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. - ... vtwnm .r-v rttf At
MKS. uiUKwnr wuiiui mu
mothcr of Jtary Miles MIntcr tho fctar
"who told pollco slio loved Taylor.
By JjOUIS JOSEPH VANCE J
Copyright 1322 by NEA Servldo Inc.1
at was tno auuiors ursi uip in vuw
troubled ho didn't know how
troubled waters of motion picture
making: and becaUso ho fondly be-
1 Jleved tho author of a picture ought
- to be' of fiomo use to tho producer
other than asa namo to bo shown
' on ho main title he conceived tho
brllllunt Idea of journeying to Call
v- ornla and making hlmqotf helpful In
tbe studio. Ho Wa3 vciy green.
The Now York offico of tho pro-
ducing company endorsed the sug-
gestion with cnthus'asn. und hand-
somely offered too pay hit) transform.
tlon to "tho Coast.1' In thoso day?
producers loo were green.
Since then both have lcarnod that
nobody Is moro wolcomo "on the lot"
thhn an author excopt & man with
a virulent case of smallpox.
The author and his wlfo arrived In
Lob Angples on a blistering Sunday
4 evening In August. Four night on
a traijl in such weauier nau ion
them gritty and sticky and fretful.
They wcrq indulging fond anticipa-
tions of a hot bath and a cool bed
each.
Dining Is Put Before Bathing
It wan tint to lie. A renrcsontatlvo
'" of the studio manager met thom at
1 "
- the station and Informed them that'""";""' Jul """'"' "v"" "
Mhe manager h.nWclf had graciously ftrtunately they arc whon they
afK0dW Dh?Pichi S tho ac-1 1l'a from conventional standards
author that ho migHt malo the ac- n0ro consnlcuous naitty by reason
aualnUnco of tho company. Tl.efo ecSffiewu?K which the
W Atthhou0 unndinteol tho com- K- "ntcrtalns ebneerning tho prl
At tho hour uppdinted Uio com vat-r-pcraonnItlca of it3 mimes ahd
fe.dwlth a pronounced beak and J Jrtl VaUw A? UtTle Sr
phosphorescent "smile. Ho loVedjo- nnybody what the com-
everybody impar.lally. When ho '" 7 oir m-u-ato lives may bo:
Wasn't pawing tho women ho wo B ffid Sm lS thaAhoy
winding an arm round tho waist of falthfully Uo tholr jart toward
"Ho ann0nouncePd That as a tre.t. he tho 'ubUc Wlth amUSC'
had arranged to have the author and mem.
His-wife accompany him after supper Men and women tho .world over
i " iJCv. ' J i.w i..o Sn linini- mortal flesh aro prone toHnls-
lO IlClBlluvullb tlimu.L ...v-.u .v
was bpokccT to address tho congrega-
tion ion tho morald of tho motion
ptctttro colony! .
lmuA tnm-ion-.. no n linrlv tmlled
aTflng1. Their entrance. In tho middle'
of tho service created some sonsa-
tlpn. It was not a fashlonablo con-
gregation as that term la under-
stood. But It looked as If It went
t tho movies for amusement.
Such a Sermon Is Seldom Heard-
'instead of'a sermon tho preacher
introduced the speaker of tho cv-.-"nn
with an Undertono of hostility.
Ttia. studio manager in no wise dis-
mayed mounted tho rostrum with
his ' phosphorescent smile tho moro
brilliant Jtor beads of honest sweat
ahd'hold forth vigorously in defense
TINY ANIMALS TO
iE Gllll STUDY
NEW HAVENr Conn. Feb. 2 )..
Sonte vry llttlo animals Which play
a very big part in liumaji existence
aro "to "bo Riven tho "onco-over" scien-
tifically 'ill X'nlo University laboralor-
ia during 'tne' riteJtttfw' months In or-
d(r to add information nboufc thom to
the sum of human knowledge. Miss
iftlen Hclnly of tho Dopartmont of
ABT.cultuitf Washington D. C. has
been detailed' to assist Dr. Gothold
Btelner qt Berno Ujnlvorelty. Itescarch
Pellbw at Yale In mlcrosnoplc btudy of
ih .Nomotode described ag an animal
that annually does millions of dollarx
lyorth of damage to plans and vege-
table. These tiny worm-llko animals aro to
V found in humnn boings as well
ai lp tho' earth. There nre 40 or B0
varieties in humans Ten per cent
r. classed ns nrodatory. that 1h they
$tvanjmals whllo the remaining nlno-
y ir cent eat vegemnon
- llr-.-stelner-and MIkh He
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QUICHE!
m kil
'ivc agony et pmMgajjouur
uma-
turn ntunuu nurltu can.
Mroome by gqfU old hot
"-"'74
Ueeiton
linll
fconcestion
nd ewlllng
-will not j
Rer 30c i
40c yellow
Sleep SoludT
Tr.Cwter'sltXB.Tei
i Dttkatfc erf UtU great vegetable
Cm Uliv-pUn4l4 tonic for
acd bowU TaXt ntcupevry
tMHifM:U FreUulchldrnnd
Baa Drug Company
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WOMEN FIGURING IN
JliZ-il. J V V Al.-v j. 11
ynv
J'I'HVIAXCIj' niovio uc-
trcag wh0 wh th fim t0 J0 ..tmcd
by Taylor's
death.
alct
of tho director's
of the morale of UW associates and
employcb. 'llo danced in tho heat of
"io umnuwiiiv mm iHViijiuvu.iiiuiusu-
ly and pounded tho reading desk
One gathered 'that Hollywood
ought lb be gmfiful for tho presence
in Its midst of iitiii little company of
Immaculate souls whoso beautiful
lives' domestic art wed as profession-
al wore calculated to leaven tho
wholo lump of tho community.
Hollywood such part of It ns was
present attended with entire apathy.
IWhrn ho had finished tho preacher
mado a few vaguo observations 011
what "this man" had said then dis-
missed the congregation. As lufiled
out It passed the studio manager
herding hig flock ort tho sidewalk .and
volubly antsnglng to take It Imme-
diately down to Venice tho local
Conoy Tiland to "have some fun."
Th.s happened In 1014.
VJion j-eprusentatives of tho mo-
tion plcturo industiy Indulged lp such
antic effrontery they should not he
pained as they seem to be -wnen
their frantic protestations of Impec
table viituouaness aro not rccolved
with complete credulity. They weio
hotter advised to confine themselves
to tho assertion that humanity Is
much of a muchness that moral con
ditions Inside tho motion plcturo in
.1 ...- . W...nl. ..rriMcn Vl fl rt flllt.
- - wfA
cuiiuuul. uuk ';uiv i .
live In deadly fear of public opinion
which requires but slight provoca-
tion fo work their social and often
the.Y financial ruination
Tt l.q nnlv when senso of power do-
rivod from possession of great
Wealth or otherwise makes them
arrogant that they asrert their In-
dependence of public opinion by
openly affronting It.
T.i.iii. ciiiinioii in llollor.d liculoni
Motion picture in common with
other professional people acquire
somo of this sonio of power thiougn
fim mrpmi nf their nouularlty n3 en-
tertnlncra; and in such communities
as tho Hollywood of tho movies pud
lie opinion is lenient.
study moans of reproduction of tho
prodatory type so they will .cat tho
plant eaters and eradicate theht. One
predatory typo will cat 30 types of the
vegetable eaters.
Tho plant nematodes anchor to a
root of a cgetablo and eat the Bub-
sUnco thoro causing It to wither. A
preat colony makes a "root knot." Tho
laboratory Work will bo to find tho
best condfti&nVsullcu to tho growth
of tho predatory nematode.
"pr. Stclnor came to Yale from
Switzerland to tudy this nematode
Hu has raised nialo and femnle or
brought about what scientists call a
mutation. Tho pjogeny of tho new
HALF A CENTURY
OklakoMU Prtisei Black-Dmwgfet
Having Used It "Cm Safely
Say for 50 Years."
Orandfleld Okla. One of the beet
known farmer of TUman County Mr.
O. W. Tiale yho owns and manage
a Waeon rnnVTiaiiii naT
k. -" - .PT . .... w.
'I liaveAiHred TnwnoruB mac-
LUght-1K)lIeYo I can iveir ay ion
iflfw yean.
wg horn vf&nm n Tezu
Fretat(Ae CounJfaMRr.four rears ago.
I hlvbeen jjpned forty-fur years.
Jlack-BrauK
and aava it I
arriea
our saedl
onlyjwxatlye or
U8e.We use it
live
Dur iwmacB neaa-
. . Iifcn't think we
h
Indlgeetld
ull got along witbjit It lenowing
what V has done forl and the money
lthaslaved. It hulftet m good and re-
liable toyiOva wlien we began
1U use. Mfloyi uee It and they are
satisfied W$ the beat Ufr medicine
they haye eyer eed."
Thedford'e Blfck-Draught U purely
vegetable aot disagreeable te take
and acts In" a 'prompt and natural way
Rn manv thousands of nersons have
been benefited by the v.se of Thedford'e
Black-PrugW. you "hottld aJ
I hasttaimv In trvliur thU Valuable OM
J weliesUWUbed Tewady tor most llrer
ftomach dieorftw.
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ijj i. j i i. a i & a a. as .j i... j. . j
1!) tho daughter oc tnc stnui ducctor
and hla heir.
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.-viury Milci Allntcr and Widiim f 'l'loi umricd brondh im t ley
posed for tlm nbov .' picture probabh the las tak"n of them toother.
Now Harv Is tn deep grif over the murder of Taylor while tho cfrcum-
stancta of h(3 death mystify all probers.
There aro distinctly two Holly-
wood?; tho colony of Tiicture .folk
... . ...... ...
wiucn clusters round and lives oniy
for tho studios; and tho community than berauso they prize tho prosper-
of small tradesmen apd mlddle-clasi lty which tho stltdlos and their hlgh-
Amerjcan? such nt made up that ly-pald. freo-handed folk have
congregation which Jlstcned with brought. This attitude of tho out-
contained niilmun to protestations Of side Hollywood has been measurably
virtue modthed by a ptudtn manager responsible for tho tendency bo-
whoso sense of common fitness had t rayed by certain of tho picture peo-
not availed vto prevent his going plo to follow their whims ojicnly and
from tile pulpit to a typical ''party." let publl" opinion go hang.
Thin HoMywood knows that somo nut there are ohcr reasons
of the motion plcturo people lead A prominent motion plcturo manu-
Irregular lives; hut their resentment facturer said to mo recently: "Tho
female typo retalnfhe qfiracterlstlci f.mwMxmumiMMmmwAjum -p'y ' . ihiumimm
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bctwean the shoirTders ;
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are danger signals.
Dr. Miles'
Heart Treatment
has been used ylt wonder-
ful success in all functional
heart troubles for more
than thirty years. (Try a
bottle today. Delays are
dangerous. Your druggist
gllg Dr. MUw' MidicUui.
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alter ho disappeared from New 1'ork.
has boon so curiously Inartlculato as'
to warrant the belief that they have
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neon toiorant ipss tnrougn ignorance
When You Need I
Art 5JJa
RALPH PAINTi
The Oldest Establafhcd
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Paint Siite in Wei
Nino Years infAbileho Enables
t Use and
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TAYLOR CASE
Tvrta.notlr.rAS MACIjBAN.wIfo of
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xno nciur wjju uvco huai " au.v.u.
homo and who heard tho shot. "
most dangerous weapon you can put I
Into the hands of Ignotanco Is indc-.
pcndQnco." '
He was talking about tho peoplt
ho employed tho actors and ac-
tresses nnd dircotors who for years j
on end havn onJoyodTn return fot j
the slenderest otitjay of Intelligent
effort Incomes that dwarf thoso of
many millionaires. i
This is not said In depreciation of
tho great abilities and tho admirable
work of a handful of great nrtiuts i
both on the acting and the director-'
lal sides; It It bald with only tlm
hugoly overpaid mediocrities In mind
who ae In the majority.
I know an actress of tho most rnlrt-
dllhg ability who has been for' nearlj
two years enjoying a weekly wage
of $5000.
I can name a nUmbor of directors
by no means of the flr&t rank in
their profession who arc paid SJ5 O0U
for each production they make Most
Of these men turned to ptcturei
whon. llko "William Desmond Tayloi
thev had not displayed suCficlen'
ability on the legitimate stago to
cqmmand a regular lHlng wage. !
A fr:cnd or mine was tne guest 01
a certain director at a New Year's
drlnkinir bout in one of tho restau
rants favored by tho picture folk hej
saw tho bill rendered and paid It
was ?1500 in round figures for tfy i
persons'
Up to tho present time. When tho'
public Is beginning to manifest its
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impawenco wuu iiuuny wuuiju-uu..
pictures by staying away from them
salaries of $1000 "a week have ban
nothing to boast about lu the studios.
"With gold thus literally pQurea
Into hands lltllo if any hotter than
incompetent It Is little to wonder at
that those who benefitted by such
bounty lost their heads and Imagined;
! nii In h thnv n!nSo1"and !
tho nubllo In damned "
Girls Croud Studios Ready to Pay
Price
TT'ntl.rtmnv.fl whnn sllch Rnl.lriefl
were offered and paid for work that
requ.red no more of the player than
ability tp "screen well" and describe
cestures Invented by the director
youth 'and beauty f locked llko mbthd
VT? !. nlnM. nt tit.. L-Hnn-a nv.fi whnn
" huu i ; v..v.0 .. ..-
It found competition keen. proven
willing to pay with Us bodies ' the
price of a start.
Difrlng my brief career as a mo-
tion picture producer In I-os Angeles
In 19lS I heard ofton nnd again girls
whose dress and manner indicated
that thev had been brought up' in
homes of refinement offer them-
selves more or less brazenly to the
casting director in return for a day's
work as an cxti"tprnan. at a wage
aper or
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NEVA GKHCKit. rutrciF who acl
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mo unto jusbi;u " !"" 'j
lorttnd that ho gave her three autog.
Louis Joseph Vance famous novel
1st and playwright has wiltten espec-
ially for NDA Service Inc. an Inti-
mate expose of life in Hollywood's
motion plcturo colony Ho tolls why
he believes tho real lite of movie folk
is abnormal.
Many of Vance's stories have peon
P"t " lilc H' " "' """"
direction. Dunns the jiast seven
years he has spent much time in Hol-
lywood and for a time hcadpd his
own motion picture company.
3 or $5 pr jt rnight be $7.50 not
f0r the money -involved always
thougli Heaven know many of tnein
. . - l. 1-.. .- 1a nlionV
neeueu monuy. uul ot mu i.iu... -.
thoy forciitw of catching tho eye of
the director by homo manlfcs'atlon
of good camera value and being
theicby started on the way up to the
eminences.
It Isn't in human naturo to resist
such temptations. Neither is It done
Boar in mind that tho Invitation to
.Irregular moi.il relations in this last
related ins ice didn't come riom p
iK.mls in the mVturo business b
from inexperienced beginners m
of them young women orawn
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MAiiL.L NOKJ! M). tuie tonio-
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Ineas just before ho was shot.
that very class which holds up lt3
hands in holy horror 6f tho goingb-
on of 'picture folk in Hollywood. fl
No ."Mental' Itccrcation For
ItcMlcss People
Vanity and Giecd aro cardinal mo-
tifs of human psychology and they
know m Iw other than Fear. '
In Hollywood thoro was for long
nothing to fear
Thoro was and t?. moreovor a vast
reftlessii owl. picture people lead
active lives much of the time irt tho
open storing up energy that must
find some outlet; epoc:al.y in the
dry and stimulating climate Of
southern Ci'ifornli is this true. Few
of them lead mental lives of any con-
scquehde few tio readers or stu-
dents such as his apologists claim
Tat lor to havo been.
"Whon tlit!ir day's work is dono
they must f.nd soniothlng In the way '
of recreation. And In Los Angeles
thorc is ljitle to do afer nightfall
but "g to the movies" a pastlmo
that palls con upen)n movie aetor
unless he happens to bo In the pic- t
ture on exhibition.
Otherwise one may liotor down to
Venice or Santa JlOnlca to one of tho "
icstaurants that cater to a dance-
mad generation. If one does one
finds' oncse.lf in tho- same socal at-
mosphere as at tho studios. For re-
lief from llko monotony mankind will
over turn to strange expedients even
to unholy ones.
Alcohol and Drugs As "Cm'cs"
for Ihintit
There is a great deal of mixed
drinking done in prls-ate In Holly-
wood and tho consumption of large
quantities of alcohol is not conducive
to ghasto relations between man anc
woman. '
And when alcohol loses its novelty
w.cakcr souls turn to diugs in theli
quest for somo now thing.
One of tho best beloved of motlot
picture s'ars onca told me in im
presence of her liusbnnd. of a motot
tour which she had taken with S
party of picture people exclusively
In two ears a trip Into Mexico tasi '
Ing over a period of heveral days.
She said that on the first night they
spent away from Hollywood she dis-
covered that with tire exceptions of
tho chauffeurs she was tho one mem-
ber of tho paity who wasn't a drug
addlcf. Tho others made each night's
stop the occasion of a drug orgy.
I don't relate this as an Indictment
of tho entire film colony on u charge
of druCagAddJction but simply for
ortii ns indicating
eh people may bo
(uu tmuo lui jgiy
oro succjgar-cnan
cquipned th&aaffto handle.
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