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· QUEEN VICTORIA'S SECRET CODE:

ROYAL CONFIDENCE IN DR. DAVIDSON

PHILIPPINE'S SUGAR PRODUCTION.

1,000,000 TONS OF ANNUALLY NOT POSSIBLE.

the United States Beet Sugar seso-

SILVER SCREEN.

"THE SPY-AN EXCEP

TIONAL PICTURE.

"The Spy" is one of thoan

· MANILA, Sept. 28th. exceptionally interesting pictures The remarkable revelation George H. Fairchild, secretary which stimulate almost any audi- made in a book, pablished last treasurer of the Philippine Sugarence to criticism Much of it is month, that Queen Victoria, in her association, in a statement to-day excellent, some of it even brilliant, correspondence on Church matters, denies the ability of Philippine though it most definitely is not used a secret code to communicate augar producera to surn out an that often-heralded but so far un- with Dr. Randall Davidson, the res average of 1,000,000 tons of sugar soad thing, a perfect. film siring Archbishop of Canterbury, a year within the next ten years, The story is melodramatic, even Her regard for the young clergy-The statement is made in refuts blood and thundery, with its mys man who was to become the Primate sion of Harry "Austin, secretary of terious, superman of a villain,and | of all England was so great that clation, to the effect that if duty his many and ingenious" machina- sbe consulted him frequently re tree sugar from the Philippines tions. It is not difficult to guess garding ecclesiastical appointments, continues to be imported without that he is really meant to be a Mr. Charles Herbert, in his book, restriction, the Philippines' output Bokbevist agent, though this is to the United States will soon reach not stated. Bus in any case his Twenty-Five Years as Archbishop

a total of several million tons & of Canterbury," describes Di.

year.

#! Davidson's confidential relations

Said Mr. Fairchild: with Queen Victoria al one of the Since the area of land under most charming nasociations in ♣

cane cultivation in the life of mary affections..

Philippines to-day is slightly, Deyers: anything, in excess of what it was He describes how Dr. Davidson, during the last five years of then a young man and the secretary Spanish sovereignty, the danger of

Construction Faults, and son-in-law of Archbishop Tait, an annual crop reaching a total of the construction of the story. But Faults innumerable there are in had a series of interviews with the over 1,000,000 tons of sugar is so what "The Spy" lacks in unity Queen.

He must have borne bimself except ignorance of the facts, for A good dozen scones are thrilling remote there is no justification, it makes up in separate incidents. modestly and pleasantly, for he Mr. Austin's statemeent to the instantly won Queen Victoria's effect that without restriction "The in the extreme, and the climax is confidence; and it was a can-Philippines will soon reach a total quarters, in the international bank breathless. The villain's head. adence which was soon manifestul several million tons a year." ed"

friendships and

Mr. Herbert expresses the opinion that it was little short of wonder rul, that this young clergyman of thirty-four should have so singular ly impressed & woman who was not given to taking rapid likings. The tact is preserved in Quetu Victoria's Lite and Letters.

are no half measures, and his agents provide some fascinating quite delicious girl with the face studies in crime, especially one of an angel and the name of Lien

which he controls, are bombed and riddled by the police, while the death inside. chief characters struggle with al. in which the identity of the The last scene of villain is at that revealed, provides a satisfactory conclusion.

That an average production in the Philippines of 1,000,000 tons of sugar is not likely to be reached within the next ten years is clearly demonstrated in a recent pamphlet published under the auspices of the Philippine Sugar Association which will soon be widely circulated in the United States to give correct

Herr Lupu Pick. Queen Victoria writes in her information, in reply to statements is the finished performance of Herr Not the least interesting element diary that she had seen Dr. similar to those to which Mr. Au Lupu Pick as the Japanese Ambas- tin is given publicity."-fanslosador against whom the principal Times.

character pits his evil wifi.

Herr Pick, once well-known acoor, is to-day highly esteemed ast A film director. It was to obige his ANALYST'S HINT TO WOMEN ed to return to the screen in "The friend Herr Lang that he consent-

Davidson, the Archbishop's son- in-law, and I was seldom' more struck than I have been by his personality. We went over vari ous topics, and I feel that Mr. Davidson is a man who may be of great use to me.

For which I am truly thankful.

A little later on, her Majesty, in writing to Mr. Gladstone, told him this, and added: He is sa admirable and charming per Son,' **

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Appeal For Help. Queen Victoria lost no time in discovering what use Mr. Davidson could be to her. A correspondence

ensued, and, later on in the same month she wrote to Mr. Davidson:

HOW TO TEST

SHOPPERS.

DYES.

of

Spy," and certainly his perform ance will finger long in everyone's Mr. J. G. Williams, of the analy working at the Elstree studios, memory. Herr Pick is at present tical and testing laboratory Alessrs. Selindge and Company: A Raight in London.”

cutting his frat English-made film, speaking at the Summer School of the Draper' Chamber of Trade at Cambridge, said that, although sunlight might be good for de cale babies. it was Anything but good for delicate frocks made of weighted silk or coloured with inferior dyes.

I

Villains Of The Screen." confined entirely to films of the Ripe and eturdy villains, once Wild West, have of late made their way into the foreground of the screen world. They are the best thing in it today.

"I am very grateful for your kind letter. As there will be two vacancies on the Episcopal Beach "There are about 1,500 chemie: and a Deanery, if not two, Ially different dyes at the present Gross, inatticulate, and touching should be most thankful if you time," he said, "yet colour fustigures like Jannings in "Vaude. could help me, with names. I bess is a serious cause af

ville," and Bancroft in com-

"Paying need not say that your name willplaint. Out of 120 samples which the Fenalty,

strike the public never be mentioned. I feel you I tested only 21 were found of good agination far more forcibly than have had such immense oppor-all-round_fastness.”

do the saccharine Egures of hand- tunities of knowing all the clergy Mr. Williams suggested that some heroes, so thickly coated that I could not look to any one women when buying coloured with whitewash that they are pre- more likely to help me than your-material should, if they could bring vented from performing one cre- themselves to be so impolite, rubdible action, and confined almost the material with a dry white entirely to loving, losing, and re- colour handkerchief to ascertain if the gaining pretty maidens.

withstood friction and surreptitiously spit on their hand- kerchiefs and then rub the material to see if the same dye withstood moisture.

Sel

"A Horrible Fellow."

An extraordinary thing followed. "That Keen observer of men and matters about the court, General Sir Henry Ponsonby, the Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, felt that things were aappening, which justified the fol lowing letter to her Majesty, in which, among other things, he said: As Mr. Davidson has such

in "What Price Glory was a hor- a wide knowledge of the clergy,

rible fellow; but how much more and his opinion is very valuable, Referring to shrinkage, Mr. Wil- interesting to watch than John und as your Majesty might some liams warded women against maro Barrymore in the artificial and times wish to refer & Church ques- tion to him hurriedly, might Saranshrunken collars and shirts.

cain particularly, and men against sickly rôles to which his talent bas Henry Ponsonby establish a short

unfortunately been condemned late- cypher code with him for use in rials," he added,

"Rain is no respecter of mately! The world loves a villain on and if a girl the screen every bit as much as the case of accessity 1 ' "

is caught in a fashionably short it loves a lover. Barrymore and Soon after this Dr. Davidson was marocain skirt the fashion is liable the other handsome actors have evidently in receipt of instructions to be carried to embarrassing ex- been reformed to death. conveyed to him in this manner, fortremes before the can get home. it appears that he visited Winches-3len, too, wearing fashionable- tro- ter in order to discover tactfully pical suitings if caught in a sharp it Dr. Browne's health was equal shower may find that their jacket to assuming the responsibilities of has shrunk into an Eton one.” Canterbury. He seems to have

it touches real life, has found its A gust of drama, great because

way into the cinemas since it A number of women shoppers dawned on producers that it was applying such teste simultaneously possible to put real living charac might cause a sensation in the ters into films. shop and it would he safer to carry

Victor McLaglen them out round the corner.

gathered the impression that, al

though Dr. Harald Browne felt it is practically that of Dean of the was quite practicable, that Mrs. Royal Chapel of St. George's It Browne did not, and rather stresi, not attacked to any cathedral. ed her husband's age, and he re- and the holder of the office is under ported this to Queen Victoria no ecclesiastical authority except herself

the head of the Established Church "Then he is requested to "disthe reigning monarch." cover diplomatically what would be the feelings of the Bishops if Dr. Behson, the Bishop of Truro, should be nominated. But he testifies to their cordiality," and closes: I have tried in humble reliance in the guidance of Al- mighty God to answer your Majesty's question by as plain and simple s statement as por sible of what I believe to be the truth.

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Knowing the keen prejudice which Mr. Gladstone felt in favour of experienced men filling A student of the American such posts, she wrote to the Arch Academy of Dramatic Art, he de- bishop of Canterbury asking him sorted the stage in 1923 for the if he thought there could be any screen, played small parts in objection to the appointment of Sherlock Holmes," "The Bright

What Price Glory" is one of the Dr. Davidson on the score of youth. Shawi," and other films. It was

most interesting and controversial Archbishop Benson replied that inBeau Geste," as the sneak

war pictures, showing as it does such an objection certainly shoulding figure in the Foreign Legion,

the reverse of the medal. The prin- not weigh. The amusing result that he first attracted a foliowing

cipal characters are a captain, a was and it was recorded by Mr by creating a character in its en-;

sergeant of marines and a beautiful Gladstone himself that when he terety with subtlety and sincerity.

Freach peasant girl, played by arrived to discuss the appoint In Partners in Crime" be nearly morrow is William Haines' latest and Dolores Del Rio. The story At the Queen's to-day and to Victor McLaglan, Edmund Lowe ment with her Majesty, quite put both Beery and Hatton in the comedy" Spring Fever It is a begins in North China and the ready to raise the expected objec background with his careful and story of golf and girls, with Haines Philippines and moves to France tion, she informed the Grand Old intelligent study of a semi-gentle in the leading role of a young ship where most of the action takes Man that from Archbishop Ban man gangster. son's point of view: Youthful In The Last Command "

ping clerk who becomes a gull place. The scenes behind the lines ness was not the slightest objec: first glimpse of him, as an anar-millionaire sportsmen. Joan Craw well filmed but the human pote the celebrity, and is mistaken for a and the battle episodes have been tion. This heavy artillery, chist lolling against a wall, per- ford is the leading lady and George prevails all the time, "anid Mr. Gladstone, reduced my fectly drew the mia he represent-K-Arthur has the part of an-un "little point to dust and safes, ed, just as later as a successful lucky suitor for the hand of the So Queen Victoria secured her film director in Hollywood he with heroine. Interesting views of the own way, and Randall Davidson equal accomplishment-became famous game together with a bun became Dean of the Chapel Royal, rather than acted, that bossy, ber of trick shots devised by the Windsor."

quick-witted, Bash creature. director, Edwards Sedgwick, are a Dr. Davidson is shown as a man

The small, perfectly conceived feature of the picture with great knowledge of the world role he played in Forgotten

What Price Glory.

The outcome of it all was that Bishop Benson telegraphs to

him, and he reports the result to ter Majesty, humbly suggesting that she will give Benson confi dence to accept the call by writ ing or telegraphing him that she will be glad if he will accept the position. Queen Victoria did so, and Dr. Benson became Archi- bishop of Canterbury. On his enthronement he wrote to Quero Victoria that he had requested Mr. Davidson to retain his private chaplaincy as in the days of his father-in-law, which pleased her Majesty very much."

and men, an intimate knowledge of Faces," as the hero's humble, ad-

Past And Furious,

Exciting scenes of the motor race track with the popains comedian Reginald Denny at the wheel of an eighty miles an hour speedster, are. among the features of an excellent comedy, Fast and Furious," which is being shown at the Star to-day

While he was still only thirty Church affairs and personalities, an niring, rat-like assistant, added What Price Glory" comes to add to-morow, Denny, in an amus four years of age the Queen pro-ability for making friends wherever yet another brilliant and flawlery the World to-day until Saturday, ing series of events, is forced into posed Dr. Davidson's name for the he went, and as a man abounding character to the gallery of types Owing to the unusual length of becoming a motor car speedster to Deanery of Windsor, ap-office that with the qualities of sympathy, with which he has now to often the alm, the performances begin win the hand of charming-Barbara

(Continued on net? Qolumn). tact, and graciousness.

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