The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-22
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HEApLINERs TONIGHT.
Musical Comedy.
Hippodrome. Whose Widow Are Youy
nelson. ,.s................T The Taint
princess. The Double Rom Mystery
Dixie. ...........T The Honorable Algy
Ideal ...................G Grim Justice
Grand. ....................T The Vixen
II IAL RATHBUN is the chief fun.
MI maker with Joe Mack's "Trogres.
siye Girls" who started on
weeks engagement at the Hippodrome
today. Tonight's bill Is Whose Wild.
spw Are Your" and 1t affords the CD.
portunity for the introduction Of the
Progressive Quartette" in splendid
program Rathbun, Moore and Mack
form a comedy singing and dancing
trio Of unusual merit. The chorus is
larger than is the custom with tab.
loids and 1t dresses well and performs
With a great deal Of pep" All last
week this company was turning away
crowds during its successful run in
glarksburg. There will be two per.
formances tonight, the first at 7:45
and the last at 300 o'clock.
Bebe Daniels, whose winsome per.
sohality shines in each of Pathe's
Luke" comedies. one of which is at
the, Nelson today, has taken the advor.
Using slogan IAN apple day keeps
the doctor away" seriously. Bebe
while ago thought she was getting too
plump but lately has been making
over her clothes. Now she confesses
TO have lost ten pounds by secret
treatment. At last the secret is out
the Rolin star orders apples by the
box and eats nothing else.
Bob Mccoy is back in town looking
the picture of health and wearing a
pleasant smile. He has Just made u
circuit of the state and Virginia with
Twilight Sleep" and nearly every
where his attraction was shown to ca
pacity houses. In Richmond it Great.
cd a positive sensation for whole
week, and that's why Bob is smiling.
The Joys and glooms were having
battle royal yesterday. For an of day
It was unusually eventful. We were
forced to say goodbye to Dave He'll
man along about four o'clock in the
afternoon, and for u fellow who has
kept tue theatrical caldron bubbling
like Dave has for twenty weeks to
leave on a gloomy day like yesterday
m 1Ir
dened heart But worse and more OF
ii, Aubrey Mittenthal had 10 write US
that never again would lie bring any
OF his attractions TO FairmCnt. but
Aubrey is not sore at us. So 1t hap
pens that two live show people have
Withdrawn from the arena and we
now have to look TO Mr.. Wiley! the
Hipp's new manager, TO fill the gap.
And the thought OF i. started the joy's
dancing gleefully. Because Wiley is
live wire, a solld citizen and is going
to give all his time to the Hipp, and
besides he is a business man. Then
we met Bob iMGCoyy7joy and n>~oy
aressyh Bomoas : and then we got a
line on Joe Macks show and the
gloom was dispelled
Tom Mix, of Selig company, anu a
Nelson favoritc. is personal friend
of Colonel Roosevelt, and was men,
Der of his rough rider company in go
famous dash up San Juan Hill. Later
! in the Same war, Mix was promoted to
the rank of major in recognition of
conspicuous bravery.
c. w. Wiley, who has taken five
year lease on the Ilippodrome Theatre
with prospects OF purchasing it Ult-
right at an carly date. came 10 ouI
midst by accident. He was travelling
on his way from Harrisburg, Va. to
Lansing, Mich, and stopped over at
Charleston for few hours, later miss
! ing his train: Being obliged to wait
he hunted up some friends and from
them learned of the possibilities In the
show business in this city. He imme-
dtately began an investigation with
\ the result til..I - HOW mere and eX.
lpects to be here permanently. Mr..
wiley Is one OF those fellows that al
ways turns misfortune to good &C
count.
1.-THE Honorable Algy," at the Prin-
cess today, starring Charles Ray, with
Margery Wilson and Margaret Thomp.
son, details tho adventures of the
younger son of the venerable English
house of Monteith who comes to
3America with his heart on his sleeve
to catch an American heiress and SO
retrieve the family fortune. 1t is a
modern fairy story. told in a delight
fully casual way, with lots of heart in.
terest and some thrilling action.
Algy, played by Ray, is not the
STACEY silly" type OF Englishman.
He is, however. what Americans might
call boob" but Of the good-natured
sort that is so only because he is not
sophisticated in ways OF the States"
This type is perennial because of its
strong popular appeal, and because it
has been Invested with living quail
ties. In the course Of the action Algy
meets his long.sought American heir
/ ess; but, instead of trying to deceive
her as to his purpose, as another kind
of nobleman is trying to do, he makes
a frank statement of his case and his