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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 29, 1923 HOBNAIL BOOTS BY REVELATION AT Y. W. G. A. M ' Wonderful Organization Formed for Mothers, Fathers, Sisters and Brothers Found in "Six Stories of Women." Lii i ',X' , a ',-' , "" """"1 Is 1 ( I I. if i BV HOBNAIL BOOTS. ALWAYS wear hobnail boots; habit from the tank corps. I have always mot my girl In frnht nf rtffnr Ktnni atid ntl Uh. ' Ma I would meet on a street cor ner. '' Ma and the elrl have always ob icctcd to cifrnr stores, hotel lobbies and street corners as meeting places. ,1 knew of no other place where I could meet them, until Imagine hobnail "ruffian"' of the POET WITH PERSONALITY TO LECTURE IN PORTLAND Vachel Lindsay Is Declared to Be Able to Play With' Audiences as He . Would With Instrument. Mr heart h a kicking- h-orne ytrod with Kentucky steeL V. L: f-- -BY ANNE SHANNON MONROE. T' I ALL, fair, with light eyelashes and light eyes which you do not see after he begins to speak, for (ha closes the quite up as one in a semi-trance,' but with a magnetic n ..... - I n j. I Vi 0 nu ipnen un into Xits 'hands, own it, handle it as an in strument on which ho plays till he chooses to let it go such is Vachel Lindsay, who will visit Portland soon. He alnga his poems, chants them .intones them what doesn't he do with thera that Is myatio and weird? i All you really know after a Lind- lsay evening is that, while you sat ( patiently waiting to hear a poet read 1 his verses, vou were at some moment fwwept out of yourself into the spell of his Incantations; that you laughed, anil cried, end rockedi with him yes, nn AUn Mn Yiia 11n J, H W tf him tin a perfect abandon of ardor; and !fOU RAVVIIl. Ull Ul nil lura II " ,v ... happened; you Just know it did hap pen that you were ewopt free of all ties of time and place into a happy, knonsenBlcal, rolling rhythm to which ou gave yourself up as irresponsibly taseome good old negro mammy unaer l"the power o' d-e eperit." V Just what Is Vachel Lindsay: pro- phet, seer, poet? He is called by his -familiars the most picturesque man. in America. "Not since Walt Whitman Innd Jack London, says one critic, "has America produced a literary fig- lure eo democratlc and distinctive. 1 HnmAiTO t ( Vf mnno- hla WAV int(T the hearts of the people, singing In Lfarm houses and going out to little country churches; then he began to Hnn,ap infnrA clulm inA finlvernltv leatherings. John Masefield today ,1-tondon critics have called him "the most primitive and- most sensational iwf American poets"; Floyd Dell, the novelist, speaks of him as "Homer tnnln- . , V. A . -1. - " V .-...... 11. ahini "the authentic voice of America"; the Boston Transcript said, "Mr. Lindsay has definitely engraved his Individuality upon the records of American art"; the New Republic speaks of him as "a minstrel, a song singer, a chanter, a poet who livt-s with wonder and abides with dreams, and his fascination comes from this wonder and these dreams." The writer goes on to say: "The agglom eration -ot Lindsay, like the aKKlom- ferationr x.inc juration of Bur IwiMness lr the f poet springs. T rns. Is the result of a s fields from which the To have kept that wlld-J ."triumph of Burns. It is also the par tial triumph of Lindsay." London Sincerely Won. He went over to London, not a (treat while ago, taking his mother along, to get a good rest. But a few people found him out, and almost over night he was the sensation of the-clty; In demand everywhere: Iec- 1 ture halls were filled; theaters were crowded, the people following him In such a frenzy that he finally had to leave town to-escApe being done to 'death with over-attention. The Lon don press was unanimous in its en thusiasm over the latest American visitor, and one leading Journalist stated that America had done more to melt the two countries up together In sympathy and understanding through sending over Vachel Lindsay than they coulj have accomplished with an entire school of ambassadors. vachel Lindsay isn't only a poet: you feel that Intensely when vou listen to him; he Is a seer, a prophet, a mystic He calls hlmaelf "a preacher iw a crusader or the gospel of .beauty": he is a lover of the. rnn1n.n things of life. He sees possible beauty everywhere; he prophecies a iti when the city will find ita true heart in me country. Again to quote an other writer who has nut it well. "He Inculcates a new social ideal? a recommend a now saint Johnny BIT JARRED I tank corps In "six stories ot women" tho T. W. C. A. v See me again peeping- into the swimmlnsr pool, bashful as a country maiden. However, let me hurry to say here that there was no one In the pool but I saw It. I. was with the Y. W. C. A. secretary, who "knew the ropes." The secretary even went furthei" took me into the shower-bath de partment. It seems all the customers were at work; business offices down town and 'round the city. All this happened in the basement. I won Applcseed. He talks- of a new revel ationthe golden book which will come flying to us from many mystic fires altar fires, torch fires, forge fires but most of .aii from the heart fires of little cottages." He has once before traveled t hrough Oregon. Of this trip he said: "Round- T ahet l.lnuflay, poet, -who In to visit J'ortlnnd. i ' ' . ' U I - -V 'i ! 4 r; , , - r v -.it 1 isl;'c: A J ) sf 4 . . . ... j It - v -v' t TOMWMIX NOW "The ROUGH Called upon to abandon his famous and familiar cowboy outfit, away from plains and ranches, exchanging them all, with the exception of his horse Tony, for ships and shoes and plains and revolutions. SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTIONS LARRY SEMON in "THE BELL HOP" AESOP'S FABLES, PATHE NEWS 'THE Admission lo This Bis Sunday 25c tUTZirmilr umr'r m senrnsentty Operates r:s f T 'TxnVV l V f iri.Mk) TiT RBflTI I4 "I'HK ll TH7 I AJ5l t t: Bf-'l M HI.I.OWIJ dered what the other six stories held, j My hobnail boots were retting usea to the place. "Elevatorlng" to the third floor with my ruide. she rattled her keys at a huge dodr and said: "Our trym nasium Is the best In the city. The firls come up hero and In bloomers and middles and "But, Madam." I protested, "are there any girls In there now in-ln-in " By gum, here I was standing in the center of the gym floor surrounded by girls swinging clubs, climbing trapezes, turning tumbles; fat ones. slim, short, tall; brunettes, blondes and auburn-haired girls girls girls. My exit was easily made When she suggested that we look over the chow line in the cafeteria. I went out of that gym like Heinle's retreat. I had read and heard about men taking their girls to Y. W. C. A. cafe terias. And thinking in The terms of a guy from the tank corps and hob nail boots, expected to see the lads drp "lady-finger"5 cookies into their tea and draw a hanky from their sleeve. Not so! I met a buddy from the "hard-boiled" outfit and he was doing- credit -to the tank corps. I was still diszy when ushered Into the library-silence room, where tired cirls can snooze an hour or so; into the vocational school, where sewing and cooking are taught; into the French and art classes and girls' dormitory. "Now, this room is called "Lover' Lounge,' and a lovely place for young men to come and 'meet their women friends, your mother or friends and "Huh? What say? Tou mean that fellers like ma don't have to meet our girls or mas downtown In front ot cigar stores or hotel lobbies or street corners, but that we . can come op here and meet 'em In this big room thereT" I asked pointing to a huge room which looked like a hotel lobby, but wasn't. "Surely," the secretary answered. "You're like hundreds of men in Port land who believe there is a sign on the outside -door- which says: "No men allowed.' This place Is human. It is one of Portland's civic assets; it is a place to meet. We even have a little chapel which is called the board room, where, if you wish, you can get married. This Is for the con venience ot anyone. Many marrlag ceremonies have been performed in there. . "There are So Portland organiza tions which have met dn this building In . the past year," she continued, "and-- (She was hitting on all six. What a dumbbell I've been all these years). "Just as soon as the men of Port land wake up to the fact that the Y. W. C. A. Is a wonderful organiza tion for mothers, fathers, sisters, daughters, brothers and the communi ty as a whole the better. We need funds to operate, and through the Portland community chest fund cam paign, as one of the 45 organizations which will derive benefit from the chest fund, we hope to broaden and continue our work. The chest has helped us to enlarge our programme the past year and we must continue to carry on." ing "Mount Hood I looked out the window of the train on Oregon or chards that bloomed like the dawn, and I said in my heart. There are the great-grandchildren of orchards planted in the Hoosier wilderness by Johnny Appleoeed. . . . the chil dren and grandchildren of his trees march straight west forever." To account for Vachel Lindsay we must go back to his southern origin. his background of old plantation j oays, n i a -orea-in-iae-oono Knowaeage. of negro superstitions, songs, melo dies and rhythms; and on top of this is an overlay of. the wide, free life of the wind-blown, clean-scented Illi nois prairies, where he grew into manhood and still lives. His senti ments and emotions hark back to the lilting lullabies of black mammies, while his later boyhood impressions are of plains and the strong pioneer men and women who wrestled with hard conditions in a new land. He loves the pioneer, tho worker, the doer, the man of brawn who is brave enough to follow h'is vision andi Uvea with nature sufficiently to have a vision. He has In his own nature the freshness of a child, everything seem ing . continually new . and wonderful to him. He is still young, scarcely in the 40s, with to his credit "The Congo," "General Booth Enters Heaven," "The Chinese Nightingale," "The Santa Fe Trail, "The Golden Whales of Califor nia," "I Have Been to Palestine." "Bryan," "Lincoln" and many other notable poems. He will lecture at the Lincoln high school Friday evening, February S. The OregoA Writers' League will en tertain him at a banquet Saturday night, and there will be several other events of a social nature In his honor. Extravagant husbands can learn a lesson In Ethel Clayton's latest suc cess, "Her Own Money," which Is to be shown at the Peoples. Tne oboto play, a story of the difficulties that arise between a middle-class man and woman over the husband's extrava gances. Is a model lesson on thrift to all who pee It. - ' COME! DIAMOND DOG AND THE FLEA" MUTT AND JEFF 10-Reel Programme : Monday 20c ENGLISH FILM PRODUCTIONS . TO INVADE AMERICAN MARKET Cecil SI. Epworth to Take Action as Result of Demand He Found Existing in United States During Four Months' Tour. ket with English productions has been determined upon by Ce cil M. Hepworth. the English producer. as a result of the demand he has found exists here during a four months tour of thla country which he has Just com pleted. Enlargement of the Hepworth studios to quadruple its present facil ities has already been started as a re sult of the trip, and within the next six months one of several propositions that have been submitted to the pro ducer will probably have resulted In regularly released Hepworth Picture Plays in the United States. The enthusiasm with which "Airs Button," the initial Hepworth picture play to he shown in the country, now being distributed by Associated First National Pictures, has been greeted by critics and exhibitors in this country, is one of the prime reasons for Mr. Hepworth's belief that there is a big field here for English-made produc tions, it is said. A second factor is the number of propositions that have been submitted to him, since his ar rival in New York four weeks ago, for distribution of his entire product in this country, it is announced. No Difference Racially. "French, Italian and German pic tures never will acquire a permanent place in the American exhibiting field," said Mr. Hepworth, "because of the racial differences that exist in the story elements. The big spectacles from these countries, that have been successful here, are not typical of the general supply that they are making, and are not a reflection of the coun tries themselves. 'Passion.' the first German picture that made a success in this country, is a depiction of an era of French life that does not exist any more. The same is true of the produc tions of other countries which are alien in their interests. "Between England and America. however, there Is no racial difference. The product of English writers Is as TE1AGUE at the riiOrDirection of Jensen and on Herberg f J0WM 1 -. - X - u. . W 1 Tir mill 1 shl anssisl I ssssssl issl anWammi si am inn 1 1 r r jw 5 iiy. mis I J . i hrA- ff' I TK ' IvtsM ' X & ! Li rr WILL j Iff A s V e3 take you ( '- i&$h .iff : X t H from china T Iff hi h TO ALASKA t 2f ' , 1 fl A GRIPPING ) i- Hi " W - " " II ti AND THRILL- W . flrS! ing you L V i W EVERY FOOT W- " i - . I 3 by OF THE WAY ' SI V s - n era . i : - K M NOTE 1 'd ' - i UO A Plain Statement of Facts About 11 J r i m "shame" m V".- U I H i l iJ ! W M I t-. J graphed super-production I have yet shown bi'i Jp I ! j . 1-- It ! I y H51 in my theater and I question whether a Tifl (' r' U I' LJ n ' k. I,. U I ill I' '-5? Ljy bisrger'picture has been seen in Portland in UM fciJVjylJajU V. UU UlOlXiU 1 3 the past year." JOHN IIAMRICK. ":: - nOO U 1 r yyjf UlXJU- -'-iri.UlJLW.U h 0TttfteHrj orchestra "gjsst m ! - v f :. mmmti'iMm jBQ GO I: dL : v, , - J g .N U J j V ys f 4 5 Q Beautiful abandoned careless of the world 0 j ' j 1 4 K. A she scores another magnificent success in this n t 100 l ,ISSS5iaijrWASHri n tale of BOHEMIAN NIGHTS IN PARIS. j D frffmfH " "deader as is the American novel to the Englishman. Alfa Button' is even more English than nearly any production we have ever made, in that its chief characters are cockney, a distinctly local development in English life. Its fundamental Idea, however, is as much American as it is English,- and its humor is univer sal as far as the two countries axe concerned. 4The success that it is meeting here is but a demonstration of a belief that I have held for some time, and it has crystalizd my de termination , to immediately expand our producing facilities, and enter the American market as a permanent factor. . "I realize, naturally, that the Eng lish pictures for tho time being will be on trial In this country and for that, reason I have refused to enter into some arrangements that prom ised a rather unexpectedly large financial return, . but which would bind me to deliver in this country every picture we make. I want to be in a position where I can with hold any picture that I do not think will give 100 per cent audience satis faction and make money for any ex hibitor who books tt. Stodio Enlargement Begun. "The enlargement of the Hepworth studios has been recently started and should ba completed by next fall at the latest. At tba present tlma we have but two complete studios, but the building plans include the con struction of six additional ones. This will give the opportunity of working four producing units under ideal ar rangements. While a company is working in one of the studios ths sets for future work for them- can be set In place In another one with out the annoyance of the rustle and bustle of such work in the same studio where it is working. Each of the studios are about the size of Charlie Chaplin's In Los Angeles and are capable of holding three to four Wurlitzer - - Pafie Weekly Comedy ordinary sets at the same time. Hep worth pictures have never been man ufactured on a time schedule basis, so that there is no definite number of productions that could be stated as being an annual output under the new arrangement, but from past per formances it will probably mean from 18 to 24 a year. "In entering the American field there is no desire on my part, or no expectation, tha our productions are going to replace any American pro ductions. When it is taken into con sideration that English producer are only supplying about 15 per cent of the pictures shown in English theaters, it can ba readily seen what a small percentage wo would expect to do in America, even if we had the Idea of displacing any American pro ductions in their home markets. We simply feel that there is room for English productions here and that there is a demand for them because they are different. Their difference lies In the fact that the English pro ducing field has developed in an en tirely different way from the American. Screen Gossip. Cnllen Landls is given the best role that baa as yet fallen to his lot in "Watch Tour Step," the cloture of small town life written directly for the screen and for Landln by Juften Josephson, announces Goldwyn. The picture was formerly called "The City Feller," but the new title was chosen as mora fitting a-s well as more at tractive. William Beaudine directed "Watch Your Step," and has brought out ex cellently the author's truthful record of small town characters and happen ings. Youthful Patsy Ruth Miller plays opposite Landie. while others In the cast are John Cosaar, Bert Woodruff. Raymond Cannon, Heniry Raittenbury. L. H. King, Cordelia Callahan. Albert Lee and George Pearce. George Fl'tzmaurioe has been for soma weeks in Italy, filming the ex teriors for his next production, "The Man 'From Home." One of the most up-to-date places he struck on his quest for suitable "locations" was the tiny fishing village of Traia.no, south of Naples and Sorrento. Mr. Fltz maurdce, in fact, discovered that 35 of the 50 male Inhabitants of Tralano -pe-ak the ton-gu-e of Broadway. TT1 TTfH srk.Ta.TT 1 NIGHT ONLY fefV-" , -,' & ;.,v m-p1 hi u;J - rTi ANOTHER BIG WILLIAM FOX SUPER-SPECIAL THAT WILL THRILL AND STARTLE ALL PORTLAND. m DO m M l.r--.'v MrfsnTiiiiftaV TT - -rrmr. i t : 1 iLaUnzU auou lL1i2Li3 W W CONTINUOUS 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. E ir3 A GRIPPING DRAIUA OF VOLCANIC FORCE, ASTOUNDING IN THEME AND PICTURESQUE 7N- ATMOSPHERE THE PULSE QUICKENING STRUGGLE BE TWEEN THE HERO AND A FEROCIOUS ALASKAN , WOLF
