Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

PICTURES AND THE PICTUREGOER 428 Week ending Fi b. 5, 1916 "Another kiss, .M i < ■ i . " said the delighted Horkoj on b> oring the news oi the Colonel's eogaeenienj to Katinka. "The whole three or your sisters are disd of now. for < j ii hi has jnst told me he'd 1 ather have Ella than Katinka, and Ella has accepted him. What do you Baj shall we all get married together?" "You've got to ask Mother for me yet," replied Mici; she still looks upon me as a ebild." This was a point of view that did not occur to Horkoy, but, with his traditional promptitude, lie sought out the Widow, who listened in amazement. '" She is only seventeen ; she has barely left school. She is only a child yet." " She dresses in child's clothes — that's why she looks so young," protested Horkoy. '" Besides, I think I deserve her. because I've found suitors for your elder daughters.'' " But Mici has been promised toiler cousin Toni, whom I have never seen," tation. Ella walot into the pint, which worked beautifully, so that the Colonel' gave his consent. A week Litter four weddings took place between Katinka. Sari. Ella, and \liiiand their respective swains. The Widow <ivr looked supremely happy, for it docs not fall to the lot of every mother to get riJ of four daughters at once; but when a sheepish-looking young man came to her after the ceremony, and announced himself as Cousin Toni, she sought Mici and Horkoy. "' If this is Cousin Toni," she said, pointing to the late arrival, "who is your husband ? " Mici smiled, and looked slyly at Horkoy, to whom she crept for protection with the air of a naughty child discovered in fault. '"My husband is Count Horkoy, whom I met at the ball the night I was expelled from the convent."' The Widow Gyr had a little conversation with Toni. and. as the best OUR LETTER-BAG Selected from hundreds ever* wee"<. I I ER BlOTHEE GAVE HEK SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL A CHILD S COSTUIIB, replied the Widow Gyr. "He wrote saying he intended paying us a visit, and wished to court Mici, whose photograph he has." " This is cousin Toni." interrupted the little prevaricator, Mici. who entered the room at this point. "He wanted to make our acquaintance before he tcld us his relationship/' Then the air cleared, and the Widow Gyr took him into the bosom of the family. Meanwhile (iida did not find his troubles ending with his uncle's decision. That autocrat stoutly forhede him to marry Ella. "She is a poor girl, and you can't afford to marry her," said 1 he ( lolonel. Mici and Horkoy put their heads together in this emergency, ami batched a plot worthj of the reputation of these two scapegraces. It was nothing less than thai Gida should force his way into Ella's bedroom after -he retired to rest and kick up irow. This would '/compromise" Ella, and .he Colonel, with his punctilious notions, would insist mi Gida marrying Ella to save her repu solution of his trouble, advised him to go home again and forget all about it. * # 'f # The cast of this captivating comedy, which, rn the stage, was enormously successful at the New York Lyceum Theatre, is as follows: 'Clara,'' Madge Evans; I! Liza." Dorothea Camden ; " Perka," Georgia Furs* man: "Mici. Marguerite (lark: " KUa." Jean Stewart ; " Sari,." L. Feder ; " Katinka." l.ula Barclay*; "Count Horkoy. Conway Tearle : "Gida.' Nehy* Lyntou-; "Sanceiffy,'1 Sydnej Nathan; " Colonel K.nl\iaimy. Edward Mordaunf. It will bo pleased on February 1Kb. Marguerite (lark, who has played the leading part, has added one more to her score of previous film successes. As most of pur nailers know. .\li-s Clark first appeared on (lie -cin n in Wilnfloivav, since winch she lias ii|i|h':iiviI in The V> itcible, GrrernVi Green, and h, Goosi Girl. A. coming film in which she appears is Efeiem of the North. The Mysterious Hair. The other night I saw a film in which the hero first of all appeared with very black curly hair, but later on in the til ui hi hair ,-. as straight, and even had the suspicion of a wave about it. Did ho use pins ..1 • J. I), (fiandswnrth). A Shock at the Pictures. ■; Diil you read la>t night of the earthquake shock iii the Midlands: At the time it occurred— about 7.30 — I was at the pictures with mother and my sister, and although engrossed in tin fearful plot the villain was concocting, the -hock was sufficient to take our attention off the picture! it v.a a most peculiar sensation— there was a kind of a thud, then a snapping sound followed by a sort of vibration. The first thought that came into my head was that a wire in the piano had broken; but, of course, this ridiculous, as the -omul was far too loud for that. No eiie Seemed to know what had caused the noise •. but mxt morning mother was reading the paper, and cams across an account of the earthquake tremor the evening before. Then it dawned upon us that we hail heard and felt it. One never knewwhat t-j expect, docs one ?" M. Fdgbaston). " Stuff that Dreams are Made of." ■• I have wanted to write to you forevei so Ions, but 1 have always imagined the Editor an absolute ogre, with green eyes, projecting teeth, hook nose, ami unshaven chin, but last night I dreamt about him. and he seemed a very nice-looking young man. 1 am quite sure, however, that my dream-Editor was an excellent replica of the real one. and now he can rest assured that if any one asked 111c to describe him my description would be most llattering. Oil! 1 must tell you this. In your recent • feet ' competition mother thought that the tootsies belonged to the Editor, bi we arc not personal, wo did not like to saj K. VAN '/.. I Halllj stead . We admit that the Editor is nam but he has not get gn • :i cy« -. nor proj teeth, nor a hook ne-e. and he indulges in a shave every mornii note, they were n • the Editor s feet. Si b-Ed.] Please be More Explicit. •• A few days ago I witnessed a film telling the story of a Birr. Throughout my ears were assailed with puzzling queries from the people around me. and 1 do not wonder, buttle continuity and ci .111 story were decidedly lacking. The girl jilts one man for another. Evidently her parents are very angry about it. One evening the girl pretends illness, i left home alone; her lover visits her. the parents returning unawares discover him, and he is told to ^o. Soon after the same lever i seen en bis honeymoon with a lady who has never appeared before. The girl's parents ore shown reading a telegram, to say -be is detained for an operation. Then the scene -how the girl in Bad with a tiny baby, and attending her is a doctor who ithe lover's friend. Now. win such an unpleasant episode as tin It was not a: all necessary, and the ilirt could have taught a lessen in tar nicer ways than this. Naturally the lover ol the girl is judged to OR the father of the child and trouble ensues, but in the end every thing concludes happily. T do feel in these days that producers should lie more particular, and certainly mere explicit in their stO) 1.. W. B WHERE DO ^COMMUTERS COMMUTE ?