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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY lO.
iJFaing In With Barnabetta
t t. reid: -
lit strange that one
I nearly all phases of
.business ai I have
Sseen the inside of a
(jitdio. However, such
! 80, when I received
m note from Con
flaying she would he
m me come over to
'fee '"us," and added,
a a aasn, piease
e of'mv desires
ratified. Not only
have the privilege
such charm and
rk," and I looked
nt intictpation to
g studio at Fort
hv wav disaonoint-
fchcred through the
fiJkzes of sets and
Sftit-nots, to tha par
ty where they were
tvtifess to a thrill that
lof st experience on tnc
iJUttf.
ri in'Tiartv crown, was
icii-nd a side screen,
ltM out a welcoming
pied me overcome my
fJ iue led nie over ca-
ImiriF and pieces of
H"libary" where they
if-d filming a . sceneL
)d nronertv men were"
tara ii cement of the set
libe the finale, in her
ihile SuSan."
d into the mysteries
tbpluys, awd we talked
t'of 'her. work, A and
i everybody in gen
JcH. easy favorite with
vfter. and she had nice
pal- of them. A cat
I ice of spades came
, Jo brush lovingly
CM .'. .
she introduced
frn four more . in
idjjthe cunningest lit-
,- n she informed me,
'Snnerstitiaus ( which
!t blafck cats around a
hest of luck." '
iiitrriintpil . hv the
j6y "Overbanglw and
Sent to stand at her
bat he might focus
jjnotner snort, delay,
(fie arranged for me
(V the house." This
y.'; on a kitchen table
j -- .
i .the camera, and not
from her act.
I had seen
i,3or directors yitu
ics- caps on mick-
riilincr breeches.
Sand. collars torn
I throats that they
heir directions at tne
The were herded much
k Robertson sat
cave his direction
T'nniv those to whom
heard him. Never
I
eYho wei
Wild ga
"vAord, and it seemed
fMural thing to do to
1 'stance." he said
h a little to the side
1 boad." Then m-
l''! mivpn in tint serv-
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ihats t
titia.
Did Davis Portray Himself
1 In "Soldiers of Fortune"?
Mr. Albert T. Held, rrentor of the above sketches, is an artist and rartoanist of dinlinetion. Mr. Held baa
raarcr of the entire ntetnre arctlon for one of the major party National Committees. Ilia cartomia are distrib
ted eaeh week to a reading pnblic which rrarhea the atnnendona total of mere than fourteen million people. His
cartoon have the "bite" and point thM lift him entirely ont'of the commonplace. In hla portrayal of pretty
women and in the technical work of picture draughtsmanship, Mr. Reld baa few equals. The sketches of Mis
Dinner were made from lite. .
watch Barnabetta, which .ir her play'
name, as she iron's a paiif of dress,
trousers. "All right, Jcre," Mr.
Robertson wiled out to Jere' Aus
tin, "Start downline stairs."
The servants hearing the footsteps
'on the stairway scamper to cover.
Jere stops at the', door, and con
templates Barnabetta, and an un
derstanding light comes over his "
face. He starts to cross the room
noiselessly but here, I'm. willing
the story of the playr or giving the
ending, which is not ethical, i
This rehearsal over, Mr. Robert
son sends them all back to their
places. i
"All ready," he says "Fading in."
I saw the camera was turning and
then I realized I was the. entire au
dience of the closing scene in
"Erstwhile Susan," which you and
millions of others will see on the
screen, and which you will like ex
ceeding or I'm a very poor
guesser. - .
Some "close-ups," a few "stills,"
and then the entire scene was filmed
again, for one negative is made for
the United States and one for for
eign countries.
During the waits, Miss Binney oc
casionally sang very softly to her
self. She caoue. over to have a look
at the scene through the camera;
she took a few steps of a pretty
little dance, (above all else she can
dance!); and she talked about the
next "call." - 1
When she came over to sit beside
mc she suddenly remembered she
was not at a party, but was having
her picture taken, and might wrinkle
her gown "all- up." So she had to
continue standing.
Miss Binney is very much a girl,
bright and vivacious and is all of
five feet and three-quarter inches
tall. She has been carefully reared
and is the possessor of ' charming
manners., She is a splendid conver
sationalist, well educated and read,
and is devoid of "temperament." To
me this "temperament" stuff spells
simply a lack of poise, and my sub
ject is poise to the final degree.
She drove liie back to New York
iij her big-car with Mr. Robertson,
and our talk was as rambling as the
New Jersey road we travelled. I
heard her express an ambition, to
play a certain part, but I must ob
serve this as a confidence; forif it
became known it might be hard for
Mr. Kane, president of Realart Pic-
DOES an author always try to
portray the people he knows
personally in his books? Many
folks have wondered where a pro
lific writer gets the material for ail
of his characters. Richard Harding
Davis created his remarkable char
acters by making a study of people,
good and bad; he knew . countries,
civilized and uncivilized. v
Many of his characters were taken
from neop'e hi knew; some of them
are compositions of many people.
It is said that he was a very keen
reader of human natnre that when
he shook, a man's -hand he knew
what sort of ..a fellow he wis and
how "far he timid be trusted. "He
looked at you right between the
eyes and seemed to read right
through your head," a friend -of his
is fond of telling. "f
Mrs. Richard Hardins' Davis, who,
is better known as Bessie. McCoy
Davis, says that she feels sure that
Mr. Davis tried to portray his own
character in that of Robert Clay, the
principal figure in "Soldiers qi For
tune. He delineates' the character
as the kind of a man he would like
to be, but truly, according to Mrs.
Davis, it is the prototype of the
man he really was.
Robert, Clay was a big; stalwart
man who' feared nothing. He w(is a
man of the outdoors, with a deep
love for nature and a "frank respect
for his fellow men. He judged men
not by their positionin life. butvby
their ability tovdo things. He was
loved and honored by all who knew
him. Robert Clay spoke, m short,
frank sentences. He never said any
more than necessary, but always
made it very plain what it was he
wanted to "get over."- He was a
man's man, a woman's man, every
body's man. He had a vibrant,
thrilling personality and by his mere
presence made people feel his power.
Just such a man was Richard Har
ding Davis, and he left a vivid pic
ture of himself as Robert Clay in
"Soldiers of Fortune," which "will be
shown at the Sun theater for one
week, starting Sunday.
Japanese Woman Will
Discard Kimonos Soon
For American Style
Dallas, Tex., Jan.. 3. Japanese
women, famed for their kimono
style attire, are about to throw off
"the tyranny of dress in "the interest
of efficiency," Miss Michi Kawai,
general secretary of the Japanese
National Y. W. C. A., told the south
western field headquarter of the Y.
W. C. A. here.
"Organization is making demands
on women in Japan these days and
they must he free to respond," said
Miss Kawai. "The majority of in
dustrial workers in Japan are now
women there are 850,000 of them.
- "The resu!? is women can no long
er spend endless hours cleaning and
remaking respective wardrobes of
members of the family as is neces
sary withfth-; present form of dress.
"Women of , ordinary circum
stances in Japan have 50 or so
dresses made of linen, cotton, silk or
mixed materials, varying w'Sth the
use to be made of them. In addition
the Japanese women must have at
least two kinds of coats, one cut with
a' square neck and one. with an or
dinary kimono neck.
"These dresses are made by hand
and must be ripped apart at least
once a year, laundered or cleam'd
and put together again. Japanese
women do not take kindly to the
street cars, largely for the reason
that their delicate kimonos are liable
to be soiled.
"This movement for the adoption
of a simplified style of dress and
American machine-made clothes
which can be laundered intact began
in the government and . private
schools for girls where a uniform,
tures, to obtauj the rights for the
piece.. And. I hope-nothing will pre
vent his getting it, in which event,
to indulge in some of our live lan
guage, buh-lieve me, Constance
Binney can play it!
cyt onlines similar to dresses worn
by some, school girls in the United
States, has been made compulsory.
Start Search for Best
Tailored Man in America
Cincinnati. 0.,Jan. 3. The best
tailored man in America may be
the guest of honor at the annual con
vention of the Merchant Tailor De
signers' association, to be held here
February 3 to 6, inclusive. Just who
he is is not yet known.
At the request of the local, conven
tion committee merchant tailors
throughout the United States and
Canada have started a nation-wiry,
search for him. He is to be tho
living symbol of perfection in tailor
ing. The specifications provide h;
must be aman who has never worn
any but tailor-made suits from' the
time h deserted knee breeches for
long trousers "and that he must b?
perfectly proportioned.
The man who is finally picked will
be asked on behalf of a movement
for "a better dressed America" to
accept the invitation to attend the.
convention.
A.-Frcnchnian is the inventor of a
flourless bread-making machine that
converts whole wheat into dough.
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Be a Good Reader as Well
as Writer, Advises Ritchey
"I
WONDER how many of
the good people who write
scenarios and send them
in to long suffering and patient
studio editors are well read people?"
said Will M. Ritchey, Paramount's
scenario, expert, the othe day.
"Here, to my mind, is one of the
necessary qualifications for a writer
of photoplays, and for that matter, a
writer of anything.
"I do not pnly mean reading the
short stories of today; we all do
that. I advise every aspiring scribe
to delve into really good literature;
it not only improves the mind, but it
breeds a "desire for better style. .
"So many people write 'any old
way,' and carelessness in style leads
to undeveloped ideas. A well read
man or woman has a tremendous ad
vantage over those whose reading is
confined to the current stories and
up-to-date, novels, no matter how
good they may be. Read these too,
but don't overlook the masterpieces
cf literature. .'
"I also advise all those who have
teal writing ability to turn part of
their time and talent to short story
writing because it leads to a more
calreful analysis of character and de
mands originality of plot as well as
a careful unfolding of a story.
"Many short story writers earn an
added income by selling the photo-.
play rights to their stones aiTer tney
are published, and every writer
should be. careful to reserve dramatic
and motion picture rights when sub
mitting a -story to a magazine; this
is a point which should not be over
lookcd." r
Three -Franco-American
Holidays Are Planned
New York, Jan. 3 That three
davs of the year January 1, July 4
and November 11 be. set aside as
davs when French and- American
women should "remember each
other, their, common labor andcom
nion suffering during the war," was
the suggestion of Mine. Jules Sieg
fried, president of the National
Council of French Women, at the
final meeting of the Y. W. C. A,
provisional council at Paris.' It was
announced by the war work council
of thc.Y. W, C. A., which expects to
start the movement here.
The three days have been chosen
by the French women becailsc "on
January 1 every one perceives an
'leal of work; July 4, America's In
dependence day, is a French holi
day, aud November 11 is the anni
versary of the armistice."
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welders weighs only ounces, it
completely protects a wearer's head,
lace and neck.
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