Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18

in the new photoplay. "A Wilderness
Idyl." The stage is an Indian camp
set in the heart of real forest that
stretches away in leagues OF unbroken
solitude. The place is a hundred miles
beyond the spot where the railway, al
ready much in advance of settlers. sat
down to wait for them to catch up with
it. To this backland of Canada the
Graphic Company sent Tom Briscoe
with movie troupe and complete
camp outfit. enjoining him at the same
time to redeem this 100000 venture by
returning in possession of an 'fdyf
that literally oozes the realism and at
mosphere. of the wilderness. Brfscoe
not only accomplishes this. but he does
much more. He discovers a new movie
star in June Magregor, daughter of Flem-
ing Magregor, agent of Hudson bay post
hidden away in this remote corner OF
Canada. He stands godfather, besides.
to the romance that grows between
June AMI Paul Temple, leading movie
man and fine all-round man. The
human nature of the camp-the women
looking upon Temple generously. and
a youngI actor laying. siege to June.
supplemented by back chapter in
and stress of the love story. The Can
adam wilderness furnishes the adven-
ture, a robust line of daring and doing
in this wild and uncharted region. Mr..
Sullivan has done competent and in
teresting work in his contrasts here
the obvious outside people set off
against the more reticent and aloof
people of the woods The story is a
good one-good in plot and character,
in incident and atmosphere.
THROUGH GLACIER PARK, Seeing
America First with Howard Eaton.
BY Mary Roberts Rinehart author
|. of *" etc. Illustrated. Boston:
Houghton MifTiin Company.
The unadventurous will prefer Mrs.
Rinehart's account of her horseback
Journey across the Rocky mountains
to a personal undertaking of this trip
on his own account. AS reading, how
ever. it is delightful, giving just that
stir to daring that almost leads to the
doing. but never quite reaches it. Mrs.
Rinehart bubbles with enthusiasm over
this trio, sleeping the log with the
first fresh joy of the adventure. The
story dwellS in a happy and poetic ar
tistry over the beauties of this great
region, over the blissfully free days
and nights in the open, over the release
from the swarms of pesky conventional
littlenesses. over the good omradeship
and the gay give -and-take of free
speech. and the hourly thrills of the
trail. Wholly converted to the happi-
ness that lies in a 300-mile trip across
the mountains with Howard Eaton.
Mrs. Rinehart must needs turn preach
err also, looking for souls to save by
this adventure into freedom. So she
gives advice and information. For in
stance, But if you so-it will not mat
ter that you have never ridden before.
The horses are safe and quiet. The
western saddle is designed to keep a
coWpuncher in his seat when his rope
is around an Infatuated steer. Fall off,
For the first day or two, dear traveller.
you will have to he extracted from that
saddle" Then, just to scare a bit,
she says of a pack horse. He is death
trap. a walking calamity. A menace.
Now the way of pack horse is on the
edge of the grave. Because of the pack
he walks always on the outer edge Of
the trail. SO this beast, this creature.
this Steed of death, walked on the edge
of the precipice He counted that
moment lost that saw not two feet