Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-08

IT'S mystery that ''intrisues' s. us,
i AS the magazine writers love to say.
We don't know Edna. but we confess
we'd Ike to.
She sends is photograph 10 enter
In the contest. and. on the front OF
Il is written. VERY sincerely-Edna.
Now. we'd br very happy 10 feel that
Edna was sincerely ours. bur il is evi
dent that she gave this picture to some
one else and then got it back IN send
to us. And she probably intended TO
nut her full name and address and all
the rest of il on the back, or in letter
or something.
But she didn't do it That's where
the mystery comes in. Who is Edna:
II Edna will reveal her identity to
us, she has mighty good chafcc Of
getting on the honor roll. Otherwise
we don't see how We can do anything
further about it.
The picture shows her in nifty hat
with big turned-up brim. fur col
lar. a rbng cape coats that what you
II anybody knows an Edna cor
responding to this description OF her
clothes-shoot.
A BOUT a million letters and phone
n calls want 70 know why we have not
returned my picture because IT was
sent in some time ago and hasn't been
published yet
For the 'steenth time We make this
statement-all pictures will be held in
this Office until the contest is closed
They can be obtained then.
The mere fact that your picture has
not been published does not mean that
YOU are out Of the contest The judges
will examine all pictures. and it is per
fectly possible that. on final conference.
the prize may GO 70 some girl who has
not been included on our daily roll.
"pLEAsE state through your coli
J. umns whether il will he all right
to send a picture of young girl seven
years old.
No; she is far too young for the part
the BetzwOod company wants 10 fill.
We have had mauy photographs sent
and brought in, with the idea that. even
n they cannot enter this particular con
test. We may use our Influence 10
get them Jobs with picture companies.
We cant. Even if we could. we
probably wouldn't We are not mo
ton picture agency and wouldn't have
such a Job il IL were offered to us. We
are not looking for child prOdigies; at
least, not at present. II some producer
asks us to find clever child for him,
maybe we'll think it over. bur at pres
ent we are looking for a pretty girl at
least eighteen wears old, or one who can
make herself look eighteen with
makeup.
We get photographs and letters from
men, too, telling us how handsome they
sre and how quickly they would have al
the girl fans crazy about 'em just ms
they are about Wally Reid.
Well. maybe. But we don't think so
Anyway, we are not looking for hand
some hero to put Wally out Of the
business, because Wally is a friend oi
ours. and N he got so poor that he hat
10 sell his ear, we'd have to look arounC
for some one else to take us auto riding
when we 20 TO New York,
A Nd then, the girls who want TO know
"A II they can come in to this OfRc,
and have one of our demon news pho
tographers take their pictures.
Nope; nothing doing.
The demon photographers are usualI!
busy flying in airplanes or climbing
skyscrapers or driving racing cars aIonJ
the edges of precipices or something
And, in their of moments. they ar
busy printing up the pictures they hav,
had friends make Of them Will" tho!
were doing their stunts. and paslng tn
pictures in their albums so as "a show
people in New York how good they are
There are plenty of photographers il
the city and most, of the rates are 81
reasonable that any ore can afford Il
have few made.