Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 58, 18 January 1916 — Page 10
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, JAN. 18, 1916.
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Copyright. 1915, by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Entered at Stationers Hall, London All rights reserved, including rights of translation. Publication of this article in whole or in part is expressly prohibited except by special arrangement with The McClure Newspaper Syndicate. m THE BURNING OF OUR STUDIO
Requests for the address of Mary Pickford have come to tho office. Address letters to 270 Riverside Drive, New York. 1
We had left the Famous Players Studio at about six o'clock, after a happy, busy day, and the evening passed merrily. Two pictures were finished, "The Foundling" and "Peppina," which were soon to be released and were locked in the safe as
ten valuable reels. The studio was on the top floor of a large factory building, and it was there the Famous Players Company had started its existence, taking up its quarters in this specious loft which had formerly been an armory. Plans were aboard for a beautiful new studio, but little did we dream we would be driven out by such a tragic event. The night of the fire, which started about seven-thirty, Mr. Zukor, our president, was driving with his son down Fifth avenue. When they passed Twenty-sixth street, they saw great volumes of smoke rising from a burning building several blocks away. "It looks like a fire," and Mr. Zukor was startled. "In case it is anywhere near the studio, we shall go down there." The machine edged as near the fire as it could go, and Mr. Zukor got out, growing more and more alarmed as he drew nearer to the studio. He hardly dared to ask, but finally mustered up courage. "It's the Famous Players studio and she's a goner," shouted a passerby;
"floor falling through already."
Sketches from Life
By Temple
But the miracle had happened. The fire had welded the safe to the wall and there it clung. For three days it
was too dangerous for workmen to busy themselves with the lowering of the safe, but when it was at last brought down, it was some time before it cooled and could be drilled open. Imagine our suspense, although
Mr. Zukor would not encourage us
"We must not dare to hope," he
warned us. "That heat may have melt
ed all the film and until we know we
shall consider everything as lost.
Nearly everything was saved! The
edges of the negatives in many instances had been scorched, but the films were almost perfect. Unfortunately, three reels of "The Foundling" were burned in the cutting room but "Peppina" was saved and will soon be released. Our new studio will be one of the finest in the country, overlooking the Hudson and complete with every equipment to turn out perfect pic tures. But there are memories to the old studio and we have all "grieved because it was destroyed.
Answers to Correspondents. Rosie J., St. Louis, Mo.: I wore a wig in "Madam Butterfly," and did not darken my own hair, as darkening the hair is usually injurious.
Helen C, Boston, Mass.: Thank you for your little original sketch of me. The likeness is very good. I see you vovo mafia mv otpii hiviwn Thpv are
Great flames burst from the roof . not Drown but hazel, although nearly
and the firemen were struggling with
the hose, dragging it. upon the adjotning buildings, bending every feeble effort to save the mint of valuables which were being hopelessly destroyed. "Was there any one in the studio at the time of the fire?" shouted Mr. Zukor through the din and noise of the crowded streets. It was only for his employes that he feared. When they told him a few of the workmen had been there at the time, but had escaped, he voiced his thankfulness. His next thought was for me, "Little Mary must not hear of this tonight," he said. "She is tired and she needs her rest. It would break her heart." When they told him all our little studio pets could not be saved, he groaned aloud, but when the great flames burrowed Into the building, the floors fell through and there was no hope of saving any of our costly equipment, he said nothing, but watched with the stoicism that has made Mr. Zukor one of the most wonderful men in New York. I An Interrupted Feast. We were dining at the Astor Hotel
when a friend entered, casually mentioning that from a distance he had seen a great fire. "Some studio on Twenty-sixth street, I understand." To his consternation, we jumped to our feet with a mad impulse to tear out of the dining room into the street. Our hearts were beating like trip-hammers, and it was a tense and unhappy ride until we reached the corner nearest to the studio. There we found Mr. Zukor alone, Bilently watching the destruction of nearly a million dollars' worth of properties. "I'm sorry you weren't spared this until morning," were his first words to me. All night long we watched the life of the flames, often ebbing away only to burst skyward as the coals fell upon some of the explosive chemicals or licked up countless reels of negatives. The walls began to crumble, we could see that the roof had fallen through, and clinging to one of the walls with the tenacity of a burning thing was the large safe in which were the negatives of nearly a dozen completed plays. The fire pulsed around it and we watched, fascinated and fearful. By four o'clock the. flames were under control, although the firemen were fighting it until long after daylight. The following afternoon, we all assembled and climbed upon the roof opposite the studio to peek into the ruins. I shall never forget my sensations as I looked upon the blackened
walls and great yawning hollows of rooms where we had been walking
about, In all security, only the day before.
every one tnmKs iney are uiue. i shall put the sketch in my scrapbook.
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SHORT COURSE
PLAN OUTLINED AT CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.. Jan. 18.
Arrangements have been completed
for a two days' short course to be
held at this place Thursday and Fri
day, Feb. 10 and 11, with an interven
lng night session. Prof. P. E. Thomp
son and Miss Roberta McNeill of Pur
due university, will be the instructors. Prises will be given aa follows: To boys, for the best essays on "The Selection of Seed Corn." anl for the two best ears of corn: to girls, for the best essays on "Why Domestic Science Should Be Taught In the PubUc Schools." Essays will be limited to 300 words. Prizes will also be given to adults for the five best ears of yellow, white and mixed corn, to be selected from last year's crop. AH farmers may compete, whether owners of land or tenants. A circular will be issued within a few days giving In detail the work of the course. The school will be open to all farmers of Wayne, Henry and Fayette counties. The cop-operation of teachers and school officials is earnestly requested. For further information address Miss Catherine Callaway, the secretry.
DEMOCRATS ENTER
RACE FOR OFFICE
EATON, O, Jan. 18. Already a noticeable stir has been taken on by political circles in Preble county and many indications are at hand to give substantiation to the prediction that the coming campaign for county offices will be the livliest In many years. . Attorney John V. Dye, of this city. Is one of the first to announce himself for favor at the hands of electors. He will be a candidate on the Democratic ticket for election to the office of probate judge. Another Democrat who
has announced that he will be a candidate is Perry S. Woolf. seeking election as a member of the board of county commissioners.
FEAR MOTORIZATION
NEW PARIS. Ohio. Jan. 18. Consternation was caused by the announcement that after April 1st, New Paris post office rural patrons would be served by but two routes, the carriers to use motor vehicles. There Is a large number of applicants for the positions, the old carriers not being of the number.
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The Rev. W. H. Jenkins who has visited friends here for a week will go to his home at Cicero, Ind., where he is pastor of the M. E. church, and will return with his stereopticon for the purpose of giving an entertainment at the M. E. church on Tuesday night. .
The Masonic lodge attended services
Sunday morning at the M. E. church,
when the Rev. W. H. Jenkins of Cicero,
spoke Mrs. Jeanetta Shiltneck, of Richmond, was a guest last week of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Life, south of
town Mr. and Mrs. Fons Ledbet
ter, who went to the exhibition and other points of interest in California, returned to their home here Thursday.
Mrs. Jacob Rummel Is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. Goldie Reynolds, of
New Madison, Ohio The public
library will be open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings, and Sunday afternoons. Heretofore it has not been open to the
public on Sunday, or evenings
The largest number of high school students that have been absent from
WHAT DYSPEPTICS
SHOULD EAT Indigestion and practically all forms
of stomach trouble, about nine times
out of ten, are due to hyperacidity;
therefore stomach sufferers should, whenever possible, avoid eating food that is acid in its nature, or which by chemical action in the stomach develops acidity. Unfortunately, such a rule eliminates most foods which are pleasant to the taste as well as those which are rich in blood, flesh and nerve building properties. This Is the reason wh. dyspeptics and stomach
sufferers are usually so thin, emanci
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like, in moderate amount, taking im-
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stomach;- but by neutralizing the acidity of 've food contents, and thus removing the source of the acid irritation -which i-flames the delicate stomach lining, it does more than could be possibly done by any drug or medicine that acts upon the stomach
lining rather than the stomach contents. Medicines of various kinds should be taken whenever necessary but there is no sense in dosing an inflamed and irritated stomach with drugs instead of getting rid of the acid the cause of the trouble. Get a little Bisurated Magnesia from Thistlethwaite or any druggist, eat what you want t f. your next meal, take some of the Bisurated Magnesia, as directed above, and see if this isn't the best advice you ever had on the subject of eating. adv. j
school at one time were out Thursday, twelve students having the grip
Mr. and Mrs. George Ulrich were guests of Mrs. Phoebe Rinehart and family Friday .Miss Opal Cox, a high school student, has been very sick
with throat trouble for more than a week Mr. and Mrs. John Bunnel attended the poultry show at Indianapolis.
Among the Moors, if a wife does not beepme the mother of a boy, she may be divorced with the consent of the tribe.
DESERT THIRD PARTY
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.. Jan. 18. Interviews with twenty-nine Progressives within the last few days show the following results: Seven will return to the Republican party, whence they came; five will vote the Democratic ticket; and seventeen will vote independently, in case the Progressives do not have a ticket. None will support the Lee-Hanly combine.
PRINCE VISITS ATHENS.
ZURICH, Jan. 18. Prince Eitel Freiderich, son of the Kaiser, is report
ed by Swiss newspapers to have been
sent to Athens by the German govern
ment on a special mission to King Constantine of Greece.
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