one of the most wholesome comedies that likely to encounter ships armed with GREATEST MOVING has been shown at the Princess for similar guns." “THE TOAST OF DEATH” Dr. AT THE ODEON weeks. Delorme, medical inspector gen- TWO | A PICTURE PICTURE STARS TO eral of STIRRING the French army, believes that APPEAR AT PRINCESS ARE URGING USE OF protective armor would cause a marked AT THE ODEON TWO decrease in the large number of minor wounds which have serious ow- Owner of results in the Great Colley Maintains Policy *ng to the Louise Glaum Starred development of infection. Each Week's Show Bet- ‘It is infection through shreds of Life in India—Many Making HELMETS AND hair, Drama Programme for week beginning Mon- STEEL of headgear, soiled bullets, irregular ter Than Preceding Week Beautiful Scenes 36: dressings, etc..*' he says, “that makes day. August 38 minor head lesions so dangerous and Following hla policy of making each Monday—“The Toast of Death,” Mutual HI Intrigue, so char- causes a mortality varying from 15 to Love. jealousy. week’s better than the Master in which offering preced- picture. dji ARMOR 57 per cent/' acteristic of picturesque India, PROTECTIVE E. H. owner of the and Wednesday, “The Secret HI ing week, Colley, Prin- Tuesday the scenes sre laid, dominate the four cess theatre, has announced a programme Orchard." featuring Blanche Sweet. acts of "The Toast of Death." a Mu- DETECTIVEPLAY AT for this week that outshines any other of-' Thursday—Special feature will be an- Bl|l tual master picture, which will be seen France.Russia and Germany ferings at the Princess. The greatest nounced later. gp|! ORPHEUM THIS WEEK at the Odeon Two this week. Miss Friday and Saturday— Nearly a lady.’* stars on the photo-play stage are to be Have Been Louise Glaum of the New York Motion featuring Elsie Janis. > HI Experiment- Stock Will shown in pictures that have more than Players Present “The Picture corporation, at last has achieved Chinatown Trunk ordinary merit. Comedy is to be had in Fire 27 Years Old H Along This Line. Mystery” With her ambition, and appears in the lead- ing plenty. Drama and action pictures, too. an Excellent Cast ing role In the play as Poppea, leader London, Aug. 3.—(Special.»—With a big wj Idea are to be seen and Helen Holmes, the coal strike in it Doctors Indorse of the ballet. Army life In being (though may j^ave The Imperial will be ^8 Orpheum players, having re- famous railroad actress, seen in been settled the time von India, particularly in Calcutta and In summarily by ^8 ceived the stamp of approval from the a stirring, blood-quickening play, “The the desolate southland where the Brit- read this), and a prospective shortage Hi Birmingham people their limited's Peril.'' (luring first maintains numerous posts, of fuel generally among the disagreeable SI Tendon. 1.—(Correspondence of ish empire August weeks engagement, Judging from the Charles Chaplin, the funniest man on is vividly portrayed In this photoplay. possibilities, the question of utilizing peat MM the Associated Press.)—-1The I/ondon news- and large appreciative audiences al the screen, will be seen Wednesday in considered. "The Toast of Death” was produced' is being seriously Apropo\< are the British gov- each Bp papers urging upon performance, will open their sec- “The Bank.’ This was to have been re- under the direction of that of it. Sir Herbert Maxw'ell. the renowned of the ond personal H| ernment the advisability adopting week at the Orpheum in a. leased last week, but did not arrive in play wizard of Ihe screen. Thomas H. Ince. Scottish antiquarian, naturalist, writer 11 steel helmet, as well as some simple form that promises to excoll anything ever time. It will be all the better for a lit- of tells the Tite opening act reveals Miss Glaum and ex-lord the treasury, fol- of breaet armor, for the troops a protective attempted by stock company, “The tle w-alt. in the Times; as the leader of the imperial ballet, lowing curious story "Fish- In France and Flanders. France. Russia Chinatown Trunk Mae Marsh, Robert Harron. Marc Mac- Mystery." who lias fascinated and enthralled all ing one day in * moorland loch with an H| and Germany have been experimenting "The Chinatown Dermott, ix>ttie Pickford, Hughie Mack, Trunk Mystery is of- friend. wre took shelter from a Calcutta. British and native army Irving Cummings. Mabel Trunnelle, English along this line for sometime, and France unquestionably one of the m0st In- Sp hearts at shower a Ml teresting detective ficers are ready to lay their Uenora Ulrich, Flora Finch. William heavy in neighboring cottage, has recently definitely adopted a light stories of high class among her ad- Shea, and numbers of other great stars I asked the wife to bake us some H quality dealing with the battles of the her feet. Conspicuous good •tee! helmet, suggesting in design the Police In are billed to appear In pictures their fights on the mirers are Captain Drake of the Royal thqA'^re scones for luncheon. On the hearth was W® white as headpiece worn by men-at-arms six cen- stave and opium Kahn meritorious as the actors and actresses traffics and their .Singapore Blues, and Prince Yar a pile of w’hlte peat ash. She went down H turies "Ictlms in New who will play in them. ago. York city, it aside and the portraying of her majesty's Bengalese Dragoons, Dud" Charles on her knees, blew there 8® of most true circumstances and “Dreamy viewing Chap- “One the remarkable features conditions most Influ- underneath. experienced In that and ohe of the richest and lin in a dream will provide a great enter- were the red embers My H of this remarks the Times, “has metropolis some wrnr,” few years India. tainment for patrons of the Princess friend seemed surprised and asked howr ago. Each of the three acts ential princes in *j been the return to older, If not to an- arc Thursday. Dud always had wanted to long the fire had been alight, expecting, fl played on Mott street of the fam- Drake, however, has little outside of methods. The steel fort has been ous visit the theatre and see Charlie on the of course, that she would say since 5 H cient, Chinatown, as it was at the time Income as an army officer, his meagre but was o'clock or so that morning. But her re- H discredited and the earthwork this story originated and screen, always prevented by Justified; with all the rival of royal blood, as scenery while Ills the woeful lack of ready money. He wras ply was: ‘It’s Just seevin-and-twenty the strength and direction of the wind has especially built to fit the oc- Mg casions after short consideration con- near a tree thinking about his come Marti-mas since Rab and me In this Interesting play Poppea sitting year H| become a leading factor once again, as W- cluded. could grant her every wish. hard luck and fell asleep. He dreamed cam’ to this hoose, and the fire’s never H n; Phasan, the leading man with It was in the days of bows and arrow’s, the At one of the performances, the he saw Charlie and things he did make | been oot syn-syne.’ Orpheum players, who gained added and" his suit occupied the royal since aeroplanes are effected by the wind recognition last cveek as an actor of prince fine box and sat at the clever and attacks determined hand talents, will appear In the enraptured gas by it; "China- from the' west- town Trunk all dancing of the beauty I bombs and have as- Mystery” of the next grenades, catapults ern of the world. week, at a great advantage in the side the role marriage sumed real importance. Finally, of a sailor of Uncle Sam’s Finally the prince proposed navy. MISS ELSIE JAMS She real- of armor for the fighting man Miss Kurtz and Poppea accepted him. question will very cleverly por- Who will at the Odeon Two this wreek in a a de- izes afterwards, however, that she himself has come up for consideration.” tray the street flower vender nnd Misg- appear “Nearly Lady,” officer and per- ,r. Devralgne. The prince gets urchin, who appears at the pect anything amiss. a French army surgeon, discusses in the right place how- at the right auspicious after several months, lancet the result of his tests of the new time. And with the aid of his-servant, Russell Hampton will have the op- ever, French helmet and gives it his unquali- AT in a com- to excell APPEARS THE PRINCESS catches Drake and Poppea soldier who wears portunity his fine work of | fied indorsement. “The He imprisons them this past week as the character of an promising position. a helmet.” he says, “escaped light wounds to decide what unscrupulous Spaniard and goes to his study of the head, and even wounds that would and the genial and comedian shall be done. In circumstances have been se- pleasing James, will fur- ordinary He decides upon a scheme. Se- nish most of the comedy that runs finally vere are greatly mitigated. The helmet wineglasses, he dlls them through the whole action of the play curing two frequently turns off the bullet, in other of arsenic Into as Rrannngin, the cop. and drops a quantity cases dents or stops it, while In other Miss Lottie CJIenmore who scored In one of the glasses. cases it Is perforated but acts a« a heavy the room 'he of the He curries both glasses to so part mother last week will drag upon the force of the projectile are condned be seen In the difficult role of the where Drake and Poppea that hair and dirt are not driven into the that one of the glasses opium fiend, and as lo her and tells them tissues of the head.” ability no iccommendatlon Is contains arsenic. He compels Poppea A. J. chief surgeon of needed. Dr. Hewitt, one of the glasses for L). F. Marlon will take the part of to select the w'arship Pagasus in her fight with She unwittingly se- the chief of the outlaw Chinese high- Drake to drink. the Koenigsherg, writes in the Journal The binders while the containing arsenic. Service fra Martin, Will Suth- lects glass of the Royal Medical urging the other glass and pro- erland, Mamie Patterson and the en- nrince takes the adoption of some kind of protective Death" to the Eng- tire cast will have better poses "the Toast of armefr by the navy. One of the remark- opportuni- The ties to show their real lishman. Both lift their glasses. able features of the wounds which abilities. This company of Orpheum players prince lives. came under his observation, he says, the knowledge of made such a decided hit on their first Poppea, crazed by wai the smaller penetrating power of rustles from the appearance here that there Is no doubt what she has done, t'ne fragments of projectiles in open never to re- ot the coming week's play, the house out Into the desert, •paces like the upper deck. The dan- “Chinatown Trunk Mystery," tvhich turn. ger zone so far as life was concerned will he shown as usual, seemed to be confllned to a small area Tuesday, a.nd Saturday matinees at around the bursting space and though Thursday 2:30 and at 8:30 o’clock at tne initial velocity of the fragments every night the Orpheum. Princess Programme •cemed to be very great It diminished rapidly, perhaps owing to their Irreg- ular shape. “HER NEW HUSBAND” Monday—“Heavy Villains," In three “On© seaman," writes Dr. Hewitt, parts, with Hughie Mack. Flora Finch, “had his right arm so shattered that AT GRAND THIS WEEK Price and Shea. complete amputation was necessary, Kate William Diamond from the but a fragment of the same shell hit Milo. Pelletrau, the Artistic Dancer Tuesday—"The the brass buckle of bis belt, breaking Sky." with I-ottte Plckford and Irving Who Made Such a Hit Last Week, It but not even bruising the abdomen. Cummings. “The IJmited's Peril." and Small fragments were also the cause to Be the Headliner featuring Helen Holmes. of the loss of four eyes, but 1 am of Bank." with Charles the opinion that a. pair of motor gog- Husbands are a diversified quantity, Wednesday—"The Mae would have saved all these. A Chaplin. "Man's Genesis." and with gles and of quality the same, in the play case of to the jugular vein Robert Harron and W. C. Mil- Injury which Charlie Mack’s Widows” Marsh. of “Gay caused by s minute particle shell ler. will present at the Grand this week in probably could have been stopped by J Thursday—"Dreamy Dud sees Charley “Her New Husband.’’ a charming play a linen collar. Chaplin." “In my opinion a coat of light chain of quite entertaining characteristics. Friday—"Capital Punishment," In three ever leather, with a of armor, or pair Heralded as the headliner. Mile. Pelle- Paris, featuring Lenora Ulrich. goggles made from toughened motor "From the' In trau, a dancer of renown, whose artistic '’SaVnVdaj'—"Shadow's Past," screen glass, would be invaluable to four pails, featuring Marc MacDermott Grecian dances has won her unmeas- captains of destroyers, navigators and and Mabel Trunnelle. others in exposed positions who are ured plaudits in every city where she I’rosressinK I From the lamlsvlle Herald. "Well. Johnny, my dear, how are you getting on with your French?" MISS MAE MARSH “Oh, very well, uncle. We translate Who will be seen at the Princess Theatre Wednesday in “Man’s Genesis” quite nice sensible sentences now, such as 'My uncle never allows my birth- day to pasB without giving me a pres- has appeared, and who in reality is a men, as well, what they will wear. ent,’ or ‘It is certain that my uncle a will be at the Odeon will give me something quite splen- star which some day will ahlne athwart “Nearly Lady" Two two days this week. did this time.’ a broader horizon than a burlesque cir- cuit affords, will he an added attraction at the Grand for the week. Mile. Pelletrau is a beautiful woman. -- --- ^ As a dancer she Is remarkably gifted, and Week of 16 in the Grecian numbers which she pre- August sents appropriately garbed. Few who wit- ness her can remain unmoved. ' Another special feature for the week ORPHEUM PLAYERS is a musical number, "The Garden of Allah," which will be rendered by popu- lar Mae Bernard, the dazzling blonde Three-Act the •Will Present the Popular Play, whose theatrical career has been a mat- ter of pride to mahy because she was a Birmingham girl. Full of life and vi- -:- vacity, dashing and daring in style, Miss Bernard has many admirers who will en- joy her prominence on the programme. III These and other specialties will be in- “Chinatown LLL New troduced between the acts of "Her Husband,” which has to deal with sev- eral of the tribe who mysteriously dis- Trunk Mystery” appear, "bean soup" and a covey of stranded actresses, among whom are Is- __-_ abel Drisdale, the "bellhop,” and Mile. Vera, herself a dancer of oriental style, is the "housekeeper." A detective story of the thrilling battles of the police on who Mr. Hock, the hotel proprietor in the white slave and traffics in New York. Scenery the opium play, is Dan Belmont, a new acquisition especially built for this wonderful production. to the company, whose qualities as a cenr.odian are sure to attract, and A1 Matinees: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30 Bush and Sid Cox, two well-known stars Night: Curtain 8:30 Sharp of humor, will support him in what is perhaps the liveliest vehicle for such yet Grand. 30c Seats Reserved in Advance presented at the Prices 10c, 20c, Gladys Goldman, Mae Bernard. Ethyl McDonald and Isabel Drisdale, each with will retained to an attractive part, be BEST THEATRE augment the gay chorus of the "Gay Widows," whom Charles Mack brings di- rect to Birmingham from Cincinnati for one week, the present. As lias been remarked, under the man- PROGRAM EXTRAORDINARY agement of R. B. Kelly, who (his time has set a high-water mark for burlesque shows in this city, everything In the show will be new' with the single excep- indi- Minutes of Musical 50 tion of the few extremely popular 50 Comedy viduals retained because of their mag- netic personality and large following. New stage scenes, executed by the best artists, new costumes, rich and gay, new PICTURE PROGRAM musical'numbers and new and novel spe- MR. RUSSELL HAMPTON at that cialties will be introduced, and Who, with the Orpheum players, will appear in the detective play, “China* still another added amusement may be town Trunk Mystery,” all week at the Orpheum Monday Friday announced. Th<* Slx-Ceit Loaf, 2 reels Three performances daily at popular The Guiding: Light Hta Guardian'* Auto and A Mother’s Justice prices is the billing for the week, A C.r Ho.ey-.e- it is unnecessary to say a full two hours' Freight amusement will be given those who visit Saturday the Grand during this week. FKtUwYJZST th‘ p“t' Tuesday Hesh Hone. Freed, comedy “NEARLY A LADY” TO ---- The Living Death, 1-reel drama BE AT ODEON TWO Dr. Cravin’. Experiment The picture* at the Beat do not tire your eyes or make your head ache. Come and be convinced. The "Nearly a Dady," a thoroughly delight- Wotlnocnav price at the Best la always the tt same. We do not soak our ful comedy, written by Elsie Janls, w'ho CUllCflUClj patrons. Nothing Is too good for the also takes the leading role, will be shown the the Hie Tavern Keeper’* Son, 1-reel patrons of Best and price at the Odeon Two theatre this week. drama is always.the name. Only Be and Face Dan. comedy 10c. Many of the scenesare laid in the ranges Dirty of Montana and the cowlioys of that country add greatly to its interest. The cowboys call Elsie’s tianeee an English- man. "the man with a window in his Thursday and have fun at his expense. eye.” Begtaatag the greatest aerial picture ever shewn. Entitled the Miss Janls’ wonderful dancing Ib of I great aid to her in the play, and the lariat dance, which she does at the EXPLOITS OF ELAINE one of the most beauti- ranch house, Is wish te These who have seen the plctare will ace It again and those who ful ever filmed. to mine have not seen this great serial east afford seeing this truly won- one of her scenes | Miss Janls in ap- derful picture. The picture will he *eeu at the Bent every Thursday for pears as a “stage door Johnny,” and the the next fourteen weeks. No advance in prices. | evening clothes she wears are a delight j to the eye and a shock to the pocketbook. Pictures Their cut is faultless and show the lines The Regular Thursday Are [ which will he followed by men’s clothes The Redemption of the Jeeonn—one whs nerve* Those Bitter Sweets L the coming seasoa. Thus does woman not I only herald the Approaching fashions for

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