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New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

side hull which rested in the water.
THAT" he said, "is the answer
to the old argument against living
in houseboat because the floor will
soon become damp and your carpets
will get wet and you will be uncom-
Portable. l got away from that by
building my house on O foundation,
as it were. built the boat part
first, with high sides, so that four
feet of the boat would rest beneath
the surface Of the water, and SO that
the floor Of the house would be four
feet above the bottom Of the boat it.
self. No boat can sit constantly in
water without little water seeping
into it, so / figured that even if a
little water did come into the boat
my floors would be four feet above
the water. have installed an cleo
trically operated pumping system,
and whenever an inch of water gets
in ] pump 1t our. That is, / will
pump it out when an inch gets in.
We have been here several weeks
this summer now. and there isn't an
inch OF water in it yet. If all build
ers OF houseboats would look to the
proper building of their homes they
would not be troubled with sogey,
damp floors. The trouble with the
houseboat which you have seen be-
fore and which was damp through
out and on which you could not use
rugs for fear Of having them ruined
was that the builders did not build
their house floors far enough above
the bottom Of the boat" y
All Of which should be a pointer
for any one planning upon living on
the deep blue water next year.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
Who Go Down the Sea in Comfortable Households

tates lying out there in the water
at Port Washington. AS one drives
past the yacht club and the drive
overlooking the bay he sees out there
on the smooth surface of the bay a
row of tiny cottages that are real
homes, with front and back porches
and windows in which pink and blue
draperies fly to the breeze, and where
all the appointments necessary to q
first class home in Huntington or
Great Neck or Tarrytown- 1.-The
Hudson may be seen. They lie there,
light blue roofs glistening under the
July sun, like expensive toy houses
floating in great tub of water. But
they're real.
There are main floors, with bed
rooms, kitchen, living room, dining
room, porches, as has been said,
steps leading down into the water
and, best Of all, decks upstairs, with
sliding canvas Of blue or green, or
pink or white, that may be drawn
back If one chooses so the sun may
strike down directly and bring forth
full fiedged tan, or drawn over so
that one sits in the comfortable
wicker chairs in the shade and feels
the ocean breeze.
1t is we'll worth while to see them.
Better still, go down to a boathouse
region, charter boat, row out and
give these little homes on the water
an inspection. If you think the
owners will be disturbed at your
curiosity or your desire to know
more about their summer homes
you are mistaken. Because they're
proud Of them. And the probability
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
But the Cynical George Bernard
Shaw Asserts That 1t Is All
Matter Of Money

cinema has plenty to learn from the
novel in the way of subtlety, the
novel has much to learn from the
cinema in vigor and directness.
w. L. GEORGE.
To the Editor of The Daily Express.
Sir: Mr.. Lasky is talking through
his hat. The screen cannot do with
out the creative brain of the novel
ist. That the film has not yet been
able to reproduce, in the minds Of
the audience the exact meaning Of
the novelist, is the fault of the film
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
s that you will be invited to "come
n and visit a little while"
Like a Fairy Story


Like a Fairy Story
That was my experience. And
when Mrs. Howard Douglas, who,
with her husband and their servant,
occupies the most beautiful of them
all, Sevilla, led the way in through
the porch filled with plants and red
roses, through the glistening dining
room and the long, narrow hall to
the living room, We remembered
stories we had read when very
young about the fairy cottages away
out on the deep blue sea, where fairy
mermaids lived. 1t was wonderful.
For there was a scorching, blister
ing sun beating down on shore, and
there had been no breeze throughout
the day. 1t was one of those daya
when one walks on the sidewalks of
New York with dry throat and
soaked hatband, and with all the
visions of the innermost expanses of
the Sahara floating before his eyes.
Inside the Sevilla, and still fur
ther inside the living room, which
faces the north and which has for
it's entire north wall windows that
are thrown open to every ounce Of
breeze that blows in from the sea.
one sits down in deep rocking
chair, his hair is blown frantically
into his face, his wilted collar sud-
denly seems to rise and stiffen, his
moist waistcoat assumes it's natural
position, his face no longer stings,
and-Victrola plays "The Beautiful
Blue Danube"
The front porch is wide enough
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

cannot read cinema in bed. This
may be true Of the average scenario.
but have read film plays which
have been every bit as compelling
as the most irresistible novel.
The film scenario Of to-day is pe-
coming more and more literary, for
to convey subtleties the photo play
wright needs a command of lam
guage.
Foresees Readable Scenarios
II foresee the time when scenarios
will be printed and published, and
will be just as readable to the gen.
eral public as the plays of Shaw,
Ibsen and Galsworthy are to-day"
And thus the controversy RACES,
with no telling how or when it will
end--which is not entirely displeas-
ing to the publicity experts in the
employ Of the motion picture COM
panies, who do not care how long il
keeps going.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

bucketsful of it come foaming
through the air and pound on the
upper sides of the house, and then
in moment tons Of it, it seems, are
picked out Of the bay and dropped
on top, and it runs off as if we were
in the midst Of a cloudburst. The
boats around US and the large yachts
and the houseboAts you can see
there, which are painted green and
blue, turn to gray, and it seems
there's nothing but gray objects in
the world. The boats appear to
rock apd toss and there are all kinds
of colors in the angry water, and I
think sometimes that the whole
ocean is going to come rushing in
upon US"
"And doesn't it frighten you?"
she was asked.
brighten? 1t surely does not. 1t
is the prettiest sight | ever saw.
have no wonder at the charm the
ocean has for so many people. There
is something entrancing in the roar
of the sea and the splash Of the
waves against your homo in the mid
die of the night. / suppose some
persons would be uneasy, but I'm
not ~
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
fhe Consensus Of Opinion Appears
To Be That the Movies Are
Opposed to Art

rTHE duty of novelists to as
81 sist in the bettermcnt of the
- motion picture drama, the
effects of the invasion by the
green industry of the field of legiti-
sate production, and the powerful
nauence on the public mind exerted
II the astonishing diffusion of photo
says have been pretty well dis
ussed in the United States.
But it would appear the debate
IN virulent form has just reached
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

enough. If they were willing to pay
one-fourth as much for play as
to have some American producer
"spoil it," they'd have no reason to
complain Of the dearth of manu-
scripts, argues Mr.. Shaw.
a veritable flood of letters to the
press, in the meantime, resulted
from the statement of one of the
producers that ''the motion picture
is challenging the position long held
by the printed word as the chief
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

sibility to discharged" asked Mr..
Lasky. ITO them was given the
ability to interpret humanity; there
fore do they not owe it to them
selves and to their Creator to see
that all mankind gets the benefit of
these gifts?"
1t was true, Mr.. Lasky admitted,
that for centuries the printed words
influence was the most powerful
force in the world and that it con-
tinued to grow with the spread of
education, but the. inf8ence of the
motion picture was developing at an
even swifter pace.
Sees Big Future for Films
In an incredibly short time | ex-
pect to see the influence Of the film
outstrip that Of books and plays"
asserted Mr.. Lasky, amplifying his
statement with review of the num-
per of persons reached by plays,
magazines and books, as contrasted
with those reached by the motion
pictures.
Frank l.. Packard's story, "The
Miracle Man." was produced in play,
book and magazine form, reaching
in all about ICE, 900 persons, whereas
in the movies it was seen by 5O,0OO,-
600 persons, asserted Mr.. Lasky.
"Can our authors afford to ig-
more this vast new force that is
knitting the world together?"
asked Mr.. Lasky.
For the Printed Wcrd
Arnold Benefits reply, while
orief, was succinctly in defense of
nc printed word, and indicated no
ears about it being overshadowed
y the camera.
81 find certain difficulty in
9ersuading myself that Mr.. Laskv's
}rophecy demands serious discus
ion," wrote Mr.. Bennett.
Mr.. Shaw conceded that the in
luence Of the screen plays was
growing, but added that the reluc-
.ance of authors to write scenarios
.auld easily be overcome by proper
nducements in the shape of money.
lis letter read:
The Cynical Mr.. Shaw
Mr.. Lasky is, of course, quite
right--the film is a magnificent op-
portunity for imaginative fiction.
"He might have gone so far as
to say that the screen is a better
medium for popular romance than
the printed page, especially with
paper at it's present price.
"The only thing the screen can
not give is dialogue and the Gus.
tomary psychological expatiations
on what the characters think and
feel.
"Now, many-I had almost ven.
tured to write most-novelists can.
not write what playwright would
call dialogue at all: any actress car
do better by making faces, and as
to the psychological essays, they
are only padding, and unmitigateG
tosh at that.
Novelists a Needy Folk
"But why does not Mr.. Lasky
crush all opposition by simply con-
ming figures? Novelists, with the
few dazzling exceptions that every
one thinks about, are needy ano
consequently intimidated folk.
"Mr. Lasky has nothing to dc
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
A Question of Duty

Mr.. Lasky wrote AN open letter
to The Daily Express, of London,
in which he asked whether, in view
of the growing Importance of the
motion picture industry, the big
writer's like Shaw, H. G. Wells,
Kipling, Roman ROLAND and DAN
nunzio could afford to restrict their
output to the comparatively select
circle of book lovers"
Have they not greater respon-
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
By Quinn L. Martin

TSHERE are two kinds of "foat-
ing population" One is so
l. called because of its lowly
and temporary habitat. The
other derives it's name from the
ultra~comfortable position it pos
sesses. One is to be found chiefly
en- the park benches. But the float
ing population" of New York City
and its suburban cities that is
brought to our attention now is that
which floats on sparkling Man
hasset Bay, on Sheepshead Bay, up
The Sound, around Newport and Bos-
Ton, and, in fact, wherever water is
fresh but quiet.
In floating homes, all entwined
with honeysuckle, roses and other
fragrant flowers of the American
summer, hundreds of men and
women are spending their summer,
now that peace has come and more
money may be spent for pleasure
ana comfort. Little bungalows on
ooats dot Manhasset Bay, chiefly
az the harbor of Port Washington,
OUT IN the great landlocked bay be-
lore the Manhasset Bay Yacht
Club, within easy railroad distance
from New York, close beside the
great yacht clubhouse itself, right in
'ne midst Of the finest fishing to be
desired.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

medium for the dissemination Of
thought"
From the letters and messages
published in the British newspapers
from nosables like Shaw, Arnold
Bennett, Max Pemberton, Lucy
Clifford, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, w. l..
George, Gilbert Frankau, Alec
Waugh and others, it would seem
that Jesse l.. Lasky, first vice-presi-
dent of the Famous Players-L -Lasky
Corporation, was one of the chief in
stigators of the controversy.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

England-this time on the major
theme of why more of the celebrated
British novelists do not write for
the screen.
To Americans, stepped in the ira
dtion that most Of these craftsmen
already were engaged in this work,
the debate will come as something
of surprise. Here the general i'm
preston was that not only was most
everybody either writing for the
movies or thinking of doing so,
but that very rich rewards indeed
were earned by those who were sue
cessful in the undertaking.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
Different Mediums

To the Editor of The Daily Express.
Sir: The novel and the cinema are
two different mediums. Writers OF
narratives, like Sabatini, might pre-
fer films, but students of character,
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
Shaw's Explanation

In England, however, it seems
that many Of the leading literary
lights have been withholding their
product, the explanation offered by
the irrepressible but always inter
esting G. Bernard Shaw being that
the screen managers do not pay
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
sllsh Novelists Tell Why They Won't Write Scenarios

Y Oll L w
get hundreds Of scenarios from our
artists as soon as they can get them
down on paper.
"If the film companies would Of
fer quarter as much to any novel
list for scenario as they eagerly
pay to an American producer to
spoil it and spend $4,000 in the
process, it would not be necessary
to write letters to the papers ask
ing novelists to come forward;
rather would it be advisable to en-
gage extra police to stem the rush.
"Mr. Lasky offers us opportuni-
ties of propagating our gospel in
all lands. Most of us have no gos-
pei to propagate, and want new
clothes very badly.
when Mr.. Lasky comes down to
tin tacks we shall all be on his door
step"
Demanded the Figures
The incorporated Society of Au
thors, Playwrights and Composers
Of Great Britain, an organization
whose membership includes most of
the novelists of that country, flung
its hat into the ring, demanding
that the motion picture promoters
make plain statement of their
financial intentions.
Recent cases had been brought to
the attention of the society, wrote
G. Herbert Thring, it's secretary. of
film producers endeavoring to per-
suade novelists to sell their film
rights for lump sum. This, con-
tended Mr.. Thring, was not a re-
turn commensurate with the size of
the audiences awaiting such plays.
Ii the producers were willing to
make their contracts with the novel
lists on a time limit, giving them
the right to bargain with new COM
pany after the concern first buying
it had finished with it, the novelists
might talk business.
Can't Replace the Novel
Here are some of the other letters
received from we'll known authors:
To the Editor of The Daily Express.
Sir: The motion picture can never
replace the novel, but it may become
fleet messenger, taking no account
Of the confusion of tongues, max
ing known far and wide books that
are worth reading, and thus doing
literature valuable service.
LUCY CLIFFORD.
Mrs. W. K. Cliford)
To the Editor of The Daily Express.
SIR Il do not believe that cinema
scenarios will ever take the place
of a good novel.
When writer is composing a
novel, exciting and pathetic incidents
suggest themselves, while the proc
ess Of the mind would not work out
III the same way when composing
scenarios, and, therefore, the gen.
eral effect would not be so human.
1t is difficult to imagine Dickens
making out a scenario of one of his
novels.
MRS BELLOC LOWNDES.
Says Each Could Learn
To the Editor of The Daily Express
Sir: I do not think that the choice
entirely imposes itself between the
cinema and the novel, except that it
is possible that the cinema will more
and more absorb the dramatic themes,
while the novel grows more descrip-
tive and analytical.
l should like to add that, while the
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
w l.. GEORGE e America admits that the 7aopel
~ a'1d the cinema may each learn from the other

producer. Mr.. Lasky would be better
advised to study the technique Of
his own art than in abusing novelists
because he cannot come up to their
requirements.
GILBERT FRANKAU.
Not to Read i'm Bed
To the Editor of The Daily Express.
Sir: You cannot read a cinema
play in bed.
Wit is not grinning through
horse collar; you must have talk
and color. / think highly of the
cinema, but many of its stories are
very poor.
I suggest, also. that its ultimate
effect on tho national eyesight may
be serious.
MAX PEMBERTON.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

: for many seasons there have been
nousenoats, so called. But never
9atii this year has there been such
an array of little gardens and es-
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
M AK PE1fBERTON dsposes of the question bv poitn1
1 out ttot yoM can not read cinema plan IN bed

promising n,uch
estimate afford successful
advance of royalties
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
Fine Fishing

Mrs. Unit, whose home sits per-
haps three blocks from the Sevilla,
is particularly proud of the facili-
ties offered there for fishing. Of
course, there is rivalry among the
tenants of Manhasset Bay with re-
gard to the best fish caught and as
to which family has the best Ash
ing ground. Not that they go in
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

Ike Conrad, would never desert the
novel. ALEC WAUGH.
Defends the Movies
Adrian Brunei, production direc-
tor Of Minerva Films, Ltd, Brit
ish concern, with an Office In Vic
toria Street, London, rose in defense
of the motion picture scenario, re-
plying to the letter of Max Pember-
ton in these words:
MAX Pemberton states that you
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
No Bathtubs

There is not a bathtub in the
house. But this is not so strange.
1--WE go overheard at least three
times day throughout the sum-
mer," Mrs. Douglas said. "We just
slip into our bathing suits and drop
out of window or over the'railing
of our back porch or walk down into
the water from the front porch sswim
around a little while and come in
again. It's great fun to go swim
ming right off your own front porch.
We have friends and relatives. here
with US often, and we all swim most
vf the day"
She showed a large automobile
inner tube which they use as life
preserver, and in which they swim
when they become too tired to hold
themselves up longer.
The houseboat owners all own
small power craft also. A few of
them commute to New York each
morning in these little gasoline
launches. Some of them go in by
yacht.
There is the Beauty and the Lark
and the Castle lying not more than
three blocks apart around the bay
in front of the yacht club house, also.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

for several persons to stand abreast.
And an ornamental railing leads
down latticed steps into the very
edge of the water. This is so that
boats coming up to the front door
from shore may slide alongside and
the occupants may step easily to the
porch without danger of rocking the
smaller craft.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

II had taken out my yacht every
summer for years." Mr.. Douglas
said, "and we had very pleasant
summer each year on it, but I want
ed to find some way in which I could
live right on the water, the place
love most. So / just went to work
and had my men build this house for
me-"
He winked and walked through
the door and to the small back porch
and pointed downward. No; it was
not at the cellar. 1t was at the bot
tom of the boat. A hole had been
cut in the house porch and one
peered through it, through four feet
of darkness, to the real bottom of
the boat itself, which rested in the
water. There was about a half inch
Of water in the bottom Of the OUT
New-York tribune., 1920-08-29

for fishing as regular pastime, but
that they often sit out on the front
porch at evening and draw In
founder and other fish that have no
names, as well as any number of eel
and the like, which Blasco Ibanez
probably could identify, but which
we nor they can. 1t is no uncommon
sight to behold these fortunate sea
dwellers sitting alongside a string
of fish large enough to satisfy any
fair-sized family for several days.
That, you will see Immediately, is
another good reason why living on
the bounding waves is so desirable.
Meat costs drop almost to nothing.
That is, if one wishes to spend
enough time fishing.
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