Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-14

STRAY TOPICS FROM
New York, March 13.-The rapldity
with which some men have accunu.
lated immense fortunes in the moving
picture business the past few years
makes the days Of the gold rush al:
most tame in comparison. Marcus
Locw, the mead of the syndicate
which took over 200 moving picture
and vaudeville theatres ut one stroke
OF the pen the other day, was a fur
merchant in a small way when he be.
came interested IN the movies"
scarcely a dozen years ago. Today he
is rated many times a millionaire and
is by long odds the biggest man in
the moving picture business in the
entire world. The career Of m OF
Mr.. Loew's partners in the new SYN
dictate is also illustrative Of the
Midas-like touch Of the films, Nine
years ago this young nal was selling
peanuts in an amusement park in Chi
CagO.
This calls To mind the good fortune
of another man who got in Oh tho
90 umd floor in the moving picture
business, This ma had Il little Office
duwp in Nassau street, where for
many years he had ekcd out 4 bare
livelihood dealing in ma%gic-lanterns
and slides. Occasionally he made II
sale, but the most of his work was in
the repair line. The motion picture
machines, being u development Of the
magic lantern in Il way, naturally at
tr:cted his attention, From the news
Papers he learned that the %ce]iuloid
films frequently exploded in the ma
chimes and endangered the lives OF
-..!a operators and caused panics III
tie audiences. So the little magic.
lantern dealer put OF his thinking
zap and in a few days he devised a
simple metal hood to cover the ma
chine and render the tilm explosives
harmless. lie patented the device and
soon was receiving big royalties from
the motion picture machine manu-
facturers. With the profits thus de-
rived he went into the business OF
reducing films and now it Is said
he has at times as many as II thou
sand actors and actresses employed to
perform before his cameras.
No woman has been wined and
dined with greater frequency by hos
pitable New York than Mrs. Arthur
Pagct, who is making II of her per
iodical visits to her native city. II
is nov many years since Mrs. Paget
married and went TO London, where
she soon became one OF the most
popular of the Anglo-American host
esses. But despite her long residence
abroad she has ever kept in close
touch with the friends and associa'
tons of her girlhood days iii New
York. AS Mary Fiske Stevens-bet-
ter known as "Minnie"-she was the
leader of 1.-The Bouncers," a set OF
pretty New Yor.- girls of long ago
who were given additional fame Wy
the clever pen Of the late Lawrence
ELEPHANT. Her parents, MI. and Mrs.
ParanyStcvens, belonged to the intel
lectual and cultured as we'll az to the
very wealthy section Of New YORK
society. Mrs, Paran-Stevens had a
salon to which we're welcome all the
clever foreigners whom business OF
pleasure brought to this city, and
her young daughter had many oppor'
tunities of seeing members of the
great European world of which she
was later to become a component
part. ~
The eyes of all women interested
in The game of lawn tennis are now
turned toward the Seventh Regiment
Armory courts in this city, where the
annual tournament for the womcn'f
national indoor championships was
opened today and will De continued
through the coming week. The per,
lection of the arrangements and the
large and representative entry lisi
cohlbihe to give promise Of II OF
*he most Successful tournaments 'ol
toutlle kind in OH years. The cham
pionsiip titles in both singles ant
doubles are to be decided. Miss Marie
Wagner, the present champion, is to
defend her title against the most ex
pert of the women, racquet wieiders
Of New York, Philadelphia. Boston
Washington and several other cities
Quito the most notable wedding oil
the Lenten season took place this
afternoon in the Chapel Of st. Barti
olomew's Church. the contracting
parties being Miss Emily Rogers and
Henry Kelly Lrent. The bride belongs
to one of the oldest New York fam
lilies. She's q daughter Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pendleton Rog
ers and 8 granddaughter Of the Late
Nathaniel Pendleton Rogers. while OF
her mothers side she desccnds from
the well known Shillito family of Gin
cinnati. Mr.. Brent, the bridegroom, is
o son Of Mrs. Charles Scott Brent OF
Lexington, Ky. He is q Harvard grad
uate and q prominent member Of the
Southern Society of this city. J.:
New forks new 100000 llOspita
for animals Is now in full operation
The institution, the first of its kind
in this city, was put up by the Ne"
York WOmen's League for Animals
of Which Mrs. james Speyer is Pres
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