The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-02
OFFERS GREAT
PROGRAM FOR ENTIRE WEEK


The Colonial. starting tomorrow
and throughout the week. announces
program of feature photopiays that
no theatre in the entire country can
duplicate at Colonial prices.
For tomorrow and Tuesday comes
julius Steger, among the most pop
nlar of stage stars, in The Fifth
commandment" a story replete with
heart interest, baseed on his famous
vaudeville offering of the same title,
with which he scored the most re-
markable success ever known in that
branch of stage entertainment.
Mr.. Steger's career on the American
stage has been as varied as it has
been prosperous. Born in Vienna,
where the light operas come from, he
came to New York when a mere
youth. He first attracted attention
as the leading support of Marie Tenn
pest, and since then he as created tho
principal part in many of the most
prominent nra4"ctions -. Pras- e.
The Fifth Commanamen. >.----.3
great moral lesson, and in New
York, Philadelphia, Washington and
Baltimore, where the picture has been
shown with much success, records OF
the theaters In these cities have been
broken. In Philadelphia, more than
10000 people saw this wonderfui
photodrama In two weeks On this
same program will appear a new
Pathe News rof the World" Also
another of those laughable comedies
that Is part and parcel OF the Colo
Mails program For Wednesday only
comes one of the big surprises of the
season. when Lone Star Rush" a
companion picture play to The Spoil
ers," will be the attraction. With an
all-star cast. including Robert Frasier
Mary CASTOR, Charles Arlington and
great Australian gold fields, and is
in five reels OF romance and adven-
ture
Adapted from the well-known novel
OF the same name by Edmund Nit
chell. 1t tells of mans inhumanity to
man in the mad quest for gold and
Of the marvellous influence of a
woman's love and the strength of a
noble friendship. The added attrac-
ton for Wednesday only is none other
than Charlie Chaplin, the funniest
man on the screen.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday
brings the biggest picture production
ever produced in The New Cover
nor" with William Farnum. the high
est salaried star in moving pictures
The thousands who saw The Spoil
ers." with this magnetic actor in the
leading role, are still talking about
his wonderful portrayal.
The New Governor is taken from
the sensational stage success The
Niger" by Edward Sheldon, and ls
now being produced at the New York
Hippodrome at 50 prices, but as the
Colonial prices never change, the came
popular price OF admission now in
vogue at that theatre will prevail for
this remarkable engagement The
story of The New Governor" follows:
Philip Morrow, a wealthy young
planter and owner OF Morrowss Rest.
has grown to manhood In the belief
that the blood in his veins Is the most
ar!stocratic in the South. He Is hap
py in the love OF Georgiana Byrd, the
belle Of his native State. Rich, young
and power politically. his cup of
happiness seems TO be filled to over
flowing.
cir Moves, n political boss and
distilier of whisky of the fiery brand
manufactured for negro consumption,
persuades Morrow to run for Cover
nor. During the campaign one of
Philips negroes liz iynched, in spite of
Morrow's efforts TO save him for tho
law. The incident makes a deep I'm
preston on Morrow's mind, and upon
his election TO the governorship he de-
cides TO sign prohibition bill, which
would mean the ruin OF Noyes' bust
ness
Threatened with extinction. Noyes
visits Morrow and springs the trap
In rammaging In an attic he has
found papers proving that Morrow,
the aristocrat. the e-blooded land
owner and governor of the State, has
touch OF negro blood in his veins
Morrow faces the blow manfuiiy.
He confesses the taint in his blood to