The New York herald., 1922-04-22
Screen Stars to
Cross Continent
for Charity Fete
Merchants Also Promise Aid
in Drive for Funds for
"A. /. C. p

At the Office OF Will II. Hays. presi-
dent OF the Motion Picture Producers.
Distributors and Exhibitors organiza-
| ton. it was announced yesterday that
the great stars in the film armament
plan to attend the motion picture car
| nival, popularity contest and charity
ball. to take place here from April 20
to May 3 for the benefit OF the Associa-
ton for Improving the Condition of the
Poor.
One telegram received by Mr.. Hays,
which was signed by seventeen stars.
stated that they were coming 20 New
York in body from Los Angeles and
that they wanted to award prize Of a
trip to Hollywood for the person selling
the most votes in the motion picture
popularity contest. Another message
stated that Charlie Chaplin hopes to
wind up his film work at Hollywood so
as to attend the opening of the carnival.
Douglas Fairbanks. Mary Pickford,
Harold Lloyd. Richard Barthelmess,
/ Dorothy and Lillian Gish and Marshall
! Neilan are others who intend making
New York their headquarters during the
carnival
Through the efforts of Mrs. Court
| landt ID. Barnes chairman of the car
nival executive committee, and Mrs. w.
\. Vanderbilt I'd. chairman OF the COM
mittee on the sale of tickets, plans were
worked out yesterday by which hun
ureds or young women employed in New
YORK business institutions are forming
themselves into little flying squadrons
OF the poor and next week will set
iorth selling votes at ten cents each for
the most popular motion picture star.
one hundred per cent. enthusias sm,
was the way Mr.. Hays characterized the
work for the poor which is being done
oy motion picture producers, distributors
and exhibitors
The seventeen who signed the Los
angeles telegram were Betty Compson,
waHace Reid, Jack Holt. Lila Lee,
Beatrice Joy, Rudolph Valentino. Thoma !
Meighan, Bebe Daniel, Lois Wilson.
Theodore Kosloff, Dorothy Dalton. Ag-
nes Ayres. May McAvoy, Conrad NageI.
Wanda Hawley. Theodore Roberts and
Walter HERS.
Other stars who expect to be In New
York during the carnival are William
Farnum, Charles Hutchison, Jackie
Coogan, Wesley Barry and Norma and
Constance Talmadge. Screen PLAYERS
will mix with the crowds in the street
and urge them to contribute what they
can toward helping the poor. On the
afternoon of May there will be a
parade, in which wild West" stars will
ride rigged out in, chaps, sombreros.
boots and spurs. Others will take part
| in tableaux on floats.
The ball will form climax to the
event. 1t will be held in the Hotel
Astor. The result of the popularity
contest will be announced then and the
winners acclaimed
! Retail merchants pledged support at
luncheon yesterday at the Uptown
! Club given by James G. Blaine Jr.
Cornelius n. Bliss. Jr.. the president,
who presided. outlined the work of the
"A. ]. C.SP.' and explained especially
| its efforts in keeping families inta Of
which had been worsted by misfortune.
Mr. Blaine outlined the plans of the COM
mittee for bringing every phase of the
contest to the attention OF the public.
| Franklin Simon of Franklin Simon & Co.
was chosen chairman of the committee
which will enlist the cooperation OF the
department store owners in Fifth ave-
nue. and the lower section of the city.
and Samuel J. Bloomingdale of Bloom
ingdaie Brothers, was made the head of
"A committee which Will do similar
work above Fifty-ninth street