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New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Queen and Duchess
From ''Clair de Lzsre''

M N "CLAIR DE LUNE;;" the play
- by Michael Strange in which
Ethel and John Barrymore are now
appearing at the Empire Theater,
some unusual characters are intro
duced. One of these is the Duchess
Josephine (impersonated by Violet
Kemble "COPPER", the illegitimate
half-sister of the Queen. The play
wright draws vivid portrait Of
this strange woman with "grimace
on the face Of her SOUL" When the
Prince, her lover, remarks that
nothing could surprise her, the
Queen, who seems to know her very
we'll, retorts:
"Yod are probably mistaken. /
believe any reality would surprise
her. All her life she has watched
life passing in a mirror. She has
never touched thing and I think
she has very curious hands,"
A little later the Duchess makes
her first appearance on the stage
and the Queen questions her melan-
choly air.
Possibly" says the Duchess, "I
am melancholy because am not
curious"
"No," is the Queens sarcastic re-
lily, "rocks could hardly be curious
about the waves or the wrecks
washing against them"
But the Duchess is curious, it
turns out-about the misshapen.
grinning clown who dances for the
amusement of the court. By him
she is moved in way it Is hard for
her to conceal.
What an extraordinary panto-
mime," says the Queen at the end
of the performance. 81 think these
mummers act too we'll. They will
leave a memory, and I have far too
many memories already"
Il shall never have any memo
ries," exclaims the Duchess, eager
to conceal her disturbance. "When
the door closes I will forget"
Perhaps you are not SO agile as
you think" says the Prince. "Some-
thing Of you may catch in the door
when it slams and go on aching for
ever"
And that Is just what happens.
She fends for the poor clown and
finds, to her disappointment, that,
after all. he is really Prince and
the man her father meant her to
wed. From this alliance-an. alli-
ance for which she had been so
eager when it was under the rose
she is saved by the mountebank's
death, and SO she is able to make
her exit with her disdainful head
held high.
/. Life nauseates me so at the mo-
nent," is her parting sally, "that
1T is difficult to imagine any corner
where'I would not be too dizzy with
hatred to stand.n
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

dropped into the discard if the gra-
phophone- picture is perfected and syn
chronized perfectly. In our humble
opinion, no greater mistake could be
made. There are few instances in
which the illusion Of the silent drama
might be heightened by the voices Of
characters suddenly becoming audible.
These might be in close-ups, in which
characters are isolated completely from
all other things of life and movement;
scenes in which nothing else appears
from which we might expect sounds.
1t would be absurd to hear the voice
of character standing on a street
corner, say at Forty-second Street and
Broadway, and not hear at the same
time the roar of the subway under
ground, the booming of automobile
sirens, the cries Of newsboys, police
men say. "Hey, y can't park there!"
and the thousand and one noises con-
stantly charging the air at such cross
ing.
But if this character were in
room, far removed from anything from
which we might expect to hear some
characteristic noise, the voice of that
character might not dispel the illusion
of reality. You will note that we make
no positive statement on this point.
We have in mind most impressive
scene in Deception" in which Anne
Boleyn, waiting in the Tower to hear
her fate, receives the confirmation
of her death sentence. She looks at
the paper signed by Henry and turns
hopelessly to those who have brought
1T to her. She says to them, with
sorrow that fairly fills the theater,
"He has signed It'll" and this title ap-
pears on the screen. At that moment
we heard the sweet voice Of Inga Wank
singing softly: 80 Death, Rock Me to
Sleep" The effect was wonderful. That
spoken title was not read by the audi
ence. 1t was heard. We got an audi
tory effect from it and the whole il
fusion of the picture was as perfect
as could be. But we believe that il we
had heard those words of hers from
the hollow depths of a phonograph
horn we should have yawned and said:
u wonder If I'll find summons in the
car when we get out Of here"
1t seems to US that the appeal of the
motion picture lies in its power to slim
uiate the imagination. Orchestral ef-
fects, the occasional use of the singing
voice, all build UP the illusion of reality
which charms. We contend that sub
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Interesting Chat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers
Charles Cherry Shakes
The Family Cherry Tree
u In '''The Tyranny of Love"

we walked into his dressing room with
him that we knew he had forgotten all
about us--and there we had thought
of nothing else! But men are like that.
"Did you forget about us?"
ooh, no, indeedl But you see /
haven't any man now and have to get
out all my things and get on my make
up and--I'll tell you what! You wait
until after the matinee and then have
tea at my apartment, and 1t will be
very nice and co2y and we can talk"
Mr.. Cherry spoke ingratiatingly and
looking back at it now we wonder how
we resisted. And we thought how happy
Esteile Winwood would be if he ever
spoke to her like that--we mean, of
course, on the stage. But we looked at
him firmly and said: "No, it must be
now or never" We really didn't think
that it was because he wanted us to tea
so much as because he didn't want to
be interviewed.
'You don't like interviewers, do
your"
"No, I'm afraid of eml Afraid of
what I'll say to them or of what they'll
say about me. Some day when have
time I'll think up nice interview and
talk it into record, and then when
the interviewer comes I can put it on
the Victrola, and there you are"
"Why not dictate a half dozen and
let US take our choice? You could label
them The Future of the Drama What
l Think of Censorship 'The Happy
Ending, Pro and CON- etc."
"Why, you must think I'm versatile.
couldn't even think up one interview.
You must promise not to interview me.
Won't you?"
So we promised, and then we got
along famously. Mr.. Cherry forgot he
hadn't wanted US, and he put on his
makeup and got out his first-act
clothes, talking all the time as though
he liked US, but, of course, this couldn't
be, because we were an interviewer.
First we talked of "The Tyranny Of
Love-" and Mr.. Cherry said: "Tell me
truly if you like the play just as it is.
l am trying to get consensus"
"Well, you may count us in, for it's
one of the cleverest things we've seen
this season, and our favorite critic
liked it, too. Doesn't that make con-
sensus?"
And then Mr.. Cherry told us about
the time he was playing with Laurette
Taylor in "The Seven Sisters" "The
day after the opening I was riding in
Fifth Avenue bus when the woman
behind me said to her companion: 4
see the Cherry sisters are back again,
and they have their brother Charles
with them If you remember the
Cherry sisters you'll appreciate that"
"We surely do. They were the ones
who used to do their act behind wire
netting presumably to protect them
from missiles from the vegetable king
dom. The Cherry sisters and the Rus
sell brothers were our first theatrical
indiscretions. You see how our taste
has improved" and here the call boy
said Overture" and some one said,
"You'll have to hurry, Mr.. Cherry" and
he said, Hold the curtain" So you see
how we'll he had begun to like us by
this time, and perhaps some day soon
we'll go and interview him.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Mabel Normand Back Again
Under the Sennett Banner

Considerable interest centeTs IN
Mabel Normand's first appearance
under the Mack sennett banner. T.
Richard Jones has just started work on
the production to be called "MoIly-o
at the Sennett Los Angeles studios
Mr.. Jones directed Miss Normand N
her last super-feature, mickey" whieh
established world record in tne
comedy field.
"Molly-O" will be the second serie-
super-comedy to be made by Mr. sea-
nett since he decided that film rams
were tired OF the old-fashioned slap
stick and wanted human comedy WIZ
a story. At that time he signed Ear
Jones from the D. w. Griffith forcefl
at the record salary of $105,000 yea
to return to his studios. Mr. jones'
Immediately set to work and conf
pleted the first Sennett serio-supsr
comedy, "Heart Balm" short TING
ago.
Mr.. Jones has an unusual cast fo7
"Heart Balm" but it is said that tw9
newcomers, George O'Hare and hatnf
ryn Mcclure, run away with tns
comedy. Mr.. Jones, by the way, es-
tablished record at the Griffith studios
as q discoverer Of new talent.
The exteriors of Heart Balm" wefe
shot in the Arroyo Seco Canyon sna
in the Canadian Rockies. Besides MISS
Mcguire and Mr.. o'Hara the cast q
Heart Balm" includes such we'll kpaaa
players as Noah Beery, EsAs2 eses4
Terry, Bep nmakss a<ssAA~* stsnstsa
anS ESNAaax$ EszzsA.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

titles may ,be written with an art which
makes of them an integral part of the
picture itself when it is necessary that
they should be, and that spoken titles.
II written with due regard to the tempo
OF the action, Characterization and the
general attitude of the speaker. are
never merely sub titles to be read We
imagine that we hear the lines spoken.
Wen admit that we do not often en-
JOY this perfection in pictures. But we
know that it may be achieved.
so why become excited over talking
movies? We are sorry to have to be
50 discouraging, but we do not believe
that we shall ever want TO hear them.
WILLIAM B. LAUB.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
ssGypsy Blood With
Negri ait the Strand

Under the title of "Gypsy Blood"
screen adaptation from Prosper Meri-
mee's story OF Carmen" with Pola
Negri In the leading role, will be
shown at the Strand Theater this weak.
In 1914 Carmen" made her debut
on the screen in two American pro-
ductions, simultaneously released by
rival film concerns. In one Theda Bara
was the star; in the other Geraldine
Farrar. Like Passion" Gypsy Blood
was produced in Germany. 1t presents
some of the same artists who appeared
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

M. Barrie's equality Street."
Two of the greatest successes on the
list were "Blue Paradise" and "May-
time," the latter being adapted to the
American stage by Rida Johnson Young
and Sigmund Romberg.
No Viennese representation would be
complete without the name of Johann
Strauss, the waltz king, whose "Blue
Danube" conquered the world. Johann's
operetta, "Die Fliedermaus," was
adapted by the Shuberts to the Amer
ican stage under the title of s'The
Merry Countess" It was in this pro-
duction at the Casino few years ago
that the Dolly Sisters leaped to fame.
"The Midnight Girl" in which Mar
garet Romaine sang, and "Two Is Com
pany" were originally Viennese works.
which were adapted to the American
stage by Adolph Philip.
| A little further down the Danube,
at Budapest, Emmerich Kalman wrote
the score Of 'Her Soldier Boy" one
of the biggest hits in the Shubert
ASSS'SA VA niusiSai pays. 1t was pre-
sented at the Astor Theater a few
years ago with Clifton Crawford, John
Charles Thomas and Adele Rowland in
the leading roles.
"oh, Say" which was staged at
the Casino, was French work, by
Messrs. Keroul and Barre. Ivan Caryll.
who wrote the music for "The Belle of
Bond SStreet," in which the Shuberts
presented Gaby Desiys, is a native of
Belgium, though for the last few years
he has been identified with the English
and American musical comedy stage.
Musical comedy, as it is now known,
had its origin in England and for
many years most of the entertainments
of this character came from London.
The English have been particularly
adept in combining light comedy and
verses with tinkly music, and in the
great days of George Edwardes's
Gaiety Theater they stood preeminent
in this field. When England entered
the war there occurred iull in musical
comedy manufacture, and as viennese
operettas werS Rs LssApss@ sAaadaaissa
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Al the Columbia

This is the last week of the reg
ular burlesque season at the Column
bia Theater. "Hip, Hip, Hooray,. with
George f. Hayes, Ben Pierce. Helen
McClain and other favorites will be
the farewell bill. Jean Bedini's "Peek-
a-Boo" begins its summer run next
waal
New Britain herald., 1921-05-24
DRop RoBBERY THEORY
opinion Is That Attempt to Wreck
 Train Was By Discharged Workers.

Paducah. Ky, May 2t.-AuthoritieA today temporarily abandoned the theory that tho attempt to wreck the Illinois Central fast passenger train near here carly yesterday was for the .lrposc Of robbery and arc inyesti-
 ting with the view Of determining whether disgruntled former employ CTS might have pulled the spikes and angle bars from the tract The wire connections were left intact. Had these been removed. 1t was pointed out tho block system would have dis played warning signal
New Britain herald., 1921-05-24
SOUTH MAY YETPUT 7 COUNTRY TO FRONT
So Say Speakers at Honorary
 Meeting for H. ". Grady

Atlanta. Ga May 2I.--On the. : st anniversary of his birth memorial services were held here today for Henry W. Grady. newspaper editor and orator whose writings and speeches in reconstruction days both iu the north and south did much to clenr away misunderstandings be- tween the states. Al the time of his death in tSS0. Grady was managing editor or the Atlanta Constitution.
 The program included the re-un- yelling of tho monument erected here. by Lefty Black. hia grand daughter and the placing Of a wreath at It's haac, Full military honors were ren- dcred ty Confederate. and Union vet erans as well as veterans of the World War The University or Georgia at Athans announced tn connection with
 ic' celebration the establishment of ~he Henry w. Grady School of Jour nailsm iu his honor.
 NoiciuR plea in the principal ad- dress for a Nnore intensive Ameri- eanism. J J. Atwood. a Kansas City Jurist, said 10 might yet come to pass that tho south would show the north 'tBc way buck to sanity and safety" and how to huttrcss anew the foundations or tho nation
 ife declared strange doctrines were abroad in the land. which originated in Russia and find eager students in thia and other countries. The doc trincs. he said are of u school teach Ing that "wc can have government without authority. production with out supervision, a stnte without mo- rnllty and manhood without honor"
 Against this moral plague Amcri- cu is the shield. if shield there be-" Mir. Atwood continued. "In America ve must look to the most American purt for leadership in the matter and that part Of America is in the south. where the language of tho fathers of tho republic is still spoken In It's purity. uuburdened by the super-gut-
 fnls of northern Europe or the mul- pple .vowcls of the .Mcditerranean."
New Britain herald., 1921-05-24
WOMAN GIVEN HEARING.
Detroit Woman Denies That She Kid mapped and Murdered Little Boy.

Detroit. May 2f-Proliminary hear Ing for Mrs. Elizabeth Lowen. 5s. on charge of murdcring Max Ernst. a six year old hoy. was set for today in municipal court. Mrs. Lewcn plead- ed not guilty last Saturday when arr raigncd in police court. The prose- cution charged the aged woman with kidnapping the boy two weeks ago. taking him Co q sparscly settled. dis triet and killing lrfm ny strangulatioh to avcnge n fancied wrong in q bus mess deal with the lads fathers Frank Ernst. Mrs. Lewen denied the charge.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-24
BOYS WORK CONFERENCE.
Session nt BinEhamton Attended bs f5O Delegates.

BinEhamton, \. Y.. May 24.--One hundred and fifty delegates from all parts of the United States assembled In this city in attendance at the 18th annual session of the Boys Work conference. Addresses were made by wm B. Campbell of Pawtucket, k. T.. Robert n. Klees Of Chicago. Mrs. Roy Bull of Syracuse and Elizabeth Straub Of Philadelphia.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-24
Smith Post and Auxiliary . To Plan For Memorial Day

Private Walter !. smith post Of Vc Veterans of Foreign Wars and the auxiliary to the post. will hold n special meeting this evening Ut o'clock in the now Turner hall on Arch street Plans for Memorial Day win be disctfssed.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-24
MAY so RACES.
yaching Events on Long Island
 sound Nill Begin on Monday.

New York; May ai.-Thc starting gun for the hrst open rcgattu of tho year or the yacht racing nssociation of Long Island Sound will bc rred on Memorial Day. The 50 rooters will predo on1inatc Tn the first event although practically every class is entered. The races will continue throughout tho summer. The last meet will be off Manhassot on Sep tsmbcr 2I. .v frHsaEaT-
New Britain herald., 1921-05-24
VETERANS OF THREE
 WARS TO TAKE PART.

(Continued from First Pase.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-29
EMPLOYERS URGED
TO HIRE PART TIME
VOCATIONAL PUPILS

Students Of high school desiring at.
ter school and Saturday employment
are being assisted by the vocational
placement work department. This
work is being carried on among young
men and ladies', boys and girls, as an
authorized part of the school system,
and at no cost to either employer
or student
N. F. Fulz, head of the vocational
department, is in direct charge of the
service, and asks that employers desir-
ing part time help, phone him at 5277.
Advertising cards to be circulated
for the purpose of stimulating the en-
ployment of junior help. suggests the
following duties at which the students
could be employed: errands. window
washing, ashes and coal, furniture re-
pair, up-keep, cleaning firing furnace,
care of children, busting, meal serving,
sewing, typewriting, grass cutting and
gardening.
Send Out Circulars.
Circular letters are to be mailed to
employers, setting forth the advant-
ages to the employer who seeks junior
help from the vocational department.
The letter reads in part:
You can depend upon confidential
service when you ask for candidates
for job. Furthermore. we have three
distinct checks upon any one whom
we might send to you to apply for
a job: namely. birth records, past job
history and school records.
I'VE protect you by always pro-
vding proper employment papers for
those whom the law requires to hold
them. All state and federal working
certificates are written from this Of
flee.
You have the advantage of our ex.
perience with the folks we send to
you to make application for work.
Furth ermore, we are in a position to
give you more than moral support in
checking up and helping you secure
consistent performance once you hire.
Your calls are treated confidentially
and you need not be concerned about
needless applicants.
There are no obligations to hire,
when an applicant is sent to your
place Furthermore the applicant is
never given the idea that he or she
is being hired"
1t is also pointed out that any en-
ployer wishing to become more IA
miliar with the school employment de-
partment. may ask for details and the
department will send representative
to explain the work
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-29
Jackson Farmer Held
on Larceny Bond

Sherman Howard, a farmer living
in Jackson township. was arrested by
Marshal Summers of Cambridge City,
Tuesday morning and brought to Rich
mond, where charge of grand lar
ceny was filed against Howard by w.
H. Huddleston. Howard was lodged
in Jail by Sheriff Wadman
According to local officials, Howard
was caught in the act of taking coal
from the Jackson township school. Mr..
Huddleston, who is treasurer of the
school board, stated that this had
been going on for some time The
coal was being carried away in sacks
after night, officials declared
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert g. Matthews of
the Keystone apartments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Holman and
little daughter and Mrs. F. L. Holly
spent the week end in Norwood and
Cincinnati, O.. with relatives.
Mrs. Pearl Daily, who has been i'll
for some time. is reported slowly i'm
proving. e
Charles Robinson spent Monday in
Indianapolis.
Miss Nina Brigham of Indianapolis
who has been visiting Miss Margaret
Thornburgh of South Twentieth street,
has gone to East Chicago, Ind, where
she Is teaching in the public schools.
An Easter dance for married people
will be given by Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
kolp at the l. o. o. F. hall Tuesday
evening. Easter decorations and IA
vors Will be features of the party. The
Smith-kolp fivepiece orchestra will
play. The balcony will not be open
to spectators. ...-, ..
The w. B. A. Of the Maccabees are
entertaining with a dance at the !. O..
.. F. hall Wednesday evening which
promises to be one OF the leading
social events of the year for the Mac
cabees. Miller's orchestra will play.
A card party will be given at the
X. Of c. hall at O'Clock Tuesday even
ing under the auspices of the Ladies'
ConfTaternity Of st. Mary's church. A
dance will follow the card party and a
buffet luncheon will be served.
The Collegiate club will be entertain
ed by Miss Elizabeth Comstock at her
home on North Tenth street, Thurs
day afternoon. Miss, Marguerite Hill
will read paper on the Franco
Prussian War"
A card party will be given at Red
Mems hall next Saturday evening at
Sis O'Clock.
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary society of the Second Eng
lish Lutheran church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Wilbur Schnelle, 1902
Pearl street. at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. All members are invited to
attend and are asked to bring their
self-denial offerings All new mem
bers are especially invited.
The Woman's Missionary society of
the First Presbyterian church will
meet in the church paIlors Wednesday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. DR.. J. J.
Rae, speaker for the afternoon, will
talk on THE Bible and Missions"
Hostesses for the affair will be Mrs.
Stephen c. Markley, Mrs. Cora Rea
Mrs. Arthur Whallon, and Mrs. J. NJ
Bulla. All women of the congregation
are cordially invited to be present
At the meeting of the West Rich
1nond w. c. T. U. held in the Commun-
ity house Monday afternoon home rule
and the organization of political par
ties formed an interesting subjects OF
discussion in which many took part.
Miss Ethel Clark of the Social Service
Bureau, will be principal speaker at
the next meeting, to be held April %.
when Child Welfare will be dis
cussed.