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"The law of compensat'on certain
ly woflcs out in the end and all things
even themselves up, some way or
others'" remarked John P. Slocum
the other day as he watched the
crowds jostle one another in their
efforts to buy seats for his musical
hit, "Nobody Home."
"For years the managers and pro
ducers of . farce c jmedy and drama
have had it all over the musieal com
edy and operatic producer with their
short casts and inexpensive produc-
How all of us admire individuality! And how all of us desire people to j tions. But things are different now
Yet unless we naturally have this endowment, we wiJl and the musical producer nas Dy tar
INDIVIDUALITY A DYNAMIC CHARM.
a shade the best of it. This has all
been brought about by the moving-
picture. The photographs have
taken every farce, drama, novel,
story, produced and unproduced playj
that you can think of and have for aj
time at least ruined their financial j
recognize it in us.
find it most difficult to acquire. Individuality is, in reality, a gut.
We can, however, strive to attain a small portion of individuality by mak
ing certain things suggest us to our friends and acquaintances.
JTor instance, I never see a certain shade of blue without thinking of my
friend, Ethel. She wears it very often and it has become her color. From her
chiffon shirtwaists and evening dresses in winter to her linen garden frocks
in summer, we find this blue predominating-
. Her room is decorated and upholstered in a similar shade of cretonne, j value for the stage. But the musi
Even her luncheon set-is embroidered in floss of that color. j cal comedy has then balked. They
I am sure if jTou will think of your friends you will, in a number of cases . cannot register on the screen the
connect certain things with certain people. Thus is one form of individuality ! qu;ci action, dance and music of
suggested. j this form of entertainment. It will
Some people are fortunate enough to possess no small amount of this De years before they can synchronize
wonderful endowment. Their homes speak of it even to the way flowers are j the VOiCe Wnh the action of the play
placed in vases and books arranged upon the library table. i er an(j eveu if tbey Q jt vill only
While most original people are possesors of individuality, of habits, be' mechanical, and the thrill and
of expression and of thought, there is a wide difference in originality and j , f th mn'qs wiii he ln?t "
individuality. The former is a definite quality. The latter is the more subtle-- The realiy o-00d nirsical plays are
in the way it affects one's impression of a person. Sometimes you are swayed , getting a'n th money there is being
by a person's characterististics without knowing why , ent in the tneatre loday eapecialiy
Try and cultivate an aura of attractiveness. I know you will be glad i jn tfae out.of.town district when
when vou find a suggestion of it in the response you evoke among yonn ' , v,.,K
,, , . . . . ., TiTTTm j v. t. 1 you go to a performance and laugh
aiquamiauies. 1 ii sseci ci ui il is nut su mutu m mc v un.j. juu u.j, uul iu
the HOW you do it.
I have said enough. During the next month or so just aim to cultivate j
an individuality, and see if you do not grow far more attractive in your
nature than you have been before.
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i yourself almost sick and come away
afterward still laughing, and at the
same time hold your own self-respect,
you may count on it you have seen a
genuine comedy . that is bound to be
a success. Just such a play is John
P. Slocum's delightfully droll and
tunefully exquisite musical gem, "No
body Heme." New York clung to it
for nearly a year. Boston would not
let it go for three months and every
Joe Hess and Ethel Benneti, the Whirlwind Dancers from Maxim's, Paris, and Rector's, New York, in "Nobody Home," the big music show at
the Academy of Music tomorrow matinee and night.
The crowds last night simply laugh
ed themselves into fits over the inim
itable comedy work of Ernest Lin
wood, Who is without doubt the great
est blackface performer ever seen in
Wilmington. Everything he does is
funny and you only have to take a
slant at his features to go into con
vulsions. Then the Empire Quar
tette, who answered five separate en
cores last night, were better than
ever before presenting almost every
thing in their whole repertoire it
where else the managers either want seemed before the crowd was satis- IvUD rail! Klght Jllt Wltn
OUCH! PI, PI.
RUB RHEUMATIC,
ACHING JOINTS
For the first time in the history of
the United States three California
women vill sit in the Electoral Col
lege next January.
The Mothers' Club, of Beloit, Wis.,
has declared wor on short skirts, silk
stockings and low cut waists for h'gh
school girls.
D Academy- To m now
MATINEE AMI NK.iri
The Smart MusW-al (Onu-.lv sn(T,.,
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the engagement extended or an im-ified.
mediate return. Only quality brings
these results and "Nobody Home" is
full of it. The local date for this
attraction will be tomorrow matinee
and night at the Academy of Music, i
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The popular matinee prices will be
from 50 cents to $1 with a few seats
at $1 50. The night prices will range
from 50 cents to $2. Seats for both
performances are now on sale at El-vingtor's.
MAUDE ADAMS.
Maude Adams is to be seen at the
Academy of Music on next Thursday,
i November 23, when she will enact
Harold Paite, the Wilmington boy
with the big voice, thoroughly de
lighted with a new bunch of bass
solors, and the chorus, of course, was
there with a big bunch of new song
and dance numbers, chief among
Small Trial Bottle of Old,
Penetrating "St. Jacob's
Oil."
Rheumatism is "pain only.". Not one
case in fifty requires internal treat
ment. Stop drugging. ' Rltb southing,
which was a Grecian dance that was penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil" right into
the prettiest ever seen anywhere. your sore, stiff, aching joints and mus
' - . v .: ! cles, and relief comes instantly. St.
'The Fortune Hunters, yester- Jacobs 0il" is a harmless rheumatism
day's bill, in which Fox Reilly is lead cure which disaDpoints and can
in the title role, will be presented for not burn the skin
AGAIN TODAY
Wiil the Multitudes be Delighted
with
the last times today and tonight.
j Lady Babbie in J. M. Barrie's charm-
"THE SCARLET OATH."
Limber up! Quit complainine! Get
a small trial bottle of old, honest "St.
Jacobs Oil" at any drug stort?, and in
just a moment you'll be free from rheu-
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No. 1 and Original Cant, imliiilin;
( haft. McNauRht on an. I ., f;ar.
nett.
Special Price: Matno. ." to l
Few At $1JM). N4irlit: .Vic to S.
Tickets at KIii)','to.i s.
REILLY'S Ml AC ADEMY
FAMOUS
Globe Trotters B Maude Adams
matic pain, soreness, stiffness and
Dealing with the most picturesque
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ling Scotch comedv, "The Little Min-!d"u UUKeu U1 C1lh tu 111 uxibi- swelling. Don't suffer! Relief avaits
lister." This is an" Announcement that ' encc at lhe Present date, a story you. "St. Jacobs Oil" has cured mil-
i will be greeted with pleasure by all ' which rapidly carries us from one iions of rheumatism sufferers in xbe
I lovers of the theatre. It was as Lady
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pabbie that Miss Adams made her
bow as a star and her portrayal of
I therole brought her fame and a fol
! lowing that has become larger each
j season until now she stands in a lit
j He niche in public regard that is all
j her own. "The Little Minister" was
i the first of the Harris plays to win
j success in this country. When orig-1
j inally given in New York it estab- plays herseif and her twin siater she
Miss Maude Adams, in "The Litt e Minister," Thursday night's notable
attraction at the Academy of Music.
1 ich or! n ropnrd fnr- tYin lonortVi nf o
.v- V V a W i . W A (.ill, lJllll VI. 4V i jg pS
continuous run. It was the intention
i similar in looks. Two erirls as nlaved
of the actress to give the play for : by one girl make you tremble and
inree weeKS last season in iMew YorK. snake
iLO SuctKSS was buuu, nowever, mat welcome at the end of all the trouble
continent to another with a thrill iast i,aif rentiirv. and is inst as sr.iofl
every foot of the waj', William A. j for sciatica, neuralgia, Iumbaco, back
Brady presents tomorrow at the ache, sprains. Advt.
Royal theatre, bis latest great World 1
achievement. "The Scarlet Oath,"!
starring that exquisite and beautiful CLUBWOMEN TO
empress of emotional acting. Gall; UCADMnTrn oDrAKCDC
Kane, supported by a typical Brady: HLAK INU 1 LU brnAKLKo
cast of stars. -
, A , Miami. Fla., Nov. 21. The program
, of the Florida Federation of Women's
-t Clubs, which opened here today with
, delegates in attendance from all over
tlio Rf-ntfi io rUct-inciiicViorl fnr thp nn-
with nervous anticipation yet; ' , . . i
! speakers who are to be heard at the
Presenting
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different in character as she is
THE FORTUNE
HUNTER"
Th3 Biggest Show They Have
Yet Presented Here, With
ErnestLinwood
Empire Quartet
Harold Paite
And the Niftiest Singing and
Dancing Chorus on the Road.
Entire New Show Tomorrow.
THURSDAY, NOV. 23
Charles Frohman Presents
In J. M. Barrie's Comc-j
THE LITTLE MINISTER
Prices 75c to $2. Gallery 50 fl' 7rc
Tickets on sale ?t Elvington's.
Free List Suspended.
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GERMAN BANK IN
several sessions. Included among
those scheduled to address the gath-
chane-ine: Drosnectus will
lauon ana it ran tor over two leave you one minute in orderly New
months. Those who are familiar with
Mr. Barrie's exquisite story of Scotch collnsels of the dreaded Nihilists. : enng are Governor Trammell, Senator
Jife will be again eager to see this f Fletcher, Mrs. William jcnuings Bryan
vrvT7Tvi7Aiif a io m y-or-rv 1 tm ti- tt-x r a n. r. .. ,n play, but not anv more so than the it ie nkv nf TOTroanrP nnri n and Dr. Galloway, of the United States
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- " ,aamirers or Miss Adams who had no i powerful oath which the little orphan uepartmeni 01 Agriculture
j opportunity of witnessing the comedy giri had taken to avenge her mother,
THE AUTUMN GOLF
Yokohama, Nov. 21.-The
hama branch of the
Yoko- Pinehurst, N. C, Nov. 21.
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'fllinnB- its pnr v tnnrs Thp nlav is I ;r. .. ,i v, .,;n nil n n-r. v. .jt.
Deutsch-Asiat-, weU known golf players are partici-UtarDH with nn,0 aho.- c,i ,v f ..... ' ..
of ? the Japanese eovernm"! and all' mntT tT tOU?i and care and that it will attract given her very best endeavors to the But he didn't want the labor
of the Japanese government and all ment of the Pinehurst Country club, a an?e and meased audience is a cer- i , l ri nf this ftn im, mi nr thp wr( it tflkPS tn M If
lis nnsinpss snsnemnor "hi chut. ' mi,;,.v, , .i j , -i, i. - i '"""o i.v. w 0.T
T i,. ", X ; . iwmiu wab U1WUCU luua a"u wm UK;tamty. Prices will range from 50 rnnnerted with it i
im5 up oi me oniy uerman Dank m . continued through the remainder of 1 .t, o n,- I
wsii, cciiUUij ctucL-L vjciuid.il ne weeK. ine tournament is the first
prisoners of war whose deposits ' in thp annual sohps that wilt rv
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-Exchange.
formed the largest part of the busi-jto make this resort a mecca for golf
ness. It is estimated that deposits of ' experts from now until next April,
about 4..000 German prisoners are Prominent among the events to come
locked up until the official ban on'wm be the annual midwinter tourna
the institution is removed which will ment, the New Year's and St. Valen-
proDaDiy not De until the closing of tine's
the war. The total deposits by Ger
now on sale at Elvington's.
mans are estimated to be 3,000,000
yen or about $1,500,000.
Japanese papers which led a cam
paign last spring for more vigorous
measures against German residents
and German institutions in Japan ex-'
press satisfaction over the closing of
the bank.
tournaments and the United
North and South open and amateur
championship events.
Fine way for one girl to speak of
another girl's wedding.
How's that?
She says the church looked lovely.
Exchange.
GIVEN A ROUSING WELCOME
Fox Reilly's Famous Globe Trotters !
came and conquered again yesterday,
playing both yesterday afternoon and
last night to a day's crowd that broke
all previous records for this theatre.
It is safe to say that Wilmington
never has had an aggregation of
amusement makers that have pleased
more thoroughly than this bunch of ;
all-star performers and it really j
seems that every different play they !
put- on gets bigger and better and '
draws bigger crowds.
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William A. Brady Presents
THE EXQUISITE QUEEN OF
EMOTION .
GAIL KANE
One of Filmdom's Most Beautiful
Women, in
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Seven Dainty Maidens with Fox Reilly's Globe Trotters at the Victoria j
this week.
THE SCARLET
OATH"
A Marvelous and Tense Photo
play That Will Fascinate and
Charm Everyone.
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Beauty is Liver
Deep
Good health, cheerful
disposition, clear com
plexion depend upon
an active liver.
Popular since Grand
ma was a girl. Keep
. your liver right and
most of your troubles 0
will never happen.
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