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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-24
Little Benny,s S
Note Book
By Lee Pape
The Park Ave. News

The Park Ave. News
Weather. Has been better, could be
verse
Exter, Bad News, Sid Hunt had 4
mizrabc nftirnoon last Thcrsday, fer,t
getting one Of the Werst reports he ever
got wen the reports was handcd out in
skool, and then getting in game Of
marbles on his way home and losing -
commons, 3 agatcs and . classics, and
then feeling in his pants pUckit and
feeling hole but not the . cents that
was there the last time he felt, and then
tripping over stuck up brick and skin
ming his nee fearse and then meeting
his . best gcrls with his nee sticking
out and then as soon as he got home
having to 20 about Il Crrands
Pomc By Skinney Martin.
Sometimes / IIaff To.
I love my shoes TO be eileen and brite
And polished with bewtifIl glow.
And the Ony reason they're seldom that
way
Is I hate to shine them so.
Intristing Facks About Intrising
People. Sam Crosses baby sister Udeen
yells the same way no matter wat she :
yelling for. thus being the cause Of
meny gesscs.
Things You Awt to Know. The easi-
est way to lern forrin langwidge is to
be born there. n
Drawing homework done n Exchange
for arithmetic homework. Sc am Cross.
'AIssI.sIfs Love and Tsund. Nu.A4
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80 In order to get best results. wo
hut up an aerial with natural wave
iehg,h or Loo meters, and. in N. li,o
ieadlhS 20 the ground, we insert cniI.
ana coDdensers which have no,mraI
wave lengths Of their own and which
arc SO made that We can vary their VIVA
lengths. Thus, with our 10. notar
aerial We add fifty meters of coli ont
condenser to receive the amateurs tran.'
mitting on 200 meters, or we use mnro
OF the col and more of the cnnn";.,. :.
OF the condenser, taking 21O meters ~ ~
their value to add 10 the $50 metsrs
OK our aerial, and so we put our rn,iro
apparatus In resonance with the waves
u "6O meters which are coming IN fror,
the broadcasting stations. ''
This Is what we call "induc,.,oor
and capacity" but these terms win
not bother you it YOU will only remcm.
Der that' for practical purposes, induct
hnce means length of wire In tho fnr,,
OF con and capacity means placing
more or less OF the plates of a con.
dcnser surface TO surface.
lUh!ng our set In this wav .oo,
MAKES II vibrate in resonance with the
transmitting station, just as INV b,,
viprhted when the bassoon player struck
Il certain note, only in that case II was
the bassoon"r who did the tuning
There Is very pretty experiment
which you can perform to prove to
yourself what resonance is. This cr.
pertinent. is performed with a tuning
fork, lamp chimney and n bowl oi
water. Hold the lamp chimney over tho
bowl, strike the tuning fork, and hold
1t over top of the lamp chimney. The
sound will come from the tuning fork
alone with no response from tho
chimney. But lower the bottom of the
chimney gradually into the water, and
soon the chimney will be singing ms
loudly as the tuning fork. Ii is in
resonance. If you continue to hold the
chimney so that the water is at tho
same point and tap II with your finger
nail 1t will give out exactly the same
note that the tuning fork gave out. The
wave length of the part that is out of
the water and free to vibrate is ex.
actly the same as the wave length of
the tuning fork.
;. That Is all the highly scientific gen.
lemen mean when they tell you to tune
fNuT net I'm resonance with the incom-
ing signal"
COPYRIGHT. 1879. bv Public Ledger Cswpssy
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played the part in 'Footlights':
thought that It was poor and the more |
SEQ of Elsie Ferguson as a Russian type
the better | Ike her in her usual roles.
Lcatrice Joy and Betty Compson, who
have come out as stars in the past
years. are both extremely good actresses,
I think. but then there are 50 many
good and bAd in the game that 1t would
take more than two columns to discuss
them.
| This is a stupid letter and probably
| will not even be read but it's rainy
day down hcre-and so this effusion.
Il don't seem to have mentioned the
masculine side Of the movies. Thomas
Meighan was at one time my pet star,
but like the rest Of the women. Nalen-
tino has me chained to his chariot.
However. IL he tries to play the con-
ventional type too often he will surely
lose one admirer. Conrad Nagel and
Harold Lloyd are both good actors.
Don't you think George Arl!ss is
Clever?'
There is some difference OF opinion
on that business of exposing the film
secrets: some fans. like you, prefer to
be left in blissful ignorance Of how
Handsome Harry" took that thrilling
quiet until they find out every me :
chanical and trade secret that the stu
dos possess.
enough STANDARD works? Perhaps
they have exhausted all the film able
+ ones. Tolstoy is not unknown 20 the
screen. as those who remember the old
Fox picturization of THE Kreutzcr
sonata will testify. Polly" Fred :.
erick did one, too, I remember.
used to be as strong an admirer
OF ALA Nnz!mova, and especially when
she played Ibsen's "Doll's House" on
the stage. Her earlier pictures. includ.
ing War Brides md Revelation, u
were, splendid, too, but since that time
she has become SO hammered. and 50
eccentric, that It is hard TO recognize
the same person. Her DOLLS House
md 'Camille' on the screen were ter
ribe EXAMPLES Of grotesquc grimacing
and affected tricks.
And We, most positively don't agrco
on the subject Of Elsie Ferguson's work
in "Footlights. To me. 1t stands
about as her best screen attemnt,
though I've always had a soft place
In my heart for ''Barbary Sheep and
Rose Of the World" You bet I
think George Arl!ss is clever.)
Gunga Din writes: II wish TO thank
'Bil' for his reply In reference to my re.
quest for Information on that 'popu
lartty contest VIII you please tell
me who directed Peter Ibbetson' and II
hc is Wal!y Reids regular director? !
saw Wally in Across the Continent
and 1t certainly is n different type OF
picture entirely from p. I. Who in
the wide world ever gave Mary Mac.
Laren the idea that she could act She
may be Katherine MacDonald's sister,
but It doesn't mean anything Thco
dore Roberts certainly is fine, and who
supplies him with all those cigars? T.
be star or just n character player
! II remember correctly. wasn't Doug.
/ las Fairbanks married before and
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.MOB0DY'S N::-::ByE. Phillips 0ppenheim
THIS BEGINS THE STORY

Andrcr Talienfc. political leader.
has married for money. His nite
accepted him TO forrard social dmbi-
tons to q title. Losing his scat in
Parliament, he meets her rccrim-
nations rith the statement that
their marriage has been unsuccess-
tm, oring TO her cold and selfish
temperament and her interest IN his
young secretary. Anthony Palliscr,
who has inst disappeared. she has
sudden suspicion that her husband
is responsible for the disappearance.
Lady Jane Pdrtington, a beautiful
aud rcnithU aristocrdt interested IN
labor problems, is a ncighbor rho
interests .indrcn greatly. He tells
her he and his rife hare parted.
Andrcr has missed some rdluublc
political papers. and in an argument
mih Paliiscr on the edge of cliff
has struck him. The secretary fell
orcr. indrcw. formerly an Al
pinist. has climb bed dozen TO the beach
bclow, but tound no trace of PGlliser.
He is Kept under observation by In.
spcctOr Gillian. of the police. Stephen
Dortrcv, the self sacrificing Labor
Party leader. with Miller. q coarse
grained radical. aud Nora Mail.
charming and brilliant feminist
lcddcrs. risitS Tdllentc and offers him
the Premiership If he wiH join their
norfu
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shouldn't like you with them. ! cam
not believe that such thing would ever
come to pass. but the thought isn't a
! pleasant one.'
Now that you have made up your
mind that I don't want to 60 to the
House of Lords and wouldn't under amy
possible consideration. Tallente asked;
have you anything else to suggest!
Mr.. Horlock was a little annoyed.
He considered that he had shown re.
markablc patience with Il somewhat
troublesome visitor.
"Tallente." he said. "it Is Of no use
your being unreas enable. You had your
chance at Hellcsield and you lost 1t !;
your chance in my Cabinet and lost
that, too"
'iou know for yourself how many
rising politicians l have to satisfy.
You'll be back again with us before
| long. of course. but for the present
you must be content to tnkc a rest. We
can make use Of you OH the platform
and there are always the reviews.
~ see." Tallcntc murmured.
"The fact is" his host concluded.
as his finger strayed toward the dis
missal bell. "you made rather n mis-
take. Tallertc. years ago. In dabbiing
at all with the Labor Party. At first.
! must admit that was glad. ! felt
that you created. rs 1t were. link be-
tween my government and very
| troublesome opposition. Today things
| have altered. Labor has shown its hand
and II demands what no sane man could
We have to fight Socialism or go un-
der"
1'allente nodded.
"One moment" he begged. as the
Prime Minister'S forcfingcr rested upon
tho button Of the bell. "Eow may I
tell you just why l came to pay you
this VISIT"
IF there is anything more left ia
be said" Mr.. Horlock conceded, with
an air Of exaggerated patience.
There is just this" Tallente de-
clarcd. III you had had a seat to offcr
me or post In your Cabinet. I should
have been compelled to decline it, just
as have declined thai ridiculous offer
the Democratic Party in the House OF
Commons
Tho Prime Minister'S fingers slipped
slowly from the knob of the bell. IIe
was n person of studied department. A
journalist who had once written Of
his courtly manners had found himself
before long the sub editor OF a gov.
ernmontal journal. At that moment Ii,
was possessed Of neither manners no,
presence. He sat gazing at Tallcntc
with his mouth open. The latter rost
to his feet
II ask you to believe. SIR" he said
that the step which I am taking Is
in no way. due to my feeling Of piqut
or dissatisfaction with your treatment
I go where think l can do the bes,
work for my country and employ such
gifts as l have to their best advantage y
Continued Monday
Copyright, 1929. Bell Syndicate, Inc
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Che Daily Movie Magazine

wasn't there junior? Will YOU please
tell me his former wfes name: Poor.
poor Valentino, how they are pushing
him right into tho faces Of the pubic.
Why don't they leave him alonef |
think that IL he is given the rig hit
chance with the right picture and the
right director and no Elinorglynish
business, he will bc wonder. Is he q
star HS vet? Mr.. Nicely. ] do hope !
haven't bored YOU, but | don't like to
questions in at one time. Why does
almost everybody send blue raper to
Mr.. Nicely: Answer me that
(Gcorgo Fitzmauricr directed Peter
1bbctson' and Philip Roscn directed
ACROSS the Continent. Wally has
different directors in almost every pic
turc. although Roscn was at III" mega
phone in number. I'll say those two
pictures were different, Why the
grudgc against Mary MacT.nrcn? Some
body told me once that Famous. 1.askv
makes an annual appropriation Of $1,000
to supply Roberts with tho cigars hc
smokes in his various pictures, but
somehow I don't believe that do you;
| suppose YOU d call him a character
lin such features as "Pudd 'nhcad Will
SON. and The Consul") and is 70 be
featured soon in THE Old Homestead, 4"
I'll 60 farther to see him or George
Fawcctt or Theodore Kosloff than any
young star I can think uf OfThand
"Dnug' was married before TO Beth
Suly. daughter Of the big cotton mag
nate. Yes, Rody is "star' now in
tho sense that he will hereafter be billed
Rodolph Valentino in The Foolish
Lover" instead Of The Foolish Lover. :"
with Rodolph Valentino. don't mean
anything sinister by tho name - just
picked II at random. That blue paper
subject Is one os those sleeping dogs"
which had much better be left alone.
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Next week Jack and Janet meet al,
Indian lad In the forest and learn Sc :.
crcts Of the wOOds.)
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letters are entirely and absolutely un.
authorized"
God bless my soul the Primo
Minister exclaimed. Where ].
Pnlliser? Better telephone.
"Palliscr left my service week OF
more ago." Tallcnte replied. HE left
! it at moments $ notice. in consequence
of a personal disagreement concerning
which beg that you will ask no lues.
tions.
II can only assure you that it was
not political. Since he left no word
, has been heard of him. The papers
even have been making capital of his
disappearance.
1T is the most extraordinary thing
l ever heard in my life,' Horlock dc.
clared, n little irritably. "Why. I've
spent hours Of my time trying to get
this matter through
Dealing seriously with Palliser,
thinking that he represented me in this
matter?'
Without a doubt"
"Will you lend Inc the letters?" Tall
lcnte asked.
Mr.. Horlock threw them across the
table.
Here they are. My secretary wrote
twice to palliser last week and received
no reply. That is why sent you a
telegram"
II was on my way to see you. any
way Tallente observed. 'I thought
! that you were going to offer me seat
Mr.. Horlock shook his head.
We simply haven't a safe onc," he
contided, 'and there ism soul | could
ask to give up, especially, to speak
plainly. for you. Tallente. They look
upon you as dangerous, and although
1T would have been nine days won =
der. most of my people would have been
relieved to have heard of your going
to the Upper House,
Il SEQ. Tallente murmured. "In
pam pa l.y words: you've no use for me ir
My dear fellow" the Prime Min
lister cxpostulatcd, you have no righ,
to talk like that. I offered you q pos,
OF great responsibility and seat whicl
we believed to be perfectly safe. Yo,
lost the election, bringing n consider
able amount of discrcdit. if you viii
forgive my saying so. upon the Govern
ment. What more can I do?'
lalicnic was watching the speaker
curiously. He had thought over thi,
interview ali the way up on the train
thought 1T out on very different lines.
Nothing, l suppose he admitted
| yet there's n certain risk about drop.
ping me-. isn't there? You might driv,
Inc into the arms Of the enemy"
! 'What. the old Wing lot! Not {
chance. know Won too we'll fo,
that"
NO. the Democrats"
Horlock moved rcstlessly in his chair
! lie owing biS ,.i,
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1t seems pity to have to devote
50 many Of these articles to extended
definitions of technical words, but, as
my object in writing the series Is merely
to prepare the beginner for further study
in case he wants TO undertake it..
and as virtually all other writer's insist
upon talking Of technical things as
easily and glibly as you and l talk
about pie and cheese, it Is necessary
for m" 10 explain some of the most
used terms.
And one Of these is "resonanCc. ."
I'VE tune our secondary circuit 10
resonance with the incoming waves, -
You will read in every book or magazine
YOU pick up. This sounds complicated.
but it isn't. Resonance simply means
to sound again
remember one night many years
ago sitting In III" front row OF theatre
near the bnSSOon player. Every time he
blew q certain note ! could feel my
lat vibrating so actively that II tlckled
the ends Of the fingers In which l held
II. My hat was in resonance with
mat particular ho'r' ana II II laa
been possible to make me nat produce
a noise by drawing violin bow across
it or tapping it. 1t would have produced
Tint note or else one OF the octaves
Of It.
In other words, the hnt was so con-
structed that. IL 1t started to vibrate.
it would send out waves of certain
particular length from crest to crest,
and conversely, 1t would start vibrating
when waves of that particular length
struck It.
Everything In the world that is ca
pable of vibration has this thing that
we call its natural period" or natural
wave length They have even expert.
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water II you come to my school, said
! B!uc Heron. ''All you will have to dc
is to stand on one leg and let the fisl
come to you. See the fine turtle
caught
King Fisher didn't like to lose hi,
/ place as teacher.
'Rnttlety rattle rat" he said. "You
didn't catch that turtle. 1t was caught
',lIuh - said Blue Heron.
Hc turned to Janet. Didn't catch
, you and the tartlc?"
'les. sir. Thank you, sir !" said
, Janet promptly.
DO you mean to say you didn't [
catch that turtlc:' ratified King Fisher
at Janet.
ITO be sure I caught the turtle, -
said Janet
There. ratified King Fisher at Blue
Heron. You didn't catch the turtle ;
Janet caught it,"
Blue Heron again turned TO Janet.
Who caught you and the turtle?"
You did. thank you.' said Janet.
Who did you say caught the
e. demanded King Fisher.
did" she said. She thought the arsu.
mont was very silly. but she didn't see
how to end 1t. for Blue Heron and King
Fisher were talking around in a circle
and both were right
'Hce-haw. IIec .haw." laughed
Jack, still playing he was n one eyed
mule, happy. because he wasn't in
school. 'l'll ask a question and the
ono that answers 1t will be a teacher.
Where do birds come from:'
Birds come from eggs" answered
Blue Heron and King Fisher together.
And where do eggs come from -
asked Jack.
Birds lay eggs" answered both Blue
Heron and King Fisher.
We'll. which came first. birds or
cggst' asked Jack. Neither Blue Heron
nor King Fisher could answer that.
They scratched their heads and wrinkled
! up. their forchcals, but the answer
didn't come.
'lIec haw. Hce-haw. If you can't
answer that neither can be teacher. I'll
be teacher myself. Who wants TO come
TO my fun school? First class in fol-
low tho leader" Away went Jack
/ turning somcrsaults.
/ "Ek.eck! This is n jolly kind of
school, cried Perky Squirrel, turning
somcrsault after him.
"Tracher. Teacher. Teacher. I
like teacher" cried Goldie Ovcnbird.
I'i'N LliS vi ny pNuilTei. hltcT tneIn
came King Fisher. Blue Heron. Janet,
Cold Nose Bear and all the others.
Jack led them in hippity hop, in
jumping on one leg. in lcaping over
logs. and in doing all sorts of stunts.
"Chee Chee. Hurrah for the fun
school," cried the birds. Jack shall
be our teacher every day"
Jack grinned at Janet. NO" he
cried Janet knows lot Of nice
games, too. She will be teacher in the
| fun school tomorrow. Good by until
then
Good. bye. Teacher Jack. Good t.
by. Teacher Janet cried the birds.
And they wer" still crying it when Jacl,
and Janet ran home chanting their va :
cation song:
No more lessons
In hot old school,
We're as happy
AS one-cyed mule"
Janet stopped long enough to whisper
TO Jack. II like your kind of vacation
school best of ALL" she said.
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CHAPTER VI
The Fun School

pLtE HERON was surprised TO sec
- what h" had caught while fishing
He had expected to catch fish and
here was a little girl holding turtle
by the tail.
Hey. Hey. See what I caught. "
h" cried II nm better fisherman
than King Fisher. and SO l will be
fishing school teacher
The birds. who were drying them.
selves after taking their diving lesson
from King Fisher. rutfled their feathers
and shook their heads.
we don't want 10 go to fishing
school II we have to dive into the wet
water they chorused.
you'll not have to dive into the wet
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DREAML4ND
ADVENTURES
Teachers Wise
BY DADDY

Jack and Janet are haring racn.
ton fHn in the woods. rhen the
birds ask them to play school. King
Fisher tries 10 teach the birds hor 10
fsh. J1rct catches turtle. and is in
turn caught 6y Blue Heron.
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PHOTOPLAYS
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Janet stopped long enough to whisper
70 Jack. II like your kind of vacation
school best of ALL" she said.
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AND HERE 1T CONTINUES

.S.D ,,Upr TT roHryS1.ES
AMI H' - o".> '
The Right Hon. John Augustus Hor.
lock, Prime Minister of England
through most amazing fuke, received
Talcnte. few days later, with the
air of one desiring to show MS much
graciousness as possible to discounted
follower. He extended two fingers and
indicated an uncomfortable chair.
:, ell, wei, iuhsI.e, ,,.h, hnc s",u a",
sorry ! WASH : m vo"n viz" b. iE,oJJ
passed through rom .he 9,n,, n9ert,m',, n"o
business. 'hat Iie;leshs.u anuir. ;, ,,
-, it was NetS ouu S. ]
iallehte agreeu, c,ieny ~. weaIse L -. -
shows that our agents there '"us' oe "
terIS lncapaoie;; ...s
Inc iri'he Minister eousneu.
"iou think so, Tallente, eh! Now
their point OF view IL that you let NIL =
Ter make all the running. let him make
his points and never got an answer IN
never got grip on the people. eh!'
That may do for the official ex-
PLANTATION. Iallente replied coldiy,
but as Il plain statement OF facts II
Is entirely beside the marx. II you VIII
forgive my saying so, sir, 1t has been
one. OF your chnractcristics In HE, born,
without doubt he added. with a lit
! tie bow, of your lndomitaDle courage,
to minimize diticulties and dangers OF
a certain type. 1Ou did not sympa =
thize with me in my defeat ut Helles-
field because you underratcd, az You al
ways have underrated. the vastly grow
ing strength and dangerous popularit!
OF the party into whose hands the gov.
ernment OF this country Will shortly
pass.
Mr.. Horlock frowncd portentously
This was not at all the way in which
he should have been addressed by ar
unsuccessful follower. But underneath
that frown was anxiety.
You refer to the Democrats?"
Naturally"
DO I understand YOU to attribute
your defeat. then. to the tactics of til,
Democratic Party%'
1T is no question of supposition, =
Tallente replied. 1T is a certainty"
"You believe that they have n create,
hold upon the country than we imne.
inc. them
II am sure of it," was the confidcn
answer. They occupy position n,
other political party has aimed NJ oc.
cupyng in the history Of this country
They aid and support themselves b,
means Of direct and logical propaganda
carried to the very heart and under
Their methods are absolutely pi'r, mninnc ,r
and personally I am convinced that /
Is their destiny to bring into one com
poSitc body what has been erroncousl,
termed the Labor vote"
liorlock smiled indulgently. He pre-
ferrcd to assume a confidence which h,
could not wholly feel.
II am glad to hear your opinion
Tallcnte. he said. Il have to remem
ber, however, that you arc still smart
ing under defeat inflicted by thcs
people. What | cannot altogether I'M,
d"rstand is this: How was it thar yo,
were entirely deprived of their suppor
at Helesteld. You yourself are sun
posed to be practically Socialist. n
any rate from the point of view of th,
staidrr Of my party. Yet these follow.
down at IIellesticld nreferred to surnor
! nl,yb,,,, ..,I. ~ ''I'i'',,