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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05
SEA GIVES UP ITS STRANGE SIGHTS
BEFORE THE CAMERAS PIERCING EYE
Battle
in Filming Jules Williamson
Brother

Universal's picture filmed at the bottom Of
the ocean.
In addition to the scenic beauties of the
production there is story unfolded. which
has the daring of chivalrous men, the ro-
nance of love and the excitement of the
battle fields. In making the picture Uni
Versal used careful judgment in selecting
the players. II was necessary, in many
instances, to engage those who had some
aquatic prowess and no limit of fearless,
ness. for taking scenes on the bottom of
the ocean required nerve and skill. The
cast is headed by Allan Holubar, in the role
of Captain Memo, the wizard Of the sea,
with Jane Gail playing the character of a
child of nature. Dan Hanlon Is seen in the
role of Professor Aronnax, a distinguished
French scientist: Edna Pendleton, as his
daughter; Curtis Benton, as Ned Land,
prince of harpooners; Matt Moore, as Lieu
tenant Bond, United States army Howard
Crompton. Wallace Clark. Martin Murphy
and Leviticus Jones, as members of Lieu
tenant Bonds party; William Welch, as
Charles Denver, an English adventurer
Allan Holubar, as Prince Daaker, an East
Indian prince; Jane Gail, as Princess Daa-
ker, his wife, and Lois Alexander his
daughter, a child of eight. There are also
officers sailors. soldiers, East Indian ma
tives divers shark hunters, villagers, mule
teers and a cast of more than 1000 persons.
A distinguished audience will attend the
performance on Monday night, Mayor Smith.
heads Of the city departments, municipal
and national officers having signifed their
intention of being present
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

Slashing at a gigantic octopus with an
Ak, severing simy tentacle at every
stroke, Captain Memo sew the monster and
saved a pearl diver, who had been seized
by the giant devilfish at the bottom of the
tropic ocean
Through a submerged window in the sub
marine Nautilus a terrified group of spec
tators breathiessy observed the life-and-
death combat. They watched Captain Memo
release the unconscious victim from the
MANNED and quivering tentacles of the
octopus and rise with him to the surface
Then he descended to the depths and re-
traced his steps to the submarine He
entered the sea door in his craft, removed
his under-sea suit of armor and reJoined
his affrighted guests in the observation
cabin, none the worse for his adventure.
What is all this about you ask? 1t is
one of the many thrilling er-the-ocean
scenes in the Universai's production Of
Jules Verne's 100000 Leagues Under the
Sea-" at the Forrest next week.
Little mention of this startling project
was made during the nearly two years that
4 motion-picture studio was being operated
on the bottom of the sea. No one heard
nor Of the many hair-breadth and hair
raising escapes Of the actors who played
their parts among the man-eating sharks.
For the first time in history a drama
with the floor of the ocean as the stage
has been photographed.
A submarine descends to mysterious
depths and human being emerge. exactly as
Jules Verne wrote. You follow the actors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

is especially So because 1t is his his practise
to turn over his daily mail. neatly tied with
white string, to his wife, Dorothy Daven-
port. If Dorothy were not motion picture
actress she would probably be jealous, but
she understands susceptible womankind and
she doesn't in the least mind the tender mis-
sives that arrive at Hollywood, Cal, for
"Wally."
The Reid home Is an attractive place. 1t
stands on Selma avenue in Hollywood, a
suburb Of Los Angeles. There is a pretty
lawn and a garden and the Reids are never
so happy as when they are trimming their
rose bushes planting onions. Sunday
mornings are usually devoted to looking
after the pets. That Is when the Reids
wash their dog But It is not really a diff
ncult job, for the dog is such a mild fellow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

In their perilous adventures. You see them
on hunting trip through subaqueous for
ests, where they battle with charging
sharks. Unnamed monsters dart by at
every step. They explore sleeping coral
the ribs of sunken ships, wrecked half
century ago.
Jules Ferne's hero Captain Memo, the
chief actor in these events requires no life
lines nor air pipes to connect him with the
upper world. Carrying his own supply of
oxygen in n condensed air tank he strides
the deep, free as King Neptune himself.
The submarine drama tells the story of
this man of mystery, whose wealth would
pay off n national debt Millions of per-
sons from fifty years ago to the present day
have been thrilled by reading the narrative
of his life. He was the wizard of the sea,
His inventions made him master of the un-
conquered ocean.
How it was possible to produce this
drama under the sea is story to fill pages,
All the submarine pictures were directed
by the Williamson Brothers, whose inven-
tions have made ocean photography a sur
prising and wonderful creation. 1t was
their dream to demonstrate the pausibility
of Jules Verne S prophetic story, and it was
the ambition Of President Laemmle, of the
Universal, to execute this almost unbe-
lievable undertaking
That which the French author predicted
fifty years ago has only recently come true.
Submarines have now terrorized the sea
exactly as he foretold, and all the thrilling
details are pictured to the minute in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05
PERTINENT HINTS
FOR THE CAMERA
AND ITS PLAYERS
How Photoplay Actresses Can
Improve Their Work and
Make It Vital
By BESSIE BARRISCALE
At the Arcadia Next Week

1t is no wonder that there has bean
considerable discussion of late az IA
whether beauty and brains can be combine
in sufficient quantities to be profitable IN
the film business. 1 will not discuss actor
but I feel qualified to talk about TN
women of the screen because I am one nv.
self, and I know our weaknesses. We DO
not think enough nor study enough Many
actresses who have beauty and ability an
doomed to failure for this one reason This
is what always tell girls who write 10
ask how they may become motion-pictufs
actresses. You cannot imagine how many
such letters there are. I tell them II b
no trouble to become an actress the great
difficulty is being worthy of your job.
OF course, it is the glitter and the fan.
cied romance of the profession that attract
the girls. They think 1t would be ''perfectly
wonderful to be made love to by hand,
some leading men and wear pretty clothes
and pose in front Of camera. But ed
to say, that is where they stop thinking
They know nothing of the bitter disap-
pontments, the unceasing grind Of hard
work and the many other unpleasant
features Of studio life. How many timss
have I watched beautiful and perhaps
talented beginner go through her small
parts, utterly oblivious of the opportun.i
ties to study and improve her work. This
class is in the majority. and it's represents.
tives are apt to be self-satisfled, sure that
they cannot make mistakes and greatly o.
Tended when they fail.
But the beginners are not the only onss
in this class. There are plenty of present
day stars who sparkle brightly for tins
and then fade. 1t is no fault Of the pro
ducer nor the public; the reason they will
find within themselves. Plenty of girls 81
their chance, but little success spoils them.
They DO not try to improve. They think
that the industry centers in their important
selves and the first thing they know an U
wind blows down their house Of cards an
they blame everybody but themselves Thwl
simply were not big enough for their joe&l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05
PHILOPATRIANS WILL
GIVE PLAY IN JUNE

Philadelphia theatre-goers will be glad to
learn that. in spite of the war, the Philo-
patrian Players will present their twenty
tfth annual play in June.
The work of these amateurs is always
welcome, coming as it does after the close
of the professional season, though 1t is
hardly fair to call them amateurs, either.
as their main right to that title lies in the
fact that they receive no salaries. As far as
ability goes, the Philopatrian cast always
compares with professional talent.
James ]. Skelly, the Philopatrian actor
manager, announces that this years vehicle
has not been selected, but that a number of
recent Broadway hits are ~ der consider
alton and that Il choice will made in the
near future. Mr.. Skelly neeA' no introduce
tion to Phiadelphians either as a manager
as actor.
As usual, the entire proceeds Of the play
which will have a seven nights run in June
at the Broad Street Theatre, will go to the
House of the Good Shepherd, Germantown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

future for the Russian players on the
Enguish speaking stage. He sought an in
terview with her, found her in q receptive
mood and soon arranged to have her taught
the language of her adopted country. She
spent the next summer at the country place
of a magazine editor and rapidly acquired
a working knowledge OF English. During
the following season Henry Miller presented
her in repertory of Ibsen plays given at
a series of special matinee performances at
the old Princess Theatre in New York.
1t was Miler's theory that his so-called
discovery" would become n fad in New
York IL he could stimulate gossip about her
over Afternoon teacups. He worked out his
plans with that contamination in view and
his belief was vindicated. 1t soon became
"the thing to see Nazimova in a matinee
performance Of Ibsen. Her Hedda in
"Hedda Gabler" and Nora in "A Dolls
House" became the talk of the town and
were discussed in great detail by fair young
critics. who raved about symbolism, uni
versatility and dramatic influence with a
fiuency that drove less erudite patrons of
'at homes" to the verge Of frenzy.
The producers motives may have been
mercenary and 1t Is certain he traded on
the foibles of the idle classes, but the fact
remains that Nazimovas impersonations at
the Princess did more to popuarize very
great playwright in this country than did
Richard Mansfield's ambitious production of
Peer Gynt" or the brilliant acting of "Ros-
mersholm" by Mrs. Fiske. George Arliss,
Bruce McRae, Fuller. Mellish and Albert
Bruning.
1t is safe TO say that Nazimova has pug
zled American reviewers more than any
other player on the stage. Her interpre-
tation Of Ibsen lacks the intellectual quali-
ties of a reading by Mrs. Fiske and fire.
quently exaggerates certain picturesque de-
tails at the expense Of possible Illuminating
exposition Of puzzling dialogue. Her stage
methods tend to the bizarre and seemingly
are designed for the esoteric few. Either
through preference or In Difference to the
Judgment Of her managers she has hereto
fore selected neurotic types for her most
ambitious stage portraits. This policy. Of
course. is in keeping with the fad scheme
that first made her celebrity. but there
are critics who contend that a grave In
Justice has been done. They argue that the
art Of the actress has been seriously handi-
capped ~ ~ apparently stpdieus avoid
eplss g 9 III 1n Az eaaivslg M 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

that he never even shakes himself until
his ablutons are completed. There is also
a family of cats on the place
characteristic Of Wallace Reid is his
punctuaity. Absolute dependence may be
placed upon him at the studio and he is
always there promptly at s:33 in the morn
ing. That means his leaving his home at
S.31. Fortunately he has a fast machine.
Once upon a time Hal Reid, Walace's
father, was a famous melodia anna star. Wal
lace took naturally to the stage, but before
he left his home in St. Louis, following a
course of study at the New Jersey Military
Academy. he wasn't quite cure just what
occupation to follow. But there was an op-
portunity for him to work on a ranch and
he lost no time in going West. Later he ran
a hotel and he also occupied himself for
n. while on the Government survey Of the
Shoshone Dam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

tention even Of
critics who could
n OF understand
the language she
spoke. One Of the
number who Wis
tied the little the
tre in which she
appeared W a S
Henry Miller, ac-
tor, producer and
manager. His as
tuteness visual
lied a remarkable
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

a single offering in
vaudeville. Little
Miss Dainty" as
this little Quaker.
ess has come to be
known on the stage.
will make her first
appe a r a n ce in
vaudeville as a
"sirgle" at Keith's
next week.
1t was only a
few years ago that
the Millership Sis
ters were playing
about this city at
s m all entertain
ments, ffering e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05
COhan and the Critics

II E. DOUNCE, who tells the
IL readers of the Syracuse
Herald what they ought to know
about plays and players, sends under
heavy seal the following irreverence
and confession to Alexander Wool
colt, who does the same to the read
ers of the New York Times:
Dramatic critics in this country
are divided into two classes, those
who know George M. Cohan is the
greatest American dramatist and
those who know he isn't, but say he
is. Which kind are you? I am
both"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

Il VI years. % SS Iiic
press agent, he has
been "the idol of
the screen" and he
is lust as fasci-
mating" today in
Joan the Woman"
as he was in the
guise of a black
smith in THE Birth
of a Nation" or in
any other picture
with which his
fame is associated.
So 1t seems a little
absurd for so many
admiring young
things" to send him
endearing letters
from almost every
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

ture as a selected amusement. l want to
play to five million persons year in my
theatre and this accounts for the large
seating capacity. / feel sure that Paris
will welcome the addition of this theatre
to its already abundant amusement re.
sources" she writes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

songs and dances as their speciality. Later
they entered the professional ranks and
were not long in making a name for them.
selves. They formed a partnership with
Harry Fox, the comedian, and the trio
quickly forged to the front one Of the
most successful acts of the kind on the
stage. An engagement with big Broad
way revue followed. and was only termi-
mated when one Of the girls married a Chi
cago hotel man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05
JUVENILE OF JOAN"
NO LONGER SINGLE
Wallace Reid Sends All His "Mash
Notes" to His Wife, Dorothy
Davenport

1t is too bad to shatter loves young
dream, but the truth must be told-Wal-
lace Pod 10 W, rrind YenrS SaYA the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05
PHILADELPHIA GIRL
is NOW ON HER OWN

Philadelphians who have watched the
career of the Millership Sisters will be inter-
ested in the debut of Florrie Mllership in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05
IBSEN, NAZIMOVA
AND HENRY MILLER
The Triple Combination That Popu-
larized Actress With U. S.
Audiences

ALA Nazimova came to this country as
the leading woman of a Russian company
and her striking personality riveted the at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

Mary Pickford, In
Romance Of the RedWoodal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

Fanny Ward, I'm
a school for Husbands
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

William Farnum. in
American Methods
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

Polly Redhead
Mrs. v. Castle. in Patria
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-05

Florence Reed. In
The Eternal Sin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

own brute power the classes that have
suffered and been exploited at the
hands of the fortunate masters since
the beginnings. of society. He believes
the present organization of civilization
is hopelessly diseased. that it cannot be
cured, and, therefore, must be de-
stroyed.
When Macdonald goes to Jail he will
90 as a martyr, and his fellows will
warningly chant: ave never forget;
we never forget" If their nerve does
not fail them there will be fresh out
bursts of sabotage to avenge society's
defence of itself against assault.
In Utah Joe White committed cold
blooded murder. He was stood up
against a wall and legally shot to death
after a fair trial. He has become in
|. W. W. tradition a martyr, and every
effort is made to make his blood the
seed of the new dispensation. You
can't reason with a fanatic or use
moral suasion with fanaticism. The |.
w. W. is a challenge to mortal COM
bat. II purposes to sabot the whole
machinery of civilization and make it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Four Western States
Defy |. W. W. on
Threat of Strike
officials Refuse to Release
Imprisoned Agitators
Except by Law
Persecution Is Charged
Industrial Workers Demand
End of "Class War" and
Right to Organize
Persecution Is Charged

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 15.-Threat
Of a general strike by Industrial Work
ers of the World was theoretically
countered tonight by state and city
officials. They declared the law would
be allowed to take its course against
the men who proposed to let the hsr-
vest rot and to tie up activities neces-
sery to the war in retaliation for "sys-
tcmatic persecution against our mem
bers."
James Rowan, district secretary OF
the Industrial Workers, announcing
that q general strike would be called
August 20 in Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana and Oregon, unless the organiza-
TONS demands were granted, said 55,-
600 men would quit work. The organl-
cation served notice on the Governors
OF the four states that they wanted all
"class war" prisoners released, ten
hour day in the harvest fields, better
sanitary conditions, no discrimination
against union men and the privilege OF
organizing workers.
"By the use of our organized eco
nomic power we will force the ruling
class to give justice to our members
or else the crops of the Northwest ter
ritory shall be left unharvested," said
the statement.
Governor Moses Alexander of Idaho
said his state was prepared for all
emergencies"
81 have made arrangements to pro-
tect every industry in this state from
any attack, first by law, and second. if
necessary, by force" he declared. mo
man will be permitted to interfere with
the industries of this state, now en-
gagged in supplying the nation, at war
with a foreign enemy, with necessary
products or materials"
G. L. Baker, Mayor of Portland,
Ore, said his city would cope with any
disturbances. In Portland twenty In
dustrial Workers are in custody,
charged with various offences, several
having been put to work on the rock
pile.
LET them strike said the Mayor.
"No Industrial Workers will be re-
leased here unless by due process Of
law"
Governor James Withycombe. of Ore
gon, declined to comment on the threat
ened strike. He recently declared every
possible effort would be made in Ore
gon to block illegal activities of the
|. w. W., and suggested that arrested
dsturbers be sentenced to six months
in the county Jail and put to work on
rock piles in order that the harvests
might be brought in while they were
behind the bars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

The Socialists have a party machine IN
a sense that neither the Democratic
nor the Republican machine in It's
worst days ever dreamed of having.
1--WE must strive to make democracy
safe throughout the world-not by
words, but by deeds. Canada has one
thirteenth Of our population. She has
100000 men under arms. We Will de-
serve as we'll as Canada when we have
5.OO0.0 900 men under arms, three
fourths of them over on the fighting
line.
"Let us make democracy safe for the
world, and then let US understand that
1t won't be safe in this country until
we bring industrial democracy to sup
plement political democracy, each alike
based not on the theory-to which l
never will subscribed giving all men
the same reward, without regard to the
services they render, but upon the doc
trine that we are to strive to get equal
ity of opportunity for all men, and
then measurably to see that there IS
some approximation between the re-
ward received and the services rem
dered"
"'Do not doubt for moment God IN
heaven has manifested His eternal
Judgment so that the simplest may
read that autocracy is doomed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Must Kill Prussianism,
T. K. Tells Harvard Men

"Let it be understood that we will use
all our resources in men, machinery,
munitions and money and will make
every possible sacrifice until we bring
the Hohenzollern's Prussianized Ger
many on its knees in the dust before
the civilization it has offended"
Theodore Roosevelt made this appeal
for a fight to finish in this war before
1000 members of the Harvard Club last
night at its home, at q West Forty
fourth Street. The men had gathered
to celebrate the winning by Cambridge
men of commissions in officers train
ing camps.
"If we make peace" asserted Colonel
Roosevelt, while Germany is in condi-
ton 10 repeat this war, it would be an
overwhelming victory for barbarism If
we have a peace now such as these ut
terly despicable creatures -pasifists,
Socialists, |. W. WIS, and the who e
raft of sexless creatures-demand, we'd
have war afterward and soon be tram
pied under foot by aliens, as China has
heen."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
ks&G!umpana
Broadway at 34th Street
Announce Very Important
Clearance of Mems Silk
Shirts at S4.95
at Greatly Reduced Prices

@ These are not silk shirts such as may usually
be seen at this particular price. They are gar
ments which have been selling at S6.15 all
season, now reduced for prompt disposal be-
cause the size or color assortments are incom-
plete. The materials include II and IA mummy
Genuine Habutai Silks Crepe de Chine in
snappy Satin Striped Patterns; and Novelty
Silks that are most unusual at this price.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

A German hotelkeeper, having told
the Excise Commissioners yesterday
that he kept no bar, but at dinner he
gave his boarders wine from his pri-
vete bottle, they decided that he must
omit the wine or take out license.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
To Save Fish With Screens

Because a large number Of fish were
killed by being carried over the Roose-
welt dam during last springs floods II
has been suggested that a screen be
placed several hundred feet upstream
from the dam to prevent such loss in
the future. By such means the fish
would be kept from getting too close
to the spillways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Also-Men's Silk Shirts
Reduced to $2.95

q Formerly S3.95. This is special clearance of
fine shirts that have been soiled through handling,
together with broken lots Of our higher priced as
sortments Made of Satn-Striped Silk Broad
cloth; Heavy Tub Silks, and Silk Fibre Cloths in
rich Jacquard and Striped designs. These values
cannot be duplicated, so take advantage of this
price now.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-29

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