Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 25, 1921, Page 2

mmm “PLAYTHINGS OF DESTINY" AT REX THEATER TODAY Merit attaches to the whclej pro- duction of ‘‘Playthings of Destiny,” starring Anita Stewart, the Associ- ated First National Pictures attrac- tion which opened an engagement of two days at the Rex theater yester- diay, Seldom has such a dramatic story been told so skillfuly, and rarely has an author hit upon a series of dnstances so certain to hold ithe interest of hn &udience. ithese with the excellent talent of the cast, and the splendid settings and effects that have been procured, and “Playthings of Destiny” beccnes worthy of classification with the best eereen entertainments. Anita Stewart naturally has the stellar honors! in the cast, but Her- bert Rawlinson and Walter McGrail, as well as little Richard Headrick, do work which entitle them to the high- esti praise for the histrionic ability they display. Each of them does a bit of character building which makes itheir roles as regl as if they had epent their whole lives in the en- vironment surrounding the charac- “WHILE THE DEVIL LAUGHS” AT REX THEATER TUESDAY “‘While the Devil Laughs,” a Wil- liam Fox production with Louise Lovely ir] the leading role, will be the attraction at the Rex theater ‘Tuesday. Miss Lovely won her way io stellax honors through sheer dra- matic ability, and her new starving vehicle, the third for Fox, is said to provide every opportunity, for the young actress to display the emo- tignal talents that (landed her in the Fox constellation. A story of the underworld, “While the Devil Laughs” has as its bacle theme the old, yet ever new, struggle of a young girl to cast off the shack- les that bind her to crime and take| ithe place in the world to which she is entitled. Love for a helpless family and the necessity of providing for those who cannot provide for them- selves are the ties that bind her to| a criminal band until the day comes| when, through love, she rises above| her surroundings, and takes thej straigltt road that leads to happiness and her, mate. | “ISABEL. OR THE TRAIL'S END"” AT REX THEATER THURSDAY | The Indian “I.-Wa-Ka,” or Nor- thern Blue Flower, plays an impor- tant part in the unfolding of the story of the film drama, “Isobel; or, | The Trail's ¥nd.” which is to be| shown at the Rex theater Thursday This prcduction adapted from James Oliver Curwood's famous “Iscbel,” is one of the mcst powerful | Northland romances ever screeneid. The hero, a Northwest mounted | policeman, cherishes the blue flower} a8 the symbol of pure and faithful| wemanhcod. The weman he loves, | marrizd to the man he has sworn to! capture dead or alive, prays that he| will find his “blue flower of hapuvi- nezs.” She, of course, becomes the living “blue flower” hopes and ideals. How he finds his happiness at the end of the trail composes one of the| most absorbing romances of the north | ever screened. The cast is headed by those sterling players, House Peters| and Jane Novak. 1 “PARDONED BY PRES. WILSON" AT REX THEATER TUESDAY The latest in films—at the Rex theater beginning Tuesday. MOONSHINING | Beginning Tueesday the Rex the- ater begins the interesting run of a film called ‘‘Pardoned by President Wilson,” depicting the checkered and | true career of t member of the Hat- field clan up in the mountains of Kentucky, in conjunction with which a real, practical still, captured in the mountains will be on display at the theater. The story reads like fiction, but is hiztorically correct .Charles Felrez, who is here to make personal appear- ances with the film, was adopted by | the Hatfield family and spent nine; years with that clan, when on Janu-| ary 2, 1915, a cave on the Hatfield ! 9ands jn the mountains was raided by | “revenuers” and three members of | the raiding posse were killed. Perez | was in the cave at the time but had | no part in the fighting. When the battle was over he went with the| Hatflelds into federal court where| fre and the rest were sentencéd fi life in the federal prisom at Atlant After serving three years and fi teen days Joe Hatfield confessed to a | Catholic priest and told the true story of the raid and the battle which foliowed. This cleared Perez, of course, and when Hatficld was per-| suaded to tell the story to the war- den, the Atlanta newspapers tock un the matter at once and President | Wilsg pardoned Perez. Perez in his lecture with the film at the Rex theater tells an interest- ,ing stery of life at Atlanta federal prison and of the history of the netorious Hatfield clan. He appears in conjunction with the Rex's regular picture program. “A TALE OF TWO WORLDS" LAST TIME AT GRAND The passive scenic heauty of China is in strong tontrast to the active cruelty of which her people are some- times capable, as Gouverneur Morris reveals in his latest Aminent Authors photoplay, *“A Tale of Twor Worlds,” which was made at the Godlwyn stu- dlos. The story begins in China dur- ing the Boxer uprising in 1899. ithis native rebellion, a young Amer- ican girl has lost her pareats and their priceless collection of Chinee porcelains and jewels. The girl is brought to America by a Chinese ser- vant and reared as a Chineve. Involved in the plct i= the quest of | the jeweled spectre of which it had been said “that it is bathed in the tears of women and the Dlood. of | level and grade roads. of the man’s| 'NEWS OF THE THEATRES men.” During the) unfolding of the story, the lovely girl learns the truth of the spectre’s motto; but in the end, sho finds peace and happiness, as well | as her real idenatity, through the cour- age and the cleverness of an Ameri- can lover. “A Tale of Two Worlds” is gor- geously mounted and splendidly di- rected by Frank Lloyd. It will be shown at the Grand theater for the! last time tonight. Combine | HAWAIIANS COMING TO GRAND ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Since announcing the coming of Kohcano's Original Native Hawaiian Singers and Players to the Grand theater Wednesday and Thursday, July 27 and 28, the management has been approached by a dozen out-of- town people who said that they had: seen the trope either in Duluth, where ithey played a week at the Lyceum theater, or on the Iron Range with the information that the Ha- waiians were of the highest class, and weld worth hearing. Their instru- mental numbers made a distinct hit, to say nothing of the “‘Hula Dance.” There is something avbout Ha~ watian music which scems to reach out and grasp one's innermost soul. ‘One almost detects the fragrance of the flowers as one listens to the .dreamy melodies, imagination reach- es gicrious heights, one is ‘trans- ported far out and away from the prosaic workaday realm to the beau- tiful balmy shores of Waikiki, with the enchanting strains of the sweet Hawaiian music sounding on the still night air, the strumming of ukuleles, the native dancers, the quiet moonlit beach—all combining into a beautiful enchanting dream. The Hawuians will appear after- noon and evening, Wednesday and "Thursday as an ded attraction to “The Gamesters,” a six-part drama at the Grand theater. ONE-MAN ROAD GRADER PAYS Profitable Plan for Farmers in Com- munity to Get Together and Pur- chase Implement. Once two teams of horses and at least two men used to be required to Now we have the one-man machine, which does the Job In half the time and never gets tired. Like all modern devices of this nature, it is, of course, driven by gaso- line. The single operator manipulates all the levers that control the -cutting blades and also takes care of the en- gine. All the controls are placed at novel, | his elbow. If you live in a community where it | | Is the custom for each man to con- Gasoline-Driven Dcvice Saves Time and Labor. tribute his share of labor toward keep- ing the roads in condition, it will pay the men of the neighborhood to get tegether and purchase a one-man road grader and reduce the time and labor ordinarily necessary for this task.— Popular Science Monthly. THIN ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE Ordinary Rock Surface Under Motor Traffic Coming in Next Few Years. MacAdam was years ahead of his age and years behind this one. The builders of the Appian Way knew more about building a road for a mo- tortruck than MucAdam, strange as it may appear. It is the general opinion among road huilders—an opinion greatly quickened and altered by the war—that the light stone rowd, be it surfaced or ofl treated in what way you will, is not the road to build in the face of an avalanche of motor- trucks that is coming in the next few years. The motorcar brought oil to the road as a necessity. The water hond, which worked so well with iron tires and iron shed hoofs, is useless against the suction of the pneumatie tire. But the oiled stone road that lolds the 3,000-pound car with ease will not carry the five-ton travk—and last. \ The raflrond builders bave found that for heavy traftic it-pays to use the heaviest steel ralls, the finest wood for ties and the best broken stone, and plenty of it, for ballast. i As She Is Wrote. “The masculine of spinster is hore,” wrote a Malaysian schoolgirl. Another girl, intending to use the word “oppo- site,” blundered fnto what some hus- bLands will eall a pungent truth. “A wife,” she wrote, “is the upset of her husband."—Boston Transcript. IN FIGHT FOR CIVIC BEAUTY | Commercial. Interests of Kansas City Unite for War on Billboards on Boulevards. The commercial interests of Kansas City have gone on record as enemies of the “uglies.” The city planning and public build- ings committee of the chamber of com- merce adopted a resolution, taking a definite stand against “the encroach- ment of elther filling stations or bill- boards on the city’s boulevards and homes,” i The resolution stated that the cham- ber members are heartily in accord with and desire to lend their moral support to the joint resolution of the two houses of the council to the effect that filling stations and billboards should not be permitted to destroy the effect of Kansas City’s boulevard sys- tem. After a protracted discussion the | committee declared in favor of a “lo- cal option” on the uglies. By that { was meant that each neighborhood be | permitted to decide whether billboards or filling stations should be allowed to locate in that vicinity, The residents whose homes are within view, or with- in close proximity of the ugly, should have a voice in denying or permitting its location, the committee members believed. Billboards in certain localities are not objectionable if properly con- structed and lighted, in the ophilon of the committeemen. But their place is not in residence neighborhoods or on boulevards, they agreed. WAR ON INDUSTRIAL UNREST “Community Service” ldea Is Spread- ing, for Many Good and Sub- stantial Reasons. | shortly will take its place as a definite factor in the industrial life of Illinois. This announcement comes through Maj. A. A. Sprague, chairman of the nois. Organization has been completed for Illinois and the plans for the es- tablishment of the work are under way. to improve living and leisure condi- tions that through their development a peaceful, settled and contented com- munity atmosphere will prevail and industrial unrest to a great degree be removed. The work of the organization has passed the experimental stage. It has been found to be a very solid and sub- stantial success in the big industrial communities of Bqthlehem and Ches- tor, Pa. The main work of Commun- ity Service is the solution of the leis- ure hour problem. A trained organ- izer will be sent to various communi- ties to study conditions and make a survey of the social and recreational life, determining what is most needed and most desirable for the occupation of the leisure hours of the community, and then assisting them to provide and build up a service system for themselves. House Painting. When the home owner's thoughts ifornians, particularly, begin to won- der what color will be best for the movies. tion pictures in Hollywood, Cal., says that ‘white houses are almost impos- sible for use in motion plctures and he hopes the people within the area of the plcture industry will use neu- tral or dark shades when they do their house painting. “Darker shades are more agreeable to the eye than those of dazzling white- ness,” so this movie director says, “and they photograph better, in addition to blending with the natural colors of the landscape.” All-white houses are also hard on the eyes. Beauty Not Matter of Expense. Beautiful grounds need not be ex- pensive, The loveliest flowers and plants that ever grew are found in the woods and along the banks of streams, in/fence corners, and in fields and shady nooks. They are yours for the digging. What is rarer or prettier than a bed of wild violets and ferns in @ shady spot near the house? Plant generously of perennials, so' that they will bloom and grow year after year with little time, and attention, and give stabllity to your landscape reffects. Willie Had a Reason. Willie Hopkins Is only ten years old, but, strange to tell, he brushes his own hair and washes his ears ‘without parental coercion. It must be jadmit: uncommon practice within the last few days. The young man's mother was room and found him plastering \down his hair with a brush. “You're a very good hoy,” she ysaid “How did!you come to think of brush- ing your hair and washing your face? Willie looked sheepish and therr re- plied: “Mary Brown told me I wuz good lookin’.—New York Sun. "Don’t Keep Auto in Barn, The parn is a bad place for the au- | tomobile. Build a garage. Bubscribe for ‘The Dally Ploneer. “Community Service, Incorporated” | executive-financial committee for Mli- | The aim of Community Service {s so | turn to/house painting problems Cal- | [T CAR WASHING A location director for mo- | | ted that Willle just started this most |: dumfoundext when she walked hato his | CHANGE MADE FOR,TOURISTS Pictures in Museum of the Louvre “Standardized” With ldea of Pleasing Americans. l Even that sedate, historic plle, the Museum of the Louvre, has not es- ‘mmed the effects of the “preparation” {which all Parls has been undergoing | for the reception of the American tour- {ist. It was decided some time ago {that the old method of hanging the | pictures aceording to their meitts and | according to the lighting effect de- ‘slrcd was too haphazard and too prone “m confuse the visitor who was unfa- miliar with the old works, their period |nnd school. Some one suggested | “standardization.” There was ahowl | from the French press, which shrank from the thought of touching even a picture cord in the famous gallery, but |the thought was advanced that if the | coming thousands of American Visit- lors to Parig were to properly enjoy | the pictures they should be properly | elassified according to their period and school. This has been done, and now one passes through the big rooms as |one might a department store. Here are works of the early Itallan paint- {ers, here those of the Italian renais- |sance, there those of the early Flem- {ish school and there the products of {early Spanish genius. The Louvre, of course, is a sacred rite. Now it's a rite simplified, standardized and some- j what stereotyped. Some pictures ! which require strong light are almost !in the dark, and others which would benefit by a somber surrounding suf- |fer a glare. The guide calls this a “systeme American.” Despite it the | Louvre remains a rare treat—World | Traveler. 1 sa&ety»Fimt Doors, | Nearly every one suffers pangs of anxiety when they see a child leaning | far out of a railway carriage window | or pressing with its full’ weight against a_door. Soon parents will not need to tell their children to “come away at once!” for an automatie lock- ing device has been designed by a | member of the Immingham Dock staft i | of the Great Central Railway com- | pany. | By this new invention the carriage | | door automatically locks itself, and| | cannot be opened when the train is.in | | motion, except by a special key, which | will be in charge of the guard. This| bkey will unlock the doors even when | !‘ they have been strained by intent or accident, and when the train slows | down the doors automatically unlock | themsclves. | | The new device is worked from the axle of the carriage d can be ap-| | plied to single carriages. Exchange. | Isle Royale in Lake Superior. | Isle Royale Is the largest of a group of small islands in Lake Superior. They formerly constituted a county, but now form a part of Houghton county, Michigan. Isle Rayale, known principally as summer resort, Is about forty-five Tiles long and nine miles wide. The island is about eight hours’ ride by steamer from Duluth, Minn., but s nearer to Port Arthur, Ont. —_—_— ‘ Young and Beautiful. | “I mever try to fool my husband,” she said, and when her friend regls- tered inquiry she added, “because try- ing Isn't necessary. The Sowers. While young men are busy sowing wild oats, older oces are growing sage, ~—Ashland (Mo) Bugle. Insect With Spring-Board Nose, - Among the curious Insects of the Malay peninsula studied by a member of the London Zoological soclety I8 one called the lantern-fly, which is re- markable for its sudden leaps, made without the ald of its wings. It was only after the observer bad carried a specimen to London and carefully ex- amined It that he discovered that a curious projection on the ffont of its head, a kind of nose with a crease in it, was the leaping organ. - When bent back under the abdomen and sud- genly released it sent the insect fly- ng. k Like to Write Letters. The English-speaking race is the most Industrious in the world in the matter of letter writing. The Aus- tralians take first place, with 13 let- ters per head per year; Canada and the United Kingdom ~comes third with 75. The German average Is only 49, and Italy is a long way be- hind with only 11. Ancient Women Had “Rights.” In an ancient Babylon province there have been discovered records on clay tablets belonging to the period of about 2400 B. C, showing that & woman’s “college” or “university” had been established in a suburb of the city called Burna, and that women had equal rights with men in commer- clal property and political affairs. Delicious} Why? Because it’s toasted to seal in the flavor. It’s toasted. RATES DOWN THE WEST HOTEL Minneapolis, Minn. Now Quoting Rooms at $1.50 to $2.00 Without Bath $2.00 to $5.00 With Bath Moderate Priced Cafe in Connection JERSEY WOMEN TAKE: DIVING TESTS Camden, N. J., July 25---On all but three days of each month, West Street, Camden, ig just an ordinary street. But on those three days--- the first, third and fifth Tuesdays--- it Dbristles with onlookers, a line of auto- NEW mobiles and several men in blue uni-{ g,y $5 REWARD TS, Wav ing whistles. The men in unifor:n who wave their arms and blow whistles are po- licemen arel the occupants of the au- tomobiles are Camden ladies taking {he test to drive an automobile. A state law requires that they take this test before getting their license to s (helr arms and blow- — Will be paid to the person who locates a suitable house for rent. Reward will be paid when house is in my possession. House must contain at least four rooms, and rent must be reasonable. Call Tiller at Pioneer office. Louis B‘, Mayer presents “Anita Stewart “Playthings of - Destiny”’ i i A First National Attraction | Which of her two husbands will Julie Laneau take? The first she married in a Canadian wilderness |® and never divorced. The second found her in a bliz- |®% zard, married her and took her to the tropics, And now sake. 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