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New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
Harold Lloyd Enjoys
Vacation Thrust ON Him
By Turning of a Bomb

twenty and six more. Are you really
twenty-six? -
II really am. Going on twenty-seven,
too"
you'll be interested to know how
got my real start. 1T was with Frank
Bacon. | was over to see him in
'Lightin' yesterday and we had good
talk over old times. Harold he said,
Pm glad you didn't have to wait until
you were an old man like me to be-
come STAR"
"What was the first thing you ever
did,"
Little Harry, 1 think, in Uncle
Toms Cabin
"Oh, and not little Eva?"
"No, even at that tender age l had
TO desire to be female impersonator.
children in East Lynne and / played
the lame boy in The Beautiful Cloak
Model Do you remember Nellie 2"
Eyes, we rcmemher A. r. Woods
sent US over to see Nellie with a view
to engaging us tor the title role, am.
do you remember where she used to
say No, no; rather than permit you to
kiss me | shall throw myself from the
fifth story wir dow?" T at fifth story
settled US. Now, tell about how you
happened to 90 on the screen"
"Well, in the first place, didn't
hapren.' l fought for it. | doc ded
that the screen was the thing, so gave
Lp the mAgnncent sa ary OF S4o a ween
and went as an extra at $5 day"
Did you work every da, 2" we asked
sympathetically.
"Sometimes only two days, but /
stuck to it. In the company was an
other young man named Hal Roach.
da he had legacy left him and it
didn't take him LONG to decide what to
do with the money. Instead of being
on extra ho thNp~ht he would hn a
magnate, and comedy was the particu-
ar field he chose for his endeavor
"Now. the first thing was to find q
good comedian who wouldn't want ST.,
100000 a week, and he mentioned his
need to some of the bows, who said:
Have YOU seen Harold Lloyd act
funny? Well, you ought to try him out
before you engage any one s.. 50
Hal took the advice and gave me q
fling at it, and we have been together
ever since"
as Mr.. Roach nice?" we asked.
as he?" said his enthusiastic part
ner. Look at him. There he is over
1T that table, eating the frozen snow
ball with chocolate sauce"
And just then the senior partner Eve
believe he is the senior) came over to
our table and was introduced. And he
IS most as nice as his star.
But of course Harold is an old friend
now, and we may be preiudjced in his
favor.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
BY Harriette Underhill

There is one thing that Harold Lloyd
never will be-that is Bo shevik. He
doesn't like bombs any more.
II happened like this. In one of his
comedies Lloyd-you always feel like
calling him Harold after knowing him
for half hour-had to use bomb. 1t
was to be used the same way some
comedians use custard pies. only Lloyd
would scorn such primitive means of
bringing laughter to rock his specta-
tors. He is strictly up to date, there
tore he decided to use bomb.
But, if not so futuristic, how much
more reliable is the custard pie! If
ever we become a comedian we shall
stick to the pie in preference to the
later and more "up-to-the- minute"
bomb. The bomb needs to be timed;
the custard pie doesn't. Lloyd had too
great confidence in the one which he
was about to hurl, and it turned on him.
However" he said cheerfullv, as he
steadied his grapefruit with his right
elbow and jabbed at it with a spoon
held in his left hand. "this cloud had a
particularly fine lining. couldn't
work, so had a chance to come to
New York on vacation. I thought
that l could recuperate here as we'll as
IN the West"
Here the waiter came up to the table
with note addressed to Mr.. Lloyd.
It was folded up so tightly that he
asked us to open it and read it to him.
1t said: "rhe woman you wero seen
with at the theater last night was
fo nd dead this morning. We advise
you to leave the city!" NJ. Llovd i'm
mediately treasured U.s.. OTIS some of
tho boys who IN me Tney s. t.
think that because do comedies
they must be funny all the time. "A
comedian never has chance to be
natural"
Before we went to interview Mr.
Lloyd every one said: "Oh, you will
ike Harold Ilo~d He is the de"rost
boy!" and somehow that describes him
perfectly. OF course, we hadn't really
expected to; he seemed IKE sacn an
erratic person, always jumping up and
down on camels or vaulting over some
ching or running away with somebody's
wife. But he doesn't do that in real
life at all, any more than a plumber
twirls monkey wrench when he takes
YOU out to dinner or Journalist dis
plavs a pad and pencil all the time.
"You know l wasn't always a come
dian. / used to do noble heroes and
dark us..chea vil.iahs
"How long were you on the stage y
we asked.
Fourteen years"
"tnd how long on the screen?"
'Six years"
"And h old were you-how young.
rather-when you started your hlstrl'
onic career?"
"Six years" he answered again.
Lets see, fourteen and six; that's
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
New Theatre Parisien
Players Aim to Amuse.
Not to Teach, New York

Among other pieces we will give Hen
r-equin and Bilhaud's 'Queule de
.,,onp, Tristan Bernad's L'Anglais
lie! Qu'on lie Parle,' Wolf and Cour-
,'lne's La Cr che Coolus' Les
bleus de LAmour," Devalleres'
,'le.s de L'Amo4r,' and lie Coup
- Fouet' De F'ers and CeilIavet's
'L'Amourette,' l. Papa and lie Cnur
a ses Raisons,' Courteline's 'Bour-
bouroche.'
The operettes will be Hennequin
ana Weber's lie Poilu,' Kolb and Fou-
dieres' lie Tiers Portcur,' Mauprey's
Miss Flirt,' Franc and Moulain's La
flancee de Scaphaudrier.' and others.
Personally we would like to see New
fork's reaction to "Occupe-Toi
l. EAmelie," in the original. However.
me present array of pieces looks prom
sing. AS for the company, which NJ.
Casadesus introduced individually in a
paternal curtain speech last Wednesday
'enlng, 1t gives every evidence of pos
sesslng the faculty of amusing the pub
nc. In Gustave Degrezian, Felix Barre.
andre Frankly, lean Mel. Germ" ne
Grattery, Lilli Rito, Henrietta Delan-
noy, Lucien Weber, and .M..e. C..-uoc
~oddarghttr of Sarah the Great NJ
Casadesus has found jeunes premiers,
peres mobiles, ingenues, and the 9th, :
traditional types, of excellent quality
He himself will continue to appear
from time to time
II the first performance given before
:: brilliant audience last Wednesday,
evening is g criterion of what NAV be
expected, the promise made by the
director will be kept to the letter
Even Mr.. Clayton Hamilton admitte d
little reluctantly that it had been an
amusing evening. The size of the
theater, too, lends itself we'll to the
intimate character of the plays. Alto
gether, there is good deal to be said
or M. Casadesus's assumption tha,
while an audience is not always willing
70 be uplifted it seldom objects to be-
'ng tires gai.''
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
''Wedding Bells'' Author
Won Playwright Spurs
i'm Smooth Channels

A world avid of moral lessons in
success would be disturbed over the
hndlngs in the case Of Salisbury Field,
whose play, "W edding Bells" has es-
tablished a clear title to a long run at
the Harris Theater. BY his own con-
fession his rating on perseverance, con-
dustry and the other disagreeable vir-
tues that are popularity supposed to be
indispensable to success would be low
Calling mis- own play to witness against
hlm, 1T would seem that all the sub
Stantlal rewards of life go to those
who regard life as gay, delightful
and irresponsible business.
Mr.. Field made journalism his mark
when he started OF to make his ior.
tune in San Francisco twenty years
%go. Mr.. Field is Californian. He is
cosmopolitan and sophisticated; he has
lived on the Continent and in England,
wander In a subtle and disarming
and dignified way Mr.. Field boosts
for his native city. He could not re-
sist putting Santa Barbara into his
play.
His adventures in journalism were
not precisely brilliant. They began
on "The San Francisco Examiner" He
found difficulty in writing news in
the conventional form. He would re
turn to the office with his story, sii
down before his typewriter and then
everything but the writing of the story
to him. He was detailed to police
court, and there were long interva OF
waiting about in the reporters room
with nothing to do. 1t is wrench te
have to report that MIR. Field was not
above guile. The rule of the Office was
that news which broke before IL O'Clock
had to be written by the reporter; news
that broke after IL o'clock might be
teiephoned in. News invariably broke
for Mr.. Fields after IL o'clock. which
relieved him of the necessity of writ
ing, and he employed his ample leisure
in idly sketchng and making verses
These went the rounds of the office
and one day he received a sharp sum
mons. Mr.. Field was prepared to con.
fess all. Instead he received an Offer
from Mr.. Hearst to come to New York
and make week y set of these draw.
lngs to be sued in all the Hearst
papers. His signature to these was
Childe Harold, and these whim sical anC
wholly individual drawings and verses
became famous throughout the country
as feature of the Hearst publica
tions.
Mr.. Field never had really whole
hearted passion for work Indeed. he
expended a regrettable amount of in.
genuity in finding ways of doing a:
title work as possible. And by the
natural order Of things the less work
he did the more money he seemed te
make. That left him time for a good
deal of travel. After summer il
England, spent with the Favershams
he was inspired to write a play. HI
offered it to Henry Miller and to {
few other producers, and he says he is
grateful to all of them for having re
fused it.
1t was not possible that he shoue
ong escape from the temptation to ex
pertinent with fiction. There is a yer,
powerful literary tradition in Mr.. Field,
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

has story-really sets the traps for
the lyrics. That is the reason agree
with Otto Harbach that the book
writer is entitled to share in the
royalty on the sale of the numbers.
he creates the openings for the songs
IN the majority of cases. Even where
the numbers are printed as instru-
mental pieces only the bookwriter
should share in the music royalties. as
ne lays the foundation for both lvrics
and music and without his preliminary
work there would be no lyrics or
music.
"Permit me to repeat that am not
referring to the so-called 'revues' and
other plotless musical pieces. ANY song
Can be projected into such productions
without excuse whatsoever. But in the
musical play with the definite story
the book is the foundation for the
whole thing.
"Once in while situation, even in
plot piece, will arise where almost
any song may be put in. 1t occurred
in The Little Whopper.' Mr.. Harbach,
master of both book and lyric writing
that he is, wanted popular song num-
be. with which to open the second
act.
aA lot Of girls at house party
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

want to sing popular song. Bide,' he
said. Give them one, please
"The result was 'l'm Lone'y,' the one
song in the piece which has not the
slightest bearing on the story
"To illustrate to what an extent
song can weave itself into story,
there is THE Whopper' number. 1t is
introduced to show what dire effects
lie can have, and every time anybody
air of The Whoppe..
"1d like to say here that there is no
excuse for the rhyme that isn't one.
The fellow who tries to force time to
rhyme with nine is either very lazy
or flagrantly incompetent. / don't care
what the obstacle is in lyric writing,
if one will persevere he will finally
straighten the ratter out and avoid
what | term bum rhymes. ! have
spent two hours tryin" to find a rhyme
for word. and. failing, have rewritten
a whole verse in order to use another
rhvroir~ coup'et.
"I'd like TO say also that the great
est aid to the lyric writer is real COM
poser Various of tho nnmhnrS in The
Little Whopper' had their music written
before the lyrics came into being. MI.
Farbach gave R-dolf Frim' mind pic
ture of a situations; Mr. Friml repro
duced that situation musically-that is,
according to the way it appealed to his
sen e of musical ccmpositi ion-and 4hen
it was comparatively easy to supply it
with a lyric. The Friml music, which
is always the outgrowth Of an artist,
gave me the rhythm and the situation
gave me the subject.
at might be of interest TO the lay
man to know that when the air is born
before the words lyricist frequently
writes dummy lyric, while hearing
the music played. for his guidance in
turning out the real one. For in tance
take the verse of Pm Lonely in 'The
Little Whopper'-its dummy lyric
which I ia" acr-rs il my desk las,
night, was about like this:
"'Howdy. Bill Jones
greet you tho you are stewed,
And listen,
Howdy, Bill Jones,
beat you; gee. but you're shrewd
Your wife may act like a chump,
And you may give her thump,
But after this, Bill
You'd better use a pump
at doesn't say much in that form
hut it outlines the meter. AS poem
it's terrible, and yet it looks as though
it might be good material for Bid
Dudleys daily column, doesn't IT."
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
audeville

fALACE-The Marion Morgan Dancers
will head the coming Palace bill in a
dance drama of the time of Attila the
Hun and his occupation of Rome.
with the consequent sacrilege of the
Temple Of Vestal Virgins. Miss Nor
gan has won a preeminent position
as creator of dance dramas. Her
company of twenty girls was selected
chleny from California open air
schools. Pat Rooney and Marion
peht win thelr company of singers
cancers, comedians and jazz musi-
clans, remain for third week in
Rings OF Smoke" one-act rev,,e h,,
~Edgar Allan Woolf. Wish Wynne
Eng lsh comedienne. will present
character studies. The Creole Fash
ION Piate returns. Bert Baker and
company will do comedy sketch
"prevarication." Bert Hanlon. eccen-
trlc singing and dancing comedian
IS on Tor new act. The Aerial
Lloyds and Derkin's Dogs will com
plete the bill. O''
RIVERSIDE Dorothy Dickson and Co,,
Hyson will make their first dancine
appearance at the Riverside, assisted
py the bi.tmore Cascades Orchestra
conducted by Max Doln. Anatol
Friedland's "Music Land" Cleveland
brenner and company, Jimmy Duffy
ana Mr: Sweeney, De Marest and Col
lette. Bennett and Richards. Fred
Berrons Page, Hack and Mack and
te news pictorial will complete the
bill.
COLONlAL-Nellie and Sara Kouns
recently returned from London and
farls triumphs), Frisco, Jim Thorn
ton. Gallagher and Ro ley and Swif,
and Kelley are on the bill, which in.
cludes Herbert Clifton. the "Du-For'
Boys, Vallecita's performing leop-
ards, De Onsonne and Baker. the
Ramsdells and Deyo and the news
pictorial.
ElGHTY-FIRsT STREET-A Thanks.
giving festival is announced, with
George Whiting and Sadie Burt al
the stars. Offering a new edition OF
their "Songsayings." Dorothy Daltor
will be shown in powerful dramatic
picture entitled "L'Apache." Other:
on the bill will include "Once Upor
Time Paul Decker and company
Joe Laurie jr., the Dancing Kennedys
Lucy Bruch and the news pictorial.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
Good American Taste
At the New Capitol

Edward Bowes, the managing direc.
tor of the Capitol Theater is an cxem-
plar of good taste. This. he says, was
the main thought in the planning OF
his new form of entertainment.
II have always been more or less OF
q movie FAM" he said "The possibili.
ties On this form Of entertainme are
great. | saw my first moving picture
when it was an appendage of the Or.
pheum circuit. The first show l saw
was In my home stown Of San Francisco
1T was the everlasting comedian who
had an appointment to meet girl with
flower in her hat. 1t was slap stick
pure and simple. and by way Of good
measure was followed by the transpo-
sition of the film so that it ran back
wards. From that time through the
tiny little show houses and the flicker
ing film | followed the motion picture
to its present stage.
another type the Capitol has devcl-
oped is the matinee man. The number
of men who drop in at matinee is re-
They are men with an idle hour or two
to spare and who would not have gone
to legitimate show or to cheap
movie.
"On the other hand our policy of
booking seats weeks in advance has
drawn into the movie circle class Of
people who make their engagements to
entertain so far ahead that they would
otherwise be limited to the legitimate
shows.
1--WE have confined our selections en-
trely to American companies and films
with American subjects. This is be-
cause the best films are now Ameri-
can.
"But the first question we ask con-
Germ ng film is is it interesting? If
the answer is an enthusiastic yes the
film is we'll on its way to a showing"
Evening journal., 1919-12-10
CHANGES, IN STAFF
OF ROYAL COMPANY.

II. A. LaFetra, for thirty-seven years
in the employ Of the Royal Baking
Powder Company, during the greater
part Of which he was advertising man
ager has been retired because OF ad-
vancing years and iniirm health. with
the position OF advertising manager
emeritus. specially created for him by
the Board Of Directors. his c0mpensa-
ton continuing as heretofore. This
action is I'm keeping with the companys
policy in other similar cases.
J. W. Cannon. for sixteen years
connected with the Royal Company az
assistant advertising manager. during
the last portion Of which he performed
the duties Of advertising manager, mas
resigned to become president OF new
advertising agency bearing his name.
Frederick C. Hitch will become a
member OF the organization as adver-
!islng manager Mr. Hitch. although a
cung man. has had extended experi-
ence in advertising food and other
products. and has for the last several
years occupied one OF the most re
sponsibIe positions in the advertising
department OF a large eastern moaCt1c-
turing corporation.
Evening journal., 1919-12-10

have discovered that my shoes have
much to do with the ease OF doing
homework.
It is always a temptation to "wear
out" articles OF clothing around the
house, but a pair Of French heeled
pumps make me so tired II / try to
work in them that there's no economy
in the effort.
Regulation walking shoes are the
most comfortable and sensible. The
daily care Of a house Is practically one
walk after another. At least a woman
is on her feet a good share Of the time
and she needs a shoe with a broad,
strong heel
The height OF the heel is. Of course,
entirely dependent on ones instep.
Too fiat heels may cause great IA
tigue and serious trouble with broken
arches.
The right shoes will do as much
toward the comfort and healt1 OF a
housekeeper as any other happy house
hold hint.
Menu for Tomorrow
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. juice, fried
cornmeal mush. syrup. coffee.
LUNCHEON-COdfsh balls. brown
bread and butter, carrot marmalade,
tea.
DTVNER-Chartreus OF rice and
meat. brussels sprouts. radishes. bread
and butter. chocolate bread pudding
coffee.
My Own Recipes.
Yellow cornmeal makes The best fried
mush II YOU can find some meal made
Of corn parched before grinding you
will be able TO make even better than
the hest" mush. The longer the corn
meal cooks the better it is. And we
like Il sliced thin and fried quite crispy.
Goldfish BALLS.
cup Goldfish
. cups mashed potato
4 tablespoon butter
10 cup milk
Freshen Goldfish an hour in warm
water Drain. remove bones and flake,
Combine with mashed potato. milk
and butter. Beat well. Form into Ill
ne cakes with the hands, roll in iloU
and fry in bacon fat or beef drippinss
CHARTEUSE OF MEAT.
1 cup rice
. cups chopped leftover meat
ia cup bread crumbs
Hot water, stock or gravy
salt and pepper
Boil rice. Mix meat, bread crumbs
salt and pepper Add enough OF the
stock or gravy 10 pack meat solldly.
Line a butered bread pan with half
inch LAYER OF rice. Pack in meat mix
ture. Cover with rice. Bake 30 min
utes. Remove from pan TO platter
and pour over tomato sauce.
Evening journal., 1919-12-10
STEPHiNIE.

A very unusual name is Stephanie.
~ late 80 has had great vogue and rep
resents a revival OF interest i'm the old
Greek names which had far more sig
nincance than our modern versions.
Stephanie. for instance, originates with
the Greek games when the wreath OF
the conquerOr was an appropriate al
fusion 90 those games where the
Greek youth delighted TO contend. The
wreath was called a siephan0s and 1t
IS more than likely that the first
proper name StephanOs was so called
by a proud family whose representa-
tive had returned with a leafy crown
on his brow
Stephan, the, contraction, was an old
Greek name borne by the son Of Thu
cydides. before 70 was given 10 the
Hellenist deacon who achieved the
greatest OF an victories and won the
spiritual crown. Old Greek hymn
writers celebrated this accordance Of
name and destiny:
Thou by name crown impliest
Meetly then I'm pangs thou diest;
For the crown OF righteousness.
Stephanie is the feminine form ap-
proved in Greece; It also signifies a
crown. It received a sacred prominence
since no less than seven saints bore
the masculine form OF it. including
the great Saint stephen, the martyr.
The English gained its use. It is said,
through William the ConQueror. rvho
dedicated to Saint Stephen the Abbey
built at Caen 30 eXpiate his marriage
with the already beirothed Matilda.
The English have placed the stamp
OF their own spelling upon It, AMI
while using Siephanie 20 a large extent
also favor Stephana. The French call
her Esiaphanie. Stefanie, Etiennette and
Tiennete. Eslephania Is the POrtu-
Evening journal., 1919-12-10
WHAT'S Nv 4 NAlME'?"
BY Mildred Marshall
Facts About Your Name Its History Its Meaning Whence
it Was Derived; Its Significance; Your
Lucky Day and Lucky Jewel

Bv Mildred Marshall
Lucky Day and Lucky Jewel

guese form and Stephsnlne, the Ger
man. Russia changes hers TO Stephan
ida and Slepanida.
Stephanie's jewel is the sapphire,
which will protect her from all harm.
and is said TO attract divine favor TO
H. wearer Her lucky day g., We'd
uesday and three is her lucky number.
Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler syn
dictate. Inc
Evening journal., 1919-12-10
5iste'19 Aag~
TSHEN

In the kitchen OF her own home
Sister Mary cooks daily for a family
of four adults. She brought 10 her
kitchen an understanding OF tho
chemistry of cooking, gained from
study of domestic science in a State
university. Consequently the adj
vice she offers is a happy oOmbina
tion of theory and practice. Every
recipe she gives is her own. first
tried out and served at her family
table.
Evening journal., 1919-12-10

The want ads will help locate lost
articles; Will sell furniture and ma
chinery for the coming two weeks and
metal workers are under favorable
ruling.
Evening journal., 1919-12-10
TOMATO SAUCE
ounad Tomatoes

TONiAIO SAUCE
cups canned tomatoes
4 onion
IA cup celery leaves
whole cloves
salt and pepper
tablespoon butter
tablespoons flour
Cook tomatoes. onion, celery ana
cloves together 10 or 20 minutes. Rub
through a strainer and add TO butter
and -four cooked together. Season with
salt and pepper.
Since the high-ball is no more, an
hail the tea-ball.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
FOOD EXPORTS OF
u. S. DURING 1918
REACH BIG TOTAL

Washington, March 1S.-Exports
of foodstuffs from the United
States to the allies, neutrals, Bel
gian relief, Red Cross and A. E. F.
during the calendar year 1918,
amounted to 5,005, ,9S7.O1O pounds.
of which 2.50O,000,000 pounds we're
pork products and 1.250.000. 900
pounds beef products, according to
figures compiled by the food ad-
ministration. During January of
this year, the latest figures avail
able. 434.S12,025 pounds were ex-
ported. an increase of 215,210,7S5
pounds over January, 1918.
Exports continued to show great
strength in February, according to
a statement today by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce
the total to all countries reaching
$58S 100000, an increase Of approx
imately 43 per cent over February
of last year
Exports for the eight months
ended with February were valued
at $4.3S6, 100000 as compared with
81, 1852 100000 for the correspond
ing period of the previous year.
February imports amounted to
$235, 100000 as compared with
$20S ,000,0 900 in February. 1918. I'M
ports for the eight months totaled
81 1913 100000 as against $1,S41.-
100000 for a similar period the
previous year.