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THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAX. FORTLAXP, JUNE 31. 101. MOVIES TEACH COLUMBIA STUDENTS HOW TO BE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS Instructors in Department of Journalism Hope ty New Method to Train Pupils to Write Fluently, Graphically and Accurately Under Pressure Notes and Gossip of Film Drama Stars4Told. mH:l rr; t I WIS ' V.v.. S -J- , r - " .-T V - - " V ' I. 'ciX-l 8 v A.' lr&'rZZ o liUL- -54, l if llVYr rI g;Bit?ig.t qr IP f - t; Tr!iV'i- . . w5V l,ra7 ks'. 't7 1 t lit Vis:., tz&"? .r- .'l 1 yC V.J BT MA'tlT ANNS SMITH. THAT the students In the depart ment of Journalism of Columbia University, In New York, may appreciate real news values, motion pictures nave been introduced as a per manent means of instruction in reporting- actual news events . flrst hand. Events that the reporter would meet in his everyday work are depicted by the films and the student writes the story as he sees it. It Is by this method that the department hopes to make the student write the story fluently, graphically and accurately under pressure. The trouble heretofore has been In the fact that the Instructor has not known when the student has written all the facts concerning the story and whether he has covered all the points accurately and conclusively. The fac ulty realised that the, greatest diffi culty in reporting- quickly happening events was to preserve, under excite ment, the proper perspective and se quence of events. The Balkan war pictures were the first shown which grave the students an opportunity to act as war corre spondent!. Marshall Neilan is a young comedian with the "Kalem Company who directs his own productions. Be is rapidly training popularity in the motion pic ture field, not only as an actor, but as a director. Me soon win Da Been un mo Bureau with Ruth Rowland in a comedy re lease of July 17, "Wanted, an Heir." . - Jack Cohn. successful as a director, has been chosen by the Universal Com pany to direct tie "Universal Weekly," a practically new departure in the company. Cohn is a young man, but he is aggressive and sincere in his de sire to make his part of Universal work equal the standard set by tbe playing force. Maurice Costello. a star In the front ranks of motion picture actors, is be ing featured in a marvelous vitagraph special feature, "Mr. Barnes of New York." The plot Is woven about a wealthy New Yorker and his adven tures In Corsica. ' m ' Lillian Gish and Robert Harron are appearing, together with Raoul Walsh. In a Majestic drama, "The Rebellion of Kitty Bell." The play Is not new in plot, but It is unique in treatment. The hero keeps cool-headed upon learning from the villagers that his wife has run away with another man. This may be a bit overdrawn, but it certainly sounds good. The picture will appear in one of the local theaters. . Marguerite Courtot is an accom plished athlete as well as actress. She has received trophies at various times for her tennis playing and is as active as a boy In, the parts she Jakes requir ing activity. She plays juvenile lead parts for the Kalem Company. r . m It is reported that all the films of the Roosevelt expedition In Soutlt America are spoiled bl reason of hav ing been in the water too long when the canoes upset during one stage of the journey. A small-slaed fortune was tied up in the films. Ail except one were ruined. , ' Frank Baker, known to baseball fans as "Home . Run" Baker, is fea tured in a new story of love and base- Zte m CO. ball in two parts, "Home Run Baker s rtmihlo." The release came June IT, but Portland exhibitors have as yet failed to take advantage of it. Myrtle Stedman. . playing . leads in Jack X-ondon s - plays, was an ps singer before she took to tne movies. - President Wilson pressed the button at 2 P. M". Monday, and the second in ternational exposition of the motion picture art and convention of the In ternational Exhibitor's Association and the Independent Exhibitors of America was on. This is one of the greatest conven tions ever held by motion picture men, and the Grand Central Palace was filled with men and women from all the companies who- flocked to see the exhibits. Many unique displays, repre senting the different branches of the companies, were shown. Among the best was the Edison Company's booth, giving representations of well-known serial characters. Dolly of the Dallies, Cleek. Perriton and Wood B. Wedd were all shown. Thousands of movie fans and ex hibitors thronged to the exhibition during the time .the displays were on. , One of the' most important changes in film work has come recently in the acquisition of Helen Gardner and Charles L. Gaskill by the Vitagraph Company. Miss Gardner has been at the head of her own company until re cently. She will be featured in a big production, the name of which will be announced later. Nolan Gale, recently recruited from the legitimate stage, is now playing opposite Muriel Ostrlche in Princess films. - EUel Grandin. Known chiefly for her work in "The -Traffic- in Souls," has left the Universal Company, with which she has been almost since her advent into motion pictures. Francis X. Bushman has been select ed by three famous sculptors as the typical American both in figure and facial contour. V It is being told about that Gaby Dsslevs is excited. She is soon to ap- nar in m. Famous nroduction and it is said that she bas worked up a lot of enthusiasm about it. At last oaDy wiu see herself as others see her. Almost all the motion picture players are at baseball during their spare time nowadays. Upton Sinclair's somewhat daring itory, "The Jungle," has been visual tied bv the Ail-Star Company, and will be shown here soon.v if at alL It is running in New York and has drawn ra.nacitv houses. The object of the story is to show the differences that exist between the employer ano ino employed; between 'the selfish and ar rniant rich and the dependent poor. There is much human interest in the story ana it is a pot"' una, not withstanding the simplicity of the plot m m m The Celebrated Players Film Com pany soon will offer a Harry Lauder feature to photoplay fans. The film will be a comedy and it is said to be a winner. The Child Players Company has been organised and will produce plays using children only. K-ias 01 ma myi will be the first release which will come in a few weeks. "Doe," a story by Eleanor Gates, will be the first to be .released by the Eleanor Gates Photo-play Company. The story ran serially in the Saturday Evening Post and Is now being made into a film by Richard Garrick at the Mt. Kisco Studio, ' New York. Miss Gates personally selected the cast. "Happy Hooligan" is soon to appear on the screen. His role will be taken by Billy Ritchie, the well-known bur lesque comedian. Jack Mahony, for merly of Reliance, now a Nonpariel, will direct. The release date for "Du Barry." pro duced for Mrs. Leslie Carter by George Klelne. has not yet been definitely fixed. It has been reported that Be lasco's "Heart of Maryland," with Mrs. Leslie Carter, will be the first impor tant film to be made by Kleine in this country. "The Great Divide," the spectacular success of Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin on the speaking stage, is soon to be produced for the screen. It will be released as a plural reel feature by the Popular Plays and Players Com pany. Hazel Dawn, the sweet, breesy little star of the "Pink Lady," soon will be seen on the local screen in "One of Our Girls." a four-part adaptation of Bronson Howard's famous play of that name. Miss Dawn Is irresistible in the part of the unconventional American girl who at once scandalises and bewitches the staid English friends. The play has a fine strain of pathos that Is offset by delightful bits of comedy. (fontlnwi From Pane ) at the Metropolitan Opera-house dur ing the coming season. . Oscar Laurence Wojdfln will pre sent his vocal ana instrumental . dents in joint recital in Oregon City Friday night. The programme will ...iAf kAiia riiiAtn. trios and auar- tets. Telma Randall, Marjorie Read, Willa woodfin, Marie noimes, liuinu Anderson, -Gertrude Jeremiah. Gladys Blttner, Bernice jonnson. eien jsrun- ner, Mrs. C. M. Hadley, Mrs. H. T. ijjok, innA Qmlth Marv T.tijji. Earl Frost. ArlelgTi Read. Laura Leete. Dorothy Gay, Klvan -Charles. . Howard Mass. Laura Johnson, Elva Errlckson, Mae Knowles, Gladys Montgomery, Helen T.-imr x'nrmw let. Laura Brunner, Violet Evans. Margaret Simmons, Hel en BCOtt, Marjorie rnitr, " chorus of 30 girls' voices. a m. vii,i. fRtivnl nf the American Union of Swedish Singers, just con cluded in Minneapolis, Minn., the first honors were carried off by the Swedish Glee Club of Brooklyn. Miss Carmel Sullivan, harpist, will niau in rnnfurt tiimfirrnw Rt Salem. Or.. at a concert to be given by Miss Bea trice Shelton. - ' One of the interesting events at St. Helen's Hall during the week of com mencement has been the pianoforte re cital of Miss Anna Ellis Barker, daugh ter of Mrs. William Barker, 1119 Thur man street. Miss Barker played a de- in suoh a manner as to display well her varieties of touch and depth of feeling. Particularly enjoyaoie were the Beethoven "Sonata" and the "Con certo" by Beethoven, which gave am ple opportunity for technical display. Miss Evelyn Farrar. a mezzo soprano from the vocal department of the school, assisted In a pleasing manner with several well-chosen groups. . . " "Would you like to go to the opera tonight, dearest.?" "What a darling boy you are! Of course I wauld. What is the bill for tonight?" "About 11, I guess." Juqge. "I have brought this record back. It Is no good." "Try it again. This is a song by Mme. Squallini. the great soprano. She is so temperamental that sometimes her records will work and sometimes they won't." Londan Standard. ISLE OF PINES DEFENDED Resident for Six Years Answers Dr. Craig's Aspersions. PORTLAND. June 20 (To the Ed itor.) Replying to the letter in The Oregonian written by a Dr. A. J. Craig concerning the Isle of Pines. I beg to state that the doctor. not only grossly exaggerates everything, but has made statements which he cannot prove. I lived in the Isle of Pines six years and know something of the conditions and resources of the island. The doctor was on the island less than one month. It la needless for me to answer al of his charges against the Island in de tail, as the very tone and character of his letter shows bitterness and re venge which so many people resort to when spiteful. The doctor has prob- bly listened to the Havana hotel men and real estate "sharks," who knock the Isle of Pines in order to keep tour ists and investors from going there: they want them to remain in Cuba. If the island "is not a fit place for a white to live in." why is it that 95 per cent of the population is Americans, and they own 99 3-3 per cent of the island? A large percentage of the peo ple are wealthy and don't nave to stay there If they don't like it If the soil is no rood, bow is it tnat they raise the finest grapefruit and pineapples in the world and cannot supply the demand in the Eastern mar kets with their high-class fruit? The Americans on the island are not all J The Story of Heart Songs Tribute to the Memory of a Mother fHE newspaper distribution now tlL going on throughout the United btates and Canada, of the song collection called "Heart Songs," has already made that book the most fa mous of its kind in the world. The several editions thus far reach the hun dreds of thousands, and will run well into the millions before the campaign is closed. The story of its first incep tion in the brain of one man, its con rrrtp realization, and its development ' through the years,reads like a romance. rr But because it is true, it is stranger ' and more wonderful than any romance. nee upon a time for it is only with these words that you can Degm a a . 1 . 1 ' i 1 1 - X 11 I . Vvver a really-truly story mere was a mue lamuy ox ium uruja and a motner. i nese Doys were jum. jic nuy mci ium iv full of fun, fond of adventure, brimming over with animal spirits, in love with mischief and perhaps more susceptible to ' emptation, because the little red corpuscles that danced and raced through their veins were just a little ruddier than common. .Just like other boys you see only more so I ut, their mother I Ah, there lay the difference. She was not just like any other mother. Her boys worsmppea ner. Ana sac hf snher. tmth-lovinrr. home-keepine. in dustrious, God-fearing men. And of one of the ways in which she did this we are going to tell you. She was a very busy woman, with all her household cares, and her daily routine to pro vide food, clothing, shelter, and education for her little brood. But above all, she saw to it that her boys her Cornelian jewels found home the best place in all the world. She was never too busy too worried or weary, to deny them her evening hours. Indeed, she was a marvel of a mother I (7J round an old-fashioned square piano, a memento of better but not brighter days they gathered every night and sang and played together. No temptation on earth could pull those boys away . from that mother and that home. "For the nig-htt were filled with tnnsie, And the cares that infested the day, Folded their tents like the Arab, And as silently stole away." nlrl TMann was niled hiffh with soncr music that reached far back into the years, beyond the dark days of a war between brothers some even bearing faded inscriptions of a time when grandma was a bride carefully pieced and glued and stitched together ana stiil tnumbea over, ana sung irom, anu kuuchj mciwum as ujasures without price, 'ime passed on, however, and the four boys grew to be men. They became newspaper ana magazine puDiisuers auu mc mcmui w . . . , , .1 1 J A . i. a ivnnrlf fill ot those Doynooa aays me oiu squdic piuiu, uuwvi-. portfolio, full of heart songs and sewed together with red yarn, the little parlor, the .mellow radiance of the. lamp-light, the ruddy glow of the old-fashioned fireplace the sainted face of the dear old mother these memories never faded or grew dim. And after the boys had prospered and built up a magazine of national scope and reputation, they determined to carry out a long-cherished project and create a song book as & memorial to . their mother. It was not to be an ordinary song book, but a book that was to embody the songs nearest and dearest to the hearts of the whole English-speaking world. rt, n through the pages of the National Magazine, Editor Joe Mitchell e5 Chappie, the eldest of these four brothers, gave out a letter to thousands upon thousands of people, everywhere, inviting them to send in their favorite songs. And they came in scores in hundreds in thousands from every nook and corner of the world where the English tongue prevails. Letters came with them, filled with reminiscences with memories sad and joyous . and adding that peculiar personal note to be found in no other work of its kind telling why this song or that song was dear to the heart that still echoed to its words and melody. The task broadened beyond its original bounds since music is a universal language and songs from the French, German, Danish , Swedish and Italian song lore came pouring in. Folk Songs, War Songs, Sea Songs., old English Chanteys, College Songs. Love Songs, Songs of the Pioneer Days, Songs of Patriotism, Lullabies, Hymns all these and more, flooded the mails, and made the hearts of Joe Mitchell Chappie and his brothers, exceeding glad. wo of the foremost musicians of the countrv were chosen to select the songs and award the prizes George vv. inaawicir, airecior of the New England Conservatory of Music, and Victor tierDert, ' conductor and opera composer. The four hundred songs con tained in the-book were picked out, many of them harmonized, v re-edited, arranged with piano score transposed into lower key so the whole family could sing them new plates were made and the book that had its growth throughout four long years was ready to cheer and brighten the homes of millions of English speaking men and women all over the world. And this is the Story of "Heart Songs!" The Portland Oregonian Announces in this issue the Last Days of its Famous "Heart Songs" Distribution Our few remaining copies are being rushed over the counter daily Nor can our readers ever again renew this golden opportunity! OUR COUPON IN THIS PAPER GIVES THE TERMS fools or they would not continue to i .Li- -.-a 1 anil nlnAftn.i grow u u u my r i .,- . . . - pies at a iwb. " w who saw the grapefruit end pineap ples in the show window, corner Fourth and Alder last week knows that they can raise soma nun- a. - . . 1. - 1.1 . n J , this vacant nomas uo ma time of year it is because the owners nave ion- nviui mi ma on,,. .... large percentage always do. There are several developed tracts that can't be bought for less than 11000 per acre, and owners of older groves have re fused $2000 per acre. I -receive .weekly . . . i . Til... In whinh the ine oie wi -nco t -. ... ---- fruit exchanges report thousands or crates or irun arm veci.oii -"''--north every week, and the reports of the New York Packer show a stesdy demand for Isle of Pines produce at top prices. One Of the large oolonies in the island is called L Canada (pronounced Kan-ya-dah), a Spanish word which means ina rivers." I defy anyone to find a place in tne tropica mv the isie oi mica. ",,,, ' noted springs are shipping water north for meaicinai purpooco. cv-o n.. use these waters are cured of rheum atism, blood and stomach troubles. Anyone who tiss aeen "numerous kinds of snakes 15 feet long, full of chickens and pigs-1 and "swarms of crock odlles, sharks and pests," must have imbibed freely on aguardiente" (Cuban whisky.) The Ideal Home, a paper published In the interest of the island, made this statement in March number: "To physi cians we can offer little em-oure-ment In the line of present opportuni ties for building up a practice. . . . The healthful climate gives little op portunity to the physician." The Isle of pines N-iws under date of May 1 has this Item: "Dr. and Mrs. A. J Craig, of Klamath Falls. Or., were among the arrivals on the Isle last week and have been visitors In Ix Indlos. Dr. Craig may take up the practice of medicine on the Isle, locat ing in one of the colonies that Is now without a physician." If the dlctor Is disappointed over the outlook in his profession he Is not the first one of his cult to be sorely dis gruntled, and the evidence surely in dicates that he Is a victim on that score. I doubt If he would ever be called upon to prescribe for a "nae.e bite." except In Havana. The Vnllcd Htatf mslls liave carried land companies' prospectuses for ever ten years, and will continue to 6n ma Ten years aso I bouht a Uect of land "unslelit unseen," and never changed tt In conclusion, the Islsnd has two dairies, meat wsaotis. li hotels, aire sawmills, le factory. II ruur.-haa. Masonic lodge, eight schools lth American t-a.hers. nine social cluhs. 100 miles of suiomoblle rosds end more under construction, nln eorom-rcie! clubs and fhsmbars of I'ommerce. fur nlture fsctory. Amerlcsn merchants, blacksmiths, re-tsursnt. banks, two newspapers, nearly 100 autos ord colonists, and during the tourist " many more. I have !o photos of scenes o tha Island showing American prosress end prosperity. Ths Isle of Pines la re "garden sput of the world " nOH'T W ni'Nvmrt. 711 lOTeJoy a-1. ripe orgsn students can hire the fine new pipe orgsn In ths I'niversalitt Church for practice, l'hone C ;. Adv.