Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1921, Page 4

WEDNESDAY ‘EVENING, JANUARY''S, 1921 ° 'NEWS OF THE THEATRES CLEVER FARCE EVOLVED FROM_MUSICAL COMEDY cleverness and wit of ‘good musical comedy = can be adc: quately’ transferred .will be proven when “Oh! Lady” iappears at the Elko theatre tonight and Thursday, with Bebe Daniels as the star, Harrison Ford and Walter Hiers in support. “Oh! Lady, Lady,” it will be remembered, - Wodehouse production which scored such a very tremendous hit only a few years ago. By adding new scenes and taking ~ advantage. of -the wider range of the films, Edith Kennedy, the scenarist, has really added to the play’s fun possibilities. She has created a laugh ‘concoction that starts on high speed and stays locked in that feéar from the first reel till the final fadeout. Miss Daniels is splendid as the gawky country girl whose transfor- mation into a famous chorus beauty brings innocent entanglement as a supposed ‘“vampire.” Of course, the rotund Walter Hiers is a delight as the serious-minded young man who fears that his one time country sweetheart is going to complicate things’ by bringing a breach of promise suit just as he is about to marry a very pretty and conventional young lady. Harrison Ford is likable, as usual, in the straight male lead of the play. He has been making an excepticnal hit in Realart pictures recently, ap- pearing also with Wanda Hawley i ;fldiss Hobbs” and “Food for Scan- L? < PATHE NEWS AT ELKO TO INCLUDE FOOTBALL SCENES. Pathe’s camera man was present at the recent Bemidji-Faribault cham-| pionship football game at Minne- apolis and “shot” several of the scenes of action. The film picturing that part of the game photographed for Pathe News Weekly has been se- cured by the Ell:o theatre manage- ment and will be screened at the El- ko next Sunday, Monday and Tues- day. . ALICE LAKE COMING IN “SHORE ACRES"—REX SUNDAY “Shore Acres”, the immortal stage play of New England life that’ made James A. Herne famous the world over, will be the feature attraction at the Rex theatre, beginning Sunday next. This unusual feature is a pic- turization of the celebrated stage drama which James A. Herne wrote, produced, and starred in thruout the civilized world. It is a superb pic- ture of rural life in a sleepy New Eng land village on’ the coast of Maine, and introduces Alice Lake as a star in her first etarring vehicle. The management assures its patrons of unusual entertainment in this extra- ordinary feature which is a faithful picture of New England seacoast lite, tense with stirring drama and tender pathos. / The play concerns Helen Berry whose father wants her to marry Josiah Blake, an unscrupulous pro- moter. Helen loves Sam Warren. a young man in the employ of Blake, and is determined to wed him in| spite of all obstacles. Blake learns of | Helen's infatuation for Warren and plots to fasten upon him the theft of | a sum of money from his safe. Helén then decides to elope with Sam Warren on an outward bound| vessel, and her father discovers her just as the ship is about to pass the lighthouse of which he is the| keeper. He extinguishes the light, and then prevents old Uncle Nat. his brother, from showing a beacon that will save the vessel from crashing on the rocks. Alice Lake makes her first appear- ance as a star in “‘Shore Acres’” aft- er her memorable performance in *Should a Woman Tell?” the Metro production that has created the screen sensation of modern times. In support of Miss Lake are Edward Connelly, Joseph Kilgour, Robert ‘Walker, Frank Brownlee, and others. | The picture is directed by Rex In- graham from a scenario by Arthur J. Zellner, .and photographer by Steve Norton. FOX PICTTRE IS FOUNDED ON FAMOUS MYSTERY—REX Mystery, love and adventure in New York's underworld are the theme of “Number 17", a new Wil- Ham Fox photoplay starring George Walsh, which will open an engage- ment at the Rex theatre on Thursday. The play is from the famous novel of the same name by Louis Tracy. In “Number 17" George Walsh is said to have one of the most thrill- ing doles of his career. He plays the part of a man who single-hand- ed fights a gang of enemies who | would "destroy him and those he loves. . o George A. Bernanger, the director.| is reported to have pair extreme at- tention to detail in setting out to put on thp screen a true picture of New York life—with a result that {s startling in its realism. Well-known names are in the list of playery supporting Mr. Walsh. Those of Mildred Reardon, Charles Mussette, Lillian Beck, _Harold Thomas and Louise R. Wolheim promise thrilling entertainment. “THE HUSBAND HUNTER" AT REX LAST TIMES TODAY *The Husband Hunter,” a Fox pro- _duction with Eileen Percy in the|Knapp visited Mrs. Fred Lange Fri-| 'titde role, made an instantaneous hit when it opened at the Rex theatre last night. It is a brilliant comedy to the screen; Fitzgerald’s story, “Myra Meets His Family.” Eileen Perey enacts the role of Myra Hastings, the young woman in question. When the story _opens Myra's plan to'win Kent Whitney is well under way. A storm forces My- Lady,{ . qud Whitney into-a deserted house|| in the, woods ~and results in the icouple being quarantined. they bes ing informed that scarlet fever has ‘exigled in the shack. inr.d of course is accepted. er suitor of Myra, who loses no time in informing his friend that his wife- tothe ¢ a famous husband hunter. “inen the two concoct a scheme to ishaw Myra in her true colors—and !from this point the fun of the play runs riot. Miss Percy combines cleverness and beauty in a fine bit of acting. !The “Husband Hunter” is one of the “most enjoyable film comedie: | |seen in some time. The star is ad- ‘mirably supported by Emory John- son as leading man. “THE GIRL IN THE WEB" CLEARS HERSELF OF GUILT After seeing Blanche Sweet in “The Girl in the Web,” we recom- | mended that this Jesse D. Hampton- Pathe star be put to work to solve the mystery of the Elwell murder. No, there is no murder in “The Girl: in the Web,” but, as Esther 'Maitland, a private secretary in'the {Janney residence, Blanche Sweet)ss| accused of safe-cracking and kid- napping. The worst of it is, she can- not explain the actions ‘that incrim- irate her, so she captures the thief and-the kidnapper and. everybody ie happy, particularly the hero, who has 1 hard time getting her to say “Yes’ *to his oft-repeated proposals of mar- e. “The Girl in the Web” remains at the Grand theatre tonight only. with Nigel Barrie, Adele Farrington, Thomas Jefferson, Christine Mayo, Hayward Mack and Peaches Jacksor -iving principal support to the star, who is more beautiful than ever and wears some charming gowns. “The Jungle Gentleman” starring the famous monkey comedian, will ~omplete the program. TAMOUS HYPNOTIST IS COMING TO GRAND To the unlearned, hypnotism. per ¢, generally seems something unnat- ural, ghastly and superhuman. In!} fact, this attitude is usually found against anything that is not under- stood. Those same people who con- demn hypnotism as being supernat- ural, and therefore to be avoided, dc not realizé that they are using hyp- notism in their every day life. All this is clearly explained by Dr. Buckley, world famous hypnotist and psychologist, who will be at the Grand theatre, next Monday. A child fails and bumps his head. Its moth- er calls out to get up, that it is not hurt, and tells it not to cry. The child gets up and. goes on .with its play without crying. This is a mild ! form of hypnotism. The salesman, | urging his customer to buy certain goods, is using a form of hypnotism. A minister preaching the gospel, urges his congregation to do rght| and avoid the torments of evil. He is unconsciousiy using hypnotism. In fact, as Dr. Buckley will explain, hypnotism is suggestion. 1t is not supernatural, nor it is a superhuman | agent, but when properly understood is a great factor of good in all the lives of all people, and is uncon- sciously used in every day life. Those who desire to learn of this | great power and to feel its influence perhaps, will have an opportunity | at the Grand theatre where Dr. Buck- ley will play next Monday. Voblun- teers from the audience will be ask- ed for, and every one wil, have an opportunity to know how it feels to be hypnotized, [(E 222222222222 2 ¥ 01 g GRANT VALLEY * XK R KX KK KRR KK The Angel of Death called at the Skinger home in Jones township early Monday morning, Dec. 27, and tool. away the husband and father, Charles Skinner, who died suddenly of heart failure. He is survived by his wife and son Clinton, and three married daughters living in other states. Besides two sisters, Mrs. Henry Cox of Minot and Mrs. Bumgardner of Forest City, Iowa, and one brother,Wesley Skin- ner, also of Forest City. Chae. Skinner was born near Deco- rah, Iowa, March 3, 1855. He lived; at Decorah and Forest City, lown,‘ until 1914, when he came to Minne- sota where, for the past six years, he has been clearing up a farm 12 miles southwest of Bemidji. i Mr. Skinner was a kind husband| and father, a good neighbor and a| | willing worker. | He was laid to rest.in the Rock-| wood cemetery. Rev. Cummings hav-! ing conducted the funeral services. | Miss Ella. Hanson, who is attending school near Northome, spent the Xnias vacation at the parental home. | Miss Margaret | been employed in Bemidji, spent the‘ | Xmas vacation at home. { August Ledtke, Jr., and wife were | Sunday visitors at Harry Vogt’s. | Fred Lange and family spent Sun- day evening at the H. S. Stilwell home. Mrs. T. J. Wright and Mrs. Casper day afternoon. Iva Wright visited her sister, Mrs. Rather than| expose ‘Myra to any possibility of| is the very successful Bolton and: y.ing compromised Kent. proposes.i Then comes Bob Harkness, a form-| |it is<unfolded Wright, who has-humorous di " o Sl ‘e arrival of the king and queen recent visit to England. The Princess has been mentioned frequently of late Wales. FAMOUS MITZI RETURNS New York, Jan 5—Tiny Mitzi Hajos is still the incomparable Mitzi. She has taken on a few ounces since her last appearance here and now must weigh all of eighty pounds! This fascinating, versatile star re- appeared here at the Liberty theatre| in “Miss Billy,” a tailor-made vehi-| ele, with book and lyrics by Miss Zelda Sears and music by a hitherto unknown protege of Victor Her-| bert’s. Composer Harold Levey will} be popular enough ’ere Mitzi flits | from these parts on tour. The piece | is sparkling with humor 2nd the music will undoubtedly be pounded into the public’s ears via phonographs and| .ance orchestras before the season is | much older. Mitzi portrays a bankruptRumani- an countess, who poses as a boy and is “hus discovered by an American engi- neer-tourist, who prevails upon the “lad” to accompany him to America Danish King and Queen Visit En_gland FARM SENTIMENT SHOWS FAVOR FOR USE OF HORSE George N. Wilber, an Ohio farm- er and livestock grower, addressing the Chitago Association of Com- merce, claims that farmers are bear- ing more of the burden of present £3 | business depression than any other of Denmark, accompanied by the Prin- coss Margaret, on the landing stage at Gravesend, on the occasion of their Margaret, who is twenty-five years old, as u prospective bride of the prince of - - EEEEKRRK KRR E KKK KX * TURTLE LAKE * TONEWYORKCITYAGAlNi"*"“*"’”"‘*""""‘ Miss Lillian Wold spent Tuesday evening with-Miss Blanche Fournir. L. Davis called on John Peterson Friday. 0. W. Olsen called at the J. H. Locke home Monday. Harry Moorhouse, who has been visiting with relatives in this town, left Wednesday for Blackduck. where he will visit his sister, Mrs. Paul, | beore returning to his home at San- ish, N. D. Miss Lillian Wold entertained her teacher, Miss Lauretta Paddock Wed-. nesday evening. M. Walters was a Sunday visitor at the J. H. Locke home. 0. W. Olsen transacted business in Turtle River Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Fournir en- tertained friends. Sunday. Among those present were Mr. Wold and family, Lloyd Swedberg and Miss Lauretta Paddock. Miss Hilda Swedberg was pleas- antly surprised December 3] by a, to make a fortune as a boy soprano. The first act is laid in Rumania and| the balance of the action takes place in New York’s Greenwich village sec- tion. Of course, everybody but the hero knows that Mitzi is not a boy.and the third act is devoted to breaking the news to him. The best part of! the whole business is that Mitzi must romp through two whole acts clad'in; knickerbockers; which he certainly be-| comes. t Mitzi sings and dances as charm-| ingly as ever, and is exceedingly| “easy to.loot at.” Her mere appear- ance on the stage provoked an ova-| tion which was intensified after he:| srillianc perrormance.. Boyd Mar- shall, as the American hero, acts in an agreeable and manly style, is an excellent singer—and is Mr. Mitzi ‘in| private life. Here’s domestic con-| cord! Sydney Greenstreet, as a but- ler, deserves mention, and his/song,| ‘““The Worm’s Revenge,” brought him| forth for many encores on opening! night. The chorus can really sing| and dance and those in minor roles| fill them most capably. 1t is feared that road cities will be/| compelled to wait some time for Mitzi. Her tours have created for! her a large following and her ap-| pearance in the west and south is to| be eagerly looked forward to. | Bigotry and its tragic result is ef-| fectively told in “Mixed Marriage,” by St. John Ervine, presented here at the Bramhall Playhouse. This early composition by the author of “John Ferguson” and “Susan Clegg,” was presented here some nine years agQ by a company of Irish players and, | while not so good as Ervine’s later| worls, it is not without dramatic val, ue. The story is that of Irish life and is| especially timely just now. The cen- tral figure is a Protestant, a labor leader, and the 'head of a family of four, whose bigotry makes him a vir- tual fanatic. As neighbors and fel- low-workers it would seem to the in- terests of the characters to join forces, but religious differences hold them apart. The wooing of a Catho- lic girl by his son enrages the Pro- testant father, who had softened somewhat in his narrow-mindedness and had been working on a recon- ciliatioh of strikers of both faiths. He undoes’ all the good he had wrought and when troops are called to quell the unruly mob, the girl, who feels that she has_been the cause, rushes out to stop the firing of the troops and is killed.< The father xemains un- relenting to the end.. " : The story is not a pleasant one, but in langgage which touches the heart by its simple elo- quence. '+ Scattered here and - theré are Ecculona’l‘gmments of sparklingly jgue and Ervine’s deft handling jof his subject makes it very elidentt at’hé knows the people with whom helis dealing. Margaret Wycneriy plays the part {of the boy's mother and one cannot | watch her beautiful portrayal of the patient, tolerant, understanding crea- | ture without a thrill of sympathy. Augustin Duncan, remembered for { his work in “John Ferguson,” has ad- ‘mirably grasped the idea of the in- ' tolerant father and gives an impres- host of friends: e ‘evening was | cpent in dancing and ‘“watching the old year out and-the new year in.” A dandy lunch wa sserved. A very pleasant time is reported by all who were present. Dudley Lawrence spent New Year's day with Mr, and Mrs. Henry Brown of Turtle Riyer. Liloyd Swedberg,, Frank = Fournir, Lauretta Paddock, and Blanche Four- nir spent Saturddy evening at the E. Wold home. & Dudley Lawrence was a Sunday caller at the J. H. Locke home. John Peterson called on Byron Wentworth Monday. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Olsen and chil- dren, Jennie and®Dudley Lawrence and J. Peterson visited at the Butler home Sunday. ! CROP PECULIARITY IS NOTICED AT DULUTH An interesting crop peculiarity is reported by M. J. Thompson, superin- tendent of the Northeast Experiment Station at Duluth. 2 One of the crop rotations at the station consists of oats followed by clover-timothy meadow, followed in its turn by potatoes and rutabagas— half plots side by side. There is a distinct d-lfierenc% Mr. Thompson says, in ‘the hay trop on the potato land and the hay crop on the ruta- baga land. Eighteenvplots are involv- ed, and on almost every plot fol- lowing rutabaga9' there is an abun- dance of timothy: with some clover, while on the potato land there is more clover than)timothy. This pe- culiarity extends over several years, so that the principle appears well established. Mr. Thompson says the explanation possible lies in tillage. The potato land, which is worked more, is some- what loose for grain as compared to the rutabaga land. With a some- what thinner stand of grain the clov- er gels a better start and produces a heavier stand the second year. The timothy, apparently less affected, comes on later in quantity and fills the space which the clover did not utilize. POTATO EXCHANGE IS STANDING THE TEST —tr James Cumming, community and county leader, mber of the state legislature, and president of the Min- nesota Potato Exthange, the co-oper- ative society orgdnized by growers for marketing potatoes, is confident that the exchange is going to weather every storm and be a big success. He say 'he Minnesota Potato Exchange has stood a,test since its orgamniza- tion which wilI-not be called upon to go through”agaln, furnishing ample proof that it will solve most of the farmers’ problems by bringing him more ¢losely in touch with the con- sumer and serving as a medium ‘by which he can obtain farming equip- ment and supplies at the least pos- sible cost. firm foundation, and, though difficul- ties have had t0 be overcome, like other conservative enterprises it is “The Exchange has been built on a | ering at times on farce. 2 is of a young girl who sets ‘out to capture the love of a man she ~_has never seen. The picture is a anndldmmnjrm F.. Scott The | August Ledtke, Monday. T. J. Wright and family spent New Year's eve at the Max Lu- I beck home. C. W. Kingsbury and wife .C. were Be- midji_choppers Friday. # |sive performance, while Angela Mc-|bound to succeed. Some day these | Cahill and Rollo Peters as the lovers, farmers’ exchanges will be handling |lend admirable support. | wool, vegetables, honey, hay and grain, giving each as mpch attention class, that they are betweens:the up- {|per and nether mill stones—the up- per one-of high priced necessities, the 1 | lower one of low priced 6¥'totally un- caleable farm products. “Farmers”in i | Nebraska and. Iowa. .arc reported- to be using cory far, fuel says he, “since cor productive ‘of more-heat? Farm motive;.powern, , .especially, which can be.grown at home on the farm in the form of draft horses and mules, which uses staple farm prod- ucts of corn; ‘oats and*-hay instead of calling for gas at 30 cénts a gulp, is again making a big hit with, the pro- ducers.' ‘H. M. Justice, an auctioneer working through Kansas in sections where the truck and tractor salesmen have formerly been received with open arms, reports that nowadays good grade draft mares bring $450 per pair as three-year-olds, while tractors, used two seasons and orig- inally costing $2,000, have ' brought but $100 each, and not wanted at that price. Evidently both the origi- nal cost and upkeep are counting in the farm sales now. L D. O’Donnell, president of the Federal Farm Loan board, in his dis- trict near Billings, Montana, gives the reason. He says: tors cannot grow dollar wheat, even on the cheapest Montana lands. It is only when wheat is two dollars a bushel that life is possible to them at, all. T have the costs on some. ;98 farms using.tractors in our state who cannot grow wheat under $1.88. to save their lives. Plowing with horses costs me.$1.75 per acre; if I hire a team and driver, it costs me $3 per dcre; if I hire a tractor and driver, it.| costs me $5 per acre, but even that is cheaper than I would guarantee to do. it with a tractor for myself. I have owned three tractors of various sizes and tried them out on my 640 acre farm but have now discarded all of them. I know that with five horses on a two bottom gang plow, I can outworb any three bottom trac- tor in a season. At first it will look as though the horses were going to be left miles behind, but at the season’s end, they have not only caught up but, actually surpassed the tractor in total work done. > “In emergency work and at such times as during the war, when we felt we must raise crops no matter what the cost, we used tractors. Most cend why not,” and back to horses except for short times in the rush season.” Aber Brothers, farming in part- nership near Sheridan, Wyoming, cor- roborate ‘this' statement. - They say: “We use our tractor only for belt power, for after 'three seasons’ trial, we find by actual comparison that we can put teams of five mules in the; “Tractor opera-|' of the men in our section have gone | field on a two bottom gang plow and crop. Thus by feeding. dry mash do more work with such outfits than production can be forced. With a tractor on a two bottom, and| The other two ounces:of feed, says very much cheaper. The farmers in|the poultrymen, should be in the form this community have their eyes pretty | of whole or cracked grains, fed twice well open to the great difference in|a day in a deep, clean litter, giving a cost and are now depending almost | little less than an ounce in the morn- exclsively on good heavy draft teams|ing and a little more than an ounce of horses and mules.” ac mgnt. The hen’s crop ‘s small The Oliver Plow company of South|and the winter nights are 'long, con- Bend, Ind., report an increase of 300 |sequently the heavier feeding should peracent in sales of horse drawn im-|be given at night. Care should be Jlements. In city markets horses are [taken always that the fowls go on still in demand, being less affected | the roosts with full crops. & )y the general drop.in price than oth-|=———— . . . er types. of motive power. 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