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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1919)
THE rtflf.flnX STATESMAN: srXTAY, XoVtMRER 2.1, 19td. i J Flares and Flickers jgirlrtM Hm'krtt, t'hirugo veiling Ktcning l'oti: "Wlnnifred Hjrd is an interesting tnd somewhat' surprising player, be l slight, dei;iure-apiear-ing young person that the grip and pover wlfi which she dashes into such thin?? as; the r. ahms Rhapso dle and the Liszt .'Legend of St. Frsneis Walking on the Waters' is unexpected, iter technique is clean; tbe wins a lovely tone from the pi gntforte when she wishes to make it Ung a melody. !' From, beneam mo waters or a lilrery con atry; brook Jaelfc Pick ford tnakei a novel entrance in "In Wrong," hi latest picture released If Fl't National xhtjjitors circuit, which will be f shown beginning to day t e Liberty theater. . Dutler and De Mulh in a singing HOTclty on the Hippodrome bill at the Bligh today. Jack Pickford, taking the role of Johnny SpiTens in "In "Wrong.' "khlch will be shown, beginning to- jjy, at Ye Liberty theater, has a most romantic love experience anu a most depressing vocation as the day-and-night delivery system for the village grocer. Mack O'Neil, the funny tale-teller, will be . on the Hippodrome ahow at the bligh today. Dorothy Gish Cures Bines, j Dorothy Gish is literally a cure for the blues in her new photo-farce. "Turning the Taibles," at the Oregon theater. A robust young man has fceen persuaded by his mother that he i ailing! and a fit subject for a sanitarium until Dorothv reta in some of her health-giving exuber ance. Then he comes to life with a whoop and 'to prove his regener ation cleans up his private trainer, with Miss Oish rtfereeing the mill. That is only a suggestion of the mirth there is packed in this Jolly film which; is, fully up to Miss Gish's usual standard. finally plunges it over a 4 00-foot waterfall and meets death at the bot tom. Director Maigne chose for this scene the cliff at Taughannock falls, near Ithaca. N. Y. Kire cameras were used, catching the plungs from as many different angles. The fall of the machine 13 ftarilingly. regis tered against the backs' ound of the rushing water. A special viudeville p-ogram has been selected ! from the Hippodrome circuit to play1 at the Uligh theater Thanksgiving jlav. "Mary iiegin," heroine of LeRoy Scott's famous stories of New York neht life, is charmingly portrayed by Anita Stewart at Ye Liberty theater on Thanksgiving day. Special vaudeville day at the Bligh. Thanksgiving Bessie Loire often is spoken of as combining to a rare degree the tal ent of a eommedienne and tliat of deep dramatic ability. This is es pecially true in the Bessie Love pic ture, "A Yankee Princess," which will be seen in the Bligh theater to A spectacular scene, worthy of a "stunt picture" forms the climax of Irene Castle's latest release, "The Invisible "Bond," which will be on view at the Oregon theater soon. As the story goes, a wealthy New Yorker infatuated with a heartless coquette, disguises himself as her chauffeur and takes her for a wild automobile ride. Maddened because she spurns his attentions, he drives the car at terrific speed through fences, schrubbery. open fields and -.. ! - - . . -i ' ALWAYS GOOD MOST TIMES GREAT Mm TODAY BUTLER &DEMUTH 1 Singing Novelty j J MACK O'NEIL i4. ."" The Tale, Teller WILLARD AND JONES "HUH? YOU KNOW" Comedy Talk "and Song BESSIE LOVE IN THE PRINCESS THEATRE w HUP'. "The -Minals Man" (A Rhymed Iteviyw by Russell Hol maa.) Far away from the bus'.le of citiea In a spot that was countrywide famed Lived a Miracle Man, strangely gift ed To delivtr the stricken and maim ed. To this patriarch old in his cottage. With a plan to reap wealth from his deeds. Came a group from the slums of iMnahtatan, Who obeyed no command save their needs. There was Burke and the Girl and the Dope; Fiend And a misshapen brute, their de coy. Then a Miracle happened! The gangsters Found the vile in their hearts was alloy! For the pure, guileless life 'mid the mountains Brought ideals that cleansed the smirched hearts of crime, Til at last even Burke, the foul hearted, i Freed his soul from the taint of its blime. i It's a picture that tugs at your heart i strings ' Full of thrills, mixed with laugh ter and tears. "When you se? it, you'll echo with ; 1 thousands: ; i "Takes its place with the greatest in years." TODAY TWO DAYS ONLY TOMORROW Dorothy Gish in "TURNING THE TABLES" A STORY of crooks, spook, lovers and lunatics- In which the screen's greatest come dienne takes the sieh from asVlnm and puts the toot in institution. A nasty aunt a fiery squabble a quack doc tor, andibiooie! a sanitarium for Dorothy. But when the story ends who's keeping the keepers Jbusy then? Come and see, and laugh till the tears come! (- i l -- 4 t . . :' u Jovial Jack w?.s a batchtlor. ! i Not very strong for the girls; Said it was luck that selected your j j Wife from the lemons and pearls. Offered himself in a lottery, 1 ; (Chances a dollar a throw), Promised to marry the maiden who j Won it; his eye on the dough. 'Long came a fair one named Helen and, L Like the famed Lady of Troy, Captured his heart in a twinkling; but Brief was his moment of joy. Homely old Liz won the drawing, and (Jack faced a terrible plight. Tied to a spinster forever, 'til : Nora the cook, spread the light. Showed that the coupon was stolen, so Liz, In strategic retreat. Left all the honors to Helen, and Jack came to life toute sute. Handsome and blithe Wallace Reid is the Foolish-wise Lottery Alan. Chic Wanda Hawley the girl; it's a Treat for each fanettc and fan. In a recent issue of Vanity Fair, an article written by Elsie Fergu son, the Paramount-Artcraft star. "Mr Two Years in the Movies." is one of the special features. Miss Ferguson, who has never written her experiences before the camera, has given some of the most amusing and delightful little touches of life behind the screen that have ever been told by a star. She will be seen in her new Paramount-Artcraft pic ture, "The Witness for tne Deiense" at the Oregon theater soon. Viola Dana in her first lig pro duction on her new contract. "Please Get Married." will be shown at Ye Liberty next 'Sunday. Willard and Jones. "Huh! You Know." a comedy singing and talk- in act. on the Hippodrome show at the Bligh today. Enter something Interestingly new in motion pictures! It is none other than a mystery comedy that keeps the audience as mystified as it does the leadinsr character until a few in ack Pickford. a A IN WRONG" The story of a typical coun try boy and the best thing J ack Pickford has donb since "Tom Sawyer -- Also BILLY WEST COMEDY And an OUTING-CHESTER TODAY TOMORROW TUESDAY C-mon hz a boyagain, just for tonight! If you don't like this picture you're most certainly off your feed or something. 1 YE LIBERTY Coming Thursday, Anita Stewart in "Mary Ragan" SPECIAL WURUTZER NUMBER . By Miss Margaret Faber I Hear You Calling Me "Marshall CONTINUOUS SHOW TODAY n:: . J SENNETT'S "UP. IN ALF'S PLACE" rVi' fr.K.r-y v- - . j ir PATHE NEWS PICTORIAL "ir seconds before the final fadeout. The picture is "His Official Fiancee" (tarring the Paramount-Artcraft fa vorite. Vivian Martin. The leading character is a typist who becomes engaged to lier cold-blooded em ployer "for 'business reasons only," then falls in love with him. "Mary Regan." the screen adapta tion of Lei toy Scott's famous novel. in which Anita Stewart will be seen at Ye Liberty, is a gripping study of the heartless struggle for the dol lar which goes on in New York, the world's mightiest city. The profi teer is seen sweating money from the common citizen, and the society vulture is Been in evenlnr clothes robbing the representatives of "Big Business as they go out for pleas ure. In turn these criminals are seen paying their debt to society. It will be a super-feature at Ye Liberty for Thanksgiving day and two days to follow. f a r:RFECT dressing A Scientific Compound, Flllinc Ev- cry Keonireroent , Dealers in auto accessories now adays would need great space be yond their actual business' require ments if they stocked, even in th smallest quantities, all the differ-! ent brands of the many lines that crowd, the market. It is be com inn more and more a necessity for deal ers to buy with the closest discrim ination. For instance take the tin gle item f top dressings, of which ("there are ?o many makes. How manr of these are useless compounds and bow many are not? How many are merely mixtures of lamp-black and benzine, or little better? How many are really toptite" waterproofing, preserving and restoring the orig inal luster of the top fabrics? A re ally good waterproofing "toptite" Is indeed an invaluable auf accessory these days. It Is therefore only good business for dealers as well as the public, to buy with this end al wavs In view. The Woodtlte laboratories, of Mo desto. California, make the famous Toptite auto top and seat cushion dressing, a perfect, dependable com pound, devised specially in each In stance for mohair, pantasote and lea ther; these dressings are endorsed alike by the dealers, the consumer and the public press. Toptite is ab solutely reliable, yet it costs no more than the Inferior dressings. cancelled by order of tbe court and attempts to impose a lien mon the mortgage is aeld at naugbt. Furni ture and personal property is turned over to Mrs. McCrarken as part sat isfaction of a $40 monthly alimmy allowance granted by the court's o der. McCrarken lias not been lo cated fince the vtantory charges were filed aralnt him. il "THE MIRACLE MAN" By Russell Mitehelltree MO miracles today? I Hell, bo! Where d'va aet that hunk "Ve that girl there the one with the big. clear eyea? A few months back, her beery, leering tips ; Burned the oul of the men that , crushed them. , Her wanton'a face, red-painted. Twisted with sin aa if the devil had stepped on it, Waa a brazen aign of a life that reeked. - - And now she Is good! Her smile's as sweet As the smile of your mother. In those first tender . years. When you were just a little, toddling kid. And she waa young and fair. : MO miracles? I've aeen a gnarled, mis " shapen thing, misnamed a man. Writhing in the atreet. begging fur - coins with a cripple's whine. And after the day's good pickings, rise in his shame And loosen his hard mug into a grin. Now ne'e standing face to the world. Working to ease another's closing years. It would warm your heart to hear the big boob laugh And see him pet the little gray eld lady on the cheek. NO miracles? That handsome devil, standing with the girl. Once had a heart a black as tie hair his victims loved to stroke. One of those cynical, sneering guys. lurking, shark-like. j In the under-tow of life, to pull down j human souls. . Look at him! What's that they may , about God's image? . One night. last April down In Clancy'r J Place.. I I saw him kisa that girf. after Xbey'd , inmmeu a ruoe Hoth of them loud and stewed And then again today, after he'd slip ped her a tiny ring No miracles? Hell. tw:.Wbere d'ya get that bunk? YOU with your facts and science, come with me . Me a year ago. shaking with, dope and a hacking cough. And my fingers Itching for pockets to pick I'll show you a little house, resting among the roses. High on a slope that rises from the sea; And an old man there, blind and deaf and dumb. His face alight with faith He wouldn't make a hit oa Broadway. ""Kunnjr In the head." They'd call him. and smirk and go their ways. Dut that old man makes crooks go straight. Floods darkened souls with. sun. How Belief, be thinks. You, being wiae. may smile. But we w-bo have aeen and felt No miracles? HelU bo! Where do you get that bunk? WIFE AWARDED DIVORCE DECREE Improper Conduct Charges Are Sustained in McCrack en Suit A decree of divorce was awarded Esther . May McCracken yesterday in an order signed by Judge George G. Bingham. This case has attrac ted much attrnlton because of the adulterv charge made against Sher man G." McCracken In the complaint. The court found that these charges were sustained and substantiated in the evidence submitted during the .hearing of the case. Mrs. McCrack en also obtains the custody of the 3-year-old son of the couple, Harry George McCracken. A chattel mortgage executed t D. E. Fletcher, who was also named as co-defendant with VcCrncken. Is GRAND THEATRE, Monday Dec. 1st I I I n u3- T F. 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