Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1922, Page 47

A MUSEMENTS. ' Rules Adopted by Film Stars. HE much discussed rules an- nounced In Jast Sunday’s Star for the cortrol of the stars and players in the Para- mount Stock Company have caused widespread gossip as to their origin and the reasons therefore. Persons in the industry, as well as millions of motion picture lovers. have speculat- ed on how it happened that world- famous stars and leading players could be induced to submit to regula- tions that take them back to their school and college days. As a matter of fact, these rules were drawn up at the suggestion of the players themselves, for their pro- tection against scurrilous attacks. It all began to happen early in the spring. For some time Adolph Zukor, president of the Famous Players: Tasky Corporation. and Jesse L. Lasky. first vice president in charge of production had been discussing the need of forming stock company for training plavers in all branches of the motion picture art and developing a supply of future stars. While at the studios Mr. Lasky broached the sub- ct to Cecil B. De Mille, and other rectors and some of the stars. and hey immediately agreed that the idea had wonderful possibilities. A group of Paramount stars assem- | structor or officer of the Paramount!ancient. for the Egyptian mummies led at lunch that day to discuss it. mong_them were Glorfa Swanson, Rodolph _Valentino. Betty (ompson, Thomas Meighan. Wallace Reid, Doro- , | i | | thy Dalton. Agnes Ayres. Jack Holt, Bebe Daniels, May McAvoy. Wanda Hawley and Mary Miles Minter. Tt wis suggested that a set of strict rules covering their conduct both in and out of the studio would be aj splendid opportunity to secure pro- tection from the unwarranted in- nuendos. gossip and attacks to whie the people in the picture profession had been subjected for some time. Following lunch they went to Mr. Tasky and asked to be allowed toj Araw up a set of rules and present them to him for his approval. They also urged that he appoint a players' hoard of control to assist in their en- forcement. That afternoon there was a gather- fng of all the artists in the Para- mount _studio. which included the stars already mentioned and the fol-! lowing leading players under contract Losi Wil- i i 1 13 uable asset, but temperament out of | be allowed to make a public appear- {keep abreast | Remember that guard their health as their most! precious asset and avoid any con- duct or circumstances that will put their health in peril. Proper exer- cise. sufficient sleep, fresh air, proper diet—all these are essentials to good health. Avoid alcoholic stimulants and late hours. If you are a woman nothing can destroy your good looks s0 quickly: if you are a man nothing can Incapacitate you so much for the arduous work of the studio. 3. Any member of the Paramount ock Company who fails to maintain 75 per cent standing in classes. at-i tendance and general deportment is liable to expulsion from the .com- pany. 4. Although the stock in trade of the members of the Paramount Stock Company is their ability to portray their emotions, the place for such ! portrayal is on the screen and not in! the studio. Temperament is a val- control is a nuisance to_vourself and cverybody about you. Bursts of so- { called temperament in the studio will | was started in the eleventh century not be tolerated; we are all grown, men and women and our actions| should be governed by sanity and common courtesy. | 5. No member of the company will| ance at a theater or public entertain- ment without permission of the di- rector of the Stock Company. 6. Gifts and gratuities to any in- Stock Company. or anybody else con- nected with the studio, are strictly forbidden. Members of the Stock Company will be expected to play any part assigned to them. Success can be hased only on good work. and ability to do good work can be demonstrated as well in a small bit as In a leading role. ‘Therefore never slight your work, no matter how inconsequential our Tole may seem. S. Be careful in the choice of your associates outside the studio. ~Re- member, “A man is known by the company he keeps”: “A woman is known by the company she avolds.” 9. Do not confine your outlook on life to the activities of the studio. Broaden your viewpoint. Read good books; read a good newspaper and of developments in literature, economics, art. vour mentality and Your tastes shine through your eyes on_the screen. 10. The motion picture, because of polities, with Paramount: Lila Lee its great distribution, gives you son. David_Powell, Conrad Nasel | popularity, wealth and a great career. Theodore Roberts. Svlvia Ashton.| But, by virtue of this very distribu- Walter Long. Charles Osle. Clarence ' tion, it also brings enormous re- Burt Kathlyn Williams, Ethel | sponsibiliti The motion plcture Wales. Helen Dunbar. Leatrice Joy,! has made you an intimate friend of nna Q. Nilsson. Milton Sills. Theo- wre Kosloff, Walter Hiers. Julia Guy Oliver. Lucien Littlefield. Tobert Cain. George Fawcett, Lytell and William Boyd A committee was appointed to draw up the regulations. It reported the following rules, which are given in full owing to the widespread interest in the movement: 1. To protect the good name of their profession. the members of the Para- mount Stock Company have suggested and adopted these rules of conduct and work. Therefore. infringement of these rules not only works harm to yourself as an actor and an individ- . but it also works injury to yvour trict adherence to these manded of every member of the company. and it also is requested that members. by precept and ex- ample, strive to have other members of the company observe them. 2. The basis of all good work is good health. Therefore members of the Paramount Stock Company should Bert | i places. countless people whom you will never You are their friends. neverthe- and it must be your constant care never to do anything or say any- thing that will betray the confidence these millions of motion picture lov- ers have placed in vou. Therefore members of the Paramount Stock Company are expected to avoid people, circumstances and conduct which might in any way bring themselves and the motion pic- ture profession into disrepute. Any member failing s'rictly to observe this rule is liable to instant dismissal from the company. The players then named as their board of control Conrad Nagel. Lois Wilson, Thomas Meighan. Sylvia Ash- ton and Theodore Robert: The idea was approved.by the board of trustees. made up of Mr. Zukor, Mr. Lasky. S. R. Kent and Cecil B. DeMille. and they are now under the general supervision of the Paramount Stock Company’s board of adminis- tration. Heard in the Lobbies AWRENCE BEATUS. manager of the Palace Theater, expects to remain in Atlantic City on his vacation until August 1. The return to form of the Washing- ton base ball club may, however, re- duce the length of Mr. Beatus' vaca- tion. as major league base bail is not ameng the attractions of the seaside resort. Mark Gates, manager of the Colum- bia Theater. is preparing for a vaca- tion_as soon as Manager Beatus of the Palace retu “harles Wuerz of the Loew office_in New York, who is' managing the Palace in the absence of Manager Beatus, will then take up the duties of Manager Gates at the Columbia. 7 The Palace and Columbia are for- tunate in being able to present photo- dramas this week from the pen of two of America’'s best known writers and playwri The Palace offers A tory by Cosmo Hamilton. At the Columbia a screen story by Rupert Hughe. will be presented temporarily desert the field of comedy for a venture in the realm of thrill- ing melodrama. Voee in the Dark.” a play by Gaorge Henry Trader that is crammed with thriil- ing moments, well sustained sus- pense and tense pericds relieved by clean comedy. An augmented cast will assist 1n the presentation of the play. Manager Robbins of Keith's spent last week with his devoted pals, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry, at their plc- turesque “Jimmy-Joe" farm near the Delaware Water Gap. Viola Victoria, with the Palarica Spanish dancers. is the pet of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria. It is her first visit to America and her re- ext week the Garrick Players will | | | not be given ception on the Keith circuit has heen such to warrant the prediction that when Spain sees her again she will be a star of international fame. Assistant Manager John Chevalier of Mr. Robbins. Ann Gray, coming to Keith's soon, the great actress Mary Anderson.n Mrs. Antonio Navarro of Eazland. Next week at B. F. Keith's, the bill will offer two headliners, Princess Waletza and Eva Shirley and her band of jazzists. Others on the bill are Johnny Burke, Eddie Ross, the Rob- bins family. Maurice Diamond and company. Ann Gray. and the “Artis- tic Treat,” with the added house features. the harpist and vocalist Today at 3 and 8:15 p.m.. the pro- gram at Keith's will present Fritzi Scheff and all of last week's favorites The fourth of July extra matinee will At the monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Crandall ; Theater Company Wednesday after ncen it was unanimously voted to recess during the summer and hold the next directors’ meeting in Sep- i tember. The directors present were Harry M. Crandall, A. E. Beitzel, Barry Bulkley, Howard Totten, Augustus Gumpert, Fritz D. Hoffman, Joseph P. Morgan and Nelson B. Bell. Mirsky, conductor of the sym- phony orchestra at the Metropolitan Theater, left the city Friday for a brief outing, during which he will visit the Jersey coast resorts and finally arrive in New York city. In Mr. Mirskey's absence the Metropoli- tan symphony will be under the direction 3f Alexander Podnes. Joe RoBdrts, who_last week made a hit as “Roarin’ Bill" Rivers with Connie Talmadge in “The Primitive Lover,” this week will be seen in support of Buster Keaton in “My Wife's Relations” at the Metropolitan. Otis Skinner “Mister Antonio.” TIS SKINNER. actor in America, tour early in the autumn mn the most popular is going on in “Mister Antonio.” the comedy by Booth Tark- ington, in which he piayed with so much success a few seasons ago. Tarkington. who has twice won the Pulitzer prize for the best American novel — with “The Magnificent Am- bersons.” in 1919, and with “Alice Adams,” in 1921—stands at the head of the literary profession.in this coun- try. and. in his own opinion, “Mister Sir Hall. the Location Manager THE Goldwyn company filming “The Christian” in England has a dis- tinguished location manager in Sir Hall Caine, author of the story. cable from Director Maurice Tourneur says that Sir Hall is showing the company the places in the Isle of Man where John Storm and Gloria Quayle, the chief characters in' the story, lived. The author is a Manx- man and thoroughly familiar with Antonio” is the best work he has yet|the history and geography of the is- done for the stage. Mr. Skinner is spending his vaca- tion in Cornwall, England. Before he sailed he announced in an imterview that Tarkington had taken the manu- script of “Mister Antonio” and was going to give it a thorough overhaul- ing during the summer. Doris Keane in ‘The Czarina’ DORIS KEANE. Whose phenomenal success in “Romance,” both in this country and in England, made her one of the best known American actresses, Is going on tour the coming season in “The Czarina.” In this plece Miss Keane impersonates the great Catherine 1I, Empress of Russia in the middle of the eighteenth century, about whom so many romantic storles have been told. MOUNT VERNON AND Side Trip, Running minates. ‘Washington-Vi ni-.'llailvq_y Ce. _ FIREWORKS! and rthwest on hou and ‘baif-Bour—9:00 &.m. to 8:80 Get them at Sam Mendelson’s Old Place in Rossyln, Va. land. Sir Hall and his son, Derwent Hall Caine, are also advising as to the London locations. Some Enjoyable Subtitles. T = not often that the subtitles of a photoplay are almost as enjoy- able as the picture itself. Such, how- ever, is the case with the new Vita-| graph special production, “My Wild Irish Rose.” a story of old Erin. Many of the captions were taken from the famous stage play, “The Shaughraun,” by Dion Boucicault, of which the pic- ture is an adaptation. They are redo- lent of Irish wit and humor, as re- freshing as a sea breeze on a hot day. And through them all runs a rich, mel- low vein of brogue. “Is this place called Swillabeg?’ asks Capt. Molineayx of a pretty mald working a churn in the shade of a picturesque old mansion. “No, it is called Schoolabeg, the girl, amiling up him. “I beg your pardon,” says the cap- tain. “Your Irish names are so unpro- nounceable. You see I'm an English- man.” “I marked your misfortune—'tis yerself that couldn't help it.” “Such pretty hands as yours,” says the Englishman gallantly, “ought to be picking flowers in the fleld, not working on a churn.” “That spaych is only wantin, the taste o' the brogue to be worthy of an Irishman.” At this shot, the soldier leans over bodily and kisses her on the lips— replies ~| thus getting a real taste of brogue. But in the end, the joke is on him, for the mald turns out to be the lady of the house and he falls head over-heels 1 love-with her, eith’s, is in charge in absence of [ Join is @ niece of | PIans to visit New York later in the ow | month and make arrangements with " THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Origin of Name “Lincol o N researching for material to be used in the production of the great pioture. “The life of Abram- ham Lincoln”, Dr. Gilbert Ellis Bailey, in charge, unearthed what he belfeves to be the true origin of the name “Lincoln” and never be- fore published. In olden times. the name of a per- son . denoted his occupation, as “Weaver,” “Shoemaker." or “Miller"; or where he lived, as “Forest” and “Kenwood.” In tracing the name of our martyr Precident, Lincoln, we find many curfous and interesting facts. In 1637 a man by the name of Samuel Lincoln came from Norwich. England, to Massachusetts. He was a weaver. Norwich is the county seat of Norfolk county, England. The next county to the north, facing the North sea, is Lincoln county, or Lin- colnshire, the county seat being the city of Lincoln, a city that is now famous for its great cathedral that and rebuilt in the thirteenth. Lincoln has grown up on the site of the old Roman colony known as “Lindum Colonia” or “Flax Colony." The Romans planted linym (flax) and taught the Saxons how to cultivate it. The Anglo-Saxons have short- ened the Latin word to “Lin"; hence the name “linen.” The use of linen is evidently very were often wrapped in linen, and the flax plant is found carved on their tombs. The word occurs also in_the Bible: Genesis 41: verse 4 In later years Lincolnshire (L coln) became noted for its sheep, which were larger and_bolder than those of other breeds. This breed is known today all over the world as Lincoln sheep.” Some of the weavers turned from the flax to weaving cloth from the coarse, long fleece. It was Bnex- pensive and well adapted to rough work and hard wear. This cloth was known as “Lincoln weave." Hunters had shooting coats made of it. and dyed a leaf-green color that is still known to artists as “Lin- coln green” (or hunter's green). It was the favorite clothing of Robin Hood, Friar Tuck and other merry outlaws. Following the ~ustoms of those times. the weaves of this green cloth were known as Lincolns: and Ab- Lincoln’s “ancestor, Samuel was such a weaver. Secret of Being *Chic."” ¢UTHE secrct of being chic,” accord- ing to Fritzi Scheff. who is the embodiment of that word, “is to make a scientific study of your type.” “People think I am mad about clothes because 1 have the reputation of always being well dressed,” con- tinues the petite Viennese, “but that is not the case. There are a great many things that I enjoy far better than dress. There is cooking, for in- stance, and taking long walks on my farm on Sothington mountain in (on- necticut. but, Lincuin, like most foreign women especially the Austrian women. tuke the subject of clothes serious L believe that the wo owes it to her publi much time and thought her ap- Ppearance as she does to her art. Next to understanding one's t 1 think the greatest secret of chi attention to detail. Watch the way a French woman pins on her veil, the exact angle at which she tips her h the perfection of her shoes, stoc ings and gloves. She appreciates the significance of trifles, which the American woman Is too apt to over- look.” Told in the Lobbies. LA\VRF\'(‘E BEATUS. manager of | Loew's Palace Theater. left.last week for Atlantic City, where he will M Beatus and Lawrence Beatus, jr.. who have takemsn-@fart- ment for the summer. Mr. Beatus an on the stage to give just as to e, is officials of Loewe, Inc., for the sereen productions to be shown at Loew's Palace and Columbia Theaters here during the fall and winter. During_the absence of Manager Beatus the- management of the Pal- ace Theater is in the hands of Charles Wurz, who will also assume the man- agement of the Columbia during the vacation of Manager Mark Gates. Clever Dou})le Exposure OME of the most clever double-ex- posure work ever shown on the screen is one feature of “The Silent Vow.” William Duncan’s current Vi- tagraph release. Duncan not only directed this piece. but also fook a dual role, that of a father and son It has always been a rule in double exposure work that no actor should cross the “deadline” in the center of the picture. In “The Silent Vow." however, this difficulty is overcome. Duncan as the father sits in a chair and Duncan as the son walks across the stage in back of himself and pats himself on the head. How this was accomplished is_a technical secret which Director William Duncan re- fuses to reveal. The story of *“The Silent Vow" deals with a bitter fam- ily feud of two generations. The ab- sorbing action takes place in the Canadian northwest. The cast in- cludes Edith Johnson. who is co- starred with William Duncan, Henry {-lehcrl. Jack Curtis and Charles Dud- ey. Mary One of the Dozen MARY PICKFORD has been namea by the New York Times as one of the “twelve greatest women in the United States” Others In the list of twelve are Geraldine Farrar, opera singer; .Edith Wharton, novelist; Car- rle Chapman Catt, suffragist and ex- ponent for equality ‘of women in all mat- ters; Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. champion woman tennis player; Alice Paul, suf- fragist; Ida Tarbeli, historian’ and writer; Jane Addams, philanthropist and sociologist of Hull House, Chi- cago; Amy Lowell, poet; Minnie Mad- dern’ Fiske, actress; Dr. M. Carey Thomas, founder and dean of Bryn Mawr College, and Agnes Repplier, essayist. Marian Battista Coming. A N-interesting theatrical event wil occur at Loew's Columbia Theater during the Week beginning Sunday, July 16, when Miriam Battista, the elght-year-old child star of Fannie Hurst's picture, “Humoresque,” will appear in person several times each day during the week. Miss Battista's personal appearance will be made in connection with showings at the Co. lumbia of “The Man From Hom and, as it is her first visit to Wash- ington, she plans to pay several calls on prominent government officials during the time she is here. Miss Battista, who is eight vears old, has appeared with Maude Adams on the stage, in “A Kiss for Cinderella,” and also in Ibsen's “A Doll's House."” Bill Duncan's Monocle.’ CAN you imagine Bill Duncan with a monocle? If you have seen the athletic star in his western pictures bulldogging -steers, wrestling with grizzly bears and performing a hun- dred other daredevil exploits you probably cannot conceive of two- fisted, rough-and-ready Bill Duncan ‘with this decoration screwed in his eye. Yet in his latest Vi duction, “The Fighting Gul assumes the role of & hardboiled northwoods gulde who sets out. to impersonate a nobleman. His efforts provide comedy ~aplenty, with a goodly number of thrills and excite- ment throwa in, Pro: v Bill { delphia In the Spotlig ht HAT ada “ first showing in Atlantic City tomorrow night. Jimmy Hussey, who s playing in “Spice of 1922, in New York, will head one of the Shubert vaudeville units next season. The cast of “The Inevitable,” the play by Charlotte E. Wells, in which Maria Bazzi will be starred, will also include Alphonz Ethler, Leslie Aus- tin,and Helen Bolton. Frank Tinney appeared in a rid- ing act with Fred Stone in Mr. Stone's Wild West and Motor Hippodrome, which was given at the Mineola Falr Grounds yesterday for the benefit of the Curative Convalescent Hospltal. Ed Wynn has signed a long-time contract’ with True Rice and Flo Newton, who are playing with him in “The Perfect Fool.” which closed its long New York ' engagement last night. Janet Velie also holds a slip entitling her to eat at Wynn's ex- pense for several yvears. William (Billy Rock, on the stage for thirty vears, and who appenrcd first with ‘Maud Fulton and later with Frances White, died in a Phila- hospital ' Wednesday, of stomach trouble. He is survived by his wife, who was Gladys Tilbury, an English "actress, Frank Grey. composer of "“Sue Dear.” the musical comedy which is to open in New York, July 10, is the Frank Grey who has more than a hundred popular songs to his credit in the last few years. This will be his first appearance on the stage. Lincoln J. Carter. referred to as “the father of the modern melodrama, who has written more than a hun- dred plays that thrilled audiencés a generation ago, is in New York con- sulting William Fox concerning the filming of several of his melodramas. Mr. Carter has lived on a farm in 1llinofs for the last fifteen years. The cast for “The Summons” by Dorothy Donnelly and Glady. oneof’ the thres sne-act pave 1s open next Tuesday at the Threshold Plavhouse. New York, will inelude Ruth Chorpenning. Ruth Valentine, Rosé Meidman, Laurence Adams. H. J. Brenner, Converse Tyler and Ned Crane. by Louis K.|comedfenne of Al Anspacher, will have its| Who.” which opened in Atlantic City Wood's “Who's 1ast week. “From Morn to Midnight,” a_melo- drama from the German of George Kalser. recently staged for speclal performances by the theater guild of New York, started a summer engage- ment at the Frazee' Theater last week. ¢ - Sam H. Harris presented for the first time on stage Martin Brown's new pla Gentleman's Mother,” at Atlantic City last week. and a success is reported. Jeanne Eagles has the leading role. Eddle Cantor's “Make It Snappy.” closed for the season at the Winter Garden, New York, last night. He will sail for Europe Tuuesday to be gone until August, when he returns to re- sume playing. “The Passing Show of 1921 in which Willie and Fugene Howard have becn the leading people on tou, closed for the season, in Minneapolis, last week. George White announces that he will make the fourth annual produc- tion of his “Scandals” Tuesday night. August 1, Budda De Silva is writing the lyrics for the new revue, which will be placed in rehearsal this week. Emanual Reicher sails for Germany this week, and, after celebrating his sixtieth anniversary of hig debut there, will return o York and organize for next p repertory company for that city. Chauncey Olcott, who sailed for Eu- rope lagt week, will gravel through Germany, Austria and Italy, return- ing to London to look at some plays among which he thinks he may find a vehicle for his next season in this country. When Fanny Brice finishes her tour in Keith vaudeville next fall, she will begin rehearsals in a new musical play by Rita Johnson Young, for which Jerome Kern is composing score. M Brice is now in her third week of her summer run at the Pal- ace Theater, New York. 5 Vera Gordon, the n mother, may return to the speaking siage next season in a play to be written for her by Anne au hor and pro- ducer of “Abi J. C. Nugent and Elliott Nugent, co- | (o Europe in nineteen years. authors of “Kempy.” now running in |marked before sailing that she is afraid New York. exhibited their new play | she will be a stranger in a strange o & group of frieneds on the stage | 1and. of the Belmont Theater last week, | = and those who were there said the| Sam H. Harris has in reh S piece showed a declded likeness to|a Boy.” a new comedy by William An- their first place. A title has not | thony McGuire. author of “Six Cylinder peen selected. but it will be by the|liove In the cast are Robert Ames, time 1t is produced in the fall. Hortense Alden. Johin Daly Murph —— Millicent Hanley, Dorothy Macke: Ruth (Topsy) Terry is the featured | Joseph Kilzour and James R Water Judge Collaborates on Pic-|"“Make It Snappy” Ends ture. (ONE of the conspleudous deficiencie: of motion pictures in the past has been the lack of authenticity when the movement of plot has entailed the introduction of technical or special- ized activities of which the author and director obviously had no ap- preciable personal knowledge. Social usages have been outraged times without number. as for example the classic “title” in a not-long distant picture when the wealthy dowager in- troduced a member of the nobility in these extremely ludicrous terms, “Mr. So-and-So, meet the countess!™' And how many times has the law been made laughable by authors and di- rectors no more versed in it than to be uble to recognize a policeman by sight! But the day of crudity is passing. Every sucel iv release of the re- putable producing units displays a keener anxicty on the part of those responsible for the creation of screen entertainment to achieve accuracy and convincing realism. Seldom, how- ever. has such a long step forward been taken as in the case of Kather- ine MacDonald’s “Domestic Rela- tions.” which will be seen at the Met- ropolitan Theater this week. “Do- mestic Relations” deals largely with' that popular baslis for divorce action. “mental cruelt Belleving _ that much marital unhappiness could be forestalled, if not entirely avoided. if husbands and wives could be made to see themselves as others see them. Judge J. W. Summerfield, presiding over the domestic relations court of Los Angeles, collaborated on the scenario of the photoplay in which Miss MacDonald appears. v Judge Summerficld is probably one of ‘the best qualified jurists in the country to deal with this subject. He has granted scores of decrees when he has convinced himself that fur- ther continuance of the marital rel tions could only result in unhappiness. On the other hand, by a few kindly words of counsel he has brought about mahy reconciliations. = Judge Summerfield not only alded ‘in_the preparation of the scenario from which “Domestic Relations” was filmed, but also lent his advice on le- gal matters during the entire period of production-of the picture. It is his firm bellef that he has done more good through his participation in the production of this new vehicle for “the American beauty” than in his many words of wisdom spoken from the bench. Season. THFI fact that E heen has in ie Cantor playing continuous Ma nappy” and idnight Rounde in New York for eighty- six weeks made it impe ve that the comedian take a vacation and by an arrangement made with Lee Shubert his engagement at the Winter Garden in “Make It Snappy” came to an end last night. Since becoming a star Mr. Cantor has _been working continuousiyv. In Lis contract it was stipulated that he should rest for tu opening of “Make advanced so that » months. It sn A the DY v i mont rest during the h Late in August he will a tour in_the same product continue throughout the e Dangerous Camera Exploits DANGERU[‘S camera exploits were demonstrated oves and over again in the filming of “The Valley of t Men." the new Cosmopolitan picture directed by Frank Borzage. The picture was made in the same territory. the heart of the C: Rockies, in which Jame: Oliver Cur- wood, author of the novel, laid his settings. The Cosmopolitan company made the trip early in the springtime, Just when snow des and avalanches were as common as Indian guides, Every bit of camera equipment had to be packed on the backs of the men of the company. In many in- stances cameras we to ro ted and let down from to f mount peaks when difficuit were made in the interior of cre F caverns. = “We seldom found lid fonting for the tripod.” said Frank Borzage, director. “The boys would sink the tripod into the snow until it rested on an fiey ecrust. Many times the camera was resting right on top of the snow. The hoys became quite acrobatic before we finished.” —agt The Contrary Sex. From the Boston Transeript. Parson Johnson—So dis little chile am a gal. Does udder little one belong to the contra ? Rastus—Yes, pahson, too. x? dat's a gal, VETERANS OF GREAT WAR The second biennial convention of the Military Order of the World War is to be held at Atlantic City, N. J.. next September, when several thou- sand veterans who served as commis- sioned officers in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States and its allies during the great war will gather there. Arrangements for the convention have been completed by a committee consisting of Col. John M. Thompson, Col. W. A. Carleton, Col. Willlam H. Ashton, Maj. Percy K. Hexter, Maj. Howard Donnelly, Maj. W. E. Bough- ton, Capt. G. L. Darte and Capt. Robe- son Lea Perot, representing various departments and chapters of the or- der. Extensive plans are under way to make the September convention the most memorable gathering of mili- tary men ever held in the United States. Already many of the lead- ing officers of high rank in the Army and Navy have promised to attend and it is expected that a number of the world-renowned chieftains of the various allied armies will also be present. "In addition a number of high officers of various branches of the national government will be m attendance. A feature of the biennial meeting will be a military ball, which is ex- pected to be the most brilliant affair of its kind ever held. The ball will be held in the Renaissance room of the Ambassador on the closing night of the convention. Thq Military Order of the World War'is the only organization of com- missioned officers that has been offl- cially recognized by the War _and Navy Departments. ~Its membership includes more than 12,000 men who wore shoulder straps thréugh the great conflict. Among its better known members are Gen. Pershing, Gen. Hines,: Gen. Cornelius Vander- bilt, Gen. John F. O'Ryan, Marshals Foch and Joffre and Gen. Dias of the Italian army. Important chapters of the order have been organized in Pittsburgh; Portland, Ore.; Tulsa, Okla.; Portland, Me.; St. Louis, New Orleans, Springfleld, St. Paul, Balti- more, Chicago, New York, Detroit, San Franeisco, iladelphia, Rochester, Cincinnati, Missoula, Los Ahgeles, Washington, Spokane, Columbus, Ohto, and Fargo, N. D. In addition to the former officers who belong to these chapters and to the large number of Regular Army officers who are mem- bers, there are thousands of other members living in smaller cities and towns in which chapters have not yet been organized. An open meeting cf the Department of Agriculture Post, No. 824, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, was held Friday night in the new as- sembly room, on the secord floor of the Perpetual Building, 11th and E streets, when Maj. B. Lower, a medal of honor man, of the Grand Army of the Republic. was formally installed as an honorary member of the foreign war .veterans. A number of officfals of the Department of the Potomac of the G. A. R. and other guests were present. Costello Post, No. 15, American Le- glon, is planning a sweeping drive of the District for members. Yesterday the drive got under way with mem- bership day activities under the di- rection of William F. Franklin, com- mander of the post. A circular was sent out to each member of the post saying: X “Somewhere in thi there are more than 25.000 who saw service in the world war. Small num- bers have already joined the legion. Each day brings a few more. But there are still beaucoup buddies who are still on the fence. These are the cnes we want to go after. We want to make the Costello Post the biggest, livest, up-and-going, he-man's outfit that ever marched down a plank or sailed the seven seas. This is your call to the colors. Get behind your national and post commanders and put this drive across with a wallop.” Posters were inciosed with each communication, with the object of bil- leting the town with invitations to join Costelld Post. At the call of Francis C. Huhn, com- mander Richard.J. Harden Camp, No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans, the following officers’ aséembled and jour- neyed to Baltimere, Md.. for the pur- pose of attending the funeral of Otto Stmonson, Monday, June 26: Francis C. Huhn, Clarence P. Brower, Willlam 1. Jenkins, Albert Michaud and John A. Gallagher. Otto G. Simonson.’ for twenty years supervising superin: tendent * of public buildings for the United States, and one of today's best known architects in this section of the country, died at his home in Guil- ford, Md. . Mr. Simonson’s career as an archi- tect was not actually begun until he went, into ‘business for himself, in 1904. Since then some of Baltimore's buildings, as well as residences, have been: designed by. him..While.in .gov- ernment service in Washington .Mr, town of ours * JULY 2, 1922—PART 3. ~ ‘. Plausible Stories Wanted. “)\[AKE your characters hu- man and avold themes which are bizarre and unfamiliar to your own expeerience,” is the advice of Clara Kimball Young to those who aspire to success as scenarlo wrher: Since the announcement that this popular screen star was to appear In a gtreen version of Richard Wash- burn Child's “The Hands of Nara” she has received numerous scripts from writers wWho seem to see in the theme of her latest picture a desire for unconventional stories peopled with weird types. “More and more all the time the public 18 showing a preference for pictures which téll a plausible, hu- man story dealing with people whose motives “they can understand and whose lives lie within the scope of their imagination,” continued Miss Young. “Just as’ the popularity of the screen vampire has waned, so has the demand for the exotic, highly colored stories which were fo prevalent a few years ago. This is not to say that originality and imagination wiil not always be sought or that stories ich depart from the conventional will not often be successful. What I am trying to suggest Is that the mar- ket is greater and the inexperienced scenarist is more likely to be suc- cessful with a simple story and that the market s greater for this type. “Most of the stories which come to me from inexperienced writers reveal a slavish imitation of some success- ful picture or a striving for sensa- tional effects and grotesque situa- tions which have no basis in real life. The young writer seems afraid such as are told in 90 per cent of the fiction appearing in the magazines. “There is a greater opportunity for the capable scenario writer today than there ever has been in the his. {tory of motion pictures. Good sto- iries are in demand and are com- manding high prices. but they must be original and plausible.” Duping the Ignorant. THE Screen Writers' Guild of the Authors’ League of America has declared war on correspondence schools of photoplay writing and agencies which assert they are able to sel] stories to movie concerns, says {the New York Tribune. According to the local spckesman of the guild, most of whose members live and work in Califorma, both federal and state prosecutors are to be asked to deal with what is declared to be a growing and wide-reaching fraud. At the same time effort is to be {made through a campaign of public education to' make tens of thousands of unlettered persons understand that they are wasting both time and money in trying to learn by mail to < photoplays. or in seeking In the ne way to sell hopeless stories through agencies exacting fees for itheir “service Concre'e instances of persons who have yielded to the printed invitation o become fabricators of the drama of the silver screen are said to have |shown that all classes of persons have been bitten with the same ambition. . plumbers, doctors, hod car- riers, preachers, ' barbers. school -achers. cash girls, nursemaids, wait- and persons in a host of other upations are payving fees of $10 to for courses supposed to teach them in a few lessons how to write 1@ successful or marketable photoplay. Oth, nearly as numerous are paying ash fees to have their manuscripts read by brokers who assert they are ¥ l n sell fiction for adaptation. Alp as a Background. ‘\ BRILLIANT ice carnival, unlike anything that has yet been seen motion pictures, will be featured the Cosmopolitan picture. “The Diana." starring Marion Da- The action takes place at a in in snirt The Young Diana (Miss Davies) ithe ‘horalaed bauty of the hour. men and women, titled persons from every Europeun capital, watch her with admiring eyes. In this set Joseph Urban, the de- signer. has caught the last word in glittering and gorgeous effect. With the snow-covered Alps as a back- ground. the skaters in gay array dip and circle and spin over the smooth ice. From a balcony women in rich Isables, silver fox furs and chinchillas watch the gay scene. “The Young Diana” was adapted to the sereen by Luther Reed from the |novel by Marie Corelli. tagr - . - | Voice From the Minaret NORMA TALMADGE is an excep- tionally busy person these days. The same can be said for Frank Lloyd. iner director, and his staff of experts from Art Director Stephen Goesson to the third assistant property boy, for Iproduction on “The Voice From the Minaret" is about to get under way. The United Studios in Hollywood will, within a fortnight, see the erection of a typical city of India, for Joseph M. Schenck has given orders that no ex- pense be spared in making the film show alt the picturesque settings that Robert Hichens put in his famous story. The action will take Miss Talmadge to Bom- plicas of parts of these cities will be erected at the United Studios. It is believed that ten weeks will be necessary to complete the picture, fol- lowing which Miss Talmadge, accom- panied by her husband, Joseph M. Schenck. Constance Talmadge and Mrs. Margaret Talmadge, will make a tour of Europe. Plea for Dumb Beasts. AN open letter to Will H. Hays, 4} president Moving Picture Pro- ducers and Distributors of America. Incorporated, has been written by Gertrude O'Brien of Glendale, Calif., and distributed to mewspapers gener- ally. She makes the following plea: “You have a great power in your hands—the power to influence the youth of America through the me- aium of the screen—a power to_in- fluence for cruelty or kindness. Wil you use this power to its limit? “I maintain that more harm Isdone by the exposition of one scenario dis- playing cruelty to & dumb beast than any number of scenes of unconvicted criminals or alluring vamps, as the voung mind does not grasp their real Aignificance. As the child, .so the man! “Within_the year there have ap- peared ©n different screens several extremely cruel scenes, among them the killing and death struggle of a wolf. which was merely fighting for his_life; another the trapping of and suffering of an animal. “Whenever a wild animal appears in a scene. and men or boys seize guns to kill, there is a murmur of applause that Tuns over the audience. This should not be, and does inesti- mable harm to the young mind and encourages the love to kill in the old. “A man who is kind to his dog will be kind to his wife. “Why not curb all display of cru- elty on the screen and encourage kindness to all living things? You have the confidence’ of the people. Will you disappoint the mothers of America?” Simonson was active in National Guard affairs and saw service during jthe. Spanish-American war. He was | given a commission of major of in- \fantry by President McKinley. Mr. Simonson is survived by his widow and one son. Louis W. Simon- Son,” and a granddaughter, Isabel Waite Simonson. Richard J. Harden Camp wil hold its regular meeting July 6. at which time there will be election of dele- gates and alternates to represent the camp. at the Lios Amgeles, Calif., na- tional encampment. A large attend- ance is expected, as election for dele- ‘Zates to the encampment.is usually botiy: contested., g FILMO AMUSEMENTS. 3 GRAMS UTH CLIFFORD was born In 1300. She has enjoyed great popularity on the screen and has been seen in many pic- tures. Some of the best known are “The Beast of Berlin.” “The First of Youth” and “The Millionaire Firate.” She is soon to appear in a new John M. Stahl production entitled “The Dangerous Age.” Eugene O'Brien's latest photoplay is titled “John Smith.” In Conway Tearle's presentation of “The Referee” he appears as a ring chdmpion who must turn to referee- lnf because of an accident that be- falls him. It so happens that Tearle is an expert boxer, foliows the “box- ing game” and is capable of referee- |n§ any bout if he were disposed to take up that line of work. = “Fight fans” will see that the boxing scenes and incidents thereto are authentic. Kathryn Perr, 1 husband, O Moore, in * Engagement. Wine,” Myron Selznick hLas purch: glclure rights to_the story. y William MacHarg, which origi- nally appeared in the International Magazine. The assignment of a star has not yet been announced. but the plcture will be made in Hollywood. Oscar Wilde's “A Woman of No Importance,” now being screened by Selznick, was played on the American stage with Rose Coghlan starring. support her Previous ed the Richard Barthelmess has a charm- {to tackle ordinary, everyday subjects,|ing summer home at Harrison, N. Y. Here he spends a goodly share of his leisure hours romping with his pet Irish terrier and pretending to work in his garden. On the wide porch he y Hay. his dainty little wife “Marjolaine” fame, play chess. Dick is hard at work on his latest picture, “The Bond Boy,” and Mary still plays an important role in the above mentioned musical comedy. Rodolph Valentino's latest pictu will be called “The Young Rajah.” His leading lady will be Wanda Haw ley. Others in the cast will be Bert- ram Grassby, Charles Ogle, Pat Moore, George Fleld and several others. The picture is adopted from the book “Amos Judd,” the novel by J. A. Mitchell. Elaine Hanimerstein is just com- pleting in Hollywood the screening of “Under Oath,” from Edward Mon- tagne's story. Paul Powell has completed “Border- land,” a Paramount picture starring Agnes A After a short rest Mism Ayres will start work with William de Mille in “Divorce Coupon: fith's latest Vita scheduled for tel Corinne Grif- graph production. is lease soon. ] The unwisdom of defying the an- clent tradition that 1l luck follows waiking under a ladder is shown ‘in “The Ladder Jinx." the new six-reel comedy-which Jess Robbins has just completed. The hero of the piece defies the jinx and fmmediately gets his fiil of hard luck. _Jimmy Aubrey has finished his latest fanmaker, “The .Chicken Parade.” 1a which he’ enacts the role of a pro- hibition agent. Jimmy by various devices makes a clean sweep of a ferocious gang of bootleggers. “My Wild Irish Rose” had its pre- miere on Broadwa: at the Strand Theater. - Its reception by the publit was enthusiastic. Embroidering the Tudor rose on a1 the costumes in the court scene of King Henry VHI was part of the gigantic task of the costuming de- partment of Cosmopolitan Produc- tions jn preparing for “When Knight- hood ‘Was in Flower.” Tatk about the power tion! In the midst lights and jazz music, f concentra- the bright urrounded by the dancing girls and wild life of ‘a cosmopolitan ~ cafe erected at _the Lasky studio, sits Milton Sills read- ing and quite absorbed in a catalogue of garden seeds. Mr. Sills is noted for his studious habits and his inters est in floriculture. In “The Young Rajah Valentino's new - picture, there practically two entire sequences New England, the other East Indian. This means that there are practically two sets of characters. The drama '3 adapted by June Mathis from the story by John Ames Mitchell. Rodglph ara The pictures attract them from all lines of endeavor. Even jockeys are not exempt. In 1907 Arihur Miller, riding Superman, won the famous Brooklyn handicap for August Bel- mont. Today Miller is grinding a camera on “To Have and to Hold" Miller started in at the bottom when he became too heavy to continue as a jockey and is now considered one of the most efficient cinemategraphers in the busine: connected with fllm studios | ton, “the most beautiful | l bay, Damascus and to England, and re- | l l l OULD vou cook your way around the world? C that Solomon in all his glory AROUND THE CITY By Nannie Lancaster. It is a new style in touring | real D' you know that Georgetown has been put on the map? Yes, Two Washingtonians have bought never heard tell of, but there is one girl { in that section for the avowed pur- who thinks she may have to take that method of seeing the four corners of the earth—never mind about its be- ing round. i She is an American gir! who has spent most of her life in Soyth Africa. being a teacher of domestic science in a school there, on six months’ leave to glimpse Europe and her homey sit to Washing- thing" she has ever seen! While here, she con- fided her longing for wide-world travel to a long-ago friend of her mother's. e “There are so few avenues open to women in South Africa that I am fortunate to have my position. but, at that, if 1 find that 1 cannot save cnough for my next adventuring I shall start out to cook my way around the world. Everybody, everywhere, lands, including a vi winter resort in Switzerland, | must eat and I will make money at {s ! one place to pay my way to another. It will take a long time. but will | When she comes to skate at the rink, |Bive me an opportunity to see the world thoroughly"—which, you _will admit, is an exceedingly new thing under the sun. Naturally, one of the mecessary cquipments for such a journey will be personal courage, which this traveler ought to possess, seeing that she is the granddaughter of a big general of the civil war, great-niece of two prominent generals of Garfleld’s ad- ministration. with an endless chain of cousins in every other army. here and abroad. and a brother in the world war. But, just by way of warning to any othér enthusiastic owners of military pedigrees. this valiant wom- an is also a teacher of domestic sci- ence. She knows how to cook. * koK ¥ CHILDLESS couple live in a green | bit of back garden uptown. His rame is Mr. Wren, and hers is Mrs. Jennie. Miss Kate, who owns the garden, likes to believe that it is the same Mr. Wren who occupied the bird-box last summer and who grieved for his sparrow-killed mate until loneliness fermented into a paroxysm, in which he tore his nest to pieces and took up bachelor lodging in the next yard. Also, she judges by his actions, tor, as if in chastened atone- ment for past devastation, he imme- diately started to build a nest in each of the four rooms of his own house and to furnish apartments in the empty boxes around. i When the official season for hatch ing made no addition to the family. Mrs. Jennie, also interested herself in business, and the two twitter around in active companionship, he making landlordly visits of inspec- tion to his tenants and she entertain- ing neighbors and their fledglings in her spare rooms, but whether as lodg- ers or guests Miss Kate wouldn't like to_say, not, being positively certain. You never heard of a wren mother keeping boarders, did you? Nor of a wren man going to work-except for his own family—which seems to add weight to the assertion: of that solon who lived in “Plutarch’s Lives"—name forgotten—who told his world that domestic happiness is the foe to prog- ress and that civilization owes its advancement to the unsatisfied. All the same, Miss Kate is ready to bet that Mrs. Jennie would rather have her proper share of fledglings. Wrens are that way. Likewise, women. jand was winding it into a ball. pose of letting the world know that the old town exists, one purchasing a fine mansion and the other a pretty little house. This sudden spotlighting is most laudable. of course. but one cannot help criticising others who, overlooked the chance. For one There was that m; icorge Wash- ington, who used to ride horseback from Mount Vernon to Analostan— before it broke off from Virginia and- set up an island for itself—and cros over ‘on Geddes' ferry to meet L/ fant at a gone-to-dust tavern that, used to stand near the now n bridge, so that the two could plan to put Washington city on the map— entirely forgetting Georgetown—: which, you know your ownself, was careless in_them. 1 | _And another serious thing: Do you. j Buppose lafayette would have so. much enjoyed dancing that minuetd on Tudor Place lawn if he had known? that Georgetown wasn't on the map?- You know he wouldn't ¢ And look at Count Bodieseo! Dot {you reckon he would have done his | Russian ambassadoring in George-" town had he known it wasn't on the imap? And just consider the mys- terious rovalty that held secret court in that ancient mansion without a neighbor knowing a thing about it— until a boy climbed a tree and look ed in through an upper window that opened from the audience chamber: Do you imagine for an instant those high-grade exiles would have picked {on Georgetown had they known it was mapless? Which shows how easy it is to deceive—but it is all Tight now: Georgetown is on the map. * * % GIRL who is knitting a pinié sweater slipped a fresh hank of wool over the arms' of another girl Theé two made a pretty picture, but noth- ng unusual enough to draw a crowds except that— They happened to be standing on 9t street two shops above the Avenug during the business rush of the day. = She was a blue foulard woman with & baby carriage intow. With her were twi other women—all in the wedding ri class—and wherever the party & wag going, it stopped under the shade of 1an awning long enough for the fou- lard woman to go In a basket in the carriage, take out three bottles and an opener and do the honors for the crowd. When each had emptied hes bottle it was put back in the basket nd the prcoession moved on with everybody chattering like birds in building time. B A small colored boy was playing ‘mumley peg’” all to himself on the green edge of a park. Along came i plain white woman in a plan black | frock, who paused to watch the game, | Then ‘she told the small hoy she would | give him a dime to let her try once |to see if she had forgotten how to play. He accepted the proposition and they started in Gambling is a sin, but woman weak. When the small boy insistedy on putting the dime up on the game the woman won it from him. Then she gave him a quarter and called i square. : This trio of atoms is merely me: tioned to note the fact that the 1 formalities of what is called the 'silly season” seem to have started in: Irene Castle Again on Screen NE Castle in “No Trespassing” will soon be an attraction in this city and moving picture.fans will have an opporttunity of seeing this sprightly danseuse in-a mew serles of dances, charming modes and frivolous moods. The story is an adaptation from the Joseph C. Lincoln novel. “The Rise of Roacoe Paine.” and is one of the many quaint yarns of old Cape Cod that has made Mr. Lincoln famous. In the picture Mrs. Castle rides, swims, dances, plays golf and drives a fast motor, while the story itself is one of the most delightful narratives of love and romance that Mr. Lincoln has ever written. The story opens in New York and shows Mrs. Castle as Mabel -Colton, daughter of one of the city's most pow- erful financiers. From New York the action moves 10 Cape Cod, where Mabel becomes acquainted with Roscoe Paine. ‘There I8 intrigue and excitement galore while the little thread of the romance "hat takes form at the beginning of the story Is slowly woven into a mighty bond of love. Signs. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. “Are they going to be married?” X :uell so. One by one she i adding the members of her family to the list of passengers when he comes around with his car.” Queer Mortals. From the Boston Transcript.’ A a home man’s desire— ToA::‘lo he saves up, bit by bit, And when ‘tis his he buys a car So he can get away from it Claim to Be Censor Proof. RUPERT HUGHES, the novelist, and during the war prominently identifled with the operations of the military intelligence division of the War Department, has transferred hif operations from Washington to Los Angele: where, in association with iRex Beach, Irvin Cobb and other writers, he has taken -a prominent part in the campaign to release the screen from domination of the censor. Hughes carries his anti-censorship doctrine to the point of writing stories which stand as mcenuments of discretion. good taste and charm in motion picture production. This is particularly true, Mr. Hughes de- clare of his latest picture, “‘Come on Ove which begins a Washington engagement today at the Columbia. “‘Come on Over {s a censor-proof play.” he declares. “At the same time T fiatter myself that the picture is not ‘denatured’ from the standpoint of romance, human interest and dra- matic values, for it deals with phases of subjects which frequently come under the ban of censorship. I am very anxious that ‘Come on Over' shall stand 4s an example of what can be done in motion picture writing and direction to offset the ¢laim of Inecbsg\ly for censorship raised by the {advocates of such measures Significant Strumming. From the Boston Transcript. Doctor—Your. husband will b ™ in a day or.twa, Mrs. .Jones w{} all this distress? H - Patient's Wife—I was so' afraid, I b doctor. He was practicing -the °:e‘;r. bed rails all night.