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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 4

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4 1923 HSfie Reel Planers portrayal ibered In snnE bdmw DS Stated by NED WAYBURN Ji IP 9 ffl to come NEW NOW! 'TA en "Thc'Daddy of Them edit SOLD EVERYWHERE Orchestra jETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HALL OSSIP GABRILOW1TSCH Conductor U1 Mun il 5' TICKETS $100 to At GRINNELL'S sZk UM fAPITOI GHUBEDT raQoETRmrlrtrKpPERAHOUSE ACNK OEiT HIS I ggEUHS ADAMg lASALLEGARDEM niv5rT4n OrpheuM Broadway Sira AND HIS AMOUS Evening to $400 Wed Met $1 to $230 Set Mat $1 to $300 i Woodward nt Kenilworth "THE IOHT it ttathlng pop and fav Thls and GREAT ORCHESTRA COOK COHAN Det News Pictorial 2 HOUR BILL Com at a hotel dele In The cordial recognition of the name Interstate can only be the result of the fixed de pendability of its steel its service and its men HARDLY ABLE TO CLOSE UP HANDS WALTER QUIGLEY Rpreentotioa ord Building Phone Cadillac 634 and 635 Another case tn which this surpris ing herbal medicine Plant Juice gave blessed relief from rheumatic trouble was described to The Plant Juice TZBIXXS! ULUGHS! SHOCKS KM Rheumatic Pain JSO Year Old Prescription A 28S1 Gives Quick Relief A constitution treatment for rheuraatbm and gout Diaiolvea calcareous dcpoaita and relieves swollen Joints Liquid or Pill form At your or sent by mall for $100 Elmer Amend 3rd Ave 18th St New York WE ARE SORRY to cause annoyance to our patron by obliging them to wait in line We had no idea a to the tremendou drawing power of the picture SYMPHONY TENOR PROVES PLEASING Do not disappoint No other fountain pen brings such lasting joy in reliable service or such keen pride of possession The repu tation is not limited to a city state or itis the standard for the world Historical Interest! AND ALL THAT GOES TO MAKE A TRULY GREAT PICTURE Awful the Plant Juice Brought Her Bleued Relief Thur Dec 13 riday Dec 14 IT enchanted and delighted thousand of Detroiter with it romance and it action! A Huge Cast! IN HIS PRODIGIOUS ROMANTIC SPECTACLE Open Hearth Alloy Sind Ingot Billets Bart Wire Rods Wire Nails Rivet and Cut Tacks Iron Ban and Railroad Tie Plate Waterman Company 191 Broadway New York trnfraodM INTERSTATE IRON fit STEEL CO 104 Sooth MlcWgui Avrnue I CHICAGO STARTING SUNDAY DEC 16 Dcmpsey lrpo ight Picture Huge Audiences Gasped at the Amazing Story! HUNDREDS TURNED AWAY UNABLE TO GET IN! 2ND BIG WEEK! CHARLES RAY Noted Railway Head Accom panied by Canadian Officials A large delegation of officials of the Canadian National railways headed by Hlr Henry Thornton president will be the guests ot rne ooruer vines vnamucr or merce and the Rotary club luncheon in ITInco Edward Windsor Monday noon The cation will arrive bv sneclal tral shortly after 12 noon and will be met by officials ot the two organizations and city officials and escorted to the hotel Sir Henry Thornton Is one of the most celebrated railroad men in the world having been born an Ameri can and having achieved fame In England as a railway magnate or his work wlthlBritish railroads he was knighted by King George in 1919 He le accompanied by Vice President 8 Hungerford Dalrymple Robb and Direc tor Sinclair Thoma Moore and Talbot General Manager Bow ker is also with the party The public will be admitted to the balcony of the dining room at 12:45 to hear the addresses of thevisitors or Christmas Children Children Early in 1923 a sensational novel appeared In New York and In four months It had become the second best seller of the year This novel "HI Children" filled the Adams theater to capacity during laet week and it will continue to be the center of attraction during the week Mr Train claims his book is not mere fiction but a history of per sonal experience gained during his years of law practice in New York The characters he wrote about were characters he encountered in his dally work and many of them he claims actually existed as he has described them "His Children" is a story of three gener ations of New Yorkers It asks the question boldly If this is a sample of what wo find in New York's Upper strata then what is Now York really coming to? It is the story of a family from the first generation to the third of human of human weaknesses human strength It tells of moral and mental decay but in a clean grip ping vldid manner It shows how the great fortune of a pioneer rail road builder reacts thrbugh a smug second generation and shatters the whole family to pieces in this the third generation the jazz genera tion of the present day It is not only one of the most sensational and melodramatic novels of recent years but is a true Indictment of American society With Bebe Daniels Dorothy Mac kall! James Rennie George aw cett and a large cast Paramount has brought forth another shining example of the directorial genius of Sam Wood Intereit in the is further en hanced oy me singing or the ular trio Taylor Parsons Hawkes who are recognized orltes with Kunsky audiences week they offer new snmra comedy which dcllgted Bunday's audience BETTER THAN EVER GLORIYING THE TALENTED AMERICAN GIRL AH Ziegfeld Show Sell Out 1 WHAT YOU WANT AND ALL YOU WANT ANY KIND All kinds ot the very best grade of Kentucky and iWest Virginia coal at prices we have not been able to quote since before the war POCAHONTAS COAL of the highest grade Superior Jackson Hill the coal for the NO SOOT Will be glad to hear from Apartment Houses and other large users of coal CAN SAVE YOU MONEY Appointment made on request Telephone your orders and they will receive prompt attention My delivery system is second to none Delivery made any place in the Citv a Motor Truck can go 15 WESLEY BARRY in "THE COUNTRY IS TODAY AT 11 A 1 3 3 7 and 9 PM MARION DAVIES in Old New EVES SAT and SUN 50c 73c DAILY MATINEES JOo 30c Corinne Griffith and Conway Tcarla In Robt Chamber' Saniatlonal Story COMMON Splendid Vaudeville Regent Syncopatore Screen Version of Grt Mystery Play A Melodramatic Comedy Remember DeMario 5 Roy Arthur Coodacts favorite 8he possesses a voice of charming quality and offer a list of songs which stamp her a a real artist IT HITS BETWEEN THE EYES! ONE THE STRONGEST STORIES A DETROIT SCREEN HAS EVER SEEN! MRS RANK ANA Man recently by Mrs rank anaft who Uvea at 831 Oak street Lima Ohio "I had the 'flu' two years said Mrs anaft "and since then I had suffered terribly from rheuma tism and kidney trouble I had pains in my back and head and at times the joints In my knocs and fingers were stilt and my fingers would get so sore that I could not close up my hand "I read about your Plant Juice and started taking It and the results are just wonderful The pains are leav ing my back and head and the stiff ness and soreness In the joints of my knees and fingers is greatly relieved so that I can close my hands natur ally The truth is that I am feeling like a new woman and I can't say enough for Plant Juice because I had taken so many other medicine with out relief I am Klad to recommend your Plant Juice to other who suffer as I did" Plant Juice Is sold in Detroit by the Cunningham drug stores also by the four Liggett drug stores and by drug store 100 Michigan nve Advertisement to at Waterman Dealers EverywKcre Pen illustration actual site Of ZIELhES WHY HAS IT PACKED IN? Ths pictura speaks for itself THE SCREEN PLAY OWN DR WM ST1DGER SAYS ITSEL INTO OUR SOULS TniPurTfflrATM VERA GORDON CO Williams Wolfus WALTER KELLY ALMA NIELSON Moor reed Joie Reed our Adlon our yre Sitr "laming Youth Th American at least that portion of it living In Detroit love to bo shocked These thrlil sseker crowded Into the Cap itol theater Sunday afternoon until every available Inch of space was occupied and other stood outside unU the sidewalk for a block wa packed Th advertised attraction wa a scretn version of the boldest novel of th year "laming Youth" Mr Kunsky' wily pres agent billed the attraction a for adult mind only and hinted that In the unfolding there might uu jut a few shock And th popl wcr out In fore prepared for any shock that might come along Hotdsrs of "lawing Youth" may have wondered how such a book could be screened andvoid being cut to plecs by Con sidering lb material he had to work with the director displayed rare judgment While it was neceu' sary to only hint at some of thing described mor boldly In th printed page be left uttle to thJ ISm Bnd "laming Yobth" anl nt i0WD 8cr0en history a th alnco Advent of the cinema Th story told is that of th nlothcr and her three daughter The mother frank In hat Bh 18 01n to have Pleasure there is in this regardmu8 wanta wlttout the conventions of society hrtUrAAty hcr dauKhters follow In 1o0t8teM nd in the family clr A of petting parties of the set In which they travel make up the bulk ot conversation The youngest of the daughter Lt'her 1 seen nL A borbd more than her share of worldly knowledge and Autartf out t0 Iearn hs secrets aLa Xery tender age The IaAu sht IeJrns she discusses openly and refers to her petting freely ae 8h mentions tne weather TaL11? Dl8ture 18 of riotous ot Parties wheren 1 1U0r drinking make up the entertainments where wives flirt just as openly as do their bus Jn the old time conventions are thrown to the wind Pat the aaIW1 daughter gets her first peep into society when she J0n8 'P a dance Strolling into the garden she sees i ln Progress In every secluded corner IhVA in "lam yuJh tor fathers and moth er end for the younger generation but the moral Is pretty well hidden is scenes of wild revelry with which the picture abound ew Photoplays of recent months have been produced mort lavishly and the picture is notable for its photo graphic effects and beauty' While the pfeture is not without Its shocks It has comedy In good and l0T aotlvd acting Mis Moore as the gay flapper is particularly good and Milton SIH in early youth one of the mother's lovers who later fells In love with the dsughter handles the difficult role elloted him with his usual skill end finesse Others In the cast In clude Myrtlojtyedman as the moth er: Elliott Dexter as "Dr nobs" who taknfl upon his shouldrii the RAvInr of the family Svlvla Bream er Betty rancisco Phllln Smallev Ben Lyon and others equally as welt known The program also Includes the usual list of short screen subjects the Canltol orchestra In a pleasing renertolrs and Cook and Cohan two men and a who offer ano selectlonsand the latest song hits whites I TWO 2 REEL COMEDIES I Soloiti and Other eatures Roland Hayes Negro Gives Interesting Pro gram and Charms With Rendition of His Spirit tuals BY EVGEXE There are no royal roads to great ne and fame dependent greatly upon things unrelated to the fa mous: hence one come to regard the famoue with a drop of the eye lid and an eye to the press Thie much In any case Is certain that even a modicum ot delectable praise from those who hear is necessarily the product of a factor which de serves the prsise In degree thia factor may vary but It must be there Roland Hayes Negro tenor has an excellent voice which nevertheless has Its own quaintness and peculiar ity which marks It as Individual In some of these Instances It Is not conventionally the voice of the opera or of the recital yet it I withal pleasing Mr Hayes Is with out doubt th appointed singer of hl race but the heaven shaking qualities which a tenor must have to be accounted with the great were not in evidence Mr Hayes loses himself literally and actually in his singing One of these trifling Inaccuracies occurred In hi sing ing of the "Procession" of Cesar ranck Thl may be overlooked on th score of earnestness but tho song was well sung and with amaz ing rench His diction is quite In a class by itself and his rench Charmed the rench That is great tribute Haye wa more what he Is said to be In his singing of ths Negro Bplrlauals HI earnestness gave them high place and singing with th orchestra "added greatly to the effectlvene of the songs lelgh "Go Down Moses" and "By and By" arranged by Laurence Brown were splendid The latterlad to be repeated so Insistent was th audlenc which packed the hall Here doubtless I where the future tk I young Negro singer In the Interpretation of the music of hl people which he doc well and Which he gave such charm The orchestra with Victor Kolar 'ii 0Pend the program with overture to tho "Merry VS? Windsor" and the beauti ful I etlt of Debussy The hntracte from "Xavlerre" by Du "ly Minuet? and navfd formed the number while the romance and finale from Haydn's uymphony flowed tho InUrmls program was cloaed with closing scene from Wagner a SIR I THORNTON VISITS WINDSOR armer Musical Comedy HV DYER BAUD COMEDIANS HAROLD DEAN NEWTON Afternoon 20c Eve 30c Children 10c Saturday Sunday and Holiday 40c A IRST NATIONAL PICTURE never realize the Seeling in an Overcoat you slip in to a Rosengarten at $75 or so Rosengarten TAILORS TO MEN eSuite 212 2ti JiresgeWtly EQLEYilS ESTABLIltb 18755 linolst SttuiliCousHMtolicltltiH'tHfWmii'i REUSESUBSIITUTES MADISON ANDTHE AHAK7 I BreadwayStrusd Crowds thronged the Broadway Strand theater Sunday for the open ing of the third week of "Little Old New York" Marlon record breaking photoplay Alt existing records of this theater have been shattered during the run of the blonde star's pictorial classic and many were unable to gain admit tance at the Sunday afterrioon and evening performances Irresistible charm and thrilling ac tion make this story ot th day whn Amerioa was young great en tertainment The period when po traveled by itage coach and tobert ulton sent the first steam boat up th Hudson when John Jacob Astor wa a fur dealer and Cornelius Vanderbilt ran a ferry boat all these and more have been realistically depictsd on the screen In the most remarkable photoplay of the year These were thrilling day days of romance and present a page of American history that I well worth seeing Marlon Davies as the roguish Pat In search of a fortune and later as the charming and wistful Patrl aJVru to BQ BCrt iU ft that will Inna8 li romomhavurl In her masquerade of the boy she Is truly delicious and the moment when she is rushed by the mob to the whipping post and Is forced to reveal the fact that she Is a girl presents a touch of drama and pathos that called for rare artis try on the part ot the popular itar Miss Davie 1 ably support ed in a cast of exceptional value headed by Harrison ord Beside the picture the Broadway Strand present a prelude prettily staged with Mis auna Gresslsr singing two songs In costumes 'worn by Miss Davie during the making ot the picture The orchestra playa the original musical score arranged by Victor Herbert and short sub jects are also shown Tom Mix Comedy and thrills with a back ground of scenic beauty equal to anything before seen on the screen affords two hour or excellent en tertainment at the ox Washington theater this week Tom Mix la the featured atar in a virile drama "North of Hudson Bay" a picture that abounds In wonderful scenic shots Two com edies are on the program "The Un real News Reel" and "A Roaring Lion" Both are of two reei length and furnish good comedy through out This story of intrigue of quick justice and thrilling escape gives Mix every opportunity to display hla talents a an actor of rugged out of door roles The story keeps up a swift pace throughout There are several beautiful shots of a swift river with canoes shoot ing the rapids deep snow covered mountains and beautiful woods A tierce battle in a cavo with wolves Is but one of the thrilling inci dents while the cunning of a treacherous factor in arranging rifle which are fired by the rays forms a mysterious twist to the story The penalty of the "jour ney of death" which was imposed upon anyone commuting murder by the factor was one of the cruel forms ot punishment in the early days of the Hudson Bay country and it is around this that Jules urthman haa built hl story rank Campeau is the villain of the piece and he makes the character ot Cameron a classic Another excel lent character study is contributed by Will Walling 95th WEEK MAIS Wsd end gat 25 and 30c Ev 8:15 50c $100 (li ar lax Extra! TEL GLEN 0100 WSS KEMW BEG 1 I NATE THE BOOK "LAMING YOUTH" HAS BEEN SUP PRESSED IN SOME CITIES THE CAPITOL NEITHER UNDERTAKES TO CONDEMN NOR APPROVE SUCH ACTION IT MERELY PRE SENTS THE STORY OR WHAT IT SOLOIST SOPRANO RIEDA HEMPEL I VW UUAt TD US nns lull ItlSliayjl Ernest Torrence "Covered Waoon" Star In RED USUAL ALL COMEDY BILL Midnigl)l Show Sal 7 Ziegfeld Triumph RANDOLPH NEAR MONROE Secure Your Seats Now If You Intend Seeing the Greatest of All Columbia Burlaeq Brln JAUi (TK iU todh Record Breakers fem Hard Soft Coke ItSHUBERTAI Nlxhta 55c to 220 Mystery Melodramatic Sensation WAS With GALINA KOPERNAK I See News "A Time 5 tt i re vicatiiay rre interstate Mteete MAXINE Boys JV ernon f'nmfifiy NEW PLAZA 11011 Hlchard Talmaitge in "THE rii fton'Bdr New and 8 acts' ot VaiiffviilB I A LTO (Jrntlot IXlrtLiV Mt Elfiolt Huth Clifford and Gaston (iinK In "JlOTIIEItS IN LAW" Paths News! th" Imperial Omrdy STRAND GrnmriihT? at ourteenth Duster Keaton In "THREE aiiEN" Altrteil: The Juvellno ollies TueS and Wed 'Tohjolq1' TUXEDO IlumlHoJ Hence A dome A at O'Maliy In ETERNAL STRVGGLE" "Three Strike" Bdiiratlonal Comedy New YOUR S4 Jack Hoxie In "WnERB IS THIS WEST?" Stan Laurel Comedy "Tho Mandy Man" LARGE ORCHESTRA oEileen Van Biene CHARIES HAY Charles Hay's latest and most costly production a screen version ot America's first love story "The Courtship of Mlles Standish" has broken all records for attendance at the Madison theater during the past week As a result it has been re tained tor a second week's showing and Sunday it drew audiences which filled tho theater to capacity Mr Refr's splendid production is more than a more love story how ever It is a unique addition to the list ot historical films which have come to us during the past months and reveals secrets ot America's history Which are seldom revealed in published histories A prominent feature of the picture Is a production ot the good ship Mayflower which is as accurate as old plate and pictures could make It To seo this top heavy ungainly craft is to gain a new vision ot the courage of these seekers for liberty who braved uncharted seas in search of a land where they could worship as they pleased But "Tho Courtship Miles Is not all dry history It is filled with ac tion both on shipboard and on land and through It 11 runs the strain ot the sweet romance between John Alden and risciila In tho leading role of course Is seen Mr Itay whose work In a role unlike anything he ever attempted before stamps hint as an actor rather than a type He is revealed as tho real hero of tha expedition courageous young man who leads In the perilous undertaking uses his sword to put down a mutiny rnnli 4 Vl A evilizvwae a nillVIltf uiq OISUVIO Lllftilfl tue (JIB Ma I couragod voyagers with his sym pathy and optimism and aids Inernn making tho colony a successful ven 3 I UH nent in tut TlantlAff uhn UM VrlMrtllia sweet and winsome as history hnsj 'Kinieu nor mere arezotner well known screen characters too who appear as persons prominent in history making of "Ths Courtship ot Mlles Standish" one of thn most notable productions of recent months As soloist this week tho Madison I presenting Eileen Van Hlene xviuivr opera star ana stage ALHAMBRA Richard Bart holmes tn ING BLADE" a store youth over ready for a fight or a frolic CRYSTAL 483fl Allcliiimn AvenuO' Mny McAvoy in REPUTATION" Selected Com also "Sing Thom Again" modern revival of gcngB yoi uaod to Bin DEL THE Cullen Landis and Alice Calhoun In "WONEEll TRAILS" Al St John Comedy "The Tailor" DE LUXE Cmnody Scenic News Plctorlai LAKEWOOD Zane Grey's "TO THE LAST eaturing Lois Wilson and Richard bls Hunshlno Comedy THE DETROIT REE PRESS MOXDAY DECEMBER NHW 75c $j0u unu nun Mali Wd 4 Sat 50c $250 NUVY Ray Comstock and Morris Gest I I SXZSZHT I iBaOeffsi iChamve i i Souris i (The Bat Theater of Moscow) I WITH THB AMOUS I "PARADE of the WOODEN i Ona Week np( 1 Seat Now I Beginning U6C 10 AtGrlnneU's San Ccjrlo Grand OperaCompany 7h? Pavley Oukralnsky Ballet Sun Dec 16 JMon Dec 17 "AIDA" I 8TueDc 18 I Wsd Mat Dec 19 a Wed Eve Dee IB Thur Dec 20 and I rt Dec 21 I Sat Mat Dec 22 I "MME BUTTERLY" I Sat Eve Dec 22 TROVATORE" EVENINGS 50o to $230 I PLUS I POP WED MAT 5Oo to $130 10 I I SAT MAT 50 to $200 TAX Ainninlf llAltMlI Nloht 50o to $230 CTStHV $400 Na wUl CUfi Co $525 Nrr tab a substitute jar No wIACIC4 No 43 i Stcrtlna SUwr triik CUp Cep 1530 Down It Goes As One of the Biggest wv A Sensations Ever Offered in Screen frormi 99 10 nt a AMUSEMENTS I I I i i (I SS pt II a1 uiw sxm I i I aumlimflj 5 I Ktraifew Bl If 5 I 'I I K1 A 8 0 STYTYri 1 1 I 1 8 a ffn 3 Ji yi 1 1 t' 3 I jv Mcadden Phone cTrXX fhei are expecting "TOT 3 1 WK 'SX I wk XJfKsi vwutf'L yrN Wa I I WA Wt 1 5 i S' By1 rl ACM z4 zlcW Ml ff? 111 MxfWwttaff Tiwl i I $4 i JI "I wa 07 fflr mra fAPITOr HIS IaSALLEGARDEN i 'M 3 3.

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