Nebraska Newspapers

    Producer Raises Ante
on Zukor's Prize Offer
The announcement that Adolph
Zukor offera an annual prize to be
awarded to the author of the best
film atory of each year created a stir
in Hollywood producing circles. Roy
L. Manker, president of the Palmer
Photoplay corporation, while com
menting on Mr. Zukor's offer as a
step in the right direction, brought
to light the fact that for 10 months
his producing company has been of
fering even higher awards, although
in a different way, and whereas Mr.
Zukor’s prize means one J10.000 award
per year, several stories will be pur
chased each year for Palmer produc
tions.
"We have adopted a uniform rate
of compensation which has already
been put Into effect with the purchase
of ‘Judgment of tha Storm,’ from
Ethel Styles Middleton of Pittsburgh,
and our second story for production,
by Dr. Walter G. Hallstead of Penn
Yan, N. Y„" declares Mr. Man
ker. “Ours is a 5 per cent royalty
plan, and a little figuring will show
that under this arrangement the
author stands a chance to realize far
more than $10,000 for his story. Five
per cent of a net return of only $200,
000 would equal that sum.
“A picture bringing the producers
$500,000 would net the author $25,000,
enabling him to realize upon any
“hit” his story makes. To prove to
anyone not familiar with picture
earnings that I do not speak in too
large figures, let me cite a news item
stating that the cost of the next
Clear Lake Opens
New Bathing Beach
Clear Lake, la., June 23.—Clear
Lake's new $25,000 bath house was
thrown open to the public this week
with the prediction that Us capacity
would be taxed before buslnoss has
been 30 days old. The new building
Is the most complete In this part of
the country and has many conveni
ences not found In any other bath
house In the world. It measures 56
by 118 feet, has facilities for handling
people at the rate of nearly a thou
sand an hour and opena with more
than 1,900 bathing suits.
Complete water and bathing equip
ment has been installed, including
toboggans, shoot-the-shoots and surf
boats and attendants are on guard at
all times. The ne\+ bath house stands
between the Oaks hotel site and the
lake and is finished in white stucco.
Mrs. Mary C. Weigel, 2752 Bau
man avenue, Omaha, arrived today in
Clear Lake. She has rented a cot
tage In Oakwood park and will con
duct a delicatessen shop for the sum
mer.
F. P. Durand of Omaha, instructor
In telegraphy in Omaha public schools,
arrived In Clear Lake today with
his family and will occupy the Du
rand cottage in Oakwood park for the
season.
Hanna Zilliek, 310 W. O. W. build
ing, has rented a cottage for six
g'rls two weeks commencing with
July 22.
Clear Lake Sleeper Put on
Great Western for Season
The Clear Lake sleeper was added
to the Great Western evening train
Friday. The sleeper will be a regular
part of the train for the north every
Friday night during the hot weather,
and will be parked at Cleai Lake, la.,
for the week-end, returning Monday
morning.
Alien Lodge Men Sail for
Two Month^’ Tour of Europe
Steamship Antonia, with a party
of Freemasons and Odd Fellows of
Ozerho - Slovakia nationality, left
Montreal this month for a two
months' tour of Europe.
The trip Is under the personal di
rection of Louis Zavodil of Chicago.
The reurn trip will be made on the
Cunard liner Laconia.
Jackie Coogan picture is placed at
$600,000. Understand me to commend
highly Mr. Zukor's liberality In offer
ing a straight prize of $10,000. But
in the matter of actual compensation
for value received from the author,
I believe that all producers should
adopt the royalty plan, with an ade
quate cash advance.’’
Patsy Suffers Twisted Neck.
Found! A man who can make ’em
stay loved!
Patsy Ruth Miller, who played
Esmeralda, one of the leading roles
in Wallace Worsley's big Universal
feature, “The Hunchback of Notre
Dame,” has something to remember
the picture with. In fact, she is so
affected over it that she is “up-stag
ing” everybody, even Director Wors
ley.
Nd, gentle reader, she is not really
high-browing ’em; it’s only a case of
painfully stiff neck.
"You see,” says pretty Patsy,
"when Norman Kerry, my hero in
the film, gives a girl a loving, he does
is right and she stays loved! In one
of the last scenes he pulled me to
his Iron chest—or armor (or is it
amour!)—and twisted my neck so
badly that it is In a terrible fix and
I’ve had to visit an osteopath every
day.
‘Old Faithful’ Always There
Canadian Pacific
Sh Lawrence Short’ Sea Route
frequent eeHinca from MontreeJ; and Quebec. Two fut train* connecting with ship*—“Domic
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Further information from local eteunship agents or
R. 9. ELWORTHY. General Agent 9. S. Traffic Dept.
40 North Dearborn Street Chicago. Ill
Are You a Mason?
Masons and their families are invited to enjoy a real vacation
at Cinosam Club on beautiful Gull Lake, up among the virgin
pines of Minnesota.
TREZ CAMP BITS
FISHING-BOATING-BATHING
For complete information and road map write or wire
CINOSAM CLUB
(For Masons and Eastern Stars)
242 McKnlfht Bldf. Minneapolis, Minn.
“North American” and
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Old Faithful geyser, in Yellow
stone National park, W’lU play this
season to Us largest audience, rep
arations are made for the entertain
ment of 120,000 visitors during the
summer.
Yellowstone has scores of geysers,
but chief among them In popularity
Is Old Faithful, which erupts every
65 minutes.
Old Faithful throws 1,500.000 gal
Ions of water Into the air every hour
and a total of 33,225,000 gallons per
day. This amount of water would
be sufficient to supply a city of 300,
000 Inhabitants.
Yellowstone, of all the national
parks, is the wildest and most uni
versal In its appeal. There Is more
to see there—more different sorts of
things, more natural wonders, more
strange and curious things, more
scope, more variety—a longer list of
astonishing sights—than any half
dozen of the other parks combined
could offer. Dally new, always
strange, ever full of change, it is
nature's wonder park. It Is the most
human and the most popular of all
the parks.
The tour through Americas gey
serland Is really an emotional experi
ence; like seeing a great play, listen
ing to the music of a great com
poser, or reading a good book. It
has a beginning, a climax, a con
clusion.
Experienced travelers argue that
on the first trip at least through the
park they should begin the "Yellow
stone book" on Its first page by
going In the Gardiner Gateway. From
here the wonders of Yellowstone park
unfold In the most dramatic and
perfect way. Nature's climax comes
where It should!
Valley, Nebraska, If ill
Celebrate on the Fourth
The American Region of Valley,
Neb., plans to celebrate the Fourth
of July with festivities that will at
tract the thousands from nil around.
From early In the morning, when
the first firecracker will announce the
day as started until tho last sky
rocket closes the Mg fireworks rx
hlblt, there will be a constant series
of entertainment for visitors, ltnth
ing nnd wuter gnmes nre scheduled at
the bench nt the lake, morning nnd
afternoon, and thero will he two base
ball games, also morning nnd after
noon. Users nnd sports of all kinds
are planned during the day.
Honorable A. W. Jefferls will make
the address of the day during the
afternoon Independence day exercises
In the evening. In addition to the fire
works exhibition, there will he a
hand concert and dancing and other
features. Jack Wheatley, the cow
boy, will be on the Job all day.
Prizes are offered for the winners
In the races and games.
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PINE CONE CAMP
Dorm, Hubbard County, Minn
Oddments
and
Remainders
By PERCY HAMMOND.
New York, June 30.
IT seems improbable that I Bhall
ever again be asked if there exist
in New York any musical plays In
which bare legs and barer jokes do
not abound. Time was when anxious
chaperones made inquiry as to the
the ‘'morals" of an entertalment be
fore endangering themselves and
their charges to contamination from
the drama. But that wariness Is
now obsolete and childhood and mid
dle age go hand-in-hand or separately
to the operas, negligent of the perils
that lurk therein. As one who has
been helpful heretofore as a guide
to circumspection, I feel like an ora
cle out of a job. Cautious theater
goers no longer seek my counsel as
to the safety zones, and my red flag
droops upon its staff, lacking a whole
some breeze to animate it into warn
ings. Yet, from force of habit, I
have to recommend today, at the
risk of harming its prosperity, a |how
called "Helen of Troy, New York,"
as a pure if not a pious recreation.
Written by the Messrs. Kaufman
and Connelly, authors of "Dulcy,'’
"Merton" and "To the Ladies," It
substitutes a humorous romance for
naked hips and smutty wheezes, and
appears to get away with it. Its
principal ladies and its ensemble are
a little leggy at times, though always
respectable, and there is a dancer or
two who abrade the conventionalities
of dress and movement. But, as a
whole, it is a cleanly diversion. Of
the near-beers, it has been said that
there isn't a song in a barrel of them.
So it may be observed of "Helen of
Troy, New York," that there isn't a
blush in the two acts of it. Miss
Queenie Smith, a waif from the ballet
of the Metropolitan opera house,
walked, as the saying is, away with
the show. She danced gracefully and
she acted her role completely. Miss
Smith's role Is that of the gamin
sister of the prima donna (Miss Helen
Ford). Miss Ford represented the
songful stenographer of a Troy collar
manufacturer, enamored of his son
(Paul Frawley), whose barytone de
meaner was as stately as that of any
earl or king. Not since Fred Stone
upset the calculations of "The Wizard
of Oz" on Its first performance have
I seen so wild a demonstration in n
theater as that which greeted Miss
Queenie Smith at the premiere of
"Helen of Troy, New York." Some
wise producers signed her up, Im
mediately thereafter, on a contract
for eight years at an incredible sal
ary, so hypnotic was the hysteria.
Tom Lewis was funnier as a Troy
collar king than he has been since
Mr. Cohan's "Little Johnny Jones," \
and there were amusing efforts by
Roy Atwell as a burlesque efficiency i
expert; and by Charles Lawrence, an
ex-meml>er of Miss Elsie Jania’
'Gang," as a model for the collar
ads.
-*
No doubt the most spectacular de
velopment in the recent American
theater has been that of the Messrs.
Gallagher A Shean, troubadours ex
traordinary in Mr. Zeigfeld's "Fol
lies." Their career has been no less a
triumph than thnt of "Yes; We Have
no Bananas!" or "Abie’s Irish Rose.”
Broadway producers have been so
passionate In their desire for the ser
| vices of the Messrs. Gallagher and
Shean that the courts have been called
upon to deliberate upon their artistic
prowess and to decide at public ex
pense which manager should be ad
vantaged by their services. So far as
theatergoing Is concerned, the drama
lovers were tempted as much by ths
Messrs. Gallagher nnd Shean as they
were by Mr. Barrymore's Indoor
"Hamlet" or Miss Cowl's cosmic,
universal, human and suburban Ju
liet.
Therefore the public will be Inter
anted to know that In the "summer
edition" of the "Follies" Messrs. Gal
lagher and Hhean have moved them
selves from Egypt to the Cafe de la
Pnlx. Pressed In the gay livery of
the boulavardiers. they now Infest
the Tourist's Paradise and engage In
a variant of the duet which was so
popular when rendered under the
shadow of the dateless tombs. I sue
pected the other night that they stif
fered little in transference, since
thler broad colloquy seemed to be
more successful when sunk In tho
desert than In a center of civilization.
-<9
The first verse of the new Gal
lagher and Shean song observes It Is
as foolish to take one * wife to Paris
ns It Is to take a sandwich to a ban
quet—a remark made originally, l
believe, by Col, Henry W. Watterson
when In an antic mood In 1868. Other
stanzas were newer If not wittier, but
they, too, failed somehow to inflame
the audience to Its customary state of
agitation. Even when the band played
"Pixie,” after the last verse, beseech
ing another encore, there was noth
ing doing, though the usual number
of New York southerners were pres
ent. The sentiments expressed by
these careless minstrels were as scan
dalous, If not more so, than ever, but
that quality also miscarried In Its hi
denvors to excite. “Life is nrched
with changing skl»s," to quote Mr.
William Winter again. Ere the fort
night Is over the Messrs. Gallagher
and Hhean will resume, perhaps, their
wonted plare alongside the radio as
Instruments of public recreation.
Meantime the renewed "Follies." with
Miss Anne Pennington, Eddie Cantor
and others, remains ns much n place
to go as Grant's tomb or the Aquarl
uni. Among the new Jokes submitted
by Mr. Cantor Is one about bis favor
Ite bootlegger. "Ha Is so nice a boot
legger," says Mr. Cantor, "that In
ense you go blind he gives you a tin
cup and six lead pencils with every
quart."
Pinky Dean, who gained fan e In
Chaplin's "The Pilgrim," Is to ho
starred In "Olgl " Pnuglas Z. Poty.
formerly an editor of Century and
of Cosmopolitan magazines, wrote the
continuity and adaptation. Poty Ims
tecently been made editor In chief of
the Palmer photoplay advisory bu
reau.
Waller Woods, wall known slay
producer, is now with Pat nniaint as
production editor. Home of his fli t
suggestions were for more suggestion
anil less detnll nf action In pictures
and for a tempo of pantouiln e and
gesture In picture action to match
tempo In voice and tntUilluii ns on
the speaking stage
Musical Revue at
World This Week
i Heel Morton & Co
i_HJontJQ
Krug Park Sicimming
Pool Gets Big “Play”
With the advent of sultry weather
In Omaha, swimming has come into
its own. Hundreds of persons during
the past week sought relief from the
heat in Krug park pool.
Organization of Red Cross classes
in swimming and life saving at Krug
pool was completed last week and
several classes received the.r first in
structions. Miss Gladys Brooker.
captain of the University of Iowa
swimming team last year and Iowa’s
greatest all-round girl athlete, is in
charge of the instructions. Several
classes are scheduled to be started
this week. Registration may be made
for the lessons at Red Cross head
quarters.
M ss Brooker does not need water
*o teach the rudiments of swimming.
Her first step in teaching beginners
is to overcome fear of water. Then
she instructs them in the correct
method of breathing while In the
water. Miss Brooker not only waa
captain of the Iowa university swim
ming team last semester, but captain
of the girl’s basket ball lteam and1
a member of the field and baseball
teams.
St ay-at-Home Folks
Enjoying Manana Park
Out of 10 Omaha and found! Bluffs
families, how many go out of the
city for their annual vacation?
Manager F. B Stewart of Manawa
park says the number is no doubt
smaller than the average person
would think. Says he: ”1 doubt If
more than two out of 10 families
leave town for a summer outing. We
are In a pretty good P'-ltlon, down*
here at the largest lake outing place
within hundreds of miles of the cities,
to note the number of local families
who come down to spend a day now
and then in an all day picnic, boating,
fisliing. bathing, dancing and other
wise enjoying themselves
"During the last two weeks—since
the vacation season has been really
under way—we have observed sn in
creasing number of families here on
week days. The greater numtier of
pleasure seekers, of course, consist
of people, young and old. who come
down In the evening after office
hours, on Saturday afternoon or dur
ing Sunday Most of the visitors
take to bathing, many go boating
mid there are the usual funseeking
crowds who enjoy the dance pavilion:
the rides, games and other attrac
tions.”
Lakcvictv Park Mecca
nf Many I'un Lovers
—_1___
Bakevlew Park is planning for a
banner month during July. Starting
with today there will he held a series
of picnics for different organisations
In addition to the numerous smaller
ones hooked, and something extra In
the way nf amusement is planned for
each of the picnic days.
Special events will mark the park
festivities on the Fourth and It Is
confidently expected that the weather
permitting, all attendance records at
the park will l>e broken on that
date.
Boating is proving more popular
with each passing day. The big fleet
nf boats Is busy each evening and
many of the afternoons. The other
sports, such as the roller skating also
attract many. I-ako breezes and
dancing hold an Irresistible appeal
for the young folks, and the big
dance hall at I<ak»vlevv entertains
goodly crowds each evening. The
Flnyd-Hodek orchestra has proven
even better than its press agent con
tended. and seems to furnish the
kind of mush that brings bark the
crowds for more.
Celebrate the 4th
.
VALLEY, NEBR.
Auspices of American
Legion
BEST BATHING IN
NEBRASKA
Clear Water, Whit* Sand
Bottom— Water Sports
and Games
Two Baseball
Games
Morning and Afternoon
AIL KINDS OF RACES
Prises of Value to Winners
BAND CONCERT, DANCING j
Address of Day by
Hon. A. W. Jefferis
On Lincoln Highway, 25
Miles West of Omaha
What the World
Offers
. 1 " ' **
gala bill for holiday week i«
what the World management
ha* assembled as their current
4th of July week entertainment. It
Is a show containing a superabund
ance of comedy with several stars of
national theatrical prominence on the
list. Henry Regal and Sim Moore
"are facetiously billed as "the world's
greatest." Season before last the act
was one of the features of the Ed
Wynn show anil lti vaudeville they
are doing the same bit that made
them such a laughing success In
musical comedy. They deliver a lot of
fun and nonsense and have a sur
prise finale that keeps one guessing
Ned Norton, well known in musical
comedy circles brings his company
of seven all-star artists in what is
claimed to be vaudeville's smartest
musical farce. Under the caption of
“What’s Your Name,” this sextette
tell a very funny story interspersed
with tuneful songs and snappy dances
Among the original musical numbers
Introduced are "Richman, Poorman,"
"At the Servant Girl's Ball." and
"You're Some Girl."
The satirical vaudeville gem "Mar
riage versus Divorce" is a rip roaring
comedy playlet featuring George and
May Usher with Ann Engle and
Marguerite Farrell. The farce is
played In three scenes and from ad
vance repots Is one of the best vaude
ville bets of the year.
Burke and Betty In a mirthful
potpourri offer comedy, singing and
instrumental music. AJI their num
bers are of the syncopated variety.
The Samsons of vaudeville are the De
Lyons Duo who offer a clever novel
ty act. Arthur Hays presents a new
version of "Yankee Doodle Blues'' as
his organ solo.
The picture attractions include
Gladys Walton in a comedy drama
entitled "Gossip” and the 7th story
of the "F ghtlng Blood” scries.
Barney Gerard's "Follies of the
Day," in which "Bozo" Snyder has
prominence as burlesque's only pan
tomimic comedian, was headed for
London when the Columbia "Wheel"
season closed in May but the call
of Boston prevailed. Gerard's "Fol
lies" played seven weeks last sum
mer at the Boston Gayety and a
second summer run of seven weeks
at the same theater, lately termi
nated. Having played two weeks in
Boston during the Columbia "Wheel's"
regular season, within the past two
years, Barney Gerard thus estab
lished a new record for burlesque
with eighteen weeks of "Bozo" and
his "Follies" in Boston. After a re.-t
that has assuredly been earned,
"Bozo" and the new edition of Bar-j
ney Gerard novelties, will open on
Broadway July 4, to remain at
the Columbia theater until the regu
lar "Wheel" season Is Inaugurated.
Then "Follies of the Day" will again
play the Columbia circuit Ir.duding
the Gayety theater in this city.
M U S 1 C"
Dedication services of the First
Evangelical Lutheran church July
1, will include the dedication of
the new organ. Harry W. Thornton,
organist and choir director of the
First Baptist church, will give the
dedicatory recital which Will Include
many Interesting and brilliant organ
numbers, which will use the varied
resources of the instrument, and sey.
oral numbers by the Lutheran choirs.
There will be a silver offering. The
organ w-as built by George Kilgen &
Sons of St. Louis. It is a two
manual, well equipped with varie
ties of stops, and many couplers and
piston combinations.
Mrs. Orpha Dodson Martin of
Wausa, Neb., pave a voice re-1
dial at the Methodist Episcopal i
church of that city June 21. Mrs. |
Martin Is a pupil of Howard Kirk-,
Patrick of Lincoln. Among the num
bers presented was the "Cry of
Rachel," which was most enthus
iastically received by the apprecia
tive audience. Mrs. Martin was as
sisted by her sister. Mrs. Millie Poi
son Surface of Silver Creek. Neb.
contralto. \V. E. Cockle of Central
City furnished the accompaniments,
and aided In the success of the pro
gram.
Seena Owen and Lionel Rnrrymore
will co-star In "1'nseeing Eyes."
Canadian Tenor Who
Sings at the Rialto
~ mmT*
L<uvelie Gordon.
I^velle Gordon, Canadian tenor,
will sing at the Rialto (heater this ,
coming week as a feature attraction i
for Independence week. Gordon Is a
well known singer throughout eastern
Canada and northeastern sections of
the United States. This is said to be
his first stay In this country during
the festivities of the Fourth of July.
Among the songs he will sing In
Omaha are "Song of Songs," "Road
to Mandalay” and "Three O'clock in
the J.Iorning."
Anita Stewart has finished "The
Love Piker" and will start work at
once on "Cain and Mabel.”
Buster Keaton is on the rampage
against the schools of acting who
promise their scholar* Jobs. Several
of them applied for work with him.
having been assured that he was wait
ing to hire them.
DAN DESDUNES
and Hi* Band at
City Auditorium, Wednesday
Eire, July 11, 1923, in concert.
ADMISSION
Adult* .50c-75c
Children ... 25c
Vaudeville—Photoplays
GALA HOLIDAY BILL
-in
SSSsW- VNWSt
“Marriage
vs. fiivorce”
Vodvil’s Comedy Gem, With
Geo. and May Usher
ARTHUR HAYS
In a New Version of “Yankee
Doodle Blues”
GLADYS WALTOM
In • Clever Screen PU y,
“GOSSIP”
In Addition to the Seventh
Story of the “Fighting Blood”
Series.
ENJOY OUR BIG SUMMER
SHOWS IN COMFORT
The World Theatre’s New
COOLING SYSTEM
Insures a Constant Supply of
Washed, Purified and
Cooled Air.
Today and July 4th
invite you to nature’s choice outing place
—right in this city!
Picnic accommodations, including pre
pared firewood, new stoves, tables,
water, beautiful park — all free for
your use.
Bathing, dancing, free movies every
evening out-of-doors, boating, swings,
games, rides and other amusements.
Swift street cars, ideal auto roads in all kinds of
weather, plenty of safe parking space provided.
This park is conducted to help you have a good time
in the out-of-doors.
ADMISSION FREE
Manau/a Park
LAKEVIEW PARK
"HOME OF SUMMERTIME FUN”
_ _ B _ Where the tool take breexea blow—am the fteest
It ■ ■ P I Hn sod tar feet unobstructed dance floor m the middle
|g ^ | |g ^ west—to muakal melodies of our famous f toed-Ho
dek orchestra.
C l| AT||Uf2 The only outdoor rink in Omaha. New equip
***** ■ ■* ** ment. A healthful and pleasurable exercise.
RiDEttie rides rk'“" I;:°:.rr’ •'
AND A GREAT LIST OF OTHER ATTRACTIONS
B^ m AND EVERY SUNDAY
{T M R ■ R RE^ Childrm’a day. Fret r»des on all thy b(f dr
| I fry# admission to thy park, fry# balkooaa
and MVfltiri. It‘a fryy for thy littly folka.
Coming—Grocers’ and Butchers' Picnic J
_Piggly Wiggly Picnic ”
USE BEE WANT ADS—THEY BRING RESULTS
A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH OF JULY
AUTOMOBILE
RACES and POLO
I l l Ur A Ak-Sar-Ben Field
I Y t Omaha 2:30 P.M.
General admiaaion, including aeat in the Grand Stand, $1 plua tax.
Children, 50c plua tax. Automobilea free.
Reserved Seats for Sale at c».
[ Unitt-Docokal Drug Co.