The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-27

William Fox has rendered service to childhood to the
entire eatergong public and to education in his exaor
binary picture play, "Jack and the Beanstalk
Look at the pictures this page and have your chill
dren study them-then, THE WHOLE FAMILY go to see
this play which delights and entetans children and grown
ups takes old age back to childhood and takes the child for
ward on the wings of imagination.
This is the oh story always new, the story of the
ds dream the story of the great mans accomplishment
Little Jack and his mother poor that the COW
be sold This poverty the beginning OF nearly all
feat success in the world.
Little Jack is told to sell the cow and foolshIy upon
's advice of fairy exchanges the for handful OF
The poor dsheartened mother throws the beans out
IF the windowack, weeping goes to bed without supper
In the monin the great magic beansalk has started to
grow. Thus the power of young grows from bitter
experience.
Little Jack sees the beansaIk is climbing up toward
heaven.
From there on everybody remembers the old story
which the fairy story of childhood and which reveals eS
story when men are ambitious and succeed
Jack takes his Ratchet climbs up the beanstalk and
up to the Clouds the successful man climbs toward
fortune.
The giant of the fairy story killed by Jack is, in real
e the giant of opposition, of seshness of azness, the
giant that every boy and woman must kill to make
life really successful
As YOU sit with your children looking at this
velous picture in which thirteen hundred children en-
osoed and upon which half million of dollars spent
by William Fox you realize and tell your children that the
wonderful fairy story of the book is the mysterious life
story of the human
Courage, guided by good advice, wins everything.
There is the hen that lays the golden eggs to delight
the children; they all remember her.
The Giant knows how to get the eggs from this hen.
Little Jack also learns how, and makes his mother
rich and happy IN her old age.
The two most extraordinary child actors that the
stage has produced delight the children in this great Will
liam Fox production.
Little Jack in real life is the wonderful boy actor Francis
Carpenter.
Equally extraordinary in talent is little Virginia
Lee Con who plays the part of the Princess in the great
fairy story.
Real the little children thirteen hundred of them
stoming the castle of the giant deghtng vast crowds in
this picture.
Real also the Giant; in real life, j. M Tarver eight
and half feet high, the tallest man in the world
The children look upon him with and wonder, but
with delight and free from fear, because they know what
little Jack is going to do to him.
Above ALL as you see this picture the greatest accom-
shmen of the of education realize the service
at William Fox has rendered in this production.
1t makes real the story that inspires childhood 1t stm-
the imagination. 1t the prelude of other works that
liam Fox will produce educational, inspiring stnuat-
calling forth ambition.
This great play this opportunity for you and for your
ren will remain in Washington the Beasco Theater
THIS WEEK ONLY
Every afternoon and every night crowds of happy
young faces, and earnest oder faces deghng the chill
dren's ha71ines5, -, va'eh he story.
See ii be-oEe Washington at the end of this