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The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Europe's Actors Ready to
Invade u. S., Says Savage
Lean Prospects on Continent Inspire Artists
To Seek Place in the American Theater.

actors TO make up for the Jack ol
stage effects.
But. unfortunately. neither au.
thors nor actors have been able q
do this. Authors whose royalties
have been largely collected by tn,
state during the war and up to th'
present object to putting theil
hearts blood into a work whose re
turn will be so slight.
stu, engagements are so few and
Tar between that most players put
their best efforts into their roles
The older ones talk about better
times ahead, with the optimism that
has characterised piayer-folk, from
time immemorial. But the younger
ones are not nearly as interested In
their native theater as In getting ia
America. Engiish-grammars and
dictionaries are on nearly every
makeup shelf American maga.
zines and novels are svIdIy sought
The continental actor. for practice
and pleasure, spends his time strug-
Cling through Main Street" and
Miss Lulu Bett."
Even In Paris musical plays are
being produced with decided econ
omy OF talent and setting, says Mr..
Savage. Only ten girls and two men
decorate the chorus of one current
musical success in Paris. In Vienna.
Berlin, and other Austrian and Ger
man cities the chorus may be cut
down to half dozen. Only the
orchestra remains as IL was before
the war
in most cases." recalled Mr..
SaVa0A "thA L..
creased. The continental theater-
goer is above all a music lover. and
music will be the last part Of the
production to be reduced. Managers
have kept their orchestras intact
when they have used stock worn
scenes and costumes and have dou-
bled their actors in several roles
apiece"
With Franz Lehar. Mr.. Savage
journeyed up to Berlin for the Ger
zurka. Lehar had already conduct
ed the sooth performance of the
new operetta in Vienna and was off
for a tour of the twenty-odd Euro
pean cities where 1t Is now being
played In giving the American
rights to Mr.. Savage the composer
:, tHae We" iork should see
the new opera before London. As a
mark of his special affection toward
American audiences Lehar wrote
three special numbers which he
presented to Mr. Savage for the
New York opening only" He also
gave the producer a completely new
score for The Merry Widow" which
includes certain musical projections
and a revised finale for the second
act.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Marshall NeiLan's
Story Reads Like
Real AIger NoUel

Marshall Neilan. alias Mickey"
proves that Horatio Alger's works
were not all fiction.
Ten years ago Mickey" was
earning SIS per week filling in as
atmosphere in San Francisco
stock company.
Today he is at the head Of a COM
pany which turns out. a product
crossing 100000 a year.
For the information OF the in
come tax collector and all his i'm
pecunious cousins, IL any. we wish
to explain that this, of course. does
not mean that Mickey" is getting
this amount every year to buy
yachts, automobiles and country
estates with.
Mickey Is constantly Introducing
new methods in motion picture pro-
duction. For instance. he is the
first director to use a "blimp" as a
camera platform to shoot" big
scenes. He is the first person to
use an airplane in searching for
locations" Recently he introduced
the use of sailors to wigwag his
directions to distant camera men in
filming battle scenes. At present he
is working on Bits of Life" a
story offering the combined efforts
Of four noted authors.
Marshall Neilan has just reached
his thirtieth birthday. Prior to his
fame as a director he played oppo-
site such stars as Mary Pickford
Blanche Sweet, Ruth Roland and
others.
And to further prove that Mickey
Is a Horatio Alger person. at the
age OF IL he sold newspapers on
Market street, San Francisco.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Literary Locals,

ellison Gardner's latest book is
"A New Robinson Crusoe." which is
said to be the story "retold in the
spirit of modern Industrial So
ciety." Gardner is a washinton
newspaper man.
Sherwood Anderson. best known
as the author of Poor White"
spent few days visiting friends in
Washington enroute to Paris in the
spring. and left for display and sale
a number of his neo-impressionistic
paintings. The works attracted con-
siderable comment but no particular
sale. His latest hobby in art is
modelling heads. and in this Mrs.
Anderson joins him. They are still
in Paris.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Ohio AbOIishes
Its Famous Board
of Film CensOrs

The Ohio board of motion picture
censors has been abolished and its
powers and duties have been trans
ferred to the department of educs-
tion.
This information has just been
conveyed to the National Associa-
tion OF the Motion Picture Industry
in a letter received from the newly
created division of Aim censorship
in the Ohio department of educa-
ton.
The abolition of the old Ohio
was brought about by the reorgan-
ization bill. which has just gone
into effect in Ohio and has made
many changes in the executive de-
partments of the State government.
In transferring the powers and
duties of the Ohio censors to the
department OF education, a division
OF film censorship was formed for
handling all matters in connection
with the licensing OF pictures. Un-
der the new arrangement in Ohio
there will be chief OF the division
of film censorship and two assist
ants to the chief.
Mrs. Evalyn Frances Snow has
been appointed chief of the division
The two assistants have not yet
been appointed. Mrs. Snow was for
merly a member of the Ohio board
of censors. Other members OF the
old board who were legislated out
of office were Mrs. Maude Murray
Miller. chairman, and ]. S. Kins-
low. =
The censorship fees in Ohio re-
main the same. namely 81 for each
reel of 1000 feet. All other regu-
lations of the old Ohio board OF
censors will remain in force.
No fixed rules or standards are
used in censorship in Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Read a Sad Story of Ann
Who Refused to Believe
An Unlaced Shoe and Too Many Encores
Ruined Opening Night for Dancer.

II Ann Pennington hadn't made the
biggest success of her successful
career In George Whites Scandals" E"
which opened in New York recently,
We should not have written this,
says Harriette Underhill in the New
York Tribune.
Now. we should think that any one
who looked as much like a little
French doll as Miss Pennington does
would be conceited. even IL she
couldn't dance rings around most
every one else. But is Miss Penning-
ton conceited? Well, listen, my chill
dren, and you shall hear.
We liked the new Scandals" bet
ter than any OF the other shows, and
we liked Miss Pennington better
than any one else in the show. and
when We took our leap back stage
after the final curtain we expected
70 find a radiant Miss Pennington
standing at her door receiving con-
gratulations. The maid let US in.
Miss Pennington sat on a low chair
with her back to US. Her hair was
hanging loose, and 1t came nearly to
the floor. 1t Is the most gorgeous
AAs 49, dOONI lDC COlOT cop
per, percolator when the maid has
just secured il, and soft and shiny as
satin Its possession, howeer, gave
Miss Pennington no pleasure. She
was weeping bitterly.
What's the matter?" we asked,
thinking she must be hysterical with
joy over her huge success.
Il have a b-b-boil on my
chesta" she sobbed.
oh" we said. that is too bad,
but think Of Job. Is it so very pain
ful2''
No; it isn't painful at all. It's all
gone, but 1 think it shows through
my makeup and makes me look
ugly
Well. ! sat in the fifth row and 1
couldn't see it. So cheer up"
And my shoe came unfastened in
the 9ast act"
We'll. nobody noticed that"
And my hair looked terrible in
the finaler'
IT looked beautiful. and it's
grown so longi Why. 1t seems only
Yesterday that il was bobbed."
And they gave me too many en-
cores. so that l din't have room to
do mydanee in the last one because
they lowered the drop. 1t was hor-
Iible."
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

The art reviews of this month
are of interest. Everyone is prais-
ing the July ARTS and Decoration
of which Matlack Price u editor.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
MoUies Change Faces
OF American People,
Asserts Artist CliDt

Motion pictures are changing the
faces of American men and women.
This is the belief of Henry Give.
well-known artist. who has just
completed portraits of a number OF
famous film stars, including Gloria
Swanson, Bebe Daniels, Wallace
Reid, Agnes Ayres and Wanda
Hawley.
Motion pictures are making the
American face more mobile. more
plastic" said Mr.. Give. Because
of the. necessity of interpreting
thoughts and actions entirely by
means OF facial expression film
actors have developed faces which
register emotions as quickly as the
surface of a placid lake records
the passage of a summer breeze.
This is not only true of actors and
actresses, but it's effect is seen in
the faces Of the millions of movie
fans. Gloria Swanson's feminine
admirers have acquired all the IA
cial mannerisms which Miss Swan
son shows on the screen; Wallace
Reid's manner of lifting his eye
brows has set all Of the young
men of the country to lifting their
eyebrows too.
For years observers, both here
and abroad, have declared that the
typical American face was rather
stern and set. This was true-until
the movies came to be such a power
and influence. It is true no longer.
The American is becoming as IA
cially expressive as the Frenchman
or the Italian"
Mr.. Give. whose paintings have
for q long time decorated the COW
ers Of popular magazines. will give
an exhibition of his portraits of
screen stars in a Fifth avenue gal
lery next fall.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Varied sounds.

Miss Elizabeth Sawtelle Is at her
summer home in Ogunquit, Maine.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Next Weeks Shows.

u, r.. Kcith's-The Mastersing-
ers, Molly McIntyre ana d. @.
HIIlinm, Zane and Herman, Bes-
sic Rempel and Company. hen
Bernie, the Dance Fantasies.
Ford and Goodrich, and Garei-
netti brothers.
Cosmos-Mue. RialtO and
Company, Morton Brothers, Fos-
ter and seamen In "a Summer
Trip Into vaudevilIe,1 Nat Je-
rome and Company in ~our
Childreu,r the Yakeda Japs, and
photoplays.
strand-Harry Downing and
Company In 1Pepe-0-Mint Re-
vue,, La vaux. Hilton Sisters,
Tom Overholt and Lillian
Young In Especial Delivery"
Amoros and Jeanette I'm "Mon
Chapeau,- and photopiays.
Columbia-iThe Bronse Bell"
an Inee production, with Court
ney Foote and Doris May.
Pnlace-Louise Glaum In T
Am Guilty. produced BY J. Par
ker Read. Jr.
Metrepolifnn-Charies Ray In
"a Midnight BeIL-
Knickerbocker-sunday and
Monday. Charles Ray In "a
Midnight BeIIs- Tuesday and
"wednesday, Alice Lake In sUn-
charted senst' Thursday and
Friday. "Bunty Pulls the
strinEs,. Saturday, wallace Reid
In TOO Much speed.1
Crpndnlls-sunda Monday
and Tuesday. Dorothy Dalton In
.sThe Idol of the North,7
Wednesday and Thursday,
Thomas Meighan In "White and
Unmsrriedt, Friday and Satur-
day, .sThe Woman God Changed"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

why, it was great. The people
cheered you. Didn't you hear them? %
Il did, sobbed Ann. And then !
knew they were just doing it be-
cause they felt sorry for me. That's
all. All the rest of the show is
great. I'm crazy about it-but me
well, I'm terrible! 1t was my own
fault. And 1 worked SO hard, and l
wanted to be So good. and now it's
all over. I'm done for! No one will
like me any more"
Now, l ask you, what are you GO
ing to do with any one like that?
While We were trying to think up
some way to console poor little Ann
without being told that we were
being nice cause you feel sorry
for me- several men arrived at the
door to offer congratulations. The
maid barred them out, but they
called through the door, Hey,
Penny. you're great! Open the
door and let US tell you So" But
Penny refused to open the door.
You can't come in," she said. I'm
crying" >
What's all the crying for?. You
ought to be the happiest girl in New
York! They're still clapping out
there in front"
Yes" said Miss Pennington, Bit
terly. I'm great Just as great as
was last year and the year before
that. and the year before that. Don't
want to improve any? Do 1 al
ways want to be mediocre? Haven't
l been taking toe dancing lessons
from Kosloff for a year now?
Haven't / been working like mad
ever since we started to rehearse? i?
Didn't I have my heart set on a sue
cess this time? You know / did.
And wasn't terrible? You know 1
was"
But Miss Penningtin's friends had
evidently considered discretion the
better part of congratulations, for
when the maid opened the door they
were gone.
Now look what I did" said poor
little Penr<, as she started to wipe
away the tears and the makeup at
the same time. Il should have kept
my grief to myself till 1 got home"
Don't mind me-" we answered.
You see, I know all about stage
fright and everything Only ours
used to come before the performance
and afterward we always thought.
How foolish we were. We were
great"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

Miss Mary G. Riley and Miss Mar
garet Mum, with their friend, Miss
Evans are spending two years
abroad, engaged N painting.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

Can you use an operatio barytone
who speaks English without an ac-
cent?
Do you need a dramatic soprano
guaranteed to master English in
three months?
Have you an opening for a con-
cert tenor. now learning English to
prepare for an American engage
ment?
The Broadway producer or impre-
sarlo who ventures on the eonti-
nent of Europe these days 10 faced
everywhere with the same barrage,
French actors. Dutch actors. Ger
man, Austrian and Russian actors
all are seeking theatrical engage
ments In America. and In prepara-
tion for future OF peace and
plenty are engaged in the same pur-
suit: Learning to speak English.
Henry w. Savage. who returned
from an eight-weeks survey OF the
continent a few days ago on the
Olympic, admits that since his last
European visit, before the war, con-
ditions have so changed that he
was constantly in the attitude Of u
man rubbing his eyes to make sure
he was not dreaming-dreamin an
incredibly sad dream. All the aloof-
ness and superiority that the con-
tinental theater and It's talent once
q r1 AVfaA Arfo
TO an eager Difference. a straining
desire to absorb Americanism.
Nearly every actor ! interviewed
in Europe" related Mr.. Savage aft
er his arrival. told me that his
principal concern in life was to
learn the English language. so he
could hnd a niche in the American
theater. The dramatic and musical
agents mention 'knowleige Of Eng
lish guaranteed as a principal as
set for the clients they wish to
place. The theatrical season in Eu-
rope is the leanest i have seen in
thirty-hve years observation,
In Vienna, where Mr.. Savage gre-
mained for a fortnight with Franz
Lehar. the composer. discussing
plans for the new production Of
The Merry Widow" also arranging
for the American presentation of
Lehar's latest operetta. THE Blue
Mazurka." theatrical fare was es-
pecially thin. The only real sump-
tuous production and success, ac-
cording to Mr.. Savage, is "The Blue
Mazurka-" Musical productions are
now made in such a modest way.
with scenery from the storehouse
and with wardrobe that has seen
long service. that II would take
transcendent genius in authors and
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Writes of
Harp Tones
Book By SaIzedo En-
riches Scant
Literature.

"A work most welcome to mu-
sicians and music students every
where" says A. Walter Kramer IN
Musical America" "is Carlos Sal
zedo's I'Etude Moderne de la
Harpe' (modern study of the harp),
which has been issued as Volume
No. 55 of the 'Schirmers Scholastic
Series"
Mr.. Salzedo," says Kramer. els
known here and abroad as harpist,
pianist, composer, conductor, and
musical aesthete. He has labored
with untiring effort these last
eleven years TO bring the harp be-
fore the American public both as a
solo instrument and in ensemble,
having formed the Salzedo Harp
Ensemble and having toured with
IL as far West as California to bring
new message to music-lovers, to
whom the harp in years gone by
represented a golden affair in the
orchestra, or. when played solo,
relative of the cornet, not because
of it's tone quality. but because 1t
was the only other solo instrument
that possessed so lamentably un-
musical a literature. (There is lit
tie difference in musical worth be-
tween a Godefroid harp solo and
Liberati cornet soloD
Harp Is Highest.
In this work, which bears the
alarming statement on the page
preceding the table of contents:
The harp is to music what music
is to life.' Mr.. Salzedo has made
what he calls a general survey Of
the instrument. He has written
his ideas on the harp clearly and
with conviction: he has pointed out
for all who would learn the ex-
ceedingIy varied nature of the in
strument in the light Of modern de-
velopment. And most OF this de-
velopment has been brought about
through his own artistic research.
The signs in usage for writing for
the harp and also new signs are
carefully tabulated with examples
in musical notation and Will prove
of the greatest interest to those
who have for years been searching
for information on harp writing
and have been disappointed with
the meagre amount of material to
be found on this subject In the
standard works on instrumental
ton"
Varied Sounds.
salzedo has discussed the "Aeol-
ian fux," "Aeolian rustling." "oboic
nux," "faIling-hail effect" "xylo-
fiux." gushing chords" effect OF
snare-drum with loosened snares.
"Aeolian tremolo," ascending
Aeolian chords" thunder effect"
''whistling sounds" sliding of ped
ais" metallic sounds" 'tam-tam
sounds" 'guitaric sounds" plectric
sounds" "timpanic sounds" har-
monies in the octave" "harmonics
in the twelfth" "xylophonic
sounds" isolated sounds" 'indi-
vidual muffiings," "muffied chords"
"huidic sounds" ''fiuidic glides,
"rocket-like sounds" and "esoteric
sounds"
Miss Elizabeth Sawtelle is at her
summer home in Ogunquit, Maine.
Miss Mary G. Riley and Miss Mar
garet Mum, with their friend, Miss
Evans are spending two years
abroad, engaged n painting.
The art reviews of this month
are Of interest. Everyone is prais-
ing the July ARTS and Decoration"
of which Matlack Price u editor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-06-17
HUMBLE MANS PROUD SPIRIT
job Of Cleaning Ashes Out of the
Cellar Is in the Lino~of Salutary
Discipline.

Cleaning the ashes out of the cell
lar is one job designed to keep a
man humble. The man who can
spend half day in dust cloud,
carrying bushel basket after bushel
basket filed with cinders into the
alley and still be proud Of himself
is an egotist beyond hope. He may
think he is doing good job and
be proud of his work, but beyond
that he cannot go. With all that
life has given him OF fame and po-
sition he nevertheless for the time
being has become an ash-carrler.
Nor viii all his fame keep the
dust out Of his ears and hair and
the small cinders out of his last
summer oxfords. which he wears
for the job. AS he staggers down
his back yard resting bushel
basket on the place where the even
ing before he buttOned a white
broadcloth vest, he will be forced to
realize that the maid next door has
discovered the fact that he is just
ordinary stuff He will know also
that the nelghbors are onto him;
he takes orders from his wife as
does every other man, and in time
descends to the common level OF
common work. 1t is good for man
TO carry out his own ashes. He will
grunt and. swear aud sweat and
blister his hands, but he viii come
out of the ordeal. If he has any sense
at all, a little humber In spirit and
with a little kindller feeling toward
the man who does nothing but carry
ashes all his life.-Detrolt Free Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-06-17
The Mysterious
Question
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BY WILLIAM FALL
90. 1921. western Newspaper Union. }


The flashlights of the camera men
doomed from every angle of the court
room. There was suppressed cheer
following the solemn announcements
of the foreman Of the jury:
mot guilty"
Cameras and eyes sought one espe-
cial corner of the place 1t was where
q dignitied, fine faced old man had sat
all through the trial--waere he sat
now. He was the accused, Robert
Dayton. faint expression of graft
tication crossed his face. Then it
softened down to extreme tenderness.
Evelyn, his daughter, his constant
companion during the trying ordeal es
the past few days. had thrown her
arms about his neck and was sobbing
out her joy upon his bosom.
Not guilty" she gasped-"Oh ia
Their, did you hear?"
'What else could it be, my child?
replied Mr.. Dayton proudly. 81 ex-
pected It."
1T was so unjust, so cruell" muir
INJURED Evelyn
Evelyn did not exaggerate in her
tilial statement. 1t had been a nine
days wonder to the little city when,
one week after the destruction by fire
of the unused plant of the Dayton
Manufacturing company, two former
partners of Mr.. Dayton had accused
him of burning down the property.
There had been friction and litiga-
ton between the three partners, so
severe that Mr.. Dayton had closed
down the works. He had offered his
partners a fair settlement, which they
had bitterly refused. The fire had set
tied 1t all. The only beneficiary
through the insurance was Mr.. Day
ION.
This point his enemies had used
against him, and this, together with
the rather vague evidence of a night
Waterman that he had seen clOaked
person resembling the manufactures
in appearance near the factory at
hire o'clock in the evening, one hour
before the fire was discovered, had
formed the basis of the accusation in
court.
Mr.. Dayton had been able to prove
that he had been confined to the
house all that fatal day with slight
indisposition.
The base implication of the prose
cution was that Mr.. Dayton had
slipped out of the house between the
hours of eight and ten in the evening.
They limited that he had fired the
plant and returned to his room before
the flames We're discovered.
1t was at the darkest moment in the
trial for the anxious father and daugh-
ter when their lawyer called DR.. Paul
Merwin.
His evidence was plain, simple and
convincing. The evening of the fire
he had been resting in the garden Of
the vacant house adjoining me Day
ton mansion. Doctor Merwin swore
positively that he had sat there, the
Dayton house in clear view, from eight
o'clock in the evening until nearly
eleven n. m. During all that time,
he testified he had been in full sight
of the music room where Miss Dayton