Screenland (Oct 1923-Mar 1924)

good bit of his spare time to cultivating the favor of some new beauty. He dances and dines assiduously with his latest flame. But he prefers sitting out a dance with a girl to dancing it with her, and if she has a quick and an alert mind, match for his own, he will sit a whole evening arguing and discussing sociological and political problems with her. Flirtations bctzvccn Pictures /ONSTance Talmadge seems to spend her vacations promoting new flirtations. And Conny is always fatal to anybody to whom she takes a fancy ! Constance has stacks of jewels given her by Irving Berlin and by her former husband, John Piaglao. We all feel sure that Constance (however did her parents happen to name her that?) will wed again some day. And just now we are wondering if the happy man won't be Irving G. Thalberg, head of the Louis B. Mayer company, and a brilliant young man. He is deeply devoted, and Connie seems very fond of him. He is her squire at the Ambassador Hotel dances, at the opera, at the theatre. But the sparkling Connie never takes anything or anybody very seriously. Or at least she hasn't up to this time. Helene Chadwick gets acquainted with her mother and practices her music during vacations. She has just had a long vacation. Mabel Goes to Seashore varied taste in vacations is enjoyed by Mabel Normand. Sometimes she prefers a round of parties with friends, shopping expeditions, and suchlike urban joys. But usually, especially in summertime, she goes to mountains or seashore. She has a little house up in the Altadena foothills, where she often goes to rest and recuperate. Here she drives her car, hikes and rides horseback. A friend of mine chanced to be staying near Mabel's Altadena home not long ago. He was driving up the steep and winding road which leads to the place, one hot day, when suddenly his brakes failed to work well, and he nearly shot over the side of the hill. Another car came around the corner just then, and a cheery feminine voice called out, — "What's the matter? Having trouble with your car? Anything I can do?" A girl alighted, came over and helped him fix the brakes — and when my friend took a good look at her, he discovered that the girl was Mabel Normand. She loaned him tools from her ample tool chest, and didn't leave him until ' she saw him safe on his way. But Miss Normand's present vacation, between The Extra Girl and Mary Ann, hasn't turned Ct, Harry Carey spends much of his time avoay from the clicking camera zi'ith his son, Harry, Jr. Carey is looking forward to the day when Junior will take a more profound interest in spurs. out so pleasantly as usual. She was thrown from her horse, while riding along the beach at Coronado, where she had gone for a few days' rest, and her collar bone was broken. So at the present writing she is in the hospital, with the prospect of several idle weeks before her. Norma's European Vacation ^unning back to New York or over to Europe is what Norma Talmadge enjoys doing. Failing that, she spends a great deal of time selecting her costumes for her pictures, and she never misses an opportunity, of course, to run over to sister Natalie's for a look at the Keaton baby. Buster Keaton, by the way, is spending a short vacation right now, teaching his year-old son to box ! He expects to have him ready for a bout with Bryant Washburn's youngest son some time this fall, he says ! {Continued on page 95) C Shirley Mason has never really grown tip. Only the other day she papered her dressing room herself and she actually loves to collect magazine covers. 65