£ DOROTHY PHILLIS "SLANDER THE WOMAN" A Great Drama of a Woman's Fight for Honor at the Allen Next Week. Every once in a while we are able .to secure a picture that demands classification of excellence in all re-| spects. Sometimes a picture has an attractive star, or an appealing sto- TY, or a few big moments, or heauti- ful backgrounds; but it must be ad- mitted that seldom do we find a pro- duction in which all of these ele- ments are so happily blended that one is conscious only of the perfec- tion of the photoplay in its entirety. Such a picture is "Slander the Womgn," the latest First National release starring Dorothy Phillips and directed with surpassing skill # by Allen Holubar, who will be recal- led as the director of earlier tri- umphs in which Miss Phillips has starred, "Man-Wceman-Marriage," and ""Hurricane's Gal," to mention two of the Jatest and best. "Slander the Woman" points a moral, but you will forget that in following the intensely interesting ry of the young woman who is unjustly dragged Into a murdgy case and falsely accused of being respon- sible for the tragedy. Sha is alona and friendless (after her name has [ been blackened), but she has the courage to fight back. For a time conditions look rather hopeless; then something happens way up there in . the wilds of Canada where the girl has sought refuge--something vou least expect. And the moral. Oh, yes, the moral 18 to be careful when you talk zbout other people's affairs: In short: | At tne Strand to-night for the last - time. Top Row--B. Willia Williams. (director), Trevor Evans Don't gossip. You are go'ng to enjoy "Slander the Woman" at the Alier, Mon. Tues., and Wed., immensely. and it will give you something to discuss on the way home. THREE GREAT FILMS COMING TO STRAND The first of the trio 1s Milton Sills in "Legally Dead," which clos- es at the Strand tonight. Goodly audiences assembled yesterday to tee it in Kingston for the first time, for "Legally Dead" has points of exceptional interest. One is its in- {troduction of adrenalin, the strange Inew drug which works Wonders on the human body, and which hag ret the medical world and the press a- talking. Then 'Legally Dead" has a strong local appeal, for the hero of the story deliberately tries to get {into the penitentiary, a queer idea {born of his desire to find out the actual facts of prison life and the administration of justice. And he gets in, too, Milton Sills is as- I sisted by Claire Adams and a fine | cast, | Next Monday, Tuesday and Wed- Bottom Row--Robert Hopkins, Prof. Emlyn Jones (accompanist), Prof. (manager), Philip Jones. Inesday the Strand will present an- | ether Peter B. Kyne story, "The Go- Getter," with T. Roy Barnes, Seena Owen, and other favorite players. The hero of the story is a disabled toldler with an ample store of pep and ambition in his make-up, He goes alter good things, and gets them, his two principal conquests being a first-class job and a charm- ing wife. The story is typical of At the Strand, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. RHONDDA WELSH MALE GLEE SINGERS ms, D. Davies, S. Jenkins, W. Evans, D. Rees, Middle Row--Richard Owen, J. John, D. Howells, S. Lazarus, Trefor Mergan, H. Tudor Tom Morgan et Nt EAN A AAA ttn Peter B. Kyne's be:t work, and act- ing and scenes measure up to the best standards, for "The Go-Getter" is a Paramount, produced by Cos mopolitan and directed by E. H. Griffith. . The third striking picture to an- nounce is Rex Beach's '"The Iron Trail," which will be showh at the Strand next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This is one of Rea Beach's most popular yarns, a story of the railroad and Alaska, and ot the men and women who risk lire and limb to brave its dangers ana if possibile win its waiting treasure. This picture is a United Artists re- lease, and the cast well chosen, One of the players is eginald Denny, of "Leather Push- ers' fame. Great effort anc expeure were involved in the filming of "The Iron Trail," which was carried ut under the supervision of the author himself, 5 THE RHONDDA WELSH ~MALE GLEE SINGERS. Attendant upon the visits of the Renowned Rhondda Welsh Male Chorus are benefits that are, beth directly and indirectly, incalculable in their value in more ways than THEATRES OFFER a . \ / is particulary 2 REPUT DOROTHY WOMAN'S PRICELESS POSSESSION: ~----if she is robbed of honor, tion in the world ?----or must she A Drama of Great Emotions and the Unexpected. PHILLIPS "SLANDER THE WOMAN" Baby Richard Headrick and Cyril Chad- wick in supporting cast. ATION can she regain her posi- remain in social exile. FOX NEWS ALLEN REVIEW Last Time to-night "DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS" LUPING LANE in "MY HERO" CONCERT Orchestra | ALLEN LLE MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY _ one. Foremost among these is the ingpirgtion of the music -- an in- spiration thai wakens talents and pleasures which were hitherto dor- mant in the listener; and once awak- ened, these attributes will make an incessant demand upon the i= ivid- ual affected to cultivate his talent "REX DEACHS TRAIL' Scene fi At the Strand Thursday, Friday and "THE IRON Saturday. eric i mary A and to assuagé his craving for the higher pleasures of~tife. The gener- al 'musical education disseminated hy this choir is also of such a kind that will permanently benefit the general public, musical and other. To miss a concert given by the Rhondda Choir is just like slipping a notch in the wheel of musical progress. One needs not persuade the really musical man or woman to go and listen to the choir, but it is the duty | McGall's, P -~ of every musical American to. persus ade the indifferent public to go and hear the Rhondda Choir whenever it comes their way. They owe that mueh to art and education, and to the men who sacrifice the love of ° home to tour in a distant land for the love of art. Encourage your friends to fear this most wonderful singing party at Grant Hall on Oet. Eth. Tickets now on sale at Jack rincess street. --~ en MILTON SILLS] ati~CLAIRE ADAMS in "LEGALLY DEAD" BOBBY VERNON in 'Take Your Ghoice' Final Showing To-Night 2 STRAND in Monday Tuesday Wed. Another PETER B. KYNE Story ! "The GO-GETTER?" T. ROY BARNES, SEENA and a Powerful Cast "SCOUT PLUCK--PATHE REVIEW With OWEN, | © "Here's what he said-- "Dear Blsic Robinson: "I have been reading your articles for a n disappointment, same lagk in your writings which 1 I mote in the work of other newspeper writers. You dodge issues. The subjects you discuss are interesting, But why do you leave some of our | most vital problems untonched-- di- ~ Yorce, birth centrol, sex education, the al evils, the labor question, the problem, ete. 'These things are of tremendous . tonoern to every, American and, in a | country of free speech, they should be thorbughly discussed. Why do you, and all your 1ik, evade them? ] 3 'B.H.Q" That's a good letter." ®. G. H. is _ msking 4 question which many of you | have asked and whieh should be answered. It is not a matter of great importance whether I do or do not write on certain subjects. The world | Won't' go into a decline because it « fails to hear nhy opinions. But it is 8 matter of tremendous importance ~ that these problems need thoug&t and discussion and' that they aren't being discussed | Why aren't they? | can't be discussed. Because, In short, this isn't a country of free Speech. - "What an outrageous statement!" Ou exclaim, 'We have the most beral government in the world!" Yes, we have a very liberal gov- ernment. But you are very much raing. And Popu- against free speech in Since you are one of who are molding popular opin- you'd better sit right down and article. ) ous information and debate? ven't newspaper writers brains th to talk Shout the vital human lems 1 Listen World! ® ELSIE THIS TALK IS ABOUT FREE SPEECH tion. Listen to the answer. 1 am going to initiate you into some of the shop secrets of my craft and ® time with pleasure but also; show you why a newspaper is what I note the | it 1s, and isn't always what you'd iike it to be. Come with me into my work room. the editorial department of a big daily paper. At first glance this work room seems vastly different from the work rooms of other fac- tories--aover-all or box factories, for instance. But it fsn't. Its pro- gramme and purpose are, indeed, identical. The machines in this workroom are composed of bone and blood and Yrain, as against those other machines of tin and wood and steel. But they serve the same end-- A ¢ TORIES OF THE SEEK A LAND, THEN, HICH : 3 FAR . FROM THE U.5.a. n E FOR, THO FREEDOM E FLAUNTS R wi 1 THe THIS 1S5' NO € PLACE TH PA a. RAIS" ~ DAY ? wn ME! vou They are there to give the Public what it wants. If the Public doesn't want what they manufacture they're scrapped, as surely as the machines of tin and steel. 4 Bear those two sentences id mihd very carefully, for they're the answer to all your questions. What is the reason for the retic- ence of American newspapers, their deliberate dofiging of many vital is- sues? You are the reason. A Publisher doesn't decide upon his policies. They are decided for him. An Editor doesn't select his news. It's selected for him. A Writer doesn't dictate his articles. They're dictated for him. And you do the deciding, 'the selecting, the dictating. You do it in the simplest or VES, OUR FATHERS GAVE THEIR LIVES TO GAIN, BOY IF THEY WER CIN VAIN, Jdife, WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED DY ROBINSON manner in the world. You cancel your subscription if you don't get what you want. Naturally, you get what you want. Publishers musi eat. Let us look into this further. Here ¥ou are in the editorial room. All right, let's suppose that just for one day the publisher decides to give "E. H. G." the kind of paper he says he wants. The word goes forth from the inner office. The lid ts off! Lightning never struck with a more amazing flash. Instantly the various editors, reporters, news men, feature writers, are galvanized into Have they longed for this day? Let me assure you, my friend, they have longed for this day as a fish v NOT DY TYRANTS HELD, longs for the sea, as a fallen angel longs for Paradise. : Here are 20, 40, 60 men, -whose big job is Thought. Thought is their profession, their pastime, their pas- sionate preoccupation. There is nothing in life for which they long so greatly as to think and to tell their thoughts widely and bravely. And here, month after month, year after year, they sit--shackled. It matters not on which newspeper they serve--radical or. consesvative, yellow or drab. There is very little difference in their scope, for the ultimate consumer is always the same. And regardless of individual make-up, the paper must serve the ultimate consumer, or go broke. Here you are, facing a regiment of cooped geniuses who have suddenly been freed. Joy reigns. A dozen splendid Articles are under way-- exactly the articles which "E. H. G." has desired. The typewriters burn with fearless phrases anent the labor situation, the color question, euge- nics, divorce, communism--down through the list. Remember, these articles are not rabid howls for or against any of these issues. They are simply spirit- ed discussions, frank revelations, such as any intelligent person should welcome. At last the articles are finished. The paper goes to press. The proud staff awaits its publication. And then do you know what happens? Within 48 hours that steff of fearless trained thinkers is out looking for jobs as bell hope and ditch diggers. Yes. Exactly. And for why! Be- cause as fast as the Dear Public can lick a stainp it has written in to can- cel its subscriptioh on the ground that some one, or all, of the articles has "violated public decency." Bill Smith, for instance, greatly ires the articles on social evils, divorce and communism, but that discussion of labor gets, his goat. 'Will he have a dirty, corporation- serving rag with such views in his home? He will not. Bingo! On goes the ~ stamp and off goes the paper. Mrs. Hepsibah Hartwell, on the other hand, commends the labor art- i i ; i is i § } iF | : 253 3 bought up by the liquor interests and here's the|proof! Forthwith she cancels her subscription with a long and intensely fretty letter to the pub- lisher. And now Jet me say a few words, in passing, as to the nature of these protests. Never does Bill Smith sit down and honestly say that he is cancelling" the paper because of per- sonal peeve. Nay, nay! With elo- quent phrases he declares that the paper Is "Anti-American." Not one out of a thousand of these protesting subscribers will acknowledge an in- dividual protest. Always they dig- unify their howl by references to Christianity, the Church, Abraham Lincoln, The Downtrodden Masses, or God: God is one of the best alibis when cancelling a subscription. Noth- ing can humiliate a publisher worse, or get a writer fired quicker, than to insinuate that he has hurt God's feelings. These are only a few illustrations. Every other subject listed meets a similar fate. If it doesn't run foul on the snag of individual prejudice, it precipitates wholesale slaughter by some church society or organization. What's the conssquence? What would be the consequence if the pub- lic boycotted brands of shoes, sar- dines, vacuum cleaners? The brands would be changed until the public got what it wanted, wouldn't they? That is exactly what happens in a newspaper. The public gets what it wants. That is why newspapers are what they are. And now let me make an~ other devastating statement---this condition is pecaliarly American. In no other country in the world is speech so limited as it is in the U. €. A. In no other country do new or radical ideas meet with such drastic punishment. You protest----you deny---you re- mind me of the injunctions against poli discuesions in Burope. That is quite true. We are free and frank in our discussions of politics. Sut they must be of certain brands of poiftics--the brands which have a recognized standing in America. No sane writer would dare a public ad- vocaey of communism, for instance. membered that politics fan't the most vital function of humanity. In those other departments which affect the lite of the individual, the births, marriages, divorces, the lid is screw~ ed on tighter in America than in any other country on earth. It matters not that lsceths under that Jid. It mattery pot v7 that the corruption may only be ' cleansed by exposure, and discussion. { corruption If the newspaper lifts that lid, the newspaper is doomed. That's why you don't find big writing on vita; problems in newspapers. Nine chances out of ten you have Leen reading this article with much smug satisfaction, my friend. Don't i be too smug. Don't shift the burden i 3 of responsibility to the shoulders of | Public Opinion too quickly. You do. as much to form that public opinion § : as the next chap. Maybe you've never cancelled 8 subscription, but how much freedom = of speech do you tolerate in your. * X private life? "What. do you say to | the fellows in the shop when a daring article comes out? Do you welecoms | its viewpoint even if you disagres | with it? Or do you condemn the writer as a "nut" or a "menace to decency"? . Think it over. The editorial stall. of the American newspapers are coms posed of the brightest minds in the world. They are able, willing eager, to flood America with Constructive | Thought. They have endless cog tempt for the slush and smut with which pewspaper columns are now filled. But--You won't let them | talk. What are "you going to do about it? In farewell-<do you know what sort of fooiprint in the sands of time, this particular article is going for leave? Let me toll you. By t first mail tomorrow morning the publisher will receive a letter which oi will read something like this-- 3 "Dear Str: * "I read with amazement, the icie by Elsie Robinson fin today's raper criticizing our beloved country, It is evident that this woman