Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-28

of their interest, huge man, YER
itably a giant, was casting hogsheads
about as though they were trivial OBJ
jects. One look was sufficient to con-
vince d. Annunzio that here was the
goal of their search; a man with the
qualifications for the part of Maciste.
He was Immediately engaged but the
hardest task was still to come, for 1t
required several months of coaching
10 teach him to walk and gesticulate
correctly
"Cabiria" will be exhibited for the
first time i'm this city at the Proctor
Theatre beginning next Monday af-
ternoon.
Miss Primrose Semon and Arthur
Conrad who became popular favor
ties while playing here the early part
of the summer with the Musical
Comedy Stock Company, at the Or
pheum Theatre, are again playing in
| this city. They are members of the
I Bowery Burlesquers, which are at
Miners Empire Theatre.
Leah Baird, popular member of
| the Vitagraph Stock Company, be-
came the idol of the miners OF Cape
Briton, Nova Scotia, because of her
bravery in the face of a situation
fraught with peril Miss Baird, while
on one of her trips with Vitagraph
companies, in which Sidney, N. S.
was the objective point, was invited
/ to go down in the Dominion Coal
Company's mine. which extends some
three miles under the ocean, and is
considered one of the most interesting
mines in the world to visit
As it was Miss Bairds first trip
| underground, she was somewhat
nervous at the start, but assurances
of perfect safety and interesting ex-
plantations of mining operations soon
oVercame her timidity She had been
exploring the wonders of the under
ground world for over an hour and
was on the lowest level on which
! visitors are permitted. preparing to
ascend, when a premature explosion
ehoked up the only exit
Heroic efforts We're made to clear
away the coal and rock that inn
prisoned Miss Baird and her party.
but it was good two hours before
the rescuers could tunnel through to
release the prisoners.
As Miss Baird stepped from the iron
cage, after having been entombed
! alive, she greeted the assembled
Z AiAAtANAR "Ath q ana WAS Wei
coined with cheer. In acknowledge
ment of her courage, Miss Baird was
presented with a testimonial. a draw
ing or the upper works of the mine
on birch bark, on which every miner
connected with the company signed
his name or made his mark.
Displays of partisanship by motion
picture audiences at the exhibition OF
war pictures is being discouraged by
the National Board of Censorship in
a letter 70 manufacturers, askine
them to precede such pictures with
announcements requesting the on
lockers to receive the pictures In
silence.
The board describes its action as
''an endeavor to further President
Wilson'S policy to maintain absolute
neutrality in the titanic struggle now
being waged abroad 1t is suggested
that the manufacturers will lend
weight to the announcement by men
tioning that the request is in line with
the Presidents policy
The request is also made that scenes
! which tend to rouse race hatred, be-
cause of their realism and horrible
detail, shall be treated in restrained
manner.
The Standard Theatre, John Cort's
new playhouse in Broadway at Nine
tieth street, New York, will open on
the night OF Labor Day. September
Z with peg o My Heart" which will
stay in the theatre a week
The Brownell- Stork Stock Company
win open in Buffalo at the Lyric
| theatre next Monday eveningA They
will appear in Butterfly on the
Wheel"