years ago, and scored an Immediate success. It was then taken to New York, where It ran for an entire season at the Hud son Theater. Tho play tells a novel and engaging story of a young street urchin or Mew lork, who, after having read many detective stories, decides that ho wants to becomo a sleuth. How the boy out wits a band of kidnapers and how 110 rescues a child from their clutches con stitute the gist of a thrilling story, which is punctuated with many amus ing situations. tho Poll players with an elaborate tcinc mvcsuiure, ana promises to De one of the most entertaining orrenng.i given at the Avenue playhouse this season. ( LOEWS COLUMBIA. N Pauline Frederick will be seen on the screen of LoewB Columbia Theater dur ing the first three days of next week In an elaborate plcturlzatlon of "The Spider " In this production. Miss Fred erick Is seen In two distinct roles, one of Valerie St. Cyr, tho notorious Parisian beauty, and the other of Joan Marche. the daughter whom she had deserted when a baby. The last three days of the week Fan nie Ward will be seen as the star in "Tennessee's Partner," The herolno of the famous author's undying story is a little glr' of sixteen whose father was murdered while she was a child, and while on the way to California with his family In search of gold, and whose mother eloped with the assassin. c 3 GAYETY. rl lift Smllincr M.nnf liu ( 'Amnn ,1 nnm.. to tho Gayety next week. This Is Jacob & Jcrmon's latest offering. Harry K Morton and Joe Emerson aro at tho head of tho new production. Tho vaudeville portion of the program Is said to be or superior excellence, of fering Juno Mills, the cyclonic comedi enne, 55ella Russell, Ruth Wesley, Bi jou Comedy Four, and a dramatic sketch entitled "High Life in Jail." The general construction of the offer ing is on an elaborate scale. ( MUSICAL EVENTS. ) Thursday afternoon at 4:30 at tho New Jvatlonal Theater tho French flotilla benefit will bo. given. With Us impos ing list of artists, and sponsored bv leading society women of tho Capital and New York, the concert will bo 2H.? "? hKCCt social and musical events of tho season. Headed by the great Calve, the list of artists Includes Loral no Wyman. vnaBIiluin5iCi?Donent .f oI'1 French and English folk songs, who appears in foo tume. Calve's famous husband. Galileo Gasparrl. tenor, and the well-known harpist. Carlos Salzcdo. The orchestra will number thirty-five pieces. The ob ject of tho benefit Is to help the com- """" use lunas ror tno wounded at tu j Fr,incn front, to Bunotv ambulances and other hospital equipment for the men on tho firing line. Friday afternoon at tho New National Theater the seventh of the T. Arthur Smith ten concert series will bo given when the matchless lledcr singer. Julia Culp. will be heard as the soloist, her first appearance of the season In the Capital, Here, as elsewhere, the Dutch mezzo-soprano takes first place among tho interpreters of lieder music. Her repertoire includes English. Welsh, Scotch and German songs. As In the past. Coenrand V. Bos will be her ac companist. The program Is as follows. "Sel mlr gegrusst." "Das Flscherma dchen," "Wehmut." "Llebesbotschaft." "Auf dem wasser zu slngcn," Schubert "Auf Flugeln des gesanges," "Dor Mond," Mendelssohn. "Benedelt die serge Mutter." "Schon strekt' ich aus." "Mausfallen-spruchleln," Hugo Wolf; "Japanese Death Song," Earl Cranston Sharp. "Passing By," Ed Purcell (1689-1740): "The Cottage Maid," ar ranged by Beethoven: "Gelucklg vader land." "Het kwezelke." old Dutch folk songs; and "Dutch Serenade." s. de La nge. vette Gullbert. the French slnr, who has won distinction for her Indi vidual presentations of nativo soi.gs, will be heerd in concerts at the IiPliueo Theater oh tho afternoons of Febpn.iv 1 nnd 4 at 4 u Tn the first sectloif of htr progiam she sings the tioubmlour songs of eluht centuries ago, garbed In Bvzantine robes. It Is a DreHdcn china cuiirt lady that she sings hr second group, comprising fongs or the thirteenth nnd fourteenth centuilej?. These are fol lowed by soups popular during tho six teenth centurv, with the singer In peas, ant costume. Modern eongt. of realhm conclude the piosrani. with Mine. Oull bert appearing us an allegory of tho "eternal feminine." McAdoo Rewards Marine With Medal for Bravery Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo to day announced the award of a silver medal of honor to Private PatrlcK .1. Nestor, United States Marino Corps, who saved a navy coal passer fiom drowning In Puget Sound, Washington. September 8, 1915. T TIFF BOM PL! JAR TO PRESIDENT Democrats' Decision Is Onfc of Most Surprising Reversals of U. S. History. Decision of tho President and Demo cratic leaders to press for legislation for a tariff commission has excited no end of talk about tho Capitol, Tho expectation is that a tariff, com mission bill will be passed by Congress. As things look now, the President .may havo named such a commission and It will bo organized by tho tlmo tho pre election campaign Is under way. Less than two years ago a prediction that this administration would be found supporting a tariff commission bill and that such a bill would prevail In a Dem ocratic Congress, would havo been look ed on as foolish. In other words, this sudden decision of tho Democrats to support a tariff commission Is consid ered ono of tho most surprising rever sals of policy In tho annals of tho na tion. Ask For Commission. For years progressiva Republicans havp been urging legislation for a tariff commission. Such legislation has been checked by a combination of high tariff Republicans and Democrats. This was the case oven bo la to as In the last Congress. Tho chango has been due to several reasons. One la that Administration political chieftains, casting about for somo way to meet the Republican tariff attacks, havo conceived the notion if they provide for a tariff commission thcro will be little left of the tariff as an issuQ in this year's campaign. Must Change Bas. Another itason Is the Democrats foresee it may bo nccscary to chango their base on tariff when tho war i3 over and dumping begins. They icel that if they arc required to Impose du ties on tho sliength of a report from a commission they will be less under ac cusation of having abandoned free trado and tit iff. for revenue only. Still another reason is tho strong prcssuro from business men and it growing class cf people who feel the time has como to stop tieatintr the tariff as the plaything t the parties In creating a tar I ft commission, tho Democrats are not coJnp to admit they havo changed front They will la it to the war. In other worcX thc ' w ill hold out the idea that tho commission Is beln created to gather datr. wl .on will enable this country 1 1 meet the unpirallcled conditions cxpecttd to arise when' peace omes. IN CAPITAL TODAY Today. Concert, ballroom llaleltli Hotel, KubuutAln Club, 8 p. m. Meeting, Committee on Prevention of Tuber culosis and Medical Association of District, Georse Washington University, 8 p. m. Patrons 1 Feast, School of Sacred Sciences, Catholic University. Lecture, Pror. Perltz, "The Essential Teich Ine or the Srrmon on the Mount." Hall of tho College of History, American Univer sity. 3:40 p. m. Meotlng. Italian Branch Socialist Party, SU B street northwest, 8.11. Meeting, executive committee. Socialist party, 8.15 p. ro. Meeting, Board of Education. Franklin School. 3::o. Motion Pictures, "V. M. C. A.. !:1S p m. "Tho New Minister," ilnlet, llrothtrhood class. Grace Reformed Church. S p. in. Lecture, German Drama, Emma Goldman, Arcado Hall, 8 p. m. Masonic Harmony. No. 17, school cf Instruc tion; Columbia, No. 1. l'.oal Arch Masons. Eastern Star Naomi, No. 3, Brookland, No. 11. Odd Fellows Eastern, No. 7. nnd Tcderal Pltv. No. 20: Harmony. No. 9. Knights of Pythias Mt. Vernon. No. E; Hr molne. No, 12; Union, No. ::; Columbia, No. U. Pythian Sisters Friendship Temple, No, S Knights of Columbus Dramatic iierformanc. Carroll Council, anniversary celebration. Annual dinner, Dartmouth Association, Uni versity Club. 8 p. m. Luncheon, ladles of St. Andrews' Episcopal Church, for benefit ot the church. Old Masonto Temple, 11 a. m. to ; p. n. Meeting, Board of Trade, New Wlllard. 8 p. m. Lecture. "Ireland," Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby. New Oxford Hotel, 4:45 p. m. Meeting, Association of Collegiate Alumni. Home Club, 4:45 p. m Lecture. "The History of the District o' Cfv lumbla and Its Government." Jamep Hugh Keeley, Wilson Normal School, 8 p. m. Banquet. Mid City Citizens' Association, St James Hotel, 8 p. m. Concert, Fifth Cavalry Orchestra, Tort Mer, 8 p. m. Concert. United States Soldiers' Home I'nnd Orchestra, Stanley Hall, 6 45 p. m. Amusements. New National "It Pas to Advortlse," 2:15 and 8.15 p. in. Belasco "The Greatest Nation," 2:10 and t M p. m. Poll's "Tho Law of the Land." 2:15 and 8 15 p. m. Keith's Vaudeville, 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. Casino "East Lynne," :15 p. in. Gayety Burlesque, 2:10 and 8:10 p. m. Loew's Columbia Photopla) s, 10.30 a. m. to 11 p. m. Tomorrow. Lecture, "The Sources of the Teaching of the Sermon on the Mount." Prof. I. J. Perltz. UIoll of the College of History, American University, S 40 p. m. Meeting. Credit Men's Section of the Retail Merchants' Association. In headquarters, 8 p ni. Trench flotilla benefit, New NaUonal, 4-30 p. m. Mid-year commencement of District high rchools, McKlnley Manual Training School, R p m. Illustrated lecture on original boundary or milestones of the District. Fred E. Wood ward, lecture hall. Smithsonian Institute, 8 p. ni. Testimonial dinner to Samuel Gompers, by Central Labor Union. Elks' Hall. 8 u. m. Dinner, Washington Traffic Club, Italelch, 7-15 n. m. Dinner, to National Asoclatlon of Jteal Es tate Exchanges, bv Beat Estate Brokers' Aaftnelnftnn New WUInril. 7 n. Ill Reception and dance, students of Steward' Business College, Carroll Institute Hall. Entertainment and card partv. lieneflt of tho Catholic Home Bureau for Dependent Chil dren. Carroll Hall. 8 o m. ...,-., Meeting, art section. Twentieth Century Club, 1769 Columbia road northwest, 3 p. in Masonic New Jerusalem, No. 9: George t Whiting. No. 22: Temple-Nojes, No. XI; Naval. No. 4,Jloval Arch; La. Fayette, No. 5: Kalllpolls Grotto. Eastern Btar-WIUtam T. Hunt. No. 16 Odd Fellows Covenant. No. 13, and Salem, No. 22; Excelsior, No 17, and Columbia, Knlghta of Pythias Harmony, No. 21. Maccabees Georgetown Itelev, No. 10, dance, Knights of Columbus Benefit Pnrforminc Dramatic Club, Keane Council, Dance ot inter-CouncU Dancing Association. Socialist party V. P. S I meeting. Arrange Church Dance. Tho fourth of the nones of dances un der auspices of the young people of All KouW Church will be ulven at 1742 Church street northwest, on Friday evening. InToOMPRORI A A