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Show Marguerite Clark at the Paramount-Empress Paramount-Empress "Bab's Diary" Proves Excellent Ex-cellent Opportunity for Little Actress. yINTY and winsome little Marguerite Clark might have added to her "Bab's Diary" last night "and I made the management of the Paramount-Em- j press stop selling' tickets, and hundreds were turned away." Marguerite Clark can always be counted upon for big business at any theater the country over whenever this popular serpen star appears in one of her characteristic charac-teristic photoplays. A combination of circumstances, however, made the initial ini-tial showing of her latest screen offering:, offer-ing:, "Bab's Diary," the occasion for a huge turnout. In the first place it is a screen version of one of Mary Roberts Rinehart's famous "Sub-Deb" stories which are appearing in a popular weekly; then there were the army of admirers of Marguerite Clark plus the state fair crowds from out of town who clamored for seats. Finally, it is a story that breathes youth and appeals to all sorts and conditions of photoplay fans, with special emphasis on the ladles and girls and boys of the impressionable age. Briefly, "Eab's Diarv" is a corned v-drama v-drama of the host type suited to Miss Clark's winsome personality, and as the irrepressible "Bab" she has achieved one of the best, character portrayals of her career. Her supporLing company, too, is of high order, including as it does that splendid character actor Frank L,osee; Nigel Barric, who upon completion of i this picture joined the Canadian aviation i corps; L-eonora Morgan, Helen Greene, Richard Barthelmess and other well-known well-known players. "Bab's Diary" is too well known to need any introduction, and any attempt to outline the plot would require a recital re-cital of girlish pranks and adventures galore, all leading up to the grand climax when she is sent back to school. It is sufficient to say that in an attempt to frighten her family into submission to the proposition of a low neck gown she manufactures a mythical lover. who sends her flowers, letters and his picture, pic-ture, only to find out to her great horror hor-ror and embarrassment that she la confronted con-fronted by this person in the flesh. Many laughable situations are developed in the telling of this bright, clean story. The balance of the bill Is up to the usual Paramount-Empress standard, the Pathe Weekly being specially timely. The same show goes for the next three days. result is spiritual chaos and revolution. revolu-tion. Your creed is not your spiritual life. It is only the thermometer which declares its condition and tern pcr&ture. You can't keep warm with the thermometers and vou can as Hi itfc keep spiritually ' alive with creeds. The Christ asked his few followers: fol-lowers: "Who do men say that 1. the Son of Man, am?"' bimon Peter replied: "Thou art the Christ, the Sen of the living God." But it was not the confession of faith so much as it was the conviction which lav behind it - that brought either the master's blessing or .wrought the . strength in Peter's life. It is your character and conviction and worth that not only give valus to your profession of faith, but make it a profession at all. - thermometer that registers ninetv when it is zero is not an erring i thermometer, it is no thermometer at all. A profession of faith- and conduct con-duct that is false cannot be called -i creed. There is but one word for it It is a lie. |