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.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,
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The Mother Whose Children No Longer Seemed to Want Her
A Remarkable Cast in
"The Old Nest
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Mary Alden
Dwight Crittenden
Cullen Landis
" Helene Chadwick
Richard Tucker
Louise Lovely
Molly Malone
Nick Cogley
Lucille Rick sen
Johnny Jones
Buddy Messenger
J. Park Jones
Theodore Von ELltz
Fanny Stockbridge
Roland Rushton -Lefty
Flynn
Robert De Vilbiss
Marshall Ricksen
SUDDENLY they haye all grown up and left her the babies she used
to tuck in bed at night. The old house is empty and silent. All have
forgotten her. Her birthday passed unnoticed.
Each child has embarked on a drama of hjs own. Loves, ambitions,
temptations carry them away. There are .moments of laughter and
comedy romance, adventure, tragedy. The story of their lives sweeps
you along.
Your lifeyour home your mother as they might have been or as
they are. "The Old Nest" will awaken deep in your heart memories of
the mother to whom you ran with your childish troubles.
Never before has the screen touched with such beauty and dramatic
force a subject which finds ah echo in the lives of every one of us. One
of the most heart-gripping dramatic stories ever narrated.
Two Great Writers and
"The Old Nest"
"One of the greatest of all
stories because its theme is
the greatest of all themes
Life, and Life Now, here
yours, mine.
All bitter and sweet, and sad
and glad, and majestic and
pretty, and divine and pitiful!
A film story of life!"
Dr. Frank Crane.
"The Old Nest" is real and
touching and almost incred
ibly without an atom of false
sentiment. I have seen it
4 times and cried each time.
Alice Duer Miller.
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:The Picture of Smiles and Sobs! Yes Pore, Laughter and Tears!(
- MSSSSm ' GOLDWYKT presents M,jJ
iwlfete : - . . .. 'Rupert Hughes . 0xmm9mm
3. ' - ' ' Hearfgrippingory of Home
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Regular Admission
Always!
-15 and 25c-
DMYS SUtJOAV, MONDAY and TUESDAY!
3:00. 7:00 and 9:00
7:00 and 9:00
Friday and Saturday, WM. O. HART, in "THREE WORD BRAND!"
Regular Admission
Always!
-15 and 25c-
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AGREE UPON
SCHEDULE OF
EXCISE TAXES
HOUSE AND SENATE CONFEREES
ARE IN HARMONY ON TAX
REVISION BILL. ,
FOUF! PER GUT LEVY STRICKEN
Agreement on Revision Bill Includes
; Penalties on Soft Drinks and
Smokers' Articles.
Washington, Nov. 15. An agree
ment on excise and soft drink taxes
was reached today by the house and
'senate conferences on the tax revis
ion bill. After striking out the sen
ate proposal for a four per cent man
ufacturers tax on perfumes, essences,
extracts, toilet -waters and the like,
the managers agreed to the excise
taxes as finally approved Dy me sen
ate. They are:
Automobile irucxa ana nuioniouno
wagons, including pans ana acces
sories, three per cent.
Other ' automobiles and motorcy
cles. Including parts, and accessories,
five per cent.
Tires. Inner tubes, parts or acces
sories for motor vehieles told te any
other than a manufacturer or pro
ducer of motor vehicles, five per cent.
Cameras weighing not more than
100 pounds, and lenses for such cam
eras, ten per cent, r
Photographic films and plates,
(other than moving picture films)
five per cent,
Candy three per cent.
Firearms, shells, etc., 10 per cent.
Hunting and Bowie knives, ten
per cent.
Dirk knives, daggers, sword canes,
stillettos and brass or metalis knuck
les, 100 per cent.
Cigar and cigaret holders or pipes,
composed wholly, or in part of meer
schaum or amber, humidors and
smoking stands, ten per cent.
Automatic slot device vending ma
chines included, five per cent, and
automatic weighing machines, ten
per cent.
Liveries and livery boots and hats,
ten per cent.
Hunting and shooting garments
and riding habits, ten per cent.
Yachts and motor boats not de
signed for trade or fishing or nation
al defense, and pleasure boats and
pleasure canoes, if sold for more than
$100, ten per cent.
Works of art, five per cent.
. A manufacturers tax of five per
cent of so much of the price for
which the following articles are sold
or leased as is in excess of the price
specified to each article;
Carpets and rugs. Including fiber,
$4.50 per square yard in the case of
carpets and $6 per square yard in the
case of rugs. -
Trunks, $35 each.
Valises, traveling bags, suitcases,
hat boxes used by travelers and tit
ted toilet cases, $25 each.
Purses, poeketbeeks, shopping and
hand bags, $5 each.
Portable lighting fixtures, includ
ing lamps of all kinds - and lamp
shades, $10 each, and fans $1 each.
Excise taxes now. in force, the re
peal of which ds agreed upon are:
Articles made of fur, ten per cent.
Musical instruments, five per cent.
Chewing gum, five per cent.
Portable electric fans, five per
cent. . -
Moving picture films, five per
cent.
Thermos and thermostatic bottles
and Jugs, five per cent.
retail (luxury) taxes on articles
of clothing, umbrellas, parasols, pic
ture frames, carpets, rugs,- trunks,
valises, hat boxes, fitted toilet cases,
shopping and hand bags, portal
lighting fixtures and fans costing in
excess of specified amounts.
Manufacturers' taxes on soft
drinks to be in lieu of the present
levies, were agreed upon as follows:
Upon all beverages derived wholly
or in part from cereals, Z cents aJ
gallon.
Upon all .fermented fruit Juices in
tended for consumption as beverages
with the addition of water and sugar
and on all imitations, if such fruit
Juices and all carbonated beverages
(except cereal) two cents a. gallon.
Upon all still drinks, (except pure
apple cider) two cents a gallon.
Upon all natural or artificial min
eral waters or table waters, sold out
by the producer at more than 12
cents a gallon, two cents a gallon.
Upon all carbonic' acid 'sold -or
used In tne preparation - of soft
drinks, four cents a pound. ,.
TJpon all finished or fountain syr
ups for use in compounding: soft
drinks,' nine cents a gallon:
PERFECT TEAM PLAY
MAKES MASTERPIECE
"The Old Nest," Greatest Photoplay,
Slated for a Three-Day Show
ing at the Parmele.
Rarely in the history of any art
that requires the co-operation of
several distinctive elements, do we
find a combination of forces needed
to create a notable work. When such
a combination occurs, it is often a
matter of chance. The absence of
such perfect co-operation in the crea
tion of motion pictures is, doubtless,
responsible for the comparatively few
masterly pictures that are presented
to the public.
The forces that coalesce in a fin
ished film are. the author, the direct
or, the cast, and tho producer. At
last, here in America, such, a combi
nation has aehieved what film audi
ences have ' long wished and hoped
for. - A genuine photoplay achieve
ment has come to pass. To the un
initiated, it will be known by Its
title, "The Old Nest." But to those
who care for particulars, let. it be
said that Rupert Hughes has written
a story L with universal appeal, that
he has found in Reginald Barker a
director with the sympathy necessary
to catch the pathos and humor of the
story, as well as the ability to give
It concrete form. Morover,' the auth
or'has found a "producer in Goldwyn,
with all tha facilities to make a com
plete, unstinted production, . and a
east of such excellent merit that
every seene is played as though it
were the only one in the entire pic
ture. And in this cast, the leading
character, an old mother, who sees
her six children leave the old nest
one by one, is played by Mary Alden,
an actress of long experience and of
such versatility that she plays equal
ly well the young wife, the middle-
aged matron and the old grand
mother.
Editor's Opinion
The editor of a well-known maga
zine, after seeing "The Old Nest."
wrote the following:
"If I had been asked a short time
ago what particular play of the
screen we could, above and beyond
all others, recommend as the best
and most completely satisfying pic
ture for all classes of the American
people, a play which really enrichell
and embellished the art of narration,
we would have asked for time to
think it over. ,
"If the same question were to be
asked today, we would reply prompt
ly "The Old Nest" and our rea
sons are these: Rupert Hughes has
contrived a screen story from his
own Saturday Evening Post story,
which Reginald Barker has produced
for Goldwyn, and has succeeded with
out a plot in placing before us a
series of short and well-told and con
tinuing chapters out of- life itself.
He has with deft and clever hands
drawn aside . the curtain from the
soul of an American family, permit
ting us to see the deep pathos of a
noble' mother's sacrifice for her child
ren and the aching emptiness of her
great heart. "
"The great1 cry has gone up from
the public to the theatres for wroth
while pictures. "The OTd Vest" will
answer ,that cry.
"We congratulate Rupert Hughes
most heartily; and extend the greet
ing to Mr. Barker and to the Gold
wyn company. We congratulate Miss
Mary Alden, whose portrayal of the
mother will live as long as the screen
endures. We praise the flawless cast
and the manner of presentation, but
most of all, we felicitate the moving
picture business on this triumph
which will shed glory upon it and
redound immeasurably to its eternal
credit."
In ihe case of a photoplay in
which all the forces concerned in Its
production meet for perfect results,
it is difficult to analyze the work of
each. Rupert Hughes did not -give
the preparation of his scenario to
another but did the work himself. He
Is unusual among photoplaywrites, in
that he knows how to attain tech
nical effects, and is capable of di
recting a picture himself.
Director Enthusiastic
Furthermore, the ' director, Regi
nald Barker, found in Mr. Hughes'
story the material he has always
been eager -to present on the screen.
Author and director together worked
out effects and scenes until the final
photoplay became the visualization
of their hopes. Finally, the work of
Mary Alden, in the role of the moth
er developed into a revelation to ev
eryone concerned with the making
of "The Old Nest." Miss Alden has
had long experience as a character
actress, but never before has she
had a chance to show how marvel-1
lously she could portray the emotions
or a woman at various penoas oi nor
life from youth to old age. Not dnl?
are the emotional moments poignant
and true, but UJbb Alden presents
the gradually debilitated woman u
life leads her, step by step, down the
ladder of time.
A great motion picture has at last
been made. And It bears the label,
"Made in America." It will be shown
at the Parmele three days, commenc
ing with Sunday matinee and con
tinuing till Tuesday night.
As is the case with all added fea
ture films, no advance in the price
of admission will be made.
CURIO FOR LIBRARY
The curio collection of the Platts
mouth public library has been great
ly enriched by the addition of two
unique specimens; first an Indian
hommer presented by Mrs. Florence
Gilmore, whose grandfather, William
Lawyer, found it on the scene of tho
Indian massacre at Red Wing, Minn,
second, a solid silver spur formerly
worn 'by Santa Anna commander in
chief of Mexican armies during the
war between United States and Mex
ico in 1846. It was brought to Platts
mouth by Joseph C. Gilmore, one of
the earliest settlers of Nebraska and
one of the first settlers of Cass coun
ty, and donated to the library by
his descendants.
CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK
Thl week I November "'to 19)
is r.hildren'ft Rook Week add is ar
ranged in the interest of good books
for the home:
Parents are Invited to see the spec
ial rilftnlnv kt the Public library. The
library will be open from 10 until 12
o'clock, throughout the week. After
noons' atd evenings as usual.
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