“Three Weeks” Comes
To Screen Unchanged
“ ‘Three Weeks’ comes to the
screen exactly as I wrote it.” That
is the statement made by Elinor
Glyn, world-famous authoress in New
York on her return to London from
the Goldwyn studios in Los Angeles,
where she assisted Alan Crosland in
the filming of her most famous novel
the film version of which is at the
Liberty theater tonight.
Mrs. Glyn, in her statement, de
clared :
“I send a message to all those
who are deeply and sincerely in love
with 'Three Weeks,’ to see it when
it comes to the screen. Flappers and
flirts may stay away, for this story
is only for those who understand,
who are ready to make sacrifices for
their love, for after all, love that
does not inspire sacrifices is not
love at all.
“ ‘Three Weeks,’ as a book, receiv
ed a lot of the type of publicity it
did not deserve. 1 was determined
that when it came to the screen it
would be a genuine and a real por
trayal of my book. I spent every
minute on the set. I oversav the
making of the costumes. I myself
wrote the titles, so now when I my
self leave the finished product in Am
erica, I do so with genuine happi
ness and joy in my heart.
“The screen is getting more and
more sincere in its efforts every
day. And before long it will be the
only medium thru which genuine art
and feeling are conveyed to the pub
lic.
“My idea has always been to rid
a picture of the false note. The
public response to everything that is
real and true.
“So in my production, of “Three
Weeks’ I had a free hand. I had
only to make my characters human,
as they were in the book, live and
suffer on the screen. My cast is per
fect. My costumes are what ladies
and gentlemen would wear. The
servants’ uniforms were made in
England. Everything is as it should
be.”
Chicago Lake Front
to Gain 1,200 Acres
By Reclaimed Land
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. (/P)—The re
claiming of land along a seven mile
stretch of Chicago’s lake front, one
of the greatest projects known to
modern engineering, will add 1,200
acres of park and boulevard drive
to the lakeside at a cost of approxi
mately $100,000,000.
The projected plans call for the
actual building up by dredging from
the lake and filling in with soil and
refuse from the city of 50,000,000 cu
bic yards of front. The city itself
extends for 20 miles along the west
ern shore of Lake Michigan.
The filling in is being carried on
at the rate of 10,000 cubic yards a
day. A fleet of trucks, three dredg
es and a score of barges are doing
the work. In the last year, 20,154
feet of bulkhead also has been con
structed.
The first step in the process was
the construction of an outer and in
ner bulkhead of piles and timbers
at a distance ranging from one-quar
ter to three-quarters of a mile from
shore. The water enclosed was
gradually displaced. Dredges are re
moving the shallow lake bottom out
side of the bulkheads and throwing
the sand inside. About 80 per cent
of the filling will be accomplished in
this manner. Soil and refuse from
the city will compose 20 per cent.
Between the present lake Iront and
the inner bulkhead, lagoons have
been formed. When the project is
completed, the lake front will con
sist of a series of narrow islands
running parallel to the present shore
and connected by bridges.
Nineteen concrete bridges will be
constructed, spanning the lagoons
and the tracks of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad, which has its right ol
way along the shore line. Ultimate
ly these tracks will be completely
covered and will he run thru a sub
way. Twenty-five miles ot boulevard
will be built along the reclaimed
land, two of which will parallel Mich
igan Boulevard. The bridges, which
will connect the outer boulevard
with all cross streets, will range in
cost from $250,000 to nearly $1,000,
000.
More than two million cubic yards
of fill from the dredges have been
deposited within the bulkheads and
750,000 cubic yards have been con
tributed from various excavations in
the city. Five million dollars were
spent in this operation last year.
The work is done entirely by con
tract and is financed by bond issue.
Two issues of $8,000,000 and $15,
000,000 each have been authorized
of which amount $12,500,000 have
been issued, sold and the money
spent.
It is estimated by Chief Engineer
Lynn White of the South Park Com
mission, which has charge of opera
tions, that if the present rate of pro
gress can be maintained, the lake
front as outlined should be complet
ed in from ten to twelve years.
Scientists say earthquakes are due
to geological faults. Habits we would
call them.
Mother Illinois also has an un
ruly flapper daughter, Miss Chicago,
who threatens to leave home.
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