47 Cars of Coal
inDis[ «Here
City Clerk Claims Surplus Be
longs to Bryan—Demur
rage Heavy.
City Clerk James Hoctor and bis
•lark. William Rooney, who direct the
S municipal coal department, ere in a
quandary over disputed shipments of
•cal.
Hoctor said he recognized 21 cars
now on track here and explained that
47 other care were billed to the city
coal department by Governor Bryan'e
i coal company.
I The municipal coal department says
It is up to the governor to come and
get his coal.
Hoctor figures the total demurrage
on these 21 cars to date is $642. To
day's coal department orders, he
stated, will reduce the number of care
to 10 and he estimates that two care
will be sold each day, based ‘on the
average ealeB of this week. Warm
weather reduced the orders.
Another revelation of the affairs of
the municipal coal department is the
piling up of demurrage charges dur-1
Ing December and for the first eight
days of January. These bills, which
have not been checked by the city
clerk, call for $1,029 in December and
$1,417 for January 1 to 8.
The city clerk explained that the
munlcipal#coal department has no
funds with which to build yards.
National Head of
Business Women
Coming
Miss Adella Pritchard, Portland,
Ore., president of the National Feder
ation of Business and Professional
Women's clubs, will be the guest of
the Omaha Business Woman's club
next Wednesday, February 27. She
will speak to Its members and friends
on, "What Our Federation Means to
It! Membership," at a banquet
Wednesday evening at 6:30 In the
Burgess-Nash tea room. State off!
eers and delegate* from the Fremont
and Council Bluffs clubs have been
Invited.
Misa Pritchard, who comes from at
4 tending the midyear council of the na
tional federation, arrives In Omaha
early Wednesday morning. She will
breakfast with Miss Florence Hatha
way, president of the Omaha Busi
ness Woman'i club, and lunch with
the executive board and committee
chairmen at noon in the Brandeis
restaurant.
Mr*. Fred Daugherty will arrive
borne this week after a visit In Gree
ly. Col., with the John Daughertys.
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Hazel Lewis, right, and Lucille Petersen, left, jun lors at Technical High school, eating the buns that are
so popular with the students during the luncli hour.
The plebian bun has come into its
own, at least at Technical high school.
No, It isn't because it can be thrown
easily or because it is easier to grab
in a hurry.
Students in the new cafeteria of
the school are neither disorderly nor
in a rush at noon. The bun has won
In popularity over all other food at
the cafeteria because special buns
are made for the students. These buns
are of the right size, a little more
flat than the ordinary ones.
They don't stretch one’s mouth all
out of shape to take one bite. They]
are delicious, with browned crust and
are made into sandwiches of1 various
kinds for the students.
Thousands of these buns are sold
dally, according to Miss Kate Kiewit,
in chcarge of the cafeteria.
"But the buna are not the only food
In great demand.” said Miss Kiewit.
"Mashed potatoes are next in line
for popularity.
"The boys eat a good square meaJ.
well-balanced as to choice of foods.
Perhaps they cat more than the girls
because a good many of them work
before and after school. The girls like
salads anrl puddings.
There is such a demand for Ice
cream and cake that tables for Ha
distribution have been placed at each
end of the large dining hall.
Coffee is not sold at the cafeteria.
Cocoa and milk are the favorite
drinks. A few cupa of tea are some
times sold to teachers.
More than 900 students are fed at
the cafeteria every noon of the school
week.
BEHIND THE SCREEN
By SAMUEL GOLDWYN
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(Continued from Yesterday.)
After the enthusiasm of this greet
ing had ebbed away Charlie intro
duced the pair. It was .Jackie Coo
Ban and his mother. When they
had moved on from our table Chap
lin turned to me.
“There’s r boy you ought to have,"
he commented. “He’s a great actor."
Possibly Chaplin never shone more
brightly in any human relationship
than he has in his association with
Jackie Coogan. The tremendous love
and tenderness which he expressed
for "The Kid" on the screen had, in
fact, a source of actuaJ feeling. He
really loved and does love this small
boy. As to the latter, I have already
indicated in my account of his greet
ing how' touchingly Jackl.* returns
this affection.
If you ask ths tiny star today who
la his best friend his answer is
prompt: “Charlie Chapli**." Equally
loyal is the processional sting he
gives to his friend. One day *hme
body asked him who was the great
est living actor.
"Charlie Chaplin, of course." he re
torted.
“And who is the second greatest?"
persisted his interviewer.
"Jackie Coogan," he answered with
all the eerenity of the critical mind
that Is unshaken by any personal con
sideration.
"And the third?"
"Oh,” said he obviously somewhat
impatient with the doggedness of this
research, "I have told you the two
greatest. What does it matter about
the third?”
Even in that first casual greeting
with this gifted boy I was struck by
the perfect unconsciousness which
sets Jackie apart from the ordinary
stage child. He didn't seem to real
ize in the least that he was a famous
personage, and I hear that it has
been kept from him always—the enor
mity of his earning*, the fact that
he, a lad not quite 8 years old, has
already earned almost a million dol
lars. Certainly that evening hs was
just a kid radiant at aeetng ths
grown-up who had played games with
him much more absorhedly than any
other small boy could have done. In
deed. I have always been told in
Hollywood by people who knsw the
Coogans well that h« is first of all
a real boy possessing perhaps even
more than the average boy's affinity
with dirt.
Not long ago a friend of mine
dropped in to see the small star. It
was during the production of "Oliver
Twist,”, and the set was pre-empted
by some older members of the com
pany. For a time Jackie, attired in
blua overalls, listened to the direc
tor's voice and watched the rival tal
ent. Then, going over to hi# father,
he caught the other's hands end
looked up appealingly Into his face.
“Oh. Daddy." lie pleaded, “I’m not
getting any kick out of this. Mayn't
I go outalde and play?”
When this permission was granted
Jackls availed himself of an opportu
nity to assemble his favorite play
things. These consist of a hammer,
some old nails and a plot of ground
outslfle the studio. Hers for half an
hour the juvenile actor, who might
recruit the most costly electrical toys
—these have been showered upon him
by people all over the world—squat
ted on ths ground and hammered his
beloved nails Into stray pieces of
wood.
While hs wsa thus occupied the
friend I have mentioned happened to
refer to ths gold chain she was wear
ing as looking like a royal decora
tion. "The Order of ths Holden
Fleece,” she added laughingly to the
group of older people watching with
her over Jackie's recreation.
He stopped his hammering for nn
Instant and quickly, with a look of
most eager intelligence, he lifted his
eyes to her face.
“The Golden Fleece." he repeated.
"Oh. I know all about that. It's
what Jason sailed after.”
I quote this to show ths Informa
tion already «t the command of this
astounding lad. All I have heard from
Chaplin and from others convinces
me. In fact, that his histrionic abil
ity Is accompanied by one of those
childish minds which work in all di
rections. which positively have to
be held back from learning too much.
One incident in connection with the
production of "The Kid” throws into
relief Chaplin’s feeling for his small
co-s(ar. He was directing the child
In a particularly affecting scene when
suddenly he turned to Jackie's
father.
“You direct him—1 can't stand it!"
he said, turning »w*y quickly. The
child's tears, even though histrionic
ones, lisd been too much for the
high strung, emotional Chaplin.
Charlie's devotion to Jackie t'nn
gan Is explicable to tne after one
glimpse of thq child. So. too. are the
words of a certain woman l know.
"There la something about that boy."
saya th» latter, "that always makes
ms feel like crying. I don't know
why, for he seems so gay and happy.”
I myself caught in an instant that
same touching, even solemn, quality.
What is it? Perhaps because in those
wide childish eyes one feels a wis
dom brought from some other word
and not yet dimmed by that of this.
I fee) that l cannot bring my rec
ollection of Chaplin to a close at a
point more deeply significant of his
artist's nature than the account of
my own preview of "The Kid.” When
he finished with this picture, attended
as it was by his conflict with Mildred
Harris, he was in an abysmal state.
"Sam,” • said he one day, "I wish
when you have nothing else to do
you'd come over to my studio and
look at my new picture. I’d like to
get your opinion of it—advice, too,
if you have any to offer."
“What do you think of it?” I asked
him.
"Rotten!" he answered. "I'm aw
fully discouraged over it.”
I had heard such comments from
him before on similar occasions, for
by the time that he had finished a
story ho has so completely lost all
sense of perspective that nobody ran
eonvitiro him that the production has
one glimmering ray of merit. Conse
quently I attached no importance to
this mood of his. Putting down his
words to the divine discontent of
genius, I went over that very day
with Gouverneur Morris to see "The
Kid.”
Even my prejudice In favor of any
thing that Charlie does did not pre
pare me for this supreme manifesta
tion of his artistry. Just as the
world was afterward to do, Morris
and T laughed and cried and gasped
as the wonderful story unrolled be
fore us.
As for Charlie, he looked at us un
believingly. He simply could not
make hiimwlf understand that we
were not feigning this appreciation.
“Charlie,” I said aftdr it was all
over, “If you never had done or
never should do another picture your
name would go down Into history as
the creator of 'The Kid.'”
With that peculiarly eager, wist
ful expression of his he looked at me
“You really think It's good then?”
he asked. "You’re not Just saying
this to make me feel encouraged?”
”If you don't believe me,” I an
swered, “I'll call in a few others to
help convince you. I tell you,” I
added, "let me do something, won't
you? Let me give a dinner over
at my studio and then well show
them 'The Kid.’ ”
Very reluctantly he agreed. I
thereupon sent out invitations, snd
I don't suppose there was ever a
more brilliant constellation of names
represented at any Hollywood cele
bration than that afforded by this pre
view of "The Kid” at the Goldwyn
studio. Among authors we had Sir
Gilbert Parker. Somerset Maugham,
Elinor Glyn, Edward Knoblarh, Mrs.
Gertrude Atherton. Rupert Hughes.
Rex Beach snd Rita Welman. Among
the many famous personalities of the
screen were Elsie Ferguson and Pau
line Frederick. As this group began
to concentrate upon the picture. Char
lie, who had been Intensely nervous
throughout the course of the dinner,
eeemed stricken with terror.
I have attended many previews in
my life, but never have I seen any
thing like the enthusiasm with which
"The Kid" was greeted by these dis
tinguished people of pen and screen
and stage. Tears streamed down the
faces of many of the women and
some of the men. Shouts of laugh
ter were interspersed with cries of
applause. Yet still little Chaplin sit
ting here heslde me. could not be
lieve in the miracle of success.
"Do you really think they like It—
are you sure It’e going over?” he
would whisper to me from time to
time.
I doubt if he wag convinced even
after the performance when many
of the women went up and threw
their arms about him nnd when even
the men forgot Anglo-Saxon reserve
in their congratulations.
One amusing glint from this even
ing is struck by a word of Elinor
Glyns. During the course of the
dinner she happened to tel! us all
that shn had never in her life seen
more than one picture. But when
at the end of the evening a news
paper man present asked Mrs. Qlyn
how sha liked "The Kid” she an
swered with prompt soulfulness, "The
finest picture I ever eaw in my life.”
I have no doubt that by this time
she had persuaded herself of broad
racl!tles of comparison.
(I'untliuml In Tbs Morning Head
G. O. P. in P. I. for Goolidgc.
II j AmoHnIM PrfM.
Manila. Feb 21—The republican
apartment with Carry were held nn
American delegates, today endorsed
the administrations of President Cool
Idge and Governor General Wood and
elected two delegates to the Cleveland
natloual convention.
r Adele Garrison |
^ “My Husband’s Love”
Madge Turned Inland to Esrape Her
| Pursuers.
"Nobody could be hurt, we tre go
ing loo slowly," I said mechanically,
as I sent the car on, regardless of the
fact that I had sent the car we sus
pected of trailing us crashing into
the underbrush. "Everything is level
along here, and I gauged my gait to
crowd them off, not to upset them.”
“Vou certainly turned the trick,"
Edwin reiterated again, but hi* words
were as little comfort to me as my
own perfunctory-patter. The enorm
ity of the thing I had don# was
coming home to me. If I had been
positive that the car T had crowded
off the road w-as one holding the de
tective on th* trail of th* Harrison
children. I would have had no com
punctions concerning my act. But
I was not certain of that fact, even
if the actions of Its occupants had
)>aen decidedly suspicious. Suppose
they had been unoifending traveler*
and I had damages their car on *
night *uch as this. I felt myselfi
trembling bo that I feared for my
grip upon th# wheel.
My brother-in-law must have di
vined my emotion, for he apok* with
quiet assurance.
"Steady!" he said authoritatively.
“I am sure those men were trailing
us. Can you Imagine anybody else
tumbling out of that car In absolute
quiet? Any other man but one want
ing secrecy concerning bis errand
would not only have sent oaths crack
ling alauit our ear*, but would have
run down the road after us, tn the
hope that we would have to go aa
slowly as we are doing now."
On the Dirt Road.
His words helped me through the
wont of my panic, but It waa sev
eral minute* after the broken "Thank
you" which waa all I could utter,
before I recovered my composure
again. Then th* light* Illuminating
the dangerou* turvinjf bridge over
the railway at the outaklrt* of Hamp
ton Buy came Into view, and I caught
my breath In relief.
“W* ihall have light* now for the
■purt we need. I said thankfully,
and waiting only until we had crossed
the bridge. I sent th* car along at
a good pace until we had com* to
the other aide of the village.
“Is there anything behind ua?" I
aaked fearfully, aa I slowed th* car
down.
“Not a glimmer of light any
where," Edwin returned promptly
"Then I am going to run on to a
point Juet beyond that light," I said
pointing to a street lamp a few yards
away, “turn around, and com# back
her# and turn off on thla road right
here." I indicated a dirt road lead
ing to th# north, away from th*
broad highway.
"Good." Edwin returned, and
aaked no question concerning my
purpose until I had executed the
maneuvr* I had planned, and hsd
headed the crt north on the dirt
road, with no eign whatever of any
car behind ua.
‘Tf they think of examining the
tire track*," he commented then,
"they'll be sure we continued on the
main road. I believe you've beaten
them, Madge, even tf they are able
to get their car Into shape again.
Where doe* this road lead?"
“To Rlverhead, In th# middle of
the Island," I replied. "There'# an
other road from Quogu* north, which
I* more traveled, but I am more fa
miliar with this, and—I do believe
th* fog Is lifting. I can distinguish
th* road better."
A Haven for the Night.
‘Tcrhaps |t Is because you are go
ing away from th# sea," Edwin re
plied practically. "At any rate, you
can keep the middle of the road here.
I do not fancy you will he much
bothered by traffic tonight along
here."
"Nor by traffic policemen," I re
torted, with a little laugh, for with
our successful transfer to the dirt
rosd my spirits had risen with a
bound. "I realty do believe that we
are safe for tonight at least."
1 proved a true prophet, for we
came upon the main street of River
head without further Incident, end
found refuge In a comfortable old
hotel for the night. Gillian's fore
thought and Katie's skill had pro
vided s lunch bountiful enough for
both a belated supper and breakfast
while vacuum hollies held hot milk
and coffin so that Stone of us suffered
from chill
The children fell asleep almost be
fore they were undressed, and we
New Solemnity Marks Celebration of
Washington’s Birthday
George Washington's shadow seems
to grow larger down th* centuries,
Judging by the number of affairs
being given in his honor today on
the anniversary of his birth. It is
striking to notice also the change in
the character of the entertainment
which honors the father of hie coun
try.
Some years ago a Washington's
birthday party was a hilarious cele
bration for children, and hatcheta of
fered its principal ornament and oc
cupation. Pinning paper hatcheta,
blindfold, on a painted cherry tree
was tho chief entertainment of the
evening; or, for variety, some luck
less victim was thrust into the cen
ter of the circle and required to an
swer truthfully all questions which
might be asked him.
Today we remember the father of
Ms country with awe and reverence
quite in keeping with his dignified
appearance. Nothing less stately
jthan a minuet seems appropriate to
the occasion. Sedate wigs and ele
gant coats set off with lace at the
sleeves, demand an aristocratic de
portment of 201 h century business
men, who 365 day* out of the 366,
are simply Jolly good fellows, while
knee breeches put a strain on calves
unseen since boyhood. Meanwhile
the flapper vanishes In a haze of
voluminous petticoats; th* bob is
snowed under with a powdered wig;
rouge on her cheeks gives way to
patches and the clgaret holder yields
to the fan as an Implement of flir
tation.
Instead of hatchet thrusts, we have
for entertainment historical lectures
and playlets or talks on American
ization, with a minuet or a Virginia
reel thrown in for the salvation of
the frivolous. Most interesting is the
tendency to direct attention toward
the new citizen shown In a number of
Washington day programs in Omsha.
Chief among these Is the reception of
new citizens conducted by the Council
of Americanization tonight in the
county courthouse. The same Im
pulse, however. Is shown in th# citi
zenship pageant presented by 16 chtl
dren of the Mason school before the
elders found ourselve* nodding over
the task of tucking them Into bed.
"To another day,” Edwin said lift
ing an imaginary glass as I left them
to go to my room, and when the
next day dawned with a clear sky
and mild air I felt refreshed not only
by the sleep which had been mine,
but by the promise of better luck
which the sunshine held.
Clubwomen at Blue Hill.
Blue Hilt. Neb., Feb. 51—The an
nual county convention of the Feder
ation of Women's Clubs wai held here
Wednesday. About 125 ladles were
seated at the banquet tables and the
Christian church parlors were crowd
ed at each session. Mrs. Burr of
Guld* Rock, county chairmsn. snd
Mrs. Perryman of Ord, atsta presi
dent, were guests of honor.
I “Economy Makes
Happy Homes and
Sound Nations”
—Georgs Washington
In a few words, Wash
ington delivered a vital
message that needs no
revision today.
Happy homes are not
accident*. They are the
results of intelligent striv
ing and effort. A feeling
of security is the founda
tion of successful and
happy home life.
The nation is founded
on its homes. A nation of
happy homes is a strong
nation.
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Qmaha chapter L>. A. Ft., which has
been given several times at thle sea
eon.
Several additional parties are gewly
announced for today. Including a
luncheon at the First Presbyterian
church at 1 for members and guests
of Group 8. Mrs, T. J. Young will
appear as Martha Washington. Mrt>.
J. H. Morton as George Washington,
and others will dress In colonial cos
tume.
The Girls' Community Service
league will have a Washington day
dance this evening In their club
rooms.
Helen Adele Williamson will enter
tain the Camp Fire group of the
Yates school at her home this after
noon for a patriotic party.
George Washington will appear In
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Max Barber and Dorle Sheldon will
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Including a minuet, impersonation*
and songs
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heavy purchase of American wheat for
the Japanese relief and inaugurated many
other movements to aid the FARMER in
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