The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 21, 1918, Page 7

He omer Until Wednesday Night Only COLISEUM Fifth at Pike—Continuous 11 to 11 Admission 20c, Children 10¢. The college women of biateis ore are planning a reunion. “College night’ for the college women of the city | will be held in Home Economics hail, | University of Washington, at 7:30 lo’elock, on Saturday evening, Janu NOW PLAYING “Brown Harvard” THE COLLEGE CLASSIC OF THE STAGE AND SCREED Adapted from the novel and celebrated stage play of the same name. SEE THE RIG BOAT RACE See the Best College Story Ever Written ————— ‘TERSON’S AUGMENTED RUSSIAN ORCHESTRA “Operatic Gems.” “Aloha” Queen ORPHEUM Third and Madison Eugene Levy, Mgr. MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY— SESSUE HAYAKAWA The Wonderful Japanese Actor “THE WRATH OF THE GODS” ‘ALSO Lilloukalani TRANSCONTINENTAL VAUDEVILLE ACTS For the entire balcony tonight and for any seat in the house tomorrow after- noon. Lower Floor, Twenty Cents. STAR—MONDAY, JANU ART y 1918, PAGE 7 TRAGEDY, SMILES, TEARS AND THRILLS IN NEW PLAYS AT THE MOVIE THEAT RES| TODAY'S | PROGRAMA AN—Theda Bere tn | | —e | | y Plekford Hart in “Dead Mae Marah in ‘“Melds a “Stranded in Are iu x oe LIBERTY | Off in the two miles, as nearly timate the camera soale line of a man on horseback ed, Instantly it was the al tremendous applause No, it was not Gen, Pershing, or even Teddy, It was Bill Hart at the Liberty theatre. At least five or more times ¢ the progress of the play, entitled “Dead or Alive,’ wan Bill cheered heartily The play? Well, it doean't need |much of a theme for Hart to con quer, provided you give him a horse, a big gun, and a chance to reform after being an outiaw In this case, Bill with one of his own crew, who snitche and she made him good. He turned into a railroad de- tective, and won the pretty gu. | “Almost «@ Bigamist,” in a fair comedy; colored pictures of Belgian | scenes are highly interesting; the Mutt and Jeff comedy is a scream. The Star-Liberty Weekly shows a fair run of local kly events, oe METROPOLITA? Theda Bara, geous clothes Thousands of man soldiers A fleet of ancient war galleys. All the leading Roman politicians A desert Noble appearing buildings, pyra-| mids, camels, horses and a mummy All these elements are lavishly din | tributed thruout the Fox production | of “Cleopatra,” at the Metropolitan | thin week. Of course it ald be} explained that while Theda has/ scads of gorgeous raiment, she} wears just a little at a tume. Movia fans filled every seat to neo Theda Sunday, and dozens were turned away An Cleopatra, Theda tx permitted to “vamp” all the leading Roman politicians, and a young Egyptian ruler. She travels about fn luxury, aboard silk and flower strewn gal and in ornate chariots. She visits the pyramids in a search for fold, and demonstrates that a wom an may conquer arms fllm begins with Cleopatra's tened, and ends with th because she has lont her lover—Mark Antony It's a big production, and must have cost a lot of money ee distance, something like an one could em» a faint out ppear nal of quarrel pbbing her | be | had a train to his m promine to with scads of gor Egyptian and Ro-| ™ Mary Pickford {# given an oppor. tunity to display fully her versatility in her new motion picture play, “Stella Maris,” at the Coliseum until Wednesday. She acts the dual role lof a child of wealth and that of an | undeloved product of an orphanage —and does both quite successfully As Stella Marts, she is healed from | iliness, and, in home of luxury, | learns of poverty and misery tn the world, As Urtty Blake, the ugty duckling, she pbrtrays amy side of life and at last makes the supreme sacrifice to help Stella Maris win the man ahe loves The scenic effects in this play are beautiful. The evolution of the dance, mak ing flour from potatoes, a motion Bill Hart In “Dead or Alive,” at the Liberty, “Stranded in Aready.” When it comes to the rough and tumble stuff on the screen, Mra. Vernon ts a reg ular Doug Fairbanks, Besides Qump: off a cliff, she shoots the rapids of a mountain frail stream in a MISSION The Small op at the Miasion clean-cut comed It tells a story of two “wine” men who come from the city, only to b bested in the end by the “hick” wl clerk of Compton ¢ r The “tank” town has its civil war veteran keeping guard in the lobby of the hotel; it# straight-up collar wind-up telephones, and nt ENEMY PLOT 10 BLOW UP SHIPS TIGHTENS GUARD Extra details of city detectives and police, and one more speedy trol boat, were being arranged for Monday to protect Seattle waterfront property, ships and freight, threatened in an enemy plot to start destruction along the Pacific Coast this week. Port Warden Payase instructed all his men to tighteh up on their (m epections, and trace down every sus picious action, @The extra patrol boat, which he was trying Monday | shart: | bandits. | federal jin Pennsylvania, but has to obtain, will be fit*nd with powerful wearch lights, and be manned by armed harbor polioe. No new men will be added to the warden's fc but five new men were added January 1 Chief of Po! Warren said b ansigned extra d and p men to the waterfront We are p precautionary lines,” Every little report is run down A sharp lookout in kept from both the shore and water. We will add| another boat in 60 days. harbor will pleted.” ral agents are warning prop:| yase anid very when our} new patrol be com pleture description of the Pananma ‘canal and a comedy in a restaurant} dd variety to an interesting bill. SOLDIERS SLEEP ON FLOOK AT STRAND Twenty-nine soldiers Camp Lewis took advantage of | | | | from | | the invitation extended to them | by Manager Smyth, of the Strand theatre, Sunday to sleep | on lounging cushions in the the | atre. They unable to find | sleeping accommodations for the night and were glad to accept | the theatre man's hospitality were CLEMMER Lots of realism, an entertaining story, and a college atmosphere These are the nding fea of the photo Brown of ard,” being shown at the Clem tures is filmed on the campus mbridge and on the Thames w London, Ce where Yale-Harvard boat race is| shown frem start to finish The film isvan adaptation of the} novel by Rita Johnson Young re Ibert P. Coleman Tom Moore and Hazel Daly are| starring jointly in the production. A strong supporting cast Ia headed by Hy on, STRAND Mae Marsh i# the attraction at the Strand this week in her latest Gold-| wyn The Fields of Honor,” from Saturday PF ning Post story Irvin §, Cobb The story tells a young Fi hb girl's experienc in An ica he are two battle scenes, showing the/ struggle in shell-torn No Man's Land in the play of searchlights. — | Philip 2 and his popular orches. | "a good music, The Yhys. magazine com success, th by 1 Culture reen etes the program . . “The Zeppelin’s Last Raid” is the| thrilling movie feature now playing | at the Rex | # H. Ince's J ous production since Ivilization | Painstaking attention to detail ia) given thruout the film, the scenes | on board the Zeppelin L-Z% 7, being! duplicated as nearly as possible from original models. The story portrays the awakening of the people of Germany to a real ization that they were driven into bloody warfare by a vain, glorious emperor. The love of the Zeppelin commander for a girl member of the Cross of Liberty society and his own awakening as to the war aims cause him to wreck his Zeppelin | There are abundant thrills in this resting play. eee 88 A Mrs, Vernon Caatle is at the Clase A for the first part of the week in owners on the waterfront, but ‘ling any additional men erty are pot det o the work. CLUB HOUSE BUILT BY LUMBER COMPANY Dancing and the events tn the life of th of the Clear Lake modern club hou onting $ the stricals are reg ilar em ri A for th 1ccommodation 5.000, ha. peen constructed by Lake. company at employes of the com About pany joy AMU METROPOLITAN (41), 215—TWICK DAILY—a18 Wm. Fox Theda Bara Superpictare || THEDA BARA as CLEOPATRA Altruism”; ALL The Siren of the Nile Manley and WILKES Fifth and Pine, Tel, FM night—All, Week Wed. t THEATRE mas 528. Mate. Sum n lang and “THE CHORUS LADY” PALACE RIP Daily, 1 to 11 DOROTHY D¥ LLE & CO. DEDIC V & CO. 4 Other Big Hippodrome Acta . || ntiment Weekday Mate. Eves. & Sun, 200 || (“GAIETY THEATRE | First and Madison NOW PLAYING BURLESOUE | GIRLS FROM MARS” Arinatr FS Tne wi i Choras Girin’ ¢ Wriday Night Ihe—2he—A5e NEW PANTAGES 2:20. Nights, 7 and 9 PRESCOTT Master Mental Mysticiem fA devia ah | dinner Su | gon | convention here at bule,”* A love story and a fortune mixed up in the plot ‘Taylor Holmes, th: easy Money,” ts cleve town guy A Ford scenes in nm star of “Un fis the “small Motor film, showing da Univernal neree yund out the bill COLONIAL, The Magnifinent Meddler,” Antonio Moreno and Mary the leading honors of th bill, is the offering until Tuesday night at the Colonial. The action of the play centers around a young r orter who, besides buneh of Mexican ‘es and wine « with ing 3 News by Telegrap ¢ and Telephone George KR. Davis, who was arres' ed Sunday as he was about to board a boat for Canada, is being held for investigation as an alleged Davis claims he registered Jost his slacker card. The steamship Admiral Watson, which arrived in Seattle Sunday from San Francisco, brought a full list of passengers, and encountered fine weather. The Watson will sail for the South January 23. PORTLAND.—An advanced mini- mum wage for will the t of discussion at a conference}, alled for Monday by tate indus women be iffin, 4515 Thackeray ar-old daughter were y injured when the machine in h they were riding collided with ther automobile at 12th ave. ai Su They were tak wspital and later to ke wt lay > the city bh their hom production of fish oth , will be discussed at a confe nee of federal ors of Alaska, and the three Pacific to be held in Portland in February —Workers have un- body of Willlam Tomco i in nearly three miles in. the workings of the Wilkeson Co and Coke ¢ mines. Four still being sought VERNON.—A_ wireless tly will go in ation of the war its owner, says he attie, but did not intend zona, rant states, others ar MOUNT son A commis. the avin etary of the Druggiste’ asse ent to California for Skagit ation train Adrian Kruller, who struck 18, a Walla Walla girl, to he was driving with men in the Pacific International Sunday They ar president; Rev. F 1 vice president, and ' of the Holin oO.F D. Wh A.M Lane 8. H. Youens, 516 East Thomas st., ix out a gold watch. A burglar with abundance of nerve ransacked the family was at union Tiffany, vice un the while lay Two quarts and five pints of for bidden beverage the dry squad Sunday raided the Cliff hotel. house wer t when it 81 West Pike N. W. MERCHANTS WILL | CONVENE HERE FEB. 11 Merchants from Washington, Ore and Idaho will gather in 8 tle February 11, Ar ments ar ilmost completed for the holding of a thwest merchants’ semi-annual that time. Spe cial railroad rates have been ar ranged for those coming to the ses from other cities of the North « for the convention are being made jointly by ttle's var ious business and comr al ganizations west. 1 FLOOD OF TAXPAYERS WASHINGTON, Jan, 21 mating that between 12,000,000 and 20,000,000 forms will be needed for individuals and firms to report each payment $800 or more m dur 1917 to any person or corpora n, the internal revenue bureau will distribution of these income tax blanks this week, are} Anderson | pretty | Tdaho| *| quite June| t | the vaudeville end of the bill. Among | {| law, T covered with soft-t ible quality. ter of sketch is $ $13.50—the one at | Of Patent Coltskin ing ‘deal for immediate wea: with spats. wit “overlap quarter” pattern, num plate. Price $8.50. Women’s Oxfords HLS new model is the type of Oxford that women are find It is of patent coltakin In new hand-sewed street-weight sole, 2% inch full Louis heel with alumi- | New Arrivals in Living Room Chairs and Rockers Well-built, Comfortably-designed and Moderately-priced HREE ‘of several attractive new patterns in Tapestry-seated Chairs and Rockers—of quartered oak in the popular Jacobean finish— |]| are suggested in the sketch. ch is fitted with spring-upholstered seat, oned tapestry of service- The Cane-paneled Chair in cen. 17. 50. The Rocker at left right is $15.00. —Third Floor. “Basement ‘Seiad Wall Papers OME very inter- esting Living- room and Dining- room Wall Cover- ings have arrived, including: ~over-printed ile ef- fects with putty-col- ored backgrownd and wilver figures —diue dackgrownd with design in gold : —erveral excellent tap- extry patterns and fo- Wage designs in rich colorings of old-gold, Copenhagen - blue, green and mulberry. —also a number of dainty Bedroom Papers in pink and blue, allover floral designs, putty -col- ored stripes, two- tone overprints and bird patterns, The Wall Paper Section is prepared to execute orders for papering and tinting, for which estimates will be furnished upon re- quest. —First Floor. Salesroom Especially Featuring Blue Shades in Chiffon Taffeta at $1.50 Yard N blue alone the color range in soft, supp! Chiffon Taffet for day or tas covers many requiremen evening wear. In addition to six shades of navy, there are sky-blue, baby-blue, Copen- r hagen, peacock-blie and two shades of Labrador-blue. : This quality is firm aia wessn 11 IX inches ‘wide, $1. * soft enough for shirring and draping. enough for service, yet Thirty-" yard. | e——- AT THE THEATRES Metropolitan—Mitzi Hajos com. ing in “Pom-Pom.” Orpheum— Vaudeville. Gaiety —Burledque. Moore — Vaudeville, circuit Wilkes | | Pantages || Palace Hip- Orpheum Stock. Vaudeville. Vaudeville. | %~—_—_—— ‘They can kid the drummer at the Moore theatre this week all they lwant. Just the same, there's many a chap in the audience who'd like his od. He gets a smack on the lips from a regular girl for only $1. And t ien't his own dollar, at that. It be longs to the Stan Stanley act—both the dollar and the girl And Stan is a scream. He's got to yell some, to stand out on the bill this week, for the songstress and come and Bernie and Baker, fiddle | ordion players. re both in A with the audience. The lady pounds less in weight than when last here, and she acts skittish. She shows the crowd in front a few ex besides entertaining right well in song. The jokes didn’t amount to so muc Her Beau Brummell partner can warble some, | | Moore too, Emma Carus, | | dienne and Class ls some 60 nine to reduce, He breaks in on among the audi But back to Stan. the bunk in a s ence And the laughter is continulus from then on. Selma Braatz, lady best of her sex seen here. | the bill Adelaide |Charles Everdean, j song and dance t; Claude M. Roode and Estell France open in a wire act, and the Lewis and Gore ducing company p' ent a sketch, “Love Thy Neighbor.” eee Juggler, is the She closes Boothby, assisted by has a passable ORPHEUM Besides the six vaudeville acts of} Jthe new bill at the Orpheum, Third and Madison, there is also a Mack Sennett comedy that provokes gales | of laughter Jean Anne, a ger, is the headline French soldier: attraction of of his songs that “take” well, is “Somewhere in Daddy.” He wears French soldier, _Hetms and Ev-| Ja number especially France Is My the uniform of the | Other acts ¥ - ANTI- DRAFTERS WILL PAY PENALTIES NOW WASHINGTON, Jan, 21.—Imme- diate execution of all sentences | against the supreme court found guilty of violating the draft except. Emma Goldman and Berkman, was asked by the government today, The request was granted by Chief Justice Usually such orders are 1 those Ale: immediately White, t sent out until the end of the term of court, and dancing turn; Addia Stuyvesant, with pretty dresses and catchy songs; Seymour and Dupree, in a mixture of talent Moore and good harmony singers, and Burke enter ans, in a Dutch sing t are le Roscoe tainers. are |G AIETY Jud ng by the | from Mars to the Gaiety, this week, in the Armstrong | company's new offering, “The | irls From Mars,” the old planet is not such a bad place, after all al action started when Will | Armstrong, Irish comedian, uncurled | himself from the fun of a pro-| fessor's telescope. His take-off on a| -notorman of a Simmit car was espe: | cially good. | Clever singing and dancing num-| bers are introduced in this week's offering. Billie Bingham got a cheer | when she sang “When It's Circus | Day Back Home.” “Perqueta's" of rings were also well received. The chorus of 20 girls was seen in a num ber of new musical stunts eee PALACE HIP The new show at the Palace Hip is | featuring the playlet, “Hearts Are | Trumps,” played by Dorothy De| Shelle and company. The story which concerns the use of the word ‘obey” in the marriage contract, is an interesting on Velde and company offer riie Chaplin's Comic ‘apers In the Park,” in which Velde does an impersonation of Chaplin. De Forest Brothers and a trio who sing and danc Frank Rogers is a ventriloquist of more than ordinary ability Watman and Berry, violinist and pianiste, are ragtime players. Le Roy and Paul are comedy triple bar performers. : came | First and who ‘alke are dramatic situations are dolightfully interwoven in “The Chorus Lady,” which opened at the Wilkes theatre Sunday. The play, by James not depend on forced situ: its interest, but moves ajon REVENUE SHOOTS UP; | EXPENSES GOING DOWN With its income going up and its pay roll going down, the city water department is establishing an envi: ble record In 1910, was 1917, and Forbes, does fons for natur the department's revenue 6,191.8: and $1,090,000 in} an Increase of $303,808.18, In| 1910, $201,365.45 was paid to em- ployes; in 19 $196,886.49, a de- crease of $4 Salaries 78.96, employes equaled 25.6) of the 1910 revenues; while the 1917] report of the superintendent shows that but 18.1 of the year’s income was paid out on the pay roll. GILL, HOYT & FRYE LAW FIRM DISSOLVED ‘The Gill, Hoyt & Frye law firm has been dissolved, This was announced yester by Hermon 8. Frye. He said that until Mayor Gill leaves HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DRUMMER _AT THE MOORE THEATRE THIS WEEK? auy Grace Huff, in the title role, han dies the slangy chorus girl part |but comes into her own in the Big) emotional scenes. Fanchon Everhart is a real “Irish: mother,” and is equally good homey” and emotional scenes. George Barnes is a “good” vill nd Ruth Renick impresses as sweet innocent.” Basement Salesroom New Coats Signalize the Changing Season NE of the newer Coat styles is shown in the sketch. It is of a medium weight for immediate wear and for later in the season, Well- tailored of soft cheviot, in Green Copenhagen Navy Black with novel pockets and belt. i with mercerized bro- cade. Priced at $19.75 ~—Basement Salesroom. public office, business will be con. ducted by the firm of Hoyt & Frye.