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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1924
Page
9
A reader asks about dating two girls while avoiding commitment. Dorothy Dix urges a motto of no entanglements until ready to marry, citing the need to choose wisely and avoid early ties. She shares a tale about delaying marriage to gain insight and the harm of rushing into vows.
A reader pleads for reconciliation between a man and his wife, noting they married young as children and quarreled foolishly. The writer urges the man to reconcile for the sake of their baby, emphasizing mature responsibility after years of conflict.
Peter Drew, a conventional businessman, pursues Helen Drew a writer engaged to Pob Powers. Amid a seaside house party and a city encounter, Helen wrestles with love, fear, and an unexpected proposal from Bob Powers as they discuss marriage and a possible future away.
At the theaters the Fair presents A Self Made Failure a comedy featuring son Alexander and Lloyd Hamilton The Mission shows Cornered with Warner Brothers inatery play and Marie Prevost in a dual role The Liberty screens The Midnight Alarm with Cullen Landis and Jimmie Adams in Black and Blue
Cissy Fitzgerald, in Cornered, struggles to obtain the hour glass figure required for her burlesque queen role. She borrows a corset from the 30s with help from three maids and returns with the famed Fitzgerald Wink remembered from music halls. Marie Prevost stars in a double role in the Mission theater mystery, alongside Rockecliffe Fellowes, Raymond Hatton, John Roche, Vera Lewis and Fred Kelcey.
The Midnight Alarm features Joseph Kilgour as Silas Carringford a cold plotting villain in a Vitagraph super production at the Liberty theater. Kilgour delivers a deep treachery role while Alice Calhoun Percy Marmont and Cullen Landis star alongside. The film blends suspense with a dramatic romance in a program noting tense scenes surrounding a suspect business plot.
The J K McDonald production A Self Made Failure plays at Farr theater. It blends farce with pathos and features a strong cast including Ben Alexander Lloyd Hamilton Matt Moore Patsy Ruth Miller Mary Carr Sam DeGrasse Chuck Riesner Dan Mason Alta Allen Priscilla Moran Joe McCray and Cameo the dog.
A 1924 Public Ledger column critiques social snobbery at hotels. It mocks self righteous women who fault others while praising their own families and shunning truth, noting the summer resort behavior and insufferable courtesy hosannas.
The Globe invites children to submit original sayings with a payment of 25 cents per printed item. Submissions must be unpublished elsewhere and on one side of the paper. Address Bright Sayings Editor Arvarillo Globe Amarillo Tex for entry.
Frances Benson on Os Harrison Street recalls a morning when snow covered the ground and a cry of sugar on the ground surprised a child. Zelma Porter recounts a four year old’s haircut and a question about wow his hair looks bobbed. Myra, four, teases her father about dress while preparing for bed. Herman Temple describes a neighbor’s child playing doctor and a playful price of fever. E Saunders notes a well depth joke from a younger brother. Mrs J C McWhorter’s son Edgar asks to join neighbors’ snowball play as he recovers from an illness.
A jumble of observations recounts a pneumonia attack and a child craving fresh air, plus a report from Keilor about a visit to Reynolds in Deowrep and a remark on Mrs Ferguson. Half Minute Interviews capture Judge Henry Bishop entertaining grand jury chatter and warnings about dangerous men, with Ginn want ads noted.
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