davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1923-04-20

The man who does not share in the
success Of others is bound to be a sad
person. No failure can injure the
man who feels that the good luck of
his neighbors and friends is a joy to
himself
Evening star., 1923-04-20

1t is better to give six inches Of
road than to get six feet in GENE.
tnry
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19


sos in Tonic Basin, Arizona. Made
it on original location, and did it so
faithfully TINT the author gave his
autographed approval.
A Texas feud transplanted to the
Basin provides. the internecine drama.
Romantic meeting and loye at first
sight between youngsters OF the war
ring clans in the summer haze, and
browsing pines of the beautiful Rim
country forms -idyllic prelude to swift
exterminating passions. ~ II \.
The" Jorths family has followed The
"Isbels" west. Cattle rustling and
sporadic clash blaze into final fury
when young love challenges old hates.
Thereafter, in rapid procession come
barbados and battle, rides and routs,
treachery and retribution of time
and place whom men notched their
statutes on gln barrels and buzzards
were the undcrtakers.
The situations are as threadbare as
the historical hokum that inspired
them, but they are plausibly under.
written. and their handling. together
with the restraint in acting. keeps
the piece well away from the bur-
]esque Quagmires of meller drammer.
Action mounts without slump
through series of crises carrying
breathless suspense.
Arrival of Richard Dix, youngest
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propaganda of Encouragement now
emanatins from studios swamped with
applicants.
Take Marjorie Daw as an example.
Marjorie was afflicted with a crook
ed spine which kept her in i'll health,
and had no arresting good looks, when
at the age of l. she landed her first
picture job.
Her mother, who died soon after,
! was seamstress at Universal Films,
earning barely enough to keep her
two children. Doctor bills exhausted
the income. When, under the strain,
she collapsed, Marjorie who until then
had assumed her mother worked mere
ly because she liked to sew, realized
their predcament.
Determined that their mother should
never work again, the girl and her D
year-old brother, Chandler, trudged
to the studios and begged for work.
The boy was added to Universars
stock company the first day at $50 per
week. But Marjorie haunted the lot
for weeks before she got her first
part in Youth" for which she became
a young lady by lengthening her skirts
From then on the responsibility OF
l2the household rested upon her twist
ed back. and when two years later
the mother died. Miss Daw not only
supervised the budding career of the
two youngsters but made a home as
well.
The 14-year-old girl asked no spe-
cial consideration nor quarter from
anyone. She didn't 'bewail her for
rune. Deliberately and under con-
siderable agony she set about to cor
rect her spinal curvature through
exercise. Quite as detedminedly she
supplemented her meafer schooling
with self education working at the
studio by day, studying Mt night.
Curious as wren alert to every
opportunity. her wit sharpened by
neccssitv and courage steeled by re-.
sponsibility. Marjorie's unfailing good
nature and driving ambition more than
compensated for any lack of stunning
looks in a ,ganeling flapper.
Her part as Betty Warren in "The
Warrens of Virginia" for Cecil De
Mile won her five-ycar contract
with the then Jesse Lasky Feature
Play company. under which she
played in @I1nafraid." "Joan the Wo-
man" and in "Rebecca. with Mary
Pickford. She was loaned TO Doug
Jas Fairbanks in the Modern Mus
keteer." and when her Lasky contract
expired. became leading lady with
Fairbanks for two years.
Then came mixtures with Marshal
Neilan. Ike. "River's End" "Penrod.
~ExDerience. "sfor which she went east
10 MAY opposite Richard Barthelmcss
"The Great Redeempr q" "Pride Of
Palomar." Rupert of Hentzau." and
her most rrcent performance with
Constance Talmadge in "The Danger
Gus Maid"
Quite n repertoire for n girl who |
has lust reached 81.
Nariorie's back is now perfectly |
strnigbt. Her head has always been
nnrfectlv Lowell. And the road isl
cloar ahead for most charming and
talented roun- lady who refused to
he thwartnd by s"rious handicnp.
Miss Daw. whose real nnme Is
Hous~. was rncenflv mnrried m Ed |
die Sutherland, assistant director
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with Charlie Chaplin and nephew of
Tom Meighan. -.
PoIa Hasn't Made Good


"The Cheat" Pola Negri's second
picture for Lasky-P Paramount, is con
siderably better than her first, bella
Donna"
1t presents her, however, more the
glamorous woman than the great nc,
trcss of Passion and earlier tri.
umphs. She has.yet to find the Amer.
lean vehicle and director to evoke
her full gifts. ee
Pola displays some of her old fire
and in spots real power in the por.
trait of "Carmelita de Cordoba, an
heiress who impulsipely wells n man
of modest income, is disinherited, dc.
ceives her husband to. get the finery
he can't provide, plays into the design
OF an amatory assaiiant and has her
duplieity tragically exposed.
She handles the high spots of the
play with vigor and discretion4--th,
scene of her branding by Charles DE
Roche as the enraged womanshait.
ing art swindler; the auction.d kisS
at a charity bazaar her confession
TO her husband. Jack Holt. Of tlh
mess she's made and her motives
and the display of her scared should,
ed to the jury in the court room,
finale. ~ Y
But she is the cheat, deceiving both
husband and pursuer in her lust OF
luxury, by play of circumstances
rather than by any essential soul
warp. A woman who never ceases t.
love her husband. who never is. grossly
disloyal. who doesn't so much as flirt
with the sybarite. who is liar rather
than cheat with its more complicated
depravity.
Her Characterization never quite
compasses the implication of the
title. due probably to restrictions OF
the story as screened and its super
fetal handling by Director George
Fitzmaurice. Richer shading Of the
role would have made il more. mem.
orablc. 1t lacks the deep imprint of
terror. malice. relished cunning.
ecstacy or what not which makes ?
eharacters or picture indelible.
Handling of "The Cheat" permits
Miss Negri to be good but not great.
and one expects something better
than good from her. =
Never has the ivory and jet allure
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Gossip About Film People
What's New in Pictures Turned Out at Hollywood.

= aI
of the "Isbels,- to supplement his
clan for the impending battle, and the
family reunion provide faithful pic
ture of the semi-feudal life. of frontier
ranch days. In his efforts to quench
the feud, as in his affectingly' simple
and direct love making to Lois Will
son of the ".Jorths," Dix keeps up
the tenor of the production by refus-
ing TO emote.
Lois Wilson. no tenderfoot since
her part in THE Covered Wagon"
definitely adds TO her laurels as the
vixen of the wilds, torn between fam
lily loyalty and grudging admiration
for her nominal enemy. She, too.
might have spoiled the piece BY false
gesture. s< rs -
Winifred Greenwood going out of
the beleaguered cabin to bury her
slain husband, in incident and acting.
projects an echo of what gun law
meant to frontier women. The killing
of every male in both clans, save
Jean Isbel" Orchard Dix, was its
ultimate tragedy for dozen women
and children. - S s'-r
This slaughter proceeds relentlessly
in the running mountain fight and am
bush, taking them I'm to the last man.
One scene. so terrible that it seems
screened by accident rather than de
sign, will stick in the mind--an
avalanche loOsed upon the pursuerS by
a dynamite blast which actually de-
stroys several horses and seems to en-
gulf riders ms well.s -. $50 ;.
fContrasted- to that and the final en-
counter between Dix and Noah Berry
for the fate of Lois Wilson,. is the
pastoral charm of a bloody land and
the; Development Of an absorbing -rO-
nance 50 balanced as 10 keep "To the
Last Manr.well above the level of the
mere machine, made western" q
The cast including also Robert Eae.-
son, Frank Campeau, Fred Huntley
and Jean Palette is well chosen. The
picture is singularly free of that buff
foonery which masses for comedy re-
lief" in photoplays of this character
Ifsyou like mustard with your movie
bcefsteak, this will fill the bill.
Crooked Spine Bar.
! The race for a place in the movies
is mot always: to the swift .eand the
ultra beautiful.
As encouragement to girls who may
be potentially s.as capable as any now
on the screen. but who Anay feel them
selves hopelcssly handicapped, this
statement is sandwiched between the
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of the Polish actress been more beau
tifuDy photographed, in ensemble or
closeup. Gowns, simple and bizarre,
she paradcs with exquisite grace. from
the wedding rehearsal in Paris atel.
Ter through a succession of spectacular
house parties or Long Island. Per-
haps no other screenings SO we'll un.
derstands the dramatic values OF
dress, especially the cape. But il is
this very lavish announcement of person
and setting which blurs the focus II
her. iinpersonation. .s.
Despite its faults of omission. here
perhaps hypercritically considered,
the picture, to be released in Septem.
Der, is Of more than ordinary merit
and definitely recoups some of Pola s
lost prestige in "Bella Donna"
4 sharper popular definition Of
what constitutes q -bad woman
would facilitate comparison of pola {
performance in the, two American
made films. 1t would provide an au-
dience gauge for the actions and reac.
tons Of the crooked woman as she
portrays' her i'll. both roles. the one 4
positives sinister creature, the other q
negative weakling. s;s ft IS
| In The Chcat,r the Hector Turn.
EhuH story being less familiar THAI
Kitchens novel, the publSe will hive
moro latitude TO estimate Miss
Negri's understandings of the "bal
woman by its own diverse stand
ards. .t.Ys - j.
And 50 ii may very we'll be that
Pola's refusal TO maze p~Carmelita =
either positively ,detestible or pitt.
able may be generally accepted rs
an unusually adroit-dnniction of the
type. For. after all. how many
creatures of vice in real life have
left a lasting trace upon their time
and place? - '-
Glenn Hunter is to be starred in
the film version of "West of the Wa
ter Tower, one of the current best
sellers. II ought. TO, make good
picture. Hunter seems TO this writer
to be peculiarly adapted TO the role
of Guy Plummer. hero of the story.
Yet here is case in noint Of the
above discussion. The fact TINT .West
of the Water Tower" is immensely
Popular as a book probably had more
to do with its, reaching the screen
than thcdact that suitable role was
found for Hunter.
Mary of the familiar faces Of the
screen are. giving place to newer ones
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William Fox, in the past few months,
has sent a half dozen new leading
women to the coast One of the pref
test is Jean Arthur. n 'S' ~
Whether any of these new ones can
act remains to be seen, but recently
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it has been proven that inexperienced
players under>capabie direction are as
capable as those with years of expert
ence.
Hope Drown in hollywood" for
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
FIGHT PITTSBURGH"
PLUS"

Springfield, HIT is proposed in
the state senate that $4,000 be ap-
propriated to war on pittsburgh
plus" Under this system the steel
trust compels steel mills to add the
freight cost from Pittsburgh to their
price. This system permits the steel
trust to maintain competition with
mills near the raw material Little
publicity is given this hold-up that
costs the American people millions of
dollars. If the proposal now pend
ing in the Illinois senate passes, liter
ature will be printed and circulated
in a campaign that will cooperate
with other commissions and organi-
cations having for their purpose the
abolition of pittsburgh plus"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
NATIONS CHIEF
Elected By People is Needed
Reform, Declares
LaWmaker

Baltimore, Md.-The president and
vice president of the United States
must be elected directly by the peo-
pie, declared Congressman Schall. of
Minnesota, in speech in this city.
National conventions, the speaker
said, are beyond the jurisdiction of
state government and without the
jurisdiction of federal government"
"It is no crime in these national
conventions to admit you got the
money, openly show it and boast of it.
How can the people expect real rep
resentation through bodies of this
kind where the desires and wishes
of the people are put to rout through
determined, selfish interests with un-
limited resources at their command.
and where party platforms are too of
ten made for election only, and too
seldom carried out; where men who
adopt the profession of political boss
es, whose services are for sale as any
other profession, manipulate the dele
gates of their respective states.
"You can not secure reform or per-
manently mend the breach in the wall
of our independence and liberty with
out fixing this hole in the constitution.
You can form new parties with prin-
ciples of the highest resolve, but they
will avail you naught For the mo-
ment your party becomes big enough
to have chance of electing it's candi-
date, the same sinister influence will
creep in and nominate their candi-
date"
Congressman Schall said his propo-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
The Story Of the A. F. OIL.
Its Laws, Character, Strength and Manner Of Working

between different concepts of trade
lines and branches of trades within
industries. Then, too, the constant
changes taking place in the methods,
tools, processes and materials for pro-
duction develop contentious. Singly
or combined these developments make
necessary from time to time the re-
vision of the lines of demarcation of
trades and workers included within a
given industry. By the requirement
contained in the articles of federation
referred to, the American Federation
of Labor is called on to adjust or to
determine conflicting claims of juris-
diction as they arise. Considerable
difficulties are experienced at times in
the adjusting of these conflicting
claims.
Great Moral Strength
While the international unions have
delegated this authority to the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor is without
power to enforce its decision other
than to suspend or revoke the charter
of an affiliated recalcitrant interna-
tional union. This can only be done
by a two-thirds vote of the conven-
ton.
Non-affiliation with the American
Federation of Labor does not involve
the enforcement of any penalty or
measure of discipline. international
unions may associate or dissociate
from the American Federation of La
Dor at will The American Federation
of Labor is purely voluntary fed
Grafton. It's great strength is de-
pendent entirely upon its fair and just
dealing toward all federated unions.
While it is said that the American
Federation of Labor largely resembles
the United States government in its
form and principle of organization, it's
distinguishing difference lies in the
fact that the American Federation of
Labor has no police power to enforce
its decision or to retain the member
ship of federated unions by other than
moral influence. It's sole power and
influence rests upon the recognition
and response to the maxim, Omitted
we stand; divided we fall"
A Striking Characteristic
Another peculiar characteristic
of this federation of internationa
trade unions is the varying numerical
strength of the several federated
unions. At the convention in June OF
1922, the entire voting strength OF
the federation was 81 ,465. This vot.
ing strength embraced the member.
ship of 95 federated international
unions, of which 16,003 votes, bal.
ance of power, were confined to nine
federated international unions. If the
American Federation of Labor hac
the power to compel obedience to its
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directions and decisions a very small
minority of the larger international
unions could easily dominate and con-
troll the whole of the affairs of the
American Federation of Labor.
What may therefore appear as fun
damental weakness in organization is
in fact the very element of life,
strength and solidarity of the fedora
tion.
Because of the absence of power to
enforce its decisions, the American
Federation of Labor must of neces-
sity proceed carefully, cautiously and
intelligently. 1t can advance only in
such way and to such degree as
will command constantly the respect
and adherence to it's leadership by the
federated international unions. 1t is
therefore body that cannot be easily
swayed by passion or prejudice. On
the contrary it is compelled to move
along firm and sound channels that
have been we'll charted by experience
and research.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
By MATTHEW WoLL
President, international Photo En-
gravers' Union, and Vice-President,
American Federation of Labor.
CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER l
The American Federation of Labor
was organized in Pittsburgh, Pa, in
1881. 1t is fundamentally and prin-
cipally, though not exclusively, fed
GRAFTON of complete and autonomous
trades and labor organizations
There are embraced in this Fedora
ton of Labor one hundred and thir-
teen international trade unions. These
international unions number approx
mately 100000 organized wage
earners.
These federated trade unions are
designated international" organiza-
tions because they include in mem
bership wage earners of the United
States, Canada and Mexico. Insofar
as economic and industrial activities
are concerned they are not influenced
by national considerations. Neither
are they Influenced by racial or reli-
gious considerations. These interna-
tional trade unions are in themselves
complete organizations and autono-
nous in character. There is vested in
the American Federation of Labor
only such power and authority as
these federated international unions
have delegated or may delegate to the
American Federation of Labor.
Free Play of Forces
The international trade unions,
comprising the membership of the
American Federation of Labor are
founded on no preconceived or pre-
scribed method or form Of organiza-
tion. The method and form of organ
ization is largely matter of develop
ment. The free play of economic
forces and industrial tendencies large
ly influences the form and method OF
organization. Some of the interna-
tional unions are founded upon strict
ly trade or craft lines, while others
embrace, to a greater or lesser de.
gree, all wage earners within a given
industry, regardless of trade or craft
lines.
The principal requirement, con.
tained in the articles of federation, OF
the constitution of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, is that no interna
tional union shall interfere with
transgress upon or overlap the recog.
nized trade or calling of another in
ternational union. No two interna
tional trade unions are permitted tt
embrace in their membership workers
engaged in the same character Of
work or calling.
Difficulties present themselves al
times in clearly defining trades anc
industries. Likewise conflicts arise
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
DRESS STRIKE is WON

Philadelphia.-The general strike
in the dress and waist industry has
ended in victory for these organ
lied workers. They were idle two
weeks and have returned under union
conditions. Local No. Is, affiliated
with the international Ladies' Gar
ment Workers Union, issued this
statement:
"The union energies from this strike
much stronger than it was in the last
few years. Our membership has been
trebled. The union has again intro
duced union conditions in the waist
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
"BLESSING IN DIS
GUISE"

San Francisco.-It was blessing
in disguise" when anti-union employ
ers installed spies in the building
trades council for the purpose of
wrecking that organization, says Or
ganized Labor, official paper of the
state and local building trades coun-
Gil.
The ants efforts aroused the spirit
of stanch trade unionists who are now
engaged in an organizing campaign.
Take a pride in your own union
label, but be booster" for all union
labels, cards and buttons.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06

sal for the popular election of presi-
dent and vice president is the first
amendment of it's kind introduced in
congress. He said it received no at
tention in the last congress, "but the
time is coming, and very soon, when
people understanding the situation
will demand its consideration and pas
sage"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-06
RESIST S-HOUR DAY

Seattle.-In examining lumber own
ers in this city, attorneys for the
federal trade commission have found
that these business men were resist
ing the eight-hour day when forming
company to boost prices The lum-
ber owners assured the public that
the eight-hour day must be opposed
because st will increase the cost of
lumber"
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and dress shops Of Philadelphia"
The union will devote it's energies
against the few remaining anti-union
shops. These employers refuse to rec
ognize the union or deal collectively
with employees.
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RESIST ANTI-UNION SHOP

San Francisco-More than 400
garment workers are idle
because the cloak and suit manufac-
turers' association wants to establish
the anti-union shop. The bosses re-
fuse to renew 44-hour agreement,
and they want to bargain individually
with each worker.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Easy Home Dyeing of Fabrics
By Mrs. Christine Frederick,

: on Household EHIcIency.
like faded cretonne curtains, faded
pillow tops, ETC., should be well
washed in the usual way, rinsed,
and left wet, ready for the dye
bath.
AS is well known, colors are
made more "fast" and uniform
when combined with certain
"mordants" or chemicals which
help "set" them. Two Of the most
common of these are salt and
vinegar, which when added to
certain dyes greatly increase their
penetration into the fabric. The
exact amount to be added depends
on the color and the kind of fabric.
In every case the dye powder is
first carefully dissolved, stirred
into the hot bath, the salt, vinegar
or other mordant added, mixed
and made uniform before laying
in the wet fabric.
Before putting in the article or
fabric to be dyed, test and try a
small piece of it in the dye. Hold
it under the bath until you think
you have the desired shade, lifting
it out to see, from time to time.
Remember that when the goods is
dry it will have a much lighter
shade than when YOU look at it
wet. If you feel that the shade
Of the dye is satisfactory from
this dried sample, stir the bath and
gently and quickly lay in your
goods. Stirring during boiling
must be continuous to prevent the
material getting more dye in one
part than in another, Away: stir
from underneath upward, and re-
verse, not round and round. The
aim is to have the dye penetrate
the material in as uniform man.
ner as possible. Never allow a
small portion of the material to
protrude above the water, as then
it will take the dye less and APP
pear spotty or faint when the goods
is finished.
The home dye expert will study
colors and color changes in adj
vance of her work, as the more she
knows about this the more sue
cessful her dyeing will be. Of
course to dye. pure white or very
light goods is easiest Of all. Dye
ing over another color requires a
knowledge of what the blend of
the two colors will be, as for ex-
ample, green over yellow would
make blue, and red over blue make
purple or nlauve.
Remember that no fabric car be
dyed a lighter color than it was
at first; If the original material