Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 7, 1921, Page 4

ane——— e = THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER 1 | on NEWS OF THE THEATRES rrficulptor who nearly geces to plcces!quu]sxgp YOUTH RETURNED:; the death of his wife, only to be || regenerated by the miracle of “Alll | Soul’s Eve” Mickey Moore makes an} elections, has led to a demand for a correspondence course that deals ful- ly yet simply” with local problems. Such a ehort course has been organ- ized by the eorrespondence study de- accompanied from Clearbrook by her sons, Arnold and Lyndon, and by her sister, Mrs. T. O. Nelson o1 that city, 'The Misses Mikkelson and Miller KRR R ERKRRK KKK KE ONE NEVER GROWS OLD|* BAGLEY g If you believe yourself to be old at: % X% % % *» % % % % % 2 % % M “BLACKMAIL” AT THE REX | appealing child, while Clarencs Geld- art, Carmen Philiips and Lottie Wil- struggles between husband and wife ‘Ll:gl:usd;)'o;;:ceptablo Work dn thelt to bend each other to their way of : thirty-five and that lifo hes nothing fiurther in store for you, you should ee Thomas Meighan. in William De- Paramont picture, His Youth” Mille’s splenaid “‘Conrad in Quest of 1 Tuesday in Bagley. Mrs. Waldmar Johnson left day for Bemidji after a briel at-the Charles Wright home. Arthur Gossline of Crookston spent of Shevlin spent the week en. at the E. H. Reft home. Pearl Fritchie of Saturday in Bagley. Shevlin spent partment of the general extension division of the University of Mini sota. This course deals, in general, with THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 7, "Wyndham Standing, tall idol of an ! situations. army of followers of both the speak- ing stage and of the silent drama, who has the pleasantly difficult part of the diplomatic lawyer in the Metro special production ‘“‘Blackmail,” is particularly fitted fqr_such parts, by{“Madume Peacock.” When this most | his carller.stace: tra 010K Irecent and decidedly most brilliant | In this latest of his screen aPPear-io; pe Russian actress’ pictures was| {“MADAME PEACOCK” AT REX LAST TIMES TODAY i a » mar i | “The Movie < king make for many highly dra- mirth maker, is also on the Grand ' Which is the feature photoplay show- t theatre program for tonight and to- morrow. Nazimova at her greatest: that is | “ROMANTIC ADVENTURESS” AT THE ELKO TOMORROW = Aatty A Football fans! ances as the resourceful lawyer pic-{ .owr on the screen of the Rex | football contest—Yale versus -Har- tured by Lucia Chamberlain in the, (¢ i ¢ 1ot evening, she came before Yard—is one Hero” a two part & R KKK K&KK K%K KKK¥X|problems of the smaller city and vil- |lage. Starting with a consideration HORNET +|1age & 8 of the state and the federal gov- P R A L L S 4 and Mrs. Peter Norby and| A family from Bemidji is living in ~.ce;§;|\)l1eg;§etrhnem‘:eanrtm::ci:;nio‘:’{l:m;:ld baby, Wilma, visited at the W. E.|the D- Dumas house. . Itheir various advantages and diead- Eisloy home: Sunday. Rev. Odegaara preached at thely,ntages discussed. Particular at- Jens Larson of Long Prairie left | MUrray school Sunday morning. Atliention is paid to the city-manager is ‘home after :}he4°l‘f5° of the service, the yearly |pign, Powers and duties of the va- i ““’;fhfii me&““,g {"} the con'g-regatioz irious departments.and officers of the o 1y :iie ‘ataon wos elected Imunicipal” government are explain- y IO} ming year, andieq, having in'mind not the detail and Gladys Gordon of Shevlin were thefx " guests of Miss Genevieve Jones last the central idea of the slory—tl'x,m.|m'rmflyA one never grows old when one loves—| Mr, Misses Lillian Skafohlid ing at the Elko theater tonight. ‘Without telling the story in detail, fills one with enthusiasm. At least it did the older persons who saw the picture. Conrad_finds it impossible to travel the road back to seventeen, Dbecause there is none,’ but when: he tels in jove, presto! ‘his -vanished youth returned. 3 Sunday evening for visiting with Mrs. H the death of his brot ‘was accompanied by his sister, Mrs. A rousing college of the most. exciting story published in the Saturday Eve- ning Post, Mr. Standing has a role; similar to those which won him a large following in the legitimate. Mr. Standing made his first stage hit as a member of Sir Henry Irving’s company in_the Lyceum Theatre, in London and continued his success with Mr. ad Mrs. Kendall and Miss Fortescue. and appeared in a number of produc- tions with Comstock and Gest, the Schuberts and William A. Brady. Turning to tne screen he appearcd as leading man for Elsie Ferguson, Pauline Frederick and Petrova. lLe has also been starred with Norma Talmadge and Lucy Cotton. His first picture was with Triangle and later he appeared in productions by Fam- ous Players, Goldwyn, International and Maurice Tourneur. He is best known thru his work in “Paid in Full.” “Eyes of the Soul,” “The Wit- ness for the Defense,” “A Modern Sa- lome” with Hope Hamilton, and “Earth Bound.” Mr. Standing was born in England and received his education in the public schools there. He early de- veloped a dramatic ability and his ex- cellent characterizations _ finally brought him to the attention of Sir Henry Irving. His reputation on the English stage soon brought him to the attention of the American manag- ers who brought him to this country where he has been ever since. “HUSBANDS AND WIVES” AT REX TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Atlanta, Ga., had a big time not so very long ago, the occasion being the filming of scenes for Vivian Mar- tin's newest picture *“‘Husband and | Wives” from the famous novel “Mak- ing Her His Wife,” by Clara Harris, who, by the way, Is a southern wo- man living just outside the city. At- lanta’s 400" and her debutantes took part in the scenes made at the Country club and in one of the fam- ous restaurants. As the wealthy northern girl who, on a visit to her wunt, marries a southern hardware merchant, Vivlan Martin has a splendid cpportunity, of which she ably takes advantage, in pruvln’; she is an artist of the highest class.” The “Y T, took the exces: tion of economic zime, in The Politics float to victory on a a minimum of political it renders. from within the indu ment, and the public. The Standard Oil Com, affairs, acknowledge t Company has assumed, He came to this country ; Petroleum Industry Proves Value of §_gl_f-Government the hands of government to dramatize the essential fallacy of trying to substitute the poli tician for men functionally fit for the job in hand.”—Glenn Frank, Editor of the Century Maga- The clarity of Mr. Frank’s reasoning was dem- onstrated by the efficiency of the petroleum industry during the war-time period. Petroleum was the one basic industry which was left in the hands of men trained “for the job in hand” and their efficiency enabled the Allies to The lessons learned during that period of stress have enabled the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) to increase its usefulness as a manufacturer of petroleum products. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has learned that cesses is essential to this or any other highly specialized industry that it may continue to improve the scrvice The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) believes that the government of any business enterprise should come should be beneficial alike to capital, labor, manage- a2 broad base to bring about this desirable condition. The Board of Directors, who are responsible to the stockholders for the management of the Company’s the efficient refining and distribution of essential petro- leum products of superior quality; to make these prod- ucts available everywhere, and at prices which put them the audience first as a brilliant mgej features of. . “A’ Romantic Adven- celebrity, Jane Goring, a woman of jturess”, in whieh Dorothy Dalton will fascinating, gorzeous personality, a | be seen af the:Elko theatre tomorrow woman who had sacrificed the love of |and Wednesday. The participants.are a man to her irresistible ambition. |8ll ex-collego football men. ~ Charles Then suddenly there appeared a | Meredith, leading man for Tuiss Dal- young girl, eager and aspiring and| ton, who'acts as captain of the Yale ingenious; and had it not been for |eleven, was formerly a well known the explanatory subtitle doubt would |haltback at Carnegle Tech. have remained in the minds of those| “A Romantic Adventuress,” is de- who witnessed the shadow perform-|clared to be the most lavish produc- ance as to whether so utterly dmer-;“o" in which the Lady Beautiful of ent a person could be portrayed by the screen has ever been seen. Some lhc(;?llllix:c‘s{xe;brting cadt s lof the big scenes include the Carnival i . ~CaBl, at New Orleans, the gambli 5 Probert proved especially pleasing: aiat Monte {Iarlu a Yealge~gnr‘v':§drg§::: marly and likea.le leading man; and 'pa1] game, and the opening might of credit too belongs to John Steppling |5 spectatcular revue on Broadway. O e Bre ik “;‘}:'dEverywhex"e Lhis preity queen of the bort Cody: Gertrude Claire and to | wam mens. e (A Mrs. Woodthorpe. The picture was | her, urging her on, was her luxury- ?f;’“prffadzi;‘w: I}i’ifict‘é’f%?“ ;a;“’:‘y!!ovlng mother, who saw only a mil Smallwood, p‘h’ologrnphed by Iludolpfi | }L‘::}rer]m:;”:ii:]s:m‘:v::::éo:l;':; Bergqnist and given special art set- ang__but sec “A Romantic A(‘lven: tings by Edward Shulter. Metro 1| yress.” the releasing company. | i “ALL SOUL'S EVE” IS i A QUAINT IRISH TALE' A perfect piece of acting by the jstar; an appealing Irish legend en- tertainingly told; a theme of moth- Ierlu\'e that grips the heart-strings— such are the “high spots’ ’of- “All Souls’ Eve,” the new 'Mary Miles Min- ter picture which appears in the; Grand theatre tonight and tomorrow, | Tuesday. ! Migs Minter has seldom been af-! torded such excellent acting oppor-; tunities. She plays two roles, in one“‘ of which she wears her own hair and | her own girlish manuer, in the other/| a brown wig and a very grown-up| air. But whether it be as the sculp-| tor's wife or the Irish nurse-maid, | she plays with her audience’s heart-; |strings trom first reel till final fade- | * out. Very touching indeed is the, fanciful story that a little childy mouring for his mother, is comfort- led when her spirit returns on “All | Soul’s Eve” aud enters the soul of the nurse-maid. Jack Hott, good looking and always | a capable actor, is excellent as the I { sive war-induced centraliza- and industrial functions in of Industry. sea of oil, materi interference with economic pro- stry, and that this government pany (Indiana) is organized upon he social obligation which the and which they interpret to mean S : %; ' ‘Ye&t build The settings are elaborate and the develcpment of the story 'logically carried out. Mr. Mé¢ighan is supported by an unusually capable company, Margaret Loomis playing opposite him. Then there are Mabel Van Buren, Kathlyn Williams, Sylvia Ashton and other artists, all of whom contribute their bit to make the pic- ture artistically satisfying. A~ INSPECTION OF ANIMALS "PRESENTS HUGE TACK ! (By United Press) | Washington, Feb. 7.—Aoout 100,- 1000,000.animals were inspected in in- ) terstate movements in 1920 to pre- vent communicable diseases, accord- ling to department of agriculture an- inouncement. Cattle imspected: number 22,063,- 1290; sheep, 23,472,528, and swine, 39,754,970, it was said. Gubscribe for The Dally Ploneer. |for the past few wecks. She wasjer with the approach of the sprin, ) Prosperity will only come when there is a full \ resumption of building activities. It cannot re- turn until building begins once more. . When there is no building there is unemploy- I ment all over the nation. very largest industries of the world. Business is always good in ALL lines when much building is being done. The population of any city or town is never as happy and contented and prosperous as when new construction is going on full blast, ’ It has been a long time since building was brisk all over the nation. There was a brief spurt last spring, but it was short lived due to excessive | , costs resulting from an after-the-war shortage of al, I Deflation had to take place before construction | could be permanently resumed on a sound basis. Deflation is now taking place and is only a reac- tion from unhealthy conditions. LUMBER has already returned to normal values, Building activ\itis have not increased, however, even though lumber values have returned to nor- mal and this is due to the fact that LUMBER L only represents about 30% of the total cost of the i average building. ! The fact that so many of the items making up the 707 are still abnormal makes the completed cost of the building so much out of line that money which is always available for building purposes when costs are normal refuses to come out of its hiding, Anna Crautston of Se-ttie, Wash. Mrs. Mary Hillard and Mrs. Wil- ifred Hillard of Lengby were the | guests of Mrs. Charles Wright on Tuesday. | Henry Huseby arrived here Sutur- day from Bemidji where he has beea i visiting his father, Lawrence Huseby, who has been confined to St. Anth- ony’s hospitul for the past four months. Albert Heckleman is spending a few days here with friends. 0. T. Stenvick spent Wednesday in ters. Martin Heinzelman of Lake Itasca was a visitor here with friends on Tuesday. F. L. Daigle of Ebro shopped here Tuesday en route from Internatfonal Falls, where he has been since Sun- ‘day, on business matters. ¢ Mrs. A. J. Higdem returned home Saturday from Warren, Minn., where she has been confined to a hospital mg activities are stagnant and prai_c_ticauy - -all building trades are unémployed natural Leonard transacting business mat-} 0. P. Stene was retained as treasurer. iang red tape of administrative pro- After the business meeting the con-lcequre, but rather the general pur- firmation cluss met. ‘The Ladies’ Aid pose and character of the office or zociety met on Wednesday afternoon | department in the light of its refa- at the home of Mrs. William Moon. : yjon to the rest of the city govern- The following officers were elected: jent. %:rsbwwe: Bergren, PN*fl,l‘enl_: Mrs.i Full information concerning _the HoC ofil s::{:. vice-president; Mrs.!course may be secured by address- Nelson Overly, secretary; Mrs. O. P.|ing the General Extension Division, Stene, re-elected treasurer. .| University of Minnesota, Minneapo- George Trudeau of Minneapolis, | jjg, and a former resident niere, who has| been working at Gemmell, recently visited at the home of Thomas Wood- | passenger freight service between ward. ; . 5 Montreal and Italian ports using St. Friday evening Mrs. Ole Ness gave | john in the winter has been definite- a parly in honor of her son, Edward []y decided upon by the Canadian Pu- Carrigans’s birthday. cific Oceans Services—an arrange- ‘Myron and Llye Ellis, who have|ment with the Navigazione Generale been ill, are now better. Italiana which provides for a direct Pe—— service from Montreal St. Joh HERES COURSE IN B onava and Mabies, the latter to CITY GOVERNMENT Montreal, Quebec.—A new direct be the terminal point. The N. G. L. will employ one of their finest pas- The growing Taterest in politics, 5B Ships on the route in conjunc- especially among new voters, togeth- . 3t i ceut v i 7 2 ogel lacqulrcrl by the C. P. 0. 8., to bo ‘renamed the “Montreal.” Lumber, One of the Last Comquitieé to Advance, Was One of the First to Return to Normal ' Resisting the functioning of economi¢ laws in trying to prevent merchandise from taking its course from high to normal is just as futile as trying to overcome the law of gravita- tion. It is possible to greatly retard the movement but not to permanently stop it. This is true because BUILDING is one of the The building industry must be one of the first to start up. It cannot do so until all elements which go to make up COMPLETED COSTS are once more on a deflated basis. The inclination on the part of any of the factors making up the 70%, to resist a full return to rea- sonable values will have far-reaching and disas- trous effects. trend, level. The public has made up its mind NOT to buy until prices have come down. This decision is all that was necessary to accelerate the downward The “buyers’ strike” is an actuality. No single factor can now remain at an inflated Nor can the reductions be only a small proportion of what they should be. The univer- sal demand is for NORMAL values and there will be stagnation until such a condition is brought about. return The lumber industry advocates a prompt and full to a fair price basis of all elements enter- ing into the cost of a home. As soon as this is accomplished building activities will be resumed. Unemployment will soon be a thing of the past. and all ployed We will have cozy homes at moderate costs and reasonable rents. housed. Schools will be built, and overcrowded, unsanitary quarters will be a thing of the past. Prosper:ty will soon take the place of depression Business will be properly men will be honorably and profitably em- at good wages. . within reach of all. To accomplish this essential task, the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has continually broadened the base of its qperations, intrusting the administration of its complex and highly specialized business to men of acknowledged authority, ability, and vision. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago 2384 This article was prepared-and its publication authorized by a group of business men who are interested, not only in the lumber business, but in several other lines, in an effort to end continued building stagnation and to bring about, if possidle a recamption of construction activities. Northern Pine ~ -nufacturers Association