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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1915)
30 At the V y ": - - v pj V . - ( s.. r . Ilk 't i- II Ihrlllinic utory of wdvrntur of th forrlim IcrIoii In Alscrln, bn(1 on Vjllp' nnvrl, "Tlio Hol Mlrnir." His tfifnt cin Mt n 'Thp Explorer I fnlcf tn oe rm rxroodod In ttiln lntst produrtlon. Kor today anj Mnnrtnjr the lllpp'i f tur 111 l K.ilwln Anion ni! ltnrbara Tcnnnnt In "The Orcy MrkIc," n tx rltlnR detective nd rrlmlnnl utory re cently published In Collier's Weekly. ' The offering t the Ptmnd this week ore very varied Including todsy and Mon day AVUllnm Furnum In "The ttroken Ur," a romnntlc Oypy tory, followed Tuesdny, Wednefdny end Tlmrsdny' by Tlvdl Hum lit ' Hn'tlcy 'nmjiWIl'n trlum phnnt otJtate kiicccks "The (Galley Pluve" wh'le Klhel Harrymore will be eeen on Friday nnd Saturday In a modern prob lem play, "The Final Judgment." Commencing January 2 the Strand will house the well known TrlariRle plays, the moet lavishly produced picture on the atone comedlea which will be shown ex clusively at the popular Pougla street playhouse. "A Hutterfly on the Wheel." featuring two of the greatest acreen artists of the May. Itolbrook r.llnn and Vivian Martin. is said to be ono of the greatest photo plays that the World Film corporation has produced. Thla play, when It ap peared on the legitimate stage, was one of the greatest of that timt and la said to be still more wonderful In the screen version. The story deals with the husband de voting all of his time to business and very little at home, his best friend en deavors to fill the gap and complications ensue, which are righted In the end, all matters explained and husband and wife reunited. The action gives an op portunity for many thrilling scenes and cllmaxe. This picture may be scon Sunday. De cember K, at the lloh.ff theater. . OMAHA PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNPLANNED Every Organization of City to Be ' Asked to Advertise Metropolii ' and State. NEW HCTURES WILL BE SHOWN BERTHA. LEVINE DIES FROM EFFECT OF A SEVERE COLD Cooper m 'Tie "Birth of a Maton' At At 3r4ntis lUrthn I.evlne, 19-yenr-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. 1-evlne of 1B;8 Hurt street, died th:s morning In a local hos pital following a brief Illness resulting I from a severe cold. She Is s irvlved, by a sister and brother Currlo ' nnd Snmuel jj.evlne. ' The funeral will be from the residence nt 1:30 Sunday afternoon. Another "Know Omaha" campaign of publicity Is to bo opened Imme diately after the first of the year, this year It Is to be handled Jointly by the bureau of publicity and Suner vlaor English of the Hecreatlon board. The plan is to aecure the work pome prominence in every organiza tion in the city. The improvement clubs in various parts of the city are to be aBked to ro-operate by putting on moving picture reels of Omaha And Nebraska. An effort will lie made also to get the reels Introduced Into the various schools of the city as a special feature of educa tion for perhspa thirty minutes a diy for a series of days or weeks. Hoth public schools and parochial schools wl t be asked to co-operate In th's matter. Sht Features nf ( nnipntun. The campaign thU time will have some new features. In the first place It, will not be confined strictly to u.nnha pub licity, but Otna.hn And Nebraska are tJ be linked together In this series of pic tures. A lot of new pictures of Nebraska Industries are ready to be shown, and It U considered that these, with the Omaha reels, form a . combination that makes a valuable educational feature for Nebraska or Omaha school children as well as for any adults In the state. Then, too, the consolidation of Greater Omaha has made necessary some Impor tant changes In the lectures that go" with the various reels. For example, It has entirely changed the statistics of minu f net ure and everything else, since figures must be taken from Orcatcr 0:.inha In stead of from Omaha and So.nh Omaha I as separate units. Salvation Army is Preparing to Help Many Poor Families Adjutant Joseph Ellwood, In charge of the Salvation Army's Omaha barracks, la prosecuting with vtgttr the annual campaign to take care of the poor at Christmas. Last Christmas the army mas able to give 1,.100 basket dinners and gave Christmas entertainment to M poor children through the generosity of Omaha friends. "We depend on the generosity of the public to carry on our general relief work.", said the adjutant, "and at this time the need Is pressing. The extent to which we can help the poor la only limited by the extent to which the pub lic aids In the work, contributions should be sent or brought to headquar ters, ITU Pavenport street." SNOW FALL IS QUITE GENERAL OVER STATE Ught snowfall Friday nlitht was gen eral throughout the state, according to lenorts made by railroad station agents to the Omaha headquarters. Beginning lth sleet, the same as It did In Omaha, the storm gradually turned to snow In most parts of the slate. A fall of from ene-half to two and a half Inches Is-reported. The prevailing tem perature was between 20 and SO degrees, with a few exceptions, especially In the neighborhood of Alliance, where the mer cuiy went as low as 10 degrees. In the southwest pari of the state there was Ires precipitation, and none at all at some rolnts. , . Chief Dunn Wants j Substations in the Outlying Sections Chief of Police Dunn will renew his recommendation that substations be ea tabllehed In outlying fire stations. II suggests that during the night hours two men be detailed at each of the fire houses at Twentieth and Lake streets. Twen tieth and Spring streets and Thlrty-saY-enth and Jackson streets. He would equip each team of men with a small runabout automobile and maka each of three proposed stations a head quarters for the district. Many night . calls from the outer territory could bo covered by these statlona and considerable) time would be saved In "getting on the I ground." ERNST IS SLATED TO SUCCEED HIMSELF The last meeting of the Hoard of Edu cation will be held on Monday, December K. The same board will succeed Itself or Monday evening. January J. It la understood In school circles that President Ernst will be re-elected for an other year. SOCIAL CENTER PROGRAM GIVEN WARM RECEPTION Millie Hyan, whose advanced pupils presented a program Friday evening at the Castelar school social center, ex pressed to Superintendent Kngllsh of the recreation board her appreciation of the splendid ireeptlon accorded her proteges. "If we receive as nice treatment at other schcols during the sias.in we shall feel that our efforts have been well ex pended." said Miss Hyan. nOIILFF THEATRE 561 LeaTeaworth St. OAXLT CKAJTOIl OT rXATITBXI ARD A GOOD CTOKZDT. BTJirOAT "TBTB BVTTEBnT OI THE WRIIL," featuring VlTlaa Martin ana Zolbrook Bllmm. A World Peat are. MONDAT "TO mil (MP AH ruEKAT.D," featuring kOlZST WARWICK. A Bnaberi Production, TTTESDAT -T1CB XXBAC&B OT Lire." featuring MAROAKITA IISHXa. A Mutual zoaaterpleco. WEDimSDtT "A WOMAJf'S VBB- VRBtECTXOir," a rox Itatnrs, witb Betty Hansen. TKTTMDAT "COaUtASB JOB Paths Ool4 Booster Play, featuring Bath Kolacd. r BID AT "PKllTCESS XVOKAVOPP," a Pos feature, witb Henoe O'MslU. 1ATVBDAT-"UrTDVBVB,- a World feature, with Edwin Angnsi and UlUaa Tucker. O be brought face to face with I some of the hardest-fought' I battles in Russian Poland, to see me working or the great est and most efficient army the world has ever known. to be dropped, as It were In the midst of bursting shrapnel and fren led charging men and to see war in all Its horror, yet picturesque aspect thla and more Is what tho newest and most up-to-date war pictures, ,-The War ring MiUlons," does for the spectator. "The Warring Millions" begins a week" engagement today at the Boyd theater. These pictures show all the Incidents that go to form what official German reports eventually called . the hardest-, fought battle in Russian Poland. The war photographers of the American Cor respondent Film company were fortunate in getting inside Information regarding an attack to be made by two regiments of German Landwehr. With cameras placed they awaited the charce. W4iat the lens caught constitutes the most vivid and accurate pictures of an ac tual engagement ever brought to Amer ica. "The Warring Millions" has a most interesting set of scenes showing the war Industries in full activity. Every body works, fully intent on his task, real iiing they are the little cogs of an uni versal wheel and that on each-of them the result In a measure depends. Huge locoomtlve works give an adequate idea of the feverish and misspent energies of war. That such endeavors should be directed to destroy llfo makes the average man reriect on things never before thoudit of. Pontoon bridge construction unfolds Itself on the screen with amazing rapid ity. From its most elementary stage, the crossing of the first boat, to the laying of the last plank, the soldiers perform their task with machine-like regularity and efficiency. Incidentally the con struction of the bridge shown in these pictures proved to be one of the most decisive incidents in the Austro-German drive against tha Russians. Soldiers' camps and soldiers' dances divert the at tention of the spectator from the bloody battle scenes which are soon to follow. Tho way these young fellows dance and Jump speaks well of their condition and high spirits. Many of them fall in the next day's fighting. Officers are seen breaking their new horses to ditch and hurdle and several other interesting slde l'ghts of modern warfare, the descrip tion of which would be too lengthy, are enjoyed at this stage of the film. A well-known artist visiting D. W. Griffith's Voa Angeles studio recently re marked on the firm director's almost un canny gift of composition. "Griffith," he said, "groups his figures like an artist in oils or water colors, rather than like a stage director. I do not knew whether he harmony or not, but anyhow, his mass p cturcs. to my mind, have the aame quality as those of the artists.' TIiIj remark was occasioned particu larly from watching Mr. Griffith assem ble the multitude in the scenes of war nnd peace In "The Birth of a Nation." The scene representing the future broth erhood of love and peace is a remark' able one. The effect, of. distance Is ob tained by construction of two stages with rising steps, one near the camera and the other removed about 100 feet. Itetween the two stages there is a hollow. The principals are stationed on the near stage. Then comes the Intervening hol low and finally the more distant features of the background show on the second, or more remote platform. The ultimate distance fades into blackness, contrast ing wonderfully with the gauzy robes and veilings of the characters at the fore. Costumes of many nations are used, but the effect Is light and gossamer-like, the Joy of a fiesta In the land of Utopia, In striking contrast is Mr. Griffith's treatment in "The Birth of a S. Mon." of the contrasting theme of the misery of war. Wan skeleton like figures are selected. Their dreys Is of many land and nations, b t all suggestive of grime and sordid-tc-DS. Some of the lean, emaciated fig. rej are bare to the wuit. Men and voim-n are strewn about the stage like pilcd-up ictlms of a battlefield. Arms are ru sed In entreaty to heaven. Bodies, Ugs aud arms and, as It were, shreds of CJisrlotte Greenwood At tAc Hipp human beings are inextricably mixed. Utter woe stamps Itself upos that picture, as pure Joy radiates from tho other. Grif fith's method of making it caused ona clever artist to nickname it a "human salad." But that is not how it impresses the spectators who sense the mighty, thought, the deep, emotional appeal. In the wonderfully bizarre effects. "The Birth of a Nation" today enters upon the fifth consecutive week of Its engagement at the Brandeis theater, a record for long engagements locally, and' still it remains as popular with the public as ever. All Omaha theater-goers remember Charlotte Greenwood,' the eccentric comedienne, late of musical comedy and the .Orpheum circuit, who. "still retains her glrllh laughter," and Just can't keep her limbs from, describing semicircles over her head. She will be seen at the DoToihy "Bernard At tAe Strincf Hipp Tuesday and Wednesday In Pora mount pictures with Sidney Grant. They have the leading parts in "Jane," one of tho recognized comedy classics of the F.ngllsh speaking stage, which Charles Frohman presented In America and abroad for many years, and which Is yet one of the biggest laughing hits CKtar.t. . I.ou Tellegen, the distinguished ro mantic actor, formerly leading man for Sarah Bernhardt and recently rumored to be the fiance of Geraldlne Farrar, Is another prominent star to appear In Paramount pictures this week at the Hipp. He will be seen Thursday, Friday and Saturday in "Tho Unknown," a WM. FARNUM, ' THEDA BARA, The Forceful ' The Satanic ETHEL BARRYMORE, The Beloved CONSTITUTE Our Galaxy of Stars This Week You know each of these performers, ho all wc need tell you about are the plays in which they appear. ' Sunday and Monday "The Broken Law" A story of Gypsy life, full of romance and out-doors life that makes you want to get back to nature yourself. Every one naturally associates Romance with Gypsies and here Is a production that will hold you from start to finish, not only by its sheer dramatic strength, as well as the forceful acting of Mr. Karnum, but also by the beautiful settings and picturesque atmosphere. A strong sup porting cast appears Including dainty Dorothy Bernard. Tues., Wed. and Thur. "The Galley Slave" Bartley Campbell's celebrated drama of thrills lends itself ad mirably to photoplay construction and Miss Mara Is seen to most ex cellent advantage as Francesca Brabaut, the Italian model. Her supporting company includes little Jane Lee, without question the greatest child actress before the camera (you'll remember her for her work tn "Soul of Broadway," "A Fool There Was," etc.); beau tiful Claire Whitney and "the king of villuns," Stuart Holmes. Here is a picture that amaxes. grips, yes, even enthralls you with its daring originality, and is another Theda Bara triumph. Wb.au more can we add? .vrw,l.,.i..li.i...l J' "'.""lf ""W.' P""Wt-""'y I' ' 1 ' l.ltlWW HBWmiil .u. 1 1 n in 1. w ,.m mil n..i..MM... mi..... r,,.,ime.. - rrrrr.... "' Friday and Saturday "The Final Judgment" You will remember this is the picture we postponed during tha engagement of Damaged Goods, but it is one of the real dramatic treats of the season and we know you will enjoy this production from start to finish. Just to show you what marvelous steps for ward the motion picture has taken, here is a case where a play was first written in scenario form for motion pictures and then next season will be dramatized for the legitimate stage for the same star. Miss Barrymore. "THE BROKEN LAW" is a romantic drama: "THE GALLEY SLAVK." an emotional drama, and "THE FINAL JUDGMENT," a modern problem play so you r.re assured of an exceptionally pleasing program the entire week. in G i Wra th &l)OlGAS rnriTiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitlllil Here Today! The First Viir Film to Show an Actual Battle. HOT A WAR DRAMA, but the Authentic Government Motion Pictures ol the Greatest Campaign in the World War mm mm a) nf si iinsi 0V mum TO BAY . and Continuing TH EATRE until 11 p. m. euery day this week These Pictures Are the Latest to Reach America They Are Absolutely tho Real, Authentic, and Official Pictures of tho Euro pean Governments, and tho ONLY PICTURES IN THIS COUNTRY Showing tho HORRORS of a DESPERATELY FOUGHT BATTLE From the Beginning to tho End. , "The Warring Millions" Are the Only Pictures to Reach This Country That Show an Actual Battle Scene. All Others Have Mere.y Shown Soldiers Maneuvering, Cannons Firing, Trench Digging, Etc. Bn "The Warring Trillions" You See What You IKIave Eever Seen Before! One ol the Bloodiest-Fought Battles ol the World War 3 The Actual Charge ol Maddened Blood-Thirsty Armies! Heroes Falling Before the Withering Machine-Gun Fire ol the Enemy! Wicked Bursting Shrapnel Shells Ripping the Ranks ol the Oncoming Men! THE BOMBARDMENT, FALL AND CAPTURE OF IVANGOROD! NEVER BEFORE, and Perhaps NEVER AGAIN Will Such a Picture Ever Be Taken In profound, intense interest they never have been equaled nothing can or will equal them for yean to come. No theatrical wealth or geniui ever devised such a spectacle as is furnished by the fighting legions of Europe, and these pictures taken at the actual front SHOW THEM IN REAL ACTION. Ia one performance of these most' wonderful jiii'tures of war as it really is, you actually SEE more of real war than you could by spending several months with the armies themselves. Thcss pictures wers taken by special permission, under government supervision, by the American Correspondent Film Co. CONTINUOUS 11 A M. to 11 P. M. MJL