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

The ingenuity Of the American sol
diers has made them famous wher-
ever they have landed, and therefore
It Is not surprising that they have
invaded precincts heretofore held
sacred By the press agents. of the
celluIoid world, and have dared 20
rush In where even the angels" o.
some OF these movie houses have not
dared 10 step on tiptoe- II used 20
be the style. and Is yet. 10 exploit
the fact in the advertisements OF the
! visit OF the film stars OF current
fame 10 the canvas screens OF the
Palaces. the Gardens, the Grancs.
and the fnnumerable Expresses.
Crystals. Bijous and other Jewels.
that Professor So-and-So would play
the p;.tures.' or that a six-piece or
chestra would furnish the soft nu-
sic for the blue lights. or that Mad
anne. Ma5esta would play the $4,000
pipe organ Just installed All such
modern Improvements were the toy
OF the film fan, which included Pm
! vate Buck and his best girl in the
. days before e postal card called him
TO certain training camps TO become
acquainted with the inside workings
OF Uncle Sans military system
HdS " LA4OW LIC AlDOSA c-A
the kaiser in the first round Con-
F., embarked on the transport which
was to carry him overseas, and left
all those joys behind, it was up to
him to End substitute.
And he did. You can stake your
last penny on Private Buck and his
! two and a half million buddies, and
the others thrown in for good meas
ure, who were ready to come, but
! who had that little excursion cur
tailed when one of the principals In
the heavyweight show found that the
kid glove was regular nitt with a
horseshoe sunk deep in the paddin &.
Private Buck found plenty Of picture
shows in the Red Triangle huts that
| the 4Y'' maintains overseas. So all
| that was missing was the orchestra,
or the million-dolIar organ To i'm
provise all such instruments proved
I the easiest task Private Buck did,
unless it was that knockout jolt at
San MihieI and the Argonne. Pri-
vate Buck takes his recreation and
amusement quite as seriously as he
/ takes his fighting. He enjoys both
to the limit. So. as I said before.
Private Buck saw to it that the ad
, writer's, had they been present need
not have left off that significant
phrase, playing the pictures"
Take any one OF the many varie-
ties. for instance, that your taste may
dictate, and you'll find the accom-
paniment. il not written, at least in
the process OF composition in Pri-
yate Bucks mind, and II doesn't take
very long to transfer it to concrete
statements For instance, the villain
listening outside the door to catch
the name of the beautiful heiress, on
| to learn OF the transaction in which
the old homestead is to be traded for
bottle OF beer, is greeted with cries
OF Attention" while some wit re
marks. TO the detriment OF the show
! That's the kind OF a job I'd like to
have, just listenin'; ii wouldn't take
no effort The fiirty hero waltzes
down the street and is greeted with
Eyes front" whenever he spies the
pretty grille with whom he is ex
pected to make a date Then, when
the villain Is about to grab the deed
to the forty-acre farm. and the hero
interferes, there are beaucoup cries
of AS you were"
When the beautiful heroine is dis
played to the audience in close up
she probably would hear-f film
stars can hear-"Promenade, Mad
emoiseIle," And more than likely
the villains fall from the steenth