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Evening journal., 1922-09-15
that setting.
n exterior scenes

that setting.
Study the action Of these scenes.
first to determine the atmosphere
which should surround them, sec
ondly the most realistic manner in
which the scene can be planned,
and finally for the mechanics OF the
entrances exits and so forth.
Next, sketch the room TO scale
just as II you were drawing a pic
ture of It. Sometimes you can
achieve better results by building
a small model OF card board. as
Glenn Hunter frequently does. For
interior movie settings leave of the
ceiling or roof. and one end OF the
scene. 10 accommodate the lights
and camera.
You then turn over your sketch,
with all dimensions carefully mark
ed In scale. 70 the carpenters. who
erect the walls OF compo board fats.
such as can be purchased anywhere.
The fats are braced with strips OF
wood tackled around the edges. and
they are put side TO side until a
whole length of wall is formed.
Then paper hangers put the WALL
paper on and NJ mouldings or imi-
tation wood work around the doors
and windows. Finally the set dress
ers put in furniture, working with
the research department to make
sure their periods are right, hang
the pictures, lay the rugs, and the
scene Is ready for the camera.
II IL not practicable 10 take NOV
les in real houses. You have 10
send all your lights there and, in
addition. lay a special cable from
the power house or carry a port
able dynamo 10 supply the extra
You cannot have over
head lights because there is cell
Ing, and so your scenes are never
quite right.
Your best scenes for amateur
Evening journal., 1922-09-15
MISS BAKER FIXES
WEDDING DATE

LONDON. Sept 15.-The mar
riage Of Miss Mary Landon Baker,
of Chicago. and Allister Mccormick,
which has been several times post
poned. has been tentatively fixed
for next Wednesday. The wedding
will take place in London.
The wedding Of Miss Baker and
Mr.. Mccormick, which was first set
for early last winter. failed TO
eventuate at the last moment. when
Mr.. Mccormick was left waiting at
the church. Next Miss Baker had a
nervous illness and went 10 the win
ter home Of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred L. Baker, in Montecito,
Calf.
Mr.. Mccormick went TO London
TO wait for Miss Baker. They had
been childhood sweethearts and
their engagement had long been
rumored, although not made pubic
until after the war
Evening journal., 1922-09-15

movies are real exteriors. All you
need for them are rehectors-six-
foot canvas screens with silver paint
which are used to throw sunlight
into the faces of the actors. TO elm
mate shadows.
Always choose scenes In which
there is some sort Of motion. IL it
is only smoke or grazing COWS. Try
TO choose scenes built on different
levels. like a hillside.
Wednesday-The Man Behind the
Camera.
Evening journal., 1922-09-15

naturally. as a rule. into beautiful
settings; dramatic scenes usually
call for dramatic settings-oliffs.
city roofs. or something OF the sort;
comedy scenes nearly always take
place in incongruous places, add
ing humor 20 the situation, and so
forth.
The first thing 70 do is 20 work
out a scene plot, in which all the
settings are written down with the
numbers OF the scenes which are
TO be played. in them. For exam
pie: "Living-room. Bradley Home
Scenes ~. 1s. n. 20. 81. es, 125.
126. 130, Is2." meaning that in the
scenario. sll OF The scenes bearing
those numbers. wherever they might
be In the story, will be played in
Evening journal., 1922-09-15

larger movie stu
dios deliberately
employ W o men
set dressers'
who put the fn-
ishing touches on
the make-bel
rooms built by
the scene design
or and his techni-
cal experts. It
may take a man
10 design a scene,
but II takes a
woman to make
II look as II Il had
been lived In.
Make the set
tings the symbols
Of your meaning.
Love scenes fall
Evening journal., 1922-09-15
BY MARY ASTOR
Film Guild Actress

Although I'm primarily an ac-
tress. I've always been interested in
scene settings. Women nearly al
ways are. In fact, most OF the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30

the Jackson Heights Players. under the
presidency of J. X. Waterhouse and
directed by w. c. Blackwood. presen.
shows that are so popular that perform
ances are given for a whole week. And
the plays are so well mounted that the
players often wind up with a deficit.
But what is a deficit IL every one has
a grand time? The players have per-
manent stage, too permanent curtain,
judging from dsparaging remarks we
heard about its appearance. and three
dressing rooms, including the stars"
dressing room.
The Community Clubhouse has also
four fine bowling alleys, and Frank j.
Pasotti, president of the Bowling Assc-
station, has organized one of the most
successful teams in Greater New YorS.
A little while ago the home team de-
feated the crack team of the Metropoi-
tan Life Insurance Company and there
have been other equally creditable vic
tories.
One Of the active organizations Is the
Southern Society, which gave a real
Southern dinner at the clubhouse. Sam.
the coiored chef, quite outdid himself
with the fried chicken, Smithfieid ham
and other good things. Negro "spir-
ituals' were sung as only negroes
know how to sing them and the dinner
was in every way great success.
Meetings az tho residents are held
that resemble the town meetings OF
New England. At one OF them an anus
ing spirit of revolt sprang UP when u
was proposed TO make tho ex-presidents
OF the Community Council life MEM
bers OF the council. The younger resi-
dents declared hotly that they did not
want any "old fossils" on the council.
The joke OF the matter was that there
Is only one ex-president and he is a
gentleman about 80 years old--under
middle age.
II. d. Fields. secretary OF the Com
munity Council, IS one OF the hardest
community workers. lie Is choclS full
of civic spirit. lilo Is even accused OF
forgetting to charge UP the postage
stamps he uses. What little time he
can spare from his Jackson Heights du-
ties he spends attending TO his regular
job of purchasing agent of the Queens
County Electric Light and Power Com
pany. lie Is such a diplomatic mem
Der of the council that he has been
called the Hughes of Jackson Heights"
A remarkable feature or Jackson
Heights liz tho Community NJ II. Church
While 1t is nominally part OF the Motho-
dist Episcopal Church. Professionals Of all
worship there. This
church Is my idea OF the
Christian religion" one resident said
with fcrvor, "for the small differences
Of the various denominations are forgot
ten In the common worship" The Rev
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30
ny STEPHEN RATHBUN.

Flower Hospital Dr. Helmuth is head
surgeon eight months and DIR. kellogg
has that title the other four months.
The course is 2,935 yards and the long
est hole, the fourth, is 510 yards. The
club is limited to 125 active members.
1t is a sporty course. has O circus
ring" hole and all the disquieting haz-
ards OF high class golf course.
Recently" said DR.. Kelog, "a thou
sand dollars were spent to pipe the
course so now the greens can be wa
tered. At first the golf club was COM
posed mostly, OF buffers but several
good players joined last season. and we
hope to find other good players among
the new residents. But our course Is
SO sporty that when a member plays at
another club he usually makes a cred
liable score. We have joined the Metro
politan Golf Association and by doing
so have become a member of the ma
tional association and our members can
get cards to other clubs"
Golf helps the spirit of camaraderie
at Jackson Heights. as do the thirty
five or more other clubs there, for each
organization does it's share to bind the
community together. The other even
ing Mr.. Ching telephoned Mr.. Weston
and informed him that Mayor Hylan
was going to send Police Commissioner
Enright around the next day to arrest
his dog. The animal, said Ching, hao
grabbed Bert Mullock's ball at the
eighth hole that Sunday afternoon and
with canine perverseness had run back
with il seventy-five yards. The nice
question arose whether Bert should play
the ball where It lay or should return IT,
to the original spot. AS Mr.. Mullock is
a member of the rules committee 1t was
an embarrassing moment. But he
picked UP the ball and walked forward
the seventy-five yards i'm spite OF con-
scientious DIRECTORS. who said he was
violating the rule that ball must be
played where 1t lies.
weston does not have to buy golf
balls any MORE" confided Mr.. Ching
That was n joke. of course. but NJ.
Weston admitted that the dog can pick
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30
Old Farm Houses Intrigue
Fancy Of Romantic Buyers
ny HARRIET sIssoN GILLESPIE.

Tho ahondonod farm, of .N-..,y ENGLAND
a. ! t,i,a 80 ,.a nast Iohn c,ra,,sor,I
! ,aat as,ata h,.ol,e, ~. ala connecticuf
,,o,,sas ~. ,be nas, ,on yaars avs ~
has ,,a,.ar saa,, 800 sr 100 ro.,d IN
s,,,,, ,,,,,,,,. II, ~, aa,,s ..,rt ia, ~ ali
70 49,, ,,,aro 49,. ,,,ora "a ,roo,,,y,t
,aon, y, ~ ~. !. ~ added Vim 4
,,.htr,gio,i sr,,io
~ can say TINS. however, that tne us-
mand TOT oid Iarin houses lar eAcecus
inc supply. zen years ago y was DOS
sinie 70 get quaint Ht'ic iarHi House
with mana hewn tlnoers' Dig chliihss
ana an the honey details Oh me early
Colonial dWelling witnh iorV-live
miles Of New York. Now one must go
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30

sThe Civic Community of jackson
l{ghts has passed the experimental
re and Isl already an established sue
Hhis fact was stated by George VIII
txkon. vice-prcsldent and general
,Qhager OF the Loose-Wiles Biscuit
knpany Mr. Wilcockson. who has
IA at Jackson Heights six years. IL
kidcnt OF the Community Council.
xIackson Heights is one of the most
olue communities in the country"
ftinued Mr.. wilcockson. Under the
INT ownership plan. the head of each
HE 500 families owns his own apart
bit and there is wonderful spirit of
khborlness. The residents of the
lights get together and hold together
N way, In my opinion, residents of no
ttr community do"
Apotier member OF the Community
kyncil the governing board of Jackson
Gghts. is Cyrus S. Ching. Mr.. Ching
Supervisor of Industrial Relations of
United States Rubber Company As
Nc corporation has fifty-five plants in
United States and Canada. Mr..
Yng Is a busy man. But he is live
te," is six feet seven inches tall. and
try inch OF him is SO full of energy
IT he seems to find plenty OF leisure 10
Tote to this civic community out i'm
lnhurst in the borough of Queens.
VI can get UP early in the morning
II play nine holes of golf over the
Immunity course before breakfast" re-
prkcd Mr.. Ching. Then I leave my
Ice at o'clock and reach home In
10 to play another nine holes in the
kning."
lt is certainly convenient to have a
tc course a few steps from your home.
ID In the opinion OF George #. Weston.
Urine editor OF the Journal of COM
free, Jackson Heights has the best
10 hole course in the whole country.
! Weston is one OF the most cnthu-
stsc residents and may be a bit pref
ICED. but 1t Is very fine course.
rhe president OF this community golf
~ is DR.. u. Welles kellogg, who di-
les the honor with DIR. William Tod
Eimuth OF being head surgeon Of
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is governed, In a measure, by the supply
and demand. IL all depends on whether
the prospective homeseeker likes tho
place or not. If 1t strikes his fancy and
he has the money, he Is willing TO pay
anything to get IL.
Most Of the old farms around West
port. where / live, have been picked up,
good many hy artists for there is
quite a large artists colony there. The
town has been referred to by one writer
AS the first bit OF New England out Of
New York and its natural beauty has
been considerably enhanced by the pic
turesque homes Of the artists that have
been rcmodelcd from the primitive New
England farm homes
Rose O'Nel. famous as the Original
tor Of the kewpie doll, sculptor and
writer. has just bought ten acre farm.
with $50 feet of water front. William S.
Hart, movie star, has also bought a
farm on a hill top not far away. with a
150-year-old house on X. lie expects,
however. to bu,.d. At Norwalk there are
Porter Emerson H~oNe, Edmund Breese
and other celebrities. TAc Save picked
UP old houses and spend tScT tesa-ss
time enjoying them.
The Enoch Burr house. an old Colo
NAL relic was recently purchased and
charmngly remodelcd Tho house was
Of the old salt box type. and the roof
sloped down TO within three feet OF the
ground. so low that a flour barrel could
just be pushed under the edge. The
owners look tho back for the front. in
Producing quaint gables In the roof.
making a delightful facade and ONE quite
in keeping with the original style OF the
house.
"All the country about here. West
port, Green's Farms. Norwalk and Fair
field, Is historic ground. Not a few Of
tho old houses stil remain on the old
road from New York 10 Boston. called
the Kings Highway, over which both
Washington and Lafayette travelled and
a wealth Of tradition and Colonial lore
is gathered In the Westport library.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30
roning Out Wrinkles in
! the Brokers License Law
ny THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.

Now that brokers have license law
w are not all satisfied. AZ least
e Is the impression one gets from the
eussions heard this week in some
] estate Offices. especially where all
the circumstances are not understood.
Che complaint is that the bill signed
Gov. Miller Is too lenicnt, since it
Is not establish "A qualifying standard
applicants. Experienced brokers as
y that che man or woman who pos
SEES a smattering OF the real estate
pncss and who answers the question:
We satisfactorily and provides what
n Endorsement may be required is as
hblc for a license as one who has
ttialized In real estate brokerage for
Isrations.
\ this is SO. there Is justification for
bpiaint. However. the Real Estate
lrd Of New York and other organiza-
y. which have fought for license
these many years, learned by bitter
tcrience that "A bill which might have
" entirely acceptable 10 reputable
! estate brokers had little or no
fncc OF passage. Other bills. contain
/ more stringent provisions than the
\ just passed. died In committee for
y very reason. The present law Is, a
y or compromise measure. and those
10 supported Il believes that ite inn
rfcctfons can be ironcd out through
ienunents.
ina most cynical Is willing to admit
the enactment OF the license law.
satisfactory ms II may appear, is a
n In the right direction, ana that the
lusl operation of the law will make
riblc amendments which will provide
inter- protection TO the public and TO
ltirnatn brokers.
for the first time in the history Of
tclty we are 10 learn how many are
hlly. though perhaps not othicaily,
ltlcd to conduct a real estate broker
business. Violations OF the ethics
ithe business are certuiB to DO re-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30

Another sale OF post" site.

Another deal for tho site at 255-265
West Thirty-third street originally
bousht by the Ercniitg Post for n NEW
home and sold by It couple Of months
ago. IS forecast by the recent fornia-
zion at Albany Of the 255 West Thirty
third street Corporation. The company
was formed by Davis, Wagner, Heater n
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of the features of the community life at
Jackson Heights. Mention should be
made. however of the Press Club, which
has James Dalton, an editor OF the Glass
Journal. as Its president, and Marlin
Pew. general manager OF the Interna-
ton News Service, as its vice-president
The club which is very active, had Gut
yum Borglum. the sculptor. as the speak
er at its last meeting.
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HAwTH ORNE COURT.

+. p. Corson. the pastor. has just made
himself more popular by bringing home
q bride.
Jackson Heights boasts also OF the
first ST. Joan Of Arc parish organ
lied after the Maid OF Orleans had been
canonizcd. The Rev. Ward G. Meehan.
who Is in charge Of the parish. saw much
real war service in France as a chaplain.
One article could never point out all
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30
ELM COURT.

Golding Brothers. builders. have sold
the two six story elevator apartments,
covering the block front on the east side
OF Fort Washington avenue, between
10th and 171st streets, to the 331 Cen
trail Park West Corporation. G.. & L.
Blum are the architects of the buildings,
which were completed last August. and
show a gross rental of about $3.50 900 a
year. They were held at 100000.
Samuel Brener, operator, purchased
from the sol West 17Sth Street Com
with stores, 100x100, at the northwest
corner OF 17Sth street and Amsterdam
avenue. 1t has a gross rental of about
$4,000. In part payment the buyer
gave a plot. 100x150. on west side OF
Wadsworth avenue. between 1S5th and
18th streets. and the plot 56x15i, on
the west side of Harrison avenue. 90
feet south of Burnside avenue. Wood,
Dolson Company negotiated the transac-
ton.
Louis Mintz has sold the two five
story apartment houses, 75xi00. at 5G7-
500 West 173d street. to . client or
Samuel Bitterman. Samuel Grossman
was the broker.
Bernard S. Deutsch. attorney. has
purchased 255 Audubon avenue. a s.
story apartment house. 40xi00 IT,, rent
ing for $1i,5oo a year.
Tube station Property sold.
The history building at TIE northeast
corner of Sixth avenue and Ninth
street. in which is station OF the Hud-
son tubes line, has been soid through
Joseph q. May to Enrico Fasani. an
investor who conducts a restaurant on
West Eleventh street. The seller was
represented, by A. n. Gitterman, ag
broker, who sold the property to him
four years ago.
Investors In 9Th Ave. Deal.
The Oceanic Investing Company
bought from Van Horne Norrie for
1895, 900. the story house. on lot 1sx
100, at SIS Fifth avenue. IL is To-
Gated between Forty-eighth and Forty
ninth streets. The buying company is
a large owner ofrealty IN that section.
Old Park Ave. House sold.
The four story residence OF the late
Justice Francis NJ Scott az ~ Park ave-
nue. has been sold 1t is on a lot 24x1o5,
adjoining the DcIano home at the north
west corner of Thirty-sixth street. and
was held at 100000. Il Is separated
from the library garden Of the J. J..
Morgan family by the home Of Louise
l.. Satterlee.
West side Dwelling sales.
Slawson & Hobbs sold for Judge John
r. Moore his residence, 267 West Sew
enty-third street, AZ story and base
ment house, 19x100, TO client for oc-
cupancy.
Norman Denzer sold for Dr. Clarence
Meyer to a client for occupancy the
three story limestone house. t6xi00. AT
566 West 161st street. between Broad
way and Amsterdam =-@auc. IL was
held st $4,000.
old Park Place Parcel I'm Deal.
Horace s. Ely & Co. sold 80 Park
place, an altered building. on lot
25.9x75. for the dc Rham estate. The
purchaser IL Max Brook. who has been
a tenant In the building for thirty
years. The property had been under
one ownership since 1919.
Another sale OF post" site.
Another deal for the site at 255-2s5
West Thirty-third street originally
bousht by the Frcniitg Post for n NEW
home and sold by It a couple Of months
ago. Is forecast by the recent fornia-
zion at Albany Of the 255 West Thirty
third street Corporation. The company
was formed by Davis, Wagner, Heater n
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30
Old Park Ave. House sold.

The four story residence OF the late
Justice Francis NJ Scott az ~ Park ave-
nue. has been sold 1t Is on a lot 24Nlo5,
adjoining the Delano home at the north
west corner of Thirty-sixth street, and
was held at 100000. Il Is separated
from the library garden Of the J. J..
Morgan family by che home OF Louise
y Sntierlen.
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duced as a result And. besides. IL will
not be quite so easy for BARRIERS, cob
blers and tailors to turn real estate
brokers under the new law.
Since there Is so much regulating to
be done In the real estate business.
perhaps IL is just as well to do it grad
ually and effectuaily.
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Investors In 9Th Ave. Deal.

The Oceanic Investing Company
bought from Van Horne Norrie for
S325,000. the 4 story house. on lot 19x
100. at SIS Fifth avenue. II is To-
Gated between Forty-eighth and Forty
ninth streets. The buying company is
large owner ofFealty III that section.
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Latest Reports From City
and Suburban Markets

Holton. attorneys. who refused any in
formation concerning the transaction.
The property measures 125x9S.9. 1t Is
located just cast OF Eighth avenue, op-
posite che general postofiice and Penn
sylvania Station. Title was taken In
February by Arthur Ii. Springer.
Bronx Transactions.
The taxpayer building 3o4x204. con-
tanning fourteen stores at the northwest
corner OF Jerome avenue and Fordham
road. which II now in course of construc-
ton, has been sold by the Realty Man
ayers. Inc. Frank Bcgrisch president. Z,
the A. S. Westerfeldt Realty Corporation
through ID. H. WeisSer. The property
was held al 100000 and many of the
stores have already been leased TO
prominent merchants. The broker has
been appointed agent OF the property
T. w. Stemnsler. Jr.. Inc. have soid
the five story apartments at 2350-236S
Webster avenue 10 an investor for all
cash above the first mortgages. They
were held at s350,000 and rented for
500. 900 per annum. Tho houses were
built by r. W. Stemmler, Jr.. Inc. In
1917 and held by them as an invest
ment. NJ. NJ. Ringler was the broker.
D. A. Trotta sold for a. Celentnno
two story apartment houses. With
stores, on tHH cNuthNd~N NNihtN VI lctAu
street and Crotona avenue. on a plot
100x7O. The property was held at
$4,000.
Henry T. T. Johnson sold for the
Regas Realty Company, Joseph Sager.
president to an investor the onc-story
taxpayer with five stores. on plot
GOx160. on the cast side of Jerome ave-
nue.. 100 feet south Of Kingsbridge
road, held at $4,000. The same broker
sold for the Monner Realty Company
the five-story apartment house with
stores ~ the northwest corner OF Tie
bout as a and 1Ssth street, on plot
103xi2.6, {alued at $4,000.
Murphy & Murphy sold the southeast
corner or Otis and Logan avenues for
II. G. Iollinghlrst.
Brooklyn transactions.
II. T.. Knowles Company sold COS
wythc avenue. between Clymer and
Taylor street, a three story flat and a
store 70 j. Klein, and 392 Broadway
and 3e9 Division avenue. store and
apartment house, 70 NJ. Gordan for in
vestment.
Realty Associates sold 10 @. Giordano
through James y. Astarta. broker.
vacant plot, 36xf0o, on the north side
OF Thirty-secoud street. 24i feet east OF
Fourth avenue.
r. c. Sauter Agency sold eco State
street, a three story residence. for Mag
dalena Lcwinski 10 Elizabeth NJ. Grace
for Investment and resold the property
To Merritt Guilfcn for occupancy. The
same brokers leased store on west slde
of Filth avenue FOR Sarah a. Carly 20
the Dorfman Brothers and store on west
side Of Fifth avenue near Sixth street,
TO Morris Kckoen.
at