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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30

to look UP into his eyes in the last
scene in that bewitchink manner that
says more eioauentiy than words could
express It. 81 love you. Take me and
hold me all my life!"
Her hair Is the biackest of black, and
she has eyes to match-dark, deep.
soulful eyes that possess that happy
knack of expressing every emotion
from joy to despair. And Miss Trunnelle
knows how and when to use her eyes
to. the best advantage. 4 glance from
them. and smile from her lips. and
even the most backward hero in the
world would leap to do her bidding.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30
Irony Of Art.

The irony of art was strikingly illus
trated the other day when Mary Pick
ford. in the role Of factory girl In a
forthcoming Famous Players-Para-
mount Picture. was forced TO ko-tow
to an extra" man who was playing
the role Of foreman In a few factory
scenes. At the close of the day. Miss
Piekford drove away from the Famous
Players studio In her exquisite IL
mousine and the cruel boss plodded
home with his S..
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30
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WORLD FILm CoEpoRATIoR

II 10 altogether fitting
the position Of prominence this features
unrvaed Queen Of Motion Picture celebrities
Row
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30
One Thing After Another.

Ohe IhIhg NftoF Nhothors
The life Of Victor Moore and Anita
King, the Paramount girl" is just
one darn stunt after another. Dur
ing the filming of 1.-THE Race" at the
Lasky studio, Miss King and her auto
mobile were locked in . garage which
was set on fire. After Il got to burn
ing briskls ell Miss King had to do
was to crank her car. break down the
doors of the garage and drive out be-
fore the roof fell in. This she sue
cessfully accomplished. Percy Hill
boufn. photographer, in his anxiety to
get a good closeup" of the fire, got
too near the flames and the film was
blistered. rendering it worthless. IT'S a
great life if YOU don't weaken.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30

THE MOST
WONDERFUL
ARRAY OF
BEAUTY AND
TALENT EVER
OFFERED TO A
PUBLIC IN ONE
WEEKS TIME.
AN uNExcELLED
PROGRAM OF
SCREEN AND
LEGITIMATE
STAGE SUCCESSES
A WEEK OF
INSTRUCTIVE
AND ENTERTAiN-
ING AMUSEME EMIT.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30
DO You Know That;

Doris Kenyon jumped from obscurity
to opera, then TO films in a week?
The New York Strand theater cost
over 100000 TO open?
Robert Warwick spends is hours a
day at the studio and theater?
Lorna Volare is the youngest OF film
players. Aged 3-salary 500?
It is against federal laws to use
real United States currency in film
plays?
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30
The Pink Laay's Violin.

Having read that Hazel Dawn had
cast aside her violin Pink LADY
fame TO appear In Famous Players
Paramount productions. = music an
thusiast sent the star n copy OF a vio-
lin sonata, an original composition,
with the hope expressed that lin beau
ties might win her back from her ter
rible determination to forsalxe her mu-
sic. Miss Dawn. after playing the se-
lection over once or twice, declared
that there was nothing In the world
which would keep her away from her
violin quite as long as that particular
sonata
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30

Vivian Martin. recently seen in Fox
company plays, has signed a contract
to appear In plays in the Paramount
program. Her first film play. which
was GREAT success on its release a
year or so ago. was called The
Wishing Ring"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30
THURSDAY
MAY 4th
Soul of Broad1Uay
CAST

CLUSTER OF
STARS TAKING
LEADS IN THESE
SH0WS--CEARA
KIM BALL YOUNG,
WILTON LACkAYE
TOM WISE, RIOS
coE ARBuckLE,
RoCkCLIFFE Eel
LOWS, vALEskA
SuRATT, VIM. {.
SHAY, THEDA
BARA, HELEN
HOLMES, PAUL
CAPELLANI AND
HARRY WAT
SON, JR.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30

Mabel Trunhelie. popular Klaine-
Edison star. is little more than five
feet four inches tall. and she weighs
100 pounds. which fits her most adj
mirably for parts In which she is sup
posed to appeal for protection to some
strong man.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30
BEGINNING

"FATTYs PLuckY PUP"
CAST
Roscoe Arbuekle .............. Fatty
Two thousand feet of fun, frolic and
mirth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
THE SPECIFIES
PLAYER

Mr.. Gale satterles. who will play the part
OF the stock broker in broadway After
park" at the Walnut Street Theater Mon
day, is a dlstInguIshed-looking stranger
OF dignified manner and bearing. one
striking popularity OF Mr.. sattsries is
his objection to being known as member
OF the company with which he travels, ow-
ing 10 many petty Rnnoyances the players
are subjected 10, and he invariably gets
away from tho station directly upon the
arrival of the train
A few seasons ago he was with COM
pany playing a one-night stand in Illinois
and, true 70 his usual custom, grasped his
yalise and started out of the station, as he
intended 10 walk TO the hotel In an In
slant he found himself surrounded by a
mob OF hAclSmen who endeavored 70 force
him into a vehicle. Cab slr?" "Carriagey"
Take you TO the Commerclalf' Globe
HotslT" This way SIR" Want cheap
room, sir7" Jump right In here. sir" But
still Mr. Satterlee walked right on looking
neither to the right nor left. At last, one
persistent Jehu, after receiving no answer
10 his cries, said Deaf and dumb asylum,
take you right up for a quarter" And right
there was where Mr., satterles rode.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
WHEN "WALLY" WAS
A COWBOY
BOLD

Can you imagine n young fellow Just
out OF college. with the true college rig OF
several years ago-peg-top trousers, short
coat, wide extension-soled shoes, comedy
hat and noisy socks, getting of train Rt
Cody. wyo.7 That creation was me-"
laughed Wallace Reid tho LaslSy star. who
will be seen at the Stanley Theater the last
half of next week in "Ths Yellow Pawn"
II was hunting for my first job-fresh
from college-lVnowng everything in the
world, had letter of introduction to a
ranchman near there. and he gave me job
as a cOwboy-and what tho other cow
boys did TO mo was aplenty. l was bucked
Off horses. sent on wild.goose chases-found
snakes in my bed. got into hghts-got
licked, but there was one thing that / could
do, and that was swim. Just at that time
the Yellowstone River was running at flood,
and l dared everybody to swim II with me.
Nobody took II up and everybody said It
couldn't be done. Finally, l swan II. and
after that tho cowboys knew that 1 could
do something which they could not.
'T soon quit the ranch. however. and got
a Job as night clerk In tho hotel at Cody.
but nearly queered tho hotel for life the
first night 1 was on the Job by appearing
IN a dinner jacket. However. the hotel
recovered from this taint on its character.
and didn't dress up any more"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
OUT-POTASHING
POTASH

George Ashby, who has won reputation
for courtesy and wit at the Gsrriek box
ONCE nearly lost his nerve the other day.
There was line Of customers at the win
dow when a woman, rather stout and
ulddls-agsd, reached the head OF the line.
Have you two good seats not back further
than the eighth row for Thursday nightf'
she asked.
'sYes. madame" replied the courteous
AshLy taking down the Thursday seats and
selecting two.
"one OF them must be an end seat. You
know am inclined 70 be A little stout"
II wouldn't have noticed Il" calamity
replied ths,tieket seller However. one OF
these Is an end seat"
How muchg'
two dollars each"
WELL you take my name and leave
them for me. II II don't rain I'll probably
come. but i feel that / am catching cold.
SO n ths weather Is inclement III come
around the hrst clear day and you can
change them for me"
This show will cure your cold. madame.
40 don't hesitate on that aceouht We had
man here the other nlgbt who laa : p
atrdiakls ana h4 laughed ..--saaelf VltlL''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
GRUMPY'S CREATORS,
ACTORS AND AU-
THORS, TOO

Although "The Little Lady in Blue"
which brings Frances Starr to tho Broad
week from Monday. Is the first play
by Horace Hodges and 7. wigncy Percyval
to receive Il production Mt the hands of
David Beasco. two Of their other plays.
namely. Grumpy" In which Cyril Maude
appeared last season and sunday" which
Ethel Barrymore used several years ago,
are familiar to American theatergoers.
Messrs Hodges and Percyval are two
actors who have been identified with the
English stage for many years. They APP
pearod with tho late Wilson Barrett in
many OF his plays. and came to this country
with the noted actor on tho occasion OF
his last visit. when he played in "The Sign
OF the Cross" They remained with Barrett
for period Of fourteen years. appearing
in London and the provinces in virtually
every play that he produced. 1t was dur
ing this time they conceived the idea of
collaborating on plays and turned out sun
day" as their first. Hodges played the
rolo OF Lively in the production both in
tho provinces and In London, where Il was
first produced back in 1904.
Grumpy" was their second play, and
so popular did II prove in tho hands Of
Cyril Mnuda that when this English actor
came to this country in the piece, Hodges
organized n company to tour the provinces
in II with himself In tho role of the eccentric
old character which Mr.. Maude made 80 low
able 10 American theatergoers
Little Lady In Blue" their latest effort.
was suggested to them when playing an
engagement in Portsmouth. Eng. The i'm
preston they gained OF that seaport town
during their stay there influenced their
writing OF the piece and was responsible for
the nautical atmosphere which characterlZes
the play.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
HERE, SAYS DRAMA
LEAGUE, is THE
MOTHERS PLAY

This ia tho play for the mother. says
the bulletin In which the plRygoing COM
mittes OF the Drama League indorses THE
Harp OF Life" at the Broad She Is thirty
six years old without any one ever noticing
H. when suddenly her boy has become a
man A moment or two ago she was romp-
ing with him in some skylarking, boyish
game and a moment or two before that
she was desperate over the loss OF his baby
eurs. And now she Is thirty-siX long years
old. and she Is sitting up all night waiting
for her boy TO come home and when he
does come home at daylight he Is no longer
her son. She had spent nineteen years max
Ing him into a man, she said, and with one
nod from notorious file de jols she has
lost him. That all those years shall not be
a hdeous waste the mother fights and In
the end she wins.
Miss Lauretts Taylor, the mother who
will not grow old, Is unquestonably a
player OF power. She touches her hearers
with such subtle, unobtrusiye art that they
move with her moods; they wait with her
during the anxious hours; they are tor
turned by her doubts they sufer with her
fears. and their eyes brim with her tears.
One becomes for the moment the eternal
watchful, loving. forgiying mother and II
Is pleasant and heaithfuI transmutation
even for a man.
J. Hartley Manners. the author. has told
a story dealing frankly with the mystery OF
BIRTH but he has done Il with simple dig
nifty. The company OF players, which in
cludes Philip Merivale, Miss Lynn Fon-
tame. Miss sara Biala, Miss FfolliOt Paget,
Dion Titheradge. and Frank Kemble Cooper
assist notably IN keeping the illusion q
seriousness. Il p not By any means ons-
laFt plaz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
INTELLIGENCE IN
AN INTELLIGENCE
BUREAU

These arc happy days for tho followers of
tho varieties. More and moro those who
preside over this form of entertainment are
reaching out and bringing tho best talent
In other fields within their lists. This sea-
son n long line of artists from the
legitimate grand opera and musical comedy
stage has been recruited to the ranks OF
vaudeville. Beatrice Herford, an enter.
tainer who once confined her distinctive
talents to drawing rooms and individual
recitnls given In theaters, has found genuine
favor in tho ranks of the twoa-day artists
with her series of characterlzations of
comedy types.
"where do you get your Inspirations for
these fragments of charncterlzatIonsH" an
interviewer asked her, knowing as every
one does. that she writes her own stories
before she recites them.
"oh. get n hint here. see funny ex-
perience there and make tho rest up" she
replied "You have TO. Life is rarely
sustainingly funny, or sad. or tragic. The
bit l do on tho employment bureau was
written before l ever stepped inside of one.
How did l known only from what 1 read
and heard my friends say. But when
finally went to one. 1t was pretty much as
had imagined
"At a certain employment bureau where
I have become known. tho ladies' looking
for servants not infrequently edge away
when | appear. They are loRth to have
their conversation utilized for material and
regard me very much askance 1t was there
that once had a reverse experience from
that on which Is based my tale of the tried.
and. .found-wanting applicant for a servant
| occupied tho position of would-be em-
ployer. l. like the lady of my sketch. had
been found lacking by series OF prospec-
tive employees.
"As 1 interviewed the next one. who
wanted exorbtant wages and was obvious
ly impossible, thought flashed through my
tired head. She stood there haughtily,
having answered all OF my questions un.
satisfactorily. though she did not know 1t.
"And now,' said gently, let me ask
you one more question. Do you play the
piano? Her eyes opened widely. No. she
did not. oh, I'm sorry replied. I'm
afraid you won't do-Im afraid you won't
do. You see. take singing lessons and my
maid must be able 10 accompany me during
the day. No--I couldn't think OF having
a maid who couldn't accompany my music
I'm sorry When l went out" she con-
cluded. there was a group OF girls all
waiting to see the lady who must have a
girl who could play the piano. 30 she could
accompany her singing. fear l. derived
considerable satisfaction from that exploit
and felt quite repaid for my trying morn
ing"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
JUST A BIT ABOUT
A COMING
PLAYER

Refine Davies, who will be seen in tho
newest musical comedy Girls VIII Be
Girls" at tho Lyric Theater Monday even-
ing. has had her share OF adventure. For
several generations the Davieses have been
seafaring people, and she herself was
born down by the sea where It's rugged
shores gave her the spirit OF the venture
some sailor
III you want to hear red-blooded adven-
ture," says Miss Davies, "hnd an old salt
of forty years ago. and he will spin yarns
of how he was thirty days rounding Tho
Horn or of the last typhoon when the sea
ran over the ship from spirit to stern, or tho
time when, with cutlass and bludgeon, they
beat off tho pirate crew in the China Sea-
These stories will make red-blooded fiction
seem trivial compared with the reality.
They are colorful tales. and when one hears
them from the cradle they feel the call of
tho sea the same as those old mariners did
before them. But 1 was girl and could
not go before the mast otherwise would
have been a sailor, too.
Nevertheless, the spirit of travel was
my heritage. and when a small theatrical
company came to our town one night made
up my mind that would try the profession.
An opportunity presented itself In vaudo-
vile and I took advantage OF 1t. playing in
the two-a-day during that and the follow
ing season. have had several tempting
offers to join the legitimate drama, but 1t
is too serious for young girl. To become
a great dramatic actress one must live the
part-the moro human you make your char
acter the greater your success But youth
is too hcllle to be stlted by deep-thinkng
problems anSl 1 believe that woman
should be on the sunny side of forty before
she settles down to serious dramatic work
At that time OF life she has probably eH-
perlenced its sunshine as well as its sor-
rows and joys and In her work she can
express the emotions gained from life eN-
perience and clothe her characters with
realism such as no young woman OF lesser
years can express.
'I like musical comedy because It is full
of life and color and II keeps youth youth
full II comes to us but once and We should
keep It as long as we can. My greatest
ambition is to later play in the romantic
drama, and when leave musical comedy
1 hope to .hnd continued success in that
field"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
NEXT WEEKS BILLS
America First Contribution
To the Great Ballet Russo
Robert E. Jones, Americas Leading Scenic Designer
and His Rise From Country Boy to the First
Non-Russian Rival of Bals.

Il don't believe there arc going to be
any great American painters" says Jones.
American instincts are against IL There
Is too much ragtime and Huia-huia in US
In cur artistic development we are ns,
surslog over painting. All our great how
ls going into the theater. We are rushing
along the line OF the dramatic. And I
thlnk this Is great thing for us. II will
keep us young. Do not imagine that for
eiEn artists have overlooked this. Min
SKY, who 10 certainly one OF the greatest
now alive. Ia crazy about ragtime He
thinks Il Ia wonderful
After the Barker production was
ruined. l never could paint again. I saw
only three sides of room, with lights
playing and people moving. To think that
Tor years 1 was satisfied 20 dabble with
paints and try TO picture life in two al
mensions When l compare tho sensation
OF actually drapInB cloth. real cloth. over
Teal arms and legs, With that OF Indicating
fold on canvas. the idea of painting is
almost repulsve."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
WHAT "PHIL AND
DELPHINE" DID
FOR GIL-SPEAR

The following letter from Adrian Gil
Spear, winner OF tho EVENING LEDGER
Scenario Contest, speaks very enthusiastic
ally for itself It arrives just as his script,
Phil and Delphine" is rapidly assuming
celluloid form:
sir-The imminsnes of our old friends, Phil
stark Is going to 30 among E those present behind
M ie stak feel tSas PHI SSd pspSno Te
genuinely lucky to secure his services az their
II would be more. than kind Of you II you
SGSd Sny s Ps hsdS fSGP Of the pToduson
6n9 am at hS %ont JUST rs % an
the w; X; one-armed paperhanEer-hnying Just
deep no Se sosnq5io q Bessss next big r:
ssiSs bavIp suifSn tbS honor 70 Ss Rex RsaeSs
otilSsr HdaptOE am now TSTsn TToTkslnE With with
HrEyIo CASE which viii be ,WaEwcE's hrst
starring vehicle under the selsnlek banner,
now doing, that eve the EyEEINa LIZ LEDoEn En- my my
since winning the contest have had tho pleas
several SgS 81 hSYo beG S S6usht by % World
RsSy Sna pS EamIgo RSbe %awF just
one ot mine for Brady called The Honor q
another one. titled THE Countess" some time
ago Both OF these, ] hear. are about & To- oS re- r.,
association with Rex Beach has been OF the hap;
PSss' hfso iGr eSmpstea dTama
Silver Horde" ''ThS Heart OF the Sunset" and,
as l mentioned. now at work on The
be put in produotion by the Rex Beach Plays
/ hope you will forgive this EFFORT to become
my own press agent; but honestly feel that
thanks and Incidentally have huneh that tho
foreBolng-all OF which is Suthentlc-may como
under the head of News.
You will, l hope, convey my best wishes e
the cast OF "Phil and Delphine," -,
Any service that may render them IN this
beUsye me. sincerely, OlL-SPEAH.
Ventnor, N. j.. Nov. 10. 1915.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18

Here, at the moment tDhcn the Evorin0
Ledger Price Scenario. "Phtl and Delphire,"
- bcino filmed. comes an authoritative ar
ttcIe on tohy certain BIG producers prefer
the synopsis" TO the scenario 10 should
prove tnvuiudbie to readers ,oho jollotood
Harry O. Hopts lessons IN photopldv-
teritinO published d,utHO the summer
UIRtANGLE and It's studios ask only for
4 the synopsis FORM believing that this
form is fully adequate TO give ali the vital
elements of a photopay, II properly ems
ployed. The question Ia not really ono be
tween synopsis and continuity, but one OF
synopsis construction.
II Is simple to define synopsis as
short, running narrative OF n photodrama,
but the drama contains well.dehned
theme, the characterization Of several per.
sons, tho development OF n dramatic story
by episodes the character development that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-18
The Vicarious
Scene-Painter

COMMENTING on the midnight
~ Frolic," the New York Morning
Telegraph says, "As for the new
stage setting, designed, as hereto
fore, by Joseph Urban, who seems
bent on providing scenery for the
entire world, Mr.. Ziegfeld has out
done himself" Business of Mr..
Urban biting his thumb at the press
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-06-17
UNCLE WALT ON THE FLY.

The early Hy's the one to swat.
IL comes before the weather's hot
And sits around and files its legs
And lays at least ten million eggs
And every egg will bring fly,
To drive you crazy by and by.
Oh, every fly that skips our swatters
Will have five million sons and
daughters,
And countless fret and second cousins.
And aunts and unces, scores OF
dozen,
And fifty seven billion nieces;
SO knock the blamed thing all TO
pieces.
And every niece and every aunt
Unless we swat them so they can't,
VIII lay enough dodgasted eggs,
TO till up ten ive-gallon kegs;
And all these eggs, ere summer HES,
Will bring forth twenty trillion flies.
And thus 1t goes, an endless chain,
so all our swatting Ia Ia vain
Unless we do that swatting soon
In Maytime and in early June.
So men and brothers, let us rise.
Grid our loins and swat the ti,esl
And, sisters, leave your cozy bowers
Where you have wasted golden
hours;
With ardor In your soul and eyes,
Roll mp your sleeves and swat the
Hiesl
-Jennipgc Weekly Record.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-06-17
MONDAYS RAIN.

Monday noon q number of small
clowds gathered in the north eas,
and extending over the eastern
part Of this city. After a mum
Der Of efforts at q rain, the "bot
tom fell out" and a torrential rain
poured down for nearly an hour
1t was a great blessing to those
who happened to be within the
shadow of that cloud.
This rain, on Main street, while
1t belonged to the class usually
characterized as "Rully washers
and chunk movers" did not OK
tend far towards the southwest.
Out on Center street that cloud
did but little towards settling the
dust.
This rain did not penetrate the
earth to any extent. It fell quick
~ and soon ran off. In q few
hours sfter the surface was show.
Ing signs of dust again. The
weather conditions are giving
promise of better distribution of
T aims in this section.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-06-17

Because of the heavy snowfall
last winter, Forest ranges found
1t necessary this spring to remove
two feet of snow from the Beaver
Greek Nursery in Utah, 30 that
the young trees might be uncover
ed by the time they were needed
Tor spring planting on the Ma.
tloDal Forests of that region.
Fart OF the sDO. was taken off by
use OF shovel and pick. BY
spreading a thin layer of 6ne soil
over another part, the natural
melting of the sDow was fastened
to make shoveling un
necessary.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-06-17
SOUTHERN INVENTORS.

The following patents were Just
issued to Southern clients report.
ed by ID. SWIFT 81 co, Patent
Lawyers, Washington, d. G., who
will furnish copies Of any patent
Tor ten cents apiece to our readers:
Mississippi. u. McAlexander,
Collins, Lathe; A. q. Tillman,
Vicksburg, Tooth brush holder
and steriIizer;
Louisiana. j. q Corbin. Mans
field, Sngar-cane harvester; II. FL
Flake, New Orleans, Nut 'ock; w.
ID. Huff, Lafayette, Operating
Sulfur wells;
Arkansas d. Hines, Mineral.
Hand PlOw; o. II. Orendorff, Eu.
reka Springs, MailiDg-package;
w. j. Stewart, Jennie, Hat.pin.