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POPULAR PLAYER CONTEST
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the contest, or tried to, among them being Mr. Anderson and Miss Mae Hotely. Mr. Anderson wired ns at an early hour, asking us to advise his friends that he was not a contestant, and Miss Hotely tried to throw her support to a relative. Jack Hopkins, and to other friends, rather than promote her own interests. Other players were indifferent, and still others did considerable electioneering among their friends. However, the general result seems to be entirely satisfactory to us and to the majority of the public, all things considered.
And now for a few verses and comments by our readers in praise or criticism of the players.
Miss Ethel M. Kelly, of New York City, is an admirer of Mr. Anderson :
TO "BRONCHO."
ow often at the "movies,"' you'll see thrown upon the screen, The most ludicrous cowboys the world has ever seen, With big sombreros flaring up, w^ith chaps that flap and rattle, It s one safe bet that few of them have ever herded cattle. But there is one right up to date, in Western photoplays, In all the big productions featured by the Essanay, He is the cowboy true to nature, never crude or silly — Long life to G. M. Anderson, the famous "Broncho Billy."
Miss Margaret Cronin, of 5407 ^Michigan Avenue, Chicago, writes :
Enclosed find a poem which took me ten minutes to make up. If you dont print it I'll never read your magazine again. It is "My Kalem Queen," as follows :
*m just crazy about the "movies'' and a special little, girl, That every time I see her my heart is in a whirl ; Her name is Anna Nilsson. and she is a Kalem Queen. I like her in "most every play, but in some she is a dream. She is so very pretty and her big. round eyes they gleam — And I'll always love her dearly, my pretty Picture Queen. P. S. — Remember, if that poem isn't printed !
We certainly would not like to lose Miss Cronin as a reader, know we wont.
and now we
'^E. L. AA^.," of St. Louis, sends some verses ^'To Henry AA^althall (Biograph), from one who admires his acting above all the rest," and adds:
I like Henry Walthall because, no matter what character he takes, he portrays that person so clearly that you dont think of him as the actor, Henry Walthall, but as the person he is representing, and I think that is real talent.
So many verses and favorable comments concerning Alice Joyce are at hand that it is hard to make a choice. Two young ladies, who call themselves "Bobsy and Nobsy," write that they are very glad Tom Moore is Alice's permanent leading man, and they threaten us with such dire consequences if they dont see their verses in print, that we have decided to take no chances, so here they are :
My dearest darling, Alice Joyce, Above them all you are our choice: There never was such a lovely queen Equal to you on the picture screen. Your charming partner, Tommy Moore, Loves you as all do, we are sure. So it will never be a great snn^rise When you become sweet Tommy's bride.