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EL PASO HERALD 4r B Saturday, Xpril 26, 1913 iyi&lJsPBf3M N SfTH EggBEjZ Color Photography In the Actual Tones of Nature Simultaneous Impressions Takene, Then Projected in the Pield Before the Lens 'Wonderful Pictures Made of Flowers and Tropical Forests in Their Native Beauty. Wyrrr color photography is necessarily a technical subject, the general public cannot help turns Interested in a process -which opens up unlimited possibilities In pho tographing the paintings of the old roasters, flowers, pageants, and other scenes tnat depend primarily upon col or for their attractiveness. Brief lv. color photography )s achieved 1y simultaneously photographing: and lhi projecting three photographs con - ,u,ing the primary color values in the i ;.l before the lens. Gaumonts i r.nin-cnrome, or three color process .: cinematography, has successfully photographed flower studies, farmyard sreies, panoramic scenes in the tropics wn-r. vegetation in all its natural col ors flourishes luxuriantly, scenes in the Moroccan desert -where Arabs are shown j'. picturesque, vari-colored costumes g-amst their white-walled habitations and the desert sand, as well as scenes i'i Mulberry street. New York, where if color is to be found at all in Man fcattitn. the moving picture man can get a, surfeit Pictures In natural colors are taken with an ordinary moving picture ma chine, but at a rate of speed twice as fast as that used in photographing slack and white scenes. The film is highly sensitised and a secret agent em pi 05 ed to make it more than ordinarily srnsuive to the sun's rays. The ChroBO-Chrorae Process. Tn its early experiments the CJaument experimenters found it impossible to superimpose the three-color value pic tures through their respective color filters on the screen. Since then, how ever. In the socalled "chrono-chrome' process this difficulty has been com pletely overcome. In making some color pictures two screens are used, the red and the green, j'irst a photograph is taken through the red screen, then a second through the green screen and a third through the red screen. When the film is pro jected, red and green scenes are placed hack of the lens and changed In the Siice relation as they were when the photographs were first taken. When the picture is thrown on the screen. -t.:oueh an optical principle known as persistence of vision." the spectator Mews the picture in all the natural colors of the subject originally photo graphed. The negative film in the color pro cess consists of images in pairs, on one of which the objects photographed is recorded in red. while the other Is pho tographed in green. The natural color camera is equipped with a rotary disk, segments of which contain translucent strips of red and green gelatine plates. i hen this screen is revolved rapidly 'before the lens of the camera the light r.ivs are "filtered" and give the black and white photographs on the film their natural colors. Another Process. Charles Urban, the inventor of kine ' m.iColor, explained how he hit upon . . cr photography before he sailed for England recently. Mr. Urban is an American, but perfected the natural color process abroad. -First we divided the spectrum Into half." said Mr. Urban. "We divided the three primary colors into half, using half of the yellow -with the blue and making a blue green, and the other half of the yellow with the red, making a deep orange. "We finally achieved our best results with the two-screen process, green and AT THE UNIQUE TODAY Opening Game of 1913 Baseball Se&soa will be shown today. This picture will be of especial interest to all baseball "fans." Come today and see the immense crowds in the new million dollar ball park. SEE PRESIDENT WILSON. Dorit Miss This or You'll Be Sorry. The Dragon's Breath The Drarnalic Treat of the Year, A splendid two reel feature a story of a Chinese opium den showing the depth of a mart's love. Don't miss this. Automobile Races This film b stM MCompJete, as several hundred feet has not arrived from Los Angeles. Part of it will be shown today from 5 TO 7 ONLY, bat we would suggest that those who come especially to see this film that they wait tatil Monday, when the complete film will be run. The complete film of the AUTOMOBILE. MOTORCYCLE, HAR NESS RACES. AND PANORAMIC VIEW OF GRAND STAND. ALSO PASO DEL NORTE HOTEL and UNIQUE THEATRE, will be run Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. COME AND SEE YOURSELF IN THE "MOVIES.". The Unique Theatre THE MOST MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE MOVING PK- 1 TURE HOUSE IN 'If It's New LJj M I Best VEKTtLATEn, CXEANSS 1 J S. h f trST"taORTete I 1 red being used exclusively. In project ing the pictures the two images are not superimposed on the screen at the same moment. First the picture is projected through, the red and then through the green filter at the Irate of 32 pictures a second." Color photography is now being used by the Gaumont company in trick pic tures, in several of which very realistic "ghosts" hover in the backgrounds of the picture and lend an uncanny touch to the photoplay. The three-color process of printing -was, -without doubt, a remarkable ad vance in the direction of reproduction of natural color. However, it cannot compare with the new three-color Gau mont process of cinematography, as In the one case there is always present, to rob the results of a purity of tone, a granular appearance due to the type of of the -world where asm any other re color screen necessarily used, whereas in the new cinematograph color process Nature's tints are faithfully recorded with entire absence of grain. Film Flicks The Kinetograph company has sold out to the General Film company. It was organized by some of the owners of the General Film company and -was supposed to bo in opposition to It. Mrs. Hal Wilson is out again. She was playing in a scene in "When the Circus Came to Town" when a big baboon attacked her and she fell out of a window. The camera failed to get the falL The Biograph company has put a stop to tennis, croquet and handball around its California studio. The play of those not working interfered with those who were. Hence the order by director Griffith. The New York picture show people raised over ?MH for the flood suf ferers at a benefit. Alice Joyce con tributed quite a bit by selling her pho tographs. Kenneth Casey, the youngster with the Vitagraph. plays the cornet and violin, goes to school and acts in the pictures. By the way. the Caseys talk German, not Irish, when at home. The suffragets are after a. theater in New York to exploit their cause with moving pictures. John I- McGraw and Christie Mathewson -will soon appear In a Ka lem picture. This is the same com pany that featured Marquard. The old time melodrama, "The Oetoo roon," is soon to be pictured. The Vltagraph wrll soon release a Japanese picture made in Japan by Maurice Costello and his globe trotters. It will be called 'The Wrath of Osaka." A crusade has been started against the advertising slide. El Paso has never been bothered with them but in some towns it has become a nuisance as 48 and 58 slides were used. THE SOUTHWESTC" We Have II.' - -I ' De Wolf Hopper Scores of Career In Revival "The STeeken" Is Only New Play Offered in New York During Week. By Emery B. Calvert.) NEW w. Ne BW YORK, April 2. The past week's theatrical activities in few Tork witnessed but one revival and one new production. It had promised to bo a very busy week, but for one reason or another a num ber of new productions were postponed and a few revivals were deferred for more propitious dates. Just when a propitious date for a theatrical opening occurs is hard to fix. It is anything hut an exact science. A "play succeeds or fails, apparently, without any special reason. It is al ways a chance, and the most astute producers, such as Mr. Belasco. have never been able to make it anything but a gamble. The delicate psycho logical forces that constitute the de termining factors in the success or failure of a play are too subtle for gnnina to rran with certainty be he ever so shrewd. Even the revival of ; an old time success is accompanied with this same element of chance. The taste of the theater going public has changed vastly within the past few years. It is, perhaps, that the public has grown more sophisticated, and the ingenious devices of a generation ago, which appealed so strongly, now excite laughter and derision. But Gilbert and Sullivan were a pair of giants, or geniuses rather, who seem to be time proof. They never lose their freshness. The wit of Gilbert, his de liriously absurd drollery and the lilt ing tunes of Sullivan appeal as strong ly as ever to a public which has been surfeited of late with every species of musical play and comic opera. This was again demonstrated last Monday night, when the audience at the Casino grew vociferous In its applause at the brilliant sallies and mellifluous songs of "The Mikado." For the past three seasons this old favorite has been revived in New Tork. And in every case it is the same old story Large audiences, enthusiastic applause and the artistic triumph of at least one or two members of the After a great many years as a comic opera star just how many it would be unfair to state, it remained for De Wolf Hopper to score the biggest hit of his career as Ko-Ko, last Monday night. The critical observers who watched him Monday night agreed that he bad touched the highest spot he has yet reached, and while ths per formance as a whole revealed a few others in a pleasing light, Mr. Hopper not only scored the hit of the evening, but gave a performance which will serve more than anything he has ever done to fix his place as one of Ameri ca's immortal stage humorists. He seemed to grasp to perfection the GIl bertian character. One was led in evitably to feel that he was the Iden tical Ko-Ko it- author had in mind when he created the character. It was a most serious study of a comic role and was perhaps never done so well in the 25 or 30 years of its history. In most revivals of comic operas, some modern interpolations are in jected to give it a more or less con temporary air. But not so with Mi kado. There was not an exotic song, word or joke, nothing to make it sound "up to date." What better tribute could be paid to the enduring qualities of this piece. To praise the music of the Mikado at this time wonld be a sort of imper tinence. And it is, therefore, an added satisfaction to so to a revival of such a favorite and find all the singing roles in capable hands. Or perhaps It would be better to say capable throats, since some of the principals were better singers than actors. Miss Gladys Caldwell, the new Tum Yum, proved to be a charming little creature witli winsome grace and a splendid voice. She gave the Moon song delightfully, but she showed she was new to the role and her perform ance, while dainty, lacked that piquant Japanese air with which a few other artists have Invested it, but not Fritzl Scheff, as experienced as she is. In the ability to impart a Japanese flavor to her role Miss Anna Wheaton was the most successful of the Three of From left to righti Janet Beecher, hi "The Purple Road, at ine Liberty theater; Ann Wheaton. at Pitti-SIng, In "The Mikado," at the Casino, and Olive Carr, in "The Lady of the Slipper," at the Globe. Below is Marjorie Dore, in "The Five Frankforters." at the Thirty-ninth SUeet theater. Little Maids. Her singing of the al ways popular "He's Going to Marry Hm-Yura" was done with such a graceful art that she was obliged to repeat over and over again. Miss Kate Condon's "Katish" was never better done, and George MacFarlane, as the Mikado, had ample opportunity to ex ploit his truly magnificent voice. Arthur Aldridge, as Nanki-Poo. and Arthur Cunningham, as Poo-Bab, sang their roles excellently. The chorus was far above the average and was well trained in its many evolutions. It was a decidedly successful revival. "The Necken" was a most peculiar piece. "The Neeken." according to the programs at the Lyceum, where it was presented on Tuesday afternoon, to a large and unsuspecting audience, was & poetic drama founded on a Swedish legend, ani done into blank or some other kind of verse, by Elizabeth G. It was almost pathetic to watch that large, eager audience, leaning anxious ly forward all through the first act. trying to discover what It was all about. The play is based on the legend of a river god who wins the love of a mortal girl, a theme which has been handled with muoh more art and poetry by Hauptmann in his "Die Ver sunkene , Glocke." or "The Sunken Bell." ' "The Necken" had nothing new to offer on this theme. It was merely imitative. While the verse was sug gestive of Shakspere in its Elizabethan mannerisms, the popular verdict seemed to be that blank verse should be shunned as a form for drama except by those with a signal gift for that form of expression. There is little poetry in "The Necken" and hardly any drama. There was one rather dramatic moment, when the humble farmer and his family discovered that Jan, the farm hand, has the green lock3 and eyes of the river god. At the end, Toa, the farmer's daugh ter, yielding to 'the spell of her demon THE PRIDE IGWAM Home of the Human Voice Pipes & Unit Orchestra. TODAY'S PROGRAM: THE ATTACK AT ROCKY PASS KaWs Indian Military Feature. FALSE SOLDIERS Lubin's Comedy. HINEMOA Made by Maori actors in New Zealand. SHIPPING A CLOCK Comedy. Monday and Tuesday, April 28 and 29 WILLIAM J. BURNS, the world's greatest detective, k Kalem's 3 reel special release. 'THE EXPOSURE OF THE LAND FRAUDS." Our patrons are urged to remember their experiences in trying to secure seats at night during the Bernhardt and Hackett en gagements, and to come in the afternoon. Coming The Best of All 'FROM THE MANGER TO scene on the actual spot m the 1 1. iggest on. "The Mikado 1) lover, is drawn to the very edge of his cataract, doomed and self-abandoned, when the chimes of a distant church breaks the spell, and the river god, undone, sinks into the pool. This struggle symbolizes the contest be tween Christianity and Paganism for the soul of the girl. The blank verse, which was rather difficult, for the most part, was handled the most skilfully by Laurence Eyre, as The Necken. The role of Toa, the daughter, was played by Alice Newell, with a slight appeal, but no distinction. The part of the farmer was In the hands of Con rad Cantzen and that If bis wife was played by Kate Mayhew. The piece was produced by the Na tional Federation of Theater Clubs. The object of this organization is to encourage poetic drama. But it is the consensus of opinion that its first selection will hardly serve to do very mnch encouraging of this form of drama. DTJSTIN" FARSUJI MAY LAUNCH PICTimE COXCERX "I am weary of an actor's life." said Dustin Farnum recently. "I believe I can succeed in the great business world. I have in contemplation the launching of a great motion picture film manufacturing business. I have a large country place and other lands near oan Diego, Calif., and I shall go there, establish my manufacturing plant, my studios, my al fresco theater for presenting acting companies before the camera, my business offices and my home." Asked if he had giTen A. H. Woods, under whose supervilson he is touring this season, notice. Farnum said: "My contract with Mr. Weed3 ex pired Saturday night. My tour has closed and I do not Intend to make any more contracts. My last perform ance on any stage has been given." Wanted Salespeople for The Great May Sale. Apply at once. Callsher's. OF EL PASO THEATR. THE CROSS' Five reels Every Holy Land May 12-13. J Replica of Spanish Caravels Motographed on Lake Michigan "The Coming of Columbus" Depicted on a Scale Never Before Attempted in Motion Pictures Film Ap proved by Pope Pius X An Historical. Record, of Educational Value. PBRHAPS the greatest film ever released by a motion picture com pany was "The Coming- of Colum bus," a historical drama which Is now being exhibited in motion picture thea ters all over the world. School boards in every part of the country have ap plied to the manufacturer of this edu cational film for permission to exhibit It to classes in American history. Mediaeval Records Searched. The making of these pictures occu- ..i--) . ..... nf tmo tfojft mAftt Of which was spent in gathering data con cerning the life of Columbus, in order to secure historical exactness in every detail. William N. Selig, president of the Selig Polyscope company, sent a committee of scholars to Spain. Here they spent months gathering data. They secured the original log book of Columbus and the personal memoirs of Diego, Columbus's son. By signing a bond for ? 10,000 Mr. Selig was able to bring these back to this country. From these authentic sources of in formation, and aided by the Spanish government, Mr. Selig was able to build this picture in- exact counterpart or the real events. The ships of Columbus depicted in the piDtures are the original caravels presented to this country by the Span ish government. Mr. Selig signed a $100,000 bond for the safe return of each ef these vessels. They were then repainted, recalked. outfitted with new sails and made seaworthy before be ing used. The cost of producing these pictures was over $50,000, and more than 360 persons are seen in the cast. Pope Confers Medal. His holiness. Pope Plus X. received a set of the "Columbus" films from Mr. Selig, and after inspecting them care fully the pope was so pleased with Mr. Sellgs gift and what he had accomp lished that he sent by father Tonello I his personal otessings ana praise, mm In recognition of the great epoch wich in motion picture production the holy father sent to Mr. Selig a silver medal of beautiful design bearing his like ness. Feeling that even this was in adequate to express his full apprecia tion his holiness had a beautiful cera mic or art plaque removed from its glace in the Vatican and sent to Mr. elig. Cardinal Gibbons and many other high church officials have ' viewed the pictures and are unanimous in their praise of same. At private exhibitions AMERICAN PICTTJItB HOTJSB IS OPENED IN BERLIN Another American enterprise was started in Berlin. Germany, when the finest cinematograph theater in the city was opened. It is the creation and property of F. J. Goldsoll and A. H. Woods, of New York, and represents the first attempt to supply the German public with mov ing pictures in truly luxurious sur roundings. The establishment, called the Nollen dorg theater, stands on the Nolletadorf Platz, In the heart of the fashionable west end residential quarter. The de sign is that of a Greek temple, 'and the trimming is in gold and ivory. The roof is removable, so that the audi ence will have only the stars overhead on pleasant nights. Already the place has become one of the sights of the town. An Invited au dience comprising society, artistic, the atrical and literary people, attended the opening, on Wednesday night. The The dedicatory program consisted of a reproduction of "Quo VadlsT" with special mobs organized for purposes of realism by Richard Ardynski, one of Max Reinhard's stage managers. Germany, like the rest of the world, is cinematograph mad. Its passion for film entertainment will be fanned afresh by such luxurious shows as that which will henceforth be provided the Berliners through American enterprise. MIAMI MAN KILLED BY ELECTEOCUTIOff Miami. Ariz, April 26. Chas. Blye. a boilermaker. employed by the Miami Mine company, was electrocuted while at work. An electrio current of 44J volts passed through his body and he died less than an hour afterwards. Blye went to a switchboard to pull a switch and as he did so his thumb came in contact with the base of the instrument. He was rendered helpless and an assistant bad to pull him from the switch. A six inch cylinder deep -well pump has arrived here for the Granite Springs Water company from Bl Paso. A corps of men were waiting to instal it at the water works and an hour after the train arrived the pump was being set up. Miami's water supply has been short for the past few days owing to a breakdown at the -water -works and the srvice of the new pump is in great demand. The Miami Journeyman Tailors, Pressors and Dyers' association was formed and affiliated with the Indus trial council at a meeting held last night. Sam Geaslin, brother of Joe Geaslin, E! Paso In Moving Pictures &E GRECIAN Today Last Time In Addition to 0ir Regular Program the films have been shown to many of the country's educators, critics, art ists and historians. Historical Accuracy. The duplicates of the three caravels, Santa Maria, Plnta and Nina, which the Spanish nation had built and pre sented to the America nation, -were fitted with sails and made seaworthy by William Selig and employed in the production. Even the original logbook used by Columbus is shown. The ships of Columbus depicted In the pictures are the three caravels sent by the Spanish government across the ocean to the Chicago world's fair and which were mouldering, in Jackson park lagoons. The vessels are exact replicas of the ships of Columbus's lit tle fleet. Crossing the Atlantic under their own sails and following as near as possible the course of the original voyage of Columbus, the Santa Maria, the Nina and the Pinta arrived In Lake Michigan by way of the St. Lawrence river, the Welland canal. Lake Erie and Lake Huron. They sailed into Chi cago harbor on July 7, 1893. Since the world's fair the caravels have been in the charge of the South Park com mission. When Mr. Selig took possession of the caravels they were fast going to ftieces. Their bottoms were imbedded n mud, and when dragged into open water they were as leaky as sieves. Xr. Selig spent several thousand dol lars in calking them, repainting them, bending new sails and otherwise over hauling them and making them sea worthy. Filmed Off Chicago Shore. In the pictures one sees the caravels standing bravely across the sea, rock ing on ocean swells, lifting and pitch ing over emerald hills of water. One sees the eager faces of the sailors crowding their rails and the lookouts at the mastheads peering forward to ward an unknown world beyond the horizon. As a matter of fact the "path less ocean" is Lake Michigan, just off Jackson Park, Chicago, and the sailors are Selig company actors. In the pic tures you see Columbus land on San Salvador and. framed among palms and ferns and tropical foliage, kiss the earth and claim it in the name of Spain. In reality "San SUtvador" is the sandy Indiana snores, of the lake near the steel city of Gary, and the cocoa nut palms, the date trees and jungles of the tropics are property plants se cured in Chicago hothouses and stuck In the sand of the lake margin. and well known locally, was shot and killed at Milford. Utah, according to a telegram received here. AND SIARTK - Breaking Oat on Chin and Neck. Blotches Covered with Crust-Kke Fish Scales. Hair Came Out Cutkura Soap and Ointment Cured Entirely in Two Weeks, BisseH. Ala. "About onarear agolwas attacked wHb a breaking out on my chin and neck sometbfegresembHng tetter. The general appearaace of the breaking out was blotches of raised red places covered with trustifies fish scabs. It would cause the most in tesae itching and Enarting. .To share caused bleeding aadbamicg. "I tried several different kinds of cures which were no beseflt kt the least. They made matter worse. The malady kept spreading slowly until my scalp was attacked by it. My hair came out. CuUcura Soap and Oint ment were reconaaended to me by a friend. I purchased one cake of Guticsra Soap and a 50c box of Cutirara Ointment and began to use them. ! washed my face with warm water, using Cuticura Soap and drying with a soft towel, afterwards applying the Cutl eura Ointment twtee daily, morning and night. In two weeks' time I was curod entirely of tins skin trouble, leaving skin softer and clearer than before." (Signed Frederick S. Woods, Nov. 5. 1912. Cotices Soap and Ointment do so mnch for poor complexions, red, rough hands, and dry. thin and fatting hair, and cost so little, bit it fa almost criminal not to use them. Sold everywhere. Sample of each mailed free. wHh 32-p. book on the skis, and scalp. Ad 6es5post-ard"Cuticura,Dopt.T,BctaQ.' S-Men who zhave and shampoo with Ca tfcura Soap wlfl Sodit best for akin and seal p. j IKE ITCHING m