Life's Problems Art Discussed By MBS. WILSON WOODROW How easliy we slip from one world to another I had occasion to realize the other day. I was late for an appointment to .fee the new screen drama, 'Moral Suicide." The taxi had to dump me out on the car tracks and I was forced to make my way unaided across the trenches that lay between me and the sidewalk. I tore my skirt on a long nail, climbing over a pile of boards. The raw March wind was blowing through the Broadway canyon and the sun shone fitfully on the endless procession of hurrying people. A sordid scene ungilded by romance —the world of action. Then I entered the building. The elevator whisked me up. The door of the projection room closed behind me. Darkness! Silence! Then the world of dreams, of the imagina tion, made visible by the magic of photography. One Is not merely a spectator at a play like "Moral Suicide;" one be comes absorbed in It, a part of It. This is true of all sincere dramas which deal fearlessly with life and reality. ' • Ivan Abramson, the author of this unusual photo-play, is .one of the 'few playwrights who understand the art of translating abstract ideas into the terms of drama. Tt is this gift MY TIRED FEET ACHED FOR "TIZ" Let your sore, swollen, aching feet spread out in a bath of "Tiz" Just take your shoes off and then put those weary, shoe-crinkled, ach ing, burning, corn-pestered, bunton tc.rtured feet of yours In a "Tiz" bath. Your toes will wriggle with joy; they'll look up at you and al most talk and then they'll take an other dive in that "Tiz" bath. When your feet feel like lumps of load —all tired out- -just try "Tiz." It'fc grand—it's glorious. Your feet will dance with joy; also you will find all pain gone from corns, cal louses and bunions. There's nothing like "Tiz." It's the only remedy that draws out all the poisonous exudations which puff up your feet and cause foot torture. Get a 25-cent box of "Tiz" at any drug or department store—don't i wait. Ah! how glad your feet get; how comfortable your shoes feel. You can wear shoes a size smaller if you desire.—Adv. r VICTOR RECORDS Instant ' for you —At Ground If ou are hard to please ask P"l__ r to hear the following gems selected by our record experts , We'll Gladly Play Them for You 71358 I Purltanl Galli-Curcl 74502 Sclicnb Tarnntello Tascha llclfctl 04720 The Lord Is My Light McCormack M 729 Darling Nellie Gray Cluck and Chorus 18430 Liberty Loan March Sousa's Hand 11. S. 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R\C,HT J "11 ffl * "J J~~~ — Ab MA<iCIE HAt> <,ONE )COULD fL 'LLTEUUHEP. JUL M OVER THERE- j. sfe|§| \__/ I THIMVO -J' WELL? MY WIFE 15 J* ' HE'S'fONiN/ l ,1 VISITING * SHE OOEb Ars { COME TO NX l*L •' r ' J>J { Voußb' of his which makes "Moral Suicide" a powerful and thrilling play and holds his audiences breathless until the final scene. "Moral Suicide." The phrase is one of the most sinister in the English language. Suicide means, self-destruction; but "moral suicide" means the destruction of the only thing which differentiates man from the "beasts that perish." It is the murder of the conscience, the higher self, by the lower and baser self. This is the tremendous scene which Mr. Abramson has chosen as the framework for his plot. Through the medium of a strong, appealing story he shows the in evitable degredation of a man who gambles away his soul in order to gratify his ambitions or desires. On the purely technical side—and one cannot pass over the technical ! side lightly, it is too important—it is a line thing to be able to say that the production Is worthy of the theme and its treatment. The pictures jjre individual gems, not only because of the clearness and admirable values of the pho tography, but also because of their artistic composition and effective grouping. The interiors are unusu ally good and the Rowns worn by the women are stunning. The star cast is splendidly balanced, and the man ner in which each actor has char acterized his or her part is remark able. John Mason was, of course, the Inevitable choice for the character of Richard Covington, the elderly man of affairs, satisfied, with his business success, happy in his friend ships and devoted to his two moth erless children, a boy and a girl. The girl Beatrice is charmingly and sympathetically portrayed by Anne Luther. Throughout the play she is required to show a great range of emotion, and she rises splendidly to each situation. The part of the son is taken by Jack McLean, who gives a restrained and touching picture of Waverly Coving ton, the lad who is suffering a men tal breakdown from overstudy. Covington Is at the height of his material success and comfort when the "strange woman" crosses his path. This character Is vividly and strikingly presented by L,eah Baird. She is as conscienceless, as free from all moral scruples as a panther on the hunt. Her mission in life is to prey; that is her profession, and she excels jn It. She meets Covington and imme diately begins to sUtlk him. He is big game and she means to capture him. She is luxurious, heartless and avaricious, but she is beautiful and beguiling, too, and she soon subju gates him. John Mason gives a wonderful study of a man's moral disintegra tion after he "has fallen under the Influence of the stronger individual ity. His judgment becomes clouded, his will power goes. As for the woman, she no sooner marries him than her demands become more ex travagant and audacious. She coaxes him into giving the man whom she has introduced as her brother the position as his private secretary; she succeeds in getting him to make over his property to her, even the home of his children: she does not permit him to allow his son proper medical attention, and ultimately she forces him to drive his daughter from the house. The whole progress of the f>lay brings out the fact that "no man liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself." Covington's own down fall has cruelly Involved his chil dren. One of the most striking of the many dramatic situations is the one in which the doctor announces to Beatrice that if her brother's reason is to be saved the boy must imme dii*tely be put under the care of a celebrated London specialist. She hastens to her father to tell him of this decision and finds Fay, the wife, gloating over a diamond pendant which she holds in her hand while Covington writes a check for ten thousand dollars. Covington refuses to listen to his daughter. There is plenty of money to gratify the strange woman's idle whims but none to save his boy's reason. But the inevitable recoil takes 1 place. Fay has gone too far. dared |too much. The boy's brain gives \ way w hen he learns of her rela [ tions with the man whom she has f pretended is her brother, and In a | frenzy he seizes a pistol and shoots i her. This shock brings to the ' father the bitter realization of the 1 wreck and ruin he has caused. | Everything is swept from him— ; money, repuataion. friends, chll i dren—but this ends his moral ! (legredation, his spiritual regener- I ation begins, and the scene of his ' repentance, his poverty, his search l for Beatrice and her final thrilling j restoration to him are even more j compelling and breathless than i those which marked the earlier ! situations. | One might imagine that a play 'of this nature would be depressing | or "preachy." Far from it. It moves i too fast. The action is too swift ! and impressive. The man makes a I stepping-stone of his dead self to | rise to higher things, and this is always an inspiring sight, and then, | too, the whole play is interspersed j with excellent and unhackneyed I comedy. i The screen is dark again. One I rises to go out into the dusty, gusty i world of action, feeling refreshed : and stimulated because of this little i excursion into the world of dreams, i It has all been so thoroughly worth while. I # Milner as Minister of War Is to Drive to Save West Front UnnhiiiKton, April 19.—The ap pointment of Lord Milner to be Min ister of War in England, in succes sion to Lord Derby, who becomes Ambassador to France, means a vig orous effort to increase British man power available for service on the west front. Lord Milner is & different kind of man from Lord Derby—one of the strong, determined men of England. : Lord Derby was appointed to make ! conscription popular. Lord Milher I goes in to make it effective. His I leaving the War Cabinet, for it is j understood that ho will be succeed i ed in that body by Austen Chamber j lain, for the position of War Minis | ter means that new importance at- I taches to the work of forming armies |in England. England is making an J effort with her back to the wall. ! Lord Milner will have the advan -1 tage of a different state of opinion J from that under which Lord Derby i worked. Manpower to stop the Ger man drive and hold the western front until the American Army arrives in full strength will be an aim in which all England will unite. I WEAR KID GLOVE VESTS Seattle, Wash. Eighteen sur- I vivors of the United States destroyer I Jacob Jones, submarined in the North Sea, are breezing around here and at the Puget Sound Naval Station fti , new kid glove vests. The vests were ! the gift of the National League for Women's Service and were made from j cast-off kid gloves sewed together. j HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH THEIR MARRIE Copyright b.¥ International Nctvs Service "But, Warren," Helen had pro tested, "I don't really see how we can manage." "It isn't the question of how we can manage; we'll have to do it, that's all. Heaven knows I'm not any keener about it than you are." Helen started for a moment. Was it possible that Warren was actually saying those words about having Carrie's child at the apartment for the week end? It was the first time that Warren had uttered a disloyal remark about any member of his family. No matter what he thought, Helen had never before had the sat isfaction of hearing it put into words. "Of course we'll have him, dear," v'there isn't anything else to do just as you say. But I'll manage some how, don't you worry." Warren had looked up with a re lieved look on his face. "You are a brick, old girl, thanks. I'll make it up to you in some way if the kid is too much of a nuisance." Helen fairly beamed. He won't be. Warren. Winifred will play with him and I don't think he'll be any trouble, and I'm awfully sorry for poor Fred. He's worried to death about Carrie.' "Well, I'm not worried about Car rie, I think she'll be all right. She often had these spells when I was living at home and always got over them. I think half the trouble is imagination and temper. And so little Roy had been brought into the city for the week end much to his joy at being away from home, and much to Helen's trepidation at having him with her. She knew that Roy had been fear fully spoiled, and that he was not the kind of child for impression- I able Winifred to be with constantly. |He was too. apt to sow seeds of [sedition in the. child's mind. I Roy had arrived on Friday night j and shortly after his arrival had I been put to bed. Saturday morning | Helen had taken the children out l into the sunshine and now on Sat iurday afternoon Helen was reading I lazily, and the two children were I out in the guest room playing to gether. Helen could hear their voices plainly and the relationship seemed amicable. Winifred had just suggested that they play "house." and Helen had expected an indig nant refusal from Roy. Much to her surprise, however, he consented and the game began. "Let's play we're your father and mother," suggested Roy. "Oh," came in Winifred's sur prised voice, "why not play we're your father and mother?" IIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITO I H | A Message ® | About Go-Carts jg | TV/T ANY a baby = cries when it is ■- 15, taken out in a Go- K |§ Cart, yet when he is |H held in your arms or ST\ (f = placed in the little fifc H • ||| II bed he's happy t/Tll IP H contented. In nine )k re = out of ten cases H there's nothing = wrong with his VS )j § Cart that's wrong. j H THIRST a Go-Cart must be the right size—he must = J/ have room to "stretch"—must have easy riding, || § resilient springs— must be upholstered in such a fine jp manner so as not to injure his soft muscles. 1| "DLOCH Go-Carts, sold by us, are correct in every H L 3 detail —made of the finest materials by expert H pg workmen who thoroughly understand Go-Cart con- H SI struction. I For Baby's Sake Get a Bloch Go-Cart Here <|| Strollers ..." $ 9.00 to $13.50 = Gliders $12.00 to $17.00 || (A new size and style) Go-Carts $18.50 to $22.50 If Pullman Go-Carts $22.50 to $50.00 vg Natural, White, Blue or any desired color or finish. = GOLDSMITH'S I NORTH MARKET "That wouldn't be any fun," scoff ed Roy. "Why?" "Why, 'cause you're a girl and don't understand." "I can so understand," persisted Winifred. "Well, my mother says your mother hasn't any gumption!" said Roy. Helen's cheeks flushed hotly, but she listened intently to what was coming. "What's gumption?" "Oh, floundered Roy in an effort to explain, "she never stands up for her rights. She's not like my mother, my mother is the boss in our house." "Well, my mother doesn't want to be boss in our house," said Wini fred staunchly, "and I don't want to play your old game." "Ah, come on," wheedled Roy, "it's lots of fun. You be aunt Helen and I'll be Uncle Warren." Helen stole to the door to hear better and to peep through the heavy curtains to see what Roy was doing. Her heart was beating un comfortably, although she told her self that it was nonsense to let the prattle of a spoiled child bother her. Of course if Carrie talked to Rred about Roy it was quite nat ural that the child would pick up things of that kind to use for his own amusement. No doubt Carrie laughed at them and encouraged them, thinking Roy unusually cute. "Now I come home like this," said Roy, swaggering in with a fairly good imitation of Warren, "and you ask me for some money." Winifred was interested in the TOO WEAK TO FIGHT I The "Come-back" man was really I never down-and-out. His weakened j condition because, of overwork, lack lof exercise, improper eating and liv ing demands stimulation to satisfy ! the cry for a health-giving appetite J and the refreshing sleep essential to | strength. 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This was too much for Hefen and she walked into the room where the children were and spoke to Roy se verely. "Roy, that isn't a nice game to play. Don't you know that it's wrong to imitate your aunt and uncle? And, Winifred," Helen said turn ing to her daughter, "I'm surprised that you wanted to make fun of mother." Roy looked sullen, but Winifred's lip began to quiver. "O, mother, I didn't mean to, I didn't want to Buu Liberty Smartest Tailored Suits of the Season at the LADIES BAZAAR Suit Sale The extensive assortment of beautiful styles —the splendid quality of all wool cloths —the Tine tailoring and the very low prices—make this the logical place for your new Spring suit. All colors. * Sizes 16 to 51. 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