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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-13

WEATHER.
Increasing cloudiness. followed by
snow or rain late tonight and tomor-
row; lowest temperature tonight,
about 26 degrees.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended 2 pm. today: Highest, 33. at
= pm. YESTERDAY: lowest. 20. at 8 am.
today. Full report on page II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-13

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

IT'S not what l want, of course"
What do you WANT"
want to actin the movies !"
lie smiled swectly. and looked down
at me in his poble chivalric way.
''All girls do
But | shall"
My courage was rising.
lie muSed u moment.
There is something about you! l
can t say just what. Perhaps you will. -
Praise from the great man thought
| should explode with pride.
How much further he would then have
gone. | don't know. But just at that
moment Van Enden came down the
aisle. calling his name.
Ro'and Welles seized my hand. setting
me trembling with his touch.
Listen" he said hastily. Il did
my best tonight on account of you
the way you look, you know. Now,
If you mean IT, about this acting bust :
ness. lock me up when you come to New
York. Come 10 the studio. Perhaps
III try you out. Good by :"
Van Enden led him off.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
GARETH HUGHES
LATEST PLAYER
TO BE STARRED
CARETH HUGHES is at last to be

CARETH HUGHES is at last to be
" officially starred in motion pictures.
The young featured player Of Barrie s
Sentimental Tommy" and Luther
Reeds "Lure Of Youth" will have his
name In big letters when 'The Hunch"
is released by Metro.
"The Hunch,' an adaptation of a
story by Percival Wilde, will be che first
of three pictures in which Mr.. Hughes
is to appear. 1t is comedy drama Of
an imaginative young broker whose
plunging tactics lead him into desperate
straits.
Mr.. Hughes first appearance for
Metro was In support of Viola Dana as
the college boy husband in 1.-THE Chorus
Girls Romance" The attention that
he attracted in this picture and in
Lure Of Youth" which followed, made
his stardom n certainty, but, there was
not suitable vehicle available ut the
time, and Metro, through special ar
rangement, loaned Mr.. Hughes to Fa-
nous Players for the production of
Sentimental Tommy"
He returned to support Viola Dana in
''Life's Darn Funny" a picture by
day Evening Post story, "Caretakers
Within"
BECAUSE of his picture engagement,
- Mr.. Hughes, just before he left New
York, refused an offer to return to the
legitimate stage to be starred in Ham
let."
His first stage experience was as q
boy in an English road company in
Shakespearean repertoire. He was born
in Wales and came to the United States
in 1913 with the Welsh Players. Later
he was with Ben Greet's company in
Joseph and His Brethren" and had a
season at the Little Theatre in Phila-
delphia.
Appearances in the title role Of "Ev-
eryman" Orchard Ordynski's produce
tom, as Ariel in the Shakespearean
Tercentenary "Caliban," as John the
Baptist in the Washington Square Play
ers' "Salome' and in Barrie's one act
play, THE New Word" preceded his
enlistment as a private in the army.
After the war he starred in Dark
Rosaleen" when it was produced in
Boston before Belasco changed the play
into a vehicle for Eileen Huban. Then
he turned to pictures.
In 1.-THE Hunch," his leading woman
will be Ethel Grandin, who retired from
pictures in 1917 after three years of
stardom at the head Of Grandin Films,
Inc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

nice way of saying was all those
things. But I wandered off up the hill
back of the Universal lot.
There I found absolutely deserted
what was, in front, street in Bar
celona, and in back, ramshackle struc-
lures Of scantling and lathe-the refuse
of a picture.
1t probably took weeks to build it
two days or maybe an hour to shoot
1t, and will probably remain until II
falls, because it's not worth tearing
down-a .polyglot city of let's pretend
as theatrical, as tiimsy, and as shan
as an air castle, left to blister in the
sun and soak in the pcting rain.
Above, at the top of the hill, the
exterior set for Priscilla Deans pic.
turc, Conflict" is nearly completed
1t is surrounded by towering pines
which, before they lowered, wer,
dragged painfully up the steep by team
This is what they went to Oregon for
and didn't get. Miss Dean caught hel
cold up there, if not any picture
She's better now.
LIVERY time I've gone on Gladys
IL Walton's set I've seen something
never saw in any other studio, namely
slave with tape line measuring the
length Of the shots.
also saw something else that struck
me as funny. The more SO because il
was perfectly unconscious. This time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
Little Jackie Coogan No,u
Heads Company of His O,pn

Jackie COOGAN, aged six. ia "a
= head the Jackie Coogan Production,
Co., organized in California to explo,t
the small boy as star In his own
right. 1t is well-known fact that
Jackie's father talked business win
several Of the most prominent New
York producers with the idea Of formipe
such a company, without result in tbs
East, but this is the outcome Of The
New York plan.
When the Coogan family returned IA
Los Angeles after their triumphal tour
In the East, the West Coast Tbeatrs,
Inc, decided the side partner of Char.
lie Chaplin and luminary of "Peck's
Bad Boy" was a good bet. jackie,
father, after a conference with members
of the West Coast Theatres Co.. dc.
cided to make five features a year with
jackie in the headlines.
The first story is now being prepared
and should be ready for filming by July
10. Actual work is scheduled on that
date at the Robert Brunton studios.
They are even talking of building a
studio for Jackie of his own.
All of this fame does not affect
Jackie, who made Babe Ruth, John
Ringing and other national charac.
ters his bosom companions while in
New York. This amazing little boy.
who is probably the best known child
in the world, 80 far has maintained
an absolutely unspoiled outlook on life.
He loves every one and every one loves
him. Irwin Cobb. commenting on the {
lad, said:
IF the world doesn't spoil him hs
will be one Of the blithest spirits that
ever gave unending joy to countless
thousands of human beings-indeed hs
is already that" b.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

old, which entities her to have her
own license from the State Highway
Department to drive her very own au-
tomobile. But she will be on the big
automobile today when the other four
teen contestants leave the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER office for their pilgrim
age to the land of make believe.
Edna Marie Pause
Edna Pause is little milliner who
is also a semi professional daneer-that
is, she does dancing act at local en-
tertainments and, for a time, she was
on the professional stage with vaude-
vile act.
She was born in Philadelphia and
lives at 1910 Palmer street, in Ken
sington. She attended the Alexander
Adair School at Palmer and Thompson
streets.
Miss Pause is twenty -one years old,
five feet four inches tall, weighs los
pounds and has chestnut hair and blue
eyes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
u. N. Griffith Wants Our Contest
Beauties for Work in His Studio
Great Producer WI Examine Photographs and Choose Halt
Dozen for Extra Parts in Production of
"T1Uo Orphans This Summer

THE
ns e~ood NOT TO be the only
the ''
W. Griffith oho cork at his big
production
IRE er'e Us h he | offer at least four, probably
c"ce 90
ey " make them
pc and to ShoU ohethcr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
Read This First and Then
You Can Follow the Story
MELLA MOPELAND. most

MELLA MORELAND, most
~ famous of nlovie stars, hears that
an Nnknoton girl, Annette Wilkins.
has fallen IN love tcith Roland
Welles, an idol OF The screen.
Reports say that Welles is ooino
10 put Miss Wilkins into the movies
and stand sponsor for her career.
Mss Moreidnd TO sdre Annette
The suffering that she herself hos
gone through because Of her loce of
IVelieS, decides to put her Uhole er-
pcrience doWn on paper so that
Annette can see Ichdt kind of man
Welles really is.
From day to day as time permits,
she sits dorn and lays bare her pery
soul for the benefit Of the unknotcn
girl.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

It was the expression of respect on the
face of every man on the set, from the
assistant director to the lads who play
the emotion music, whenever they
looked toward Miss Walton--respect for
her ability to command her salary, so
much more than any of them ever hope
to earn-respect considered in startling
ratio to her age, her frailty and her
sex.
MARCIA MANON, W. k. actress and
AV1 wife Of j. i. rockingham, the
producer, has been signed by Ince to
play opposite Milton Sills in a picture
which has the working title Lucky
Damage.
JEANNE MACPHERSON, whose brain is
the complement of @. B. De Miles, got
back to Hollywood Sunday after her trip
abroad. She didn't waste moment
about getting back to work, for she was
on the job that very day. little old note
book in hand, as the company is work.
ing overtime to finish the picture be-
fore June IS, when Mr.. De Mile will
go to New York for three day business
stay.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
MARY PICKFORD is
3 INCHES TALLER
THAN HERSELF!
BY CONSTANCE PALMER
HOLLYWOOD Calf

MARY PICKFORD is doing the diff
A'L cult double exposure stuff in Little
Lord Fauntleroy." That's the reason
no one is allowed on her set
Double exposure is perhaps the hard
est thing connected with motion picture
acting. It's all done to count-for in
stance, when the actor or actress does
a certain thing at 40" they know ex =
actly what is going on at $40" when
they play the other half of the exposure.
Before we leave the subject, Miss
rickford is playing not only Little Lord
Fauntleroy, but Dearest" the moth
er. Don't tell l told you, but by some
trick Of photography, the secret of
which is darker than the W. k. Cata-
combs, she is three inches taller as the
mother than as the son.
-
ONE of the strangest sights in this
" industry is group Of deserted
exterior sets. This afternoon was hot
and quiet aud unbelievably lazy-that' s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
Melahan Acts on Morgan Estate

The final love episodes for "Cappy
Ricks," with Thomas Meighan in the
leading role Of Matt Peasley, were
made on the j. Pierpont Morgan estate
near Bar Harbor, Me. The point OF
the Maine coast used for these scenes is
said to be the highest on the coast from
Newfoundland to South America.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
To be continued Monday
Prominent People In Films


Marshall Neilan's newest production
The Lotus Eater" boasts Of many
prominent names. Albert Payson Ter.
nune wrote the original story, Marshal
Neilan directed the picture. John Barry
more played the star mart. Anna O.
Nilsson, Colleen Moore and Wesley
Barry are in the cast. and George Ade
famous humorist, wrote tho titles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
Director Writes Scenario

Carl Harbaugh, director for Eileer
Percy, William Fox star, is also re,
sponsible for the story and scenario o.
picture she is now making at Holly
wood under the working title MAR
Street to Broadway
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

and the pair were ready to make the
trip. They arrived at Hollywood
amid rousing cheers.
at was SOME trip" said Mr..
Lamson enthusiastically.
Heavenly" Miss Valli murmured.
In "A Trip to Paradise" she plays
the wife of "the roughneck" tBert
Lytell) who Is permitted TO return to
earth for one day after his death. The
picture Is directed by Maxwell Karger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

icrtcd when Mr.. Lamson insisted upon
an immediate marriage in New York.
IF your re going to make "A Trip to
Paradise in California, why couldn't
we make the trip tOgether?' Mr.. Lam
son urged.
1T would be--paradise, Miss Valli
murmured.
A consultation was held with the
marriage license authorities, a visit was
made TO a Greenwich Village church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

NlRGINIA NALLI. leading woman
for Bert T.ytell in "a Trip to Par
adise,' now in production at Metro $
studios in Hollywood, has let loose the
story Of her sudden marriage to George
Lamson, Of New York, The pair had
been engaged for some time, but Miss
Valli was likewise engaged to play op-
posite Bert Lytell in his production.
well have TO wait until after my
trip to California, ," Miss Valli OBJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
Eugenie Brew

IiUHVIIIV DTUW
Hollywood is the magnet for many
who have been bitten by the movie bug
Eugene Brew was brought up in a
convent in that magical movie city In
California. But that was before the
mUvi" germ entered her system.
Now this lady wants TO go back there
via Bct2wood. but this time to be a
regular honest to- goodness movie ac-
tress. Her mother, when "seen" over
the telephone at the NOrmandie Hotel,
said her daughter was social butter
fly but had the desire to become a
leader Of the silent film four hundred.
Lessons in acting and other forms Of
theatrical work have aided this con-
testant in her ambitions
Miss Brew is just tWenty -one years
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

THESE girls will not necessarily be
L chosen from our fifteen runners
up Griffith favors certain type Of
beauty that other producers do not use.
and it may be that the half dozen he
chooses will not have been on our honor
roll at all.
Therefore, girls who have not seen
their names in print in this contest need
not despair. They still have a chance
to get into the movies and with man
whose name is internationally known.
GRIFFITH is now at work on The
~ Two Orphans" making the scenes
that involve the principal characters
only. He has both Dorothy and Lillian
G!sh, Charlie Mack, who played the
weakling brother in Dream Street"
and several other famous stars of the
screen.
So the girls whom he chooses will get
| a most unusual inside peep into the
! magic land Of moyiedom and will see
! a famous director working with famous
| actors and actresses
! The extra girls will be used during
| me week Of July - and perhaps the
| following week. Those who are chosen
| drIjgbff,r yo""tto, " H"ht i Thlque ana
naiT qnd porTonI, win az expenses
Innvios Iao,I3r R3p,"unS' yareer IN the
''''''NS up DeSohu IT,
TO-DAY We nrir+ tho e,oI .h.oo % .Lo
l. fifteen girls cbosor 70 ,o ~. - D.
wood TODAY "a hovs test e. etrin ~. - 80 n'etI
film made Of them TSoy aro apo - ''0''e
"''
Anne Sutherland
Anne Sutlcrlard didn't cvan krow
she was in the contest untiI ,vc rLnnnd
Nor thot .Io ,ro,. an, . .L IJ ng.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

EAMII Y THEATRE-iSll Market St.
rA'"'Hi FRANK n MAYo Va T2 In MIDNIGHT
"THE FIGHTING ~ LOVER"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

PARAMOUNT 2ot1 &,S41e Glrsra Ave,
CRANE WILBUR and ALi-sTAR CAST II
"The Heart of Maryland"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

EMPRESS MAIN ST, MANAYUNK
Ll'll iNI"Do MATINEE DAILY
ROSCOE (Fatty) ARBUCKLE
In "a DOLLAR-A-YEAR MAN"
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30

...ltIait IIuuItUn ALarStOn, DOStO,
lawyer and scientist, is shown here
with his 'lie detectOr." Three COM
plicated pieces of machinery are used
to detect deception in a witness or
other subject
First the chrOnOscOpe, ii measures
in twelve hundrethS of a second the
time the witness takes to answer
questions. "InnOcent" questions and
questions connected with the case
under consideration are verbally
shot" at him. He can't lie without
hpSitating a fraction of second
and the chrOnOscOpe measures and
records the delay.
Second The kimeOgraph. This
measures the respiration of the
suspect as he answers questions and
records it in traced graphs" on Il
smoked cylinder. And man breathes
differently when lying (dOeS d
w0man?l
Third - The spygmomanOmeter.
This charts the blood pressure during
the questioning. When man is lying
his SvstOlic blood pressure rises
rapidly in flying curve"
Scientists say that if :: subject
reacts guilty" to all three tests his
deception, or attempts at deception,
is practically proved in the full
scientific meaning Of the word proof.
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30
COCKAT0O KILLS BIG ROOSTER
Bird, at Outs With Barnyard Fowl,
Wins Battle at Mar
tinez, Cal. I.

Martinez, Gala bitter battle was
fought at the home of B. F. Rhine,
local merchant, by a twO-pOund cOcka-
too and an eight-pOund rooster
The diminutive cOckatoO proved
that weight does not always prevail,
for after taking severe grueling for
almost five minutes he grabbed the
rooster in the windpipe with his sharp
beak, administering the death blow.
According to Rhine, the pair Ea"
been at outs for several weeks. One
morning the cOckatOO was perched or
a bush in the back yard when the
rooster Spied him. The heavyweight
barnyard champion made a rush a
his smaller enemy. SDurS and beak.
The cOckatoO. however, dug his
claws into the roo,.er's breast, and
pulling himself upright administered
the death blow.
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30
A Splendid Offer.

Here is proposition we make to
readers who want city paper, but do
not want daily:
We will furnish the Adair County
News and the St. Louis Twice-a. week
Globe Democrat for S1.90 per year, in
Kentucky. To subscribers living in
other States $2.40.
The Twice-a week Globe Democrat
is one Of the best and newest papers
published in this country. We do not
know how long this proposition will
hold good. therefore, if you want the
papers, call or send IN your subscrip
tion at once
{ 1t is about time for the old
crouch who always predicts a
hard winter to make his appear
ance.
1t is fine to talk about disarms-
ment; but we had better keep
our powder dry for while lon
ger,
1t is really disconcerting to
think of the amount of forgive
ness that the English are due
each other,
German railroad rates have
been reduced. And the Charles
ton Posts wants to know who
won the war.
An aviator died a natural
death out west the other day.
Yep; engine trouble.
And don't you feel sorry for
people who live in a land where
there are no barbecues?
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30
Wild Bears Endanger
Lives of Tacoma Children

TacOma.-While Tacoma is a
city of 100000 persons and old
hunters say that it has been
twenty years since a bear has
been killed within the city limits,
a meeting of the mothers and
fathers held recently at Cedar
Heights, a mile and a half from
the heart Of the city, revealed
the fact that bears and other
wild animals are lurking in the
woods, and they have petitioned
for the erection of a school
nearer their homes, so that the
children will not have to pass
through the woods every day.
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30

DR.. Adler says there are six
million feeble minded people in
the United States. Don't you
think that Mr.. Adler is a very
conservative estimator?
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30

~ 1t is not very pleasant staying
in a city or town during the
summer. but you don't bump In
to a lot of poison ivy every time
you sit down.
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30

1t is fine to talk about disarma-
ment; but we had better keep
our powder dry for a while lon
GER
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30

1t is really disconcerting to
think of the amount of forgive
ness that the English are due
each other.
The Adair County news., 1921-08-30

= 1t is about time for the old
crouch who always predicts a
hard winter to make his appear
Omaha daily bee., 1921-04-13
China Bankrupt
Say Reports From
Pekin Government
5000, 100000 Required to
Meet Present Objections
And Several Loans Which
Fall Due in June.

Shanghai, April l2-Reports from
Pekin state that the Chinese govern
ment is pauperized and is now fac
ing bankruptcy.
The government requires $500, 0,OOO,-
COO to meet its .present obligations
and several loans and other obliga-
tions which fall due in June.
1t is declared the minister OF f.
nance is resigning and that the other
members of the cabinet are prepar-
ing to quit. As a measure Of eeon-
omy there has been a general cut
ting down of the salaries of govern
mcnt employees. This action has
aroused the justices of the supreme
court and the heads of othed courts
throughout China and they are
threatening to strike if their salaries
are cut further.
In the meantime the federal war
lords of the country and the pro-
vincial and military governors are
building up bigger armies for the
rumored conflicts next month and
are pressing the government for
greater allowances.
The financial condition of thte gov
ernment is due to the systematic
lcoting of funds by military, officials,
Interpretations and mismanagc.
nent.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-04-13
South Side BreUittes

A. p. Conaway. painting and paper
hanging. Phone Tyler 3sJt. 1929 VfntCn
strsst.--Adv.
Upon the request from our customers this
doll contest will be extended until Satur-
d1y, April s. at p. m.
Mrs. Mary Lynch. rs. . resident Of this
South Side for many years, Is reported
seriously Ill at her hone, 1906 p. street.
To let, May list, store room, l7os 8.
24th St.. In one of the best retail loca-
tions en- South Side. Rent reasonable.
A. L. Bergquist.
Frenchy Homestead No. a4so, Br-ther-
hood Of American Yeomen, will meet
Thursday evening in the Eagle home. Re-
freshments will be served.
The Woman's Aid society Of st. Iukes
Lutheran church will meet Thursday aft
ernoon at at the home Of Mrs. ]. q.
Jacobson, t53o South Eighteenth street.
TIE meeting Of parents-Teachers' asso-
citation Of Garfield school, scheduled to
convene Thursday. has been changed to
meet Friday afternoon at the school at
z:4S. Ono Of the principal addresses will
be made by Mrs. s. H. Barber. special
teacher OF speecE correction.
The 25th annual maple syrup dinner is
to be held Thursday evening from to
1850. at tie Wheeler Memorial church. Tho
affair is open to the public and the wom-
en- In charge are preparing q delicious re-
past which will be served for 50 cents,
the proceeds to 80 to the church.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-04-13
South Side
Man Nearly Sewers
Friends Wind Pipe

Joseph Povondre. rs. s22s South
Twenty-second street, lies in South
Side hospital in a very dangerous
condition from a cut which nearly
severed his wind pipe"
The cut was inflicted, police say.
by his lifelong friend, Bohemil Kos
trunek, s242 South Twenty-second
street.
The two men had a quarrel yes
terday. At Twenty-hrst and S
streets they came to blows. Kos
trunek was badly battered in the face
and several teeth were knocked out.
The fight was still going on when
police arrived. Povondre was bleed
ing profusely. Kostrunek was ar
rested to await the outcome Of Po-
vondre's wounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-04-13
South Side Detectives Hunt
For Two Cute Little Pigs

South Side detectives are on
pork hunt.
They hope it's not a creased pig
hunt or wild goose chase.
But they're looking for a pair OF
cute iii shoats. .
These cute iii shoats were en-
ticed or stolen from the Gram Belt
Supply company, 32l5 L street, Mon
day night, according to a police
"squeal" report.
Both have curly tails.
Both are fat and asassy-yep--they
each weigh 40 pounds.
And they're worth $S-eight simo-
icons per.
"Spot'-thats one--is a little
black and white rascal with a black
spot on his left ear.
"Curly"-that's the other one--is
a little yellow curly haired pig with
wee eyes and some snout.
Yea, bo! The pork hunts on.