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Doctor Eliot Urges .
Uu of Movies in Alt
' ' Schools of America
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president
emeritus ' of Harvird university,
Itrongly advocates the utilization of
moving pictures in schools through
out the country as a means of edu
cation. "We re trying from the kinde.
garten through the
professional
schools at this moment to utilize all
means of education through the
eye," Dr. Eiiot said. "We have been
The
When you end your corn with Blue
jay.it will be the last corn you let grow
You will know how, to stop the pain.'
And how to quickly "and "completely N
end all corns.
There are millions who use Blue-
jay 'nowT and they never let a corn
remain. 1
The new-day way ,
Blue-jay is the new-ijay way, the
dentine method. V L
It was perfected in a laboratory
world-famed for its surgical dressings.
It is supplanting the many, treat"
ments which are harsh and inefficient
It has made paring as ridiculous
as it is unsafe,7 for paring doesn't
end corns.
. Do this tonight:
Apply to a corn a Blue-jay plaster,
or liquid Blue-jay Whichever you
prefer.
" Mark how. the pain stops. Then
wait a little and the corn wiH loosen
and comeout. '
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happy, the nation prosperous, and the MsM' )
l" world better. T .;; Iff f f
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accustomed to depend upon the Mr
very largely to begin with. 'V'.
"The whole lecture business, tor
instance, in schools, colleges and
universities, professional schools in
cluded, has been through the ear.
It is a -veryinferior method to edu
cation through the' eye. I learned
that rather early in life, because I
wanted to be a chemist and I foundj
when I brgan to study chemistry
really that - that ws very largely
a work of the eye."
William Desmond has planted a
plar
his
grove of lemon tree on
in California on the theory that the
lemon is destined to e the great
tnirst quencher of the future.
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are ended in this way. , . r ;
Don't suffer corns. Don't have 1
: your feet disfigured. . They can be .
ended almost as easily as a dirt-spot
on your face. They are just as inex
cusable. V .' ; -V ',:
Don't forget this. It means too t
much to you.
y sk your druggist for Blue-jay.
Blue-jayy
i&JC Plaster or Liquid
The Scientific Corn Ender
UR GRIEF
fz dead, spreads across the seas.
On ihe; fields of France, where the
poppies bloom, there ' are garlands
strewn upon the graves of -those who
fell in the Argorine, in Belleau Woods,
at Chateau Thierry. v - :'::':;p
And-on our own soil, we reverently
pay a double tribute to those who gave
their lives for Union and for liberty.
They served! In their imperishable
ory let us see the heritage they left.
It is for us to read the lesson of heroic
deeds that he who serves the nation
serves himself. ' y 'N.
Let it not be in vain they gave their
alk The times call for service to our
nation. Ut us render that loyalty to
our landAvhich
happy, the nation prosperous,
woria oetter.
' Replies to Critics:
, The Rev. George Clarke, who is
appearing in pictures, in ' Long
Beach, Call answered critics the
ether day Avho said that he was
degrading his callng. by replyng
that he believed pictures were an
r.gency for good, and hoped to
prove his theory. . v
Start Tarzan film. 1
With "a . Pacific ocean setting
framed by tropical jungles, and with
half a dozen palatial yachts at com
mand, the National rilm corpora
tion is busily at work on the pic
torial prologue , to "The Son of
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corn does all corns will
todayrfor 0ur spldier
makes the coinmunixy
THE OMAHA SUNDAY
Mabel Had Lots of Fun
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This Steain Automobile Locomotive About
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Mabel; Norman J -i atUhe wheel
cf the first steam' automobile loco
motive in the world. The extraor
dinary machine was built by D. E.
Hunt, a, mechanical mgineer of Cal
ifornia. It whistles, rings-a bell,
Programs for the Week
Rialto, "Polly of the Storta,Country.'
CAST OP CHARACTERS,:
Felly Hopkins, i. .Mildred Harrli Chaplin
Kobcrt Robertson.
. Emryohnoon
Evelyn Robertson . .
Marcus MarKensie. . . ,
Jeremiah Hopkins...
Wee Jerry
. Charlotte Burton
. . TTHarry Northrup
.Maurice Valentine
Micky- Moofe
A strong story of love and hate is
"Polly of the Storm Country," witii
Mildred Harris Chaplin in the title
role, the attraction at the Rialto for
four .days, beginning today. Mrs.
Chaplin is' Polly Hopkins, living
with her aged father and little broth
er in a squalid shack in the squatter
country. She is the frieild of Eve
lyn'' Robertson, who has secretly
rrnarried Qscar Bennett, a farmer ic
tne community, years betore during
her college days. Then Marcus
MarKertSie, arch enemy of the squat
tens, falls in love with Evelyn. Eve
lyn, to protect herself, tells Mac
Kensie that Bennett is married to
Polly. Polly's own lover, Robert
Robertson,- Evelyn's brother, leaves
her in .disgust. Bennett dies' anil
Evelyn marries MacKensie. No one
but Polly . knows the seCret until
MacKensie plans to drive out all th
squatters and deprive her aged father
of a home. Then Polly's long suf
fering love fof Evelyn iiirns to hate.
BEE: MAY SO, 1920.
When She First Drove
puffs, snorts and even backs up
aifff attracts considerable attention
when it steams up the street. Mabel
was the first girl to drive the ma
chine, which will do nearly 100- miles
an hour on the road.. . ,4-.
v Alice Joyce ; in "Dollars and the
Woman" 'will 'be the program at the
Rialto the last half of the week. .
Empress "The Iron Heart."
CAST OP CHARACTERS.,
Esther jlegan. .Madia lne Traversa
Darwin McAllister George McDantel
John Regan Edwin Booth Til ton
Cyrus K. Moulton. .. .Melbourne McDowell
Dan Cullen Ben Deoly
"The Iron Heart," starring Mad
laine Traverse, begins at the Em
press theater today for a four-day
engagement. Denison Clift, author
dnd director, has made 'The Iron
Heart" a gripping industrial story pf
the big steel mills. Estjjer Regan,
the daughter of John Regan, philan
thropist and owner of the Regan
Iron works, is intrusted with the
management of the mills by hefl
dying father. He tells her that con
tinued possession Of the mills will
mean a fight with big eastern corpo
rations. .Esther decides to fight. A
competitor gets into the mills as a
workman to learn her secrets. He
falls in love with Esther. A jealous
superintendent sells himself -to the
opposition. Esther's fight is a big
one. .
Mitchell Lewis comes- to the Em
press the last half of the , week in
"King Spruce," Holman Day's story
of the Maine forests. '
Moon "The Orphan." '
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
The Orphan William Farnum.
Helen Shield t Louise Lovely.
Tex WiUard Henry Hebert
Bueknel Earl Crain.
Margaret Shields Olive White.
William Farnum in "The Orphan,"
opens a five-day engagement af the
Moon today. Mr. Farnum this ime
is a notorious outlaw the terror
of the ittle town of Ford's station.
It is said that Mr.. Farnum puts
tremendous dash, vigor and fire into
this powerful story of the days pf
bandits and Indians and stage coach
holduDS. He is made the victim lof
circumstances in-the story, reforms,"
gains the friendship of the sherm;
who 4ias gone, cyut to capture him,
gefs a new: start in life, and event
uallyvwins the love of a beautiful
girl..";-. ." i' '- ,
"The Great Western Four,' "Sing
ing Cowboys , on .a Holiday," a
quartet of cowboys, is th musical
prelude at the Moon this week.
Sun 'Nurse Mariorie.""
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Nurse Marjorle. , . .. Mary Miles Minter
John Danbury Clyde Fillmore
Mr. uanhury, sr. . ,j , . . . . .Oeorge Ferlolet
Mrs. , Danbury. ; . ; . . . . . . .Mollle MacConnell
Lord Douglas Fltztrevori ... . .Frank Leigh
Mary Miles Minter in "jJurse Mar
jorie" is the program at the Sun for
the current week. ' In this story by
Israel Zangwill, Mary is the .'only
daughter of the duke 'and duchess of
Donegal. As Lady. Marjorie,- she
suddenly develops a desire to earn
her own living, conceals her identity
and enters a training hospital. When
a wealthy young man , falls in lore
with her some humorous situations
are developed as his parents put up
a great fight to keep their only son
and heir from marrying his nurse.
" Strand. ('
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
HIldaNordstrem . . . . .' Anita. Stewart.
Bertha Nordstrom Anita Stewart.
John Matbison Ward Crane.
Robert Hallowell Donald MacDonald.
Karl Lysgaard Joseph Kilgour.
"The Yellow Typhon," Harold
McGrath's greatest adventure story,
adapted to the screen, opens a
week's engagement at the Strand
theater today. Anita Stewart lias
the dual rol; twin sistersalike ex
cept for the color of their hair. Fon
the first time in her screen career,
Miss Stewart, as the "Yellow
Typhoon," plays the part of a
wicked woman. Bertha, the "Yellow
Typhon," elopes with Roboft Hallo-,
well, a oung naval engineer: Soon
after thebody of a girl" answering
her description is found in the river.
But the body is that of her maid,
Bertha mak.es short work' of Rob
ert's fortune, deserts him, and to
satisfy her, insatiable love for 'ad
venture embarks on a life of crime.
Her sister, .Hilda, acquires a posi
tion with the United Statees secret
service. With Karl - Lysgaard," an
other erimirial, Bertha attempts to
steal plans for S navar invention
from herjormer husband. Hilda -is
put on the . trail of , the criminals.
The rest oL the story, whicrT is in
describably, thrjlling, concerns the
chase of the good sister for "The
Yellow ayphon" and Lysgaard.
Orpheum.
"Footlights and Shadowi."
A set that resembles the "Follies"
or New York's famous "Cocoanut
Grove," but larger than both put to
gether,' was used in screening the
big central scene of Olive Thomas'
Selzniclt picture, , "Footlights " nnd
Shadows," which comes to the Or
pheurn theater today for the opening
oHhe summer season.: In building
this set the entire floor space of the
Selznick Fort Lee studio was used,
and a wonderful "Midnighv&evue"
stage was built at one end a-complete
stage, with . footligWrsrSur
tains, orchestra pit and wings. The'
rest of the floor was turned int
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cafe, seating several hundred peo
ple. '
In "Footlights and Shadows" Miss
Thomas is first seen as a dancer, a
"Follies" darling, and the entire
chorus of the famous Greenwich
Village Follies appear with her in
the original costumes which first sur
prised and delighted their New York
audiences."
Miss' Thomas herself wears an
exact duplicate of the costume worn
by Bessie McCoy Davis, the dancer
who heads the real Greenwich Vil
lage Follies, and in every particular
the scenes are reproductions of the
cleverest and swiftest shows' in New
York.
Mise-Today, "Nurse Marjorie"
with Wary Miles Minter. 'Tomor
row and Tuesday, "The Garter Girl,"
with Corinne Griffith, a story of the
stage and Rosalie Ray. a vaudeville
actress, who every afternoon and
evening swings over the audience
and kicks a garter Jfrom her shapely
leg. Wednesday and Thursday,
Jack Gardner in "Gift O' Gab" Is
the program, a story of a boy who
was born with a glib tongue. Fri
ray and Saturday, William S. Hart
is the attraction in "The Bargain."
Grand, Sixteenth and Binney
Streets Today, Constance Tal
niadge in "In Search of a Sinner,"
Pollard comedy and , Pathe News;
"tomorrow ana Tuesday, Nell Ship
man in "Back to- God's Country,"
story of'the great North; Wednes
day, Jack Pickford in "Burglar by
Proxy;" "Adventures of Ruth. No.
8:" Thursday and Friday Norma
Talmadge in "The Woman Gives,"'
Mack Sennett comedy, Gee Whizz.
Hamilton Today, Sylvia" Breamer
in "Blood Barriers;" Monday, Roy
Stewart in The Silent Rider;" Tues
day, George Fawcett in "The Rail
roaders," and 'fatty" Arbuckle com
edv; Wednesday, Dustin Farnum in
"Durand of the Bad Lands;" Thurs
day George Walsh in "The Shark;"
Friday, Harry Carey in "Overland
Red;" Fannv Ward in "The Profit
eerj." ... ' . ..
Suburban Todav, Frank Mayo in
"A Little Brother of the Rich;"
Century "Dog Gone Clever," fea
turing "Brownie, the Wonder Dog;"
tomorrow, House Peters ,in "You
Never Know Your Luck;" Jack
Dempscy in "Dare Devil Jack," No.
10; Tuesday and Wednesday, George
Walsh in "A Manhattan Knight:"
Snub Pollard in "Don't Weaken;"
Thursday and Friday, Enid Bennett
in-"What Every Woman Learns,"
Fatty Arbuckle in "Back Stage;"
Saturday, Charles Ray in "Bill
Henry." .
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Screen Plays
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Marshall Neilan is detlaring that
Colleen Moore, who is to appear
opposite Wesley Barry, when the
boy actor makes his debut ' as a
star, is a-natural born artist and has
a great future before hre. .
Williamu S. Hart aays that stories
written expressly for the screen
are more successful than stage
plays cr novels adapted to motion
picture production. (
' Rumor has it that Mary Pickford
and .Douglas Fairbanks have post
poned their trip to Europe and
around the world in order to insure
a steady release of pictures through
the United Artists corporation. The
president of the corporation, Hiram
Adams, announced that the present
unsettled conditions of communica
tion between Europe and America
might delay the making of pic
tures. Sessue Hayakawa is planning to
build a new studio" in Los Angeles.
The Administration building will be
set well back on a lawn and Japanese
gardens will occupy space's between
stages. .
Los - Angeles has a theater, the
Superba, which admits free every
soldier and sailor who wear, a gold
chevron, active or discharged.
Vtugene O'Brien is now working
m "A Fool and His Money," a pic
ture adapted from the novel by
George Barr McCutcheon.
Martha Mansfield gets half of her
name from Mansfield, O., where she
was born and 'raised.
"The Invisible Divorce" is so
called because its story is of a man
and his wife who are separated by
mutual coldness evens though they
are not legally divorced.
Jackie Saunders has been signedj
up by Fox .to play feminine lead
with William Farjium.
Billie Burke is to be starred in
"The . Frisky v Mrs. Johnson," an
adaptation of the comedy by Clyde
Fitch, which, when produced, in
1902, was one of the season's great
est successes. The scenes of the
play are laid in Paris during car
nival time.
"Way Down East," now being
made by D. W. Griffith, may develop
into another "Birth of 4 a Nation" in
point of stupendous production if it
As the keen miitded. secret
service operative -vkose.
vomans Vit succeeds in. tuii--tiiii
down a dcsperaieatL
oFiiLteriuatioitai cruttmjals
after tne wale sleuths of the
vorld had fallectTLtcric
cekbated ?atuidaEveniitEstst
op a woman vlto lived
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&,iu3b Mildred Jacque
cdizrccucgr -their .
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hong
keeps on growing. Mr. Griffith it .y
constantly seeing greater possibil
ities in the play. The cast as it now
stands inckidesi Lillian Gish, Rich
ard Barthelmess, Burr Mcintosh,
Creighton Hale and Vivia Ogden,
Clarine Seymour was wonking in
this play when she .was taken ill
and died.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter DeHaven are '
making a film version of "Twin
Beds." ; . . ; ..
Wallace Reid begins the produc
tion this week of "The Charm
School," which, we take it, is an
oi her S. E. P. story.
Doris Keane, long a star in "Ro
mance" on the legitimate stage, haJ
just completed a screen version oi .
the play and has gone back to Lon
don to resume a run of the original
play. " r
In advertising Constance Tal
madge in "Two-Weeks," a metro
politan press agent wrote "Her cos
tume in a vanity box, she swims by
the light of the moon." A contem
porary remarks that while not ex
actly correct he is willing to bet that
the P. A.'s version of it packed the
theater.
Mrs. Sidney Drew announces that
she will do some really serious act
ing, dramatic productions, you
know, this fall.
Alice Brady has been seriously ill
in Chicago. Her work on both the
stage and in the studio, where she
was making "The Dark Lantern,".
was interrupted for a time. t
Fanny Ward, after an absence
.from the screen for more than a
year, announces from Paris that her
newest picture, "Storm Swept," is
ready for release. The story is an
adaption of Henri Bernstein's "La
Rafale."
To Honor Soldier Dead.
Gov. Calvin Coolidge of Massa
chusetts, preparing for the obser-
vation of Memorial day in the Bay
state, requested that all motion pic
ture theaters arrange for a showing
on Memorial day of pictures of the
graves of the American soldiers
who were killed in France. The
plan was proposed by Myron T.
Herrick, former American ambassa
dor to France, to Governor
Coolidge.
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