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1' The -cast , of principals to be seen
in : the world's greatest dancing fes
ftlljf Ltffal, "September Morn," coming to
yW th - Academy of Music Saturday mat
&f; inee and night, January 13th, includes
, several names which have already
been distinguished in our best light
Operas; Ruth Wilkins, in the role of
z. "Argentina," whose clever dancing is
lll-S--the talk of the -season, played lead
il!ing roles in "Louisiana Lou," "The
C Goddess of Liberty," and "The Mili
Plfll -t : tary Maid." Maud K. Williams,
playing "Mrs. Storm," is well remem
Siljiv bered in Henry W. Savage's musical
WiM comedy, "The Prince of Pilsen," and
n' ' the famous Boston opera company.
' ':. 'William Moore, in the leading comedy
,S V role of "Rudolph Plastrio" was seen
in "The Red Mill," "The Heart
breakers," and for several seasons in
vaudeville. Other prominent mem
bers in the cast are: J. J. Patton,
James Baber, Leslie Jones, Billy Mur
phy and a smart eUorus of stunning
show girls. Prices: First ten rows,
lower floor, $1.50; balance floor, $1.00.
Balcony, 50c' and 75c. Bargain mati
nee: Lower floor, 75c; balcony, 50c.
Seats on sale tomorrow morning at
jSlvington's Front street pharmacy,
inent New-York families. They were
NEW SHOW AT ROYAL TODAY.
Today Walker's "Hav-a-Laf" Lady
Minstrels and Musical Comedy Com
pany will present a brand new show
for Royal patrons, one that by far
odds possesses, a .greater variety and
therefore should be even greater than
the first bill of the week, which in
itself created a veritable sensation.
From the time the brass band plays
the concert in front of the theatre
until the curtain rings down on the
last act an hour and a half later,
there will be something doing that
you have never seen the like of be
fore, something possessing the snap
and the vivacity that will make it
hum, something musical, witty and
rich all the time.
The famous GxeIawalt Concert Or
chestra will be on hand with a new
bunch of music fortheir concert,
which occupies tne last fifteen min
utes of pictures, and patrons should
arrive in time for this treat. Musical
Walker, the highest priced and most
famous minstrel star ever with a popular-priced
organization, is one con
tinual scream in his role today, and
will entertain the large crowds to
a great line of minstrel talk and gags
and his wonderful musical act, all
new today.
Some of the big musical hits on to
day's bill include "Come Back to
Erin," "Im Simply Crazy About
You," "L'Trovatore," "-My Mother's
Rosary," "Dixie Band," etc.
BIG FEATURE FILM AT
GRAND
TOMORROW.
It has frequently been said that the
stage and the screen cannot teach
a lesson without becoming dull. This
statement will be utteny reruted by
the Paramount picture, "The Martyr
dom of Philip Strong," which is the
attraction at the Grand theatre to
morrow. This powerful photoplay is
an adaptation of the works of the
well-known author, the Rev. Charles
M. Sheldon, and, when the last scene
' has faded from the screen, one real
izes that -a tremendous lesson has
been taught, but during the course
of the picture itself, one thinks only
of the great drama which is being un
folded upon the screen. It is a force
fully enacted drama showing the
struggle of a minister who has won
the admiration of his wealthy congre
gation by his clever sermons. At the
height of his popularity, he suddenly
realizes that his teachings are as
tinkling brass and sounding cymbals,
for he is not living in accordance
with them. The costly struggle in
which he engages in the effort to
bring succor to the poor of his par
ish and to crush the ring of vice by
which they are being throttled makes
one' of the most absorbing dramas
that has ever been placed on the
screen. Robert Conness and Mabel
Trunnelle are the featured members
of the cast, which includes Bigelow
Cooper,. Herbert Prior, William Wads
worth and Frank Lyons.1 v
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Walker
and his
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LADY MINSTRELS
Present
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New Act by the Famous Barbeau
Mdsital Trio. "i
MUSICAL WALKER IN ALL
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Cancellations of -Membership
of Order Will Be Totaled
By Officers Today
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New York,Jan. 10. The supreme
officers of the Royal Arcanum have,
designated today as the day for total
ing the cancellations In the member
ship of the order, which will show for
the first time the full extent of the
dissatisfaction among the members
over the increase in the cost of cer
tain classes of insurance. According
to the last annual reports the order
numbered 240,000 members in the
United' States. It is known that sev-'
eral thousand members in New York
State have resigned from the order
since August 1, and it is believed the
total number of resignations through
out the country will , run between
60,000 and 100,000.
The advance in rates, made neces
sary, according to the officials by
what is known as the Mobile insur
ance law, particularly effected what
is known as term insurance. This in
surance formerly provided a low rate
up to the time the insured was 65
years of age, but has been more than
doubled in many instances. The in
crease was made necessary by the
Mobile insurance law, whch requires
all fraternal insurance companies to
be made permanently solvent on the
basis of approved mortality tables.
AH the fraternal insurance compa
nies are put under the same restric
tion. It became apparent to the supreme
council of the Royal Arcanum as
early as 1905 that the rates of the
organization, for certain classes of
insurance, were not based on sound
insurance principles, and an effort
was made at that time to impose a
new scale of cnarges. This attempt
was resisted by those who had taken
out insurance at the original rate,
and who insisted that the order waslup the golfers of his home State Bob
obligated by contract to carry out its. by entered the National tournament
side of the bargain. ' last year and succeeded in gettinc: in-
When the supreme council attempt
ed to go ahead with the new plan
over these protests an action to re
strain was brought in the Supreme
Court of New by James Lawrence
Mock, the holder of a policy. Wil
liam J Gaynor, then a Supreme Court
Justice, ruled against the council on
the ground that it was bound by its
agreement' with its policyholders.
This decision was later set aside on
appeal, but became the subject of ad-
ditional litigation and policyholders I t ive a,
A ;a -.ojr,-. twtheir chrab to fame and fortune at
were permitted to continue paying the
old rate.
This condition continued in New
York State until recently when the
supreme council decided it could no
longer withhold action. A storm of
protest followed the announcement,
hundreds who had been paying for
years the rate originally agreed upon
asserting they were not financially
able to meet the new scale, but the
council declared it was forced , by
necessity to adhere to its program.
The resignations then began to
come in and have been increasing
sincfe. Not until the cancellations
are totalled will it be known how
many jh embers will quit the order be-
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cause or mssatisiacuon wiin me
new rates. Some have estimated the
total as high as 100,000, but the su
preme officials estimated that 60,000
will cover the withdrawals in the en
tire country.
FIRST TITLE CUE BOUT
OF YEAR FOR TONIGHT
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 10 The first
title cue match 0 the new year be
gins in this city tonight, when Frank
Tabefeski, of Schenectady, and
James Maturo, of Kansas City, "begin
a contest for the pocket billiard
championship, now held by the
Schenectady expert. .
The match will be for , 450 points
and is to be played in- three ,-. even
ing sessions of 150 points each, or
in six afternoon and evening sessions
of 75 . points each. The ; winner will
be called upon to' play Louis Kreut
ner some - time next month. Other
challengers for the trophy, in order
of priority, are Benjamin Allen, of
Kansas City; Lawrence Stoutenberg,
c-f Buffalo, and Joseph Concannonj
of Jersey City.
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'r' 'r u ' '-':mmm cuies. were included among; tho bridal infcnt New Yoflcftttailies. KTey were wappeAi as thev appeared-. ujiotrthel Car tafC RefUtldedoh Purchases of $2.00 otOvre.
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Some real stunning show-girls in the big dancing festival, "September Morn," coming to the Academy of
Music, Saturday matinee- and night, January 13th.
SPORTS
Ybuth must be served" may be an
old wheeze, but it certainly ran true
to form in the athletic world in 1916.
Never before did so many youngs
ters display such marked prowess in
the various lines of sport and athletics.
And should the youthful athletes con
tinue to improve, the coming season
is likely to witnes the downfall of
more than one veteran.
Of the many juvenile athletes who
delivered in 1916, 12-year-old Bernar
din Currier, known as the roque wind
er, is perhaps the youngest. At the
Missouri Valley championship tourna
ment held in Kansas City last Fall,
Master Currier defeated some of the
best players in the country among i
them his grandfather, a well known!
expert, who taught him the game. tAny
kid who can beat his grandfather at
the old gentleman's own game is cer
tainly there or thereabouts.
Golf also produced a boy wonder in
the person of Bobby Jones, the kid
marvel from Georgia. After cleaning
to the third round of play before he
was upset by Bob Gardner, the 1915H-
champion. The spectacle of a 14-year-old
boy wading through the old-timers
in a National tournament created a
full grown sensation in golfing circles.
After watching the boy perform, '
"Chick" Evans, the champion of golf!
champions, uttered the biggest boast ,
for Bobby when he declared that the
young Georgian had everything.
Many baseball players have started ,
an
early age, but Henry Febris, of Ripley, I
Ohio, is believed to be the first 17. i uuuS me year n necessary.
year-old boy to be signed up by a. Somehow 1 bad never really looked
major league club, Febris, who is to! befo.re- B?1 the next, day I started again,
be given a trial by the Cincinnati 1
League scouts who cave him the im'
and down have declared him to be a
I
hurling wizard. In his last game of
the season he struck out 19 batsmen
and 'tis said he would have fanned a
couple of dozen more had his catcher
been able to hold his delivery.
To another 17-year-old belongs the
record for a high run at pool, the run
have been made recently by Louis
Kreuter, of New York. Kreuter pock
eted 131 balls, sweeping nine entire'11
frames and Dart of the tprtth
.month the boy wonder is to engage in !
a contest for the National amateur
pocket billiard championship. DUl nis wonaertui constitution puiiea
. . . : him through and he finally became
Another young man entitled to a , able toget around
place among the youngsters who For many years he has practically
showed class m sports last year is.been a public charge but when Jef.
Lyman Brusie, an 18-year-old driver , fprsrm rn,;ntvwpnt Arv h(i rnrnp nfn
of harness horses. Young Brusie. who !
is a son of Harry. Brusie, the veteran)
driver, holds the distinction of out-'
driving Walter Cox,- the Grand Circuit
wizard, in a race at Woonsocket, R.
I., last October. In the 2.23 pace Em
ma C was piloted by Brusie, while'
Cox handled Harland K. The boy's
clever work against the veteran
brought the crowd to its feet. It
was a driving "hurry up" in the lastl
strMhh and in ah pvpflash' fifiloh Ttrnal
ie's mare got the verdict.
' The girls likewise earned their share
of laurels in athletic competition dur
ing the year 1 just ended, and in some
instances they even excelled -he
achievements of their youthful broth
ers. '
Foremost among the girl athletes
winning fame in 1916 was. Miss Alexia
Stirling of Atlanta, who now holds the
women's national golf championship.
That's considerable title for an 18-year-old
girl, but Miss Stirling won
it without a flaw and what's more, ac
cording to expert opinion, she's likely j
to remain champion for some time to
come. I
Tjap shooting is ably represented!
among the little folk by 'Miss Lucille
Meusel, of Green Bay, Wis. Although!
but 14 years old this young lady holds i
an average of 90 out of every 100 tar
gets in competition.
In Thelma Darby, a ia-year-old mer
maid, Indianapolis boasts of having '
the , greatest . girl swimmer in the '
world. In .winning the 880-yard Na-'
tional title , Miss,. Darby swam the!
course in 16 minutes, 8 3-5 seconds, or
one and one-half minutes below the
former American .record, .
EM MET-DAHLG REN WEDDING.
New vYork, Jan. 10.-Bishop Hayes
officiated at the .-. marriage of Miss
Katherine Drexel'Dahlgren, datighter
or Mrs. Drexel pahlgren, and Richard
Smith Emmet,", which took place this
afternoon at the home of the bride's
mother .if n fiast ..Ninety-sixth street.
well-known representatives bf society
in - Boston. . PhiladplnMa n hftK I
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RESURRECTED NEW
Horns, confetti, bells and all the other Happy New Year , novelties have
been tossed aside to the ash heap long argo, but how about the resolutions
which looked so glittering and promising on January 1st? How about our
vows to live better lives and make the world more beautiful because we existed?
Have they, too, found rest in the rubbish heap?
You alf made resolutions, I know. That's part of the game somehow,
isn't it? Ever since I can remember I have made resolutions on New Year's.
As a little child I made a number each year one was not sufficient. But
generally the week-end found them dead things of th dusky past.
This year, as before, I woke up on New Year's with a happy and strange
feeling. I wondered for a moment what I was going to do that day that I
was so happy. Then in a flash it came to me. It was New Year's, and I had
prepared the most wonderful resolutions which I was, of course, going to put
into practice for the first time that day.
It was a happy day oh, so happy! And when I closed my eyes in sleep
that night after Mother o' Mine "had tucked me under the downy covers, I
felt that I was going to be ableto keep my resolutions all the year through.
I he next day I was still victor.
Then like a bomb it happened.
my head ached as though it would break. Although everything seemed to
go wrong, and I broke my resolution!
The moment I failed in my resolve I was sorry, and all that the nurrins:
! of mv motor eneinf! spp.mprT to sav r.n
youVe failedV' . ' ;
By the time dinner was over and I had nestled at mother's feet in the
living: room, under the clow of nnr'rRariiiif- bmn t
could not-smile. And in this fact my resolution lay in pieces at my feet, for
I had resolved to be. glad no matter what happened to smile no matter what
discouraged me.
Mother o' Mine read my thoughts
u:i. n i a . . . . . ., .
think tha tomorrow was another day,
again.
Will you join me in making every
Oldest Prisoner at Bar.
Punxsutawney, Pa., Jan. 9.---Prob-ably
the oldest prisoner ever ar
raigned before any bar of justice
pleaded guilty to selling liquor here.
He is George Ambler and was born
in Russia 103 years ago.
Ambler served fifteen years in tb,e
Crimean war. He came to this coun-
When he was 0. Still a powerful
w-'iuou, ue wuii m me'uuues ai rjiueruc inyi icauituuus, icpuneu
fon for years, until he was caught
m a ?ave-in- oacK was DroKen,
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SOCIETY
ILDREN SKATE
;' ! (Polly Shreve; and
The ice skating fad Is spreading
All of the big; hotels are yjaddihg, ice
tiong, and now, instead" of -going to.
I fc ,,,f j0l(fl I
chiidrehof ' th'tit wealthy,; ahd their ntlrse-maids are se;:t .to tho ; ice rinks' of
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YEAR RESOLUTIONS..
And so on for other days.
The day had been unusually hard and
tlm w.tv Immn nmo "V-i-...r.
and asked me if 1 had ever stopped to
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and that I could begin over again 364
at New Year resolutions that: way
and if I fail HI begin still again and
day New Year's, as far as resolutions go?
a new source of livelihood. His ar
rest for selling liquor followed. Judge
Corbet committed the aged prisoner
to the County Home.
BRANDY SALE HIT.
ol0CKflOim- " "ec- iu.-me
some wees ago, nave aireaay cut
down the retail sales of "schnaps"j
(Swedish brandy) ia Stockholm!
roundly 50 per cent., according to Dr. I
Bratt, head o fthe "System company."
It is believed also that the consump
tion in restaurants has been mate
rially reduced.
ON HOTEL ROOF.
Lillian Emei-son.)
to alarming; proportions in -New - York.
- skating rinks to. their many .attrac-
Central Park fo?- the . aftern6on, the
7 P h S$C 1 CTt0 WINTER WHEAT
I V7
A man bases his opinion of baking on its
Make some biscuits of Valier's Dainty Flour and
hear him sayTinest biscuits I ever ate.'
Valiet's Dainty Flour is made of
slew process, which saves all of
ie cxira bto. it is
baking. Have your grocer send you
The Corbett Co., Wholesale Distributors, Wilmington
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LITTLE CHANCE FOR
"DRYS" IN MEXICO.
Queretaro, Mexico, Dec. 10. There
seems little possibility that a clause
providing for prohibition in Mexico
will be included in the new constitu
tion, according to delegates to the
constitutional congress. The advisa
hility of prohibiting the sale of in
toxicants and prohibiting gambling
was considered in connection with
Article 4 which declares that no per
son shall be hindered in following
any profession, industry or labor
which does not offend against the
laws or society. The article, how
ever, was .reported from committee
tion and passed as reported by the
Wll.Ilflllll. I If. m t-Mll IflTl fll lirilfl I 111' 1
The delegates to the congress are
confident for the most part that the
body will complete its labors well
within the time specified in the de
cree of General Carranza which pro
vides that the new constitution must
be completed by February 1. The
delegates declare that although there
are over one hundred and thirty ar-
tides in the draft of the new consti
tution, there are many to which there
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$15.00 will be reduced during these two days to
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$ . :: , - 615-617-619 North Fourth Street
He judges
by flavor.
finest flavored wheat; milled by a special
the fine flavor; then sifted through eilk to
quality nour ana gives quality resultu in
Valier's Dainty next time you need flour.
is iiu uppubiuun aim tint anion oa
tnese win oe speedy.
AiLiiuugu txie utiii nas noi ionuallv
Deen issuea it is Known that Hie iic.
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called for the first Sunday in .March
and that the successful candidate
will assume office April 1.
300 Miles to Collect $3.
Parsons, Kan., Jan. 9. Mack Eddy,
1 nr.- .
mi euiyiuye ui uie lviissuun, Aansas
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auu itias ivanroau, in a small iexas
town near Denison, arrived hore re
cently, having traveled more than J)0
miles at his own expense to collect
$8 which, he says, is due him for la
bor.
When the men where Eddy worked
'erei Paid f 9- he found his
! check was $8 short. When the trcas-
urer of the road told Eddy his ac-
counts would have to be traced be-
j fore he could get his money, Eddy
went to the county attorney and ask
ed- whether he couldn't bring suit
against the company for the wages
due him and also for his railroad fare
and board.
It has cost him $15 to conip here
to try and collect the $8, ho snid, but
it wasn't the money he cared about
so much as the principle of the ihing.
OF MUSIC
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Night
Prices
Firct 10 Rows Lowar Floor $150
" Balance Floor".
Balcony ..... .
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50 and 75 cents.
at Elvington's Front St. Store
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