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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
At Any Hour a Visitor May Find Troops of Actors and Actresses
Enacting a Silent Play While the Camera
Clicks Merriy

made her appearance on the screens
Of Los Angeles with clusters Of finger
size Curls framing her face all femi-
nine fans from young girls Of IA to
young girls Of 40 have slept titfully
On the bumps OF curl papers and have
issued forth gleefuily IN the morning
with showers OF curk bobb!ng from
beneath their bonnets.
Nor have the male civilians of the
city escaped the influence of the
movies IN CLONES. Hatters' windows
are veritah- picture galleries of pic
tur artors. The purpose of these
pictures - to let the Vublic in on just
what particular mode is preferred by
a particular actor. The tailor who
sells you your suit will declare that
owen Moore bought a suit from the
selfsame piece OF cloth only yestcr-
day. and the clerk at the cigar stand.
whose business 1t is to plug a certain
brand, tells you confdentially that
Francis Ford never smokes anything
else.
And right here is the best part of
the story. Most of these picture play
ers drive their W automobiles. They
are making their profession pay for
the first time in history. Not only
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
Entire Population of the City of Angels and Buses Are Living Under the
Influence of the Fim-Mary Pickford
the Idol of the Place

had seen that young man rescue a
Girl from "A runaway automobile she
felt she had been born To act.
Of course the runaway automobile
vas only a part of the picture. but
the man was a dream. She thought
if she could play heroine to a hero
Ike that every day. Mary Fuller. her
faNoritc actress, would have t. stand
back and make room for her.
The walter who serves sand dahs
ana chicken tamalcs at Levy's res
taurant, where the picture folks
guther to din and shine and con-
graduate each other and pan each
other, explained to us that waiting
was not his regular business. He is
in the movies.
Il play during the daytime when
ever | can get in" he said. so far
| have only been in the mob scenes
or doing a butler or waiter or some
thing like that. That's how | came
t. wait here. Mr.. Levy saw me play
ing a waiter and he thought | did it
so realistically that he asked me to
come down and help him out because
he was short Of walters. needed
the money, So here ! am. Some of
them big league actors think they
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
Clicks Merrily

The blond queen who answers to
the name of Central the brunette
beauty behind the ribbon counter, the
cashier In the butter n store.
these may not be able to tell you
whether Booth Harrington is a writer
or a tango teacher. ~ you Will not
find a maid in service or In society
who Is not able TO tell you glih.y that
Carlyle Blackwell may be seen often
al Levy's for supper. what is the
name of James Kirkwood's latest pic
ture. when it will be released and
where and what days Mr.. Griffith
engages extras for his pictures.
Which brings to mind the fact that
there Is an ultra ambition in Los An
geles. If there is II thing the native
picture fiend desires above al. others
it is to be among the chosen few who
work for the great master of the art
of moving photography. If you are
a Griffith player your place in the
social organization of the city Is fixed.
You are a topnotcher. a headliner.
out past picturesque Hollywood with
its orange and lemon groves and
its fiocks of flower enmeshed GUN
galows, through the cut In the Gu
huega Mountains is Universal City,
the Mecca Of 449 ,999 ambitions, The
population of Los Angeles is 100000.
This is q conservative estimate.
II Dame Fashion wants to start
something she couldn't do better than
to establish a lookout in the midst
OF broadway, Los Angeles.
what" you ask. does Broadway
.,-. ~ ,ho 10 Los AnuAIasp'
Certainly it does.
And out there 1t is some little street
too, with considerable incandescen"e.
OF course there are no electric char
lot races and no lighted green rain
storms blowing petticoats around
trim ankles. but there are no less than
three movie theatres to every block,
each and every one of them WInking
ir vitations To spend "A nickel or "A dime
or so and get acquainted with the
film folk.
To revert to Dame Fashion. In
Los Angeles she takes off the lid and
throws the sort OF sartorial spasms
that would make metropolitan Broad
way and Forty-seCond street sit up
and rub it's eyes. The wardrobe OF
a Ziegfcld chorus girl In her widest
flights of Imagination would look
plain and unprctentious when placed
alongside the clothes OF the cinema
actresses. To get "A thrill out of a
new gown there you must achleNe
something so weird that Gahy Deslys
would hesitate to don II.
The small hats are about the size
of a bugs ear and the large hats are
of the dimensions of a Japanese para
sol. But every hat, large or small.
without exception, is worn at an acute
angle over the left ear. Full skirts
are so full that at every windy corner
the wearcrs are in imminent danger
Of being ballooned over into the state
of Nevada. Every chin. whether
dimpled or rippled, has a rose tucked
coyly % the side of 1t or n ribbon
caught rakishly beneath 1t.
As for curls, they are as common aS
Ford automobiles in the springtime
which is as common as curls could be
ever. Since the day Mary Pickfor'
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make all the coin In the world, Aut
take II from me theirs is "A mere pit
lance beside the graft uf - waiter
who Is quick on his feet
Mona Mendoza. the olive skinned
siren who shampuo~ heads i'm "a l.os
.trgc.eS department store. mas al. ia"
dope on the picture players. Whie
she scrubbed vigorously she called
them all 10y their first names. gave the
exact amount of their salaries, told
me who was married To who. who was
IN love with who and wound up with
a lot of studio gossip.
That is an odd name YOU have"
| remarked, WONDERING how the artists
who appear on the programmes under
the general heading of Skating
Girls" or Ladies IF III" Court" had
overlooked Il.
1T isn't my name really said a."
girl. My lame Is Minnie Andrews.
| made up the other n myself. |
thought 1t would look lovely on the
screen in case | ever got to he a
actress and play in the pictures. Lots
. them actresses don't use their own
names. III bet If they did you'd see
plenty Of Titles and Mdggics and
Jcnnics, a heap more'n YOU do now
anyway. think Mona Mendoza Is
Jest lovely for a name-nicer'n Alice
Joyce or Anita stewart even, don't
you"'
After assuring her she could not
help hut hrcomc a famous tilm"r with
a name like hat I went out to try to
ind some one In Los Angeles VIII"
could carry on a conversation for hVe
minutes without mentioning the
movies. ! am still hunting.
Late one afternoon 7 was introduced
to Henry Woodruff. who wrut" Drown
of Harvard" indelibly on the list Of
successful American plays. Mr.. Wood
ruff had inst com" from the studio
and he confessed he was dog tired.
1--WE been at it steadily since half
past : o'clock this morning and feel
as If | could consume a whole quarter
Of beef. not t. mention potatoes ana
assorted Vegetables in proportion.
said the late star If the legitimate,
Its a great life ii YOU keep strong.
'To-morrow | am going to jump IF
a train for a living. Regular thriller
YOU know. Busy? Why, ] never
knew what it was to b" truly busy
until | started in to try and satisfy
that hungry little machine that grlndS
out: plays faster than YOU can act
them. \ monkey in a banana Sh"i
Is no buster than the average moving
picture actor. And the funny part
about it is hat | like it-and was
never known to crave hard work
b,fnre i'm my life"
In the mountains about Los Angelo
wild animals prowl about beneath The
watchful eye of their keepers so that
the lovely creature who is being pur'
sued through three reels may chamber
M the steep cliffs and escape, DcS'
peradocs hold up trains and rob eN'
press cars on tn" outskirts of tn
city. Droves Of cowboys sweep acros'
the surrounding country, shooting an'
yelling. Girls dressed in gowns %
our grandmothers trip in ana ont "
houses On the arms of men dressed u
the clothes of our srandlalh'rs,
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Nmmmb mM~MMa @M"
ANGELES HAS ONE GREAT AMBT1ON-TO BE MOV1EST CITY in THE STAT

the big stars, but the rank and file
of them are prosperous.
Driving past some Of the studios in
Hollywood. a suburb Of Los Angeles
and the hothed of picture production.
one might suspect that a fashionable
racing meet was taking place inside
the high board fences. Racy cars. fat.
luxurious cars, long, lean cars. con-
sentative cars, dizzy cars, and just
cars We're parked the entire length of
a block.
What is this, an automobile show?'
| asked Of a lounger.
Nav" was the reply. Them are
the actors bugs
by which | take IL even the players
IN, mselves. having achieved the prime
ambition To he in the movies. have
become obsessed with another amhi-
tion-to OWL an automobile.
The maid who did my room In the
hotel admitted To me she was en-
gagged in her present laudable ocCu-
patton only until such time as she
could sneak into a studio yard when
some director wasn't looking and 50
get in the picture. once in she had
no doubt she could stand out even
though she were nothing more than
one Of the mob. and the result would
be "A place in stock at a nice dubious
salary. She said that eve sine she
had seen a handsome young man with
wavy black hair tossed back from his
marble brow like one Of Laura Jean
l.ihbey's best hcroes-ever since she
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07

How Los Angeles regards its movies
was shown not many days ago when
the authorities attempted To stop the
showing of The ClanSman." one OF
'h" famous Griffith productions, pic
turizlnE the book Of that name.
y delegation representing the
Colored population called on the city
fathers and demanded that they en-
join Mr.. Griffith from showing the
picture on the grounds. that il fos-
tered race hatred. Mr.. Griffith had
spent weeks of arduoua work IN the
picture. II represented man thou
sands of dollars and the very highest
degree Of his skin as a director.
Twelve reels were used to tell the
story. Hundreds Of actors and ac-
trcsses and extras had been employed
steadily while the picture was in
process of being made.
The city fathers considered the de-
mand OF the oolored compliments.
They spoke to Mr.. Griffith. The Be
lasco of pictures promptly went up in
the air for altitude. He came out in
the press and told Los Angeles exactly
what the picture industry meant to
tn" city.
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~ JANE
VERY one has an ambition.

VERY n has an ambition.
~ In the ordinary run of
affairs ambition r as varied as
the folks who have it. For
every man, woman and child there .
an ambition. Rugged close to the heart,
perhaps but none the bss burning for
that.
Los Angeles, Cal. has one ambition
and only one-to he in the movies. II
mere is any one in Los Angeles with
out this ambition that person is blind.
deaf. dumb or hopelessly crippled.
The City Of Angels and jitney buses
i the heart and hub Of the film in
clstry.
On street at any hour of the
: daylight You will find the camera man
clcklng merrily. while a parcel of
actors and actresses Careen through
ne scenes Of a silent story and a con-
sde"h.e part of the populace crowds
around n an effort to ease into the
picture a~cc!dentally on purpose.
Elev,u Of the twelve persons intro
duced t. You In the course Of a day
nave something or other to do with
me Tins \ totally new set of add
Itc'.ves has sprung up in the city, all
OF them ~sayorIng of the studio. A sort
:" a c.i"ma jargon has replaced the
regular medium Of conversation.
50 general is the use Of this picture
pa'ier that II has found a place in the
newspapers Tie crafty young re-
porter Lu longer writes of a poker
palace being surprised by the police,
'N' tells how the faces Of the poker
PAYERS .rrI.stcred' surprise when the
p"..'" i.ul an unexpected call; instead
ny recording that the Judge called the
vines 't the stand he says that his
H.Anr told the witness TO "step down
" u" h.Ac foot line" Los Angeles
paper must necessarily be for Los
angel people. 1t is doubtful If a
t'hh-'' . the midst Of the movie
Hal could understand more than
nan .. "at' IS being said and writ
ten
H"r' Is that they speak OF Mary
I''"'.'I and Sarah Bernhard with
We 'fhI N-.~ on the Pickford part OF
"' aI. n President Wilson should
a'eWi' '. get an audience in Los
""-'' 'No night Of a Mary Pick
,'i' .t. would have to go to the
va. 'r - ..'huut an audience.
M'.'. a Mary and strong men Will
'"' o.N .ll worship. while women
".'. tories and rave about the
t'". W . hludom. Go into a shop to
""' '. and the s~alesgirl will tell
va" ~.'.l.n'lally that Miss Pick
''i' ."'' .a the very same hat yes
r'''' ID admired it very much.
'h' -' N 'ho chocolate shop, when
"'''' .tgcst something refresh
"' " .'. ypu Mary Pickford likes
d t.''. 3D. . ice with a dash OF the
Ols.. ,e..r
~ ... .1'r" the best son Of the
''i 't' If "OIr Mary" is in the
"''' Players whose names have
''h .mrd along New York
~ ". t, tur, been known to dash
WI stage, bite the ~ingernails 4
". loose complete control 81
.'' '.uporamrnt and refuse ut
"' .'.n t.uur their efforts until tn
,''IH 1000 caused by "A lickfOrd entry
has lcd.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-29
LADY Observation-Disclosures.

One of the strangest things about
women is the failure of the shelter
ed woman" to sympathize with her
working sister. 1t is seen in most
households where maids are employ
ed. 1t is seen in women's treatment
of mattresses and store clerks. 1t
appeared in a surprising degree when
Tended the starvation and slaughter
of miners families. There is a new
and striking example in a rubber fac
tory at Trenton, n. j..
Thirty-fve girls employed in this
factory went on a strike. They didn't
demand a reduction of their ten-hour
day, nor higher wages. All they ask
ed was that their workroom be made
more sanitary and comfortable.
Any man would suppose that such
a characteristically feminine demand
would enlist the sympathy of other
women regardless of class prejudice.
And that is where any man would fail
TO fathom the feminine mind. For
this is what happened:
The wives of the officials of the
company. eleven in number. marched
10 the factory and took the girls
places as strike breakers.
How long will these women, unused
to labor, keep on trimming rubber from
a. m. until 8 p. m, in a room
which poor working girls found intol-
cradle. remains to be seen. The ladies
in question are determined to dem
onstrate that the place is sanitary.
To a great number of American
women. these strike breakers are
heroines. To the women of the
working class they are contemplate.
If modern feminism means anything,
IL means that these two classes of
women must be reconciled. But how
reconcile them? Class feeling is still
far stronger than sex solidarity. Wom-
en- differ along economic lines just
as men do.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-29

frat" ne seems to deteriorate. His
school work suffers, his morals tend
TO become lax. his ideals are dim
med.
When il comes 20 a controversy be-
tween the scouts and the "frats." the
public has no difficulty in choosing
sides The admirable character Of
the Boy Scout movement, is recog-
nized almost universally. 1t has en-
listed the natural interest and in
stincts OF American boys and turned
them into wholesome and constructive
channels, giving them a love for clean
sport and fair play, building them up
physically, stiffening their moral
fiber. teaching them sef-reliance,
showing them how 10 get the keenest
enjoyment out of healthful activities.
The high school fraternities repre-
sent a striking contrast. However
praiseworthy they may be in intent,
their results are nearly always Objec-
tionable. The trouble is that boys
of the high school age are not ma
ture enough to be trusted with secret
social clubs. Inevitably they make
mistakes, abuse their isolated free
dom, let the fascination of it inter-
fere with study and exercise, and
develop a class spirit inconsistent
with high school democracy.
College men, being more mature
and responsible. can be more safely
trusted with the privileges of frater-
nifty life, although even they abuse
it sometimes. For mere boys frater-
mites, however, there is no excuse.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-29
RUBBING TT IN.

According To a report printed in
Berlin newspapers. DR.. Consthntin
Dumba, the Austro- Hungarian ambas-
sador whose recall was forced by our
government for his improper med
ding with our domestic affairs, has
been elevated TO the nobility by En-
peror Francis Joseph.
This report follows close upon the
news that Capt. Boy-Ed. an attache OF
the GeI nan embassy at washington
unohicially accused of completely in
passport frauds and unneutral plots.
has been given n military promotion.
Dr. Dernburg, the German whose
activities offended the American pub
lie until his government was forced TO
withdraw him. was honored on his re-
turn home by being given the import
ant post OF official German trade
agent for the Latin-American mar
kets. where we are Germany's chief
competitor. 1t viii be remembered
that the captain OF the submarine that
sank the Lusitania was rewarded with
the iron cross.
All this sort Of thing is legitimate
enough, if Germany and Austria want
to do IT, But il isn't the way to cul-
tivate American friendship.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-29
EUROPE CAN'T KEEP EVEN.

That $500. 200. 600 loan made TO the
allies 10 steady foreign credits
doesn't seem 10 have accomplished its
purpose. It was expected that with
that vast sum applied TO making
British and French payments Tor our
exports, the rate Of exchange OF the
dollar and the pound sterling would
swing back near par and stay there.
But Il hasn't
shortly before the loan was nego-
tiated. a British pound. theoretically
worth about S4.S6, was quoted in New
York at $3.50. its lowest mark in
history. The loan drove it up TO
sara. Then it started TO slide down
again, and lately an American dollar
has been worth about s1.O5 in British
money.
The trouble is that $5OO.OOO.OOO
was a mere drop in the bucket. our
foreign trade has been mounting at
such a prodigious rate that it is i'm
possible for our foreign customers TO
get hold of cash credit fast enough
10 pay for the foods they buy
In the first zine months of the
present year our excess of exports
over imports hes been S1,22S,000,0O0,
which is about S8OO,OOO,000 more
than ever bef.re. The full year will
doubtless bring the total export eX-
cess up to $500 OOO,OOo-possibly to
the $2.OOO,0OO. 600 prophesied year
ago by James j. Hill For at the
present time the volume of trade is
far ahead of all records, and steadily
increasing. as the big munition ord
ers and big crops start moving to
Europe.
Europe is straining every effort to
k1p even with US. Besides the big
loan TO the allies. about $3.50. 100000
i'm cash or credit has been advanced
10 foreign countries since the first of
the year. Europe has sent us $780,
100000 Of gold to pev her debts with,
and has sold us back $500, 100000
worth of our own securities and ap-
Piled the proceeds TO the same pur-
pose. But it's no use. She can't
l.eep up.
And il we're already the creditor
nation of the world, with Europe
hopelessly in our debt with the
American dollar the established me-
dunn of international exchange and
New York instead of London the I'M
disputed arbiter of the world s
finance. what will be the situation if
the war runs on for another year or
two? Can Europe ever catch up TO
Us again?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-29

obviously preparedness is COINS
10 be the big issue in congress this
winter, and We are taking w. NJ
Lewis. of Navy league fame, real Sc
riously. He says so. The forces are
already lining up for the fight. And
il is likely 10 be one of the bitterest
struggles in the history of national
legislation. From now until congress
assemblies. and from then until the
closing days Of the session, some
time i'm the late spring or early sum
mer. the public will have little op-
portunity to ignore the question.
There is sure to be definite action.
but it isn't likely that the admins
tration army and navy programs will
90 through precisely in their present
shape. War lessons of the next few
weeks or months may inspire changes,
for there are many things still unde-
lcrmiued I'm the building Of a modern
army or navy. \ shift in our diplo-
matte relations may give a new turn
TO the preparedness plans. There
may be a sudden move for interna-
ional peace convincing the public
nat vast expenditure is unnecessary
md absurd
And the surest thing about It rs
that the public itself will decide.
Neither the experts nor the politicians
are likely to have their way. The re"-
concentrations of specialists clam,r-
ng for big armament will have 10 be
modified by the influence OF civilians
who. because of their lack of special
cation alons military lines, are like
to have a perspective that is saner,
and more in keeping with our ma
ional spirit The congressman who
are shouting for the biggest navy in
he world will have TO compromise
with the ultra-pacifsts.
Ii is right that the nation, which
pays the bill. should decide. after full
Information and opportunity for
Judgment And il is 10 be hoped that
n determining this vital question par
isan politics will play small part. The
1ationaI defense is TOO sacred a thing
% be made the football Of parties.