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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-17
Is There q Santa cIaus2

We take pleasure in answering at
once, and thus prominently, the com
munication below, expressing at the
same time our great qualification
that its faithful author is numbered
among the friends Of The Sun:
Dear Editor: l am 8 years old.
"Some Of my little friends say
there is no Santa Claus. Papa says,
IT you see 1t in The Sun it's So
Please tell me the truth; is there q
Santa Clausi
VIRGINIA o'HANLoN."
'115 West 95th St
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the scepticism of a scepucal age.
They do not believe except they see.
They think that nothing can bs
which is not comprehensive by their
little minds. All minds, Virginia,
whether they be mems or children's,
are little. In this great universe Of
ours man Is a mere insect, an ant, in
his intellect, as compared with the
boundless world about him, as meas
ured by the intelligence capable Of
grasping the whole Of truth and
knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is q Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exist,
and you know that they abound and
give to your life its highest beauty
and Joy. Aasl how dreary would be
NhA 20
Clausl 1t would be as dreary as II
there were no Virginias. There
would be NO child-like faith then, no
poetry. no romance. to make tolera-
BILE this existence. We should have
no enjoyment except In sense and
sight. The eternal light with which
childhood fills the world would be
sxtinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as we'll not believe in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire men
to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus,
but even II they did not see Santa
Claus coming down, what would that
prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus,
but that is no sign that there Is no
Santa Claus. The most real things in
the world are those that neither chill
dren nor men can see. Did you ever
see fairies dancing on the lawn? OF
course not; but that's no proof that
they are not there. Nobody can con-
ceive or imagine all the wonders that
are unseen and unseeable in the
world.
You may tear apart the baby's rat
tie and see what makes the noise in
side, but there Is veil covering the
unseen world which not the strong
est man, nor even the united strength
of all the strongest men that ever
lived, could tear apart. Only faith,
fancy, poetry. love, romance, can
push aside that curtain and view and
picture the supernatural beauty and
glory beyond. Is it all real? All.
Virginia, in all this world there is
nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! He
lives, and he lives forever. A thou
sand years from now, Virginia, nay,
ten times ten thousand years from
now, he will continue to make glad
the heart Of childhood.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-17
Xmas XampIes.

A little mistle.oe is a dangerous
thing.
People who live in fiat houses
shouldn't expect Christmas trees.
It's wise boy who knows his own
Santa Claus.
The Christmas shopper and her al
lowance are soon parted.
A pretty girl is known by the
mistletoe she hangs UP.
Ais not gold that you get for
Christmas.
A present In the stocking Is worth
two in the shop window.
There's many slip twixt the
mistletoe and the lip.
Christmas presents cover multi
tude OF debts. ]. O'Connell, In
Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-17
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(since its original production The
New York Sun has refrained from re-
printing the article on Santa Claus
which appeared several years ago,
but this year the requests for its re-
production have been SO numerous
that we yield. Scrap books seem to
be wearing out.)
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-17
The Outdoor Christmas Tree.

Even in books it is hard to find
Christmas tree SO perfect as one
that is left still growing and decked
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

dramatization OF these tales which
has been produced at the Gaiety
theater.
The play was written by Mr.. Ches-
ter and his wife and bids fair 10 take
its place as a success with Get Rich
Quick WallingfOrd' and Potash and
Perlmutter."
social intrigues Of small southern
town are delightfully."- lampoOned IN
"COrdelia Blossom
The dialogue is a triumph TO be eX-
pected by Mr.. Chester's readers II IS
an amusing and entertaining comedy
and in the excellence Of the prOduc-
ton the principal members OF the cast
Louise Dresser. Burr Mcintosh, Jane
Grey and Harry C. Brown, figure
largely.
Like "On Trial" which violates our
idea Of time sequence on the stage
most alarmingly, Under Cover Roi
Cooper Magrue's clever melOorama at
the Cort theater. does considerable TO
destroy some pet aEiOms of play writ
ing
There is the last act, for one thing.
This begins some five minutes before
the close Of the act preceding 1t be-
gins with a sleepy, Just before dawn
bridge game that the audience takes
to and ends in most violent action. re-
volver shots, and struggling men
ceptiOn Of the play in its suspended
interest a shock TO some old fashioned
ideas. It is the surprise Withheld
until the last act is well under way
which makes the critic sit up and take
notice. Its full force is not felt until
that psychological moment when the
nervous women begin to tumble for
their wraps and picture hats
Nj Magrue succeeds in the sup
pcsedly impossible task Of keeping a
secret from an audience and still
keeping them amused and pleased
The story concerns a certain lovely
necklace brought undeclared into this
port by one known TO his ACQUAINTANCE
as Steven DENLY. Necklace and all,
he joins a small house party at the
home Of some steamer friends on
Long Island. There. the officers from
the custom house close in about him,
guided from time to time by the glrl
for whom DENLY cares and who cares
for DENLY The task is a bitter one
for her, but the ruthless deputy col
lectOr forces her to take it up by
threatening to expose her younger
sister for crime, half innocently
committed.
The crash comes when DENLY traps
her IN his room, to which she has
come to find the necklace, and, when
all unconsciously he gives the signal
which was TO have been her sign that
the customs authorities were TO raid
the mouse But a few moments later
LLAb +rAbAEo were swiftly AAAANA eA-A-
DENLY escapes from the tolls OF me
collectors Office-that is the material
OF the last act, and that is Mr. Ma
grue's little secret
H B. Warner in The Lost Para
disc, was the principal feature OF
the Strand theater. The play Is
drama of capital and labor. The super
intendent Of the KnOWltOn Iron works
IS IN love with his employers
daughter, who has been reared in luz
ury and is the idol of her father To
save this woman from the knowledge
that her father is a thief, the loyal
shoulders the e11iIr Of her fathers
crime After all the stress which the
story develops. his sacrifice Is learned
and rewarded by the woman he loves.
VINO decides to stand with him on the
size OF the oppressed Worknen, TO
whose cause the superintendent has
devoted his LIES labor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

having to compete with the foreign
reels that heretofore have held IA
vorite place on the american screens
AS for war pictures, that is a dead
EASY matter. Though announced by
the war offices OF Germany. England
France. Russia, Austria and Belgium
that no movie artists VIII be allowed
with any Of the armies in the field
reels Of the fighting will be turned
out in America by the mile
It is a well known fact that moving
pictures OF the BOer war were not
seen for seven years after that con-
flict and then they were turned out
by American movie concerns with
such accuracy and semblance to the
real thing, that the films were sent
to England and viewed there by en-
thusiastic thousands, many of whom
we're veterans Of the Boer war. The
latter said that the pictures were
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

one time an operate star and a very
big favOrite. especially in musical
comedies Edna has brought all her
old skill TO bear on her acting in mo-
tiOn pictures and her dark beauty is
well suited to the screen She is IN
der the direction OF Lloyd Ingraham-
The latest thing on the movie"
stage IS TO have dog taking a leading
part The Imp company has such a
dog, and he Is taking regular parts IN
the plays produced BY this company.
Lady is a beautiful thoroughbred collie
and the last picture in which she ap-
peared was ''The Lady OF the Island"
Captain Leslie T. Peacocks during
the past week has written a two reel
comedy. entitled The Friend OF the
Family" He Just completed adapt
OF the Night Wind" from the novel
OF the same name It is being pro-
duced by Miss Mary Fuller's company
No more startling film has left the
Universals Hollywood studios in some
time than "a Daugher Of the Red
skins" the second OF the films staged
under the direction OF Henry McRae.
OF the 101 Bison company, during that
cOmpany's stay in the sequois forests
near Hume, Cal
The work OF removing Universal City
from it's temporary location few miles
outside OF hollywood, Cal, 20 its per-
uaueur site on the new ranch pur-
chased by the company for that pur-
pose. is going forward
George Hall is the author OF The
Man Who Is misunderstood" a two
reel drama that is under production,
with King BagEot in the lead George
Lessey is directing this picture
Manager 7. V Hogan. OF the Rex
theater. Beloir. Wis. has discovered q
little girl in his town who is rightfully
entitled TO the name Of the phOtOplay
heroine recently depicted by Miss Grace
Cunard under the Universals Gold
Seal brand. Miss Lucille Love IS an
II year old miss. residing with her
parents at 1145 Harrison avenue Beloit.
on Thursday. July 30. Miss Lucille gave
box party TO a dozen OF her young
friends to view the last instalment OF
Lucille Love" which was run on that
Continued on Next PaEe.A
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
WAR IS
BANE Of MOVIES
Only Women Operators and
Female Actors Are Left
in Paris Now.
By GEORGE DUFREsNE.

n ARTS. France, Sept 1.-THE war
- in Europe is playing havoc with
= the moving picture business In
all parts OF the continent movie oper-
ators were forced to flee for their
lives and in most Instances they left
their machines and many valuable
reels behind them
Then, too, the moving picture con-
Germs OF Paris and other French cities
have been paralyzed by the war.
Their actors have been called to the
colors and have gone 10 the front
There are left behind only the women
employees Of the companies. These are
good actresses and expert operators Of
the camera, but they cannot imper-
senate men and so the great French
movie industry is at a standstiu.
With only women left, the firms can
not make the military. historic, seri-
Gus and comic reels that have for
years delighred audiences all over the
world and particularly in America
VIII Help American "MOvies~.
The war. therefore, viii give a ire
mendous impetus TO the movie bust
ness in America. The picture houses
there viii have to depend wholly on
the local product 10 amuse their pub
lie, and the american producers viii.
therefore, reap q harvest by finding
a field for their entire output and nor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

self and takes the lead in them. Francis
Ford IS the producer Miss Cunard
says she has some surprises up her
sleeve.
That charming little vitagrapher.
Rose Tapley. is now being seen in a
fetching comedy called The Barrel
Organ" It is barrel OF fun
Fans Will be pleased to note that
Maurice Costello, VINO seems TO have
been on a screen holiday Of late. IS
about 10 make his bow IN a new picture,
entitled "Bella's ElOpement-"
Pauline Bush is giving a very beauti-
fully pathetic performance Of an elder
sister in Virtue Its Own Reward" In
this she plays the part OF working
girl who does i'll 10 save her sister
who eventually turns on her The
play gives an opportunity Tor the play
Of facial expression, for which Miss
Bush is noted.
Anna Little has received a very
warm telegram OF thanks for her fine
work p Damon and Pythias-" At the
UniversaIs Hollywood studios the
telegram coming from Carl Laemmle
and those who hold the money bags
back east Ann is at present appearing
in Caroline q comedy-drama which
gives her opportunities in acting and
for wearing some very beautiful
gowns
Director J. ". Kelley and camera
man Angel are among the latest arriv-
ais at the Eclair western studios. Tue
son. Ariz- Mr. Kelley Is hard at work
Skies
Edna Naison. who is heading her
own company at the Universal. was at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

zone, Holmes lost almost all Of his
best reels. he said here.
The great war therefore viii prove
a great boon TO the moving picture in
dustry Of the United States. The
benefit Will come about in two ways.
First there Will be few, II any, pic
lures made in Europe. The American
picture uheaters will thersfora have
to do without foreign reels and de-
pend wholly on American filmA Then
there viii be a great demand in Amer
lea for war pictures. This viii give
p general boost 10 the movie business
The threatened decline OF the movies,
predicted time and again By the the
atrical managers, will be STAYED off
indefinitely. The people will want
pictures, and also viii want cheap
amusement
In addition to this. It is probable
that after the war. industry OF every
sort in Europe Will be paralyZed and
when the picture theaters finally re-
sumo business. they viii be depend
ent on American films
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

y NE OF the pictures at the top OF
the page today IS a likeness OF
Mabel Normand. Keystone Mabel
Much has been written about this Won
derful girl. Mabel Normand. or, as she
is commonly called, The Daredevil Of
the Movies" is perhaps the best known
screen player in the world. In spite Of
the fact that Keystone Mabel spends
most OF her time wondering what new
thriller she can spring. she is just as
anxious 10 look her best as any other
girl is. Her gowns are always the last
thing in fashions. Today she is shown
in a stunning evening gown Of white
charmeuse covered with a net gown
and finished with a fichu.
Grace Cunard. fresh from her tri-
umphs in the Lucille Love series.
is appearing in a new Lady Raffles'
series. each one a complete story
Grace CunGrd writes all OF these eN-
citing and ingenious photoplays her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

She undoubtedly resembles her
mother, Julia Nelson. wife Of Fred
Terry. in temperament, feeling and
such characteristics, but in appear
ance she IS more like her famous
aunt. Ellen Terry. She has Ellen's
height, range of voice for stage pur-
poses and smile.
Furthermore, she has q great store
OF personal beauty. Ellen Terry sue
ceeded without this advantage, which
is bound to bring her niece to the
fore rapidly, even if more solid quail
tiles are always necessary to keep a
star in the height Of public favor.
Those who have read George Ran
dOlph Chester's five year series OF
Cordelia Blossom stories in a Phila-
deIphia weekly OF wide circulation,
will be interested in an excellent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

wonderful in their counterfeit present.
ment Of the actual fighting.
Burton Holmes Escapes.
So far there have appeared no
movies OF reported fighting. All over
Paris, for many days, there have ap-
peared hundreds Of moving pictures of
the mobilization Of troops, Of their re-
view in London By King George. in
France by president POincare and in
Berlin By the kaiser. But these were
all preliminary pictures, taken Just be-
fore the stern regulations OF martial
law were put into effect
one Of the most famous moving
picture men, who was in Europe when
the war broke out but has since re-
turned safely to America. was Burton
Holmes. the travel lecturer. He had
been on the continent all summer, OBJ
tanning material for his next winters
lectures. In escaping from the war
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

"HAT love can heal all wounds and
turn a mans nature. dominate
over beastly instincts and finally
resurrect a lost soul TO the path Of
goodness is the theme and treatment Of
King Bag-ot appears. entitled The ST.
lent valley The good that lay dor
maut within this giant of q man FOR so
many years is finally brought to light
by a sweet and pretty face OF a little
slip Of a girl who visits this backwOods
neighborhOOd with a travelling com
pauy-
Jonas Mnlbrook and his wife are
childless couple living on a WesteI n
farm. To take the place Of a son lost
in infancy they adopt Joe PEBBLES. a
boy from the county poor farm. who
turns out 10 be veritable young saw
age one day the farmer gives him
thrashing- The boy on being released
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

runs away, and that Is the last the old
couple see Of him
Joe ends up in a small bacllwoOds
settlement. where ne becomes the bully
Of the place Years afterward a small
theatrical company comes TO play in
the settlement The entire population
turns out TO See the show. Joe comes
in late and in order TO get a seat shOves
two Of the audience off their seats. He
Is fascinated by a pretty dancer and
carries her off 10 his ca bin He IS how
ever. overcome by her beauty. as she
reminds him Of the angels which he had
heard about In the old farm days. SEd
he allows her to 20. but she soon re-
turns 10 him because OF the love for
him which had kindled in her heart
This changes Joe's entire life, and he
becomes a model man.
King BaEgot takes the part Of of NIL
brook. while Miss Airline Pretty plays
the part of the little dancer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
Company Arrives to Begin
Stock Season; Building
Is Redecorated.

Memories Of the old Texas Grand
Stock company. which gave such O
splendid seasons performances in 1907.
PasO Of Miss Bessie Dainty and her
company TO open the Texas Grand the
alter with Tess Of the storm Country
The 1914 Texas Grand stock company
arrived over the Santa Fe to prepare
for the reopening of the Texas street
theater for a season Of stock offerings.
The members OF the company were
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

shown over the city by manager L r
NcClintOcS, OF the Texas theater, and
spent the remainder Of the week in
resting and rehearsing for the opening
bill sunday The company brought spe-
ciaI baggage cars filled with scenery
for Its productions.
The Texas theater viii be a surprise
10 the regular patrons OF the house
when II is opened sunday It has been
completely remOdeIed. redecoratsd ana
refurnished- New. green plush chairs
have been installed in place Of the OLD
ones and they are OF the most modern
design The carpets have been replaced
with new ones and the hanginss OF me
boxes have also been renewed me
stage has been repaired, new scenery
Installed and the dressing rooms re-
finished
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
Niece of IIlustrious Ellen
Terry Comes to the
American Stage.

TEW YORK. Sept IL suspect
M we have the war to thank for
L the coming here OF a most &C
ceptable addition TO our stage, young
Phyllis NeiIson-Terry, Of the celebrat-
ed family which is only second to the
w-Barrymore strain in its relation
10 English drama
George Tyler told me today that it
was quite settled Miss Nelson Terry
would appear under his management
I congratulated him. Is I congratulate
my readers. While in London, some
time ago, I saw Miss Neison-Terry
perform and was much pleased.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

FRANCIS BISEiMAN
typical in is unforu
is
he his ationaty
Probably in the
thar Francis Y. Bushm
Sometimes have longing the
I in
think accomplished picture
millions of
audiences necessarily limited enjoy thinking that every ap
SAY
giving enjoyment do not mean that acting unusual or anything like that
heroI
doing big brave things that must necessarily influence the
~When 1 hero q
real
imagine real would my
m 'front.' to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

wonderful in their counterfeit present.
v77au+ ~ the actual lighting
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1914-02-04

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Farmers Who Know How.

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