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HER CINEMA DREAN
A young woman of semi-tender years, ex
ceedingly capable In her line of work
yclept stenography began to act strangely.
In other words, she grew muddled. Her
shorthand notes. Judging from the way she
translated them, were mere hieroglyphics
to her Just like they might be to any ordi
nary layman, and she gave strange and dis
turbing answers to callers over the tele
phone. At home she was not much better.
Her family, greatly worried, called in a
famous specialist. He took the case under
advisement, and, after 60 days spent in
profound thought at so much a thought
announced that she was the victim of clne
madeluslonltls. At the request of her an
guished family and at so much per word
he made out a detailed report of the case.
This he mailed to the family, they, with
their reqpest, having sent a stamped and
aelf-addressed envelope for reply.
"I
DR.
without doubt the
most able specialist in the city
on eye, ear, nose, throat, nerve.
brain, hand, foot, hair, skin, tongue,
hack, limb, and all Internal disturb
ances, do hereby, having received pay
ment in advance according to my usual
custom, furnish a report, by request,
stamped and self-addressed envelope at
hand, on the case of Miss Mlttle Hit ten.
Into HI Er and Picked lint
Fran Ilia Clothes,"
weight 105, height i feet 13 Inches,
color of hair light in spots, nose large,
teeth slightly protruding, blood pres
sure anaemic, temperature cool, and
pulse beating. Actual occupation sten
ography. Visual occupation motion pic
ture actress.
"In other words, a victim of the re
cently discovered disease cinemadelu
slonltls. an epidemic of which is with
lis, the aforementioned ailment bidding
fair in the opinion of this scholar of
materia medica a scholar said to be
the peer of all much more fashionable
than either appendicitis or neurasthe
nia ever were. Exceedingly popular.
Patients enjoy It. Most difficult there
fore of cure. Miss Mlttie Mitten, I have
concluded and my conclusions are not
to be sneered at has it in one of its
most advanced stages. From my fre
quent and prolonged observation of her
from my fatherly chats with her I
have discovered Just how the germ in
oculated itself In her system. Briefly
let me explain.
"Six months ago Miss Mitten, a most
"Finned Her Hat More Firmly Thas
Et to Her Head Before She Lay
Down.'
capable stenographer the joy and bul
wark of the estimable firm for which
she works was persuade one evening
by a frivolous young person to attend
a motion-picture theater. After the
picture a young man who had taken
the part of a bellhop was recognized
by someone In the audience and imme
diately waa surrounded by adoring
fans, I believe they call themselves T
who asked him questions, peered into
his eyes,- and picked lint from his
clothes for their memory boxes.. Miss
Mitten shyly hovered on the outskirts.
Their eyes met.
"It waa all of -with Miss Mitten.
"That night on her way home she an
swered only vaguely the questions put
to her by the frivolous young person
who had taken her to the motion pic
ture theater.
"Vaguely she prepared for bed. dis
robing all but her hat. which she
VOTE FOR TUB PICTTJRFJ OB
YOUR FAVORITE PLAYER.
Sessue Hayakawa received th
highest number of votes last
week. His picture, therefore, will
appear In The Frame of Public
Favor next Sunday. Of the other
players voted upon the following
si- are the leaders: Beatrix
Michel ena, Donald Hall, Bobby
Connelly, Helen Holmes, Mary
Miles Minter and Olga Petrova.
THE BALLOT.
M,
requests the pleasure
of seeing
the photograph of
appear
In the Frame of
Public Favor
One Week from next Sunday.
Following Is the report of the famous spe
cialist which he vurr" kindly, the under
standing being that under no consideration
should , his name be eliminated, lent a car
bon copy of. The name had to be elimi
nated, however, as the advertising depart
ment declared thatthis page, no matter what
It thought it was, was In no way related
to classified, display, or any other member
of the advertising family, and to please eon.
fine attention to the special business of the
page which had to do with motion pictures
and motion picture people entirely. Wish
ing no trouble whatever knowing that in
on argument with the aforementioned de
partment a perfect lady bad not a chance
in the world, the name was eliminated. If
the famous specialist has anything to say
yet him say it to the advertising department.
They should worry. As before remarked,
the report follows:
pinned more firmly than ever to her
head before she lay down. Looking at
herself in the glass in the morning she
discovered that somehow she was not
the same, but she had a gay conscious
ness of irresponsibility of a duty at
tended to. Subconsciously, you see, she
realized that she need neither comb her
hair nor put on her hat. Later, at the
office, she asked for an extra half hour
In order that she might be able to go
home and get her hat. When assured
that she had it she was conscious only
of a feeling of gratefulness that she
was spared the Journey home. Her em
ployers, I discover, nudged each other
and winked. They thought Miss Mitten '
had not fully recovered from the night
before. She had not, but they did not
wot her disease. "It was her mind.
Poisoned by the germ, it worked like
this, while to all appearances It was
operating stenographicaily. Like this:
"'The young man standing in the
lobby surrounded by gabbing fe
males suddenly Jumped backwards and
clutched his hair. It was her. He said
not so loud that anybody heard it, "It
Is her." And he took two steps, one
to the right and one to' the left, until
he reached her. Then he whispered,
"What do you dor "Oh." she said, "I
am only a poor stenographer working
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
2:30 In the afternoon for my daily
bread." "You!" he gasped. "Tou! You
star, you I A stenographer youl Tou I"
She said, "In Pete's name, what do you
mean, kid 7" He said. "Come with me
and I will show you," and like so many
flies he brushed the others to one side
and with her on his arm he rushed
madly down the street to a door labeled
"Studio," where he went In without
knocking, and also into an offloe
marked "Private" without knocking,
and said to a handsome man with dia
monds and tears In his eyes. "I've got
her."
" The man ceased his manly weeping.
"At last!" he said, and he caught her
hands and wrung her hands and raised
his manly eye to heaven and thanked
the God that had given him life for
what he had got that day. "Come with
me," he said, and with her on his arm
he hurried Into a beautiful lamp-lighted
studio-' where a picture was only
waiting to be taken because the lead
ing lady was no good and they needed
another. All day they had waited and
now it was night, and still had come
not a ray of hope, and now now. Here
she came it was her.
" "All together they took her and
dressed her in a gown of cerise satin
with rubles and emeralds on - her fin
gers and slippers of satin that looked
like gold on her feet, and they said,
"Now we can take this great picture,"
but she said,. "Before I quit my old Job,
what do I get out of this?" and they
said, "Name your price," and she said,
"O, a hundred and fifty a month and
carfare," and they said It is yours and
gave her her carfare In advance and
the pitcure went on. . Needless to say,
the handsome hero fell in love with the
beautiful ex-stenog and there was a
beautiful wedding, but they went right
on acting just the same, and all their
little children '
"This is the way her mind works.
When it comes to the children it goes
back over the same thoughts again.
In reality Miss Mitten is a stenog
rapher. Visually she hasn't the slight
est Idea In the world of the relation of
a pencil to a typewriter. The faces of
her employers are blurs. As she walks
along the street, does she see newsboys,
working men and working women? No,
she does not. A queen, she walks
along, surrounded by an admiring pop
ulace. She hears the whispers, Tt la
her. It Is her. Didn't you see she In
that plotureT Some doll. Some doll.
"Can Miss Mitten be cured T She can.
Provided the Mitten family see fit to
allow me to handle this case in my own
way cash In advance I will guaran
tee a cure. Let the Mitten family com
municate with me at their earliest con
veniencesending stamped and self-ad-dressed
envelope if they wish me to re
ply. And let them not forget that It
takes fcrmo to read letters and that my
time is valuable. I Inclose schedule of
charges. No rates to nobody."
Footnote: An expensive specialist,
but we hope the family feel they can
employ " him, aa it seems a shame to
leave Mlttie uncured. If they do come
across, a detailed account ofthe cure
will be printed on this page vurr soon.
Lubin Photoplay Landed.
A prisoner In the Rhode Island peni
tentiary adds his note to the chorus of
approval with which "Dollars and the
Woman," the new Lubin photoplay
classic, has been welcomed for its
wholesomeness. For some time past
George Balsdon. manager of the Boston
office of the V. L. S. E., has been re
lieving the prison gloom by exhibiting
Big Four pictured to the inmates once
a week. ".
With reference to the showing of the
Lubin feature, this letter was received
by Mr. Baldson:
"We had the good fortune to see 'Dol
lars and the Woman.' The boys think
it is the best picture they have had.
Everybody in the picture worked well.
There were no impossibilities, nor was
there anything suggestive. I looked
around and saw many an eye wet with
.tears."
The story that is able to soften grim
scowls on hardened faces into gentle
tears must possess the elements of
sympathy and human kindness. "Dol
lars and the Woman," however, be
cause one of Its chief characters Is a
cooing baby, is banned in Pennsyl
vania, by the Stats Board of Censors. .
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THERE are some people who never
miss a picture in which Bessie
Barrlscale, of the Triangle Company,
la scheduled to appear. This popular
actress Is an American girl. 26 years
old, and was born in New Tork City.
Before entering pictures she was on
the stage and appeared in numerous
TOPIC OF INTEREST TO
MOVING-PICTURE FANS
TUST think of It! I am going to
I travel thousands of miles In a
" little tin box before San Fran
cisco sees me for the first time, and
even then I won't see the Golden Gate!"
Peggy Hyland, the charming little
British star, who has just made her
first trip to this country in order to
make her screen debut with the Fa
mous Players Film Company, grew
wide-eyed at the thought. Of course
her remark is not to be taken literally.
What Miss Hyland referred to was not
herself, but the films containing her
celluloid self. It is a rather striking
PHIL: Land, child! If Z only had ono
hour a day In which I felt good
humored to answer all the ques
tions that come In, I am sorely afraid
this column would go to the bow-wows.
I tell you how it Is. Tou see. I am so
glad to hear from all of you that It
puts uie in good humor whenever I
take out my batch of questions to be
answered. I must admit, however, that
I am not always in a "state of exuber
ant effervescence." Do write again,
and thank you vurr, vurr much. In an
swr to your postscript, a number of re
sponsible concerns are In the market
for scenarios. If you will send stamped
and seif-addressed envelope, I will mail
you a 11st-
AN ACHING HEART: Mabel Nor
mand is not married. Address her in
care of the Keystone Triangle company,
Los Angeles, CaU Be still, my aching
heart; be still!
R. F. G.: Letters to Dorothy and
Lillian Glsh will reach them in care of
the Triangle company, 71 West Twenty
third street. New York.
A 1AAIAB' (TIMBER (flvraSl
u "ASK T ASK. ML ! u ff
Bessie Barriscsle.
productions, including. "Lovely Mary,"
"Mrs. Wlgga of the Cabbage Patch,"
and Lucj.a in "The Bird of Paradise."
This part she created. In appearance
Mias Barrlscale is most attractive. She
is a little woman & feet ztt inches tall,
has blond hair, brown eyes, and
weighs 125 pounds. Her hobbles are
fact, however, that the British star
should have traveled S000 miles across
the ocean to New Tork In person, as
a result of which she may now remain
In one place and yet appear in every
city and hamlet in the country through
the medium of the motion picture.
In a few months the cltlsens of
Painted Post, Oskosh or Pine Creek will
bo discussing the capabilities of this
new star and the object of their dis
cussion will probably not have been 100
miles west of New Tork, nor will she
over have heard of many of the com
munities in which her name will have
MRS. A. W. P.: Ia "Tho Cheat" tho
Japanese man waa a real Japanese:
also, by the way, ha is an exceptionally
good actor. His name Is Sessua Haya
kawa. He was. born in Toklo, Japan,
and is 27 years old. I am mighty glad
you like tho Right Off tho Reel page.
Will you please keep on liking it?
J. F. N.: Yes, William and Dustln
Farnum are brothers. William Farnum
is married. Ho is In his thirties. I
have no information about his family.
Your voto received and recorded.
MRS. L. E. L.: The actress who took
tho part of Elsie Stoneman in "The
Birth of a Nation" was Lillian Glsh.
She is about 12 years of ago and is not
married. Henry B. Walthall was tho
Colonel and Maxfleld Stanley took the
part of the youngest Cameron brother.
No. you are not too Inquisitive. Glad
to bo of service to you.
HELEN W.: Tickled to death to an
swer you. (No, I didn't swallow a
feather.) Charles Clary la with tho
Lasky company, Los Angeles, CaL
Write again some time, won't youT I
shall always bo glad to hear from you.
MAX: Ton are away behind tha
times. Geraldlno Farrar quite some
time since married Lou-Tellegen. No,
he did not appear with her In either
picture you mention.- Fannie Ward
hath been, married. If 1st now knowst
not. Tea, Wallace Reid is married. He
Is married to Dorothy Davenport. Ses
sue Hayakawa played with Fannie
Ward in "Tho Cheat."
HELEN B-i X can't imagine hjr you
ccgx. horses, and babies. She is fond
of outdoor sports and especially likes
to play tennis and baseball. Before
going to the Triangle Company ?he waa
with Lasky and the New Tork Motion
Picture Corporation. A notable photo
play In which she appeared was "The
Cup of Life." She la married.
become a by-word. Whence arises the
platitude that tha wonders of science
will never cease.
Miss Hyland'a actual American trav
els have thus far been limited to Jack
sonville, Fla, where she went almost
Immediately after her arrival in this
country- for the purpose of getting the
exterior settings for the adaptation of
"Saints and Sinners," which was chosen
for her debut on this side of the At
lantic. Though it is interesting to note
that the play is the work of the cele
brated English author, Henry Arthur
Jones, still this fact had no bearing
upon Its selection as a vehicle for the
little British star. The play was chosen
simply because of the fact that it was
considered to bo especially fitted to
her personality.
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"I'd rather die than marry a low-
didn't get an answer to your letter.
Whenever a stamped and self-addressed
envelope Is Inclosed tho letter is an
swered within a week. Sometimes it
takes several weeks for answers to ap
pear in the paper. Tou see, there are
so many, and they must be taken In
their turn. My dear, when you ask re
garding tho casts you must name tho
producing company, otherwise I will
not be able to help you. Mr. Ford and
Miss Cunard are not married to each
other. No trouble at all. child,
VERA L: Oliver Fuller Golden Is
with tho Universal company, 1600
Broadway, New York. There la no
studio In Buffalo that I know of. You
might writs to tho postofflco depart
ment there and Inquire, however.
You're welcome.
F. B. C: If yon are still a bachelor
It certainly Is not your own fault, for
you are evidently a most susceptible
gentleman. I certainly do feel flattered
to know that away off in Walla Walla
somebody sits looking at the picture
of the lady on the sofa who says, "Ask
me! Ask mo!" and thinks she's "some
lady!" "Thank you. sir." said she. and.
still thanking you. she continues to
declare that Ironbound office rules for
bid her flving information regarding
herself and her adventures, matrimo
nial and otherwise.
Billy: Crelghton Hale is with the
Pathe Freres Company. Address Billle
Burke in care of the Kleine company,
tyi East Ono Hundred and, Sovanty.-
down, sneaking Bassett." declared Hazel
Dawn, flinging back her rebellious curls
and stamping her bare foot defiantly,
aa she gathered her coarse homespun
dress about her and stalked majestic
ally out of the scene.
"Great stuff," declared Director Fred
Thomson approvingly, and the shaggy
mountaineers who were grouped about
her grinned their satisfaction. They
were real mountaineers, these specta
tors, for the Famous Players' star had
gone to the hill country of Northern
Georgia to stage "The Feud Girl," her
forthcoming Paramount picture, which
was released May 15. .
There are many points of exceptional
interest about this photoplay, as it is
the first feud story ever to be filmed
in a real feud country. The mountains
which . form the backs-round for "The
Feud Girl" have been the actual setting
of many a grim scene in days gone by,
for it was in these very hills that
some of the most bitter struggles have
been fought out. Many of the bearded
old men who responded to the director's
call for volunteers when he was col
lecting "fighters" for the Haddon-Bas-sett
feud were men who had taken part
in these scenes of years gone by, and
there were many interesting and excit
ing tales spun by them.
Thomson, always ready to adapt him
self to his surroundings, incorporated
some of the best Incidents into the
action of the photoplay, with the rosult
that the feud will perhaps be the most
realistic that -has been depicted on the
screen.
As Nell Haddon. the wild mountain
daughter of old Haddon. the leader of
one of the warring factions. Miss Dawn
does superb work. It is one of the most
tenderly sweet but unusually powerful
characterizations which she has ever
done on the screen. Nell has long been
the close friend of Luke Haddon. whose
love she has never been able to return.
Their -clan has been at war for years
with the Bassetts over the possession
of Iron Mountain, which lies between
them. When railroad engineers dis
cover the value of the disputed prop
erty they attempt to reconcile the war
ring factions In order to negotiate for
control of the mountain.
Frank Daniels, oomlo opera comedian, ,
who has been "working under the di
rection of C. Jay Williams in a series
of one-reel comedies for the Vltagraph
CompAny, is so thoroughly Interested
in his work that he Intends to forsake
the legitimate stage forever. He has
been acting the role of an old soldier
and his antics have been so amusing
that the work in neighboring studios
- has often stopped that the directors and
actors may be amused.
In one scene. Mr. Daniels was re
quired to consume a quantity of food,
throwing it in with both hands. He
displayed such dexterity at this that
Director Williams questioned him about
I am ambidextrous, Daniels
admitted. "When I was a boy my
father always said to me: 'Frank, learn
to cut your finger nails with your left
hand, for some day you might lose
your right hand. "
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"It could have happened." In that
short sentence a writer on the psychol
ogy of the photoplay describes "Dol
lars and the Woman," the six-act clas
sic referred to by other critics as a
play without a villain or a fight. Re
cently the owner of a theater In a
lumber district town wrote a personal
letter to Slegmund Lubin, whom ho
knew in the screenless days.
"When you feel like making a mo
tion picture for us up here In the wil
derness that will make us sit up and
take notice, don't put a fight in it- We
can see a real fight by stepping around
the corner any day. And we don't
like villains. Give us A heart-and-home
picture and you'll get the lumberjack
nomination for President."
Heart and home is a -terse synopsis
of the story In "Dollars and the' Wo
man." and. as a suggestion, when you
go to see it take an extra handkerchief
with you.
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Miss Neva Gerber recently acquired a
valuable pearl necklace as a result of
one of Wallace MacDonald's offhand
Jokes. Both, with Dick Rosson. were
acting in "Won by One," a new "Beau
ty" comedy directed by Archie Ma
Mack in And to be released February 9.
Tho story is that of two salesmen
who represent rival fake Jewelry con
cerns and the salesmen become
flfth street. Now Tork. No trouble
at sJU
Jennie:. Tour Idea that njotion pio
ture acting Is a "barbed wire fence that
separates one from church" is all non
nense. There are quite as many church
goers in the theatrical profession. I
Imagine, as there are in any other.
I HSWTA n IB cuiib-jl'
1 WAHTA Q To CMOaxW
Better get rid of some of those fool
notions.
Myra M.: I think yon did a lovely
thing yourself In writing me such a
pleaaant letter. I dp appreciate the
thought that prompted it. Francis X.
Bushman and his family live in New
Tork at the present time. Tes. his pic
ture has been in the frame several
times: tha last time it appeared was
November XI. Tea, Earle Williams
picture has also been In the frame.
Vernon Castle gave up dancing to be
come an aviator, hla Intention being to
enlist his services in the present Euro
pean war. I haven't heard whether or
not he is yet in active service.
Dorothy K.: As soon as the lady gets
enough votes ber picture will appear.
Dorothy, dear, so be of goo& sheer.
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rivals for Neva's hand and heart. Botls.
have laxpe grips of glittering but falsa
finery. During the play each make
Neva handsome gifts from their stock.
After one of the scenes had been
completed, MacDonald laughingly
placed a rope of supposedly pasts
pearls around Neva's neck and with v
much ostentatious ceremony an
nounced to the company that he was
making a present of them to the popu
lar star. The necklace was discovered
later to be genuine and valuable, and
now Mr. MacDonald is wondering If
he owes anybody any money. Miss
Gerber laughingly insists that sho will
retain the precious pearls.
Julia Fa ye. who has been charming
theatergoers by her clever work la
Triangle-Keystone features. Is a daugh
ter of the South and was born in Rich
mond, Vs., in 1896. When she waa
about six. her parents moved to St.
Louis, where the young woman re-,
ceived most of . her early education
from a private tutor. Later she had
a year at a New York finishing school,
then a trip abroad with her mother.
About two years ago her parents
moved to Los Angeles. Of course. In
Los Angeles, nearly all of the younger
members of the social set have at ono
time or another appeared In pictures,
usually aa a sort of a dare. Miss Faye
was one of these, but when she said
she had only wanted to act once Just
for the fun her director thought dif
ferently and insisted that the young
woman select the screen as a pro
fession. After making a picture or two with
the Fine Arts Company under direction
of D. W. Griffith. Miss Faye became a
member of the Keystone Stock Com
pany. She Joined the Edendale Com
pany the latter part of 1915. and In the
short space of a few months has risen
rapidly on tho. Keystone ladder of
fame.
In private life Miss Faye leads a
simple, one might almost say a com
monplace life. She does the usual
things that the average society girl
does and has a host of friends among
the younger social set. She is rather
slight, has dark hair and eys. She
lives with her father and mother in aa
attractive Hollywood home.
t see
"Powder" which has been given an
enormous production at the American
Studios at Santa Barbara, is a stupen
dous five-reel masterpicture, de iuxo
edition, replete with exciting events. A
large munitions plant la destroyed by
a terrific explosion.
Mr. Maude and Constance Crawley
head the cast and appear to splendid
advantage in powerful situations
crammed with thrills. Two warring
nations compete to control a new won
derful explosive and hair-raising sen
sations result.
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The other day Hug-hie Mack, the come
dian, had a clay pipe shot out of his
mouth in a scene in a one-part comedy.
Charles Rlchman, "Battle Cry Charlie,"
was on hand to witness the sharp
shooting, and was very much Impressed.
..He threatens to take up shooting, but
Hughla says it won't bo his mouth that
will hold tho pipe. -
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Harold Lockwood and May Allison,
the popular young stars who have Just
completed their first feature for tho
Metro programme. "The Come-Back."
have gone to the wilds of North Caro
lina, where they begin work on the
exterior of a new production. The -story
deals with life among the moon
shiners, and Fred J. Balshof er, who is
directing the Lockwood-Alllson fea
tures, has arranged with Government
agents to use buildings and locations
that were once the rendezvous of real
moonshiners, and where thousands of
gallons of white liquor Were illicitly
made The locality has long been
cleared of the lawbreakers, but their
perilous single horse trails along the
mountain sides, their old shacks, dis
tilling kettles and other paraphernalia
still remain in the picturesque and
rugged country. Altogether 15 players
were in tho Lockwood-Alllson Com
pany, Including Howard Truesdell and
Lester Cuneo.
an
Kdlth Storey.
IF there la anything in tho influence
surroundl-sg Mr. Pieces. Edith
Storey, who was born March 18. there
fore comes under this sign, and should
be:
Thoughtful
Sensible.
Curious.
Alert.
Apparently sub
missive, but really
vurr vurr determ
ined as to what she
wants to do.
Skeptical regard
ing religion.
Consclen t I o u a.
Despondent at times.
Sympathetic Philanthropic.
Nervcus and -xacting in all things.
Wear a bloodstone, it Is her birth
stone. Ci oose Intimates from among those
born between June 23 and July 22 and
between October 24 and November 22.
Dam id HsIL
Donald Hall, born on August 14.
comes under tho sign of Leo. If tho
sign means anything he:
Is courageous.
, ---. l Is jovial and
Is afraid of no
one.
Always has a
"come back."
Is extremely emo
tional. Is not - studious
but observant
Is mechanically .
inclined.
Is A sulky little chap when, offendod.
Is comical in imitations.
Has great respect for the law.
Can be depended on to carry out
wht he believes is right.
Is extremely healthy.
Should wear a sardonyx, as It la his
birthstone.
Should choose sympathetic friends
from among those born between March
22 and April 20, and between oven
bar 28 asd Deeombor 24,
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