Nebraska Newspapers

    Cone to Oppose
Railway Merger
* Putting State Railroad Com
missioners on Interstate
, Commerce Board Planned
By P. C. POWELL.
Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee.
Washington, Jan. 17.—Trenmore
Cone, candidate for the democratic
nomination for United States sena
tor. is nearly ready to return, tern
porarlly, to Nebraska. Mr. Cone Is
undecided whether to visit the capi
tal city again before election or wait
until he comes here to remain per
manently as teammate for Senator
It B. Howell.
Mr. Cone has the issues he capie
here to find.
The greater part of SIT. Cone's
time, now that he can find his way
on the streets and avenues, has been
devoted to listening to arguments on
the railroad consolidation plan. Mr.
Cone announced upon liis arrlvaPthat
he came to Washington with a mind
like a country boy’s mouth when be
first sees a skyscraper, so far as
railroad consolidation is concerned.
"I have come to the conclusion,”
he said, "that any legislator living
nest of the Mississippi is crazy in
the head if he favors railroad con
solidatton.
"It is nothing except s stock Job
bing proposition, all absolutely In
favor of th* east and the present
center of population. Such cities as
Omaha and Kansas City will, under
this plan, become nothing excepting
whistling stations.”
Mr. Cone has come to another con
elusion, to the effect that the per
sonnel of the Interstate commerce
commission can be improved to a
marked degree and the men on the
commission can become more repre
sentative*-of the people at large.
"My Idea Is to mak* the chairman
of every state railway commission a
member of this committee,” Mr. Cone
euid. "In that way men who are
the choice of the people will he on
the commission and we'll do away
with some of these lame duck ap
pointees.”
While here, Mr. Cone called upon
tho Nebraska delegation in tho lower
house. Then he went to the senate,
where he talked with Senator Howell,
calling last on Senator George W.
Norris, the man whom Mr. Cone ex
presses hope will be his antagonist
in the coming fight beyond all others.
"He'll have to talk turkey in the
campaign out in Nebraska," Mr. Cone
said. "I tell you next year will be n
Magnus Johnson year in Nebraska,
and I'll win.”
Columbus Seeks to Set
Aside 10-Day Notice Law
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 17.—Efforts
are being made to persuade the county
court to waive tho 10-day notice of
Intention to* wed, as outlined in the
recent law passed by the state legis
lature. It is pointed out that the
county judge lias the right to waive
the notice and that in doing so, soon
other county judges would do the
same, Keeping the fees within the
state instead of wilfully throwing
them to the state of Iowa, as well as
placing a heavy cost on couples who
desire haste.
Effort to Bp Made to
* Straighten Lost Creek
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 17.—Efforts
to straighten I.ost creek In Its H-mlle
course through Columbus -township
and on through Platte and a part of
Colfax counties, in order to avoid
heavy flood damage in the spring of
tho year, are being made by the Co
lumbus Township board in a proposal
today to the Platte county board of
supervisors.
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ORCHESTRA COMEDY NEWS
World Realty Special 1 heater
Week Starts Saturday
“World Realty Week,” an amuse
ment event of Importance, start* to
morrow at the WorleL Sun and Moon
theaters and Sundny at the New Em
press and Muse.
At these/ World Realty playhouses
carefully chosen attractions will be
offered, embracing vaudeville, photo
plays and musical comedy.
Exclusively an Omaha enterprise
owned, controlled ano operated by
Omaha men, World Realty theaters
have gained an enviable reputation
in the presentation of worth while
entertainment.
The World theater, a playhouse
comparing favorably with any In tne
middle west, announces, a vaudeville
and photoplay bill starting tomorrow
of pretentious character. "Sarafan,"
a unlue Russian spectacle with cast
of 15 heads the six act vaudeville
program, with Clarence Budington
Kelland's story'. "The Steadfast
Heart," as the principal photoplay
attraction.
The long awaited photoplay, "Down
to the Sea In Ships.” start an ln»
definite engagement at the Sun the
ater tomorrow. Critics have, with
out reserve, acclaimed this produc
tion as one of the 10 best pictures of
1923. Extended run* have been the
rule at this playhouse and only pic
tures of unusual qualifications are
given Sun presentation.
"Thundering Dawn" is a note
worthy attraction for the week at
the Moon theater. In the cast of this
vivid drama are such well known
players as J Warren Kerrigan and
Anna Q Nilsson.
This same production plays at the
Muse theater Sunday only and for
the balance of the week this popular
neighborhood house has arranged
programs of plays that have proven
best.
At the New Empress beginning
Sunday the well known musical
comedy organization,* Halton Powell
Players, start a limited engagement
In a series of new musical shows. The
company comes here with a record of
having proven one ot the most suc
cessful organizations of It* kind In
the field of popular priced musical
comedy. The supplementary photo
play program features James Kirk
wood, Doris Kenyon, Edmund Breese,
Mary Carr and Robert Edeson in
"You Are Guilty" and the 11th
‘ Fighting Blood" story.
AT THE ’
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Box office Indications and a hugs stock
of mail order* from town and country
points to a record-breaking engagement
for I*aon Krrol in Ziegfeld's musical
comedy. "Sally." which offer* alluring
entertainment at the Brandela on Thurs
clay. Friday and ' Saturday, January 24
26-26, with a Saturday matinee. This
is the only organization that has played
or will play "Bally." It has been kept
together since December, J930, except
for the a few changes wholly unavoid
able. Walter Gat let t. the laugh-creat
ing fellow conspirator of the inimitable
Krrol, in now fully featured. There is
an exponent of the title role In Shir
ley Vernon. a delightful personality,
who has been in training for it ev^r
since the production three yc*ars age*, and
who is now promoted from her position
as first dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies.
All the other important principals are
Still retained. 'Sally" la recogtsed as in
a class by Itself. It ha* lovely music,
gorgeous settings and costumes and re
sounds almost continuously with laugh
ter and life and its appeal a* distinc
tive entertainment is unquestioned.
Sarafan, the unique Russian spectacle
with cast of 14 artists from the Moscow
Yarr," that famous Russian showplace.
comes to the World tomorrow as the head
line feature of a new six-act bill. Types
of old and new Russia are presented In this
specTittluiar vaudeville feature. It Is
along the line* of the noted "f'hauve
Souris*' »ho%v which remained on Broad
way for a year and five months. Added
features on the supporting show include
Howard, Taylor and Them In "Mails and
Females." and Jeanette and Harry Shields,
renowned dance artists. Harris and Hol
ley are colored entertainers; Trtvlla trio
present a novelty cycling act; Margaret
and Uaddee are musical maids. Arthur
Hays offer* an original organ number.
"The Steadfast Heart" in the photoplay
feature.
♦“Little Miss Fix It." which opensd the
farewell three? daVfc of the Graves Brothers
players at the Km press >esterday. la prov
ing the most popular musical comedy of
the scries offered by this company. The
attraction w'M be seen for the last times
today and tomorrow being followed on
Sunday by an entirely new company,
the llalton Powell players.'who open a
limited engagement with a rollicking mu
sical show’, Step Lively."
There are follies, frivolities and gayety
nnd every other sort of revue named
indicating levity. William Seabury.
grand master of the dance, at the Or
pheuni this week, produced a revue which
he named 'Frivolic." being a contraction
«nd a combination of frivolity and frolic.
1 This revue was so successful that Mr.
! Seabury decided that It. like Its contem
poraries. should be made an annual af
fair. and so this season he Is presenting
the second edition of his now famous
"Frivolic."
Columbia Burlesque is marking it 21st
season with this year* attraction* at
I the Gayetv theater and one of the ©id
reliable offerings of the circuit is Billy
Watson and his "Beef Trust Beauties
Years mean nothing to Watson—ho is
leading the life of a showman, ripe In
experience that ia realized in an up-to
date m gainer of staging, producing and
managing stage entertalnm**u:* The en
gagement closes with todays two per
formances.
’ Ten Commandments
' for Movie-Struck
At the request of the Hollywood
and Los Angeles chambers of com
merce, Mary Plckford Is. with- these
bodies, trying to solve the riddle of
what to do with the movie-struck.
The mayor of Los Angeles recently
seL-iside a Mary Plckford day. and
the star put away her Dorothy Ver
non makeup long enough to act as
the chief speaker at a mass meeting
attended by 25.0U0 persons in the
principal downtown pqrk. The main
poipts of -Mary's talk summed up in
the following 10 commandments:
1. Don't come to Hollywood to try
the movies unless ^)u have money
enough to carry you a year.
2. Be sure to have some work to
fall back on in case you fail—stenog
raphy or salesmanship, for example.
3. If you are a girl, be sure to
bring your mother. She will be an
unfailing inspiration and help.
4. Try to gain some stage experi
ence before coming.
6. Have a screen test made first.
When you see it you may change
your mind.
6. Make every effort to fin^out if
you have camera features. A pretty
face is not always a camera face.
7. Bring a large and varied selec
tion of photographs.
8. Bring a large and diversified
wardrobe.
9. Be prepared to spend five years
In trying.
10. Be tactful, be resourceful, be
patient and persistent, and above all
be intelligent. Only one In every
1,000 wins—but perhaps you are that
one.
Dancers Born, I\’ot Made,
Declares Mae Murray
"Dancing Is not work for me.” says
Mae Murray. "It Is my greatest
pleasure. Why, from the time I was
a little tot I have always had a hard
time to make my feet behave when
there Is music around.
"It did not matter must what k'nd
of music It was cither. When I was
but a very small girl, my parents
moved from Virginia to New York
city. Here my dancing craze had its
inception. The hurdy-gurdy* and the
hand-organa of the streets thrilled
me through and through As noon
as I would hoar the wall of one of
these Instruments I would rush out
of the house and follow it down the
street—always dancing, or trying to
dance—to its tunes.
"This form of amusement was my
greatest joy and also my greatest
childhood thrill. Thrilling, because
my parents had forbidden me to do It.
"As time rolled on 1 was allowed
more freedom. Every time there was
an opportunity, I danced. At last 1
managed to work my way Into the
chorus of a small musical comedy
that was playing in uptown New
York. 1 was only 14 years old and
had to lie about my age in order to
get the work. From this show’ 1
went to another one, and two years
later found rne in the chorus of the
Ziegfeld Follies. By chance I was
chosen from the chorus to become the
then popular Nell Brinkley girl. Suc
cess of this numl>er was almost In
stataneous. I was made: was now
a star. I remained with the Follies
for several years and danced at each
performance. But during all of this
time I never took a dancing lesson
nor ever studied dancing. I made
Up my dances as I went along.”
They Could Borrow
From Undertaker
Tom Bates, who Is just about the
oldest actor in Hollywood, both -Ho
years and point of service. Is chock
ful of reminiscences about the old
days and the troupers of long ago.
Tom is at present playing the role
of Judge Halloran in Richard Wal
ton Tully's forthcoming production of
the Rex Beach thriller, "Flowing
Otdd, and on the set the other day he
set the cogs of memory going.
Here is one of the best he told:
Many years ago, when he was man
aging the McKee Rankin troupe over
the kerosene circuit, the company
stopped at Reno. N’ev., for a one
night eland. The n|>eru house stood
between an undertaker's establish
ment and a hardware store. Early In
the evening the undertaker engaged
Bates in conversation.
"The last show that was through
here." he volunteeied, "was the bor
ruwin'est crowd I ever see. Hope
you folks don't borrow I ke they did.”
"Well, what on earth could they
find to borrow from an undertaker?"
Tom asked.
"They pimply ruined every shroud
I had. They was playin’ ‘Julius
Caeear' and. they used 'em for togas
and smeared ’em up with grease.
Then they borrowed all the stovepipe
In the hardware store, pasted white
paper around it and used that for
pillars.’’
Some Wild Oats.
The management of the Branrtels
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theater has made arrangements for a
return showing of the motion pictuie
"Home Wild Oats" on next Saturday
and Sunday only.
The story of "Some Wild Oats" is
different from the average run of
motion picture*. There Is an absorb
ing love story in the picture, some
good comedy and a real fight
While "Pome Wild Oats” teaches a
lesson of sex cleonliness and morality,
and warns against d.sease, it does not
bore with its preaching, and enter
tains every minute. _
At these World Realty Theaters, laughter, music, dance, novelty and drama,
taking you far from the worries of every-day life, await your command_
Whether it be the mightiest productions of the silver screen, the most enter
taining of vaudeville or the cleverest of musical shows, you will find it in
these playhouses typifying the spirit of “Greater Omaha”.
IT’S WORLD REALTY WEEK
VAUDEVILLE-PHOTOPLAYS SEVEN DAYS
C^/^lTrUVS STARTING
|aA TOMORROW
Fridkin & Makarenko offer the 1
flittering, gorgeous production,
“SARAFAN”
Bits of Old and New Russia given a
remarkable presentation by great
company of 14.
[7 5 OTHER RECORD ACTS I
including Taylor, Howard and “Them”
and Jeanette and Harry Shields ! l
On the Screen—A Wonderful Play
“THE STEADFAST HEART”
■in ill
Tomorrow
Last Times |
Graves Bros. |
Players Lg
limited Engagement
STARTING SUNDAY
The musical comedy \
company of distinction A\My V.TU
M^Vayers
2S=
in the novel comedy
'I with song trimmings
LU “STEP LIVELY”
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STARTING
TOMORROW
1 —The Marvet of the Screen—'
“DOWN TO
THE SEA
IN SHIPS”
A quaint and fascinating love story, featuring
Clara Bow—Raymond McKee—Marguerite Courtot
LISTED BY ALL CRITICS AS ONE OF
THE TEN BEST PICTURES OF 1923
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A Story of the Tropics, Its Seductive
Charm, Its Vices and Its Perils
“THUNDERING
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J. WARREN KERRIGAN
ANNA Q. NILSSON
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Thig Menu for Friday will
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Coney Island"Clam Chowder
Shirred Kggs with
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Fried Fresh Pike with
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Crab Lump
Saratoga Chips
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Oven Ilakrd Beana
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Fontenrtle Special Piune Pie
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Velvet Pecan Brick toe Cream
Assorted Cake
Orange Sherbet with Macaroons
Coffee
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the entire preaa went into
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