Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-07-11

Sir Oliver Lodges and Maeterlinck
spiritualistic opinioDs are almost as
much discussed today by the great Am
erican public as the terrible eye OF the
mighty Babe Ruth. Yet it is only a
few years since the Society for Physl-
cal Research ran bad second to Chris
ty Mathewson in public interest. Inc
war, significant event, has left behind
nation loaded down with profiteers, pro-
hibition. bindtigers that aren't so bind,
Pamers. Burlesons, and other peculiar
clements and attributes, among them,
spontaneous and amazing general de-
sire to achieve better understanding
Of life and the after-life.
So it is not strange to find the mo-
ton pictures taking up psychological
and physical questions. since the NOV
les are essentially reflex of contemp-
oraneous curiosites and opinions. The
Goldwyn Pictures corporation has just
announced the completion OF What
Happened te Rosa" starring Mabel
Normand in dual personality role. one
that of tired, wan shop girl, the other
that of flashing Spanish senorlta. The
same company is also producing Earth
bound an Eminent Authors picture
which tells the story of soul which,
after death, clings to the mundane hab-
itat of its mortal times.
And only recently Madge Kennedy
had the pleasure of meeting herself IN
her latest photoplay, THE Girl With
the Jazz Heart But in this partic-
ular case. it was trick-double expos
IRE camera work-and not spirituaGstic
forces which ruled the occasion.
A Good Heart but Poor Back Bone.
What Happened 10 Rosa, taken
from a story by Pearl Curran, tells OF
Mayme Ladd Mabel Normandl. Mayme
worked at hosiery and her life
was a series Of misfortunes. She was
a girl with good heart but poor
backbone and between Peacock, the
floorwalker. the customers. always IN
hurry, even on bargain day. and her
own CO. workers. she lived the unhappy
life. Everybody took advantage OF her
weak spirit Mayme however. had
hope and dream: she was saving her
money for one good time-the only
one she had ever thought of having IN
her existence.
One day Madame Martin, profession
al clairyoyant, visited the store and
suggested that Mayme call on her some
night and learn more about herself.
MaYme did. and the cairvoyant, from
the silences. told her that in reality
she wasn't Mayme L.add-Oh, no. She
was. in fact. Rosa Aivaro. Spanish
dancer, with all that the name and de-
scription implied of fire and charm,
Mayme went home and dug up from
an old trunk an equally old Spanish
costume which had been worn years
ago by a lady advertised in those hal
cyon days as an artist" who did Irish
Songs and Spanish Dances.
L Magic Garments.
Mayme donned the costume and some
IL, ir4 har
wasn't Mayme Ladd. but Rosa Aware;
something thatSwas a drudge. but a
power: something that was everything
that Mayme Ladd wasn't. There was
only one drawback tn the transforma-
ton Gwendolyn. Maymes best friend,
burst in and came to the conclusion
that her chum had gone clean off her
bean
Eventually there was grand mix
I'D on the river pleasure boat in which
/ Rosa, Gwendolyn and young psy-
choIogist were involved. Rosa furnish
ed the climax to the occasion By leaping
overheard. but she swan home and be-
came Mayme again. The next day the
young psychologist was called in at
tendance to judge her ease. He failed
to recognize in the listless patient his
flaming companion of the night before.
Bnt when Mayme suddenly became
Rosa again, he had no difficulty IL. re-
memberng their tete- a-tete. In fact.
he started another one. which ended
only when he assured her that her real
personality was Rosa. and Mayme was
the false one-the identity that they
would kill together. leaving only the
one, and extremely desirable and inn
petuous and fascinating Rosa to take
her place in his life--unti death did
them part. SO TO say.
But Consider the Cost.
The old aud interesting question,
What is electricity has now. there
fore, brother or sister in the also un4