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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1922)
SOULS for SALE By RUPERT HUGHES. iCoatlno*d From VratroUyj rhe sweeping curve of the balcony was like a buy along the Santa Monica coast. Here long divans gave the spectator a Persian luxury. From somewhere back of beyond the pro jection machines sent their titanic brushes and spread n.iricles on the immense screen. More than five thousand people were seated there, end a varied feast was served them. Before the pictures was a Rothap feltati dtvertisement. A pipe organ roared its harmonious thunders aborad until an orchestra of Reventy men sat down before a curtain of futuristic art and played a classic overture. Then the curtains drew back and to one of Brahms's Hungar ian dances a booted girl in white Hussar uniform with a cloak of scar let. flying from one shoulder and one hip, flung her nimble limbs about the stage. A basso profundo sang: and there was a ballet In gray transluc ent silhouette against a shimmer of glowing cream. The first, picture was one of the Rlble stories, to whose prestige the censors permitted almost complete nudity and horrific crimes denied the “ecular films. A tenor sang. A news picture unrolled scenes from ail the world. Then came a prologue to. the Mm de resistance. Tonight it was “The Silent Call.” by Laurence Trimble and Jane Mur !in. The authoress, as Mem had heard, had bought a police dog aboard .it a cost of J5.000 and trained it tire lessly to be the hero in the story by Hal G. Kvarts. The theme was the cross-pull be tween the wolf and the dog in the poor beast's heart, and the amazing animal enacted all the moods from devotion to man and the gentleness that the dag has mysteriously learned, to the wild raven nnd man hate that the wolf has never unlearned. There was no supercanine psychology, only the moods and passions of the animal; hut they were deep, passionate, sin cere. With this two -souled, four-footed t rotagonist the company hail gone in to the snowy wilderness and brought back a wonderful of white crags, stormy skies, cruel men and brave. The dog eloped with a white wolfess, and proved a good husband and father until his household was restroyed by relentless man. Then lie went back to doghood. fought for the sore beset heroine, fondled the fearless hero, pursued and tore to pieces the savage villain with fiercer savagery. In all his humors he was irresistible, a brave, sweet soul; and there was Incessant felicity in the composition of the pictures he dignified. The highest inspirations of landscape art were manifested. Fifteen thousand people saw the dog play his role that Sunday In that one loom, and a whole herd of him was playing in other theaters through out the country. Ho would gallop around the globe, that dog. The moral of It all to Mem was despair of man. She poured her heart out to her mother in the language of one trained in churchliness; for the rebel cannot escape his past. “What better things could anybody learn in a church than here, mamma? Aren’t God's gifts developed? Isu t he praised In color and music and sermon and sympathy? It's all hymns to .me—-hymns of light, and sound sacred dances and travel Into the no blest scenes God ever made, "Vet they call it a sin even to go there, and they say there Is a bill coming up to close all the theaters as well as the barber shops and delica tessens on Sunday, so as to drive the people'to church or force them to stuy at home In dullness—poor souls that, work all week and don't want to go to a dull church and sleep before a dull preacher. They don’t want to he preached at; they want to be entertained. “What on earth make* good peo ple so bad?—and so stupid?—They've been trying for ten thousands years to scold and whip people to be good their way, and they've never suc ceeded yet. That ought to • > >v hem that God is not with them or he wouldn't put it in peoples hearts to fight the cruelty of the good just as hard as they fight the cruelty of the bad. ‘ According to them I'm a lost soul on my way to hell. Yet my heart tells me that lam leading a far. far, far more wurshlpful life building pic tures than I ever could have done back there in Calverly. it I d stayed there and been good and married a good man and gone nowhere but to church and the kitchen and the nur sery all my days. "And look at that biblical picture tonight! I saw the one before with Adam and Eve—both stark naked ex cept for a few' bushes. They'd have tut the actress in jail if she had played like that in anything but a Bible story. If religion can sanctify a thing, why can't art? And when Adam and Eve clothed themselves they only put on a few leaves. If that was costume enough then, why should we have to wear long skirts and high bodies now? "They give prizes to little girls to read jthe Bible through from cover to cover. Even papa praises that as a , soul saving thing! lie made me read it all, and it Includes the Songs of Solomon and a hundred stories that leave nothing horrible untold.” “Are you talking against the Bible," her mother bristled. "No, I think It Is all that papa be lieves. I think It is a good thing for children and grown-ups to know by heart. But what stumps me is the inconsistency of the professional soul savers who want the law- to prevent grown up people from seeing things that children are encouraged to read. In Loit Angeles I saw one of William de Mtlfe's pictures where a pious Boer was reading from The Songs of Solo mon. and when they quoted what he was reading they had to blot out part of it on the title rard. Think of that, mamma! Yet the Book is in every Christian home, or is supposed to be." "You’re not arguinig that It oughtn't to be?" "Of course not! The Bible never harmed anybody. But neither did the screen, really. The crime is In rob bing the film of all freedom and mak ing It the slave of nil the old women of both sexes." The subject was intensely uneom fortable for her mother. As with most people, morality was a subject that she thought unfit for discussion. Nice people had morals as well as bowels, but believed that their Irregu larities should remain equally un chronlcled. Mrs. Kteddon yawned and said that she was going to bed. It was late, and Mem turned in, too. (To As Continued Tomorrow.) According to reports, tobacco man ufacturers in Germany are cleverly counterfeiting an American brand of cigarettes. Even fake American revenue stamp is used. Watch WEDNESDAY PAPERS FOR SALE OF Dresses Beginning THURSDAY, 8:30 A. M. 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Travel information, sleeper resenatsons an* illustrated booklets upon request Consolidated Tleket Offloe.I,. ■••"*•***• ***** Phone ATIantl* 9214. 1419 Dodge Street, Omaha I S McNally. DIt. I’m*. Agent, Roek Inland Dlaei Phone JAeknon 0428 SIO Woodmen of the World Bldg., Omaha. IVeh. IMA State Limited | Beaton Drug Company’s DO YOUR XMAS SHOPPING NOW Fifteenth and Farnam ANNUAL_ 3-Day Sale -——^^■—> THREE DAYS—Wcdaesday, Tkarsday, Friday, Dec. 6,7, t—THREE DAYS Two Articles for the Price of One Buy one and get two. A wonderful opportunity to *ecure the fine*t Medicine*, Toilet Article*. Hou*e hold Need* and Chriitma* want* at a »aving in price. Mail order* up to December 9th filled. (Add Be to every $1 purcha.e to cover packing and po.tage). Shop early. We reierve the right to limit quantities We are offering you well-known, standard preparations and sundries at unheard-of prices. Don t mist thit opportunity. No goods sold to dealers. . _ _____ Drug Want* Two-for-One 40c Castoria.2 for 40c 30c Mentholatum. . .2 for 30C $1.20 Herpicide . .2 for $1.20 30c Hinkle’s Cascara Pills, ■ bottles of 100_2 for 30tf 25c Demar’s Liver Pills at.2 for 25C 25c Beaton's Cold Tablets at.2 for 25C 50c Beaton's Sodium Phosphate at.2 for 50C "5c Miller's Original Snake Oil at.2 for 35C 25c Albert's Little Liver Pills at.2 for 25C 80c gal. Denatured Alcohol for your car at. • 2 gal. for 80<* 15c Gloria Crepe Toilet Paper at.2 for 15C $1.25 1 pint Imported Olive Oil at.2 for $1.25 30c Vi pint Witch Hazel at.2 for 30<* 30c Furniture Polish, 2 for 30C 15c Diamond Dye. . - 2 for 15C 50c Tooth Brushes. . .2 for 50«^ 35c Tooth Brushes, this sale.2 for 35C Meritol Medicines for the Cabinet 25c Charcoal Tablets at. -2 f°r 25<* 35c Belladonna Plasters at.2 for 35C 25c Little Liver Pills at. .«.2 bottles for 25C 25c Carbolic Salve..2 for 25C 25c Arnica Salve. .. - 2 for 25^ 25c Witch Hazel Salve at.2 for 25C 35c Boric Acid Powder (sprinkle can).2 for 35£ 50c Family Liniment (it pene trates).2 for 50£ 25c White Liniment (rub it in, won’t blister)... .2 for 25C 30c Catarrh Jelly (for head colds).2 for 30<* 25c Headache Tablets at.2 boxes, 25«* 50c Kidney Plasters at .2 for 50<? 35c Sore Throat Gargle at .2 for 35<? GOc Syrup of Figs..2 for 60£ 15c Sewing Machine Oil at .2 for 15£ 65c Eczema Ointment at.2 for 65C 15c Camphorice ...2 for 15C 35c Clothes Cleaner, 2 for 35C $1.00 Depilatory, 2 for $1.00 35c Peroxide Cream, 2 f°r 35<? 35c Cold Cream. .. - 2 for 35£ 25c Aromatic Castor Oil at.2 for 25C For Weak Men and Women Weak. run-down men and women will find in MERITOL Nux and Iron Tablets just what will pro duce rich, red blood—renews vi tality, gives you vigor and en ergy; there is enough tablets in a box for thirty days’ treatment, and they are guaranteed $1.00 boxes. Sale ^ 1 Price... 1.2 for *P * Digestive Tablets If you are troubled with belch ing and gas after eating—pain or heaviness, sour stomach—eat a Meritol Digestive Tablet and you will soon find the trouble corrected. Helps digest your food. 50c boxes, Sale CA Price .2 for Hair Nets Genuine extra large Cap Shape Elona Human Hair Nets. Single strand. Regular price | 10c, Sale Price... - 2 for * vrC caTOy Candy Special* Two-for-One Stotk Up for Xmas—Buy Now 40c lb. Hard Xmas Candy, very choice.2 lbs. for 40$ $1.00 Box Lowney’s Asst.. Choco lates, Fruit and Nut Centers, at.2 lbs. for $1.00 80c Jordon Almonds at.2 lbs. for 80$ 70c lb. Woodward’s Chocolate Creams in neat box at.;.2 lbs. for 70$ For Men Complete line of Xmas Sets for Men specially priced for this sale in regular line we bffer: $1.00 Gillette Razors.67$ $1.00 Gillette Blades.67$ $1.00 Durham Duplex Razors at .69$ 50c Durham Duplex Blades 35$ $1.00 Auto Strop Razors. .65$ $1.00 Auto Strop Blades. .67$ $1.00 Gem or Ever-Ready Razors at .69$ 40c De Mar’s Shaving Cream at.2 for 40$ I 10c Williams Shaving Soap ! at.2 for IOC 25c Velvet Cream, after shaving, at.2 for 25$ 25c Talcum Powders, most of your favorites. ...2 for 25$ Cigars Standard brands at less than the wholesale price. Buy now. 15c Mozart, Rosa size, at.2 for 15$ Box of 50.$3.75 Mozart, Excellantes size, box of 50.$3.25 Mozart, Athletic Club, ten in a tin box, per box.75$ 10c La Confession, Bouquet size .... .2 for 10$ | Box of 50.$2.50 15c Sirina, Corona size, at.2 for 15$ Box of 50 .$3.50 10c Lord Curzon, 2 for 10$ Box of 50'.$2.25 j After Shave Lotion ' Combination of Benzoin, Witch j Hazel, Menthol, Glycerine and : Alcohol. It relieves the smart, j 35c bottle. : Sale Price. 2 for I DOLLS . I $2.00 Dressed Flexible Joint ed Dolls with movable eyes, 3 for #3.00 $4.00 22-inchf^ Dolls withr Long Hair L 3 for #4.00 ■ Others specially priced for this sale. Sour Stomach Acid Stomach? Indigestion? Belching? Constipation? Milk of Magnesia Corrects acidity—prevents fer mentation of foods—makes you fit—mild laxative—no griping— an excellent mouth wash and preservative of the teeth—makes teeth white and beautiful. 36c bot-, Sale Price, 2 for 35C 66c bot., Sale Price, 2 for 65£ Vanishing Cream A disappearing cream of exquisite softness. Contains no grease; will not grow hair, and may be applied to the most delicate skin as a base for powder. Some women, due to a peculiar texture of the •kia, arc unable to use the other disappearing creams. Perlo Kiss Vanishing Cream carries sufficient moisture that it may be applied to any skin. 36c jars at this sale.2 f°r 35c Perle Kiss Face Powder An invisible complexion powder that gives a natural effect—this powder may be applied with assurance that perspiration or other causes will not streak or remove until desired. Perfumed with the alluring PEKLE KISS. $1.50 jars. On sale at 2 for $1.50 Toilet Water, Floral Odors Your favorite flower in deli cate toilet water: Lilac, Red Rose, White Rose, Wistaria, Lily of the Valley, Violet, etc. 50c bottles.2 for 50* 75c bottles.2 for 75* $1.00 bottles.2 for 91.00 $1.50 bottles.2 for 91.50 Perle Kiss Bouquet Toilet Water, regular price $1.50, In this sale.2 for 91.50 Talcums 25c lot assorted Talcums, Col gate’s, Williams! and others, at.2 for 25* 65c jars Perle Kiss Talcum at.2 for 65* 35c cans Garden Bouquet Tal cum .2 for 35* Lotions 35c Almond and Benzoin Cream at.2 for 35* 35c Witch Hazel Cream (softens hands)..2 for 35* 33c Cucumber Cream (for chaps).2 for 35* 25c Beaton’s Velvet Cream at .2 for 25* 50c Almond Cream, 2 for 50* Cigarettes All you want at these prices. Camels, Lucky Strikes or Chesterfields. .2 for 25* Cartons .., .91.25 I All others at special prices. Stationery 30c box Linen paper, white and colors. 2 for 50* 50c pkg. Paper, full count, at.2 for 50* 10c Writing Tablets, 2 for 10* 15c pkg. Envelopes, 2 for 15* Perfumes (Bulk) HOUBIGANT’S Ideal Extract. Regular price $4.00 per ounce. This sale..2 ozs. for $4.00 COTY’S L’Origan. Regular price $4.00. This sale at .2 ozs. for $4.00 j DJERKISS. Regular price $2.00 per ounce. This sale at.2 ozs. for $2.00 MARY GARDEN. Regular price $3.50 per ounce. This sale at.2 ozs. for $3.50 JICKEY. Regular price $1.50 per ounce. This sale at.2 ozf!- f°r $1.50 PERLE KISS. Regular price $2.00, for this sale at.2 ozs. for $2.00 F'lower odors such as Locust Blossom, White Rose, Trailing Arbutus, Wisteria, Lilac, etc. Regular price $1.00 per ounce. This sale..2 ozs. for $1.00 Perfumes in Fancy Christmas Beaes. 75c boxes (assorted odors) in this sale.2 for 75<* $1.25 boxes (assorted odors), in this sale.2 for $1.25 Save half on your Christmas perfumes by buying now. Specially Priced $8.60 Coty’s L’Origan Extract, 2-oz. fancy packages, in this sale for, each. . . .$5.98 $8.00 Houbigant's Ideal Extract, 2 oz. fancy silk boxes in this sale for, each . . .$5.25 $8.50 Houbigant’s Quelques Fleurs Extract, in fancy boxes, in this sale for, each, $5.98 Meritol Complexion Powder A very fine face powder that stays on well. 50c boxes, on sale at .2 for 50£ Cocoanut Oil Shampoo I Shampoo*your hair once weekly with Saponified Cocoanut Oil | Shampoo and notice how it im | proves the appearance of the hair. 50c bottles. Sale price.2 for 50£ Cleansing Cream Meritol Theatrical Cream is a pure Cold Cream in cans, for clean ing the skin of dirt and impurities. Fine for massaging. Chaps and roughness of the skin yield readliy to its application. 50c (half pound) cans. Sale price.2 f°r 50tf BEATON DRUG COMPANY 15th and Farnam Sts. Omaha Rubber Goods We Guarantee All Our Rubber | Goods and Carry a Complete Line. $1.60 2-qt. Red Rubber Combination Water Bottle and Fountain Syringe at.. .2 f°r $1.50 $1.25 2-qt. Hoi Water Bottles at.. .2 for $1.25 51.25 2-qt. fountain Syringe at.2 for $1.25 53.50 Legrand’s Female Spray Douche, each .$1.58 51.00 Household Rubber Gloves, excellent d» “I AA quality, 2 prs.. .. vl Sundries 50c 8-inch Ivory and Amber Combs.2 for 50£ 25c Men’s Pocket Combs at.2 for 25<? 51.00 Hair. Brushes at.2 for $1.00 50'c Tooth Brushes, 2 for 50£ 36c Tooth Brushes, 2 for 35£ 50c Clothes Brushes, long white bristles.2 f°r 50£ 20c Powder Puffs, 2 for 20^ 40c Nail Brushes...2 for 40<i Soaps 5c Ideal Castile.2 for 5^ 30c Cuticura Soap.19£ 30c Resinol Soap.. 19tf 30c Woodbury’s Facial Soap, at . 18tf 15c 8-oz. DeMar's Glycerine or Cocoanut Oil Soap, 2 for 15£ 15c Lux .9£ 30c Packer's Tar Soap....l9<) 10c Life Buoy Soap.6<) Vacuum Bottles Regular $4.00 nickel plated brass Vacuum Bottle, full quart size, each . . . .$1.79 Regular $3.00 nickel plated brass Vacuum Bottle, full pint size, each, at.$1.29 Sweet Cascara Aromatic Cascara Compound, Meritol—the reliable laxative for young or old. Your phy sician will tell you all about it. 35c (3-ounce) bottles. Sale price.2 for 35£ Ivory Goods Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets and individual pieces at greatly reduced prices. Analgesic Balm An excellent preparation for re lieving pain. Rub it on—it penetrates. Colds, Headaches, Neuralgia, Rheumatism quick ly relieved with Meritol An algesic Balm, Lanolin base with Methyl Salicylate (oil wintergreen) and Menthol. 60c tubes. Sale price at.2 for 60<? Hair Helps Guaranteed Hair Tonic You can save your hair if it’s beginning to fall out. You can beautify the hair you have if you use Meritol Hair Tonic; it is delicately perfumed, too. 60c bottles. Sale price at.2 for 60£ | Dandruff Remedy Meritol Dandruff Remedy de- j stroys the dandruff germs, re- j moves the unsightly scales, invigorates the scalp and stimulates the'growth of the hair. Pleasing odor. 60c | bottles, sale price, 2 for tJOC Electrical Goods All Guaranteed Perfect $5.00 Electric Curling Irons com plete with cords.92.49 Electric Hot Plates complete with cords ... .91.69 $6.00 6-lb. Electric Irons com plete with cords.93.49 $10.00 Electric Heating Pads complete with cords, three heats . 95.59 Toilet Articles 50c Orazin Tooth Paste at.2 for 504 50c Brilliantine for the hair at.2 for 504 50c Cocoanut Oil Shampoo at.2 for 504 25c Bandoline.2 for 254 75c Mars’ Antiseptic Powder at.2 for 754 20c Vi. lb. Peroxide Hydrogen, at.2 bot. for 204 25c Stictite, keeps the hair in place.2 for 254 Face Powders 60c Djerkiss Face Powder, 354 $1.25 Piver’s La Trefle or Azure Face Powder ... .604 $1.50 Goutorbe’s Face Powder at.2 for 91.50 $2.00 Combination Face Powder and Rouge in the new shades, Begonia and Orange and me dium gold hinged box with mirror. 2 for $2.00 50c Nadine Face Po., 2 for 50* 60c Goutorbe’s Rouge, gold box, new shades.2 for 60* $1.50 Graham's Beauty SecTet, the original clay preparation at.2 for $1.50 $1.25 Coty’s L’Origan Face Powder .... . 79* $1.00 Goutorbe’s Compact Face Powder in large gold box, at.2 for $1.00 Beaton’s Cold Cream For cleansing and softening the skin and rebuilding tissues. Recommended for relief of windburn and an excellent preparation for use in massag ing the face before retiring. 25c jars, at this sale at.2 for 25* Photograph Department Two enlargements for tbo price of one from any of your good kodak films. 50c 5x7 enlargement, 2 for 50* 70c 6x10 and 8x10, 2 for 70* Frames $1.50 Swing Frames, 6x9 or 7x11.2 for $1.50 $1.50 Leather Loose Leaf Photo Albums, 7x10, 2 for $1.50 50c Photo Albums, 4x6 and 5x7, at.2 for 50* 10c Rexo Art Corners at.2 for 10* Rexo Folding Camera $9.98 Rexo Folding Camera, postal card size, 314x5 *4, with dou ble lens and brilliant view finder. Regular price $19.00, during this sale, special at 89.98._ Stop That Cough Before It Stops You—Use Meritol Syrup of Wild Cherry Bark with Guaiacol and Eucalyp tus. Recommended for coughs, colds and bronchial affections. If it don’t stop your cough it costs you nothing. 35c bottle.3 for 65o bottle.3 for