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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

the loss figure must have been acct
dentally placed in the wrong column
The same quotation credited Wichita
with gain OF IS per cent Cooper is
of the opinion that Topeka is doing
practically as much along construc-
ton lines as is being undertaken in
Wichita.
There is more building going on in
Topeka now than ever before in the
last ten years." Cooper declared. This
applies to the erection Of business,
buildings Residence and apartment
construction has fallen off and is now
way below normal Despite the talk
of high costs OF material and labor
and the complaint of inability to Sc
cure building material there never has
been 4 better opportunity in the build
ing trade IN Topeka. It seems as il
Topeka had just begun to awake to its
own opportunities and is beginning to
take hold Of them The first evil
dence of this is large amounts of
money being invested in permanent
improvements. the establishment OF
new business firms requiring homes.
and the enlargement and remOdeiing
Of many already firmly established
plants
Building Boom. He says.
Topeka was regarded as practical
" dead 70 all building operations six
years ago. Very little was being done
The awakening became apparent
]
Since that time there practically has
been Il building boom in Topeka
To illustrate the rapid increase In
construction. an Off-haud list of re-
cent. current. or contem plated con-
struction was given including: the
" hitteker Brothers two buildings the
Lux Mercantile building; the $4,000
Salvation Army Memorial building;
! the $50 coo Wood Motor building; the
addition to the Capper- building: the
odist church. the $4,000 North To-
school building. a $4,000 apartm ent
house at $40 West Eleventh street; a
$4,000 county hospital; the $4,000
I Beatrice Creamery building; the Bu-
chanan street school. 100000; i'm
proven ents on the Central National
Bank building amounting to $4,000;
the Dr. Milton Miller residence. $40
I 600. additions to the Pierseu NIanufac-
turing plant. SIS. 900; remodeling the
Scott Bros building. $4,000
Million Dollar Temple.
( The one million dollar Masonic Tenn
/ pie alone. is sufficient to show a per
Z centage increase in building activity,
aItho one structure can not be taken
as a criterion TO total activities. ac-
cording to Cooper.
Among the contemplated structures
are several church buildings. the Page
building, the Jewish synagogue. the
Trefry Motor building. the North To-
peka Baptist church and the $4,000
addition 10 the Warren NJ. Crosby
building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
Boy Tries To Steal
Circus Elephant
Tales OF Indian Chimes Made Him
Feel the Crze-Dfd Not Know What
He Would Do With the Beast.

Cincinnati. O. May - The at
tempt of L 15-year-old boy TO steal an
elephant from a circus performing
here and ride away with It will appear
in the annual report Of the local juve-
nile court
was trying to climb on the elephants
back What to do with his prize after
he had IT on his hands. he said had not
occurred to him
Tales OF India. the lad admitted. had
fired his ina gination.
He was placed IN custody OF the
fureniIe court and sent back to his
parents. who 1--we N Michigan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
Home CONSTRUCTION Drops.

Altho figures we're recently pub
hshed in The American Contractor in
dicaung that there had been a loss OF
90 per cent for April. 1920, in build
ing activities in Topeka as compared
with April. 1919. Cooper believes that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
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RziT-7 -

.Iabs. little valued at the time Here
it vas. in the dirt cellar under the
place. that the blacks who were being
taken to freedom were rested for a
short tirue safely hidden from anyone
who might wish TO return them to
slavery and their former owners. The
house is i small story and half al
fair with narrow steep stairway
leading to the upper rooms. some
time prior to January 1865 Mr. ana
Mrs. J n. Johnston bought the prop
crtv. They arrived in Topeka or Eu-
gene. as North Topeka was then
called. on the first train which came
to Topeka over the Union Pacific.
Hid Negroes in Fake Wells.
From the cellar in which the slaves
silent pnssa geways are supposed to
lead down across Virginia avenue and
into the pasture northwest of the A. b.
smith property At enc time it is said
n. number OF fake Wells or clsterns
wore located in this pasture The
slaves could be quickly lowered into
these places should there be any
necessity OF their hiding.
These cisterns or wells we're near
7vnar chen was called crystal Springs.
The site IS now marked by 4 lone VIII
low tree or two. but ir was n famous
camping place in the old days These
springs were the first Of their kind dis
covered I'm Kansas whore upland
springs verr a rarity At one time
they were the only watering place be-
tween the Wakarusa ard the kaw.
and whether rainy or dry, the flow Of
water was always the same. People
I'm tha cast who we're coming to Kan
sas or going farther west always told
OF this spring.
Vow n Stc-~housc.
The old John Brown house is now
be.1g used rs a storeh0use but doubt
less II it Or the big cottonwood tree
which stands az the rear Of the place
could talk. We would hear strange and
fascinating tales OF Kansas as it was
when the grasshoppers swept over the
state. of the Indians and of the
strange. huge blacks who came and
disappeared SO silently into the night.
vending their way TO the north and to
freedom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
Increase in Topeka UnparaI-
IeIed in Last Ten Years.
Fred B. Cooper, Editor Con-
structiOn News, Asserts.
IN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS
Topeka Business Men See Light,
Invest Money.
Residence and Apartment Con-
strUctiOn Way Below Normal.

Construction and building in To-
peka are on the increase to an extent
that has not been equaled here in the
last ten years. according to Fred B.
Cooper. editor Of Construction News.
and secretary Of the Topeka Builders
club.
The amount OF business buildings
completed in the last year. now in the
course OF construction. or contem-
plated for future erection, has never
before been paralIeIed in the history
Of the lifr he darIares
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
Director Is
Gon,peAedto
Take eAdvice.

Being . director with long and
varied experience. HOBART Henley.
who has an extensive list of screen
SUCCESSES 60 his credit. and who II
At present combining h . efforts TO
a series OF special productions for
selsnick Enterprises. the latest OF
which v the big william Faver sham
picture. ''rhe Sin That Was Hiss
now showing At Leow's Columbia,
recently expounded on the human
side Of director with its attendant
results.
AT the outset" says Mr.. Henley.
''let me say that do not profess 70
explain the manner In which the
average director prepares to pro-
duce q given prodnction- Too often
the tendency II 20 follev the
method OF least resistance. %
plunge blindiy into the task. with
out consideration and without cal
culation. ~
But Il certainly n to the ldiree-
tors advantage TO take q more De-
liberate and systematic manner In
the filming of his production. His
labor will thereby be iightened, his
result will be more satisfactory to
himself. AZ q beginn ng, therefore,
In such workmanlike procedure, let
him take into consultation the au-
thor and the continuity writer. But
he must never lose track Of the
public. whose wish must be kept
continually in mind.
These are the first and greatest
requisiteA for without them Q
director Is lost. Opinions as well a.
facts should and must be gathered.
For. according to an old saying.
bricks cannot be made without
straw. No more can a productions
be artistically made without the aid
OF the author and continuity writer.
This too obvious remark neverthe-
less needs to be made. for its
Significance is frequently over
looked.
'-The director who negIects his In
valuable aid and begins to direct
out Of a vacant mind. may string
together the requisite number or
scenes, but will surely not construct
an effective and impressive produc-
tion.
"For myself i prefer to. confer
with every possible person I think
can ofker suggestions Of value, and
when I'm sure I'm right -
ahead" -
The Washington times., 1920-11-06

eventually manages to establish his
own identity and exposes the crook
makes one OF the most fascinating
screen offerings that It has been the
good fortune Of Loew's Palace to
offer In many months.
Mr.. Reid, Of course, assumes the
roles Of both crook and millionaire
The picture, altogether aside from its
dramatic grip and appeal 10 utterly
remarkable for the magic OF its
camera craft. which Is evidenced In
some double exposure work that ex-
cells anything the screen can offer.
Mr.. Reid Is supported by Margaret
Loomis, and a supporting company
that includes Clarence Geldart, J. NJ.
Dumont, Rhea Haines, Carmen Phil
lips, and others. James Cruxe di-
rected the production.
:. The program at the Palace this
week would be sufficiently engross-
ing with the wallace Reid produc-
ton, but in addition thereto, Manager
Beatus has arranged for the first
Washington showing Of the latest
Sunshine comedy sensation, THE
Farmyard Follies." a picture that
sounds a new note in cinema extrava-
ganza- There will also be scenic
subject of singular and striking
beauty. the latest issue Of the Pathe
news pictures, the Literary Digest's
Topical Tips" and an overture selec-
tion Of haunting charm.
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
THIS BIRD WOULD LAND
IN MOVIES, RE THOUGHT

Allan Dwan had rehearsed the
players in '"The Forbidden Thing" the
photodramatic attraction at Moore's
Garden Theater all week beginning
tomorrow. until they were keyed to a
high pitch Of enthusiasm. The sand
dunes stretched away before every
body. and the sun was shining bright
iy. Mr.. Dwan spoke through the
megaphone Just, one work: .,
Camera ....
Everything was action. The cam
eras were clicking. The actors were
acting. And then huge shadow cast
itself over tho proceedings. Suddenly,
and without warning. huge pelican
dropped into the foreground. gave
everybody the once over, tapped his
huge wings. and sailed out to sea.
"Another bird trying to get into the
said Mr.. Dwan. And the
picture proceeded without further
Interruption
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
LOEw'S PALACE
sAlMnYA AudaciOus.o

In all the iiterature Of the screen
there is not to be found a charac-
terization that will excel the dual
role assumed by wallace Reid. the
photopIay's most popular Juvenile
actor, In always Audacious." the
vivid and compelling cinema adapta-
tion Of Ben Ames williams' Satur-
day Evening Post story. 'Toujours de
rAudace," which begins a weeks en-
gagement at Loew's Palace ~Theater
tomorrow as tho featured attraction
Of the program.
In this production Mr.. Reid assumes
the role Of Perry Danton, a yoeng
San Francisco millionaire. who had
a physical double In Slim Attucks, a
~entieman crook, who was born On
the Same day and resembles tho mil.
Iionaire exactly. Tho crook srranges
for a kidnapping OF the millionaire
and the coup II successfully accom-
plished and the millionaire is shang-
hailed.
The manner in which the crook
steps into the millionairc's position
In life. spends his money, and even
courts the millionaire's sweetheart II
q graphic enough story. but the man.
nev In vAish the miiiienairs. fssvy.
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
CRANDALLB-
0HiR Hspplness.5

big Happiness," Shs most imprss.
sivs photopiay vehicle Dustin Farnun,
has had. win bs tho chief Offering o.
Crandaiis Thsater the nrst four days
Of next week. In this subject, Mr..
rarnum has . dual role which IN
point Of intsssst possesses nauch tAs
,sams qualities ~ those that brought
popular success 70 Guy Bates Post On
ne aPtiouiats stage In Tho Nasqus-
1yadeP,~ Tho star plays the parts Of
Twin brethsrs and II the central hg-
uss In commanding episodes both In
shis eous~ry and that have their To-
s.aIs in tho most pictcrssaus parts OF
.wasfsFn Europe,
quite on q par with the dramatic
srtsfeSt OF . story that traces the adj
ventures Of . handsome young bachs-
Spr who assumes the piaoe In society
If his married bro,ner 10 ths magRin-
Ssat invsstiturs given tho narrative
~ nebcrtson- Tho supporting
east too, IL one that adds materially
20 the appeal Of q camera drama Of
sseYe TIM ordinary worth. The bill
cor the frst half Of the week will be
completed by q variety of short reels
rrd carefully nynchronised pipe organ
:. ..i.seompanimeft, 4.
Beginning Thursday and remaining
yt.s chief attraction throughout the
balance Of the week will be shown q
pi,otepisy bill Of almost doubie-fea,
lure proportions The principal fea-
1 turs on these days will be "whst's
reup HurryT the latest hiGh-speed
s,Fnaneo In which the stellar role ID
4 taken by Wallace Reid the secondary
sit, the sensational comedy success
t.Dynanits,"
AZ IN the ssse Of the bill presented
during the earlier days OF the week,
tI,s week -snd program will include
distinstivs eawera subjects lesser
ioasth and will be fuvthsv sniivsss~
~ musical setting OF zeal istsspssts-
oiss vaius,
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
William Fauershd Lionel Barrymore Wallace Reid and Dustin Farm
Male Stars Crowd Out Hero
ines for One Glorious Week
at Washington's Moving
Picture Temples Excel
lent Bills Offered Local
Movie Fans.
Loew's Columbia rheater offers, b.

Losw's Columbia rhsater offer. b.
ginning tomorrow afternoon ~
o'clock. It's NTH great super-prosr
OF the 1s20-aI photoplay season WI.
an array Of photoplay and mnsiea.
attractions that will unquestionaoiy
form a brilliant chapter In Washing
tons screen history.
As the ceatured attraction OF this
program, Lewis J. selznick presents
Americas most distinguished dra-
matte star, william Faversham. re-.
Gently seen In Washington In Amehe
Rives' stage version of Mark Twains
The Prince and the Pauper." In
Herbert Henley photodramatic produc-
tion OF "The Sin That Was Hts." a
virile. gripping tale Of n mans re-
generation through a great love. by
Frank L. Packard. author OF The
Miracle Man"
In this production, Mr.. Faversham
essays the role OF "Ace" Raymond, .
professional gambler. who is ousted
from an Alaskan mining town as ne
II about TO perform q good deed. In
his rage, he turns his back on virtue
and drinks Q toast to the devil. n
better master" In q trip to the East
70 convoy money to the mother OF .
dying miner, circumstantial evidence
points toward him as murderer.
The manner In Wnich thc uoWH VI
a great love forces him to accept the
guilt for the murder. rather than let
an innocent man hang. 10 second only
In climactic importance to the .ro-
mantle denouement Of the story. In
which the reformed gambler 10 saved
from death by the confession OF the
real slayer.
Mr.. Fsversham's supporting cast is
exceptionally brilliant Lucy Cotton
Is his leading woman and the mem
bers of his company include Pedro de
Cordoba, Lulu warrenton. Robert
Conville and others.
The extra added attractions OF tho
gColumbia program for the same period
are headed by the latest Buster kea-i
ton comedy. Convict. No. l3." easily
one of the finest of all screen comedy
offerings. A scenic subject of engross-
ing appeal. the Selxnick news pic
lures, an overture of Irresistible ap-
peal by the Columbis symphony Or
chestra, and other numbers make no
table the Offering at the Columbia
next week.
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
Here's Some Real Information
About Salaries of Screenland
BY C. ii. CHRISTIE.
;eneral Manager Chrfstie


General Manager Chrtstie Fin
Company.
It Is very interesting and enlighten-
ing in this day Of high sounding talk
about moving picture salaries to sit
down earnestly and try to figure out
the average pay OF the people who
appear In the cameras eye. Along
with these figures 1t is also worthy
Of note to observe the average length
OF time tho various personages have
been In the profession. For our pur-
poses Of comparison we are taking
an average week in our studio when
three two-reel Christie Comedies ana
ono special six-reel production are
under way; separating the players
and staff in each.
The facts and figures follow: In
the feature production one man 10
getting 81 500 a week-for the length
of the picture, which will be about
six or seven weeks. This player has
been on the stage eight years and In
pictures one year.
In the same picture the total salary
Of one director. two assistants, two
lcameramen, two second cameramen
| and their two assistants aggregates
81, ,6S5 Of which the largest share goes
| to the director, who has been behind
a camera for ten years.
The lump salary of two girls play
ing leading roles Is 500 weekly
also for the length Of the picture.
Both have been starred before.
In the picture are four character
men whose experience In pictures
ranges from two to six years. One
gets $225, one $3.50. ana the other two
get 5000 each, for the length Of their
engagement A supporting man who
has been q professional for eighteen
years gets $500. Four minor charac-
ters get from $50 to 800.
Extra talent for this particular pic
ture totals about $500 weekly but this
Is unusually small. nearly all OF the
parts being main characters played
By real actors. There's $500 in sal
aries weekly for the feature.
Working on the comedies are three
directors, three assistants, six camera
mon and three assistant cameramen.
whose lump salary In $1,4S0 weekly.
There are fourteen people In stock
| who get from $40 to $3.50 per week.
which aggregates 81, 100, a week. The
weekly extra talent for these pictures
| averages between 81 500 and $4,000,
out Of which some of the people gel
| IS $3.50, or $40 daily. OF these lat.
| ter, go per cent have been working in
| pictures at least a year.
Now for the overhead salary list
| twenty laboratory people, -four cut
] ters, three wardrobe ladies. two
artists, one technical man and two
craftsmen, two plaster men,. fifteen
| Sffice employees, twelve electrical and
| ,ower plant men, fourteen property
men, thirty-two carpenters and mill
| men, five drivers, eight painters and
paperhangers make a combined week.
ly wage OF $500.
| OF course this docs not include con-
| struction, rental transportation. or
| raw stock or other materiaIs, just an
aggregate OF about $4,000 q week for
| salaries, of which as the figures
| show, the sums are about equally d.
vided between tho players and the
| staff.
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
THE STRAND
Vardon and Perry.

What promises to be an ideal
vaudeville number and one that Is
certain to please the most exciting,
Is offered as the headline feature at
he Strand this week beginning Mon
,sy. presenting as It does Messrs.
vardon and Perry. two boys known
1s "the live wires of the A. e. F."
in comedy and character impersona-
ions taken from life and set music
and dancing. These young men spent
'hree years in France during the war.
In the years Of 1913 and 1919 they
vere with the Amerfcans In Lorraine.
7crmany, Holland and Belgium. Five
'ronths with the army Of occupation
~hey hold the record for the number
f shows given to the A. E. r. over
,eas with 397 shows in. zoe days. play
ng under every possible condition.
With up-to- the minute material, the
lumber II said to be one OF the best
nd most. entertaining found on vaude-
lille circuits today.
other offerings incluude Black and
White, leading lady gymnasts. In
,ovci eccentricfties; Jack and Mary
Graham, giving 'THs from Musical
rhows;" lack Murphy and Josephine
'.ockmar, In their amusing sikit en-
tiled, 'srhs Laugh Trust" and 'delo-
~ LAnd,~ q number that rivals the
'eaturs act In amusement value and
popularity. giving . hodgs-podge Of
music. jass and syncopation. and fsa-
'uring . lady jass drummer.
Ths photodrama for the week pre-
sents popular wui Rogers In his
',tsst doidwyn production ~Cupid.--
Tho Cowpuncbsr." said 10 he q typical
Rogers vehicle. giving tina famous
cowboy comedian ample opportunity
a DO much fancy riding, ropine and
- INTRODUCES plenty OF his inimitabis
.rend Of oonrsdy,
A. Alec Lloyd. one 81 the Bar r
-owpunohsra, Rogers IL q favorits
With the gang and has won for him
elf tho nickname Of "cupir' through
Nis unfailing propenr''1 for marry
ing on "the boys'-tns matches not
always proving unailoyed happiness.
Tow the star gets caught himself and
he nnal result proys highly entcr-
aiming,
Helene Chadwick, Andrew Robson.
Neison Mcdowell and many others
OF note are seen In tho large sup
porting cast.
Subsidiary subjects including a
multiple reel comedy. scenic and news
reel, together with special orches-
trail features as arranged by Arthur
u Maxwell, which include an over
ture OF Meacham's "The Yankee
Patrol" round out a program that
should mako tho Strand a popular
point of amusement Interest through
cut the weak.
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
ELJNOR GYN tn WRITE
GLORIA SWANSON'S NEXT

Eiinor Giyn. the noted author Of
Three Weeks" has just arrived from
Europe and is now in New York, She
will leave soon for Los Angeles there
to write a photopIay for Gloria Swan
sons next screen appearance follow
ing something to Think About" She
is one OF the group OF famous British
writer's secured by Jesse l.. Lasky
on his recent mission TO Europe.
Sir Gilbert Parker and EDWARD
Enobiock have already arrived to
study motion picture technique asA
Sir James M. Barrie and Arnold Dcp-
nett win arrive sooA
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
KNICKERBOCKER-
sThe Master Mind.0

"The Master Mind" whitman
Benefits superb perturbation OF tho
famous stage success by Daniel G..
Carter. released through First Ma
tional. which win be the chief fea-
ture Of the photoplay bill at Cram
dall's Knickerbocker Theater tomor-
row and Monday, affords Lionel
Barrymore the finest opportunity he
has had In silent drama Mr.. Barry
more In this engrossing study of an
Intellectual who plotted q revenge SO
complete and so unfailing that It en-
compassed the destruction OF his own
happiness, offers a characterization
that carries absolute conviction and
evinces a power that Is irresistibly con-
veyed from the screen to the specta-
tor.
The production is an admirable enc.
the. direction and photoplay nawless
and the supporting cast composed Of
distinguished artists led by Gypsy
O'Brien and Marie Shotwell "The
Master Mind" will be appropriately
supplemented by both pictorial and
musical added attractions.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Bert
Lytell will occupy the stellar posi-
tion on the bill at the Knicker-
booker In Metros special production.
Inc fTtCo ot Etcuchpthous ih Which
he 10 cast as an English nobieman re-
duccd TO sorry straits In India but
who II able through the aid Of the
devotion of q little child to redeem
himself In his own eyes and those
of the world. Seena Owen has the
leading feminine role In this fine
picture, which will be supplemented
by Bray-Goldwyn's "The Life History
of n Pearl"
Charles Ray on Thursday and Fri
day will succeed to Mr.. Lyteirs place
on the program as pictured star OF
the aim version OF George NJ. Cohan's
popular success, "Forty-Five Minutes
From Broadway" First National
attraction that stands In the record
as Rays finest achievement.
on Saturday only, Douglas Mclean
and Doris May will be pictured IN
their latest co-steliar pr du u n
under the direction of Thomas II.
Ince, "The Jaiibird." The comedy
"The window Trimmer" Mutt and
Jen and other added offerings will
compiets The I'LL
The Washington times., 1920-11-06
VALUABLE HORSE.

The horse that viii play the
title role in vitagraph's special
production Of "Black Beauty"
based ON Anna Sewell's famous
story Of that name, has been in
sured for $4,000. Although the
horse probably In not valued nj
more than one-hftieth of that
amount, his death. or even seri-
ous injury, would necessitate the
retaking Of many scenes, and the
large Insurance II . precautlon-
nry measure. ..