The evening world. Newspaper, September 27, 1918, Page 18

——_— eae (ww er ae ee oe. Leen ee ——eEEEE—=__E-” IDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1918 tht Months at the Front With the American Army} i }LOFT AND PROPERTY ROOM OF THE WAR Scenery to Run a Battle, Just As It Does to| "Present a Play—Making of Camoufaged “Props” American Artists One of the Most Interesting | Sights in France. By Martin Green (Staf Correspondent of The Evening World.) } 1918, by the Pross Publishing Co. (The New York Pvening World.) | ONE who has been associated in times past with the theatre end Se) the circus there appears at intervals in warfare proofs that war, Don its edges, depends largely on effects such as are presented to | tae public om the stage or under the big top—the big ; top being, for the information of the uninitiated, the | tent under which the unexcelled, marvellous and dare: | devil cireus performances are shown, i In the war in France it is the design of one General | to surprise, fool, trick the enemy General. Primarily, | the effects are produced by manoeuvres or assemblages of @ strictly military nature, By this 1 mean the forma- | tion of armies under the cover of darkness or favor- : able weatttr conditions at points of attack where the enemy is weak, the sudden rain of steel from heavy | artillery, the unheralded approach at dawn of tanks spitting fire, followed by infantry. of all the movements at the front, wiether they be connected ch warfare or advances in the open, Js the camouflage plant, the tion from which appear the war properties or effects which lend to its theatrical aspect. Of course, warfare in itself is theatrical { » th extreme. It is full of scenic miracles, dramatic climaxes without | f | | > , weird unrealities—it is overflowing with everything unusual. | Bi battle, for instance, is as carefully set as to scenic and deceptive | Fround as the most pretentious stage production. Phe auditor, sitting in a comforta- | ——— FLEET eaat in a New York theatre and | !shed in white and blue, Arvund th wut “tore, | Walls are pictures of frisking rabbits wt to the words of the actors.| ang pounding kittens and beautiful (ps Mihis attention more or Jess @c-| dolls and flying birds. Happy babies | by the scenic surroundings | cared for by a skilled nurse, \ Rake stage. The background may|this room while their r 5 ty 4 . ? swathed in rough canvas spon — of Tr i which cower them from neck to hel, @ forest or a city street. Th perform wonderful feata of ledgerte woman in the audience knows | main with knives and te bucket. Rackground representation | and eheets of canvas and tin wire he: t the other end o! eunian, Gain’ Wait Gan. | eure Jo snete at the other 9nd of {t has an appearance of! From the camouflage plant 0 has not heard in a thea- | travel, for the moment, to the field pd of applause for a scenic | bt say hundreds ot miles away “appearing to view after the | {} positon Hava: Ween Quai IAtS rises, before an actor comes | py e? eit is primarily neces- @hicld your movements from He has his aeroplanes § Over your lines and in his ob- pA planes photographers a Wally recordihs your positie disposition of your m and supp! How are to Heyour men and your plans #1 observation? By ,camou- white gaps pnts a ac ps of canv nted to} represent (h ce of the surround. | ng country has been spread, ‘This ts in the early spring when the fle aded brown, The cam ns for the batterie rw id | &Viator observers flying overhead, brown in tint, in harmony with the| countryside, ‘These screens have all} n made In the camouflage plant | Hiouflnge, w ybecome | from color patterns painted by artists MOP eet eciede rut | Who have visited the battlefield descriptive of one of the}. Word comes from headquarters | ry elemente making for the grass is turning green in ‘ul effort in battle. the batle sector, New camouflage Mar back of the battle lines screens are needed Immediat Art- MAME on a plain outside a pictur. | ists are hurried by swift automobile » ttle city which in beyond the | transport to the field of action, ‘The German bombing planes, is| Tink back the color scheme of th age plant of ‘the United | §Tound of the country and a map my, the scene loft and prop-| the battery positions, The executi om, as it appears to me, of our) \? » plant issues orde the war. From the property | {hat all ac for the moment @ theatre comes all the ap-|t? be con ed on new sc to nasint the actors in| fOr & Certain’ number of batte: the effect of reality, total so many hundred of so many is also meade in the the-| thousand square feet. It Is primarily in a theatric: mosphere, | Beessary that | Y positions be int. tasues | Screened from the view of aviators ~deceptive aids | Of the forces of the foe. n who fight. | Great sheets of white canvas are ching. the United States| spread along walls and women smear plant one’s nose fs as-|them with green paint, Before. the ‘an odor approximating that | Pint 18 dry other women come along that has been ripe for many | W!th sharp knives and cut the painted pega has been spread out in large C8 into irregular strips. The fe to accumulate more ripe-| Slashed strips are rojied up and taken odor comes from an ingre- | !1to buildings where wire screens paint used in camouflage | ae stretched, each screen a city block in time it grows into the|/ong and about six feet high, ‘until itis part of’ the| Swiftly and deftly the French f things in the vicinity. But|Workwomen fasten to the wire screous nly awful when first en-|te Canvas representation of grais The day 1 v and shrubbery. As each screen | plant a herd covered it is rolled up, tagged and the odor zone on a wide read, carried away to be sent to the front to the open country and|»Y train and truck. The job called for Right French soldiers were | bY headquarters for a particular part ‘up the terrified bovines in| of the battle front ts finished so far ding territory. | as the camouflage plant is concerned, pouflage plant turns out all/“nd now we go back to the battory or basic properties and| Positions. dobigned to deceive the Ger-| In the darkness of night a proces- field. There are other|@on of trucks, each loaded with a and scenery, which must|@ircular roll of camouflage screens or manufactured at the|crunches along the road, and the Tnccommodate changing con-|®oreens are thrown off behind the ‘at the front, engaged|8Un positions. Perhaps explosive ,|Shells are falling close by. Perhaps German star signals are floating in the air, flooding the terrain with a ghostly, wavering light, Perhaps the batteries are busy themselves, bel: ing out shells in the direction of the | German In ircumstance the time change camouflage, in over Fy work wide by with house- lems and days labc in doing ; t and dangerous bit Pthis article is to apply to the kane loft and property room be gound of the guns in which| The old sereen > thousand people are now at| rolled up and 4 into the trucks.| The new ser re spread and the ppy and busy. in an odor of mot decrepit cheese, The| trucks rumble away toward the rear ser in charge Is fro’ And in the morning, when the Ger- is not an artist, but man machines fly over the Amert- fal executive and he ht Jean lines the observers see patches tive and working staff sc of budding gr where the ground ‘who have covered the United| was brown the day before, and the the days before we went|change has been +0 skilfully acoom- with gorgeous and attrac-| plished that it is impossible to t ine covers, prints, posters|from an aerial observation, whet w of all sorts. These men|these patches of green, merging into the fields and hils and for $80 a month, t de the gate of the inclosure | valleys, are the accomplishm a ‘ © accomplishments of ig the plant is the th man ‘or the workings of nature, orated by the art Follow the screens which have served through the winter and the Ein camouflage work f atis a small theatre, but therc|early spring back to the camouflage nt. ‘They are spread out and the E@.playhouse in New York s Y Gud restfully finished. All|canvas is detached and stored away has been done on canvas | to be used for other purposes or per- lap stretched on wooden walls. | haps to serve, with a fresh coating @ stage is equipped with ex-|of paint, as a camouflage for spring and there the workers |in 4 sudden emergency. Out on the eonceal the movements of | field of battle artillérymen are work- give their shows and en-|ing with new confidence under their cover of make-believe countryside and for a fow days a gunner, getting a whiff of the new green paint, will remark occasionally that the powder the Government is serving is getting rottener 0G rottener, X come | to the are ripped oft,! @ building !s a daintily mm in which the babies of working at hard and 4p the plant, are cared ihe day. The room is fin- on Elsie Janis Ts Called a “Regular Girl” World in which she tells of further interesting experiences. DAILY STORY OF THE REAL FIGHTING WAY Wee Aaa ‘ Chinatown Celebrates the Feast of the Moon QUAINT CEREMONIES AND “MOON CAKE” MARK ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF ORIENTAL CELEBRATION WHICH IS TRACED BACK TO AN EMPEROR OF CHINA’S “LEGENDARY VISIT TO THE EARTH’S SATELLITE” Deer ria. ING Pree Mtnuahing Co. (NY Kvening World WHEN “THE OLD MOON “NDISAPPEARS “THE CHINESE ,PRINCESS IN CENTRAL DESCENDS TO EARTH PARK THE. MOON STILL DOES { BUSINESS AT ‘THE , OLD STAND ¢ ’ —On RIVERSIDE DRIVE A SOLDIER'S SWEETHEART K1SS-SAVING | REGULATIONS! TS ARE POPULAR mos Now AT GONEY YSLE Cainese aE “MOON CAKE. 7 Shek SnHouLp ages FOR ‘THE EW MOON- [Tt BRINGS LOVERS Luc IN THE NICE EAR OF NATURE. WHICH SONG .- IS THE BEST? APOLOGIES TO Tht POET) ( MOONCAKES AND COLIC ARE ‘THE ‘RIGHT OF EVERY TOT IN CHINATOWN (SCENE SKETCHED ON BROADWAY EAR TRINITY ) a ul ay) } LH. FL with @ present of a moon cake. The old lady was so delighted to find someting to tickle her jaded palate, she promptly took the Princess to her heart, With us there are many superstitions about the Harvest Moon. Moon madness is supposed to be most prevalent then, Around our big city moon shadows hide faces and reveal hearts, In Bryant and City Hall Parks I saw many an old derelict sitting pathetically look- ing at the great orb. Who knows what vanished hopes and loves they recalled? Everywhere are couples, many of the men in uniform, At Coney the friendly rays of the moon have for the first time met with reserve, owing to the activities of the police since tne anti- kissing edict. But wait until the dark o’ the moon! For then come the darkest nights of the year. Be sure to get a glimpse of the next new moon. It is the lucklest one of the year. In its arms you will » cradled the old moon, a sure omen of happiness for all true lov By Stella Flores Copyright, 1018, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) HE MOON FEAST is celebrated this season every year by the "T cainean wits many It is endeared to all children by the making of the moon cake, most delicious of all dainties. This is so rich that only a limited quantity is made, which is quickly bought up. Any one who has tasted will agree that it is worth wuile being sick once a year to eat such a delicacy. According to the story told by an old Chinese priest, the Emperor of China once visited the moon. In his honor it was lit up more bril- Mantly than in any other month, He fell in love with the daughter of the Moon God. When the old moon disappeared the little Princess slipped out of the sky to become the Emperor's ‘bride. In her sleeves she hid some moon cakes. The old Dowager Empress bitterly opposed and beat her. With swect humility she returned the cruelty | quaint ceremonies, By the “Regular Fellows’’ Ovér There SIE JANIS, who das done more than any other actress to lighten; and we all had a grand time. Our) Neutlly when the first crowd of ma- the hearts of Allied fighters in field, trench and hospital with her | boys arrived in France so rapidly that | rines came in, and the only ones who songs, dances and stories, writes a second letter to The Evening | W¢ could not keep up with them,|Uttered one word of complaint were To her it\ Every time 1 thought I could rest a/the poor dears who had lost an arm fully I found that it wi who bad insured my life,’ the agent of just being with our boys and hav-/at a time even in the pouring rain,|for three weeks at the hospital in ‘ * we aoa os - | permission of the Czar to marry his Rg AMERICAN, FRIDAY, SEPTE MBER 27, 1918 By- Bruce 1918, by The Press Py njoys a good laugh Copyright often laughs last and Jongest. ,Zyzis Lambrino, a peasant maid. ment for the next seventy-five days. who married in disregard of kings a Princess Amelie of Furstenberg, who scandalized the courts of Burope several years ago by eloping with her chauffeur, belongs to the Konigs- jberg branch of the family of Fur- stenberg, which can trace an un- broken lineage for eight centuries, | She was a well known beauty recognized leader of Viennese societ /. | The court was shocked when the| |young lady declared that she was madly In love with her chauffeur and |would marry him or die, She got! ' and her wish, but they were separated a year later “for the good of the fenasty.” | Princess Josephine of Spain, great- | aunt of King Alfonso, became en-| amoured of @ journalist, who wrote |some verses and dedicated them to] her. One evening, when dusk had| fallen, Josephine left the royal palace at Madrid, where she resided with her sister-in-law, Queen Isabella, and fled with her lover to Valladolid, whence, after a secret marriage, the couple proceeded to Parts. Queen Isabella made repeated but fruitless | \efforts to have the marriage an- nulled, and finally submitted to the inevitable, The Grand Duke Michael Michaelo- vitch of Russia was in love with a Russian Countess in his younger) days, but when he sought to obtain choice he was hustled off to the| Riviera, Lieut. Rariatinski, anotWer Russian, was dearly beloved by the Igvely | Grand Duchess Olga, favorite daugh- | ter of Czar Nicholas I. They ar- ranged to elope to this country, but the young officer's courage fated him at the final moment and he confessed to the Czar, who forced his daughter to marry Prince Charles, later King of Wurtemberg. ‘The mother of Margherita, Dowager | Queen of Italy, was banished for ten| years by her brother-in-law, King Victor Emmanual IL, for eloping| with an officer of artillery, who,| speedily tiring of his royal bride, de- serted her and eventually committed suicide, The records of the House of Haps- burg contain more instances of mes- ajliances than those of any other royal house, and also provide a great- er number of cases illustrative of the unhappiness resulting from these unions, In this category is the case of the Archduke Henry, who married Leo- poldine Hoffman, an actress, Arch- duke Ernest married a woman of still humbler birth, and his son by this! union grew up as a waiter in a cafe Mating of Beggar Maids _ And Prince Charmings Seldom Proves Happy Despite What the Poet Says About Marriages Being Made in Heaven, Fate Has Smiled Only a Few Times on Royal Mesalliances—Crown Prince of Roumania, Latest Begins Wedded Life in Prison. Hishtn The fate of Prince Charles recalls many tri to Tempt Fortune, Copeland ¢ Co, (The New York Evening World), at the expense of locksmiths and but when the bridegroom happens to be of the European y and the bride of lowly station, the locksmith usually The latest scion of royalty to hear the locksmith’s laugh {s Crown Prince Charles of Roumania, who was married a few days ago to Miss Charles’ father was so incensed by the news of his hetr’s lapse from | Princely Jaws that he has ordered him to take his tiffin fn close confine Is of royal newlyweds nd kingdoms. PRINCE CHARLES OF ROUMANIA, WHO MARRIED PEASANT GIRL. Crown Princess of Saxony shocked all Europe by eloping with M. Giron, her children's tutor, her brother, the | Archduke Leopold, caused a sensa- tion by running away with Fraulein Adamovics, a music hall performer. Herr and Frau Woelfling, as they became known, adopted the simple life, but the Archduke found it @ tedious existence and soon divorced his wife, atic marriage of Prince George of Sayn-Witteenstein to the daughter of his brother's chief tor- ester caused all of his princely broth- ers to become pronounced woman- haters and live in almost hermitic retirement, i There 1s living tn or near Lisbon to-day an American woman—she was Miss Elsie Hensler, of Boston—whose husband was King Ferdinand of Por- tugal, She married him in 1862, but was never accepted as Queen, al- though her husband tried his best to give her royal standing. Archduke John of Austria (Jotm Orth) married morganatically in 1889 an actress named Marguerite Stubel, renouncing his royal titles and pre- rogutives, He disappeared in 1890 and his fate {s still a mystery. Grand Duke Paul of Russia mar- ried the divorced wife of Baron Pis- tolkors and was driven frpm the Rus- sian court and empire in disgrace. Grand Duke Nicholas Michaelovitoh another kinsman of the late Czar, married the widow of a Moscow tea dealer named Bournine, but his of- ense was condoned on condition that her name should not appear in the Ajmanach de Gotha, which still Mate him as a bachelor, The morg: Women This Year Helped Raisé has been a Joy to sing to the soldiers in « pouting rain, to turn a cart-|bt,teey Would tall me several new|or & leg and would sot Be able to/S° VINE Wt TNs MES MAA the Gs whenl'oB © wages captured from the Germans, and to be balled by. our | Twine bad Srrived end of welgo back end get grea Oh we ore boys as “a regular girl.” J would go, and at that I missed a lot | Ie 60 privileged to ave in these are ja what ah A oe of them—worse luck! We had quite| times, when valor romps home’ what she says: a time at first, The French military| With the honors every time! Bitte 2 LONDON. ing them tell me I was a “regular| Could not seq where I got on or off.f 1 Se eee sped Suppnee + should Raitor Pvening World, New York, | girt" Of course I could write pa They thought the war was quite! !ave had this typed, but I have be- sa T T have been try-|nad, but a» we were traveling under|then when they heard about motner,|the mental picture of you trying to The ing to catch anlqen, porshing's orders we were|that was too much. They had never|¢ec!pher this scrawl does not touch hsabl elusive moment|reatiy in ine position of soldiers, and| heard of a girl wanting her mother] ™* When we get under way at the during WHICH I! noe supposed to write about things! With her, so they suspected the worat.| Palace I'm going every Sunday down might write to] 0 nave seen. 1 can tell you that 1/About that time wo called for help,| {0 ‘he British carapa to welcome our you, but, belleve | nave giventys many as nine shows in| and that most wonderful of men, J boyé. who are. passing through and 710), 60rd tO eee teeny eens sinver. | Pershing, answered are rather ho ick at times, playing in the] ’ i Best wishes from us, care how" over | 224 every one of not less than half] About two weeks ago T gave a show Late JANIS. theve in France, |2 hour. Of course that was not an|on a captured boche wagon with Ger. | =, the good old one-|¢¥°rY=day eccurrence, but it would }man helmets, grenades and other TOO REALISTIC. night stands were|%* When we went along the Hnes/things lying wbout the ground, 1 REDDIE BRANDT tells us of a wate Maa eaaation | basis. of: She front hse, where ‘you peo al, Tie no nas caused F ham actor who applied for a job T pave parived th London, where 1/SRonot Wei & Rie crowd together on | there to Dea ¢ in esi The wagon in @ certain stock company last am going to play and convince myseit | 8°e° IS Goo zo Boche coming Ba 4 me By a : va da cartw heel, |week, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, that I have net got entirely out of/°VeF and spoiling the party. I often{and at that I've lost ten pounds, #0] “What can you do?” asked the the habit of making money, ‘The eol-|*#ked to be allowed to sink in the| you can Imagine that wagon's morale | mana fiers say “it's @ good war,” and 1|ffont line trenches, guaranteeing that | was badly broken, “I can take any part,” ackuowl- fully amree, but it is an expensive|!f 1 Could get near enough to the| No one in the world can say enongh|@lsed the thespian, “I have had alf, one, and after seven months without | “Hermans and there would be a] wonderful things about our bdoys,|sorts of experience, but I am best in making any money, I am going to|Tetieat because they are musical tf/1've sung to them and seen them|heavy stuff, My pathos has gained spend three or four months doing nothing else Irom the news we hear|march from my show into the|encomiums everywhere,” the game and then go back over|9°W they don't need me trenches, then played for the fellows| "Your sob stuff gets across, does ‘ae Wr there and spend It, If you know any| I can't tell you how I hated to leave,|that they relieved and the next|it? ™ y i ‘one who hay any of “it” left tell them | They offered me a steady job with a| morning sung in @ hospital to some ‘Get across? Let me tell you. The x o4 \ Xe they can get their money's worth| regular salary to stay, but I thought|of the men I saw go in the night|iast time I played a death scene a Rat we “over there.” that would spoil it, When I do go 1| before. man tn the audience fainted away, : Seriously, I would not take a mill-| want to give and give until I can't] And the spirit is always the And when I aent out to find who it ton dollars €or the Joy I have had out| pive any more, I've sung to thousands bane pecleae en! ai" wormed | Tan, Mnam bad attested so power. | Crops on 5,285,000 War Gardens i i ' . 4 ‘ j | | \ N