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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
Why Note Jotters
jam Up Traffic
Any One Likely to Stop to
ScribbIe in Street Now.

If you see man stop suddenly in
busy street, while hurrying folks dodge
around him on either side, If he makes
a feverish search of each and every one
of his pockets If finally from the last
he hauls a notebook and then begins
his search all over again eventually to
drag to view a pencil stub If then he
starts industriously to scribble, inn
pervious to the mutterings Of those busy
ncortals who are swirling about him, on
all sides. If after he has done all this
he replaces the pencil and notebook and
goes cheeriiy on his way, only to stop
a dozen feet further on and repeat the
performance. If--bur why go further?
But wait before you tear up to that
policeman on the corner to inform him
of your suspicious. Perhaps you, too,
will be that way shortly. Never, you
say? What about your vacation? And
what about your vacation list? A great
light breaks. Oh yes, you say. surely.
You determine to start your list at
once. Let's see. You'll need handker-
chiefs, collars and shirts; you'll need
razor and some shaving cream, you'll
reed. You write as fast as you can.
You'll put the rest down whenever you
think Of them. Then when 1t comes
time for your vacation you won't have to
think of everything at once, and likely
leave home more than half the things
you badly need And so now you take
to stopping in the streets and scribbling
IL. a notebook. You get UP in the mid
die of the night to jot something down.
and even your wife begins to wonder
what it's all about
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
Beautiful Legs of
the Past and of To-day.

Had the fashion Of plaster parising'
beauty been originated sooner, the
sEapely neither limbs of the fair frankie
Bailey would be viewed in their image
to-day. But it was twenty years ago that
frankie, in the heyday of her popularity,
pranced before enchanted audiences of
Weber and Fields shows. So the aging
beaux who have seen the decay of that
day of gallantry and founder amid the
exigiencies of this age of jazz can only
adjust their toupees, slightly awry, tweak
the ends Of their mascara-ed moustaches
and sigh, ooh, that cast had been made
OVAL, frankie Bailey's legs were the
toast of the town."
Ann Pennington's legs?
Artists disagree. They-Ann's, mean
twinkle brightly in sprightly dances
and their intricate steps are said to de-
light the T. B. M. greatly. But those who
pursue the elusive trail of the robe of Art
are ever hard to please. The more I'M
gracious of these disciples declare that
"fat little knees are not the artistic
ideal Yet there's charm-so eer it's too
late let some enterprising life caster
seek out maidens of our generation as
subjects for a gallery Of pulchritude
which, years hence, shall occupy rear
room in the Hall of Fame.
$780," says the Debutante, "if other girls.
had life mask made, why can't 1? 1t
doesn't cost much, only hundred dollars
or two, and-of course I won't suffocate?
Who ever heard of such thing? And
while I'm about it, I'm going to have
my legs and arms done in plaster paris,
too
Maternal pleadings and paternal rum
blings reduce the matter to farms, any
way, and perhaps mask
To the studio she goes, accompanied
by protesting mother. The artist rubs
Debbie's arm with olive oil or vaseline
then places a strong linen thread the
length of each side. The plaster is apS
piled in soft mix. AS soon as it begins
to harden the threads are pulled out,
thus dividing the plaster into two sec
tionS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
No Amateur Spirit
Directs Their Efforts.

They say they are not controlled by
any amateur spirit, DESTROYS of making
pictures primarily for the sake of having
their friends gush over their wondrous
talents. A number of them have had the
most thorough possible training in the
movies before coming to the Film Guild,
and this group as whole has already
turned out some exceptional pictures
which have made the exhibitor stir IN
his sleep. They are out to make go OF
their new profession, regardless of the
opinion of relatives or enemies.
They come from good families, and in
some instances had to overcome family
objection in order to plunge into the films
ND to their necks. Dwight Wiman, for
instance, belongs to a family of very
great note in Chicago, and his wife is
also socially prominent in the Western
city. With his brother Wiman owns the
John Deere pillow works, the leading
mandatory of that variety of farmers
utensils in the country, as well as being
financially interested in more subsidiary
corporations than you could tie to the tail
OF kite. Although predestined to put
his hand to the pillow, young Wiman heard
the call of the silent drama instead. He
gave UP active work as secretary of the
company, took hts destiny in both hands
and in spite of the opposition of relatives
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
Plaster Parisiir,g
Beauty for Posterity
Face. Mask Said to Be Painful, but Legs
Are Different


it, but, for some reason not quite clear,
others shrink from the ordeal of plaster
casting. Not only is it extremely tire
somes but in cases of facial masks,
fraught with actual danger. ,E
Johns Gregory, noted sculptor, states
that it is "a dangerous and delicate feat"
which should not be practiced by the
amateur, nor by the expert, unless
with great care
I'm the first place." he says, "it's un-
comfortable, and in the making Of life
masks there is danger from suffocation.
A life cast reproduces the structure of the
body, but not the beauty. The texture
of plaster of paris is hard and unyielding
The luster Of the skin is lacking"
In America, plaster casting is done
chiefly for two reasons, for purposes Of
historical record and for professional
study. The latter is synonymous with
economy, for, as young and impecunious
artist explained dolefully, it is preferable,
oft times, to contemplate the perfection of
a hand in plaster of paris than to study
it in the actuality at a cost of one dollar
an hour. (Alas for frenzied fiction this
is the usual rate for artists models, rath-
er than the pleasingly fabulous prices Of
popular imagination)
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18

yet vitality than some of the hack film
writer's who imagine every photoplay
must end in a spasmodic clinch.
Frank Tuttle was at one time an editor
of Vanity Fair later going to the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation as scenario
writer, where he was successful in turn
ing out scripts that were within the range
of human possibility. He is member
of the smart colony at Greenwich, Conn,
and belongs to the Coffee House, Yale
and other leading clubs.
James Creelman is the son of the noted
war correspondent of that name and was
fated to have writing for his chief pas
sion. He studied the drama at Yale and
was an editor of the. YGle Record in 1916.
After engaging in newspaper work and
later becoming associated with Famous
Players-Lasky, he worked with John En-
erson and Anita Loos, writer's and pro-
ducers of scenarios, and has done seem
ario and continuity work on such impor-
tant productions as Norma Talmadges
screen version of "Smilin Through"
which brought that star her largest
amount of pin money during the past
year
Osgood Perkins was a star of the Hasty
Pudding Club of Harvard in 1915, and has
shown his ability as character actor in
screen productions wherein he has all but
ruined the young hero with a curl of the
upper lip. He belongs to the Harvard
Club.
Fred Waller, who studied at Poly
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
Frisking a Five Spot

LIVERY young lady contemplating mat
= rimony should make herself familiar
with the construction of the indispensa-
bic garment worn by the male In the
first place, and chiefly, learn the location
of the pockets. A well regulated pair
has at least five pockets. Two of them
are of special interest because they
usually contain the wearer's liquid as
sets-that is, cash.
The right hand front pocket is usually
the place where the larger roll is car
ried. Lately, however, owing to the prev
alence of pickpockets many men have
shifted the roll to the left hand pocket.
Some old timers still carry wallet in
the left hand hip pocket back, which is
usually fastened with button.
Like some cleverly made cabinets, a
pair Of trousers holds secret compart-
ment. The opening to it is shrewdly
made part of the seam, and it is so
small that It usually escapes notice. The
of the waistband so that it does not show
from the inside. You may, turn the leg
inside out and yet not find it. | mention
this pocket because it usually contains
a five spot or a ten spot tucked away for
an emergency.
The right hand hip pocket is the least
important and is used only for carrying
an extra handkerchief or perhaps some
papers or letters. The proper way then
to ''frisk" trousers 1--WE don't say pair
any more) is to tackle the pockets in the
order of value, proceeding from right
front to left front and then the craftily
hidden fob pocket. There are other inter
esting secrets about the makeup of trous-
ers known only to tailor, and if you are
curious and have sartoriaI friend ask
him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
TT AVE you a beautiful nose?

TT AVE you beautiful nose? A
Il slender ankle?
Is there ang other feature be-
longing to you that you would like to
perpetuate for the admiration of pos
terity?
You can do it by aid of the familiar
and inexpensive plaster of paris. And If
you should fall for the new fad you
would not be lonely-many pretty women
and some who are not so pretty have
immortalized themselves (they think
in plaster.
/, The fad of plaster parising' beauty
became popular in Paris when Mile. Mis-
tinguette a dancer, and idol of an ador-
ing, tickle public, caused plaster casts to
be made of her legs.
These legs, with all due respect to
their acknowledged shapeliness, had long
been a "bone" of contention among the
favorite daughters of the Partisan stage.
Even as the maidens IF the old Grecjan
legend coveted the golden apple for what
it symbolized, so does every French jeune
file, whether she be midinette or child
of ancient, aristocratic lineage, cherish
the secret hope that her legs might be
acclaimed the most beautiful in Paris.
(which is France"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18

"Caligari," wherein weird cubistic designs
helped along the general jim jams in
spired by the expressionistic photoplay.
His studio also specialized in trick motion
picture photography with models that any
child would learn to love.
The company has also taken unto itself
Junius Cravens, who does scene design
ing for the legitimate stage and motion
pictures alike, and Frank Tweddell, Yale,
1915, who 1uctuates between character
acting for the Film Guild and speaking
out loud in public for the Theater Guild.
Half dozen years ago such an organ
ization of college men, bent on making
money out of the movies, while at the
same time keeping their screen products
out of the dry goods class, would have
been laughed to death by the early film
promoters, who thought "The Great Train
Robbery" was fine cinema art. When
these young men were in the universities
the movies were things to be derided
until the proprietor of the nickelodeon
threw them out. Rex Ingram was class
mate Of futile, Wiman and Creelman at
Yale, and of course the pictures which
they all saw naturally dissolved in the
caustic of undergraduate wit, Yet inevi
tably the movies were to overwhelm all of
them.
AS photoplays improved their personal
interest in the theater led them into the
movies, fearful yet fascinated. About a
year and half ago futile and Waller
decided it was time they left Famous
Players-Lasky and took a firm grip on
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18

upon her. Gossips whispered that upon
one occasion she had declared petulantly,
my legs, tut tut! My arms, my voice,
my smile, my eyes are as wonderful.
have kept my legs supreme for years by
bathing them in champagne, but now
am tired of their fame. I've other
charms besides my legs"
Yet with the delightful inconsistency
that is woman's privilege, when other
claimants for this distinction came into
the light of publicity that had been
exclusively hers, Mile. Misty would not
be outshone, ITEMS! The beauty of her
legs she declared, should be preserved
for the admiration of future generations.
Mile. Mistinguette endured the ordeal
of having her legs encased in plaster Of
paris. Although the artist she chose,
Pierre de Soete, noted Belgian sculptor,
had achieved success in plaster and
marble, she would not trust even his
undoubted capability, but desired
replica of natures fawless creation.
Thus may Mistinguette gain immortality.
For though she will pass away, the per-
lection of her legs may live forever.
Herein the charming little lady gained
triumph over her rivals, for she had
created decidedly unusual vogue.
The fad, the talk of the boulevards in
Paris, is gaining popularity in New York.
The pulchritudinous chorus maid, the
exquisite debutante, the energetic damseL
ever on the qui vive for some new fancy
of fashion are quite aware that it's the
thing" A good many have submitted to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18

THE hen crosses the road. That is,
if the Tin Lizzie doesn't cross the
hen. The farmer boy hates to see
chicken sandwiches made this way. He
thinks the chicken ought to be more care
ful and grow up to lay eggs. Then he can
sell the eggs, and go to the city with the
money he makes.
When he gets there the Tin Lizzie may
run over him, but he's not chicken
hearted he'll take a chance. He is not
like a chicken in any way. He just likes
them, those Broadway chickens. Look
ing at them improves his eyesight, or, at
least, he's not nearly so near-sighted:
He can see them far as we'll as near. The
farther the better-it's more fun catch
ing up.
Hiram from Hixville catches up all
right But not with sleep-except maybe
occasionally when he's pounding his ear
so hard that the alarm clock makes no
more impression than gumdrop falling
on velvet carpet.
The gay life seems to agree with him.
If he looks healthier, it must be because
he is healthier. Crossing the street
few times a day makes him more alert.
Cheating the undertaken develops the
brain as we'll as the Drawn. He could
pitch hay all day and not use his eyes, ears
and legs nearly so strenuously as where
standing still too long means lilies and
long. long rest.
There isn't much time in the city for
rest. They rush to work and they rush
to play Everybody is trying to keep him
self fit Only the fittest survive. And
they're fit for anything.
They have to be. How else can they
go to the dentist every six months, if
their nerves aren't as strong as iron
bands? The dentist mighty man is he.
Mighty hard to get away from, once he
gets you in his clutches. Pyorrhea, rheu-
matism, housemaids knee, headache and
ichithitis-these and many other dread
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
The Beetle GIutton

single day and be ready to repeat that
performance on the morrow.
His two seasons of active life are
wild orgy of Staying and feasting. His
snan of life includes two summers Of
adult existence, representing less than
five months of activity altogether; but
during that time he will normally devour
nearly $50 gypsy moth caterpillars or
pupae as large as himself A single pair
of beetles have been observed to eat 1000
caterpiIlars within eight weeks, gluttony
almost beyond bS<ef.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
To Perpetuate Beauty
One Must Suffer.

Meanwhile, the arm grows more and
more tired and the muscles become, oh, so
stiff. Debbie believes that if the artist
hadn't been stupid" the plaster would
have been "hard as rocks" in a minute or
two-and doesn't hesitate to say so. In
deed, she isn't sure whether she can stand
the "horrid pain" further. By dint OF
maternal persuasion and a well timed
compliment or two, she is encouraged to
go through the ordeal. By the time the
plaster is removed, which proves a trifle
painful, and the halves are carefully laid
aside, she has fully determined that 1t
wouldn't be worth while to bother with"
a life mask. Besides, she says, If her
eyelashes weren't creased properly, who
knows but what they might come out by
the roots? And as for pitiless quilts be-
ing placed, though gently, in her tiny
nostrils, perish the thought!
The mold is creased inside, fresh plas-
ter is poured in and allowed to harden.
Then the exterior plaster is carefully
Clipped off, leaving reproduction OF
Debbies slender arm, tapering fingers
and prettily rounded nails.
An interesting side light on the sub
ject Of plaster casting IS the work OF a
Western firm that makes a speciality of
casting babies shoes for those who would
have unique relic Of the little treasure
who grew up all too soon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18

dIneS ASnrnOre
Creelman.
satisfied his artistic
impulses by joining
the Guild and beat
ing his plowshare
into a movie camera.
He belongs to the
Yale and other clubs.
Townsend Martin
Is one Of the Bradley
Martins and a cousin
of Cornelia Countess
of Craven, but he
hasn't rested solely
on that. While he
was at Princeton he
was head Of the ORA
matte Association in
1917, and later wrote
vaudeville sketches
and stories, so that
by the time his in
terest in the films
drew him to the Film
Guild he knew much
more about Swriting
for public entertain
ment artistically and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
Rich Mems Sons in New Business Outlet
Refusing to Be Idle Rich, They Form Motion Picture
By FRANK YREELAND.

w ERHAPS the greatest difficulty for
a young man with money and a
social position is to find an occu-
patton which he will like so much that he
will actually work at it. For the youth
with an assured income there is always
the natural temptation after leaving col
lege to loaf or to become dilettante in
some artistic line, his chief exertion the
handling of long cigarette holder. Such
young men usually are endowed with the
urge to labor and wax fruitful, derived
from their forebears who accumulated the
money through perspiratioH drop by
drop, But with the restlessness of the
early years they crave something new and
stimulating, which generally comes along
about once century.
Motion pictures have provided just what
a few of these young men need to keep
them from fretting away their energies
at work they don't like or in fields of en-
deavor which loom large only in Green
witch Village. The movies are still COM
parativeIy new and the production of pic
lures has become novel and fascinating
pursuit for young men of social standing,
firing their ambitions and leading them to
contribute something more enduring than
cigarette butts to posterity.
The foremost opponents of this new
path to glory bIazed by the movies are
the young men composing the Film Guild,
who have gone into photoplay production
not simply as career" to be dropped
next week if it means interference with
their social engagements but as form
of good, hard work, for which they would
abstain even from dances They are
Frank futile, Fred Waller, James Ash
more Creelman, Townsend Martin, Dwight
Wiman, Osgood Perkins and Junius
Cravens. They are all graduates of lead
ing institutions of learning and their sue
cessful accomplishments in this coopera-
tive organization would Indicate that col
Iege men can make good even in the mat
ter of Thomas A. Edison's own movies,
regardless of Edison's causttc references
to college men as waste material.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18

7 GU w 044SAs
technic Institute in
Brooklyn, su b s e
quently went into the
photogr ap h c field
with his father, one
of the first noted
artist photographers
to break away from
the old family por-
traits in which you
looked as natural as
life and as stiff as a
corpse. Subsequently
he rose to be head
of the technical de-
partment of Famous
Players-Lasky, mean
while developing his
own company, the
Waller S t u d j 0 s ,
which %became well
known for excep-
tional title cards of
feature pictures, such
as "Nero," and par
ticularly for the il
Illustrated Subtitles to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
Stamping Imitation Leather

ITO make imitation leather look as much
like real leather as possible the sur
face is stamped with dies made from i'm
pressions taken from natural hides. It
appears that the method of making the
plates is similar to that of electrotyping.
The metal film deposited on the hide re-
produces every line and pore of the sur
face and when stripped off can be used
% either fat or cylindrical plates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
ST. Louis Undertaken Makes
Big League Umpires a Hobby

Baseball umpires lead rather strenu-
Gus life and their vocation is not always
a pleasant one when they are yelling
strikes and balls behind the bat or call
ing disappointed players out on the
bases. xiii the umpire 20 Is the stock
expression Of the rabid fan.
But there Is one town on the big
league circuit the umpires like to work
in. That's st. Louis, and the cause Of
their rejoicing is an undertaken with a
hobby, and that hobby is umpires
Every time an umpire arrives in the
Mound City he finds large automo-
bile awaiting him at Union Station. and
he is whisked away to his hotel. The
car and the chauffeur are at his dis
posal while in St. Louis. And at least
once during every series the umpires
are entertained - the undertaker'a
home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
Impartial Judges
GaUe Her Legs the Palm.

Through seasons of competition, Mile.
Mistinguette emerged victorious, for her
legs were declared by a board of judges
to be we'll nigh perfect. On the heels
of this coveted triumph the dancer be-
came weary Of the adulation heaped
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18

Little Willie-Pop, what's the mean
annual temperature of the United
States?
His Father-When it's about ninety
in the shade, my son. .t..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-04-18

Thos. A. Peacock died at New Dig
gins.
Darlington Monday at the age OF %
years.
In three Crawford county town
ships straw votes were taken on the
employment of a county agent. Inc
vote ran: Eastman-for 15-agalnst
125; Utica-for 1OO-agalnst 49,
Wauzeka-for 24-against SO.
Business and professional men OF
Dodgeville have formed a protective
and credit association. This IS an
organized effort on the part of BUSH
ness men and patrons to do away
with the common abuses of credit
Richard Glasson, a native OF Eng
land in 1889, died at ShullsDurg'
April 4. Mr.. Glasson came to this
country when young and later mined
at Drvbone. He was the father OF Ia
children. Burial was made at Haze
| Green.
"Slim" Lewis of Highland, former
University of Wisconsin baseDall
coach and captain, has been oHereu
the job of player manager OF tne
Lancaster club. Last years aggrega-
ton carried a pay roll OF S3,OOO per
month. 1t is planned to nave fully
as good a baseball club this season
and many of last years players Will
be back in the lineup. Lewis will APP
pear in baseball toys, and when play
ing is a fast outfelder or a good nrst
sacker. He is also a heavy inter-
Highland Press.