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No More High Buildings
U. S. Demands the Steel.
Washington, 'i*. —No more
skyscrapers are to be built during
the war. The steel will be com
mandeered by the government and
used to construct ships. Two types
of vessels will be turned out, de
stroyers to hunt submarines, and
merchantmen, built on a standard
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pattern, to carry food to the al
lies.
That President Wilson will set
under the authority recently con
ferred upon him by Congress and
SCREEN FAVORITES
Lee Moran, Dressed as a Society Belle, and His Co-worker, Eddie Lyons.
LEE MORAN AS '"VAMPiRE"
SHOCKS THE VISITORS
Loo Moran makes a stunning wom
m, and is always when the scena
rio of a Nestor Comedy calls for
him to impersonate a female. In
"The Home Wreckers," in which he
and Eddie Lyons open a bureau for the
"wrecking of life-partnerships while
j t ou wait," he has to play a "vampire,"
and lie simply revels in it.
He donned a blonde wig and a
fashionable satin gown, and looked so
fine in them that Eddie Lyons imme
diately began to make violent love to
Elite.
"Father," said little Johnnie, accept
ing his daily allowance. "1 wish you
wouldn't hand that nickel in such ;i
horribly patronizing manner. Ostent;.
tious giving is exceedingly bourgeois."
—Epworth Herald.
Birds and Orientation.
Professor K. S. Lashley has com
pleted an investigation of the sense of
direction in birds. This is called the
problem of "orientation." Dr. Lashley
used the wild birds of the Florida keys
known as noddy and sooty terns in ex
periments. In their recognition of their
nests it was found that their eyes as
well as their muscles are concerned.
The birds showed uo evidence of any
special sense of locality, such as a
"magnetic sense" or a "second sight."
Birds are no more mind readers than
men are. Nor do they have any ability
to retrace their paths of flight by
memory. They recognize their nests
and their own young by muscle habits
and eyesight.
divert every ounce of steel to
government shipbuilding, was the
statement made at the navy de
partment today. It further was
declared that no more of the great
bridges which have made Ameri
can engineers famous the world
over will be built during the war.
The administration is prepared,
it is understood, to meet all pro
tests by building corporations and
the building- trades unions. Men
formerly employed in steel work
on skyscrapers and bridges will be
put into the shipyards.
him. Visitors who were watching the
scene from the observation platform
wondered who the distinguished look
ing lady was. They were horrified to
see the woman throw herself into a
chair, during a pause in the proceed
ings, and striking a match on the sole of
her patent leather slipper, .proceed to
light a cigarette.
The visitors turned away from the
set in dismay, when Eddie Lyons,
realizing what was happening, came
to the rescue of the reputation of the ■
Xestors. He called out in a loud
voice:
"Say, Lee, got another cigarette?"
"Sure," answered the stately lady, in
The Barber's Query. • *
There is always something interest
ing in a barber shop. For instance,
we always get a sly grin when a cus
tomer wearing on his face what is
very plainly a six days' growth of
beard is asked by the barber whose
chair he approaches, "Shave, sir?" One
can't help wondering what the barber
thinks he might have come in to have
done.—Detroit Free Press. 0
A little word we cannot withdraw is
often life's greatest thorn.
Endurance.
The pilgrim fathers were undoubted
ly heroic men, facing, as they did, with
dauntless courage, lire, frost, famin.
and the red menace of Indian ruthless
ness. But the pilgrim mothers were
more heroic still, for they endured also
all these things and had in addition 6)
stam} the pilgrim fathers a a well.—
Life.
FILMLAND FLASHES
UNIVERSAL CITY IS
NOW WELL PREPARED
Universal City is prepared. There
has been a tremendous outburst of pa
triotism at the picture capital, which
had an opportunity for expression the
other day on the occasion of the rais
ing of the new flag to the top of the
new pole. Mr. Laemmle, Universal's
president, ordered the pole while on
his recent visit to the film capital, and
> Universal City is Prepared.
the picture players turned out in a
body to celebrate the first flying of the
nation's emblem.
Lots were drawn for the honor of
handling the halyards, and fell to
Molly Malone and Mignon Anderson,
two of the prettiest players in the
company. One of the orchestras,
which was playing for a dramatic pro
duction, was requisitioned to lead the
"Star Spangled Banner," and the great
group of players clustered about the
base of the tall pole joined in singing
the national anthem, as the red and
white stripes, with the starred blue
field, rose for the first time into the
sunshine.
At lite film capital tliey give Presi-
STARS or FILMDOM
PRETTY YVETTE MITCHELL
PLAYS CHINESE GIRLS
It was her ability to make up like a
Chinese which won for Yvette Mitchell
her chance as a screen actress. Her
parents allowed her to try her luck
at Universal City, though she had had
?ery little experience. She had played
1 small part in "So Long, Letty," but
-
Yvette Mitchell.
she was so young that she had spent
most of her time in studying for the
stage At the film capital she was
given various important bits to do,
which she made interesting to herself
by changing her make-up for all of
them.
Sometimes she would be a blonde,
sometimes a naughty brunette, some
times a demure little miss with her
hair pasted over her ears, sometimes
a curly-headed Uttle gamin. But she
never appeared twice, even for the
smallest parts, in tlio same make-up,
At last she attrnc.ed the attention of
Lon Chanev, the famous character
lV Wf -Jf 1 V ys " J 1 T WUWJWV'S
dent Wilson's daughter. Mrs. Wm. Mc-
Adoo, the credit for the formation of
iht 1 volunteer company among the Uni
versal players. All unconsciously, she
brought about the organization of a
company as specta alar as the famous
"Rough Riders" of Colonel Roosevelt.
There are 0,000 inimbitai - at Univer
sal City, and among them hundreds of
daring, hardy, experienced chaps, who
form ideal material for soldiers, while
the actresses, not to be outdone, are
forming a Red Cross corps.
STUDIO NOTES
.Tack Mulhall, starred in Red Feath
er photoplays, is a clever boxer.
Eddie Polo, playing in the Red
Feather, "The Bronze Bride," belonged
to a circus for 15 years.
Charles Hill Mailes, Universal char
acter actor, is a naturalized American,
having been born in Nova Scotia.
Ella Hall, the little Bluebird stnr,
plays with her mother, who looks like
her double, in her pew Bluebird pic
ture.
Harry Carey, Universal's famous
player of western roles, is a licensed
skipper, having sailed boats all his
life.
Claire McDowell, star of the Red
Feather, "The Bronze Bride," is a
grandniece of Sim Reeves, the famous
English tenor.
Myrtle Gonzalez, the Bluebird lead
ing lady, had to learn to walk on snow
shoes for her latest Bluebird picture,
directed by Lynn Reynolds and cajled
"The Code of the Ivlondyke."
Herbert Rawlinson, Universal star,
is one of the few leading men on the
screen who have no ambition to direct
as well.
William Franey, leading comedian
of the Universal Jokers, disguises him
self so completely on the screen that
he has never been recognized, even in
Los Angeles.
_
Phi] Dunham is making a fire pic
ture, upon which he and Vin Moore
are concentrating their efforts as co
directors. Phil is a fire chief, and he
and Moore will superintend the de
struction by fire of an entire L-KO
sot in order to add realism to th-i
scenes.
actor, and he was so interested in the
change which she made in her appear
ance that he said to her:
"You have a good idea of make-up,
and if you like, I'll give you some
pointers."|
So he made her up as a Chinese,
and no one could tell that she was not
the real thing. They were putting on
one of the episodes of the serial
"Graft" at the time, and the director
needed a Chinese girl. He saw Yvette,
and engaged her on the spot, and since
then, if any director has wanted a
Celestial, he has sent for Miss Mitch
ell. She has a leading role —that of
Tea Rose —in the Red Feather, "The
Flower of Doom," which is the most
Important role she has ever had. Many
visitors who saw the film being made
thought that a real Chinese was play
ing the part.
STUDIO NOTES
Myrtle Gonzalez, the Bluebird star,
has adopted a real Eskimo costume
for winter sports.
Dan Russell, the L-KO's Komical
Irishman, is now under the direction
oi Noel Smith.
Ella Hall will play the part of a
Belgian refugee who comes to this
country, in her next Bluebird picture.
Dorothy Phillips plays the dual role
of two sisters in her next Bluebird
picture, "The Girl in the Checkered
Coat."
Eddie Polo performs a sensational
fall from a cliff in the Red Feather
picture "The Bronze Bride," starring
Claire McDowell.
Tina Marshall, playing the lead in
"The Magpie," a Universal Special in
three reels, is a Daughter of the
American Revolution.
A son has just been born to the
brother of Eddie Lyons of the Nestor
comedies, who plays under the name
of Harry Nolan.
Ruth Stonehouse, the author-ac
tress-director of Universal City, is
filming a three-reel picture from a
story by Meredith Nicholson.
Phil Dunham, featured comedian of
the L-Ko's has undertaken the direc
tion of his own pictures in -co-opera
tion with V>n Moore. *«ho has so or*
played with him. *
Voter's Catechism.
D. Have you read the Consti
tution of the United States?
R. \ es.
D. What form of Govern
ment is this?
R. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution
of the United States?
R. It is the fundamental law
of this country.
,D. Who makes the laws of
the United States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress con
sist of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
i resentatives.-
D. Who is our State Senator?
R. Wilbur P. Graff.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. For how long is the Presi
dent of the United States elect
ed?
R. Four years.
D. Who takes the place of
the President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President
of the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
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D. By whom are the electors
chosei; ?
R. By the people.
D. Wlio makes the laws for
the State of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
.consist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. Who is our Assembly
man? *
R. Wilmer H. Wood,
j D. How many States in the
union ?
R. Forty-eight.
D. W T hen was the Declaration
of Independence signed ?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
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R. Washington.
D. Which is the capital.of the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States?
R. Two.
D. Who are our U. S. Sena
tors ?
R. Boise Penrose and George
T. Oliver.
D. By whom are they elect
ed?
R. By the people.
D. For how lon^?
R. Six years.
D. How many' representa
tives are there?
R. 435. According to the
population one to every 211,000,
(the ratio fixed by Congress af
ter each decennial census.)
D. For how long are they
elected ?
R. Two years.
D. Who is our Congressman ?
R. Nathan L. Strong.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
R. Thirty-eight.
D. Who is the chief execu
tive of the state of Pennsyl
vania ?
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elect
ed?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. Martin G. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organ
ized government?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to or
ganized government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. Ne.
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
lieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or
poligamist?
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or po
lygamist ?
R. One who believes in hav
ing than one wife.
D:* DO you belong to any se
cret society who teaches to dis
believe in organized govern
ment?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated
any laws of the United States?
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City?
R. The boai-d of atdermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S.?
R. Yes. Àdveds: in lx "PATRIOT"
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