' W 5, - '?(; I:. '-is I f I 1 7 t I I? It ' THEATR E Uhe best arranged; and -prettiest vau-r ld4VJlo. theatrcuiiMhe Stat;?. ' ' Saiamy Lun-J's' "Ynangle Glrli lived Up LU HiUi4 UUttiUU ; Hi J Ug 11 V U v, M: . . - . - ' Scu.h where they hive been bireak- -Never in the history of the theatre ,- - tt0Vdnnr reonfdV eVerv has there ever been so widespread de- town in which 'the appear: ' and Hn- mand for return engagements- of .a -dlcat'loris1 poihT" to 'capacitr .business play as there is for David Wark Grif-. n thc W?ev at the Rdval. The or- fith's magnificient spectacle "The zation has that air of "first class-TCfll Man9fr PlaVnVo An Im- Which Will com- nc.Pri hv fpv fniirtncr nm-i . . - - . o. - uurtuuv i an iui. mk. x in nnnn im Birth of a Nation mencea two-day engagement Christ nvc hrcugli tho. Southern terri- . it 4 A" J M T lint A . M k - n, .- ' r - v i ' - X f ' Germans - 18! ORE, LAME BACK a Start r Hanifcorn-On-The-Rhime, S3ec,-.18. ; One of toe most important wneeis in Rub :t Pain Right diit , With Small Jrml Bottle of Old,; mas day at the1 Academy of Music. tcTvand' every member 'of. the com- During the past season, in -New : panyfisa -wdrker and hot'put in sim York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia ply to. fill the stage; with: people.. Pittsburgh, St. L,ouis ana in an tuc . 0ne ot the Dest trained s.nglng and One or toe. most important waesis iu - pr,-.. rt "f' TarrtV8 large cities of the country the .past .dancing choruses of rear pretty -girl 3 ; the'German; war Machine Is, .Ugust t eneT:rf ;"f.T ' records for long runs have peen jt scmo cf the newest and, best I Thyssen, m ante Deiium. days coai anu i KJU. eclipsed and new records estaousueu icdking costumes seen, here th:s: sea- .steei, magnate wtr..tnevAirj?t;Jraui..v; vut that are almost ' unbelievable. Over ctIi 5s one Cf the strong drawing , nowin view of. the industralization of six million people have enjoyed, its cr.rda cf Lund's dandy show Kidneys cause Backache? No! They Hy war. General Field Marshal of the in- have no nerves, therefore . ' can not wonders. Never before have so many Jensen, tWe famous yodeicr, with four dustrial army, and collaborator ; and cause painr Listen! Your lackache f is people flocked to see an entertain-- years record on p:g time neitn 4imwu.ui6, w , . Wucu uii8u, wu, ment Twice every .day the' theatres vaudeville circuits thoroughly- d . and f rail, but powerful as an industrial andhe quickest relief is; something have been filled wherever it has been lighted e lar?e crowds1, and was Reader. Notwithstanding Tthe It presented. Where return engage- repeatedly caJJod back on every ap- us scope of his work he clings ,stu; ;jight on your painful back, and instant, ments have been played the-'ftttehiillpearance. Thd Triangle Trio, the bornly to old-fashion He will not tolerate a stenographer a small trial bottle of "St. Jacobs Oil" rheMari Who .Made 1 "The Birthi of a Nation"i Says That One Day We Wilt . Pajr:$5. It's :Answering the Law of; Natural Selection. 3 anPA has been larker than during the nfftiest singins: and dancing trio earlier engagements. It is of extreme- ever seen hi Wilmlngtoa, presenting ly rare occurrence that anyone is sat- a new and novel act, was another isfied with one seeing of this wonder- strong drawing card, and the. beauti ful production. It is safe to say thatv ful special scenery added much to three pillion people have seen it -t put the show, ever big. least TWo times. ! The same big show will fee pre- Trr i0 rniiV.A that, fiftv oeonle rented or the las times tonight, a A' TT JVjVivi - for his personal usei but writes all his from your druggist and limber up. A letters by hand. His correspondencemoment after it is applied you'll won is large, much larger than he can at-"der ;what became of the backache or tend to. along with his other duties at lumbago pain bis -office. So he takes what is , left Rub old, honest "St. Jacobs Oil" i over home with him to his only luxury, whenever you have sciatica, neuralgia, i his castle.' home near Kettwig, and af- rheumatism or sprains,, as it is. abso-1 are required to properly present to nrana new sncv go.ng on .omorrow tsp dinner fin?shes it , if it takes until lutely harmless and doesn't bum the the public the gigantic production, a. mii'nec , the wee small hours of the morning, skin. Advt.-. There is an orchestra . of thirty ' care- "THE CAT'SPAW" AT GRAND. -f Despite his enormous wealth he has .. :'. fully selected musicians expert operr "Forgive me it was i I who told the never personally owned an automobile, TMR NEW GOVERNOR electricians and others wno pwice. ; :uu tuuBuFi;e-iuiLB.Cu xvw.- nor wiI1 iie rjde m one to save ms own , rKIl-,0 A . : viC ynDC a roster as 'large as that of ane but tha.was alter sne learaea time. He goes and .oraes from) his jei cjvm-; iwiu-r fact of St. John's wierd "double.' Its an home to his office on foot or in a street , T" inriflptit in "ThA flfltsnSw." a master tr nran.c o mnAaa . Ta.VAlnio1 Tokio. D6C. 18.--Pield Marshal ators, make up most dramatic companies, in much larger than the average He wears a modest, darkcolored j i i V r. Vl-r 1 x.2. i i - ' ' i ; . . . i. f i r'nnn f -rc ViiTviJAlii Hacoca tro f nTm pr It is the massiveness in both ma- urama wnicn uas ueeu ufougm uacs business suit msteaa 01 tne iormai iyommu. xx,v.t,T, 1 terial and manner of presentation cf to the Grand for tomorrow, with "morning suit" so generally affected in chief of they general , staff of f the The Birth of a Nat'on" that has "Gloria's Romance" in resporrse i- to Germany, and looks less like a multi- Japanese army has ; f been officially i made the public not only willing but many requests. It is one of the strong , millionaire than the average clerk. uppoiniea governor-geuerai ul vu- eager to pay the prices necessarily , est dramas ever seen on any screen, J From the 'very outset of his climb rca, in succession to Field Marshal charged for such a production. In a story of double-identity of a clever from comparative poverty to great Count Seiki Terauchi,- recently the Griffith spectacle the scenes of crook, who, finding his exact double riches, and above all to very great re- named prime minister of Japan, sheer strength and beauty are of Ho- in physical appearance engages him nown as an industrial leader, Herr It is understood that naval circles to impersonate himself, while he, the Thyssen has steadfastly refused 01 ail auuit? uisaiiyuiuimciH .o had hoped that some representative - "'. . . ' -l ' i,i In the late 60's he founded an iron 01 tne naval or saisuma cian womu Marc MacDer-! establishment in Duisburg with lis oc piacea in cnarge 01 Aorw, me ' ancient Hermit KinKdom. wnicn tne VUU 1 UOICI 9 1 KSVSU i, . meric erandeur. Not even Nero ever gazed upon such a magnifieient spec-, crook, takes advantage of the helpful ( titles. tacle. The night riding of the Ku aiiDis tnus turn:sned. Tfin-r Trinn innlrs likfi a mmnanv of! Miriam Nesbitt and avenging spectres sweeping along the mott have been given the opportunity total capital of 8,C , , . f thoir oofoorc fm. 'rfMmsMft fnw ' 9.d f(( ani in 1 R7i mntfed ihn ninnt Japanese have annexed to their em moonnt roaas. mere is a yiuiuiiai v,v,i v-i u.bv.v, ;vi r .- . .i... .: - j A r..-ti-j . v: t..i i it. . ; niw under the name of L-hOSen. mmrh in pvpfv ssrenp iui, v.viq worK m tnis curious arama to iviueinyim oa tue ivuur, wuere meic This reaiistic pictorial reproduction of history- in the making is of unto'd value to both young and old. Schools- founded on the popular novel of that later came into existence the plant name by. William Hamilton Osborne. , "Deutscber Kaiser," which today Tt is a tale of thrills, and marvelous eludes one-tenth of the coal lands of Viscount Hasegawa took a promi- winning many Drimant successes. ; His division wont a special victory in the battle . of Lisayang. . i After the conclusion of peace Gen eral Hasegawa .in 1907, was ap-; have been dismissed all over the "" ?AIuouo nuuayu, u0 uv...c0ti,Ua.m e,i6"v. ,o. United States so that the children eI in makinS !t uniQue in fascinating Just before the war there were em might attend matinee performances. &sPense. Perfectly mirroring the ployed some 20,000 men and thecoal . . ... fharm nnrl urin nf the hrwit fiplHtj nntoinp1 enmp S7A millinna rf Besides the historical worth or tnis - the bill w th "the final chap- cubic me ers of coai He is now the Pinted commander of the Japanese offering the constant emotonal throb " is on tne Diu. w-ta tne nnai cnap-;CUDic meters oi coai. tie is now tne sttftkmfetf4 in Korea and ro of the romantic story thrills the heart ter of ' Gloria's Romance," that great principal owner of half a dozen hue . e St . dn JS tenure of A t. ... tu 1 serial which for the past twenty industrial projects in the Rhineland. f mamed tnere during tne tenure oi 01 Al 155 LUC 6l""cmc urec , s ! office of the late wince no, tne nrsi of modern histrionism in its newest . . " v-JU"t"' 1 lU J&Wts A.:.i .-d h-fe v ? " A ? J' efface from memory i be miiw? ner Wittt which Mansfleui drf "BeriTerac, tossed his mZ ? crar;,These are specific in? illustrate my meauiug. ".was. tbe art of interpret fled. The player and his nft the great figure in such 41, the moving picture it is differ,. poetic simulation, the tour i .Th which arrests atteniim, e K "memories that are to liv0' u power.. The brain hoi,i.i tt never revealed, it ien,i if..,.s.at is - w i i rn vub HWl'U IS (1110 of IK1 thai attributes of true art ti,.. .. , rarsi is BUDjective. There is i. ,.: " lulfls t,i.' . " ";u iU" '.""'Kthin, the spoken drama. Pnr, i..,.,.ry,ltt and, if artistically doiu mere presentation may Lieutenant Pollner, a young and ,nifa nntrampiTPrt hv thp limitfltnua hundreds of Vvilmingtonians. Whether of the stage. Never dd those who or not, you will certainly want , to well known Danish f military aviator, you have followed this serial through is planning to make a record by or not, you will most certainly want , crossing the Atlantic. He figures that the comfort of a theatre seat for those w occ "" "l ""5. uUv.c cue i-iu .auus ai iorceiui and aramatic climaxes ever ! to wewroundiand can be covered in participated in the actual scenes ever see Jwhat can-be witnessed today m who lived then never had such a com ptehensive outlook. registered for the ending of any serial j about 30 hours, and the whole trip to ThP rnmW rP . - : lae-Dinn oi a aation wju oe ao- - w , . . ' . 'j t ' A R A WHOMrn Tl iMMri ! weataer' was net discovered until' sale of seats opens at the box; office next Thursday morning. It will be remembered how long were the linefe A NATURAL WONDER Edgemont, S. D.f Dec. 18. A nat- resident general.- He is tall in stat ure, of robust physique and in ap per ranee stern and dignified. It was first understood in Tokio that the gbverhor-generalship of Korea would go to General Yusaka XJehara, tie present chief of the gen eral staff of the army. rount Etienne Tisza. premier of late:-. Hungary and generally considered the In the hottest months of the year dominant personality in the dual mon- do forms in the tunnel, sometimes archy at the present time, is a man w of ticket, hnvers last seasnn and it . ' ' . . .lf "l "u of very simple tastes ana naous, ai- hardly seem's necessary to irhpress Si fom of n ic cave U to 'r' de- m"'-? t?" J? tat during cold though he posse,ses vast etates and TifL. f.isror's of i yuiciiusms mcir scii wen m au- tourists. The ice cave is situated at vance. Those who were disappointed Englewood and is one of the few last season will surely not need this natural wonders of its kind in the remainder. world. The production of "The Birth of a As la unique feature ; among the Nation" will be exactly as that of natural attractions of the Black Hills last season. The high standard of ex- it ranks with Wind Cave and with cellence will be maintained m every Crystal Cave, and in some respects is trickle through the rocks, which of the tunnel is a spot from which the heaviest snow is molted in win-1 NOTICE of FOBECLOStitn. ter and green grass is always found under and BY VIRTUE of tbe power there, in all seasons of the' year. &SSSS The formation of the ico is bekeved Sellara to the Co-operative Buildlnjr and to be du to thp nWiirp nf rprtain Loan Association, on the 15th day of Octo- " . , . i? P'V-enco OI ceIPn ber. A. D., 1814, which said mortprasre is Chemicals m the , Solutions Which rPfordert In hook 77. at nacre 76 of the Rec- nPT31l , " ji a t j,-, .... , . . . ..M i;,eu mcre wonaenui tnan euner or coming in contact with xue uiduiiee ynces h-iii range irom tnese. The cave has developed pe- air, cause a lowe ords of New Hanover County, default hav ing lpon mn1e in the navment of interest. currents of the undersitrned will esnose for sale oa ' Friday, the 28th day of December. A. D The night prices will cuiiar features which make it a most wil u , Vi " K . . Iftl.-at 12 o'clock M. at the Court Honse to n Jf- v . Jr Ird,lures' fn, mKe u a most Why the ice should disappear m vm- door in New Hanover County. N. C, for ts f1- , etS '3tifymg preposition. . ter is not. so easily explained unless .b af public auction, to-th -htenesfbld; be from 2o cents will go en sale at Elvington's Phar macy Thursday morning. ROYAL HAS BIG OPENING. with . the i Some, ten or eleven years ago, - what i now is the ice cave was run as a tun nel by the late Harve' Sheff er, and it IS that the Production Cf a lOW nf lanrt lvlnr nnrt hoinsr sltnato in th fMtv temperature, under the1 circum- ,pf VVilminsrton, County of New Hanove- f . State of North Carolina r rP?nitP tho HiM(miihio ,.,),., , . , , . . . .u.wo uu, jjcccui-u ui at a point in me eastern uespite tne aisagreeabie weather 1-ad been mished about, ninetv fppf - . A. isn. wnn,M,.;.t-o.r horirnn b W - j m xii iv 1 1 v.ut 1 rill fi i 11 J U ilt 1 1 Oil ""- p v-f last njght, capacity crowds attended into the hill when work wns ahan-!..:n, iu- u 1 j being one hundred and thirty two (132) the first onenine nf Wilminnn' r ' - -?? 4 with the chemicals contained in t he ,foet Houth of the intersection of the south- tne nrst opening of V ilming,on s oned as no satisfactory mineral solutions "rn line of Nixon street with the eastern newest and swellest vaudeville the f how'rg was encountered The fact ' " line of Fourth street, running thence east- atre, and were thoroughly delighted that it had the power of producing! Person & Rnlrs. headnuartPrs tnr liJltSSS Oeautiful hule - playiX3U&.- ice evon dnrinw-. fh hnffptit e.nmrntn r-s-i ' -. . . - .. 1 line ol James street, thence southwardly .." , - - ... .T.."" r. . "1 iU,iima8 Biippera.s- A-ii-i-zi;-. along t've said westeru line of .lames street (.W fee ; thence westwardl.v and parallel wifh NL on. street one hundred and fiftv I (1"i0) fit-, to the eastern line of Fourth street: tunce northwardly alone tlie said eastern lie of Fourth street thirty-three (.mi rcet i rue point or negmning. Hame being port f lot No. 3. in block 323, accord ing to the fficlai plan of the City of Wil mington. N. ('. . ; r . , Dated this 27tb day of November, A. D., 1fl . CO-OPE R AXi VR BTTTLDINO AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. Ry THOS. W. DAVIS. Attorney. l-2S-lnw-4w-tnes , ' I '-'' . r iM - mdm f fmi ti ft till -o'? iSTf--, , .. 6mv f! 1 1 - II iHV - I- . c ,0 M " 1 1 Mashers I : r-i y- , ': By D. W. GRIFFITH. HILE there has been a vast amount of comment regard ing the advent of the $2 mo tion picture, it seems to me that there really is no occasion for surprise that a picture should be pro duced which vies with the best offer ings of the dramatic stage. After all it is nothing but the old first law of nature the survival of the fittest The remainder is purely a question of s ection and execution. When it was first announced; that we intended to present "The Birth of a Nation" in a regular Broadway Thea ter, which had never played a picture attraction before, the wiseacres of the theater, world said it would not suc ceed. You see, they knew nothing of pictures. Most people had looked upon a motion picture drama as a ten cent proposition. They measured ev erything by the standard of price. It was not surprising that they overlook ed the fundamental facts in the case and were unprepared to pass judgment upon this undertaking. But in all truth there was nothing daring or ven turesome in it. You see, we knew what we had. That was an advantage which the other fellow had never tak en into consideration. , , : The significance of this is in the proof df the big picture being an undoubted success. There will be. many two dol lar pictures. The success wilt depend entirely upon how well they are done, and reverts back solely to a question of merit. It takes great care, time and pnnr-moim pxvene. to- produce a pic ture which will compare with the best the spoken drama can bring forth. But, given the, theme, the understanding and the ability to project his ideals, the moving picture director has a ma terial advantage over the stage direc tor who" puts on a comedy or a drama of contemporary life. The latter is confined and limited in his scope. He can show only certain scenes In the limits of three walls, and at best has only a few square feet in which to place his characters. For his back ground he must depend upon painted scenery and manufactured effects, which are, after all, only miserable imitations of natural, objects. I do not mean this in a spirit of criticism. There are fundamental Ideals , of the spoken drama Which make it the aris tocrat of the arts. Every one of us has pleasant 'recollections of great mo ments when true dramatists enjoyed the privileges of artistic interpreta tions. When a great actor throws the best there is in him into the principal role of a fine play you have a combina tion which is irresistible. I have been impressed deeply by such perform ances upon several visits to the thea ter. What painting or piece of sculp ture stands out in your memory to compare with this, living, 4 breathing th ing you are , part of . for a single evening. : Long. ..yearsy afterward In pleasurable reveries you recall the play and the player. Who over saw Irving's matchless work in V Lou is . XL" . ca n forget that wonderful scene when he urged the images on his cap to listen to him and yet, was equivocating, at I1' ,wl" Hvo. tJ V IIP m.l ' but the ideas ami . , " inpfal --" 1 1 -t uiiectiniio on and on as long as life insts 8s In motion pictures we have n j,, field in which to operate. n ti ,. ?ei these so called "effects" are iu. in, , 81 at' best. In the film play wo J' actual occurrence and are not h-imi ed by the size of our 8taKe or tim ber of people we can .-rowd . ' scene. If our story traverses t a , tlefield we show an actual hattlP If .it means, that 10,00o ,1P,,nI Utl part f this conflict we eU,p , ',fi people, rehearse them in minute doiv? and when we are ready we skw that scene as realistically as if v " were looking down fronva Iiiliw '"C. ""'"" cueageuii'ui or eontendiug Let us look into the c ost of scene for a motion picture miph't ,J you in the neighborhood of $:;( But the cost ends with the laki,',- ui the original negative. There are no salaries after this, and the only ex. pense is the comparatively slight one of making new copies from the orieinn negative. nai A. big spectacle on the stage can at the utmost employ 400 people iu a scene. This is an unusually large num. ber. It takes the same time and pains to xehearse them that it does to handle 10,l0O people in a motion pic ture scene But the stage production iroes on liir' with eight or ten performances a w.-oi' and the salaries and costumintr nf the supernumeraries run up to $2.m a week, so that at the end of two sea- sons these forces have cost ensiiv $150,000. Here you have twice the out- lay for 400 people that it costs a uio tion picture director to employ o,(Hhi. If there is any significance in iLJ figures they point an important moral without need of further explanation. In the same way we can ko atiel.l and get anything we want. If there is a shipwreck we show the aunry sea and the restless waves. For a lover's trvst we have but to pick out some sylvan dell and bring our players there and let them act as two people in love would act under a given circumstance, and the great audiences weave their own romances ' and do the larger share of the acting for that scene. Along the side Hnea we can have roses blooming ip. the sunlight with a snow crusted mountain in the background. In oar dramai the trees , ware in the breezes and blades of grass damp with real dewdrops are none too insignificant to become a part of the action. You see, an observing director has the world for bis studios. The centuries have been piling up these inexhaustible pro ductions for him. He has but to use artistic sense in the matter of selec tion. . The motion picture Is no longer an infant, art It is the newest and most powerful form of dramatic expression, and there is no end to, which it cafi be carried. I firmly believe the day will come wHeir great poetic "pictures will not only ' compare with the best of the legitimate stage, but will U upon a parity with the greatest pro ductions of grand opera -and at corre sponding prices. Remember, a few years ago it was the limit of extrnrr- .gance to spend $500 on a moving pis ture production. At that time w played to "five cent. audiences. Now w spend $500,000 on a picture, and we crowd the theaters everywhere at s2 a seat: jgy this. ratio what is to kin der the! sdperproducer from spending three times that amount and getting $5 a seat for.it?. - The Duke of Manchester, who mar ried Miss Helen Zimmerman, of Cin-! 3"nnati, was committed for trial byj-johu Graham London magistrate recently on a :harge of obtaining credit without lisclosing-that he. was an undischarg- State of North Carolina, County nf New Hanover. -In the Superior Court. NOTICJS. vs 4 4&L'!i'.iaC Lund LAST TIMES TdNFdlHT! 'S Trundle Girls In the Great Comedy Song Riot i ,-r 1 .: Scene -from - -auor," Returning to the Academy, Chrietm as Da vand the D.v , ' r't Vd I 7 Reels (1;34 Hour,); S and I0d: h ZJ lf t.miM. and Evening Performance ch'Day," ; , v,7 J- " m ;i '? ' v" r J --. if Niftiest Singlngr artd Dancing Chorus of the- Season. .7 HYJNCN(.rr ..World Famous, Ypdeler. Singing and Oanclhg Artists ' , Ton! g ht, 7i 30 and S;;i5e and 25e, if Carrie Graham.. The defendant' above named will ' take notice, that an action entitled as above Jiaa been commenced In. the Superior Court of New Ilanorer County, far an absolute di vorce from 'the bonds tit mstrimonv on the grounds of adultery ; and the said defend I nnt will further take notice thiif she is quired" to appear at the term -f tb SiiK-rir ( Court of said County, to be held " "r'J Monday in Jaduary, 1917, at the Court j nonse in said County, in "' unn I North Carolina, and answer er demur y I the complaint in ald action, or tt. l 'DV ke ! will: apply .to. the Court for the relief de manded in said complaiut. v This 12tu day of December. I!'1 t v W. N. HAUKISS. '"'"Clerk of Superior Court. 12-12-law.jw tue ffiiii TOMORROW ' Final Chapter Cf Tlict Fascinating .Serial Superb . ...1. L IMF l.Jf-.lt-l. wHtl 1 X-JLJJ I - . ! i 'it' - rrt-"m lit ltr i-t n'fcia BTii k ff-iitrr -r. ht-t hi i i fc tun wimiimihi i J r m J Academloilijic Wi"' 44 Rdtiiance StarknaoViheflfaBt TlVne On , Any Screen, Mile feuirfei 4' ' h Catsbawj . Miriam Nebiit and Maro:Mq Derriiott jh. Absolutely trie Mpjst Tn4a-, Ciripplng ;and -Unique D,rama of the oar, ' . Brotight Backjfn R8pon: to Hundreds Twice Christmas Day and Tuesday at 3:15 and 8:30 TRIUMPHANT RETURN ANDFAREWELL TOUR OF D. W. SAME oUP E RB SYM Pi O pi Y- ORCHESTRA OF. TWENTY RBDUCSDPRICES Nighty Fifty. Cents to One, Flfty: wiaimc., Cents to. One Dollar, Mail Orders Now.. .Send nionerdcr - and 1 self addressed return , EXACTLY AS- PRESENTED LAST SEASON TO OVER FIVE THOU- WILMINGTON THEATRE ouv"" .. .. . . - V