Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 23, 1920, Page 4

N ‘L TROVATORE 5 Suwu Comp-—:y_;s a Collection of Smart Snappy Artists; ¥ Pmnflnent among;the. ‘songbirds to ...appear here with t%e Sonora Gran QOpera company. s’ beautiful, stately " Beatrice Pizzorni, the Italian sopra- 16 who sings the role of Leonora in Verdi’s beautiful masterpiece - ‘ ‘7Trovatore.” m,minm donne;, fresh from European “trfumps, comes by her vonder(ul voice most. ntturnlly. as her mother was none other than the famous Madame Gini, the great sing- er of two decades -ago, the old tim- ers will remember as having sung . oppoeite the immortal Patti. It is ‘ferhaps in Madame Butterfly ' that - this talented' artist has achieved most ‘renown, but Il Trovatore seems to be generally popular. 'l‘hesSonon company prides itself on the fact that the entire company, ‘both principals and chorus, is compos- ' ed of bright, snappy young people, and whose personal appearance goes far to make the beautiful picture which is so necessary for a finished grand opera performance. The com- .pany carries its own grand opera or- chestra, which is under the personal direction of the famous master, Ig- nacio Del Castillo. The coming season of grand opera at the Grand theatre is evoking gen- uine enthusiasm among . the promi- nent people of the city. The many * music lovers will hear this unusual- 1y capable company in some of the greatest ‘operas and. appreciate the * treat in store for them. The repertoire for the Bemidji sea- son of grand opera is as follows: Thursday nlght June 24th, “Ro- oletto.” 5 s Friday nlght, June 25th, “I1 Tro- vatore.” SECRETS LEARNED «The White Dove,” Robertson-Cole special, to be seen at the Elko the; ater starting Friday, tells the story of a man who would not forgive oth- ‘fect until he learned some secrets about himself. CONCEALING IDENTITIES Robert Warwick will be seen at the Elko theatre tonight ‘and' tomor- row in “The City of Masks,” ~ the screen version of a popular novel by George Barr McCutcheon. The story deals with & romantic group. of men, and 'women who are working in Ne cupations ”d mm. <Once a home. of one o ing’ ‘Mr. Warwick is a nobleman- .’chauffeur, in love with another mem- ber of the camouflaged group. Mr. Warwick is supportfed by ‘a ineluding .Lois Wilson as leading W Theorodre Kosloft, and J. M. nt. Thomas®Heffron directed the plcture, which is a Para- mount Arteraft. . Burton Holme’s plctures of the Franco-British ~ Rhine and . Para- ‘mount magazine, with coniic cartoons are also on- the Elko program to- pight and Thursday. ¥ good cast, EX——THUBSDAY AND FIIDAY The uplift of the entire. commun- ity through the faith and belief that “love i3 stronger than hate,”” on the part of one little’ “girl plays ‘an im= portant’ part in “Polly of the Storm Country,” in ‘which Mildred Harris Chaplin - will be. seen in her second First National Exhibitor’s Circuit at- tractlon beginning at the Rex . the- atre. As Polly \Honklna, Mrs. Chaplin partrays: the role of a girl wedge be- tween a most ‘sordid environment and 2 burning desfre to create and instill 2 happinessjinto thoge ' about’ her. Obstacles thit come in her way are ‘brought about through’the faithless- . mess of. a rich woman and the cruel- ty of the man this woman:is going to marry. Polly sees her Bntlre fam- ily taken from her by the:very: people she is trylng to aid, “love turned to hate.” And when the rainhow anclrcles the clouds over the “storm country,” hate has been superceded by love and the entire settlement is reverent: to the little girl that brought Deace. nnd contentment to them. K SOME PROHIBITION ) EFFECTS SHOWN The local hotels.i Pine B.uff, Ar- kansas, are crowded and it has been proposed that the jailer rent the rooms in th county jail: Recently for ten days there was only one per- son confined therein. The Christian Science Monitor says that.inmates of the county workhouse at Duluth, have been so few: since prohibition that one-half of the farm has been leased to other interests. At Coleraine the jail'is reported to have been trapsformed into & Municipal clubroom. 3 The National Stockman and Farm- er says that two county jails in Penn- sylvania now . house = agricultural agents. 8 For the first time in twenty years no white person was confined in the city ‘jail at Sacremento, California, on -May 17th. Figures announced by Chief of Po- Jice Garrity. of Chicago, show that complaints of crime for a recent week were in some “instances decreased ers because his own conduct was per- lil one for which this rugged, fine- hey ‘meet at the eir number and | ‘become thelr real selves for the even- VAUDEVILLE AT GBA_ND SATURDAY PROVES POPULAR With the first two Valudeville bills from ‘the Western Vaudeville: Man- agers association whic Grand theatre for th days, a big success, »PM af the | P! i mencing to realize that at’last, once each week they have-an opportunity to see some first class acte.: g The bill for this week contains a lot of singing, dancing comedy and finally, Richard Keane and. Co. = Mr Keane is'known as the.iminent Eng- 1lish tragedian, and with his company d | will present the Novelty Protean Act entitled, Memories, in, which he ap- pears in some remarkable character | changes. Hooly and Wyatt are a It | nifty looking ' pair, - who Wwill -offel dainty songs ‘and dances. Duel -and Woodward have a-nevel comedy with a plot, in which:they introduce some lute songs. - Fitzgerald and Anderson are billed. as “Smart = Sayins and Songs,” but from -advance.infoxma- tion, it is learned that, in dancing they begin where most performers leave off. With a matiness at 2:30 p. m. -and two evening shows, beginning at 7:30 and 9:15 this week’s bill should prove another winner. WILL ROGERS AT GRAND _LAST TIME TONIGHT One of the best characterizations Will Rogers has ever done is that: of Sam Gardner in the Goldwyn picture. “The Strange Boardér,” starring Mr. Rogers. “The Strange Boarder’ will be: presented at the Grand theatre for the last time tonjght. Portraying a man of the open plains, robbed by bunco men of the city, and then accused of.a crime he did not commit, Rogers has ample op- portunity for revelation of the; fine humor and the dolleate touches of pa- thos so particularly his own. “I like this sto: says Mr. Rogers. “There’s a big chénce for character, work, and nothing frothy.about it. There’s a lot of real No. 1 humor-in it, and plenty of straight drama with a genuine grip to it. It’s the kind-of a story that makes you feel you’re living; life, not just acting it.” The role of the big, bluff western- er, who though the victim of confi- dence men, refuses to let their dupli- city shake his faith and trust in the inherent goodness of his fellow men he;rted screen star is peculiarly fit- te Jimmy Rogers, Will’s own tour- year-old boy, plays the part of Billy Gardner, Sam’s little. son,- and the weork . of this tinylad is. not only a charm 1n itself, but it lends addition- al effectiveness to Rogers™ charact- erization: as well. The cast throughout is admlrably adapted. to fl\ story. REX !I.‘HEATBE TODAY Herbert Brenon. was the very firts of .American-directors-who produced pictares abroad, the most successful of which was “Ivanhoe.”. Nine years later, this pioneer producer repeated his experience. With France and England as a back ground, he-created *“12:10,” his latest masterpiece. - With Marie Doro playing the lead- ing role, “12:10” is the most. exeit- ing, tense, mystery drama ever pro- jected on the screen. - Until the last foot of celluloid is shown, the final ending is left in suspense. Every spectator who sees “12:10” will be thrilled and mystified by this tremendous. production. - With -the Latin quarter of Paris as the back ground the opening scene of “12:10" relates the distress of Fernande, an impecunious sculptor, and his little daughter, Marie. Unable to sell his little art figures, Fernande seeks ob-. livion in the waters of the Seine. ‘Frenzied, Marie searches vainly for her father. Lord Chatterton, a rich Englishman, happens upon the pa- thetic child and takes her home to’ England with him, . There the waif grows into @ charm- lug beauty adoredq by her “adopted father and the passion -of “Newton, the secretary to the fihancier.- New- ton, despairing of ever obtaining Marie, inserts a clause in the will of Lord Catterton that requires ‘Marie on the death of her ndopted father, to stay in fervent prayer. with the body for one night, rassed away and Marie proceeds to carry out the mandate of the will. She stayed beside the ved-half crazed with fear. -The bed covers move, a door opens, and then—Can you solve the ‘mystery?:. Can you. resist ‘seeing 4123 10" at the Rex theutre today? more: than one-half of the number recorded in the same week-last year. An investigation conducted by the American Issue, Pennsylvania Sta- tion,, shows that from those counties of that state furnishing reports cov- ering a definite period therg.was a de- crease . intvjail prisoners from 2,340 to 1,026, a-reduction of 56 per cent due to - Prohibition. In other counties which furnished reports covering a definite lay last year and this year, there was.a'decrease of 3;46§ to 1909, a reduction of 46 per cent, The Sco?fli Frades -Unfon Council voted 110 dgainst 74 for prohibition, aceording to the Daily Herald of England. g The tax rate in ‘Omaha, Neb., has decreased: from $10.16 per thouuand in 1916 (wet) to $9.28 in:1818 (dry) Number of police has decreased from 183 to 165. The number of arrests for all causes in 1916 was 17,612; in 1918 it was 13,754. The number of arrests for drunkenness was 2,876 in 1916, and 2,690 in 1918.. The number of persons given poor relief decreased from 1,384 in 1916 to 798 in 1918. Lord Chatterton | 'yew trees cunningly trained and AFFECTS ‘EXCHANGE IN INDIA | Brokers and Currency- Degiers Find Business Greatly Influenced by . the Marriage Season. . Among . the influences which affect e currency of :a.country, probably none but experts in exchange would be inclined to .include marrying and giving in marriage, says the Detroit Free. Press. Yet it 1s a fact that the lndlnn mar- riage season, -which’cones in May, does actually have an adverse effect an the rate of exchange in India, just as the| exports of aheat and grain from Indla form-another seasonal iriffuence whlch turns exchange in favor ‘of India. Custom in India dictates that. the bridegroom, or his father; should give gold and silver ornaments to the bride at the time of the marriage. " These ornaments are called “stree-ahuu,” and they represent, in- reality; & marrlagn.- settlement.. They are the woman's ab- solute property, and she nntura.lly pre- serves them with great cafp At the marriage fime a ' great’ ““to- masha,” or teast, is given’ to the imine- diate relatives and followe 3" of the two families, and this, of course, neces- sitates a lavish expenditure of silver. Bankers;, brokers and Eastern ex- change dealers ‘have found by experi-- eni¢e that' the”coming of thie marriage season ‘in India is- heralded by & . de- mand for a vast amount of ‘silver cur- rency, and they n cordlngl ;' take steps Big" Industrie B R {5 1n 1919 ‘pest” eatablished fi86it 48 fuel more firnily than ever in: Den- mark:: It is -2sed'now by nearly all the ‘Industries,’ by thé" roads and’ in the country districts, where 1t is' practically the only ‘fuel. Twelve million peat bricks’ were taken from the marshes in the Odense dis- trict in 1918, and while figures are not avallable for 1919, it is estimated that the number . was -“considerably larger. The electrical works of the.town of Svendberg.. have successfully: . used peat gas instead of petroleups: As:a- locomotive fuel it proved:to haye:some disadvantages, requiring.a:larger: boil- _er and giving off many sparks. 2 Reat .producers have. complajned’ m::h the government’s maximum:price on this lw manufac- fiofiu& There have been & num- ber ‘of failures. However; the:quality of .peat -has .been: greatly .improved during the. last five years, and more has been learned of its possibilities. It will - therefore -undoubtedly: figure much, more than previously . as an economic ' factor in Denmark.—New York Sun. TOPIARY: REVIVES IN ENGLAND Trees Shaped as Peacocks Are Old “. Curiosities, .and . Many Others Are Dolnu Formed. L ul g :Travelers on flu great highway | which leads through Staines by the ! Belfont church can see two anclent clipped to represent peacocks, which stand on elther side of the wicket gate. They .are large ‘trees, ages:old..and’ how many. years of care and skill with the pruning knife they stand: for.none can tell. These are, perhaps, the most familiar examples of the toplarists’ art near the metropolis, but in formal gar- dens of many stately old country’ houses their like may be seen in abun- dance. They are accepted as curiosi- ties, survivals of times past when men had ‘more leisure on their hands than today. The shaping of living tPees into birds and beasts of prey, into spirals, pillars, cannon balls, and any. other fantasy chosen, still exists as a British industry. In the Royal Kew nurseries,. close by Richmond town, is the largest collection’ of topiary in the. world— nearly ‘3,000 trees, each one_of;them trimmed to some animal or- pled or | architectural form. The work hasbéen done in' this open studio, and it has required exemplary patience. The trou- ble about establishing a formal gar- den In years past has been that yon do.not live to see it. -The next gen: ‘eration may enjoy it; but with forms that take 40 or 50, even in some cases 80, years to bring to maturity, it is only the grandchildren who can hope to witness their full’ perfection.—Lon: don -Daily Telegraphs P g Dutch East Indies. Since 1915, the first year for which customs statistics for imports of con- served fish into the Dutch East In- dies are given, the United States has had a fair share of the market. Be- fore the war practically all- the ‘salmon came from the Pacific coast, and in 'recent years, when ‘other sources were closed; sardines and lierring were also brought from the United’ States. Subscribe .for The Ploneer. Matinee and N - SATURDAY ONLY . HOLLY & WYATT Dainty Songs and Dances DUEL & WOODWARD . Comedy Novelty,:With. a Plot Fitzgerald & Anderson , ‘Songs and Dances RICHARD KEANE & C0. In a Navelty Protean Act Enhll.d . 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PATRICTA DORIAS * __FRANCISCO Y P TRtorBe S - SPERTA CASTEL CARLOS MEJIA SOTO-MAYOR - ROSA DI CARLL — "mam.nr *». Thursday Evonlny, June 24 “ll. TROVATOR ”'F’rlda_v Evonmy, June 285 Sflendid Chorus-Speclal Grand Opera Orchestra:_ Ignacio Del Castillo, Conductor - e Seats on_ Sale Tuésday,‘ June 22nd at Boardman’s Pharmacy - - < How to Secure Tickets by Mail — Address letters, make - ~ checks, postoffice money orders, payable to Grand theatre. In- “clude self-addreSSed stamped envelope to help insure safe return. PRICES INCLUDING WAR TAX-$1.65-$2.20 Note—Owing to limited seating capacxty for this big production, positively no free list, no phone orders recelved no seats laid as1de. (3