Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, May 26, 1917, Night Extra, Page 8, Image 8

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Lending women, past and present, of the rcdoubtat ! Iloupias who fmms the basis of an nil-Fairbanks week at the Palace beginning next Monriny. Heading from left to right Glndyi liroekwell ("Double Trouble"), now a Fox star; Anita Loos, script
writer for D. F. (top); Margery Wilson ("Double Trouble"), now with W. S. Hart (bottom); Seena Owen ("The Lnmb"), remembered for her Princess Hclovcd in "Intolerance"; Dour himself; Alma Kcuben ("The Half-Breed" and "The Americano");
liessie Love ("The Good-Had Man"), and Arline Pretty ("In Again Out Again"), (top); Constance Talmndgc ("The Matrimamac"). I bottom).
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"THE NEGLECTED WIFE,"
PATHE'S NEWEST SERIAL
Third Episode in Photoplay Based on Mabel
Herbert Urner's Stories, Featuring
Ruth Roland
CHAPTER III "In the Crucible."
(Kovelitrd from the Palhe Serial fit the intnr j nmr. hnetl nn the nnvtn fit StnbeP Herbert Vrnrr.)
ropirlail, 1317. lit) .1nbrl Herbert Inter.
Ry JOSEPH DUNN
TUB CHARACTERS
The Man Horaro Kennedy
The Wife Mnry Kennedy
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"The Woman Alone" Marcnrttt Warner
(IK rust hooks nfcd a failed curtain
formed the wardrobe In Margarct'n hall
room. f)n the crowded end hook hung a
light evening gown, which tho scant curtain
Inadequately covered
Dropping wearily on tho couch. Mar
garet's case was tlvetcd on a protruding
chiffon flounce, whoao daintiness seemed to
shrink from the discolored wall paper
One brief, wonderful night and her dream
of companionship was over She would
have no further need of the frown. She
would, not sec Kennedy again Deliberately
she was puttlruf him out of her Ilf. going
back to her lonelj. sordid struggle
Whoever had sent tho anonymous notes,
they wero effective lp compelling Margaret
to relinquish a friendship that bad Ju-t bo
gun to lllumlno her weary discouragement
But brooding was n luxury In which she
could not Indulge. The need to woik was
Imminent Her unpaid board bill loomed
ominously Uefore her manuscript-strewn
table, grimly she farced her recoiling mind
to cut and polish the rough draft of n story.
That evening sho went down to dinner
with moro than her usual aversion for
the noisy, odoriferous dining room
"I didn't realize It whs so late." con
scious that her unpaid board bill was tho
cause of tho landlady's scowling glance.
"No. I don't care for soup." hoping by this
omission to compensate for her tardiness
Margaret's aloofness had antagonized the
other boarders, nnd now she hurried through
her dinner to cscapo the unfriendly nt
mosphere Going back upstalis, she heard a labored
panting and knew the Innd'nrly was fol
lowing lior Helllgeiently, her stout bust
heaving from the exertion Mrs Devlin de
manded her money. Vainly Margaret plead
ed for more time, saying sho would soon
get a -check for a story.
"How 'bout your lawyer friend?" In
sinuatingly "Instead of dinners nnd taxis,
why doesn't bo pay our board?"
With flaming Indignation, Margaret ord
ered her from tho room
"Ordering me out, eh'" with n sneer
"Well, 1 guess you'll bo the ono to go "
"Very well" Swept on by her Indigna
tion, Margaret thrust a few things into a
handbag. ,
"No you don't!" Mrs Devlin's bukly
form barred tho doorway. "You'll take
nothing out of here till you pay your bill
I'll call up the police station ! I'll seo If
I can't get my money!" as sho viciously
A QUESTION OF QUIDDITIES
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Clara Kimball Young discusses so small a detail as the proper neckwear
tfor her lead in p man with her director-general, Albert Capellanl. Miss
Young Is ak tho Stanley next week in "The Easiest Way." which was
yitmi by tho Stato caasoxa after bitter dispute as to Its propriety.
"EASIEST WAY," STANLEY;
slammed the door, locking It from tho out
s'de. Terrified with hysterical visions or Im
prisonment. Margaret rushod to tho one
win low ns the only means of escape. With
reck'ecs disregard of tho danger, she swung
herself out on the sloping tin roof from
which a fire-escape led to tho rrnimd
Out through the alloy, up a dark street,
and still on for four long blocks before hIiu
pausod breathless, safe from pursuit
I'ndcr n hrlght light hung a sign. "Sal
vation Army, ("lean Hods IBe"
Tremulously opening the dor Margaret
found herself in a barten "dice A lilear
nyol woman was taking from her dirty
handkerchief three grimy nickels, for which
sho received a ticket nnd named on.
Margaret felt iho surprised scrutiny of
the matron Hut asking no questions, with
a kindly "Come with mo." she led the way
Id a curtained cot Tho mattross was hard
and discolored, but tho sheets wero clean,
and oxiiaustod Margaret toon fell asleep
Sho nwoko at dawn It was a chill,
misty morning A cup of colfeo nnd a roll
from a cheap lunchroom at the rumor nnd
she started out In scarrh of worn.
Tho very urgency of her need contributed
to her courage, and at 9 o'clock, ub soon au
tho oinces wero open, sho stood beforo tho
managing editor of the livening Star.
"Well, what can you wrlto? Don t gen
eralize , something definite," ho Huns at
her Impatiently, glancing through his mull.
"I've Just spent ll, night at a Salvation
Army lodging bouse." falterod Margaret
"I'd llko to write a story about that "
With a gleam of Interest, ho glanced up.
"do over there," nodding to a desk, "and
tear It off"
By noon Margaret had written the story,
tense, vivid, aglow with atmosphere
Timidly sho laid the pages on the cdltor'b
desk
'Not bad," as he glanced through them.
"We'll give you a tryout at eighteen u
week."
Willi leaping, dizzy Joy Mnrgaret mur
ium ed thanks. At last, when her need
was most desperate, sho had secured a
foothold
Tho sultry day deepened to dusk with no
roltef In temperature Wandering around
tho deck of the houseboat, wistfully, Muiy
listened for the whir of Kennedy's car
All the long week she had looked forward
to this, his coming down Saturday At lust
a jvelcome "Honk honk "' nnd a yellow
headlight gleamed through the duikneoi
"Oh, Horace, I've been'ho lonely!" as she
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EVENING
COMETS THAT HAVE
BALLADE
(The rrfrrcnvci in rhtne bcinn
to the Palace, anil to Mis II ilwn, roan
Who chall number our inovio
hates?
Dailies as gross sis the (lino
paitrns; Souhrcttcs with shin that arc
barely mates;
Ingenues mentally pale and
porous.
Ghastly yh'ls, how you blnntlly
bore us!
But other and r.hcerftillcr sights
wo see,
And three of the hitler simply
floor us
Bessie and Alice and Mnrjorio.
clung to h'ni In greeting ' I'll never coino
down hero alone again '"
"Whero's Norwood ?" tr Ing to force a
response to her tenderness, "llnsn't be
kept you company?"
"Oh, yes,' Impatiently, "but 1 wanted
you '"
It won a throb of resentmont that Mary
welcomed Norwood ns they sat down to
dinner. Just nuw sho wanted her husband
all to herself. Uvcn an old friend seemed
an Intruder.
"By tho way, Kennedy, a corking story
camo In the othor day by n Margaret War
ner Mary says you know her."
"Why, yes," with (studied control. "Miss
Warner helped mo on those articles for the
Herald "
"Well, she can wrlto. That story's a
wonder !"
Then you've accepted It?" asked Mary,
el lulling back the throb of Jealousy that
always came wllh an mention of Margaret's
name
"Yes, Just sent her a check. We're go
ing to featuro tt In a special fiction num.
her "
However, tho much-needed check was des
tined not to reach Margaret, ns It was re
turned from the bo.udlng house with "Not
at this address."
PLATO SAME PART,
STAGE AND SCREEN
Joseph Kilgour's Brockton in
"Tho Easiest Way" Duplicated
on Celluloid
Keldom have patrons of photodramas
Hiieh an excellent opportunity to compare
uago nnd iwroen neting ns afforded by tho
performance of .losepb Kllgnur In the lolo
.if Droeklnn. the stockbroker. In Clara
Mmball Young's Sclznlck-I'lctures version
..r Kugeno Walter's drama, "The fastest
Wn." .it the Stanley nil next week
Mr Kilgour was the original llrockton
in tho llelnsco ptoductlon in which Frances
Starr inndo such a bit, and tboso who saw
this actor In bis stago portrayal will be
particularly Interested In studying tho
characterization In tho film adaptation
Mr. Kilgour Is one of tho best-known
men of tho metropolitan stage, and Is also
a familiar figure to picture patrons through
his arlous Important engagements In re.
eent pioductlons, usually with Vllagraph
He Is a natlxe of Ayr, Ontario, and bis early
caicer Included a number of years as a
member of the Chicago Stock Kxchange.
Kilgour's stage experience began with his
sen Ice In arlous big stock companies and
his engagement as lending man In such pro.
ductlons ns "The Old I.lme Kiln," "The Last
Stroke," "Sporting Life," "Arizona." "The
I.lon and the Mouse" and "Ready Money "
His first work on the screen was In 1909,
when be Impersonated George Washington
In several historical films. Ills most Im
portant screen performances since were In
"The Turn of tho Itoad." "Tho Writing on
the Wall," "Thou Art the Man," "My Lady's
Slipper" nnd "Womanhood, the (llory of a
Nation."
Kilgour Is a leading member of the
Lambs and Is a billiard and golf player.
Ho has won some of the billiard champion
ships of the club and has a number of
silver trophies which he acquired from
summer to summer at golf tournaments
throughout the country.
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LBDGBIt-PHILADKLPHIA, HATUBDAY, MAY 20, 1017
"WITHIN THE LAW," ARCADIA; FAIRBANKS, PALACE
WHIZZED ROUND A
OF MAGNIFICENT MAIDENS
tit Mis Joyce, at tho .Irradifl nrxl neck; (ti Mii Late, in support Fairbanks, coming
to be seen as leading toman ititli William S. Hart in "Wolf .oiirv," at the Arcadia.)
Many vampires hae "pot the
gates"
As soon as their optics angled
for us.
Xocr again at their popular
baits
Shall we nibble, believe us,
Mnwruss!
Yes, anil we swear by I'sisht and
llorus,
"Handsome" heroes evoke no
glee,
IJul we're for you always,
though you abhor us,
Bessie and Mice and Marjorie.
EWOY
Spirit of hull (in Latin taunts),
Littlr the need tve luivo of titer.
Suptvlnlivv pnlf by our simple
chorus:
"IIESSII-: and ALICE nd
MARJORIE r
Margaret's security in her new position
was short-lived The third day she was
told that though her wo-k was good, ordeis
had been Blen not to Increase tho payroll.
Hut, having caught n gllmpso of IMgar
Doyle, tho dlebnircd attorney, from his
vindictive smile. Margaret knew that bo
bad been tho cause of her dismissal.
Unco moro she was forced to the heart
sickening tnsk of seeking work, the "Help
wanted" columns and the weary lound of
ofllccs
At last, In desperation, she took u i lork
shlp In a department store. The hours
wero long, from C to S, and to Margaret,
unused to being on her feet, tho strain was
almost unendurable.
Ilut soon she had mole than her we.irl-
ROYS OF CALIFORNIA
HOLD MANY RECORDS
All-Round Athletes Excellent
Instance of Preparedness
Anions American Youtli
On Christmas Pay, 1SDS. Major Kidney
S. I'clxotto. California National iluard,
founded tho Columbia Park llo.' Club, of
San Kranclsco. and today It Is the most
formidable boys' organisation in the
country Its membership always numbors
more than 300 healthy, happy, ambitious. In.
dustrlous youngsters, and slnco the club
was established moro than 7000 have en
Joyed membership
Major I'clxotto has made the boy ques
tion bis life's work. Ho has led his boys
out of their adolescence and presented them
ns live Americans In almost every ono of
the English speaking countries of the
world Tho story of bis proteges' achieve
ments mnkes a romance of reality that
haidly Fcems true. Winning llvo Stato
championships with their bands . walking
500 miles every summer for nineteen years
with fifty boys, visiting Australia In 1909
and playing football nnd baseball, shooting
rllle matchcH nnd earning their way with
their band and special performances, ilr
cumnavlgatlng the glohe In 1913 with forty
seven boys, earning $3G,000 to pay for tho
trip these are a few of the achievements
of tho organization.
Tho thirty-eight members of tho prewnt
party left San Kranclsco several months
ago to make an edu'catlonnl tour of tho
country. They play musical Instruments,
do folk dances, sing, give gymnastic dis
plays. In theso all-round accompllbhments
they truthfully represent the highest type
of American preparedness. They are now
on their way back to San Francisco, and
becauso there Is no hazard In vaudeville.
Major Pelxotto decided to accept the offer
to play a series of engagements.
The California boys, familiar to local
amusement lovers, wilt be seen at Keith's
noxt week Their program consists of
fancy marching, singing, dancing, athletics,
gymnastics nnd high and distance leaping.
Laughing men are those who stir
tho world with new desires and make
life Worth living. Therefore, laugh
and live. Douglas Fairbanks.
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PERIPATETIC PLANET
Alice? A sprite of summer
spates.
Bessie? A ghost of the classic
Chloris.
And, while mentioning rhythmic
dates,
.Marjorie's much like the poet's
Doris.
Ogling B.ira, cease to implore
in!
Wr are the knights of the IWr
less Three,
For they don't have to register:
'"I'leaso adore us''
Besie and Alice and Marjorie.
ness with which to contend An obnoxious
flftrint'titkpr nur.4tip,l h,.r wit!, 1il nrll.utu
advances
ftepelled. bis enmity became ns pro
nounced n had been bis ndmirlng atten
tions. Angered hy Margaret's cold aloof
ness, be contrived In every way to make
her work more difficult
At her first slight dispute with an un
reasoning customer, he reported her for
Insolcnre, and she was summarily dis
charged. As she was leaving the store, dazed,
crushed, Margaret paused for a moment's
recivery In the lady's rest room
A telephone stood on a table beside her
Razing at It, she saw Kennedy's desk and
the telephone on tho drawn-out leaf by his
olbow Her hand trombllng on tho to
celvcr. she drow tho In-Mrument nearer
"Ilroad 1849" was throbbing through her
Just to speak to him. to lean on his
strength If only for a moment And et
If slm called to him' Klin was gauging
her weakness If he cime to her now.
would she have the courage again to send
him away?
If she yielded to this surging Impulse.
If she took down the receiver, nnd called
that number? What wmild it mean to
them both"
ALICE JOYCE USED
TO BE HELLO GIRL
Star of "Within the Law" Also
Posed for Famous
Artists
A few years ago tbcro was a telephone
operator of singular beauty. This girl was
destined to be ono of the best-known of
film stars. Sho was Alice Joyce MIm
Joyce was born In Kansas City. Mo. in
1890, her father, John Joyce, being an
employe nt the old smelter at Argentine
Little Alice was educated' at Auii.incl.ilo
Va., and later came to New York While
woiklng ns a phono girl. Miss Joyces
beauty began to atti.ict attention Sunn
fhe was pasliig for some of tho best-known
artists in New York It was but a step fr"in
the nrtlst's studio to tho film studio
At that time the Kalem Company wai
engaged In making a scries or railroad
dramas Director Hue!, who supervised tho
series, was In need of a Kill of unusual
beauty and nerve. Alice Joyie applied, and
was Introduced by Cameraman J. I J, Tay
lor to tho Kalem Company The model
was engaged mado n hit, and rapidly
gained popularity in tho films. Koine time
ago Miss Joyce was c.ipturcd by the lre.it
er Vllagraph Company. She was ono of
the co-stars of their big pieparcdness spec
tacle, "Womanhood, tho Ulnry of a Nation,
and now she Is co-star with Harry Morcy in
"Within the Lnw," which will be presented
for tho first tlmo nt the Arcadia Thcatro
next week
"1 never played a ro! with so much Joy "
says Miss Jojco. In commenting upon
"Within the Law." "Hayard Vomer's
famous play Is a sweeping defiance of tho
underpaid shopgirl I am told that during
its remarkable career It brought about re
forms In department storo management.
You undoubtedly recall tho heroine, Mary
Turner. Sho was unjustly accused of a
theft and sent to p.rlson, virtually without
a fair trial. Tho drama went deeper than
this false accusation. Another girl had
stolen, and in a panic had thrust the blame
upon Mry. This girl was not essentially
a criminal. She stole because she was un
derpald, How can store proprietors expect
their employes to exist upon six and seven
dollars a week and still be honest, partlcu.
larly when fineries tempt them upon every
sldeT Mr Velller has revealed all this
with n master hand."
LOTTIE GREENWOOD RIDES
IN THE "HURRY-UP WAGON"
Possessor oi' Famous Foot Tells How She Was
Arrested in Philadelphia., Home Town, and
About Farce Ambitions
T OTTIR" OnRi:.WnoP ffor she used to
I J be railed that In the chnru.5! put her
famou? foot on the rung of one of the in
famous chairs back stage nt the Lyric, nnd
with a geture wafted two throat troches
Into her mouth Then she embarked. In
spite of a bronchial cold, on the story of
bow she was nrreslrd nt the nge of four or
five or mmi thing almost at Juvenile The
press agent helped out now and then
"Vou see, I rot lost when I was a kid In
Philadelphia. It's my home town Pld you
know that? Well. It Is though a lot of the
people who see 'Ho Long I.etty' don't realize
Ityet A enp picked nie up on tho street,
bawling like fury, and the grandest triumph
of my Infantile existence was when ho took
mo home. In the patrol wagon Think of
that : I was so proud that 1 told mamma
about It, and I ndded that 1 was the only
lady who occupied a sent In the hurry-up
on that trip Thero wero several gentlemen
sitting w Ith me, however. Some smelt of
glu nnd others were asleep. lint I didn't
care "
Miss Oreenwnod at this point sent Hose
out to thange n $100 bill with tho sang
frold of a Kusslan refusing caviare With
drawing the famous loot for the nonce, she
wont on with the tale of her footllght life,
which Is rather short for the featured per
former In a big musical production, but
not eventless
"It's been some tlmo slnco 1 lived In this
city, but when I did live here 1 lived almost
otery place In town. Tho last Impression I
have of I'hllly Is 400 sontei.ilng .South
Ilroad and Aunt Kate. She wasi.'-. really my
aunt, but ou know bow these attachments
grow nn.l are flnnllv legitimatized wllh tho
bestowal ol a family namo? Mother sent
me lately a list of my real relatives here
Klio lnslst that I call on Aunt Zebedlah
nnd I'ncle Sniiironla nnd the icst of them.
There me a lot.
"How did I happen to go on the stage?
liertrudo Hoffmann was my Introductory
goddess Shu got mo placed in the chorus
of n show, a musical show Ned Wayburn
was sluge dliccllng The White Cat.' Not
many remember It, but It was quite a
splurge for a few weeks, when It died. It
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homo and baby. Husband is Tom Mhe c.00PpHowitts for husband,
Mary, and broWKW Matt -nJ
baby's beloved brd! d V baby ad
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was one of tbnie Klaw & llrlnnger nritlth
pantomime arfalis and I was In the choiu.
"Vhen I was a kid I outgrew mv strength,
a thev sav. I soared tip, but I didn't
broaden So In mv first stage venture I
was painfully obviously of thn bean-pole
school of nrt Max Hoffmann, the dancer's
husband, was awfully nlco about me hut
when Wayburn glimpsed mc he mdered
Out.' Hoffmanns nr tin Hoffmann' Poor
mother had spent months making those
heart-shaped things you know the kind of
deceivers? nnd I bought at least a ipjart
of symmetrical P.ul It was no go The
beauty business bought bad slock in me
"Woll, I did get mv gnlt In vaudeville
I was In a 'double' with a ladv who placed
tho pliiiin nnd I sang 'My (ilrllsli Laughter'
nnd 'Long. Lean Lett' and some others
Then came n period, a short period In
Krans l.ehar's opeietta, 'The .Man With
Throe Wives.' and ono with the Khuberts
Shortly after ice began t form on the
chandeliers of the thcatro where the 'Wives'
was playing. I went to the Winter Harden,
appearing In two 'Passing Shows' 111.' and
1!U3 Kidney (Jrant. who Is acting my hus
band In this entertainment, and I were a
team
"Krom then on I've been under Mr Mo
rosco's management, Mrst In a fnntastlo
musical play, "The Tlek-Tock Man of Oz'
and later In 'Pretty Mrs Smith ' Originally
the star was Kitty (Jordon nnd latei Fritz!
fecheff. Mine was character woik I've
never dono anything else since my chorus
da.vs, but oh, how I want to branch out' In
farce? Yes, I think so."
Tho Interviewer suggested thut Miss
i.reenwood would be well placed In such
lrcnehy trifles, with n soupcon of Ameri
can lough house, as those usually done by
Taylor Holmes and Waller Jones The
nctt ess thought that was a good idea She
promised, t . consider It As an afterthought
she added that she'd appeared In one mov
ing plctur. under tho Mornco aegis -.lane '
"Hut It w.isn'' very good." she explained,
"becauso 1 wasn't wise to the game and
didn't make up properly "
Ilecauso Mls.s (Jrcenwood plavs char
acter broad toles j on mustn't think she s
be.voud the conscrlptlvo age She Is young,
alert, atti.ictlvcly slangy, keen on the news
and man led. Her husband Is Cyj ning.
connected In a business way with "Lctty"
and a member of the celebiated family that
claims Hlanche and Kianics B. II
DOMESTICITY
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