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"f V. i; v 'V- I Subject Is Woman; Harold Lloyd Says Fejp Things About Em I "Nobody ever knowf whit a woman thinks not even another woman. This is one of the neatest devices contained in the scheme of the universe. It keeps a great nry tery safely bottled up. In acknowl edgement of the blessing of having something left to worry about, the ancient Egyptians built a monument to y-i'Stery, carved a woman's face on it" and called it the "Sphinx The sphinx perpetuates the unani mous admission 01 me yeuy.c u ereat arid enlightened nation that ?w.omen know everything, but never will tell. , "Why, then, do women talk so much? One would think they would L be, afraid of sayi-ig something. In tin. first nlace. science ohvsiology teaches us that, whereas it is hard j work tor a man to taiK. it is so easy -for a woman that it actually tts iilr. In the second, place, patient listening and carefuKanalysis will prove t any unprejudiced person that a woman's talk has no connec tion whatever with her mental proc esses, and that she knows ir So she may indulge in her favorite -Teereav tipnsafely and to her heart's con- "Bf analogy, the foregoing also j answers the question: wry are women born with India rubber faces? "It is difficult for a man not to reveal' in hi? countenance th burn ing thoughts taking form in bis brain. His face being composed of a substance hardly more pliable than sole feather, to acquire the technique of physiognomical .dissimulation is beyond his powers.' But a woman's face, being made of a delicate tex ture of India rubber, she is able to make it express anything she likes at an instant s notice, ilhus she is ahle promptly to deny with her face all that she has just said with her tonpue, and vice versa. ' "This is why some woman" actors command such large salaries One well tfcijned India, rubber face "Will , produce as much variety on the ' screen as the sole leather faces .of half a dozen man actors. It is as easy for a woman to make faces as it is for her to talk: She does both at once without turning a hair. And bqth rriediums of expression 9re equally efficacious in totally .'con cealing what she thinks. . .' . 'Mi you don't belieje it, ask her some time why he imer forgets Ko put a dab of pertume behind her ears. Married How Long? Olive Thomas can alwayi tell how long a couple has been mar ried by watching them a few minutes. ' ., j Says Olive: - ' ' . "If he wants her to feail aloud and she will rone year. "If she tries to make Wfti go out - alone in the evening but he just won't under six months. ' "If she tries to make him stay 'home in the evening and he'posf; lively won't five years. u, - ."If she talks shop and he listens under six month's. If he says that her mother fi an "oia oaning ana ner tattler a brick one week. "If she stys she would like to It shf says she would like )uld like ''to go through that atfng office of his- perfectly ascin-jare three months V ! Is she actually, goes one month. "If she isVhol!y satisfied that the man she fell love with is the man she married a couple of weeks. t . "If they play , golf together7"the full eighteen holes, and arrive at the club house smiling scandal- they aren't married at alh -' Musical Mnrmri. Passing Marjorie DaVs dressing5 room the. other day at the studto, Marshall Neilan heard sounds 6f varied music A -few bars of melody, in waltz time, a dozen notes from an opera, a piece1 of jazz and a part of a march greeted Mr. Neilan's ears in eonlused sequafice. Investigation disclosed" that Mar jorie was" merely making up for a scene in "D,inty," the new Neilan ptcture with the aid of her new mu sisal boudoir set she just received from a friend in France. A cologne' bottle that plays a waltz when thjfc cork is removed, a powder jar that ' tickles off an aria from, a-popular French -opera, a lip-stick that plays a jazz piece uben applied, and an ash tray that sTrikes up a march when a cigaret is placed upon of xi its holders, are the nieces comprising this novel outfit. When Marjorie is late for her cal and makes'up in a hurry, her dressing room sounds like a medley by a distant orchestra oetore prohibition became so very effective. , Tdm Moore a Policeman. Tom Moore says the i popular idea that every Irishman, is meant by na ture to be an American policeman, has been proven in his own 'ease. " All these years I've kept the desire suppressed, "as psychoanalysts say," he explains, "but once I put on the uniform for a late picture it all came otit. , . I never had so much inn in al! rhy life as I've had making this picture and It'll be' an awful 'cotTre down' to wear ordinary clothes Again after swanking arotind i as a policeman. Sure and I imake - a god, one, too, haven't I tried it by going around and pretending to arrest folks? -I got away with itr f . I too. soon, nowever, tne picture v will be nnishtd out at the Goldwyn studio and unless Tom Moore can persuady the company to let him be a piliceruan again, it's back to "civies" for Hjm. ) . Actress Aplenty. Irving Thalberg, Carl Laemmle's personal representative at Universal Citywill have to go into the mail order business on a new and gigantic scale rf he expects to' fill mny requests such as the one re ceived on a post card irom a gen' tlerfian in Brooklyn. i "Dear bir, it read, "will yon please send me 150 actors and actresses If you will I -will be cry much obliged. i r " The order wasurned over to the easting director, who informed Mr. Thalberg he did not have that num ber of actors and actresses to spare. ' Tihen sthe 'publicity . department solved the problem by-mailing the vCriter a still photograph of a mob . scene in- Priscilla Dean's current pic ture, "Outside The Law." in which at Uastx 150, persons participated. Speaking of Innocence, Plucky, Sedate ' Constance Binney Takes the, GolcLPalm Alone and 'friendless amidst the fate could befall a poor girl? In "39 East," playing at the Sun, theater this week; an inntfeent gyl weaves our a wonderful story 6f romance in win ning for herselfi genuine southern gentleman. - . T Camerti M cut Shoot Alligators and Has - , Thrilling' Escape The life of a mqtion picture news camera rrian,s hot ne of ease. Wit ness the experiencef Fred M. Delr evan, jr., a camera man who waksent from New York into the, Everglades along the Miami river in Florida to take nictures of the aligator farrn opejated by H,nry Coppinger ofJ Miami. Coppinger, who is 21yeaT of afee. suoDlies his own live stocK ,by diving into the waters of the everglade.?, graoDing alligators ana bringing them, to the, surface alive. He is not, armed when he dives, but keeps an express rifle handy in case of trouble. The Fox News man placed his camera in' the water, because the row boat was hot 'sufficiently steady platf orm.v He stood in the water up to his armpits and uttered a prayer that no alligator would spot him. i. Qppinger rowed quietly ab,out loosing for alligators, vvhiqh lie on the bottom, Jfriscerning one, he dived. , In a 'moment the water be gan to whip violently,, and presently1 tie emerged, one hand holding closed the jaws of his "catch" and the-pther grasping its body near the tail. Tne reptile straggled despera,My, but soon was trussed and helpless in the boat lv ' . Copihger made"everal such cap tures, all of which were recorded on the fflmf Suddenly JDe-tevan'a tn? pod gave' a lurch and the camera would have gone. under had not the camera man seized it An alligator had 'seized one of the legs and wjas trying to get away with it Copping er came to the rescue and caught hold of the animal, which, after a jfitjf, was forced to release the tri r 1 1 . t j i . . Vt'cvaii iouna one leg 01 .ine iri pod had been bitten clean through, This rfliH NAt wnrrv him hpraiicpiti ua k.:j th, i. wnrii : thrit1 Remember George McDantelf Geqrge-McDaniel, who played the lead in Harold Bell Wrisht's "Sheo- hejd of the Hills," is planning tq,! produce an independent picture with i a somewhat similar jsfory. -Ht al- reauy nas me script. m President Hannibal' N., Clermbnt, of Clermont Photoplays Klorpqra- tion. savs that the oictures JteaVh us. ameng other things, that: - ' ' ) vadm 7 Preparatiis -Truly a dainty vision of liveliness and plea'' "fragrance. , rf NAINB TALCUM, . iBi. NADINE ftESH SOAP, - . 104. NADFNE HOUG16 COMPACTE. v .ight. Medium, Dark, - - - 60s. NADtfcE FACE POWDER. Fish, ' Pinfc, Brunette, White, i. 60s. fiGYPTTAN CREAM, Real and Whitens, NADtNOLA CREAM, two for Clearing- the Oon . vieiuu,. vc BUB -. v - .r "A, boarding House cats what worse Sceries in ' Play Familiar to "Singing Tramp" Harry Todd, Vho play4he part 'of 'ooge," the" singing tramp in King-Vidor's photoplay, 'jlhe Jack Knffe Man," is back to histoid stamping ground in this picture of life along the banks of the Mississip pi Tiver. Mr. Todd was raised in a little town on this majestic stream and ran away from home when a boy to become an actor. His first engagement was v With an "Ucle Tom's Cabin" troupe playing the river towns. Mr.'Tofid wio istpne of the enjoyable characters in this quaint offering which comes to the StranJ Theater next Thursday, has been in pictures ever, since their be ginning. He will be remembered by the older movie fans through his w(ork in the role of "Mustang Pete," in the old Snakeville comedies pro duced by- the Essanay. At that time his wife, Sophie Clutz, played in the same company. ' Ready for Anything. ' 1 Will R6gers has roped about every thing in ttye world, but a few days ago, ClarenceBadgor, who is direct ing his newest Ooldwyh picture, "Cupid, the Oowpuncher," suggested a new stunt to him. "Suppose you dan rope a racing automobile?" he asked. Roger's reply, was laconic "Suppose so," Then 'after a nin us thought he sa:d he thought" be fore he, tried it he'd go over to the ranch and get his hand and rope in practice by trying them on a goat. During the practice he beat the best previous- record for roping a goat, bringing it down frqra la to nine seconds. Then he returned and .said: "All' tight, director. Bring on our automobile. If I can rope axgoat, I c,art,rope anything that, moves, I'm thinking "M , Gilda Gfay on' Screen. ,Gilda Gray, who isplanning for some time to teach Paris to shimmy,1is still planmng 'but her trip has been postponed until she finishes a number of steles in "The Girl With the Jazz Heart," whkh Madge Kennedy is making now at the Goldwyn studio dh East Forty eighth street One' of the features of the picture is an elaborate cabaret scene and for it Miss pray wa en gaged. ' This is her fits! appearance in pictures and she confesses she is waiting eagerly to see whether or not she and her famous "shimmy" screen well.- ,- ' . which linger .Then satisfy . I i 1 IT 1 if . I .... . ax -rnmW fm THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 19. ' 1920. Women Like White Mee; Why Are They s$o Afraid of, Them? , The paradox of the moment in Nevj York is the outcome of a statement from a birdand animal shop on Fifth avenue that there is a great demand for white mice by women, countless numbers 01 whom (daily enter the shop, look over the crop of white mice in the window and have their idea of the "cutest" packed away jn a neat-box, which, done up in silk ribbon fastenings, are carried forth to cguntlesshomes. Now New York wants know, and ij ready to askhe wide, wide world: "Are, women afraid of -mice, really?" There was one way.to help solve the. question, so a New York news paper1 representative was assigned the job" of interviewing a person who might shed light onthe sub jest. Marguerite , Courtot,-v well known for her beauty and a motion picture star whose courage in doing allsorts of thrills for 'the serial plays, was selected because she seemed ,'thev most likely choice of a woman who, having rro fears like that herself, might explain the psychology of the feminine dfeadof mice. ; , v " '. When Miss Counot finished a scene for "Pirate Gdld,"'the- serial which is to be the attraction at seven Omaha suburban theaters, she told the 'interviewer that she was now ready for questions, which was brave of Marguerite in view of all (lie times she had "been interviewed Land all. the questions that had been asked in 'all those mteryiews. The interviewer" went directly "to the point. "Mps Coutot," said he, "there is no need for me to mention specific instances but yon performed all those thrilling escapes, from the vil lain in "Boundand Gagged", your self, did you not?" n ' "Of course," replied Miss Courtot with a tone so osual ajid iuncon cerned that ttiere was no mistake that to her a little thing like' climb ing, hand over hand down rppe, from a tower 10(. or more feet to the ground was a mere i,tem of work-a-day routine." , r This encouraged the newspaper represenlative and' he hastily ' re viewed all the 'questions hp, would ask. And he reflected tllat there would be a1 corking statement from Marguerite Courtct in which the why's and wherefore's fears ' .for mice would be intelligently dis cussed by on? who had conquered that fear, 'if indeed she ever "had an v. '' , ; x ''Then," continued the interviewer, "why do women fear mice?" Miss Courtot - was evidently startled.. She looked "up quickly ttnd eyed her interviewer rather sus picious!ys At this moment he reached into his pocket for some copy paper. . 9 ' t Mi Courtot drew back, evidently more startled than before , "Have you one in your pocket?" sne demanded. o.- but why- V i "I don't know why, and I don't care, but just don't, let any of thm come near me," said Miss ;ou,rtot. Andthe conveation ran on to weather reports, and analysis, which rot neing a paraaex-oi tne moment the'sldwncast interviewer could not get printed. ' . r " Some Presents. " Speaking of useful giving:1 .Colleen Moore recently celebrated her 19th ' birthday, anniversary. Among the "presents she received were:-. One season pass to a movie palace in -Silver City, N. M.; two ihome brew recipes (and she doesn't like the stuff); one dog collar, (she ihas lo'dJg): one base ball (from a persQn-whq read she was a base ball "fan" and evidently thought she 1 played the gome); one autographed photo from a'' Kansas eirl who is ready to be a film star; one ukulele (she already has four). mafe milady more beautiful. Nadina has created six toilet preparations. They are Nadine's gifts to lovely women, to meet every toilet requirement , Within everipackage is a Aadine secret ol Hie rose-jpetal completion that secret which milliWiS of lovely women have learned.' Would -you tcpow the secret? WouH you possess a complexion of velvety smooth 'ness, with the delicate, tint and charm inthe memry? your Nadine Jieeds at'youi ravonte counter, or Dy writing tp us. .- NATIONAL TOILET; CO;, PARIS. TENNSS56BJ Sold by Brandeis Store and Other' Toilet CeonterW ' Famous Artists-Aid in Giving Beauty to Play sN Tin-horn Typesof-Players Give Way to Realistic in M New Pictures Perfection of Details in Settings Most, important . t You remember the, liveried butler with the false side-bjrns who en4 tered pompously with the tin tray and deposited it on the Grand Rapids sideboard while the .walls of Mrs. de Puyster's magnifictent din ing room swayed ominously in the tireeze. Perhaps you don't. Everyone did not go to the moyis 15 years ago. But you have seen the qther thing, the modern versiou the set that cost hundreds of thousands; the but ler that looks asUf he had been born with a silver tray in his hand, the dining room furnished .with Chip pendale and tapestries, old paintings and antique pieces. Our point is that faom seen?, one with the tin. tray, to scene two with the Chippendale represents. progress in the pro duction' of - moving pictures almost equivalent to that.which took stage settings about 40Q.years of slow im provement, from the blank "aprn" and Jack of costumes, and demands upon the ' Imaginations. ' of the audiences of Shakespeare's timeflo the stage where a fire oh the heafth could be made to 'look something like a fire and less like electric light bulbs. v , Leaders Not Content, After such renor-t of achievement in such a comparatively short time, it might be' expected the leaders in the world motion pictures would be content for a time to rest on their laurels and point with pride. Far from tha,t, having gone so far, they are planning every day to go several steps farther. . incww.uuu set, (tie wucsiiics, the paintings and the Chippendale are alt very Well, say the production department of the, Famous Players Lasky corporation. But are the an tiques the kind that would be col lected by the people in the play? Are the paintings the best suited to that kind of a dining room? Is the scheme of the whole perfectly har monious from the standpoint, of the architect and the expert? , One way of finding out was to call in an ar chitect "and an ' expert -So they called in Paul Chalfin. The result was such a perfection of detail in seettings as was seen in Cecil de Mille's "Male, and Female." ' Training Thorough Mr. Chalfiifs training bad been thorough and varied. He graduated from Harvard in 1898 and then stud ied in the Beaux Arts in Paris, un der Whistled in London and at the American academy in Rome. He de signed recently in New York the city decorations in honor of the re turning troops, the general scheme and the decorations of the great Heroland bazar' at the Grand Cen tral palace, the remodeling of Mac- uougai alley tor the alley fiesta. For the last eight years he has been supervising "the desienine and fur nishings of Yizcaya, the ipalatial home of James Deering and one of the show places of America. This house and its grounds have been the subject for many articles in mag azines, even for an entire issue of the Architectural Review. such a varied training and experi CHARLIE CMAPL1H inaiwreel mirth jget'er. "Xdventorer ence on Mr. Chalfjsfs part enured lift fringing into his new field, -the motion picture, not only the taste of the artist-jhe certainty of the man who is called into consultation aTTout antiques by the leading experts of the country, but also his" knowledge of actual homes of the rich. It is interesting to note tMat the elaborate bathroom setting in Cecil B. -De-Mille's "Malevand Female.!' luxuri ous almost beyond the belief of the Saverage spectator, was an exact re production oi one oi tne oat,ns, in tne Deering house. The Famous Play ers Lasky Corporation are nbt con tent with the "mere spending of money on their productions. Thev mean 4o give the public, through men like Mr. Chalfitveacji storv of their photoplays told exactly true to life, perfect in every detail, whether it b a tenement story or whether the scene is the drawing room of people of. wealth and good taste. " What Girl Appeals? -V In perfecting pictures, besides" the excellence of the settings, other questions have arisen. What type of girl most appealed to the Ameri can ptlblic? What 'effects of posing and of lighting could be accomplished on the screen, a technique different from that of the stage? What new decorative effects were possible? Who .should know all this better than an artist famed for his distinc tive girl pictures, his talent ixi dec oration? In a'shprt trnie, Mr. Pen hryn Stanlaws was (Working in the Famous stqdios. " Mr. Stanlaws also brought to the screen a varietyyof talents and ex perience,'' His educationwas in Eng land, France and America, He is -an artist well known for the charm and dehcacyxof his work; he is the author of several plays which have been produced with notable success among others "Instinct" s which Charjes Frohman produced with Au brey Smith in London, and "The End of the Hunting," which Sir Henry Irvine had in rehearsal when he died? and the famous Hotel des Artistes, regarded as 6ne of th most charming and intelligently planned studio apartment buildfngs in New York stands as a moniltnent xo his versatility. . c v Posing An Art. . Mr. Stanlaws' contribution to the screen will be a suitably attractive type of girl, trained in the art of ppsing as he has x already grained in his own-studio many women who have Jater become famous in mov ing pictures; and he will design sur roundings in keeping with his at tractive heroines. , What more could, the ' Famous' Players-Lasky production depfe'rt mento want than "ideal girls, well- trainld, settings that were perfect-! in every detail? But they managed to think of something else. A set ting can ' be perfect, an actress beautiful and well trained, but what if one of the leading women should appear in a Eown exDressine her own startling ideas of her soul? What if she should burst forth with a head dress, a brooch, a bracelet, that Is There Any Romance In a Boarding Hopse) Of course where there it pathos and love, there is romance. - And Shirlev Mason,- "95 Dounds of nestlstaniaws.is now gaining experience and Dersonalitv .T as Marv 'Ann WTTrrliotioA picture technique, and Mr. Merely Mary Arm," at the Empress theater the first half of this week, concludes her IHe in romantic happi ness all out of a boarding house. -stamped her as a gay vampire, when tr.e setting was aesignea iar. ner in the "role" of Lady Gladys. eldes daughter if the conservative Ear of Maitland? Paul Iribe, the well known expert in the art of costum ing and interior decoration would know what to do. - He could not Herishaw r - Al: .Wright' and His. Wonder .. Orchestra Music and Entertain ment i every, evening from 6:30 to SiSO'clock. v ; . ' Music, Entertainment' and Danc ing every n.ight from 10 p. m. to 1 a. m. - ' Special attractions every Satur day and Sunday night. t ' . ' Big space to dane. Special Sunday Dinner 1ped.lj nking her Early Training He k'iophie wacnner t n.. trthMf ch had to learn her bijf day school lessons when she was little girl, for otherwise she might have been at a loss when Called up on suddenly to furnish a costume for Goliath. Miss Wachner. as head of the costume department at th& Goldwyn. studio, is - always being , called upon -for something strange, bat when Fred Peters was brought to her to be garbed for the giant J she gasped.- Then she, recalled hef old Blbft; with, the pictures m it, which she used as a child, and from that memor. was able to make the soit -The -part is fn Booth Tarking ton's "Edgar's -Sunday Courtship, in which Edirar shamed fornot knowing his Sunday school lesson, visualizes for himself, the sne where David goes out to meet Goliath.- ' 1 i only tell which go wo went wittt- wont wiiai nviiiau any .r. - , ting, but he would also be ablefr unusual type's, to introduce innova tions in dress' and ip i jewelry, in unique details arfd decorations. So the Famous Players-Lasky corpor ation enlisftd the services of Pteul Iribe. . !- Mr.. Chalfin's work has already been seen in motion pictures, ', Mr. Iribe. thei latest recruit to the field is., planning to work with George F'itzmaurice the director, and Robert M Haas head of the art and decor- -iation jdepartment on a picture to be made in a tew weeks. The first of those, three his al ready surprised us with the beautiful results of hi work, with Mr'.. Stan laws and Mr. Iribe; we can only wait impatieptlyexpectingxthe qfigt 0 and prepared' for something JtttteT! than what we expect - ,- u Cafe it i t aEdrCalbairet 1 1 I