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Evening star., 1922-01-01
GARDEN-Determination,

The Garden Theater will continue
to show Determination" this week to
and including next Sunday. That the
Washington movie fans have appre-
ciated this big photopIay production
has been evidenced during the past
week by capacity houses.
The story is essentially a character
study, intended to depict the activi-
ties of man who has devoted his
life and his fortune to the uplift of
humanity. In this connection are
shown the hopeless drug addicts. the
Fagans, the fences, the stool pigeons,
the dips and the confidence men and
women who go to make up the resi-
dents of that vice-ridden section of
London known as Whitechapel All
the characters are well portrayed,
true to life. and in an atmosphere
CLEANED from an intimate association
with all walks of life. 1t is said the
author of the story spent more than
year gathering his data for his
characters and the atmosphere of the
play. The underworld of Paris. show
ing the Apaches of that city, their or
ganization and their activities, also
are shown.
After this weeks showing the pro-
duction will be offered in the big cit
les throughout the country.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bar
thelmass in "Tol'able David"

Richard Barthelmess, who has
brought many fine characterizations
to the screen, will be pictured in his
own first production at Crandalrs
Metropolitan Theater this week, be-
ginning this Afternoon at 3. Mr..
Barthelmess' elevation to stardom
occurred in Inspiration Pictures film
version Of Joseph Hergesheimer's
magazine story, "Torable David" an
epic of the Virginia hills.
'Torable David is the baby of
family, of pious mountaineers-a
youth of indomitable spirit. great
love for his family and his sur
roundings and an overpowering de-
sire to attain mans estate and be
allowed to drive the mail coach. A
trio Of feudists fugitive from the
law brings the first shadow of evil
into his life, when his father falls
victim to a stroke and his brother
is MANNED for life, David who has al
! ways been deemed "just torable" by
his elders, suddenly finds himself the
man of the family.
Hosmer's Southern Rhapsody" a
mosaic of melodies of the south, by
hte orchestra, will be one of the
added attractions.
Evening star., 1922-01-01

KNICKERBOCKER-Richard Bar.
thelmess in "Tol'able David"

Richard Barthelmess will be the
star at Crandalrs Knickerbocker to-
day and tomorrow. in "Tol-able
David" which is described in connec-
rion with the Metropolitan Theater
and the bill will include also Harry
Pollard in 1.-THE Corner Pocket" the
News and Topics, and Herold's
'.Zampa" overture by the orchestra;
Tuesday and Wednesday, Douglas
Fairbanks, in 1.-The Three Musketeers.
at 4, $50 and pm, with Lacome's
suite Espagnole, La Feria," as the
Thursday and Friday, in his latest
romantic comedy, "Chivalrous Char
ley" new Selznick release;
'Torchy's Frame-up," and selections
from Victor Herbert's 1.-The Red MILL
and Saturday Betty Compson and Lon
CLANCY in Goldwyn's For Those We
Love-; Bobby Vernon, in Pure and
Simple" and the ballet music from
Gounods Faust"
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pOLA NEGR1
Strand
NEXT WEEKS PH0T0PLAYs.

Metropolitan.
Anita Stewart, in 1.-THE Invisible
Fear" First National production.
Knickerbocker.
Anita Stewart. in her latest First
National production, 1.-The Invisible
Fear; Rudolph Valentino and Agnes
Ayres, in the George Melford produc-
tion. The Sheik." and Marion Davies,
in "Enchantment"
Crandall's.
Thomas Jefferson, in a film version
of Washington Irving's classic, rip
Van Winkle"; James Oliver Curwood' S
The Girl From Gods Country" and
Wife Against Wife"
Palace.
Rex Ingram's production, "The Con-
quering Power" featuring Rudolph
Valentino and Alice Terry, and based
on Eugene Grandet," by Honore
BalZac
Columbia.
"Theodora." Victorien Sardou's love
story of an empress, featuring Rita
Jolivet.
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FIJI MS

stars Sessue Hayakawa, Bessie Love
| had to be chained to a Chinese post
for weeks. with a hostile mob of Ce-
| lestials around. OF course, she took
| time of for meals, and compensation
| came with rescue
| Mary McLIaren, who was Queen
] Anne, in THE Three Musketeers," will
| in ACROSS the Continent" substitut-
| ing for Edith Roberts, who could not
complete a previous engagement in
| time.
| Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnetts
| story, "That Lass O'Lowrie," is to be
filmed again, this time for Priscilla
Dean. 1t is to be far more elaborate
than the first production.
! Following the lead Of Douglas Fair
| banks, Norma Talmadge is soon to be
| seen in 1.-The Duchess of Langeali,"
costume picture Of historic value and
| dramatic tang.
Joel Day will play the role of Lincoln
I in the Buffalo Bill serial soon to be
| screened. 1t is said he was selected be-
| cause Of his resemblance to Lincoln.
| Pat O'Malley, who made good in
| "Slippy McGee." began life as a tight
| wire walker at eight, went into drama
to escape fall, and at sixteen climbed
avoid dizziness, it Is advanced. he
| means ito nail his fame down-Pat!
Richard Barthelmess is an Amencan
| by birth, although his father is OF
French stock. The star is the tenth to
bear the name Of Richard. His surname
originally was Bartelmy.
Claude Gillingwater, the actor. who
made his screen debut as the earl in
Little Lord Faunteroy." role which
he played with artistic realism, has re-
peated his success in the Jackie Coogan
play, "My Boy"
Betty Compson gave a Christmas
party to fifty children and a tree, TO
herself She considers that wealth
comes in handy when you want to play
Santa Claus.
Thomas Meighan is now commutins
in Arizona making silver milne
Proxy Daddy" which Alfred Green
is directing. Just the same. the star
remarks, It's just one darned train
after another"
Gloria Swanson has been declared
the winner Of a popularity contest
conducted recently by George ].
Wehner, a Brooklyn exhibitor With a
string of ten theaters.
Jack Holt and Agnes Ayres are
studying their respective roles for
Bought and Paid For" which Will
lam DeMille is to produce. Their
parts are decidedly difficult and will
call for some heavy emotional acting.
Clara Beranger is adapting the play.
A newspaper "city room forms the
locale for the first scenes of The
Heart Specialist Mary Miles Mill
ter's Realart picture. To make sure
that these scenes should be techni-
cally accurate, the entire scenario
and publicity departments. all former
newspaper men, turned out en- masse
| for criticism.
/ Alice Terry, the featured player
| of the Rex Ingram productions for
Metro, admits being heart and soul
with the womans movement in poll
| tics. But, when Representative Alice
Robertson asserts that a woman can
| do ANYTHING if she will keep her eyes
omen and her mouth shut, Miss Terry
objects that she can't sleep or talk
| that way. >
Rex ingram, the Metro director.
who was married recently to Alice
Terry, after receiving a Yale degree
for his production of "The -Four
| Horsemen of the Apocalypse" as
bachelor of fine arts, is now being
greeted as both bachelor and ben
!
Evening star., 1922-01-01
CRANDALL'S-Harold Lloyd in
"Never Weaken"

The first three days of this week,
beginning this afternoon. at Gran
dalrs Theater, Harold Lloyd will be
pictured in a new comedy, Never
Weaken" which combines laughter
and thrills in unique proportions and
has as it's principal locale the top
story of the steel framework of a
skyscraper in course of construction,
and Irving Cummings, in '"Tricked,"
with minor attractions and pipe
organ accompaniment; Wednesday
and Thursday, Lois Weber's produc-
ton, THE Blot; Friday and Satur-
day, Sessue Hayakawa. in THE
Swamp" and Fox's two-reel comedy,
Fast and Furious" featuring Al
st. John.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
C0LUMBIA-Mary PickfoEd i
"Little Lord Fauntleroy."

starring production for Mary Pick
ford, will begin its second week at
Loew's Columbia Theater this after
noon. Miss Pickford. in her adapta-
tion Of Little Lord Fauntleroy," pre-
sents a picture which holds an appeal
for adult lovers of romantic comedy.
Her artistry and the magnificence of
the investiture of this Frances Hodg-
son Burnett classic in cinema form
are elements that are believed to
make It notable. The youthful hero
is interpreted by the star. who also
Evening star., 1922-01-01
Apollo.

Today and tomorrow, Elaine Ham
merstein, in "The Way of Maid" and
Ben Turpin, in Love and Doughnuts"
Tuesday and Wednesday, Norma Tai
madge, in "The Wonderful Thing:
Thursday, "a Wife's Awakening" I"
Assault and F1attery" and poly
chrome study, THE Weaver Of
1.-The Barricade" and Harry Pollard,
in "The Corner Pocket; Saturday,
Thomas Jefferson, in rip Van Win
kle," Charles African Quest" and
matinee attraction, Hurricane
Hutch" No. IL.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
Sir Gilbert Parker Fascinated
'sTHE eight months in Hollywood
were among the most fascinat-

ing Of my experience" declares Sir
Gilbert Parker, the British author.
"The technique of the screen was
new to me at the staTt, but 1 have
gained in knowledge oft until now
feel perfectly at home. I look for
ward eagerly to my return to this fas-
cinating study"
During his period in Hollywood Sir
Gilbert aided in the adaptation of two
of his published stories. One was
'The Lane That Had No Turning"
starring Agnes Ayres. Just before
leaving, the author completed an
original story, which will be made
into a picture following early publi-
cation in a prominent magazine.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
Avenue Grand.

Today and tomorrow, House Peters,
in THE Man From Lost River; Harry
Pollard. in 1.-The Corner Pocket" and
polychrome study, 1.-The Weaver of
Dreams: Tuesday and Wednesday,
Pola Negri. in Vendetta" and Mack
1Confinued on Fourth Page
Evening star., 1922-01-01
Photoplav This Week
AT PHOTOPLAY HOUSES ALL THIS WEEK

METROPOLITAN Richard Barthemess "Torable David"
Shown this afternoon.
PALACE-Walace Reid in Rent Free" Shown afternoon
RIALTO-Betty Blythe, The Queen Sheba Shown this
afternoon. ~ ~
COLUMBIA-Mary Pickford Fauneroy" Shown
this afternoon.
GARDEN-"Determnation Shown this afternoon
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Continued on Fourth Pas
Evening star., 1922-01-01

Claude Gillingwater, the actor, who
made his screen debut as the earl in
Little Lord Fauntleroy." a role winch
he played with artistic realism, has re-
peated his success in the Jackie Coogan
play, my Boy"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

all the profits went to hinl-which filled us
with bitterness. The new owner was rigorous
fie made no allowances He pointed out to
me my slightest mistakes. Nothing of the old
parasite survived in him except a passion for
good food which he satisfied in the best known
restaurants.
He has no heartn said my father
He is pirate!' groaned my mother.
Things stood thus when, OH December 81
1920, Baandrcs sent for me. He was installed
at the big desk where my father had long
rcigned. He had an air at once solemn and
mystifying.
My boy, he said, are you satisfied with
your situaton?'
am not dissatisfied answered, little
stny
It's been. hard, hasn't it? good deal Of
work! Such is life. Take my case. For twen-
tN years l had the roughest kind of shedding.
on round me severe at times, didn't you?
AS hesltated to answer he went on:
I know what you think, nv bow. Rut II
was necessary. You had too many bad habits
You would have become a bohemian Now
everything is all right. You've adjusted YOUR
self You know how to work You're finding
it to your taste. In the bargain, you're getting
grip on the business. SO it is time for Won
and your family to stop believing that | am
villain. 1t has never been my intention to
be the sole master here. You have been nv
partner from the start. Here is your share
OF the profits for the year 1920
He showed me some packages of banknotes
and said, with a laugh:
:" give you them on one condition. II is
that, as before, take breakfast every Sunday
with you and your parents
His gourmand's face lighted up. His nos
trls dilated as if they had inhaled delicious
aroma.
go can't eat anywhere else as well AS in
your house, he explained"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

only few brief letters, without details. had
reminded us of his existence We didn't hide
our misfortunes from him and he listened
while he ate our very frugal meal.
at dessert he said with a certain chiilincss:
i will not concea! from you The fact that
J have made some money. After I meet my
taxes there will be u good sum LETT. Supposc
we examine your affairs togethcr?'
"Wc were at the stage at which we woujd
have accepted anybody's advice. | showed
balandres our balance sheet lie studied nv
books and papers with an air of gravity, even
OF severity Finally he said to me:
Your situation is dcspcrate'
" 1T is alns!' | sighed
You need at least 100000 francs to nav
your debts and much more to get going
again That makes G0O,00O That is about
what your business was worth when it was
prosperous.'
lie shook his head. thought again for n
while, and said:
well, Will save you from bankruptcv
VIII buy your business out at that figure And
l VIII retain you at a salary Of 70 900 francs
year
II thought of all the meals he had pohbcd
down for twenty-three years and found him
anything but generous My father considered
nm M migrate and my mother said that he
was monster. But we had to accept his
terms We did so sorrowfuy
A year passed. worked at first with resig
nation. Then, insensibly, l acquired liking
for my work and showed some capacity at it.
Ihat began to give me taste for business.
After having stopped the leaks Baandres had
reorganlzed the concern. Our old house became
once more solvent and stable. Unfortunately.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

campaign got beyond joke, and finally Oles
grew serious himself and went in to WIN Three
months before election he moved in from his
country home and established a legal resi-
dence in a hotel apartment. From that time
on the fur few. Meetings were held in every
fire station, every schoohouse, every hail.
O!es's advertisements were masterpieces of
human appeal. Any one who reads them can
not doubt his ability to sell refrigerators to
Esquimos radiators in the Sahara. They
hit straight from the shoulder. People couldn't
help reading them.
They were all headed in the same manner
Fulton Fruit and Meat Market" and at
first glance they looked like an honest-to-
goodness advertisement Of the merchandise
Oles sold, but they were more than that
They placed George L. Oles before the public
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

course, candidate had to have platform.
and Oles worked out a platform which was al,
ms own. 1t was based on that human touch
winch had made his business success.
first OF all, there was the streetcar ones
tion-evely city has one. The man in tn,
street isn't much interested in the streetcar
companys financial statement There's moth.
ing human in a column Of figures He knows
ne hasn't been getting service, and he knows
'hat the fare is 9'cents. And he's sore So
lhess streetcar plank said
"Oles is going to put the streetcars off the
streets and turn the streets over to the it,
neys'
1t went big. Every one went around SAVING:
"Dlu you see Oes's ad to-day? He's going
to throw oft the streetcars and turn tho
streets over to the jtneys. Hav, haw. haw,"
Then there is the twenty-year-old battle TO
Rave the Erle Railroads grade CROSSINGS e]im;-
mated from the downtown district Purchases
OF lana and various negotiations have dragged
along over the years, as long as most peon|e
can remember and the CROSSINGS are still
there.
Oles is going to make the Erie eliminate
the grade crossing he'll tear up their rails,
A new property valuation had lust been
made and all values had been revised upward
winch, OF course, wasn't exceedingly popu
ar with the property owners. Anent this
situation, Oless platform promised that any
one who paid taxes under the new valuation
would be put in jail
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
Translated by William l.. McPheysor,
By j. II. ROSNY AINE

MY father hadn't prospcred. A failing of
memory, not affecting his general health
handicapped him in his affairs He made re-
grcttablc mistakes. In short, when ] came
back VIC faced a serious deficit in our ac
counts.
"My father cheerfuly put me in CHARGE
was sorry to have to take up the burden.
Business didn't attract nc I believed that
was born for something more brilliant.
went to work sulkily and let things run their.
course
BY October, 1919, the deficit had become =
yawning abyss. The pile of overdue notes
made me understand at last the hopclcssness
OF our situation. 1t was a sinister revelation.
was used to comfort, and even luxury. Pow
crty stalked before me like a beast of nrev
READY to devour me. Besides, my parents
were threatened, and loved them tenderlv.
L remember one Sunday morning. when ]
was sitting miserably before a mass of bills
and legal notices. For me, too, there WAS ;,
paper crisls-but crisis in stamped paper.
1T is necessary to live through such hours to
know that wretched documents of this sort can
become as terrifying as the cataclysms Of
nature.
1--WE are done for l murmured Poor
mother! Poor father'
AT that moment heard in the ante-cham-
Der voice at once nasal and cavernous 7
recognized Balandres. He was coming To
breakfast
I'VE hadn't seen him for three years and
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

6k|VERY Sunday said Francois Lii
v''' I'VE entertained at sss table
very eccentric guest. His name
vas Balandres. He was a college
friend Of my father He had gigantic nose,
bent like the prov of ship and spotted all
over with those little black points which the
doctors call pnheads His eyes were lyc-
colored, watery and doglike. His mouth was
cavern filled with yellow fangs. He wore
clothes which were carefully brushed but
TANNED to the nap He took an unheard of
pleasure in devouring what was set before
him, meanwhile telling us fantastic stories.
His life had been long succession of fail
ures. He attributed them all to bad luck. for
ne retained an invincible self-csteem and hc
lieved himself capable of great enternr;ses-
TO such an extent that he was continually Civ
ing advice to my father, who received it with
ironical politeness. Balandres didn't notice tho
irony and kept on talking boastfully. We con-
sldered hlm human derelict, good for nothing
IN particular. But we were accustomed tn his
presence and we took pleasure in seeing his
vast nostrils dilate as the dishes appeared.
He cried out enthusiastically:
How good that smells! love itv
He ate with an Incompatible appetite. To
tell the truth, believe that he went practical
ly without food the rest of the week.
The war came. was called up in 1917
and performed my duty. wound in NV lao
caused my discharge few weeks before the
armistice and brought me croix de ouerre
"a pure chance, for many of my comrad..
deserved it more than did.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
Specimens of Oles's different"
advertisements which first at
tracted attention to him and did
much to bring about his election

And then there that plank about spoon
ing in the parks. Oles declared that undc,
his administration lovers could spoon on every
bench in the city, and the police, instead of
moving them on, would be ordered to pro
tect them from annoyance. Then the whole
police force was going to be fired if it didn't
obey orders to clean up the town. And the
political bosses and their gangs were going
to be cleaned out. And City Hall employees
would have to work a full day or be fired.
Finally, O]es's salary Mayor would be
turned over to the Community Corporations
which finances thirty different charities here
The human touch, all through-every plank
an appeal to human nature
The offers of support grew in volume; he
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

and at the same time called attention to his
market. If Oles we're elected, so much the
better. If he wasn't, at least every one in
Youngstown knew Of the Fulton Fruit anc
Meat Market.
Stick to your convictions and do not be
led astray by malicious lies
This is the heading Of one ad which ap-
peared Il few weeks before election, and went
on to say:
IF you will stick to your convictions as
you have them now, there is no doubt that
you will have new mayor of this city. They
are SO scared that they are circulating lot
of malicious lies. No more than I expected
Just like drowning man grasping a straw
would not be surprised at anything they do
The only thing to remember is to pay no at
tention to lies. As far as | am concerned. it
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
By II. E. Moreland

6<XX 7HY, that fellow could sell re-
AA/ frigerators to Eskimos" You
w have often heard some one
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

George L. Oles,
Ohose sensational
rise from, potato
peddler to Mayor
through his own
0ggressiUeness
and ingenuity
reads like one of
Horotio Alger's
misleading"
tales
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
1UY YOUR WINTER POTATOES
QUICK AT $3.85 A BAG
DELIVERED

Don't compare our potato pricc with sone
q the others that arc selling off grade 20
tatoes that we Lave turned down for being
scnbby and green. We are selling you tha
bes: ripe, smooth, New York State potatoes
that are ~ be had We arc Sling our ware
house with the "a me kind Of potatoes tha. W
arc selling. feel sure that this Is the low
price considering quality. Remember. s9-s1
per bag no difference how many You buy
l! you do not want that many, you can
have 4 halt h~.N'i basket we'll Oiled for
only TIC.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
THE MIGRATE IN THE OFFICE CHAIR

6kT VERY Sunday said Francois Lii
~ vart, eve entertained at our table
very eccentric guest. His name
The Chilkat post. [volume] (Fort William H. Seward [i.e. Port Chilkoot (Haines)] Alaska) 1922-1922, 1922-05-05
"Such a Closeness".

new guy in charge the canteen is pretty
close" remarked the first doughboy"
"Glose" CALCULATED the second who had just tried to
negotiate touch, -"say, that guy is so close that
could swim across the Atlantic with a"mfu1
ee1s and never lose one."
The Chilkat post. [volume] (Fort William H. Seward [i.e. Port Chilkoot (Haines)] Alaska) 1922-1922, 1922-05-05
KEEP ON SMILINS".

KEEP ON SMlL1N I'VE
"You got to keep On smi1 inA,
However hard the way,
A1tho' you ire shy the wind to try
TO ketch up on the day.
You may have took the measles,
Or else perhaps the humps,
But just the same ,you must be games
And never get the dumps.
g1um and gloomy spirit
The brightest life can Spite,
No matter what complaints you I've got,
You I've always got to smile.
You I've got to keep on smi11n',
And never heave a sob,
Or pull a moan or spill a groan,
If you're sore at your job.
If rest and sleep have left you,
Don't never shed tear,
Be glad and gay as if you had
Time for a little cheer.
Remember Twin this Away
Amt such an awful trial,
The clouds you'll fine, ARE si1ver-l1ned
If only you can smi 1eu
You've got to keep on smi lin,
Amt no SIGH word as'fai1',
Tho by mis- take the laws you break,
and find yourself in Jail.
Why, even if they hang you,
The rope won It hurt you long,
SO while we wait to meet our fate.
Let's sing a little song.
Keep readin' smilin' poems,
They make hard luck wothh while:
Some rec oUperse for all mons ense
rs 1earnin' how to smile.
flames J.Montaguel
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-01-06

in enterprises that have made their
churches vital factors in service to
their communities will head the con-
ference discussions. An exhibit of
country church work, said to be the
most comprehensive ever made, will
be one of the big features of the Farm
Show at the Armory.
Members of the State Board of Agri-
culture, under whose direction "Agri-
cultural Week. is conducted, are:
President, Joseph S. Frelinghuysen,
Somerville: vice-president, A. Willard
Minch, Bridgeton; Charles H. Brown,
~Swedesboro; H. W. letters, Plains
boro; Fred Lippincott, Moorestown;
E. S. Sexsmith, Belmar; ". w. Tits
worth, Sussex; c. N. Warner, Toms
River.