The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-25
IN THE
FRONT ROW
HEApLlNERs TONIGHT.
Musical Comedy.

iElppourome. ........... ModtSte Shop
Photoplays.
Nelson. ... Temptation and the Girl
Princess. ........... The Mark of Cain
Dixie. American Aristocracy
Ideal; - ~, Lass Of the cumberland
Grand "a ). ...5S; The Quest Of Life
~ EMO FLEMING, who now pays his
IL dog tax, ETC., in Warrington, and
: who is also the big show man of
that town, was among us yesterday
looking as much like Fatty Arbuckle
as ever.
Reno paid his respects while here
10 Manager Wiley, of the Hippodrome,
and also shook hands with Joe Mack
and his crew. 1t was while he was
hobnobbing with the latter that we
first got next to the fact that Reno
was in town.
Frank Smith was leading group OF
song artists in drill practice and our
trained musical ear at once detected
that the volume of sound was greater
than could be expected from the Pro-
gressive Quartette alone. Then it
was we discovered Reno. He was
there with the rest of them vocalizing
harder than we ever heard him vocal.
ize before. We thought, maybe, it was
q tryout, but we learned later that it
wasn't, because Reno has gwen people
In Warrington the best they ever had
in the show line, and they wouldn't
part with him, not even over night. And
that's why he hurried back to his domi-
cilliary location on the five o'clock
car
Thinking about Reno brings to mind
a three-cornered controversy that took
place at the Hipp when Reno was con-
nected with it, along with Dave He'll
man. Fleming and Heilman, through
lack of judgment of the director, were
both cast for parts in the same bill,
and right away there sprung up rfv-
airy as to their respective histrionic
abilities. And that's how l got into
IL. Heilman made daily request upon
me for some press notices" for him
self and finally got to the point where
/, he was willing to offer me all his earth
1y possessions If would say he was
a better actor than Reno. Being an
/ honest man couldn't do it. At the
same time Fleming was itching for the
triumph of his own idea, but he never
asked me to say his work was better
than Dawes. All he wanted was to
have me say that Dave Heilman was
"bum actor" If having this done en-.
tailed any expense Reno was willing to
I gothic limit. His first bid was sub.
atantial one. Then l saw what kind
OF q pickle was In and said: Gentle.
men, desist!"
Now that both are out of town in
widely separated places, don't mind
giving the thing away. But it was a
narrow escape!
Vasthi Moore sang Sweet Kentucky
Lady" last night so charmingly that
the audience insisted on several re.
peat orders.
Betty La veau got big hand for her
4 efforts with II Amt Got Nobody Very
Much"
Never Heard of Anybody Dying
from a Kiss" also went big, and coupled
with the comedy work of Rathbun and
Mack and the lively maneuvers Of the
chorus, 1.-THE Modiste Shop" as rem.
dered by Mack's Progressive Girls
at the Hippodrome last night was a
rpnounced success. 1t has some
hints Of superiority over the first
bilb but it is an entirely different sort.
The comedy is excellent and we be-
lieye Joe Mack, himself, shows up in
the present character part even bet
ter than in the former one. Hal Rath.
bun is as inimitab;c as ever and the
most ubiquitous Of all the players.
He's here there and everywhere, and
seemingly all at the same time. The
Progressive Quartette had to work
hard to keep the house in order. No
less than elk encores were responded
70 and then they stopped regardless