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The American Venus. ."

FAY LANPHIER. winner of the 1925
beauty pageant at Atlantic City.
will be one of the most famous beau.
ties In America within year, accord
ing to Jesse l.. Lasky of the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation.
Merely one of the entrants in the
annual beauty contest at the famous
Seashore resort, on September 12 the
judges of the beauty contest awarded
her the coveted Miss America" as
the most beautiful girl in the United
States
Now fame and fortune await her in
a movie career that is assured by a
lons-term contract for her appearance
in Paramount pictures, beginning with
THE American Venus" in which she
will have the title role.
Mr.. LaSky's enthusiasm for Fay
Lanphier preceded her selection as
Miss America
Il went to Atlantic City" says Mr..
LaSky, ito see what il was all about
and to have look at the annual roll
ing chair parade. From the moment
Of my arrival at the railroad station.
where the mayor met me with brass
band and handed me the keys to the
city, l was daZzled by the beauty as
Sembled there from all over the coun-
try and by the enthusiasm in connec-
ton with the annual beauty pageant.
"On the Boardwalk that afternoon
/ specially noticed Miss California
because she is from my home State.
| had never heard of her before, but
/ was impressed by her unusually
wholesome good looks.
Il happened to be sitting on the
grandstand just below the stand
where II cameramen were working
and heard Roy Hunt. the head cam
eraman with the Frank futile unit
which was photographing The Amer
lean Venus exclaim, There is the
prettiest girl in the whole batch At
that time no prizes had been awarded
and no selection had been made.
We had a committee, consisting of
three men, Frank futile, the director
of the picture, The American Venus,
Larry Hit, art director, and Armand
L. Nichols, director general Of the
pageant, who were to choose from
among the GA beauties one girl to
have the title part in our picture and
who would win the American Venus
trophy modelled by Miss Helene Sar-
deau.
"A separate committee Of 10 judges,
seated on the grandstand several
blocks away on the Boardwalk, was
studying the girls with the idea Of
selecting Miss America
Late that afternoon these Is judges
dropped into a sealed ballot box their
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ciaiize in dance music in the May
flower Gardens.
The instrumental makeup of the
Presidential Orchestra is especially In
teresting. harmoniIm, or baby or
gam" supplements the piano, prOvid-
ing deep undertones. Two violins. a
bass and cello complete the ensemble.
I'm working out this instrumental
tion," said MIR. Tupman. I'VE have
tried to secure an ensemble especially
adapted to secure the finer gradations
in melodic effects. No brass is used.
Even the saxophones, which l regard
as invaluable in a dance orchestra.
were eliminated in favor of har-
monium and cello, which / believe
will give excellent effects, suitable TO
a dignified room, and will also broad
cast we'll"
Lucille Chalfant's brilliant colora-
tura voice, 1t is said, has been lost to
American musical comedy for a sea-
son at least, and perhaps for all time,
for Miss Chalfant, American, previ-
ously a star of the Greenwich Village
Follies, has at last achieved her grand
opera ambition.
Nine. Martha Braarud, under whose
tutelage Miss Chalfant has been for
the past three years. yesterday re-
ceived a cable from her star pupil,
dated Miano, Italy, in which Miss
Chalfant announces that she has fin
ally been persuaded to accept the re-
newed offer of an important contract
to sing with the San Carlo Italian
Grand Opera Company Of Naples
throughout the coming season, during
which she Will be heard in a roper
toire of varied prima donna roles.
She will remain abroad a year.
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highway. The cliff dwelling was in
The Sagi, and could be reached only
on horseback. A portion of a set was
built here and all the material had to
be hauled in on muleback.
Also at the Sagi the Kit Carson
episode had to be shot. This involved
recruiting an army of would-be movie
aspirantS at Flagstaff. transporting
them in automobiles $50 miles across
the desert, outfitting them in uni
forms, feeding them, putting them
under military discipline. These raw
recruits manned the battery of Civil
War cannonS used In the picture, and
sent them down the hill into the bed
of the Sagi Creek at a speed which
wrecked half of them 50 badly that
they were abandoned where they col
lapsed.
The fourth phase involved the great
est difficulties Of all. Some 90 miles
further and 200 miles from the rail-
road. on the Utah line. in the Valley
of tia Monuments, was one of the
greate5t scenic spectacles to be found
in America vast plain, dotted with
great blocks of stone, some of them
a thousand feet high. Preliminary
explorations had established the desi-
rability of this region for the picture
purposes. Up until this time vast
NUMBERS Oh lnuldlS llao Dceil uSCu,
following the outfit on horseback, and
being fed at the company commits
sary. The Monument Valley region
is so barren that only a few Indians
live in it, and transporting thousands
of others there on horseback would
have been impossible through lack of
feed. In this contingency the entire
company or what was left OF it by
then. embarked in fleet of IA touring
cars and 10 trucks. with emergency
rations, and in three days Of sweat
ing and toiling succeeded in getting
the outfits of three different locations.
where separate scenes were taken.
The difficulty of the travel is shown
by the fact that at one point, crawl
ing as slowly as it could, one of the
trucks, top-heavy with standing In
dams, upset, injuring seven of them,
one so badly that he had to be rushed
back 75 miles to Tuba City.
The climax to this part of the trip
came when. on the last night out,
sheep-dam under which the party
had camped gave way, sending down
enough water to wash the costumes
and props a half mile out into the
desert and to make every one plunge
through water waist deep in the early
gray of the morning.
BUTTS lin the box" in studio
and money and effort-there it is,
THE Vanishing American" the
toughest" picture made.
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The ''Toughest'' Picture.

NO drama of fiction, 1t is claimed.
ever surpassed the real life drama
or the filming of THE Vanishing
american, Zane Grey's tribute to a
1ast-dying race, the American Indian,
1t was six months in the making,
loiIr of them In America and Utah on
the Navajo Indian Reservation, 100
10 zoo miles from the nearest railroad,
win 10000 red men in the cast as well
as Richard Dix, who appears as the
Indian hero: Lois Wilson. Noah Beery.
Malcolm McGregor and scores of
others
The Vanishing American" present
ed number OF difficulties in produc-
ton II called for Indians. plenty Of
them, and scenery that would be in
Keeping with its epic theme of the
gradual disappearance of the Indian
.race.
There is only one place where suffi-
clent Indians and sufficient scenery
are to be found keeping company with
each other. That is the Navajo ReSer-
walton, in Northern Arizona. up into
southern Utah, a territory as bi" as
the combined States of Massachusetts
Rhode Island and Connecticut with
$4,000 Indians and only a scattering
of whites. without a telephone or tele-
graph, except a single line going per-
maps a third OF the distance from end
10 end. with roads impossible when it
rains. with no roads at all leading to
many OF the points which had been
chosen for picturing. with some of
those Spots 200 miles from the rail
road across the desert. with one OF
The chief points of scenic beauty, the
wonderful Rainbow Bridge, accessible
only after AN S5-mile pack trip.
The work WAS divided fnlIny,-S.
Some 80 miles from Flagstaff. at
Moenavi, an entire street had to be
built, of material hauled entirely from
Flagstaff. This street is the Govern
ment post of Mesa. on fictitious
reservation created for the purpose of
the story. 1t consisted of 90 separate
buildings, including schoolhouse and
fort. There the body of the story was
done.
Second,a pack trip of a month was
made TO Rainbow Bridge, travelling as
light as possible, sleeping on the
ground, working from sunup to sun
down to get through as soon as pos
sible and lessen the burden of trans
port.
Third. in the Sagi Canyon. 50 miles
further into the desert a camp suffi-
cient to house 500 people had to he
built for the prologue. which goes
back to the dawn of history, including
an episode laid in cliff dwelling stu
ated n miles beyond the camp. The
camp was constructed on the main
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in London. but is being prepared for
production here by the Shuberts as
Still Life" with Laura Hope Crews
in the leading role.
Brooklyn will be the first to see the
new musical comedy called MAY
flowers" in which Joseph Santley and
Ivy Sawyer will be featured.
The chorus girls for Gay Paree"
which is to be produced by Rufus lie
Marie and the Shuberts, in conjunc-
ton or in association, are to be Sc
lected for their beauty and their
dancing ability without regard to
previous experience"
William Hodges new comedy this
season, in three acts. is entitled The
Judges Husband" and it will make
its appearance in Pittsburgh early in
October.
'Aloma of the South Seas" the pic
turesque love story of the tropics, will
descend upon Chicago tomorrow eve
ming after more than six months
run in New York
The Actors Theater. which won dis
unctlon last season with Candida :"
lbsen's wild Duck" and other dra-
matte masterpieces. contemplates the
establishment of producing units in
other big cities of the country. The
organization boasts Of a masterful ar
ray of acting talent.
Archibald de Bear, the English pro-
Queer. will arrive in New York this
week from London. Two De Bear re-
vues probably will be seen on Broad
way this season.
After holding for eight years Rob
ert McLaughlin's play, The Pearl of
Great Price," A. H. Woods has de
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to attend.

candidates for the Miss America
award.
"On in a room at another hotel
three judges for the American Venus
award compared notes and agreed
upon Miss Fay Lanphier.
THAT night we all went to the NIL
ionDollar Pier, where 5000 people
sat in hushed expectancy awaiting
the award that would make one of the
81 fntercity beauties the queen Of all
the beauties In America.
II was delighted when Miss Olive
Anne Alcorn, styled the worlds most
beautifully formed girl who will ap
pear as Miss Greentown in The
American Venus came to the judges
stand and presented the American
Venus trophy to Miss Fay Lanphier,
entered as Miss California in the
competition.
City struck a golden Ratchet on a.
golden apple and broke the ballot box
which contained the decisions of the
10 judges.
"One by one these names were read
over by the director Of Judges, Nj.
Louis st. John. There was drama and
suspense as he read first Miss Cali
fornia,' then Miss Los Angeles then
Miss California and again Miss Los
Angeles. But aIter Lhdt there came
five consecutive votes for Miss Cali
fornia,' and I knew then that the
judges had chosen the same girl for
their grand award as our committee
Of three Judges had selected for the
title role in The American Venus
II think fate must have had hand
in this whole matter
Fay Lanphier is a delightful eX-
ample Of the old-fashioned girl who is
coming back in vogue. She has neither
a boyish bob nor a boyish figure. She
has long golden naturally curly hair
and flowing curves. She weiehs 1873
pounds. which two years ago would
have been considered obese. She is.
in fact, the modern American Venus.
not as plump as the Venus de Milo.
but refined by our modern standards
Into very personable and charming
American young woman"
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obtained for him, in 1907, the post
of conductor at the German Opera
House at Prague. He conducted at
the Berlin Crosse Nolkesopern last
season. He is said to possess a
charming personality and be fine
Interpreter of both classic and mod
ern music.
Mr.. Damrosch will conduct the first
three of the orchestra's perform
ances here, November 10. December
8 and February 8.
The soloists who will appear at the
second. third and fourth concerts are
mostly we'll known young Americans
George Gershwin, composer of
Rhapsody In Blue" Blue Monday
Opera" and other experiments" in
american music" will be the soloist
December S, playing the piano part of
his arrangement of THE New York
Concerto" specially composed for
Mr.. Damroschs orchestra.
On the all-Wagner program, Feb
ruary 9. including selections from
"Rienzi' and ''Parsifal." the soloists
will be Kathryn Meisle, Della Baker,
Ernest Davis and Frederic Baer, with
Washington chorus of 800 voices.
Lawrence Tibbett, brilliant young
American baritone of the Metropon-
tan, will be the soloist at the final
concert, Otto Klemperer, conductor.
All appearances of the orchestra in
Washington this season will be on
these four Tuesday afternoons at
Polls, under the local management
of Mrs. Wilson Greene. 1t has been
necessary for the orchestra to dis
continue this year the series of Mon
day evening concerts at Central High
School. which proved so popular here
Thirteen new musicians will ap-
pear with the orchestra this season,
including two changes in first instru-
ments. Mischa Mischakoff will be-
gin his second sea on as concert
master of the orchestra, while Ru-
dolph Rissland remains as personnel
manager and Hans Goettich as libra
rtln
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1usic. particularly Of the religious

music. particularly of the religious
type.
There are vacancies for several new
singers in the choir. especially for
tenor voices. Regular attendance at
rehearsals and painstaking develop
ment OF phrase finishing as we'll as
accuracy of tonal effects are required
of members In this choir.
The st. Anthony Church choir
Brookland. will resume its activities
next Sunday for the Fall and Winter.
under the leadership Of Prof. Leo
Behrendt. Mrs. Louise McInerny,
who has been the regular organist the
past five years, will return. The per
sonnet of the choir remains the same,
with an addition Of one or two new
members.
This evening at the Church of the
Covenant, beginning at 7:45 o'clock, a
special musical service will be given
by Katharine Riggs. harpist: Mrs. A.
l.. Chase. violinist: Herman Fakler.
baritone, and Claude Robson, organ.
list. The regular service starts at 8
o'clock.
The first rehearsal of the evening
choir. Claude Robson. director; Har.
vey Murray, organist; Mrs. Howard
Blandy. pianist. and the solo quartet
was icio w ouIlcbudy evening III the
chapel OF the church. The choir will
sing next Sunday evening for the first
time this season.
Any one desiring to join the choir
may communicate with the secretary,
Miss Mildred Moore, Ill Tennessee
avenue northwest, telephone Lincoln
3451.
I. Guy Lucas. organist Of st. John 8
Church. Lafayette square. will give
an hour OF music Friday night at s
o'clock in the church, assisted by the
choir.
The selections will include: "Toccata
and Fugue in ID Minor" by Bach: un-
accompanied chorus. Lord, for Thy
Tender Mercies Sake" by Farrant;
"Andante in D." by Alfred Hollins;
chorus, Praise the Lord. o My Soul -
by Goss: "Cantilene," by Wheeldon;
chorus. Teach Me. o Lord" by Luz
cas-. and Memberships Fourth So
nata."
The soloists in the choruses Will be
T. G. LETTERS, Newton Hammer, John
l.. Mitchell and L. +. Kidwell.
Spencer Tupman's concert and
dance music orchestraS will be the
featured attractions at the Mayfiower
Hotel during the Fall and Winter sea
son. The Tupman Presidential Or.
chestra will furnish modern music in
the presidential room, while the Tup-
man Mayhower Orchestra will spe-
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Klemperer and the
New York Symphony

MO single orchestral event in Wash
ington this season Is expected
to attract more interest and atten-
ton than the appearance in the Capt.
tai this Winter of Otto Klemperer,
German conductor, as guest conduc-
tor of the New York Symphony Or
chestra at the fourth and last of
that organization concerts in the
Capital on March 16.
Herr Klemperer is, at present, con-
ductor at Wiesbaden, and spends
half the year travelling as guest con-
ductor in Russia, Italy, Spain, Aus
tria and the larger cities of Germany.
Like Walter Damrosch. conductor of
the New York Symphony, Herr
Klemperer was born at Breslau. He
is only 40 years old and has had a
phenomenal rise to fame since Gustav
Mailer first realized his talent and
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Chaminade Glee
Club Convencs

The Chaminade Glee Club OF
Washington, D. c., Will begin its NTH
held at the home of its director,
Miss Esther Linkins. at o'clock to-
morrow night. All members are urged
to attend.
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cided to place it in rehearsal this
week. Mr.. Mclaughlin Is said to have
gotten action on his play by spread
ing the report that he had sold it to
Florenz Ziegfeld.
Doris Keane has returned to New
York after a vacation in Europe to
start rehearsalS of a new play as yet
unnamed.
Last Wednesday afternoon in New
York. Billy B. Van celebrated his fif-
tieth year on the stage. He Is said to
have made his debut at the age Of 5.
Many stage notables helped Billy cele-
brate at matinee.
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A One-Man Picture.
"THE Lawful Cheater," f

1.-THE Lawful Cheater," a forth
coming Preferred release, Is said
TO be a 'one-man picture"
Frank O'Connor guided the making
Of this melodrama for b. p. Schulberg
through every step of its production.
He wrote the original story. super
vised the scenario. personally cast It,
then handled the direction, editing and
title writing.
The picture is an interesting expert
ment in rejecting the personality of a
single worker throughout. The cast
featured includes Clara Bow, support
ed by Edward Hearn, Raymond Nc
kee and George Cooper.
A. II. Woods announces that he will
soon put in rehearsal THE Pearl of
Great Price" which was recently err
roneously credited as a Florenz Zieg-
field attraction
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20
PRICES REACT
FROM HIGH LEVELS
Values DrOps25c for Week, Bulk
and Top $11.6O; Cattle
Lower; Lambs Off

(By U. S. Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics and Minnesota Department
of Agriculture).
South St. Paul, May 16.-Last
weeks sharp hog advances which cul-
minated on Tuesday Of this week with
a top price of $3.50 was followed
from Tuesday to Saturday being re-
duced rs to co.. Fridays trade open
ed with packers attempting to force
"a 25c decline but with the receipt Of
several outside shipping orders the
market ruled about steady and Sat
urday's trade, with a 1Oc advance,
showed a net loss for the week of 25c.
Bulk of the butcher and bacon hogs
cashed at the one price, SLIGO, with
packing sows at $1O.25 and bulk Of
the feeder pigs at $11.35.
Packers made persistent efforts to
reduce costs in the cattle division but
with very little success until Friday
when reductions approximating 10 to
25c were effected on fed steers and
fat she stock. Butcher stock. of all
kinds are still near the seasons peak
though buying interests are showing
signs Of bearing down on the grass
kinds which are beginning to arrive
Bulk of the steers and yearling;
cashed today at $8.75 to 1925 with
best local topping this week at $1,000
Fat cows and heifers were saiable a
$3.50 to $3.50 for the bulk with can
ners and cutters passing through
$500 to $500 spread.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20
The CALVES
GROWING, ADVICE
j.. 0. Tretsven, Dairy Specialist
at M. S. c. Gives Timely
Counsel

Experiments have shown clearly
that young animals when fed rations
insufficient in amounts or lacking in
protein or mineral matter become
dwarfed and ill-shaped, regardless of
the breeding they possess, says J..
o. Tretsven, dairy specialist at Mon
tana State college. This is the cause
for much of the disappointment in the
offspring from larfe, typy, well bred
animals. When the animals become
stunted and ill-shaped, the remark is
often made that the stock is running
out" of that 'the cattle are not
adapted to the country" when the real
cause of the trouble is that they were
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20

fed IN a way that would not permit
normal development
When the feeds arc lacking in pro-
tein and mineral matter, the animals
develop small, weak bones, and growth
is retarded even though a liberal
amount Of food IS provided.
Fortunately the c~lovers, alfalfa,
and skim milk, ere rich in these nut
riments. When these feeds are avail
able for calf feeding, there need be
no difficulty from this source. Where
clOvers and alfalfa are not available,
and milk is limited, poorly developed
calves are likely to follow; unless
the proteins are purchased in the
form Of concentrates. Practically all
of the common forage crops, outside
Of the legumes, such as clover and
alfalfa, are low in protein for the
best results.
Calves when fed an insufficient
amount of suitable feeds for proper
development will be come dwarfed.
Animals so fed may grow to almost
the usual height, but will be narrow
in body and long on legs. They viii
have a smaller digestive capacity, flat.
ribs, narrow chests, and in general a
very undesirable type for a good pro-
ductive dairy animal.
It should always be remembered
that our best dairy COWS are strong,
we'll developed IN dividuals which are
we'll grown from calfhood. Keeping
the calves growing continuously,
from calfhood to maturity, is che of
the important points in developing a
herd of good dairy cows. This can
only be done by the liberal use Of
suitable feeds.
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Veal calves have pad a rather IN
even trend during the week and are
closing IS to Soc lowqr, best lights
going to packers late at $500. Boil
ogna bulls found a fairly active out
let at $3.50 to s4.75 for the most
part. Stockers and feeders have been
offered in rather light supply this
week but with a narrow outlet prices
have eased off slightly. Bulk of the
general run finished at $5.25 to s725
with stock he.fers at $3.50 to $3.50.
Practically nothing was offered for
sale in the sheep division during the
week except On Friday, bulk of the
weeks supply being directs to pack
ers. Fat lambs are quotable Csc
lower, sheep being unchanged for the
period. Bulk of the fat shorn lambs
finished at $3.50 to $500 with light
and handiweight fat clipped ewes al
$3.50.