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, 1922-12-21
Maybe your trouble has been that YOU
have tried to sell comedies

Guy Bates Post, who. In turning from a long and
hlghly successful stage career to motion pictures.
has read scores of manuscripts. says:
The main trouble with amateurs is that they
persist IN trying TO write about things they do
nor know. The sales girl sends me n scenario of
society life a bookkeeper tries to sell me a tale
OF adventure In foreign landsl And so il goes.
we seek for romance even in our writings. We
ourselves may find 1t thus. but we cannot bring II
to others In this fashion. To be Interesting one
must be convincing. and we cannot be that unless
we really know the life of which we write. Bur
there Is a trend both on stage and screen for init
mate STORIES and there Is the field for the amateur
scenario writer of average experience.
Another great fault with would-be writer's f.
that their Imagination Is extensive rather thnn in
tensive, with the result that the action is scattered
from pole to pole or even to a locality as unfamil-
lar as Mars. Many nm amateurs story would take
two years TO picturize."
Richard Barthelmess finds that I'm his exDerience
nine out of every twelve stories he reads are
wholly lacking in one real idea, one original theme.
II Is said that there Is nothing new under the sun.
therefore the greater Is the necessity 10 give
some novel twist 10 an old theme. without that
your story is pretty sure to be returned with thn
scenario editors regrets" Mr.. Barthelmess de-
clnres thnt so much space Is taken UP With unnec-
essary and wasteful side issues. moi to say dialogue.
that In most cases any real meat" n story might
have Is buried under useless encumbrances and
so out Of juxtapositlon to the central story that no
editor will wade through II, and your manuscript
comes back"
81 do not believe" says this star. that anv ann.
tours story requires more than 1000 words 10 set
IL forth md tell Its plot. Leave the working ont
to the continuity man and the director. The idea
Is what counts"
l have heard writer's complain that after their
story has come back they have recognized In a
litter picture just the sort OF action or scene they
originally submitted, and these writer's have been
angry TO the point Of suggesting, nay, even Of ac-
cusing' the studio people of the theft Of their ideas.
AS n matter Of fact, the explanation is that whnt
the nuthor Imagined original with himself or her.
self was nothing OF the find. Unconsciously and
unwittingly, II mny be, there has remained in their
minds the unrecognized memory Of some scene they
have seen In a since forgotten picture and uncon.
sciously II Is reproduced In the scenario. Thus
the plagiarism attributed to the studio Inv rather
with the would-he author, plagiarism, uncon.
scious or otherwise, sticks out nh over them" snys
Colonel ]. r.. Brady. editor Of Metro Pictures cor
poration. who declares that the number OF good
stories does not begin 10 meet the demand for them.
''rhe trouble Is that 90 per cent OF the scripts re-
ceived Invent n grain OF originality In them"
Joseph NJ. Schenck Is another producer of note
, 1922-12-21
Giant Butterflies.

II Is said that In the northern part
of New Guinea there are butterflies
so large that the natives hunt them
with the bow and arrow. They belong
TO the species Troldes chinaera and
they are not only among the largest,
but among the rarest butterflies In
the world. Some specimens measure
eleven and one-half inches across the
wings.
The males, which are very shy, are
found only at certain hours of the day
and at the tops of lofty blossom-bear'
ing trees. The natives sometimes
shoot the butterflies with four-pronged
arrows. and sometimes capture them
In nets made OF spiders webs. The
first specimens were taken to London
not so long ago by Meek, who had
spent more than twenty years in New
Guinea hunting are varieties of birds
and insects for American and Euro
pean Observation-Disclosures Star.
, 1922-12-21
ON THE BERKELEY CAMPUS
Scene Presented at University of Call,
fornia Has Been Likened to
Musical Comedy.

On the University of California
campus the sun blazes on a white cam.
panile, on the white faces of huge new
buildings, on the mountainous, smooth
brown hills that climb up behind the
campus, and far out through the haze
on the blue of San Francisco bay. In.
stead of sober New England elms, are
~altitudinous, half tropical eucalyptus,
with rustling, gray green leaves and
aromatic scent hat somehow reminds
cne of Australia or Kipling's India and
saddle horses and slightly arrogant
"colonials" in riding clothes.
The lawns are spotted with curious,
low spreading. Japanese.looking trees,
and under these trees students squat
on the grass with their books-boys
and girls from California orchard and
vineyard country. Filiplnos. Russians,
Japs and Chinese. The campanile bells
chime. and out of the white buildings
they pour In droves-there have been
as many as $1,000 undergraduates al
Berkeley-boys in corduroy trousers
and class caps. girls In pink and sky.
blue silk sweaters. in all sorts of cos
tunes, from severe black and white
collars to French heels and picture
hats.
In the pause between recitntions you
will see n great covey OF these airy,
fairy goods laughing at one end Of a
broad marble entrance. while a crowd
Of boys, with IN earnestness and aban.
don impossible Mt IL o'clock In the
morning in the more self-conscious
East, are roaring "close' harmony at
the other. To anyone accustomed to
the stern monasticism of Cambridge
or Princeton, it is like a scene from "A
musical comedy.-Arthur Ruhl in
Harper's.
, 1922-12-21

barrassed n avoided looking directly
at Caroline, whose W cheeks wer.
rosy.
Billy unintentionally increased the
tension. Il guess" he began impor.
family. you're glad, Miss Caroline 7
told you my Uncle Jack was going to
take me to the circus. guess"
Caroline! Did you-did you
know"
ut was a satisfactory circus" said
Caroline. Wasn't it?"
"Oh, Caroline" said Jack humbly.
so low that the children couldn't hear
even If they had not been comparing
notes, I'm sorry for all 1 said that
afternoon. Take me back and I'll
I'll be Office boyi"
But Caroline, who still retained n
thrilling memory of the feel of Jacks
arm about her waist, shook her head
gently. Let's go into partnership
she murmured, land freeze out the
others I"
Don't forget, Uncle jack remind.
ed Billy, whose upbringing was dietetI.
cally perfect. 81 can have some Don.
corn and pink lemonade. It's a spe.
cial occasion, you know ~
"A special occasion? I'll say it Is.
old mani" exclaimed his uncle fer
vently.
, 1922-12-21
True way to Make discoveries.

"Never refuse to see what you dc
not want to see or which might 60
against your own cherished hypoth
esls or against the views of authort
ties. These are just the clues to fol
low up, as is also and emphntically SC
the thing you have never seen or heard
of before. The thing o cannot get
a ~pigeonhole for is the finger point
showing the way to discovery"
This advice TO scientists and other'
was given In a lecture by Sir Patrick
Manson. the celebrated British physi
clan who discovered that malaria Is
cnused by mosquitoes.
, 1922-12-21
monosyllabl. LANGUAGE.

In the m~onosyllabic languages the
words are composed of simple mono
syllable roots Isolated, and. as n rule
independent of one another. In this
elementary form of language, the root
words correspond in their essence
with general conceptions only, and
are Unrestricted by any notions OF
person. gender, number, time. mood,
or relationship.
The principal monosyllabic Ian
guages are the Chinese, Annamese'
Siamese, Burman and Tibetan. To
these may be added the Pegu in Brit
ish Burma. and the Kassln. confined
to a small district in the south Of As
sam.
, 1922-12-21
Even accusing the studio people Of
the theft of their ideas


VINO tells the same tale of shortage of acceptable
material. OF late he has gone mostly 70 the big
novels for material for Norma Talmadge.
Lest you be appalled, by the seeming hopeless
ness OF your case, right here let me cheer you up
somewhat. If. as the so-called scenario textbooks
tehu TO make you suppose, you had to turn out
AZ nhished product to get your story accepted. you
,nignt wen feel ready to quit. But the opposite
> me case In fact' the amateur need not. and
snouid not concern himself with anything beyond
d Ieai STORY simply and directly told. You need
nor ana should not worry about entrances, exits.
lhueouts ana other technicalities. Leave that to
the speclallst-the man or woman whose business
II Is Il put the accepted sto-y into practical screen
FORM. Inc amateur Is not expected to write con
unu"s Is a Jop separate ana apart ana is
'e "9" :" Nv s'uuo expert
IL is true mat only a small percentage of the
stories submitted to motion picture producers by
amateur authors is accepted says Marshall
Nelian, one OF this countrys most notable produc-
ers. Yet the reason for this seems rather obvious.
IL a man advertises for original plans for a country
nome and a hundred different plans are received.
W per cent being submitted by amateurs and II
per cent by professional home builders. there Is
htle uoupt ahat the accepted plans would be from
one OF lhe ~ per cent
WINE nmong the pIhhs suDmltted by the
amateurs there uouptessiy wouIu ne round many
oH1.p'ona, iu."' set Tue ihuiNiuuai piahs on the
", "" these smnr,'t aru oe eApeeteu o measure up
~ .no s y ue proiessionais.
- ~ =" - IN ne ouu poinI
~, ~ Vs. ",. ""n. % ~ "s~sp"per efitcs
Is "a ~ - - iee = wnat l
fsote Lay So" " 'eH"eN "o' Vi pr"uuctioh uhnh
= "ii'ns nei - ~ u ,e'son y the huthor
~ . sne - ~ Y, ra'her 'han te III
=. D " supply 'e "'no
Many OF te scenes nave oeen mace meaningfui
as motion pictures q quote the critic of a leading
New YORK newspaper on a recent hlm) For In
stance, there Is one In which Henry Garnett. know
ing that he must die soon sits listening to an mex
orable clock. IL ticks ana ticks, counting of the
seconds OF his life. Finally In futile desperation,
ne seizes the pendulum ana stops II. but ms he holds
the metal bar. a phantom pendulum behind 1t
swings on. Here Is cinenatography- Here Is com
plete expressiveness within a %pictureP
There It is In n nutshell. A real Idea. logically
and simply worked out without needless discussion,
directly and clearly, to un inevitable conclusion.
Therein lies one way where your story won't come
back.
Hope Hampton whose latest starring vehicle Is
, 1922-12-21

you'll never make n motor sales
man."
"why not. sir7"
you trlea to sell that movie actor q
hlvver. Instead of showing him the
most expensive cars we carry"
Don't mlsjudge me, boss. He just
wanted something on four wheels Il
drive over a cliff"
, 1922-12-21
The saesgirl sends me a scenario of society life; a Bookkeeper tries t. sell me
a tale of adventure in foreign lands

DMEONE has said that the United
States is II nation of story writer's.
| won't go quite so far as to affirm
that, but | do believe that of all the
people you meet, one out of three
has either tried to write for the
movies" or has contemplated doing
so. And that. for the whole of the
country, makes n vas total. writes
Richard A. Rowland, First National
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-07
1IAL DIA COMO HOYA
"kscordar es vivr" Dante
"kecordar es vivi;r dante
z DE DIcIEMBRE DE 1e:
LA cEIEBRE CIRCULAR DE BOLIVAR

de existir sino en- una asamblea de
plenipotenciarios, nombrados por cada
una de nuestras republicas reunidos
bajo los auspicios de la victoria obte-
nida por nuestras armas contra ell po-
der espahol.
icon 1especto al tempo de la ms
talaci6n de la asamblea, me atrevo a
pensar que ninguna didcultad puede
oponerse . su realization en- ell t6rmi-
no de seis meses, tambien me atrevo
a lisonjoarme de que 81 ardiente deseo
que anima a todos los americanos de
exaltar ell poder del mundo de Colon
disminuir& las dificultades Y demoras
que exijan los preparativos ministeria
les y las distancias que meiian entire
las capitales de cada estado y Ell pun
to central de reunion.
''Si ell mundo hubiera de elegir su
capital, el istmo de Panama parece el
punto indicado para este augusto des-
tino. colocado como esta en- g. centro
del globo, viendo por una parte Ell Asia
por la otra Ell Africa y la Europa. FL
istmo de Panama ha sido ofrecido por
et gobierno de Colombia para este fin,
por los tratados existentes. FL istmo
est& igua, distancia de las extremida
des, y por esta causa podra ser ell lii
gar provisional de la primera asamblea
de los confGderados Ell dia en- que
nuestros plenipotenciarios hagan Ell can
je de sus poderes, f1jara en- la histo-
ria de America una epoca immortal.
Cuando despu6s de Glen siglos la poste-
ridad busque e! origen de nuestro de-
recho pdbhco y recuerEP los pactos
que consolidaron su destino, registrara
con respeto los protocolos del istmo.
En- ellos Sc encontrara el plan de las
primeras aianzas, que trazara la mar
cha de nuestras relaciones con ell Uni
verso iQue sera entonces ell istno de
Corinto. comparable con el Panama?
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-07
MOtOres, DinamOs, ACu-
muladOres para autos

Vendemos acumuladores nusvos de
uso para autos, trucks estaciones de
radiotelefonfa, precios desde SIS en-
adelante.
Somos expertos en- la reparaci6n de
motores, dinamos, acumuladores, todas
classes de aparatos electricos, y espe-
cialmente en- ell sistema electrico de au-
tos. Compramos armaduras motores
quemados.
Cargamos acumuladores. Cuando el
acumulador de ST. auto necesite aqua
destilada acido, traigaio q nuestSo
taller; ofrecemos este servicio "Gra.
tis''.
PERCY HERMANos. PONCE, P. r,
Telefono 463, Gale Isabel No. 10
(Frente al Garage Panzardi). Advt
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-07

Apenas lego a Lima Bolivar, el dia
siete de diciembre de mil ochocientos
veinticuatro, Sc ocup6 de redactar Y
dirigir los gobiernos de America la
memorable circular sobre Ia urgencia
de la reunion de los plenipotenciarios
americanos para establecer las bases
de la confederation proyectada, que
decia:
'.Despues de ounce aiios de sacrifi--
clos, consagrados a la libertad de Anne
RIGA, para obtener Ell sistema de garan
tias que, en- paz guerra, sea ell escudo
de nuestros destinos, es tempo va de
que los intereses las relaciones que
unen entire 81 a las rep1blicas america
mas, antes colonias espa1olas, tengan
una base fundamental que eternice, 81
es possible, la duraci6n de estos gobier
nos. Entablar aquel siStama v consoli-
dar ell poder de este gran cuerpo poll
tico pertenece al ejercicio de una au-
toridad sublime, que dirija la polftica
de nuestros gobiernos, cuyo infiujo man
tenga la uniformidad de suS principles
Y cuyo nombre callne nuestras tempes-
tades. Tan respectable autoridad no pue
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-07

Marcus DEL MAR.
Diciembre 4, 1922.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-07
OST[OPATIA

sabe I'd. 10 que es OSTEO-
PATIA? OSTEOPATIA es la
ciencia de curar ajustando La
Columna Vertebral y nervios, re-
novando la circulation de la
sangre por tratamiento manual
sin necesidad de usar drogas
eleotricidad.
ST todas las parties del Orga-
nismo humane estan en- condi-
cion perfecta Ia sangre circul2
bien, los nervios ordenados, su
cerebro despejado, su cuerpo
agil; esta I'd. saludable Y esto
10 puede hacer OSTEOPATIA.
SDesea I'd. conservarse siempre
saludable, joven, fuerte y feliz3
No sufra toda su vida, curese a
tempo. Pruebe los tratamien-
tos de OSTEOPATIA.
OSTEoPATLA cura disloca-
clones, torceduras, Tos Ferina,
Catarro. Pulmonia, Influenza
todas classes de intermediates.
Unico Doctor en- OSTEOPA-
TIA en- Puerto Rico:--
DIR. s. M. HALEY.
ConsJlltorio:-
Altos Colmado Standard
Telefonos:-
Oficina 627 San Juan
ReSidencia 262 Santurce.
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JueANDo A uo pRoH1B1Do-

Han sido arrestados por la policia, en-
santurce, los individuos Manuel Os-
car Re iriguez, quienes jugaban los
dados en- ell cafetfn de Trinidad Becerril
parada clarenta Y dos y media.
Ell Tribunal municipal sentenci6 Ma
nuel a pagar tres d6lares de muIta,
siendo Oscar absuelto.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-07
NorAs DE SPORT
continuation de La pagina y

rar que 81 es por economics, la idea
Iiene a ser bastante erronea, pues con
Ia mnsica Sc ven los juegos mas diver
tidos ademas atrae mas pubiico, y
sobre todo Ell domingo que mos hscia
rna falta! Todo e, publico pedia aver
iMUSICA! 81 vos. simpaticos admi-
nistradores de la Liga Yauco, no vals
complacer un poquito NADIA mas al
mont6n an6nimo que EN- este case, CO.
no siempre sucede, 10 da absolutamen-
te todo. Il. entonces iNACAR DE
cRIENTE!
Marcus DEL MAR.
/ Diciembre 4, 1922.
Ell. "P. R. SPORTS" A PONCE
Para ell domingo diez y siete, Sc rumo-
ra con insistencia que los .sjinetes
de Rogue, visitaran su ciudad natal,
para jugar dos juegos con ell coloso
Ponce. Reina mucha animacion pa
ra yer .estos matches.
Evening star., 1922-05-27
.URGESEQUAL PAY
FOR EQUAL WORK
Brown Proposes Removal of
Obstacles to Advancement
!. by U. S. Employees.

Promotions and transfers OF gov
ernment employees under regime of
equal pay for equal work is recon-
mended by Herbert D. Brown, chief
of the United States bureau of eff1ci-
ency. in report to President Hard
ing on the methods of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. which has just been
laid before Congress. This course Is
urged in distinction to the proposed
requirement OF examination for pro-
motion.
In, discussing this question the re-
port says:
What control the commission now
has over promotions is exercised
chiefly through its regular machinery
of examination and certification. 1t
has sometimes been proposed that. no
promotions be permitted within the
ploye first take and pass an examina-
ton. Probably such rule would do
more harm than good. At present
persons In the government service Sc
cure promotions through the recog-
milton of their merit by their su-
periors. This is the natural system.
The efficiency of a service is usually
higher when promotions must be
earned by performance than when
they are obtained chiefly through
examining and book knowledge. One
large objection to an artificial scheme
Of promotion examinations Is that 1t
often forces an appointing ofhcer 10
fill a vacancy with person Whom
he really does not care to have, ana
who In his judgment is not so good
as the person of his own selection.
Haired From. Transfer.
"a clerk in the government service
may at any time take any examlna-
tton, assembled or assembled, tpr
a higher grade of work and compete
on equal terms with persons outside
the service. However. If the position
sought is in different department or
inde ependent establishment from that
in which the empfoye is working, he
Is often barred from a transfer even
though he stands at the top OF the
civil service register. The law pro-
vides that q civil employe cannot be
office to anotherr(fn the departmental
service) unless he has served for
period of three years; and cannot be
re-employed at an increased salary, II
paid from lump-sum appropriation
within a year from the termination
Of the first employment. These pro-
visions probably will sooner or later
to the detriment both of the employe
and Of the government.
"The service would be improved
rather than impaired by this process
because the readjustment would be
| in the direction of the selection OF
the fittest person for the particular
! job. The law against transfers was
enacted to prevent the departme nts
| bidding against one another. at a
| time when the creation of large war
| time bureaus threatened to drain the
| older establishments.
Evening star., 1922-05-27
$4,000, ZOO EMO WILL
CONTEST ENDS QUIETLY
Ginord Pinchot and Other Heirs
Settle Big Estate Fight
II Outside Of Court.

NEW YORK, May 27-After seven
years litigation the contest over the
VIII OF the late Amos F. Emo, disposing
OF a $l3,0o0,000 estate, has been settled
our OF court. it was announced last
nignI oy Clarence J. Shean, attorney for
the Emo estate. The announcement fol-
lowed conference of several hours
with William Nelson Cromwell, one OF
the attorneys for the contesta nts
Terms Terms OF the settlement were not made
The Emo will contest dragged its vay
through two long trials. In both cases
!uries declared the aged man to have
been OF unsound mind at the time he
arafted the document In both in
stances the verdicts of the Jurors were
sci aside by the trial court The at
torneys nave for :he past several weeks
been preparing for a third trial
Ginord Pinchot is one of the contest
ants: The will left close to 5000, 600 to
charitable and educational institutions.
The Will, written in 1915. bequeathed
about one-half Of the estate to rela-
tives. including Mr.. Eno's brothers,
William p. Emo OF Washington and
Prof. Henry Lane Emo of Princeton
University. Amos Pinchot also is a
legatee. The residue of the estate was
left to various public institutions,
among them New York University and
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Co.
lumbia University was left a sum eSti-
mated at more than S4,000,0 600
Evening star., 1922-05-27
EIGHT LIVES TOLL
OF CHEMICAL BLASTS
Three injured and $eo, 900 Damage
in Series Of Explosions in
Pennsylvania.

sINNAMAHONING, Pa. May 27.-
Eight men were instantly killed and
three others slightly Injured yester-
day IN series OF explosions at the
Grasselli Chemical Company plant
here, when three loading houses were
destroyed and another partially
wrecked. The damage was estimated
at $4,000.
Three thousand pounds of green"
Iynamite were said to have exploded.
The blast damaged buildings in This
town. on the opposite side Of the hills
from the company's plant. The first
explosion occurred in packing. house
on the edge of the plant. Immedi-
ateiy wprkmen in the other buildings
ran for safety and had scarcely
reached shelter when the other blasts
followed. The rvain buildings were
Evening star., 1922-05-27
AMERICAN MEDICAL BODY
FORMS WOMAN AUXILIARY
DR.. John Foote of Washington Is
Elected Vice Chairman of
Pediatrics Section.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. May 27.-The sew
enty-thi convention Of the Ameri-
can Medical Association ended today
with the formation of a woman's aux
iliary, election of sectional officers
and discussions OF various subjects.
Among chairmen of the scientific
sections elected were: Orthopedic sur
gerry, DR.. Willis c. Campbell, Mem
phis, Tenn; stomatology. DR.. Robert
Ivy, Philadelphia; pediatrics, DR..
John Foote, Washington, vice chair
man; general surgery. DR.. Eugene
H. Poole, New York; urofogy, DIR.
Henry G. Bugbee. New York; nervous
and mental disease. DIR. Walter
Timme, New York; laryngology. otol-
ogy and rhinology, DR.. William B..
Chamberlin, Cleveland; obstetrics and
gynecology, DR.. E. P. Davis, Phila-
delphia-
Evening star., 1922-05-27
WANT AIR MAIL ROUTE,
ST. LOUIS TO PITTSBURGH
Chamber of Commerce Asks Line to
Cut Time From Southwest to
Seaboard One Day.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. Mo, May 27-The Cham
ber of Commerce here has announced
it had taken up with the Post Office
Department the question of an air
mail route between here and the east
whereby a business day would be
saved in the mail between the south
west and the eastern seaboard.
1t is suggested that mail arriving
in the morning from the southwest
be com bined here with direct st. Louis
mail and placed in an airplane which
would stop at Indianapolis, and also
at Columbus to pick up mail from
Cincinnati, Louisville and other cities,
reaching Pittsburgh at pm. The
| mail then would be forwarded by
train east.