Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-26

| Copyright 1917, International News
Service.
1--WE always heard that this the
ater was wonderful" said Mrs.
Stevens enthusiastically, "and I've
always intended to come here and
| see for myself what Il was like, but
somehow or other 1 never have until
now"
20, I come nearly every week"
! Helen nodded, and for a time ST.
themselves comfortably. Its a lib
eral education; why.1 wouldn't miss
it for worlds"
And you say that there is to be
an unusually fine film here?"
| queried Mrs. Stevens.
Helen hooded, and for n time ST.
lence fell between the two women.
| Helen, feminine as she was, dis
! liked chatting while something was
going on. She liked to give her en-
/ tire attention to whatever 1t was that
! she had thought worth coming to
see, but Mrs. Stevens gossiped about
everything, and the place made little
or no difference.
This must be the picture" Mrs.
| Stevens remarked after bit, when
several other numbers had been rem
dered.
Yes, this is the feature" Helen
whispered back. She had noticed
that several people were looking dis
| turbed about them. 1t is a strange
/ thing, but talk mars the enjoyment
| of motion picture just as much as
| it would a play, for it destroys the
continuity and concentration of
! thought required in order to appre-
ciate everything.
Helen did not encourage further
| speech, but Mrs. Stevens was not
silenced at all by the slight pressure
on the arm that Helen administered.
/ The woman on the other side of
Helen had looked in their direction
several times. Helen was conscious
of a faint perfume each time the
woman moved, that was suggestive
of the Orient. The woman, too, look
ed unusual, that is as much as Helen
could see of her, for she wore
heavy veil. But in the interest of the
| picture, Helen soon forgot the un-
known presence.
II wonder what these people get
who play leading parts like this"
Mrs. Stevens remarked after a lit
tie. The interest of the picture which
enthralled Helen did not seem to in
terfere with Mrs. Stevens desire to
talk
Different salaries. some of them
-. get enormous money" she whis-
pered back.
DO you think it's really true that
some of them get thousands a
week." asked Mrs. Stevens.
Helen nodded.
I'll tell you about it afterward." !"
she whispered. Don't you like the
picture?"
Mrs. Stevens nodded and proceed
ed to powder her nose.
well, l must say Helen, that I
don't see so much in this woman
to rave about" she said in a mo-
ment or so.
Don't you really, I think she is
wonderful actress. one of the best
we have" Helen responded quick
ly. She longed to say that she
didn't see how Mrs. Stevens could
judge the acting of the woman, con-
sidering the amount of attention she
gave. You're missing some of the
best of it now" she continued.
Mrs. Stevens was gazing about
the theater, and her attention now
came back to the film and to Helen's
words.
20, I'm not a fan like you, you
know, besides. I came to see the
theater more than did the picture"
i Helen felt angrily that Mrs. Ste
vens at least might let her enjoy the
| film. 1t was true that Helen had de-
veloped a great fondness for mov-
ing pictures, and for this particular
4 theater. AS Warren himself said.
you could always be reasonably sure
of a good bill and no disappoint-
ments here.
do you know. Helen. there is
something rather stunning about
I that woman" Mrs. Stevens remark
ed after a few seconds of real at
tention. do you think it's true that
she's a regular vampire in private
life?"
1 "Of course not. Half of all those
stories are made up" Helen return
ed Indignantly.
20, ! don't know about that she
u links as II she could fit in with