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£ i izatiq;h}!vgign&“s;qug.u ragged bare-| o, A A SR A NEWS OF THE THEATRES ¢ iy el e b addafibbii! “THE HUMAN FLY” TO CLIMB GRAND THEATER BUILDING Possibly, if not probably, the most hazardcus of all vocations, that re- quires the utmost in sheer nerve and skill, is that of Jack Williams who lis known the world over as ““The Hu- man Fly.” Going up the face of a high building, over the window led- ges and cornices, with his life depend ing on the strength of his fingers, the maintaining of a delicate balance, and the merest kind of a toe-hold, is aliin a days work with him, and the fact that he is alive and performing daily is the best evidence that he is a success at his strange-profession. Friday evening at 7 p. m., Mr. Wil- liams, will climb the: Grand Theater buHding, a feat, the like which has never before bheen attempted in” Be- midji, and after this task is complet- ed, he will appear before the audience ciimbe to the very top of the lad- der of fame in theatrical stardom. It is as Mme. Aurelie, the rage of the theatrical season that Miss Love | is permitted to display a collectign of gowns and robes which place her among the foremost of screenland’s best dressed public favorites. No less than fourteen exclusive mcidels were imported by Miss Love! especially for this screen play. In addition her own modiste has crentet!i a number of startling creations to be used in the extensive which the role exacts. | ‘An . equal attention has been paid to the costuming of those in support of Miss Love in “The Midlanders”. In result the new Bessie Love produc-! n takes rank among the leaders of he seasons scrcon faszhion showings. | SOWING OF THE WIND" | in the theater, where he will lecture, AT REX THEATER SATURDAY and tell of some of his thrilling ex-| Anita Stewart in her latest As- periences. As an added atraction the sociated First National picture, “Sow- six melody- maids, v4lll present a|ing the Wind.” will be the feature! song and dance review, consisting of ‘attracticn at the Rex theater begin-| solos, duets, trios, etc., on the saxa- ning Saturday. Louis B, Mayer, the phone, violin, banjos and piano, each, producer, confidently announces this being an artist on more than one of |ag one of Miss Stewart’s best efforts the instruments. at dnterpreting the silent dramatic Jack Williams and the Six Melody [art, of which she has long been rec- Maids, will appear at the afternoon|cgnized as cne of the mast popular! performance at 3 p. m. and at both |exponents. The story concerns Ro:a+ evening shows, at 7:30 and at 9:00| mcnd, who emerges from a convent | in the evening, on Friday only. to plunge into 'the evil environments of a gambling dive over which pre- “MARRIAGE OF WM. ASHE” cides here benefactress, Baby Bra- bant, who is later revealed as the AT REX THEATER THURSDAY | ;i15 mother. Her flight from the “The Marriage of Wm. Ashe,” star- iden cf orgies and her subsequent| ring May Allison will be the feat- meeting with the man she loves and | ure attraction at the Rex theater|the accidentzl finding of her father beginning Thursday. T h e new|comlines to make a story of sus- Metro production i3 ennounced by |tained suspense, affording Miss Stew- competent autlirit:es to be ond of |art plenty of opportunities to display i wardrobe the cut-standing dramatic pictures of |her = emotional qualities. Several lh}g Ii'e[-‘lll\ nd on2 of b2 best in|thrilling climaxes are claimed for| ‘whicl e ar, Miss Allison, has yet | the film and it ie further given cred- th for pointing out something of a moral without going to the extreme of preaching. The cast supporting Miss Stewart been seen. The e investiture of the pro- duction is 2 u scale oufite ently lav ish to classifv it wila the supet special picturas of the season, Which |is notably strong, including as it| excellently compliments lhe strongdoes such brilliant photoplayers as| dramatic siory, in which is portray- | Ralph Lewis, James Morrison, Myr-| ed the struggies of a brilliantly zlev-|tle Stedman and William V. Mong. It | er young womaz against ihe mach.u-}is an adaptation from the stage play| ations of unscrupulous political ene-|of Sydney Grundy and the screen| mles: - version was directed by John M. Stahl| Miss Allison will be seen in thelynder the supervision of the produc- role of Lady Kitty Bristol, who flees |y, Mr. Mayer. from the convent in which she has In all of Miss Stewart's recent pic- | been placed by her parents and trav-|tyres she has shown a marked dis-! els to London, where at length she position to step ferward rapidly by ! makes the acquaintance of William | jeparting from beaten paths so far as | Ashe, the Secretary for Home Affairs|characterization is ¢oncerned, this in the British Cabinet, and subse-|pding true especially in “The Yellow | quently marries him.. Following her {Typhoon’ 'and *“Harriet and the Pip-| marriage to Ashe and their honey-|er” 1In *‘Sowing the Wind” she is| moon abroad, Lady Kitty meets Clif-|said to go even further in her com- fe, a radical, who poisons her mind|mendable efforts to establish herself with political intrigue agalnst the|ag one of the screen’s mosi versatiie | party’of her hushand. 4 artists, * e | Influenceédt By ‘Cliffe, Lady Kitty bt . o pitblishes a book dealing with affairs (wpyp PURPLE CIPHER” AT { of state, and is then discovered in the apartment of Cliffe by her husband. | THE ELKO THMEATER TONIGHT She strives to syuare herself, how-| «The Purple Cipher,” which will! TKQ‘W but is P":“?hlh@d by Ashe. She :agnin e shown at the Elko theater! en returns to the convent fron.|tonight, is a fast-moving mclodrama | which s_hc fled, only to be found th<re|of Oriental intrigue and American | tome time later by Ashe, who for- nerve and resourcefulness. It gives gives and loves her. Earle Wiilliams ome of the strongest | Supporting Miss Allison 1 the poles he has had in some time and in' ;:L(:l&lnén%imlgiffifima;'; ;‘g:ghgfifl;n plot filled with intense situations liott, Robert Boulder, Lydia Yeamans ““fl!h'é',’emfi,"i\,‘;fi'?,fig Z,.d mystery lnt Titus and Clarissa Selwynne. Ruth|apundance in ‘“The Purple Cipher”} Ann Baldwin adapted the picture anid [ There are flashes of industrial and| Edward Sioman directed it, under the ¢)yp life with a few shots of golf and | personal supervision of Bayard Veil-|y Jove interest thrown in. San Fran-| ler, director of production. Icisco at night, a glimpse of the bay | land a trip through Chinatown gives| | the impression of a travelogue; while “THE TERROR” AT THE REX ! : submarines, explpsions, poisoned | THEATER TODAY ONLYichareuus. uncanny messages, and Tom Mix, famous daredevil of’ the|ternfic electrical storms furnish spec- screen, who is to be presented by |tacular scenes enough to please the William Fox in his latest production, | most exacting. If a persocn can at- “The Terror,” at the Rex theater tend a showing of “The Purple Ci- today, was ‘honored recently at|pher” withcut finding something of Sonora, (Cal., by Melvin Smythe post | interest that person is lopeless. | of the American Legion. A beauti- ful nugget scarf pin was presented to Mix, whose war record under the stars and stripes is well known thru out California—he having served in| the Spanish-American war and the Filipino and Boxer uprising. ' Mix and his-company were at So- nora making scenes for “The Ter- ror,” when the reception was given in his honor. The pin given to Mix | was made from a nugget taken from tha famous O'Hara Pocket mine. The original nugget weighed fourtee ounces and was one of the large taken from the mine in recent years A DELIGHTFUL PICTURE “EDGAR’S HAMLET” SHOWS ;r TONIGHT AT THE GRAND| In shis third of the “Edgar” pic-| tures which is entitled “Edgar's! Hamlet,” Edgar and his chums have] @ great time putting on a show ant | dressing up in their mothers best| clothes. The (dea of the show was| suggested to Edgar when he failed in | his recitation at school, but found he | could do wonders when it came to de- | claiming up in the hayloft of the| old red barn. And it was there the; put on the show. Tuis series of chii stories, written br Lncth Tarkinsztol for the Goldwyn Picture Corporation, | cach in iwo P , 1S to the :notianl‘ picture world, t the “Penred” stories were to on. They apueal} ELKO—Sun.—Mon.—Tues. & to grown-ups end children alike. | “Edgar's Hamlet” will b2 shown | tonight and: Thursday at the Grand | thater. 1 “THE MIDLANDERS"” AT THE GRAND THEATER TONIGHT | In the coming appearance of Bes- sie Love, the “Prnce Charming” of | the screen at the Grand theater to-| night and tomorrow, that popular For Your Furniture “TARNISHED REPUTATION3" ly by a fal: 4 the refermatory. AT THE ®LKO THURSPAY | cumstances: shakes t) Dolores Cassinelli, Pathe Caumeo but she finally gets Girl, comes to the Elko b » to- ' path and finds suec morrew, Thursday, cne day only inlpiness her photoplay entitled, “Tarnished | Reputatilons.” “BEYOND THE TRAIL" AT The story is that of a young \\'umun! wheee, reputation is first besmirched _ B té lack- Ly the tongue of slander; then by! &2 ”“’“)!"“flllly" b‘%)“e“",lfr“”!f, the er desertion by hen lover, and final. |SMILE OF"“BefbRd it %rd TLesertion By g B4 {wo reel Western drama at the Elko CHEVROLET REPAIR PARTS We carry a complete stock of Repair Parts—also a'full line of Starters, Generators, Cutouts, Coils and Ignition Switches. s faith, the upward love and hap- We have specialized for years on Auto Electric Repairing. In most cases we can repair and returnv the same glay. Charges must be prepaid on parts sent in for repairs. Our Workmanshp and prices will please you. We also have the BEST Battery Station in the Northwest. 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