The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 18, 1914, Page 1

SUN. NIGHT ALL WEEK Matinees Wednesday ii Saturday Matinee Wednesday ‘ars $1 SEATS “Twas never more thrilled or interested —Woodrew IE MOST SUCCESSFUL PLAY OF MODERN TIMES TS, NUMAN! RIAN | £2.00 Entire ts Lower Floor, 81.10, Raleony Matinee Wednesday te, Saturd #1.00; Gat 3 DAYS 3 DAYS BEGINNING [< le] MON. APR. 27 [ Special Matinee Tuesday and Wednesday The Most-Talked-of Woman in the World EVELYN NESBIT THAW ASSISTED BY JACK CLIFFORD AND A BIG COMPANY Including Willie Weston and Mike Bernard, Courtney Sisters, Arnald Bros., Peppino, Fouchere, and Others IN THE MUSICAL, DANCING DIVERTISSEMENT MARIETTE PRICES—Nights, Lower Floor, $1.50, $2; Balcony, 75e, $1, $150. Gallery, 50c. Matinees—Divani 1.50; 750 seats, Crehes- tra, Parquet and Dress Circle, $1; Balance Balcony, 50c and 75c; Gallery, 25c PRICES —Night= Se. Te " Unequaied Vaudeville—Our Policy Never Changes Beginning Monday Matinee Those Two Noted Stars in Their Greatest Success SEATTLE, WASE AT THEATRES COMING WEEK werropoLitA SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1914. MARGARET ILL INGTON COMES TO MOORE; HOME-MADE GRAND OPERA AT METROPOLITAN f 4 THE MOORE Ilington In Bayard Ve ng Within the Law fon at the Moore t Margare will next the attle @ the att week, ‘The return of M in the play which scored a ecisive hit Inst fall was received sthusiasm by Seattle theatre ouncement # Ilington to Se with ¢ goers As a talented actress and charm Mise Illington ts well and has a t woman wn he host of e play opens Sunday evening and will through =the week with 1 ° THE METROPOLITAN | e “Grand In a Lan tand” will be » Metropol: | of “Car-| jard Grand Opera | train: | ° Seattle’ Opera at P « All Ca gin next Monda tan In the pre by the Sta Co. After weeks of careful ing the various artists and mem bers of the Seattle company are| thoroughly 1 for the series | of entertain } “Faust” an ‘arm are the two operas which will alternat: | od Carmen” own add entation ngs and at will be | and Sat aunt ay evenings aude Madden ts musical diree tor for “Faust,” and John M. Spar gur in “Carmen Madame Hesse | iprotte in stage directo CROSMAN FAREWELL Tonigh tunity for will the Inst oppor theatre-goers to Miss Henrietta aman tn legitim comedy as she has an nounced the Intention of entering a the moving picture field next year. | | ropolitan. THE SEATTLE THEATRE _Playere TO OUR ANS Final performances of The Chores Lady will be given at The Seattle Thatre tomorrow afternoon and evening by The Avenue Players. Lessee George Mackenzie's com pany of stock artists. Next week the offering will be “A Fool There Was,” with Jean Kirby in the title role of the “Vampire,” playing op- posite Dwyzht A. Meade, who will essay the role of the “Fool.” The “Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary” will be the next offering after the “Fool.” There will be several new faces in the cast THE PANTAGES Keep your e | @ lot of legal technicalities. Take } Don't lose sight of the positiv | cere, the same bunch of dividend | magnates, the same Jacob Furth, ) Margaret Iilington, in “Wit hin the Law,” at the Moore. (3) The Seveg America nm Whirlwinds at the Pantages. (2) ¢ (4) Standard Grand FAUST Directed by Claude Madden MME GRAND OPERA AT POPULAR AND HESSE-SPROTTE N One Week, Opening Monday, April 27 Opera Company “| CARMEN Directed by John M. Apargur STAGE DIRECTOR PRICES IN A LANGUAGE ALL CAN UNDERSTAND Hear Philharmonic Orchestra “CARMEN”—Monday, Saturday Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings “FAUST” Evening Prices—60c to $2 and Chorus of 24 Boy Sopranos Wednesday and Friday Evenings and Matinee Matinee Prices—250 to $1.50 NEXT WEEK—Seat Sale Thursday MATINEES WEONESDAY AND SATURDAY CHAS. F FIRST AME TOWLE PRESENTS RICAN TOUR THE STRATFORD-UPON-AVON PLAYERS From the Memorial Theatre, MR. F.R Stratford-Upon-Avon, England BENSON, ART DIRECTOR REPERTOIRE MON.—The Merry Wives of Windsor TUES.—King Richard Ii. WED. MAT.—Twelfth Night WED. EVE.—Taming of the ari Johnson, in “Faust,” at the Met- Dwyght Meade, With the Avenue PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD open, gentlemen of the public service commission, Don't let the shrewd attorneys of the traction hog fence you about with! the broad, open, public-serving path. fe fact that the same crowd of offi- collectors, tl me Stone-Webster ind the same group of investors own OUR MINISTERS IN DEMAND FOR | A SUMMER TALKS | 7 The Enst ts calling for many Se- attle ministers to give lectures and | sermons in various pulpits and) A FOO | OPENING | MONDAY EVE. APRIL “Productions Such As Seattle Merits” George Mackenzie ‘Announces The Avenue Players THURS.—The Merry Wives of Windsor FRI—Much Nothing SAT. MAT.—As You Like It SAT, EVE—Merchant of Venice Ado About 20th L “ —7 THERE WAS schools during the summer months. | Rokest talents Success at Pan. the Paaet Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. the parent corporation, matinee 48 own the interurban line, the subsidiary corporation. Heading the new bill tages, opentng with the The Rev. M. A. Matthews has/| been Invited by the Sunday Evening! FIELDS & LEWIS In “The Misery of the Hansom Cab” TRAINED ROOSTERS Torcat and Flor D’Aliza's Wonderful Trained Birds. ‘VARSITY CREW'S TRIP EAST: } ULAR WEEKLY ted lege club, {t was announced, will amount Pace be raised be-/take up the question of contribut University of Washington |ing the proceeds of the annual ship crew can be sent to|show May 22. The Commerct le peed Loomer with the | Club has appointed two rare tern on the executive committee call tor 0 le was| charge of securing cetertations: | Thursday, and immediately| and Fred J. Carver was appointed | “management of the Moore the-| on the executive committee by the Offered part of the Monday | Seattle Athletic club. t proceeds when Margaret; Last year a fund of $3,800 was 4 the well-known star, will| raised. The Washington boys sur in “Within the Law. prised the country in their first board of trustees of the pig regatta by finishing third. third OVING PICTURE ACTOR IS KILLED BY ENRAGED LION: |, April 18.- [Man] | More than 100 actors were ea y a lioness while| part in the film, in which the climax ing the heroine before a moy-|Was reached when Kirby, dashing | picture camera, Warner Kirby,/ through the jungle, confronted the lioness as she stood above the pros trate leading lady. Kirby perform ed his part so well that the beast) met his atack with a leap that bore him to the ground: Her claws and ribbons. Taken to a hospital, Kirby battled agninet the tetanus that developed, | it died in agony later. " Officials of the picture company | ordered the Honess put to death. GODDARD GETS IN WRONG WITH READER OF STAR Editor The Star: I suppose our esteemed (?) fellow townsman, re ferred to in our last mayoralty con test as the “weeping reactionary, thinks that perpetrating huge joke on his high salaried asso hi ‘Success in Life depends upon many things—good habits And one of the most important suc- cess habits is REG- he is a council by “Jones” or fates in deadlocking voting for “Smith, Billy the Mug. As one of the many taxpayers |who contribute to the support of that useless functionary, I wish to| |tell Mr. Goddard that he was not| jelected to office because of his| | sense of humor or his acuteness in pulling off practical jokes. if he cannot think of anything serviceable to do, he better w his feet from the public close his tear-dimmed e turn up his toes, and consign him elf to his little 2x7 plot READER FURTH IMPROVES Jacob Furth, the Seattle street ur magnate, SAVING. Become a Weekly Saver at the Dexter Horton Trust & Savings Bank and you will be sure of one great factor of success —— the habit of thrift. who is ill in San Fran DEXTER HORTON i TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK SECOND ANU CHERKY is showing t Fr his son-in-law, who accompanied him south last week, he will be able to come home in about two | Weeks. signs of marked iprovemer eferick K. Struve believes Monday, will be the two noted stars Fields and Lewis, in “The Misery of the Hansom Cab.” The added feature will be Toreat and Flor| d'Aliza’s troupe of trained roosters Other numbers Luigi = Pieara Tre | When stock is sold to any investor, It le sold as Puget Sound Trac. tion, Light & Power Co. the parent corporation stock, which made over | $1,584,000 | y' it ia not sold as Interurban stock in Seattle there are many lines that possibly do not pay for them-/ selves. | The Madrona line, for example, may be one of those. But the Sec-/ ond av. lines do make money. Would it be to the people to divide these lines and charge them more than a nickel on the Madrona line? The anewer is obvious, gentiemen of the commission. You would Mot hesitate in saying that the entire car system should be considered In making the rate, and not the Madrona line alone. Gentiemen of the commission, thie Interurban rate case le not te be restricted to narrow lega The company’s attorneys are hired to clothe thelr extortionate de $| mands with as much legality as possible. Let us have a case in human club of Chicago to preach Sunday jevening, May 17. A New York jchureh has asked him for a series of lectures., He has also been in- vited to pres h the commencement sermon on June 14 at the University of Oregon, and to give an address at the Albany, Or., college June 10, The Rev. George E. McDonald and his wife are now on the way to Day- ton, O., where he will attend the general board meetings of the United Brethren church. The Rev. Sydney Strong of the Queen Anne Congregational church DWYGHT A. MEADE AS THE Foor JKAN KIRBY AS THE VAMPIRE-WOMAN. PRICES Opentng evening (Monday) and Matine Other evenings .. . bee, 366 and Matinees, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. MASTERS PRONOUNCE LOCAL 250 20¢ teeth tore his side and shoulder to! | troupe of whirlwind acrobata; coy, Goetz and Tracey in song, | dances 4 plano patter; the Ger |bardt sisters, adeville’s brilliant singing girla, and the Halkings in a unique mechanical sbadowgraph | act. Comedy pictures tn the Pan- tagescope will complete the enter tainment. tr WATER CARNIVAL equity and justice. |” Under the auspices of the Knights Con’ shut your and Ladies of Security the intereat-| Wl! to the effect that sacob Furth ing water circus of Rice & Dore will! [nstead of the 30-cent rate he now pi begin a week's attraction Monday at Second av. and Lenora at lother daring features will be seen.| Week to the traction company t| abe THE EMPRESS ° The Piechiana troupe of acrobats lis announced as the new Empress feature. David Walters and his lcompany will present “Salvation | Sue.” Other acts will make up the| program. THE ORPHEUM T \¢ , Odtva, the Samoan water — | wit be the star attraction at he) Orpheum next week. Another {n-| teresting feature will be the ap/ earance of Violet McMillan, | cific Glass Works at Georgetown de- pe "Cinderella of Vandeville,” | who| *troyed the property, at a probcble boasts the smallest shoo on the | !088 of $45,000, Officials of the fire stage. department have been unable to FACTO 1. vere big building was tn flames P daceed the firemen reached it ire to the testimony of the postriletress at Tuk- Don’t shut your ears to the testimony of Mrs. Dodd of Mortimer, to ~a| the effect that out of the earnings of her two daughters, employed in Trip to the Bottom of the Sea” and Seattle at $6 and $7 a week, they would have to give up a total of $4 @ under the new rate: LET US HAVE A BROAD, HUMAN DECISION. $45,000 LOSS IN An early morning fire in the Pa- Promised a S-cent rate to that town, roposes. RY BLAZE The nearest hydrant was 2,500 feet way, and fire fighters were de layed in reaching the flames with streams of water. The fire was} | stopped at 12:32 o'clock, but the | | plant ts practically a total loss. ] It was built two years ago, and | | contained bottle blowing machinery, which was ruined in the fire, | “Place and Purpose of Family | | Life” was the subject of the lecture CAN’T TRIM HIM jdelivered by Miss Alice Ravenhill before the meeting of the Mothers’ Congress and the Pareat‘Teachars'| ‘The cuss. wielded yn Gilford and association this afternoon as the/ Thornton froze In their hands Fri last one in the course of talks she|day against Blondy Butler, the has been giving in Seattle. | White House parior’s shark. Butler |trimmed Gilford 100 to 68 and wal- Hloped Thornton 100 to 39. TRY FOR RATES Mayor Gill toany asked the co- | operation of the Seattle Commercial | Club in seeking low rates over the rallroads from Seattle to San Fran |cisco during the exposition next year. The matter will be taken up at the club meeting Tuesday night TACOMA, April 18.—The last of | Dr. Elisha Kent Kane's “Farthest North” polar expedition of 1853, George Raymond Riley, died at the Pierce county poor farm at the age of 81, of 81 NEWS FROM TOLT The annual convention of the ie | saquah district of King county Sun | day schools met in Tolt Congrega- tional church April 15 for an after noon and evening session. Among the speakers were Rev, C, Kleithau er of the University Christian church, Seattle; W. W. Foster, Se attle; J. A. Youngberg High Point and Mrs. Frieda Davidson, Seattle. The delegates in attendance were Rev. and Mra. R. 1. Case of Insa- quah, Miss Edith A. Cubban, Issa quah; Rev. 8. A. Rhyndress and Wm. McLeod, both of Snoqualmie; Mrs. A. C. Fleck, Sylvia McKonkey, Mrs. J, A. Kinsman, Mrs. N, J. Kel ley and F. C. Jerome of North | Bend Shingle week | The Tolt mill resun jwork this Some of shingle weavers are back at | fot It ie not certain when lumber mill will begin operations TRIES TO SETTLE UP FASTIONAL STRIFE 8. W. Motley, national committeeman from Idaho, and who, with N. A. Richard son of California, is investi gating the causes of the factional strife in the social ist party in the state of Washington, will talk on “Why We Need a Socialist Party” Sunday evening at 8 o'clock at the socialist tem. ple, 711 Olive st, under the auspices of the Fourth ward local. the | pape ‘he! ROR COLDS, INFLUENZA, | COUGHS, SORE THROAT ‘GRIP Since by its use you have | proven the curative value of Humphreys’ “Seventy-seven” for Grip, Coughs, Colds, Influ- Catarrh and Sore Throat, end you free a copy of| Dr. Humphreys’ Manual of all] diseases, giving the treatment and care of the sick, with his system of medicine A new edition just published celebration of sixty years. picture on the cover Ark, indicates the enza let us in The Noah’ wide for every living An unexpected rally by Bari | Kelly, the Kent farmer shot by mi take by his friend, Charles for a burglar, has baffled physicians It is now hoped the man will re. cover, Johnson Medi New William York Street a ee ene is of | ‘TON OF ICE DROPS ON JAP PORTER | ton of ice dropped on Harry | sabbaaenes 25, Jap porter at the Brown & Powell liquor store, 611| Third av., while in the cold storage room. @ was removed, seriously crushed, to the city hospital. He will recover. ORVILLA LEWIS | RETURNS HOME Little Orvilla Lewis, 12, who dis- | appeared from her home, 1716 Thir- teenth av., last night with her | Park, TL, will leave for the East Tuesday. He will preach a sermon at the 25th anuiversary celebration of the Ouk | Congregational church on| April 26. He will stop in other| Eastern cities. Dippel, Caru- Phone your WANT AD to |MAIN 9400 today, for by to- morrow today will be yes- terday. Cari Johnson, 20, and recently said: “Nowhere in America 1s j*here a tenor voice to equal bis. David ont | . i living Wagnerian baritone, heard SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 18—Mr.|the Seattle singer. “Far and away honeymoon in Mexico. Johnson sang for Andre York, was hooted by Ensanada resi-| Johnson is a country boy. He dents because she wore a short jcame to Seattle to go to school and |hosiery In public,” the bystanders street. Later Gov. Vasquez rlo- | peers quer apolo-| sven days overdue from Seattle, in the storm off the Copper river delta. The steamer Admiral Samp- there were 40 carpenters, bound for the Granby Mining & Smelting Christensen and Commissioner Thompson falls the pleasant offi- the proper number of signatures have been obtained to invoke ia. graduated from Lincoln high school, ‘MEXICANS HOOT " sergpatonag | George Hamlin, America's great- Bispham heard Clarence Whitehill, declared by and Mra. Ralph Isham have retarn- the finest tenor in the New World,” Mrs. Isham, the 18-year-old daugh- |the impresario, “Ameri riding habit on the stree’ st FEAR FOR VESSEL the tug Tatoosh, with the barge YES, $0 PLEASANT ::: has been asked to keep a look- company's plant. cial duty today to canvass the pe- especial election BOY A WONDERFUL SINGER [study music. He was so quiet abou jit that his schoolmates didn’t know he could sing. He has had many offers recently to enter grand opera, but his teach- ler, Prof. Edmund J. Myer, has ad- vised him to wait. He is the tenor in the First Pres- . | byterian church choir, and the prin- cipal tenor in the Standard Grand Opera Company, Seattle's newest /and most ambitious musical enter- prise, whose slogan is “At prices | you can afford and in language you can understand.’ Johnson is better than six feet tall, weighs more than 200 pounds, and is magnificently proportioned. In addition to a marvelous voice— he takes high C with ease—he has natural histrionic ability in a mark- ed degree. STILL LOVES HIM TACOMA, Wash., April 18—A session was held last night to bring the Barnhisel divorce case to a conclusion. The courtroom, | crowded as usual, was thrown into ja mild flurry by the surprising | statement made by Mrs, Barnhisel on the stand. “Everything has been done in the past year,” she said, “to des- ltroy my affection for Mr, Barnhisel, but I still love him.” A solid silver bedstead, costing $45,000, recently was made in Eng- land for an Indian rajah, AMERICAN GIRL est tenor, heard Johnson sing, and “If I but had bis voice |Madam Wagner to be the greatest ed here tod after an exciting |he said. ter of the late Mayor Gaynor of New so,” said Dippel “Our women do not flaunt thetr| M dere Te eee Gav, Tan ote | VALDME, Alstka, Apeil 18—- America in tow, is probably caught out for the barge, upon which EVERETT, Aprit To Mayor titions for their recall to see if The Bewildering Sensation of the New York HIPPODROME WATER CIRCUS $25,000 MARINE Bible and a few pennies, after be- ing rebuked for a poor mark at} school, returned to her worrled parents, Mr, and Mrs. F. 8. Lewis, | at 8 o'clock this morning. She spent the night with a little friend,” said the parents in their} report at headquarters. | GIVE “MELTING POT” TONIGHT The University of matic association n@ Melting Pot,” by Israel Zang will, im Meany hall tonight. Pro- fessor William P. Gorsuch, head of the public speaking department, has been coaching the cast for | | more than a month, Dollie McLean | |will play the lead as Baroness Revendal, Other experienced members of | the cast are John Harding Mick erson, Gerald Patten, Grace Guild jand Agnes Hobi, Ysabel Patton, Ray Greenwood and Harold Bur dick will ap for the first time Jin a college production Phone your WANT AD to MAIN 9400 today, for by to- | morrow today will be ye terday, | } Dr Washington | will present maitre’ YAUGHTERS Trip (0 the THE WATER QUE Bottom of the Sea’ Spec 4 and HIGH DIVE RS Log Rolling Experts Autodrome WATER WALKERS DIVING HORSES “ CHAPPIE HE" The fisherman's Dog '3(Q-Aquatic Stars- '30-Aquatic Stars-3Q My stify Water: Spect Superb-Sublime cles Other High Clays Feature Atirects boomers vaaeon-seey HAVE YOU EWER SEEN “ADELAIDE”? ALL WEEK Commencing Monday APRIL 20 Second Ave. and Lenora St. EN SHE 1S WITH IT Added Fea ture Altictions Afternoon and Or Night the Death Whirl CARNIVALDOMS MOST HAZARDOUS SPECTACLE 3 Kinetic - Demons Presenting an act which pinches the heart and chills the blood. AUSPICES Knights and Ladies of Security