South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-04
Reel Two of the Great COP.
Slapshck MoUie Shouting
IrreconciLab[e Reconciled

bon reactionaries--"bu burglars door
mat thieves. second story men. pO-
litical pickpOckets. crooked alliances
OF crooked bosses of crooked bust
nesses-sitting down at peace in
good. old fashioned game with the
Onward Soldiers, Well
FolIow-Teddy crowd of Perkins and
his check book crew?
AT this point Pussyfoot Hughes
is supposed 10 ask Jimmy Reynolds
he of the scenario-"Why mum
blypeg? Why wouldn't it have been
better 10 have represented this pal
try. pitiful pill of the progressive
party struggling for a place at the
pie-counter? Whereupon Wilcox.
taking Mr.. Hughes by the ear.
whispers Cause there amt goin TO
be no pie. you boob; they're glad
enough to get back thout no pie q"
Tail Goes With Hide.
Fade-in of Whitman, with the
subtitle The Tail Goes With the
Hide.
But what's the use? This picture
positively must be seen, Your faith
in the impossible. your belief in
perpetual motion will never be re-
stored until you see it in this movie.
In real life it just naturally amt so
lin politics and the movies. it's
different
From this on. TO the end of the
reel, Hughes plays the heavy-lead.
His versatility amazes and delights.
Jacob with his coat has nothing on
this new stellar find. He is the pro-
taganist of the genuine old-fashion-
ed, dyed-in-the wool. blOwnin-the-
bottle high protective tariff; an
anti-eight- hOur-day performer; a
dispenser of public patronage; an
| ti-public-control-o Of public utili-
ties; a lingo of military prepared
ness; a taXer of the necessities of
! life-but not diamonds or incomes;
corporation lawyer born and bred
to the belief that from the white
house the private, incorporate, in
visible government that has made
him what he is should control all
federal powers and all public do
main.
Or again he is the warrior-now
! clad in armour. conquering Mexico
for the few Americans who own it;
or as Don Quixote, fitting at the
child labor law ana every other real
measure of progress which truly
progressive American prays for.
Closing Scene Wonder.
The closing "unparallel-
ed. unique" "omnipotent," "om-
i ,r,e.
(Munsey and Mcclure got up the
advertising matter.) Well, the clos
ing scene is a humdinger.
| The business takes place in the
Garden of Daphne.
In the foreground are Shoots.
! Nymphs, Cranes. Roots, CannOns.
Armadillos, Films, Guggenheims,
| Satyrs, Penroses, Barneses. In front
OF the lodge is a little pool full of
suckers and lambs are busy dodg-
| ing bulls. Gosh, it's a great scene
More up-stage is a special group,
made up of $Baker$Julliard$W W.
Rockefeller$Va nderlip$ Bliss 5 Bacon
! SDepewand$J oeChoate In the mid
| die of this group and on a little
| gold Diaz-with the legend $uber
/ Allies across it's base-is John ID.
and J. Pierp. There Is no motion in
! this group; they only look the S
/ part$-.in strange contrast to the
animated group in front who, led
! by Bill Taft and Teddy ROssenveld
] in their gyratiOns. now form into
two groups and pass back behind
the Diaz $grOup$ 10 a ThrOne-like-
Altar on which till now has stood
an enormous ? When the two groups
meet in front of this thrOne-altar,
! the $groupS turns reverently. pom
derously, Capitally and sly, and ALL
including Bill and Ted. and their
| cohorts. salaam toward the ?
It's the greatest ever,
: The slowly dissolves into the
! judicial face of Charles Evasion
! Hughes,
At this point Director Root was
heard to yell Fam And instantly
there could be heard the low buzz
of the general electric. And the
wind soughed gently through the
] 100 percent candidates whiskers.
Rockefeller Is Pleased.
mere = aNNAOA AOA YOU IL hoN
! issues" chortled Rockefeller.
As this scene is flashed on the
screen. ushers-so says the dope
! viii distribute 70 all patrons hand
bills reading as follows
When 1 said a few months ago
that my old corporation partner
friend Hughes wouldn't dare leave
the bench lest he besmirch its
sacred ermine-I was mistook. And
when 1 gave as an even better rea-
son why Charlie shouldn't be nom
mated that nobody knows his views
on anything / will explain that
when T. r. finds a good reason for
trying 10 wish Hennery Cabbage
Lodge on the progressive party. -
(signed) JOSEPH II. CHOATE.
some 5 SlapSstick comedy s,
A reunion of the Lion eating the
Lamb; get-tOgether of the chief
Cannibals; a love-feast of all the
crooked politicians for every crook
ed business: a movie pic'he party
OF a committee OF 100 Of which u
men alone are directors OF a paItry
S15.OOO.OOO.OOO or more than
twice the whole amount of money
in circulation in the whole American
union.