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The New York herald., 1922-07-03
THRILLING FILM OF
CANADIAN NORTHWEST
Gods Country and the LaD'
Screened.

In Gods Country and the Law" a
James Oliver curwood picture, pro-
lduced by Arrow Film Corporation and
shown Yesterday at the Strand. some
thing different has been tried in tho
Canadian Northwest flm lire. Curwood
has endeavored to Psychologist the
great woods. II might almost be called
the application OF Freud to the tall tim
Der. A bootlegger y the one who has
the brainstorm which is the climax of
the picture, rather than the conven-
tional snowstorm. 1t Is indicative of
the writer's effort at the outset TO Go
something different, that bootlegger is
the villain instead OF the customary
hero-the role which he threatens to AL
traditionally in the future
He. Is quite wild fellow among the
women. Is JGcdnes Dore, though he has
a face that only a bootlegger's client
could love Twice the rum runner, when
lost and pursued by Canadian mounted
police-yes. they're In this too. as It's
Curwood picture-seeks shelter In
cabins and each time reduites. tn,
hosts hospitality by making love TO the
woman of the house.
The second time he abducts a wife,
but rather than go with him through
nette kellermann might have. She dives
into the raging torrent that has been
previously shown, gushing fiercely.
Marie is washed UP on the shore, ap-
parently dead in the view of the inro-
cent spectator-but the wise fan knows
you can't kill movie star, especially
one with golden curs She Is revived
and bandaged by mounted police doc
tor. In time for her distracted husband
to fird her again and muss up the ban
dages with his fervid embrace. But
jacques doesn't know this--he thinka
the rapids have treated her even worse
than he was going to do.
Now. for the mental fireworks He
founders through the forest, mad with
fear because his devils charm is gone
and seeing visions of all the persons
he has wronged-and they seem enough
to populate forest Instead OF a for
est confiagration the fires of remorse
burn in the mans soul until heart fail
ure puts an end TO his srimacng. 1t
is highly interesting effort to blaze 4
new trail through the Northwest Of fic-
ton, but 1t fails of complete effective
ness because it is made as obvious as
JdcqNes's whiskers.
In fact many Of the ideas are simply
crammed into the eyesight First sub
title announces a thought, and then, in
case you don't get 1t. 1t is illustrated
for you.
William II. Tooker made Dorc an in
triguing but hardly a lovable charac-
ter. Miss Gladys Leslie as the wife
looked like Mary Pickford In certain
lights. Fred c. Jones played the hus-
band well. even though the man was
silly enough to leave his apprehensive
wife along in a cabin without a gun to
discourage ardent wooers.
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
Cinderea-Like Play With Surplus Of Sentiment, but
Good Acting by Claude Gingwater and Others.

regular thing out Of saving distressed
heroines from taking their own lives in
the park. In Star Dust" while stroll
ing through Central Park he found Miss
Hope Hampton trying to make the most
or a bottle OF iodine, and frustrated her.
In the latest Basil King picture screened
yesterday at the Capitol called The
Dust Flower he walks up to Miss
Helene Chadwick Just as she Is about
to jump into a stream that hardly looks
deep enough to give her anything but a
severe headache. Probably away from
the camera young Mr. Rennie makes a
point OF Keeping away from the park
lest he fall into his old habits and have
to drag some one out of the lake, thereby
spelling his always neat clothes.
In this Goldwyn picture portrayins a
youth who has just been Tilted by his
iancee. he proposes In the pique Of the
moment to the woeful. bedraggled girl
OF the tenements whom he has Just res
cued, and she accepts him as the al
tentative to suicide. The proceedings
appear somewhat abrupt here, yet the
girl does not take advantage OF the
patent opportunity to comment on the
suddenness of the offer. Such chance
would never have been overlooked IN 2.
musical comedy, but evidently the girl
was still too fiustered at being yanlSed
back. to life and rnatrlmony.
They are married and proceed to re-
pent during the leisure of three reels
more. However the young man finally
falls in love with the girl he has
virtually married by the scruff of the
neck after lodging the issue for time.
AS he Is wealthy. everything turns out
all right despite the efforts of his sud-
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
FRANCE TO PAY HONOR
TO u. S. VOLUNTEERS
viii Build Monument to Ones
in Its Army.

PARIS. July 2 (Associated Press) -
Work on a "monument to the Ameri-
can volunteers" testimonial OF French
gratitude to the Americans who enlisted
in the French army before America
entered the war. has been begun by
Jean Boucher. the sculptor. whom the
City Of Paris has authorized TO proceed
with the monument. which will stand In
the square OF Place des Etats Unis. The
cost of the monument will be borne
exclusively by the French. School chill
dren's pennies and soldiers sous form
the greatest part of the 100000 francs
that have been raised. the French SOL
diers In the Syrian army alone having
contributed 10000 francs.
The father of Sergeant Victor Chap
man, the first American volunteer killed
in action. June %, 1916. with the Ia
fsyette Escadrille, sent check for
5000 francs, but the committee re-
turned It with expressions OF deep re-
gret, explaining that II was desired 70
have contributions only from French
people
The New York herald., 1922-07-03

Yung Kee Fat Cwho was now clad in the
sateen pants only had left unshit. ed.
The deceitful words cause him t. faint.
Yung Kee Fat. smoking a stump OF an
all-tobacco cigarette that Sang Foo Sal
had laid down in a thoughtless moment,
rushes down with a large yellow Rag.
Young holds the flag I'm front Of Leon
for a, second or so. When ho lifts il
the chair IL empty. Leon has been
gathered to his father, clothes and all.
And Yung stirs thlnga Up for the next
scene.
"Ah-h-h-h-h-h" sighed the audience
when It saw that Icons isappearanco
was absolute.
"roo damn fasth." screamed s1ng
Foo Sal
"Who7"
The damn actors"
And II was hero thet this reporter
decided TO leave. having been advised
that the play ends with the death OF
Cho, who discovers that Wing Is a
traitor and her maid Ming, is "A half
sister of chang, who drank poison with
DR. Mock rather than leave the prop
erty to SIP Fang.
The play to-day will. be "A Pretty
Girl In the Western Lake; or the False
Occidental fs Not 10 fc Trusted When
he is Away From Home"
The New York herald., 1922-07-03

denly remorseful fiancee and the cruel
stepfather OF Lefty to make hash. out
of the romance. There IS spirited
fight between this stepfather and the
young husband. at the end Of which.
despite the suddenness OF the action,
the police somehow do not make the
mistake of arresting the wrong man,
There is surplus of sweet sentiment
tality at first, though this is leavened
by the momentary presence OF the most
freckle faced boy in the movies. Quick
ness of action cannot quite veil the
thinness of suspense. but 1t makes a
good try. But what makes this picture
worthwhile above the ordinary Gin
6erella photoplay Is the presence of an
elderly butler as fairy sodmother. guild
ing the timid Lefty and making
plausible lady out of her.
That Is a touch worthy OF Barrie
one wishes there had been more OF 1t
and In this role Claude Gillingwater.
the most versatile and authnetic player
OF old men parts in the movies to-day,
quite glides away with the honors OF
the picture as this discreet. yet whimsi-
cal functionary, who proves that put
lers have a heart -
Miss Chadwick endears herself as
the waif so that one trembles as the
hero seems about to sing so Long.
Lefty"
Much credit for humanzing the pic
ture should go to Miss Katharine Will
ker. who edited 1t and seemingly
brought the titles down 10 earth. She
also avoided the usual error OF having
the characters say one thing with their
subtitles while they are obviously say
ing another with their lips. And, golly,
how one wishes the story were true!
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
woMAN's STORY PUT IN PLAY.
"a GentIeman's Mother, to BE Pro-
duced Tonight.

= Tonight at the Stamford Theater.
Stamford. Conn, Sam II. Harris will in
augurate the ninth season of the play
house when he presents Martin Browns
new comedy. "a Gentleman's Mother"
A delegation from New York will attend
the opening. The cast is headed by Miss
Jeanne Eagels. In the cast are Miss
Elizabeth Risdon. Ronald Colman, Ar
thur Elliot. Frank Westertor, A. P. Kaye,
Russell Sedgwick. Miss Eleanor Daniels.
Frank Horton. Miss Margot Rienan.
Miss Adelaide Wilson and Marius Rogati
Mr.. Brown went to France last spring
for Mr.. Harris to get material for n mu-
sical comedy. However, Mr.. Brown in a
quaint French inn met a quaint little
woman. who told him the story from
which he wrote the play. On his return
he presented the play to Mr.. Harris,
with no apologies for not having written
a musical comedy. 1t was accepted.
Sam Forrest staged ....,.s-,.s
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
VETERANS REGRET
ART SCHOOL CLOSING
Loss of Volunteer Instructors
Due to Friction.

A committee of disabled war veterans
who were pupils In the school of the
Society OF illustrators, which was dis
banded Saturday because Of the society's
failure to agree upon new form of
contract with the United States Veterans
Bureau. Issued a statement Yesterday
protesting against the attitude of the
bureau.
The statement says that through the
misunderstanding. which came about be-
cause the bureau insisted on adding paid
instructors to the free instruction given
by the soclety's members, the veterans
nave lost the services OF such artists as
Charles Dana Gibson. w. II. Goudy.
Clarence L, Rowe. Sherry Fry, Alonzo
Williams. Goorg Barse, N. A.. and Ed
ward Penfield. These men have worked
without pay, but refused to continue
when the Veterans Bureau insisted on
adding payroll to the school All the
friction which has developed, the vet
Grams declare. was due to obstacles put
in the way by officials Of the Veterans
Bureau
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
Notes of the Stage

Members Of the why Men Leave Homer
company. new comedy by Avery Hopwood
sent this season. VIII be the guests OF "The
Bat company tonight as part of the cele-
bration incident TO the passing OF the sooth
performance.
Miss Maude Feaiy opens on the Proctor
circuit to-day after a short season in stock
with the Maude Fealy Players at the Broad
res FosSfr CONDENSED TeWe weso, se VIZ pc Is ssS
Warmer IN which she starred for a couple
OF seasons en- the road
SO many theatrical celebrities have founl
the New Clover Gardens 10 their lklns tha.
the management has decided TO keep the
tancLng place open one hour later every
night. This viii permit the professionals 70
enjoy an hour and q half OF dancfg 10
music BY Ambrose's orchestra after thelr
Broadway performances
Good Morning. neare,' AZ tho Globe.
'nieh, r,n soosb Now yor,, "nerr{orraa DFE Dcs
Vim he reached July Is.
Encouraged by their game with the ushers
from the Music Box the uniformed staff OF
the Globe Thcater has challenged the actors
In Good Morning, pcarie.' and BASEBALL
game viii be played Al Great Neck this
week. Oscar Shaw is organizing the actors,
who will have four former league and Two
former college players in the lineup. They
Shaw, who played at the University Of
Pennsylvania. and John Scannell, who played
AZ New York University: John Price Jones.
from the Southern League; Herland Dixon,
from the Western Association Joseph Carey.
from the Bluegrass League and Joseph
Niau, from tho old Three ! League.
THO wihiet Catden stage Il given over to-
DAY to largo stage crews which are installing
more than thirty scenes used IN Spice of
in2e, !" which has its Winter Garden prenlare
on Thursday evening After mechanical rel
henrshs, which WIN last until evening there
win he A private performance at night
There l. TO be another on Tuesday evening
end etill another Wednesday evening that
the whole equipment and tic company may
work with the necessary speed.
Most OF tho members of tho cast OF
blossom Time" tile opcrctta with Shuhert's
music, which closed last Saturday night
az the Ambassador Thratcr for the month
OF july, Will leave town to-day upon their
vacations. Bortram Peacock win take An
automobile trip through New England. Will
lam Danforth plans to spend the month
at the thousand Islands. Olga Cook will 20
10 Bermuda, Howard Marsh 10 Red Bank
n. j.. and Zoe Barnett 10 the Adrondacks
and others OF the company plan seashore
and mountain trips.
The New York herald., 1922-07-03

Tomorrow on the Majestic Irving Ber-
lin will return TO New York after vaca-
ton in Europe that was not altogether
one. He has been writing and he re-
turns with new ideas. new tunes for the
Music Box Revue of next season. On
the same steamer will be Hassard Short.
who staged the present revue and who
will put on the successor. Mr.. Short ID
bringing hack some novelties as we'll az
new sensations In costumes. While
abroad Mr.. Berlin arranged with c. B.
Cochran for the presentation In England
Of the present Music Box Revue.
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
ITALIAN ENGINEER HERE.

Mario Solvini, electrical engineer. who
will spend ten months here for the Ttal-
ian Government studying hydro-eectri-
cal development, arrived yesterday by
the Italian liner Dante Alighieri. lie
predicted that his country in a few
years would be independent OF the out
side world for her power, hitherto de-
rived mostly from imported coal, as she
had natural water force sufficient to
generate currents to turn every wheel
in the land. A $4,000 kilowatt hydro
electric plant. under construction fifty
miles from Milan. viii be finished in
about n year.
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
THREE FILM PLAYS REMAIN.
Central, RivoIi and Cameo Have
Familiar Pictures.

"The Storm" the Universal film ver-
sion of Langdon McCormick's play. is
at the Central this week and remains a
thrilling presentation of unusual effects
and emotions. exactly as 1t was at the
Capitol a couple of weeks ago.
Jack Holt and his underworld crew
swarm down from the Rivoli to the
Rialto this week In while Satan
Sleeps"
John Barrymore for third week is
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
RADCLIFFE GIRLS WIN.


Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERAtb.
BosroN, Mass. July 2.-Rajcliffe
Girls won over male rivals from Harvard
the last college year Awards of three
annual prizes open to students from both
colleges were announced yesterday and
demure damsels from Harvards sister
college made a clean sweep in the VIM
nings.
Miss Elizabeth Bradbury of Newton
Centre won the prize in painting and Miss
Rachel Winlock Of Cambridge the award
In drawing. Miss Frances @. Russell
was another of the girls who outdis-
tanced all male rivals. She won prize
for the best thesis on modern English
literature.
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
MISS sT. DENIS RETURNING.

Miss Ruth st. Denis and Ted Shawr
and their company OF American dancers
after a six weeks engagement at the
Coliseum In London. are returning or
the Majestic Daniel Mayer has booked
an extended tour for this organization
opening in New York October g. This
will mark Miss st. Denis's first profes-
sional appearance in the metropolis in
five wears.
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
Musician ms Indulge In ron.

At this point each musician received
q bottle OF pop and the doctor. Mock.
stepped out OF his part for a moment
TO change a s5 bill for Mr.. NInisch.
Too damn noisy" roared Sang Foo
sat
chang, the valet, was sitting over on
the side OF the stage winding bandare
around one Of Sip Fcng's toes. sang
Foo SAi's orchestra wrs registering de-
spair music. for II was plain that Leon.
who had taken 10 drink, couldn't live.
NJ. Minish left the stago FOR a moment
TO settle an argument Of some kind and
A messenger appeared with letter for
Leon from rho. The great scene mad
arrived. The nrst forr rows Of the
suuience Joined the throng Of actors.
musicians stage hands critics and
vendors on the stage.
Leon, who had been smoking a cigar
ette upstage because he was supposed
10 be visiting his uncle Jov in ITankow
stsEgers TO his feet and is dragged
down TO the footlghts by wing In order
that he may read the letter.
He reads. He Grams the letter into his
mouth and collapses In the only chair that
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
IRVING BERLIN rETuRNfNe.

the leading citizen at the Cameo. with
Sherlock Holmes"
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
ADJUSTMENTS.

DIRECTION OF LEE & ]. ]. sHl
Evening star., 1922-09-10

The broom stirred in his hand; he
detained 1t.
Don't. They are the survivors OF
a terrible disaster. They have seen
thousands of their mates swept to
horrible death. They are safe. bear
ing with them the future life Of their
nation. Why. it would be as If men
escaped from a city destroyed by
flood, standing at last on high ground
naked. exhausted, but alive. saw now
upon them the mountain falling"'
TT won't be a mountain" she said
1T will be a broom"
Hold on; watt" he pleaded hur-
riedly, trying a more intimate appeal.
Let me watch them Daisy-wait-
I'm getting something out of It! Let
me watch it,"
But the broom was now out of his
hand, and in three, four scythelike
strokes the thing was done. OF the
broad. rusty-red ribbon of carapaced
pullulating life stretched across the
drive. there was nothing left but
here and there a lone squirming small
spot indented into the ground. and
OH tue VI tHc "dteE III kHc ca
cavation a film made of dust, dead
and mangled ants and eggs.
For a moment stupor alone pos
sessed Peter. He had. during his
contemplation. shrunk himself to the
size of the ants: or. rather. he had
swelled them to his dimensions, so
that the terrific completeness OF the
execution performed by these three
simple sweeps Of a simple broom left
him profoundly astonished. Then, as
the daze left him. a violence took its
place. He faced her; he wanted to
speak, and he knew that what he
wanted to say was something irrep-
arabic. But no words came: his
throat was altogether tight his mind
a whirling blank.
X X
DETER turned on his heel and
walked away. He walked out OF
the garden and up the path which
Evening star., 1922-09-10

He remained seated thus, fmmo-
bile, his eyes fixed ahead as II upon
a ghost.
So this is what 1t had come to after
all those years. To this he had
come after all those years.
To those words, spoken not merely
Of the lips, but explosively expelled
by his entirely certain being. every
drop, every cell, every nerve.
These words. final judgment.
"Cruel-and stupid
The glade was very quiet In the
sun and insects hummed. Thoughts
also hummed about his head. vague,
formless. buzzing thoughts, circling
and circling. But always, fxed in
the center, was the kernal fact
Cruel and stupid"-that is what
he had called her.
IT seemed to him that a long time
before when suddenly like a
mirage descended from the sky an
image came clearly before his eyes.
1t was that picture of her as she
had been years ago. Standing at the
Stlle on lHo euSe OF the ROlueH Helu ,
with her red mouth, her dewy star
like eyes. her gentle breasts.
He contemplated this long. and
then was forced to ask himself a
question.
AS she stood there. that time long
ago, so pretty. so tender and 50 warm
and his arms ached. was she then.
already, what today he had called
her?
II that were true, then women were
indeed terrible.
But il not true-what then?
A strange new kind Of discomfort
took possession Of him; his mind. as If
affrighted, SHE'D to one side, tried to
bolt. He forced it back to the path.
Consider he said to his mind. Con
sider-you must consider that"
Her life, Immediately, passed by
him in one streak. Her life since
their two lives had been side by side.
Evening star., 1922-09-10

crumbling city. hugging tight to it.
self its life kernel.
Peters heart thumped and his brain
famed. He saw clearly the great
underground city. its vast halls and
dim secret chambers. its interviewed
galleries vibrant with peril and
disaster. He heard the sullen roar
of sudden inrushing waters. Walls
fell in large flakes, ceilings collapsed.
floors sucked in. and thousand upon
thousand every second die. He saw the
stubborn citizens, in this immense
dissolution OF all they had ever been
sure of. tenaciously toiling to snatch
from this cataclysmic threat the
future of the race. the grains which
were the concentrated promise of
future generations Down there. at
every heartbeat. thousands died a
socrificial death: down there, under
ground. a great holocaust was taking
place. made splendid by a myriad
heroisms. Peter became much ex-
cited: he shook.
But a broom, a big, capable gar
den broom. now planted itself down at
his side; and without looking at
more than the broom, which he could
see out of the corner Of his eye, he
knew that his wife was standing by.
Look, Daisy" he said. inviting her
to share his emotion. Look at the
ants"
There was a moments silence up
there. Then: "Ants. l should think
there were. Why. they'll get into the
house; let's kill them
X y
LIE stretched out his hand and turn
IL ed his fingers around the broom
handle. Get down here with me and
look" he said. Its an extraordinary
sight. It's like Sodom, Babylon.
Atlantis. all rolled into one"'
"Yes-and they'll be in the pantry
next It'll be a Babylon in the pan
try. Come-let's sweep them Off"
Evening star., 1922-09-10

led to the village. In the village was
a place where one could drink. The
plan at the back of his head was SIM
pie enough. He would go to that
place and drink-drink till he fell
like an OK struck by the slaughtering
hammer. But that fixed point of in
tent within him was small within the
| turmoil he had become. He felt as II
Observation-Disclosures poisoned. His
head was hot. he trembled. and a
singular part Of him, detached and
wraithlike. lowering above him. looked
down with amazement at his state.
He had seen something so clearly;
he had felt IT SO poignantly-the
minute cosmic tragedy of these ants
Had she seen nothing at all? Had
she felt nothing?
A reservoir deep within him be-
gan to surge. 1t was a reservoir
which had been filing there in the
dark, drop by drop, for years. Sew
eral times it had surged as 1t was
now doing. But only with tenta-
tive pulsing which did not reach the
rim Now each surge brought the
accumulated reserve higher. Like
some alchemist's brew boiling on the
fire, it rose. neared the margin, COL
lapsed, rose again. But each of it's
ebullitions was raising it higher;
nearer to the film which curtained
his consciousness from the dark Sc
crets beneath; nearer his clear con-
sciousness: nearer his mouth-his
tongue. his lips
And suddenly. with a new effort. it
had done tit had brimmed! Clearly
he heard the words spoken in the
silent sunlight. The little glade re-
sounded to them. spoken loud:
Cruel and stupid"
That was II. Cruel and stupid"
Three times he heard the words
spoken before complete understand
ing searched out his heart And then.
to this full comprehension. he felt
his legs wobble and abruptly sat
down on a little mound of grass.