Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 87, 15 February 1912 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PAlXADIUM AND SUK-TEIiEGRAM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ,15, 19155.

Anl. Ur HUUbtllULU : EXHIBITS ATTRACTS VERY BIGCR0V7DS Two Floors of the Pythian Temple Are Filled With Latest Devices for the Modern Home.

MOVIfiG PICTURES THREATEI1 THEATRE

Broadway Sitting Up and Taking "Notice and Many Actors Who Formerly Scorned Film Stage, Now Seek Engagements with Latter.

(Continued from Page One) Harry Land, Mrs. Howard Dill. The tuberculosis exhibit, arranged by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, is also shown on the first floor, with a vast amount of "literature" on the subject for distribution. On Second Floor. The exhibits loaned by the merchants form one of the chief attractions on the second floor, the Craighead Plumbing and Electric Company showing a bewildering array of elec

trical appliances to make the work i

of I he housewife easy including the electric Iron, foot, warmer, toaster, cba-Jlng-disb, egg-cooking machine and a tea-brewing machine, among other?, with a curling-Iron heater, sewing-machine-motor, electric flreless-cooker, II lumlnatlng stove and a variety of objects of household use which can bo run by electricity.

i ne vv. m. Homey company nave an Interesting display of kitchen cabinets, the tireless cooker before referred to In charge of Mr. Snyder, the Jewel pus range and other things all set forth in "model kitchen." Nearby is the table set and decorated by the Flower Shop and which is charming with gold-banded dlshea and yellow flowers, Mr. Harry Shei,pard being In charge. The Jones Hardware Company has n exhibit which attracts - attention, under tbe charge of Mrs. Lovejoy and Mr. Hoos, and which Includes electric silver cleaning-pans, various dustless appliances, the Ideal tireless cooker and tbe enamel-lined gas range. Blair Converse and Clem Oaar nre displaying the Premier Vacuum Cleaner and the Light, Heat and Power Company has an exhibit of various gas and electric stoves and appliances for household use. One of the beautiful things shown Is the dress pattern of Manila work, from the Philippines, and all sorts of exquisite hand-made laces and embroideries, these in tbe art booth In chargo ot Mist Mary Wilcox, where is also to be found old china and braas, and satin flowers, a beautiful pitcher of r"- -ter being among the valuable exhibits. A Popular Booth. Tbe apron booth, presided over by Mrs. H. 8. Clark, Mrs. George Dougan. Mrs. Baylor and Mrs. R. K. Shera sold

almost its entire stock last evening, and the sandwich-room In charge of Mrs. frank Edmunds, and which was beautiful with flags, flowers and greenery where sandwiches. Ice-cream, cake and coffee are served, waa one of the attractions, Mrs. Edmunds being assisted by a corps of charming young women. The candy-booth held the center of tbe floor with Mi's. Glass in charg, the seventy-Are pounds of home-roado candies going oft rapidly. . Luncheon was served from eleven to one today and was heavily patronized, the oyster supper this evening to be served from five to seven. Miss Marshall's paper bag demonstration thla afternoon at which time he cooked chicken, sweet potatoes, baked apples and a dessert attracted a large crowd, thla being the first exhibition of this new form of cooking aeen here and was performed in a proficient manner by Miss Marshall. Tbe Association served tea this afternoon to the patrons of the exhibition, with Mrs. Hole in charge, tMs being one of the pleasant features of the affair. Tbe fish-pond has proved popular and the high school orchestra will give a program this evening.

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BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE. i The moving-picture theatre is said to be largely responsible for the present theatrical situation. Originally designed to appeal only to a certain element, it has now progreased .toward that degree of perfection in its present form which attracts regular theatre-going people. The decline of the gallery god is said to be directly attributable to the vogue of the moving-picture play, since this Impecunious patron of the drama can go live times to the latter where he could only buy an entrance into the higher priced amusement house once. In addition, the moving-picture manufacturers are becoming more discriminating, not only through necessary observance of certain laws now governing their production but because of their more catholic patronage which calls for something higher than the bloody melodrama which was formerly tbe favorite story told through this fascinating medium. For tbe moving-picture has all the charm of tbe pantomime play, with tbe added interest of a completer mine en scene than is possible, frequently, with a stage setting, and there are more scenes to make up for the explanatory dialogue of the staged production. The vast difference in price, of course, is the chief incentive toward attendance upon the moving-picture theatre but, aside from that, there are the other reasons named, and some, more personal to boot. The fact that the managers of films are,' more and more, evolving toward a genuine pantomime production of plays by competent players, is also significant. In instance, here in Richmond a few weeks ago, a play by Dion Boucicault a one-time prosperous, prolific and popular playwright was reproduced with no less a person than Chauncey Olcott in the title role. And the legitimate actor, who formerly looked with contempt upon the moving-picture and all its affiliations and associations, is now flirting in genuine earnest with its managers. To quote a writer from a recent number of "The Billboard" a well known theatrical magazine: "However, this does not altogether embrace the conquest of Broadway. Jy studio is situated only a short distance from that street, and every morning the waiting room is a living indication of Broadway's attitude toward the filmed play. Among the people applying for engagements are some whose very names have always brought them past the manager's office boy. Not only do we have a selection of people who have made good beyond a doubt, but we can get them at a figure for which they would never accept a Broadway contract. The reason Is plain. The work is not easier, but the conditions are a relief. Except for only occasional instance, the artist has his evenings to himself. He

can settle permanently In the city, and he is spared the wear and tear of

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any means. "But there's another reason, and that's perhaps the big one. When they are engaged In the film studio their salary begins with the first day they step on the stage. Contrast this with the weeks and weeks of rehearsal. And when the production is at last in shape, how often is the premiere the

graveyard of tbe piece? And the poor actor is out in the cold with a few weeks' time and energy and opportu nity a total loss. Is it any wonder then that picture work is more attractive? Here, if the poor actor makes good, is a -year's work, straight through, with occasional mid-week holidays on account of bad weather or ether varying studio conditions. There is no fear of closing suddenly, and no tedious repetition of the same business night after night. The picture artist's work is characterized by delightful variety ,and no matter how experienced the player, there is a thrill of expectant sensation every time he sees himself on the sheet in a new part. Taking it all in all the film studio's contract carries enough sunlight with it to outshine the lights on Broadway. "The actor folk have been slow to realize it, though. It's only a short while since the very people who now go the rounds of the studios to get a day's 'extra work looked with contempt on tbe film stage. To them it was in the same class with the side bhow at the country fair, or the ballyhoo at Coney Island; and today I hear them kicking themselves for not having investigated it earlier, "before so many came to the same conclusion as to its desirability." This is interesting commentary upon the gradual evolution of the relations between tbe regular and the moving-picture stage. How fascinating it would be, for example, if "Becky Sharpe," in the dramatization of "Vanity Fair," seen in one of the film theatres here this week, could have , been impersonated by her stage creator, Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske. While the reproduction, as said otherwhere, was most interesting it is true that the moving-picture actress did not give an entirely convincing characterization of Thackeray's fa-

mous heroine. It requires great his-i j rrionic subtlety to depict this complex 1 , feminine personality, and the young woman who took the role in the film reproduction, was not equal to it. Nonetheless it gave great pleasure not only to the lover of Thackeray and of the more refined dramatic presentations but to the usual frequenter of the moving-picture theatres, since its comedy characters, like

Jos" Sedley, make a universal appeal. So far this season, that is, the reg

ular theatrical season, several of the

world's great literary masterpieces have- been seen in the film theatres notably,' Dante's "Inferno," one of the greatest poems of ail literature and a classic; Browning's "The Blot on the 'Scutcheon;' Thackeray's "Vanity

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literature, dramatized and cast by celebrated histrions! In time this might be included in the college curriculum as well as in the repcrtorys of the film theatres.

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