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The Movies
Copyright by Hal C. Herman
BY MONTE BLUE
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movies until actually I
them!
was
but it's so.
wonderlust, I shipped from a north-
rived at San Francisco with $15 in my
poeket,
I wanted a good job, and I wanted
to make a good {mpression on the men
I talked to. I could not do it
stores where you “walk upstairs and
save ten" and bought a suit.
an hour later and when I dried out
I had to cut the suit off. So I jumped
baek into overalls and started for Los
Angeles,
"I landed a job there “bucking lum-
ber,” but I was used to heavy work.
One day some one told me to try
the movies. I forgot all about it un-
til I was lald off a few weeks later
during a slack period. I remembered
I'd played the part of one of the bears
In “Goldilocks” in an amateur per-
formance, so I walked up to the Grif-
fiths studio in Hollywood and joined
a crowd of actors.
Pretty soon a man came to the door
and said: “lI want a man” All the
actors jumped forward. But he said:
“I want a man to work,” and all the
actors jumped right back leaving me
standing there wondering what it was
all abont,
When I learned that it was a pick
and a shovel job I took It just the
same—it meant food. For two months
Monte Blue.
I ehopped down fig trees and used a
pick and shovel In digging the base
for a new stage,
One day, during lunch hour, the men
decided to strike, and asked me what
I thought of it. I got up on the speak-
er's box and told ‘em I thought we
ought to stick on the job. I must
have sald something that impressed
them, for we stayed. I had an In-
satiable appetite,
The next day the foreman called me
out of the pit and told me Mr. Grif-
fith wanted to see me. 1 thought It
was a joke, but I went. He gaid:
“Young man, are an actor?
asked.
“No sir,” 1 answered.
“Thank the Lord I've found am hon-
est man,” he laughed.
He psed me In “The Absentee” In a
small part, doing just what I'd done
the day before—talking to a mob pre-
paring to strike. And he liked
you he
me a chance,
For three years—because I didn't
follow advice—I played double to
raising stunts on horseback.
man to villians, doing their dirty
work.
Tom Meighan In “M'liss” and with
Miss Pickford In “Johanna Enlists”
after which I went to work with Ceell
B. DeMille, playing a bit. Mr. De
Mille changed my whole career when
he sald:
“Blue, you're too sympathetic a per-
sonality to be playing heavies. Try
and do male leads”
Finally, through the help of Ethel
Pettigrew's Girl.” She realized that
the part was just suited to me, and
let me have full rein. I was a sue
cess. 1 am, and always will be deep
ly grateful to her for her efforts to
aid me,
Then Famous Playeri took me to
New York where I worked with Mae
Murray In “Peacock Alley” and
“Broadway Rose.” Following this, I
played the part of D'Anton In “Or
phans of the Storm” for Mr. Griffith
and later I lost the part of the lead
in “The Covered Wagon” because 1
was In Porto Rico on an eight weeks’
engagement. More recently talking
pletures have helped, especially
“White Bhadows of the South Seas.”
I have a library at home made up
of books about Abraham Lincoln. He's
my ideal.
His precepts are: Modesty—Hum
bleness and belief in the Right.
To read these books and to think of
these precepts is an inspiration,
(©. By Hal C. Herman.)
Hollywood Party
An event where, If the host Is an
outlander, the guests do all their long
distance telephoning on his private
wire.
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Adult and School Styles
Differed From Those
in Vogue Today.
In 1803, when Chicago was having
a world's fair, and the eyes of the
world were focused on southern
Kansas where thousands awalted
the signal that would admit them to
the Cherokee strip in Oklahoma, the
dress of both men and women varied
greatly, If one must insist that fig
ures only play a nominal part in
tracing the growth of a eity, one
must at the same time remember the
figures In those days as compiled by
fashion designers and fashion writ.
ers,
It Is apparent to one looking back
on those days that there was a phys
feal difference, or handienp, rather
than a mental one, Then there was
a question of what to wear rather
than a problem of what not to wear,
as today. A child in 1803 was swad
dled from ankle to chin, while today
there Is more luxity In dress. Exact
ly 40 years ngo a fashion writer
wrote in the Times.
“Let us hope,” she said, “that style
will confine itself to soft rich vel
vets, which are always In good taste,
while plush, no matter how fine or
costly, Is hopelessly vulgar and sug
gests the lavish tendencies of the
lumber camp cook who has risen to
the position of mistress In a willion
dollar mansion.”
While the high school lass was ad
vised to stick to velvets In lien of
the outlaw plushes, the grade school
girl was given a tip on school dress.
For a gown on cool days she was
told that “brown serge. of such a
golden hue as to bespenk the harvest
season, is in taste, Tallor
made, the skirt should rustle in a
manner aggrariating to the ears of
those whose fall dresses are still
unmade. Bodice in back piain .
fastened to skirt beneath belt
front in Eton-jacket fashion
over full vest of ereamy silk
nnd brown straw hat that bristles
with brown bows brown felt
fastens with gold gold
hat-pin secures hat irreproach
ahle brown gloves shoes com
plete outfit.”
Hat manufacturers in 1893
have been rolling in wealth
hody wore hats, girls, boys,
women. The high
1803 wore turkey feathers, either a
single martial at he rear of
their jaunty hat, or. two In front like
a double-ribbed ship. An assembly
of young women must have resem
bled “big-talk” sessions In an Indian
camp.
Of course, young men could not
escape the dictum of the
writer in 1508. any than he
enn today She advised trousers
that fitted snugly at the ankles and
flared widely at the hips. A frock
trim and tight at the walst,
with very long skirts and worn un
buttoned. To top it off, 8 moderate
iy high collar with the ends slightly
hent, was advocated. The tie was of
rich colored silk, small knot and
wide ends. A hat with a rolled b~im
completed the outfit. And the “um
brella should very small
and tight and the handle should be
of natural wood ivory, gold,
or sllver-handled umbrellas and
walking sticks are not worn by th
man who dresses at all well”
Among those who remember the
school days of 1803 vividly Is Mrs
Ada G. Maclaughlin. As she recalls
them, the fashions in that day were
not so uncomfortable as they were
awkward-appearing compared te 1033
styles.
“We always wore light-weight
clothing the first few weeks of school
as they do today,” she recalled. “But
the boys and young men never took
off a coat In the presence of girls or
young ladies. It was not a ‘wom
an's’ age, mind you, but a ‘lady's
nage. There Is a difference.
good
opens
buckle
and
must
Every
men and
school girls In
one
fashion
more
coat,
be rolled
“Today the boys and young men
go without couts. It is much more
sensible, The girls never learn. Thelr
skirts are just as close-fitting us they
were 40 years ago; they still like to
squeeze into them as they did then
“Bangs were quite a rage in 1803
Curled, straight, or haphazard. Hair
might be parted in the middle at the
beginning of a school year, and on
either side by spring. We practiced
all styles in hair modes.
“We all sang In high school then
We all used the gymnasium. There
were no exemptions. As for cooking
and sewing, those things we were
taught at home.
“I suppose | was what they eall a
tomboy. 1 played all the boys’
games in the neighborhood, although
threatened with punishment by my
mother for doing so. 1 can remem
ber many times when 1 hid my
knuckles at the dinner table because
they were so skinned after playing a
game of forbidden ‘shinny’ with my
brother and the boys,
“Yes, giris rode bicycles then, but
the rest of us who were brought up
‘right’ didn’t consider it very lady
like. Of course, today the bleycle
craze seems all right. It's derived
from the European countries, and
I've been around the world since ms:
high school days.”
The able fashion writer in 1803 In
cluded all types In her reading pub
lie, If they had to be bicycle riders,
then here was what she advised them
to wear:
“Cheviot cloth, short bell-shaped
skirt with seams mounted on the flar
in front and with gathers behind
Two pocket flaps garnish the front
Blouse bodice mounted on a yoke
adorned with English point lace, Ths
puffy bodice is made In the same sty!
behind. Sleeve close fitting on fore
arm and puffy above, the tight-fitting
part being trimmed in the same style
as the yoke, Cap of durk blue cloth
High boots and trousers of the same
cloth as the skirt, puffy and buckled
the - Kansas Clty
helow knee”
Times,
in Realm of Industry
Silver, because of its cheaper price.
has a wide
$0,000,000
fustrial Some
ise,
on sliver are an
ually distri by government
agencies and private refiners to man
ufacturers, price
en it a in
this field.
Much
which in ws
heaps, It ited that
000 worth is saved annually by ex
particies from the
ings of factories where it is used.
filtering the water used In clean
The present
led
low
erly
Riv
has deci impetus
silver Is reclaimed
formerly wns
is estim:
toviny
ot rap
£35.000,
tracting sweep
by
ng
where silver compounds are manipu
all
COMmes
inted, and most of irom the dis
carded film which from
cture
reclaimed sills
1 fon pi
This
the new pro
try. Be
industry.
er, ns well as
goes back to indus
ver resists the
of acetic acid It
ause action
tiged to line food
condensers
fruit
also
containers and stills,
faucets in dal
and brewing trades. It
resists canstic alkali therefore
is used to line in
manufacture. The uses of silver to
day are so varied that the lst might
be extended almost indefinitely.
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DIRE THREAT IN
MARCH OF BUGS
Mankind Has Good Right to
Be Apprehensive,
“Time was,” remarked a nelghbor
Ing farmer recently, “when you
planted and worried only about late
frost or midsummer drouth. But
things is changed. They's a new
kind of bug for every vegetable you
sow, and where we fall short, why,
we Import something to fill up the
gap.”
Sclentists tell us that were It not
for the numerous enemies of the in
sects and the cannibalisin many va
rieties practice upon their own kind
and others, these foes of man wonld
make short shrift of him. The en
tire earth wonld be stripped bare as
a desert within a decade. Over the
waste contending armies of tiny
creatures would pour in a flood, de
voting themselves to mutual! destruc
tion until, like far in
the “Yarn of the Nancy Bell,” there
would be only one surviving bug to
the wagglish
If anyone Is Inclined to skepticism
let him contemplate the aphids, ench
of which is capable of producing in
five generations during a single sea
son 5.004 000,000 000 progeny Or let
him learn the history of the potato
slug and find caution. Seventy five
years ngo the potato dwelt In
arparent contentment the
Rocky mountains. No other eilme
knew his presence. But while
was pushing back the frontier to the
the continent
suddenly were filled with wan
They niso went frontiering
north southward
bug
among
man
thesy
bug:
derlust
eastward, ard,
¢
vation of
great centrn
ins provided ti
d, over wi
England
id taken
of the land
Now the [as
clically
every sinte
He has become an in
per center.— Boston Globe
Glacier Park's Charm
+ Natlonal park in north
ks with Yellow
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ain range of the
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ntana rar
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Rockiew,
many na
government
irotected the
st, flowers ar imal fife.
The park takes its name from 00
move down
High
these
ciers which slowly
sides of towering peaks.
the continental divide
r descent
silvery
ice-rivers make their slow
! ng into =a of
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IN THE HEART OF TIMES SQUARE
Few Avowed Atheists
Among Prominent Men
The pillars of soclety are also pil-
lars of the church. A survey of
“Who's Who In America” seems to
Indicate it, says the Literary Digest.
But whether some of those who
avow a religious affiliation do so
because of social pressure Is a ques-
tion. At any rate, it will be a blow
to the atheists to learn that only
17 out of a total of 20623 whose
names appear in the 1980-81 roi of
fame say they are infidels, atheists,
free thinkers or agnostics.
Fifty-six per cent of the total
number In the 1030.31 edition of
“Who's Who" report religions aml
ation ns against 25 per cent of those
0-11 edition, writes
Dr, C, Luther Fry, whose articles ap-
pear in the Scientific Monthly. But
the examination of the latter edition
was limited to two-thirds of the
roster,
The comparison between the two
editions, says the director of the
bureau of standards of the Institute
of Bocial and Religious Research,
“would seem to Indicate that during
the last generation a church eonnee-
tion was looked upon with increasing
favor.”
Valuable Superfluities
A child born with six arms, In
Catalonia, Spain, has reached the
age of seven. He would seem of 8
size now to carry the ‘watermelon aut
a plenle—~Detroit News,
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amma aso ————————
A doctor will tell you that the care
less choice of laxatives is a common
cause of chronic constipation.
Any hospital offers evidence of
the harm done by harsh laxatives
that drain the system, weaken the
bowel muscles, and even affect the
liver and kidneys.
Fortunately, the public is fast
returning to laxatives in liguid form.
Can Constipation
be Corrected ?
“Yes!” say medical men. “Yes!”
gay thousands who have followed
this sensible medical advice: 1.
Select a good hquid laxative, 2
Take the dose that you find suited
to your system. 3. Gradually reduce
the dose until bowels are moving
regularly without assistance.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has
the average person's bowels as
regular as clockwork in a few
weeks’ time. Why not try it? Some
pill or tablet may be more con-
venient to carry. But there is no
“convenience” in any cathartic
that’s taken so frequently,
must carry it wherever you go
What is the “Right”
Laxative?
In buying any laxative, read the
label. Not the claims, but the
confers. 1f it contains one doubtful
drug. den't take it. Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin is a prescriptional
preparation in which there are no
mineral drugs. By using it, you
avoid danger of strain. You can
keep the bowels regular, and eom-
fortable. You can make those
constipated spells as rare as colds,
How many dimes and quarters
are spent on “popular” laxatives!
How quickly they count up, as you
use more and more of these habits
forming helps! A bottle of Dr.
Caldwell’'s Syrup Pepsin would
save you monecy—and bring you
real relief.
Why Doctors give a
liquid laxative
The habitual use of irritating
or powerful drugs in
y concentrated form
of p nd tablets is risky.
The properly prepared
liquid laxative will bring a
perfect movement without
discomfort or injury. You
not take a “double
dose” a day or two later.
The public can always get
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
at any drugstore.
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