Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1924)

Phi comes the dominant feature of the room li^lit from the two windows is espe< ially u ami is reflected From the wide simple minor, with it egg-and-dart border, int» the room Salem Chintz in the Velmar pattern has been used in tlii- scheme most effectively. The tie ba< ks on the curtains and the top and ruffle of the dressing table are made of bfue cotton and silk rep, of the same shade as that running in the cretonne. The side lamp baa for its base a ellow pottery, and the shade of gold silk is I at the top and bottom with narrow blue silk ruffles. Tortoise shell, or amber, toilet r ■ t tin^s would be pleasing with this color s< heme The l.i i slteU h is an atl racth e .mil e( onomical way of solving your dressing table problem Salem Chintz, in the Princess pattern, forms tin simply pleated skirt ami valance, ami the slightly gathered side drapes hanging from the valance. The two small lamps should be of cream pottery, with shirred organdie shad! of \ colorful powder jar. ivory touet articles, ami quaint little silhouettes on each side, would make complete an odd and attractive setting. The models described above an simple sug gestions Used a a base, they can he worked out in myriad of ways to suit your own tastes and necessities. Realistic Was Right By J. R. Hornaday YEARS ago, when the "Xickel Show" was in it infancy and the producers were depending, not upon elaborate easts and first-magnitude stars, but rather upon such stirring scenes as the flight of an express train. or the hurried dash of a fire department. Howell Graham was operating a little picture house in Chattanooga, Tenn., where was produced one of the most "realistic" scenes presented either prior to or since that time — this in spite of the marvelous advances that have Leen made. It happened in this wise: Graham, finding that the playhouse became quite warm on summer evenings, and being of an inventive turn of mind, devised a pioneer cooling system. It consisted of a series of pipes, led through a large box, said box being filled with ice. The air was forced through the pipes by means of an electric fan, the only trouble being that when the plant was idle the moisture would precipitate and collect in the pipes. In order to prevent this moisture being blown indiscriminately over the theater, it was the custom to place a crocus sack over the vent and operate the fan until the water was eliminated, before turning the stream of cool air upon the audience. Graham had a colored boy working about the place whose duty it was to attend to this primitive cooling plant, but he was not as diligent as he might have been, and one day he forgot to put up the sack before starting the fan. The chief attraction being offered on this occasion was a marine view, featured by the wild dashing of huge waves against a rockbound New England coast. When the showstarted and the fan was turned on. the absence of the sack permitted the water to be blown straight out upon the audience, which created considerable consternation, taken in connection with those lofty waves. One of the male patrons, who occupied a front seat and thus got the full benefit of the spray, dashed for the exit, where Graham was standing watching the box office. "What's the matter?" cried Graham, as the excited patron dashed by. "Nothing particular," replied the gentleman, speaking over his shoulder, "but I want to say that that ocean scene is the most realistic I ever saw. 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