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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-01

TT APPEARS that some forchodtng
i fate has elected 70 toss high on
plosive bomb into any American League
machine that achieves greatness.
Fifteen years ago lluChcv Jennings
started with hi, Tigers. They won three
remnants in a row. Whcrcupun a pow q
erful pitching staff. composed Of Douo
van. Mullin. Summers and Sievers. van
ished--and the Tigers have never oern
able to collect pitching staf since. IN
spite of many stars they won their last
pennnnt twelve years ago
Then came tho Athletics. Within hvc
years thcy won four remnants and three
world series. Almost at the height OF
their greatness they were scattered to
the nineteen winds and six tail-cndcrs
have taken their place under III" Old
banner Of victory.
Then the Red Sox They won pom
nsnts and world series in 1912. 1910,
1916 and 1918. They. too. have been
dismantled and scattered up and down
the landscape.
Then the White Sox- now 50 badly
wrecked. for a different cause a. any
Of the others
The Change
WHAT four American League clubs
w al this writing look 20 be second
division chuiCoa--out Of III" race
Tigers, Athletics Rcd Sox and Whit"
sox---thc four clubs that have won
twelve of the Inst thirteen pcnnnnts in
the American League
In fact they have won all tho pen
nants in the American League with ono
exception.
who are the four first. division choices
--Cleveand Now York. St Louis and
washingtor four clubs that among
them have won one Uenuant in twenty
years There's an overthrow for YOU.
The old order has been turned upSid"
down. where AT last tho last are first
and the first arc all N n hectic battle
to keep from finishing IN eighth place.
One Of the Mysteries
FTHE complete wrecking OF III" .Nth.
J. letics and Red Soy has always hcen
one Of the prize mysteries of the game
What n ball cluh you could build from
those cast adrft 10y these two camps:
Srhaug. Red SOX and Alta.
letics.
ptchers--Mays. Rcd Sox: Bash.
Athletics: Shawkey Athletics; Ben
der, Athletics.
First base McTnni,. Athletics.
Second base Collins. Athletics
Third base Gardner Red Soy ,or
Baker, Athletics.
Shortstop--Barr,. Athletics
OutficId-Spoak,r Rcd SoN: Rptn.
Red Sox; Lewis, Red son: Hoor"r,
Red Sox.
More Mystery
A S A club owner. how wond you like
~ 10 have that team working for YOU
today? An outtield composed Of Speaker
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-01

on seats for the fray are in the great.
est demand. The largest crowd that
ever stormcd the Arena will be on hand
and the cream of the basketball world
will be seen in action.
ErancEln and GLASGOW. forv ards. Nee
han, center. and Ripley and Holman
guards. Trenton will have doc" New
man and Barney Sedrnn. forwards |:
Lawrence, center; Friedman, eastman
and Dunn, guards. Many cage fans
from this city are going to the game.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-01
kayouIa to Play Sphas

The Knyolia CalAonc clubs uosasrbaIi
t"a'E vii. r"e. the South Phi'adr,uhIa lie.
BY" Association quintet ~ 81 Au'aouv's
Na,, rwenty-rourth and Carprnt.r roots
tE:' evening. This SpraP Will have thoiT
r,sun- team while kaynua VIII In" up
win Trautwcin and McMahon. forwards
Mcrar,er and Livingstone. Euavds. and
ErgsC. center.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-01
Pocket Billiard Record for ereenIeaf

York. April Ralph Greenleaf cham
plon pocket billiard player. esteblished q
new record long run In an exhibition here
when he pocketod 100 balls before he missed.
The previous record high run was 100. made
by Greenleaf In Danbury. Conn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-01
One Round Knockout for Gibbons

Springfield, o. April lit took Tommy
Gibbons OF st Paul just I minute and 90
seconds TO knAk out Sergeant Norcroas. of
Toledo here. The fight was scheduled for
twelve rounds. Gibbons weighed III POUNDS
and Norcross 1888.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-01
More Mystery

A S A club owner how wond you like
- 10 have that team working for YOU
today? An outtield composed Of Speaker.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
MAY N, 1921
Amusement COLend0r
\ DAILY FEATURE.

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
Have YOU Been Bitten by the Movie Bug?
 What To Do About It
By MAYER.

Does this mean that the amateur mas no chance? Not at allt It merely means that the amateur has no chance so long as he Cor she) in sists on writing like an amateur What the screen needs is professional technique with the amateur spirit aooed-put that IS rare combina- uon! Amateur spirit merely means a fresh spirit-and strangely enough that is the last thing that the average amateur displays.
 the screen and other world is that the freshest work is done by men who have given years of their life to mastering their medium-whatever It is Take Rupert Hughes, for ex- ample He is writing, today, the freshest and breeziest comedy dramas to be found in the films Why? Simply because he has been a writer and in turning to the screen, has taken it seriously, and applied the knowledge of his lifetime to the production of photopIays-
 It IS the amateur. very often; who much that is stock-stuff on the silver sheet, 1t IS only necessary to write stock-stuff to sell it! The amateur displays the cynical spirit instead of the author of long experience, who should be b1ase, if anything but happily for the happiness of lovers or literature and the screen, ire quently isn't.
 As to the matter of acting for the camera-the answer to this is the answer to almost every other artistic aspiration of human beings A nat ural talent or aptitude, plus the aplhty to work hard, for man woman, or flapper. All the hard work in the world won't suffice if that is all that one possesses; and a talent which is lazy will fall short on the screen more quickly than else where, simply because pictures are made eight hours a day, and some times of a night, and the demand Tor production waits on no one, no matter how blonde or imperious!
 If you have the movie-bug think over these things Then, begin to try to write, or to act, in the light or practical knowledge and the ex- perience of others-about the onIv criterion that the human race has been able to develoDI
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
Hike Father, Like Daughter

playing in light opera repertoire at the Park theatre. New York
 Then Irene came along, and Patti Joined the chorus. Soon. however, she was given her big chance to take the lead in this delightful little comic opera And she more than jutsified the faith that was placed in her by James Montgomery, who wrote the comedy, and who was roofing for Patti all the timei
 And the proof of the pudding has been in the eating by New York for nearly two years, for Irene" with Patti in the title role, is still playing at the Vanderbilt theatre, on Broad way. and still going strongI
 So Patti is following the broad shoulders of her father, and is fully equaHing his popularity and person. ality.
 She has contributed much to the popularity of the play in New York, ' says one dramatic critic.
 Let's hope that Miss Harold can be induced to come to Bridgeport soon, bringing ''Irere'' with her
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

Doris Keane, America's greatest emotional actress, who is bringing to the screen, through United Artists the greatest love story ever written. ''Romance,' is a keen lover of her sex. She has consented to write this story. of interest to wOInen.)
 When I think of love in words, always read the wonderful speech of CaVallini, the opera singer, in ''Ro- mance," which was written to the man who had bought her with a price before she knew the meaning of the word t'lo-e."
 Here is what CavaI1ini says:
 t'I tell you what love is. Love is de honger for anOder'S heSh-a deep down t-h-i-r-s-t to dreenk anoder s blood. Love is a beast"
 Love to me is when a woman can, after such experience, feel the high est love which comes from. sacrifice, standardization she is ready to pour out a, soul that is big enough to thrill the whole world through her work
 do not think that a. woman must
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
Pleasure Beach To Open Tomorrow

Preliminary to the opening on Monday Decoration Day) and to give everyone an opportunity to inspect the many various attractions, Pleas ure Beach. Bridgeport's latest and largest playground, will be thrown open to the public tomorrow and Sun day. Probably not all of the attrac- tions will be ready for service but there will be enough to give everyone distinct idea of what is in store for the coming season after Che big park opens for good. The Dig boats will leave at regular intervals from the StratfOrd avenue and SeaV+ew avenue piers and it is expected that they will be taxed to capacity on each trip.
 All of the. larger apparatus will be in full operation, barring possible de- lays, and the curious will have a chance to experience the thrill of rid ing on the largest roller coaster in the world, the biggest carousal, mill stream ride. second to none and Oth- CTS that have no equal. Those who enjoy dancing will have chances to trip U, light fantastic on the longest and widest dance floor protected by a building which mas no duplicate in point of construction and architecture.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

Come on, nowr and get your tick cts to Poli's and the Plaza by writing a little verse about the fat lady who insists on sitting in the end seat of row at the movies, when almost all the other seats are vacant. You cant budge her, eitherI No matter how much you crowd her; no matter how many times she has to get up for people to get past her; no matter how many times she has her toes stepped on, she insists on sitting in the end seat!
 Write a short verse, not more than ten lines, limericks prererred, but you may write in bla1sl or regular rhym- ing verse, if you like. Send or bring into the Times office, Amusement Edi- tor, before midnight, Saturday, for the contest closes then.
 The best verse for the week gets two tickets to PoEs theater; next best gets two tickets to the Plaza theater.
 Come on, now! Sit right down, it
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
Hodge P0dge

I A fight under water with a real shark will be one of the thrilling in cidents in ''The Shark Master Fred LeRoy Granville's story, which he will produce with Frank Mayo in the star ring role. The shark for this purpose las already been captured and is be- ing held in readiness on one of the Santa Cruz Islands. where the scenes will be filmed. Granville, who learn ed the art of shark fighting while liv- ing in the South Sea Islands, will un- dertake to teach Mayo the trick of turning the tables on the monster.
 Little Gladys Walton, Universars 1S-year-oId star, has become a bride. The lucky husband of the girl wife is a non-professionalan you wouldn't know his name if we told you.
 We don't know whether to con gratulate Gladys or feel sorry for her.
 Maude Adams, Americas most loved actress, has entered the motion picture business as a producer. She is interested in a new color process and is working on it at studios in Schenectady.
 Miss Adams says she will never act for the camera. She will return to the stage in the Fall.
 Billie Burke will return to the stage in the fall. Her husband, Flo Ziegfeld, will present her in mu- sicaHzed version of the comedy Good Gracious Annabe11e,' and will also sponsor her picture activities.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

Lillian Gish is to play on the stage in the Fall, co-starring with Arnold Daly in his repertoire company at the Greenwich Village Theatre
 Lillian had several picture offers but. rejected them. Editorially speaking. we believe her a supreme artist, one of the greatest the screen has ever known.
 Her sister Dorothy. who has never been on the stage, will try out a play in Canada this Summer with her hus- hand, James Rennie.
 Sh. Don't tell anyone. We just re ceived word from a friend that Enid Bennett, the appealing and talented from the stork at her home in Holly wood.
 Miss Bennett in private life is Mrs. Fred Niblo-and a nicer couple never lived.
 Anita Stewart says she will make Los Angeles her permanent home. She has bought Q, beautiful house there and will sell her big home at Brightwslters, Long Island. Perhaps ''The Miracle of Manhat- tan7 is that particular som ething that makes visitors to New York do things they would never think of doing at home
 "Normalcy'' is defined by Eugene O'Brien as people who bought mo- tors with war wages getting back on their feet again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
A HEALTH TALK.

It is not eNaggerating to say that many of those women in Bridgeport who heretofore found it necessary to go to health resorts to recuperate from their tired nerves are now pat rous of the Atlas Hotel Turkish baths.
 It is not necessary to resort to the mineral springs and the mud baths of the West for health There are 2O different treatments at the Atlas baths and each of them a tried and true one, and none of them an eN- pertinent
 Hardly is there an aifnent of the human flesh that cannot be treated and with good results by common sense drugleSS methods that prevail at baths where experts are in at tendance
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
By ZELDA BEDELL.

Instead of telling you what kind of story this IS to be, you shall first be told what it is NOT going to be- 3 press agent story,
 It Is to be a story of Heredity- aand all those who believe that as a man is so is his child, and that The boy is father to the man, and seV- eral other axioms-read as you run of Patti Harold. daugher of Orville Harold, Metropolitan Opera com pany tenor.
 For Patti certainly is placing her pretty little feet right in the larger footprints made by her portly Dad on the sands Of public opinion Pop ular, talented, young and beautiful, it would seem as if the fairies had left nothing out when they mixed her up!
 Named after the famous songstress, she has realized her parents hopes in her when they gave her that name. For she has a sweet soprano voice, pure and clear, and first made good
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
By Mayer.

By Mayer.
 Everybody wants to go into the movies. Those of the Hundred Mil lion-Americas Laovie-mad popula- uon-Who don't want to see how they would look on the screen, are aren't writing scenarios, want to see how they would look on the screen, and there you are,
 And yet, says a report issued by the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, the hardest thing in the world, next to establishing peace with Germany, is to find a good scenario, or an ade- quate cast for the good scenario when the good scenario is found And this despite the fact that the banker and the iceman are wing in bankers wife and the iceman's wife are wing at trying to get roles in the movieSi
 The Go1dwyn company receives, on the average. about three hundred stories a week from aspiring authors. These stories are carefully read, for there is nothing of which a motion picture producer is more cOVetous, these days, than marterial for pie tlTizadon- Yet in no case has a story by an amateur been bought!
 And the reasons for this is simple. The great element in the percentage of rejection comes from the uncon- sciouS plagiarizaIon by amateurs of stories and situations which they have seen, perhaps long before, for gotten, and then,- on recurrence, imagined them to be original. Again, the amateur frequently casts his story in an awkward mold. He Cor she is not aware that scenario-writ- ing, or "contin uity-Vriting'' as it is technically called, is highly spe- cialized profession which few people can master off-hand-
 N. notwithstanding this, the anna teur, instead of sending a clear-cut synopsis containing the meat of his Cor her) idea, will more often send a badly constructed ''scenario,'' as the amateur imagineS scenarios are writ ten The result is-confuSion of the idea which the story may contain with a corresponding strain on the patience of the motion picture edi- tor when he read it-and many more like iti
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
TEDDY, 1882 Stratford Avenue

sJfffer before she can express these things An artist or a worker is as great as her imagination. And woman'S magination is greater than a mans, because for many centuries wOman'S imagination, her hopes and her dreams have reconciled her to live in a world of reality.
 Most women live in a. dream world. No woman who has tried to express herself through her work gets her inspiration from anything that is around her; it is always looking for ward, visioning all things in the flu 'ture. as they may be, that helps her to do the things in the present.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
POLI'S

'.Romance.' the United Artists production, which is creating all sorts of wonderful comments at Polls the atre, is indeed worthy of its title.
 In the beginning of the story a young man of today, who has made up his mind to marry an actress. comes to ask the consent of his uncle, who is the Bishop of New York. When the old man endeavors to dis suade him from his purpose, the youth accuses him of having forgot ten what it is to be young and eagerly in love. ThereupOn the bishop leans back in his armchair by the fire and tells the story of his own love- over 40 years before for the famous opera singer, Cavallini.
 seven people in Songs of the Mo ment' or From Rag-time to Grand Opera" has a musical act that regis ters in a high key. There is the jag ziest of jazz in it and there is also the melody of other days. Norwood and Hall, a gentleman with a soft, low, ingratiating voice, and a lady de5butante, crack a lot of jokes that are new and funny. Leila Shaw and Compny present a playlet the burden of which is to show how independen ent a woman can become when pursued by two men-her husband and another fellow. Colonel Jack George does a blacN-face Senator Francis Murphy" that is, he delivers a mono 1ogue that does what a mono1ogue is intended to do-make people laugh. STtter and Dell and Pathe News round out the performance.
 Babe Ruth opens at POIi's Sunday night in f'Headin' Horne''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
WEST END.

%Love.' say the critics who viewed this J. Parker Read, Jr., production prior to it's general release in New York City, 'tis Louise G1aum's great est vehicle; everyone will want to see It.
 Love accalimed one of the years most e1evating dramas of the silver sheet - a poignant drama of the sour'-coTnes to the West End thea tre tonight It is from a scenario by Louis Joseph Vance. the fam ous American novelist.
 Jimmie Aubrey in '&The Decorator g a screaming two-reel comedy, and Select News will also be shown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

Wallace Reid had a birthday party the other night at his new Hollywood home.
 We hear that Mildred Harris, for merly Mildred Harris Chaplin, will try vaudeville.
 Marie Provost, former SenneH bathing girl. signed by Universal as a star, made her first visit to New York last week
 She conflded to us that she had a Terrible time" for she was so occu- pied with interviews. luncheons. teas, and matters of business she d1dn [ get a chance to see any shows or look at the tall buildings. She arrived one Sunday and left the next
 We predicted some months ago, Tn this paper, that Miss Provost would some day be a great star
 Watch our prediction come true.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
Tell The World

If you have a complaint or grievance or a criticism, let's hear it! Get it off your chest and you'll feel betteri
 If Alice Brady wears an even ing gown when she should have donned a sportss uit tell us about it. If Bill Hart wears a sheriff's shield over his right breast in one scene and in the next over his heart. and you have noticed it, tell the world, through us.
 If the hero climbs a Sooty chimney, .1oty to emerge spotless at the top, tell us about it.
 A section of this column will be devoted to YOU! Who knows. Perhaps the producers will hear your walls and resolve to do better. Yours for film per lection
 In Frank Mayos '-Hitchin' Posts, hown here recently, a scene taken or he Mississippi River, presumably al he close Of the Civil War, shows, or he river bank, a Ford automobile ;peeding by-in 1S65I '%Tin Lizzies' must have been popular for a long ong time
 MIR. MARCUS MILLER,
 James Street
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

Theatrical jokes based on town hall tonight are now turned on New York where Griffith's Dream Street. is playing Town Hall.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
She Liked Itt

SILt1 IIIEAttI IG. Lets go to the movies" a fat lady said Let me sit on the end!' to her escort she pied. Two women, three men and six chfl- dren went by her, But she wouldn't move-she sat stiff as wire!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
What Could She Say?

"H<tt NOuIu SlIt5 soeIS A fat woman, once, at a show, Sat down at the end of a TOW. A man crowded past her, Smashed her flat as a plaster And all she said was: What do you know?''
 IIIL
 Address withheld.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
M Ihe IheONes
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 Every feature at the Plaza theatre last night was most heartily enjoyed by the audience assembled. Mary Miles Minter has never been seen in better Rea1art feature than ''The Little Clown,'' charming adaptation of Avery HOpwOod'S famous play of the same name Mary Miles Minter is not only most beautiful in the role of Pat" but invests the character with a natural appeal that wins sympathy at all stages. Jack MulhaX is a most hkabIe lover. The story has to do with a romance of the Big Top and a circus is actually employed in it's entirety to give the atm nosphere.
 What may be cIassed as one of the best musical productions here this season is Anna belle,'' a musical com edy in three scenes, written by Cliff Dixon and staged by Greene and Ea- vel. Harry Green administered the comedy of the piece. The Crane Sis terS in harmony singing scored. Dor otfiy Manning, Rex DanitZler and Ha- gel Vernon all do justice to good parts. Will Mahoney is a monologist. He can dance, sing, put over some good stories in an original way. Ste vens and BruneI1e comprise a girl with a. very sweet voice and a man who also sings with good results. The SternardS are generally conceded to be Americas premiere Xylophonists-' D A Christie comedy and News Weekly completed the bill
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
EMPIRE.

A mystery drama of unusual power, dealing with high society. a jewel theft and a gentlemanly crook, is Someone In the House, a. Metro special production which yesterday was shown at the Empire theatre. This screen version of the famous Broadway success is presented with an au-star cast
 Jim Burke, known as ''The Dancer" seeks to gain possession of the famous Brent diamonds by mak- ing love to the daughter, Molly Brent. But that love which he had always sneered at, leads him through a thrilling course and furnishes many startling angles to this mystery drama