Thursday, February 24, 1918.
PAGE THREE
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OFFERINGS AT THE
LOCAL THEATERS
Managers of local theaters make the
following announcements today:
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t ' COMING ATTRACTIONS, A
. At the Auditorium. K
H "The Birth of a Nation,"
a? today, tomorrow and Saturday. I
l Matinees tomorrow and Satur- H
day. . ft
? The opera "Erminie" by local ?
? talent, at Auditorium, Friday t
H evening, March S, and Saturday if.
H March 4. matinee. it
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"The Birth of a Nation." ,
'The Birth of a Nation," will again
be seen at the Auditorium today, to
morrow and Saturday, with a mati
nee performance both tomorrow and
Saturday: Many out of town people
will be in Ashevllle with the purpose
of only seeing "The Birth of a Na
tion." The management states that
the matinee performances will start
promptly at 3 o'clock and the even
ing performances at 8:15 o'clock.'
"The Birth of a Nation" is the largest
and most Important production of a
decade, yet not a word Is spoken
throughout the two hours and forty'
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Exact Copy of Wrapper;
THC OKHTAUR 6QMMNV, NCW VORIt CITY.
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possible, and the picture fades. Bar
bara Tennant is featured in this five
part photoplay which was written
by Owen Davis. ,
they will have another country store
at the Majestic tomorrow.
V'fik PARISIAN ROflSftCE
Featuring H. Cooper Cliff c and Doro
thy Greer at Strand Tomorrow.
is shown in five reels. The dramatic
situations are numerous and power
ful in "Rags." The Galax orchestra
has arranged a most attractive musi
cal program to accompany the pi&
tures for today. Tomorrow Robert
At the Majestic.
The Elsie McGeorge Musical Come
dy company will prseent for the last
half of this week their newest musi
cal farce comedy called, "Bud and i
Henry in Mexico." In this musical
farce there are two blackface come
dians who are really funny. "Sugar-
foot" Gaffney, who scored a decidd
hit the early part of the week will
be seen In the leading comedy role
today, tomorrow and Saturday in
"Bud and Henry in Mexico." An en
tire change of songs and i costumes
will be seen in the offering for the
last of this week. This popular musi
cal comedy company has been play
ing to capacity houses at every per
formance at the. Majestic. This com
pany carries a good chorus and the
comedy Is without a doubt a decided
departure from the usual run of tab
loid musical comedies. There will be
a dally matinee and two night per
formances of "Bud and Henry in
Mexico" today, tomorrow and Satur
day. The management : states that
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At the Strand.
Willard Mack and Enid Markey of
Triangle fame are the stars in "The
Conquerer," the chief Triangle play
at the Strand theater today. This Is
said to be one of the greatest dramas
ever produced by the chief director
of the Triangle forces, Thomas H.
Ince, and is in five acts. The second
offering is that in which Mack Swain
of the Mack Sennet forces stars, ir.
"A Movie Star," in two acts. This
Keystone Comedy furnishes more than
its share of laughter. The manage
ment announces William Fox's latest
and best photoplay tomorrow as their
attraction. "A Parisian Romance" is
the title of this great play picturized
from Richard Mansfield's greatest
and latest, success of the same name.
H. Cooper Cliffe and Dorothy Green
share honors in this production and
are supported by an excellent cast of
William Fox actors and actresses.
This hi said to be one of the film
play events of the year, : in which
William Fox has won many laurels.
The Strand orchestra has arranged
appropriate music for this produc
tion, which will be given at the morn
ing, afternoon and evening perform
ances. ,
See the heavy weight lifters, Appolo
& Belvidere at the Y. M. C. A. Circus.
2-23-6t.
LASSEN'S PERFECTION FLOUR
goes farther. Therefore is cheaper
to use. Sold In an absolutely Sani
tary Sack. 5-t
Don't miss the great electric wire
act at the Y. M. C. A. Circus Wednes
day, .March, 1st, . 2-23-St.
'PROSPERITY PLANS
LADIES tT RECEPTION
Board of Trade Sends Out In
vitations to Banquet on
Tuesday Evening.
The following invitation is being
received in the city today:
"The officers and directors
of the
Ashevllle Board of Trade
' and
The Ad-Club Division
Invite you-to be present
at the
Ashevllle 'Prosperity' Dinner
Battery Park Hotel
Tuesday, February Twenty-ninth'
Seven-thirty o'clock
Plates One Dollar Business Drss
Music
No financial pledges will be asked."
The arrangement committee Is at
wnrlr nn lhA tnftnn for the SUread and
on the list of speakers who will tell
why Ashevllle should pause on the
extra day allowed by the time table
of February and the revolution of
the solar system to see how mucll
prosperity has been granted to It for
16. The occasion promises to oe
one of the most successful held tin
der the auspices of the board of
trade and It is believed that at least
300 persons will sit down to a ban
quet that will in itself make the par.
lakers feel prosperous.
Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer of Char
lotte Hostess at Club of
Colonial Dames.
CANT FIND DANDRUFF j
Every bit of dandruff disappears
after oiie or two applications of Psn
derine rubbed well Into the scalp with
the finger tips. Get a 25-cont bottle
of Danderlne at any drug store and
nave your hair. After a few applica
tions you can's find a particle of dan
druff or any falling hair, and the scalp
will never Itch.
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'STI
BECOMES COATED
IF
CONSTIPATED
Washington, Feb. 24 Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, wife of the secretary of the
navy, and Mrs. William C. Gorgas
were the guests Tuesday afternoon at
at reception at the club of the Colon
ial Dames with Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer,
of Charlotte, as hostess. Many of the
most prominent North Carolinians In
Washington, including Mrs. Lee Slater
Overman, Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory,
the Misses Overman, Mrs. Yates
Webb, Mrs. John H. Small, Mrs. Rob
ert N. Page, Mrs. Thad .Page and
many other members of the families
of senators and congressmen, were in
attendance. Among the out-of-town
guests were Mrs. Haskell Porcher and
Mrs. Robert Dunn, both of Charlotte,
Those receiving with Mrs. Brenizer
were: Mesdames Josephus Daniels,
William C. Gorgas; Edward Gregory,
daughter of Senator Overman; Robert
N. Page, E. Yates Webb, William
Bally Lamar, Robert A- Dunn, Has
kell Porcher, Samuel Spencer, presi
dent of the Colonial Dames club.
In the second parlor: Mrs. Adelaide
Worth Bagley, Mrs. Charles Baltimore
Calvert.
At the punch bowl: Mrs. Arthur
Lee and Mrs. James Carroll Frazer.
Presiding at the tea table were the
ex-president of the club of Colonial
Dames: Mrs. Eugene van Rensselaer,
Mrs. Edward Gheen and Mra George
Porter.
Assisting in the tea room were:
Mrs. Richard P. Williams, Mrs. Mln
nle Bagley, Mrs. Marray Addison,
Mrs. Hughes Ollphant, Miss Sophie
Casey, Mrs. Harold Rust, Mrs. Henry
C. Crocker, Mrs. Edward Kondrup
and Mrs. Frank K. Cameron,
The dainty debutants assisting were
the. daughters of the official families
of Northi Carolinians now In Wash
lngton!
Misses Katheryne and Grace Over
man. Misses Maybelle and Katherlne
Small, Miss Annie Pou and Miss Eliz
abeth Clayson, of Georgia.
five minutes' performance. Music
supplies the absence of speech, me
chanical effects and realism, whilst
the wizard of the screen, David W.
Griffith, unfolds In 12,000 feet of
film the thrilling romance of the w-ir
between the states and the recon
struction of the southland. Some
faint idea of its magnitude may be
When cross, feveriBh and sick
give "California Syrup
of Tigs."
Children love this "fruit laxative,"
and nothing cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
a hiM aimniv will not stoD playing
to empty the bowels, and the result Is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver et sluggish, stomach
sours, then your litis one becomes
cross, half-slek, feverish, don t eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath Is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! He It tongue Is coatd. then
give a teaspoonful of "California Sy
rup of Figs." and In a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undlgtrted food passes out of the sys
tem and you have a well, playful child
again.
Millions of mothers give "California
Byrup of Figs" because It la perfectly
harmless: children love It and it never
falls to set on the stnn.arh, liver and
bowels.
Ask your druggist for a I0-cnt1ot-tle
of "California Hyrti of Figs."
whlrh baa rn directions for babies,
rhlldren nf all ages end for grown-up
plainly printed on the bottle. Jleware
of counterfoils Mild hre. flft Ihe
genuine, made by "California Klg Jty
rnp company." P.fuae any other
BJp4 wilt) contempt, '
YUAN FAMILY OP CHINA
MUST MOVE OUTSIDE
PALACE GROUNDS
Peking. Feb. 24. President Yuan
Shl-kal, the Emperor-elect, has Issued
an order that the members of the Im
portal clan of the Yuan family now
living within the Forbidden City are
to move outside of the palace grounds
This order, of course, does not apply
to his Immediate family.
The Yuan clan Is a Urge one, and
has been well looked after by the
president However, it would be quite
In violation of sH precedents for him
to permit 'relatives other than his Im
mediate famllyto live wllhln the Im
pertal grounds, s With his accesnlon to
the throne, the emperor must draw a
aharo distinction between hlmaclf and
his clansmen, as now they become his
sublects.
In china there h.s been much crlt
Idem of the Influence which relative
have had on the emperors. Even now
appeals are directed to Yuan Phl-kal
that ha shall Influence the drawing u
of the new constitution In such a way
s to make It Impossible for th
women of Imoerlal families to hsvo
undue Influence upon Ihe emperor,
LASSEN'S PERFECTION Is the
only Flour sold at Ashevllle Id an ab
aolulely Sanitary Back. 1-61
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if'WSiSSiiP
PRINCESS
TOD AY
BARBARA TENNANT
in i
"The Marked
Woman"
In Five Acts
By Owen Davis
5c ADMISSION 5c
LEF. & GRANT AT APPOMATTOX IN "THE P.IRTH OF A NAION," AUD
ITORIUM THURSDAY, MAT INEES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Warwick will be seen In his latest
characterization, In "The Sins of SO'
clety."
"WHERE THOUSANDS MEET THOUSANDS"
TODAY '"'
f Steffi? 1
FAMOUS PLAYERS
MARY PICKFORD
"RAG
ALSO TODAY
PARAMOUNT PICTOGRAPHS and PATHE NEWS
GALAX SUPERB ORCHESTRA
ADMISSION
-5 and 10c
At the Princess.
"The Marked Woman," which will
be the attraction t the Princess to
day Is said to be an Interesting story
of the Boxer uprising in 1900. In a
''"vKW'A-Vi
IV J it " f
had from the facts that 18,000 actors
and 3,000 horses took part and that
the stuging of this great "outdoor
drama" cost half a million dollars.
This city will be favored with the
original production from one of the
large cities, New York. Boston, ana
Chicago, where It was first simulta
neously shown. The advance scat sale
is now open for all performances.
At tho Galax.
Mary Pickford In "Rags," will be
the chief attraction at the Galax to
day. The first release of the Para
mount pictographa and the latest
Paihe news will also be shown today
In connection with the five part com
edy drama, "Rags." When this Para
mount picture was shown here some
time ingo, hundreds were unable tc
gain admission to see the screen's
supreme favorite In one of her great
est characterizations. "Rags" was
written by Edith Barnard Delano and
TONIGHT !
AT THE
Strand
YOU SLY SEE
T K I A,N G li E
K , t K
r L A Y 8
X t
The Conqueror
With
WILLARD MACK
ml
ENID MARKEY
' MACK BWAIN
Will Make You I ugh In I
"A Movie Star"
SMC BOTH ILAYrf
injniminiiuiul"
MAJESTIC THEATRE
TODAY, TOMORROW AND SATURDAY
The Elsie McGeorge Musical Comedy Co.
Presents "SUGARFOOT" GAFFNEY in
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"Bud and Henry in Mexico''
M
IRTHFUL
USICAL
ELANGE
PLENTY OF LAUGHS
RETTY GIRLS
OPULAR SONGS
Matinee Daily 3:15
Children 10c
Adults 20c
TWO NIGHT
PERFORMANCES
7:15 AND 9:30
NIGHT PRICES:
300 Seats 30o
300 Seats 20c
Henry B. Walthall In "The Birth of
Nation, at the Auditorium To
day, Tomorrow and Saturday. t
peaceful Russian hamlet the sister of
Olga Pettos is killed by Count Bobrl
koff and his Cossacks. She joins the
Nihilists'. Her brother is sent to China
to deliver an Important message and
she accompanies him. Four years
elapse. In' the meantime Dare nas
been hunting for her. He finds out
where she is snd leads a rescue party.
In the fight the prince accidentally
shoots his own son. Dare wishes to
take Olga with him. 8he says it la im-
' e i'
TOMORROW-
vh-liam vox
I'rcscnts
RICHARlk MANSFIELD'S
UrratCHt Hiuxtwa
"A Parisian
Romance"
With
H. COOPER CLIFFE
and
DOROTHY GREEN
YOU KNOW THK FOX
I'IIOTOILAYH HO IHVT
MISH THIS
JUu
Hi
Nights Beginning Thursday, Feb.
MATINEES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
24
KEATS ON SALE TUESDAY AT ALLISON'S DRUG STORE
ASHEVILLE RETURN ENGAGEMENT
T NIGHTS ROc, 11, $1.50, $2.00. NIGHTS : 8:15
JL riCeS MATINEES 2.V, 50c, 75c, $1 MATINEES 3 P. M.
D. 17. Griffith's 8th Wonder of the World
rho Most Stupendous Dramatic Spectacle the Brain of Man
m as a m mm a M 1
Has Yet visionea ana ueveaieu.
18,000
Pooplo
3,000
Horses
t3 Prc-a:a
Cost
500,000
ToOmt-aibrwTwtroo
RstnittassM sy asvejHM
sheofc es ansMnsy sv4ev
and stamens! anas' see will
have hnmaafufta attsntanw
) irs7f fof k u
Highly Important
"The Birth of a Na
Hon" will aever be pro
seated la any bat tho
tklgbeot class thee era
and at prices charred
tor the best theatrical
attractions.
D. W. Griffith.
SEE
DecislTS battles of th
ClrU Wart Bbermaa's
March to tho Beat cities
built op, oaly to be de
stroyed before yoor
eyc i Great and Leo at
Appomattox; tho trag
edy of th death nf
Abraham Laaeolai Pe
tersburg at th crest of
th mighty invasion;
bow bravely th moth
ers aad sister did their
part; history la - th
making.
30-SYIY1PHONY OnCHESTRA OF-E
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