The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-14

RAINEY TO SHOW ARCTIC PICTURES
 IN BRIDGEPORT

Paul J. Rainey, the noted sports l man who penetrated into the Arctic
 regions last summer, has decided to
 place his moving pictures of Arctic l life on public exhibition.
 1 When MT. Rainey left here last June,
 accompanied by Harry Whitney, on 1 the steam yacht Beothic, he took with 1 him a professional photographer for
 the purpose of taking moving pictures | of scenes and incidents encountered | on the trip, and the enormous amount 1 of 10000 feet of film was used in this | connection, at cost of over s50,0OO. l The chase and capture of a live po- | lar bear and other Arctic animals,
 which MT. Rainey presented to the 1 New York Geological Society upon his return: the scenes in and about Etah, l the pivotal point in the famous Cook Peary controversy, where Dr. Cook claims he buried his official records after his alleged discovery of the North Pole; the life of the Eskimo extreme danger to which the Rainey party was subjected-all are pictures quely and wonderfully depicted in these moving pictures.
 Hitherto, the only pictures that have been seen of Arctic life and scenes, were those taken by explorers with ordinary cameras But even these were so interesting that they only whetted the desire of civilization to see more of them, and when MT Rainey announced that he had taken life pictures Of his entire trip, there was an immediate demand by men of prominence to view them.
 the pictures to his friends at the ex- elusive clubs in New York; and he also showed them by special request to Gov. Dix at the Executive Mansion, and also at the Metropolitan Club in Washin gton, where the leading states men of the nation as we'll as the scien- lists connected with the Smithsonian Institute there, had gathered to see them.
 Instead of appeasing the desire of his friends, these exhibitions at the various clubs tended only to increase the interest in them, and MT. Rainey was soon deluged with letters from the public asking him to grant them the privilege of seeing the pictures. The cry was so insistent and general, that Mir. Rainey had to lend ear to it, and previous to his sailing last week for Africa, where he expects to spend two years, he turned all these Arctic pictures over to MT. Richard E. Fol lette, the popular lecturer, with the request that he oversee their presen- tation before the public.
 Announcement of this fact has just been made, and Mr. Toilette proposes to show the pictures in every State in the Union, as the demand to see them has been nationwide. MT Toilette will accompany the pictures as Iec- turer and explain the many scientific and geographical features of the trip.
 This adds another chapter to the benefactions of Mr. Rainey for in af- fordtng the public g. chance to view his Arctic pictures, he is doing a great public service, as they are at once extremely interesting and highly in struct1ve. and, fguratively. transplant the life and scenes of the Arctic re- gions in the midst of civilization.
 The first New York exhibition was held on Sunday evening, February 25, at the Hippodrome, and met with tre- mendous success.
 This same production will be pre- sented at the Park Theatre, Bridge port, Wednesday, April 19. A special matinee at S:45 will be given for chill dren and their parents, all seats at 25c. The evening prices, 25c to s1.