Middletown transcript., 1912-03-30
THE ''MOvIES STILL MOVING

were recently given 'DY MT. NeWman-
"Fhe Right John Smith," and ''Jack
Umbrella" !"
In the first piece a laughable MKT
arose when a maid vas told to phone
certain Mr.. John Smith who had left h
pocket book at the house when he hs
lately called. Not knowing which job
Smith" was meant, the maid opens I'll
phone book and starts in, hit or miss,
the top Of four columns of John Smiths,
with the result that in about ten minute
she had two young ladies dissolving i
jealous RACES and tears, one middle-age
wife amazed at her hubby's suppose
marital duplicity and d"mad as wet hen
and finally, No. 4, a big, fierce polie.
mans spouse, beside herself with ange
at her John" daring to call on ths
mink of Miss Thompson.
All these several expressions of grief, as
tonishment, and wrath, are poured in
hot stream into the ear of the maid at th
phone until the explosions of no. 4 scar
her so badly that she drops the receiver
and ruDsl The fun begins in earnest whel
the several lovers and husbands next NEE
their jealous, mad sweethearts and wives
Nos. and greet their beaux with ex
claiming reproaches, pets and tears; no.;
meets her hanghty "worssr" half with {
big black-snake whip and belabors bin
numerically all around the room and out
into the street where she is seen stingine
him at every jump as be sprints for shel'
teri No. 4, the huge Angelina who is
maddest of all, is rolling cut pie ust
when her suspected lord enters and che
repays bis tender salute with the rolling
pin and in her blind fury slaps him over
the head with the whole pie batter max
ing bis fine poiceman's uniform as white
as a miller's coat-a uniform color indeed!
Then in his astonishment he claps on his
helmet aud the pie crust hangs down like
two big ear -bobs-a comic sight that
would make horse laughl
The whole nine, girls, lovers, bubbles,
wives and maid meet at the house of the
maid whose blunder started the funny
row, and they have a regular ''monkey
and poll-parrot" time trying to prove
ownership to the pocket-book that in fact
belongs to "Mr. John Smith" No. 5 who
finally puts in appearance, and the absurd
tangle is at length smoothed ont and the
jealous females pacified.
p In the second comic, Jacks little duck
of wife makes him a present OF nice,
new umbrella with a broad silver band
near the handle. By mistake Jack picks
up his partners shabby old "bumber-
shoot as he goes to lunch, and of course
on leaving thinks some one has cribbed
his fine, new umbrella, and raises a row
about it there.
Then be advertises in the paper that
the person who took the umbrella "was
known and would be prosecuted if not
returned at once" &c. As a result. the
next morning be finds an assortment of
some eight or ten dozen umbrella's of all
sorts, colors and sizes fairly covering his
front porch, hanging all over the railing,
on the fences etc.-a mute tribute to the
power of printers ink and the aroused
consciences of umbralla borrowers!
Wiley also notifies the police and they
are told to be on the lookout for a bran
new umbrella with broad silver band
near the handle''. Now for the ingenious,
yet perfectly natural, sequel. Hubby
gathers up an srmful of the returned"
and starts for his office An
alert policeman sees him, and very prop
erly taking him tor the umbrella "thief'
yanks him off to the police station where
in spite of his protestations, he is sent
down into the COOLER" He phones to
bis partner at the Office who is cor
Tulsed with laughter at the funny scrape
Jack has gotten into, and selzing the new
from the rack where it had
been put by Jack, be starts with it for the
Police Station.
An observant ''cop" recognizes that
vide, silver band on the handle OF the
and drags him, now laughing
IN the wrong side of bis mouth, also to
he Station where notwithstanding his
lngry explanations, he is sent below to,
Ieep company with his mad partner.
The Station phones wiley that her
tolen umbrella has been recovered, and |
he calls to get it, and when the "thief''
s brought up from the tombs, "Why |
hats my husbands partnelI" is her
urprised exclamation. "And Jack is
lown there in the jog too, for stealing |
lmbrellasl' the enraged partner manages
o sputteF. Tableaul Explanations all |
round, smiles and apologies and wiley, |
'ack and his partner are bowed out.
Monday night, April Sth"The DaDites'
dcKee Rankin's greatest dramatic sue
ess, will be given. This superb piece
vas played under his personal direction in |
be famous Yosemite Valley. The theme
With its sublime scenery, is the Mormon
ttack on the early California settlers
be "Forty-niners in their "prairie