New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
CALLS ON ACTORS ID SELL LIBERTY BONDS
Secretary McAdoo Asks Stars to
 Become SaleSnlen

film colony will have to suspend ac- tivities shortly to do even a greater bit than they have been. and are doing for their country.
 Secretary of the Treasury. William A McAdoo, has called upon Mary Pickford, Bill Hart and Douglas Fairbanks to campaign for the sale of the Third Liberty Loan, which will be open for subscriptions about the first of April. All three have accept cd as has dainty little Marguerite Clark of the New York studios, and have so adjusted their affairs that they can devote from two to four weeks apiece in stumping the coun- try on behalf of this Liberty Loan.
 Our Mary expects to tour through the southeast, and will probably be- gin her onslaught for government funds in Washington. Doug will take the middle west: and Bill Hart will stump around through his admirers in the north central sta tes.
 The three of them had a little pow WOW at the Lasky studio several days ago and hare agreed that they shall all go out for blood and that the one who sells the least number of bonds shall treat the other two to the best dinner procurable in southern Cali fornia. Bad Bill says he is going to take his two guns along and if ne- cessary stick up the crowds and go through their pockets. Doug has re- quested to be allowed to speak from a. good high platform all along the line so that if necessary he can turn a somersault into the crowd and dur ing the excitement grab a, lot of subscriptions. Little Mary refuses to niojY 1So of orI- b,,t Iac sWeetly and looks wise.
 The loss of time this campaigning will entail means quite a substantial financial loss as well to each of the stars. It means that they will be de- Iayed in making a, production and that it will be practically impossible to catch up again each one of them is contracting to make so many pictures a year and three or four weeks of id1eness makes a. vast diff ference.
 While these three luminaries are stumping the country, a. number of other stars will be ransa cking towns in the neighborhood of the studios. Wallace Reid, Dorothy Dalton, Enid Bennett, Vivian Martin, Louise Huff and others have all agreed to make short tours.
 
 job for himself Outside of being a famous screen star and musician. he received an order from 8 prominent ma gazine recently for a series of car toons Reid has acquired quite little reputation among his circle of friends as a painter in colors and if is only recently that he has taken up pen and ink work. Upon an eastern magazine seeing one of his efforts. they promptly gave him an assignm ent and therefore the midnight electric light has been brightly burning at the Reid home while Wally Wresties with Bristol board and India ink. Stepping from his station as an artist to that of a film star, MT. Reid also stepped into a black eye which he received in the conflict staged during . the filming of a forthcoming Para mount production, in which he Is to star shortly. supported by charming Ann Little. Wa1ly has been advised by score Of admirers to transfer his skill with the brush to his own face and paint the eye so that the discol- ration will not be noticed.
 Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle while he
 as in San Francisco decided that he Aas as big as any twelve men in the Marine Training camp, and took on he Marine push ball team against in1self. Of course he was defeated ocauee 1t was one man against F.
 III Roscoe had 8, lot of fun out Of 1t nd the Marine voted him a corking pod scout. Roscoe went Up for 8 acation nut came back to the studio nd started on 8 new production to ~et 3, little rest.
 Everyone was glad to see Fannie n 4 tn town in her beautiful home for the apring and summer Fannie Ward and her husband Jack Dean. are two ~plendd hosts and their wonderful mansion is an ideal place for parties. 'annie is to work at the Paralta studio for Pathe.
 Sessue HayakaHa the ever popular Japanese star gave 2 real Japanese Sinner to some IS or 20 of his friends recently at a, Japanese cafe in Los Angeles. The entire cafe was turned yer to the Hayakawa party and the timer served in true Japanese style, yith Japanese geisha girls dancing nroughout- the evening. Cecil E. leMille attended and announced that
 was his last party for several noons as he was shortly to begin york on 8 new production to follow The Whispering Chorus The next ja&- he was out on the lot, and as
 ;stants and und derings were flying in all directions getting things ready for he Chief in his new story which will n film version Of David Graham Phillips book, "O1d Wives for New
 B. promises something even more tartling than The Whispering Chorus" if such a thing is possible.
 Tommy Neighan, who came west to o'ay Miss for Mary Pickford, upon he completion of that production, %as especially engaged by Commo-