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New Britain herald., 1921-06-14

been visiting relatives on Wilcox avenue.
 The Methodist. Sunday school will hold their annual picnic Saturday, June 18th.
 MT. and Mrs. Raymond Coles of New Haven are the guests of MT. and Mrs. George Coles.
 The Modern Woodmen society will hold their decoration exercises Thurs day evening at 7 o'clock. Members are requested to bring flowers.
 There will be a dance and social at Athletic hall Friday evening instead of Thursday evening, as form erly announced.
 Appropriate exercises were held to- day in the local school, it being Flag Day.
 A pleasant time was had by those who attended the birthday social given in honor of June Cobey at her home on Wilcox avenue last evening, the occasion being her seventh birth day. Games and refreshments were enjoyed by all.
 The ladies of Sacred Heart church will give a social and sale on the lawns of the Sacred Heart church and Mrs. J. F. DeMore on Friday evening, June 24th.
New Britain herald., 1921-06-14

Methodist church is planning for a doll carriage parade and all young sters 10 years of age. or under are eligible to participate. The parade will be held in conjunction with the lawn festival to be given Friday night at the church. The Misses Lil- lian Bryce and Jennie BoXter will be in charge and prizes will be award ed the most attractive vehicles.
 St. Matthew's church lawn festival will be held Monday and Tuesday evening of next week. Booths will be erected and committees are being ap- pointed for the various work.
 The Woman's Relief Corps will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon at the G. A. R. hall at o'clock.
 The Forestville Grammar school will close on Friday as other schools in the town.
 20 per cent discount on all goods Wednesday morning. I. J. Birnbaum. -advt.
 TO RENT-5 room tenement, all modern inn
 provements. Inquire 16 Park St. Phone
 114-3. 6143dx
New Britain herald., 1921-06-14

Il
 Tn Meridcn During Summer Months lx,Fcstival Tonight at Community
 unds-Bcriin Items of Interest. The graduation exercises of the hnior High school In Kensington will ' held wednesday afternoon, June l. 1921, probably at Foresters' hall, no definite arrangements I've as yet been made for the place. he program has been arranged by Io principal. and is as followsG In- scation. Rev. $. A. Fiske; song. Jun E< High school chorus: address. |of. Stanley Galpin: song. chorus; AHu song by the graduating class Nv: presentation of certificates by Ipcrintsndent of Schools B. R. Show CT to be followed by a reception. Anthony r. Martino Is president of kclass and A. Elaine Wright is vice osident Twenty-one pupils will Enduatc. The following are in the ss: Lillian Ashford. Howard w. Secher. Edith s. Clark, Francis O. by, !. Albert Elmgren, Victoria w. Ike, John R. Georegini. Ruth S.
 
 Greco. Louise A. Hall. Edith M. SlmEren, Anthony r. Martino. Ray bnd A. McKeon. John A. Negri, A K. RinFwood. Violet B. schurr.
 skeene. Howard J. Weather and A. Elaine Wright.
 -ho class will hold class day exer- rs in Foresters' hall Tuesday of kt week. To this only members of
 af. .sa1I Ea nII program has been arranged by tho nmittea in charge and a large att dance is expected. For graduation gfrIs will wear a color combina-
 of blue and white.
 Local Man. Vaudeville Stnr.
 he many friends of Joseph A. Mo pn of Remington will remember nut i4 years ago when as a boy he eared at the Russwin Lyceum in Britain in an amateur contest
 was awarded first prize for sing
 "Bin Bailey. Won't You Please he Home" Since that time Mr. Seon has travelled the vaudeville Ee. appearing in many of the larg- ities throughout the United States CT the name of Joe Mack and is
 known in vaudeville circles to- 5hile a hoy, living in Kensington. McKeon sang at many of the fairs n by St. Paul's church and for Forestera as we'll as many socie- in New Britain. Many recall the ded success he was in the min
 Aow given by the Berlin Agri-
 society at cne of the fairs un- line direction of Mir. Vance of East
New Britain herald., 1921-06-14

Berlin and F. l.. Brown of Beckley.
 Mir. McKeon will spend the sum- mer in Meriden and will work on a new act which will book over the Keith circuit in the fall and winter On the stage 1t will be booked as Joe Mack and Company" presenting Vaudeville De Jour" It is possible that his act may play in Hartford or New Britain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01
THEDA WANTS YOU
TO WRITE PLAY
JUST FOR HER
once upon a time there wasn't
" "Yamp" in the whole world eHcent

once upon time there wasn't a
" "vamp" in the whole world except
Theda Bara. You Youngsters won't re-
member when she caused the censors to
measure the proper number of feet that
We're allowable for a screen kiss. She
and Olga Nethcrsolc were the original,
dyed in the-wool kissers. Of course.
we've all kissed. But not as Theda did.
All question of kissing and 'vamp-
ing" aside. Theda is now anxious to
make a hit on the speaking stage in
some sort of play that will allow her
to live down the reputation she made as
the genuine sting -a.wasp kisser.
She still loves the movies. but she
wants the more personal contact of
the speakies. So. while she is touring
the country in a personal appear
ance" act, she IS looking for some sort
of play that will give her that contact.
The man who runs this page met her
in New York not long ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01

little bit, she told me that she had been
just as much of a motion picture fan
in the pioneer days as she was now.
0LNMIL JANNINGS deserves all the
~ praise he's getting now, because
of his early struggles she told me.
Just because he was fat he had to be
either the funny man or the villain in
every picture. and oh! how he longed
TO play real dramatic part! One Of
the old Lubin directors told me.
"And speaking of reminiscences-do
you know who the first really prominent
actor from the stage was who acted in
pictures? 1t was none other than Lionel
Barrymore. Other actors scorned NOV
ies-their regulations as actors were 80
precarious that they didn't dare do as
they pleased-but when Lionel Barry
more heard of something new in the
way of acting he just went right down
to the old Biograph studio on East
Fourteenth street in New York City
and got part in one-not such a big
part. either.
There was none of this high handed
give me my own company, a million
dollars week and supervision over
every detail of my productions attitude
that some stage stars have now. And
that's probably one good reason why
Lionel Barrymore is still a popular actor
while some Of those others who were
upstage about going into movies have
long been forgotten. And that reminds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01

II notice" she said, that you have
been running series of articles by
Dorothy Farnum on how to write the
synopsis for a moving picture"
The aforesaid man pleaded guilty.
"Well." said the divine Theda, "you
can tell your budding scenario writer's
that | will give them a better chance
than most scenario writer's can get.
want an idea for n good play for the
speaking stage. l don't want the whole
play. l simply want the synopsis in
ordinary story form.
Il am willing to pay $500 in cash to
anybody who will give me this idea.
will be in Philadelphia soon and II
they will send me their synopses-cither
TO me or to you'll will give $500 for
one that is available. and will have
it nut in shape for the stage. And, if
it is acceptable, I will give them the
usual royalties in addition to the $500
pay for the theme alone
And so-all you budding scenarioists
who have been writing to Dorothy Far
num-here is your chance. There's five
hundred cold dollars in it Just for a
bare idea. And royalties besides.
Come on-as Doug Fairbanks saws
! let's go.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01
GARRY RECALLS
EMIL JANNINCS
DAYS At LUBIN'S
BY HELEN KLUNIPH
.srT,HOsE we're the good old days

'sTHOsE were the good old days"
J. Garry was murmuring over a slip
of paper when came upon her unex-
pectedly.
couldn't tell at first glance whether
it was Lew Cody's first marriage GER
tificate or q picture of Wallace Reid as
a baby, so l had to admit my curiosity
in "What were the good old days?"
"These,' she declared, pushing a
snapshot toward me. the one you see on
this page today. 1.-The fat and kindly
looking man at the bottom of the stairs
is Emil .Tannings, who played the king
in both Passion and Deception 1t
was taken ten years ago before he went
to Germany to live. when he was in
the stock company at the old Lubin
studio. The man dressed up in woman s
clothes is Harry Myers, The Connec::
ticut Yankee. I thought l recognized
both Of them the minute found this
in an old scrapbook. but to make sure |
went up to the Fox studio and asked
Mary Carr. and she said she could re-
member we'll when they both looked like
that.
"She wasn't acting in pictures then,
you know. Her husband was in the
business end of making pictures and she
Just used to visit the studio. She had
been an actress. but she retired when
she got married. And then, when her
husband became very i'll and she had
to support the family, she just stepped
into pictures. and she knew so much
about them that directors found her
wonderfully easy to handle. They said
she was much more plastic and express
sive than most experienced young play
ers."
But about Emil Jannings," I re-
minded her. Garry is so apt to wander
from the subject. How on earth did
you happen to have his picture? Did
you know him.
"Of course not" Garry declared. her
eyes flashing. How old do you think
| ! am? Do you think l hold my years
like a second Mary Miles Minter?'
But when she had calmed down a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01
Director Used AIrpIane for Speed

Hugh Wiley was In the midst Of a
new Saturday Evening Post story the
other day in San Francisco when his
phone bell rang. mickey" Neilan, In
Los Angeles, was at the other end of
the wire.
Got to see you today on that new
story" said Neilan.
'1'll be in your Office this after.
noon,' replied Wiley.
True to his word. the author step.
ped into Neilan's Office five hours later.
In these days of airplanes and perfect
flying weather, such things as these are
easily possible.
Mr.. Wiley is working on a new story
to be presented on the screen BY
Mickey" following Bits Of Life"
In which the first Wiley story ever
screened will be presented.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01

are able to simulate the three reactions
which are quite beyond the control Of
the will--pa'lor, blushing and the sud
den perspration which comes with grcat
terror or pain. This, they say, is proof
positive that these actors are feeling
every emotion as they enact it.
TNliE second group declares that all
l. this Is nonsense and that If an actor
really felt his part, he would lose con-
troll OF himself, and perhaps actually
murder some other actor in a fight
scene. Acting, they say. is an art
wherein the artist, by the use of his
intellect, is able TO simulate that which
he does not feel-using his face merely
as the painter Uses his canvas. The
moment an actor begins to enter into
his part. his acting is either overdon.
or underdone and the scene is ruined.
The who'e trick of it. they add. is to
Keep perfectly cool and know exactly
what you are doing, no matter how
spectacular or emotional the scene.
Still third school declares that both
these views are wrong. and that acting
Is neither, a matter of thought nor of
emotion but is purely initiative. An
actor observes his own emotions as he
'hcHi III eucn crlSlS OF his
real life, they say, and remembers them
so well that he is afterward able 70
reproduce them before the camera.
The great stars Of the motion pic. =.
lures today, when one is able to draw
them out on the subject, say that when
they are acting they are thinking not
about one thing, but about several
things. The brain is divided into diff.
ferent strata, and while one section is
thinking about the part, another section
is entering into 1t. while still a third
stratum is busying itself with idle specu q.
lation about the camcraman and the
director.
(These "1abloid Talks" are con.
densed from the material for q book
by Mr.. Emerson and Miss Loos 10 bo
published 6g the james 4. MoCans A,
Company, Nsp York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01
lkJsa GChs Daily Movie Magazine *
.CLOSE-UPS of the MOVIE GAME

BY HENRY NJ. NEELY


in
Musk no Of inside
the couldn't Even
mob that jammed Forty second street
doubt there would have been greater demonstration hey had ben
staging bout between the reSd " the Cheu states ana he
King OF Great Britain and part OF Ireland
friend of tried buy tickets Friday and coud Everything
was taken or course at least half the house was mVaon the nrs
INTENDED TO ahr an audience Woud set record LOT
who's Who on the Screen 80 , , ,., l..
literally mad
call out the police let the traffic through People who had tickets
them ihee WASH any place to them to- Tor the oooy was crowded
tne earliest arrivals ana hey oocKed inc entrance.
couple OF baiyho artists outside to yell NO more tickets sold And the
people who had intending buy tickets ed bit and then stood hrl
JUST whe they determined not be cheated out OF glimpse
II three brings back such
hado epdm vcV''T starts in
1 minutes; after starts" got They
didn't down They
direction
famous film folk rho dotted The house
of
speaking
Of of
in the world
people she passed with wonderful little genuine smile that
right heart There isn't anything up. stage
acted all And
they had chanceunn Norma
several hundred bought general admissions
y could get two famous directors standing up
sides the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01

"pUT they have no brains" some
- one is sure to say.
That sort OF thing is rather cheap
eynicism. AS a mater of fact, they
have plenty of brains, but of their own
peculiar sort.
A motion picture actor, like any
other type of artist is an emotional,
temperamental creature but the prob.
lem which worries him the most is one
OF intellect rather than emotion-in
short, the problem of just how to con-
troll the reactions inside that discrcdited
gray matter of his.
Every tlm aCtor-and you, too. If
you enter this fields at one time or
another confronted with the perplexing
problem of just how much thought he
should allow to go into his work that
Is. whether his acting should be emo
tional or intellectual. The question re-
solves itself into this
Does an actor feel?
Should he feel?
There are two schools of thought on
this seemingly academic, but in reality
most important subject.
First are those who say that an actor
must feel the part he is playing. The
greatest actors, they say, have always
been those who wore themselves out in
an hours time, because they felt the
emotions they portrayed.
They tell one story such as that OF
Mrs. Kendall, who. having lost her
own child, electrified an English audi :
.0nce BY her portrayal of the bereaved
faother in East Lynne" to such an ex =
ount that women leaped to their feet
sreA the pit. shouting "No more, no
81 n " point To the fact that tho great
'orni 2f tAs z .sn AZ the stas( IKE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Huae Set Built for LyteII

The reorganization of the motion. pic
cure industry now being effected has not
interfered with costly and elaborate
scene sets" This is illustrated In the
production of Lady Fingers" from
Jackson Gregory's story, with Bert
Lytell as star, The largest setting ever
constructed at Metro studios in Holly
shows patio, including large garden
in the center of which is a pool. The
patio is surrounded by cloister walk
with vined archways. All of the rooms
are completely furnished, so that scenes
may be "shot" from any angle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01

me-when do You suppose his Boom.
erang Bill will be released?"
"Along with all the other good things
the producers have been holding up for
cooler weather, I suppose" I re.
marked.
"Well. there's only one consolation
for the dreary pictures they're putting
out now" Garry offered. 'Come with
me to The He'll ,Diggers' and see wally
Reid at his worst, then when 'Anatol'
comes out we'll appreciate him all the
more
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01

THE man who writes our CLOSE
l. TIPS" column saw Norma Talmadge
formance of Douglas Fairbanks pic-
ture. The Three Musketeers, in New
York on Sunday night.
MY" he said, "''how we'll you're
looking
Yes" said Norma. eve all looked
SO well after our vacation that we went
to a photographer and had some new
pictures taken"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01
Got His bad Men" All RIobt

Maxwell Karger, directing THE
Golden Gift" In which Alice Lake is
to star, sent to the Mexican border last
men" scouts were 80 successful that the the
horde of evil-looking strangers who ap-
peared at Metro Studios In Hollywood
had the whole cast nervous until they
were shipped back again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01

why not give me copies to show the
fans in Philadelphia? he asked.
We'll" smiled Norma, "I'll give
you copies-not that anybody cares
anything about you-but we all care
about the fans around Philadelphia.
So the next day he called and got
copies of the new photographs. They
show Norma and Constance and Mother
Talmadge. They look as though the
vacation had done them all a lot of
good-dont you think so?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-01
Daily Tabloid Talks to Fans
on Breaking Into the Mouies
BY JOHN EMERSON and ANITA Loos
Does the Movie Actress Really "Feer' Her Part?

The authors of this series are the
famous Emerson and Loos, ,oho haze
soritten some OF the most successful
photopldys. They nop have tuH
charge OF all scenarios for Constance
TaImadge.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-23
N0RF0LK'S TAX RATE FOR
1921 SHOWS REDUCTION
New Assessment l. s.: ON the 800.
Making Decrease of 30
lrntS.

iSr"cihl TO I'll Tim.T Dispatch
NORFOLK, VA. March .2.--Nor-
folks tax rate :vr 1921 viii be 3.
on TIA" $l9r. which represents = re
ducti"n of 80 cents on the SluU under
that in effect last year. Despite the
reduction. however. Norfolis'S total
revenues from real property Viii be.
ah"al Sj0".u0" greater than tn" az.
gr"Gat" revenues derived from the
sam" source IA 1870. The new rat"
~ based on tn" assessment mad. last
Year. which * 81 per cent greater
than tho assessment OF which tho
1870 rat" waS based.
This G"cr"as" places Norfolk among:
TIA" :,w Citi"s in tn" country with Il
tax rat" al s. or less. In Virginia.
Lynchburg bears the distinction Of
having th"ll"wcst real property tax
rate. tn" scal. IN that city being $3.50.
In E!Chru"ud Il, is s2.li; IN Ports
mouth. N-wpoi, Ncwe ana Roanoke,
$295
Cudor Ia. oity manager form Of
government Norfolk has placed its
finances on tn" same basis Of II busi-
ness corporation. and tn" various gov
"rnm.utai departments function in
the sam" manner as til" departments
oi - business enterprise.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-23
lEESBURG PREPARES FOR
VIRGINIA TEACHERS MEET

lSne.ciai 70 The Tins DIspn,en.;
FtkCEi.LNllLE. VA. March - ~
INi"nsiv" preparations AZ" being
made for tn" Eigh,h VIRGINIA Teach
c"S' Convention. officially known as
District II. which w{!i meet in Lees
burg March 81 and ADril !. the
iarIcs' at,eQdance in recent Gears -
to make this conference "a success.
both .duCat!onally and socially. The
visitors WHO come from "a distance
vii! be entertained in the many
homes which Viii b. hospitality
opened for th.s occasion Many
prominent speakers will make ad-
dresses.
Duke. president state Normal school
for Women. ct iTarrlsonburg. Va
Mr. A. l.. H"uu"tt. supcrint"ud"nt .:
Public schools o! Albcmarl" county,
Charlottesville. va; Mis- i:rcha"l j..
Gregg. Supervisor OF Teacher Train
ing. Eicnmond Va; Or Mary t., BY
don. state Board of Health Rich
noni Va MI. George " Guy Co
operativr, Mducation .>Sssocinuoa.
Richmond; Va Homer"hI. g. J
Fletcher Kemp. superintendent pf
schools Arlington County clar"u-
Director Junior Rcd Cross. Wash
inrtOu. 4. C.: Honorable Harris itaT;.
superintendent OF pUhlic INSTRUCTION.
Richmond. Va. professor Charles -.
MaphIs. Professor Secondary EduCd-
ticn. uuivcTE.iy. Va. Or y. H.,
Chandler. President state Normal
school. Fredericksburg. va: Dr. VII
liam r.. Smi'hy, President state
T.acher,' Agso"ianon. Charlotte
.rSsidcn, virrinia school NJ fer ia n%at
and RNnt .tIuri"u. Va Congress-
man Il Wal,o,. Moore, FaIrfax, Va.
and Dr John Preston Mcconnell.
.residcnt state Normal school. Rad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-23
AUTO BANDITS ACTIVE
NEAR FREDER|CKSBURG
Home Entered In Daylight and
Store Looted During
Niuht
Especial to ThA T,mes-Dispatc

Special 10 ThA Times Dispatch.l
f'REDERlCkS HURG, VA. March
22.-Automnbil" hinhwaymcn entered
ia" home OF j. q. Chewing, in spot
*ylvania county sunday while all
members Of the family were at
church. and ranSnCkcd the house from
cellar TO attic. Tho thieves wcr"
travclin. by automobile. ana drove
NJ to the house In broad dTylight.
fh"y went from room to room and
pilIaG"d the contents OF every bu-
r"au. trunk and closet in search OF
loot When sir. cncwnjnr and family
returned from church. the !ntrudcrs
and som. Of the household goods
and money had disappeared.
Tn" general merchandise store Of
y. 9. Carter. at GnTrisorvillc. stat
FORA county. was entered by road
bandits sunday night. Tho highway
men removed his safe down tho road
snort distance and blew IL open. \
Iutnisty of cash was removed. tn"
IA eyes leaving a cigar box Of small
thHnEc Ia to" cracked strong box.
The Sai" MAS found near tho road
sid" Monday. II In believed tN"
handits then proceeded TO Falmouth
IN an automobile, at which place they
abandoned tn. Tnachiu" and walked
TO Frcd"ricISsbur... Tn" men naVc not
been apjr, lciI..d
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-23
J. P. MORGAN DONATES
TO u. OF VA. DRIVE FUND

HAELOTTESNELl VA. March
22-J ricrpont Morgan. head ur the
New York banking firm which bears
his name. ana til" Youngest !ivln.
descendant Of Tho mas j. ff.rgon.
founder of the University OF Virginia.
contributed today 20 Tho uujv"r$ity's
centennial endowment fund
Hlr. MOrgan's git cam" I'm tn" form
or $1,000 check. received at fund
headquarters. The Rev. Kari Nor
gan Block. rector OF St Johns
Church Roanoke. Va. forwarded a
check TO the university on behalf
of his en-wccks-"id son. Kari
Morgan Block. Jr.. who has TIA" dis
tinction Of being the youngest liv-
ing descendant OF tn" third prcsl-
dent Of the United states.