The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-11

story building Is greeted with de-
! r!sive cries OF Finish, q particu-
larry common expression of the
French people. 10 denote the fact
| that Yankee francs have purchased
all the chocolate, wine. or whatever
it may be, that there was on hand.
. And If a banquet scene is by any
chance thrown on the screen. the
vocal accompanin, ants are many and
varied. Private Buck in one corner
OF the room shouts out Bully beef"
while Private Buck in another cor
ner yells .Corned willy" A bread
line in an underworld scene is ieered
at as some chow line. and the butler
who comes to announce dinner In
the society drama is greeted with a
whistled chorus OF the mess call,
commonly designated as "sou2y cali"
by the Initiated
II by any chance the hero, villain
or heroine falls asleep and awakeRs
s the next morning with the usual
yawnings and gapings, someone emu
lates the 'top-kick" with Hey, YOU
snap out OF it; you're IN the army
now" Or some other artist whistles
reveille, or the men in companies
where the top cutters favorite meth
whistle sharply through his teeth
produce a whole chorus of shrill
whistles.
On one transport coming over one
! top kick" like. Bo-Peep seeking
her sheep, used to call, Company A
in the hold" Once he had them
would be nobody on no hatch at no
Iu o. NJ
someone tiptoeing stealthily down
stairs, or the vampire urging the
sophisticated youths out OF her pres
ence, Is more than apt to call forth
reminiscent remarks concerning Com
pany AS advent into the hold of the
boat And just as surely as the sun
viii shine, a picture Of the seasick
! passengers on the millionaire's yacht
j is dubbed three down and three
up, the Yank's witticism for jolly
{ ing his family with the cheering
news that on the trip over he had
six meals a day, three down and
three up.
| Nor is the concert confined to the
! vox humane stop on the organ. Prt-
vate Buck knows how to make
sha low pictures. and when the pic
| lures are cleared and only the white
spotlight shines on the screen, .
| whole menagerie of shadow pictures
dances into view. There are dog
fights, squirrels eating nuts, and
/: cats with arched backs. all on dis
play. The unfortunate being who
/ rises up suddenly and innocently Is
/ projected into the limelight is jeered
! to the point of observation-disclosures
with such choice bits of philosophy
as We've seen you--sit down, or
This amt no review" Sometimes
! in the cover Of darkness some I'M
kindly person suggests coolies when
the comic actor scratches his head
more than usual.
| "Oh lala, compree kiss" is the
! contribution of some amateur wag
/ when the heroine hesitates to yield
/ her lips to those OF the hero, but
when she does, and the final flash
comes with everybody happy, there
/ Is chorus of smacks that would do
! credit to an army OF osculators.
| OF course, Private Buck has to
laugh at a lot of his own jokes, and
sometimes he Is given Rest" by his
| companions who think he has pulled
a raw one, but there is spontaniety
about the way he plays the pictures
| that makes movie in the ~" hut
every bit as attractive as if million.
dollar orchestrations had been play.
| ing all the time. So that about all
+ that he misses is the girl.