Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-20
iNfOLN TO BE SHOWN
NPHOTOPLAY CYCLE
,.,;amin Chaplin, Premiere I'M
'.s '..gsonator of Lincoln, to BE
Featured
av ,he Photoplay Editor

~. c,bapin, who is to be starred
r'',',l ,,ncoln cycle by the Charter Feat
, s..ooration. has received plaudits
VI ,,cDersonation OF the martyred
NJ " wn,oh no press agent need en-
h'''- ..,,n I, has been said by Major j.
.nat his Characterization has the
-. NJ Rip Van Wrinkle and the
r'o''., hamlet. James Huneker, noted
WY tho stage and Of art, has said
rv' ,.s..,r.s e Lincoln is a positive evoca-
~ ,to rreat dead. 1T is a remark
pn :" .uroption." says Mr.. Huneker. "of
I" .,,oost impossible character drameu-
..,h psaklng." - a..
Im s'o,.s,,,oyist 49, that some years before
f'pyso ~. Ne was in company with Gem
" 49, pn'-tor the former Ambassador OF
I ~ md a close friend of Mr.. Lin
Irr whIle in the party also were Will
nn uowells. the novelist, August Bel
" ,obert Collier, of Golfers Weekly.
u'c, y. clarence ]. Mackay. The suggestion
~ s.ede that the party go to see Chap-
Y. lincoln, which was then peing SHOWN
~ Liberty Theatre, New YORK. All
~ % uiIling but Mark Twain, who de-
~ he did not want some young
c''sn, WITH fake costume and makeup
rn his own mental picture Of
nIr m After the performance, however
l.I.e rwain asked to be taken behind the
~ mat he might meet Mr.. Chaplin and
tsa an the Illusion which had taken
.eA ..,orm. "I am very glad to meet
nm Mr. President" he said. You
-, changed much in all these years.
~ rnow I think / know Lincoln better
~. ". before. l feel as though / spent an
..,n,nr with him at the White House.
vnnr lincoln is a mirHcle"
e.,.a barbara has a mystery, and the
sJn c,tv is eager to learn its solution.
r-o weeks or more ago the waves In
49,. barbara Bay tossed high, beaten
- an angry fury by a gale that swept
Z nm, the broad Pacific. All night the
..,.n waters roared menacingly. In the
..,,v roorning the beach patrol discovered
fyong bound box half buried in the
..sa II was locked tight. The ches'
~ the name of a far eastern importer
whsn the lid was lifted the laughing
~ ewes of a 6-month-old Japanese babe
,,rpd into the eyes of the startled men
IA mark whatever enabled the patro
"a establish the identity of the little on'
!, the source from whence 1t came. No
~ stitch of clothing was worn by thu
nfsrt. though 1t nestled snugly in warn
vInk blankets, evidently of expensive tex
tnre
loulse Lester and Vivian Rich. of tn,
arst "Flying A" Company. were enjoy
1 Inr an early morning walk along thu
| rorni-tossed bay that day. They CAM
] mon the patrol and looked into the eye
/ Of the tot in the chest. One look wa
! enough. The film stars lost their heartI
/ on the Instant. Miss Lester and Mis-
1 Rich hastily got into touch with the Santi
| Barbara police and were given permission
! IA take the child into their custody. Nov
/ there Is a dainty bassinet in Miss Lester
! BUNGALOW in which a dark-eyed young
/ per coos happily most of the day. Mean
/ while Santa Barbara police are busy Il
4 an effort 10 learn the child's identity.
/ fund has been raised among the actor
i and actresses of the American studi
which assures good care for the little on
IN case its parents or kin are never found
Mss Rich was telling of the finding Q
Va infant and among her auditors wa
niei0r Reaves Eason. That nigh
Ralu wove a photoplay around the in
4 gdsni Miss Rich and Miss Laster wer
gyg The leading parts. After tn
Storm" released as a Flying A" dram
July %, contains the essentials of tn
strange adventure of the babe in tn
chest