The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, August 05, 1915, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
VALLEY OF THE MAHNE
COVERED WITH GRAVES
Wire Fences, Iron Crosses and
F(fcg? Murk Resting Places
of Fallen Soldiers.
Aey-Fii-Multlon. Department of Iii?
Ois*\ Pranoe, Aug. 4.-sim?' ti.?.
fourteenth <if July, in many ?>l lin
smiling field* of thc "Isl?: of Prance.
fresh, tricolored lags have thrust
their standards proudly abov?- ilu*
browning ?talks <> ripe win at On
almost every sunny hlllsM?. in almost
..very vtslloy between tho Marne and
the, Aisne, in tho growing harley. th?
gi Hil fa, tho clover; at the roadside; in
clusters under fruit tr? e.. thc red
wijMc anti blue ot Prance Ilk? a mon*
vtlif 1 flour-de-lys, pale tho puppies
add' daisies and corn tlowbrs that
spr?-He growing ?rain.
Poi hi re, ten mouths gone, the hat
tie of tin: Mani?: was fought, and herc
today, tho flehls are sown willi g a\?>s
ouch with its four posts thrust solid
ly in th,, ground with wire stretched
between to mark the spot woore som?'
soldier lies. No tann r ploughs
above timm, though bis field lie patch
worked with hundreds ol the traglc
mounds, as many fields are. More,
be iutt) the weeds or the aggressive
grain from every one, ?-ven those ?ii
the invaders, ami every one I" mark
ed with Its ?TOSS or it ; headboard.
Not the French graves alone are
marked. The burial pince of every
German fallen in battle has its own
fenco uhout it. ls kept frc of con
ceallng vbrdure and I? marked with
its ?cross. Tile only distinction is in
tho^dolor of tho crosses. The Kreuch
arp.'Whlto, and the (lennans ar ? black.
Add on each is printed a number,
tilt-j number of the regiment to which
tuc'dca dbelonged. There ls seldom
anything else. Now and again, where
tho name of the man was known,
where his being an officer s? rv.>?l to
'Identify his body, thc name is on the
cross, and a wreath fron, lils comrades
or his family who have made pil
grimage to the spot where be Hs.
Otherwise, li? is only a soldier of
France, and all soldiers or France are
equal In life as in death.
On the fourteenth of July the Coun
tryside of this purl of the Republic,
which since the days of tho Capets
has been known as the "Isle or
France,*" was scattered with living
people, soldiers on leave from the
front, young widows in heavy black
leading little children, older people
bowed with age and sorrow, como a
long way, stumbling along the sunny
roads, peering into the fields, ail
neatening for their own.
Most oT these searching groups
carried new flugs to replace me
wind-washed and sun-bleached em
blems that bad marked tho graves
since the battle of the Mani?.'. Some
of the comrades lurried many, one
for thu grave of-each-man of his re
giment who died on the hilltop, or
who HOB burled In the valley. When
he returns to his regiment, "down
there," In the trenches, after his
leavo of absence, the "pollu" tells
those of tho regiment who remain
that each gr;, ve he could find of their?
has a brand new flag on it and that
lt was thus he spent the nutional hol
iday.
Next before tho entrance to the
Cemetery of Acy-en-.Multlen ls a tomb,
not nnMku many others In tho hills
and valleys that He between the
Marne and the Alnno. It ?H perhaps
sixty br seventy feet long-so long
that ther0 was not room for lt within
the ct-meter?- Wulla. Uko the small -
or graces, ?\ too. ls surrounded hy a
wiro fence, nnd new flags, nnd flow
ers, constantly renewed, decorate lt.
At ono ?nd ls a temporary cross of
Iron, upon which ls this legend:
"Herc repbse 72 soldiers of France,
fallen on thc field of lu,, or in Sep
tember, 1 i? 14. They recaptured Acy
front, the Germans, they contributed
to ?the victory of tho .Marne, whllli
sawn Franco."
??o almost every day there comes
to Mils peaceful village, and to many
Ilk* ir throughout the "isle of
FTJMC," slender figures mufi led lr.
hoajbj block. They kneel beside such
lonv common graves and pray a
while. Thc approaching visitor un
covers. The kneeling figure at last
looks up.
"Your husbaml. Madam?"
"Porhnps," she answers wistfully.
"It was his regiment and he was
killed here-somewhere hereabouts,
at least." Still kneeling, .sb.- runs
her hands lightly along the wire that
separates her from the mound, as if
It wore tho body of her beloved. GOV?
.rod perchance with the glorious tri
color. Her eyes, as they look out
iver the radjaut bills and beyond,
gleam unshod tears.
"For France!" she says, wry soft
ly:
RAILWAYS IN A SI A MINOR
w BEIN? RAPIDLY DEVELOPED
Berlin, Aug. 4.-The railway de
vclftpmcnt of Asl A Minor is hiing
pushed forward rapidly. . The latest
IsBUe of the Official Gazette at Con
staSiibople publishes a detre?- vnnt
"nniffce nin's?^r of war a credit of
$7,8M,000 Ur work on iou.- main and
twd branche Unas, nil under military
control. The principal Hue is from
Angora to Erzzerum. Another runs
from Erzsruni to a point on the Black
Sea, a third from Murali;.- to Rodna
to and a fourth from a point on the
Erserum railway te the Black Sea.
Whole High School ( lass Had Job
on a Farm.
Farm and Fireside says:
"A high school class in agriculture
at Glendale, Arlsona, last year plant
ed an acre patch of cotton on which
the pupils grew 2,940 pounds. Al
though Oiey had to sell for the shock
ingly low price of tour cents a pound
they - ta profit of $25.30. Ten
ce- und would have given the
ojt $200."
I Baptism of Fire Greeted 1
I Mr. Harry Mestayer's Entrance I
i In Motion Picture Plays j
|wJ.^.:';0VTi.;;!- ,;>:,;T.,^?.,:?i;.'5.r-;:-r).. ... TagT^Ug? ww.iTuM^:r?Wd>w^
THarry Mcntaycr la ono of tho most
prominent acion; on tho American
Btnge. He lisa as
humed leading
roles in many Im
portant BtagO pro
d II e 11 o II s a il d
come? from a line
of theatrical peo
ple. Hoj has writ
ten herewith lila
oxperlencos aa a
leading man In
thu Selig Ked Seal
play, "The Mil
llonalrc Baby."]
B; HARRY MESTATER.
"Two years agc
if 'anyone had ap
preached me with
a contract to up
pear in motion
pictures I would huvL\turncd down th?.
offer. And yet. like many other actors, 1
bavo seen the light. Tue ch-.ngo of
heart was not compulsory,- fer 1 came
to realize that In motion pictures of
higher clans the conscientious actoy
bas as great an opportunity for
ari Isl lc work aa on tho spoken stago.
considered nt some length, too,
before I affiliated permanently with
any. motion picture concern, and
I chose tho Selig Polyscope oompuny
because of tho enviable reputation at
tained by the Selig spectacular produc
tions and the artistic environments
made possible by tho careful super
vision of Mr. William N. Selig.
"When I started to work In 'Tho Mil
lionaire Baby' in tho Chicago studios
ot tho Selig l'olyucopo company I was
also appearing"*; In tuc.'leud In a dra
matic production on the speaking r.tuge
at ono of thc leading theaters in that
city. Thia placed mo under quito u
strain und uil I did for several weeks
was work and sleep-and very little
of the latt?fj?%?sVs^tMtae studio every
morning at 8:30 and worked steadily
until 5 or 5:30 in the afternoon. Then
I rushed downtown and, after a rather
hurried supper, sped to the theater in
time tojBpjiear on tho stage at 8:15.
*"lt Y?afOBltto:.tin experience to.be
worklmjJn^'o chara^cterB which were
themselves BO different and which
to enter tho shack. Suddenly, how
ever, the Haines leaped up, fanned by
a breeze which suddenly swooped
.'own on us, and the oilier player and
myself lound that wc were within the
Tour walls of a blazing furnace, tho
door having caught fire. too.
"Our tir^t impulse, naturally, was to
make our escape in the quickest man
ner posslblo, but both of us realized
that If wo ?li<l lt would require the
rebuilding of tho shuck and repeating
of the many etTorts wo had In getting
the Bcene io the polut we had reached,
so we determined to make an effort to
carry out our parts In the gamest man
ner posslblo. We rushed through the
flames to the door and then with my
fellow i layer I staggered through tho
door and out In front of the camera,
where we both fell exhausted. When
I Baw the picture lousily understood
why tho director told us we had dono
vc ry well, for the way wo both sank to
the ground was realistic In every de
tail.
"This scene also called for a rain
effect and tho water pouring down
upon us added to our discomfort. Thia
ls merely one Itu ?dent of the dangers
to which a picture player is exposed.
I would not have gone through that
much in ton years on thc stage, but
the fact that I now can have my own
home and keep regular hours every
day more thuu makes up Tor all.
"I presume most of my readers know
that^'The Millionaire Baby' was adapt
ed to the screen from the story by
Anna Katherine Green, and I am euro
that those who have read the works of
this noted writer will agrco with mo
when I eay that her plots are more
baffling than those created by any
other write?- of the present day. There
wore scenes in tho production where
tho slightest show of any kind of emo
tion would have disclosed the denoue
ment and ruined the entire effect of
tho picture, BO you can imagino how I
felt at llrst playing close up to the
camera and having to hold every
r^usclo of my face tense when I bad
been used to being far away from Cha
audience, with the footlights between
us, where facial expression 1B a eec?
ondary consideration.
"This is ono of tho causes for many
I "I Have Saved Him!"
wore presented through such widely fal,urc8 o' 8ta<?e stans when they ap*'
different medlumB. and this novelty pour before the camera. They fail to
relieved tho monotony of such a steady reullzfe tnat everything they do is rc
grind i corded by tho camera and that a slip
"I will try to tell you some of tho In- 2i!?? ?night go unnoticed on the stage
terestlug things which occurred dur- ruin a whole scene in a ulm drama
lng the filming of the big scenes for ?"d *X"y ?P?"/ho entire produo
'The Millionaire Baby/ The llrst one "X,i8 not Mta^ ?T ft.111*
that comes to my mind, and ono which 2?S???u,t "Cf,ne8 In 7^^"^
I will remember for a long, long time. ?J *Mb? ,W *? ?nelt n ??lch *he
was a lire scene In which I was sup- fh"d '88tol<m; T?,?, .'J1"1 ?' nandllD8
posed to reocue another actor, who ?h,B ^ " ??t to ?kill the whole story
was playing the part of my employer, ffi^?JZ"TlV% T^Yt
from a burning building. Our dlrec ?t?"er 1 he d?rector h*l
tor tried using smokepots. but those \\ ?e P ^
did not give the realistic effect which Td * ?,nd*r8tTl th?t these mea
he desired, so be determined that the "Z ?Z S JSLSf1
shack which had been erected In tho oral n,ght8 ln
large yard of the studio would have to "Had tho Payers who supported ma
bo burned and that tho two of us who m thla Production boea othor than
were to appear in the scene would tney were 1 do not touo4- D?t **hat my
bavo to underlet e what is termed by lot wouW have beeta anything but an
tho players 'a stunt* In other words. eQJovab,e one. but as lt was we wera
wo would have to run the risk of being ?U8t llko ono ?,? tamUjr from the very
Injured for the sake of realism moment we bogan work. It -was thia
"Tho other player was placed lc tho Periect team T>rk ?n *??. n*** trying;
ahack and the fire started. Tho 'buai- BCOnes tnat Knve tQe fl^?? toe finished
ness* of my part called for my rushing effect wWch 1 am aure w,u pr0Te *
Into tho building and carrying tho dell*nt to audlencea wherever lt la
other bian out through tho smoke and .,nown- 1 nave nothing but praise for
flames and "otT" the scene. Oil was aU 1116 D'8-7*1? and th0 director and.
sprinkled on various paru of the above aU* ,or W1,i??"? N- Seit*? tba
shack, but not around the door mAa who to ben,nd the many splendid
through which w? were to exit while P"*1"5110118 presented by his company.
1 waa doing the ..rescue." All ap- ftnd whofl0 orderfl to h,B directors are:
peered to be going nicely aa I mads 'Mako a Plctur6 regardless of cost and
my way past the-camara and started mftke on* tbat they remember,*"
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