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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-09-19
STRIKE IN MACON
TAKES A NEW TURN

Macon, Ca, Sept. 15.-On the
heels of the unconditional surrender
Of 1000 textile workers and their
agreement to return to work as soon
as the mills reopen, police and fire.
men tonight have defied the order Of
the civil service commissioners that
their unions must be dissolved at
once.
Chief of Police McWilliams, who
was promoted on Saturday when
Chief Bowden resigned, declared at
9 o'clock tonight that the policemen
who report off duty at midnight will
beordered to turn in their badges or
their union cards.
Former service men, many of whom
were members of the Rainbow divi-
sion, are ready to protect the city,
it is announced. These men have
been assembled at the. different ar
mories, sworn in as sheriff's depu-
ties.
Refuses to Enforce Order.
1t was reported tonight that Fire
Chief L. M. Jones, who had been or
dered to obtain the union cards of all
fremen or resign, has refused to
carry out the order. He is men,
Der Of the union. Chief Jones refus-
ed to make a statement.
The firemen are standing firm, ev-
en- hooting the members of the civil
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-09-19
MANY DIE IN STORM
AT CORPUS CHRISTI

Houston, Texas, Sept. 15.-Late
tonight a telephone message received
here from Beeville stating that 12O
bodies had been found on a roof
eight miles from Portland, near
White Point. Most of the dead the
message said had been recognized as
residents of Corpus Chricti.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-09-19
Getting Better.

Mr.. J. W. Mckee, Jr., was in the
city several days this week. He is
recovering his usual good health af-
ter being in hospital in Chicago
for a month. He has been in Hen
Jacksonville, N. c., for some time
and came by Abbeville to get back
to Columbia. - .... .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-09-19
FORECASTS CROP
.. BELOW 10000. 900

st. Mathews, Sept. 15.--"Cnder
present conditions, with even 4 late
frost, a cotton crop of less than ten
million bales is a certainty in the
|opinion of J. S. Wannamaker, presi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26
audeville

PALACE lkie Bard, England's ia
vorlte comedian of the music halls,
begins his second week with a new
repertoire carefully selected and ar
ranged tor American consumption
Ted Lewis, "The Jazz King and his
JAZZ Band remain for second week
Inc Cameron Sisters viii do a
series of new dances. with Dave
Dryer at the piano. Charlie Grape
win and Anna Chance will do the
second episode of their "Poughkeep-
SIZE serial called "Jed's Vacation ."
Another laughing act is Santos and
Hays, the girls with the funny fig
ures in "The Health Hunters" Win
ston's Water Lions and Diving
Nymphs is an aquatic act. Harry
and Anna Seymour have an Offering
of melody. Herbert's Dogs will open
the bill. News Movies and Topics of
the Day will be the pictorial features.
RIVERSIDE bee" Palmer, the orig
NAL "Shimmy She Wabble Girl" has
recovered from her recent illness and
will play the coming week as the
star of the bill. She will offer
dances with her shoulders, dances
with her feet. her own inimitable
shimmy and will sing blues and cry
songs at the piano. Mckay and Ar
dine, Bert Hanlon, Dillon and Parker,
Larry Reilly and Company, Kranz
and La Sale, "Playmates," Eric
Zardo, The Four Bards, "Topics of
the Day and the news pictorial.
COLONlAL-A Halloween bill of pop
ular favorites, headed by the Four
Mortons, Ruth Roye and Whiting
and Burt. Will be presented Ames
and Winthrop, Crawford and Brod-
erick, Jack Rose, Alfred Latch and
Elsie Vokes, "Xhe Girl in the Air"
"'Topics Of the Day. and the news
PICTORIAL.
FIRST STREET The new
headline feature, The Twelve Navas-
sar Girls, female orchestral organ
lzation, will be in the top position
Dorothy Dalton will be shown in a
picture entitled. "The Market Of
Souls" The supporting bill will in
clude Mrs. Welington's Surprise"
Adelaide Bell and Huston Ray, Wal
ter Weems, "The Four Of Us" Adams
and Brooks, a comedy picture fea-
ture, "Topics of the Day" and the
news pictorial.
ALHAMBRA-Bothw Browne. female
impersonator and late star of Cyan
kee Doodle in Berlin" will bring his
Bathing Beauties to top the bill.
Others will be the United States
Glee Club, Phil Baker, A. Robbins
and Painter, Ida Macmillan and
Bert Snow, The Texas Comedy Four.
Lorner Girls, kartclli, "Topics of the
Day" and the news pictorial.
ROYAL Carlos Sebastian, dancer, will
head the bill for the coming week
Others will be "Crcolc Fashion
Plate" (socond wcek). Mchlingcr and
Meyer, Charles Irwin, James and
Sadie Leonard, Ara Sisters, Du For
Boys Frank and Mlt Britton.
"Topics of the Day" and the news
pictorial.
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Neighborhood Theatres

ST3NDARD-"John Ferguson" opens
o-morrow for weeks engagement
with the original Broadway cast and
production.
SH uBERT-RINIERA-The attraction
TOR the week will be A. II. Woods's
production of the melodrama The
oman in Room 49, The cast in
cludes Robert EDISON, jeanette Beech
err, Gail Kane, Charles Waldron. De
Witt {. Jennings. Kenneth Hill and
others.
BRONX OPERA HOUSE-Thc attrac-
ton for the week is Three Faces
East with Violet Hemng.
Capitalization Wclch will bring his
own company tomorrow afternoon
and present Il new program, con.
slstlng OF burlesque. vaudeville.
dancing and musical features. 1t is
divided into four parts. of which
those called "lzzi at the Movies" and
"A Street in Little Italy" are de-
scribed as its most attractive bits.
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breakfast at noon), on some toast and
coffee.
Don't want to get fat" she ex-
planned. Now, of course that is n
laudable ambition, but il doesn't seem
as though Miss Baird could get la.
no matter what she did Frank O'Mal-
ley used to have an expression which
we liked; he would say, enthusiastic
cally. She's like 4 leaf before the
wind.' Not referring to Miss Baird,
of course, but we thought of it when
we watched her walk
Miss Baird has decided ideas as to
what's what in the movies. All of
them excellent IDEAS, too, and quite
IN accord with our own. She thinks
that star should be very careful about
taxing too prominent place in the
picture. THE public wants to see a
good picture. and it is not right or 4
star ever to forget that Look at Norma
1almadge. She is so generous that
she always gives her leading men as
much as she has herself. And are her
pictures not all the better for it? A
play must be we'll balanced. and try
to bear that in mind at all times.
Il write great deal of the continuity
| have not given myself the most inn
portant part. The story is better and
stronger by building up another role.
a role which ] could NOT fill because
am not the type. | simply can't do
simpering girls never could
Some directors seem TO have an idea
that there is only one way to accept a
proposal. Look down, smile. look an.
lay your head on his shoulder, When
he offers you the engagement ring you
must open your eyes wide, place your
index finger just below the simple
cameo brooch which you are wearing
and say For Me-? That is what these
directors call a real girl
Manfully resisting The temptation 10
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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
having been accented eho,,ia nevcr have
been produced and baying been pro-
duced should aevo1. have survived is
first night. II conld never genuinely
amuse any one il can s-,,.a M insigh.
into character. no climnso ~ beauty.
of pathos. of wisdom Of charn, It
was written AT the lowest ebh Of crea-
ton, the viii to manufacture. II is
blilt up on the laugh method Enter
Hero with a laugh Enter Heroine
with a laugh. Laughs are laaorousiy
quit, agonlzingly drawn forth
There was an ambitious broker who
had everything in his fields bat oil. He
determined to succeed without il. He
hIred an eXtravagantly luxurious
once, bought champagne. gathered 10
gether company Of questionaoe
ladies' and invited The public to ouy
stocks. 1t did. This sort Of play
writing is like that sort OF selling.
Two of the incest neonle knos
never 90 to the ,heater They 90 TO
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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 vow
think of It and my gowns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26
One Disguised Playwright
Would Take Drastic Stems

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 Discuss
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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 3.
Frledlandcr's latest miniature must
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, John G.. Sparks.
Marconi and Fitzgibbons, Frank and
Mllt Hrittor
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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 ~ ;an
o, 1t and no idea who Mr. Ford va
However, we had no alternative. SO AT /
o'clock we presented ourself at the
FAMOUS Players studio and sent in our
name by the boy who always SAVE:
Mr.. Noulty, amt doing no casting
today" ''"e
In moment out came young Mr.
MacF arland, who runs things up 1T 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 Incl
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
towers in IT,"
We thought quickly What had W.
Sad recently about Harrison Ford7 OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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
concerning 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.
you 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 any
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
SAID. 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
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Four Openings on Monday NIGHT

0n Monday night fo" new theatrical presented to New
York WV
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 cast
AT the Playhouse Arthur Hopkins ackavc
lhomass "Pnlmy with
AT the Comedy
Michael
lcnox company are c r,hu
Ju'a Slavn Jean other
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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 Selling 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

One of the first pictures we ever saw
in an official capacity was 1.-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-
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tons, 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