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JDICKFORD
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given FREE for the "BEST JCetter •
own something that had actually belonged to their idol.
She was dressed just as she had come from the set where she made the final scenes of "Sparrows" . Her shoes were many sizes too big for her; her hair was disheveled; her face was made up to appear streaked with dirt; her wedding ring was covered by a soiled bandage (she never takes this ring off). She came in unconscious of her tatters; she is too honest to apolo' gize for a thing that to her perfectly natural wholesomeness requires no apology. She sat upon one of the deeply upholstered chairs in the living-room of her studio-bungalow, and curling one foot under her, listened while I explained that Screenland wanted to encourage people to learn to express themselves.
"Our editor,1'' said I, "believes that people think many things they are unable to put into words. This he regards as mental laziness.
"If we offer a prize of sufficient appeal, it may inspire many people to cultivate the habit of self-expression."
I went on to explain that if we could offer something that had actually been a personal possession of Mary Pickford, it would be a great incentive. The vanity case at the top of the page shows how graciously Mary Pickford responded to Screenland's suggestion. Being a mere man, I can't begin to describe it, but I do know that I could sense its loveliness and value and was nervous, until I reached the office and placed it in the editor's safe.
Miss Pickford attached only one string to the gift she made us; she reminded us that she had always opposed manufactured or artificial praise.
The best letter concerning any of her screen productions will be awarded the vanity case. There is no enthusiast of pictures who has not seen one at least of 'Our Mary's" plays — from "Little Annie Rooney" back to " Tess of the Storm Country " — and here is your chance to have your say.
Contest closes May 15, 1926.
Address: Maky Pickford Vanity Case Contest SCREENLAND MAGAZINE 236 West 55th Street New York, N. Y.