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AMUSEMENTS. s WHAT IS A DIRECTOR? 5 writers, ‘expert cutters; if he diplo- matically placates the financial de- partment and the check signers: he endeavors ultimately to please the . Yaos amat AT is a motion plcture director? \ . We_ all have a general, tradi- idea—a domineering sort of a chap with an everlasting grouch, | exhibitors, the critics, the censors, racing about In puttees and bawling | the exchange men and the public, it's « through a megaphone, or seated on a |a perfect cinch he won't. have time camp chair bearing his name in giit | to_sleep.” lettering. Penrhyn Stanlaws, the artist-di- But is that all? There must be | rector, declar that a director is something deeper to the creators of | “the 1im great photoplays. A questionnaire was sent out by Photoplay Magazine, asking the film folk themselves for a definition of a director. replies are laughable, earnest and all of them illumining. For instance, King Vidor earnestly says that a “Director s the channel through which pictures reach the screen.” Will Rogers says: N “The director is the whole works. No, I'll take that back, because th director has to have a good story. It's about 50-50. When it comes to Qividing up the 100 per cent re- sponsibility for a picture you can ®plit it two wa; You don't have to_worry about anybody else. “A good director, with story, can make a good picture, bum actors. man's viewpoint in saying. that s di- rector has “to know more technique of motion picture. produc- tlon, dramatic values, stories and acting. than anybody else in the world. But that's e he con- cludes, sarcastically. Frank Lloyd contributes some farn st thoughts on the subject, say- ng: “The director is essentially an in- terpreter. To i given the task of making logical d understanda- ble, pictorially, what the author and the continuity writer set down in writing. He must understand how to meal the public understand. He must be as the author is with his pen. He must possess a sound sense of the mechanics of the motion picture, of f good with i qe Mille declares that a di- | composition, of continuity, of —se- rector is “a man who never sleeps.” | quence. He must be an adept in the acause if he superintends a Staff [ art of achieving logical climaxes. Logic is perhaps the weakest point of the modern motion picture. The blame is no more on the director than'the author, the author than the of brilliant and infallible scenarlo writers. temperamental stars and un- temperamental actors, helpless extra people, nut camera men, artlstic ar- tists, impractical technical directors, |director. He must barometer of excitable designers, varied electri- | public opinion. Photoplay Maga- cians and carpenters, strange title | zine. Photoplays This Week (Continued from First Page.) EMPIRE. Today and tomorrow, ed: " Coming Attractions B. F. KEITH'S—Frank Van Hoven |, Today a Next week at B. F. Keith's Theater | “Madonn; the program will {nclude Frank Ven|jack “Hoxey, Hoven, six_years the sensation of ursday, ¥ Bellever: ori * London halis; Joseph E. Howard and | Roberts, in ‘The Fire Cat and twor Fthelyn Clark, in “Waiting for Re-|reel Ko Comedy, and hearsal”; Ned Norworth and com-)Mary Pickford, In "’l"hro:‘hsl;'eug-eyfi or. pany, and others of equal note. COSMOS—The Gaudschmidt’s. A famous aggregation of European -clowns and gymnasts, the Gaudschmidt with clever dogs, will headline the Co: mos Theater bill next week in an act that will be a real novelty for this part of the world. The bill will include also the Carle Enright Company in “Smok- SAVOY. Today and tomorrow, Tho: han, in “The Easy Road. Next,” and Screen Snapshot: and Wednesday, Roscoe Arbuckle, in “The Traveling Salesman,” and com- edy, “Red Hot Lowvi Thursday, “The Heart of Maryland”; Friday, Pauline Frederick, in ““The Mistress of Shen- Melg- You're uesday ing Prohibited.” stone,” and comed; ; Sat. It Clittord and_Wayne, in_ mew |urday, Allan Dwane: orhe” Dot ongs and stories; Edith Millar and |Crime and comedy, “Edgar's Little boys, In novelty songs and dances, and | Saw. hers to be announced. Jlsie Ferguson's picture productics Sham,” will be the added matinee fei ture, and Clyde Clark in “The Jockey" will head the other film features, com- pleting a standard and enjoyable bill. ) STRAND—Vaudeville, A diversified and well balanced pro- .gram is announced for the Strand Theater next week, including the Uyeda Japs, in sensational balancing, foot juggling and oriental novelties; The Street Urchin, otherwise known as “A Musical Vagabond™; Townsend Wilbur and Company, in & rapid fire one-act comedy, “A Smart Alec”; Basil | - and Allen, in “Rocruiting.” replete|Jever.’ and Will Rogers, in “Boys With humorous songs, sayings and | Will Be Boys": Monday, Lionel Barry- nonsense, and_“The Wonder Girl” in m°f°a in_“Jim, the Penman,” and an artistic and spectacular scenic nov- 5‘;"’9_{; “Rocking the Boat”; Tues- elty. day, “The Heart of Maryland"; Wed- The photoplay for the week will[Desdey, Milton Sills, in “The Little present Eugene O’'Brien, in “The Last comedy, “The Marked " Thursday, “Without Limi Door,” an exciting adventure story sday. ut Lim| of the upper and under worlds. Friday, Sennett's “A Smail Town Idol, and Screen Snapshots; Saturday, Mae Scenario Contest Closes. "SOUTHEAST GARDENS. Open each evening, 7:15 o'clock. sDQ?lll concert. Today, Jean Paige, in “Black Beaut, tomorrow, Alice Lake, in “The Greater Clal glnl;lhwleolcomle)dy, “The Simp”: T A la ana, in “Blackm Wednesday, Willlam Farlmm.“ Drag Harlan"; Thursday, Eva vak, in “Wol d Saturday, Lytell, in “The Misleading Ld’y B:n" Buster Keaton, in “The Scarecrow.” YORK. Marsh. in “Nobody’s Kid,” = edy,_"'ou'ru Next,” with n:::_g:{:- wyn's “No Regular Bird. HIRTY-FIVE thousand coptribu- —_— tions comprised the mass of ma-| NEXT WEEK’S PHOTOPLAYS. tertal from which J. Parker Read, ir., N assisted by three judges, has chosen Metropolitan. three prize-winning scenarios in his national five-thousand-dollar motion picture story contest. The producer, in his search for screen stories suitable for Loulse ‘Glaum, was alded by C. Gardner Sul- livan and- Bradley King, magazine .contributor, playwright and cinema author. First prize, went to Mrs. a Chicago society woma: Constance Talmadge, In “Weddl Bells,” a First National produeuon.n‘ Knickerbocker. Constance Talmad - tional's “Wedding B‘:ill!',: ’Jlr:lflgc‘h kinson Production of ‘““The Other .nD;nB"l::lllti‘olaln. in “One a of Hilltop Trail.” o T tiTenny, Crandall’s. Roscee (“Fatty”) Arb 5 Dollar a Year Man'; May. ailison 1o en award of $2,500, Frances White Elijah, now resid- ing at the Arlington hotel in Santa|the Metro production, "“Extrava- Ba‘rblrn. for a story entitled “The|&3nce,” and Jackie Coogan, In One Man Woman.” Fifteen hundred | Peck’s Bad Boy.” v dollars was awarded A. Earl Kauff- ‘man of York, Pa., for his story, “The Leopard Lily,” and Mrs. Anna Mezqu!. da of San Francisco won third prize Filmograms. $1.000, for her scenario, “The Charm Taeven B b1, th 1 veh" Honorable mentions comprise: | n r AURT . B DO Beattie, - Wash.; | MAURICE TOURNEUR'S photoplay Bthel " New Iberia, La.; oftering, “The Foolish Matrons,” Jullet Sagor, _Springhield, has been placed on the list of excep- tional photoplays of The year by the National Board of Review. That Joseph Schenck intends deo?' . O’'Neal, Dallas, Tex.; S. G. Spalding, Lake Eluff, Ill.; Jullenne Courpiere, San Francisco, and Ru- + dolph W. Little, Los Angeles. The contest was nearly six months in|ing all his stars i keep- operation. again evident. w"hBN::m ‘r:rdnam! J. Parker, Read, Jr. originally|stance Talmadge already on the Iist launched the propaganda to uncover for the benefit of the motion picture art the talent he felt sure was dor- ‘mant and availabie for the screen in the masses. A month was consumed in glean- ,1ng the three final winners from one { hundred submissions that bore the “mark of exceptional quality. Is Really Married. NAM TALMADGE; whose recent marriage to Buster Keaton was & ' notable event in the film world, received 2 goodly sized fortune In wedding pres- ents. After the judge made them one, completing the ceremony, a veritable avalanche of gifts descended upon her. Among them were a large diainond soli- taire, a high-priced custom-built auto- mobile, & $2,000 Belgian police dog and . & beautiful home in Hollywood. The diamond solitaire, automobile and domicile were the gifts from her hus- band. The police dog was presented by Constance Talmadge. Mrs. Keaton has retired, temporarily, from the screen, and has taken charge of the Keaton home, with its many serv- ants and costly bric-a-brac. She is too wrapped up in her home—and husband —to worry about the studio, and if her statements to date are any indication the chances are that she has decided to ‘withdraw from pictures. However, she still retalns an active interest in things, cinematically speak- of Associated First National sta he has added Buster Keaton to t;l"o roster, having convinced the youthful comedian that the contract offered him was one_that should not be iga nored. Mr. Keaton's contract with Metro expired some weeks ago. The name by which “Buster” t'o.n.. cl;;;ltaned is Jo-eph.i‘ennfial.(‘o‘;e 'wever, he h: known to fans as “Busters " ° ooh c] Helene Chadwick is to plsy oo ite Tom Moore in *From the Gound Up.* Rupert Hughes wrote the lm‘. — s *Peck’s Bad Boy” and Bleod™ are named by the National Board of Review in bulletin No. 6 of its list of exceptional photoplays, just issued. The first picture in which Lady Disaa Manners will be featured depi otl: the romance of the Duke of Rutland, one f her ancestors. The period of the picture will be tke time of tie great fire in London. Most of the scenes are to be taken at Haddon Hall, the :r‘:‘n:r.o{. %)h:l Hl-nmnarl family. The ng- directe: prtrets L3 d by J. Stuart Lynwood- Crystal Rapp, t! - year-old child who played h:n.“'s‘:— venlle lead in Mary Pickford's “Polly Ann,” has been signed for a long term, to be featured by the, Holly- craft Corporati This - child has posed for Charles Dana Gibson, How- ard Chandler Christy, Harrison F er and other famous artists. ing, for she assists Buster in the prepa- | Jean Paige, the - ration of stories and “gags” for his| o ge, the Vitagraph star, comedies. WHo has not been seen on_the screen er appearance as Jessle - don, in Vitagraph's “Black nng‘;f" is to star in a néw production, based on “The Prodigal Judge,” by Caughan Kester, a story of ante-bellum days, with the locale mostly In Tennessee. ‘While the novel takes its name from the judge—Col. Slocum Price Tuber- ville, a lovable hero, eloquent at every bar istaMan in capacity of appetite and fntellect—the interest New Southeast Gardens. The Strand Theater circuit, con- sisting of the Strand, Empire, Re- vere and New theaters, added an- other “home of amusement to its . chalin, at least for the summer sea- s ite mn son, in the Southeast Gardens, in a | Sonters nly around the loves and mection of the cléy long without an|igiiunes of the pretty herolne, Betty open-air park. About 900 comforta- - ble seats have been provided on a) Universal announces the followl: title changes: “The Harbor Roa special rolled cinder flooring. An unusual feature is the large |featuring Mary Philbin, to ‘Danger stage provided, with dressing rooms, Ahead”; “The Black Cap.” featuring allowing for the presentation of | Carmel to. “A. hter . of t 0 Gossamer e ) “Th, vaudeville. turing _Edith Roberts, .to “Luring 1 " An eight-plece orchestra, under ng RS Arthur J, Manvell, accompanies all|Lips”; “Vengeance Trall,” featur: showings. George Larkin, to “Man Tracker: “\What Can You Expect? featuring Gladys Walton, to “Short Skirts”; “The Scarlet Shawl” fntnrlp*- Car- mel Myers, to “The Kiss” and J‘Christmas Eve at Pilot Butte.” féa- turing Harry Carey, to “The Fox.” ! Richard Walton Tully has just an- nounced his entrance into the fleld of motion picture production, He will film “Omar, the Tentmaker,” and “The Masquerader,” with Guy Bates Post appearing in both. James Yo\lng will be the director, and Wilfred Buck- art director. Eventually he will K Her Smilin™ and “Bird of Paradise.” Withal, he will present a new comedy, “The Right to Strike,” on the speaking stage next season. Tea on the St.fe. TLORENCE EVELYN MARTIN, lead- ing woman with the Garrick Play- * ers, will be hostess at a tea given on the stage of the Garrick Theater lflerl the matinee performance Wednesday #fterncon. She will be assisted by the other Garrick players. Light refresh- 1ents will be served and a good time Is promised all. . This is intended to afford the Shubert- ¢iarrick patrons an opportunity of meet- ing the Garrick favorites in person. Hpecial decorations will be placed on the stage and every member of the audi- «nce will be welcome to pay a visit be- 3 Yind the footlights and meet the vari- ous members of the cast. land it Percey Hilburn- gives -the . camera out the uent with his camera Today, Harold Lloyd, in *Now or|°f MISS FLORENCE MARTIN Wore a quaint browa taffeta im “Scrambled Wives” at the Shubert- Garrick. BY ELENORE DE WITT EBY. NE eftective way.to forget the hot weather last week was to attend the performatces at Keith's and the Garrick. Miss Ivy Sawyer and Mr. Santley staged a complete revue as their contribution to the vaudeville program, in which dashing costumes, new music and graceful dancing vied with one another for first place. Mr. Santley explained that the title ‘Klick-Klick” came from the camera, since its every-watchful eye sees everything, and the stage setting was a huge lens which served as the ene trance for each number of the act. Miss Sawyer and Mr. Santley ap- peared in several dainty song and dance numbers, and the Colonial and Plerrot and Pierrette costumes were particulai effective. By far, the most_striking creation, though,' was the gown worn by Miss Sawyer in the Spanish dance. The foundation bod- ice of green satin was partially velled by a fold of green georgette draped d [about it. The georgette was fantas- tically embroidered crange, red and blue flowers, and at the lower edge there was a banding deep green fringe. The volumi- nous shawl was likew! of embroid- ered georgette, with a fringe as a border. The wide skirt, hooped out from & story by Freeman Tilden, of a boy whose imagination could not be held down by the city limits of his provincial community, and ‘“Little Eva Ascends,” a story of barnstorm- ing life by Thomas Beers. Kenneth Har magazine romance of California a half century ago is to be adapted to the screen, with Bert Lytel} as its star. June Mathis made the adaptation and Maxwell Karger will- direct the picture. Metro will star Alice Lake in “The In: ous Miss Revell,” a story by W. Carey Wonderly. Miss Lake will have the role of a big sister who plays mother to four children. > A Parisian inventor Is said to be working for a means to abolish the perforation of fllms, thereby saving the life of motion pictures. Philip Klein, son of the late Charles Klein, is producing & new play en- titled “Fast and Loose,” by Philip Bartholomae and I B. Kaplan, in Albany this week, preliminary to a New York engagement. Ten years ago, it is claimed, Wal- lace Reid was a strenuous peddler of fire extinguishers in New Jersey. Then he became ambitious, and at the same time engaged as & newspaper re- porter, to follow in the footsteps of his father, Hal Reid. After a try on the Daily Star of Newark he became assistant editor of & motor magazine, and then the divine afflatus struck him and he launched into the movies. Norma Talmadge says the kind of sex plays she likes are those in which 3 woman is depicted as doing some thing in the world for herself by her- self. Charlie Chaplin‘s new picture, “Van ity Fair,” it is said, will surprise those who are used to his derby and big shoes of slapstick tomedy. It presents him one of the “four hun- dre: nd at Palm Beach instead of in the slums. Thomas Jefferson, who will play the title role, will be seen In the cos. tume which his father, the noted Joseph Jefl.rmnh'nn before him, in the %. ‘W, Hodkinson production of “Rip Van Winkle.” Julis Arthur, the noted actress, has been signed by D. W. Griffith for the role of the Countess, in the film ver- sion of “Two Orphens,” the famous old play. Larry Semon initlated himself into “The- Bell Hop,” his new Vitagraph comedy, by a rather sensational per- formance. In “The Bell Hop” it is re- quired that Larry stand on top of a barn and be “rescued” by an airplane, which, with a dangling rope ladder, sweeps close to the roof. Did Larry grab the ladder? The answer is neith- er a clean-cut “yes” mnor a clean-cut “no.” Those who watch this latest thrill of Vitagraph's comedy king will flndutho answer sufficiently sensa- tional. Among Vitagraph releases for Sep- tember and October will be the big special production, “The Son of Wal- lingford,” written and directed by Lil Alice Joyce in “The Inner Chamber, Corinne Griffith, with Catherine Cal- vert, in “Moral Fiber”; Alice Calhoun in ‘“The Matrimonial Web,” Wi Duncan, in' “Where Men Are Men,” An- tonfo Moreno in “The Secret of the Hills,” Earle Willlams in “Bring Him In” and two new comedies, Larry Se- mon in “The Bell Hop” and Jimmy Aubrey in “The Riot.” Earle Williams' new Vitagraph pro- duction is “Bring Him In,” a story of s _royal Canadian northwest police, by H.'H. Van Loan. Mr. Willlams is best known for his work in society dramas, but in “The Wolf” and in his recent picture, “The Silver Car,” he demonstrated that he is equally at home in the stalwart and rugged type of role. Fritsl Ridgeway is his new leading woman. ey Owing to iliness,- Seena Owen, who won praise :for her work in “The ‘Woman God Changed,” the Cosmopoli- tan. production, will, not be able to enter the cast of the Arthur Somers Roche story now being fillmed. Alma Rubens will take the part Miss Owen was to take. Tom Terriss is-directing. Others in the cast are Bileen . Hub.n, . Harriso) Ford,' George MacQuarrie ;and Nor- man Kerry. Doty Hobart wrote the scenario, Lizzsie Evans, a veteran theatrical star, will return to the stage next after a retirement of more than twenty. years, to play the leading role in one of “The Bat” companies Wwhich “Wagenhsl; Kemper will send on' tour. Wi ‘Violet Heming, who will play the nya,” to be ya,’ ym.| I bought you one “Find the Woman,” | tel ‘whe __ with the dear youngsts MISS IVY SAWYER Was a colorful senorita in an im sion of “Spanish love” at K‘l!r:‘ at the lower edge, was of bright yel- low satin, with vivid splotches of se- quin embroidery here and_ there. high Spanish comb and black lace mantilla completed the costume. Miss Sawyer and Mr. Santley were seen in Washington not so very long ago in “It's Up to You,” and Miss Sawyer sald that they are expecting to return to the legitimate stage soon, so Washington audiences may look forward to seeing this talented cou- ple again in the near future. Miss Adelaide Bell, “danseuse ex- traordinaire.” did her “fan the gown Iliustrated. It had dation of pale champagne-colored chiffon, the bodice of which was gled In silver, and the skirt app! in a graceful pattern with narrow silver ribbons. e overdress was of black net, ai tie bodice was cut to include the shoulder straps. The skirt was quite wide, and black fringe served to border the hem. Miss Bell's feather fan was a brilliant orange at the Garrick, tone. = “Scrambled Wives,” HE good Samaritan stepped out of Scripture into Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast the other afternoon. You might possibly got have recognized that immortal personage in the nifty young man who was sprinting by, and it may be that you would not have considered his helpfulness on a spiritual par with the first good deed that has brought him the fame of undying praise, but anyho Two bare-legged tads were sprawled out on a sun-baked pavement trying to doctor a wagon that was suffering from wheel trouble. It was one of those red runners that boys get for Christmas gifts and which are nat- urally entitled to go wrong by the Fourth of July. And it had gone wrong, all right. It was so sizzling hot that a pass- ing woman paused to ask why they didn’t take the wagon to a tree, where they could be more comforta- ble. This was too idiotic a sugges- tion for answer, as anybody could tell who knows bo; So she watched them for another helpless second and was moving on when ‘the good Sa- maritan, in a monkey-back suit, in- stead of his officlal robe, which was perfectly all right, seeing that fash- ions change alike for saints and sinners, halted, in turn. He knew exactly what was wrong. And the boys knew that he knew. “The w'eel has wun off an’ the scwoo's lost.” The two tads said it together, which showed, . that they knew what they Wwere up against. The wheel was certainly off, and the screw w: obviously gone, but there is always a way. In this case it meant cord. So the young man popped into the vormer drug store, bought a ball of twine sund in the | two_shakes allow: hat accom- ’modiun; ram's tall, the wagon was in commission, the boys flying down the street like winged vlctorl:; l':m —having serv o (:o scriptural neighbor even ‘:l‘nho' enny—was on his 5 Anx as the woman got her last glimpse of boys and wagon the thought came to her: “I might have ' given them ream cones.” 7 So that, by count, both Samaritans were on hand—the good one and the other. RS WOMAN from an incoming train A was welcomed by a man who had been walting at the gate. When the raphsodies were over and he had taken her suit case, & mi in rail- road biue, passed, smiled at the wom- an and touched his cap. s ‘ t's the conductor on our In, lnme.cnlgh! me in the funniest mistake! Oh! I'm so glad to get home —awful heavy, isn’t it? I bought an ill In Philly and it weighs S aald my sleeper was lower \ 2, ton. He ot set it down ilke that! of thn? ;‘a‘t'h s,tz'l.: lass shaving m! 10U l'u sald lower rate’ and——=eay, has grown a lot- Tve that bush every: the golden glow been thinking of day—' 'flm joke doubtless frothed out later the bubbles of joyous home- but - to one lonesome soul back with no one to welcome her, and_who had followed behind to the car line, it seemed that no conductor was worth remembs ing alongside of a home with a bu of golden glow in the yard—and & falthful Jlm-hnllg‘nfl I:h-l! tc)?‘“ld 't: elied on to mee! s wife a e train. i t has ed that he made among coming, who had com nt home—and 3id he want with & glass shaving mug? still— He was glad to see her. You could 1L \ * ¥ % ¥ 'I\EERE is a mighty tree tI reaches out its branches to shade n | & high-up apartment porch across the next yard. The porch 'belongs to & little mother who housekeeps for her two boys, and when twilight times come the placée makes a breezy bower, with stars and clouds for a contin- uwous movie show—with a chirpy neighbor on another porch, which be- longs to the lady of the tree. s The - ljittle mother is triumphantly independent of the.servant problem, but—you know how fate insists upon sticking her fingers into family ples—. one day she became ill'and the boys turned the situation around and mothered her, 1 - “After ‘s ‘Bit. it got so she 4 potter around ers guarding MISS ADELAIDE BELL Appeared at Kelth’s in 2 stunning cre- atien of black met. = was amusing enough to make one ob- livious to the hottest weather, al- though Miss Martin, the charming lit- tle leading lady, said she felt exactly Mie a “bolled beet. nd you m imagine what a Holled beet would fe like,” she added. However, she ce tainly didn’t look like one, for her frocks and neglige were as dainty and cool appearing as could be. In“the first act she wore a dinner & lgown of shaded tan-and-brown crin- kled georgette, with a delicate tone of old blue ribbop introduced In the girdle and around the bodice. -Her dark hair was simply dressed with a pastel flower garland twined through it for 'a touch of contrast, and she carried a blue ostrich fan. Miss Martin's neglige was of deep rose-pink satin, with cream-colored lace as a trimming and it was an | unusually becoming model. She seemed to prefer her afternoon frock of crisp brown taffeta, though, so the writer sketched it. The style is rather quaint, ‘for the frock has a basque bodice’ and wide fichu collar with a vestee of lace set in the opening. The foundation skirt is almost en- tirely concealed by the tumic which falls over it, and which is slightly bouffant at the hips. Taffeta quilling is used as & trimming, while a girdle of burnt orange satin and an orange tulle hat afford a bit of bright color contrast. | AROUND THE CITY - every step, the lady of the tree was surprised one morning to see the Lorch showing lines of snowy towels, pillow slips, handkerchiefs and the like—and still more surprised. when the little mother explained: “Isn't it wonderful? We couldn’t get a laundress and my boy did it He learned how to wash in the Navy!" Which seems to prove that Ses-lord Daniels trained his youngsters to be heroes both in the war and at home. * % % % N']\IISS LANCASTER: Your articles ' in The Star about old songs have greatly interested me. I am an old man of eighty, formerly, in my youth a singer. I have a large number of old songs, words and music, the oldest one Tomorrow,’ by Dibdin, written in 1750, and Tom Bowling’ by same author. They are not for sale, but if you have any curiosity about any of them let me know and I will copy and send to you. I love the dear songs for purely sentimental reasons.” JAMES D. TYLER. A list is kindly Included. *x % 4éN\[Y ‘dear Miss Lancaster: The re- vival of some of the old songs has appealed to me, too, and I am wondering 1f any one could recall more than one verse of ‘All Around Me At} it was sung by an old English servant to me when I was a small child? “Will you be kind enough to try to find out for me who wrate the poem, each verse of which wound up with: ‘A purple Judas tree. “The lady who asked me if I knew sald she saw it years ago in a col- lection of Dickenus' poems or writ- ings, but she cannot find it now, and 18 | 55 she seems perturbed that her store- ““ \ house of knowled, mation I am turning to you. A. S. H, 3 Shelburne Falls, Mass. A purple Judas tree that grows In the fleld of literature isn't a song, of course, but it means a memory—and for those whose feet are set in the sunset trall, a memory is everything. . Therefore, it seems as if we ought.to put on our thinking caps and go hunting. * .. * *x GTOR Miss Jennie Adams Carter, care of Miss Lancaster: “Come, dearest, the daylight has ‘And ‘the stars are unveiling to thee; Come, wander by moonlight alone, 1f alone thou canst call it with me. “‘Lat us go where the wild flowers Amid the soft shades of night, And the orange dispels its perfume And the rose speaks of love and of light. “Remember, Jove, T must soon leave thee To wander ‘mid strangers_alone. ‘Where at eve thy sweet smile will not greet me, Or thy gentle voice at moon. “‘But, oh, ‘twill be sweet to remembar, That 1 am far, far from thee The hand of fate only can sever My lasting affection for thee."” “I sang this in my girlhood days (seventy-three years ago). I too, love the old songs, so fllled with memories of other dially, MRS, NETTIE E. CLAGETT, Rockville, Md.” This song was @180’ kindly sent by Mrs. A. O'Connor. * % %% ans LANCASTER: Reading The Sunday Star this am. I find the request for thé following song, which I sang when & young woman. ‘Am now over elghty: lacks this inforq ‘bloom, *You speak of sunny skies to me. u-..|AUN'l‘Pmsch s invited to get sroves and bowers, Of winds chat wake soft meloties from leat rs. And you may prise those far-off skies, but In smect Coateat my dave are spents then, sweet ‘wherefore leave my home? : Yog'tell me oft of rivers bright, whers goiden float. 2 ‘“1 ve Tou our lakes by night or salled n seen boat? You -:l lands where bearts and hands But xi greet me when I come, I find true hearts and kind, they're still at “Had you been reared fn Alpise bils, ot Joved You'd priser like e, our mountaia Hlls, nor r the torrent swelle. 3 or Léve ‘vetains some Geathless chaing tha “Hoping_these lines may.bring the inquirer as many pleasant memories 10, 1921—PART 3. . AT THE SUPREME WAR COUNCIL.| the high level where law ftself, for By Capt, Reter E. Wright. New | the time being at least, seems trivial ork: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. and ineffective. Thase are fine peo; ple, all of them—wife, lover, APT. PETER WRIGHT of the | Caught in the tide of life, they British army, was, during the | swept into deep channels, where all ‘exiatence of the supreme war uffer and some must be lost. To m this situation Mrs. Seymour has given council, both assistant sec-|a big and underst: Sding . treatment. retary and interpreter to that or-| A brilliant and drlmlll!l:: :loval. n!ne" ganization. This double office. mot|{drawn at every point lssues Y07 3 s partnership of intellectual sym- only opened all the records of that| pathy and Mmlr;hla ‘workmanship. bod, D b:""' but it caused him, 88 | pyy AN WHO DID THE RIGHT ell, to be present at the conferences THING, By Sir Harry Johnston, that took place wtihin it. This very author of “Mrs. Warren's Daugh- unusual war book is the direct re- ‘l:; C:t':.p ‘{fl;w York: The Macmil- sult of Peter Wright's experience| yy, romance of East Africs per- with the war councll. The big out- 2 mits Sir Harry Johnston to stage a staading fact here is that war cannot reglon with which 1§ on Intimate be an improvisation. It must be & |terms of personal scquaintance. And preparation, a training, long, ar- 'Ma. bml;srm{‘nd of Afric: r;l llnd!cl’pa a , 3 . | and people and customs is the superior S e e oy Point of Interest in the story. Not i e ineland ey, he | that the action itself is inconsequen- e ey at Tipe “lled armied |tial, but the genuine freshness of the e taroughout the War JDeriod|adventure is assured by the surround- ryer Mhin lns; avmiskiof Ihe tentral of the characters themselves. An powers, yet jhe jlatter held out for|English gir) is going out to Africa to Jonre. most won. It comes|marry a missionary. On shipboard is as news to the average reader that | (e pt. Brentham of the English army we did really outnumber the Ger-|returning. to duty. A missionary mans. There Is other news in this fearless story—news of jealousies, of | 302 ::myhoww atal with an oficer military disobedience, of inefliciency | og ‘happens. Bumn: I min poce on in high places, of criminal self-secks | and does marry the man %o whom she o ey porizing and shufling thee |!s Promised. A rising of the natives brilliant young generatiops that were :fi.hfiln‘mmaml"""&'i" relenses her v y, the caj n, not altoge r being mowed in- swaths by the Ger- |arqently, takos her for his wife. One man seythe.” Great names brought low here. Popular idols are | {€€8 that this act gives name to the overthrown. Co overihro R neplearien “':m""‘;fi: events one might easily question the Gen. Gough's lone fight ultimate righteousness of the mar- flage. The issue s both sad and drab. el & ted shi % e, ough. And this lifelike- e e !'5";"‘ ac. | mess is the dominant note of the book cusation, and & challenge to the ac- | Whose workmanship Is of exceptional- gused. " its value lies, chiefly, in the ly fym and even quality throughout. future, in the possipility of other | FIND TH > Vars, and in Dreparing fof them. Cer- | | ob, author oty ue), Arthur Som {ainly a unique and revealing war book | Tlustrations by amen @ cern of great significance. New~York: Cosmopolitan Book Cor- BEAUTY. By T.pvavn Hughes, -u_:_m;_r' Tmfmon- of at's the World Coming To 'his 1s the story of Clan Deane, etc. Illustrations by W. T. Benda.|f®m Zenith, Me-.ywho Wenctylo New New York: Harper & Bros. York to g}el{fll\er fortune as a movie queen. thin one little week th The herolne of this story is dead al- | Righiy accelerated tempo of the big o n-"to ;;-e Dest ;l:flflnrt.- '{';::Y{;“Vm{ town had involved Miss Clancy in ad- tragic drowning of Clelia Blakeney, ventures enough to last six girls a lifetime. The top notch of the fren- the beautiful girl whose spirit ani- ates and divects the “b“uuemined week was reached with the girl . as @ murder suspect, trailed by the bematifal ephiogus “this, seteing b 4| oMicial, and unofiicial,‘sleuths of crime. > . Being an innocent, upstanding girl memorlal, so to speak to the “DIty| e om” aaine, and a good deal of a of beauty and its laughing rush from oblivion 'to obMivion. = Here was but | Prick bestdes, Miss Clancy comes out of the astonishing complex. not only | in complete vindication, but with a very desirable husband to boot. The | matter, so sketchily put, sounds a bit | banal. However, there is nothing new ‘rom | under the sun in the way of mere ma- story | terial for the novel. The freshness has to come from some turn of the hand by the author. Mr. Roche's par- fluence left by the young Clella, It |ticular turn is in the making of his is the story of a beautiful and social- | men and women folks here. Clancy 1y sophisticate woman in her wooing | herself is a real girl—an open, fear-| of the real man from the west, the |less girl, come out into the world to man who set out by loving the girl|make her fortune. And the others Clella. The setting of a modern city | While not so much to the fore as is gives Mr. Hughes his chance to deal, | this chief person, are, all of them, not in passing, with current thing only human beings, but interesting with prohibition, woman suffrage, la- | human beings, each in his own par- bor, supercivilization d subciviliza- | ticular role. This skill in making his tion. These he touches sharply on|people alive, consistently and bellev- the shoulder, passing on to give the|ably alive, is what makes the story go r}!‘exthona a clip. !.lln !l”leldlng Rupert | so well. ughes one gel e q = = e e dons itn Beriaid “Boew. | THE USES OF DIVERSITY. By G. K that here is & man who, in his keen| Chesterton, author of “Charles and wide interest, in his alert and| Dickens” etch. New York: Dodd, darting mind. is much more interest- Mead & Co. A book of essays in which Mr. Ing than any one thing that he may write. Chesterton swings from Mormonism INVISIBLE TIDES. By Beatrice Kean D N e poi Seymour. New York: Thomas Selt-| 3nq guch-like wodged In between. A =- d = st t v “Impelled ‘of invistble tides and ful- | Hors A0 o e ana another filled of unspeakable things” is Swin. | one of George Meredith, are crowded burne’s line that gave Mrs. Seymour | into this medley of topics However, the title to her fine novel. It I8 | the toplo hardly counts. It ls the the invisible tide of circumstance | manner of the man himself that is that floats the young woman of this|egpecially happy here—a big and story out of her husband's home into | kindly manner with much of the zest that’ of the voune artiat. The war|ang enjoyment that children got out e ot Bumane lover. The | ¢ overything that comes into their usband comes back. The lover does | of SVErVIRINE that eomes (FLo, Cholr timents toward many things, CErist- mas, for instance. And with it all a| man of sane philosophy, and kesn wit, and sure insight. An admirable one young girl, and there were mil- girls alive, and tril- unsung, lions of youn Hons dead and gone unseen, unplctured. And this material for galler! braries of poetry and prose.” his 1ift of pity and poetry the moves cut Into.a romance whose sub- ance draws continually on the in- That is the story in bare and repel lent outline. It is the flling of this outline tI ~ THE PUBLI LIBRAR, ‘The following list, arranged by subjects, includes some of the latest additions to_the Public Library. RECENT ACCESSIONS IN THE IN- DUSTRIAL DIVISION: "BUSINESS. American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia. Gov- ernment Regulation of Water Transportation. 1914. HJS-Am37g. American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia. The International Trade Situation. HK-Am3i. Babson, R. W. Fundamentals of Prosperity. HKE-B113f. Bartholomew, W. 13, and Hurlbut, Floyd. The Business Man's Eng- lish. HKC-BZ88. Balt, R. E. Foundry Cost Account-’ ing. 1919. HKBC-B41. Best's Insurance Reports—Fire and ;‘d'nsr_!ne Edition. 1920-1921. IIF- Blanchard, F. L. The Essentials of Advertising. HKA-Bj93e. CoMins, J. H. Stralght Business in South America. HKS3 The Credit Man's Diary. 1 C863. Douglas, A. W. Merchandiging Studies of the States. HES3-D747m. Duncan, C. 8 Marketing: Its Prob- lems and Methods. HK-D913m. Eggleston, D. C., and Robinson, F. Business Costs. HKB . Btheridge, Herbert. The Dictionary of Typewriting. ZHW-SEt3. Exporter's Gazetteer of Foreign Mar- kets. 1 v. Ref. HK-5ExT. The Federation of British Industries. Export Register, 1920. Ref. HK45- 5F314. Frederick, J. G. The Great Game of Business. HK-FS74g. Fuller, J. E. The Typist. ZHW- F956t. Greeley, H. D., ed. Business Account- ing. 5 v. and gulde. HKB-GK14. Haas, J. A. Business Organization and Administration. HK-1H112. Hall, A. B. Real Estate. HKJ-H14. Hawkins, N. A. The Selling Process. HKF-H314s. Henlus, Frank. The A. B. C. of For- eign Trade. HKR3-H3s84. Hodge, A. C., and McKinsey, J. O. Principles of Accounting. HKB- H664p. Huebner, G. G. Ocean Steamship Traflic Management. HJS-H§730 Robert H.. and Bro. The Sales Manual. HKF- 965, . HKT- Ingersoll, Ingersoll In43. Jones, A. F. Lumber Manufacturing Accounts. 1919. TLA-J713] Jordan, J. P., and Harris, G. L. Cost Accounting. HKBC-J763. : Kaye, J. R. A Sales Manual. HKF- . A. M, and Jarrett, Fred. Speed in Typewriting. 1919, ZHW-K38h. Kennedy, M. Winning the Public. HL-K383w. Kilduff, E. J. The Stenographer's anual. ZF-K555s. King. C. The Price of Milk. HEZ- K58, Kitson, H. D. Manua] for the Study of the Psychology of Advertising and Selling. HKA Lanston Monotype . e Casting Machine. m The Human Side of Re- HKF Seliing. - L yons, J. A., and Smith, O. keeping and Accounting. 1L996b. McHale, C. F. Commercial 5M183. Mattox, W. C. Building the Emer- gency Fleet. M436. Modern Business. S. Book- HKB- Spanish and English Vocabulary. HK ries of 24 Texts. 1919, 24v. HEK-9M724. ) . _Cotton In British West ' Africa. HEC-P388. Preciado, A. A. Exporting to the: World. HKS3-P913. Regan, J. M. Financing a Business. HK-R262f. Retail Shoe Salesmen’s Institute, Bo: r Advertising and Store Displays. HKF-R317fa Retail Shoe Salesmen’s Institute, Bos- Shoemaking. HKF-R317s. Retail Shoe Salesmen's Institute, HKF-R317st o8- ton. Stockkeeping. Rew, Sir R. H. Food Supplies in Peace and War. HE-R328f. Rush, T. E. The Port of New York. HIW-R89Mp. Russell, Thomas. Commercial Af- vertising. HKA-R913c. Schwartz, 1. A. Commercial French. HKC-Sch93. Sherwood, J. F. Public Accounting and Auditing. HEKBA-Shj$. ple with whom this author deals so un- | it ives and the long vistas that it derstandingly that lifts the whole to [ %€tS up. THE GOLDEN BOOK OF SPRING- FIELD, By Vachel Lindsay. a thor of “A Handy Guide to Beg- gars.” etc. New York: The Mac- millan Company. Mr. Lindsay announces this as the “review of a book that will appear in the autumn of the year 2018 and an extended description, besides, of Springfield. IIl, in that year.” One knows beforehand what Vachel Lind- say will do with a theme like thys. so he hurries to take up the book of Springfield. And it is all here—the gay humor, the happy invention, the jeyous heart, the love of beauty. the droll turns of scene and incident, the finer world, the more understanding people. Taking his own home town in hand, Mr., Lindeay enjoys himself greatly in'refashioning it its people. its streets, its homes and its Interests, ADOPT SALVATION ARMY FOUNDLINGS ECAUSE of the recognition which 18 accorded to the Salvation Army in “The Whirl of New York at the Winter Garden, in which fifteen Win- ter' Garden girls portray Salvation Army lassies, these lassies were guests of the Salvation Army recently at a special luncheon at its Brooklyn Nursery and Infants' Hospital, at 396 Herkimer street, Brooklyn. The enter- | berich of the Salvation Army, who met the stage lansles at the stafe door of | soraris Sthe ‘roria 5 Hundred: yesrs the Winter Garden and took them by ;from now. Another delightful bit of ayto direct to the hospital, where|vagabondi the t y luncheon was served at 1. e e ealier s HotibisERRy The surprise of the occasi b e to the |NOT FOR FOOLS. By H. Dennis Brad- when the girls were taken to the nursery and introduced to fifteen ley. Designs by Rilette and Jacques D'Or. London: Grant Richards. foundlings. The children made an instant appeal to the girls, and it is To the uncompromising character e :‘u“'» Sgrberict was s 2Pproached | of this title the author adds thought- girl be allowed to adopt & foundling, | fully: if mot over modestly, that this After ‘consulting _several " offciala ' is & book for the few wise ones. One e army Maj. Gerberich announced |approaches It timorously. No need, that the plan was heartlly approved. | y,yever, to have had fears. The Tt o patd, hen icked out|pook turns out to be only another il and, ik the Infant in her|set of personal opinions on the mis- . formzily became its sponsor In{gyes made by England on the con- the presence of Mrs. Hammond, super-!g ot of her share in the great war. The author shoots off forty little guns, each of which s calcuiated to intendent of the hospital. [ The responsibility of each consists in | blow into kingdom come some part of the war theory or practice set up turning over to the tion y the sum of $240 a' year—the price of the upkeep of the child—untll the sponsor | by England. At intervals, surcharged with national zeal and wisdom, Mr.| Bradley sets off a rapid-fire gun of is able to take it into her home or to aphoristic sayings, calculated to de- find one for it. “Proving,” as Edna Btanck, one of the stage lassies, re- olish the political ai milita g\lddlerl without more nt‘o—dn. T;i marked, “that the business of women " e Wintar Garden gl e Winter Garden girls were head-| whole is a bit of fireworks, fero- ed by Miss Nancy Gibbs, who sings | ciously earnest throughout, clever the role of Violet Gray, the Salvation |fow and then, suggestive in spotec. Army lassie In ‘“The Whirl of New |an effort calculated to relleve the suthor himself of material that is good to get out of one’s system. York,” and the stage Salvation Army lassies included Edna Starck, Louise Starck, Virginia Wilson, Maylan Yates, June Barry, Anne Barry. Anne Buckley, Edna Richmond; Heleng 0'Brian, Margaret Menges, Louise Mc- Govern, Irene McGovern, Olive Clarke and Mary Preston. # — A Sensitive Bird. Bird Dealer (to customer who bough! Pablished This ‘has it & parrot on credit)—Here's rour bill. Are you going to pay for ustomer—Tve haa th parro omer—I've 0 t o 'fifl' month and -he's never said a word. Bird Dealer—Well, you see, this polly is so sensitive it never until it has seen the receipted bill showing it has been paid for. s they do to me from the years of Ao oo m'“' :‘:‘? K. JoNBS. Cloth, 12mo;, 293 Pages. At all e e up and make a bow. In additiog to the first verses to arrive, and which were published last week, the soldler song has been kindly sipt in, first, by a “Mysterious Unknown,” who' bears on his coat of mall the postmark of Bladensburg, Md. : * “Aunt Mary Ann’s” copy is accom- nied by “a vision of a dear Cousin ue, singing to .a small girl, over, Years.ggo"—and— < '?o Jghn'f ‘Watkins, it recalls an. “antediluvian dsy,” when he ‘used to sing the role of the military vamp with a “little girl* he married twenty ears later, and who has “been-sing- ing. heavenly realms ‘s hsif ‘century of years."” T&'flhzfimdfin—u “Baucation of the Will.” which has through more than thirty HISTORIC ENGLISH By James C. Fernald, L.H.D. “WILL POWER AND WORK "By Jules Payot, Litt.D., Ph.D. Authorized Translation by Richard Dufly books: Sloan, C. A., and Mooney, J. D. Ad- vertising the Technical Product. HKA-SI 53. The Development of Thomas, George. TUnder Irrigation. Institutions HE935-T36. Thompson. F. V. tion. 1919. HK-T376c. Turck. J. A. ¥. Origin of Modern Cal- culating Machines. HKD-TS440. Union Suisse du Commerce et de 1'In- dustrie. Rapport Sur le Commerce Commercial Educa- et l'Industrie de la Suisse. 1v. 1919. HE38-Un3. U. S. Alaska Railroad Commission Rail Routes in Alaska. 1913. HIR-Un34. Vail, T. N. Views on Public Ques- tions. 1917. HJIT-V19iv. Virginia_Agriculture and Immigra- tion Dept. A Handbook of Vir- ginia. 1919, HES63-V61. Wicks, H. J. A Course_in Eldentary Accounting. 2v. in 1. HKB-W633 Wilcox, D. F. Working Capital in Street Railway Valuation. HJIR- W645. ‘Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Boston. Dept. of Research. Training for Store Service. HK- W43t EMPLOYMENT MANAGEMENT. enge, E. J. Standard' Practice in Personnel Work. TIB-B43ds. Carpenter, C. U. Increasing Produc- tion, Decreasing Costs. TIB-C226i. Human and Indus- y. TIB-C415h. Training Industrial TIB-K298t. The Management and the Worker. TIB-M316. - Morris, J. V. Employe Training. TIB-M834e. O'Shea, P. s Magazines for Factories, Offices and Business Organizations. TIB-Osdde. Ritter. W. M. The Lumber Business. TIB-R518 1. The Way to Greater Production. TIB- W36s. —_— German capitalists are said to be starting a campaign to buy Parisian theaters for the exploitation of pic- tures of German manufacture. One of the finest theaters in Brussels is said_to be considering the admission of German pictures because of the scarcity of superpictures. Week—NEW-—Two Important Books and writi express ir thoughts th greatest beauty and power will find iatane Eaglia rondering & sarvios to them that can scarcely be equaled. booksellers, $1.90; by mail, $2.00 Sasimila pathetio true Telopment of that practical energy which makes for real sucdess in life, ‘book will be & to every ome. ellers, $1.75; by mail, $1.87