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NEW WAR BOOK CRIES
kVIVE LA FRANCE!"
Distinguished Correspondent
Writes Interesting Descrip
tion of Trench Fighting
Across France
OTHER NEW BOOKS
'Before Ihe echoes of the flrst shot had'
died ftwny came nnothor trul yet nn
other. They burst to the right of us, to
the left of us, KMmlngly all nrouml Ui.
We eerlnlnlv hnd stirred ud the Ger
mans," says E. Alexander row ell In his
ner book, "Vivo La France" (Chnrlei
8crlbner's Sons, New Tork). Mr. Ptrecll
hi describing an artillery duet In Trance
which an accommodating colonel had
ataxed for him. The location was "some
where" and the time "right there."
"Wave you," continues Mr. Powell, who
has been under Are many times, "ever
heard shrapnel? No? Well, It sounds as
milch as anything else Uko n winter ruIo
howling through the branches of a pine
tree. It Is a moan, a groan, a shriek all
rolled Into one, and when tho explosion
comes It sounds as though some one had
touched off a stick of dynamlto Under a
grand piano."
Mr. Powell had written an Interesting
book. It Is tho record of his second and
third visits to the front. Ho describes,
among other things, tho bombardment of
Dunkirk, tho destruction of Bolssons, tho
fighting on the Alsne, tho Invasion of Al
sace, tho poison gas, the last stand of tho
Belgians on the Tser and the great and
terrible gun duels between tho opposing
armies.
Ellen Glasgow, as one to tho manner
born, presents a thoroughly believable
ana intensely interesting picture or a
Southern girl's development In her now
novel. "Life and Gabrlclla" (Doublcday,
Page & Co., Garden City, L. I.).
"No Hfo Ib so hard that you can't make
It easier by tho 'way you tako It," and "I
Want to bo happy, I have a right to bo
happy and It deponds on myself" these
are tho cardinal tenets In tho creed of
Gabrlclla Can, engaging daughter of an
impoverished family of a small Virginia
town. Sho breaks from Its shabby frontll
lty and applies her philosophy to tho
1 larger scope tof metropolitan life. Her
romance in the Southland crumbles, but
"she rears a now structure of achievement
In New Tork. Her battlo Inclines tho
reader to warm sympathy, and her even
tual triumph leaves a senso of satisfac
tion after tho book is closed.
Rudyard Kipling has Immortalized
Franco In his latest story of tho great
struggle, "Franco at War" (Doublcday,
Pago & Co., CO cents). Mr. Kipling has
discussed with his raro charm tho nation
whose achievements slnco the beginning
of tho war have amazed tho world. Hcgtn
nlng with, a verso of great vigor, ho takes
tho reader through the cities and country
towns, thrills him with the flro of pa
triotism, graphically describes the sicken
ing horrors of battlo and trench life, ex
tols the spirit of tho French people and
ends his talo with an account of tho na
tion's confidence .In its defenders.
It Is a little hard work getting Into the
story of Margaret Turnbull's "Handle
With Care" (Harper & Bro., New Turk),
but once tho slow tempo of tho early
chapters Is passed tho movement gains
In speed and Interest. Tho establishment
of tho premises Is accomplished by ex
planation outright Instead of by somo
moro active mo'hod. It Is all a good deal
Uko the maldV soliloquy in tho opening
act of a certain typo of comedy.
But there Is much to reward the reader
as tho story dovelops. Bilcfly, It Is tho
narrative of a girl's successful endeavor
to redeem a man from himself or rather
his lesser and lower self. Janet Black
thorne, erstwhile kindergartener and
later a research specialist In a psycholog
ical laboratory for neurotic and alcoholla
"cases," takes hold of her man's life nnd
makes It over according to her heart's
desire. But tho book la not a problem
novel or a clinical discussion In the guise
of Action It is Just a plain story, well
told, and with engaging characters.
8
Eighty-four years young, Mrs. Terhune
(Marlon Harland) wields a pen that is en
gagingly vigorous and perennially bright,
even though in her newest novel she has
gone back to New Jersoy of on older day
for a locale. "A Long Lane" (Hearst In
ternational Library Company, New York)
in its brisk narrative and cohesive plot
betokens no vestige of an octogenarian
origin. The story is one that Iterates the
ages-long penalty of the wages of sin.
Yet it Is not sombre or depressing and
Its moral catharsis Is strong. Tho aged
writer's philosophy is, as ever, sunny and
optimistic Who would expect anything
gloomy from Marlon Harland, the "first
aid" for young housewives for several
I generations? Her writings on the Wo
I man's Page of the Evening) Ledoer to
day are as helpful as 60 years ago they
were to tne granamotners ot tne present
generation, when she Issued her noted
Cook Book, the first untechnleal and
practicable culinary manual printed in
this country. And ner hand as a fiction-
1st has lost none of the skill which made
"Alone" the best seller of its day In the
50a. Even though written by a girl in her
i teens, it competed with the novels of tho
' popular writers of the New York Ledger
school of authorship. '
A woman-ridden government is a rarity;
In the South It seems an impossibility,
But Corra Harris knows the possibilities
of crowd and individual psychology and
ho tells in "Co-Citizens" (Doubleday,
Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y.), In her
charmingly simple style of the activi
ties of the women of Jordantown and
how the little community of women
finally run the whole political game in
the village all because one Sarah
Mosely dies and leaves a deu of money
in trust with an energetic woman, who
henpecked her husband into his political
career; a young girl with a college edu
cation and an old Judge, The will pro
vides the money to bo used in the cause
of suffrage, and the schemes which the
women create and the way they influ
ence all their kind form an amusing basis
for Mrs. Harris' tale. The story wearies
a bit in the telling, not on account of its
style, but rather because it is a bit too
padded for Its slim skeleton.
Stories written around the mining camp
have long been themes of popular Action,
hut in "The Lone Fight" (Hearst's Inter
national Library Company) George Wash
ington Ogden depicts the scenes Incident
to oil prospecting in Kansas with a touch
ef the action that has made JaCk Lon
don's mining camp stories so popular
It la a hard. luck story of the eternal
quest for riches which finally breaks
Tight. Ared Helskell goes in for sheep,
but his father dreams of oil. In a rage
Me old man slaughters his son's flock and
forces him Into oil prospecting for a liv
ing'. The efforts of the moneyed inter
U to crush the, small landowner form
bo small part of the story, and Ared is
anally crushed just aa his father acci
4entally discovers the 'golder fluid' at
the coat, of his life
The- only regret is that the hero roar
Tits his "dream girl' ru.ther than the
woman who .stood by him in "The Long
Tigby against nara iuck ana monopoiiz
tug .competitors,
Way Out'1 (Hearst's Internatlon-
4 Library Company tiev York),
Mohably assigned that U by An. ?Jo
TOW l&ail tb. ullor ot the book, ije-p
f. "" " "'". " "w M. I
MtM carpenter, wauce ins jnaractorti in I
5 pKr cU brmwn, 4 Wkwi
""?. L !f"7f jr-V"""" -,. ,
a 19!. mnsow u.iupu(i4iijau 9riaU4 i
jrtik uiKte 4a Hr.flfgrttaad a, MJatltt;r
stylo and In ft manner which Will please
the most exacting readers.
"Hearts a 1ft. Mode" (Hearst's Interna
tional Library Company) is a collection
df the writings of Dorothy 1)1 It deaU
with ethical problems of home and
hearth An Idea of Its scope can be had
by saying that tho advice from this coun
selor of womankind runs tho gamut from
prescribing how to can a wlfo and to
roast a friend and pickle a husband down
to tho simple propbsHlori of how to make
dough. It Is all told w ih a delightfully
humorous touch,
Fifty years on the lecture platform, as
an incident to his ministerial and edu
cational work. Is the record of the Itov.
Itusf1l H Conn ell, pastor of the Bap
tist Temple and president and founder
of .Temple University. Thli record Is
signalized by the Issue of his most famous
and Inspiring lecture, "Acre of Dia
monds" (Harper & Brother, New York),
with an npcount of his life nnd achieve
ments by ltobcrt Sliacklcton, an auto
biographical note nnd an appreciation by
Hon. John Wanamaker. Tim lecture,
after delivery more than EOOO times, has
been reduced to black and whlta print
and paper so that its message may be
Immeasurably multiplied.
GOOD SOLID READING
STILL TO BE FOUND
New Books of Worth and Inter
est on Matters Like Prepared
ness and Rural Credits
Whoever wnnts to know the military
history of tho United States nnd tho con
dition of unprcpnrcdness In which tho
country now ilmlt Itself cannot do better
than read Frederic L. Huldekoper's ad
mirable book, "Tho Military Unprepared
nes? of the United Stntes" (Macmlllan
Company, New York) Tho tubtltlc. "A.
History of American Land Forcoi Trom
Colonial Times Until Juno 1, 1015," de
scribes tho volume with somo desreo ot
accuracy, but It Is moro than n history. It
li n pica for national preparedness based
upon a Bolld foundation of facts. Tho
chapter on "Tho Condition of tho Land
Forces of tho Unltod States nt tho Begin
ning of 1015" should bo rood by every
Congressman, by ovcry member of tho
various societies organized to bring about
preparation for national defense, nnd,
abovo all, by every pacifist.
Mr Huldekopor Is not content with tho
moro telling of a story. He attempts somo
constructive work by suggesting a plan
for tho organization of our land forces.
It Is so well thought out and so well
adapted to tho present conditions that Its
general outlines havo tho approval of tho
Army War College. Mr. Huldekopor has
ilono for tho public at largo what General
Upton did for tho army when ho wroto his
great book on, "Tho Military Policy of
the United States."
In the next Congress rural credits will
not bo tho least Important subject to re
cclvo consideration. In tho last few
years Interest In It has become wide
spread among tho people of city and
country nnd among legislators. Lately
two excellent books dealing with tho
subject have been published. Ono Is
"Rural Credits," by Myron T Herrlck,
formerly Ambassador to Frnnco (D.
Annlcton & Co.), nnd tho other
Is "Principles of Rural Credits," by
James B. Morman (tho Macmlllan Com
pany). Both cover the methods and ex
perience of European countries, and both
omphaslzo tho idea of co-opcratlon; but
tho angle of approach Is somewhat dif
ferent. The author of the first-named work Is
nn experienced banker; Mr. Morman is
an experienced farmer. Mr. Herrlck Is
opposed to granting special privileges
or State aid to farmers, nnd believes
that the solution of tho credit problem
requires neither.
Mr. Morman. though ho thinks that "tho
principles of mutual help and self-help
should never bo set aside for State nld,"
favors State loans to farmers under cerT
tain conditions. Tho two books deserve
a careful reading by legislators and by
others interested in rural wcirarc, ami,
thereforo. In natlonnl welfaro; because
of tho divergence of tho views presented,
neither can take tho p'acc of the other
for student or gcnorol reader.
Whllo "Elements of Record Keeping for
Child-Helping Organizations," by Georgia
G. Ralph, Statistical Secretary Depart
ment of Child-Helping, Russell Sage
Foundation, published by Survey Asso
ciates, Inc., New York, la primarily In
tended for the guidance of child-helping
organizations in the keeping of practical
and efficient records, social workers who
are nt nil Interested In child wclft.ro work
will welcome tho opportunity afforded to
become acquainted with the standard
forms used by the loading chnrltable or
ganizations of the country. A reading of
this book will be of considerable as
sistance In interpreting original records
and in abstracting Information for annual
reports and the like
Rupert Hughes' now novel, "Clipped
Wings" (Harper & Bros., New York), is
agreeably disappointing. It ia not one of
the sex novels, in the composition of
which Mr. Hughes rivaled Robert W.
Chambers and Owen Johnson. Thero Is
nothing hectic about "Clipped Wings,"
which has successful serial publication
as "The Barge of Dreams." It Is a
straightaway novel of a young actress
rlso to stardom, and presents Intimate
and apparently accurate revelations of
the moods and Impulses which move the
theatrical machine.
Ruth St Denis at Forrest Next Week
Ruth St. Denis, the Oriental dancer,
will appear in an entirely new program
of her wonderful Oriental and classic
dances at the Forrest Theatre for three
special matinees, next Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday. Many Greek and modern
dances which have all been created by
Miss St. Denis and her dancing partner,
Ted Shawn, will be Included In the pro
gram: also the St. Dents Mazurka and
the Hawaiian Hesitation wU be hovel
ties. "The Garden of Kama," a beauti
ful legendary dance of India, will also be
offered.
New Boat Inspector a "Crackerjack"
John E. WJlson, who recently was ap
pointed United States steamboat inspec
tor to succeed the late David II. Howard,
la widely known in Philadelphia shipping
circles, where his reputation as an ex
pert engineer has classed him among tho
"crackerjaqks." Mr. Wilson was appoint
ed to the service In Philadelphia, and was
assistant Inspector In this city for more
than seven years. Three years ago he
was made assistant inspector In New
,YorJc city. He Is 3S years old and a pa
tlve of Cincinnati.
Books Received
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PHILADELPHIA STARTS
NEW VERSE MAGAZINE
First Issue of Contemporary
Verse Shows Able Editing.
Other Book Notes '
Philadelphia has contributed another
btt to the literary richness of America In
the new poetry magazine, Contemporary
Verse, Just started. The editors, How
ard 8. Graham, Jr., Dcercaux C.
Josephus nnd Samuel McCoy, have not
only put out a handsome little booklet
In their first Issue, but have induced a
really distinguished roster of poets to
contribute. Among writers represented
nre Joyce Kilmer, Hermann Hngedorn.
Walter S. Hlnchmnn, Edwnrd J. OBrlcn,
Phoeba Hoffman, Atax Eastman, Mary
Stuart Tyson, Marianne Moore, James D.
Richardson, William Roso lionet and
Amory Hare Cook.
Contemporary Verse Is published by
tho editors nt 203 Chestnut nvenue, Chest
nut Hill, and sclW for 15 cents a copy.
George M. Tretelyan, nulhor of "Tho
Llfo of John Bright," who Is nt present
doing Red Cross work In Italy, has
recently been decorated by tho Italian
Goernmcnt for bravery under flro.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, to bo known In
tho futuro as the author of "The Story
of a Pioneer," ns well as for her work
for equal suffrage, Is now out of danger
from her severe attack of pneumonia,
Sho Is recuperating at Moylan, Pa., Which
she reached luckily Just in time to bo ill
in her own home.
It. G. Wells, tho writer, In a recent ar
ticle reviewed somo of the lucky hits and
tho mistakes II, G. Wells, tho prophet,
had made In his earlier books. In "An
ticipations" somo of his prophecies read
like reports of war correspondents at tho
front; as, for lnstnnco, when ho says that
balloons "will hang abovo tho tiring line,
Incessantly nsccndlng and withdrawing,
determining tho distribution of tho an
tagonist's forces"! nnd "for eight miles
on either sldo of tho firing lines whoso
flro will probably nover altogether die
away while the war lasts men will live
and eat nnd Bleep under the Imminence
of unanticipated death." But, on tho
other hand, ho wroto, "I must confess
that my imagination, In spite oven of
spurring, refuses to seo any sort of sub
marine doing anything but suffocato Its
crew and founder at sea."
With tho cvcr-lncrcaslne literary vocun
of the trilogy nnd tho three-volume novel
It was perhaps not entirely out of order
when nn Interviewer tho other day asked
Ellen Glnsgow If thero was to bo a third
volumo to complete the set of which
"Virginia" nnd her new book, "Llfo nnd
Gabrlclla," mako tho logical flrst two.
After tho Intervlowor had passed the
various Blgnposts along the lino of Mls3
Glasgow's literary development she (tho
Interviewer) nsked if Miss Glasgow could
sny Just what prompted her to do two
such books as "Virginia" nnd "Llfo and
Oabrleila."
"Bcforo writing 'Virginia, " she said,
"I becamo very much Interested In the
relntlons of Individuals to the facts of
their lives. I planned to do three fem
inine btogrnphlcs, showing different ex
amples of such reactions. Tho flrst was
Virginia, whose education, like that nf
overy well-bred Southern woman of hor
day, was designed to use tho words of
tho books Bho studied to pnrnljze her
reasoning fncultlej, so that all danger
of 'mental unsettling' should be over for
ever. Virginia was tho passive and help
less victim of tho Ideal of feminine sclf
sacrlflcc. The circumstances ot her llfo
first moulded and then dominated her.
Gabrlclla is tho product of tho samo
school, but Instead of being used by cir
cumstances, she uses them to create her
own destiny. Tho two books oo exact
converses. Whero Virginia Is passive,
Unbrlella Is active.
"I believe," she continued, "that a
person ggts out of llfo Just what ho puts
Into It or, rather, he puts in moro than
ho,getS'OUt, I suppose, for he Is alwas
working for something unattainable; al
ways groping vaguely with his spirit to
find the hidden things. Gabrlclla, as you
may remembor, wns 'obliged to believe
in something dr die.' " '
"What about the third Individual in
the trilogy?"
"That book may never be written," she
answered smiling. "If It should be, how
ever, It will deal with a woman who
faces her world with the weapons of in
direct lnfluenco of subtlety."
Many anecdotes of Mark Twain's life
as a Mississippi River pilot will appear
In tho February Instalment of Albert
Blgelow Palne's "Boys' Life of Mark
Twain," which Is running as a serial In
St. Nicholas. One of them is a story
remembered and retold by an old fellow
pilot. "Boys," tho great humorist Is re
ported to have said, "I had great pres
ence of mind once. It was at a fire. An
old man leaned out of a four-story build
ing, calling for help. Everybody In the
crowd below looked up, but nobody did
anything. Tlie .ladders weren't long
enough. Nobody had any presence of
mind nobody but me. I came to the
rescue. I yelled for a rope. When it came
I threw the old man the end of it. He
caught It, and I told him to tie it around
his waist. He did so, and I pulled him
down."
Mr. Norman Angel!, whose last book,
"The World's Highway," deals most
searchlngly and suggestively with the
problem which America is now facing in
her negotiations with the Teutonls pow
ers over the sinking of passenger vessels,
has Just left for Central and South Amer
ica, In order to recover from tho after
math of grip.
Mr. Angel!, who has written a good deal
on Latin-American revolutions and the
character of Latin-American government,
will be able to compare conditions as
they exist in those States now and when
he last visited them nearly 20 years ago,.
Miss Winifred Holt, who Is doing mar
velous work among the blind soldiers In
France, will open in Paris next month,
in a beautiful old palace In the Square
Lamartlne, a lighthouse similar to tho
Now York Institution, with its motto
"Eight Through Work." Miss Holt went
to France thoroughly equipped for her
work. She has studied not only the lim
itations, but also the possibilities of the
blind). One of the most inspiring records
of achievement Is her "Life of Henry
Fawcett, published about a year ago by
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The making of a modern woman. Th?
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Blind." What Fawcett nnd others have
accomplished Miss Holt Is making pos
sible in varying degree to men whoso
crises aro even more pitiful and who,
without her aid, might easily bo hopeless
and helpless.
An old woodsman friend who know that
Henry Ojen, author of "The Man Troll,"
a talo of lumberjacks, had been in news
paper work, but who had only a vaguo
Idea of what that was, recently met
Oycn's brother up North, and after greet
ings said:
"I ain't seen Hank lately, what's ho
doln' now?"
"Oh," replied tho brother, "Henry's quit
tho newspnper business nnd Is writing
stories. Hod a book published Just a
Bhort time ago."
Tho old fellow shifted his cud around
nnd pulled his whiskers.
"WHtln stories, eh," ho said. "What's
tho matter, couldn't Hank mako a go
of It as a printer?"
For thoso who aro interested in com
paring theso two books side by side. It
mny bo mentioned thnt "Virginia" Is
now out In the popular edition nnd at
tracting public attention right along with
tho standnrd edition of "Life and
Gabrlclla," published only a few days ago.
Horace Green, author of "The Log of
a Noncombatnnt," "is still within tho
broad limits ot tho war zone. Ho left
Vienna in the latter part of Novcmbor,
worked his way to Bucharest, Rumania,
where he studied tho political situation,
nnd then across the Danube to Sofia,
tho Bulgarian capital, whero ho still was
when last heard from late in December.
Theatrical Baedeker
rLAYa.
ADELPHI "Sinners." a play in four acts by
On en Davie, of the usual meloAramlc type.
A man whoso life Is nno of worthlcssness Is
mail to rc.illzo It throUKh tho woman ho
considers his prey.
LYBIC "Pnsjtns Show of 101B." with Oeoruo
Monroe ami Iirllynn Miller. A TA Inter Gar
don show of tho usual tipo. with Klrli. run
way, music anu costumes in larjco quantities,
plus some excellent burlcsquo on current
shows.
ronitEST "Cousin Lucy," nlth Julian El
tlni,c. A musical comedy of tho Cltlnxo type,
with plenty of opportunity for the star to
appear In his remarkable gowns. Musla
and plot thrown In
OAnniCK "On Trlnl." with Frederick Terry
and a RCid mat. An exciting; story of crime,
written backward In tho form Of a trial.
Novel and entertaining.
BROAD "Tho Chief." with John Drew and
Laura Hope Crews. An elesant three-piece
ready-made: a little snug, but quite cnarm-
""' AT TOPULAB PBICE3.
WALNUT "A Fool Thero War." a problem
play by l"orter Emerson Browne from Klp
Unsr'a "Tho Vampire."
PHOTOPLAYS.
CHESTNUT STnEET OrEBA IIOUSE-"Th
Fourth Estate," a new Fox film of news
paper life, with Clifford llruco and Jtuth
Blair.
STANLEY Trlday nnd Saturday, "Tho
Tongues of Men." with Constance Collier.
AltCADIA Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
"Tho Orcen Swan," with Bcsslo llarrlscalo
nnd Bruce Mcltea, nnd "A Modern Enoch
Arden." with Joe Jackson, a Keystone.
BEOENT Friday and Saturday, "Tho Loe
Trail," with Agnes Oljnnc,
PALACE All neck, "The Temptation." with
Reraldlne 1'nrrar A story ot an episode In a
diva's life, excellently produced by Cecil d
Mllle.
VAUDEVILLE.
KEITH'S "The Torcst Fire," an Enirllsh
melodrama: Hmma Carus, comedienne; Fred
erick V. Bowers, In a sonp revue: Lynne
Overman, In "The lushest Bidder": Do Leon
and Daues, In "Burlesqua Movies": AUman
and Dody, Mixtion Impersonators: Kert and
De Mont, In "College Nonsense."
OBAND "A Night at the Club," Bradna and
Derrick: Qulnn Hnd iLofferty. circus riders:
Gibson and DeMott, comedians: The Italian
Minstrels. Webb and Burns; Tom Kur. a
contortionist
0 LOUD "The Junsle Man." a trained animal;
Dottle Claire. Phtladelphlan, and. her Petti
coat Minstrels, or Nina Minstrel Maids; At
White's "Kldland"; Oreen Mcllenry and
Dean: Eduard Brothers, the Four- Strong;
Men: Jack and Annie Bowen. in "Bunk,
oloxy." and Edyuan Hayes, dramatta so
prnno; the Zara Carmen Trio. Johnson and
Crane, slnglns. dancing una talking, and "In
Blrdvllle." Introducing Bessie's trained cocka
toos. NIXON-Wlllard. "The Man Who Crowa": "To
iteno and Ileiurn," Fox and Mayo, entertain
ers: Wood. Melville and Phillips, two corns
duns and a comedienne; the Bellmontes. Eu
ropean acrobats: tho Gordon Highlanders,
songs, stories ana aancee, and "Walllngford"
films
CBOS3 KEJYS Second half of week. Delmore
and Lee. In "A Study In Black and White"
iniye uriscoe. comeuienne; uonncr ana now.
tTH, II
Ward
Barr
a. In "On a Saturday Afternoon"; "Pop"
'ard and company. In 'The Terrible Judge";
arr Twins. In songs and dances, and Use
rank Gregory Troupe, hoop manipulators.
LONIaL The Manchurlan Troupe ot
nlnpfla aerohata. L'niuman'i Hinfertnlnera-
Frank Gregory Troupe, hoop manipulators.
COLONIAL The Manchurlan Troupe ot
Chinese acrobats, urounan'i entertainers,
ln a musical act: the Klnkald Kilties. Scot
tish singers and dancers; Nsldervtlle bsboons,
the Pour Bosen acrobats and ballet dancers;
Airs, "imd e itzsimnions, tne wise ox tne
ex. heavyweight champion of the world: Dun
can ana Holt, blackface: Jerome and Carson,
acrobats: Howard, Kibble and Herbert, sing.
ing. talking and dancing: Herbert's dogs,
and the famous "Bed Circle" and "Walling-
tnrA nrtnfrnnlft Vti
ford" photoplays.
STOCK.
IfNIPKERnonKBIt-'Thi, Natural
Law,'
lohla
prooiem piay. us toe nrsi .rnnaaeipnia per.
..- ; - -r- im -,,- T ..... .
It's the first
formanca
presentea py
fcllV
Knickerbocker
Players.
AMERICAN "When W Were Twenty-one."
with the Arvlno Stock Company, Iienry V.
Esmond s ponular comedy. In which Nat
Gooduln starred. The leads will La played
by Georire Arvlne. Jtuth Robinson and Men
ard. La Balls.
BURLESQUE.
DUMOOTS Dumont's Minstrels, In topical
satires with some Gilbert and Sullivan thrown
in.
A powerful love story, full of charm, com
plexity and daring unfolded in the fresh
ejorse and heather-strewn Devonshire nioors.
and against the dark background of frpwn
ing pri.son walls.
A story full of exciting incident, but also
evoking serious thought at a time when the
prison reform movement is one of the
absorbing topics of the day,
STATE MOVIE CENSOR
IS AT IT AGAIN
State Board Makes More Incon
sistent Eliminations and
Takes Some of It Back
By the Photoplay Editor
Day before yesterday the Stale Board of
Censors positively outdid Itself. It took
the mildest Keystone comedy on record
and eliminated scenes such ns It has here
tofore passed Iri far more aggravated
form. And Just to show both ends of its
Inconsistency, the Board first condemned
a Pathe Gold Rooster feature outright
and entire, and then let it pass with some
eliminations.
Ttin Keviitmin victim was "A Modern
rnnrh ArrtAn." with .loo Jackson, tho I
tramp bicyclist ot vaudeville, In tho lead
ing part. It Is a story of foul plots and
fiendish plights handled with unusual gen
tleness. Tho numbor ot people not knocked
down or trodden upon Is phenomenal. Mr,
Jackson himself gives tho leading part
nn adroit mixture of comedy nnd heroism.
BUT tho Board found something. It
mnde six eliminations. And practically
every ono hnd a parallel In scenes in pre
viously passed films, whore Just such
actions were pushed to a farther and
therefore presumably moro censornblo
degree. Itero aro flvo eliminations nnd
their parallels:
"Eliminate all semes of sticking la nnd tak
ing out knife nnd mall carrying it around In
'"Stolen Magic" had n scene of sword
stlcklng flvd times ns long In duration and
ten times oh offensive.
"nilmlnnta lew of woman's dress catching
In cnrrlnge nnd man unloosing it."
Quite palpably an accident of perform
ance, out of which no capital is mode.
In "Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts
a woman's skirt wns deliberately lifted
as n comedy "point."
"Ellmlnato view of man biting another's
hand In tight nt door."
An old, time-honored "stunt."
,T-,t.tn(A m,i .in in eiriit in which men
nr- struck on .head with stools and .chairs "
The scene Is not a patch on tho black
smith's fight in "Tho Dlrth of n Nntlon."
"Eliminate nil views of mnn tampering with
machinery of boat to cnuso nn explosion. This
will include scenes showing htm Placing sticks
and wlro nn liter scenes in which they aro
A preposterous device, osldo from tho
fact that movlo patrons aren't searching
for methods of committing motorboat
crimes,
Tho other elimination
"Eliminate ew of man holding hath robo
in front of him after lending swimming pool,
la either plain foolishness or else n re
buff for tho prudery of tho producer.
a tr. ih nni.i Rooster film, it Is "Tho
Lovo Trail," an adaptation ot Richard
rtg.-
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cmm
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TIIK following theatres oMntn their pictures 111 rough the STANI.KV
Hooking Company, which Is a Btmrnntee. of rarly showing of the
int nroductlons. All pictures reviewed before exhibition. Ask for
the theatre Tin i your locality obtnlulng picture, through the ST.VNUEV
Hooking Company.
12th, Morris & Passyunk Av;.
Mnl. nnllV At 2! HgB . T & 0.
Al H AMKK A Mat. Dally at 2: Egs , t & 0.
Vnudevllle fc Param't Pictures.
Valeska Suratt in The Immigrant'
ARCADIA DELOW 10Tn
THIANOLD PLAYS
rnSlIB nAnniSCAMl in. .'The areen Swamp'
A Modern Enoch Arden.
with Joe Jackson.
ADfil T ri B2D AND THOMPSON
Af ULLU MATINEE DAILY
BLANCHE RING In
"THE YANKEE OlItL"
RI UEBIRD 2200 NOnTU Dn0AD sx
MARY PICKFORD in
"THE DA"I OF A TOMOItHOW"
COTII AND PFDAR PA5SnS
CPDA11 AVE Vi-jJ-rxI. THEATRE
ciiAni.ES ciinnnr in .
THE MUMMY & TIIK HUMMING BIP.D"
FAIRMOUNT 20TUnADnD ave.
METllO Offers MME. PETIIOVA in
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY?
FRANKFORD tmmMam
MAROUEKITE CLAIIK In
"8TIM, WATIUtS"
PARAMOUNT PICTURE '
GERMANTOWN ''vWe.
PARAMOUNT PICTURE
Fannie Ward in "The Cheat"
f-HT rtJP BOTH MARKET
laLiUDEi Mat.. 3:in: Evgs. 7 ft 0.
LIONEL, nAHRYMOIIU in
"THE YELIOW STREAK"
Hear Our S1S.00O Kimball Organ
rlDADn AVENUE THEATRE
VjlKArUJ TTH AND GIRARD AVE.
ALICE BRADY in
MIE RACK"
-" M.fV.o.-n P.ROAD ST., ERIE ft
oreat iNortnern qermant-n aves.
Trlenirle' Plays 'The Beckoning- Flame,"
With Iienry Woodruff and Tsuru Aokl.
"A Modern Enoch Arden." with Joo Jackson
IRIS THEATRE M"iaNBOION
Thurlow Bergen in "THE CITY"
CLYDE PITCH'S MASTERPIECE
JEFFERSON 2OTI sVrdeupiiin
TRIANOLE PLAYS
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in 'THE LAMB"
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK In "MY VALET"
LAFAYETTE 20, kens,na?eVe
HOLBROOK BL1NN
In the most discussed of all novels
"LIFE'S WHIRLPOOL''
irnnro forty-first and
LXaJJCt LANCASTER AVENUE
Lou Tellegen in "The Unknown"
PARAMOUNT PICTURE
Weekly Programs
Appear Every Monday in
Motion Picture Chart
rrwc?wv3inrrrww,rvvvvwjn'iKimt 'wvrit'?iwr'w
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TRIANGLE FILMS Y
van oe oDiainea rrom n. LnvvAUiCi
S. E, Corner 13th and Vine St.
Noteworthy Plays Pre-eminent Players Each Week at the
Following
CHESTNUT ST.
AKUAUIA BELOW 1STH
ALHAMBRA w&n .
ARCADE 828 PIC,,MQNn OT-BELMONT''-BELLEVUE
busqubhanna
R F N N aS9 wooin4ANO 4-VB-
BROADWAY "waVa1
F II R E K A i0Tff UXRKllrt a
FRANKFORD TiSBE&gft,
GREAT NORTHERNERfHW
GIRARD AV, THEA. s-
GARDEN LANSDOWNH AVE.
VICTORIA -
IUDCDI A r 60TH AND
2J 1'9 1 G
ri.t,". "Th nob Doeltor." ft. novel that
ran Into & editions In sobcr.mlndcd T2ng
lond. The scene I South Africa and the
time of the Boer War, It ,":;
tale bf some vlo'ence, though it hardly
holds a candle to "Carmen" or many another-
approved piece. But the board Im
mediately ordered its complete condem
nation. Now it Is possible to argue down the
board on this point, rind It Is possible for
the board to defend itself. But Its subse
quent action seems tho next thing to the
ludicrous. Mr. Atwood, of the Pfltho Ex
change, appealed and took the matter up
personally with the members of the
board, with the result that "Tho Love
Trail" was passed with certain elimina
tions. What Is the Use of this kind of
censorship which shows either bad Judg
ment, wenk-knees, or both?
Incidentally, bo It remarked that "The
Love Trail" is an excellent production.
The story is episodic rather than cumu
lative, but tho tale holds the Interest
nnd 'the acting and photography docs
more. Fred Taul, an English player, Is
particularly powerful as "The Dope Doc
tor." ,
. While cruising In the censor-swept
waters of Vine streot, the photoplay edi
tor hailed Oscar Morgan, of tho Para
mount Exchange, nnd got tho treat of tho
winter, artistically speaking. It was a
prlvnto view of tho new sllhouotte movies
put out by tho BrnyGllbcrt Studios. "In
bad, tho Sailor," an this talo told In
shadows Is called, Is made by a vory
clover process of photography which
gets overy ounce of beauty out of C. B.
Fall's charming settings nnd every ounce
of novelty nnd humor out of tho little
black figures that act against them. It
shows triumphantly what artistic work
of a purely plnstlo nnturo the movies can
accomplish even within tho limits of
silhouettes. All they need Is an artist
of tho callbro of Falls nnd Gilbert.
Tow film players Tinvo mado such swift
progress toward tho stellar regions of the
screen world ns Miss Juno Elvldge, of
tho World Film Corporation, who, after
only six months' experience bcforo tho
camera, is soon to be featured In a flvo
part society drama. Miss Elvldge owes
her success to her Unflinching determina
tion to "get there," aided and abottod, of
course, by her undoubted bc.uty and
photographic possibilities.
This young player joined tho World
Film ntock company nt Fort Leo last
June, after two years at the Winter Gar
den, tho second of which sho spent ns
understudy to Joslo Collins, whoso part
sho played on tho road. Miss Elvldge
halls from Pittsburgh. Sho Is a broad
shoutdorcd athlotlo girl, with golf cups,
sailing trophies and medals for horseman
ship galore to her credit, LaBt winter
Bho gave exhibitions of riding and Jump
ing nt Durland's Academy and tho Madi
son Squaro Garden Horso Show.
Miss Elvldgo mndo hor film dobut In
"Tho Luro of Woman." Then came a
little better part in "Tho Butterfly on tho
PROMINENT
OTOPLAY PRESENTATION
BoSm Gmpam
LIBERTY Dn0AD Columbia
MARGUERITE SNOW in
"ROSEMARY"
Logan Auditorium &",
TRIANGLE PLAAS
nnsalE HAWUBCALE in "Tho Golden qaw"
Weber & Plelds In "Tho Pest of Enemies"
Mukct St. Theatre 333 $S
STREET
CLARA KIMI1AT.T. YOUNG in
"CAM1LLE"
Seo "GRAFT" 15ery Wednesday
ORPHEUM ajsauSLSna.
TRIANb .E PLAYS Wm 8 Hart nnd
IDura Peters In "RETWEKN MEN"
"DIZ.Y HEIGHTS AND DARING HEARTS"
fiRIFNT 02D AND-WOODLAND AVE.
V-aVlCl T( 1 Dally Mat., 2. Etc., 030 to 11.
Vltacraph Picture Gertrude Iiambrldse In
"DIVORCONS"
PAI APP 121 MARKET STREET
ri.rtvc 10 A- Mt t0 u .j5 P Mi
GERALDINE FARRAR in
"TEMPTATION"
PA PIT MDGE AVE. ft DAUPHIN ST.
rtll. Continuous show from 2 :30-fi tStMl.
PARAMOUNT "ARMSTRONG'S WIFE"
With EDNA GOODRICH )
PRINCESS ,0,yi?
"THE BONDS WITHIN"
THE LITTLE TRESPASSER"
PTAT TH GERMANTOWN AVE.
IVI-raJ-i J AT TULPEHOCKEN BT.
JULIA DEAN in
"THE RANSOM"
DPPPNT 18W MARKET STREET
KJLVJCM 1 IWilAN VOICB OROAN
EDNA MAYO t IIENRY D. WALTHALL in
"THE MISLEADING LADY"
RllRV MARKET STREET
J a l BELOW PHI STREET
Triangle Plays Wlllard Mack In "Alaho Oo"
Raymond Hitchcock and Itoscoe Arbuckle in
"THE VILLAGE SCANDAL"
SHERWOOD "daVt7mdorH
World Film Corp. Presents Holbrook III Inn &
Vtvlan Martin In "The Ilutterriy on the Wheel"
Mr. & Mrs, Sidney Drew In "Romantlo Rest-le"
SAVOY
12U MARKET
8TREET
WILLIAM RUSSELL in
"TUB THOUOUaUDRED"
TIOGA
1TTH 4 VENANQO BTS.
Paramount Presents MARGUERITE CLARK
In a nlcturlzatlon of
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER"
VI C T fi R I A "AKKET BT.
1 1 J a 1 ABOVE NINTH
EDMUND BREESE In
"THE LURE OF IIEART8 DESIRE"
STANLEY MARKET ABOVE 16TII
continuousi Conitance Collier in
"jiusVai!0! "Tongues of Men"
theatres j
IRIS BUT KENSlNa''ON AVE.
JEFFERSON ffictfSU
LAFAYETTE '1
LOGAN AUDITORIUM "Jb
LEHIGH PALACE fiSJSgfK
ORPHEUM ffi&ra&.
overbrook: moand
KJ YtJAOIVy UiV HAVERFORD AYH.
PALACE liH "k' "
PA?rHAF 1 11SI and
irwunnLXi woodland avb.
POINT BREEZE fWtFgr
RIDGE l B,Daa AVENUa
RUBY MAB8HAU' WAJUOCT STS.
SUSQUEHANNA &.
TSpt$
Wheel" and a still
Sins ot Sbclcty." Ni
lending r-oles with
In the World's production
honors are m store torht
CI v -4 h .
blinded while playing In one ottjHS
or Essanay's five-act photOBw't$M
Misleading Lady' Mr AlniwoS TM
iimys ma part or Helen 8tes1. 1 3w
threatens hi, rival at the point' ffft '
iuii n tiKmeue, lungs the tnh- f
Alnsworth'a ejes In-order ioiM
session of the weapon Wheft thirt"
was inKen, iienry Walthall, whs '3
tho part of tho rlva , Intended I H5
the tobacco wild, Ulead. uW
Bquarely In Alnsworth's .vV.'S
him completely for several mlnu!
effect was rea stlc. hm t r.f ,1
says he wbuld much rather h'av tSiSt
somo of tho realism. ' ""?
Julian Eltlngo. star of il. .,... E
f&CX'll.!" no" "ppVS
the Forrest Theatre, has Just rtcJ'Jl
i..o luMvni iiiLnuc, nas just rech,.v;J
offer of J50.000, from ono of att&sl
oner ot. ou,wu, irom ono of th. V5J?
movlng-plcture companies tni.j '.I?S
Angeles, to pose for two pictures J?l
nctor rejected the proponltlon bniiU
ground that ho was not vel ntiZ. "J
dertako film work. When the tint 31
ror vitiligo to poso for pictures h Si
doubtless form n corporation and 3i
his own "featurea." M ""HI
Coming releases on tho EqulUHi ,
gram are: '
Julia Dean, In "Tho Ransoni.TJ
.Murtet ustricnc, in 'Babctli'S
Bnlly Hoo."
Carlylo Blackwcll, In "The Clifl
uan jiauc, in "ner uoa.
Mary Boland. In
Irving Cummlngs, In "Three tftiiFi
Frank Sheridan, In "The Strtliti.w
Marguorlto Leslie, in "The Pill
Flower." "Eft,
Charles Cherry, in "Passertly." . &-
Emmett Corrlgan, In "The d&lffife
visible." , "'i
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JUDGE RALSTON HECOVERIKtf
Had Rclnpso While Pneumonia
fcrer, but Ia Better Today
V
Judgo Robert Ralston, of Wnmi
Pleas Court No. B, suffered "SI
after ho had passed tho crltti itajv?
whllo 111 with pneumonia, buiku tmSLl
Hon is Improved today, Hi, txAi
nurni', iom ojirutu smcqu
Judge Ralston was taknui atttr'slS
tending a onnquct in i-iiHoutgh Mtnttf
month ago. For several dayohta) ea.
tion was serious. ( , j
Dr. Edward Martin was calca tot" Iff
tcrday to consult with the attra&l
IIJOIWUIW.
CKNTIlAt,
4
Chestnut St. Op. House "&&
SEE TODAY'S
AMUSEMENT COLUMN
WEST PHILADELPHIA
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BELMONT
B3D Above NjK7
Mats . 10o! niealsciCnhB
TODAY S. TOMORROW, "P&f
Dorothy Donnelly in 'MndiraAj
Coining All Next Week' m
THE PATRIOTIC PHOTO-8PrCTC
"The Battlo Cry of Peace"
52d ST. THEATREJl
B2D AND SANSOU STS. i
FANIA MARINOFP In ".NEDIiy i
Tomor.v Edwin Arden In "Beloved Vf vmr
LOCUST
B2D ANtfwctfrr .
KlMfllLL r
UltUA.i '
Mats. 1 ;30 4 3 P, y, Evffs. 0 SO to It Tb,
CLARA KIMBALL YOUr$G
In DUMAS' IMMORTAL Msittrfl
"CAM'ILLE"
Mat. Mon , Tues . Wed., "Fourth EsUW
ValWMN Lf MATINEE DAILY, i V. 4"W
"THE LADY OF LYONS'.!
"KkD (JlKULfc.," iNO. 1
OVERBROOK
&3D xm
HAVERFORD ATE
"JUST PLAIN FOLKS"
OTHERS
v
. -
GARDEN 53D SaTwJ
TRIANGLE PLAYS 1W,
DOUOLAB rATRIlANDS In "DouMs TronSf!
Keystone Comedy 'Janitors Wife s Tempiswfi
EUREKA "&,
V. L fi n Presents nEVF.ni.Y HATfRKS
E. II. CALVERT & RUTH STONEHOKEBJli
"THE CRIMSON WlNG"
NORTH
Broad Street Casino DR0iH
EVENING 7:13 AND 9
jurNh. UATiiin a
"HEARTACHES." 4 Darts. Ooo'
CENTURY EmnMATEUpiari
EDWIN ARDEN in
"THE BELOVED VAOABQVP'L
PATHE GOLD ROOSTER PtA
SOUTH
PLAZA Bn0AD ANn POHTER"jM
"INSPIRATION'J
Featuring- the -world's irreatett IItJoT P" ft
AVLiriux aiurqvfu vv" naill
NOBTIMVEST
Susquehanna TfuMUEiiAw w
Trlanrle-Kay nee-II'LIA DEAS
' "MATIHMOVY " e Parts , ..
TTtanale.KeMione MJKinir.itA4 "
'KiaVATHER'S FOQTSTEP3.' SOUL
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NoitruEAsr
CTDAWn 13TH AND GmABO AT? Wi
fnROKEN COIN." No. 15
"Banding the Hose Reel,'' 3P
"Hazards of Helen." "Crossed
KENSINGTON
JUMBO wwre0JgB.
"GRAFT,' Episode No. $1
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