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Evening journal., 1920-10-02
'EV. E. C. PRETTYMAN
10 PREACH TOMORROW

The Rev E. C Preliyman. repre-
tentative OF the Ant-Saloon League,
will preach at Goodman NJ. +. Church
q the morning service tomorrow. The
class service. at $50 o'clock, viii be
ed By Mrs. Bonsall.
The Sunday School meets at 2i5
o'clock TO plan FOR Rally Day next
sunday. The Offering this sunday
viii be for the centenary fund.
The Epworih League. at 645 o'clock,
Nill be led by W J.. Staats.
At the evening service the pastor
vii preach on the theme. 1.-THE Power
0f Prayer" Junior League and
prayer service on Wednesday even
ng.
An athletic association Will be
formed on Monday evening and all
young men OF The different societies
are invited 10 be present.
Evening journal., 1920-10-02

Whatever you have admired most IN
the Philadelphia PRESS, either daily
or Sundsy-whatever you have
looked forward to reading in the
columns of the PUBLIC LEDGER
or THE PRESS, you will find COM
bined In the Sunday and daily
PUBLIC LEDGER and THE PRESS
beginning tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1920-10-02

You will fund their columns a reposi-
tory for the intelligence of the world.
Every good feature of THE PRESS
has been retained-its famous comic
section has been retained and will be
improved m printing and quality so
soon as the equipment can be
obtained.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
Intimate Information From the Realm of Make-Beieve
Motion Picture Stories
Soon To Be Supplied by
Famous Fiction Writers

picture-so imperceptibly fitting In
with the scenes that the whole flows
like OIL"
Mr.. Hunting is firmly CONVINCED that
within the next few years many Of the
pest writer's will be doing continuity
Tor the screen. AS pictures gradually
command the respect of the great crea-
tive writer's their best efforts will be
launched in this direction, he believes.
The trouble in the past has been that
the better writer's have looked on pic
lures with measure of contempt.
Ihey have failed to see their posi-
bilities. Many Of them are still blind
to the fact that they have no yaster or
more varied audience than the motion
picture fans of America.
when we get the frst-class writer's
working for us we will have pictures
carrying big. thoughts" continued Mr..
Hunting. "a successful writer of fic-
ton is bound to be good scenario
writer. He knows how to be conyinc-
ing and entertaining. He can take a
big theme with moral and sugarcoat
1t SO that 1t will both be palatable and
salutary. No picture except the light
est comedy should be without theme.
There is always place for the spec
."elc' Vi course, Dut people prefer to
have a story of some kind, and the
nearer to life the story is the better
they like it. 1t is the human element
IN pictures that gets across. 1t is more
effective to play on the strings Of
simple human affections than to create
elaborate melodrama. Take The Birth
of Nation for example. 1t is not the
battle scene that fingers In the memory.
but the exquisite pathos Of the home
coming of the Little Colonel and the
Dear Ones crude attempts at adorn-
ment with SCOT and cotton WOOL"
Mr.. Hunting describes the ideal
picture as one in which q great story
is we'll edited, directed, cast and pro-
jected. He believes "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr.. HYDE" starring John Barrymore,
to be the nearest approach in the his
tory Of pictures to this ideal 1t has
not yet been released.
eve want the greatest actors and
actresses we can get in motion
pictures" he declared. "Fortunately,
they are beginning to realize the big
field that lies for them in this work.
We do not want to build our pictures
around the figure of one man. In
fact, the best known Of our stars
realize that it is to their advantage to
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
Harry Lauder, Funmaker,
Now Has Serious Missions:
Fund for Scotch Soldiers

bonny!"
To see Sir Harry in his dressing
room when he comes in to get ready to
go on the stage and then to see him
charm the thousands in the audience
with his artistry is revelation. When
you see the man In his street clothes,
with his glasses and graying hair, you
would be inclined to think of him not
rs an actor. but as professional man
"a doctor, lawyer or college pro-
fessor. 1t any one were to point him
out to you in crowded room and say.
HE is an actor" you would be justified
In thinking that your companion was
mistaken. Except in his songs and
stories on the stage, many Of the
Scotch words and much Of the Scotch
dialect have dropped out Of his speech.
He still retains the distinctive Scotch
burr, although he has travelled all over
the globe, but occasionally lapses into
the dialect, using words which have to
be explained to auditors unfamiliar
with the expressions. He is short
man, but stout and stocky, as the sailor
he sings about in his song, There's
Some One Waiting for Me-"
Sir Harry has written another book.
following his "A Minstrel in France"
1t is called Between You and Me-" a
biography. In it the real Harry Lauder
speaks as if he were meeting in his
dressing room the people who come to
see and hear him in the thousands Of
towns he has visited.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

have strong cast around them. There
is a mistaken idea abroad that thc
movie star is overpaid. 1t isn't 80.
Any star, or director or writer who
can produce something that the pub
lie is eager to pay for has specially
to sell. Elsie Ferguson and Jack
Barrymore, for example, have some
thing that the public wants and is
willing to buy at high cost. The pub
lie is always going to have its
favorites. That Is why it is impos-
sible to get away entirely from the
practice of starring individuals"
Mr.. Hunting pointed out that in
choosing scenarios for certain stars
care is taken not to accentuate unpleas-
ant traits for them in the minds Of
theatergoers. 1t is possible to ruin a
star by giving her the wrong kind of
part 1t is also possible to lay such
stress on her vampire or ingenue screen
qualities that they can never afterward
be successfully dissociated from the
Star personally. In addition, the
camera reads character so truly that
the mental developments of the actor
are faithfully recorded, and any mean
nesses or vices are stamped visibly on
his features as time goes on, according
to Mr.. Hunting.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
Strindberg's Father" Stirs "a
Wrath of Jewish Women =
In Lower East Side Theater

education. Hts wife and the o,s.,
women folks" Of the household ara
IT the unanimous opinion that tho.
should control the child. The Swed;sS
Jaw, however, gives the father abso,,ta
authority over his children and ths
captain tells his wife that the ma,ts-
is settled.
But his wife is a woman. yh.rs
fore, she dislikes on principle the high
and mighty" attitude Of the canta;r
and begins to suggest, very sub.ir. Of
course, that the captain is not the
father of her child. She has also nsr-
suaded the resident physician that bsr
husband is crazy. And so by the end md
Of the second act the captain, ALREADY
doubling Thomas" is so enrayed
that he hurls perfectly good lamn
at his wife.
A paragraph about the audience. Il
is engaged in consuming candies and
soda pop with great zest A man
(helpless) surrounded by a groun -
irate women is being told that Strind-
berg was fool. The noise contrih-
uted to by the union orchestra !.
dcafening. But the audience is hav-
ing a good time, for, like all Jewish
audiences, it believes play that js
especially morbid and depressing q
SoOu HlRHI entertainment,
The third act is grim. His "friendss
including his foster mother, are CON
vinced that the captain is crazy. They
have decided to put him in a strait,
jacket preparatory to sending him to
the insane asylum and his foster.
mother has been chosen for the dis
agreeable task. The captain, now Der
suaded that he is not the father of his
wife's child and having learned that
his wife wishes to be rid of him be-
cause Of the pension she will get, is in
stupor when the straitjacket is fas-
tened on him. When he awakes and
struggles to release himself, without
success, he cries piteously, and the
fema,e part Of the audience with him.
The captain rises from the chair.
where he has sat huddled Cor time
and makes bitter attack on woman
kind. He says they are never to be
trusted and cites the fact that his own
fostermother bound him. AS played
by Samuel Goldenberg in this scene,
he is like a helpless Samson. He re.
iterates his belief that men never
know whether they are the fathers Of
their wives" children, and then drops
back into his chair dead.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

Only negligible proportion Of the
pictures in $4,000 theaters each day
have the faintest realization of how a
film that is run off in an hours time
comes into being. For tho most part
the public is interested in the star and
is conscious of being either entertained
or bored by the story The composition
of the picture. it's direction, editing
and titlng are remarked by speciaists
only. Yet it is generally conceded by
the biggest motion picture producers
that the success or failure Of picture
rests largely on these technical fea-
lures, and that titling is one-third Of
the production game.
Gardner Hunting, production editor
for the Eastern studios Of the Famous
Players Lasky Corporation, was a
writer of fiction before he became q
specialist in scenarios. He says him
self that story telling is the best kind
of training any one can have for the
work. He describes the total process
OF turning out picture as covering a
period of about fifteen weeks. Three
or four weeks are allowed to the con-
tinuty writer. Two weeks Of prcpara-
tion follow. The actual shooting" Of
the picture takes from four to seven
weeks. After the picture has been fin
lshed three weeks are allowed for cut
ting, titling and final editing.
Since criticism is continually being
directed at picture titles, Mr.. Hunting
expressed his views on the subject to
a Tribune reporter as follows: "There
are two kinds Of titles in motion pic
turcs-narrative titles and spoken
titles. The latter are used just as
one quotes conversation in a novel.
They are indispensable. 1 do not be-
licve for a moment that pictures, how
ever simple and forcible, carry their
message without the aid of titles. Ex-
planation has it's place in life and
in stories-why not in pictures? The
writer of fiction describes his charac-
ters and their environment. 1t is
equally necessary for the scenario
writer to do this. At the same time
think it is bad picture that needs
much explaining.
"Clarity is the primary essential. But
it is NECESSARY to judiciously plant
titles. The director of a picture has
the key to the action, but he has to
keep in mind the point of view of his
audience. 1t is frequently necessary
to repeat titles when there is danger
Of the thread of the story being lost.
The falsely poetic title is fatal 1t
lowers the whole tone of a picture.
On the other hand, mediocre picture
has before now taken first rank be-
cause of superior. titling. Titling
should be simple, concise and natural
1t should be an intrinsic part of the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
BY Louis Kantor

How the world do novel Cntended
rather as statement of fact than
profound thought.) But when in this
undeniably feministic age play is put
on that sets out to prove (convincingly)
that women are below the level Of men
mentally in addition to being sly and
dangerous lot, l sigh for 'them old
days."
i hurry to the point Wednesday night
l went to the Second Avenue Theater
on the lower East Side and saw,
heard and felt August Strindberg's
"Father" in Jewish.
Strindberg the Swede. now dead, was
a fanatical woman hater His hatred, in
fact, was so very intense that he mar
ried three times to confirm his darkest
suspicious. The Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage should really read
him up to convince its suffrage sisters
Of the superiority of men. They might,
for instance, quote him to the effect
that women are fit only to bear chill
dren, or that tigers are not half as
bloodthirsty as the human members of
the cat family and few other similarly
mild utterances.
Well, when 1 sat down in my box
the orchestra was engaged in tuning
up, but could not keep pace with the
audience, which had already escaped
from the realms Of tune. The noise
was really astonishing, for you couldn't
have heard bomb drop. However,
the curtain rose and the soda water
boys retired (for a short time, they
assured us).
The first lines were not spoken by
the actors or according to Strindberg,
but by an usher and a would-be audi
tor in one Of the upper boxes. Said the
usher in "accents loud" albeit deter
mined, "This chair does not belong in
this box" The auditor remarked au-
dibly that he intended to remain where
he was.
'You WON'T" insisted the officious
usher. Of course the fact that the
actors were impatiently waiting to be-
gin was unimportant and so we all
settled back to await the outcome of
the dispute The two contestants had
reached the "You go to" - stage
when they were finally quieted.
Now, the argument of this play re-
wolves itself about the certainty of
fatherhood. The protagonist of this
drama is a captain (swivel chair), de-
termined to supervise his daughters
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

senior with a place on the football
team. In the spring one could easily
imagine him behind the bat trying to
help the pitcher fool Michigan and
Chicago batters. 1t is easy to UNDER
stand the wealth Of action in his pro-
duction "The Luck of the Irish," as he
directed it,
Since the first of the year he has
been producing pictures independe
and is now in New York to arrange for
the organization, with five other in
dependent producers, of a producers
organization for the release of
pictures made by them.
Mr.. Dwan predicts an influx of farces
n the theaters soon which will have
as their theme clever and ingenious
devices for obtaining liquor.
eve will have characters who never
drank before being made to drink
seemingly innocent punch until they
become drunk. 1t is the old gag
used thousands of times, but it is sure
to be revived. Prohibition is a chal-
enge to the independence of American
manhood, and the legislators over
looked the fact that an American VIII
ret what he is after no matter what
obstacle stands in the way when they
made prohibition law"
But he does not expect motion PIC
.ure scenarios to be written around
the same theme.
"In the pictures we have a much
larger and more provincial audience.
We must consider the children in max
ing pictures and must produce moth
ing that will in the slightest man
ner hurt their morals"
Mr.. Dwan deplores the fact that the
motion picture industry is judged
mainly by the bad pictures that are
produced.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
Daring to Do Things
Himself, Allan Dwan
Gave Up His Teaching

The sign on the door read: "Pro-
fessor Allan Dwan, Physics and Chem
istry." The professor himself looked
more like the center he had played on
the Notre Dame football team only
few years before, but was passing
formulas and equations daily instead
of the pigskin. But his career as a
teacher at his alma mater was a short
one.
One day he came into the lecture
room and scrawed all over the black
board was this legend:
"He who can, does. He who cannot.
teaches"
Being man Of action and ready to
take up any challenge, Dwan laid aside
his PROFESSIONAL robes and set out to
prove that he could and would. After
graduation from Notre Dame the head
of the Allan Dwan Productions had
gone to Boston and taken an electrical
engineering degree at Boston Tech So
when he left the campus at Notre Dame
after his teaching experience he natur-
ally turned to the electrical profess
sion, and the Chicago branch of the
Western Electric Company was his next
location. This was about ten years
ago.
He applied his electrical knowledge
was shocked now and then, and expert
mcnted in the laboratories of the COM
pany: COOPER Hewitt lights were com
ing into use and the young engineer
was designated to superintend the in
stallation of the equipment in a motion
picture studio.
Some one asked me if l were an
actor and l said Yes They put me
to work right away and at the end
OF the day they gave me more money
than made in a week as an engineer,
ana 1t was for fooling around in a
studio, too. So sang my swan song to
engineering and went into the picture
game"
From a professor of science IN
N0tre Dame to the leadership of the
Allan Dwan Productions is the Jump
he has made in less than ten years.
lie still looks like the athletic college
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

BROOKLYN ADJUSTMENTS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-21
LAW AND ANTS ARE
KLEWER'S SPECIALS
Assistant City Attorney Makes
Pets of What to Many
Are Pests.
BY MgMoaN M.eoRo.

Probably youu tbinA Edward b.
kIewer. assistant city attorney. bug
house when YOU learn that he pays
$si per year toward the upkeep Of ants
sun in all justice to Mr.. Klewer, II
ism. entirely his fault
Before I was married. he says Il
Kept the things In my bachelor apart
mtul, hut since my wedding the wife
and ] can't get q flat that suits us,
tliher MS too little for me and her
and the ants. or it's entirely too big
ar something.
Every month get awfuuy excited
and think that we Just must find a
pace. Boarding those insects out cost
seven bones every 30 days That's a
fact Ot course that included my books
upon the things. ! have a rather good
collection
How did get Interested in ants?
That's easy. I was a reporter on a
paper once and some kind OF a bee
journal came into the office | got to
reading the thing and the next week or
so | found myself forming the &C
uuaintance OF the bees first cousin, It's
The Bible that says Co to the ant,
thou sluggard and be wise, I believe.
Well It's So all right; you ought to
study the things
Did you know that ants are social
insects that they build cities Just like
human beings and that they have their
own family life and keep ant cows, ant
pets cts It's true ants are so very
like to humans In their habits that
they have all types Of beings Some
resemble human cannibals and others
are highly civilized
What's an ant cow Why It's a
little plant louise which has an excre-
tion which the ants milk Ant pets?
Oh they vary but most times are mem
bers OF the beetle family The ants
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-21
TO SURVEY CHILD
LIFE OF TENNESSEE

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Jan. 21.-
Beginning Feb, | a survey of the child
life of the state OF Tennessee will be
begun by ten representatives of the
national child labor commission The
work will be thorough and require
eight months to complete it.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-21
GOOD WORK DONE
IN TRADE PLANS
SHOWNB MOORE

WASHINGTON. Jan 2t.--A dcscrip
ton 90 the accomplishment OF the in
terna tional high commission toward
promoting trade relations among the
countries OF the Americas was given 10
the Pan-American financial conference
OF the commission, which was created
by the first Pan American financial con-
ference held in Washington in 1915.
substantial amelioration OF methods
Of customs administration have been Sc
cured in various quarters" said Mr..
Moore Regulations permitting the
simultaneous loading and unloading OF
cargoes and the advance preparation Of
cargoes, have been brought about In
numerous countries.
Progress has been made with the
adoption OF a uniform statistical CLASH
ticatton Of merchandise, Six countries
already have taken favorable action and
two more are understood TO be on the
point of so doing,
livery effort has been made to ad-
vanGe La.form legislation in regard to
bids OF exchange. checks, bills Of lad
ing and warehouse receipts,
We seem to be rapidly approaching
the time when, so far as concerns bills
OF exchange. there will, in effect be
only two systems in use in the western
hemisphere based respectively, on The
Hague rules of 1912 and the United
States negotiable instruments act of
1916.
1.-THE commission also has been glad
to observe a growing interest in the
adoption OF uniform legislation on the
subject Of warehouse receipts, as well
as on that of conditional sales"
MIR. Moore suggested that countries
OF the southern group which had rati-
fled treaty for the international pro-
lection of trade marks be permitted to
IAPtgtnr trade marks Mt the intnrpl iOn1l
bureau in Havana pending the estab-
lishment OF a bureau at Rio Janeiro,
which awaits ratification of the treaty
by a sufficient number of countries in
the southern group.
Progress had been made toward ia
cllitating operations of commercial trav
elers, he said, by treaty which SUBJ
stitutes a single national fee in place
OF local taxes on travellers. This con-
vention has been signed and ratified by
five countries and signed by three more,
while seven others are ready to sign.
A treaty for the establishment of an
international gold clearance fund to as
sure the safety of deposited gold, avoid
its shinment and stabilize exchange has
been signed by two countries and ap-
proved In principle by eight others.
Agreements for the arbitration Of
commercial disputes have been made be-
tween the United States chamber of
commerce and the national chambers
of commerce of Uruguay Ecuador,
Panama and Guatemala. Other agree
ments are being negotiated.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-21
BdrrOU Succeeds
Bolton Smith As
Head ROtdridn

Frivoity held sway Tuesday night at
the election and annual meeting and
banquet of the Memphis Rotary club,
held at the Hotel Chisca. Casting aside
dignity, Rotarians for the night let the
quips fall where they would, to borrow
an expression of noted paragrapher.
Edward r. Barrow was the successful
candidate for president. MIR. Barrow
took his seat, succeeding Bolton Smith
who now assumes place on the board
of directors. Other officers chosen were;
G. j. Haase, vice. president; Cramer
Sexton, treasurer, and c. X. Chaplin
Stanley Trezeyant, r. +. LaCroix, w
II. Newman, Earl Palmer and John Nc
Cleary, Jr. directors
Humor in abundance developed dur
ing the speeches Of acceptance which
followed seating of officers. Mayor
Rowlett Paine was among those pres
ent.
Plans are rapidly taking form for the
dance which will be given Friday night
at the Chisca. On this occasion music
will be furnished by the United States
naval band, which only recently com
pleted recruiting tour of the state
The band is here as a compliment OF
the naval recruiting forces to the local
Rotarians for work done in the drive
to secure men for the superdread-
nought Tennessee.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-21
New Elixir, Called Aspironal,
Medicated With Latest
Scientific Remedies, Used
and Endorsed by European
and American Army Sur.
geons to Cut Short q Cold
and Prevent Complications.
Every Druggist in U. 8. In
structed to Refund Price
While You Wait at Counter
If Relief Does Not Come
Within Two Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immediate
Relief, Quick Warm up.

The sensation OF the year in the drug
trade is Aspironal. the two-minute cold
and cough relever. authoritatiyely
guaranteed by the laboratories; tested
approved and most enthusiastically en-.
dorsed by the highest authorities, and
proclaimed by the common people as
ten times as quick and effective as
whlskey rock and rye, or any other cold
and cough remedy they have ever tried
All drug stores are now supplied with
the wonderful new elixir, SO all YOU
have TO do to get ria OF that cold is To
stem into the nearest drug store, hand
the clerk half dollar for a bottle OF
Aspronal and tell him TO serve you two
teaspoonfula with four teAspoonfuls Of
water in a glass With your watch in
your hand. take the drink at one swat
low and call for your money back in
two minutes II you cannot feel your cold
fading away like dream within the
time limit Don't be hashful for ali
druggists invite you and expect YOU r.
try II. Everybodys doing II.
when your cold or cough Is relieved
take the remainder Of the bottle home
10 YOUR wife and babies, for Aspironal
lie by far the safest and most effective
the easiest to take and the most agree
able cold and cough remedy for infants
and children.