The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-05
MODEL MATINEES
COMMENCE TODAY
Motion Picture Houses Co.
operate With Women'S Club
\ Campaign.
TWELVE THEATERS ASSIST
Seven Performances Given This
Afternoon and Five Others
Tomorrow.
TWELVE THEATERS ASSIST

The campaign for cleaner, better
motion pictures that has been insti-
tuted by the Federation OF Women's
Clubs Throughout the country. takes
definite shape this afternoon In Wash
ington with the Institution Of q series
Of model programs at matinee per-
formances IN seven Of the local pic
turs theaters. Tomorrow i've other
theaters begin g series.
The mstinees where these model
programs will be shown are designed
especially for children, but It is the de-
A.. sire Of the committee in charge,
headed by Mrs. John Jacob Locher,
that the mothers shall attend as well.
The matinses will be given on four
successive Fridays and Saturdays.
The frst two will be free and the
second two win have q nominal ad-
mission charge.
Given Hearty Support:
In preparing the programs and In
procuring the theaters Mrs. Locher
and the members of her committee
were given the heartiest support by
the managers Of the local branches
of all the film producing companies
and especially by the managers Of
the local theaters.
Every theater that Is to be used
has been furnished the committee
free Of charge by its manager, in the
case Of the 4theaters giving Saturday
matinee, the house giving up its own
profitable Saturday afternoon per-
Torrance to help along the cause.
Theaters which Cooperate.
The theaters where the matinees are
to be given today are:
Avenue Grand. sI5 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast
Olympic, 1881 You street.
Empire, s15 h street northeast.
Home, 100 c street northeast
Lyric, Fourteenth and Irving streets.
Victoria, sos Seventh street southwest
Howard (colored), $40 T street.
Tomorrow matinees will be given
At:
Circle, 21o5 Pennsylvania avenue.
Masonic Auditorium, Thirteenth
street and New York avenue.
Dumbarton, Wisconsin avenue and
o street
Truxton, North Capitol street and
Florida avenue.
Blue Mouse (colored), 1909 Twenty
sixth street.
All the matinees will commence at
2 o'clock and at each performance
representatives OF the Federated
women's Clubs of the District. the
Mothers Congress. the home and
cshool associations and mothers clubs
OF the various schools and the school
authorities, will be In attendance. A
special corps OF chaperons selected
from among the members of the
mothers clubs and home and school
associations will be present and the
ushers will be made up OF details from
the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts.
Two Complete Shows.
There will be two complete showings
Of each program in each theater for
each matinee and each matinee the
program will be changed.
The work OF preparing the programs
for the matinees has been one Of the
most difficult, the committee in charge
state, and in this they have received
much assistance from the managers Of
the film changes. The primary pur-
pose in tbs selection OF the program
and amuse rather than the purely edu-
catiohal films. There Is at least one
dramatic or comedy Of feature length.
one travel or education subject, and
one short comedy in each program.
The films have been furnished the
committee without cost by the film ex-
changes, including the International,
Pathe, Paramount, Mutual, Triangle,
Vitagraph, Unity and others.