THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE : ' SEPTEMBER 28. 1919
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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.
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mental exercise of coining epi
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a few of the recent sayings from
feminino lips:
Mary Pickford: Discontent breeds
trouble. Trouble breeds broken
noses and black eyes. So watch
your step.
Peggy Hyland: Life is serious;
life is earnest, but we don't have
to cry over it.
Kathleen O'Connor: There are
three kinds of marrying men
those who marry for money, the
sort who lead a girl to the altar
because so many fellows are try
ing to do the same thing, and those
who feel it's dignifying to be "my
dear'd" at breakfast
Ethel Teare: If you keep your
nose to the grindstone all your life
your face will begin to show it.
An Extra: A picture a day keeps
the landlady at bay.
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.
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NOT MUCH JOY IN
HER DAY'S WORK
It's Mostly a Day of Clip-1
pings With Occasional '
Outpourings.
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?
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COMFORTS
TODAY
Earl Williams
In
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HAMILTON ass'
TODAY
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In
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ENID BENNETT
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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.-
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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
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TODAY
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ELSIE FERGUSON
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Charlie Chaplin in "THE BANK"
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CHARLES RAY
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Today to Tuesday
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"The Picture Won-derful."
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"Toys of Fate"
The Triumph
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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,
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