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PEARL, PULLED FROM PROPELLER
PADDLE, CONFRONTS REVOLVER
Fourteenth Episode of The Fatal King" Shows Escape of Heroine From
One Predicament, hut Leaves-Her in Another Poor Girl!
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HE fourteenth episode of "The i
jc aiai itinff, tne rathe serial
starring the stunt rirl. Pearl
White, is a thriller.
Here Is the synopsis, the story fol
lowing the situation where a boat
bearing Pearl and her friends Is being
carried towards the revolving wheel of
a. steamer:
The small beat crashes, head on. In
to the revolving wheel of the steamer.
Pearl Is thrown Inside the paddlewheel,
while Tom and the Spider are pitched
Into the water. They swim up to the
boat and shout to the people to have
the boat stopped. Seeing that It does
not stop, Tom and the Spider climb in
to the boat and rush Into the engine
room. Picking up a wrench, Tom
strikes the safety valve. The revolving
wheel, with Pearl inside, slows up and
suddenly stops. Pearl Is removed by
the patrol boat, which answered the
call of emergency. The police question
the Spider, who tells them of Casrlake's
treachery. The captain gives orders and
they immediately start after him.
Richard Carslake, the cause of Pearl's
predicament, is on his way to Arabia
with the Violet Diamond in his pos
session. Assured that Pearl Is out of
his way for good, he gloats over his
victory, but suddenly he Is told by the
captain that the police boat Is follow
ing them. The captain speaks: "I've
got to save my bacon; so I'll give you
up." Carslake Is enraged. He pleads
with the captain, but to no avail. The
captain orders four sailors to seixe
him. Carslake throws his assailants
off, leaps into the water and sinks.
By fast speed the police boat comes
to the. spot where Carslake sank. The
NEWS OF THE PHOTO THEATERS
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and an ambitious but nagging mother.
Bhe is so beautiful that her parents
determine to make capital of her
beauty, and bring her up carefully,
hoping to reap their reward in due
time by marrying ber off to much
money. .
She meets the dissolute son of a
millionaire and, according to the wishes
of the family, marries him. It so hap
pens, however, that the young man's
father disinherits him In this stage
of his life. Lorelei has a worthless
brother, -who sees to it that she gets
a fat part on the musical comedy stage,
and she becomes the bright light of
her set. Presently the action of her
rascal brother in an attempted black
mail, and a situation which thoroughly
compromises her, leads her to an
awakening and she deserts her hus
band. This brings the young man to
his senses and he begins a struggle
against the evil which envelops him
to win her back' again.
The lead Is played by Ttubye De
Remer. famous as one of the Ziegfeld
Follies girls, and she is ably supported
by Tom Powers, Walter Hitchcock and
an all-star cast. Like "The Spoilers,"
"The Ne'er Do Well" and other Rex
Beach productions, "The Auction Block"
is In the superfeature class and Is in
nine reels. "The Auction Block" will
show at the Majestic until Friday
night.
BILL HART IS AT LIBERTY
Film Favorite Will Be Seen, in "The
Silent Man."
"Big Bill" Hart is coming to town
today.
Not in person, of course, but in his
latest Thomas H. Inee photoplay. "The
Silent Man," at the Liberty Theater.
The advent of a new Hart picture
Is to many people very much like the
visit of a three-ringed circus. It is an
event of prime Importance. It catches
the immediate attention of his host of
followers, for they are assured of Just
the kind of entertainment they most
enjoy.
Hart's newest work, "The Silent
Man," is by Charles Kenyon, the well
known playwright, whose "Kindling"
was played with so much success by
Margaret Illington. It is a story of
the big Western country, providing
Hart with the role of a miner who has
orospected the vast desert spaces for
years, finally discovering a rich gold
deposit. He comes into a small Ari
zona border town to enter toe location
of his claim, but has his property taken
from him by an unscrupulous gambler
with the connivance of a Government
agent. It is the effort of "Silent" Budd
Marr, the role played by Hart, to re
cover the gold mine that forms the
basis of a story replete with thrills.
In "The Silent Man" Hart has the
support of a company that Includes
such well-known players as Vola Vale,
Robert McKim, J. P. Lockney, Harold
Goodwin. George P. Nichols, Gertrude
Claire, Milton Ross and Doreas Mat
thews. "THE PLANTER" AT PEOPLES
Spectacular Multiple-Reel Photoplay
to Bo Given.
"The Planter," the spectacular multiple-reel
photoplay produced in Ne
vada, Central America and Southern
California at a cost said to be a quar
ter of a million dollars, will be the un
police search the captain but are nn-
able to find the diamond.
Pearl and the Spider take a, taxi and
start for home. On the way the taxi
skids over the pavement and breaks a
wheel and as another taxi Is passing
f eari tries to hall It. To her utter sur
prise she sees Carslake In the machine.
Hailing another machine, they follow.
Carslake eludes them and they lose his
track, coming back to where they
started, .fean rinds the taxi Carslake
was in and asks the driver where he
went. She learns he went to Morton
Levy, the most notorious fence In New
York. Jumping Into & machine, they
leave ror Levy'. At the shop. Pearl
and the Spider alight from the taxi
and stroll casually towards the win
dow of Levy's pawnshop. The Spider
climbs up to the transom and Is lifted
through by Pearl. The Spider finally
opens tne sale. He finds a box filled
with Jewelry. Looking In the box, he
discovers an envelope marked "Cars,
lake Violet Diamond."
Successful In their attempt. Pearl
and Spider are about to leave, when
Pearl gazes out the window to see If
everytmng is clear for their escape.
As they do, two police from behind
grab them. They struggle. One of
the policemen draws his gun and
shoots the Spider, who falls. Pearl
breaks away and rushes out. The po
licemen follow and quickly overtake
her. As there is an automobile at the
urb. Pearl Is quickly rushed Into the
car. One of the policemen Is Carslake,
who with mock politeness raises his
hat, smiles at her, and says: "I am
afraid. Miss Standish, I will have to
trouble you for the Violet Diamond."
usual cinema attraction at the Peo
ples Theater today.
"The Planter" is a seven-part ad
venture drama, featuring Tyrone
Power, one of the foremost of Amer
ican romantic actors.
The new drama is a pictured version
of the famous novel of the same name
written by Herman Whitaker. It deals
with conditions in the rubber planta
tions of Southern Mexico. The novel
ist personally supervised the picturlza
tion. "The Planter" contains some of the
most interesting scenes imaginable.
Chief among these is the destruction
of a native stockade village by Are af
ter a revolt among the forced contract
workers of the plantation. Natural
scenery of the Jungle country, in which
the greater part of the action takes
place, is among the most attractive as
pects of this production.
Included In the cast with Tyrone
Power, who was featured in "Where
Are My Children?" and is one of the
best known of Shakespearean actors,
having been for many years with Sir
Henry Irving's Lyceum Company, are
Lucille King, known In every artist's
studio in New York as a famous beauty;
Louis Fltzroy, a distinguished charac
ter actor; Mabel Wiles and Carmen
Phillips, and Lamar Johnstone, who
may be said to divide the lead with
Mr. Power.
A fascinating feature of the play is
a beautiful young slave girl, who uses
every artifice of her sex to overcome
the hero's Northern scruples.
There is a yellow fever outbreak In
the native stockade and the slaves are
shown in the wild exodus of a yellow
fever panic. A tropical storm rages
and the horrors of the stockade fire
and the deadly tangle of a jungle for
est are vividly pictured.
STAR HAS "DOAVN TO EARTH"
Fairbanks Picture Is of "Back to
Nature Variety, It Is Announced.
"Down to Earth," the highly success
ful Douglas Fairbanks picture of the
"back-to-nature" variety, will be the
early-week screen entertainment at the
Star Theater.
In this film the energetic Douglas not
only excels all his previous effortsvon
the screen, but at the same time proves
his ability as an author, in which re
Bpect he is Just as distinctive as his
acting. In fact this photoplay is "very
much Fairbanks," so to speak, for he
wrote it, enacted its principal charac
ter and even directed several scenes
himself when other duties in connec
tion with the production of the film
called Director John Emerson away.
In addition to its other merits. "Down
to Earth" is undoubtedly the most lav
ishly staged photoplay in which the
popular Fairbanks' has ever appeared.
The film shows the many different lo
cales visited by a happy young man
whoso "wanderlust" and "close-to-nature"
ideas not only afford him the real
pleasures of life, but at the same time
are the means of spreading health and
sunshine wherever he goes. The theme
Is typical of the true Fairbanks nature
and in addition to its mirth-provoking
qualities carries with It the well
known optimism and philosophy of the
famous screen star, proving in all one
of the greatest screen tonics ever pre
sented. Never before has this favorite
actor been given a film vehicle that is
more closely associated with his own
smiling nature. Douglas Fairbanks
knows himself better than any person
living. In writing the story for his
own characterization It is. therefore,
naturally to be supposed that he gives
himself the best vehicle to express his
own ideas on life, such as, for instance,
he has so effectively brought out In
his recent book, "Laugh and Live."
BIIXIE BURKE AT COLUMBIA
Fascinating Star "Will Appear In
"The Land ot Promise."
"The Land of Promise," a plcturlza
tion of the well-known stage play In
which Blllie Burke scored a success,
will be shown at the Columbia today
with the fascinating BilLie in the stel
lar role.
The story Is full of human interest
and is said to afford the star with a
role ideally suited to her delightful
qualities as an actress. 'Miss Burke is
supported by Thomas Melghaa and a
strong Paramount cast.
Briefly, this is the plot of "The Land
of Promise"; Norah Marsh, played by
Miss Burke, is companion to an elderly
woman in England and has wasted
many years of her life In veritable
bondage. The woman dies suddenly,
and Nora finds to her surprise, when
the will is read, that she has been left
virtually penniless. Finally she de
cides to use her small savings to go
to her brother In Canada "the land
of promise." Her brother Is a farmer
In Manitoba, and has married a little
waitress who makes him a faithful
wife, but on the arrival of Norah her
sister-in-law becomes jealous of her
and she finds herself again unhappily
situated. Her life becoming unbear
able under these conditions she recalls
hearing Frank Taylor, another farmer.
declare that he Intends getting a wife
to oo tne cnores.
In her desperation she asks him If
he will do, and upon receiving bis sur
prised assent the two are immediately
INCREASED ADMISSION PRICE
TO SILENT DRAMA DEFENDED
Hiram Abrams, President of Paramount Company, Says Margin of Profit
in Many Cases Had Been Eliminated Before Managers Demanded Rights.
Hs
I RAM ABRAMS, president of Par
amount Pictures Corporation, who
n company with General Man
ager B. P. Schulberg, Is touring the
country, visiting exhibitors in impor
tant cities and from them gaining new
light on conditions dally, has presented
his views regarding the admission
price problem in a statement directed
to the public, but which every exhib
ltor may read with profit. Mr. Abrams
believes that increased admissions for
picture theaters are justifiable, and
say 8:
"Photoplay followers must pay more
for their screen amusement if they
want motion picture producers to con
tinue making the best motion pictures
that it is possible to create, and If they
expect their favorite photoplay thea
ters to continue in business and to pro
vide a suitable setting for the picture.
including appropriate music, etc.
"We must realize that the entire eco
nomic standard of the country has
changed and that the dollar no longer
represents ten dimes, but four quarters.
It is war time. The dime has lost its
buying power, and besides the cost of
producing pictures has advanced In
startling degree. As a matter of fact.
from the beginning of the Industry the
cost of producing has advanced stead
ily. A casual mental comparison be
tween the 'movies' of several years ago
and the photoplay ot today will make
tnis readily apparent.
Coat Greatly Magnlfled.
"Aside from the apparent Increase of
the salaries of the players, the elabo
rate staging of a production which the
photoplay public has come to demand
has raised the cost from 500 to 1000 per
cent over the costs of a few years ago.
"In spite of this, the motion picture
exhibitor has been backward in raising
his own prices to meet this-increased
cost. This may be due, In a measure,
to the fact that In the early stages of
motion picture exhibiting there was a
great margin of profit; the photoplay
public of that day was content with a
standard of production that would not
be tolerated by the more discriminat
ing patrons of the photoplay of today.
Pictures like those released by Para
mount and Artcraft, which meet the
demands of the most fastidious, are
justification for an Increased admission
charge.
"Having in many cases made for
tunes in the pioneer days of the in
dustry, the majorty of these exhibit
ors were content to meet the Increased
cost of production out of their own
pockets, working on a smaller margin
of profit, or no profit at all.
Self-Preservatlon First Rule.
"Naturally enough, a condition such
as that cited above could not remain
in force for any length of time. About
the beginning of this year another de
cided tendency toward increased ad
mission prices was noted. The larger
and better theaters Increased their
prices to a scale of from 15 cents to
75 cents and even (1. The movement
spread rapidly and of my own knowl
edge hundreds of theaters raised the
scale of admission prices by from 6
cents to 20 cents during the first half
of the year, obeying the natural law
of self-preservation in the face of con
stantly increasing production and pre
sentation costs.
"At this point let me emphasize the
fact that the Increased production cost
is an effect and not a cause. It :
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GROUP OF CADETS OF HILL MILITARY ACADEMY AS THEY APPEARED WHEN STARTISg'fOR CAMP
GREENE TUESDAY MORNING.
- Jr,C!.BiV? u .boys. who are combining military training with their academic work an opportunity to see what
ZV. Lvl'" CKmpS U lik'ie HiU M'l""y Academy sent a party of 31 of the older student, o" a trip
m M The bys 8tarted Tuesday morning and will remain there until Saturday or Sunday. Arrange
, X trlP,were mai at a reunion of alumni of the school at Tacoma recently. There are about 35 3
Snvm,e.aha11em5: among the officers wfto have received commissions. These men are anxious to haveTtha
boys now at school get an Inside view of work and study at Camp Lewis. J. A. Hill accompanied the boys,
olrt Oh-t,m OrtrC7 u& Id and Thomas Austin. Pasco; Richard Ball, Corvallls; Alfred Burklund. Portland; Har
? wmi'm Wash-: ?aL?ld Pa- Seattle; Irving Day, son of I. N. Day, of Portland; George Daughtrev
Frw Fr l. ? HKht,rLy' Clty: Cecil Doan- Harney County; Wallace Duthle. son of J. F. Duthie. SeatUe
ro,af- wfnf; sn.homsh; Gael Green. Sunnyside, Wash.; George Hartness, Portland; Wilbur Haines, Harney
n'vYi r Hartman, McMinnvllle; Hugh Horton, Colvllle, Wash.; William Young, son of Battalion Fire Chief
?. Vernon Johnson, eon of Dr. A. M. Johnson. Seattle; Leroy Llvermore, Portland: Donald Misz. FoVeYt Grove
Donald Monro, Pony, Mont.; Munor Man ning. Enumclaw, Wash.; Carson Niles. Everett. Wash.; Stanford Osmers eon
of Mayor Osmers, of Lewlston: Russell Page, Sunnyside, Wash.; Dexter Packard, La Conner. Wash.; Robert Strick
land, Oregon City; Graham Dlddock, Lewiston; W. Delbert, Freeburger. Canada: Alexander Berger, Alaska.
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married, going to Taylor's farm some
distance away. Then follows the work
ing out of a strange problem, which
results finally in love entering what
has been a loveless home, and Norah
at last finds the real land of promise.
"HOXOB STSTEM" AT SUNSET
Great Fox Photoplay Will Be At
traction, Today.
"The Honor System," the William
Fox photoplay which ranks as one of
the greatest film achievements of the
year, will be seen at the Sunset The
ater today.
Milton Sills. X A, Marcus, Miriam
Cooper. Charles Clary, Gladys Brock
well and George Walsh are among the
players seen in this unusual human-interest
production, the work of R. A.
Walsh.
The story Is laid among the timely
scenes along the Mexican border.- The
border foray is pictured in all of Its
thrilling interests. The spectator can
see the hordes of Villa sweeping down
on helpless Columbus, the terrified cit
izens, the hasty organization for de
fense, the daring ride for assistance,
the dash of the mounted reinforce
ments, the fial repulse of the invading
bandits. Minor thrills there are without
number, each gripping in its intensity,
but nothing equal to this "big thrill,"
for the very good reason that seldom
has It been equaled on the screen.
The round of characters includes
many of the most interesting types of
modern American life, the hero being
an ambitious, honorable, cultivated
youth who by means of the entangling
web of circumstances is attacked by
gigantic graft. His struggles with the
serpentine, strangling evil constitute a
thrilling nexus of action with which
are contrasted the humors of life In the
raw Southwest and the sentiment and
pathos of the feminine element in the
story.
result of public demand for better.
more elaborate and more spectacular
photoplays.
"With the advent of the war and the
soaring prices of the material that en
ters into the production cost of the
films themselves and the machinery
necessary for the operation of the the
ater, the scale of prices heretofore In
effect became Impossible.
"Not only would the theater owner
be required to waive the returns of his
investments, but he would not be able
to earn even a living from his labor.
Ruin Faced by Many.
"A continuance of the prices In
vogue would mean that hundreds of
motion picture theaters would have to
close their doors, an event which can
only be regarded with the utmost
gravity in the present wartime condi
tions, Vhere moderate-priced amuse
ments for the people are an absolute
necessity.
"The motion picture industry is the
last one to ask an increase for Its
product; clothiers, shoe manufacturers,
magazine publishers and food distrib
utors have already obtained an increase
in the purchase price from their con
sumers, but the motion picture, which
we Include among the necessities of
life, has waited until It could wait no
longer. Our industry is being hard hit
by taxes and there are more to come.
It is giving a good deal to the Gov
ernment and it must receive something
in return In order to advance with the
same rapid strides that have charac
terized its past progress.
"I have not the slightest fear xt the
Industry's ability to indicate Its Jus
tification to the public for this increase
in the price of admission. From what
I have already seen on my trip through
the country, exhibitors in all parts have
already made the increase and are re
ceiving the support of their patrons in
the movement."
Film Flickers.:
WHEN Director Dawley filmed the
theater scenes in "Bab's Matinee
Idol" his most difficult task . was to
keep the eyes of th extras who formed
the "audience" fixed on the stage
where a play was supposed to be in
progress. They wanted to look at Mar
guerite Clark, who graced a stage box.
Every time Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Paramount's heavyweight comedian,
buys a package of "smokes" for him
self, he buys another and drops it into
one of the various receptacles about
tne studio, to be sent to the boys at
tne rront. Me says he doesn t know of
any fairer arrangement than to treat
some soldrer to a smoke every time he
takes one himself.
Dorothy Dalton, the ch'armlnar and
gifted Thomas H. Ince star in Para
mount pictures, is exceedingly versa
tile. Besides acting she has written
and produced sketches for-the speaking
stage; has been leading woman of some
of the best-known companies, and is
now a favorite with screen patrons.
She Is also one of the most beautifully
gowned women in pictures.
Roscoe Arbuckle thinks he'll do a
Western comedy soon for Paramount
'one with wild riding and roping. Im-
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CURRENT EVENTS
COMING THURSDAY
Mary Miles Minter
"The Mate of the
Sally Ann"
aglne the unfortunate steed that is
obliged to carry the heavyweight fun
maker in pursuit of the untamed
maverick.
The death of Jack Standing recently
in Los Angeles came at the end of a
long Illness. He was born in London,
the youngest of the seven aons all
actors of Herbert Standing, the Eng
lish player. Jack Standing's early edu
cation had Its goal in the navy, but
though he graduated from an English
naval school and was appointed a Sec
ond Lieutenant, the love of the theater
was too strong an inheritance to be
resisted. He left the navy and Joined
the stage, playing a succession of en
gagements in England, coming to
America with Olga Nethersole. Some
time later he joined the Lubln forces at
Philadelphia, where he remained for
five years. Standing was 31 years old,
unmarried, and had played with nearly
every company on the. Coast.
They have put Vivian Martin In a
veritable cage while' making her new
picture for Paramount under Roland
Sturgeon. High screens surround her.
but not to prevent her fluttering away.
It is just to keep a cat and five kittens
used in the picture from escaping. This
motherly tabby has cost a lot of money
and time at the studio, because she has
on various occasions become a victim
of stage fright in the midst of a scene
and left hastily. Then work was sua
pended until she could be found and in
duced to return to her offspring. Now
she can't escape and things are going
nappiiy.
Commodore J. Stuart Blackton. pro
ducer for Paramount of the novels of
Sir Gilbert Parker, the first of which
The Judgment House, went to the
public November 19. is actively en
gaged in his preparations to leave for
California, where he will make "Wild
louth" at the Laskv studios.
borne one sent Marguerite Clark a
tame fox as a present not long ago.
with careful directions as to how it
should be treated. Having closed her
home at Rye, N. Y., for the Winter, she
was at a loss what to do with Reynard
until a friend agreed to keep him for
her.
"Mother" Mary Maurice. Vitagranh's
beloved star with silver hair, cele
brated her 73d birthday recently.
In "Stolen Hours" the personage as
sumed by Ethel Clayton is a gambler's
daughter; in "A Soul Without Win
dows" she was a sculptress who mar
rled for money and regretted it: In
The Dormant Power" she did the same
TO AMERICAN LAKE TO STUDY
the Smile
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thing from similar motives and with
the same result; and In "The Woman
Beneath" she also committed matri
mony from mere dross and learned to
love the man who had it.
To have held the center of the Amer
ican and English stage for years, to be
crowned its most beautiful woman, and
to have her own playhouse in New
York, is the quite remarkable record
of Maxlne Elliott. Her screen debut
was recently made in "Fighting Odds."
a colorful Goldwyn production.
Sessue Hayakawa, star of many Par
amount pictures, is a student of the art
of acting and has carefully watched
the work of American Thespians since
taking up his residence in this coun
try. He finds considerable dissimilar
ity between the Occidental and Oriental
forms of acting, and is becoming an
authority on both. To "feel" a part is
his idea of perfect rendition.
Mary Garden came from Aberdeen,
Scotland, to America, with her parents
in 1SS1, settling in Milwaukee. She be
gan violin lessons at the age of 8, and
at 14 took up public singing in Chi
cago. Miss Garden went to Paris in
1897, and three years later became a
member of the Opera Comique as un
derstudy to Mile. Rlotton. The star
fell ill and Miss Garden became fa
mous over night. The story of "Thais,"
one of her operatic triumphs, is the ve
hicle of her first picture for Goldwyn.
Vivian Martin was playing with
Richard Mansfield in "Cyrano de
Bergerac" at the age of 6. Later she
played the title role in the well-known
"Peter Pan." Thereafter she appeared
in a number of successful plays, and
finally attracted the attention of the
World Company. Then she went to
Fox, but her greatest popularity has
come since her engagement with Pallas
In Paramount pictures. Miss Martin is
an expert cook, and some of her
recipes have been syndicated.
Owen Moore is the chief of the clan
Mattowenmoore. the other ruddy
haired and blue-eyed brothers being
Thomas, Matthew and Joseph. Owen
Moore's specialty ' Is leading man, at
which he has no equal. In real life he
Is leading man to Mary Plckford, and
In screen life well, there are Flor
ence. Lawrence, Virginia Pearson. Mary
Plckford. Elsie Janis. Lots Meredith
Marion Leonard, Frltzi Brunette, Ger
trude Robinson, Dorothy Gish, Mabel
Norm and. Marguerite Courtot and Irene
Fenwick. That will be about all;
Owen can t remember the rest.
The King-Bee Films Corporation has
taken out an insurance policy on Billy
wests life for $50,000. The policy 1
to run five years, this being the length
of Mr. West's contract with the com
pany.
Bryant Washburn is a native of Chi
cago, where he was born April 28, 1889.
His first dollar was earned as a farm
hand during vacation. Later he be
came head usher and then treasurer of
the old Chicago Opera-house. After
this he spent several years playing In
stock and then came to recognition on
Broadway. At the advice of Harry Mc
Rae Webster he went into pictures
with the Essanay Company. Here he
stayed for six years until his recent
engagement by Pathe. His greatest
success has been the "skinner" series.
A large part of Helen Holmes' spare
time for the last few weeks haa been
occupied In examining baby boys. Be
cause Dorothy Holmes MacGowan, the
pretty little 2-year-old adopted daugh
ter, wants a brother. Miss Holmes
says she shall have it. and announces
that the baby boy must be between 1
and 8 years old, of honest parentage
and sound health.
NEWS OF THE THEATERS
(Continued From Pae 2.)
House and for more than a year at the
Gaiety Theater, New York.
To state that "Turn to the Right!"
is the most sensational comedy success
of history is to condense into one sen
tence the combined praise, boxoffice
records and widespread fame of this
epochal play from the pens of Wtnchell
Smith and John E. Hazzard. Even at
the final performances of its long runs
in New York and Chicago hundreds
were turned away and In the few cities
that have been played on tour the at
tendance has been limited only by the
capacity of the theaters. In the light
of these facts, the local theater man
agement urges patrons to obtain seats
well in advance.
Its basic themes of mother-love and
old-fashioned morality have given
Turn to the Right!" a more widespread
appeal than any play since "The Old
Homestead." while its brilliant comedy
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entitles it to classification with Wln
chell Smith's other notable successes.
"The Boomerang," "The Fortune
Hunter." "Polly of the Circus," "Brew
ster's Millions" and others.
The story is told in a prologue and
three acts. The scenes are unusually
beautiful, particularly that of the final
act, showing a peach orchard in fuL
bloom.
Principals in the Chicago company, to
be seen here, are Ralph Morgan, Barry
McCormack, William Foran, James H.
Huntley, Philip Bishop. Gene Lewis.
j Charles W. Goodrich. Samuel Lowen-
winn, jiaoei nert. Ruth Rose, Helen
Collier, Dorothy Betts and Maude Fox.
"TOO JUXY HUSBANDS" BILLED
Another Mine of Lanshter Put On
at Baker Theater.
Lovers of comedies like "Too Many
Cooks," which was recently presented
by the Alcazar Players at the Baker,
will And Just such another rich mini
of laughter in Barry Conner's "Too
Many Husbands," also entirely new to
Portland, which will follow Sinners."
opening next Sunday matinee.
It tells a clean-cut story of a roman
tic young girl, daughter of a wealthy
father, but who cannot remember her
mother. Peggy has been allowed much
freedom and finally does a wild thing.
She permits a flirtation in a motion
picture show to carry her far beyond
the realms of common sense and elopes,
only to have her husband disappear al
most before the wedding ceremony Is
finished. From that time the mystery
becomes a terrible burden to her and
from that time on one thing after an
other seems to happen to her, until she
is enveloped In a maze of mixups that
for rapidity of action, laughable sit
uations and sudden climaxes makes on
of the greatest farces of the day. There
will be great roles for both Miss Gates
and Mr. Horton. as well as nearly every
other member of the company.
Hidden Gold Revealed.
DENTBA, Utah. Dec. 2. A message
hidden in an old shoe by Charles R
Hill, who took his life in Hills Valley,
directed his sister to a spot at the
base of a tree where 12400 In gold was
found. Hill was an eccentric recluse
who lived in the foothills named after
him. He left an estate valued at about
$50,000.
Arrow Coet Father $2500.
VIRGINIA. Minn.. Dec, 2. Twenty
five hundred dollars was the amount
awarded A. F. McDonald, of Eveleth.
for injuries to his 7-year-old daughter,
who a few years ago was shot in the
eye by a dart from an arrow in the
hands of Simon, the 4-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Sax, of Xfreleth.
Tho plaintiff asked isnoo.
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Sun., Moil, Tues., Wed.
Coming 5
Thurs., Fri., Sat., Next.
WHO IS
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Kathleen
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