Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

1754 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 9, 1916 and that eho came to meet the doctor. Harwood Is convinced and goes to beg bis wife's forgiveness for bis suspicions. Nan's Intended, Allen, bas listened to her confession of guilt, but be knew tbat sbe was nobly telling a He to\ gave her sister. After beating up the cowardly Thornton, he gathers the crushed, heroic girl into his arms. GEORGE KLEINK. GLORIA'S ROMANCE (Chapter 15, "The Murderer at Day" — Two Parts — Aug. 28). — Gloria Stafford upon being taken prisoner aboard Gideon Trask's barge, after she has followed the man she believes to be the murderer of Richard Freneau, her fiance, watches and waits for an opportunity to escape. She assists Nell Trask about her household tasks and when the two girls are folding up a table cloth, Gloria suddenly flings the cloth over the head of Nell and later binds her securely to a chair. Gideon, who has been on deck, hears the noise of the struggle below and comes down to investigate. Gloria attacks him with a red hot poker and finally succeeds in tieing him up also. Jed, a deckhand, comes to the rescue, but Gloria trips him up, hastens on deck, slams down the batch, and donning an oil skin coat and bat leaps down into a dinghy attached to the barge by a rope, and makes her way to shore. Arriving oil shore Gloria commandeers an automobile and speeds away toward her country home. Doctor Royce and Pierpont Stafford, meanwhile, grown nervous over Gloria's absence from home, imagine that she may have gone up to the Stafford home in the country, and motor there to seTek her. GLORIA'S ROMANCE (Chapter No. 16, "A Modern Pirate" — Two Parts — Sept. 4). — Gloria, after running away with the auto of the young man who sought to flirt with her, drives to her country home, and there first relieves the anxiety of her father, brother and Doctor Royce qyer ber whereabouts, and then frightens them more than ever by telling of the hair-raising adventure through which she has been. She insists that the man who murdered Freneau, her fiance, is even then plowing up the Hudson river aboard the barge from which she has just escaped, and that someone must go with her to capture him. Doctor Royce and Gloria proceed to a point from which they can overlook the river and there in the distance they behold the barge just disappearing from sight. Gloria, Royce and Pierpont himself board the Stafford private yacht and set off in pursuit of Trask. When the murderer discovers he is being followed he shoots at the pilot in the wheelhouse of the yacht, wounding the man, but failing to stop the pursuit. Later Doctor Royce wounds Trask and within a few moments the yacht has drawn alongside the barge and Trask, his daughter Nell, and Jed, his mate, all are made prisoners, and taken back to the Stafford country home. There David and Lois, his wife, as well as Judge "Freeman are waiting their coming and Judge Freeman in particular fears the consequences, for he has warned Gloria that the capture of Trask will surely result in bringing more ^sorrow and unhappiness down upon her and <hose she loves, though he has refused to' ga farther in his explanation of what he meani. INTERNATIONAL FILM CORP. HEARST INTERNATIONAL NEWS PICTORIAL NO. 67 (Aug. 22). Paris, France. — President Poincaire reviews troops of the Allied forces, Including soldiers of France, England, Australia and East India. San Francisco, Cal. — Ella Crist, expert swimmer, risks her life in a heavy sea, swimming around Seal Rock. New York. — Citizen sailors begin one month's cruise on U. S. warships, while they will learn the duties of the men of Uncle Sam's Navy. Geneva, Switzerland. — Horse-racing is introduced in this city, and for the first time, Switzerland's society attends a racing meet. Hoboken, N. J. — Ambassador Elkus and his family, sail on the Oscar II for Constantinople, where he will begin his duties as United States Representative in Turkey. New York. — Girls instructed by Miss Marlon Morgan, execute classic dances with skill and grace. Washington. — 640 employees of railroads, visit President Wilson to discuss the threatened strike of all the Railroad Brotherhood Members of the country. The President entertains at luncheon, former leaders of the Progressive party, who are supporting him for re-election. New York. — The Brooklyn National League Baseball Team is making rapid progress towards participation in the coming World's Series. Manager Robinson directs the hard fought game with Boston. Fort Warren, Mass. — The giant guns protecting the United States along the Atlantic Coast, are fired In practice to display their efficiency. Footlights and Fashions. — The Dolly Sisters, who are playing In "His Bridal Night," appear In fall hats of the latost designs. All The Players of prominence in any sized picture can be furnished instantly— WIRE US YOUR WANTS — If you fail to display the face of a popular player who is appearing at your house, you are overlooking an opportunity for larger receipts. THE FACE OF A WELL-KNOWN PLAYER prominently displayed will draw more money than the mere announcement of a name. LARGE HAND COLORED PICTURES Size 22 x 28 inches, 75 cents each. Every prominent -player. FAC-SIMILE OIL PAINTINGS, all sizes, from $8 to $25 framed. Quotations submitted on any size, framed or unframed. THE SEMI-PHOTO POST CARDS, $3.50 PER THOUSAND, of over 600 players. The indispensable article for your mailing list. PHOTOGRAPHS, SIZE 8 x 10, of all the prominent players, 600 different names, 20c. each. LARGE PICTURES, HAND COLORED, size 11 x 14, all the prominent players, $2.00 per dozen; in aluminum frames, 50c. each. GRAVURE FOLDER, containing pictures of the prominent players, including stars from the stage, $10.00 per thousand. SINGLE COLUMN CUTS of every prominent player, 40c. each. KRAUS MFG. CO. 220 West 42nd Street, NEW YORK 12th Floor Candler Building Send for Catalogue of over 600 players and samples free. Write us, giving details of your dull nights, and we will send you a remedy. When writing to Advertisers kindly mention Moving Picture World. EVERYTHING FOR YOUR PLAYHOUSE MACHINES SUPPLIES— REPAIR PARTS All makti of machines carried in stock. W« • quip theatre* completely. "The Exhibitor* Mail Order House" 947 PENN AVE. PITTSBURGH. PA. New York.— The Convention of 25,000 Catholic Delegates is opened with High Pontifical Mass, at St Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth avenue. Three Cardinals — Farley of New York, O'Connell of Boston, and Gibbons of Baltimore — officiate at the opening service. Salonika, Greece. — A thrilling ride with staft photographer Ariel L. Varges, in a British seaplane, skimming the waters of Salonika Harbor, and soaring over the city in a giant naval aeroplane. HEARST INTERNATIONAL NEWS PICTORIAL, NO. 68 (Aug. 25). Chicago, 111. — Dario Resta wins the Grand Prix Cup in an exciting race here. On the Austro-Italian Front — Pictures of actual fighting of nations in the mountains where the Central Powers and the Allies are gripped in a gigantic struggle. Readville, Mass. — Aviator Domenjoz is defeated by Donald Pope in a race between a monoplane and a motorcycle. Footlights and Fashions. — Miss Tanscl Dolly, of the famous Dolly sisters, now playing in "His Bridal Night" at the Republic theater in New York, appears in the latest gowns of her own creation. Tacoma, Wash.— Charles Evans Hughes, Republican nominee for President, addressee an audience of 14,000 persons here. New York. — In the annual practice at Fort Totten, L. I., the giant mortars guarding the coast, are fired in an efficiency test. San Diego, Cal. — Gathered around the first outdoor pipe organ at the San Diego Exposition, Military High Mass is celebrated by Catholic Dignitaries. South Boston, Mass. — Poor city children are given an ideal outing at Castle Island, and are returned at the end of the summer, with their health renewed. It costs five cents a dav to care for each child. Mineola, N. Y. — Mrs. Waldo Pierce passes dangerous tests required of a licensed aviator and plans to become the first woman member of the United States Army Aviation Corps. New York. — Cured of infantile paraylsis many children are treated in the New York Hospital for Deformities, and bv special treatment, paralyzed legs of little tots are straightened and made whole. Near Salonika, Greece. — The great offensive of the Allies in the Balkans is on and French British and Serbian troops have joined in the move against the armies of the Central Powers British artillery protects from hostile aviator* by ineeniously covered gun pits fire death dealing shells over the trenches occupied bv the Bulgarians. ■ BEATRICE FAIRFAX (Episode 1, The Missing "« atchman— Two Parts— Aug. 7).— The prologue opens with an interior view of the office of the editor of the New York Evening Journal. Mr. Brisbane is seated at his desk, dictating. His private secretary enters, and receives instructions. "Tad," the cartoonist, comes in with his "comic" for the day and receives an O. K. on It from Mr. Brisbane. As he leaves, the managing editor enters, accompanied by Beatrice Fairfax. The three engage in an animated conversation in which Beatrice Fairfax outlines eertain work she has in mind and the prologue ends. The first episode shows Beatrice Fairfax e.t her desk, opening her mail. One letter in particular interests her. It is signed by Mary Ryan, who tells the confidante that she believes her fiance, who is a watchman in a bank, Is growing cold in his affection. The next scene shows the reportorial rooms of the Isew York Evening Journal. "Jimmy Barton," the star reporter, hurriedly enters with a story of a bank robbery. As he writes, Beatrice looks over his shoulder and. reading his copv. sees that suspicion points to the watchman of the bank. She recalls Mary Ryan's letter, and tells Jimmy. Beatrice and Jimmy hurrv In a taxi to Mary's home. There they learn her story. There Is. of course, "another woman." Meantime the bank robbers are seen enmeshing the watchman. He flirts with the "other woman" and she inveigles him Into their den. There they bind and gag him and take his uniform. One of them Impersonates him as the watchman at the bank. At midnight he admits his confederates. There is a thrilling scene, showing the robbers drilling the door of t he vault. They escape with the money. Mary's home is again shown. Beatrice and Mary start out to find Mary's rival, while Jimmy docs some sleuthing. He trails a notorious bank robber to his home and hears him relate the story of the robbery to his mother. They catch Jimmy eavesdropping. A fight follows and the robber and his mother escape from the house. Jimmy hears groans in the cellar, and finds the bank watchman there bound and ga Eged. He tells Jimmy how the "other woman" led him into a trap at her home. Together they leave to locate the house. Beatrice and Mary have reached there before them. The robber with whom Jimmy had the fgbt sees them peeping through the