'."Trfifl "'" Fwcr-sTiS1' 4 " a' Hi-k-f fe'.a BT'tft- . fVJTtT & - i Kft 6 r- V . ft p nv nt 1 nc lei. i. m. it. ri( E.-rV ''A M n& i- .'MWMnnw rax: . irttir"' F REAPING I yff!t GRADE CROSSINGS 114,500,000 Construction Plans , Approved by City and.Rail- way Officials Byiflsme cPPBLIO. IJiBCfeBPHirDEIff,. ft, isga. "Oie Daily Mevie Magazine TALKING THINGS OVER BETWEEN SCENES SCHOOL ENROLLMENT! 8,000 Ifeadlng, Pa,, Sept. 0. Preliminaries te the ngreement by uhlch prude cross cress lags here will be eliminated nt n eit of $-1,500,000. were, clenr tip .vesterdny by city officials, Ilendlng Hniluiiy of ficials nnd the Chnmber of Commerce. The Seventh street tracks nre te be hlfted te I.emen street. The tracks will run under the buincs-s section. with a passenger station en 1'cnn treet. Judge Endlleh jeMenlaj et aside the $87,100 erdict ter Mr-. Frederick P. Hclicr, who sued the estate of her late husband for !?.'(5,lMX) under aji ante marital contract, and granted a new trial te the executers, who are fight ing the case. The public choel opened ycterdar with l.OOO pupils. The Catholic school have 3300. Pleading guilty te atlte theft. I.ewW Edwards .n sentenced eterdj by Judge Wagner te serve four te the enr. In the Eastern IVnientlar and pa Situ) fine. Henry Ore, twenty-nine yeir old. of thi cltj. had part of his left leg tern nwny by buckshot from a trap fun in the garage of Paul (Joti (Jeti gler. of (Jreen Tree, (longler forget that he had set the trap te catch auto thieves, and dres u.is wounded when the two men entered the g.irage in Gougler's car. Gre-s is expected te re cover. FIRrBARrZSTWOSTTLLS Private Distillery Is Uncovered In Barn Near Pennsburg Pennburg, Pa.. Sent 0. Fire of un determined origin csterda def roved the barn en the farm of Themas Zilka. near here, at a les of oMten. Firemen with their new community truck, saved adjoining buildings and the tesidence The firemen reported finding two well-equipped -till- and eighteen bar rel cf mash and ni.it i. -d liipier in tl'" tarn. Frequent explo-iens under the bay during the fire are believed te ha e been caused by liquor Mere, there fcilka told the firemen he did net own the stills. BIJeu "Sweet Sweetie Girls" An entertaining burlesque, largelv dealing with life in Atlantic Citv. and entitled the "Sweet Sweetie (iirl." h the attraction this week nt the Hljen. The piece is ,n two arts w.th ten scenis. There nrc fifteen musi'-al nuniiieis Tie enst is headed bv Irvmg Selig, who i assisted by Ernest Fisher. Frank I'm . Phyllis Carseth. Milten Lee. Huter Sandburn and Kct-p I.pe. A large clieru of firls is nKe In eidence. Heing will be a special attraction tonight ami Friday night. r iv -- H VtiShi t522xrrsam'tctc2?- r..T5ssiNi!asssax-scsEis Sj83x&K38mZ$ "The Sheik" started a run en deert films, and the latest Is "Burning Sands," a Geerge Mclferd production, made in California. In thp above picture we find players nnd directors dN uslng some fine points of tha script. Heading from left te right are Rebert Cain (the villain), Milten Pills (the here), Wanda Hawley (the heroine!, Director Mclferd and Assistant Director V. V. Clegg THE MOVIE FAN'S LETTERBOX By HEXBT M. NEEI5l 0li:irles B. Welslwig writes: "Betty me whether thev have prohibition in Hilburu reflects the glamour of many Canada or whether nu can get allf hinds. Her heaut is a .enes of moods, the I'uited State contraband eti want e,n h one caught at a difterent nnsle, a across the lakes'' Ne; I'm net one of dlffeie'it poe, the tlieusands of thirst.;, hut I'd like "Will j en den my declaration that te knew te decide whether or no the -ne i iii most supcru ui eiinim ,'iem .mi picture in nnd Uelnz w.h i uctrcse.s. (Ne . I won't deny even heard of her. I it. Can't. Never Kmannn writes: "Buck Jene.s is evi denth the Tat Mall.' for without him jumping from handcars te engines and from engines te automobiles nnd clrisitu all eer the let there wouldn't be much te Fex's picture of a hundred and one explosions and tights. Still, the mellrr get nf until they pulled that leaping around the locomotive and from then en I was forced te say 'Tins is the gas!' "Anether thing. Hen; can you tell Moving -Picture of a Man's First Day Office After Vacation : - J-p- McEV0Y SCENE : Man comes in all breezy with i anecdotes nnd tan. Gees all around office telling 'em what a swell time, he had. Shows them siiupshet of the girls who couldn't resist his fatal bcnuti. Asks everjbedj if the- don't think he has a wonderful tan , And if he doesn't leek 100 per cent better. They don't tell him that any chang Would have te be for the better. Man iiniill gets down te his desk. "Wave of nausea gees ever him. Picks up papers aimlessly and sets them down again (Joes for drink, stepping en way back te tell cashier That geed one about Sam who wanted a job in the racing stable. Drags bnck te his desk. Picks up papers again Recalls that dance last Thursday. Wasn't she a wow '' And she said she'd call him up when he get back te town. Telephone rings. Reaches for it wlld'y. SUBTITLE: VOICE: Say, when you going te put these orders through up there? SCENE: Man answers spiritlessly. Puts down telephone nnd paws through orders. Picture of previous Sunday afternoon appears The red sweater white skirt Hushing blak eyes. i My! she's a wev, tee Clenes his ees and dreams deli riously. Is aroused bv raucous voice demand ing te knew where this is And what happened te that And when is he goingite get these Et cetera. Ad nnu-cam. Man answers dreamily. Leeks at clock arid wonders who stepped it. Will lunch tln.e eier come? Who invented the first week after vac ntien-i, an waj V SUBTITLE : Sa. the Bess wf SCENE- Man hastens in te ant's you. te see boss. Tries te apjxar nlcrt. nnd keen nnd ready for business. As n matter '' f.ict, he never hated business se tlirueughl. Bess speaks crlsplv. New that his vacation Is ever and se forth, he slmuM be iendy te jump right In and se forth. He is muili mere ready te jump right out. But he nnswers heartily and strides bai k te his de'k Sees same pile of papers staring at him idieticaliv. Stares hack at them even mere pe. Sits down and sifts them through his fingers. Moonlight white dresses black eyes waves lisping beside the beat mysterious shadow shore, lines whis pers soft sedm tive whispers a faint perfume. Starts suddenly. Where is lie? Sees idiotic pile of papers en desk In front of him. Hems raucous cries of where's this? And when we de get that, And wake up, will you? et cetera. SUBTITLE : Right nwny, right, anjj. My 1 she's a wow! the bunk. If ou caught this veu'll remember Mix was a Northwest Mount ed cop running down the bootleggers, etc. Get my drift? 'Thought Tem was better In 'The Fighting Streak,' but as I paw both of these Mix pictures en the same day I believe I would have enjej ed it bet ter if 1 would have had a little mere of a Mi-ture '. "The best picture I remember ever seeing was one made in Denmark by the old Great Northern Film Compin and called (I'm neatly sure) "Atlan tis ' In it theie was positively the best shipwrfck ever done for the screen haven't seen it equaled as et. It was of unusual length for a film (it that time, and I judge it must have been about eight reels or se Don't think any cast was given, but it was all nheut the love of an artist for some 'bread' he couldn't possibly land : but that ship wrck stuck with me through the jeais the rest has grown liaz . "Just caught .lames Oliver , Cur Cur weed's 'Girl Frem Porcupine.' an in dependent picture nude in Pei tland. .Ale. When I ldd it was n tale of the Yuken, nu cin get an idea of the truthfulness of the locations. "Why de the Western producing units insist en maj;in.' Eastern nciet.v dramas and the New Yerk and Eastern studies grind out the Western stuff? "Sure, the news reels and the sceinc are worth while, also the cartoons and the cemfdies. Why, we'd never think i of sticking en a show at our theatre i without a complete program aggregating npprevimatelv ten reels. Here's what we had last Sunday (Sunday is correct mid light here in Philadelphia nt paid admissions I . Wally Ueld in 'The Dic tator,' Busier Keaten In 'Blacksmith,' 1'itlie Review, Screen Snapshots and Pa the News. "Mew de we get that way? "Well, we get the films half price because it's Sunday and because we're who we are the rest try te find out!" (In the lnngungn of the highbrow w i iters. ou intrigue me. Who nnd what are you that ou should be per mitted te linve films en the only day in the week when the ordinary man has time te t-ee them? Serry I can't tell ou anything about Tem Mix pictures, hut truth compels me te say that he simply makes nic tired. I'm net opposed te him. ou understand. He's perfectly all light for theso who like him, but my personal Angera falls an easy captive te him nnd lllnit and Buck Jenes nnd Art Acord land Harry Carey, and all these cowbev I quick shooters. After I had counted 1.401,072 miles of fast riding and had lumped at I.K27.040, pistol shots, I quit in favor of farming njid the simple life of Cecil de Mille's well-known rustic heroines. And ns for prohibition, I don't knew what you are talking about but I Imagine the film 'is accurate enough. uanaaa is local option, I believe. Heme parts are dry, some wet and some moist, but of course you can get it any where. "The Fast Mall" was a corking mel lcr, I admit. It made me forgive Jenes his usual cowboy stuff, why nick Haws In a melodrama? Of course, there, nre discrepancies and lets of "gas," but I always go back te childhood at a mellcr and enjoy it all, if lt'a only half-way passable.) Deven I'm se glad you like Douglas Fairbanks. Leta of.pceplo don't. It's a question of a personality se strong and individual that people cither like him extravagantly or dislike htm in tensely. He's the one star who turns the Lady Who Gees te the Movies With Mc Inte The Lady Who Simply Won't Ge. She hates him ; I love all his pic tures. And there you arc New come along and tell me what you really think of Rudy as the film Gallarde. Phlle Klnemn 'writes: "Stage vs. Screen ! There's n discussion for your Letter Re.x, one likely te draw the film fans' finest lire. Will thc.mevlcs sur vive ns pln.vs or ns pictures? Mr. Oberheltzer has said 'Everybody likes te leek at pictures,' but Is that enough? The popularity of movies Is, no doubt due te the comparatively low admission charged, the fnct thnt one can tvee them nt any time of the day, the beautiful theatres with their luxurious appoint incuts, the music, nnd Mr. Oberheltrcr's point, hut. ngnln, is that enough te mnke movies endure? Is the picture or the play the thing? "Hew shall wp judge or value the movie play. Can we apply the finmc mensurlng silck thnt we de te the stage piny? That the movie play must be artistically done first of nil gees with out i!ng, from the fact thnt it Is first of all a picture. The stage has the voice, the movie has the raublc accompaniment, but the latter properly emphasizes mood only nnd does net add te character delineation. In movies we hnve the cle'e-tip seen by all In every part of the house, as is every line of title and sub-title. But in the matter of the actors, are we ever en rapport? Is there ever the personal touch ns in real plays? Isn't voice nnd person neces sary te get character across? Aren't the advantages which the movies pos sess the least Important things in real plays? "What real actors have the movies produced outside of these who hnve already been legitimate ones nnd the character actors, the screen's grentest asset? Movies deify the lending ju venile, nnd there nre se many 'pretty boys,' the old ten, twenty and thirty stock company t.vpe. The screen seeks, it seems, geed-looking types like the magazine-cover girls or theso of the billboard pester, or the young men of the street -car card advertisements. What screen stars can compare with Mnilde Adams, Richnrd Mansfield. Otis Skinner, Nnnce' O'Neil, Kyrle Bellew, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Mrs. Fiske, Henry Miller, James K. Hackett? True, the movies are young. "As for directors, what wonders they hnve achieved in screen plays In spite of meager means nnd producers' limita tions! Just think of what Griffith could de If he did net se obviously cater te the masses nnd the box-office. Let William DeMllle, Fitzmniirlce and Mel ford cheese their own plays, give them carte blanche nnd see the result. Dj ou remember hew skillfully Griffith caught the spirit of Pee long age in "The Avenging Conscience," with Henry Walthall se admirably cast and wonderful Spottlsweod Altkcn, who fits Inte a picture like a trea into a land scape? There have been real screen plays: 'Miss Lulu Bett,' 'Cenrad In Quest of His Youth,' 'Peter Ibbctsen, 'The Faith Healer,' with Sills at his best and the thrilling cumulative dra matic effect of its climax. "We rejoice In the geed, whole American comedies of Hareld Lloyd. Se often screen comedies are of the burlesque show humor or acrobatic tpe. Se many nre artificial Animal nnd Juvcnlle 'comedies,' accomplished with the nld of scissors, paste-jar and the blew-motion camera. Keaten smacks of vaudeville and 'Ho'R-get-to-behave' days. Christie comedies are puerile. Chaplin' se often taints with the 'va riety vulgarity. "Why de the exhibitors insult our intelligence with the average comedy output? We simply would net go te see that type of comedy en the stage. All en account of the stereotyped pro pre gram: Feature, news, comedy, scenic, wliIA holds in virtually all our thea tres. Why must there be a 'comedy at nil, if a geed ene Is net te be had? Let there be en innovation in pro grams. "De you remember what the coming of the movies did te the stege? Only the best in plays survived. Oh, for the day when something 6lmllnr happens te the movies, the dny of fewer pic tures, fewer theatres, better movies nnd mero individual programs I The screen unquestionably has Its place alongside the stage, In the world of art. May It find It In our day I" (All right; If you think that'll start b unc-oreien, feianetfl, VmN I see the rnnV nj fli. . . "J Knn hmJiiiII.... -.7. "? I about flfty.nftiT" nU l -- Caslnc 'Stcpplnir Out '"Stepping, Out it" Is th .,1 burlesque new showing at ii,. M Frank fllnney heads th ..i nutrfbers fifty entertainers, jk? of the production is (he nevelH,? In costumes nnd scenic effects, Jerdan takes a lending cemM. Nell Vernen is the prima deSi MncPhcrsen, the soubrette, til Mellette, the ingenue. A trio singers Is the feature In th ' numbers nnd there Is jig. a chorus. " 1 Tonic feed value, body, real quality is in every bottle of Budweiser Made famous bythe manufacturers of Beve, A.B. Ginger Ale AB. Reet Beer, A.B. Draught. A.B. Barley Malt Syrup 1 Malt Nutrine and ether products ift; ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., ST. LOUIS SPRUCE 4232 ROBINSON SUPPLY CO. Wholesale Distributor 24th and Race Streets, Philadelphia ACE 3483 SCHOOL Children's Hair fVi rVfl kept ahcay$ CUan, Luxuriant, Healthy and CU-ar of ntl Parasites and their Eggt or tartar, Datdruff and Falling Hair by washing rrgutarty ulth FITZGERALD'S HAIR SOAP (The MHIrctcc ( nrnanut Oil Slmmnoe) Veti aicy entirely uilh A ut of I iquldi, Druti or fine Combing, curei elen A wur,l tait i. !5c at Druitiiti. I'HOTOI'l.rUS I'HOTOrr.AYB The following theatres obtain their pictures through the STANLEY Company of America, which is a guarantee of early showing of the finest productions. Ask for the theatre in your locality obtaining pictures through the Stanley Company of America. Apni T ( 52D i. THOMTSON' STS. Pil ULLU matim:e daily .IAMK! K1KKHO01) In "THE MAN FROM HOME" The NlXON-NIRDLINGERl THEATRES ARDMORE CDASPP? 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DOROTHY DALTON In "TI1K ttllMAV Mil" " M' AIOVK" Ur al and Susquehanna ConMnueni i until 11 CEDAR C0T" CEDAR AVENUE V-I-U-I 1 3" 1 'I 7 and 0 P. M. DOROTHY DALTON n "Till: CKIM0. IIAI.I.K.NOE" I HI II K-ZhI! it - iDKam inHMmeRKar sn hs4m& uu ffn wmwMmmrjaMKi rasai kes aBB BLUEBIRD AGNES AYRES In "TIM. OHHIIW" COI ISFl JM fk't bet. SOth & eeth THOMAS MEIGHAN in "Tin; iirnr.i.en daddy" JUMBO rneNT ST & OmARD AVE. jwiuuw Jumbo June, en Trankfera "t," (.Keitfii: Mi:iinii iMtnni ctiev "A WISE FOOL" -.-vf MI A I Ctn. 4. Maplewood Ave UULAJlMALc 2 30 7 nml V P ir WALLACE REID inTiii:jmTVj.nit" FAIRMOUNT T&nT&it? IVY DUKE GREAT NORTHERN s$S8k W estki.i.i: 1 WI.OK A n:u- TOM. In "A FOOLJTHERE WAS Imperial "ui.t&z ft". I FADFR 41ST & I-ANCASTDR AVB. ETHEL CLAYTON In "TOK TIM, l.n:.Nsi; I OCUST i1.21' ANU LOCL'ST STREETS THOMAS MEIGHAN In "01 K I.i:-I.NO llflZKN" TUnMi? MF1P.HAN In "fll It I I, Mll. LLI'I.N" NIXON NIXON'S AMBASSADOR Aa Mntlreei 1:30 and BOO. Ienlnes 7 nd 0 Marjerie Daw in "Free Air" CO AND UltOAD i COLl'MWA AT. MATINEE OAlbr LIBERTY BETTY COMPSON L"ej.it rinj wmni.u" nDICMT WuedlnncI Ae at Via at. I UK1C.IN 1 MATINEE DAILT I JACK HOLT I In "THE MW 1 M'QNOI.r.H U P." j MARKET STB, a )' 7 & ii p. m. THOMAS MEIGHAN in "Tin: miiiac i.i: man" 69TH ST. Th"tr' . "I." Terminal 10, I 1 0 P. II THOMAS MEIGHAN 111 "01 II IKADIMi CITIZEN" 7'Paasenger Suburban Sedan Eight-Cylinder Enthusiasm Brought te a New High Pitch OVERBROOK M''T THOMAS MEIGHAN In "THE II V Hi:i OK 11X11111" STRAND (ierm7eaYva'SV WALLACE REID In "THE DICTATOK" DAI a1 FRAMirOUD AM' AND rM-L-lVl NOlUill STREET RAYMOND HITCHCOCK In "THE HEM TV -HOI" iT'h PKMOI NT I'll II UE Aintr.D hi w'him: vm hi mi i.k AT OTHER THEATRES MEMBERS OF M.P.T.O.A. D17T!T itarkut St. Hulew lit KEAjCUN 1 10 A M te 11 P. XL MARY MILES MINTER In "sOI Til or HI V " niAI TO OERMANTOWN AVENUB rlrl- l -J at Tri.PEimcKEN aT. DOROTHY DALTON Jni'THE ( KIMHOV IHAMJ-lVC.J.. cuirRYnnn Ah& "i av. UlH-HIc ,MAT ;. jjvj 0 30 GEIANTOWN tinSS" AI.UHTAK lAhT In HEX HEACU'8 "THE IRON TRAIL" HRANIT 02a QIRArd Ava H-Srv-", l Mat. Tednyj Eve. 7 a 0 RICHARD TALMADGE In "WATCH HIM hTKP" JEFFERSON 20AA?ft THOMAS MEIGHAN in "ir vm iiki !! i ir iin .(c 333 MARKETbTS' W. WALLACE REID In JACK HOLT THE MAN t Nf'OMll KRAM.E" P A R kT niDOE AVE. & DAUPHIN ST. I -irw Mat 2:15. Et. QM te JJ RICHARD BARTHELMESS ,i ... Jrameianet , v Eight cylinders have never meant se much in the way of magnificent power as they are made te mean in the new Peerless Eight. They have never meant se much in sustained speed; nor in all the finer shades of power-ductility. Wherever experienced motorists have been privileged te drive it, the new Peerless Eight is rolling up a wave of eager enthusiasm and wel come, reminiscent of the meter car's earlier days. The truth is that the new Peerless adds se much te the ease and enjoy ment which are the outcome of geed eight-cylinder construction, that it is almost revolutionary, The steadiness with which it holds the higher speeds will delight you hardly mere than the perfect soft ness and obedience of power that seem te have no limit. Te put it briefly, the new Peerless fcignt gives us the right te say that no where in your eight-cylinder expe rience have you encountered its like, THE PEERLESS MOTOR CAR CO, CLEVELAND,a GIRARD AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 0. R. CUNLIFFE, President 2314 Chestnut Street The New P s. K, 3if9ikv taflTHIftjMMJTilTB. , i. i.f hw jc J 111 Inly1 1 !' I it:vrz'f ju'J' rras;.u.,m .iit'4j.. v jgg52izasiiEBSMEiirrfC!r 41
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