Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 9, 1919, Page 4

- BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ——mfinnm:r APTERNOON EXOEPT SUNDAY: 5 TWE BEMIDII PIONEER FUBLISKING OO. G. E. CARSON, E. H. DENU, Entered at the’postoftice at Bemidji, Minn., ss second-class matter under a3t of Congress of March 3, 5 o o 1879. d to annonymous contriifitions. Writer's name must R s n.tt:’nug mw._ but not necessarily for publioatic 3 Communications for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this. office not _J| 1ater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue b —— 208 THE WEBKLY PIONEER i of the news of SUMMATy the week. paid to any address, Published feT, in advance, §1.50 LONG HOURS. An argument submitted on. behalf of the striking steel .workers made the point that working hours have been too long 'in the past. - When work is arduous, we are told that it is preju- dical to a man’s health to work more than eight hours, one day after another. There seems to be sense in this. Many of the jobs in steel mills are singularly arduous. Of course, the farm hand works longer hours, but the grind is not so killing. And it is bad economics—also morally wrong—to let men continue working under conditions which hurt their health. % - On the other hand, most steel workers draw exceedingly . ‘high wages. A few of them ever make as much as $60 to $80 a day, whic his a pretty good sum to drag down, even if the day’s work is tiring. This, however, is no argument for making a working day long enough to be prejudicial to health. Both sides are wrong. Some way of shortening the work- ing day would, one would think, be easy to work out. ‘Accord- ing to some of the chemical experts at the mills, a shorter day would not be consistent with the manufacture of certain grades of steel—extraordinary conditions are necessary in the con- struction of it. This may be true, but the war has taught us how to accomplish nearly everything that is chemically and anatomically impossible, and here is one more chance for a high-flying savant. . MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE. Statistics have proved that by economy and industry— .exercised continually, not sporadically—any wage earner or salaried man can make himself financially independent long before he is old. ) But how many of us do? The reason why we don’t is that “a man only lives once.” We have only one chance to be young, and if we don’t get all . of the fun out of life iri our youth, our appetites may be dulled ‘_ }J): the lapse of time before we'ake able té indillge them at ©olewsure.. . .o .. . i Bo we don’t control our appetites. We refuse to blend our industry” with consistent economy. e 'go the pace in our youth, and feel the lack of affuence in the decline of life. If we could make the two virtues—industry and economy —inherent, permanent and universal in this town, we as a community would then indeed set a pace—a different pace— a pace of prosperity and happiness which would shed the radiance of peace and joy from the.,beginning to the end of life. And such a thing is possible rijght in this community—in .this town—among ourselves. : 2 trained social workers. sanitts ‘of Whom have fiot had an op- portunity to sée it heretofore. . - - TOMORROW ONLY. “The ' Clouded; Name” is: a tense dramatic offering, witn:a background of striking natural beauty. .It ,»wlll It shows life ag is in the great timber forests of the northwest—the daily ftoil- ‘sawing trees in - the dismal, show-covered woods, the monotonous’ life %¥hé: lum- berjacks live, big moose hunts; terri- fic blizzards, and dozens of other fea- tures which make this sort of life so colorful and picturesque: * CLINIC HAS PROVED. WORTH Organization * Established by Boston Firm Well Worthy of Imitation by Other Employers. A pioneer medical clinic, established 15 years ago to protect the health of 600 employees, and gradually enlarged and expanded until it now ca;'rgs fql‘ a - total of, 2,700—that |8 the record proud- ly held today by a well-knowh.Boston firm! ‘At ‘the time 'of ‘its drgenization ‘the’ medical director was in charge of the clinic in the capacity of -directer and visiting nurse. Now the clinic-is- in charge of a practicinig physician and surgeon, assisted. by three ‘full-time graduate nurses. ALl During the influenza epidemic of last winter, over 350 employees were treat- ed per day, with only six deaths during the entire course of the dreaded dis- ease. All cases were glven careful individual attention and, in instances where no family doctor was in at- tendance, Immediate arrangements were made for medical care. " It is the policy of the nurses in the clinic to advise all employees with whom they come in contact to. be in- sured, an activity -which thé firm- itself handles through an employees’ organ- ization. ,The purpose of such advice is to secure insurance for all em- ployees in order that they may receive its benefits after one week’s fllness. This arrangement does not place a premium upon the employees’ being ill, and at the same time the clinic co- operates in the matter of insurance. A dental clinic Is in a formative state and, no doubt, will be established in a short time. "The plan and method of administration and organization is simply in the making, but it is safe to say that the dental clinic will be as effl- clent as the medical clinic. -a¢ The Modern Hospital, in des¢ribing the clinic, says that it has fully proved its value in protecting the health of the employees of this particular com- pany and merits the commendation and imitation of other mercantile and ‘fndustrial establishments. # SEEMINGLY. ‘NO - AGE #LIMIT — ; 4 Applicants for Divorce Are by No Means Always in the Days of Their Callow Youth.: - There is no age limit to divorce. In Oregon a woman at the age of eighty- two_years Is suing for a decree_from — Our European friends are!giy old birds. They do not want to starve to death, and neither do they want to go to work. e e The trouble with most of these wars with capital and labor is that everybody wants to be a general. . —0 We have, unquestionably, two popular pastimes America—profiteering and shooting craps. o in means to a man who is in trouble. Miss Young’s leading man in this picture is Nigel Barrie. ‘l NEWS OF THE e THEATERS | CHARMING GISH COMEDY. i The popularity of Dorothy Gish My Fwith screen fans was emphatically ™| demonstrated by her reception in her Paramount comedy, “I'll Get Him Yet,” -at the Elko theatre last night. The photoplay is a charming one in every respect and provides Miss Gish with one of the best roles in' which she has been seen this season. The picture must be seen to be fully ap- preciated. It will be agein screened at the Elko, 1ast times, tonight. Larry Semon and the wonderfully talented Chimpangee, also delighted the audience, when appearing in the special ‘“Big V" comedy, “His Home Sweet. Home,” which is again to e shown tonight. et ALICE BRADY TONIGHT. AThe Indestructible Wife,” Alice Brady's latest Select picture, will ve seen tonight at the Rex theatre. The story deals with Charlotte, the stren- uous bride of Jimmy Ordway. She is athletically irclined while her hus- band is not, and he finds a great deal of trouble in keeping up with her. He meets Brandy, a professional athlete, whom he decides is the correct-man to tire her out. Brandy falls in love with Charlotte. Jimmy decides to tame Charlotte as Petruchio .id the Shrew. He kidmaps her and takes her to a boathouse. Brandy tries to res- cue her but €harlotte loves Jimmy and refuses to be rescued. Tamed €Charlotte and her tamer .prepare to Tead a less strenuous life. Miss Brady nas been seen here drama. This is her first farce. A Capital comedy in two reels will also be shown. ANOTHER SPLENDID PICTURE. When Clara Kimball Young and her own company in Miss Young’s latest Select picture, “The Better Wife,” are seen at the Rex theatre tomorrow, moving picture patrons of this city will see a romance of love and adventure that will delight both men and women. “The Better Wife” is the story of a f wife who was unfair to her husband, and of another girl who thought she had failed to make happy the man she loved. It is a story of absorbing hu- man interest and one which will ap- peal to every age. Miss Young is geen as an American girl, Charmian Page, whose father’s wealth enables her to financially assist the man she loves. At the time that Charmian goes to the help of this man, he is still grieving over the death of his faithless wife. It is not until many months later that he realizes what <the love of the right kind of woman A GREAT CHARACTER. “A Rogue’s. Romance,” the Earle Williams picture which was shown in the Grand theatre last night and is to again appear in that theatre to- night, presents that polished Vita- graph star In one of his strongest roles since his memorable success in ‘“Arsene Lupin,” a role of a some- what similar character, since both are ‘‘crook” dramas, or society detec- tive stories, in which atmosphere Mr. Willlams always is at his best. In “A Rogue’s Romance,” he has the role, one of the greatest charact- ers in French criminal history, but in course of the drama portrays also two other characters. Love finally turns him straight and he turns the tables on his enemies by uncovering a crime gerater than he ever attempted and retires a greater mystery. in ‘ UNUSUALLY CLEVER. Mary Pickford, the ever delightful picture star, has an unusually clever portrayal in ‘“‘Hearts Adrift,”” one of her earlier screen successes- just re- issued by Paramount. It will be shown at the Grand theatre tomor- row, and it is safe to say that it will please every Pickford admirer thou- quent in the current. y making- changes this y THE BEMIDJLDAILY PIONEER AMERICAN RED CROSS. Home, Seryice. WHAT THE STARS PREDICT All initiative should be avoided under this rule of the stars, while the Sun, Saturn, and Jupiter are adverse. Neptune and Mercury are in friendly place. This is not a favorable sway for promoters or agents. The United States will solve the grave economic prbolem of the post-war period with signal success, the stars predict. A new political leader will rise in the Middle West. Riots and clashes between capital and labor will be fre- efY. (Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate, - Onc of the finest constructive. activities of the. American. Red Cross in the war was Home Service in the United States, the friendly connecting link between the soldier far from home and his loved ones. iwork which under the peace program of the Red Cross-will be- expanded to !benent all who need the assistance it can provide, is directed by scientifically Since instituted Home Service soldiers’ and sailovs’ families; : This photograph shows one of the innumer- iable Home Service informatfon:bureaus where service men and their ]could bring their problems for -solution. . This branch of the has assisted S00,000 families Yier husband. Who'ls @ callow striplfag of seventy-one summers. This seems 10 be another case of too much mother- Iin-law, as the wife asserts that her hushand's love has been alienated and undermined through the work of his mother, who i now ninety-four years old and who never did like her, any- how, They have been married some . ten years now, and the wife’said that when the husband. took her money to buy an auto for his mother and | wouldn’t let his wife ride in it, she knew that his love was. dead. When she remonstrated the hnusband coldly informed her that she could leave the house. When the wife satd that the home was her own, and bought with her own money the husband replied that might be so, but he had thought- fully had the deed recorded in his own name, Now she has to appeal to the courts. 1t is rather rough when a bride of eighty-two. has to. compete with a ninety-four-year-old mother-in- law for the affections of her husband. A Foreign Ship. Homer L. Ferguson, president of th't_a ] chamber of commerce -of - the. United States has-stirred. up the patriots over the reproduction of a foreign ship bé- ing on our twenty-dollar bills. 'Making a speech recently, and seeking to.im-. " press his auditors with the fact that this country has entirely too few ships, he whipped out a twenty-dollar bill and declared: “Why, even the ship reproduced on " this bill is one that was taken over by this country during the war. It flies the American flag, all right, but it 1s a foreign-built ship.” Examination proved he was sabso- lutely correct. The ship has four fun- nels, and there never has been a four- funneled ship built in this country for our foreign trade. The Mean Man. Everybody knows the story about poor Tom Sharkey, who electrified the loungers in his saloon one day by say- ing heartily, “Well, boys, what are we going to have?’ And then, as the loungers gathered round the bar, he added. “Rain or shine?” Representative Gordon Lee of Chick- amauga told a story of a similar kind about a mean man at Atlantic City. Some friends visited him on a hot eve- ning and after they had sweltered a while in the sitting room he said: “‘Well, friends, could you - stand some refreshments?’ “¢We certainly could!” the visitors replied, and they moistened their dry lips in pleasant anticipation. “‘Then,’ said the mean man, rising, ‘we’ll open this window. There's prom- ise of a breeze.’™ $ Plant at Least One Tree. He who plants a tree is bullding the world of the future. In twenty years a maple will grow to a sturdy tree, with dense if not Wwidespread shade. And in that time, when wind and soil are favorable, it is already parent to groves of young maples marching from the highway across lands that have hitherto been waste. éubscflbe for The Ploneer. Only Extravagance, amfizvishness in entertaining is predicted for the great cities of the country. Children born today will be proul, but generous and gifted. Persons whose birthdate this is should use foresight in i i gest the proper arrangement for vege- ‘planting of ience to have all school grounds prop- “erly ‘laid out, providing for a special THE PIONEER WANT ADS Wants Outdoor Art Committee. An outdoor art committee can com-| Ardent Wooer—“Do you- think that plle and publish a circular on home | money 18 necessary to happlne!.r-' yard beautification, giving definite in-| Demure Damsel—“Not if one has un formation on how to landscape the|lmited credit.” home yard. This circular should con-| tain several sumple plans that will sug- 3 table garden, flower garden and the ornamental trees and The committee should use its influ- garden, playground and ornamental planting for every school yard in the ARE YOU IN NEED community. 1'.'. Why have a beautiful, expensive Card school building designed by the most s competent architect, and then leave Blanks the ground sm:xjoundlng this magnifi- Folders cent building uhsightly and neglected? ‘Why not have a landscape design made Dodgers for the beautification of the ground? Receipts .. Envelopes The Uplift. el i - A senator, apropos of the huge quan- tatemen tity of army meat which it was pro- Bill Heads posed should be sold to the packers o . for less than half the price paid them Invitations o by the government. said: Packet ledl “Why sell this meat to the packers? Letter Heads Would ‘it not be better to sell it to X A consumers direct and thus aid in re- Call at Pioneer Office 4 ducing the cost of living?" Phones 922 and 923 The senator added bitterly: “The high cost of living! We heard a lot 'about.the uplift movement to be expected as the result of the war, but we.dldn't expect the uplift to be concentrated on prices.” GOOD WORK IS OUR SPECIALTY BRING RESULTS —_—r ssWHY PAY MORE Why pay more—some .people seem to want to-pay | more—for a good many things. Of course that’s their right | and privilege, but I simply wonder and ask why. ‘Here are : a few instances. Millinery v Even at our regular prices we save you from $1.00 to up as high as $8.00 on a hat—and not only that, you get styles that are correct. Material of the best, workmanship that cannot be beat. Some of these are bought from:the largest and best millinery houses in the country—some are made in our own workroom. No two alike. Hats ready to wear................ $2.98, $3.98, $4.98 to $22.50 Unquestionably smart, clever styles— SPECIAL SATURDAY—ONLY TWO LOTS LOT 1—at ...... S s sl ‘ *_ Many of thege are worth regular up LOT 2—at » Choice of many styles, all this season’s 4 iy v Bl i . | | i i | i latest.. .. Many of these sold for $9.00 and up to $12.50—and all are mighty good values and a real bargain. : : Trimmings — A LOT 3—a clean up on a lot of odd feather trimmings, flow- |} Sc ers, pon pons, choice. . Some worth up to $1.00 and more. Waists Ten new styles in-Georgette Waists; crepe de chine, | jap silk. Crisp, new Blouses, just out of their wrappings; pretty embroidered and beaded effects, round and square collars and collarless styles, in new sleeve effects, in black, bisque, maize, tea rose, flesh and white—$4.25, $4.98, $5.98, $6.98 and $7.98. Will save money on every waist. Corsets Handsome new front or back lace, of white or tinted batiste or cantil, at $1.48, $1.69, $1.98 to $3.98. Every ‘corset correctly made and fully warranted. Yarns All of the shadesy in Fleishers and Carons, in many | different yarns. All very pretty—at 23c, 35¢c, 60c ball of 1 and 2 ounces—50c, 85c and 98c a skein. Regardless of price, you will be pleased with the yarn we show you. Gloves — Ladies’ French Kid, black and white... Cape Kid Gloves—Black, gray, tan, brown, a real buy, $2.69 Silk and Silk Lined Gloves—all colors......$1.48, $1.58, $1.98 Fleeced Gloves Wool Gloves 45¢c to'$1.45 ‘Without any question, we have largest of stock. Every- | thing in gloves, also mittens of all kinds. Just Snaps for Sawurday Double Roasters, good size, worth 65¢, special................ 39¢c Wood Frame Wringers, Anchor Brand, regular $5.75, Bpeeial ol e L G L .$4.85 Clothes Baskets, good values, well made. Copper Bottom Wash Boilers, No. 8 size, special Brass Trim Wash Boards, special.. Nursery Chairs, special Reed Nursery Chairs, special Toilet Paper, large 9-oz. rolls, special, 3 for. Envelopes, linen, 8 packages for OH, YES!—Underwear, Sweaters, Blankets, Quilts, at a saving. OH, YES!—Largest stock of new fall dry goods in, and silks OH,. YES!—Largest ever stock of holidag goods now com- ing, a good many things that can be used right now. Carlson of Course You Need Him—He Needs You p _THE VARIETY STORE MAN ON BELTRAMI AVE