The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-07-04
A GREAT 4TH OF JULY FEATURE
BY Louis Reeves Harrison.

diSSS LIS Cuildln dI Il cTlIlCal period
OF his story, where separate lines have
conVerSed, with result that interest
is strongly enlisted from the begin
nlng, and it is held throughout a run
ming fire of battle scenes straight to
the artistic conclusion.
The Pride of the South" is one of
those stories so dependent on charac-
terization that it would be of small
account without it. Colonel Mosby,
widowed father of a pretty daughter
named Diana, has such an unreason-
able estimate of his own superiority
and is so overbearing in his treatment
of others that he well represents that
much Wanted pride of the South that
went before a fall. For all that he
is high-tempered, stern and unforgiv-
ing; he is man of courage and SPLEEN
did spirit, ready to fight to the bitter
end for The cause" to which he is
passionately devoted. His distinctive
qualities are enforced with great skill
until we know what to expect from
him when he receives information
from General Lee that war is declared
together with orders to join his regi-
ment, and he finds that Diana has be-
come engaged to young Northern of
flcer The latter becomes an object
OF utter deSteStation in the eyes of
Mosby, nor will the old man be moved
by his daughters prayer. He is an ir-
reconc1lable. The young people are
commanded to see each other no more,
but love finds way. The tide of war
sweeps over Colonel Mosbys own
plantation, and Diana is united in mar
riage to the man of her choice by a
chaplain of the Northern Army. Even
as this occurs, Colonel Mosby, alarm
ed about his daughter, penetrates the
! Union lines to assure himself of her
safety and encounters many perilous
adventures on the way. He arrives
too late. The marriage has been con-
summated. He comes upon his daugh-
ter and her husband in each others
arms and attempts to take the lives of
both.
So bitter, so implacable is the old
man, so wild and eXtravagant his de-
votion TO the cause, that this hate is
transferred to his disobedient daugh-
ter, and Diana is driven from the
house with orders never to return. In
the fearful scenes of carnage that fol-
low, both men fall desperately wound
ed and the Northern husband dies
within sight of his wife's home. She
finds his body, and a pitiful scene
quickens sympathy for her. She is
dragged away by an old negro nanny
and given shelter in one of the shan
ties. Henceforth her only home.
| Mosby RECEIVERS from his wounds after
losing one arm, but his wounded pride
is not to be cured after the war is
over He is not to be moved by the pc
titions of his body servant in his
6anphfpr'c hnbo1f niona IL,
the shanty with the negro nanny.
There she becomes the mother of a
beautiful little girl, and the child
grows up with the pickaninnies for
playmates.
Little Diana is bound to meet her
grandfather in the course of time, and
when she does SO she becomes the OBJ
ject of sympathetic interest She
clashes with him before her identity is
revealed A little barefoot girl of
great beauty, a wild rose, she invades
his property and plays on the steps
OF his house with two little coons. The
tiny blacks run when the stern old
man comes to drive them away with
uplifted cane, but the white child
stands her ground and defies him to
do his worst. The fighting blood of the
race bollS in her veins at the idea that
Gods little ones may not play where
they list, and she gives the stony
hearted old man a piece of her mind
with spirit and courage that pene-
trates his egotism and stirs his admit
ration. He makes inquiries about the
little grandchild Finding that she
has left her shoes behind, he picks
them up and carries them to where
she is playing in the field. He gra-
dually wins her confidence and in
duces her to return to the house.
Because of an admirable selection of
types and because of fine character
ization, the scenes that follow between
memorable old Mosby and his grand
child are very affecting. | do not
know the name of the man who imper-
sonated Col. Mosby in this photo
drama, nor that of the child who per-
formed her role to perfection, so
must impersonally compliment them.
BY their own personality, quite as
much as by the training given them,
they stimulated interest to the highest
point.
| He yields at last and goes to the
shanty where Diana lies in fever and
| delirium. She raves in her sickness
| but not of him. She no longer cares
about him. Her thoughts traverse the
| weary years to the few bright mo-
| ments she knew in the arms of the
Northern officer she loved Realizing
that her portion of happiness has
been meagre indeed, Col Mosby breaks
down at her bedside, to which he has
been induced to come by his plucky
grandchild, and there his own heart
breaks in one of the most affecting
scenes ever thrown on the screen Not
only. is the motive of the play beauti-
full, but the atmosphere is clean,
wholesome and far superior to the
ordinary run of photodramas.
The Gaumont Weekly, also a good
comedy, constitutes the picture pro-
gram. Watson and Lucas, the vaude-
vile team, present refined comedy,
singing and dancing. A program you
should not mis.-Adv.