La Grande evening observer., January 13, 1917, Image 6

LA CRAXDE KVFA'TNG OBSERVER
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1917.
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PAGE SIX
STDflT OF Gil WAR ID REdSKIN
IS FULL OF THRILLS
W. TV. (Jriffith'ti mighty spectacle
"Tlie Birth of a Nation" begins its
tEK-mcnt "t lne Arcade theatre,
-January 2'.i for a two-day run. There
will be two performances daily at
'dock iii the afternoon and 7:45 at
Nothing like this wonderful attrac
lien has ever been seen upon the local
Wants. Jt l.s given here exactly as
at was presented in New York
tAj where the big drama broke
ornery record in tho stage history of
be first city in the country. In addi
tion the piece has piled up record en
gagements in Chicago, Boston, San
. Vaaclnco and Ios Angeles.
' It covers a wide range of American
Ustory and touches only the highest
youits of interest in the great events
iSjtat led up to and terminated the
45vH war. The force that slavery
ipfaryed 'in producing this crisis is
yfcraead from its inception to its aboli
tion. While the basic theme is his
'torieal in its foundation its intent is
-Hie fundamental ono of true drama.
The forces which make for these re
'salts have been marshalled upon a
larger scale than was ever dreamed
rf before. Where directors of vast
aiectacle have dealt with hundreds
m the past Griffith employs thou--node;
1801)0 people fill his stage which
?fcaB a vast territory for its liack
;greund; 3000 horses pass lcfore your
view in vild dashes over miles of
nty rondwuy. ' The decisive battles
of One Civil war are reproduced in
faithful detail and you see these con
rflkts fought again just as they were
'urwI :&0 years ago. Cities were
iu!t up only to be destroyed to lend
force and verity to the dramatic nar
rative. One enorniouR battlefield
hown stretching over an area of 10 ' .
square miles and upon these planes
mm& trenches 10,000 soldiers clash in
a mimic warfare 'that is as real as if
jon were eyewitnesses of the actu'il
occurence. Holding the great effects
in tether is n story as tender and
'true as love and romance can be pic
tured. There are tears and smile--.,
.vnht nacrifices and heroic deeds of
jiersMiual valor. Youthful dreams of
lovu's fruition are rout assunder by
lAe demons of war; home ties snap lie
.fore tty' cull to arms and suffering!
irh as cannot be imagined is depict
ed in'thccrtlov manner that history is
made when men surrender reason to'
lwwricm mid engage in a deal lock of
rir:eil re Siistance.
You see tile war start after being '
fihovin tho causes which precipitated'
j - You see the great generals of i
the contending sections playing tlu'ir
, fcspc-rate games of human pawns
noved into the fields of slaughter, i
Then comes the agreement for peace 1
i nd' Jjinculn sets about his super-1
fcoman task nf healing the wounds by '
the application of that great love
wftich made him the towering figure 1
nf his age. A fanatic's bullet stills
4he heart which beat so evenly for ill
humanity. The South is thrown hn.-k j
into a worse fate than war. Their j
fends are overrun by a hungry hold"
of venegeful politicians and grafters.
The poor negio is cajoled into a false j
miierrlnmling of liberty and in h:s j
jgmirunce is led into excesses by thes: j
raJawags of fortune. Out of it comes ;
the ghostly crusaders of a terrible era
U once more set things aright and '
turn the lands anil liberties of peace
to their rightful owners and over the
land's miserere sounds the chorus of '
lirotherly love in an allegorical dream '
-which visions the re-union of the di- j
vkfed sections and the welding of that ;
matiuunl spirit which has made this na- '
lion so great after its baptism in i'.s
own blood. ,
A wonderful score of opeia'ie
tnis'ir accompanies the narrative. Ill
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SIlX'aJLN PRAYS FOR Gl ll ANCE. SCENE IN
N AT ION"
is ill! iloiib upon a must stupendous
scale. No detail has been overlooked.
The drama iH outlined and told in the
most graphic form that has yet been
devised by tha brain of man for such
purpose. No wonder this work is
epoch-making. It has set up new
standards which it will be difficult to
equal for many a year to come.
THE WHA T-yO V-MA. V
COLUMff
Noses.
The nose is an unnecessary nuis
ance; one of nature's insults.
And wasn't the middle of the face
::u awful place to put it! Right out
i.'. front where it can catch cold.
Hut what's (o be done about it?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
If we could wear overcoats on them
without being taken for halfbacks;
or if they were detachable, so we could
pi't them in our pockets and hook on
v.hite rubber ones when we go out in
the cold. That would be different.
Hut we can't. Our noses are stuck
fast. They're forever getting broken,
rr smudged, or warty. But they've in
evitable. If they were even equipped with
automatic shutouts, like automobiles.
Or, better still, if we'd been born
I without noses in the first place.
Solid, decorative knobs would huve
done as well. Think what a blessing
that would have been to chcesnmkers.
Uncalled For Letters.
The list of letters uncalled for in the
La Grande postoffica for the week
ceding, January 12 is:
H. I). Alexander, li. & IS. Hating
House, Kdw. G. Ilrown, Andrew
lieryitt, Club Cafe, Bill Klden, R. E.
Evans, Lee Fuller, L. .1. Ilayse. Mr.
and Mrs. II. I. G:rdr.er, Grant Hamm,
Kev. E. G. Hamm (2), Chas. L. Hart,
Leroy Ilyney, Dr. John M. Jones, J.
E. Lane, Pat McEntire, II. K. McKen
non, E. M. McMillan, A. A. Mitchell,
Jesse Simmons, C. A. Wendlor, II. 0.
Uendell, J. A. Williams, J. C. Wilson.
Mrs. Fannie Heath, Miss Clara Ben
jamin, Miss Mona dassett. Miss Pearl !
Hyncy, Mrs. Erances Knowlton, Mrs. i
Oliver, Mrs. Grace Paxton, Miss L. S. i
Smith. Mrs. Charles Wv.lkcr, Mrs. .!. i
A. Williams (2), Miss Lelia William- I
sen.
These letters will be sent to the dead
letter office on January 21!, 1017. ir
i.ot delivered bef ire. In calling for
the above letters applicants should
sav "advertised, e.ml give date of list.
Sunday chicken pie dinner at Home
Restaurant for 2."ic. l-l:)-lt
Is Your Milk
Clean Milk
"Milk is the must universal
food used by civilized man; Our
lives are largely in the keeping
of the milkman."
The late Klbert Hubbard
spoke these words shortly be
fore he went down on the Lusi
tania, and the wizanfs remarks
held rood in La Grande although
.Mr. Hubbard is dead.
Milk is on most tables three
times a day. It is more easily
coiitiiiuiiialed than any other
food. Therefore great care
should be exercised in its pre
paration. Is this vital caution
exercised on your milk?
Mr. and Mrs. Milk Consumer,
ou are i.ivited to call at the P.
M. & ('. milk and cream depot
and see, learn, and inwardly di
gest valuable information con
cerning milk, its preparation and
safe-guarding.
Pure Milk & Cream
Company
L.i Grande . . Oregon
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"THE BIRTH OF A
SPECTACLE GOMES 10 IRE
ARCADE THEATRE JIN.
MNTHHIRD AND
One of the Powerful KuntunceH in the
' ItlKTII OK A NATION"
At th; outset of the narrative of
"The Birth of a Nation," Ben
Cameron (The Famous "Little Col
onel'1 of the play, represented by
Henry I!. Walthall) is in love with
Klsie Stoneman (Lillian Gish,)
i.orthern girl, whose father is bitter
against the cause of the south and i
vho afterwards turns out to be tho,
notorious lead -r of the "carpetbag-,
fcers." j
'Stoneman' joins fnice with t'le
ambitious negro, Lynch, to control tho
"free nigger" vote and ride into of
fice through the operation. :
The cruel war, in which the lit'.ie
Colonel gallantly wirs his spurs, in
tervenes, and four long and painful;
years arc the lovers separated
Stoneman has always disliked Ken
Cameron for his strictly Sovr.hern
spirits.
Cameron's refusal, later on, t
countenance Lynch, Stonem.m's pe
futher enrages Elsie's fa'her.
After the unprincipled mulatto,
who has been but playing a double
gi.nic between the white and the
blacks, decid ;s he has Sto:;em.i i
"where he wants him . he attempt;
to put in execution his possession
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I v te y ' s Ai:, m Here is dance mmic m
y. :ib,cr M you can t resist!
- r 'Kmi y m d music that just lifts ycV, i
( 14 , . ' - At ; m I " carries you aiong music i
! P V.x m ' ' 1 h& that leaves you breathless and m
ttSji & & I ongiRg 'jr KJore: that s a Co-
i I . ' -'"'y-V sfS' ;0 kmbia Record for the dance! 'm
! ' K,rJ t ? ' I Ut Listen to any one of these records- pi
i f'r ,'.l4 '. J?" ' " ' t DM and you'll vrar.t to do something more 'I'M
.v-N'filW'' F" foj lh. li.h,n. You'll want in tret un and f&fl
i ly.yKv w y I m dancei - -y:-m
ty V "it " ) j . s 1 A A531S (THE MURRAY WALK. Fox-trot. Prince'. Band.
I t . ! v ' ' . 1 ' J k - i fM 12 i'""!' THE GIRL ON THE MAGAZINE. Fox-trot. W$
' " K s C.J " ' , i ,,.rOH!JOr. WITH YOUR FIDDLE AND VOUR , fi
; k , - rv i'L" J ti A m ft5.81? bow. ou stole my heart away. f&
I " . , , J 4' 'tnoM OneStc. Prince'. Sana.
Y ;y . 1 y' EVELYN. One Step. Prince". Band. V.. 1
' i v .V , ' . th A 5816 f BABES IN THE WOOD. Fox-trot. Prince's Band.
;V!.' 3:V r' ' : I SI ,i.hlLOVBEATTW,L,GHT- pw- I,
- p'.T.V ' " ' . V i pW. HBobnecamy Company
i). v. vKii i i th. pwo;!i.r:-:: ok : ii: v.ivi w or . x 'no." '
i ( ' yjrafiffi? ) y kxr y.
SOLID COM KOI! I'
Standini;, Sitting or I.yini; Down
When you stop to think that you spend Ivtwevii fifo unit six 'hounsv-.l
hours ever) year in your corset, you must realize how import in it is
thnt you hnve a perfectly comfortable eo.set.
A poorly fitting corset frequently lends t- severe nervous Rnil organic
trjuhles whioh rnuw years of suffeving.
In the MODART Corset we have a garment that always give? genuine
comfort, sitting, standing or lying down,
PAUI.INK. I.KIT;,K1.E, Sommer Hotel Bldn.
Job Printing Neatly and Quickly Done at the Observer
Yiu l:vely and helpless daughter.
Lynch had always determined ijj
found a "bla'.-k empire in the fcou'n
with himself as "The Kmperor", and
!,!,, drunk wi'.h wine and cursed am
bition, he lesolves to crown it all wi'.li
glory by uvking Elsij the white em
press. His devilih oppcuunity comes whci
a sudden dire necessity compels the
Kill to call at his house in quest of
her father.
He seizes her and gives orders !i
put all in readiness for a forced mar-1
riage b'tween them. Stoneman ar
rives at the house, but is not admitted .
past the colored gujis. He attempts'
to dictate, but is laughed at. Now hs
realizes, but he is broken and helpless
and absolutely at the mercy of tha
devilish Lynch, who has the upper
hand, with the frei niggers and the
colored militia bask of him.
him.
Nothing could have saved the un
fortunate girl at the moment from
a fate more distasteful than death
but the timely intervention of Leaner
Ben Cameron and his fearless Clans
men, who picturesquely bear down up
on thi rendezous and bieak up the
repulsive proceedings, occasioning on'.'
of the bloodiest fights recorded in the
picture.
This brings old Stoneman to his
senses and he has no further oppo
siuon to Cameron; it also settles all
! the fa.se prid ; on lovely Elsie's part,
ho has heen thus saved fiom such n
horrible fate.
Those who witr.ess this telling sit-
t'i tion n-i well as the many others in
this great work of works, I). W.
Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation,"
will Le moved until their blood fairly
leaps in their veins. It is a serijs of
sights to make civil hat ion ooze up in
in the human b.east.
w(yf ( J . t r it, TVuV. . r
IN LA -GRANDE SUNDAY
Bishop Paddock will arrive in La
Grande on Sunday morning and preach
at the 11 o'clock service in St. Peter's !
church. As this will be his first visit !
since his return from the east in at-!
tendance at the general convention last !
fall, a large congregation should be :
piesent to greet him. While away
was for three weeks in the care ;
of a nerve specialist, from whom he '
received much, benefit, and his health
which was badly broken down has been
thoroughly restored. On Monday
evening a reception of an informal
nature will be tendered him by St.
Peter's Guild, at Honan Hall, com
mencing at eight o'clock. Not only
members of the parish but citizens
generally are cordially invited to at
tend. Finley Not to Lecture January 17.
State Biologist William L. Finley
will not be able to lecture in La
GfTfnde January 17 as the women of
the Neighborhood club had hoped but
correspondence is now being conducted
with Mr. Finley to learn the first
r i i 4vt.y ff-iv -t ,
" fix i -vtvxyKvtAt !
H. W.
WALTHALL, AS LITTLE COLONEL IN "THE BIBTH OF A
NATION"
available date that he may come to La
: Grande. Mr. Finley is an expert stu
' dent of Oregon birds and his proposed
illustrated lecture will be upon that
subject.
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