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Evening star., 1921-02-27
THE INSANE TRUTH /


tor. Car Company rang insist :
emily. Mr.. Holmes was busy
= signing his correspondence. He
laid aside his pen and reached fer the
receiver.
is this the Leaf Company? came
1 strident voice.
Yes. Holmes speaking"
This is labor headquarters. Ina
calling to tell you that We are putting
you on the unfair list
Il don't understand" returned Mr..
Holmes, with frown. The Leaf shop
had been remarkably free from labor
troubles, and Mr.. Holmes distinctly
did net wish TO have any.
What have I done"' the perplexed
ennleyer managed to ask with an as
surance far from genuine.
strike breaking.
Why. never did such thing in
my life" came the answer i'll amaze
nent.
yeah" drawlei the man ironically.
~ reckon yeu. didn't send your driver
and his truck TO the ice cream fac
tory. where the transfers was out on
strike, and help che manufacturers
deliver a lot ef their stun.
perstien. Il reckot, 4 didn't" he re-
peated with emphasis.
Well. he deae IT,.
Who. Orsstes:
Il doI't know the mans name, but
that's what happened.
Mr.. Holmes tardify recovered from
his earlier inertia. Why. You must
be cut of your head. That boy is out
at my house in Highland Park. help
ing with tea party nay wife is CIV
.Ne;hins OF the kind 1, amt been
fifteen minutes since he iis the ice
cream factory, all dressed in white
like one Of their regular drivers, and
broke into the back door, after laying
ou, two teamsters that was on guard,
cream packer and ran around the
bleck-'
"oh. quit your rqHspe,ns" laughed
Mr.. Holmes at the piettfte presented.
Well. he done isr' smphaszsd the
man, im7atieRt atttc 'cvits which
h. eers:ds-.s unseemlr And round
tho cerrer. ont of sight, was his true X
and he slammed tHe packer il and
drevs on If that amt strike break
inS. I'd like 10 know what s.
'New. see here.' began Mr.. Holmes
No use .arsuin' we'v. got yeu
dead to Y;Eats
Maybe you have and maybe you
hayen'L said Mr.. Holmes with in-
creasing dignity. For enc thing, Tn
net going to be blufTed. For another
thing. yen've got to show that my
truck did that hauling for hire, if It
was done at sll and with my knowl-
edge and consent. Which YOU can't do
In thousand years
HIS calm earHestness and assurance
sebersS the man somewhat. well.
of coqHse-''
Ne Of course about it. There's
seAe mistake. and while haven't the
facts new. I'll get them. and rop1i see
I'm net far from right"
"Ali right. Air. Holmes. il YOU can
II can and Will" returned Mr
Holmes. terminating the conversation
with more confidence than he really
felt. fer o-estes was the ubiquitous X
in the otherwise easily solrahie prob
lem of his daily existence.
He rang for his secretary. Get AIRS.
Holmes on the telephone"
Presently came tie answer from
Naanette- Mis- Leila say she is busy
and cant talk
"Whers is orestes?'
He Is heah; Ap'. if you please, sub.
10 busy too
lie, me speak to orestes," thunder
ed Nr. Helmss.
FOUL hao TO 'seuse Rest Ease. too.
Gissuh a1ss Holmes He is ed busiest oe
Click wsnt the telephone.
Tss sGs P.yesesn!fgsis sa Sa seaASt e8S hold
Ing it's 13t epen session with Mrs
Helmks- Threescore ladies' seeking
Evening star., 1921-02-27

plates against the imRromRtu wait
resses' return.
What say. Nannie-gul."
DE insane truth. OATS what dis
whole pahty Is concernin' which," she
replied, removing q pan OF deiie'ously
fragrant cakes from the oven. "De
visitip' lady Is spoke plum beautiful
about ". You mus cumbat yo' diHi-
culties vid de germs OF infinite poul-
tices."
"Golly. whyn't I think about dat
when wuz coolin' dem teamsters wild
my dsts?'
AN de insane truth say" she add
, ed. as She eased another pan into the
oven. reach out an draw power from
de infinite hen nest what Is all about
you"
Like l done at de ice cream fac
fry grinned her spouse, intent upon
literal applications. "Sep'n l made a
msdraw. Std o drawin' de ise
cream TO Miss Lelia's pahty l drawed
it fo' de niggah dance!'
NTANNETTE was convulsed with
~ laughter. Hush. nisgah, ysu
kin hab some when de white folks is
thoo."
"Caat wait" declared Orestes, TAX
ling a geasssus -sSoonful ia his meuth.
Evening star., 1921-02-27

going to leave y. Y. out of is being
!, kept deep misery on acct. of the
H. Mrs being scared of fash lights bat
sufficient to say that We haven't no
intentions of leayeing from the Grand
Central.
Arriveing in the capital as ] some
times refer to it. We will be wisked
in a taxi TO a hotel with a bath. Per-
sanly ! always prefer stopping at
hotel so as a person can get their.
pants pressed vile YOU sleep. but OF
coarse my readers will realize that We
didn't have no lack of invitations to
stay in private house. For inst as
long ago as Jan. I-told one of my
Washington friends that I expected TO
be there at this time and he invited
me to stay home.
] don't know yet what is going to
be the program for the various cere-
monies. but we will take things as
they come. and if people finds out we
! are there and begins to rush us, why
all right and if not. all wrong. l am
all set in regards to wardrobe though
| had to go to the shops myself To
pick it out whereas when the next
lst lady of the land was in y. Y, The
different merchants didn't make her
come to them, but they took their
stuff to her hotel and showed IL To
her, but l bet that after she bought
her clothes they didn't send one of
their men right to her house couple
For street wear l have boughten me
a suit of Mrs. Harding blue. with 1o
pockets includeing the vest, y inch
cuffs on the bottom of the pants and
straps around the waist to run belt
through il nessary. With this SUIT
will wear high IL shoes of Pumpkin
yellow that laces up the middle and
ties in bow around the shapely
ankle. The Hosiery will be plain and
very little of it showing.
For the Inauguration proper | have
boughten me pair of suspenders and
a iso a pair of garters in honor of the
vice president.
If they have inaugural ball VIII
! loom up in shirt of Chinese white,
1915 collar OF the same hue, flow
cred white silk brassiere. and soup
and fish of Sam Langford black with
shoes and soX of some dark tint. j
won't wear no ornaments except a
place on my knee that somebody mis-
took for ash tray New Yrs. eve and
if you see ii in certain light II looks
like the knee cap was Peepjng Tom.
The old nose will carry a shower
bouquet of violet talcum powder.
x Y X x
THOSE of my readers that is going
to be present and have never saw
a Inauguration will maybe want to
know what it is like. Well the one
next Friday is suppose to be very
simple but they generally always
Evening star., 1921-02-27
m RING W. LARDNER.

%o the Editor: Nell / don't sup
pose X is nessary To tell my
readers what is going TO come
off in Washington. II. g. next
Friday but msybe some Of them wiz
be surprised TO hear that ! am going
to be there though not i'll the caparlty
like il looked like at oae time last
summer during the democrat c"nNen-
ton held at Tait's i'll San Francisco.
am going in the roll OF a private
citizen instead of what might of been
if the salary inducements had Of made
it worthy my vile and they had
agreed to fix the plumminS ia the
W mite House, but all and all lax. II
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
UPsETS FILM CONVENTIONS.

An unusual amount OF interest has
been aroused by the announcement that
$. l.. Rothafel will present at the Car
itol Theatre to-day the foreign made
film "The Cabinet of DR. Caligari" Ii
Is said to be radical departure In cot
struction, execution and technique
from tho conventional and customary
forms OF screen production. In Europe.
where 1t was first presented. IL startled
the screen world by upsettIng all
established conventions and creating a
new type OF screen art.
The story Is OF a mysterious nature.
using as Its theme the story OF Dr.
Caligari a magician who travelled
around In the little towns OF upper
Italy, having in his possession q SOM
nanbulist called Cesare Coincident
with his visits was the occurrence OF
several mysterious muRders. the perpe-
traitor of which never was discovered.
The treatment of this story Is so intcn-
sive and the suspense so sustained as 10
recreate on the screen the gripping and
realistic atmosphere of the mystery and
terror stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
For years the cry has come from an
over-surfeited public, from critics weary
of reviewing the output OF mediocre AMI
tackneyed productions, for something
new. something radically different ln
Or Callgari" Is q contribution OF =
nature that discards all conventional
form and substance IL utilizes tha
medium of mpressionistic art to convey
the moods and interpret the action OF
the story. and is said TO succeed in IN
tensifying the theme In manner more
powerful than the realistic medium
itself
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

number OF the Rialto programme, played
under the direction OF Hugo Riesenfeld
and Lion vanderheim Sascha Fidel-
man. concertmaster OF the orchestra.
win play a solo with orchestral accom-
paniment. and Miss Grace Hoffman. so
prano, will sing the polonaise from
Thomass rMgnon" John Priest will
play selection from Gounod's Faust
on the organ.
The Rivoli music programme opens
with tho overture from Gomez's III
Guarany." played by the concert orches-
ira under the direction of Frederick
Stahlborg and Joseph Littau. Carl
Rollins. barytone. win sing Del Riego's
"Homing' and Miss Alma Dona, soprano,
will sing an aria from Verdi's "Ernani."
Prof. F'irmin swimmer will play Franz
Iiszt's Loves Dream" as the organ
solo number.
The Capitol Grand Orchestra. Erno
Rapec conducting. will play tho Tchai-
kovslSy "tSi2" overture. The augmented
ballet corps will present a advertisement
OF four numbers consisting of Caprice
viennois," by Kreisler; Russian
"Grotcsque Dance" the "Valse Buette,"
by Drigo and "Mazourlka.' by Delibes.
Mile. Gambarelii, ballerina; Doris Niles,
Thalia Zanou and The character dancer,
Leon Leonidow, will be assisted by the
ballet corps, Alexander Oumansl<y
created the choreography. There will
be q presentation Of the "1ndlan Love
Lyrics" by Lawrence Hope to the musi-
cal setting by Miss Amy Woodforde-
Fin6en Erik Bye barytone, and Miss
Tlizabe Ayres will sing the solos. as
sisted by the Capitol ensemble The
four selections will be colored by pan
lnniirne nv the ballet corps.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

0dri. magician, who travelled around
the little towns OF uppcr italy. having
under his control a somnembulist The
stage settings, the work of Hermann
Warm. Walter Reiman and Walter
Rohrig. were created in the spirit OF
impressionist art. rejecting by their
distortion the mental state OF the char
acters IN the story. Robert Wiene was
the director. Miss Katherine Hilliker
retitled the story with art ELECTS by L.
Belman Hall. The picture viii be in
In which Harrison Brockbank will APP
pear.
"'rhe Passion Flower" comes TO the
Strand Theatre to-day, with Miss Norma
Talmadge as the star. Herbert Brennon
as the director and Jacinto Benavente
as the author When the stage play
was popular last season. Miss Nance
O'Neil played the role Of RdiDlahdd,
the Castilian mother. In the picture
version. however, Miss Talmadge will
be seen as the daughter. who spurns
the love OF her jealous stepfather
Courtenay Foote ana Harrison Ford ap-
pear AZ Miss Talmadge's leading men.
Others in the cast include Miss Eulalie
Jensen. Charles Stevenson and Miss
Alice May. new comedy constitutes
the remainder OF the film programme.
Thomas Meighan in The City OF
silent Men" a Para mount picture with
Lois Wilson in the leading feminine
role. has been selected by Hugo Riesen-
field as the principal screen entertain
ment at the Rivcn. Il is an adaptation
OF John A. Morosos novel OF prison life,
entitled THE Quarry" and was directed
by Tom Forman from Frank Condon's
scenario. In the cast supporting Mr..
Meighan and Miss Wilson are Miss
Kate Bruce. Paul Everton and George
MacQuarrie.
The Julian Ollendorff autobiography.
Ewes Leaves" Is another film at
traction.
Miss Mary Miles Minter in "The Littl,
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

Clown" Realart picture from the
play by Avery Hopwood, will be the
principal film attraction OF the Rialto
The little coincidence is supported by a
cast including Wilton Tai Neely Ed
wards ana Jacl, MulhalI. Thomas Heff-
ron directed and Eugene Y. Lewis was
the scenarist. II tells OF the love Of q
pretty little orphan OF the circus for a
runaway youth who was lured by the
bright lights OF the tan bark ring. A
comedy is also on the bill.
d. ". Griffths Way Down East
continues at the Forty fourth street.
"a Connecticut Yankee in King Ar
thurs Court" the William Fox adapta-
tion OF Mark Twain's novel. remains at
the Selwyn.
"The Four Eorsemen OF the Apoca-
novel. starts its last week at the Lyric
Theatre before moving to the Astor.
Sir James NJ Barrie's Sentimental
Tommy" the John s. Robertson produc-
By Gareth Hughes. Miss May McAvoy
and Miss Mabel Taliaferro. begins the
second week Of its extended engagement
at the Criterion.
the Broadhurst
Features at Loew's New York The
atre and Roof will include Douglas Fair
banks in "The Nut" to-day and to-mor-
tsIs.,r
Wanda Hawley. Tuesday "A Tale Of
Two Worlds" with Wallace Beery
Wednesday: What Is n Wife Worth?
with Miss Casson Ferson. Thursday :.
THE Highest Bidder" with Miss Madge
Kennedy. and The Magnificent Brute. "
with Frank Mayo Friday; Without
Limit" with Miss Anna q. Nilsson, Sat-
urday. and THE Gilded Lily" with Miss
Mae Murray Sunday.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Personal Notes of the Screen Players

from taking IN New York the big ex-
terror scenes In the Bert Lytell picture.
THE Man Who" a Maxwell Karger
production for Metro. Lytell and three
members of his supporting cfst have
started for California, where they will
complete the camera work
Miss olga Prlntzlau. scenarist for
William DE Miles productions. has ar
rived IN New York on a vacation, dur
ing which she will study the current
plays.
Douglas MacLean, star in Thomas II.
Ince productions for Paramount, who
leaped into popular favor as the per-
picked rookie" In "Twenty-Three and
One-Half Hours Leave" has arrived In
New York on the first vacation he has
had IN three years.
After four weeks honeymoon IN
Honolulu Tom Moore and his bride.
Rene Adoree. are back at the Co.dwyn
studios again. Mr.. Moore already has
started work on his next picture. Beat
ing the Game" an original screen story
by Charles Kenyon.
Information has been received from
the Pacific coast that Louis r. Mayer
has completed arrangements for the
filming Of King Eear." the Shakespear-
ian masterpiece.
Hassard Short, actor. playwright and
producer. has been engaged by Joseph
AZ. Schenck for comedy role In Con-
stance Talmadge's next Associated First
National production. an original story
hy John Emerson and Anita Loose, tenn
porarily titled Beauty or Brains"
Jackie Coogan, the highest paid youth
la the world. who made such phenon-
email rise 70 fame az result OF his APP
pearance In the title role of Charlie
Chapln's picture THE Kid has de-
cided TO take turn In vaudeville oil
the Keith circuit. He will ne q head
liner and his salary. II Il said. calls
for s2,500 a week
George Walsh IS TO appear again un-
dor his brother Raoul's direction. Raoul.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

who now has his own company, is go
ing to the coast 10 make special fea-
ture.
Associated First National Pictures an
nounces that a contract had just been
completed whereby three Hobart Hen
ley productions will be released through
First National. Hope Hampton will be
featured in the first production, a pic
ture version OF Fannie Hursts initial
full length novel. Star Dust
"Heartbalm' is the first OF series
of four dramatic productions to be COM
pleted by Mack Sennett. Going outside
of this regular organization, he engaged
Miss Ethel Grey Terry, Herbert Stan
ding. Noah Beery, Robert Cain and Ben
Deely. Besides these four serious dramas
Mr.. Sennett will make this year two or
perhaps three comedy features OF the
type OF "A Small Town Idol: six Ben
Turpin specials. ranging in length from
1900 to $500 each, and one hilarious
two reel comedy month.
To give real action to Wallace Reids
latest Paramount picture, TOO Much
Speed an automobile race, in which
eight famous racing drivers participated,
was staged at the Beverley Speedway
near Los Angeles.
Many or England's best known land
marks will form the background for
The Princess Of New York." Cosmo
Hamilton's story which is now being
filmed at the London studio Of the
Famous Players-Lasky British Pro-
ducers. Ltd, under the direction OF Paul
Powell. Among them are the Houses OF
Parliament, scenes along the Thames
and classic oxford.
Miss Virginia valli, who has gone
West 10 play opposite Bert Lytell in two
more productions for Metro. put over
surprise on all her friends by becoming
the bride Of Demarest Lamson just be-
fore her departure. The officiating per-
sonage was Judge Mead OF Greenwich,
Conn.
Miss Vera Gordon star of The Great
est Love-" has just had another song
dedicated to her, named after her pic
ture. the composer In this case being
Ernie Burnett
Twice Born Women" the Malcolm
Strauss production, which was filmed
with an international cast on four con-
tinents. soon will have its first showing
~ y Speclal eXHlplIiOn lor y NUMBER or
invited guests az one Of the leading
Broadway theatres.
AT the End OF the World" the picture
which marks the debut OF Miss Betty
Compson as n Paramount star and OF
Penhryn Stanlaws as a Paramount direc-
tor. will have cast which includes
Mitchell Lewis, Milton stills and Casson
Ferguson.
Elliott Dexter. who has been taking q
brief vacation here. has returned to Hol-
lywood, Cal, and soon will start work on
new Paramount picture at the Lasky
studio.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Presidents First state Dinner.

funny as an alarm clock with no sense
of repose.
After she performed the next cay
and seemed to be taking TO studio life
kindly the manager Informed her a
couple OF days later that the reel on
which she had been registering some
or the most diverting stuff he had
ever seen had gone to the had and
they would have 10 cut II out Of the
finished picture entirely 20 prevtn ~
contamination. or something like that.
As matter OF fact, the actress had
actually been playing the second day
TO an empty camera without q single
foot OF film in It, but the director hal
paid her 5000 day for the two days
and gone through with all the riga
marole OF rehearsing her and having
the crank turned so that another
charge OF histrlonic temperament
wouldn't explode with q loud roar,
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

Jesse r. Laslly OF Famous Players
Lasky has engaged Miss Rita Weiman
to wr+te for William DE Mile an origi-
nal photoplay for the producers next
Offering to follow THE Lost Romance"
Just completed.
Mary Roberts Rineharts FIRST original
story for the screen. tentatively called
"'rhe Glorious Fool" will 10 into pro-
duction at the Goldwyn studios soon
Under the direction OF r.. Mason Hop
per. J. c. Hawks managing editor. Is
writing the screen version.
Miss Anna q. Nilsson. whose blonde
beauty was feature OF without
Limit" has just returned from Florida
where she spent fortnight on location
Tor "Tl.s Lotus Eaters" In this picture
she plays opposite John barrymore
under the direction OF Marshall Neilan.
sigrid Holmquist young Swedish mo-
tion picture star. who arrived In this
country three months ago. Will 20 70
Lake Placid for a rest soon after more
wori, on 4 new film by Fannie Hurst.
called Just Around the Corner"
lsltiutEL ltitlNtTt NHu nus WFllhtN dNu
directed several OF william :. Harts
recent pictures. has beer engaged BY
Goldwvn TO write the continuity for
"Thc Man from Lost River" an original
story for the screen by Katherine New
lin Burt
For her picture Of Camille" for Metro
Nine. Nnzimova expcnd ed small for
tune In the gowns 70 wear In the pro.
duction
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuclde, Paramount
star. has started work on Gasoline
Gus" story by George Pattulo. which
was adapted from the screen by Walter
Woods Miss Lila Lee will be his lead
ing woman and others IN the cast arc
Fred Huntley. Wilton Taylor, Charles
Oelc. Theodore Lurch and Knute Erick-
son.
Prevented BY unfavorable weather
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
STORY THE THING" IN FILMS
Producer Says BeautifuI sets Are
Secondary in Plays.

John s. Robertson, whose production
OF Sentimental Tommy" now az the
Criterion, is liked by the reviewers Of
pictures. Is firm in his belief that the
story is the thing. Beautiful sets are
secondary.
sets should not be incorporated in the
picture with the purpose Of enrapturing
the eye. leaving the story TO hang in
midalr until tho prodigai scene Is COM
pleted." asserts Mr.. Robertson. "ff any
thing, they should be subservlent The
story must hold by the dramatic intens-
ity Of it's plot And the plot. the plot
that 7 personally. prefer Is that which
unfolds through character conhiot--con-
nict through differences OF character
rather than conflict through physical
force.
In Sentimental Tommy this conflict
~ differences OF character is between
Tommy and Grizel. Tommy is n youth
with many minds. Grizcl is a girl with
= one track mind Tho friction Of the
two causes conflict. which lasts until II
Is discarded through compromise"
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
MUSIC IN FILM HOUSES.

Emblematlc Of the Latin photo-drama
nj The Strand this week will be the over
ture to be played by the orchestra, which
is I'll Guarp n.y. by Gomez. conducted
by Carl Edouarde and Francis w. suth-
erland Managing Director Joseph l..
PlunlSett also has prepared an atmos-
pheric prologue in which part OF the
original score sent from the Teatro Es-
panol. Madrid, viii be employed. Sc
lecticns from "Mignon." BY Thomas.
will be played by Frederick smith and
Herbert Sisson as organ solos.
The overture OF Rosslnrs Barber Of
seville" VIII M ,he principal orchestral
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
cabinet of DR.. Calieari.' Fan
tastic Mystery Among Other
New Pictures.

In Dream Street" which Will be
first shown at the Central Theatre
Thursday night. the public Will be in
vited to see David Wark Griffth's five
hundredth production. This record in
cudes what were originally known as
the "splitreel'' pictures, where ii was
thought only wise and thrifty TO de-
vote four or five hundred feet of film
10 one production. the remainder Of the
thousand foot reel being used for an
other picture. The title Of Mr.. Grif-
flths first picture was The Adven-
lures Of Dolly" In II appears Miss
Mary Pickford and Henry Walthall.
When Mr.. Griffith made his first two
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
College women Entertained.

The alumna conferences involved
quite a little official entertaining
chiefly OF delegations from home States
and the alumn@ from the alma mater
OF official women. Mrs. Hoover had a
tea for the college women from Cali
fornia. and the Congressional Clubs
usual Friday afternoon party was turned
into a tea in their honor.
Secretary and Mrs Hoover, by the
way, were expecting Miss Gertrude
Barnes. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. julius
Barnes of New York. down for over
Sunday, with Miss Sprigg. who Is one
OF her Classmates in college. The girls
are to spend part OF their Easter vaca-
ton here.
Aside from the tea on Wednesday
Mrs. Harding received several little par
ties of the alumna, notably on Tuesday
afternoon group oe Cleveland women,
among whom were Misses Annie Brewer.
Bernice Kroehle. Flora Brown. Jane
Porter Martha Randall, Marian Bennett
and Mary Drano.
Mrs. Hughes also was Interested in
the meeting OF the associate alumn9-
notably the Wellesley group She joined
the Secretary of State early in the week.
and what with organizing her menage in
the big Eighteenth street house. which
will be her home for the next two and q
salf years anyhow. and trying to do her
whole duty socially, she must be busy
woman. For while ths diplomatic corps
especially and the official world gem
orally is welcoming her as the doyenne
or the Cabinet circle. she and Secretary
Hughes are being welcomed also by the
scores OF friends whom they gathered
around them during their previous resi-
dence ia Washington.
on Wednesday night they were among
the guests ut a dinner at the British
Embassy. when Sir Auckland and Lady
Geddes were hosts for a company which
included the Secretary Of Commerce and