Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 3, 1922, Page 2

e s B i B BEMIDJI DAILY PIONR'ER “THE STORM” AT ELKO LAST TIMES TONIGHT > Setting a new pace for the screen in. realism and -downright thrills in the same manner the original pro- duction’ did on the legitimate stage, *“/The Storm” opened its local engage- ment at the Elko theatre Saturday niight to an enthusiastic and apprec- ihtive-audience. In many respects this . Universal Jewell ‘presentatidn surprdsses the stage version notably in the storm and fire scenes where miles of exteriors offered a greater opportunity to Director Reginald than: were at the diposal of George Broadhurst, Adapted from the play which packed New York theatres for months the screen version follows Langdon MrCormick’s sexipt faithiplly. House Peters plays the part of Burr, the primitive frontiersman, in a man- ner® that reaches new heights of screen artistry. Virginia Valli, as the French-Canadian girl, who causes Burr and his English lawyer friend— interpreted by Matt Moore—to break a fast friendship, does the finest work of her career. Imagine two men, deadly enemies, and the girl both men love, trapped in a mountain pass with the woods on all sides a roaring furnace, a flaming death trap. Could any more vital set'be planned to show the mettle of each man, to show which was the Yeal man, and which was the coward. So realactic is the scene that one can-almost feel tne sizzling heat. . In addition to the three principal players, great credit is due Josef Swickard, Frank Lanning and Gor- don* McGhee for their work in-the chief suporting roles. “CARDIGAN” AT THE GRAND * " TO AID LEGION HOSPITAL Under the auspices of the local Américan Legion post, the net pro- teeds to go to the American Legion state Rospital fund, “Cardigan” will be shown at the Grand theatre to-day and Wednesday, Oct. 3 and 4. “Cardigan” tells the most thrilling tale“of the miost wonderful thing that ever happened in American hist- ory.. It is from the well known novel by Robert W. Chambers and was made on the exact spots whete- history was written. The pictire is the first real 100 percent American . historical picture ever made. It opens in Northern Johnstown, New :Yark, two years before the olution, with the leve story of a young ‘Irish boy, an unwilling sub- Jjectiof the tyrant English king, and the -ward of the English governor. The* love affair of the youngsters creates an enmity which' blossoms forth-into the firing of the-first shot for world independence—an accurate historical -fact, as recorded in the ‘history books of the United States. . Young Cardigan is torn asunder from- his young love and through fighting to regain her respect and con fidence 'he is almost burned at the stake, having been accused of a triple taurder. He is released, Fowever, when' the .truth becomes known, and it is then that he learns of the perfidy ‘of Captain William Butler- the arch villian ‘who later became as despised as. did Benedict Arnold. the traitor. “ORPHANS OF THE STORM” DRAWING LARGE CROWDS D: W, Griffith’s “Orphans of the Storm,” based on the well-known stage play, “The two Orphans,” is drawing large crowds at the Rex theatre where it showed for the first Sunday. This famous photoplay wilil be shown again tonight and tomorrow and indications are that each showing will be attended by capacity crowds. This is one of the nfost expensive pictures which the Rex_ theatre has ever shown here. However, popular prices are being charged so that all picture fans may havé an opportunity to see it. This show has been held over for an additional day to include Wednes- day night, “ORPHANS OF THE STORM” AT REX TODAY AND WEDNESDAY ~%QOrphans of the Storm,” the pig D. W. Gnifith film of the season, recognized as one of the five biggest photoplays of the year, is showing again today and tomorrow at the Rex theatre. ' In booking this show in order to give its patrons an opportun- ity to see the best film of the day the Rex theater has encountered a very expensive production. However it will be shown at popular prices that every film fan in the city and surréunding country may have an op- portunity to see it. In putting the price low on this film, the Rex feels that it -would rather show to all fans at a nominal price than to show to i a part of them at the prices asked for -this: show in the larger-cities. * “Orphans. of the Storm” is Grif- { Fjth’s- biggest, production te date- : Mhe cast is-one of the strongest ever i ‘assemhled for a single . picture. | ‘AfldlHithe two Gish sisters are to be deon™TH the same film. Lillian and | Dotsthy Gisk s co-stars are support- ed by Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Lo- see, Catherine Emmett, Lucile La- Verne. Sheldon Lewis, Morgan Wal- Jace. Frank Puglia, Creighton Hale Leslie¢ King, Monte Blue, Sidney Her- bert, Leo Kolmeri, Adolphe Lestina and ‘Kate Bruce. Out of 300 actors and actresses who tried for places in the ‘picture, those who now appear in the film are those who qualified jn the struggle for the survival of “the fittest. Few who see the “Orphans of the Storm” will appreciate the huge task yand vast detail necessary in the film- ing of such a gigantic spectacle. Those who have seen it on the screen declare that this picturization of Kate Claxton’s famous stage classic is without equal on the screen today. The picture comes to Bemidji highly recommended by long and successful runs in all the larger cities, many of which are still showing at prices ranging near a dollar. —_— The Trumpeter of Cracow. “Centuries ago the Church of St. Mary’s, Cracow, had been an outpost of Christendom, used a3 a watch tower against the invading Tartar; a soldier had been kept continually stationed there to give warning on a trumpet of the first approach of ‘danger. In the Fourteenth century, whilst arousing the city, the trumpeter had been struck in the throat' by an arrow. His call had faltered, rallied and sunk. With his dying breath he had sounded a final blast, which bad broken off short. The broken call had saved Cracow. Ever since, to commemorate his faith- fulness, there has never been an hour, day or night, when his broken trumpet cnll, ending abruptly in an abyss of silence, has not been sounded from the tower.”—Coringsby Dawson in his book “The Vanishing Point.” e Badly Put. ™ She was a large woman, and not what you might call handsome. But she was an heiress. Still, the design- ing youth should have been more dip- Tomatic. “Miss Tubbs,” he said, when he thought it was about time to bring matters to a head—“Sarah—for months past my thoughts and aspira- tions have been centered on one great object—" She smiled encouragingly. «Miss Tubbs—Sarah—need I say it? And a few moments later the would- be suitor crept dejectedly from the house.—London Tit-Bits. OLD FORM OF TELEGRAPHING Crude Method Empioyed by Ancient Peoples, but It Conveyed the De- eired Information. Practical telegraphy is not so en- tirely a product of modern science as many may suppose. It s tradition that Agamemnon telegraphed the fall of Troy to Greece by means of bonfires on the mountain tops. Although there may be much doubt as to whether this Is not a mere legend, there can be no question that in the second century before Christ there was a system of telegraphing in Europe by which mes- sages were sent from ope place to another by means of fire, the words being spelled out letter by letter. The letters of the alphabet were arv ranged in five columns, so that any letter could be designated by stating in what column ft'was ‘¢ontained and its number in that’column. To convey this information to a-distance two men, each having five torches, were stationed behind two barricades; the first, by holding up the necessary num- ber of torches, indicated the number of the column that ontained.the let- ter he was sending; and the'second in- dicated simflarly the actual numerical place of the letter in that column. It is evident that by.a series of stations messages of any length could have been sent—say from Rome to Athens. st ekl Every cigarette full 3 weight and full size You are that great object!” “Sir!”! BOYS DON'T WANT THRILLERS Tales of Wild Adventure Seemingly Only Interest the Middle-Aged Man of Today. No longer do the tales of “Little Sure Shot,” “Deadwood Dick” and other old-time terrors of the prairies interest the youth of the rising genera- tion, observes the New York World. This has been demonstrated since the collection of Beadle's:dime novels was | placed in the public library. It had: been expected that there would bg a rush ‘of young people to see the lold thrillers, and at least one soclety that takes upon Jtself the care and supervi- slon of public riorals was moved to rise In protest agalnst debauching ‘the mind of youth.' However, in the month fn which these:books have been on ghow, less than 10 per cent of the vis- itors has been under the age of six- teen. Attendants keep a tally, and during the time the Beadle books have been displayed there have been 1,427 per- sons In to see them. While the tally as to ages Is not kept, it is the consensus of attendants that hardly more than 100 have been minors. In the next room, however, where the baseball collection has been displayed, more than half the visitors are children. During July there were 9,643 who vfs- ited the display. The Beadle collection has been at- tractive chlefly to the middle aged. Men of dignified bearing, often in pairs, have gone the rounds of the showcases, chuckiing over the titles. “It's like renewing youth,” is a fre- quent comment. In Cathedral Shadows. There is a mystic gloom about St. Patrick’s cathedral at night, writes the New York correspondent of the Indian- apolis Star. The corners are filled with shadows—fanciful, clusive, but | rather comforting. There is a world | of silence among the empty aisles and | shadowy arches relieved only by the | faint glow of the many devotional can- | dles. Every footfall is an agony, and shoes creak tbat never creaked be- | fore. One almost expects to see a | Florentine monk or beautiful nun in meditation in the shadowy corners. The watchman tiptoes silently about to see that none of the candles have gone out. On a summer night the spires of the cathedral rise dreamily to the heavens, at times silvered by a pale moon. At all hours of the night people come and go, the men remov- ing their hats as they begin to mount the steps. The Wicked Crow. According to the opinion of the Brit- ish Agricultural department, the crow must be classed as n criminal. In a biography of the bird, issued by the | when an exhibit of American precious department, it says: “Its ability to ! commit such misdeeds as pulling corn and stealing eggs and frult and to get awny unscathed is little short of mar- velous. Much of the crow’s success in life is due to co-operation, and the so- instinet of the species has its expression I the . winter roosts, which are sometimes frequent- ed by hundreds of thousands of crows. From these roosts daily flights of many miles are made in search of food. In its destruction of insects the crow often renders good service, but its vicious habit of destroying beneficial wild birds and their eggs puts it on the black list.” St e AL 4 e SEER IN' DIFFERENT LIG\ITS Beauties of Nature Made Varying A'p- peal to the Artist and the Two “Flappers.” The Woman and the artist were sit- ting on the sands at the beach. Near them were two girls murmuring to-] each other. . Silence fell when the artist sat up excitedly. and, waving a thumb at the || pagnificent sunset, salds, ‘Get, that | .color,t” ) Sat s It was one of Nature's great pletures —a pile of lavender thunder clouds tipped pink by the setting sin’ and Slashed from time to time by :flami lightning. The lake gave ‘back the’ glories of the sky, enhanced by its, own green waves. The bobbed-haired one of the two -girls ' spoke first: “Say, ” Minnie, wouldn’t that make a swell negligee?” “You said it,” replied Minnie, “but how’d yer get: all them colors?” “Layers and layers and layers of chiffon,” was the dreamy response. The artist fairly exploded in the Woman's ear: “Gosh! Is that all they can think of! Now, when I get back to the studio I'll show you—" He fin- ished with a vague gesture. ‘The Woman said nothing, only sat back and pondered on the number of things that genius might create from one source of inspiration.~Chicago Journal. o, LI, Age In taking testimony in the Colton will case some years ago in Washing- ton a quick-witted old lady had been on the stand for some time in hehalf of the proponents of the will. She had testified, among other things, that she was the editor of the “Book of Lineage of the Daughters of the Revolution,” of which the late Mrs. Colton bad been a member. Joe Redding took her um- der cross-examination and he com- menced in a casual way, “I suppose, my dear mmadam, that you and Mrs. Colton may have compared your re- spective ages in some of your conversa- tions?” “Never,” replied the old lady; “I never asked’ her age. I would not dare take such a liberty even with my- selt.” MY. ‘Redding ‘made one more. efiort. - “Ah!” said the attorney; “but I can find out both-of your ages in the ‘Book of Lineage of the Daugh- ters of the Revolution'!” *“No, you cannot,” replied the dame. “It I8 against the constitution to mention any member’s age; it would break up the soclety.” And Joe gave up in de spair. Splendid Gem Collection. The Nationat museum’s collection of precious stones had its origin in 1884, stones was prepared for the New Or~ leans exposition. In 1891 the greater part of the collection of Dr. Joseph Leidy was purchased by the museum, and in 1894 Mrs, Frances Lea Cham» berlain bequeathed to the museum a collection of, preclous stones assem- bled by her father, Dr. Isaac Lea. Her husband, Dr. L. T. Chamberlain, added a large number of specimens, and on' his death bequeathed a sum of money, the income of which is to be used for their further increase. Individual gifts and transfers from the geological survey have further augmented the material, and it is hoped that through individual action the collection may be expanded and diversified until it I3 second to none. fifteen (15) BETTER cigarettes for 10¢ —better Virginia —better Burley ¢ E { TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1922 PRSP 2R SR SR SRR 2P AR SRR R SRR PSR About Three Generations From the: Pioneers the Real Exodus Begins ' § ; By J. R. HOWARD, American Farm Bureau Federation. ‘Abowt three generation:s away from the pioneers the real exodus be- gins. A little visiting bac’s and forth with the members of the family who had cast their Iot in tly cities and towns makes the children wonder if the lot of the brother o remain on the family homestead is the one to be cherished. /.. ot In the miéantiiié the descendants of the first farmers have either lost eut in the demands of city life and ate finding their mess of pottage as day labor_er's,' or they have l;ptqzlpcred they reccived their birtliriglit. And most of them do prosper. It has been said that 94 per cent 6f the Jending éitizens of one of our large East- ! ern cities were brought up on a farm. Of a group of 100 representative men,-commercial and professional, in Chicago, I found that 85 per cent came from ‘the country. ‘More than listed in “Who’s Who” are likewise from the country. The successful ones xeturn to the country and build palatial homes and estates and constitute the highly educated landlord class. Ts the coun- try slowly differentiating into this and the propertyless laboring classes? If ‘America becomes the home of Jand owners and peasants we will have failed our Pilgrim fathers miserably and inexcusably. #nd forgotten the farm from which 60 per cent of the men and women —_—— Office Phone Her Mirror. The tired business girl simply must have her vanity bex in proximity and the hamd mirror especially must ma- terialize ‘when she wishes it to. It ir- ritates the busy stenographer to have | to rummage around the désk for the mirror. A stenographer in a small downtown Vaw office does away with muich wasto motion by utilizing a picace of the oflice furniture. One day wh¥le lookiny for the elusive mirror the ‘phone bell rang, and being con- scierrtious she decided in favor of her duty. She discovered that-the nickel piated rim about the mouthpiece of the plione served the purpose of a looking -glass. She no longer worries l ahout her mirro~.—Chicago Journal. — = ! a censor just as much.as the authors 'pointed, he has an office, he has power; "but he does what he chooses, usually e e ———— The Capricious Censor. Aen are not fit to be recording angels of books or of anything else. We find it hard enough to lnok after ourselves without looking after other people; and the censor himself needs who are his victims. Who Is to insure that his sense of propriety is just or that his political or religious. opinions | are right? The answer is, No one; and | so, finally, his authority is and must be on a basis of nothing. He is ap- without knowing why. In practice there is nothing mere capricious than censorship and so nothing more futile. —London Times. the crowds to.see it. picture; A film every will wan to see. I OR = = T cost MORE THAN FOUR YET THIS MOST o KNOWN—IS POPULAR (e Lillian and Dok i MA IR Wednesday night. IIIlllllIIIlIIlllIIlIIIIIl(IIlIII|IIIlII‘IIIIIIIIll!IIlIIl il Held over for one more day in order . for R E X,TODAY& WED. This is D. W. Griffith’s biggest and best ' TWO ORPHANS” | Yast-Dramatic- Hypnotic- Entrancing One scene lasting one-half minute cost more than | ;any two dramatic productions in New York. ‘The BEL-AIR FETE, lasting a minute and a half g “THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENT EVER i The Swirl of the Mad Dance of the CARMAGNOLE S The Frenzied Sweep of PASSIONS Thru the Magic Garden of DePRAILLE THESE YOU FEEL-HEAR -~SEE This Is the secret of that tremendous power which has mhflle}mflndunmmy By arrangement with Kate Claxton with othy Gish... INEE AT 2:30 T Prices 208 and 406 Evening shows 7:00 & 9:00. 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