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THE BROOKLYN DALLY EAGLE. NEW YORK. TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1920. PROGRESS IN FRENCff TEXTILE IHDUSTRI ENTRANCING TUNES HEARD IN "LASSIE" jJOHN DREW PLEASES IN UNIQUE COMEDY EDDIE LEONARD GETS WARM WELCOME Congo Belles, Not Paris Models, Setting Pace for Milady's Styles Popular Musical Comedy Star unde Star at Majestic With "The Cat Bird," Combining Wit and Wisdom. New Musical Play at Shubert-Crescent Has Many Delightful Moments.

uml Ituiai. .1 Datiri and Sinclair neiee-able, and moot of the humor comes from I he lips of I he em-win- Mtri'v 1'earson. Miss Pearson Is in IOnj wrvs the backbone of the pin i ie." tells the story of a Scotch Cinderella who Is loved bv a rich man's sen and flnalh merries hiui when certain rather ancient obstacles have been removed. We should say lhat il will succeed in Manhattan. period for which present-day styles are apparently headed.

Among other Interesting analogies Hatley product-, I evidence to show that nearly all of ihe fashions through which woman's dress have passed have been originated by savage ladies in the Congo and similar places, and practically all ornamentation, earrings, paint und powder, have their counterpart among tho wild tribes from which they were Another peculiarity of fashion is a lendeney among women to ape men lime' "What me Hi, picdi'clioi's for tut ure Hat ley asked. Egyptian head costumes, harem tioiisers. Creek robes. Indian dress or coolie trousers?" All of these, she explained, would he bighl.t nupra habit-for the American business girl, whose tendency Is to work out her own sal- Complete Restoration in Two Years Indicated Many Mills Have Resumed. Complete restoration within two years of the ruined textile industry iu Northern France is considered in onlv possible but probabic, according to advices forwarded to the Bankers Trust Company by Its London corn spondon About 40,000 workers are estimated to be employed in mills which a year ago were either razed or had been looted of their machinery by enemy armies Much of this machine) has been recovered, damaged machinery has been repaired and new machinery has ar-rived from England and the 1'nited States.

This, coupled with united ef- uspices of the Department s-clenee of the Itrooklyn in stitute of Arts and Sciences. Miss Hailev look up the histoty, philosophy psychology of dress. Her own me was Btrlklng, consisting of brlghl blue satin coat and trousers, vith a blue tam-o'Sfcanter, giving her he appearance of a French "Blue Devi ri the which hail a scope Including 111 Miss Ha, ley showed "'iiiiiiin swings through a long or cnanges from Eve through Controller Travis Answers Some Income ax Questions rem line school. As am the head of ihe bouse, can I claim exemption of $2,000 -Anxious. A.

You are entitled to an exemption of as the heatl of a family. house in which State tax? i Vhat is the rate? 3. When is th ax to be paid? 4. Where and hot nay obtain the required Reader. A.

1. Yes. 2. The tax rates ar percent on the first $10,000 of tax $411,000, excess ol 3. The ii all March IB ed from tl ii, mu i a fact lhat I CAPT.

D'ANNUNZIO PRINCE OF FADDISTS lerstttious to Ihe core and will never lit down to an ordinary meal unless here are eleven at table. He is fas-Idious in his choice of foods and will Irink only a special kind of Rhine vine. His favorite dish is "scampi," i small crab-fish found only in the Juarnero. The fish resembles in color the merican shrimp, but is much larger ind has a taste milder than lobster. Approximating the crab, but consider- Ins partiality for "scampi," d'Annunzio is a lover of ice cream, lie sometimes divides a large cake of ii intended for the whole table, halves.

He takes one entire half him self, then gives the other half to the The poet's (Humeri, oni must be done in red. The walls must be covered with ted tapestry and much of the furni ture. Then, too, orders are given concerning the color of flowers, morning, noon and night. WOMEN'S CIAJB MEETINGS. Aclnitie- Three enting i Civic he Brooklyn Women's Club were held yesterday afternoon in the club building at 114 1'ieri eponl si.

The literary committee of which Jlrs. James O. Carpenter is chairman, spent the afternoon in a riis, ii si.ui of the novels of Joseph Conrad, and other contemporary novelists. John Drinkwater's play "Abraham Lincoln." was read aloud by members of the Drama Committee, at which Mrs. Fred Joel Swift officiated.

An informal discussion of the play followed its reading. Local civic improvements and philanthropies were considered by the Civic Committee, over which Mrs. Charles S. Shepard presided. MISS ELIZABETH I NEFF died Saint the mlnaling the belief that France wmil 1 lose her roreign trade before a resumption of ter textile industry could he effected indicate that as early as October ldst 112 French textile plants in tho North were In operation employing WlSl workers, compared to 2fif factories in 1D14 employing 106,000 workers.

At the present rate of progress it Is expected that production of textiles In the rii.viisiut.-f) districts will reach 50 percent of the pre-war output within one year. Provided the lalsir shortage can be remedied ami coal supplies un-l raw materials be obtained, there Is hope that the 11)14 output may even be exceeded in 1921. mine, which have reverie. I to tho control of France, employ 7K.000 person-. The Alsace cotton manufacturing in-dttstrv wib, according to estimates, enable France to men use her production SHOES, BAGS, TRUNKS FROM FISH LEATHER New Industry Promises to Help Reduce High Cost of Many Philadelphia.

March It; Fish leather made from the skins of the finny tribe is heralded by tanners and shoe manufacturers as the beginning of a new national Industry. Many-are predicting that the product will have a far-reaching effect, within the few years, upon the leather ade. mpply riible- everything manufactured from leather is decidedly hopeful. Kxperiments have shown that shark skins can he tanned into durable and atitifiil leather. Tunnels assert that they can be dyed and finished in all colors, textures and weights, ranging from the finest kid to the heaviest sole leather.

tn the experts. amineri samples of cod edict an immediate demand for a line Blmc enlist. rabb products, estimates that UARY EDGES, wlfl MRS. MARIA KORTOW, GKORUK HI'NTBR. 1 Theater last hattan one for the por I way tO Man-iy competitors Maytlme." a play called blaned with "Lasi music Hugo Felix, witty, whimsical, ultogrlher IturratiatlnK music lhat has in it none of the tinny cacophonies of the usual musical comedy.

Tho music Is played by an orchentra thai Knows how to play and with Some of the siiiRei san amir, hut are less successful when called upon in act. and Dorothy Dirk-son and ail Hyson, dancers, can neither act nor sing, but they can dance delightfully, and perhaps thai is enough to ask of them. "Lassie" is a musical version of "Kitty Mackaye," written by Catherine Chisholm dishing. It is not one of the musical revues tbttt depend for their effect! on a number of interpolated acts from vaude- wardly dragged truthfully cl Dn archldaceoua i you with her swagger dancing, but hits you near the funny bone when the tries to Bins and act, and Mr. HyiOH is, if anything, even more ill at ease and awkward when Hie duties of a singing actor are thrust upon hira Koyee, who staged "Apple lilos production of the present piece, either of the other two.

but the chances flr- ne will wtup it into sham- shurtlv. One would say tha' Lassie- needs tha it i Just Cordon Dihworth. Real QbanceNabmaiade THE SPRINGTIME TONIC For Nervous, Weak Men and Women Is CADOMENE TABLETS Sold by All Druggists. 16799 DIED la New York City alone from kidney trouble last year. Don't allow yourself to become a victim by neglecting pains and aches.

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9n and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50. Seen to Good Advantage at tne ivtontauk. second act of "Roly-Bolv Byes" at th Montauk Theater last evening Th. come to Eddie. Quecnle Stiiiih.

Kate I'lar fiales. Muv Holey Mazier and ih. company of singers, da and chorus. The play, which la I gar Allan Woolf nd music Eddy Brown and f.ouis Gruenberg. was well-known minsltel, singer anc dancer.

Of course, there is only Hit slimmest kind of a plot, in which Eddie Leonard as Bobby Warren has dis appeared under suspicion of theft, 01 which he is innocent. He returns at Billy Emerson, the minstrel, at the head of c.nirmam- who ate invited tc neiio, at mansion of Ins father in the Berkshires. He. and hi nets perform, he unmasks 1 him ends lis pi Eddie Leonard sings a number of songs in his usual manner, espeeialh his song lioly-Bolv Eyes." does some good dancing, ami was hraitilv endings at.d Karl Hates as Huddle Mont-ruse give some wondi rful dances, gucenir Smith as Ida snowed hat she was a better dancer than singer, but she made ideastng impression. Clayton Five was verv good as the minstrel manager.

May Boley was extremely funnv as Kittv It lee. wife of Billy Hiee. Ihe comic. Margaret Edwards gave an artistic Arabian dance. The large chorus was comely and the costumes were new and dazzling.

ATTRACTIVE BILL ATTEHORPHEUM Emma Georgie Price Makes His Usual Hit and Emma Trentini Returns to Stage. There is a good bill al the Orpheum lut i Won, lei Rome and Cullen. the eccentric terpsichorean pantomimists, introduce some novel dancing steps and an attractive line of patter. They were well received. Howard Langford and Anna Fredericks, in "Shopping," were a joy The skit is a very clever one.

entirely new from Ihe ctit-nml-rl ried style, and the team have a dlstincl personality. Anna Frcd-j dainty and charming bit Foy, Eddie Cantor and that princt dancers. Pat Rooney. were so per body could well iraa return and make a speech, which impressed Louis Reinhard thai 1 made notes of Georgie's big words Mme. Emma Trentini, (he popular lime in vaudeville and sang some of the.

songs which have made her famous. She was in good voice and was very warmly applauded. Keegan and Edwards displayed a line of "stunts" entirely out of the ordinary. They were their own jazz, band and made one of the hits of the evening. Alice Hamilton in her monologue "A Breath of Lavender and Old Lace," was very funny.

"Once Upon a Time" was another sketch that everybody enjoyed, with some of the funniest sit h.i I. mis on the vaudeville staee long period. Capf. Gruber and CAME TO AMERICA WITH PERRY, 1854 Aged Chinaman, Recently Dead at Shanghai, Voted for Lincoln Fought in Civil War. Shanghai, Feb.

10 The Rev. H. X. Woo. whose death has just occurred here, voted for President Abraham Lincoln and fought with the Union forces iii America's Civil War.

He was SC years old. He had acquired a smattering of English when Perry came to the Far East in 1 854 to negotiate the treaty between Ihe United States and Japan. Perry fleet returned the oop i Plyr mth i and returned to China in the Taiping Rebellion it t'ung Jen E. Ch ary. from -which ha-, gi He 'was ordained In ISRO MORE GARAGES THAN HOMES shortage applications for garages ith the Bu ing Depart horo last year, nrcordin Kiel net i superintendent, int indications filed wt its intended for housing a for garages, according 3 for "The home shortage exists mainh sueu as Fiatbtisn, Far Slope nri the like.

smte Klelnert yesterday. "lUsthisrie i that i sing seekers were, not eo pmrtionlar." iliKt wins through more subtle appeal than i usually encountered, coupled frith the acting of so consummate an lOtor that he apparently forgets he niiled this week at the Majestic ill The Cat-Bird," John Drew Ihe star. The play is a refreshing novelty. ordinary accepted meaning of the word, 'The Cat-Bird" is far from dormant. Jt teems with sparkling dialogue, witty dissertations on life, and piquant philosophy.

Mr, Drew plays ihe part of Martin Gloade. a scientist, who has sacrificed his henrt on the of his profession and. alter years which i shed nml.i Ofte, life. -rs. bugs and reptiles, tiloade lias an-consciously retained an optimistic outlook "ii lite and a love of romance which requires but the neccssart spark to burst into action.

Kale, however, decrees thai the woman whom he lost when a youth because of his sacrifice to duty and humanitj should come Into his life i that also had erred in her first, choice. idopted daughter, Coralie Tippet. i concealed behind a frivolous ex-ir, plays an important part In I of years ago together again, en so homely, if not unimpori-a commodity as molh balls fur-la an appreciable share of the civ and ihe "camphorated exile" inahle hotel. The setting depicts the orch and the effect is very realistic. Needless to say, as a successful umedy, the play ends happily for rosby.

the widov rtuth Kinrilay as idopted daughter. Others taking part Barry. William liny. William Wil eed. Wil la re Bowman AT TELLER'S SHUBERT Bedroom Farce, in Which Embroidered Chemise Figures, Has Many Amusing Situation "Up in Mabel's Room," which is, as the astute reader may have, suspected, another of those bedroom farces, Is being presented this week for the delight and edification of the good peo- lo Mabel.

Then he marries a gir who snubs Mabel. To get even, Mabe threatens to show the chemise to tht young wife. Kather than have ont row with his wife, Garry makes al most, praiseworthy efforts to steal tha though some of I hose situati seem to have been dragged in neeis. one or tne.se inns will write a farce in which of intelligence as most of us display in eettine- to work every morning with out being vamped by one of the shop girls who ride in the same elevated character in a farce actually capable thought should ne a sensation. The cast is satisfactory.

Sager M.dgley plays the part of the goody good Garry and plays il well. Klaim Ivans, as the snobblish baby doll wife delightfully amusing. Dorothy Wot Slater is good to look at. So is Ring, who has the part or Male-' lames Xorval, who has the part of one of the jealous husbands, does nicely, hut would do better if he did not work so hard. Frederick t'lay-tnn.

Joseph A. Bingham, Nicholas Ju-deis. Dorothy Blackburn and Baseard add to the joy of the eve-Here's a word for the orchestra. THE FLATBUSH The Sig Frank Troupe of bloycl itists tops an interesting bill for th Irat three days at the Flalhusl eccived. Adelaide Thurston and com any presented a corned playlet en tied -The New York Idea." Webe feature will be THE STRAND holds the attention of if Ihe strand.

Brooklyn, tl th Constance Talmadgc as principal film is entitled if a Sinner," and Miss impersonating Georgia me, finds her first husba i for late of 1 esling and sometimes Indiscreet. i-, everything turns out right St the end Harold Lloyd, in "Haunted proves a fun-maker of the first clasi ami there Is the usual Topical Review and a Mull und Jeff cartoon. Tin music. ii program is Irish In character with I'stelle Carey, soprano, and tin Male Trio contributing the vo KEENEY'S THEATER use Glaum is the film star at Unlfs Daughter." This Is an eating feature, combining some he characters from "The Lonn and "False Faces." Al the head le vaudeville bill is Cal Dean, as- tn vy of girls in a lively iei The Weiss Troupe, the Tab-Trio and the Relff Brothers also to make the vaudeville part of iTHEDABARASTAR OF QUEER DRAMA 'The Blue Flame Affords All Sorts of Amusement Without Meaning to. The movie nobility, dramatic bour geoisie and Broadway, intelligentzia had the time of their several lives last rht at the Shubert Theater, when eda Bara, vamp virtuoso and screer isle, made her debut in audlbh remarkable, including the ab ice of casualties on both sides or tb it.lghts, and a hilarious time was i by all hors of the fourth-t entitled "The Blue ved so effeitivclt V.

Hobart, who is a i with John Willnrd. an expert in i mih environs, ui mpum play by l.eta Vance Nicholson for Miss Bara's vampirous purposes. erlooked by the movie scenario wru-ieniisl who falls 'asleep in his lab oratory after denouncing his Maker. Miss Bara. electrocuted bv Ihe ma chine ituli which lie expects to resloic bv bringing bis linn- iu lit--, but.

alas! the soul ivided the vynipirish self, and one? i soul she let losoe it: There were no dull mo-ler. After declarins 1 1ni i would never be forgotten, she prompt lv made eood in the oninion of all tht competent judges of acting. Her progressive degradation was breathltk i h.i JV. in hum and shortly thereafter demanded of another victim: "Have you got the This led in murder and Chinatown. here Uuddha and other characters ame into the dream, with more ratir-er and a counle of authentic lrh.li policemen.

ali wok place in a dream. verylhins George V. Hobart preached by Miss Bara as an anti-climax. The real les- of the evening, however, was thai and that the latter is an un fortunate meeting place for ingly6 buVshe lacks tlfeoice'or "hi training to make her acting on tht Of the absurdities of the piece, hart, Thais Lawton, Tom O'Hara. De were niodets by comparison with th THOMAS E.

SHEA AT BUSHWICK THEATER Thomas 15. Shea in "spotligln Is three notable successes, "The inal." "The Bells" and "Dr. writing, answering tiestions, and "pert pom eates much laughter. Kale Eli-wlio grows funnier with the lias her usual vehicle for her funny act, aided by Sam Williams. ling Amelia Stone land Kali, present "A Song LOEWS METROPOLITAN "its details I.

at ml ions, gives consider rhe vaudeville inclu BURLESQUE THEATERS The Star. Big Ueview" Il Theater for 1 1n leading performers are Claire Drin Pearl Briggs. Lottie Bolles. Robert Cortez. Teddy Warden.

Oretta Skell; Jean Darrow and Bob Gilbert. The Empire The Million Dollar Dolls" are th entertainers ul the Emplte. "In Whirl of Pleasure" Is the utle of tr show, and Cliff Bragrion and Scott Frledell are the thief performers. Is at Ihe I dull i The gbm-o The Midnight Maidens with N'lblo and Spencer, are at the (iayety Theater this week John O'Donncll. Jimmy Hughes.

ip I'i-t properly which was left her inling to $350 per year. Is sh red to make a return of this in or am 1 required to report it Ir husband and wife. In case sens trns are made bv husband Ihe exemption may be take: ler or divided between them. If two brothers are suppoi nother and an II -year-old Ihe allowance for mother -r be divided bel ween i hem or oldest deduct, and how nppori of Ih. niothe, ami sister is i ntitled to claim exemotinn as the head of the family and the othei Ihe bro In i a re single a has a net income of 11,000 foi required to pay a I Q.

Is (he $00 war CLAIMS L.I.R.R. HAS NOT KEPT PROMISE the State Bill No. These I 1909 an application was I city for permission tn i streets in Long Island the of the expense for the elimination of grade crossings between Long Island and If my memory me aright, the cilv paid soim -like iiio.OOO toward this im-ment. At Ihe same time. Ihe officials of Ml I en-- l.shinri Uailroa.l fninnaiu urged the Civic Association fit cd in return.

The ma ica Citizens ppointed by that association called President Peters of the Long 1s-and Railroad Company and reported dent Peters that just as soon as the npliued improvements were m-ated local trains with a 10-cent Jamaica auri Hunters Point nd that these trains would ccm- ueens who are employed of by way of Flat hush obtained by "the com- i Point as promised, all we ve there is a shed. an illustration of the unjust dis- (Jueens, let me cite: ains to the Woodside Station would mnect with the subway. The fact there are 15 trains that leave 7th e. Manhattan, for Jamaica daily 'tween and buo p.m. ut inese lly five stop at Woodside.

On the her hand, every Pennsylvania train it of 7th ave. tn New Jersey stops Manhattan Transfer to take up pas- gers from the Hudson Tube. The was cut out. with the consequent depreciation of property values to City elevators were installed to take it- passengers lrom tne suDway up 10 le old station; suburban trains are in from the old station In addition i the Hudson Tube service. All of hich.

of course, helps to build up cw Jersey, while the growth of uuens is retarded on account of high ires and poor service. The company only last month ap-lieri to the Railroad Administration Washington for an increase of fares Ihe Atlantic ave division, thus ignoring tie- Public Service Commis- ce to be heard. If granted, this put all of Queens beyond the rapid transit, zone at its mercy. Mat or Hyian ami Hoard of I President Maurice Connolly, have attend the hearing at Albany in favor of these inns Tins hearing is Queens Horn that large represent! tlon of the citizens of Queens ehoul be present to favor the passage these -bills. LAWRFNCK T.

ORF.SSER. Jamaica, L. March 13. NEW HOSPITAL TO OPEN A celebration commemorating tt opening of tho Brownsville and Bast New York Hospital on Decoration Day was decided upon at a meeting of the Board of Directors held last luesdav, a' the present office of tne Hospital Society. 1866 Pitkin ave.

President Meveraon was authorised to appointan opening A Distinguished Brooklynite Edwin Arlington Robinson, one of America's greatest living poets, lives and writes in a modest apartment on the Park Slope. William Stanley Braithwaite, critic and anthologist, analyzes Robinson's poetry in The Eagle Spring Book Number, March 27. Humorous and serious articles by Lieut. Edward Streeter, creator of "Dere Mabel, and other noted writers will be among the features as well as unusual and interesting reviews of the latest books of fiction, philosophy, poetry, biography, civics and science. Don't miss the Spring Book Number, March 27.