LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1916.
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La Grande Theatres Treat Patrons Well
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SHERRY'S
Those Were the Happy Days
AT SHERRY'S TOMORROW ONLY.
Jlme. Petrova Will Be Seen at Local
Theatre in Splendid Production.
"Playing with Fire" wit!h Mme.
Petrova, the gifted emotional actress
in the stellar role, wil be the next at
traction on the Metro program, and
-will be shown here at Sherry's tomor
row only. This five act Metro won
derplay was produced by the Popular
Pluys and Players, and is one of the
strongest vehicles ever provided for
Mme Petrova. Unlike many of her
characterizations in preceding pro
ductions, in "Playing with Fire" Mme.
Petrova has a sympathetic role that
-will win her thousands of new admirers.
NOTES' FROM FILMLAND
Roy Applegate, who plays the role
f "Goliath" the giant in "The Kiss
of Hate" the newest Metro wonder
play, in which Ethel Barrymore is
- starred weighs 270 pounds and is six
feet three inches in height. He was
jl court attendant in San Francisco
when a young man. N
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Those who thought Billie Burke at
tractive in the pajamas she wore in
"Peggy'', her first motion picture ap
pearance, will fairly revel in the odd
clothing she dons in "Gloria's Ro
mance." Vitagraph Company is prqparmg
for the filming of "The Battle Cry of
"War," a preparedness film to succeed
"The Battle Cry of Peace."
Governor Whitman, on April 24,
igned the bill prohibiting the em
ployment of children under 16 in mak
ing of motion pictures. It isn't as im
portant as it sounds, as Mary Miles
Mmter is going to California to work,
.anyway.
Our own movie press agent stuff:
Fiorine Fitzgibbon, the movie star,
Just all her jewels, valued at $16,
87.41, while enacting the role of
M'lissi Mudd, in the gripping film
lrama 'The Purple Snowball."
Members of the Lnsky stock com
pany have induced the Japanese actor
Sessus Hayakawa to give them in
structions in Japanese fencing and
jiu jitsu, and the little brown man
has proved himsolf a sturdy warrior
nd competent exponent of the wrest
ling art as practiced in his native
land. A number of the cowboys as
well ns the sturdy leading men have
been convinced that strength is not
to bo compared with the scientific
practice they have become tho vic
tims of recently.
Lionol Barrymore, -who has just
-completed his work in "Dorain's Di
vorce''' for the Motro program, being
starred in that production with Grace
Valentine, will be starred alone in
"The Quitter,"4 a five-part feature
which has just ibeen put into produc
tion. The exterior scenes will bo
photographed along tho border, and
the company does not anticipate that
it will be much of a holiday.
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Paulino Frederick plays her most
successful role as a temptress in her
own kitchoen when 'she makes ginger
bread from a New England recipe.
"Civilization," Ince's million-dollar
spectacle, is hailed by Californinns as
one of the biggest efforts of film
dom. George Bebnn, tho well-known
: actor, mny manage the production
when it opens in New York.
' Agents of the "I Knew Them When
'Club" have been busy recently digging
up the early careers of film actors and
actresses before they became the great
iprops of tho celluloid drama which
otliey are today. Some of the facts so
far obtained lire:
William Fnrnum was a boy cornet
ist. ,
B. A. Rolfe was and is ditto.
Claire Whitney was a hat model.
' Mabel Normnnd worked in n pattern
shop.
Irene Ilowley was a stenographer
jn Brooklyn.
Stuart Holmes was a soda clerk.
Pauline Frederick was a chorus girl.
Francis Marion was an Illustrator
sind designer.
Georgo Irving was an actor.
Kate Price was a milliner. Etc.,
tc, etc., eta.
There is a 250-pound black mammy
in one of William Fox's forthcoming
photoplays. Sho is willing to go on
the scales to demonstrate that this is
her actual weiirht. At one timo she
played comedy pin ts with Williams &
Wa'lkcr.
Universal seems determined to hold
fast to its Cunnrd line. With the de
parture of the late lamented Grace
from tho Universal ranks, the former
Mina Cunitrd, who has successively
nnd successfully (passed through such
metamorphoses as Mina Jeffries and
Margaret Mnyburn, returns to the ohl
stand and becomes Minn Cunnrd
ngain. I
"More Plots and , Fewer Pies" is
"Mabel Normnnd's slogan from now on.
She Wipvcs she is just as good a :
prospect for the five-reel comedies as '
"William Collier, who mudo his fi'm
delmt at the Mack studios, Ince will '
find that ho has an ambitious worker '
on his hamds when she presents her
self for rehearsals.
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"CROSS CURRENTS" WEALS
WITH SUPREME SACRIFICE.
Helen Ware in a .Sea 'Isle Story Two
Women Win a Man.
A thrilling story of an older sis
ter's sacrifice for a younger one and
her child is told in The new Triangle
production, "Cross Currents," which
win ne seen at the. Arcade theatre
Sunday only. Helen Ware plays the
role of the elder sister, Elizabeth
Crane, and Teddy Sampson that of
Flavin Crane, the younger sister.
Courtenay Foote appears as Paul
Beale, the fiance of Elizabeth, who af
terward marries Flavia.
Elizabeth Crane lives and ' enter
tains lavishly in a beautifully fur
nished home in Washington. She is
tho fiancee of a clever young diplo
mat. Paul Rpnlo FlwoKotV,
somewhat thoughtful young woman,
who is interested in pnam'tiaa tiD .....n
as things of the social world. Her
younger sister, Flavia, returns from
two years of schooling in Paris.
Paul becomes fnspinnfnfl Kir Vi
ways of Flavia and turns instinctive-
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iy iu our ravner man to tne more ma
ture Elizabeth. Finally Elizabeth
realizes at a dance that har lover has
transferred his affections to Flavia,
and she releases him from (his en
gagement to her. Then follows the
marriage of Paul and Flavia.
From there r.ho atnrv
tensely interesting featuring a sensn-
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a most dramatic moment.
HAZEL DAWN, FAMOUS LAYERS-PARAMOUNT STAR.
"No, it wusn't serious," said Haze! "Feud Girl."
Dawn to the camara man after she "It only brought back to mind
had hurt her foot in the Georgia those good old happy days when I
mountains where the Famous Play- would coax my mother to run bare
ers sent her. to obtain "atmosphere" footed and romp about the home with
for her next Paramount picture, tho the other childron."
music as well. A nnmlior nt iiic,
nieces have nlrenrhr Wn mn'Mlclii
i Chaplin is also the possessor of an
! unusually sweet voice off the screen
!of course. He is bashful to the ex
i treme, however, and will play and
sing only for his most intimate
friends.
which won the cup for tho most artis
tic exhibit at the New York Palace
Exposition, and not another company
as was rumored. John Zanft and his
assistants designed the booth and Vir
ginia Pearson, June Caprice and oth
ers garnished it with their, presence.
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Did you know that Charles Chaplin
was a. violinist? He is. Chaplin's
chief diversion away from the studios
is a handsomely polished violin of un
known value but exceedingly sweet
tone, presented to him a few months
ago by an Eastern friend. The Mu-
itual comedian is not only a violinist
of considerable merit, but a writer of
"THE' MCE" CAR HERE
ADVERTISING CAR WILL DRIVE
MACHINE .MONDAY.
Picture Dealing With Anita King Be
ing Advertised.
SCENE FROM "PLAYING WITH FIRE
The Geraldine Farrar Kiss
A lover's Vmbrace that is Infcndid not to offend public.
One of the things most carefully mcnt Avith Morris Gcst appears on
supervised in the studios of -big mo- the Paramount nroirrum. tho famous
tii.li picture producing companies is priln4 dmna and ,m, u
tint tee players who are enartmg lr.v- . ( '
crs' pints shall embrace in a manner
most ilivorous in order that all mny embrace. Tho picture herewith ,il-
bc pleased and no one ofTended. In lustrntes fhnw it is done so that the
the most recent photo play of tho full dramatic effect is obtained ir. a
Ijisky company, "Marin Rosa" in mannor in which no censors hnvo
H was the Fox Film Corporation j which Geraldins irarrar. by arrange- l een able to find fault.
La Grande people will witness Mon
day forenoon in front of the Arcade
tl'neatre the advertising car that car
ries the advance news of the pic
ture, "The Race." This picture tails
the thrilling story of Anita King, who
was sent across the continent by an
automobile factory nnd another fac
tory at the same time started her
lover in another car each factory at
tempting to make the best record, but
neither Anita nor her lover knew
that the other was in the game until
they collided and the discovery wns
men macte.
All tlhe thrilling experiences of a
girl making a transcontinental drive
aic shown in the picture for she goes
on a mission of presenting clean pic
tures to clean people as well as to
test out tho merits of a certain make
of machine.
Red Williams of the Lcighton gar
age will drive the advance around La
Grande Monday. It carries a dozen
tires, is equipped with spades and
shovels, water bottles and everything
needed for a long drive. Watch the
weather beaten car in front of tiho Ar
cade Monday forenoon and then see
Red Williams make many fancy drives
with the machine through the streets
of the city.
In the mechanic's seat on tbe trip
around the city "Bugs" Cahoon will
sit with monkey wrench in hand
ready to make lightning repairs
should Rod Williams try to climb a
pole or collide with a heavy truck.
, England Honestly Is Economizing
London, May 25. (By mail.) The
war stricken people of England really
are economizing. Here's nroof : l
A duchess has given up 3 cars,
closed tdwn house, and keeps Only one
servant.
A marchioness has quit giving din-j
ner parties nnd travels third-class on j
the railway.
A viscountess has not bought a I
new evening dress this year. Eats
cold luncheons.
A baron I am now smoking two
penny cigars.
A London vicar I have given up
buying old books.
A member of parliament I have
quit spending my salary.
A barber 1 walk to work instead of
by tram.
A stenographer I go to one less
movie a week.
A compositor I smoke an ounce
less tobacco a week.
A lawyer s clerk has quit losing 2
shillings a week playing dominoen.
A judge No port after dinner. One
cigar a day.
A moncy-lcnderv-My wife has given
up her carriage and pair.
A Guietr girl refused in i n-tn'im
to dinner because the man w'-o as'so '.
her couldn't afford it.
A po iceman has given im a wecklv
paper that used to make him Uui-h.
Thames Sicht Seeing Strainers Now
in War Service on Tigris
Iondon. May 25. (By mail)
American tourists who in pre-war
days boarded fussy little sight-seeing,
nnddle-wheeled steamers almost under
tho "Big Ben" tower of Parliament
for jaunts up the Thames nnd return.
may be surprised to learn that these J
steamers nro mow ooing sterner duty '
on tne distant Kiver Tigris.
Early in 1916 a fleet of small, squat
packets, about one-fifth the size of
ordinary American river packets,
turned their nose down the Thames for
the first time and headed for tho Per
son Gulf.
rbe day was a big event to river
habitues but the general public know
nothing about it. '
Each craft was in command of a
naval officer and crew.
Where tourists onve sat on the up
per deck benches of the diminutive
craft enjoying the scenery of the
Thames, so'diers and war material to
day are making the little boat serve
serious war purpose.
Senators and Fed-Browns ut St Louis
St. Louis, June 9. Automobile
rides around St. Louis, a steam boat
excursion on the Mississippi, p.nd
lides througth Forest Park, the lurir
eal natural park in the United States
except Yellowstone, is part , of the
entertainment prepared for delegates
and visitors to the Democratic Na
tional convention in St. Louis, June 14.
.Shaw's Garden will be another
point of interest. The reception com
mittees will include it on the sight
seeing tours.
Clark Griffith's Washington Sena
tors will bo hero during the conven
tion days for a series witla Jones
Fed-Biown aggregation, and spocuu
arrangements have boon made to
have large delegations visit Sports
man's Park to seo them battle.
Visiting newspapermen and the Na
tional committee will be entertained
at a dinner Monday, June 12 at Sun
set Inn a beautiful lodge in St. Louis
County. A special cabaret program
is being arranged.
Seattleites March for Preparedness
Seattle, Wash., June 19. Seattle to
day marched for preparedness. A
three-hour procession of 25,000 civi
lians tramped down Pike street in mili
tary formation.
The pariftfe was conducted along the
same lines as that in New York May
There were no gay bartners, floats,
gaudy decorations or uniforms. Every
marcher carried a flag. There were
men from every walk of life, and sev
eral columns of women and children.
Members of the G. A. R. and the
Ladies of the G. A. R. rode in. auto
mobiles.
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Cavalry Horses
anted
ELLIS McLEAN, OF PORTLAND,
WILL BE IN LA GRANDE. UNION
AND ELGIN IMMEDIATELY AF
TER JUNE 15TH AND WILL BUY
CAVALRY HORSES OF 15 TO 16
HANDS. PRICES FROM $90 TO
$125.
THOSE HAVING,, HORSES FOR
SALE CAN TELEPHONE
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Dyeing trade. We want all the work we can get, because we know
that we can give the most permanent satisfaction. But it i3 of
little use for us to know this unless we let the public know it too.
After a trial here a patron is sure to talk about the quality of our
work and that helps us.
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Cleaning, Pressing & Hat Blocking
New Foley Bldg. La Grande, Ore.
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