Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 15, 1919, Page 4

~ BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ' i PUBLISEED EVERY APTERNOON BXCNPT SUNDAY. Y THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISNING OO. G. E. CARSON,: E. H. DENU, Pres. and Treas. Sec. and Mgr. tered at the postoffice at Bemidjl, Minn., ss second-class matter e et ot ‘Gongress of March 3, 1879. ~ 4 the a to annonymous contributions. Writer's name must be k’::w‘n":: t‘l‘: mtor. but noflmmrfly for publication. Communications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office not Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue — s One year ...”..............M Wiz months ... .cocrinecaces. BOO ceees A8 Threo moRthS ....ccerec0eee 100 THEE WENKLY FIONEER oontaining news of the week. FPublished Ill.fl):!h" ggmtmh“mfl“ | RED CROSS SEAL DRIVE CLIMBS. ' The results of the Red Cross Christmas Seal drive in Bemidji was indeed a flattering success and, ag usua}, Bemidji went “over the top” in the campaign. And the end is not yet. The quota designated for Bemidji yas $1,200 gmd a chegk— ing of the totals by Director H. Z. Mitchell of the city campaign shows that over $1,300 was secured from seal sales, while he confidently believes it will reach the $1,500 mark ere Christmas arrives., The Woman’s Civic & Community club is entitled to strong commendation for its efforts in promoting the sale, for members made a canvass of the residence district and turned “over the remarkable sum of approximately $600. . > The drive has ceased, but those who have not as yet pur- chased Christmas Seals for the warfare upon the deadly “white plague” the coming year, should help buy .at least a few seals i at one cent each, to carry cheer to friends on packages and letters, in the spirit of humanity. 0 B RUSSIA MUST DECIDE OWN AFFAIRS. The “Big Three” allies, Great Britain, France and Italy, in a conference just held in London, decided that they would| give no further attention to Russia nor its affairs, but let Russia settle its own affairs. Anti-bolshevik leaders also share in the decision to leave Russia alone. . One of the latest actions taken by these three nations is an inclination to accept “reasonable” reservations by the 'American senate to the peace treaty, holding that America’s aid in the war would ease taking most of the doses,“as one official expressed himself. » — * KEEP YOUR EYE ON DULUTH AND NORTHWEST. Now you’ve cinched that “head-of-the-Lakes-to-the:Ocean”’ . waterway, Duluth, for that $5,000,000 construction program of the steel industries in the metropolis of Northern Minnesota dance the chimesette. is going to make those New York and other eastern “crabs” And it will be of inestimable value to . the north part of the state, as the discrimination in “Pittsburg _plus” will “get its.” 2 And wouldn’t that greatly entire northwes favored water route to the east ‘*help a whole lot; .. And woiildn’t it be‘a. great'thing for, the ? ~And haven’t many states, at first considered]|” . out of the benefits, taken a vital interest in the project? NEWS OF THE THEATERS “A DANGEROUS AFFA™ ” A dangerous, romantic ana adven- turous affair it is, for the action u. its plot moves with the speed of an airship’s ‘propeller, presenting four hand-to-hand encounters between the hero, the villian and a Japanese con- federate that carry 2.l the realism of an honest-to-goodness fisuc battle. ‘The author hes given his story a ro- mantic, toneh and a setting that gave Director Miller every opportunity to give to his picture some beautiful na- tural hackgrounds, including scenes taken in Central Park, New York, in t“» neivhhorh~~d of New York’s most exclusive hostelry, Hotel Plaza. . waiun this combination of dramatic material—romance, adventure and gnappy action, and with Director Mil- ler at the megaphone, the public is prettv of getting a picture worthwhile. iy Herbert Raw’inson, and Stuart ,.Holmes have the principal roles. '., “A Dangerous .Affair” in six parts, !"and episode eleven of the ‘Master Mystery,” will be shown tonight and ‘Tuesday at the Grand theatre. CLEVER COMEDY-DRAMA. : A clever, rollicking comedy-drama ‘of Long Island’s elite society was :shown at the Rex theatre Sunday, when Selznick pictures presented vi- :vacious Olive Thomas in the first of @, series of productions, “Tpstairs and Down,” released by Select Pictures corporation, and it will be shown : again tonight. An excellent plot, full of complica- tions and many tangles, “Upstairs and Down” will hold the interest of the most blase film fan. A charming . star, a fine supporting cast including . Robert Ellis, Mary Charleson. Rose- ; mary Theby, David Butler and An- id'rev Robson, splendid direction by i-Charles Giblyn and superb photo- ! graphy, all go to make up the excel- i lence of this super-production which : ‘will thrill and tease, amuse and de- i 1light. - i Algo showing a Fox Sunshine com- edy, “Her First Kiss,”” and also the ! Fox feature entitled *Around the i World,” showing scenes of activities in pictures. . 'Guess that “plus” business would need a hypodermic, when these things come to pass one of these gladsome days. 4 And we sincerely hope Duluth 'gets ’em all. “LITTLE BEN”"—STAR. Although no special star is fea- turned in “The Turn in the Road,” showing Wednesday and Thursday at the Grand, little Ben Alexander, who plays ‘““Bob,” can be justly accorded high honor. i Ben takes the center of the stage from the third reel on to the finish, and his remarkably clever work proves him to be a real prodigy. He creeps into the heart of the audience with the same ease that he crawled into the arms-of the crusty old money king, who was all trussed up like a rib roast, expecting to be shot any moment by the desperate strikers. Ben has a big part to play and does it like-a little man, taking the spot- light away from the grown-ups and making, them like it. This little six.year-old chap has scored some distinct success in big preductions, his most notable achievement being in ‘“Hearts of the \;\"orlld.," the big Griffith production. REX—TOMORROW. A drama of squatter life on “‘Goose Island,” in which is pictured a pow- erful story of romance and hate, will be presented at the Rex theatre, un- der the title of “The Price of Inno- cense,’”” with Stella Talbot in the star role. S As Mary Aldron, an unusual type of squatter girl, she makes a sacrifice of her honor and position among her |- peopl_e_ to save them from the efforts of .a'‘wealthy yung prperty owner from, -the mainland to drive them ‘“into the sea or anywhere,” as part of his plan to gain possession of the island. “TOLD IN THE HILLS” The screen has rendered a great| service in picturizing Marah Ellis Ryan’s immortal novel, “Told in the Hills,” which, “with Major Robert Warwick, the Paramount-Artcraft star, in the leading role, came to the Elko - theatre last night. It is a thrilling story of love and sacrifice. Against a magnificent background of high mountains and canyons, a splendid cast of players enacts the story. Eileen Percy, Ann Little, Wanda Hawleéy and Tom Forman as- sist Major Warwick, who plays the role' of the hero, ‘‘Genesee” Jack Stuart. It is a delightfully thrilling photoplay, and will again be screened at the Elko theatre tonight, also Tuesday matinee and evening. Mack Sennett’s latest comedy is also on the Elko program tonight and Chinese ,Ha've the Déiil, of a Time at a 'Funeral HICAGO.—His Satanic majesty finished a bad se_cddd the other day in a race against an automobile hearse from the loop to Rosehill cemetery, In the hearse was the body of Lee Lan Seu. Sing, Lee Si Wing and Lee Yen Ny. They went along to prevent the devil from overtaking the hearse. Ten thousand small strips of pa- per, each of which contained nine per- Yorations, were thrown from: the hearse and cast to the winds by Sing; and his companions. According -to Chinese belief, the devil had to‘gdther: up every one of the 10,000 strips_of. paper and crawl through each. little hole in order to catch Lee Lan Seu. Did he catch him? Louis Sing Other gccupants were Louis says the burlal ceremonies were over with ami he was on the way back from the cemetery when he passed the devil at North avenue, still gathering up slips of paper in Lincoln park. “If you get the body in the ground,” said Louis, “and the.grave covered up before the devil gets there, everything is all right. . We buried Lee Lan, burned incense over the grave, and-left him with-a small roast pig. - He sure go to heaven.” Lee Lan Seu was saved from the potter's field by a collection taken up by his countrymen to defray funeral expenses.. He was seventy years old, and had lived in Chicago half his life. Once he was a well-to-do merchant. He hud lived off charity for the last ten or fifteen years. Gambljng with him was a passion. His many exploits of twenty odd years ago were. the talk of every Chinaman in town, and also of colored and white gamblers. PROVED CURVATURE OF EARTH Scientist Settled Disputed Question, But Loser Proved Himself to Be “Poor Sport.” 5 | : The Sistine Chapel. What s most admirable about these colossal figures of prophets and sybils of the Sistine chapel—and this we can never weary of admiring—is that not only are they cecorations of a hall, the adornments of ‘a chapel, but men— 1t will scarcely be believed that tha ‘men who have suffered our sorrows and question of the shape of ‘the eart] could ever have disturbed the peace- ful atmosphere of the law courts. Yet in 1879 the questlon, indirectly, indeed did come before three learm},d judges; and the case excited a deal of inter- est and amazement. The circumstances were as follows: : The plaintiff, one Hampden, enter: tained the opinion that the world was not round, and issued ‘an advertisej ment in a paper challenging pmlos?‘ . phers, divines and sclentific professors to prove contrary from Scripture, reaj son or fact. He deposited $2,500 in & bank, to be forfeited to anyone wha could prove to the satisfaction of ‘agy Intelligent referee that there was sug a thing as a convex railway, canali$r Iake. 170 oo : ! The challénge was taken up by Hid less a person than the late Prof. Alffed Russell Wallace, who proved to tfi. satisfaction of the referee the curvar ture to and fro of the Berford level canal between Whitney bridge and Welsh’s dam (six miles) to the extent of five feet, more or less, and the $2, 500 was paid over to him. But he did not keep it. The plain‘ tiff apparently began to see that he was making a fool of himself, and brought an action and recovered back his deposit on the ground that the whole affair was a wager, and there- fore illegal.—Springfield Republican., LURE TO THE ADVENTURODS | Through All the Ages Man Has Dared’ Every Danger in the Search for Beautiful Things. Now, a thing of beauty that is rare and difficult to obtain seems ever to have exercised an irresistible lure to adventurous man. Mo possess it he will suffer the hardships of the high- est mountain climb, or risk the al- most certain dangers of disease in tropic zones. He will dare death at the hands of savage enemies and pur- sue his quest far into the regions of unknown wilds. - Into: the depths of shark-lnfestfli;. seas he dives with' the hope of secur- ing a lustrous pearl. most Alpine peak he climbs for a rare specimen of the edelweiss. A glitter- ing jewel in an idol's head may tempt him to invade the sacred precincts of an Indian temple, or a beautiful flow- er lure him far into the primeval -for- ests of Brazil, Colombia or Peru. To this spirit the civilized world owes not only 1ts greatest geographic discoveries and important additions to sclentific knowledge, but to it is also due the discovery of many of nature’s choicest things of beauty, things whose practical value may be but slight, but whose appeal is to the artistic and esthetic sense.—National Geographic Society Bulletin. Neptune is friendly today. 1 |'about?” . Tucker—Yes, Then to the top:: |}t experienced our’ disappointments; whom the thorns of. -earth have plerced ; whose foreheads are furrowed by the wrinkles of doubt und whose hearts are transfixed by the chill .of disenchantment.—Emilio Castelar. None But Japs Admitted. Anlid restaurants of ail nationali- ties in London open to all nationali- tles, is just one for one race alone. On its entrance is “For Japanese Only.” ; Depends on the Styie. " Parker—“Is your \ife‘a woman to took forward to something to worry she is—if it is.in style."—Judge. — How About Russian. Johnny had been home from schoot with a bad eold, and when he returned to his lessons he took his teacher a note from his mother, saying: “John- ny is well enough now to do his work, but please keep him out of the French | class; he still has a sore throat and even English hurts him.”—Boston Post. ; f These - Carbons Give More and Better Copies at Lower Cost There is a mistaken im- pression among office buy- ers that Ault & Wiborg carbon papers are expen- sive. As 2 matter of fact, owing to their much longer life, Ault & Wiborg car- bons cost much less in the end, and of course give greater satisfaction. A trial will convince you. Store Bemidji, Minn. For that reason it is a fortunate rule for beginning jour- neys by sea. Important messages from overseas have a favorable ruling today. A change in the cabinet is indicated for the new year. Inclemént weather will mark the month of January. Persons whose birthdate this is will have a very successful year from a financial standpoint,. 2 . Children-born today will be clever but very highstrung. ~yes, . indeed, | Pioneer Stationery ‘ S Every-Day Fellowmen. There are few prophets In the world, . .-. few heroes. I cannot af- ford to give all my reverence to such rarities; I want a great deal of those' feelings for my every-day fellowmen, especially for the few in the fore- ground of the great multitude, whose taces I know, whose hands I touch, for whom I have to make way with kindly courtesy. . . , I herewith discharge my conscience and declare that I have had quite enthusiastic movements of admiration toward gentlemen who spoke the worst English, who were occasionally fretful in thier temper, and who had never moved in a higher sphere’ of influence than that of parish overseer; and that the way in which I have come to the conclusion that human nature is lovable—the way I have leatnt something of its deep pathos, its sublime mysteries—has been by living a great deal among peo- ple more or less commpnplace and vulgar, of whom you would perhaps hear nothing very surprising if you were to inquire about them in the neighborhoods where , they dwelt.— George Eliot. ~Japanese Masks of Shame. One of the most unusual features of a Japanese court to.a stranger is the fact that each prisoner has his head covered by a wicker mask, more like an Inverted waste-basket than any- thing else, the object of which is to prevent recognition of the prisoner, to permit him to hide his shame under the disguise and, very possibly, to pre- vent him from making a bolt for lib- erty. ; The sight of a prisoner so arrayed is ghastly, the mask bringing up the sug- gestion of the hangman’s cap, - Once in the prisoners’ box, how- ever, the masks are removed, while the priscners sit with deeply bowed heads in an attitude of the utmost hu- :nility.—Boston Post. B —_— Novel Stunt in Advertising. They are not so slow in Russia as many of us imagine. An American re- tates that while in Moscow before the war he one day saw a crowd gathered around a little fellow who was bawl- ing at the top of his lungs. Many asked him what the trouble was, but he kept on crying, and the crowd in- creased; then all of a sudden he stop- ped and said in a clear, loud voice: “I am lost. Will somebody please ‘take me home to Ivan Tobinsky, the cham- pion - clothier of Moscow, who has a full supply of autumn overcoats, suits, neckties, shirts, hats and umbrellas, which he will sell cheaper than anyone else in the citv.”—Boston Transcript. Prettily Expressed.’ A young nephew of mine adores his grandmother. He i intense in all things and in school, which is new to: him, the little arithmetic taught him appealed to him more than anything’ else. Last week his grandmother had her seventieth birthday. 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