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ï~~wI *- /k! 4- -' 1: t r ":'i.7{fNT - rq! fYi Pleaof heater Causes Litin, }EN#V ER".P O-ST..;-Delivered1I Owners goFlu BanH riU' BAN IMPOSED ON CITYITE.A BEILDERINAPDT Theatrical Men Declare Their Wi ling to H~elp in Bettering, City's Health, but They; In t Upon a Square Dri (By ROBERT COURTNEY), IHE flu ban was leippsed. Friday afternoon wathoclt warning anad as Icoddioly lifted Saturdlay coercing. In ffact, it wacoff before it was en. 5,When the beard of health enciocinted thoti allt4ct3J lihes, theaters S Lnd achools liould-ho closed no ono wsspreparyiW for i..T}onater an. sgecs wiere outterly elocofoundeil.tThe 'hlad not bcee advioed that surls notion asm aider ronsideration. They fad Oe horllofirot han o itliont ceseglais't, at Friday afternoon they -held an, indignation 'retieg. and, on Saturdayissrnlng theywentuct a bode to city halt with a following of niore thn a~lu fifty at their employes. tiyny aaho ad Thear, laders' declared te nywanteda -fair dealt;that ia't at wasnecessay for. tho public -health ftint thieaters and;ail places 4f;piilic-.amusements shcould ho rlosed they were 'willing to co-operiole, hut they tnsied that at ws unfair. net-to:cose every other line of- husiness. They said that closing would mete Ia loss of rot lee tiao $250t0 a week to thetliateco, $50,Ott te the false exchanges and the thiwing out, of emrploynment of six hunidred-to one thousand emaployes:. Attention 'was eolled tb the fact that;;eft York matnaged to control als epidemic withaout closing the theaters, aiid they, ited the caoc of the twin cities,?itnneajiolie and St.-PiuLt Minneapolis 'woe:coted, while St. Pauil. remained open. St. Pacl, they.said, had a far lighter death cate than lidinnean liii. They iristed thsat the theaters wcere 00n an average far htter ventilated bano shops and stereo and that patrons did not rcooaite as rlose ceuant' as thoy-dat ain elevators.e It w-ac re reoented that sick people aifil not go to placcs f auotent, hat that peeso suffering from incipient esse0 of, influenza sat-been kcnowsn to go to work 4nd stay at work until they hail to be carried pt. The provision that every must wear a flu nmask made.audiences Sataeday night,link' lke gathering of the Eta Klux Klan. Ithl hoped that this ample Precautcon cwll he soft let nt, because if the han htd again been Imposed emse of the theters would bate sufferedl a greater financial loss than their mancas could bear,RE,ithey worth It?+ s 'Veople read of the enormous sal rleothat ore paid to stars of the ma' lcnn picture world aid quite niaturoally they ask that queiooanc It he eslci that Chajlie Chaplin is worth tisemillion dollars that Is paid to him orn s aeries of pitecs? indeed, they question whether -le to peit that suma. ftmmakes tttle ifferescee for he draws down a. largee stipend than aniy living man, if ynu cc on what he is paid asgo salary. Ise Doughas Fasirbainks wortc i altics Paran~ount-Aatcraft people pay html %a It be posatIs that Mary P ckfoed is several times mere valuable than tis ~~de + t ln es l9 It seems asood to compare the income of the csesichient with thatyf Miss PtWordl. His.yeasty salary seems beggarly comritectto hers. IReeently one of the magezinee devoted to tho' interests of thej otion, pite tradein discussed the sitjecO editorially and 'rrived at the conliatentliat soetehing eras 'eg citli'eir-oyatemt, that there. shoald he cio lsuchsdiscrept}:$ If 4iary 1Pic foed should, get ia million-.cdollaro--or cahateve r it istbhat she does get-then ni rely Preoldeot W'lsonou~icld, ho paid to propertisu in.what his.aervices.actually are,wortha in the United States. Alh this speculation is.decidedly unfair. 'As a mattterl of fact there to no basol:upon which, the, president of tceUnited States can he paid. What, for in-. tnce, should litre been paidtonThomsa Jefferson for thie;tremeadoas. things ha did -while at: the -head of the nation's destiniesal His'consummation of the iinliaanatPurchcas wer worth billion s of dollarstOs the nattonin actual mosey.' ~atd'in moitIng,the.Uited. Statsa a worl power. It,was a factor of such' lies9441a, eworth. that any attempt toscompute the vslus of, Jefferson's ps4 lans.the ransacilon seoul1 hoe futile.7 Ticspresident of ths United hidaes cauitot ho paid ismtoney. Ths salary -allowed by cob Tess is oafficlont for him to. main. Geradineher R.EHEADiNEfl AT ORPIIE irnic at. the Goldlwyn;-studio foe - thls'a year, as rehmirechm ni-the Mietropolitn' hare-begcan. She cviiiresueo-er-actlag berfore tin camera cneat -April' si+ ihs siew,,' oldvyn -plant -in -soathern Coliferolo. - All the. other Goldwryn stars are either oii their way or prepairng to tilt to she count for the wioter. -Mae Marsh and her company ire there soar. Made Kennedy IsnOtpresnt isi Washington, D., C.,,hut -will,leave, shortly,% Motel Iforniond~is atltl lcNew Yorh,;but rapiecto -to depart in a etupleof weeks.Po Fee-1rederirk;.will -followe shortly otter. A trainload of- cars carrying -ties tI' - Goldwyn propertleci and equipseso was f dispatched recently. - Samiuel"Goldfish, preidenmt; oflie Goldlwyn. corporation, -does-sotecxpet to go himlfeiscif l the middle of 'Clis remnter.B3ARRYMORE,-PLANS -HIS NEXT.PICTURE -"Here Coma lic"Brde"--will --e John - iiorra-more's first Paramountpicture for, the Famous Ptayers-Lasky corporullon; after, thea.four weeks'olcit-- lag at the aludios, The Picture Is adapted from the plop by the same tu title, prodmuced at ilie Cotan theater,Sept. 25i, 1917. lMonxiMarcia eed ltot, Atweml. rere, the athors' of the play and -Chorles Whitaker ices written tie,' a ecenario. James Crone will direct RAYi IS AT WORK i. ON NEXT. PICTURE - Charles fRay ted company, -with Wanda Maccloy as; leading woman shil Jerome Storm as director, is 'lworhing -Mine.BDare's celehrities, "an aggregation ofÂ~ superfine it thisLasicy,tudin~st IHollycwood on preasiass of world famned opera tic stars an one of the fes big street -sceneIa a counatry village phecam theater this week. Other "star' acts inciudo Julie of which bee Is the blacksmithJulin terho?' atd late of Broadway comecdy euccesss, Ad-. Jnsephiso, acellhrof several of haiy's beet pictues, wcooe lbs story. PENROD SCHOFIELD CLEVER BILLS OFFER WILL BE SCREENEDI TPCUET' 'Tie fumaa n 'iccov l chflitl, Booth Taichctoems foeicislhec ti creation In, ih-esiuri, Is coing to hoe PRINCESSA! coaa sfilm. The rlits tin the stories S" have hoeea parchasedbhr the hBrentoocl Brpcnt Wat'shburn has a part emt. Thene pa Ftiaic corporaiion, and,-Kinic Victor en- neatly stilled ta his' talecnts in The ahiyc+arts for ths pectu to produce thea6l ater. Gypylledi i's'ihiecreseec _________________________Sion is said to ha qite as captiestg written by "Clart as Is the stage play. ole hurst's etei I ~ ~ ~ s Vclward Andrews he is, t os h ov n s-s irec JOHN M'CORMACK with the dacughmter or a wealthhphul.aims mao who has a craviee for ro- Jo, this pictcire - nnace. Andrea's does not coats up to ~as bar;tbin tier reijiiceeito4 as a gallant. tietle 1 a 3 a he kidnaped: cae-man stuffyi incm -dollar utpealaslam her, anldhiotisrytilareaw- ite tie esc isih toc Anidrews orrngeimto hidnactiher, vo,til fte. b ic e iitsltshat ot hde acitr ii c hirni ov era mnets prtiecty. Qidet and aimnonamime.,An-. ie' eh - --a. roes fioallay does get' hilmslf mixed The role thatf op, in aome really dramatic aetiesad, quits* different fec of namure, is" rewarded is. herocs icehes appeicred. shuld lie, etch she gives s di Wanda Hawley ispety enouh tio haracterisation. fuhfill all the rcqiaesmenta demanded some.reelty gland ofdt heroine, beset I I.- Neacioa, lo the virid dramae sf the J. Wnrreoj~rr; Ortent, 'T'afoe Eye," presente s his yoamcg lifo ic witching type. It is soecccelttheg u, Nigh,oil ndte a ute c iffereottfrom ssytis t - a accesvlo,o 1 i soihn ern of cen ciigam teihi uiis;everscloe: ro A ~iles of 'lik is Thle etory ca-os taken frost thilih ealihy -cimae..Iti AtsIthe Asccciarsus, -neat 'carsidays 'Oecitl' vtiml ocsx -sl~e-oimbhe' rrdi At Ifog eyeaoss, erltta easees's e~ieo-by.he aecoBcylodm bandithoiits. Lot, Roebert Stack. ota't he ceuSlarEthe fmu Bliin, xta,'-1 fomdok nn. see~~es.-As~~v. maeehes'.It deplis thhesof a;fo rwtg ysfatherlflArhe chwo s, isnteeste hI eseW theb r trihe is.t,"city of tentis ahr aee "S Uonte dsofte ead that the pa; a 1outOF, RAFAEL steeegca h ecrto frastate athe a Itoansnce. hove, hate, jealousy, tecect, esthinsa eopots FOR CLARALK. YOUNG teectusoty eqil reveafge all tahe thir haulchief soecry, evolve Chmnlie stars, producce any-"number of, such 4ictioqet ncracters. These may ho sol over and. uver ageaic y..the agencies -- - -There is no ilit to: Ohs market far pictures. Chaplin is as teeny to thco Japanse, to thme satires of 'Soath Africmi, to tie 'Hittu, isohis Indianm of suhAorma ois to-the people of1 Denver, An loneg a there is a; irgitI-1ta, demand far a article ef commerce that atbleshias a valceastct:-Je+ use.eoton tics exteut: of that desoad and foe thaet eca time pictures mtats iS ha great stars 'of the metiona pltue.wwed are worih to the companies; bay thisa and put them goenOh market jest what thley esec get for - ha.And as the farmer should' be paid for hes wheat is proportion' to the, *aa d demand,.so Ohs ft-os sorars should ho paid for thoir pictures. fwyeses age it was cociscilsed rallier fashlenable to derye 'oie W was freely "predicted thlint, --.r hrcovcc

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