The Dickinson press., 1908-11-14
TO OPEN MONDAY

New Unique Moving Picture
Theatre to Open Door Mon
day Evening With Special
P~rogram-Big Vaudeville.
Monday of next week will be an i'm
portant event in the theatrical history Of
Dickinson, for on that night comes the
opening of the Unique moving picture
theatre. which promises to be one of THE
most perfect amusement places of its
kind this side of the Twin Cities. The
proprietor, R. F. Warren. is certainly
sparing neither time nor expense in
making it thoroughly modern and up-to-
date to the most minute detail and now
that the people of Dickinson will have
an opportunity of patronizing such a
theatre. it is to be hoped that the atten-
dance will be to the capacity every night
and continue so during the whole season.
The opening program will be made up
of feature acts throughout. The vaudeville
part will include Frantz Caesar & Co.
in a wonderful illusion act which has
been received with great enthusiasm
everywhere it has been presented. There
are three people in the troup. The second
act will be Lew F. Dimond, a popular
back face comedian, who has an act
full of novelty and fun.
Miss Clara Spear of Chicago has been
engaged as the permanent soloist. She
possesses a clear soprano voice which is
always pleasing to her audiences and is.
in addition, a fine looking woman and
always appears in beautiful gowns. She
will have an illustrated song on every
program. .M
The pictures will be the finest obtain
able and will include each time, a
feature subject, a beautiful colored film
and a number of comedy subjects. 1t is
MIR. Warren's intention to keep the
standard very high and he will offer no
films which would be Objectionable to
the most critical and fastidious taste.
He will make an especial effort to secure
the subjects which are making big hits
all over the country.
Another feature will be the music.
The vocal and instrumental selections
will both be the best that can be pro-
cured and special attention will be paid
to this part of the program.
The third feature of the Unique enter
tainment will be the lecture which MI.
Warren gives with each program. Mi.
Warren stands almost alone in this line
and by keeping up a running comment
on each picture in which he introduces
the various sounds. makes the characters
speak, ETC.. he adds 100 per cent to the
appreciation of the pictures and is un-
usually clever in what he says. 1t must
be heard to be appreciated.
For the present 20 performances will
be given each week, three every evening
except Sunday, matinees Saturday and
Sunday.
The price will be Is cents for adults
and is cents for children, emitting the
holder to a reserved seat, an opera chair
with comfortable back, arm rests, hat
rack. etc. All seats are on an incline
and the house has a capacity of 200.
Mr. Warren has cut the prices S cents in
Dickinson. All the other theatres in the
ask 20 and 80 cents and the best
seats r not one half as comfortable as
those in the Unique. Along down the
line these prices prevail and the houses
draw capacity audiences all the time. By
lowering the admission this amount. Mr..
Warren hopes to build up a big business
here and to maintain his motto of twice
the value for the money received.
The Saturday matinee will be especi-
ally attractive to ladies and children
and the admission price will be 10 and
IS cents. The hour will be 80. The
Sunday matinee will be held at 3 O'Clock
and the music, songs and pictures will
be of a nature in keeping with the day,
making a performance perfectly proper
for anyone to attend on that day. Only
one perform ance. lasting an hour, will
be given and Mr.. Warren hopes to make
these matinees especially popular.