A 1 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1988, ---- IAT: -- The First English Super-Picture Eo) RG 8 Lod pp ee AN THE QUEEN, THE GUARDS, THE FLUNKEYS, AND EVERY LORD AND CHIMNEY ; SWEEP IN THE CROWD WILL LIVE BEFORE YOUR EYES This is th: scene of one of the dramatic turns in ¥' The GAME of LIFE" Lave, Romance, Comedy, Drama Spectacle and Thrills ia the greatest picture ever made GRAND OPERA HOUSE >» w THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Feb. 22-23-24 : TWICE DAILY 2.30--8.15 A One of the greatest stories of the day told in a dramatic film that has no equal fer spectacular scenes and thrilling action. JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S WITH HENRY B. WALTHALL and PAULINE STARKE SEE IT 0-DAY! A-L-L-E-N Produced by Rex Ingram. The Producer of "The Four Horsemen," = a Picture Even Greater Than Any of His Others. K AT THIS CAST-- . ==LOO LEWIS STONE, ALICE TERRY STUART HOLMES, BARBARA LAMARR 3 RAMON NAVARRO AND CAST OF STAGE FAVORITES New York and Chicago paid $2.00 per Seat. Returned Men! It all ex-C.EF. men who have . grievances in regard to Pension Re- ~ establishment, etc, on Discharge, 'will fill out the questionnaire obtain- @ from any Postmaster, and leave with the secretaries of the G. W. V. A, and the G. A. U. V., they will be dealt with by the committee Selected to go beforq the Royal Com- This committee meets every Wed- ~ mesday night at the quarters of the @. A. U. V, and every Saturday night at the quarters of the G. W. V. A. DR. D. E. MUNDELL CONSULTANT IN SURGERY | orice: 4 wi st. (eon King; - | ruonEs: Omics, 635. Residence 388. Hotel Frontenac Kingston's Leading Hotel Byery room has running hot and cold Water. One-half block from Railway and Steamboat Landings. . J A, HUGHES, Seats Now on Sale Evgs. ...25c., 50c., 75¢c., $1.00 Mats, ..... 0.00 « 28c., 50c. What the Press Agents Say About Coming Attractions . AMUSEMENTS | OLD LONDON IN "GAME OF LIFE" Big English Picture Will Be Brought to Grand Opera House. History says "The Old London Music Hall of the fifties was the sporting rendezvous of England." Here we find Lords and Baronets rubbing shoulders with sporting gentlemen and hussies. The nobility TRANSATLANTIC SAILINGS Season 1923. Lists and Rates mow hobnobbed with the hoi poliol for a {lord was only a lord, but a Derby winning jockey was a king. + This-was the romantic setting for much of the drama and comedy in "The Game of Life." It is here that we see the dramatic meeting of Travers, the plunger, and the book- le who never sets a limit, and it is here that we find that hilarious pair, the irrepressible Cobbles, and the lovable urchin, The Nipper, who by a strange trick of fortune have been lifted from a_coster barrow in the slums of London to a bar- onet's castle with thirty servants and money to burn. The Old London Masie Hall, and the Derby of 1880, as staged in "The Game of Life," are the most remark- able scenes ever staged in motion pictures, An actual Derby of crino- line times is staged én the picture, faithfully reproduced in every detail from the historic prints in. the Bri- tish museum, r We see the gay Victorian thous- ands who thronged the course, and here and there the strange figures of the bookies and Jockeys of the old sporting days of the 56's. The Game of Life" comes to the Grand Opera House fqr three days commencing Thursday, Feb. . 22nd after émashing all English cinema records in London, Liverpool, Glas- gow and Edinburgh, and being hail- od as the greatest pictupe ever made, die , At The ANan The film version of James Oliver Curwood's famous novel "Flower of the North," is a combination of and, the glamer 'aml. refreshing atmosphere of the James Oliver Cur- wood story. Henry B. Walthall, famous star, was selected to portray the role of Philip, a young pionee: to whom the virgin forests of the great Northwest, with their myriad ot fishladen steams, Such drdams es can come only to those capable of mounting the physi- cal and mental heights. It is con- ceded that Walthall ranks as the grcatest aotor of his type on the splendid acting, thriding sequence, | physical fights and moral struggles. See it at the Allen today. SPLENDID ROMANCE IS "THE PRISONER OF ZENDA" "The Prisoner of Zenda," which has thrilled thousands read the book or seen the play, has been made into a photoplay by Rex Ingram, the man who leaped into the front rank of motion picture directors 'by his production of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' This Metro picture, which comes to the Strand Theatre to-day, preserves all those elements which made the Edward Rose stage version of the novel by Anthony Hope, on which the photoplay is based, so pular. (BARBARA LA MARR, It is a story of the adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, a young English- man who for a time became the king of the mythical country of Ruritania and who won the love of the Princ- ess Flavia, after a series of plots and counterplots during which he is com- pelled to fight for his very life. Beau- tiful settings, georgeous costumes, and an exceptional cast contribute to make this romance one which will be talked about by all lovers of good pictures. In the cast are Lewis Stone, Rob- ert Edeson, Alice Terry, Stuart Holmes, Ramon Navarro, Barbara La Marr, Malcolm McGregor, Ed- -ward Connelly and Lois Lee. The adaptation was done by Mary O'Hara Seitz. RUNS MILE ACROSS FIELDS. To Rescue Family--Ten Saved From Fiery Death. Mountain View. Feb. 19.--A frame Picton, was destroyed by fire Friday evening and a dreadful tragedy was, parrowly averted. When/Cyrus Tyne went out to the barn to Wo his chores ..r the night he noticed the roof of a neighboring house on fire, Although the house was a mile away he hastened with all speed across the fields and rous- ed the family. The occupants ot house, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wood, their six chiliren and Mr. Wood's parents, were in bed sud were qune innocent of their peril. The roof which was on fire was directly. over the bedroom occupied by the children. Needless to say they quickly made their escape and were soon in safety. With the help of neighbors the fire was extinguish- was done. It is deadful to think what might have hapened to the whole family had not Mr. Tyne given the alarm when he did. Considering the con- dition of the fields since the recent snow storms it was no easy task to run the entire mile or eo across tie unbroken fields, I ---- SITUATION DRIFTING TOWARD GUERILLA WAR Fighting Between French Sol- diers and German Police= men In the Ruhr. Essen, Feb. 19.--Fighting be tween French soldiers and German policemen In different parts of the Ruhr was reported to-day-and the situation seemed to be drifting to- ward Guerilla war. A German policeman shot and wounded a French soldier at Gelven- kirchen, the latter returning the fire ing throughout the occupied areas became extremely bitter this clash officer was found dead, believed slain by German policemen here. Several ~ other clashes between police and troops were reported. Fine Is Paid. : Dusseldorf, Feb. 19.--Gelsenkir- who have | -| day, the first Sunday {n Lent. [Sunday afternoon. and the photography by John F. 5 house belonging to Mr. Hart, near|™ ed before a great deal of damage \ : "THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG oe LOCAL NEWS. Brief tems of Interest Ploked Up by the Whig Re- porters. ------ There have been eight deaths of pneumonia in Kingston this month. Mr. Swaine, piano 'uner. Orders 'Phone 564w Mrs. E. R. Hagen, Gananoque, has undergone a serious dperation at the Kingston General Hospital. The Lenten pastoral of the Bishop of Ontario was read in all the Anghi- can churches of the diocese on Sun- Miss Bdna McKibbon, domestic science teacher of the public schools underwent an operation?for appendi- citls in the General Hospital on Bee the wonderful film, "The Story of an Automobilg," at the Strand | Theatre, showing how Studebaker automobiles are made, and then call at the Central Garage and let us give you a demonstration of the finished artiole. Married and Away, In Kingston on Feb, 14th, at 426 Division street, Miss Jessie Hegadom Kingston, and John Dawson, Odessa, were united in marriage by Rev. C. Cronin, of the Free Methodist church. The happy couple left on the noon train for their home near Odessa where the groom Is a pros- perous farmer. Get Down to Work. Montreal, Feb. 19.--The Le Can- ada, French language morning news- paper, today carries an editorial un- der the caption, . "Enough Banquet- ting," in which it says that the time has arrived for Sir Henry Thornton to have done with banquets and get down to work. received at 100 Clergy strest west et Why strains hurt Congestion in tissues causes museu- lar pain. Sloan' scatters © =pain vanishes! RESIGNS AT QUEEN'S Head of English Department Returning to England Ow- ing to li=Health. : It was announsed at Queen's Un- iversity that Professor Thomas Sec- combe, head of the English depart- ment at the university, has tender- ed his resignation. Prof. Seccombe, who is a noted English scholar, has been head of the English depart ment, for two sessions, succeeding Dean Cappon. Prof. Seccombe, when speaking to the Whig, stated that kis reason for leaving Queen's un- He has been ordered by his doctor to take a rest, and will return to England in May next, } Coal, comprising about 150 tons, billed to Canadian points was seized at Balston, Spa, N.Y. It was dis- tributed throughout the villdge. 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