The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
The New Theatre

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finest and most upto date
motion picture house owned
and operated by negroes, in
the United States. The
building is not a made-over
house, but was built strictly
for a theatre. Since the
acquisition of the place by
DR.. E. j. McCampbell and
Homer b. Roberts, many
notable changes have been
made. Two coy corners at
the entrance have been in
augurated at no little ex-
pense. The one containing
a beautiful mirror, AXIS feet,
framed in the finest mahog-
any, i'll which you might
'see yourself as others see
you' from your Easter bon
net down to your shoe tops.
On the floor in either corner
is a beautiful oriental rug
and the walls will be decor
ated with fine oil paintings
from the worlds famous
artists. The aisles have been
carpeted with heavy cocoa
nut mating and the exits
are garnished with heavy
green portiers. Also 400
opera chairs, every one COM
handing a direct view of
the curtain.
By far the biggest invest
ment in the theatre, cannot
be seen by the public, but
the result can surely be OBJ
served. When this place
was opened several months
ago, complaints came to the
ears of the management of
the delay between the pic
lures. To avoid this delay
$500 was spent for new ma
chimes, so that now one pic
ture follows another with
mechanical precision, with
out a moment delay. The
service is the best that can
possibly be procured. The
Universal Film Company is
the largest and most up-to-
date firm in the movie bust
ness. The same pictures are
shown to you for 5 cents
that the Maze theatre, at
18th and Baltimore, shows
to its patrons at 10 cents.
Your patronage is solicited.
If you enjoy motion pictures
YOU will be pleased if you
visit the New Theatre.
Sunday, April 18th, in
addition to the regular pro-
gram will be shown Cab
sinthe," a four-reel picture
featuring the liking of the
Movies" that handsome and
most popular actor, King
Baggot. The drink absinthe,
or green devil as it is some
times called, to France bears
almost the same relation as
opium does to the Chinese
nation. 1t is used by the
high and low in France and
might almost be called the
national drink. Used mildly
1t acts almost in the same
way that whiskey does, but
when used to excess it takes
q grip upon the victim that
is more difficult to loosen
than perhaps any other drug.
In the taking of one of the
scenes of this picture Mr.
Baggot was wounded by
Miss Baird, the leading lady,
who struck him a blow while
resisting an attack of the
supposed absinthe fiend. Tho
emotional strain upon Miss
Baird was terrific and she
put herself so completely in
to the part that she tainted
twice during the taking.
Mr.. Baggot sustained a bad
~ lacerated lip and the loss
of a tooth.
This four-reel picture cost
the Universal Film Company
thousands of dollars to pro-
duce, and incidentally cost
the management of the New
Theatre $25 just for this
one night. This picture will
be educational and benefic-
lal, for while the drug, alb
slnthe, has no hold upon the
American people, the realis-
teal portrayal should act as
a moral lesson to all and any
against the use of alcohol
and drugs in general.
Don't miss this special fea-
ture, This is absolutely your
only opportunity to see it.
Remember this is shown in
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