Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24

"The, figure of Scandal rears its ugly
head all through my new play of that
name" said Lois Weber, just after a
strenuous day on the big stage at Uni
versal City. Yes Scandal is never lost
sight Of IL has an ugly figure as well
as an ugly head and its hldeousness will
have the certain tendency to give ycu
the creeps.
Scandal is shown in the play in the
attitude of throwing mud, indicating the
besmirching of regulations, and the fig
ure makes its appearance with such start
ling frequency, owing TO the pernicious
activity of the gossip-bearers, that l am
hoping the lesson ] am seeking to teach
will strike home to the many who, un-
fortunately for their fellow men and
women, are guilty of this destructive
characteristic.
Scandal pitilessly destroys the people
In the play when, as a matter of fact,
this horrible creature has no apparent
reason for entering their lives at all.
Mankind in general-sad indeed Is the
commentary-is prone to listen with an
attent ear, as the Bard of Avon says, to
the venomous tongue of Gossip. and its
victims fall by the wayside like soldiers
on the field of battle before the deadly
shrapnel"
Children in Photoplays
The Majestic company of children Is
already at work upon the third release
of the series intended for children. No
member of the company is more than ten
years old. Francis Carpenter, leading
man" of the Juvenile troupe, is only
three years old. Violet Radcliffe, who
plays the heavies. is seven years old She
has been upon the stage ever since she
was two months old.
The release upon which the children arc
at present working is Little Dicks First
Case" 1t deals with the ambition of little
Dick Cwhose father is a real detective) to
become q detective.
Dick sees an Italian with bottle of
poison and Immediately calls out two
patrol wagons full of policemen II de-
velops, however. that the bottle contains
whisky and the Italians were merely cele-
brating a christening.
Members of the cast are Violet Rad
clifte, Carmen de Rue, George Stone and
Charles German.
How Ham Became a Detective
One OF Hams greatest desires was
realized the other day, when for short
time he became a detective. Perhaps 1t
wasn't wholly realized. since his activities
as a sleuth were confined to Kalem's 5
newest Ham" comedy, Ham the De-
tective."
The comedian told of this ambition. The
story took his listeners back to the days
of Hams youth. 1t revealed to them just
how it happened that he now earns his
daily bread as a comedian instead of a
detective.
IL had long cherished the desire to be
a sleuth-a desire fostered by reading
such classics as old Sleuth' and old Cap
Collier" said Ham in telling the story,
"And, when it was discovered that some
one had broken into our pantry and made
away with a huckleberry pie sponge
cake and half a strawberry shortcake,
volunteered to solve the mystery and got
tight down to work,
MY father also undertook to solve the
mystery. We worked independently.
Which of us was successful? Why he
was. You see, he found my jackknife
lying behind the half of the strawberry
shortcake that was left behind, and
! working by deduction, he decided that
was the guilty party. And he was right
Essanay Buys Photoplay Rights
Essanay has purchased the photoplay
rights for several of the strongest novels
and plays of the century Among those
which have been bought and are being