Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1919)

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Classic at top of letter. ,"'•.. . ■ , ,■ ... 1*7 T>^N ii ATHER TIME has another birthday, and with it comes resolutions— I hope you all resolve to read the Magazine for another year, and that we will be better friends than ever. Luna M. H. — Yes to your first. . Jane Fearnley is not playing. Eddie from Chicago. — Jack Pickford is in the navy. Yes, it is true that Harold Lockwood. and Myrtle Gonzalez have passed away. William Russell is also ill with influenza. Nadid Gary was Dimps. There is no Albert Roscoe. . Edith B. L. — You are so kind to me. True Board,man, of the Kalem Company, died in Los Angeles, Cal. Why, Fred Church has been playing right along. "Let me hear from-you again. Vera S. — Why, of course there are brown pearls, but most are silvery white and iridescent. You say Nero wasn't much as an example of domesticity, but he kept the Rome fires burning. J. H. J.; Vicky V.; Ethel C. ; M. R. ; Phross L. ; Marie B.; S. A.; Catherine Mc. ; Anna F. ; Chop Sticks; Silver Spur Slim ; Awagwan; E. C. W. ; Gladys B. ; I. Stein ; Frank M. ; Hortense D. ; L. L. Price ; Helen F. C. K. ; G. B., Passaic ; Imogen ; Cecelia M. B. ; Louise M. ; Elisa R. ; Ray S. ; Florence K. ; and Justina H. — Sorry I cannot answer you individually, but somewhere in these columns your questions have been answered before. Marie A. W. — Write to me on any kind of stationery. Of course I believe in education, but, if you send your son into the world with good principles and good habits, he will work his way. Louise. — I thank you warmly for the overwhelming praise. The expressions "bulls" and "bears" are Wall Street terms. A "bull" wants stocks to go up and a "bear" wants stocks to go down. Sometimes a speculator is a "bull" and sometimes he is a "bear." You will not get the expressions mixed if you think of a bull tossing a thing up with his horn and of a bear tearing it down to the ground. That clipping sounds like publicity. Joffre. — I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long. Elsie Ferguson is from New York City. Well, I live right around the corner from you, and yet you dont know me. Gertrude Short was the child. All right, General. Talmadge Tearm.— Oh, I had a very odd dream last night. I dreamed there were thirty-nine Muses and nine Articles, and my head is still quite confused about them. Of course you must sign your name and address in order to get an answer in this department. Ethel R. B. — Na-zim-ova is correct. Mariel.— When you see a dashing young officer with a frumpy young woman on his arm, remember that he probably had the girl before the uniform They were mostly foreign players. Send a stamped, addressed envelope for the cast. You want Jack Holt's picture in the gallery Dolly. — You bet everything is all changed about. What's become of the father that boasted his son wrote a fine hand? But whatever you do, Dolly, be cheerful, for cheerfulness is the oil that makes things run smooth. I want all the new readers I can get. Enid Markey in "Between Men." Clara Williams in "The Bargain." So you are 16, go to high school, do housework and read the Answer Department. Your mother ought to be proud of you — I am. Anna Y. — So you think I deal with a funny bunch. Are you not one of them? Well, I. do not hold myself responsible for the fads, freaks and fancies of my friends. So you are dying to know how old William Desmond is. Here, here, live on; he is not located as yet. Uncle Josh. — Listen here, uncle, when a man waits for the reward of patience, he is apt to find it motheaten. See here, haven't I done gone and told you before that you must give your address, even tho it is at the Squedonk Hotel ? We did ask Bill Hart about his engagement, and he said 'taint so. Butterfly. — Poor Butterfly. I'm sorry. Certainly I believe in dreams. Having had many nightmares and a dream nearly every night of my life, how could I help believing in dreams? But as for their having any meaning, I am quite sure that they have none. I have read many books on the subject and am. convinced that dreams mean nothing except that some of the faculties are dormant and others are partly awake — like a half-rigged boat sailing around without pilot or rudder. A. B. C. — You refer to George MacQuarrie as Roger in "The Maid of Belgium." Esther J. — Eugene O'Brien is not married. Did you know that of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet, of all actions of his life, 'tis most meddled with by other people. But the lookers-on see more than players. Detroit Kid. — Get rid of them. If we meet evil company it is no reason we should keep it. Send a stamped, addressed envelope. Oscar W. B. — Yes, I am a reformer, but not a chronic complainer. Charles West was Cosgrove. You mustn't play peek-a-boo with my private life. I wont tell, that's all. Louisa L. — You ask when I think a man should marry. Who was it who said, "A young man, not yet ; an elder man, not at all"? I should say he should marry when he is ready — provided she is. But there can be no hard-and-fast rule to suit all cases. Bessie Love was the bride of Canaan in "Intolerance." Leslie Austin, you mean. L. C. Shumway and Jewel Carmen. Mary E. E. — So. you dont think much of Petrova's acting. Nothing like being outspoken. Mrs. Castle is in France now. But a spur in the head is worth two in the heel. Spur them on. Dot W.— True, she may be beautiful, but beauty unaccompanied by virtue is like a flower without perfume; its brilliancy may remain, but its sweetness is gone. That wasn't John Bunny. Yes, Harry Springer. k t I k| ■—-—