Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 24, 1920, Page 4

~ BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ZVERY AFTEENOON BXONFT SUNDAT- U FIONSER PUBLISKING CO. > ; E. H. DENU, @._E. CARSON,. ¢ % Pres. and Treas. Ehay Sec. and Mgr. —_——————— \ Entered at the postoffice at Bemidjl, Minn., as second-class matter ‘ under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879, , No attention peid to annoymous contributions. Wiriter's name must be known to the editor, but net ly for publication. Communicatioris for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. _________——————'-_——'———‘ - STOCKS ARE NOT TAXABLE. i For many years this country has been flooded with fake or shady concerns in which stock has been sold to a gullible public, generally to the small investor who can ill afford to lose his savings. Since the supreme court has’ruled that ‘incomes from stocks are not subject to taxation it is possible that many more of these will spring into existence, on the theory that the public will rush to place its surplus funds in stocks. - If this be the case the people should apply the acid test to any stock certificate offered theth before parting with a dollar of their hard earned money, The man with a smooth tongue knows only too well how to &se it v o ¢ . ——————— SOVIET GOVERNMENT STILL ON JOB. b surprise package. The soviet government declines to blow up. Instead it appears to become motre strongl¥ intrenched every day. And when we stopto col‘sidertl‘xat oley- ne person in five in that country can read it is a surprise parfy indeed. England and France have concluded that it is futile to further oppose the soviet rule. Instead, they will establish -commercial rela- tions with them and endeavor. to secure a monopoly, of trade from that country. i . g —_— ‘MONARCHISTS YEARN FOR OLD DAYS. - Monarchists of Germany yearn mightily for an opportunity to place some one of the old regime on the now vacant throne, but they will hardly succeed. There may be civil strife for a time as in the recent flareup, but the peoplé have had a taste of ruling themselves and are in no mind to let go of the reins. The mailed fist of kaiserdom no longer appeals to them. i —_————————— . The fE;kchénya -, Edltar Interesting Stories—Real nu:l Unntl:—-u Told by the Editors of. the Press of Northets Minnesota—Retold, 5 and Commented On by This Editor . NOONAN'’S “NO@"? NOONETTES. ' Now that the cold weather has absconded the lad with a red nose will have to hunt.up another alibi. EEY ! ' It’s wrong to blame all the girls for the short skirt styles. The bow- legged girls are not in favor of them. Paper went up another half cent’last week. It’s the highest it’s ever been in the history of daylight robpery. @ \ When a lad suffering from thirst hunts up a doctor he doesn’t want a good doctor: He wants a good-natured one, 5 The Pririce of Wales saved $90,000 on his expense account on his trip. He ou’ght,.to make a great traveling salesman. o The chances .of Jake Preus becoming governor are multiplying faster than guinea pigs. Minnesota wants a statesman on the job. 4 “Why don’t you publish all the news?” asks a reader. . Because we don’t want to spend half our time in jail and the other half in a hospital We see that a girl out west saved her sister from drowning by hitting hertzn the jaw. There are lots of people who would be benefitted by a-jolt on the jaw. s e THE GREATEST OF THESE 1S CHARITY I have just made out My income - tax report , ; And am planning to leave il . x For Miami to rest up « £ Y After the strain of it s ‘ Trying to be honest and ¥ % At the same time to g Keep from cheating Myself. One item that Bothered me was ™ Charities and when I Began figuring it up I Was proud of the way I had flung my hard Earned gold, around Among the poor and - ; Needy. After three hours At the adding machine 1 figured out that Barbers should be ~ . . Put on the charity’ List and ‘as their . Pardners in crime the ) V4 % - Manicurists and also The waiters’ union and . : : With them the check girls s And it seemed fair 5 1 To add the bell hops : 2 And of course the = S Taxi .drivers .and’tl " Pullman porters. and T The long list of garage T Bandits at home and ¥ On tour and naturally A caddy. or two ‘Was to be paid and i A warm spring sun o Suddenly broke throt The clouds of ruin an Despair and as_the - Great army of %ip Grabbers passed in - Mental review I heard .- @ say ‘“faith, hope, 'Thomas in her third Selznick Picture, Russia is apparently -handing’ the world something ofl ‘ .| whites, and when a merry hunting {make this one of the most exciting who on the way to the West Coast and his funds and arrives at hie des- doesn’t bother Wallace much, as he soon becomes chauffeur for a beauti- ful lady and marries her. after h has given her father, a bank presi- dent, heart ratlure on accpunt of his latter is attempting to put over. of plot, but after all the pleasure in a Reid vehicle lies in seeing it. will be well rewarded. ‘Wanda Haw- ley, who is extremely easy to look at, is the girl, and those fine character men, Theodore Roberts an Marshall, are in the cast. ‘The story is by J. Stewart Woodhouse, and Sam ‘Wood directed it for Paramount-Art- craft. : ; . And when the total oy %o . Sum was added it : ) e ‘Wiped "out the balance S ol A ; 2 On wifich a tax. » ";’ 3 | ¥ T ——_ e . NEWS OF THE _ THEATERS P IN SELZNIC PICTURE How a pretty peasant girl Wins and weds a young. nobleman, loses him and then retrieves. his love is delighttully, portrayed .b'y. A Olive “The Glorious Lady.” -~ 3 . The ‘plot has for-its pivotal ?uad_ a “point to .point” race, the ar cient classic. of the English. _t._urt, ‘ whel For the! occasion. all class distinctio is wipegd away. as.nobilty and 3 antry. rub elbows in an effort to car! off the racing honors of.the day. It. is here.‘that: Olive Thomas, ds a .pretty ‘girl. of ‘the: imiddle class meets and attracts a high nobleman, | the .Duke of Loame, owner ofthe. estate upon which she lives, and from: the -beginning the Duke’s.eyes . are open:to the charms of the daughter of his ‘tenant:. Soon he recognizes: hig| love for herr-but obstacles to-thejr marriage have mounted .50 high-and) the chasm separating their social staz tions is so deep as to all but xitgc]udé" the possibility of their, marriage.™ ": Finally thege obstaclés are made to] fall before the ardor of the .lovers, despite the barrier of blood, the cus- toms of ‘the day and sharp-véllainy:s Matt Moore, as the Duke: of Loame;’ heads & notable cast.” *‘The Glorious Lady” can be seen-at the Reéx theatre tonight. «r * . ¢ RSRLIRT Rainbow coniedy will dlso:be a feature, entitled -““Romeos and Jolly Juliets.”, . “LAST OF HIS PEOP] : VIRILE NORTHWEST DRAMA In his newest Select picture, ““The Last of His People,” Mitchell Lewis brings to the Rex tonjorrow and Fri- day a .'ch‘aracler(zation as ‘'strong if not stronger than any of.the many red-blooded photodramas credited to this popular story. e : The story is simple but, strong, and Centers about an Indian boy and girl, brother and sistér, who are ithefast of their people. -Adopted a fi*ficd by an_embittered Wwhite map; ey adopt the modes and mannérs of'the THTHHIHIIES party journeys from the gay white way to their peaceful home-land, therg begins a gripping drama that is replete with pathos, hum#n touches, gympathy, much humor and many ‘spectacular situations. One of the most ' sensational scenes’ is ‘enacted when Mitchell Lewis as Wolf Briggs, 'the Indian, to fulfill a vow mddé.to his betrayed sister on her deéath bed, struggles to the death with her be- trayer on a narrow ledge high“up a mountain side, his antagonistibéjng plunged ‘to the ‘rocky. depths BElsw. Other thrilling ‘incidents combine to Dictures of the season. . .- (% ~Also. showing' a two-reel comedy. The picture at the Elko Theatre tonight and tomorrow is packed full of breezy comedy and surprises. Wal- lace Reid is the star and the film is caued “Double Speed”. Like his previous picture “The Roaring Road” it has a lot to do with speeding au- tos agd .pretty girls. Handsome Wallie is “Speed” Carr, from New York is robbed of his féar tination resembling a hobo. That part in a financial transaction the This is a rather cryptic description You Tully 'GRAND TONIGHT “If ever. a screen personality’ Starting ELighting Battery and “Exid¢"Service o Automobiles - Demsmide " vital parts of your car - it requires attention, . . 5 We will -your bat-" . it at a 3 Te - spread gladness, certainly little: Bil- lie Rhodes does,” commented the ex- acting critic of the Los Angeles Times after viewing the dainty ingenue star in the American premidre of his first W. W. Hodkinson release, ‘“The Blue Bonnet,” at.the Kinema theatre, Los Angteles, during Fleet Weék 'in Au- gust. - “The Blue Bonnet,” which is show- ing at the Grand Thedtre tonight and Thursdgy ‘proved an’'instantan- eous puccess 'tn its first pre-release showing Rhodes vehicle 'setting. a.new attend- ance mark for Los Angelés summer runs. Not'only did the.dainty in- i "Notlnqg ut Nerve";pbcénd sof the new-2-part’ Hallroom Boys come- dies ‘will cnmpletef the program. L T T T T T T T gt'y'les, newest ' trimmings. ‘Buy your Hat Trimmings at this-store. Spgciél shipment of Elastic Top Corsets in many styles, fancy ‘e boned, with good hose: supporters, $1.89, $1.98, $2.g§, Big Many more fine Blouses have been added A. T—OF COURSE _ “FIGHTIN CRESSY”, IS SWEET- X HARTE DRAMA OF WEST | “A Sweet-Harte drama of rugged California is an adequate double des- cription of the feature on _the' pro'—l gram at the Grand theatre Friday| and Saturday. “Fighting Cressy",is the attraction in which Blanche Sweet stars in a Bret Harte story. Bret Harte succeeded as no other author did in putting the romance of > one of Nature’s most ‘beautiful and romantic spots, California, into lit- g™ erature. He knew and loved the great - open west “out where the hand clasps a.little stronger, out where the smile J acter parts. in America, - the Billie genue star come;in for: high praise ) | om the oritics and: e Los A,',’ge,es dwells a little longer.’ . 4 WANT public. but sailgre and -officers from| . Cressy,” frop which “Fighting TO GET: the fleet made fhuir ‘way by.the hund-|Cressy” has been adapted 'by- Fred THE WANT ° reds to the Kinema to see ,Miss|MYton. directed by Robert Thornby YOU W. "TO Rhodes depict the brillfant work of a |2nd produced by Jesse D. Hampton, GET YOU WANT Salvation heroins, in *The Blue Bon-|i#the romance of a true daughter of W. net.” T ‘the West. Spirited, fearless, un- TO GET IT: 8 ) \ daunted, Cressy never needed defend- | ¥' GREAT WANT GETTER, ing. She fought her.own battles, and fought them well. " In.fact, she suc- ceeded in“pringing to an end the bit- |§. v . 5 o 1t11 Easter 2 o 2 3 e—— "= There is no time to lose in'select-: ing the new goods you want ’ At— At— g y : g $4.98 : _ Every new color and all : slz'so’ Sy $12.50 e cleverest trimmings. Whbrth very ‘much more.| Worth ‘more, very -stylish. At— At— picto 4 A $9.50 3080 4 o e Large selection, many No two a like. - Newest | would sell for.$9.00.. Wef -only ask $5.50. You know, even before you come, that you will SAVE HERE. Large selec- ! "tion of newest trimmings. ; Colorite Hat Dye. .. 24c CORSETS : or medium ‘weight. Very desirable for spring or summer wear. $3.98. You buy here, fully warranted corsets at no known makes. o . g . X Special Crepe Kimono: at_$2.98. Valaes e —Georgette Crepe Blouses at $4.98, $5.98, $6.98, $7.50, $9.50. Made of 3, 4 ‘real good quality georgette, in a host | Easter Novelties < of newest shades. You buy here and save. . lets.: . - Special showing of Children’s Hats all of . this week, including double lot for. Sat- urday’s selling. Finest ghowing of new-. est' Shapes, all of them are extremie- * values, at from 98c up to $1.98 and $3.98. You will do well if you come here. - . In the last days of our WHITE GOODSand - UNDERWEAR SALE, which .wjll' posi- tively close Saturday evening, March 27, ' ¢ . ‘we again urge you to take advantage of Y ‘- low prices on ready-made sheets, pillo% cases, muslins, sheetings.- You will aibt, We urge you to buy Voiles, in fact anything in WASH GOODS and LINENS, RIGHT. NOW. You will not do better. :We urge . you to buy.spring uniderwear ahd -all‘ ls right at this store. .- Wé have s véry large line and very cheap prices. Prices are . based “on purchases: made nine: ‘ ago. S AR Complete lines of new.merchandise at sured low prices. " " - ° e WEDNESDAY EVENING, ter feud existing between her famil and the Harrisons. s 30;19 Sweet discloses an_entire- 13 new side to her personality’in the title rolé of “Fighting Cressy.”” "Rus- sell Simpson, Walter Perry arid Frank Lanning are, cast in delightful char- '~ Pell Trenton is the ob- : ject ‘of the herofne’s affection, and.-: rocky’'was their ‘path of'true love. . Others in, the cast_are. Edward Pell, Antrim Short, Billie Bennett, Bunice - Moore and: Little' Georgle Stone. TRIMMED HATS—An'unusual showing of our value givin in-our millinery department. =~ . " Yalues ybu will say. are worth at least $5.00 more. Veils this season are very|~” . .good, 50c, 75¢, 98c up. .| . Also: Veilings by the yard, he New. Spring Gloves are here,. silk,. all colors, 97¢, ] 98¢, $1.75, $1.98. " - Kid Gloves, $2.69, or figured, bx;ocade‘, light’ . Lightly or heavy ' $2.85, $2.98, $3.26, $3.48 prices. Wg sell-only wal ; xtreme, Crepe Jap-'|. -anese Dressing ' Saques, $1.48, $1.98, $2.69. Rabbits, chickens, toys, baskets, Baster egts, candi¢s; post cards, book- |- . see prices like these again for many.a - dies’ undergarments. RIGHT NOW, auify MARCH 24,-1820 - ,; R g \ ! 5 $2.98, T Q, of all ¥ 00000 Xinds. ducks;: Dafact v,