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SUCCESSES-AND OTHERS,”

[BY IBIS BARRY.]

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. Only by running over the names ⚫of prominent fim actors in Holly A revealing insight to the wood does one realise how many

faced Engahmen have attained stardom thoughts of inevitable death as they drifted Ronald Colman and Clive Brook, Reginald Denny and Victor Me Helplessly across the Pacific for 11 Laglen are known all over the the "character of months in a disabled 85-foot boat world, and

Tolstoi's "Anna Karenina is given in a diary found aboard Karenin in the film version of ishing taken by a courteous old English ill-fated Japanese

actor called Brandon Hurst, the amack, Ryo-Yes Máru.

original Charley in 'Charley'■ A translation of the diary, which Aunt" long years agon was discovered in the persmal effects of Gennosuke "Matsumoto, & member of the crew of 12 on the little "death ship," was published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,

Discose, the diary revealed. hastened the death of the starving men on the Ryo-Fei Maru, which war washed up on the Washington coast bearing the bodies of two of the crew and the bleached bonce of the others. Evidence of can- ribalism was found on the hapless crait..

The diary, kept by Sutejira Izawa until he died three months" after the start of the voyage and then taken over by Matsumoto, be gan when the vessel put out from the port of Misaki., near Yoko- hama December 5th, 1626, on what was to have been a short fishing

cruise.

A week later, it was written in the penciled chronicle, the ship's engine became disabled.

Events during the months of drifting that eventually carried thei lated craft to the Pacific coast o! the United States are graphically recorded in "excerpts from the faded diary.

The women are less numerous than the mer: Doris Lloyd, who has been doing some good work in many recent pictures, is one of the few Blm actresses from Eng land who have made s; success, and at the moment. she is back on the stage playing lead opposite Doug las Fairbanks, jua in Young Woodley."

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PEDESTRIAN ACQUITTED.

A young girl only just in her HERTFORDSHIRE "MYSTERY. twenties. Ivia Goulding, sister of Edmund Goulding, the director, ia more talked about than any player on the legitimate stage in Los Angeles. She made her début in a difficult rôle specially written for her by John Colton, author of "Rain," in his now play "The Deville Plam Tree

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BOY'S INSULTING REMARKS.

The extraordinary Hertfordshire a pedestrian was case in which accused of murder for striking. a seventeen year old boy, and causing him to fall off his bicycle which reported several days ago in our columns, has been concluded..

An elderly film player, the nicest Aberdonian wondo imaginable, Margaret Mana hea olas just finished one of the most interesting roles allotted to a film "mother"

Applause greeted the announec- since Stella Dallas, in a pic- ture not to be issued for some time meat of the magistrates at Hert- yet, tentatively titled "Grandma ford that they had decided to at- Bernie Learns Her Letters." Hers quit Cyril James Pateman, aged will be a memorable name to 20, of Scale-road, Hertford, charg cinema-goers; it is to seldom thated on remand with the manslaugh success comes to one so late in lifeter of Geoffrey Crawley, aged 1, that her story must appeal to all on the ground that there was no when they have seen her per-evidence against him. formance:...

Crawley died from a fractured English Reserve And Gurtness. skull received while cycling with Not all the Englishmen in Holly-three friends near Hertford on wood are successful; there are November 6th. scores of men whom life at home had no room for after the war, playing little bits of parts and act ing in crowds,, and keeping up a brave, appearance and being rather disliked in a tolerant way for their "very English" reserve and curt ness.

December 20th-When the wester- ly winds were blowing day after day, the captain began to talk of taking a big chance and heading

Bat in contrast there are men for America May we not be call esl upon to suffer too much hard like Norman Trevor and Adec ship, especially the men with wives Francis, younger actors like Ralph and children. I believe the home Forbes and Lawford Davidson and folks are worrying very much. It Philip Strange, with constant em- may be averything might have been ployment in interesting if not Words of the ancients spectacular roles, all of whom are say the sins of the fathers are rest-liked both as actors and because they are English." "Abroad, if not ed upon the children.

at home, one realises acutely that English people are either liked be cause they have real qualities, or disliked because when they are anpleasant they exceed every other nation in unpleasantness!

30 fated.

Day Spent In Prayer. December 1st-From morning to evening we spent all our time pray ing.

December 28th-Unable to head west, we have at last turned “re- ward the east. We have finally de- cided to risk all and head for America.

December 28th-Even our deepest prayers do not draw pity from our angry god O Kompra (Japanese railors god), have pity on us or we shall throw away thy charms, No! No! No! Let us not think of such heresy. Please pity us and forgive us. For 13 hours more we

hive drifted

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At the previous hearing a police officer read a statement alleged to have been made by Pateman to the effect that while he was cut with a young woman Crawley shouted insults at him. He stepped out to stop him and in swerving to avoid him Crawley lost his balance and fall off his bicycle.

Mr. T. Ottaway, for Paleman, questioned Superintendent West, who agreed that the police had act ed on the theory that a man for previously annoyed by cyclists."

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whom they were searching had been HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE

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Albers Ernest Brand, a carpen ter's apprentice, of Hatfield, said he was cycling with Crawley and others. None of them shouted any- thing at Pateman and the girl. He

too; nearly all of them Army men,Cross-examined: You made no There are the English experts," saw Pateman strike Crawley, who

fell... who act as advisers on detail. Per- haps the most interesting of these attempt to follow Pateman up- is Captain Sterling C. Campbell,

Dr. Alan Cox, in cross-examina one of our most brilliant airmen, tion, said there was nothing about who has acted both in Wings and in a further air-film made in Crawley's face to suggest he had Hollywood, in addition to his work of expert on war-time detail and on flying:

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received a blow.

Lilian Redman, 17, of Hertford, the girl who was with Pateman, said that ste heard one cyclist Remittance men, forgotten men, make remarks. Pateman put his January 1st, New Year day-Thefaures, born wanderers, adven- hand out to try and stop Crawley, 18th year of Taisho. We celebrated turers, retired soldiers, younger who swerved to the left, went on sons of great, impoverished fami- some distance, swerved to the right, this day by mixing rice and red beans and enjoying the laxury of boxers, writers, in one copa and fell. She did not know any city or another, successful or un-thing serious had happened until koya jofu (dried bean cake)....

He has sent us rain. We gather successful, these Britons are knit the following night. ed it in canvases and shall heard into the very fabric of the film world in Hollywood. Some of it as a miser heards his gold.'

them will never come home; some of them we shall never hear of; some of them ride on the crest of tide of personal success beyond average actor's dreams.~~ the Daily Mail.

Ship Ignores Signals, January 27th-A ship, a ship Happy madness seizce us as we sight a steamer. We build, a fire; We wave;

we shout; we dance. But, O Kompira, the stranger does Alas, us and is gone. again we are drifting. We know not whither. O Kompira, are you without mercy?

not see

February 13th-Sickness is upon us. Hatazo Terada das laio in his. bunk these past five days and is wasting away.

March 5th-To-day at breakfast We had no food.

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Judgment was entered for the defendants in the action for damages brought By Mrs. Mary Christian Venn, of Leander-road, March 9th-Denjiro Hosai this Thomton Heath, Burrey, against day died of illness. (He was the Dr. J. M. Todesco, inédical first of the ill-fated crew to perish). superintendent at the Croydon 'March 17th-There being no Borough Isolation Hospital, and wind, WC repaired the sails Dr. F. J. Elder, formerly his Suteiro Izawa (the chronicler) assistant at that institution, in died (On this date Matsumoto respect of the death of her husband began keepin the diary).

April 19th-Yoshishiro Udehirn, who was ill, died in the forenoon.

He was the tenth of the crew to die, leaving only the captain and Matsumoto).

....

April 29th-Praise, Kompira. It has rained. Wo have water again. May 5th-Boing i, I could no longer stand at the wheel.

May 6th--Captain Tokizo Miki became very i

May 8th-Ship adrift. Only two of us, and both so ill. The ship is now running with no one at the wheel

out the May 11th-Cloudy. Waves high Ship ad-ift-ith rolled-up tails. am auffering of the captain's

ness, NY

(This is the last entry in the log written by Matsumoto. His body,. with that of the Captain and the whitening bones of the others, was found in the cabin of the ship when it drifted up on the Washington coast.)

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