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MONDAV, APRIL 28
‘The Eleventh Commandment” Woman’s
Big Play at New Modjeska Today
Ono of the most interesting and yet
powerful lessons ever screened will be
the attraction at the New Modjesltfi to
day. “The Eleventh Commandment,”
starring Lucile Lee Stewart and produced
by Ralph Ince, is a picture that every
man, woman and child should see for it
tarries a lesson that will make you look
upon life at a different angle. As an
added attraction there will be the latest
Hearst’s Current Events and a rip-roarin
Christie comedy shown.
“Resides the Ten Commandments of
the decalogue there is another, unwritten
and eleventh, which every woman knows,
‘Thou shalt marry none but the man
thou lovest.’—To discover which is of
ten to open wide the door to infelicity and
even tragedy.’*
This is the theme around which Ralph
“Test of Honor” New Sensation to
Appear on the Screen at the Rialto
Tn-keeping with its policy of giving the
photoplay fans of Augusta only the big
gest and best pictures obtainable, the
Rialto theater is showing today the lat
test screen sensation, “The Test -of Hon
or." in w hich Jack Barrymore is the star.
The picture is founded on the story “The
Malefactor," by E. Phillips Oppenheim
which was read and thoroughly enjoyed
hundreds of Augustans.
There arc few if any actors on the
American stage whose faculty for mak
ing up to suit the requirements of his
roles is developed more artistically than
tnat possessed by Mr. John Barrymore,
rhis is amply evidenced by him in “The
Test of Honor.”
In portraying the role of a man who
has served seven years in the peniten
tiary. Mr. Barrymore surprised his di
rector. John Robertson, and his fellQw
players, in the production, by appearing
in a make-up so gruesomely realistic
that it caused every one to gasp and
shudder. His face, ghastly yellbw" from
May Allison, Wm. S. H art at Strand Today
The popular Metro star Mav
Allison, in the leading role of “The Tsl
.•lid of intrigue” a big 5 act drama that,
carries a boaHtiful story and chuckfull
of good hearty laughs will be main at
traction at the popular Strand theatre
today in a double bill with Win. S. Hart
j" a two act drama. “The Four. Fltisher.”
“The Island of Intrigue” is a story that
will appeal to every one.
It shows the abduction of a beautiful
societ\ girl by a band of black* mailers
who, by stealth and trickery, inveigle her
into hoarding a yacht under the im-
George Walsh Today at the Modjeska 'in
“Help, Help, PoliceV*
Today ushers in a big lay of thrills
when George Walsh will be seen in his
latest and greatest success, "Help, Help
Police!" a five act dranta written es
pecially tor this famous athletic star
widch gives hint every advantage to tip
hoid his distinction of being the original
thrill-puller of the screen. He has been
seen here in many pictures, each one be
ing criticized as wonderful, but in this
one you will ray that lie is marvelous,
for he turns, loose inatjy hair raising
stunts that he has been saving for years
Big Nine Reel Show Has Call
at the Princess for Today Only
One of the biggest shows ever offered
at the Princess theatre is there today
and lias been attracting large attendacne
ever since Ihe doors opened at 10:1(0 a
m. The principal attraction is the first
Installment of "The Red Are." the new
t'niversial serial in which beautiful Ma
rie Waicamp is the popular star. The
story opens with a punch and bids fair
In outdraw any other serial ever exhibit
ed in Augusta, for it contains ail of the
elements that the photoplay fans love.
The kids of the city lust naturally arc
going crazy about this serial, see if they
don't!
The : how at the Princess today is In
tunc acis. Besides Hie thrilling Aerial
then- is « corking western gtor.v entitled.
lien the -Desert Smiles/* starring: Neal
Hurt.
The picture opens wjthfa big rodeo t»r
“border day" celebration Jim Love, a
mun of tbe plains, rides into the bbrdei
town to join in the cele.br3.tion. where
no Chiqjjiia rtomerez,. a ward of
one of 'the Jdggcst ranchers in \he coun-
t > Jlnj v> hi.s the- roiling: and tying con
test and tliue wins the affection of
Chiquila. OitlUp-way back to hit ranch*
h<* spends the night in the cabin of an
old man. who proves to be a neighbor of
tlv mp rancher. He tells'Jim of the
Large Symphony Orchestra to Play
“The Heart of Humanity” Thursday
Everyone that witnessed "The Birth of
» Nation” or "The Hearts of the World,"
Dtocluinied the music to hr just as won
derful as tin picture, wliicl\ is true, for
real music will make any picture, but
with The Heart of Humanity” this is
not the case, although a large symphony
orchestra will play the entire picture and
*h- music is as beautiful as ever writ
ten The story, production lesson that
'his picture carries would appeal to any
one just as much without the music, but
for several reasons, particularly to drown
out the sobs that you will not he ashamed
of. Ihie big orchestra Is carried. In con
nection with the orchestra there are men
who work tlie effects from the stage,
making the battles so realistic that vou
will catch yourself dodging machine gun
(Ire is such a thing is possible. It Is
Impossible to even try to give a descrip
tion of the story, but any one contemplat
ing seeing this picture can rest assured
that they will see the most wonderful
production ever produced or that ever
shall be. There will be onlv three per
formances daily—3:3o, 7 and 9:ls p. m
Doors will open one hour before each per
formance and as there will be no reserva
tion of seats the public Is warned to
come early If they expect to gain ad
mittance.
Uphold the newest screen mother and
the ideal.
Director Allen Holubar says he has
Have You Seen a Geyser?
After spouting, n gcyaer is ms quiet as
*£»"*<>" «®*n, and remains ho
until the cavity filla up with water to a
pertain point, then she spouts attain It
lr inu-h th» same with a bilious attack
All goes well after an attack for a ner
;itn time, In fact, you ran say truthfully
that von never felt better in vour life
and perhaps on the following dav when
the attack Is on that you never felt
*Tn*''* uL’ 11 ,“ r ' • close observer you
will notice that you had no appetite be
fore the attack tame on but ate aa usual
h.e,.uae It was rrv.rl time If you take
thro of Chamberlain'. Tablets a» soon
as .vour appetite fall, you may he able
to avoid the attack. Try It —(Adv.J
DREAMLAND
TUESDAY, APRIL MTH.
••THE LURE OF THE CIRCUS"
Eddie Pole. Episode No. 14. Two
reel drame.
"THE HONOR OF MEN."
Neal Hart. Two.rsel Waetern
drama.
"LET FIDO DO IT."
L-KO comedy. Two-reel.
Tnoe has constructed a powerful emo
tional drama. “The Eleventh Command
ment," starring I.ucile Lee Stewart and
released through Exhibitors' Mutual.
Dora Chester the girl around whom the
action revolves, lived up to the spirit
and letter of the written commandments,
hut of this unwritten commandment she
had to learn by bitter experience
Dora suffered unjustly, but out of the
ashes of a life consumed bv the fires of
grief arose the golden phoenix of a na
ture refined by sorrow. She had learn
ed the meaning of "The Eleventh Com
mandment."
Lucile Lee Stewart, oast In the role of
Dora Chester, has splendid opportunity
for tense emotional acting, and ads new
laurels to her reputation as an actress of
unusual attainments.
prison-pallor, was deeply lined, and
shaded so that it gave the appearance of
being haggard and shrunken under the
eyes and cheek' bones.
In some artful manner be gave to h's
throat a shrunken appearance, while the
cords stood out pathetljally from flic
muscles. His eyes conveyed that hunt
ed expression of the convict, and his
hair, naturally black, was powdered with
white in streaks.
His hands, too. were not overlooked in
the- make-up, and so thin were the fin
gers that they resembled claws more
than human hands. When his sister,
Ethel Barrymore, drove up to the studio,
he appeared in this strange make-up at
the door, and the onlookers saw her gasp
anti grow pale.
Mr. Barrymore Is splendidly support
ed, his leading women being Constance
Binney and Marcia Minion. The story
is based upon E. Phillips Oppenheim'a
novel, "The Malefactor," and the pic
tiidiaation was made by Eve Unsell,
pression that she is on for a cruise with
friends of her father.
How she is taken io a lonely Island in
the Pacific and kept prisoner there
awaiting the fabulous ransome the ab
ductors have demanded for lier release
is drammatically depicted as it also the
unusual romance which comes into her
life on the lonely tropic island.
Mr. Hart in "The Four Klusher" a
drama of the West, packed with hair
raising thrills only as he can make then l
will conclude one of the biggest and
he.st bills offered here in many months.
just for this particular attraction. The
management offers a guarantee that if
you do not say after seeing this offer
ing that it is positively the best in
many years, a nice present will be given
you. Tlpr Story Is too rich to give vou
any idea of its theme and it would spoil
your evening as the climax is entirely
, from any other ever produced and
will leave you with a smile that will not
come off ,whon you leave the theatre.
Take a good wise tip and don't overlook
this bet, Jor it is one of the biggest
treats of the year.
trouble he is having with the big ranch
er who is trying to force him to sell his
property. l.ovg offers to buy the old
man out and agrees to fight the big
rancher for his rights. He learns that
tlie rancher is blasting and mining on his
property for rich minerals and that he is
expecting a report from the government
assayer as to the value of the ore. That
night the stage Is held up by a masked
ndei (IJart) and the assayers report is
removed from the mail bag and the bag
Is later returned to the postofftce mark
ed "all missing mail deleted by the cen
sor. While out riding C'hiquita's horse
is frightened by a bias! and she and horse
fall over the cliff. Jim sees them fail
and rushes to the rescue. Ghiquita later
rides to Jim's cabin to thank him for his
assistance, where the rancher finds her
and threatens Jim With arrest unless he
leaves the country. This lie refuses to
do, and the rancher and hie men open
fire on Jim, who fights until his last
bullet is fired, then makes his escape
dressed as a squaw, taking the girl with
him. with the men In pursuit. Bv clever
manipulation Jim succeeds in rounding
up the whole Rung and turning them
over to the sheriff.
. There also U a two-act comedy, "The
Great Vacuum Robbery.”
found her in Margaret Mann, who plays
the Widow Patrlcl in "The Heart of
Humanity," Dorothy Phillips' newest
multiple-reel picture. Miss Mann makes
her screen debut in this feature, which
Holubar bae woven into a vibrant drama
of the great war, with emphasis on the
human highlights of the world conflict
Miss Mann enacts, in the role of a Ca
nadian mother who has given her live
sons to the cause of humanity. Her char
acterizations is one replete with pathos
and yet redolent with the sence of pa
triotic sacrifice—she exhales pictorially,
of course, the odor of the Canadian
woods, from which have issued thousands
of staunch youths to tight the good light
ill Prance. Kvery chord of the human
violin ol life is struck with a master
hand by Director Holubar In his newest
effort, while Miss Phillips ia credited by
v
INVEST
V
INVEST
X» "k-* '* , ; • «'• .A.
T > 'W , ‘f*j|J , > *,.. r j,
film critics who have seen her work in
review with <ontributij*g to the produc
tion one of tile most splendid histrionic
accomplishments in the history of pic
ture-making.
“The Heart of Humanity” will b ‘ft shown
at the New Modjeska Theater on Thurs
day.
World News
PERSHING FORCED ALLIES *
TO POOL SUPPLIES
Paris. —Here is how Brigadier-General
Charles G. Dawes tells the ribjMftT’ of how
Pershing pat over unified pfnVmand for
the lines of communication of th£ allied
armies. Dawes told it at a dinner given
delegates of the Cleveland, Ohio. Cham-
V>er of Commerce fey Homer H. Johnson,
Cleveland member of the U. 8. Liquida
tion commission.
When Pershing proposed the. plan to a
group of army officers, there was a
chorus of objections.
“Why,” one said, “that’s impossible! If
you do that you will -become merely a
liason officer between the Americans and
French!”
“General Pershing's lower jaw went
out just a bit further,” said Dawes, “as
he snapped back this answer:
‘‘l DON'T CARR IF IT MARKS MR
A PRIVATE! IT’S FOR THK COMMON
GOOD!”
Yes, Pershing was present'.when Dawes
told the story. He looked daggers at his
subordinate, but Dawes went blithely on.
As he finished he turned }o hi| chief:
“You can’t deny that, sir! IVn only
sorry I didn’t lett thf*, story out. before
Unified command at the front would
liave failed without unified action in the
service of supplies.”
INDIANS MAY DEVELOP *
GERMAN EAST AFRICA,
Mombasa. —There’s some rcasortjjUn the
desire of the men of India' to adminis
trator German East Africa. It’s Indian
immigrants who do most of the work »n
the colony. The Indian always has an
ambition to be In business for himself, so
in time he becomes a merchant* in a
smell way. The few white folks' pat
ronize him and he sends most of the mon
ey home. Tire natives have littlerjidea of
the value of the little ..they raise and a
native woman will walk f.O miles with
sixty pounds of meal on her head and
trade it for a yard and a half of cotton
cloth. Hut the climate is deadly to whit<*
folks and the British East Africans will
hardly help In development of the region
taken from Germany. Wo* India Is likely
to have H.h chance to send more of Its ex
cess population to what was German Fact
Africa and develop it under British rule.
DEMOUNTABLE SHIP TO GO
WAY OF TIMBER CARGDO.
Victoria. B C.—A ship that can be
taken to pieces and its timbers* used for
other construction at the end of Its voy
age is to transport a cargo of lumber
from British Columbia to England If
the experiment proves a success millions
of feet of Umber will be thu3 transport
ed. British Columbia has 80.000,000 acres
of timber, of which the public owns flve.
aixths. Of the remainder, the public
owns nine-tenths in partnership with
private owners. A royalty of BO cents a
thousand feet goes into the public treas-
IF YOU DIDN’T GET ACROSS
“COME ACROSS”
Buy Victory Bonds to Your Limit
NEW YORK CAFE
12:00 to 3:30
75et. Saturday—BAßßECUE DlNNEß—Saturday 75et
Courtaoua s * rvl ” EaceMant Cuisine
Geo. Walsh in “Help, Help, Police,” Modjeska Today.
Bufiiness Men’s Lunch 35c
Regular Dinner .... 45c
Special Dinrier .. .. 75c
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
ury on most of this timber. Britain’s
Immediate requirements Include lI.QuO.UOO
railway sleepers.
BRITISH HEALTH OFFICER
URGES 31RTH CONTROL.
London. —Birth control is preferable to
©migration when a nation becomes over
crowded. in the opinion of Dr. C. Kll-
Jick Millard, medical officer of health
for Leicester. He advanced arguments
for his statement at a sitting of the
National Birth Rate Commission. ”1
decline to see that a man should he ac
cused of falling in his duty if he declined
to have .children merel- for the sake ol
emigrating them to the Antipodes,’’ says
the doctor. Instead of the A 1 classes be
ing encouraged to have more children,
she doctor believes the C 3 classes are ex
ceeding their duty and should be taught
to follow* the example of the 21 classes.
Out of 80 replies to a questionnaire lie
lie has sent out to medical men. tic doc
tor is convinced that the majority do not,
regard birth control as m-cecsaarily in
jurious. {
HUNS PREPARING TO
GRAB TOURISTS’ MILLIONS.
Berlin.“-Tin* League of German Hotel-
Brace Up.
Stomach trouble often makes one de
spondent. Il hits him where h- lives,
sips his strength and energy and makes
him feel like giving up. Give him a few
doses of Chamberlain's Tablets to Improve
}»»*» digestion and Invigorate his liver and
tyoweis, and in most cases recovery is
prompt and effectual.—Adv.
j 'tk M | .._ ' jAf» /E^JbS
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GEO, WALSH IN- "HELP! HELP! PO
LICE!" AT MODJESKA TODAY,
V
INVEST
keepers proposes to put Germany back
on the map as a Mecca for tourists. Rut
it asks the aid of the German povern
ment to do it The leasrue points to the
example of France In extending: Htato
credits to hotels, seaside resorts and
watering places. U further declares that
in 1010 in 56 German cities 8,100.000
visitors spent more than sf>oo,ooo.ooo|
ORPENS WILL PAINT
SIGNING OF PEACE.
London. -Sir William Orpen. who has
painted Foch and Haig and other mili
tary heroes and members of the peace
conference, will paint the scene when tlie
Germans sign the peace treaty.
RADICAL INFLUENCE
GROWING IN NORWAY.
Copenhagen.—Workmen’s. Fisherman’s
and Soldier's Gounods are being formed
in Denmark and arc agitating for a gen
eral strike in fuvor of radical govern
mental changes. Communistic govern
ment is being widely preached and work
ing ugrouments of labor organist ions
with employers are being allowed io
lapse.
PERSHING COULDN’T
SEE VAUDEVILLE OFFER.
Paris.—Here's a new Pershing story.
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IF YOU DON’T
SAY THAT
THE
TEST
OF
HONOR
with
John Barrymore
Is one of the most
powerful pictures
you have ever seen
you can have your
money back.
Also Showing
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN
And the First
Victory Loan Film
A true story of a
Denver boy.
DON’T MISS
THE OPENING
CHAPTERS OF
THE
RED
ACE
Sensational
Universal
Serial
With
%
Marie
Walcamp
at the
PRINCESS
TODAY AND EVERY
MONDAY
V
INVEST
RIALTO
A New Vork vaudeville manager offered
the general by cable a five-figure offer
to appear for a series of short war lec
tures. No answer. Two weeks later
“THE UEAQT oP HUMANITY M
Allen Holubar’s- Super Production
Starring DOROTHY PHILLIPS'
Scene from the' “Heart of Humanity" at New Ivtoiijeska.
Woman Knows
“Besides the Ten Commandments of the Deca
logue, there is another unwritten, an eleventh,
which every woman knows: THOU SHALT
MARRY NONE BUT THE MAN THOU LOVEST
—To disobey which is often to open wide the door
to infelicity and even tragedy.”
“The Eleventh
Commandment”
Every Woman Knows and Pays the Penalty
STARRING
Lucille Lee Stuart
—ALSO—
Hearst’s Current
News
NEW MODJESKA ORCHESTRA
TODAY
Strand
MAY ALUSON
—IN—
“The Island of
Intrigue”
A 5-act Comedy Romance
of Mystery, Intrigue and
Adventure.
—ALSO—
Wm. S. HART
—in—
“ The Four Flusher”
A 2-Act Drama of Thrill*.
COMING SATURDAY
Pauline Federick in
‘ONE WEEK OF LIFE’
Greater Than “Three
Week*.”
I futur't tbmt u, f/ / oreew ""
The Biggest Production in Ten Years
The picture you'll never forest atupendaue la theme,
A veritable rrvcleteen <4 nneiidina wonder*. A romance cl lbs
great wer, a rtory es the love thet peveeth ell undoroUadtng. ,
First Time Ever Shown in This City.
BIG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Three Shows Daily:
3:30, 7:00 and 9:15 P. M.
NO RESERVATIONS.
t NEW MODJESKA
r> • t.
the producer cabled, “Have you enter
la int:d my offer?” And the general re
plied, “No, but your offer has entertain
ed me.”
New Modjeska
Modjeska
„ "PH—- ■ ■■ —1
l . _
ulO. WALSH
—in—
“ Help, Help, Police”
The latest and greatest
Geo. Walsh Feature.
Nus Sed.
“COMING SATURbATH
Wm. S. HART
“THE HELL HOUND
OF ALASKA”
NINE
CHRISTIE
COMEDY
TODAY j