The New York herald., 1922-05-04
Supplants Miss Binney in Com
petition, but Will Rogers
Still Leads the Men.

California made it's influence felt in
the East yesterday when two of its al
most native sons and daughters went
charging up on the leaders in the movie
popularity contest being conducted by
the Association for Improving the Con-
dition of the Poor. Miss Mary Pickford
and Charlie Chaplin. well known to the
neighbors. were the pair who improved
their own condition and by getting
votes suddenly to swarm about them
rose to second place in both masculine
and feminine divisions in the hearts of
their countrymen.
Honest, they gave the shivars to the
leaders who had hitherto been conf
IDENTIFY counting upon being crowned
king and queen of the movies on May
3. when the A. l. c. p. brings its May
carnival to a close aud decides which
stars are entitled to a salute of twenty
one handclaps whenever their picture
appears.
To the surprise of every one who has
not seen her on the films. Miss Pick
ford stoined first place with IL, ,416 votes
when her popularity sudd enly awakened
and rose nearly 11,0oO degrees. Maybe
Mary is the much touted dark horse
and then again, maybe not. Charlie
sprinted into a neck and neck struggle
with VIII Rogers for first place when
1900 votes flocked around him.
In fact. 1t was a day of devastating,
almost revolutionary upheavals that
smacked of South America. One of the
big upsets in the racing form to date
occurred when Miss Madge Kennedy
leaped-gracefully-i first place amid
rousing cheers, showing clear daylight
between herself and second place by
burst of speed with 5000 more votes.
Miss Constance Binney, who had been
maintaining the pride of New York city
in first place. was forced to abdicate and
drop back to third after a game fight.
Miss Lillian Gish is in fourth place,
just about within hailing distance Of
the leaders.
Between the nrst seven leaders among
the men and Richard Barthelmess. who
is ninth, there is a great gulf fixed to
the extent of 646 votes, but Dick is
taking cheer from the fact that this
Marathon isn't half over. On the fourth
day William S. Hart was coming along
slowly but surely in thirteenth place
and just showing signs of getting his
second wind. Charles Ray and Douglas
Fairbanks in the fifteenth and eigh-
teenth holes. respectively, are showing
Improvement and may yet be popular
some day. Somebody still esteemed
days to buy one ten cent vote for him.
The scores of young women of So
ciety, stage and screen. who have been
gathering votes since, reported yester-
dayS to Mrs. Il. Roland NJ Hartman.
chairman of the committee on the sale of
ballots. that the enthusiasm through
out the city was increasing faster than
the temperature. big stand was
erected at Times Square, and at noon
the Keith Boys Band, through the
courtesy of f. +. Albee, gave a con-
cert there, which attracted crowd so
that Frank Tierney could have one of
his favorite opportunities to do some
introducing. He made the home folk
acquainted with Mary Carr, Billie Dove
and Betty Belmont.
After a good crop of several thousand
votes had been gathered iii. the band.
headed by Larry Mack. movie actor.
riding In cowboy attire, paraded up
Broadway to Columbus Circle and back
TO Forty-second street and Fifth avenue,
where another bale of votes were found
lying around loose. A similar raid will
be made into Walt street to-day by
band Of young women workers, who hdve