The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-12-06
Spirit Of Expectancy.
REALIZED IN VIVID MOVING
PICTU NEW SELIG
WONDER.

The great popular nature writer, H
Seton Thorn pson, has justly declared
Every wild life ends with a tragedy"
and it is that which comprises the
sensations invested in daring and
danger experienced with the man
eaters. The life and death acts in
the circus are the most highly paid,
and the trainer is the king of them all
for his risk in venturing into the cage
of the powerful paved lion or the
treacherous tiger. The adventurous
young mind is ever interested in the
tales of the hunter and explorer in
the wilds where man daring aud re.
sourceful has to fight for supremacy.
1t would be impossible to remark
The influence that the exposition of
wild life has made upon the literature
OF the decade, SO that the lives of the
far'away wild animals have taken on
an almost human interest through the
clever expositions of writer's that
have studied their habits aud revealed
them in most fascinating form. Long
ago the Indian play gave away to the
melodrama, enlisting wild animals
that were usually 'doped" into do
mesticity for the purpose of exhibit
ton. This age of realism, however,
calls for u very different artiele--a
new brand of enterprise aud intrepid
lily which brings wild animals in
their true environment in touch with
human beings in photo-plays that are
as convincing as they are picturesque
and naturalistic. The leader in this
line is the Selig Polyscope Company
of Chicago, whose animal picture
plays have ut once been the envy and
despair OF all would be rivals.
In order 10 make these plays init.
mate, striking aud potential, the
Selig Company concluded that the
rental of wild animals was impracti-
BILE for obtaining big results in the
pictorial aud natural way, w. N.
Selig accordingly purchased 300
acre tract near Los Angeles, where
he established wild animal farm,
patterned after the most famous ZOO
logical garden in Europe. the Hagen
back collection in Hamburg, environ
ing his animals in way to make
them feel absolutely at home.
The big Selig successes in this line,
Back to the Primitive" Captain
Kate" "Lost in the Jungle" and
others Of less pretension have in-
spired more interest in their release
than any polyscopic plays ever pro-
duced. The practical experiences of
the past have led to more diversion
in new animal piece entitled Kings
of the Forest, which is said to have
reached the acme of sensation, not
in the mere exhibit of trained animals,
but in their habits. as they naturally
kill and forage in the Jungle.
Kings of The Forest" has big
heart throb based upon the mothers
love for her child, that is quickened
to "A tremendous degree through the
foray of a man seating lion that visits
the wagon where the lone child is
sleeping on the edge OF the desert.
The idea of a lion stalking its prey
il interesting in itself, but the sight
of ii leaping upon the quarry and
dragging II away to its cave is some
thing difficult to describe. This is
one OF the big episodes In this new
wonder from the Selig Polyscope
Company.
This notable triumph will be releas-
ed and shown In this city, Mt Iorio
Bros Union ~. Theatre, on Monday,
Dec. ..