Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

Madge Evans, in The Little Duchess:
Thursday, Lois Weber's notable fllm.
Beware of Strangers"; Friday. Bessie
Barriscale. in Borrowed Plumage." and
Saturday, Vivian Martin. in "A kiss
for SUSIE
Two washingtonians received hon
orable mention in the contest for the
best essay on How America should
Prepare" conducted by the Vitagraph
Company. They were William Sample,
922 Massachusetts, avenue, and w e.
Hayglfe, 923 p street northwest. The
enterprfsing management sent his pio-
ture to all the newspapers with dollar
bills sticking out Of every pocket.
William Ingersoll. who plays the title
role in Experience" is . famous stock
leading man. He is a native OF Lafay-
ette Ind. and attended the pub1is
s panss in In that city. afssrwasa soins to
special course in chemistry to At him
self for mining engineering. DR.. Har-
vey w. Wiley Of pure food fame was
was one of Mr.. Ingersolrs Instructors
at Perdue.
From Rookie to Regular" . new
film. will shortly be shown in Wash
ington moving picture theaterA Ths
Army training camp for the Ambulance
Corps at Allentown. Pa. whore 0ew.
eral hundred Washington boys are
training. under the command of MAJ.
Devereux. a Washington physician.
Many familiar faces will be seen, IL 10
said.
As indicating the wide span OF fame
that may come to the very young stars Of
the screen. little Madge Evans. the World
Pictures star. recently received a letter
from Susumu Hasegawa of No. 2-Chome.
Mukoyanagiwara, Asakusa, Tokyo. Japan.
and another from Master A. Hall Of 70
Norland road. St. AIMS Well road. Not
tingham. England: Both writer's were
strangers to little Madge and desired her
autographed portrait. They will get their
wish
The Loew's Columbia feature photo,
play beginning next Sunday and continu-
ing for the entire week will be Mary Pick
ford in "Rebecca Of sunny6reok Fsrm.-
Farm was first published October z.
1908. The motion picture rights to this
subject have often been sought, without
decided to comply with the thousands Of
requests to picturfze it the screen rights
were promptly granted.
Foremost among the screen attrac-
tions announced for showing at Gran
dalrs next week Is THE Marriage Mar
ket." a drama featuring June Elvidgs
and Carlyle Blackwell. supported by
Arthur Ashley. Inc story mas TO DO
with the affairs Of a debutante who
enters loveless marriage in order to
save her father from financial ruin. The
attraction for Tuesday and Wednesday
has not been announced. Commencing
Thursday 1.-The Law Of the Land" an
absorbing drama. featuring the noted
emotional actress. Olga Petrova, viii
hold the screen for the remainder Of
the week.
Mime. Petrov1 was born in NE now war;
torn Warsaw, in unhappy Poland. Nina
Petroya made her debut in motion piQ.
lures with Metro and has starred in such
notable productions as The VamparA~
s'My Madonna" The Scarlet Woman
saThe Heart Of a Painted Woman What
will People Say" Playing With F1rsr
and '.The Eternal QUESTION Nine Pstro-
vas versatility is unusual She 10 not only
a great actress, but also good Singer and
dancer, a writer Of plays and fiction For
several years she was with the London
Times as dramatic critic.
The beautiful photo-fairy-fantasy,
s.Jack and the Beanstalk, with . COM
pany Of thirteen hundred child players,
headed by Virginia Lee Corbtn. who 10
the Princess Regina, and Francts Car
penter, the renowned Jack" OF giant.
killing fame, has proven to be one OF
the most amusing and entertaining
ever shown in this city. II,
will be shown at the Belasco Theeter
the last two times today-tho mAt1nee
beginning At 3 p.m. ana tho -1A1& -DoGN
eormance at $3.50 tonight.