THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 8. 1917.
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FEATURING
PEARL WHITE -
THE FATAL RING
Written by George B. Seitz and Fred Jackson and Produced
by Astra Film Corporation Under Direction of Mr. Seitz
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.Ruby Hoffman
EPISODE I
Pearl ' Slan-lsh
Nicholas Knox
Richard Carslake...
High. Prieateaa
Pearl Standish, the wealthiest young
woman in America, beautiful, abso
lutely her own mistress, is bored. She
is weary of parties, dr.nces and din
ners, of wealth and the things that
wealth will buy. She longs for some
thing new something different, ex
citementdangeradventure. , .
All of these things are nearer to her
at the moment than she guesses.
Her father, Samuel Standish, now
dead, has been a famous collector of
gems. In Arabia some time before his
death, while o;i a pleasure trip, ac
.. companied only by his secretary,
Richard Carslake. he has bribed the
High Priest Amh, of the Temple ot
Aht Violet God of Daroon. to steal for
him the Violet Diamond, which is in
a quaintly carved ring on the idol's
finger. .
Amfi steals the ring and gives it to
him; but he pries out the diamond and
returns the setting.
Amfi fearful of the anger of the
god and his fellow worshippers be
comes a refugee a wanderer upon tht
face of the earth. The High Priestess
and certain Arab followers set out to
track him down.
-They find him in New York and
force him to confess. He delivers to
them the setting of the ring, and tells
them that Pearl Standish must have
the Violet Diamond, since she has in
herited her father's property. ,
It is hinted that some secret value
is possessed by the ring, but that it is
of no use without the diamond.
Amfi, the faithless priest is slain in,
punishment for' his crime, and the
Sacred lizard is set upon the table,
while all the followers of the Violet
God gather about it. The person be
fore whom the sacred lizard stops, is
chosen to. recover the Violet. Diamond
from Pearl Standish.
Nicholas Knox, an American sol
dier of fortune, is chosen.
Masked as burglar, he holds up
Pearl on her way to a masked ball and
demands the diamond. She invites
him in, delighted at making the ac
quaintance of a burglar, and charmed
at the mystery in which she finds her
self involved. However, she is forced
to confess that she has never heard of
the Violet Diamond.
She looks among her father's ef
fects, but .fails, to find it, and be
thinks herself of Richard Carslake,
formerly her father's secretary. She
summons him, although he and her
father had. quarrelled just before her
father's death. )
Carslake comes and admits having
seen the diamond. He is told that
Knox has the setting, and instantly
tries to obtain possession of it by
drawing his revolver and covering
them. But the butler's timely arrival
saves the day.
Carslake flees. Pearl questions
Knox about the nystery surrounding
the ring and identity of the High
Priestess and the Arabs who are hov
ering in the garden. He refuses to
explain.
Impatiently, she draws a revolver
and forces Knox to turn the setting
over to her. It is carved with quaint
figures that she cannot decipher.
The butler forces Knox to leave the
house. The Arabs seeing the setting
in Pearl's possession, attack hen Her
servants come to her aid, and in the
ti.,Jit that ensues, one Arab is killed
and the others flee.- Pearl still has the
setting, too, which seems to leave vic
tory perched on her banner until a
knife comes flying through the win
dow just missing her head. To it is
attached a piece of parchment which
reads:
"Return the Violet Diamond in fif
teen clays or die!'
Empress Offers Japanese Athletes;
Lakeside Park Has Its Attractions
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upon by the audiences as merely nec
essary to fill in gaps on the programs.
Not so with the royal Tokio Troupe.
the feature act on the Empress bill
for four days commencing today. This
group of four men from the land of
Nippon inject a three-ring circus
atmosphere into their performance
and spectators' eyes are kept busy
shifting from one artist to the other.
Bert Lamont's "Western Days" is a
novelty singing act with plenty of
comedy. A clever little comedy act is ,
also on the same program, presented
by Allman and Davis.
' Lakeview park, which has entered
upon its second week of the season,
has indeed become a mecca for pleas
ure seekers. Located on the banks of
a beautiful lake at tht very portals of
the city, this resort is enjoying un
precedented success, and a mark of
popularity has been attained that can
be favoraably set as a standard for at
tendance for future seasons. Picnics
are becoming a popular pastime for
the Omaha public and this park has
surely came in for its share. Ample
accommodations in the way of picnic
tables and the like are to be had for
small parties as well as' the large af
fairs of the big stores, factories and
lodges. The attractions this season
that particularly appeal are the palace
of dancing, where Carl Lamp and his
augmented force of musicians hold
forth, and the Jack Rabbit Coaster,
the speed of which has caused it to be
called "The Blue Streak." Other at
- tractions that have proven popular
are boating, roller skating, etc. The
park boasts of having a quarter of a
hundred attractions, all of which are
laid out in a manner that makes them
doubly enticing.
The Empress Garden continues to
draw the public despite the warm
weather. Some people are- under the
impression that on account of being
located under the theater of the same
name that the air becomes stale and
putrid. This, however, is not the
case, as one of the most perfect ven
tilating systems in the city is in
stalled and the. air is always cool,
fresh and invigorating. The meals
are the best that money will buy,
the special table d'hote Sunday meal
being especially popular. The enter
tainment is beyond compare, as the
best cabaret artists only are being
booked, Mr. Philbin making special
trips east and seeing the acts before
booking. There is continuous music
and dancing is popular during the
week to the strains of Adams' so dif
ferent Jass orchestra.
Hubby Restrained from
Interfering With Wife
Custody of thc:r two children and
$20 a month alimony for a period of
fifteen years were granted Babry
Slefer, freed fro:u Corel Slcfer, by
Judge Day, sitting in divorce court.
The judge also gi anted an injunction
against the divorced husband restrain
ing him from interfering with his
Jormer wife or their children.
Persistent'Advertising is the Road
io Success
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Fair Weather and
Thunder Showers Next Week
Washington, July 7. Weather pre
dictions beginning Sunday issued by
the weather bureau today are:
Plains states and upper and middle
Mississippi valleys, fair except for
widety scattered local thunder show
ers. Warm first part of week, con
siderably cooler latter half. '
Rocky mountain and plateau re
gions, generally fair; temperatures
near normal.
Pacific states, generally fair; normal
temperature.
Cloudburst Washes Out
Roadbed Near Wray, Colo.
Rains were pretty general over Ne
braska Friday night, the southwest
portion of the state getting a drench
ing. From McCook, on the Burling
ton, 100 miles out into Colorado there
was a near cloudburst.
West of McCook and in the vicinity
of Wray, Colo., five inches of precipi
tation is reported. Near Wray a
section of the railroad was washed
away and trains from beyond delayed
six to eight hours, waiting for track
repairs
Taylor Leaves General to Take
Up Work of Art Drama Company
C. W. Taylor's many friends will
learn with surprise of his resignation
as manager of the General Film com
pany of this city. JUr. Taylor is one
of the "old heads" in the film business
having first started with the Theater
Film Service company of Chicago in
1906. This company was later taken
over by the eneral F"i!m company
and he remained with them as mana
ger until 1915 at which time he was
located in Omaha. He was then
manager of the local office of the Mu
tual Film Corporation for the period
of one year and returned to the Gen
eral Film company the first of 1916,
with which company he has remained
up to the present tunc.
His friends are many, as he has a
personality that wins them to him. It
has been rumored for some time that
he has1 been thinking of making new
connections and it was feared that
Omaha would lose him.
Therefore, we are more than pleased
to make the announcement that on
or about the 1st of August he will
open an office here for the Standard
Film Corporation, distributors of Art
Drama photoplays. This company, ac
cording to Mr. Taylor, is setting a
new standard of feature pictures. It
already has a number of famous stars
and very shortly will make an an
nouncement of the acquisition of many
more of known worth. Comedies will
also be marketed and Billy West
heads the list of comedians. Frances
Agnew, critic of the New York Morn
ing Telegraph has this to say about
him: "Billy West not only proves
himself a remarkable imitator of
Chaplin, but also becomes a formida
ble rival in that particular field. In
make-up and acting he could not be a
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more exact duplicate of Chaplin and
not even an experienced 'fan' or dis
cerning critic could always name them
on the screen. Chaplin has given
filmland some excellent comedies, but
he has produced none better than
these Billy West subjects. So long
as both comedies make such good
productions, however, they will no
doubt find the field large enough for
all the laughgettcrs they can make."
Pleads With Judge to Send
Her Husband to the War
Because slfe says h( refused to
lead a life of shame and support her
husband and child, Mrs. Vclina
Sheets, living i.'. the Lincoln apart
ments, Twenty-first and California
streets, testified in police court that
she has been the object of physical
abuse for the last year. She added
that her husband, William Sheets,
had urged her to go to St. Louis and
when she refused, assaulted her until
neighbors interfered.
"I wish you would send him to the
war, judge," she pleaded, "the gov
ernment would give me some money
then to help support the baby." He
was sentenced to ninety days in the
work house.
In addition he was ordered to serve
the balance of a ninety-day sentence
for a similar offense, lie escaped
from the work house after, serving
seven days of the sentence.
Mrs. W. B. Leeds WML
Not Marry Greek Prince
London, July 7. The Daily Sketch
quotes Mrs. W. B. Leeds, denying her
reported impending marriage to
Prince Christopher, youngest brother
of the ex-king of Greece. A recent
dispatch said the Prince Christopher
was going to London to marry a
wealthy American woman.
Destroys 7,000 Bottles of
Catsup, but Saves Bottles
United States Marshal Flynn has
just completed the destruction of
7,000 bottles of catsup. That doesn't
seem l!kc a wise thing to do in these
days of food shortage. But it was
done by order of the federal court
duly signed by Judge Woodrough.
The catsup did not comply with the
pure food law and was seized about
a year ago and action filed against it.
The court specified that the bottles
should not be destroyed. This order
precluded any possibility of dumping
the stuff, en masse, into the river.
Marshal Flynn appointed Deputy
Marshal Yates chief catsup destroyer.
Mr. Yates, with four assistants, at
tacked the stuff at the warehouse,
taking the cap from each bottle and
emptying the catsup into the sewer.
The work took two days. The bot
tles will be sent back, to Naboth's
Vineyard, N. Y., whence the cats p
came.
Stock Yards Refused
Higher Price for Corn
Lincoln, Neb., July 7. (Special.
Telegram.) The State Railway com
mission this morning decided against
the South Om-'a Stock yards in its
a, plication for a permit to raise on
charges for corn to live stock shipper.
Musical Notes
OMAHA GIRL WINS NOTE IN
BOSTON.
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LENQRA HACHTJ2N
Mrs. E. R. White, assisted by Mrs.
S. F. Wincinger, entertained at a
musical treat at her home, 834 South
Thirty-fifth street, recently, for Miss
Lenora Hachten of Boston, a former
Omaha girl, who is now studying
voice and piano under the direction of
Miss Catherine Crockett of Boston,
and is also a member of the Handel
and Haydn society of Boston, and
for Miss Eloise Hammang of Arling
ton, Neb., formerly of Omaha, who
is also gifted with a voice of sweet
ness of note in one so young, hav
ing won the prize in song recital
recently given in Fremont by the
amateur singing circle there. Those
who were present, were: Misses
Berenice Lambert, Ruth Sehrt of St.
Louis, Esther Swanson, Dorothy
Halterman, Martha Richmond, Fran
cis Roberts, Ida Ingstrom, Lydia
Watt, Eloise Hammang, Arlington;
Lenora Hachten, Boston; Mesdameg
J. L. White, C. L. Coleman and Earl
English, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
White and Mr. C. L, Coleman.
A harp recital will be given this
afternoon at Creighton auditorium at
3 o'clock by Lorette De Lone, for
those attending the Catholic summer
school and their friends. Several con
certed numbers for the harp will be
given, in which Miss De Lone will
present her pupil, Miss Thelma
Skeen, who will also play a group of
harp solos. Mr. Johannes Beill will
play several violin numbers. Mr. Al
fred Green, pupil of Walter Graham,
will sing two groups of tenor solos.
Next Thursday evening, Lorette De
Lone will give a harp recital in Glen
wood la.
D. Kenneth Widcnor, who is rap
idly making his name more widely
known as a promising and talented
young organist, has received word of
his success in passing the examina
tion for associate in the American
Guild of Organists. This degree en
titles Jiim to affix the letters of A. A.
G. O, after his name and to wear the
associate badge upon the: official robe
of the guild when he appears in
church or recital work. In order to
get this degree Mr. Widenor had to
pass a musical examination in organ
playing, m sight reading, transcrib
ing at sight, harmpnizing of melo
dies, filling up of figured basses, strict
counterpoint, ear tests and theoreti
cal work, both at the organ and away
from the instrument. In each sepa
rate part of the examination it was
necessary for him to wjn a $rade of
over 70 points, which he did, with
many points to spare.
Mrs. A. C. Strang gave a pupils' re
cital at her home on Park avenue
Friday evening, Jury 6, in which her
advanced pupils in voice and steel
guitar took part. The program was
given by Phyllis Brown, Mrs. Merle
Burdick, Miss Lenore Allen, Doro
thy Strang, May Hopkins, Mrs. L.
W. MacKenzic, Evelyn Vorc, Mrs.
Maud Barry, Miss Kathryn Osten
berg, Miss Ruth Stevens, Miss Car
rie Andreson, Miss Bessie Hopkins
and Gladys Van Sant. Joe Harding,
violinist, and pupil of Miss Luella
Allen, assisted with several solos.
Little Lee Kids Coming in
Comedy as the Real Stars
Jane and Katherine Lee. 'Nuff
sed!"
Thousands have seen and loved
these youngsters as they played their
little bits in many William Fox fea
tures. Now they are aooearine in a nic-
ture all their own. It is "Two LittleiE
imps.
Of course some grown-ups also ap
pear in the picture, but they are nec
essary evils, the pawns moved back
and forth across the board according
to the whims of the little players.
Recall all the laughs Jane and
Katherine have given you by their
monkey-shines in countless Fox fea
tures. Recall, too, that the young
ster were just little bright spots in
those pictures. Then just imagine a
five-reel picture crammed full of the
comical antics of these children, with
a fine dramatic theme running
throughout and you have an idea of
the treat before you see them.
It is a comedy with the best little
comedy player on earth, Jane Lee.
It is a drama with the most fin
ished little actress on stage or screen,
Katherine Lee.
But talent was not neglected in get
ting a supporting cast for the Lee
kids. There is Edwin Holt, W. Har
vey, Sidney D'Albrook, Stuart Sage,
Leslie Austen and the pretty Edna
Hunter. ,
Two Little Imps" was directed by
Kcnean Buel, producer of many Fox
successes. In making a film with the
Lee children he fulfills the ambition
of his career. And no man is better
fitted, professionally or temperament
ally, to direct these child marvels
than he.
It shows irt Omaha at the Sun thea
ter lhursday, Friday and Saturday.
Manager Goldberg announces a spe
cial children's performance Saturday
morning between the hours of 11
and 1.
Open Air Religious Service
For Fourth Nebraska Sunday
Lieutenant George Major, chaplain
of the Fourth Nebraska regiment, will
conduct an open air religious service
at Fort Crook Sunday morning at
10:39,
Filmland Favorites
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Charles Ray, leading man for the
Triangle company, was born in Jack
sonville, III., in 1891 and received his
education in that state and Los An
geles. He was on the stage for four
and a half years in musical comedy,
dramatic stock and vaudeville. His
screen career has been under the di
rection of Thomas H. Ince and he
has appeared in "The Coward, "The
Deserter," "Honor Thy Name," "The
Wolf Woman," "Home," "Plain Jane,"
"The Honorable Algy,' "The Pinch
Hitter," "The Millionaire Vagrant."
"The Clodhopper," and will soon be
seen in his latest triumph, "Sudden
Jim." He rides, swims and plays ten
nis, is six feet and one-half inch tall
and weighs 170 pounds, has dark
brown hair and blue eyes. His studio
is Ince, Culver City. Cat Possibly
thus far his best work has been done
in "The Coward," "The Pinch Hitter"
and "The Clodhopper." At least these
will always remain in the public mind.
Peggy Hyland Went to
England for This Picture!
Miss Peggy Hyland, the little Eng
lish actress who has won her place
as a motion picture star by her work
in Greater Vitagraph productions, will
appear at the Empress theater, start
ing today, in "Caste," a Greater Vita
graph Blue Ribbon feature, with Sir
John Hare, England's most famous
character actor.
In defiance of U-boats and other
perils, Miss Hyland made a special
trip to London to appear in this pro
duction, because it was impossible to
get Sir John Hare to come to this
country; and her work in it is up to
the splendid standard she set in her
American pictures. Miss Hyland is
ideally cast, playing the part of a win
some young English girl who wins
the love of an aristocratic army offi
cer. It is declared that her work in
this picture is even more appealing
than that in "The Chattel," in which
she appeared opposite E. H. Sothern,
"Babctte" or "The Sixteenth Wife'
Diamond to Give Benefit
Show for the Red Cross
A benefit performance for the Red
Cross is announced by Manager O. S.
Finch of the Diamond theater, located
at Twenty-fourth and Lake streets,
on Thursday of this week, at which
time "The Eagle's Wings," a patriotic
featurewill be presented. This is the
first theater in Omaha to give the en
tire gross receipts to the Red Cross.
There will be no deduction for ex
penses, as Mr. Finch donates this.
The picture is one of the best of its
kind on the market today, devoted
mostly to showing hov well the Unit
ed States is industrially prepared and
how we met this phase of perpared
ness. The picture is being donated
by Mr. Calvert, local manager of the
Bluebird Photoplays. Mere is an op
portunity for followers of the silent
drama to not only see a decidedly
worth while picture, but to help one
of the noblest of organizations the
Red Cross.
Bom in Slums, She
Redeems Fallen Gentleman
She was born and reared in the liv
ing apartments above "Sailors' Rest,"
a notorious resort on the Barbary
Coast, and reigned queen of the dance
hall and saloon but for all that when
Roger Curwell, artist and gentleman,
was thrown, a derelict of dissipation
onto "The Coast," she realized, when
she had reformed him, that there was
a community of ideals that proved she
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came the San Francisco earthquake
and fire. Out of that catastrophe
came the realization of higher ambi
tions and a life of' -happiness for this
man and woman born under such
utterly different conditions. But in
this brief outline of the story told by
the Bluebird photoplay, "Hell Mor
gan's Girl," to be exhibited at the
Hipp theater today, Monday and
Tuesday, there is no indication of the
gripping events and stirring scenes
that led to the happy fruition of a
strangely inspired love. The catas
trophe has been depicted in thrilling
scenes, as houses fall, and their ruins
burst into flames. The wild scenes of
panic, when men and women rushed
madly through the streets of San
Francisco, not knowing when death
might come to them, have been repro
duced in realistic manner the earner,
having lent itself to photographic illu
sions of a startling character. As a
final scene the Presidio, with its
throngs of refugees, is shown in con
vincing vistas, climaxing a story thai
carries thrills galore. Bluebird has
made a masterplay in "Hell Morgan's
Girl."
LAKEVIEW PARK
JOY SPOT OF OMAHA
OPEN DAILY
A QUARTER OF A
Hundred Attractions
WITH
DANCING LAMP'S ORCHESTRA
JACK RABBIT COASTER
AND OTHERS
FREE
GARAGE
MOTION PICTURES
5c Crfr Be Crfrt
UkavUw r Carter Uka Club Car
Book Your Picnic Now.
Empress Garden
Th Beauty Spot of Omaha
LEWIS AND LEOPOLD
Morry Mta From SongUnd.
MYERS AND JACK
Artistic, Clatalc and Modern Dancing.
Sunday TabU d'Hota Dinner
12 to '8:30 $1.00
A La Cart Service, 12 to midnight
ORCHESTRA PIPE ORGAN
Modorn cooling and ventilating aystom
, inturoa a temperature at 70 dt
, grata at all tlmat.'
BASEBALL
OMAHA VS. DES MOINES
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ROURKE PARK
Monday, July 9th Ladies' Day
Gamai Called 3:15
Box Seats at Barkalow Bros.
LAKEVIEW PARK
July 11
Cook. WaitretMS, Walters Annual Picnic
SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE
EVERYONE COME-
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PICNIC Beautiful, cool grounds with free facil
ities. f);.
SWIM Manawa Beach was never better. Watch
the swimmers. ';
BOAT Rowing and launch excursions.
BAND Green's big band gives free open-air con
certs afternoon and evening.
DANCE Lakeside pavilion, open as out-of-doors,
l with Oleson's crack orchestra playing.
EAT Big Lakeside Cafeteria with excellent ser
vice, best food, at reasonable prices.
PLAY Skee-ball, mammoth dip-the-dips, bowl
ing, merry-go-round, swings, miniature
train, free playground for kiddies, and
many other attractions. 1
MOVIESBig program, free, every evening..
GET OUT DOORS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME!
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Follow the Crowd to Delightful Manawa! 1
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