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| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1920. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG AMONG THE MOVIE STARS Our Mary -- Produces Own Pictyres-- Curse of Being a Hero~ Star of the Great Outdoors-- Society. Leader To Castaway -- A Versatile UR own Mary Pickford was first heralded as "Queen of the Movies," then a little later she was known as "America's Sweet- beart." This title was satisfactory un- Hil her pletures became so popular abroad when it was changed to "The BWeetheart of The World." Now along eéomes the staid and dignified London Times and in a most enthusiastic edi- torial hails her as "as ambassadress of our race." . Mary recelved 'an ovation wherever she appeared in Europe, and such a Flotous welcome was given her in Lon- don that she and her husband, Doug- las Fairbanks, were unable to see any of the sights. Betty Compson Betty Compson, who became a star 8s the result of her remarkable por- trayal of the role of "Rose", In the George Loane Tucker production of "The Miracle Man," is personally pro- ducing her own pictures at her studios ia Los Angeles. She attends to every detall of production, selects her own stories, assembles the supporting casts and handles the affairs of her com- pany generally, Miss Compson first became known through her appear- ance In Christie Comedies. She was At work on a serial when Mr. Tucker sglected her from a great fleld of actresses to assume the most dificult role of the girl In his now famous masterpiece. Compson played the violin in a small vaudeville theatre in Salt Lake when she was but four- Player. teen years old, and it was her appear- ance on the stage as a street musician in ragged clothes to fill the place of an act that did not turn up in time that started her on her professional career. She has just finished her first starring production, "Prisoners of Love." ; Eugene O'Brien "Being a motion-picture hero," says Bugene O'Brien, Selznick Picture star, whose next picture will be "The Thug," a story by H. H. Van Loan, is very trying to a man with a sense of i SS humor. "A hero, or sadly or patiently. fervently yet respectful In real life. always horrifyingly in the right. ing admiration. "And oh, how he must work, Legree. ABOUT AFFARS IN RELAD BISHOP CONDEMNS MURDERSHIN COUNTY CORK. Irish Labor Party's Rebuke to Mr. Thomas, O.P.~A Republic in Ire land Cannot Be Tolerated. (By an Irishman) The murder of Sergt. Mulhern, which occurred within the Roman Catholic church at Bandon, County Cork, has drawn from the Bishop of the Diocese, Dr. Cohalan, a letter to a Cork newspaper in which the bish- op admits that it was by far the most appalling of the murders committed during thé course of the present poli- tical trouble. There can be mo de- grees In murder itself, but to that murder was added irreverence alto- gether rare. The sergeant had been to ion on the previous evening and was just entering the church for mags, at which he meant to receive holy communion, "God's house" the reverend gentleman says "was select- od Bas the place of safety for com- mitting the murder . . . I therefore dnflfet on the man who shot Sergt. Mulierin in the porch of the parish church, Bandon, or the abettors by command, counsel or otherwise, the canonical punishment called 'Inter- dict' on entrance to the church until it shall be deemed equitable to with- draw the punishment. 'Interdict' the ehurch implies three things, ion from the divine offices op de of the privilege of munion, and a depriva- tion of Christian burial if death inter- vi * The Interdict might not be exe a have been so confined in its applica- ones. tion it remembered that many ons have already been murdered v Cork. Although the other murders may not have been com- "mi in a house made with hands nl for the glory of God, they were committed under the can- feartn are His handiwork. tered a rebuke to Mr. Thomas, M.P., other trades union congress leaders who {in wellsmeaning inexperience went to interview the prime minister with the objwet- vf settling the Irish question once and for all time. Nat- urally the prime minister asked the deputation who was going to guar- antee the "truce" they proposed-- who wag to stop the murders? Their answer was to point to the Irish La- bor party and Mr, Thomas spoke as if that party could be trusted to in- fluence thé Physical Force Wing. Mr. Lloyd George was urged "not to make the mistake" of asking these people "are you the Sinn Fein body," but of negotiating with them straightaway. The leaders of the Irish Labor party have absolutely repudiated the Thom- as deputation. . If the prime minister wants to megotiate with Irish "re- sponsible organized opinion he knows where to find it," In other words let him 'go todSnn Fein. It was a bad snub, but it may do good if it brings Mr. Thomas 'and the British Trades union world to recognize that the Irish question is much more difficult than it looks, Many people think that as organized labor fn Ireland is divided politically end as the ma- jority of members are in the Ulster area this Mr. Thomas should not take sides against the Ulster mem- ip. Be that as it may, however, it should be noted that the gentle- men who have given the snub to Mr. in | Thomas are engaged strangling their own country as the result of the anti- military strike on the railways. And, by the way, the military are not be- ing seriously inconvenienced; but the Sinn Fein parts of Teeland are al- ready beginning to feel the pinch of the dislocation of industry, and ono can see signs from the Nationalist press that they are becoming serious- ly alarmed about the consequences. The refusal of the Unionist ship- yard rkers in Messrs. Worknian, opy of Heaven and both Heaven and Clark /& Co.'s North yard to "strike . a you know, must never smile, except tenderly, or sardonically, He must never lose his dignity no matter what hap- pens. He must make lo; exquisitely, o Moreover he must make love to all kinds of ladies he would never think of wooing And above all he must be "He may appear-to be wrong-for a fow hundred fee 5t film, but inevit- ably at the finish he must take the center of the stage. his face radiating conscious virtue with the villains all foiled and the rest of the cast register. His are not union hours, and directors are all descendants of the original Simon He must read fan letters and he must be interviewed by stern fe- males In tortoise shell glasses who ask him frightfully embarrassing quastiong The Irish Labor party has adminis- of railwaynien's union fame, and the ETAT »> Et rn and then go away and interpret his frightened gurgles into seven para- graphs of awful rot which ruins his reputation, "Ah, yes, it 1s a thankless Job being 2 moving picture hero--but it pays \| well" Edna May Sper] Born and bred in the metropolis, Edna May, Sper], who ,ia being .co- starred with Edgar Jones in a series of Big Woods photo-dramas, promises to become known principally ay a Star of the great out-of-doors. It was Miss Sperl's good fortune iast year to become associated with Mr. Jones at a time when he was planning a series of photoplays adapted from stories and novels dealing with raw-hohed, passionate men of the frontiers, the lumber camps and the woodlands af Ny fie with disloyal workers, until the rail- waymen decide to handle government stores, and troops as heretofore and Sinn Feiners cease the fowl murder fair name and fame of our beloved country" is likely to spread to the workers in other firms throughout Ulster. "It seems that many men who joined up when the war broke out failed to get their old employ- ment on their return to civil life, and are now unemployed, while their places were and are still occupied by disloyal men who stayed at home. At a meeting of the shipyard workers (held in one of the shipyards, the chairman, who is a joiner, declared that one of the causes of the recent trouble in Belfast was "the action of their trade unionists and trade councils in "trespassing upon politi- cal territory which had caused a cleavage in their ranks." "The trans- port workers union," he 'stated "was dominated by Sinn Fein--an organ- ization-Whose policy was to establish an Irish republic, the very thought of which was repulsive to the people of loyal Ulster, , He added that some of the trade union executives had passed what were virtually Sinn Fein resolutions. "Then there were those terrible outrages in different parts of the country and the last cause of trouble was the circumstances sur- rounding the fate of the gallant Ul- sterman, Commissioner Smythe, who was brutally murdered in Cork--a man who had done his duty to king and country, When the engine.driver and fireman refused to drive the train conveying his dead body was it any wonder that the temper of th shipyardmen was broken! ' When the war began the working men of Ulster had been asked to respect law and order, no matter what provoeation they encountered, the speaker proceeded, and they had done so 4nd while they .mourned over their brave dead 'and sorrowed for their loss their enemy at home wag organizing his forces at their very dodrs for the purpose of ex- Unionist in Ulster 2lotuer work sald it wis for m Jemma Sr Sinn Feiner came amongst them again At Banbdridge, some twenty-five miles distant from Belfast, a meet- ing' of Prot workers resolved, "That well known members of the Sinn Fein organization be excluded fron all works where we are em- ployed and that all other = Roman Catholics be required to sign a de- claration tlvat they do not bel to Sinn Fein and 'will not support it or sympathise with it It will be seen, therefore, that Sinn Fein is likely to be countered in Ulster The withdrawal of the London- derry Burtonport railway service, owing to the refusal of some of the men in their employment to work trains carrying troops will hit traders and farmers o pumbes ot rpimid hands to men the 1,400 already on The food emergency campaign which has destroyed the the North. He established a studio in Augusta, Maine, and went into the heart of the woods in that State for his exteriors. First in the dead of winter, with snow covering the ground to the depth of several feet, and now in the summer when the woods are at thelr lovelifess, Miss Sper! worked as the co-star with Mr. Jones, swimming, canoeing, hunt- ing, shooting rapids, riding rafts along untracked rivers and wandering in motor car along unknown trails. She made a decided hit in her first ple- tures, and will soon appear in two new dramas, "The Devil Brew" and "Rider of the King Log." adapted from the novel by Holman Day. Theodore Roberts Theodore Rebarta. whose char. appointed by the Dublin corporation, are taking the necessary steps to ascertain the numher of people in each family whose requirements will have to be catered for in the event of the cessation of railway transit ® Mr. Birmingham, Irish secretary to the National Union of Railway- men, in an interview stated : It Is unfortunate that Ireland to-day. is prevented from developing her abun- dant resources industrially and com- mercially™ She is rich in these en- dowments and as well ought to be a pleasure ground for all countries, The sooner the hatchet is buried the better A truce is a necessary pre- liminary The change of tons of Mr Birmingham is passing strange when it is remembered that it was he who engineered the strike of southern railwaymen and who, with Mr Thomas, appeared before the prime minister to" request the with- drawal of the military from Ireland. What is the game now ? Has the object of the strike been attained? Has it not beed the means of forcing the government to withdraw the troops so thdt Sinn Fein might dis- pose of the police and any other '*obejctionable" persons that thwart or hinder the campaign of outrage ? It is also observed that the "Free- man's Journal," ax unofficial Sinn Fein newspaper, suggests a truce; but forty-eight hourse after the statement by Mr Bermingham and the above statement were made pub- lic the Right Hon. Francis Hugh Brooke, D.L., chairman of the Dub~ lin and South Eastern) Railway, was murdered in Dublin. It ig ¢ a short time since Mr. Brooke entébed a race special train for Curragh races to find that the train could not proceed owing to the refusal of the drivers to work the trains on which were police and he gave' instructions that under no circumstances were the constables to be withdrawn. What will Sir Thomas--who has made 80 many attempts to striké the ® and to obtain for Ireland a separate 'and ind i } ERE Ire. d85Ey tells fll -f § 4 j i Pr w Loperre OLivvars, Acterizations In many of Cecil B. De- Mille's special productions and other Paramount Pictures have made him one of the most loved figures on the motion picture screen, is a native of San Francisco, Before he entered the picture field he had already had a remarkable career on the speaking stage, playing leading parts with Rob- Son and Crane, Fanny. Davenport and other tamaus stare. Eis heat known mmr nn Screen parts have been in "Old Wives For New," "Male and Female" "M'liss," "Believe Me, Xantippe," "Hawthorne of the U. 8. A." and "The Roaring Road." He is soon to be seen as the. father in Cecil B. DeMille's 'Something to Think About," a role which is sald to offer him the greatest opportunity of his varied career. Marguerite De La Motte Marguarita Da La Matte, who is faa. TE tured in "Trumpet Island." a Vitas graph special, appears In one part of the photoplay as a gifted social leadeny™ She plays the harp and sets the mode. Then later she iy thrown onto a desert island where glqthgs and harps are unknown. But Marguerite kept on dee signing costumes and we defy the world to say that the result was anye thing but charming. Two Romping Children In Goldwyn's "Hidgir series Johnny Jones and Lucille Rickson are romping children who make the comedies da lightfully and humanly enjoyable sparkling pieces of natural fun and: impishness. They are neither very bad nor very good--you know from expert. ence what such children can do, and every bit of that fan flashes from the saream, fair treatment. American opinion was important. We must arrange our Irish statesmanship so that it will be made clear that law must be enforced at whatever cost, at the same time tendering to Ireland mea- sures which will commend them- selves to the judgment, of the majority of the fair-minded people in. Great Britain. ~ We must make it clear that it is not the last an- swer of this great country to the case of Ireland.as side by side with the strengthening of the law we will offer reasonable freedom within the empire. We are not, the premier added, going to be beaten by a squalid conspiracy, whether it came from Russia or America On Dollar Day we offer white can- vas shoes of all styles at $1.00 a pair, Thursday, at Reid's Shoe Store, ,. It is about as hard to live up lo 4p ideal as it is t§ live down an error. FELL FROM LOAD OF HAY And Received Injuries That Caused 4 Death, Charleston, Aug. 16. -- The Charleston Lake Association held a picnic here on Friday. P. J. Foster, Brockville, is holidaying at his nell, Lyndhurst, was mere last week putting telephones in some cottages. R. Killingbeck is receiving treat- ment at St. Vigcent De Paul hospi- tal, Brockville. He was taken fll on Monday last. Mr. Killing was called to Evans' Mills, N.Y., a couple of weeks ago by.the death of his brother, George, who succumbed to injuries received «by falling from a load of hay. , ; Miss Kathryn Halliday, Toronto, is holidaying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Halliday. Miss Mildred Hickey, Athens, was last week the guest of Miss Kathryn Halliday. c. uncle's, R, Foster's Mrs. T. MeCon- | T. Ross, Toronto, spent the wees end' with Mrs. Ross and little som, parents, Mr. and Mrd. Del Woods is having a new roof put on his house. Mr, and Mrs, Hugh Smith and family, Ottawa, are campe ing at Addison's cottage. tend Something fn shoes for avery mems ber of the family. At Reid's Shoe Stere Dollar Day, Thursday, 19th. 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