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A Brilliant Career.

HANS K1NDLER. who will be hea-d
here in concert this season under
the management of 7. Arthur Smith.
Inc. began to achieve fame at a time
when many American schoolboys are
still going to high school.
Kinder made his first public ap-
pearance in Rotterdam at the age Of
eleven, and at thirteen he won first
prize at the Rotterdam Conservatory
for both piano and cello. His gen.
eraf education was not allowed to
suffer because of his passion for
music. and he finished the classical
course at the Rotterdam gymnasium
when he was seventeen years old.
Immediately afterward he made his
debut in Berlin. appearing with the
Philharmonic Orchestra. under Kun
wald. and achieving a remarka BILE
success. He was then engaged as pro-
fessor Of the cello at the famous
Scharwenka Conservatory, in Berlin.
being but eighteen years old. Fol-
Germany and England, appearing un-
der the direction Of such famous con-
ductors as Kunwald. Mengelberg,
Landon Ronald and Schonberg.
In the summer Of 1914 Kinder came
to America to visit relatives. It was
not long before his presence became
known. and several of the most i'm
portant orchestras bid for his serv-
ices. He decided, however, to go to
the Philadelphia Orchestra, and at the
age Of twenty-five he occupied the
first cello position in that famous or
.ganiZation.
Evening star., 1922-10-08

THE term extra" must now be
listed as an obsolete term in the
lexicon Of motion pictures.
The dictum has gone out that there
Is no longer to be such o person as an
extra" Now we hre to have actors
and actresses in minor parts"
It was at the Lasky studio that this
movement started. and concerning 1t
Lou M. Goodstadt, casting director for
Paramount pictures. made the fol-
lowing statement:
"The term extra was originally
applied to untutored persons picked
at random to make bulk in crowd
scenes. In the early days. through
lack Of Experienced material. we were
forced to take anybody that could
walk in order to supply the demand
But these unframed individuals
couldn't act and caused real damage
ofttimes. by their ineptnese.
For many, many months we have
not used extras at the Lasky studio.
We film q lot OF crowd scenes-scenes
requiring hundreds Of people at times.
but We do not use extras. We have
available 4 large group Of actors and
actresses who work all the time in
know their business thoroughly and
know the methods Of the various di-
rectors. A majority OF these people
have had four or i've years expert
ence. They know just what to do;
they don't have to be watched. and rhe
work aafeIy to them, adeyoting his
tirne to handling the more dinicuit
dramatic work Of the principals.
TT uoald be impossibie for modern
Evening star., 1922-10-08

petals carried out the effect of the
simulated petals on the skirt.
Miss Marga Waldron. also appear
ing at keith's. wore an exceptionally
beautiful Spanish costume for her
opening dance. 1t was decidedly diff
ferent from the average. for, in lieu
of being of scarlet. orange or black
material. 1t was of soft orchid satin,
a tone not often associated with Cas-
tiliau creations. The bandeau bodice
was supported by narrow shoulder
straps of sparkling brilliants, and it's
folds were almost entirely hidden by
a large scarf of lavender silk, heavily
fringed on all sides. The skirt was
volum!nous, and flared at the hips as
though it were held out by a hoop.
The hem was dotted with huge jew
eled flowers in every ina ginable COL
or. and their dazzling brilliance gave
an exotic note 10 the costume which
could not have been achieved with the
brightest silks. A bandana of layen-
der satin. with one end trailing over
the shoulder. formed an effective
headdress over the curling ends of the
dancers black bobbed hair.
Miss Emma Dunn as Maria Marelli.
in Her Happiness" at the Shubert-
Garrick. first appeared In a typically
Latin costume. which includes a dark
skirt and apron, and a sleeveless
jacket Of saffron -colored velveteen.
Later. however. when she dressed up
to greet an opera singer who was COM
ing to her little Italian restaurant, she
Evening star., 1922-10-08
MeZod1un1uS s Best Friend.

guess-and wirv, fiery. husky, jolly
ard brown as q hazelnut.
He admits writing and producing
more scenic melodramas than any
other man. Thirty-eight he turned
out in fifteen years, every one a sue
cess. some Of them still going strong
today.
II produced my first thriller" he
tells us, when I was twenty-five. 1t
was 1.-The Fast Mail" and l had writ.
ten 1t, worked out the mechanical
effects and actually made my own
posters-thirty-six sheeters-by tack
ing printers paper on the floor, mix
ing wagon paint with gasoline and
laying the colors on thick. I was to
act the villain and understudy the
hero.
"I hadn't a cent to hire a theater.
At last an old theatrical man agreed
to let me have one for the week be-
weeks receipts. me to get the second,
and divide flfty-fifty after that.
The weather was boiling hot and
muggy. Everybody laughed at me
for trying to pull Oft my one-man
show under such circumstances, Dut
I plugged through rehearsals Just the
same. The day the show was to open
came one of those sudden Chicago
north winds. with Il cold drizzle--and
my life was saved! People jammed
the house and at the end of year
I'd got a clean $4,000 out of the
piece. Carriers luck grew into a
popular expression"
Next came THE Tornado"-just
what its name implies-and Mr.. Car
ter. then in the deep twenties Cthe
George M. Cohan of his day). cleaned
up another tidy sum. He began to
patent some Of his scenic effects, such
as the approaching locomotive that
used to make people leap out of their
seats to avoid being run down.
Evening star., 1922-10-08

WHO first tied Tessie to the rails.
making the engineer OF the fast
mail come laundering to a stop
within two inches, climb down and
cry, my God, 'Tis her? Who staged
the two locomotives In a head-on
crash that pinned the vilyun In the
debris with the papers? Who In
vented that scene where the ships
rammed at sea, and the gale shrieked
and the masts rocked. disclosing I'm
q lightning flash the hero fighting
in the topgallant yoke lines with
his hated rival disguised as a Lascar
sailor? Who. with the aid Of
china-silk sheet, some lights and
pan of red fire, produced 4 confiagra-
tion that nearly made the gallery
gods fall out of their heaven?
1t was Lincoln ]. Carter of Chi
cago.
Eut Lincoln Carter and what used
to be known the country over as
family thearers." where the prices
were "ten-twent-thirt,' where right
ever triumphed and sin got the bull
let. disappeared from the public's ken
along about 1891
The movies did it.
Now the movies have brought Lin
coin Carter back again.
With his wife he is right at the
farm at Goshen, Ind, where he has
raised corn and onions and alfalfa
for fourteen years on his thirty-two-
acre farm. Now he is going to raise
your hair with a string of thrillers
you'll soon be seeing on the silver sheet.
Nr. Carter is still young. despite
his fortune-making and retirement
well on the sunny side of fifty is our
Evening star., 1922-10-08
Doings of the Btyunts.

NINE. NAZIMOvA and her husband
and director. Charles Bryant, it
is announced. are preparing for their
trip to New York. Arrangements for
the release and distribution OF their
production Of 'Salome" have been
made. and Mr.. Bryants presence in
New York is partly for the purpose
of closing these negotiations.
Immediate plans of Nine. Nazimova
contemplate a season on the stage.
She has selected the play and it will
be given Broadway premiere. Nine.
Nazimova is highly enthusiastic over
the drama selected, and both she and
her husband believe 1t provides her
with one OF the most powerful roles
Of her career.
The Russian star. it is said. was re-
luctant to abandon search for a suit
able American drama. as she had
hoped to stage her comeback in a
play by native author. but while
several fine plays were submitted
none was deemed suitable for her
purposes and the result is that Broad
way will see her in a work by a Hun
garian author. dealing mainly with
Partisan life. all rights to which Mr..
Bryant has acquired.
Nina Nazimova denies that this
move stageward indicates an aban-
donment Of the screen. On the con-
trary, she has already made selec-
tion of her next film play, production
of which will be contingent on the
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Prize Story to Be Filmed.

been cast as the minister, John NAL
den The principal feminine foil for
Douglas Fairbanks in 1.-THE Three
Musketeers." Marguerite De La Motto,
is another member of the cast. Her
screen name Is Sympathy Gibbs.
The heavy" parts are in the hands
of John Sainpolis and Walter Long,
who, on she screen, are Nate Snow
and Daniel Gibbs. respectively. The
former Is an old-time legitimate ac-
tor. who has also done considerable
film work. Long has been appearing
In coast-made pictures for years and
has to his credit a long string of
notable characteriZationS.
Shadows" is not an oriental story.
Mr.. Steele. who is a close friend of
Eugene O'Neill. has written num-
Der Of stories about Crkey. the dcti-
tious name for bona tide New Eng
land sea-faring town. In Shadows"
there is considerable marine atmos-
phere. How Yen Sin permanently
cements the love of Sympathy Gibbs
and John Maiden and foils the in
sidious attempts of Nate Snow is the
basic theme of the story.
Forman Is under contract with Pre-
ferred Pictures, Inc. to make a series
Of Tom Forman productions. This is
his first and will be followed by
other stories Of established literary
value
Evening star., 1922-10-08

the woodcutter. in "Hansel and Gre
tel: in La Boheme." under Puc-
cini's personal direction, and "Isac
Of York." in Arthur Sullivan's Ivan
hoe"
After eight years with the Carl
Rosa and giving many recitals at
Queens Hall. London, Mr.. Lind re-
turned home as a member Of savage's
Grand English Opera Company. at
roles ranging from Teleramund. in
,Lohengrin:" to Ko Ko: in The
was first produced in English by the
Aborns. he sang the four character
roles originally sung by Renaud In
French at the Manhattan Opera
House by the famous Oscar Ham
merstein organization.
Latterly. Mr.. Lind has confined him
self to producing playlets in vaude-
vile. such as The Opera Singer"
and a condensed version of Tales of
Hoffman" This season he is offering
THE Singing Teacher" and for the
coming season he will produce a six
character one-act playlet called "A
Man of Yesterday" for a tour Of the
LoeW circuit
Evening star., 1922-10-08
Girls of Other Days and Molu.

"TIRLS Of today do not differ at all
from those Of early English his
tory" writes Madge Bella.my. the
screen star, with conviction. Il read
reams and reams Of history and ro-
mances OF those early days in addi-
tion to r. D..Blackmore's novel. be-
fore I started filming Lorna Doone.
and can't see much difference between
the girls of then and our own girls
of now.
"In reading of the court scenes
which we had TO reproduce i noticed
much similarity between the lovely
maidens that were presented to the
royal society Of King James and the
happers who dance about today-the
same vivaciousness. the same flirting,
coquetry, though not quite as brazenly
frank as that art is today, the same
little feminine ways.
True, the girls Of old were not az
athletic a. our girls now. Golf and
tennis, II known. would have been too
strenuous for their muscles. But
would they9 wondered when read
ing OF how they used to dance from
sunset to gun-up II those exquisite,
Evening star., 1922-10-08

wore a becoming gown OF black velvet,
with quaint basque bodice and bouf-
fant skirt. A wide collar of white lace
formed bertha around the neck, while
narrow Roman striped ribbons were
run through the short sleeves to add
a dash of color. Miss Dunn also wore
a string of large beads Of the bright
est imaginable red, and pendant ear
Miss Ann Winston as Madame
Roma" prospective Metropolitan opera
star. first wore giriish evening frock
Of yellow chiffon velvet. A cape collar
Of yellow tulle brocade with silver
almost entirely covered the diminutiye
sleeves. and veiled half Of the fitted
basque bodice. The skirt was circular
and very long. and graceful ostrich
frond placed over one hip formed the
only trimming.
Later Miss Winston appeared in a
dinner gown of white crepe covered
with a tracery Of crystal beading. The
neck was slightly rounded, and narrow
bands Of beading fell from each shoul-
der in a semblance OF sleeves. The
narrow skirt was veiied with a few
long panels. SO that the severity of its
long, straight lines was broken. Miss
Winston's last-act frock was a simple
model of golden brown duvetyn, collared
and cuffed with caracul fur. A wide
panel at the front Of the skirt showed
touches Of gold brocade, and corre-
sponded with the actress chic toque
Of blue and gold embroidery.
Evening star., 1922-10-08
MARI Miles M;nter Game.
s0NE Of the gamest little actresses

"0NE OF the gameet little actresses
have ever directed"
This is what Charles Maigne, direc-
tor, said of Mary Miles Minter. Para
mount star. on the return of the COM
pany from q six weeks sojourn In
Wyoming. wheee the exteriors of
THE Cowboy and tho Lady" IN
which Miss Minter is co-featured
with Tom Moore, were filmed.
Mr., Maigne's eulogy Of Miss Min
ter's bravery YVES inspired by her
performance Of the big thrill stunt
of the picture, in which she had to
slip from q fallen tree. which lay
across a chasm and fall some twenty
five or thirty feet below into a pool
and the rapids OF a stream.
A double had been provided to do
this perilous drop. The scene was
made, and Miss Minter, watching
from the side lines. exclaimed: "That
doesn't look so bad. If he can do 1t,
1 can, too" And Director Maigne
let her do 1t.
Now I can take pride in the fact
that the work in the picture is my
very own" she declared, after being
rescued from the rapids.
Miss ,Minters portrayal also In
volved some dimcu1t horsemanship
and other Dangers In the rough,
mountainous country chosen as the
locale for the exterior scenes, all of
which proved that Mary Miles Min
ter Is q game kid,
Evening star., 1922-10-08
Cats as Screen Stars.

through several scenes. At the enc
il is seen munching fish with grea'
delight. decked out With a big DO"
of ribbon.
Cats have been in many pictures
but usually cats of high degree, sucf
as Agnes Ayres' pet Persian, wh'
worked in The Ordeal.
But the kitten in this case is O.
the common garden variety. II wa;
a studio cat and during one Of thu
recent projections of the picture a
the studio it reposed on the lap o:
one of the spectators. A fine ca
was used in 'One Glorious Day" with
Will Rogers and Lila Lee II
"Grandma's Boy there were sever
cats which licked goose grease.
But none of them did so much al
this one. which apparently has q
future in the movies.
Evening star., 1922-10-08

dolI-like creatures were really a
weak as historians have picturet
them. have an idea that their frailt,
was partly camouflage, an artfu
mantle worn by them to enSnar'
masculinity.
THE women in those days ac
companied the gallants on thei!
hunts, riding side saddle, of course
with voluminous skirts covering nea
ankles And if somebody was SO for
tunate-or So cruel-as to shoot
poor, weak pheasant the dear thing
turned their pained eyes away. Eu;
just the same. they were ready 70
the hunt again the next day. an'
could make long journeys III th'
coaches over bumpy roads--they ha.
no. paved highways or automobiles il
those days, remember-without ia
tigue. If a modern girl had to rid
a mile in one of those atrocious con
veyances she would feel like going t.
bed for a week.
IT think the theory that maidens o
other days were fragile creatures wis
might break in two at a Cross wor
should be laid away in moth balls
Girls have grown moro frank and in.
dependent, but otherwise they're Still
sisters under their skins with theii
Observation-Disclosures
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Men the Best Camera Subjects.
ANU S EN- ENTS,

A cToRs are preferred to actresses
as Photographic subjects by mo-
ton picture photographer, accord
irg to Alvin y5yckon. chief Of pho
Biography at the Paramount west
coast studio.
Contrary to popular opinion. the
man behind the camera would rather
photograph a homeiy man than
beautiful woman-speaking in gener-
slitfes, OF course. The reason is be-
cause men as a class are infinitely
more willing to Cooperate with the
cameraman than women in the world
Of make-believe.
More beautiful results may be
achieved with women subjects"
Wyckoh declared, but those results
are Infinitely harder to get. Give me
man before the camera in prefer
ence to a woman any time.
Male stars will stand for hours
while the cameraman sets his lights
and focuses. Women are always in a
hurry. They cannot understand the
delay.
The eyes are the most dificult
part of the players face to photo
graph. They are the most expressive
and. therefore, must be clearly repro
dCced on the screen. This can only
be achieved II the cinematographer is
permitted to focus carefully on the
eyes them mselves. This takes time
Evening star., 1922-10-08
BY ELENORE DE WITT EBY.

II Ellen hELLER, the wonder woIn-
an Of the world, who appeared at
keith's last week, told the audience
in those odd, faltering tones which
she herself cannot hear, that she
could not distinguish one color from
another. But she added that she had
formed mental pictures Of colors from
reading books and poetry. And when
her friend and teacher. Mrs. Macy.
asked her the color of her gown. she
smoothed its soft folds and said in a
pleased way, "Peenk.'
1t was really a shade darker than
pink. sort of a geranium rose. and the
bateau neck and sleeveless armholes
of the close fitting bodice were out
lined with black beads in pattern
that resembled stitching. The skirt
was cut on circular lines. SO that the
lower edge seemed to be scalloped,
but in reality the effect was given by
the dropping folds Of velvet, which
were trif1e longer at the sides than
in the front and back. Large eyelets
were cut in the hem. and also in a
side panel of the skirt, and they re-
sembled scattered petals. a shade
deeper than the gown, and formed a
distinctive and unusual trimming. The
girdle was ornamented with large ap-
pliqued velvet flowers. and their real
Evening star., 1922-10-08

run of her dramatic offering. which
after the New York premiere. vii
probably be taken to the principa
cities of the United States. .-Th'
Worlds Illusion" will supply Nine
Nazimova with her next screen crea
ton, and after that there will bf
others. for she has made choice o
several stories susceptible of screeI
Interpretation.
-Salome" will be released shortl,
with unique musical score and. II y
announced. will be in respect to il:
musical treatment as much of a nov
city as it is as a screen spectacle
The score was written by Ulderir.
Marcelli, whose creative musicianshil
and theoretical are vouched for b.
Alfred Hertz, the great Wagneriaf
director. Marcelli has been associate
with picture presentation for two
years and is familiar with the tech
nicalities OF musical synchroniZation
The score to 'Salome" will stand OF
its own basis as symphonic offering
SO complete and original il is, anr
Director Bryant believes it will be
such Importance as to cause exhibit
ors to extend their orchestras in OF
der adequately TO present il.
Director Bryant will not assume 1:
role in the staged drama in whIcl
his wife will star, butt continu'
his activities in motion pictures. haN
ing under consideration the produc
tion of an original photodrama
Whether this will be done in New
York or in Hollywood is yet to be Dc
termined
Evening star., 1922-10-08

The men never mind; the women al
most invariably rebel.
have. known stars like Rudolph
valentino. Wallace Reid and Thoma
Metghan to stand literally for hour
while l experimental and focused.
cannot remember single feminin.
star who would tolerate this delay.
There is another reason for tn.
cameraman's preference, too. II han
to do with makeup. Once their indi
Vidual makeup is determined by ex
perimentation. the men players neve
change. This means that the camera
man can go ahead with his worl
without worrying over the fact thai
his subject may suddenly develot
deep hollows in the cheeks or a deer
coat OF sunburn, due to change il
makeup.
But the women are constant,
changing They insist on usins
rouge. Now. red photographs black
ana TOO much rouge makes the sub
Ject look dirty or cadaverous. The
feminine stars know this. but roue,
looks attractive to the eye. and the,
are constantly disregarding the cam
eraman's instructions by appearing il
the middle of a picture with beauti.
fully rouged cheeks.
Men are patient; women impaticu'
that's the essential difference as ia;
as our work is concerned. Ask tn.
cameraman and he will declare in "a
vor of the masculine player nine GU
# ten times"
Evening star., 1922-10-08

THERE have been dog screen stars
Now the question arises as to
whether there will be cat stars.
A nameless little black kitten plays
a very important role. gaining much
sympathy for itself and Jack Holt. in
"On the High Seas" Paramount
picture. in which Dorothy Dalton and
Mr.. Holt are featured, with Mitchell
Lewis in support.
The kitten is found playing on the
deck of q derelict, the crew of which
is composed Of a few dead men,
The brutal stoker. played by Lewis,
In a At Of superstitious frenzy seeks
to kill the kitten. Holt rescues II
and puts it in the pocket Of his coat
where its fuzzy head protrudes
Evening star., 1922-10-08
Started in Washington.

HOMER Lind is a native of Virginia.
who first studied music in WASH
ington, D. c. At the age of nineteen
he went to Germany and studied for
five years at the conservatory at
Frankfort on Main. After gradual
ing with a repertoire of thirty-fve
grand operas memorized, he was en-
gagged to sing in "Moyence." at the
Municipal Opera House. From there
he went to the Royal Carl Rosa Opera
Company Of England to create the
principal character role In the Eng
lish performances of Wagner's operas
that were to be produced for the
first time in England.
Among his creations was Sixtus
Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger,"
and thus far Mr.. Lind is the only one
who has sung this role in English.
In later years he sang the part in
the first performance given in the
United States of Die Meistersinger"
by Henry Savage.
Among other notable first perform
ances Of Lind's were the role Of Peter,
Evening star., 1922-10-08
Famous Bear Hunter.

THE greatest bear hunter in Wyo-
ming.
The gentleman in question who
holds this envious reputation, Forest
Ranger Rosencrans, became an intt-
mate friend Of Mary Miles Minter
while the Paramount star was in
Wyoming recently making exterior
scenes for "The Cowboy and the
Lady," in which she is co-featured
with Tom Moore.
Rosencrans is the man who piloted
Theodore Roosevelt on his bear-hunt-
ing trips through Wyoming years ago.
While the photoplay company was
sojourning In his state. Rosencrans
came over to their camp every even
ing and told stories of his thrilling
experiences as a ranger and hunter,
and often in the daytime he guided
them through the rugged Businesses
of the Wyoming mountains, every
inch Of which he knows by heart.
The famous mountaineer is highly
educated and speaks seven languages.
He admired Miss Minter, and before
her departure presented her with a
coyote hide.
Evening star., 1922-10-08
Hon. I Broke Into the Movies.

.Follies Bergers." now the Fulton
Theater. in New York.
David W. Grihith saw me and ask ed
me to dance in one of his pictures
That was my real start, for Mr.. Grif-
fifth seemed to think I could act as
well as dance. I then got a contract
in California to star in one-reel come
dies. After six months Of that I
Joined Universal to appear with
Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran.
Lois Weber was seeking some one
to play a baby vamp" in Even as
You and L" She finally decided to
give me the part, and it was she who
took me into film drama from comedy.
The public seemed to like me in the
picture. 80 Universal decided to star
me. That was four years ago. and
my first feature was '-The Two.Souled
Woman" My biggest successes so
far are ''rhe Virgin of Stamboul," !"
Reputation" Conflict" and "Wiid
Honey" but I believe Under Two
Flags" which I have Just finished,
will eclipse them all.