Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 21, 1920, Page 7

» PLANTS ON CITY LAMP-POSTS THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEEP HOME TOWN [ HELPSE | GENERAL CLEANUP IN ORDER Patriotic Advertising Is No Longer an Excuse for the Presence of Un- sightly Billboard. Now that the orgy of war advertis- ing is ended, where does it all leave YOU—as the posters said—and your future contributions to the main- tenance\of the advertiser's paradise? You gladly saw patriotism written all over the beautiful buildings and places of the city—even though this writing was a kind of scribbling, so fncongru- ous were the papers and flimsinesses. Beauty was for the moment aothing— nothing unless it, too, served. But now! Are we to be equally content to see Piffie’s Pickles emblazoned where we testified our intention to save food and: thus help win the war? Will not chewing gum and chicle be more than ever an impertinence when inflated to the dimensfons of our fatherland, the liberty of the world and the sacri- fices of our sons? Some have feared that the riot of outdoor war advertising would debase “our taste and make the public still more heedless of the incongruousness and ugliness of the advertising nui- sance. We think mnot. In spite of every- thing, the war advertising truly ex- pressed us. We looked at it and read it—and liked some of it—because it did. It expressed us best when it was most beautiful. And although much of it was small in scale, it never was too big to express the great ideas. But now, ‘will not the apotheosis of the insignificant seem more than ever cheap and tawdry? If so, the blatant advertisement has lost some of its ad- vertising value. If it could only lose At all, if ‘people *would not patronize what is offensively advertised, it would .disappear.~Bulletin. of the Municipal Art Soclety of New York. Authorities of Allentown, Pa., Turn Usually Unsightly Objects Into Things of Beauty. Turning the street lamp-posts into things of beauty. is the object of the authorities of Allentown, Pa. In that city every lamp-post wears a hanging-garden effect from spring until late autumn. The flowers and decorative leaf-bearing plants are planted in urn-shaped globes “yhich encircle the lamp-posts: some distance below the light. The city fathers who thought of and adopted the flowering lamp-post !idea made a thorough job of beauti. fying the town by removing all of the overhead telephone and telegraph wires—at least, in the principal streets. But Allentown can boast of use as well as beauty. It is the county seat of a farming section which ranks as one of the leading potato producers cf the country.—Popular Science Month- 1y. . All Should Own Homes. From the national standpoint, it is most desirable that every citizen should own his home. The proper education of the child needs the sanctity of the home and the future of our country de- pends upon the average citizen doing his or her duty “to train up a child in the way he should go, and when he 18 old he will not depart from it.” Building and loan associations should be formed In all cities where they do not already exist, as they are most useful in assisting men to acquire a home through the monthly install- ment plan.—Exchange. For Large and Small Citles. There should be a definite park pol- fcy and an appropriation sufficient to open up one new small park or recrea- tion ground each year. Density of popultion grows in sections, and prop- erty values rise accordingly. A forehanded small park policy will follow the trail of population density with an eagle’s eye. The toilers and their usually large brood of children should have these city breathing spots ntytheir doors.—Chicago Journal, — TWOMINUTE TALKS TOAMERICANS. Anerica Fid %fl Mo, RISE UP! AMERICANS! By “Fighting Bob"—Cakmicnari—Leading Farmer, Dakota County, Minn. Nearly fourteen months have gone by sine the Ar- mistice was signed and the world war that cost ten million lives and bankrupted nations ended, vet there is no peace. All Europe is sleeping on their arms, fearful of the mor- row. Throughout the civilized world all is contention and chaos, ruin and riots. In this state the men who, when we were at war, came among us farmers sowing seeds of discord and dis- content at a time when the farmers were the most favored of all classes, are still spreading th~ir poisonous doc- trines bolder than ever. The men who, when liberty hung in the balance, said, “This is not our war, but you must buy the honds, although when vou have bought, ‘then Big Business will depreciate their value-—buy them from you at their own price and make slaves of you with your Men who said on the platform, “We must give our boys to the food for powder.” These elements of dissension and discord are undermining Amer- ican Institutions so I say: Men and women of America, rise up! that the blood shed all the way from Lexington to Chateau Thierry shall not have been shed in vain. In the coming election now near at hand :ut none but Simon pure Americans on guard—it matters not where they were born. Calm, cool, conservative men—“men with determination and a will, men whom the :poils of office cannot buy, men who can stand before the dema- gogue and damn his treacherous flatteries without winking.” To use a quotation from one ot the most prominent farmers in America: “Instead of joining in the hue and cry of these chaotic times, against all investment, all industry and all property ownership, ‘he imperative call of the hour is for the protection of these sacred rights without whose preserv- - own money."” cause,”—and then under their breath added, “Food for powder, flictake and Mrshrocrns., An unnsvil occurcence s reportec from Letehy h wolf links. It appenrs i that an enthasiastie beginner mistook HOTEL RADlSqON a mushroom for his ball, and did not - discover his mistake until five strokes afterward. DOCTO! A A A A A A A A A A A DR. EINER JOHNSON Plly.oichn and Surgeon Bemidji, Minn. DR. H. A. NORTHROP ' OSTEOPATHIC ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON -Ibertson Block Oftice phone 183 DRS. GILMORE & McCANN Physicians and Surgeons DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. Minneapolis [n the heart of the retail and theatrical district; 450 rooms at moderate rates. Four large cafes. The largest and most complete hotel in the northwest. DENTAL CORNER DO NOT DELAY YOUR - DENTAL WORK s e o e i e e b e e e o ol God that the dove of Peace shall return ROME TAKES BACK ITS OWN Demolition of Pretentious German Embassy in Eternal City Has a Deep Significance. Today on the Capitoline, the small- est _geographically, but historically the most fmportant of the famous seven hills of Rome. there is the sound of hammering, the fall of masonry. Here, for many centuries, was centered the religious and political activity of the Roman empire, and here in the last half century Germany had established herself imperiflly. residentially.. In the Palazzo Caffarelli, built near the site of the great temple of Jupiter, consecrated in B. C. 509. was the Ger- man embassy, with the thrope of the emperor of Germany. Near at hand was the German Archaelogical insti- tute, within its garden the - famous Tarpeian rock, to be visited of recent years only hy obtaining the key of the gate from the German authorities, On the piazza, Romulus is said to have founded his asylum and here in the centuries before the Christian era, as in the middle ages, Rome had the seat of her government. It was here that from house to house, from terrace to terrace, Germany up to the year 1914 was steadily spreading her domains. The statue of Mareus Aurelius by Michael Angelo’ was in the piazza of the Capitoline, so ajso were those of Constantine and his sop, but there was room for others. Today, however, the Palazzo Caffarelli with its six- teenth-century architectural beauties, and its Teutonic decorations, is being removed from the capital in carts. The authorities have decided that this sev- enth hill of Rome belongs to the past of Italy and they seek bepeath the floors of the German embassy further foundations of the great temple of Jupiter built by Tarquin the superb, that other-last of the kings. LANGUAGE ENRICHED BY wnI English Newspaper Comments on Ad. dition of American Slang to the Ordinary Vocabulary. An enterprising publishing firm has Issued a post-war English dictionary which professes to contain words that came into use during the war. It might have \séived some perplexity on the part of the Willesden magistrate who was told by a witness last week end that a man in the case was “all poshed up,” and that a cértain turn of events ‘‘put the kybosh. on him.” “Poshed up” recalls dreadful things to the demobilized man, for how many ‘'weary hours has he not spent In “poshing up” for parades and inspec- tions? To “posh up” means, of course, to make oneself look smart. In civilian life it means specklessly polished boots, starched collar, neat- ly pressed trousers, carefully brushed hair, and a shining morning face. In the army it meant buckles, buttons and cap badge polished to distraction, leather equipment with a supergloss, and well “blancoed” haversack and valise (khaki color, of course). And for the man “warned for guard”, be- hind the lines or in camp at home there was always the hope that by “poshing up” to the nth degree he might escape duty, the prize awarded by the inspecting officer to the smart- est man paraded. As for “kybosh,” the word is familiar enough to the music-hall public. The extinguisher puts the “kybosh” on the candle, and the allles, In the words of a war-time song, “put the kybosh on the kaiser.” —Manchester Guardian. Just the Man! While at a dance one evening I made the acquaintance of a young man who asked to take me home. While talking about different things, we came upon the subject of religion. He told me he was quite a church member and had attended church reg- ularly. My folks being rather re- ligious themselves, I said, without thinking: “You are just the kind of a son-in-law my people are looking for.” Then I woke up and tried t¢ square myself.—Exchange. ' tion no Republic can enlure and no people can prosper.” AT THESE REASONABLE PRICES, NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO NEGLECT THEIR TEETH | $5°00 Nitrous Oxide And thcn pray to jmce m?re to a troubl.ed world. Physician and Surgeon \ DR. E. H. SMITH -Physician and Suuo‘o- Office Security Bank Block DR. L. A. WARD Bemidji, Minn. Bridge Work Gold Crowns =% White Crowns ......cccocee..e ENTITLED TO WEAR KILTS. Scores of American visitors to €. R. SANEORN, M. D. Scotland have wondered by whom . » Physician and Surgeon ™ and on what occasions the pictur- - esque native dress of Scotland, kilts, are worn nowadays. : Upon inquiry it is learned that apart from actual Highland gather- ings, where every one is expected to ““dress the part,” there are only four classes of kilted folk accepted with- out comment in Scotland. In the north the head of the clans and septs, the *“‘gentry”—which in- cludes Englishmen, Welshmen and anyone who owns land or uses 110 | r————— Office: Miles Bloek House Phone 440——Office phone 5§ We take impression in £ Extracting 50c the morning and have = your set of teeth ready = tomme sy, 5 ALL WORK_GUARANTEED g SR UNION DENTISTS DR. E. H. MARCUM Office hours, 11 am. to 2 m., 2 | p.m. to 5 p.m. Schroeder Block. Office phone 18, Res. phone 211. Rt sttt St S vt as a playground; in the south, the LUNDE and DANNENBERG SOFDER public piper; and all over Scotland, Chiropractors OPPOSITE BEMIDJ SCHROBDEB the soldier. 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