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Tk& Village Movie Published Weekly by the VILLAGE THEATRE Co., Wilmette, III. M. L. SPARR, Editor Volume 1 Wilmefte, Illinois, August 22,1914 NumLer 4 ' Will you walk into my playhouse?" Said a manager to me; ' 'Tis the prettiest little playhouse That ever you did see!" I accepted his kind offer And saw the picture play; And I liked it all so very much I now go every day! Will Bunny Get Thin? Do you know John Bunny's pre- scription for reducing? Well here it is: "Arise at 7:00; put in one hour in bath, shaving, etc.; eat a nice hearty breakfast—say four soft boiled eggs, coffee and toast and quantities of fruit; walk to the studio (a mile and a half); work all day; have a few apples for luncheon; walk home in time for dinner. Eat birds for dinner—squabs, ducks, chicken or anything that flies; take no sugar, no starchy foods nor sweets; very little butter; some marmalade. Take lots of cold water, within and without, without whiskey, and acres of fresh air; no red meats, and all vegeta- bles that grow above the ground. Drink lots of vichy—trying to reduce, you know." And do you know that he says a few months ago he weighed 280 and now he weighs but 250. What would happen to Flora Finch if she followed his prescription, with like results? What do you bet that she don't? Carlyle Black-well Has a Close Call One hot afternoon when he was playing the hero in a melodrama down South, he hired a boat and se- cured a negro to navigate him around where the shade was most in ev- idence. He enjoyed the cool breezes until he had just time enough to get back and "make-up" for the play, and on the return trip, a man suddenly shouted to him from the nearby bank "Hey! Come ashore! Bring that boat in, you nigger, and you—(ad- dressing Blackwell)—thought you could make a getaway, eh? Well I'm too smart for you." When Blackwell saw that the man meant business, he made a spring for shore, at the same time giving the boat vigorous push and upsetting the negro; the be-whiskered individ- ual made a grab at Blackwell, who eluded him but sent a well-directed left to the man's jaw, and then had the satisfaction of hearing a second splash. When he finally arrived at the theatre he learned that the stranger was a constable who had been ordered to watch for a forger whose appearance singularly cor- responded with Blackwell's. Needless to say our hero made a quick get- away from that town, leaving that night under the disguise of a false mustache and a different suit of clothes. Since then he has played the part of the "forger" many times, but he assures us "never in real life." Be sure to see him this week in "The Spitfire" at the Village Theatre, August 25th.