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THE SUNDAY OREGONIA5", PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 13. 1921
COLLECTION OF RARE LACES IS PRESENTED
PORTLAND ART ASSOCIATION BY EASTERNER
New Exhibit Room in Art Museum Is to Be Formally Opened to Public Monday Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt
Is Donor of Articles.
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ACOL'LTCTION of rare laces,
which has just been given to
the Portland Art association
by Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt of Brook
lyn, N. T.. an ex-Portland woman, H
the nucleus for the new lace and
textile room In the art museum,
which will be formally opened to the
publio Mond-ny, November 14.
Mra Pratt will be-remembered aa
Caroline A Ladd, daughter of the late
W. S. Ladd. She has been Interested
for many years in laces'and has col
lected them during her travels. In
stead of presenting her collection to
the Metropolitan Museum' of Art.
which has one of the most tiotable
lace rooms in the world, she conceived
the Idea of placing her lace in Port
land In the art museum.
Her gift necessitated a special room
for this display and Mrsi Pratt made
the new iaee room possible by an
additional gift of J20UO.
Public Is Invited.
The' public Is Invited to attend the
opening cf the new room a week
from tomtrrow. There will be no
charge on this day. Mrs. Lucy Dodd
Itamberg who lived In-Florence, Italy,
for 26 je:irs, will give a brief lec
ture on lace at 11 o'clock in the
morning. She will speak also on the
three following Monday mornings,
but the utnial admission fee will be
chafed then.
A temporary exhibition gallery Is
now being arranged and here will
be displayed extlles and laces, which
have been loaned to the museum for
a time. Some of Mrs. Pratt's laces,
which have family associations, will
be Included in this loan exhibit.
Although the majority of the lace
Is the gift of Mrs. Pratt, other Port
land' women have also contributed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bourne has presented
to the museum some Interesting lace
and a cabinet to contain her pieces.
Other Gifts Are Mndr,
Other gifts are from Mrs. Oscar
Meyer (Clementine Mayer) of New
York, formerly of Portland; Miss
Stella B. Mead, Miss ilary K. Fa'aing,
Miss Henrietta K. Failing, Miss Ella
De Hart and Mrs. Walter 3. Burns.
The lace room - Is equipped with
cabinets and all the lace will be
shown under glass. Backgrounds of
blue or black serve to bring out the
delicate patterns. Placards are now
being made so that each piece will
be distinctly labeled.
In Mrs. Pratt's collection is in
cluded some Interesting lace made in
the early 16th and 17th centuries.
This is TTini51paIly Venetian and
lnoese bobbin lace and Dutch and
Flemish needle point. There is also
eome Italian Macrame of the 17th
century. This was made by the
Arabs who imparted their learning
. to the Italians.
Two of the most beautiful gifts
NEWS OF THE MOVIE THEATERS
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i-A-eryoue wonders why Chet has
dropped out of the game, especlally
lus sweetheart, lluth Turner. When
she discovers him trying -to conceal
the character of his work she breaks
off all friendly relations with him.
"I Just detest h man who is ashamed
of his work." she says.
PiscournKed by his troubles, Chet
returns to football and saves the
crucial garne of the season. And
about the same time some very extra
ordinary things begin te"happen.
"Two Minutes to Go." from a story
by Richard Andre, teems with human
Interest, the pranks and the romances
of college life. r.ay directed the
production himself, and appearing
opposite him in the leading feminine
re is charming Mary Anderson,
popularly known H3 "Sunshine Mary."
Others in a cast of unusual caliber
re Lionel Itelmore. Lincoln Stedman,
Trueman Van Dyke. Gus .Leonard.
Tom Wilson, Bert Woodruff. Francois
Dumas and Phillip Dnnham.
GARMENTS OF TRUTH' BILLED
Carrth Hushes Featured In Photo
play at Hippodrome.
Gareth Hughes in "Garments of
Truth" is the photoplay feature at
the Hippodrome, beginning this after
noon. Ethel Grandin, pretty leading
woman of the dramatic stage, is
Huches' chief support.
The story on which the picture is
Bused centers about a young man
whose lively imagination prompted
him to see -in every suggestion the
actual consummation of the me a, with
the result that he was everlastingly
going about telling "fairy tales" un
til he was better known as "the vil
lage liar" than by his own name.
When he pictured the big dam at
one end of the town as having burst
and raced his flivver through the
main street, warning people to take
to the hills, he went just a little be
yond the limit and the mayor of the
Iowa sent bun to a mental diaaa
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BIT OV LACK BRINGS OUT SKILLFLL HANDIWORK.
are shawls. One 1 a Chinese Canton t sented to the museum some hand
shawl in white, richly embroidered, I woven linen, from flax grown and
which was worn by Mrs. William S.
Ladd Sr., in 1865. The other is an
Indian shawl, interesting in weave
and coloring.
A cabinet of "wedding lace" is one
of the features of the room. Here
la displayed an exquisite piece of
Brussels needle point, which was
worn by Mrs. V. S. Ladd at her chil
dren's weddings and y Tier grand
daughter, Mary Caroline Pratt Herter,
as a wedding veil.
There is Mrs. Pratt's wedding fan,
Mrs. W. 3. Ladd's wedding handker
chief of Brussels needle point, and
some fine Valenciennes of the early
10th century.
The development of lace is seen in
the peasant bobbin lace, made lit
Italy In the early 16th cetitury.-and
in the Reticello Italian pieces.
Mrs. Jessie M. Moneyman has pre-
specialist in Boston, where the young
man was cured of his lying. This
proved only a jump from the frying
pan into the fire, for now he was so
truthful he Insisted in telling the
truth on every occasion and it was
the bare and unvarnished variety of
ruth that he told.
The new condition got on the
mayor's nerves and he consulted the
specialist to see" if he could not be
changed back into a liaa, again. The
doctor gave very little hope. He
added, however, that If- there came a
romance into the young fellow's life
that might have the desired effect.
The truth teller, now la the posi
tion of statlort agent, the only Job it
was safe to let him have, one day
caught sight of the mayor's pretty
niece and it was a case of love at first
eight. A few minutes later the mayor
sees that the young man has followed
them home and the plot thickens.
RIVOLI HAS UXUStAL PICTURE
"Shams of Socicety" Deals With
Domestic Troubles.
"Shams of Society." with Barbara
Castleton and Montague Love, Is at
the Rlvoll.
The story, in structure of plot. Is
unusual. It deals with the domestic
problems of a young couple in com
fortable circumstances who could have
avoided many of their troubles had
they employed their good sense at the
proper time.
Herbert Porter lavishes money on
his beautiful young wife, but gives
her no spending money. Lack of funds
with which to pay her own bills lead
to diff lcutliea. Her circle of women
gamble. She loses. Her debt mounts
up and she fears to tell her husband.
She borrows from a woman and her
losses increase. She even stoops to
theft.
Then follows a succession of dra
matic episodes that tumble toward a
smashing climax and a twist at the
end so novel as to take the audience
completely by surprise.
2'homa S. Wftlsh, who haa. to sis
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spun more than 100 years ago by
Walter J. Honeyman's grandmother.
Mrs. Grace Wallace, in the parish of
Cults. Fifeshir. Scotland. Her home
was close to that of th parish min
ister, the. father of Sir David Wilkie,
artist.
Among the gifts from Mrs. Meyer
are a point d'Alencon lace fan.
mounted on carved pearl sticks, inlaid
with silver and gold; an antique fan
from a ..castle in San Guadenzio; a
Valenciennes lace hadkerchief and
point applique'' and point Barbe.
Mrs.-"" Bourne has presented pieces
of Brussels net lace, Bureno lace,
rose point and some Philippine pat
terns. -
The art jnuseum Is open to the pub
lic free of charge, on Tuesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday afternoons
and on Sunday afternoons from '1
to 5 o'clock. ' '
credit a long list of notable . photo
plays, directed "Shams of Society" as
his first Independent subject. It was
adapted by Kenneth Ollara and Mary
Murillo from the novel "Shams." writ
ten by Walter McNamara. Woven
through the plot is the theme that
much of the life we know as high so
ciety is cham that there is much un
happiness behind the curtain 'of tin
sel and the. glitter' of the social swirl.
Its big lesson is that real happiness
is achieved only by being honest with
one's self and living within one's own
means. '
HARRY CAREY FILM IS fHEUE
"The Fox" Is Story of Adventure
In Mojave Desert.
Harry Carey Is the star of "The
Fox," said to be the first super-western
picture ever filmed, which . is
now at the Majestic. Carey himself
wrote The Fox."It was adapted to
the screen by Lucie n Hubbard and
filmed fender the direction of Robert
Thornby. Its dramatic force, its pic
turesque locale. Its interesting cast
and the fact that regular United
States cavalry was used to furnish
atmosojiere make the picture one of
interest.
Most of the story was filmed onhe
Mojave desert, near Red Rock, where
a modern army, camp was built to
quarter the big outfit necessary to
maintain production. Nearby were
encamped troops of the 11th United
States cavalry, especially detailed to
the production by Major-General
Mulr. commanding general of the
ninth corps area.
Graphc shots of the regulars going
Into action with Harry Carey's own
flying squadron of cowpunchers rid
ing on the flanks, breath-snatching
views of an exploshan that churned
up the earth, a tender love story and
some of the most magnificent scenery
ever captured by the camera, will add
to the appeal of the story.
Harry Carey was supported by
Betty Ross Clark In the leading fem
inine roiv, ana vy sucn popular screen J
favorites aa Alan Hale, George I
iichola, John Harron, Gertrude Claire, J
Geeo-ge Cooper, Breesy Eason Jr,
cnaxies Le Moyne, captain J. An
derson, Harley Chambers and others.
"COLD STEEIj" 'OW AT STAR
Picture Adaptation From Novel "In
the Shadow of the Hills."
J. P. MoGowan, star and! director;
Kathleen Clifford, prima donna and
screen star; George C. Shedd. author
of a long list of best sellers, and
Monte Katterjohn. photo-dramatist.
bestowed their combined talents upon
"Cold SteeL" now at the Star.
"Cold tiltf-l" was adapted by Mr.
Katterjohn from the novel In the
Shadow of the Hills," Irom the pen
of -George C. Shedd. The story is laid
in the Sao Mateo valley, New Mexico,
and is rich with the rugged atmo
sphere of the open country. Although
the plot revolves about characters that
are undubitably western, tne play aix
fers radically from the usual type of
wild, west production.
J. P. McGowan, to whose credit Is
a 4ong list of stage and photoplay
successes, portrays the leading role
and is supported by a cast including
sufh well-known players as Stanhope
Wheatcroft, A. N. Milette, Charles fcl
Insley, Vilton Brown. Kegel De Bru-
lier and Elinor Fair. McGnwan's
long experience both aa actor in Im
portant itage and screeh productions
and director equipped him to portray
his exacting role in "Cold SteeL"
"Cold Steel" unfolds a story of ad
venture in the arid .wastes near the
Rio Grande, portrays with, vivid real
ism the efforts of a band of deaignlng
cattdemen who attempt t prevent the
construction of 2 cofferdam, ef which
the hero is charge, and ends with
a climax et exceptional tensity.
FTIiM CLASSIC IS AT C IK CUT
"The Last of the Mohicans' Re
ceives High Praise of Critics.
Critics have placed Maurice Tour
neur's presentation of J. Fenimore
Cooper's famous story. The Last of
the Mohicans," in a new category of
film productions.
It is called a permanent photoplay
classic, -which means that it will live
when the ordinary entertainment film
has passed on. This is tor several
reasons, the first being that Tourneur
proved he could make an absorbing
entertainment out of Cooper's story
and at the same time preserve the
historical and educational values.
"The Last of the Mohicans" is a story
too well known to need repetition,
but the sweet love tale, with the hu
mor, pathos, thrills and exciting mo
ntents, is one that will cause every
beholder to gasp then laugh, for it
is intensely human, real and replete
with historical events that thrill.
All the ability and, knowledge of
the'great Tourneur has rone into this
production.
An all-lead cast, especially selected
by Tourneur, appears in this story.
The scenic backgrounds are exquisite
in their rugged beauty.
Screen Text on Geometry Is
Presented to Pupils.
Charles XT. Samvaoa of Boston De
elarre Problems, Can Be Illus
trated. VISUALIZED geometry is the lat
est method of arousing Interest
in bored pupils. Charles H. Sampson
of Boston, who has completed a screen
text on geometry, has this to say of
this new way of teaching:
"Can geometry be taught by means
of the motion picture film? I know
of nobody who claims that such a
subject as this can be absorbed vis
ually. I do not myself even pretend
to claim that such.,a thing can be
done. I say and wish, to emphasize
the statement that the combination of
a good textbook and a good teacher
cannot be duplicated. But I do claim
that there is a place for the educa
tional film in the classroom.
"I suppose geometry is about-'the
last subject that one could expect to
film. Whether it can be done suc
cessfully or hot la for others to judge.
I have tried to do it and think that I
have succeeded.
"In any case, J(K0 feet of visualized
geometry is an interesting educa
tional, treat to watch. The future will
demonstrate the permanent Value of it.
"Definitions, construction problems
and the various mathematical compu
tations can be very well Illustrated on
the film. These things are, after all,
the most important factors to con
sider when one Is thinking of practi
cal values. Applied geometry does
not require the demonstration of
proofs. This statement tends to
create the Impression that a film such
as this is to be used only only in the
applied1 mathematics clam. Such,
however, is not the case. There is, of
course, a real opportunity to use It
there, but the field is larger than this.
"Boys and girls in the grammar
grades are more interested in the fu
ture than they themselves realize. It
would be difficult to convince them
by any reasonable talking effort that
the future subject of geometry was
worthy of serious consideration.
"If the dormant interest in geome
try can be aroused and if a geometri
cal motion picflfcre can be made the
agent to arouse that interest, there is
an object In having motion pictures in
the classroom.
"Some of the 'old-school' radical
thinkers are inclined to assume, ap
parently without thought, that the
modern teacher who believes in visual
instruction is doing all that he or she
can to produce a visual-minded gen
eration of students. No thinking
teacher has such a thought in mind.
X am sure that most of us realize that
the path of the present-day student
Is already too abundantly strewn with
roses. Most of us are doing what we
carr'to make the way harder, not by
putting obstacles In th path, but by
making the traveler do his own trav
eling. The educational film is not so
much a teacher as an 'interest pro
ducer.' Itaide the teaching of the
subject by injecting that element of
interest which' so many subjects lack.
New Pictures Will Feature
Famous Polish Actress.
Negri Films Imported for
American Release,
THE new pictures featuring Pola
Negri, the famous Polish actress,
have been secured by Paramount for
early release in this country. The
first release will be "The Last Pay
ment." scheduled In December. The
other, "The Red Peacock." wiU be
released some time in February.
Unusual interest attaches to "The
Last Payment." for It is the first pic
ture In which the American public
will see Pola Negri in a purely dra
matic role, her other productions here
having been essentially spectacular.
"The Last Payment" was written
by John Brennert and George Jackoby
and was directed by the latter. The
settings and ' decorations are fit
tingly elaborate and were designed
by Carl Richter, one of Europe's fore
most stage directors.
An atmosphere essentially exotie
pervades the entire picture, the story
opening in South America ami closing
in Paris. It is a tale of the successive
love affairs of a woman of the Latin
Quarter, who has fled1 from the wild
lire of Paris to bury her past In self
exile la South. America, Iters aha
BIRTHDAY PARTY GIVEN
FOR MARJORIE RAMBEAU
Hubby's Surprise During Breakfast Festivities' Include Vision of
Hostess as She Was at Age of 10.
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young enough to be celebrat
ing her birthdays and recently
when' the anniversary oC her natal
day rolled around her husband ar
ranged a pleasant surprise for her.
The surprise was In the nature of a
breakfast party and right in the
middle of the festivities through the
door walked a vision of Misa Ram
beau as she was at the age of ten,
wearing the same dress, the same
curls and the same little blue locket
with the diamond chip glittering in
its center. The party was arranged
meets and marries a rich cattleman,
who Is murdered, leaving her again
dependent upon her own resources.
About that , time she meets a
Parisian and, overmastered by her
longing for the old life in her native
city, returns with him to Paris and
is taken by him to the home of his
father. There she finds a former
husband and, fearing to acknowledge
him as such, finds herself the-object
of the attentions of three men. The
situation is productive of tragedy and
gives Miss Negri a splendid oppor
tunity to display her talent as an
emotional artist.
Miss Negri is the only woman in
the cast and is splendidly supported
by four men In role of almost equal
Importance.
College Dramatic. Club to
Stage Play Soon.
"Clarence," Booth Tarkington Com
edy to Be Presented at Corrallla.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallist Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) "Clarence," a four-act comedy
by Booth Tarkington, will be pro
duced by the Mask and Dagger
Dramatic club December 3. Miss
Norma Olson, instructor In expres
sion, is directing the rehearsals.
Art Boone of Corvallis will take
the leading role of Clarence. Alma
Scharpf of Portland has been selected
for tne part of Violet Pinney, leading
woman. Othjersjin the play are Fred
Novenger, Long Beach, Cal.; Bess
Walch, Portland; Susan Haley, New
York city; Kenneth Goodale, Ana
heim, Cal.; Thelma Harvison. Port
land; Qulncy Corrie, Portland; Vera
Rpsenquest, Salem. aid Dwight Wil
liams, Long Beach. Cal.
"Clarence" only recently was re
leased and) has been successful wher
ever produced. The club-expects to
give a two-night production.
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A Historically Truthful Version of This World-Known
Story by James Fenimore Cooper
ALSO A HAROLD LI OVP COMEDY.
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by Miss Rambaau's husband, who had
noticed the resemblance between
Marjorie's childhood picture and little
Frances Victory who plays Marjorie's
daughter in "Daddy's Gone A-Hunt
lng." After the star realized that she
wasn't seeing a ghost of herself she
played tea-party with Frances and
for an hour had a happy return to her
childhood. '
Miss Rambeau's ' husband, who
'planned the party, is Hugh Dlllman.
a former Baker player. He played a
minor rolo in her play 'The Sign on
the Door," in which they appeared
last season at the Heillg.
Motion Picture Service to
Public Aim.
New Department Is Organised by
American Theater Owners.
THE Motion Picture Theater Owners
of America, In session recently,
organized a new department, to be
known as the department of public
service, which will function under the
direction of Dr. Francis Holley, head
of the bureau of commercial eco
nomics. The plans of the new department ln-
elude close co-operation with the de
partment of labor and the showing at
stated intervals of pictures dealing,
with Industry, trade, commerce, agri
culture, public health, sanitation, or
any subject recommended by the' pres
ident of the United States or any mem
ber of his cabinet. It is Vhe plan of
the new department to effect arrange
ments with theaters throughout the
country so that ultimately every motion-picture
theater will set aside cer
tain periods during the week, outside
of regular exhibition hours, when the
house will present gratis to its audi
ence such subjects as will be recom
mended by the department of public
service. Saturday morning showings
for children, during which subjects
tied up with their school work will be
shown, are also to. be included within
the sdbpe of the present plans.
Dr. Holley acted as chairman of the
conference.
Assistant Secretary Henning, who
came as the personal representative
of Secretary of Labor Davis, read an
address from his chief at Washing
ton. The secretary of labor's message
Indorsed the new movement of the as
sociation as one of highest importance
to the national life of the people, and
expressed -his heartiest wishes for its
success. The message emphasized the
mutual understanding and respect be
tween worker and employer which
would inevitably result as each saw
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realistically recorded on the screen
the important spart the others played
in the field of industry and com
merce. "This meeting ougbt to mark a new
renaissance in American industrial
art," declared Dr. Newell Dwight
Hills, pastor of Plymouth church, who
followed Secretary Henning on the
stage.
"He serves himself best who serves
others most," declared Nathan D. Will-
lams of the National Association of
Manufacturers, in indorsing the proj-
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in Her Latest Success
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the startline storv
of a pretty girl who
had to take hr
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One of the best
picture this
beautiful star has
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: MAX
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returning to the screen
after years of absence in
"Seven Years Bad Luck" a
comedy that is positively the
funniest made this year.
Britz and the Peoples
Orchestra
ect. The speaker declared there was
an unfortunate tendency to solve all
the problems of present-day life by
legislation, when, as a matter of fact,
what was needed was education and
tint laws. He pointed out the futility
of restrictive laws as panaceas for all
ills, political, industrial and social. He
pleaded for the ascendancy of a
scheme of education in lieu of useless
laws, and in this connection stressed
the highly Important part the acreen
was to play in this education pro-p-rnmme.
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PROGRAMMES '
Armistice Melodies
"Mighty Lak' a Kose"..
Nevln
Excerpts From the
Operas Hlackha'.l
"Home-iiri'w Blue?"...
Henri A. Keatss