Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 16, 1921, Page 4

| BETTIE COMPSON—STARTLING: v i OF BOYHOOD LIFE—IN FILMS; . Booth -Tarkington, whose humor- ous stories of boyhood life haye been 80 widely read, has:sold the picture rights, and:.the first one ‘Edgars Hamlet” - i -two ~parts,” will ‘be’ an n. at_the Grand the-| :nd ‘old mfl are, 8 ~ fo<any: program. “THE KID” AT REX mam DAY e a' year t,otmnke “has been booked for the Rex theater. | The very seriousness of the part in'life that Charlie plays in the pro- @duction, that of ‘fostér father to:a . two-weeks- old baby, makes it one of the most deliciously -humorous pictures which he has ever given a joy-loving public. - It is full feature longth running six‘reels, and is ‘comedy of su¢h high rank that it is universally kniown as First Nationn}n six reels of joy. #THE STAR ROVER” AT THE REX Tmsmx What’s in'a name? In the case Jack: :London, whose :famous Story: “The Star Rover” comes in a screen. adaptation. at :Rex.theater for two . __days beginning Thursdny, the answer . Migeverything. *Fof” Jack‘ London’s name- evokes - all-that ~is- thrillink, strong, adventurous. He is the supi o adventurer-ef-American m‘:;'stun‘ t g iy} 0o gee -bis stories ué’geen s ‘rl?é s‘l?ge'x?mnm the utter strength -of 7the<plét, can be best f siapprecjatedein this tuedinm. i That 16| Why, this picture, :epacted' by . :a “Siotable cast of players, including i, Courtney Foote and Thelma Percy, i3 ‘eagerly~ awaited. “The Star Rover” tells of a mur- der mystery cleared by a soul’s fiight into space. A young physician, Dr. Hugh Standing, picks up @ revolver et fall in- the theater box behind him-by an unseen hand, and is ar- Tested for the murder of a notorious political boss. He is given the “third degree” and strung up by the thumbs, but instead of the expected confession his-soul roves among the starts, and: he lives. his re-incarna “tions. His fiancee first succeeds in stopping the terrible: torture; then pleads. for .their. continugnce- 8o that the victim may visualize the murder. The success of the experiment is the ‘climax of the'picture. The productjon, by C. E.:Shurtleft, “Inc., 19 released by Metro. It was adapted by ‘Albert Shelby LeVino « and-directed by Edward Sloman. STORY AT GRAND TONIGHT ' Betty Compson in her first starring vehicle, “Prioners of Love,” which is the program extraordimary at'thef Grand theater tonight and Th\ll’!dl)’r' . is ipresented. in the role of Blanche Davis, a girl who is possessed throulh inheritance, of a dangercus degree of physical attractiveness, Her fath- er, .Wesley. Davis, milllonaire finan- cler and clubman, has for yéars sucs cumbed to the wllan of unscrupulous wonien while his wife, although aware of his duplicity, suffers in silence. 'Davis becomes obsessed with the idea ‘that his daughter car- ries her flirtations with her youth- ful admirers beyond the bounds of ! propriety. Father. and daughter clash when she discovers him presenting, ‘a cheque to an adventuress as a, means of smoothing her “injured feelings’ because he will not acknowledge her publiely. . Giving up all claim* to| her father’'s further aid, Blanche leaves home, goes to San Francisco and obtains employment in the law offices “of "Martin Blair and James Randolpb. _Both fall in_love with “her, " Blair'y affegtion Is wholesome | and iesirdined While Randolph is: open in his admiration for her. _Froh tbis: point the story carries through situations of rare dramiatic intensity. How. Bianehe ‘Davis res ceives ‘the terrible truth that!her faitbless admjrex | own . sister and the remarkahie se-| quence of trlais and punishments e akes a great picture. Ray Stewart, Clara Horton ‘and ,Emory Johnson are in the leading nunpumns roles and needléss to say,,. Betty Compson, exceeding her re-| markable performance of “Rose” in! #The Miracle Man,” has become one| of the national celebritics of the * screen, i 3 “OLD DAD” SHOWING AT | THE REX THEATER TODAY Charming and winsome as ever,| Mildred Harris Chaplin has added a new triumph to her career as a mo- |alse Thyrsda 1407 marry : her .- |prom£sinz bt " perfectly ~ inmocent lescapade with 3 young male amdenf |Richard Wiltoner, he is not greatly [dlsmnwt ~He takes her_ to the.Adi-) rondacks, however, to get her away from:the dal mongers, but .there | Daphag: mmre £er] step ‘taken, when she: Tetirn: Ehn! K.nn Is"alréady married. ‘proves strong .en to Ket Dap olddad to concen- trating on other tnlng- than-money matters, . As a reault, Dad (Bretton, with: the valuable assistarce of Rich- ard Wiltoner, flxm an . effective way to mend-matters. George Stewart, brother of Anita Stewart, the motion picture .star, is Mrs. Chaplin's leading man,- playing the ‘part of Richard Wiltoner.. He|: giveg-a very creditable performance. Mrs.- Chaplin: is-also ably supported by, the . reiainink members of the cast,” which' includes' John~ Sainpolis as Jaffrey Bretton . (“Old. Dag”), Myrtle - Stedmap, Irving- Cummings, !Hazel: Howell, Edwin Brown, Loyola O’Connor, - Bess Mltchell and Tula doubt the most “entertaining “pict in . which, the dainty blonde star et appesred, - | THS WEER/B VAUDEVITLE - - PROGERAM AT THE GRAND " With the vared /nature. of the acts, foonsisting of a Jewish comed- hn -gdmedy song/and talkingteani, p;{ ‘o ‘athletes and élrcus perform- ers, and a harmony. trio, this week's bill’ which is showing Friday only. entetainment. Phil Rock, the Hebrew comedian, | is ‘billed ‘as *The Assassinator of original ‘songs, "Ray and Ester Clif-/ ford present 'a bit of a circus, gnd | Maok, Singer and Mack, one man and two girls make up an excellent trio at harmony slngers and dancers. KO‘BE REAL nmnss M SOTYG]IT Tho truth of the old. adage, “‘Pleas- ure s very -seldom found where it ie_spught,! 'is-exemplified in the new Elafne Hammerstein = picture from the Selznick, studios; which is en- titled; . “Plessure, = Seekers” and whlch is to be the prineipal ftem of ‘the~Elko, theater's prognm tonight, Y, Matinee gnd evening: "’rhe story billuhl 1Lylu:h demon- | strates in a d,!‘,y count fq finfig i3 very likely | happiness than the Gre:n White Way 'of New' York, ‘Miss Hatnmersteln = will portray the part of a quiet winsome girl who succeeds 'in‘-turning . a ' profligate youth from. his,constant’ search -of the pleasure he never’finds. She does this by marrying.him—but it is then stacles ghe had ' not 00 uncoveréd, but undaunted, she quiet- 1y eliminates them one by, one until the road t6.real plenup and’ happl- ness {8 open. Beautifully staged with' many charming exterior scenes made at Pompton Lake in the Orange ifoun- tains, this Selznick photoplay is said to carry an'atmosphere of refinement =nd optimism that is most fascinat- ng. in the supporting cast will be found Webster Campbell, Marguerite Clay-| ton, Frank Currier and James A. Furey. Another, entertaining picture, also on the ‘Hiko program tonight and to- morrow, ‘features in comedy *‘Nearly | Marrled,”’-the mew--comedian - Monte ‘Banks th 18 nnt sllnlng gl pnpu- larity. o o ol “THE STEALERS” miro!' ' WIDE AND DEEP A Cabanne's remarkable human docu- ‘ment,; releaged as an eight-reel Rob- ~rtloh-Colq super-special;: - will - be “Howi'‘at: the ‘Elko. theater, begin- ‘ning’ Sunday for a Tun of two days. The picture is full of virile acuon. novel situations, and has’ a_them which is universal in its appeal be- cause’ it deals with the two things {that interest humans the most—the !heart and: the soul. ‘Primitive Lamps. The first lamps, known as “Betty” | lamps, introduced N Ameriea, when the first- Pilgrims landed, resembled tion picture star, in her latest cinema vehicle, “Old Dad,” which opened an wmam of two days at the Rex er last night. - For she’has ex- hibited, a heretofore unsuspected ver- satility in the portrayal of a part which calls_for comedy- aa. well 4 ‘dramattc ant emotional neting. T production. is 'in no sense a coniedy, but in thé delineation of the charac. “ter-o-fa young girl of capricions tem: perament who is thrust into a fash- jonable bearding school; which she? shocks by her perfectly innmn!, but--unconvestional" actions. < ~Mrs} Chaplin - has. proven hergelf; an ac: complished little artist.. The fl}ylure‘ is an’ adaptation of Eleanor. Hallo well Abbott's well-known story of the same name. Mildred Harris Chaplin ‘has the part of Daphne Bretton,-a girl who! has been given everything that her heart desires but mother love, that greatest of all gifts. * Her father, soniewhat the ol Greek ‘models. Some were' - forged ! and others -fifi;m cast n bryss. . They were flat on it hottall, wull, the wick support , ‘nktencd by the low- “to’-the Jml\!e bottom of the A handle at_the back Mtncherl \g links to a peinted hook,? np suspended from a hip minlr Qr ‘creyice i thie ston o ba replage. it 4 Octol bcn—A Mnl ¢ 'Rlle\ 's. pogms had been Yealh to} - juchildren “orf umerous occasions i ey, were' famtllar . with Snpny| jof “them, -but ‘it ‘took- fonr-yenr=ohi Rob- ‘ert to shaw what & word painter’ | Hoosier poet really was. While ont! } walking with his mother In the early fall he kicked: up the leaves to his | heart's. content, then trning to her, he spjd: " “L. tell )0\!. umllu-r, ‘ol October knocks ‘though a practical human who judges most things from the standpoint of | the dollar sign, has & sense of humor| and when his daughter is expelled’ from' schocl, as a result of a com- ING RESULTS that her resl.prohlem;starts, ob-| ted on are | George Archainbaid. directed, and | he | Sorrow,” 'Mutrray and Martin havej ‘manner that |- to be the nbldihg plece ot moré real |” -?m B " into' building worl “of & single product such as wheat. F enie _ T [ lM[ST TYP[ Contains Amplq, Faenlmec for. nll ll\’l llvl i subject ol mnm: nnrk on nw'f- , for" help likewise dre eMelenO Labor turnover becomes prnhlflm unkno\vn becaise the. men will stay em cqndmdns are’ con genku and_the nvork isinot drudgery. | There will be many barns built dur ing the coming' scason’ according ta present indicml(‘u 1t is. important that every. farmer study his individual] iproblém. well- before’ starting 'actual ‘work, With the proposition well in hand when: the work' starts there will e th the ruden of this: plpar On account of | once.as ut! ie_avenue, m.' ..nd vnly Inclnu two-cent stamp y. When some people talk of building they, seem to forget the most impor- tant_part of this great activity, name- ly the farm building: 'While most statistics ' overlook . this particalar phase of the work, it nevertheless forms the great bulldlng In the country.- Were the#e- A ction. ulated they would prov uzlng. has heen shown- that thé r\m‘ler a the:nation. - Much.of this lumber goes. f-gome: kind. . | - succesétal crop on ney ; l‘a,\‘nl@; ‘mare anIs and- stock, Naturally, mé at the Grand theater promises good|.| ; dairy herd will get first attention be- cause of its all-year producing fes” tilre. A good herd of dairy cows fs the barrier Detween the farmer and disaster it crops fail, ' That is why more farmers are establishing a“herd instead of relying entirely on the yield = To successfuily keep. a_herd 'the barn:imust be built according to the wost modern standards. The building | itself should be designed efficiently and: the: equipment which is installed in it should bear the test of a_thor- ough.trial; y In the plcture shown hera is an ample of what can be done after cAre: ful . consideration.and stndy.« ‘thie angles: of barn_bullding. . This... aalry | stantially built of" frame. The foundation is con with:the stable floor brick. The “The Stealers,” William onrmyl_,.,,y mow with its gambre vides more- than enough Y00, storage of hay and other feed, | each side three windows have butlt to- provide air, light and ventila- tion, On the roof are three modérn ventilators -to’ draw oft the foul air which accumulates so. fast: in_ the stables below and: which is a positive ‘menace unless promptly and efficient- 1y removed. Alr intakes on the nrst floor provide a continnous souree. of fresh, invigorating air which is so es- sential to henlthy producing animals. An investigation of the floor plans’ shows the Jayout of the: cow stails, calf pens, feed room amid:silos, two magsive structures of wood staves, each 16 feet in diameter.’ From the feed room the carrier track lmds #‘ long jthe, ¥arions feed alleys, AR bt & m s bt peps-are divided by steel & AhiF (e STqHE vre fitted .wllh spnchjops. «‘3:3 sanjtary mod- rinking aps at-each stat gl\'(- |I|e cow a chance mvdrqgk all the | fresh water she wants. DPlenty of ;wa- ter is essentlal to—heavy production of mllk The drinking cup- provides Mt #9;avell as takik care of mucli- mmeceiim\) work “that ‘was w? WY having to lekd the cows 1o au outside trough several times a d4¥ In similar fashion Is the litter prob- 1ém taken care of by carriers nand track leading to an adjacent mapure pit. A barn of this type is.highly suc- cessful bechuse it accomplishes a double-barreled function. It wakes for contented animals and sagistied help. The result Is appareat. Con- THE PlONEn WANT Ang- tented animals are leavy - producers. ‘plans for the new structure i to be built intogthe old residence pro- yide, that the presen: mansion struc- ture will be retained for a depth of 25 feet,. " Behingd this’ will story ‘building—the’, tri oyer art, Archuectsv for the truat ‘company, | which: is: said ‘to have paid.$3,000,000 for the property, already have begun work on the plans for ulteratlons BEv- ery:: effort :wilt he. made:-to; preserve! the. beauty.of the French. gothic.struc. ture, ndmmdrh genentims of New Yorkers, - g - The- Vanderbilt-residence ll ‘one iof New ¥ork's most-beaptifnt homes:and, one. full of!tradition and:significance to old residents of New -York,” re- marks’ the’ Neiv” York Sun. ™ The ‘s of ‘the buildiig was bought by the T ‘W, K. ¥anderbilt, in 1879, and- tlte re: idence '\'ns erected Wnen M&ufiv Wil ) few_years-latel -Vimderbitt, Jr, married be erected a house.of slmillr design for_ Him just:tg '‘the horth at 666 Fifth avenue.: ‘This group of Vanderbilt homes nnd {hat ot the late Cornellus Vanderbilt a$ Fifty-seventh street have been con: mdered- the bulwirk ugnlnlt trade RN Fifth ‘nvenue. It was rumored some, time ago that, Mrs. Vanderbilt, widow. of Cornellns Vanderbilt, had given an optl«n on her ligme, :but ‘the fact it has never been exercised s accepted as proof the re- port was not tyie, “ K Lit ‘sent-minded” -~ gentlemu Mrs. Lovejoy one{mnrnlug. camlflg;ljdrfpet aog. . “Good morning, Mrs. Lovejoy," lfld the friend. Z“What' brings you out,lo eaYly: thig morniog?" " “Oh; I'va yust;been in the plmlogru phers with my pet dog, Dido, and. we had our: portraits_-taken together, Beauty und»lhe beast, you know, Mr. Johnson'“=with.'a saucy 1H0e Jaugh. “And Whet aslittle beauty he is, to he sure,” replied Johnson, inadverient- 1y, as he tenderly stroked poor Dido's liead and pullad his eurs. And then he suddenly rewmembered and became tot |- and- cold_in_turn.—Minneapolis Jonh val. Chthese Newspapers Widely Read. . In ‘Chinn.newspapers are and three times over. ~ Collectors zo | about, the city gathering up the news- | papers of the previous day's issue, re- distributingi‘them among 1he low class population. . They are then ther strlhu(e(l by belnx sent out!'¢ the yillages’ mnd country: districts, where they; afe soid-at a; fraction theirorigiml cos .. [English 1 Spreading. Tt 1s_satisf: the 112,000,000 of ‘the: United - States there may be added at the nest census | 000" whites in the Bri- | at ‘least” sy emplre[ iy whicli cnse nearly 200, 000,000 peopli out the worll by a conymon tongue. World's Radium, The total radium i the world is es- timated-at four or five ounces. No figures as to its distribution been publithed, but this,country is be- lieved to. have the largest share, DAI].YHI)NEERWANTABSBR!NGRMTS ctony , 10 -Know nuuhhe, English-speaking: countries of 'lbe‘ world are becoming more populousi Fo | will be linked through-| old two |’ fhet- CANE FOR MR:' WIUON Ay’ have | 815" American St;, says. ] CHIOAGO LEGIONNAIRE TAKES MlDDLB NAME OF LEGION/ hicago, Fe ican ‘name,” opinion, 161 ‘of ‘the’ Mg that he his name. to. ‘Jacob Legion Tenny. - “There ollght to be a Jaw .estab- from a cold’ - idneys fall behind filtering ison-laden blood nnd backache, disordered a cold. the first sign of kidney trouble.” - low_this Bemidji- resident’s example: ‘Wm. Barnes, foreman in saw mills, “About a .year ago I took ¢old. "Tt"settled: on ‘| my 'kidneys and’¢aused me1a lot of Representnn e L. W. P Texas, in " fron ot “the White' il holdibg a-walking ‘stick of light “bné with a gold: head: which he recently. presented to .President Wilson -on liglt of the Democrats of Wise ty," Tesns. The stick : wa \nge bof | \wosd, a The head bem the: 'Inscfipfiun, P ented --by - the - Democrats—of- “Wis Howllnu Dm Appreciated, Persians love dogs ‘Lecause they are ‘| supposed to lie awaki nights and dr};p away the demons, that walt zgy tl souls of the dend, so wg\mo:e howls at night the surer he is™ feat the demons and the more he is appreciated- by ‘his owner. 83 First Use Qf Hlumlnatlng Gal Iuminating gas was in dflys regarded as. dangerons.. It wns sup- > posed.to be-on:fire. in:the pipes, and +-even when- it was Introduced into . British - house of cormon: +bers. were seen feeliiig/th showlng surprise at nudlug mem cool. _I'haye never: been-bothered nfik;s and | annoyance. [frcely and I had pmm ‘small“ of my back nnd for me to keep gomg ¥ w cross ‘the I got a box of Dban’s Kidney. Pills! and * was ‘cured of the trouble. 1 ince.” ice 60c, at all dealersi Don’t simply.agk for "Him Feel Like a Brand New Man—*It’s: Great,” -He ‘As- serts. \ “I feel as happy as a boy' now that I have got my health bnck * said C/ L Tiffin, -67 Lywn Place, N “St. Paul, Minn,, a well known mechanic em: ployed by.the:government. garage. “At the time T.began taking:Tanlac 1! had:suffered: from: indigestion’ for a:year, and my system :was:so-badly 'run-down there were times. when I Bnblcrlbe lor Tha unfly Ploneer eould hardly stay up. Iwu restless| . Alm..unmmumm.nc,xk. Offie. " Allstes! qifice: fussiture waed by such = J. P. Morgen /8 Co.,Cadiffac Motor Car Co., Bush Terminat Co., National City Bank, because modern_organisations 4:. ¥ mm-flm PIONEER STATIONERY HOUSE BEMIDJI 16.—*Because’ ev- ilery. Amencan o\(ght to have an Amers Jacab | <+ ‘1| Teinowitz, nd;utant and Americanism| !} director of Walter S Poague post No. ,egion here, My kidneys acted toq, idney remedy—ge! |. ‘1 Doan’s’ Kidney::Pills-the. game that, osteerlbum l}n J ito tal ishing’ an of nomenclature,” said Tenny “In the it’s up to some of us in can Legion to sef the fash- on by, voluntary -action. “Teinowitz, is a grand o]d namo, but Tenny. will be easier pronounced. Pm retaining my first: name, Jacob, ‘of course, but I'm adding Legion‘as a_brand new middle name.. - So' far as I know, I'm the first man who has named himself after the: American |Legion. That’s a precedent that will e followed, 1 think, when the present embership ‘6f the American Legion ises a mew: crop” of babies. There eouldn’t be any better name for a the-man son “of an Amcrican’ service S G teagoan b'y birth; en- ith ‘the first contin- tean men from the west He scrved overseas LGGICAL ADVICE! Strike at the root of weak- | ness is logical advice to those rundown. m-vnhhty Scott's Emulsion; nourishes-the body, %§ tones the blood and Eelps build strength: cfiu&kaamt llkx‘lhfilld NI at night and_often had smothering spells, when I had to get up out of bed in order to breathe. “Nothing ever helped me and. I just kept worrying along till I finally got “ng Tanla¢, and five bottles have made me feel as well as I did when I was a hoy. My stomach. is in fine condition and I can eat anything I want -without suffering afterwards. T s]eey good and . just feel fine in ev- ery way. -Tanlac_has made me. feel just like a brand-new man, and I t}unk it 1s sin) grand N Tanlac is sold in Bemidji by City ‘Drug Store, " Knutson & Lilja at Graceton, V: M. 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