The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-11

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~ ~ III
alEAll1ttE.Is,s lStlsltl1I.
Musical Comedy.
Grind Fads and Fanctes
.ilpppdrome .-............B Bon Ton 4.eyue
PhOtoplays.
Z 4cn ..-...... The Great Love
Efiicess ................ Unexpected Places
Qlxle The Geezer Of Berlin
~ ORlTHY GISH, who, with her
sister Lillian, appears In D. w.
Gfintth's Hearts OF the World"
ct the Grand theatre. is one Of
the most temperamental girls In mo-
ton pictures. Miss Dorothy Is not
seinperatmenta. ii the ordinary sense
% that term for she does not Fly on
The handle, (, does not require a spe-
u a orchestra to play lifting music
tor her emotional scenes, does not
storm or stampede when things go
Wong, and seldom II ever losses her
s6papst.
But Dorothy is temperamental.
When the Griffith party was in France
ring the big war scenes for Hearts
1f VI EA44C WOEIU IOlOGuy WOO NVLy
much Ia evidence, and as result Of
ilef terrible experiences while under
hombafdment the little actress lost
teen pounds in weight, and return
"a hi the United States willing to be-
cath her title and estate in all fu-
tgfe wars to any ambitious person.
on one occasion when the Griffith
paEty had been detained at the port
NbE entry the officer tried to put Miss
(iiSh through the third degree. She
was asked every imaginable question
S TO Why Mr.. Griffith had brought
lier to England to act for q war play.
4tWhy didn't Mr.. Griffith produce
the play in American" Dorothy was
asked.
AT this point the little tempera-
mental one, filed with Indignation,
rose to her full five feet and crushed
him.
Z suggest" said Dorothy in her
most terrible stage hiss. that you
ask Mr.. Griffith why he did not move
the war across the OCEAN
Dixie Has Two Features.
Either of the two pictures showing
81 the Dixie today is good enough to
sspe featured as headliner. "The
Sinking OF the Lusltania" is Of course
mot an authentic photographed pic
ture Of the disaster, but it is a CON
ception from the mind OF one Of the
greatest artists living. The picture
us noted for Its trueness to the printed
4 story Of the event and the stories OF
the survivors as we'll, and is very
realistic. The other story is a tray
esty or burlesque on THE Beast Of
Berlin. The following story is a
Very poor apology for the film, but
the humorous twists given is a fair
Indication OF the ludicrous manner in
Wliich the thing is handled:
The coolies OF the German spy sys-
tenn invested the bakery Of Louvain,
where the baker of the burg and his
ghter had lived in peace and quiet
Ill their lives, little knowing that in
berlin the supreme boob of all the
ages was reviewing his Roche butch
eth with intent to wreck the universe.
fHe was gentle assassin, was this
little Willie Almighty. He reviewed
his troops all day when the sun shone
and when 1t rained he played with tin
Holders on a marble topped table in
iiis boudoir. The while lie received
Won Bethmann- Bowlegs. Won Hin
denboig and Won Turpentine. Just
then the Clown Ounce entered.
dder dear. Why monkey init tin
soldiers, ven you can hat live uns?"
Lock der door--lnine boy got a
ideara Vot iss 1t, SOM"
s. sAw, go on, let's be sports, und
have regular var, why not?"
Well, so long as we hat nothing
Z else to do but not before lunch
And so 1t came about that Willie
Almighty called together the war
lords.
sChentlemen, feel like tearing
! s6meting. Gif me scrap of paper"
second de notion" said Won
Hihdenboig.
dot makes It unanimous NIT me
uhd Colt, /" said the kaiser. II now
declare de; war open for beezness.
IND emember. boys. want first
class war;
In rapid succession followed the
histo riacl wallop on the jaw, the In
xasicA OF Louyain, the jolying Of the
Eoryain 1ngenue Society, the defeat
Of the geezer's German germs, and
the attempt Of the geezer himself to
escape through the bakery Of Lou
xain,s hot oven. But it became too
hot even for him, and the geezer went
upf g pun of smoke, was pursued by
aiEpIanes, and finally made to realize
chat Sherman was right.
SEE Il More Than Once.
One should see 1.-THE Great Love"
"a the Nelson today at least three