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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
"Where.s porothx2n

Where's Dorothy?"
Dots mother asked me the ques.
ton before greeting me. Dots
father chimed in moment later
with the same query.
"she's home"
"why didn't she come to the sta.
tion9"
she had to take care of Bob.
Haven't you a girl?"
1.-THE servant left"
That's too bad" Dots mother
Immediately bristled with import.
ance. "1'll go to one of the agen.
Giles and get her one tomorrow
morning"
"I'm sorry; we are going to get
along without a maid for while"
That was all the conversation un.
til we got into taxi. Then the
questions were renewed.
What's the matter? Did you lose
your tob?"
mo, l still have my position. But
business is very bad"
Whats that to you? You're not
member of the firm" (This with
a nasty emphasis).
'I'm member Of the firm when
times are bad"
What do you mean?"
"My salary has been reduced"
well, OF all the things!" From
the way they regarded me you
would have thought It was a mean
trick which I had purposely played
on them and their daughter.
81 didn't think you'd be pleased"
PLEASED! Talk about being
pleased! In the name Of goodness.
how can a person be pleased?
Pleased-why-" words completely
failed my motherin.law.
"1f everything goes all right I'm
going to get another position that
will pay great deal better" a
thought it best TO say that.
"If," and the old man whistled
meaningly.
"And you have to go gallivanting
around in taxicabs while Dorothy
stays home and minds the baby"
said her mother.
That was the last straw. I had
debated whether or not to take a
taxi and had decided they would
be insulted II made them ride in
the subway with all their grips.
II don't ordinarily ride In taxis,"
I said. II took one tonight because
I thought you would appreciate It.
I'm sorry II was mistaken"
"Humph." My mother.in.law's
bead-like eyes regarded mo intent.
~. Then I noticed they were fas.
tened upon the flower in my but
tonhole. 1t was a cornflower from
the bunch that Talbot, the book.
keeper, had brought in from his
garden that morning.
You're still as much OF a dude
as ever" she sneered.
I'm sorry II things here don't
suit you," I said,. my rising anger
getting the better OF me. "As l re.
member 1t, there is an excellent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
COZ oREb7 rlNEE:Nsll

Flat colors in table linens arc
found IN some Of the smart shops.
One particularly good.looling
luncheon set was Of vivid pink with
hemstitehed ends. Z
USE CARDBOARD.
II . small square OF cardboard Is
put on the tack before ikis driven
into place the netting or screen
wire will not be so liable TO tear
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
CONFESSIONS OF A. HUSBAND
The NIan,s Side OF Married Life.

train which leaves here at 1O:4o
tonight. Or, IL you prefer to stay
over until morning, there is one at
9:04 that will take you home"
The next second was sorry
had played into their hands by los.
ing my temper.
(To Be Coltinued.)
Copyright, 1921, by the Newspa.
per Enterprise Association.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
FOB Flies

For the woman who lives in the
country and is unable to get fly
paper when her supply runs out,
this hint will be useful. Mix half
teaspoonful Of black pepper, one
teaspoonful brown sugar, one tea.
spoonful Of milk, place on plate,
and the flies will soon disappear.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
BATHING su,rs.

Bathing suits are breaking tradi.
ton. They are invading the realm
Of calico, even velvet and duvetyn.
Often hand-palnted flowers are
found on these sea.going garments.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
Innings.

Black velvet is found as the lin.
ing on some Of the fur garments ar.
irving for the fall. Period collars
are also being used on cloaks de.
signed for cold weather wear.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28

Sod; on Sundays he washed him.
self out 81 reverence Tor the h6ls
day hut worked nome The less Al
thtopgh the week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28

Sharp contrasts give your frock
the dash which distinguishes Il as
smart. Thus black, and white WIN
always hold its own for the late
summer gown. This frock 10 If
white crepe, heavily embroidered IN
black SILK. The black bow at the
neck Is one version Of the vogue
for tie effects which Is duo 10 be q
feature Of fan fashions.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
SiirncoWE,iteSalve

For sore throat group. colds. In.
tluen2R and pneumonia Strongly
medicated. Pleasant vapors to In.
hale. Does not soil the skin or
stain the most delicate lingerie
Manufactured by Win ii. Simpson
Drug Co, wtlkingshufg. Pa. For
sale by Fairmont Pharmacy
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-28
rMo clARAoIERlsrIns.

Late summer suits have two
Iehlla eterletics "a common. They
are wen hold In skirts and dura.
bility of lbaildlng material.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-04-29

seen on the average.
What part of the audience re-
spends to comedy and to what de-
gree.
What part of the audience is stirred
by emotional scenes and what is the
reaction.
How much of the detail in an in
tense scene is grasped by the audi
enoe.
The better the picture. the less is
SEEM" declares Griffith. Where in
tense interest is won by characters
the eyes follow these characters alone.
Supplementary action and setting
pass unnoticed.
81 once allowed a figure foreign
to every integrity of the picture to
remain in the center of the scene
during a situation of suspense. So
far as 1 could learn not a person saw
him for / never heard of any kicks.
Fans are very prone to pick flaws
and write about them. Not a one
wrote about this flaw"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-04-29

|IIS IS A PICTURE IN PART.
FORMER MEMBER OF THE
hFELD FOLLIES NOW STAR
~ IN HE MOVIES. WHO is IT2
(By James w. Dean).
wv much OF tho film do you SEQ
you TO to 500 your favorito
krsY Tow much do you think
soc? ALI OF 1t?
|oducers shy the public sees only
y 10 per cent-that the film Is
than the eye. The most lib
estimate IL Sc per cent.
psychologists OF Johns Hop
university, say that the human
Sannot see all of q film. So ID. w.
IN has given permiasion for the
prsity to employ Dream Street"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-04-29

CUT OUT THIS PICTURE AND
FIT 1T TO. THAT OF THE ZIEG-
FIELD FOLLIES BEAUTY. THEN
YOU'LL SEE IT'S WILL ROGERS.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-04-29

I'm n national experiment in psychol-
ogy:
other universities will be asked to
cooperate. Experimenters will be
admitted free to showings Of the pic
ture to study the reaction OF the aud
fence.
The researchers will try to deter
mine these things:
What percentage of the film is
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-04-29

Light, medium and dark
shades, in n, n and full
silk lined. Their
popularity, utility
and dashing appear.
ance, together with
our exceedingly
moderate prices are
truly irresistible. 4
The New York herald., 1921-07-31

for that's the way freaks travel They all
travel in style. not to speak of luxury.
They have to have personal representa-
tive, usually a member of the family. and
they are obliged to travel in compartments
for obvious reasons of privacy also often
400 pound woman the kind billed as "the
marvellous mountain of flesh" trying tc
negotiate the aisles of a fast moving coach
on her way to the dining car? The thought
is too narrowing to dwell upon. And can
you fancy the effect that would be caused
by the appearance in dining car of a per-
feet lady, jauntily attired and with about
four feet of auburn beard hanging from
her chin?
Samuel W. Gumpertz, to dignity him with
his fun name told the Sunday HERALD lot
of inside stuff about the freak market and
the business in general the other night in
his Office down at Coney Island He is an
old Snowman, though not old man. He
has been In the show business in some
capacity or other for thirty years more:
went into II boy and is known all over
the country as an advance agent and man
ager of road companies. When first knew
him he was running stock company out in
St. Louis and n staving good company 1t
was. with such competent players In II as
Minnie Seligman. Marie Wainwright Vic
tory Bateman, the late Larry Hanley NAL
colm Wilnams, Gus WelnDurg, FRANK LOsee
and Hugh Ford, who later became eminent
in the profession as a stage manager. Mrs
Gumpertz. by the way, win be pleasantly
recalled by New York theatregoers as the
comedienne Evie Stetson, who was a member
Of the famous Weberfieldians when the
Broadway burlesduers were at the top Of
their popularity.
Said Gumpertz II just drifted into The
freak game after joined out with Senator
Reynolds and came to Dreamland some years
ago. II Is interesting and like It. Through
the collection OF a bad debt n pit show as
freak exhibitions are termed professionally.
was wished on me and / ran IL for season
and made money. The following season 1
farned out the contracts had to make with
the funny little folks and before knew
IL I had the business on my hands. Then I
expanded It, until now 1 have agents in
every city in Europe watching out for some
new whim of nature suitable for purposes of
exhibition. That is always the main con-
The New York herald., 1921-07-31
ME next time a bore shoots at you
the highly bromidic observation that
at takes all sorts of people to make

TIME next time bore snoots AT you
the highly bromidic observation that
l. at takes all sorts of people to make
a world" you can impart an interesting, II
not exactly edifying. twist to the conversa-
ton by remarking right back indeed, yes;
so Gumpertz has found. at any rate"
Doubtless, he'll want to know who Gum
pertz u.s. and there you'll have your enter
tanning conversation smoothly started. For
then you will go on to explain that Gumpertz
is the man who makes a business Of discov-
erng "all sorts of people"
1t is the oldest business in the United
inasmuch as Gumpertz operates there, also.
He deals In strange people. He is the
freak magnate of the world. He has every
midget, giant, transparent man, boneless
woman. tattooed girl, three legged gentle-
man. turtle-backed boy. ossihed man and
every human ostrch-everything in the
freak catalogue working for him.
Or, maybe It is the other way around;
that all the freaks in the world have got
Gumpertz working for them. He has cor
nered the freak market. They are all under
contract to him. If you want cute little
giant in your home, you must see Gumpertz.
If you think the new bungalow would be
ornamented by nice snake charmer. or IL
you decide that an Australian bushman. a
real sword swallower a young lady who
draws cartoons of prominent men with her
toes, would lend unique flavor to your next
banquet or musicale. you just simply have
to go to Gumpertz.
He has the only supply available and he
keeps everything in stock. He gets tele-
grams from all parts OF the country reading
something like this:
The New York herald., 1921-07-31
Gumpertz, Freak Magnate Tells of Queer Business

word of sympathy while standing before the
platform on which freak is sitting. They
don't like it. On the other hand, they are
inclined to look on you and me the real
freaks because we are not as they are.
"As a general thing freaks like to have
the audience talk to them. The personality
of a freak has much to do with the salary
that is paid Fat women are always in de-
mand and there is just as steady market
for living skeletons. Next time you are In
freak show note the crowd of women clus-
tered around the fat girls easy chair. And
IL you will listen you will be sure to near one
of them say to her husband, We'll, thank
goodness. / know I'll never get to be like
that There's one question the living skele-
ton answers hundred times day: What
do you eat and do you have to diet to keep
that way?'
"Midgets are always popular. They seem
to be sunny lot, always joking and play
ing tricks on the others in the show. They
are in great fear that they may grow. They
seem to think that so long as they are wee
they might as well be as wee as possible.
One OF the first remarks a midget will make
TO another when they meet after years
separation, caused by engagement, Isl
We'll, tell me- did you grow any last Year,
There is genuine concern and tender SYM
pathy il one of them has to admit that the
fraction of an inch has been added to the
stature.
"One point I'd like to emphasize is that
there are no fake freaks This Is chiefly
because you can't successfully fake a freak.
Persons who have survived some unusual
accident sometimes apply for job In a
museum, but they are never engaged IL
would kill the show If the owner exhibited
anything that would turn the thoughts oil
a spectator toward sadness.
II should say that the best known freak In
the country and the most ancient, too, is old
Zip. who is also under contract to me. III
Zip were able to tell about himself we might
learn that he is even older than the seventy
eight years we know him to be. Zip may
look like missing link but he certainly is
the one remaining connecting link between
the show business of to-day and that of
p. T. Barnum's time. Zip was an attraction
at Mr.. Barnum's celebrated old museum at
Broadway and Ann street In 1856. The sailor
who took Zip TO Mr.. Barnum said he had
rescued Zip from "a Chinese ship in the port
of Singapore. What is 1t 2 asked the show
man and the sailor replied I guess you
named him. and Zip the What Is 1t he has
remained to this day.
Zip has a regularly legally appointed
guardian who has taken good of his
earnings as freak and adversely will never
befall the affectionaate and obedient old
creature"
The New York herald., 1921-07-31
Can't Hide From Cohan
When Play Has Been Rewritten

81 think / can tell in seven cases out OF
ten, maybe In nine cases. just when play
has been rewritten. just what parts of IL.
moreover have been done by a different
hand. OF course ! ought to know after all
the plays l have read and all have rewrit-
ten"
Mr.. Cohan believes that the manner of
producing plays has vastly improved, but
he does not believe that there is as much
In the play itself there used to be- En-
lightened direction has led the actors to
produce play more in accordance with ma
ture. and then there has been a long stride
forward In the matter Of scenery and light
ing.
But the great demand for plays" he said.
"has had the effect of weakening as IL
were, their content. Some of the so-called
comedies have not enough in them for more
than a good fifteen minute vaudeville sketch.
In the field of American comedy. for in
stance. there has been no progress. used
TO write vaudeville sketches for our family
when / was only boy. ! was always look
ing, naturally, for comedy. So | made Il
habit TO see what the stars like Nat Good
win. Roland Reed, Sol Smith Russell and
The New York herald., 1921-07-31

the popular funny men of that day used
to act. Honestly / cannot find to-day any
comedy good, for instance, as "A Gilded
Fool, which Henry Guy Carleton wrote for
Nat Goodwin. The playwrghts in those days
would take character, develop it gradually
and make you like him, whether you wanted
to or not. What would formerly have been
contained in one of their comedies in those
days would make three four now.
Then. the American playwright doesn't go
on developing. A brilliant start one or two
plays that make you say, We'll, he's the
man we've been waiting for and then the
end comes. Why that happens cannot tell,
but 1t does. Take the case of playwriter
that Mr.. Harris and 1 once brought out
under five year contract He wrote one
fine play. Then there came a second, which
was even better. There seemed every rea-
son to believe that a remarkable American
dramatst had appeared on the scene. But
he has never equalled the two good plays
again, although he is writing to this day"
Bright Day for Drama
Is Dawning in America
In spite of some of the fault that he finds
with the dramatists, Mr.. Cohan believes that
the brightest day of the American drama is
due.
"The future of the theatre in this coun-
try after few of it's blights have been re-
moved-and they are certain to go-will be
more brilliant than anybody to-day realizes.
Perhaps 1t may come in our time, but it Is
certainly not to be delayed many years
more Then the drama will deal with every
question of the day in just the spirit 1t
should. / don't mean that there will be
preaching any kind of pontificating on
the stage, but good plays that will interest
every man will treat of questions in ethics
and hp
they will be intelligent in the highest de-
gree. Otherwise the people will not tolerate
them The public is going to cease to re-
gard the theatre merely as means Of en-
tertainment. The best thought is going to
be attracted to the service of the drama,
and we will have theatre of which any
country might be proud. I have gradually
seen the change coming in the spirit of
audiences manager notices those things;
so does a playwright. / have been both, you
know"
While he studied the American comedies
of a quarter of a century ago, Mr.. Cohan
found his greatest pleasure in another kind
of play.
1--WE all have our stage memories" he
said, "of plays that seem to the most
delightful in the world. / loved in my
youth the massive, sensational London
melodramas such as The Soudan, 'Romany
Rye' and tne rest Oh tneIIl, as well as tHeir
American imitation, The Great Metropolis
which was the American specimen of the
kind and is. by the way, of historical interest
as being the first production that Klaw e.
Erlanger ever made together. OF course,
there are none of these plays now, since
the sensations of the moving pictures are so
much greater"
Mr. Cohan never, 1t appears, sees the
moving pictures-or hardly ever.
There are two kinds of moving pictures
I go to see" he admitted. "One is the Chap
lin films / go to see him because he is an
artist. There / find something unique In his
technic, some real mastery Of his medium
The New York herald., 1921-07-31
Gumpertz Gets On the Job,
Furnishing a Human Pin Cushion

Rush one fat woman (young), four
dwarrs and wild man for the Elks Street
Carnival i'm Sturgeon Bay, Wis" or, per-
haps the wire will read after this manner:
Can use one human pin-cushion. one lady
glass-eater and half woman week of
July /. Chamber of Commerce fair. Prince
ton, KY"
Then Gumpertz gets right on the job and
II you think 1t is any easy task he has on his
hands you are greatly mistaken. IL the
order is only for the tinest midget he has in
the shop he has to scurry about and re-
serve a compartment in the Pullman car.
The New York herald., 1921-07-31

that delights every other professional. Then
go to see the plays of David Wark Grit
fifth. He makes pretty pictures. The rest of
them / never go to. To me one is the same
as another. never get over the impression
that / am looking at photographs. They
may be moving. But of the Illusion of life
or drama never get the least intimation."
Mr.. Cohan has a good word to say for the
cinema, however even If he does not care
for it himself.
"The moving pictures have been great
help to the drama. They have built up an
army of theatregoers. Men and women who
saw the moving pictures. but had never been
In the habit of going to the theatre. acquired
after a while the desire to see a real play
Then they realized how small part of
drama was the substitute they had been
satisfied with, and we're from that time regu-
lar theatregoers.
1.-THE movies did one harm to the theatre
The New York herald., 1921-07-31

parts every year was going to know some
thing about his business when he finished.
Nowadays the actor has no training equal
to that.
"Of course, there is much too excessive
supply of players There are eight to every
role to be acted 1 won't say how good they
are, but they are numerous. l know it was
always said that I managed to find good
actors for my companies, but / often had
this or that actor that / had seen in my
mind and wrote part to suit him. Then, 1
remember all I saw, and when the time
came for this or that kind of part / got
hold Of him. But casting is not easy. I
should find 1t difficult to cast play with
all the field to select from. How in the
world could manager be expected to cast
his plays when he has only Equity or FL
deity lists to select from?"
Upstairs Are Not Stars
In Mr.. Cohan's Estimation
Mr. Cohan when he looks in the sky sees
few stars.
s'You don't call these upstarts stars just
because their names happen to be up in
electric lights, do your" was his way of
commenting on the ability of the youthful
lights of the theatre. II know of mighty
few stars. My idea of star is an actor
who is so indispensable that without him
the play would have to end / call Willie
Collier star. What in the world would
Willie Collier play be without him? Frank
Bacon is a star, for who in the world could
act the hero of 'Lightnin'' as he does? Elsie
Janis is a star, for without her what would
an Elsie Janis play be? There are few OF
that kind, and among them is Fay BANTER.
She is, in my opinion, one of the young
women who are really entitled to that honor.
7 har IN a
make it, But mighty few of them are stars
in the sense I understand the word. It's a
singular thing that young women who set
out with every promise of doing big things
just don't make good, for no reason that
ANYBODY can discover. l saw an actress sew
eral years ago who seemed to me certain
to make a career She was beautiful and
she seemed full of talent. Then, she had
already learned something about her art
1t looked as if nothing could stop her. She
went on--for year or two. Then the
change came. and the last thing l heard Of
her she was in pictures. Often little sue
cess is too much. They get their heads
swelled. develop bad habits and then grad
ually pass out of view
Like Rose Dartle the reporter only wanted
to know and he murmured something about
the theory that the popular man or woman
is announced as a star In order that the
public may be attracted py thls presumably.
Don't you believe it," was Mr.. Cohan's
emphatic answer. These new stars keep
people out of theatres. Already the public
is on to their character. In the theatre next
door The Bat has been playing all season.
Now If the managers Wagenhals & Kemper.
should change their advertisements and
add with Jane Doe or some other more or
less unknown person, am positive that the
business would take a fall of 90 per cent.
fbnrn 1lzf
be something the matter with that play, else
they wouldn't have put in a new star
"Just so sophisticated has the public be-
come. Just this suspicious has 1t grown OF
these unknown people who are proclaimed
stars by the electric lights. That is the in