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Biography of Lila Lee.
ANT ?vening about eleven years ?go
-?Darld Belasco, the famous stage
producer, gave his watch, his stick
pin and his diamond ring to a young
lady. The gift was a bribe, but it
?i?n't work. She kept on crying.
Now the reason for her flow of
tears?tears that disturbed the great
Belasco and gave him a dramatic
situation he couldn't control?was just
this: The Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children had refused to
let her perform on a stage in Roches
ter that evening, just because she
was only seven years old.
When she was informed that she
could not appear in the Temple Thea-.
ter she refused to eat her supper.
Shortly afterward her teacher-nurse,
who accompanied her on her travels,
could not And her. A general, alarm
was sent out and she was discovered
in an unfrequented dressing room
sobbing as though her heart would
j break.
j It so happened that Mr. Belasco was
t In Rochester that evening' rehearsing
a tfry-out for a new production. His
j secretary informed him. He had met
1 the: child. He was interested in her,
' so he dropped his work and tried to
comfort her.
The diamond ring didn't stop the
tears, the watch and the stickpin were
equally futile, so he tried something
else.
"Don't cry, little'one." he told her,
"I will make you a star the day you
are sixteen years old."
The effect was magical. She was
content. That was back in 1911.
The stardom came even before Mr.
Belasco had promised. Jesse Lasky
of Famous Players-Lasky Corpora
tion discovered her before her six
teenth birthday rolled around, and
sent for her. From "Cuddles" Lee she
became Lila Lee?the beautiful Lila
Lee of Parti mount pictures.
That incident of the ring and the
stickpin was not the flrst dramatic
scene in the life of L^la Lee. The
first one came when she was only
five years oick On the rough cobble-?
stones of Union Hill, If. J., she used
to play, her big eyes and her childisn
beftuty making: her conspicuous
among: her playmates. She had Just
learned to play "Ring. Around the
Rosie" and was absorbed in It m
front of her humble home across the
river from New York when Gus Ed
wards, song writer and vaudeville
manager, rode by io his automobile.
He needed a new child type for his
latest song revue. His songs, "Schdoi
Days" and "When We Wrere a Couple
of Kids," were at their height. He
knew he had made a find when he
saw Lila. * ?
"Do you want to go on the stage?"
he asked her.
"Yeth," she answered: H*ask mamma."
Mamma, was willing,, and it was
shortly after that that "Cuddies" Lee
came into fame. She became more
beautiful as she grew. Tall, fault
lessly built. vigorous ;and athletic, she
became a favorite, ?
It was in 1917 that Mr. Lasky sent
for her. She was' an instantaneous
.success in the child play, "The Cr.ulse
of the Make-Believe." Then there fol
lowed "Such a Little Pirate..' "The
Secret Garden," "Puppy Love" and
others, with her popularity increas
ing. Since that time she has ap^ar
ed in a score of Paramount pictuWs.
In September she vfcill be seen In
one of the biggest Paramount pic
tures of the year, "Blood and Sand."
as the convent-bred wife of the bull
fighter in the Vicente Blasco Ibanez
story, and in October in "The Ghost
Breaker" with Wallace Rei^. In De
cember she will be starred with James
Kirkwood in "Ebb Tide," a story by
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Likens Director to Chef.
kk'TvHE fellow who stirs in the in- i
gredients and sees that ice (
cream is not mixed .with pickles, or!
oysters with sugar: the man whose j
, delicate job it is to season a dish that !
' will be equally acceptable to the en- j
tertainment palates of New York. Kal
amazoo or Medicine Bend, such." says j
Fred Niblo. "is a motion picture di-j
rector."
"I am not one with those who in-,
sist that the director is the whole;
thing in making a motion picture. His i
success would be impossible unless he ?
were first given a story of real human
interest and capable, intelligent actors i
'for its interpretation.
"Just like a chef making a delicious
pudding, the ingredients must be of I
the finest quality. But the mixing, j
the care as to seasoning. th? tempera
ture of the ovens?it is: jn these lit- '
?tie details that a great chef differs
from, the lowly kitchen mechanic in J
?ome obscure hash house.
"And so it-is with a director. Only j
his problem Is much greater than
that of a chef. The latter has only to
think of the palates of a restricted
neighborhood. The director must sea
son and cook to please the New Eng
lander. with his appetite* for solid
boiled dinners; the denizer\s of fhili
con carnft southwest; thosf virile per
sons along1 the' northern border, who
like their victuals to be rich, rrfve
meat; and a last class of critical
dilettantes with supersensitive palates.
"Should you ever be led to think
of a director as beiijg a man with
nothing to do but give orders through
a megaphone, just compare to is prob
lems with that of the high-prtced
cook who prepares the meal you may
eat in a luxurious hotel. Knowledge
of dramatic essentials, especially in
photoplays, must be linked with an
instinct for what all the different na
tional sections like in the way of
entertainment.
"It's not a terrifically easy job when
you figure all the different angles. '
T?
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COOLNESS
ODILY comfort is the first essen
Q I 1 tial of genuine enjoyment. During
m the season that lies immediately
? ^ I ahead the prime requisite for com
fort is COOLNESS. We are not
onmindfui of that fact in the conduct of our
theaters.
Without regard to excessive cost and the ex
treme inconvenience of night work, in order
that our patrons m'ght not be disturbed, the
mammoth ventilating systems in all of the
SIX CRAXDAXL THEATERS IN* WASHING
TON have just been completely overhauled and.
minutely adjusted. The GIANT TYPHOON
FANS, as the hot weather sets in, are perfectly
performing their function of keeping a steady
current of KRESH WASHED AIR flowing into
each of our various amusement centers.
This, as the Capital has learned in past sea
sons, means that our METROPOLITAN, YORK,
AVEYI7K GRAND and other theaters?Includ
ing the SAVOY and APOLLO, with their de
lightfully spacious gardens?will be the COOL
EST SPOTS in the city when other amusement
places become unbearable welters of stilling*
heat.
PERFECT PICTURES and SPLENDID
MVSIC will add to the fun of being comfort
able. It is worth trying. #
HARRY M. CRANDAMj
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STARTLING STATEMENTS _
MADE BY
ANNA MAUD HALLAM
Seem Almost Incredible
Standing back of the foot
lights at Poli's, a charming,,
convincing personality, she
. proves her .broad-sweeping
statements, one at-.a time. She
will make you think -One,
Two, Three Times, and your
life will seem new and every
thing possible. The dynamic * '
way in which she will convince
you that you can" be some
body will start you out to
make a genius _of yourself. ?
TODAY and TOMORROW
Your Last Opportunity
POLI'S THEATERFREE?COME
COSMOS &
AO Week, Beginning Monday, June 5
"A SYMPHONY IN DANCELAND"
With Mile. Juva Marconi and the Ballet Girls of Sylphland.
A FEAST FOR THK EYE AXD EAR.
FOSTER & SEAMON
Hlm# eeeentrlc fellow* In
BUNDLES OF XOXSEXSK
CONNORS & BOYNE
?In a dainty comedy offering
WA YARD OP LACEM
WASHINGTON'S OWN GIRI,
ANN SUTER
Tile faHtMhl little Omedlynm1. with ? handle of new ?ony ??|
TWR. & MRS, DAVE CLARK
la a farce eomedy
"THE MASTER MOVE**
THE 2 LADELLOS
Vaudeville'* Fuanie*t Clown* fa
AcroMitlp Comlcalltle*
FIRST
RUN,
FEATURE
Universal presents?
, Dainty MARIE PREVOSf
in "KISSED" *
FIRST TIME SHOW!*
SHOWN
MONDAY
TO
SATURDAY
. Bxclultf lsfcur In?eriui?lon?l' Mew* Wrttb. Mule Ckata.
fn the Spotlight.
W
ALTER SCANLON will tour
neXv season In a new play
by E. E. Rose.
Pedro de Cordova has been added
to the cast of "The Rivafs," which,
will be presented in New York under
the auspices of the Players* Club. !
Mitzi will again tour in "Lady Billy"
P fe^son? returning to New Y-ork
in February to begin rehearsals in a
new musical piece by Zelda Sears and
5La/.olcL L?v?y- She sailed for Europe
> esieraay.
T^ndresse.". by Henri Bataille,
uas produced in San Francisco re
b? Henry Miller. The cast in
Rrftif1 Tz Miller, Blanche Bates,
"utn Chatterton and Bruce McRea.
Irene- Bordoni has closed her New
fSSfi en?a??*?ent In "The French
jjoll and will spend the summer in
f ranee. In September she will re
turn to renew her tour in the play.
Merry Irvine will digect "The House
of Lor rimer, Rachel Crother's new
til?* whlcb ?pei?s at the Threshold
Playhouse, .New York.
??i?,or??c? Reed has left the cast of
I^lvine Crook," which was re
cently tried out in New York.
Paul (tordon has succeeded Courte
??y..?,oot* I" the leading male role
?/ Tg? Rubicon,* now running: in
ni?^' X1! ; ? Wlnwood is to
pla> \ iolet Hemingr's role.
? *f,r,anc*ne Larrimore. who has re
cently ^closed her season in "Nice
Europe W he* vacation in
r ?.huAfr,s announce for the
1 Painter in a new
operatta. entitled "The Lady of the
r??^e ?1 the successes of the
present London season.
J?arpen- a >'ou"K French ac
..<! "rrlvert in New Yi.rk las!
Week, will make her first appearance
<?,. i English speaking actress in
with <r-' . e has appearing
years m n Paris for several
,?^'(r.ed Lunt, well remembered here
'J'? Rood actinic in "Clarence,"
and later as Billle Burke's leading
.,vai tnarr'ed recently In New
,L?nn Fontaine, the Enciish
i wl?.? was la?t season
. The honeymoon was
?pent in Atlantic City.
,watohinK the work of Mary
c,t , >T" "..'"J a yfar- Davld Belas
n n,,^v, ? Under contract for
fn f ?,r >'e?rs She Will appear
in a new play in the near future.
0 ^avlngr closed "Tangerine." Julia
fhelfilth1 mak<> a "hort tour of
the Keith circuit as a "single." doinc
songs and dances "'S'c. uoint
moHonU^i ,Hayakawa. the Japanese
motion picture star, who is to appear
man. season "" nPW P'ay under the |
I t^r ? tjmer'f ? ,'hP Shuh'-rts. and Wal-'
(n ri.mi!!! If. st k for California
| to resume film work.
.MacKellar will appear for
?.\?i ^eeks Keith vaudeville in a
'mi k' ? ill <"1 of I.angdon Mct'nr
micks The Storm." in which she cre
ated the loadinsr role. The fir. scene
is retained as originally played.
"The Awful Truth.'' by Arthur i
Hichman, in which Ruth Chatterton
arpearlng at the Columbia I
1 neater. !>an francisco, is said to
have scored a great success there
?i7m pLay was Obtained bv Gilbert
for "Production "'xt season hv
H.nnS ti",',8 Frohman Company, and
Henry Miller undertook to give it a
preliminary production on the coast.
?mion.el.^tweL' wll? aPP?ar In vaude
ville under the Keith management
this immiitr in a dramatic sketch
by Edgar Allan Woojf. He will be
Mackey. "y h'S -?e' KaTherine
.v,^?iIe.':umor8 have been flying
thick and fast recentlv 'regarding th^
renaming of the present f/eor/e M
Cohan TJieater. in New York the
new- name will not be attached to it
until after the ?-lose of "he encaee
"t Ed H'vnn in "The pfrfevt
Fool. It Biay be called the Commo
Anfh^rUe^ nIa?nerS' "Thp National
Anthem wrll be produced at the
Theater Antoine. in Paris, in the near
the^eadTng role.6 3Unht
c t wa," el?ted president,
0 .? ? i Cohan vlc? President. How.
ard Kyle secretary and Ruth Chatter
ton treasurer at the annual meeting
?fee^e Actors Fidelity League last
Ed Wynn is reported to have wrlt
rartin*t,kraus'cal comedy based on the
? hirhPu?T' /ntlUed "Listening In."
which Is to be presented next season. I
1 S*?Tle." ,Ru*Sles is to have the!
I?*dingTole In A. H. Wood'- produ". '
tion of an adaptation hv Walter <|? i
Leon from the German." .vh.-h hai
been called "Who's Who" and ??
Flapper in the Family." 1
After Marylin Miller had made tfie
announcement of her engagement to
hC Ckf7d Mr' ZiPRfc,d hHd a
lengthy conference with her, and a* ?
result the marriage has been put off
a year, and perhaps forever, as her
manager is opposed to the match.
h??M,tfln Dickson, who has scored a
biff hit in the title role of "Sally ? |n
London. Is to be seen In this country
^e Ia"rgaeSr0ciUe,th6 ^ Part' ln only
8eXJ.nt,y"flve convalescent
?in k?.k alter Reed Hospital
of Mm PfK'p" ?f 'he management
?\P ?? ^.? -Par1f Tuesday for an
fa? a. ?e?8r;at au the attractions, so
It a* these boys are concerned. After
they have made the tour of the nark
they fill be taken in chiw by
members of the Sisterhood of Eighth
wreMnh?mP ^ hea,led b>- Mrs. Harry
goodies "' a" treated to "eat3 and
w^rw?'10 |Br'Ct- i^.glvlnff "Around the
^ orld in Keith vaudeville. The
songs were written by Blanche Mer
5 1,mp.L0!rlof Keith's to reap
^eirs the bpn<?fit of the em'
plojes Insurance plan adopted by
Pieman. .h"1anaKJement is w?l'am
Liemons, the aged caretaker of the
promenade lounge of the theater, who
wood w at,,h is home in Dean
wood Heights His two daughters
will receive the proceeds. Clemons
Club ar?rih8. WKh ,he' Mpfopolitan
Vi and then became one of the
iho,.t f lrCe' Ws ^"'Ices Covering
death yearS ,0 th? day of h,s
Billy Miller and Steve Champlin
?on? ?Wr?,e "Ward-Boiled HampS
for Harry Holman. are working on
dian eon,edy for the popular come
Francis X. Bushman and Beverlv
"Poor Rir?h'dM nK" t satirical comedy
Poor Rich Man.' by Edmund Burke.
faille*"on. the beSinni"K
Otis Skinner, accompanied bv Mr?
Skinner, sailed for Europe yesterday
from New York. He will be seen on
tour next season In a revival of Booth
Tarktngton s "Mister Antonio."
"A Gentleman's Mother." by Martin
Brown, will be placed in rehearsal
this week by Sam H. Harris The I
cast will Include Jeanne Eagles
Elizabeth Risdon and others.
Enjoy the W?ek-End at
COLONIAL BEACH
"WaeUnstoB's Atlantic City"
Steamer St. Johns
? Leave* Ttk Street Wharf
Sunday, June 4, 9 A. M.
Sound Trip (Good 8nnd*y Only), fl.SO
Boend Trip (Good for season), $2.00
40-Mile Moonlight Trips
ntM DANCING RAIN OR SHINE
Ewry Erasing'axoept fundi? at 7:16 p. m.
JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Adults, 173c; OkOdrao. 40c.
FASHION CREATIONS OF THE STAGE.
>|Ik? W ood'* frock of white j MIn? Wnnd* Vyon'? negrllgrc of pink j Mta? Marj Dnnfan'a frock of jettow
lace trimmed with ribbon. | velvet and black laee. I taffeta, won at Kelth'a.
BV ELEANORE DE WITT EBY.
AjISS WANDA LYON transformed
"" herself into a brunette last week
to play the role of Mme. Lisa DeUa
Lobbia. in "Enter, Madame." As thfe
character is that of a grand opera
? inger who has the tastes of an em'
press, her gov\'ns were appropriately
varied and elegant, more so. in fact,
than those of ? Miss Varesi in the ?
original. production. Miss Lyon has
only recently returned to t^is coun
try after a sojrturn of several years ,
abroad, and quite a few pf her gowns
are creations of t{ie leading "Parisian
houses. % *
The exquisite neglige which is
sketched comes from Paquin, and the
design is so unusual that it might al
most b? worn for an evening frock.
Geranium pink velvet is l^ped for the
foundation, fashioned \*ith % tight
bandeau bodice and .a draped skirt,
caught in a large bouffant bow at
one side. A cascade of velvet falls
from this modified bustle to vary the
line of the skirt, and also to'xonceal
I a slit which facilitates walRing in
! the tight garment. Pl?rk chantlllv
! lace is folded over the shoulders and j
| arms like a coatee, while at the back ;
lit extends into a long, graceful train [
t which completely veils the velvet 1
I dress. A few fwists of lace fasfen the ;
j overdrapery at the center froru. and'
a shower of long: jet bead strings
fftlls from the waist to the skirt hem
tc^ add th^ final touch.
A second neglige worn by Miss
Lyon was.of jade green chiffon over
a foundation of light flesh-colored
georgette. The latter material formed
a simple slip, ornamented with piping
of a slightly deeper pink appliqued
in a conventional Gfecian design. The
green chiffon was cut in the form of
a long, loose coal, with wide man
darin sleeves edged with curled os
trich ir# the same shade. Panels of
silveT la<-e were used for further
decoration, and the hem was bor
dered with ostrich to correspond with
that on the sleeves.
Miss Lyon's first^act gown was of
hlack C|inton crepe, trimmed with
tiny self-material rosebuds. The
bodice .had a bateau neck, and short
sleeves finished with long angel cuffs,
while the skirt was trimmed with a
fcinglfc side panel, one point of which
almost touched the floor. Her chapeau
was of black maline. with a fluffy
feather pompom at the front, and
her wrap wa^ of black satin, accor
dion pleated.
Miss Dorothy McGrew, in the same
ccmpany, became a Jjlond to enact
the part of the clever widow. Her
first frock was a semi-tailored model
of beige crepe, and her dinner gown,
worn in the second act. was of henna
colored crepe with large tulle pan
nlers at the sides and trailing tulle
panels. #
Miss Peggy Wood, the dainty little
star of "Buddie*" and "Marjolaine."
FIL MO GRAMS
\
WHEN Gloria Swanson ar
rived in London recently
Funch published, a rather
j neat jest abdut her. It
pointed out that she arrived last Mon
l day after a rather rough voyage
across the Atlantic, but'it is under-j
stood that there was no report that she j
cabled home to America the follow
! ing .message: "Sick transit.. Gloria, j
Monday."
| George Fawcett, veteran <?har^cter
j actor, who recently signe d a year's.!
I contract to appear in Paramount pic-j
j tures, has been added to the cast of
"The Old Homestead" as the old sljin
| flint in the picture. Edward Bra'dy
will play the role of the constable.
The cast so far includes Theodore
Roberts,, T. Roy Barnes. Fritzie Ridge
way, Harrison Ford and Ethel'Wales.
James Cruie will handle the mega
phone for this production.
Did Lawrence Barrett e\'er* play in
comedy? Perhaps 99 people out of"
100 would say that Mr. Barrett at
no time dropped below the serious
dramatic plane 'of his Shakespearean*
triumphs.* But here comes <Ruby La
fayette with evidence to the contrary,
for the seventy-eight-year-old char
acter actress, now in "Borderland,"
declares she played with Mr. Barrett*
in a play in which he? had quite a
light and vivacious rple.
The art of dying gracefully, with
out meaning to be flippant about
what has been called "the "great ad
! venture." Is being practiced daily t>y
i Bcbe Daniels and Jaquefline Logan
l*at the Lasky studio, for both of these
young ladies^suffer the first, "deaths"
of their motion picture career in their
current productions. Finding out
that they had the task in common,
they are "working it up" together.
Bebe is featured in "Pink Gods," a
Penrhjn. Stanlaws production, while
"Jtfckie" has an important role with
George Melford in "Burning Sands.'*
May McAvoy has a brand-new oar.
Five minutes after it was delivered
she had it in -front of Lois Wilson's
house uo take ner for & drive. They
started toward the beach and the sky
became overcast. Rain threatened.
May fidgeted and looked worried. It
began t# sprinkle. May turned to
Lois.*
"Lois?"
"What fs it. dear?"
Long silence. while May lookM un
crrtian and slow- down. 9 ?
"Lois?let's go bark and linisft our
drive in your car." ?
Even- a dog wil} recognize and hate
a villain! So Clarence Burton found
to h-is discomfiture when scenes were
being filmed for "The >^fen Uncon
querable." Burtop's make-up as the
bad man in the sto^y was so realistic
that after a fight scene with Jack
Holt one of* the dogs, taken down
for atmosphere in the scenes, made a
dive at the heavy man's leg and left
the marks of his teeth thereon.
"It's bad* enough to always be in
bad with the audience,'.* remarked
Burton.'"but when even the .dogs get
mad and attack me, then I maintain
that a screen villain leads a hard
life!"
Evfcn "the stars" have changed
their points of view. Wanda Hawley,
Paramount star, goes on record as
saying that a good role in a strong
story, no matter if other equally well
known people are" in the cast, offers
greater opportunities than stardom.
Miss Hawley has an important role in
George Melford's "The. Womafi Who
Walked Alone*," which features Dor
othy Dalton and Milton Sills.
After, four years in comedy, in which
she was a target for custard pies.
Dale Fuller has turned to drama.
She was the maid in "Foolish Wives,'*
and now she plays the role of an 1850
maid in "Borderland," Agnes Ayres'
latent picture..
Bolsheviks Return Jewels.
THEODORE KOSLOFF, Russian
dancer and cinema actor, it ia
claimed, has benefited to the extent
of over ?50,000 in the recent return
by the Russian bolshevik government
of jewels and property confiscated five
years ago.
Kosloff's married sister. Mrs. Tonya
OtradinsRy,' writes from Moscow that
among the fhings return^ are val
uable gifts received by the dancer
from European royalty. These include
a gold watch with the Russian eagles,
presented by the last Czar Nicholas;
a pair of rare moonstone cuff links,
also the gift of the czar; silver plate
for 24 persons, the present of Grand
Duke Vladimir; a large ruby stickpin
from the Grand Duke S^rgius, and
emerald cuff links from Lady Evelyn
Guiness. . . "
Mr. KoslofT. who is now working
at the Lasky studio with Betty Comp
san in a new picture entitled "To
Have and To Hold," has hopes; it is
said, that the return of the jewels
may be followed by a release of his
other properties In and around Mos
cow to a total of over $1,000,1)00.
When ? the bolsheviks took control
they ? confiscated a twenty four-fiat
apartment house he owned In Moscow
and a forested country place valued
in itself at $200,000.
It is not ttnown whether it will be
Possible for..the recovered jewels to
e brought to America. Permission
to travel has been granted his twor
sisters, Tonya Otradinsky and Nadya
Krutikoflf, and his niece, Aleshka
Krutlkoff, but it is uncertain whether
they will be permitted to bring the
jewels with them.
Famous Plea Fruitless.
ivpjON'T give up the ship."
^ This time this .was not the fp
peal of the famous Perry, but Clar
ence Burton's instructions, and he
found them difficult to carry. out,
especially when the> ship gave him
up?6y sinking.
Burton, together with a gang of
men who took the parts of pearl dfv
ers, was in command of a pearlifig
tug' in the new Paramount picture,
"The Man Unconquerable." As usual,
Burton was the villain. Jack Holt,
the star of the picture, in an armed
MOUNT VERNOI* AND
Alexandria, round trip....
Arlington Side Trip,
10c additional.
Electric ctrs leave 12th
?nd Pennsylvania avenue
northwest on the hoar ana i
hilf-hour?9:00 a.m. to ?:3?X
p m" Running time?50 minute*. '
Wa?hington^V|^pj?_Jt?Hwur C?
80
launch gave him battle. Presently the
tug commenced to sink, faster than
they had intended.
"Stick to it!" yelled Joseph Hena
bery, the director, hurrying to get the
close-ups. But before he could arrive
on the sctaie the tug had gone under.
?The only ?:lose-ups he secured were
of Burton and his pearl divers splash
ing about ort the surface trying to
remove their clothes so that they
could renlain afloat. One of the deck
hands .on the photographer's boat
stood by with a boat hook to pull
them put when they ehowed signs of
golngdown for tlje .third time.
In order to ret a good "shot" of the
sinking boat it w^s necessary to drag
it by chains to shallow, water at high
tide- and repair it at low ttd?. For
four days a crew of laborers, worked
at the job; then they eat disgustedly
on the tteach while they watched the
tug. tawed oat .to sea agaia and re
sunk?this time; properly ana with due
regard to Ute laaa. . '
"
appeared at Keith's in a series of
characterizations Evidently she ob
imCrJS ,0 sh?rt ?kirt8, for even in her
impersonation of a ??flapper" ?he
fringe of the tweed hem dang"d over
the tops of her galoshes. The frock
was a Picturesque affair
i? S" and ribbons, with an
Th. h, Jfnt *aSh ,v'ng al ,h* baC<
ss: fold e?fi,as ,?ad''with *h?wi
iiKe tolas of lace draped over sl rib
bon-tnmmed vestee of sheer whiti
material. so that short slaves were
simulated and a square neck line
Klve., the frock. The skirt consiJ eS
of three successive flounces of lace
rfhK circled with two folds of
?P" wlde- thP other narrow
ankles n?unce hun8 <? the
V tss:
crinolin, gfrl w?th a& hu^p/nk "taf
fjtm hoop Skirt ?nd dainty !ace pantl
Miss Mary Duncan, another Tr*itvt
r iht"ofreththenf?Wn 'itched a^the
Hght J^'low taffeta'^vorn wVth'af ?f
The" ahnd|P'CtU of French b?u*
fn?Wgra?vf Ind 'rcIS*. "wlViTa ,dev'lo?,fd
bordered with rose ostrich fronds.
NEXT WEEK S PHOTOPLAYS, j
Columbia, I
ofT"Fool?sh t5r?e"tatIong J
Production, by Eric von Strohelm""" I
Palace. j
Across the Continent ?? ?!,? ? ?.
starring- Productlon^Wa/lace Re"'
Rial to.
?3Sf JKKCi'sr '-1?s';
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Metropolitan.
Richard Barthelmess. in hi? th.vn
First National release. "Sonny." d
Crandall'g.
i I^ennt.th Harlan. Gaston Glass aii?.
Lake. Rosemary Thebv Vn?h n *
rS-&.^vy?SrvS
gSK-wp-ssssTsS;
A Bee Story.
^^ESL.EY RUGGLE8. the director of
"Wild Honfcy," was called upon
to direct Priscilla Dean In a scene
which would show the girls fright
when a wild bee crawled across her
upper lip. The scene was to b? pho
tographed at close range and there
was every necessity for Miss Dean to
register dismay of the most authen
tic sort.
Mr. Ruggles had rehearsed his star
several times without the M?* n"
then he announced himself readv for
fn'thA8)! t-hi"g' 'I]he Property man :ed
? i u ?a r ' Pedl?reed apldae
and he was placed on Miss Dean's lin
with the assurance that he hSd !^o
stinger at all. naa -flo
Just as the camera started to grind
?" '??? [eaI "tak.e" Ruggles shouted
Quick, everybody; we've got the
wrong^bee:.. He'll sting her* Va^ j
co^p.Jdrran7nthenbeeawParuCnctehree"
monlously brushed from her face and
sailed off into the California lir
Rhen Miss Dean recovered enous-h in
hunt for her director she found him
doubled up with mirth, forThe b?
had been quite harmless, but Ruggles
seaekingta,ned ,h# ?Pre?'?n he'ww
Screen and Stage Audiences
"T? a player wlth Pride in his
business of relieving tor a few
hours the troubles and worries of a
busy wfrld," say W. J. Ferguson, "it
is a matter of extreme gratification
that the cinema has made it possible
for us to amuse, relax and educate
millions where before our scope was
limited to but a few thousands." I
Mr. Ferguson, who was on the stage '
of Ford's Theater when Lincoln was
Lha', appe"re'd before some 24.
000,0130 playgoers in the course or
over half a century as a player To
?ay?h?., '?s working In "To Have ana
to Hold, a George Fltsmaurlce pro
duction for Paramount. When it is
released to thousand* of theaters
simultaneously all over the world it
is estimated more people will see his
work in two or three days than dur
ing flfty-s?ven years of personal
stage appearances.
Figures of this sort express vividly
the tremendous difference in scone
between the speaking stage and the
screen. On the stage Mr. Ferguson
could appear before only one audi
ence at a time, varying between a
few hundred to two or three thou
sand. On the screen his visage will
be flashed,before millions on the same
day. ?"
?SlSfl Tr1" will ht?e the only
Reviews of New Books
THE GREAT ADVKNTTRK AT
!? < WASHINGTON* Tkr Ntory of the
Ctilman. By Mark Sullivan. Il
lustrations by Joseph Cummlngs
Chase. New ? Tork: Doubleday.
Pace & Co.
IX telling the story of the Wash
ington conference, Mark Sulli- |
van's . prime purpose was, obvl- I
ousiy, to catch this historic event j
alive, so to speak. and t# hold it. in :
so far as Ingenuity could devise, to
[its original intensity of form ^nd
color, of action and deep significance.
A'greatly worth-while purpose, this,
since that conference* marked one of
the big moments of history, and
pointed an epoch-making rtiange in
international vays of doing business
The problem of this author was how
to keep the "big adventure" vital in
Its otun peculiar personality, so that
the reader, far removed from it in
either time or spare, mignt, never
theless. And fiimsOf thrilling to the
tremendous drama of the event, might
And himself eagerly supporting its
measures and Conclusions, as each j
American must do to the limit of his
power. Just how to achieve this?
And then Mr. Si?lllvan accomplished it
by taking each notable day's work
of the conference while it was still
hot with action, and setting It down,
literally, before it had had time to
cool. Under Wits admirable plan
readers get the full impact of the
'great and Inspiring story. The author^
re-creates the setting-?the city, the
conference building, tne - tables set
fpr delegates, the gallery crowd, the
phalanx of press men. This is the
stage for one man?Charles Hughes
Graphically. *a little solen*ily. Mr.
Sullivan re-enacts that memorable
scene, where, In no time at all, the
Secretary of State demolished tra
dition. sunk battleships and opened
the doors to an InterrrtLtlonal business
that conforms to the civilization of
which we are so proud. From this
opening scene Mr. Sullivan moves for
ward In the transcription of notable
events?this crisis, that agreement,
another crisis, another readjustment
?all of thetti marked by patience and
comprehension, by fair dealing ana
some splendid co-operation. tUK Anal
ly. the conference ended in triumph
Comprehendingly. .Mr. Sullivan deals
with every phase of the event?the
sensitiveness of France, the hesita- -
tions of Japan; the nqrv?us persist
ence of China, the fine, the magnifi
cently fine, support of England. It Is
all here, a living transcript of the
conference for the limitation of arm
ament. Mr. Sullivan has a lot of
modesty and conscience, too. These
he uses. but. happily, he does not a.
low these estimable qualities to 'top
the story. Some time?a hundred
Years from now, or fifty, or twenty a
philosophic historian will write fcbcut
the conference. But no one of these
remote dates can produce th? vivid,
picturesque, thrilling story that this
journalist, this eye-witness, has been
able to construct. *
SAINT TERESA. By Henry Sydnor
Harrison, author of "Que^d." etc.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, j
The new novel feels Heavy and ,
looks heavy Just another bit of ]
evidence going to prove that ap- i
pearances are likelv to be deceiving.
As a matter of fact, the story coir
tains not a single xlull half page nor
it is on a theme that can. by an>
stretch of the imagination be classed
with the heavy-weights. On the con
trary It Is vital, realistic, dramatic,
modern?striking in appeal and ?ur
prising in treatment. Saint Teresa?
a name of*mockery instead of praise
?la a young woman of today with
positive characteristics and ideals
The story Itself is set in wartime?
just about at the sinking of the
Lusitania?'when emotions wene at
the highest, pitch. Saint Teresa is a
pacifist?she has worked out her be
lief exhaustively and. so she says t
scientifically. Incidentally, she is the
owner and maater. so to speak, of a
steel plant that had been turning out
munitions. In accord with her prin
ciple fhn fcirt shots off the munition
making. You can imagine what this
act. at this time, did to the standing
of Staint Teresa, most modern of all
our modern women Pitted against
this "pro-German" is a man?who is
just as much man as she is a woman.
A splendid pair for an author to
create. He mu?t"be enormously proud |
of them. He should be. Through
this medium of persona! power and
war-time stress the two move to
ward the eternal problem of the man
and the woman. So slowly, however,
that almost to the last minute it looks
like deadly enmity?as in reality,
love is so likely to be. Astonishing
climax? Rather. Any lover might
be excused for a moment of surprise
to be knocked down and mauled at
the hands of the lady fair?and he is
a real man.'too' A fine and masterlj
fellow?jtjst as Teresa, despite th?
evidence against *her. is a woman
down to her toes. The story, thus
roughly and' scantily outlined, sounds
like a mere feat of strength or skill
on the author* part Instead it is
based on the fundamental varities of
man and woman, and carried out with
great Insight and perfect artistry.
NENE. By Ernest Perochon. New
Tork: George H. Doran Company.
A story of French peasant life, win
ning the Academy prize of 1920. A
heart-breaking story, deeply and poig
nantly beautiful. Its beauty lies, large
ly, In its transparency. Each word is a
tiny crystal through which one sees the
workings of the human heart. Its tragic
quality rests in the mother-love and
man-love of Madeleine, "Nene." This
peasant girl of France went to work in
the house of Michael Corbier. a widower
at thirty, with a farm to manage and
two Babies on his hanjis. For the chil
dren she came.to have a. frank passion,
that expended itself in an amazing in
telligence of care for them. In time'
she discovered?in secret shame and
self-abasement?that she loved Michael
Corbier also. Michael? S4ichael was
never thinking of. Madeleine.# When he
came to think At all it was of Violette.
that flashing bewitchment of a girl. |
And, by the iiirwe.that the plans of Vio
lette were ripe, the little children had
became estranged from Madeleine and
this it was, in reality, that broke the
heart of the big. awkward mother-girl
A story of surprising bSauty of form, of i
perfect fidelity to the human heart, of
sound appraisal of man?"just man. as
such?of svmpathy that holds itself true
to a deep and bitter reality. The sin
cerity of this Btory Is a well of joy.
PATCHWORK. By Beverley Nichols.
New York: Henry TTT'.t & Co.
A story of English University lffe
at Oxford, sines the- war. represent
the outlook and aspiration -of young
England. A group of students ani
mate the characteristic scenes that
make up this graphic story.-Tire new
spirit of the place, a war-born_spIr:t,
is set off Against the old Oxford in
reminiscent touches of this and that
great one trho exemplify tfie earlier
tradition?Gladstone, Asqultti anct
manv another. Following the uni
versity fortunes of one youth.. the
story projects the tremendous enthu
siasms of the place, its honored tra
ditions. its mellow atmosphere, its
lovely physical aspect. To- the Ox
onian. either in fact or in Jiope. the
story will be a thing of deep inter
est, by virtue of its. simple-ami sin
cere handling. t ? ?
CROME YELLOW, By A'dous Hujt
ley. author of ."Limbo." etc. New
York: George H. Dofao Company.
Mr. Huxley prdjecls an English
house party here as a means of sup
plying personality to a few of the
cryptic Isms that possess the modern
mind. Sourced in this fashion, the
book bears no relation to the story,
tp narrative. Jtather is it a competi
tion in disttusslon?everybody bent to
the supremo enterprise of letting out
what he thinks about the scheme ot,
life, or of art. or of letters, or of the
bucolic business of raising pigs. At'
th* center of the group is Denis?so
deep In self-consciousness and self
exaltation that, in ? few minutes.
Dents becomes insufferable, where he
might, with a slightly different turn,
have been a .lovable chap. This-is
Denis: "It was two hours cut'clean
out of his Jife; two hours-in which
he might,have done,so much, so much
: written the perfect poem, for ex
ample. or read the one illuminating |
book;" and so on and so on. We all]
know D?nl??-?o well that jt is not
particularly Interesting te read ajraut |
InsUM. we are'usually engaged
>L:-t&L.' J.lUr
in resisting an ?urgent Impulse to
shake him. Then there is Mary, fin**!
up with repressed desires, about
which she has Just learned to be
agonisingly oonoe.ned. And there are
others?all up to the minute in some
quest of their own insides. As an in
terior study the book is clever and
acute. As a picture of the modern it
is humorously illuminating:. Ai a
story?nothing at all.
THR IVORV FAX. By Adrian Heard.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
This is the story of a young woman
who. by way of making a break for
liberty, runs away from an over-ex
acting mothw, to take a fling at life
in the south of France, with a capti
vating actar?and this. too. without
benefit of clergy. Mind you, this ia no
ordinary elopement entered into by
a common and conscienceless woman.
Quite the opposite. The young woman
is of the upper kind?educated,
thoughtful, and, of course, beautiful
One's interest in the fact itself is
more or less distracted by his wonder
ment over the casual character of ihis
unusual procedure. Nobody seems to
be disturbed at the, certainly most
unconventional, turn of the affair. The
girl appears to lose rto degree of
caste. no degree of self-respect. It is.
concededly. a temporary arrangement
??a simple expedient to secur-? the'
freedom on which her heait is set.
And, by and by. the episode ends.
The man goes his way. she goes hers
Then a perfectly nice man presents
himself?knowing all about the ad
venrure?and the way to regular
marriage opens A^l this took place in
the south of France. Maybe hey do
things differently at Nice. Maybe so.
Still, one feels that the aut.ior has.
inescusably. skimped the obloquy and
disgrace that. Just naturally, goes
along with this particular kind of
performance. And that is. to be sure,
not playing the game right, because
that it a misleading attitude, likely t-?
get innocent-minded rea-lers into
trouble.
THE YEAR OF DELIGHT. By Mar
? garet Widdemer, author of "The
Board Walk." etc. New York: Har
court, Brace & Co.
Delight is the gift's name. The doc
tors have given her one year more to
live. Out of the sky. go to speak, she
inherits JG.000.OOP. Obviously of philo
sophic bent. Delight turns to for one
,good year. least. Gathering about
fler a little group of companions, she
goes hither and yon, buys estates, re
gardless of the desire of the owners to
sell, and otherwise comports herself as
a dying girl with six million dollars in
her hand might be expected to do, pro
vided one's expectations are of the ac
commodating sort. The end of the
year's adventure is obvious. The doc- '
tors were wrong. And in the mean
time Delight has achieved a lover, a
host of friends and is Joyously headed,
when the fairy story ends, upon living
happy ever after, as all good Cinde
rella's do live after passing under the
efficient ministrations of the good fairy
THE Rom THE BI.I E ROOM. By
Sidney Williams. Frontispiece by
J Clinton Shepherd- Philadelpkia:
The Penn Publishing Company.
The same old murder?not a &oul In
! sight, yet. the young woman was done
l for?-obviously murdered Then the
I same old quest began. Everybody in
the house party sooner or later fell un
der suspicion Over each new conjec
ture the familiar activity of pursuit fol
lowed. fading away into final disrepute,
merely to make way for a fresh suspect
and as renewal of the old prodigious ac
tivity. At the end tremendous surprise
at the real criminal. In certain re
spects. however, this 6tory differs from
many. To the author's credit, one finds
here not only believable p?>ple. but two
or three unc<Mnmonlv interesting ones
as well And ne does develop a sincere
and pleasing romance in the midst of
his other, and paramount, activities.
In his conception of crime, its motives
and detection, there is courage to his
account, and a wide fiing~o? the imagi
nation. He dares to gather mystery
from wide sources?a strange airship
secretly manned; an oriental of fakerish
tendencies who makes much of a cu
riously carved golden box housing a
golden serpent, deadly in sudden ma
lignancy. These he adds to tbe com
mon run of everyday folks who go
about murdering people without any
reason at all. Well?the action keeps
itself busy, never stopping for a second
The reader, too. has to be more or less
on the Job to keep the run of this mys
terious case of murder.
The following list contains the
I names of some new and interesting
I magazines now being received at the
| Public Library.
Recent accessions at the library and
lists of recommended reading will ap
pear in this column each Sunday. Th?
reprinting of this material in a
monthly bulletin has been tempo
rarily discontinued.
j NEW PERIODICALS OF IN
TEREST.
Reference Room.
| Discovery.
A popular journal which discusses
recent developments and discoveries
in all fields of knowledge. The illus
trations add interest.
The Family.
A magazine for the social worker,
treating all phases of work for the
promotion of the welfare of the fam
ily. The official organ of the Ameri
can Association for Organizing Fam
ily Social Work.
Our World.
"Where goes the world? It will be
the purpose of this magazine to en
deavor to find the answer to that
baffling question. The aim is to make
the magazine a mirror which will ade
quately and-vividly reflect the move
ment of the drama of life in this, our
world." So says the editor, Arthur
Bullard. The first number appeared
in April. 192*
The Small Home; Financing. Plan
ning. Building.
Just the magazine for the man who
is looking forward to a home of his
own. The official publication of the
Architects' Small House Service Bu
reau of the United States. Inc.. con
trolled by the American Institute of
Architects. It gives practical sdrlet
for house building, with plans drawn
by architects of hi^h standing which
have been used and found practical
and satisfactory. The first issue was
for March. 1922.
Industrial Division.
| Rafiio Broadcast.
A monthly magazine of the popular
type. Has good material for amateur
as well as items of general interest
for the radio fan. First Issue, Mav,
1922.
How to Sell and What.
A monthly magazine of direct sell
ing. It covers tbe entire selling field
?selling insurance. selling from
house to house, selling by mail order,
the specialty salesman and advertis
ing. Is running a series of articles on
"The Science of Selling." First issue.
September. 1921.
Dogdom.
A monthly devoted exclusively to
dogs of all breeds dog tanciers.
bench shows ana fieid trTals. Conducts
a question box.
Practical Electrics.
The publishers of the two popular
magazines. Radio News and Science
and -Invention, have put out a third
magazine devoted entirely to electric
ity. This magazine is being received
with enthusiasm and bids fair to rival
in popularity Its cotemponaries. It
covers the general field of electricity
and has a section for the "junior elec
trician."
LINCOLN?"The Creole Folliei
Serve.
The Lincoln Theater announce* an
it* attraction for next week the
"Creole Follies Revue." a musical
comedy organization with a cast and
chorus of flfty singers, comedians and
dancers and two carloads of special
scenic effects.
Grace Moore, late prima donna of.
"Up in the Clouds." sailed yMterdty'
from New Vork to visit England ar'J
the continent. She will be seen in A
new production on Broadway next
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