Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Feb 1921, p. 9

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2i, 1921. ; lorem clr ARY MILES MINTER proves that she is a real dramatic] actress Jin her latest picture, | "Eyes 0f the Heart." She is] aot the blonde, vapid, Innocent in-| enue but a little blind girl who is brought up by a band of crooks, whom the believes to be honest people. It is only when she regains her eyedight| and learns what the people with whom ¢he is living really are that she begins to realize that life is not all one bed Of roses as she has been led to believe. Miss Minter does a plece of work that is really' wonderful. She has fever been cast in just such a role be- fore but in this picture she proves that she is just as capabls of doing heavy dramatic acting as she is of the | tight, winsome comedy-drama in which she has usually been cast. William E. Parsons is the "villyun" of the picture, and it is he who teaches Miss Minter as the blind girl to ateal and rob safes. Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, asithe fostir father to a two weeks old baby! It took the famous comedian himself to create Such a role, and from It he wrote what is declared to be one of the most ludicrous comedies ever made for the screen. The picture is entitied 'The Kid," and the title role is played by young Jackie Coogan, sald to be a child prodigy of the screen. While it is no demonstration as to what should be| done for young bables, mothers, it is| sald, can get a host of helpful hints on what not to do in watching Chaplin take care of "the kid." In spite of V2 THe i "Eyes of the Heart" -- Chaplin Creates New Role -- "The Good Bad Wife" -- Cave-Man Tactics-- Makes Good As Spanish Dancer --A Poem To Beauty. jand puts him and his very respectable pe CIDE LF under the tutelage and care foster father He dev of window sinashing t in order to provide work glazier. It proves to be an ing as well ag profitable.pursuit. also highly hpanorous ¢ Jackie Coogan |s the and Charlie Chaplin the repairer. Dorothy Green A product of the music halls, a wild, unconventional, beautiful, physical creature is the heroine of "The Good- Bad Wife," Dorothy Green. The play was adapted from "The Wild Fawn," by Mary Imlay Taylor, recently ap- pearing in Munsey's Magazine. The trouble starts®when the beauti- ful Parisian dancer marries the scion of an aristocratic Southern family, aker of glass parents through emotions of altera- | nate alarm, indignation, vexation, ag-| gravation, fright and worry. ' Before the end of the play, however, she| proves to them that she is a regular, genuine, true-blue woman, ready to sacrifice her happiness f her hus- band's, and ready and willing to ace | cept a life of loneliness and saqness, 50 that he may be free from her and the constant plights in which she places him. Marguerite Courtot Marguerite Courtot, who really doesn't appear older than her confes- | sion to twenty-three, has worked in pictures since she was sixteen. She is slender, dark and graceful, and wears a mantilla with all the natural charm of a Spanish senorita--as the screen Ik all the kid grows to sturdy boyhood et AAA tata, DROWNED AT WELLINGTON How Henry Willlams Met His Death At West Lake, . Wellington, Feb. 18.--Profound sorrow has come to the village over the death by drowning of Henry Wil- llams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Egerton Williams, Lake Shore Road, aged fourteen years. A number of the vil- lage boys had been playing hockey oft West Lake last Saturday and two of them, Henry Williams and Arthur King started home by a short route which is not very safe. They had both been cautioned about this road, Mbut as it was a nearer cut to town they took it. Both went through thin ice near the old barges, and Arthur King succeeded in getting out. Henry Williams, after struggling for some time, was finally overcome and was drowned before the eyes of his com- danion, who could do nothing to help him. The body was recovered about ten minutes later but the doctor could not restore life. The deceased 'was a fine boy and was beloved by all who knew him. His parents have been life-long members of Rose Hall Methodist church ard the funeral service took place under the dirpction of the minister, Rev. J. W. Rbbbins. Miss Hei.n McEvers, Chicago, is the guest of Mrs. C. Hutchinson. Miss W, W. Fitzgerald has returned from Toronto after visiting her son Harold. Mrs. George McCoy is recovering from an operation at the Picton hdse pital. Miss Rita Mandeville has re- turned home from a visit to Rev. and Mrs. O. V. Boyle, Athens. C. Chatterson, Glen Creek, was at the home of Wright Chatterson, whose wife is very ill. Her daughter, Mrs. J. Wallace Clark, Yarker, is with her. Mrs. Moyer, Chicago, is wi- siting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Post. Samuel Bush is on the sick list. Mrs. Earle Benson has returned home to Toronto after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Greg. Haight. Jack Shurie is at St. Caibarines undergo- Ing treatment. The oyster supper given by the Orangemen on Monday evening was & big success. About 150 members h {and Mrs Garratt. amply demonstrates in "Rogues and were present with their wives. The Rev. J. W. Robbins and We sley Boyd, Alllsonville, were the speakers. The church orchestra furnished the music Mrs. David Vandervoort and Mrs" Carman Nix, Wellman's Corners, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. David Chisholm, Harrow, Essex county. Mrs, M. E. Trumpour is the guest of Mrs. D. Vandervoort. Mr. Bruce Hennessy were at Frederick Bonter's on Sunday. The ice is about a foot thick. A Russian Doukabor Quaker minister preached here in the Friends' church. He was Introduced by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace PREMIER HUGHES, OF AUSTRALIA Who received serious injunles to his back while playing cricket o Thurs day. \ . 2A Secretary of Treasury Chosen. St. Augustine, Fla., Feb, 21.--Pre- sident-elect Harding's decision to ap- pcint Andrew W. Mellen, the multi- millionaire banker of Pittsburg, as secretary of the treasury, now may be said fo be defiuite, As a matter of fact the situation has progressed to the point where Mr. Harding is receiving congratula- tions upon gettiing Mr. Mellen, a man of such wide affairs, to accept public service. A Mr. Mellen, it is reported here, has been negotiating for a - house in Washington. Cut ' rinters' Wages. Chicago, Feb. 21.--Notice has been served on union printers by the Chi- cago Typotheate associateu job print- ing houses, that on Feb. 25th their week's pay will be cut $4.25. The J monty THE D . Speaking of senoritas and mantilias, Miss Courtot acknowledges to a strain of the former in her blood; which, perhaps, accounts for the grace AILY BR he Movie Stars i | with which she wears the latter. When | she returned from Spain last August, where important scenes of "Rogues and Romance" were screened, she brought with her a beautiful and cost: ly specimen of the garment referred to. It cost her the equivalent of $500 in Madrid, aftdr the dealér had made a liberal discount on beholding the youthful Ameriean in rehearsal do a Spanish dance even more "'Spanishly" than favorite native dancers do it. Miss Courtot began her screen career in "Rube Marquard Wins" about eight years ago. One of her best characterigzations was in the screen adaptation of the Arsene Lupin story, "The Teeth of the Tiger." Lucy Cotton And Bert Lytell Bert Lytell in the throes of being misled by the wiles of Helen Steele, the decidedly misleading leading lady In "The Misleading Ladv." Mr. Lyvtell's A aay HOCKEY CAPTAIN INJURED J. V. Moriarty, Newboro, Received Cut From Skate. Newboro, Feb. 18.--J. A. McKian, Toronto, who has been the guest of friends here for the past two weeks, has returned to town. J. V. Moriarty, Captain of the hoc- key team, received a bad cut from a skate at the Westport-Newboro game, and will not be able to.take part in the Seeley's Bay game Satur- day. The wound was dressed by Dr. King and required three stitches. George Bell and staff, of the C. N. R. construction gang, have been laid off for one month. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nolan, Phillipsville, were in town on Wednesday, the guest of friends. The concert on Wednesday night was a decided success and the pro- gramme was much enjoyed by a well filled hall. Byron Knapp had the misfortune to get struck during the first three minutes of play at the hockey game here Wednesday, and was forced to retire for the balance of play. Harry Herbert, Owen Sound, is in town, the guest of G. J. Tobin, of the staff of the C.N.R. Mrs. G. 8. Wra- thall, who has been visiting friends in Brockville for the past week, has returned home. A large number from here were at Devil Lake on Saturday, salmon fishing, and report good luck. Mrs. (Dr.) Gardiner, Kingston, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Tell, Mrs. George Lyons, who has been the guest of relatives at King- ston for the past two weeks, has re- turned home. The roads are entirely bare in this section, and the autos are, of course, numerous. Harold, of Belleville, wll reurn home shortly, and has arranged to make cheese in the Westport factory for the com- ing season. . The reindeer industry project in- itiated by Vilhjalmur Stefansson for Baffin's Land will be on a sound basis, it is expected, within this year. . Sensnas "ene, Limba; % like rhoumatiom is : poisons left in the blood by o ive ki Wise. Correct * condition Chase' 3 Kidney-Uver Pills Dens 3 250.8 bo, ah deniers =" sssssnase' screen. The part of Helen Steele is Played by Lucy Cotton. Just witat Mr. Lytell's remark at this point in the Ktory is, no one can tell. But it will be recalled that he resorts later to cave-man tactics of the sort practiced today among the rowdier natives of South Africa, who cajole their women with a right to the jaw, or coax them to boll the next missionary more thor, ! Had An Annoying Hacking Cough GOT NO REST AT NIGHT. ! Hacking coughs are very wearing | on the system. The constant cough- | ing disturbs the rest, and keeps the | lungs and bronchial tubes in such an { irritated and inflamed condition, that | unless fou get immediate relief the | cough may become settled and ser ious lung trouble ensue. . There is no better remedy than Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup for re- lieving all kinds of coughs or colds, combining as it does the lung heal- | ing virtues of the pine tree with | which is combined wild cherry bark, | and the soothing and healing expec- | torant properties of other excellent | lierbs and barks. | Mrs. E. J. Ross, Penhold, Alta. | writes: --"About three years ago I! caught a very bad cold; accompanied | with a sore throat and hoarseness. 1} was #0 hoarse you could not hear | me speak. I ceuld get no rest at night with the terrible annoying, hacking cough. I tried several reme- dies, but they did me no good. I | finally saw Dr. Wood's Norway Pine | Syrup advertised so I got a bottle. It at once gave me relief, and after using four of them my cough had all gone. Now I always keep it in the house." "Dr. Wood's" is put up in a yel- low wrapper;. three pine trees the trade mark, price 35c. and 60c. a bottle. Manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co., Toronto, Ont. PRINCE VON BUELOW. Once Germany Chancellor, May Be Next Teuton President. Berlin, Feb. 21.--The question of who is to succeed Herr Ebert, the blunt master-saddier, as president of Germany, is occupying all minds here, and is arousing scarcely less interest in France. The former chancellor of the empire, Prince von Buelow, is pointed out as the man to save Germany, In case he agrees to accept the nomination, will get the support of not only practically the entire People's party but also of a great many more. radical elemen's, ------------ Feet Severed by Engine. Toronto, Feb, 21.--Hugh Wilcox, Bowmanville was found lying on the track at the foot of Scott street on Saturday morning with both feet entirely severed from his body, in addition to severe injuries to his head and body. He was rushed to St. Miohael's hospital in the police ambulance, » To Honor Edmonton Journalist. Edmonton, Alta., Feb. 21--A wide circle of friends of the late M. R. Jennings, editor and managing dir- ector of the Edmonton Journal, who sixteen-pound club. Yet Mr. Lytell would seem to be talking less of do- | may lady just the sort of beads she will from slapstick comedy to the biggest dramatic role of the year. oughly by the playful wielding of althe role of "Marcello Des Noyers" in ITISH WHIG. CBTIVIS CARI 2I? oo . CFLs COO 772. Fm B50" Zz Vicente Blasco Ibanez's great story, "The Four Horsemen of the Apo- mestic discipline than of costume. He calypse." be describing tq the misleading "Movie Queens" of filmland are del- uged with a variety of mail, and pro- posals of marriage are as frequent as bills and duns in the mail-box of the impecunious, What makes Miss Prevost proud of a recent letter addressed to her is that it contains no proposal, nor even a ou wear for a gown when he decides to become primitive. Josef Swickard Josef Swickard, who has Jumped He enacts Shier al Lr SHES Arle A SF aie, Hr TON YTS en Lr alsdhe eas CosT@ly hint of one. It comes from a normal healthy-minded youth in a University of North Carolina, who signs his name and assures Miss Prevost in his letter that the poem accompanying his mes- sage expresses his seiitiments exactly and Is the work of his own gentle muse. And this is the poem: "I've never heard your voice nor held Your hand, so slim and falr, But ¥'ve looked into your eyes of blue And seen your smile so rare. "I've never asked you out to dine and see A show or game or two, No one's ever even introduced us But I'm just crazy over you. "I know I'll never ask you My wir! or wife to be, For you're only my movie swedtheart; You're just a dream to me." Bal WA ea Mac ds eeese oti me mL DECIDING THE SUM THAT GERMANY MUST PAY TO THE ALLIES. re . During the Paris conference, at which the amount of paration that Germany must {pay was f{ixed, the Allied statesmen sat for sixty seconds while the above photograph was taken by ordinary electric light, instead of by flashlight, to which objections were raised. From left to right : Count Sforza, Italian minister of foreign affairs ; Lord Curzon, British foreign secretary ; Premier Lloyd George, Premier Briand, M. Barthou, French minister of war. : ---- ssn Retiring Business Sale Of Boots and Shoes . $1.50 SALE --Men's heavy Canvas Work- ing Boots. --Boys' Box Kip Boots, not all sizes. \ --Misses' Classic and Mother --Men's real good Working Hubbard Boots, mostly size Boots, chiefly large sizes. | 2. --Men's Running Shoes with heel.. ~--Women's - White Canvas Boots, Louis and Low Heels. --Women's White nvas Pumps and Oxfords, Louis and Low Heels. employers contend that living costs ~ $1.50 SALE H. JENNINGS nc street here have shrunk that much on th h died at Victoria, B.C., last Saturday, union scale of wages. " C. have started a movement to provide a lasting memorial in the form of-a stained glass window to be placed in Christ church. Louvre, in Paris, the world's great- est art museum, intends to exhibit the paintings.of living artists. The Bavarians threafen to over- throw government of Premier Kohrs. c Germany will ask allies to allow her to make big international loan, |

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