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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1924)
4- 8 I THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM; OREGON. i SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 27,1924 Hew Vaudeville Comes To the Bligh Theatre , Flo Eckert & Co. presents "Dance Frivolities," fcaturjng Miss Flo Ecken and Mr. S. Mitch ell. Tnis. accomplished duo has 1 been receiving wonderful reports as to their ability as terpsichorean Artists and are verifying them un '"Ulspntably. Their - repertoire of 'dance numbers practically in neiudes "all known styles. - They make many changes of wardrobe each change being a sartorial ,work of art and a vision of lovl ness that will enrapture the femi nine portion and will incidentally make the men sit up and take notice. '. K ) : j h Phillips & Ellsworth in present ing their laughing skit "Hello Mack," hare an overwhelming amount of comedy of the kind that provokes laughter. Miss Eleaworth sings several songs with a sweet voice that entertains you. Their present offering gives loth splendid opportunities for s display of their wonderful ability Its funsters, r 1 ! I ; - MILLER & SYLVIA. Sylvia, who appears with Mr. Miller fii a ' comedy number, is a beautifully gowned young woman while her partner appears as an Italian. The contrast, fa grotesque and their line keeps the audience in con stant laughter. Miss Sylvia is Ian exceptionally fin vocalist Willi a wbnderful range of voice as w?ll as being a remarkably attractive woman with a thorough knowl edge of knowing how to put her songs' over to the complete .satis faction1 and delight of her audi ence. It is an offering that will appeal to everyone and prove Mtlstlc hit. -.- an M. De Fra assisted by Madame De Fra presents their offering en titled "The i European Fearless Wonder." This attraction is; a distinct novelty and one of a viry unusual type. At present there are many gymnastic I acts before the public, but one does not come across the sensationalism com bined with novelty as presented by this clever duo. Country Girl Turns j.:7 Into Crook Queen - . : . 1 i- - : i- f - ' i. f : ,'"'! "The amazing transformation that can be wrought In the appearance of glr pr man by style of dress lias been capitalized with telling effect by Thomas H.I Ince in his latest dramatic production, "Those wao uance,' which comes to the Oregon theater Thursday. 1 .Blanche Sweet, who plays a leading role Jn the production, is transformed over night fromi a simple little country girl Into! an TODAY ONLY FOUR ACTS VAUDEVILLE FLO ECKERT CO. Dance Frivolities PHILLIPS ' '- And , .' ' ELLSWORTH "HELLO MACK" MILLER & -SYLVIA Musical Surprises Manuel De Fra Co. : European Marvels Pack Hoxie : "THE f ' GALLOPING ' :, ACE" BABY PEGGY '. -I In -SUCH IS LIFE" i -. i- mm tars in 4WT1joso Wlio Dance" itustcr Keaton at Oregon next week. 1 alluring underworld "queen," and she does it by means of at hair bob and darlingly chic frocks, which work such -a startling change in her appearance that she scarcely looks like the same person. The "characterization is as pow erful as Miss Sweet's "Anna Chris tie," which has set, two continents agog. When a girl from "up state" drope 1 in with the J life of , New York's underworld to save her. brother from the death chair, risk ing even dishonor to get the evi dence which iwi.ll clear him, tense situations develop which keep in terest at fever point. The change wrought in Miss Sweet's appearance by bobbing her curls and changing her frocks is one of the most interesting screen transformations on record. .The frock which she wears in the final scene, when j she is trapped witn her sweetheart at the annual ball given by the crooks of the under- world, was designed for her by an internationally famous artist, and makes her a striking figure as she fights with her back to the wall for her life and that or her sweet heart. I Warner Baxter, who plays op posite to Miss Sweet in the Ince production, also lends an -illustration of the 1 .change worked by clothes and a hair cut in a man s appearance, for he puts over an effective disguise in this .way. with no makeup aid except that of a big scar, painted on one side of his face. Lambert Hillyer directed the picture. J "The ; Marriage Circle" now showing at Oregon.- T PLEASES PUBLIC "The Majriage Circle" Now Shoeing at Oregon, Very "If all motion pictures were as good as "The Marriage - Circle. I'd go to the. movies every day o my life." That was the enthusiastic re mark overheard in the loby of the Oregon Theatre ycstcrdiy aft er the showing of thta production a picture that contains such galaxy of i brilliant players an Marie Prevost. Monte Blue, Flor ence' Vidor Adolphe MenJou4 liar ry Myers and Creighton Ilale." Yqu will wait a long: time be fore yott see a . better, picture Jthan SHOW A coming to the Oregon Thursday. I f t y ' i ... Cartex starring US "Tlie ,lJed room Window coming Tuesday. VThe Marriage Circle." It is at once sophisticated and simple, humorous and serious, with ! its story , of a discontented rich wife who begins to make things hum when she takes a fancy to the husband for her old girlhood chum. It doesn't matter one whit to Mizzi that the husband is very much in love with his own wife; no! she's too much woman to see the logic of and she bo- gins to turn things topey turvy domestically. : i j The acting of the whole group is beyond praise. One learns what acting is after beholding this wonderful film action. ! Marie Prevost as the little gadabout coquette of a wife had advanced in impersonation, and is worlds removed from the Marie of jhe past. And Monte Blue, as I Dr. Franz Braum, who tries and suc ceeds so dismally to extricate himself from the cunning plot of the imperturable charmer, lifts acting to new heights. There's no use talking: about the acting of the others you will be able to make your own enthusiastic com ments, and the picture is" so gen uine' a triumph .that wo know you'll attend. The Bedroom Window" At Oregon ' Tuesday "The Bedroom Window" opens at the Oregon theater next Tues day for a run of two days. May McAvoy, Malcolm MacGregor, Ric- ardo Cortez, Robert EdesOn. George Fawcett and Ethel Wales are all featured In leading roles The story, written especially for the screen by Clara Berangcr, is a mystery-melodrama-murder - com edy-love story on the order of "The Acquittal" and "Grump," but even more novel and startling than either of those successes. Thomson Displays . Real Horsemanship Fred Thomson's ; display of horsemanship in "North- of Nevada," is'remaf kable ' and dis plays the versatility of the man to a greater extent than heretofore The rescue of the girl from the back of her runaway steed, the changing of himself and the girl from his horse to the wild .animal that plunges headlong into' seem ing destruction.'is a real thrill of a lite-time and remarkable photography shows it to the finest degree. "North of Nevada comes to the Liberty theater for two days only starting today. i,- ' yv I '- ;: Sow showing t the Liberty. i SWIMMERS PASS DIFFICULT TEST Six Salemites Capture Ma. jonty of Degrees Award ed m Oregon Ijuring the past 10 days tests havp been given to Lyle Shephard, WUHam East, Chester Lindley, Wilhiot McDonald, Stewart Kibbe and! Lloyd Mclptyre for Master Swimmers Degree by examiner Captain Emil J, Vodjansky of the national swimming instructors' as sociation. These tests require 51 events and include swimming, both speed and fancy; diving, life saving and novelty swimming. To . A . 1 ' . . 1 uuip ouiy miiu degrees wave oeen awarded in the state and these men arc justly proud of their ability to paes. Captain Emil J. Vodjansky is a swimmer and instructor of note, and is the world's champion pro fessional backstroke swimmer. In addition to the above mentioned tests, he also glvcc the master iife savers and. Red Cross tests, Cap tain Vodjansky being the secre tary for Oregon of all three of the above organizations. A unit of the Red Cross life saving corp Is being organized with a membership of at least the tallowing: Lyle Shephard, Wil liam East, Chester Lindley, Wil mot McDonald, Stewart KIbbc. Lloyd Mclntyre, James Jacobs. Marvin Lewis, Zella Ratcliff, and Mrs Chas. K. Denison and many more who will paes later. Ceptain' Vodjansky is employed forj the summer at Denison's Baths at the foot of Court street, as jife guard and instructor, and offers a fine opportunity to those desiring to learn to swim and dive. E OF U.S. Keaton Makes Serious Edu cational Attempt in Latest Comedy Ruster Keatoii. the solemn- faced screen comedian, who won fame in two-reel slapstick come dies) before he demonstrated he could do things on a big scale in inree Ages," has now disclosed a seriousness of ; purpose that be fits j the Hamlet-like solemnity of his habitual expression. 1 tis new sevenreel comedv feal ture, "Our Hospitality," which comes to the Oregon theater next week is an attempt to bring to the screen an historically accurate picture of life In the United States of J830, the days when the first railroads were being built. "I've heard mothers comDlain from time to time," said Mr. Kea ton "that their (Children were get ting notning but buffoonery in comedies. Consenuentlv I've trio"ri to do something, that will be edu cational, without losing anvthine In the matter of lauehs. i '! 'Our Hospitality oueht to leave In the minds of children or grown-ups for that matter an Indelible picture of the beginnings of railroading in, America. If my own dream ot its possibilities proves effective, it's a picture that ..ill 1 . .. ue inure vaiuaoie to young sters tnan their history books.-" T MEETS ICHTTOBESiH j. 5 ; Law Enforcement Motion Picture at Christian j Church This Evening .j r i-1 . Arrangements are completed to take care of ttfe large audience which will attend the law enforce ment meeting at the First Chris tian church this Sunday night. Alj down town churches who have no service in tho evenlnt-are in vited to attend. The WCTU also and some other patriotic organiza tions will be there. The five reel uipuon picturp, "When Right! Meets Might" or "The Bootlegger! orj the Law Which Shall It Be?"! will be shown. ( This picture, pro-! Gucett at tne cost or nearly 550, 000. has been enthusiastically re,-! ceived in hundreds of cihties and; in said to be the greatest piece of educational patriotism ever given toj the public. ; It is an exposo ofj the bootlegging traffic and a pleai for the Constitution and the law npn. cnaries .. tian, wno pro-j diiced this film and who is known all over the country as "The Elo-j qucnt Californ Ian," will be prea-i ent and tell the story of the pic- ture. The pastor and members of the Christian church invito every-? body who believes in law and or? der to be present. Patriotic song service at 8 o'clock sharp. Ad mission free; but silver offering PICTURE US HISTORY tp! cover expenses. U L DINE MA BELLE UTLEY y - -s y--?; ll , j" x "v- -v .f4 r: ..'...'' . ' IK I -vy v iU) l j r y r it A is I ? V. ' . ' :i ii v 111 , k !t Mm v::N Girl Evangelist Addressing TRIBUTE IS PUD TfJ GIRL PREACHER Child Evangelist Draws Crowd of 1000 to Arm ory Saturday Night By CHAS. J. LISLE. Uidine Mabelle lit ley, the child evangelist of California, spoke last night at her third evening service at the armory. , One thousand people were in the audi- ence, to wonder at; her message; many, of them to accept the gospel that she presented as they have never before een it presented. . The gospel Is great and versa-, tile." It comes to every man in his own wayr in the splendid ora tory and the rhythmic cadences of TODAY - TOMORROW ONLY The Season's Finest Production pSSfgffe story of 1 1 1 V UA U riJ vja UOIRCCTJ CRNST Month rituc A startling story of "good-fcllou" wives and a husband or two r-a fearless expose of the Inner shrine of the mar lijige circle, V illi its charm of true love, its romance of fidelity- its i in'atf affairs of faithlessness, and its tragic tor.rh of sin. - COMEDY NEWS Large Crowds at Armory the scholar, in the sweet persuas iveness of mother-love, in the un couth sincerity of unlettered toil, in the unquestioning candor of childhood. But: everywhere it brings the tame message of love and service onlv the manner of presentation differs. : . This little girl brings the gos pel in a new and altogether.unique setting. It is not normal to find such maturity of thought, such staire presence, such a vocabulary, such a wealth of anecdote and il lustration and Biblical quotation in one of her age. It is uncanny it is Incredible; it is un-anything that anyone wishes to say. There have been instances of extraordin ary precocity; of the child chess marvel, of Macauley, who talked fluently at the age of one year; of the Sidi lad who was ready for college at 11 years of age; pf Mcm zart, who composed difficult music at five years. Here is the preco cious religionist, as truly a fact as any of the others, "and as strange. Knowledge isn't always AOouve Mctucht ;3?SJ Ai z-m. r . j m i a ii till IP Vk HARBY MYtwS CPLKjWTOri HALS, e- 1 . Mcdonald at the WURLITZER age; if it .were, jviemuseian . would have . been ponderously wise, In-stead- 01. merely the oldest, billy goatwhiskefed .fogy-of history. - And neither is the gospel a mat ter of age. Old fools die In ; their horrid sins;' young saints may live n splendor. This'new evangelist comes m - the strange garb of childhood; but ' she' bears the message of truth. She .isn't in-r sensible jot .her youth-that's, a real stock In trade;. but she seems? to have the Master's gospel : of love and repentance. a J It may be unfortunate to be; heralded I as Ta child wonder; that s a shqwman's placard, and it seems to j be the first talking point to gain j an " audience.- But sho really has somethfng that the or dinary mind can not quite compre hend, in the way she delivers her astonishing message. One can't quite forget that it Is the kind of precocity that-frequently ends in hysteria land physical and' mental disaster that is top frequently ex ploited as one exploits any. otner marvel until the ! marvel - breaks. But;the big fact remains that she is- herself the full answer to the question of the reality of miracles or marvels; she has the goods in every way. . :- j ' ' . : It will be. worth your while to attend and bear this child orator and judge for" yourself. One can explain her uncanny ability as one will the fact remains for what ever it may be worth. She has a message! that will confound every critic. Her mother says that unr til her conversion last September she was only a normally intellir gent child, in the seventh grade in school. It needs' no argument to prove that something has hap pened that does j not happen tp most children of that age. It may be j her misfortune to be ex ploited as a, . child '-yonder- but she really is that, and her mes sage is certainly real. '. I Services are toibe held this af ternoon at 2: ?0, to close in time for the park meeting. . and again tonight at 7:45. j There will be no services Monday afternoonVbut there will be in the evening, and every Afternoon and evening dur ing the week. Tuesday afternoon is tlje time to pray for the sick. and 1 Wednesday afternoon is grandma's and grandpa's day Prof, Mina Ly Harding, of Willamette University, I Writes of Trip "r t (By E. G.) i i Many in Salem will doubtless be interested to hear , of Prof. Mina L. Harding, for several years in-? BE E TRAVEL LIBERTY TODAY - TOMORROW ONLY The Screen's Wonder y Horse I LE K And World's Champion Athlete . presents -. - ; ,- HARRY 1 i Directed by. fl bert Rote . structor in the art department of Willamette .university, and active member of the Oregon '. Writcrs'v league' and Northwest "Poetry so ciety, who,, in .company with Miss Helen Hanna, another Willamette instructor, lert; for .tne east coast early in June, going via the Den ver -and Rio Qrandc, and thor-' oughly enjoying the delightful fea tures of' that scenic route. After leaving Colorado, ; Mtss Harding sient an evcntfully plea sant week with friends In New York.; While there, she (witnessed any amount of grotesque and hu morous incidents in connection with the democratic national con vention,; of which . (and Irrespec tive "of polities) she writes In the inimitable humorous style which characterizes much of " her pub lished work. , . Referring to the various ways Sought by New Yorkers for relief from the unbearably hot , weather, Mi3s Harding chose a drive on the top-deck of a Fifth avenue bus on Riverside" drive, where, she states. the. breeze made life endurable. From New York' Miss Harding went to Boston, her home city. where she . enjoyed a two weeks' visit with relatives and friends before leaving for Hampton, New Brunswick, a beautiful summer resort on the St. Lawrence, near the city of St. John. "It was de lightful on the steamer coming here," Miss Harding writes; "we had a stateroom on the hurricane deck, and I wish you might have seen the moon on the Atlantic the night we were on the water! It was past my words to describe." Of Hampton villa she says: "It is beautiful here cool, clear and bright, with a mountain meadow and the lovely St. Lawrence to: look upon; s nd many other fine, scenic things; yet I greatly mlsa my dear friends in Salem." - Miss Harding will spend the re mainder of the summer with her sister, an artist, and family at their Hampton summer home. Rev. Henriksen to Head All Lutheran Chautauqua SILVERTON, Or., July 26. (Special to The Statesman.) Rev. George Henriksen will be commander-in-chief of the boys' en campment at the all-Lutheran chautauqua to be held in the Gladstone park August 21 to 28. The boys encampment is being made the special feature of the week and all boys over 10 years old are asked to attend the meet ings. ' - !: - The main idea of the chautau qua Is religious instruction, but games and sports for the boys are also planned for. Rev. S. P. Long of Chicago will give lectures each day and evening and other pastors will be present and take part In the programs. The chautauqua is for Lutherans of Oregon and southern Washington, and is the first of its kind held in thi3 dis trict. ; ; ING PICTURES CriPR)TI9ft l mm i in r J mom productien Oirected by. filbert Rqt It r v i r I; 4 I. ' i I 7 - I y i- t ' r r 1 i . ... .v: