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fJSW F ''A'iCrK M Q ; : .7 : NOBLES OF MYSTIC SH RIN E REHRSE, WITH WILD AN! M ALS ; f - V - AbJH , t r ATj"i;niwin ii t.....ii.m " rfcfc idr V J s'ii'RS4V,,i . jf - I -v j j " m x V- - 'utt'iW:tM ,- 11' I J-- I II SSfCX'" -r;', r I f . Uj A. L FOR number of days past at the General Film Exchange, an or dinary little box has been receiv ing: an extraordinary amount Of ettehtloB from all those who were prlvlllged to know anything-about It. It was fall of dirt, too. Not pay dirt, or anything like that, but Jut plain -dirt of a good yellow complex ion, but it , was Irish, and it came straight from the old country, so it was guarded at the General and kept In the fireproof vault until the time came for It to go out on its mission. TK nlAm ' fiAmha n v ImnAst til A soil, which arrived a short time ago on the steamer Megantlc. Pictures of the sacxa in wmcn it came ana ineir oeing j. uniniflM rrnm T n M nnin ni 1 11 thiki ' appeared In the Moving Picture World In February. The soil was dug from the base of Colleen Bawn rock, in one A V T a rm JTIIUrttAV an1 la HP. companled by pictures of its being dug, as well'' as copies of affidavits from Irish officials and, the parish priest vouching for Its authenticity. A por tion of the soil sent to Portland will be placed in a shallow box at the ticket window of the Majestic, and all those , who buy seats for the first half of the week will stand on Irish soil to do so. The soli accompanies the three reel ' ' lem company went to Ireland to mike in the original scenes around which the story was written, xne picture is a revival of a former Kalem suc cess. A special two part Vita graph feature, "Ai 'Officer and a Gentleman," completes the picture pro a-ram. and the entertainers will be Es ther Bundqulst. violinist, and Joe Rob erts, baritone. 7 Special Irish music and "Kathleen, the Irish Rose," a two part Than- houser production, with Maud Fealy, i ! will make due observance of St. Pat-1 ; rick's day at the Columbia, as well as providing delightful entertainment for the first half of the week. Additional " pictures on the program are Mutual Weekly N6. 82. and the usual Keystone comedy, "The Film Johnny." ' The Globe has for its feature the first half of a special two part Vita graph, "The-Portrait," with Mary Mau rice and James Toung In the leading roles. Another Vltagraph, "Mrs. Ma loney's Fortune," supplies the comedy and Mary Fuller in the third "Dolly of the Dallies." makes up the offering, with Mlas Dorothy Daphne Lewis as violinist. Kvangellne," a six reel visualization of Longfellow's poem,, is the People's feature, beginning today ana continu lr.g thrbugh Wednesday. The produc tion was made with an all-star cast by the Bioscope company in Annapolis Valley, about which Longfellow Wove bis beautiful poem. "The Price Of the Necklace." a spe cial Kdison feature, is the big picture at the Star on the first change. The program is completed with a comedy, ' "The Snakevllle Fire Brigade.' ' "Strange Melodies," a two part feature, ' and a character singing act. At the Circle today a multiple Lu ' bin feature, "The Blind Power," holds top position on a program completed with "Three Babes in a Flat," comedy. ana uiai lerriDie maicn, ana Apoi ; lo with Fred Mace. Monday and Tuesday the feature will be Series No. 8 of the "Adventures of Kathlyn," "The Temple of the Lion." The remaining K 'I 'V r ' I V- i w- '' ' 70 K;i ',,. .7 "'' . 'A, "Z 'A-'-' -A' c ' via, '',j, o?7 7''' ,7'p f f i ''-'''7v. 'v-, $7 t' Y" '-s'-' '" si' t vs 7 "'? 5v Miss Pauline Busht, of the Gold Seal Universal. Miss Bush Is a Lincoln (Neb.) girl; who was graduated from the . University of Nebraska before taking up the stage as a career. She played In many large stock companies and then turned to pictures three years ago. She devotes her leisure moments to -riding, music, literature and art. pictures are "Cupid Makes Eye" and "Rafferty Raffle.' a Bull's Following a system that has been in vogue in the eastern states for some thing like five years, the Pacific coast has fallen In line with a "safety first" railroad educational campaign to be conducted with motion pictures. It began in Seattle at the Oregon-Washington depot less than two weeks ago. The O.-W. R. & N. has fitted up the "moving picture educational car" for its own employes, employes of other roads and for the general public. Proper and Improper firing of loco motives is Illustrated by a "double header," one locomotive throwing out vast volumes of black smoke, showing poor combustion and waste of fuel, the other throwing out clean, white 'smoke. Proper and Improper ways of pack ing" up cars, of coupling, of handling baggage and baggage . trucks arid of stepping on and off trains are illus trated. The pictures are full of thrills. Involving the crushing to death and Injury of several persons cleverly Impersonated by dummies. . Another feature of the educational campaign lg the presentation of sta tistics showing what percentage of fuel is wasted by Improper firing, the total value of all the railroads In the United States as compared with other countries, comparison of freight and passenger rates with those of other countries, showing . that lower rates prevalin this country than any other, and that steam and electric railroads in this state are taxed 11 per cent, as compared with' an average of four and one-half per cent in- other states. - Kducational and training uses of mo tion pictures have been extended to the police for&e of Paris. An elaborate pared tinder the supervision of the pre pared under the supervision of the per fect of police to show youthful Officers .how to deal with lawbreakers, regulate traffic, assist the young and infirm and many ; other essential parts of a policeman' duty. Included In the films are views of principal sights of Paris iann I im wav in wiiiuu Lite i u tru me , c I warded for bravery and gfood - work. Commencing this month regular edu cattonal classes will be held at police headquarters. Hennlon, tfe'41 prefect. says that in a few months he can teach hU men: things that would take years for them to pick up In the regular course of their duty. Two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars Is the modest sum Anna Held is suing the Kinemacolor company for, as she claims 'they have injured her to that extent fey the use of unauthorized pictures. Hie company insists that it has her consent. : For the interest and advancement of children who work In Universal f lima a public school has been established at the company's studios in Hollywood, Cal. It is a branch institution of the Los Angeles .public schools, but it was built, furnished and will be supported financially by the Universal Film Manufacturing company. Twenty-five children, ranging from babies to boys and girls in their teens, are used dally by the company and to have their serv ices and not interfere with their edu cation, the school has been established. It is fitted to accommodate 60 pupils. -s k' ' ' In addition! to Adolph Zukor, presi dent of the Famous Players company, who passed ' a portion of Wednesday and Thursday in Portland, a guest of prominence at present is Joseph Pat ridge, special representative of the General Film company, who has been spending the past few months In cov ering Canadian territory. THEATRE ANNOUNGEiEN'r PROGRAM TODAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY The Colleen Bawn IN THREE PARTS Featuring Miss Gene Gauntier in the Leading Role a This picture was made in Ireland and shows Eaken at Beau fort, County Kerry, the Peat Bog near Killarney Lake, Muckross Head, Gap of Sunloe, Interior of Danny Mann Cottage, Colleen Bawn Rock on Devil's Island, the bed occupied by Dan'l O'Con nell, Lake Killarney, and the famous Ann Chute Castle. These scenes are absolutely authentic Officer or Gentlemen A special Vitagraph subject in two and a half reels. Tells a story of the duplicity of the wives of three Army officers. - MISS ESTHER SUNDQUIST, Violin Solos MR. JOE ROBERTS The Greatest Banjo Artist on the Pacific Coast lOc ADMISSION lOc fc Competition for the trade of far mers in Meade county, Kansas, has be come so keen "between three towns that one of them, .Meade, has' leased a pic ture theatre and gives a free show for traders every Saturday night. The Vitagraph- is arranging a pic ture that will be the first showing the full workings ofa sculptor's studio with the sculptor actually at work modeling. - Miss Evelyn James, one of the rising ydung sculptors, has been engaged to model a full length statue of Naomi Childres who will play leads with Darwin 'Karr in the production. One scene will show Miss James and a number of other sculptors at work In a fully equipped studio. The Kalem. company has prepared a reel on phosphate mining. Phos phate, one of the most valuable of fer tilizers, Is made from the fossil re mains of prehistoric animals and vast deposits of these exist In Florida and along .other, portions Of the eastern coast. The picture gives interesting stages of the mining and, treating of me pnoBpnaie as wen as a comparison of vegetables that have been grown in fertilized and unfertilized ground. - All of the "101 Bison" company at the Universal Pacific coast studios have' sailed from" San Francisco for the Hawaiian islands ci a picture ex pedition, to be gone three months. One of their dramas will be laid during the reign of King ' Kamehameha the First, the monarch who guided the Hawalians out of savagery to civiliza tion and who established modern gov ernment among his people. The famous rock of Pali, overlooking Honolulu har bor and 2000 feet high, from which Kamehameha1 had his enemies thrown. will play an1 Important part in this story. The foreign quarter of Honolulu, one of the most remarkable spots in the world where Russians, Japs, Chinese and a score of other races all follow the customs ;of their own countries. will be the subject of another drama. Said Alan. Dale, the New Tort: dram. atlc critic, after the premier of the Vitagraph theatre in Gotham: T had an awfully .good time. It seemed like a new experience, with a certain piquancy to it. Nothing to do but look! Plays were there, without voices, and the very silence was en joyable. Then one's imagination was allowed to-work so agreeably. I pre f er my own imagination to the '"words' that are cast oh the screen.- Sometimes these words, banal and trite, spoil the illusion. In pictures one can imagine such a lot! I love them when they don't dot the i's arid i cross the t's." Top, left to right H. T. Hutchln-j 6on, D. G. Tomaslnl, W. R. Boone, W. L. Morgan, R. W. Foster, William Davis, Arthur L. Flnley, Harvey Beckwith shown dispqrtlng with trained bear. Mme. Mayme, skilled rider, displaying her dexterltv. Bottom Riding the camel; D. G. Tomasini, tangoing with bruin. Four automobile loads of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, officers and mem bers of Al Kader temple were out to the Country club grounds the other af ternoon for their first dress rehearsal with the wild animals which are to b featured in the big Shrlners carnival at Multnomah stadlum April 18,17.18. Al. O. Barnes, the circus man, took charge of the party and allowed the fez wearers to hobnob with the fiercest of the denizens of the Jungle, from the man eating hyenas to the jovial but badly bored elephants. The boxing kangaroo and the wrest ling bear made the strongest play for popular favor with the sons of the desert, while the brilliant equestrienne stunts of dainty Mayme Saunders, a bare back rider, made such a hit wita the Shrlners that-Illustrious Potentate Harvey -Beckwith took off bis ' own little red fez. Dresented it to her with a speech and she was adopted as the official daughter of Al Kader temple. Then she gave an exhibition ' of her thrilling acts with Bob Chocolate, a Jet black pony that has been taught to do the tango and- a number of the other latest society dances. She will give an exhibition on Bob Chocolate at each of the performances at Multnomah field, arrayed in a special costume pre sented to her by the temple. H. T. Hutchinson, captain of the guard, had the most exciting experi ence of the bunch in his effort to board the big gray sacred bull. He under stood the animal was broke to ride without strap, halter or bridle, but when he tried the stunt bare back, the 4 bull turned around, gave him one look IDOLS OF DIAMOND FIND NEW AVOCATION TO OCCUPY THEIR TIME DURING WINTER SPECIAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY MATINEE THE BAKER PLAYERS IN THE FAMOUS IRiSH ROMANCE KATHLEEN MAV0URNEEN v .- ' , ...... . .-..'.. V v. . . . i - V " Next Tuesday Afternoon, March 17 y , - '" '.vt-r -,-'f,yr':? FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THEATRICAL BENEV OLENT ASSOCIATION , , ; Strong Cast Beautiful Scenic Production . - - Extra Features Appropriate to the Day r , r , ' A Novel, Entertaining and Altogether Charming Event Tickets Now Selling Prices 25c, 50c, 75c Exceptionally funny situations in "The Midnight Girl," now showing at the Forty-fourth Street theatre, in New York, have determined the Shu- berts to have the musical comedy filmed. This is the first time that a production has Jbeen made into pictures during its second weeK, dui xne man agement. It seems, could not resist the flattering offers made by motion pic ture people. The pictures .will also be shown in advance over the route that the production; will travel when it leaves New Tork. - ? . A camera man of the American Llfe ograph company arrived on the seen Thursday morning almost as soon as the big fire was discovered at Colum bia Docks Nos. 1 and 2, and remained over three hour. As a result, 400 feet of film were speeding eastward on Fri day, to be' made Into parts of the Pathe, Mutual and Animated Weeklies. In due season these will return and be exhibited in Portland, as well as going all over the world, where those serv ices are In use. j . .- . - i " A dispatch from London says that an enterprising attempt by a band of sup Dosed suffragettes to rafd Premier As- ouith'g official residence in Downing street today was frustrated by. the po lice, who are always stationed in strong force in the vicinity. Several cabs ; containing - a dozen women wearing 1 the? militant' colors dashed suddenly Tup the street from Whitehall, and the occupants were about to start "hostilities" .when the notice surrounded: them. It. transpired afterwards that 1 the operation" had been promoted, by an American moving picture . company, which had .hired chorus girla to repre sent the mllltan.ts. . : v ' The Main Point. "I ought to have taken a bigger trunk on ray trip abroad." ' . ."Wouldn't your trunk hold enough clothes?" : "yes, but lt wouldn't accommodate half the labels-, I might have gotten. Ball players have found a new win-, ter avocation in which they are reap ing small fortunes. Vaudeville for merly claimed the stars, but of late they have been turning toward the '"movies." writes "Mac" in the Chi cago Post. Rube Marquard is depicted on the films as a suffragette pitcher tossing the ball to feminine batters. He in cludes this stunt In his vaudeville act, being the one bill player who gets both ends in his repertoire. Manager Chance of the Yankee storms into the surf and rescues vari ous parties from the undertow. He looms up as big as life and Invari ably draws a big hand from those who pay from 5 to 10 cents to enjoy his feats. . Another mighty warrior who has fallen victim of the "movies' is Christy Mathewson. Matty is the real genius of the baseball world. He is said to have written books, said to have com posed a play and supposed generally to be penning articles for the papers. Whether he actually has performed these feats or not Is a matter for oth ers to decide. We have our personal opinion about it, however. ; But he gets money for the literary output at any rate. But nobody but Matty himself could walk Into the "movies." There Is one place where tie alone can fill the bill. He , has tried the stage, .but prefers the films. Needless to relate his stunts win enormous ' applause. ' . r - The more famous " the player the higher his pay. Some draw down $100 per week for posing and performing before the camera. Others are content with less. But it's a paying proposi tion for everybody, especially as all they have to do Is look natural. Of course moving pictures of play ers and teams in action are an old story by now. We- have most of us seen little snatches of baseball life, but the stunts by the stars are a new de parture. What It may end in Is impossible to state. It wouldn't surprise us much to see Walter Johnson riding a wild. buffalo or Jake Daubert diving into the thicket after the carcass of a python. The future may show the cams life up at Trude lake, for example, where Comlskey and his guests spend a week or two each year. The possibilities are enormous! This moving picture employment is doubtless the reason for the falling oft of ball players appearing in vaude ville. This season, with the excep tions of Marquard, Red Doola and Doe White, we know of none who are on the boards. , Two years ago there was a whole mob of players trying to sing, attempt, ing to act and making a fluff at pan tomime. Tinker, Bender, Meyers, Dooin, Schaefer, .Altrock, White, Mar quard, Callahan why, one could go on almost indefinitely and still not reach the end. . f ,. But whereas the audience used - to suffer yet applaud wildly for fear of 1 wounding the feelings of the diamond Idols,, today they can watch their antics without the noise.' -- v Finally, and in conclusion the "movies" give those who are unable to view the great stars in person the opportunity of getting a Hash at them. and dumped him off in the dirt ' IX G. Tomasini tackled the wrestling bear for a couple of bouts, but before he got through.' the trainers had to pull the big muzzled bruta off the doughty Shriner. The .camels, four of them, which will be the special pets of the local and visiting Nobles during the carnival, were led out and formally introduced to the crowd and a few of t henry led by Potentate Beckwith, Chief Rabban George W. Stapleton, Assistant Rabban W. E. Grace and others took, a short cruise through the improvised sands but were glad enough to dismount when the end of the jaunt was reached. The playful camels left their teeth marks around In a promiscuous man ner, causing fright to their "mounts but without doing any particular damage. The Shrlners who took part In the rehearsal were: Harvey Beckwith, il lustrious potentate; George W. Staple ton, chief rabban; W. K. Grace, -assistant rabban; Thomas McCusker, oriental guide; H. T. Hutchinson, captain of the guard; D. d. Tomasti.3, past potentate, and Nobles R. W. Fiter, W. U Mor gan, W. M. Davis, captain of the Arab patrol; Arthur L. Fjnley and W. R. Boone. f ic Foster and Boone Confined their re hearsal to feeding glower bread to some Hon cubs and tame iats. V Another j rehearsal lll be held next Wednesday artemooryrwlth from 2t to 10 of the Shrlners taking part. BENEFIT PRODUCTION IS BEING REHEARSED In addition to roelr-regular1 perform ances, and rehearsals, for some time past, the Baker players have been de voting extra effort on "Kathleen Ma voutneen" . which .will be- given . as a special St. Patrick's day matinee Tues day. The Baker players are 'donating their services, George li, Baker is giv ing the use of the theatre and the Chi cago Costume ' House is loaning the Costumes so that tne protraction oi me charming old Irish 'romance may be a benefit for the new Theatrical Benev olent association. . " '. ' -Portland Is the home lodge of the association which .was formed a couple of months "ago with its membership open to . all those who have been in stage work at any time for six months. It ' is "fhe first benevolent -organization formed for. the protection of the actor and already there are iAreef lodges formed with prospect of the movement becoming nation wide. ' Popular Irish songs ' by Judge J. Frank Hennessy, and other, f pedal fea tures appropriate for St. Patrick's day have been arranged. Seats are now selling and if the sale continues as it has. beguft there will be a packed house and a neat sum netted for the new organization., IT is REPORTED THAT 0RPHEUM WILL CLOSE 'Rumors are Insistent to the effect that the, Portland Orpheum will close its doors in the near future. Some say that It' will be" for an Indefinite period and others that It will b for 101 weeks only. ; - Recent removal - of the I Spokane Orpheum to Vancouver, B. C. probably has something to do with the first statement. - ' It has been . admitted, however, by some in touch with Orpheum affairs, that the theatre will close July 15, to remain dark for . 10 weeks. Such a condition would not be at all unusual on that nreheum circuit, a the tastrn houses close for various lengths of time In summer, leaving open only the nine mmv-thecoasCt Or.--.'-. - a ' . Manager Frank Cofflnberry of - the Orpheum 'says that he, too, has heard tne rumors, out . ix mere is anytning i in them he has 'not yet been notified! to that effect. - -j, 1 mm:, .... . i i For Tomorrow Morning Monday We Take Pleasure in Announc ing a Sale of I Women's Silk Dresses i Show Room; Models of a New York Dressmaker -Designed in ChffitiTaffeta, Crepe de Chine and Charmeuse. "At regular, : these costumes would sell very jeadil&lrom $27.50 to $45$0 Of the fifty gowns that go on sale there are, but two dupli-l catesi, Your choice ti $19.50 i April Pictorial Review iNow m on Sale Here-; cMeixlTSllfiO of None onApproval No Phone z k h Orders and Fpsmvely 1 None Reserved , mJThixA riser , Third Floor,' i . 1 1 -;: French Leturm Taea day, 11-12 M. . .. . f- j n cMriOnf.r l ; ;' '. : :.' : '" '' I 4 ...