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SUNDAY, APRIL 27
This Week in the Moving Pictures
"THE HEART OF HUMANITY" THE WORLD'S GREA TEST PICTURE TO BE
SHOWN FOR THREE DAYS ONLY COMMENCING THURSDAY AT
THE NEW MODJESKA - THREE PERFOR MANCES DAILY
The Picture That Has Set the Country Wild and Broke All R ecords in Atlanta Playing Five
Solid Weeks Will Be Shown Three Days Only at the New Modjeska—Big Symphony Or
chestra to Play Entire Picture—Three Performances Daily 3:30, 7 and 9:15 P. M. No
Reservations—Doors Open One Hour Before Each Perform ance.
Th#* management in making special
preparation* to handle the big crowds
that will attend the showing of the
world’* Mr* eat And urea tent picture "The
Heart of Humanity" and It la ;-.af• to huv
that all record* will be smashed during
it* run here. Although many requests
have been made especially from oul of
town patron* asking that reservations
be madSth* management anrioum *•* that
positively no reservation* will he made
for anyone but doora will open one hour
before each |H*rforriianc# ho everyone pi
requested to conn- early There v 111 be
three performances dally 3 to 7. and S#: 1h !
The big symphony orchestra that will
play the entire muaic wore at each per
formance alone will he worth going rnllea
to hear. The story of The Heart of IJu
inanity" la one that will touch the heart
of the harden! and one that every man
woman and child should aee.
THE STORY.
In a little c'anadluT) village liven Nntt
ette, the* ward of Father Michael. Hh*
in engaged to John, aon c»f the Widen!
Patricia John I* one of four other
brother*, all of whom adore* the littb*
girl.
John return* from college, picking up
on the way an a traveling companion
MODJESKA
FIRST RUN TE TURES ONLY
MONDA/
GEO. WALSH.
—IN—
“HELP, HELP. POLICE”
A Guarantee of a George Wnlali
Thrill to Every Foot of Film.
TUESDAY
CARMEL MYERS
—IN
“ALL NIGHT”
Never poee as a married couple
until you've got tl-e ring and
licence. Disaster may overtake
you.
% WEDNESDAY
KITTY GORDON
—IN—
“THE SCAR”
She Considered met plaything*
to be broken and 'hen cast aside.
Miss Gordon’s Strongest Role.
THURSDAY '
ALICE JOYCE
—IN—
“THE CAMBRIC MASK”
By Robt. W. Chambers.
Ever hear or a rose being caught
in a butterfly net? See it.
FRIDAY
MAE MURRAY
—IN—
“DANGER—GO SLOW”
The atory of how a N. Y. Allay
rat became the belle of Cotton
villa, and made a crook go
atraight.
SATURDAY
WM. S. HART
—IN—
“HeII Hound* of Alaska”
First Time Fver Shown Here.
A big aix-aet drama in which
Mr. Hart does his greatest work.
STRAND
FIRST RUN FEATURES ONLY
10c
and
15c
Plu» War Tax
MAY ALLISON
—IN—
“THE ISLAND
OF INTRIGUE”
A Star/ of Dinnq Adven
ture and Hot Blooded
Romance
WEDNF.SDAY AND THURSDAY
ALICE BRADY
—IN—
"In The Hollow of Her Hand”
Would You Kill a Man to Save Your
Virtue?
«•
ff*UCt RRADY H/
Make* you hold your breath, weep and wonder, and
than let* you let it out, relieved and smiling.
*
PAfUKF MJEt'Et <X
■VI Yiet-* Pi.tu * Stv
The time was limited but passions ran amuck. The
Door between, and the Woman With'n. The story of a
veiled woman and a man in the open.
Oscar .Strung John and Nanette are
overjoyed to he reunited, but their hap
piness la clouded by Strang, who Ih at
tracted to Nanette and make* love to
her. Nanette, however, remain* true to
John and repulse* the attentions of
Strang.
Then conies the war. News of the
opening of hostilities conie* on the wed
ding day of John and Nanette. John and
four other son* enlist lor Herviee with
the Oinadian fore*- One after another
all t>ut John are. killed, ami misery
come* into the home of Ih* Widow Pa
in* la. Then Nanette’* child come* to
Koften the grief of the mother ami tin*
anxiety of the wife. Finally, the fiftli
Min of the widow enlisth
John’s letters home tell of the suffer
ings endure*! by French and Belgian
children in the war and Nanette finally
determine* to go to their aid. She en
list* In the Red Oonit and i* UHHigned
to duty hi a convent In France. She
sees her husband, now an aviator, but
soon afterward he I* brought down In
side tin* Herman linen and Is made a
prisoned
In th** meantime. Om«r Strang be
come* an officer in the Herman army.
In tlw advance on Rari* the Hermann
take the convent In which Nanette la
ALICE BRADY IN "IN THE HOLLOW OF HER
HAND," Strand WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
A Stirring Absorbing Play of a Woman Who Killed a Man to
Save He r Virtue.
Alice Brady * lat*-M Select Picture, "In
Hi*- Hollow of Her Hand," which Holed
will off. r to the Strand Theatre on Wed
nesday, in iii" story of a you nr, English
girl. Hetty CaNtleton. who. left penriilrs*
in ill** world, Ih lorred to earn 1 1 <*r* own
living After living several different po
Milton* iii England she decide* to come
to Anxrira and accept a position offered
Tier. On Hie Klnmcr \he meet* and falls
in love with Ghfllll* Wrandail. a wealthy
voting American. Wrandail Ih a rake and
libertine and has a wife in New York.
Betty known nothin* of ail till*. When
therefor*, her position doc.< not material
ize in New Nork. die aoiefd* without
question Id* off* i* of hebi.
Hetty Ih suddenly awakened to Wrap
dull's real self when he take* lor to a
regulation roadhouse, where lie order*
supper and served in private rooms. A
scene follow m. in which ll*dty Ih forced to
FAULINE FREDERICK IN "ONE WEEK OF LIFE"
AT THE STRAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Seven Days in a Paradise of Love, The Time was Limited but
Pi'.ssions Ran Amuck A Story of a Veiled Woman and a
Man in the Open.
M i I** to the Mtund&r<l *• i in h**r first
'•“l< u'n I*l ■ !#*■< I • i»lt 11 «- I Ycdcrlck ' m
“gain presented under tin* i . mi' aUHuleeH
In u powerful dnimu **f modern Hoctaty.
Il Is One Week of Idfe." I»y ('oemo
Hamilton. which co >« t to th* Strand
Theatre. h'KilJidiu: I'ritl «\ . and prom I urn
her admlrt ih ill that ih. ? < xp* . I of Up
colorful ami fervtnt star
Ah Mnrhm Itoehe she in ***THunded to
Hi* p from her iiicunspicunuH posi t inti
Into the rliimn, not i(* mention gorgeous
truck*. of Mi- KitigMtay Sherwood, to
Hdo in the latter* limousine. Hit in her
7*ox at tin* opera, meet ail lu-r friends
and dilte ncruHiunnlh with hm huidiand.
Hut ns in is usually obscured l»y too
frequent libation*. there Ih practically no
chance of discovery.
It will Ih* a work of iif#- for Marion
and :or 1 1»•• other woman it will l>»* air**
a week of 111*' of another kind. She will
be free to enjoy heraelf iin nhe ha* never
la red before Why the ancle ty woman
A
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0
FRIDAY AND SATURDA i
Pauline Frederick
—IN—
“One Week of Life"
Seven Day* in « Paradiic of Love.
10c
and
15c
Plus* War Tux
%
Wm. S. HART
—IN
“THE FOUR
FLUSHER”
A Two Reel Drama of a
Bad Man.
on duty, and Strang meet* Nanette
again. He attack* her and'' a terrific
fight develop*. She succeed* finally in
(■Heaping to another room and bar* the
door.
Meanwhile John escape* from the Ger
man war priHon and, In the uniform of a
German woldfer whom he ha* killed,
Mtart* for the convent. Nanette, safe
for the time being behind a barred door,
stand* In horror a* Strang pound* on the
door outside. She grasp* a knife, deter
mined to plunge It into her bosom if the
door yield*.
John, after killing two German guard*
reache* the room in which Strang I*
struggling to open the door. There i*
a fight and he kill* Strung Then h**
force* open the door, to find that hi* wife
ha* stabbed herself, She doe* not die
however, and recover* after several
week* In a hospital.
Nanette 1* persuaded to go back borne,
which «hc doe* after John urges that
their hoy now need* Tier There i* a
happy reunion In th* little Canadian
village between mother arid child but
their Joy becomes still greater when
John, on** day after peace is signed,
walks hack to the arms of his mother,
wife and child.
kill him in s*lf-d«*fense His wife, Sara,
who excused unnoticed from the inn and
luih been living ll* ttv hud done what she
had never dared to do.
WramlaH's death and the scandal at
tended upon It humiliates tin- haughty
Wrandail*. Sara decide* to further hu
mllltate them by marrying Hetty to Les
lie Wrandail, her brother-in-law. who
bikes a great fancy to Hetty. Hetty re
fuk*'h to marry him because she love*
Brandon Booth.
M* an while old Mr. Wrandail has de-
I* ••lives on Hie trail to find the woman
who murdered id* won. The detective.!
arouse Mrs. Wrandail. She denies the
'accusatloh Hetty confess*-* and after
sh»- ha* finished telling her storv, Mr.
Wrandail. Hr., decides that the law shall
not touch her. Brandon tells her that
the crime she hail committed makes no
difference to him and that he still love*
her.
u I.do * to substitute herself arid how Ir
happens (hat Marion I* willing to enter
Into such deception till* is brilliantly
depleted with the strange situation
which grows out of the exchange. Paul
ine Frederick plavs both roles, hut a* the
women never met conventional "double
expo*nr " is not employed.
SEASON'S BIGGEST WEEK OF
FEATURES OFFERED AT MODJESKA
Gao. Walsh Monday, Carmel Myers Tuesday, Kitty Gordon
Wednesday, Alice Joyce Thur sday, Mae Murray Friday and
Wm. S. Hart Saturday.
G«c.ro Wjlih In "Hein! Help! Po.ice!''
Monday.
Here iM the big picture of tltrillM that
you have been waiting for and one that
Yon ran make a safe bet that you will
not b* diaappidnted ! n. for the bent imp
dorsement that run b given if i.« "that 1
l| iH one of III.' best < bulge Wulfdt pic
tures evet produced Th* mention of
Mi Walsh's name s.gitlfl h something
extraordinary in the picture line, for his
athletic sUiuts. no matter how much
imitated, eati never b* equaled. In thiH
bi: Wtllium K*»v special. "Help' Help'
I'oliie!" he introduce# many thrills that
are original and many that he has saved
up for months to turn loose Vr«\ and
the leading critic* have proclaimed It
to be th • most daring picture *»f t.tvnts
retailaed thin sen Son Ik> not b under
the impiesNlon that there is no story of
interest for you will b lls.ipj*o,pi*.l. for
•me of the meat Interest lug. gripping love
stories evar told on the screen will h
unfolded To give you an Id a of it
would Jet the cat out »{ the bag and
you would rot appreciate It half a* much
a* if only handed to von ;.s n surprise,
but there |* a guarantee that If you can
•tot couaclentloualy nay that thin Ih not
one of th** bent picture* thut you have
"Ver Rein. 11*•* treat will be on u* and
we will gladly pay Take a goed tip ami
don’t by any mean* »\\*ilook thin one.
Ccrntcl Myers in "All Night," Tuesday.
tine of the most inter Mim; picture
Morion released In many month* will be
the attract** ti fer thin dat* at the popular
little playhouse, "The Strand.” Oarmdl
M>er*. the dainty llft'e Bluebird star.
"11l be s*»en In her litem tntl greatest
mi*-* ea*. "All Night." the story of a young
married couple more clever than thrifty,
and a jailr of lover* who aid in a grand
camouflage da luxe when n nr apective
financial "anger 1 from tin* Writ conus
on a visit. ll*- think* them a married
couple and many laughable com plication*
enaue when he tries to bundle them off
to bed, and considering the tr * Tied
couple a* the maid and b ltler.
wl|| provoke hearty laug.hs b> th score
The story carries a smile to < v-wy won!
spoken amt a cuarnntee of a laugh to
every foot of film Miss Myers needs no
tntroduetlon havlt g *pp« trod •
time* and will be favorably r •m*nt b r.nl
as the star In "The Siren* of the .va,"
\i \ I’nmarrl -«i Wife a*i i in) ©th i
b g feature*
Kitty Garden in "The Scar,'* Wednesday.
A decided!) unusual type of woman Is
‘‘ora the adventures*, who deal# with
turn ns play thing* in "The S ar." whl *h
will b • shown on at flu
Modieska theatre, She Is b*alltlful i':i
--b
rttonttas* Men become passionately In
fatuated with her but after a hr es
porlem e with «ac * man she .-.«#?* h*m
aside for another
"The Rear" certainly is an ah* >rbtnjt
picture It aMp* your attention right at
i the start and hold* It without slacken-
Inc for a single Instant
Ktttv fiord or*, who is starred n the
| rota of Cors, is dimply SUPerb She has
never (lone a beiter bit of character!!* •
tt«m than she does In this remarkable
I nW'tiir*
| Alict Jovrt In "Th# Cambric Mask,"
Thursday
I ’The ('a mb tic Mask," th# > Jo> re
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
MAY ALLISON, WM. S, HART AT
STRAND MONDAY AND TUESDAY
May Allison to Appear in “The Island of Intrigue” and Wm,
S. Hart in “The Four Flusher” on Double Bill
"The Island of Intrigue.” a stirring ro
mance of love and adventure in which
May Allison enacts the leading role, will
he the feature at the Strand Theatre now
and shows the young actress In her best
vein.
The story deals with th*? abduction of
a wealthy soclet*' girl by a hand of
blackmailers who spirit her o it to a lone
ly island in th* Pacific ocean where they
hold her for a fabulous ransom. How
she outwits them and effect* her escape
Ih shown in a series of thrilling inci
dents which culminate in a starling de>
nouement.
Romance Is cleverly interwoven in the
MARY MAC LAREN IN "THE AMAZING WIFE"
NEW MODJESKA WEDNESDAY
The Story Dealing With the Return of a Soldier Who Had Been
Reported “Killed in Action.”
He came back from the dead.
This gallant soldier reported killed in
action on the fields of France. A sob
will rise in your throat as you see his
white-haired mother lift herself slowly
from her chair—statm -pass her hands
before her eye* -totter into his arms.
Ill* father clings to him like a child.
But what of hi* "wife"— the starving
young widow of a ruffian of the same
name, who in desperation had represent
ed herself as his widow? Me—Blent. John
Ashton, who had come hack thinking
only to claim Claire Winston as his
fiancee -wheels slowly to face this trem
ulous girl who has been accepted by his
parents as his secret bride. Cicely—
what a pretty name, and Cicely, what a
pretty girl! But lie steels himself against
imr as "he thinks of the deception she
had practiced on his mother.
And then
Po you like to see pictures that stir
the depths of emotion, that lift you out
of yourself, that present characters wno
seem* as real to vou as tie* man in the
next sea? "The Amazing Wife" is such
a picture.
Have you ever gripped your seat and
PERSHING HAS FULLFILLED
WISH OF HIS ANCESTOR
Greensburg.—General John J. Pershing
fulfilled tin* wish of an ancestor that a
member of tin* Pershing family should
Have Alsace-Lorraine, when he led the
victorious American armies against the
Germans. This fact is dlclosed by the
Reverend Justus N. Pershing, a cousin of
General Pershing, who has made pub
lic a letter written In Alsace-Lorraine
more than 200 years ago by Frederick
Pershing. General Pershing’s greist-great
grandfather. In this U tter the general’s
ancestor expressed th*- hope that his son,
Frederick Pershing, Jr or his descend
ants "would come back some day arid
redeem the fair lands of Alsace-Lorraine |
from oppression.
According to the letter, the Pershinga
lived in the village of Ivehe, in Alsace-
Lorraine in 1741 and b light under Km-j
peror Charles auainst the Magyars. Soon'
ft f** ■ i that, when a lew was passed that
all able-bodied men between the ages of
10 and GO must join the landwehr to
protect country front ravages by the
Austrians, Fn-derb k Pershing. Jr., sent
his s • nto Ameriea. Frederick Persh
ing. J r.-aohed this country in 1749,
and after marrying a Mi is Wyant In Bal
timore. settled in Westmoreland country.
Pennsylvania, where General Pershing's
grandparents were born.
piotur. which will h* seen in th*- Mod
lcsk.i theatre on Thursday, is a swift
moving romance centering rib nit the ac
tivities of a bind of White Ciders and
there are many thrilling scene* in which
Miss Joyce, the beautiful Vltagraph star,
has m opportunity to show skill and
daring in th** saddle that will surprise
most of In r film admirer*.
In one cene Miss Joyce’* screen sweet
h 11 ha* !•• on oelaod b) I : • ■!
is l. ir.g tak.-n to a *w.mip t* Ins death.
him ahe winds feeroalf in a abeat
and wearlr*- n white cambric
join the bind Hanging her horse
alongside that ridden by the man ah*
loves die is able In the darkn. a* to cut
th • ropes at hi* wrist* and also to hand
him a p'stol
When the swamp Is reached, she stam
ped* the horse* of the other ruler* by
charging among them and in the pistol
ba eitnuci h>l h • »ca p after a
wild rid** through the night. The Keene
is splendidly photographed. showing
Vltugraph** 1»* autiful at;!/ in a moat un
usual r le.
The t. atur** is adapted from the novel
of tli*' urne title by Itobt. \V. t'hamher*.
an*! w directed I*> Tom Terriss.
Murray in “Danger! Go Slow!**
Modjeska Friday.
M'lvr Muhin*, an Ignorant hut pret
ty *itt *. rl, masquerades in b \vs riot hen
to b-tt • work at the trad** to which she
had b n apprenticed by circumstance*—
saf*- >• king.
sh#« vt'fjm cellar for the rang and
com. i for iije short end t»f »h.* hauls
As t; quarrel over the division of
money from the latest robbery the cellar
in whl ! the gang Uvea is raided Mugffay
escape
the i Itertd h> a kind!* old lady
whose on is missing Mugcsey. now
the vi’ ■ •*.» belie, flnda him and restores
him t da mother and to herself.
In v ,»t why?
i That would spoil a rattling pood photo
; drama which you must see at the Mod
, jeskn «*atre tb appreciate.
Wrlla $. H.irt in 'The Hell Hound of
Alaska,” Saturday.
The rond ful versatility of Wnv S
llcrt the preparation of his photo
'dram; pri Mentation of “The Hell
i lloun ! »f
' i»' th practl« «*d skill of the doff train
i wh.,l mveys him over th«* snow covered
' cro'it from Ida (Vida of prospecting to
(Civil! Mop *
As Yukon Kd, the prospector, a tran
whoa strength was both feared and
; loved it was necessary to secure # or
'tr 1' ft n a*ell*trained team of dogs t r
•Ms P r sled This was a dlfT'cult mat
| ter. tug to the scarcity of tli*' desired
, traiffed mime!*.
Th digr*. nltles ner * qul kly sohed.
how« r. neon M» Harts a-r'lvsl ut ”V»-
I entir- Hart was born In the sreat
i"iit-« loom In tlie West -and always
i p »ss* .4 fine hors * and d«»gs. which
Ihe 1 personally trained Hart, there*
sere, vi jo all his productions, threw
Mme f bodv and soul into the training
<! I
I the aste* in Hart, responded to hit
[ l« nji* in s wort risinalv abort time.
» Hell Hound of Alas’ a.” which
will . shown at the M»*diesk« theatre
on h»tttrda>. is one «*f H'm S Hart's
I- • vork ll , ami |m , onsidervd one of the
t pu’lm m of the <;r*'*t Northland
that t vs ever b on exhibit d on the
acrei n
gripping plot and the heroine adds to her
experiences by falling in love with a
young man whose- reasons for being on
the island are a* as Tier own.
-Miss Allison is seen at her glowing best
in the character of Maida.
As an added attraction William S.
Hart will he offered in one of' his great
est two-reel dramas one that is filled
with hair raising thrills and a story that
will touch the heart of everyone. "The
Four FI usher was written especially for
Mr Hart and after seeing this story vou
will be convinced that he i* far from br
ing what the title signifies.
"rooted” for your heroine—wished and
vMled in your inmost heart that she who
had enlisted your sympathy would tri
umph over the fate gathering about her?
Cicely Osborne is such a heroine.
Marv MacLaren. - Cicely, has one of
the greatest roles of her career, and in
"The Amazing Wife,’’ which comes here
next. Wednesday, she has achieved the
finest of her many fine pictures.
Do not fail to see it.
NEW MODJESKA
Monday and Tuesday
Every Married
woman knows
“The Eleventh
Commandment”
A Warning
to Youth
RALPH INCE’S
Sensational Dramatization of
Society’s Most Tragic
F ault—Starring
Lucille Lee
Stewart
Agf
jf 1 •MM | i /^BragRSL
\ itffl SmJ
li ■ ■M" 'll W 1 nil \*S^a *-m>MliMiTfr »- %i
The Biggest Production in Ten Years
The picture you’ll never forget stupendous in theme.
A veritable revelation of unending wonders. A romance of the
great war, a story of the love that passeth all understanding.
Greater Than “The Birth of A Nation”
3 Shows Dai1y—3:30,7:00,9:15 P.M
Special Symphony Orchestra
WO RESERVATION
This is the picture for your whole 1 amity—Bring Them
* \ CHILDREN 25c - )
< - ADULTS 50c
DC I Plus War Tax. I
RALPH INGE'S PRODUCTION "THE ELEVENTH
COMMANDMENT" AT THE NEW MODJESKA
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Besides the Ten Commandmen ts of the Decalogue There Is
Another Unwritten Which Ev ery Woman Knows—ls Not,
Learn It Today.
The name of Ralph Tnce attached to a
production is a synonym for action—ac
non that does not depend upon mere co
! incidence, but upon situations that fol-
I low naturally and inevitably to a logical
j climax.
"The Eleventh Commandment" pro
duced by Ince and released by Exhibitors
Mutual, is the highest type of such pro
ductions as have made his name u sy
nonym of excellence. This great pro
ducer does not depend upon the oonfliet
*ng emotional situations, and this is the
true secret of his great success.
Dora Chester, after a life of grief, with
tin* stigma of a prison term which had
b.t n unjustly thrust upon her by a
scoundrel to whom she had been engag
ed is hapily married finally to the lover
whom she had refused in the hope of
giving her mother luxury which her
finance promised.
In her moments of loving exultation
she is stunned hv the re-appearance of
her former fiance, who at the point of a
gun threatens to expose her to husband
unless money is forthcoming. In the next I
loom is the man she loves and to whom
she owes everything. Before her is the
one responsible for the stain on ner life. |
Ami now her happiness is about to be
blasted. She had never told her husband I
for she thought this issue would never I
lx* brought up. To yield is to preserve j
her peace of mind and her husband’s |
happiness. To refuse spells evident dis
aster. |
Cut in this crisis instinct overcomes
10c
and
15c
The Picture that will Live Forever
SUNDAY, APRIL 27
logical reasoning. She screams. Her
husband enters. The truth is out. All
the pent-up emotions of years unmerit
ed misery find vent in eloquent protesta
tion.
Lucille Lee Stewart, who plays the
part of Dora Chester, is an emotional
actress of unusual ability, and rises to
the occasion magnificently in this big
role.
DREAMLAND
MONDAY, April 28th.
“THE LIGHTNING RAIDERS’*
Pearl White. Episode No. 11.
Two Reels Drama.
"JAZZ AND JAILBIRDS"
James Aubrey. Two Reels Comedy.
"SCREEN MAGAZINE NO. 17."
One Reel.
"FORD NEWS"
One Reel.
WEDNESDAY
A Story of a Woman
at Bay.
“THE
AMAZING
WIFE”
With Wonderful
MARY MACLAREN
Dealing with the Return of a
Soldier Who Had Been
Reported Dead. ,
Thursday, Friday
m and
m Saturday
ml DIRECT v
1 1 FROM ITS
f/' SENSATIONAL
/ RUN IN i
NEW YORKI