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Just A Moment While We Look Ont the Window 1. “Foolish Matrons,” Doris May, while having a clandes- tine luncheon with “the other man” in a private dining room at 4 smart restaurant, goes to the window and gazes enraptured at Fifth Avenue and the Public Library below her. Since when was there a “ritzy” hotel on the northwest corner of the famous thoroughfare? Craries Dickinson, Richmond, Va, That Overworked Wind Machine N “Rent Free,” with Wally Reid and Lila Lee, there is a terrific wind storm in which the tent on the roof is blown down, but as one gazes a little farther there are lines full of clothes unmolested by the wind, ANN M_, Northampton, Mass. Seen in “The Sheik” FTER a wild ride through the desert the cavalcade arrives at its destination, each member of it boasting nicely pol- ished beots. L. H., Jersey City, N. J. Versatile ILTON SILLS, in “At the End of the World,” hands Betty Compson a pair of oxfords to put on in place of her wet French slippers, Betty appears a moment later in oxfords—but an entirely different pair, F. N. D., Findlay, Ohio. Ouick Changes in China N the Chinese release, “The Lotus Blossom," Sug hastens to his love, Afey Teat, who is waiting for him in the garden. She is wearing the usual Chinese kimona which is trimmed in a checkered material; yet upon entering the house in the com- pany of Sung, she appears wearing a dress trimmed with solid black material. Also, Sung in the same scene, appears Lo have a small moustache; but when he takes leave of Moy Tzat, to go to school, we have a close-up of him minus the moustache. R. Fetpman, New York City. Screen Climate S| Bas most unusual climatic conditions prevail in “Don’t Tell Everything.” The morning after the storm, which knocked down a wall of Jessica's lodge, heroine Gloria Swanson drives up to the lodge in her motor, which raises an enormous cloud of dust. CraaLes Townsenp, Quitman, Georgia, Ask Miss Van Wyck Kory. tell me how, in “Not Guilty.” Margy manages to start out with bobbed hair, go to India where she does her hair in a knot at the back, and wind up at a consular dinner with bobbed hair again? Minnte S., Berkley, Cal. And Yet Again— ] NOTICED a mistake in Priscilla Dean’s picture, “Conflict.” She is riding the logs down the river to save her sweetheart. In the process she falls into the water, getting, as is natural, good and wet. In the scene in which she rescues Herbert Raw- linson she is perfectly dry and her hair is done beautifully, A. H. Pressiar, Galveston, Texas. 80 Why-Do- They Do-It Tith Ree. US. Mat. On 1S is TOUR Department. Jrmp right in with your contribution. What have you seen in the past month, that wes stupid, unlifelike, ridiculous or merely incongruous? vernatks fo specific instances of absurdities in pictures you have seen. Se Your observation will be listed armang the indictments of carelessness on — the part of the actor, author or director. Do not generalize; confine your Page Ponce De Leon | AM puzzled. In “Over the Hill,” we see Johnny as a boy, I should judge about ten, The next part of the picture is. supposed to take place twenty years later, which would make Johnny about thirty. He spends three years in prison; he should be thirty-three. He was away two years—thirly-five. Is that the age he is supposed to be at the end of the film? If so, how did he keep his twenty-five-year-old look? Mrs. F. K, Donne tty, Jamaica Plain, Mass. One or Two on Mr. Hart N William S$. Hart's picture, “White Oak,” I notice these anachronisms. First we are shown a caravan in a western desert in the year 1830. Indians rush in for slaughter and in the scuffle I per- ceived a woman with a French aviation cap on. Later Bill hides behind rocks and shoots Indians continuously with his twenty-century automatic, In the dance hall scenes, the girls have silk stockings of the present day type and many have French heels. KATHERINE Pauy, Colorado Springs, Colo. Dow't Ask Us N “The Mistress of Shenstone,” Pauline Frederick and Roy Stewart are forced to spend the entire night on a cliff, be- cause the tide rose. According to this picture, the tide starts rising about the middle of the afternoon and stays up until nearly dawn. How about it? Jack CunnincHam, Ohio. She Changed Her Mind VIDENTLY Shirley Mason didn't care much about the costume she wore when she went to see the hero in “Jackie”: light colored fur, dark dress, and dark hat with a bunch of cherries on it. Because after she and the hero leave his house she has on a dark fur, a light dress, and an entirely different hat, T. P. O'Rourke. Galveston, Texas. Patent Pending ARION DAVIES is seen walking down the steps to carry out “The Bride’s Viay” in the picture of that name, wear- ing slippers with ribbons wound round the ankles, yet in the scene where she strikes the presumptuous suitor’s face she has but to reach down suddenly and lo, the slipper is ready for the deed. No unfastening necessary. Where did she get those shoes? A. B. B., Germantown, Pa. Attention Charles Ray, Director N "“R. S. V. P.,” Charles Ray’s studio was decorated with a pennant which had on it the Greek letters which stand for Alpha Chi Omega, I presume it was supposed to be his college fraternity, If so, there were only two things wrong withit. In the first place, fraternities use banners but never pennants, and in the second place, Alpha Chi Omega is the actual name of a national Greek letter college women’s fraternity. In the same picture, the same studio is located on some lofty floor of a certain building, Charlie’s visitors are frequently shown rounding the various landings on the different floors, but out of the window on each level the same view of a row of stores across the street is seen at the same angle. E. W. L., Ashbury Park, N. J. (Eo Aalice| eee)! <Sareve)