—— : Bellefonte, Pa., April 13, 1928. LASKY ADVISES GIRLS TO SHUN HOLLYWOOD LOT. The chances of the movie-struck girl climbing out of the extra mob to stardom are 10,000 to 1 against her, while she has but one chance in ten of getting any kind of work in the studios. This warning was sounded by Jesse L. Lasky, pioneer film producer and vice-president nf Paramount studios, one of the largest film producing plants on the west coast, in advising girls with ambitions for a screen ca- reer to stay away from Hollywood. “Do not come to Hollywood with false dreams of success and fame,” is Lasky’s word of friendly advice, after years in Hollywood as a pro- ducer, “unless you have some means to provide your living for at last sev- eral months or a year.” “The girl who comes to Hollywood does not realize that the chances are 10 to 1 against her getting any work at all, even if she is fortunate enough to secure a registration with the Cen- tral Casting bureau.” The average girl “in pictures” who works only seven days in 100 is going to have a problem on her hands when it comes to paying rent and buying her meals, Lasky points out, adding that her chances of being invited out to dine also are very slim. The Central Casting bureau, which furnishes the majority of talent to the studios, has more than 10,000 names on its list, Lasky emphasized. From this anxious waiting list not more than 700 ave “called” to the studio for a day's work. And men and women as well as girls are in- cluded in the quota. “The conclusion is obvious,” Lasky Qevlstes with a doubtful shake of the head. At the Casting bureau, records show, the women listed outnumber three to one men registered for em- ployment. Added to this handicap the num- ber of jobs waiting for men is twice the calls for women. “Dress women,” as they are called, form 85 per cent of the women who find employment through the bureau. These must provide their own ward- robe, which needs to be elaborate as well as expensive. Hollywood studios do not offer a very encouraging prospect at present even for the qualified actor, it was pointed out by casting officers. The usually well-informed theatri- cal paper, “Variety,” made a survey of the studios recently and found the situation as follows: United Artists, two companies working where four are normal: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer two with six normal: First ‘National, six with eight nor- mal: Pathe-DeMille, five against eight normal; Warner Bros., five normally, now shut down; Universal Company, eight normal- ly, will close shortly for month or more; Hal Roach studio, three comedy companies finishing, then plans to close for two months; F. B. O. studio, two companies working against six normally; Christie studio, tw« companies will close shortly for an indefinite period; Tiffany-Stahl studio, six companies normally, only two now working; Educational studio, two companies working against five normally; Paramount, four companies, eight normally; In summing up its survey, “Vari- ety” adds: “Aside from the leasing studios, in- cluding Tec-Art, California and Pov- erty Row, there is very little doing in production.” “Poverty Row” is where the new- comer, youth or girl, usually breaks into the film arena. “Short bankroll” producers operate in the “Poverty Row” studios and often will employ a pretty face rather than an experi- enced actress. one eee ne — State Forests are Paradise for Hunters. During the past hunting season 46 per cent of the deer and 38 per cent of the bear killed in Pennsylvania were on State forests according to firal reports compiled by the Depart- ment of Forests and Waters. Legitimate hunting and fishing is encouraged on the State Forests of Pennsylvania, and while ‘they com- prise less than one-tenth of the total supplied in 1927 nearly one-half the deer and more than one-third of the bear killed by the hunters of Penn- sylvania. The Moshannon Forest District in the Clearfield county section leads all the other State forests in the number of deer killed, with a total of 1106. The Delaware forest district is sec- yond, with 753. That the Elk forest district, comprising the counties of Elk and Cameron, is worthy of the name, is evidenced by the fact that six of the eight elk killed during the past year on the State forests were in this district. i —— Growth of Hair. When the individual is in good physical condition and the scalp is in good condition, the hair should grow from three-eighths to three-fourths of an inch a month until it has reached the length of 12 or 14 inches, when its rate of growth is reduced cnie-half, Hair grows faster in warm weather than in cold, and during the daytime rather than the night. Millions of Model T Fords till 1 t ® — * FOR neatly twenty years, the Model T Ford led the motor industry and it still is used by more people than any other automobile. More than eight million Model T Fords are in active service today—an indication of their sturdy worth, reliability and economy. Because of the tremendous investment which people have in these cars and because so many of them will be driven for two, three, and even five more years, the Ford Motor Company will continue to make until, as Henry Ford himself says, “the off the road.” For the Ford Motor Company has always believed that its full duty consists not only in making a good automobile at a low price, but also in keeping it running efficiently for you as long as possible at a minimum of expense. No matter where you live, therefore, you can still buy Model T Ford parts with the same assurance as formerly, knowing that they will give you the kind of service you have a right to expect, and at the same time protect the money you have invested in your car. All Ford replacement parts, as you may know, are made of the same materials and in the same way as those from which your car was originally assembled, and are low in price because of the established Ford policy. So that you may get the greatest use from your Model T Ford over the longest period of time, we suggest that you take the car to the nearest Ford dealer and have him esti- mate on the cost of any replacement parts which may be necessary. You may find that a very small expenditure will maintain the value of your car and will be the means of giving you thousands of miles of additional service. FORD MOTOR COMPANY Detroit, Michigan replacement parts last Model T is 1 i Le a sede Aor AAT NCTE = FARMERS LOSING STEADILY. The enormous losses which the farmers of the country have suffered during the last seven years, both in depreciated farm land values and in lower prices for their crops, are re- flected in an official bulletin just is- sued by the Department of Agricul- ture. The bulletin is based on a farm real estate survey made for the fiscal year 1926-27 by the Department’s Bureau of Agricultural economics. The losses which the farmers have sustained have been especially severe in the Corn and Cotton belts. The sur- vey shows that during the fiscal year 1926-27, there was an average decline in the whole country, while in some sections of the Corn and Cotton belts, the decline reached 10 per cent. The 4 per cent average decline made a total decline from 1920 of 30 per cent. Translated into dollars, this was a de- cline of $18,900,000,000 from the val- uation of $63,000,000,000,000 placed on the value of farm lands in 1920, the last year of the Wilson Democrat- ic administration. But two reasons can be assigned for this enormous loss to the farmers. One is the deflation policy for which the Republican 1920 convention de- clared, and which the Harding admin- istration put into effect as one of its earliest acts. The other is the prohibitive tariff policy of the Coolidge Administration which has closed many foreign mar- kets to American farm products and which has forced the farmer to sell what he did sell at world prices while he bought his supplies in a protected market at inflated prices. One of the most startling disclos- ures made in the Department of Ag- riculture bulletin referred to is that “in constant dollars of the purchasing power of 1912-13-14, farm real estate values on March 1, 1927, were really worth 20 per cent less than they were 15 years before.” Another startling disclosure is that while farm lands have been depreciat- ing and prices of farm products have been falling, the farmer’s taxes have been going up by leaps and bounds. The bulletin shows that where the farmer’s taxes were 155 per cent of his pre-war taxes in 1920, the last year under Wilson, in 1925 and 1926, he paid taxes 251 per cent of pre- war. In other words, from 1921 to 1926, when his land value was de- preciating 30 per cent, his taxes in- creased 98 per cent. The bulletin also reports that the net cash returns of 15,000 representa- tive farmers reporting to the Depart- ment declined 13 per cent during the year 1926-27. During the same year the outflow of farm population to the cities was 1,020,000 persons. The bulletin notes the fact that dur- ing the year for which the survey was made, 131,000 farms were dis- posed of at “forced sales and related defaults,” ad that 40,000 were sold at administrators’ and executors’ sales, a total of 171,000 farms sold “under the hammer.” Allowing five persons as the average number in were 855,000 men, women and chil- drem-dispossessed of their farm homes during one year. There were 163,- 060 other . farms sold at voluntary ‘| ‘sales, and many of these were made by farmers because their farms were no longer profitable and they were unable on them to properly support their families and educate their chil- ! dren. In addition, the bulletin notes that “reports are current of syndicates be- ing formed for the purpose of buy- ing up foreclosed and other distress farms in the corn belt and holding them for a rise in value.” This means, of course, that these syndicates are taking advantage of the distress to buy up farms which the owners are forced to sell and either operate them by tenant farming or sell them at a profit whenever values increase. The speculator gains what the farmer los- es. Another very startling situation re- vealed by this bulletin is that in no fewer than nine States, land values had declined by 1926-27 to a point where the buildings thereon, the farm home, barn, garage, corn crib, ete., was greater than the value of the farm lands themselves. Depreciation ‘in farm lands was smallest in New England, 1-3 per cent, and greatest in the north central States, ranging from 26.2 to 32.4 per cent. In the southern States, the depreciation ranged ‘from’ 21.2 to 32.3 per cent. Horses, Killed, Serve as Food. Rockford, Ill.—Wild horses from far western plains and infirm horses from near western farms were shipped to this State at the rate of 100 a day during the last year to be converted into food consumption by Germans and Frenchmen in the old country and by lions, tigers and dogs in this. Within the year more than 40,000 horses were slaughtered at the Chap- pel Bros.’ abattoir here, the only in- stitution of its kind in the United States. The bulk of the equine meat packed by the Rockford firm is shipped to Frence and Germany. Circuses, zoo- logical gardens and dog kennels pro- vide a domestic market. The plant was built shortly after the World war and has grown rapidly. The owners were in the A. E. F. and conceived the idea of slaughtering houses in this country for | abroad when they learned the Euro- pean market was undersupplied. An average of $2 per head is paid for old horses. Lame and blind ani- mals from rural communities often bring as high as $10. Efforts of a horse-loving cowboy to dynamite the Chappel abattoir, attracted considerable attention last year. He objected to the slaughter- ing of horses and was arrested after an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the plant. Recently he escaped from the pen- itentiary for the criminal insane at Chester, Ill, where he was confined. He returned to Rockford and again was forestalled in an attempt to blow up the establishment. 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