Austrians Plan Worldwide War Against Judaism, March 16, 1921

March 16, 1921: Edna Wallace Hopper, who about two wives ago was the wife of De Wolf Hopper, is in the city. She is reported as forming her own picture company and said yesterday that she will shortly have some plans to announce in that regard, Grace Kingsley says. I haven’t done much in the 1920s recently and thought I’d pay a visit. I had forgotten about the comics of Clare Briggs, and there’s one on the jump.

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 14, 1941

Feb. 14, 1941: “Gasoline Alley” celebrates the 20th anniversary of the arrival of Skeezix Wallet. And here’s a mystery for cartoon historians: Although the anniversary is usually listed as Feb. 14, 1921, the actual publication date in The Times was Feb. 11, 1921. Walt Wallet was, of course, a bachelor so how else to introduce a child into the storyline? Tom Treanor says of the wealthy refugees he met in Lisbon, Portugal: It's strange how intelligent, educated people who have been brought up to have perspective can have so missed the whole immensity of the war. As a group, they have missed completely the fact that their idly aristocratic way of life is gone. They don't realize at all how unfit their past has made them for the future.   Jimmie Fidler says: Ten thousand times I've been asked: "Why do hopeless hundreds hang on in Hollywood when they have no chance? Why do they mob studio gates, infest agents' offices, gather in morbid knots at Hollywood and Vine and beg and borrow to pay guild dues?

Man Poses as Woman Golfer

Jan. 4, 1921: Well isn’t this an awkward moment on the golf course!  Miss Eleanor Fox, a tall and dashing brunette, drives a ball 200 yards and loses her tam – and her luxurious tresses – revealing that she is William E. Donahue. On the jump, LAPD statistics for 1920, and crime is up in almost every category. Arrests for intoxication are increasing and remember, this is during Prohibition. Homicides rise from 37 to 48. And despite the rise in crime the LAPD hasn’t added any officers, The Times notes. Also on the jump, Alexander and Oviatt is having a sale!