THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,;. SUNDAY 1 MORNING, DECEMBER .20, 1914. BEGINNING this week the Columbta will make a change of one day in the dlvlnton of tts programs. Here after the big feature will Be uliown the flrat four dy of the weed and the lat three will be given over to a blended nmtram of General Film com pany organizations. A two or three reel feature will top the bill of ahort nlrlurM. Today th f Mturn tt A flva part atory of the Boxer uprising in China, "The Marked Woman." The heroine, played by Barbara Tennant, la u Rimnlan and the hero is an Ameri can naval officer. The 1'eoplen will have for Its Chrlst nun feature "The Klgn of the Cross," with William Karnuni in the leading rtil. The tUm has been made from I the dramatic play of the same name that deals with the persecutions of tie early Christians and - the fin.il conversion of a young barbarian through his loye for a beautiful Chrla tlan girl. I'aul AriMtrong'H' big melodrama of the high sea it, Th Greyhound." Is the attraction nt the National for the flint half "of this week. The artion Is al most all on board ship in midocean and has to do with the interception of a -criminal. The management oonsld- trs. It one ot the best features yet Offered r.t the National. " j The itos worth 'company' is responsi ble! for "Kalse Colors." the Paramount frUane at the Star today. The pie-e is said to be a powerful drama in W I it'll rlcrht l,ll1rH..U. I . L. 1 . written and produced by Lois Weber and Phillips Hmalley with those two favorites in the leading roles. Portland friends or Catherine Coun tixs will be given their first opportu nity iu see ner in me pictures at the Majestic the first of this week when he will appear with Charles Itichi man in The Idler." Miss Countlas has long been a stock favorite in Portland. Christmas pictures will form the Ma jestic bill the second half of the week. "The Harrier of .Flame" tops the Bunset bill. It is a story of political Intrigue with little Helen Badgley and Khep, the collie. The picture has been done In two reels by the Thanliouser. In the Conservatory Is a detective Play. "The Silent Way Is the tale of a Carlisle Indian and a wnlte .girl. "His Magic Pants" is a Keystone with Itoscoe Arbuckle. The hill will be completed with the Mutual Weekly. 'My Friend From India" is the Edt- son feature at the Circle today only. The bill will be completed with a. Selig "The Abyss." Tomorrow and Tuesdav the first showing of the new Mutual serial, "Jiudora," will be- made. The title is "The Mystic Message of the Hpotted Collar." Marguerite Snow aftd James Cruez are playing' the leads. 'Little Miss Make-Believe" will be shown on the same program. L- f ACCORDING to the Kevlew of Re views, Thomas A. Kdison! says. "Books wil soon he obsolete in the public schools. Scholars will be in structed through the eye. It Is pos sible to teach evkrv limnph nr human knowledge with the motion picture. Our school system will be completely changed Inside of 10 years." Continu ing the article says: "And, with his customary courage of his convictions, he has added to his 700 inventions 9- new system of chil dren's education, in which everything Is taught by motion pictures. Char acteristically, too, his scheme is tested Step by step In actual practise; he has prepared a list of nearly 1000 subjects, 60 or 60 of which have reached the -- " ' rauii uiie oeing pre- Ta mil K.r a uimiilultiili . . -1, , . .'II 1 made It is tried out before different kinds, of audiences, the main reliance k.Ul - 1 . . . p uaiiig iJiaii-u on a poara 01 censors composed of Mr. Edison's 'gang' of 10 boyst (his own son being one); any thlngwhlch the famous inventor, and his jc.orp of scientific experts, and his whole costly machinery of pro duction, can't -put over to thes youngsters Is relentlessly 'scrapped.' Artillery Corps To See Attractions Starting with -Quo Vadis" One Sub ject Will Be Displayed on Screen Each Week for Eiffbt Weeks. George Klelne's New York offices re port the ' completion of a contract whereby -the United States ! Coast Ar tillery corps, stationed at Fort Terry, N. Y., wll see all Kleine attractions. Starting with "Quo Vadls"; one sub ject each week will be projected for eight consecutive weeks. Fort Terry is located at the lower end of Long Island where soldiers are constantly on guard duty and where a consid erable force of men Is regularly sta tioned. ARNOLD DALY SIGNS PH0T0 PLAY CONTRACT Ji. ' '?-' ITS i GARDEN WORK MAKES FOR BETTER HEALTH EXPERTS ASSERTION j . . , Practical and Healthful Side of Outdoor Diversion Put Forward by H. E. Weed, j IN TOUCH WITH NATURE Fnplls Will Be Asked to Plant Berty ines la Back Tarda to Make City' Beautiful. And j this audience knows not polite' ness! when it conflicts with frankness." I GEORGE RANDOLPH, CHESTER has had Btie of his dramatized storU-s filmed, but now he has writ ten HomethliiR especially for the cam era. It In a new serial series for the "Mutual called "Runaway June," In the writing of which he was assisted by his wire, Lillian Chester, who fre-. QuetUly collaborates with him. The story begins where most of them leave off with a wedding. Norma Phillips, Our Mutual Girl, will .play June. M ARGARET; VALE, niece of Presi dent Wilson, who has been play- ing on the dramatic stage with Guy Bates Post In "Omar the Tentmaker," has made a sensational debut into mo tion pictures. The piece in which she Is playing is "Was He a Coward?" and her. initial nppearance was in a scene at Marble Hill cliff, an 85 foot emi nence, from which the leading man. Barney McPhee, Jumped into the Har lem river. Miss Vale played a scene with him on the very edge of the cliff and almost goes over herself. Mr. McPhee made his leap In good form and swam some distance with his clothing almost frozen to him. XfOTION pictures." predicts VI Thomas H. Ince, "will one day supplant the drama. Any observer cart read the signs of the times. The acting profession is now invading .Filmland. As a consequence pictures of a higher technical standard are now being produced." "There la as much fear of motion . pictures supplanting dramatic produc tiona as there is for the ragtime nlght- mare to supplant the symphony or. chestra," observes Marguerite Sklrvin, who has had wide experience in both drama and pictures. C PEAKING of motion picture sala- J ries, Mary Pickford has Just signed a contract with the Famous Players company for $2000 a week. She will ; arrive soon in Los Angeles to 'Join the western company. Charles Chap lin, diminutive leading man with the Keystone, is closing his engagement wun tnat company at the expiration or nis 1 resent contract. Amoni of fers received from several companies ! ror nis services were two with a sal ary of mor than J1000 per week. . rpHR Balboa company of Lon; A Beach. Cal., has made elaborate snouncenient of the engagement of ; Henry Walthall at $1000 a week, as the' first of a long list of important acquisitiuns made by them. Mr. Wal - thall -'bas been associated with the . Reliance and Majestic companies un- ter the direction of D. W. Griffith - He has had long picture experience in eddition to a successful stage career, The second on the list Is Ruth Roland known as "The Kalera Girl." Miss Roland began, her stage career at 4 years of age. '. RHEA. MITCHELL is coming on. The current issue of the Motion fixture' World contains an- article in which she Is spoken of a.- one of an ; all-star combination formed of herself, I Robert Edcson and V. S. Hart. The three appeared in "On th Nieht : btage" and both of the distinguished ectors bespoke their-great admiration for Miss Mitchell's work s?id agreed ' that she. was a womderf :!ly accom- (juinnj leaning woman. Arnold Daly. 'The Perils of Pauline" are over. and Pearl White Is alive to tell the tale. Now the Pathe company is bus ily employed in making "The Exploits of Elaine" that will differ from the perils in that is said to require ar tistic interpretation n'nd not to de rend upon sensation incidents lor' Its interest. ' Charles L. Goddard, the playwright who wrote the Perils. Is collaborating in "The Exploits of Elaine" with Ar thur B. Reeve, "whose "Craig Ken tucky" series has been running in the Cosmopplitan for the past four years. The new serial will probably be re leased in 14 weekly episodes of two reels, beginning the last of this month. An important announcement in con nection with the Exploits Is that Ar nold Daly, the brilliant dramatic actor, has signed a contract to play the lead ing role. Mr. Daly's rise from Charles Frohman's office boy, some 10 years ago, is one of the Interesting bits of theatrical history. He is probably best known for his great success hi "Candida," which he produced in New York against the advice of all friends. Mr. Daly will be seen in the character Of Craig Kennedy. Miss White 4s the only other member -of -the cast an nounced at this time. Dr. Shaw Tells How -She Was Filmed Suffrage Leader Prepared Speech Tnat Would Have Required Hour and Half to Deliver Was Allowed 33 Seconds. Dr. Anna Shaw, who is one of the stars in the suffrage story, "Your Girl and Mine," written by Mrs. Medill Mc cormick, and filmed by the Selig com pany, has this to say about her film debut-:-, "With the thermometer registering 110 degrees in the shade-one day in Chicago. I had my first experience in acting for the movies. I came into the glassroom, where the pictures were taken, at the call of the manager, and my part was to make a speech which should convert the hero, who was the lieutenant governor in the play. "The thing that startled me most wal how little one had to do to mane a reel. Gauging the lieutenant governor by the ones I had known in real life, I prepared a speech or an, hour and a half, in order to convert hiro. "You can imagine my surprise when the manager said I was to cut it down to 33 seconds. I told him it would be the quickest conversion of a lieutenaat governor to suffrage on record. I made the speech, and stopped when he gave me the signal, but he wasn't sat isfied. Get more action!' he said. 'I'll have to ask you to go out and come in again.' And that men made me repeat the process four times before he was satisfied. " 'You've made a speech 27 feet long,' said the manager to me when I was through: 'That ought to be long enough for, any lieutenant governor!' " Jiy Howard Kvarts Weed, Garden Supeivisor. Citybeautification should be nriu- tical beautification. Roses make a fine showing for the parking strip and the front yard, but the back yard should be planted to vines and small fruits that will be useful as well as orna mental. The average city lot of Port land is only 50 by 100 feet, and tie house occupies so much of this that very- little space is left for planting, either ornamental or otherwise. The ideal home lot should have space Tn the front yard for a central lawn with a border of shrubs and roses and tie DacK yard should be large enough for the family vegetable garden. j Garden Work Healthful. The general complaint of the high cost of living has come along with te decrease in the number of family veg etable gardens. A generation ago tfte family garden was practically univer sal; there was no need for school gar den instruction, for the pupils received such Instruction in the homes. But as villages have become cities, the village acres of former years have be come city lots. There is now not only but little space for the family vege table garden, but there is even less inclination on the part of the family head to have such a garden. He feels that he can buy the vegetables as cheaply as he can raise them,- saving both the. bother and labor .involved. The fact is also that any time taken up with s the vegetable garden means that much less time for motoring or golf. j But there is nothing which puts one in touch; with nature "in tune with the Infinite" like digging in good old mother earth. It gives one fresh air, exercise,! ambition, health of body and mind that nothing else can possibly give. Practical Side Urged. It is therefore to be regretted that the average city dweller has no incli nation for a vegetable garden. Where parents take no interest in gardening the children are inclied to look down on such work. They are lead to be lieve tnat education is to be obtained entirelv from books, and It In anch ideas of education that are today caus ing our j colleges and universities to turn out; hundreds of graduates who are incapable of making a living. If we expect our children to receive a practicial education we must educate them along the practical lines of life. Educate jthem not for life, but with life. All! young animals are great im itators, the young of the genus homo biing thri greatest of all. "What mon- I ky sees, monkey' does." Parents! should establish a family vegetable garden and encourage the children in its cultivation as the best aid to a practical education. School gardens are not so much; needed in localities having home gardens. I Portland is expecting to entertain thousands of visitors during the com ing year. Thus Portland homes should look -their best. The Rose Festival and other civio bodies are doing a much needed work along the line of city beautification. All the other cities of the northwest, especially Tacoma, are working along the same line. The pub lic schools of Portland are giving aid to this movement in a thoroughly prac tical way. j Planting- of Vines. Superintendent L. R. Alderman has suggested the planting of one logan berry vine and j one grape vine along each back fence. The vines will not only make a beautiful foliage on the fence, but will i produce useful fruits as an aid for the family garden. It 1s proposed to distribute these plants at cost to the pupils through the gar den department . of the schools. The cost will be only 5 cents for two plants and each pupil may have one of each or two of the same variety as may be desired. The plants will take up small space when planted as proposed, and thus even the smallest yard will have room for them, j Soon after the holiday vacation each teacher will be asked to canvass the pupils and ascertain how many logan berry plants and, how many grape vines will be wanted. The teachers will, re port the number of plants to the prin cipals, who in turn jvill Inform the garden supervisor. The distribution of the plants will be made in' the schools in- February, with full directions as to planting. It iis thought that nearly 50,000 plants will be called for. DEVELOPMENTS IN POPULAR SCIENCE j 0m$Zfi xr. w :;-J 3 quired to furnish certificates of -examination of the water signed by state or municipal health of f iters within whose Jurisdiction the water was ob tained, i In making the laboratory examina tions of water, experts soon realised that it was desirable that a definite standard of purity should be fixed by the government, and, following out suggestions made, the secretary of the treasury, of whose! department the public health service is a branch, ap pointed a commission of 15 prominent chemists, bacteriologists and health officers, from various pa?ts of the l.'nited States. Afu-r working for niore than a year the members of the commission came to an ; agreement upon the standard of purity for drink ing water which would safeguard the health cK the traveling public, ' lAicterlologlcal tests are made of the water, and , If the number of colonies found In 15 drops of the water exceeds 100, the water is to be rejected as un satisfactory. Any count less than 100 colonies per plate is considered a safe limit of permissible bacteriological impurity. f JUST ASK YOURSELF By Jessie Iloberts.' ARE you one of the many girls who are out of a job? Thero are a lot of you this -year and the causes are many. But suppose you ask yourself Just why you were the one. , It may not have been your fault. It may be because the firm really was too hard up to keep an excellent worker, a bright, pleasant, willing, and energetic young woman, liked by her. employer and "her fellow em ployes. ; - . . ; . - , '. :" :: - In that case you ltave only to be wail your hard A luck, brought on by force of circumstances . beyond the control of any single' person or group of people. " . i ,'"'-----.- But possibly thereis a reason near er home, . ; .' - ,.,: " If so, you want to find that reason, and, should It lie In you, eliminate It. When the bog was toting up ex rwnses and receipts,' and feeling that be must economise, rmust cut down his working force,, je sure that j ha looked that force cjver very; carefully. He wanted to keep th best ones only, those whose presenre In his business waa indispensable, those who brought in more than "they ftook away 1n the shape of salaries. .j , : ":f ,As it happens, you were not one of these, and lie let you go. Probably he was sorry, but lit had to do It,' He could get along without you. Try to discover1 ' why- he could do this, why you werejiot worth, to your own firm, in a pinch, the amount yon were paid. It Will be an interesting subject of study, and it to certain realisations,' you get will benefit, by yourself. Be sure of tbat. i When an other time for cutting! down comes, you may most likely be the pne chosen to stay. It in worth -thinking out, . " Same as ItelR j Away. ' Kmm the National 1 Monthly' ' V.'irliluif'i! I.ltll. 12W-1 -Wh.r. , -A you get back. Mrs. Btowne? Did you nave a- nice imifT s.. - ! Neighbor Why, I haven't been "Ilnvpn't vmi rpftll.vT- I'm - mir. X - rf , - -i w- ... - - had been at Loggerheads, for a wek!'M may help you The next Job this study of ' Photofrraph copyright. 1914, bjr the Interim tloiil New Service. A1 damaged French monoplane left on the battlefield at N'amur. Hunger Secrets Bared. A DROP of beer in the stomach of a hungry man will stop the hun , ger mechanism from operating, according to Professor A. J. Carlson, physiologist of the University of Chi cago. Professor Carlson bases his observa tions concerning the effect of beer on experiments with his own stomach. He found that a drop of water pro duced the same suspension of the hun ger mechanism operation in a sub ject, and that a drop of normal gastric juice would appease the hunger of "a dog. He declares hunger is caused by the repeated contraction Of the upper part of the stomach, a mechanism which functioned independently , of the cen tral nervous system in the brain. ."We did. not discover- an instance where hunger was stimulated by sight,- smell, thinking. Or any nervous activity," be said. "We did find that such activity inhibited ; the hunger mechanism, particularly in dogs, and that great emotions had a similar ef fect in men. The mechanism func tions as well, or better, in sleep as In waking." , ously high-pitched sounds; therefore it is known that these brutes have more (auditory) sense than all men; Syr Locating Shrapnel by Tele phone. SHRAPNEL divining by telephone Is being practiced in the military hospitals. The apparatus used is the Hugh balance, consisting of two electrical reels to which an ordinary telephone is attached. The reels are run over the body of the wounded patient and the telephone buzzes when the reel passes over a hidden bullet or fragment of shell. S Another Frohman In Picture Field How Science Hears. IT might be asked, how do savants, with ears no better than the rest of humanity, discover: that there are such things as inaudible music and unheard noises? The explanation is simple enough, says Dr. Hershberg in the Philadelphia Telegraph. The electric spark gives out waves of sound so short and higa-pitched that they cannot be heard. It is, then, a question to ascertain the number of vibrations or oscillations. At the end of a long," horizontal brass tube the electric i spark is ar ranged to appear. Along its length is sprinkled a little lycopodium powder. As the sound waves progress along the tube they set the lycopodium pow der In motion. It takes it away from the crests of the wave's the point3 of least motion and spreads it in the trough, where most motion occurs. This same method is used to discover the velocity of sound in other gases than air. ' The distance is measured between the little heaps of dust produced by any particular vibration or "note," since the product equals the frequency of vibration, -times the length of the waves, the velocity or unheard tone can be found. i Sounds in this way have been meas ured, though inaudible to human ears, up to 800,000 to the second. The sound vibrations are double the electric os cillations of this' spark, because two sound waves are given Out with each oscillation. Birds, insects and other creatures have been found to perceive, pay at tention to and answer these marvel- n the tic India Rubber. AT a recent meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute in London the president read a paper on by-products in steel manufacture. He discussed the utilization of blast-furnace gases for operating gas engines and for il lumination and heating, and the later developments in making nitric acid from these gases, and also the manu facture of bricks and cement from slags. All these matters have been under discussion for a number of years, but a new idea was presented at this meeting looking toward the synthetic production of India rubber from coke-oven gases. The president s words were: "It was being sought to obtain from it the hydrocarbons, the derivatives of. which were found in India rubber, and experiments that had been made permitted the fore shadowing of the manufacture of ar tificial rubber." v Military Portable Wireless. QUICK and efficient communication between the tremendous forces of combatants with battle fronts of 50 to 250 miles is no longer pos sible by scouts, couriers and hello graphic devices, says the Engineering magazine. The long-range combat with terrible engines of destruction means radio or wireless communica tion, and every one of the powers now at war is employing portable wireless telegraph plants carried on motor truck chassis geared for speeds of 25 to 35 miles per hour. The truck mo tor drives an electrical dynamo which generates the primary .current of the high tension transformer necessary in radio transmission, and the complete paraphernalia of condensers. Inter rupters, collapsible antennae, etc., are carried on the truck, which is gener ally fitted with a protecting shield for the driver and a special convertible body with sliding paneled sides which can be tightly closed in stormy weath er. These motor truck wireless out fits having an effective land range of 200 to 300 miles have enabled the armies of the dual alliance and the triple entente to keep in communica tion with their, base, wings and rein forcements a task impossible in mod ern warfare without the radio tele graph and most Important the mo tor truck "on which .to move swiftly the instruments and their relatively large space'-requirlng auxiliaries from position to position. Standard Drinking Water. FOR the past two years the United States public health service has required that common carriers sliall furnish pure water for passen gers traveling in interstate traffic, says the Washington- Star, and in or der to determine that the water fur nished by railroad and steamship com panies is free from organizisms or material likely to carry disease to hu nans the companies have been re- Gustave, Third of Famous Theatrical Family, Will Introduce Something New Boyaltles on Scenarios. Gustave Frohman, the third brother of the . famous theatrical family, has been ten last to heed the lure of mo tion pictures, but he has heard and plunged! even more deeply than his brothers, for he is now head of a new company, the Frohman Amusement corporation. The company has intro duced something new to the world of picture writers in the arrangement which It proposes In the purchase of scenarios. The company has announced that all scenarios produced by it will be paid for on a royalty basis, similar to the method i in use In the legitimate-field. A second unusual announcement is made to the effect that only original stories will be produced, no adaptation of either plays or novels being contem plated, j The plan to be used by the Frohman company cal Is f or the payment of $100 down and 5 per cent royalties on 'pho toplays of from one to five reels. Com edies aye preferred, but these must not be of the slapstick variety. Neither will any stories likely to be objected to by the most critical censorship be ac cepted.'. . - th at Wma. CIRCLE THEATRE Now 5c The Hons of Single Seel Peatures Hear the $10,000.00 orchestra every afternoon and evening. Vmttvn Mmrii urnicn emrm itfrmrro nm swnH Today, Monday, Tuesday, JVednesday -. BARBARA TENNpLNT The Beautiful and Talented Actresjin 'IheMMEDWOilr Five-Act Dramatization of Owen Davis. Powerful Story Produced by THE SHU BERTS. i. -. 1 : ... One of the Greatest Dramatic Triumphs of the Season. An Offering of Magnificence and Dazzling Splendor, with a Story of Intense Human and Strong Heart Interest. I:'1: TEN CENTS ANY SEAT TENJ CENTS --- !- i.. " - 15 THEATRE SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Catherine Countiss THE PORTLAND FAVORITE AND Charles Richman CLARE WHITNEY AND STUART HOLMES A $10,000 CAST IN THE IDLER" By C. Haddon Chambers AS PRODUCED BY DANIEL FROHMAN "WHO IS WHO" A Sidney Drew Vitagraph Comedy Coming Next Sunday MARIE DRESSLER Charles Chaplin and Mabe Normand ; In 'Tillies Punctured Romance," a Six-Reel Keystone Comedy 46 Asacxsszoxr 10 c rTDEOS EC 5 X THEATER The Leading Photo-Play Theater ! est Park and AldexllHI A Beautiful Christmas Bill OHZ WEEZ, BIABTIjra TODAY it DANIEL FROHMAN j , PRESENTS - A "' ' I - William Farniim in the Stupendous and Impressive Photo-SpecUcle THE SIGN of the CROSS Wilson Barrett's sublime and immortal drama, in five acts; a Par amount Picture. Wonderful, elaborate, mechanical ' effects and marvelous settings. ' j f 11:30 A, M. TO 11:30 P. M. DAILY 10c ADMISSION 10c? 10c FOUR -BIG PHOTO PLAYS-10c arrier of Flames illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllII TheB ....': . I' A Two-Reel Tanhauser dealing with political in trigue and showing Shep, the Collie, and little Helen Badgleyjin a stirring rescue scene. f. IntheConservatoryV The Cleverest Detective Play of many months Extremely interesting, i The Silent Way Adventures of a Carlisle Indian and a white girl showing Indian life. HIS MAGIC PANTS a ..on.) One of j Fatty Arbuckle's funniest, and The Mutual Weekly of Current Events Up-to-the-Miriuje Films of World Happenings. . - j . in mil till Seating 1500. Phone Main 3372. TODAY FOR FOUR DAYS ONLY PAUL ARMSTRONG'S Powerful Five-Act Drama of the Underworld "THE GREYHOUND" SUPERB CAST SUPERIOR ACTING CLASSY DRESSING PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHY Ambrose First Falsehood A KEYSTONE COMEDY 10c Any Seat 10c Coming Thursday, 3 Days Only Hearts and Masks STARRING KATHYRN WILLIAMS Washington and Park Streets rovB sats. sTAamra tosat BOSWORTH Presents ANOTHER MASTERPIECE FALSEC010 1 With an All-Star Cast Phillips Smalley Lois Weber Adele Farrington Courtenay Foote Dixie Carr Herbert Standing A play of intense dramatic expression dealing with, the crime of self-love. 'I t Intimate views of stage life behind th? scenes 11 A. M. TO 11 P. M. DAILY? 1 i 10c ADMISSION 10c t