Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 15, 1921, Page 2

SNOW-CLAD MOUNTAINS IN “THE CALL OF THE NORTH” .. Jack Holt, besides nppenring in his : first Parama’unt star picture, had also Moun- Jocation scenes &t Maimmoth tdin, California, Bishop. The' picture is “The Call of "structéd 'in -the heart of the moun- tains; on the .shores of one of the many, beaytiful lakes. which abound, The mountains form a backgrpund of eternal snows and are lofty. The country is) almost primitive, though a hotel ig located where the company made its headquarters. Many Indians were employed as extras, while iwo specially trained Indian actors, Chief Lightheart and Big Tree, the latter some of the scenes. lead and Noah Beery, former Para- mount character favorite, Francis Mc seen in good roles. The picture ‘will morrow and Satyrday. * Joseph Henabery was the director. Two weeks were spent on location. “The Call of the North” is from the George Broadhurst play of the same name and Stewart Edward White's novel, “Conjurer’s House,” adapted for the screen by Jack Cunningham It is described as a virile. gripping and dramatic story of the Far North, with an intensive love interest. Pretty Marvel Rea is the featured girl star i, “For Land’s Sake.” a new Educational-Mermaid comedy which will be at the Grand theater Frida; and Saturday. She plays opposite Ligt Conley. 3 “CUPID’S BRAND” AT THE 8 REX THEATER SATURDAY The lovers of western pictures will see something new in the way of lariat throwing in the coming feature pho- toplay production, “Cupid’s Brand,” starring Jack Hoxie at the Rex thea- ter Saturday. Hoxie is well known as a rip-tear- H ingy type of cowboy film star, and. while thousands of his admirere have seen him rope a steer or a flecing outlaw from the back of his well- known pony many a time, no one of them has ever seen him perform his roping.tricks -from the tonneau of an automobile. 0 In “Cupid’s Brand’’ Hoxie dogs just this. ‘He “forsakes his speedy pinto during one of the high action spots of the picture and astride the running { board of a flying automobile, manages { . to'use his lariat in getting what he is aftor. It is an unusual touch for a | 3 Western . picture, and has humor to- i gether with its novelty. - e VAUDEVILLE TONIGHT ONLY AT THE GRAND THEATER ith the first show beginning..at 7:15 and the second at 9, the regular foursact vaudeville program with a five-part picture, will be the program at the Grand theater. tonight “only. Bert Ford, the Musical Doughboy, will open the bill with a novel musical’ act. Fully equipped and in uniform, the- versatile performer will offer saxophone, flute, bellaphone and the U.S. army bugle. Morgan and Lewis in “What Next” presents a laughing skit that is the last word in short plays made for laughing purposes only. Foster and KFoster in' “The Volunteer Pianist” will be remembered for Mr. Foster’s unusually good work at the piano, and for their late song numbers, and comic acrobatic and athletic stunts. | [} i ! i i 4 i 1 “EVERYTHING FOR SALE” AT « ELKO THEATER TONIGHT Besides the interest which always attaches to the first starring pictures of - any screen artist, there will be thrills a-plenty in ‘“Everything for Sale;” which will be; shown tonight and Friday at the Elko theater, with May McAvoy as the star. A night on an island, g boat that drifts away, an attempt to regain it and the smashing of the swimmer against rocks; a scene between two men—and its conclpsion as the girl in the case falls through a closet door accidentally overcome by, gas fumes -——such strongly dramatic incidents are woven together with splendid gnfisse by the author, Hector Turn- ull: port of Ma; McAvoy in “Everything for Sule," ncludes such well-kngsn Sereen personages as Kathlyn fil- iams, Eddie Sutherland, Edwin ' ens, Richard Tucker, Betty Schade, Dana Todd, and Jane Keckley. The story is an original scenario by Hece- tof Turnbull, P “FHE;GREAT MOMENT AT . ELKO THEATER SATURDAY - spak il Y Whio could Write a better lové Story than Elinor Glyn, the famous author of “Three, Weeks” and other noted question would be limited. And who could ‘betfercenact . a perfect love story then Gloria Swanson? That 1s why “The Great Moment,” Miss Swan- ugn's first Pu(flmoguz starring_ve- hicle ‘founded upon-an' original story by Elinor Glyn. whicl comes to the Elko theater next Saturday and Sun- day, is expeeted ‘t6”be ‘a film sensa- tion. But there are yet other celeb- rities ko had a hand in thd 'produc- 1ion of the picture. Monte M. Katter- Jo_hn wrote the scenaxio. Sam Wood directed the picture, Milton Sills is leading ‘man and others in the cast are Alec B. Francis, F. R. Butler, Arthur Hul/, Raymond . Brathwayt, Clarence Geldart, Helen Dunbar and Julia Faye. ‘the honor of breaking virgin soil forf fifty miles north of | the North” and.a, reproduction of af Hudson Bay trading’ post was .con-p a full-blooded Seneca, took part in} Madge Bellamy has the feminine } Donald, Jack Herbert and others are j. be shown at the Grand theater to-{ The cast that will be seen in Sap- | works of fiction? The answers to this|; tress = stuBTly “the twd’ events.were; celebrated Success. & ik “with 'its load 22,600 pounds and " g ‘ati a rate of fifteen miles an ‘encolanters an obstacle on the highreray tufficient to give the rear |wheel & (lrop of ame-quarter of an inch the effect upon the road is prac- tically the same as though the total weight werd multiplied by three. In s sense thé huge motor truck be- comes a' projectile and batters the ipavement by a successjon of mighty impacts. Two methods of resisting impact have dovelopied zimong highway en- |gineers, ono metliod being to seek to a vigid powerful structure, which will withstand the impact as plate ‘is expected to withstand ithe projectile. This method does not the line: of least resistance but he Iine of mioat resistance. It is an oFt to; mafch the strength of -the estructive algent with an equal. ar superior Stremgth on the part of the defensive ;agepst. This method calls for constamtly, increasing thickness of slab and) more metal reinforcement, just as more jowerful guns and in- creasingly effetive armor piercing projectiles call! for thicker armor. Cusision the Shock in West This method lias found considerable favor in the Bastern states, but out on the Pacific ‘coast highway engl- neers have for the past quarter of a century ‘been'practicing a ‘method of construction, to which they point 'as the -infaflible solation of the im- pact problem: because the method is tounded upom the simplest dictates of r”mu senge., ‘In California ‘and : Oregon they do not attempt 'to stop' the mighty im- pact of the motor truck in its tracks, 0 to speak, but they, cushion the shock. Instead of comstructing o rigld slab with portland cement concrete, sand nd stone, they substitute for port- nd cement, asphalt. They thus ob- to the earth subgrade beneath it, Absorbing Road Proves - tain an elastic slab which clings close | in West absorbs the shock of impact by slight- Iy ylelding. The Western!engineers say:that i you put shock absorbers in the vehi: cle why not put them in the road They point to repeated ‘tests, which have shown that the elastic or rathe resilient slab made of asphalt and stone shows more than double the resistance to ahattering by heavy blows than has been shown by amy rigid slab of similar thickness and design. “Black Base” Lasting On the Pacific coast the flexible typd of pavement is. commonly known ai “black base,” because the entire slat 1s black with asphait. At Visalia, California, is a blacl base pavement of a total thicknes! of seven inches of combined base and top laid in 1894 and in good condi. tion today with no outlay for main. tenance during 27 .years. More than 12,000,000 yards of blach base .type of pavement have beey laid on the Pacific coast and ove: four-fifths of this large yardage are ot over 5 inches in total thickness, The reason so thin' a pavement i1 effective is because it reduces fmpact by cushioning the shock instead of resisting it, keeps the subgrade afl earth.foundation dry because the phalt {s waterproof. And 'the sur. face is subjected to a scarcely pers coptible wear . because the pavemen gives off no dust. x liven where concrete, brick or bloci pavements have already been laid the| may be protected from impact by al asphaltic cushion top, which at tl mame time protects rigid foundations from cracking: through expansion and contraction by more nearly equalizing moisture and temperature conditions: Saving of many million doflars by using instead of heavy reinforced rigid pavements the flexible slabs so popular on the Pacific coast will un g::btedly result as the merits of MU:J e pavements become more Wids known. _ " wandering Jew's Christmas. There was a common belief in some countrles that the spirits of the lost had rest on Christmas night, and that when the hour comes that ushers in the holy season, the wandering Jew rests hls weary feet, and with sad, upturned face gazes in the direction of Jerusalem where he struck *‘the Savior fn the time of his trial. A lamp or candle must not be permitted to burn to its end on Christmas,” as that forbodes a death in the family during that year. For the same rea- son a live coal must not be taken out of the home on that day. Old-Fashioned Doughnuts. One pint of sugar, one-half cupful | of butter, two eggs, one pint of fresh milk, one teaspoonful of soda dis- golved in hot water, half a teaspoon- ful each of salt, nutmeg and cinna- mon, flour enough to make a stiff dough. Stand in 2 cool place 24 hours, then roll, cut aund fry. The dough will keep a week and a few can be fried every day if one likes them fresh from the pan. Scrap Book| IS WORLD'S TIME CENTER, Elaborate System by Which Observa- tions Are Made at Greenwich, Eng- land, and Made Public. ! The astronoiieal, wind and rain in- struments on the roof of the chrono- logieal buildiog ‘at Greenwich, Eng., make the scene dn interesting one. Here, /in . Jbuilding, s the time center of ‘the world. Time is usually determined i by . watching the stars. The stars are used /for this purpose because theéy; are muny and the. sun is but one. Star transits can be taken at_varjous times throughout .the ‘day and night,’ while the sun' can be used but once a day, '} ‘Chis is hew:obsérvations are made at Greenwich; . About two minutes before the appolnted time the operator | takes his place at the eye piece of the I telestope. As he looks he sees a num- | ber of vertical'lines. 'Phese are spider t threads placed in the focus of the eye plece. Presently a bright point of sil- ver light comes moving quickly on- ward. The watcher's.hand now seeks the side of the telescope until his fin- ger findsen little, button, over which it rests ready to strike. On cowes the star “without haste, without rest,” un- til it reaches. one of the gleaming threads. Tap! The finger falls sharp- ly on the button. In thrée or four sec- | onds the star has reached another | thread. Tap! Agait the button is | struck; and so ou until the ten threads bave been passed and the, transit ls" -over, o | Now let us consider-what the finger | for an-instant; an electric current gnd | recorded a mark on the “chronometer.” This is'a large metal cylinder covered with ‘paper, and turned by a” évefully | utes. A similar mark is made once In ! every two seconds by a current sent by | means of the ‘standard sidereal clock of the observatory, If then one of the clock dots and one of the observ- er's dots come exacatly side by side, { it is known at what precise second the star was on one of the wires, as the spider threads are called. If the ob- | server’s dot comes between two clock | dots, it is easy, by measuring its dis- tance from them with a dividing scale, | to tell the instant the star was on the wire to’ the tenth part-.of a second. | ’Grnr;wich 'Oburvatery. Since the transit was taken over ten wires and the distance of each' wire from the center of the field of view is known, practically ten separate ob- servations have been made, and the average of these gives the time of transit. At the observatory thore is a great clock, called the sidereal ¢lock, which registers 24 hours in the precise time that the earth rotates obce on its uxis, or the time when a’ given star | would again appear on a_ fixed' meri. : dian. Hence, since the exact time is known when the star ouglt to be_on LAST OF THE “TWELVE DAYS” Epiphany, Originally, Was Celsbrated Rather Than Christmas, Accord. ing to Some Authoritiss. PIPHANY is the last day of the “Twelve Days” of which Christmas is the first. Au- thoritles on this subject tell us that originally it was Epiphany which was celebrated rather than Christmas. It was the baptism of Jesus (or the spiritual birth) which Interested the early church . fathers rather than Christmas (or the physical birth). In.some circles in early Chris- tignity. the. baptism appears”to have heen looked upon as the true birth of Christ, motnent when, filled by the spirit, ecame. the Son of:God. For/some/time the two eyents were celebrated. together::gn January 6. Gigdbally the: westedar chyrcl bégan 1 ysiedl birth, mtad éven- ‘mepurately, ' December 25 being fixed upon as the date for the Naflvity. In the East the celebration of’the two events continued for some time after the separate feast of Christmas had been Instituted. The Church of Jeru- salem stood out until the Seventh cen- tury, refusing to adopt the new feast. The Armenian church knows nothing ot December 25, and still celebrates the Nativity with the Epiphany in January. Eplphany is a greater festi- val In the Greek church than Christ. mas, Such in bare outline is the story of the spread of Christmas as'a separate festlval. 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Each-tap completed, | regulated clock once inevery two min- | | 1 1 THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1921 checked by the observations of star transits. 3 Z By this admirable method the error of the-clock is determined twice a day, shortly before 10 o'clock in the mornang and shortly before one o'clock In the afternoon. - These two times are chosen because at 10'and 1 o'clock signals are sent to all the great provin- cial centers. - Also at one o’clock the time ball at Greenwich and at Deal are dropped, so that the captains of ships within sight of the dropping. mast may set their chronometers. Thus Is time found and regulated at the great observatory. ! . YOUR FAVORITE DRINK v in cold weather should be hot soda or chocolate from our famous fountain. It will prove warming and pleasant- ly invigoxating. It will prove equally - agreeable after a brisk walk or a turn at skat- ing. In fact, it will be found good all the time. Try some today. & Precious: So0t. - )1 “By recoyering gold and other pre. clous -metals from the seoty’ deposit scraped from the chimney of an assay- er's factory, a -profit 6: abaut 500: per, cent {s. made on. the cost, of, cieaning, To this factory manufacturing: jew- elers send their-refuse and sweepings to’ hive ‘the sinall fragments<of gold and; platinum which are lost in work- Ing extracted. In the process seraps of the valua- ble refuse are carried off In the smoke and fumes and deposited * with the soot on the inside of the ¢himney and the minute particles of gold and plati- num are carefully sorted out from the soof. Bven the clothes of the steeplejacks are retained for the.sake of the pre- cious grime on them. The value of the metal recovered is enough to pay six times over for the work involved, including the cost of new clothes for the men engaged.—Brooklyn Eagle. TO ACCOMPANY: THE MENU Appropriate Lines for Each Course of the Dinner That Is Served With- , out ‘the Turkey. 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