Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

Historic Scenes.-Unusual historic In
terest attaches to the little village fif-
teen miles north of Savannah, Ga. in
which are laid several scenes of "A Tor
tured Heart" the Fox photoplay, in
which Virginia Pearson will be the pic
ture star.
The baptism of child in the picture
takes place in the Wesley Methodist
Church. so named because John Wesley,
the great English evangelist. preached
his first sermon in the" United States
from it's pulpit. The Rev. DR.. Tieman,
the eighty-eight-year-o 1d pastor of the
church. adheres to this day to one of its
ancient customs. After the service each
day he hangs the doorkey on a peg be-
meath the steps leading to the building,
1t was in DR.. Tieman's church that
Gen. Sherman and his staff stopped on
the march to the sea. Outside, in the
adjoining cemetery, troops sat on the
grave plots and cavalrymen hitched
their horses to the tombstones. On the
plaster wall of the church. there are
still visible the outlines of map of
Sherman's invasion. with the names of
the routes.
Harriet Beecher Stowe drew her in
spiration for Uncle Toms Cabin" from
the plantation in the village on which
stands the Old Hermitage, the build
ing used for the hold-up in the picture.
to thirty-five feet in diameter. and none
of them. it is said, is less than 100
years old.
The home of Miss Darrell fMiss Pear
SOM was built in 1914. and from the
wharf of the river bank, nearby the
Savannah. the first transatlantic steam
err of the United States sailed for Eng
land and brought back the first English
sparrows.
New Paramount Regime.-The new
officers of the Paramount Pictures
Corporation are Hiram Abrams of Bos-
ton. president; William l.. Sherry of
New York. vice president and James
Steele of Pittsburgh, secretary-treas-
urer, and they, with William W. Hod-
kinson and Raymond Pawley constitute
the board of directors.
Mr.. Abrams is quoted as saying: The
constantly growing interest in the mo-
ton picture throughout the. country
permits us to anticipate most active
era for our pictures in future. The
heads of the various producing COM
panies (Which include the Famous
Players Film. the Jesse L. Lasky Fea-
ture Play. the Pallas and the Oliver
Morosco Photoplay companies) have as
sured me that they will make every eff
fort to surpass their artistic stand
ards"
Their stars include Mary Pickford,
Geraldine Farrar, Marguerite Clark,
Marie Doro. Pauline Frederick, Blanche
Sweet and many others equally and
some of them less famous.
Has the Soul Of Book Lover
Nine. Bertha Kalich. the great emo
tional actress. who will be the picture
star in Ambition a new photodrama
Of political intrigue in this weeks pro-
gram. has an innate love for second
hand bookstore.
The call Of the dusty tome the
unique binding, the perhaps forgotten
author. or the rediscovered favorite
old volume. to me is irresistible she
says.
Il have learned. too she says. that
whether you buy or not. the second
hand book dealer finds a real joy in
watching you overhaul his wares
which is supreme when you finally dis
cover what you want after a long
search
II wonder why there has never been
organized Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Books? Perhaps it is
because emotion enters so largely into
my life. but I suffer genuine heart
stab when I see some one treat
book roughly. To me they have souls
and feelings of their own. And just
think how much of the souls and feel
ings of others went out into their
creation. even into their rare old
binding"