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The Washington herald., 1916-06-25

ers OF the drama. Miss Goodall and Mr..
Boneli have been stars in their own
right.
Typically vaudevillean will be the sup
Elementary feature. Jack E. Gardner. the
musical comedy favorite, who scored a
lasting hit In The Chocolate Soldier
and Mime. Sherry" Mr. Gardner has
magnetism in unusual measure, a fine
voice and engaging manners. His range
of versatility is embodied in "Old Stufr'
Then there is Bert Levy in third place.
He is the comic caJicaturist and enter,
tainer. and orlgina! and novel is the in
strument which he uses to magnify his
pictorial humor. Anna Chandler, a merry
music hall singer. whose vocal and vaude-
Vile methods have made many songs IA
nous, will be heard for the first time in
something distinctive called All Orig
lnal Ideas" Others sharing in the honors
will be Burdella Patterson. the art model
and poseuse; Claude Roode the aerial
wonder: Richards and Kyle; Mr.. and Mrs.
Kelso: the pipe organ recitals,. and the
Pathc News pictorial.
At and Sis p. m. today at Keiths the
bill will present for the last time Thomas
A. Wise and Company. Katuyama, John
and Mae Burke, Nonette. Bogannys Pan
tOmimists. Kenny and Hollis. Cummings
and Gladinss. P. George and other at
fractions from last weeks program
The Washington herald., 1916-06-25
WHAT is THE MATTER
WITH SUMMER STOCK?
By JULIA CHANDLER.

Can imagine bill of fare for minu.
stock The
conceivable in the light of the general acknowledgement
months
Of the stock and Memory h back
LAFAYETTE Players when of the theati
0 armament stopped from their high heavens of socaled legitimate
production lucrative stock during Fol-
the Beo Theatcr the Columbia Players enjoyed after
Of the street playhouse that tsnand
the Columbia
permanent aggregation players
management unexeeed company headed
by A H Van Buren and Izet Jewel and for
sufficient enable both the Columbia and the Poll
prosper
sufficient Justify Mr. Poll in keeping his house
when he has only vaudeville and moving picture eompton'
The far to seek difficult of solution 1t is only
dce the history
be persuaded that Washington willing glad
actors OF sufficient experience and hstronc ability the plays
selected for them with degree of artistry.
Such which regime
has long Mr. Van Buren and Miss Jewel headed the organization
with capable there lack for the house
When they less gifted folk their places;
ton weakened all along the line the productions
standard originally set by the and such financial
threatened as to cause grave to Mr. Poll for the future of his
favoite company.
the ssF Ga M has d 6s : ig I If within t & Last 9
Gilbert largely
uenta Months deeoratns the theater and
whose abilities promised
of the original prosperity Of regime
When the doors last
the mind of the eategong public that rehabilitation assured
The playhouse itself beautiful reurnhment The
beginning the prosperity headed by Mr. Van Buren,
whom there earnest versatile and popular leading in
America Surrounding Mr. Van Buren of pyerk able
his having shoulder all the responsibility There
Mark able
intelligence
heavily his Juvenile roles while Florence
of to I'M
sufficient youthful
her popularity the Poll audiences.
All Of these able people made evident that Mr. Poll
o well balanced, artistic performances.
And what the answer?
Its original stock prosperity Avenue playhouse For
and ability play them quick Mr.
Poll been justified required
this winter prices
pieces appearing in this city for the first time
of all
financial inevitable. alas
Other
left splendid
of cards Mr. Van Burens leaving him standing
alone splendid strength to
pillar and live Since last has
remarkably varied performances
has struggled the full burden of the Poll
for o
served intensity the between himself
with inevitable
public and this time with that they will under
d
Of
season prove the financial
be made
permanently that
capable payerok presentation
drama
complete abandonment
ing the to Stair
Harl meodrana supplying
Musc (now Strand Theater) here.
In repeatedly willingness
hss stock organization however would
popular prices
The Washington herald., 1916-06-25
Gnrden-Feature FfIm.

William S. Hart will head the double
feature program at Moore's Garden to-
DAY, Monday and Tuesday in a powerful
photoplay entitled THE Primal Lure
Produced by Thomas Ince, who has just
captured New York by storm with his
mammoth picture, Civilization" the
piece Is virile story of the great pri-
mordial northern wilds. where men show
their real mettle and women their no.
ollity and fortitude. band of trap
pers in the Canadian wilderness. with
thelr women folk are attacked by the
blackfoot Indians, who demand a white
mans scalp as sacrifice. The Indian
attack takes place. and after a thrilling
night, in which the whites are greatly
outnumbered. Hart. as the leader of the
trappers. goes forth to offer himself as
the victim. How he circumvents the red
skins and saves the little garrison pro-
vides many thrilling and gripping scenes.
In Mr.. Hart's support will be seen Mar
gerry Wilson. Robert McKim, Bessie
Love, Jerome Storm, Anna Lehr and
others.
The auxiliary attraction will be Sem
netts fare, The Love Comet" with Ora
Carewe and Joseph Belmont. A trio of
stars will grace the screen on wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday. the principal
attraction being Billie Burke in The
Mesh Of Mystery" another interesting
chapter In Rupert Hughes film novel,
'Gloria's Romance" Francis Y. Bush
man and Beverly payne will be featured
on the program In an interesting photo
drama. THE Voice in the Wilderness"
Animated cartoons by Powers, Swimmer
ton and McManus will round out the bill
On Saturday the double feature show
will include Helene Rosone in The
Abandonment" a dramatic story of the
West, and Mary Pickford In THE WATTS
Christmas" Special musical accompani-
hents by the Garden Symphony Orches-
ira will be . daily feature.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-25
Great Falls Park.

Beginning today and continuing all
week an important section Of the Boston
Female Orchestra will give afternoon
and evening concerts at Washington s
popular resort, Great Falls Park, Va.
Each concert program will feature an at
tractive selection of classic and popular
music sure to delight the crowds who
are visiting the Falls. Both afternoon
and evening there is dancing in the large
pavilion and the concerts as well as the
dancing are free to all who enjoy a trip
to this picturesque resort For children
and those who delight in a days picnick-
ing, a variety of amusements are pro-
vi9ed, Electric trains for the Falls leave
the terminal, ThIrty-sixth and NJ streets
northwest. at frequent intervxlA
The Washington herald., 1916-06-25

Miranda and Jane falling captive of the
winning personality of their niece. In
cidental to the development of Rebecca's s
character the inevitable lover appears in
the person of Adam Ladd. a strong, kind
ly young man, who falls victim to the
witchery of the little maid and whose de-
votion lasts through her growing period
to the time when he may ask her to be
his wife.
'Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm is a
relief from the ordinary New England
play because 1t has no wronged heroine
There are no stolen papers or heavy
mortgages to be lifted. There are no
grasping sisters or giggling old maids
1t tells the story of the simple, rigid
regime under which New EngIanders are
born and raised, burst asunder by the
warmth of the golden hearted child.
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DIFFERENTIATION Film.

Anita Stewart will hold the screen at
Moore's Garden Thester Sunday. Monday
and Tuesday OF the week Of July . in
The Suspect" a story Of Russian in
trigUe. On Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Billie Burke will be seen in The
Shadow OF Scandal" being a thrilling
chapter Of "Gloris's Romance" the nln
novel by Rupert Hughes. The secondary
attraction will be Lucille Stewart. a new
conner in the field OF films. in The De-
stroyerS." On Saturday Leah Baird and
CONTINUED On PAGE TWO
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Loew's Colum mbia-PauIine Fred
erick

Today at Loew's Columbia Theater,
Pauline Frederick, the noted emotional
aruste of the photoplay, will be pictured
in an adaptation of E. Phillips Open
helms celebrated novel, THE Worlds
Great Snare" This splendid story tells
In vivid manner OF the high life in the
cafes out West in the mining towns
where the men earn their living by the
sweat of their brow and defend their
earnings at the point of pistol. Myra.
the character enacted by Miss Frederick
Is dancing girl in these notorious cafes
and is the joy of the rough miners who
come there in search of this class of en-
joyment. There are many exciting and
dramatic scenes during the action of the
picture. notably the fight in the big cafe
dance hall. There has been a good cast
provided in this picture. including many
prominent Famous Players. with Irving
Cummings playing opposite Miss Frede-
rick.
Thursday. Friday. and Saturday THE
American Beauty" in which Miss Myr-
tie Stedman plays the titular role. will
be the feature. Becoming separated from
her parents, a little girl 10 picked up by
a fisherman and his wife. She is adopted
into their household. When she grows
up she is employed in a sweat shop until
one day she loses her position and is
forced to take a position as scrub woman
In Paul Keith's home. Keith is an artist
and has heen looking for a model to pose
for his picture, THE American Beauty"
He finds his ideal in Ruth The picture
is a huge success, and through a combi-
nation of many interesting scenes the
story finally ends in the happy marriage
OF Ruth and Keith.
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Coming Attractions
keith-NaudeviIIe.

Mercedes, The Musical Enigma" and
also known as The Psychic Eighth Won
der OF the World" will be the principal
attraction next week at the p. T. Keith
Theater. Other features will be Bert
Lamont and his singing cowboys, Hoey
and Lee Juliette Dfka, Douglas J. Wood
and company in The Shoplifter:" Mullen
and Rogers. Grace Carlisle and Jules
Romer Leon Sisters and company: Psthe
news pictures and the pipe organ reCitals
The Washington herald., 1916-06-25
Belasco-"How Great Britain Pre-
pared.v

"a most wonderful set of motion pic
lures! have never seen any more inter
esting. 1t has been a most instructive
as well as entertaining evening for me-
as l am sure 1t must have been for every
one else present"
So expressed himself Secretary Of War
Baker. when he saw the British official
var films entitled How Great Britain
Prepared" made under the direction of
Charles Urban. which were presented to
the American public for the first time a
few weeks ago at the BeIascO Theater
here.
THE most impressive object lesson
that could be offered in behalf OF pre-
paredness"' was the comment Of Admiral
Chester, who made an address on pre-
paredness at one of the film showings
These are the motion pictures which
return to Washington to open at the
Belasco tomorrow night. The impression
made by them on Secretary Baker and
Admiral Chester. according to reports
from Washington. was shared by the
thousands of other WashinEtonians who
witnessed them. They tell the whole
story Of Britain's army, munition and
naval activities-aCtivitles through which
100000 civilians in eighteen months have
been transformed into an effective fight
ing machine. The pictures also show the
enormously interesting work of munition
making. In which are employed 5000
women, and closes with the truly aston
ishing motion pictures taken by Mr. Ur-
ban himself on the flagship Iron Duke
and other war ships OF the Great North
Sea fleet to which England and the other
allies today owe their control of the
seas!
While in Washington. Mr.. Urban. who
is famous as the inventor of the kinema-
color Mt rtatn hN- ha
British Ambassador. who complimented
him for the technical perfection of his
motion pictures, and especially for the
artistic qualities of the fleet photography.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-25
Lyceum-BurIesaue,

Following the Midnight strolIers." the
Lyceum Players will present a snsppy
musical burletts, The Merrymakers." I'm
which the laugh-getting members OF the
company expect to show their talents to
better advantage than in any previous
show this season. and a good program
Of the latest musical hits is promised.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-25
COsm oS-N udeyfIIe.

A brisk and lively warm weather show
at the Cosmos Theater this week will
have for one of its striking features the
famous newsboys' sextet from the Junior
Follies,' singing aggregation that has
made sensation in latter-day vaude-
Vile. Then there will be the Kanazawa
Japs, featuring the rare novelty of two
Japanese comedians in a comedy "risley
act that will attract with its setting
ps wen as with its varied and amusing
feats Of skiu and laughmakers. Frank
The Washington herald., 1916-06-25
THEATRICAL BAEDEKER.

Poli's-"Rebecca Of Sunny
brook Farm" dramatiza-
ton of Kate Douglas Wig
gins book OF the same name.
Notwithstanding with Hen
rIetta Crosman headlining
IN a new onc-act comedy,
Cousin Eleanor"
Belasco-Oficial British war
films, How Great Britain
Prepared"
Loew's Columbia - Pauline
Frederick in The Worlds
Great Snare"
Cosmos-Naudeville.
observation-disclosures.
Garden, Strand, Crandall's-
Feature films.
Glen Echo Park, Great Fails
Park - Special amusements.
Band concerts today.
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Loew'. CoIumbia-BIanche sweet.

The feature shows booked for Loew's
Columbia next week will be for the first
four days The Dupc." in which Blanch.
Sweet is the star The latter part Of
the week The SmugElers.' with Donald
Brian as the star, will be the feature
attraction.
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with a lone girls battle against the
wolves of the city. Agnes Findlay is the
featured player.
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CONTINUED On FACE TWO
Williams news., 1916-09-21

-E 1-1
 gate clicked a car ous hand swung up the piece, the muzzfe covering the fleeing figures. There ain't drop of cold blood in any Anglo-Saxon who's seen women an little children shot down an four teen-year-oId kids snatched from their homes to take hand in their killin' bees. Seventy-fve-yard law is what they'll git! He's got 1t now!"
 The rife spat it's mouthful of lead and rolled over as a shot rabbit rolls. The rearmost man-he of the artillery fame-stumbling over the body, gave Wilkes time to snap a second cartridge into the chamber.
 Just as the man rose: to his knees the bullet caught him squarely in the back of the head, and Ire collapsed 8 second tfme-to' rise no more. --.-.
 Am that's a part of the debt paid" :" growled the old man, his very beard quivering with rage. "The full debt ain't never goin' to be paid of, but anyhow there comes the third install ment!"
 Away down the hill, Kynaston. look ing over the wavering rifle-barrel, saw a figure come hesitatingly up the hill.
 He seized Wilkes by the shoulder, preventing the old man from firing.
 Don't shoot" he said quietly. Don't shoot It's the blind priest. Perhaps he brings us news"
Williams news., 1916-09-21
CHAPTER x.
The Blind Priest Haits.

Very haltfng1y and slowly he came across the open, his long stick tap tapping his way among the loose rocks of the stream crossing; then up the hill slowly, as some wounded animal might crawl.
 In the Mexican camp silence had again fallen. Save for few sporadic shots and a snrill yell or two, the placo lay quiet in the red-hot glare. Between the house and the alfalfa fields few lone prairie dogs perched atop their burrows, basking in the sun- glare.
 "I wonder what he wants" re- marked Kynaston. There's been ne- sotiations enough between us and that bunch of hellcats wonder to end a war. Look at him, Wilkes
 Aye, I'm lookin'. I'm wonderin' if it'd be lick or miss to plug him. too. Wouldn't hurt none at that, l reckon He fingered his rife suggestively. but desisted when Kynaston shook his head.
 Look! He's found the bodies"
  stick struck soft flesh. They saw him kneel and reverently make the sign of the cross. Then, rising, he hurried hatingly toward the house.
 "Senores- they heard him cry. "Por Pamor de Dios-do no more violence! I bring you news"
 What news, ciego (blind ,one) Where is Senor Upton?"
 'Muerto (deadD, senor."
 The padre threw wide his hands They saw his face working.
 'It-was wicked, senor! It was wick ed beyond words. But vengeance is Gods. I am old, senores, who was once young, and ftells you with the psalmist, Neyerssaws | the ;godly man forsaken nor the seed of the righteous begging his bread.'- Seek not to hurry GSd' 8 Justice. It has 1eaden feet. but it comes surely" ..:e. ...
 q only hope it pleases him to send it by my hand" growled Wilkes. What is your news. padre? Sneak quickly
Williams news., 1916-09-21

hair, which fell in sheeted flame over her shoulders. Delving with trembling hands in it's golden masses, she took from its resting place, secure alike from sight and touch-the Emerald Bell!
 Take it-take it!" she said sobbing- ly. 'I wish we had never seen it! It has brought nothing but evil fortune"
 She thrust it into the trembling hands of the old man. Wilkes and Kynaston saw the tears stream down his cheeks. The blind do not weep easily. They stood astonished.
 Out of the North it came, and out of the North it has returned. Thanks be to God for his mercies! His shrine is no more empty. Evil fortune? Si, senorita! It has been soosince Monte Zuma gave 1t to Cortes and was killed.
 Since the great conquistador took it and died, a broken-hearted and dis graced man; since Pedrarias took it and was poisoned-so did it. go until it reached the resting place from which the followers of Zapata, stole it. Nor shall the Teniente Kynaston suffer. . Full proofs of ownership shall be for warded from the shrines that his name may be cleared of suspicion"
 He broke off. batting, his recovered treasure-even, they thought, talking to it.
 "Now indeed shall | go south with Q light heart. My happiness would be complete if could but see it, but that is not to be. What is that noise, se- nores?" he exclaimed '1t sounds like firing"
 It was f1ring-a. perfect feu de joie in the besieger's camp. They saw furry. Men were running in and out like ants in g hill.
 Gro be concluded next week.
Williams news., 1916-09-21
for my trigger finger itches, if you

for my trigger finger itches. if you did but know it."
 Shoot, then, if it pleases thee. As we'll die by thy bullet as work out my life slowly like a pack-mule in the tierra caliente of the south. Is that a woman's sobbing, senores?"
 ''It is the senorita, she whose father was killed by the brandy-sodden fiend wonder. What is it to thee?"
 'I would speak with her. After all, senores, am a priest-a blind one, 1t to point out to the unfortunate the only true path to peace"
 Dorothy and Mrs. Fane came for ward, the girl still weeping but striv- ing pluckily to repress her feeling.
 Thou art welcome, father" she said in the vernacular. 'It is a house of grief thou comest to, but thou art vel come-doubly so for thy calling"
 The old priest gently raised his hand with all the authority of two thousand years in his gesture: Peace be to this house and to all the inhabitants there of. I will not trespass long, my daugh- ter. go south again with my mission unfulfilled."
 What mission is this, father?" It was Marian who spoke.
 My search for my lost Emerald Bell," the padre replied. "It is writ ten, Many shall seek but it shall be hidden from them.'"
 He paused, sudden furry from Dor. othy meeting his ear. His hearing. quickened as it is in the blind, was as delicate as that of the prairie dog, which the Apaches say can hear the bursting of the seed-pods in the bunch grass in the spring. ..5 .
 At his words the girl had released herself from Mrs. Fane's encircling arm and was hurriedly loosening her
Williams news., 1916-09-21

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-20

ker, the maid is demure and attrac-
tive and dances as though she really
enjoys it. The chorus is composed of
shapely maids, attractively gowned
and we'll drilled. OF all the catchy
music given, perhaps the best is
You'd Never Know That Old Home
Town of Nine" in which the four
leads take part. IN the Land OF
Dreams" by Paul Kleist and company,
some very unusual tricks in magic
are given. Bodies float in space, d
battleship rides the ocean and is sunk
by an airship and other strange sights
take place right before your eyes
without seeming manipulation. Char
acter songs are given in amusing fash
ion by Willie Weston. He knows how
to put his stuff over. Politics, patter
and parodies are given in rapid sue
cessiOn by Earl and Edwards. They
have class and an individuality that
makes them much better than the av-
erage entertainer. A bicycle act that
is daring in the extreme is given by
Sebastian Merrill and his Zip Yaps.'
The pair riding tandem turn a com
plete somersault in the air in a way
that makes your heart stand still, but
they get away with it so easily that
1t seems no effort at all to perform it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-20
NEMSNOIES9<"1Mp
@ 6YDAISY DEAN nv

Frances Nelson, who has recently
starred in "The Point of View ''Life's
CrucibIe," and other World pictures,
can lay claim to be the youngest pOr
trayer of stormy characters on the
screen, as she has only just passed
her goth year.
Miss Nelson's rise to fame has
been meteoric, yet behind it lies
much hard and earnest work and
painstaking toll to develop her great
ability If genius is IAN infinite ca
pacity for taking pains" then Miss
Nelson is genius. She graduated
from high school in st. Paul, Mimi,
not so very long ago and being intent
on a stage career, found her first en-
gagement with Lew Fields in The
Wife Hunters" Then she appeared
in stock and did leads with Tom
Wise Pictures came next and she
has been featured in many big pro-
auctions Her favorite sport is swim
ming and recently she demonstrated
her proficiency in this exercise by
swimming the Au Sable chasm when
the rapids were boiling perilously.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-20

the short story by Poe. 1.-THE Telltale
Heart with the fanciful and lyrical
quality of "Annabel Lee" and brought
forth classic in weird mysticism,
which he called The Avenging Con
science" In the trade channels these
had been recognized as supertine works.
but they had never gained that meas
ure of recognition given many plays
that were vastly inferior in art and
poetry and power
When He ARRIVED"
With "The Birth of a Nation" COM
pleted. the man found himself facing
the memorable fact that he had created
an art which his associates and CON
temporarieS had been unable to breast
up with in their advancement. He
must conquer a new world if he would
meet with a return in finances and ar
tistic recognition commensurate with
the thing he had done.
He demanded an outlet His bust
ness affairs had always been looked
after by others. These men We're APP
pealed to. They We're willing to do
everything within their power and re-
sources, but the motion picture re-
sources had not progressed as rapidly
as Griffith. There was not q channel
open which looked appealing to him.
He insisted that there must be a way.
In desperation ii is said that Griffith
was told he would be given a free rein
and could go ahead with his own plans.
Having completed his big work, it
seemed piling it on to put the burden
on his shoulders Griffth's success in
direction had been enhanced by his I'M
| canny ability to select able lieutenants
/ and players. He brought this sense
| east with him after his labOrS in Cali
fornia. Quietly he set about sizing up
the field. and he selected a young man
who had been associated with the old
| line dramatic offerings. This man was
j. ]. Mccarthy, who looks after all of
Griffith's business interests in the east
in the capacity of general manager of
the controlling company which owns
THE Birth of a Nation"
. Playing For Big Stakes.
Then Griffith set about with this,
beginning to gather other forces about
him. and in a months time THE Birth
of Nation" was launched. It's an
old story now of how the wiseacres
| all predicted dismal failure. Griffith