Jit the Theaters and Monies
"Helen of Troy," dance drama m pro
logua and three scenes, presented by
Marin Morgan dancers at theOrphcum
this week, is a production of rare ar
tistic merit. Lavish stage settings
are used ami a company of capable
people portray the characters of the
impressive theme. The characters of
Helen. Menelaus, Paris, Achilles.
Egyptian dancer, and tlie Faun arc
enacted by Josephine McLean,
Charles Haverlin. John Triesalt, Al
bert Zapp Josephine Head and
Louise Riley, respectively. Marion
Morgan composed, staged and cos
tumed the production, which is up to
the Morgan standard of dance drama
classics. The act was well received
at the opening yestc rday. Art is not
sacrificed for popularity and yet there
is a popular appeal in the splendid
dancing and the dramatic action. The
drama refers to an episode on an
cient Troy, with the beautiful Helen
of Tn»y as "the vvanan in the case."
Kox.v La Lot i a. Italian harpist. w»n
several cncnrcs. His rendition of
"Marble Halls, and a medley <»f pop
ular numbers placed him in a popu
lar niche, t’arlton Kmmy has one of
the host comedy canine acts seen here
since the days when "Heck was a
pup. '
A splendid holfqjjtiy comedy offering
is present'd by Ralph C I*, van and
Lea trice Flint, the latter a statuesque
• specimen of femiiiiiu vivacity. Th*
act is a surefire laugh •producer.1
Another * • m* d> act is offered by 1
Belle Montrose, assisted b\ a young
man whose name docs not appear on
tha program.
John and Nellie t Hina open tin hill
with a watch trick act. The t’liamloii
trio of . > rialists have a sensational
closing a« t that is out of the usual
run df such offerings. "Topics of
the Day." "Aesop’s Fables’ and Lathe
News are the usual screen features
in connection with an interesting
bill.
An evenly ha la mod and thoroughly
efficient cast is | resented by Joe llnr
tig. producer of "The Greenwich \ il
Inge Revue." now playing at the
(iavety all week, with matinee daily.
This cast is headed by Toni Senna
and Ray Reed and includes Hertrude
Webber. Ward and Holliman. Mar
garet White and Miss Termy Itilson.
;*The play was reviewed in yesterday’s
’’-issue.)
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i -ORAlftA !
Anyone who thinks the movies arc
bunk and untrue to life should spare
enough time this week from Christ
mas festivities to go down and see
Anna Y« rzierka's story of the ghetto.
“Hungry Hearts.'' Then let them
hold their peace.
It ia rarely that a moving picture
attains the artistry of this one. It is
better than a dramatization of a story,
for it is life* itself, with an infinite
deal of hardship, tragedy and even
sordidness in it. But through it all is
a vein of humor, courageous spirit
and a faith in the ideals that brought
this gentle Russian and his bustling
Wife to America. And there is love,
too, not only the love of Sara and
l>a\id, hut of all the members of tlit
Immigrant family for each other.
The subtitles are a delight, written
with the true khetto twist and never
overdone. Kspecialt memorable is
the scene in the park when the old
How n*ai Mi-outer. stretched on a bench,*
turns on the lovers and complains.
“Do your kissing at home. Parks is
for sleeping.’’
The whole picture is well east, ev
eryone in it looks foreign and acts
foreign, but special honors go to Hose
Rosa nova in the mother's rede.
The romance of the homely man
and the girl who is decidedly plain,
of course, is funny, but it is
touching, too. Minnie" is# at the
Rialto, Minnie, with her queer face,
her straight hair and her impossible
clothes and hats, tl is amazing that
anyone as radiant as Beatrice Joy
shows herself to be in the lust few
minutes of the picture, could Accom
plish so much with makeup. The
plot is a clover one, too clever to
tell and spoil for possible audiences.
The action drags a little at the begin
ning and from tin- standpoint of the
critic the picture would be more artis
tic if they cut off the last five min
utes and let it go at that, without
tailing on facial surgery. But it
would probably be less satisfactory to
the majority.
Buster Keaton’s • omody is the best
thing he has done yet. ns the shouts
of the audience testified.
"Bark Home and Broke" at the
Strand, starts out to have a hackney
ed plot, hut the author. Heorge Ade.
Inserts a saving quirk about half way
through. Ade wrote tin* subtitles and
they are far above the average in liu
inor and in naturalness. As for Tom
my Meighan, be is as genial and Ilk
able as ever and bis devotees will en
joy seeing Bila Bee. opposite to him.
The small town atmosphere is most
convincing, and well it should be. for
the piteure was made at Sag Har
bor. out on Bong Island.
Meighan plays the part of a young
piau. who is left penniless at his
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On Bill at Bee-World Party
Two slurs trotu the orient, Kitumura Japs, who will entertain the
youngs!era at The Omaha Bee-World theater Christmas parties Wednesday
and Thursday mornings at the World theater.
father’s death and who finds his
friends arc f 'ir weather only. Mow' he
goes vest to make his fortune and
how he succeeds and how he finds
out who his real friends are, is amus
ingly worked out. Somehow, it is hard
to imagine that there would only he
one loyal girl in the (own. and that
the newspaper bother to heap in
sults on the poor young man, but may
be Sag if arbor is different.
When a picture is advertised as
‘ .something to cry over,” one natural
ly s ts one's tenth and resolves not
to sub a single sob. And you can
really sc< “Forget-Me-Not" at the
Fmpre.-s and remain dryeyed, if you
try. The pathos is a little too ob
vious and th< improbabilities come too
thick and fast. Nevertheless, there
is something undeniable pathetic about
lame orphans, whom no one wants
to adopt, nrtd about struggling violin
ists, who see their childhood sweet
heart marry ;»nother girl, and then
give concerts and hit the wrong notes.
Particulary does it sadden one just
at Christmas time, but no movie is
as black as it starts out to be. and
lover’s arms at the end can make up
for a lot of hard luck, in the first
three reels.
It is a younger Norma and a young
er Tommy, w ho play opposite each
ether in a revival of “The Forbidden
city" at the Moon this week. Norma’s
lace is surprisingly round and it is
a surprise too, to have our dashing \
hading man sink into a mere father
lv role about half way through the !
picture, but it is a good picture. The
plot concerns itself with a Chinese 1
girl, who secretly married an Amer
ican. When it is discovered by the
emperor, whose bride she was to have
been, she is condemned to the "Valley
of Ponce," a favorite form of deatln
but her baby daughter is allowed
to grow up. Mow she finds her father
and a lover forms the second Half of
the picture. The scenery is shadowy
with moonlight and pleasingly impres
sionistic in an oriental style.
David Butler is a young actor who
links something like Harrison Ford,
pnd something like Dustin Farnani.
He is starring this week in "Ac
cording to Iloylc” at the World, a
play with a clever idea behind it,
hut which isn’t quite ns sucessful as
it should l>e. A young hol»o starts
to live up to the advice given by a
correspondence school in a course on
‘Success," hut tlie swindlers, whom
he swindles in turn, are not as smart
as most promoters have to be to make
a living, and David's methods of out
witting them, would certainly he seen
through by gentlemen who make
swindling a life work. The moral is,
don’t rush out and pay $10,000 for a
ranch, because someone picked up a
i hunk of high-grade ore on it.
E. T. B.
Today ’s Attractions.
Strand—"Back Home and Broke."
Sim—"Hungry Hearts."
Itiallo—"Miune."
Moon—"The Forbidden City.”
Empress—"Forget Me Not."
World—"According to Hoyle."
Hamilton—"Hail The Woman."
\ ictoria—“Hidden Woman."
(•rand—"Human Hearts."
Grocer Locked in Ice Box,
Sees Robbers Loot Till
Sioux City, la., Dec. ‘_’t.—Imprison
ed in a glass ice chest. Orville
Wauhob, grocer, watched two high
waymen rob his store of $S0 in cash
while his frantic calls for help were1
unheard.
With displayed guns the two tnen
entered the store and commanded
Wauhob to ‘ throw up his hands."
Wauhob complied and was marched to
an Ice chest in the tear of the build
ing. After securely fastening the
door on tlie chest, the bandits raided
the store.
Seattle Man to Help Manage
Chicago Opera Company |
Seattle, Dec. 24.—George T. Hood,
manager of the Metropolitan theater
in this city, announced after his re
turn from Chicago Saturday night that
he had been made assistant business
manager of the the Chicago Civic
Opera company, effective January 10.
Bootleg Liquor Brices
Due to Set Altitude
Record Over Holidays
Sioux City, la., Dec. 14.—Liquor
prices which have been increasing
gradually for the past two weeks, are
scheduled to aviate during the holi
days until the? are almost prohibi
tory, bootleggers announced.
Saturday nights’ quotations on
liquor per quart follow:
Alcohol. $8 to $S.
''em whisky. $3.50 to $4.
Home-made gin, $8.
Itonded gin. $10 to $12.
Scotch whisky, $12.50 to $11
Johnny Walker. $15.
Keg whisky, $4.50 to $0.
All «»ther bonded whiskies from $12
i to $15.
New Yorl?
Day by Day
By O. O. M’lNTYRK.
New York, Dee. 24.—A page from
te diary of a modern Samuel Pepys:
I'p early and walked forth to meet
Brook Pemberton, the producer, and
talked of his new play and thither to
see Mistress Dorothy, who has been
brought to. bed of a child. /
Home again, where cainc Warbur
tin Gamble, the actor, and later T.
Millard, and others and all mighty
merry what with this and that and
in especial R. l.ong's new- English
groat coat, the bravest I ever saw,
with its frills and doodads. \
Lunched with my wife and discuss
ed the condition of our estate and
thence to the fast Century train w ith
Courtney Ryley Cooper, the scrivener,
to go to Chicago.
All the late afternoon and evening
we fashioned poems panegyrizing the
towns we passed and the one C. fash
ioned about Albany as fineasever I
heard and nearly all the night much
foolery about E, flat tubas in a band
nml not much sleep soever.
Kate plays odds pranks along the
Rialto. Just now there Is a blonde
star reigning in one of the supremest
triumphs of the season. Prior to this
engagement she had been without em
ployment for two years. The day be
fore the attraction opened in New
Aork, she had pawned everything she
owned save the clothes she wore.
In the same plnv there is an actor,
\vho had for several days before the
opening sustained himself by copious
swigs from a pocket flask. He was
reading t lie flattering reviews the
next morning, when a friend called
up by telephone to congratulate him.
“You've made a big hit. old man,”
said the friend.
"A’es," replied the actor in a shaky
voice. “1 find myself in a first com
pany with a set of sccoid company
nerves.”
The newest apartment building on
upper Park avenue has a, sun
parltir for dug residents. There are
i mining machines upon which pets
may he exercised and a pool where
they may retrieve sticks and balls.
Each tenant is taxed 533 a month ex
tra for flie upkeep of the playground.'
At 6 o'clock in the evening in one
of New York's smartest hotels tlie
lobby flunkies change to knicker
bockers, buckled slippers and powder
ed wigs. In one of the 'elevators tlie !
operator suddenly exclaimed after a i
passenger alighted: "Now. I'll be can
ned. That was the manager ami T
forgot to put on my white gloves."
"And won't be that tough?” said j
a breezy westerner with biting sar
casm.
Writing advertisements in the skies
in smoke offered something new to
jaded Manhattanites for a few- days.
But yesterday as a flyer was dart
ing through space over Times square,
puffing out his huge letters of smoke,
I'noticed that the throngs were more
interested in a man who had crawled
under his automobile to find out why
it didn't go. When a man crawls
under an auto on New York streets,
the crowds expect him apparently to
come out with a pearl necklace or a
diamond tiara.
I.anguorous ladies, who puff pipes
in the cafes and theater rest rooms
are, as Fred Coue might say. grow
ing bolder and bolder each day. 1
saw three cross the sidewalk from the
theater entrance to a limousine with
pipes in their mouths.
(Copyright, 192C.I
Skeleton Found in Woods
Believed That of Aviator
Orlando, Fla.. Doe. 24.—Expressing
the belief that tlie skeleton found in
tlie woods near Rc-k Springs Thurs
day, by hpnters, was that of an army
aviator who fell with his plane, Sher
riff Karel announced he would lead
a party of 23 men to the swamp to
search for the machine or some evi
dence to show how the man met
death.
The authorities have identified bits
of clothing and other apparel as part
of a uniform. The man bad been dead
probably- a year.
Will Havs Refuses
to Reconsider
Arbtick 1 e Case
_ «
Sa\s People Should Not He
l imiimlful of \X orris of
Him \Y ho First Taught
Forgi\ euess.
Los Angeles, Dee. 2 4.—Kl.it refusal j
to reconsider his decision granting
Itoscoe Arbuckle a chance to return
to the films was contained in a m>'s
sage from Will It. Hays, chief
of the moving pict^c industry, to the
session of the Westlake Presbyterian
church ami various Los Angeles pas
tors who have protested against any 1
further screening of Arbuckle come
! dies. Mr. Hays said:
"Everything I said is reiterated and :
emphasized.
"About nine months ago I sug
gested to those who owned the
Arbuckle pictures that they not re
lease them. This resulted in the hold
ing up of the pictures already made
and the elimination of Arbuckle from
work in his profession.
"I was sure then that the action
was right, and the only doubt at that
i time was whether we might be doing
an injustice to the individual, Ar
buckle. I was sure, however, that
the action was best for him.
"This lias proved correct.
"This is no reinstatement of Ar
buckle nor any attempt to reinstate
him. This is simply a declaration
that I shall not stand In the way or
this man having his chance to go
to work and make good if he can.
"I am .sure that in your considera
tion of the matter you will not be
unmindful of the words of him who
first taught us to forgive.-'
Rumors Are Denied.
London, Dec. 2).—The Greek lega- I
lion denied reports that Athens
is on the verge of a counter revolu- ]
tion. attributing them to "an anti- j
patriotic atempt by a handful of con- i
stitutionists to discredit the revolu
tion abroad." The legation said there
Is complete cairn throughout the
kingdom.
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Evening, 7 and 9 p. m.
and Tues. and Wed. Ev’ngs
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THE SIGN OF
THE ROSS
Admission, 50c, including war tax
_
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Dec. 29, 30—Saturday Mat.
I Sir HARRY |
e-B LAUDER
gjljj IN NEW AND OLD SONGS \
crjfi) Direcfio, iWILLIAM MORRIS J
^ST\ COMPANY OF ARTISTS K
fj SEATS NOW ON SALE
f I'f*' Ev'ngs, *1, $1.50, $2, $2.50
' J' Mat.. 50c, $1. $1.50 and $2
MATINEE 2:40
_NIGHT 8:15_
Marion Morgan Dancers
In a New Dance Drama
“HhLEN OF TROY"_
Ralph C. Bevan A Beatrice Flint
ROXY
LA ROCCA
CARL LMMY |
And Hi* Pet* |
Chandon I rio — John & Nellie Olnte I
topic* of Vay — Aesop s fables— ■
Pathe New* I
BELLE MONTROSE __ I
rvi a 11 r\ n. c.
15c to 50c
[NIUMI ■
I Sc to $1.00 I
NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS 1
HAMILTON - - 401b and Hamilton
ALL-STAR CAST
In "HAIL THE WOMAN"
VICTORIA .... 24th and Fort
MARY ALDEN
In "THE HIDDEN WOMAN"
"MUD AND SAND”
i GRAND - 16th and Binnry
HOUSE PETERS
In "HUMAN HEARTS"
OMAHA’S FUN CENTER” jj!
tif/rw>T2m MAr & N,TE 10DAY
PRE-WAR PRICES
Hurtlq A Seamon’s
Greenwich Village Revue
—with—
TOM SENNA, RAY READ
And 20 Famous Greenwich Vlllaq* Models.
Mmt holiday cheer In town.
CHRISTMAS MAT. At 3:00. WEEK DAYS at 2:15
Two rnr^r^rri won.
Day* [wTiT#I I and
More PCAAvAM Tuea.
Norma ,nri Thomas
Talmadge3 0 Meighan
“The Forbidden City”
New Show Wednesday
ANNOUNCEMEHT
Strictly Kosher Home Cooked
Meals Every Day
1919 Burt Street. AT. 5440.
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Announcing the Annual
Winter Garment Sale *
Beginning Tuesday, December26th
» 1
A swift clearance of Women’s, Misses’, Children’s
Coats * Suits * Dresses
Furs * Skirts * Blouses
I" ■ h
The Day That Prices Crumble!
*1 The testimony of this great event in past years is
an eloquent argument for values.
<1 We suggest that women disturbed by crowds may
find ample selection from our liberal stock on the
days following Tuesday.
^ The tirst day is sure to produce a struggling croivd.
< — -— ---—
Women’s SHOES Reduced
Our Entire regular stock
of Women’s Fine Shoes, prod
nets of “Baker,” “Gross
man,” “Slater,” etc., com
prising High Shoes and Low
Shoes in winter and medium
weather models, various
shades and black. We carry
only makes of high rating.
PRICE
/
Why?
Newness, freshness j
and, above all. style, are the
coveted virtues of most shoe
stores. We have determined
(o achieve them for the new
season by an ABSOLUTE
RIDDANCE OF PRESENT
STOCK.
Tuesday Morning at Mine o'Clock
! $10 Women’s Shoes, $5.00
$12 Women’s Shoes, $6.00
$13.50 Women’s Shoes, $6.75
$15.00 Women’s Shoes, $7.50
—-— 'I
A Hundred Hats for a Hundred Dollars
Amsden’s Winter Hats selling Tuesday.
at One Dollar apiece
EMPRESS
Now Playing
THE ABSOLUTE CLIMAX
ol All Sensational Offerings,
GLORGF. LOVETT & CO. in “Concen
tration," assisted by “Wonderful"
Georgia Templeton, the Psychic
Wonder, and the Incomparable
Mysterious Orchestra.
WILLIE MISSEM & CO.
in “An Artistic Novelty"
ROTH & SLATER
“The Wop and the Flapper"
WM. ROYAL. St ANN VALENTINE,
"Singers of Note"
METRO’S BIG SPECIAL
With All-Star Cast
“FORGET-ME-NOT"
A Photodrama of Hungry Hearts.
The Story of a Girl Nobody Wanted.
Shows that Mother Love Cannot Be
Charted. A Drama of the Children of
charity. A Glad Play of Laughter and
Tears.
One of the Seven Wonder Pictures of
the Year.
MAVE you
— the girl who wrote hrraelf love letter*
—who give a funeral for a man »he
had never »een.
Now Showing with
BUSTER KEATON
in
“The Electric House”
Wait Until It
Hits Omaha
ETerjnnc \\ ill Talk of It
K >o\l I Simcii
■ Nat- W l»aj s
I HATCH FOU DETAILS
BEK want ana rhino HE.ani.Tfc
-- • ••• a »»••'«» • ■■
EARL FULLER
and his
JAZZ BAND
A Musical Sensation
Other Christman Week Attraction*
of Yuletide Cheer.
Show* Continuo » from 1:15 P. M.
Vaudeville 1:20. 6:45, 9:10.
NEXT SATURDAY
Record six-act New Year’s Show,
with the “Kelly Revue,” Plants,
tion 8“ and other big features.
MIDNIGHT SHOW MONDAY
Starting at 10:45 P. M
N
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Thomas Meighan
and LILA LEE in
GEORGE ADE S
“Back Home
and Broke”
One of the Year’* Beet.