Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
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About the time OF the Salem witches,
when any woman whose personal conduct
was not to the liking OF everybody was
liable to be drowned in the nearest pond
or burned at the stake. old New England
was in the throes OF a most remarkable
code. No man might kiss his wife. sister
or daughter except in the privacy of his
own home, with the curtains drawn. The
blue laws reigned supreme, while segre-
CATION of the sexes was carried to the
ultimate extreme
But old New England has little on mod
ern Chicago. Las: summer, amid the
laughter OF the whole country and the
satlrical comment of all the newspapers.
the Lincoln Park Board built fence out
into Lake Michigan to keep as far apart
as possible the men and women who
patronize its bathing beach. Having sur
vived that rdicule, the city now pro-
poses to divide its picture theatres into,
not two, but three parts, to accommodate
the men and women who are together and
men and women who are apart. Only the
children are to have the run of the house.
Without considering the anticipated ef-
feet of this arrangement on the moral
atmosphere OF the city, IT is certainly an
the children 1t is a self-evident fact,
checked, proved and sealed by experience.
that IL bad men are ever good II Is in
the presence OF good women. The reverse
may or may not be true; observers are
silent on this point, But II there is any
truth in Chief of Police Gleason's claim
that women parasites" word-fre-
auent the picture shows, their oonver-
sation with each other, as well as that
of the male section OF the house, would
doubtless be highly diverting and in
structive to the unsegregated children.
The segregation project. granting II
sense for the sake of argument, would de-
feat its own purpose IL 1t had any. But
as the proposal is wholly without form
and void, a thing of Joking and ridicule,
there is little to gain by hurling adJec-
tives against It,
A LUBIN SENSATION.
The sinking of Herreshoff steam yacht
off Jacksonville. Fla. and the plunge of
a touring car from a wharf into the ocean
are two of the sensational features of the
two-reel photoplay, "The Man From the
Sea- released by Lubln.
In order to get the proper background
for the story Mr. Lubin sent a special
company to Florida and purchased the
steam yacht to use In the pg climax.
As a marine spectacle the burning Of
the yacht and Its disappearance under
the waves Is magnificent Another sem
sation In the play is the wild flight of
an automobile, with two OF the leading
characters in the front seat. the length
OF an old wharf and into the ocean. In
order to secure the under water pictures,
where the drowned millionaire sends wire
less messages TO his rival on shore, II was
necessary to construct a special glass
tank. The effect obtained is startling.
ADVICE TO GIRLS.
Beverly Bayne. of the Essanay Com
pany. has had scores of inquiries from
girls ambitious to star in photoplays as
to how she succeeded so rapidly on the
motion picture stage. having jumped al
most Immediately into leading parts while
SO many others have had to work for
years before getting the training to make
II possible for them TO take leads,
II do not believe that any one can sue
oeed without thoroughly liking the work"
she said. THE work is a real delight to
me, and while often fatlguing, I never
realize this until have finished. Every
play enthuses me just as though II were
real happening. In fact. 1t Is real
life, as 1 live every character I repre-
sent and actually feel that I am that
person. I try TO be just as natural as
am off the stage, to be just myself and
forget all dramatic attempts, which spoil
so many players, This, 1 believe. makes
the characterization natural and realistic.