The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-27

Nelson. .........Go and the Woman
Princess. The Purple Mask
Dixie. Her Souls Inspiration
Grand. The elbow Pawn
FTT HE Winter Garden Girls are de.
cfded success. a big audience OK
= local theatre.goers registered its
approval at the Hippodrome last night
IN no uncertain tones. II was Just on.
big round OF applause from rise TO the
final drop OF the curtain. "On thu
Veranua" was the bill presented ana
the strongest comedy feature undoubt-
eddy was the BLACK and Tan" skit by
Jack Grant and Lola Vann. Their sing.
ing and dancing brought forth the
greatest applause. Ine act Is uLmis-
takably funny dud the finished man.
ner IN which DOtA MT. Grant and MISS
Nann handled their parts gives them
title TO the best Iun making pair that
ever trod the Hipp boards IN a burnt
cork specially. Fred and Eva Hurley
surpassed their previous EFFORTS in the
same bill and introduced several highly
pleasing numbers When the Women
several times recalled, and instead OF
Dear Old Girl" another OF their
hits which has lived through severa!
seaons, shey sang What DO You Make
Those Eyes at Me For" "Babette"
was another new one introduced by
Miss Hurley and the chorus. 1t gave
each OF the girls an opportunity to
introduce some delightful stepping.
This whole act has fairy.like aspect
and was one OF the big features OF the
bill.
There is sad note in the work of
our own Doug" Fleming. His vocal
apparatus is on the blink, and he very
gracefully told the audience about it.
AS consequence we missed the liar.
mony Boys" but the new numbers in.
troduced were ample compensation for
what we missed. Doug" however, got
through his speaking part, showing a
trace Of his afflict1on, and sang a
catchy song.
The whole organization had a lot of
pipe trouble while playing an engage
ment at Untontown recently, but they
have all fully recovered except Mr..
Fleming.
Summarizing, the entertainment as
p whole is the best yet.
The same bill repeats tonight aid
tomorrow there will be change of pro.
gram and an entirely new bill will be
presented.
Theda Bara, the screens greatest
vampire" star, is at the Nelson to.
day in new play called Gold and the
Woman" 1t is a William Fox produC.
ton in which Miss Bara is cast as
4f he kfnr
gest scenes in the play Is that in
which an entire Indian camp is blown
up. In the plot of Gold and the Wo.
man." Duskara, chief of an Indian
tribe, is robbed of a land grant through
the trickery Of Dugald Chandos, an
early English settler.
Chandos, after Duskara's refusal to
sell the land, mines piece of ground
and lures the Indians to the trap by
scattering bottles OF gin and whiskey
about. The Indians find the bottles
and get drunk. While they are cele-
brating, the mine is exploded, and the
entire camp is wiped out.
Fifty-six Indians were used in the
making Of the picture. All but three
went through the explosion scene I'm.
injured.
An exact duplicate of the interior of
the United States embassy in Mexico,
which in the last few years has been
the center of no small attention, IS
shown in this production. The interior
was reproduced painstakingly to In
sure no incongrui!y in the finished pic
ture.
Grace Cunard and Francis Ford are
names to conjure with in the motion
picture profession. Trey have made
good their claim to be called tho lead.
ing serial players in the business by
their latest achievement, The Purple
Mask" 1t is in sixteen parts aud be-
gins at the Princess today. The Peg
o, the Ring" series IN which these two
screen stars were featured still fingers
in the memory of Princess patrons ard
the management expects that the pres
ent story will go far beyond the for
mer one in popularity. Their latest
idea they declare to be the best yeti,
The background Of the new serial is
laid In the first episodes in Paris and
the famous sewers of that city arc
used for setting for some of the most
thrilling incidents of the plot. Mr..
Ford revives the character of Detec-
tive Kelley, which he has assumed in
many short plays, and Miss Cunard is
the society girl who turns into sort
OF Lady Raffles," and deries the de.
tective to catch her. The early cpl
sodes are constant duel of wits be-
tween the two, and are filled with
those Cunard and Ford touches which
keep the audience at tense point Of
expectancy.
Ella Hall with an all-star cast is at
the Dixie today in Bluebird photo
play called "Her Souls Inspiration"
A little four.year-oid walked into the
Hipp lobby yesterday and getting the
attention of Miss Abbott in the box.
office lisped: when is the parade?"
Miss Abbott called him honey" six or
seven times and tried her best to get
a more lucid understanding Of what
the little fellow meant. Finally it
dawned upon her that some one had
misread the announcement If next
tVaek's attraction to him-"The Pass