Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 5, 1920, Page 4

Tom Mix, “the daredevil of the moreen,” is coming to the Rex' the- watre Friday and Saturday, -as usual under the direction of William: Fox, in 3 Gold Coins,” a stirring western drama by H. H..Van Loan. hi picture Mix: will’be seen at proving innumerable thrills . ing deeds | .of horsemanship and marksmanship.. . ¢ "} et Mix will be séen in a doublé role in this picture, appearing . as ‘“Bob Flemming and ‘later as ‘‘Bad Pat” ‘Dunecan, 8 murderer-bandit, ' whom he captures and recefves a 310,000 ' reward. . Among the ‘daredevil’” -~ stunts which Mix stages ' the court'room when he leaps to' the ‘balcony and then swings successively from three buildings by means of a flagpole halyard. ' One of /the most ef- fective scenes is said tobe that show- ing' Mix dropping from the high flag- pole when the rope is pilerced by a - bullet from the Sheriff’s ' reyolver. Mix alights on' the horse of , “Bad Pat” Duncan, the: bandit, and Tom .raps the. criminal behind the, ear, knocking him out. - In the supporting cast are Mar- garet Loomis, Margaret Cullington, ‘Sylvia Jocelyn, Frank Whitson, Beért Hadley and Dick Rush. REX TODAY b Cast The Greaser Cactus Kid. ... Marfe Baird. . Benita Amos Baird ..Ben Hill .Marfe Newell Lucille Bond George Holt : Story : . The “Cactus Kid,” with the repu-] " tation of a bad man, was not really as bad a5 He was painted. = He was working on/ the Baird ranch and the “right influence” was found in little Marie Newell, niece ©f the ranch owner and the most de- lighttul girl in the the whole coun- try. ..Cattle rustling had been going on the the Kid determined to find out the guilty parties. His suspicion settled on the ranch foreman and “The Greaser” and then things be-|; gan to hum. In the town.the most prominent place was thedance hall and saloon run by “The Greaser”, and it was in town one day that his eyes fell on Marie. ‘At once he coveted her, made desperate advances and when he took her into his arms to kiss her, despite the efforts of the Evangelist who was taking her to her uncles, the Cac- tus kid came up and put the Greaser to rout.- It was then that-a feud be- gan between the two.. Out "on the range trouble again started. ‘men were shot and things looked black for both ranchers and rustlers. Baird, despite a wounded ‘. leg, insisted on fighting his own bat- .i"tles and ‘was again seriously shot by i one of "“The Greaser's” band of out- laws.. Soon after “The Greaser’” had “Marie kidnapped - ‘Which _made ‘' the Cactus Kid get busy: in_‘qarnest' and. i‘the ;way. he wvent.after: the outlaw: “band and put them to rout . proved -him a°real man, one that stood for ! 'honesty and .not outlawry; ~He sic- ceeds in saving 'Marie after going ‘thru ome of the hottest chases and | battles of his exciting -life. ““The Greaser's gang is driven out of the country and once more the ranchers settledown to a peaceful existence. ‘“The Cactus Kid,” has gone to set- tle-his account with the 'law ' and when he returns is so,_bashful about speaking of his love for Marie that the girl is actually forced to make the -advances. She tells him that she just /must have someone. to take care of . her and .asks him if he wouldn’t like ithe job. Of course the Cactus Kid isumns at.the chance and folds the tgirl-he loves in his arms. s ®THE BEST OF LUCK,” e A COMING FEATURE Picturization of noted Drury Lane play to be seen at Rex theatre. i “The Best of Luck,” a picturiza- tion' of ‘the celebrated Drury Lane melodrama - by Cecil _ Raleigh and ‘Henry Hamilton, presented by an l-star -tast, is announced as the mext: photoplay feature at the Rex .theatre for a. run of two days be- iginn’‘ng Sunday next. “The Best of Luck” was converted -to the silver sheet by Screen Classics, Inc., and is released by Metro. . Upon .its stage presentation at the Theatre ‘Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1917, thg. play - was described by- British critics as containing ' more realistic effects and more thrills' than- any :melodrama_that had ever been pro- duced before in that theatre, which ds historic as the home of vivid action plays, y R :An outline of the plot of “The Best of Luck’ gives an idea of the highly exciting nature of the story. action revolves about a chest of jew- els, once the property of a Spanish Queen, which lies at the bottom of the ¢ sen in a wrecked galleon. Leslie Mac- leod, a beautiful-and_daring Scottish girl, is pitted against General Lan- zana, a rich and unscrupulous: Span- dard, who seeks to possess not only “the lost treasurer but Leslie herself. o re slie to his apart- ents and attempts to overcome her; ‘but she escapes with a chart of the ocean bed where the Spanish wreck, the “Santa Ginevra,” lies five fathoms ep. With her sweetheart, Lord ‘Glenayr, Leslie goes in- quest of. the freasure aboard a submarine. 'They find Lanzana in a diver’s suit ahead them and a thrilling conflict in the In the-all-star cast are Kathryn dams as Leslie; Jack Holt as Lord enayr; Fred Malatesta as Lanzana; ie the nm. 1€ shed _supportin phiersnml; emfollqw-: I_)unbn.o‘.ll ck Underhill and Conley. .. .7 in ' this |1 thriller is the sensational escape from |t H. B. WARNER: IN. s ’ A STIRRING DRAMA “H. B. Wagfiner, wdl;? is :hzt gni;inmg_ ularity in Bemidji, eature g?:ht"'atwthe Grand theatre in “The Pagan God,” a stirring drama of ro- mance and adverture. PR +“Andy and-Minhi,"” the “Gumps,” in the :second. of new cartoon; com- edies, “Andy Visits ‘Mamma,” will be included: in:the ‘program. 5ol FAMOUS ‘“MIDNIGHT Gl REVUE” REPRODUCED IN NEW PHOTOPLAY Lacal;stheatrical enthusfasts who often;havg meditated.over tlie pleas- thought of sometimes witnessing ectacular Broadway whirl, the «“Midnight Revue,”, but . who ~have failed in the realization of theig dream, will be interésted in the an- nouncement that the famous ‘Fol- lies” show will be brought right to their doors. when beautiful - Olive Thomas appears at the Elko theatre tomorrow and Saturday, in her new and spectacular Selznick picture, “Footlights and Shadows."” Miss. Thomas, it will be rememb- ered first gained fame as an actress while playing an important part in the “Midnight Revue,” and it was but natural whep she was chosen to star in a play that delineated the life of an aspiring young lady who occu- pies the identical position held by Miss Thomas for more tharc two years. - The play tellg ¢he story of Gloria Dawn, a famoug.etar of the “Follies” who had all of New York bowing be- fore her shrine. In order to properly depict the important periods in her career, Diector John: W. Noble found it necessary to reproduce to the finest detail the famous spectacle of the “Midnight -Revue.” * . To do this all other scenes were cleared from the sSelznick - studio itage and the studio was converted into a replica of the .original. @ In onstructing the scene every single etail was adhered to with the .re- sult that when finished, the setting was an exact ‘duplicate of the origin- al. To further - the effect,. Director Noble engaged an array of ‘“‘special- ty’’ performers and a complete bal- let and a large beauty chorus and pro- ceeded to produce a performance that compares favorably with any broad- way production of the season. To complete the scene he engaged sev- eral hundred extras to make up the audience and when the curtain. was lowered on the last act the camera| had registered a spectacle fully as elaborate and entertaining as the Broadway performance. - This is but one of the tremen- dously big. scenes that ‘go to nfake ‘“Footlights and Shadows” one of the most brilliant photoplays of the sea- son. WAS HE WORTH IT? ANCIENT CITY IS CHAN-CHAN. Today Nothing ‘but a Mass of Ruins, but Was: Flourishing Béefore Pi- zarro Ravished Peru. Chan-Chan s not, as the . name would ‘Indicate, a place in China. It 15 one of the oldest citles in Peru, or fo the world.. The Chimus, who bullt Chan-Chan, are supposed to have been an’ eldediy race when the Incas were yet ans. ' After ‘a time the In- cas became civilized and powerful and captured Chan-Chan. -Then: .Pizarro came ‘to plunder and wreck the city and massacre the inhabjtants. ' So "I much “of the Chimus’ history" is-de- ‘ducted from the remains of Chan-Chan #nd ‘old -Spanish narratives. The people who ‘Inhabited ‘the old metropolis: ‘were = moon ‘worshipers. The ‘moon, they said; was.the most worthy' delty of mnature, for:it'shone not obly at night but also.in the day, whereas: the sun ‘could shine In the day ‘only. The sea was supposed: to be under the special proteetion of the moon, because the latter 'controlled the tldes: Images of fish and other sea creatures and ‘temples to both moon and sea were therefore built by’ the Chimus and many have been un- covered in the ruins of thelr: city. ‘ Chan-Chan has since the time of Pi- zarro been a heap of wreekage.. There are palaces, workshops, factories and gredt ‘battered' pyramida;bullt .up In terraces and surmounted by buildings. These are the mounds {n, Which the Chimu dead once lay. - Like the Egyp- tians, these people. buried with thelr dead many. articles of their personal property. From one of these ‘mounds, a Spanish adventurer obtained $3.- 000.000 ‘worth of gold:and silver.” For many years Chan-Chanyielded to the Spanish conquerors fabulous gumfl of ‘gold. 4 HALO:DUE TO MISCONCEPTICN s TR Explanation of Luminous Circle About the Heads of Saints I8 Some- " ‘What Humorous . . - WA LR T AT BB For centuries It has been an almost universal practice among artists to paint. halos ‘above the: heads of “the saints in their pictures. ' Some char- acters have been so depicted, even though uot officially canonized or pre- vious’ to! that ceremony, when” the ar- tist wished to indicate special spirit- uul qualities or holiness, a9, for In- stance, in the case of Jofn ‘ot Arc. During the eleventh and _thjelfth cen- turies there was a great activity in the bullding of churches and ‘cathedrals, and It was a common practice to erect around the outside of the buildings statues of the saints, which were placed just under the eaves. AS-the It wasn't leap year. But the girl|| knew her own heart. Unfortunately, the. man-she loved didn’t know::his.. He was a noted .doctor and he knew a lot about spines an things, but nothing al ! fascinating and wonder the worldi—a woman’s heart. He had done just about everything he ' could i think of to hurt and humiliate and| bruise the heart of the one woman in all the world who had ever really interested him. And in spite of his cleverness. he still remained in dire ignorance of the state of her heart and his own. Things were really at a pretty pass. The girl was as proud a8 a Lady Lucifer, proud enough to dare to be humble to him! It takes real pride to dare so much as lovely Katherine, Dereham dared. 'Was he worth it? ° Well, she thought so. May- .. be you will: think so. too, when you 'lmow all the facts in the case, which . will' be presented in the Elko theatre last showings tonight. ' The play is “A Dark Lanterm,” the picture a , Realart success,” the star is versatile Alice Brady, supported by one of the strongest casts ever gathered for one of her picture-dramas, ‘and’ the di- rector, John R. Robertson, the man responsible for many. of the best pic- tures you have ever seen. i BLANCHE SWEET INSISTED \ | ; ON STRONG CAST, | Blanche Sweet: was so impressed with the possibilities for superb act- 1ing when she read ‘the script for “Simple Souls,”. her latest Jesse:D. Hampton production, that she person- ally insisted that every step be taken j to secure the very best actors. cbtain- able for her supporting cast. ,As a result, careful thought was given by the casting director to the individual .members .of the company, and an exceptionally strong aggrega- tion of film. players appears in the Picture with her. 5 Charles ' Meredith, .one “of ' the screen’s most popular leading men, is cast in the leading role. . Other well- known players are Herbert Standing, Mayme Kelso, Kate Lester, Herbert Grimwood, Frederick -Huntley, Aaron Edwards and Oliver: Brobst. “Simple Souls” is* the Pathe spe- cial feature - ‘showing next Sunday and| Monday at the grand theatre. COMING EVENTS August 23-27—Auto-Tour to Gry- gla district. September 1.—Opening date of Be- midji Public schools. 7 September 7.—Opening of fall term of Bemjdji Normal school. 5 , September 6-11—Minnesota State ‘alr. A Sept. 16, 16, .17—Beltrami County r 10 ARG fmages became dl! which fell upon . the 'roofs and then poured over them, the“authorities, as a means of protection, placed o the heads of the figures wooden disks of size sufficlent to protect them. . Gitto, the great artist, began ‘to paint’ holy pictures when only a country boy, and fn his’ ignorance assumed '‘that the disks were “essential -parts -of the tmages of the saints.’ Hence his earli- est puintings represent each . sacred figure wearing: over the head some- thing that fooks like the’ bottom of a tub. Later on he idealized this into . & mere circle, dayk- at first, but growing more luminous with each’ production, until finally he developed the circle-of light that has come down unchanged ~through generations of palnters. By the- hadge" ‘of ' sanctity.—New. Y¥ork Post. & 1070 2 DUE. TO BODILY DISORDERS Sclentist. Thus Explains. the Striking Differences Between Various “Races of Mankind. Assuming’ that the varlous existing races of mankind are descended from a common stock, how are to be ex-'| rlaine] such’ striking differences as these that distingnish, for example, the ClLinaman from.the Anglo-Saxon, and the Anglo-Saxon from the negro? Prof. Arthur Kelth recently discussed this question ‘In-an address before.the an- thropological - section- of - ‘the :Brit- Isl: association. : He belleves that the key to this prob- lem Is to be found. through studying the disturbances and disorders that oc- ‘casionally affect the development and growth of the human body; especially those due to a functional derangement of one or more of the glands of inter- nol secretion—the pituitary, thyroid, rineal, adrenal and other glands., In Some manner not yet understood, the fupctions, cafried on, in their glands regulate not only the dimensions of the body, but also the shape and size { cach Individual part. The racial features of the Mongo- ‘| wan type are Imltated by growing Bu- ropeans who are affected by deficiency disorders -of ' the- thyrold gland. ~ The fcatures of the negro’ can best-he ac- counted for by the nature of ‘the’ growth-regulating’ mechanism: centered In the thyroid and suprarenal glands. European features. are connected with -a dominance .In the functions or the pituitary. : p Scientists -hope that a thor‘ongh study: of the still obscure . subject of the so-called “ductless” glands will pro- vide the means of regulating to some extent, thé future evolution of ‘the hu- man race. Rubscribe for The Plouwsr ~ DOCUMENT HELD AS SACRED Scroll of the Law, Most Precious Pos: 'session of the Samaritans, ls ~ Rarely (Exhibited. 5 The most precious. q'ocumentv of the Samaritans is; thelir:-Scroll of the Law. The scroll is some fifty feet long, and toward the end its columns are divid- ‘ed_vertically by a small gap, often oceuriing hetween the letters of- the same. word. The Samaritans :assert that the scroll was written-by Abishua, the . great-grandson’ of Aaron, in’; the eirly ‘days of the entrance into’ Ca: naan. Although' this remote origin 1s not allowed- the seroll by students; It Is.nevertheless believed to be.the most . &nclent copy ‘of:.the Pentateuch, /' So ' jealously. guarded Is- this ‘scroll that few ' non-Samaritans have ever &een It, and many. Samaritans’ ther- “selves: liave-not seen it except as It Ia exhibited on ‘rare occasions;‘at feasts, Tolied 7 and covered with & siken cloth. and 'with"but ,one : column ex- posed. The scroll has been photo- graphed and published. for the benefit of Hebrew scholars. - The photograph .48 _fpade from: end to end of the scroll, The ' Samaritans: as a rule show itheir guests ‘a scroll of a much later date than the earliest one, it being- im- practicable to display the - fragile parchment- confinuously.” All' the pho- tographs hithérto supposedly taken of the Abishua scroll have in reality been of the later coples, } sfibscribe for the P!onéer. : EVEN Christians, * but " there “are many chiefs' who are still fond ef their an- clent totem poles. Their religion is that of nature-worship combined with the veneration of ancestors. A pecus . liar and interesting detail ‘of their.re- ligion s the belief that the seul 47‘1. 7 being's left eye. nibals e days, dish being roasted hearts. hearts of their ememies pnppoufl d to_ give’ them strength; especially 1 the pursult of war-ttme cwddu. As for the Maoris’ marriage laws, they seem to ha e.. 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