Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 23, 1920, Page 2

- BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISEED REVERY APTERNOON EXOEPT SUNDAY “THE BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISKING 0O. OB FARSON, Pres. E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. G. W. HARNWELL, Editor {Entered at the postoffice at Bemidjl, Minn,, as second- class. matter under Act of. Congress of March 3, 1879, =_____———‘=\=’—_—————————- attentlon pald to . anonymous _contributions, ~W§‘t’er{l name muvlnt be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication, Weekly Plonker must reach this office not later than Tuesday 0&:!0\1 week to insure publication in the- / current - 1s: One Week ... ']‘l}rn Months ... THE WEEKLY PION'EEE,—’-TW.IV: pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for, in advance, $2.00 = You read the daily pépers. You are keeping in touch with the foreign mews—the events of the old world. You have noticed tfiat the much heralded peace has only partiall gna)eriallzed—-—that the fires of hatred are burninf more fiercely day by day-—that the clash of war is becoming mort deafening as time goes-on. - . Only the slender tie that binds England and France prevents another world conflict, and that tie is perilously weak, is often near the breaking point. 5 The average American citizen rests securely in the belief that this country will never enter another European conflict. . But 'don’t be too sure. - The world has had an object I¢sson in what America can do—if she will. . ' In the Dext war the might of American gold, products and arms will be sedulously courted by both sides. v Every art of dipolmacy will be exerted to bring us in—with our-men, our munitions, and eur gold. If diplomacy fails, other tactics will be persued to. force our hand. B It will be a marvel if we escape. Think it over, ffom all sides, and don’t go to sleep. : . Politicians are carefully avoiding the subject in advance of election, but they are doing a deal of thinking. 2 i % They know .that we are sitting on the craler of another volcano, and the lid is uncomfortab! warm. - Some day it may blow off. . And then—who knows? / O A little child speaks as it thinks. Wheri it grows to maturity it 2tten speaks without thinking. J COMMENTS—THATS ALL PRESS = * (By EXORANGE EDITOR) The Free Trade Larder. It is estimated at present about 88 per cent of the unmanufactured foodstuff import3 are on the free list. All would be free were it not for the duties placed by the democratic party on peanuts, rice and other products of the south. The truth is that the American farmer is facing a situation which grows worse every month. abroad for his products is decreasing; foreign foods are pouring in, thanks to the free list once- more indorsed by the democratic platform—Mankato Free Press. B! ail Blgue Save It, ¥oung Man, Save It! An ambitious young man once asked the late E. H. Harriman how to be successful. “Well, I'd take $5,000—" began Mr. Harriman. “But I haven’t any money,” interrupted his ques~ ) tioner. “Haven't $5,000?7 Then go out and save it, young man, save it! Then come back and we will talk the matter over.”—Ex. All editors believe in .and stand by the right of free speech and a free press. “I insist on free speech,” shouted the anarchist. **“So do L,” rejoined the editor, “so do I. But in at least .one respect free speech réminds me of the free lunch in the olden days. One hates to see a man making a hog of himself just because something is alleged to be free.”—Ex. N \ RN . Pt ~ An Ohio newspaper editor spent a few days in New York, and while there somebody asked him how . he liked the big town. ~ s “I care for it very little,” replied the editor. “Did you ever think of this: Suppose youlived in Negw York and wanted to go fishing. .W}neruwonld you go to dig a can of worms?”’—Winnipeg Press. S 5 S O The man /who gives the most unsolicited advice _hardly ever has any on which he can get the cash. —St. Cloud Times. . S s O Quite a lot of persons who seém willing to have prices slashed to the bone do not even want the skin of wages touched.—St. Cloud Times. —_——— Seventy-five cent gasoline is Held ‘possible witktin two years—if there is any of the liquid left. At Communications for the .~; - done with a stampede. The demand: a time when her *Yes'or No” has a 4N e 3 4 ,/ : o~ 'BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Hardly a we\l:‘passes but what some good citizen 'fcause the patrons of the Rex a laugh o Kas- a suggestion to make. for the betterment of this town. - B No sooner is the suggestion made than some other -good citizen’ objects—principally because he does not like the first citizen. It is human nature, and we are just as human here as elsewhere. ; But there is a better way—a_ way. that is_quite as human and more humanizing. . . Forget your antipathy toward the man and ‘think only of his suggestion—ag what it will ‘do for'the town—of what'it will mean to you as a citizen of the town. . o ’ 2 4 Very few good: citizens think exactly alike. Many aré diametrically -‘opposite" in; their: convic- tions, in their tastes, in their likes and’ dislikes. But there is a common ground upon which e may all meet and bury our -animosities. 4 That is the common good of all—the betterment of our community—the fostering of the welfsre of our colfectjve citizenry for the benefit. of each in- dividual citizen, and for the benefit of ourselves. .’ It is the starting p?int of prosperity—the grave S of adversity. i iy It is the point we all should seek, ‘and _find. N O . Woman with her vote should make hastg slowly, lest in the end she -make no haste at all. '\ ' Feminine suffrage was not achieved in a 'day, * nor in a month, nor a year. It has required many years of ceaseless effort and countless disappoint- ments to place her on a political equality with man. She can not expect fo revolutionize our political: system in a day, nor in a year. /To attempt.such a sweeping overthrow of the cpstoms of years would destroy her future prestige, and therefore her use- - N~ fulness. . - 2 y The laudable ambition of womanhood ‘is-a better . government and a more enlightened citizenry. * This can be accomplished gradually, but it cannot be The tortoise travels slowly, but it gets there in the end. & fo —_— : He who knows not and-knows that he knows n\\t is simple—teach him; He who knows and knows. not that he knows is asleep—waken_ him; — He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool—shun him; . e He who knows and knows that he knows is wise— follow him. B | . 'o_. \ No, Elmer, the public highways were not made ~ for your convenience alone. " Decency concedes at least one inch to the othen fellow: 0 5 —_— \ The fe}low who believes in town improvement should first begin to improve that which he dwns himself or controls. ~ | 3 Greater than the honor o! being_president, is to be known™as the'man.who put him there. ¥ —_— 5 Looking truth in the face is often more profitable than pleasant. . ! ~ L4 The rate the stuff is being consumed it'doesn’t seem. possible that the supply will hold out. The sane use of gasoline needs to be preached to many auto owners.—Mankato Free Press. Daughter i(having just received a beautiful set ~ of mink skins from her father) —What I don’t see is how such wonderful furs can come from such a low, sneaking, little beast. Father—I don’t ask for thanks, insist on respect.—Ex. g % IO dear, but I really Why put a man in jail for a year yhen he' breaks the law? Why not sentence him to' wear a straight front corset for twenty-four hours? He would be a mighty careful citizen after he had completed his sentence.—Winnipeg Bulletin. | . —— Lra Good 'Nough Fer Ye! oo The other day we made the mistake of poking our finger at tlié Hibbing Daily News’ porcupine, and look what it got us! Good ’nough fer yet Mind yer business after this.—Virginian. = ke 3 — “ Awful tough to let go, but the food, taking thirty- one different articles that cost a-year ago_$5.25 is now selhdnghfar 341:‘52,- tsl:y! Bradstreéts. lThis helps some and shows tha e grip is being ‘lopsened.— Stillwater Gazette. delins de \ P S— - ~ Chinamen never wear spectacles ih- company, it : being considered an act of discourtesy. Seems to us if they had. better.eyesight they could- come nearer ° breaking even: with' Japan.—Stillwater Gazette. - The turtle is not a speedy animal but is said to lay from 150 to 200-eggs at a time: If Mr:. Turtle advertised a little-fe might become as popular as Mrs. Hen—Ex. ! ~ The, fact stands out very clear thnt\\Tammany‘ } /hall put up the job to'nominate Cox for president on the democratic ticket.—Mankato Free Press. . ———— There is a time when a cl:;gkén thief was con~ .sidered contemptable but now its the fellow who steals your flivver.—St. Cloud Times. 4 There is no safe and sane labor leader in A\mericn / lending his aid to an indorsement of the soviet’ government of Russia.—EXx. ~ B —_—— A ‘scientist says blondes will disappear i 360 years, but the brunnettes S o laying deuce with man.—Ex. ‘thing—it the man who shares it with you does'not appreciate you./"- / ““Which fs ‘Worse? Woman who has oman love and no marriage, or a who has marriage and no love?” guess at them.” Ve vill go on’'playing the ‘““Women know women—men only SUBTITLES IN NEW NORMA " TALMADGE PHOTOPLAY 7" ARE UNIQUE FEATURE By no means the least interesting '« feature of ‘‘Yes or No,” the powerful nhew picture, in which Norma Tal- madge is seen at her best, are the sub- titles. . While many of ’filem are in the vernacular of East Side of New ‘York—the abode, of the humbler worker—they are filled with \trite line. [ Others descriptive of places or conditiong are full of phllqsnpfiy‘and uniqueness.- ‘In the very first Sub- ‘title ‘of ‘the picture we find one of these—a great truth tersely told: ~*In.every woman's life there cqmes \ " | happiness—4 he ateful significance; when -much of ragedy or much of happiness of hu- man existence nangs upon her deci- sion. Nor does her station in life lessen the responsibility.. Whether she be rich or poor,'the moment comes. when she must bravely fight or yield to temptation.” Describing Wall Street: “That marrow street hemmed in by stone walls—a graveyard at one end, a river at the other.” A > To the pietted wife of the wealthy Wall street’magnate: “You hawe every woman’s right to right to love—a beautiful-hojne means less than no- wa Pa While impatiently awaiting his dinner, the young mechanic calls: “‘Gee, sis, get a move on; can’t yer? Bring on the feed bags!” Later on at 'the table when he naisily drinks his soup, the sister says: ““Hey, eat your food! Don’t kiss ltf" ‘The same slangy young woman, & little later on, while impatiently awaiting her flancee’s leavetaking to the family, cries: “Light your fires, Horace. ~‘Melt the glue off’n your feet. We got to travel.” ; ' And there are many others-just as human and interesting which* ‘will and a thought when this truly great | photoplay is shown at the theatre. “TROUBLEMAKERS” ENDS \ . ITS RUN HERE TONIGHT “'with vto;klgm's performance the success{ul ‘éngagement of Willilam Faroum-in the*Fox photodrama “The Jdyous Troublemakers,” at the Rex theatre, comes to an end. eat majority of film lovers are Willam Farnum fans, and make a pointiof geelng eyery picturein which |' Jthis star appPears. ‘‘The Joyous Troublemakers” adds one more great syccess to Farnum’s long list of mo- tion picture triumphs. In many ways his characterization of William Steele |18 one of the best things he ever has done,_in spite of the fact.that it is a 'very different sort of role from any in which he has been seen re- cently. i The story is fresh and bright. It liyes up to .its' merry title. But it is not all laughter; the tears that some- times lie behind a smile have their place, for it is a story _of love and gold—both dnngéflus’tfiings. “THE LAW OF THE YUKON” LAST TIMES—GRAND TONIGHT |« Morgan Kleath, editor of the “Gold [City Nugget,” and the most popular resident of the far north mining camp had been - arrested, charged with' éracking the safe in Tim Meadow’s dance-hall and stealing the gold left there for safe keeping. N Circumstantial _evidence 7pointed strongly to him as the guilty man. It was recalled that when the com- bination of this safe was lost, Kleath had volunteered to open it and ac- tually succeeded in doing‘so. At the time, one of his enemies had remark- ed that m\xly a yegg was capable of such a feat. His many friends, believing in hi: innocence, hoped that Kleath would be able to- prove an.alibi by telling where he spent the ‘night when the robbery was committed. This he re- fused to do and this incident gurn- ishes a stirring climax in Charles Miller's screen drama of the great Northwest, based on Robert W.'Ser- vice’s poem “The Law of the Yukon.”| It is a virile and gripping recital, marked by the de€p loves and deep hates of those who fought the frozen north and' conquered’ it. - - “The Law of the Yukon” is pre- sented by Mayflower Photoplay €Cor- laugh is ne Not once does fny member of his company try to spring the drunk stuff or wallop a man on tie bean with a padded hammet. Larry don’t handle this kind of junk in “The Grocery Clerk.” He is after origina]\ity and he gets it. " RICH GEISHA GIRL . MOURNED IN TOKYO e & P * i (By United Press) .. Tokyo,/ July 20 (By Mail.)—The’ lively set. in Tokyo is in gloom over the death of Mrs. Some'Hirumo, the owner of one of the “most famous ) ‘ "YES - i Norma Talmadges - . Finest-Picture GIRLS AND NO GIRLS MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1620 geisha houses,of the city, and the event ‘has cast a light on the wedlth which has been accumulated by the: butterfly ladies since the world war brought overnight fortunes to thous- ands of speculating Japanese. It.appaars that this, woman, who had on her staff some eighty geisha, caunted her wealth in the hundreds of thousands, that great sums were at times received in a single day by her, and that at her establishment tips of 100 Yen, from the liberal hands of new millionaires, have been a com- mon matter. At'her funeral, a scene of unusual '~ ‘brilliance was - presented,.\hundreds of geisha turning out-in their, fan- tastic costumes. i = REX - Starting Tuestay s DIRECTED B¥ WILLIAM NEILL Norma Talmadge as the “Yes Girl” is a Charming Sinner /- The YES GIRL who sur- rounded by luxury—whose every whim was satisfied —succumbed to the flat- tery of a parasite passion= ately mur:m.ltring,,v “YES.” poration and will be the principal at-|* traction at the Grand theatre. Other ntimbers on the bill'will be Fatty Ar» buckle in “His Wedding Night" for the last time tonight. WILLIAM S. HART A _ BANDIT CHIEFTAIN , IN “THE TOLL GATE” William S Hart, who comes to the Grand theatre next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in ‘“The Toll Gate,” is said to have the most powerful dram- atic role of his: career as Black Deer- “|ing, the bandit chieftain in the story which was written by Lambert Hill- yer ‘and himself. or southwest: in the days before the fences came; the days of bold ba dit bands, of promiscuous train hol ups, of masked desperadoes, wild In- ers and Indians. It portrays with startling fidelity the characteristics ot a plcturesque page in the hisfory of the border. Black Deering, leader of bandits decides to disband and quit. A rivaj refuses and leads the band into a trap, selling them out -for “thirty pieces of silver.” All are killed or Jcaptured. Deering €scapes. He sets out to revenge himself. He meets the * | woman who has been deserted by .the ‘traitor and hig better manhood keeps him from wrecking his vengeance npon her in lieu of the real culprit. ‘The latter meets his just deserts and Deering goes 'south and out of the hands of the law into, it'is hoped, a better life, his eyes opened at last to the realization that there are good mlen and women in the world after all. Anna Q. Nilsson and a fine cast of players are seen in the support. Mr. -Hart’s famous Pinto pony:1s also pre- sent. Joe August A.-S. C., made the photographic rendition. \ STORY OF SEASIDE i.IFE. Olive Thomas’' new Selznick ' pic: ture, “Out Yonder,” which_opened at the Elko theatre last night, presents the charming little star in a love drama that is forceful and compelling. It is a coherent, well conceived, smogth running story that depicts life as it actually exists among those quaint people who’dwellswithin the remote lighthouses that dot the At- dantic coast. These people, odd in their ways and - unfamiliar to the great outside. world, offer an inter- esting study in character. The role mnifdea Miss Thomas, that of “Flot- sam,” .a ragged little sea waif, is tot- :ll‘;’r _lflergn from any other she has ad. . “Out Yonder,” which may again be seen at the Elko theatre tonight and tomorrow, is a Ralph Ince production) that reflects throughout the director’s absolute mastery of stagecraft. Many well-known ' players, including Hunt- ley.Gordon, Louise Prussing and oth- ers, appear in support of the star. ‘AFTER-"ORIGINALITY—GETS ' IT. There are few real-comedians, in the world today. The art of being funny is fast passing -awdy.. There- fore, when a comedian comes for- ward and delivers the'goods—that is, [ becomes really funny—he is- worth talking about. 7 More than that, he is worth seeing! ; - Of all the comedians and near comedians. that the last decpde has produced Larry Semon is king. . He is- different from all other brands and Joes not depend upon disguise, intoxication' or a few cerdy falls to produce laughs. His latest triumph is “The Grocery Clerk,” to be seen at the Elko theatre tonight and tomorrow. More fun is packed into two reels of this feature than can be found in a dozen so- called comedy releases. And every it This is a.typical tale of the west i The NO-GIRL who bur- dened with poverty fought with all her strength to keep intact _the - altar pledge to honor crying, “NO!!” wr i *YESor NO A FIRST, A adapted front the play by Arthur Goodrich NATIONAL Coming—KATHERINE McDONALD in “Notorious Miss Lyle” he Age ™ Modermn equipment keeps pace with_modern bust- ness. Such progressive firms as the Carnegie Steel Co., J. P. Morgan & Co., Co. use Allsteel office furniture. Willys-Overland \ i) Prudential Insurance Co., 1 N . Office Furniture The drawers can’t'swell, warp, or stick. The lino-, + leum top on desks and tables affords a perfect working surface. Allsteel is handsome, comfortable, sanitary, Sfire-resistant and everlasting. Let us show you this modern desk, as well as Allsteel filing cabinets, safes; and other office furniture—the eqt_;ipmmt that belongs with success. BEMIDJI; MINN. PIONEER STATIONERY HOUSE s i i Dafacrtiva