The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-12

theatre offers a varied programme OF
well known stars and features this week,
Today the final performance of THE
Fall of Nation" will be screened ana
wilr be followed tomorrow by The Plow
Girl" a fve-part Lasky feature in which
Miss Mae Murray is starred. Marguerite
Clark in Miss George Washington" will
follow.
"THE PLOW GIRL"
Tomorrow and Tuesday THE Plow
Girl" with Mae Murray, Elliott Dexter,
Theodore Roberts. william Elmer and
Horace B. Carpenter, will be screened
at the Strand theatre. A brief synopsis
follows:
Lady Brentwood is constantly longing
for her grandchild of whom no trace
has been found since her parents per-
ished in South Africa. She tells Lord
Percy, titled fortune-hunter and dis
tant relative, that if he will find her
granddaughter he may marry her and
share the estate. He imparts this news
to Pantani, his friend and confidential
agent, and they make arrangements to
send John Stoddard, a struggling at,or-
or substitute.
Margot a delicate little girl. Ii tho
family drudge of John Marley. drunken
South African farmer. She is forced 10
work in the fields. Marley sells her to
kregler for 40 pounds, the amount of his
Indebtedness. Kregler goes to Margot's
room at night and she fees. She is
overtaken by Kregler and her screams
are heard by Stoddard, who rescues her.
Stoddard has previously whipped Marley
with the lash which he (Varley) was
welding upon Margot, and he now takes
the girl to his own cabin. Lord Percy
instructs him to present Margot to Lady
Brentwood as the lost grandchild and
Stoddard makes Varley and Kregfer sign
a receipt for 40 pounds, the price he pays
for Margot's release.
Lady Brentwoods cordial reception
wins the girls love and a wonderful
transformation takes place in Margor,
now Alice.
stoddard and Alice decide to make
known to Lady Brentwood their decep-
ton, and as the girl is telling the old
lady she is an impostor, varley enters
and states that she belongs to him. Lady
Brentwood leads the way to the art gal
lery and takes them to her daughters
portrait, telling Margot, who Is dressed
in an old gown she has found, that this
is her mother, who in the picture Is
wearing the same gown. Marley then
confesses that he took Margot from her
dying mothers arms. Stoddard, con-
science stricken at his part In the decep-
ton, is reminded by Margot that he
bought her, and quickly takes her into
his arms.
"MISS GEORGE WASHINGTON"
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Miss George Washington" a five-part
Famous Players-Paramount feature in
which Miss Marguerite Clark is starred,
will be shown at the Strand theatre.
Miss George Washington is the latest
picture of Miss Clark's for the Famous
Players. 1t will be remembered that
Miss Clark contemplated a return to the
stage, but after a few months vacation
she changed her mind and signed a con-
tract to again appear before the camera.
The photoplay Miss George Washing
ton" was the result. Tt is her first new
picture in three months.
"THE CORSACK WHIP"
Dainty Viola Dana, known to all pho
toplay fans as "Broadway's biggest little
star" is the featured player in Thomas
A. Edison's master drama 1.-THE Cossack
Whip" which will be the leading attrae-
ton at the Strand theatre next Satur-
day. This exciting picture story is from
the pen of James Oppenheim and pictures
life in bloody Russia as it was yesterday
and is today. 1t is said to consist of a
series of mighty scenes that build swiftly
and smoothly up to a. climax of excep-
tional punch" and power.
Many ostriches in South Africa are
Matched in incubators.