The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 22, 1928, Page 3

e are like GHORGE W ASHINGTON we cannot tell a lle—we have a gond hohday shw NEWS REEL CURIOSITIES The Movie Side Show and Comedy “WANTED A BRIDE” Conrad Nagel and 10-—-25—40—L. Loges 50 cents Thursday and Friday Only—Remember JOSEPH M. SCHENCK presents Constance Talmadge swith ANTONIO MORENO “The Venus of Venice” . A Marshall Nei .Atzzl"iéfitfes‘ . | Goob PRODUCTION ~ | 1S NOW AT PALAGEl A__A____————-fi Nornia' Shearer advances stead- ily towadd: her destiny of Ameri: ca's favofite screen star hy her performance 1in ‘ “The W/aning Sex,” ' the Metro-GoldwynMayer picture directed. .by Robert Z. Leonard, which opened at th Palace last night. Light comedy, like “His Se tary,” drama, fike, “The: Shob,’ melodnml. like “The Devil's Cir- cus,” and now farce like Waning Sex,” all of these varying mediums find Norma Shearer's superb artistry rising ‘to. any de-! mand they may make. In “The Waning. Sex,” an'adaptitibn ‘of Fréderick and Fanny Hatton's stage success of the same name, she plays the pa: of an attorney, beautiful and! brainy, and loved by the rmng’ young district lttorney, enacted | by Conrad Nagel ™, - “ ‘Her mocermm wq;'t let her loves he hera tio - *of | l;fi Tdes her thhle,' "ifir point of’-m-minrlu to mmn{n; Conrad Nagel r lead man Is°, tisfactory. | The wisdoin fl*mhuu Nagel to turn to, itely established by this. plcture. Mery il’tAhlter. former child dciobn Ml‘ “has' the of “the and acquits herselt 3 a8 do. George, K, ur, and other featur mn%’ufl. eouuuu | * Feom the role of the Prodign Son_of ‘Biblical_times to that of | 5| “The ! which is | comedy,_rles is defin: | ilan Production ] track when the horse Collier i3 riding’ wa~him, malmhx the boy g07he caff never ride’ agaln (| hig figt meeting with the girl in (1 hospital where she is a novico {nd®se; the colorful dance hall se: | aunces during which a terrific fight is staged; and the thrilling finale when, an entire town is threatened with pestilence through lack of water, and Collier calls {upon God to give him a break “{and send the rain—all make up a Igrlpplng and dramatic story of romance and regeneration. | - The final showing of this “Mir- acle Man” of the season is on to- fnight for the last two times at the Coliseum. "1"| CONSTANCE TALMADGE il AT PALACE TOMORROW | s Constance Talmadge’'s new com- edy-drama, “Venus of Venice,” I3 ithe current attraction at the Pai- ace Thursday and Friday. } The story is one of a charm- ing little . madcap who, dominated {by a crook, pursues a coursa of |thievery. among the canal gon- olas with reckless abandon, her escapades plunging her into the companionship' of an American artist, with = unforeseen conse- lquences of a most exciting na ture. T {'s'Wikile “Venus- of Venice” at. tains_ brilliant .dramatic heights, |the. pleture is for the most pari ste lhfl‘ ighter vein in which Misa ‘é’ ‘fi‘ d’ge exceld. - "Its! setting, odern - Vemice, is ome ,flut .breathcs romance and adventure. The “Water Rat's” doubtful ac- jtivities in the canals of the Ifal ian city also give Constance an opportunity to display aquatic at- tainments which she is not gen- erally known to possess. Appearing opposite Miss Tal madge, in.the role of the romantic -i American artist, is Antonio Mo- “irehd. And Marshall Neilan's di- .| rection,. of the plcture further es tablishes him as a master In the screening of stories of 'the “Con- stancesque” type. “Venus of Venice,” which was produced by Joseph M. Schenck, for First National release; will be at the Palace only two nights. a vlol!n and bow, as song and singer.. Such a com- is that of Monte to right: Henry Mo rg(mhau 83 A S i i . Sally O'Neil, opular film player, looks nifty in this smart sports coal of flannel checked in a futuristic de- sign of red. The white felt hat is bound in red, and the slippers are of red, 100. Note the belt of sel) ®aterial at the natural waist line. Unterna%onal Newsreol) Mnmp pl.\\ul an Bast Side prize- The second was the hi flml mystifying “The Man and the third was the Pacific,” an epic 0f hilippine Insurrection follow- ing the Spanish-American war. “Wolf's Clothing,” the latest Blue-Del Ruth film is the whirl- | wind romance of a subway guard | and a society girl who are both seeking gay adventure at the New Year revel on Broadway. In sup- port of Mr. Blue is the enchant- ing Patsy Ruth Mijler. Other notable members of the cast are John Miljan, Douglas Gerrard, Lee Moran and /Kala Pasha. “Wolf's C'clhing”, was adapted by Darryl Pwanciz Zanuck from the Cosmopolitan Magazine story of Arthur Somers Roche. The teamwork of star and director 13 evident in the spontaneity, spead and smoothness of this laugh- tariller. PUBLIC 'ALLEYS FOR BOWL[NG NOW GPEN For the first time in yeal Juneau has today, public bowling alleys. The new Brunswick Bowls ing Alleys, owned by Steve Vuko- vich and Nick Petievich, wer opened this morning. The official opening will be made this even: ing. . The owners have ir<talled two fast and well-finished alleys in the building opposite the Winter and Pond Studio, on lower Front Street, which was formerly the home of-the Oriental Recreation Hall. Besides the two alleys the hall contains two pool and one bil: liard tables, three éard tables; while the propriétors sell smokes and soft drinks. The building has been entirely irenovated, and®is most modern looking and well lighted. | Vuko- [ MOTFo vich opened the alleys this morn- ing In two games against Gabe Peaul, which the owner won. This evening punch and cookies 'will be served to all who come e|to 100k, over , M new place of busine#s or./to. emjoy themselves ,»hm or, pool. . ¥ | | prevented ~ GAUSE DELAY ON RAILROAD PROGRAM HERE " ‘Reed Tells of Tieup in Rev. Kashevaroff Main “ynrTED STATES MARSHAL'S | Loop District on Al- aska Railroad The elemenis tiurough the agan " .0y of a snow storm won against | hlm by one day and caused a de- lay of mearly two weeks in his arrival to Juneau, said Irving mining engineer of who reached here on Alaska, 11 days after a Game Commission, of which he is a member from the Fourth Division convened in its annual session. Mr. F is the son of Judge T. M. R Mr. Reed's delay was /by a heavy snowtfall in District” between i where the stea the Al of The Alaska Railroad Seward and Anchorage, bridge was swept out by a snow slide, a which ! reaching foot over site. an improvised bridge from the train from Anchorage to that from Seward, and vice- versa had been made by passen- gers after the destruction of the bridge. The night hefore Mr. | Reed’s train reached the site a {heavy snowfall started and with- {in a few hours the track was en- tirely covered to a depth of sev- eral feet. «The “rotary was on the Anchorage side of the gap with the result that the train from Seward, in the attempt to back through the drift, was lifted from the tracks and unable proceed when about four miles from the point of transfer. It immediately pulled out for Sew- ard with 50 passengers aboard en- route to . the interior, and train from Anchorage, which had been waiting at the gap and which Mr, back to Anchorage where Reed remained five days. +Held Up Twice During the five days the bridge the Mr. caused “The Loop recently | a train from Seward! Transfer by | to! lhe' Reed was aboard put| Discussing tentative plans [for the Democrnflc ‘Convention is: tHis mtuxe:lmg group of leaders, photographed in W Ray Baker, John W. Davis of West Virginia( 1924 standard bearer); ex-Minister to ’l‘urkey, and John S. Cohen of ‘A tlanta, Governor Albert Ga. HAS SPLENDID | Speaker at Meeting Last Night—D. I. C. Guests One of the finest progr ithe year was given at the meeting of the Juneau Club last night at the Not Tea Room. Rev. evaroff, priest of the sian Church, was the chief speak- er and member of the Club took part in presenting various num- bers. The members of the Island Woman’s Club of honor at the meetin In the short business preceding the program a "for §25 was given to Mrs. Glenn Kirkham of the Douglas Club, who is Federation Treasurer, |a donation toward the establ ment of a Student Loan Fund being sponsored by the Ala; Fed ion of Woman's Clubs. Mrs. Florine Housel, chairman of economics of the local club, arranged the program and made Washington’s Birthday a feature carried out in decorations of lL’d and white. The program opened singing of “America” prasent. Rev. Kashevaroff gave an cellent talk, his subject I"Ecnnumlns of the Alaska.” | Miss Stella Jones offered a cello olo, “Last Night I Was Di ing,” accompanied on the by Mrs. Preston. Mrs.* Ella Smith discussed the “Budget System” and Mrs. Housol talked on “Better Homes.” Mrs. Max Pittshmann gave two selections on the piano. Following the program a sup- | per was served. The Washington ’mrthdny inspiration was also Fo Douglas a with the' by ex- Natives of piano iused in the table decorations and 'l was repaired and the rotary taken | {over it to clear the track of snow. When the passengers from the north reached Seward they were just too late to make the south- bound steamer and were com- pelled to remain in.the Gateway | town' nine days until the arrival of the Alaska. Mr. Reed sald the snowfall, in' “The Lioop District” was unusual. ' The depth of the snow was 10! feet when the storm had ended and at one time in one:half hour | while the passengers from An-| chorage . awaited “the. Seward train the smow fell from two to three inches. Mining in intertor An active mining season is an- ticipated in" the intérfor, accord- | ing to Mr. Reed. - The P#irbank Exploration “ Company will have | water through its big ditch and two dredges will .be eompleted, this summer. The Aldska-Whitworth intere: on Engineer and Fish Creek, \| when operations will b started, | which are backed by British cap-| ital, expeect to -spend $5,000,000 on operations on their, placer holdings (wit! ithe méxt ‘two years, Mr. ‘.3 sald _hg was in- ¢, | Indfan fin be, held to- at l—odock at| bl P} ‘Burial ~ cemetery e C. W. Johnson " three chil- Ritchie of Maryland, She Likes Checks! SNDW FALL IS WUMAN'S GLIII those being ! imimmuu shington. Le(l! Will Rogers, were figurines of Katherine a red hat- miniature flags. E D MARSHALL RECOVERS ! favors which , made chets and B. Marshall, who a major operation ai tha Ann’s hospital a few woeeks left for his lmmo w_mmn John under- went St | ago, ALE, First Division, District of Alaska. By virtue of an Order of Sale ed out of the United States| Court for the First Di- rict of Alaska, on the day of February, notice is hereby given that I will sell by public auction, for sh, on Thursday, the eighth | of March, 1928, at 2 o’clock P. M., at the front entrance of nn- Court House at Juneau, Al- ting Fish Tr °s Floating . 4, its lead, he pots, nets, webbing, house, and other equipment all of which is set forth der of Court igsued Feb. thereon, in a ALBERT WHITE, United States Marshal, By W. R. GARSTER, Deputy. 9, Mar. 7, 1928 —y "CLEAN-UP SALE Still Going On SHOES BLAZERS HATS CAPS ETC. Mike Avoian Front Street i 2 Publish Feb. | O T COLISEU‘L 1 PR 5 TONIGHT 0:2‘5 BI(, H()LIDA) I‘R()( R/HI Pathe Ncu‘s CLARENCE V : BAD! 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