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TEN PAGES DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1918. PAGE FIVE Last Time Today Crane Wilbur IN Hie Love IT BUNGLING BILL BURGLAR" Vogue Comedy lCf 5 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS BERTHA KAL1CH IN "SLANDER" A Play Every Man and Woman Should See. Anita Stewart and Earle Williams The Finishing Chapter of "THE GODDESS." CARTOON COMICS Imitating Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle and Mable Norm and, in "CHARLIE, THE ANIMAL TRAINER." Nation Wide Press Is Eager To Sing Praise of New Fox Actress Critics Agree That Greatest Emotional Actress Equals Stage Triumphs in Her Moving Picture Career Just Begun. In offering Hi'rthu Kiillrh in her first si. -.it motion picture drama William Fox feel confident of the unusual merit of the Mar, an opin ion on which agree America's leading critics. Country-wide comment fuvors th's treat Jewish artist who by hard work and sheer genius has risen to the foremost among stage folw. Mme. Kallch la appearing In the motion picture drama "Slander," which recently has been re leased to public view.1 Hi re are only a few of the good things which the press says about this great artlat: (la- Karncd IUutation. "Madam Kallch has earned the reputation of being an earnest and serious artist." - New York Herald Pi-rfrii Technique. "Such perfect technique as hers combined with such emotional abandon, is rare." New York Morning Telegraph. Till 111 the tlcartxtringK. "Bertha Kallch is the sort of actress that captivates and touch es the heartstrings In melodra matic role without overdoing it." --San Francisco Call-Post. Sprite Art With lUg A. "Kallch spells art with a big A In all her work." The Chicago Examiner. The Mot Colorful. "The most vivid and colorful actress." Winnipeg Free Press. Ran- to l'ndcctaiid Kiicccm "You have no difficult In un derstanding how an obscure ac tress in an Fast Side Yiddish the atre !n New York became an In stant success when she accepted a broader opportunity." Kansas City Journal. Ml Her Work Memorable, "Madum Kallchs dramatic handling makes air of her work memorable." Chicago Tribune. I Greatest Tragedienne "Only praise for Kallch, our greatest tragedienne." Chicago Herald. she Han "Speaking BycS." "Her noble countenance and speaking eyes and her exotic beauty all contribute to the ef fect. "Philadelphia Press. Il.'4ay Kvcry I ".mot Inn. "Kallch displays every emoti on." Ijob Angeles Examiner. Greatest PantomlmUit. "A role that will be long re membered In the minds of the public as one of the greatest dem onstrations of pantomimic art ever recorded on the screen." Newark Kvenlng Star. Great on Screen or Stage. "Kallch Is one of our few real tragediennes whether the medium Is screen or stage." Minneapolis News. Adds Glory by Screen Work. "Madame Kalirh's acting be fore the screen adds more glory to her already wonderful reputa tion as an emotional actress." San Antonio Light. Only Praiar. "Of Miss Kallch's work there can be sold only that which Is praise." Des Moines Register-1-ender. THIS AMI I .s or' DESIRE. MME. KAI.K H API KARH IN A MAbTEH DRAMA Mark Truitt, man of millions, turn- Greau'bt TroKMlicniu; to He x-n iu ed wearily away from the nlMdlna X Her I lJ-ht Great I'lioui- j woman, draiua. "i wish 1 could help jou, Mark' Berth Kallch, one oi the greatest she said Wistfully at last. A of actresses and the oniy dramatic ar- "What I need Is my life made over 2 list In the world who can be seriously made over from me beginning." 9 considered us the successor to tiarun ; The steel king's voice was weary. He 0M Bernhardt, has signed a contract wmi , turned hie face away from Kezia and ' g William fox to act beiore the motion . gated at the furnace, big menacing lw picture camera and appears in the re- like a hell mouth, outlined against a 10 centiy released pnolourama "Slander. " lurid sky. There v.as silence In the Mm This dramatic celeurity, whose own ! mills. Suddenly Ktzia started. 7 personal StOfy la us compelling anal "What's that?" she gazed and then I vitally interistlng as the greatest rub: ! began running forward. The million. A she has ever portrayed on the stage, aire lunged after hr. Horror was I A has entered whole-Jicurtedly into a ' on his face. He knew the son nil inn i 9 me Alia i neaire Thursday, One Day Only ROBERT WARWICK THE EMINENT ARTIST IN FRUITS OF DESIRE" A Photo Drama of Terrific Power. William Brady Feature. Come back!" he "You'll be killed. It s the i "Kezia! manded. dvnamlte! The woman turned. There was a great glory l her pale face. Ho thought she smiled. There was a deurenlng roar. The huge mill seemed to reel in a vortex of red flame. Then everything was blotted out . work, which, II predictions may be indulged in, win even increase the reputation und lame wiilch are hers as the rusult of the many important achievements of her past stage career Mine Kallch hus been much averse to appealing In motion pictures until she lelt very certain that the picture plays selected lor her vere of the duality and type designed to Introduce her favorably to the American photo play public and In such a way as to add to her artistic achievements. Aft er weeks ot negotiations with Willaiu Fox uud others- se ral producers held out tempting Ci ters she readi ed the decision that Fox pictures pro vided her the finest opportunity for growth In an art with which she has been but slightly laminar. Th Xe'C-Do-W'eU. . And to iultill his promiaea from the I "The Ne'er-Do-Well," Hex Beach" beginning, Mr. Fox has ordered that j """"erplece. la more stirring and col the first production for Mme. Kallch orf tnan anv of his others. The be of greater excellence, In the point Hc'n'', are very timely mid In Panama, of lavish und costly mounting, than J 11 contains even a greater, more any picture he has thus far made. j holJln fascination than that of his the atartlins in the latest This is only pne of climaxes that abound World Film Corporation feature pho oipuiy, "Fruits of Desire." Hobert Warwick heads an immense cast See "Fruits of Desire" at the Alta theater Thursday only. SE The Secrets of the Steel Trus. The Dynamiting of the Mills The Huge Blast Furnaces The Strife of the Steel Kings The Triumph of Love The Inner Workings of the Big Deals IN VAUDEVILLE WE HAVE s Crutchfield & Crutchfield In a Cowboy Flirtation. Padeken & Aivean Hawaiian Duo. Today! Mabel Taliaferro i "Her Great D: 1 IllC HP Her entry now Into pictures under I Aia8lcan tales. the William Fox management, where greul attention la paid to the selection and the staging or strong emotionai pays, gives real promise that in pho toplay Mme. Kallch will become even u greater artist than before. In addition to appearing under Harrison Grey Flake's management In "Molina Vanna," Mme Kallch also plajed the part of Miriam In "The Kreutzer tionuta," Mart In the Span ish drama, 'Maria of the Lowlands:" De Greases "Cora," Thereae in Thercse Kuquln" and In Sappho and Phaon," all of these being Flske pro ductions. In vaudeville, Mme. Kal lch appeared In a dramatic sketch. The Ijghl of St Agnea," which Intro luced her to a still different type ot American theatergoers and greatly In creased her. popularity. Everywhere she was hailed us an i artist of great emotional power, who j was bound to become one of the dom-1 Inating women of the American stage. I Throughout a score of succeeding , ' ,r . ., , iw.c wiiw iier ana plays, some financially successful and others either moderate successes or fi nancial failures, Ilertha Kallch per manently established herself. Mum Kallch will star In "Slander,' at the Pastime Thursday and Friday LOCALS (Paid Advertisement. i Wanted Invalid's wheel chair. Call 2s0 M. Furnished housekeeping rooms for rent. 803 E. ltailroad Dressmaking by day or at home Itoom 10. E. 0. Bldg. Phone I4SM. Wanted Woman for general houswork on ranch. Address "W" this office. Experienced young iady wishea a place as housekeeper or to do cooking in country, call 608 Willow or phone 243J. Qood, all around man wants work, can operate and repair engines and harvesters, fjood with teams and stock. Phone Fayette. :sOJ or 400 E. Alta. Auto Stage. For Adams. Athena and Weston leaves The Quelle restaurant at 10 a in and 4 p. m. each day. The hero Is Kirk Anthony, a colleee! graduate, a veteran football player, and since his graduation, the coach of! hi university team, on the evening following a great football victory, the! last of the season, Kirk and several! other men start out in New York to celebrate. Late that night, after pass ing through a series of exciting Inci dents, he finds himself on shipboard,! en route to Panama, and when he i awakes, is without money and with-j out baggage. During the voyage Kirk becomes acquainted with a woman a Mrs. I Stephen CortUndt whom he learns j to admire very much. She is really I a diplomatic agent of great influence One day, after his arrival in Pana ma, and after passing through some more hair-raising experience, while out hunting, he meets in a forest bow er, near one of the summer residences of the rich Panamanians, a Spanish ! counter-plottings of Mrs. Cortland, of girl, who is known to him onlv .is 'the clearing of his name, and of the Chlquita." He falls desneratelv in ! nflai decisive intervention in Pana- trles to discover maanian affairs of old Darwin K. An tler Identity. j thony, is strongly engrossing and va- The story 0f his making good, andjried by many richly numeroue epl of his winning Chlquita, despite th j sodes. Chlquita is by far the most The COSY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY most astonishing Red Feather Photo Plays Presents MARY FULLER in one of the moral dramas of the season, Thrown to the Lions A thoroughly modern play of Broadway Cabaret life. ESTELLE BUSS, SOPRANO SOLOIST. Special Added Attraction IN PERSON "The Trans-Continental Hikers," Kenneth Hollister, Wm. Simon son and Raymond Mover, walking from Portland, Ore., to New York City for a musical education. No advance in price. J charming feminine character Rex Beach has drawn, and Edith Cortlandt Is an exceedingly fascinating and con vincing type. Last, but not least, "The Ne'er-Do-Well" himself you have all read the book now see him. enacted by Wheeler Oakman, actually live and before you on the screen Virile, magnetic, full of fight in one mood humorous, engaging, full of fun In the next. You will always look back on an exceedingly pleasant and enjoyable evening. At Temple today and Thursday. THE SMASHING BIG HIT OF THE YEAR 2 Days Beginning Today Selig's Mammoth 9-Part Production of First Tune in the City. THE First Time in Pictures. I soda Fountain for sale. ' See John Butler. Pastime Parlors. I Adv. IMIIH-e WdllKTslHy Nlltlll There will be a dance In Moose hull Wednesday night, May 17. IfcMM by lawyer's Orchestra. Admission 50o: ladies free Adv. jlllWIIIIIIIIIIIItllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIHNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMUnillllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllll!- May Specials f in IDIAMONDSI $50.00 $75.00 8100.00 mm jjj Finest white and perfect stones. Just the modest size E for the graduating girl. We have just received a beautiful assortment of cameo, s coral, shell and stone set rings, brooches and bracelet s 5 watches. A few suggestions for the boy graduate : A high grade 5 thin model watch always heads the list, then the chains, S 5 gold knives, cuff links, scarf tie clasps, pins, signet and set 5 rings, belts and many smaller articles in the novelty line. 5 SSI I A. L. Schaefer JEWELER. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiMiiiiitiiiitiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir pioneer's picnic at Weston. Twenty-fourth annual reunion Uma-1 tllla County Pioneers at Weston, Ore June 2nd. 3rd. Democrats Want to Fill Up Ticket by Writing in Names Turner Oliver of La Grande ,or public service commissioner. James Harvey Oraham of Baker for congress. Oeorge C. Blakely. The Dalles, for secretary of state. That the above names be written In on the democratic ballot Friday Is the suggestion from the ffemorrallc state headquarters There are no candi dates on the ballot for the position-' nnmed nnd'lt Is understood that the men mentioned will run If nominat ed. Friends of Will H. Peterson are urging that he be given a strong vote from 1'mntllln county ror delegate to the democratic national convention. There are five men running from this district and only two to be elected. I Hence It Is evident three candidates are In for defeat. Mr. Peterson's friends assert n heavy vote from thl'l county for him will be of great value, j In nn appeal for votes from the falrj sex it Is pointed out Mr Peterson wns nn ardent supporter of equal suffrage Ne'er-do-Well REX BEACH'S Famous Story of Love, Romance and Adventure in Old Panama FEATURING Kathlyn Williams, Wheeler Oakman And the same cast that made "The Spoilers" world famous. Producer upon the exact spots alluded to in the story and filled with all the vim, snap and punch that have made Rex Beach one of the most popular of authors. There are hair-raising, hand-to-hand fights plot and counter plot love and intrigue and the do or die spirit of the "get there" Yankee that makes this one of the most fascinating offerings in the history of motion pictures. Tilling Spectacular No play of the year has met with such phenominal success. Highest box of fice records in the history of the business have been smashed to smithereens. Played three weeks at Clune's Auditorium, Los Angeles. The Portola in Frisco has been unable to handle the crowds. Hundreds are waiting to see it here. Get your friends together and come it's the big theatrical event of the month. ADULTS 25c. First Show at 1 :00. Then 3;00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00. Come a Few Minutes Early. CHILDREN 15c TEM P L