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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 191a' TOE II TON FREE PRESS SEVEN "The Girl on the Cover" Advises "Movie-Stricken" Women and Girls Also Discusses Movie Wardrobes Mlsa Edith Johnson who herewith writes her own story ot motion pic ture experiences has developed within the past few years into one of the most vesatile of movie stars. Before her debut in the movies, Miss Johnson wat know as "the -girl on the cover," her pretty face adorning the outside covers of many popular magazines. Ed. km s B EDITH JOHNSON There really was nothing ex- ambition would never be sattBfied. I had been working for a Philadel phia Company posing for Illustration? which appeared on the covers of their advertising booklets. iWtaen I re ceived word from Mr. Sells that on op portunity to enter motion picture work awaited me, I took the first train for the West and arrived as soon as pos sible In Los Angeles where the great studios of the Selig Company are lo cated. I have found it is so much easier for the men who pose for the camera- to dress than the women that it almost seems unjust at times. One of the things which keeps me busy night after night in my home is planning new dresses to wear in forthcoming productions. It may surprise many t know that when an actress wears the came dress in two or throe produc tions she is certain to receive a num ber of letters commenting on the fact. It is necessary therefore to change every gown in some manner after it has been worn In a few scenes in a motion picture play The work is harder than posing for cover subjects and there is a great citing about my entering motion pic tures. I just wanted to get into the work and I applied to the Selig com jiany uouuuau 1 oujuyeu muir ttiusuc i productions. I surely was surprised motion picture play. when I received word that I would be given a trial, for I had feared that mv I fa " Am &m m "DADDY. IT'S OUR MARRIAGE LICENSE!" utai of art connected with the wori despite certain contrary statements. After several years with the Selig Company, during which I have been cast for more and more Important roles, I can look back and easily notice the advancement I have made in both experience and conception of motion picture art. I fear I would have been lost when 1 started my engagement with the Selig Company If I had not had some previous dramatic experi ence, but even in my schooldays I was fond of amateur theatricals and fre quently appeared In them, and this ex perience proved very valuable Indeed. There are many 'hazards encoun tered in the course of motion picture production, but an actress gets used to that quickly and it becomes a matter of course a part of her daily life. 1 have got so that I consider the wild beasts at the Selig Jungle-Zoo as pets rather than ferocious animals and 1 am told that if I feared them I would never be able to work in scenes with them. They are really Hko little chil dren and one must humor them con tinually in order to keep them in the beat of spirits. There is one thing I feel it my duty to discuss here and I hope all the girls who read my story will profit by my experience. This is my advice to the hundreds of girls in all parts of the world Tho continually write to me ask ing if there are opportunities for them to become motion picture actresses. Some of these ei'i.Hh s come froi.-. very yjung giris, toogirls who slou'.d bo thinking of their school work and not f the theater. it has become almost impossible for young women without previous theat rical experience to secure engage ments in motion picture productions. Long lists of experienced theatrical people are waiting for engagements and there is little opportunity for the amateurs to gain a livelihood via mo lion picture acting. And some of these girls would be sadly disillusion ized, too, should they engage ln the art. When your screen favorite ap pears In the cozy theatre and the or chestra plays and there is applause, the girls may be pardoned for longing to become film favorites like the oth ers. This is just one side to tlie situa tion however. The other side is not so attractive. There is the hard toil which every movie actress must un dergo. Frequently work starts at 7 a. m., and does not finish until late at night There are no bright lights, no applause in the actual work ol movie acting. Instead there Is the sometimes gloomy studio, suffocating ly hot under the glas3 roof in the sum mer time, often unbearably cold in the big barn-like structure in the winter time; there ia the director who does not hesitate to reprimand; there are the scenes to bo rt hearsed time and time again until ons is exhausted; there are the hazards which are nec essary to undergo in order to provide the thrills longed for by the audiences and there is the uncertainty for weeks or maybe months whether or not your part hiis "gone over." Pstruck cirls'' I would To a Film nil : . fell mo that mv very best vrik ..4ln the part of "Sweet Alygsiu" In tie late Charles Major s appealing start of the came name, re leased; as a Kejg Red Seal play in Ave acts, fT am vr surprised. The part of "Sweit Alyssum" is that of an Inno cent ftuuf fifl. care-free and unso phisticanHlMhe lives with her father on a little farm and la the apple of his eye. And then the stranger comes Into her life. He is handsome a school teacher with a -past. She loves the stranger with all her heart and they elope and are married. Later he U arrested for theft and bigamy. There is a baby which "Sweet Alys aum" is willing to sacrifice for the life of her husband. Of course everything turns out all right and the real villain is punished. 1 always loved that story and I was delighted when Diroctor Colin Camp bell cast me for the title role. 1 was proud, too, to appear in a Sol"? Red Seal play In a stock company iiat in cluded sufh artists as Tyrone Tower and Miss. Kathlyn Williams. ) really and truly lost myself in the rol- . some thing that is as possible In mo' n pic ture art as on the legitimate i . tge. The b!g scene where "Svc:'? Alys sum" holds her first-born In i e line of fire from her father's rifle i order to save the '"e of hor yiung h. sband, was r hear -1 ag; n and ag.tin before it wci aatlr" -ctory and am 1' M the rchea sing v.is worth vhilo I r the scene has been prcnount ed one of the most iitcnbd in mc;!on i ctu: ?". There is another scene tin t ( just know would be praised. That r. one Is where Roanoke Rrooks confrc ts his wife with the hidden fineny. II - hould be remembered by motion plctt re lov ers that "Sweet Alyssum" is t'.:e first Selig play in which Tyrone Power and Miss Kathlyn Williams appear. How could the scene be otherwise than tense with those two great stars play lng opposite to each other? It Is ac tion that is certain to go down into motion picture history. hei Perhaps That's the Reason. "How are your daughter and husband gettinj along?'" "Very well. We haven't been ovei to see them laf'7." Detroit Free Press. Postmaster Walter Lauotjua ex pressed the belief Wednesdcy even ing that the new postofflce at Queen and North streets will be occupied by a date late in January. Th3 equip ment for the office is now arriving piecemeal. The interior of the build ing will, of cnurs;, be handsomely finished and furnished. Practically the entire appropriation is expected to be used up by the time the struc ture is opened to the public. MINISTERS CENTRAL POWERS LEAVE THE 4 1 t CAPITAL OF PERSIA Russians Advancing Now ; Against Teheran Without Hindrance Another Re quest for Explanation by Athens Government Why those Pains? U 0 H H H B H n Amsterdam, Nov. 24. Continued progress toward Teheran, Persia, is admitted by the Cologne Gazette. The Ge: man, Austrian and Turkish minis ters are reported to have left the cap- ( ital. believing it will be captured by the Russians. The Amorican minis ter is in charge of the German legation. Urgent Note to Greece From Allies. Athens, Nov. 24. An urgent re quest for a definite statement of atti tude toward the Allies' operations in the Balkans has been handed Premier Skouloudis by the Entente ministers. The note is friendly. No time for an answer is specified, but the note em phasized the necessity for a promp. decision. It does not ask Greece's participation in the war. Required are nssurances of permission for the transportation of Allied troops over Greek territory and the privilege of retreating by the same route. VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY IN THE POLLARD CASE A jury in criminal court at Green ville Saturday after 6 o'clock, fol lowing comparatively short del ber ntion, rendered a verdict of not guil ty in the case of S. M. Pollard, form er Farmville druggist, who was accus ed of the murder in the latter town of Chief of Police Smith early in 1014. The verdict was not a surprise. Judge W. M. Bond's charge, it is said, intimated that the policeman might have overstepped his authority in trespassing on the premises of Pol lard, believed by the authorities at the time to be running a gambling joint and selling whisky. n n n n n H H n M ilt-t!!" ; : r ' t ; r i g p jiiip Here is a testimonial ansollclted "It I had my will it would be cdvertited on every street corner. The man or womid that hat rheumatiim and fails ta keep and ute Sloan's Lini ment it like a drowning man refuting a rope." A. J. Vm Dykt, Laknvvxl, N. J. Sloan's Liniment FT ! UUS MM II PPJ in Sprain SoreMus( WE ARE NOW READY TO SUP PLY YOUR REQUIREMENTS IN Holiday Goods Useful Presents for Men, Women and Children. See Our Large Line of Stoves and Monarch Ranges. Respectfully, B. W. CANADY & SON KINSTON, N. C. rr Mr. Business Ian Think On These Things! 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