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cni?xai&& u THE WASHINGTON TIMES; SATURDAY; APRIL T, 1917. ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND ABOUT TOM Happenings of the Day in Va rious Warts of the Na tion's Capital. A breeze had been whipping: the. flags flying from their Man's through out the city all morning-. Standing- straight out from their staff, straining at their fastenings, they presented a beautiful sight. Oc casionally dipping their proud folds In a seeming endeavor to take flight over the stops of the tall buildings, they seemed about to leap from the staffs. Thej, at exactly 1:12 o'clock yes terday afternoon, the breeze suddenly ceased. The pride and apparent life that had made them proud. Impatient, champing, living things, deserted the flags. Still beautiful, but not the handsome.'quiverlng sheets of color, they hung listless against their staffs. For one minute they drooped. At exactly 1:13 o'clock the breeze quick ened with a sudden gust. The thousands of flags leaped to an outstanding position. Proudly, de fiantly, they flung again their folds taut In the breeze. For several hours before and as soclation. Miss Smith Is well known in labor circles, being connected with the Federal Employes' Union. Miss Smith's office will be in the headquar ters of the national association, KZt Rhode Island avenue. Hebrews To liaise Flac. Flag raising ceremonies will bo ob served by the Washington Hebrews at the Eighth street temple tomor row, by elaborate exercises. The large flag pole was placed yesterday aftornoon in preparation for the flag raising. Among those who will take part In the ceremonies are. Simon Wolf, the Rev. Dr. Louis Stern, the Rev. Dr. Abram Simon, and A. M. Flshel, pres ident of the congregation. CLOUDS MAY DRIVE OFEEASTERFINERY Get Out Your New Hat and Spring Suit But Keep the Umbrella Handy. Sons Share Wlneberser Eatate. Clifford C. Wlneberger and Edward C. Wlneberger are chief heirs under the'will of their father, John A. Wlne berger, filed for probate In the office of the register of wills. Clifford Wlneberger and H. Prescott Gatley are narried executors. The carriage repair business at 3700 Georgia avenue northwest ana tne properly at 30S2 and 3700 Georgia avenue are left to Clifford Wlneberger. Property at 3646 to 3650 Georgia avenue and the household goods of the deceased are devised to Edward Wlneberger. St. Paul's Rock Creek Church is left $300. Women's Body Namea Officer. Officers for the ensuing year were elected by the Women's Christian As- AAAtnalk. 17in 11. tvAAHtlt thaih wnv4h- "J"'"?," hJld. f'?.a.a'it. at the annual meeting yesterday. es "".' miuoc. innmirtnla Trr-l. TnarVawI th fnrrv- with, never It was at 1:13 o'clock yesterday mat tne President signed the war resolution. To Meet at PInejr Branch. The Ptney Branch Citizens' Asso ciation will hold its regular mcnthly meeting Monday, at S o'clock, at the Iowa Avenue 1L E. Church. To Speak On Liberty. Percy H. Skinner will speak before the Washington Secular League at Pythian Temple tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock on "Individual Liberty and Social Control." Talk on Art and Society. "The Relations of Art to Society" Is the subject announced for a paper to be read by Mrs. Virginia C. John son at a meeting of the Society for Philosophical Inquiry, In the Public Library this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Offers Aid To President. George Washington) Post No. lt army and navy veterans, last night adopted a resolution indorsing the President's stand in the war and of fering its aid In any emergency which may arise. Maine Men To Sect The Maine State Association will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at the W. a T. U rooms. B22 Sixth street northwest Don C Seltz, business manager of the New Tork World, will speak on "The Return of the Native." Will Address 'Women. Judge Robert H. Terrell, of the Municipal Court and Major Charles R. Douglas, will speak before a meet ing of the Woman Wage Earners As sociation at the association headquar ters tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. MIA Sxold to Speak. Miss Henrietta Szold, head of the women's section of the Zlon Society In New York, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of the Yountr Women's Hebrew Association at its headquarters, 1330 Tenth street north west, Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. seventh anniversary of the organization. The following officers were chosen : Mrs. David J. Brewer, honorary president; Mrs. Walter L. Cllft, president; Mrs. Benjamin R. Catlln, Mrs. Frank T. Thurston. Mrs. Nathaniel Freeman. Mrs. James Robblna, Mrs. James E. Gil-' bert. vice presidents: Mrs. Robert Ly- ons, recording secretary; Mrs. William W. Scott, corresponding secretary: Mrs. Jacob L. Unber, treasurer, and Mrs. Walter S. Perry, registrar. Review the Easter finery, the flimsy diaphanous apparel, the new military suit, and the pretty, but odd hat. Place It In a conspicuous post-' tlon, all to be donned for church to morrow. And then hunt up the old umbrella. This suggestion, coming unofficially from the Weather Bureau, may be taken as worthy of note. For It Is stated there that: Grounds. By shutting off all vehicular traffic from the Zoo Monday, the of ficials provide ample safety for the thousands they expect. Mora than the record crowd of 1,000 Is expected this year because the White House grounds are closed. At the Monument Grounds, as a par tial alleviation of the disappointment of not having the White House Grounds on which to disport, a sec tion of the Marine Band Is scheduled to play from 3:30 to 5 o'clock Monday. While the Monument Grounds have al ways been used by small numbers on the roost Important day In the kiddles' calender except Christmas It Is ex pected that thousands will now avail themselves of the long slope there. Fortunately or otherwise, the price of candy eggs Is about normal. BROOKLAND PEOPLE PLEDGE LOYALTY Citizens' Association Indorses and Offers to Help Organize Home Defense League. Stndents to Give Concert. The ninth public students' concert of the Washington College of Music will be held this afternoon at the Masonic Auditorium. The soloists will be Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, Miss Alma Thomas, Miss Leal Tench Rose, Miss Florence Reynolds, Miss Kathryne Bouck, Miss Doris DeGroot, and Henry Christian!. The concert will be opened by the college or chestra of sixty pieces, with the Haydn Symphony No. 2. There will be a silver offering taken for the benefit of the Washington Chapter of the Red Cross, by a num ber of girl scouts. Admiral N. E. Mason, chairman of the Washington Chapter of the Red Cross, will make a short address. The public has been Invited to attend. Merchants to Meet. The aeml-monthly meeting of the executive committee of the Retail Merchants' Association wilt be held Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The regular monthly meeting of the en tire association will follow on April 27th. Pennaylianlana to Sleet. Congressman Clyde Kelly will be the principal speaker tonight at a meeting of the Pennsylvania Society of the District in the Perpetual Build ing, 1101 E street northwest, Samuel R. Strattan will preside. A program has been prepared by the entertain ment committee, of which Mrs. Robert W. Lamberson Is chairman. To Discuss Mnd Turtles. The hibernation of the mud turtle wilt be the subject of discussion at 8 o'clock this evening at the meeting of the Biological Society of Washing ton at the Cosmos Club, La Fayette square and. II streets. Alexander Wetmore and Franc's Harper will speak. They will be followed by A. S. Hitchcock, who will talk on botan izing In the Hawaiian Islands. Printing to Be Discussed. Phases of the printing trade will be discussed at a meeting in the rooms of the Washington Board of Trade be fore members of the Typothetae of Washington Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. William II. Grow, salesman ager of "the Crocker-McElwaln Com pany, Holyoke, Mass., will speak of "Paper for the Specific Job:" Walter It Savory, manager of the New York sales department of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, on "Co-operation Mechanical, Individual, Psychologi cal;" Joseph A. Bordan, secretary of the United Typothetae and Franklin Clubs of America, on "Successful Business Building," and Arthur S. Allen, salesmanager for Philip Rux ton. Inc., on "Color and Its Relation to Printing." BIRD LIFE ILLUSTRATED. A beautiful series of pictures of bird life near Washington was shown by Norman McCllntock, ornithologist, yes terday afternoon and evening In the new Masonic Auditorium before the members of the National Geographic Society, dur ing his lecture on "Citizens of the Air: Home Life of Wild Birds." Many of the pictures showing bird life around Washington were taken at "Wild Acres." the country estate at Bethesda, Md., of Gilbert H. Grosvenor, director and editor of the National Geographic magazine. TO PICTURE BOLIVIA William A. Reld Will Show Official Motion Views of Country. Although the weather for tomoi- e BoIIvIan sovernment's official row will probably be clear in ,m.. motion pictures will be exhibited for there will be clouds. Just what th.J tho flrst t,me ,n hl country at the I ciouas will do has not been deter mined, but they will be there, waiting perhaps In ambush until Washing, ton's finest Is on parade and then unsemea weather and probably rain is predicted for Monday, as well as Tuesday. The price of eggs, the kind usually rolled after being treated to a dyeing process, are today Just 10 cents a dozen higher than at the correspond ing time last yar. Thirty cents a dozen wholesale was the quotation today. With eggs at this flguro. there Is small-possibility. In the opinion of local egg merchants, that a considerable number will be rolled. Reports from Berlin today state that each individual there will be al lowed two eggs on Easter Monday. Also, It Is stated, the maximum price permitted to be charged will be 7 cents apiece. Two BIsf Center. . Two centers will attract huge crowds to watch others roll eggs this year the Zoo and the Monument New National Theater Sunday, April 10, at 8:20 o'clock. William A. Reid, wno has traveled and studied exten slvely In South America, will show the plotures and speak on "Bolivia, the Heart of a Continent." The Association of Perpetual Adoration and Work for Poor Churches, which maintains a convent at 1419 V street northwest, is to bc the. beneficiary of the entertainment. Among the lady managers of the as sociation are Madame Jusserand, wife of the French ambassador, Madame Y. Calderon, of the Bolivian legation. ana Airs, uurrough O'Brien, wire ot the military attache of the British embassy. 'IRON CR083 FOR LA FOLLETTE "From William II" was the inscrip tion on the back of an iron cross, with a bull embossed In the center and four white feathers on each end. which was sent to Senator Martin of Virginia to be presented to Senator La Follette. It came In an anonymous letter from Philadelphia. Qnlekest Service To Baltimore Every Hour On the Hour, Baltimore & Ohio. 11.75 round trip, Saturdays and Sundays, $1.50. Advt. Resolutions pledging loyalty to the President were adopted by the Brook- land Citizens' Association In Masonic Hall last night. The secretary was dl rected ti send a copy of the resolu tions to President Wilson. The asso ciation approved the organization of a District Home Defense League and named a committee of three, consist ing of Col. C. V. Burnslde, W. S. Pol lock, and W. V. Lewis, to confer with the Commissioners and offer the ser vices of the association. Following discussion of the street car strike, the secretary was directed to write to the Public Utili ties Commission, complaining of the service given by the Washington Railway and Electric Company, which, It was declared, has resulted In many Inconveniences to residents of Brookland. Marvin M. McLean was re-elected president. Lee R. Wilson was elected vice president, and Don S. Pollock sec retary. A committee consisting of H. S. Saltzman, Lee R. Wilson and C. It Etz, was appointed to co-operate with the Brookland Rose society in arrange Ing for a rose show In Brookland in May. The Rev. F. L. Mumford was elected to membership. ADDRE88 BY PERCY H. 8KINNER "Individual Liberty and Social Con trol" will be the subbject of an ad dress by Percy H. Skinner before the Washington Secular League at Pythian Temple tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. An open-forum discus sion will follow. S3XM) To Laray, V-, and Return Baltimore and Ohio, from Union Sta tion, 8:15 a, m., Sunday, April 8th. Returning same day. Advt PHOTOPLAYS PHOTOPLAYS PHOTOPLAYS Q XRAND slJNDAY AND ALL WEEK A Sonl StuTing Spectacle-Drama of the Rebirth of the Spirit " of American Freedom That Comes at the Greatest Hour of the Nation s life I Sequel to the "Battle Cry of Peace" By Commodore J. Stnart Blackton and Cyrus Townsend Brady NOTE Commodore J.Stuart Blackton Will Address Audience in' Person l With All-Star Yitagraph Cast Augmented Symphony Orchestra Prologue Spirit of 76 The Blue and the Gray The Goddess of liberty Take SulTrajcr Pol. Miss Ethel M. Smith, suffrage or Kanlzer and for many years Identi fied in the Washington Center of the Drama League of America, has been named executive secretary of the Na tional American Woman Suffrage As- APPRAISEMENT IS UPHELD. In an opinion by Justice McCoy, of the District Supreme Court, filed to day, the offer of $14,277.25, made to Robert M. Richards by the District for property in the Eastern High School site territory, was declared to be bona flde and in compliance with the District statutes. Previous to the proceedings to condemn the land, bounded by Seventeenth and Nineteenth and East Capitol and B streeth northeast, Mr. Richards had been offered ( 17.000 for his property The condemnation Jury reduced the appraisement to f 14.277.23, and the courfs opinion upholds thla figure ASK FOR and GET Horlick's The Original Malted Milk Substitutes Cost YOU Sum Pries. PHOTOPLAYS PHOTOPLAYS Performanrea necclnt UlOO, ISiSO, 140, 300. 4l50, 5140, 7lO0, SCO, 940 LEADER ALL THE NAME IMPLIES REGARDING PHOTOPLAYS M TODAY All-Star Cast in Bosworth's Famous Film Sensation I "UVDAPDITtTC" V HYPOCRITES --"-- EEGIIKII8 TOMORROW AND EITIRE WEEK PAULINE FREDERICK tn Her Greatest Success fitOvLW99 Saph HE4nrllteBBBBBBBBBBBBM ssssWryasssWasT rii '"WiTl mtMamtfEi&ttffi'rwf 4ILHH BBBH-'JkBBEx?La(a SSfftSULBSSts i,&itfiSUSSM B(IBftSm'SKiKKfmBaw3BBr flBMMBflaKBBBBBBI SBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBEa.awiBMMBre iajpaaBBBBBflBBaBsBvaavBBBSMTnsJsSHBafsF sBBBBBBBBsBBBBBLBKSBBBxBlBamicit. 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Owing to Stupendous Staging, Admission, Mats., 5c Extra; Eves., 10c Extra PHOTOPLAYS PHOTOPLAYS CRANDALL'S J ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW 0 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY ROBERT WARWICK Supported Br JUNE ELVIDGEandGERDA HOLMES The Family Honor" kk ' WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY -Return Engagement By Popalar Demand IDLE WIVES The Picture That Made New York Gasp! Feateriug MARY McLAREN Lois Weber. Phillips Sma!Iey,& All-Star Cast Startmg Time of Shows for Tim Pfctee as Follows: 11:00, 12:30, 2:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 8KX), 9:30 Don't Miss this, the Most Talked Of Play Of the Season SATURDAY Henry B. WALTHALL In the Greatest Characterization of His Career "BURNING THE CANDLE" RANDALL' S A V O T s 14th and CelnaHa Readl ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW 3r00 to 11 KM) pan. SUNDAY MONDAY 6:30 to 11 KM) p.m.1 MARGUERITE CLARK in a Fascinating, Piquant Romantic Drama "The Fortunes of Fifi" TUESDAY MABEL TALIAFERRO in "The Barricade" and THE .DREWS m "The High Coat ot Urln" WEDNESDAY WILFRED LUCAS in "Jim Bmdso" THUBSDAY CARLYLE BLACKWELL in 'Uhe Social Leper" FRIDAY ROBERT HARRON in "The Bad Boy" Show CesteM 2:10 to 11. -M SATURDAY . Oreketta! Cosotrtt BLANCHE SWEET in "Those Without Sin" CI ANDALL' -A P O Ii Ii O 1 624 H St N. E. ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW SUNDAY, 3 to 11 P. M-MONDAY,46:30 toll P. M. CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in David Graham Phillips Great Story "The Price She Paid" TUESDAY ALICE BRADY Supported nr Alexia Koalolf, of the Imperial Rnaalan Ballet. hi "The Dancer's Peril" 'WEDNESDAY GEORGE BEBAN in "His Sweetheart" THURSDAY OLGA PETROVA in "The Secret of Eve" and THE DREWS in "High Coat of Urtns" FRIDAY DOROTHY BERNARD in "The Accomplice" SATURDAY LOU TELLEGEN in "The Black Wolf C RAND ALL' g AVE. GRAND 645 Fa. Ave. S. E.I ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW su, ALICE BRADY Supported by ALEXIS KOSLOFF of the I m perl ml Rnulmii Ballet la The Dancer's Peril 3 to 11 P.M. MONDAY Douglas Fairbanks in "The Matrimaniac" and EDDIE FOY in "A Favorite Fool" TUESDAY LENORE ULRICH in "The Road to Love" JInt. Sl30 WEDNESDAY Mot. 23C MABEL TALIAFERRO in "The Barricade" and BUSHMAN & BAYNE in "The Gre,at Secret" THURSDAY Clara Kimball Young I in "The Price She Paid KIUDAY FRANK KEENAN in "The Sin Ye Do" and ROSCOE ARBUCKLE. WEBER &-FIELDS and WM. COLLIER in "Fatty and the Broadway St arm" Mat. 2i30 SATURDAY Mat. 3i30 IKfclNfc t tJNWlfJK. and OWEN MORE in "Coney Island Princess" For Best Results The Sunday Times I 5v L