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Wednesday, August 7.
Theatricals And Amusements
| LIBERTYTHEftTREI
CAMP HANCOCK
G. H. THOMAS, Mgr.
PROGRAM WEEK OF AU6UST sth tolhh j
VAUDO COMEDY SHOW I
SIX BIG ACTS
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BERT ROBBINS I
Wire and Juggling Novelty.
I HARTZ & EVANS II
Singing and Dancing.
_ LESTER & MOURE
y Eccentric Comedy Due. / J
D ROBBINS & FULTON «-l
A Rural Comedy.
E BINGHAM & THORNTON 1
Comedy Character Singing. /11l S
RJACK & JESSIE GIBSON
Comedy Unicyclists. I
“A PULLMAN BRIDE” 1 j
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
T Thursday W'Bk
“ASH CAN ALLEY” ||
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. M.® s
YTwo Movie Screams Worth
Your Money. |k
Admission 25c or Five “Smileage Coupons”
Ticket Window open at 7:15.
Curtain at 8:00. j
EVERY NIGHT
The Golden Bird, Dainty Vaudeville
Star, Heads Bill at Modjeska
On Thursday The Golden Bird Vaude
villes greatest novelty will head the bill.
Th s act is known from coast to coast
having always headed the big lime bills
and no doubt has been seen by many Au
gustas in the larger cities. It is a
bird <ho sings imitating every piece
imaginable which ins beautifully played
on the violin by a clever little miss. It
creates a riot in every city where it is
sure- to uphold its laurels here. Marie
port the dainty clever singing comedienne
will offer the latest song successes sung
in away that will win th*' hearts of
every lover of music. Miss Dorr possess
“How's farming?”
"Fine. You know that abandoned
farm I picked up?”
"That prompted my question.”
"1 sold quarry right to one crowd and
rented the surface as golf links. Now,
if I can lease the air to some wireless
company I’ll have about everything un
der cultivation. Who says intensive
Arming doesn’t pay?”
Tie’! feel like thirty cents.*’
She: "How things have gone up since
:he war!”—Purple Cow.
THE WELLS
Augusta’s Theatre Beautiful.
I B. F. KEITH’S
SUPREME VAUDEVILLE
ALWAYS TWO
SEATS RESERVED FIRST PERFORMANCE.
PHONE 2174.
THREE TIMES DAILY—3:OO—7:3O—9:IS.
PRlCES—Matinee: 10c—20. Evening: 15c, 25c, 35c.
Plus War Tax.
a clear sweet soprano voice and she ha»
away of putting over her numbers giv
ing her the standing of one of America's
leading stars. Meik Lee the blackface
i singing, talking and dancing comedian
will turn loose h’s laugh factory having a
> capacity of a million every ten minutes,
; lie will spring jokes, songs r id steps
i that will make you forget your trebles and
seel life as one big curcus. Delmer and
; Lowey a clever pair in songs and dances
j of the minute and Lave Rafeal and Co.,
i in a spectacular ventriloquial produc
: lion together with the latest Sunshine
' cornedt and Current News of events wIP
r complete the big bill.
Fatience: “So Bob is over in France
with his regiment?”
Patrice: “So I believe.”
Patience: "Do you think he'll be true
, to you?”
Patrice: “True nothing! I understand
; he has already figured in four engage
ments over there.’’ —Yonkers States-
i man.
Old Farmer Hayrick’s son had gone
to London and a friendly neighbor was
i interested to know if he was making
good.
To The Home Folks Who
May Read This Paper
If you know a soldier at Cam pHancock mail him a Smileage
Book. If you don’t know a soldier at Camp Hancock, mail Smile
age in care of Trench and Camp and it will be delivered where it
will do most good. If you have no Smileage Committee in your
home town, then obtain books by writing to
SMILE AGE DIVISION,
19th and G. Streets, WASHINGTON, D. C.
\letter of thanks
To Vaudeville Artists Who Have Entertained Us Saturday
Afternoons and Augusta Theater Managers Who
Co-operated in These Shows
We. the members* of the Specialists
School, M. G. T. C., Camp Hancock, Ga.,
wish to expresse our sincere appreciation
and convey our heartfelt thanks to the
vaudeville artists who have come to camp
Saturday afternoons in order that we
might l>e entertained and cheered.
In this brief note we arc unable to tell
just how thankful we are. but want all
of you to know that we are not unap
preciative of your generosity and kind
ness. We realize that it is a big sac
rifice for you to put on your acts in
camp and then rush back to Augusta to
catch the matinees.
SMILEAGE BOOKS USED
AT LIBERTY THEATER
The Camp Hancock Liberty Theatre,
where .Smileage book coupons are used to
exchange for admission tickets, is one of
a chain of thirty army camp playhouses.
These theatres were all built by the gov
renment at a cost of over $700,000. They
are operated by the government through
the War Department Commission on
Training Camp Activities. The receipts
from the sale of tickets go to pay for
the expense of maintaining the theatre
and the shows which play in them, for
each theatre is intended to be. self-sup
porting.
The best shows possible to obtain for
the money are being produced. To sup
ply the camp circuit, twenty-eight com
panies are playing comedies; three of
these are the original New York com
panies taken off Broadway for the sum
mer to play the camp circuit. In addi
tion to these there are about ninety acts
from the Keith vaudeville circuit and
fifty acts from the Chuatauqua and Ly
ceum bureaus.
The opening of the Smileage circuit
created a big demand for actors. Many
nf that profession are now in khaki and
are lost to the stage. This increased the
difficulty of getting lively shows which
would please all the men. Furthermore,
the characteristics of the various camps
are so different that what makes a
ninety-nine per cent hit in onj camp,
may register only a twenty-five per cent
success at the next one. But the pro
ducers are now coming close to* what
the men want and the last six shows
sent out have been big hits at all the
camps at which they have played.
Srnileage book coupons are used by the
men in uniform to exchange for seat
tickets to the shows in his camp theatre.
No matter how badly a man may want to
get In. he Is up against it without, the
price of admission. The fad that the
soldier has very little ready cash left for
theatre tickets after paying for allot
ments. Insurance and Liberty bonds was
realized soon after the theatres were
opened. So the people back in the towns,
the ninety-five million workers behind
the fighting five million, were given the
opportunity to give, as a present the
equivalent of the theatre ticket—that Is,
the “Smilcgae Book” of theatre ticket
coupons.
When the books were first placed on
sale some misundertanding resulted be
cause all the camps were not supplied
witr Liberty Theatres, and consequently
Smileage could not be used in them.
There are now 175 camps in this coun
-1 try and Smileage is usable either at the
government theatre or at private con
cession theatres operated by the gov
ernment, in 43, but 80 per cent of the
men are gathered in those 43 ramps.
Smileage is on sale In 5,700 cities and
towns in the United States.
If you enjoy the shows at. your theatre,
i tell your people about it when you write
t home. Send them a program of the shows
you saw that makes the theatre seem
. more real to them. Talk over the at
traction with the theatre manager, tell
i ing him what you want, and he may be
I able to book such a show for you.
K. of C. and J. W. B.
Will Stage Joint
Concert
Arrangements have been completed
for a joint concert to be held Wednes
day evening by the Knights of Colum
bus and the Jewish Welfare Board,
at 8; 30 o’clock, in the K. *bf C. Build
ing No. 1, Wrightsboro Road, Camp
Hancock.
The event will be an open-air con
cert and will be held in the boxing
arena, with a largo seating arrange
ment The crack military Ilearquar
ters’ Band with fifty pieces with Its
splendid leader will render a pleasing
program.
A musical evening well spent is as
sured to all soldiers and guests. This
is not all. The audience will have the
pleasure of listening to such brilliant
orators as Wm. M. Howard, ope of the
most prominent attorneys of Augusta,
and Mr. A. 1,. Franklin, who is also a
very prom nent figure in Ar ,usta.
Vocalists of exceptionally good voices
v/ill b?. present t. entertain the au
dience. With such a program cn hand
we ought to make ev.<ry (fiert possi
ble to get there n time to it ail.
Leader Morrow, of the military band,
has in store for the audience se’ectlons
I that are refreshing and tuntfu:. H‘s
men are well known in the camp as
players capable of giving high class
performances.
FILMS IN THE
GREEN HUTS
(By Griggs.)
Are you afraid of ghosts? In the Ghost
House, which is being shown in camp
tbs-5 week there are any number of
“ghosts,” most of whom are afraid of
each other. Jack Pickford, who playa
the lead opposite Olga Gray, unintention
ally assumes the role of ghost for a short
time. Ixmg enough, however to teach
one Little Lady that ghosts are not al
ways what they seem.
The picture is a Jessie L. Lasky produc
tion of the first water, which has re
cently been released.
The play opens with the “death” • f
old Ethen Allen, who bequeaths the
I Ghost House to his two poverty-stricken
TRENCH AND CAMP
By coming here you have broken the
monotony of camp life, and have hept us
in good spirits. We want the public to
know that in this you are more than do
ing your bit in the titanic struggle that
has taken us from civilian life.
To the managers of the Augusta the
atres who have co-operated with Lt.
Millman in these ntertainments, wo are
heartily grateful. By patronizing your
thatres, and urging other soldiers of
the camp to patronize them, we hope in
a small way to testify to our appre
ciation.
MEMBERS OF SPECIALISTS SCHOOL,
M. G. T. C.
grand nieces. Although the old place
seems to be a white elephant, they move
from their city tenement. The first night
is one of excitemcn . Jack Pickford is
ordered by the High Council to spend the
night in the supposedly deserted house in
the course of a college iniation. Some
exceedingly interesting developments fol
low. Bui if we tvld the story here it
might spoil the show fur you Come am!
see it when it ’is slated for your “Y.,”
for it is a picture of unusual merit.
“The Varmint,” a five-reel picture with
Jack Pickford and Louise Huff playing
the leading r les was well received by the
men on its first showing in this camp.
The story is taken from tin book of the
same name and is a tale of school life at
the famous Lawrenceville Preparatory
school. Many of the scenes are actual
scenes of the campus and building of
Lawrenceville. The spirit of the picture
is very school-boy but minus that ton
evident endeavor of old men playing
young boys parts. The acting is very
good and does not seem overdrawn as so
many school and college pictures often
are. Any one acquainted with Lawrence
ville can not help but recognize the spirit
of that great school.
The story of “Dink” Stover and his life
at Lawrenceville, with athletic events is
the story of every American boy who has
gone away to school. The stunts they
pull are typical. Everyone who will see
the picture will enjoy it. thoroughly.
MOVIE SCHEDULE" FOR “Y” HUTS.
GHOST HOUSE (Five Reels)—
Wednesday, Aug. 7th at Bldg. 78.
Thursday, Aug. Sth at Bldg. 79.
• Friday, Aug. 9th at Bldg. 231.
Saturday, Aug. 10th at Bldg. 76.
THE VARMINT (Five Reels)—
Wednesday, Aug. 7th a tßldg. 76.
Thursday, Aug. Sth at Bldg. 77.
Friday, August 9th at Bldg. 77.
Friday. August 9th Bldg. 75.
Saturday, August 10th at Bldg. 78.
SMALL TOWN GUY (Five Reels)—
Wednesday, August 7th at Bldg. 232.
MIXED PROGRAM—
Thursday, August Bth at Remount.
Friday, August 9th at Bldg. 234.
Saturday, August 10th at Bldg. 232.
TOM SAWYER (Five Reels)—
Monday, August 12th at Bldg, 79.
Tuesday, August 13th at Bldg. 231.
Wednesday, Aug. 14th at Bldg. 232,
THE HOSTAGE (Five Reels)
Monday, August 12th at Bldg. 77.
Tuesday. August 13th at Bldg. 75.
Wednesday, Aug. 14th at Bldg. 78.
ARABIAN NIGHTS (Four Reels)—
Monday, Aug 12th at* Base Hospital
Tuesday, Aug. 13th at Remount.
Wednesday, August 14th at. Bldg. 76.
G. M.
WHERETOI GO ~
DURING THE WEEK
Wednesday, August 7th.
Dance for enlisted men, Lenwood Ho
tel. Given by Soldiers’ Relief Associa
tion. Script dance. 50 cents.
Social at Jewish Welfare Hall, 853
Broad street, 8:00 p. m
Social for Masonic Soldiers at Masonic
Hall, Broad street. All Masons invited.
Dance for enlisted men at St. Patrick’s
Hall. Script dance. 50 cents.
First Christian church, 7th and Greene
streets. Sing Song Entertainment, social
and refreshments at 8:30 p. rn.
Dance at Parish House, Church of the
Good Shepherd, Walton Way, The Hill.
Admission by invitation.
Greene Street Presbyterian church.
Christian Endeavor at 8:30. social after
wards. Soldiers invited.
Social and lawn party for Lutheran
men and friends at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Clarke, 1412 Johns road.
Thursday, August Bth.
Concert by soldier talent, third floor
Soldiers’ Club, for soldiers and c ivilians.
Friday, August Sth.
Dance for enlisted men at St. Patrick’s
Hall. Script dance; 50 cents.
Christian Endeavor at First Presby
terian church, followed by social. Sol
diers especially invited.
Saturday, August 10th.
Dance for enlisted men at St. Pat
rick’s Hall. Script dance; 50 cents.
Dance for enlisted men ar Lenwood
Hotel. Given by the Catholic Women’s
Club. Script dance; 50 cents.
Afternoon matinee party in the hostess
room at Soldiers’ -Club.
Sparks From the
Horse Shoeing School
Sergeant Ramage doesn’t go up to
Grovetown any more. The girl is still
in town, but I guess the sergeant is
going to wait until his hair grows out
again.
Riley says anybody that can shoe a
mule can surely drive ne. He has been
introduced to Sergeant Kennedy.
Golonbeck says there is one good thing
in Augusta and that is a ticket to New
York.
Sergeant Clutter has gone on a farm
furlough. If he can raise potatoes as
well as he <*an raise disturbances forty
five days is not enough.
All nations are represented M the
horsoshper.M school except one. We are
short a Chinaman.
Orderb' F*tters was sent nut to put
the saddle on the lieutenant’s horse and
he put it on backwards. When asked
whv, he said. “How <V vnn sunnose 1
knew which way you were going.”
McHugh Faid he was a detective In
New York. Anvonn looking nt his heels
could see that he ran them down.
Private Friedman (alios wh'le
nailing on a shoe the otl.' dav hit. the
hammer on the head with his thumb,
said member b*ing badlv mutilated,
which will greatly Incapacitate him in
following his previous occupation of sign
ing pawn checks. |
Sergeant Aimes says the reason he quit
the .horseshoers school was he thought
the pack train was going some place. ,
It went all C.ijiP. all right, sergeant. O, •
yes. Went to pieces.
SERGEANT FLICK.
A WORD OF CHEER '
A Sensible Letter From a
Mother to Her Sgldier Son
i
My dear boy:
In war there is nothing more im-
I ortant than the right kind cf confi
dence.
One of the tricks of the enemy is to '
get at you in such away as to break ,
your confidence.
Don’t let him do that to vou.
All the German propaganda has had
this object in view.
Refuse to .entertain such thoughts,
just as you would refuse the tempta- 1
tlon to commit a crime.
The enemy wants you to feel hope
loss and full of forebodings, and when
ever you feel that way you may bo
sure you are playing into his hands,
and you can know that you cannot be j
fooled by that kind of strategy nor by I
any other kind.
The only hopeless side of this war B
is the German side. Don’t forget, that &
fact.
Look at the history (f the United |
btates. Our forefathers had few re- I
sources, and only a small army, but I
they had Prihclple to maintain them. I
They had to oppose a foolish and I
tyrannical king, and although his con- I
duct was repugnant to the best, do- I
ment among his own subjects, he had I
an army and great resources.
Outward things were discoura- ing I
to Jie American patriots, but hole I
confidence remained unshaket They |
felt that Truth and right in na’ions as I
in men are allied to God and partake I
of His invincibility. To maintain a g
confidence so founded makes nations r
invincible.
This is the spirit of our country and I
nf the allied cause. It has always |
triumphed in the long run and will I
triumph now.
Confidence is really what the French I
call the morale of the army. The .1
enemy, and especially the German ’D
government, by all the treacherous E
means It can muster, tried to get you I
to think contrary to that spirit.
There is a calmness, and yet a K
swing, to democracy the world over. |
It rn.ikes one think of the Bible where |
God says of man: ‘‘Let them have I
dominiofi.” Don’t let go of it. The |
Bible also sr.ys: "In quietness and in |
confidence shall be your strength.” I
You find it with the English, French, I
Italian and other allied nations, where I
freedom is the habit of thought. This 8
calm energy is founded upon Principle, |
and for that reason it sustained our I
allies through the trying years while j
we were waking up and getting ready F
to help.
You are allied with the soldiers and |
sailors of the greatest and best na- I
tlons on earth, and they, toget ar with I
our own, are the greatest and best sol- I
diers and sailors on earth. Think I
what that means.
Besides that, the whole vast power I
and resources of our. own government I
tire back of you cverv minute. Every I
man, woman and child is personally E
interested In you. Your family con- I
sists of a hundred million people and I
they are all ready to make any sacri- fi
flee for your sake and for the sake of I
the country and the cause that you g
stand for. Their every thought is a E
prayer for you, and because that I
prayer is not. tainted by any kind of I
selfishness it reaches God and is an- I
s we red.
For the same reason your own I
thought and actions should be guard- |
cd. If everything that you do, even
the smallest, task that duty or discip
line requires, is done with the thought
and endeavors to make it perfect and
at the same time spontaneous and 4
ehergetie, you are praying, because you |
are reflecting the divine Principle, I
God, whose nature is perfection.
This helps you to continue with Gcd, g
because God is thus seen to be ever I
present, and surely the presence of I
God is safety. “Mortal man can never I
rise from the temporal debris of error, I
belief in sin, sickness, and death, un- fl
til he learns that God the only I
Life.” (Ibid. p. 289.)
Thon as “God is the only Life,” God fl
is your life, and you are safe in the I
very face of dan-:;.-.
You are to know this, and we are to I
know it, and in the strength and I
security of that knowing you are to g
return triumphant and in great peace. I
A tramp on his way from a house I
where he had been given a chunk of I
bread, met a priest who wore spec- I
taeles. After the usual salute he said I
to the priest:
“Why do you wear spectacles, your I
reverence?*’
“Oh,” said the priest, ”to make things I
look big.”
“Will your reverence be plazed to I
give ’em to mo for a minute,” said the I
tramp. :
“For what purpose?” said the priest. I
“Wlsha your reverence, the hang o’ fl
the thing is I want to see if this piece I
of bread I got from a housekeeper fl
would look something nearer to the size j
of my appetite.”
South American housewife—lf your I
husband much of a provider, Malindy? fl
Colored Servant—He’s jes’ ain’t noth- I
in’ else, ma’am. He gwine to git some I
new furniture, providin’ he gits de I
money; he gwine to git the money pro- I
vidin’ he go to work; he go to work I
provin* the job suits him. I never j
seen such a providin’ man in all mah I
days. -
The prize package patriot has been I
discovered. A U,nited States marine |
recruiting force encountered him.
“Don’t you want to enlist?” the ser- |
geant asked him.
“No, I guess not.”
"Why?”
“Well, it certainly Isn’t because I’m I
not patriotic. Why, If it wasn’t for |
the war I’d have been in the service
long ago.” ;
The sergeant was carried back to •
the recruiting station in a coma. He
will recover. I
DREAMLAND THEATRE
879 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA, GA.
THE MOVING PICTURE THEATRE
FOR THE SOLDIER BOYS.
Only one and two-reelers shown of clean, snappy subjects.
Serials, Series, Dramas, Comedies, Western and Latest News Ser?
vice.
Admission 10 cents, and we pay the war tax.
THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN
We honor all the heroes,
That grace the khaki brown,
And all the gallant, leaders,
From Major General down.
Amid war’s fearful rattle,
Splendid fellows, every one.
But the man that wins the battle,
Is the man behind the gun.
Not his to make suggestion.
Or falter, or delay,
His lips must never question,
He’s only to obey.
Uncomplaining he must labor.
Through want and bitter cold.
With death and danger neighbor,
Or suffering untold.
To give his life if needed,
Just a unit in the plan.
Where cannons belch and rattlo
Beneath the war clouds dun
In the thickest of the battle.
Is the man behind the gup.
When the bitter strife is ended.
And brighter days shall smile,
Wo shall know how much depended,
Upon the rank and silo.
And that no braver fellow
From Major General down
Ever heard the cannon’s bellows,
Or graced the khaki brown.
Let every hero royal,
And every heart be loyal
To the man behind the gun.
ISIODJESKA
PRESENTING
LOEW’S VAUDEVILLE
THE SOUTH’S FINEST THEATRE
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
Famed on Two Continents
FRIEND & DOWNING /
International Comedians, Funmakers.
S Florence and Evelyn Strength Bros.
|m| Two Dainty Girls in
Songs and Dances. ■* Equilibrists.
ffl Rawley and Miller jug tdiq
Eccentric Singing, Talk- * 1 IVlv/
ing and Dancing Harmony
Comedians. Supreme.
11l THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
■ “THE GOLDEN BIRD”
Vaudeville’s Greatest Novelty—The Bird Who Sings
With the Violin.
B MARIE DORR MELK LEE
Dainty Singing Blackface Singing,
Commedienne. Talking Comedian.
Delmer and Lowey Dave Rafeal & Co.
Clever Pair in Songs Spectacular Ventriloquial
and Dancing. Production.
./
| STRAND
WEDNESDAY—THURSDAY
H A Hit on the
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1 n Your laughter will ring out
1 M M when you see this appealing
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World famous comedy
- < '.X'fl|l drama-
Jlliiiiiii ii 10c and 15c
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
| BERT LYTELL
IN '
I ‘No Man’s Land’
bUrI -he famoui story adapted from the book of the same title by Jamee
IM Vance. One that will make your blue blood boil. Suppose your
husband were a German agent working against America, what would
WM you do? One good American against twenty German sailors.
Which would you back to win? See for youraelf.
10c and 15c.
Our Nation’s Prayer
God bless our Flag and Army
As cross the sea they go,
To vanquish In Thy holy name
A heartless fiendish foe;
Guard Thou the ships which carry
These sons of dautnless mould,
And give them the might to smite
The tyranny of old.
Command our men in action
To break the ramparts hpld.
And in the battle of the Lord
Be confident and bold.
In each decisive moment
Be Leader of the fight;
Call with (hem Thy hidden hosts
And turn the foe to flight.
Honor the Stars and Stripes—
The emblem of the Free.
Help us bring to self-bound souls
The true Democracy.
Blend in Thy sovereign will
Our Nation's mind and might;
God bless our arms and navy
An victors in the fight.
—I. Mench Chambers.
Edith: “How does Fred make lova?"
Marie: “Well, I should define it as
unskilled labor.”—Boston Transcript.
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