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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01
Price Of Wheat Rallies
after Uncertain Start

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 3G.-Month-end
and weekend conditions made for
Eighty markets on the Chicago
board Of trade today the short ses-
sion being marred by rapidly fiuc-
tuating prices with sharp rallies the
rule at the close. The net result IN
wheat was a gain OF 3-4c 90 one cent,
with May closing at $1.31 TO
sI.311-4 and July winding up az
SI.07 ga TO S1OS. Corn was gem
orally IA 10 PA higher. and May
oats lost is 20 Ia with the de-
ferred options in that grain about
5-Sc higher. Lard lost 15c but pork
and ribs ranged from sc higher to
10c lower.
Wheat started weak on reports Of
the seamen's strike vote coupled
with uncertainty as TO Germany S
prospects and belief that yester-
days short covering had left the
market in an unfavora bic technical
position. But the scantiness of local
stocks for May delivery and tran
sactions designed 20 even up over
the weekend brought sharp rallies.
There was considerable support in
evidence on the breaks. probably
due TO the firmness of cash premi-
ums both here and AZ the gulf Re
newal of reports that Minneapolis
houses were asking for bids ON No.
northern attracted little attention as
the price asked was May price Chi
cago and that grade is deliverable
at eight cents penalty. 1t was
thought that attempts were being
MADE to keep The Minneapolis mar
let weak because OF labor troubles
threatening bakers with possible
turtaiIment Of milling i'm prospect.
Corn i'm Rally.
Trading I'm coin was marked main
~ by a heavy drive on May. But
good demand for cash caused rallies
which were accentuated when ii was
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01
SELECTED ISSUES
IN URGENT DEMAND
Motors and Rubbers in Prom
inent Gains on New York
Exchange.

b. Associated Press
NEW YORK. ApI. 90 Selected
issues were I'm urgent demand dur
ing todays brief but active session.
Motors and related shares. especially
rubbers oyershadowed all others at
gains OF one TO almost ave points.
Leather. food and chemical issues
also wee pr1miuci at similar gains.
but recent favoritcs OF the industri1l
claes we're sluegisb and uncer ain,
while rails figured only nominal'y.
Selling ~ o.s was resumed at the
outset. Mexicans again showing
greatest gains in connection with
ADVERSE trade reports. but substan-
tiaI rccoveries were Effected later,
eains exceeding losses at the close.
.saies amounted 90 $4,000 shares.
Apart from the weekly reviews of
trade authorities which referred 10
a quickcnIng Of the industrial pace
and more optimism in many lines Of
business. news Of the day bore little
relation 10 market values.
Fond MarFct Steady.
Liberty bonds forfeited part Of
yesterdays advance. but the bond
market in general was steady 20
firm. Total sales (par value) So
$4,000
For the second time since the early
part OF April the clearing house
statement OF actual conditions
shaved a deficit in actual reserves.
the loss of about S3.455,OO0 resulting
from a cash decrease OF slightly more
than S13.0O0.0OO in cash holdings.
Otherwise the statement failed 10
reflect 20 any extent the pronounced
increase Of stock market activity
loans and discounts showing only a
trifling expansion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

learned that exporters had taken
100000 bushels here and that the
weeks shipments exceeded receipts
by nearly 1000. 900 bushels.
Liquidation IN May oats affected
that grain and prices eased sharply
early in the session Later there was
a rally In sympathy with wheat.
Provisions declined when lower
hog prices were established at the
yards Trade conferred chiefly In
lard and that commodity was af-
fected by expectations that some
twenty million pounds would be put
out on May contracts. Ribs showed
some firmness on cash trade OF mod
crate preparations.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

II I had any other q oughts, u
was my fault aid not hers" writes
the man whose frang Confessions
Of a Husband begin Monday in the
News-Times But later he wasn't
so sure OF IL. SSH
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
Olga rintzlau,
Scenarist

~ LGA PRINTZLAU, who
wrote the scenario OF
~ midsummer Madness, y
began her career as an artist.
She engaged in scenario work
in 1912, and since that time has
written many successes for
such famous screen figures as
Hobart Bosworth, Lois Weber,
OtiG Turner, Mary Pickford,
Wallace Reid, J. Warren Kerri-
gan, Charles Ray, Frank Kee-
non, Bessie Barriscale, Enid
Bennett, William Desmond and
many others.
Miss Printzlau's artistry was
shown in Wallace Reid's 'Be-
lieve Me, Zantippe," Cecil B.
DeMille's "Why; Change Your
Wife," ':Jack Straw" starring
Robert Warwick, and, other
pictures. She ranks as one of
the most prolific writer's of the
motion picture field. She is al
so author of two one-act stage
sketches, 'Dream Doors" and
Conception"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
QUARTET OF FAVORITE PLAY CHIEF ROLES
IN WIN. De MILES midsummer MADNESS

~ HERE is, no star in "Midsum-
mer Madness" the feature pic
turesatf the. Elko Theatre this
week, but the leading roles are played
by four film favorites who are con-
sidered of star calibre.
Jack Holt will be remembered for
such pictures as ''The Woman Thou
Gavest Me-" "Held by the Enemy"
and Ethel Clayton's "Crooked
Streets" and "Sins of Rosanne." He
is a fine, outstanding figure of man
and an excellent actor. Lois Wilson,
leading woman for Bryant Washburn
in several comedies and for Wallace
Reid in "What Your Hurry" has the
role of the erring wife in "Midsum-
mer Madness" She is a bewitching
beauty from sunny Alabama.
Lila Lee, the dark-eyed favorite
who scored so emphatically in "Male
and Female" and ''The Prince Chap"
is also in the cast, as is Conrad Nagel,
who. deserted the Broadway stage to
play the hero in the perturbation of
Chambers "The Fighting Chance"
and has now cast in his fortunes with
the Lasky screen forces.
E. tMidsummer Madness" produced
by William DeMille from Cosmo Ham,
ilton's novel, is declared to be one of
the outstanding pictures of the. cur
rent season. 1t is Paramount.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
Movie Fans Question Box
ture ever made about marriage?-H. L. K

ture made about marriage?-H L. K.
A. Well, Cecil B. DeMille's sWhy Change Your
Wife," was hummer, and William DeMille's "Md-
summer Madness" abounds in intensely dramatic sit
uations.
. Q. What has become of Lois Wilson, who used to
be Bryant Washburn's and Wallace Reds leading
woman Fan.
A.. Pretty Miss Wilson is doing big things these
DAYS. She has Of the leading feminine roles in
William >DeMille's midsummer Madness"
@. Has Conrad Nagel appeared in any pictures
since "The Fighting Chanee?"-H.~
A. Mr. Nagel has one IF the leading roles in Will
liam DeNile's '"Midsummer Madness" and also plays
the hero in "What Every Woman Knows" from Sir j.
M. Barrie's famous play. ---..---
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
TELEGRAPH, New York

AcIGHEAPu, NC" WIN
If there were more pictures like
Midsummer Madness" there would
be less Identification among motion
picture enthusiasts. The
new William DeMille Production
should be taken as an example of
what can be done. You hear alto
gether too much of what the pictures
are not. Midsummer Madness" is
an example of what good pictures
should be.
A remarkable part of the picture is
that all the characters are human be-
ings, and you are deeply interested in
them as such. 1t is we'll
nigh technically flawless. The
people are all just friends of yours.
Other directors should see "Midsum-
mer Madness" and study it.
Mr.. DeMille has brought to his new
picture that understanding and SYM
pathy that we have missed so sorely.
He has drawn real characters and has
not adopted the prevailing trite meth
DDS of developing them.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
Were You Ever Thus?,

Civilization is veneer at the best.
There are moments of madness when
honor, friendship and love are swept
aside, and quite civilized people be-
come creatures Of blind impulse and
passion. It was such moment that
caught a woman starving for TO-
nance and a man infatuated with
her. beauty. : In the warm moonlight
of midsummer midnight, they for
got that they were married-to an
other man and another wonderland
in, each others arms
All of which goes to show why Will
liam DeMille called his latest and
greatest picture midsummer Mad.
ness" and why. screen fans who see
it are getting the thrill of a life.
TING. :.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22

the contest one lonesome evening in
my boarding house, and on the spur
of the moment I sent in my picture.
The gods were certainly with me,
because I won the cntest, nineteen
bachelors voting me the prettiest girl
in Alabama!
l started for the coast soon after,
saw the exposition and journeyed on
to Los Angeles. But there, for some
reason, the promised "test"\ fell
! through. All I was permitted was a
first-hand glimpse at Movieland. But
that was enough. Firm that moment
I knew I would be content nowhere
but in pictures.
happened 70 hear in Los Angeles
that Lois Weber, who is an old friend
Of my family, was making pictures
in Chicago. I took the next east
bound train, and, looking up Weber
at her Studio, begged her for a
chance. At first she didn't take me
seriously and advised me to 60 back
to Alabama and my school teaching.
But insisted so hard that she de-
cided meant it, and gave me small
part in the picture she was then pro-
ducing, "The Blind Girl of Portici,"
starring Anna Pavlowa.
Not long after Miss Weber went
back to Los Angeles and took me with
her. My first real part was lead OPP
posite Warren Kerrigan. l spent
two years playing leads for various
companies. Then was offered a
chance by Paramount to play in a
Bryant Washburn4 comedy, and l
seized it. Ihave been with them ever
since. - :.".-'s5
Ny latest releases. are 'sMidsum-
mer Madness" and ''What Every
Wman Knows" both William DeMille
productions, and at present l am
appearing in another directed by ME-
DeMille, "The Lost Romance, and
original story by Edward Knoblock,
the playwright. - q
Since my success in the movies, my
mother and sisters have come on to
Los Angeles, and we all live COSTLY
together in big house there. My sis
ter Janice is also in pictures. and
played heSlead in q recent Paramount
release called "The White Circle" q
I still have traces of my Southern
accent, and I'm leased a lot about it
in the studio, but don't mind. l like
Alabama, and not long ae0 4 paid a
visit there and had a wonderful time.
In Birmingham they gave me the
freedom of the city 'n'everythin'.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
American. Baltimore

Having been fortunate enough to
see an advance running of "Midsum-
mer Madness" 1 can say without fear
Of contradiction that Mr.. DeMille has
achieved veritable triumph of good
taste in the handling. The picture, is
a sensation without being sensational
it deals with fundamentals but with.
out offense. It is one of the strong.
est pictures, the most suspenseful
have ever seen. The acting was SUI
perb and if the picture is not tri
umph l shall miss my guess.
Decidedly, in my opinion, William
DeMille has achieved a great deal
has done as much as anyone living tt
bring art and letters into the realm Of
the films. 3
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
Lois Welcomed Home

Lois Wilson had a WELCOME home"
party the other day. She took ad-
vantage of a short vacation to jour-
pey back to Birmingham, Alabama.
and for the first time since she began
her screen career visiting old friends
and relatives there. p Making per-
sonal appearances in several of the
theatres, Miss Wilson was given a
royal welcome everywhere. =.
It was quite different from the old
days in Birmingham, when lovely
Lois was just a school-mar'm, hold
ing down job in the public school
by Disgusting the fact that she, was
younger than her oldest pupil -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22

- GUESS Pm the t,rst schoolmarm
who ever broke into the movies.
I must confess that when en-
tered the Alabama State Normal
School, after my graduation from
high school, I wasn't altogether con-
vinced that I wanted to make school
teaching my life work. had vague
ambitions of becoming an actress, but
since Destiny seemed a fearfully long
while: about taking it's course I re-
solved to occupy the interim in learn
ing the art of pedagogy.
Igraduated firm Normal School and
was assigned to teach in an institu-
ton in country district of Alabama.
Some of the boys in the class were
older than I was, and I had hard
time managing them at first, More
over, had to walk two miles night
and morning from the house in town
where ] boarded to the school. \
However, / enjoyed my work and
was just getting into the swing of it
when one of the big Birmingham
newspapers started motion-picture
beauty contest, promising that the
winner: would he sent out to the Pana-
ma-Pacifc Exposition and would also
get a::tryout in the movies at Los An
geles. ] read the paper announcing
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
Screen Untangled
Claire Mcdowell on Job in
"Mids,lmmer Madness"

Claire Mcdowell, the we'll known
character actress, is rapidly gaining a
name for herself as the "Mrs. Fix-it
of the Screen" She will be remem-
bered as playing the role Of Elliott
Dexter's housekeeper in Cecil B. De-
Miles Something to Think About"
and as furnishing the suggestion and
encouragement to Gloria Swanson
that FINALLY brings that beauty's tenn
pestuous love affair to a happy end
ing.
Miss Mcdowell plays similar part
of dea ex machina in William De-
Miles new Paramount production,
midsummer Madness" coming to
the Elko Theatre during the latter
part of the week. Cast as the mother
of a man who, through his romantic
desires and indiscretion involves the,
wife of his best friend in scandal,
she Strengthens out the tangle and
averts ruin from two homes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22

REAT moving pictures few although many produc
II tons may be called excellent. "Mdsummer Madness"
the third important production created by William De-
Me into greatness and Classics itself by absolute merit
superb entertainment 1t has that fine virtue of being
complete dramatic structure to begin WITH To this have been
added real acting beautiful photography of taste and
composition It unquesonaby the greatest dramatic produc
ton the has Nothing in midsummer Mad
ness imposes ones of creduy and there Earring
note Of anachrons the good social atmosphere through
which action proceeds.
Mr. DeMille is dramatist first and the result very evil
dent the An effort to tell the story would form
of this comment leave the beauties of the
production for njoyment by the.many who see it. -
word to those who distressed about the falling off in
6ne productions for the critical examination of this
exceptionally great work will effect cure
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
BEAUTY LEAVES FoLLIEs

Following in the steps of Mae Muir
ray, Marion Davies, Martha Mans
field and a host Of other Ziegfeld
FolliesS beauties who have deserted
the stage for motion pictures. Betty
Francisco, the pretty blond ingenue
of Broadway's most popular revue,
is now "a screen recruit. Miss Fran
cisco will be seen in an important
role in William DeMille's new Para
mount productions, midsummer Mad
ness"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
ness" (Paramount) which opened al
Grauman's Rialto yesterday Co.,.
Evening Mail, New York

Cosmo Hamilton and William De-
Mile are a potent pair when it comes
to depicting soul stress minus the mor-
bidness. There is nothing new oh
original in Mr.. Hamilton's story, but
tho exemplary acting makes it per-
Torrance out of the ordinary. The
theme is a study of domestic problem
of tragic tendencies or morbidnessS
yet a study which is intensely inter-
esting for the reason that it is human,
The four leading characters play
f1aWlessly. - b
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
"Peaches" jackson Back

= Do you remember the charming lit
tie girl who played with Thongs
Meighan in "The Prince Chap? She
is Charlotte Jackson, known to all
the players out at the Lasky studio
as "Peaches," and she will be seen
again at the Elko Theatre in "Mid-
summer Madness" ,Aa
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
4 Who i. the star in Mid.ummsr Madne.s?"-

a. There is no star. 1t is William DeMille pro-
duction for Paramount. However the cast is prac
tically astar including such players Lila Lee Lois
Wilson, Jack Holt and Conrad Nagel. . .-
@, Wa. "Midsummer Madness" a novel; I'd
like to read it'll. .sfng t&.s.a sr4
A. Yes. It was adapted from Cosmo Hamilton's
brilliant society novel; ellis Friend and His Wife,"
which you procure in any bookstore or library.
@. When i. Lila Lee going to appear in another
picture.--Mae. '
"A. Miss Lee has of the chief roles in William
DeMile's new production for Paramount, midsummer
Madness" .-- -s-s.s.
Q. What do you consider the most startling pic
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
Examiner. Los Angeles

"a film drama, with a stage tech
nic."'
Many directors, more critics and
hundreds Of eager playgoers have
long sought this expression in the
cinema. 1t has, been achieved to a
limited extent in a few previous. in
stances, but in no single picture, per-
haps, has it reached so distinct an
elevation as in the new William De-
Mile production, midsummer Mad
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
What Critics Say:
Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.

."Midsummer Madness" is the real
human stuff of which great pictures
are made. William DeMille has pro-
duced an ideal combination of rich
background and deeply appealing
story. Also he has handled delicate
theme delicately.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
FOR MARRIED FOLKS

". There's a reason for married folks
whose romance has begun to fade a
bit, in William DeMille's new Para
mount picture, midsummer Mad
ness"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
AGENUINE SENSATION
BY ARTHUR JAMES

This Remarkable Tribute midsummer Madness Appeared
Recent Of Moving World"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
Special "MIDSUMMER MADNESS" SECTION
HOW / BROKE INTO THE MOVIES
: BY LOIS WILSON

Alab.m. and They Voted Her the
Ea5S Prettest Girl in the State. Naturally, the
A. x Next Step Was the Movies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22
"Alive and Throbbing,"
Hamilton Describes
Great Production
.@t II -
Author of Novel Telegraphs
VIM. DeMille His Opinion of
ttMidsummer Madness"

AutnOE OF NOVeA AeAeBIdPAo
VIM DeMilIe His Opinion of
"Midsummer Madness
THE following telegram adj
dressed by Cosmo Ham,
l. ilton, author Of "His
Friend and His Wife," from
which the scenario of the Will
liam DeMille Production, mid
summer Madness a Para
mount Picture, was written, to
Mr.. DeMille,, at Hollywood,
CAL, needs no explanation.
New York, Oct. rs, 1920.
Mr.. William DeMille,
Hollywood, Gals
~ Have just seen Midsummer Mad
ness" 1t is sthe most utterly salts
flying, beautiful and human thing, all
alive and throbbing, that has ever
been created for the screen. l. am
proud and happy and cannot thank
you enough.
,(sisned) .CosMO HAMILTON.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-22

READ!
Very carefully Page 3 of
This Special Section.
=. If your name appear. on
it you are entitled to
receive
TWO FREE TICKETS
"MIDSUMIMER
MADNESS"
LOOK!
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Continued from First Page.

know what we are to find. Who does in
research work? To be valuable this work
must he done by those scientists who are
first able to clear their minds of any pre-
conception. Experiments are made to find
truth. not to prove supposed truth by
strain of circumstances or conditions And
it is in this calm scientific way the expert
ments are proceeding.
Every State i'm the Union is repre-
sented already in the data at hand. 1t
might be possible to deduce some interest
ing facts from these but we prefer to wait
until all the data obtainable comes in.
The charts, 7 should have stated before.
when / was speaking of the medical side
of the problem will all go from here to the
American Academy of Medicine. Dr. Gate
wood will have under her supervision the
final angle from the medical standpoint.
Briefly, it. was Mr.. Edisons idea that
music, and as a natural corollary musical
instruments, did not receive from the great
public serious consideration Should it be
found that by music men may be infu
enced nobly, then the piano. the violin, yes,
and the phonograph as well as the PLAYER
piano. will be regarded from a higher
standard. Nowadays, these musical instru
ments are almost universally held to be
for the purpose of entertainment only II
what we expect be found true, then these
same instruments must figure as aids in
education in the spread of fine thoughts
in idealism. in the diffusion of culture"
The tests recently held at Harvard and
Yale universities. with groups of thirty
students in each case. were not so satisfy.
ing, Mr.. Maxwell said, as groups made up
Of persons who differed from one another
widely IN intellect and cultivation. The
students averaged about the same and the
reactions were accordingly much alike in
all cases.
"It may or may not be true that all great
art, in whatever form expressed, is under.
standabe by the simple But 1t is the sim
pie who offer the strongest reactions to
music. whether it is fine kind or a tender
old.fashioned melody. |, myself, if it is
allowable to use home instance. do not
react easily to music. | understand moth
ing of II, but here's strange phase, do
react to Russian music How is that ex
plained?"
The explanation Mr.. Maxwell was in