Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-10
SHUBERT FILMS
OF WILD LIFE

In your minds eye at the Schubert
Theatre last night one minute you
were shiVering as you watched polar
bears and seals playing ON the lev
fields OF the Arctic region and the
next minute you were sweltering in
tropic heat as you watched lions,
leopards and other animals of the
tropics loll at ease in sun that you
could see was intensely hot by the
actions of the animals.
For How Wild Animals Live" O
collection of pictures of animals of
forest and field taken in all parts of
| the world is on view at the Shubert
Theatre this week. and the entertain
ment is well worth two hours of any
persons time
We cannot all be former Presidents,
you know. and have the Smithsonian
Institute pay our expenses to Africa.
where we can hunt the wild animals
and study them at close range to our
hearts content. but we can all take
a peek at these pictures, and In 50
doing we will have all the best of the
famous former President that the
African natives gave the funny
sounding name, "Bwana Tumbo," or
mighty hunter" for Mr.. Roosevelt
saw only the African animals.
At the Shubert you see animals from
almost every part of the globe that
has been trod by the foot of man.
According to Messrs. Dodd and Rus
kin, the promoters of the pictures, 1t
cost upwards of $4,000 to obtain
them, and when the many lands Wis
tied are taken into consideration this
can readily be believed.
In the far north you see polar bears
swimming in the Arctic waters, while
on the ice fields seals disport them
selves, not in the way they do in
aquarium tanks, but as they do in
the open.
At the equator lions and leopards
are shown in real life, 1t being ex-
planned by John W Ruskin, the lee
turer that in order TO photograph
these animals in real life it was neces-
sary for the operators to first set
clockwork device IN their haunts for
weeks at a time in order to get the
animals accustomed to the noise made
by the motion picture machines.
Further than this, it was necessary
to fix rock piles and tree trunks Us
Llinds for the operators while the
latter We're forced to do their work
with ill-smelling scents on their cloth
ing in order TO keep the lions and
leopards from smelling human flesh.
Some of the most interesting pic
lures are those of leopards. one show
Ing the keen intelligence of the ami
mai. A jungle fowl was hung on
branch of a tree Just out of reach IL
the leopard. The branch was too
slight to bear the weight of the Loop
ard. Knowing this, the leopard made
repeated efforts to reach the fowl by
climbing a larger tree nearby and
then jumping for it.
A picture with an element Of com
edy in 1t shows brown bear robbing
q bees nest of it's stock of honey.
perfect cloud Of bees. swarm around
the bear and finally force him to re.
treat by singing him on his Ions
nose, that being the only place the
bees instrument Of defense can take
effect. The bear is beaten off, but
gamely comes back and finally gets
the honey.
An interesting section Of the pic
lures shows an English thrush rear
ing it's brood The eggs are first
shown and then comes the actual en-
try of the birding into the world, the
bItihlllS vi lilG oiiEll BtlllS hl5IlIiNAly
shown. An enlarged picture Of the
birding. one minute old. is shown,
the picture being all eyes and mouth.
The thin silk-like skin of the birding
Is so thin that the beating of its
heart can be distinctly seen.
There are hundreds of different sub
ieets shown in the two hours it takes
to run off the seven sets of reels, ana
every one of them Is interesting. mover
and educational. You will learn more
about animal life in their native
haunts in the two hours than you
could by reading books on natural
history for a solid week. The pictures
are all explained in q clear and lucid
manner BY Mr.. Ruskin, who speaks
from first-hand information, ne hav-
ing been actually on the scene when
many of the pictures were taken in
far-off lands
How Wild Animals Live" will be
shown every afternoon and evening
at the Shuhert Theatre this week,
and YOU VIII be well repaid for
visit. Most of the pictures are won
derfui in that the unusual features
of animal life are shown. Not ami
mails sleeping or Gagged. but animals
in the open. acting as they do when
as far as they know mankind is no.