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I Pictures Show Scenes On Bloody
Fields; Were Taken by Photog.
rapher of Chicago Paper
SPLIT PROFITS WITH REI1 CROSS
Those people who have read about
the great European war (which means
practically everybody), and who have
been anxious to know the true condi-
tions on the fields of battle, will have
an opportunity to learn the facts when
the Chicago Tribune. European war
pictures, the first and only authentic
motion views of the vast battlefields,
are shown at the Whitney theatre,
January 9 and 10.
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The Chicago Tribune secured the
sole and only permission to take pic-
tures on the firing line, and the daunt-
less bravery of their staff photogra-
pher, Edwin F. Weigle, who was un-
mindful of bullets and bursting shells,
resulted in the most sensational set
of pictures ever taken in the history
of photography. All the so-called war
pictures heretofore seen, were merely
manoeuvers. These views were taken
when the actual fighting was in prog-
ress. They are graphic to the minut-
est detail. The German siege guns
may be seen working their deadly
havoc, the men in the trenches are
seen directing their steady fire, the
wonderful Belgian dog batteries, of
which so much has been written, are
seen in action. The pictures are a
vivid document of the greatest war in
the world's history, and the Belgian
Red Cross receives 50 per cent of the
proceeds of the exhibition.
At The Naiestle
Capacity audiences should be the
x Schwartz, in "Menlo Moore's," "Young America,"
Thurs.-Fri,-Sat., Dec. 17, 18, and 19,
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the offer made by vaudeville mana-
gers.
This great actress who is without
doubt the greatest attraction on the
stage today will appear for one per-
formance only at the Whitney thea-
tre Friday, January 8, 1915. Mailj
Elsa Ryan in "Peg 0' My Heart, Whitney theatre, Saturday, Dec. 19, matinee and night
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everybody
to human
picture men
heir greatest
avlowa is no
\ax Rabinoff,
lave been ap-
e with most
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orders with check enclosed will be rule at the Majestic for the show that the week, as the program has the dis-
filled in order of receipt. l opens Monday, for the first half of tinction, of being absolutely free from
a.ny boresome feature, and it will be
hard to pick which .act has the honor
;of being the official headliner. Those
behind the arrangement of the three
day schedule and the distribution of
the attendant stipends, accord - the
leading position to Maxim's models, a
group of five experienced poseurs not
unknown to Ann Arbor.
t >... The Maxim act is a splendid one
for any vaudeville bill,- let alone a
show for which no greater toll is ex-
acted from the public than at the Ma.
Iestic. The pictures are displayed,
}. '"--,-r""< within a beautiful gilded frame, 4t the
rear of the stage, flanked on either
side by rich velvet curtains. Each
subject pictured is the replica of a.
noted painting, and the act is far from'
v being a mere "living picture" affair.
The. backgrounds a r e exquisitely
painted and the lighting effects are'
Isuperb, their tinting and brilliance
y Nchanging during each picture, so that
thepictures are made to suit the,
-- l varied tastes of those "In front." . The
Scene from Max Bloom's, "New Sun nyside of Broadway," "That's My subjects range from rustic Bretons
Horse." At the "Maj estic," Christmas Week and Millets to the very modern and
muchly discussed Char ois concoc-.
tion, "September Morn." Perhaps the-
best tribute that could be paid to the
Maxims is to state that this painting,.
representing the high mark of nudity,
is so exquisitely posed that the ele--
ment of indecency is removed, no mat-
ter how strange it may. seem that
some of the other "poses" styled "Ruth-
and, Naomi," "The Boatman," "Dte
and Beatrice" and .other "full dress-
ed" works of art secure as much ap-
plause as the shivering .jid in the
icy water, whose nakednes so alarm-
ed the country recently. The. patri-
otic finale, "The Spirit of '76" as. in the
past should-create.a lot of eathusiapm.,,
Most people will consider "Hop
Kee's Dream"..a close rival for- head-
line honors. It certainly should prove
an act of distinct novelty. Briefly,
Hop Lee, a Western Chaen, has
a "pipe-dream," in which he blandly
allows a cow-girl to pin a red ,rose
on him, and thereby causes her cow-
boy lover to .get .on his trail,. with a
sooting-iron of generous proportions.
Three capable artists make tle situa-
tion exciting, but the strength of the
act is in William Bence's superb de-
picture men want to
Pavowa in several of
ts and divertissements.
ffered Pavlowa $75,000
rter interest in the film,
f1y dance one ballet and
-ku own divertissements
sera. So far, Pavlowa
entertain any and all
ally because she has
y engaged filling her
ments, that she has not
o devote to being filmed.
and highly probable at
e, that Pavlowa will
motion picture camera
.lineation of the Chinaman. He is the
best "chink" seen on the stage since
William Rock appeared with Richard
Carle in "The Tenderfoot," and in
some respects he is an improvement
over Mr. Rock. Two-thirds of the
lines are genuinely funny, and the fun.
is unusually clean and original. Per--
haps the best stunt is when Mr. Bence
slpws how a Chinaman figures up a
lapndry list and finds it comes to fif-
teen cents. All of the sketch is en-
tertaining and the staging thoroughly
adequate.
Kumy, Bush & Robinson, will pre-
sent a novelty entitled "Fun in a
Music Store." An elongated comedian
with a lisp, a pretty girl with a sweet
voice and a lot -of dancing ability, .and
a little fellow who plays the piano-and
does other harmless things constitute
the "company," the girl and the pian-
ist- "feeding" the skinny gentleman's
comedy throughout. Here, too, more
originality, along the comedy line, is
in evidence than usually accompanies
a similar act.
One of the nicest things on the bill
is furnished by the Three American
Girls, harmony singers. The young
women are good to look on, and they
are also highly efficient vocally. One
of them possesses a beautiful mezzo-
soprano voice, which shows to advan-
tage in .a solo number. The others
ielp compose .a trio that really har-
monizes-and this is somewhat of a
novelty for a trio.
Karl, a "one-string fiddler," who an-
nounces that he doesn't care so much
for the salary he gets as he does for
"having, a good time," must be con-
ceded that at the rate he squeezes mel-
ody from a "violin" consisting of a
cigar box, a pine stick and one string
he should be able to make a real fid-
dle sound like a full orchestra. *
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managers also have been
Pavlowa for their circuits.
n offered $210,000 for 20
she refused point blank
nark, "I am not a circus
id will never appear on a
-ained animals." Inciden-
t be added that Pavlowa's
city is much larger than
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tcer with "Max Bloom's
Sunnyside .of Broad-
y" at the Majestic
Cliristm s Week
Scene from "Peg 0' My Heart," Whitney Theatre, Matinee and Night Sit uxday, Dec. 19th