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Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-02
As a Commercial
Center

In 1914 the volume OF business
done by Lincoln wholesalers ex-
ceoded sss,OOOoOO. Lincoln ranks
high In a dozen large lines.
1t lie one Of the largest centers IN
tho United States for creamery
products,
IL is the greatest fruit market in
the Missouri valley.
II is the largest jobbing cenlsr
for threshing machines in the Mis-
souri, valley.
II Ia among the leaders IN the
west in the jobbing OF automobiles.
II handles In a Wholesale way
over N,00O.Oo0 worth OF groceries.
and has two OF the largest grocery
jobbing houses in the west.
II distributes a large amount of
cut flowers among half . dozen
states.
II handles every line Of goods
Jobbed TO the trade except dry
goods.
The record of wholesale business
for the last five years Is as follows:
1910. S26 4e5. 900; 1911, so. go. 900; 1912
$50. 10000 1918. tS.io6.OOO; 1914, sss,-
10000.
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nearly every activity manifested by the
city and the clearing house for all its
movements. with membership OF ]. 4SS
made up Of the most prominent. active
and alert citizens, II Is equipped TO get
behind every movement for the better
ment OF the city, whether II be CONNER
cially, industrially. educationally or
purely civic. II reaches out after new en-
terprises II promotes dramatic and mu-
steal festivals; Il raises funds for various
activities; It protects merchants from
fake advertisers and passes upon chart
ties endorsements; IL gets behind and
boosts tagging institutions; It promotes
undertakings OF various sorts that hold
within them some good or some advan-
taRe for the city; Il finances conventions.
II runs the city auditorium; It promotes
research work In municipal problems. An
this Il does In addition to its purely busi-
ness functions. II employs a rate expert
who studies all transportation rate and
service problems and who furnishes the
ammunition for its legal contests to pre-
vent discrimination and to insure fair
field for its iobbers and manufacturers.
Few clubs have a record OF successful
achievement as brilliant as has the LIN
coin Commercial club.
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years. Business building projects. post
poned from last year. taken with public
improvements authorized, will swell the
total beyond any previous year. Con-
tracts already made or authorized total
nearly S2OoOOOO
Lincoln as n MunIcIpaIIty.
Five commissioners, elected without re-
sprd to their politics. since election bnl-
lots carry no party designations, have
charge OF the city OF Lincoln. c. w.
Bryan Il the mayor and Superintendent
OF public affairs and substitutes for the
other commissioners In their absence
One result OF city ownership ~ the
street lighting system has been the In
stailation OF cluster lights along tho main
thoroughfares that, in connection with
the large amount OF store front lighting
done by merchants because OF phenome-
nally cheap current. make Lincoln one
OF the best lighted cities In the country.
The total assessed valua ton OF the city.
based on ons-fifth valuation. IL SOAK
sT3. The bonded Indebtedness " but
$4,000, and the total Is being gradually
reduced by yearly payments. The city
owns property estimated TO be worth
81, e0o. 900. exclusive OF 100000 OF school
! buildings; running expenses OF the mu-
nicipallty are about $4,000 a year.
The vitallzing factor in the life OF Lin
coin IL the Commercial club. Occupying
its own club house. a magnificent struc.
ture costing $4,000. II Is the center of
Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-02

lowing IL the record OF olearlngs for the
banks OF Lincoln by months for the years
1912. 1918 ana 1914:
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In spite OF the forbidding conditions ma
tionally and the short crops Of 1913 in the
state, Lincoln has been able. In lite resi-
dence building. 20 maintain the same pace
as In former years, During 1914 not
withdrawing an ordinance allows builders
TO underestimate the cost Of structures
N,5OeSo was represented in tho building
permits issued. Nearly 10000 OF this
was invested In homes.
The ten-year record OF building Is as
Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-02
BuiIdinH In Lincoln.

Totals e.. $780, ,29l Sg9. ~. 7Os sliO. III 1863
lain In LINCOLN Bank Clearings
WI over lNlA................... ~. alNNOn
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
RUSSIA'S CROPS
Are to Be Handled by Women
and School Children
This Year.

PETROGRAD. Aug. 28.-At sew
.eral points in the interior OF RUS
STA. women and school children have
organized societies to handle the
crops. which promise to be the most
abundant for years. AT Serdobsk
in the province of Scratch and at
.Orenburg, the women and children
are alreadv at the point of starting
for the large harvest fields, which
have been without workmen since
the mobilization.
The town council at Tsaritzyan
has passed law r:.-ovssing fTecAgrI-
cultural machinery for the haWes-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
BLISS M'CRUM
Has Gone TO San francisco to.
Attend the Panama. aci-
fic Exposition.

CHARLESTON, Aug. 2S.- Senator
h. Bliss McCrum. member Of the
state board of control. has gone TO-
san Francisco to attend the exposition
and be present at the national con-
vention Of the Phi Kappa Sigma ra-
terity. .a.ss.
senator McCrum is graduate Of
West Virginia University and was q
member Of the fraternity there. Y Is.
He is the o. .cial representative Of
the university, chapter OF the organt-
'zation at the national convention.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
ROMANCE IS. SHAT Tered
THROUGH NEGLECT
OF CHICKEN
Husband Forgets and is Now
Charged with Abandon
rnent of His Wife.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2s-A pet chick
an upset the dance hall romance OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nicks. OF 917
Market street, East st. Louis.
And one of the consequences We ~
that Nicks was bound over to the
Grand jury on a charge of wife aban-
donment.
The charge against Nfcks was pre-
ferred by Mrs. Ida Hunter Nicks.
She is 20 years old and her husband
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
had been married an ordinary Life
time, had deserted him.

What is asserted to be the finest
stone mason work in the world ts to
be seen In the ruins of Inca palaces
In the city OF Cuzco. Peru.
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no CENSUS.
az AaeoclArEp eaEsa

BERLIN, Aug. 2s.The imperial
ministry OF the interior has decided
that no census OF the empire will be
taken until after the close Of the war.
a general census was due In Deem
Der this year
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
NAT GOODWIN RECALLS HIS
DAYS ONTHE VARIETY STAGE

the late Il. f. Keith and rival man
ayers were tempting and the oppor-
tunitics OF advertising ones ability
much greater than in the legitimate.
| persuaded my father To advance me
enough money to have some costumes
prepared and succeeded in inducing
II Bradford to prepare "A sketch for
me. II was called Ills First Rohcar-
sal and IL cost me altogether $50, as
sketches in those days cost small for
tunes.
II succeeded in procuring an OPEN
ing at the Howard Athennum under
the management Of John Stetson. My
associates appearing in the same pro-
gramme We're Gus Williams, Sol Smith
Russell. Pat Rooney. Sr.. Denman
Thompson and several others who
afterward became famous players. ]
was handicapped IN a great extent by
his competition and my success was
not very tiattering until about the end
Of the week when ! gained more con-
tidence and my methods were a bit
surer. On the Saturday night Of my
engagement Bradford, author Of the
sketch, brought n friend of his, Clay
Greene, to his protege. That evening.
fortunately for me, my sketch went
particularly well. Years after Mr..
Greene wrote n long poetical tribute
in the course of which he said:
Tie STRIPPING held his hearer like a toy,
And thrilled him now with song, then
wondrous imitation.
First farce, then opera, now broad bur
lesque.
Then cen In tragic realms majestic
soaring,
And each attempt success prodigious
scoring,
Re 1t pathetic. tuneful or grotesque.
Till every palm was bruised with raven
Gus encorins.
after my run at the Howard
.Athenpum Tony Pastor offered ne an
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Edwin Arden, tho actor who has re-
Gently left the stage for the iho'ioh
pictures and Is at present engaged
with the World Film Corporation III
"Thc Gray Mask" thinks that not the
least of the educational uses TO "hlch
the motion pictures might ne put IL
as Il finishing school for actors on the
speaking stage,
III the actor on tho speaking STAGE
who thinks he has cache perfection
could go into the motion pictures lor
half a year he would find mai he
possesses faults which he never
dreamed" Mr.. Arden said TO THE Sun
repor,er. THE motion picture actor.
If he is serious. may always
IN his acting. His mistakes are con-
s,antly before him on the INNS In
which he has appeared, and he a
pront by them and see his own I'M
proyement in succeeding pictures.
Motion pictures require finer act
ing than the stage, for the eye of the
camera is much quicker II much
more cxact!ng than the y or the
| audiencs in a theatre. The human
| voice covers over many detects or
pantomime. Makeup and colors "-
| feet many softcning decisions on the
speaking stage.
In the pictures 1t Is different. Ee-
fore one is n grim cyclops which does
NOT lie or palliate offences. Ii records
every gesture, every movement OF
the face or body with merciless truth
~fulness, and is therefore the most eff
Gent critic there is.
THE great tendency in acting 10 TO
cveract. not 10 underact. The screen
demands n more suppressed acting, a
stibtl,ty of facial expression II 4
| misc and control of bodily movement
which il not 50 necessary on IN" stage
There i, not any great fundamen-
ia, difference in acting for the stage
and tho motion pictures, Thero Is
only n difference in tempo and degree.
Quick and violent action seems dis
juintcd on the screen. E>agSerated
facial expression seems ridiculous. IT
is temperate acting. then, which the
actor must always have in mind be-
fore the camera
The motion pictures hay entered
into a new era. II is a subtle, en-
| yolvcd plot. thoughtfully worked out
| aud artistically produced which tho
| pubic wants. and which the producers
are furnishing. The broad play of tho
past is gone, and II refined, deli
| catcly handled photoplay has taken
It's place.
"The speaking stage will he super
! seeded, without doubt, by tho motion
pictures unless managers offer induce
mcnt to the youth OF tho me 10
| stay with the legitimate profession"
| says Mr.. Arden.
PICTURES pay an actor much more
| than the stage. II is not because the
producers are philanthroplsts. al
though they are generous, 1t is be-
cause they consider the acting worth
money.
"Thc pictures offer a fortune for
the ambitious young ma ana woman.
They nlso allow leeway for original
ity and Individuality. The stage will
dio before very many years unless
manager. change their tactics,'
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awful sound in life-booing. Louder
and louder 1t grew. Then l could
hear indistinct mutterings about Brit
ish workmen' and whether or not they
meant to be slaves. This was fol-
lowed by some things being broken
at the back Of the theatre. and then
YOU may be sure I pushed my chair
out of sight OF the audience and sat
behind the curtains in the box. en-
pecting the worst. There was a small
sized riot on hand when the curtain
finally fell we'll toward l o'clock. Then
! started 10 rejoin Barrie on the stage.
AS | went back my thought was how
badly Barker must feel over the fiasco
OF his play and the rudcness of his
fellow countrymcn. ! was TO
soften the blow for him all l could.
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so ] worked my way through the
crowd on the stage and started to
tell him that everything would be all
right and would yet he his.
But he was in a frenzy and stopped
me before l could say a word, fling
ing his arms into the air and then
his hands through his hair as he
shouted: 'Frohman, what n catastro-
phe' Did a man Q have worse
luck? What do you think happened?
Ainley skipped eighteen pages OF my
play What a laugh Barrie and
had over that going home, If Ainley
had not skipped those eighteen pages
we would all have been there till
dawn. That IA the last time I ever
crowded TO the front of "A box in my
own or anybody else's theatre. You
never can tell"
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/, aura. 49,
Hope
Crews ia
TIE Chief

t. disguise the fact that they did not
know their lines. lie would allow this
Overparticularizing to go on until it's
indulgence sufficiently steadicd an
actor or actress. then he would stop
it 10y humorously saying:
IAN right. now let's hear some Of
the play. We know you can act. but
nobody will expect acting Of that sofa
you've been pushing about"
And to the actress who. after re-
pcated stumbling, protested Il know
lines, C. F." he finally answered
Yes. | see you do, out you don't know
Pinero's.'
The difference between English and
American audiences he once illustrated
this way:
"If in u play that you've imported
from London a character says Bat
tersea Bridge an American playgoer.
although the name may sound queer
to him. will instantly say, An right;
Battersea Bridge. What about it?'
But IL you import an American play
into London. and the character says
'Tammany corruption n British play
zoe will say To himself, What kind Of
corruption is this?' and keep on say
ing it until he misses all that act and
perhaps the next one
He was happiest when dozens OF
plays were before the public in Eng
land or America under his anne
Often he had as many as eight in re-
hearsal at the same time. and his
cheeks would flush with color and his
eyes dance with delight as he rushed
from theatre to theatre to rehearse
once put before the public rarely. IL
ever, interested him after the first
two or three nights OF its run. But
he was too charged with nervous
force. too highly strung. too unmis-
takably touched with that restrained
madness which Is the mark Of genius
to have any knack for detail. What
ever he did he could do only on a
wholesale scale. He wanted as mapy
stars under his management as he
could get along with, as many au-
thors writing plays for him as he
could interest in ideas or plots or who
could interest him. as many theatres
under his management as his re-
sources could possibly carry; and upon
every printed form connected with his
institution, upon the simplest folder
or the most ordinary envelope, he ever
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21

Vaudeville and Burlesoue.

PALACE THEATRE - Nine.
Calve returns to the Palace
this week after q long tour and
will sing q new repertoire Of
operate songs as the particu-
lar attraction Of the bill.
Others include Frank McIn.
tyre in 1.-THE Hat Salesman"
Dorothy Shoemaker in THE
Passion Play of Washington
Square," Beatrice Herford in
monologue; Ernest Evans.
Ruth Roye, Daniels and Con.
rad and Jan Kubelik, violinist.
COLONIAL THEATRE-"The
Red Heads" a spectacular girl
act, heads the programme. sup
ported by William B. Mack In
Around the Law" Hunting
and Frances. Mcconnell and
Simpson, Octavia Broske, Her.
bert Hall Winslow, the Misses
Lightner. Newton and Alexan.
der and Mile. Vera Sabina and
company.
THEATRE-Nora
Bayes will be the particular At.
traction this week. Others on
the programme include Gran.
berries" Whitfield and Ire.
land, Ota Gygi. Dolores Velle-
cita. Perry and Heath. the
B~aggesens. White and Clayton,
Helene and Emilon and others.
THEATRE-Mol.
lie Williams heading Bob Man.
chester's Burlesquers comes to
the Columbia this week in .
two act entertainment and
vaudeville programme. In the
company are Teddy Burns.
Beatrice Harlow. George
Douglass. frankie Burns,
Hazel Crosby and others.
YORKVILLE THEATRE-The
United States Beauties, enc Of
the standard ~burlesque shows,
occupies the stage here this
week in a lively entertainment
called "Old Gloria" and "One
Night Opera" The principals
of the company are Jules a.
cobs, Charles H. Boyle and
Gertrude Sommers. =
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
THE CORT PLAYS.
Popular Old Pieces to Be Seen
Again This Week.

Two pieces which have en-
joyed a long term of popularity
are to be seen this week. At the
Standard Theatre Louis Mann
will appear in THE Bubble"
while at the Lexington Theatre
Willard Mack's Kick In" will be
played.
Associated with Louis Mann at
the Standard Theatre will be
Laura Walker. Auguste Burmes-
ter. George Wellington and Ivan
Miller. This company appeared
with him during the long run of
the piece at the Lyric Theatre.
Richard Bennett heads the
company which will be seen in
"Kick In" at the Lexington. For.
rest Winant plays the degener-
ate brother, and others in the
company are Clara Joel, Adri-
enne Morrison. Annie Mack Der,
lein and Maidel Turner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
WHERE TO DANCE.

Frederic Santley will dance to-
morrow night at the Ziegfeld
Midnight Frolic or the roof of
the New Amsterdam Theatre and
will presumably continue to do
so as long as his efforts give
pleasure. Will Rogers continues
there with his l~ariat, and other
attractions are Odette Myrtil.
Sybil Carmen. Paul Gordon, Al
lyn King. Muriel Hudson, the
SAKE Sextet and the two little
Chinese turkey trotters.
The Strand Roof Club has been
organized to promote the flow of
gayety OH the roof and to form
a nucleus for the social activities
of the members. Anne Morgan
was elected honorary president
of the organization. Other Off
GERS are T. w. Denison, Joseph
Ungernach. E. de Wolfe, G. H.
Page, Margaret Riggs and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Crane will
dance on Friday.
At the Castles in the Air there
is ice skating and there is also
dancing. as we'll as the usual &C.
compartments to such diversions.
Gladys Lamb. Norval Baptie.
Isabel Butler and the ballet also
skate beautifully. .
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WOULD USE MOVIES AS AN
ACTORS FINISHING SCHOOL

Theatre. 1.-The Great Lover at the
Longacrc Theatre, "I,olling Stones" at
the Harris Theatre, Fair and
Warmer at the Eltingc Theatre. "Abc
and Mawruss' AT tho Lyric Theatre.
"IIit-the-Trail Holiday" at the .\stOr
Theatre, THE Angel in the House. AT
the Fulton Theatre. 1.-The I'ncIIustened
Woman" at tn" Thirty-ninth Street
Theatre, The Depths of Purity" a
the Bramhall Playhouse, Back Home"
mt the Conan Theatre, and 'Quinncys' o"
ut the Maxine Elliott Theatre.
The musical plays are Chin Chin"
at the Globe Theatre, alone at Last"
at the Shubert Theatre. THE Blue
Paradise at the Casino Theatre, Town
Topics at the Century Theatre.
Around the Map at the New Amster-
dam Theatre. and "A World Of Pleas
ure" at the Winter Garden.
The Hippodrome is open with Sousa's
Band, "Hip-Hip-H ooray' and "Frirt-
ing at st. Moritz," a big Spectacular
Offering.
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MarsueENSM
Nam.rG W
es::se7c;1rn.N
ALONE AT,ENsT'

insisted should be the inscription
Charles Frohman presents" A pas
showed itself in odd ways. Al spare
moments he would snatch up paper
and blue pencil and feverishly write
Charles Frohman at the present time
has the following stars playing under
his management" and then set down
the names OF all his famous stars and
every other name that could possibly
be credited with past or future star
dom. Every public announcement
that he made began with his name,
which he would utter as II II belonged
to another than himself. Once he
impatiently ordered thousands OF en-
velopes destroyed because they were
imprinted with the name and picture
of of his stars, but not his name.
He always wanted II felt that he was
the one essential behind all his enter
prises, and that but for him they
could not be, and yet he would never
step before a audience and hated to
he recognized in public.
You 40 before the curtain and
make the Speech" said F'rohman to
Belasco as they sat side by side behind
the scenes OF the opening night Of
"A Celebrated Case" while the thea
tire was resoundinG with cries Of
speech" "Go out front said FROM
man. land act YOU hardest. Re sure
and cry and put your hand on your
heart; they expect it. I'm sure thcy
imagine I'm out In the box Office
counting up the filthy lucre." But
when any Of his projects that prom
Used unusual honor as we'll as great
financial results reacted on him and
fell fiat, nobody was quicker TO see
the humor of the recoil. His laughter
was that OF a boy: it would strike fire
in the corners of his eyes, quickly
ignite his rudy face and soon shake
his enormous back.
1T was a good Joke on me the night
Granville Barker. who was then my
stage director at the repertory theatre
l started in London, produced his play
The Madras House Barrie told me
that It was going to he a very distin-
guished OCCASION; "a proud night foI
me- was the way he put it.. You know
the way we both hate evening clothes
but since II was to he n proud night
Barrie and | dressed up within an inch
| of u lives, and were seated In the
box Of the Duke of York's severa,
minutes before the curtain went uT
on the play. I was no eager to fee
my pride that ! crowded right up t.
| the brass rail, getting myself in full
; view Of the audience. Soon tho play
started; and then 1t went on and or
mile after mile Of talk. At abou,
half past II Barrie said to me: q
think I'll he stepping round to the
stage to say good evening to the
people. I'll wait for you there after
the play IL over And he left me
Again The Madras House went ~
and on. Toward ~ o'clock I heard
from way behind the stalls the most
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
THE A THAT LAST.

The plays that continue in New
York are "Our Mrs. McChesney" at
the L.yCcum Theatre, "The Two Viz
tues at the Booth Theatre, "Hobson's
Choice at the Comedy Theatre. The
Chief" AT the Empire Theatre, "Thc
Liars" at the Playhouse, ''The Boom
erang' al the Belasco Theatre. Com
NOR Clay" AT the Republic Theatre.
Young America a. tho Gaiety The
atre, "The Eternal Magdalen"" at tho
Forty-cighth street Theatre, "Homeo
and Juliet AZ the fortN-fourIh street
Theatre, "Cnder Fire AT the Hudson
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viously left that theatre not particu-
lsrly successful at a salary OF only
SIS a week. Nftcr that | was out or
variety or vaudeville. as it came to
lie called. for many, many years, and
did not cturn until Percy Williams
induced me tn tour his circuit In Lend
Me Five Shillin2s.' I have a great
vehicle in In a Blaze Of Glory as the
chief role enables one TO run the
actors samut from high comedy to
tragedy"
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engagement At $40 a week to appear
at his variety theatre in New York.
When ! arrived ! was terror stricken
at the way in which he had announced
me. ! was advertised as actor. author
and mimic l remained with Tony
several weeks and when 1 left Gotham
my salary had grown TO $500 "a week.
Variety was hardly to my liking,
as It gave me too much time TO my
self and I regret to say that ! saved
but little from my seasons work.
col. Sim of the olympic Theatre,
New York. made me an offer to con-
tinue on tho variety stage but | de-
cided To enter the legitimate and ac-
copied an engagement to appear as
Captdin CrOsstrcc under the manage
ment Of Matt Morgan, then the man
ager Of the Fourteenth street Theatre.
in q burlesque of Black Eyed susan.
After a few weeks at the Fourteenth
street house | accepted an engage
ment to return TO the Howard Athe-
neum. I opened there with Minnie
Palmer at a salary Of $3.50 a week. l
was very proud Of this as ! had pre-
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During the seasons " 1878 and 1876
| found il difficult to secure any en-
ploynent whatever. Variety bust
ness. now called vaudeville, had begun
to supplant tho legitimate in the estl-
nation of the masses. and ]. bein
rather an astu,e observer for n young
ster. determined to turn my attention
in that direction. Salaries offered by