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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
MOVIE FANS
LETTERBOX
Bv HENRY NJ. NEELY

w. B. ID. writes: I'm reading your
column the other evening / noticed a
letter from some one who recalled tn,
old days of the American Biograph.
have been a close follower of the movies
for long time and the letter recalled
many things to me. | recall distinctly
the old y. B. comedies and especially
their Indian romances. Such players
as Blanche Sweet, Robert Harron and
other present day stars first starte
their climb up TO stardom from this
company. | have always been an nd =
mir"r of the character actors and
really cannot see why the bulk of your
correspondents rave over the SO-called
stars. who shine today and are for
gotten tomorrow. Such players Of char
act"r parts as Theodore Roberts. Alex
Francis George Fawcett and others
portray the real heart throbs of the
screen. Stars are all right for adver-
tiSing, but the most of the films arc
carried to success only by strong sup
porting casts. The work of Alex
Francis in Smiling Through illustrates
what mean. His portrayal Of the part
Of the old buddie 10 the character
taken by Wyndham Standing was
wonderful. Wyndham Standing I
tHIHh. tS'''i'tI any OI HIS IrtNADu~
work in this play. Norma Talmadg"
showed to better advantage in this
play than any of her recent plays, due
to the strength Of the plot and the
chances it offered for her to display
her ability. | can recall the Nitagraph
days when Anita Stewart was the real
star and Norma was only one OF the
cast Even then ] admired Norma and
predicted to my chums that she would
be the real star of the future.
(YOu're quite right about character
actors and actresses bulking large in the
success of film. I'm glad to see that
one of the biggest companies is again
cnpha sizing, in all ITS advertising and
its publicity, its large company Of stock
players. That was what made the Vita
graph company at one time supreme
in the field. In regard TO your remarks
about relative merits Of theatres, OF
course it's matter of opinion, and
there can be little choice made between
ten or twelve of the best in tn" country.
Don't apologize for the length OF your
letter; itS short compared with some.
Come again when YOU can stay longer.
VI. O. MI don't understand why
"Bunty Pulls the Strings didn't play
around more, out | suppose II was one
Of those artistic successes - financial
failures. The booking situation is very
peculiar here anyway, you know. l
always thought Melford was the gentle
man : real name. He's been called that
ever since his earliest days with knlem.
and all Biographies | have Of him give
the same. Rockcliffe Fellows is, be-
Ii.vc. on the stage. but h" still makes
4.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19

Telephone or send in your summer
subscription now, for one. two or three
months. the period you win be away, and
pcceive your favorlte newspaper reg
ulRrly with your daily mail
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19

Mrs Leffingwell's Boots and n host
of others. No. Id say he's been rather
lucky than otherwise, though I'll admit
he should have been starred.
OF the pictures you mention. I
thought wedding Bells dull. The
Wonderful Thing hackneyed. "A
Heart to Let feeble. "Love's Redcmp-
ton good in spots. and The Pas
sion Flower extra fine. Ford did good
work in them all. don't quite get
your reference to ''Periwinkle. 50 !
won't print it. You also say you know
Ford is married-and happily. Well,
since ] last answered n similar ques-
ton. I've also learned he has been
married. but understood he was sep
aratcd or divorced from his wife. Are
YOU sure Of your facts! That. picture
Of him is coming sOon.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19

ment, has an excellent cast and is
clean entirely. 1t is never mushy and
the love affair is healthy. Valentino
Is natural, sincere and clean. lie
struck me as being boyish and par
/ ttrularly appealing in this. After the
first scenes he Is minus the patent
/ leather hair and appears in rough
clothes. My. it is good to see his
hair stand on end in the wind The
Four Horsemen' is very different. He
plays a half villainOus part and. I'll
have 70 warn you, 1t is tough and not
clean. But he is very good. especially
in the first part. the best he ever did
| think. He has the Kosoff touch
here. ! can give him no greater praise.
Now, Mr.. Neely. | want to tell
you-no. | can't tell you how sorry
am to see your changed attitude to-
ward Valentino. You rave your reasons.
no doubt. but hope the boy will
some time again deserve the just ant
kindly way YOU used to speak of him.
! think ! should prize that very highly
If ! were player, and ! shall be
very happy to see him receive it again. y
I'm still in the position of wanting
to 50" Rodolph doing something big
in the line of cinemutic histrlonism.
Gosh y
"a Reader writes: II have lust
returned from a trip TO England and
| noticed in your mrvi" column n re-
mark about English films not being
any good. / should like to give YOU
my opinion If you will spare me the
space.
while in England. saw good
many films, including The Picture Of
To- tn
Rye, Masks and Faces and Mile.
stones. In still another the leading
man was no less n parsonage than II.
B. Irving, one Of England'S best actors
Of the London stage: this picture was
called 'Th" Broken Melody. Another
one saw was a film version of Marie
torelliS Sorrows Of Satan Every
one ] saw was close to perfection. 7
am an American born. but certainly
do wish there were more British films
shown on this side. Would you tell the
person who asked about Denis Edie that
he Is one "f Engand's leading film
stars"
letter and could only wish it had been
longer. II England has such good films,
! heartily wish she'd send them over
here. b"cauS" We need them. And of
all places on th" globe. there is about
as fine "atmosph"re' and back
ground in England. both rural and
urban districts. as any place ! know.
Just think II the cracking good novels
that could bc mad" if they had proper
conditions, for picture taking on the
British Islos.)
Is. Good I'm glad to hear you think
so much Of Harrison Ford, whom you
''prcfcr 10 every other actor on the
screen but I'd like to know where you
max" out that he has been appearing
opposite Norma in trashy films. III
admit some Of hers haven't been much
good. but THE Passion Flower" and
'Smi!in' Through were top -notchcrs
and "" seen worse ones than "Love's
Redemption. Aud, strange TO relate
he's one Of the few I've never happened
TO see miscast. And his comedies with
Constance, while light, were among the
hest made and included such sparkling
hits az "A Pair of silk Stockings"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19

I'm still in the position of wanting
to So" Rodoiph doing something big
in the line of clnematic histrlonism.
Gosh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
HUGHES GOING TO BRAZIL
VIII Head v. 8. Delegation Of Five
to Attend Centennial

s~'S
Washington. July 10.-Secretnry
Hughes has decided to attend the
Brazilian Centennial Exposition ut
Rio de Janeiro this fall as head OF the
honorary commission to be appointed
by President Harding to represent the
United States Government. II was said
yesterday at the State Department.
The statement rs to the Secretary 5
decision came after 1t was made known
at the White House that the President
would announce this week the other
members of the honorary commission
of FIVE. The other members. 1t was
said. would include an outstanding
major general and an admiral.
State Department officials empha.
sized that the Secretary Of State would
make the trip to return the courtesy
extended bv the Brazilian Government
at the time of the American Centen-
NAL Celebration in 1876. The Brazil
ian Emperor came in person to the
United States and since President
Harding cannot leave the country at
this time, he has asked Secretary
Hughes to 20 in his stead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
Farmers Accused Of Moonshinine

Hagerstown, Nd, July 10.-Harry
Lapcie and jerome Lewis were held
for the action of the Federal Grand
Jury. charged with violating the Vol
stead act. Prohibition agents testified
they confiscated on Lapolc's property,
near Boonsboro, a $50 gallon still con.
cealed in dugout along the mountain
side. At Lewis farm, near Keedys-
Vile, they say they confscated thirty
gallons Of mash and quantity of
moonshine whisky.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
"WF'IL NEVER CIV

"WE'LL NEVER GIVE THEM UP'
Man insists that he will still fight for his
prior claim TO the bifurcated garments OF
apparel. Feminism will never dethrons
man, but II Will make hlT1 less a churl. An
interesting article on mans view OF modern
1eminism appears In the Magazine Section
q the sunday PUBLIC LnDoss. make II .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
THE best part of a vaca-

T'HE best part of a vaca-
tion is often the news
from home which you read
regularly in your favorite
newspaper.
Whether you go to the
mountains, country or sea-
shore, to a well-known
summer resort or some
quite out-of-the-way place,
you can arrange to have
the Evening Public
Ledger mailed to you
every day. With it's un-
excelled news and enter
tanning features, it will
Id d great pleasure at
small cost to your sum-
mer's outing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19

City because he was known to be Il
palnstaking and hard working lawyer
lie did the work so well that he
was given charge Of the insurance in.
vestigation which followed it.
THE success he attained in that, due
l. largely to his tremendous applica-
tion, brought him 10 the public notice
and he was made Governor of New
York.
Since then ha has been on the United
States Suprrm" bench and been can
didate for President.
Today he IL Secretary Of State.
No influence. no political pull ever
got Mr.. Hughes anything.
lie rose because he was emphatically
not mental vagrant, because he was
always willing to concentrate all mis-
energies on what he had to do.
LIS presence before the class he ad- :
- dressed ought to have convinced
every member that hard work will win.
and that mental vagrancy Is the worst
possibl" enemy man can harbOr in
hia mind.
fopyriUht. 1922
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21
Page seven

discern the true significance of the
men in the fold he had deserted. He
writes:
81 have never spoken of them (the
Jews) with sufficient reverence. I
now perceive that the Greeks were
only handsome youths. But the
Jews were always men,-poWerful,
stubborn men, not alone in the days
of yore but even at the present day,
in spite of eighteen centuries of per-
secution and misery. I have since
learned to know them better and to
value them more highly; and if pride
In ones descent were not always a
foolish contradiction, I might feel
proud of the fact that my progenitors
were men of the noble house Of Israel,
that am descendant of those mar
tyrs who have given a God and
morality to the world, and who have
combatted and suffered on all the
battle fields of thought"
However, the wit and the tragedian
took turns in him. On his death bed
he murmured when asked whether
he thought God would forgive him:
"What else will he do? That is his
business"
But when left to himself and to
his sober moments he sings:
Keine Messe wird man singer,
Keinen Kadish wird man sagen.-
NIGHTS gesagt and NIGHTS gesungen
Wird on meines Sterbetag.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21

The death recently occurred at Ball
arat, Australia, of Solomon Marks at
the advanced age Of seventy-four. At
the time of his death he was president
of the Ballarat Congregation of the
local Jewish Philanthropic Society Of
the local branch of the Anglo-J Jewish
Association, and also of the Ballarat
Benevolent Asylum. He was the old
est member of st. Johns Masonic
Lodge and past deputy grand mas
ter.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21

The Board of Governors Of the He
brew Union College have appointed
DR.. Jacob Mann of Baltimore Profess
sor of Jewish History and Literature
to fill the chair made vacant by the
death of DR.. Gotthard Deutsch. DIR.
Mann, who is one of our foremost
Jewish scholars, was born in Galicia
in 1889. He went to London and
completed his education in London
University and Jews College. He re-
ceived the degrees of B. A., M. A.,
and Lift. D. from London University
and the degree of Jewish Minister
from Jews College. In November,
1920, he came to America.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21

In letter to friend dated March
5, 1922, from Jericho, Miss Ella Lip
sky tells that she is the nurse in
charge of the High Commissioner, Sir
Herbert Samuel, who has been very
ill. Miss Lipsky is one of the Hadas-
sab nurses connected with the unit.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21
By Herman Jacobsohn (Copyright)

DoSon " !iuiSulS uiIH. LIE DurOeUS
OF baptized Jew were even more
onerous than those of ghetto Jew.
He became melancholy, depressed;
and had to go to the sea to run away
from-himself. Returning to Ham
burg he slung the mess of pottage for
which he had sold his birthright-
into the ditch. He would have moth
ing to do with the law. For while
ne found consolation in Doctor Salo-
mons laundering sermons against
baptized Jews. But it did not last.
He turned on Jew and Christian alike
and began to mock, to jibe, to revile,
dragging into the slimiest muck the
things both hold most dear. In his
obscenity he became a Luther and
Voltaire rolled into one. He cried:
Judaism is not religion, it is
misfortune!" "When common sense
ends, Christianity begins" Some
few years later, when asked whether
the rumor of his enemies was true
that he had become Catholic, he
snapped: eff thy right hand offend
thee, cut it off, and if thy right eye
offend thee, pluck it OUT and if thy
reason offend thee-turn Catholic!"
Occasionally he took refuge in humor
and wit and describes "little pawn
broker stewing in hell and crying that
it was hotter than was his due while
the fiends kept swinging buckets of
icewater on his head to make him feel
the refreshing benefits Of baptism"
But he soon becomes dreadfully
serious and cries out: 81 do not
measure time by the yard nor do I
need a priest to promise me mortal
ity. l shall have lived all I want
when l am done here on earth.
Heaven grant nothing better!'
Then he began to minimize the
difference between Jew and Christian,
classifying all men either as Greeks
or Hebrews, depending on whether
their philosophy of life was based on
1.-The goodness of beauty or on "the
beauty of goodness"
No philosophy, no reasoning Gained
life, in his reflections, he still re-
NAMED, Jew. Later in life, when
lying alone on his mattress grave"
for weeks on end, he groans, "My
enemies accuse me of being this and
being that; whereas in reality I am
only a poor old Jew sick unto DEATH"
Furthermore, when he was in Paris,
though favorite star in the galaxy
of the greatest in the armament, he
chose to frequent Jewish gatherings.
Though most welcome in the midst
of Balzac, Victor Hugo, and other
non-Jewish celebrities, his most init
mate friends were Jews,-Meyerbeer,
Ludwig Boerne with whom he sub
sequently quarrelled) and other Jews.
While shriveling up on his "mat-
tress grave" he took to the study
OF the Bible and began to feel a pro-
found reverence for Israel's great.
Moses became his favorite. He con-
sidered him the greatest statesman,
artist, and lawgiver that ever lived.
He never ceased marveling over the
superhuman wisdom that fashioned
compact nation out of few pas
toral nomads. The Heine who had
wofshipped for time the Greek
Ideal of life went back to the DAYS
when, like a Maccabean, he flung him
self into the liberation wars of hu-
mainly, saying:
81 know not if I merit that nv
coffin be decorated with laurel
wreath. However, much I have loved
h0 L
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21

Mr.. M. I. Duparc, of Amsterdam,
referendary to the Dutch Ministry Of
Education, has received the honor of
Commander of the Legion of Honor
from the French government. Mr.. Du-
pare has held other government posts,
notably at the Ministry of the Inter
ior.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21


And off had to go the Jews hat. If
these humiliations were not enough,
Prussia was about to begin castrating
every third Jewish male child.
No wonder the poet was so i'm
pressed with Napoleon, the liberator
of his race. Years later he said: "a
terrible destiny has already overtaken
the three greatest enemies of the Em-
peror. Londonerry has cut his own
throat; Louis XVIII has rotted away
on his throne; and Professor Saal-
field is still professor at Gottingen."
There were many other forces
which drove him to the baptisnal
fount. The most important Of these
was his peculiar position in his own
family. He was considered a hope
less failure, depending for his liveli-
hood upon an uncle who thought him
a dummer bub! Worse yet, Heine
was in love with the daughter of this
self same uncle. She smilingly con-
doned his poetry as grown up con-
dones the infirmity of a child for
which there was no help. But she
made it understood that he need not
give himself any trouble, being an
unreliable provider. He made up his
mind to succeed-but at what? Bust
ness He tried it and made an awful
failure of it. Medicine ?-the only
profession open to Jews after the
fall of Napoleon. He detested the
profession. His flesh recoiled at the
touch Of scalpel and saw. Law? Yes,
that was the most wonderful profess
sion. 1t would make him independ-
ent of his autocratic uncle. The girl
would be overwhelmed, by hearing
everybody addressing him doctor
Heinrich Heine" and would change
her opinion of the incompetent clerk
in her fathers counting house.
But the Doctor of Laws degree
could not be had by follower of
Moses, the greatest lawgiver that
ever lived. That privilege being re-
served for those processing Chris
tianity.
Yet had a fellow to profess only.
What was to keep one from living
his life as he saw fit-whatever he
professed? Why, even the most bril-
liant leader of his day, Edward Cans,
the former member Of the Verein fur
Cultur und Wissenschaft des Yuden-
thums, was protesting Christianity.
Still he hesitated. Still he doubt
ed. His mental and psychic anguish
at this period assume somewhat Of
a cosmic magnitude. The problem
proved too much for the delicately
attuned nervous system. How could
he take such a step? Yet, just be-
yond it was career, independence,
freedom-and Amalia.
At last he gave way. Shortly be-
fore receiving his degree he received
baptism in a little Lutheran church
near the university of Gottingen. The
whole ceremony was the veriest child
play to him. He writes to Moses
Moser: "From my way of thinking
you can imagine that baptism is an
Indifferent affair. I do not regard it
as important even symbolically. I
shall devote myself all the more to
the emancipation of the unhappy
members of my race. -. Still I
hold it disgrace and stain upon
my honor" Apparently fate, like a
heartless fancier who blindens his
to make them sing the
sweeter, smote him the more Zero
ciously with "great sorrows from
which to fashion his little SONGS"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21


sight of the rays of our greatest star,
the publication of the first volume
from the pen of Heinrich Heine. It
is fitting therefore that we Jews
especially we young Jews-turn, if
but for a moment, to one of the most
momentous episodes of his life-his
baptism. To the young Jew who
knows the sad atmosphere of the
ghetto and the glitter beyond it's
walls, few episodes are as significant
as the tragic episode of Heine's con-
version.
Though ga star that dwells apart"
as a baptized Jew, Heine represents a
type,-a type of Jewish youth who
in many European countries embrace
the religion of the dominating race
because they are weary of the mar
tyrdom of being Jews. They too are
confronted with the same difficulties
that drove Heine to the baptismal
fount.
With respect to his conversion,
Heine started life with a handicap.
He had received practically no relig-
ious education in his childhood. His
mother was woman Of rational turn
of mind, seeking the guidance of Vol
taire rather than the guidance of
Moses. His father succeeded in slip
ping through life without the guild
ance of either. To offset the little
he had CLEANED from his Jewish sur
roundings he was sent to school to
Jesuit convent, where he was often
found vehemently praying in front
Of the agonized wooden cruciix over
the gate: ooh, thou poor divinity,
thou brother in affliction, help me re-
member the verba irregularia." Here
he was taught by French monks of
doubtful faith. Of Hebrew, one
writer says, he knew the declension of
the verb "pakad''; another writer
says that it was "katal." Very likely
both authorities are right; let us
grant him credit for two verbs, with
out further pickering. Of real Juda-
ism he knew practically nothing till
he came to Berlin, in his early TWEEN
ties.
Referring to his baptism a number
of years later, he said: "At that
time l myself was a god, and none
of the positive religions had more
value for me than another. I could
wear their uniform only as matter
of courtesy, on the same principle
that the Emperor of Russia dresses
himself up as an officer of the Prus-
sian Guards when he honors his i'm
perial cousin with a visit to Pots
DAM"
1t is true that this is the utterance
of many man even after receiving
the most orthodox religious training
in childhood. But this utterance is
the utterance of philosophy, not of
conduct. One may be excused for
guessing that had Heine received a
sound religious education in child
hood he would have saved himself the
agonies baptism subsequently caused
him,-though he might have enter
tanned the same philosophic ideas
which he did.
But lack of religious training was
not all. Throughout the poets child
hood the Jews of Rheinish Prussia
enjoyed the freedom accorded to their
non-Jewish neighbors. But with the
defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo they
were thrust back into the Dark Ages.
The Chinese wall surrounding the
ghetto which had begun crumbling
J,,1o 4Lo of
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21

Max Cohan has been elected cap
tain of the 1922 University of Dem
yer Baseball team. Cohan has the
distinction Of being the first Jewish
student ever elected captain of col
lege team in the west.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21

A monthly Jewish publication call
ed "The Hebrew Student" is now be-
ing issued at Bombay, India.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-04-21

DR.. Eugene Taubler has been ap-
pointed professor at the University of
Zurich, Switzerland.