SF* 1 C KETT' Q
P A L. A OE
TONIGHT
Children 10c, Youths 20c,
Adults 40c.
Thursday and Friday
Charles Ray in
“GAS, OIL AND WATER”
Saturday and Sunday
Matinee
LESLIE HENSON
(London's famous comedian) in
“ALF’S BUTTON”
This is FIRST NATIONAL WEEK
Attractions
at Theatres ;
ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT
COLISEUM—American Legion Stock
Company in the comedy, ‘‘A Night
Off,” by local artists.
PALACE—Jane Novak in “The
Rosary.”
COMING AXTRAfcTiONS
COLISEUM—Sescoe Hayakawa in
“The Beggar Prince.”
PALACE—Charles Ray in “Gas, Oil
• and Water.”
REAL PLAY TO BE ON
AT COLISEUM TONIGHT
Tonight and tomorrow tho Ameri
can Legion Stock. Company w 111 ;u;>
pear in that sparkling, wl'ty, up
roariously funny com dy. "A Night
Off." iKurthcr notice i.i given in
another column in today's Empire.
JANE NOVAK WINS ROLE
LONG COVETED BY OTHERS
The part of Vera Mather In “The
IRosary," a-: tha Palace tonight, has
been a long sought goal among nc
Kathlyn W.lliams priginally
played it for the screen. But in the
new version of the .famous classic,
the Sells It '!< feature production,
Bernard Mid’onvllle has written an
priginal story inspired by tae theme
of both stage play and >ng. \ 'ra
Mather is now a younger woman,
which makes the role idi il for Jane
Novak, who was chosen 1 >r it after
the mot: m picture fid I had been
thoroughly tombed for suitable tal
ent.
With an all-star cast the produo
flon was filmed under t,h» direction
tpf Jerome Storm. The scenario was
written by Bernard McConvHle, whe
was inspired by the play by Edwarc
E. Rose and the i ng, "The Rosary.'
. Lewis 3. Stone is 3oen in the lead
ing male role a . tlie kind and south
.priest around whom a powerful tframr
and itomnneo is woven in the peace
■furl little fishing village of Sandj
Bay.
t Other prominent players are Robrr
Gordon as-lovers; Wall ies Beery sc
an enviotfe and greedy troublemaker;
RsHsart Gordca. Eugenie Besserer
J>ore Davidson. Pomeroy Cannon, Ber
Woodruff, Mildired Juno and Haroh
Goodwin.
HAROLD LLOYD AND MILDRED DAVIS ARE WEDDEI
J 9
) IXxA? 5 JrleivtU- J/tcyd.
Harold Lloyd, screen comedian, recently annoum d hF i a.rnce
uiont le Mira Mildred Davis, who sure - did llele Dunielr as I.Kyd'r
ce- !ar. Tho photograph show- them as i in > appear lit "I> 1 .lack."
I The film stars were married at law An'-sole.- mi Feb. 11.
'SESSUE HAYAKAWA
AT COLISEUM THURSDAY
Although “Tho Beggar, Prtne
i which will be seen .it ia, CollseiMi
i Theater Thursday, is a tarn i-y, it i
i based on a very hum.;:i theme. Mini.
i rilled with love i:i: -n :-:t and dra
| mat'ie moments. The story of .1
!young fisherman. whose swe tii: 1
| U sioeu i.iid loved by a haughty
Prince, furnishes this Robert.-.tm-Cole t
I Superior picture with its (’eiitrnl sit >
jiintSon. Ses.ute Hay.,vraku is the -nr
The .-cone is :i small -fisher villa;'
'down by .the se.i. above which look
I down such a c.istjle as one finds (t.
| the Arabian Nights or Crimui's Fair;.
I Tales. Yet Mw hearts which b at in
ithe picture are the hen ms which are
j about its every day. There is th '
Prince, egotistical ml blind; tin
1 fisherman poor and ambitious; the
I grand vizier cunning and cruel; the
j fisher girl r.wee: and innocent, and
| so Oil.
In this picture Havakawa is ann
!ported by Beatrice La Plante, Tbelni
! Percy, Joseph Swlekard. P. n't Ha lley
land Kilters. A beautiful part of the
Pacific Coast was the background.
OH! EViirtYBODY
j Take a night off tonight or lo
! infer row and see the big comedy "A
“Night Oft" at line Coliseum. You
are going to' laugh yourself into
! good humor. -adv.
Old bunotes 01 newspapers at lh»
Empire, 25 cents. i
SHRINE DANCE BE
BIG AFFAiR HELD
THURSDAY NIGH
t'r.ni ,;!1 ind i ■:u!ons tin dance l
1’ * Kiv, n Thursday night, Washini
: m's birthday, at Klks' Hi.11 by ill
S iir.ii "Mi'!,: Alaska Shrine C uij, v, I
bo one of the prettiest, inform
public affairs to bo given during tli
L.rn; n si u:i,i. Dancing will b gin t
t):30 o'ei ick and fezed Shrint s wl
see that all gut a ,8 of the even in
njoy i h "i: lv • a. The dam wi
be tin or;' big social event to iia|
pen. on the holiday night. Mils!
will be furnish.-1 by th (' lism
fTrche-t ra.
MASQUERADE BALL
IS ON T0M0RR0\
On \V dm ad right a in isk lia
will fake Pima at th” A. 11. II ill an
dam rs as \y!l as spictmors wi
roiiin in for participation in the v
riniM 'prizes io be offend. T
dance will star: al 10 o’d: ak anil ll;
mnouncenveat is made that as i'i
rv-xf day Is a holiday, the music wi
not stop tin t: I 2 a. m. Thiirr I a;
Furniture movef. and Store
Heavy hauling done. Phone 48. Ji
neau Transfer. —ad
'!“A NIGHT OFF"
ON TONIGHT AT
I THE COLISEUM
American Legion Comedy
Company Will Appear in
Four Act Funmaker.
iBu'caUotu an C.vxl ik.»r? vill iu
) i .MC’lty house i.vu'iu i. the
C'oli urn Tii *.i;rr v' . i i tirUiiit
:r 8 o'clock on isp Aoi'ei ic.tn
i. i ; m's j>; . I in ■: ion V N .,il Of:'.”
I This big citmoU.V i- dl o t;.:;,uly.
■M’limc m'Lodruin.i id p i.tv of
i Ain oily. II is ti pi . with a play
ii. iii his hr on olio i lii.' greatest
lOIIK-I'irs of ill;1 Kl'.ls l w:l re\er it
iu..- boon prost ntcd.
| The American l.okioii pra. tiraHy
in 'oi .ion. i*i
jtii.it tins furnished thi lututrioal fans
Inf (l i-iim.iu C'liiiiiurl v, ■ i ;i diversion
lit) n ini-.in'i s uni a- -vlously, t'i”
j pro sent presentation t.dii* to bo
j right iit» to the <;• ip limit,
j “A Nislit Off” is iu fun' , ,<i and
( iiiioiis arts. There i; only a drop
; a file speed of the various acts io
I I'viinit tiie amUi-nro to get a few
j in.miles of breathing • iiol! between
'! hero are going t > lie many sur
sprung toilIjilJt n the way of
new thospians on the local stage.
1. rr> Nolan is going la lie •. >• a ,t<
|on ■ of the old stylo barnstormers.
At a rein nrutiis Snan, lie ng an> thing
i flam light opera to I! utn tragedy.
; i.'.us varied costumes. iMnald Haley,
light comedian, with Nolan's barn
>enters, is spen in a iplemlid role.
[ . (ienrgp V. M^nn is i ast as charne
(ter, married of course, who has no
-asst, but muntifactui • one and
1 tarts much trouble.
IV W. M. Colburn i. ing to show
“speed" in the part c Prof. Rab
bi:!. college professor wan has writ
ten a Roman tragedy b. which has
, never been produced, until Snap gets
his hands on it and thmi--.
C-harli s We lake is scon as an
"J eccentric Englishman looking far bis
son who has become involved in all
sorts of scandals with a i miic opera
singer and runs inio debt. Mrs.
Friin( !s lien..l a will I .e, a as a
stage-struck girl but who stands by
w. the : rate-:.or through thick and thin.
Regia Ka vhavaroff will In- in a
I character of a voting married woman
^ who desires that Iter ltasbau 1 has a
1 ist and when* he springs all sorts
'<f intrigues in which h is suppas !
II to have been a party to. slie gets as
i] mad as a hornet wheat lie slips the
II truth to he ",
. Has ■ McLaughlin play - lira part
of a lilt I ' imp, eg:, ag on everybody
■ whom she thinks w II start smut :hing
e and then g.".s tangled up herself,
ii Mr . Charles W :lake as the
dominating factor over everybody
witli>vh.wn she c mies in contact, ex
1, enduing ab-olutely complete control
i- over her household, including her
IT, :-on in-law. play- a part that is hard
GAY KIMONOS CHERRY BLOSSOMS, TEMPLES AND TOFIIS RECKON;
IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION BRINES THE ORIENT NEARER
LAKE CUUZENJI- JAPAN'S LAKE LOUISE
■V JAPANESE BEAUTIES T t ’ LHckkY blossoms
. * .1. r. ... knnw tin T 1*11 it
.3 a pun juts so distinctly put nci
6tIf "on the map" that the well
traveled person is now compelled
to put the ‘‘Land of the Rising Sun
into his life’s itinerary. At one
time Europe was the lode stone,
hut now it is rivalled by the r ar
East. Improved trade relations
and growing interest in things be
longing to the other side of the
globe, make a closef1 study of the
^ countries there of prime import
ance. .
Transportation, trans-continentai
and trans-Pacific, lias become so
highly developed that it is as easy
to get to Japan as to Italy. Nine
ty-two hours from Montreal to
Vancouver, trans-Canada . id the
rnsteat tine across the Pacific—a
:rifle more than ten days—puts the
rav ler into Yokohama, the chief
lort of the Land of Nippon.
Here the sights are unusual. Jin
rickashas jostle one another ;n ‘heir
I '-MIIJIl lj 11UI1 in VI1V, » **
charge for running the traveler in
and out among the narrow streets
amid crowds of strangely garbed
people, curious shops, street hawk
ers, endless numbers of brilliant
kimono-clad children, and carts
drawn by men and beasts.
Adding to the natural beau*v of
Japan is the cultivation. Japanese
are the best agriculturists and
gardeners in the world. Tomes
have been written ubout Mount
Fuji and the mountains and lukes
and streams of the country.. Lake
I Chuzenji is the Lake Louise of
| Japan and Mount Fuji, its Mount
Rainier, although not so high. Tl.e
cherry blossoms are not so won
j derful as those of this country—
if one remembers the hundred miles
of orchards in Nova Scotia’s Evan
• geline Land and Annapolis Valley.
The cherry trees in Japan are rais
j ed for their flowers and not for
itheii fruit, as. strangely enough,
Although the voyage from Van
couver to Yokohama is longer than
the four days at sea from tho
Eastern seaboard via the St.
Lawrence Kiver Hoot* to Europe,
the Canadian Pacific Empress
steamers, largest and fastest on
the Pacific, are so thoroughly com
fortable that the time slips away
quickly. All of these steamers are
so equipped that most all of the
amusements to be had on land aro
also to be found on board. Crowds
on tbe trans pacific ships are al
ways cosmopolitan. Importers from
Juva, Japanese. Chinese, Javanese,
India men, soldiers and sailors, in
fact the whole world ia represented,
loiind for all ports from Yokohama
to liagdad and from Pekin to Sing
apore.
April marks the beginning of tho
.best season in Jupnn and even fur
i thcr down the Chinese coast to
1 Manila.
to put ncrrojs, but i< going to do ii
in splendid tftilnner.
Claiiil ’ II. llelgescn Is pbr- ns lli(
port of Prowl. .1 college at; 1 1 - win
bales boys on general principles, am
Mrs. Lois Cleveland Is the fiver ii
.the married Couple's lions,’.
There is the parrot, firemen it
tights With red shirts outside o1
them, and a brass hand that play
in regular old-fashioned style ti
attract the people, and many othet
supers who fill in as the lines ;m
; poken.
The curtain vv'li rise promptly a
S o'clock and .the fun starts right 111
■that time. Til - Coliseum Theater Or
jcheslra will bo In the pit as usual
I furnishing a varied program hetwoer
acts alyl Hie incidental inn.sir
NOTICE TO JUNEA-UITES.
Mrs. James Hogan washes to an
nouncc that she has taken ]iersona
poses-ion of her properties, the Ju
I neau and Seavlew Apartments ant
1 tho adjoining'cabins, and that all o
I In m are being renovated through
lout; tlie apartments are thoroughly
1 sanitary, and comfortable, and pro
I vide desirable living quarters fo
small families and bachelors.
Mrs. llogan announces further
that It is her purpose to remain ii
: Juneau and to retain persona
charge of her properties. - adv
OH! EVERYBODY
Take a night off tonight or to
.morrow and tie the big comedy "/
j Night Oft” at the Coliseum. Y01
-arc going to laugh yourself inti
good >hutnor ad"v
REBEKAILS TO MEET.
Perseverance Itebekah Hodge, No
2 - A. 1. t). fl K., will hold its l'ogii
liar meeiing Tuesday, February ge
Lodge will star! at S o'clock sharp
- Luncheon will follow. All member
lot tlie degree team are urged 10 in
pr. on 1 for practice before l.odge.
ALPHONSINK CARTi- It.
—adv. Secretary
Women Need Swamp-Kool
Thousands of woman have kldne;
and bladder trouble and never sub
| peet it.
Women's complaints oflen provi
; to be nothing else but kldne;
| trouble, or the result of kidney o
! bladder disease.
If l lie kidneys are not in i
I healthy condition, they may caus<
llio other organs to become diseased
Pain in the back, headache, los
jot' ambition, nervousness, are oftei
! times . yrnptoms of kidney trouble
Don't delay starling treatment
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-lloot, a physt
j clan’s proscription, obtained at an;
drug store, may bo just the reined:
needed to overcome such conditions;
* Gel a medium or large size bottl
immediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to tes
tills great preparation send tei
cents to Dr. Kilmer & Go., Ping
l hamtou, N. Y., for a sampl • bottle
I When writing be sure and mentloi
this paper. (advertisement.
i
CALORIES
Emphasis used to be
focused solely upon the cal
orific value of foods. Now,
it is known that vitamine
quality is equally essential
to adequate nourishment.
pulsion
has partkuc as an
energy-build.. ;; .j
and tonic. It is. also
rich in oil amine
factors, so important JAU
in building up the
body and promoting
healthhil progress.
Scott & Bownf, Bloomfield, N. J. H2-10
bmmmmmwwwwubt in— esirea
Tonight and Wednesday
A REAL COMEDY BY REAL ACTORS
Not a Movie
i
i ' *
ONE OF THE BEST COMEDY ATTRACTIONS
TO BE SEEN IN JONEAU
A BIG THREAT
NIGHT
OFF”
Presented under the auspices of
ALFORD JOHN BRADFORD POST NO. 4
AMERICAN LEGION
FOUR ACTS OF FUN-FAST AND FURIOUS
i _____
I '
A comedy everybody will delight in seeing.
It is given by the best of local artists for the benefit
of the American Legion Building Fund.
RESERVED SEATS 75 cents General Admission 50c
Reserved seats on sale daily until 7 o clock each
night at Butler-Mauro Drug Company and at Coliseum
, Theatre beginning at 7 o'clock.
CURTAIN RISES PROMPTLY AT 8 O’CLOCK
Patronize the local talent—it is wortK it.
ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY DANCE
Complimcnlaiy tc Hccnah A. C. Basketball Teams
Music Ty llariis Oicb/.stra Admission One Dollar
A. N. B. Hall—Feb. 22—9 P. M.
A ttention!
Fur_ Shipper^
Seattle Fur Exchange
A new selling agency organized by 50 of Seattle’s leading
business houses to specialize in the sale of Alaska raw furs.
SALES
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We act as your agents—our commission of 4 per cent on
lots over $1,000 and 5 per cent on lots under $1,000 covers fire
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as the success of the Seattle Fur Exchange means quicker returns and better
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