Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1926, Page 71

\ ) In all probabllity, Fort Monroe, Va., will not be the scene of the Summer training activities of the Coast Ar- tillery Reserve Of- ficers’ Training Corps units of the University of Min- nesota, University of Kansas, Kansas Btate Agricultural College and Wash- ington State Uni- versity. This sud- den change in the plans of the War Department an- thorities for this Bummer's training of the Coast Ar. tillery units of the above men toned units s due, the War De- vartment has an- nounced, to the curtailment of funds available for travel for R. O. T. C. units to Summer training camps, and in orde units may undergo thefc pr training Maj. Gen. Andrew . ir., chief of Coast Ar- has pro artliery instruction at various throughout the United States, cially those above named. This proposal of Gen. change the scene of the 1926 training camps of the R. O. . C. Coast Artil- Jery units from Fort Monroe, Va., to Port Sill, Okla., where in all proba- bility they will be sent for their train- ng, was not aitogether unexpected, as 1t was intimated some time ago that shift in the training camp sites of 0. T. C. Coast Artiliery units would probably be made from the east coast to some Middle West point in view of the none too liberal appropria- tions for travel allowance. Naturally, Fort Monroe is probably a better post 10 train embryo Coast Artillery offi- cers, being that it is a regular Coast Artiilery post, but Fort Stil will serve fhe purpose admirably. Since the wtilities for Coast Artillery training at Fort Sill are limited largely to anti- ®ircraft equipment, the above units will probably. in the future, be given @n antiaircrafi course as their major @rtillery subject during the academic yea Col. James B. Mitchell, €. A. C.. ehief of the training section, office of the chief of Coast Artillery, accompa- nied by Maj. Charles O. Schudt, C. A. €. on duty in the office of the chief of the Militia Bureau. have left Jiugton on a special observation | during which they will visit warious sites in New England for the purpose of making recommendations &< to future training camps for-anti aircraft organi S of the National Gumrd and the Organized Reserves. This trip is being primarily made he cause of the desire expressed in the Gl stment this week to concentrate 1he Summer training activities Coast Artillery units, both Res and National Guard. in New England, | Which move, it is pointed out, v g - reduce the expense in t po the equipment of these units to and from their annual training pites The requirements make the selection of a proper firing range 4 very important matter, since both the range and the width of the | field of fire covered by the guns of this service are in excess of that nor mally required for land artillery. Con &ideration must also be given to the necessity of suitable day and night landing fields for aircraft to serve the range, and this will be a_point upper- most in the. minds of the two Department representatives their trip. They will visit the follow- ing places: Oswego, N. Y » Reach, Camp Upton, Long Island; Fort Hancock, Camp Dix and Reho: both Beach, Del The following Reserve residents of Washington, have been ordered to active duty training for a pertod of 15 davs on the dates indi- cated: Capt. John 1. Donovan, Judge Advocate General Reserve, 3d Corps Area headquarters, Baltimore. cffec- tive August 9 ond Lieut. Ray mond L. Taylor, Fiv Reserve, Fort Monree, Va.. effective August 16: Second Lieuts. Bu ", Lock and Philip Stearns ntry eerve, Fort Eusti . gust 15; Majs. Edward M. Nevils and Thomas Leonard, both Quarterma Reserve, and Capt. Van Wirt Roberds. Firat Lient. Albert .. Hendley an Becond Lieut. lra W. Parterson, all Finance Reserve, Camp Meade, Md., effective August Second Lieut Menry P Money, Quartermaster Re. €erve. Camp Holal Md, effect August 1 Rothwell H Rrown, Fort Eustis, \a The follow GEN. HERO. units espe- Hero to ‘ of this service officers, all ective At ni chan ments of Reserve officers Washington were announced this week By Reserve headquarters: Capt. Joseph Fuston, Quartermaster Reserve 4ng been transferved to the Auxi serve, is relieved from signment 0 the d Service Battalion, 13th Corps: Capt. George Thompson, jutant General Reserve. having re ved from the 0th Division Area, is folleved from attachment to the Adju- ant Section of Nith Division head- Quarters; Second Lieut. James D, Power, Fleld Artill Reserve, hav- fng removed from the S0th Division Area, {8 relieved from assiznment to the 813th Field Artil Second Lieut Willlam M. Jones, Infantry Reserve iR relieved fio chment 1o the $18th Infantiy instructionand ¢ training and is th Infantry, Sccond ut Craighiil, Field Artillery } ng been relieved from assigniner he Fleld Artillory group. is & to the 313th Field Jdeuts. Alexand Milton L. Goff, ir.. hoth I Reserve, assigno Artillery: ¥ tin, Engin f 15 8051h Eng yong. Infan resident of to the 320th tillery the antiaireraft second lieu- | raft or Coast Mlowing Reserve ng to anti will be require SA of the antiaireraft ti gunnery tenants ganizations subcourse course, 1. e This subcov desizned to cove struments used lery units An ing a comparativel strides are being weapons and 1 ments, and new fire control theories | and instruments to apply them are tonstantly beinu develo 1 and tested. The type of each instrument which considered in this subcourse is that ‘hich is standard at the present time. Mastering the operation of these instruments. it is pointed out, makes it vefy easy for the 1t pfficer to bec efticient in the op- | pration of « types of fire-contrc nstruments. The subjects emt In this subco: include the Ing: The anti-aircraft telescope and | & operation fire control anti-aireraft | gearchlight control, including general principles and up the stadia | @nd forward area sight: aitimeter and fts operation. the R. A. corrector and #s operation. communications: the | Jotting system of anti-aircraft search ghts, and the identific on of alir- aaft. An examinatio given on the completion of this subcourse which consists nine lessons, and | eprroximate 25 ho work required hasi vapid with new trol instru- | is rse is Of nterest to 1 serve officers who fly are the instruc- tions issued by the War Department ghin week announcing that tge fiving ‘of Alr Corps Reserve officers who lthe snbuth take | 8 | this | of the colonel’s five.” jcific. jupon the Pa | tion. hold the ratiug of junior airplane pilot is not limited to training type airplanes by any previous instruc- tions, nor is such a limitation desired by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Air Corps. Officers of the Air Corps Reserve, on active or in- active status, it i{s pointed out, may be permitted by the commanding of- ficers of Air Corps airdromes to pilot service type airplanes, in accordance with the prescribed regulations, when in the opinlon of, the commanding of- ficer such reserve officer is qualified for the fiying involved. and the equipment can be made available. Gen. Patrick is very desirous to have every reasonable means employed toward maintaining an _adequate Alr Corps Reserve, the foundation for wnich must be flying efficiency. It would not be surprising, sooner or later, and perhaps at the approach- Ing session of Congress, that there will be a discussion of legislation providing for a more definite and posi- tive administration of the affairs of the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army. The view is held in certain congressional quarters that the proper form of encouragement has not been exercised on the part of the War Department, and that the Officers’ Reserve Corps should be placed on an equal plane in the department as in the National Guard. Those ad- vocating such a change do not con- template that the affairs of the Of- ficers’ Reserve Corps should be ad- mintstered by a new and separate bureau, such as ¥ the Militia Bureau, but, instead, it has been intimated that there should be created a branch within the War Department general staff—that is, another “G" to the four which ~already exist. This new branch, or G-5. as it would be called in case of its creation. would be charged with the development of the reserve force. There is a certain element among the reservists themselves who are in sympathy with the creation of a bu- reau or branch to handle Reserve af- fairs exclusively, although there ap- pears to be no special complaint of neglect of the rights and needs of the reserv; who seem to be capable of taking care of themselv for ex- abple, in the matter of appropriations. There is a firm conviction in other quarters, however, that the Reserve force would be more useful in every respect if the administration of the affairs of the Officers’ Reserve Corps were more closely allied with the regu- lar establishment. The whole situation is at present in a preliminary stage of | development, bordering on mere con- jecture, but it is interesting as a pos- Sibility of future legislation, the indi- cations being that it will be the sub- ject of considerable discussion at the approaching session of Congress, which meets next December. There has just been issued by Ma- rvine_Corps headquarters circular let- ter No. 8, which governs the pay of members of the Marine Corps Reserve when not on active duty. Payments to reservists on inactive duty will be made by an officer attached to the paymaster’s department at headquar- ters on_individual vouchers certified by the Reserve area commander. In the event, however, that no servic entitling the reservist to pay was ren- dered during the quarter, no voucher will be submitted, but the Reserve area commander will submit a blanket certificate, setting forth the names and ranks of all reservists for whom vouchers have not heen submitted, with the notation “No drills per- formed” or ) appropriate duties performed,” as may be appropriate. The circular of instructions covers the following subjects in detail: No tice of enlistment in the Marine Corps Reserve; transfer between classes; no- tice of ¢ 'ge; uniform gratuity; ympensation for drill or equivalent duty pay: contpensation for appropri- ate’ duties—above rank of captain: compensation for appropriate duties helow rank of major: compensation for command, and instructions for dis- bursing office Some misunderstanding exists on the part of the enlisted reservists as to the proper procedure to be pursued upon the receipt of orders for active duty training. Two cases have occur- red just recently where enlisted re- servists paid their transportation from their home to Fort Monroe, Va.. ex- ing to be reimbursed upon their arrival, which, of course, cannot be done, as orders invariably specify that jovernment transportation will be rnished from place of residence. Usually a transportation request ac- compantes the order sent the re. servist, but, should this be overlooked, the iocal reservist concerned should make application at once to the $d “omst Artillery district for transporta tion and his commutation of rations in advance. 1t requires about a week e the transportation after mailing the request Reservists who have pald their transportation shouid forward their request for refund through military channels, which will be made by corps area headquarters. This will entail some little delay, and to avoid all of this irksome detail reservists are urged to apply in advance for trans portation and commutation of sub- sistence. There s no dificulty in con- nection with the transportation of the reservists returning home, it is point- ed out by the district headquarters, snd much correspondence and incon- venience can be’avoided if the re- servist will take the action outlined hove Roosevelt's Double. RANK HOPPER, chosen to play the role of Theodore Roosevelt in The Rough Riders,” s declared perfect likeness™ of “T. R.” Will H. Hayes and Roosevelt were personal frien nd it wrote his he light and went to sleep—a n which he did not awaken “You have the set of the jaw. and and the Roosevelt eyes to exclaimed Hays. “You thing of his magnetic per. well. You really gave me 1 saw you. I believe t vou can lead the famous Rough er regiment—even if it is only in ase a movie regiment —with all perfectior have ever Hopper was selected for the role !after a nation-wide search for a living double of Roosevelt. Hoodoo™ Ship Bought. ROM Holywood comes word that the four-masted topsail schooner Irene, famous hoodoo ship of the Pa- cific s been purchased for use in The Eagle of the Sea, Llovd's first production for Para bui vears in ago he ship w Calif., many Fair Haven, Because of | her ability to hunt out and find terrific storms and deadly calms, she gained the name of the jinx ship of the Pa. Recently she arrived in Los An- geles Harbor after spendinz 130 dayvs cific, the prey of alternate storms and calm. The vessel will be overhauled and | remodeled as the historical pirate brig Seraphine, for the Llovd sea produc- Marie Prevost has ne of the finest strings of canine thoroughbreds in the Her entrics have carried any honors in various dog shows both in Hollywood and New York. “Pooch,” one of her particular pets, appears with her in “For Wives Only.” ad was to | Tast | THE SUNDAY The Moving Picture By Robert E. Sherwood ME weeks ago, in this column, I called attention to the fact that motion picture producers are becom- ing more and more hospitable to Young writers'withsyoung {deas—that it is possible for them to obtain good screen stories from authors who have not previously gained fame as mnov- elists and playwrights. This statement has caused a shower of correspondence to descend about my head. Letters have arrived in stacks and bales from those unsung Shakespeares and mute Miltons who feel that great scenarios are buzzing about in their minds. One young lady wrote to tell me that, emboldened by my encouraging words, she was leaving home for Hol- Ivwood, armed with four manuscripts and $75 in cash. The manuscripts, she felt confldent, would increase her bank-roll to millions as soon as she could place them before the eager eves of Jesse Lasky, Samuel Goldwyn or Cecil B. De Miile. My hasty advice to that young lady—and to others whose faith is great as hers—is this: Stay home! Don't go to Hollywood uniess you have sufficient capital to support you for a minimum of five years: if you have enough to last you for 10 years, €0 _much the better. In saying that the outlook fs rosier for the young and unknown writer, I didn’t mean to imply that the mul lennium had arrived. That fair da has not dawned as yet, even though there are perceptible gleams of hope bevond the horizon. The movie people need storles— that fact is self-evident. Further- more, of 30 big special pictures that are on schedule for next season no fewer than 20 are based on original stores, written directly for the screen by young and comparatively uncele- brated authors. In spite of this, there is no reason to assume that any triumphal arches are being constructed on Hollywood boulevard for the reception of these unheralded geniuses from Sauk Cen- ter, Coffeyville and East Orange who are journeying to the Pacific Coast to peddle ideas. Nor are the scenario editors in the studios any more hospitable to un- solicited manuscripts than in the past. If you send a story to a film pro- ducing company, the odds are about one thousand to nothing that it will receive no consideration whatever. The mass of these manuscripts is so great, and the proved quality so low, that the scenaro editors don't bother with them. Eventually, I belleve, there will be a sort of clearing house for movie scenarios, in which manuscripts will be read and judged fairly on their merits. When that {s instituted, the amateur writer will have a chance. In the meantime, he or she has no chance whatsoever. B o [S° I There are a great many historical and biographical films in the making —following the artistic, if non-finan- clal, success of “The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln.” Among those that are promised are “The Rough Riders" (featuring Theo- dore Roosevelt), “The Greatest Show on Earth” (featuring P. T. Barnum), “The King of Kinge” (a picturization of the Christ story), “Francois Villon,” “The Firebrand” (featuring Benvenuto Cellin). a story of the spectular es- capades of Jeun Lafitte, the polite pirate, and various others. This is a good sign. and 1 hope that there will be many more biographical movies in the future. Among the histori deserve attention, [ these: Alexander Hamilton. who put the United States of America on a paying basis. Dwight list. Brigham Young, one winners in the West. Cortez, Maximillian, Montezuma and other characters in Mexican history, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the last of {the Stuart pretenders to the British throne. De Soto, Pere Marquette, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Magellan and, when vou come to think of it. Columbus. " Andrew Jackson and Stonewall Jackson. Oliver Cromwell, who led the rebel- llious Puritans through England's only serious revolution. Mohammed, the prophet—one of the most absorbingly interesting char- acters that ever lived. Xenophon, the philosopher, who led 10.000 Greck soldiers through Persia to the sea. 5 “Then there are the magnificent he- roes of the Trojan legends—Aeneas. Ul es. Hector, Paris, Achilles and the incomparable Helen herself. Indeed. there is more dramatic, ro mantic and inspiring material in hi tory than in all the novels or plays that ever could be written. * % ¥ ¥ Hollywood broad-mindedness was demonstrated at the Universal studio here when Lois Weber, directing “The Sensation Seekers,”” engaged Phillips Smalley, her divorced husband, for a Jeading role in the picture. The Red Grange picture, “One Minute to Play,” will be released soon. It is betraying no confidence to announce that it deals in a general way with the game of foot ball. With so many films based on song titles. such That's My B “Always,” e Prisonér’s Song, “Memory Lane,” etc., it is interesting spectlate on the possible adapta- to the screen of Ben Bernie's llatest composition, which he calls “You Broke My Heart When You Went Away and Left Me, But I Fooled You, for Just as You Stepped Out I stepped Out, Too, and Now I've Got the I'm-Laughing-Up-My-Sleeve-at-You e (Covvriznt. 1026.) 1 characters who might suggest Moody, the great evange- of the real it tion Foreign Technique. WHAT effect will European tech- nique and foreign directors have upon American made films? Jack Warner, general manager for Warner Bros., looks to the foreign director to raise the standard of qual- ity of American films. He made some interesting comments in this connec- c cently: U arner Bros. was the first Amer- jcan film company to bring a foreign director to these shores. Ernst Lubitsch. We saw his fine directorial hand in ‘Passion’ five vears ago, and instantly signed him up. ; | “His influence on American picture ’n\akm: needs little comment. From “The Marriage Circle’ on, his films to bring imagination into American pictures in place of the deadly literal- ness that preceded his arrival. Lub- itsch has opened the way for a whole «chool of young directors, all bring- ing a note of sophistication and deft suggestion. “The foreign Invasion cannot help but bring American films to a high- er level. The old world has much to give us, and we, of course, to give them. For instance, it must be remembered that foreign directors have been compelled to work under conditions, in their native studios, where money is far scarcer than here. As a consequence, these directors have been compelled to find a good story and to make the most of it with very little monetary expenditure. The Eu- ropean director has had to use ingenu- ity in sets, photography. lighting and even acting. In other words, he found it necessary to use his brain, and the result is tovel and artistic produc- tions which are meeting with phe nothenal success both abroad and in America. . “We expect big things from our foreign importations, and I know we shall not be disappointed.” have done more than any one thing | STAR, WASHINGTO D. C. AUGUST 15, Return of the Corset. ILL the corset come back? Despite affirmative replies that have emanated of late from Parisian fashion salons, the question has been settled once and for nd the an- swer is an emphatic “No! If you don't belleve it, ask Adolpe Menjou. For 40 perspiring females— no less—have aired their mature opin- fon on the subject, and Mr. Menjou having recovered from his embarrass- ment, can now tell you that the corset is doomed to the oblivion to which it was relegated by the flapper age. The decision was made, irrevocably. during production of the star's Para- mount picture, “The Ace of Cads,” adapted by Forrest Halsey from Michael Arlen’s short story, lald in England in 1908. One sequence takes place in a fash- f6nable restaurant filled with diners in the evening dress of the reriod. In preparation for the scenes H. M. K. Smith, studio costume director, worked for days. When vou try to get them, he found, 1908 evening dresses are scarce. And women who can wear them are scarcer still. Mr. Smith begged, borrowed and rented 1206 evening dresses. Finally he Lad 40 costumes. Iach included & Gibson girl, straight-front, waspish- waisted dress, complete with shoes, hose, fewelry and-—corset Then the ras who were to wear them were sent in for fittings, where- upon Mr. Smith found that in 20 years strange things have happened to feminine figures. The dresses didn’'t fit. They were far too tight in the waists and much too loose in other places. Obviously, in the short time at hard, the figures couldn't be reshaped, so pads were sewed into the dresses at strategic points. Came the day of the shooting of the restaurant scene. Forty females reported at tte studio and above their respective foreheads was erected the elaborate pompadour coiffures of the period. Let the dressing doors room be intervened before the women walked stifly on the set. Gone was the debutante slouch, the flapper fling, the loose, careless stride of the mod- ern girl. Instead 40 females, with slightly strained expressions, walked on with short, dignified steps. A few of the older women revealed by the ease with which they eat down that they had experience previously the rigors of the Gibson-girl styles. The younger extras uniformly did their constrained chatting in standing groups. Soon shooting proceeded in spite of the ominous, gradually swell- ing murmurs from the extras. It was hot outside that aay, and even . hotter under the lights around the set. That may have been partly responsible for the near riot that was precipitated a couple of hours later when Director Reed began selecting some of the cirls for action a bit more streruous than sitting at the restaurant tables. Murmurs of pro- test arose afresh, und finally one girl, boldar than the vest, left a gesturing groun and approached Mr. Menjou and the director. “Look here.,” she sald, “fun’s fun, but we gotia have a rest. These darn corsets are so tight we can't breathe.” - Thirty-nine women voiced their sup- port of this stand and after a nur- ried consultation a rreathing spell was granted. Forty women made hasty exits in the direction of the dressing ,rooms, where again the doors must be closed on the haif- hour recess. The girl who made the formal pro- test was heard to remark as she left the set with a belligerent flip of her hip pads: “Say, who Is this big sap that's pre- dicting the return of the corset” I've been photographed in everything from A coat of mail to a bathing suit, but this is the first time in my life I've ever been in a corset Thirty of the 40 girls, it developed were wearing corsets for the firsi time—and, most of them said, for the closed on the rib-cracking hour that !last It is a favorite trick of grown-ups to tell a child to do something and neglect to tell him how to do it. The fun 18 in seeing just what he will puzzle out in the way of methods. This trick has a lot to do with the astuteness of “Our Gang,” those seven youngsters of Hal Roach com edies, who shine among child stars of the screen as no one aggregation has ever stood out before. Robert McGowan is their director and has been from the inception of the “Our Gang" idea, and from him we learn something of the methods with which he induces Roach's ‘“ras- cals” to perform before the camera. In a little less than four vears they have made over 40 comedies. Their school teacher has been the same for nearly three years—Mrs. Fern Carter. a woman who sympathizes with the moods and whims of children suffi clently to understand their little faults, as well as virtues. Hal Roach laid down the policy at the very start of “Our Gang’ that none of the ‘“gangsters” should be forced to study more than school re- quirements or induced to talk or act according to adult standard. Being just natural children treatment at the hands of Mc is interesting. First, he never visibly loses patience with them He may their Kéépin_g‘ El:l’} Natural. turn his back and say things to the camerman or his assistant that arén't the most peaceable expression of his feelings, but he refrains from showing the children anything but perfect good nature at all times. When he starts a sequence in a S| he is as likely as not to say, “Now listen, kids—I've got a great idea here but it isn't finished. I want you o in this scene and play like vou're having a game of bLase ball only I want you to have a lot of fun with it and act as funny as you want to. 1 don't ‘e what kind of a game of base ball you make i what you want to. You going to dc it, will you? Of course. he really leads them to do certain things. but they don't real ize he is doing it. They think they're doing it themselves, consequently they always have ideas about scenes which are good ideas: nd numerous. He asks Farina, Ma Mickey. Johnn ay or Joe Now, how would it be if you did it this way Isn’t that fine” What's that” You want to do it how? Sure! That's a idea—but listen, would it right, do you think 3 around the corner fir “The members of “Our Gang' make high grades in their studies and are regarded as unusually smart children. .emme see you do work all you went FILMOGRAMS (Continued from Third Page.) play in oxit Smiling,” opposite Beatrice Lille, the English comedian, who will make her screen debut in this picture. Marc Connelly is pre. paring the script and Sam Taylor will direct. “The Man of the Forest,” Zane Grey’s next story, filmed by Para- mount, will have Jack Holt in the lead and John Waters will direct. Ken Maynard, star of “Senor Dare- Devil” and “The Unknown Cavalier,” which First National is doing a lot of talking about, was something of a soldier of fortune before entering the movies. He served for a while in Mexico under one of the revolutionary generals, receiving $7.50 a day,and it is claimed, as an additional incentive “all the plunder he could lay his hands on. He never got any “plunder,” except a fairly good guitar that he picked up at the battle of Casa ande—and still has it. Kenneth Harlan has added a bottle of iodine to his make-up box equip- ment. He plays the role of the middle- weight champion of the London Lime- house district in Colleen Moore's pic- ture, “Twinkletoes.” After six months' touring in Europe, Mary Pickford and Douglas Falr- banks will sall from Cherbourg Au- gust 19 on the Majestic, arriving in New York August 24, and in Holly- wood a week later. Reservations have been made for them on the Empress of Canada, sailing from Van- couver for the Orient September 30. Every motion picture fan knows that Milton Sills is a fine actor. That he is a capable scenarist is perhaps not so well known, though in “Men of Steel” which he adapted from a Saturday Evening Post story by R. G. Kirk, called “United States Fla. vor,” he proved his ability in this Iflelrl. Colleen Moore's dark Dutch bob has made its last appearance on the screen for at least three months. Long golden tresses will be worn by the dainty star in the title role of “Twinkletoes,” her next production. Louise Fazenda, in a comedy spin- ster's role in First National's ' Ladies at Play,” is using a complete ward. robe of the vintage of 1900 that used to belong to her mother. Artistically “antiquated” clothes had been pre- pared for the role, but when Miss Fa- zenda brought forth her “heirlooms,” they were immediately substituted. Gladys Frazin, French actress, who played Tondelayo in “"White Cargo” in its New York and Chicago runs, and was the heavy in the “The Masked Woman” with Lowell Sherman and Helen McKellar, is making her screen debut as a Montmarte girl in Adolphe Menjou's picture, “The Ace of Cads. Anna Q. Nilsson has left Hollywood for a quick visit to her old home in Sweden, after which she will return to California to resume contract work with First National. “Four Feathers. the next Richard Barthelmess picture for First Na- | tional. has started under the direc- | tion of Sidney Olcott. A. “Pat” McKenna and her husband. Jerome Wilson. The screen story is based on the A. E. W. Mason novel combined with material taken from “The White Black Sheep,” an original written *for Barthelmess by Violet Powell, English writer. Corinne Griffith’s next picture for First National will be known as “Syncopating Sue.” The present and €inal title, it was felt, more exactly reflected the spirit of the picture than any of the others. n yncopating Sue” the star takes the part of a piano song plugger in a music shop. Eventually she be- comes a great actress. The picture has just been com- pleted on the Coast under the direc- The adaptation and scenario are by | tion of Richard Wallace. It original by Adelaide Heilbron. is an The Palace Orchestra will occupy a new location in the newly devised or- chestra-pit at Loew’s Palace, starting today, the change from the stage hav- ing been necessitated by remodeling work, which is now going forward at night and which, when completed, will give Loew’s Palace a greatly enlarged stage area. Marshall Neilan makes his Wash- ington debut as a Paramount director with his production of the Sardou classic, “Diplomacy.” this week. Neflan' was with Paramount years ago as a director. Blanche Sweet, his wife, who has the lead in “Diplo- macy,” also has signed with the Lasky organization. _ Percival Christopher Wren's “Reau Sabreur,” which is sald to he as suc. cessful as his preceding work, “HBeau Geste,” has been purchased by Fa mous Players-Lasky for production as a Paramount picture. The story takes up the adventures of Maj Beaujolais of the foreign legion { leading character of “Beau Geste. Lucien Hubbard has ordered the Paramount purchasing department to obtain a real German Gotha, one of the lary of the bombing planes used in the World War, for use in his Afr Service production, “Wings." Robert Benchley, dramatic editor of Life, has been engaged to title Ray- mond Griffith’s production, “You'd Be Surprised.” Alsé he has been signed to write the star's next story, “Be Yourself."” - Philip Sterling, English actor ‘“‘dis. covered” by Adolphe Menjou. will he the fourth member of the quartet of principals to appear in “The Popular Sin,” Malcolm St. Clair's next produc- tion, featuring Florence Vidor, Clive Brook and Greta Nissen Arthur Stringer, author of numer- ous short stories and novels, has been engaged to adapt Somerset Maugham's play, “The Tand of Promise’ for Thomas Meighan. The film version has been tentativel named “‘The Canadian.” Etta Lee, acclaimed by leading di- rectors as the greatest delineator of Chinese and Oriental characters s Sessue Hayakawa disappeared the “make-believe” horizon, will seen ini “The Masked Woman.” Dorothy Ma 1, Jack Mulhall, Louise Brooks. Willlam Collier, jr., and Director Alfred Santell recently went to the Curtiss flying field at Mineols, where scenes were shot for the film version of “Even Stephen.” Gerald Beaumont's story, temporaril titled “The Charleston Kid.” ! Marie Prevost has completed “For Wives Only"” and will again face the cameras almost immediately as the star of ““Man Bait,” an original F by Norman Houston, author of Light Annfe.” Elinor Glyn has rejoined Para- mount, which originally introduced her works to the screen. Her first production under the new agreement will be “It,” an adaptation of her latest novel. Clara Bow will be fea- tured in the picture, which will be directed by John Waters, a young di- rector, who, although he has produced hut three pictures, has established himself as a brilliant asset to the in- dustry. IR Will Play Justitia. AJEL COLEMAN, a titian-haired actress not long out of high school, has been given by Cecil B. De Mille a conspicuous part in his forthcoming biblical production, “The King of Kings.” Miss Coleman will portray the role of Justitia, wife of Pontius Pilate. Tall} and graceful, with a Patrician manner, she is said to be well suited to the role of this Roman woman who figures prominently in the story as prepared for the screen by Jeanie Macpherson. Tt pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations arg obtained through them. g1 splendid | " | ers 1926—PART 3. SPANISH WAR VETERANS I The following delegation of the United Spanish War Veterans of the District of Columbla left yesterday afternoon in two special Pullmans over the Baitimore and Ohio Railroad for Des Moines, Towa, where the na- tional ¢ncampment of the organiza- tion will begin its sessions tomorrow: Department Comdr. E. J. Nolan, Department Adjt. William 1. Jenkins, Junfor Vice Department Comdr. James G. Yaden. Department dele- gates—Benjamin F. Motley, James A. Burns, John A. G. Shuster and Wil- liam E. Rink. Department alternates —Charles P.Galpin, Jesse P. Sprinkle, William H. Cooper and John Coyne. Nelson A. Miles Camp delegates— George McAlear, Charles P. Galpin, Elias Bresinger and Alexander T. Jen- kins. Alternates—C. L. Davidson, Jerome Shipman, Joseph D. Dennison and O. M. Parker. Richard J. Harden Camp delegates—John A. Gallagher, Thomas A. Hudlow. Joseph Orken, Albert W. Evans, Daniel Foley, Wil- liam E. O'Neill and Charles L. Platz. Alternates—Francis C. Huhn, Bernard R. Lee. John J. Allen, John Hamburg and John T. Mooney. Col. James S. Pettit Camp delegate—Karl I’ Wood. Alternate—James M. Dean. Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp delegate, Stephen H. Talka: Col. John Jacob Astor Camp delegate, John Coyne: Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp delegates—Andrew J. Kimmell and George B. Parker. Alternates—Fred Truelson and George A. Wilburt. Gen. M. Emmett Trell Camp dele- | {gate, Samuel J. McWilliams. The | | delegation was accompanied by Past | Department Comdr. Clarence A. Bel- knap, E. D. Gould, C. L. Davis and | Maj. T. V. Walker. Q. M. Gen. James J sistant Q. M. Gen. Harry B. Coulter and Official Editor William L. Mat tocks of the national headquarte United Spanish War Veterans, and | Headquarters Clerks Imogene Megrew tand Margaret E. Pitt left Thursday for Des Moines, Towa, to attend the national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans. b At the recent meeting of Richard Harden Camp the following vet erans were mustered in: Frank E. Middleton, Arthur Harrison and iow- ard O. Pusey. Harry A. Walsh wak readmitted. James ¥. Wilson, chair man of the entertainment committee, reported a profit of $252 on the excur- sion to Marshall Hall held Santiago day. July 17. On motion of James J. Murphy~ the representatives of the camp to the council of administration were instructed to report to that body that it is the sense of Harden Camp that two guns and caissons, war trophies, be procured for the soldiers and sailors’ temporary home at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Chair man Wood of the department distribu jtive commitiee gave data concerning the arrangements for the national encampment_at Des Molnes, lowa. Junior Vice Department Comdr. James G. Yadin and Past Department Comdr. lee H. Harris gave short talks. The report of Quartermaster Thomas A Hudlow showed a balance on band from the last report of $818.02 and re- ceipts of making a_total of and expenditures of $783.98. sury savings certificates of and liberty bonds of $1.100 makes an aggregate balance of \746.39. The report of Adjt. Leslie showed a total member | the camp in good standing of 6 A communication from the officers of the Department of Wisconsin wi announcing the candidac, Department Comdr. Charles G Juneau of that State for the office of commander-in-chief subject to the nction of the national encampment at Des Moines, Towa. Announcement was made that Veterans of Foreign Wars had pointed W. Lawrence Hazard and Francis C. Huhn members of the board of managers of the soldiers and sailors’ temporary home to represent that organization. ) Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp at its recent meeting mustered in the fol- lowing recruits: Sidney H. Berham, James Whitehill, Charles T. Schweg {ler, Willlam E. Seyboth, Harry S Newman, sr., and Albert Pike. There was a large attendance at the meet- ing. i read Past the ap- Chautard .Resumes Acting. URING the past few vears several of the screen’s most popular lead- ing men have given up the grease paint for the megaphone, but it has remained for Emile Chautard, one of the screen’s foremost directors, to set the precedent of giving up the megaphone for grease paint. He por- trays the role of Father Goriot in ““Paris at Midnight.” Francis Marion's Metropolitan picture which is base upon the Balzac classic. “Pere Goriof Chautard’s fame in this country ha heen achieved through his directing, for although he was formerly one of { the most popular actors in France, he { has never appeared on either the stage or screen in America. In thig country he is best known for his direction of “The Mystery of the Yellow Room.” “The Black Panther's i es” and several photoplays™ in which Pauline Fred- i Jlsie Fergusen and Alice Brady rred nee man for Mme. Chautard was leading Rejane for 20 years. His portrayal of Napoleon in “Mme. Sans Gene” won him-fame. He was director of the Royal Theater in Brus- sels and created the title role in “Alias Jimmy Valentine” in Paris, Other screen players featured in “Paris at Midnight” are Jetta Goudal, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Brian and Edmund Burns. Tl’llS Was in NBW York‘ IX hundred pounds of ice a day was used during the recent hot spell at First National's New York studios to keep the set cool during the filming of “The Charleston Kid, Gerald Beaumont's story “Even Stephen.” Make-up has a peculiar way of run Ining right off the faces of screen play- when the mercury is hovering around the 100-degree mark. Add the heat of the high-powered lamps and lights to the Intense heat of Sum mer and you have some idea of how hot it gets on the set. So Producer Al Rockett ordered 600 pounds of ice delivered daily during the spell This ice is placed in a big container |and a hattery cof seven big electric fans is set up to blow the air over the ice onto the set. In this way the players keep fairly comfortable and the make-up stays on their faces. Basen andi Haoghis: TFE has been one continuous laugh for Larry Semon-“but the other fellow laughs while Larry figures out how to get the chuckles. Before he was four years of ag comedian earned his living as a and dance man” with the traveling show troupe which his father owned. Semon was literally horn on the stage, as his parents traveled with their troupe, and he was reared be- hind the curtains. While in school in Savannah. Ga., at the age of 14, Larry injured his neck in a foot ball game and his voice disappeared. Casting about for a means of livelihood, he began to car- toon, and his sketches in the New York papers kept the wolf from the door for a long while. Then chance threw him into one- reel picture production. and he has grown up with the industry, always producing comedies. Now he is carning new laughs in “Spuds.” . Lenore J. Coffee, author of “The Volga Boatman.” defles the laws of “superstition.” She was born July 13 in San Francisco in a house numbered 13. “For Alimony Only” is her thir- teenth original screen story. And there n? 13 letters in her name! American Legion. Nomination of officers for the en- suing vear of George Washington Post, No. 1, the American Legion, will take place Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the headquarters of the post, 1829 I street northwest. The election will take place at the following meeting, Tuesday, September 7, and the instal- lation on Beptember 21. » Members of the post, headed by Post Comdr. J. J. Murphy, partici- pated in the parade last Tuesday aft- ernoon at Alexandria, Va., in connec- tion with the annual State convention of the Department of Virginia, the American Legion. The post colors and the post flag, which has repre- sented the post at all of the national conventions, proved to be one of the features of the parade. George Wash- ington Post and the color bearer from one other post from the Department of the District of Columbia were the lonly posts in the parade from the Dis- trict. The members are interested in the movement to elect GGen. John J. Persh- ing, & charter member of tne post, natfonal commander of the American Legion at Philadelphia in October. The delegates to the coming depart- ment convention, to be held August 27 and 28, have been instructed by the post to present his name for indorse- ment by the convention. The delegates and alternates to the department convention are as follows: Delegates—Comdr. J. J. Murphy, Past Comdr. Howard S. Fisk. Past Comdr. Wallace Streater and Gllbert T. Rude. Alternates—Paul V. Collins, Dr. M. 11, Darnall, James P. Cromwell and Nathan J. Cosel. The August meeting of the U. §. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, American Legion, was held Monday at the Endion Club, 14 Jackson place. The following named comrades were elected as delegates and alternates to attend the annual convention of the Department of the District of Colum bia: Delegates—Comdr. Esther V. Hall, Past Comdr. Helen G. O'Neill and Finance Officer Mayme E. Smith. Alternates—Comrades Lucille Allan, Ella Leech and Mabel k. Staub. Three resolutions presented by the legislative officer were favorably in dorsed by the post and referred to the department convention for considera- tion and action It was moved and carried that let- ters of appreciation be directed Comrade Ulla R. Tracy and Comdr. W. R. Furlong, U. § terest and assistance in urging the Navy Department to perpetuate the uniform of the women of the United States Naval Reserve force by a paint- ing executed by Miss Anne Fuller Ab- bott, si f Capt. John Strong Ab bott, U. 8. This picture has been added to the Navy Department ex hibit at the Sesqucentennial Exposi The post feels that it has been v honored in having Comrades Past Comdr. Helen G. O'Neill, Senior Vice Comdr. Charlotte Berry and Color Bearer Ulla R. Tracy a the artist in depicting the ‘uniform in striet accordance with Navy regula- tions. The picture was reviewed by Admiral E. W. Eberle, chief of nava operations. and officials of the Navy Department last week prior to its shipment to Philadelphia. After the exposition the picture will be retained at the Navy Department, together with other World War pictures. o Delano Post, Legion. met Monday at the Nurses' Club house, 1337 K street northwest, to elect representatives to the annual department convention. The post expects to nominate Past Comdr. Alice M. Prentiss as a candi- date for the office of third vice com mander of the District of Columbia Department. legates chosen were: Maretta H. Pierson, commander, and Marjorie D. Woodgell, senior vice commander; alternates, Mary L. Hawthorne and Anna L. Barry Miss Daisy . Wells was elected to membership. Jane A, At the last meeting of Sergt. Jas to | N.. for their in-! | good Veterans of Great War per Post, No. 13. American Legion. delegates were elected to the depart- ment convention. Delegates elected wers Post Comdr. J. Thad Baker, Wilbur C. Pickett and F. G. Fraser, while H. B. Searay. Paul H. McMurray and Willlam Ke- hoe were elected alternates. Among the guests of honor present at this meeting were Maj. Charles N. Freeman of the veterans’ joint com mittee, Capt. Thomas J. Frailey, se nior vice commander of the District of Columbia Department of the Amer ican Legion, and Post Comdr. H. B Schultz of the R. B. Evans Post of the American Legion Twelve new members wera elected to membership and will take part in the large initiation ceremony to he held the first Wednesday in Septe: ber in the blue lodge room of the O: Fellows’ Hall Post Finance Officer I reports that there are now up members in the Serg Post for the year of 13z5. George E. Killeen ('nft of the Amar ican Legion Auxilfary met August & in the Potomac Bank Hall. with Mrs John Killeen presiding. Plans wers formulated for a garden party, which was held Fridn the entrance t Montrose Park. Georgetown. Dele gates and alternates to the depart ment convention in September were elected. as follows: Delegates, Mrs Mary Killeen, Mrs. Duvall, Mrs. Var Ness, Mrs. William Donovan, Mrs Isabelle Stienbroker; alternates. Mrs William Speden, Mrs. Thomas Sm Mrs. A. Bucher, Mrs. Wood and Mrs Wilding. The unit unanimously indorsed Mrs Killeen for department president for the ensuing vear. Mrs Killeen s 2 gold star mother and has heen a mem ber since the organization of the unit She has been active in all branches of auxiliary work The unit gave a s week at the home of Mrs. Killean when sufficient funds were received to send a family to Camp Good Wil for a week d party las Veterans of Foreign Wars. Natlonal Capital Post. Nc. 127, Ve erans of Foreign \Wars, at jts las week's meeting adopted a resolut-e- ‘to send a letter to the new Commia sioner of the District of Columb: Proctior L. Dougherty. assuring h of the loyal support of the post « all times. Another motion extended thanks the merchants Washington w generously provided several valuabie prizes for the contests the post's outing at Marshall Hall. Reports o1 the outing showed it (o be a complers success. h boat carried a « pacity load to Marshall Hall. maki the prediction ¢ ancis ¢ Huhn, chairman of the entertainimen commiittee, that the frolic would he the largest ever given by the posi Entertainment committees nnder the direction of J. 1. Harris. vice chair man, went to the Hall on the fir boat. accompanied by ladies of the post auxiliary preparation for the guests’ One hundred and fifty disabled ve: erans now receiving treatment arious hospitals fn the Capital were aken down on the 2 boat as the special guests of the post for the da The Washington Boye' Independent Band. under the direction of Jame L. Kidwell, played Upon the arrival « Veterans' hoat a pari at the wharf, under the of Department Comdr Post Comdr. Pierce. Following the national and post colors came the veterans from the hospitals. members of the post and of the auxiliary and the band. Addresses of welcome and refreshments met the marchers @t the meeting place. The athletic cantests provided a high light of the das At the post's meeting last Daniel J. Ryan was initiated in® t. Mr. Ryan saw service W& ements at Chateau Thierry, Sery Magneral, Villiers Cotteret, Ville-sur Consance, La Veuve and Staden at the w Disabled formed ieadership Relliy and week the Tiffany Gems for 1926-7. FANY Productions, Inc.. an nounces twenty gems for 1926-7 ready are “That Model ost at Sea,” “Fools of Four now From Paris,” Fashion” and “One Hour of Love. The pictures nearing completion are “The First Night.” “College Days,” “Josselyn's Wife" o to start on the Tiffany special, “Wild Geese.”” one of the hest selling novels of the year, by Martha Ostenso. eqst of “That Model From which was suggested by the Gouverneur Morris story, “The Right to Live.” are Bert ell. Marceline Day. Eileen Perey. Ward Crane, Crau- furd Kent. Miss Dupont. Avthur Hoy Otto Lederer, Sabel Johnson, Holmes, Nellie Bly Kuwa. It was dir Gasnier. “Lost_at Sea Louis Joseph Vance story,’ ‘“Main- spring.” has Huntly Gordon, Lowell Sherman, Jane Novak, Natalie King- ston, Billy Kent Schaefer, Joan Stand- ing and William R. Walling, and di- rected by Louis J. Gasnier. “Fools of Fashion,” suggested by the George Randolph Chester story “The Other Woman,” has Marceline Day. Mae Busch, Theo. Von Elt Hedda Hopper. Robert Ober and Rose Dione and directed by James McKa “One Hour of Love,” suggested by the Emerson Hough story “The Rroken Gate,” has Jacqueline Logan, Robert Frazer, Duane Thompson, Mildred Harr Montague Love, Tavlor Holmes, Rilly Rletcher. Henry Sedley and William ¢ Robert Florey. * a farce-comedy by Freder . has a cast in cluding Rert Lytell, Dorothy Devore. Walter Hiers, Joan Standing. Harry Myers, Hazel Koener, James Nellie aker, Fugene Jackson vert. auline Frederick will he in the Kathleen Norris story, “J Iyn's Wife.” “College Days" fs hy A P. Younger, who wrote the scenario | for “Brown of Harvard.” i 3 Roxy Has the Idea. AUDEVIL the film exhibition today. T.. Rothafel, the famous Roxv, who was the originator of the “de luxe method” of motion picture presenta tion. “It is the function of the program to interpret the action and character of the picture, to lift it up and carry it over the flat dimension of the screen. It is interpretative music that supplies the body and foundation of the pres- entation. Jazz belongs with a jazz picture. Serfous music establishes the mood of a ‘serlous drama, but the musie should not obtrude itself upon the patron; it is interpretative in the full meaning of the word. It should become so integral a part of the ple- ture that the lines of confluence are scarcely distinguishable. To import a vaudeville troupe and permit them to cavort about the stage irrespective of the type of picture ls to my mind only a confession of failures and of defeated showmanship. “Prologues, unless you have some- thing in the picture itself that can be linked up with them, are bosh. A cted by Louis J. suggested by the starred curse of sa of the entertainment, it should blend | into the picture, and form a complete nit."” The Roxy | apace. Theater is proceeding prises one and one-half acres, and when completed will be the largest theater in the world devoted to mo- tion pictures and work is about | Leon | Baker and George | Austin. | Mack, | program should not be a distinct part | It is located at Fiftieth street : | and Seventh avenue, New York, com-{ Fate Shifted. ROUND the Lambs and in places where motion picture executives meet it is reported that Adolph Zu- Kor, president of the Famous Play ers-Lasky Corporation, smiled with satisfaction he read the morning paper that the proposed Demp: ~Tunneyv fight had transferred from Chicago to York. Tecently Mr. Zuker heard (i Thomas Meighan and Gene Sarazen were playing golf together, sao he asked Mr. Meighan to recommend good coich for himself. Mr. Mef han asked Mr. Sarazen's opinion and the latter suggested Leo Diegel. Mr Zukor engaged him. He liked him so well that ha also engaged him technical adviser on the laving ou! of several new holes on his f course near New City. Mr. Zukors game showed marked improvement it is said. A few davs ago, after complatii: work in “Tin Gods." Mr. Meighan ir vited Mr. Zukor to jMn a foursome and bring his own partner ar tch to he plaved at the Lakevills ‘ountry Club on Long Island. © a od that Gene Sarazen and Charlie Winninger would play Mr Zukor and Leo Diegel, and that Mr Meighan would accompany the around the cours Mr. Meig had so much faith in the Winninger combination that he sug gested o loser to a specis p to Chicago and | Dempsey-Tunney fight. At _the, seventh hole. Diegel were hteenth gr when in been New Mr. Zukor up. On thr it looked like o t but Mr. Zuk seven-foor putt The following Mr. Meighan in vited a number of the Lambs to join the Chicago party. The day after bout_the t New York the ficht . Helpmg in Conservation. HE of the pleture conservation resources the Nation Mrs. Harry A. Lilly, promi York clubwoman, in an s hefore the Natlonal Life Con servation of which Mis Charles C. Marshall is president. “The motion plcture industry fs i the foremost ranks of the conserva tionists, awakening every communits to the beauty of our natural resource and the necessity for them,” Mrs. Lilly said She said films show forest reserves and methods of protecting them They share the heauties of nature in one part of the country with all t world. They help conserve human life by cooperating in health day programs and child welfare promotion plans and by encouraging and teach ing safety methods. By showing proper manipulation of machiner: operators are taught to conserve hu man effort, she declared. Animal con servation 1s not overlooked, Mrs. Lil said. while great historic {help conserve American ; traditions. contributions motion of were toward the of listed by nent addres New Soclet preserving Lajos Biro, European author and playright, has arrived in Hollywood to write the script for “The War of the Wor'ds," the Paramount speetal fRken from H. G. Wells' book.