The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
DISILLUSI0N FOR
THE MOVIE MAD
Applicants Now on File
Far Beyond Possible
Demand
BIRDS IN THE BUSH
Advises Girls With Movie Am
bition to Think Twice Be-
fore They Leave Job

IiF CHA RlNAslHsN r. mum Iss-s
los ANGELES, Cal. April 16.---
Among the fields dotteo with vast
,.f.o buildings and acres Of beau
.rl bungalows in Hollywood,
,,b.ra most of Los Angeles output
,f N5 per cent of the worlds mo-
iI.r pictures is produced, there
Iuetions the Hollywood Girls club
an Institution that has become
nationwide In i,s purposes and with
an influence for good that reaches
into all the large cities and into even
many " the small towns Of the
United states.
Tho club is housed In an impress
aN, and palatial appearing colonia!
cadence set In a garden OF bios
suriirE trees and flowers. The white
pillows at its entrance are wreathed
vfh roses and jcssaminc and It's in
terror is homelikc. comfortable and
convenient in it's atmosphere.
Just what happens when Mary
smith. of Carlinville, H., or Jane
Jones, OF Emporia, Kan. or Mabel
Black. Of the Bronx, New York city,
suddenly become movie mad" and
without money or experience to
back them after they have arrived
here. make their way to Los An
seles2
Rosy Dreams Only Asset.
They usually come to the alton
ton OF some kind-hearted person in
film land who cnlists the aid OF the
HOLLYWOOD Girls club, and were II
not for this organization these girls
who chased a rainbow across the
.s0nunent would be in pitiful phghts
ilGng perhaps sordid or tragic
/This club has put into practical
operation tho big Sister" idea and
the 300 girls Comprising its mem
bership are pledged to act in the
capacity of Good Samaritans to girls
from an over the country who come
10 Los Angeles with rosy dreams Of
a future in the movies" as their
only asset"
The club is partially self-support-
Ing, % Of it's members constantly
living there. In addition there are
housed the unfortunate girls who
cannot find employment and who
have no money. For six weeks these
girls are sheltered and given their
meals while they endeavor to locate
themselves somewhere In the indus
try which has attracted them with
IT'S promises OF big pay and future
fame.
The fund for this temporary
emergency Is supplied by donations
and yearly subscriptions from the
various students, while charitably
inclined individuals from various
parts Of the country frequently send
checks for the furtherance of the
work, The board OF managers Is
comprised Of the wives and mothers
Of famous directors and producers
active workers among whom are
Mrs. Jesse Lasky, Mrs. Cell B. De-
Mile and Mrs. William De Mile.
Disillusionment Awaits.
Helen Jerome Eddy, widely
known screen star. who Is one Of
The founders OF the club, and who
teaches a free class In dramatics for
the benefit of the girls who are
anxious to learn something Of the
technique Of the stage and screen, is
emphatic in warning young girls
against leaving their home environ
ment and coming 10 Los Angeles to
work in films unless they have am
pie private means and excellent pre-
Nmindry training.
II older and more experienced
people could only talk with them
before they start on their vain pill
grmage, hundreds of the movie
struck girls would never come to
Los Angeles" observed Miss Eddy.
, MY advice to girls thinking of en-
' tring the film world is TO talk the
natter over with their parents. or
II they have none, to thresh the
question out with their spiritual ad-
WISER and two or three persons well
Veised In the drama.
Pretty Facc Not Only Requisite.
The ranks OF the film workers