The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-22
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY"
AT CLASSIC MONDAY NIGHT

W. SesNSSsS UVhN~tu tuVus
THE Man Without a Country will
be the attraction at the Classic Mon
day. 1t is from the great patriotic
classic by Edward Everett Hale. The
story undermined is as follows:
In March, 1917, with the United
States on the verge of war, John Alton
tells his fancee, Barbara Norton, that
he will never fight for his country be-
cause he has been converted to pacif-
ism by her uncle, Phineas Blair.
Herself the daughter of man who
willingly gave his life for his country,
Barbara, heartbroken, gives him back
their engagement ring:
Il marry no American who thinks
less Of his country than of me.
Gradually, your dreadful situation
came home to you. But no matter how
hard you strived, you could learn
nothing of your country Newspapers
were cut off and censored. No officer,
no sailor, no civilian was permitted to
mention your country's name in your
presence,
At last with your life at an end, you
begged to be told something of the
land you loved. Conscious now of the
blessings of freedom, you confessed
that you had secretly prayed for your
country, night and morning, for fifty
years. In an agony Of contrition you
cried: There is not in America
God bless her-a more loyal man
than T."
See the picture, it is worth while.
Francis Carpenter, who is starred in
Babes in the Woods" at the Classic
tonight, is about the busiest little per-
| son on the large William Fox "lot" in
Hollywood. Every minute of the time
| that he is not acting before the motion
picture camera, Francis is studying
being taught or wandering about in
various places on tours of exploration
Soon after beginning work on "The
Babes in the Woods" Francis found
| that he didn't have a spare minute
| He always had lessons in the morning
| work in the afternoons, and his moth
| er insisted that he go to bed early ev-
cry night. The little fellow became sc
| imbued with the idea of hard and
| ceaseless work that he decided that
everyone he knew should not waste a
minute. He kept some big and small
folks busy, too.
Francis x. Bushman, who is CO.
starred with Beverly Bayne, in the
| Metro feature, 1.-The Adopted Son.
which will be shown at the Majestic
| Sunday, gives a fine exhibition OF
his skill with the shooting irons" in
his role of ''Two-Gun" Carter At the
annual May Day festival in 1.-THE
Adopted Son." the winner of the
shooting contest is granted the honor
of dancing with the Queen of May
Marion Conover beverly Bayne) is
the queen and all the men strive tc
win the contest. "Two-Gun" Garter
registers a record score and amid
great applause he escorts the queer
to the dancing floor
The story of 1.-The Silent Man." fea
turing William S. Hart at the Males.
tic Sunday and Monday, is one Of
strong heart appeal and it affords this
| great portrayer of western characters
abundant opportunities to bring his
great talent into free play. The var.
| iOus scenes were staged in the range
1 n MI Of
and it goes without saying that they
vest the production with a highly 70.
mantle setting.
"Charmante, spirituelle and chic
are the three French adjectives lately
applied to dainty Louise Huff, who is
now appearing with Jack Pickford il
their newest Paramount photoplay
"Jack and JILL" at the Majestic to-
night. The adjectives are of the variety
that need no translation for they fiji
the small star so exactly that nc
heavier English synonyms could dc
better Fatty Arbuckle in "Out West
will be an added attraction.
| %
| To steal money is bad enough, but
to steal Broadway's idolized musical
comedy star, at the height of the show
season, and whisk her away to the
land of sand and cactus, with a five
| thousand dollar reward out for he1
return and the arrest of the kiGnap-
| pers, is a pretty big order even for ar
Arizona millionaire. That is just what
John Keyes does in the new Triangle
play, broadway, Arizona" at the
Classic theatre Saturday.
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