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Artillery Bombardment
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ADMIRAL WINSLOW
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TONIGHT
Irene Fen1vick in “The 'Child of Destiny”
' TOMORROW I
May Robson in “The Making Over of '
Mrs. Matt”
Billie Burke in “Gloria's Romance
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The Content Spot in Town.
Today Monday
The. Nation’s Peril
With
EARL METCALFE and ORMI HAWLEY
SHELL FIRE
THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND
MARINES
Mine Explosion
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Wednesday Thursday Friday
Edith 5‘06, Wm. Farnum “"233“,“
in m Owen Moore
‘ . ‘The End of , in
The Shop Girl" The Trail" “Under Cover" ,
Saturday—‘Tarantula," with Ed th Storey.
HEATR
Eve. 7:15 and Di
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Big Play of War
Acts—5
SINKING A SHIP BY
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1.2 ECCENTRIC TYPES HAVE
BEEN CREATED BY HAY ROI-
SON DURING HER CAREER
A8 A COHEDIENNE.
May Robson has spent her entire
Astage career impersonating eccentric
They total 162, Miss Bohr
females.
son says, and embrace every type,
from that ol a forlorn slavey to the
imperious “Queen Elisabeth.” And
equally wide has br-enlhe range of her
cesiumes. A flannel waist and skirt.
.with ragged stockings and broken
shoes sufllcing for the dressing of the
slavey, while $5,000 was expended for
the regal court attire of "Queen
Ben.“ and then this costume was of
such massive proportions that it had
to be adjusted by a special mechanic-
al contrivance, fastened to the ceiling
of Miss Robson's dressing room, as
only by having the dress swung over
her head could she get into it.
There is no woman on the stage with
a record for the creation of comedy
roles that begins to approach that
held l.,1 Miss Robson. indted iew
attractive women would continuall)’
di>zui.:e their features and line
to gain lame on the stage, if they p0.»
teed iblss Robson's talents. They
would have turned to the easier path
of the leading woman, who can con-
stantly exhibit her charm of face and
form, and also have the everdesired-
by-woman opportunity to wear smart
frocks. Therefore, when a handsome
woman like May Robson consents to so
completely “hide. her light under a
bushel." you may be sure that the true
artist is in night. This is well prov-
en in her case when it Is considered
that she has as yet to score a failure
.ln any role she has attempted, and it
has been rare indeed that a play in
. which the has appeared has failed to
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PALACE THEATRE [
the oilh ore of the Naval Training Stu-
1111111» :1.1d militia men of Rhodc Island
and Massachusetts.
l‘rotnincnt of thew ccicbritics arc
birmtary Josephus Daniels, Admir-
:1l lilolthvr of the l'nitcd States At-
,I'atilir Flt-ct ;\'i1cv.\1imiral .\l:1yo;
it‘lwi: i\'1:e.\1hnirni (lttlli‘o;
I‘21p111211 linph \\'illotti.-l1l1,1' oi the .\':1-
1t1l .toriai t‘orpn: t‘:1p.tain Newton and
3,111 tilt
Huff oi IIH' l'. S. S, Pillil‘r\till; t‘np-
flaiti Filth and Mall of the l'. S. S.
1‘1'1111l1‘11n: t‘upttdp \‘X. S. Sims, coup
1 .11111111icr oi the torpedo squadron: ('om-
JIlitlltIt-‘l' oi the httlilcship l‘tttlt; (all)
main liogvr \l'clls, 1.1111111111111111'11111-
1111:1111!” Prank Taylor l-I't'tttis. the NH
. ut‘ “Fighting lioh" 161.1115: l.i-"nt1111:111t
{Ernest iii'l'l‘ 11nd ofliccrs of tho Noun
port Naval Training Station. ‘
I1‘or realism In the artilicry cttcnpc-
Inentat Director ’l'vi‘rpillitzcr h:'d cn'l-
'Hructcd an t‘lilil‘l‘ village of ironic
iiwvlliuns, which durini: the carlior
part of the picture were used to house
his army of players and with the final
FPPIIPH. these same hours were all.
yiertroycd by the artillery fire from the
uddarcnt hills while the cameras
clicked their record of the destruction.
“The Nations Peril" has received
M19 endorsement of the \‘av.’ and
iArmy departments at Washington and’
many of the Army and Navy Lengttcs.
It has inc-:11 accorded a volume of
‘ praise :11 Pl‘t‘l‘y hand by critics of mo-
lion pictures and is heralded as among
the first- three greatest motion pic-
lure productions of the year, I
Through his earnest effort to the
people of the Nortvalks nothing but
the best, Manager Collins of the Palace
lltcntre has succeeded in booking "The
Nation's Peril" for presentation at his
pitcntrc today, Monday.
's
Ing the .“Wndswoith” is the film extra
tardinary coming at the Palace then-
no tin Tuesday. In 1.11 111.1111.» Gail
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Free All Week!
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' at a “ship of the enemy" of! Rhode
,this too is chronicled in motion pic-
‘Ptning the Price,” a story oi nnvait
; life in Washington as well as on sever- '
Fl l'itited States torpedo boats incitid ibultirt players under the direction of
1(‘co‘ gs Terwiiliger have be'en making
just such record of accomplishments "
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Catholic Club Grounds
Well Avenue
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
EVENINGS
At 8:30 o‘clock
Tlll‘l SCREAMING FARCE
“ Lend Me a S ”
Or “Lend Me Five Shillings"
lx'attc. ttho 11u:1l1 Hlt'h an enviable rcc~
*ord il‘i the sittr in tho liroudwtiy pro-
tinttions of Hours» ll_
Keys to litildptitc“ 11nd "The erttch"
Mutt." will have the leading role. ’l‘ht
picture was made 111 cooperation with
”11- l‘ttit-z‘tl Siltit'r {:(iit'i‘lllllt‘lll, it spec
inl order being l't‘t‘t‘ht‘ti irom $11113-
t‘ohnn's "S1-11‘1.1
1.1ry 11Itl11-.\t111.i11.-cpltns Hornet»: :11
lowing the llltlttird'tfi oi tl11- \\'orl1i
l-‘iltn t‘ompttny 111 tail-:c scene: :1111'111111
the l‘. S. 'i‘orpctio bout ll.‘.~ll'1l_\‘l‘l‘
\‘1':1tl:.\1orth. lroin which scu-rnl tor-
tirt 1i. tutti t1111 explode-i
:11 give the picture the I‘t'HllhIit‘ at:
1.111;;1it1t'o inquired for tho proper itt
ls'l‘pl‘1*illilt)il of it» plot. Each torpedo
cost-1 111111‘ SIJJNI. 1111111; no Idt’il 11f the>
111111111111 01 money spent for l‘t':tli>‘lli“
1vl'i11ct 1 in making. this five rccl t'cztturc.‘
i‘l‘tItlt'fi 11111‘11
in the pages ohhistory of these l'ni-‘
tod Stain: there will never be written:
how :1 “hostilcfiect” entered the har-
bor of Newport. llhode Island, tiltingl
about evening little of August 15 h..
l
111 some three thousand marines and,
soldiers and light ttrtiller1 pieces 11 ho
tuttrchcd in .1tt11l1 on “Lubin Villa," ‘i
razing thutvillngc in mighty few min-'1
1111111 and then turned their attention;
toward the occupation of Newport it-I
soil. .\‘o, it will never be chronicledi
in l'nited States history, but in thei
history of during and expensive decdsi
1donc for the moring'pictttre camera
.it will go down as of the biggest and
most sfupondous ever done for record
i”'I the screen Nor will it be marked
the rccmtls oi the linitet States At-
ntic licet how the big guns of the
battleships pounded away broadside
lslund coast and sunk her with solid
shell in less than tom minutes—but
tute annals.
For the pnst' six months or more the
its. the aforsnid for'the smashing his
picture based on the topic of the hour.
itho preparedness cf the United States _
'ito resist invasion or uprising, and
whlcn has, been comprehehaibly titled
“The io’n'a l‘cril." The'story is
-v,‘l
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om o tense dramatic situations, mea- ‘
int udo in its every scene. played bya
icompany of more than three thousand
h‘lth‘Earl Metcnlfe and Orml Hawlay.
ithe Lubln photo-play favorites In the
jloading rol 5%. Others of the company
are William H Tut-11 r, Herbert For-
tier. Ar‘hur 11.111151 and Eleanor
tun].
sound-[o entice UaitedltaleaAtMa—
mmmnmma
Whthemahhgdlho'ku‘al'
. ‘ 1w~m
Ind h- with the anhhe.
his u. like lab-ea ia appear-
ing in her new comedy, "The Making
i0ver of ltlra. Matt,” which will be seen
In the Regent Theatre tomorrow night
only. Aliigust 15th.
Tint it will be dbtinct in make-up
from all other Robes. impersonations
is assured. Miss Robson is an ar-
tist in makeup and extremely versa-
tile in :Iacial expression, and conse-
quently has never been compelled to
draw in the slightest degree from the
picturing of a discarded character in
order to build up a pew one,
All oi the roles that Miss Robson
has given to the stage ha1e bccn to a
greater or less extent. reproductions
01 characters in real life, with whom
she has been acquainted. and :he tries
to look and act just as the thinks the
character she is representing would
act and look. Furthermore Miss
Robson is not afraid of spoiling her
lace, and she has contorted her feet-
ul‘ws in so many diaerent ways that
now Shit claims her 1101*a and eyes and
mouth tare regular gymnasts. “l have
not-11 my nose pug style all one seas,
(1", :1 nd the next it has been apparent-
l,- as long as my arm." says Miss Rob-
son in speaking of her gymnastic fen-
111r1-s. “Sometimes i have gone on
for months with my eyes as large 11,;
saucers, and then played the balance
of the year with them as small as tea
clips. it is not hard to make features
conform to all appearances, to your
conception of different characters. A
line here and there to accentuate
shadows, and another to dim natural
lines are all that is needed, provided
the trusclcs of your face are brought‘
to help. Furthermore, l have always
gone ahead without fear of epoiling
my face. To change my features sets
the blood circulating and really helps
to keen away wrinkles." \
Among the remarkable eccentric im-
persontiiions in which Miss Robson has
delighted audiences was that of Miss
Prim in "The importance 0! Being
Earnest," in which, with the assist-
ance. 01f onl t1 few pencilled lines, she
drew her features into a perfect mask
ol 11 nour o‘ld muff]; h?r half wilted
Tilly in The ”011;, of Gold " as uQeen
l‘littzbttth in ‘ Dorothy Vernon of "ad-
don Hull." shc changed her comic ex-
Paraphrnscd
"Mirth Provcker Every Fifty-nine pl‘t-rsit‘m into :1 ll‘rfl'” “135k “r "W"
‘ vie-condo." . _ ‘ ‘ , httuteur; the ili‘l‘Id featured .\Ir.:. Bani“
ADMISSION 1Io(it..NTS ill "TIII‘ M1~rrt"ll:t‘l‘ ""3?" lilt‘ prim
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‘fitt-nc (r11_m,‘
5111;, under the cover at its guns hind‘ Irene Fenwick in “The Child of
The child of Dalian}
Destiny," at The Regent,
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n-.mlnm:
-d thew-fin
tau carping liner Aahford
{Pm-to W1"- the tmttckaomei
in “Tirol
Aunt 11m in “The Rejutenation oil
Aunt llary;’ the burlesque of Nether-Ii
soie‘s "Bapho" with Weber & Fieldo~1
these are only a few of the rung. of
the ladder by which Miss Robson hasi
climbed into the enviable position of,
America's foremost comedienne.
WILLIAM FARNUH IN FILM OF
THE NORTHERN SNOWS.
William l-‘arnum once more brings
into play the marvelous strength and
power oi his frame in the newest of
William Fox's pictures of the great
Northwest “The End of the Trail."
in this photopla)‘. Farnum acts Jules
lie Clem, a French Canadian. factor
in a Hudson‘s Bay trading post,
Le (‘lerq has fallen in low wi‘h a
woman tGladys lirockwelll whose
husband (Willard Louis) has seized
and carried her away to a lonely lite
in the forests.
tality. she leaves his house. and learns
that her husband has been left as dead
by a treacherous indian guide. She
marries 1.11 t‘lerq.
But Devil (‘abot is not dead, lie
has been revived and nursed back to
health by prospectors. in it wild mo-
ment. he shook~ lhtb" who have sided
l1i111,:111d11111lting his escape, and starts
back to find his wife. He arrives at
the trading post just after a baby has
been born to Adrienne and Jules.
H11 enters their house, binds Jules.
and seizes Adrienne. (it! into the
deep woods he goes gaain. taking with
him his wife and her child.
For it lcw months. the poor girl lives
with him. in utter terror lest he work
some harm to herself or her baby.
Then she sees her oportunlty. She
strikes Devil across the head with a
heavy implement. and he falls to the
floor in a heap. She thinks he is
dead. and runs out into the snow. At
the door, she meets Jules De Clerqfi
who has beeen searching frantically]
Overcome by his bru- "
11.11:me 33:31.31“. 3.: min; age.— A. .-
for her. ever since Cabot had taken,
her awaY.
Jules takes the frail woman in his
arms. and carries her back to his
house. But do excitement has been
too much for her she dies after the
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long trip, and leaves her little girl in"
:the parrlclde Ia ooudlctld
;footed to the guillotine. Ho bank.
.white robe .1111 on 111- head g
Jules’s care.
The llrst husband meets justice later
at the hands of Le Clcrq. when be ac-
courts the daughter in a saloon. A
struggle ensues between the factor
and Cabot, and lie (‘lerq is victorious.
PARRICIDES IN FRANCE.
The French portal system, following
‘mOl'C closely the Roman law than does
the English, has special provisions for
parricides. Formerly the criminol's
right hand was amputated, and If he
were a man he was then broken at tho I
”The Maltiigr “car of Mrs. Matt " at The Re: ent Tomorrow Night. A
111. ilantly Elevatedt
Gas Range That You Ila
Been Waiting ForI
YOU CANNOT BEAT GAS FOR BAKING AND‘ '
ERAL COOKING—THERE IS NOTHING “JUST
ASK YOUR unionaon WHO is usrno ONE
sea THE RANGES AT OUR OFFICE!
;required to hear the aeatendI M
{which he was condemned. Unfit
with re
order
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YOU PAY THE. 1*
ANCE IN
MONTHLY
MENTS or TV!
DOLLARS.
WE WILL GUA t,
TEE THIS “vubc
-TO BE 11 PER!
BAKER.
Light 8: Water;
pnonn no.1ago
wheel. A I’m Ill barn-d.
veil.
Besides these 111111311111“
public by the clerks)! the
Roman law the patrla Ml,
taiued. and in Moe it Ia ‘
today in a modified form; beau
riclde in maid-trod an m;
crime -Imdon Globe.
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