The Washington herald., 1913-08-03

except an automobile, ana TINS ID the way
Miss Lawrence reaches 1t.
Last spring. as the buds were -oegin-
ming to burst. and every green thing
was putting forth its best efforts to
make itself beautiful, Miss Lawrence
caught the spirit of the country as
never before. She had long cherished
an ambition to grow hybrid rose.
which she could call all her own.
She has always been passionately
fond of flowers, and particularly
roses. Now she would take the oppor-
tunity to crafty her ambition and become
a rose fancier on scale not possible
when one has to devote all the day to
the production of moving pictures. So
she quietly dropped out Of the pictures
and retired to the farm at Riverdale,
there to apply herself to the Florence
Rose" She had studied Luther Bur-
banks methods and she set to work to
cultivate a rose to fill the longings Of
her imagination. 1t is well under way
now.
But, in the meantime, the directors
of the Universal were looking for just
such a person as Miss Lawrence. and.
in fact, for Miss Lawrence herself.
1t is for that reason that this popu-
lar screen favorite will be seen on the
Universal program. She will begin at
films under the direction of her hus-
band, Harry Salter. They will be re-
leased under the Victor brand. The
directors will see to 1t that they will
be among the most important films
ever released.
Miss Lawrence is an acquisition to
moving picture ranks through the le-
gitimate. Six years ago she came to
the Edison and has been successfully
with the vitagraph, Biograph, Imp. and
Lubin Companies. One OF the first Of
the famous pictures in which she ap-
peared was THE Dispatch Girl" a mill
tary Vitigraph drama. In the Biograph
she appeared in The Resurrection"
and Lady Helen's Escapade." In the
Imp her best-known pictures are
Mother Love" and THE Maelstrom."
and in the Lubin she is best remem-
befed in ."The Hoyden" and "A Show
Girls Stratagem."
A new type Of film. known as editorial.
has Just been produced by Pathe Freres,
entitled THE Snowy Egret and Its Ex-
termination" And it Is certainly film
with a punch. 1t Is powerful, true,
gripping, beautiful. and pathetic. 1t tells
graphically the story of the cruel pro-
cedure necessary to secure the egret
used by milllners Tor tne fancy trimming
of hats; how the egret Is obtainable
only during the breeding season OF the
white heron or snowy egret. and how
with the killing of the father and mother
birds. the little fiedglings are left alone
to slowly die of starvation. Do not
make the mistake OF believing the film
a disagreeble one. 1t Is only state
ment OF plain facts. but nevertheless a
that will sweep the country
with a wave OF sympathetic understand
ing Of the plight OF the birds. that will
result in the necessary national legis-
lation for their protection. Truly this
is an editorial film.
Harry Tanner. favorite with Wash
ington audiences as a basso singer will
be a feature of the program at the
where Zoe" woman's last
card, the big European film production,
will be shown today.
From the Manger to the Cross" the
great Kalem masterpiece photoplay
production of the life OF Christ, is to
be shown at the Casino Theater the
week of August II.