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By Miss GENE GAUNTIER. /“W A < (i-iiUit**-** ■- - T
(The Highest Salaried Moving-Picture Heroine in America).
POSING for the "movies" 1b generally regarded, 1
believe, by those who are unfamiliar with the
work, as being a good deal of a sinecure. The
moving-picture queen is supposed to have a very easy
time of it compared with the arduous work a Broadway
star is compelled to put In.
As a matter of fact, however, the situation is Just
the reverse, as may be very easily shown.
The Broadway star learns her part and uses It for
months at a stretch; the moving-picture star learns hers
for but a single performance. The Broadway star lives
within taxicab distance of her stage: the moving-pic
ture queen may have to travel to the end of the world
to find hers. The Broadway star travels In her motor
car to and from the theatre: the moving-picture queen
must avail herself of whatever vehicle the country
affords.
When the final curtain is rung down on the Broad
way show ,the star may repair to restaurant or home In
the company of her admirers and friends; when the
day's work is over for the moving-picture star, she may
be thousands of miles from civilization.
These are but a few of the essential differences.
They impress mo most strongly because I have just
completed a 30,000-mile trip for the "movies.’’ and know
whereof 1 speak.
In ten months I posed in twelve countries, in three
continents. I travelled on boat, on foot, on camels, on
donkeys, oti horses and in the various rickety convey
ances characteristic of the different countries which I
visited.
The principal mission of the company of which I
was the leading lady was to pose for the pictures in the
"Life of Christ” aeries, the pictures being posed for in
the very places where the original incidents occurred,
nearly two thousand years ago. The difficulties we had
in taking many of these pictures have already been
fully described in these pages, but there were a number
of unusual Incidents tn the course of our trip which
have never been told.
Before we arrived at the Holy Land, we took a num
ber of pictures in Europe. In Rome, after 1 had been
wandering for hours among some of the ancient ruins,
familiarizing myself with the scenes in which 1 was to
jJerform and was making my way home to my hotel, I
was encountered by a native, who I had noticed watch
ed me all the afternoon.
It was about 6 o’clock and dusk. In a quiet street
this fellow suddenly fell on bis knees before me. and
begged me to become the Contessa Something-Or-Other,
from which, of course. I inferred that he was the Count.
I was never so embarrassed in my life. I knew the
Italians were supposed to be great lovetnakers, but I
wasn’t aware that they popped the question on the pub
lic highway in this open manner.
1 explained to the man as well us I could that his
proposition was flattering but Impossible, but he pes
tered me during the remainder of my stay in Romo to
reconsider my decision.
But that was nothing to an experience I had in the
great Libyan desert, where quite unintentionally I
touched the heart.strings of Bostowie, a Bishareen
sheik, who insisted that 1 should become his wife No. 4,
offered me a desert throne and, when I refused, made
several attempts to steal me from my company.
The little village over which Bostowie ruled was
only twelve miles from Luxor, where we stopped twelve
W'eeks. In making our frequent excursions into the
Libyan desert, it was necessary to pass through Bos
towie’s village. That was how he came to know me.
The village consisted of a series of reed huts, none
of which was fit to house a dog. 1 was so struck by the
primitive appearance of the settlement when I saw it
for the first time that thf first leisure day 1 got I de
termined to pay a visit there alone.
Bostowie. the sheik, misconstrued the purpose of my
visit. It is true that I suffered no indignities at his
hands: on the contrary, he treated me with every con
sideration; but he must certainly havo concluded that
J was as smitten with his manifold charms as he evi
dently was with what he regarded as mine.
Without consulting me at all, he had one of the little
huts cleared out for my reception, and made prepara
tions for my reception. He evidently imagined that I
bad come to spend the rest of my days with him.
The sun was beginning to go down when 1 intimated
to Bostowie that I wanted my camel, as I had to get
back to Luxor before dark. At first he professed not
to understand, and had his own four camels brought
out and said they were mine if I wanted them.
I insisted that 1 had to return to Luxor, and that if
I wasn't back by sunset my party would come after
me, as they knew where I had gone.
The sheik was angry. 1 believe he would have
tilled me then as readily as look at me. but he was
xiraid. Reluctantly he ordered my camel, and in half
in hour or so I was home safe.
The next day I received from he sheik a camel and
ts baby, only two days old, evidently as a peace offer
ing. Later in the day, the sheik himself made his way
o Luxor and sought me out. Through Ameen, our
dragoman, he made a definite offer to me to become
wife No 4.
He pointed out that he was only thirty vears .Id
and ruler of his village. His wealth consisted onlv of
many camels, but his official position gave him the
prestige of a little king.
Ameen cautioned me not to laugh at the earnest
sheik, and. without waiting to hear from me, explained
to the sheik mat his proposition could not possible ha
accepted. J
Then the wily sheik applied for a position tn the
company, walch our director readily gave him as we
needed all the supernumeraries we could get
two or three days afterward, while a small party
us. mdud ng Bostowie, on camel back, were travers
ing the desert. Ameen overheard a conversation h.
tween two of the natives which indicated that an at’
tempt was to be made to abduct me. dU at *
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Hardly had our dragoman communicated his sus
picions to the director of our party, when a huge cloud
of sand in the distance announced the approach of a
band of natives on camel-back, and they rode so fast
that before we knew It we were completely surrounded.
As had been planned, before any hostile step could
be taken by the invaders our director covered Bos
towfe with his automatic, and directed Ameen to ex
plain to him that unless he at once dismissed his band
he would be shot.
Bostowie protested his Innocence, but couldn't ex
plain the invasion of his band. With a few words
spoken 111 his native tongue he di-missed his followers,
and we were not again molested during the trip back,
brom that time, however, you may be sure I was par
ticularly careful never to get too far away from my
party while in the vicinity of Bostowie.
While at Luxor I had a wonderful experience or.
< a.ne, i hclc. Ihe animal was a racer. I had started
for a short trip alone. In some way I indicated tn
the brute that I wanted him to show what he could do
and he did. With nothing to hang on to but mv faith'
or there were no stirrups and the guide-rope was but
> in cord tied to one of the animal’s nostrils I was
carried across the desert at what seemed like'a hum
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Ameen followed tne on nn Arabian steed but 1
don t think he would ever have caught me had the
camel not voluntarily slackened his speed. "
But Perhaps the most harrowing incident of the trie
oecurreo during the journey from Jerusalem to the Sea
of Galilee. This covers a distance of 246 miles We
made it on donkevs in five davs t-ikino.
the time. This Is just one-half the time rfquired r by the
tourists agencies. To accomplish the feat thoue-l’
■ u travel at night, and the trail through' theTnomn
tains was execrable and dangerous, for we hart hr,
warned that the region was Infested bv Bed,mi,
Indeed, the Turkish Government in' s- d ,? andi,S
vidlng us with an armed guard.
dered there. h ““
Foolishly enough, however, the director of h r
pany and I allowed ourselves to get nearly two mfiTs
ceedlng in almost utter darknesj
"ut “nX v;^K ted do,,koys ’ “U nt s
It is all right. Gene,” said tlie direct,,,- <•<
this gun. and think you are ‘filming’ a western se'ne’’
He gave me a gun and got his own readv for
We waited for the enemy. ’
Th o ”' lnutes seemed like hours and w u couldn’t h»—
the slightest sound of motion. Ten minutes 11' ' a i
and then we heard the sound of hoofs W" crow wT*
among the trees to leave the trail free, and waited d
•■urn ß th '* S n’ Pß *? pro * ched ' m J’ companion sang out-
Who goes there? and we waited breathlessly for hL
answer. 3
You can imagine how relieved we were when
("und that It was our own party that was approaching
to ascJrmln ‘’ eard W<? Were Uever ab >®
To get the films ready for production I made a sn»
rial trip of 12 000 miles back to New York with them
I had prepared the scenarios and was the only person '
familiar enough with the work to undertake this end
of the matter. Then I re eno
turned to Europe for more
\\ hile in the desert our
party was caught in one of
the typical sandstorms. It was
a most terryffylng experience,
but did us no harm.
Posing for the "movies’’
is not by any
means the sine-
cure it may ap. -ly L
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Whose Last “Per- Rld,ng the Came! He Gave Her ‘
Songs an Egyptian Princess
Wrote 3,000 Years Ago
THE already magnificent collec
tion of Egyptian papyri in
tiie British Museum has been
still further enriched by the gift
hy Mrs. Mary Greenfield of a
splendid Theban version of the
Book of the Dead of tne period
of the New Empire, 1000 B. C. Os
this work the Museum already pos
sesses fine examples in the papyri
of Ani, Nu, and Henefer, but the
latest addition contains a number
of hitherto unknown literary com
positions, hymns, litanies, and
services. Additional importance is
attached to the papyrus in that it
belongs to a period of great his
torical importance, and the date of
its composition can be fixed with
certainty.
The papyrus, which measures
one hundred and twenty-three feet
in length and about eighteen inches
in width, was found between 1871
and 1881 in the hiding-place of the
royal mummies at Deir-el-Baharl.
The lady for. or by, whom the
papyrus was written was named
Nesi-ta-nebt Asheru, “She who be
longs to the Lady of Asher," that
is the goddess Mut of Thebes She
was a princess, being the daughter
of the last <-f the priest kings of
the twenty-first dynasty, Painet
chem 11., by his niece, the grand
priestess queen Nesi-Khensu. a
lady who held the highest sacred
and secular offices.
The mummified forms of Painet
chem 11.. Nesi-Khensu and the
lady of his papyrus can ail be seen
in the royal salon of the x Cairo
Museum, a t-.ct which has very
personal interest to the document
now described. The papyrus is
beautifully written, in a small, but
very clear hieratic script, and some
of the chapters are given both in
hieratic and hieroglyphic.
ihe vignettes which accompany
and illustrate the chapters and
selections are so finely drawn and
so pathetic in incident—such, for
example, as the anxious figure of
the princess, with her hair loose,
watching the weighing of her
heart, or standing before the Hal!
o' Osiris—as to suggest compari
son with the work of the best
artists of Japan. The way in which
’ne author has selected the
cnapte c from the olde’- Theban
'hnt 10 ' of ., lhe or ’ne Dead
shows i thorough knowledge of
the theology of th e period, and the
beauty of the newly published
hymns and iitanivs to Osiris, Atom
and Harmachis show the mind of
a pious and highly educated
person.
The whole of the huge papyrus
is clearly in cue handwriting, a
rather small feminine hand, and
we le..rn from the papyrus that
the lady held the title of "Worker
or Maker of the Rolls (books) of
Amen-Ra, King of the Gods." She
was also a musician, being called'
S'.nger of the Quarter of Mut Lady
or Asher
What manner of woman was this
Turban authoress? This question
can fortunately be answered, for
her mummy at Cairo has been un
rolled. and her face is well pre
served. The face is small, with
well-shaped f rehead: the hair is
dark 'Town arid wavy, the eye
lashes abundant, and the false eyes
of dim brown, which replace th,
real, are probably the same co'.o
as those of her lifetime. From th'
condition of the teeth she was a
death betv een thirty-five and forty
and about 5 feet 6 inches in height
/Is to the merits of the literal':
composition of this royal lady, io*
ers of Oriental hymnology can hav
little doubt. One very' beaut'.fi!
composition is the Litany of P r ais
sung to the Sun-god bv th" Hour
as they follow him across the sk:
to the west. The hours are divldet
into quartets, and ths refrain o
their song is. “I have followed the
dweller on the two horizons to hit
place of rest in the west of heaven
I have sung praises to the dwellet
on the two uorlzons, and havs
guided him on the road to the west.’
The document belongs to a pertov
of great religious controversy it
Egypt. The priests of Amer, hac
by every possible means sought tc
elevate their divinity above all th®
other gods, and .o obliterate
much as possible the creed oi
Osiris. In the papyrus of this lady’t
mother, the Queen Nesi-Khensu. al’
the functions of Osiris are usurped
by Amen. Here the authoress has
been most diplomatic, and proved
herself a theologian of no mean or
der. She blends as t were Osiris
and Amen. They become aspects at
phases of each other, and so, as
Dr Budge (keeper of the Egyptian
department of the British Museum)
says, she is able to believe that the
“hidden” creative power which was
materialized in Amen was only an
other form of the new birth and
resurrection which was typified by
Osiris.
