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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12

was sure-fire hit. Lloyd promptly
bumped into every big theater on
Broadway and on the rialto of every
other city. Captain Kids Kids"
Slyness,' IAN Eastern Westerner,"
Haunted Spooks," High and Dizzy"
Get Out and Get Under followed in
rapid succession-each funnier than
it's predecessor. High and Dizzy
and Get Out and Get Under rocked
the picture palaces with infectious.
uncomfortable mirth.
These features have established
Harold Lloyd. He takes first place
in the ranks of screen comedians. His
pictures have proven that sanitary
stories, framed with a maximum of in
genuity for getting the laughs are
what picture audiences want and need.
Healthy, happy-hearted laughter is
the tonic par excellence. The public
has showns its appreciation and graft
tude in patronage. The producers
have scored over their competitors.
And, incidentally, Lloyd has received
a tremendous amount of merited
publicity.
All this time the comdian has been
heart and soul in his work. He has
been patient. He has been willing to
bide his time. He has not been nag
ging for more salary, altho he has
become a tremendous box-office asset;
nor has he been threatening to break
his contract, altho many have tried
to buy him away. He has been just
as fair and square and white and de-
cent as a man could possibly be. And
now comes his reward-at the end of
a year, mind you. a..
Now Gets His Share.
From now on the money and the
glory will be split three ways, Lloyd
coming in for his proper share. Under
his new contract he Is to receive
by the Associated Exhibitors. The
Rolin Film company will continue to
make the pictures. Pathe will con-
tinue to release them The Exhibitors
feel that they have done a good deed,
so everyone is 'perfickly happy"
thank youi
Lloyd's last comedy under his old
contract is one of his best. Number,
Please?" features a love-sick swain
who can eliminate his rival only by
communicating with his adored ones
"Momma'' about a certain matter at
a given time. He attempts to do this
at a nickel-in-the-slot telephone sta
ton. Anyone who has tried to trans
act any important business over a pay
station telephone can readily imagine
our hero's predicament- Poor Harold s
plight would make the angels weep
Bat movie fans are not angels They
are destined to laugh themselves silly
over this amorous tragedy, which was
scheduled for release thru Pathe on
December 26-right after Christmas.
when the bills come in and everybody
needs a laugh,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
CALVES ARE FIRST
Good Facial Looks and Talent
Secondary for Actress.
Shimmy Queen Declares 'Legs''
Necessary for Stars.

Chicago, Feb. IA shapely calf
and a trim ankle are more essential to
the success of an actress than good
looks and talent. The average theater-
goer, IN case he or she does not get an
eye full, starts grabbing about the act.
Bee Palmer, shimmy queen, confided
this to the United Press today
Il have known actresses with a mil
lion dollars worth of good looks and
talent who failed to reach stardom
because they hadn't much to show"
she said. Call 'em what you like
legs. limbs or pins-they're necessary
to success.
1.-The long legs OF Charlotte Green
wood had much to do with her success
in so Long Lefty Ann Pennington
if her calves weren't shapely. And
consider the case of Ruth Gordon
she has spent two months in a hospital
to get her legs Strengthened"
Miss Palmer said looks can be mend
ed by grease paint and powder and
talent acquired by hard study, but ma
ture had to endow an actress with the
subject under discussion.
They say history would be different
If Cleopatra's nose was a little longer
I doubt that. She could have fixed
up with a little makeup. But I'll wager
that historians would have had a diff
ferent tale to tell If her legs weren't
well proportioned.
''And take, for instance, the statue
of Venus that someone spaded up in
his back yard. Do you think it would
have been preserved to posterity if one
stead of an arm?
n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
COVER UP FLAWS?|
George PattuIlo Declares Screen
Titles Unnecessary.
Real Reel Action Needs No De-
scriptive Reading.

Are titleless photoplays a possibil-
fty? Will, the cinema ever reach q
point where the tenseness and clarity
OF the action win do away with the
necessity of long explanations?
George Pattullo, noted short story
writer and war correspondent. is a
convert to the affirmative side of
these questions.
MY observation of photoplay audi
ences, coupled with the actual studio
experience have had since contract
ing with the Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation. have led me to believe
that the era of more action and less
titles is close at hand" he said recent
ly. more and more the public is de-
manding motion pictures that move
fast; that capture and hold the atten-
ton and interest by sheer force of
well-planned dramatic situations.
This DESIRE he continued. will
impose a much harder burden on the
writer of pictures-but it will result
in a future output of photoplays more
compellingly entertaining than q ma
jority Of those we have had in the
past.
-It is altogether possible to tell a
story without superfluous verbiage.
De Maupassant has written MASTER
pieces in from 1900 to 1900 words
and scores of present day short stories
of 5000 to 10000 words could be
equally condensed with a consequent
gain IN IenSlIy OF action.
I'm like manner can we tell tale
on the screen minus the f1owery en-
Enlistment too often added to cover
up flaws in the plot value. If the
story is there 1t will carry the reader
of the screen from dramatic episode to
dramatic episode SO clearly and ac-
curately that one will gain the i'm
preston of seeing life lived.
Perhaps we may never do away
with titles in film plays. In many in
stances they are invaluable. At any
rate, however. we are coming to a
time when they will be cut to the
bone; time of wailing for those pho
toplay producers who have in the
past attempted to cover the lack of d
real story by recourse to dozens and
dozens Of high-sounding titles
Mr.. Pattullo is now in Hollywood
preparing two of his stories, Gasoline
Gus and "Drycheck Charlie" as a
single paramount picture for Roscoe
Arbuckle. He is internationally
| known as a short story writer and war
correspondent. Mr.. and Mrs. Pattulio
are rapidly becoming members of
IHollywood's literary colony, which al
ready includes Sir Gilbert Parker, Ed
ward Knoblock. Elinor Glyn and w
Somerset Vaughan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
Topeka One of Fifty Cities
HOnored by Toscanini.
With La Scala Symphony Or
chestra Here February "a.
MAESTRO BEGAN As CELLIST
As Conductor of Most Famous
Organization at Zenith.
Every Member Picked From
Best in All Italy.

Topeka music lovers and many 9TH
ers who only nike" it will pay homage
TO Maestro Arturo Toschanini and
La Scala Symphany orchestra at the
city auditorium February "a, when
the great conductor and his world IA
nous aggregation of musicians visit
this city. one of the fifty cities of the
United States to be so favored.
Event of the Year.
Toscaninrs American tour, desig-
mated by the east, where Toscanini has
already been heard, as "the supreme
musical event of the year" is destined,
it is believed, to outrank in its far
reaching significance any musical hap
pening in Topeka for a decade
The world famous conductor held
sway over New York at the Metro
politan opera house for seven years.
His return to America has been signal
lied by the greatest enthusiasm ever
extended a musical celebrity. New
York has had five concerts. Boston
three. Philadelphia two, Cleveland two
and Chicago two-completely sold out.
In other cities visited the result is
much the same.
Boston, after a long orchestral su-
premacy, was somewhat doubtful that
Toscanini would make any undue i'm
preston in the Hub. Doubt was dis
PEELED on the first visit. The Boston
papers INDUCED in such extravagances
as THE worlds greatest conductor,
makes Beethoven thrilling" ''Tosca-
mini is incomparably greater as SYM
phony conductor than any conductor
J have ever heard, and this means
Much. Weingartner. Nikisch. Stransky,
StowlSowsky, Stock. Messag ger and
Monteaux."
Began as CeIlist.
. Toscanini was born in Parma in
1857 and was graduated from the
Parma Conservatory with the first
prize for cello playing. AS a cellist
he began his musical career, and IN
that capacity he was engaged for the
orchestra of the Teatro Don Pedro II,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12

and placed his talents at the service
of his government and did noteworthy
service, conducting bands and orches-
tras of various quality to sustain the
morale of his countrymen in the war.
The appearance of the great conductor
had the effect of a great general, and
as the result of one of his exploits he
was decorated with a silver medal for
valor.
During Toscanini's connection with
the Metropolitan he conducted Beetho-
ven's Ninth Symphony" and included
Wagner and Strauss numbers on the
same program. His success established
him at once as a great symphonic con-
ductor
1t is as a symphonic conductor that
Toscanini makes his American tour.
His orchestra is chosen from the best
musical talent in Italy and will be-
come the permanent orchestra for the
famous La Scala Opera house, which
is now undergoing complete removal
ton and which will not be opened until
next fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
La Scala Theater at Milan, Italy.

in Rio Janeiro. On the second night
OF his engagement, however, he was
Irecipitated into his turbulent career
as a conductor. The Italian who was
directing the performance of Aida"
was not getting along very well. The
Audience stood IL as long as the Latin
tempera ment would allow and then
rose in its wrath and Kissed off the
poor conductor at the end of the pre-
lude. Toscanini jumped into the con-
ductor's box, took up the baton and
finished the opera. He performed SO
admirably that the audience gave him
an ovation, and he was Immediately
engaged as regular conductor.
Achieved Success Mt Milan.
After that Toscanini was connected
with various opera houses in Italy, fl
nally going to La Scala, in Milan. 1t
was there that he gave some SYM
phony concerts with great success.
In 1908 he became principal con-
ductor of the Metropolitan Opera house
New York. 1t was supposed that
Toscanini, as an Italian, would know
nothing Of the German opera. but it
took but one performance of Die
Goetterdammerung" for the critics to
wax superlatively praiseful.
In 1915 Toscanini returned to Italy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
Lloyd Comedies $25OOOOEach
Under Pathe Auspices Harold Lloyd Brought Screen
Comedy Up To the Best Stage Standards and
Won From Associated Exhibitors ST 500, 600
for One Years Output.

Just a year ago Paul Brunet, of
Pathe, announced he would star Har-
old Lloyd in a series of two-reel spe-
cial comedies. Lloyd had been MAX
ing good comedies-in fact, excellent
comedies But there was good deal
of slapstick. knock down and drag out
in them. In those early days (two or
three years ago) it was believed that
anything more refined than a hot
trousers, a wallop over the head with
a beer bottle. or a display of some
other physical discomfort or distress
would not.ge over" with the dear
public, * E..s .4s. l-
1t, was something of an experiment
and sensibly enough, Lloyd agreed to
work for what was a modest salary
for a man of his box office power. He
realized that his contract gave him
every opportunity in the world to
make good" And Pathe realized that
1t also had something to do. Every
body "got, busy"
Dropped Slapstick.
Lloyd dropped slapstic1 like "a hot
potato. He made his bow as a clean
shaven, well-tailored. rather scholarly
looking young man wearing large,
shell-rimmed spectacles-such a lad
as you may see on the Yale or Harvard
campus every day in the school year.
ne secured DlOnQes SWeeL-IdCeQ MIL
dred Davis as his leading woman. Then
things begin to happen to them. They
are involved in all sorts of ludicrous
difficulties, provided in the story ma
terial. And. like the skilled raconteur
of witty jokes, each keeps a serious
face thru it all and allows the audi
ence to enjoy it's laugh at their ex-
pense.
Dumping Into Broadway" their
first release, bore a prophetic title 1t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
NINE. FRANCES KNIGHT
Conductor Ladies' Columbia Symphony
Orchestra

The Ladies' Columbia Symphony or
chestra which plays the engagement
is now on tour of the United States,
having started from San Francisco
early in the year. The tour will end
in New York City, where several en-
gagements have been booked FOR early
summer. The organization comprises
thirty artists and includes soIoists on
the harp and violin, vocalist and a
former pupil OF Pavloa.
Has Woman Conductor.
This attraction is one OF the most
unique orcheStraS that has ever ap-
peared in the United States or Canada.
1t has a woman conductor, Nine.
Frances knight, a very distinguished
musician, and entire personnel of the
orchestra is made up OF gifted young
lady musicians.
Their program is particularly
vocal selections by Katherine Sim
mons, soprano; four solo dances by
Miss Dorothy Volkey, ranging from
the Russian Ballet to toe dancing.
Each dance is given in different cos
tune. with full orchestral accompant-
ment.
Special Solo Numbers.
The program will also include solos
by some of the gifted young lady mu-
sicians of the orchestra, including
harp. cello, cornet and trombone.
Particularly delightful will be the Star
Trio of violin. harp and cello, which
has been receiving splendid ovations
at almost every concert.
In addition to the musical offering
by the Columbia Symphony orchestra
five reel feature, THE Chorus Girls
Romance" will be shown, making It
the biggest program yet produced at
the Orpheum theater.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
REEL MAIL BOX FOOLED ,EzM.
Paramount Screen Actors Found
Their Letters Had Not Even Started.

Paramount Screen Actors Found
Their Letters Had Not Even Started.
Property mail boxes may be all right
for the movies but, when the new Of
flee boy is not informed the green re-
ceptacles of the mail become mere
dead letter boxes. Just before
Christmas the property man at the
Paramount studio on Long Island was
instructed to put up a mail box for use
in THE Teaser," Dorothy Dalton's
latest Paramount picture.
The mail box was shot" and then
the studio was closed. When it was
reopened again in January the prop
erty mail box was still standing. Tom
Geraghty. supervising director at the
studio, happened to see the box one
day and when he opened it he found
more than one hundred letters in it
that had been deposited in December.
A majority of the letters Mr.. Ger
agility discovered. were his own. Now
he is busy writing all his friends tell
ing them the reason why his Christ
mas cards, personal letters, and bust
ness communications have been de-
layed. other members of the studio
staff are also writing belated letters of
explanation. The office boy who per-
petrated the deed is gone so there is
no one to be the goat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
DID HE KEEP TWO BITS.

Will Rogers, Goldwyn's star and wit.
never sends out pictures of himself to
the fans, altho he appreciates their re-
quests. One admirer sent Rogers IS
cents in stamps to pay the cost of a
photograph. The star wrote to him
about six weeks later:
My Dear Sir: I think you for the
use of your money. / haven't got a
picture of myself: if I did have, it
wouldn't be worth two bits. If did
have one, I'd give you two bits to keep
il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12

and there also was much more vol
canic activity.
Records compiled by Prof. Francis
A Tondorf, director of the seisnno-
logical observatory and head of the
department of geology of Georgetown
university, show SO earthquakes were
felt in the United States. compared
with 81 in 1919, while reports from
all parts of the world show 161 quakes
were reported, as compared with 46s
in 1919.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
BE BIC FEATURE
Symphony Orchestra Booked to
Play at Orpheum.
Organization of Thirty Mem
beers Here Three Days.

A symphony orchestra which plays
music of the first class but picked for
popular understanding will play u
three day engagement at the Orpheum
theater soon. This is the announce
ment made today by Manager G. L.
Hooper. who at the same time de-
clares that the prices for those three
days will be but Slightly more than the
usual scale for motion picture pro-
grams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
FEWER QUAKES IN 1920
But at Same Time There Was Much
More Volcanic Activity.

Washington, Feb. 12.-There were
fewer earthquakes in the United
States and thruout the world last year
than in 1919 but those OF a destruc-
tive character were more numerous
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-12-16
GOVERNMENT BUYS SECURITIES
When You Sell War Saving. seeuri.
ties Get Full Value For Them

Certain persons in the community
are making the widespread unemploys
ment and consequent need Of ready
funds the occasion of systematic at
tempt 20 take advantage of the hold
ers Of War Savings and Treasury Saw
ings Certificates by offering to pur-
chase same at much less than their &C
tual value All holders of such EVIL
dences of savings deposits with the
government should be- warned that
they are not transferable. that the or
iginal owner can cash them for their
full present value at the postofiice at
any time; and that there is not only
no advantage whatever to be gained
by disposing Of them to private per
sons, but that in most cases the object
of such private persons Offering TO buy
the stamps and certificates is TO pay
much less than their actual value ssd
subsequently, 10 defraud the govern
ment fhavng already beaten the own
erl By. means of false afiidavits when
the altered certificates are presented
for payment
A workman who had been out Of
work for some time found it necessary
recently to cash two $l00 Treasury
Savings Certificates Instead of going
directly TO the postofiee where he
could have obtained the full present
value. S9l so each, Of the certificates
which were purchased for ss2.4O in
.I9is. he fell into the clutches Of one
Of the men referred to and was On
the point Of selling his certificates TO
this individual for $50 apiece when
some friend spoiled the deal By show
ing the owner of the certificates that
he would be losing over s6s Of ms
hard earned and much needed money
by the transaction.
The story carries two important
morals for all holders Of Government
Savings securities. One IS; Don't
sell your savings securities to any
body but the government. The other
lesson Is. Do not make any erasuFes
on one Of these certificates II may
make il entirely worthless and at the
least will put you to a great deal OF
trouble and inconvenience 10 prove
that the alteration was IN good faith
and that the certificate IS indeed your
property and that you are the original
owner
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-12-16
DOES IT PAY TO WORRY
ABOUT APPENDICITIS?

Can appendicitis, be guarded
against? Yes, by preventing mites
final infection. The intestinal anti
septic. Adler-i-ka, acts on Both upper
and lower bowel, removing ALL foul,
deeaying matter which might start
infection. EXCELLENT for gas on
stomach or chronic constipation. IL
removes matter which you never
thought was in your system and which
nothing else can dislodge. One man
reports il Is unbelievable the awful
impurities Adler-i-ka brought out.
Joseph j. Dupre, Druggist.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-12-16
NINETEEN GAMES ON
SCHOOL SCHEDULE
Putnam High Basket Ball Team
to Play Eleven Games at
Home
sidasy Hayward Is MaAAsss S~Ason
Opened LAa Tuesday Nigh,

The Putnam High school baskc; bali
schedule for ta2i-22. a. announced
by the manager. Sidney Hayward. in
dleates that one Of the hardest sea
sons If recent years lies before the
LEGAL team. 1 total Of IL games will
be- played, At Putnam. ard eight
away A feature Of the season will
BE- HE addition Of two games with the
fast UNbridge tive, as well Is game
At Putnam with Posts Worcester Bus
mess Institute. which Is reported As
having a strong team There Is pos
sibihty Of a game with some team
around Boston at the close Of the sea
son. but nothing definite has been ar
ranged FOR that. as yet
The schedule follows
Tuesday. Dee. I3-N Woodstock at
Putnam
Friday. Dec Thompson Town
at Putnam.
Tuesday, Dec 20-Post's Worces-
ter Business Institute at Putnam.
Friday, Dec. Tourtellotte At
NORTH Grosvenordale
Tuesday, Jan. s-Trade School at
Putnam.
Friday, Jan. -Plainheld at Put
nam.
Tuesday Jan. Thompson Town
at Thompson.
Friday, Jan. southbridee at
Putnam.
Wednesday. Jan. Kilhngly at
Putnam.
Friday. Jan. Woodstock at
Woodstock
Tuesday, Jan 24-webster a, Put
nam.
Friday, Jan. windham at VIII
limantic.
Friday. Feb. s-Hall to Woodstock
and Tourtellotte for game on neutral
floor
wednesday, Feb. kilhnely at
panielson.
Wednesday, Feb. l5-southbridge
at Southbridge tpending).
Friday. Feb. l7-Uxbridge at Put
nam.
Tuesday, Feb Plainheld at
Plainfeld.
Friday, Feb. Windham at Put
nam.
Tuesday. Feb. % Tourtellotte at
Putnam.
Wednesday. March l-Uxbridge at
uxbridee.
Friday. March 3-open.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-12-16
THURSTON ADVISES
TRIMMING TREES
Electric Co. Manager See. Advantage
to Everysn. In Course He Outline.

II has been disclosed that one Of
the main factors for Pomfret. Wood
stock and Thompson being ssft with
out electric lighting service for few
days after the severe ice storm Of the
+ first Of the month, WAS that the great
er part Of the wires were broken by
f branches from trees which were not
properly pruned and trimmed
In regard to this fact Ralph Thurs.
ton. manager Of the Putnam Light &
Power Company, has made the follow
ing statement w oedstoek, Pofnfret
aud Thompson would not have been
cut off from electric lighting service
by the Ice storm and gale that follow
ed. were II not for the fact that trees
with limbs overhanging the lines Of
the Putnam Light q Power Company
had not strapped Off and broken the
wires
''Thc moral Of this Is that had the
trees been so trimmed a. to protect
the wires against limbs falling upon
them, there would have been little or
no UhtNNEF ~ iff tAfifHs M AftFEtstsRtA
Of the entire system Of lines running
out Of this city 10 supply light 70 sur
rounding communities showed only
one break not caused by limbs falling
upon them, and the exception was
where crossarm gave eat ON one
pole. miner BIT of damage tina, would
not have interrupted the service.
Had property owners permitted
trees to be trimmed no such tangie -
has confronted the people Of the SUR
rounding towns would have occurred.
part fcutarly as concerns the light
wires. And in this connection Il
seems little less than irony that some
Of the most vehement protesters
against the trimming Of trees to get
clearance for the lines were the loud
est eomplainants after the storm be-
cause their homes and other buildings
have been left temporarily without
lights
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-12-16
NE WAS THE BOY

A city firm hung out a sign, Boy
Wanted. In less than five minutes a
ed-headed little chap stepped into the
Office with the sign under his arm.
Say. mister" he said, did you hang
this out7" Il did" sand the proprie-
tor. why did you tear II down.
Back ~ his freekles the boy gazed IN
wonder At the mans stupidity. Why
he replied. Pm the boy" And he
proved 20 be.