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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
The Tlde Of lmnioration.

4 hIf'y-three million people have
nade the long voyage from alien
RofeS TO our Own since libertys eter-
y hTe was kindled first on American
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
When Sirds Return.

When birds begin to come back In
early spring. they may be attracted to
trees near the home by placing near
the trees Il sLelled cocoanut, With some
SNet.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
PREPARING an Aiibi.

There's friend in the outer Office
waiting for you. sir
Here, James. take this $40 and
keep ii I'LL come back"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01

Industrial unrest reported by mem
bers of the chamber is without ex,
cepuou aser.bcd as the basic cause
for the high prices the average work
er has to pay for everything he pur-
chaSeS. Against THIS. however, is re
ported an apparent disposition on the
part of the worker "a reduce his effort
during working hours or lay off part
Of each weck or month The .onven-
tion Will endeavor 10 work out n pro-
gram by means of which both the
manufacturer and the employee will
he shown the necessity of augmenting
output for the common good rather
t:an as a method Of increasing imme-
diate profits.
WORK alone offers n cure for many
Of the ills left by war" said Homer
L. Ferguson president of the cham
her Increased production means n
larger share Of The necessities and
comforts for our own people: II means
more for Europe. where people are
dying for lack Of food and clothes. IN
Il lies the only means Of making up
tbe wastage Of war.
The duty Of America is ia produce
The responsibility lies on all alike. the
merchant. the farmer, the worker.
The contribution Of each Of these viii
be laid before our meeting"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01

Honesty between husbands aLH
wives is the best insurance against
divorce.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
Furnishing Proof.

THAT girls a peach
Il told you she was sweet enough
to eat"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
Natural Affinity.

DO they sim use the time honored
she'll game?" Yes; they find it at
tracts the nuts"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
Importan. to Mothers

4 we're II impossible to speak any
80 but the truth ne should have
g. friends
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01

Men with soft snaps don't realize
what n hard world this Is
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01

o know no.. 20 wait is tho ~~eat
- OF Success.-Dv Maistre.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
To AMERICAN|zE
WORK IN THE j. 6.
Commerce Chiefs Plan to StimH-
late Production of Necessities.
SESSION AT ATLANTIC CITY
Convention Approves Scheme to Man
age the Movement of Nstionaliza-
tion-Vast Sum Of Money Win
Be Needed in Work.

Atlantic City, n J., April 27-The
hoard OF directors of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, in convention
here. proposed the chamber assume
supreme control of AUGMENTATION
work in the United States, co-ordinat-
ing and directing the efforts of organi-
zatiouS now engaged n philanthropic
and patriotic activities To finance
this undertaking il was proposed ATE
Quate collections Of money be made
and disbursed by 81 standing commit
tee on American ideals under rules
prescribed by the board Of directors.
The proposal was approved al m
executive session Of the board of di-
rectors and submitted 10 the national
coun"il. composed Of representatives
Of more than $500 trade and CONNER
cial organizations, which constitutes
tie chambers membership,
The national council unanimously
approved The board Of directors pro-
poSal.
an enormous fund would he neces-
Sary 10 carry out the proposal, MEM
''ers Of the board declared
a bureau of inquiry and Information
concerning enterprises operating ma
tionaliy in l'ulanthropie and patriotic
fields" would le authorized and upon
recommendation ~ this bureau finan-
ciaI support would be given such en-
terpriSes or withheld.
The board would authorize The com
mittee on American ideals 10 create n
central council composed Of executives
Of pliIanthropic aud patriotic organi-
2ations, with the purpose Of elimjrat-
ing WAStefml nn-laMihrnnic effort.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
Fitting Variety.

Fitting Variety.
- want vine to plant on stle
grounds of this fnancier's country
home on the sides slopug down 10
the rond. What would you slGGestT
a creerer?'
Il would try some bank runner"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01
Would Take Responsibility.

II Iur into operation the plan would
fix responsibility for aN Americaniza-
ton efforts upon the United States
Chamber Of Commerce. tho directors
said, and contributors 20 such efforts
would be requested by the chamber To
support only such organizations as The
chamber approved.
Means Of stimulating production of
the necessities of life as step TO-
ward The cure Of American economic
ANA social ilS viii be topic Of dis
cussiun at the conference.
Holding tlat tllc responsibility for
Increased production rests equally
upon capital. labor and agricultural
interests. he program, committee, it is
announced here. has arranged TO have
representatives. of each present their
views Oh re question.
While the conference VIII deal pri-
marily with material methods Of in
creasinc production such as introduc-
ton of modern machinery. elimination
o waste and the Increased efficiency
of distribution. me chamber is pre-
pared. il was learned, 70 follow with
nationwide effort 10 stir individual
Americans TO their duty 10 aid the
movement in every line Of endeayor.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01

Appropriate Treatment.
Reader Here is a rather tiresome
account of IN appendicitis caSe--
ChoruS-ANv. cut IT OUT
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Brooklyn Theaters

oRPHEuM- Go, c9rrns ;, TltGn Tito .s. The The
with "a Chameleon Revue" with
Benny and Western and a dozen
girls. Others are Harry J. Conley,
Miller and Lyles Harry Masters and
Jack Kraft, D'Amour and Douglas,
equilibrists, and Homer Romaine.
BUSHWICK Taylor Granville's "The
Paddock" heads the bill. Others are
Harry Holman in Hard Boiled
Hampton; Miller and Mack; Ed
Janis and company. with Carmen
Rocker: Southern Sisters, and Ben
Macomber in song. dance and fun;
Bert Melrose; Mason and Cole; War
rem Girls from N'orleans Yank, the
wonder dog, and the Bushwick News
Pictorial.
NEW BRIGHTON - Kitty Gordon in
songs, assisted by Clarence SIENNA,
Hector Goldspink and Jules De
Vorzon, is the featured act. Others
will be Jack Wilson, blackface come
dian; Jessie Brown. Charles Cart
NELL and Laura Harris; Grace Mel
son; Harry Kranz and Bob La Sale
in "Jazz Tunes and Steps; Vera
Sabina in "a Symphony in Dance
land"; Frank Mullans, "The Irish
American Hebrew" and the Two
Carlos.
STRAND-"Th Jackknife Man." King
Vidor's production, an Larry Semon
in a comedy, 1.-The Stage Hand"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Motion Picture Success Is
Reducing Sale of Novels,
Says Scenario Staff Man

The interest shown in motion PFC
lures by leading authors, particularly
those of Great Britain who already
have contracted to write for the
screen, is direct reaction from the
motion pictures themselves, Elmer
Harris, member of the scenario staff
of the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora
tion, believes. Mr.. Harris, who is at
present in New York working on the
script of a picture in which Billie
Burke will star, in recent interview
said:
"The motion picture is responsible
for surprising falling off in the sale
of novels. About twenty years ago,
when Richard Carvel' was published.
the American novel was at the height
OF its popularity. Everybody took
leisurely pleasure in reading novels.
To-day the average person, especially
the working girl, prefers to find her
entertainment in pictures. There she
may get d well rounded story in two
hours, with the characters visualized
for her without spending a week wad-
ing through pages of character de-
scrIption and chapters of fine writing.
Occasionally she may pick up a novel,
but if she doesn't like the end of the
story-for she invariably looks at the
last page of the book before she does
the tirst-she probably won't even con-
slider reading it. In a picture she is
reasonably sure she is going to find a
satisfactory ending. She knows the
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Bessie Bacon, Daughter Of
sLightnin'' Star, Has Not
Missed One Performance

Hidden behind the loving personal
ity of her distinguished father, Bessie
Bacon, as Mrs Harper, has been sup
porting Frank Bacon in "Lightnin" at
the Gaiety Ihoater throughout the run
OF S34 consecutive performances and
never has missed one. The lives Of
the two are more interwined than is
usual among parents and children, as
Bessie has been the right hand bust
ness man of the firm. When Frank
Bacon took out his quarter section
homestead at Mountain View, Calf, his
time and that of his wife was taken
UP with earning sustenance and salts
tying art with the Alhambra Stock
Company in San Francisco.
This did not give him much time for
practical work, so the development of
the 100 acres was taken over by Bessie.
To-day the family possesses one of the
finest pieces of fruit land in the state
On it are extensive cherry and plum
groves and the income is said to be
enough to support the entire clan of
Bacon for all time. And the clan of
Bacon. the immediate blood clan, in
cludes in addition to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bacon, the son Lloyd Bacon and
his wife, the widowed daughter, Bessie,
her two little boys. and the daughter
Of Lloyd. Bessie Bacon says that the
home acreage is now so we'll developed
that She can run it by long distance
telephone
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15

on the Continent in more than twenty
years.
In Good Times" Marceline has not
tne opportunity he used to have in
other Hippodrome productions But
ne IS overloyed because he is back in
the Hippodrome again and hopes soon
to have the old chances. He lives
across the river in Newark, too far
away to so home between shows each
day. SO every day. after the afternoon
performance, he goes to a motion pic
ture show, never missing day
why not?" he asked. 81 must have
some place to go, and I don't find it
tresome to go to a motion picture
show every day. | suppose if the bar
rooms were still open | would spend
my time in there. Perhaps it is better
for me that they are not"
Marceline thinks his is a profession
which will never become improbable
as long as something to amuse and in
terest the public can be provided.
But it is the hardest thing in the
world to find novelties. All it is pos
sible to do is to take old things and do
variation of them"
Marceline is back Old memories
are awakened in the minds of many
fathers and mothers who were unmar-
ried young men and women when they
first saw him. They must journey
again to the Hippodrome, they tell
themselves, and they must bring the
children with them
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15

edge of the requirements of acting be-
fore the camera she went through the
part as she would have prayed 1t on
the stage. The completed picture was
thing of the theater-theatric-
far from real life as anything could
possibly be. Had she been willing or
had she been given time to study the
exacting technique of the screen she
might to-day be popular with the mil
lions who view pictures as well as the
thousands who go to the theater.
''In a measure the same thing Is
true of writer's. Many of them are
content to have their stories, success
ful on the printed PAGE, passed on to
another writer. experienced in scenario
form, who often finds in the material
supplied him nothing more than the
title and perhaps the main idea avail
able for the screen. Their work as it
is presented on the screen is not rep
resentative of them, and their public
groans. If they had taken time to
study screen requirements and had
written their story with the screen in
mind, their thoughts and ideas, trans
lated to he screen, would be their own
as much as If they had been published
IN book or magazine.
Authors, for the most part, have
not yet realized that motion pictures
are a different form of expression, an
individual art. and must be treated as
such. An entire novel NAV be written
around one idea The picture play
must have many ideas and must havS;
constant action 1t must be made up
OF the little lights and shadows, the
joys and the tragedies that go to make
life the thing of threads and patches
that 1t Is, for the motion picture is
nearer TO real life than any other rec
ord of human emotions. In each story
there must be many contrasting ele-
ments-love, primarily, but also hate,
JOY and sorrow. The greatest pictures
thus far produced have been those in
which the most careful attentiss has
been paid to details-little home.,
touches that make the characters real
people. living and loving.
"Unnl recently producers have
turned TO the printed page for their
material becau.e il was the best ma
terial available - hand. First. the
star was the big fes.turc in 4 picture.
Within the year the .Ssector has also
been featured. In the ne~r future the
drawing power Of picture will be
the resultant OF a triangular comSina-
ton In which the three components
share equally-the star, the director
and the author
british and French authors and
piaywrights realize this Barrie's first
story written for no other outlet than
the screen is already in this country.
Jean Richepin is pleading with French
authors TO write fer the films or
writer's of other nations will surnass
them in this new art With American
authors it apparently is another case
OF the prophet without honor. America
invented and developed the motion pic
ture. Unless American authors sur
themselves the writer's OF Europe w,,l
be the ones TO bring the motion mic
trre to its highest perfection and to
them, naturally. will go the hAnes
rewards" e"~'
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
Vaudeville

PALACE - "Bleaty- -Bleaty," Hassard
Shorts new musical production, will
head the bill. Also there will be the
Four Marx Brothers, in "N'Every-
thing; Chic" Sale; McLallen and
Carson in "Oh, SARAH; Guiran and
Marguerite, the Quixey Four, Cara
dini's Animals and Alexander Broth
ers and Evelyn.
RIVE2SIDE-Harry Carroll is at the
top Of the bill in his "Varieties Of
1920" with Grace Fisher. Dolly Kay
is seeend feature. Others on the bill
are Clark and Verdi, Lane and Ho-
ran, Maud Earl and company. George
Yeoman and Lizzie. Perez Athos and
Greta Read. the Chandon Trio and
other acts will complete the bill
COLONIAL-Leon Enrol heads the CO.
lonial bill in his comedy skit, The
Guest" Sebastian and the Myra Sis
ters appear in "Confetti." Others on
the bin are Margaret Young. Olive
Biscoe, II Raun, Paul Mccarthy and
Elsie Faye in "Waiting for Some
One; Walter Nanthey and company
Sailor Bill Reilly and the Hanson
Duo and the Colonial News Pictorial.
EIGHTY-FIRST STREET -Loise Jose
phine and Leo Henning will head
line the vaudeville bill as Girl and
Boy The feature film will be yes
or No?' with Norma Talmadge
James c. Morton is assisted by
Mamie, Edna and Alfred Morton in a
comedy travesty. Herschel Henlere
will do his amusing "Pianofage. "
Others on the program are William
lie Marie, W. c. Hays and company
Mabelle Sherman and the Ballot
Trio and the News Pictorial
LOEW'S AMERICAN AT Half-Past
Two" a musical satire featuring
Simon Meyers, is the headline attrac-
ton for the first half Other acts
Will include Bernevici Brothers, in
"A Night in Venice; Weir and
Crest; Mack and Dean Gordon and
Delmar; Pomeroy, Brewster and
Frahen; Tribble and Digs; Wee and
Telley and others. Enid Bennett. in
"Hairpins." will be shown in con-
junction with the vaudeville. Onie
Moore and Laurel Four, a musical
song and dance revue, will top the
program beginning Thursday Other
acts will include Pingree, Wilson and
Company, in Little Miss Thanksgiv-
ing; Raymo and Hoyt. in "The Wop
and His Friend; Royal Four; Eliza
beth Rose and Company; Mason and
Bailey; Asoki; Basstt and Bailey
and others
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15

more than two or three lines. No won
der she was thrilled and excited.
MISS King is full of the enthusiasm
OF youth and is not at all hesitant in
expressing it. And she knows definitely
what she hopes to accomplish.
knew | should never be successful
IN musical work. she said seriously.
was not deluding myself. The voice
was not there and l realized it. In
spite of lessons taken from innumera
Die teachers. felt that should never
develop voice, and without a voice
there can be no real success on the
musical comedy stage. Either you are
born with voice or you are not One
cannot be made for you. | wanted to
remain on the stage, of course, so l
decided to concentrate on Straight
work. know l belong in plays with
out music. l think l have an excellent
opportunity in my first part"
How many failures not only on the
stage, but in any walk of life, would
be preyented if young men and young
women knew definitely. as definitely as
young Miss King (she will be twenty
one on her next birthday, knows what
she wants to do.
Without doubt Miss King will have
an opportunity to join the cast of one
of the midnight roof shows, 20 appear
there in conjunction with Ladies'
Night at the Eltinge. Whether she
will make use of the opportunity is
another question.
81 am afraid it might interfere with
my new work." she explained. "While
| am acting in Ladies' Night it might
be best for me not to attempt musical
work"
Miss King does not think that
Ladies' Night is nearly so risque a
play as has been charged. She can
conceive of no different situation than
the one which is presented in the sec
ond act.
"The scene is a Turkish bath on
ladies' night. Three men, dressed as
women and thought to be women by
those at the bath. come in. The women
on the stage, for theatrcal purposes,
think they are women. Only those
out front know they are men Perhaps
close association and familiarity with
the play, from rehearsals and from
the performances on the road, make
me think the play not quite SO risque
as some say it is. Anyway, it seems
to be what New York wants." she
said, rushing off with Claiborne Foster
and Evelyn Gosnell to Join the other
women in the Turkish bath scene.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15

producers know her well enough to see
to that. So she has stopped reading
novels and has begun TO 90 TO pictures
where she can see her romance pre-
sented while her sweetheart sits by
hr side and holds her hand"
"Then, too, she knows that the hero
and heroine, in whose places she nat
urally places her admirer and herself
as the film passes before her, will ba
just the sort Of persons she always has.
pictured as hero and a heroine In
the first days OF pictures producers DIS
covered. that with their audiences pic
lures were a thing of love at first sight.
me leading man must be one TO whom
the girls in the audience would be at
tracted. The same held true with the
men. AT first the male star, who gen
orally was picture star pure and SIM
pie, quite without stage training, was
a pretty boy, the possessor OF curly
locks and fascinating dimple Gradu-
ally, IS pictures progressed and audi
ences became educated and more criti-
cal, the handsome face alone failed to
attract. Intellect and acting ability and
human quality were demanded Ego
tism, SO often found in the screen lead
ing man, was reflected in his pictures
so thoroughly that his popularity fell
OFT Immediately. In my mind now I
have man who has been starred. who
began as handsome boy. and instead
OF realizing that he must act, relied,
through his conceit, on his youthful
good looks to keep him in popular ia
vor. To-day he is on the wane. People
refuse to tolerate his strutting and his
smirking."
Il often compare him with another
chap, of even stronger physical ap-
peal, who had the good sense to de-
velop his fair for comedy, keeping all
the while a level head To-day his
popularity is greater than ever Both
OF these men developed as screen play
ers. Their previous stage experience,
If they had any, is negligible.
Following the early days, when the
screen had its own stars exclusively,
came the day when actors from the
spoken drama were prevailed upon to
appear before the camera In many
cases the results were astonishing.
One Of the greatest condolences failed
utterly as a screen player. She was
rushed to the studio to appear in the
role in which she had made her most
lasting claim to fame. With no knowl-
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15

amusing, but there is rather a tragic
angle to one of them. Some excep-
tionally good actresses and actors are
looked upon as Jonahs by theatrical
managers. 1t is generally because they
have been connected with failures.
"Once an actress or actor becomes
tainted with the hoodoo or Jonah super
stition she or he had better quit the
business at once. for it makes it prac-
tically impossible for the player to
obtain All engagement. You will hear,
to another who has taken out a show
that played to empty benches: Why,
you mirht have known it. Didn't you
know better than to have taken Smith
out with you? He always brings hard
luck
Some superstitions, however, are
difficult to trace. When new show
opens, probably out of town, people
with passes will always be found wait
ing to get in upon the opening of the
doors. But they never are allowed to
until there is some money in the house.
Il single 'deadhead' gets in before
the folks who have bought tickets the
Piece is supposed to be foredoomed to
financial failure
Cats about a theater are good luck.
If you meet-a black cat hanging around
the stage door OF the theater on the
opening night you need have no further
fear. This, | need not say. happened
the first night of Irene Almost every
theater harbors a pet cat, and it is
almost a matter of superstition with
stage folks never to interfere with
them in any way--even. when they walk
on the stage during a performance. In
other words, never disturb cat about
a theater."
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
One Black Cat and the SSShow''
Is Made; A WI1istIed Tune i'm
Dressing Room Spells Doom

An actor, sitting in his dressing
room ready to make up for the first
nights performance, places his shoes
on the dressing table in his haste.
Another actor comes past his open
door and sees them. There is shrek.
The play is ruined before it begins
1t is doomed.
That is superstition. Never, even in
the old Wild West Indian days, was
there more superstition stored away in
cracks and crevices than around the
modern theater, back stage Especially
noticeable as one makes his way
through the maze OF sage properties
and scenery OH the darkened stage of
any theater where preparations are go
ing forward for an opening night.
Superstition is everywhere.
If an actor places his shoes on his
dressing table it is generally consid-
cred that bad luck in the form OF an
early closing is as certain to follow
as is time. To whistle inside a dress
ing room means positive failure of the
production, and quite recently one
actor was thrown out of his dressing
room by actors in adjacent rooms be-
cause he broke this rule.
James montgomery, autnor OF
Irene" at the Vanderbilt Theater. has
come in contact with about as many
of these superstitious ones in recent
months, he says, as any one he knows.
There is no question but that stage
folk are superstitious," says Mr.. Mont
gomery. land suppose the nature of
the business makes them so-the ele-
ment of chance inEfdccess and failure
entering into it to kuch an extent.
"Many times stage superstitions are