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Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08
Tanner Says "Monologing"
Is Harder Than Acting

al be at all worth while, they want
to laugh with and at him. Again,
the hero is played up to, his as
sociates become more or less feed
ers, and just as the infantry puts
the finishing touch to things when
the artillery has made itsas easy as
possible, so does the likeable COM
edian come forward with the right
line when the others have provided
the psychological moment.
In a play subject prolific OF
humorous treatment may be touched
upon in the first act and again in
troduced with 4 different twist in
the last. In = monologue the de-
mand for variety makes imperative
constant change Of subject. My
sympathies are with the monologist,
finally, who, having to follow long
program varying in quality, advanc-
es upon an audience at 5 o'clock in
the evening, matinees, or nightly at
ii and attempts the feat of enter
tanning an already surfeit assemblage
who would like to enjoy him, but
are more seriously concerned with
the leaving time Of the last train.
II have tried both, acting and
vaudeville monologing, and where
as the former has its trials, making
good in the varieties following, ev-
erything, from trained elephants to
experimental >prima dome, call for
just as capable and undivided re-
sponsibility."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08
Fund Sent From Chile Buys
Comforts for u. S. Wounded

once tho home of sport and now the
home Of thousand or more wound
ed American soldiers.
Cigarets were given to every man
in four wards, also = box of matches.
Then the three girls went into the
gas ward, where boys are not al
lowed tobacco in any form until the
gas is entirely out Of their systems.
Each of these boys was given chew
ing gum and some OF them were so
glad to get it that they actually
cried. Others were not 80 far down
with thte ravages Of the attack and
sang out glad -"Hurrahs," but there
wasn't a man in that ward whose
day was not made easier by that
package Of gum.
The grapes were taken into the
medical ward, where fever patients
with parched throats were relived
by the cooling fruit. The jam was
given to various nurses, for there
was none too much of it and not
nearly enough for all the boys. The
nurses take these little extras and
hide them under lock and key in
their medicine chests. And now and
then it IS given to bed ridden pa
tents whose appetites, as we'll as
their tired bodies, need nursing.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08
((VY audevills audiences and the
w IL l.~l. ..s.I

KY audeville AUDIENCES ana the
" patrons of higher. priced
' theaters find some things in
common that>are laughable," said
julius Tanner, coming to the Or
pheum, "and again there are offer
ings unsuitable to one or the other.
The variety patron, however, is the
harder to please, for many reasons.
I'm monologing. which is the
phase of vaudeville I best under
stand one has only 50 many minutes
in which to make good. In play,
the actor participating in an infer
Tor first act may redeem himself
with an improved opportunity a. the
performance" progresses. Further
more, the single entertainer has to
stage picture to assist him, his is
the entire responsibility, and you
must remember that Installation is
always a more effective medium
than speech with which to convey
the idea.
"Above all, the legitimate player
enjoys one inestimable advantage.
If he plays a star part and the
character he depicts is usually
generous, sympathetic type, and for
him the battle is already half won.
Some speech or act having estab-
lished in the minds of those in front
that he Is going to save the situa-
ton, If any is presented, the audi
ence is en- rapport. If he be pos
sessed Of any ability and his materi-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08
Omaha Film Soldier
Writes from France.
mr. ISIS BESS HODGSON of the

M ISIS BESS HODGSON of the
IS1 Universal Film Exchange of
Omaha has received a letter from
Private Joe Weber of the 340th
Field artillery, written October %
at the time when rumors of Aus
tria's surrender were coming to the
boys in service. Joe was In the
film business here and his COM
ments on the soldiers life and his
quips on the film men still on the
job at home are a treat and give
one the general idea of what merry
mood our boys were in while on
their workNof "strafng" the Hun.
Weber says: 1t is some novelty
to be writing when Jerry "a new
'strafers' on the tin roof like hail.
And my illumination is a candle.
We have found that In lieu of bet
ter things candles made good chevy
ing. Boshe planes pay us frequent
visits and the other night they drop
ped 'bookoo' bombs near our vicini-
ty and with the assistance of their
lights and heavies managed to make
it very interesting but rather I'M
comfortable. Jerry occasionally do
nates-rather liberally-us a little
gas. To kind of give Us a bit o va
riety. Yes, we manage to have a
little fun in this existence of ours
but, Oh, You Omahal e..
~ presume the old bunch is gone
at home. Is Sam Harding at the
Princess still getting 'hrst-runs'
without papere Where is Sherman
Fitch and Lefty and did Curly
Calvert get to warl And that red
headed Bird that used to deal out
the change on Saturdays, is he still
at bat? Regards to all and last but
not least, to yourself. Sincerely,
- JOE"
up. S.-We just heard that Austria
quit. Sounds pretty good to US.
Terry is the next bird and watch
Us do the carving. Write soon and
often. Don't let old man Hoover
aIs
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08

four. the young humorist has an oppor-
tunity Of creating amusement for an audi
diencs. The story Of the film has to do
with the elopement Of tho chauffeur with
his employers daugter and efforts Of the
father and another admirer of the tirl to
separate the young couple It IL really
interesting tale. full Of exciting episodes
and well pictured. Tuesday and Wednes-
day IL booked Virginia Pearson in the
dramatic ''Buchanan's Wife,
Boulevard-Gladys Brockwsn In the
dramatic sxposal Of German intrigue at
the outbreak of tho world war, "Kultur,"
will be the attraction at tho Boulevard.
Sunday, with . comedy and news weekly
completing the bill. Miss Brockwell plays
the part Of an Austrian countess who Is
loved by the emperor and by . member of
the German general staff. The intrigue
In high places in the Teuton governments
10 shown in . series Of thrilling scenes,
while tho events that led to tbs assassina-
ton Of the Archduke, which was the o.
tens!ble cause Of the conflict, are shown to
be personal It 10 = strong part and one
in which Miss Brockweli appears to ex-
cellent advantage. Tho Boulevard. which
rsopened Thanksgiving day after al
most two years Of darkness has had fine
crowds and bids fair to take . place
among omaha's successful showhouses.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08

Paris, Dec. 7.-Fifty-thres dollars,
collected by a small group Of en-
gineers employed BY = copper COM
pany at Valparaiso, Chile, for
wounded American boys. came all
the way to headquarters Of the Y.
M. e. A. in Paris the other day,
and this Is what happened to it. E.
c. Carter, chief Of the Y. M. c. A.
overseas activities, gave the money
to his secretary, telling her to spend
every cent Of 1t on boys in q certain
hospital who needed some extra
comforts.
The secretary and two other girls,
all in the uniform of the Y. NJ. c.
A., collected lot of the latest news
papers and magazines from home,
bought up cigarets, chewing gum,
chocolate. jam and basket full of
fresh white grapes, and then, laden
way beyond the limit of their an
cient hack, drove to the big base
hospital on the world-famous race
track at Auteuil just outside Paris,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08

Headlining the new show starting
today at the Empress theater Is q
comedy playlet, Little Miss Dixie"
with q cast including Polly Russell,
Bob Fisher and Henry Fields. Guest
and Newlyn have a singing, dancing
and talking sketch. Rouble Sims,
comedy cartoonist, works very
quickly and gives good demonstra-
tions, besides producing a lot OF
chatter that brings forth laughter.
The Four Castors, who close the
show, are wizards of the. air and
perform startling feats. Headlin-
ing the bill for the last half Of the
week 10 Miss Leila Shaw, the cele-
brated dramatic actress, and her
company of players, who will be
seen in q travesty playlet There
She Goes Again" Pat Barrett,
comedian, puts one in mind Of Jack
Wentworth because Of the handling
4 Ii cong numbesA Mason and
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08

CONTINUED from Page Eighty
oiety clothes. 1t is strong story and
one that Miss Glaum carries we'll.
Empress-A play dealing with the faults
OF present-day marriage will be shown in
picture form at the Empress theater for
four days starting today. It IL called,
''rhe Strange Woman" and has GLADYS
Brockwell Of the William Fox forces as
Its star. 1t was written by William J.
Hurlbut and presents Miss Brockwell a.
Madame 1nez de Pierrefond, the window
Of wealthy baron and who has sworn
that she never again will be manacled to
man by the bonds Of matrimony, She
falls desperately in love with a young
American architect and converts him to
her way Of thinking, but when he brings
her to the town Of Delphi. Ia, there ia
trouble which Ia solved in q highly ORA
matic manner. For the last three days
OF the week, the photoplay attraction will
be THE Return Of Mary" featuring Nav
Allison tho Metro star. She IL supported
BY cast Of notables headed by Darrell
Foss' who plays the part Of Jack DENLY.
Grand-Corrins Griffith In 'Miss Am
bition," will head the bill for today At
the Grand. with q comedy and news reel
completing the program On Monday and
TUESDAY, george Walsh In "On the JUMP"
Is booked in this latest comedy drama,
displaying his aorobatio stunts and ali
humorous portrayal Of the young Amsrt.
can. Norma Talmadss IN Her Only
Way" one Of the most dramatic plays
In which Miss Talmadgs has acted. win
BE- shown Wednesday. and on TAursdsy
comes Wallace Reid In 'Less Than KIN"
comedy drama Of love and romance
with the big westsrnsr portraying . char.
acte1 role Jane and Katherine Lee In
their one propaganda play, Swat the
Spy" will bring gales Of laughter With
their antics ~ the feature Of Tridayss
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08
Father and Daughter Die;
Two Other Children Sick

Stromsburg, Neb., Dec. 7.-(Spe-
ciaD.-W. E. Atkins, superintendent
Of schools here, died Of pneumonia
T. 4rsday following a ten days sick
ness. His three children were taken
down with pneumonia about the
same time and one of them died
Sunday. These two are the only
deaths from pneumonia so far here,
but there are a number of cases re-
ported serious1v i'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08
AdoIoh lest,na ana lillian
G/sh IN Hears ofHe MorU'
t SRAN0Ef5J

program, and Saturday there Is offered q
Primrose" A. the feature. and William
Duncan appearing In THE Fight For
Millions" episode No. 8.
Lothrop-Jack Pickford In the play
he completed Just before Joining Uncle
Sans army, Mile Minute Kendall"
will be the headliner at this theater on
News in addition. william Farnum's
Riders Of the Purple Sage" taken from
Zane Grsy's popular book Of the same
title, tells the story Of Mormonism and
the fight against 1t, on Monday and Tues
day. Wednesday, in addition to the allied
war review, there will be offered Wallace
Reid In believe Me, xantippe." taken
from the stage success Of Frederick Ball
lard. Corrine Griffith in Miss Ambition"
is scheduled for Thursday with the Paths
News and q comedy on the bill, and on
Friday and Saturday there will be shown
Lillian Walker in her success In farceuse
parts 1.-THE Embarrassment Of Riches"
On these two days there is offered In add
ton = comedy and Bud Fishers Mutt and
Jeff.
Orphem, South Side-sunday's rsgu-
lar two acts of vaudeville will have In
addition the showing Of Belle Bennett In
her film success, 1.-THE Reckoning" Mabel
Normand, appearing in her return to
comedy roles. 'Peck's Bad GIRL" IL booked
for both Monday and Tuesday, and on
Wednesday q double offering is made with
Bessie Love in "How Could You, Caro-
liner" and Ruth Roland in episode No.
10 Of her western serial, Hands Up"
sessue Hayakawa, the japanese star in
his most pretentlous production at the
head Of his own company, will b shown
on Thursday and Friday In 1.-THE Temple
Of Dusk" and on Saturday, in addition to
the showing of Leah Baird in evolves Of
Kultur," No. 3, there will BE- offered .
Triangle feature.
Muse-"Thirty = Week." Tom Moorss
second starring vehicle with his new COM
pany, will be at the Muse today and Mon
day. In the role Of Dan Murray, a chAuf-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08

ers; James Hall, Lucille Ames. the
California trio, and a chorus of 80
American beauties. Matinee daily,
today's matinee starting at 5. As
an extra feature there will be pre-
scented in conjunction with the regu-
lar performance next Tuesday and,
Friday nights the Gayety's famous
annual Perfect Figure contests,
same being open to all local models.
Handsome trophy cups will be
awarded the winners. Is there a
Venus de Milo in Omahal Who
knows?
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08

The attraction at the Gayety the
alter the current week IL Max Spie-
gels "Cheer up, America" produced
BY. Private William H. Smith, who
staged "Yip Zip Yaphank" for the
boys Of Camp Upton. The cast in
cludes frankie Niblo, 1.-THE Cheer
Up Girl" dancing and singing SOU
brette; Edward Lambert, late Of
"Katinka;" Leo Hayes, comedian,
who will be assisted by Betty Pow
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08
Revokes Order.

London, Dec. THE Berlin gov
eminent has revoked its decision to
disarm the troops returning to Ber-
lin, according to a Central News dis
patch from Amsterdam.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-08

Austin. h froiics Of comedy and
song, have been highly praised and
promise real nlerriment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-31
MISSOURI FOLKS

st. Louis, Mo.--"My husband sui.
fered with severe backaches and would
be very restless all night long. lie be-
came irritable and looked very Ill. JUST
n few days after he started to take
DR.. Pierce's Anuric I noticed a marked
Improvement and he has not com.
planned of any aches since."-MRS.
ESTELL WELLS. 1904 N. 18th Street.
Kansas City. MOI have been
greatly benefited by DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets which l have taken for sew
eral years for a sluggish liver and sick
headache. I never took n Of the
| Pellets without receiving just the de-
sired relief. They are not only the
most effective medicine Of the kind but
also the millcst."-MRS. ANNA COLE.
30o1 r. 10th st.
You will escape many MS and clear
up the coated tongue, the 1sallow com.
piexion, the dull headache the lazy
liver, II you will take a laxative made
up Of the May.apple, leaves Of aloes,
root Of jalap, and called pleasant
Pellets" Sold by druggists.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-31

Here is the story of "wampun," the
first money to be used in the United
States.
It consisted of clam shells, little
tubes made out of clay. beads and the
like. All these the Indians called by
the general name OF wumpum, and
when the white man set foot upon
these shores he found the wampum
convenient for his use, not only In
trading with the Indians but with
other whites. The Indian name was
sewan, but the European Immigrants
gave this legal tender the name of
wumpum, by which it has been known
G since.
Wampum was not entirely devoid of
intrinsic value. Most Of the shells
from which 1t was made were rare.
These were made largely into beads,
highly polished and strung on strings.
Chiefs. sachemS, and medicine men
wore great strings of these beads on
ceremonious occasions. Every treaty
was corroboratcd by laying down belts
Of beads. Friendships were cemented
and alliances and marriages were al
ways sole,mnized with an exchange OF
wampum.
Walhpum was chiefly Of two kinds
white and dark purple. The white
was made from the edge Of the clan
shells and the purple made from the
shells heart, and was worth double
the white. Considerable labor cost
went into the manufacture Of wan
pun, for a writer In the year TIA tells
US: "All walnpum Is made Of shell:
which are found on the coast Of Caro-
linn, which are very large and hard
80 they are very difficult to cut" III
adds that "some English smiths have
tried to drill this sort Of shell none!
and thereby thought to get advantage
but It proved so hard that nothing
could be gained"
When an Indian was buried, string
Of waInpum were always placed In TIL
grave with him for convenience II
purchasing the necessary supplies II
the next world, and for use rs tip
to various minor Indian dleties. VIII
the, Indians believed were MS greed.
rs modern head walters.
In 1871 the use Of walnpum was Ia
galized by the common council OF New
Amsterdam. now New York. This WI
next followed by IN epidemic Of couu
terfeiting, which caused q great den
Of difficulty and led to the rrnpld dc
probation Of wampwn as Il medium
Of exchange. Old Peter Stuyvesan
pegged around OF his wooden leg nm
aid his best to solve the problem b
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-31

One hundred and ten years ago there
were no savings banks. The savings
bank Is IN institution which was
founded In the year 1910 BY Rev.
Henry Duncan In the little Scottish
village Of Ruthwell. Before that time,
poverty seemed to be the normal con-
dition of half the population Of the
British Isles. Pauperism was 81 COM
mon as to cause no comment. Hun
dreds Of thousands In Scotland alone
lived on charity and 1t was generally
accepted as q hopeless fact that 'the
poor We have always with U.s."
Doctor Duncan was of sturdy Scotch
covenantor blood. He was a nan of
unusual strength of character, origin.
atty and resource and extraordinary
talent for making friends. The dis
tress Of his parishioners preyed heav-
lily IN Doctor Duncan's mind and he
felt II there was some way Of teach
ing them to be thrifty he would have
an effective remedy for the poverty he
saw all around him.
The chief trouble was that the small
est sum the public banks would nc
cept was flO and comparatively few Of
the Scottish villagers had SO large a
sum. about $4S.75 In American coin.
So, Doctor Duncan conceived the Idea
Of a poor mans bank, as he called 1t,
which would receive deposits of any
amount, however small. After study
Ing the subject long and carefully, he
published a pamphlet to call attention
to his project, so. as he said, as to
render this measure suitable not for
n locality only but "for Scotland and
the world"
The only banks the poor had in
those days were Il stocking, d chink ir
the wall, or a loose board in the floor
They were often robbed and the temp
tation to S Il portion of this precious
nest egg was often too strong. Doc
tor Duncan argued shrewdly that i
their funds were transferred to Il bank
they not only would be safe from thief
but the owners would hesitate to breal
into them except in cases Of urgen
need. In his pamphlet he says:
III any method then could be de
viscd for giving to the artisan Il place
Of security. free of expense, for tina
part Of his gains which the immediate
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-31

declaring unstrung wampum no longer
to be legal tender. This was going to
the opposite extreme. and the little
Dutch colony came near q financial
panic. Six months later loose and i'm.
perfect wampum had to be declared lie.
gal tender.
In Massachusetts wampum became
legal tender in 1910, but twenty-one
years later the coming of silver was
authorized. and this more stable me-
dunn soon drove wampum beads out
Of circulation.
After the Revolutionary war money
was so scarce that wampum came
into use again. 1t persisted here and
there as money until the nineteenth
century. and, indeed. wampum in va
rious forms, including pipes and
moons. were considerably used In the
United States until rs late as 1880.
The financial requirements of the
Revolutionary war resulted In The es-
tahlishing of Americas first banks.
The initial undertaking was the Bank
Of PENNSYLVANIA. which was started in
| July, 17SO. 1t was described by the
~wcil-known ~financier Morris us moth
Ing more than Il patriotic subscription
OF continental money for the purpose
I Of purchasing provisions for a starry
ing army" In the decade 17S0.l190.
three other financial institutions were
launched; the Bank OF New. York.
Massachusetts Bank and the Bank Of
North America. This latter is general
ly considered to be the first bank in the
United States and was capitalized nj
S10,00O,000. Actual subscriptions, how
ever, were very hard to secure and
only $4,000 was obtained. The gov.
ernmcnA contributed 100000 In specie
The New York Stock Exchange ha,
been traced back to Il meeting Of TWEEN
ty-four brokers under a tree opposite
60 Wall street, May II, 1892. TIL,
purpose Of the meeting was to agre,
on uniform commissions. Thereafter
the brokers met Mt "Tontine Coffee
House," Wall and Water streets. Th'
Anal organization Of the Stock Tx
change was completed In 1917. TIL
Philadelphia Stock Exchange als,
started In. Il coffee house.
The %malodorous "bucketshOp" re
ceived its name from England Oi
the east side Of London loafers ha,
q custom Of going from street to stree
and draining every key Of beer the.
could find. The liquor was placed In
bucket. After 1t was filed these hnr'
characters retired to some out Of tn,
way corner and c%nroused, passing tn
bucket from one to another. The tern
"bucketshop," at first meaning assem-
blages Of this kind, came to be appl'e
to any establishment Of doubtful repl
) tatiOn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-31
OUR BOYS IN FRANCE AND
HOME PROTECTION

Tho men on the firing line represent
the pick Of our American youth. one IN
four Of u boys at home was sick. re-
jectsd because Of physical deficiency
Many times th~esltdneys were to blame;
II We wish to prevent old age coming
on too soon, or II we want to Increase
our chances for a long life. DR.: Pierce OF
the Surgical Institute, Buffalo. N. T., SAYS
that you should drink plenty OF water
daily between meals. Then procure ct
your nearest drug store Anuric double
strensth). This An-u.ric drives the uric
acid out and cures backache and rheuna-
tism.
II we wish to keep our kidneys In the
best condition q diet Of milk and vege-
tables, With only little meat once q day.
10 the most suitable. Drink plenty Of
pure water. take Anuric three times q day
Tor 4 month. n sells for Coo.
Step into the drug store and ask 70!
Anur1c, or send DR.. Pierce 1oc Tor tria'
pke, Anuric, many times more pofen,
thsn jithia, eliminates uric acid a. hot
water melts sugar. A short trial vii
convince you.