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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1919)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE : ' SEPTEMBER 28. 1919 11 B x Eugene O'Brien Admits to Ideals M WORKING for ideals, juit as every worthwhile person should," asserted Eugene U linen, and you needn t laueh. I'm quite serious, really, and I don't mean that really to sound like an Englishman, either." "Why not?" we asked, with great interest. "Why the injured tone at all?" "Because I'm terribly afraid of you interviewers. I like to be made . out a real human being. I like peo ple and I want them to like me, and they certainly won't if you tell them I have a perfect English accent, and wear orange gloves when I'm eating ' grape fruit, and use sachet powder on my cereal in the morning. "We won't tell them anything of the sort," we promised, we'll tell them exactly what you've said, and they'll know you have a sense of humor, which is the most delightful trait in the world. Besides that, people are pretty apt to like anyone who wants them to very touch, so if vnii rallv vain thir onnA nnininiv we don't think you need worry about getting it. But please tell us about those ideals. We'll forget the sense of humor and take them as seriously as von want us to." The Perfect Lover looked skepti cal. . "I. think you're joshing me, but here goes anyway, for I'm in ear nest. I should like, through my picturizations, to help those of us who are weak to be stronger, to give them incentive and enthusiasm and encouragement for more valuable lives, and to help those who are strong to be more patient and toler ant towards their less fortunate fel low beings. That's what I'd like to do, but I guess I'm pretty far from it. It's all platitudes, too, but, as Mark Twain says, 'Adam was the only original man. that ever lived, wasn't he?'" He looked quite serious during this speech, as serious as Eugene , U JJrien could ever look, for m spite of hit lofty aspirations he is so brimming over with the joy of liv ing that one wouldn't associate him off-hand with definite intentions of any sort, philanthropic or otherwise. He is big and jolly and wholesome, the sort of person whose very ap pearance inspire! action and the as surance of a wonderful time. The discovery that underneath this gay exterior and exuberance of spirits is a most admirable ambition is like finding emeralds in a gold mine. Charming philanthropists are dis tinctly alluring. People who set out to reform the world are usually so much in need of reforming them selves. 'I'll tell you something else I'd really like to do," he added, "bur print it in small type, because I can't get anybody to agree with me. I want to play 'Michael and His Lost Angel.' What's the matter? Don't you think I look spiritual enough for the part?" "We don't think it would go." we maintained. "Henry Arthur Jones is a little bit too advanced for the picture fans." i "But I don't believe in playing down to one's audience," he argued. "That's one trouble with the movies. And now that Griffith has proved how wrong we were in believing that we had to have a happy ending, I think the rest of us might venture a few departures in other lines, don't you?" "We'd like nothing better than to see you do it. by way of digression. Won't you tell us what your latest hobbies are?" "Only one just at present-t-my house. I'm building a home, and I'm watching it grow with the great est enthusiasm." "And who is going to live in it with you?" eagerly. "My mother, emphatically; "we're the best of pals, and we're going to have a great time together. No, it's not a country place, it's in the center of town, because, as I said before, I like people and I like to see them around, especially in the evening. The country's all right for horseback riding I'm fond of that, you know but I'd rather be in the heart of things." Which is typical of Eugene O'Brien. He may be fastidious, sen sitive artists are, when they can af ford to be, but he is essentially in terested in life, keenly alive to vi tally human affairs; and, in our opin ion, the pleasure he gives the picture-loving public quite justifies the belief that his ideals aren't the least bit too idealistic, but are pretty cer tain to be fulfilled. SMART SAYINGS OF FILM STARS GROUND GRIPPER WVLKIKC shoe; MEDICAL CURE fOR FLAT FOOT SOLD FROM COAST TO COAST Ground Gripper Shoes for MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN We have recently added a full line of Children's GROUND GRIPPERS Owing to high prices prevailing many a child is forced to wear cast offs and ill-fitting shoes which misshape the tender bones and in a great many cases cause deformities which cannot be cured. Our Ground Grippers are the correct shape, Nature's own last. Sold only by J. J. 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Mildred Reardon: Men, like monkeys, are always up to some trick or other which women have to be continually guarding against. ,Eileen Percy: If woman is at the mercy of man before marriage, certainly marriage is at the mercy of both of them afterward. Madlaine Traverse: This would be a very harsh world with, men only, and it would be a very soft one with women only. Doris Pawn (a. new verse for an old song:) Ashes to ashes and dust to dust; you never met a "he vamp" that you could trust. Viola Dana: Laugh and the world laughs with you, but don't try to on your director when he wants you to emote. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TQ BE- SAY! WHEN DOWE EAT? You'll Find the Fellows Who Have Learned to Use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Right on the Job for Work, Play or Food. Dyspepsia or indigestion may fol low a glass of milk as easily as a "Since You've Been Usins? Stuart's Dvsoen- tia Tablet You Eat Just Like a Doughboy." plate of bacon and eggs. Today you may eat heartily and Tell fine. 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Bright lights and laughter, gay colors and near-wickednessthese are the elements of the veM of ro mance and glamor which the un thinking everyday people all about us are apt to cast over other people's occupations, at .least over a large number of occupations with which such associations have become tra ditional. Thus it is we are apt to think of the chorus girl, the travel ing salesman, the circus rider and the manicurist, particularly she who cares for the hands of the other sex. But if you are a man and you walk into a barber shop for a manicure, your half-hour spent sitting across the little white table from the girl working on your hands is a half hour of manicuring and not of flir tation. She smiles up at you, a pro fessional smile, when you sit down, and spreads a clean towel on the little pillow on the table. Now comes the critical moment irt which the girl sizes up her customer, if he is a new one, for appearances some times are misleading. "Now You May Soak Them." The ordinary preoccupied busi ness man falls into a thoughtful mood and' sometimes scarcely a word passes between the two, ex cept when she says, "Now you may soak them." Or the customer may start with the weather. There are ways and ways of starting with the weather, and the girl usually knows what sort of man is facing her be fore he has said three words. And if a man thinks he is going to "kid her along" he usually starts right in trying. But we will presume there enters the manicure's corner the average, more or less tired business man, with several pressing things to think about. First she files his nails; not grasping the long file firmly and awkardly and sawing away with compressed lips, the edge of the file digging into the finger tip, as so many amateurs at the task are apt to do. Instead she holds the in strument of torture between her thumb and finger as gracefully as ever a society dame poised a tea spoon, and moves it swiftly and lightly around the fingernail until the nail is of the desired shape. Then she clips and clips with tiny flashing scissors so lightly that he does not feel the points of the scis sors removing epidermal bits from his finger ends. Don't Exchange Three Words. Then she works around the root of the nail with an orange stick; she polishes and she is done. Per haps he hasn't exchanged three words with her. Perhaps he has told her that he is worried about his wife or one of the kiddies and it is possible that during the 15 or 20 minutes that his hands have been more or less in hers he has kept up a spirited conversation on movie heroes or even politics, if he is one i of those men who will deign to dis cuss politics with women. If she likes the looks of his hands and nails, she will probably tell him so, because she is very appreciative of good material when she finds it. His visit with her is over. She has worked for him just as his ste nographer, the elevator girl and the girl in the candy shop may serve him before the day is over. And yet such is the attitude of the unthink ing world in general that a girl who pursues manicuring for her life pro fession is usually sensitive to its hos tile feeling -and very quick to defend her own position and that of her co workers. "Some people are really surprised to find that we have a home and go to it every night at 6 o'clock," said one capable manicurist, the other day. "They think we are gay, wicked creatures who float around without any family connections and go to a theater with a different man every night in the week. They would be surprised to see us go home and cook supper, sweep the kitchen and darn stockings." Young Men Have "Such Nails." Although a manicurist is not as a rule a deep student of psychology she has a great opportunity to ob serve tht kinks and curves in human nature. One noticeable thing about men and manicuring, says one mani curist, is that the majority of men who come to be here are over 40. "Young men have terrible nails," she says, "they are very fussy about their appearance otherwise, but such finger nails 1" They think they can fool her about them, too, and say: "Why, I don't know what makes my nails look so bad, I had them tended to a week ago," when she knows very well from the look of the man's hand that he has not been near a manicurist for a month. Another well-worn excuse which many men present to the manicurist, is that they have been working on their cars. If a man's nails are dirty or spotted or broken, it's be cause of his automobile. And the smaller the man's car the louder he talks of the trouble it causes him. Nevertheless it seems to be true that autos do a great deal to ruin the hands of men who do not earn The Manicure? lit ! COMFORTS TODAY Earl Williams In "The Hornet Nest" HAMILTON ass' TODAY Anna Q.'Nilsson In 'The Way of the Strong' ' GRAND ffi- TODAY v ENID BENNETT In "LAW OF MEN LLOYD COMEDY. PATHE NEWS. Mat., 2:30, 4. Evening, 6:30, 6, 9:30. W J '""i. - wimmmm -1 but they're naturally handsome. I get in the habit of glancing at the nails of everybody, no matter what sort of folks they are or what they're doing. You get to you can tell a lot about folks by their fin ger nails." ' 4 . . Prinking Men Amuse Her.. If the manicurist has a sense of humor she gets a great deal of amusement out of watching man beautify himself. When woman would make herself charming she retires to the privacy of her cham ber and applies the accessories which enhance her charm. But man goes through all these operations uncon cernedly and self-centered in the public precincts of the barber shop. Sometjmes the manicurist, watches him amusedly from her corner and sometimes she is - summoned to work on his hands while the barber also works over him. '. "And of all the curling and per fuming and prinking," said one who observes, 'T never saw the like. Why, some men will spend IS min-t utes putting on their collars and ties after an hour in the barber's chair. No woman ever looked at herself as steadily and at long at I have seen some of our regular customers here." "Why, it's interesting work and it's not hard and there is good money in it," said another manicurist, when she was asked why she chose the profession, "and it is a great deal better for a girl who must earn her living with her hands than standing behind a counter, or even pounding a typewriter. Of course you have got to have a knack for it and tome firls can never learn proficiency, hey are wretched manicurists ' to their dying day." It is a fairly easy trade to learn because you learn by practicing on your friends until you feel capable of starting out on a customer.- ," . : ; . Medal For Dog. London. "For , vigilance . ; and sagacity" a silver medallion . hat been ; presented, to a Brdadstairs coastguard's dog which gave warn ing of enemy air raids. - 1 " their bread by manual labor, but do take care of their own cars. Has to Listen to All Sorts. Whether she encourages it or not, the manicurist must hear a great many people's troubles ana1 a great many kinds of troubles and although men are alleged to be able to keep secrets better than the weaker sex, they are just as quic& and often more likely to tell their troubles. Sometimes a man has a wonderful wife, but they just aren't congenial, and sometimes he can't stand it to live with her any longer. Some times he is abbut to make a lot of money in a big deal and sometimes he has just fallen down on a big deal. Whatever it is, the chances are strong that the manicurist will have to listen to it while it is fresh in his mind. From studying a man's nails the manicurist can tell very nearly the condition of his health. "I just hate to work on the hands of a man who I can tell is not strong and well. just from the looks and the touch of his hand. I like nice strong nails with big moons on them. And have APOLLO Leavenworth TODAY Olive Thomas "Upstairs and Down." BOULEVARD 33d and TOb AY ELSIE FERGUSON IN "EYES OF THE SOUL" and NESTOR COMEDY DIAMOND 24Lh.k:nd TODAY Constance Talmadge in "THE LESSON" Charlie Chaplin in "THE BANK" LOTHROP TODAY CHARLES RAY 24th and Lothrop "THEBUSHER" LLOYD COMEDY. PATHE NEWS Today to Tuesday "The Red Lantern" "The Picture Won-derful." Wed. and Thnrs. "Toys of Fate" The Triumph of her Career. you ever noticed," she went on, "what perfectly beautiful nails all foreigners have? I have even watched them working on the rail road track as I went by in the train an wished that all men could have such good-looking nails. Of course, they're not polished and everything, BOY Ak-Sar-Ben Special Specially Selected for the Festival MARY PICKFORD IN "THE HOODLUM" CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN SHOULDER ARMS" The Two Greatest Stars DEAR VISITOR: Kins Ak-Str-Ben Decrees, That Omaha hall entertain all yon good people who come to these portali: eo these two stars, are going to amuse yon. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. YOU MUST NOT MISS THIS ii a m , j it a i i ! imkiWA;:N:"--- I kj 1 ""' caravan, rear- I VfMfl? r,,or;t!,i' II h " ,W little differ. ' IfH' ( p f I out market fer I '.' , CW' t i of w o m - . among If e n- tCm Nr-'GS don. "400." - (ID) ESSIE. LJ il ISA a sss S 5 A t II! Ill IfsJI V ' I 9 MC7 LeJOUa ii z t - -it : V ST jt Just for Your Pleasure ' "THE NEW MOON ORCHESTRA" : Admission Main Floor, 20c; Balcony, 15cj Children, 10c, including tax. i n. and Sat. 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