Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-12

/ an epidemic of train missing, and
everybody who has been noted as com
ing at such and such a time, has failed
to arrive. Most Of them figure closely
/ to their day" however, for the sake
of losing as little working time as
possible, as the railroad stations Will
be the scenes of scintilIatiOn about
every day.
They Swear IT.
That these different celebrities really
will come has been vowed and sworn
to by their different representatives,
and while they are here they will ap-
pear twice daily at the Coliseum where
all who come may see and touch them.
The days after the opening even
ing. with the Essanay stars, are as
follows:
Thursday Kimbau Young
Day" with Miss Young the main at
traction.
Friday Metro Day" with Francis
Y. Bushman. Beverly Bayne, Nine
Olga Petrova ana Mabel TaIiaferro
Saturday Paramount Day" with
Mary PickfOrd herself making the
speeches. Pauline Frederick is alsc
expected
Sunday - Vitagraph Day Rose
Tapley. who has charge of the Vita
graph Booth, is already here, and
coming are Mary Maurice, Anita Stew
art. Edith Storey, Antonio Moreno and
Henry MOrey.
Monday World Day" with Miss
Alice Brady giving talk afternoon
and evening to girls with screen am
billions. Lillian Walker Of Vitagraph
viii also be here that day Harry Wat
son of KIeine's merry "Musty Suffer"
comedies in his "Musty Suffer" cos
tunes will be on the floor and he will
work on one of his comedies. Miss
Della ConnOr and others of the com
pany will be along. Also. at each ses-
sion. Mr. Watson will stage the bur
lesQue prize fight that made him ia
nous in the FOllies.
Tuesday Universal Day" Violet
Nersereau will be here for sure Harry
Watson will continue his comedy
pranks.
Conventions Guest of Honor.
A high light of interest is Mary
Maurice. Vitagraph's grand old lady,
who has been invited by the conven-
ton as its guest Of honor. Mrs. Mau
rice is y years old. She has been
working in pictures five years, so she
is quite a veteran of the sliding pas
tells. but her professional career has
been a matter Of more than fifty years
and il was out here in the midwest
that she received her first recognition.
She is a very happy old lady, as she
is speeding westward, for she knew Of
nothing she wanted so much as to
come to this exposition. She arrives
this morning and will be present at
all Of the sessions as a motion picture
godmother should be.
The exhibitors convention, of which
TZ,. Flurnr1inor a hoo
meeting daily at the Hotel Sherman,
discussing problems pertinent to the
and exhibition of pictures.
Yesterday afternoon the exhibitors,
by a special train on the Northwestern
l.. betoOk themselves to the Essanay
studio. where they met many players
and saw some actual picture making.
Today they meet again. Election Of
national officers is one of the things
vet to be accomplished.
Enormous Investment
Nearly 1000 delegates to the sixth
annual convention of the Motion Pic
ture Exhibitors league of America got
down TO actual business today in the
first open session The initial session
was held yesterday
Figures on the Importance of the in
dustry, made public today showed
Number of picture theatres in the
United States, 21,600; daily attend
ance. $4,000. 600 amount invested in
picture theatre property, 100000 900;
salaries paid weekly, $4,000 num-
Der Of picture theatre employees, 205,- I
900: annually expended on projecting
machines. $1,000, 900; amount invested
in film plants, machines, electrical
theatres, $4,000, 100000.