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j35 T " beginning Matty is introduced to the movie audience in bed fast asleep and he looks just like any normal, loving little child still in Dreamland. Later on he gets up and after going through his usual morning exercises, he dresses, and goes down to breakfast. He kisses his mother and father and jumps into a chair and gets away with the average youngster's rations. Having studied his lessons with his private tutor (you see he hasn't time ,to go to School) he's off for the Imp I or Universal studio in an automobile big enough to make Matty look the LITTLE boy he surely is. At the studio he is met by King Baggot's "Hello, kid," and Leah IBaird's hug and kiss. Then Matty goes into his dressing room, which houses a dressing table and glass, a clothes rack in which he hangs all of his many costumes and one or two chairs. He makes up in one of his familiar characters for us and we see him rehearsing a scene. Little Matty loves to be a villain and end up in jail. Isn't that the regular boy for you! Finishing at the studio he calls up his father and asks to be taken to the ball game. Father consents and in a few minutes Matty climbs into a touring car and is joined by his Daddy. They visit the New York polo grounds. Anxious to be on the inside (Matty never wants to miss any thing) he climbs over the front box railing and presents himself to Man ager John McGraw. After a little chat with him he shakes his hand good bye and makes friends with Jimmy Ford, the Giants' mascot, plays ball with him a little while and then re turns to Dad. Leaving the ball grounds Matty wants to visit a New York theater. Outside of the show house he meets Annette Kellerman, heroine of "Neptune's Daughter." Matty is then seen in a moving pic ture theater and is earnestly watch ing himself on the screen and not thinking of himself but the little bpy .villain in the picture. As the story gets exciting Matty gets enthusiastic, being wonderfully active for a little boy of 45 pounds, and applauds up roariously. The man sitting behind Matty's father touches Mr. Roubert on the shoulder and whispers some thing to him as he points to Matty. His father shades his head "yes," and in a few minutes everyone in the front of the- theater recognizes the "Universal Boy" and laughs with him. Matty and his Daddy leave for home and after supper he kisses his mamma and papa goodnight and goes to bed and to sleep dreaming per haps of his work, but more likely of the baseball game he saw that after noon. Wonder if any of you little boys and girls saw this picture and enjoyed it as much as I did! LESSON IN WAR GEOGRAPHY Jemappes. Belgian frontier town, a few miles southeast of Mons. Fig ured in military history of France when French revolutionists here de feated Austrians in 1712. Turcoing. Textile town on Bel gian frontier, eight miles from Lille. Connected with Roubaix by canal and tramway. Its 80 woolen mills employ about 12,000 people. Was scene of battle between Austrians and French in 1794. Marienburg. City of 15,000 in East Prussia, south of Banzig, report ed to be occupied by Russian troops. Lies on the Nogat river. Its great Schloss is most noted building. Danzig. Capital of West Prussia, guarded by a strong fortress and a regular garrison of 6,000. Lies three miles from the Baltic on the Vistula. Important commercial city of 180, 000, exporting large quantities of grain and sugar. Cambrai. Fortified French city of 30,000, on the right bank of the Scheldt. Lies 121 miles north from Paris. Gave its name to "cambric" cloth, invented in the 15th century, of which it is still a large producer, MdM...-.- . --a ,. .