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Made Soothes Screen
i Stars While They Work
HOLLYWOOD, May 13.—(£>)—Mu
sic in all its variations, from the
soothing ton^s of the classic compo
sitions to the whine and crash of
the jazz band, has become an essen
tial accompaniment to the steady
clicking of the moving picture cam
eras in the studios and on the pro
duction lots here.
Temperamental actresses, whose
hest moods for the day’s work may
have been upset by a clumsy maid
or an ill-fitting gown during the
make-up period in the morning, left
many directors in desperation until
the innovation of "sideline” music.
In 1916, when this adjunct to tem
perament was introduced, the instru
ment was a rickety portable organ,
but it served to soothe the emotions
of the actress. Is deep sonaas, the
directors said, drowned the actresses’
memories of the maid and unpleasant
gown.
Pianos were tried, but found im
possible to move to the various sets
about the studio, and had to be aban
doned altogether when the company
_ journeyed to location, perhaps hund
reds of miles away.
With the innovation of "sideline”
music, the Quality of the music and
the musicians began to improve. Then
came the demand for musical com
binations, which usually consist of
a violin, organ and ’cello.
The limited repertoire of the musi
cians is past. Monotony has destroy
ed its usefulness. Now the musicians
have a thorough knowledge of clas
sic and popular music to fit the
star’s comedy antics or dampen the
eyes with tears. The directors have
unanimously adopted the musical
"gag” as an important thread in
weaving the entertainment for the
silvered screen.
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Mexico Increases Postage
to Fight Plague of Locusts
MEXICO CITY, May 13.—(£>)— New
sources of revenue are constantly be
ing uncovered by the Calles adminis
tration in prosecuting its campaign
for the fiscal rehabilitation of the
government.
A 10 per cent increase in domestic
postage rates has been decreed by
the president to raise funds for the
checking of a plague of locusts which
is sweeping north and west from
the Tehuantepec states. The proceeds
from a 1-2 cent supertax on each liter
of gasoline will be employed in
building roads.
With new sources of income to
meet extraordinary demands on the
federal treasury, increasing returns
from the income and corporation
profits taxes, the budget balanced
theoretically if not effectively, rail
way and telegraph deficits wiped out
by the abolition of passes and franks,
government officials are confident
that the president's efforts to secure
a surplus of $37,500,000 before Sept.
1, to establish a single bank of is
sue will be successful.
Official quarters are silent, how
ever, on the administration's atti
tude toward the resumption of ser
vice on the foreign debt, under the
Lamonte-De la Huerta agreement,
suspended for more than a year. It
is known that negotiations are be
ing carried on with representatives
af the international bankers com
mittee for a revision of the agree
ment in favor of Mexico.
Would Brighten Up London
with Women’s Gay Clothes
LONDON, May 13.—(£>)— London
skirts, although they have not shrunk
as rapidly as in Paris, are much
shorter this spring, and furthermore
shoes are worn in all the colors of
the rainbow, all this being part of
a campaign of modistes, cafe pro
prietors and shop owners for a
“brighter London.” The rainbow
effect for shoes is not to be confined
to the ball room, but is desigend
for street wear, and especially for
afternoon teas and other social
events before nightfall sets in.
The rainbow coloring is brought
about by the use of a highly gloss
ed surface on patent leather, a kind
of imitation of a beetle’s wing. The
surface is irridescent and filled with
touches of the greens, blues and sug
gestions of pink. The beetle wing
shoe is designed to oust the "white
buckskin slipper for the summer,
but the modistes are not so sure
about its success because of the un
comfortableness of patent leather
during hot weather.
QUINQUENNIAL MEET
ON IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 13.—
(JP)—Women of prominence from 36
nations have gathered in Washing
ton for the seventh quinquennial
convention of the International Coun
cil of Women which began May 2
and ends tomorrow. It is in the
nature of a homecoming for the or
ganization, for it was founded here
in 1888.
The first attempt to give in regular
sequence the development of Amer
ican music, will be one of the fea
tures of the gathering. Indians from
the Sioux reservation will be on
hand to interpret the native music
of the American aborigines and ne
groes will intone their spirituals in
an appropriate setting.
The address of the Marchioness
of Aberdeen and Temair on “Present
Day Standards in Life and Indus
try,” as president of the council, will
be one of the keynotes of the con
vention. Standing committees will
submit reports on immigration, child
welfare, education and related sub
jects, lorming the basis for discus
sion of leading questions being agi
tated in all quarters of the globe.
A pageant of peace and war, ar
ranged by Mrs. Albion Fellows Bac
on; ambassadors’ evening, on which
foreign dignitaries will receive their
visiting constituents, and a Pan-Am
erican evening in the Pan-American
Union building, presided over by Mrs.
Percy V. Pennypacker, and address
ed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt,
are cardinal points on the program.
Other outstanding items are ad
dresses by Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon on
“Recent Development in Citizen
ship,’' and by Mrs. Philip North
Moore, president of • the National
Council of Women of the United
States, on “Social Ideals in Interna
tional Life.”
Mrs. Hester M. Poole, 92 year old
Washingtonian, sole survivor among
the founders of the movement, origi
nally headed by Susan B. Anthony,
will be an honored guest at the con
vention. Not for a generation or
two, say women identified with the
gathering, will a meeting of the or
ganization be again held in the Uni
ted States, as it meets but once in
five years. The last meeting was
in Christiania, Norway, in 1920. Lon
don, Berlin, Toronto and Rome have
been other convention cities of the
council.
Thirty-six million women are rep
resented in the council, 12,000 of
them being Americans in 40 nation
wide educational, patriotic and phil
anthropic bodies.
Dr. Brandes Declares
Culture a Thing of Past
BERLIN, May 13.—(£>)—George
Brandes, the Danish critic, recently
lectured in Berlin on “Europe as it
is today.’' Despite his 84 years, the
speaker’s mental keenness and elas
ticity are surprising. Brandes is not
infatuated with the Europe of today..
Culture, he believes, is a thing of the
past. In 1913, he said, the fires of
the impending world conflagration
were glimmering everywhere in Eu
rope and quite as much in Paris as
elsewhere. When he made this dec
laration there was a dead silence in
the crowded hall. He continued to
speak of the pernicious influence of
the press everywhere in bringing
about the World War and was scath
ing in his remarks when he broach
ed the question of cultural develop
ments in Europe since the war.
He mentioned that a wrell known
French journalist had asked his opin
ion about the international state of
culture. “Culture” he had replied “is
dead. Therefore there can be no
question of an international culture.
Look at the France of today. She
can no longer stand criticism. Her
best friends remain silent. Today
she lias become the heir of Prussian
militarism."
Dr. Brandes admitted that Russia,
Japan and China showed symptoms
of cultural progress. But wherein
was Europe progressing in the world's
cultural development? he asked. Did
she still play a part in the concert
of the nations? If so, scarcely more
than the treble. And the League of
Nations? With a disparaging ges
ture he declared that institution a
farce.
Women’s Clubs Come Out
Against Woman Governor
BALTIMORE, May 33.—(JP)—A pro
posal to nominate a woman for gov
ernor of Maryland is meeting with
strong opposition from women.
An effort at a recent convention of
the United Democratic Women’s
clubs of the state at Salisbury to ob
tain the endorsement of Mrs. W. W.
Hubbard, of Chestertown, for the
gubernatorial honor, failed and sub
sequently the Baltimore Federation
of Democratic Women put its official
stamp of disapproval on the nomina
tion of women candidates for the of
fice.
The federation resolved “that there
be recorded as the unanimous sense
of the Federation of Democratic Wo
men, Incorporated, of Baltimore, in
view of the recent public reports
with respect to the nomination of a
woman for governor of Maryland, the
federation’s emphatic opposition to
the ill-timed and hasty thought giv
ing rise to this ambitious proposal.”
There will be no election for gov
ernor in Maryland until November,
1926.
Mrs. Sadie Walsh, who now' keeps
a small store in Pembroke, Me., once
made the longest bicycle endurance
run ever ridden by a wroman, 500
miles in 59 hours and 45 minutes.
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