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pheatricalSoni SUNDAY TO 'JiV tf I NEWS SENTINEL FORT WAYNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1921. Auto Section CHORUS GIRLS FORCED TO TAKE IN WASHINGS Ladles of the, Animated Back trrrm nA Aitf TaKs 4 IV Till Now York. SOME WASHING DISHES Never hi the history cf local that atrlcals has New York had so many unemployed chorus girls as it has now. The obstacles that have arisen In the paths of the theatrical ucba high railroad fares. Equity restrictions (or the touring managers and the general slump In business have made producers timid, and comparatively few musical shows are being projected.

As a result the ladles of the animated background cao nothing but an hidlgo future ahead, and many of them are considering marriage or going to work. At the agencies which furnish chorus girls for musical shows. It Is said that the town Is flooded with girls out of 'work. "I know soma of them that aro working In boarding houses as waitresses to pay their way," said Maurice tlrau of the drau agency "The summer revues In preparation for liroadway are all filled up so far as girls go, and nothing else seems to ba under way. Dozens of girls coma In here every day looking for engagements.

Strange as It may seem, they are all cheerful. But wait until AugustAugust 1. Unless producing increases they will lose their cheerfulness." Lea Herrlck, who furnished chorus girls for musical productions, suggested that word be sent broadcast over the land advising young women who aspire to come to New York and get a start In theatricals as chorus girls to keep away. "The town la overrun with unemployed chorus he said. "Every year many girls come to Broadway from other cities seeking fame and fortune on the stage.

From these we recruit our new chorus girls. This II Solitude to Inspire Young Musicians at Work on Cantata PARIS, June 18. Is genius capable of creating great muslo or art under any condltipr and In any circumstance, or muit it have the solitude and Inspiration of noble and great places 7 This Is a question which may be solved by eix youthful candidates who have gone Into solitary confinement for a week In the palace of Fontalnebleau, the castle of Napoleon and other French kings, to com nose a cantata which will carry one of them as Orand Prix de Rome for muslo to the Villa Medlcls In the. Internal City to finish his orjier musical education there. In the romantic and historic cham bers of the palace these six composers will try to forget the noise and dlstrlctlon of modern life and try to catch a little of the music of other days.

Will they create great musloT Will the quiet and awe of the place aid them? Musicians and students are anxiously awaiting the results. Eleven women entered for the pre Ilmlnarr trials for the Prise, send Sng In, the "fugue with chorus" demanded by the examiners, but only has been selected for the final. Mile. pupil ot the, great or jranlst, member of the Institute, will compete with fire mrf? compose a cantata and the academy will announce the prize winner on Uuly 2. Monster Xylophone for Sousa's Band The biggest xylophone ever made has been delivered here to George Carey, the 'xylophone soloist of Bousa'a band, the Instrument being the artist's long cherished plan to produce Impact melody of a quality ana degree never oeiore aerivea from this style of instrument.

The 'new Tvlnnhnne Is 12 feet long and permits the simultaneous playing of eight performers, tnus consuming a "xylophone orchestra" with but 'one Instrument. The curious Innovation In band concerts will bo placed, on the stage at all concerts or me Bousa Dana next season, and a feature of all the nrosn am will be a ''symDhonla xylo phone" number with eight players, fed by Mr. Carey. The new Instrument is beautifully adorhed, con structed Qf silver and brass and represents an Investment of over ts, 000. I Cohan Besieged.

The news that George M. Cohan Is to quit the theatrical producing field created a sensation In the Rlalto district. Letters, telegrams and telephone calls poured Into the Cohan offices at No. 227 West 45th street, many of them beseeching him to change his mind. The announcement was a source of wide regret.

At the Equity headquarters it was pointed out that Mr. Cohan might aVold the Equity shop features by rejoining the Producing Managers' association. A statement Issued by Secretary Oil more suggested that the members of the Fidelity Join the Equity, and then if they dislike the way the Equity is i conducted, make a fight from, inside the ranks. Tit a citizen thinks he Is getting a raw deal from the government," said Mr, Qllmore, "he doesn't forswear his allegiance to hla country; he at. tacks those thinks responsible for his grievance.

So, let Fidelity do the same thing. Let them unite with us and, then either accept or defeat our present policy," Four "for Morosco. 'Oliver Morosco Is preparing to try out In. Los Angeles "The Copy," a Harvard prlie winner: "The Madonna of Monterey," by Mrs. Fremont Older of Ban Francisco, and Charlotte Greenwood's new tarring vehicle.

"Poor Lettyl" "POCKET PONIES" LATEST AID MHE GAMBLERS (Br Pnta) PHILADELPHIA. June 1J If a German Immigrant approaches you on the street and asks If you would like to "play the horses' 'ortry roulette don'f. get the impression that the war or 'disturbances In his na ityaland have affected his mind. He Is perfectly rational and probably Just wants to bare a little session with the "pocket ponies" and pocket roulette wheel ell combined into one dwvlco. Police here have in their possession a set of "pocket ponies" and the miniature roulette wheel.

The gambling device comes in a case slightly larger than a large watch. Police say the Instrument was made In Germany. There are six "ponies" on the dial or where the dial of a watch ought to be, and a tiny red flag where the stem" Is. Each "pony" Is numbered. The gambler places his bet on a certain number, a string Is pulled and the "horses" are off.

When they stop, the one nearest the red flag is the winner. For roulette there Is a circle three sixteenths of an Inch' wide on the outer edge' of the dial. The gambler bets on his favorite number, the wheel Is spun and the number nearestnearest the red flag takes The whole device is very leallsilo but If you get caught with a pocket Havre De, Grace or a pocket Monte Carlo In your possession, you will probably take, a long vacation, MOVIES USED IN TRAINING TEACHERS OUT IN KANSAS SLUMP IN SHOW BUSINESS HARD ON CHORUS GIRLS. (By United PreM.) rCHICAOO. June II Chicago's Rlalto has been turned Into a bread line.

First nlghter and gallery gaters today came to the rescue of 2,000 chorus girls, who are Jobless and nennlless here. Funds were being contributed to a relief fund to tide the girls over until the show business gets on Its again. The benefit will wind up with a big picnic, which la to be staged tomorrow. "Some of the lucky girls are now working as malda and clerks," said Miss Alice Slrwln. pretty ballet dancer, "but most of us cannot And a position at til.

"But we are going to stick together and struggle 'and try to make out We can't go back to the old home town and admit that we were failures. And. then, business will pick Up pretty soon, we believe." I TO BE SEEN ON SCREEN AND STAGE THIS WEEK I SH9slttlBBk vMSHBVJHaMHsssfHaHBBBBBBHl sss sliaMassgiayJy.X flBBBBHsHleVfKBlBBlsn'SaBWN BBBBBHsBBBKav JHBbBbI BBBBBmV BBH''vtaBSBT 11 1 (By United Press.) EMPORIA, June 18. Next September will see Emporia, Kansas, State Normal "achool, with a movie outfit. A studio is to ba created for Instructors' use1 In making pictures to Illustrate best methods of class room teaching and subjects embodied In the different normal courses.

REEL CHATTER Mary Mae) (Answer to any uestion relatrve to 'trie movie wqrld may be had by addressing letter to' Mary Mae, care, of News and Sentinel.) sBalJV, Hyflnr sssssssssHsPMMlfttPiBsVsssl ssssssssKSnjff'jnPsssssssH Mr. 8tsr of Pollyanna Weds. The culmination of a long romance fB tvisk lost tavAa Tnt.l.i. ei iuiu ui itii. taTanraOT.

TOM MOORE PICTURMj Tom Moore, or; Mr, Renee Adores. "My Wife, says born In Lille, Do the Irish love the French? Well this Irishman loves one Frenchwoman. Yessir Mary Mae. Sunday morning, and all's well! Our text thU (Morning will be a sermon by Will Hogers on "What the Actor Has Done for Humanity." So hearken ye all to BrotherMlllh "Along with all the class and highbrow 'everything must have a common or Jan touch nowadays So In this! masterpiece of fiction I am Jasx. "And that's only a start of what the actor is doing today for human ity.

v. "Having been tor yeaVs Indirectly associated with actors. I was given the subject. 'What the Actor Is far and rfide as the alad Olrl of "Pollyanna." was married at Jir home. New York.

to.Jaraos Nichols Smith, a son of Harry A. Smith, president of the National Fire Insure ance company, of America. Father Daly ot St, Patrick's cathedral pcrr fornvpd the ceremony, was wit. nessed only by members ot the two families. Miss Colllnge and Mr, Smith first met a number of years ago, shortly after she came to 'this country from Dublin, when she' was an obscurs member of local stock' company at I iiiiuvra, urao.

xoey nave Deen engaged, four years. Itcorganlzo Old Timers. When the Old Timers' club was startod In 1120. and when more than o.vvu signoa the roll and received their pins, the question of a perma nent organization arose. Thousands who Joined the original body have evidently retained the idoa that that orlKl il organization still exists.

One reason for this, according to i' Ed. Spnoner, secretary of the Old Timers' club, is that so many ot the members of the former body removed residences or changed business ad dreurs vtthout leaving propel fur warding Evcry effoVt is being mads to reach the former organisation's membership, and a request Is now mada Troni the headquarters established by the club at 420 Book building, Detroit, that correct addresses be mailed there by thoao who nave failed to receive the data in' regard, to the club. At Chicago'Thcaters 1 KjT HeVe Is a list of the plays thattre booked at Chicago: The Sign on the Dore," "The Bat," "Romance," "The Sweetheart Shop," "Robin Hoed," "The Passing "Peg of My Heart." aid "Smooth as that I am an author. In fact, the discussion finally reached my pub iumers uiarpcr ft uros. ana aner looking over their sales they decided I was not.

only gives you a kinder rough Idea of what tho actor la doing for humanity. I'But tho best books are only read by their writers. 'There are authors today cutting their mouths with my knives who will bo forgotten when Rogers' sil verware will be. In ou beet plated nouses, "That's only an Intllng of what Actors are doing In the causa of humanity. My principal contribution to literary fame was a novel entitled 'Prohibition, I penned.

that gem ot free thought I naturally imagined that we Were rf have prohibition. But as the Idea seems, to' have fallen through niy vplumo' was a total toss. It was a case of a man writing five years ahead Of the times "And ft hat's what the actor has done, for humanity. "Of course. If the democrats art ever unfortunate enough to get In again and decide to enforce prohibition, why then I will revive my book and reap a harvest.

rrhafB ono xrtnnhIng8 actors are doing today to uplift humanity. "It was during the great campaign to defeat prohibition that I became acquainted w'th so many eminent authors. Among the more sealoua workers In tho cause were Rupert Hughes, Oouverneur Morris, Mr, Knoblock, I.eroy Scott, Rex Beach, Oeorge Ade and Bull Montana. Also Miss Elinor tllynn. who came, all the way from England to help" defeat the causa and keep true love on the Alcoholic Pedestal, where It had been for Lo these many.

That's what actors are doing for humanity today. "Another reason I am on good terms with the Qarona Hounds Is thaut never, played In any of their pictures. I wasi In oner of rjlex Ucach'a. Outs since, then he them. himself.

I'wlshf iad'tiroe end. spacer tell you 'whatMhe'atstbr Is oiimn remem it you can snow massy oiaaa bar, feats hows through ores. No Mats in vftlOM prtitraltr'to that has ddhe humanity lefs see yott do It." Ana now mat jur. KOgers naa.ioia us what wonders his actor folk have done for humanity, perhaps you will be Interested In what Elinor Qlyn thinks Humanity bas done for one, beautiful Gloria Swanson, sort of a verbal close up. "No one to see Gloria Swanson on tho screen would realise the exquisite, tiny creature she Is.

She looks to be quite a tall woman but bit the stage she Is only 'a slip of a girl' I With perhaps the loveliest eyes I have ever seen they are strange eyes, not alt ogt her occidental, which gives them their chaim blue eyes, up a little at the corners, and with lashes half an Inch Jong. Nothing or the "saucer In the middle of' the oheek" type which so Irritated my sculptor friend when ho was shown photographs, of chocolate box beauties! Her eyes hold all possibilities and when fife and, its experiences will have begun to churn the soul. Wonderful magnetism will come through them. And even now, In her first fresh youth, stand apart from all other eyes on, the Movie Screen. "That Is why as I look at her.

and watch her playing the part of my 'Nadlne' I feel that she Jus an old soul struggling to remember Its former lives not young young Uke this Oreat American. She Is often unsmiling o(Xn cen sad someone said In my hearing the other day "I wonder what Elinor Oljn would look like if she smiled 1" That the bond between us perhaps we both have up aUlhe cor ncr slavonlo eyes, and we neither of us smile much I do not think that she has yet bad a part which has done her talent Justice. I am not even sure that "Nadlne" Is such a part although there are several "moments In It which come near it I Would have preferred to have sludlod her personality first, and written something especially for her. 'She will excel, in tho future. In tragedy.

In deep emotion where there can be' no possibility of action. The two best moments she ever showed. In my on'nlon. were when he cried on. the garden seat In the park "Something to Think About" and crouched In the straw, In, the same play, has one quality' which I think supreme In human beings she has c( age.

Imagine what it meant to go down In that pit among the lions. In "Male and Think IJIIJ IHMII'B JCTeBttM BBBBBH afafflBTafafafafafflBKr. 4 SafaTflafal BBBBBBBBBBFBBW PVIWHM bbbbbbbbIbbIH nuTaBBBH bbbbbbbbIbbH.bbbH bbbbbEbbMubbbbH IPWrBBBTBIBIBIBlJ bbbbbbHePBPobH! BBaiKwnl Kate Lester, msny mothers of the screen, sometimes sweet snd kind, other, times haughty snd provd.t by their dog'eollars shall "we knew them, thsscreen.mothersr Msry r1 jr wnvwa uiniisil'r, flu matter tibw the muscles of thafaoe are controlled, and nonsuch extorts slon Is coming through hers on the Bflreen. because she known no fearl "She has another virtue rare in the female character she does not talk all the time 1 and Bhe never says unkind things about other women. "I want to arrange one scene in the picture play where she can have no shoes br stockings her minute feet and ankles are as lovely as her, eyes.

always stand back and review people in the abstract when circumstance la going to bring them Into close touch with me, and I do not give an op nlon until I have studied them fully, although one forms In my Wind, the first time I look Into their faces. We have now worked together for two weeks and 'on location' (twenty two hours on end without sleep, lately!) and I ilk Gloria Swanson. Make deductions from all I have, said, and you will understand what tribute this means." HuthJ'nohuid Is not vacationing in Europe, nor tripping off to New York. She Is staying right In Call fornla and 'finding a world of pleasure and enjoyment motoring through the western foothills. This serial star seems to revel In brilliant coloring, sunsets, Ufa and flowers.

"Sunshine Sammy," of dusky smile, Insists upon having Bible stories read to htm every evening. He Is also partial to classical heroes Ulysses Is his favorite star. He hastens to assure us, however, that he doesn't read them In the original Oreek, no aahl Nevoh. inlnd, Bamm), we weren't suspicious. A number' of honest to goodness Chinese girls will appear in the corn.

log production, starring Betty Comp sOn, "The End of the 'World." Ahal A new dancing master, girls! lie Is none other than the subtle Theodore Keslort, violinist and screen player, and In his newly organised class are liessle Love, Gloria Swanson, Wla Lee. Marjorle Daw, Pauline Starke and Eileen Percy. Dorothy Olsh admits she's nervous. She and her husband, James Rennle, have at, last' decided to play In stock this summer. This Is Dorothy's first offense, and ahe admits the contemplation gives her a falling elevator feeilng In her tummy.

Ll'l Jackie Coogan stopped oft In Chicago t'other day long enough to aay hello and n'everTHlNa; He's feeling fine, big appetite, and teeth put. Who was It said Mary Plckfbrd couldn't play jouihful parts Tt takes 11 year old Charlie nation to piay her double In "Lord Pautytleroy Charlie's not "the only actor In the rdmlly. Brother John, aged eight, has Just finished. the leading Juvenile rolo In a1 western production, and thlr tcen year old Will Jim "mum" when calls. These brothers three are buying their mother a home with their triple earnings Pola Negri, It la'Sald, has refused offers from Ooldwyn.

Famous Play ers Lasky and First National. Turn lnjrjfem down, right and lefu. Lowell Sherman has signed up with Sennett, Tragedy Joins with com. edy. Pauline Starke, one of the moat charming, and (is this why) one ot lit least frequently seen actresses on the screen.

Is coasting again In California after a very prolonged stay In New York. Colleen. Moore la also back from the 111 ol' town, where she has been acting In support of John Barrymore, in "The Lotus Eater" Mr Barry more, she says. Is the most brilliant man she ever met Lucky girl. Colleen.

Lota of us think the same as you. Mary Miles Mlnter dined at the new Drake hotel. Chicago, t'other evening. as the guest 01 tn omciais 01 ner company. Here they, are, the stars and star esses who wil support Hen Turpln In V.

ft iViwwi i (. i y. Vfc 8auey Molly Malon. An Imp of comedy who's gone In for bigger things. Molly's from Denver, twentytwenty four years old, full of the dickens) loves her work and everything Msry Ma.

hi forthcoming two reclersi Phyllis Haver, Harriet Billy Be van and Oeorge O'Hara. It's the old line up. Ask Me Some More Question. Miriam Perry, Van Wert: The Francis Bushman and Beverly Baype duo are now In vaudeville, and are being surprisingly succeaaful. so I hear.

Can't tell you how to reach them, florry, but maybe I could tell you something else. Yes? Pet: Sure nhe's married. Can't )OU tell? She looks married. Kathleen Williams Eyton, Mrs. Charles Eyton.

P. a. Jack Mulhall claims as his better half (and admits she Is), Laura Uunton, whom the older film fans may remember as one of the Blograph favorites. Olga Petrova Was married at the age of fourteen and a widow at sixteen. She Is en Joying a second marriage to a New York physician.

At least I hope she's enjoying It. Pete; You've sent mo hark almost Into prehlstorio days. "The. first picture longer than, on real was a play entitled "Christopher Columbus." It was produced by. Sollgand directed by Marshall Interesting to note that us publlo weren't ready for multiple reel pictures at that time, and the picture went flat, almost bankrupting the producers.

We do grow up, don't wef Olga Pola Negri Is twenty eight years old. (Wonder If honesty la a' characteristic of European; net reuses?) and was a concert violinist before assuming screen profession. She still concerts; In fact, Just curloua' So was Eve. Ilcf Turpln la much so, and for 10, these many years. lie Is firty three, year John Henry Jr.

1 the name cf the famous Mack Ben nett but that's only his stare name. At home his mamma calls him Don Davis. I'll bet his mother. gavohlnv, that middle-nameJean: They're all rims and no len. Harold Lloyd does not wear "Specs" In private life.

They art his movie disguise. Yours truly: Norma Talmtdge was married in November of 1916. Is that all I can do f6r youT More films more folks would like to see again. White In your choice This is revival time In tnovleland Join the hallelujah! The Return of Draw Etan," With Bill Hart. De Mille'a 'The Cheats with Fanny Ward and Hayakawa.

"For Husband's Bake," a Lola Weber production. Orimth's 'Hearts of the World" and "Broken Blossoms." one we'll be gll to see even once, eh folks? Vlncente Blasoo tbanes writes to JUehsrd A. RnwUnd, oraiident nt Sr Metro, regarding "The Four Horseman:" "I have learned of the unprecedented magnificence of the film which the Metro company has mad from my noyl and of the enthusiasm with which this production I being received by the American public. This second success of my book fills me with Joy and pride, because I now see It Herylfts the cause of humanity anew by demonstrating In plaetio form tha horrors of war and the dangers, of trutal mllitlarlsm." Kiss Swedish Pfckfonr Of the $40,000 added today to the free milk fund for Italian babies, $100 was for a kiss auctioned by the charming Sigrld Holmqulst, the "Swedish Mury Plckford." who has Just come to this country. Frank C.

Henderson, at whose Villa llarma at Roslyn, L. the fete was held yesterday, had the honor Of getting the 1300 kiss, which was paid so charmingly there was general regret among tho men thcro wore not other auc tions. There were many other bidders for the kiss that went to Mr. Henderson. In Chicago, there Is a good natured three cornered theatrical battle going on.

At the theaters la the loop district are Doris Keane, Lauretta Taylor and aMrJorle Rambeau, all bidding for patronage. A rivalry has sprung up between them to see which will remain In Chicago the longest. Reports' from that city say It is nip and tuck witn Miss Keane slightly in the lead as to business. Miss Taylor, It Is has taken over the management Of her revival of 'Teg o' My Heart." Business Isn't good, generally speaking. In Chicago.

VJI 'i ITALIAN STUDENTS ARE TO VISinWTIVE LAND Most of Them Are Natives ot Italy, Who Game tiers 'With Parents At An Early Age. TO PYTPMn CYQtCM I ATIR. i i. lay uniLvq mm.t ROME. June 18.

Beginning this year with students front the United' States. Italy will Jnausurate. a. svi tern ofeducatlonai exchange which later will be extended to Braxll, Ar gentine and other South Amerldan. countries.

Two different projects wul be put Into operation this summer both tending to Increase educational rela 'ft tlons between Italy and foreign countries. i The first of these projects will be a. series ot visits to Italy of Italian students from the United States, consisting largely of those who have ((. been born there of Italian parents or' who went to the United States quit young with their emigrating parents. 1 and who as a consequence know little' about their native country This project which Was worked? fl out by Ambassador Lolandl Riccl, tvhA aAAiipAfl fA It fti annll lAn.

ft. ww t. port of the leading1 Italian banks; jf These Institutions have furnished the, 'J (Arrvlna? out the A MnMt A speaking and writing knowledge of Italian is, required from all student uppuccuius. a one ot ine oojeci vi, 1 lh. rrnlMl Ma A mimmmwa tllaW emigrants In foreign countries to In 'i struct their children In tblr native language All of the parties will be taken to the "leading, historical, InteK lectual.

art and Industrial centers of Italy. 1 While for the moment the project 1 applies only to the United States Its backers hope eventually to have It extended to all of the South Amert v' AaM I.aa a a ITI1VIV M.V MV Italian colonles.1 The second project for increasl Italv's educational eelatlona with for wlfli North and South America Is, being I carried out under th ansniee of the minister of education. It provides for the Institution of summer university courses for for4 cign students, much along the same line as th6se maintained In at drenoble. For the prebent theae will be Installed 'at the University of Naples. They will enable all foreign students durlnr their summer vacav uons to employ profitable their time 1" In following the 'best courses that the Italian universities Jiave to offer.) SHIMMY 0.

K.A FOR PARIS Shoulder Movement Barred; Best Approved. (By N. Y. Evening World.) PARIS, June lg The shimmy la now respectable: at least official proval of it has ben given by the union 01 Tenan Dancing Masters It Is. however, a shimmy somewhat expurgated that the teachers approve.

ireaiaent Niumtn of the Dancing Masters' Union, rronounced a baa on the shoulder movement, but ciarea inai any gracerui movement was permlssabls belowth fchoulder. Th.do;lnsr,mlwtrs mm approved the Javao. which, unlike the shim my. Is French creatfonT having or Iginated, among. the apaab Of Bl! ville.

teach era, women and men, attended the meeting, delegates being present from dancing associations In. England. Italy. Belgium, Switzerland and Egypt for 'i1 ir Bomb proof Auto of China, An automobile which is at the same time one of the most luxurious cars ever produced and also a steel walled fort that Is bullet and bomb proof has Just been delivered to the governor general of Manchuria. This car.

the first of its kind. 1a likely to, be followed by many others for officials whose Uvea are In oonstant dan, ger now that the story of Its oon structlon can be told: It was especially designed and iriannfactured by the Packard Motors Export corpora i Hon. "Tho constant danger in which the Chinese governor general ot Manchuria lives and tho fear that efforts would be mado to prevent the deliv o. of the car, madd It necessary to maintain the utmost secrecy until the machlno had been delivered to him." sold Q. local dis tributor of the Packard Motor car company.

"Now the delivery nas taken place 11 Becomes possiDie to Elvo tho story ot this remarkable machine. havo Just received plo turea of It showing how perfect a fortress it Is." A CUPID CAPTURES ANOTHER ACTRESS sulci. CoIIlnre. Miss ratrlda Collinire, one of Broadway's avorltes. has Joit Ignect a contract to play "the dutiful Wife" till "death do us part." The lueny mun Is James Nichols Smith, son of Harry A.

Smith, president of thai National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford. Conn. Miss Collingel scored her first New York success is Youth in "EverTwonian." Sh was! In Geors Tvler' nrndiirtinn nt "Pnllv.nn. Ch. 3 Broadway during the past season, where sha plsyed in A.

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