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FAE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER If you and T were suddenly transe planted. back to the days of Louis XVI and found ourselves dressed to By MARJORIE HOWE DIXON 1 herself with candles and candlesticks. ¢ hues and made in quaint and inter- esting patterns, such as the conical, the square colonial, the twisted and fluted and those that are modeled For their decorative beauty she stands a pair over the mantle, anoth- er on the gide board and ‘still anoth- attend a court ball in Versailles we cr on the consul table while some- would certainly be impressed with times she has a little Tow of bedroom the scores upon scores of candle candlesticks at the head of the stair- with flowers in relief. A ‘layender pair or perhaps a rich blue or an orange may be just tne lighting the brilliant hall. The candel- abra hanging from the ceiling and the sconces on the walls would be elab- orately fluted in scrolls and bedecked with glass prisms, reflecting light in counless rays. Candles had been the main source of artificial light for centuries, not; enly for social gatherings, but in the secluded home .of the peasant. In. deed the quaint old saw: “Early to bed and early to rise Makes you healthy, wealthy and wise;” may not have been originated for any. particular purpose but to save the exXpenss ‘of ‘candle light. Candles Recently Disused Candles have always been more or less used.but abont a hundred years agh when litHe ofl lamps with a glass chimney were invented, candles with their dripping-and-smoking were dis- carded for .what seemed. a better light. Later on, - kerosene lamps were perfected, then the gas jet and electric bulbs entirely supplanted the tapering stick. Today withont efficient lighting, is ‘it not interésting that we have redis- covered candles and their use? Now the beautiful . housekeeper supplies “THE SNOWSHOE TRAIL” AT GRAND THEATRE = FRIDAY Face to! face..with -a man-eating grizzly; grappling ‘with the snarling brute till the man tottered on the very brink of eternity; hurled into a surging, ice-jammed river_in a blind- ing snow-storm to rescue a girl who .. was.caught inwhe:swift current; both being borne on the tide over jagged rocks to the very edge of a great water falls, these are but a few of the thrills that combine to make Jane No- vak’s melodrama, ‘“lhe Snowshoe Trail”, which will be at the Grand Friday and Saturday, one of the out- standing dramatic’ thrill subjects of the season. . “ONE ARABIAN NIGHT” AT GRAND THEATRE TONIGHT . A hundred beauties—count ‘em! Theyre in the harem scenes in| “One Arabian Night,” a-mammoth spectacle of Oriental love and. in- trigue; wives of the mighty sheik ‘of Bagdad- They. are his- slaves, but they consider themselves fortunate and honored and they are envied by every other woman in the land. “One Arabian Night” is a * First National attraction - produced by Ernest Luyitsch and starring Pola | Negri. It ¥ill be shown for an en- gagement of one day at the Grand theatre today. } Unusual . in.. point of view of beauty are the scenes-showing the interior of the .enormous harem. Lolling about in ease all day all they have to do is to keep themselves beautiful, for -at -any moment their lord and master ~may - enter—and they .must look their best, “LORNA DOONE” AT GRAND SUNDAY AND MONDAY When Madge Bellamy wag playing opposite William Gillette in “Dear Brutus,” several motion picture producers made unsuccessful at- tempts to lure her away from Broad- way to the screen. Finally Thomas H. Ince urged her to go to Culver City. After being featured in many Ince productions it was suggested that she was an ideal type for “Lorna Doone”, the picture that Maurice Tourneur wag then preparing for production. A Miss Bellamy heads an unusually strong . cast of players in “Lotna Doone”, which is to be shown at the Grand theatre Sunday and Monday, is said to be the most lavish product- jon of a classical novel ever-filmed. Jack McDonald,-who plays the part of ‘“Counsellor” Doone, one of the bandit outlaws in Maurice Tour- neur’s picture version of the novel “Lorna Doone” will be femembered as “The Stranger” in the . “Four Horsemen”. McDonald played in stock successffully for a number of vears before he entered the motion picture field. “THEY LIKE ‘EM ROUGH” AT ELKO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY “They Like ‘Em Rough” is the title of the latest Me#ro picture star- ring Viola Dana which wi'l come to the Elko theatre on Thursday and Friday. Miss Dana plays the role of a girl whose.aversion to discipling way-. . | necessary note to heighten the beau- The housewife .of today permits ty of a room. An uninteresting table .romance and a spirit of good cheer may be enlivened by a pair care- to enter, when she turns off the e*ec- | fully chosen for their striking color. | tric glare and lightg her candles. She = has found there is no substitute for Suggestions for Use the soft shielding glow they give. At evening when the family are Therq is nothing more flattering to : gathered about the fireplace what is iher dinner guests than to light a ta- | more enjoyable than a pair of tall ble with a beautiful glass candelabra | ivory candles in old brass candle- as a center. piece. sticks? Doeg not a good time, a jol- Beauty and Romance in Candles |1, &VEPIPE, 2 happy memorable oc. Modern fixtures may have effi- | > 2 ciency_and convenience ‘written all | han sy como. down . the stvmrs bye'rltt €m, but beauty, romance, ¢on-" Chyistmastide with soft snow flying vivialty depart under the piercing ' ahout and see the candlelights of rays of an unshaded gas jet or elec-| home reach out across the sidew tric bulb. Candles bring a sense of | and greet inde o s i E 3 § you from the window? quiet ‘and restfulness which is so de- | What is more heart warming when | prale in these days of rush and|you enter a hall from the bitter cold { without, than to find a candle lighted The old disadvantages of the can- | and reflecting ts glory to you from {dle have been greatly eliminaed un- | the mirror? der modern manufacture. Candles to- | qualities of wax that many varieties It is not high time we should dis- day-“are.so composed of the vnrious{cuver the candle? Yes it is. It is even quite hard now to realize how o | man whom they regard ag most de- twill stand quite gracefully during this soft light was ever in disuse. th.e summer heat, will not smoke It has been wisely said, ‘““Candle-light with a_ disagreeable odor nor drip. knows no favorites.” Whatever it They are colored in many pleasant touches it beautifies.” LOST FINGER TO FORCE TILDEN TO LEARN NEW TENNIS DOPE OR FALL Start Practice on Indoor Courts Early to Offset Loss of Finger and - authority almo: Discovering that her aunt and un. cle, with whom she lives, are plotting ito marry her off to a certain young sirable, Katherine decides to take matters into her own hands. i “I'll show ‘em,” she says “I‘ll go |out and marry the first man I meet {and bring him back as my husband {to the wedding.” Now it happened that the first {an she met was-a big, bearded, rough »loo‘king customer. dressed in‘lumber- :mgn’s garb. Nothing daunted Kath- erine, and she offers him_$100 to marry her and after the' ceremony | says: “Thanks a lot, see you again {sometime, maybe.” He intorms her that she will see him from now on, Jjumps into' her car and carries her off to a lumber camp 'in the moun. | tnxng- The resulting complications | furnish much fun and thrills to ev- eryone but Katherine. To By JOSEPH WASNEY (United Press Staff Correspondent) Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 21.— (Unliited Press).—Wililamy T. “Big Bill’ Tilden, 2nd, world‘s champion tennis player, expects to start prac- ticing on indoor courts early in Jan- by the amputation of the upper por- tion of the middle finger of his right hand. { “THE SON OF A SHEIK” AT ELKO THEATRE SATURDAY . Movies of the desert have come +in for a lot of pleasant “kidding” by | Neal Burns and Viola Daniel in the (new Educational Christie comedy, }_‘JThat Son of a Sheik” which will be on the program of the Elko thea- tre Saturday and Sunday. The pic- ture fiinds itself a plot, as the title suggests, in the deluge of Arabian { fxct&tes which have found their way 0 the screen recently- inni with “The ‘Sheik ik finger has become very stiff Bill hag decided to build up an entirely new grip to conform with the limi- tations of his maimed hand. “I am now certain that what is ‘left of my middle right finger will {be so stiff that it will be virtually useless in gripping the racquet,” Til- den told the United Press. model my game on orthodox lines and the tfick shotg that have meant so much to my game will be a total loss. My backhand drives and my forehand drives probably will be the only strokes that will not be affect- ed by my injury.” AN WHO SAW TOMORROW” AT ELKO THEATRE MONDAY - Thomag Méighan, popular P 'ara- ilden’: inj B mount star, will ‘be seen seen in his Tilden’s finger was injured in a % i Jis!tennis match early in the autumn ”1‘?:11 og;cot;:e;t t’}ll::emida?h V\{ho Saw | when he ran into a wire netting. The Ling o Mosiday, Shik 0 theatre start- fnger was slightly scratched and in- g on Mon ay, stmas Day- The fection spread so that he lost the p!wtaplny is said to, be exceptionally finger from the distal joint. picturesque and thrilling. Leatrice Joy plays opposite the star and Theodore Roberts is included in the cast. Ojer a third of the population. of Dublin consists of families living in a single room. - she Mr. Silverblatt, the well- Known UPHOLSTERER and MATTRESS MAKER Is again prepared to ac- cept work and will “ap- preciate your patronage. Sth and Minn. Ave. ° Phone 722 s RE.OPENING || | situations that will make your Bring us your elean oot tom rags--no buttons, bands or woolen aloth scoepted. Pioneer Office “This means I will have to re-, e In flfiagnosing his own game Til- den claims he will retain the two great offensive strokes that carried him through matches to the cham- pionship. “While retaining these two shots absolutely all my other strokes with the possible exception of my service will have to be changed. And, with regard to the service, I can’t see how the finger is going to affect my high bounding delivery on which |1 depend principally in match play .” the champion continued. “I know that the volley shots and the delicate little cut shots that 1 'have depended on so‘much are lost to ‘me, for I make all those plays with-oy fingers “What, I have. fo-regain now is confidence:in my: play. In the last +'|five. years'T have mever really lost confidence. in- my abllit to return a ball’that-I could reach. In the fu- ture I know thig is going to be re- - -versed, ‘but I may be able to over- {come this initime. Juts now this matter of stroking.” “As to my game next summer I have said and will‘repeat that 1 -1 be lucky to get into-the first ten for 1923 and I mean it. “However, I am of the opinion that each succeeding champion has the right to the::crown by winning in a match and if I am playing ten- nis of a calibre that warrants com- | petition, I will be more than willing |to ‘defend the championship.” Meanwhile “Big Bill” is working out his game on paper- He is study- ing just what plays he will make when he starts playing again. There ig still 2 chance the cham- pion may have to undergo another operation on his injured finger. His physicians, however, are trying to avoid this. PLEASANT VALLEY Mr. and Mrs. €arl Jones were called to Bemidji by the death of J. L. Jones, which occurred there Sun- day morning at the hospital where ation and was reported to be getting along fairly well. The community extends the deep- est sympathy to Mrs. J. L. Jones and other members of the family. A floral offering was tendered by the Pleas- {ant Valley community. Mr. Jones will be very much missed by the many frieds he made here with his family a number of years ago. J. L. Jones came and settled on a farm near Nebish. He was a member of the Pleasantt Valley Farmers club (and once server as vice-president « that organization, He had been sick for several weeks, and ‘undergoing !an operation it was hoped tnat he would recover. He was about 63 !vears old and was buried in the | Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji. Gordon Gardner came up from | Bemidji Saturday and spent over Sunday visiting hig parents here. ! Mr. McGhee, county superinten- dent of schools, visited the school here last week and was the guest jof A. M. Ripple while here. | The Christmas tree and school en- uary to offset the handicap caused tertaiiment is to be on Thursday after the dinner. evening ‘this week instead of Friday ag reported. | " C. E. Coffin drove the A. A. Ran- Undaunted . by the fact that higldau school bus Monday as Mr. Ran- 'ar and cream will be furnished by [ dall was sick. ‘We have .been having unusually cold weather here for so early in the season An infant son arrived at the home * sr. and Mrs. N. L. Knoffl last week. A Merry Christmas to everyone. Floyd and Ralph Porter hauled hay for A. A. Randall Monday. | C. O.‘Thompson has gone to the a six-horse team. Henry Mercer hauled wood for A. M. Ripple for several days last ! week, also helped Mr. Ripple and Mr. Foster butcher pork. George Elliot and Forest Church | of Deer Lake were guests at E. R. | Lee’s for lunch Monday. Little Lucile Randall has been quite sick with a severe cold. Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Gardner and She was wilful and headstrong, and to spite her guardian offered $100.00 For A Hushand “Phanks a lot,” said she, immediately after the ceremony—*“See you again sometime, maybe”’—but—the stranger she married turn- ed’out to be a caveman and—but see— VIOLA DANA in this comedy of unusual prirmitive love—with gaiety and wit and blood tingle— THEY LIKE 'EM ROUGH Also showing the concluding chapters No. 14 and No. 15 of PERILS OF THE YUKON Shows at 7:30-9:00—Orchestra Every Night—Adm. 10 & 25¢ ELKO THEATRE § TONICHT AND TOMORROW - | | | { |- | b is bothering ‘me more than the mere | grandson, were guests at the Ira Cook home Monday evening. Ed Green assisted E. R. Lee butcher pork Tuesday. Ralph McClellan was doing chores for Mr. Gardner last week while Mr. Gardner was out with his wood saw Tig. The regular meeting of the Pleas- 'ant Valley Literary society for last { iday evening was omitted on ac- tions for Christmas programs and the rush of the holiday season. | Mrs. A. A. Stephani accompanied Mrs. F. V. Gardner home from Cook’s Monday evening when Mrs. | Gardner was taken ill while there. i Mrs. William McClellan and fam- ily were pleasantly surprised on the evening of the 16th by 25 self-in- vited guests who brought lunch and the evening until some time A. M., The music’ was ' spent in dancing. made by two violins, a guitar, snare drum, organ and jazzbo. | The guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. iF' Bradshaw and daughters, Ruby and Doris and son, Harold; Bob, Les. ter and Stanley Smith; Rutn De- Long; Martin, Gladys and Lillie Uor- |count of illness of some and, oth-' ers being very busy with prepara- PAGE FIVE | | FRESH Luscious, toothsome Candy helps make the Ckristmas season truly merry. Our delicious sweet meats are tempt- /berg; Ben Higginbotham, Thelma ing and wholesome, and a treat for young and old. Rustvold, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Steph- ini, Floyd and-Ralph Porter, Nina and Arleigh Cook, Dorothy and Lois T £ ial v 5 ry some of our special g::s °1§'$m1.)1'x’.mh’ Tondaiand HLL| Fresh Homemade Candies, c A most enjoyable time was re- per pound .............. ported by the hostess and guests. | Carl Nelson has established a' camp two miles west of Spur 14 on | Red Lake railroad and is cutting 500 cords of wood for Mr. Kaplan of Bemidji. He has about eight men {and Nelson’s truck to deliver the | wood from the car in Bemidji. CARR LAKE Mr. Frank Jackson, Jr., was a caller at the John Petterson home | Monday afternoon. | Mrs. J. H. Lewis and daughter, Merle, were Bemidji shopperg Satur- ,day afterncon. We also have a splendid assortment of Box Candy—Any size you may wish SMOKER’S ARTICLES Special Brick Ice Cream for Christmas HONEYLAND CANDY KITCHEN S. C. OPPERGARD, Prop.’ Everything Clean and Wholesome 204 Third Street he had re\ently undergone an oper-| Don’t forget the Christmas pro- gram by the teachers and pupils of camp at Spur 28 where he will drive | | | | | 19 | | | il the Carr Lake school Saturday night, | December 23rd. i The aldies who attended the Home Management demonstration from | this community were Mrs. John Pat- terson, Mrs. Chas. Stout, Mrs. Pe- ter Clauatre, Mrs. Ed Larson, Mrs. | Anna Birch and Mrs. Ruby Chilton. | Mr. John Patterson transacted business in Bemidji Monday after- | noon. Miss Ada Warne: has been en- ‘gaged at the John Parkison home (in Bemidji for the :a.t few aays. The Carr Lake Union Sunday school will give their Christmas pro- gram Wednesday nignt, Dec. 27, at ! 8 o’clock at the Carr Lake school. | Everyone in the community is cor- :t!m]]y invited to attend. | | The Traveling Library has arriv-! ed at the school house. By paying 110 cents you are entitled to read | any book in the library. | It is expected that the Rosby and i Plantaganet Sunday schools will join | !in this meting. Services will be held | PRESENTED BV ADOLPH ZUKOR DOUBLE FEATURE ELKO—SATURDAY AND SUNDAY An all-day meeting will be held {at the school house Dec. 31. Every- | | one bring your dinners. Coffee, sug-' ! the Carr Lake Union Sunday school. m I GRAND =-> 7Tonight Only w A PICTURE AS BIG AS “PASSION”—8 REELS Hist! The Chief Eunuch! Tough is his lot—verily his is a dog’s lite—keeper of the hundred jealous wives in the mighty Sheik’s harem. Sorry the day for him when thg Shiek commands, “Go forth and bring me the beautiful dancer!” Some job as you shall see, for she is none other "~ POLA NEGRI the wild desert dancer in “One Arabian Night” 1 “One I Arabian Night” FOX NEWS COMEDY IN TWO PARTS Grand Orchestra Matinee 2:30-7:10-9:00 10c-30c mcsiaosahartonalbiniide nc SN - ichsedsaadedinalab it el i SRR P e Rt FRIDAY AND SATURDAY--Millions have read the book— Millions will see the picture.—The Beautiful— . *1'9 Jane Novak, in “The Snow Shoe Trail s . I SUNDAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY—The year will see few pic- tures as great as this one. IT’S A WONDERFUL — “I WONDERFUL PICTURE! Orna Sweeping scenes alive with all the glor- oone” jous romance and tingling action of the book. Dramg in Lorna’s rise from the hidden strong YOU WILL THRILL AND THROB EVERY MOMENT OF IT— hold of the Fighting Doones to the royal NO WONDER WE ARE PROUD TO bringing her back to the humble farm of a girlhood sweetheart and a womanhood hero— to danger—to death—and then to defeat death! Interpreted by an unparralleled cast headed by Madge Bellamy courts from which they stole her. Love PRESENT IT John Bowers— Frank Keenan | [ | | | 1 { | i .