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Show VIVIAN MARTIN AT THE LYRIC AGAINTONIGHT Mlchelna Llbelt . ... Vivian Martin Franz Llbelt i. .James Nelll "lllaeklo" Moyle Paul Willis Tip Morgan Charles West Mrs. Camden Louise Harris Ruth Cnmdon Mary Mersch Mrs. Westfnll Vera Lewis Director Frank Relcher THE STORY: Mlchelna Llbelt and her father, Franz, arrive in America from dls-tnnt dls-tnnt Roumanla. Franz, however, unablo to securo employment "as a yottery designer, Is taken 111 and foon tiles, leaving Mlchelna alone In tho world. "Illackle" Moyle, a yOUtlg waif of a newsboy, befriends tho lonoly child and offers her the protection of his own piano box homo after Michel- f. v l Vv1mjL :! Dkt t"? h mmm.-mm? H n t,. -' K'v";lS. ?? mmW M ft HralH i JN --:;B i " R9ITiliO"v.l H M FPWf:hi .4 ii ""TheTrouUs Busier" na has rushed In a panic from thr house to escape the women from nn orphans' home. "Illackle" has made this home with liis dog, Spunt, In an empty piano box in the rear of a deserted factory. fac-tory. Mlchelna decides that that her curls nro a nuisance and with Ulackle's nsslstanco cuts them off, secures an old suit of boy's clothing and changes "her name to "Mike." In their spare moments, when not Belling papers, the two youngsters Bit In tho piano box and mako statuettes statu-ettes out of somo molding clay given Blacklc by an artist. Tip Morgan, a young crook, discovers that Mike Is a girl, and lures her into a room whero Blackie finds them. In the tight that follows lllaeklo is struck on the head with n bottle and loses the sight of both eyes. While 'ho Is in tho hospital Mike sees an advertisement of an art ex-hlblt, ex-hlblt, and, believing that the twenty-tivo twenty-tivo cents admission entitles her to exhibit her wares, takes two little statuettes that she and Blacklo havo mado and places them on display. Ono peculiar llttlo character she has named "The Trouble Buster." An art dealer with a commercial eye sees In it the samo possibilities of popular success as tho "Billlkon" or "Kowple," and whon Mike Is ased as to the ownership, she gives the credit for tho successful one to Blackie. Tho latter Is at once mado a social pet and his fortune assured, for tho llttlo "Troublo Busters" prove ox- tremoiy popular. lie is taken to a famous hospital In France whero his sight is restored. In tho moantlmo Mike is recognized recog-nized by ono of tho orphan asylum patrons and flees In terror from the art hlblt. Sho resumes her girl's clothing nnd secures, a position In a distant part of tho country in a lnrgo country estate. Thoro sho is found again by tho crook, Tip Morgan, who threatens to tell that sho Is tho real deslgnor of "Tho Troublo Buster" unless un-less sho gives him money. Mike lias rescued tho old piano box and now has It for a play-house In tho garden of her now homo. In tho meantime. Blacklo has recoverod and starts out to find Mike. Ho tells everyone that it was Mlko who designed "Tho Troublo Bustor." Ho finally locates her just as sho Is bolng again blackmailed by Tip. Blacklo drives tho crook, aay anil when Mlchelna asks him what ho H camo back for, ho draws hor clos'o H to him nnsworing, "For tho lovo ot WW Mlko." Mm "Tho Troublo Buster" runs again J?H tonight, , . M - rli |