Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-09-28
Ar THE ROYAL


A story of the plains, In the days
when Indian attacks We're a real mem
ace, is 'grhe Bugle Call" Triangle
drama starring Willie Collier, Jr., and
to be seen at the Royal theatre today.
Young Collier, fourteen -year-old
son of the famous Broadway star, has
the role of Little Billy, son of the
commandant at Fort Mcpherson, a
frontier army post, and loved by
every one in the place. He has one
ambition in life, and that is to be-
come a good soldier; and one mill
tary achievement he already has
learned--to play the army bugle. 1t
Is only the good soldier in him that
makes him tolerate the idea that his
father is to marry again, for he cam
not conceive of any one good enough
to take his dead mothers place.
Soon after the wedding his father
10 called to quell an uprising of the
Sioux Indians, forty miles to the
south. and his new mother is left In
his charge. Then the fort itself is
attacked by Indians. Billy, who has
hidden his stepmother In cave In
the hillside, suddenly sees that the
outnumbered garrison is about to sur
render. Bethinking himself of his
bugle, and, hoping to mislead the In
dams into believing his father and
the regiment are returning, he blows
the charge from a distant knoll, with
consequences that are exciting and
satisfactory
HOW DADDY LONG-LEGS,' GOT
ITS NAME.
Every one who has read Daddy
Long g-Legs"-and the number runs
into the hundreds OF thousands--will
be interested in knowing how Its au-
thor. Miss Jean Webster, adapted her
delightful story to the stage. Aside
from the tremendous success of the
comedy, the fact that Henry Miller
staged the play which comes to the
Majestic Monday Is O sufficient guar
antee to the people who know Mr..
Miller's methods that the story loses
nothing of it's original charm In the
dramatic version.
AS a matter of fact, according to
every one who has both read the book
and seen the play, the latter far sur
passes the printed narrative.
For example, the very title of the
story was only hurriedly explained
In Judy Abbotts letters to her dear
Daddy Long Legs" In the comedy
itself, the audience Is given a very
clear understanding Of the mental
processes that lead up to this selec-
ton of a nickname for her benefac-
tor by the grateful little orphan.
When Judy is told by her one
friend at the John Grier Home that a
mysterious benefactor has decided to
send her to college, where she Is to
have pretty clothes and plenty OF
pocket money. the amazed little girl
begs to know something about this
unknown friend. She is told that
she is never to see him, and never to
know his name. There Is just one
thing the kind hearted woman y 20
gives her the good news can do, and
she does 1t.
You cannot sec him." she says,
but IL you will look out at the wall
across the way, you may see his
shadow cast by the search-lights OF
his automobile"
The girl looks and her first excla-
nation Is:
"And that is my new Daddy al
least, I have the shadow of father.
Obi If / could only see his face
Then she begins to laugh gently
What funny long legs the shadow
has, she exclaims. II never say
such funny legs before I know what
I'll call him. I'll call him my dear
old Daddy Long-Legs."
1t is hardly necessary to add that,
coming as 1t does after the distress
ing first scenes In the orphan asylum
this little episode tugs at the heart