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New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

BolfouY's Hats Never
Seem to Fit Hin,

Most of the British statesmen are easily
distinguished. With the exception of Lloyd
George aud Bonar Law they invariably are
tall, with suggestion of being stoop-shoui-
dereo Such men as Baifour and Lord Cecil
are easily picked out of q group. Lord Baj-
four, in addition to being exceptionally tails
almost always wears hat as distinctive in its
way as Clemenceaus. Balfour, however, wears
a new topper occasionally. But his headgear
does not appear to fit him. He has head
that is large and impressive. but his hat Is
neither. l am sure that If Lord Balfour's
valet had any influence with him at all ne
would not permit him to wear the hat he does.
Lord Cecil, like Balfour, usually towers over
all those about him. Until his shoulders are
reached he stands as straight as ramrod, but
at the shoulders he bends suddenly forward
My first impression was that he was leaning
forward to catch what some one OF shorter
stature was saying, but later discovered that
this was his regular way.
"There are so many things that are distinc-
tive about Woodrow Wilson and General Per-
shing that it would take several volumes TO
detail them ALL may, however, mention one
or two that struck me with particular force
should like to know why Wilson travelled
about Europe with the trouser of first one leg
turned up slightly, as if taSescape the mud,
and then the other. The first time noticed
this i thought it an accident. But then
noticed that in Rome he had the left leg turned
up and the right leg down, while In Paris 1t
was the right leg that WAS turned UP and the
left one down. Again in London it was the
left one up and the right one down. l. have
no explanation to offer for it. 1t is only one
of the many peculiar things you discover
about great men when you study them in
motion pictures.
General Pershing doesn't appear to be
nervous man, yet he used to have a nervous
trick of twisting his neck as those persons
who wear collars too tight often do. This
peculiarity was noticeable in pictures made of
Pershing in which he had his back to the
camera while addressing troops or public
asemblage I suppose General Pershing die
not know that he was being photographed at
the time.
''The Prince of Wales has a habit of hold
ing his hands behind his back while addressing
an audience. From the front he appears
qgs:te at ease, but pictures made from the reaH
looking past the Prince and out toward the
audience show him nervously fiddling with
his l,elt. He twists it and untwists it and
keeps this up for the length of the speech
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

had his hair cut / should have been compelled
to resign my job. Thanks to his healthy crop
] never have mistaken him yet. Of course.
to some extent, his figure helps to identity
him. He is rather short and dumpy and has
a way of holding himself bent slightly back
ward above the waist line in posture often
common to stout men of short stature, motto
able in the portraits of Napoleon.
when Ignacs Jan Paderewski butted into
statecraft found it slightly more difficult TO
identify the little Weishman. Sometimes the
figure would be partly obscured by others and
only the back or side of the head would show.
Then it was hard to be certain whether the
hair belonged to Paderewsk; or Lloyd George.
Ordinarily, however, they are easily distin-
auished for Paderewski's features are not at
all like those of the English statesman and
the Pole is much simmer and considerably
taller
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
koiser Was Sensitive About
His Withered Arm.

fs,nhe Kaiser liked to be photographed, but
making pictures of him always involved elab-
crate preparation. Everything had to be
staged carefully in advance Photographers
never were allowed to make pictures of vii
helm in such way as to show his withered
arm. Unless the cameraman was working
from a considerable distance, SO far that the
arm would not show in the film, he would moi
be permitted to photograph the ex-War Loro
at all except from the side on which his good
arm only could be seen
Il have handled many pictures Of Queer
Mary. Also of the Princess Mary. Hardly
ever is one of these royal personages seer
without an umbrella. This also is true o.
Queen Alexandra. Only recently I handled
an old picture of King Edward which showed
tign with the Queen at the review of a reg;-
men. of yeomanry. The weather was perfect
1.-The sun splitting the skies-but the Queen
was armed with an umbrella nevertheless.
Incidentally, it is interesting to note that
the films reveal that the styles for British
Queens apparently never change The pic
ture of King Edward and Queen Alexandra
referred to was made few years before King
Edwards death, which took place in May,
1919. Yet the styles affected by Queen Alex
ai1dra at that time are almost identical with
those worn by Queen Mary to-day. 1t may
pc an English custom to carry an umbrella.
II so, then Queen Alexandra, who is a Dane.
must have acquired it in London, unless it is
also fashionable in Denmark for women nf
nigh estate to carry umbrellas, rain or shine
: Study of the great and the neargreat i'm
aiotion pictures is interesting to the person
who has oDportuYitv To engage II, n pba,.
can Z get away from you or put you off or
show you the door, If there is some peculiar
mannerisn you are interested in you can
have the great man do it over for you tins
and again by merely running the film as oftes
as You like. And he'll always do it the same
way He can't fcol you. Its there in tAa
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
Kitchener's "Conteinptibles"
Passed Him in RepiesU

There, the secret is out! My paradoXical
Trend who seemed to be the proud possessor
magic carpet on which to fly about the
sorld at will in reality is only the possessor
magic screen. Since 1914 he has
watched the kaleidoscope of world events as
NVealed by the Pickering films.
rom all parts of the world, from all con-
ssaoe sources, film has passed through his
0eleeton room and through his hands
-sVaiDefiess reels to be flashed upon the screen
lew seconds and, after the uninteresting
sRsomc parts had been eliminated, to go
81. 81 2 thousands Of theaters- to be seen by
,'ssas and millions of persons.
-. = aR private projection room he saw Earl
49,. saeaer recruit his new British armies
! sa.esssaantuously aesa referred to by the Germans
atehener's mobs." Indian troops leaving
s0ay boarded their transports in this room
NJ a.ss g aoarked in France-also in this room.
c Aaiser bade farewell to the Prussian
ia ), = and later the German Crown Prince
ms Deaths Head Hussars into Luxem-
a. 80 before his eyes, whilst across the
81 - marched Russia's millions in the proc
"a = mobilization--C Cossacks, ukrainians,
s..sVtians, Bashi-bazonks and Tureoraen. fol-
sns;s.,, y Inc troops Of all the civilized and
- peoples engaged in the World War.
sin,s .sasons Of his own my friend of the
aim - -, astaaia unidentified. but can allow
@wh, W fis story in his own words:
ebat - me var broke out in 1914 / was
d .sl,n as.a 2 tne motion picture industry call
eguso,a.., '01' ! was handling news films and
Il AN sf''sas $ found it constantly necessary
ssme 80 s. 4aote and moro war film. Pictures
80 1Iohs everywhere. The Germans
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

PEELED to handle negative film exclusively.
This Is the film exactly as it comes from the
camera except that it has been developed.
After the editor has finished with the mega
tive and it has been cut, titled and assembled
as he wishes, prints made from it and
these prints are distributed to the theaters
In the prints the objects photographed appear
in natural shades, but in the negative the
blacks and whites are reversed and what is
actually white appears black on gray Con
sequently, 1T is no easy matter for the editor
in great rush to say with certainty that
the man with the black face who tore franti-
cally out of the Trianon Palace to leap into
closed automobile was David Lloyd George
1t might have been Ignace Jan Paderewski
However, the editor of motion picture news
films soon comes to know the features, figures
and mannerisms of the great men of the world
so we'll that fleetng glimpse often will
serve to Identify
On many occasions | have identified Mar
shal Foch by his bowed legs and high French
boots. In group of French officers Foch
would look much like the others-at times ]
have been uncertain as to which was the great
strategist, for the insignia of rank could nor
be made out in the picture. His bowed legs
usually could be counted upon to save the
day.
Some OF the war correspondents may DENY
this about Foch. 1t is dreadful accusation
to make against any one. Still it is fact
as l can prove by reference to any one of q
dozen pictures. / don't recall ever having
read any comment upon it by correspondent
1t may be that they didn't notice it or that if
they did they hesitated to mention it,
When | first handled pictures of Premier
Clemenceau it did not strike me that there
was anything peculiar about him. When /
got to know him better / became aware of
the fact that there was something about him
that never changed. Then | became thankful
for the fact that it did not change, for il
served to aid me in Identifying him time and
again. | refer to the extraordinary soft hat
that the Tiger wore in every picture that
saw of him during the years of the war; |
have come to haye genuine feeling Of affec-
tion for that hat. 1t looked as if the famous
statesman had carefully sat upon it and then
rolled it up in his pocket for a time before
donning it. 1t was carelessness carried to
the nth degree.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
The "Mouie" Camera Refrays
Pershing's Little Vanities

Nevertheless, General Pershing is not
without touch of human vanity. He may not
realize it himself, but the camera has betrayed
him. | looked at a picture of Pershing on one
occasion that had been made at American
Headquarters at Chaumont The general had
consented to pose. He seated himself at a
small table and told the cameraman to go
ahead. The film came on the screen and sud
denly we saw Pershing raise his hand and
plainly gesture to the photographer to stop.
He seemed quite excited about it. The camera
man, however, kept cranking for a few sec
onds but apparently Pershing thought he had
stopped, for before our eyes the general re-
moved his hat, carefully brushed back his
hair, adjusted his Sam Browne belt-and
right there the picture ended until the later
scenes came on the screen with the general all
made up for the sitting.
.sField Marshal Sir Douglas Haig was the
one Allied officer who on the screen seemed
most to resemble Pershing His walk was not
unlike that of the American commander-in-
chief, but he did not carry himself SO erect,
but moved with slight stoop and with a
somewhat longer stride that is characteristic
of the English.
"One of the most difficult problems that an
editor or topical hlins encounters is the proper
Identification of the many characters whose
pictures in film form reach him daily. 1t must
be remembered that the size of the individual
picture, frame as it is called in the in
dustry, is considerably less than one square
inch. This tiny picture is magnified many
hundreds of times when thrown upon the
screen Often the Identification of an individ-
ual passing quickly before the camera must
be made by hand examination of the film
itself, for, the film being infiammable the oper-
ator cannot stop his machine and allow one
picture to remain stationary like lantern
slide The film would catch fire. II the editor
is trying to identify some particular person
IN large group, the size of the features are
so small as to require the use of strong
niagnifying glass.
Further difficulty is added to the editors
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

Mexico. llr those days Pershing bore only the
one star of a. brigadier general. He was the
same Pershing that I have seen so many times
in France, except for the added stars, the
campaign hat which he discarded and the Sam
Browne belt which he acquired.
'One of the interesting facts that noticed
about Persling in France was that he never
smiled. As soon as the armistce was signed
however, | received my first smiling picture of
him. Until that time l had speculated as to
whether it was the responsibility of his job
that kept him from smiling or heavy sense
Of the dignity becoming his rank / am con
vinced that it was the responsibility of his job.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
Ilnows Them Better Than
they Know Themselves

This same man has made a study OF the
usunerisnls of David Lloyd George and
iudy Of the personal pecuiiarities of Clemen-
eau, Marshal Foch, Grand Duke Nicholas,
gan Hindenburg, Won der Goltz, conqueror of
sssum; Albert King of the Belgians, and
ssus Il ethers all involved in the late mighty
tsnass-snd this man never has been abroad!
sIr friend who is the basis of my little
lafadox, landed in France with Britains
famous first hundred thousand-the sold con
tenptbes and was with King George at the
finish when the German feet surrendered in
The Firth Of Forth. He reviewed the valiant
!0lus with President Poincare as they were
saging for the front in the early days of the
var, was with King Albert as the flower of
Belgiums gallant little army rushed to stem
the tide of the German nordes pouring through
ldege, witnessed the heroic retreat of the
British from Mons, the desperate defense of
Antwerp by the Belgians, saw the French
struggle at the first battle of the Marne and
SW the Cossacks enter and sack East Prussia.
Sounds like large order, doesn't it? But
fny friend did it without leaving New York!
ife wished himself in the Caucasus and wit
messed the armies of the Grand Duke Nicholas
clash WITH the Turks, accompanied the British,
tinzaes and Indians into Palestine and looked
on as the undisciplined but hard-fghting
horsemen Of the King of the Hedjaz swept the
avage hordes of the Sultan from the Arabian
asert
No, the man is not ali eater of hasheesh
or victim of the lure of the flat-bowled
opium pipe. He is not an imaginative maniac
De is quite noriaal-or as normal as any per
aon can be after he has spent several years
lspecting millions of feet of motion picture
Far film in private projection room titline
and editing the same for distribution to a
Eahlic hungry for war stuff"
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
ClenenceauIs Hat and Coat
AlWays the Same

Far be it from me to criticize the clothing
Of great man. I'm not erisicizing; I'm mere
~ commenting. In addition to the hat Clemen-
ceau boasted another article of apparel quite
as extraordinary. This was bis overcoat,
There was only one. Atleast, if the old gentle
man had another he never wore it in any of
the pictures. sincerely hope he brings that
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

From the front the Prince appears
quite at ease, bssf pictures made from
the rear siaoW him neruousIy fddling
aoith his bele. He keeps this arp for
the length of his speech"
opened their attack upon Lege while we
looked on, and afterward German soldiers
took us through the ruins while shells from
Belgian guns burst near by. With the Uhlans
we rode into Belgium and galloped through
the streets of quiet villages while the popu-
lace watched from behind drawn shutters.
BY the mere process. of changing reels we
joined the British in Flanders the Canadians
at Ypres or the French in the Vospes, where
the Blue Devils made their name terror to
the foe. We saw the Tommies march to the
front and saw line after line of London motor
busses moving along the roads with the ad-
vertisements of So-and-So's soap and This
and-That musical comedy still plastered on
their sides, Later we saw the Tommies pull
the tops off these busses to make them less
cumbersome and to prevent interference from
overhanging tree limbs.
Il had been more or less acquainted with
Black Jack PeTshing since the day when he
led his punitive expedition across the Mexican
border in pursuit Of the bandit Villa / had
known Villa (having met him on the screen)
when he was leading Carranza's ragged army
IN bushwacking. warfare through northeru
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

wv WOULD you like to have wit
- messed the World War from q conf
}A Portable chair in your New York
a,ss 10 have personally observed most of
..t;on ON all frents from the Suez Canal
81 serman East Africa TO the western front.
The Russo Turkish theater Of operations
/ ,he Caucasus?
I s.te paradox. Still have to admit that
.,,.a i something fascinating about good
S, sysradox hanging about the house with
..vv iosh and gibbering jaws is something
,,o,sh haying. might say it's even better
han family skeleton concealed In the clothes
,gases fif your fat has one) or q perfectly
,.od hsnt if you have an ancestral home in
The country.
paradox reminds me of those picture puz-
les we used to get all steamed up about when
!. we're youngsters and finally wind up by
altering all over the house in we'll justified
aee, or the. "teaser" type of advertising cam
s;gn that annoys us as adults but which we
low against our better Judgment until we
u by buying the eonfounded thing, what
/ ser it is.
To come back to the particular paradox in
sestion. / know man who is acquainted
Mh General Pershing-has studied his facial
zyressions and characteristics; man who
sucwed Woodrow Wilson throughout his tour
France, England and Italy at the close Of
he great war and who attended the peace
suference in Mr.. Wilson's company--and yet
rho never has seen either of them.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
IF at any time during the war Lloyd
George had had his heir cut should
haze been compelled TO resign my job.
Thanks to his healthy crop, neuer
haze mistaken hin, yet

: psSSseSss ~ 1850 fsC&&sSf4y CROP ftSUgT
haze mistaken hin, yet
I'm going to see them in actually rf I have
to slaughter a couple of policemen to get
through the lines want to know what color
they are; think they're sort of muddy
brown Or choked-up gray, but I'm going to
make sure.
"The coat extended to Clemenceau's heels
in fact, think that at times it dragged
little. It was quite as baggy as the hat--only
a little bit more SO, il that were possible 1t
was never buttoned though at times the
weather must have been cold. The Premier
kept his hands in the side pockets of this
coat at all times. This may seem strange for
a Frenchman, but SO far as the pictures are
concerned it Is true. The fact that in certain
scenes Clemenceaui is shown talking vigorously
with his hands still in his pockets should cons
clusiveIy demonstrate The marvellous self-con-
troll of this remarkable man. There is nc
other hat and coat, and there has been no
other hat and coat in al Of Europe like that
Of Clemenceau's. His hat and coat stand out
like Paderewski's hair or Lloyd Georges curl
ing locks
(which brings me to remark that If at any
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-15
Travellers
Notes
BY Post C. Scribe

L. E. Turner, who has been in
Montreal, Canada, for the past three
weeks, in the interest of the Rich
mond Safety Gate company, returned
home a few days ago.
7. H. Hill ana party. who motored
to Brewster, N Y, to spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Richie, have returned
home and report fine time.
The invitations for the T. p. A.
dance, to be held the night of Dec. 20,
at the K. of p hall, South Eighth
street, will be mailed out this week.
The details of our dance have been
worked out by the several committees
and good time is assured to every
one who may attend. Kindly remem-
Der the card games will be very much
in evidence and those people who at
| tend and do not care to dance will
have the opportunity to play their fav-
orite game.
Last Saturday night at the post
club rooms was a busy one, as the in
vitations were all made ready for the
mail. There was lot of talk, as well
as work, and it was a problem, yet un.
solved, but it was the consensus Of
| opinion of the real workers that lie
Roy Brown was the greatest talker
and Walter Bates and Elmer Lebo the
| greatest workers.
The time of year is now here wheI
we often hear people say they pre-
! fer duck or a chicken to turkey
any time. The above would not be SC
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-15
as OF AMERICAS
, NOTED SCIENTISTS
NATIVES OF STATE
AZ AssocIated Pressl

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. Is. II
Forty-five of the thousand most emin !
ent scientists of the United States and
Canada are natives of Indiana; 81 of
them received college degrees from
Hoosier institutions of higher learning
and 10 of the leading scientists now
are making their hone in the state
seven as members of the faculty OF
Indiana university, one on the faculty
of Purdue university and two retired
These facts were brought out By
Professor Stephen c. Visher of Indi-
ana university, in preparing the geo.
graphical section of the handbook of
Indiana Geology just published by the
state department of conservation. He
made his investigation to determine
which sections of the state have pro-
duced rotable men, as well as live
stock and grain.
Professor Visher based his study
chiefly on the third edition of Amer
lean Men of Science" biographical
dictionary of 10000 notable living
scientists of the United States and
Canada, 600 of whom are starred as
most meritorious. He found that two
thirds of the As eminent scientists
came from less than one-fourth of the
state, a triangular area extending from
Boone county to the southeast corner
of the state. He also discovered that
IL of Is non-scientific Hoosiers of note
were born in this same section.
Colleges Attended
The "a eminent scientists born in In
diana and educated in the state re
ceived college degrees from the fol-
lowing Institutions: Franklin, Han
over and Eureka graduated one each:
Earlham and Moores Hill graduated
two each; Purdue and DePauw grad
; uated three each, Wabash five and In
diana university 16. In addition. In
diana university has graduated Is of
he eminent scientists who were born
n other states, it was said.
The 10 leading scientists now resid-
ing in the state are Dr. William L.
Bryan, president of Indiana university.
and six other faculty members of the
school-Dr Carl H. Eigenmann, DIR.
A. l.. Foley, DR.. William J. Moenkhaus,
DR.. d. M. Mother, Or. B. D. Myers,
DIR. Fernandus PAYNE and Dean
Stanley Coulter of Purdue, and DR.
J. G. Arthur, formerly of Purdue, but
now retired, and F. B. Taylor of Fort
Wayne, formerly of the U. S. Geologi
cal Survey, retired.