Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 16, 1921, Page 17

{ i P CERNCIC S 1.- . — 4 [ [ l SERSSE A SRR SRR RS A PR VS GRS VOB AR C R < O O R LA SR AL L TMINNESOT | « ¢ HISTORICAL | SOGIE: ern Minnesota. N [' ' The Pioneer is the ‘only “daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in North- o) VOLUME XIX. NO, 204 BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 16, 1921 BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE LQ!V in the east, against a white, cold dawn, The black-lined silhouette of woods. was drawn, ‘And on the wintry waste Of frosted streams and Tillsides bare and brown, Through thin cloud-films a pallid S oF ghost_looked down, R Phe waning moan half-faced! In that pale sky and sere, snow- waiting eartl, What sign was there of the imwor- | tal birth. y What herald of this one? Lo!- swift as thought the heavenly radiance came, wih rose-red splendor swept ihe sky like flame, Up rolled the round; bright sun! And all was changed. From a trans- figured world The moon’s ghost fled, the smoke of lome-hearthis curled Up the still air unblown. In Orient warmth and brightness, did that morn’ ! O’er Nain and Nazareth when ; Christ was born, Brealk fairer than our ownf The morning’s pramise noon and eve fulfiled * ‘ In warm, soft sky and landscape y ~ hazy-hilled . And sunset jm'a"u they, ° U sweet reminder of His. holiest " time, A summer miracle in our winter clime, God gave a perfect day. The riéar was blended with the old and far, Und Bethlehem’s. hillside end the Mag's star Secmed here as there and then—- . Our .homestead pine tree was’the . Syrian palm, Dur heart’s desire_the angel's mid- . might_psalm, v _ Peace, and good will ta men! —John Greenleat Whittier. Inclined, * your mind, ) 014 Chiristmasis come Tor 10 keep openhonse, e scoris to be guilty of starving a monses Chen ',C‘Ol'llt bovs and wekcome for diet the chief, . {Pium pudding, goose, capon, mince pies and roast beet, " -0l Carele {TREASURE "HIDDEN IN RUSSIA Fortunes in Gold and’ Jewels Success- fully Concealed From “Soviet Officials. Treasures of gold and jewels are still hidden in Russia, secure from soviet requisitions” and robberies, their estlmatéd value ~mounting. into the hundreds of millions of gold rubles. Russian families, especially- in jewel collectlons, were far - more wealthy than_families of corresponding means in other countries, andit- is certain that. nelther, the soviet mor refugees have taken all these' gems for ' sale abroad. - On several occasfons, fami- lies have told the correspondent how they outwitted the soviet agents. In one family, dlamond and pearl neck- laces were broken up -and the parts hidden, at dead of night, in bed posts, in the tubing of electric light conduits, in garbage pails and even in paper- veights lying exposed on' a table. When soviet agents came to make in- spections they tapped the walls, tore up the floors and dug in the gardens, but found nothing. With free trade, coming out, to be sold in the market, - to tide the owners through the win- ter. Deep Gratitude. 1t is related.that the famous Sheri- dan went to a hairdresker's on one oceasion to order a~wig. The barber was a liberal soul, and on the orator being measured, & bottle. of port was produced and so miuch hospitality was shown that Sheridan’s . heart was touched. When they rose from the table and were about to separate, Sheridan, looking the barber full in the face, sald: “Om reflecting, I don't intend that you shall make my wig!”" Astonished, and. with a blank visage, the barber exclaimed: “But, Mr. Sheri- dan, how can I have displeased you?” “Why, look you.” said Sheridan, “you are an honest fellow, and I repeat it, you shan’t make my wig, for I never intended to pay for it. Il go to an- other less. worthy son of the craft.” ~—Edinburgh Scotsman. ¢ NO POLICE IN GREENLAND Country Is So Law-Abiding That Offi- ,cers of the Law Would: Find Nothing. to' Do. - The only country in the -world that has not a single representative of the law is Greenland. Here dwell 22,000 Hskimos and 240 Danes in settlements scattered along the coast. Eskimos manage their own affairs. ' Any griev- ance they may have is settled by the head man of the tribe. There has been no serious crime in the country for the past hundred years. Thes Danish government allows no. one. to land there without permission, which Is ‘only granted to bona fide ex- plorers and scientists. The sole ob- Ject "of this seclusion is. to prevent liquor and disease reaching the Es- kimos, All Eskimos are Christians, - and in the larger settlements there are fine churches, with = steeples, organs, and . oll paintings. find Eskimo ministers and physiclans, as well as natlye newspapers, and an illustrated - Journal produced . entirely by Eskimo ‘labor, g During the short summer vegetables and various kinds of frults are grown, and: even- strawberries, . under glass. {/The’ coastal areas are a blaze of col- or from: the wild flowers that abeund. Then comes winter, when the whole of Greenland is cut off' from the world and burled in snow and ice.—Detrolt News. UNDER: THE-MISTLETOE SPRIG ‘Punishment - Meted Out by Oxford- shire Maids to-Men Who Refused to Obey Commands. N SOME places in Oxford- shire, every maid-servant had the privilege and fre- quently exercised It, of ask- S ing a man for ivy to deco- rate:the house. If the man assented, well and good; but if he refused the maid stole a pair of his breeches. The'next day they could /be seen nailed to the gate of the highway. But a worse punjshment than this was some- times meted out to hifn; he was de- prived of the privilege of the mistle- toe. . The first mald to pass under this evergreen on Christmas day was sure to-be- married within - the year, and equally sure of belng kissed—for that was -the penalty, if it can be called such; to be pald by any mald who passed under it. After each offense a berry wa# plucked, while the privilege was ‘supposed to end with the last berry. EL yon (hat (o feasting and wirth ave | wARGEANMOAMICISNRSI NSNS ome, Iere it good news 1ot 10 Vessire | puonpnoomonpsenooese Christmas ‘Decorations B R ] One of the easiest ways -for dress- ing up the house at holiday time is to make lamp, candle and electric light shades or lanternd of crepe or tissue' paper and tinsel. To make the small-lantern pictured two rings of cardboard are covered with plain black or gold paper pasted over them. A length of light green tissue paper is ‘folded along thd center, slashed into narrow strips and pasted inside the rings. Under this a length of rose-colored crape paper narrower many of these hidden ‘treasures are | than the greer is%pasted; this causes the strips of green paper to spread | and stand out. Silver tinsel hangs grom the wire handle at each side. ) Your Electric Light _Bill IS NOW PAST DUE ., And Must Be Paid Please Co-operate With Us. MINN. ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER (0. . Eltner E. Swanson, Manager B e Here you will'| WHEN: CHRISTMAS COMES THE hand of the werld seems hard, ‘The hesrt of the world seems cold, OFf selfish schames seem all its dreams And its only goal seems. gold. Yet whenever Christmas comes, The world the mask removes From the tender part of its kind, true heart, And we learn how much it loves, ‘We seeit's a good old world Which only plys « game; "Though it loves the race and it keeps - the pace, It is tender all the same. , Though it struggles hard o win, A"‘I}u dam in its heart is sweet; . on Christmas Day it is glad to ‘The prize at its Saviour's feet. I" . ~LEE SHIPPEY in Leslie’s. e - —_— “Moll Cutpurse,”. Notorious Thief. Mary Frith, sonetimes called “Moll Cutpurse,” a notorious thief in the time of Charles I (1625-1649), died: of drop- sy at the age of seventy-four. She pos- sessed great physical strength, and fre. quently assumed man's attire. Having on one occasion held up Lord Fair- fax on Hounslow heath, she was cap- tured and sent to Newgate,'but escaped by means: of bribery. CHRISTMAS GIFTS GI..AD Christmas Day is here again, with loving word and deed, When all get much they do not want, and littie that they need. ) "‘The baby’s jacket cousin sent, we can't get on at all, And mother’s slippers are too large and father’s are too small. And sister Zella got a hood she'll be afraid to.wear Because its color clashes with the color of her hair. T And brother Henry got some books from_ pious Uncle Ned, And after he had told' him, too, he hoped he'dsendasad Gold Harg to Get. Alaska prospectors, who were able recently to work, for the first time, Turnagain arm, a branch of the sea, on the government land near Anchor- age, report that the hody of water is almost literally “paved with gold.” Itor’ years, until the railvoad penetrat- ed the scction, the six-foot tides that rush up the arm, swamping small boats, have kept miners out. Now they are going in over the railroad and re- port ‘several rich finds made in the arm at low tlde. Rich gravel, it Is sald, lies offshore. One vein, near Girdwood, assays $160 In gold a ton. The vein Is covered by high tide. Hiteut night! Foly night! All things slesp suve the bright Aud moat holy adorable puir. Foly GHUD, with ringlatted fatr, Sleryt in hravenly peare, Sleeyt in heuvenly pece. Hiteut night! Holy night! Shepherdn first suw the light; Midst the ungels” Hullelujuly FLoud resonds from far and near, Qlrint, the Savtour, s here, Q@hrint, the Saviour, i fere. Bitent uight! Hnly night! Hon of God, Alj! how hright Suwiles Thy Llowe un heanenly lips! . "Ttn the frst Sulpation Morn! Qyrist, the Suutour, s bar! Christ, the Suplonr, is bom! - Jim—Why did every one ‘ery dur. ing the death scene .at the theater today? ‘They must have known that the actor wasn't dead. Jake—That was just the reason. i tomobile terms. i Wmmmmmmmmmmummmnnmmmflmflmmmmmmmmmmm LTI Fords. - T T T IO T OO Come in and-talk it over— that’s what we are here for. We can make immediate de- liveries on all m'akes of Decide upon the style and kind you want and Santa Claus will bring it to your FORD SEDAN-—$660.00 A Family Christmas Gift And is there a more Practical and Useful Car than a FORD? T LU T O U T T I T O T T I OT A FORD FOR CHRISTMAS? GIVE PRACTICAL GIFTS That’s the doctrine you hear and read every day. Can you, in all the world, find a more Practical and Useful gift than a car? 13 B 9 Plan on a “Joy Ride REMEMBER! We are ready to make deliveries. expect to be called upon to supply a large num - C. W. Jewett Co., Inc. AUTHORIZED FORD SALES AND SERVICE TELEPHONE 970 T O O OO D DA T Come in—ask our terms. Christmas Morning A Family Christmas Gift FORD ROADSTER Reg. $325.00; with Starter $395.00 OF COURSE, you ean afford oné! They are easy to own, and how happy ONE Gift this year—and that a FORD. Our easy payment plan should You do not have to have all cash. A FAMILY CHRISTMAS GIFT! Why Not Ride? Take Your Family For a Ride SURE YOU CAN — Make it one Real Gift for ALL. You know they will be happier by making a Ford the Family Gift rather than buying a doz- en smaller gifts that will cost nearly as much. Take your time to pay. Christmas Morning Come in as soon as possible and arrange for your car. We ber for families in this section of the state. IO A AL L SO AL (LT E LA 1 From now until Christmas— Studio open for sittings, EVENINGS - Between 7 and 9 O'Clock. THE HAKKERUP STUDIO One Dozen Photographs Make 12 Xmas Presents DAILY PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS T I LB U A T your family would be if you made it interest every one who thinks in au- OWN YOUR OWN CAR! _+ Go joy-riding ~when you like. Add years to your life by throwing care to the winds. . Start right in now— " MAKE IT A FORD —that’s the sensible car to buy and the sensible car to operate. Itcostslesstoown and less to keep. FORD COUPE—$595.00 A Family Christmas Gift MAKE EVERY DOLLAR COUNT That’s what you are doing when you buy a FORD! You get more actual value for your money when invested in an Automobile by buy- ing a Ford than you get for any other make of car. 1 g g | o . =1 - I BEMIDJI