Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 11, 1922, Page 4

B ——— .- picture that has THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1922 “THE OLD NEST” AT GRAND THEATER OPENS TONIGHT ‘When “The 0id Nest” comes to the Grand theater starting today :the people of Bemidji will have @ chance to see a picture that has been hailed by critics and reviewers as the most ‘satisfying all-American et been produced. ‘The theme, that” of a mother ‘who . sees ‘her six children leaveher, one ' by one, isfcommon -to American families. “All the’ poignancy of feel- ing that these leave takings arouse in real life have been caught on the screen, Rupert Hughes is the author of this unusual tale; of mother love., The picture was produced by ‘Gold- wyn and_ was directed by Reginald Barker. Mary Alden plays the old mother, and her performance has been said to be a masterpiece of screen acting. #MY BOY” AT REX THEATER OPENING NEXT SUNDAY “My Boy,” an Associated First National attraction which is sched- uled to start a three day run at the Rex theater is one of the most fas- cinating stories ever shown on the screen. The star of the production is Jackie Coogan, made tamous through his work with Charles Chaplin in “The Kid” and as a star in his own right in “Peck’s Bad Boy,” Pathos and humor have been skill- fully blended by the director into a production that grips the heart and compels one to return to the theater to see the picture again. As an orphan, who has arrived in New York friendltess and home- less, Jackie makes an appealing figure. The story, written especially for him, furnishes this little star with a part that fits him to perfection and allows him full sway to demon- strate that he possesses exceptional histrionic ability, Claude Dillingwater and Mathil- da Brundage are in the supporting cast. “CLOSED DOORS” AT THE ELKO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW No glycerine tears for Alice Cal- houn, the Vitagraph star, who will be seen at the Elko theater tonight and Friday. Realism is her aim. “If I can’t cry naturally,” said Alice to her director, “I won't cry at all. If you wish me to shed plen- ty of real tears you can help me a great deal by playing the talking machine.” She named a number of records that always make her cry and Di- rector George V. Seyffertitz sent the property boy after one of them. A victrola was installed near the set and the record started, It was But an_instant before Alice began to sniffle and soon real tears were rolling down her cheeks. Miss Calhoun is naturally emotion- al and her sympathies -are 'mnly played upon, In “Closed Doors” she has a heavy dramatic role. In the -earlier scenes she is a young girl light hearted and care frece. ~ The story covers a pmod of several wears and the star is given oppor- tunity to show her ability to mature efore the camera. She plays the lead at the ages of fourteen, eight- een and twenty-two. The story is one that is sure to hold the interest and has in addition to many dramatic scenes, a vein of humor running throughout it. Internationnl News Weekly and a Comedy complete the program., “POLLY OF THE FOLLIES” AT REX THEATER THURSDAY “Polly of the Follies,” the First Na- tional attraction comes to the Rex theater Thursday for a run of two days. Constance Talmadge takes the title role in a story written especial- ly for her by John Emerson and An- ita Loos and which gives her unusual opportunities to display her forte of light comedy. The final scenes of the picture are transplanted to New York where a famous Broadway beauty chorus is shown both in the act of rehears- ing for the annual review and in the theater on the oponmg night. “Polly of the Follies,” has been ac- claimed by critics who have seen it to be among the best of Miss Tal- madges pictures. In “Polly of the Follies” Miss Tal- madge goes through the entre stock of a customer’s store. A country glrl at the start, she changes to Dutch ptantaloon costume for a. novelty act. Later she appears in a Roman garb as part of a charity perfor- mance. The harem scene comes in after she has entered the famous Follies' Beauty Chorus under the tutelage of Flo Ziegfeld. Margaret Troppman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G, Troppman of this city, appears in the famous Follies® Beauty Chorus, “THE GILDED LILY” AT THE ELKO THEATER SATURDAY \ Mae Murray, famous Paramount star and dancer, has been provided with a picture story of great drama- tic power which was especially written for her by Clara Beranger. 1t is “The Gilded Lily” and it will be the feature attraction at the Elko theater for two days beginning Saturday next. Robert Z. Leonard, husband of. the star, made the pro- duction. The story fits Miss Mprray: like a glove and presents her 'in_the role in which she first became famous— a dancer._All of the scenes are laid .in_New_ York. Lily Drake, dancer .of the Club Royale, is the tye of girl that is all sham and rouge on the exterior but real and true when the tarnish and tinsel are off, She is sought by many men, including a typical New York man about town and a youth from the country. In the contest between them to win her hand and in the final incidents, Miss Bcrnnger has given an unusual twist that is declared to be entirely original and will place the picture in the front rank for its story value. 'PRINCE THERE WAS” AT GRAND THEATER SUNDAY Known in the world of amuse- ments as one of the leading play- wrights, actor-managers and com- posers in the country. George M. Cohan is the author of “A Prince There Was,” a brilliant stage suc- cess which has been picturized by Paramount with Thomas Meighan as star and which will be the feature at the Grand theater next Sunday hand Monday. ' Mildred Harris a charming actress who scored in Cecile B.-DeMillg's: great production “Fool’s Paradise,” is Mr, Meighan’s leading wom#h 'fil this picture. / Waldemar Young adopted the picture which was directer by -Tom Forman. er players iare Charlot- ‘tee Jackson, Nigel Barire, Guy Oliv- er, Sylvia Ashton, Fred Huntly and Arthur Hull. SEA NOW "CALLS TO WOMEH Unclé Sam Can Employ Feminine MJunior Engineers and Deck Offi- gers—Other Positions Open. Modern girls who desire to enter the proverbial “man’s sphere” of busl- ness now hawe their chance. They may enter into a vocation which for- merly was decidedly masculine. Do you think you could powder your nose on the bridge of a schooner in a 60-mile gale? Could you save your suede pumps from the ravages of a deckhand armed with a mop? Do you doubt that you could preserve your dignity and your standing in a boat that was trylng to turn itself upside down? Have you an idea you could stop the brawls of rough sailors, shin up a mast, throw a half-hitch with a slight movement. of the wrist and do all the other things which go to make life on the high seas a joy? If you can answer yes to all those questions, go to the secretary of the United States civil service. commis- sion, in the federal building in Los Angeles, and enter in the competitive examinations which soon are to be offered, says the Express of that city. Just put your John Henry on the dot- ted line, opposite “junlor engineer and deck officer,” which position carries a stipend of $2,000 a year. The job is open to any man or woman wno can pass the examinations. Other positions open are, laboratory and field aid in cotton breeding, pyro- technic assistant, junior laboratory aid in plant physiology, computer;’ insur- ance claims examiner, technical oftice assistant, petroleum economist, teach- er in the Indian service, stenographer and chauffeur for the veterans' bureay in Los Angeles. The last-named po- sition is open to men exclusively. HOW FIRST LOCK WAS MADE Development of the -Key Reveals an + -~ Intesesting- Story of Ages Long Passed Away.. - i The modern lock 1s a development of the horizontal bar placed across thie Inside of the door. This was a good substitute for a lock when one remained inside, and to adjust it so that it would fall into place when the deor was closed from the outside was comparatively simple, but to lift the bar from the outside when one wished te enter, was the problem. This was accomplished by fitting a hole into the door post, through which something designed to 1t the bar was inserted, This was the first keyhole and the instrument used In Ilifting the bar was the first key, says the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The simplest idea for preventing the bar from sliding was to bore a hole in the top of the bar, which would alsn penetrate the staple on which it rested, and drop a peg into the hole through the staple. The un- locking problem could be accom- plished by any instrument which would lift the peg and permit the bar to slile buck. Then if a series of pegs were used, all of which had to be lifted, unlocking would be more dif- ficult. In our modern locks, the pegs have slmply been replaced by “tum- blers” on which the key acts in the same way. The key originally had woodén pegs fastened to correspond with the pegs holding the bar in place on the inside, and these pins developell into the notches which are on our modern keys. "As there were no pockets in those days the other end of the key was made into a ring and worn on the finger. That is why the keys of today usually have a ring at the end—just a relic of the past. CONNECTICUT SCOUTS BUSY Scouts of New Britain, Conn., have done noteworthy clvie service during the past year afding In various ways the American Red Cross, the Ameri- can Leglon, the local safety first com- mittee, Parents and Tencllers‘ assocla tion, public health service, G. A. R., chamber of commerce, municipal den- tal clinle, the hospital drive, Tuberculosls soclety, Rotary club, Near East Rellef, Connecticut Sundiy School convention, ete. A play was given to earn money to send to the Pueblo relief f\ilpa and twice the Court, of Honor 'in"Walnut Hill park''hus béen cleaned up, by scouts. whe' replaced defaced name plates and removed dead wreaths and flowers. Life saying methods as taught in the scout Sum- mer camp enabled one scout to save the lives of two boys. Meaning of Word “Already.” The\word “already” mean: this or ‘that time; previously to,” or ‘“at somé specified titme,” or “the time pres- ent, thus early; even.then,” or “even now";"as, “He has already- performed the task.”—The Correct Word by Jo- sephine Turck Baker. Antl- Troublesome Phase. " A troublesome pure in the life of some children is the “negative” stage, where they want to contradict every- body about everything—trying to con- duct long, tiresome dialogues in oppo- sitlon. This looks as if the child had not enough interests of his own. His powers are unemployed and are being “turned in” on himself and on you. The best remedy Is to give a good deal of active, intelligent, constructive thought of a nonroutirie character to the situation and “make a change” of some kind. . Sometlmes to possess as his own or her own a_corner in the attic or 'the barn—or a tiny room, or & little playhouse, where your girl,pr boy. can find opportunities for “self-ex- pression,” to use a modern word;-will be the wisest plan, We need “élbow- rooin,” whether we are three or thirty- three years of age—From “The Little Blue Books.” GOOD TURNS OF BOY SCOUTS The mother of a scout fell ill. Her sun immediately canceled every en- gagement and spent all his time out- side of school and when he was not doing family errands, at the mother’s side, reading aloud and gen- erally helping her to -pass a tedious period of illness as pleasantly as might be. Another boy has been for years stopping on his way to school at the house of a poor woman to cut and carry fire wood. SCOUTS LAY TRA!IL One of the tasks being carried out by-the scouts of Manhattan and vicin- ity is the laying of a trail which, when completed, will encircle the whole Kanowahke lake district in the Pal- Isudes, which contains the great boy soout reservation. The whole distance of some fifiy miles has been “plo- neered” and temporary trall marks es. tablished. Six miles have been com- pleted and equipped with permanent warkers. RESOLUTION NO. 204 At a meeting of the City Council of the City of Bemidji, Minnesota, held in the council chambers in the City Hall in said eity, on Monday, the 1st day of May, 1922, at 8 o'clock’ P. M., the fol- lowing resolution was introduced by Al- derman Smart, who moved its adoption. RESOLVED' that the County Board of the Coutty of Beltrumi, State of Minnesota, be, and the same hereby is, authorized and requested to appropriate and expend such sums of money from the County Road and Bridge Fund as it_may deem advisable for opening, va- cating, resurveying or improving the following described roads, streets and avenues, within the City Limits of the City of Bemidjl; and particularly re- questing that the following work be done, to-wit: Re-surfacing: Irving avenue from Woodland Avenue to 1Gth Street; Be- midji Avenue from 7th Street to' 16th Strect; 12th Street from Beltrami Ave- nue to Doud Ave; 16th Street from Bel- QUAKERS AS WHALE HUNTERS { VILLAGE OF "SWISS WOMEN’| Remarkable Race of Sailors Pro- duced'in the ‘Early Days of the Country’s History. In earlier days, days when Amerl- can clippers swarmed on the seven seas, whales were the only oil fields. Men went out not to hunt whales for their bones, but they slung the har- poon for the same reason that men sink a shaft in Texas todny.: The first and greatest of all wlmlers v\ere Quakers. “The chief whaling cgmmunmes —those of Nantucket and 'Buzzard's Bay — were originally settled by Quakers,” Raymond M. Weaver writes in the course of his chapters on . whaling, included in his . book, "iHe‘.rmtm Melville, Mariner and Mys- tic.” “The inhabitants of these districts In general - retalned in an uncom- mon - measure - throughout the golden age of whaling the peculiarities of the Quaker. Never, perhaps, in the history of the world have there been tated two aspects of life —more humorously incompatible than whale hunting -and Quakerism. This mat- ing produced, however, a race of the most sanguinary of all sailors, a race of fighting Quakers--in Melville's phrase, ‘Quakers with a vengeance.’” +'Rabbit Refused to Die. A New Brunswick man was setting up a portable saw mill In July, 1918. He noticed a lot of small rabbits run- ning about the logs every day, One day he observed a very tiny fellow nearly dead. He picked it up, found it coverad with blue ticks and that it had one of its paws crushed. Some one, must have trampled on it. He picked the ticks all off and amputated the little paw as well as he knew how. Not being very skillful in that line he had little hopes of it being a success- ful operation. After cutting a small V out of the extreme tip of its ear he put it down in a little clover patch thinking it would die; but every day it gradually improved until at the end of two months it disappeared. This winter while cutting wood a mile from where he found the rabbit, he noticed | tracks in the snow. Another man set some wire snares and caught the rab- bit that had had its foot amputated. It was quite dead when found, but bhad grown to a good size. i I /" avoren UK il PRESENTS A b | RDBERT Z.LEONARD PRODUCTION *THE traml Avenue to Irving Avenue; 1st! Street South (5th Ward) from Central ‘Avenue to Lake Street ;Lake Street and County Road No. 99'to City Limits North: and Doud Ave. (or S. R. No. 6) from "Bemidji Avenue to 15ht’ Street, and Reshaping: ' All streets and avenue that can be helped by grader blade work rounding up the center from side ditches. Said appropriations and expenditures to be according to the provisions of Sec- tion 2517, G. S. Minn, 1913, and any amendments_thereto. . The forcgoing resolution having been duly seconded by Alderman McKinnon, it was put upon its passage and by an eye and nay vote, was declared duly passed and earricd, Aldermen voting “Aye”—lJahr, Bridge- man, McKinnon, Stafford, Smart, Lloyd, Rade; Lahr. Aldermen’ voting “Nay"-~None. Aldermen absent—Olson, Denison, Evenson. Approvd May G 1922 . V."GARLOCK, Muyor. Attest: BELLE DENLEY, City Clérk. Published May 11, 1923, Delivered to Mayor May 2, 1922, Keturned by Mayor May 6, 1922, 1d5-11 Saturday and Sunday | ELK Men Live Only. Temporarily at Chams' pery Because of Constant Lack of Work. " REX Opening SATURDAY| ~, FOR THREE DAYS The villnge of Champery, in Switzer-: land, canton of Valals, from. which the ascent of the Dent de Midi I8, started, according to the Berliner Mor= genpost, has two claims to fame; its beautiful.location and the fact tha is Inhabited most of the time;exclgsive- 1y by women. Only a few officiale=he-: long to'the strong: sex,i\¢hose repres sentatives, | althouith 'iiatives of the. village, stay’ theretonty “temporarily. ¥: The reason fof this'stranige’ phenomes/ non is that there js no work:for the men. The little agricultutal labor re- quh-ed for 'the poor acres of the sk roundlug land s nerrormed by the Us lndz have gotl;a : iRl get’ together agam . sOon. women, . The men ‘of Champery are {and b therefore compelled to look for work A N 7" : \ abroad. D\ “The women are beautiful and stronx. They wear neither skirt nor corset, byt breeches and jerkin, while a'red hand= kerchief: wound - ‘around . the. head | serves as a hat. The young girls amuse themselves with dancing, of’ which they ‘are particularly:fond, and.| with skiing. The old women indulge passionately in smoking, and fill meu-- pipes with self-raised -herbs. . Pl Wl\'u))il.) CAN YOU'ANSWER - “THESE QUESTIONS?’ What ‘duurl were closed? * £ e, Why were.they closed? | bt e Who closed them?, . Maybe i look tough here but an Organ gRinder and his Monkey juSt took all the money i got for doing a shimmy— But-O-Boy—YoU ought to see wat i did to him! Who pricd them open? 7 * . ¥ Why did he do it?. . k% What did he find? * % % Whose happiness depended upon the opening..of the doors? Jackie Coogan “MY BOY” A FIRST NATIONAL ATTRACTION Presented by SOL LESSER ‘REX- Today: | ...AND FRIDAY Alone, in the BIG CITY! (Loud sobs!) No mother to guide her. No nuthin’—s0 hungry thn by the time she gets the Follies a plate of pcck and beans will e a Blcdnluhl- x x Where was the husband? * % ox Who was the other man? x % % ‘What did the woman do? . ow Why did she do it? * % What part did flw’auin play? b Of what use were the pearls? * x o Where did’ the husband go? -t What past deed returned a hundredfold? | * Whe::e was happiness found ? : A IF_YOU :CAN'T ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, YOU HAVE NOT SEEN | ALICE CALHOUN ‘CLOSED DOORS' A picture for'every' young wife who finds life lonely. A film that will set every man to thinking. TONIGHT 10c-25¢—7:30-9:00 ELKO We can reach _across the table again, Mother. e a's"s Easterner. TONIGHT One by one they had left her—Tom became ‘a great lawyer in Washington—Kate went to New York. to raise a family—Frank. painted portraits in Paris—Jim, the black sheeo, disappeared with- out a trace—and Emily, the youngest, eloped with a handsome The scene of theif home-.coming to the little lonely. mother is one. of, the finest bits of heart drama ovep screcued, v YOUR LIFE—YOUR HOME—YOUR MOTHER——AS o THEY MIGHT HAVE Rupert Hughes’ Heart—gnppmg Story of Home. A NEW KIND OF FILM MASTERPIECE SATURDAY 1;30-9;10-30c 2:30-10-25¢ 'BEEN—OR ARE ey GRAND CONSTANCE TALMADGE “ Plays Cleopatra for Ziegfeld and the Beauty Chorus chirps: “Oh, death, we're stung!” Polly #Follies A FIRS’.[T I}TATIONA,L ATTRACTION By :JOHN, EMERSON ‘and ANITA LOOS Educational Comedy in two parts—- . “Toonerville- Trol:ley” - Fox News Rex Orchestra Pre-war Prices: 10c & 25¢