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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
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IN THE EDITORS MAIL

To the Editor of Screen and Stage:
 Kissing is all right even when done on the screen. Isn't it being done Tn the best of circles?
 There is no harm, as far as I can see, in kissing on the screen. There are all sorts of kisses real life and in the movies. The siren kiss of the v1reaaire and the kiss of the unso- phisticated country girl both appear frequently. Every girl in the audi ence knows the difference.
 Movies as well as everything else in life are taken as matter of fact. so why try to suppress something that does no one any harm
 To the Editor of Screen and Stage:
 The time will come when the very air we breathe will be charged. Why don't so-caIled reforniers try to do something worth while, rather than to start fussing about things that do little if any harm?
 My friends and myself, all invet- crate motion picture goers, will watch the antics of the so-called re- To the Editor of Screen and Stage: It's all right, this screen kissing, but in some plays when you can a1- most hear the heroine Shriek, kiss me and the world is ourSi' That sort of stuff makes any dyed-in-the- wool movie fan tired.
 If a man loves a girl he kisses her. If he doesn't sNe'l1 soon remind him to.
 Let the kisses remain. They are harming no one so why start some thing that will be hard to carry out -N.. KOle.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
THEATER MEN UP IN ARMS OVER
 PROPOSED RAISE ON TICKET TAX

New York, Dec. 1S-The Lamen- tations of the Manager would serve as the title for a pathetic movie this week, since the news has come from
 Washington that the government pro- poses an additional ten per cent tax on theatre admissions. And in the light of common sense this seems to
 be not only unjust but unwise. The theatres have not, contrary, to the published reports, made great profit on it's productions this season. and the increase in cost on comodities and preparations is so far in advance of the average increase as to make this new one fairly prohibitive. New York, Chicago, Boston and the lar ger cities generally will not suffer so keenly from this increase if it is finally made, but it will effectively kill what is generally termed "the road Already the smaller cities are crying for entertainment, but the managers find it impracticable to in crease their activities. eatricaI companies are closing all over the | country, and last week a theatrical | club in New York created a new di- version by entertaining their Hay off, members at supper, and the
 number of idle players was an object
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
REVIEW-"COME SEVEN"

The gales of laughter which swept the audience at the initial presenta- ton of Come Seven at the Lyric Monday is proof positive that this famed stories of negro life in ''o1e Alabam'" is one of the funniest comedies that local stock enthusiasts have had the pleasure of seeking ;n some time. Every one who has heard Cohen's screamingly funny character studies of the life and habits of thr American negro will want to see them in real life
 "Come Seven' offers Lyric theatre goers the unique experience of see ing their stock favorites in black face, and suffice it to say that this gives Walter Ayres and Arthur Grif- fin. always an excellent pair of ac- tors, unusual opportunities to bring out the best that is in them in the comic vein. Walter Ayres, as the ludicrous Uriah Nesbit, bears the brunt of the entertaining, while Art Griffin, as the foriorn and miserly Semore Mashby endow the pieceswith extraordinary pep FIorian Slappey, who lives by his wits, is played by Arthur Chatterdon. and around these three characters the plot is woven. A diamond ring is pilfered by FSlorian
 and Uriah to further a pet scheme of theirs, and the con1ical efforts of
 this pair to keep their deed under
 cover offers no end of 1udicrous sit uatiOnS
 Miss Ruth Amos, the leading lady, as the beautiful but somewhat mer- c9nary Vistar Coins. showed a keen 1 appreciation of her part. Vistar' s forte is wearing stunning gowns created, by Piquette, of Paris while Jane Tarr, as Elvezir Nesbit is equal l ly fetching in a model from Sears, | Robuck, @sof Chicago Miss Edna | Buckler is good as the much married l Mrs. Blevins. Foster Williams is ex- 1 ceptionally clever in the role of l Lawyer Evans Chew.
 The play ends with everyone enrich | cd by few hundred dollars, and the 1 curtain falls on an orgy with the | 6oD7inneS
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
WEST END.

Elaine Hammerstein's new starring vehicle for Selznick Picture is ''The Point of View" which comes to the west End theatre tonight for two days showing.
 Family pride is the subject of this photo play, which is declared te be one of the strongest and best Miss Hammerstein has yet appeared in. It depicts how a girl, the only practical member of an impoverished aristo- cratic family, marries a wealthy man vhon she does not love in order to further the ambitions of her violinist brother and repair the family for tunes.
 ssThe Point of View was written by Edith Ellis and directed by Alan CrUsland.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
WOULD UP IN
 THE AIR, BE
 PROPER TITLE?

Director William Beaudine,z of the Christie Comedy forces, is putting the finishing touches on a new two-ree1 comedy which is centered around aviation, having the entire forces of an aviation company at his disposal to work out plot. in which some ri diculous flying is done. It is called ridiculous flying because, in the plot Bobby Vernon plays youth who cannot fly.
 The comedy was originally called ''The Keewee," named after the Aus tralian bird which does not fly, which gave rise to the slang term for land aviators during the late war. In the comedy are Bobby Vernon, Neal Burns, Laura La P1ante, William Sloan and others.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
BUSTER KEATON
 GETS SOME UNEX- k
 PECTED PUBLICITY

Buster Keaton, the sobeE-faced comedian Of the screen, got some totally unexpected advertising for the third of his series of laughtivi- ties, ''The Scarecrow."
 With big Joe Roberts, whose tow ering bulk forms the humorous foil for Keatons antics, Buster motored into the country near Los Angeles, during an intermission in the filming wheat field caught his eye because of it's forlorn appearance. The farm CT, recognizing the young comedian, grinningly offered him the scarecrow, which became a studio prop.
 Several days later Buster Keaton driving by the field saw a big sign hanging on the skeleton poles where the style trocity had been. It read: :: Former occupant now appearing with Buster Keaton in The Scare
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
RUSSIAN VIOLINIST F E N CES WITH
 WITTY REPORTER

Mitnitzky, the Russian violinist. who has just arrived in the United States, is q man with more than ore country He is a Russian by birth. but because he has done such won derful work in the cause Of music in Sweden, that nation has made him a citizen. and he finds himself now a man with two countries in distinc- ton to the man without a country
 He was being interviewed the oth- CT day by a witty reporter, and when this 5natter was being discussed the reporter wanted to know all about it. MT Mitnitzky. who speaks excellent Eng1ish, explained it.
 -'Oh, I see,' he admitted. Like a bride who, when she quarrels with her husband has another home to go to-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
CREEPS INTO MUSICAL
 CRITICIS

Much of the best humor does not appear in the funny columns of the newspapers. Ethel Newcomb, the American pianiste, culls from the musical reviews the observation of a critic who declares that one of the assisting artistes attacked Greigs sonata in c minor as though her principal aim was to defeat it.'' And the further cement is included that she succeeded.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
sThe Grinding Spirit" Deals With
 Unusual Psychic Phenomena

The photography has been given particular attention to producing the effect so essential to portray phenom- ena of this character. MT. Bur roughs pronounces these scenes un- usually realistic. '1The Guiding Spirit" is said to be different from any other film of this nature, as each character is portrayed by players, who have knowledge of the phe- nomena and philosophy, which is attracting many minds of today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
Those ttGirI IScaZp-Hunters'
 Defended By 4 MoUie Star

ton, finding it still with me, I conk cluded that the alleged evil was mucr{ exaggerated. Looking around in resi- taurants and other places where most men remove their hats, I failed to observe single instance where more than hair was missing-and for this the responsibility, of course, is to be fixed where it belongs under the mar riage contract. So why interfere with the dear girls innocent sport which is so interesting to both par
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

H. G. Burroughs, who has directed the production of 'The Guiding Spirit" is one of the foremost ex- ponehts of occult science and spirit ualistic philosophy having spent twenty odd years featuring and dem onstrating psychic phenomena:
 He has been associated with the organized movemen and is in po- sition, because of his technical know ledge to direct a production in which psychic phenomena and human in terest predominate.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
RETURNS TO NEW YORK

Ethel Newcomb, the American pianiste, who has been hobnobbing with the group of youngsters up in New York state, which included John Burroughs Henry Ford, Thomas A. Edison and other elderly juveniles has returned to New York to appear in concert. Her New York appear ance is scheduled for Janaury 12 at the Longacre theatre
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
CURRENT COMMENT
 by Dixie Hines

Avery Hopwood, the most prolific of stage writers, has finished Come Up in the Haymow,' for A. H. engaged for one of the parts. MT. Hopwood also launches the Chicago com pany of his ''The Bat'' this week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
LIKES MOVIES BEST

It is Myrtle Stedman's opinion that acting on the stage is a bore com pared to acting before the camera. She's done both for several years, so she is qualified to speak. On the stage she complains, one has to play the same part over and over again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

Ivan Bankoff, a stage dancer and producer, whose work in The Greenwich Village FolIies,'' has con tributed considerably to the success of this popular play, is presenting at Madison Square Garden next month the famous Russian vioftnist. J. Pias- tro Borissoff.
 Frederic Warren, an American tenor and music manager, intro duced this week at the Longacre theatre, the first of his ballad con- certs for this season. Ruano Bogis- lay, the gypsy singer; Amy Neill, the American violinist; Mildred Graham, dramatic soprano, and George w. Reardon, baritone, were his artists. Next month Olga Warren, a cobra tlIre soprano, whose vocal equip ment puts to shame the Nightingale, will be the star of his concert.
 Spanish in music and drama is re- ceiving more than passing attention in New York. The proposed visit of the great Spanish dramatist, Jacinto BenaNente, is announced, and this week a noted Spanish soprano en- gagged the attention of an apprecla- tive audience at the Princess theatre when she sang a recital of spanish songs and a group from her own pen which have become popular.
 Fritz Leiber will begin his first Metropolitan engagement as 2 Shak espearean star, Monday evenlng, | at the Lexington theatre. This bril- liant young player, with a. noted company of artistic associates and a new scheme of scenery which permits his playse to be given without the unusual delays and interruptions, Is not unknown to New Workers by reason of his past long and brilliant work as a. Shakespearean actor. His season promises great success.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

Charles .C1ary. a member of the cast in the Gertrude atherton photo drama, 4'Nob1esse Obnge," now being made at the GoldSvyn studio, is di- rect descendant of Benjamin F. Stod- dert the first secretary of the navy, after whom the United States naval vessel, Stoddert, WIS named. Mrs. Clary, mother of the actor, christened the vessel
 James Flood, assistant director in the Will Rogers company, is becom- ing so expert with the laria,t that he expects to challenge the star. Jimmy Rogers, five-year son of Will Rogers, is a true Californian. He was entertaining his grand mother, who has just come from Arkansas It happened to be a par ticularly rainy day and Jimmy was inwardly perturbed. But with all the aplomb of an old-timer he assured his grandmother decisively that this is our very worst season"
 Cuba was the scene of John Sain- polls, first venture into pictures. The play was Soldiers of Fortune" and he appeared in support of Dustin Farnum. MT. Sainpolis is now play ing the leading role in the Frank Lloyd production of "The Great Loyer''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
DISSOLVE IN"

GA Connecticut Yankee at King Ar thurs court" Mark Twain's master piece, just picturized by Fox, is to appear on Broadway in February.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
POLES.

Those who appreciate vaudeville when it is really good will surely en- toy the present bill at Poli's. It is a we'll balanced, artistic, and very en-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

'-The Mountain Woman,'' a screen version of s"The Pagan of the Hills'' by Charles Neville Buck. and star ring Pearl White, will be released early in the year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
TOTTINGC C
 By ID. J. l..

Motion picture producers are not running short of plot sources No siree! Even though they have torn to pieces nearly all the newer novets and muti1ated works from the Blple to Pilgrims Progress, don't oeiieNe the rlIrnor ci= cu1ated that the field has been exhausted. For such is not the case, Julius. .,
 Below we give a list of literary works which these producers Will soon start on and we are sure you will agree that the dear public" will be exhausted long before the below works are:
 The uncomprornising motion pie lure cameras have not yet -oeVoureo inc N N H. & Hartford time table; Webster's Dictionary; The Eighteenth Amendment; Blue Laws Who's Who; The Cook Book; Verse and Worse; Municipal Register or William F. Burton's private records.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

William Farnum, when a leading man for the first time, really stabbed Olga Nethersole in the back in Car men,, because the trick knife refused to work?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
STUDIO NOTES

Will Rogers carries a pocket com pass He says that's the way he tells if the picture is going in the right direction.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

"Fair and Warmer has been played successfully in China?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
DID YOU KNOW

s"The Little Devil of Opera" was a name given to F'ritzi Scheff by Pad erewski and that it was later appro- cutNpS?"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

Our "Jotting" answer column: No, Rudo1phus, we doubt if orchestra conductors will ever get the money street car conductors do. F
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
Please omit flowers.

Shrieked a movie star: To vamp or not to vamp, that is the question Whether it is nobier of the heart to suffer trials and tribulat1ons Of humble let in life and labor over a washboard, or ride in a limousine and wear costly furs and three karat diamonds. What, oh, what shall l do? Leave me not while in tempta- tion-for after eight years in pie lures and 2S years on the speaking Stage-I am StiH 1877
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

A local fish market had a sign in the window the other day bearing the legend: .tIf it swiIns, have it. !" Bill Doidge went in and ordered a couple Of Mack Sennett bathing girls but the proprietor explained that the sign read: eff it swims" and fur ther explained that the bathing girls were never known to wet their bath ing suits.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

Xmas cigars not accepted. Post age stamps will be appreciated.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-16
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE
 PETITION. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 13 T( THE CONSTITUTION OF
 ARKANSAS.

Amending Section 1, Article ,, to tn Constitution of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No. 10 thereto pro zsasing:
 That eight per cent of the legal -Yaf,ars may propose any law and ten zsar cent may propose consltutloha amendment.
 That the second power reserved by tg,s ,saoDIe is the referendum by which ssY Tssr cent of the voters may by petl- efor order the referendum of any gen oral acts or any item of an opproprla- { k7y1 bill or measure passed by the peii araI Assembly. There shall be hled xafitiDns from at least fifteen counties gf the State and bearing signatures af one-half percentage of electors ot such county.
 That a two-thirds vote is necessary eo attach the emergency clause to Legislative or Town Council measures.
 That the initiative and referendum Tyoqve-s of the people are reserved 10 Ti,e legal voters of each muncipality SHd county.
 That the veto power of the Governor ar Mayor shall not extend to initiative sar referendum measures and that the same is not subject to amendment by fife General Assembly or City Council except by two-thirds vote.
 qYlaf all measures initiated by the z.estple shall be submitted only at regu lar elections except when fifteen per cent of voters petition for special elec- Gi0u-
 That any measure shall take effect and become a law when approved by d gysa iorify of the votes cast on such ezBaxssIre.
 That no limitation shall be placed on gsst number of constitutional amend y,,eFyfx, laws, or other measures which ag1ay be proposed.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-16
Good Sportsmanship.

If anything were needed to show at once both the British love of out door sports and the number of young Engllshmen who were crippled by the war. it could be found in the actions of the British National Lawn Tennis association in so modifying The rules of the game that a One-armed player when he serves, may toss the ball from his racket instead of with his hand. To put a disabled player on an equality with competitors who are whole is the very flower of sports manship.-Youth's Companion.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-16
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 13 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IS

Be It Enacted by the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 That Section 1 of Article , to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No. 10 thereto be amended so as to read as follows:
 Section 1. The legislative power of the people of this State shall be vested in Il General Assembly, which shall consist of the Senate and House Of Representatives. but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose legislative measures. laws and amend mcnts to the Constitution, and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde- pcndent of the General Assembly; and also reserve the power, at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any entire act or any item of an ap- prOpriatiOn bill.
 Initiative: The first power reserved by the people is the initiative. Eight per cent of the legal voters may pro pose any law and ten per cent may pro pose constitutional amendment by initiative petition, and every such pei ton shall include the full text of the measure SD proposed. Initiative peu lions for statewide measures shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the elee- ton at which they are to be voted upon: Provided. that at least thirty days before the aforementioned filing the proposed measure shall have been published once. at the expense Of tn petitioners, in some paper of genera circulation.
 Referendum: The second power re served by the people is the referendum and any number not less than six pc cent of the legal voters may, by peti ton. order the referendum against any general act. or any item of anappro priation bill, or measure passed by tin General Assembly, but the filing of referendum petition against one or more items, sections or parts of any such act or measure shall not delay
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-16
Ills Closing Schedule.

She was at the back of the church and she was getting restless and anx- ious to leave. Baby Was restless, SC mother beckoned the usher to her.
 "Is the sermon nearly tiuished?" she whispered.
 No. Another half-hour yet" re- piled the usher. Hes only on his lastly"
 Will 1t take him that long to say his Iastly?" she asked anXiously.
 No, mum! There's one more word and Im done,' and the finally and :hs 'in conclusion to come yet"
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-16
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Definition: The word measure used herein includes any bill, law, re solution. ordinance. charter. constltu tional amendment or legislative pro poSal or enactment of any cha aracter
 No Veto: The veto power of tn Governor or mayor shal not extend [ measures initiated by or referred the people
 Amendment and Repeal: No meas ure approved by vote of the people shall be amended or repealed by th General Assembly or by any city coun cil. except upon q yea and nay vote on rol call of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of tn General Assembly, or of the city coun cil. as the case may he.
 Election: All measures initiated by the people whether for the state county. city or town. shall be submitte' only at the regular elections, eithe State. congressional or municipal, bu referendum petitions may be referee to the people at special elections to be called by the proper official, and such special elections shal be called when fiftenn per cent of the legal voters shal DptltIhll LOT SUCu Npttldl tiN'tAoii "'H if the referendum k invoked as to an measure passed by a city or town coun cil such city or town council may orde special election.
 Majority: Any measure submitted tt the people as herein provided shall take effect and become law when approved by a majority of the votes cast upof such measure and not otherwise, ant shall not be required to receive nlp iority of the eectors voting at sucl election. Such measures shall be oper ative on and after the thirt'eth day after the election at which it is ap proved, unless otherwise specified II the act,
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the Genera Assembly of the right to introduce any measure. but no measure shall be sub mitted to the people by the Genera Assembly. except proposed consttu tional amendment or amendments provided for in this Constitution, 1 Canvas and Declaration of Result The result of the vote upon any Stat' mea erre shall be eanvassed and de
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-16
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 of duty and discipline and lit ah into the nobler channels of q nun ,tv that Is not, as Is writ of the oei of the fields. without aim or ne
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