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To Trarel Far and Vide
to Film "Prodigal Judge''

A FTER many weeks of preparation.
"A spent mainly in search Of suitable
locations and perfect east. Vita
graph : special production of THE
ProdIgal Judge screen version of
th" famous novel of the same name by
Vaughan Kcstcr, is now under way.
In III" story of this successful novel.
with its action laid in the most roman
tie and beautiful spots along the Ohio,
Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers. in
1870, III" characters are all clean cut
types, requiring east of unusual
merit, down to the least important
"bi'.
For 'wo weeks Director Edward
dose, Casting Director William Dunn
and Production Manager William
Wright huy" devoted their entire time
to casting for the big production and
already n sufficient number of actors
have been engaged for the lesser parts
to begin III" actual filming of the pic
lure. Within II week the cast. which
will be headed by Jean Paige as Betty
Malr0y. will b" complete.
Ih" first series for THE PrOdigal
Judge are being taken at the La Chine
rapids on the st. Lawrence River.
Although the exciting passage OF n
Mississippi River kcelboat and II
doublc-"abin raft through the rapids do
not appear in the picture until near
its end, no chance will be taken on
cold weather interfering with plans.
From the Canadian location the entire
company will go to South Carolina
where the early exterior scenes will be
taken in the vicinity described by the
author, and then move on to Tennessee
( whore the bulk of the outdoor action
will be made
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CLOSE-UPS of the MOVIE GAME
Doug and Mary Stage Interesting Popularity Contest
BY HENRY VI. NELLY

TT PROBABLY very
popularity likely
. 5 T SD %s' of @ n snns Ss 4, s that" ss SSr
once cand draw the dollars into tho box Office.
Theatre rh@rloy Mory Little LORD Faon,Eoy
Sos Ss9' PERSONS" each evenings.
concerned.
dream dream of years M@ry says the same OF 9 1 ,I sane NE Ioos Ss S %
SS @ s" an Ps b % f % by the public which OF the
personalities hold oil popular affections:
Mary and Doug will not be here to see the outcome They are ooh going
European Offices And there's
,GH w M doubt % o tina, s 3 % find % @ @ % what % % % @s T be willing " work
DON'T know of ony crcnt, hoc r'rory
] ] sGs, t on the ] o" the %@i % ,% mt'e sc, t mo, '"%" ~o"a
] r%y" & ne r 4 70 " g"a % m S @ S ] "'S % both "' no%t "S"
% rS % ] o n, % sss '' tn sec or S tore .r% G' nSs S' @ % as to
poHoe~o" to
rT,HE Ma IN
night but they made Doug stand and few words too
An, film produced .n IF M,fy , @ "s
io% '% 'ba0f nSF you Rah na caT. tbss
nps the @ IN that that ] hS ess & to have % a % h
spent Thursday afternoon in the Tam"d studio getting very
% Ss psas S "nF S Ss 'Ssn 5 % p She % @ Em a she va" ~oun S
for she exclaimed with all the enthusiasm little girl II
split gloves
called
who night
triumph for the tiny golden haired the N"nimov syel
ably yellow hair ors face Dorothy h tiny but full vitality
Kate Lester best Of the and
shes Philadelphia and host Of lesser lights of and screnthey all
Joined
don know NE could
'Aas % Mary T
AM o
and Wi
then But
rN probably notice 8 II
achievements technical
'oor Nearly half II double
the the
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ALICE LAKE DEFIES
LONC-SKIRT
DICTUM FROM PARIS
400 PARIS says we must wear lonr
~ skirts -


~ skirts -
Alice Lake looked belligerent.
"You just tell Paris for me that T
say. NO."
The Rue de la Paix may tremble and
quake nt this defiance of its mandatss
but Miss Lake says she will renal,
firm. And she is convinced that the
majority Of American women will agree
with her.
'lt'S high time that we asserted our
independence, Miss Lake added. 1T
takes only n glance through Paris to
convince any American that American
women average as better dressed-and
the conviction Is confirmed when one
returns direct from Paris and COM
pares the gowns of the PariSiennes with
those of the New York women.
For my own part, | feel like wear.
ing something different even If tho Par,
styles suit me. just as a matter Of prih-
ciple. But. in regard to short skirts,
! think the ma iority of American girls
will find long skirts are not nearly so
becoming as the shorter ones. The short
ones are neat and smart Surely
women don't want to return to tho
hnmpered days Of long skirts trailing in
the dust. accommodating dust and MI
crobes. And I don't think we wil-no
matter what Paris says.
'Of course. on the screen it's a dif.
fercnt thing. IL I'm playing a charae-
ter whose taste would call for and who
would submit 70 Paris dictatorship. I
get the latest models of the Paris
gowns. had to do It as the opera
singer for my newest picture. The
Golden Gift, but that's for the char
acter-not for myself"
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PAUL BERN SEES
BIC CHANGES
IN MOVIE BUSINESS

THAT the screen has vast possihlli- =
Paul Bern, who has Just been appointed
editor in charge of the Goldwyn see
mario department. In an interview he
outlined briefly some of the ways in
which variety and increased interest can
De given to motion pictures:
I'm the screen we have medium
that is scarcely twenty years old
which has really only developed within
the last ten years. And yet we are CON
tent with IL rs 1t stands.
THE potentialtics of the camera
are enormous, and we want to tell our
stories through some of the as vet
secret ways which are possible only to
the screen.
Any number Of possibilities come to
mind; there is the form so frequently
used by novelists, of telling story
from the angle of three or four per-
sons. There is the possibility of telling
the story from the angle Of the chief
dramatic figure-as life affects him and
as he sees il. There is the possibility
OF seeing life as the blind man sees
II. with perspective, with all objects
terrifying and distorted; we can see
life as il appears to the child. with Il
world Of gigantic adults walking about,
with buildings and objects enormous in
size
I'VE should find way Of showing
thought, the marvellous rnpidity of our
mental faculties in II time of crisis, the
battle of wits, the surge Of emotions,
etc, etc, If We are to keep up n keen
interest in motion pictures on the part
of the public we must stimulate that
interest with new ideas, with profund
ity. with change and vitality and life
and slnccritY." !"
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AND HERE TT CONTINUES
CHAPTER XXIy


r SIMPLY could not make up my
L mind. l loved Derry with oil my
heart; the thought Of letting him 60
again, Of facing the future without him,
was too much for me. Yet to let go Of
this opportunity to star at once--l
just couldn't give that up, either.
"Mr. Sandy" Derry said suddenly.
''it doesn't seem quite fair to make
Di give us a decision tonight, does it?
She's had good deal Of excitement.
and she might make up her mind one
way now and want to change 1t later.
Why not let her wait few days and
think II over?'
"No. I've thought of better plan, y
Mr.. Sandy answered. ''If she gave
you up she wouldn't be happy, and II
she chose you and let this chance with
me 60, she'd regret it. SO we'll COM
promise. Wait six months to get mar
ried. Meanwhile I'll give you II chance
TO prove what YOU can do. lou re
just back from France, aren't youf'
with a glance at Dcrry's uniform "Out
Of job when you leave the army:
What's your line".
btTIN lbl'l nIIIl, uhulHR lHdl I'
wanted to work into directing.
''All right, young man. And now,
il you'll take this youngster home. and
come into the office tomorrow some
where around 10 30. we'll say good
night. How about it?'
Derry thanked him, and ] tried to-
but couldn't. Then we got taxi that
was drifting along the street and climbed
into It, So happy that it might have
been n golden chariot, as far as we were
concerned.
As we sped along Broadway. cold
and empty under its gllttering lights. |
looked out from the circle of Drrry's
arms and felt happier than ! had ever
been before in my life. There was
nothing more that | could ask for now
We'd 60 on for while. he and |.
working alone. and then we'd be- mar
have our own company, and everything
would be perfect. How lucky it was
that I couldn't look ahead and sec
what was in store for us
AS we turned of Broadway and
swung over to Riverside Drive Derry
drew me very close TO him.
"Thprc's never going to be another
misunderstanding. is there. dear" he
the one that Isabel had arranged be-
tween MS so long ago. and wondered
row We could possibly have been so
silly rs to get cntanglod in It.
Never. never ~ declared. "And
we won't run on the rocks tnat married
Ieoplc do in the movies--get Jealous Of
leading man or woman, for instance.
or anything like that :"
I'VE certainly won't" he agreed.
1--WE both know the game far too we'll
for that.
We thought we did. And lust last
night. when We were dining alone to.
grther. W" looked back IN the bov and
girl that we were th"n and smiled at
our own defiance # fate. and conviction
that we were better able ~ cope with
difficult situations than anybody else
For we weren't. We had faith in
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each other. Of course. but it had never
been proved. We adored eacn other,
Tut as yet that alteration hadn't had II
chance to settle down INTO the deep.
unshakable love that would carry us
through storms together. And. well as
We knew the movies. we didn't realize
that the world in which we lived and
orked was the very hardest environ
ment there is for married people.
1t would be harder for us because we
were both in pictures. ! think that
when only the husband or wife is acting
a. directing il is easier for them to be
happy. For instance. people like Wal
lace Reid and his wife. or bryant
Washburn and his. n Elsie Ferguson
and her husband. have better chance
of being happy tnan those like Derry
and me have.
And if | could go back and do
things over again I'd retire from thc
screen and spend all my time and en-
trgy helping Derry to be big direc-
tor. 1t wouldn't be CaSy-but when ]
look back at the way things happened
tc us, cant help feeling that ii would
BE- lot less difficult than going through
the things that confronted us. OF
course. as it's turned out. we were
both able TO cling to our careers. and
that means good deal. But we've
had to fnCc n lot.
And sometimes ! look nt the other
husbands and wives who have done il,
and wonder II the lure that kept them
in the movies came as near to destroy
ing their happiness rs it did 10 wreck
ing Derry's and mine
OF course one reason why n good
many movie marriages 60 to smash is
that the people marry when they re very
young, just on impulse. In no other
profession do very Young people make
40 much money with so little effort.
Supporting wife isn't much Of n
problem when chap is earning Soy
eral hundred dollars a week. And he's
not SO likely To pause and consider
carefully Whether he'd marry or not.
when he's living in tn" ratncr free and
easy atmosnhcre that prevails in most
of the studios.
But the other marriages. the ones
that were made thOughtfully. meet
plenty Of obstacles. things that would
strain the relations Of tie most do
voted couple in the world. It's all
right TO say II won't be jealous :" But
wife or husband in the arms of some
Cnc else. not cen the reaSSuring click
ing Of the caWcra can quite take the
edge off the situation
To BP Continued Tomorrow
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"BulF Montana to Play
in Ne,U LyteH Film

DULL MONTANA, ice man. profes.
- sional wrestler. motion picture
{ ctor, and. not so long ago. an assist.
ant in the training Of Jack Dempsey for
ia" Carpenter fight. will appear in
Bert lytcll's newest photcpIay, The
Right That Failed"
This is BGyard WELLER production
Of Saturday Evening Post story.
Montana will play the role Of a Cham-
zion ?ugiliSt
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Ansuers to Questions by Mouie Fans

test of 1920, Irene MarCellus 10 the
actress 10 whom you refer She was ono
Of the Ziegfeld beauties and has re.
Gently left the stage to enter the mo-
ton pctur. world.
AMELIA Il. b Rudolph Valentino
was dancer before becoming a notion
plCtur" actor.
HOWELL R,-Bryant Wa>hburn.
Jack Holt and Conrad Nagel are all
married. Constance Talmadge was born
April 10, 1900.
NORMAN--Conwsy Tearle played
In the lead in 'Stella Marie" He has
dsrs hair and syssuaege ess he reached rs.
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KNICRERBOCKER 49, Niue Murray
is now an Independent star, Her frs
starring vehicle will be entitled Pea.
cock Alley" She is Mrs. Robert Leon
ard in private life,
LFIGH-Louise Glaum has thick
bronze -cOlOred, naturally early hair
which she wears hobbed Mary Care
played the part Of Ma Benton in
"OvGr the Hill. "
FLOY MARY-lazel DAILY plays OPP
posite Tom Moore in Batting the
Came She1w his leading lady in
"Toby's Bow
JAzZY--Carifss Palmer was the
xiznas II ~ Il = "A .u.d Eost1aaa con-
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CONFESSIONS.
OF 4 STAR
As Told to
INEZ KLUMPH
THE STORY BEGINS

Wth the early days in the old
Fine Arts studio IN California ,ohen
Colleen Moore, the Gish girls, Bessie
Love and q host of Others tcere not
much more than Crtrd girls, Diana
Chcpne tells hom she and her chum,
Isabel Heath. sat lonesOmelv around
the studio unh PM CrGneU the
famous director, chose Isabel to be
the first of the screens baby
camps" They are seen together a
great deal, aud scandal is created
by the directors wife. Derry Win.
chester, friend of Dtdnas, 10
called on to help, and Isabel tries to
"pamp" him. Then Isabel an
nounoes she Is to be starred IN the
East By Pant Morkham. Derry
goes to France mith the apiation
corps and Diana meets Keith Cor
ham, who strangely attracts her.
On the rre Of romantic rundicdV
marriage, Keith is killed In an auto
mobile accident.
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Finish Lasky Film Abroad

The final scenes for Donald trisn' &
production, Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush" are being shot In the Lask =
London studio. Regimental pipers NJ
the London Scottish and tShe Scots
Guards furnished the musU for tbe
banquet scenes, which will n, ~, biz
eenss in the picture. Us
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T SIMPLY could not make up my
L mind. l loved Derry with oil my
heart; the thought of letting him 60
again, Of facing the future without him,
was too much for me. Yet to let go OF
this opportunity to star at once--l
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IN A pictur" TO he released some time
this winter. the cOmedicune of the
Talmadge family takes the part of an
advertising model. In the larger pic
turo sh" is representing prominent
manicuring article in the picture next
TO it She : advertising well-know n
soap, Will" IN the lower view she is
rad" pp 10 hoogt Unpopular cigarette.
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Youthful Soldier of Fortune.

A real soldier of fortune who be-
came a commissioned officer in the
Polish army at the age Of sixteen, after
having returned only five months ago
to the United States and "civieS,"
could no longer resist the call of the
khaki and the bugle, and in conse-
Quence enlisted as "buck' private at
the United States army recruiting
headquarters. This youthful hero Of
campaigns against the Germans and
Bolsheviki is Josef Zalot, nineteen
years old In 1917 he joined the
Polish volunteers, after being educated
in Philadelphia his native city, and
was commissioned a second lieutenant
at Camp Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
After considerable fighting at Rheims
and the Champagne country, followed
by the armistice, he studied at a
French school of arms. He accom-
panied General Haller' army in the
spring of 1919 to the Polish front to
fight against the Russians, and at the
end of that campaign returned home
He is now buck private in the Eight
zenith infantry at Camp Dix, New Jer-
sey, studying for examination as a sec
Ond lieutenant.
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finished over the late Ira Shaw store.
Mrs. Berg was Bertha Shaw.
Edgar Rice and wife of Stoning-
ton are guests of A. L. Dyer and
wife.
David P. Guptill and family OF
Eddington spent the weekend here.
E. s. Squirting has returned from
Pressure Isle, where he has been en-
ployed.
Mrs. Lizzie Libby has returned
from an extended visit in Calais.
Will Tracy is having repairs
made on his store.
Oct. IL. "Eittah."
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North CaStine,
Newell

Melnor Grindle and Newell
Perkins have returned from Brock
ton, Mass, where they attended the
tair They made the trip with
George Grindle in his car,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Blodgett snent-
Thursday and Friday in Lincoln,
Vile.
Mrs. Mary Willard left Thursday.
for Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Sanborn, of
Stockton Springs are spending their
honeymoon at A. K. Dodge's. Mrs.
Sanborn, formerly Miss Fern Farm
ham, has many friends here who
unite in wishing the young couple
many years of prosperous and happv,
welded life, rig
Grover Witham has, moved his,
FAMILY into the house owned by
Capt. Edwin Ordway..
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Judd. who
nave been visiting Mrs. judas
mother, Mrs. Fannie Devereux. left
Sunday on their return trip to their
nome in Nebraska. They are max
ing this trip by auto, and will visit
Florida and California on the way.
Oct. 10. n
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South Penobscot.

"A quiet wedding took place at the
baptist parsonage Saturday evening
oct. 10, when Miss Ruby Dority of
Sedgwlck became the bride of Law
renee Lurvey Of Brooklin. Rev. C.
a. smith officiated using the sim
gle-rlng service. Their many trends
extend congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sands. with
son Victor, Of Hallowell, are visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. Urban
Leach.
Percy Perkins and wife have gone
ON fishing trip.
MRS. Bryant of Hermon is visiting
ner daughter, Mrs. Percy Perkins.
harold Mitchell and family of
IsIesporo spent Sunday with his
parents, Fred Mitchell and wife.
Miss Lillian Binder, r. NJ, has
gone to Orland TO care for a patient
Oct. II.
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BEAUTY ITS LURE
Under Wonderful Charm Zanzi-
bar ConceaIs Deadly Rage.
Great Metropolis Of East Coast Of At.
RIGA Attracts Wanderers From
All Civilized Countries.

Alden, from which had but recent
ly departed, is man grown gaunt
and rugged in honest strife; but Fan
zibar is a courtezan, whimsical, gay,
sullen, presenting many aspects, .
writes William Ashley Anderson in
Harpers Magazine.
Warm, rich, beautiful, concealing
with assembling art its sinister spots,
it lavishes it's charms, intOXicates with
Its beauty, smothers with its opulence;
or suddenly, after smoldering ST.
lence, it rends itself with rage. The
screaming tornado rips its garments
of verdure to tatters, bony-tngered
pestilence goes leering down its dark
alley ways, fever shakes the life out
Of its victims. And afterward. the
bright sun sparkles upon the rain
washed foliage, and the island smiles
again with the innocent radiance Of
maiden.
Zanzibar town is the metropolis OF
the east coast 1t is Rome to the
dusky pilgrim; 1t is Paris to the reck-
less wanderers from the Bantu folk of
Cape Delado to the sons of the cor
sairs of Oman. Its clubs; its coffee
shops; it's cinemas; its dark, arched
rooms where dusky bellies from India,
Arabia, the Somali coast, and Zanzibar
giggle and shrill and dance monotO-
nous dances; its spreading mango trees
under whose shelter the torches burn,
and the tom toms beat the measure OF
night-long ngOmai; its shops tumbling
with riches of roughly carved ivory
and ebony, or hammered Cingalese sill
yer and gems; it's bazaars, gaudy with
cheap cloth-kikOvs, hodrunks, kanzas
bright with prints Of flags and ships
and emblems Of royalty; the great
ships lying in its roads, pouring into
the lap of black Africa the increas-
ing luxuries of Europe; the dhows
bearing commerce from the Persian
gulf, the Seychelles, and Madagascar
all, all and more. contribute to the
renown and lure of Zanzibar.
My huge old Arab house had the
reputation of being haunted. Unfor'
tunate!y, l cannot prove this; but ev-
cry night at two in the morning l
awakened and lay for many minutes
listening to the few faint sounds that
tapped unsteady upon the bell Of 81
lence-the everlasting whispers and
laughter of the waves upon the beach.
the tap-tap-tap of deaths head beet
les in the berities of the ceiling. the
rustling movement of rats, the clear
silver tinkle of ships bells in the har-
Dor, the unexpected rattle of chain
far off the plaintive shrek of lemur,
the stirring of palm fronds outside nay
window.
Turning my head. could look out
through the porticos across the water.
silvery under the moon, with red and
white and green lights glowing from
the gray shadows of ships. pale
breeding moon sometimes gazed at me
from behind fan of palms; and then
ghosts would truly steal about me, ten
der ministering ghosts-memories of
other days and dim dreams that may
vet come true. In their arms I'd sink
again to sleep.
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Otis.

Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Quinn Of
Ellsworth Falls returned home
Thursday, after spending their
honeymoon at one of the Watts
cottages.
Mrs. Arville Jordan and Mrs.
James Jordan attended Pomona at
Deer Isle October 8.
Eben Salisbury of Brewer was
here few days last week to gather
his apples.
DR.. and Mrs. Hazelton of Bangor
are spending their vacation at Beech
Hill lake. They had as guests Sun
day Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bean and
daughter of Bangor.
On October 4, Mrs. Della Drawn
picked a bouquet of roses from her
garden, as fragrant as of June.
G. Watts plans to keep his cot
tages open for the hunting season.
Capt. Jellison of Eden has nearly
finished gathering the crops On his
farm here.
The church fund has been in
creased the past week by a present
of 500 from a friend in Massachu-
sets and of $25 from a friend in
Bar Harbor. IA bee to put up the
frame of the new church was held
October 4, the circle serving a
chicken dinner at Fannie Young's.
Another bee will be given when the
building is ready to single. A
spelling match and social will be
held at the schoolhouse Monday,
Oct. II, for the benefit of the
and sale will be given.
NJ n
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Mt, Desert.

Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Richard
son of Orange, N. j., are visiting
here.
Mrs. Jennie DAVIS, who has been
seriously ill of pneumonia, is gain,
ing. All hope for her speedy re-
coyery. :.
Miss Ella Slower of Bluehill re-
Gently called on friends here. Miss
Slower was former teacher here.
Miss Mildred Game has gone to
Boston\to attend school.
wedding cards have been re-
ceived announcing the marriage of
Dorothy Eloise Pray to Edward
Cameron. Miss Pray was formerly
on of our most popular young
ladies, moving to Boston several
years ago with her parents, Capt,
and Mrs. Fred H. Pray. Her many
friends in this village extend con-
CALCULATIONS.
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Pryor and
Mrs. Thomas Tweedy left Tuesday
for their home in Flushing, N. Y,
after spending the season at their
cottage Little By-feld."
Oct. -. s.
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North Castine,

Mrs. Augusta Leach left Monday
for Portland to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Samuel Bates.
Sherman Blake, who has spent his
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Blake, left Friday for
his home in Stamford, Conn
Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Dodge of
Sandy Point spent the weekend at
their old home here.
Miss Mary Willard entertained a
party of her, college friends from
OronO Sunday.
Miss F. Adele Wescott has re-
turned from visit in Bangor.
Oct. II. d.