The Washington times., 1929-07-02
Amazing!

AmaAtukt
Another caller this morning was
my erstwhile ILL Indian guide,
Minnlehokus. Minniehokus quit
writing for this flicker bureau
because the boss refused to give
her a raise. During her two
months OF leisure she has taken
up spiritualism. She claims to
have received startling messages
from "the other side" and wanted
to give a demonstration. So !
iingled Louella o. Parsons-yeS
she writes, too-and asked her IN
come over with the proviso that
she not print anything that hap
pened. Louella agreel. She was
dubious about the scarce but not
when Minniehokus got started.
Minniehokus pulled the shades
down and seated herself in
comfortable chair. her back TO
the window. She moaned several
times Her body twitched. And
) then she breathed softly and be-
gan to talk. Now Minniehobus
speaks with a twang Ordinarily
she jerks her words and murders
the few she uses. While In the
trance, her voice came low and
rich. Her English was excellent.
II am she who was known as
Sappho the Gentle said the voice
coming from Minniehokus. Il
live on the astral plane with great
writer's Of yore. Our life is work
and our work creation. We live
in shadowy peace.
William Shakespeare is my very
good friend. He is q great influ.
ence to mortals, but into his life
and therefore into ours, has come
disturbing vibration.
This vibration comes from
spot where stories are transformed
into pictures. Two who are
known as Mary Pickford and
Douglas Fairbanks are transform
ing a Shakespearean play into
motion pictures. 1t is The Tam
ing OF the Shrew."
Younger writers souls who have
come to cur astral haven feel the
motion picture vibration anew. 1t
brings to them the memory Of
money and this awakens vanity
and the remembrance Of adulation
accorded them by friends.
William Shakespeare's shadowy
peace has been disturbed by such
conversation. He broods. He
worries. He can do no construc-
tive. yibratory thinking. What
win they do 10 his precious Tam
ing OF the Shrew?'' What will
they do to his other plays-the
plays that pleased Queen Eliz-
abeth and brought him favor in
the royal eyes?
THE motion picture must in
deed be a tremendous power to
vibrate disturbance into the shad-
owy Geepness of our astral home.
1t should move cautiously less 1t
arouse wrath in William Shakes.
peare and the other great ones.
Now gel. Sappho the Gentle
but beware. Tread softly. We of
the motion picture. Beware OF the
frowns Of the astral creators"
Minniehoxus came out of her
trance and departed forthwith.
But her two listeners are still
Cazed by the yelled menace Of
the voice from the other side.
Screenalities
AL Rocket is recovering from
an illness that confined him to
his bed for sundry days. Mr..
Rocket is general manager Of the
First National lot. Greta Carlo,
Joseph Schilkrauts, Ernst Lu-
bitsch, Carl Laemmie. jr.. and
others attending a private pre-
view OF q German picture yclept
'sFraulein Elsie" at the Universal
studio. This is perturbation
of Schintzler's w. k. story. Hans
Kohner brought print back with
him from Germany. For various
reasons the picture will never see
screen light in the u. 8. A.. which
Is q pity. /" - Laura La Plante,
summing herself in the sand in
front Of her beach home and
watching Bill Setter ct al bat a
tennis ball around the court. =, Z"
SheiIa Fitzmaurice, aged a few
months, watching her dad play
tennis. She figured him pretty
good. for she gurgled gleefu!ly at
a particularly good shot. = F"
Erich Won StrOheim is vacation
ing in the Yosemite, having fin.
ished THE Great Gabbo," dIrec-
ton James Cruze. Betty
| Compson is another vacationist.
only Betty is taking hers ter hum
! in Flintridge. And-that't all.