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For a minuto Morton was abashed
because of the lady and stood unde
cided as to what wan his role in this
new development, but to his amaze- Gsy
ment Miss Ardsley went directly to- I
ward the fellow and began to talk
with him, principally by gestures.
Not to bo outdone, Merton joined
them and attempted conversation. All
he learned was that the native had
picked up a boat and was holding it at
the next island. He had swum over to
look for the occupants, preferring
swimming to rowing.
"It is my boat," Merton began, but
Miss Ardsley had said it first, and
the native, the rings in his ears jing
ling, grunted as he pointed to the lady.
Then Miss Ardsley added more signs
and gestures and Merton's heart sank
pitifully. At last his horror of her
suggestion overcame him and he weak
ened and spoke to her.
"Don't do it, I beg of you!" he said
I earnestly. "You are perfectly safe un
til ho brings the boat. I admit I've
been frustrated in my intentions and -
f I'll give up the game if you will only f"j
I be prudent!" II
Miss Ardsley's expression of scorn .
was her only answer. The big black
follow bent and she climbed upon his
back. She wound her legs around his
ribs and her arms around his neck,
and not until he was waist deep in the
water did she let go her grip on him.
"I'll send a boat for you some
time!" she called to Merton as her
body slid down the broad back and
her gaitered legs kicked the water.
She was going to try swimming, evi
dently, holding only to the fellow's
hips.
Then her voice vibrated with fun
as she added:
"You will have to have it, of course,
you are such a conventional idiot!"
MOSTLY ABOUT KISSES
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out to Universal City and see Cleo
Madison weep." She can weep the
wettest, saltiest, and largest tears
known to teardom, and as kisses are
akin to brine, it is not difficult to un
derstand why she is one of unshak
able faith.
Another interesting osculator of
the screen is Dorothy Davenport,
"J one of the favorite stars of fllmdom.
Being small she would find it diffi
cult to withstand an endurance smack.
ISho believes in abrupt kisses the
kind that touch you and then run.
Her director says that a Dorothy Da
venport kiss seldom requires more
than five feet of film. But, those who
have played opposite her declare they
are great while they last!
One of tho most temperamental
kissers is Dorothy Phillips. She is a
wonderful institution and if she ever
started out to break any records in
smacking she would have the domes
tic section of this nation in a chaotic
state which even tho European war
could not outrival. She has unusually
beautiful dark brown hair and a soft
southern complexion. Her eyes are of
tho kind that overthrow promising
republics, and have had a tendency
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more need of telephone service by private business.
But private business must always be subordinated to the Government service. 9
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stands how vital it is that Government service shall take precedence over
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The Mountain States Telephone and telegraph Company ! I
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every now and then, throughout his
tory, to topple over thrones. When
she rolls those wonderful eyes of hers
upwards, everything within a great
radius, in the male line, forgets home,
street and number. It is said out in
Universal City that every leading
man who has kissed her wanted to
marry her immediately. But Dorothy
is interested in her art, a handsome
husband and a wonderful little baby.
There is one actor who positively
made his reputation on the screen be
cause of his wonderful kissing accom
plishments. Ho is Jack Holt, and if
you doubt this statement just glance
at the way he is hating it in that pic
ture with Ruth Stonehouse! He is
recognized as one of the most fervent
smackers on tho screen. In one pic
ture with Edith Roberts, he osculated
so much that she sincerely vows she
will never be able to appreciate a real,
big juicy kiss when it c nes, some
day, from tho man she expects to
wed. According to her, kissing has
lost tho big punch, or smash, or what-
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ever you choose to call it. And she
blames it all on Jack, for she says he
has put her lips absolutely out of
commission. The directors claim,
that for real, full-fledged, blown-in-the-bottle
smacking Jack makes a Hob
son look like a group of spinsters at
an afternoon tea, where the degrada
tion of man is the principal subject of
discussion.
Gretchen Lederer believes in smack
ing, kissing and osculation. She con
siders that an actress must put all her
feeling into tho role she portrays if
she is to get the best results from her
work. If her part calls for tho soul-devouring
embraces of an adventuress,
Gretchen endeavors to see that she
lives up to the action demanded.
When her director informs her that
she is to fall in love with a certain
character, she doesn't waste one inch
of her affection, but plunges every
ounce of it at tho gink, just as though
she really meant it. She lives the
part. That may seem a bit rough if
you didn't know Gretchen. She is an
emotional actress and comes from an M
emotional country and studied in the M
Conservatoire of Cologne. Like all i
continentals, she realizes the value of M
a smack, and knows it speaks volumes M
where love and passion are concerned. M
There are no better actors on the M
screen today than the Germans and I M
tho French. When they make lovo i M
they thrill, inspire and enthrall one, i 'M
because they put their whole soul in '
their work. When they kiss our H
thoughts turn to flocks of girls. Vis- M
ions of harems flit before us. Wo pine l
for tho country east of Suez. It is j 'M
worth noting that the actresses who '
are doing the best work on the screen H
today are not "fads," or those who H
are receiving enormous salaries. Who KH
that saw "Business is Business" will t'B
forget the excellent acting done by B
Gretchen Lederer in that picturo? H
Her work stood out because it was a KH
fine piece of finished acting by a H
woumn who not alone had beauty in H
her favor but was accomplished in 4I
her art. H
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