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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16

Il. c. Drury, Ontarios new prem
ier-elect, is already experiencing
opposition because of some of his
cabinet selections. Drury was the
unanimous choice of the United
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
PARK

At recent performance of
 'Breakfast in Bed' coming to the Park theatre, Monday and Tuesday, a man in uniform was heard to re- mark, as he went to the smoking room after the first act, What chance would a man have trying to kid that woman?'' He referred of course, to Florence Moore, the. ire
 pressibIe star of the farce.
 What chance would man have
 trying to kid that woman?''
 This observation was carried to Miss Moore, with the thought that she would accept it as a golden com pIiment. Instead, however, she be- came serious and said:
 q wonder if the public thinks I cut up off the stage as I do while before the footlights? Are specta- tors so carried away with the per forrnance in a theatre that they go away with the conviction that a play CT is really a fool, a crook or a mur- derer- Don't they stop to consider that an actor is always the most suc- cessful when playing his direct op- posite? Does the gentleman who ez- pressed the fear that I could not be 'kidded' think such a thing impossi- ble because I do so much Kidding in my role in Breakfast in Bed |? Evidently so; and yet I must con- fess that lam as easy to kid as any other woman and always have been
 A compliment is a shaft against which no woman has sufficiently thick arrnOr and if I am 'kidded' by the right person I am just as easily deceived as any of my sisters who have not had my experience in kid ding others. But of course I should not wish this to be generally knownl''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

well be studied by all actors. But as for advising one to put aside his or her natural ways to copy manner isnls-never!
 'The most desirable thing in screen acting is spontaneity. If you persuade an actress to pattern her work after another you do more to kill spontaneity than if you tied her hand and foot. And there is nothing more quickly transmitted by the camera than such a lack in a player. The motion picture public has be- come a very exacting critic; it detects and spurns very quickly everything that savers of artifciality. The best story will fail flat if it is not evident that the players are moving of their own thoughts and impulses.
 'Now that the picture drama has come to be something more than a novelty and we must give to it the same care that is devoted to stage presentations, the screen artist must succeed or fail, sink or swim on his or her own qualities and capacities. To think otherw SC would be like ex- pecting one child to learn mathe- matics by merely copying sets of figures that another has set down "No, the last thing l would at tempt to do-the last that can be 1 done-is to try to make one aspiring artist a second anybody. To try it would be merely to make an auto maton."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
PLAZA.

Beautiful Olive Thomas is seen at the Plaza theatre in "The Spite Bride a drama, of youthful inn pulse. Never has Miss Thomas look ed more beautiful, and never was she cast in a better role than that of Tessa Doyle one of the dancing team of Dennis and Doyle. Tessa was the high type of show girl-strafght, sweet and clean. When Rodney Dolson saw her he immediately de- cided that she was just the girl for his friend, Billy Swayne, to marry. Rod had impressed Billy with the fact that he must get married-to spite AIIlicent Lee. the girl to whom Billy had been engaged and who had tilted him, so that she could not get out her publicity first. Rods idea was this: Marry the girl, hand her thousand dollars and then give her q trip to Reno. Billy. a scion of one of New Works oldest families, mar ried the girl but when he proceeded rO give her the thousand, he met trouble. TriEie. Tessa's astute had sized him up and came to the con- clusion that he could pay more. Billy refuses to be blackmaiIed and he and Rodney abduCt the girls and take them to his yacht. which catches fire
 
 forced to take to a life boat They ar0 picked up by tramp steamer bound for Cuha a couple of hours later The captain falls in love with Tessa and gives her a card to his mother in case she ever needs d friend. A year later Tessa is knock ed down by a truck and the card is found in her purse. How she once meets the captain and later her hus- band and his mother, brings this de- lightfu1 picture of thrills and action to a happy but unexpected ending. \ good vaudeville show is also ap- bearing.
 Coming four days starting Sunday night. is Norma Talmadge's newest seven act super drama, The Isle of Conquest" taken from Arthur Horn blows 'By Right of Conquest" This is said to be Norma's best Dresenta- tion- Natalie, NoIma's younger sis ter, makes her screen debut in it. It will be shown four times daily.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
THE PdESS AGENTS SAY

with the Ringing, Barnum & Bailey
 Shows, and her long run in Cheer -Up' at the HippodrOme, gained new honors at Polls theatre last night, when she appeared in a vaudeville translation of her circus act. Includ- ed in her list of assistants is her family and Phil, the celebrated come dian, and considerable bareback rider himself.
 Miss Wirth's act makes corking good vaudeville material. Her stunts are as fast as they are dangerous, and she springs a lot of new ones that have been added to her reper- toire since leaving the tanbark arena. She executes the dizziest feats with
 the supremest ease, and the same may be said of the genuinely funny Phil, who nonchalantly rolls a few inches from the path of an oncom- ing horses feet as if he didn't care
 a rap about his life insurance pre- rlium.
 The remainder of the bill is very satisfactory. Anger and Packer pre- sented a nifty 1itt1u rapidfire joke act. Tommie Allen, assisted by sev- eraI shapeIy young ladies, put over a cocktail scene in a way that had the audience shouting with laughter. Here is a comedienne of rare quality. Bobby Henshaw amused with his songs and nut stuff. and Magee and Anita are worthwhile dance artists. Sergeant Guy Empey, author Of *'Over the Top" appears personally as the chief character in his own photoplay, The Undercurrent." It is a good movie all the way through, and shows that Empey has a keen knowledge of human nature. Incl dentalIy, the sergeant is a, photoplay leading man who must be watched from now on. He can give some of the so-caIIed stars a lot of pointers about acting. He is supported by such stars as Florence Evelyn Mar tin, Betty Blythe and Marguerite Courtot in the production. ''The Un-
 dercurrent'' is a good slam at Bol-
 shevism, and done In a fashion that
 grips you.
 Pathe News was chiefly notable for
 it's scenes Of the recent football
 game between the Army and Navy at the Polo Grounds, New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
AISlN.
(RCViCW.) )

As d comedy and a burIesque London BeIIcs," at the Park theatre, would make a fine tragedy. While Chester Nelson is billed in capital letters as the comedian of the show he failed to draw more than one or two laughs during the entire per formanct last night.
 Nelson appears on the stage with out any makeup and jokes he tried to put across were so stale that any an tedeluyian joke book had q complete set of them. Lew Rose as lazy Pickle was his partner in crime on the comedian side of the fence and while he was supposed to be a Jewish comedian, he even lacked the ac- cent of the part.
 The only bright spot in the whole show was the Tasmanian Trio, who, with their singing and dancing, kep- the audience alive to the possibilities of talent in a burlesque show.
 While the show is advertised as the London Bellies, the audience failed to take cognizance of that fact from their general appearance on the stage and not even the principal female characters could be characterized as "beIles''
 Taken all in all, the audience was sadly disappointed last night on the appearance of this show on the Co., lumbia wheel, which has always maintained a reputation of putting out a first class burlesque production.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
COPYING ANOTHER IS FATAL ON SCREEN,
 SAYS TAYLOR

William Desmond, the director who was chosen by the Bealart cor poration, a subsidiary of the Para mount company with which he has issue with a printed opinion that he has long been associated, takes sharp issue with a printed opinion that he has been enjotned to make another Mary Pickford' out of his young professional ward.
 Nothing could be further from the truth,' said Taylor, with a par donabIe aspertty. T would not un- dertake her direction under such a commission. The last advice I would give a player would be to pattern after somebody else. It is true that there are some so skiIfull and finish ed in acting technique that their methods of achieving results may
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
THRILLS APLENTY IN NEW PHOTO
 PLAY SCRIPT

Catching with motion picture camera a touring car as it hurled eighty-fve feet from a bridge in the night time was the feat achieved by Director Ray SmaIIwood with the aid of six camermen and a battery of aro lights. The scene was for '"The Best O Luck" the Drury Lane melo- drama. The condemned Devils Gate Bridge, which crosses the Arroyo Se- co near Pasadena. Cal, was the site chosen for the scene. It was ? o'clock in the morning when MT. SmalIwood gave orders for the car to start on it's mad dash. The car hit the gap, made a leap, turned over once as it fell and landed with crash on the rocks in the bottom of the canyon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
WOODS DESCRIBES QUALITIES NEEDED
 BY DIRECTORS

''The two greatest difficulties that confront the motion picture pro- ducers are securing, first. good stories, and, second, capable dfrec- tors" said Frank E. Woods, Para mounts supervising director. who was one of the pioneers of the young picture industry and for several years served in a similar capacity for the great D. W. Griffith.
 The really good directors,' said MT. Woods, "are very few, and many who are filling such posts are really not directors; they are merely
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
EDITED BY DAVID J. LUsTIG

makers of motion pictures. A dlrec- tor worthy of his title must be a per- son of composite qualities. He must first of all be endowed with real dra- matist insight - instinct, if you please. He should have the artistic sense strongly trained and developed. He must have a general knowledge of history and a grasp of the things that in the present day govern the impulses of men and the course of events.
 He must command the respect of his artists and be able to convey his ideas to them so that they will partake of his thought power and try to concentrate with him on the ob- ject in hand. l. is manifest that he must know a good story; more than that, the germ of q good story, for many an opportunity has been seized by a director who has built nobly on the basis of one or two ideas. He should know how to put his story into the continuity form needed to make a smooth running screen play.
 Then he must know the camera IS well as the man who turns the crank; for all his other knowledge may be rendered futile in the sharp competition of these days if he is not able to assure his production of the necessary pictorial beauty. He must have unlimited patience and enthusiasm and be slutton for hard work. There are other qualities and accomplishments he must have, but these will do for mention now.
 "Is it not apparent why there are few great directors? As the men to measure up to these requirements are developed they will force recog- milton and the stars will not be able 10 hide their glory. The yOung> art of the motion picture will bring them out. never fear.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
10 " ard Off Winter
 Complexion Ills

To keep the face smooth, white and beautiful all winter, there's nothing quite 50 good as ordinary mercolized wax. Ro' gh, chapped or discolored skin, inevitable in this weather, Is gently absorbed by the wax and re- placed by the newer, fresher skin beneath. The face exhibits no trace of the wax, the latter being applied ct bedtime and washed off mornings
 Creams, powders and rouges, on the other hand, are apt 70 appear con- spicuous at this season, because of alternating expansion and contraction of the skin, due to changing temper atures. You are advised to try this simple treatment Get an ounce of nercolized wax at any drugstore and use like cold cream. This will help any complexion at once, and in a week CT so the skin will look re- rnsrI,ab youthful and healthy.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
CARRIGAN's SUCCESS

Thomas Carrtgan, who played the title role in Checkers" has been
 signed for the lead in June Caprfce's next picture NIr. Carrtgan is a vet eran of the screen, having been one of the first of the 'Ieg.rmate' players to leave New York for the Coast in the early days of the motion picture.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
STORIES ABOUT STARS THAT YOU LIKE TO SEE SHINE
LUAIaLEiEl9 ~IfsE
 RIGHT TO LIE''

Dolores Cassineu, famed Italian beauty, who has been featured in The Unknown Love" and The Vir- tuous ModeT' has just completed another big feature entitled The Right to Lie.' Among those seen in her support are Frank Mills, Joseph King, Warren Cook, Grace Reals, and Violet Raad
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

The most significant feature of the present season in New York is the number of musical plays being pre- sented, no less than seventeen bidding for popular favor at present. This is accounted for by the fact that au- thors are bestowing intelligent thought upon the book, and pro ducers are striving to equal dramatic productions in the staging. Walter Brooks, who staged Fifty Fifty, Limited,'' one of the best plays of the season, declares that the sue cess which followed immediately after this was realized, has done much to justify producers in exercising a like degree of intelligence in the prepa- ration of such plays. which is a de- cidedly favorable aspect.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
FOOtligght g Flashes

Ethel Newcomb. the noted Amert- can pian:ste, gave q new Leschitezky compost; on in New York last week at a concert. IL was dedicated by the famous master to the artistA. who was one of his chief assistants and best pupils.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05
P0IY'S.

May Wirth, the dainty eques- tr-enre who is well known all over the country through her connection
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Madame Marguerite sylva, the ia nous prina donna. has joined the California moving picture colony She has already won great success as beauty of the screen in Europe where sine acted number of strong dramatic roles,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

came from England as an infant, is acting his first English role in several years. He is doing an amusing char acterization in "Three's a Crowd"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Serova and Her .)ancers. headed by the graceful Sonia Serova, will make an extended tour of the United States this season. She is one of the leading dance opponents and is to es- tabitsh a theatre for the dance in New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Charles Compton, a dependable ju- venile, whose work on the New YCrk stage has always been as good as it has been varied, has a new sort of "Charley's Aunt role in the new Earl Derr Biggers comedy now func- tiOning. A
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Warda Howard, a favorite of the stage and screen, opened a new en- gagement this week at Honolulu where she made her first stop with an American company which vii present American plays in India China and Japan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

A voice like an angel and a figure like a divinity is the way Helene Flanders appeared to one veteran New York music reviewer after her concert at Carneg.e Hall last week. This singer is a secessionist from the Metropolitan Opera House to the concert field, where she shines with effuIg Igence
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Pietro A. Ton, one of the most brilliant concert organists in that branch, is this year giving more than 100 recitals in leading Ameri- can cities, as propaganda in favor of the organ as a concert instrument.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Madame Ruano Bogislav the leading exponent of Gypsy music in America is to give group of Gypsy and Slavic folk songs in the import ant cities of the United States this season. They are given in native costume.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

The French High Commission came to New York to welcome the new company to the Theatre Pa risien. A supper was given on the stage and Helene Flanders, soprano, and Ina Claire and Vivien Segal, were of the guests.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

larly versatile and always exceeding Iy good.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

George Broadhurst has arrived in London and will arrange for an early production of Langdon McCormack's sensational me1odran2a, The Storm, D in that city. London has already seen some of Mir. McCormack's sen- satiOnaI acts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Samuel Merwin's best seller, "The Honey Bee," is being screened by the American Film Company for Ma dame Marguerite Sylva at the Santa Barbara studios. Rupert Julian Is the director. It is her first Ameri- cen picture.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Harold de Becker, a youthful ap- bearing actor who has been on Broadway with virtually a who's who on the American stage" since he
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Marjorie Rambeau. following her success in The Unknown Woman, ,'' presented in New York last week, will enact the leading role in the film version of Madame N when her minated.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

"One of the notable Shakespearean characterizations of the present age' is the designation given to Annie Hughess delightful reading and act ing of the role of the Nurse in Walter Hampden's production of Romeo and Juliet" Unhappily this Hamp- den creation does not measure up to the standard of his "HamIet' and Miss Hughes does much to atone for this shortcoming.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Harry Ashford a favorite English actor, has been added to the cast of ''Scan daI' which is circulating suc- cessfulIy in New York at present. Fzs york in America has been singu-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Georges Plateau, the French actor, who came here two years ago and won high esteem from playgoers and critics, is to appear this year in a new mystery play. Later he will be seen in a series of plays adapted from the French. He is a theatrical manager in Paris as well as actor, and he may engage likewise during his sojourn in the States"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-05

Whitford Kane's Dark Rosaleen,' the Irish comedy of charm, which oC- cupied the Belasco Theatre last sea son, may shortly be seen at the home of Irish drama In Dublin. Thence 1t will be taken to London, as so many Dublin plays have in the past. Mr. Kane is completing two more plays which read like successes.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-04

Leonard, from overseas last Thursday
afternoon and evening. A large num-
Der of invited friends. gathered at
their home and they certainly had a
royal good time. Two suppers were
served and the time was spent be-
tween serving by dancing and social
conversation Leonard is so glad to
be home that he thinks it is too good
to be true and is afraid he'll wake up
some day and find he has been dream.
ing. ....-,-r.. T..
Mr.. and Mrs. August Hulsebus are
rejoicing over the safe arrival OF a
baby boy, born May 31st.
A ventriloquist gave an entertain
lment in the hall Friday night which
brought large crowd to town apd
was we'll attended. 1t has been year
since there has been any kind of a
show here.R'i e.. XIV.
Friday three young men came into
town, claiming to be soldiers from ov-
erseas. One was in full uniform, one
carried an army overcoat and the third
had nothing Of the uniform about him.
They claimed to be broke and in
search of work. One of our merchants
gave them supper and place to sleep
and the next morning they left with
out trying to get work that anybody
could find out. 1t is reported that
this is graft being worked by ire
sponsible parties under cover Of the
uniform and certainly is disgrace
to it and should be stopped. There is
plenty of work in the country and our
brave soldiers don't need to beg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Docherty, of
Dow, City, spent, Sunday with their
SON Herbert, and family Mr.. Docher-
ty called on Some of his old friends as
twells3 He is looking well and likes Dow
City very much. 4S. Iil 4. Ill
Up. Welsh was business visitor
at the county seat Saturday. tF 4.
n Mrs. Margaret Kane is very low at
her home in Dunlap. No hopes are
held for her. recovery. y This is sad
news for her many old friends here,
where Mrs. Kane lived for thirty years
before moving to Dunlap a couple OF
years ago. Sf sS IL ti.t .tsi#
Mrs. George Hester is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Passmore, Yin 1.Des
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-04
BUCK GROVE ITEMS

Mr. Tucker, of Denison, was caller
here Wednesday. IT.
Ernest Hulsebus made business
trip to Omaha Wednesday.
Thursday night DR.. Bonney. was
very ill with what seemed to be pto-
maine poisoning, but recovered nice
lily and is not feeling the worse for it,
only is weak and sore.
Tuesday Fred Colby and James
|Resigean went to Wall Lake to fish.
They had fine days sport and caught
Several fish. " 2S23E
Mr.. and Mrs. MARI" Gloe, Of Dell
Rapids, S. D., are visiting the John
Kepford family. They were here on
Decoration day. 'f,-szSf
FRIDAY the Asmus and Schwiesow
families autoed to Wall Lake. They
enjoyed the beautiful day and brought
home several fish. f"9 'hi&'5
Mrs. Herman Neubaum is moving
her household goods to Denison by
auto truck She expects to leave here
BY the eleventh of this month. Her
many friends regret her leaving, but
hope she will be pleased with her new
home. NV ~ o.
The good old stork visited the home
Of Nick Blum Friday, May 3Oth, and
left them fine baby boy. All doing
WE'LL
The reported change of time here
on the Milwaukee went into effect on
Sunday and consists. OF No. 6 getting
in ten minutes later in the evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis O'Brien cele.
brated the homecoming of their son