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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-09-26
CARNIVAL IN
FULL SWING
M,nv Fine Exhibits-Miss o.
bnch Crowned Queen Before
Big Crowd

Tn 6 general way the Third An
nual Columbia River Valley Grape
Carnival which opened yesterday
afternoon may be described by say
ing that the entertainment features
are far superior to those of last year,
while the exhibits are not so numer-
ous as in 1912. The displays, how
ever. that have been brought in are
fairly up to the standard of other
wears and while perhaps a third of
the exhibit space was left unfulfilled
Yesterday, many beautiful displays
have beeh worked out, both in the
individual and community exhibits.
The show opened yesterday with
band concert at two O'Clock and
the big tent held a fair sized crowd
during the afternoon, who listened
attentively to the address delivered
by Congressman Bryan and enjoyed
the vaudeville attractions.
Practically every foot of space in
the tent was filled by the big crowd
which gathered last evening to do
homage to Queen Rose of Peru in
the person of Miss Frances Olbrich
whose coronation was an impressive
and beautiful ceremony. The Queen
presented a pretty picture in her
robes of state and carried her honors
in aqueenly manner. She was at
tended by four princesses, Elsie
Haas, Effie Oliver, Lura Shanafelt
and Violet Anderson besides full
complement of court attendants
in the shape of a men-at- arms,
flower girls and pages. E. M. Sly
acted as prime minister and little
Elizabeth Lynch as flower girl. The
reading of the Queens proclamation
was followed by an enjoyable selec-
tion by the high school girls chorus
which closed the coronation cere-
mony. Later in the evening another
chorus number was given by the
Junior choir of the associated Sun
day schools, after which there was
more band music and vaudeville at
the tent while many of the young
people went to the pavilion where
J the dance was already in progress.
We have not the time nor the
space in this issue to do justice to
an enumeration of the exhibits, so
we will leave that until next week
when we can publish the list of
prize winners.
1t is enough to say that no one
living within the territory intended
to be embraced by the Carnival
should miss visiting the big show
before the lights go out Sunday
morning. You will see thousands
OF perfect specimens of vineyard,
orchard and garden and along with
1t all is plenty of vaudeville, music,
confetti and fun.
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absent director was kept from business
and Mr.. Griffith had several weeks op-
portunity to take his place. The actors
liked him. He made them work and he
expected them to do great deal of think
ing, but he explained the reason why.
He had a natural power to command and
like all great generals ne was able to at
tend to the details of the maneuver and
at the same time to keep the objective
point in view. The biograph company
found out that he wasn't such a dreamer
after all.
When the original director came back
place was made for MIR. Griffith with
the company at a salary that made the
81 a day he had been receiving few
months before look like a childs allow
ance. With the increase ir. salary Mr.
Griffith had an increase in nerve, and
he actually attempted some of his poetic
cams. He put "Pippa Passes" on the
films, and although every one of expert
ence predicted failure for it. it was re-
eeived with enthusiasm by the public
Mr.. Griffith is no longer Larry Grif-
fifth except to his old friends, for that
vas his stage name. Now known as
David b. Griffith, he is general director
of the Mutual Film corporation, with
salary of $2250 a week, which amounts
to $4,000 in the course of year. Even
when you bear in mind that thr moving
picture business ranks fourth among
American industries at the present time,
and takes in $3O0,OO0,00O of the peoples
money annually, you can see that Mr..
Griffith fills large role in the industry
and takes in good share OF the profits.
When people ask Mr.. Griffith now
whether he Is sorry ne has left the
Legitimate" stage he has reason to smile
And then by way of an answer he tells
you of some of the big things Re has ur
certaken such as the production of
Judith and Holifernes," recently given
I'm California. The stage FOR that play
was ~ square miles Of desert A COM
pany of 1000 actors took part. Instead
of scenery of painted canvas everything
was real. The wall of Jerusalem was 10
feet high, and was built expressly for
the production, as perfect reproduction
of the original wall as mind Of man could
invent. This was actually stormed and
torn down by a band of actors represent
ing the army of the Assyrians dressed in
exactly reproduced costumes that topk
months of scholarly research to design
This Is Just one of the many dreams lpf
the down-and-out visionary Larry Grit-
fifth that his successor, Mr.. David W.
Griffith, has brought to reality In the last
seven years.
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure News,
paper Eyndicate.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

LN VERY actor, whether he is a Broad
way star or an Insignificant mem
ber of a no-account stock COM
pany, feels deep down in his heart that
with the proper encouragement he could
write a great play. Larry Griffith was
sure he could do it. His luck hadn't
been all that it might have been, for
although he had been leading man for
Nance ONel for season or so, there
had been lean years when he was con-
tent to take small stock company en-
gagements. Still, he knew a good many
things about the principle of getting and
Keeping an audience interested. He had
kept his eyes open and had let his imag-
ination work and he was sure he could
turn out a good play. Besides, Larry
hankered to be literary-he even wanted
to write poetry and stores-to put into
words some of the dreams and images
that fitted through his mind.
1t was an unfortunate ambition, his
friends said, for he had the making of
leading man if he persevered. In face and
figure he suggested Fayersham and he
had a voice that any young actor might
envy.
| But reckless, improvident man that no
was, he turned his thoughts from the
only sure way he knew of earning a
living and proceeded to write. He wrote
play Which he called "A Fool and a
Girl and he wrote poem and he wrote
short story. Fondly supposing them
TO be good. he sent them out to be sold
The remarkable thing about 1t was they
were sold. That, from the point of view
of his stage career was Mr.. Griffith's s
Waterloo. For he was so elated over his
success that he forgot all about the stage
He had sold his first play and he imag-
1ned that his patron saint was Shakes
peare and that his middle name was Ber-
nard Shaw.
Autumn and cold winter were coming
and other actors and actresses were flock
ing TO the cities to make their engage
ments for the coming season, but Larry
Griffith dallied, dreaming of his success
But one poem doesn't pay many board
bills and the price Of a short story hard
ly covers a tailors account-and alas, 80
although "A Fool and Girl" was ac-
cepted by James K. Hackett it failed to
take and after a few weeks on the road
1t died natural death and passed out
OF the memory of man.
BY this time winter had arrived and
Larry hadn't made an engagement He
hurried to New York to the theatrical
agencies, but 1t was too late. Still,
thought he, he had been a successful
writer. He might try his luck with his
pen again. In the meantime he would
do what other writer's do-tide over with
pot boilers. So he set out to write for
the New York papers. One of the first
articles that he decided to get up was
on the business of making moving pic
lures. He hadn't any respect for NOV
sug pictures. Of course-who had seven
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Why Larry Griffith Left the Stage

years ago?-but still the account of how
they were made might make a good
story With this thought he went to the
Biograph studio in New York city and
got one of the directors to talk to him.
As he made his way through the estab-
lishment that looked like an enormous
tumble of theatre without any place for
the audience-stretch after stretch of
scenery and confused propertes-he saw
the moving picture actors waiting to fill
their places. They were q motley crew
slight young girls with pretty faces
dressed in evening gowns and fancy cos
tunes shivering in the drafty passages
waiting to be summoned by the quick
tempered director; young men in evening
dress lodging the scene shifter and other
workmen; older men, some dressed in
silk hats and frock coats, some in overalls
and some dressed as hoboes; fat come
dians, clowns, old women and children,
forever waiting to take their turn in the
pantomime of the movies.
rs there much demand for these mov-
Ing picture performers Mr.. Griffith
asked the director who was showing him
about. He called them performers bo-
cause the name of actors seemed too
good for them.
We'll, yes. you might say there is"
answered the director. But it doesn't
pay very we'll. All they get unless they
are specials is 81 Tor q days WORK. Ii
is mostly fellows that have run up against
hard luck that turn to it as tide over
For that reason they don't stick long,
so there is always room for new ones.
1t doesn't take any experience so long
as they know enough to keep moving and
don't go to sleep ON their jobs. That's
about ALL
Three dollars q day" thought Larry
as he made some conventional remark to
the director. THAT would at least keep
me from going hungry"
Larry finished the interview, wrote the
story and turned it in to the editor of
one of the New York Sunday papers.
Three days later, when 1t was turned back
to him, he remembered what the director
had said about the men who posed for
the movies. "They are fellows who have
run up against hard luck and they get
S a day"
Larry hurried back to the Biograph es-
tablishment, turned up his overcoat col
lar and pulled down his hat, looked up
and down to see that no one was look
ing and dashed into the studio as if II
We're a pawnshop. He made straight for
the employment desk, gave a fake name
and was given the promise of a days
work and more IL he proved satisfactory.
If you have ever seen Mr. Griffith. you
might suppose that the director would
have cast the new actor leading part
would have made him figure as the broad
minded hero of blood curdling melo-
drama. But perhaps the director didn't
appreciate him or perhaps he was too
busy to notice. Anyway he gave him
the title part in a custom scenario called
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drced the desired effect by slow ges-
ture, an expression, a turn of the head
or a pass of the hand.
Say, this isn't wake this is NOV
ing picture, the director would shout
through his megaphone and Larry would
begin to move. Still in his mind he was
working out a different scheme of NOV
ing picture posing. He had an idea that
motion pictures should be produced as il
the actors were real people, that they
should be focused at close enough range
so that the spectators could study their
features and watch their play of express
sion. He also had an idea that instead
of the endless comic subjects-the dancing
clowns and practical jokers, the sort OF
Punch and Judy shows that were usually
figured in moving picture scenarios-sub-
jects of a more serious appeal could be
presented. The great romances and epics
of all languages could be presented by
means of the moving pictures, he thought
and he ever dreamed of presenting Brown
ings ''Pippa Passes"
Remember this is a strictly CONNER
cial proposition, the directors would
flash back at Mr. Griffith whenever he
suggested any of his schemes. Poetry
may be all right for the legitimate stage,
Mr.. Griffith, but for the movies you want
something lively"
" Legitimate stage" though Mr.. Grif-
fifth. ''Why shouldn't the moving picture
stage be as legitimate as any other stage?
Why shouldn't even greater things be
brought to pass in this new department
of acting then had ever been produced by
the spoken drama? Why shouldn't such
dreamers as Dante and Milton write
scenarios for the moving pictures" But
Mr.. Griffith kept all these things in his
heart and waited for a chance.
The chance came. One day the director
was detained at home and tho business
of making moving pictures at the Bio
graph was at standstill. Tie actors
were assembled, the machinery was in
readiness. Still without a director moth
ing could be DONE The new actor had
shown himself to be persor of executive
ability and eagerness even If he was
trifle visionary, SO the managers of the
company asked him IL he would take the
place of the absent director.
Mr.. Griffith chose n pastoral scenario
for the actors to work on that day, and
this took the company out into the coun-
try The piece called for scene OF
small boys swimming, and tho new d.
rector took great pains to discover a
swimming hole that just answered the
purpose Then instead of having the
actors jump around as though they were
being chased by the furies he told them
to act natural, to forget that they were
acting for the movies. only to feel their
part, to show what thay felt In every
gesture of their bodies and every express
sion of their face, Ho told them to use
more imagination and less muscle. The
actors caught on to the new Idea of pos
ing and the reel was success. Still the
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ure I'M crest accurately or we'll. She
made some horrible blunders and she
got headaches trying to make accounts
balance. She was sure she never would
succeed
The president and the cashier were
very patient They knew she needed
the wages they paid her, so they tried
to aid her in working out her prob
lens in arithmetic. After while she
overcame the obstacles that seemed so
difficult at first. She studied hard and
gradually she became deeply interest
ed in her work. Marriage made no diff
ference as far as her bank career was
concerned. During all the IL years of
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her married life she worked in the
bank. She was so successful that as
the bank grew Mr.. Cunningham was
led to take other women in as clerks.
Today the bank Is practically wom-
ans affair.
1t is 80 years since the Bank OF Joplin
was organized with 5000 capital. After
the financial turmoil of 1907 Mr.. Cum
nngham organized the Cunningham Ma
tional bank with a capital of 100000.
Mrs. Church started as its cashier. Now
the deposits of that bank are nearly
81 100000 and Mrs. Church is recognized
through the state as one of its success
full bankers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

Mrs e. 3. Buchan Reesor has been a
wonderful success as a banker. She
was the organizer and manager of the
woman's department of the Grown Bank
of Toronto. She is a Canadian by birth.
but worked for some years in the United
States. She has a wide reputation as a
writer on financial matters. For a year
or more she was private secretary to DR..
Joseph Y Porter, health commissioner
of the state of Florida DR. Porter is one
of the great yellow fever experts of the
world. Someone connected with the Crown
Bank of Toronto got a notion that it
would be a good think to try to build up
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the banks business among women, and
Mrs. Reesor, who hal returned to Can
ada, was engaged as advertising man
ager in March, 1906, to conduct a cam
paisn in that direction.
The advertising stuff that she turned
out was pretty close to real literature. 1t
impressed the bank officials so much
that they created a woman's depart
men aid made Mrs. Reesor- manager
When she took hold the bank had 200
women customers. Previously 1t had some
very fine rooms fitted up for the ac-
commodation of its women clients, but
these rooms seldom We're used. Within
one year and seven months after Mrs.
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lceman's injunction to peddlers and
tramps-'keep moving" Since the per-
formers were posing for moving pictures
the obvious thing for them TO do was
to move, to jump, to gesticuate, to rush
about and tumble, anything, so long as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
BY OSBORN MARSHALL

THE Benevolent Magician''-a part which
successfully hid all the best points in
Larry Griffith's acting.
This happened seven years ago and ir
those days the watchword of moving pic
ture directors was the same as the po-
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they never ceased to be in constant mo-
ton.
When Larry had been posing for sew
eral days he protested. Sometimes he
even disobeyed the director and stopped
moving from sheer. exhaustion. and pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
Industrious Bow

Ibid Johnnie destroy those weeds to.
day?"
Johnnie has been destroying weeds
ell day-chasing baseball around q va
cant lot
Evening journal., 1913-05-31
Chden Day Services in Some ChuchesSpecia Music and

declared themselves willing to be-
come Joseph's slaves. But he an
swered that only the guilty one-Ben-
jamin-should remain as slave, and
that the rest should return home with
food, and continue 10 enjoy the favors
Of Egypt. This proposition he knew
would test them. Would they be glad
TO escape personal servitude. and get
back to their families. leaving Benja-
min a slave? Had they the same cold
heartedness that they had exhibited
in his own case, when they sold him
into slavery?
Then Judah, who had pledged him
self that Benjamin should return in
safety, made an eloquent appeal, and
urged that he might be accepted
as a-slave in his brother Benjamin g
stead Nov, therefore. | pray thee.
let thy servant abide instead OF the
lad a bondsman to my lord; and let
the lad go with his brethren. For
how shall l go up to my father, and
the lad be not with me? lest pre-
adventure l see the evil that shall
come upon my father"
The evidence Of a change OF heart
was satisfactory to Joseph, and is to
all Of us. All who love righteous
ness rejoice IN righteousness. as
those who love sin rejoice in It. When
we perceive so marked a change in
those men, we rejoice, no. only for
their sakes, but also at the general
lesson which their experiences fur
nish. The conviction is borne in Ipon
us that much Of the sin, the mean
ness, the cruelty Of the present time
may be attributed to inherited weak
nesses and immature experiences. We
say to ourselves, How great a
change probably would be effected by
a broader, deeper knowledge of our.
selves and OF each otherl"
And do not the daily experiences 81
life tend to give US the broadening o
sympaihies, and thus character devel
opment? We believe that this is SO
Doubtless there are exceptions e
every rule, but IL Is our conviction
that there is a sufiiciency Of The like
ress Of God remaining in every mem
Der at our race to permit him at time
to appreciate the good. the noble. th'
pure II is because he is surfOnnde
by rir and selhshness that these god
like sentiments AZ so rarely appeal
led 70. or brought into exercise.
When VIII Men PrOfitl
But some me Nill say. "Ad niltli
Lat life's trials teach men tle sir
frinfss Of sin and the wisdom ,
righteousness, admitting that AL uan
l'in0 might leara something along rh
i'Ees of this great lesson, as did JOS
p crh'F brethren, neie would be ih
, piof.t Of such Instruction If only ~
;aii tly. who walk in Jesus foot
steps under a covenant of sacrifice {
Evening journal., 1913-05-31

W E. Van Amburgh, the we'll known
lecturer of New York city, will speak
in Pythian Castle tomorrow after
noon on What is a True Christian"
Many of the prominent papers of the
East, daily and weekly, commend his
lectures and give prominent reports
OF them. He was a railroad man for
over sixteen years. and gave up that
work to enter the more public field.
beginning in a small way his lectures
soon attacted attention and were call
ed for in many places. At present
he is unable to respond to all these
calls. Being a deep student of the
Bible he took a special course of study
to ascertain, il possible. an answer
to some of the questions which he met
in everyday life. why had God
made the world, II He was going tc
burn il up so soon?" why did He give
man such a love for earth II He was
going to take him to heaven later?'
"Is He had the power, why did He not
put a stop to the sin and suffering In
the world?" What was man created
for" The answer to these and many
other questions he promises to give
in his discourse, and further to af-
ford his hearers the privilege of ask
ing any others pertaining to the sub
ject, after the lecture. Mr.. Van Am
burgh is giving his time to the worl
| free, and does not allow any admis
sion to be charged, or collection
taken.
Evening journal., 1913-05-31
CHILDREN TO
ENTERTAIN
Grace Church Little Folk
Have Delightful Sunday
Morning Program
CHURCH CEOIR WILL
SING BETHANY AGAIN

In Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church tomorrow morning DR.. Geo.
Edward Reed, will preach a sermon
appropriate to Childrens Day under
the auspices Of the Sunday School.
The church will be decorated with
flowers, and the music led by the
School Orchestra, John ID. Taylor,
conductor. The following interesting
program will be given
Professional, Onward Christian
Soldiers; prayer by the pastor; ad-
dress of welcome, Master Thomas
Cardwell; baptismal service for Chill
dren; exercises, Beginners Depart
ment, as follows: Duett, "Open Your
Shining Eyes" by Elizabeth and Ray
mond Gemmill Natures Garden f,
participated In by Eleanor Winslow,
flower fairy, Blanche Hobbs, the sun.
and George Prouse, Hulings sents-
man, and Franklin Heindle, garden
ers; solo. Little Flowers Are Sleep
ing" by Eleanor Winslow; Praise
Him All the Flowers; recitation and
song, PUSSY Cats. by Marion Iszard
and Mildred Phillips; recitation and
song, The Contented Bird" Thomas
Brown and Robert Ross; duett, The
Daffodils", Elizabeth McClelland and
Elizabeth Rock; chorus. "Children's
Day; song, Our Day; prayer song 8;
singing by United Schools. Stand Up
for Jesus; exercises, Primary De-
partment; quartette, Catherine Fras-
! er, Elizabeth Gemmill, Paul Burn
/ ham, Chandler McLane; exerciee,
Little Lights" Marion Ewing, Lewis
Finn, Mark Cleaver, James Wishard
Wendell Broad, Ebert Griffenberg
Edward Bardo. Haldeman Stout; exer.
else, The Rainbow Promise" Eliza.
beth Wier, Margaret Wilson, Lydia
Todd, Anna Russell, Mildred White
Marjory Arnold, Frances Belt, Marga
ret Slaughter; song, Woodland
F, Echoes" singing by the schools. -
Love to Tell the Story" exercise, the
intermediate department; This IL
Children's Day" Mary Todd; solo
Down in the Blossom Dell" by Mar,
Heisler; song by the school; "Rosi
Drill" by Helen Tilghman, Leah
Heindle, Virginia Syringe. Saral
Smith and Mary Robinson; presenta
ltion of certificates and advancement il
grades; doxology and benediction.
There will be no session of th'
school in the afternoon. At 6.45 o'clocl
the young peoples meeting will b'
held. At 7.45 o'clock. in lieu of thu
usual evening service, the chorus
choir, assisted by the church quartet
Frederick j. Balmond. director, viii
repeat the cantata. Bethany givel
in the church on Tuesday evening
May 2S. and the repetition of whicl
has been desired by many who wer
charmed by the previous rendition.
Evening journal., 1913-05-31
CHILDREN'S DAY
AT WESTMINSTER

The Sunday evening service at
Westminster Presbyterian Church to-
morrow will be largely musical The
following selections will be given:
Berceuse. Delbruck, anthem, MY De-
fonse is of Cod" Bruno Huhn; solo.
"A New Commandment" Mau6aer
Frank f. Palmer; offertory, violin.
"Serenade," Schubert Elman j. c. Gar
ber anthem, The Inner Voice." Bart
lett; violin obligato A short sermon
will be given by the pastor
The conservation meeting OF the
Christian Endeavor Society will be
held at o'clock in the chapel The
topic will be. THE Ideal Christian,
His Bible Study" with Earl Clouser
as leader. Children's Day will be OBJ
served next Sunday morning at the
regular morning service. The third
annual dinner Of the mems club will
be held at the Y. NJ. c. A. on Thurs
day evening, June 3. Josiah O. VOL
colt and Dr. Blair, Of Frankfort, Pa,
will be the speakers.