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to Be a Screen Star.

"Mr Peck said, We'll, we will start Al
bano, IL you pay me $40 down. And after
that $13 q week / paid him 500 he
didn't give me any receipt. He said. You
see that picture on the wall?' said. Yes
He said, You don't know who that isf
said, Yes, that is Mary Pickford' He said,
You can be great artist. viii make you
as great as Mary Pickford in two months
Invent home and asked my husband. He
said, tFinel You pay the money. ] want
you to get out of the cigar factory He
gave me the $40 and j began to study to be
great like Mary Pickford. The study?
Pouf! 1t was nothing, Mr. Peck said. You
are going to be such great artist that I
will teach you myself But he was never
there to give the lessons. Or else he was
too busy and put 1t Off till next week. An
other man whose name forget said to AL
bano and me:
"Look msd.' We looked mad. He said.
Look sorry and we looked sorry. He told
us to look glad and we looked glad He
said, sit in the chain and cry because your
father beats you That was ALL
"AIbano and went to the Fontaine
Studios two or three times week. Some
times there was nobody there to teach US.
Sometimes the man with the name that l
do not remember said, Look mad or Look
sad until was as sick OF the words as I
had been of the tobacco. 4,
81 said. When are we going to be fn the
picturesr Mr.. Peck would say, The script
aint ready. We are waiting for that II
is going to be great picture. II Is the
same as The Little Teacher" that Mary
Ryan played. But we are turning Il into a
picture and have called II "A Child's Mem
ory."'
by and by he said, Now we are ready
for the pictures You must pay me twenty
dollars more TO be In the picture, and
twenty more for Abano' SO pay. We
went over to Staten Island. We took some
pictures in town by the dock. Albano
said It was Tompkinsville. We went two
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or three times. We had not little camera
that grinds. We had a big camera like
what makes your pictures in photograph
gallery.
Then Mr.. Peck said, You'll need some
costumes for the pictures. They win cost
hundred dollars. You pay 1t to me-
paid. The costume was a cheap silk skirt
and cheap silk stockings and slippers. and
silk handkerchief and an apron. could
buy them all for twenty doIlars He made
me pay a hundred dollars before ! saw
them. II had seen them would not have
paid so much.
I'VE went to Staten Island again. wore
the things ] bought from Mr.. Peck.
dressed myself the best knew, tied the
silk handkerchief on my head and buttoned
the apron over my shoulders. When the
time came for the picture turned back the
apron and pinned It so as to show as much
Ct the silk petticoat as could. I wanted to
look like hundred dollars. I asked Mr..
Peck IL was dressed all right. He said,
Yes, yes and didn't look. heard some.
one laugh and say, so that's the way Peck
thinks. q peasant woman ought to dress.
This picture is fake
I'VE stood around long time. Mr.. Peck
said through little tin horn, Mrs Ster-
nieri, you're terribly angry. You hate that
child. Bite II on the wrist And so did.
] don't know the name Of the child BIT,
but Il cried and there were blue marks on
fits hand. Behind me there was a man who
pretended to be beating child. The little
girl that wore the big silk bow In her hair,
though she was very poor child In the
play, was little friend of mine. Bertha dc
LARA
"They didn't seem to care much about
the picture. We didn't go to Staten Island
any more. Sometimes we posed In the
studio. Always II was the same picture.
II was to have been three-reel picture.
II had paid out over four hundred dol
lars altogether for Albano and me and two
little child friends of mine, and we had
nothing to show for IT, I told my husband
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ceeds to take most careful and intimate
measurements OF the girl.
How many of these movie schools there
are about New York is not yet known, nor
has the District Attorney satisfied himself
how many, If any, are reputable, nor how
vicious may be the worst Of them. Some
of them have realized the danger OF being
prosecuted as swindlers for obtaining
money under false pretenses. and In their
card of registry they are careful TO state
that no promise OF employment Or posi-
tion In a movie company is made. But In
spite of this careful clause in the agree
ment many witnesses have sworn that all
sorts of oral promises were made that the
victims should be made over into Pickfords
and Fairbankses and were assured of q
glorious future on the screen.
In the case of one school" under investi-
cation the terms Of agreement read as fol-
lows:
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Distressing Revelations by New York's

These questions the District Attorney Of New YORK
% trying 70 find sn answer 70,
Already he has under indictments and ready fof
trial one man who is charged with iprips sevsnfesn
yssrold girl to her ruin BY The promise q plsee
on the screen. He has also arrested an4 y PreP@-
ing to indct another motion picture seboor Haen-
agsr. And be Is collecting syidence for ths PFose
cntiop Of others.
The revelations already made are dissfsssaps. !he
aspect of fraud Of swindling> the eager, woniA-be
movie stars out of their money u Of littIs impor
tsnce in view Of the other phases Of the ates which
the District Attorneys Office y loesing Into. xsfy
grave development y the discovery thet mspy an
bilious mothers, encoursged BY ths Hg salaries
earned by child actresses. have brought fhsF limo
cent little ones to some pf these rschooU and
turned them over to the men who run them
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NAN Mary Pickfords and Douglas Fairbankses
\ j. be made by course of lessons In a motion
picture school'"
What really goes on in movie studios' which take
in stsge-struck girls end young men, make them pay
for lessons" and after taking their money let them
20 without an engagement any qualifications for
position with hlm company
Are the schools" or some of them. barefaced
frauds or worse3 ~
Are some of them merely csmouaage for traffic
in girls who lured ints the trap under dazzling
promises of great future in the movies and then
betrayed into white slavery
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Training meant lessons. and lessons meant
money, and so the game began.
And what was the equipment Of one Of
these movie school studios" is told later
on by an investigator who was present at
a session where the future Pickfords were
given lesson in a room bare Of scenery
or stage properties and "camera-man"
busily turned the crank of an ancient
camera box from which the lens and the
interior had been removed.
A pitiful but almost humorous illustra-
tion of how applicants were accepted and
given lessons" was the case OF Mrs. Gisella
Sternieri, an Italian woman who, with her
husband, works In cigar factory. This
ambitious pupil speaks broken English and
she left her factory work and her washtub
at home and brought her thirteen-year-old
boy, Albano, in answer to the advertise
ment she had read. Telling of her expert
ence, she said:
my little boy, Albano, came home from
school one day and showed me an adyer-
tisement in paper. Look, mother be said.
In New York they want everybody for the
moving pictures. Men, women and chill
dren.' ,E
"T looked and Albano spelled 1t out for
me in English. He knows the English bet
ter than ] do. The advertisement re-
member we'll. II said: wanted-Men.
women aud children for motion pictures.
La Fontaine Studios, No. 253 West Forty
second street, New York I said, 'Albano,
that is fine. il is much easier than to
work in the cigar factory. / am very
tired of working in the cigars. am sick
of the smell of the leaves that I roll and
roll until all the world seems one big
cigar
Il talked to my husband. He made fine
tobacco to be smoked In pipes, at the same
factory where ] work. He said, This is a
dogs life. If you can get Job In the pic
lures all right So get a day OF from the
factory. Albano be staid at home from
the school We went to New York. We
found La Fontaine Studios.
"A man stood at the door. He said,
rough and cross, 'Whadda you wantr I
said, We want TO go into the motion pic
lures He changed right away He
smiled and rubbed his hands like he was
washing them and said, Vera nice. You
shall see Mr. Peck In little while
I'VE waited while and saw people come
out OF the other room. Young girls, most
ly. Then the man who stood at the door
he came and smiled and bowed and washed
his hands some more and he said, Please
come In and see Mr. Peck
80 Albano and I went In. Otto Peck sat
at the desk. He was small and kinda fat
and he talked with an accent. He looked
up and smiled, and he said, with shake of
the hands. How do you do. Mrs. Sternierf2
You want to go on the screenT said. 4
n H.. h<,. m
I'm thirty-six. But my boy Absno is only
thirteen. want him to be an actor In
movies
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hereby make application for a
"TRY-oUT TEST" for which I pay
you herewith $500.

No Empioymsrt 10 Promised, Rep
resented or Guaranteed to me.
am taking this TRY-OUT to see IL
I with qualify for Motion Pictures, af-
ter course ~ Instruction consisting
Of two or three lessons q week. costing
s7s, payable in equal weekly install
ments.
Said TRYoUT is service rendered
In full for $500 paid. Whether take
such instruction is optional with me.
Witness. .......... Name. 49,.
Dsted.............. Address. .......
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readsr&

Anyone desiring to reach the Red
Cross Office by telephone, should call
120.
Red raspberries, Strawberries, cher
ries, currants and melons at the
Observation-Disclosures.
There will be a meeting of the
Merchants Association at the village
rooms tonight at 8 o'clock.
Dance at high school hall Friday
evening, June "a, under the auspices
buf the Catholic Daughters Of Ameri-
Ga. Advertisement
Fancy home grown telephone peas,
green and waXed beans, celery, beet
greens and spinach at the Friutland.
Advertisement.
Wanted Married man must be good
farmer and teamster House and
Privileges. Apply at The Orchards.
Advertisement, 37t4
Miss Eileen Sargent, who is at.
tending Albany business college, was
the weekend guests Of her brother,
D. R. Sargent.
Eugene Burt has gone to Rutland
on business trip to take in that city
and vicinity and expects to be absent
about two weeks.
Telephone communication with the
! Red Cross Office is 120. This number
| is listed in the book under Benning-
ton County Improvement Assn.
Advices have been received here,
I through The International Commit
tee of Young Mems Christian Assoc-
ations, Overseas Division, by cable
gram from their Geneva Headquart-
ers, as follows. "Crathern sailed
Pireaus, New York, direct June 18th
SS9 King Alexander" 1t is judged
that this refers to Mr. c. r. H. Crath
ern, Sr., although it does not state
whether it is father or son, but as
Mr.. Vrathern ST., has been staying
in Athens, it is assumed he is the
one referred to.
Arthur W. Milbury made a short
visit in town Saturday evening and
Sunday, coming from Burlington
where he attended the unwilling on
the campus of the Vermont Universe
ty the Statue Of Ira Allen the gift OF
Mr.. Wilbur Of Manchester Mr.. Mil
bury has not visited here in twenty
years and he was delighted in the
many changes and improvements
around the village He is to be one
of the official guests at New Haven
this weeN during the inauguration of
! President Angel of Yale While in
town he was the guest of Mrs. L. l..
Nichols.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
CUT THIS OUT
Old English Recipe For Catarrh
Catarrhal Deafness and Head
Noises,


If you know Of some one who is
troubled with Catarrhal Deafness.
head noises or ordinary catarrh cut
out this formula and hand it to them
and you may have been the means of
saving some poor sufferer perhaps
from total deafness. In England scien-
lists for long time past have recog-
nized that catarrh is constitutional
disease and necessarily requires con-
stitutiogal treatment
Sprays, inhalers and nose douches
are liable to irritate the delicate air
passages and force the disease into
the middle ear which frequently
means total deafness, or else the
disease may be driven down the air
passages towards the lungs which is
equally as dangerous The following
formula which is used extensively in
the damp Engl sh climate is a const,-
tutional treatment and should prove
especially efficacious to sufferers
here who live under more favorable
climate conditions.
Secure from your druggist I ounce
of Parmint double strength. Take
this home and add to it ii PINT of
hot water and little graduated
sugar stir until dissolved. This will
often bring quick relief from distress
ing head noises Clogged nostrils
should open, breaking become easy
and hearing improve as the inAam
nation in the eustachian tubes is re-
duced Parmint used in this way acts
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system and has tonic
action that helps to obtain the desired
results. The preparation is easy tc
make, costs little and is pleasant tC
take. Every person who has catarrh
or head noises or is hard Of hearing
should give this treatment trial.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

but after taking several bottles of the
Vegetable Compound | can now do any
thing about the house or farm that a
woman should do. have a four months
old baby that is the healthiest and big
gest baby for his age that have ever
seen. am willing for my letter to be
used for testimonial to tell other suf-
fering women how much your medicine
has done for me, as | give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all the
praise. - Mrs. BLAIR l.. FISHER, r. Dl,
Box 81, Grafton, Pa.
Working early and late lifting,
carrying, and the heaviest of HOUSEHOLD
duties - is it any wonder that results in
backaches and kindred ills. But every
woman who suffers as Mrs. Fisher did
should profit by her experience and
give Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound q fair trial,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
JUDGE FINES DAUGHTER
Court Was Observed Later as Busy
With Check Book.

Burlington, June 2O.-Judge Henry
b. Shaw fined his daughter, Miss Eliz-
aheth Shaw. 81 and costs, which
amounted to $3.50, yesterday IN city
court following her plea Of guilty to
a charge Of leaving her automobile
on CAarch street more than the allot.
ted Is minutes. Shortly afterwards,
judge shaw was seen to write a
check for the amount The automo
bic in question is the property OF
Judge Shaw and was tagged Friday
night by the police, At the time
there were no other automobiles on
the street,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
INGROWN TOE NAIL
TURNS OUT ITSELF

A noted authority says that few
drops of "Outgro" upon the skin sur
rounding the ingrowing nail reduces
Inflammation and pain and so tough
ems the tender sensitive skin under.
meath the toe nail. that it can not
penetrate the flesh, and the nail
turns naturally outward almost over
night
"Outgro is a harmless, antiseptic
manufactured for chiropodists How.
ever, anyone can buy from the drug
store a tiny bottle containing direc-
tons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
Got Real Mad When Lost My
Setting Hen" Mrs, Hannah.

q went into the hen house one
morning and found my favorite setter
dead. got real mad. Went to the
store, bought some RAT-SNAP and
N a week got six dead rats Every
body who raises poultry should keep
RAT-SNAP.' Three sizes, 35c, G5c
$1.25. Sold and guaranteed by B. A,
QuinlauB Pharmacy d, \, Ward and
A. Ii. WINSTON Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

a little one going past her fathers
room in the morning heard him use the
expletiye he generally employed when
he missed his collar button A few me
ments later when her mother asked
her what DELAYED her papa coming
down to breakfast, she replied nno.
Gently, 81 fink daddy lost his dammit
boston Transcript
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
A Successful Surprise

Twenty-nine neighbors and friends
surprised Mrs. Manuel Miller last Fri
day, She knew right away what was
on when a car load OF the women
came and began unloading cakes and
dishes. Everyone had a fine time and
Mrs. Miller was we'll surprised. Eff.
teen cakes and four and onehaf gall.
ons of ice cream were seryed-Look.
out item.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
Every young man will have

an old man on his hands If he lives
BY starting an old age Endowment
when young, the price is low and the
service large No chance of being
dependent. National Life ms Co
tMutualD Earle s. Kinsley, General
Agent Mead Building, Rutland Vt
Advertisement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

Prolrie-owlS select the deserted
burrows Of the prarIe-dogs; CHM
ney Swifts construct their nests far
down in dark sooty chimneys, says
the A,trican Forestry ,Magazine,
while wO0dpetkers constitute other
familiar examples Of this, as do a
vast host of other species Of birds
all over the world.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
A Dollar Saved

The remains of Mrs. WE'RE
brought to Hampton on Thursday and
buried in her lot. 4 dollar bill which
her son always carried and several
other souvenirs were buried with her.
Hampton Union.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

bdCh. al Yer uOCLOI-
ing with different
doctors and not get
ting relief, | had al
most given up hopes
when my sister told
me of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vege t a bl e
C o m pound, an d
knowing thatshe had
really beenh helped by
it, | purchased it. /
was unable to do my
uyorls of thot tir,,o
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

Stages tell US that the best way to
gel the most out of life is to fall in
love with a great problem or beautiful
woman Why not choose the latter
ouu ret ?'-Amhcrs: Lord jeff.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

the new felt hats,-Fashion note in
Hartford Courant.
Doesn't the peasantry object to be
ing picked?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
less Expeetancx Of LIE.

1t has been authorlatively stated
that the expectation Of life for men
and women who have passed 40 has
actually decreased and is steadily de-
creasing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

The marriage OF Miss Catherine
Ughetta nd Bertram l. Rock will take
place today in Brooklyn New York
Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
RECENT GAS ATTACKS
Clippings and Other Debris From the
Snort Column OF the
RrattIeboro Reformer
The Twain Have Met

Kipling's well-known assertion TO
the contrary notwithstanding, George
East and Madeline West met at
church and married
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

What has become Of the old fash
toned l5year,old boy who believed
in the Stork?-Arkansaw Thomas Cal
Did he ever exist?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

Sir; In bulletin issued by the T..
Is. department of agriculture | notice
that at an agriculture college in Wis.
.consin they are feeding sawdust to
cattle with excellent results. All sorts
.oI things are liable to happen. My
uncle had hen which he fed sawdust
instead of meal by mistake. She laid
IL eggs and sat on them and when they
Matched IL OF them had wooden legs
and the twelfth was a woodpecker
u. Lirium
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
Dsd and All

Mr.. ana Mrs Louis Decell are the
parents of an eightpound boy. All
doing fine. --Felchervile item.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
Have a Ca1e

If one Jewell City girl isn't careful
she is likely to get married and find
her surname unchanged.-Jewell Re
publican,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

SPECIAL SALE in bathtubs today.
No demonstration Advertisement
What's the matter. water turned of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

When cat and dog get along well
together it is a sure indication that
the boy of the family didn't bring up
the dog
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
TO STOP
ITCHING SCALP

Rub Partisan Sage on
your head and you will
not have to scratch the
dandruff off. cures itch.
ing scalp, gives a lux
uriant head Of beautiful
hair. VIM l.. Gokay sells
IL ON money back plan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
PAINS IN
SIDE And BACK
Caused by Woman's Ills and
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Grafton, Pa. -" was troubled with
inflammation and pains in my sides and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
WiIIard,s JoY Ride


Friday evening as Willard Williams
was bringing his COW home from past.
ure he escaped what might have been
"a serious accident He had tied the
leading rope around his waist and the
COW became frightened and ran
Willard was dragged a block and a
half, narrowly missing a car standing
by the road side When the COW
stopped Willard said, well I've had
some ride. Guide Rock Signal.
Tulip is Of the opinion that Miss
Lucy Little SAT- of New York would
have one of those fresh compilations
you read about
Ezra says that nowadays because a
girl can cook curling iron over the
gas jet and launder handkerchief on
the window pane she imagines she
knows al about housekeeping.
'Tis now the farmer digs to r. Sc
The things by which he lives
And city dwelers cultivate
Their country relatives.
Boston Transcript
Amid the citys social whirl
In winter they will stay,
But the country cousin gets no bid
To spend the holiday,
Ezra
Peasant feathers are very smart on
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21

Peasant feathers are very smart on
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-11-19

several recommendations in this case.
Police Chief McEvoy recommended
at the approval of the Police Commit
tee that William Roehr, Patrick Kelly
and Anthony Linardi be accepted as
regular policemen. DR.. Schmidt had
found the men o. X in health.
Mr.. Post, chairman of the Finance
Committee, recommended that $500 be
transferred from the borough to the
road budget.
The milk companies request of men
to have policemen accompany the
wagons on their routes was criticised.
Councilman Marini asked if the bor-
ough people should pay for the police
protection as well as the milk. This
was decided against.
On request of Mr.. Post the clerk
was instructed to go to the auditor
and ask him to advance the borough's
financial report.
Resolutions introduced by Mr.. Post
to have notes issued to the total of
Sc, 673.63 were passed.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-11-19
Busy Times at the
Congregational CHI

On Tuesday afternoon the regular
monthly meetings of the Ladies' Aid
and the Missionary Auxiliary of the
Grantwood Congregational Church
were held at the home of Mrs. Gerald
r. Thayer, with an excellent attend
ance.
Each member brought, as suggested
by Mrs. Yeager, chairman of the COM
ing supper committee, an onion, potato
and carrot, and the results filled a
bushel basket.
Further plans about the December
bazaar were made, and it was reported
by Mrs. Thayer that a wonderful pack
age of foreign articles had been re-
ceived from Mrs. Braddon, who is still
in Italy.
The society gave a plant to one Of
it's members, Mrs. Holcomb, who is re-
joicing in the birth of a son.
Twenty-Five dollars was contributed
from the treasury to the motion pic
ture making fund Of the church.
The Missionary Auxiliary transacted
no special business. The leader, Mrs.
n. G. Cause, gave talk on the recent
appeal sent from the Federal Council
of Churches in regard to the confer
ence on limitation of armament and
also on the need of young men to sup
ply the depleted ranks of the ministry,
as SO many churches are vacant.