Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Stories Of the Photoplays.

OtOrleS OF the TnOtOpldyS.
"MIss PETTICOATS,"b based on Dwight
Tilton's novel dealing with life in the
whaling city of New Bedford. is the
story of young mill worker who has
been reared by her grandfather. an old
whaling ship captain. after her mother.
who had eloped with a French count
and had been neglected. abused and
finally deserted by him, had returned
to her father, broken-hearted, and died.
The girls parentage was the subject
of much village gossip, and many I'M
kind remarks and innuendoes were
made against her.
One day Miss Petticoats, as she was
called ed stopped runaway and saved
kindly woman of wealth. who reward
ed the girl by making her her private
secretary.
Guy Hamilton. a scapegrace nephew
of Mrs. Copeland, resented the girls
appearance in the household. and a Mrs.
Worth Courtleigh. a young married
woman. in love with the nephew. be-
comes very jealous of her on Guys
connecting the girls name with Guys
and persuades him to take her to a
questionable place to compromise her.
The result is Miss Petticoats is Stunned
by every one and is finally insulted
by Hamilton. although Mrs. Copeland
is loyal to her. Her aged grandfather
learns Of the gossip through an anohy
nous letter and the shock kills him.
Stunned by the villagers both Mrs.
Copeland and Miss Petticoats go to
France, where the girl finds her
paternal grandfather and is acknowl-
edged by him just before his death,
thereby coming into title and for
tune On her return. Miss Petticoats
becomes queen Of society.
Raiph Harding, young minister,
had been in love with her since child
hood. and he had always bitterly re-
preached the sermon that drove Guy
and Mrs. Worth Courtleigh from the
village, and afterward resigned his
fare work. Before her death Mrs.
Worth Courtleigh confesses her part
in injuring Miss Petticoats and in
weakening and demoralizing Guy. The
latter tries to renew with Miss Petit
coats, but he is scorned, and Miss Pet
ticoats takes Harding for better or
worse
"THE CAPTIVE GOD,n starring Will
liam S. Hart. is the story of a Spanish
boy in the days OF Montezuma, en-
peror of the Aztecs, who was cast upon
the shore of the east coast of Mexico
and adopted by a tribe called the Te-
huans, who had never before seen a
white man. He is brought up as a god
and called Chiapa. He falls in love
worthy The Aztecs hear that under a
white god the Tehuans are very pros
porous, and start forth to conquer
them Following his victory, Mexitli.
MonteZuma's general. carries off Teco-
Tote. Chiapa follows as spy. is
wounded in Montezuma's garden by a !
guard, but is rescued by Lolomi, the
beautiful daughter of Montezuma
n Ia nNIrhj Ia
has tired of Tecolote and wins the
consent of Montezuma for Lolomi's
hand. She despises him, and he tries
to carry her off by force. when Chiapa
is discovered and sentenced to die on
the sacrifcia1 stone at the end of the
year. Lolomi pleads in vain for him
with her father, and then sends word
to the Tehuans that their god is a cap
tive. An aveneing army sweeps down,
and the climax follows a sequence of
thrilling scenes.
STRANDED" featuring De Wolf
Hopper and Bessie Love, Is the story
of an old actor whose work is out of
date, but who is secured by a variety
company to give representations. His
fellow players have no sympathy with
him. except one young girl. an acrobat,
who has taken a fancy to the girl,
plans to appropriate the; nights re-
ceipts and fee with the girl. She re-
fuses to go, and becomes SO nervous
during her act that she falls from her
trapeze and is injured. The manager
fees alone. the company is stranded,
and the old actor and the girl face the
world together. AT a nearby town
where they are giving a Shakespearean
revival he finds work and introduces
the girl as his daughter. There she
gets her first taste of refined life falls
in love with and Is about to marry the
young owner of the hotel when the
manager returns to blackmail the old
actor by threatening to tell the truth
both of him and the girl The wedding
guests are waiting. and the old actor
is about to enter the church, when the
manager shoots him. He enters the
church, however, treasures the guests
and then comes a thrilling finish.
"THE BEAST" a new Fox film, fea-
turing Ann Luther and George Walsh,
is the story of an innocent little east
ern heiress. who. with her father, is
touring the country of the rough
herdsmen of the west, and is tempted
by the noise to visit a dance hall,
where she is robbed and locked in by
a Mexican, and finally is carried off by
Del Burton, a cowboy, who fights
duel for her The adventure nearly
costs her her life, but she is saved and
Del Burton, whom she calls the beast"
He then sends her back to her father
and friends on their special train. The
parting glimpse she gets of "the beast"