The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-15

I Germs principally Diane a chorus girl.
ana Phillips Christy, millionaire aristo-
GRAFT man of delightful theories, one
OIL which is that environment is the sum
ana substance of life. He is writing a
book promulgating this theory, which his
anoltlous sister urges him to finish. His
chum, Don Livingston, coaxes him 70
join theatre party. At supper after
the performance he meets Diane, the CAV
| est, most charming and artificial of the
gifls OF the Follies. To Diane Phillips
Chrsty falls captive. He tells his sister
he will lift Diane of the Follies to their
level-to the heights
After few brief years of married life
Diane wearies of the pose of living on
the heights. Her husband, engrossed
VITA nis studies, does not realize this.
She becomes dizzy upon this elevation:
she pines for her own people of the thea
tire. Her husbands quiet dignity and
even her child exquisite charm fail to
| interest her. Hungry for applause, Diane
invites some of her former chums to
visit her, to parade before them her
Wealth and position.
THEORY PROVES FALSE
Poor Phillips Chrsty realizes that his
theory has proved false-hs wife. after
the most careful training toward the ND
lift. has sought her level in the chorus
k
ing. cocktail acknowledgement of the the
atre. Resentful at her husbands atti-
tude regarding her friends, and his in
| tolerance of them, Diane determines to
leave and seek happiness in the freedom
Of her early environment She deserts
her husband and child and is installed as
the star of the Fonies. Later, in the
midst of her triumph a message comes
to her from her husband requesting her
presence ut the sick bed of their child.
Before she arrives little Bijou, the child
| has passed away.
After the sad rites over the little child
are performed Christy, never forgetting
his breeding, asks Diane if she desires
to remain in his home under the protec-
ton of his name. she answers him truth
fully from the depths of her soul:
Il am going back to my own life, to
the people who understand me. You and
/ walk different paths and talk differ
ent languages. Our paths need never
cross, and v lave nothing to say to
Zach other. ne one interest that bound
us together, our little girl. is no more
Neither of US has anything to forgive,
Inor to remember. / wish you success
and happiness, | am going now to seek
them for myself"
The husband and wife separate and
each knows the separation is as final as
if the world had ceased being.
THE DAWN MAKER"
William S. Hart will give his many
admirers an opportunity to study him in
a brand new characterization when he is
presented by Thomas II. Ince as the star
of an unusual Triangle Kay Bee play
by c. Gardner Sullivan, entitled THE
Dawn Maker The production has been
heralded from the Ince studios as one
of the most beautiful film dramas ever
seen on the screen and is being counted
rpen to win additional laurels for the
alreadv famous Hart.
The Dawn Maker is roetic taic ri
the grim north, chronicling mighty
ssru3gle between 10 s.ii4 gs,i,ls
S,,arce. 1t recites the adventures Of a
Gi';J tersbrced Indian, man in whose
VEINS runs the. blood OF two races and
in whose intelligent mind surges an am
hilton to uplift his red brothers. Its
scenes are laid in the frozen territory
of the Hudson's Bay company and there
by lend magnificent charm to the play.