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And so from the early stages, through
the desperate episodes to the tender
closeup at the end

"HERE was time, not far dis
tant, when the larger part of our
u semi-educated public used TO look
down the movies. They were con-
sIered brainless recreation for the mob.
sAsy were distinctly low brow. Highly poll
their cultured noses at the mere mention of
what they preferred to term the CINEMA"
Using the English word for the screen world
seemed somehow to remove the curse--it was
much more polite and more classy. But
for going to them, perish the thought
Needless to say, that recent attitude is now
thing of the dim past Time moves swiftly
nowadays. and within the last two or three
years we have seen the movies steadily infl-
trate all classes of society. Opposition has
doubtless done much to strengthen and i'm
prove them. But it is not the improvement in
the product alone which has commanded their
universal recognition. Whether or not they
Lave actually improved is still an open ques-
ton The fact remains that they are here
=
Al ultra smart set which does not haunt the
picture houses. do not imagine tnat the
Eanderbilts and the Astors take in a Keystone
comedy after dinner, much as they would like
10. But the social leaders do not have to do
his sort of thing. They have the movies come
20 them One of the smartest diversions Of
rhe gilt edged crowd is to have feature film
shown III the ballroom of Mrs. Topworthy's
palatial residence or at the most exclusive ho-
tel. Admission is sously guarded as 10
The most intimate function. And when. in
he name of charity, the bellies of society or
ganlzc fete or bazaar the first feature on
,he program IS moving picture in which they
themselves seek to rival their professional
sisters
1t Is all an interesting exposition of how
The great popular pastimes inevitably over
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Ihe other night I went to the opera
IN Bordeaux. The piece was La Tons,n
rAener well done by a strolling compssy,
composed. largely, l believe. of Italians sv.r
though the program laid stress upon the lead
ing roles played by singers from the Opera
Comlque and the big opera house in Paris.
But the thing that chiefly caught me
was the Bordeaux opera house itself. il is
nearly century and half old-a really noble
building. occupying an entire square in the
very heart OF the substantial city To-day, after
all its many years of steady use. it remains
one of the handsomest thesters in all cres-
ton. While the city of Bordeaux, with nost
commendahle enterprise. has caused the en-
tire auditorium to be redecorsted and restored
in all the fneness of line and warmth OF color
OF the days of its youth.
If the opera was good in Bordeaux, so mus
it be in Toulouse. As these French say "Voia'
10 the opera l must go again There are no
posters there in front Of the opera house en-
trance in the Capitole. Never mind. An over.
sight, perhaps. They sometimes have th'
way over here. l find my way to the docrS
HcV are locked. A ClliLei Illus
fumblng helplessly with them and CONES
across to me. He enters into voluble explan'-,
tions in French
My French is not particularly proheieh''
but find that the house was ''incendie' ac0u'
pie Of years ago, A step mp an alley shows u.
truth of that, the blackened standing vaiis y
what once must have been another surfsss-
inely lovely auditorinn, There is .
similar opera house in Marseilles, also olasi
ened inside and out by a destructive M. NIX,
And in Nantes the bare site OF 81"
another similarly destroyed. u =
when one comes TO mute evidences such as tae's
that he realizes what the past decade n-s
really meant to France, not only deveiopn'sa. !
arrested, but an actual falling backwards :,
one must be frank, little tendency to"si1
physical decadence.
To these French folk their opera IS evels,
thing. A town the size of Trenton, y. -
OR Columbus, Ohio. OF Springfield, Mass.
dozsn years ago would no more have oeeh
without its opera than without its city hail q
its postoffice. =. l remember some tn's'
or four years since driving in an army e.
from the Vendee country south toward D0'-
deaux, and while sitting beside the chaunsu'
"a fine, clean-cut American doughboy-ae..l'
ing him remark something about the CRUZ
ness Of the French people. Now this was
new thought TO me. / had always feit '"e,
the French were anything but crude ! aa.s'
the boy to explain himself. He stauainefes
bit for reply.
tContsnued on page foar) 50 50
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whelm the critical minorties. AS with all
growing things, the roots spring from the
humble soil
The small town is the real shaper of culture
In America. Main Street, not Broadway, is
the final Judge. 1t is therefore to the small
town, the suburb or isolated city of average
size that we must look to find the true present
day valuation placed by our citizens on this
great popular pastin,e. lnhabiting, as ! do,
one of the metropolitan suburbs, ! am in
position to observe this phase of my subject
without losing sight of the activities of the
city wherein / spend large part of my days
and such parts Of my nights as | can con-
veniently arrange without entirely blowing up
my home life. From this impartial viewpoint
! can say enphaticaly that movies in the city
are not patch on what they are in my homo
town.
In the city. to begin with there arc so many
things going on. There are the theaters, the
concerts. the lectures, the public meetings. a
thousand and one things. Audiences are scat
tered all over town. But what has this to do
with the pictures??" the city dweler may we'll
question.
"Ah, my dear man." should answer, "it has
everything to do with Them
The pictures may be the same, to be sure
My city friend may be sitting in some vast
urban palace looking at the identical film
which | am observing from my pet seat just
IN front of the boxes at the Pelham picture
house, but how diluted his JOY is compared to
mine. He is alone in a crowd. am surround
cd by friends. IL has to look at the picture
for amusement. | don't.
The fact is, going to the movies in the sub
urbs is being done. 1t has passed the stage of
crlnging condescension. 1t has become an
actual distinction. My wife and | belong to
Il coterie who know quite definitely what the
program for the week will be. You cannot
imagine what thrill it gave me to hear one
of my fellow commuters say of me to friend:
Yes, that is Chappell. He is one of the young
er movie set" | don't know whether the
Younger" or the movie pleased me most. 1t
may be snobbjsh, but cannot see how the last
individual in great city auditorium can ever
have such a distinction as those words con-
veyed.
In keeping thoroughly up to date as to lust
what's what and when in moviedom we are
materially assisted by the younger genera ton
My son is at the age when home work ard
school tests subject him to certain amount
OF torture every evening, but be he ever so en-
crossed IN cube-root the faintest suggestion of
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NiiiN anu HolHlHR more. FOR now cOuid
one pass through so fair land as the
south of France and permit ones mind
and soul 10 be occupied and worried with
thoughts of politics or dingy industrasm or
all that either of these implies? There is not
much of either of these things in the Midi
not even in its largest towns. Bordeaux or
Toulouse. Not that | would imply for a mo
ment that the two chief cities of this great
and prosperous district are lacking in business
enterprise Not for q minute Bordeaux in
particular. has real commercial energy pro
found hope for her future as one of the great
ocean ports of this world. True il is that one
or two things have come along in recent wears
10 rather duh these hopes. For one the war
. bordeaux WAS perhaps the one city in al
France that looked forward eagerly to the
frultlon of the German idea for the building
of a railroad from Western and Central Eu
rope through TO the Near East. Baedad and
the Gult of Persla--the so-called "Y' railroad
OF pre-kuitural days Despite the capital that
was to be enlisted TO bald that line, Bordeaux
could only see herself as its logical chief
terminus upon the Atlantic. by means Of
iow-grade onnections-already long built
through the gentle valleys of the Midi thence
along the shores of the Mediterranean all the
way to Italy. then--stlll by gradients of com
paratlvc ease~-to connection with the .Y'
somewhere in Jugo- Slavic OF Serbian territory.
The oncoming of the World War set back
The completion of this wondrous dream of land
transport many, many years. 1t is hardly
conceivable now that it will be built in vour
lifetime in mine. Yet Bordeaux has ceased
already to repine the fading of this rail
way dream. She has begun to indulge in
others, chiefly the finding OF easier rail routes
across the Pyrenees into Spain than those that
now exist, at the extreme water.ends of that
stern mountain ridge. The present so-called
direct route between Paris and Madrid is
IN reality, most indirect; while the fact that
Spain up TO the present time has refused like
Russia, to accept the standard guage of the
railways of the rest of European oldtne and
ridiculous concession to her military stratevists
only compIlcates matters. For not only must
AL passengers and their luggage be transferred
st the frontler-a tremendously irritating and
process-but all freight as we'll.
" hch, with the steady industrial progress in
Spain and the consequent steady growth of
traffic between Paris and Madrid (the growth
of rali traffic in Spain during the past decade
has been considerably in excess of SO per cent?
has become real commercial obstacle.
To remove this obstacle American capital
has sought within recent wears to provide
more direct rail route between Bordeaux and
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
When Doris presses her fo;, u,
against Bills sandpoper jowt , 49,.
unhoiy n,irth -"

pictures which ought to be takan s.u:
When I see the wild Western h.,o W
cowboy outfit, as ably portrayed bv NJ Nv a'
garth, rescuing dainty Doris in tho 49,. A'.
the wicked city, it becomes a conn.d,,
] know jnstinctiveIy that If Bill -. ''
came to New York he would wear c..
Roebuck suit and black derby hat ~
from the early stages, through the d.,....
episodes to the tender closeup at III. 49,
when Doris presses her fair cheek ..." 60
Bills sandpaper jowl, + vent unboIv r.;..s
This annoys the real sinon-pure devotse, ~.
! am sorry but can't help it. trv to r.g.
up for it by voicing sorrows at tb. eo,,.d,..
but even this does not seem to .at;sfv
why, then, do you go?" some on. r;.se
ask. why, in the name Of common <.r,. =
you find the whole affair so fantastic .,s -
surd, do you spend your time in such u,r..
sonable pursuits
Well, it seems to ne the answer l;e. j.
this: We always think we are goIny n sso
a wonderful picture. There is a great IL,
sion about movies. 1t is almost never r.,
lied, but the great faith is still there. r,e,
week my wife and ! glance over the xpeuv
forecast and read: "wednesday Ivan snin,.
the great Polish film star, in the erinni,c
picture of Russia of to-day. The p.a
Death, and our meeting eyes say excteilr.
Lets CO." Of course. The Red DEATH
proves to be bunk and We laugh ourseye.
sick over Ivan Spinsk and the furniture in
the home Of Olga Noldeski But after all
1t is relaxation and it is hideously amusing.
1t may not amu.e as it is intended. but feel
that anything that makes one laugh heartiIv
is distinct gain. We get a great deal that
is normal and true in life The movies are
an escape from all that. They are 50 per
fectly absurd that l feel as if a weight had
been lifted off my brain
And then. every once in a while. you strike
a picture that is perfect corker. real
thriller, one that makes up for everything.
There's one on the bill for tomorrow night,
Henry Hamstring in The Song of the
Sums" Ny son says it's great. Ny wife
and | are going.
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of wise parents acting for their ofspring's
best, that maddcning "best' destructive of so
many youthful hopes We go ourselves
1t Is but the work of an instant to recruit
two or more companions to make up movie
party: "Amclia,' say, you telephone the
Fishers and will run across to the Goodnows
and see if they game In ten minutes we
aye ready to start; that is, the men are
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an exodus toward the films causes him to rear
his head like a Nuban lion sccntng blood.
Gee. Dad, it's A Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court to-day Dick SAYS it's
great
a look of wistfu longing comes into his
eyes. He gazcs appealingly from his mother to
nc. Sometimes relent, with bad results to
his report card Sometimes we play the part
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Faris A route has heen surveyed which would
pierce the Pyrenees with four-mile tunnel
at point some sixty miles east of where those
mountains now come down to meet the At
iantlc. While fairly stiff grade must be ne
sotlated to accomplish the new route. the fact
that nearly one hundred and fifty miles would
be saved between Paris and Madrid wou)d
alone Justify the climb not difficult TO accom-
pllsh with the electric locomotives tba, would
also be used through the tunnel. AS mat-
ter OF tact. however, dhe summit levels that
must oe reached to cross even a narrow nass
OF the Pyrenees-roughy speaking. about
three thousand feet--are COMPENSATED for bv
'he knowledge that for many miles after
en'crlhg the Spanish kingdom the new rail
way would be carried forward at veyv great
height above the level Of the sea. Almost all
SPAIN is hgh-set taheland The railway
winch enters her at lrun--the Atlantic portal
OF the Pyrenees--after leaving Sebastian also
Immediately ascends more than three thousand
1eet before proceeding on its weary and tort,-
Gus course to Madrid
Ihe new line, which has tho cn,bns;.st;o
support OF hlng Aiphonso and the Spanish
government is In every possible sense of tho
"ord dlrect More than that, il is MANNED
with the full approval of the governnart.l
authorltles. to upset Spanish tradition and
carry the standard gauge of the French vail
ways upon it through to Madrid and event.
ually on to Seville and the Strait of Ci
oraitar, For the Yankee encineers who h,v.
planned this new American railroad across
'"e Nart OF the lberan peninsula have had
more man the local Paris Madrid traffic in
mlhd. lhat alone would nowhere nearly ius
my It's course. They have worked with world
maps and have seen their new line as most
essential link in new chain Of commDn;,.
ton hetMeen il,dustri
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local bastile all thrust
under one roof. And,
according to MY infalli-
bic Baedekcr, the opera
house as well.
There is to me a GER
tain irresistible pleas
ure in attending opera
IN almost any provin-
cial city in Europe. We
have nothing quite like
1T in the United States;
not at least since the
destruction Of the ex-
quisite old French
Opera House in New
Orleans, more than
7 nree years ago.
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Paris, to popularize the once humble sweet po-
tato IN their cuisines. A new market is being
created very slowly but quite surely And
Bordeaux takes full breath once again
toulouse seeming ~ has but little of the in
herent commercial strength and hustle of her
sister city by the sea-almost any inland com
munlty seems to he at a real loss when it is
quite without water communication Yet stav
moment. Toulouse is not entirely without
water communication. Right in front of her
imposing railway station there passes the
Midi Canal that famous waterway that con-
meets the Atlantic and the Mediterranean-the
head waters of the Garonne with those of the
greatest OF inland oceans-and in so doing
passes through naught but French soil While
II you oe tempted not to take the Canal du
A'd1 seriously, please permit me to remind
You that France herself takes her canals verv
seriously indeed. Not only does she continue.
despite her impoverished condition. to pour
money most literally into their maintenance
but she prepares year by year to add to the
system 1t is a mere yesterday that she dug
a canal nine miles in length underneath
mountain in one of her eastern provinces in
order to bring her Rhone Canal into close
'o''el WITH lle important port OF MarSeiles.
Not only, then does Toulouse have direct
water communications both to the east and
to the west, but she is withal an exceedingly
handsome old city With the exception of
Nancy, do not know that ever have seen a
finer looking French provincial city Yet one
that gives so few external evidences of
progress Yesterday in passing through
one OF the broad open places in the heart of
the town came to a very old and very stately
building, the town seat of government-the
red BRICK and white stone hotel de vlle-court
house, city hall, police headquarters and the
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llon between lndustri-
al Europe and the
great potential mar
kets Of South America.
Dakar, at the extreme
westerly point Of
Northern Africa, is
less than four days by
fast ship from Rio dc
Janeiro and is CORE
spondingly near to
Buenos Ayres. Only
the narrow eleven
miles Of the Strait Of
Gibraltar separate
Dakar from the posi-
bilities Of direct rail
connection with all of
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TOULOUSE

T HIS is to be a travel letter. Frankly
thus and nothing more. For how could
H. one pass through so fair a land as the
south of France and permit ones mind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-18
FINALS IN ICE PALACE
TOURNEY on TONIGHT
Third and Fourth Places In City
Bouts On, Too

Bouts On, TOO
Those of the boys in the bantam
weight, lightweight and welterweight
divisions who came out ahead In the
semi finals of the elimination tourna-
ment being held at the Ice Palace will
meet tonight and stage the battle for
the supremacy of their respective classes
in the final round Of the tourney. The
winners of tonight's bouts will be
awarded the George F. Pawling cham
pionship belts and will be known as the
champions of their classes for the year
1922.
AS a result of this tournament. sew
eral hidden stars were uncovered and
brought out in the spotlight.
Among these were Jimmy Mendo and
Benny Bass, bantam. shifty, clever
boxers. They meet tonight for the city
title.
Eddie Dempsey and Patsy Broderick
are the two topnotchers developed by
the tourney in the lightweight division.
In the welterweight class Young Jack
20 Brien will meet Wally Hinkle.
Besides these bouts, the boys who
failed to weather the semi finals in the
boxing tournament will meet for third
and fourth honors. They are: Chick
Kansas vs.. Jack Perry, bantams; Ray
Mitchell vs.. Tommy Cleary, light
weights, and Joe Bush VS.. Tommy Dev =
lin, welterweights.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-18

Eddie Shevlln Wins Over Perry
Boston. July ls.-Eddie Shevlin. Of Rox
bury. defeated Jack Perry. OF Pittsburgh, in
their ten-rourl bout here. Shevlin was
awarded the referees decision. They are
welterweights.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-18
PINE VALLEY HOLDS
|NTERCLUb BATTLE
Quaker Stars In Title Tilt
on New Jersey Golf
Links
PHILMoNT's TOURNAMENT

Pine Valley. with the most dimcuit
and beautiful course in the country. Is
the scene Of the interclub championship
matches today. The tournament brings
together the best amateur talent repre-
senting the clubs Of this district-those
clubs. at least. that have not been play
ing in the Suburban League.
Champions are always the big nttrac-
tion at any sporting event. and this
statement holds true regarding Pine
Valley today and tomorrow.
Max Marston, the amateur king OF
Pennsylvania, will represent the Merton
Cricket Club in its effort to bring the
title to the Haverford links. Undoubt-
edly. the biggest galleries Of the two
days campaign will follow him. par
ticularly If his matches bring him
against J. Wood Plat, his perpetual
rival for the honor Of being the best
golfer in the Philadelphia district, or
one or two other cracks whose reputa-
ton Is blazoned across the golfing firma-
ment.
Though Marston has been playing the
finest golf of his career in these last
weeks, the Scotch game is notably un-
certain and he may meet his nemesis in
some one not known to fame. No man
is unbeatable at golf. and Max has been
tripped once or twice before. If he plays
the game he did at the Allegheny Coun-
try Club. however. he cannot BE beaten
at Pine Valley or anywhere else.
With Marston to head its club
swingcrs, Merton should be slighr
favorite to take the honors at Pine
Valley. for that club is represented by
a number of other sturdy and steady
lnksmen. Max has been down at the
Jersey course for day or two studying
the lay of the land.
There isn't n hole there on which n
man can take 1t easy and hope to beat
par. Every one gives the player bat =
tie from tee to green, and though the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-18
WOODS RETAINS LEAD
Harmon In Rear Despite Second.
Block Victory

Charlie Harmon defeated Art Woods
in the second block of their 1900 point
pocket billiard match at the National
Billiard Academy last night, but the
latter still holds the lead in total
points. Harmon won the block, 12G
to 101.
Harmon had high runs of 34-35,
while Woods best was 33. The score
to date is Woods, 201 !; Harmon, 1856
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-18
THE SECOND ROUND
"kld Roberts" Rocks and Socks
'Em on Screen

Reginald Denny, as kid Roberts"
the fistic star. continues to star In the
Leather Pushers." II. c. Witwer's 8
famous boxing story. The second round
Of this blood stirring picture Is being
shown at the Aldine Theatre this week
"Kid Roberts" displayed new at
tack in this round and for gameness,
ring work and the ability to produce.
Denny has proved himself master as
"Kid Roberts,
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Boots and Saddle

Horses which seem best at Windsor
are: First race-Lady Boss, {. A:
Rinehart, Buckwheat. Second-Sewell
Combs. Ultra Gold, Citation. Third
LynmOuth. GalipOt, Antiphon. Fourth
Bond, Olala, Kate Brumley. Fifth
Second Thoughts, Oil Man. Ultimate.
Sixth-King John, Ben Valet, Tantalus.
Seventh-Despair, SagamOok, Sundial
II.
Horses which seem best at Empire
City: First race-Cork Elm. Daniel.
Peter Brown. Sec0nd-COmic Song,
Ietterman. Firm Friend. Third
Ticacey. Cum Sab. Halu. Fourth
Rancocas entry, On Watch. Ten Lee.
Fifth-Orderly. Orcus, The Peruvian.
Sixth-Whitney entry, Madden entry,
Rebuke.
The spring meetings of Kentucky
Jockey Club. Lexington. Churchlll
Downs and Latonia. with an entire
program Of fifty eight days and 400
races, were more than satisfactorily
patronized by owners and racing stables,
when the final estimate showed that a
total of 1929 starters answered the call
an average Of slightly more than eight
per race, Of which 1888 figured as money
winners. The latter group represented
4G1 horses by count, racing under the
colors of 1866 owners or racing stables.
The fact that no race with q lesser
value to the winner than $1,000 was
carded proved wise move. and in turn
was rewarded by h0rsemen's patronage
with the best of their stables.
The list contains names OF all horses
that won the richer events or were dou :
ble race winner. led by Norwich, winner
of the Kentucky Derby. and Whisk-
away, that won the $5O, 900 Special and
placed his owner. H. p; Whitney, on
top Of winning owners list. The total
Of purses was e047 ,867. The purse
avssegs for each racs VA! 20Sos .