The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-24


 We have said that everybody was out We have no way of proving that statement. however for. while there were crowds of people on the streets. constituting the population of Brooks and the surrounding cOun- try. very few were accounted for. The dancing took place in two halls several sleigh5 plying from one to the other in order that the dancers might be transported quickly between the scenes of revelry
 All of the above however, is only stage settir. for the ma pa" of our story. Which is to say, the operator of the movie" machine is just about to reel on the first scene in the first act of the pretty little melodrama entitled Make Way for My Lady" As far as is known the piece has not yet been copyrighted, although it is understood that a certain gentleman with a Nt4N plpIouIttu SOulielh dtttHt and who. it IS stated. first saw the light of day in one of the southern states and who Is better known in interior AlasEa as "Alabam " has made application for the same
 The first scene thrown on the screen is a dancing floor where people dressed in every kind of costume imaginable woo Madam Terpsichore. The next is a like scene, although a close inspection of the picture shows that it was made in another room. The third scene is descriptive of a sleigh ride the description of the pictures as they flash by stating that the sleigh is that which is taking the dancers from one of the dancing halls to the other.
 Many of tie men in the picture are distinguishable. Among them is "Alabam." The women present however, seem to have managed to keep their identity pretty well concealed
 Our hero, "Alabam," |, standing just outside ,he door of one of the dance halls smoking a cigarette He is not paying much attention to what is going on except to watch the capers of some of the masQuers.
 But suddenly there appears on the horizon a vision of loveliness altogether unexpected. For the sleigh has driven up to the door of the dance hall again, and from it alights a light, willowy, billowy individual, evidently of the feminine type, who has not been seen be- fore that evening. And "Alabam" immediately gets busy by throwing down his cigarette and asking the new arrival for a dance, which ia vor is very sweetly granted him.
 Now it is only natural that Ala bam" should be interested in the identity of his nowfound friend, therefore the next picture IS prolific with underscored descriptive phrases containing all kinds of questions in that regard. All of "Alabam's" ques- tions are of no avail however, as the lady will not disclose her iden- tity. She answers "yes" sweet|y, though, when "Alabam" maneuvers an interrogatory remark to the eff feet that, if agreeable with her they two could travel together for the balance of the evening. seeing that she is alone
 And having found partner Ala bam" is in his glory. For flashes contained in pictures of both halls show him to be one of the 'livest" dancers on lhe floor, where it had in a rather moody frame of mind in the first thousand feet of film. He is seen moving here and tho with the lady he has selected, danc- ing with her and her alone, and ha''- ing eyes for no other person of the female persuasion. He ShoveS through the crowds standing at the doors of the dance hall and around the sleigh wien it stops on it's rounds, his cry, described in the picture, being, Make Way for Mall Lady"
 In the meantime some of Ala ans" gentleman friends are keeping tabs on his movements unbeknownst to him. For they want to be in at the finish, or the unm9 >lllns, Onc of them having discovered that the color of the lady with whom Ala bam" has been having such a good time, is at least one shade darker than white.
 But the reel breaks here and we are not permitted to see the termi- nation of the picture, facilities for f;Xils film not being a'I1ns 1hcSe available at Brooks We are in formed, however, that, when masques were taken off at that memorable double ball. consternation reigned ,u, eme, particularly in "Niaham's' case In fac:, it is reported that he wasted no time in hitching up his fast dog team and starting for his cabin on Alabam creek. And it is also stated that he has taken