PHOTOPLAY PERFORMERS THIS WEEK
ESSIE ' BARRI SCALE'S "Not My
Sister. the Ince photoplay which
II be featured at the Columbia thea-
beginning- this afternoon, la based ,
a two unanswered and probably even
answerable questions of domestic
two QUMtiona the theorist al- ,
?ay anawer with "yes," but mankind
rutallr with "no." These are; "Should j
. woman conress a previous rosiv
a man before accepting- him as a
usband, especially If her innocence ;
' ndered her blameless?" "Should a,
nsclentous woman be forgiven by
er husband. If through mistaken fear
f loss of his love and respect sho
rled and failed to conceal a dark spot
a her lifer
The play deals with the case of a
voman whose innocence was preyed
jponUy an artist who had employed
aer as fc model after her family's for
tune had been depleted. Afterward,
.hir-woman married, lived happiy
with her husband to whom she was
devoted and who was devoted to her.
The slater of the woman In after
"ears, Is sought as a model by this
me artist. The woman objects, but
J hatred from explaining her reason
by,fear that her husband will forsake
her if he learns of her girlish mlstep.
The husband mistakes the reason
the wife persists h accompanying her
Bister to the atndlo, suspecting that
he is enamored of the artist her
self. This suspicion is justified by
the Wife's evasion of his questions.
. He goes to the studio to kill the
artist, but be haa been anticipated in
(thla by the sister, who has killed the
man - In protecting her . own name.
: The husband's previous declarations
loudly made that he Intended to kill
the artist and other circumstantial
evidence direct suspicion -to him. and
he is too much a man to tell the
truth which will condemn his slster-ln-law.
A trial is held, and In the
midst of it, when she realizes that
the outlook is black for her brother-in-law,
the sister gives way under
the strain and bursts forth with the
confession. .
"Dead men tell no tales," and the
Wife's secret is therefor locked in
her breast forever. The play portrays
Ulklngly that our Iron conventionali
ties and moral laws can cause dis
aster" in every direction which a lit
tle Christian charity and forgiveness
would, prevent.
' The lighter side will be reflected
in a Keystone comedy entitled "His
Bitter PUL" Today, women patrons
et the ..theatre will receive a surprise.
Tomorrow night the customary dis
play of the latest things in fashions
will he shdprn.
'The big feature in The Oregon Jour-xil-Pathe
new weekly which will be
ahown today, tomorrow, Tuesday and
Wednesday at the Majestio theatre,
will be an authentic motion picture
showing the recent landing of Russian
troops at Marseilles, France. The body
of troops pictured contained 10,000 men
and these are being equipped and
drilled-preparatory to Joining the fight
against Germany on the western front.
The local Oregon Journal-Pathe pic
ture this week wrtl include a novel
form of charity Introduced by a mo
tion picture house in Grants Pass.
Five potatoes admission was charged,
the potatoes going to the Salvation
Army to be distributed among the
needy. The pictures show people pay
ing admlasion to the show house.
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"Battle of Hearts," starring the tal
ented William Famum. which will be
the. feature film beginning today at
the Majestio, is the first filmed story
of flea life presented by William Fox.
In . this picture Mr. Farnum acts the
part of a noble sailor character, brave
and capable of great aelf-sacriflce. He
Is In love with a sea captain's daugh
ter, a part taken by Elda Furry, his
new lee ding woman, but through the
plots of the villain of the story the
girl does not realize the capacity of
his. love until the end of the play.
- Incidental to the story, which was
enacted on Catalina Island, off the
. -California coast, there Is a shipwreck
In which both Mr. Farhum and Miss
Furry figure.. The excitement as pro-
, duced on those viewing the picture Is
no less than that of the actors, who
were in real personal danger during
; the making of this part The heroine's
other lover becomes a smuggler of the
. C.ast, and the plot includes some
thrilling adventures of the male star
With the seacoast outlaws on the rocky
; cliffs of Catalina.
The scenes of the little fishing vil
lage are most accurately portrayed.
The village was built for the purpose
by Director Oscar C. Apfel. and the
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New Organization of Prominent People Will Encourage Plays of
. Higher Standard; War Relief Fund to Benefit.
fishermen and flsherwomen are shown
true to type.
Briefly, the story is that of Martin
Cane, the owner of a fishing fleet,
a masterful man. who has fallen in
love with a girl in his home town.
The girl bestows her love-'on the vil
lage ne'er-do-well instead, and in a
frenzy Cane goes to sea with hts fleet
in a driving storm. The fleet is
wrecked, though Cane and his fisher
men escape. They arrive back in the
village as the marriage of the girl,
Maida. and the scapegrace is about
to occur. Cane frinhtens the no-ac
count away from the island. This
Worthy then Joins a band of smug
glers and returns. Cane secures em
ployment on a fishing schooner, find
ing later that it belongs to Maida.
He rescues the girl from shipwreck
and later she saves him from being '
murdered by the ne'er-do-well. These
acts bring the couple together. The
ei.tertalnment also embraces a com
edy, the Oregon Journal-Pathe news
weekly with Its authentic r pictures
showing the landing of Russian troops
In France recently.
Official motion pictures of the Chil
dren's May festival given last Wednes
day afternoon by the Portland public
schools are being shown beginning thla
afternoon at the Majestic theatre. The
pictures, on the average, are distinct,
some of them being so clear that the
children's faces can b clearly dis
cerned. Three movements are shown and a
fourth section shows Physical Director
Robert Krohn In action on his "throne,"
directing the children.
The surprise of the season Is await
ing critics when Edna May again
comes in view in "Salvation Joan,"
which will play for one entire week
commencing next Sunday at the newly
opened T. & L. theatre. The photo
play emphasizes the fact that the
years that have rolled by since this
captivating woman first warmed her
way Into the heart of an audience,
have dealt kindly with her. She has
lived her while in luxury, but the
indulgence of a devoted husband has
seemingly not superinduced the sem
blance of that dread of the ladles of
affluence, namely, the stage of the
fair, fat and forty. Edna May re
tains every gift of fresh youth and
piquant beauty which made her the
charmer of two continents even more,
she has a larger wealth of character
and a more retined type in her coun
tenance, a compliment if anything,
from the dealt touch of time, who
may wither with care or make the
bud rose bloom more fair.
There are moments in one's Ufa
when a squall from home, a phone
New York. May SO. A new organi
sation has entered theatricals and
pledgee itserf to give theatre patrons
much to be thankful for.
The New Play society is the same
of the organization and its object is
declared to be as follow
"For the .purpose of producing and
publishing plays not hitherto seen In
this country, especially those of an
educational Or sociological character;
and also to promote interest in the
efforts of rA-merlcandramatic writers
whose meritorious work, for one rea
son or other, would not be apt to
receive a commercial production.
Several women known In social and
philanthropic circles are associated in
the efforts of the New Play' society,
the", advisory board including Mrs.
Fiske, Mrs. Jamea Speyer, Helen Ty
ler, Blanche Shoemaker Wastaff,
Rose Pastor Stokes, Mrs. Conde Nast,
Princess Troubetskoy, Edith ElMs,
Mrs. J. Christopher Marks, Mary
Shaw. Jessie Bonstelle and Mrs. Frank.
Keep.
In keeping; with its promise, the
society has announced as Its first
production "La Femme Seule" ("Wo
man on Her Own")i a Brieux produc
tion translated by Mro. George Ber
nard Shaw. It wa given in the grand
ball room of the Plaza hotel. Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings and Thurs
day afternoon. -
The British, French and Belgium
Permanent Blind War Belief Fund is
to receive the proceeds of the openlngj
day of the tea garden at the Fashion
Exposition to be held at the time of
the biennial convention ef the Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, Madison
Square Garden, May 24 to June 3.
The teej garden will not be opened
until the second day of the show. but.
for the afternoon and evening ef
Thursday, May 26, a committee of
leading patronesses will be in charge.
There will be about 75 debutantes at
tired as waitresses and flower girls.
Throughout the remainder of the
Fashion Exposition the proceeds of
the tea garden will go to a different
organization of charity each day.
On the executive' committee of the
Permanent Blind Relief committee are
Lady Arthur Paget, Vincent Astor,
.August Belmont, Hon. Lyman J.
Gage, Hon. Thomas P. Gore. Hon.
Myron T. Herrlck, Otto H. Kahn,
George i Alexander Kessler, C. Arthur
Pearson. Whitney Warren and Joseph
Widener.
This fund Is dolnar excellent work
towards teaching trades to the blind
men coming back from the front and
ia establishing permanent homes and
workshops and exchanges where their
work may be brought into a favora
ble and paying- market. Some sam
ples of the work done by these blind
win be exhibited at the Fashion Ex
position. ' ' .-- y
A brilliant array . of namtt matt
np the annual all star gambol of
the Lambs last evening at the Met
ropolitan opera house. Stars, au
thors, managers, all known far and
wide, cooperated.
After an overture by Charles A.
Prince and his Columbia orchestra,
known to every phonograph fan, the
first . dramatic sketch. "When Mr.
Shakespeare Comes to Town." waa
given. ' Every one of the bard's most
popular plays was represented, with
names of great actors in each. Frank
Tlimey was cast for the part of
Othello. Barney Bernard as Shylock,
William Norrts as Hamlet, Charles J.
Rcss as the bard himself, Will West
as Bottom, Robert B. Mantell as
Touchstone, Joseoh Herbert as Mal
vollo, Andrew Mack as Romeo, Jef
ferson De Angelis and Frank Doane
as the two Dromioa
After an intermission came "Mary
and Her Lambs," a terpsichorean fan
tasy by A. Baldwin Sloane and Edgar
Smith. Julian Eltlnge played . Mary.
Then was seen in a clever cartoon
act. the world's "Greatest Drawing
Cards": Hy Mayer, Rube Goldberg,
Wlnsor McCay, George McManus. Clair
Priggs, Tom Powers and Richard Out
caul t.
The next number was "Every Mu
slcalplay." This happy whimsicality
is from the clever pens of John Gold
en, Roi Cooper Megrue and Frank
Slavin.
Nat. C. Goodwin followed In his
Imitations of Great Men."
"The Lambs' Septet." written by Al
bert Parker and staged by El J. Con
nelly, brought forward such vocal
stars as Charles Dow Clark, William
B. Mack, John Sainpolis, former
Batteronlan; Joseph Kllgore, Robert
Cain. Bennett Southard and Harry
Harwodd. j
Ten .minutes of very grand oprs,
brought th appearance of the Metro
politan favorites. Otto Gorits and Al
bert Relss, in a ecene from "Sara
del la."
The serious dramatic note of the
program was offered with a touch ol
true L.amn sentiment. This was "The
Model," a powerful little play from"
the pen of Byron Ongley. whose tragla
death a few months ago is still -mourned
by his club fellows.
The closing number of this remark
able program was a characteristic
skit called "A Night at the Lambs."
by Raymond Peck and Malcolm W11--liamy
Thla called the full strength
of ttfe 160 Lambs taking part and In-,
eluded David Belasco, Dlgby Bell, WIN
liam H. Crane. James O'Neill. Victor
Herbert, John Philip Sousa, Hugh
Ford. William Courtleigh, Lewis
Hooper, Silvio Heln.' Robert Bowers,
Frank Craven, Maclyn Arbuckle, Ed
v.ln Stevens, George Nash, Will Dom
ing;. Hap Ward. Grant Mitchell, Clay
ten White, Alphones Ethler, Wlllard
Curtis, Eddie Campbell and Ovlde
Musin.
President Wilson has accepted the
invitation of the Friars club to be
their guest at the Academy of Music,
Baltimore, on Tuesday evening; May
no, when they will give their All Star
Frolic there. The president Will be
accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and
party. This is the first time that a
president of the United States has
crone to Baltimore to witness a the--atrical
performance ulnce Grover
Cleveland did so in 18H5.
At the conclusion of his work In the
production of the screen version of
"Westward, Ho!" Robert Paton GlbbS
I will present "Ghosts" in New York. -
Above, left to right Tom Moore said Anna Nlbson In "Who's Guilty'
series; William Desmond and Bessie Barriscale in "Not My Sis
ter," a Triangle-Pine Arts release.
llelow J. Warren Kerrigan in "The Son of Immortals," a Bluebeard
release.
One Week Commencing Today"
Vitagraph Presents the Charmer and Former Belle of
;1 . . New York '
EDNA-MAY
, In a Romantic Drama of Modern Conditions
"SALVATION JOAN"
By Marguerite Bertsch.
APPRAISED BY ALL NEW YORK NEWSPAPER
CRITICS
Edn May in "Salvation Joan" was part of the reincarnation of the
Salvation Lassie in "The Belle ol New York."
; ' NEW YORK HERALP.
dna May returns as a photo-dramatic star in "Salvation Joan." The
Charmlnf beauty that made Edna May a musical comedy favorite is
Still potent xlt looked more like a Monday night at an opera house
thai a movie first showing. NEW YORK TIMES.
THIS PICTURE HAS MET WITH INSTANTANEOUS
SUCCESS IN ALL OF NEW YORK YOU
SHOULD SEE It
Also BILLIE BURKE in Chapter 2 of
ROMANCE" (Caught by the Seminoles).
GLORIA'S
Special Motion Picture of CHILDREN'S MAY DAY
FESTIVAL on MULTNOMAH FIELD, Held Wednes
day, May 17. ,
FULL ORCHESTRA OF
TALENTED MUSICIANS
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message or a telegram, foretelling ol
some sorrow close to our hearts.
brings us back to the question of re
ligion, for the riddle of life and death
intimates from the supernatural, and
spiritual things in moments like these
strike home to the mind, to the seri
ous contemplation of the serious
things of life.
It has been said by those religiously
inclined that because of this influence
upon individual character, because it
is the bulwark of the home, because
it is the generator of love, and integ
rity and the real groundwork of civ
ilization that religion is the biggest
thing in life.
"Salvation Joan therefore, which
exalts the work of the Salvation Army,
contains a powerful appeal, and in its
treatment of the noble work of the
shepherds who go into the highways
and the byways for the lost lambs, it
differs greatly from the general run
of theatrical productions.
Billie Burke In chapter two,
"Caught by the Seminoles," of "Glo
ria's Romance," In which the prologue
of the serial picture is practically
over and the real story commences.
a good comedy, all assisted by a fine
orchestra, round out the bill.
To a sincere and straight-forward
person there is nothing which is more
shocking and which arouses more
righteous indignation than to have
one's faith betrayed. If the betrayal
be the act of one who is loved, then
the offense passeth all understanding.
It Is upon this great basic truth that
the powerful photoplay, "The Feu I
Girl," Is founded, in whLfh the Famous
Players company isrstarring Hazel
Dawn on the Paramount program. It
will be theTeatured attraction at the
Peoples theatre beginning today.
When the producers determined to
stage this story of the feud country ft
aa decided that Mlsa Dawn and her
supporting cast should be sent to the
mountains of Georgia to obtain' the
proper atmosphere for the settings.
For the actual feud scenes nobody but
real mountaineers, many of whom
have actually fought in the feuds that
raged in those very hills, were en
gaged to appear. Never since the last
feud came to an end has this quiet
mountain community been so stirred
as it was during the six weeks which
were consumed in staging "The Feud
Girl."
Nell Haddon, the girl into whose
impersonation Mias Dawn has project
ed her delightful personality, is a
typical daughter of tne mountains.
Her father is the head of the Haddon
clan, which has fought the Bassett
faction for years over the possession
of Iron mountain, which lies between
them. In order to avoid carrying out
the compromise scheme which has
been suggested . by her ' father, of
marrying a Bassett, Nell declares that
she will wed the Haddon who wins
her In a lottery. -
But she so arranges the ballots that
the choice falls upon a young stranger.
David Rand, with whom she falls In
love. After they have been married a
short time, the terrible realization Is
brought to Nell that Dave has lied to
her that ha is a Bassett. Nell and
Dave part company, the boy returning
to his own clan by whom he had long,
been thought deaa. As the weeks roll
on Nell's consciousness that she is soon
to fulfill her greatest mission in life
turns her thoughts towards her hus
band, whom' she loves despite his de
ception. Thus it is that motherhood
ultimately unites the clans of Haddon
and Bassett after years of continuous
fighting.
House Peters makes his bow under
the Lubln banner as co-star with Ethel
Clayton In the big Labia photoplay
production ' of "William - Vaughan
Moody' great American play. The
Great Divide," at the Globe, corner
Eleventh and Washington streets; to
day only. Mr. Peters is to be seen In
the role of Stephen Ghent, the original
part played by Henry Miller, while
Miss Clayton appears as Ruth .lordan,
Margarot Anglin's original character.
Others of the supporting cast are War
ner P. Richmond, Mary Mobre, Hayden
Stevenaon, Ray Chamberlain and Ferd
O'Beck.
"The Great Divide" was produced at
the bottom of the Grand canyon of
Arizona, whither the Lubln company
of players, under the direction of Ed
gar Lewis, were encamped for more
than four weeks In the taking of the
marvelous scenlcally beautiful views
which the film haa recorded.
Sarah Truax Wife
Of Spokane Lawyer
Actress In Private Uf e Is Mrs. Charles
Albert, Attorney for Oreat Worth era;
Stage Career Approved.
Sarah TruaX, who plays auntie in
"The Servant In the House" and Lady
Macbeth in Shakespearean scenes In
Los Angeles, Is in private life Mrs.
Charles Albert of Spokane. Mr. Al
bert is attorney for theQreat North
ern railway and is heartily In sym
pathy with his wife's stage career.
With her little daughter, Drusilla.
Mrs. Albert has been In Los Angeles
since last fall, her only professional
appearance previous to the present en
gagement with Tyrone Power being in
the Nativity Play at Christmas time.
when she charmed many with her
beautiful delineation of Mary. She
has played in film features, however.
IN ANOTHER STRIKING SUCCESS
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SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION pictures
. MAY DAY FESTIVAL EXERCISES
AT MULTNOMAH FIELD
-6500 Children, Under Direction of Prof. Robert Krohn, Officially Photographed for the Woman' Clubs
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Majestic Novelty Trio
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BROADWAY AT YAMHILL FORMERLY THE ORPHEUM
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PHOTOPLAYS
StfNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY
6-HIGH CLASS ACTS-6
PEDRINI AND HIS SOMERSAULTING BABOON
Brins tho Kiddies j
FIVE OTHER BIG VAUDEVILLE ACTS
Coming Wednesday -Phil E. Adams and '
His Fascinating Flirt.
6t-FEATURE REELS-6
Another in
tbo Sensational Serios
"WHO'S GUILTY?"
Film -Yoa Must NotrMiss First Ran Comedy and
Scenic Educational Pictures ''
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ENTIRE PROGRAM CHANGES VEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY -
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Mon. and Tues
At Circus Grounds, 26th and Raleigh Streets
AWorlcPs Fair Under Canvas
89th .Annual Tour of the
John Robinson 10 Big
Shows
Acres of Tented Wonders
A. Marvelous Display of Arenic Triumphs.
See the BIG FREE STREET PARADE
ire
' Downtown Reserved Seat Sale at
Eilers Music House,' Broadway' and Alder Street.:
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