The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-19
IN THE
FRONT ROW
HEApLINERs ToNIeHT.

Musical Comedy.
Hipp 80. Somewhere on the Water
~ Dramatic Stock.
Grand .............. A Mans Game
Photoplays.
Nelson 49,. A Rich Mans Piaything
Dixie .............. Within the Law
Princess ...:....... Little Reformer
IL ADDED ATTRACTIONS
Hippodrome-Universal Picture.
Princess-Triangle comedy.
charlottesville between acts.
~ HARLEY KooN got so worried
about the carryings.on both in
the front and back OF "the big
house" on Saturday night that on
Sunday he awoke from his restless
slumbers with headache. Manager
Morgan hasn't himself quite recover.
ed from the shock, but Reno Fleming
who is too good.natured to let such
things worry him passed through the
ordeal without batting an eye. and his
rotund form bobbed up at the usual
hour the day after with nary trace
of the recent past to mar his ever.
smiling countenance.
How the other one.thousand partic-
ipants in the show Jared is beyond our
ability to record. 1t will be task
enough to do full justice to the prom
inent actors in the revelry witnessed
at the Grand theatre Saturday night
IT was football night-mentioning the
fact will relieve us of enumerating
minor details.
Two shows were scheduled-one at
7:15 and the other two hours later
The first one got started ahead of
time, though the curtain didn't go up
until nearly eight o'clock. because the
management made bum move in
hiring a piano player that in the
course OF events proved unreliable
While waiting for the show to begin
the thoroughly good humored crowd
staged show OF it's own. The star
of this performance was a wabbly in
dividual with a grey cap. He was
the most seemingly ubiquitous fellow
we ever saw, Just when he was get.
ting along nicely in his effort to get
the attention of the crowd he would
be spirited away and bob up in some
other part Of the house-up In the
balcony, down the front aisle and
{ finally on top Of the ten thousand dol
lar organ, from where he was chased
by Shanghai Kerns and darted past
the curtain back stage. Then out
again-because Charley Koon had not
yet developed a headache and was
able to use diplomacy to good effect
The crowd was getting restless. Here
and there fellows began to light Gig.
arettes and before the firemen and
ushers could get to them pretty big
cloud of smoke had been created. Yet
the crowd was not unruly. Just rest
less. It responded to every request
hut the shouts of "shut-up." Finally
house representative made his appear.
ance before the footlisht with a mes.
sage, but it was some time before he
got enough quiet to make himself
heard. He did It. though, and his
achievement should be captioned
won by Waiting" He announced
the non.arriyal OF the piano-player and
added that IL It was the unanimous
opinion of the house that the show
should so ON without him
Then the house yelled ION with the
show"-and on 1t went. 1t was the
most musicless musical comedy event
Of the season.
A volunteer pianist had been urged
by the cries Of his name to leave
comfortable box seat and climb down
into the less spacious orchestra pit.
but he soon discovered that playing
tab" music was too much for even
Paderewski and he ceased his er-
forts. Two other musical instrument
players who were ION the job as per
contract seemed helpless without the
guiding influences OF the bounding