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For Exhibitor information, house organs: the players and the story of
“NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY!”
THE PLAYERS
Roberta Miller ENID BENNETT
Matthew Sampson Earl Rodney
Prudence Sampson Marjorie Bennett
Judith Holmes Gloria Hope
Adam Miller Andrew Arbuckle
Directed by Jerome Storm
Under the personal supervision of THOMAS H. INCE
THE STORY
All of the small town of Lillyville, Kansas, is assembled at its railroad station, awaiting the arrival of its one daily train. This in itself is not unusual, but the fact that pretty Roberta Miller, daughter of Lillyville' s banker, is expected back from her long visit to wicked New York City, adds lustre to the occasion.
As the limited "hesitates" gingerly at the tiny depot, Lillyville looks in vain for its wandering daughter. The sharp eye of the Clarion editor, however, discerns a great commotion up at the forward end of the train where a small girl, stunningly dressed, is superintending the unloading of seven huge trunks. Now the editor of the Clarion, while a trifle narrow-minded like the rest of the townspeople, is at heart a good chap, and when he recognizes in the trim form of the young person, his former sweetheart, Roberta, he makes a grand rush to weloome her. Lillyville follows in a body gasping with surprise.
Roberta had left them a demure, unsophisticated child in ginghams, and she had returned a fashion plate. Lillyville pursed its lips and declared that it had known all along that "Noo Yawk wern't no place fer a young girl." About thirty-six hours later Lillyville is still surer of this, for Roberta's frocks, the last word in chic — are nothing if not striking. The young editor of Lillyville' s new sheet — Matthew Sampson — takes upon himself to sternly rebuke Miss Roberta, and the subsequent chilliness of atmosphere when they meet is quite pronounced.
An incident that brings matters to a climax and determines Lillyville in its disapproval of Roberta happens at an entertainment given by the church — for the "heathen." Roberta had, the committee reproachfully reminds her, used to sing in the choir before she went away. She responds
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