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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1926)
- T1IE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 23, 1926 '. Six months ago Dorothy Seastrom, affectionately called the;rCandy Kid' around the First National studios because of her taffy colored hair, was just about the happiest girl in - Hollywood. 'After years of struggle she had received & long term Contract from First National and critics were praising her work. ; 4 ; - r 1 1: : 5 c Then tho rlsrV rfavs cameu Hard work told on Dorothy's ; rather frail strength and she xuer. fiUSDand sent her u a saniunuiu m me . inns ana sne battled against the disease, gaining gradually each day. By a strange coincidence Barbara LaMarr lay on & sick bed not -. . Now Miss Seastrom is back .i-krtiTtv 1'fftvm 'liar a now contract. She i.f t havir 'n: tiarfc V- A uv w - ..am iuuuic iytuwwovu. . j - i Dorothy's laughing .and singing again and the movie colony's- busy dropping in at her home to wish her welL j . ; Lillian GIsh's next starring role will be that of Annie Laurie, heroine of one of the best known songs in the English language. The filming of the story will do 'much toward . . 1 , x . ' rounded the Scottish heroinei imv run hat. wMi ine auxnor oi . -. . . L A 1 mother. ; ; ; my m.r m "t " ' :".;;L tBeing a brunette, but playing ten blonds to one brunette, Is the, experience of Louise Fazenda. ' During the past year she has been "as is" in only three pictures. , "' ' The role of "Miss Hazy," the eccentric character, of Alice Rice's stories, fMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" and "Lovey" Mary should come easy tot Vi via Ogden, who is por traying it in the photodrama version of "Lovey Mary," which King Baggot is , directing for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ' Vivia Ogden played the part four years on the speaking s stage Tvhen "Mrs. Wiggs ot the Cabbage Patch" was a dra matic'favorite. t Later, she-had the same role when 'Mrs Wigga was made into a photoplay! , "Jessie Barriscale was "Lovey Mary" then and May Aic Avby Was one of the children who romped in the background of tne Cabbage patch, o ' i ' : ; By; a coincidence, when Miss Ogden was playing iMiss Ilaiy on the speaking stage, King Baggott was the juvenile Qt the company. . He is now directing her In "Lovey Maryt ' ;t Bessie Love , has the title role of the picture while the cist includes Russell Simpson, Mary AIden, Rosa Coro, Wil liamyjalnes.r Sunshine Hart and Martha Mattox. : ' : .- ;fcji2vV.rf h'i' . i ' - - - I xi. . : 7 tj-ii..... i ( t- -c.-$ftinju& nits icceuii arrivals ixi mc uvu;nuuu uiunc tui- ohf la .Olive Brook, Jr eight pound son of the English actor. With the Women of Today. .. ' i Helen Keller's first teacher later companion, Anne Sun van, ton. Lower Falls,:Mass.,; recently celebrated her 90th birth- dajft' C-:ef 7-'i - . l.' , ' .- t-i : : Miss Fuller was the pioneer in teaching the deaf to .talk. She taught until ' she was ;70. Alexander Graham - Bell, in ventor of the telephone, who her, roomed at her home just before he produced the tele phone,, He was experimenting -at that time on some sort of phone hy .whiclrthe deaf could be made to hear sounds.- He invented - sound -, producing instruments and transmitters vtf --.-. . . - . 4 -V'- " . .-.. . ; . ' : , . . : i. , - .,.. .. -: v.- , .- ... .. r .... - . ; . f . , . .,.... ., . , .(., ... vs...; ' t .. . i ...';. '- - '-.-i .. u' - . . , .. - , - - ... . ' ' ' ' , 4 i "V. ? r i fell a victim of tuberculosis.4 in Hollywood and First Na- ' . ft. who, contrary to popular opm- 11 1 me son? dul rave mm ud tot and also the teacher, of her Miss Sarah Fuller, of New was a teacher of the deaf with O) u Due to the introduction of many new manufacturinn' economies, and the purchase of ourl own body plants. Rickenbackerr is J a.1 . -2C reduce the coct of 4 1 f V. a. t v. . while at her. home, and later gave up teaching to work en tirely oa the telephone. ' ;- -. ; , Four servants of the late Queen Mother Alexandra of England were presented with medals by the king and queen when they left .the service of ..the royal household. .Miss Walton, housekeeper, received a gold and enamel brooch with her initials set in diamonds,' and G. Davis, off icekeeper;s H. Middleton, tapestrykeeper,and Donald Moffat, keeper of the silver, each received a tiepin 'of ; gold and enamel with' the initials "G. R." set in diamonds on a background of royal blue enamel enclosed within the garter device and surmounted by a' small crown of gold, ; it r: ! iO-ii '- fifth annual exposition of women's arts and industries .t .the Hotel Astor, New York City, in September. : Mrs., Oliver Harriman is chairman: The vice chairmen include Mrs. Charles-H. Sabin, Mrs. Howard Chandler. Christy, Mary E. Dillon, Mrs. Charles Tiffany, Elisabeth Marbury and Mrs, Otto Kahn.- A special feature will be international exhibits, showing the progress women have made in .the. crafts -and industries in many lands. A fencing contest, under the aus pices of Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs. Charles IL Hopper, will be a feature. The exhibit committee includes Princess Chinquiflt, Miss Helen. Varick Boswell, Miss Mary B. Cleve land, Mrs. Lydig Hoyt,Prof . Sarke B. Hrbkoba, Miss Rose tyNeill, Miss Nelhe Revell, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Miss Margaret Sanger, Miss Rita Weiman, Mrs. N. Taylor Philip and Mrs. Clare Tree-Major. . ,r A foundation of $75,000 for disabled American veterans of the world war has been founded by-Mme. Schumann-Heink and sponsored by a committee of prominent men and women. It will be known as the Schumann-Heink Foundation. Mine. Schumann-Heink as the "mother" of . the disabled veterans will start a benefit concert tourjate in May to provide funds to start the foundation. The concerts will open in Los An geles and take her to 15 cities. v Mrs. 'John Hanna of Dallas, Tex., was elected national head of the Y. W. C A. at the recent convention at Milwau kee. She succeeded i Mrs. Frederick Paist of Philadelphia, who declined to serve again. s. The daughter-in-law of the Earl of Leicester, the Hon orable Mrs. Arthur Coke, went into the grocery business sev eral years ago: ; . "' 'Fan Mail' Slumps as Names of Applaiiders Not Given ; ,:;:-. CHICAGO, lU( By Associated press.) Since te radio broadcast, lug ' statlonsquit announcing the names of. persons who. wrote , pr telegraphed "to j them. , the "fan Uiail" to broadcasters has dropped off heavily- i But It aiUI keeps the mailman busy. An. towa station had 326, 000 respoiises to a week of "anni versary prdgrams" which it broad cast. A' Nebraska station got 182,000 letters In a 24-hour radio adTertisifog-' campaign offering free samples. On the other hand, A Chicago' station which offered 116,000 worth of broadcasting ap paratus to those who wrote ingot so few replies that: not all the prires were- distributed. ' j Announcement of names is con tinued by 'some southern stations. Sut It has .been abandoned here nd generally orer the country, xcept 8 featiire ofJtiTenlle programs r of birthday parties," rchestral ifcelectlons etc. : able j to greatly i xt LliLl J r : the wp-ld famous ... -V- - .'. .- t' i r - i" ROGERS H0RNSBY REVEALS EXPERT PLAY (Continued from page 3.) ond than the ball if the ball is hit behind him. and hence have a bet ter chance" of getting to his ho&c safely... That's about the extent of place hitttng. Spend yonr time In learning to meet the ball squarely fend hit it ; hard,! rather than in trying to place it as you would a tennis ball. Another question on which yung plaert waste a lot of time is that of figuring what the pitch er is going to do. Is he going to throw a curve? a fast ball? a wide one? And what's the thing to do? Again I say don't "let it bother " Gabriel Powaer supply Co., lumber; bunding materials, paints and Tarnishes, roofing paper. Get prices, there and make a big sav ing. Office. 175 -S. Com'l. , () Eiker 'Auto Co., Ferry at Liber ty St. Autos stored, and bought and sold. Cars washed day and night. Low prices and service will make long-friends. () Sis and offer it at a price that was heretofore; thought to be out of the question. We invite every automobile owner in a.tr? i J 1 ' A this city to come 365N. "I :. & r :. Commercial. yea. I don't believe In "guess hit ting." and " never" do it 'myself. Borne Of the great batterwit know, say that by figuring what the pitcher is trying to deliver thej're able to set, themselves for it and hiCbett because it; and this would be an excellent principle f ery Dattlrjcpuld always' outguess tne pitcher. I remember pne game in which, our team - ouUigured a pit cher by always swinging: at the Jiirst jbafl he pitched ; tnat was b cau80 we knew that Invariably he made the -first ball good. '-But tnat s different H from cuessiug right on eyery ball. r." . , v ".The trouble with -guess hit I'ng" i that it's bo frequently mis leading. Suppose you bare figured that the pitcher is going to deliver a low curve, and you set yourself for it. Then you. find k fast ball speeding toward; the "plate chest high. You haven't time to reset yourself and take" a fnll cut at the bail; the. result is ettb.erj.that is sails' over for ' a called strike, or that you whifT a it, or send it off for a foul or- easy out; " ' f If, on that same balVyoa'd been ready for- any good pitch, within the strike zone, instead of being prepared only for the one kinQ of ball (the kind that didn't come), youd have had a much:. better rjiance of hitting It squarely. As a rule, guess hitters have a bat ting average of around .240. That's why I say "wait "for the good ones:" There's a lot of volue to a play er in having a bat that fits him one that has the right weight and rht j '. 'jtAJi IT Gifts for the Graduate Memory Books Pen and Pencil Sets Autograph Albums Mottos Stationery Roycroft Ware Graduation Cards Commercial Book Store , 163 N. Commercial St. in and see I X-'-f:' gSw'v-K.s, I 1 viLiiiNj v. Telephone 1260 . 'V , ' 'i : . "... i '.'1 . ' . .. s length and grip fcr him. It isn't jest individual wulm that leads- al most every big league player to have his own favorite bludgeon. It's a kno wledge, born of Ions ex perience, that the bat that is just right has &, lot more base hits in it than the one which seems a lit tle too heavy, or oo short, i Some? times players use the same bats; more of ten ach one has his own, and guard it jealously, vi . v . Tlnn Out Every Hit f. , Around some clubs I've "known there is a lot.of waning on anol her scoreft'eomes wneh a ,raan fail3 to runt)ut4. hit, and it's caused by a manager's bearing down on the batter. . Running out .every kinu of -hit is mighty important.: It does" notlmake. any difference' if the hit Is . the simplest kind of grounder to second baseman, if first baseman is all set to field the throw and you're still 40feet from the bag. A thousand things can happen to prevent the completion of the play; , and if you're tearing for 4irst you can get . there In time to take advantage of every mis take. . A fielder can drop a ball and pick it up again in just an in stantbut if you're on the ground that instant, is long enough to make a great big difference. , About" everything I've told you so far has been connected with the mechanics of hitting. There are some important .elements that aren't " mechanical. 1 The ones 1 want to tell you of are these confidence and determination. In the most Cramatic moment of the great 1925 world's series young Karen Cuyler came to bat with what seemed to be the bur mm -A mostremarkable value the greatpst withoutquestiononthematkettoday A brand new shipment of new Sixes just a .' .. 4 . . . : : . : f i. has lust arrived. Come 7 1 a. ' . den of winning or losing the cham pionship on his i shoulders. Cuy ler was Pittsburgh's rtght fielder, and known as a fine hitter,1 but he w as facing Walter Johnson, great Washington star, and Johnson had been gi ing Cuyler serious trouble right along. - ' ' - There were three men on base, two were out. Washington and Pittsburgh were tied up each had three games ad seven runs In the final game. jCuyler had two strikes and no blls; apparently the great ' Johnsdn - was "' to end Pittsburgh's-only nance since the series had opened to take the lead. Cool as a young Eskimo, Cuyler stood in' his box and let two balls fwhiz past into the catcher's glove. Two and two! Whpn the next ball came Cuyler swung and the ser ies was .all over. iftiillli! i w wiX; ItKKl Ind of .My Sunset Dreams I ' Hi j Piano- Solos Snodgrasa jjj VfllfI kf2n Itut f To. You Know I Do. 1 IW Vl . " Foxtrot TiV I Don't Want- the World F irtrot flfWl , Jack, Denney's Orel icstra - 1110 I'm In love With You, That's Why lAllvfil Poor 1imv -Comedian - j - TfEfMH j ' Esther V, alker Nfy 102 Home, Sweet Home Walts ' - . TUpl; My Old Kentucky Home Walts - ' . ' Carl Fenton's Orchestra M(IW "00 Tamloml Trail Banjo Solo Mp i. .. .. .. ..Harry Reiser I-VWgXl .An Island Mvln for Two - II i CttMj Banjo Solo, Harry Reiser "ll 1 ; v M , , . ., ....... r. . . v - - I in vthiiu i'. . : .. . - .. v r 1 - 4 Vail into the field fctmds. and two men scored. Pittsburgh won' the came. 9-7 and the 1 championship, four games, to three. - v - - - -. Cuyler - had confic ence and de termination.' He was confident he could hit;the ball- ie did not let the gravity of the situation worry him. . He knew hi i- own. ability, and refused t3 iItc up his belief ir it. Moreover, he was determin ed to do his best He didn't ad mit, even to himself, that there was a cnance of Lis failing. - Every batter . mt st hare that confidence and It! t determma- tion. He has to rfect hime-lf rtechaniallyt of co e. He mubt swing well; watch he ball, pick out the good ones. But he must mental attl nlto have the prep tude toward his wor - : -' a i . .i f 4 1 1 i