Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-30
1.-The Adventures of kathIyn"
Portrayed by Movies at
Leader Theater.
TITLE OF A RARE STORY
SOON TO APPEAR IN STAR
Production by Harold MacGrath,
Who Gives Series of Remarkable
Tales Of India.

Inc Adventures of kathIyn,' the mo-
'loh picture play by Harold MacGrath.
woven about the story of the same title
were shown this afternoon at the Leader
iheater, on 9Th street between d and e
streets. The picture play will be repeated
at the same theater tonight.
me pictures which are running this
week illustrate the instalIment of the
StoiF "hlch is 10 appear in next SUNDAYS
star tomorrow the pictures which are
among the most elaborate ever reIeasd
py the Selig Polyscope branch of the
piirdi rim Company. are to be shown
AFTERNOON and night, at the Olvmnia
iheater, l4th and L streets northwest
orlctIy speaking. The Adventures of
.hiSh is not serial story but q
seIIes OF separate but connected tales
iiI.ouhtinS the adventures of kathlyn
10 e, her father, Col. Hare; her sister
"innle, and d host of other characters
when from time to time come into
story. ia 'iio
Beginning of the Adventures.
ne hrst of the adventures describes
an event in the early life of Col, Hare
"hiie ne was collecting wild animals
IN the Jungles of India. This event.
almost forgotten. leads to the virtual
KIDNAPPING of his daughter Kathlyn,
who is forced by an Indian nabob to
accept the throne of AN INDEPENDENT
k1hSuom the nabob endeavoring to
compel the girl to accept him as her
husband "a the same time she assumes
tne rhlershlp over the only partly
civilized natives Of the jungle princ!-
pality
Mr.. MacGrath, author of the 'Adven
lures of kathlyn," leaped into celebrity
when he produced The Man on the
Box That story. his first pretentious
effort at novel writing. landed in the list
of best sellers within six weeks after
us publication. and placed the name of
Harold MaeGrath among the producers
OF the kind of fiction the American
reading public demands. Hearts and
Masks The Carpet of Bagdad." THE
Hat further established his claim to
place among the foremost writers of
modern fiction of the lighter sort.
Gives Vivid Hues.
Several years ago Mr.. MacGrath at
tended the durbar in India, and the
country laid such a spell upon him that
ne repeated the visit two years ago Dur
ing his stays in the land of the rajahs
Mr. MacGrath became so saturated with
the exotic oriental atmosphere of the
ancient land that his later writings have
been deeply tinged with the vivid hues
of the east. In THE Adventures of
kathlyn' he gives free rein to his fancy.
and the stoz--- as we'll as the pictures,
fairly breathes the luxurious, barbaric
magnificence of Indian courts and de-
picts as well the savage temperament Of
the people themselves as shown in the
pursuit of an object strongly desired.
Initial Story Next Sunday.
The first of the adventures" will ap-
pear in next Sundays Star. and further
adventures will be published each Sun
day thereafter for thirteen weeks. AT
intervals of two weeks the motion picture
plays of The Adventures of kathlyn"
are TO be released by the Selig company
to be shown at number of movie the
aters in Washington. The pictures, each
set complete In itself, will illustrate the
portion of the story that appears on two
Sundays in The Star.