Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1922, Page 21

e S S “Art Cannot Develop in Bondage,” Says William De Mille. ‘William De Mille, director of Para- mount pictures, “Nice Peoplé” being the last, and Booth Tarkington's *Clearance” the next, ought to know what he's talking about when he says that “Art cannot be developed in bondage,” by which he means, trans- lated to the best of my humble ability, that pictures shouldn't be in censor- ahip! “In a nutshell.” sald Mr. Do Mille, “the evil of censorship is that people will be forced to have the plctures the censors think they ought to have instead of the pictures they want. “From my own point of view, It will mean that my twenty-five years of hard work, study and effort to be artistio will be calmly put aside in order that an autocratic, even if in- ferior, brain shall have the right to act as a blockade between me and my public. “From the moment I entered the theater as a writer up to the present moment I have tried to set forth the problems of human life in such art forms as would move the mass of people through the messages convey ed. In spite of the numerous indi- viduals who have disagreed with me (and who is ever agreed with con- sistently?) both as artist and philoso- pher. I can truthfully say that I have never written or produced anything for the stage or screen that [ am not willing to stand behind and de-’ fend as being my most earnest cffort to tell a good story with as much of ‘beauty as is within my power. “An art cannot develop in bondage. and if the art of the motion picture is to develop. if it is to become the great power, socially, morally and educationally, that it is designed to Settle Sequel to “Brides y Lucille with fatigue. l from the bed- profession- My Childhood.” Tm: Lindsay household had at They had pulled through an exciting day that had come to an un- —mamma Lindsay had retired for the Bight. Aunt Gertrude and Aunt Elsie aunty, lingered in the doorway. watching that little person drift oft His mother was wan Dr. Leonard, tiptoeing t “How about some hot milk or hot| cot‘:z Miss Rose?’ he asked solici- Merriam lifted her head 11 4 3 whispered. on’t bother, Ros o “Carry Me Back to the Scenes of last settled down a bit. It ?vas past 1 o'clock in the merning. pleasant climax with small l\tl\:ky's {llness. His Grandpapa and Grand- had also excused themselves, but Aunt Rose, who was Dicky's youngest to sleep, holding his pretty mother's hend. room, turned to eve her atly. tously. think Mrs. John needs|[ gomething like tha s “I've been enough day. uldn't you rather asked quietly. tastes better. 1 hate hot milk.' my- zelf. Perhaps——" Rose lifted her eves shyly to the young doctors, “You'd like a cupful yourself? % It was the last thing in the wor! that that sophisticated person want- od He was thinking longingly of a decanter on his own sideboard. But e was far too tactful to say so in a household where he was decidedly un- popular. As the three of them trailed Rownstairs, they discovered that John Lindsay was sitting 1iving vith Philip Sheldon. room talking with e Rose ex- you'd been when youre %o, o v vou Q'J‘:xgsmrv:'lagtn}i now the little the young pro- fessor smiled at M nd want- ed to tell John wh in this town.” “Doesn’t that seem ages ago in- stead of two hours ago!” Merry sat down rather limply. “I'm all in!" she announced plaintively. She seated herself adroitly near her sulking John. But that young gentle- man sat stifly silent. 'He was still much hurt by her day's obstinacy. Part of him wanted to take her in his arms and comfort her, but part of him still wanted to box her pretty ears! Sheldon, always Merriam's chival- rous admirer, scented trouble. peacemaker, who had smoothed many 2 difference between John and Merry, he made a wild effort to put this ill- sorted group at ease. He eyed the doctor; he cleared his throat Sug- gestively. “Heard about this new medical dis- covery, doc’, that makes old persons younger?' he asked lightly. “If you mean these gland inocula- the doctor answered stiffly, “why, I think you ought to be a man of enough intelligence to realize that that's_all poppycock.” “No,” Sheldon's voice was So pre- ternaturally solemn that all' three listeners were impressed. “This isn't —er—gland stuff—it's some sort of liquid dope. I don’t know the scien- tific term for it; they say that a sin- gle drop really takes ten years' strain from the—er—arteries—or whatever it is that affects our age. I just heard about it last week." The doctor leaned forward. iWhere?” he asked. deeply inter- ed. S Friend of mine, a surgeon, told me. Seems he had a queer experi- ence about it. A couple of patients of his, who have led lives as is live came toddling into his office wantin to renew their youth so's they could sow same more wild oats. They'd only been able to scrape up about $50 each, the price of a single treatment, but they put it down and allowed they'd rather be ten years younger than they were than not to be youns so the surgeon gave ‘em a p each. He'd just given it to ‘em and it hadn't had time to act at all when there was a sudden cry of ‘Fire!" BY GLADYS HALL. The Wife Who Wouldn't Diary of a Professional Movie Fan_ _[LTTLE CTORIES WILLIAM DE MILLE, SPONSOR OF SOREEN FREEDOM! become, there must be freedom of expression left to those aftists who JorBEDTIME - The Cabbages Decide Farm- er Brown’s Boy. » BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Those who get in mischiet should Be shut up where they'll be good: “rFarmer Brown's: Bof. Peter Rabbit was free dreadful net in which he had become entangled, and that was a relief. It was a very great relief. You see, that net was something Peter gould not understand at all. But Peter' was still a prisoner. ‘Farmer Brown's Boy was holding him. Peter was fright- ened. He was very much fright- ened. But at that it was better to be held by Farmer Brown’s Boy than to be held by .that net. He didn't feel quite §o helpless., There was a chance that he might get away from Farmer Brown's Boy, but there had been no chance to get out of that net. Farmer Brown's Boy was unde- cided what to do. At first he thought he would tuke Peter back to the dear Old Briar Patch and let him go. “I believe the fright he has had are making it their life work, and who cannot possibly make it a good work-if & lot of interfering outsiders have the authority to change the form of their expression, ruin the beauty of their art and reduce all characterizations to the level of those in_‘Mother Goose.' " Mr. De Mille said a lot more. But. then, he had a lot more space than I have to say it in. he wrong? (Copfyright, 1922.) Down! Will Be Brides.”. . Van Slyke. bachelors chatting in that sitting room, vying with each other to amuse one woman! “It's not fair.” Rose found herself thinking hotly. “She’s married our big, handsome John, and she makes him just miserable, and yet Shelley and Doc both act simply hipped on her—oh, 1 wonder, 1 wonder, what makes everybody love her s0? Merriam herself answered that ui asked question with the generous way she thanked Rose. Johnsy, wasn't Rose a dear to bother so, when she's so tired! And oh. boys, do tell John how perfectly lovely Rose looked in the tableaux!" She laughed lightly at Rose's pleased blush. “And John dear—" Merry's voice purred along, me that she had such gay little mid- night_partles with such f. Rose stammered to the vast delight of Sheldon and Merriam. (Copyright, 1922. (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) I The Housewife’s Idea Box To Freshem Wilted Vegetables, Of course it is alays best to buy fresh-looking vegetables, but some- ‘times the housewife wishes to buy a particular kind, even though it looks wilted. Purchase it and treat it in this manner: Soak the vegetable in cold water, to which you have added a slice of lemon. In half an hour most vegetables will look as fresh as when they were picked. This is especially good for lettuce, spin- ach and parsely. persons to appealing = price. Is he right or is|’ ‘you never told | Spring morning in the Virginia hills— the coolness of a moun- tain stream — bottled for the delight of those treme goodness is more BUT PETER WAS STILL A PRIS- ONER, FARMER BROWN'S BOY WAS HOLDING HIM. will keep him away from this garden for a long time,” said Farmer Brown's Boy. “I guess it will be all right to let him go. It Peter could have understood what Farmer Brown's Boy was say- ing he would have been very happy. But, of course, he didn’t understand. He wondered what Farmer Brown's Boy would do with him. Somehow he couldn’t think that it would be anything very dreadful. Though Farmer Brown's Boy was holding him tightly he was doing it in a way not to hurt Peter. He was very careful about that. 3 He started on across the garden on his way to the Old Briar Patch. It took him past the long rows of cabbages. When he reached these he saw at once what Peter Rabbit had been ¢oing among them. Plant after plant had been eaten off close to the groun Right then and there Farmer Brown's Boy changed his mind. He looked at Peter Rabbit reproachfully. “You scamp!” he exclalmed. “You mischievous little scamp! Just look at the harm you've done! I was (T Vg A (i i | Illfllflfl"!hh"i ) i i whom ‘ex- than mere going to Jet my.mind, l',lluhr' ind hmsmtrd“' h!‘!o' straight for Peter's heart -sank. When eached the barn - Farmer Boy put Peter into & bgrrel. said he, “I'm going to leave while to think things ove: I haven't time to make a place for you now, so you'll have to stay in here until 1 do have tim Across the top of the barrel he lald two boards, and on these put a welght. He didn’t intend to -give Peter & chance to jump out of that barrel. Then he went Peter, of that|crouched in the bottom of the barrel, ‘There as forlorn a Rabbit as ever lived. were strange mnoises in that barn, and he couldn’'t see what made them. Of course, he couldn’t see anything outside that barrel. Every few min- utes a horse wouldstamp. Each time Peter's heart would m to jump right up into his mouth. Bowser the Hound wandered -into the barn and Degan to sniff about. Peters heart jumped more than ever. Once Black Pussy jumped up onto the boards across the t of the barrel and glared down at him. Poor Peter! How he did wish he-had kept away from Farmer Brown's garden! (Copyright, 1922, by T. W. 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