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Show Tnn DKsntirr news. "S blends with BLUE GRAY VKmk 'tfl! V ft Arsy rAv??& rrs&te S&jrtary after rtvTtjv9 i! U! J ! Olive Drab Revives Signfifcance of Memorial Day Our Great Military Cemeteries in France A Warm fc Welcome for American Visitors. i Ry FREDERICK - GREEN JOHNSON V - ", -- m V I bar said frequent-rl- r will conjure up for th great majority Memorial Day la tb moat a plctur of aom youthful fac under FOREIGNERS :s i , that Impressive and beautiful of all an oversea cap, a landscap where room for th tricolor of distinctively American holiday, ther of Trahc a welt .a for our own Old impretsiv ai tb obiervanc Manorial Day ha always been. It Glory. a blurred vision In which ollv true significance era for yaar limited drab Is th dominating ton. to a feneration that I now aim oat In mor than a faw home It will mind of youth, until not b a soldier, sailor or Marine ton. To the the World - War, It tnaanlnr waa whoa memory 1 Individually revered larftly historical, vaguely aenllmental. on th thirtieth of May, In th rank an eocaaton for parade, picnic and of heroes whoa names ar eternally band concert and perhap a day' Inscribed on the roll to whom th new racatlon from tb drudeery of cbool. Memorial Day la dedicated appearth name of many women who ger Rlfinlflcance Of Day Retired It took tb alliance of ollr drab their live as part of Americas toll with blatorto blue and fray to brlnf In the war. Last year the many thousand of bora th algnlflcanc of Memorial Day to th raat preponderance of tb American grave In Trane, and thoa people of tb United State. Sllfht In th Brltleh Islea a wall, recalvad a war our caaualtle a compared fitting attention on tho thirtieth of with thoa of our alllea who were In May. At America' Greatest Military from tb beflnnlnf. they 'wer never-thela- a o freat that relatively few Cemetery It was Just a year ago, with this houaeholda wer pntouebed In on not did war way or another. If th widespread Decorat lod Day ceremony remora a eon, a husband, a father, a ovaraeaa, that the Trench and English brother or a sweetheart. It at least had the beauty and deep algnlflcanc truck It knife deeply, somewhere, In of tho American holiday Impressed eery circle of friendship. upon them. - In all tha larger AmerSo It i only now that Decoration ican military cemeteries In , Trance, Day touche tb who! heart of tb and In many small and remote burial nation with real polfnancy. Tb ex- plots a well, exercises wer held. At ercise on that day. while not taking Romagne. th greatest of all Ameroverseas. way on whit of glory from th fast ican military cameterle fading rank of tb blu and th gray. Genera! Pershing waa the principal 1 i 4 1 M ri ! JTrXrA'&7r' C&r?&rsy speaker at Mamorial dedication exercises of the most Impressive nature. Only a handful of Americans soldier and officer on duty In that district. . and American , relief worker some of whom had mad tho long trip froth Paris wero present a spectator on that day. But every American observer witnessed th exercises wltj full consciousness that he was at that moment th envoy of thousands who sorrowed In America for tha dead who lay there. And all who were present went away afterwards with the comforting realtiatton that never had there been a Memorial Day observance at borne that had been more fitting, mor adequate. more solemn, more Inspiring. than tb one which they had Just wit on that great green hillside that still bristled with It scars. This year brings tha Indication that the attendance at Memorial Day exercises oversea will n f longer be merePrance has been welly by proxy. coming newly arriving Americana for months, in ever Increasing numbers. Bitwise Tablet Prom School Children As well as extending friendly aid to Americana who go to the cemeteries, th Trench themselves are paying tribute to th fallen American in ceremonies of their own arranging. More than a thousand school children, headed by the Mayor, recently marched to the American cemetery at Flames, and in an Impressive me- ti eased aft flagstaff under the folds of the Stars and Stripes, and sang tb Frencb version of the Banner, followed by the Marseillaise. The palm was fixed to the staff,.and a local official delivered an addren on behalf of the children. 'Wc have gathered here, he said, ''to prove to those families across the seas whose boys died for ua, while their sisters came by thousands to heal and comfort our own sick and about the wousded, that w have not forgotten mortal ceremony paid grateful tribute 1,700 American soldiers who died to the battle of the .Vesie River., which delivered Flames from tho yoke of 'the German invader. A bronze palm was presented as the gift of the children. They had painfully hoarded their p.wclout pennies until th sum necessary for the pur chase of tho memorial palm waa made to th up. The children gathered JcPesrsU Star-Spangl- the sons and daughters of Amerlcu We owe this tribute of gratitude to that magnanimous nation which not only defended our soli but each day continues to shower us with lavish gifts, easing the terrible lot of ouf stricken .populations who. thanks to America, are now enabled to tak up the work of national reconstruction. All honor to our beloved Allies, and mdy peace abide with their heroic dead." novel by Pearl Doles BeU, will k glad to know that she la soon 'to appear tn "Lovea Harvest," another typically Shirley Mason story by th earn author. Star Ann May. the pretty dark-hatre- d little motion plctur actress, who has won the affection of many devotees of the screen. Is only 1 years old. She was bora In Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1911 she graduated from th Schuster-Marti- n School of Dramatic Art. and after a stage career of on year spent at the Little Playhouse, Cincinnati, he entered motion pictures. Her first important work as an Ingenue lead Marriage of Convenience.' She has since appeared In many other notable productions, her latest being "Parle Green." In which she play Charlea Ray. A Dancer Genevieve Bert la an attractive figure la the Christie Film Tollies. ' Another Star For Europe Robert Gordon plans te Join tho teller migration for Europe. Accordhe will appear In several ing to plane tortee ' of European locals, on of which Is said to be based on a Dickens The photograph shown ts a novel, scene from "Dollars and the Women. Gordon la the central figure. , Juno El ridge Making Unique Appearance After four .year as a star In World Pictures Jans Elvldgs recently completed "The Lew of th Token." ooon to be seen as a Jtealart plctur. New, she Is .the centra figure In a unique in a series of personal appearance chain of Pennsylvania theatre la which thl popular star tall several stories and sings a eovpltr of ballads Her engagement waa do not only ta her idespread popularity but to tt fact that ah was a musical comedy afar before she came'te fl.ma. ite om Mix Keeps OneOn Edge Star Studying Native Tongue -- A Lover of the Woods Saucy Flapper of Variety Ingenue. . ARGCEK1TE CLARK waa particularly pleased when she found that the scenario of Easy to Get." her most recant Paramount Arieraft picture, called for several scenes to be taken Loon at take In the Adirondack!. or an ardent lover of th wood she and had been kept so busy that she had not ven hd time to go on' a honet ,a following ber marrtaga to H. l . r on Williams. Thl winter. she has been resting at her , 1 -- hcttr. v - husband' home In New Orleans. Star la Studying .Mother Tonga JTbt pet hobby jow of Anna Q. Nilsson Is mastering ber native tongue, Swedish. Tor Miss Nilsson, a ho has been la America fif'een rears Is to re-- : tarn to Stockholm In July, end. sad to relats, ha forgottea ber owa lan- Whea aha first crowed to com a school teacher, as her taher America It her Intention to bo- - is aa educator abroad. However, 'dr vu the luetrator, and Kalem pictures eventually Claimed her The now famous blond beauty has Intended to see her parent In Stockholm for several years, but waa prohibited by the war. Her plays Include "Regeneration." "Th Luck of the Irish," "Soldiers of Tortuna," "Behind th Red Curtain." "In The Heart of a TooL A Daredevil Tom Mix' hold on bis public u .. most a magical on. Staid, business men wiatrh his daredevil stunt breathlessly-- a does tha mall boy. ehlta hatred grandmothers are aa thrilled by his personality a are the yo unrest and most enthusiastic of their granddaughters Perhaps the rumvahree la New Terk cast her as answhr to thla sweeping popularly la ertlst'a model for Penrhya Steals wa. tho knmaneeo of th star himself. for he never loses the human touch tn the characterisations he has originated on th silver screen. He portrays on of theso characters in his latest Fox production. "The Terror." A New Type Of-- Ingenue Since her debut a a Fox star. Shirley Mason has been making sucb rapid stride that ber two famous older sisters will have to bo looking to their laurel. Viols Dans and Edna Flugratk both of them perched on their owa secure pinnacle In Fllmdom watch their iitUest sisters . progress with mingled . feeling of pride and bewilderment. Shirley Mason is creating a 4tw type of tnrenue the saucy flapper variety. Those fanet who loved her In plcnr "Her Elephant Man." adapted from the her-flrs- ' |