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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1924)
I- I 9k SECTION WO mm SOCIETY CHURCHES ? AU1UMOBILE SEVEOTYJCHIRDEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAYMORNING, 'JANUARY 13, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS i u t 1 1 I, ,'';' ' J a ,vi- : I I i iti- t y 7 I SPIRIT OF The case of Mabel Normand, mo tion picture actress, whose pic tures are being 'barred in ; many places because " of the scandal -which has recently attached to her name, and who is appealing to the 'American public not to be bo harsli wun ner. is typical of the condl wuus vl me nay woi as 10 ner actions but as' to her method ot defending them.' Possibly' her case is typical ot others days as well, but it strikes us as being particularly typical ot these Jazz days.' m Mabel feels hurt that the public should find fault with her man ner of conducting herself and should punish her by barring her pictures.' - ; I She says that she has done noth ing that .anyone should find any lault with and conveys the impres sion that some folks are altogether too finicky about how motion pic ture girls should conduct them selves. Mabel and her friend, Edna Pur vance, were calling upon a male friend at his apartments. That should shock no one. In her opin ion. Those who believe that the man should do the calling, and that it would be better that others were in the house, are back-numbers and not capable of realizing the kind of jazz that must go with a girl's life these days. The man, who was shot by Ed na's chauffeur when he came to .: take her to keep an appointment, had his nakedness 1 covered by nothing more substantial than a bathrobe. Mabel and Edna did 4 not see the shooting, because when a knock was heard at the door they retired to another room to adjust their , clothing. A part of that adjustment was to button Edna's dress up the back. The girls mtist have been in a hurry to call upon their friend if they did not have time to adjust their clothing beforehand and they must have found him totally unprepared to receive them, but that did not interfere with their spending sev eral hours together. Mabel saw nothing shocking in all this. The movie world seems to have become, accustomed to this mode of living. It is the daily routine, if we are to believe Mabel and Ed- mi. If that Is the kind . of lives 'they wish to live at -Hollywood; DUCK SLAUGHTER NEARLY OVER j On Tuesday at- sundown will end one of the most unusual open seasons on wild ducks ever experi enced in the state of Oregon. The season,' which began Oct. 1, was . marked up until la few weeks ago by exceptionally fine weather. For the' first month and a half nearly every day was bright and sunny, yet the quackers were present ' around the lakes and marshes of the lower Willamette and Colum bia river reaches in millions and .hunters rarely failed to ! bring home limit, bags. ; Then a few weeks of fog and mist followed and' still the mal lard, teal, pintail, widgeon and other tribes of the webfoot flew in great numbers', from preserve to preserve And gladdened the hearts ot thousands of nimrods. And still later the winter storms from the coast blew additional millions of the birds inland. Only in the past two or three weeks snow covered the island habitats of the duck and the flooded low lands ot the river shores, the lakes froze over and even better sport than before has been the rule. 'Rarely in past years has the shooting been" worth while" after Christmas, as most, of the mi grants have takeh the long south ern trek by that time. But thjs season more birds seem around this section, right up to the closing days than ever before. Day "after day hunters have gone forth to the lakes and with out taking the trouble, in many . cases, to hide in the blinds have stood on the snow fringed edges of the . preserves and brought the bag limit down. Most owners of duck preservef have a rule that prohibits shooting except on one appointed day each week, but, this ...i't,9 heen discarded this fort night past and the birds have beton carried into the cjty uy uu.. thousands. ' j - Although the enow has ! disap peared from the streets and the Immediate neighborhood of the city, the lakes down river are still under their white cover andico Inches thick prcvetns the ducks from seeking food except iMm Bpar es of. open water toade cut ting holes in the lee.-TM.bWs. maddened by ' hunger, fly into these holes in droves to bo -decimated by shotgun squads. s . . Th daughter will continue to the very last day and many famil ies who hitet.enjoyed ducM1- r. will resale them- ? UOII.1V 1 . - v -- ;i . . - selves oa i tempting morsels of these delicious game oirus. THE TllES if that is the pace they wish to travel; if that is the only way they can get a sufficiency of the mod ern jazz why should anyone else find fault? Why should the world attempt to curb their initiative, the new spirit that Would assert itself?' Surely the world has no right to ask that two famous mo tion ; pictures " actresses should adopt old-fashioned morals and go back to antiquated decent living. i we must nave our jazz and each has hi3 own Idea as to how far he should be able to go. Going be yond the bounds that used to apply to our -lives Is an expression of initiative; it is some kind of a superior way of doing things that those who were young in a passing generation fail to grasp. Isn't that the dominant spirit of the time? Youngsters should be permitted to come and go as they please. Being of a new age, there should be none to tell them at what hour they should be off the streets, at what hour they should go to bed, in what places or under what con ditions they should associate with the other sex. Chaperons are as extinct as the dodo. And many of the older ones agree with them. Of course we anticipate that none of the younger people of Ore gon are likely to think proper the things that Mabel and Edna did, but ij i3 significant that Mabel and Edna have defended their scandalous action in almost the same language that others use to defend actions that may seem al? right to them but do not meet the approval of those who believe in much less freedom between he sexes than is now apparent. Each of us believes that the ac tions of those in the circle in which he moves is perfectly Uroper under the new order of things. That is the dominant spirit of the day and Mabel and Edna are ex amples of how far that spirit some times leads. They took no warning from what happened to a once popular member of their set whose over plus of flesh aided him in his buf foonery but did not save him from public condemnation when his in discretions shocked a nation. Probably no others will take warn ing from what has happened to Mabel. Cottage Grove Sentinel. Another year may see legisla tion enacted to protect ducks un der such unusual ice and snow conditions and the wholesale kill ing that has marked the present open season will be used as a po tent argument to obtain new laws reducing the bag limit on the migrants. f GRAND LAST TIMES TODAY Continuous 2-11 p. m. The Fastest 6 Reel of Film You Have Ever Seen Grand Theatre Orchestra Douglas FcurbanWJr.taiid Theodore Robertrin a;scene, fom '.the Paramount Picture '.Stephen Steps Out Black Oxen Film Coming Friday "illark Oxen," a Frank Lloyd production, released through First National Pictures, and featuring Corinne Griffith and Conway Tearle, is to be tho photoplay of fering at the Oregon theater start ing Friday, and the booking is looked upon a3 one of the big cine ma events of the season. The best selling novel of 1923. in book form "Hlack Oxen," is said to have been greatly enhanced by the elaborate filming Mr. Lloyd has given it. Dealing with (he ro mance that develops when the re juvenated Madam'c Zatianny re turns to America on a business trip and finds the first true love she has known, "Hlaek Oxen", pre sents more than usual interest to picturegoers, it is said. Air. iloyd with the aid" of Mary O'Hara, pre pared the scenario from which the film play was made, and as a re sult, critics state, the story runs its length with pleasing rapidity and increasing interest. Virginian Shows At Oregon Today Although played time and again from coast to coast and from the Gulf of Mexico to' Canada by a score or more casts on the legiti mate stage, and presented on the screen at least once before, public interest in "The Virginian," Owen Wister's epic of western American life, is not abating one mite, if the audiences which have greeted this film at. the Oregotl theater since Friday night are any measure of its popular appeal. At every show ing the house has been packed and commendation of the film as the greatest presentation ot "The Vir ginian" ever offered is general. Kenneth Harlan in the title role portrays the lovable character of FOOL Coming Tlius4bijr ZAXK G KEY'S- "Call of The Canyon" Wister's lioro in a Jiianm-r equal to the best presentation of this character ever made, while Rut- (t'.oll Simpson's interpretation,' of tile role of Trampas is one which will win him a place among the screen stare of the year. It isn't often that a ? 100,000 piece of property is purchased in order to consign it to the flames. But that is exactly what was done in the case of the original screen production of "The Virginian.' filmed eight years ago with Dustih Farnum in the title role. Call of Canyon Coming to Grand Zane Grey is probably the big gest name in modern American fiction. Every one or his books sells over a million copies. The picture which will be shown at the Grand theater commencing Thursday next, tells of Carley Burch, a daughter of the rich, who is engaged to be married to Glenn Kilbourne, a World war veteran. He becomes disgusted with the shallowness of their frivolous so ciety lifes and gladly obeys hia doctor's orders to go to Arizona for his health. j Fairbanks Junior i Coming to Oregon A real, live-wire, honest, up-to-date American schoolboy hobnob bing with the Sultan of Turkey, defeating Turkish plotters against the throne and finally winning the praise of the Sultan himself, will be shown in "Stephen Steps Out," a new Paramount picture starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. which will be displayed at the Oregon theater next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Young Fairbanks an nounces his screen debut in this absorbing photoplay. Douglas, as Stephen Harlow Jr., Matinee .Adults n Cliilds lOc JiOges oOe Coming Tuesday Douglas Fairbanks Jr Theodore Roberts and Wallace Beery "Slcphcn Slept Oat" mm is -t t ,. is sent to Turkey by his wealthy father and Instead of stndying Turkish history, as decreed, suc ceeds in making history on his own account.'jj Elaborate sets showing hotel lobbies in Constantinople, Turkish prisons, the palace of the-Sultan and many quaint corners of the famous Near-East city form suit able backgrounds for the picture: The plot is In keeping with the lavish settings. Billy Tana is a bi different from the average single act in asmuch as he does a little bit of everything and does it well. He uses a straw' hat and few tennis balls to extract comedy from, and also sings a comedy song, Aoes a little talking,? and is a good danc er. At the Bligh , today. Four Dodges A -quartet of very beautiful young lidies, are billed as "The Dainty Dolls of Vaude ville," and they deserve the appel lation, for each of them is as pretty as a picture could be and as perfect a doll. At the Bligh today. Allen and. Allen, man and lady sensationa! aerial novelty, con sisting or drops and catches finish ing with brqak-away fall; beauti ful wardrobe, -and' an ac. of great ability. At the Bligh today; Elliott & Burko present 6 com edy singing, talking and dancing act entitled 'Oh Henry." They have played the best theaters in the country and always please. At the Bligh today. The final showings of Wally Van's latest illodkiwson pictures, "The Driving Fool,'' the feature picture at th Grand theater, will take place this afternoon and eve ning. This picture marks Van's return to the screen after an absence of more than, five years and has greatly widened the popularity of this veteran of the screen. An ex cellent cast of renown screen play ers are in support of Wally. They include Patsy Ruth Miller, Alec H. Francis. Wilton Taylor. Ramsey Wallace? and Wilfred North. Norma Taimadge is known to be one of the niost versatile of all female screen stars, but her remarkable talents in this direc tion have never been shown to such good d!lrantage as -in Ihe re vival of "She Loves' and Lies." which opened at the Liberty thea ter yesterday, LEADING HOLSTE1X AVER AGE 11(M POODS HI TTER (By The Associated Prcst) CHICAGO, . Jan. 12. The total yearly production of the leading Holstein cow-jnxeach of 4 7 states is 41,69 pounds' butterfat, equiv alent to 52,11 pounds of butter, according to the advanced register records of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, recently announced. This production is OREGON TODAY TOMORROW ONLY Continuous 2-1 1 p. m. KENNETH HARLAN FLORENCE VIDOR RUSSELL SIMPSON RAYMOND HATTON , I in !i V A Brand New Screen fj Vjersion of That j I Great Western 1 1 Komance , i . . . " .., i. r r i . ' ' I. : Conway Te'arte "Black Oxen sufficient to supply each family with one pound of butter in cities the size of Rochester, New York and Portland, Oregon. The average production of each cow is 1101) pounds of butter in one year, which is more than the yearly butter yield of five average dairy cows in the 1'nited States, the records show. However, it is explained, the production as but 1.3 times that of the average of the 1 0,294 purebred flolstcin cows which have completed yearly rec ords under supervision of the state agricultural colleges and admitted to the advanced register of the na tional breed association. w How Wai You Light Your New Home? Select your fixtures from our stock. Here you will find a variety of different styles to choose from. We will be glad to assist you in making proper selections. FLEENER ELECTRIC CO. 471 Court Evenings Adults 50c 'hi Ids lMk Iogcs 05e Coming Friday Evening "BLACK OXEN" with Corrine Griffith and i 91 Conway Tearle PLENTIFUL HARVEST BRINGDOWN PRICES ON TURKISH TOBACCO (By The Associated Preii) (By Mall) ATHENS, Dec. 19. The bumper tobacco crop, common to all tobacco-growing states In the Near East, is proving a 6erious draw back to the prosperity of this re gion. .The indications are that the world market for the type of , to bacco produced in the Near East, formerly designated as "Turkish" fs glutted with the product, and its absorbing capacity is today greatly limited, unless producers in Tur key, Greece, Macedonia and Bul garia are willing to accept much lower prices than they now de mand. " ' Turkey andBulgaria have each from this year's crop alone about 90,000,000 pounds of leaf, and Greece has about 120,000,000 pounds, chiefly raised in her Mac edonian possessions. All this tobacco is for the manu facture of cigarettes alone. In the United States, for the purpose of manufacture, it is blended, chiefly with Virginia. It might possibly! be used Tor filler in the production of cigars, but that is still a question. . The impracticability of manu facturing cigars out of "Turkish tobacco" was amply proved in Bul garia a few years ago, when an ef fort to build up a cigar-making in d(.try of native tobacco proved a flat failure. "Turkish" tobacco does not possess a sufficiently large and tough leaf for the wrap per of a "cigar. That is why the demand of America and western LIBERTY CONTINUOUS NORMA TALMADGE AND CONWAY TEARLE A Rollicking Comedy with Two of the . Screen's .Greatest Characters " fjpy I' Richard Dix 'in the Paramount Picture) The Call of the Canyon? Europe for Near Cast tobacco Is limited; .--- s Tobacco in tho Near East? bears about the same relation ' to .' Its prosperity that cotton bears to tho prosperity ot the southern states of the United States. Tobacco is produced even more cheaply in the Balkans than cotton is grown in the south. . But it will not sell this year, at anything like the figures for which' the 'producers of the Near East are holding out. The fail- ure iu sen me crop at me Dejin ning of winter already is exerting an unfavorable influence on Balk an finances. Phone 980 i t TODAY 2-1 1P. M. IN - I