PLOT MORE TO
MOVIE PUBLIC
Show Patrons Are Less
Concerned Now With
Stars, Indicated
Hollywood. (UP)—The si ory
Seems to be gaining more and more
In importance in the business of
making movies and accordingly the
face of the star seems to be losing
ground.
The lingering close-ups are find
ing the cutting room floor in great
er quantity and, incidentally this
trend emphasizes the importance of
the cn'ter, technically kpown as the
film editor.
Stars have been made and broken
In cutting rooms, and many ambi
tious screen players, after laboring
for days before the camera, have
been disappointed to note that they
were eliminated entirely from a
picture by the cutter's scissors.
Many “sick" pictures—those pro
nounced failures—have been sal
vaged by the deft art of the cutter.
And others have been ruined by a
few untimely snips of the shears.
Frank Lawrence, one of Holly
wood’s foremost cutters, now em
ployed by the Caddo company in
the editing of ‘ Hell’s Angels,” has
an interesting slant on the develop
ment.
"In the old days a producer could
capitalize upon the beauty and
reputation of his stars by Hashing
them on the screen in a series of
never ending close-ups. If the per
sonalities were beautiful, the picture
would ‘click’ regardless of the mer
its of the plot.
"Today it is the story that counts.
Tho film editors no longer strive
to please the performers by em- I
phasizing the close-ups. The films
must be cut to fit the ‘audience |
mind’ and screen patrons have be- i
come educated to the appreciation
ua atuiy vaiuca. \
“The film editor, therefore, is
using his shears with reckless dis
regard of the feeling of the per
formers. Having in mind his audi
ence, he edits the picture to make
a connected, plausible, smooth-run
ning comedy or drama.
"It's tough on the stars but it's
a worthwhile development.”
CHEWING GUM AND
RAISINS BECOMING
POPULAR IN JAPAN
Tokio, (UP)—Chicago chewing
gum and California raisins have
gained a firm foothold in Japan.
A United Press correspondent
who walked around the Izu penin
sula was surprised to see chewing
gum of the same variety supposed
to be favored by all American tele
phone operators and stenographers,
and boxed California raisins, in
practically every remote village.
Gay packages of the American
products were displayed in prac
tically every remote fishing village,
even in the tiny hamlets far off the
railways and motor roads.
Japanese, as a whole, have not
taken up the chewing gum habit
but seem increasingly inclined to
do so in line with the general ten
dency to adopt American customs.
Raisins this year proved a popular
New Year confection.
American toilet products such as
tooth paste, talcum powder and
soaps were much less in evidence
in the small towns this New Year,
probably because of the increas
ing number of satisfactory Japan
ese brands on the market. Prac
tically all manufactured products
particularly in the notions and va
riety lines were Japanese made,
although imported articles might
be obtained in larger shops in the
small cities.
The whole of the Izu peninsula—
famous for its hot springs resorts—
has undergone a great development i
during the last year and many new !
bridges and motor roads have been
opened. Foreign style hotels are
operating in a number of the resort
towns, with esDecially good accom
modations in Atami and Funabara.
ijB'" Kansas Baris Billboards.
From the New York Times.
Slowly, but cumulatively, evidence
piles up that the nation is deter
mined to rid its highways of ob
noxious billboards. The latest indi
cation comes from Kansas, where
the supreme court has upheld the
constitutionality of a law prohibit
ing signs other than road markers
on the rights of way of highways.
Elsewhere throughout the coun
try the fight against the billboards
is’being steadily waged. Each sea
son sees an increase in the number
of persons determined that the
roads shall be kept free from un
sightly obstructions. Womens cIuds,
garden clubs, civic organizations of
all sorts, are quietly proceeding with
the work of public education. The
outcome is inevitable, as every mo
torist In time becomes an opponent
of billboards. The advertisers can
not continue to profit from the use
of a medium which is obnoxious to
the very peooie to whom it is de
signed to appeal,
Every deci-ion such a* that hand
eo down in Kansas strengthens the
cause of those who wish to see this
fan the land.- /
In view of the short time that has
e’apsed since the campa'gn against
billboards was open'd the pro*'-**
has been so great •< to make tt
dear that the memment ha*
support of the people of ail sections.
Slacker.
From the Angeles Times
Oeotge Bernard Hhnw woa tak.ng
pot * hot». at modem society “Old
age has only Itself to blame If It has
found that the young people do not
treat H «
are iuitural for infants forgivable
In youth, become unperdotitbly silly
In old age.
“A curate woa admonishing a
(twret young thing for lack of re
spect to her grandmother, when tire
girl impatiently Interrupted hun
“*l know that grandma is old i
and treble,’ she admil'ed. 'but that
is no trsoB why *he ihouldht
sweep up htr own c*jr.rM **he* “
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Blackmer in Exile.
From the Boston Transcript.
Henry M. Elackmer is in exile in
Paris because of Iris refusal to heed
the summons of the Senate and the
courts and come to this country to
testify in the oil investigation. In
the days before the public knew
anything about Teapot Dome,
Blackmer had a home in Denver.
He was prominent in the world of
oil. It had enriched him, and en
abled him to live in luxury. Then
came the Senate investigation, the
exposures which have publicity; to
the dealings of Fall, Sinclair and
Doheney, anr the subsequent legal
proceedings. Blackmer fount It ex
pedient to go abroad. When hia
presence here was demanded he
defied the government of his coun
try-. He is still defiant. He refus
es to come home and tell what he
knows. So doing he will be sub
jected to a heavy money penalty
unless the law passed to meet the
situation he created is overthrown
in the courts. But it is probably
not the nrospect of losin™ the mon
ey that is chiefly troubling Hen
ry M. Blackmer.
News comes from Denver that his
daughter who Is on her way to vis
it the exile has had moving pic
tures taken of her children at play
in the grounds of the Blackmer
home in Denver. He doubtless has
in his command the means to buy
luxurious living in the French cap
ital. He may then from time to
time see old friends from the Unit
ed States. His relatives may visit
him. But during the five years he
has been away from Denver he has
missed much that adds to the joy
of life for those no longer young.
He has not heard the voices of the
children playing in his yard or sit
ting by his fireside. Now' he is to
get a glimpse of them, thanks to
modern invention, but a picture,
after all, is nothing but a picture.
It is a poor substitute for the
meeting and grandparents and
grandchildren which, in many a
humble home, gives Joy and pleas
ure to old and young.
Blackmer has the satisfaction, if
It is a satisfaction, of knowing that
he has successfully defied the pow
er of his government. It sought his
presence in Washington and could
not compel it. But in his defiance
he made himself a man without a
country. For him the taste of vic
tory is nrobably that of dust and
ashes. When in his Paris apart
ment he sees the pictures of the
little children at plav in Denver,
ne may wen asK wnetner the game
he has been playing has been worth
;he candle.
iat-44
City Congestion.
3ol. W. A. Starrett, in Saturday
Evening Post.
The assault on the skysciaper in
recent years has been on practical
-ather than esthetic grounds. Led
by Henry H. Curran, its enemies
:harge it with creating outrageous
traffic congestion, unsettling land
values and putting a disproportion
ate burden on the municipality for
fire protection, water supply and
sewage disposal.
According to Mr. Curran, tho
skyscraper is the villain of traffic
congestion. According to Harvey
Wiley Corbett, a distinguished arch
itect, writing in the Saturday Eve
ning Post, It is almost wholly in
nocent.
Both are wrong, in my judg
ment. Certainly a building hous
ing 10.000 workers aggravates tho
traffic problem for blocks around.
But the high building is onlv ono
factor In a condition practically in
escapable in modern urbaa ' l*fe,
The motor car is a worse offender
han the skyscraper, as Is demon
strated every day in such cities of
relatively low skyline as Los An
geles. A* well padlock Detroit.
London and Paris both have rigid
lv limited skv lines and relatively
few motor cars, yet their traffic
problem is similar.
We tolerate traffic tangles be
cause we cannot help ourselves.
Better traffic congestion than no
irafflc. The basic difficulty goe
•ven beyond the fact that our
West Want* Hargr*.
From the Kansas City Star.
Action on vitally important left:
iat ion u of more consequence than
a hasty adjournment of congress to
days or two weeks before opening
)t the first of the national party
conventions T..rre Is the barge line
FStemion bill, log example, which
the middle west would fc glad to
tee finally approved without a delay
until next winter. The House has
passed (he bill, and it seems nn >
■ eas-mable to expect lhr .Senate wiU
find time for similar action leav
ing the measure sobstKnt.allr un
, . tcanged from its present Iona and
LATEST MODES FROM CHIC PAREE
Lilt Damlta, French flicker favorite, is on her way to Hollywood.
She stopped in ATezv York to show her latest Parisian creations. At
the left she is slioum wearing a crepe dc chine an\l embroidered
georgette dress and at the right she is wearing—oh, loell—cr, any*
way, she used twelve trunks to bring her clothes to this country
(International N**wereel)
LIFE.
By Addison.
Though we seem grieved at the
shortness of life in general, we
are wishing every period of it at
an end. The minor longs to be at
age; then to be a'man of busi
ness; then to make up an es
tate; then to arrive at honors;
then to retire.
j
streets were designed for slow
paced. moderate, horse drawn traf
fic. We forgot that pedestrians
died daily under horses' hoofs in
the traffic of the '80s; that horse
cars were slow, cold, smelly, infre
quent and abominabbly crowded in
the rush hours; that workers toiled
up as many as six floors to their
desks; that medieval and ancient
cities were swarming warrens.
In other words, cities always have
been crowded and uncomfortable.
Crowds make cities. cities make
! crowds, crowds make discomfort.
Modern life and Industry are or
ganized on a basis of centraliza
tion. Machinery, of which the sky
scraper is nart, made this centrali
zation possible, and New York and
similar cities are its consequences,
essential to Its scheme.
Either we must accept the etty
prrttv much ns it ts for the pres
ent or w’e must decentralize mod
ern life, return to 1850 which is
preposterous. Individuals here nnd
there may revert to the simple life
the commuter may compromise
with It. but society cannot.
thereby certain to receive the presi
dent's signature.
The bill carries a needed appro
priates tor increases of barge line
j equipment, in addition to a grant
of authority for extension of line* <
to the Missouri and cuter river* as
channels are made ready It his
been shown that several times the
traffic that now can be earned is '
uu.llah.e for the Mississippi river
line*
The only way to make waterway
transportation a genuine success ;*
to put it on a thoroughly PusJivse
I like basts The service offered ]
| ought to be adequate to meet the
I Utn sttda of shiipera. If it us, l.
Road Through Everglades.
Ftm Minneso*a Highway News
Official dedication of the Taml
ami trail, which extends from Tam
pa on the west coast of Florida to
Miami on the east coast, was ob
served last week. The road is 301
miles long and cost $14,657,000. One
section, from Miami to Everglade,
89 miles long, cost $3,036,000, or
$66,000 per mile. To give a solid
foundation through the Everglade
section, it was necessary to exca
vate from one to 10 feet of black
muck and fill with solid material.
The building of this and other
cross-state highways has made ac
cessible large tracts of land of great
agricultural posibilitics. Much of
the central part of Florida was an
impenetrable wilderness until the
state began its program of high
way building a few years ago.
Although Florida's population is
only about half as great as Minne
sota's. and its automobile registra
tion about three-filth as great, it
has a trunk highway fund approxi
mately as large as ours. Gas taxes
alone yielded nearly $11 000.000 In
1927. the tax being 5 rents per gal
lon. Florida, like Minnesota, is
visited by many tourists every year,
and through the gas tax Florida
gets a substantial contribution from
them for building more roads In
stead of keeping tourists away, a
high gas tax seem to attract them.
They know that the states with
high gas taxes have good roads,
there Is certain to arise a feeling
of dissatisfaction and a belief the
service is not dependable. The very
purpose for which It is designed
may the retort be d (rated
Again, it Is desirable to have the
authority for extension ef the lines,
although it would not actually be
used be (ire the next m sum t>i con
gress. The fact that the qunl.on
definitely had been settled ssulu
afford miouisyrnirnl to e»t;r* ilotig
the Missouri and other streams to
go ahead with plans for navigation.
• •
Hie human skin contains 3,500
paces to every square arch.
t
i How Much Water
Should Baby Get?,
''A Famous Authority's I^ule
*By Tluth ‘Brittain
Baby specialists agree nowadays,
that during the first slu months, babies
must have three ounces of fluid per
pound of body weight daily. An eight
pound baby, for instance, needs twen
ty-four ouuces of fluid. Later on the
rule Is two ounces of fluid per pound
of body weight. The amount of fluid
absorbed by a breast-fed baby ir beM
determined by weighing him before
and after feeding for the whole day;
and it is easily calculated for the bot
tle-fed one. Then make up any de
ficiency with water,
G'iving bnhy sufficient water often
relieves his feverMi, crying, upset and
restless spells. If It doesn’t, give him
a few drops of Fletcher’s Castorio.
For these and other ills of babies and
children such as colic, cholera, diar
rhea, gas on stomach and bowels, con
stipation, sour stomach, loss of sleep,
underweight, etc., leading physicians
say there’s nothing so effective. It is
purely vegetable—the recipe is oh the
wrapper—and millions of mothers
have depended on it in over thirty
years of ever Increasing use. It regu
lates bnby’s bowels, makes him sleep
and eat right, enables him to got full
nourishment from bis food, so he In
creases in weight os be should. With
each packuge you get a book on Moth
erhood worth its weight ir gold.
Just a word of caution. Look for
the signature of Clias. H. Fletcher on
the package so you’ll be sure to get
the genuine. The forty-cent bottles
contain thirty-five doses.
Never Too Late
Cortiandt Bleeoker nodded from n
window of tlie Knickerbocker club to
wards a painted old lady with n gold
en bob who swaggered down Fifth
avenue In very high-heeled slippers of
snakeskin, flesh-colored silk stockings
und n skirt tlint ended an icli or two
above her knees.
“It is never too late to pretend."
he said.
Pedantry cohslsls In tlie use of
words unsuitable to the time, place
and country.—Coleridge.
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those pains that Bayer Aspirin can
end in a hurry I Physicians prescribe
it, and approve its free use, for it
does not affect the heart. Every drug
gist has it, but don't fail to asl: the
druggist for Bayer. And don’t take
any but the box that says Bayer, with
the word yenume printed in red:
Aiplrtn tfl
the trade mirk of
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The Racer
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ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE'
Stops ttic pain of Corn*
ami Hunlouis tuul jou tat*
walk all day In «*» »iu>
comfort. Nothing give*
such relief to hot. tlwifl.
aching, inflamed or nnb
len feet, hi latere or •ewl
itmcs. A little* iunt
t'OOT-EA«k eprlnltlrrt (a
each phot* ill Uk* nx inline
will make you toryotaboot
tight shoes. it taken Um
friction from ttieisfuw Al
ways urn* it for ixaaotine
nnil to Break in New Shoes, rw in*
Minnie niul a K.oUKPeo W.iAiag Itail, Mhfam#
ALIEN'S FOOT-CASK. 1* Bey. N. V.
In n Pinch, line Allen'* Foef-B**
For Galled Horses
Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh
Money beck for firot bottlo it not raftndT Ait -fiialtorfi
Misjudged *
President I'nil I »>f (he1 RnaitorA
Oil company of New York wna 1uiu|
lug nhout certain nil men's ddfU ai
des In Mexico. 1
“These men have boon yorsJortfjetV*
he said. “It reminds me of » story.
A generous-hearted stranger attended
a New York church one Sunday muito
lug and was so moved hy the pastor;*
eloquence that he decided In pul m
$no lilll In tlie collection plate.
“He was ns modest n man ns be
was generous, nnd when the colleen*!
approached lie rolled the bill wp nut)
concealed it in ids flat; bul as be vra»
about (o make his splendid ctudrihn
tion the collector frowned down at
that lightly clenched list and Jerked
the plate hack and whls|>ered mfrtty:
“ ‘No. Give It to me. sir. One ha#
just come off my coat.’ ”
Crusoe*a Isle Tunes In
The Island of Juan Keimindeg <ofr
the western const of t.’hile, which wus
made famous hy “liobinson l'n»k*
Is no longer Isolated from Ihe world.
The island now boasts of » Red <*>*.»»
iils|*erisary and wireless comma idea*
Hun with Valparaiso.
H’s Just a Habit
Tramp — Mum, I’m dcspfnrtA 1
haven't eaten for three days.
Lady (who has been on a dM)—
Nonsense! ( felt that way my at If at
lirst.—Life.
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