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gone before as in motion pictures
There is no blueprint system for sue.
cess; the screen is too fluid for that
One fellows chances are approximately
as good as the next's.
IF that is true" inquiries the be-
ginner, "why are so many stage plays
given preferment over original sto-
ries?"
Mr.. MacAlarney answers:
ut is true that rs per cent of the
plays which our company accepts are
taken from the stage, novels or period
icals. These are done by professional
story tellers, and when their subject
is suited to the screen it is reasonable
to assume that the material is the best
that may be had and what we are
looking for. But when VIC buy stage
play, and picturize it, we buy more
than the mere dialogue. We buy what
the writer put between the lines and
that which was deepest in his mind
when he wrote. We think we get more
WV VI Ho'el oT particularly Y
play-than the writer wrote, because
when it comes to building a screen
structure we have facilities impossible
to the stage"
Occasionally there comes a bleat
from some writer alleging unfairness
IN the business of buying scenarios.
Mr.. MacAlarney utterly disagrees. His
forces, for example, handle more manu-
scripts than any magazine in the
world and pay out vastly greater
sum for accepted work Every see
mario is read, not in fairness to the
writer only but in fairness to the
company, for often but a matter of
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weeks lies between the unknown and
writing fame. As a matter of bus;-
ness, II for no other reason, each
synopsis is given careful and friend
~ consideration. Many of the carpers
have been the fourth dimensional
writer's - specialization, novelization
dramatlzatlon and perturbation, but in
most instances every writer for the
motion picture business lands about
where his ability and sincerity justify.
Metlculous care is necessary. The
company demands it, because it snends
millions of dollars to endow its pro-
ductions with authenticity, and it re-
qulres reciprocal care from the au-
thor. Yet it is fact that manv es-
tapllshed writer's once they determine
TO hit the movies" drop into shoddy
ways
There are gratifying exceptions.
During the war Mr.. MacAlarnev re-
celved from England story that was
based upon the "Gunpowder Plot" dur
ing the reign Of James l. It was
worked out with magnificent laborious-
ness, and the author had included some
800 water colors and photographs Of
scenic settings necessary to a pictur-
ration OF his story-all of them pre-
pared with painstaking accuracy. 1t
was matter of genuine regret to Mr..
MacAlarney that the story was not ac-
ceptable, but he will remember il as
an example of the most praiseworthy
care he ever observed in the building
of screen story.
The fact that this story was re-
Jected is a tip-off on the attitude of
the modern scenario Office toward the
historical, allegorical, period or cos
tune play. Those based on amnesia
or aphasia are equally doubtful, and
the writer for the screen would do we'll
to exclude all attempts to dramatize
the "ologles" and the "isms." That
which IS most in demand is the mod
orn story ingenlously told. These are
the box office ten-strikes, and the hip
companies these days have checking
up system designed to tell them what
their patrons like. Each day reports
on pictures that are being marketed
are received at the scenario Offices.
with comments from the exhibitors on
their reception. Some of the evidence
IS amusing. There was the objection
from small exhibitor in PENNSYLVANIA
based on the fact that certain star
in a certain story made the audience
cry" To the exhibitors way Of think
ing his patrons did not come TO his
theatre TO cry.
Scenario writing has opened a big
field. 1t will be developed by those
whose talents run in the required d.
rection. Nothing need stand between
you, me and the other fellow and $40
600 year except the inability to cre-
ate ingeniously. Never was there
louder clamor for stories. 1t echoes
from the Fort Lee studios to the Pa
clfe Coast snd back again.
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munlficence must become a mem
ory. Mr.. Lee lives, so this story
is about him.
Twenty-Five years ago Charlev
dressed himself in a gray uniform
with peaked cap and square-toed d
black shoes. In other words, Charley
became a kind of special officer OF
watchman. He watched the lower
door Of an Office building which
housed a newspaper then, as it does
now. The newspaper building is on
Nassau Street.
A little girl came out of the storm
Into Charley's building and stood
close to the hot air register. She
stayed quite long, and Charley told
her that he thought the storm was
worse and that she had bet
ter 90 home because her folks would
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were hungry and broke came to rely
ON Charley's pennies for life-sav-
ing sustenance. The fame of his
pennies spread through the hungry
world. But no one came who was
merely thirsty. 1t became a
statute in the state of the down-and-
cutters that they must not appeal to
Charley unless they expected to
spend those pennies for the things
they said they wanted them for.
This meant that they could ask for
money for liquid warmth on nights
when thirty or forty miles of fall
wind made their bloodless limbs
blue and numb.
Charley doesn't want more than
pennies, because, as ne says, those
who establish his fund are working
people themselves.
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long while before the hour Of de-
parture. The 5:57, one learns, has
been removed. SO one must board
the 6:06-that is, if there IS any
boarding left. Many who thought
they had left their subway days be-
hind them-who have acquired nice
little villas in the country--flnd
themselves suddenly thrust back into
real subway dilemma. One grows
thankful for a few inches of iron
railing out on the platform.
But our town is quick to fall IN
line and go marching on. 1t isn't long
before the old stock jokes are
comfortably going. around. Some
body whistles. Another laughs.
Really no cause to despair-so
long as there are any trains left at
ALL
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MERE are half a dozen see
mario writers in this con-
try each of whom knocks out


100000 or more cverv wear.
and in view of the fact that there is
room for many times a half dozen who
can earn the same money-or at least
make 1t-lf they can develop the same
creative ingenuity, it would seem that
the scenario writing business would be
one than which there is no better to
serve an apprenticeship to.
AS an example of the shower Of gold
that patters into the purse of the
scenario writing adept, there is Miss
Ii. Once she wrote only star We
hlcles for T. Coming to parting
of professional ways with r. Miss
Il bought back from this star a
scenario she already had completed for
him for the sum or $4,000. Twelve
months elapsed. f exhausted his
stock of available scripts and began a
wild and belated search for suitable
story. None was brought forth. Mill
lon-dollar-a-year stars lose more by
loafing single day than the most of
US would by remaining idle a wear.
Il happened to think of the see
mario he had sold back to Miss l..
1T seemed now that it was precisely
the thing he wanted. He cursed him
self, probably, for blockhead. But
ne ala more. He wired to ask if there
still was chance for him to get it.
There was. How much? The manager
OF MISS L requested an offer. r.
came, and was $4,000. The manager
said it wasn't half enough, and in time
and a very short time at that-the
offer was raised to $4,000. With 500.
oOO offered, the manager suddenly re-
membered that Miss L had mt ex-
ceeding pains on the specified story
and had gone to Some bother to buv
1T back for $500. Thus it seemed TO
him that fair price, in view of the
circumstances, word be $4,000, at
winch hgure one may consider the deal
was closed.
NOT that $4,000 is high price for
scenario. Picture rights to successful
dramas have brought triple that. But
IL was a neat stroke of business on an
orlglnal scenario, and suffices as a peek
INTO new writing gold mine; a gold
mine, that is, for those who happen to
fit in.
1T Is true that the percentage of
success In scenario writing is low.
mat doesn't mean much, or the reason
'hat millions of persons in the United
States have written picture synonsis
have had an idea for one or have prom
lsed themselves to write one in the
not distant future. Millions of ner
sons is an extensive phrase and takes
IN a great many BARRIERS and butche,
boys That generally lowers the per-
centage, together with the established
literary entity who condesceuds to
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Watchn1ar1 s Charity

worry. She said she wanted to 90
home, but -, and she sobbed,
causing Charley to understand and
give her 5 cents for carfare-his.
A lady who wrote human interest
stories for the paper came down the
stairs and saw Charley give 5 cents
to the slim stranger. A flush of
warmth and desire to write about
1t struck her. She gave Charley 6 pen
MES, all she had outside of her fare
to her home and back to the Office.
Whenever this lady reporter
passed she would give Charley every
copper in her purse. Others saw.
asked why, and gave. Men who
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of marble answer queries till their
tongues must lag from sheer IA
tigue. And the army OF commuters
scribble corrections in the margins
of the time table and feel that the
whole mechanism of the universe is
thereby altered.
Taking off trains means, OF
course, doubling up on the trains
still operating. SO the changed face
of affairs extends clear out to the
platform. Seats are sacred to the
early corners. 1t is a common thing
these days to find trains crowded a
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

TINE purchase of a new hat is
Il an epochal event in the life
Of an East Side girl. 1t is
the keynote-the crown piece of
her seasonal outfit; a queen
never displayed more attention to
the choosing of her diadem. It's
worries and anguish are only
eclipsed when she buys her trous-
seau. She lavishes extreme care
and deep thought on the selection
of her hat, and her critical inteu-
siveness sometimes extends over
many days and weeks.
First, there are subconscious sug-
gestions and whispered hints of the
forthcoming occurrence, followed by
surreptitious contrasts of her
friends hats, made with inner crit
icisms. Gradually her vague long
ings crystalline and she confides her
desire to her most intimate chums.
Millinery Row is on Clinton
Street, and extends from Houston
to Grand Street. The millinery
shops here are as thick as berries
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The Poor Cor7an1uter

Nt' COURSE, with SO distract
~ ing a transportation situation
as New Workers have been up
against right in their own town.
there is not much sympathy to spare
for the mere suburban commuter.
Yet, as minor issue, his harassing
doubts and fears, to say nothing Of
his I'm many cases) curtailed
schedule, really deserve a niche in
our towns gallery of daily life.
A visitor to Grand Central Ter
minal is at once struck with the
altered air of the place. The in
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TINE charity Of Charley Lee diff
l. fers from that of the late An

drew Carnegie. The ironmas-
ter's benevolences were institutions,
while Mr.. Lees are individual.
Mr.. Carnegie gave some $780,
100000 in his lifetime to various
libraries, colleges, churches and
other institutions. Mr.. Lee is giving
about 16 cents night to various
hoboes, honestly unemployed, and
to others who either lost their car
fare or didn't have any.
Mr. Carnegie has died and his
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There's Money in M0Uie Scenarios

turn over to the movies" something
he couldn't peddle anywhere else, or
there, either. A great many who are
hit with the lightning of inspiration
do not know how to successfully har-
ness their impulse, while others who
are adept hostlers of ideas waste time
trying to bride second class nags, all
of which contributes further to lower
ing the grand average of pink pay
slips.
Mr.. Robert f. MacAlarney, an erst-
while New York. newspaper editor and
snort story writer, Is at the head of
the scenario department of one of the
great picture producing corporations.
lie went into the game when it was
an lnfantile giant, and it has grown
since, almost unbelievably. That it
still is an infant in spite of it's acute
growing pains, Mr.. MacAlarney firmly
believes, and to quote him, "In an
other ten years those of us who are
now devoting our lives to the develop
ment of screen drama will wonder what
was the matter with US back in 1919"
Ho.c They DO 1t
How does a man who wants to write
motion picture scenario go about it ?
Ihat brings to mind that what YOU
and and the other fellow write for
the movies" with visions of gold
bullion being laid at our door in re-
ward is not known among the profess
sion as scenario. The scenario is the
complete article, the story as it is
turned over by the continuity writer
ready for the director to direct.
Perhaps in no writing game need the
writer be bound SO little by what has
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-01-08

FOUND:-A black fur huff in lobby of local postoffice. Owner making pro. per identificatin nd oapaying for this ad may recover the same.
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NEW ORLEANS BANNER
 CITY OF SOUTH

The story of a big "cor-back" in the chidren's Year Campaign for healthier babies centers in New Or leans.
 With the tidy sam Of s4o,o0o gen eroasiy provided as "wheAl-gr aser" fo- the welfare committees. the .z,-. ehinery Of the local organization has operated with gratifying srnoothness and feotiveness.
 Sine the work st7s-ed several ncnths ago twenty-nine new healts, eenters have been opened in this city of the far south. Through the CO., c2eration Of good physicians and goo4 public health nurses the entire pro- gram has be.n spendidly put over. Knowledge has been driven home to thousands of uninforned or careless mothers Of the value of proper dev=l- opment during the early years of the child. The fact that there are real standards cf weight ard measurement which are use to indicate +he health progress Of the child has been made clear. Motors, indifferent with the indifference Of ienorarce.~ have been stirred to 2 realization Of the "back wardness" of their own children by . species of neiahborhood competition Yaith other mothers who flaent publicly
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-01-08
DON'T MISTAKE THE CAUSE

Many ketchikan people havt kidney trouble and do not know it.
 Dc you have backache7
 Are you tired and worn out? Feel dizzy, nervous and depressed? !? Are kidney secretions irregular?
 Highly eoiored. contain sediment? Likely your kidneys are at fault. Weak kidneys give warning of dis. tress. Heed the warning; don't delay. Use 3 tested kidney remedy.
 Read this convincing testimony.
 T. H. Ferry. 1s4 Fargo St., Portland Ore, says: ", had been an unusually healthy man and hadn't been sick day in my life until was taken with typhoid fever. After the fever left me, my kidneys became aw6uiIy weak and the secretlons passed irresuiarIy and contained sediment. Every quick move sent sharp. cutting pains through me and l was fame and stiff all over. T. read about Doan's Kidney Pills and started to use them. They soon put
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cosGRovEs RETURN

Attorney and Mrs. Charles H. Cos grove and daughter Alice, were ar. rivals on the Alameda today from Seattle, where they went down about a month ago with Mrs. E. M. cosgrove who was operated on there for a broken hip, passing away after the operation.
 The Christmas holidays were spent visiting their three sons who are at- tending St. Martins Academy, togetf- CT with number of other ketchikan boys.
 MT. and Mrs. cosqrove have taken enartments in the Stedman Hotel for the remainder of the winter, having closed their home. until the boys re- turn from school.
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WAR WORKERS CAME FROM AIASkA AND
 PORTO RICO

In the gradual demobiIization of war workers in Washington interest. ing facts have been brought to public notice. While statisticians apparent Iy hay. never had time or facilities for computing the exact number of clerks employed during the period of the war, it is estimated that more than 100000 were engaged in Govern ment service. Of this number probab- ly 75 per cent were women. This great army varied owing to the labor turnover. which at one period reach. ed 1000 week, but the majority of workers formed a stable nueus for persistent effcrt in helping to win the war.
 Although civil service rules were ob. served primarily, large numbers of specialists A:inforee tht workers, and these were not listed with the tens of thousands who passed the re. aular examinations. A list of the con tributions from the various States and colonies shows how more than 10000 of the war workers volunteer ed from all parts of the country.
 When the armistiee was signed Mrs. Marsaretta Neale, tn. assistant to the Direetor-Generai of the U. s. Employment Service, U. S. Depart. ment of Labor, sent out letters to the principal women'S organizations in the country. who are cooperating with the Service, asking for special assistance in getting the workers, a. bout 75 per cent Of whom were girls, back into good positions in their re- spective States and she received in- n,diate promises of aid. Letters came in telling of the need of sseno- eraphers, filling clerks and office em- i ployees. From a number of States tho Federal directors reported eager. obtain the services of returning war , workers.
 ! Thus the girls who had done their part in helping to win the war w.re delieved of anxiety when the period of their jatriotic service ended, and hundreds of them were enabled to go , home for the holidays assured that ] the neWyear offered new opportuni- l ties in wage earning.
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the proud fact that their babies hay. heen pTcnounced "up-to-normal" by the committees. The principles of nutrition have been discussed in ob- scurs neighborhoods and in conae- ouonoe the meaning and results of n7ainasrition are at least beginning to = understood.
 It has all taken a great amount of work. And this work. of course. can- not he completed in a year. l. must . os through the whcie period of the e'.3d's growth and development. It nay aVen have 10 be repeated next yea fer the benefit Of the 1919 crop cf zzsies Put 1t has at least been tn. =-a5as < s.in;ulatins the public con. science U a realizatin oof the need fce sepe7 noo-e erple protection for e'I children.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-01-08
Tanks Censor German
 Press Bar Propaganda

cOeLENZ. cermany.-German pro- paganda and the tendency to criti- cism of conditions in the district oc- cupied by the American forces have been abruptly checked by the establis hment of censorship by Major Gen. eral Dickman upon the newspapers. His act was the first indication that the Americans purposed tightening their grip on local affairs.
 The regulations governing the press were formally made public by Col. R. H. Williams, chief of the intelligence department, who also explained per sonaIiy to the newspaper owners what was expected of them. It was pointed out that the question of whether they offended or not lay with them-that the Americans would not be bothered with censor;na the publications before they were issued, but that the first six copies from the press should be deliv- cred to American headquarters. Mean while the running off of the edition could be continued. If it were then discovered that the regulations had been violated prompt punitive action would be taken.
 A memorandum delivered to the newspaper owners specifics that the following matter shall not be pub blished:
 "Ali articles, editorials, dispatches. and news items which, from their na- ture. are calculated to or might in- flame the people or ineite them to disrespec. and disobedence or insub- ordination to the army of occupation.
 Comment CT articles which reflect diseredit upon the United States gov ernment or the governments of the allies or the military forces of those governments"
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-01-08
NEWlYWEDS ARRIVE

Mr. and Mrs. Earl w. Abercrombie, returned from their honeymoon trip today on tho Alameda, after an ab' sence Of elk weeks vlsitino In Seattle Portland and other coast cities.
 Mrs Abercrombie before her mari. age was Miss Eden Savary. working for nearly two years with Mrs. Wash burn in her hat shop. Mr. Abererom. bic is we'll known engineer.
 They plan to make their home in Ketehikan, and their many friends will be piad to welcome them back into social corcles and wish them all happiness.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-01-08
MIR. eockMAN HERE
 FROM NOME BANK

Mir. Fred Boekman, who arrived on the Alameda this morning is here to accept a position with the Miners & Merchants Bank, left open by the re- signation of Mir. F. M. Lawson, assis- tant cashier.
 Mir. eockman. who is from Nome, where he was with the Miners q Mer- chants was one of the passengers southbound on the steamship Vic toria. Mr. 6oekman before coming to ketchikan, however, took flying trip to New York on a visit, arriving here today.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-01-08
BACK FIRM COLORADO

Mr. Clarence w. Johnson, nephew of Mrs. Louis Hanson, ot the Bon Marche has returned from Colorado Springs, his old home, where he went several months ago to join the army, and also to visit his mother.
 Mir. Johnson will resume his old duties in the Miners & Merchants Bank, where he was employed before his departure for the south.
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FOR DELIVERY
 AT KETCHIKAN

WANTED, to buy worthy gas boat 25 to 30 feet long and to 10 foot beam, Columbia River style pre- ferred. Must be in good condition, engine and hull. In answering give the !i'--~--'on. iT equipped with mast and sail, horsepower and make of engine age of boat and engine, and cash price. Post office Box 1287,. Tacoma, Wash.-adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-01-08
HrTEP FILE FISH

Tsaz fife feh captured eff Lands =" i~ . very rare visitor to our coast
 a9iae1 specimens recorded havina been caught SC long ago as 1927. It heieaes 70 numerous and important fs95.'@ of ti1e tropical seas. which are zz 75i1ed bsc7pse the first dorsal fin : -@.+@a. 10 the frcnt with small pro ..-~'s7s sHat suggest some resemblan . file.
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my kidneys in order and felt a div erent man." soc. at all dealers. Foster Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. v.
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FORERUNNERs OF SPRING?

Mrs. E. w. Abercrombie (Eden Sauary) announces that sAe has brought back with her just few of springs forerunners of fashion in the matter cf hats, and that she will be in charge of the Washburn Millinery Shop until the arrival of Mrs Wash burn next month, when the balance of the spring stock will arrive.-adv
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WANTED Imediately, Photograph, ! Harley w. SeIden.-adv. p6t.
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PIANO TUNER

C. N. Firing is in town for short time, and any parties wishing their Pianos tuned, can address Walkers Druq Store-adv. If.
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FOR SALE: 5 Fl. p. Atlas Engine, Price $500. at H. R. Thompso, ketchi kan. avtf.
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