THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 15. 1920.
GIRL SHOWS
FILL WEEK
Mm HE RAINBOW GIRL" will
I be revealed at the Brandeis
theater five nights, starting
tonight. "The Rainbow Girl," which
Klaw & Erlanger are sponsoring,
and which has created brilliant his
tory since its premiere at the New
Amsterdam theater, New York, has
had long runs in ChicagQ, Boston
and Philadelphia, and though it is in
its third season, it has been offered
in not more than 10 or 12 other
cities outside of these centers of
population. Last summer is the
first time it closed during this pe
riod, as it played continuously in
the Gayety theater, New York, the
previous summer.
Instead of going to farce for this
story, they selected a comedy by
Jerome K. Jerome, which was pro
duced in London some years ago
under the caption of "Fannie and
the Servant Problem" and at a later
time in New York as "The New
Lady Bantock." and this gave to
their composition a stability which
might not have come from a hand
less practiced in character delinea
tion and dramatic construction than
this well-known writer. Reynold
Wolf and Louis A. llirsch arranged
he Jerome K. Jerome comedy for
the lyric stage. Realizing at once
the merits of book and libretto,
Klaw & Erlanger, the producers,
equipped the four scenes with the
works of Joseph Urban, appointed
the best talent in the profession for
the leading roles and selected a
chorus which has been second to
none upon the light musical comedy
stage. The cast will include Billy
R.'Yan, Sydney Greenstreet, Rich
ard DcMar, Edward Forbes, Lulu
Swan, Grace Walsh. William Clif
ton, Jane Burby, Margaret Merri
man, Gladys Fooshee, Fred Solo
mon, Marquita Dwight, Johnnie
Jordan and Sybil Fooshee. v 1
Dancers who depend on gifted
pedal extremities alone to, captivate
public favor are hopeless. Pinky
and Alovsius, the eccentric pair in
'John fort's latest musical comedy
sensation, entitled "Flo-Flo," which
will be the attraction at the Bran
deis theater starting next Friday '
February 20, with matinee on Saturj
day, for a limited engagement of
three days, have added a trick hat
to their tcrpsichoreau offering that
never tails to bring down the house.
The production includes a remark
able cast, startlingly effective scen
ery, the one "perfect 36" comedy
chorus in existence and three fash-i-n
parades that have never been
surpassed on, any stage. The cast
includes Miss Rhoda Nickells, Jack
Norton. Barney Ward, Billy Collins,
Jean De Briac, Favmond Maxon,
Charles Brown, Harry Cowlcv.
Paula Temple, Lila Blow, Elgie
Bbwen and Estclle Maxon, besides
an augmented orchestra.
Mitzi is through with all dieting
and unusual exercising, at least as
long as she remains the star of
"Head Over Heels." which, from in
dication, will be a long time, for she
has plenty of exercise on the stage
to keep her trained down like a
race horse. She is now an acrobatic
star as well as a prima donna, and
must without camouflage perform
the gymnastic feats carried out also
by the trained circus performers
with her. And in addition she has
seven changes of costume to make
and is on the stage more thai three
quarters of the time of the perform
ance. Mitzi declares that ."Head
Over Heels" will keep her figure
slim and sylph-like and perhaps may
"entirely pass her away." Mitzi is
coming soon to the Brandeis.
That Mine. Petrova commands
many gifts, playing tragedy and
comedy equally well, aHul being as
t iTcctive as a singer as she is an
actress or mimic, will be demon
strated this week at the Orpheum.
She comes as the stellar attraction.
Her offering is described as a sym
phony of beauty, color and song.
Omaha is to be one of the favored
cities that she is to play in her lim
ited vaudeville engagement.' No film
celebrity is better known or more
popular than she. She has not, by
any means, finished with pictures;
but for a few weeks is giving her
time to vaudeville. Grace Dc'Mar, a
winsome comedienne of the in
genue type, gives bits of, character
zation from real life, orte being an
incident of a telephone booth, and
another a flirtation, and yet another
a street car occurrence. Marshall
Montgomery, most clever of ven
triloquists, will introduce some strik
ing novelties. He is capably assisted
by Edna Courtney. Harry Howard
is to present a decided novelty in his
spectacular exhibition of musical
Shetlands and terriers. Mirth and
melody will be pleasantly combined
in the offering of Jane Barber and
Jerome Jackson. He is the long,
lean, lanky type of comedian. Miss
Barber sings delightfully. Bright
stories and amusing songs will be
offered by Jack Osterman, the
youngest of vaudeville inonologists.
His Mother is Kathryn Osterman,
One of the most popular of musical
comedy stars. Two women and a
man make up the Billy La Mont
Trio, "wire walking wonders." Hur
morous comments taken from the
newspapers will be a screen feature
in "Topics of the Day," and news
events will be pictured by Kino
grams. The Ford Sisters are announced
at the Orpheum for the week of
February 22 in dance creation called
"Frolics of 1920." which includes a
group of four dances, each richly,
beautifully and appropriate set and
costumed. The Ford Sisters carry
their own orchestra under direction
of Art L.,Bcincr.
Something different from the
usual run of the burlesque entertain
ment will be given at the Gayety
theater the current week by Arthur
Pearson's "Step Lively Girls." The
chief, funmaker is "Shorty" McAllis
ter, who came to this country a few
vears ago with Charlie Chaplin in
the vaudeville act "A Night in tu
English Music Hall." He 'is as
sisted by Harry T. -Shannon, a long,
lean, lanky fellow and the difference
in the heights of McAllister and
Shannon, one being 5 feet and the
other 6 feet 3 is responsible for a
lot of the comedy of the show. Jhc
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QSRANOEIS)
Petrova's Idea
of Dress
THERE is at least one woman in
the world who is not a slave to
fashion! In her onininn. factiim,
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is the autocrat of autocrats, and if t
ray
ly over the international kingdom of
vogue.
Madame Petrova is an unusual
person. The idea of wearing a
tiling simply because some decree i
says it should be worn, to her, is the !
height of ridiculousness. Liverv of
any form is distasteful, and fashions I
in any form are a mild effort to put I
the world in livery. Why should I
many women of different builds, dif-1
ferent lights, different complexions,
different colored hair, different
weights and different shapes even
think of wearing the same style.
What is to become of personality,
individuality if you disguise it with
some article of apparel that makes
you dress the same as a million odd
other women throughout the coun
try. Clothing is an art, is the belief of
Madame Petrova, and it should be
designed by an artist. No artist
ever paints the same picture twice,
and neither should any two gowns
or any two pair of boots, or hats,
be the same. The well-dressed
woman is the woman who under
stands herself. The fault in so many
cases is with the woman. They want
to look like someone else. If a
woman would just try to look like
herself at her best instead of Lillian
Russell and Mary Pickford at their
worst, the result would be much bet
ter. Because Maxine Elliotf looks
well in an Elizabethan ruff is no
sign that the woman whose head
squarely rests on her shoulders, with
no neck at all. But this lady wants
to wear one because she saw a
beautiful picture in one of the maga
zines. Cinderella had a small foot, but if
some woman weighs two hundred
and some odd pounds and tries to
wear a slipper the size of Cinder
ella's, the appearance is that she is
deformed. Yet this woman never be
lieves it. She, on the other hand,
believes that everyone admires her
for her small' feet.
According to Madame Petrova,
then, although it doesn't express
Madame Petrova's language, is
"Don't kid yourself."
The next thing for the woman
who would be well dressed, to
learn, is harmony the harmony of
color, just what colors her own
personality will stand. One woman
can wear a gown of the most pro
nounced color without its appear
ing loud. Another woman with the
same color combination would look
like a ctrcus poster. No artist would
attempt to make a lily more beauti
ful by putting patches of green and
red and yellow on it. Neither would
any woman try to make herself
more beautiful by dressing in a
crazy quilt.
If you happen to be tall, you may
look well in a circur creation, but
heaven help the short woman who
attempts to wear a dress, the colors
of which run horizontally ''and
change alternately.
Madame Petrova is fine of the
best dressed women in America.
Her dress is absolutely distinctive.
Her appearance makes it possible
for her to be a bit bizarre. She
can wear the most startling crea
tions without looking loud. Her
advice to other women she follows
absolutely, and this is "Woman,
know thyself." This, of course, is
applied solely and entirely to her
attire.
principal feminine members of the
enmpany ar Catherine Crawford,
"The American Fashion Plate" and
little 'Anna Propp, 4 feet 4 inches 01
personality; Margie Wilson and Lil
lian Fowler. The plot of the show
was lost at the rehearsals. It was
built for laughing purposes only and
it is really giving your brain an ex
cursion. It is also said to b.e good
for the eyes as Arthur Pearson has
succeeded in getting together a flock
of young and pretty girls who can
sing and dance and "Step Lively"
they do. Ladies' matinee at 2:15
daily all week, starting tomorrow.
Today's matinee begins at 3.
"Evervsailor." the deen sea eob
rand girly show that the sailors of
CcMerfne Crcwford s Jt J
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Joan Hard ccis tie
Gobi to Give Big
Feature Act at the
Empress This Week
VAUDEVILLE patrons can look
forward to a treat in the nature
of a new sailor act which
brings with it the hearty commenda
tion of no less a person than Presi
dent Wilson himself, having been
given for his entertainment on his
return from France by the sailors
of the U. S. S. George Washington.
The act called "Evervsailor," written
and produced by Philip Dunning,
will provide the stellar attraction
at the Empress today and until
Thursday.
Featured in the act is the famous
sailor dancing "girl" who, when the
show was presented for the presi
dent, flitted through the audience a
la "Winter Garden" runway, much
to the amusement of the president
and his party, and presented Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson with a large
kewpie doll costumed as "Everv
sailor." The company is composed
entirely of discharged navy men and
the original cast as it appeared be
for the president is practically in
tact.. There are 11 tars in the com
pany, every one of them wearing
service stripes for sea duty.
the U. S. S. George Washington
staged for President Wilson and the
peace party, wM provide the stellar
attraction at the Empress theater
today and until Thursday. The com
pany is composed entirely, of dis
charged navy men and the original
cast as it appeared before the presi
dent is practically' intact. Owe of
the featured acts of the bill will be
the offering of Follettc, Pearl and
Wicks, who introduce smart songs,
operatic travesties and a line of pat-,
ter that borders on the "nut" variety.
Jack Baxley and Lillian Porter will
appear in a music, song and comedy
number. Miss Porter singing rag
numbers exclusively while Mr. Bax
ley sings the old time melodies. An
exhibition of equalibristics will be
given by Paul and Walter La Varrc.
Burglar Alarm Protects
His Private Liquor Stock
New Bedford. Mass.. Feb. 14.
An elaborate burglar alarm system
has been installed in a lonely farm
house in South Dartmouth to pro
tect a priceless stock of liquor
owned by Colonel Edward H. R.
Green, son of the late Hetty Green.
SYMPHONY
CONCERT
MinneapolisSypphony
Orchestra
AUDITORIUM
Wed., Feb. 18, 8:15 P.M.
Ticket. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50
Plus War .Tax
0$c? Petrova
Racing to End in Two
Years, Predicts Pastor
Washington. D C. Feb. 14.
j Horse racing in the United States
I will be a thing of the past within
two years, according to the Rev.
i Henry N. Pringle of the Interna
tional Reform bureau, who is con
i ducting a campaign for passage of
the Sims-henyon anti-gambling bill.
Spats Not Luxuries
London, Feb. 14. Magistrate
Chapman, in a Westminster court,
has decided that spats are not luxur
ies and fined a Knitsbridge haber
dasher $250 for selling a pair at
$3.75. He overruled the argument
advanced on the dealer's behalf that
only the fastidious wear white spats.
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For U: S. Service Men
Books, Tuition, Paper, Other Equipment, and
14 Months of Schooling ABSOLUTELY FREE!
The School opens Monday,
March 1, under auspices of the
Knights of Columbus War Activities.
SOME OF THE SUB
JECTS TO BE
OFFERED
ACCOUNTING
BOOKKEEPING
MATHEMATICS
COMMERCIAL LAW
BUSINESS ENGLISH
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AUTO MECHANICS
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SALESMANSHIP
SHORTHAND
LANGUAGES
TYPEWRITING
MECHANICAL DRAWING
JOURNALISM
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donated to the organization during the war, for soldiers, and not
used before the Armistice.
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Psychology o f the Dance
JUST at what geographical point
and just when the dancing
hysteria, characterized by jazz
and cabaret, began in this country,
it would be difficult to determine.
What inspired it, and who were the
people who introduced the craze?
Some havesuggested that it was the
effect of the emancipation of femin
ism; an excessive and intemperate
relaxation following an eternity of
thraldom. Certainly it began some
time before the world war and may
have been a forerunner of the same.
In any event it was a dance of dis
integration, a dance of destruction
rather than of creation. Men and
women physically unqualified took
part in, the violent exercise to 'the
detriment of their health. And few
were left unscathed, for the craze,
like the flu epidemic, swept through
every city and hamlet of the United
States.
Now1 will there, be a dance of
restoration? A dance of creation
with the spirit of good will and
peace? If it comes to pass, what
will be its mode? One may be cer
tain of its tempo. Certainly it Vill
have all of the poetry of motion
and the beauty aud charm of pro
ductivity. The dance has always
articulate thought and as symbolic
as lyrics and music. As life is move
ment or action, and as the- essence
of drama is action, for its province
is. to portray life, the dance with
movement as its fundamental ele
ment must be closely allied with the
drama of life and is, therefore, a
high form of expression. Conse
quently there is a dance for all na
tions according to their being and
temperament whether barbarous
or civilized, and it may be fjeeting,
significant of a national victory
or catastrophe.
Will Ask Congress
For Fund to Improve
The Red River Valley
Fargo, N. D., Feb. 14. Congress
will be asked during the first session
of 1920 to appoint an international
commission to act jointly with Can
ada' in perfecting a drainage and
flood control system for the valley
oi the Red river of the north in both
nations.
This action was determined at a
conference of representatives from
North Dakota, South Dakota and
Minnesota, iust concluded here. A
delegation from the tri-state confer
ence will go to Washington to pre
sent the case to congress.
Similar action, aiming at interna
tional co-operation, has also been
taken at a conference in Winnipeg,
attended by representatives from the
three states. This conference was
arranged with Minister of Public
Works Gncrson after lederal and
provincial officials pronounced the
details acceptable.
Flan Festival of Nations.
London, Feb. 14. A national fes
tival of nations to be held in Eng
land in 1922 is advocated by the
British League of Nations union.
The festival would seek to outdo the
world's expositions of St. Louis or
Paris. Andrew M. O'Brien is be
hind the idea and a committee has
been formed to exploit it.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
nights, from March 1, 1920, to
July 1, 1920; and Sept. 1, 1920,
to July 1, 1921.
The school will be held in the
Creighton Law building, 210 So.
18th street.
This building has a capacity for
1,000 students.
Enrollment starts Tuesday, Feb.
17, and ends Feb. 24.
Any discharged Service man or
woman of the World War is eli
gible. IT WON'T COST A DIME.
Teachers to be chosen from uni
versities, colleges and public
schools.
No religious questions asked. No
religious services of any kind in
the school.
':
Any vocational branches not list
ed here will be given if pupils ask
for them.
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There is a considerable amount
of nervous force expended in the
dance. This is evident as the brain
center is the motive power of the
dance. That is the reason it ex
presses a language of its own. It
is an exhaust valve for letting out
nervous force which may be put
into movement by a great joy or
a great passion.
Everybody understands the dance,
because it is elemental, though'
highly expressive. Aid that is why
the onlooker is hiore or less in ac
cord with the dancer. It is move
ment, action,' which is life itself
understood by most people. All
men and women know- the goddess
cf the dance, Terpsichore. So it
may be clearly seen why it is a fea
ture of musical comedy, and its
higher form, grand opera. And it
has its place in "The Rainbow Girl.".
And here the dance is led by five
people: Harry Delf, Lenora No
vasio. Gladys Fooshee, Mabel House
and Edna Hettlcr. Every one has
had a thorough training irt the art.
And their dance is one of construc
tion. In the dance number "In a Month
or Two" the Misses House and Het
tler, as old friends of a new groonj,
are invited to come around, in a
month or two. Being in a mildly
flirtatious mood, they linger and
tease the newlywed. It is all ex
pressed in the dance, with the dal
cimer in a quivering excitement to
keep up the pace. At first a gentle
solicitation, a mild overture, then
the heart of coquetry in the dance,
finally a retreat. 1 In the other
dances, with Harry Delf and chorus,
they give the spontaneity and grace
cf youth to the dance, the pleasur
able anticipation expressed in the
song's sentiment.
'Canadian Provinces
; Need Influx of Over
8 Million Farmers
Winnipeg, Feb. 14. The intelli
gence branch of the Department of
the Interior, Canada, has issued
some interesting estimates of the
farming population which the three
prairie provinces are capable of main
taining: Manitoba, according to these fig
ures, would support 1, 639.313 farm
ers; Saskatchewan, 2,319,968, and Al
berta, 3,739,478, or a total for the
three provinces of 7,698,759.
Such a rural .population in the
prairie provinces would be almost as
great as the population of all Canada
is today, including towns and cities
as well as country. It will be years
before the vast prairies are thus
comfortably filled with farmers. Im
migration fell off greatly during the
war but picked up rapidly last year.
More than 100.000 settlers came into
Canada in 1919, and of these nearly
50 per cent were from the United
States. In addition, 30,000 Canadian
soldiers were placed on the land.
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2PM4JV' Evngs., 25-50-75C, $1
ARTHUR PEARSON'S BRAIN CHILD
"Step Lively, Girls"
Musical
que
RICH "SHORTY" M'ALLISTER. HARRY T.
SHANNON and th Famoiu "Sttp Llvily" Beauty
Chorus. EXTRA: Catherine Crawford' Faihlon Girls
LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS
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OMAHAN TELLS
CHINESE ABOUT
AVIATION IN U. S.
Former Lieutenant In Great
Demand Before Mongolian
Audiences Promoting
Foreign-Missions.
Lieut. Stanley IT. High of Om;i
lia, who accompanied Dr. Ralnh A.
Ward, associate secretary of the
board of foreign missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church, to
China as private sccrctarj-, ha been
greatly in demand among Chinese
students and others for addresses
on aviation, the branch of military
service, in which he served during
the war.
During the visit of Dr. Ward's
party to Nanking, the ancient cap
ital of China, during November, Mr.
High gave seven addresses within
a single week, speaking to the girls
of Ginling college, the foreign
school, the students . of Nanking
university and to the naval students
and commercial"-club members.
This event was. particularly nota
ble because of the presence of Gen
eral Kwang and representatives of
both the civil and military gov
ernor. After Mr. High had spoken
for 50 minutes and ceased, so great
was the interest he was asked to
continue for another hour.
At Nanchang Lieutenant High
spoke at the Y. M. C. A. to an au
dience which the China Press of
Shanghai, November 28, characterized-
as "the largest crowd ever
assembled in . the auditorium" of
that institution. Similarly at Yen
ping and Foochow he has spoken
to government students.
These opportunities have enabled
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(HERSELF)
The Eternal Feminine
Presented by
GRACE DE MAR
HOWARD'S
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JACK OSTERMAN
In 15 Minutes of
. "SOMETHING"
TOPICS OF THE DAY
Prices Nights, 15c to $1; Few $1.25 Sundays; Matinee, 15c to 75c.
(Patrons pay war tax)
the speaker to ivescnt also the ve
construction work planned in Km
rope by the centenary conservation
committee of the Methodist church,
a work which he saw at rtrst hand
as secretary of the reconstruction
commission sent there for the sum
vey carried out some months ago. .
Rev. Mr. High's father is the
Rev. F. A. High of the centenary,
conservation committee's headquar
ters staff, 320 City National Bank
building. ;
Landlords Blame Nail . .
Shortage for High RenU
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 14. rity the
"poor" landlord and bbune the high
rent cost on the lack of nails.
St. Louis contractors and hard
ware dealers declare that shortage
in nails in Missouri and Kansas is
holding up building operations and
thus keeping up rents. , They claim
th.it greatest shortage exists in the
8s, Ids aud 20s. In Kansas City,
it is declared, dealers are rationing
nails to their customers.
NEW SHOW TODAY.
"EVERYSAILOR"
A Jazzy, Shimmying Choms of
Girlie Gobs.
FOLLETTE, PEARL AND WICKS
Smart Songs and Operatic Travesties.
BAXIEY AND PORTER
Musicians and Vocalists
PAUL and WALTER LA VARRE
Artistic Acrobatic Act.
PHOTOPLAY
ATTRACTION
George Walsh
in
"The Shark"
A Sea Story of Luck,
Lure and Love.
Photoplay Supplement
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FRED SOLOMON
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