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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
rpiIE President uses Pan-Americanism as
-a stepping stone to bring him "to the
particular matter that lies at tho very front
of my whole thought as I address you today.
I mean national defense."
Tho Pan-Americanism which ho defines
assumes a unity of purpose on tho part of
tho nations of this hemisphere, on a foot
ing of genuine equality, nnd a general ad
herence to those principles which havo come
to bo associated with republicanism as
practiced In tho new world. These Amer
ican nations must bo co-operating friends,
not hostllo rivals. Thcro Is a breath of
Idealism in this part of tho message, akin
to that which permeated tho President's
earlier announcements relative to Mexico,
yet thero Is in It also tho seed of a pro
gram which may bo of great value. The
difficulty with tho President has been and
Is his inability to distinguish between real
republican government and organized ter
rorism masquerading In republican garb.
Tho President has grasped firmly tho idea
that efficient preparation is as necessary In
military as in industrial matters. "War has
never been a mero matter of men and guns.
It is a thing of disciplined might."
As to tho method of preparation recom
mended. It is proposed to havo a regular
army of about 140,000 men and a. supple
mentary militia of 400,000, raised in Incre
ments of 133,000 a year. There is somo
merit in tho plan, but In a matter of so
vital Importance it is clear that full debate
and discussion must bo prerequisites to tho
adoption of any formal program. It may
well bo doubted, for lnstanco. If tho plan is
adequato In view of tho prodigality of mod
ern warfaro both in men and munitions.
Tho naval program, which would provide
for 27 battleships of tho first line, built or
building, by 1921, six battlo cruisers and a
strong necond line, forms tho basis for real
preparedness. It presupposes tho enlarge
ment of Annapolis in order that sufficient
.officers to tako care of the new fleets would
bo ready.
The President makes his merchant-marine-jjuchase
scheme a constituent part of his
preparedness program. He avers that tho
marine has been ruined by "inexcusable
neglect and indifference and hy a hopelessly
blind and provincial policy of so-called eco
nomic protection." Tho fact Is, of course,
that thero has been no economic protection
whatever, tho exact opposite being true.
The reform of tho Government of the Phil
ippines is again recommended. Reports from
tho Islands Indicate that reform Is urgently
needed, owing to tho demoralization which
has followed Governor Harrison's tenure of
office, but not tho kind of reform which tho
President proposes.
In order to avoid a probable deficit in June,
3fll7, of ,235,000,000 the President favors the
retention of the emergency war taxes and
also of the duty on sugar, which under the
present law would be discontinued May 1. He
Objects, very wisely, to mortgaging the Pan
ama Canal to secure funds, and proposes,
very unwisely, additional imposts on gasoline,
automobiles, Internal explosion engines, bank
checks, pig Iron and fabricated Iron and steel.
If the majority follows this recommenda
tion the return to power of the Republican
party is Imminent, for these proposed taxes
are actually levies against Industry and prog
ress, devised to make the manufacturing
States bear the moat of the burden. They
are sectional In the first place, which ought
to damn them, and they are utterly unjusti
fied, in the second place. It Is against all
precedent to multiply Internal taxes when the
tariff Is so low as at present. The Democratic
plan is not only to refuse even Incidental pro
tection to Industry, but actually to Imperil its
prosperity still further by extra taxes.
A most satisfying part of the message is
that in which Congress Is urged to "save the
honor and self-respect of the nation" by
nactlng laws to curb pseudo-Americans "who
have poured the poison of disloyalty into the
very arteries of our national life." It Is ln
detd time to uproot this sort of Americanism
and extirpate It. Congress should be quick
te follow this suggestion and clothe the courts
at once with full authority to deal with this
new- species of snake, which has dared raise
It head.
The message. In spite of many faults, p$ ex
emglmlf satisfactory In, that It takes, a stron;
tatt,d for, the principle of defense and pre
paredjww. Therein. U 1mii tli, XMim of
the great majority of Americans. Thcro may
bo differences as to tho mothod of prcpara
tlon, but tho opposition to preparation Itself
Is more vociferous than strong.
A new era of Internationalism, with Its ac
companying responsibilities, Is upon us. Wo
must meet It and tako advantage of It, not
being fearful of the great herltanco, but re
joicing In It and determining In all respects
to measure up to tho requirements as tho
champion of democratic principles, freedom
and Justice, and tho exponent of that sort of
Industrial efficiency which is content to win
Its victories In peace, far off from the thunder
of cannon and tho groans of butchered men.
MENACE OF l.KYAXISM
IN 1896 William J. 13ryan split the Democ
racy wldo open and under his guidance
It wandered In Sahara for sixteen long and
weary years. It reached an oasis only when
tho Xchrnsknn was relegnted to the rear
guard. Auguries of a new disruption at his
hands multiply. Ho has Junketed from town
to hamlet throughout the Union, preaching
a dream and finding mnny to believe In It.
Tlmo has exposed the other great fallacies
for which he fought and he himself has prac
tically repudiated them. Yet, despite his
genius for being wrong, there Is a magnet
ism about his solf-deluslnn thnt draws men
to his enmp, at tho llame docs tho moth.
Ho fur as tho activities- of this erratic
statesman may affect the Democratic pary,
It Is apparent that the greater his success
the more fortunato for the nation. Jt would
bo no great calamity to have the Democracy
thrust again Into the outer darkness and tho
Government returned Into the hands of prac
tical men, who dream their dreams Indeed,
but do not attempt to experiment with them
at tho national expense. Hut the menaco of
Hryanlsm becomes a real danger to tho
country when It threatens to wreck tho pro
gram of preparedness and leavo our shores
exposed to tho vandalism of nny enemy thnt
cares to preparo an expedition against us.
That other phase of Hryanlsm, which would
put a sheep's heart In tho lion's body, tho
nrynnlsm thnt lauds tolerance of Insult, the
non-protection of American citizens nnd
glorifies a Jelly-fish attitude toward any
braggart militarists that caro to murder our
people, blow up our factories or Invade our
sovereignty. Is not less dangerous.
It Is apparent that tho Republican party
must again save tho Union, Its prestige. Its
honor, Its place among tho nations. Bryan
Ism can kill any Democratic party measure
for defense. It can emasculate a prepared
ness program and make of It a mockery.
On the Republican minority, therefore, since
delay would be perilous, devolves the duty
of rushing Into the conflict nnd rallying to
tho causo of Americanism. Hryanlsm ns tho
smasher of tho Democratic party Is one
thing, but Hryanlsm ns a peril to the nation
Is another. Once before it was met ond van
quished by virile patriotism, and so now it
must havo the sting taken out of It. Its
loudness may ho endured provided It never
becomes effective.
BUSINESS AND WAR DEMAND IT
SECRETARY McADOO'S call for an ap
propriation of $2,4G5,000 for Improvements
to the Delaware River should bo mado an
Integral part of tho Administration's nntlonal
defense program and bo considered apart
from tho general bill for river and harbor
Improvements.
A thlrty-flvo-foot channel to the sea Is
needed for merchant shipping, just ns tho
Panama Canal Is needed to shorf.'i tho dis
tance by water between tho two coasts of
America for tho benefit of commerce. Hut
if tho commercial reasons alone had been
considered It Is doubtful If tho Panama
Canal would have been built so soon.
An attnek on the Atlantic coast would show
how weak wo are here, with no way of as
sembling tho battleships savo through tho
open sea. Hut with the Delaware deepened
and connected with Chesapeake Bay through
tho existing canal It would bo possible for
ships to pass from Philadelphia to Newport
News by an Inland route, safe from attnclc,
and If tho Delaware were connected with
New York harbor by a similar military cannl
warships could bo moved from one point to
another along the coast without tho slightest
danger.
"When the demands of commerco nnd mili
tary necessity will both be served by a great
public work thpre should bo no more delay.
"Whatever It docs with a rlvor and harbor
bill Congress Is expected to vote trio money
asked for tho Delaware River project.
BOY SCOUTS AND LOYALTY
THE schism In the leadership of thnt phe
nomenal organization, the Roy Scouts of
America, Is a deplorable thing. Without at
tempting to pass Judgment on the merits of
separato Issues between Ernest Thompson
Seton and the present heads of the Boy
Scouts, one's first response to tho news of a
break Is a feeling of waste.
Tho organization spread like one of those
forest fires which it Is the duty of tho mem
bers to prevent. There was something uni
versally appealing In the outline of duties
and privileges, in restored communion with
outdoor life, In service and uniforms and in
brotherhood with big men, and all this ap
peal was furthered and fostered In the best
of all possible spirits. Now, according to
Mr. Seton, the Boy Scouts havo been thrown
out of their normal course, and both broth
erhood and nature are being desiccated or
abandoned.
If this be true, then loyalty to the Ideal of
the Boy Scouts must prevail against loyalty
to the mere shell of the organization. If it
be not true, then Mr. Seton's attempt to
form a rival organization will not be much
appreciated by Americans. Possibly there
has been exaggeration on both sides, and In
that case the quicker the wound Is healed
the better. The Boy Scouts are far too val
uable to waste on the quarrels of their
leaders.
A gun Is not a proper argument for a man
to use in a discussion with his wife.
The Democrats are expert in applying the
get-thin-qulck treatment to the Treasury
surplus.
The point of General Goethals' report
seems to be that the banks of the canal will
continue to slide into the water till they get
through.
"Whether Governor Whitman Is willing to
run for the Presidency Is not so Important
as whether the Republican party Is willing
to let him.
The Pennsylvania censors may he able to
suppress the exhibition of the antics of the
stars, but it Is beyond the power of the Brit
ish censors to Interfere with the activities
1 of the comet,
Tom Daly's Column
A Little Kerry Song
There's grand big girls that walks tho earth,
And somo that's gono to glory
Thnt have been praised beyond their worth
To llvo In song and story.
Oh I one may have tho classic face
Thnt poets love to honor
And still another wear tho graco
Of Venus' self upon her;
Some tall and stately queens may be
And some bo big and merry
Ochl take them all, but leave for mo
Ono little girl from Kerry!
Sure, Kerry Is a little place,
And everything's In keeping
Tho biggest heroes of tho place -
In little graves are sleeping;
And little cows give little crame
lor little fairies take It
And little girls think little shnme
To steal a heart and break It.
Och, hero's a little Kerry lad
That would be, oh! so merry
If but your little heart he had,
Oh! little girl from Kerry!
WE HOPE no wild-eyed Celt will nrlso
with shlllelnh In hand to crack us over
the sconce for singing our little song ns
above, but you never can tell. The chief
charm of nn Irishman Is your Inability to
guess what he's going to do next. You will
remember our reprinting several weeks ago
three stanzas from tho Rev. .1. B. Dollnrd's
"Song of tho LIttto Villages." Well, here
comes Connl McCnnnn to say:
"As far us t can see. there nrc few of the
names spelt correctly, nnd they all nre evidently
taken from Joyce's 'Nnmes of Irish Places.'
Patrick Weston Joyce was not a Gaelic scholar,
nnd what lie did In trying to translate names
of plnees enme through people knowing pomc
thlng of the language. He was of Welsh ex
traction, his forcbcari coming from Wales,
settling In fJalwny and since their territory has
been known In Saxon ns 'Joyre Country. Oncllc
Is dangerous language for any one undertaking
to translate who has no knowledge of It. Yet
this Is done, nnil by none more than tho
Irish themselves, who sprak of Its great beauty,
white the majority of liem apparently know
very little of It, nnd this Is well Illustrated
In the case of Mr. Dollntd and others who put
their owln (sic) meaning on It. I could go Into
this further, but It Is not my wish to trespass
further upon your valuable space."
Now stand back, men, and glvo them room!
The reverend poet In Toronto Is a champion
hurler!
Impressionistic
Dear Tom:
I don't know Burton
Donncl Hughes. That's
the reason I am send
ing you my Impression
of him. I may he In
accurate In my draw
ing, but not In my Im
pression. J. J.
fcX
::?3i
WE nro Just ns Impatient as you, gentle
render, to dip Into Professor Thomas E.
Hill's varied treasures, but wc must first let
him speak his foreword. We regret that we
cannot glvo it In toto, but these extracts
will servo:
Hill's Manual
of
Social and Business Forms
riti:r.CK
To enable tho Individual to write with case
and to do tho right thing In the right place In
many of the Importnnt positions In life, Is the
object of this book. Tho result sought to
be accomplished Is to combine both a
knowledge of penmanship nnd Its application In
the written forms which nre In most general
use. Added to these are the chapters on eol.
lection of debts, parliamentary rules, ctlquutto
nnd other departments of action helpful
In the gathering of news for the press. In use
of capital letters, selection of visiting cards,
notes of invitation, etc. Hy the lady, much will
bo found In a Manual of this kind that will
particularly serve her In writing her nodal
forms and give her that dellcato and
beautiful penmanship which pleases the eyes as
does fine music the car. Tho mistress of
the household will find hero the form of testi
monial BUitnblo to bo given tho servnnt upon
his or her departure to seek n situation else
where. Tho mother will find tho written ex
cuse to the teacher for tho non-attendnnce of
her child at school; tho servant the form of
letter when applying for a uituation; and the
bashful, blutfhlng maiden, tho cautious, carefully
worded letter that will nld her In giving ex
pression to the hitherto closely guarded secrets
of the heart. Tho sign painter has dally use for
n reference book of this kind, nrranged and
adapted, as it Is, to tho comprehension nnd
wants of the knights of the pencil and brush.
The artist in lettering on marble finds
In this work a chapter presenting tombstone
Inscriptions and epltnphs, giving the modern
nnd best forms of wording by which to per
petuate the memory of the departed. The grand
nnd costly monument, designed to stand for a
thousand years, to be gazed upon by multitudes
and the record that it bears to be read by
millions! How Important that In this con.
splcuous place, in such enduring form, tho In
scription, in grammar, capitalization and
punctuation should bo given absolutely correct.
This chapter will also assist the mourner who
Is desirous of selecting an appropriate inscrip
tion to mark the last resting place of the de
parted. The Individual who would ap
pear at ease In general society, be Belf-possessed
and free from embarrassment, will appreciate
the chapter on etiquette. More especially will
this be valued because of Its beautiful and in
structive Illustrations. jn short, the
varied character of this work appeals alike to
the wants of the old and young of all classes.
Realizing this, the book Is launched on the sea
of literature with the confident belief that It
Is demanded and that it will accomplish its
mlBion of usefulness.
These extracts from Mr. Hill's preface should
be sufficient for one instalment, but we cannot
refrain from reprinting from page 90 this form
of a letter to be used by landlords. Ah! how
pleasant a world It would be If all landlords
and real estate agents would try to be Webster
Greens!
UltGING PAYMENT OK KENT
Columbus, O., March 11, 18 ,
Mr. D. P. Hoyt.
Dear Sir:
I have waited patiently for your
convenience In the payment of rent for tho
house you are at present occupying. An. bow
ever, you have now been my tenant for four
months, without meeting any or the payments,
which were to be made monthly, J feel obllaed
to remind you of the fact that there aro now
1 80 due to me.
Trusting that you will give the subject your
Immediate attention, I am.
Yours Truly,
Webater Green.
Take Warning, Boys
From the Plkevllle (Ky.) Young Mountaineer.
A popular telephone exchange operator met
with a very unusual accident at Clyffeside Park
Sunday, The young ladyfriend with whom she
formerly worked In the Huntington exchange,
ran to meet her and in faminlne fashion the twq
friends who were almost overjoyed each other
kissed. In their Joy their lips met with con.
slderable force and the Ironton lady suffered
the loss of o tooth which was nocked loose dur
ing the "Smack."
"POPS CUT IN HALF
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRICES."
This sign In a pet-shop window would
seem to Indicate real growth in humane feel
ing. It's so much nicer to do that than to
send the poor little things out to die .of dis
temper. Perhaps this Christmas spirit will
extend even to Easter and little chicks will
then be pre-smothered before delivery to the
J children.
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"DIG DEEP,
THE CENSOR OF
THE DREAMING MIND
Ghosts That Come in the Night and
What Science Thinks' About Them.
You Had Better Make
Friends With Them
By B. K. LITTLE
SCIENCE believes In ghosts now. One of
those days sclonco will go humbly and
mark tho spot where Jonah parted company
with the whale. It subscribes already to
Joseph's dream. For a long tlmo science
laughed at ghosts and dreams. Now it writes
long and solemn books about them. Fruud,
1.A mnn, Mitlilnnn I nn H A nl n t, t ,l,n, MnV Wrnl n
l.c- ,i.u3L u..w .-U..VV.,..-... v .
science, believes In dreams. lies written a
work nbout dreams said to bo ns monu
mental ns the book by Darwin that set Adam
two million years back Into history.
Sclonco says thnt ghosts exist Inside our
selves. They nre old Ideas, forgotten by the
thinking mind, but hiding away in the brain
nevertheless, and walking In our dreams.
Somo wit onco said that tho only tlmo a
husband was really suro of tho attention of
his wife was when ho talked In his sleep.
Now science, when you go to It for a hend
ache, cure, asks, first thing, nbout your
drenms.
There's no Joko about It. Do you know
that your dreams of Inst night may havo
been manufactured out of an experlenco of
your early childhood, that you fancied you
had long ngo forgotten only you hadn't?
Nothing is forgotten. Everything that hap
pens to you Is stored nway in tho cellar of
your mind. Tho mind scientists call It the
subconscious. In reality It's the subcellar.
What's more, every dream is tho expression
of a wish. It may bo a beautiful wish. It
may be somo wish that you're sorry you
ever encouraged a wish that you nro
ashamed to acknowledge to yourself in your
waking hours.
When Your Neighbor's House Burns
One night you drenm thnt your neighbor's
house Is afire, and you magnanimously rush
In nnd savo him nnd his family from death.
An absurd dream, you sny! What meaning
can that havo, especially to a scientist? Yet
it's to tho scientist nlono that such a farrago
means anything at all.
That dream means this. Your neighbor's
hens havo probably been pursuing a research
for grubs nnd seeds In your gnrden. You
have probably had a discussion over this
matter with your neighbor, without much
satisfaction to yourself, Tho consequence Is
that, though you'd rather not ndmlt It, you
cordially dlsliko your neighbor. Not thnt
you wish his death by starvation, or measles
among his children, or anything llko that.
You don't consciously nnd oponly wish him
that. Secretly you do. So at night, when
your guardian wakeful mind Is off tho Job,
that subcellar of yours liberates that guilty
thought. It steals up Into your weary think
ing mind. And tho consequence Is n dream.
Hut even so, thero Is a part of your think
ing mind thnt never sleeps. Tho scientist
call It the "censor." Your censor takes that
secret wish of yours to murder your neigh
bor and tactfully translates It Into a vision
of his beautiful house burning down. And
then because you secretly admire yourself,
that secret thought also sneaks up and gets
translated into a beautiful heroic effort to
save your neighbor, In spite of his hens.
It sounds absurd, but It's deadly true. If
you have been worrying over business to
such an extent that you can no longer sleep,
or when you sleep you have dreadful night
mares, the scientist will take you In hand
and ask you, first of all, what your dreams
are like. Probably you have some "hug."
You think you are going to get killed by an
electric car or a motortruck. You grow
positively "dippy" with this nagging Idea.
Or you get the old-fashioned nervous pros
tration that they call by a fancy new name
In these days. You go down hill like a sled.
You wonder what nils you and you visit one
of these psychotherapists to find out.
The first thing he does is to puzzle and
annoy you by asking you to recount to him
a few of your latest and fanciest dreams. He
may or he may not tell you why he does
this. But the real reason Is that your dreams
are a wide-open door into the Innermost
secrets of your being. The scientist will
read your dreams, piece them together, and
spot unerringly the nagging idea or the
secret wish that has been eating the life
ou,t of you. It may be some wish that you
have had since childhood. You thought you
had forgotten It, but there It was all the
time, eating away at your vitals. The only
time It could score on you was In the night
when you most of all wished to be let alone!
Then It had you at Its mercy.
Don't Be Afraid
So the meaning hascome back to the
dream. When a maiden dreams of a lover on
Halloween, it Is not an Idle fancy. There
may be about It something deeply touching.
And tragically true. Perhaps, as a school
girl, she took a fancy to a boy who grew
up and married some one else. The maiden
has persuaded herself that she has long ago
forgotten Jthls deadly Insult to her worth
an4 charm. Not sc That early love may
Y' OLD RASCAL, YOU CAN AFFORD IT!"
wHli.
come back at any time, In tho night, nnd
plnguo her with Its yearning. That Is her
ghost. It Is Just ns real as tho girl her
self. What does science sny of tho dream of
Joseph in tho Rllile? Perhaps It does not
subscribe to tho prophetic qunllty of tho
dremn. Joseph simply had a grouch on tho
Phnrnoh who hnd him In tow, and ho
dreamed elaborately the Inner wish that was
In him to see thnt Phnrnoh "got his." Which
ho did. Joseph fulfilled his contract with
his dream. And something wont wrong with
tho liver of Phnrnoh.
Honest confession Is good for every soul.
Why don't you analyze your own dreams?
You'll discover somo wish In yourself that
you'd rather not have, and you'll bravely
wood It out. And don't be afraid to dream.
Do you know that If you didn't dream you'd
never be nble to sleep nt nil? That sub-
rnlln,' In V11. rl,l ,tn,ll,l Ipnn,. ,, n.i.nl.n
I ' IIVU
wm, outpourings of wild nnd many times
ugly contents. The moment you dronned
off In slumber up they'd come. And If they
camo up In their truo guise you'd never bo
able to tolerate them. So a wlso nature has
equipped you with a censor ever on guard.
Whtlo you sleep that censor watches tho
portnl to your mind. It takes thoso stealthy
wishes nnd Ideas that creep up from below
and drosses them in a garb that is faint
nnd soft nnd tolerable. You dream. In short.
And because these Invading ideas nro
wrapped up In the cotton batting of a dream,
a harmless drenm, you arc able to sleep. It's
only when your dreams got to be painful
for long periods at n timo that you had
better go to tho dentist and have them out.
Everybody has his ghosts you, too. Tho
tiling to do Is to mnke friends with them,
nnd chnso the had ones nway.
PENCILS IS PENCILS
It was a prim young lady, fresh from tho
malms of higher education, who recently ap
peared at tho olllce of a prominent manufac
turer of lead pencils, presented credentials ns
a health department investigator. and announced
her desire to study conditions In the factory
with referenco to lead poisoning.
Just as "pigs Is pigs," so to her lead was lead.
Such llteral-mlndedness Is hardly to bo ex
pected of tho average mortal, but If tho fnlr
Investigator . had called to Inqulro ns to tho
actual nature of the product mnde nnd Just why
it had to share names with something equally
common but totnlly dlffeient, the memory of
her visit would have been less likely to have
been perpetuated in the guiso of tho traditional
factory Joke.
Host persons nro aware that lead pencils nre
not made of lead, but that tho so-called black
lead In them is a full bi other to coal and to
the nrlbtocratlc diamond and that It Is Identical
with many other substances in common use,
such ns tho blacking on tho kitchen range, aro
additional facts not nearly so well known.
llluck lead and plumbago nro popular terms
for a form of puro carbon whose proper name,
graphite from the Greek word meaning to
write Is more necuratn nnd more appropriate.
As a mineral from tho earth, it has been known
nnd used since nbout tho middle of tho 16th
I'entury, but for u matter of 200 years thereafter
me conceptions or science with reference to Its
true nature seem to have remained nbout on
1 nr with those of the fnlr visitor nt the pencil
factory. New York Telegram.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
It availed nothing to the legendary King Mi
das thnt everything ho touched turned Into gold.
He starved to death.-Clnclnnatl Enquirer.
What remains of the spoils system In the na
tional service, the National Civil Service Re
form League reminds the public, Is built on tho
phrase, "by and with the advice and consent of
tho Senate." Kansas City Times.
Our army also has been busy for years past
In terminating intolerable conditions and In es
tablishing humane. Just and equitable govern
ments among dependent peoples. In Cuba the
Philippines, Porto Itlco and in other places, this
has been the great work of the army In the last
few vears. It has been a constructive arm of
tho Oovemment. Kansas City Star,
AMUSEMENTS
BELMONT fiSDTfViitvET
AND 8 I llf
WHEHE ENTIftn WEEKLY'pitOGItAJI OF
TRIANGLE PLAYS
Are Shawn at t'ach Perormance
TODAY and IIALANCU OF WEEKt
HESSIE HAItniSCALE in 'Tho Golden Claw"
WEHEIt & FIELDS In "The He.t of ' Enemtes"!
DOUGLASS FAIUBANKS In "Double Troubia"!
FitEU MACE In "Janitor's Wife's Temptation.'
GLOBE Theatre"
VJ UVJJ-U VAUDEVILLE C
MARKETAND
JiTwm qo
VAUDEVILLE-rnntinZ::.- ,,
A f tn. 11 t If --..
ROYAL RUSSIAN
BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA
With MADELINE HAURISON. Famous Daniauic
Ortim BIQ MATURE ACTS
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. 15, at 3
PADEREWSKI
Tickets at Heppe's, tl to J2.50. Boies. 112 to 18
, Direction. C. A. E1U, Symphony Hall, Boston
U E T R O POLITAN O P E H A70 USB
METROPOLITAN OPERA CO., NEW YORK
tonkiht 7.45 LOHENGRIN
MMES. BAFPOLD. MATZENAUEK. Mil. UKLU3.
UUAUN. WEIL. SCHLEGEL CONDUCJOR. AR.
TUB. BODANZKY tFlRST APPEARANCE). HEATS
lioa CHESTNUT BT WALNUT UU, RACE 8T
n p'Tm nrFixinS the Furnace"
VJ XV A IN JJ I Th Gardener. Th ll(iut)
Uroad 4 Montgomery I Shop. Harry Rose, The Sons
Today 2 IS, T 4 Booth, Herbert's Dog;, picture
TROCADERO MoauCT'"
AMUSEMENTS
CHESTNUT ST. H
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Continuous Performance
NOON TILL 11 P. M.
A GRIM REALITY OP WAR
FIGHTING
in PRANCE
ONLY OFFICIAL PICTURES OJi
liii, ALuiiu Au.niisa
Management of Morris Gest
LOANL'D JIY FBBhOU aOVVRNitEM
TO TUB PUBLIO LEDOKR
PRICES 25c, 50c I
GARRICK NOW
TWICE DAILY, 2:15 and 8:15
FOR LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
D. W. GRIFFITH'S Massive Production
18,000
People
Symphony
Orchestra
of 30
THE
BIRTH
OP A
NATION
Horses
World's
Mightiest
Spectadf 1
Everybody Laughing
AT ,
The Great Comedy Show
AT
B. F. Keith's Theatre
it
It'fOLK BILL OF HITS
Gooreo MacFarlane: Billy II. Van & Beiumwl
Slstera; Wlllanl; Dorothy Toye; McConntll i
mmpeon; uuier uts reunites.
-n-v-n-n-rnrim last 2 Evirs. at 8:15.
rUJaxviliOX WEEKS MAT.TOMOBROII
GABY DESLYS
nnd HARRY PILCER In
CHARLES DILLINGHAM'S
LATEST .MUSICAL PRODUCTION
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
Joseph Santlcy. Frank Lalor. Harry Fox. Dwlill
Dixon, Tempest & Sunshine, Justine Johnston?, re
enco Morrison. Hawaiian Octette. Walter WW I
Chas. Tucker and 100 More.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
BURTON HOLMES
Fri. '& Panama TPYrncif'n
Sat. I'tf Pacific -XpOSlblj
nuc, 70C, l, at neppe o, - i v
TCYT1? A WRf) VVG.. DEC. 15
West Point and YELLOWSTONE
TTrAT LAST
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,Veil(II9 fc ... .
Charles Krohman, Klaw & Erianger PrsHPl i
ELSIE
FERGUSON
in "OUTCAST"
Tha Vital, Throbbing. Human Hay
Hy IIUnCIlT HENRY DAVIKS
tOc TO 1.60 AT MATINEE TOMORROW
10o 1214 MAIUMJ-J I
P A T , A P,TT1 TvVovovifA Clarl
In "STILL WATPf j
Comliuj. Thursday, Friday ana JUVV,.
TiniiiMi. ifnpnEnlCK In "I1ELLA DO.""-
THE STATE BOARD OF CENS0E3
Have Shortened the Last ocen.
The Only Reason Advanced Was TMt
IT DID NOT SUIT THEM
It Ha a Beautiful and Artistic Cltnux.
THE STA.NLEV COMPANY
T VRT-1 TONIGHT AT 8;IB SHARP .-l
LlllvlL Popular 1 Matinee Tw"" J
RALPH HERZ WSr;
"RUGGLES OF RED GAP
BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT Seats Taur
T rTTTC TlT A MM America's Foreoj
XJV7UAJ llixmii Character "
I HI Latest "THE BUBBLER
Comedy Triumph J. 11-1 UU"" ,
ARCADIA fKSSl
First rr""1" ,
HOBERT B. MANTELL
With GENEVIEVE HAMPER In
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ADELPHI-Seventh BJjr Wg
Greatest Laughing Hit in ToW;
"A PULL HOUSE"
" MARKET ABOVB Of
STANLEY "wfS
Thursday, Friday, Saturday. llEJlgS
NIXON ffi&SM
Tonight at 7 and 9, ?iSANO A BU
ovi.viv Htv- nrilMAN Will PICTURES.
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NO PSItVORXANOS TODAY OHTONIOUlt
"THE BATTLE CRY OP PEACfa
T7-:lV,1,nv. THEATRE PLATSI
XVlllwl UUIIVCl MARKET Vk
'THE GAMBLERS" 3
Dumont's ?u
at'. Minstrel. 9th ,
HOLIDAY BUWZ'