The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-30

merit and unusual ability appear al
the Crown i'm character songs and
dances. Thursday evening Massey and
Bolton in The Village Band" will be
the vaudeville attraction. A number
OF tip-top pictures are exhibited
The star theater has engaged a
twelve piece orchestra To furnish mu-
steal entertainment for their patrons.
In addition to their regular exhibition
of 1000 feet OF film. slides showing
views of the Titanic and other pic
lures of current interest Will be Of
ferod.
Howard's trained animal show IS the
house applauded the clever bears anl
intelligent dogs In their many clever
and difficult tricks. Ills Wife's Moth
err Mrs, Enry 'Awllins" ~ Midget
Sherlock Holmes" and THE Ranch
Widower's Daughters" are some of
Thursday evening the Chesley Kinney
60. will be the vaudeville attraction.
presenting the Third Generation"
This act Is exceptionally good.
The Grand offers Sutton and Cap
ing and dancing sketch. The pictures
are ''Iola's Promise" THE Slip" The
Sherin's Daughter" and For the
Commonwealth. The "Sherifis
Daughter" is a compelling stcry. al
most too much so. for at times It jars
and CRATES unpleasantly. II is also
dramatic. ending so logically and so
pleasingly in the development of the
awakened manhood of the Sberiff's
son. that the onering takes a stand
quite apart from the usual Western
dramas.
The Royal had the usual big pro
gram of films last night and all were
creditable. "'rim and Jim" when a
Mans Married" "A Mexican Elope-
ment." and THE Remittance Man"
were the titles. The latter is a melo-
dramatic story of an Englishman in an
american mining camp. villain, a
girl and the girls father. The Brton
ticks the villain. the villain takes IL
cut OF the father by , cutting rope
as the father is being lowered into
shaft The Englishman is blamed ror
thc~cutting and the girl almost mar
rifles the villain. but right triumphs
and SO does the Englishman. for he
gets the girl. title and a fortune.
The Three Ncros i'm Roman Gladia-
torial poses. and some excellent pic
lures of varied themes arc offered by
the Peoples. ~ Tragic Experiment"
one Of the films, is a powerful photo
drama, superbly staged and we'll acted
being worked out with a consistency
and a cleverness that is real treat. 1t
is the story of an inventor and his
two daughters. 4 wealthy young man
is in love with the younger and hav-
ing faith in the old man, furnishes
capital TO enable the inventor to per-
feet his Ideas. Being entrusted with
a vial containing chemicals which he
is 10 take To the city for analysis the
young man accidentally breaks the
bottle. and returning to the house Sc
cures another vial. and finding the
old man asleep, leaves an explanatory
note. On awakening from his doze
the old man tears the note in half,
using part of it to measure some pow
ders. Shortly after he becomes un-
conscious from an attack of apoplexy.
and the elder daughter coming to mis-
aid finds the torn nalf of the note.
which from its partial writing incrim-
mates the lover making him appear
guilty OF a crime. The other half Is
eventually discovered and by FASTING
the two pieces together. all suspicion
is removed.
There are now over 1000 moving
picture theatres in Great Britain and
Ireland. Fully S5,000.O00 is said TO be
invested IN the provision and working
Of halls alone and over 322 900 people |
are employed, This leaves out OF ac-
count the development of auxiliary
, ,000,00o people represents approxi-
mately the daily audience of these pic |
ture shows.
A motion picture show was held at |
the Nebraska School for the Deaf az |
Omaha. Neb., last evening under the
auspices of the Middle West branch of |
the Gallandet College Alumni Associa-
ton. Among the views shown were the |
scenes Of the pupils at the New York
state School for the Deaf in the mill |
tary drills. a lecture in sign language
by DIR. l.. NJ. Gallaudet. founder and
president of Gallaudet College at
Washington. ID. c.. and other views of
unusual interest under the dircc-
ton Of the National Association of the
Deaf An intert sting evenings enter
tainment was had
In the dispatches from New Zealand
which tell of the movements of Cap