The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24
new FAIRY tale
FOR MARGUERITE
Popular Little Actress to De-
light Local Moving-Pic-
ture Fans.
THE SEVEN SWANS
Will Be at Empress Theater
for Three Days During
Coming Week.

For her latest picture, The Seven
swans" in which she viii be seen on
Friday and Saturday at the
Empress theater Marguerite Clark has
chosen fanciful. elaborate version of
one Of Hans Anderson's best known
fairy tales. This was adapted ana al
rected by j. Searle Dawley. who III
rected Snow White" one of the. most
popular films of screcndom The cast
OF The Seven Swans" is exceptionally
good. including such well-known play
crs as Richard Bathefness. Daisy Bel
more. William Danforth, Augusta An
derson. and others. The story follows
the adventures of Miss Clark as the
Princess Tweedledee in saving her
seven brothers from the clutches Of
the wicked queen, who has trans-
formed them into swans one of the
largest sets ever used was erected by
Director Dawley-a palace courtyard
measuring more than 100 by $50 feet
The Story.
Once upon a time there was /,
VV"ueh"i ittie princess, lWcpulcdcc
who lived with her father and seven
younger brothers in THE Kingdom OF
the Seven Dials," so called because out
In the great courtyard of the palace
there was a sun dial erected for ever,
prince.
In neighboring country called 9Th,
Land Of the Bouncing Ball" because
OF the queens pet witch, who lived in d
large crystal ball and kept eternal,
bouncing, there lived wicked queen
This wicked queen wished to gair
the kingdom of the Seven Dials FOL
nerself, and in order To do this sh.
arranged for her son, as wicked as her.
self, to marry the princess.
AT last the bethrothal was mn,
nounced and the wicked queen, hcl
witch, and the bad son made III,
Journey to the Kingdom OF the Sever
Dials for the engagement festival
which was customary In those land.
and which became "a time of dancin.
and feasting for all the inhabitaats
Every one was happy except the Prin
cess Tweedledee herself, who hated I'll,
queens wicked son and his mother ant
unfortunately so far forgot her dig
nifty as to sonndly slap one of ue
subjects. For this she was sentenced
To prison. @s-
Calls Witch to Her Aid.
Now, although the wicked queen ha,
succeeded In getting the princess gu
of the way. she realized that until tn,
seven princes were disposed Of sn,
could not hope to get control of thu
kingdom. So she summoned hel
witch. The witch disguised herself IA
beautiful woman and pretended to b,
drowning in the large pool III the pal.
ace courtyard. making such fuss ant
tO-do that every one of the sever
brave princes plunged in to rescu,
her. But on account of their goodnes.
and kindness, instead of drowning, a.
she had hoped, they turned into seve,
beautiful white swans.
This enraged the witch, and she cas-
a spell over them which made then
retain the form of swans until sunse
every night, when for the few hour.
of darkness they could return to tn,
human form. The brothers. heartbrok
en-, flew away to a far country. In TIL,
meantime. the little princess, now {
prisoner, made her escape with tn,
help of her friends, the moon fairies
who came sliding and tumbling dow,
moonbeam into her room at nigh,
bringing her bags Of sand from then
master, the sand man. They told hel
TO take these back tea the sand man aut
he would tell her how 10 save hel
brothers. Her adventures iii cscap pins
from prison and finding the sand mar
were many and various, and the WAY
she finally did reach him was hy jump.
ing into an upturncd umbrella nnC
sailing down the river in it.
Given Difficult Task.
AT last she reached the sand man
and he took her to a cave. where hUI
seven brothers were living and tol,
her that in order to save them sh'
must perform hard and difficult task
This was TO weave seven ShlItS, un'
for each of her brothers, Of the sharp
est nettleS, the kind that only can Il,
gathered in the chWchNafd at mid
night. In addition to- this, she mus
never speak to amy human being. Thu
meant that she could only speak to ne
of swans.
For three years and u day the Gtu
princess struggled Oh AT her work. ON
bright morning the handsome Prime
Charming Of that country cam" Gnl
Looping up 10 the cave CA his beautiful
snow white charger Seeing the beau
tiful Princess Tweedledec, h" fen VIC
lently in love with her in spit" "f TIA
fact that he believed her to II" "A DUN
girl Taking her on his horse, h
carried her away to his beautiful pal
ace, where she WAS given dresses q
silks and satins and Il golden crown I
wear on her head.
Accused Of Witehcraft.
There was now only one thing /
mar the happiness of the little Princes