Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 6, 1922, Page 4

BT | + There is a rvemarkable star in & “MAID OF THE WEST” AT THE REX THEATER TODAY Eileen Percy delighted the audience at the Rex theater yesterday by her acting and ‘the work of ‘her support- ing cast in “Maid-of the Wesc.” Miss Percy - looks* charming in westeru clothes: in ‘the opening of the story. She is on her uncle’s ranch awaiting her twentieth birthday anniversary, which is;to mark her entrance into New- Yprk-saciety under the guidance of ey eastern aunt:. Betty by ber father's will becomies .very wealthy- She'is delighted wth the prospect until Bert Cragnair, an atrrian drops down. on the ranch—well, they fall in love. Then Betty doesn’t want to go to New York unless Bert goes. But if she should run off with Bert the uncle will not get his reward, for according to the will he must de- liver -her to her aunt in New York. The aviator almost gets Betty, but the uncle and his cowboys outwit hiat. In New York Betty runs into a band of crooks who have "designs on a $100,000 pearl necklace Betty | g jted to his abilities, but also a splen- { did supporting cast. Playing opposite ! gets from her aunt. Bert, disguised { Bill” not only a story that is ideally| Beas, to which - Sara. Vincent flecs’ 'whon o fcandal breaks at the naval, Ipoat and makes her virtually an out-! {cast. "Never has Miss Frederick bad' {such fine apportunities for emational ! acting as in “The Lure of Jade,” and | | she -proceéds:to take. full advantage | i of them. Appearing in Rer support are | such noted players as Thomas Holl-; jing. Hardee Kirkland, Arthur Rankin, | L. C. Shumway, Leon Bary, Clarissa! Selwynne and others. * ' ° “BOOMERANG BiLL" AT ELKO | SATURDAY AND SUNDAY | The statement that-Lionel Barry- more, is Americala-eading characiu gelor doubt:ess: will findsyou inuc cord, If you saw him in “The Copp: head” you know waat strengsi, and fine: quaity he can conuribul a photoplay. : In view.of Mr. Batrymore's pro-j eminence in: his art, it 18 interesung to know that his latest soreen produc- | tion—"“Boomerang Bill"—will be shown at the Elko theater Saturday, and Sunday. Lionel Barrymore is! featured in this picture, and it is a': Cosmopolitan production for Para-! mount. 1 Mr. Barrymore has in “Boomerang } as a chauffeur, is there to help her and | pin, i Marguerite Marsh. together—and after a struggle—they | eapture the gang and send them to| gunman with a big heart, Jail Miss Percy works hard and gives the audience many a good laugh., “SHERIFF JIM” COMING TO 1 REX THEATER SATURDAY In his characterization of Jim Burmister, sheriff of San Carlos, Roy Stewart is well supported by a finely balanced. cast which includes Claire | McDowell, George Beranger, Wilbur ! Higbe and Jessie Arnold. “Sheriff | Jim” is a story of devotlon and self- | and you will be delighted with it. “Boomerang Bill” is the story of a a crook| who sacrifices himself for the woman | he loves. It is one of the most intense. ly dramatic pictures ever screened DEPLORES FLARING SKY SIGN | Lenden Newspaper Cemplains of Daz- | 2ling Electric Advertisements as | Spoiling City’'s Boauty. The London Observer ventures to} or a good-natured: protest against sacrifice in the face of grave danger, ‘where a woman's trac love for a man | triumphs in the end and death exacts | its toll for the misspent life of the | Mexican bandit. 1 JANE NOVAK PLAYS | WITH WILLIAM S. HAIT‘ William S. Hart’s latest Paramount | reglst 4] “the terrible ‘afiction of the jaza luminaries® that shout their adver- tisements from every corper of Jic London streets when dnrkness comes. The cumulative efféct uf these Mashiog electric signs is as distressing a3 8 | “vorticist verslibpist” with a meza- | phone. ® i The Regent streut corner of Picea: dilly circus 13 the habitat of the worat “Three Word Brand,” which 21‘::1;‘!‘:' shown at the Grand theater next Sunday and Monday is notable in many ways, one of the most inter- | esting features ‘being that Jane No- vak is leading woman. Miss Novak has appeared opposite the ‘western star before, but never to better ad- vantage than in this instanee. : Her appeal, beauty and firmness, coupled with her womanly sweetness, serve to render her a ];mknhrly ef- foctive figure in the wild scenes that ensue as the result of the efforts of a band of cattle rustlers to ruin a firm of ranchers in Utah. The offenders are working hand in glove with certain political powers, and only after sev- eral thrilling contests are the ruffians worsted. Y . Another feature of interest is the | fact that Mr. Hart plays three dis- tinct roles in the picture. As father of twin boys he is trapped by Indians in a prologue to the story and kills himself rather than submit to cap- ture. after having sent the two boys safely away. Later he appears as Three Word Brand, part owner of a great cattle | ranch—one of the twins—and then | as the governor of the stat®. the other l twin. Double exposuro of perfect 1 quality makes the illusion remarkably effective. | Another point of interest is the | photography. Never have more beau- tiful scenes been used in location work, nor have they been photo- graphed with greater effect. Joc Aug- ust, A, S. C., is the cameraman. The picture is from a story by Will Rey- nolds. niapted for the screen by Lam- bert Hillyer, who also directed, The support is uniformly good. | POLA NEGRI IS STAR } IN PICTURE TONIGHT | » oaad photoplay at tiae Grand theater tonight and Saturday. v The star is one who for the pust year has been discussed by all pa- trons of the silent drama. The mag- | netic Pola Negri, international emo- ! tional star, wha first won fame in | sach tilngasa this country by her masterly work in | “Passion,” and the picture in which she is starred is “The Polish dancer.” * The combination is sufficient to assure any one who has scen her past successes that “The Polish Dan- cer” is well worth going miles to see. Throughout this picture is told as fascinating n story as was ever ve- flected on the silver sheet. Injected { npeet by certain students of languages, | the first sylinbie spoken:by & child, av- offenders. It is ablaze with flaming braziers, so that It Jooks lke a hnmel on fire. “The galaxy of frenzied let-! tering gives you the bilnks. Leicester, square bas a green river of tears flow- ing about a safery razer advertise- ment." In Switzerland, the Observer cou- ments, they do things differently—or did, before the war. In Zurich the citl- 2ens sit by their swift-fiowing Limmat and wateh the shimmer of water under the stars or moon, while the venerable outlines of the old:minster loom dark | sgulnst the sky. Parls, indeed, bas lost ! ber old-time hegemouy os the’ city of light.. That primacy has now passed 10 New York, with London a close see~ Oiliw 5 hel teft “8 , perhaps, would rather be lef to dream of that otber Georgian Lon- don. haunted by watchmen with dis- taffs ang lapthorus, ot the Elizabethun one, peopléd by gallants with ruff, doublet,, jerkin, and’ smoking lmhe&i The soap, baby food and whisky they prefer to~encounter - In newspapets, where the mere Sight of it does not oc- caslon ‘a kindVof visual delirium tre- | mens."—The Living Age. LINGUISTS UPSET OLD IDEA Pond Belief Long Held by VYeung Mothers Would Seem to Be With- out Feundation. i It Is commonly beiiered that a baby, | when growing up and learning to talk, spenks the wonds “ma” and “da” through constantly hearing these ut- tered by othiers. This idea, however. fe | who advance a totally different theory. Tn most languages, “ina” is generally cording to lingulste. It Is the root of ! the word “mother.” As a baby qmul' its mouth and then exhales breath it I8 quite possidle that It makes this excla- matfon unconsciousiy. ~ Some pervons belleve that there is no atural” tongue to the world; for, they say, It all babies over one year old were caused to become deaf and dumb, they would be obliged to go through the identical slow proc. st of inventing and evolving a tongue as man was compelled to do I daya gone by. AD ancient kiug of Egypt, Psamiuel!- ens, placed two children aniong a herd ot goats on ope occasion. They were into this story is adventure, romanca and humor. There are thrills and suspense too, that will send you away from the theater happy in the thought that you did not waste the wonderful opportunity of seeing Pola Negri win new laurels. There is a cabaret scene that is a :nlpnghd example of the art of studio _hulldgng. Hundreds of people appoar in this one scene. But the outstand- ing figure is the Polish Dancer, the character so interesting interpreted by ‘Pola Negri. There are colorful scenes aplenty. never allowed to hear a human volee, yet, after two years, the children were Able to say . the word “bekos,” which weant bread. The King's conclusion, natgrally, was that his people were thes firstsin the world and their tongue i the only frue one: >} Selects Strange Home. No bird selects stranger places for 8 home than the house wren, the fighty, Adgety, fussy little midget of a bind | that carols all day and would tizht & turkey buzzard or any ether thing that “THE LURE OF JADE" AT ELKO THEATER TONIGHT Pauline Frederick, greatest of dra- matic actresses on stage ox screen, scores another brilliant success in her Intest R-C picture, “The Lure of Jade,” being screened at the Elko theater tonight, last times. M crick has had many distingut; cesses in her career on the stage and sereen but never has ti NoOus &c- tress accomplished anything finer in celluloid than the character of Sara Vincent in “The Lure of story of “The: Lure of Jade upon the novel “Houses of Y by . Marion Orth, and tells a gripping tale val base and and in the South faser on a remote Fred- | Mes, The blological survey of the Department of Agriculture says: “Probably no Hird displays greater ec- centricity in the selection of a uvest- | tog phice than the honse wren.'” Al { hollow brauch or a knothole in a ost i | or stump are his more prosaic choices. ] When more esthetieplly inclined he | or | ! scare robbins from the chervies, !t an okl copper pot or tomato | can Iying on the roof of a back shed: | | or 1t the garducr hangs his coat ou | the fence when warny weather bheghis and forgels it for a few days, he gy find when he reiurns ‘that'an. enter- priging wren has presmpted one of hie ! pockets nnd haa bis dotestic anatrs ! under, full hendway. i vention 70 alfee & o | seout alfects oid boots and hats huog up 4 ! clalms that further extension of scout. | auhmal L P SCOUTS oy Gl | tad by Nattoua). Councii ot the Roy | Seouls of Americw.) " 'SCOUTS-WIN PRAISE [ eleies nind 2from Iadependence. Mo, aetell b police for' the - big pantde, which attracted the biggest crowds iw ie-history of the city, and so splendid- 1y did they do the job that the papers wrote them up alinost as enthusias- tically as they did tbe Legion itself, and the Legion voted them a resolu- tion of thanks as well as passing a general resolutivn indersing the miove- ment and urging Legionnaires. tu be- come scout leaders. Fifty picked scouts from differen troops served as an escort to distil guished visitors, a stoft of aides to the chief of police and as ushers to be reviewing stanidd. Nine of the fifty were Bagl Every day of the con-! scouts nuted os aides, usliers, ond runners; 75 boys ‘every | day ncted as traffic aides and had | charge, under their leaders, of parking | thousands of automobifes; 50 boys were on duty every day in the various fnformation booths scattered thgh-? out the city. and carried ou a regplar commuulcation ‘service - between itlie:! booths. v . t Another interesting .good “turn wis; the dmwing by Eagle Scout James N. Plekering’ of ‘the map of the cit¥, a hundred thousand” of which were | printed and distributed among the vis- | Htors and delegates. “All ju all” says Scout Executive Wright, in speaking of the event, “the} boy scouts rendered A good piece of service.” Aecording to others tiw service was inore than good. It was great. WHY BE A SCOUT? ' “Stew Judkins,” first-class scout ot' Topeks, Kan., kgows why he is a scour, [ and - makes 1ot boves of telling thel world, “ecither. The following state- went appeared in & local paper under bis signature:, 5 “I am 8 boy acout because I like to be one. The longer I am a scout’the better I like it. A scout learns things and has a pile of fun learaing them. You know how a regular guy likes a good swim, & good bike, fussing around. the woods, honest-to-guodness hoy games, snagging a few fish and then eats them until-he busts. - That's fhat you get at a boy scout camp, and sou ain't going to blame me for liking te be a boy gcout.” To be a regular guy in this game, you got to play and five according to the rules. You.sure tind out what kind of a guy a kid Is, and If he isn't what he should be, he elther gets mighty lonesome in a gang of sconts oc-comes across. Il tell the world Y'm glad to be 3 scout, and 1 know a few hundred .other guys in Topeka who will shoot you the same dope.” i BADGES FOR SCOUTING | The Albany (N. Y.) council reports that public health and firemanship | are two of the wost popular Merit badges among scouts. Nearly fifty | bhoys have gualified in public health since October 1, 1920, and forty bave qualified in firemanship. The author- itiex report that the intelligent iuter- est taken by the boys fn these ‘im-| portant branches of public service hns | had a marked effect upon the life of the city. Boys living in the more congested regions have helped mate- rially in making their Lomes and neighborhond cleaner and more sani- tary and have brought the matier of sanitation to the attentfon of their parents, In the course of their public health work the scouts have inspected the city sewage disposal and filtration plants and visited the state labora- tory, examining the methods of water testing and otber sanltation processes. SPECIALIZE IN KNOT-TYING For two years past ‘the champion speed knot tiar awong the Paterson (N. J.) scouts has been Scout Fdward Giles of Troop No, 3. The laurels have, however, recently passed over to Scout Sam Feldman of Troop 14 who starts with nine ropes and ties {he nine knots required for tenderfoot | rank In exactly 19 seconds. “Knot . racing™ has become a populae sport | in the Paterson scout world. quite a | mnmber of boys being able to tie the nine knots at a speed ranging any- | where from thirty secouds to one mio- | ute. 'Troop 4 Is the banner troop as & whele in the diienit avt of knot tying. NO BOY PROBLEM. i i Montana, is conducting a | training course. Its Benjamiv - Owen, Bulte, scontleaders’ executive, {nug in the city s practically impossible | untll adequate leadership is assured “Chere is no boy problem in Butte so AL 0§ SCOUtE Ate gotveroed. T ds g naw's problem.” says Me. Owen. “Give | us compatont, Aeained leadership and | we can organize seores of troops in | Putte. which will save any question of | boys’ welfare, Subatribe for The Dafly Pionear ' Ling e old matvimonial system, ail | and tmporiant in the simple presence { of living game in the landscape, and | should come to life again? HAVE NEW IDEA OF MARRIAGE Public Discussion of the Subject in the Japanese Press ls Regarded as Significant. e A series of articles on love and war- riage ix appearing iu Jopanese news- papers and iagazines, as 2 Sign of the | tendencies of the Japanese | rofessors in -psychology, | = and writers of nate ave lon, on reform- #chool rominent i, the disew; 5 wore freedom for personal and ¢ med withouy | ving known | wits . considered, ountey nd family, ! the religion of ancestor worship be- ing its principle. The Fourg. couples lived with the parents and the bride owed cowplete obedience to . her aother-in-law. The custom is now prevalent for the young people to meet long before the marriage takes place so that they may know eacli other, and to live apart from the family is no longer con- sidered undutiful. Yet, of late, the tendency appearcd to marry for love's sake and cut of personal choice. This new and romautie ideal is so strong that all means axe tricd to obtain 1ty entailing elopefuents, suicldes and notorious family dissensions. Hence the discu: n for greater liberty and wmore_social Wfe, which are quite op~ posed to the old social system of Confucius, tuat men and women shonld Keep apare and marry for duty’s sake and not far love. |.__St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 6.—Arthur O, ! i | |funds of the Night and Day bAnk i ¢ ‘here were missing today. The bank!| RATS' CAN BE EXTERMINATED Writtr Points to the Wiping Out of the Passenger Pigeon as Proof l of Assertion. i “In the Bouk of Books we read, won- Mleringly. of the plagues visited on the Egyptians, says the Philadelphia North American, editorinlly. In the record of the centuries we find numerous ref- | crences to plagues of other sort—and all the while we are entertaining—yes, supporting and enéouraging—the most destructive of plagues. In this land and thronghout the: world we are permitting rats to de-| stroy property and endanger humnan ! life. The word “perwit” is the ony | oue to use, for rats and mice could be ot ridd of if a concerted, persistent ef- fort were madeé. ! Let Tim who doubts this. possib®ity | inquire about the passenger pigeon which, within G0 years, inhabited this | country in such pumbers as to actually darken the face of day in its flights-— and of which Dot one speciinen now remaios, b . 1t yas easier to destroy these birds than 1t wouid e to-destroy rats and’ mice, but the possibility of the one achievement jusfifies beliet in that of the other. And there can be no doubt- ing the need for this destruction. It _has been fighred by experts that we have at least ome rat for each of our inhabitants—{hat is the ratio gen- erally accepted in such civilized coun- tries as France, Fugland and America. In certain parts of less civilized coun- tries the ratio is higher. GHOSTS THAT- REALLY LIVE In the Modern Werld Some of Them Actually Make Their Living, Though Unknown. i There ure ghosts in the material as well as In the spirit world. In fact some people earn their living by act- ing as “ghosts.” Some “ghosts” often i become prominent in their “profession” despite the fuct that their work i littie known, _ Busy palaters sometimes hand thefe | eanvasses over to lesser known artists | to “touch up” or finish, off. The struggler 13 glad of the work, \he' artist Is able to do more and the re- | snit seems o please the public. i Minor authors often practice the | same thing. A man may be writing | & book on the history of Mexico—let | us say. He needs certain informa. tion which e knows can be obtained from refereuce books. Gathering that information does not require the hraing of a genius, his secretary can o that quite well, while he works up the “local color” from the bare facts obtained. It Is an open secret that many writers work In this way and that ghosts are often employed to “yrite up” books of reminiscences of celebrities. Sometimes, the work these “authors” behind the scenes do is tm- portant. They revise novels, draw “ends” together, work up “climaxes” and give dramatic effect to “situa- flone"—Clovelamt Plain’ Dealer. 1 Fer Living Game. i Huuting and its attendsnt cutdoor life appeals to ail sportsmen and ls the wotive for & great use of the fovest jauds for that type of recreatlon. But there is another feature perhaps little thought of. but nouo the less present there is lttle: question ‘but that the value of a lve animal viewed by forest .visitors several times during its life. has a greater aggregate worth in the recreation scheme than the sane dead. ~— Awerican Forestry | Mageine, slam, Bangl He (walking by 1 graveyard)-— Wouldn't it be torrible if all the dead i She (rawning)-—H L 1 eertain: | Iy wisk one of them wonldl—=Amertean | Tegla Weekly. | et | Best Nén_e*'T;:»o 3 Good & ‘:A(ler many years of stomach suf- fering I have at last found a medicine or that F""ibl“‘. But, b:lie\-e me,.it was_closed ns-examiners went over|pos * timely find. 1 cduidn't' have the books. The sh';rtnge'uf funds and jLl)cx;!‘.(::l‘:ufle:{.o::u::{;nger.”E\ly St:m' ;hc nbst{ncg of the cashier was “‘“‘l"ficl and the "4’“(‘9. gotgatsa 'b: :wf‘::? nown in- 3 ;, 2 A In"a statement made today. | yegicine didn't help much until I got hold of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, {<which did the trick. i v- 000000008000 i il U ik Fam i o .,'.hut rer i fyen the : the CASHIER AND MONEY MISSING FROM NIGHT AND DAY BANK | The 3 WILL SOON BE HERE! ‘hat did _your “‘niotor vehicle cost you last ? 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SEE THE'DANCE OF DEATH! “TWO-PART COMEDY ALSO Grand %% Tonight 1:3049:00 A i ¢ 0000000000000 REX Theatre |l PAULINE FREDERICK llix JHE LURE of JADE' —SATURDAY— ROY STEWART | —in— } “Sheriff Jim” | 0000008000000 She had done no wrong, but an envious woman'’s tongue spread a slander that turned her world to bitter ashes. Through long years she nursed her smouldering hate, waiting, watching, living only for a terrible revenge. And then, under the swaying palms, in a South Sea . Island Inn, where derelicts and blackguards drank ! 2 toast to dead decency, came the power to strike. WHAT DID SHE DO? juer ET, K Ozt 00O O BIG DANCE OLD ARMORY SATURDAY, JAN 7 Music by SHOOK'’S International - JAZZ ORCHESTRA General Admission $1.00 ! - Extra Ladies 25¢ avsios ALL INVITED-Come! William} S. HART 35N3 Not much on mouth work, but in a fight—oh, man! And you'll say he had to fight in this picture! A rousing story of love and the Golden West. 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