South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-04

charge for the dislOyals. For the
/ edifcation of those who choose 10
remain the following gem from T.
/ RS Canton 90 speech is flashed on
the screen as a still
u see that Mr.. Taft yesterday al
] lIded TO me as a demagogue a
neurotic, a fiatterer; an egotist, and
as engaged in honeyfugling all of
you. 1 wish to point out this
10 you: Four wears ago Mr. Taft had
not discovered that / was a fiatterer
a demagogue, an egotist. and en-
gagged in honeyfugling the people.
and yet I stood then exactly as I
stand now"
Root Causes Trouble.
Jimmy Reynolds. so runs the
dope, had considerable difficulty in
getting this into the picture. Root,
! the director. arguing that such mat
ter is irrelevant, unseemly, and I'M
Gignified in a slap-stick Barnes.
| Penrose. Smoot, and Gugsenheim
Overrule him, maintaining that it's
no more than right that this mud
| rOse-cut gem OF Teddys be given to
the peanut gallery for discussion.
AS Barnes aptly says. 1T keepsya
| aguessin. For he says. Teddy
doesn't deny that he is a demagogue
or a neurotic, or a fiatterer, or an
eSotist. or begosh. that he's honey
| juggling all of us! He doesn't deny
il a-tall, a tall. on the contrary. he
says: 1 stood then exactly as l stand
now
Even Candidate Hughes sees the
| joke and laughs uproariously
Lights" thunders Director Root
Make a still, Sam of Hughes see
ing a joke"
If the actors haven't yet finished
their makeup. the gallery is book
ed to sing: Hail, Hail. the Gangs
All Here" After which. Taft. the
/ Receiver of Stolen Goods" is to
/ be PACED, while Penrose rises to
point out that Teddy amt no neu-
rotic even though an ex-president of
/ the United States said he was; he's
/ just a laughing jackass-fresh from
the blue gum belt of Australia" At
which Pussyfoot Hughes is to rise
! and say: Little boys, little boys.
that amt the issue! l beg you re-
member the exigency. Anything to
Wins our Motto"
Should the actor men be not yet
/ ready. Smoot is to lead off with that
grand old piffle: The Old Bunch is
in Control Again" Meanwhile Nick
\ Murray passes the hat-sheer force
of habit n 3. not the Danbury hat,
Here's Reel Two.
Reel two, main title-E. Pluribus
unum.
The second reel is crowded with
! business it's the big end of the
slap-stick; it's to get there with
the punch and the big stick. As
Prof Butler says. It's just gotta
60 big; if not how can we make
the peepuI believe that irreconcil-
able is reconcilable ?"
as il done in the movies?" asks
Pussyfoot.
That's what we're here for"
/ snorts Wilcox. Don't I tell yuh this
things gotta 60 Big II il don't. it's
the epochal farce of American poll
tics, the browning insult to the vOt-
ers' conception Of political SINGER
ity,"
You see" says Pussyfoot. its
thissaway. Some people may refuse
TO believe that Ted actually kissed
Bill Taft-or that they ct their
crow. But-here's the pOint-we've
jus gotta make 'em believe we're
united"
"whadja mean united? says
Joe Choate.
"Joeie", says Charlie, I'm griev-
ed at you"
Yes. and I'm peeved at you.
snaps Joe. Just thataway.
Wilcox raps for order.
BY this time the dressing rooms
have cast forth the principals and
extras in their best third-act make
up.
An Interesting Closeup.
Scene follows scene in quick 5 g
cession. Champagne-purple-tiuse
violet rays flood the studio
Mumm's the word. The spotlights
siss and sizzle. and sizz-now OF
the Steel. Harvester. and Morgan
faction, now on the steal. oil. and
tobacco faction.
Next is a closeup Of J. Pierp and
John D.. followed by the subtitle
Two Souls with but a Single
Thought"
OF less Sinterest, but OF quite a.
much sob-stuff varue is a scene. full
of action. showing Georgie Perkins
treasurer Of the steel and harvestel
trusts. and Bill Finn, the Pitts
Never Was No Good at Mumblypes
with those angelic regular. orthodo,
stalwarts-Penrose. Smoot. Calling
er. Crane. Mckinley Sherman. Can.