The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-05

eva shington 1914" is our slogan for
the National Exhibitors League conven-
ton. 1t means 5000 "live-wire" business
men from every section Of the country
would come to the Nations Capital and
would go back home singing the
praises of the City Beautiful.
Until you have experienced the sem
sation of seeing yourself acting in a
moving picture" said Nance ONeil the
other day, you never can know how
positively uncanny it is at first.
mot long ago the management of one
of the motion pictures asked me to do
the sleep-walking scene from Macbeth
before the camera, which I did; and I
shall never forget the funny little creeps
that went up and down my back when
/ beheld myself, at a distance, going
through the performance"
Miss ONeil ventures the opinion that
within a short time managers will use
motion pictures as method of pointing
out to the actor the defects in his work
before the final rehearsal.
Vadis?" which is being shown twice
daily, including Sundays, at the Aston,
in New York, has created a furore at
that theater that could not be exceeded
by the presentation Of Henryk Sienkie-
VICES famous romance at the hands OF
flesh and blood actors. Sienkiewicz' s
story is retold in a series of scenes that
are realistic.
Ii will be seen here soon.
Little Mary closed her theatrical
season Saturday night. after making in
The Good Little Devil a very great
success Now for the pictures" again.
This week on Friday at the Colonial
THE Deerslayer,' a special two-part fea-
ture to be released by the Vitagraph
Company, should be welcomed by all.
''The Leather Stocking Tales Of j. Feni-
more Cooper, from which the story of
THE Deerslayer'' Is taken. are not only
popular as reading matter, but have a
high educational value for all students
of American history and literature. The
picture itself is a thrilling record of the
early struggles of the pioneers of the
| country against the rowing Indians, and
appeals not only to the young, but to
all who have a drop of red blood in their
veins or a spark of patriotism in their
makeup.
Tonight at IL o'clock. in their rooms
on the top floor of the Gayety Theater
| in Ninth Street, the Motion Picture Oper-
ators' Protective Union will hold Its
| usual first Monday in the month meeting.
A lecture by C. d. Murphy will be given
and matters of local interest consid-
| cred.
Mary Fuller, a Washington girl, has
played about every conceivable role dur
ing the time she has been appearing In
Edison films, but never until few days
ago has she played the nurse. While
speeding to take advantage OF mo-
mentary pause In the rain, the automo-
bile in which she was riding crashed into
light delivery wagon and overturned
il. rendering the driver unconscious
There was a deep cash in the man
head. and Miss Fuller, after one horri-
fed glance, leaped from the automobile
and was the first to reach the PROSTATE
man. to whom she administered first
add until the arrival of an ambulance.
Famous '.SiIcnt Player" Juvenile.
The spring fever has gotten into the
blood of Yale Boss, the youngster in Edi-
son films. and now he is constantly
armed with his trusty glove. He has
corralIed all the small boys in the neigh
borhood of the Edison studio ana takes