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' i1 "A .1 ' ' toft r - -VTHE WILMINGTON DISPATCH SUNDAYv MARCH 24,1918 I - . PAGE;THREE, lasers o I o o I o OS , TTl u , Tr-rt .':; mitt . : -tt-i r : Plays, 111 'uHM if - 1 , :M ml i and. PlayfiOM II MM II -- --- I 1 I I II II . II 11 II II ; II b. I J II .II El II ' . i "II BUSINESS MEN TAKE STOCK OF FUTURE . Guaranty Trust Company of New York Issues First of Series of Reviews of Financial and Economic Conditions in Foreign Landsjn Interest of American Overseas Trade Advantages and Disadvantages of This ' Country, in Com parison With Others Pointed Out. Everywhere throughout the world . the . foundation lies a huge gold re Dn and nations are preparing f oi serve upon which can be built a neace, says the Guaranty Trust Com-J '.nv of New YorK L,ity, in the nrst stocK or tne miture" ceries of reviews of financial and eccncmic conditions in foreign lands. Tlieir preparations, the paper con tinue?, are going forward not in the belief that peace will come in a month, or a year, or within any other fixed period, hut rather in the (Convic tion that no matter how far off peace rav be its known problems are of such magnitude and importance as to J equire immediate consideration, aau- incr "Even those countries which at the mnment are chiefly "concerned with ar measures aie takfng stock of the, future, and are seeking Witn all the provision they can command to glean from its uncertainties some .under standing of the t principles that . must obtain in reclaiming the wreck that, this conflict has t made of . the activ ities and relationships of mankind." Numerous features of these ques tions are discussed. Among them the following: "Neutral countries, no longer able to import the things they require, are turning g in their own fields-and mines'? for food and raw materials. They are increasing their manufactures and de veloping their foreign trade. Out of this is growing, not only an "under standing of the wants of other, peo ples, the extent of their resources, and their methods of doing business, but also and more important an un derstanding of their own capacities. Accordingly there is observaDie a growing spirit of enterprise and prep aration not unlike that of the Ren- naissance which swept over Europe at the close of the Middle Ages. "To come to any appreciation of what part the United States may play in world affairs at the close of this war, and by what means it is to hold its position, a clear idea must be had of what the comihg of peace will im mediately involve. , The warring countries, for a considerable period must direct their . efforts largely to ward taking apart, or demobilizing, the vast and intricate war machine, and toward rearranging society, not according to pre-war standards, but according to the new requirements which a long and disastrous war has made unavoidable. "It is beginning to be realized that the individual nation must organize for peace just as it did for war, if it is to give effective aid to mankind in rennnstructine the structure of a civilization which it took 1,400 years! to build up and less than tnree years to break down. The first step toward such an organization for peace, how ever, must be the clearing away of the debris of war. In this America will have the advantage of being able to turn more quickly to what, may be termed development, as distin guished from demobilization and re building. "It has been estimated that 35,000, 000 men are under arms or are di rectly connected with the military and naval services of the nations of the earth. Then come -others whose talents and energies are directed to ward supplying goods and services that are needed only because . so many men and women have been withdrawn from production and dis tribution. These are merely indicators of the vast multitudes who are now doing things they did not do before the war ,and who may or may "not continue to do them after the war. In itself, the demobilization of the fight-' ers and their return io their own countries is a huge problem, but there are wartime industries, war time railroads and wartime trade and I shipping routes which will cease to serve any useful purpose when peace returns. "While America will escape the burden of rebuilding, while her de mobilization problem, difficult as it will be, is insignificant compared to that of the European nations and wane we shall, accordingly, have a Tery important advantage over our commercial and industrial - rivals, it should be remembered that the Euro Pean nations will also have certain very material advantages. First of all, they win have the impetus given by their colossal national debts. To pay these will be the proud ambitidn of 8very honorable nation. None of them will care to face the world with 4 record of repudiation. To their Purpose to pay they will bring a skill to manufacture bred through many years during which competition forced them to produce cheaply and quickly. "They will have colonies, rich in raw materials, which have developed jtoring the last three years a higher jfepee of productive efficiency. .They have an intimate acquaintance th the conduet of foreign trade and tfle framework at lease of an. organi zation upon which its success de pends. They will have a system of Jjrelgn banks with staffs of trained Jjen in charge. They will undoubt- ly have a degree of governmental assistance and support with which luierir.pn , CA o LkCL y O UClClVilVl O Deen unacquainted. Aside from a favorable position at "e opening of this race for commer " , supremacy, America has certain uc? advantages of importance. At structure of 'credit sufficient not only to finance our own enternrises. but also to give aid to those of-forpien countries. To guide and assist "these credit extensions we have a . banking system characterized, by some of our rivals as meal. This system will lend itself to the extension of American financial houses into foreign countries. Already a beginning has been made, but only by the setting up of branch banks and- foreign offices establish ments which may be termed money and credit depots for the advancing trade army but also by the organiza tion of merchandise banks, institu tions with the usefulness and work ing of which European nations have long been" familiar. "This, in broad outline, is the situ ation. To the solution of these prob lems every great nation of the world, with the exception of the United States, is already giving the thought of its most able men. Under the auspices of their governments, finan ciers, manufacturers, traders and workmen are being organized for the purpose of investigating and report ing on what will best serve to lift their respective enterprises out of the ruin of war. When all the resultan mass of information and opinion shall have been accumulated and organized it will be co-ordinated and will form the basis of policies i which the gov- ernments are expected to adopt. Al- ready it is evident that some of these policies may snatter .traditions ana, inoa a ct cr a n noron tn onn 1 1 rA : bitterly opposed both by those who live in the past and those who dream of the future. Certain it is, how ever, that these problems- of peace must be solved and the nation that solves them with the largest measure j of vision and practical insight will j soonest get out of debt and resume I effort of the nations. After the war all - will be concentrated no less vig- orously on the work of reconstruc tion." "The extent of that wreck is incal culable. It is only when one turns to the problems of eventual peace that some realization may be had of the destruction of the last three and one half years. The money dost -alone has been estimated at $100,000,000,000. Lit erally millions of men, women nd J children have been killed, have died, or have been rendered physically use less. " Entire countries have been laid waste. In every warring country equipment for th$ produtcion and dis tribution of goods, other than war supplies has been deliberately scrapped or allowed to deteriorate be yond hope of rehabilitation. Trade routes on land and sea have been abandoned and new ones, to meet tem porary needs, have been established. The demand for ships has taxed the resources of every country in material and labor.". In subsequent articles more specific instances of the changes that have come about during, the last few years will be given it is promised, in con nection with an account of the meas ure for meeting them which various countries now have under advisement and of the principles to which they Intend to adhere in the work of recon struction. Finally it is proposed to submit . information . concerning trade opportunities in various foreign coun tries which will be of interest to Americans desirous of extending their business into new and profitable fields. BIG SUMS FOR COKER. Needs to Raise $10,000 . $150,000. - to Secure Hartsville, S. C March 23. Found- er's day was celebrated at Coker Col lege Friday. The leading address was -made, by Major Ullern of the French army, whose address was a forcible presentation of what France has. done during the war. He commended high ly the preparation America has macu to enter the struggle. At the close of the exercises It was announced that the general edu cation board of New , York offered to give Coker College. $40,000 on con dition that the trustees raise $110,000 more. .The treasurer of the college then announced that Maj. James L. Coker. the founder of the college, had just given $100,000. This leaves only $10,000 to be raised by friends. The entire $150,000 is to be used as a permanent " endowment fund4 This makes the endowment of Coker Col lege over $400,000. Arrive Irl France. Word has been received here an nouncing the safe arrival in France of Messrs. C. B. Thomas and Robert Harrell, two ' Mullin sboys who en listed early in February in the 20th Engineers. They volunteered in Co. D, 8th Battalion. Mr. Thomas was principal of the Mullins school and Mr. Harrell held, a responsible posi tion with the Mullins Lumber Com pany prior to enlisting in the foreign service. 5The news of their safe ar rival will be read with interest by friends here. Mullins Enterprise. MAETEt fslORMAND DOpGING A MILLION OOLD.WXN. PICTURES MABEL. NORFAND The Stellar Attraction at the Grand Monday and Tuesday. GATLESS REVUE LATEST WRINKLE IN RIALO REVUE By O. O. Mclntyre. New York, March 23. A song and ?ance team -who have won more or less reputation Dy appearing in mid night revues tried to put on a real 4 i" wee, K was call;i castless careless and costless and it was all of these and lmore t00 Hooverism is a great sub- T 3 T X r lOA AT ' A 1- - p T -"-" , ; . ' , eo aw xwajx. xuat 10 umvoa is it is in the manner of dress for the i show girls. The show was unmercifully panned. The producers held up to ridicule and it will probably close in a week. There w,ere no programs or ushers probably an idea gilched from the theatre of Harryo Kemp, the tramp poet. ZyZZ NT v it panning Shakespeare in New York this week. An advertising pundit, ad dressing an audience, said that Shake speare had far less "punch" than the gentleman now writing certain tobac co ads. He declared that the tobacco ads would be remembered when Shakespeare had been forgotten. The audience booed him off the rostrum. Peach growers and others may gain comfort- from the meteorologists of the curb market, who officially recog nized the presence of spring 'om Thursday by. amusing the old "egg game" from its winter sleep. All day spring revellers were wel coming the vernal season in by drop- S5L,e8EL 5; JCS fellow brokers. Sooner or later, in the turmoil of trading on the curb, disaster follows. The present price of eggs did not hamper the, revel appre ciably. The revel was first started a number of years . ago by a facetious broker and each year it is revived. Oil issues were still spurting on the curb this wek. Okmulgee Oil sprung a sensation when the stock jumped from about $1 a 6hare a few months ago to more than $9 a share. They are exclusive up at Sing Sing . MABEL PAIGE As the Woman In "The ETernaI Magdalene" the Opening Attraction by the United Southern Stock Co., at the Royal, Monday, April 1. prison, Folk go through a lot to get into the prison organization and they do not welcome uninitiated intrud ers. Twenty State police rode up to the prison and demanded shelter for the night, explaining that their instruc tions were, whenever possible to put up at State institutions. "Cops are not welcome here, un less they've been caught with the goods," quoth the doorman, "and be sides every room in the pjace is taken." New York has closed its doors to the rich and Door flaneurs of New York. Since the Governor signed the bill making it necesary for every man j iin Jersey to go to work or the work house, there has been a - steady stream of idlers to New York. The police commissioner got on the job and turned them back He doesn't care for them and they "will have to return and go to work or seek some other State. New York is no place for gen tlement of leisure. A newspaper man was surprised this week to get a check for $20t) from an author. The check came with a . i,-; iirt 1 letter explaining that three years ago the reporter told the author a story and out of that story the author wrote a short story that sold for $1000. The 1 author considered that $200 was a fair commission. Now the newspmper man is hunting up every author he can find and spins yarn after yarn in the hope of having a regular annuity for his ideas. Women who wear army uniforms lor rather uniforms that specify spe- -OQ VnrV Wela now. One woman tried to order a cocktail in a down town hotel and was Publicity out of it that other hotels refused and tne notel got so muc'i are following the lead. Will Hold Hearing. v Chesterfield, S. C, March 23. The nor Manning has designated next Sat urday, March 30, at 11:30 o'clock in the morning for the Hearing on the five cents car fare act, passed at the recent session of the general assemb ly. The act would limit fares be tween Columbia and Camp Jackson to five cents instead of 10 cents ' as now obtaining. theatre I A GREAT SHOW COMING L : Positively the greatest, the most pretentious stock organization that ever has toured the South comes to the Royal Theatrqf,-for a limited en gagement, commjjing Monday, April 1, the United SQUthern Stock Com pany, a combination of the three best known stock aggregations below the Mason-Dixon line and embracing the stellar members of e"ach Mabel Paige, Peruchi-Gyppzene and Edouard D'Cize. In addition, such recognized Dixie performers as Joseph Cusack and Charles W. Ritchie will be seen in every ,entertainment. Tis affiliation of three big shows en ables the United company to "offer at popular prices plays heretofore unob tainable by the single traveling stock, plays not to be seen in the' South ex cept at a scale of high prices of ad mission. The Eternal Magdalene will be the initial offering, to be followed by the skyscraper of all modern farces, A Full House, and the most novel melodrama of the decade, Un der Cover. ' The Eternal Magdalene, chosen for the opening performance in Wilming ton, is a drama that has set the peo ple talking from Maine to 'Frisco. . It is a violent, yet at the-same moment sincere recital , of facts, as they pre sumably would occur should a street woman suddenly be introduced into a modern American home. The central figure is a prototype of the woman of the Bible; opposed to her in the T?lay is a present day business man, a captain of industry, who is the pre dominating factor in a vice crusade upon the "red light" district and its denizens. He is backed by an evangelist and is opposed by a brainy newspaper reporter. Reserved sale opens next Friday at the theatre box office, and for this en- ga&ement seats may be reserved not nly for the higher priced seats but for a11 section of the house for any perrormance, Deing on saie at up times for three days in advance. . Pa trons who remember the many dis appointments upon the opening of the Pickerts' engagement will undoubtedly avail themselves an1 early opportunity to make reservations. THRILLING MYSTERY. If. ever there was a play shown on the screen that contained more thrill ing mystery than Mabel Normand's first Goldwyn starring vehicle, "Dodg ing a Million," the authors, Edgar Selwyn and A. M. Kennedy, would like to know it. "Dodging a Million," which is to be shown at the Grand theatre Monday and Tuesday, has neither murders nor detectives to create suspense; but by a clever unfolding of a novel plot the interests kept at high tension to the very end. Everything is handled from the viewpoint of the heroine, Arabella Flynn, who is an humble dresser in, a fashionable modiste shop. The spec tator shares her wonder at the mys terious things that happen to her, be ginning with tne appearance or a strange young man who asks her the names of her mother, father, grand mother and grandfather, and then hurries off,- and learns the complete facts only as fast as they are explain ed to her. Events come thick and fast. An expressman delivers three trunks to her, numbered consecutively, and a letter containing a check for $800 and instructions to open the trunks one at a time on consecutive days. The first trunk contains beautiful clothes of the Civil War period; the second is filled with jewels, and the third holds bottles of a curious poison that brings death painlessly and instan- GRAND 1 H " ' ' "J11I1 MABEL NORM AND IT - I iDODClNG A ' fcA 11 1 inn" VIIbUIWN, GOLDWYN PICTURES. taneously in three hours after tak ing. To complicate matters, a mysteri ous,, but always polite,' Spaniard with unlimited funds, suddenly appears near her and guides her in the pur chase of more clothes and jewels, and otherwise helps her to live the life, of a veritable princess. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SHOW For the coming week the Royal an nounoeathe presentation of Gracey's Colonial Maids company, a new show on this circuit; which during the past week has played to capacity audi ences in Raleigh and comes to Wil mington with one of the highest rec ommendations ever given a show on this circuit. Gracey's Colonial Maids present: clean, classy and refined musicaV comedy plays with elaborate special scenery and gorgeous wardrobe with more changes of costume to each show than have before been seen dur ing the past season. Six big vaudeville specialty acts are carried with this aggregation, headed by the famous Colonial Trio, in harmony singing that is something different from anything seen hereto fore in Wilmington. Wentworth and Young, in singing and dancing spec ialties; George Adams, a singing comedy artist; the Schiffers, har mony singers who kn0w how.; Milly Berning, " singing and talking come dians, and Amy Lee, a dainty little comedienne, are among the big head liner specialties to be presented. Their opening bill, one never before seen at the Royal, will be "Cupid's Mix-VP." a roaring farce with lots of singing and dancing. Monday and Tuesday the four teenth chapter of Jimmie Dale; Wed nesday, the fourth chapter of "The Neglected Wife," and Friday, the fourth chapter of "The Mystery of the Double Cross" will be the picture offerings. Building in Chesterfield. Chesterfield, S. ., March 23. The two brick stores to replace those burned last fall on Main street, that have been under construction, are now completed. The same occupants have ROYAL GRACEY'S COLONIAL MAIDS A New Show, Highly Recommended, Presenting Clean, Classy and Refined Musical Comedies VAUDEVILLE 1 Geo Adams Singing Comedian The Colonial Trio Harmony Singing 'The Schiffers. The "Harmony Pair" SPECIAL SCENERY ELABORATE Goldwyn Pictures Present 'THE LITTLE GIRL YOU CAN NEVER FORGET MABEL SUPPORTED BY TOM MOORE In Her Motion Picture Debut Under the Banner of Goldwyn Pictures DODGiG One Million Dollars A Beautiful Heiress A Handsome Lover' A Mysterious Foreigner A Trunkful of Jewels A Bottle of Slow Poison And All the Clothes in the World. Mabel Normand's Most flittering Screen Play. Nevor in her screen experience has she been fitted with a vehicle that so fully displays every facet of her remarkable acting ability or so Admirable a setting for her youthful beauty and charms. Matinees 1 5 c -movea- in witn everytmng as or .ojUA f i1'' excent new eonds and rrinr handsotnA S- RSCv fixtures. The Teal-Jones ompany,-v& men's furnishing store, and the Ches-4 ll ''gil terfield Drug Comflany occupied tuV-vlI-lS'' two buildings. .LalmH ROYAL One Week, Beginning Monday, April 1 United Southern Stock Company The most Pretentious Stock Organization That Has Ever Toured the South, With ' the Southland's Favorites. Mabel Paige Peruchi-Gypzene Edourd D'Oize Also Jos Cusack and Chas.' W. Ritchie Highest Class Royalty Plays Direct from Long Metropolitan Runs, Including "The Eternal Magdalene "A Fullhouse" "Under Cover" "Faust' "The Common Law' A Seat Sale Opens Friday, March 29. Reservations May Be Made for Any Part 'of the House. All This I Week SPECIALTIES Wentworth and Yo"ung Singing and Dancing Amy Lee Singing and Talking Comedienne FOR EVERY BILL WARDROBE MONDAY and TUESDAY NORMAND A Nights. 25c ) II km s ;.: til m 1' ; : 1 n m c it, r 1 i
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