The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-24
Constance TaImadge In "Per-
feet Woman" will Be
Offering on Monday.

} "Thee Deep Purple" the pictur
) adoption OF Paul Armstrong; stage sue
cess. now showing at tho Rialto, wi
be seen for the last time tomorrow.
THE Deep Purple" is a strong pic
{ ture; well produced photoplay tina
starts out with q bang and holds tn
interest throughout. An excellent cas-
has been assembled in the production
which was handled by r. A. Walsh. a,
eminent director. for Reaiart.
constance Talmadge opens a thre
Gay engagement Monday In her lates
Again Constance Is the agsres sic
vamp' but she does her vamping a ID
bolsheviki. The story:
When Mary reached a marriageabl,
age. she was a little vamp. having
started her life work when In knee
dresses, practicing on the peanut mar
When Jim stanhope reached a mar.
riageapie age he was young woman
hater. He had given up the Roya
FEMININE Gyp ever since the Candy
age, up through the park age. chorus
girl age, etc.
by the time Jim became an eligible
customer for twin beds he was a Junior
partner In a shipyard. When Mary
reached the age where she could with
stand married life she was a secretary
-stenographer-typist, but most of ali
a vamp.
The Dear Boy Speaks.
Mary got crush on Jim the mo-
ment she heard him address the Work
ing Girls club. He spoke against boil
shevism, and angered several reds al
his shipyard. He looked like such a per-
rect dear that Mary decided to get a
job at his plant She received no en-
youragment from the other girls who
told her that the stanhopes employed
character expert who could tell a
hirtatious girl-and who gave Mary the
| air.
Turned down by the character expert
Jim tells Mary to study up the char
acter course In the Working Girls club
library. Mary leaves his office de-
jectedly. and Jim goes back to reading
threatening letters from bolsheviks.
Mary finds that protuding chin,
high forehead and conservative clothes
are big elements In the character
course. Making UP to look the part,
Mary finally gets by the character ex-
pert, and goes to work for the STAN
hopes. as secretary to Jimmy's mother
One night the anarchists plant a
bomb In the Stanhope home, bringing
everyone downstairs In nighties. Thus
the family discovers that Mary is not
an ugly sort OF girl but pretty chic
proposition. Jim gives her n weeks
notice. despite his mothers efforts to
have Mary stay
Vamped Desperately.
During the next few. evenings. Mary
vamps Jim, almost to the point of dis
Traction. On the fourth night she has
pretty little fuss with him. and leaves
him sitting In his Morris Chair. At
this moment four reds enter and gag
and tie Jim to his chair. and put a time
bomb under him. Jim sits Matching
over the Internal machine while the
reds attach the red-eye in his cellar.
AZ two minutes until twelve o'clock
Mary come down stairs to hunt for her
comb. wearing her prettiest kimona.
three are in the cellar. The bomb is
under Jim's chair. The excitement is
Just beginning"
Mildred Chaplain.
Polly OF the Storm Country" will
be the attraction the last half Of the
week. Tho story:
One lone ray of sunshine frightened
the surroundings of the Hopkins home.
And OF strength more penetrating
than even the mighty planet was this bit
OF cheer that gladdened the life of lit
tie Wee Jerry, made existence more
tolerable for Old Jeremiah. and
blossomed like a pretty flower, diffus-
ing. sweetness amid Nth and squalor.
And the little ray of sunshine was Polly
Hopkins. daughter OF Old jeremiah and
sister Of Wee Jerry.
"Folly's happy disposition was Just
as much OF curiosity to the little COM
munity of squatter families, as was the
general hatred for the wealthy Marcus
Mackenzie who owned all the land on
which the village rested. Mackenzie
has two strong aims in life, the strong
est or which Is to marry Evelyn Rob-
ertson. and the other to rid the COM
munity OF all squatters.
Her First Lesson.
"As Polly smilingly went about the
duties OF keeping her old father cheer
ftl and her brother happy and her home
as bright as It might have been dark.
there Is deep sorrow that all the
teachings Of Granny Hope nnd difficulty
IN removing. Granny had taught Polly
tnat love Is stronger than hate"
Polly alone knows the terrible mis-
fortune that happened to Evelyn Rob-
ertson while the latter was away at
college. A terrible mistake in the man
she thought she loved keeps Evelyn con-
'stantly worrying over Oscar Bennett
whose love for her forces him TO re-
mind her OF their days at college.
Robert Robertson, Evelyn's brother.
returns to ithaca after the great war
HIS sympathy Immediately goes out to
the poor squatter families and by n
queer direction OF fate he falls in love
with Polly. They became engaged.
Mackenzie In his forts to rid his
land OF the undersirables is active in
sensing Roberts arrival as a forebod-
Ing OF no good for his purpose He
causes the arrest of Old Jeremiah on n
fasle charge and Polly's father 10 taken
to prison. A sense OF gradually devel-
oping love for Polly leads Robert to
want to help her.
Evelyn promises TO see that Polly's
yather Is released from Jail providing
Polly agrees to marry Oscar Bennett.
Evelyn in the meanwhile has Informed
Bennett that Polly loves him. Willing
to make almost any sacrifice to get her
rather back. Polly agrees and at the
same time writes Robert that she can
not marry him.
The Critical Moment
While Robert IL making his way to-
ward Polly's cabin, Oscar Bennett is
struck by lightning just in front of the
cabin. Polly takes him inside and adj
ministers every care 10 make his last
hour on earth pleasant one. And
Robert enters In time 10 hear Polly tell
Bennett that she loved him.
Bennett dies and Evelyn marrles
Mackenzie, No one but Polly knows the
secret OF Evelyn's life. but rather than
mar the happiness Of one who has
brought her much misery, Polly seals
her lips.
1t Is when Mackenzie make his
master stroke and sends authorities to
place little Wee Jerry In an orphan
asylum that Polly loses faith in justice.
The powerful love In the heart OF
Polly turns TO more powerful hate.
She plots with the leading spirits among
the squatters. to capture Evelyn and
hel hA~ WI