The West Virginian. [volume], August 16, 1917, Page PAGE 6, Image 6

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Musical Corned/.
Hippodrome Isle of Smiles
Photoplays.
Nelson The Tiger Woman
Grind Sleeping Fires
R The Flame of Youth
JPrinoeeg American?That's Al!
SK.; rp HE early stage career ot Lillian
v I West, who plays the part of Marie
K;.. r . * In the William Fox super de luxe
r photodrama, "American Methods," recently
shown at the Nelson, was distinctly
prophetic. After Bhe had been
acting for a short time, Miss West
Kvj.-v filled a role In the mufilcal comedy,
"The Queen of the Movies." It was
not many years after that that she was
a queen of the movies herself.
Miss West was born In New York
City and educated In Hoboken. After
leering school she yearned for a thei-i
atrtcal career and got a small part with
Adele Ritchie In "Fascinating Flora."
At the end of the first season she decided
that she had made quite enough
advancement to remain on the stage,
and Miss West succeeded In getting a
part In Sam Bernard's "Nearly a Hero."
? : f After this engagement was completed,
I; she Joined the company, headed by
if : Valli Valll, which was playing "The
Iffi Queen of the Movies."
Thorn mnsit have boen something in
vltlng in the name. Soon Jliss West
. found herself In the movies, filling an
p: important role in the serial, "The Red
mi'-v Circle."
Rollicking Farce on Princess Screen.
EV "American?That's All," at the Princess
today, presents the advantages ot
American simplicity over European atfectation
through the medium of a roi|
licking farce. It is frankly burlesque
jf in many spots with culy enough or a
| 1: serious idea thrown iu to hold the story
j|v ? together. VV'e have the comic type of
the nouveau riche millionaire who has
made a fortune from the lowly pickle
and who sets about acquiring a lamily
tree and marrying off his son to a title.
This son, however, has other views on
matrimony; he becomes the husband
| of a charming aud energetic little ac|:
tress and is promptly cut off with a
I-. dollar by his Irate lather. Nothing
daunted, the two newly-weds proceed
to comer the vinegar market, which so
seriously affects the pickle factory of
?" the obstinate father that he is forced
|v . to concede to all their demands, includIng
his paternal blessing on their mar&
riage.
| Most of the comedy is centered about
AL- ",J ?v?or?'a affnrt.fi to aue the man*
I ' tlio Uiu UIUU O
ners of the European aristocracy aud
his son's disgust at the attempt to
make him an aristocrat. Jack Dovereaux
makes the most of the role ot the
thoroughly American son and Winifred
Allen is a pretty ami energetic
little bride who caught the frivolous
tone of the farce perfectly.
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Pythian Sisters' Benefit at Grand.
fThe local lodge of Pythian Sisters
is to be the direct beneficiary ot the
proceeds from the showing of "SleepingFlres"
at the Grand today. Pauline
Frederick plays the part ot a wronged
wife and a broken-hearted mother in
marked contrast to the role of the lascfnatfng
"other woman," which is
usually characteristic ot her work iti
these domestic tangles. Possibly Miss
Frederick finds it a relaxation to he
sinned against after all the picturesque
sinning in her past feature films. At
si least she coutrives to look very charmg
ing through all her trials, although, in
| the llrst part of the play it was diffi&.
cult to believe that she was really a
crushed and browbeaten wire since
It is impossible to think of Pauline
Frederick as a crushed and browbeaten
anything. Later, when she begins her
fight for her child the "hidden fires"
| spring to life and she plays the role
with her usual temperamental fervor.
) The story deals in a somewhat vague
and Inconsistent way with divorce. Alii
. though the wife has every possible
cause for divorcing her husband, marrying
the man who loves her and getting
her child on lawful and honorable
terms, she nevertheless retuses to got
a divorce because of "religious scruples."
These scruples do not prevent
her from kidnapping the ctiilu. meeting
her admirer surreptitiously and
flourishing a pistol about in her former
home whereby her worthless husband
is accidentally and quite properly shot.
A trial scene follows in which the accused
woman is acauitted through the
testimony of an impressionable detective
and restored to her child and the
noble lawyer who has loved her (plaj,;
tonically) from the first.
John Sainpolis made a crafty and
Jhard-hearted husband and Thomas
Meighan was a well meaning if some ;v,
. what tactless lover.
?' High Class Show at Hipp.
Although there was not much outP
v ward manifestation of enthusiasm at
last night's presentation of "The Isle
of Smiles" by Gracey's Colonial Maids
at the Hippodrome, it was, nevertheless,
plainly evident that the large audience
enjoyed the performance and approved
93 everything that was said and done.
It Is a good show?full of laughable
Situations, catcny music ana spienaia
specialties. The musical numbers rendered
by Mr. Gracey on the Xylophone
I At THE NEI
AT HER
The Ticrei
Magnificent production ot thrillli
intense ot a long list ot successes
WHO
A monkey comedy starring Nape
the two wonderful chimpanzees ot
p TOMORROW?
, IVIIVIUIVII. ond Wallace Re1
FROM CRADLE TO POOL
PORTLAND AR
Oregon children at bathing beach,
a little slow learning, Oregon folks tl
ming. ilis parents didn't put liiin ii
old.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16.?Babies
learn to swim in Portland almost as
sooii as the stork arrives.
This city boasts the greatest aggregation
of baby swimmers in the world,
j At any of the Portland swimming
resorts the visitor will find the old
folks crowded into the background and
one, two and three-year-olds occupying
the aquatic stage.
| One instructor held a contest recentI
ly at diving and speed swimming for
kiddies ol tender years. Pond mam
I mas and papas cheered -the juvonllas
I from the railing.
| The entry list reads something like
I
land the whirling musical rattles Is an
I act worthy of prominence on any lirst
class vaudeville program. Frank
Christie got the biggest hand of the
evening as the resuit o( a well-executed
eccentric dance, accompanied by a cane
cleverly manipulated, and a big tcaturc
of the act. Both iMiss Wentworth
and Miss Young performed admirably,
the latter leading in several catchy
chorus numbers. Alice Hammond appeared
in a pleasing rope skipping
dancing act which has lost none o( its
charm since its previous presentation
here last January. Lep Myers plays
a black face role and lie and Christie
are a good team of fun makers. One
of the outstanding pleasing features of
Gracey's show i3 the music. It is so
different from that which accompanies
I the usual/uri of musical comedies (hat
it furnishes a striking example of Mr.
I Gracey's ability as a musical director,
j The same program will be rendered at
both performances tonight. Tomorrow
there will be a change of bill
which will introduce a new musical
DREWS DAUGHTER
WEDS FILM STAR
I
The spoken and silent drama bury j
the hatchet in the marriage ot Louise
Drew, dnly daughter of John Drew, actor,
to Jack Devereaux, well known
I inovie player. Devereaux, selected for
I the second Plattsburg training camp,
I may soon be fighting in France, where
j his bride was educated.
LSON Today
i BARA
BEST IN
r Woman
lg drama which is one ol the most
by this famous emotional actresB.
S IT?
ileon the Great, and Sally, his Mate,
the screen.
nan," a masterful photodrama preL.
Laskey starring Cleo Rldgeley
Id.
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-BABIES IN
The youngster In the foreground is
dink lie waited too long to start swim1
the river until lie was eight months I
this:
30 yard race for three-year-olds.
40-yard race for five-year-olds.
Diving contest for five-year-old girl3.
However, everybody swims hero.
The city has tanks and wadiug pools
in all districts. In addition to the Willamette
and Columbia rivers at the
city'.-) doors, there are many lakes and
streams that provide bathing beaches.
And there's the Pacific within a short
ride.
The girls don't don fancy bathing
; suits and loll on the beaches. Oregon
i girls get wet when they go bathing.
I concoction of Gracey's own, called "A
i Soldier's Sweetheart." Three new
_ -1-11 lex... t> 4.x. !?
i song uumners speciuuv wiuieuiui u>?
bill will get their first rendition. Air.
; Gtacey said last night that they have
| never been given here before and that
they belong exclusively to this comedy.
J ^
j Theda Bara In "The Tiger Woman."
1 The Nelson is today showing "The
; Tiget Woman" as a feature. Theda
; Bara is the star. The play is one of the
j most dramatic in the whole long list
j of Bara successes. Her role is also
j probably more of n drain upon her rej
cources as a merciless creature of the
" I
j Pythian
i Sisters
I PRESENT
1 Minn Frfitei
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In The Dramatic j
Feature
! SLEEPING
FIRES
AT THE
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TONIGHT
7:45 & 9:00
HIGH CLAS8 PROGRAM
GRACEVS
Colonial Maids
WILL PRESENT
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HEAR GRACEY'8 MUSICAL
NOVELTIES
They are Unexcelled.
MATINEE 15c, NIGHT 15 &25c
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specie, for certain It is thst she displays
greater emotional powers than
In any other of her screen productions
within call of the mind at this moment
The plot of the play teems with intrigue
and daring and it Is as tragic
as the most ardent admirers of Hiss
Bsra's style of "vamping" could wish.
Another interesting number on the
Nelson program today Is "Who's It?" a
monkey comedy.
Flsme of Youth at Dixie.
Jack Mulhall and Donna Drew are
featured today In a five-reel romantic
drama failed "The Flame of Youth,"
at the Dixie.
| "CL08EUM" |
?fid Meredith who Is wise to all
things theatrical, writes from his Chicago
office that theatrical activities
have recently taken a spurt In both
> 1 J ?rt
nw yotk ana uaicago uuu uuuuim
of companies are preparing for the
road and for runs hi leading cities. The
number of companies organizing in
Chicago is not quite bo large as in previous
years but the boast is made that
rtfie organizations will be more meritorious
than ever before and in this
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connection the superior qualities of 1
"Mr Honolulu Girt" are often referred "i
to by Chicago boosten. 1
?The Great Richard! who was here
last October and packed the Hippo- 1
drome theatre for one solid week, Is '
seeking a return engagement here.
Richards la one of the great legerdemain
artiste of the present day. His
show was the be6t of Its kind erer exhibited
bere. He has added a lot of
new paraphernalia and carries a private
car load of special trappings.
?Madam Petrova whose services
have been sought by substantially 1
every prodncer in the business during I
the past tew weeks has concluded an i
arrangement with the Superstructure 1
Corporation by which she is to receive 1
the largest remuneration ever paid to 1
a woman star.
?Manager Burka was quick to (
realize the Importance of the request:
of the local board of health regarding !,
the precautionary measures to avert I
an eDidemlc of infantile paralysis end I ,
at once gave notice that the children's
free matinees would be discontinued
until such time as the local health
board may Indicate. While prompt In
his action Manager Burka, nevertheless,
experiencerd somo heart pangs at
rapv<
lllf-, ;;i
t i ii>h?mi i > i > hi ia???>?
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m. p 'e
THE BXG BUSINE
le Struggle for Wealth
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being deprived of the pleasure these
Saturday afternoon events afforded R
llm- The kiddles *111 mlaa them, too.
?BUly ^fewman, a new member of F,
Sracey's Colonial Maids, made his
lebut last night and fitted in very well.
OLD STAGER.
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Stockley Appears ?
And Pays His Fine *
,? n'
W D. Stoefkley, of the Fairmont Mln- 8,
Ing Machine company, who waa sum- sc
moned to appear Tuesday morning for b(
i traffic violation waa before Mayor T
Bowen yesterday and paid a fine of ?
fiVe dollars for speeding. Mr. Stock- R
ley eapjataed to the mayor that he unlerstood'Policeman
Ward to state that cl
there would be a session of'polioe'oonrt M
on Monday evening. Re appeared Mon- w
lay evening to face the;cbarg*a*hut w
thero was no court. He agpalngiied for 51
aot appearing and seemed very'sorry n
of the mistake. s
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Children Cry Pi
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AlftMONT WOMEN HAVE LEA** f I
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tat sex Isn't the reason for oil bock. ? 1
ihcf, dlisy headaekae and bladder jj
ouble. Men heye these troublee,
>o, and often ttey come from k^dey
weakness. To Mre limply eat
xiriaply take better eare of one's
(If and to use Doan's Hney PlUe. M
>und to help bad kidneys get better,
hero Is no otber remedy so well'commended
by Fairmont people. n
Dftil thfa cHRfl:
Mm. C. G. Bradahafr, ot Mar- i
lant.atKet, say?: "X feR Hred and < J
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Ith dizzy headaches. My bank was m
eak and ached In a dull, tiring way. 1
iy kidneys acted too freely. It got "N J
oan's klney Pitts at tha Hall Drug
tore and thay removed me of all
,-mptomo of kidney- trouble." v
Price 60c, at all dealera Don't dm- , >1
ly nelc for a kidney remedy?get Kj
ban's KSWn.ey Pllle at the Hall Drug M
re. Bradshaw bad. Foster-MUburu
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