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Show , ( DRAMA and v.u.'PF'.vru.i:. I SALT LAKE-Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with Wednesday matinee. mati-nee. fiavM Rclaseo's original New York company In "The Boomerang." Thursday. Friday and Saturday, with Saturday matinee. Khtibert's New I York company In "The Knife." WILKES-Tonight and all week, the Wilkes Player in "The Spendthrift." Spend-thrift." One show nightly, regular matinees Thursday and Saturday.. PANTAGIES Now showing, the first road show of the season, headed by George Choos's musical comedy, Oh, Please! Mr. Detective." Three shows dally, at 2:30, 7:30 and 9:15. ORPIIKI.rM Last times today, vaudeville vaude-ville bill -Willi Kathleen Clifford and Klsa Ruegger and company as head-liners. head-liners. New show opens Wednesday with "America First," the most stupendous production in vaudeville as the principal feature. LIBKUTY I Ilppodromc vaudeville in six acts. New show Thursday. MOTION PICTURES. MEM ESY-Harry Carey in western drama, "The Golden Bullet," a three-reel Gold Seal; Eddie Polo' In "Shadows," a "Gray Ghost" detective de-tective story; Nestor comedy, "The War Bridegroom, " featuring Moran and Lyons. PARAMOUNT-EMPRESS M a r y Plckford In the Artcraft production, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"; Pathe News and war pictures. Commencing Com-mencing Thursday, Wallace Hold in "The Hostage." BROADWAY Sunday and Monday, Alice Brady In "Betsy Ross." Tuesday Tues-day and Wednesday, Anita Stewart in "Clover's Rebellion." Thursday, Friday and Saturday, W. S. Hart in "The Disciple." AMERICAN Dorothy Dalton in "Ten of Diamonds"; Universal Weekly; Triangle comedy. "His Fallen Star." STRAND Henry B. Warner in "The Danger Trail"; Universal Current Events; comedy. SALT LAKE will be one of the first cities to see "The Boomerang," the clever Belasco success, which comes to the Salt Lake theater tomorrow for three nights and ' a Wednesday matiueo, diroct from, fifteen fif-teen months at the BolaBco theater, New York, and eight months at Powers Pow-ers 's theater, Chicago. This charming comedy, from the pens of Winchell Smith and' Victor Mapes, has achieved a remarkable popularity. Without a star or featured player, the cast of this comedy contains four leading players, thieo of whom have been stars in their own right under other managements. "The Boomerang" is described as an American comedy and takes its title from the aetidfis of a young physician who undertakes to cure aftairs of the heart. The arrival of his first patient, Bud Woodbridge, is almost coincident with the engaging of an attractive vouug girl, "Virginia Xelva, as his office assistant. At once the doctor hits upon the scheme of curing the young man of his maladv by keeping him away from the object of his affections and throwing throw-ing him constantly in the society of the prettv nurse. A month later the physician's treatment treat-ment seems to be working admirably. To all outward appearances Bud is be- ginning to forget Grace Tyler, and finds fresh interest in the nurse. But a surprise sur-prise birthday party given to Bud brings matters to a climax, for here Grace suddenly begins to suspect that Bud loves the nurse, and she in turn is consumed with jealousy. In the midst of her tears, Bud enters. The old love returns and he seizes Grace in his arms and kisses her madly. It is here that the "boomerang" of the title returns on its flight. The nurse has grown to love the doctor, but he hasn't realized that he cares for her until he sees her in a fetching evening gown at the party. Then he, too, succumbs to jealousy, because be-cause through a series of complications he is misled' into believing that she loves another. He then -develops all the symptoms of the patient he is trying try-ing to cure. The cast is the same one that has been identified with this comedy ever since it was first produced at the Belasco Be-lasco theater, New ork, and includes Arthur Bvron, Martha Hedmau Y al-lace al-lace Eddinger, Ruth Shepley Gilbert Douglas, Kathrvn - Keys, Marguerite Chaffee, Dorothy Megrew and many others. ASK the average man who the most economical" member of his household is, and nine times out of ten he will promptly say: "My wife." Notwithstanding the great majority of women who are really economical and who strive to make money-saving money-saving as easy as possible for their husbands. ' there is a certain clique of women whose craze to spend money surmounts every other consideration in their lives, and they go on spending and spending until thev bring wreck and ruin to the men whose lives they share. Such a woman was Frances Ward., wife 'of Richard Ward, in the four-act drama, "The Spendthrift," written by Porter Emerson Brown. Young, beautiful and talented was """""irances Ward; and she was possessed of a desire to spend money that knew ' no bounds. Her husband was on a fair j road to success; he, too. was young and progressive, and loved his wife I dearlv. He wanted her to have all that "she wished, and even when her i expenditures went far beyond his iu-come iu-come he worked hard, and hoped for the best. . . On such a beginning is founded the story of "The Spendthrift," one of the "most remarkable dramas of modern mod-ern life. The play has been chosen for presentation at the Wilkes theater throughout the coming week, beginning 1 with tonight's engagement. This will be the second week of the Wilkes season, sea-son, and playgoers will have nn opportunity op-portunity of seeing Miss Nana Brynnf, Ralph Cloninger and the other members mem-bers of the company in one of the most remarkable successes of the day. The bedroom sceue in act three, when AT PARAMOUNT-EMPRESS TODAY i f -- : Jr v, '. , 1 ? ' i : " , . , v ' , - "i V rt - - ,v ' - .j- " , y v a - A VV-', ; - ' - . vjui 'A ' - Al'J: 1 ii f !";A . -1 K Ji- r V, f . J . - I I v ; H , v k k r t " ' i J - J "A y S - 1 S VA V i J p. t " v-1-! j ' i ; I - , -a " :$ A-hfu- fi. ! , T lb'.1 o,i . - i - P ' x , -,! -h s y i I -n a - - , ' j " 2 y '! i ' ; - " 4 " V "'4, lj--vJ v ' X t 1 - .-i,'. --t, -'4-,c"l 2 i fixk. . L- -..--t - ..f...-. jar T'Vi- ' ' ? i , ry ' Mary Fiekford, whose latest Artcraft production, "Kebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,;' adapted from the famous book and play of the same name, by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson, will be seen at the Paramount-Emnress Paramount-Emnress for the next four days. Ward forces his wife to telephone the wealthy friend with whom she has become involved, and get him to come to her room, is the most tense moment of the play. The production is staged under the WILKES PLAYERS IN THE SPENDTHRIFT i I Three FcPUInr members of the Wilkes Players, who appear this week, opening tonight, in "The Spendthrift." . Mr. Van Pelt and Miss Thorno are I new members of the company this year. direction of Huron -L. Blydeu of the Wilkes players, and to Miss Bryant, leading -woman of the company, falls the role of Frances Ward, the wife. It will give her a splendid opportunity, not only for emotional acting, but for the display of several new gowns. Eul ph. Cloninger, new leading man of the Wilkes plaveis, will take the role of Kichard Ward, the wronged husband. "Cliff" Thompson will play Monty Ward; Mae Thome will take the role of Clarice Van Zandt; Jennie Russell will play the maid; Claire Sinclair will be seen' as Gretchen Jans; Ernest Van Pelt as Cartwright, and Frederick Moore as SuKern Thorne. Opening tonight, "The Spendthrift" will be seen throuchout the week at the Wilkes, with matinees on Thursday and Saturday afternoons. NOTHER successful week has been A added to the 1917-1918 string of the Orpheum theater. Kathleen Clifford has been a most cnarm-ing cnarm-ing headllner of the programme which closes with the matinee and evening eve-ning performances of today. The joint heaflliner, Klsa Rueggor, the noted cellist, assisted hi- Edmund I.k-henstein. violinist violin-ist and Miss Zha'v Clark, harpist, have only added to the host of friends which they have made on previous Orpheum visits here. "Hit the Trail," a satire on the Billv Sunday sort ut evangelism, and featuring Ausiin Webb and company, has proven a most enjoyable skit, while Georee Rolland and company in "The Vacuum (. leaner"; Rav V. Snow, monolo-sist; monolo-sist; Nick Hufford and Dell Chain, cu medians par exr-ellence, and the -Three Janus, extraordinary equilibrists, have - i.iel greutlv in making up the attractive, vaudeville menu which Is thoroughly up to the usual high standard of the Orpheum. Or-pheum. For the show which opens next Wednesday Wednes-day evening the Orpheuin management announces what is said to be the most E-.tupemlous spectacle in vaudeville this yenr. It is noteworthy that "America First." t lie big spectacle, has received the unofficial O. K. of recruiting officers in every city it has played. . It Is worthy of note that the act was originally conceived and offered before the entrance of the i'nlted Slates into the world conflict, and that it was Intended In-tended as a lesson In preparedness. Subsequent Sub-sequent events, however. aused a few chanties in the act, so that it now resolves re-solves itself into a powerful recruiting medium. It Is the first appearance of the act in the west, but the east has alrea.-lv shown lis influence In matt-rial results, the criminal, d;inls of the various recruiting recruit-ing stations there having enthusiastlcallv o-n;)er;Lted with the management of the ;icl in the enlisting of men. even to the extent of loaning for exhibition iluriug .-na ,'nnicnls militnrv anil mivul paraphernalia parapher-nalia of an inlet, sling nature. Wlienver this was done, recruiting figures went up in lea;is and bounds, and the producers of "America First" have reason to feel positive posi-tive that their act will be as effective in stimulating volunteering in the west. j As a fact, the 'act proved, so genuinely genu-inely inspiring that shortly after Its Initial presentation five members of the company com-pany enlisted in the government service themselves. Now, however, in order t insure permanency in the cast, it is composed com-posed of men who are exempted from military service. PANTAGES theater is a place of joy this week, where the first road show of the season is playing to capacity houses. Practically all of the acts on this week's bill are comedy com-edy numbers that keep the audience in a continuous uproar. The headline act, "Oh Please! Mr. Detective," the latest musical comedy of George -Choos, featuring Bobby Woolsey, Betty Evans, Hudson Freeborn Free-born and many pretty girls, is crammed with comedy, many new songs and excellent ex-cellent dancing. Mr. Woolsey plays the part of the detective who is searching for a stolen purse, and the adventures he runs into are both thrilling and funny. Who does the proposing the man or the woman, is answered by Paul Armstrong Arm-strong ami company, presenting "Woman "Wom-an Proposes." This sketch features a number of talented actors and actresses, who illustrate the fact that nine times out of ten the girl is the one who suggests sug-gests matrimony. One of the best acts on this week's bill and one that is getting its share of applause is that of Green, McHe-nry and l)eane, three clever entertainers who present their entirely different sketch, "From Farm to Cabaret." The j three men are harmony singers and the I parodies they offer on the latest popular popu-lar songs are little less than a riot. Other acts that are making such a hit on this week's bill are Stuart, the male Patti, who impersonates some of the country's greatest female singers; Will Morris, an accomplished bicycle rider, who offers "Tattered Talent," and Hadina, an accordionist, who is plaving his way into the, hearts of Pautages audiences this week. The third episode of "The Fatal Ring," starring Pearl White, is shown as an added attraction. at-traction. For next week, starting with -the Wednesday matinee, Manager Frank Newman "has announced the following big bill: Pauline Band, a well-known stage star, in a musical comedy travesty, trav-esty, "Miss Hamlet"; Miss Lelia Shaw and company in "A Truthful Liar"; Sam Howard. Jules Kibel and Sid Herbert, Her-bert, presenting an entirely different number; Swain's Cats and Eats, the most unusual act in vaudeville, and "The Three Lvars," high-class vocalists vocal-ists in "Bits " of Vaudeville." The fourth episode of "The Fatal Ring" will be showu as an added attraction. THE show that fits the fancy at a price that fits the purse" is the motto of the Liberty theater this week. No more versatile and clever girl ever appeared ap-peared at popular prices than Julia Edwards, the headliner, , who sings comedy songs, dons new and novel costumes, performs on Spanish rings and the trapezo, sings grand opera and does gymnastic stunts with an ease and grace that is truly startling. Miss Edwards Ed-wards has a beautiful voice, and while she is performing difficult stunts in midair she is singing. Her pleasing personality has won her many friends m Salt Lake. Tot Young also is on the bill this week. This clever fellow was once a star with the Primrose minstrels, but now is going it alone in vaudeville, billed as ' ' the musical comedian. ' ' His banjo playing and funny stories are a big hit. Dainty Billie Hill and company present pre-sent a decided novelty .in dancing and singing and character changes. Some FIRST ROAD SHOW OF SEASON BIG SUCCESS AT PANTAGES A aX n ;jaI v a I W; -'A i j 'a;, p&r p v. ' w if r 1 . s - r a , rv ff 'A in " s ill -i ; -u i; aa s Mf itii -i Fiwi'slf; a : A " X cli- 1 Miss Pauline Barri, who takes the name part in "Miss Hamlet," a musical comedy travesty, that will head the new bill opening next Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon at the Pantages th eater. very pretty costumes are worn, and the dancing is of a pleasing character. Leonard and Louie are two clever chaps. They are remarkably well built THRILLING MELODRAMA AT ; THE SALT LAKE THEATER : -':. AA ,A'A:y 7 A' A A'A. AA:-:-. A:A'-:.:.. ,A-:: AA-AA : SK AAAA'- Nvl A. "pf IfAmvAA , aaaaj f - ' " . ; - h ; 4"- 'aja: ' v ' - 1 ' A ' - -. May Buckley, leading woman In Eugene Walters's thrilling melodrama, "The Knife," coming to the Salt Lake theater for three days and Saturday matinee, beginning Thursday, September and do some astounding feats of gymnastics, gym-nastics, which include nead and hand balancing. The Garrity Sisters are a pair of effervescent ef-fervescent dancing dolls. Thev sing popular songs and make lightning costume changes with each number. In t 1 fact, every act fits in with the adopted slogan at the Liberty. There will be 'a ninv show Thursday, but on Wednesday night local amateurs will try out as usual, making a big 'double 'dou-ble bill on that occasion. EFGENE WALTER, author of "The Easiest Way" and other successes of past seasons, scored a success with his new melodrama, melo-drama, "The Knife," which will be the attraction at the Salt Lake theater for . three nights and a Saturday matinee, ., beginning Thursday, September 13. It is undeniably a melodrama, and it might truthfully be called sensational. But above all it never for a momeur relaxests hold on the excited interest of those who see it. The absorbing story has to do with Dr. Robert Manning, Man-ning, a famous New York physician who is engaged to Kate Tarleton, a charming charm-ing Virginia girl. Kate has a weakness for having her fortune told, and when she comes to New York to buv her trousseau she falls into the clutches of ' Second-sight Jimmie," an unscrupulous unscrupu-lous lortune teller and procurer, and Stella Hill, his confederate. After the girl has been spirited awav some hours, Dr. Manning seeks the aid of YNilliam Meredith, a lawyer and former for-mer college room mate, and the attorney attor-ney s sister, Dr. Louise Meredith Kate is finally traced to "Second-sight "Second-sight Jimmie s" house. That night the three, together with Ellis, Meredith's assistant, break into the house to rescue res-cue Kate. In order to avoid publicity they wish to work without notifying the police. They find Kate drugged in the upper room. Dr. Manning starts to kill Jiav n.ie ami the Hill woman, lie is working on a medical discovery which, if successful, suc-cessful, will eradicate certain diseases, and Ins experiments have reached a point where he needs human bodies for j the final test. Instead of killing the two he decides to take them, hound and gagged, to his private sanitarium all, inoculate them in the interests of s.'i-I s.'i-I ence. I j In the meantime, Kate, who can re-f re-f 'ember nothing of what lias happened, a taken to the woods to recuperale by t -. Meredith. She returns a mouth j ter, tnllv recovered from the wron" ant had been done her. The remaimlcW: of the plot is worked out in a most sen- j sa.tional manner. j Tho cast includ es Norman Hacked, I (Continued on Following Paga.) AT THE THEATERS (Continued from Preceding Page.) May Buckley, Eva Benton, Clifford Stork, Cordelia JiacDonald, Robert Bar-rat, Bar-rat, Frank Wood, Franklin George and others. a HE Nation's Darling in a Ka- tional Character," is the apt 1 fashion in which the Paramount-Empress press agent heralds the appearance of Mary Pick-ford Pick-ford in ' ' .Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," the six-reel offering at the upper up-per Main street home of Artcrart productions pro-ductions for t he next four days, tum-lnenciug tum-lnenciug at 12:30 today. Following this ambitious cinema production the screen at the Paramount-Empress will be occupied occu-pied for the balance of the week, couv-mencing couv-mencing Thursday, by Wallace Keid in his latest offering, entitled "The Hostage." Hos-tage." With two such sterling attractions, attrac-tions, augmented by the regular popular single reel subjects such as the Pathe News, Paramount PictogTaphs, Burton Holmes's Travels and the animated cartoons, it is expected that the patronage patron-age will be exceptionally heavy. Of her latest photodrama, Mary Pick-ford, Pick-ford, in an interview given out in Los Angeles this week, says: My last production, "The Little Lit-tle American," I consider something some-thing great, because I had an opportunity op-portunity to show the world why America is really righting in the great war, and that, I believe, is worth while. I cousidov "Kebecca of Sunny-brook Sunny-brook Farm" equally great because be-cause it makes an undying record 01 the wonderful story by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson. 1 have enjoyed every minute of this production because 1 run around in short dresses and act the little -kid I always wanted to be. I have been on the stage and screen so long that T have never had much time for playing. The days we gave the circus in me oaui, me wnoie siuuiu siuppeu. worK and came over to piny witli 11s! It was all I could do to keep Douglas Fairbanks, Julian Eltinge, Wallace Keid and some of the others oth-ers from getting in and playing likn the rest of the children. I didn 't know I was such a horseback horse-back rider until I dashed around the ring. I have seen houses when I was a little girl just like the home of the aunts I visit in the picture. Everything Ev-erything covered up to keep out the dust and dirt, and everything scrupulously clean, and I have nf ways wanted to go around and muss things up, and this I did. in "Kehecea'' not because it was in the story, but simply because I felt that my opportunity hail conic when I could get even for the times I had to wipe mv feet on the doormat door-mat Und be careful not to leave linger marks on the chairs. DOROTHY DALTOX, last seen in "The Flame of the" Yukon," will next be the central figure of "Ten of Diamonds, ' ' a Triangle play, which will be shown at tlie American theater today and tomorrow. Again she is the dance hail girl, joyous, joy-ous, reckless, yet witli a sense of moral equity. One night, while she is telling her fortune over the cards in a dim corner of the baement cafe, a man of the uroer World enters. He makes her a peculiar proposition, during the course of the evening. As a result, sh is transplanted from the fetid, reeking atmosphere of the "joint" to a luxurious luxu-rious home on Fifth Avenue, where she is carefully f ashioned into a ' ' !:i-!v. ' ' She misundor-innds the man's' pur-pese. pur-pese. beiieviiiT he is ill love with her. When he arranges her marri.n;e wi'h another she rebels, and. ;s:i:g the animal way to frus-trate his s. heme, she reels Prf-u-o the ueduine ::;c-' with a .v. cdl-feiLTiicd semblance of :nk-eur.ess. :nk-eur.ess. Thns the f:i:se retutntion whph -he has e:i loved is i'huvn 'a-idc, ;i t-, 1 ;;e is r,ia.iu tiie rciunien woman. V-:l to : ms !. ri:j..:r..'JIxr.L'-iL:,2- tion there appear the finer traits that, without veneer or culture, are. vet the attributes of the true lady, anil he suddenly sud-denly realizes his f oily ' in trying to make her a weapon of revenge' against the man he hates. The play is a high-colored, dramatic creation, with Miss Dalton at her best. The cast includes among the principals Tack Livingston, J. Barnev fiherrv and Dorcas Matthews. The story is by Albert Al-bert Cowles. A BILLION" stars glow like yellow passionless eyes in the polar cold of the skies. White in its sinudus twisting lays the icy Saskatchewan with a few scattered lights visible where Prince Albert, the last outpost of civilization, comes down to the river half way. Out of the north have come two men and a ivomau brothers and a. sister. The men have sworn to take the life of John Howland, American. Yet, Howdand is innocent of anv wrongdoing; wrong-doing; he does not know that he has an enemy in the world. And the girl, Meleese Thoreau, wdiat does she think when she knows that love for the American has possessed her? What does she do whrvi the handsome stranger stran-ger confesses his love for her? See ."The Danger Trail," a Selig-K. E. S. E. drama of the frozen nort.hland, at the Strand theater today and tomorrow'. to-morrow'. H. B. Warner, one of the world 's most popular stars, appears in the leading lead-ing role, supported by Violet Homing, his new leading lady'. A soul-stirring story of plot and counter-plot and the abiding love of a man for a maid. WITH charming Alice Brady as the star, and with a superior company of film favorites, "Betsy Ross," the newest World picture, Brady-made, is the attraction at-traction at the Broadway, Sunday and Monday. This picture is not only a timely patriotic, offering, of inspiring character, but it also is a charniinglv entertaining romance. The eharactar of Betsy as port raved by Miss Brady is I entrancing and heroic. I : Miss Brady gives one of her characteristically charac-teristically effective and memorable characterizations in this part. As would be expected from the title and nature of the play, historic characters figure in it epi'ito largely. General Washington, for instance, is'seen on the screen, together with several other famous fa-mous characters. The home of Betsy Ross, where the first Star Spangled banner ban-ner was made, has been faithfully reproduced re-produced for this picture anil, of course, the costumes of the times are seen in all their pleasing quaintness. While "Betsy Ross" is notable for its historic aspect, it is because the picture is such a thoroughlv entertaining drama that it will be particularly well liked by picture fans. Betsy's love story is one of the most entrancing romances imaginable, while the love story of her sister, Clarissa, is no less interesting. Altogether "Betsy Ross" is a pleasing entertainment. C' HAD0WS" is the title of the mysterious detective story ap-Jt ap-Jt pearing at the Mehesy thear tor today. Even more exciting excit-ing than "Loot." the popular story which appeared in the Saturday Evening Eve-ning Post, is this screen adaptation. In "Shadows" an irresistible force controlling the pen of Jerry Try on plays an important part. Physical force is portrayed in the person of Eddie Polo, who by sheer strength holds open a heavy trap, allowing al-lowing two persons to struggle out before be-fore a. terrific explosion. EeUlie Lyons. Lee Moran and Edith Roberts appear today in "The War Bridegroom," a Nestor, comedy, in which two culprits, sentenced to the chain gang, pretend they have been drafted into the army. Th'ev could have "gotten-by" if the sheriff hadn 't been careless. "Cheyenne" Harrv Carev, in "The Golden Bullet," a three-reel Gold Seal drama, completes the programme. This is a tvoically western talc about ine theft of a strange-shaped nugget. This peculiar nugget is exactly like a golden "bullet, anil is coveted by a bad man, who finally gets if. Monday "Seventy and Seven," a "Black Cat" story, in two reels, will , be on the programme. "The Pointed Finger," a B. I", two-reeler, also is to j be siiown tomorrow. Tuesday is all-comedy day. AN" important part of The Tribune edition of the current Mutual Mu-tual Weekly No. 140 shows the last lesson in artillery firing fir-ing of the young officers who were graduated at West Point on August Au-gust SO, ten months ahead of time, l'hcse highly-trained young officers will aid in the instruction of the half million mil-lion soldiers of the selective draft army. The scenes pictured show almost unbelievable accuracy in demolishing targets which were not only out of sigiit, but some of them miles distant from the artillerv. The Tribune edition of the Mutual Weekly will continue to show each week pictures of timely interest. Owing to the fact that this' news reel is produced by the Gaumout company, which has its own staff of military cinematographers on the actual battle front in France, our readers who are also spectators of this screen weekly, will be Kept posted as to the advance of our boys on their way to Berlin. Two million spectators bidding good-bv good-bv and good luck to 25,000 guardsmen as they leave New York City for fhoir southern encampment, en route to France; 25.000 visitors invading the camp of the ltioth regiment on Long Island, and a review of 4000 medical men at F'ort Oglethorpe are other timely time-ly war pictures in the current issue. At Shiveley, Cal., amid the giant redwood trees. Governor Stephens opens the California state highway. At min-neapolis. min-neapolis. Minn., a newr motor boat sets a world's record, averaging fifty miles an hour. The wreck of a fast train on the border of a Louisiana lake is graphically shown. The reception in Spain of the new Russian minister is among the foreign subjects. And, not least among the interesting interest-ing pictures, are scenes showing how women are preparing to take the places of men who are called to arms. In Denver, Den-ver, Colo., women are successfully operating oper-ating street cars. In New York City they are being trained to act as attendants attend-ants of the animals at the famous Central Cen-tral park zoo. J1I. GII.MOUR, who has an important impor-tant part in Pathe 's "The Streets of Illusion," is renowned for his interpretation of "old man parts. " He is a Canadian and made his first appearance on the stage in "Twelfth Night." with Adelaide Neil-son Neil-son on the North American continent. Later he was a member at Lester Wal-lack's Wal-lack's theater. New York. In that company were Mr. Wailack, E. M. Holland, Hol-land, Maurice Barrymore, John Gilbert and Joseph Shannon. He was in the original "Hazel Kirke" company, supported Julia Marlowe Mar-lowe in "Barbara Freitchie" and Maude Adams in " L 'Aiglon. " He was also with Mrs. Patrick Campbell in manv of her suecesseV Joseph Jefferson Jeffer-son gave Mr. Gilmour's interpretation of the Earl of Dorincourt in "Little Lord Fauntleroy" high praise. In pictures Mr. Gilmour has appeared in Pathe 's "Miss Nobody," "The Last of the Carnabys, " "The Candy Girl," "Marv Dawson's Secret" and other features in which Miss Hulette has starred. FOR the first time Mrs. Vernon Castle has been "doubled." It was not at her suggestion, either, but at the request of Director Frank Crane of Astra. The stunt Mrs. Castle was called upon to do was far too perilous for him to be willing to take the responsibility of having a high salaried star laid up from injuries. Mr. Crane with the Mrs. Vernon Castle Cas-tle company was at Saranne lake in the Adirondack filming a feature, the climax cli-max of which was the leap for life on the part of the star from a ninetv-foot cliff into shallow water below. "When Mr. Crane stood on the brow of the cliff and looked far down beneath him he got "cold feet" 011 the proposition. Mrs. Castle, while not enthusiastic about the jump, intimated that "it was up to him" to decide. At the same time she expressed her regret that if the decision was taken to "double" her it would mean that her record of never refusing to take a chance would be marred. "Marred be hanged," said Mr. Crane. "My record would be marred if you were laid up in a hospital for six weeks. "- It looked as though the stunt would havo to be given up as the jump was altogether too much for 939,999 women out of 1,000,000, but somebody told the director of a young girl living in Sara-'nac. Sara-'nac. Lake who could swim like a duck and dive like a loon, and who might be hired to do it. Mr. Crane looked the girl up. She was Miss Gertrude Mar-tell, Mar-tell, holder of the New York girl 's swimming championship for the fiO-yard dash. She consented to do the jump. Arriving at the snot 6ho hardly gave the camera men time to get their cameras came-ras stationed before she was shooting through the air. while the many spectators specta-tors held their breath. As she came ! to the surface unharmed everybody cheered. Right after her Mr. Hciss, ; the leading man. took the jump. As he is an expert diver he made his leap very nonchalantly, and came up asking for a cigarette. Mr. Crane declared Miss Martell 's dive to be the most daring one he had ever seen a girl take. Mrs. Castle, however, was near to tears because she had not insisted upon doing the thing herself. I seems too bad to give up my I work just when I am beginning to get somewhere. Even if I do come back the opportunities will have ; passed and I'll be fiat." Thus spoke an employee of Balboa ' studio to Secretary E. D. Horkheimer as ; he was leaving to ioin the coast artil- lery. Balboa had already lest nineteen I of its bright vomig men and it did seem a bit hard. " The young fellow here' quoted is an exceptionally fine boy and : he was headed for the top sure." His ' despair was touching, but it didn 't last ' long. When he hail finished speaking ' Mr. Horkheimer grabbed him bv the ' shoulders and stood him up. "Look here. Jack; you get all that stuff out of your head and get. it out quick. In the first place yon are doing do-ing vour duty to God and mankind and that's glory enough, even for a soldier. But as to opportunity, my boy, you are wrong. Men are becoming more valuable every hour and there is going to be abundant employment for all. The old idea about opportunity knocking only once at a man 's door is a ghastly joke. Opportunity is as ever present as air -and jnst as free. Each new day brings a new flock of opportunities and the snpulv will never be exhausted so long as God reigns. Drive a nail here and let it be a big one. "So far as your profession is concerned, con-cerned, all you 'have to do is to studv and keep pace with it. If you return even after three years, you'll find more opportunities awaiting you than now exist, for the motion picture industry in-dustry will be bigger and better and you'll be worth more money because ajl men will be worth more money. Your army experience will broaden you and will give you an equipment that w-ill increase your use valuo in whatsoever whatso-ever place you mav find yourself. Don't forget this. While doing your bit improve im-prove your leisure by study and observation obser-vation and when vou come marching home again von 'II find that the first Person to welcome you with open arms -is Old General Opportunity, and if vou want to come back to Pal boa there'll be : a job for every Balboa man that was called to the colors." There were tears in .Tack's eyes when his employer had finished and he said as he shook his chief's hand: u ell, you surely have changed mv point of view and I'm going with a-new a-new faith and a broader vision." JT"I,Ant mi-TIN'GE'S first picture for Paramount, to be released In September, Sep-tember, provides unusually ample op-' portunity for Mr. EKlnge to show , Ms ability as a straight lending man and as the world's most famous fmper-sonator fmper-sonator of female roles, in the latter character char-acter as a eoUntcs.s who steals moncv and jewels for he Red Cross. The picture has been adapted by Gardner Gard-ner Huntincr from a story written especially espe-cially for Mr. Eltinge bv Gclett Burgess and Carolyn Wells. The production Is. being directed by Donald Crisp. Mi-. Eltinge has never acted before the." camera before, but his work is said to be of true star caliber. His Impersonation Impersona-tion of the countess Is so deceptive that the costume change from male to fcniale part has to be made practically before the audience's eyes to prevent the possibility possi-bility of a belief in trick photography. |