The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-29
Pastime Theatre.

Billy Leroy (same old Billy and his
Broadway Butterflies are with us - )
week. presenting a musical absurdity
entitled Senator Casey" Billy Leroy
as the senator. furnishes the laughs
and also gives a parody on ::Where
the River Shannon Flows" Blanche
Rarone has certainly a well modulated
voice and is Well worth hearing, as
she sings Till We Meet Again." and
also renders "A Chinese Doll" a
quaint little number, and is ably as
sisted by an appropriately costumed
chorus and In the finale by w. Chan
dler. This number Is very pretty and
would keightem its effectiveness IL
Blanche would sing the chorus with
Chandler, the blending of the voices
would be big. Warren Chandler .also
has a song number of his credit, as
has the chorus who put on concert
ed number. Baby"
Jacque Wilson is billed as the streak
of lightning. and believe me. she Is,
and then some. She is all there to
the mustard, both In her songs which
are delivered with vim and her
dancing in the pas de seul and also in
the chorus where Ii stands out. way
above all the others. The bill will re-
peat today and tonight, changing We'd
nesday night to DIR. Dippy's Retreat
Auction Of Souls"
"Auctio nof Sohls,. which is to be
presented at the Isis Wednesday and
Thursday, has the unusual distinction
OF having a leading woman who actu-
ally enacted the original scenes which
the motion picture reproduces. Miss
Aurora Mardinganian, the girl who has
the leading role. Is not a motion pic
ture actress. but was induced to act for
the films just what she personally
passed through in Armenia in 1915.
Miss Mardiganian's inexperience
before the camera is not apparent in
the picture for she holds up her own
end as well as any of the regular ac-
tors. Perhaps her art is that born of
the vivid memory of the horrible
scenes through which she passed be-
fore escaping from her native land to
come to America for further relief
She is the daughter of a former
prosperous bankerat Harpout, and was
thirteen years old when the war broke
out. Being a beautiful girl she at
tracted Turkish official who wished
to make her his wife. imposing upon
her his own religion and the lowly
state of Turkish women.
Her father refused to give her up. |
When the massacres of the Armen-
ians started. carried on by the Turks |
under a secret agreement with the |
Germans, the Mohammedans made |
further efforts to get possession of
the girl After seeing her father, |
mother. two brothers and three sis
ters brutally slain. she entered upon |
a series of adventures which prove |
that life may be more exciting than /
the widest dream of the fictfonist.
She goes through an untold success
sion of horrible scenes. escapes from |
the Turks. is captured by the wild /
kurds of the desert, sold as slave. /
put in a harem, takes refuge with /
and at last Is saved by the /
British who sent her to America
where she has talked and written of
and finally acted out her experiences.
In Auction of Souls" which is the
story of her narrowing years in Ar
nenia, every detail of the story fol-
ows the actual experiences Of Miss
and the report to the
United States. Of viscount James
Bryce, former English ambassador to
he United States. who directed the
of the Armenian atroci-
les.