The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1928, Page 3

) Spickett’s [ » - Palace LAST 2 TIMES TONIGHT 2 NEWS REELS—1 short COMEDY and Rod La Rocque mn “Bachelor Brides” A feature comedy and * mystery feature. It’s great—a dandy. COMING TUESDAY Bessie Love and William Haines in “LOVEY MARY” Attractions | At Theatres BAGHELGR BRIDES" SHOWING AT PALACE Confronted” on the eve of marriage 'o the daughter of American millionaire, by a strange woman who asserts that he is her husband and the father of her child, Percy Ashfield, a young British nobleman, finds himself and his matrimonial plans on the verge of wreck until he decides to exonerate himself in the eyes of the woman he loved. This is the incident that start: the action of “Bachelor Brides.” a new comedy mystery dramu starring Rod La Rocque and fea- turing Elinor Fair and Julia Faye, which is at the Palace for the last two times tonight. This is an exquisite picture in which Mr. La Rocque displays hitherto unrecog: nized talents as a comedian of merit. He wears the conventional monocle and exhibits all tho languid qualities which are a clated with the commonly accept- ed portraitures of certain English lords. But Mr. La Rocque prov a liye-wire Lord indeed, for he ready with his fists in his battles with crooks who try to steal a rich pearl necklace which is des- tined for his bride, and he proves himself in every respect to be a real he-man. Elinor Fair, who scored a tri umph in Cecil B. De Mille's screen classic, “The Volga Boatman,” plays opposite Mr. La Rocque i1 “Bachelor Brides.” Julia Faye, a popular screen player, has the role of a crook, in which she is said to display rare mimetic pow ers. The firpp?rgi‘ng cast is an b 6 13 4 CLEAN KIDNEYS BY DRINKING LOTS OF WATER Take Salts to Flush Kid- neys if Bladder Both- ers or Back Hurts Eating too. much rich food may produce kidney trouble in some form, says a well-known author- ity, because the acids created ex- cite the kidneys. Then they be- come overworked, get sluggish, clog up and cause al) sorts of distress, particularly backache and misery. in the kidney region, aches, acid stomach, constijation, torpid liver, sleeplessness, blad- der and urinary irritation. The moment your back hurts or kidneys aren't acting right, o it bladder bothers you, , begin drinking lots of good wator and also get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before - breakfast for a tew days and. your kidneys may then act fine. < This famous salts {s made. from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, ~and has been used for years: to flush - clogged Kkidneys and stimulate them. to. activity; also to. lize the acids in the system g0, that they mo longer irritate, thus often relieving blad: disordefs. de: K Jad Salts can not injure any- one; ngnm delightful efferves:. oent lithia-water drink which Row and (hen. 1o help Kewp the ~then , K # ~ Jand rheumatic twinges, severe head-| excellent one and is composed of Eulalie Jensen, George Lucien: Littlefield, Sally Eddie Gribbon and Paul | son. ‘WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WIFE WANTS ROMANCE “'What happens when a middle fashioned and no longer the ard- ent lover of their courtship days, w. written by x Put- !nnm. one of Ame foremost | writers, and transferred to the screen under the direction of a master of comedy-drama, J. C. Blystone. And then a cast of screen favorites including Olive Tell, Earle Foxe, Richard Wallinz, Margaret Livingstone and others live the life of their characters with whole hearted sinceri So the ' complete result is a photo- drama that keeps an audience ah- sorbed every every moment of the showing of the picture. Laughter, thrills and suspence, and ve interesting . scenes of what is done to achieve beauty | by middle aged flappers in New York's famous beauty parlors, are a feature of this fine entertain- ment. ' 'BESSIE LOVE IS AT PALACE ON TUESDAY oY greatest the title ““Slender legs helped Bess win her latest and her part in motion pictures, role in “Lovey Mary,” the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture directed by King Baggot which comes to the Palace for Tuesday and Wed nesday’s bill Slender legs were important be cause “Lovey Mary” in the early part of the story is a 14-year-old 7| girl, the Inmate of an orphan asy- lum “where food is few calories not far behind.” Bessie fitted the physical re- quirements of the role to a nicety She is a slender wisp of a girl, one of the tiniest stars in pic- tures, just five feet tall and weighing 100 pounds even. Slender legs were only an inci dental qualification, of course, fo. Bessie has others that include a long experience in films‘and some sensational successes. She is in constant demand by motion picture producers. “That's why I keep thin, I guess,” sho said. “I'm always so busy.” Willlam Haines is Bessie’s lead ing man ‘and the cast includes Mary Alden, Vivia Ogden, Sun- shine Hart and Russell Simpson. MUSICAL SHOW IS READY FOR PRESENTATION “‘Somebody Lisd Cast and Chorus Have Last Stage Rehearsal and the The last stage rehearsal of the cast, dancers and singers of th company of the American Legion presenting “Somebody Lied” at the Coliseum tomorrow and Wed nesday nights, was held yesterday afternoon. Everything moved witn speed, the principals put over their lines in professional man ner, the songs were well given the gingery chorus dashed on, went through their stunts, dashed off again and were back for further action. “Everybody Lied” might well bs the name of “Somebody Lied” for the comedy lines show nearly everybody in the cast double- crossing or being doublecrossee by lies. The principals are all well cast and a fast performance is indicated. There are many jazzy songs of the whistling kind Several surprises are to be wit- niessed by the two large eudiences, indicated by the advance sale of reserved seats, as the characters, for many parts, are new to the stage in Junegu. The plot is funny, real genuine comedy and none will be disappointed at this presentaticn. The curtain will go up promptly at 8 o'clock, Directos E. M. Polley announces. Reserved seats are on sale to day and tomorrow at the Butler- o Mauro Drug Store and at the eatre box office beginning to- orrow night at 7 o’clock. COL. M’BRIDE IS GIVEN SURPRISE A gathering of oldtime and many new friends of Col. J. C. McBride, slipped into his home on Gold and Sixth Avenue last Satur day night and when he returned rly in the evening from a visit to a neighbor and switched on the lights, he was given a genuine surprise, the occasion being his ‘| “sixteenth birthday.” The evening was spent in cards and later “gifts,” most of, them in the na. ture of a “josh” were opened and much merriment was caused. Re- ments were served, Nicho!-| aged wife thinks her husband nlfl‘ is shown in a highly diverting| { manner in “Slaves .of Beauty.”| which will have its last showing | tonight at the Coliscum th There is a sermon in this pi ture, sugar coated with laughs,| it is true, but neverthels a se.- mon, which both wives and hus bands may take to heart. The story of “Slav f Beauty” jind JO / WADE WERNER { (Motion Picture Feature Editor} HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 19 | This v to which the world locks f ughter, is in the do! n )t the studios which spe- n comedy have closed ot i ¢ preparing to close for a month {or two, and the players who de- | |pend cn laughs for a living are [’ itrying (0 see the funny side of y annouryements to the effect | the spiendid speed with which | se qliota 'of picture | been completed enables the s d its employes to emjoy a little BS GROW SCARCE IN MOTION PICTURES about 15,000 extras who would b2’ spring. 1 (working if they could. Al this | looks worse than it usually are as ma new busy on preparations for ple tures as on the actual photogra; ing of pictures, and even production is lively throughout studio area there are seldom m than 600 parts open to th qualified players looking for The number of extras ea day's pay depends on the s the mob s¢enes rather than on the number of pictures in production. | But the figures indicate that there Is more than the usual un! employment amonz players, direc sathin 1 before harvesting | (ors and other studio employes. ! another crop of celluloid. Even among executives” opinions ! In the cases of a few stars and | differ as to just what is happen- | important players contracts al-|ing. Some-call it the “usual sea- i ready have been renewed and sal-| sonal lull in production”; others | aries paid whether they work |say there is a temporary “tight- {or mot. But players who work ness” of money available for pro-| | from picture to picture, pald only | duction, due to the vast sums in- when they work, are finding it|vested by producers in the acquisi 1(!}(’“( ult to view tha situation {tion of theatres and theatre philosophically. chains as outlets for their pic | ! written 17 of Holly-| tures; still others say it is the | approximately 300 direc. | old story of 800 pictures being | directing an aggregate | made every ar for a market| 60 recognized scréen | that could get along with 200. and $00 extras and bit-| Whatever the real explanation, | on the vari studio lots | no one seems ready to predict lor out of town on I n. There | any general quickening of prod are more than 4,000 players and |tion activities until late in tha| SECOND HAND AUTOMOBILES INVADE CHINA !Arc Operated on Roads Built by Chinese Bandit Chiefs By MORRIS J. HARRIS s 3 (Associated Press Staff Writer) And now comes the strangeness of Fate's little prank. For James's PEKING, China, March 19 frst picture, “Rose-Marie,” had its initial showing al—you guessed it! | poaq yuiding, with a striking de. The self-same Capitol Thealre! ! velopment in motor car traf ATE plays many strange tricks, but nonc stranger—and happier— than the prank it played upon James Murray, the extremely, good- 1 locking youth whose photograph is above. It wasn't so long ago that James was an usher in the famous Capitol Theatre in New York city. DBecoming tired of “‘ushing,” and having had the opportunily of studying the movie celebrities at close range daily, James decided to go to Hollywood and get in on the heavy money himself. All of which he did. Of course i wasn't all as simple as it reads n type, but James got there. Ihis\ is the one which contains more Cream-of-Tartar A than any other Cream-of-tartar is ‘costly - < but Schilling does not stint on so necessary an ingredient - - one . thét produces the fine fluffiness so wholesome for tiny tots + + + Also, &ou pay the pound price for a full pound of Schilling (not just -3/4 of & pO\;nd that looks like a pound).+ + # Your money back any time you don't like Schilling’s best! o 19 Spices o Tea o 31 Extracts Coffee , | eral hundred in length, a fleet of to Chefoo. ) { despite civil wars which are paup-| | erizing the country, is one of the | mast noteworthy developments ! taking place in China. During | 1927 much highway construction | was done and prospects for 1928 are that even more roads and more motor cars will lake their | place in the daily life of China. | Road building, afthough in mis | cellaneous areas and not co-ordl | nated, is taking place all the way from Peking to Canton and as far west as Chengtu, capital of the province of Sgechuan. The undet takings are being carried out by military leaders, the roads being desired for mil 'y uses and also as a sowrce of revenue. A road will be built over a route varying frem a few miles to sev second hand automobiles will be | acquired from local garages, and overnight a complete transporta i tion organization will come into | being. Passenger carrying anil i freight transport by truck are | flourishing in numerous areas by this means, and scores of military | chieftains have discovered an ex- | cellent way to bolster up their | sagging warchests. Since 'the arrival of the Feng- { tien faction, of Chang Tso-lin in and about Peking in the province of Chihli, roads of the distriet have been improved greatly and tmotor traffic has increased. The )rnads of the capital itself, whila {not comparable with those of | western capitals, are vastly better than a year ago and continual work is_going on in the surround- ing country to prepare highways for heavy traffic. In addition to the increasing number of privately owned motor cars, a dozen motor buses rua daily the 80 miles between Peking and Tientsin, while numbers o) others ply frequently in all direc- tions from the capital, visiting places of interest and trade with in an area of 200 miles of Pe !klnz. The fares are moderate, the | traffic is heavy and the buses are | always crowded, | Authorities hope to bring about jmore settled conditlons as a re- |sult of the opening up of the | country by this miethod. South of Peking in Shantung thére is an excellent motor road from Tsinan-fu along the sduth gide of the Yellow River to the north coast and then east almost The course I8 a long onie, well populated with cars, and brings in a good revenue. In Honan, Hupeh and Hunan simflar movements have been started. In Szechuan, far to the west, the militarists have acquired the ‘“road craze” and at present several foreign engineers are en- gaged in laying out highways to important points. To the south in Fukien, along the coast, several good roads havs been built by local' authority and still further south in Wwangsi and Wwangtung and even into Yu- nan road construction is going on, mostly under. supervision of for- efgn engineers; Labor for building the roads costs Ifttle, being conscripted by the militarists in many places Such roads are virtually private highways of the builders.. A mon. opoly s created and the profits are large.. Although the roads may. be operafed under such man- agement at present, in the end they will form the nucleus for a highway system throughout China. Second-hand. automobiles of al- most every description, bought in Shanghai, form the “fleets” for the roads. The cars are driven “until the wheels drop off” and then more are procured, the old being cast to the road<ide. —— - M LAST TIMES TONIGHT 3 7:30—9:15 WILLIAM FO: presents i Siaves % ty. 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