The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-03-25

In "The Dragon" which comes to
the Gem tomorrow, there is won
derful presentation of the idea that
youth and innocence can not only
conquer the dragon which it has been
said lies in wait for those who NAV
fall into its clutches in the city's
streets, but can, IN doing so, unwit-
tlngly bring wreck, disaster and even
1 death to those who have been guilty
of wrongdoing. The story is worked
out in mastery fashion, and there are
thrills IN plenty, especially when the
heroine and her long-lost mother mar
rowlz, escape destruction as a build
ing is blown up and destroyed by fire,
and the man who had wronged them
loses his life.
Messa1la, impersoHated by Mar
garfta Fischer, the embodiment of
youth and innocence, lives in an old
house in Washington Square with her
father, who has been ruined financial
" and has lost his wife through the
lure of Fifth Avenue, which he tells
Messalla IS a dragon lying IN wait.
for victims. Messalla starts out to
lind the dragon, goes up the avenue,
and her meetings with various peo-
pie bring destruction and death to
those who had wrought her fathers
ruin, although she is unconscious of
he effect she is having on their lives.
Messalla escapes the Wiles of the
white SLAYER; she allows a discarded
fame of a big merchant to take her
place at dinner to which she has
been invited, and the merchant suf-
fers at the hands of the discarded
woman. A policeman's attention is
attracted to her, and a man is killed
by an automobile while he is looking
at Messalla At Iacemaker's, where
she stops, a wealthy young woman is
tempted to take some lace, because
Messalla has admired it, and is caught
fecting some papers, which have been
taken and replaced by a bomb, and
she gives the package to a woman,
who turns out to be her fathers wife,
the house being destroyed after the |
woman and Messalla leave.
There is d reconciliation. All those
injured were people who had injured
her father, and the dragon has been
slain by Messalla's youth and inno-
cence.
Thousands of men, hundreds of |
horses, fleets of battleships, fotillas
of torpedo boats, submarines dashing [
the waves to answer the call |
Of duty, submersion of submarines,
batteries Of artillery, aeroplanes,
hydroplanes, bomb-dropping, explo-
sion of aeroplanes and actual fighting
form some of the features in the six
reel war picture, Guarding Old
Glory" which will be presented at the
Gem Theatre next Wednesday, March
20.
1t is a picture that will show Uncle
Sans fighting craft of the land, wa
ter, air and under the water in actual
thrilling action The pictures show
5he condition Of Uncle Sans army
md navy, compared with those of
1tfer countries.
Guarding Old Glory" was pro-
lueed under direction of F. O. Mel
sen of Chicago. The presentation
aere is partly for educational pur-
poses. inasmuch as the subject,
Guarding Old Glory" is Of vital in
crest to every American citizen.
One of the main objects in present
ng the Nielsen production over the
country is to give the people an op-
oortunity to know more about the
American army and navy. Guard
ng Old Glory is endorsed by the
;eeretaries Of war and the navy, by
he chief Of staff Of the UnitedGtates
sfnag and by Gen. Leonard Wood.
t tells simply, straightfofwardly,
what Uncle Sam has with which to
iefend himself, and the spectator is
siven an opportunity to compare this
With what Uncle Sam really needs.
The doors will open at 3 o'clock p.
a.. and there will be a continuous f
until 1880 o'clock. The
,Tices of admission viii be 5 cents
or children and 5 cents for adults.
shese. are special reduced prices forl
his stupendous attraction. +