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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-10-30

Cen en- Nueva York Y ell Washington.
Que ademas de los funcionarios del
'EstaGo Mayor del Executive" que SC
cncuentran en- los Estados Unidos, SC
ausenta ahora cl Presidente de la Co.
mission de Servicio Civil, y Sc habla
Gc un probable viaje del ComisLonado
sseispInteriors " del yCoanisionado de
Agriculture y Trabajo.
Que para evitar la possible lucha
con la Legislatura. eli mes de febrern
pr0ximo, Sc tratara de ennendar el
Bill JONES'" convocando a elecciones
generates parG cl mes de enero del
1923-tlentro de dos meses-de acuer-
do con la nueva ley que tendra-en ell
espfritu, pues dudamos que nadie sc
decida a escribirlo, hi el Congreso
aceptarlo-el acuerdo de que les jefcs
de departsmepto que el Presidente de-
sigma sean "continentales" los que
aquf Sc nombran ndtiUOs, sin interven-
ci6n del gobernadOr de Ia isla para
estos nombramientos que hard el Sc
nado Insular exclusivamente.
"Todos' los nombramientos prcsiden
ciales de cuidadanoS del COntinente,
naciGlos sllf " los nombramientos del
pGfs, nacidos aquf, a menos Que
el Senado, quiera designar otros
ciudadanos de los EstadOS Unidos, pc
ro para los jefes de depcrtamento, la
expresada condici6n.
= Como me 10 contaron, escribieron,
informaron. 10 idem, respetuOsamente
" opinando, respetuosamente que to-
! do ESQ puede SER.
InfOrDtadOr.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-10-30
UNA ATENTA INvITACION.

Hemos sido objeto de una atenta
invitaci0n del Casino de Puerto Ri
co, para la serie de "Te Danzants''
que principle Il celebrar dicho cen
tro social desde aver domingo % del
que cursa.
Dichos actos sociales empezaran de
las cuatro de la tarde, hasta las sic
&c dc Ia noche.
Anticipamos las gracias al senior
Presidente, Hon. Salvador Mestre, por
Ii cortesfa que nos ha dispensado.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05
Pretty Feet an Essential
for Feminine Film Stars
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-,a..a.aH s.4#.. NJ - ..
The girl who would break into the
movies these days must look to her
fec as well as her face. Pretty feet
arc essential to Aim stars for ono never
can tell when one will ha-c-to be pho
~tograplled barcfootcd. Corns and 9th
er blcmishes of the feet arc, therefore.
taboo i'll moving picture studios.
In choosing a girl to play the part OF
Diana Mayo in the Paramount picture
Of E. M, Hull's novel, "The Sheik,"
George Melford, the director, had to
be careful that she had a pair of feet
that would photograph. we'll. Agnes
Ayres, who plays this part in the color
full picture. boasts exceptionally pretty
feet. This was demonstrated when she
appeared in Cecil 8. De Miles "For-
hidden Fruit" especially iii the Gin
derclla cen IN THE Sheik" she is
attircd part of The time in Eastern
>garD with bare feet.
Another case where the feminine star
wa; called upon to show a pretty pair
Of feet was in Cecil B. De Miles The
Affairs Of Anatol," where Gloria Swan
son appeared barefooted in some Of the
scenes. q
I've always believed that the care Of
The feet IS as important as tho car Of
the hands,. says Miss Ayres. II don.
pretend 10 have extremely small feet
but ! believe they are ,shapely and free
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05
THE UNsOPHIsTICATED LOIS
WILSON.

Speaking Of Hollywood, here's a hot
one:
Everybody around the Paramount
west coast studio knows that Lois.VVil-
son, who moved from Mis- Lulu
Bett,' 10 one Of the principal roles in
Is Ma,rimony a Failurc?" a special
James cruzc comedy. us un~sophisticat-
ca, but they never knew the degree I'm
I'll recently. In the picture Miss vii,
son appears as the wife Of Walton
iHlers. the heavyweight comedian. So
It was very natural for Director Cruz,
to sing out the following instruction:
Nov, Lois sit on Walter s knee
Miss Wilson moved over toward her
fat husband Gin the picture) and hes
>itatcd. Then she turned and with !,
quizzical look at yCruze. asked: b.
How do you sit on a, mans knee,r
The company didn't quit LAUGHING
Until Z. Roy Barnes, in sympathy with,
the young lady, remarked that i
wasn't her fault. because Walters Ian
wasn't a regular lap anyhow,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

must know plot and dramatic situa-
tons, that be must continue suspense
as his story progresses, and that he
must, from first to last, be able to Wis
ualize his story in the pictures. There
fore, any mind which can not turn out
an idea big'enough to become a four
&C. play or novel or serial of $4,000
words-wcll, then that mind is not big
cirough to turn out the sort Of a story
which the screen must have, today. In
other words. ! want TO discourage cv-
cryole from trying to write for the
screen unless he or she has the gift Of
good writing. and unerring dramatic
sense, and in an intimate knowledge
of screen technique. In the old days
thinking out a one q two-rccl idea
was pipe.
But today we are confronted witt,
the growing demand for six-rcel fca-
lures and ten-real super-spccials. 1t
used to require no more ability to plot
out a one-rceler than it did to write a
little article for tie high-sc1ool paper.
Today its diffcrent-today we want
productions on the screen to. compare
with Main Street" in the book trade,
and "Lightnin," in stage productions,
]. hope what / have said will stop q
lot Of people from trying to write for
the sereeqb It's IN awfully tough JOB.
Once we ran; contest for story ideas.
In four months we had 10000 sub
mittcd and there wasn't one which was
sat .factory.>
Could anything be tougher for those
wLo have the mistaken idea that it's 4
cinch to write>for the movies9-Harry
Durant.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

glass roofs simmer in the California
sunlight like the glass hill wherein a
pr 'ncess once lived.
These arc the covered stages. Let
us proceed to enter one of them. 1t
seems at first like confusion worse
COMPOUNDED. All you seem to see are
unfinished rooms, bare boards, props,
anG SC On. Overhead the glass roofs
are screened by canvas diHuscrs. Then
as you penetrate further, order begins
to develop from tho chaos. There is a
lc. ely Dom exqui7itely furnished. A
man with the camera on its huge tri-
pod is grinding away-brilliant lights,
dazzling lights are focused on the
sccne-and in the scene people are act
ing while the director stards, mega
phone in hand, to tell them Just what
is t be done. :
Who is the beautiful girl in a we'd
ding gown of gold .cloth, the bridal
veil hound up under her CHM? None
other than Gloria Swanson, the Para
mount star-for this is the Paramount
studio to which you have gained ac-
cess.
Now you know Gloria is beautiful
that it isn't a trick Of camera or mere
makeup. She is lovely, with changing
gray-green eyes and such a deliciously
retrousse most and smiling lips. You
ask what the picture is and ,our guide
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

come rumbling by--for of course
you're i'll New York now. Only it. is
a fairy New York and the, elevated
train will not rumble as it runs, and
the stairways leading tip arc of wood!
Nothing Missing.
What is this ovcr in the corner OF
the big Argyle lot-whcrc tho. street
scenes are built? AS l %live-.a cage of
pink-eyed white rats. Now, no doubt,
they arc all princes and princcsscs
transformed by some wicked fairy.
They squeak and look at you as if you
might help undo the cncl,antcr's spell.
Over there is another cage with snow
white pigeons, carriers, f~antails. and
othcrs-strutting about and cooling as
the; prcen themselves in tho sunlight.
And adjoining their house is one filled
with turtle doves
Another cage with rabbits-surcly
the March hare is there, too.
And all these work in pictures, you
ASK. Sufcly-Just ike the cozcnS OF
cats that are seen everywhere and that
lovely Collie dog. An tho time animals
are being cr]nployed--for in real life
you sec everybody has pets and III.
pictures are reflections from life.
See that funny old white Angora cat
With crop cars and eyes that are not
nl:tes. He is boss Of the ranch, but
deaf as a post. A friendly old patri-
arch except where other cats are con-
ccrncd
D. you know who is guardian and
friend Of the cats at the studio?
George Dickson. the stage fnaiager.
He brings meat Tor them every day
and at home he has 2 lot # very
fancy fe|incs
In another part Of the lot IS 4 cage
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

TO you remember Alice and her
adventures in Looking Glass
Land? Have you ever wished
you might walk through the big mir
ror and into the queer country where
everything was so different and all
kinds of strange things happened?
Have you longed to meet the poor old
White Knight and have you hoped
~feryently never to come across the
acid-like Red Queen
Come with me, then, for a little
jaunt into a Fairyland that is almost as
strange and even more wonderful-thc
Fairyland Of the Films. Let US pause
at this doorway overhung with pepper
tree boughs on Vine street (they ought
to call it Pepper Tree strcet) Holly
wood. This is the magic gateway to
the land Of northumberland that man
in a brown uniform is the real ogre
whom W e must pass before we can
gain admittance to the interior.
'Tis q Fact.
You may think that strango-but re-
member, it has been estimated it costs
about 500 per person every time a Wis
itor is admitted. This is in time, de-
lays, etc.
The ogre smiles, we'll say, you be-
ing favored of fortune. We go
through the little wicket gate and there,
before us, rise three big stages whose
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

ncc>. And there, too, is our lovely
Colulrbine and the agile Harlequin
they pass on down Tic crooked street
and Go around the corner where the
Cameras are and arc lest to our vision
just as all iai.lyand people and
things pass away like mist Of dreams.
But leave it to you--isn't this 4
marvellous fairyland? And you haven't
seen lalf Of it-you don't know yet
about the rne, who toll in the rooms
lighted only by ruby light, dixie gnome.
in their caverns--you haven't seen the
workshop where the man makes lit.
tic scenes out Of cardboard like the
ones YOU had in a toy tl,catcr rcmem-
ber'- You haven't visited the great
workshop where men make Strange,
toys-miniaturc steamers, airplanes and
everything under tho s,ln-or the plas-
ter shop where statues are built aud.
bricks are constructed BY the square
yard: These are some Of the wonders
! may sometimes take YOU to4yicw iii.
another articlc-if this has interested
you.-Adam Hull Stirk. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05
II You Would Write for the Screen---Don't
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day all over the country, which is proof
absolute of what l say. They have to
be better or the public will not con-
tinue to pay to see them, and that's all
there is to it.
Now this talk About poor pictures
and punk stories is all rot. There's a
higher percentage of good in the
movies than in any other form of
creative work. If the knockers don't
believe it, just let them ponder over
the fact that not 10 per cent Of all the
plays produced are successful, not 10
per cent of all the books published are
successful, MOI 10 per cent OF all the
music written is successful, and God
knows not 10 per cent Of all the pic
lures painted are worth looking att!
So it comes down to this:
Of all the product of the other
creative arts fully 90 per cent dies at
birth, but speaking of our own mod
uct-we succeed with Is per cent Of
it! All Of which is a perfect answer
to u critics, so it seems to mo-
Don't Do II.
As for attempting to write for the
screen again / say don't do it. The
kind and quality of the material which
we must have today is Of such a high
order that it isn't possible for a salts
factory story to be written unless the
author is especially fitted for his craft.
To be especially fitted means that the
author must be endowed with a crea-
tive and constructive. mind. that he
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

with a leopard--a graceful, restless
giant cat with a. tawny coat who roves
backward and forward i'll his home
ceasclcssly. He was used in tho Cecil
B. DC Mile picture, male and Fc-
male" RcmembcY how Thomas
Mciglan is supposed to shoot him and
carry him off on his shoulder. It's the
same leopard.
Yes, this is surely Fairyland. There
are a couple of dwarfs aud a clown
or two, and sec that great big tall
thing that looks like ono OF H. G..
Wells Martians in The War of the
Worlds" That's a billion candle pow
CT searchlight! For exterior scenes
and to reflect from an aluminium
screen difuscd lighting for big sets.
There's music in the air-thc circus
BAHIA provincial Petit Cirque. Fan
fare Of tru,npcts, boom, boom of base
drums and the laughter Of clow1s.
Dear to the child hc,rt! There's j
~monkey-l,c's turning somcrsaults-
and a trained dog, who walks on his
hind legs and wears a ruff around his
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

whispers that it is called Beyond the
Rocks" You don't see any rocks, but
probably they arc synbolical-what-
ever that is!
See Sam Wood.
Sam Wood is at the mcgaphone-
good looking chap, good looking enough
to be All actor. And tEcn there is Ru-
dolpll Valentino the leading man. You
remember him in the big Melford pic
ture THE Sheik" and thrill to see him
in real life.
Further along you discover another
very pretty young woman-drcssed as
Columbinc-and you remember the de-
lightful old %panton1imc of Harlequin
and Columbinc. Wcll-this is a bit Of
it and it is in 1.-THE Moose" a William
D. Taylor production for Paramount.
The sweet C%olumbine with her fluffy
skirt and ruff is Betty Compson-you
know the girl in "The Miracle Man"
And the Harlequin is Theodore Kos
loft the famous Russian dancer and
actor.
Now isn't that like Fairyland? You've
just been to a wedding and now you're
pumped right down into a r%antomime.
And it is in France-can't you sec the
quaint old buildings and the stone
tagged street?
There's a big elevated road over
your head! You expect the trains to
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05
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rHE very best advice l can give
those who want to write for the

"HE very best advice / can give
those who want to write for the
movies is-DON'T!
In TO the office. Of the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation, which dis
tributes more than half the motion
pictures seen daily, come more than
$4,000 unsolicited manuscripts every
yea. In addition every play, novel
and magazine produced or printed in
English is carefully reviewed, and most
Of the European plays and fiction are
translated and analysed. The heads of
u different editorial departments
have been with US for years and are
especially trained to select the best
stories which the world offers. Our
pictures prove that they have been Sc
lected well.
Out of all this careful; searching and
sitting, we CLEAN : very small percent
age of available material. The reason
for this small percentage is not hard
to hnd-therc is so very little written
which is worth while. A great many
will snort in derision at my statement
but its true nevertheless. Just now
i seems TO be the fashion to make a
football Of the movies. Very often We
hear il said that the movies are getting
10 Be something terrible" oreavorse.
Il isn't true.
Better Pictures.
Every month We are : seeing better
pictures than We eyer saw before. and
lie standard is being gradually raised
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higher and higher. This has to be SO
or the public wouldn't go to pictures
at all. Why, most Of the pictures tho
public was crazy about two years ago
wouldn't draw a corporal's guard to-
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from blcmishcs. ! think women should
wear straight last shoes and never pinch
their feet TO make them smaller than
nature ordained they should be-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
SECTIONAL ANTAGONIST
IN SENATE REGRETTED
Senator Robinson Resents Shoots
Reference to "Illiteracy
in South"

Senators should forget sectional
lines and sectional antagonism, con-
scious of the fact that they are
citizens and servants of great re-
public, Senator Robinson, democrat.
Arkansas. declared today in the
yesterday by Senator Smoot, repub-
lican. Utah, to illiteracy in the south.
Some senators seem unable to get
away from the spirit of sectionalism
that at one time threatened to divide
the Union" said Senator Robinson.
ut is true that in some of the
southern states there is illiteracy and
in a greater degree than found in
some northern and western states.
The fact Of the matter Is, as every
one knows, that with the civil war
ended, the south was left impoverish-
ed to a degree that Is pathetic to
every fair-minded man. 1t was left
just freed from slavery.
mo other people in all history has
so bravely met misfortune; so gal
lantly overcome difficulties that
threatened to overwhelm them, so
triumphantly emerged from the mis-
fortunes of desolating warfare as
have characterized the efforts and
and today we are maintaining in every
state, practically at the expense of
the white people, educational insti-
tutions for colored students without
discrimination. institutions of the
same character as those provided for
the white children in the south.
TN spite of sneers, in spite Of in
situations, the white race Of the
south is advancing to a condition of
enlightenment and glory and leading
by the hand the men and the chill
dren of the black race"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
DAMAGE, $4,000,
IN VIRGINIA FLOOD
Bristol Inundated When
CIoudburst SWeIls
Beaver Creek.

By the Associated Press
BRISTOL, Va, May 13.-Receding
waters Of Beaver creek, which over
flowed here last night. left debris
strewn streets and water-filled eel
lars in Bristol's business section to-
day. Damage was estimated at $780,
600 in the city and surrounding ter
ntory. ,os
were flooded Sycamore, Cumberland,
lee water Front. Shelby. 9TH, Front
Broad, William and State streets were
Inundated and the Virginia post
office, several department stores ana
the Hotel Bristol suffered water DAM
age. a.a OIL
most as quickly as It began. is saIu
TO have originated in a cloudburst
near Wallace, Va, early last night.
Warning was given by telephone and
manv merchants threw up sand bags
to protect their stores.
workmen were busy all night clear
ing the streets, and today the hooded
area resumed it's normal appearance
except in spots. The heaviest loss
was sustained by stores on state
street near Beaver creek. Water stood
from two to four feet deep in about
thirty stores offices, automobile
showrooms and warehouses. Pumps
we're used today to clear Easements.
The flood occurred twenty-four
hours after the city council had sign
ed a contract to have the creek chan
mel strairhtened and concerted to pre-
vent such visitations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
HONOR TO MEMORY
Of H. A. WILLARD
Association of Oldest Inhabit.
ants Observes Tooth Ami
versary of His Birth.

Members of the Association of Old
est Inhabitants of the District OF
Columbia gathered at the home Of
day to do honor to the memory OF
Mr.. Wizards father. Henry Augustus
Willard. who would have been one
hundred years old tomorrow had he
lived
These pioneer Washingtonians seat
ed around the luncheon table allow
ed their memories to drift back to the
early days when Mr. Wizards father
operated the hotel which still bears
his name.
All joined in paying tribute to the
energy and industry of the elder Mr..
Willard, who worked himself up from
clerk in a Vermont store to a pros
porous business man of Washington.
Was Native of Vermont.
Henry Augustus Willard was born
at Westminster, VT, May IA, 1922, and
was one Of five brothers. all of whom
lived at one time in Washington. He
attended Walpole Academy, near his
home. until he was seventeen, when
he obtained a position as clerk In a
store at Bellows Falls, VT.
demonstrated the initiative which he
possessed. He was employed on a
New York steamship when the
thought occurred to him that good
library on the ship would prove a
convenience to the passengers and a
success financially. Accordingly, he
purchased the latest and best novels
and periodicals Of the day and rented
them to the travellers. He succeeded
in saving $4,000 out Of the enterprise.
Locates in Washington.
Coming to Washington in October.
1S47, Mr.. Willard first leased and
later purchased the hotel at 14th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, then
known as the "City Hotel" In 1S47
the now attractive hostelry consist
ed of five or six old buildings. Mr..
Willard remained the sole proprietor
until 1858, when he made his brother
Joseph. a partner.
Mr.. willard died December 2, 1909,
one month after the death Of his
wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
WALTER REED PATIENT
DIES AS TAPS SOUND
Passing of Sergt. Wheaton Recalls
Heroism and War
Romance.

The sounding of taps" at Walter
Reed Hospital Thursday night came
TO the ears of Sergt. Albert A. Whea-
ton. hero of the world war, for the last
time, for just as the last notes were
echoing through the stiffness OF the
night, hts heart, weakened by gas
poisoning in France, gave way under
the strain, and the tired, weary soldier
succumbed, a casualty of the great
war.
A romance had come into the event.
full life of the sergeant, for while en-
route to the front he received note
dropped on the train, which culmi-
mated in his marriage to Miss Ida Bar
rett of Nyack, n. Y. which took place
upon his return from France.
Mrs. Wheaton was notified of the
death Of her husband and Immediately
left Nyack, where she had been stay
ing, for this city, whence she will ac-
company the remains back to Nyack.
Sergt. Wheaton played many val
liant parts in Uncle Sans fighting ma
chine In France, and at one time
succeeded in capturing a German ma
chine gun nest. For this act the
French government awarded him the
croix de guerre.
Later he was gassed. but seemingly
recovered. Before the world war,
Sergt. Wheaton had served in the Gu
ban rebellion and the Philippine in
surrection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
HANDICRAFTS EXHIBIT
OF GREAT INTEREST
Great Variety of Work Presented
in Pleasing Manner-Seven
Craft Guilds Represented.

The exhibition of handicrafts now
on view at the Art Center, 11O6 Con-
necticut avenue, is exceedingly IN
teresting, both because or the variety
of work shown and the charming
manner in which 1t is displayed. Inc
walls of the gallery are covered with
silk hangings dyed in exquisite coiors
by Charles E. Pellew Of New YORK
and form a background of peculiar
picturesQueness. Against TINS Is
shown on shelves and in cases, metal
work, silver and pewter, book blnd,
ing. statuettes, jewelry, pottery, doll
furniture, etc. all finely designed ana
beautifully executed.
This work has all come from seven
craft guilds. The largest collection,
naturally, is from members or the
Handicraft Guild of Washington. IL
bronzes, carved wood, pottery. lamp
shades, decorative porcelains, etc.
Next in size is the collection from the
New York Society of Craftsmen.
which includes large objects. such as
wrought iron gates, hangings, quits
ciety of Arts and Crafts has con-
tributed useful articles. such as
towels, beautifully embroidered, and
some lovely examples of glass The
Artists Guild of Chicago has sent
book ends, pottery and hand-tooled
leather of notable merit. Two Bos-
ton societies are represented-the
Folk Handicraft Guild and the Tide
over League-both of which are
chiefly represented by neediework'
hut Of an exceedingly varied char
acter. The Baltimore Handicraft Club
is the only one contributing examples
of block printing. From this center
has also come a fine exhibit of hand
wrought jewelry.
These exhibits, which are for sale.
are comparatively moderate-priced
and are enviable possessions. both as
works of art and as articles of util-
ity. The Washington Handicraft
Guild is being congratulated upon
having successfully assessembled so
notable a collection.
LEILA MECHLIN.