New Britain herald., 1916-03-08
Read these episodes, each com- pletc in six insertions. See them acted on the motion picture screen at the Ikcency Theater.
EPISODE VII.

EPISODE VII.
 Did you join your mother and Mrs. Page after the show?" interrupted Langdon Warningly; and with a start Amy brought herself back from her "reminiscences and turned to him with a smile.
 That was the big idea,' she said.
 But it hit the rocks, for when Mary and l hustled into our glad rags and started for the door we bumped squarely into the stage manager and Mr Pollock-the latter all done up to kill, even to top hat. oh, Miss Page sings out Ecky Chats the man. ager) here's gentleman from your home town, that wants to take you out to supper and see you home in a buzz wagon He laughed hastily as he spoke, and I could feel Mary's hand go cold as ice and she grabbed mine and says, I have no desire to take supper with MT. Pollock either now or at any other time come Amy But that made old Ecky sore, for there's nothing that's so good for a show in his estimation as to have a few of the top-hatted crowd take the girls out to supper, so he began to roar like bull and shouts, What's this? Are you crazy?' But Pol lock interrupted him-there was a quick business of being hurt to the heart the misunderstood soul--and the chiValry stunt was pulled off without break. Then he says, Miss Page is quite within her rights. l do not wish an unwilling guest Perhaps my moment of renewing her acquaint- ance was inOpportune,' and he stalks away for all the world like the heavy in the third act. But old Ecky was up in the air, and he began rowing Mary for fair. He told her, the poor dog, that it was her beauty, not her talent, that got the house. and added. It's your. business here to be civil to your admirers and go to supper when they ask you. If you're goin' to ride high horse I've got no use for you in this show v
 Did Miss Page answer him ?'
 NO, l think she was too mortified, and old Ecky, thinkin' that silence meant consent. told her to stay there till he brought MT. Pollock back. The minute his back was turned l gave Mary the cue to get away quick, but We didn't have to, for just then MT. LangdOn came in, and we beat it for him. We didn't have time to tell him what had happened before old Eclly came back with Mr. Pollock and they both stopped short when they saw MT. Langdon with us, and then MT. Pol lock drawls out, You see this Miss Page is not so virtuOus as she pre- tends. She's not even particular in her ch hoice-eVeryDody knows that He must have intended us to hear, i~rl, sign for was for MT. Langdon to make a jump and grab him by the throat, shouting that he'd have to eat his words or he'd kill him. Old Ecky is deathly afraid of fight and be- gan to holler for the stage crew, but I got out my little old trusty hat-pin and promised anybody that came near two or three inches of it, so the men just stood around swearing and grin ming behind their hands till MT. Pol lock was licked to standstill and asked Mr. Langdon to let up. Then Mir. Langdon, acting like Frohman, Lee Shubert, and Dave Belasco rolled into one, ordered him out of the theater. and he-went! But while he was on his way I'd spied a pen and some ink on the prompt desk and made Mary write out our joint resig- nation which we handed to old Ecky with business of much pOmp as soon as the stage crew had gone gack to work. It was q knockout for old Ecky. You see, he knew Mary had made a hit, and that the show had got over good, and to have to train in two new recruits for our parts be- fore the next night was some job. So he turned on the soft soap ana pre1- ty nearly proposed marriage in his anxiety to do the right thing by us before he got through. Then he got mad and began to sling language to make a stage hand blush, and so we beat it towards the door. and Mir. I4anadon marches up to Eclly and hands him his card, saying calmly. These girls are quite within their rights because of what has happened. Added to which l understand that you told Miss Page you didn't need her if she wouldn't accept the attentions of men obnoxious to her. Well, I'm a lawyer and I'll look after their inter- eSts. You can send your attorney to me at any time. And he walked out and joined us. The girls had all come out by that time, and the crew were standing around, and Ecky didn't dare say anyth1ng more, so we got away and went home-jobless but happy Of course when we told them at home Mrs. Page said Mary must give up 1 her stage career, but she was too spunky for that. She said no, that the mistake she'd made was in get ting a chorus job, and that if I was willing we might try for some small road company and work our way up in the drama I would have followed Mary any place. so I said I was on, and we even talked MT. Langdon down before he left"
 That is all, thank you, Miss Bar ton,'' said Langdon with a smile as she finished, and Amy, looking around bewildered asked the judge confiden-