TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX," PORTLAND, APRIL' 21, 1918.
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BIG BILL FARNUM KNITS FOR
AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
Famous Movie Actor Clicks the Needles With the Alertness of the Fem
inine Hand Diversion Quite in Contrast to Strenuous Photoplays.
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Sunset Th eater. Hart appears wfth
House Peters and Enid Markey in the
Triangle production "Between Men."
while Chaplin Is back in his Mutual
two-reel hit, "The Adventurer."
"Between Men" presents the Hart of
chaps and a mix-gun in a "biled" shirt.
Of co u rue. he wears the typical West
ern regalia a part of the time, but the
story has to do with the invasion of
the East by the Westerner and the lat
ter' conquest in love and finance in a
land unfamiliar.
There's a thrilling man-fight in "Be
tween Men." with Hart and Peters in
dulging in a melee which results in
broken furniture and broken heads.
Peters is the villain of the story, the
broker who attempt to win a girl's
hand through her father's financial
weakness. How the big and breezy
Westerner carries the girl's heart by
storm meets her Eastern suitor on his
own ground and m-orsts Mm and then
carries the fight to him physically, is
unfolded in a stirring five-reeler.
"The Adventurer" Is one of the best
of the Mutual comedies made by Chap
lin. This Is the picture in which Char
lie appears In convict t ripen, escapes
from the penitenttary. installs himself
as a social favorite and makes his
exit Just
the law
U. S. SAILORS MAKE BEST OF
DULL DIRIGIBLE STATION LIFE
Boys Who Take Risks as Part of Day's Work Overjoyed at Receipt of
Shipload of Bats and Boxing Gloves Which Dodges U-Boats.
BT HERMAN WHITAKER
(Author of "The Planter." 'The Set
tler." Over the Border," etc.)
TTTHAT the ." the commander
Vy began aa I stepped from the
train, then concluded, "Who
would have expected to see you down
here?"
You see, we had crossed on the same
transport five months before. "Down
here" was a United States dirigible sta
tion on the south coast of France.
Wherefore his surprise to see me, .a
civilian, there.
On the transport he had commanded
a lifeboat or . would have ha the
IN an Interview w
hill, the well-k
L' -boats gotten us and as T rtmcm.
step ahead of the officers of bered his careful examination of its
oars, sails, sea plugs: how he had
tasted the water and biscuit to make
sure they were fresh; also his lecture
to the boat's complement of passen
gers, i knew that the station was in
good hands.
While we were being- whirled away
in a "Peaceful Henry" I took stock of
his sartorial aspects, which had changed
Film Flickers.
ith Harrlette Under-
nown film critic, a
few dart ago. Ueraldine Farrar made
the following: Interesting confession somewhat since we parted at Liverpool.
regarding her own screen favorite: I A sailor on horseback has from time
"1 suppose you will laugh when 1 1 Immemorial been something of a Joke.
tell you whom I consider the greatest A sailor on skates, roller or ice, wide
artist of all. It is Charlie ChaDlln. 1 trousers flapping like ravens' wines
believe that man could do anything he rhythm with his stroke, is hardly less
chooses to do. and his leading: woman. I runny. .Neither does your seaman look
Edna Purvlance. is the prettiest little 1 we'l at the wheel of a buggy horse or
thing in the world. Every one out osoy. in tact, it Is quite hard to fit
West Is crasy about both of them. If
you never have met Mr. Chaplin, do
not fail to do so when he comes East."
If you saw Mary Plckford in "TTie
him Into any background but that of
the sea. His clothes and sea roll clash
with all other schemes. But in their
brown service uniforms these flying
sailors of ours are quite natty. But for
Little Princess." you will remember the the blue and gold shoulder straps It
little girl who played Becky. Well, her I were hard to tell the commander from
name Is Zasu Pitts and she was dis
covered by Mary Plckford herself and
Mary told Charlie Chaplin about her
one day and now little Miss Pitts is to
be seen with the greet comedian In
some big comedy roles.
'casn
From thrilling man-fight In -The P pollers" or any one of a score or two
tber strenuous photoplays to the gentle art of knitting Is a big Jump, but
Karoum's press agent asserts that Big Bill has learned to knit. The reason T
Why. It steadies Bill's nerves when he's scheduled for a rough-and-tumble
scrap Just to sit down for a few minutes and click the needles purl, count one.
etc, or whatever the countersign may be. '
However, the average man's nerves would be considerably frazzled after
tussling with a ball of yarn and a pair of big needles.
NEWS OF THE PHOTO THEATERS
Continued from Page 4.
A call to men In the motion picture
Industry who desire to do their share
toward winning the war, but are not
within the age limits from which the
Government Is selecting the draft ar
mies, wss tsfcued recently by the Na-
Young Men's Christian Association. ""du" l?,er.FT.een ' the prospect
The special need Is for men who are "',, ' ,i"r
. . -,.,. - j I istlc painter would have used up half
"P."! Pr,or- ",m cutter, and re- a tub on each A Jn M goutn j?rance
an officer of our line.
Sailors la Qaeer Quart era. ,
Like the "heavier than airs" I had
visited at another station, the war had
dumped this lot of sailor lads In queer
quarters. Beyond the dead flat mile of
the flying field a river a real one,
wide, deep and swift, quite unlike the
Thames and other creeks they dignify
with the title across the British Chan
nel swept the stone skirts of a
quaint, peaked French town. Here and
there low stone farmsteads splashed
pair men.
Mary Miles Minter received her first
love letter a few days ago. Most stars
have long since lost count of their
billet-doux, but the swains have rather
held aloof from little Miss M. M. M..
probably owing to the fact that al
though her age Is still "hotly con
tested." there Is a "little girl" look
about Mary that sort of cools their
ardor. At any rate, along came the
contract, will be today's unusual film
effertnr at the Liberty Theater. Char
lie, with his hat. cane, shoes and "fun
nylsms." la back again, his fir.t new
production being a three-reeier and
fald to bo the funniest thing be has
ever made.
Hanger, th most primitive of all
amotions, according to psychologists. Is
the motive that supplies punch to many
of th. Important scene In "A Dog's
Llfe."
At th opening of the slory Charlie
Is awakened from his outdoor sleeping
quarters in a fence corner by the tanta
lising odor of steaming viand offered
for sal by a passing hot-dog vendor.
This leads to a number of spirited ad
ventures with th police, who resent
Charlie', ambition to eat without pay
ing th usual fee. Later on. Charlie',
faithful dog. famishing for something
to test his teeth upon, digs up a well
lined pocketbook that some crooks
have burled In th ground. And when
Chartl attempt, to speiwt tne money
that haa thus been provided In a nearby
raf he meets the big moment ot nis
career, for It bring, him Into contact
with a beauteous cabaret singer, wn
Is herself starved for lor and kind-
Be.
"The Thing We Ive." a Psramoun
Btvntnr-lar starring Wallace Reld
kAthlvn Williams. Is another feature
f the new Libert- bill. It is said to be
a deeply patriotic, stirring photoplay
and Is built upon th Idea of having a
munition, msnufartnrer to bid In all
contract, for the allies and thn delay
the work. How this pint was foiled by
a determined and true-hearted Ameri
in and a pretty but equally loyal and
tr'ie-hearted women, is unfolded In th
' photo-tale.
LA TOSC.V IS HU.MTIC GEM
Paalloe Frederick. Marring la Para
mount Film at People.
It would b difficult to find. In the
vhAU tun of drama and opera.
piece that has won mor si rival re
nown thsn "La Tosea." which Is
Pauline Frederick's latest Paramount
olcture. which opens an engagement
this morning at the Peoples Theater.
Written by Victories Fardoo DP
ni. r xn vaara ago expressly for
tiaras. Bernhardt. It wa. In tnia piajr,
later adapted for the operatic .tag.
that She mad on of the greatest uc-
ctse. of her wonderful career.
Th posslbilltie of "La Tosc a. i
screen drama can hardly b overesll
mated It I. as perfectly adapted to
th film, aa If It bad iw-en wmnen
for them, and Mis. Frederick a the
1-eantlful Italian singer leaves noining
to be desired In her magnificent In-
l.rnraf.tlnn
Inrtnita care and attention to ins
ttetails of production are apparent In
k. hiiiiiiin. of th them, and it is
.,t .hat "La Tosca la on or tne
moat .iinulti films thst has been
produced for some time. A large com
pany of players, directors, camera men
and "props'" wen sent t St. Augustine.
! wher many ot tr. lienor
scenes wer taaen. tiici
f th CasO of St. Anvelo. th Inte
rior of th Church of St. Andrea sna
other famoua Roman editice. were
ronatructed. sometimes only to appear
neon th screen in a single momentary
flaah.
Viu Frederick, in the adorable curls
and oualnt poke bonnet-Ilk hat. ai
fwted by "Tosca." Is said to b more
beautiful than ever and as one watches
her Bros-resa through the episoo
th hiding of th fugitive. Angeioiii.
th eaptur and- torture of her lover.
Mario, for It. and th beguiling or ins
hardened old police chief. Baron Scar-
pla. Into liberating her lover, w can
not wonder at th saa navoc sne
wreak, upon th heart, of hen many
suitor.
MAJESTIC HAS MISS TALMADGE
"The Studio Girl" l H If Production
Fxr-rllrnlly Suited to Talents.
Constance Talmadge. who firmly
pleated herself in the hearts of Port
land photoplay fans as one of th most
vivacious actresses of the screen when
ane was presented In "Scandal" a few
ateeks ago. is bsck at the Majestic this
week in "The Studio UirL" a big pro
duction excellently suited to her pe
culiar talents.
, , tne true American gin wno oo-
Jart. to a loveless marriage, jiiss iai
snadge appears even to better advan
tage than eh. did In her previous pro
duction. Th story tells of a cnarraing
strl in an up-state town wno is
eaila-1 noon bv her aunt to enter Into a
sosriisge with a wealthy but unattrac
eve of th ceremony aha hide. In an
automobile belonging to an artist. Then
the auto speeds on to New York.
Of course, complications arise, but
the artist prove to be a gentleman an
everything ends hsppily. like all nice
stories should, by the girl and the art
1st getting married because they have
been In love all the time.
"The Studio Girl" is adapted from
the French. "La Gamine, the America
version being written by Paul West,
the fsmous author. The setting, are
all American and the story is modern.
As a vivacious comedienne. Constance
Talmadge cannot be excelled, and "Th
Studio Girl" gives her ample oppor
tunlty to display all of her wonderful
talents. Those who want to get awa
from heavy drama and sob-stories will
find her latest production the most ex
cellent entertainment.
The Majestic programme Is completed
with a two-reel feature comedy.
Waiter's Wasted Life." also the latest
Path. New. Weekly.
COLTMBIA BILL IS THRILLER
IlfalthrllI, Offers fnlque Story of
Wife. Devotion to Husband.
Th Columbia is presenting a unique
bill, slsrting today, mlth Iorothy Dal
ton and Robert MrKIm in their Trlan
gl nlar. "Unfaithful." and William
Desmond In "The Marriage Bubble."
Both of these plays, the first
drama and th other a comedy, were
originally In the standard five-reel
length, but. curious to see how they
would b taken by the fans throughout
the country. Trlsngle relessed them
together. 'Tnfaithfiil In two parts
and -The Marrisge Bubble" In three.
IJncoln one said: "All thst I am I
owe to my mother. It was a game
and frank astlmatlon of the vslue of
little woman's effort. In th success
of a man. Many a man gain, his
reputation through the self-effsclng
efforts and careful guidance of a little
wife in the background, whose solely
desired reward I. th .uccess and hap
piness of her husband. "Unfaithful'
offers a unique story of a wife's effort.
to assist her husband, who Is a nov
elisL out of his literary dilemma. To
accomplish her aim. she risk, life and
honor, and only good fortune prevents
her well-meant effort, from culmlnat
Ing In a grav tragedy.
TIMELY DRAMA COMES TO STAR
"The Zeppelin'. Last Raid" I. I nee
Spectacle Arbleh I. Fall of Thrills
That which the anti-German world
fondly hopes for. a revolution and over
throw of th Kaiser, with th estab
lishment of a government of the people.
s the story theme of the Thomas H.
Ince spectacle. "The Zeppelin s Last
Raid." which opened an engagement at
he Star Theater yesterdsy. ith Tt Is
being shown a two-reel Fatty Arburkle
comedy, a hilarious affair titled "The
Small Town Bully."
As a thrilling spectacle this Inc.
photodrama rank, among th best. It
a packed full of action from the very
start and will keep any audience on
edge throughout the live reels, and
make them feel that It was too short.
The story Is purely Imaginary, but It
la most timely.
In the very first reel a realistic raid
by an enormous Zeppelin is shown. This
Is done wonderfully well, bringing out
In all Its horror th destruction of a
peaceful little town. The method of
dropping the bombs, the operation of
he air raider, the blowing up of build
ings, and finally the destruction of the
Zeppelin, are all Interestingly depicted.
And if this Isn t enough, a number of
hrllling scenes built around the cap
ure of a suspected spy are given, with
he street riots and th. uprising of the
Whit. Cross Liberty Society. The
thrill, most assuredly come thick and
asf. with hits of heart Interest In
jected here and there that will bring
out many a handkerchief.
Howard Hickman and Enid Markey
re the chief players in the Ince spec
tacle-story. Hickman is Brandt, com
msnder of a German dirigible, while
Miss Markey is Louise, a revolutionist
who prevails upon Brandt to Join the
White Cross Liberty Society. He proves
is devotion to the cause by wrecking
Is huge raider.
HART PRODCCTIOX AT SCXSET
Charlie Chaplin In "The Adven
turer" Scrlctly a Comedy Feature.
William Hsrt. In Portland In per
son today and tomorrow, and Charlie
Chaplin, th king of slspstlck comedi
views, fat-bellied windmills waved gray
wooden arms in the distance like ple
thoric millers warming their hands on
a frosty morning, from the dead center
of all which the great canvas hangar
raised Its hundred feet of height and
ran like an overgrown haystack 700
or 800 feet along th field.
The men were at dinner when we
arrived. In one of the low huts that
form their home in this far-off land
and one glance at the table confirmed
hlle cruis
that the
ou.ay ep j an Impression I had gained whl;
term., wild promise, and pleading for ,ng. wUn our destroer fleet,
VII1V ULsMIUWICUflClllclli. A
eyed censor of Mary's ma
throutth and then handed It over to
i I UUI UUOll lV CI llVl lUV
it il American officer, taking it by and
it over to larKe doe not "eat" a" wel1 BS nls
Mary Mary read a few words, gasped. cneei.,ei!11. A dam; wld ' ! t vertically while traveling
turned pink then blushed ' violent the bleak countryside. The commndr "M lsiM" horizontally, the
red. and with an enraged squeal threw h . lre.dy ,old m. lttla French wind is stronger, of course, than if
every pore. Their conversation at ta
ble bristled with technical terms; was
dark with flying lore.
Technical Terns Confusing.
"Sondage," "angles of inclination,"
"ascensloned forces." "stabilizers" and
"elevators," "fins"- full - mouthed'
phrases such as these confounded my
layman's ignorance. I wanted to learn
and I did; among other things that a
dirigible is operated on practically the
same principles as a submarine; which
might be expected, aa air and water,
the mediums they float in. differ only
in density. Both are fitted with nr
ow vertical and lateral planes. - the
"fina" and "equalizers." which cut the
air or water sharply and deliver it in
a steady stream to the rudder and ele
vators." The latter are large discs
placed at the ends of the "stabllzers"
and are really Lateral rudders. Raised,
they catch the wind and send the ship
up. Depressed, they pull her down.
The ship swings, of course, like any
sea vessel in the direction the vertical
rudder turns.
Dirigibles are safer than sea planeB.
which fall if their motors tail; hut the
former can float for hours while their
mechanics make engine adjustments or
minor repairs. Also they can remain
poised above a certain spot to deliver
an attack or take an observation. The
greatest advantage of all, they can
stay out for 30 or 40 hours and cruise
TOO or 800 miles. Because of these ad
vantages your "lighter than airs" are
inclined to put on a little "swank" and
look down on the "heavier than airs"
a. belonging to a primitive craft which
practically represents the stone age in
flying. They- seemed to be in doubt,
however, as to their position in the
scale with the submarine till the Com
mander summed up a heated argument.
"We steer by landmarks over the
earth, by compass at sea. It isn't nec
essary to learn navigation. Those sub- ' But such
marine chaps have to know a lot more
than we.
Among the things the "lighter than
air" must know is how to make the
hydrogen gas he uses in flying. After
dinner we went round to the gas house
where the hydrogen is stored
canvas omlter which, in turn, is con
nected by canvas tubes with the dirig
ible ballonets so that the exact pres
sure required is always maintained.
Three "caustic" pits, from which the
gas is evolved, still lay wide open on
the outside as the French had left
them, extending a cordial Invitation to
unwary persons. One of our lads ac
cepted it one dark evening. Fortu
nately, he fell into a solution weak by
comparison with the thick, turgid acid
in the next pit. Instead of being
cooked to a crisp he escaped with
minor burns.
Phrase. Are Explained.
"Sondage" and "angles of inclina
tion," those mysterious terms, ex
plained themselves when the Lieuten
ant, who was showing me around, the
station, sent up some toy- balloons to
determine the wind velocity. If they
field the ship's great bulk had cloven
the air with a sough like a rising
wind. On the last round she was go
ing at a pace that put her in a few
minutes low down on the horizon; but
just before she went out of sight she
passed a second speck that grew and
enlarged almost as quickly as she had
diminished.
"It's the V ! From B !"
The Lieutenant's face could not have
lit up more brightly had it been hi3
best girl instead of the second ship of
the four that would make up the com
plement of the station. He added, as
she dipped her nose to alight, "If that's
little D at the wheel, you are in
luck. He's the boy that can give you
real stories."
It was, and he did as we two sat with
him at a late luncheon. A small, dark
eyed Frenchman, he spoke English so
perfectly, moreover, that his narrative
lost nothing in matter or spirit by
translation.
"Oui, M'sieu." he confirmed the Lieu
tenant's assertion. "We 'sank two sub
marines at this station. With another
we folight an artillery duel. Oui! the
little V outfought a Boche U-boat
with only her little popgun
"This way it was. M'sieu.. e had
slirhted her steaming on the surface.
and had she kept her course we could
easily have come down the wind and
bombed her as we passed. But she was
wise, that U-boat wise as a woman,
whom, as you know, M'sieu, is wise
without knowing it. Instead of wait
ing for us. the U-boat headed into the
wind, which blew so strongly that with
our engines at their best we could
make only 14 kilometers the hour. That
was the U-boat's speed, and while we
hung astern she fired 15 shells at us.
Some burst close so close that the
little V still bears the scars on her
body. But luckily for us and she, they
were not Incendiary; did not set her on
fire. We answered and hit her, too.
But our little, one-pound shells glanced
from her curve like peas from a bald
man's pate. Oui, M'sieu, Just so!
Laughter Makes Life Worth
While, Says Dainty Actress.
Lollta Robertson, as Her Husband's
Leading Woman. Will Be Seen la
"Nothing But the Truth" at the
Heillg Thursday Night.
LOLITA ROBERTSON', who in pri
' vate life is Mrs.) Max Figman. is
also her husband's leading woman
In ,tbir comedy,. "Nothing but the
Truth," which plays a return engage
ment at-the Heilig beginning on Thurs
day night.
Max Figman is one of the most pro
lific laughter producers in this coun
try and Miss Robertson is acknowledged
as one of the best among ,the younger
comediennes.
She is unusually beautiful and has a
philosophy about laughter which she
gave in a recent interview.
"It was George Cohan who said.
'Leave them laughing when you say
good-by,' and no finer . philosophy of
the epistle from her and fled from the
room.
e
Th. 1:20 ferryboat from New Tork
to Fort Lee la called by commuters "the
movie boat." An average of 200 or 300
town offered nothing in the wav of had risen twice the height.
amusement: not even a nlcture house. Worked by a scale through triangula
One could scarcely imagine a duller u"wlnd Telocy ',ea13r
niuu i. .n.nrf h. vim., n.nr.th. Un I Come along! The Con
the
the
determined.
Commander cut
lads had Just been made happy by off th Lieutena nt's explanation. "We
.rriv.i f , t r K are going to bring her out!"
photoplayers take this boat every ball and boxing sets, footballs, a box) "Her" was the dirigible, now due to
morning for the studios and in honor of I of nnnlt. nn.l win innicinr rnrwarH tn I depart on patrol. The crew of 150 men
th event th hucksters, taxi drivers the arrival of a Victrola. and nia.no required to handle her were already In
and farmer, line up In front of the that were said to be on the wav. tne hangar- With its long rows ' of
ferry-house to salute the actors. Oh "When they come, we ll be able to l"" steel piers rising In a graceful
yea. th actor, love It; tickle, 'em to dance and sine: in the evenings" on arch overhead like fluted columns, its
death.
a a a
Stephen Grattan, who plays Father
Gilbert In support of May Allison in
th Metro picture. "Social Hypocrites,"
was one leading man with the famous
Modjeska. He also supported James
K. Hackett In "The Prisoner of Zenda."
On the screen Grattan has a long list
of sterling characterizations to his
credit.
Douglas MacLean, a well-liked and
clever young actor, hss been engaged
by Thomas It. Ince. and will make his
first appearance with Dorothy Dalton
In her new story of the Southern coun
try and Its people. Maclean will have
a Juvenile role In which he should find
plenty of chances to distinguish him
self.
vast interior spaces, the golden light
that suffused in mellow streams
through the canvas roof, it looked like
a great cathedral. and within it, like
Mahomet's coffin, which is said to hang
in midVair without support, the great
lad assured me with cheery optimism.
"Then we'll feel all right."
Boy. Loyal to Girls at Home,
"Sure we will," another added. "And
if they put us on the American T. M.
C. A. amusement circuit, we'll be Lappy ship floated light as thistledown Un
as sand larks." And they will that la, der the arch.
as happy as they can be away from I Tour true sailor is neat as a New
Dakota or Iowa, Kansas, Alabama. Cal- England housewife and just as crazy
ifomia or whatever state they happen I about brass and paint, and the ship s
to hail from. For the landed beauties I crew of mechanics were giving her the
of Southern France human or land- last loving touches. Every bit of brass,
scape cannot shake their allegiance to copper, aluminum shone like silver or
the girls and fair stretches of the I gold. The painted body gleamed like
motherland. -. a grand piano. With glue and sand
"This isn't so bad for a while." one paper the master mechanic wae touch
youngster summed It. "But after the I ing up a slight abrasion on the pro-
war Is over me for the good old United I peller, for. with the iblades revolving
States." I 2000 to the minute, the slightest
At the officers' table at lunch, I got I roughness will cause vibration, which
a reflex of this happiness In the satis- I will grow worse and worse till it Una
f-jr.tin all at iha a ..Iva I Af th lv wrtcRR the ensrine. An nbiect so
Slay Allison mane ner nrst puouc ap- outfit.: for it .eemcd that a previous small and soft as a chestnut has been
pearance when she was still In ner -onKiB.nmn. of hna. eloves and bats known to pierce a blade like a high
had been diverted by a U-boat to the Power Duuei. ana oreaa it orr tnrougn
bottom of the sea. What an assortment
of goods, by the way, has been opened
lately for the Inspection of mvrman
and mermaids. .They must -feel grate
ful to Fritz at least. It Is to be hoped
so for they are the only friends he has
when she was still
teens. She wrote the lyrics and com
posed th score for a light opera, which
she called "The Life of Moses." She
also played the leading role. Miss Alli
son insisted on a stage career, though
her family was opposed to it. Finally,
when they found that they could not
persuade her to give up this ambition, ...
311SS Allison a inDiner w.-cumiiuicu iidi
to New Tork. where she came to seek
an engagement.
the ensuing vibration. Accordingly, as
with the sea planes described in a
former article, every wire, nut and
bolt had been subjected to microscopic
examination.
On the ship's bows she carried a
Lewis gun on a swivel that permitted
almost perpendicular depression, and.
peeping underneath, I saw in their
Of the dozen officers at the station
. .. . . . . . . ... i . i ,
nearly- au nao "aineo i tn ""f'Dj" racks on each side the four bombs she
school in Akron. Ohio. Many of them for the especial benefit of
... . w . m i nao do en laera lUKCLucr, n,i.u irvm tr i a- m j t i .r
Aiaafce jr. en n cay never wein curia ior ,. . j i.i. I u-wrnxo. ouaj nuc e mau ctw unis
th. .impl. reason that when sh. de- ' rr.' hi I1.' ' "ete,wi,ic?
Goldwyn produc- I "'" " ,V i I sns wouia presently crop on a target.
them had come out of civilian life In Buoyancy Is Tested.
the last six months. I believe the Com- I The sand bags and mooring ropes
msnder and his Lieutenant who bad having been cast off, the crew marched
also crossed on the same boat with us her out and round on a -wide circle
were th only Annapolis men. But into the center of the flying field. "Let
what the others had lacked In service her rise!" The commander gave the
they more than made up in enthusiasm. I word from his station in the bows.
They had plunged nead over heels into
their work; were so thoroughly! perme-
clded to appear In
tlons .he announced that she would
never consent to be the conventional
screen Ingenue.
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Douglas Fairbanks told Bennle Zeld
man, his press agent, one time he hated
a sycophant and when Bennle was or
derlns a Jazz band to play for Douglas
In a cabaret scene he told the leader to
bring the piano player, the banjo and .,.. that ' ,rm
tne i ruin i.w no, UUi. iu w
phant player at home.
Bob Warner, the magazine writer. Is
assisting Charlie Chaplin in the con
struction and direction of the come
dian', new comedies. Boh likes the
work, but doesn't appreciate Charlie's
calling him up at 1 In the morning and
asking him If he has any Ideas.
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Louis Huff, Wallace Reld and Ray
mond Hatton presented for the 144th
Regiment at Camp Kearney, known
the Grlsslles, William de Mille's play
let, "Food." While she was at the camp
Louis adopted th whole regiment. This
nit Includes a number of prominent
men, among whom are Feter B. Kyne
nd Stewart Kdward White, the au
thora.
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Jack Curtis. Triangle character actor.
a. pulled a new one In the way of get
ting a vacation. He dldn t phone and
say hi. rrandmother was dead or any
Id chestnut like that. He simply went
to th dentist and had all his front
teeth pulled and then reported to Cast
ing Director Hoyt. greeting him with
broad and toothless grin. Curtis Is
now laid up for repairs, waiting for a
set of false teeth.
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John Bunny, who died April IS. 1915,
left a net estate of 16521.48. according
to an accounting made by his widow,
Clara Scanlan Bunny, of Valley Stream.
L. I. Bunny, whose antics as an actor
made million, laugh, was only 52 years
old when, after an Illness of three
weeks, he died at -his home. 1416 Ave
nue G. In Brooklyn.
Blanche Payson, of the Sennett Com
pany, and formerly police woman at the
San Francisco Fair, lost a suit recently I
In Los Angeles for damages amounting I
to II0.S35 for Injuries sustained by a
fall In the jewelry store or o. I Wuer
ker. The verdict against Miss Payson
was returned by a jury of women, the
rote being 10 to S. Miss Payson. who
stands ( feet 4 Inches and weighs S10
pounds, looked down upon the jury I
with much scorn when the verdict was
returned and some of the girls became
PORTLAND BOY ENLISTED VS
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Paul A. lie
Paul A. Herron. son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Herron. of 575 East
Sixteenth street North, is home
on a furlough. He -was one of the
first boys in this city to enlist in
the Navy and was one of a hun
dred young men whom the Gov
ernment sent to the Medical Uni
versity of Minneapolis. By per
severance and hard study he was
among the seven boys who com
pleted the course five weeks In
advance of the other members of
the class. Then he was sent to
the Great Lakes Naval Station.
Illinois, and is now in charge of
the surgical dressing division.'
They slacked the ropes and gave her
few feet.
"Lower!"
They pulled her down again. She
had floated in perfect balance with
just enough buoyancy to carry her up
to cruising height. A pull at a lever
would release water ballast and send
her higher in an emergency. But she
raises and lowers for ordinary cruis
ing by the power of her engines driv
ing the "elevators" into the wind.
"Port engine! Starboard engine!"
They both went off with a puff of
black smoke.
Satisfied with their even purring, the
commander gave the final word, "Let
her go!"
Simultaneously the dozen ropes that
held her slipped through the rings of
her permanent stays; then, slowly, but
with increasing speed, she rose and
moved off on a wide circle that pres
ently brought her heading back down
the center of the field.
In the meantime we had all moved
back from the whitewashed lines that
marked the deck of a submarine. At
her height, nearly 700 feet, it could not
have appeared any larger than a tur
tle's back. A bomb, too, has the initial
speed of the ship when released; de
scribes a flat curve as it falls: may be
deflected by a side wind. The com
mander said, afterward, that he shot
them 200 feet short of the mark.
While it was falling, the bomb looked
astonishingly large. A dead rifle shot
like Doctor Carver, or any of the ex
perts that tour our vaudeville circuits.
could easily explode one in midair. At
first it just tumbled, turning over and
over; then as the wooden arrow feath
ers caught the wind, it righted and
shot true to the target. The ship had
passed a hundred yards before it
struck, well away from the concussion
blast of a real bomb. Now she de
scribed another circle, came back and
dropped a second, third and fourth. All
but the last struck square on the tar
get: a side wind carried it a few inches
to one side. But though technically a
miss, it would still have damaged a
submarine. While the French had the
station, they sank, two U-boats; and
Judging from that day's practice, our
lads can be depended upon to carry on
the good work.
jach time sh. had come down the
"It was suicide to persist, so we
struck a wide tack across the wind to
out sail and come back at her from
the other side with the sun in the eyes
of her gunners. But when we came
about, she was gone, that U-boat; sub
merged and fled from our little V
is your boche. A cunning
coward unless the odds are -his." '
Frenchman's Spirit Big.
I took another look at that little
Frenchman he had spoken so quietly,
as though hanging on the tail of a
submarine, a mark for its gunners,
was all in the day's work. He could
not have been more than five feet
high. He probably weighed in the
neighborhood of a hundred and ten
pounds. But the spirit that looked out
of his dark Latin eyes was big as
Mont Blanc. The soul of him could not
be weighed in tons. He shrugged when
I mentiond the danger.
"Is war ever safe, M'sieu? We do
not always escape. Out there " a
fling of his thumb Indicated, the fly
ing field " we watched the Admiral
fly off on a far mission. She was
seen, here and there and yonder, fly
ing south over the land. A ship re
ported her well along the Mediter
ranean, a gallant sight between the
sunlit sky and deep blue sea. Then "
his shoulders rose to his hair " she
vanished. Perhaps a submarine got
her with an incendiary shell? A flash
of flame between sea and sky, the
splash of her charred body in the
water, it would be over! Or she may
have been brought down. It is, per
haps, that some day her crew will
come back to us from an interior Ger
man prison."
Just as he said, a dirigible offers an
immense target, but just how large I
did not realize until, late in the after
noon, our ship came sliding out of the
sunset's gold. The huge bulk of her,
shining and etherial, looked as big as
the hangar. 4
While she was still a fly speck on
the red face of the sun, the lone sentry
away up on top of the hangar had
sounded the bugle blast that brought
the men from the huts; a swarm of
black bees. As she slowed and dipped
down with engines cut off, the quarter
mile trail rope thudded on the ground.
It was seized by a hundred hands and
quickly bent to a "dead man" anchor.
The guy ropes were as quickly slipped
through the stay rings then, on a wide-
circle, they marched her around' to the
hangar.
Ship Make Good Target.
She loomed larger than ever, going
In; "Some target!" as the boys would
say, for the U-boat they are going to
flush one of these days. Personally, I
hope they catch her under water at
least before she can unship her guns.
But these flying sailors of ours show
no mental disturbance at the thought
of a give and take duel. On the con
trary. liko the "heavier than airs'
had flown with, the "daily bread" in
their prayer has been changed to
submarine." They will get it. too let
us hope in the slang sense of the term.
Meanwhile, Ihey are carrying on,
Daily they go forth on the patrols,
escorting convoys up the coast, keep
ing the U-boats out of the French ship
channels. Also they are making th
bestof a rather cheerless existence.
My last view of the station going
away, showed a couple of lads ham
merlng the tar out of each other with
the new boxing gloves under the lea
of a bunkhouse. Further away, two
officers were breaking In th football
with vigorous punts. The "heavier
than airs" at the next station are all
Harvard men. These "lighter than
airs" hail from Tale. It won't be long
till they are at each others' throats.
Still further off, out in the center of
the flying field, two games of baseball
were in full swing under the wonder
ing observation of a group of wooden
shoed French peasants. The cheery
yells of the players followed me down
the. road.
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Lollta Robertson In "Nothing but
the Truth."
life was ever promulgated." said Miss
Robertson recently. "Laughter is the
sauce which makes life real. It is
the salt which leavens the lump of
trouble in the world and enables human
folk to rise above the life of every
day.
"And the laugh play, as with 'Noth
ing but the Truth,' can hold a message
no less than the serious play. But in
this kind of drama it is sugar coated,
and the people who see it swallow it
and think it good. It sinks in, stay,
and leaves no bad taste in the mouth.
"I wonder if those folk out there be
yond the footlights know how good it
is to hear their laughter how it gives
the sense of taking them out and away
beyond the world to a place where no
troubles are, how it makes the world
a good old place to live in and to work
in and to love in. Laughter is, after
all, the handmaiden of love. For with
laughter one wins sympathy and with
sympathy comes love, and with love
comes all the dearest of dear things
that life holds.
"In times like these the theater holds
a big place in the world. Abroad where "
the war clouds have been so near for
these past years the theaters have been
crowded constantly. And it has been
the laugh plays which attracted the big
patronage because such plays take the
people away from the drab terror of
the horrible things which have come
Into this world. So let us laugh and
forget It is good to be so."
SECRET TREATY IS BARED
Important German Document Made
Public by Leon Trotzky.
EDITOR OF
ELECTED.
HUSTLER
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I. Edward Tonkon.
I. Edward Tonkon was recently
elected editor of the Hustler, pub
lished by the Portland newsboys.
Tonkon was one of the organ
izers of the old Portland News
boys" Association and was editor-in-chief
of . the Portland News
boy. He has been associate edi
tor and manager of the Hustler
for the past nine months.
He is a senior at the Lincoln
High School and is a member of
the Cardinal- staff, the official
publication of the school.
PETROGRAD. March 20. (Corre
spondence of the Associated Press.)
The text of a secret treaty signed by
the German Emperor William and
Emperor Nicholas of Russia in 1905, by
which it has been charged the German
Emperor sought to bring about an al
liance between Germany, Russia and
B'rance against Great Britain, was
among the secret documents made pub
lic by Leon Trotzky, the foreign min
ister of the Bolshevik government.
This treaty was signed -by the two
Emperors on board Emperor Nicholas'
yacht, the Polar Star, off the Island of
Bjorke, on the Swedish coast, in Au
gust, 1905. It bears the date of August
25. The instrument has been des
ignated as the "Bjorke treaty" and was
so referred to by Emperor William.
It was signed while the peace con
ference which terminated the Russo
Japanese war was in session at Ports
mouth, N. H., and provided for a "de
fensive union" between Germany and
Russia, under which either should come
to the aid of the other if attacked by
a third European power.
France, then in friendly relations
with Great Britain, was to he invited
to join this Russo-Germanic alliance
after Russia and Japan had signed a
peace treaty. It appears, however, that
knowledge of the signing of this paper
by the two Emperors was withheld
from France at the request of Emperor
William.
The text of the Bjorke treaty as
translated and divulged by the Smolny
government reads:
"Polvarnaya. Zvezda (Polar Star),
Biorke. 24 Aug., 1905. Their Imperial
Majesties, the Emperor of All Russia
on the one hand and the Emperor of
Germany on the other, with a view ot
Insuring the peace of Europe, have
agreed to the . following points of a
treaty regarding a defensive union:
Point 1 Should eitner of these em
pires be attacked by any other Euro
pean power, the ally shall come to its
aid in Europe with all its land and
naval forces.
Point 2 The contracting parties
obligate themselves not to make a sep
arate peace with the common enemy.
point 3 The present agreement
shall 'come into force at the signing of
a peace between Russia and Japan and
shall remain in force until a perioa tne
date of which shall be fixed a year in
advance.
Point 4 The Emperor of All Russia,
on the coming into force or aDove
treaty, shall take the necessary steps
to inform France of said treaty and
hall propose that France should join
the same as an ally.
"(Signed) Wilhelm, Nicholas.
"(Countersigned) Von Tschirsky and
Benkendorff, A. Birileff."
AUSTRIA CAN'T ECONOMIZE
Herr Paul Says People Already lave
From Hand to Month.
ZURICH April 1. Herr Paul, the new
president of the Austrian Food Bureau,
in outlining his administrative policy,
said there could be no tal kof econo
mizing supplies, for the people wer at
present living from hand to mouth and
these conditions could not be changed
before the netx harvest, -
The report of the Czech Apothecaries
Association, of Prague, state, that
stocks of medicaments are so low that
f the war continues longer the chem
ists or drug stores will be forced to
close. ,
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ans, ar today', entertainer, at the
just too frightened for anything.