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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1916)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 24, 1916. 7 B ) HraWies of Coming Features Synoptical Review of Feature Given First Presentaiion to the The Country That God Forgot The Christmas week release by Pathe is "The Country That God Forgot," a five-reel production. The sfrve' Brandt . . . . T.h0,"a?,Kf,!, Hrln Brandt Mary CherlMon Oral Wells, the nek.. .Oeorge Kawcetl This drama of the western desert was written and directed by Marshall ' Neilan and features Tom San tent, who is ably supported by such well known stars as Mary Charleson, George Fawcett and Victoria Forde. Helen Brandt, wife of Steve Brandt, la miner, much older than she. longs for the pleasures of the world beyond the country that God has seemingly forgotten, and the only thing that it I produces is virgin gold. Finally there I comes the tempter, a paymaster in tl, nM,mminr rr1amatinn service. who softly whispers in pretty Helen s ..Mrs. She agrees to fly with the tempter. And then her husband dis covers her intentions. He does not in terfere, but hides a sacK ot nis gom, the fruit of years of laborin her ef fects. He wants the girl to be happy. And after Helen leaves it is discov ered that her companion is a thief, that, he had stolen the government pay roll. Steve Brandt leads the pur suit. Helen and the stranger are overtaken, but not before the woman realizes what a terrible mistake she has made. Finally a great punishment comes to the tempter, and a great joy to Steve Brandt. A big drama, beau tiful photography, impressive scenery and a plot carried to its exciting de nouement by experienced artists aid in making "The Country That God Forgot" a noteworthy film drama. "Bi$ Tremaine" Uic Tremaine" is a picturization of Marie Van Vorst's novel, pro duced in five acts for the Metro pro gram under the direction of Henry Otto. Cast: John Tr- Harold Lockwood ...... .May Allison Lter Cuiieo Albrrt liltis , . Lillian Hayward . . . . Willis in Ephe . Andrew Arbuckle , . .JoFephtriB Rice Tsobel Mulvorn. . Redmoml Malvern Judge Tremaine Mrs. Trfiittaine. , . . Lemuel Irfavltt. . . Livirt Trftinainc. . Vlannnv Julia Cameron John Nolan... '.y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.Wmltm Dc Vault Virginia. Southern The Tremaines are one ot tne oiq est and best families in Virginia. John Tremaine is in love with Julia Cam eron, who is visiting a nearby plantar tion. One day he is entrusted vyith a large sum of money to deliver to a, neighboring town by the local banker. He goes to his home before parting- . i.:. : .,A ttiorji ic sitrnricprl Oil HIS' JtlUUKJ ... to find'Julia in his brother, Davids, arms. Dismayed by Julia's deception lie decides to deliver the money and never return home. .. Several years later he returns and the family lawyer' is surprised that he would come back because when the money was counted it was several thousand dollars short. John goes to his former home and finds it in a di lapidated condition. He pays off the mortgage and debts and presents a clear deed to his mother, who refuses it because she feels that his theft has built a barrier between them. He goes ahead and reclaims the farm and ac cidentally saves Isobel Malvern, the banker's daughter, from a serious mishap. Malvern denounces him as. a thief and orders him from the prem ises. Isobel finds, however, that she is interested in John. t..i: rtaiMrl'c wtrlnw. r.nmes for the holiday visit bringing with her Davids two Sons, joun icoiiio iu.1 r..:j., ...f. je in a had war and he jraviu 3 tai.v , ,.. j - ..t U Inrlortrprlnpcs An it. Be- -,. nf manv hie acts, the neighbors Ifhave come to call him "Big Tre maine." So when tne election araws near they urge him to run for con gress. Julia takes a Dig pari m putt ing the campaign for his nomination. Finally a committee of citizens headed by Isobel comes to induce him to .accept the nomination, but Malvern steps in and threatens to ex poke him. As he does so Isobel comes forward with David's confes sion that he took the money while his brother was changing his clothes for his journey. Malvern then with draws his opposition and Big Tre maine goes forth to receive the wel come of his neighbors and to claim Isobel. 1 Herman H.Metz and Miss Mae Parker Wed in New York Herman H. Metz, youngest of the five Metz brothers of Omaha, was ' married in New York City Friday to Mae Parker of Boston, a former Kfhnrns girl and actress. " News of the wedding came as some thing of a surprise to friends of the young couple. Tuesday evening Mr. Metz and Miss Parker quietly left Omaha for New York, without in forming anybody of their intentions, and it was not until Friday evening, the time the ceremony was per formed in a New York Catholic krh that Omaha heard of it. I Miss Parker has been a resident of Omaha the last two years, occupying ra suite at the Henshaw hotel. She tn Omaha something over two years ago as a member of a theatrical company appearing at a local theater. It was during the engagement of this company that Mr. Metz and, his bride became acquainted. -After January 1 Mr. and Mrs. Metz will be at Home at me nammon. Many Gifts to New Catholic 'Parish A marble altar will be donated to St Cecelia's cathedral parish, over which Archbishop Jeremiah J. Harty -ules. by the Hamilton family Frank t i: Will Fred P. and Mrs. D. C. Staplcton and Mrs. Jack Barber. I he Coaa laniuy win n"c a iiiaivit palpit. The bishop s tnrone wm ot the gift of Mrs. Ben Gallagher, and Productions that Will Be Local Patrons This Week "The Right Direction" CAST. Vivian Martin "oltn Chan Herbert Standing Alfred Holllnifs worth Billy Manon Baby Jack Whit Polly Erclm Kirk Drummond. , John Drummond. Blir Bill Harry Lorkwood. Billy Boy Polly Eccles, a beautiful waif of the Xew York stums, has important responsibilities thrown upon her lit tle shoulders at an age when the aver age girl still feels that her doll re quires, her most serious attention. When Polly's drunken father is taken away by the police as the result of the death of her invalid mother, she becomes the sole arbiter of not only her own destiny, but that of "Billy Boy," her sick baby brother, as well. The charity doctor suggests a change of climate for "Billy Boy" and advises little Polly that " California would be the proper place for him. However, Polly and "Billy Boy" are in New York with little means of traveling to any other place. De termined to save Billy, the little waif sells such furnishings as her flat still holds, and with her baby brother comfortably installed in a dilapidated baby carriage piled high with pans, pots and other supplies, she is ready to set out for her destination. How ever, her great worry is to get started in the right direction. Finally, in reply to her query, a surprised stran ger indicates the direction to Cali fornia, and the "little mother" loses no time in getting under way. They are hardly outside the city "when the front axle of the ancient baby carriage breaks. As Polly is trying to repair her axle with a piece of string, an automobile drives up and Kirk Drummond, . son of a wealthy California mine owner, leaps out and assists her. The damage is soon repaired, and at the invitation of Kirk, who is making an automo bile tour to California, the little trav elers are given a "lift" for some twenty miles nearer their goal. Kirk. Polly, "Billy Boy" and "Rags," (a homeless hound adopted by Polly), make the balance of the trip together, and all finally arrive at their destination. Polly secures a job as waitress at the miners' boardiifg house owned by Kirk's father. The elder Drummond has had serious re ports concerning his son's trip with a girl of the slums, which results in a heated argument between the two Drummonds. Kirk returns to college in the east. Later John Drum mond learns that Polly is in his own employ and discharges her. A strange snrprise is in store for him, however, which results in a complete change of heart as far, . as Polly is concerned. Kirk is also given a surprise when he returns 'from college and greets an extremely pretty Polly, a healthy "Billy Boy" and a changed father. f Joy And The Dragon" This week photoplay fans will bive an opportunity to see Baby Marie Osborne in her latest picture, "Joy and the Dragon," produced by Balboa. r Some fishermen find, lashed to a frail raft at the: mercy of wind and wave, a wee survivor of a ship that hit a mine. My name is Joy. she said. "Mama's joy and Papa jus' fell in with the fishes and am t back yet. The fishermen take Joy and the curi ous oriental casket clutched in her chubby hands to the Haven orphan age. The institution proves to be a haven for other things than orphans, for its heads are a clever gang of crooks, who, with criminal cleverness, have recognized an orphan asylum as the last place the police would sus pect. Joy tells them the way her mother showed her how to punch the dragon's eye on the casket apd open drawer with the pretty stones. The secret drawer reveals a small for tune tn gems to the crooks eyes. Joy, to keep from telling others, is kept a firisoner, but manages to escape in a arge bakery's bread hamper about to be shipped. - Suffering only minor bumps caused by the train's jolts, she arrives in a mining camp. There she brings a ray of sunshine into the life of a man struggling to forget his past and start his life anew, who adopts her and eventually through the child's influ ence returns to his home where a wel come and forgiveness await him. Later, he finds the thieves who took Joy's "pretty stones" and recovering them, breaks up the gang, Joy re warding her adopted daddy by faith fully promising him "When7! get big I'll be your best sweetheart." Archbishop Harty Has New Closed Car, Gift of Friends Here Archbishop Harty, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Omaha, received a fine automobile from a group of Oma hans headed by John A. McShane. He is braving the wee sma' hours of the morning in an effort to master the vagaries of differential gears, clutches, accelerators, spark plugs nl other vital features of motoring. Crooks Leave Card; Get Jail Sentence Found guilty of the theft of sev eral incandescent lights from the Krug theater and a set of operator's tools from the Strand theater, John Cartwright and Walter Wagnor, itin erants, were sentenced to thirtv davs in the city jail on two counts by Po nce juage roster. Cartwright and Wagnor were ar rested in the Krug after they had re moved several globes. At police head quarters later they admitted the Strand job. An application for en trance intto the United States army, left by accident by one of the men in the operator's booth at the Strand, t!M&f Mt8P!w SSS Hearts art Broken" M aoyais KATHRYlf KING HRISTMAS, supposed to mark the zenith of the theatrical season, finds 1 Omaha still stranded, so far as drama is concerned. But Omaha is not alone in the west, which tor some unac countable cause has been given over by the producers. Around New York and Chicago much activity is noted in the world of the stage, and many novel and interesting and some really worth while thing are being pre sented. All managerial effort, though, seems directed to getting a theater in New York, with no consideration whatever for folks as far away as the Missouri river. Nor does there appear any light ahead. Local man agers have a few scattered bookings, but little that promises what the most enthusiastic would call a' "brilliant" season. Manager Burgess of the Boyd has some interesting announce ments to make this morning. One of the bookings at the Boyd next month is the Viennese musical comedy, "The Blue Paradise. This most tunetul ot light operas nas a record of a whole season's run in i Why Have Chapped Hands ? Marincllo, Rose-leaf Jelly will keep them soft, smooth and presentable all through the cold weather. Free from any oil, it is absorbed quickhr, leaving the flesh without any feeling of stickiness. It can be used a dozen times a day j and always with good results. One demonstration will convince you.) Free Demonstration at N. L. Rice Marinello Shop, Suits 668 Brandaia Thaatar Bldf . PboM DouUi 3460 Naojni IaSS MJIt Orpheum New York last year and of six months' engagement in , Chicago. Other attractions at the Boyd m the near future are, Jacob Kessler. the tragedian; "Hobson's Choice," "Just a Woman" and "Very Good Eddie. The recent attractions are Harry Clay Blaney in "The Blindness of Youth, "Bringing Up Father," "Katzenjam mer Kids" and "The Daughter of Mother Machree." . The Brandeis has just undergone a two weeks' session with the clean ers and will be put into commission again on Saturday night, when the Yale Glee, Banjo and Mandolin clubs are presented in concert. Its next scheduled attraction is the Aborn company in "Bohemian Girl," which begins a shprt stay on Sunday. a "How Hearts Are Broken," by Ed ward E. Rose, author of "The Ros ary," "Little Lost Sister," "The Daughter of Mother Machree," and other successes, tells the story of a J ITary ITatlk At Me OrfAeuAt) little family cirfcle who lived on peace fully and happily together, as families should, until the hated liquor traffic crept in on velvet paws through the change of the town from the "dry" to the "wet" column on election day. Omaha people are to be given an op portunity to see this play when it comes to the Boyd theater for an engagement of four days beginning with matinee today, with .matinees Christmas and Wednesday. Sam Chip and Mary Marble and Paul Morton and Naomi Glass will divide headline honors in the bill of unusual excellence, opening: today for Christmas week, at i the urpheum theater, Jhere will also be two spe cial features. One is to be offered by Searl Allen and Ed Howard, while the other will be presented by Frank Orth . aud , William J. Dooley. Appearing as two little Dutch clocks-in their newest success, "The Clock Shop," Chip and Marble are to be seen- in a fantasy wnicn RE-DECORATED Rtopetis for th Win tar Season Nrat Saturday HewYcar'tEve and Night and Tuesday Evening. January 2d. Gala Holiday Attraction The Aborn Opera Company PrtJtantt the bohemian GIRL From Ocean to Ocean th Aborn Optra Company Han a Reputation for Perfection in All Their Productions. New Year's Eve Reiervation. Now. Seat Sale, Tu.iday, Dec. it. "OMAHA'S FUN CENTER." nelly Mela., lo-tS-Me. Bven'ta, IS-SS-St-loe. .... If. II,. ft liU.II. II V Mualcel ken IWIIJ a IICIIU, n. I. Burleaqua Mr. Kvlly M "Vint. Pop." Kswny ai prMrtited ttr him 120 tlmre In the rolumbla Ttiralcr. Bmid wr. Uit Hiimmrr. tin Hufftlt, .U. Tenhrnokt, trett cart .11(1 rtionifi. Only tnu.Ktal hf)r In town. (Final Performance Friday Nlta.) Ladl..' Dime Matin.. W..k Day.. ' Turpin's School of Dancing Twenty-Eighth and Farnam Streets correct modern ners Mondays, 8 Authority en tuition. Becinncrt Mondays. 8 p. noons. Attembly Yry Wednesday eyening tells of the romance of two little clocks. A musical satire, "llo-lWO" is to be presented by Mr. Morton, formerly uf the Four Mortons, with the charming assistance of Miss Glass. A skit called "The Fool De tective" is to be prcsentd by Frank Orth and William J. Dooley. Their offering is enlivened with songs and dances. Searl Allen and Ed Howard will offer a skit called "A Real Pal," nude up of clever dialogue and song. Bright dialogue and music are woven into the sketch. "The Tale of an Overcoat," to be presented hy Jule Bernard ami Florence Scarth. Of xylophone players, Frisco is the only performer to command the skill re quired for playing a four-part har mony on that instrument. Brooks and l.orella are a pair of clever comedy-knockabouts. Customs in Cam bodia will be illustrated in motion picture by the Orpheum Travel Weekly, and other features to be shown will he web-footed birds and picturesque Spanish cities. The engagement of Lew Kelly in the new burlesque, "Hello, New York." began at the popular Gayety yesterday. Jack Singer secured an entirely original book of Junie Mc Cree, provided a lavish scenic and costume equipment and surrounded 'Lew Kelly, the star of the organiza tion, with a cast of genuinely talented men and women. Mr. Kelly . is supported hy Lon Hascall MATINEE DAILY, 2: IS EVERY NIGHT, 8:15 THE BEST OF WEEK STARTING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24 SAM MARY Chip & Marble in , "THE CLOCK SHOP" A Musical Fantasy by John L. Galdaa (Direction John W. Dunna) JULE BERNARD and FLORENCE SCARTH In a Comedy Duolofue Celled . - - "THE TALE OF AN OVERCOAT" By Florence Scarth SEARL ALLEN & ED HOWARD '' . Pre.entim "A REAL PAL" FRISCOE I " BROOKS LORELLA ' Tb. Pad.rnr.kl ef the Xyloph.ee , I ' Kaeck-Akeat CeeMdiene : FRANK .ORTH & WM. J. DOOLEY In a Comedy Skit Pronounced "THE FOOL DETECTIVES" ORPHEUM TRAVEL WEEKLY PRICES -Matinee, fallerT, IOci Best Around the World with the Orphaun Seat, (aacapt Saturday and Sunday), 25c. Circuit'. Motion Picture Photographers. , NlhU, lOo, 25c, 50c end 7oc - SPECIAL New Year's Etc., Sunday Ni.ht, December 31. Two Shows Will Bo Oion First Show at 730 Second Show at 9)40 - 1 Continuou. Vaudeville Photoplay. FIRST HALF. STARTING TODAY ELECTRICAL VENUS Intraductal Scientific Enlfun et Wonder end Fun. USING FIVE PEOPLE SAM HOOD "THE MAN FROM MEXICO" Gene and Katherine King "MILES OF SMILES" ADELINE LOWE & CO. Bis Novelty Surprise Act. . Wi.hine our patron, e Marry Xmaa, J A? faraat our feeture photoplay "THE COUNTRY THAT GOD FOR GOT," In live thrilling acta. ' ADMISSION 20c and 10c. GRAND BALL DELUXEaSv 111 S.i 18th, Opp. Fontenelle. CHRISTMAS NIGHT CRAND LEAP YEAR BALL Ladies' Night MON. EVE, DEC. 25TH NEW YEAR'S EVE ' DECEMBER 31ST DANCE ALL NIGHT NEW YEAR'S NIGHT GRAND CALENDAR BALL MON. EVE., JAN. 1ST Beautiful Calendar Free to All Who Come. Regular Ball Every Tueeday, Thure day, Saturday and Sunday Evening., MATINEE ChrLtma., New Year, end Sunday Why Be aMere Dancer When You Can Be An Expert? A few hours with a "specialist" will put that pro fessional "snap" to your dancing. Mr. Turpin "specializes" entirely upon private, personal instruction. 1 . This imparts that "Smartness" and "moijernism" which denote style. ' Engage the services of a Specialist in place of em ploying an ordinary teacher. TERMS MOST REASONABLE New Term for Beginners January 8th Phone Application Early Harney S143 dancing. Member first order Inner Circle. The mark o quality in danco p. m.i advanced, Tuesday, S p. m.i children Tuesday and Saturday after. and James Tenhrooke, who were associated with him last season, and Coley Lorella. Ernest Otto, Kitty Garner, Nettie Nelson, Earl and Marie Gates and others, while the vaudeville specialties are headed by the Four O'Brien Brothers in an astonishing acrobatic exhibition. To day's and the Christmas matinee will start at 3 o'clock. The Aborn Opera company's pro duction of "The Bohemian Girl" will be the attraction at the Brandeis thea ter New Year's eve, New Year's day and January 2. Victor Herbert is composer of the comic opera, "The Princess Pat." which comes to the Brandeis for three days, beginning January 8. . Christmas week will find a bang-up vaudeville bill at the Empress. Beginning today, the bill opens with Gene and Katherine King in "Miles of Smiles," a comedy singing and talk act done 'in a novel way. Adeline Lowe'' and company is designated as a "novelty surprise act." Sam Hood, the man from Mexico, touches up things in a bright, new way, which, according to advance reports, "gets" the audience. The Electrical Venus presents an act, using five people and introducing scientific enigma of won der and fun. The last half of the week brings "Tht! Magazine Girls," said to be a bunch of swell girls. VAUDEVILLE PAUL NAOMI Morton s Glass Preaenting a Musical Satire En titled "1910-1980" ' . Lucloue Fryer Announce. ' SAN CARLO Grand Opsra Co. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEE Beginning January ISth. ' AUDITORIUM, OMAHA A Few "Dollar Season Ticket." At Hoepe'e Mu.le Store, Green'e Phar macy. Matheve Booh Shop, Nebrealu Cycl.ry or Auditorium Mgra. Office, DA YD 4 RIGHTS THEATER DtCfiubtr 24 Metlneeet Sua., Mon.,.Wed. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MAT. A Play That Will Make You Think Thing Over. "Now Hearts Are Broken" Br Edward El Roso Author of The Rosary." , Nights, 25-3S-50-75e. ' Matinee., 15-25c. Nexti , '. '. 1 , ) 'The Girl He Couldn't Buy" nr resulted in their arrest. Give your Want Ad a chance to nuke good. Run it in The Bee. Frank nurKicy win K'yc mc or- .mnnnrv lurnismuffs were Cnr the installation Thursday.