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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15
BATTLING FOR DRAMATIC UPLlFl

, There was only one thing all three
factions agreed upon and conceded
They needed a press agent. SO they
chose one who had been successful in
foisting a physiological, psychological
importation upon prurient public two
years before.
The "uplift" aggregation with the
"interest" had 10000 lovers Of the
drama picked via the telephone di-
rectory) and circularized with green
slips.
But the negative results of this cam
raign on the box Office did not have
any undue influence upon the number
of teas. luncheons, supperets, recep-
tions and meetings of gloriiication held
by the members of the society for
bringing the play back, in honor OF the
PLAYERS (there were some awfully nice
young men among them and for plays
generally, capitalized, italicized, idol
lied. There were many that week. And
even Broadway Brevities carried two
lines on one Of them.
And, meanwhile, the New York man
ager was celebrating the same event
in his way. The vaulted ceilings OF his
clubs resounded with peans Of rejoic-
ing by himself at his own acumen. Ac-
cording to him and his friends, he was
introducing a new "kind of show" into
the American theatre. And if he had
been able to he would have dissipated
the fortunes he had already made by
the disposition of the stock and moving
picture rights TO his prize play, not to
mention amateur performances and
! translations.
One week was over now, and the
| fight for the credit for bringing the
play back had gone on gloriously in the
newspapers and in the minds Of three
| interested factions-and still no audi
ences. The remark made by man who
| had entered the theatre at S:45, at
looks early, but it is late" would have
been justified each night if passes and
paper had not been judiciously distrib-
uted to Fifty-seventh Street shop ladies
and dramatic editors of trade journals
And when on this Saturday night, at
1890 o'clock, the secretary Of the cor
poration which paid the salaries came
paid every one with checks and left
the theatre, suspicion turned TO reali-
cation. This was confirmed twenty
minutes later by the teller Of the Day
and Night Bank, who refused TO honor
the checks, because they represented
merely the signatures Of the entire
preneurs and no available funds.
/ So the press agent became the sup
press agent, and the papers merely an
nounced that the Scotch prize play had
/ been forced out of the theatre because
of previous contracts.
The Devonshire cast went back TO the
I land of the Seven Seas, except two Of
! the principals, who were engaged by
( the Rectangle Film Corporation. The
/ bill posters boiled because their bills
had not been paid The theatre owner
swore he would never again harbor a
prize play. And the Uplift Society
eagerly awaited the coming Of an Eas,
Indian literary yogi. The manager left
for the beagles in South Carolina, and
the Incorporated concern sublessed its
own room on the eighteenth floor of the
Fitzpatrick Building and left for parts
unknown. And the press agent was
again "out of job"-that is to say, he
was "at liberty"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15
MOVIES AS USUAL"

lGT/ EEP the movies moving IS tne
~ slogan which has been adopted
By Carl Laemmle, president of the Uni
versal Film Company, and if they are
not kept moving it will not be the 1auI'
of the indefatigabe Mr.. Laemmle.
The way Mr.. Laemmle says It, Il
sounds like a line from popular song
He saws: DO your bit and make your
hit and keep the movies moving
which ought to be set to music immedi'
ately. 1t has the proper rhythm. Mr.
Laemmle continues:
CONTRARY to expectations, the silent
drama has increased in popularity IN
every country engaged in the great war
T. is a business which has always been
full of surprises, and now again it has
fooled everybody. 1t did exactly the
onnosite from what the wise ones
thought it would Every one thought
It would slump. Everybody said, No
enc will want to go to the theatre until
the war is over But, as 1t turned out
the people crave entertainment more
than ever. suppose that is natural
rho desire to have their minds diverted
from the war. And now the United
States has gone into the business OF
war in a thorough and a big way, and
so. like every other warning nation, 1t
will crave entertainment more than
ever.
"For that reason feel that we are
entering the biggest summer season
this business ever has experienced in
this country.
1--WE could shut down all Of our
studios for a few weeks, thus avoiding
an expenditure of something over a
million dollars, and still have plenty Of
negatives to release without falling be-
kind in our schedules. But we are not
going to do it.
"Uncle Sam wants US to keep things
humming. He doesn't want us to waste
anything, but he has asked US to spend
normally, and so we are going TO spend
q little more than normally.
every one who casts his bread on
the waters now is going to find that it
will return to him in the form of jelly
cake before long. Outside of the fact
that this is practical patriotism. which
every business concern should practise,
it is mighty good business. 1t will keep
thousands of people at work, and thus
encourage regular and normal spending
of all kinds. And there is nothing bet
ter for the nation right now than
continuation Of normal spending.
"The moving picture business is a
gigantic power for good. This is the
greatest opportunity we ever have had
to silence the long-haired reformers
and prove 10 the whole nation that we
are in the job to keep things humming.
at would not aid in winning battles
for the nation to go about in sackcloth
and ashes; in fact, such a step would
be a hindrance TO the cause upon which
all good citizens are united. To give a
proper account of itself the nation
must be in tune. mentally, spiritually
and physically, to render true account
in the great exigency A nation in the
dumps will look at things with a dis
torted vision.
"All of which preamble brings us TO
the focal point, that innocent amuse-
ment must not be blackballed at this
time, either by the government or by
public opinion. This applies most par
tlcularly to the cosmopolitan movie.
which affords a delight to the millions
every day, which is instructive and ed.
vocational as we'll"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15
MADCE. O. THE FILMS

there are none Of those damning Rs
left TO prove that I was born west Of
the Mississippi. And then, just as l
wac quite well satisfied with my eff
forts, had This splendid chance to go
into the silent drama with the Gold
wynn people, and I could not resist The
offer was tempting and at the same
time fattcring, for really a financial
success means an artistic success, does
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

This will be the last weefs's.s
min Chapin's Call to Arms u: ne
Lincoln cycle features a. d, G's
Theatre. There will be a rrrss \
fve-minute speeches nightly sy s.ii
ers of national prominence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

| siren, while Miss Brockwell vii uul
the role of the wronged wife.
D. ". Griffith's "Intoleu,a' ID
succeeded "The Birth Of a N,.s,'
the Brighton Beach Music Hal
This will be the last weefs's.s
min Chapin's Call to Arms II. sac
Lincoln cycle features a. Il, G,s
Theatre. There will be a rurss y
five-minute speeches nightly sy E..t
ers of national prominence.
"The Lone Wolf" Herbert Br,.i
production of Louis Joseph yrsI
novel, enters upon its third wsefGs'
Broadway Theatre tonight he e
gagement has been extends! n:'
nitely.
The featured attractions st boi
New York the coming week will i,s:s
Jack Devereaux, in "A Successful ~
ure,' on Monday; Alice Brady, u
Self-Made Widow" on Tuesday .s'
othy Phillips, in "The Re:sss
Wednesday; Enid Bennett, 10 II
Mother Instinct" ard The V0'as
tho Wire" on Thursday; Anita ~
art, in The Message Of the 2''S
and Jean Sothern, in Miss V'@
tion," on Friday, and the two !'.f
sters, Katherine and Jane Lee, u {"
Little Imps," on Saturday.
Julian Eltinge is now tillins VII"
motion picture camera for Wv =
time in his life at the Lassy s's'
Julian is positively the first isa--
impersonator ever kept in espanF >
a Paramount studio.
Douglas Fairbanks made bis t'''' :
the sporting game last week .. =
ager of Bull Montana, the -.
wrestler. He matched his rev 9,
pion against the Masked Mare =, :.
wrestled RomanoF recently IN L@y
geles. The Fairbanks wrestler ;
the victor in twenty-eigh, nln'n
the most exacting cateh-s''''''-,
wrestling demonstration evef"''
IN California.
Fairbanks assumed the nAn's
of Bull three months ago. vice.
covered him az New York GYM
and engaged him 0 appear 10 ~
of Aircraft pictures. MOn'sn'
a 1si. collar and a 81 hat 90
the scales at l65 pounds. ne n'
debut as the burglar in in As''
Again"
Sudden jim" with Charles !"
the title role. will be sho'n ~
screen next Sunday. In the 'u'F W,
cast are Sylvia Bremen |"
Ducharme, George Stone ''
Bowling and Lydia Knott
Wallace Reid has been se'ee''' N
pear opposite Geraldine Farsi y, p
forthcoming Aircraft picture '..,e
played the lead to Miss f'r
the Woman"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15
eGT HE WARRIOR" a new photo

spectacle, VIII be presented oy
Harry Raver at the Criterion Theatre
for four weeks, beginning tomorrow
night. Maeiste, who rescued Cabiria
from the god Moloch, will appear in the
new play.
He was working with a company of
players in Austrian territory when his
country decided to fight for democracy
on the side of the Entente Allies. Sud
! denly his troupe was ordered to return
to Turin and Mseiste realized that war
had been declared. He and his compan-
ions were sent to a war detention camp,
where they might have remained were
it not for the ingenuity and daring of
Maeiste. Under his guidance they made
their escape and finally reached the
Italian border, where Maeiste Joined
his country's colors.
"The Warrior" is said to show actual
war scenes under conditions never yet
exposed on the screen.
Sessue Hayakawa, supported by Wv
ian Martin, will be seen at the Strand
Theatre in a photo-drama called For
hidden Paths" Miss Martin is Mildred
Thornton, a wealthy young American
girl, who becomes the ward of Sato, her
fathers Japanese partner. This is said
to be the most powerful play in which
Hayakawa has appeared. In the cast
are Tom Forman, James Neill and Car
men Phillips.
AS an added attraction Manager Edel
has secured the first official pictures of
Uncle Sans troops training behind the
firing lines in France. This picture
should have a greater interest for
American audiences than any European
war picture hitherto exhibited in this
country.
The O. Henry picture will be "Strict-
ly Business" Among the soloists are
Grace Hoffman, who will sing Hay
making" and Mischa Violin. the violin
ist The overture will be from will
lam Tell" in connection with which one
of Mr.. Edel's color symphonies will be
displayed.
"The Sawdust Ring" will be the feat
ure picture at the Rialto this week,
with Bessie Love in the leading role.
This is story of the circus, and will
surely delight any man who ever car
ried water for the elephant or any
woman who ever envied the lady bare
back rider
Chabrier's "Espana' overture will be
played by the Rialto orchestra, with
selections from ut Happened in Nord-
land" as an added number. Marion Ro-
dolfo, Madeleine D'Espinoy and Henry
Berton will be heard in the trio from
"Attilla," by Verdi.
Gladys Brockwell, In ITO Honor and
Obey" will be the attraction at the
Academy of Music. Jewel Carmen will
play prominent part in this picture.
and, strange to say, she will be the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

D. ". Griffith's "Intoleu,a' ID
succeeded 1.-THE Birth OF N,.s,' &
the Brighton Beach Music Hal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

"The Lone Wolf" Herbert B',.l
production of Louis Joseph VraI
novel, enters upon its third wsefrs'
Broadway Theatre tonight he e
gagement has been extends! 10
nitely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

Julian Eltinge is now filling ". |"
motion picture camera for To D
time in his life at the Lassy s's'
Julian is positively the first i'a'.'
impersonator ever kept in eaparF :
a Paramount studio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15
SHADOWS ON THE SCREENS

siren, while Miss Broekwell vii uu'
the role of the wronged wife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

Gladys Brockwell, In ITO Honor and
Obey will be the attraction at the
Academy of Music Jewel Carmen will
play a prominent part in this picture.
and, strange to say, she will be the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

Sudden jim" with Cha'le : :,
the title role. will be sno'n :. -,
screen next Sunday. In the s''F W,
cast are Sylvia Bremen " !
Ducharme, George Stone '''''
Bowling and Lydia Knott
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

Wallace Reid has been se'ee''' n
pear opposite Geraldine F'TTn y, o.
forthcoming Aircraft pie'''" 10
played the lead to Miss F'r''' :
the Woman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
VOTING OF SOLDIERS
 IN CAMP SHERIDAN
 IS NOW COMPLETED
Between 5000 and 5000 Ballots Were Cast-Ac- cused Sergeant Still
 in Prison

Montgomery, October 25.-(Specisl.J Ohio election officials completed the hold ing of the election for soldiers of the Ohio division at Camp Sheridan Thurs day afternoon. Between 5000 and seoo votes were cast and will be counted at the close of the state municipal elections November ls Chief interest throughout the election has centered about the con stitutional amendment for prohibiting the sale Of nquor in Ohio Each side IS claiming majority of the votes.
 Little interest has been shown in the woman's suffrage issue.
 Sergt Robert E. Hudgins of Cincinnati is being held in solitary confinement in the guardhouse pending his trial by court rtial on charge of killing Pri- vate Robert Coughlin of Cleveland and o' firing his pistol against orders when his life was not in danger. No one is per- mitted to see Hudgins.
 Capt. Heintz Cincinnati. resigned from Congress to enter the army, has reeeived the governments warrant for $.25, reirn- bursting him for the income tax he paio on his salary, which ceased when he re- signed Heintz will invest the money III war insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26

destroyers had appeared over there It had not been announced, but the navy had seen that the best antidote to the submarine was the destroyer. When this company of brave sailors, man ming these destroyers, arrived in the waters around England, the British admiral, speaking to the commanding officer. said:
 "How soon will you be ready? and the answer was We are ready now This answer echoed round the world.
 MEN BEG TO GO
 q dare say nobobdy except sailors understand what 1t is to tread the deck of a destroyer going at fast speed in the North sea. There is no service a man can render calling for more nerve and sacrifice. And yet I do not believe there is a man in the navy who isu' [ anxious for that service. They come and beg to be sent .pon it.
 T see today that in France the sol- diers have contributed more than s3,00o. 900 to liberty bonds. ready 10 finance their own campaign if we do not finance it for them. Let us every one count it privilege and an honor to send a message Saturday to France and to our men on the seas that Amer ica is behind you 10 the last man and to the last dollar and it will nerve them to bring an early victory and an enduring peace"
 A huge Caproni airplsne, driven by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26

mately the same level No. is about 1000 feet north of No. 1.
 A well known gas and oil man from the West Virginia field visited the dome yesterday and estimated that there Is at present no less than 75o0oo cubic feet of gas day in well No. 1. He also stated that the gas will run between HOO and l200 British thermal units. This means that it Is exceptionally high in heat units
 The boilers for the drilling of the No. well are being heated with the gas from No. so that natural gas is already in commercial use in the Birmingham district
 Within the next three weeks an im- mense drilling rig will be installed for further work and the company is pro- ceeding on the theory that enough gas shall be produced at the earliest possible moment to meet all requirements that may be demanded.
 Nothing definite has yet been given out about the company's plans for the dispo- sition of the gas but it Is known that there have been numerous inquiries and that the discovery here has attracted at tention all over the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
APPLICANTS FILLING
 RECRUITING OFFICE
Negroes, Particularly, Are Joining Army in Large
 Number

Great crowds of applicants, both white and colored. are filling the re- cruiting offices from all parts of the state The recruiting officer, Capt James B. Hutchinson, for the state of Alabama, has been compelled to add 10 additional men to his force of re- cruiting officers to handle the big rush of applicants now pouring in
 The colored recruiting office at 419is Eighteenth street north, is open day and night to accept colored ap- ficars have been detailed to this of- flee in connection with this work As all co1ored applicants are forwarded to Fort McPhcrson, Ga, each even ing it is necesss " to have these large crowds of colored men examined and ready for the 4 D. m. Southern to At lanta. The stevedore regiment for col :. pred is still open and colored men de- siring information on this branch of the service can secure same by either applying at the main recruiting sta tion. corner Fourth avenue and Twen- tieth street, or to the substation at 419H Eighteenth street, north. This branch of the service for colored men is in the quartermaster corps, national army. Good promotions are given to Intelligent men who now enlist A good chance to see the world is of fered in addition to good pay and good food Good clothing is issued, free of charge, and in addition free dental and medical attention is given. The pay is S3O per month, including expenses. All branches of the service are open to the white men. The aviation sec- tion of the signal corps is now open, which is fine branch of the service and offers wonderful opportunities Men who are accepted for this branch of the service will be sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, for enlistment, thence to Fort Sam Housten, Tex, and will be assigned to the aero balloon squad ron at that point The signal corps is also now open for qualified applicants. The coast artillery corps has recently reopened. after being closed for sev eral months. Men desiring this special
 branch of the service will find an ex. cellent chance for advancement The engineers corps is now open; gas and flame regiment of the Thirtieth regi- ment of engineers is open and will. be the first to see foreign service, in fact, will be the first regiment in the great spring drive.
 Any information will be given on the different branches of the service,
 and any other information that is de :
 sired by applicants who desire to en- list for the period of emergency only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
BRITISH ARMORED
 THANK" HEADS BIG
 NEW YORK PARADE
tcontinued from Page one,

(Contfnued from Page One) man empire had been lowered from the wireless staff of the U-boats and the colors of Great Britain and America run up, Secretary of the Navy Daniels delivered an address in which he re ferred to the countrys naval activities.
 we have rechristened this boat to- day" MT. Daniels said, but if were to attend the christening of every ship the navy launches for the next year. would attend a christening every day. America is mobilized to strengthen the navy, our first arm of defense. We are now building as many destroyers as the facilities of our country will per mit.'
 "The significance of this occasion is worldwide" he continued. When we saw the German flag come down from the submarine in it's place was elevated the flag of independence and liberty, not only for America, but for the world
 MEN OVER THERE Some months ago the American peo- pie were gratified to read in the morn ing papers that number of American
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
SOLDIERS FIRST, IS
 SLOGAN OF FOOD CONSCIENTIOUS
Senator Underwood Sug- gests Sacrifice of Luxuries to Give Soldiers the
 Necessities

The food conservation meeting at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday after noon was a decided success, and much enthusiasm was manifest. The audi. torium was filled almost to capacity.
 The principal speakers were: Ssena toi Oscar W. Underwood, Congressman George Huddeston, Mrs. G. H. Mathis and Mrs Owens of Montgomery, repre- senting Richard NJ. Iiobbie who could Hot attend.
 MT. Underwood made ringing speech saying the nation must sacrifice 8 few luxuries that the soldiers may have the necessities, and that MT. Hoover was no! asking anybody to live on less, but live so that the wheat, meat, pork and sugar may be largely used in feeding the army He said that the regular meals as sug- gested by Herbert C. Hoover was being served at his house and that he liked them.
 Mrs. Owens, representing MT. Hobbe made strong speech in favor of the food conservation. She also stated that Mont gomery women were trying to get suffi- cient wool to knit woolen outfits fof every sailor on the battleship Alabama, but that wool was so scarce they had been unable to obtain enough so far s Congressman Huddleston made a strong slieech, laying bare the discomforts o. the fighting soldiers, urging that the people do without certain foods so hat these conditions may be ameiorated as far as food is concerned. He pictured the barharities of Germany and urged tha, those who stay at home do all possible to help the soldiers
 Mrs. c. H. Mathis presented some in teresting figures on the food crop of Ala ban,a, saying that food was plentiful ir this state, but that we must be moder- : ate. so that we may export a, large part of it to our allies According to Mrs Mathis figures. there was Sls2,o0a,O ,O1i worth of food products raised in Alabama last year, against $500, 900 this year Mrs. Mathis said the foods to be denied were boof, pork, lard wheat and sugar Sorghum, she said. should replace, sugar in places wherever practicable. She urged particularly the use of peas, potatoes and beans.
 T. F. Hay, Jr. made 3. short talk on food conditions, saying that food was plentiful and that proper storing facilities were being prepared for the farmers. Other short talks were made by Mrs. D. A. Echols, Mrs W L. Murdock and Mrs. C. H. Ohme
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
 ANOTHER GAS WELL IS NOW EXPECTED WITHIN TEN DAYS Excellent Progress Is Being Made on the Drilling
 Work at Aldrich
 Dome

Excellent progress is being made in the drilling of gas geIl No. by the Gulf rfoduclng company on the Aldrich done Tn Cahaba valley, about five miles south or Birmingham as the crow flies
 Officers of the company stated yeste~- cay that the work was proceeding so sat- isfactorily that they expect to pierce the first gas sand in about 10 days The No. l well came in at a depth of about 23Q feet-said to be the shallowest gas well in America-and the No. well is ex- pected to bring in the gas at approxi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
Hefl;n at Vernon

Vernon, October -tSpecial,( Congressman ]. Thomas FIeflin ad- dressed an enthusiastic audience here Tuesday night. People from every part of the county were present and the patriotic words of the Alabama na 7 tionsl legislator were loudly checred. MT. Heflin is visiting his brother, Rev. W. W. Heflin, pastor of the First Methodist church here.