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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1924
Page
5
A humorously stern 1924 Amarillo Globe column cautions men about wives to avoid. It profiles traits seen as dangerous or exhausting, such as beauty over substance, bossiness, reform zeal, excessive finery, childishness, artistic pretensions, temper, sensitivity, and disdain for domestic life, urging practical partnership and stability.
The Globe invites readers to submit child sayings for a 50 cent payment per item. Readable anecdotes from Amarillo and surrounding Texas towns recount humorous exchanges from mothers, children, and passersby, highlighting small town life and family moments.
Eleanor, eighteen, flirts with Dan Sutherland while her lover Rick Quarles watches from afar. After a tense dinner, she pursues independence, but realizes trouble as the car delays leaving and she faces an uncertain tomorrow.
The Avenger, a western action packed feature, plays at the Liberty theater today and tomorrow as part of a double program. An episode of The Ghost City serial with Pete Morri son and Margaret Morris and a Pathe comedy are also booked.
G C Odom of the Odom Land company travels to California for a three month stay with his family. The note adds that some druggists are strict about prescriptions and mentions A 8 Dickson and John Golding as top pharmacists in the state.
Advice from Dorothy Dix on marriage emphasizes humor over fault finding. It urges men to seek a witty, forgiving wife who can laugh at quirks and avoid constant reform efforts, promising happiness if the wife enjoys the husband’s foibles and treats them lightly.
At the theaters the Air features Alburtus the Great the Miracle Man and Breaking Into Society with Ball Montana. Also presented are The Liberty The Avenger The Ghost City and Pathe Missigon with Charles Amador Chaplin’s double in person. Dorothy Dalton appears in The Moral Sinner and a Western episode.
Albanus the Great delivers a mystic stage act at the Montana Fair drawing crowds in Amarillo. He claims to answer audience questions during performances while a new film titled Breaking Into Sorte-1 screens, featuring a father clashing with a modern family and an ex pugilist manager.
Mrs. Clint Cleghorn hosted a Friday afternoon with music and conversation. The Gaines infant in 728 North Pierce is improving after a week of illness. Mrs. Grounds visits Palestine Texas. Turner visits Shelbina Missouri. Mrs. Floyd hosts Marie and Lucille Turner of Dalhart for an extended stay. Irvin Elwell and son visit Mrs. J. A. Cox. Church hosts Charles Grimes in Washburn. Griswold sick list. Rev C B Griswold back from Wichita Falls.
The Rev W Tl Strong pastor of Buchanan street Methodist church returned Monday after aiding in a revival in the West. Mrs Kerney of 704 North Buchanan street is ill this week. Mrs Price of 306 North Buchanan street hosts her sister Mrs Will Ready and children from Elk City Oklahoma this week and will return Friday. Mr and Mrs Price visited Canyon last week to attend the homecoming of his brother Frank Price of San Pedro California, the two had not met in twenty two years.
A compilation of praise from multiple Texas newspapers for Marley Sadler and his company. Abilene reports overflowing crowds, Brady and Gainesville call it the best attraction, Dallas praises cleanliness and morality, and Waco and other papers commend the company’s quality and wholesome entertainment.
A two feature bill arrives at the Mission with The Moral Sinner starring Dorothy Dalton and a Charlie Chaplin lookalike act by Charles Amador. Amador claims likeness to Chaplin and performs with Dolly Dewarne in a two person routine tonight and tomorrow. Dalton jokes about her musical abilities while promoting The Moral Sinner.
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