Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-17
Theatre News


A608 tA0 GLa&G was 0ACbAICtly 1nC AOoQA
by the change. But, on the other
hand. the motion picture fans have
been the gamer, so that, after all, by
far the lesser number sustained an
artistic loss. Since her entrance into
the motion picture field, her talents
n personal charms have made her
n of the most conspicuous figures
in her new field Of activity.
Miss Ferguson is essentially a dra-
matte actress of signal merit as has
been evidenced by her portrayals in
"Barbary Sheep" Rose of the
World" THE Song of Songs" THE
Lie" and other Aircraft pictures
which have met with enormous sue
cess. But now we are to see her in
"A Dolls House." one of the great
plays of that master playwright,
Henrik Ibsen, whose dramatic crea-
tons have held the stage for more
than thirty year
MAJESTIC.
Phil Kelly, a veteran Of the Span
ish-American War, is a member Of
the u. s.. Secret Service. Shortly after
the break with Germany he is called
by his chief and sent on a dangerous
mission. The parting instructions are:
III necessary, prove disloya1 to your
country" Kelly finds this hard but
for the sake of the cause agrees IN
Berlin or Bust" which comes to the
Majestic Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday.
The first to suffer because of his
assumed disloyalty is his mother
when he tells. her he will not enlist.
At his club he is forced to resign
when, his patriotism under question,
he is forced to remain silent-and
thus earns the contempt of his fell
1owmen. Two visitors at the club,
Harris and Shamme, under suspicion,
do not realize that Kelly Is playing
for them. They approach him with
congratulations on the firm stand he
took against American methods of his
fellow members. Playing into their
hands Kelly Is finally invited to at
tend of their meetings.
The story of his degradation at the
club having preceded him to the
home of his sweetheart, Rose Lock
ley, when Kelly calls he is ordered
from the house by her father, Colonel
Lockley. Rose, sympathizinR real
ICES there must have been some
reason for Phil's action.
With the information the Amerl.
cans are enabled to out-maneuver the
Huns and "going over the top" the
sweep all before them and capture the
German headquarters-just another
step in the march of Our Boys on Il
oCTilns NAllO Tie OaItAG 10 LOB A6 .
shell strikes the building in which
Kelly Is stationed and he is badl,
hurt. When the lull comes he u
found and under the gentle care OF
Rose his recovery is assured.
And those who have before looked
on him with Contempt now realiz'
hat he was ready to sacrifice his al
--and his only reward was that Free
dom md Justice might live.
I~nf1sarcia offp nuQF their cfIN0aqC I'M
cry Of the 'Sammies' echoes n re
echoes along the great line: Berlin
or Busti"
DTTMAS
'aThe Lesson" Constance Tai.
madge's latest Select Picture, was
adapted for the screen from Virginia
lTerhune Van de Waters stories OF
married life which have interested
thousands Of newspaper readers. will
be shown at the Ditmas tomorrow
and Thursday.
THE Lesson" is the story of Helen
Drayton (played by Constance Tai
madge), a young girl who become;
bored by the dull routine of life in g
small town. She likes her friends
"Chet'' Vernon in particular, but she
regards 1t as a personal grievance
that even this most desirable OF al
the beaus mould be taken for grant
ed by everyone, including himself, al
her inevitable companion at dances
I and other village affairs. Consequent.
Ily when John Calvin, q young archi.
/ tect from New York, visits the town
Helen is captivated, not so much by
him as by the novelty of meeting
new man, and before many weeks
pass they elope and are married.
Calvin, like many young husbands
could always find money to spenC
downtown with his friends. but wher
1T came to furnishing Helen with
few dollars for necessities, and To-
those ~luxuries which are almos
necessities to a woman, 1t was a diff
ferent matter. Helen soon discovers
that she had married an unspeaka
bly, selfish man, and little by little tn,
very slight bond between then
stretched to the breaking point. From
this step, the story OF Helen Drayto,
speeds forward to a highly dramati,
conclusion. She learned her lesson
and. although It was an unhappy ex
} perience, h soon was able to ais
cover the difference between rea
worth and mere flash.