Evening star., 1915-01-07
|E STAR INVITES
PUPILS TO MOVIE"
.!,IiC School Children of This
City Asked to Observe
''UncIe Sam at Work."
20 SHOWS ARRANGED
FOR SATURDAY MORNING
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The public school children of Wash
;ngton are invited to be the guests
Of The Star to see the wonderful
movies" "Uncle Sam at Work
This picture shows the American
government in actual operation,
and has a direct appeal to every Amer
lean between the ages of nine and
ninety years. Grown people will have
plenty of opportunity to see the pic
ture at the Columbia all next week,
but The Star has arranged for two
special performances for children.
By the use of a coupon from The
Star, printed on page today, public
school children will be admitted free
of all charge to the Columbia Theater
at either of two special performance
one at o'clock and one at 1880
o'clock Saturday morning.
Uncle Sam at Work is a motion
picture produced by Henry W. Savage
and based on the widely read book
The American Government" by Fred
eric j. Haskin. In its finished form
there are 5000 feet of films. requiring
5000 feet were selected out of a total
of nearly a hundred thousand feet
taken especially for this production.
"A Lesson in Patriotism"
Uncle Sam at Work is a lesson in
patriotism. 1t will make every man
and woman. boy and girl who sees the
film realize the stupendousness of In
Gle Sans task in running the govern
rnent of so great a people. The film as
produced is in the nature of a picture
story of the travels of a party of Amer
lean citizens. They go to Washington,
the National Capital, to see the sights.
and, accompanied by the motion picture
camera, make the rounds of every in
teresting section of Washington. They
visit the White House, see the cabinet
in session, get a glimpse of the his
toric rooms of the Presidents mansion
and the grounds.
The party visits the departmental
buildings. sees Congress in session at
the Capitol, and even gets q peep at
the mighty ways and means committee.
The most notable picture is that of
Vice President Marshall opening the
Senate picture tnat cause I.t.' DIS
cussion among American newspapers,
inasmuch as it was the first time
motion picture camera had ever been
set up in the Senate chamber.
House of Representatives Shown.
The House of Representatives., with
Speaker Clark in the chair. also is
shown, and there are scores of inter-
tStlHS lntlGEttS Oh governmental lie.
How money is made, how future
weather conditions are prophesied; the
work of the bureau of engraving and
printing. the different phases of the
work OF the bureau of standards, in
maintaining honest standards of weigh
ing and measuring, are shown in pic
ture form. The new Washington post
office, the finest of them all, is shown
in full operation. The Library of Con-
gress. the Smithsonian Institution, the
National Museum and all of the other
show places of Washington come in for
interesting survey.
These motion pictures also carry the
spectators to all parts of the world
showing Uncle sam at work on land
and sea. The army and navy the
schools OF the Philippines, the seal
fisheries of Alaska and the thrilling
work of the whalers all included
one OF the wonderful features of this
production is a motion picture of Uncle
sam Heet at target practice. This is
said to be one of the most thrillinp z
pictures ever made. showing as it does
guns of such: great power that they
are enective st range of nine miles
SuQ each shot $3.50