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The Washington times., 1917-01-28
NEWMAN LECTURE TONIGHT.

f. NJ. Newman in Picking" the
third trsveltaIk of the series at the
Belasco Theater tonight and tomor-
row afternoon, will show the hrst
pictures ever taken OF the interior Of
the Imperial Palace in the Forbidden
City. In a series Of motion pictures
10 shown the funeral procession Of
Yuan Shih-Kai, the late President Of
China, which took place In Picking
last July.
Our own soldiers stationed at
Picking appear on the wall of the
city, celebrating the Fourth Of July.
The great wall. the worlds great
est architectural accomplishment: the
picturesque valley in which are To-
Gated tombs of the thirteen emperors,
which have remained intact for CEN
turtles. and Tientsin, the center Of
military operations during the Boxer
uprising OF 1900, will all be pictured.
Mr.. Newman encountered a great
variety of unusual experience in
China during the summer of 1915, and
he has for his fellow-traveIers who
expect to visit the Orient, an abund-
ancs of practical suggestions and in
formation
The Washington times., 1917-01-28

agent claims that Mrs. Vernon Castle
employs no dummy.
She actually did do all Of the escapes"
In "Patria-"
In fact she Expresses herself strongly
against the practice frequently INDUCED
In. Of employing substitutes for the diff
hcult and dangerous feats film stars are
frequently called upon to perform. In
the third episode Of "Patria," to be
shown this week. Mrs. Castle IN the title
role, dives headlong from the deck Of
an ocean steamer, thirty feet into the
sea, and swims to a drifting launch. In
which she escapes her foes.
why employ one to do what one can
do quite as well onesslf?" Mrs Castle
asks. I'm making moving pictures IL II
fatal to success. To have the heroine Of
the story arouse the interest ana
sympathy OF the audience to an intense
point and at the climax let them see, or
even suspect, that another person has
been substituted to perform the thrilling
deed called for In the plot. instead Of the
one whose fortunes they have been
following all along. causes q reaction OF
feeling which Immediately destroys all
the interest you have been trying
throughout to create.
The audience feels, and rightly 50,
that Il has been cheated, robbed Of its
sympathy and affection. perhaps. for .
heroine who fails to- make good In .
pinch"
The Washington times., 1917-01-28

life, becomes entangled with q cab
aret singer. The girl has beauty and
brains, but is sadly lacking In morals.
She has spread her tolls so securely
around the young man that his for
tune IL in her grasp, when one night
q pistol slot puts an end to her life.
The man is accused of her murder,
but his lawyer, in an unexpected ell
max, fastens the crime upon the
woman's former lover, and the young
man IL acquitted.
BENJAMIN Christie, remembered by
washingtonians as the star OF Les
Miserables" and SEALED Orders" will
dominate the screen on Tuesday,
Wednesday. and Thursday in Blind
Justice A man 10 forced to leave
his child and serve q term in prison
for q crime Of which he 10 innocent.
Upon his release he determines to
avenge himself upon the woman who
had betrayed him to the police, and,
like q mailman, he crafty completes
his preparations to take her life in
payment for the torture he has SUI
Tered through the loss of his child.
Dorothy Dalton and Howard Hick-
man will be featured on Friday and
Saturday In Chicken Casey" Tho
plot concerns the efforts Of the act
ress wife of a playwright to gain the
leading role in her husbands new
play, and to gain the coveted part che
masQuerades as q girl of the streets.
She completely fools friend husband
and director BY her realism, and when
she reveals her true identity she Is
given the part in her husbands
drama, Chicken Casey"
Other pictures will be offered daily,
and the Strand Symphony Orchestra
will render appropriate musical ac'
Commandments.
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Baron ChevalieF Ii Once
AxnIn In Oar Midst. &.

Again IN ODr nhass
"Baron" chevsiier, OF the Office OF
Reith's Theater, who. were he here
in q hotel, would undoubtedly be
given the diplomatic task Of head
greeter,. Is one Of the coupon heroes
of . recent popularity contest hero.
The fact f., hard a. II is TO believe,
perhaps the "Baron's" modesty has
kept the matter Q dark secret until
now. Nevertheless, he, through his
multitude of friends. was awarded a
500 merchandise order a. an evil
dence of the esteem In which ne Ia
held by all those to whom he gives
the best seats In the house at Keith's,
whenever they give him the high
sign and honeyed words across the
glass plate.
What the others who do mott get
such prefsrred locations give him IL
not, or are not, so well known. al
though the Boron" 10 beginning to
believe with Mary Baker Glover
Eddy, that there Is something In
<malicIous animal magnetism" after
all, in spite Of his evident youth,
and not so evident beauty. the
Baron" has had what would be
called q run Of bad luck up to date,
save for the one break In the clouds
mentioned above. Listen to this
whisper-hs hasn't had his pay raised
In nUe weeks. Such an unlucky
season.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
CONCERT DATE CHANGED.

Owing to a clash OF musical eVentA
the date for the concert for Les In
strumsntes Ancisns has been changed
to Thursday. February 8. At 4 o'clock.
at the Playhouse.
Thu organization which has played
in ali thu large cities Of Europe and
before most Of the crowned heads OF
Europe, will have Its first appearances
In Washington at Mrs. Marshall
Fields on February T.
They return to NV York to MI an
engagement at the home OF John ID.
Rockefeller. st., on February ., re-
turning again to Washington for the
concert on the eighth.
The French american Association
for Musical Art. under whose auspices
they are coming, was formed for the
purpose OF giving American oppor-
tunIties to French musicians, and to
Americans the privilege of hearing
great artists hitherto unheard here,
The committee Is comprised of the
following:
Frederick G. Bourne. James Byrne
Henry p. Dawson. Andre De Coppet
Henry C. Frick. Robert Goelet. Au-
austus d. Juilliard, Otto II. Kahn,
Clarence II. Mackay. John D. Rookie
Teller, Jr., Charles H. Sabin, William
X. Vanderbilt. Henry Walters. George
w. wickersham, Martha Maynard,
secretary.
The Washington patronesses in
cIude Mrs. Lars Anderson. Mrs. Glib
son Fahnestock. Mrs. George EustiS
Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs, Henry F.
Dimock, Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson
Mrs. Levi p. Morton. Mrs. Edward
Beale Mclean. Mrs. Hunt Slater. Mrs
Hope Slater. Mrs. Lawrence Town
send. Mrs. August Peabody Gardner.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
The New Barrie Play
For Mauds Adsms In New York.

"A Kiss for Cinderella In which
Miss Maude Adams returned to New
York recently, is the FIRST new Barrie
pIay presented on Broadway In sew
eral years. The Barrieistic version OF
the aee-old fairy story has won it's
way to the hearts of theatergoers as
no other Barrie play since Peter
Pan" The new piece was produced
suecessfulIy in London last winter,
but the American public has received
II with even greater cordially than
did" the English playgoers.
Miss Adams plays the role OF little
English slavey, who is doing her bit"
IN war time by taking care of four
orphan childTen--an English blue
Jackets daughter, a French, and a
belgian girl, and "the littIest, her
as was left over and nobody would
take"-a German baby.
To these children the little slavey
nretends that she Is Cinderella, a
make-beIieye which In time becomes a
reality not only to the children but
10 the little story-teller herself. The
fulhIment OF this wartime slavey's
Cinderella dream ball is the climax Of
a delightful story. told In the best
Barrie vein OF charm, pathos, and
humor.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
ATTRACTIONS DUE
HERE NEXT WEEK
Attractions to Be Seen at Play
houses In the Near
Future.

The Belasco Theater VIII be the
scene OF another Bslssco premiere
next week, when David Belaseo pre-
sents for the first time on any stage,
Atlas new play by willard Mack,
from q short story by John A Moroso.
Mack will be recalled a. the author
Of Kick IN"
The central figure. an old German,
comes to this country with his little
daughter. He falls In with q gang Of
and when they are
trapped he alone 10 caught. the others
escaping. Years later, upon his re-
lease from prison, his old companions
again attempt to win him back. but
fate takes hand and happiness
comes to him az last
To interpret the play Mr.. Belasco
has engaged . cast Of distinguished
players, including willard Mack for
the leading role: Edwin 1ordant Gus
Weinburg, Jay Wilson, =. J. Mack,
Jack JeVne, Francis Joyner, Arthur
Donaldson, william Boyd, Tammany
Young, Cornish Beck, Tex Charwaite,
Marjorie Moreland, Constance Moiin-
eaux, Annie Mack Berlefn, Camilla
Crume, Jean Temple, Ruth Collins,
and others.
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which she escapes the>foes of herself
and her country.
The added attraction Is one of the
newest OF the season, called "Rube-
ville," a production by Rolfe and Mad
dox, the former better known as B. A.
Rolfe, one 'time producer OF musical
spectacles. and now famous in the
screen field. A large company fea-
lures Felix Rush and Jere Delaney.
Yvette, the Partisan chanteuse and
Is another inclusion to be
seen for the first time; likewise the
Rath Brothers in their athletic pro-
duction called, "a Study In Endur-
ance."
Then come Tony Hunting and Co
rinne Francis, Moon ana Morris, the
comedians in their
two in One" dancing; Leo Beers, the
and the pipe organ recitals.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
Nationals. SSrhe Great
Lever" Leo Dltrichstein.

At the National Theatsr tomorrow
night, Conan and Harris will present
LEO Ditriehstein in 1.-THE Great
Lover" with the same company that
helped to make this, his acknowl-
edged masterpiece In New York for
an entire year.
"rhe Great Lover" tells the story
of Jean PoNrei, q grand opera star,
and his Var pus love affairs, reaching
tts climax when the hero loses his
voice, and ending with his clinging to
the one faithful love.
Mr.. Ditriehstein appeared ut Gar
rick Theater in New York in 1900 as
George Fisher In Are You q Mason
and in 1904 a. Lieutenant Won Hone
beck in Military Mad" Among Mr..
Ditrichstein's numerous plays are the
Wsll-known whats the Matter With
susGhi" and an adaptation of "AI on
Account of Eliza" He was also
eo-author of "unIsavened Bread" and
many other popular plays.
The supporting cast includes Betty
Catfish, Essex Dane, Camilla DalbSrg,
Anna McNaughton, Cora Withsrspoon,
Florence Page, Nine Gray, Elaine
Hall, Alma Wolfe, John Bedouin,
Arthur Lewis, Malcolm Fassett, Lee
AiIlar, Alfred Cappeler, William Rio
ciSrdi, Arthur Klein, Nat Sack, Fred
eTick Macklyn, George z, Roman.
Ugo Ventralla. Alexis II. PolIanov,
0astonio Pillori, and others.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
WHERE TO GO TODAY
Vaudeville, Films, eurIssque, Con-
eePts, and Lectures for TODAY.

S""sS Dh'toeqasB W.T.
esrts. and Lectures for Today
Today at a:eo and SIS D. M. At Il
p. Keith's Theatsr. the bill will pre-.
sent Ruth st Denis, Ted Shawn and
the Denishawn dancers. Mrs. Vernon
Castle in the second episode of
'Patrta," The Night Boat" Wright
and Dietrich. Stuart Barnes and all
the other features seen last week.
The Sin Ys Do" featurninx Frank
Keenan,, MArgsry Wilson and Howard
Hickman, viii be the central attrac-
ton today At Hoors's Garden Thea
ter. Other pictures will be shown,
and special musical accompanimsnts
viii be rendered by the Garden SYM
phony Orchestra.
Louise GlAum, Charles Ray AID
Robert McKim win be the chief at
traction today at Moors's Strand
Thsatsr In The Weaker Sex" There
will be other attractions. and the
Strand Symphony Orchestra will rem
der appropriate musical accompaai-
ments-
''Hotsl de Bunk . two-Aet musical
burlesque, will be presented for the
drst time today at the Gayety Thea
ter at and Q p. m, by Fred Irwin's
Big Show.
House Peters and Myrtle Steadman
in The Happiness OF Three Women"
will be the filn attraction at Loew's
Columbia TheAter today.
The Newman lecture ut the Belasco
Theater 1T $3.50 tonight will be on
the subject Of China
The closing performances OF This
Birth Of Q Nation" will be shown At
the New National At 3 and Sis p. M
today.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
BelaseOI ssThe FIame,r
TuIly Dram.

Richard Walton TuiIy's latest drama,
''The Flame" is scheduled 70 appear
st the Belaseo Thester tomorrow
night.
The action OF "The Flame" tran
spiressin Mexico, opportunity thus be-
ing afforded for q series of stage pic
lures of striking novelty and sump-
tuous beauty.
The story Of the play concerns the
fortunes of q young American couple,
who ip their endeavor to win q com
potency for themselves in q foreign
land are overwhelmed in the mael-
strom of Mexican uprisings and revo-
buttons. Their material dreams are
shattered one by one, but always the
flame Of their love burns brighter,
and in the end they win a reward
which they treasure above all things.
Perhaps. II should be stated that
@The Flame" 81 Fundamentally q
drama of love and motherhood.
During the performance incidental
music is rendered by a band of Gu
hans, imported by Tully for this pro-
duction- The most spectacular set
ting in the play IL the one at the end
OF the second act, which reproduces q
hurricane sweeping through the green
jungle. The original company will be
brought here, including in the pYin-
cipa1 roles Violet Heming, Peggy
O'yeil, Richard Gordon, Robert Patton
Gibbs, Harriet Sterling. Ann Warning
ton, Helen Carew, Wilson Day, Byron
Russell, w. J. Brady, William OTDay.
Jack Kingsberry, Harry Moryil,
George lie Soir, Fred Pena and La
Ciavelita, the Cuban dancer.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
CONCERTS FOR CAPITAL
Musical Treats Provided for Resi-.
dents and Visitors.

Mischa Elman will be heard in his
only recital this season at the Ma
tionaI Theater next Tuesday, January
80. at 4:3o. His program will include:
Concerto In G minor (Bach-Nachez),
allegro motto moderate. largo. presto.
Concerto No. s Cvieuxtsmps). allegro
non troppo. adagio. allegro con fuoeo.
Poeme, op. 20 (chausson): Pastoral
(Scariatti.) Caprice ARRANGED by
Julius-Harrisonl; Turkish March from
the ruins of Athens" CBsethoven-
Auer.) Air de Ballet Cretry-Franko.)
Caprice, No. "a (PaganinL)
The Washington times., 1917-01-28

Sam Scribner, president of the Co
lumbia Amusement Company, which
controls practically all of the larger
burlesque houses In the country, spent
several days IN the past week with
Harry o. Jarhoe, manager OF the
Gayety. II II understood that Mr..
Scribner expressed himself a. pleased
with the liberal patronage that has
been accorded his local house,
Nat c. Goodwin has found the rem
dition OF DANNY Deever," so popular
in Keith's vaudeville that ne has in-
troduced II IN his regular program,
and will recite IL here. Mrs. Good
win, formerly Margaret Moreland, q
beauty from the Pacific slope, IL ex-
pected to accompany him TO Wash
ington, as . postponed part OF the
honeymoon trip.
The Msssrs. Shubert announce that
beginning with last night. the ninth
week Of the engagement of Her Sol
der boy at the Aston Theatsr in
New York. the house has been COM
pletely sold out at every performances
for this attraction. and that not q
ticket has been left in the rack at
any time. for any part of the house.
after the curtain has been raised.
Miss Violet Hemfng, heroine of
Richard Walton Tully's THE Flame"
which comes to the Belasco Theater
for the week commencing Monday,
January 20. IL q lineal descendent Of
John Heming, who. with his partner,
Hsnrie Condslh was the first pub
fisher OF Shakespeare's plays. For
| generations Misc Heming's forbears
have been connected with the theater.
her father being director Of the
Grand Theatsr Of the Isie Of Man.
l. Yes. IL 10 the same Violet Heming
who used TO be here 1T the Columbia
Theater in stock.
In the Rolfs studios recently Ethel
barrymore and her brothsr. Lionel,
appeared a. stars In productions, the
ssttings Of which were side-by-Gide.
Miss Barrymore was working on q
screen version Of Edward Sheldon's
famous play. Egypt" which win be
special release on the Metro pro-
gram Her brother was the star In .
play written by Claiming Pollock and
Rennold Wolf. When Miss Barrymore
was In Doubt a. to . certain detail OF
her production she would call Lionel
to her and ask his advice. When
Mr.. Barrymore was In doubt he would
consult with his sister.
s. z. Poll has requested Fred G.
Berger, his local manager. to pre-
pare advertising copy to be distrib-
uted at the twenty-seven thsaters
owned by Mr.. Poll In the United
States, setting forth the attractions
that the National Capital will afford
during the President inaugural GER
emonies. This matter win be distrib-
uteu through programs to the read.
ers In the many Polf theatsrs. Mr..
Poll win himself come to Warrington
for the inaugural period, accom-
panied BY his family and party OF
close personal friends. .
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II. =. KeIth'st Edna Coed.
rIeh-VaudeViIIs.

Edna Goodrich will be introduced to
the patrons OF vaudeville At p. r.
Eeith's Theater this week, appearing
at every performance, including the
following Sundays farewells.
Since her return from war-worn Eu-
rope. where she was a nurse, Miss
Goodrich has given her time to the
creation of screen heroines.
Edgar Allan Woolf has devised for
her q smart one-act. playIet called
THE Nannequin," the action Of which
occurs in a modiste's shop.
Continuing as the special innovation,
Mrs. Vernon Castle, starring in the
serial "Patria," will be seen in the
third episode entitled winged Mil
lions"
Here the player 10 seen diving head
long from the deck of an ocean steam
er a distance OF thirty feet into the
sea-
GhA sv1.as Il . GEiftnk launch in
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
"sIRrH OF A NATION" CLOSING

D. W. Grifnth's colossal spectacle
OF the screen The Birth of q Ma
tion," closes Its engagement at the
National Theater today with two per-
formances. one In the afternoon at
8 and the other in the evening at
Sis.
In the cast are Henry B. wAlthail.
Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Miriam
Cooper. Mary Alden, and otherA
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
L,eEin.ka. February %.

Leginska, the young pianistic mar
vel, will make her second visit 10
Washington on the afternoon of Feb
ruary 20, instead of the 9th, as previ-
ously announced. On her first visit
she created q furore here and her
recital promises 10 be one of the real
events OF the season.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
PoIl,sI "Pretty
BABY Stock.

Baby" stock.
A big singing and dancing revue
is promised for Polls beginning next
Sunday night in Pretty Baby" .
brand new and up-to-the-minute must
cal comedy.
Jimmy Hodges, who has appeared
on the Keith vaudeville circuit, is the
star OF the piece supported by Jan
Tynes.
Pretty Baby" is declared to be full
OF humorous situations and popular
singing numbers, with a veritable
flock of pretty babies" One OF the
big musical numbers is Pretty Baby"
itself, not only one Of the present
seasons hits. but those of several
seasons past.
Jimmy Hodges and Jan Tynes in
the leading roles together with Ollie
Hodges carry the general lines of the
play. What little plot there Is, is lost
in the maze Of humorous situations,
Jimmy Hodges has been described a.
the "Hitchcockin" type OF comedian,
with q method OF his own, and .
good voice as well.
Jan. Tynes, who, too, is well remem-
bered for her work In vaudeville, not
only establishes her right to the title
OF principal Coincidence, but 10 de-
clared to be q fantastic dancer par
excellence. Elmer Coudy. black-face
comedian and eccentric dancer, and
the Hawaiian Four" Ollie Hadges.
L. GABRIELLE are others OF the cast
Of principals.
There will be the usual Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday matinee.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
Low. ColumhIn-Film..

each to His Kind" q drama. by
Paul West, will be seen at Loew's
Columbia nsxt Sunday and for the
hrst three days OF the week. with
Sessue Hsyakawa,. the japanese &C
tor. In the stellar role The story OF
this Laskey-Paramount picture was
especially written for Mr.. Hayakawa-
He will be seen a. an Indian raiah.
who at school In England was much
sought after In British society.
Beginning Thursday and for the
last three days OF the same week Ls-
more Ulrieh will be seen in her latest
Pailas-Paramount picture. -Her Own
People"
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
Garden-FlmS-

Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno
have once again Joined forces In the
Aim world and will make their nrst
Joint appearance In some months at
Moore's Garden rheater sunday. Mon
day. and Tuesday week OF Feb. 4, In
Money Magic" The theme has to do
with the making OF -munition for
tunes'over night.
On wednesday and Thursday Bessie
Love will be pictured in Nina, the
Flower Girl"
On Friday and Saturday Dorothy
QIsh will be seen In -The Little
Yank."
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
Ten star. February 1s.

For the eighth concert of the Ten
star Series" at the New National
Theater, Friday afternoon, February
16, the artists will be Eddie Brown,
violinist, and Helen Stanley, prima
donna, soprano OF the Chicago Grand
Opera Company.
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3. u K.ithn-y.ua.,tu..

Nat c. Goodwin, the famous Amsri-
can comedian. viii be the attraction
at B. r.. Keith's rhsster nsxt week.
IN humorous stories. rscitations, and
limitations. A feature Il his rem
iniscenses' Of his much married ex-
perience.
The extra attraction win be the
James Carson Company IN '-fha Mod
els Abroad" with three scenes. seven
musical numbers and dozen or more
daisies from Broadway
Mrs. Castle viii be seem starring in
the supreme serial -Patria. "prssent-
ing the fourth episode entitled "Dou-
ble-Crossed." \ popular inclusion viii
be Dorothy Connolly In new songs
written by Percy Wenrieh, who in
person will assist her, Other attrac-
lions will be '.MiloT': Arthur sulli-
van and Company; Joe Fanton and
Company; and the pipe organ recitals.
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Strandi. Louise Glaum,
Charles Ray. Films.

Louise Giaum and Charles Ray will
head the program at Moore's Strand
Theater today and Monday in THE
Weaker Sex" The story pictures the
life of . wealthy young son OF q dis
trict attorney, who. living his own.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28

A daringly unconventional photo
play bearing the title Female Of the
Species and featuring Dorothy Dali
ton, Howard Hickman, and Enid Mar
key will be the attraction at the
strand on Sunday, Monday and Tues
day week Of Feb. 4
On wednesday and Thursday viii
liam Desmond win be the headline At
traction In 1'rhs Iced Bullet" dealing
with the actual conditions - they
exist In better known Photographic
studios
Viola Dana will be the main at
traction on Friday and Saturday In
Threads Of Fate"
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loves COIumbiaI. F1Ins,
aHnppIneaa Of Three Women.v

The popular photeplay fsvorites,
House Peters and Myrtle Steadman,
will be seen az co-stars At loves
Columbia today, Monday, Tuesday,
and wednesday, in a perturbation of
Albert PayBon Terhuns's story, 'Ths
Happiness of Three Women" 1t has
to do with Constance, the young and
beautiful wife of Mark Barr, ever in
fear Of her husbands jealousy. Among
the guests at their reception are
Myrtle Gale and her rance, Billy
time engaged. Mark mfSinterprets .
friendly chat between the two and in
suItinRly forbids Billy further visits
to his house.
Myrtle goes to the city to shop, and
10 to return on an early evening
train, on which Constance also ex-
poets her husband. Both are delayed
and Constance persuades Billy, who
has come to meet Myrtle, to take her
for a ride in his new car. They lose
their way and are out nearly all.
night. Constance Is beset with fear
at her husbands anger. Billy takes
Constance to an inn for a bite to eat
and they discover II 10 a notorious
roadhouse. On their way out OF the
grounds lightning strikes a tree
which falls in the road as smother
automobile. driven by Fletcher, CASH
Ter Of the bank, approaches.
Beginning Thursday and for the
last half of the week Vivian Martin
will be the pictured star in THE Wax
Model"
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
STAGE AND SCREEN NOTES
Interesting Bits Of lnformatlon
About Different Theatsrs.

The Mutual Film Corporation an
nounoes the early appearance OF Miss
Marie Cahll In Cahill-Mutual Pho
toplayR.