Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1916, Page 24

\ 10—B DECEMBER /3, 191 — ey MOVIE THEATERS IN OMAHA HAVE CLASS City Coming Rapidly to Front in Construction and Methods of Presenting Films. YET YOUNG IN INDUSTRY How old is an Omaha pioneer in the pholopla,\'induslrv? It all depends on whether he is old because he has lived long or old in the number of years he has been in the photoplay business in Omaha., 1f the latter he dosen’t have to be so all-fired old, because Omaha hasn't really been in the movie game so long. Of course. there have been moving pictures exhibited in Omaha for a number of years, but they were ex- hibited not presented. Get the dis- tinction? It might be said that mov- ing pictures were never really pre- sented in Omaha until H. M. Thomas came here and took a lemon of a house so far as legitimate theatricals were concerned and made of it a pay- ing proposition with photoplays. But Thomas brought with him the art of presenting photoplays in such a man- ner that the “best people” began to be movie fans. He knew how to put the “atmosphere” into his theater. Following the lead Mr. Thomas took other exhibitors began to learn the art. Not that Thomas is entitled to all the credit, but he should have a lot of it. In the last year or so the photoplay business has grown most remarkably, especially in its suburban houses is Omaha fortunate. Take, for instance, such houses assthe Rahlff, Boulevard, Dundee, Grand, Star, among the newer houses and in few cities of the country._will any better be found. Go to any of them and you will find there the."atmos- here” that makes moving-picture ans. The houses themselves are not “made-over” storerooms; they are lit- tle palace theaters, built for the pur- pose for which they are used— “equipped with the best to be had in projecting machines, pipe organs and other features for pleasure and com- ~fort. Among the very latest modern thea- ters that are built and conducted in such a way as to popularize photo- plays is the Muse. Mr. Shirley has combined all that is desirable in mak- ing his theater as good as the public Lincoln, Dec. 2—(Special.)—Ne- braska intercollegiate debaters, who have been awarded the honors in eight of “the last ten debates with Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Illinois and Kansas will lock logical horns with the Jayhawkers on Wednesday night, December 13, at Lincoln and at Lawrence, in dis tion of submarine warfare in com- merce—whether or not is is compat- ible “with the rights of neutrals and the laws of nations regarding non- gombatant enemies.” . st December Nebraskg won both bates with Kansas, on the ques- tion of increased armament. sion of the ques-| | For a month the members of the| Nebraska teams and of the seminary | in argumentation .and debate have’| been grinding away in the “squad” | room—the “thinkshop,” as they call it—under the general supervision of | Prof. M. M. Fogg, professor ofi rhetoric. | Right: Nebraska Debaters Against Kansas at Lincoln—Left to {in 1913, and Nebraska debaters are all new at the work this year, but two—E. Ever- étt Carr of Beaver City and Charles E. Schofield of Lincoln, who helped wreck the Kansans' logic last year.The Beaver City High school enjoys the distinction of having two graduates on the teams, The other is C. Ivan Winslow. E Two winners of the state champion- ship of the Nebraska High School Debating League are team members— R. B. Waring of Geneva, who won it Leonard W. Kline of Blue Springs, the 1915 winner. p The judges for the debate at Lin- coln, in which Nebraska argues that the submarine warfare s illegal, come come from Missouri. William F. Heyler, '18, of Edmond, Okla., was graduated from the Cen- tral Normal school, Edmond, in 1915. He participated in the annaul inter- society debate and the junior-senior debate, and represented the school in State Normal school. He entered Nebraska last fall. Leonard W. Kline, 19, of Blue Springs, won the championship o the Nebraska High School debating league in 1915, He was president of his high schcool class and won mem- bership on the freshmen team in the 1916 inter-class debate championship series. He is president of the Ne- braska branch of the Intercollegiate Prohibition association; a member of could ask. Some people want to call the Muse a suburban house, but Twenty-fourth and Farnam isn't su- burban in this town any more. Omaha is growing and the Muse stands near one of our busiest corners. And Mr. Shirley is mow one of the old-timers in the photoplay business and he only started this year. Within the last week Omaha has seen the opening of the Sun theater on Farnam near Fifteenth. The con- struction of this beautiful house only emphasizes the fact that Omaha peo- _ple are becoming discriminating pice ture fans and want the best they can get. Prattically every downtown movie house in Qmaha and many of the suburban houses did big business Thanksgiving. day, , which demon- strates that there are plenty of peo- ple in the city, who approve of the movies to support the present list of theaters and some to spare, The movie industry in Omaha is yet young. With the Sun theater com- leted we are already beginning to 1 Kur rumors of \other downtown pic~ ture palaces to be built in the next year or two. ’ How old is an Omaha photoplay industry? Not so ancient! pinnFer in the Fontenelle Feature Film- Company Opens New Offices The Fontenelle Feature Film com- pany, of which Paul La Marquard is president .and manager, has already discovered that it is impossible to ac- commodate their growing business in the offices in ..e Empress theater building and has moved into perma- nent quarters at 22 Arlington block, on Dodge street near Sixteenth, The Fontenelle now owns state rights on “"War's Women,” "Diana, the Hunt- ress,” “The Unwritten Law,” with Beatriz Michelena in the leading role. What is Going On in Society Circles (Continued from Page Two.) s, where she is visiting her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Payne, g Mrs._lhmnn Hansen of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday here with her mother, Mrs. Martin, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Martin, _A. D, Peters has gone cast on bus- iness, returnipg just before Christ- mas, when he will be accompanied by his son, Russell, who comes home from Cornell. N. H, Loomis is east and spent Thanksgiving in New York with his son, John Loomis, and his wife. Betrothal Announcement. Mrs. Carrie Dawson Scott an- nblmccg the engagement of her daugh- ter, Miss Marguerite Scott, to Mr F, A. Harris, the marriage to take place during the holidays. hi Phi Tea, irs. * William Locke entertained the members of the Alpha Phi soror- ity at t-a at her home Friday after- noon. Those present were: Mesdames— Mesdames— Gunner Nasburg, Merrill Rohrbough, - L. F. Overpeck, Drake, Charles Wright, Misses— = lsses— Helen Giitner, Ruth Ogle, Helen Nason, Bernlce Nelson, Louise Stegner, Katherine Sturtevant, Irene Johnson, ~ Mary Haller, Ruth Thompson, Betty Sturtevant, Katherine Newbranch, Margaret McCoy. Year Dance. ... The Cinosam Dancing club will give a Leap Year dance at the Scottish Rite cathedral Wednesday ecvening. - The men are asked w0 be courteous, obedient and patient in their treat- | ment of the women and 'the women are requested to be “perfect gentle- " ~men, Friday Night Dancing Club. g‘,?:l;e Friday Night Dancing club its regular party Friday evening Drui hall with over sixty couples n account of slight illness VEs the cadet band, the Glee club, Bush- nell Guild and the Palladian Liter- ary society. _Charles E. Shofield, "17, is a gradu- ate of the Fort Collins, Colo., High school, where he represented his so- ciety in the inter-society debate in 1910 and 1911. He was poet and va- ledictorian of his class. He was mem- ber of the Young Men’s Christian as- sociationcabinet in 1914-1915; belongs to the Palladian society, Bushnell Guild, the Phillips Brooks 'club, the World Polity club, Phi Alpha Tau, and Delta Sigma Rho, the honorary fraternity for intercollegiate debaters. Last year he represented Nebraska in the debate at Lawrence on the ques- tion of increased armament, in which Nebraska was awarded the decision. D. Gilbert Eldredge, '17, law '18, of Omaha, is a gratluate of the Oma- ha High school, class of '13, winning membership in Si%mn Tau Nw which admits the two highest scholars in each class. from lowa; for the Lawrence debate, | where Nebraska has the negative, they | the 1913 debate with the Arkansas | Springs; C. E. Schofield, ’17, Omabha. Lincoln. W. F. Heyler, Edmond, Okl.; L. W. Klipe, "19, Blue Lincoln; D. G. Eldridge, '17, /Nebraska Debaters Against Kansas at Lawrence—Left to Right: R. B. Waring, law, '17, Geneva; E. E. Carr, law, '17, Beaver City; C. F. Winslow, '18, Beaver City; C. M. Fry, '17, two years in debate, 1912-1913, and was ‘on_the junior class team two years. While in the preratory school of the University of Oregon, he was on the team that met the Seattle High school. Last ycar he was on the junior class debating team and he won | the fourth essay prize awarded by the Geneva Peace f’cagucA He belongs tQ Phi Alpha Tau and Silver Lynx. E. Everett Carr, law 17, of Beaver City, represented that school on its winning team in the southwestern district contest of the Nebraska High School Debating league in 1909 and 1910. He was the most proficient stu- dent in the college of law course in the history and system of' the com- mon law in 1914-15, winning the Cal- laghan & Co. prize. He is a member of the Cornhusker staff and of Acacia, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Alpha Tau, and Delta Sigma Rho, the honorary fra- ternity for integcollegiat» debaters. He was on the Yeam which defeated Kansas at Lincoln last December on the question of increased armament. Robert B Waring, '17, law ’17, of Geneva, won the championship of the Nebraska High School Debating league in 1913, after having taken first honors in the debating contest of the associa- tion in 1912. He was ecditor of the Geneva High School Journal. He was a member of the Intercollegiate sem- inary in 1913 and was fourth mem- ber of the negative team against Kansas last year, was on the sopho- more team that won the interclass championship of the university in 1914, member of the junior play cast, and belongs to the Dramatic club, the World Polity club, Phi Alpha Tau, and Silver Lynx. C. Ivan Winsolw, '18, 6f Beaver City was graduated from that high school in 1911,/n which year he represented it in the Nebraska High School De- bating league. He was on the Peru State Normal team that debated with the Wayne Normal school in 1913, and took third debate honors at Peru in 1914, Charles M. Frey, '17, law ’19, of Lin- coln, was graduated from the Ster- ling High school in 1913. He repre- sented the school ,'3 1913 contests of the Nebraska High School Debating league. He is a member of the Union Literary society and of the Comus club, was a member of the Daily Ne- braskan staff in his sophomore year, managing editor of the Cornhusker last [year, and is the editor-in-chief ! this 'year. — Mr. George Gardner was compelled to 'postpone his “Wirefly Waltz” un- til the club’s next party, which will belluiven Friday evening at Druid hal Bellevue Social Notes Almost all of the young women at Fontenelle hall, the' woman’s build- ing at Bellevue, spent the Thanksgiv- ing recess at their homes. The only girls remaining on the hill over the vacation are the Misses Florence Stocker, Kathryn Ohman, Flora Ticknor, Mary Alexander, Ruth and Susan Jillson. College work will be resumed Tuesday morning. The Misses' Ruth and Susan Jillson were entertained at dinner Thanks- giving day at the home of ‘Miss Lleanor ~Shimer on Forty-second street, Omaha. Miss Shimer is a for- mer student of Bellevue college. Miss Flora Ticknor spent Thanks- giving day at the home of her room- mate, Miss Auretta Bradshaw, of Council Bluffs, Ja. Miss Ticknor's home is in Falls City, Neb. The Misses Adelaide Fogg and Pe- mento Pangle of Omaha attended the performance Monday evening df the Young Men's Christian association minstrel show, after which they were the guests of a slumber party given at Fontenelle hall by Miss lone Fogg, member of the sophomore class. Mr. Jamees E. Miller spent the week-end with his daughter, Miss Viviane Miller, director of physical training for women at Bellevue. Mrs. Samuel Presley Davidson was the guest Wednesday of her daugh- ters, Misses Ruth and Melissa David- son, before accompanying them home to the Davidson' faimly reunion on Thanksgiving day at Tecumsch, Neb. Dundee Society Notes R T Mr. and Mrs, W, B. T. Belt returned Monday from a trip to New York. They spent a few days with their daughter, Dorothy, who is attending school at Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wik oL Miss Ruth Harte gave a tea party Monday for Miss Eva Johnson, whose of St. Louis took place Thursday aft- ernoon, Happy Hollow Bachelors' club gave a dancing party Tuesday.evening at the Dundee hall Mr. and Mrs. Norris Brown enter- tained the Harmony club lagt Satur- day evening. The Dundee circle of the Conservation league met with Mrs. M. T, Swartz, The Tennyson chapter of the Chau(amfln circle met Tuesday with Mrs. F. H. Wray, The program was in charge of Mesdames W. B. How- ard, Mrs. Louis Sommer entertained at luncheon Wednesday at the Fonte- Child Monday {e represedted Omghl Central Nebraska Teachers’ wedding to Walter James Whitaker | T' H. W. Shriver and C. J. Harper. | nelle for Mrs. )ulius"' Schonberger, and afterwards at the Orpheum mati- nee. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Dun- dee Presbyterian ‘church will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. D. S. ghcsney. {_Mr.and Mrs. Edward Holyoke, jr., {ol Madrid, Neb.,, are expected this | week, to be the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hollister. Mrs. Roy Holden of Chicago is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Powell for about two weeks. Ralston Social Gossip Mrs. John Parratt of Fremont spent a few days visiting friends here and in Omdha last week. Mrs. Dave Ham departed last week | for a short visit with Mr. Ham in the western part of the state. Mr. James Polin of Plattsmouth ar- rived Wednesday evening to spend Thanksgiving with relatives here. Mr, and Mrs. Charles Behlovarek and daughter of Seuth Side spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Behlovarek's l)ll’t‘l"S. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick received the news of the death of their son in Colorado. The body was brought home and buri Papillion. | ,Benson— Soc.ia,l Notes (Continued from Pa liams, Mr. Frank Altcock and Miss Margareta Goldapp. They will re- side here. Mrs. H. Boyce will entertain the| Baptist Phileathia class at her home next Tuesday evening, / on Tuesday from a few days' visit in the western part of the state. Mrs. Charles Tracy entertained at a family Thanksgiving dinner for her sister, Miss Ella Yule of Illinois, and brother, George Yule, and family of Missouri. N Mrs, J. Calvert. received a hand- kerchief from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson for the Methodist women's bazar. Her card, with best wishes, came in the package. Mr. Charles Moulthrop of Benson was nlarried to Miss Mary Roth of rs. C. C. Sawtelle returned home | o'clock it the home of the bride’s parents. Rev. John Calvert of Ben- son performed the ceremony. A Thanksgiving wedding dinner was served to about thirty relatives of the bridal couple. Mr. and Mrs. Moulthrop left last night for a tri to Chicago and the east. They wirl reside in Benson. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Grove of Oma- ha entertained the Methodist Sunday school workers and the Brotherhood last Friday evening at a social gath- ering at their home. About thirty guests were present. Mrs. Ruby Reed is reported to be slowly recovering from the serious %pcrntion she underwent last Sun- ay. ¢ Rush Will Take Patt Against Rich Men Sylvester R. Rush, special assistant to the attorney general, will leave for Cincinnati Monday to take part in the government case against A. L. Is. Limited number of these combina- tion gold filled watch, chain and diamond set sa 4 BNt e G . B. & S. IMPORTING CO., American “Theater Bldg., Davenport, lowa. . Sparks and a group of four bankers | charged' with using the mails to de- fraud. The case will be tried before the court of appea WOMEN WORK FOR FEDERAL SUFFRAGE Writing to Lawmakers to So- licit Their Aid for the Women's Amendment. How Nebraska's senators and con- | gressmen stand on the federal suf- |by Mrs. James Richardson, second district chairman, and Mrs. E. Burke, state chairman for congres- sional work. ; Mrs. Richardson reports Senator G. '\V. Norris in favor, Senator G. M. Hitchcock tied up with states’ rights |and Congressman C. O. Lobeck op- posed to the federal amendment. Senator Norris' whiies Mrs, Rich- lardson he has always favored the amendment and will do whatever he can to assist in its passage by con- gress. Senator Hitchco could not be interviewed before his departure for Washington, but wrote another suffragist: “I believe in statc_s' right » {and do not believe in"fnrcmg suf- | frage on any state which does not * | want it | Lobeck declared” he would vote |against the amendment because this district so instructed him by voting | against suffrage at the last election. Congressman Kinkaid is said favor suffrage. Resolutions to bhe Nebraska representat to | influgnce in the submission of the | federal amendment and its ratification | [ by the state legislatures, were passed | at the suffrage meeting addressed by | Mrs. Nelliec McClung in the court | house, Friday. Demonstrations at which these “resolutions arc passed are being held all over the country this month. Boys and Girls— Earn Your Own Xmas Present 1f you will sell 24 of our House- hold Specialties at 10 cents apiece and send us the $2.40, we will send you either a 26-inch Doll or a Dia- mond-Set Knife. B. & S. Importing Co. 3221 W. 3d St.. DAVENPORT, I0WA “Better Your Health” Take Natural Mineral Hundreds of Omahs men and women are saving time and money by taking advantage of our treatment. Why, don’t you? The famous Sulpho-Chlorine Mineral Water is delivered in Omahs in’ five-gal. Jugs, $1.50; 50c refunded when jug 1§ re- Brown Park Minori_Mw 25th and O Bta., South Side. South 879 DR. JONN A. 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