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Show At the Theaters j DRAMA AND VAUDEVILLE. O RPHEUM Haruko Onuki, Jaek Clifford, Clif-ford, "Exemption" and Tarzan headliners. Matinees daily. PANT AGES "The Destruction and Bombardment of Rheims" and "Cabaret "Cab-aret de Luxe" as headliners. Three shows dally. WILKES "Treasure Island," presented present-ed by the Wilkes Players. Matinee Saturday. MOTION PICTURES. PARAMOUNT EMPRESS Wallace Wal-lace Reid and Ann Little in "Believe Me, Xantippe"; Burton Holmes in Australia; Paramount Plctographs. AMERICAN Mitchell Lewis in "The Sign Invisible"; Christie comedy. STRAND Earle Williams in "The Maelstrom"; comedy; scenic. BROADWAY Today, William S. Hart in "Over the Divide," and Harold Har-old Lock wood in "The Avenging Trail." RIALTO Alice Brady in "Betsy Ross," the birth of the American Flag. tho Paramount-Empress theater for three days, starting today. It is a Paramount picture, and Wallace Reid and Ann Little do some excellent acting In the principal roles. They have been provided with excellent ex-cellent support, and the splendid direction direc-tion the picture received at the efficient hands of Donald Crisp adds a great deal to its attractiveness. Chinese Actors Take Part in "The Maelstrom" at Strand Theater Today and Tomorrow. DID you ever see a Chinaman with any facial expression other than blank indifference? Well, you soon will, for in "The Maelstrom," Mael-strom," the Greater Vitagraph feat u re which will be the attraction at the Strand theater today and tomorrow, a number of remarkable Chinese actors appoar. They aro not made-up Chinamen, but the real thing, and where the Vitagraph director dug them up is a mystery. "The Maelstrom" is a thrilling detective play, distinguished for its splendid photographic photo-graphic effects. One of these is a night fire scene, showing a burning building and a toppling ladder with' a fireman sailing through the air. Another remarkable remark-able piece of photography is a fog picture, showing a girl disappearing into the fog like a shadow. Jazz Five Feature Good Bill at Pantages TF jazz is ragtime gone mad, the Ten-nessee Ten-nessee quintet In the act called "Cabaret de Luxe" are past masters of the art. Whatever kind of bug It is that gets into the minds and souls of these latest disciples of Orpheus, certain it is that it converts them into insane madcaps mad-caps who manipulate their Instruments as though it were a matter of life and death. The result is not the tunefuleBt kind of music, to be sure; better termed noise, which, if you allow it, has the effect of an earthquake upon your nerves. The Moyer sisters executed some dances with much grace and spirit, while Richmond and LeMar did a minuet that pleased. Dispensing the real, old-fashioned melodies in a very entertaining manner, man-ner, Clyde Hagar and Walter Goodwin put in their bid for popularity with yesterday's yester-day's audiences and received their full share of well-merited applause. "In the Golden Summertime" and "In the Heart of the Berkshire Hills," two songs of their own composition, scored big. Gllroy, Haynes and Montgomery offered a delectable skit, in which they combined effectively clever witticisms with rich harmony which is so fetching that it wouldn't hurt a bit to Inject more of It into their diverting comedy presentation Miss Mary Dorr is a winsome maid who impersonates with great verisimilitude verisimili-tude several characters of different nationalities. na-tionalities. She has a good voice, which she displays creditably. Gene Fowler has a novelty hand-balancing act which he gets a lot of pleasure out of doing and at the same time provides pro-vides entertainment for his audience. The destruction and bombardment of Rheims is depicted in an impressive manner man-ner by Professor Armand. A lecture, presented pre-sented by Margaret May Lester, accompanies accom-panies the presentation of the tragedy. Unfortunately, in the middle of the Inst performance last night the lights in the theater went out, caused by the electric storm, and the act could not be presented completely. Harold Loclwood and William S. Hart Appear in Stirring Dramas at Broadway Theater. HAROLD LOCKWOOD enacts the most vigorous role he has had in his eight years' experience before the camera In Metro's production of "The Avenging Trail." a five-act drama of the timber-lands' timber-lands' adapted by Fred J. Balshofer and Mary' Murillo from Henry Oyeh's novel. "Gaston Olaf." which Is now playing al the Broadway, in addition lo the big Western feature. "Over the Great Divide." Di-vide." with William S. Hart. Wallace Reid in "Believe Me, Xantippe," Xan-tippe," Feature Film Starting Today To-day at Paramount-Empress. FOR aT man to be betrayed by a chance expression after he has eluded the police for eleven months, and when he Is just about to win a bet of $2'i. 000 this Is the curious predicament In which George MacFarland, played by Wallace Iteid, In "Believe Me, Xantippe." finds himself. And the expression was the one used for the title of the play, "Believe Me. Xantippe." Xan-tippe." MacFarland makes the slip, and it 1m a pretty girl who finds him out. but later it is the same pretty girl who saves him. The story, which Is one of the most enthralling screen romances shown here in a lontr time, will be the attraction at. i |