Screenland (Oct 1923-Mar 1924)

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Tom Mix's yacht, Miss Mixit, with its emblem of Mix's favorite cow pony, Tony, on the bow. Between Pictures By Grace Ysjngsley have been _otion picture stars between pictures described as a lot of children let out of school. Since vacation time is usually scandal time in screenland the simile doesn't always hold good. UNLESS we consider that an errant child now and then tosses a brick through a schoolhouse window much to the annoyance of Schoolmaster Will Hays. ' Most of the stars tackle their vacations with the gusto they put into picture making. They're the most serious minded vaca tioners in the world. They play as hard as they work. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, for instance, have a secret camping spot, on the beach between San Juan Capistrano and San Diego, and there they repair on spare days, remaining sometimes for a day or two, swimming, fishing in the surf, clad in old clothes with bare feet and legs. They also frequently arise at five o'clock in the morning, and take long horseback rides into fLStars at Play are Like Children at School--Now and Then They Toss a Brick through the Schoolhouse Window. the mountains and hills back of their Beverly Hills home. Then they come home, go into their swimming tank, and loaf, sleep and read during the afternoons. These two are rarely seen at cafes. They always attend good plays, but usually sit in the back of the theater where they will attract no attention. Fairbanks assiduously plays tennis and handball and the new game of "Doug" invented by him and which is something like tennis, during off During noon hour he eats little lunch, you may meet him any day, at that time, drenched with perspiration, pumping away vigorously at one of these games. Hozv Chaplin 'Rests' hours at the studio, and /IArlie Chaplin dotes on taking long, solitary walks. Sometimes he drags some friend along with Charlie Chaplin caught a 103pound tuna on his recent vacation. With Charlie are Edzvard Knoblock, the playwright, and an associate fisherman. 63