THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 29, 1923
HOBNAIL BOOTS
BY REVELATION AT Y. W. G. A.
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Wonderful Organization Formed for Mothers, Fathers, Sisters and
Brothers Found in "Six Stories of Women."
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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"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
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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
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'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.
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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.
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