Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-15
MOVIE GIRL FUND
NEWS TO Y. v. CA.
No Donation of $780, 900 to
Care for Hollywood DereIicts
Yet Received.
srerial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, July 14.--If viii
Hays has raised $150,000 from motion
picture producers to help the Young
? Women's Christian Association care
for movie-struck young girls who
are coming to Hollywood in unprece-
& denied numbers it is news to the
'Y' here and to Los Angeles. And ii
isn't exactly good news
There is no question that the Y. w.
c. A. is taking care of many young
women who reach Los Angeles al
most penniless in search of fame and
fortune in the movies and that sub
stantial aid in this relief work would
be acceptable, but to have the effort
broadcast that this organization or
any other at the motion picture capt.
tai was in possession of a large sum
to care for all girls who might come
here in search of their big chance"
would be to invite disaster.
For many months now Los Angeles
has barely been able to sustain the
= point or saturation in absorbing into
Its life and business the hundreds Of
thousands of young women thrown
upon their own resources while seek
ing work at the motion picture stu
dos, and to turn a sudden high tide
upon the city would result in MOTH
ing but a deplorable condition. The
despite the best efforts of the studios,
city officials and private organiza
lions to discourage movie-mad girls,
the influx continues in a steadily in
creasing stream.
Agents of the Travellers Aid So
ciety meet all incoming trains and in
fallibly Identify the move job see king
girls. Practically all the girls figure
their chances of success are assured
IL they either resemble or can ape by
eff
stars. Despite lack of funds on ar
rival, the girls Will not turn back
once they reach Los Angeles. They
. believe steadfastly that only a try
stardom. Their presence here Is, in
deed, a problem, and only visit to
Hollywood is necessary to reveal how
the problem is being handled.
Here, for example, is Il drug store
on the corner near the heart of studio
land. Surely some motion picture
actors or actresses MUST be about.
OF course. there is Mary Pickford
behind the candy counter? And she
is waiting on a customer. What a
strange performance. Then she turns
TO face you. The curls are the curls
OF Mary Pickford, the face bears Il
resemblance, but it is not the Mary
Pfckford of the screen.
Next door is a restaurant. 1t is
lunch time. Most of the booths are
occupied and you turn in to one
shook to meet Norma Talmadge face
to face. She must have run in for
luncheon in her makeup, for she
wears the black uniform and white
apron OF waitress. You are
abashed. but more so when Norma
picks up a soiled napkin, washes the
table and piles the dirty dishes on
her arm. When she bawls an order
TO the kitchen YOU know she is not
the real Norma Talmadge. But she
had you fooled for the moment.
You emerge from the restaurant
and bump into some one you know
"a woman from back home. She is
glad to see you. She is on her way
to smart shop and you must go
with her, Just for a moment, and
when inside the door you find stand
ing Mia Naldi. You can't be mis-
taken this time. There she is, vamp
IL ever there was one. She turns
with a sinuous movement of the body
and walks to place behind the
counter The woman from back home
is not embarrassed but treats her