John Emerson, president of the Actors [
Equity Association and a leading film !
producer, accompanied by his wife, J
Anita i/oos, noted scenario writer, sailed j
yesterday by the Aqultanla to study the i
tariff on foreign made photoplays, on !
behalf of the Equity, which is prominent. 1
among the adherents of the Fordn<\v
bill. The way was opened for this In
vestigation through the orders of Mr.
l'3mer?on'? physicians, who sent him
abroad to recuperate after an operation
eleven months ago,
IIRAMATINT NEBS POPE.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wlnchell
Smith learned yesterday that the plny
wright. and his wife, now on a world
tour, were received by Pope Plus XT. }
during their recent visit In Rome, i
Neither Mrs. Smith nor her husband ar. j
Catholics. They were presented by Mgr j
<"hnrles O'Hern, rector of the American I
College,
to le&d to hidden stops with quicklime
beneath the trapdoors. Outside the sun
shone, but there was the weird music
of India, with the sound of the thou
sands gathering for the Feast of the
Moon.
Mr. Whiteside a< ted the part of the j
dark skinned monarch as if he were the i
real -there, the secret almost popped out i
in spite of the best intentions in the I
v orld. He was glib, cold i>!<>oded, au- j
dacious and cynical at all ti.nes. He is
a finished actor and playea with un
ci'innion smoothness and effect.
"The Hindu" is a compact little melo
drama that never sets the blood to
flowing too fast, while it is never too
static lor a certain degree of interest.
