THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA IID, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1S17.
RhotbPiays
FILMLAND'S REPRESENTATIVES' ON THlS VVEEK'S BILLS
COLUMBIA "The Firefly of Tough
; Luck." featuring Alma - Ruebens,
at the Columbia, deals with the reor
ganization of a - western village, de
serted .- when, the ' gold had Apparently
petered out. The Kirefly, an exponent
of the dance hall, l out of a job. much
to the disgust of her parasTtlo husband.
.... She accept a position in Baxter City,
alias Tousrh Luck. The same day Danny
.Ward Jumps from a train, being intoxi
. cated and angered at having: lost at a;
game of poker. Three men declare'
. Firefly in on the" mine they -are develop
ing and all begin the work of organ! 1a-
' tion. With the return of,, prosperity,
" friend husband is on the Job again.
Ward ,hn become Infatuated with the
girl and v wants to marry her. In an
"' effort to. discourage her husband they
inform the Firefly that the mine has
collapsed whereupon- he-, loots the as
sayer's office, is caught and convicted.
Instead of sentencing him to death he
j is ordered out of town. Firefly remem
bering that she has taken him. "for bet
ter or for wrae," goes with him, having
received her share of the dividends frem
the last shipment -of gold. Next morn
ing she to discovered asleep on the
desert, , having been forsaken - by the
; parasite, who got away with her-money
and in making his escape fell into a pit
and was killed by rattlesnakes
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1 1BERTY ' Elsie Ferguson's second
. appearance on " the screen - oeeurs
In "The Rise of Jennie Cushing." an
- adaptation , of the novel by Mary 8.
; Watts. It is a second distinct triumph
for Mis Ferguson.' 'Again have the
v; . art of the director and the appreciation
. of , the fine points of the-book evinced
. ; by ' the adapter aided her in attaining
.'her success, but good production, good
preparation and an, it is Miss Ferguson's
performance thatf dominates, r
, Jennie Miss Ferguson ), granddaugh
: ten of .a disorderly woman and without
v a name, is placed In a reformatory . to
- spend the early days of her girlhood,
' . and Is- as a result, forever branded with
a suggestion of infamy. When IS she
. is put in charge of a kindly old farmer
and his wife. For appearance' sake she
adopts the name of Cushing. After a
. time Jennie learns the Intricacies , of tbd
;: profession of lady's . maid and secures
- -' employment in" this capacity with Edith
Gerrard (Saute Delatore). a society girL
. She accompanies 'her ' mistress on her
visits to the studio of Meigs (Elliott
Dexter), He 'asks her to -pose for
.. - Madonna and the .upshot of it is love.
Meigs urges marriage, but she, realls
r Ing the gap between their social posl
lions, refuses. Instead, she asserts her
, willingness to come to him ' body and
rout but not in name. . He accepts. They
live in a perfect atmosphere of combined
V love and' Platonic friendship until they
meet Meigs" aunt. She relates to her
' vrr-phew the facts of Jennie's past As
tounded, he returns to their hotel to t jid
her gone. For two years Meigs searches
for her, during which time Jennie, out
: cast, devotes herself to the care of home
less children.. When he finds her the
j" foolish prejudice of society - is swept
away and. the. man and woman united.
" DEOPLES Julian Kltinge's second
picture, "The Clever" Mrs. Carfax,'
-. is at the Peoples theatre. It is of par
: tlcular Interest : here. . because , of the
numerous scenes filmed in and. about
. Portland on the occasion of Mr. El-
tlnge's recent visit here -with his com
pany. He is the publisher of a news
paper and an ex-college graduate. An
. Important department of his paper, is
-- "Letter From the Lovelorn." which he
writes-answers t to under the nom de
i!um of "Mrs. Carfax." .Returning
y 1 home -from an alumni . dinner he meets
V Rn , old friend - .ni tells him . how ho
t 1iiperoad afemaieat-. the affair.
- ' Friend sayslt's impossible,-' and bets
' ,fcfmtuO 'h"dre1Kol go Into the dining
room for luncheon in ffmale garb.
In the restaurant he meets. a young
of .the Villain and wins her .for himself.
Kltinge's antics in female garb are
most amuaing and have further value
: lr.. that there are numerous comedy titles
'." reflecting the viewpoint of a man re
' specting such attire. In the cast are
' Daisy- Robinson, Rosita Marstinl, Fred
j. '- .Church,. Jennie Lee and Noah Beery.
CTAIIA ' pathetic figure'-is that of
Howard Bradley, the leading part
n , the seven-reel drama, - "Hate," now
. showing at the - Star theatre. . Born
i amid circumstances which' tend to
. 4 darken his whole life, he rose into sturdy
' : manhood unconscious of the stain. How
ard falls in love 'With the daughter of
his father's bitterest enemy, and as this
love affair ripens therecomes into his
o s mother's life the gaunt figure of a man
. " who had wrecked her own early life.
Suddenly confronted with the secret
. of his birth, Howard is overmastered by
that same terrific passion of hate which
: : dominated - the soul of , his - mother just
prior to his birth. Unable to restrain
himself, . Howard! secures a pistol, and
tn a blinding rainstorm he goes out to
.' meet the man "whom he had never known
'., as a father. He kills thv man. and
brings :to a climax his mother's and
his own 'life's story. ...
- In the end. after Howard is acquitted
of the murder ' through i. his mother's
self -sacrifice, he seeks the girl he loves
and she gives him back the love he be
lieved had been crushed.; William A.
- Mooney and Robert Boiling play the
leading rolea
CUNSBT-TGome . Through," written
by George, Bronson Howard, is
" playing at the Sunset theatre. Velma
i Gay Is in- love -with Archie Craig, but
' Is persuaded by her aunt to accept
buck unsay, a western millionaire.
' . Unsay discovers the true state of thing
and determines that Velma. shall marry
- . ior love. . Knowing that Velma is ex
peoting a visit from Craig that night
J the Westerner procures a clergyman and
awaits his rival. A burglar breaks Into
i the house at the proper moment and
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-llisv v 5 1 ..x ) all i , . in
'.: v T 1 iyA- jvkll " ' ill
amusements frZ. - ..'"i7.r 'iS, li
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Producer Says High Price
rs Must Come to
OfSta
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Wanton Waste and Extravaganc e In Every Branch of Industry
Cannot Conbnua Forever " Is Opinion of Herbert.' .v -Branonj
Leveling Process Must Take Place. - -
'By Herbert .DrcsxBon
Tho preaeat high cost of fUmiBg te a
very serloua problem. 'It to ooeless to
assert that the enonaoua salaries paid
to stars and th wantoo waste . that
goea on in err' department ; and
branch "of Mm industry can continue
forever. .' Everyone - knows ' 'that It
will eon to aa end sooner or later.
but It la the aame with tho moving
pietur business as it Is with every
new Industry. It must go through - a
leveling process till It is firmly es
tablished on a safe and sane giound-
ing, and aa yet this new industry baa
not reached its . pannanea t flnaaclal
basis. The wanton waste and extrava-
ganee - will be en of the, first evUs
to disappear, and in fact is the studios
of -many film corporations efficiency
Iwork will be able to command fcifh
salaries.
The exorbitant sums paid to srm
stars trill also be tooeJ down after a ,
tlU but we. must reaUse that tiie de
mand for these f avert tee . has b!i
great.- surprisingly great, aad their
salaries have been eorrwopondlngiy
enormous. Vast and almost tubal lev
able sums of rooney hav bean made
and .are continually belag -made in
this business. Much has, been gained
and. much has bsea. spent, - Those who
are Inclined to nannor and eon plain
at the appalling expenditure and waste
In our business should always try to
remaraber that his Industry is in its
infancy, and that, it is growing, and
that when these faults of its youth
bars been corrected It will remain
on af the most vital and command
ing forces In the business world. :
experts and competent business man
agers have . already been Install od.
with, in many cases, fortunate results.
efficiency experts, however, are la
danger of becoming a menace, for ef
ficiency la moving pictures may only
mean ultimate ruination if carried to
extremes., A certain amount of ex
penditure Is absolutely necessary, and
the motion picture publio : demands
that we seep a high standard.. It Is
folly. to sicken our audiences with
cheap and inferior productions. If we
do we shall only' lose our hold and
kill the interest which we have
aroused.' and which Is - continually
growing throughout the world. By de
grees the undesirables In the business
will Kb- warded out., and onlv those
who are, thoroughly competent and ! characters, mixes msnltlonn, moaslts
have an adequate knowledge of thetr nnd mischief promiscuously. . f -
Marguerite Clark in "
":Bab'r Matinee Idol
. In the third of her sub-deb stories.
-BaU'si MaUnee Idol." adapted by Mar
garet Turnbull from Mary Roberts Rlne
hart's delightful tales. Marguerite Clark.
Paramount's dainty dallaeator Of glrlUh
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Pouplar Stars in Popular Plays
FEATURE FILMS
COLUMBIA Sixth between Washington and
- Strk. Alms Kaebeiw. in "Tb Firefly of
Touch Lwk." 10:30 a. m. to 1 1 p. m.
LIBERTY Broadway at tStark. Eli Ferguaon,
.in "Tha RUe -of Jaani ICnshias." 11 . a
to 11 r. a - .
MAJESTIC Waahincton at Park. Tbada Ban,
in "Tha Bom of Blood." 11 a. m. to 11 p. m.
PKOTLE Wert,,Prk at Alder.- -Joluut KKinia.
: in "Tba Ctarar Mir . Carfax.' 11 a. to. tq
-'lip. .."- ''-"
SUNSET Braadwar at Waahinstoa, Harbtrt
, BawUnaon, in "Com Through." . 10 a. m.
to 1 1 d. m.
' Jfirt with Whom he is smitten, and see- j BTAU Wiiinton at Park, , "Hate.!' 1U
ing her In the hands of a crook, whom 1 n; to 11 p. m. -
he recalls . as a Jailbird, he boards a J TAUDETTXXE, t
Steamer with the trirl from the clutches I OHFHKUM Broadway at Taylor. Headline,
Harriet Bempel. WUlla Weston and WJlHami
and Wolfoz. Extra attraction, Winona Winter.
Matinoa. 8:15 n. m. . Krenina. 8:15. '
PANTAGES Broadway at Alder. Headllner.
Chariea and Henry Mlgoletto, novelty acu
Added attraction, tha .six Serenade.. , 1 p.
m. eantinaooa. - '
HII'IMJUROME Broslwy at Yamhill. Head-
liner, "Captain- Kidder," comical cat-op. . rno
tnolav feature. O. Henry. 1 P- m.. continnoua.
STRAND rWaahington between Park and Went
Park. HeadUner. rranels Beott ana company,
iUmnonisU. Feature photoplay, - Violet liar-aerean,-
in "The Kaggedy Queen." 1 p. to.,
eontiaaoua,
BTOCK OFFERINGS
W 1 vrv.n Rrasdwsr between Morriaott and Alder.
. . , DiMn U'.lt..'. JMrf
xne fliwiir r t t.... - .
a Woman." . JtaUaea, 2:20 p. m. Eening,
8 -20.
LTKIC Fourth at Stark. Musical comedy,
"Tha Becraita." with ' Ben - Dillon and Al
' Franks. Daily matinee, 2:30 p. m. ETeninga,
7;15 and 9 o'etocfc . , .
the police. Her husband is made prime
minister. She loves hlnv but the revo
lutionists call on her to blow himup
and the royal council, to save the. coun
try from being , turned over to the
Germans. ' ' She accomplishes Russia's
salvation and her own sorrow. Richard
Ordvnski. Charles Clary and Marie
Klernan are among those, who support
the . star : ' "
Tony's Turtles-Too
Much for Mr. Greene
X weird communication has -been, re
ceived ' by i Walter. B. Greene. v president
of the Axtcraft Pictures corporaUon, as
follows :
- "Dear Mr, Greene:- Here is" a chance
tor both of us to ' make a lot of money.
I have " six trained turtles which I have
been training for oyer a year. I have
one turtle that can climb a three foot
rope. Another one always walks back
-wards to keep the dust out of his eyes.
- ... . .... - : v i.
Buck mistakes him for Cral. He forces .AnuloA -ir." ?,J
him to marry Alice at. the point of. a n d stunta tat and t ,nt
to - put them in moving pictures. "We
can clean up. - I - am trying to cross a
revolver, and turns the - newly wedded
pair of total ' strangers out into the
world.' The crook at once begins to
- show gentlemanly instincts of the finest
quality and assures his wife that from
then on ho is going straight. The rest
of the story-is v taken up, with the dif
" f icuTtles in trying to keep his word.
Herbert Rawlinson plays the crook and
his acting makes It easy to belie vp in
reformation." Alice Lake, George Webb.
Roy Stewart and others finish" out the
; cast, :!-,--- a ., ;; , , - ,
MAJESTIC In "The" Rose of Blood.
at ths MajesUc, -Theda .Bara is
a young . Russian . woman, a lover
' of lnxurv inA . mu Hha s i. : " n .
first - employed as a covem f Historical' personages, past and pres-
for "the child of an aristocrat of high i t. are being' represented on the New
riwrM end fulls tn w with i Vnrtr atafira this season in greater num-
-of the house even before his Invalid wife i hers, than ever before. In, '-"Madam
'dies. After. that event the man is seen fSand." the gallery of stage portraits In-
making love to her. and chases her oiit I.cludes George . Sand. Chopin. Heine," de
turtle with a parrot. and then' I'll' go in
vaudeville,-if ' I -can get s turtle: that
can talk. ' In; mean time;we" can . put
them in pictures.
"Please let me know. - ' ' '
"... - "Tours truly, ! - "
;. -TONY MIMENTO."
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Historic People Are -
Seen on the Stage
1 Violet Mersereau in "IUggtdy ;Qneen,r8trand. -2 Thcda Barn
. in "The Rose of Blood, Majestic. 3 William A. Moonejr tn
4 "Hate, ' Star. ; 4. Elsie Fergason In "The Rise of .Jennie Cash
ing," Liberty. 5 Herbert RawlinsOn in Come Through," Sun
set. 6 Jnllan Eltlnjte in The Clever Sirs. Carfax, Peoples. 7
Alma Ruebens in The Firefly of Tough Lu" Columbia,
Almost Anyone Cair Attain feealth. and
. ; ' -Attractiveness Isctfess-Opinion
Mary Thurraan Says Woman CJannot f Change Shape of Nose, But
She Can' Help Herself Along in Various Ways
:' ,' - if She Only WilL -
liur Ttansta. was win appear In tha
f trat . Paramanat-Maek aenoett . eomeor. Is
rapidly gaining
of the room. Next day they are very 1 Musset and Lizt Farther down the
as she 4s only a ''servant
friendly, hut he refuses to marrv- iw i street- in j "Hamilton,'
as she iM onlv a "ii-va.nt " . ihocker. -are found Alexander Hamilion.
Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Count
' From that point -she begins to di.t-
i! play leanings toward the revolutionists
. and takes an oath to save Russia from
the aristocrats. Her former; employer
relents and marries her. .She is happy
. With him but -continues true to K her
, oath. She . is the means . of - putting
. away several rampant bureaucrats, and
on each of her victims she leaves a red
rose, and from this comes her sobriquet,
..whiles her -Identity is still hidden from
Tallvrand and General Schuyler. . In
Maytlme,' P. ,T. Barnum lends his
ef fulgeat personality to a scene. " Now
come the Greenwich .Villagers with a
playlet in which, the kaiser is a leading
figure. .,---.;.' :
In the top of a new toaster for -gas
stoves Is s recess In which eggs can be
bolIedV .--. - -1 f , --- ,-
reoomitlaa as one of the
ntlfnl vmimi is the wnrld. Beery
mall brings - her the moat, for tors - and Ba
ttie rmpieate ttom weawa wbe waat to be
fceentifnl. -- ' . '
Utea Ttmraun can't e newer all tbeae let
term. e abe takes her -fooattrin, pen tp band
tad answers taes. cerebri th all is, the bunch.
iYYr'By'MiOT.ThiiTmjui ; 'A', ...
,v Agirl can't change the shape n of
her nose, , but ' she can - help herself
along in various ways. . - -; i
It's very largely ..a matter of good
health. Very few women can make a
good impression if their health is poor.
Tbey are bound to look listless and
dragged out- Fine eyes ' are . spoiled
by a tired, worn look. Perfect fea
tures are marred by the fretful, peev
ish lines that come from weariness
and bad .health.2 - "; -'"T '. 1 "
Strange to say, . the more delicate
and perfect a woman's beauty, the
worse "31(1 the effect of these lines of
care this i haggardaess of 1U health.
t suppose there are women born to
111 health, but I don't believe, this Is
true in very many cases. , Most wom
en, and men, too, are suffering 111
health as the result of their own. do
ing. : Almost anyone can attain health
and . the attractiveness that': goes
with it. r- . -
In my own case, I hardly know
what. sickness is. -I always feel.good.
X have the consciousness of, physical
power' that 'goes with perfect health.
I have a very few : rules, but these
I stick to as rigidly as though X were
under army discipline. -,rrr v,- - r!
,- My first nils' Is sleep... "-. v-'' 4,":"
.: VCwrl, B3tvv; Bttsspbr '"txi'i
f only ' alTow myself one night a
week- to be up v after $' o'clock. One
night I permit, myself social relax
ation, but I don't stay up very 'late
even then. very other night 1 am
in -bed. by . '. " . ? ' -
From the moment I entered my, first
picture studio I regarded motion pic
ture acting as a strict matter of busi
ness, like law .or medicine or any other
profession. I consider myself a busi
ness woman and I keep business hours.
I have to be out early in the morn
ing, mo 1 am-in early at night. .
Kven were I a society woman (to
be which I should, loath, by the way),
1. think I should stick Jo this routine
as closely as possible? Nothing In the
world murders - good looks as quickly
as losing sleep.'. v; t'...
Since I was a small child I have
always-stuck to the . plan of - going
through a few simple gymnasium ex
ercises before I get dressed in the
morning and before : I go to bed at
night, tin college I .went In for gym
nastics, and athletics. Fcr the aver
age woman I doh't think milch of bard
athletics,' but gymnastics are neces
sary to good . health.-f The -average
woman lets her spine become bent. Her
vital -forces are operating on a clogged
up spinal column. Any woman who
will taks tha troubled to go 'through the
West Point setting up exercises, night
and morning, - will find herself re
warded by a carriage that will,, give
her not only health but good style.
v ' i. litost "w-omsn Xat Too stack .
'Most .women est too much - trash.
X never sest sweets thst contain much
chocolate they are hard to digest. I
fight shy of psstry and fancy 'food.
My diet is made of the plainest and
simplest; food.'-' '. ' .:. '""J ."...j '
I eat very little for breakfast; mere
ly a cup of coffee and a piece cf toast,
with sometimes a little fruit. .Melons
are to be regarded with - suspicion.
There Js little Jf sny ;nutrlUon in a
melon, and the residue sfter the Juice
has gone is like a sponge and about
as digestible. - ' i r ', f
t For lunch ' X "rarely - have "anything
more than a small sandwich. Many
health , experts recommend - a lunch
made up of nuts and .cheese, etc.
- I imagine that every stomach Is a
chemical laboratory, using a little dif
ferent chemical ' from .. every . other
stomach. My laboratory does not seem
to favor nuts and cheese as a diet.
It may be different with other peo
ple. .1 confine myself to a sandwich
eaten without anything to drink.
Before
For dinner X eat pretty -much -what
ever I choose. Fortunately I prefer
plain food even for dinner, and-X am
wary ocdeaserts. - .
, But I never ait down to dinner until
I have had at least half an' hour's
rest. Never, never est. when you are
tired. You can get along very nicely
for days and days without touching
food and be all the better for It: but
It is murder to dump a lot of food
into a . tired stomach. Weariness de
velops a positive poison in the eye
tern, a ' :.
So you see, while the quest for
beauty is after all a comparatively
simple thing, it is by no means. easy.
It reduires an Iron. will and a lot of
determination.
Brenon Announces
Wrtl f'ttiTJ afntml
- AJUXJ.U I1UU D J.tQblUU
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Tue ixne woir, ranking; among
Herbert Brenon's best sellers, will find
Its way back to the screen through a
second version, to- be called "The Lone
Wolfs Return,' also produced by
Brenon.
-mac nun airector. just now , is en
gaged In- transferring "The Pass! eg ef
the Third Floor Back" to the celluloid. I
with Sir Forbes-Robertson aa the shlaf J
piayer.
. While aiding la making the feature, I
which has - just gone Into . work,; Sir
Forbes Is thinking about a vaudeville
engagement after It Is finished, but
needs a suitable "vehicle" for the twice
dally. That may prove the stumbling
block, -If salary doesnt take precedence
over it.
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Part of This Wonderful
Photoplay Was Made
in Portland, Oregon, a
-' Few Months Af o. -
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BEGINNING TODAY
IN
THE CLEVER MRS. CARFAX
By HECTOR TURNBULL Y
A BeffHs
Mystery
A Great
Lore Has
Aa Unexpected '
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v Musical Stoclc
FOURTH AND STARK
leitiai tt Flood, Mirt--,
Mttinee .every day at 2:30. .10c
Nlthts continuous at 7:20. ... . .15c25c
Sunday continuous at 2:30. 4...15c25c
STARTING
SUNDAY '
MAT- DEC 2
- Those two funny comedians,' -.
DILLON :& FRANICS
In their latest travesty on' the life of the awkward squad,
The Rosebud Chorus in whirlygirly "gyrations of youth and
.. heautyr: All the latest song hits with scenic effectssuperb
costumes and dazzling lights. !;. ,"
; The great sensational Motion' Picture addexi. attraction.
TUESDAY NIGHT COUNTRY STORE
FRIDAY CHORUS GIRLS' CONTEST
Vseenaled Taade vllls'rftadwsy al Alder.
MaUsee Bally. SO0. Tvt anghtty. V aas .
leralsr - mats - Besss and. Jbogss
WEEK COMMENCING TOMQRROW MATINEE
Wmfaifred
And Her Dancers
In the SensationM Bact4o-Natlre,, Bdlet
Paul Pedrim & Hi Monk r Strand Trio ; ; 1 :
' A Tremendous Success'' . -- " The Newest tn lamghs''
' : Harry ;Jolon . '; Don Lcter.Tnree
. .'-ATs Famous Brether , . fai A Breess That Blew
V 4 Cater--4 ; ; - 'The Fatal Rins" V
Aerial aCarvels . r Uth Episode of Great Paths Serial
Tedsy the rsrtais wtu rite fee the eeatlssess serfermssee yrosiyCy
at S o'efsea. Last list as the Blgetotte BroUar. . ' .
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