Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-29
that I would never marry anyone with
only an acquaintance by correspond
ence."

| that / would never marry anyone with
only an acquaintance by correspond
ence."
In addition to his innumerabIe
duties as director of the western aggre-
cation of Eclair players, located at
Tucson, Ariz., the man who holds that
Office has rather lately assumed the
unwilling obligation of a zoo keeper.
This condition has been brought about
| by the various animals presented to
him by the Tucson residents out of the
goodness of their hearts. 1t seems that
wherever a local sportsman returns
from the hunt with any animal cap
tives he deems it his duty to turn them
over to the Eclair studio, in the be-
lief that they will be useful as props"
!, The Eclair director was rather sur
prised one day to be the recipient OF
two owls, fox, a number Of bull
snakes, various gila monsters and
other reptiles too numerous to men,
ton, all presented by friendly visitors
to the studio, but he almost threw up
his hands the other day when a well
known Tucson resident led in what he
termed a couple of tame leopards.
He has resigned himself, however, to
becoming the keeper of this rather
miscellaneous collection of pets" and
is casting about in his mind for a
scenario in which he can make use of
all the animals at one time.
ers, is out an afternoons enjoyment,
and, incidentally. was compelled to
spend a bad half hour squeezed in a
| dumb-waiter because of the pranks of
| a quartet OF stage hands. Bunny is a
great friend of John II. Daily, man
ager of the Pittsburgh Nationals, and
| when the Pirates play New York or
Brooklyn is always the recipient of a
pass for self and family. Prior to the
recent Pittsburgh Brooklyn series the
pass came duly to hand. and on the
day of the opening game Bunny, in his
| hurry to get through his work at the
studio in time to see the game, acct
dentally dropped the bit of pasteboard
on the floor. A stage hand found the
pass, and, seeing a chance to make a
good fellow of himself, conspired with
several of his fellow craftsmen to see
picture in which the genial comedian
was working he was required to
squeeze himself into dumbwaiter and
be hauled up some 15 feet through a
chute. When halfway up the stage
hand conspirators who were operating
it tied the rope and left for the game,
leaving Bunny securely fastened in his
narrow quarters. Needless to state,
Bunny was eventually released, but not
until he had time to think up several
hundred different kinds of torture to
be melted out to the conspirators should
he lay hands on them
Arthur Ashley of the vitagraph play
ers is Jack of all trades" but he re-
verses the old saying by being good at
all of them. II is not so very long ago
that he was known as Daredevil Ash
fey, and thrilled thousands all over the
country by his death-defying ride down
shoot-the-chutes on bicycle, en-
veloped in flames. making a spectacu-
lar high dive at the finish. Mr.. Ash
ley has also been balloonist OF note
and made numerous .ascensions- His
latest achievement, prior to his join
inC the Vitagraph, was the compound
ing of ingredients to make solder
that would weld aluminium. He spe-
cialized in the soldering of broken
automobile castings, and enjoys the
distinction of being the first man in
the United States to accomplish this
difficult task AS a writer he leans
to comedy. and has furnished num-
Der of the scripts used by John Bunny.
AS an actor he excels in ] ,venile leads
and comedy parts.