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New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

for tomorrow afternoon We are
going to discuss ourselves. How
many Of us really consider this
profession of ours an art
Nothing about ideals or unfit. but
would not these few simple words
have been enough to keep them all
away? ! am afraid so.
Most of the bad work done in our
magazines and novels is probably done
IN all sincerity. 1t really pays better.
IN hctlon. 70 write your best. Your
best vein is the richest.
1t runs deep and long. 1t is almost
lneXhaustble if you are fortunate
enough to discover it, Even if it Is
not pure gold it seems so to you, and
you mine 1t out in this BELIEF
In the drama it is different. In
feVerish haste false claims are made,
high sounding title is found and
with a great deal Of noise and much
entlclng literature you profit enor-
mously on barren ground II is really
olHlcult TO get the public TO trust
anH1hlng that does not scream, and It
trusts almost everything that does.
There IS play running row in New
York which should never have been
written; which. having been written
should never have been accepted, and
naVlng been accepted should never have
neen produced, and having been pro
uuced should never have survived rs
hrst night. II could never genuinely
amuse any one it can give no insight
INTO character, no glimpse Of beauty.
ol pathos. of wisdom. Of charm 1t
was written al the lowest ebb Of crea-
iion, the viii TO manufacture. II is
punt up on the laugh method Enter
Hero with laugh. Enter Heroine
with a laugh. Laughs are laaorousiy
buiit, agonizingly drawn forth
There was an ambitious broker who
mad everything in his fields bat oil. he
determined TO succeed without it. he
hIred an eXtravagantly luxurious
office. bought champagne. gathered To-
gether company of questlonaaole
ladies' and invited the public to buy
stocks. 1t did. This sort Of play
writing is like that sort OF selling.
Two of the incest people SnoT
never go to the ,heater They 60 70
concerts and read plays. | used 10 hnq
them lacking in something. At last
nave come to understand their at'l.
tude. They felt that the iueater as y
- ~ NoF Ah -NtN Olh udN INN'.-e
give them. They can get beauty ID
pictorial art the work OF serious ar.
lists; they can get emotion irom
music they can get humor from iitefs'
ture and they can read good na!ss
Why 90 to the theater to be subJec.s'
to bad manners. Indifferent acting az
surd scenery and lnsincere, money
grabbing, chidishly written plays
Why indeed You read the reviews
the next morning. and in spite OF .a'
amlability of the critic. OF his apa'nn
YOU are glad YOU didn't 90. You ~.
agne Mr.. So-and- SO is making a sfes
deal of money from the stup'diN III If !,
other people. You are glad YOU ss'.
have your money and your self -respe'@
There are two great misfcrtunes
present in the American tnea,inss;
world. One of them Is that h'a. .sr
Barrymore cannot act in every thealh
in the city, and the second is, since -.
first is impossible, that, with fns ,,,..,s.
ception of the Garrick and the f's''
outh. they do not all burn downs
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

say something about real" and reels
a pun which never pals on us-ws
went to the subject OF clothes Now.
there is something regal and nohle
looking about Miss Baird that makes
one rather afraid that she will take
high throw attitude and say: Clothes
are not so important. | think. Really.
the plays the thing"
But she didn't. She said: "Some
actresses make mistake in thinking
that anything is good enough for the
screen. whereas there IS no place where
richness in clothing is quite so essen
tlal. OF course, it all depends on tho
sort of part you are playing. but every
thing on the screen must be real | nav
$50 d year for the brocades in some Of
my evening gowns for the screen. OF
course. they must be much more elabo-
rate and costly than ones gowns to be
worn in private life, and. MS matter
of fact, when ! finish dressing a pic
ture | haven't enough left to buy much
else.
THE gowns for production will cost
from $1,000 to $4,000. and | Should
spend more if had it, I'm sur, Norma
Talmadge does. Perhaps it isn't art
but | know that women love to see
pretty gowns or the screen and I'm
going to give them what they want as
nearly as can"
We couldn't for the life of us re-
member what company Miss Baird was
with. and we didn't like to ask, for we
know how we hate people who say, "Oh,
Jes; you're with The Times aren't
You ."
SO we said. "How do you spell your
company's name? ~ and She answered:
Just the way it sounds"
"Yes ?'
Eyes. Ar-t-c-o. Artco. and ! want
YOU to come and see my new picture
The Capitol and tell me what you
think of It and my gowns
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
One Disguised Play1UrigH
Would Take Drastic SfeDs

The following communication is
from Rita Wellman. author of The
Gentle Wife" and other plays:
meeting was held recently during
the strike of the actors. gathering
together of the dramatsts to dHcuss
practical affairs 1t was very interest
ing and instructive, especially to one
who had always heard of the visionary.
unbusinesslike men who write PLAYS.
the poor lambs who are always being
done" | am sure that since the DAYS
OF Shakespeare playwrights must al
ways have been done" and I believe
that they should get together and
stand up for their rights-when they
discover what they are. But let no
one call them visionary and impracti-
cal. For if they are always done by
the managers, they. in turn, very
nicely do the public And in ways
which cannot be computed in the box
office
wondered as l sat among these
bright and earnest young men and
women. how many could have been
gathered 10 this meeting if the card
OF invitation had read:
A meeting of dramatists is called
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
Brooklyn Theatres

MAJESTIC With the distinction Of
having thrilled New York playgoers
for an entire year at the Lyric,
Roland Vests play of mystery, "rhe
Unknown Purple" comes for a
weeks engagement. George probert
heads the cast. The performances
Monday, Tuesday apd Wednesday
evenings will be under the auspices
of the Woman's Board, Church Char
ity Foundation, for the benefit of St
Johns Hospital, Home for the Aged,
Orphans Home, Home for the Blind
and Nurses School of Brooklyn.
MONTAUk The appearance of Henry
Miller and Blanche Bates in Mo
here" by Philip Mocller, which was
success at the Liberty, one Of the
an important event in this theatre
Mr.. Miller and Miss Bates will be
seen in their original roles, the for
mer AZ Moliere, the actor -dramatis'
who shed glory on France. and the
latter az the brilliant Madame de
Montespan
ORPHEUM Nonctte. gypsy volnste
and singer, will share the headline
honors with Extra Dry" William B.
Frledlandcr's latest miniature musi-
cal comedy production. Joe Laurie,
Jr.; Bailey and Cowan. Bert Baker
and Company, Raymond and Schram,
Countess Verona, Gauticr's Brick.
layers, Topics Of the Day and the
news pictorial will complete the bill.
BUSHWICK Joseph T.. Howard, com
poser and Ethclvn Clark will divide
topline honors with Mile Diane and
jan Rubin. concert performers.
Walter Brewer. William Sullv and
Gcnevicye 1ioughton F.lida Morris.
Dolores Na]lecita, 1ohn G.. Sparks.
Marconi and Fitzgibbons, Frank and
Mllt Hrittor
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

tions, fearing that we might sound to
other people like the man who sat be-
hind us at the Strand when Mary Pick
lords last picture was shown there.
by Jove," he said, she is clever.
Who is she >"
SO. unprei JUDGED by any glow of
past performances" we wrote lust
what we thought of Harrison Ford.
ne has 1T yet. the clipping we mean.
lot 1t happened that that was his first
''''u'e' and reviewers words Of
praise mean whole lot to one il
seems, who is just setting sail on Tho
sea Of cinema.
one day last week when wo ,vn,,
20 the Office TO dash off fa,. o.,,,
or So we found on our desk this note .
:. Don't forget your appointment with
O'Clock" a.
Now. undoubtedly, we made tbo o..
pointment but we had no recoiis.t ap, ;an
o, 1t and no idea who Mr. Ford was
However, we had no alternative. SO AT /
o'clock we presented ourself at the
ramous Players studio and sent in our
name by the boy who always says:
Mr.. Noulty, amt doing no casting
today" ''"e
In moment out came young Mr.
MacF arland, who runs things up at the
studio, and with him was Harrison
Ford ''''
NOW. never once had il entered our
,n'nd That IT might be Harrison Ford.
IN the hrst place, we thought that ne
vas sui out on the Coast, and then he
docsnf seem at all like MIR. Ford"
every one calls him by his full name
We had visions Of a director or
scenario writer, middle aged and plum D
.od we were 70 glad that we had care.
'uiiy avoided walking under that laddcr
on our way 20 the studio. Onr i,cL
vas still with us.
oh. how do you do? We are 40
glad US you. You see we know YOU
even u you do not know as"
Don't worry" said this very nice
young man. who was momcntarf]v on
Gearing himself 70 us. II know you. all
righf. and every one else on The Trib.
one You see. you can't get il every
d,Ay or the Coast, even when YOU order
=. and sometimes ] have TO wal. n
couple Of weeks for certain issue
fsvs scrapbook With ali Of the
".overs' in IT,"
We thought quickly What had W.
Sad recently about Harrison Ford7 Of
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
Young Harrison Ford
Comes Out of the West

course. critic must have the courage
of his convictions. but it is rather dis
concerting to say by implication that
an actor would make a. good subway
guard and then meet him at tea the
next day.
"You know" we said fencing. Eve
ike you on the screen" well. if
you don't you are the prize prevari-
Gator. for you have stated as much in
all your reviews of my pictures"
But we haven't been doing films so
very long. The first thing we ever
saw you in was The Mysterious Mrs.
NJ"
no wonder. It's the first thing I
ever did. You got into the film game
at just the right time, didn't you?"
Have you been East before ?" we
asked next. because Mr.. Ford didn't
seem inclined to talk about himself ~.
all.
"iou mean have been West before.
When came East | came home"
"And how long are you going to stay
here now"
Long enough to make a picture.
But 1T won't be here in the city. W.
are going up to Loon Lake"
"The honeymooner's delight we
murmured
Eyes, but personally | should like
to stay here and see few things
while Pm East"
Cant you see things in California %
Yes, scenery and climate and motion
picture people and studios. But need
to see some real shows. and Pm asking
up for lost time. To-day at the
matinee | am going TO see "The Girl
IN the Limousine" Tonight Pm going
to The Jest and later to the Midnight
Frolic. That is the way Pm going to
spend my time in New York"
"When you begin to work, with whom
will you work"
with Marguerite Clark. We are 60
ing to make a picture called Easy to
Get"
"You used to be Constance Tai.
madges leading man, didn't you, and
isn't she a dear?"
81 did, indeed; and them was the
happy days California is des-
ert drear without her, and every
one feels the same way about it out
there; Without Constance, West is
just West"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
THE MERRY WORLD OF STAGE AND SCREEN
Showing Sound Sense
On Sartorial Subiects
By Harriette UnderhilI

Leah Baird is delightful person.
After that she is a screen star, which
is important but not so important
Miss Baird had promised to remem-
Der us. but even when she said it over
the telephone we were quite sure that
she couldn't do it, because she had
seen us only once. and that in the back
of darkened theater where her pic
ture, "As Man Thinks" was being
shown.
However, we knew her-who could
forget her ?-and it wasn't hard to dis
tlnguish her from all the rest of the
people who were sitting around on the
red velvet chairs and wondering how
much later their luncheon partners
were going to be-
Its funny. you know, l never should
have known you. thought that you
looked like me- said Miss Baird, And,
although she probably didn't know It,
that was about the incest thing she
could have said.
Leah Baird is a strong minded per-
son, too, for all the good things on the
table she resisted and had breakfast
(she was on her vacation so she could
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
Once ON a Time There Was
A Little Boy Named Ben

The story of B. s. Moss reads like
larry tale, yet as you talk to him
1t is easy to see why he has succeed
ed IS he has. Without Offering anv
explanation in words, it becomes quite
clear as he talks.
ne has mag nation, a true sense of
Naiues, integrity, unhagging energy,
ana. to use phrase which has been
80 terribly overworked. he has his
linger on the pulse Of his public.
He can take a theater which has
been attracting a handful of people
put IN new draperies, new stage set
''hgs and new orchestra and be
packing the house inside of week.
This he has demonstrated within the
season.
Mr.. Moss told US his life story with
ont seeming in the least embarrassed
by any of it. He started at the time
when he sold papers. and later. as a
messenger boys supported family Of
piotners and sisters and mother.
somehow always was lucky." he
Sald. Some one would give me 80
cents Tor paper or a quarter to carry
a message, and we got along somehow.
hen | went on the road to demon
S'rate shoe polish and gelatine for a
a'Ee urn OF grocers, but here | got
SICK and had to take a job where I
could SIT still; so | went to tailor to
sew on buttons."
You must have been cut out for a
bachelor. we interrupted, "if YOU
could sew on buttons'
Mr. Moss shook his head Gas amat
ter of fact, ! didn't sew them on long
enough to really learn how. heard of
some one VINO wanted cloth examiner
alter this, and | applied for the posi-
'on and got it. thereby increasing NV
salary from Sls to $50"
But we thought that one had to 90
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
Four Openings on Monday NIGHT

0n Monday night fo" new theatrical presented to New
York ~
N inc Selwy the Swyns will
HOBART with by Ilham ha 4
since August - The trio and Roland
~ '
marry L. oor and George t. Stoddd
Nokes Mabel Whe Wellington Crossn
in The ecast
AT the Playhouse Arthur Hopkins ackavc
lhomass "Pnlmy ,'with
AT the Comedy
Michael
lcnox company are c r,hu
Ju'a Slavn Jean other
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

to Harvard. and all that sort of thing.
to be a textile expert
one does, ordinarily, but | took
care that these people should not know
what did not know. Working with
me was William Fox"
me tIllum magnate!' we exclaimed.
"The same answered Mr.. Moss.
and we immediately began to plan to
have our own business. When we got
sZoo together we branched out and
then we both decided that there was
business enough for two firms. so we
became friendly rivals.
Mr. Fox went into the film game
earlier than | did. and | am NOT VET
producer, though am aiming that
way now.
But at first it was the theater which
attracted me. For years had longed
to be connected with the theatrical
game and all the time | was WORKING
at other things that was my goal At
eighteen | was manager for one of the
big vaudeville houses on the East Side
Tor few weeks, and never forgot the
feeling of proud delight which it gave
me"
"And how do you account for vo,r
success? Why, you have been a regular
King Midas"
BY always seizing time by the fore
lock, doing the proper thing at the
proper time and gauging your audi
cnceS SO that you can give them ex-
actly what they want. A performance
that may pack your house in one loca
ton may be entirely too sophisticated
Tor your audiences a few blocks away.
NAT is what one must know intui-
tiNely'
"lf YOU wait TO experiment it NAV be
TOO late In the theater game more
than in any other nothing succeeds like
success. SS, There is no such thing as
luCk n. n
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

One of the first pictures we ever saw
in an official capacity was "The Myster-
ous Mrs. NJ" The man who played
the lead in it was a good looking. in
terestlng person named Harrison Ford
We remember that we liked him for his
poise. his plausiblity and his paucity
of gesture. and supposed that he was
II wellknown player.
In those first DAYS our Ignorance
was colossal and we asked few ques-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

tions, fearing that we might sound to
other people like the man who sat be-
hind us at the Strand when Mary Pick,
lords last picture was shown there.
BY JOve" he said "She ic clovori
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-08
Ceylon Tea

brands; Lipton's and salada; for this sale.
Three 12c packages for
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-08

ROASTING CHICKENS
Fancy, fresh killed ......... 48c
DRY PICKED FOWL
Fancy, freh killed ,......... Soc
REGULAR HAMS
Fancy sugar cured $1,000. 1890
HOMELESS BACON
Fancy sugar cured, by strip. .45c
COTTAGE HAMS
Fancy sugar cured ......... Doc
GENUINE SPRING LAMB
Fancy legs 400
GENUINE SPRING LAMB
Fancy f~orequarters ......... Zoo
MILK FED VEAL
Fancy legs ................
MILK FED VEAL
Fancy Loins and Rumps 49,.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-27
Community Drier Will Help
Save Much Perishabie Food;
Cooperation Is Suggested

Cities or villages confronted with
the question of saving surplus perish
able crops from home and school gar
dens this season may well consider
the construction and operation, Of q
community drier, according to e. L.
Kirkpatrick Of the Colorado Agricul-
tural college, who says:
practically all vegetables, rs well
as fruits. may be dried or dehydrated
and kept in paper bags or paper car
tons until needed for use this fall or
winter.
'"The cost of a satisfactory fan
equipped drier with a capacity of from
500 to 1000 pounds of raw produce
per day will be between $3.50 and
$500. The best general-purpose
plant is of the combined tunnel and
cabinet type. fitted with an exhaust
fan at one end and box heating stove
at the other. Pipe from the stove
should run below the set of trays or
tills throughout the full length of the
drier.
Before undertaking the building of
a plant, each community should make
a thorough survey of the amount of
perishable crops available, decide on
satisfactory building for housing the
outfit and formulate business plan
of operation throughout the season."
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-27
Red Cross Issues Warning
Against Using of Name and
Emblem in Various Schemes

The American Red Cross has issued
a warning to the public against per-
sons who are using the Red Cross
name and emblem for commercial pur-
poses of various sorts. Any CONNER
cial enterprise that is seeking to push
it's business under the Red Cross name
Is doing so without the consent of the
national and divisional headquarters
of the organization. The provisions
of its charter prohibit the use of the
Red Cross name or emblem for COM
mercial purposes. Some of the en-
terprises named by the Red Cross as
unauthorized are the selling of trink-
cts and war pictures by discharged
and wounded soldiers with the state
ment that a part of the profits of the
sales will be given to the Red Cross,
and the offering for sale of certificates
to the families of the men In the serv-
ice, representing that by such pur-
chase the family may obtain the
speedy discharge Of their soldiers and
representing that the proceeds Of the
sale of these certificates will result
in benefit for the Red Cross.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-27
Canning Club Products in
Demand, Bring Good Prices
and Increase Food Supply

Some of the canning club girls or
ganized by the home demonstration
agents of the United States depart
ment of agriculture and the state agri-
cultural colleges utilize their canning
knowledge only to provide the family
table with plenty of fruit and vege-
tables. The larger number, however,
not only practice what they have
learned for the benefit Of their FAM
flies, but increase their incomes by
marketing the surplus. The agents
who helped during the canning later
assist in the marketing of the prod
ucts. The uniform excellence of the
Al brand makes it comparatively
easy task to keep a customer once ne
has used the products. The agent In
Jasper county. Mississippi, has found
a ready sale for the canned fruits and
vegetables her girls wish to sell. One
day in March SITS worth were weigh
ed, sold and shipped. The demand
is constant, because the buyer reports
that the club girls canned goods are
the best he has found on the market.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-27
Both in the Alphabet.

know much about mn-
~ very snuchs buftwhy do you
askgr
~ the show this afternoon 'nan
tela paw the lady on the stage was
singing high q, and paw said Il sound
a. Hike H. Youngstown Telegram.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-27
Cheap Coffee Is Made From
DandeIion Root, According
to a Prominent BotaniSt

Much of the Surprising" cheap
brand of coffee Is made from dande-
lion root, according to Prof. William
Trelease Of the department Of botany
at the University Of Illinois. Dande-
lions, he points out, belong to the
chicory family, and the root is used to
adulterate coffee much as chicory. 1t
is also used to adulterate chicory. Pro-
lessor Trelease believes that the dan
delion, which generally is considered
a pest to good lawns, is q very useful
plant, which has strayed from its
proper place In the garden where it
is cultivated.
Besides being used for cheap grades
of coffee, the plant yields milky juice
which, in the form of extract, Is used
as a medicine. The blanched leaves
of the dandelion are often used for
salads. They are also used as greens.
In America there are two varieties
of the dandelion, both of which are
weeds. One kind has an olive-colored
fruit pod, while the other has a red
fruit pod. The latter is not so good
for green's, since the leaves are stringy
and cook down to almost nothing.
There are 81 varieties altogether,
most of which are native to Europe.
In French gardens where they are
cultivated they are delicious, espe-
cially for salads The leaves are used
to feed silkwornhs when mulberry
leaves are not available.
Many people believe that dandelions
are used for, butter coloring. This is a
mistake, however, as the name dande-
lion on the package is trade mark.
The coloring is made from coal tar
dyes.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-27
Will Require 100000 Men
To Harvest Kansas Wheat,
Says Labor Service Chief

An army of more than 100000 men
will be required to harvest the wheat
crop in Kansas this year, according
to A. l.. Barkman, director of harvest
work, United States employment serv-
ice Sixty thousand of this number
must come from outside the state.
In making the estimate he referred
TO the report of the Kansas board of
agriculture, which said that with a
general average condition Of 1892 per
cent on an estimated total of 1O759,-
900 acres of growing winter wheat,
Kansas never had a more fiattering
prospect for a recCrd-smashing crop"
The harvest labor problem in Kan
Sas is more difficult than in any other
state. and 1900 posters have been dis
tributed among government buildings
throughout the nation. While 500 let
ters Il day are received from prOspec-
tive workers, Barkman said most care
full distribution will be necessary to
prevent labor shortage.
Wheat cutting usually starts in the
SOuJn central counties OF AdIlSdS dDoul
June Is TO 90, reaching the central
part of the state ten days later. The
demand for men increases as the har-
vest district brOadenS.
"Men should, if possible, provide
themselves with sufficient funds to
tide them over for few days in case
of rains or unavoidable delays in Sc
curing work" said Barkman. "The
harvest fields do not offer light work.
and the sun is often exceedingly hot.
Therefore, boys and men who are I'M
used to heavy work are handicapped
in securing employment in competi-
ton with able-bodied, experienced
men,"
Missouri can care for its big wheat
crop with local labor, Barkman said.
Nebraska and states north will be sup
piled with harvest labor by the drift
of men from Kansas, If that state, the
center of the wheat belt, has sufficient
supply.