The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1922, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Fostottices Bismarel, N. D., as Second * GEORGE: D, MANN - - - - - Editor Hh Foreign Representatives Fs G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO DETROIT ct Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. * PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITIT ; NEW YORK - - - - Yifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ss: The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or republication of all news dispatches credited vo it or ‘© not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local “news published herein. i All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are. also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ova eran i - $7.20 « 7.20 & Daily by carrier, per year. * Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). . ‘3 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck).. 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota........+ sees 6.01 THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ga FUTURE MOVIES * In 10 ycars the motion picture will rival grand apera as an artistic production. , This is the prophecy, not by the ghost of Bill . Nye talking over the ouija board, but by Samuel L. Rothafel, celebrated designer and director of * the Capitol Theater in New York. If Rothafel is right, the movies have a long way to go and it will have to be at a fast clip. The movies, however, come in for a lot of unjust criticism. Critics forget that the motion picture is a baby among the various kinds of theatrical entevtainments. It took thousands of years for the legitimate stage to develop modern scenic effects. Even in Shakespeare’s day, scenery consisted of a bare stage with signs like “This is a forest” or “This is a street in Rome.” ti. Do you remember. the movies, back before the days fo John Bunny? Compared with the pres- ent, they were mechanical frights. } Movie photography has become an art. The badly-ventilated vacant storeroom in which movies were exhibited 10 years ago has de- veloped into an art-palace. The best of modern movie acting, too, is an art} alongside the crude shadowland acting cf a ds cade ago. The only real fault in the movies is that they the wrong stories—often stupid or will change that. _ Rothafel has a golden dream of future movies. He believes movie theaters will be shaped like an egg, the.pictures made realistic by a fusion of colors, high-grade music, magic lighting effects, the characters “taking” their lines, with sounds and even odors reproduced to complete the hyp- notic state of the audience. ; ’Rothafel even predicts that’ movie theaters will be endowed by national, state and city gov- ernments, like the- endowed theaters of ancient Greece. ‘ In the background, however, is the possibility that 19 years from now movie theaters may be closed, with the finest movies broadcasted by wire- less to the humblest homes. k In that case, you wonder, who would pay the actors? It would be the same process as the fu- ture of radio music. ‘The finest of vocal and in- strumental talent will undoubtedly be employed by the radio industry as a free inducement to fur- ther thé sales of their instruments. } VIRGINIA Virginia Rappe, whose death turned Fatty Arbuckle’s “gin jollification” into a tragedy, left an estate of only $134. This is revealed by a man who comes forward, claiming he is one of her, heirs. : No two people will make the same comment about the smallncss of Virginia’s estate. All, however; will agree that it is a difficult and in- tolerant world for a. woman who, figuratively speaking, is only $184 removed from the bread- line. SELF-ROBBERY ‘ An 18-year-old girl cashier is under arrest in Portland, Maine. She is charged with stealing money to buy an auto. This makes talk, because it involves “other peo- -ple’s money.” Might be a good idea to have a law against peo- ple stealing from themselves—buying things they cannot afford. For instance, owning an expensive car before they own a home. . Self-robbery does us more harm than hold-ups. However, it’s a free country and self-robbery is ‘the victim’s own business. LIFERS Cheer up, we aren’t the only pcople supporting a vast army: of government employes. Germany, with only half as big a population as ‘America, reports that 1,557,786 are on her na- tional payroll. Of these, 867,833 hold position for life. That _couldn’t happen in our country, where the ax falls throne another. It might not bea bad system in principle, how- oY So efficient as a generation ago and the owner _ever, provided the life-termers were of proper cf a big house is apt to find it something like a) caliber and easily removable by the people if they | White elephant on his hands. The proposed ser- | fell down on their jobs. By the time an American public offical has been how to handle it, he finds the final curtain falling on him. A few exceptions, like Uncle Joe Cannon and Supreme Court justices. ’ VINEGAR For eight days the Senate argues about how imuch tariff to put on vinegar. Senator Capper lesitmates that the delay costs the people $3,000,- 000 a day. We'don’t know how he figures it. But, judging from the mighty overproduction of , vinegar among the domestic home-brewers, foreign vine- gar should go begging for a market, tariff or no tariff. 3 ae YES—BUT The railroads, in their latest propaganda, sent to editors, moan that their tax burden jumped from $98,626,848 in 1911 to $271,910,509 in 1920. They forget to add that the railroads’ total gross income jumped from $2,752,497,297 in 1911 to $6,225,402,762 in 1920. The public which foots the bill, including taxes —has the most legitimate right to do the wailing. The situation is a shoe that will fit the foot of many another business that complains of tax bur- den. FURS First spring mail into Calgary from the Cana- ldian Far North brings news that the past winter was “highly suacessful’sefor Indian. anddggim° trappers. Catches of furs-were-big, in the— ukon and North West Territories. This will interest women who plan buying new fur coats and scarfs next winter. The big cost in furs, however, is in dyeing and preparing the raw pelts, mostly in and around New York. Still, it’s good news—cxcept for the animals and tneir families. uehes iis VOLATILE Louis Napoleon, 76 years ago the 25th of this month, stole a carpenter’s overalls, donned them and strolled calmly out of the prison that confined him. ; That appealed to French imagination and over-' night changed Louis from an object of ridicule to a national idol. Six years later he was emperor jof France. ; | The French, highly imaginative, volatile, easily ‘excited, can usually be counted on to do the dra- {matic and unexpected. That’s the chief reason Lloyd George finds it so hard to keep them in line. He is ruled by the intellect, they by emotions. GOLD Russian money gets so worthless that the soviet has decided to discard “the gold system.” As soon as plans are worked out, it announces, it will. base its money on a days’ work or “so much goods,” in- stead of gold. That will be the system, in the future, when men will be more fair in their dealings, cach with a thorough knowledge of ecnomics. . It is idealistic, but it will not work now, pnder ‘the profits system by which an equivalent ex- change of labor or commodities is impossible. You cannot trade dollar for dollar when every one is trying to get two-for-one. ii EDITORIAL REVIEW | Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented here in order that our readers may have both sides of importart issues © which are being discussed in the press of the day THE SMALL HOUSE BUREAU The American Institute of Architects, with the lapproval and co-operation of, the department of commerce, has instituted a bureau for the aid of 'the builder cf a small house. The bureau will make available to the public, at nominal cost, a ‘wide variety of plans for small houses, selected jby the institute from competitive drawings sub- :mitted by many architects. + « ii It is expected that these” plans will “A8t’ only jfurnish rarely beautiful designs at less than ‘the usual cost, but that they will be worked out with especial reference to economy in construction. [Rooms are designed to cause the least possible jwaste of material. For example, many of them jare made 11 feet 6 inches, so that the standard \twelve-foot lengths of lumber may be used with minimum wastage. All- plans call for standard isizes of dcors and windows. With each set of plans comes a complete list of specifications, in |bids from local dealers for what he needs. ‘: In order that the plans may conform to vary- jing conditions, the bureau has divided the coun- ;try into thirteen regions, according to local cli- matic conditions and available local building ma- jte rials. The first region, called the Northwestern on, with headquarters at Minneapolis, has jnow ready for the public plans of 108 houses. The |divis ments to improve and standardize plumbing and jtc determine such details as the best thickness of \walls, floor loads, ete. | These are the days of the small builder. Not only is the cost of building prohibitiv ; ! ; jon! itive to too am- | fon good. and bad alike when national elections |bitious houses for the person of moderate means, | knock one political party out of power and en-|but all conditions today point to the desirability | ‘cf the small house. Servants are not so plentiful ivice to the small builder will be appreciat: Joseph News-Press. ea in office longyenough to know something about ‘minute detail, so that the builder can get accurate : |department of commerce is conducting experi-| | MANDAN NEW: 2 Kupper-Gorman Nuptials ‘ Thursday Miss Rosaline Kupper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John P, Kupper of this city, and games J, Gorman, popular employe at the Northern Pacific shops, were united in marriage at 7 o'clock m2 yesterday morning at the St. Jo- seph's Catholic‘church hy Rev, Fr. Leo Monica Kupper, a ter of the bride, and Peter :Lockbaehm,,...... Following..a’ wedding. dinner which the membergof the family attended av une home of the bride’sparents, Mr. and Mrs, Gorman:left for Kast Grand Forks, Mimay;where :they will visit with relatives:of Mr. Gorman, Mr, and 'Mrs.\Gorman. “will make their home in the Shidldg residence on First’ avenug!/northeasts!:: + iwi hearts C. F. Winters of Minneapolis, for- imerly of Mandan is visiting friends in the city. Viglen ae a" d A. iH, Peterson ‘has’ several days’ busine: Twin Cities. e urned from a Visit to the H. HH. Williams han cpyppirned from Wargo, whére he has been’ looking at- ter business matters, ~ Mrs, Viola Coe of Portland, Ore., ar- rived in Mandan. yesterday to visit her mother, Mrs. Sarah Boley and ney sister-in-law, Mrs, A. Boley. ‘Superintendent of Schools C. L. Love loft yesterday for Grand Yorks to attend the annual meeting. of the North Dakota Educational association '/ and department of superintendents. Miss Beulah" Sewtelle, president of thé Mandan ‘RB. and P. Ww, club visited Mr, and Mrs, Raloh Beller in Fareo, | EVERETT TRUE Hoppe. They were attended by Miss] * THE SPEED DEMON I Wonder IF WE'LL GET THERE BEFORE THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL aes ' 4 sareute to Grand, Forks, where she wil] attend the North Dakota Federa- tion of B. and P, W. “ADVENTURE OF | THE TWINS. | —> By Olive Barton Roberts “Now then,” said che “Man-in-the- Moon, when the Magical Mushroom had gone, “I'l] have to ‘tell. you all about my fairies, my dears.. Nancy, n crvoked little stool, on this wobbly lit- sat on the ct BS. } { suppose,” said he, “when earth copie sce the moon siining so yeace- wily, in the sky high ovar the tree ops, they nod and say to each other, My, what a snap the man-in-the-Moon has. Nothing to do but, loaf, around n his silver palace and admire | tha scenery.’ They don’t know in the first place: that. up. here we have. the ut most contempt both for silver palaces and laziness. “They don't know, either, what 2 time my fairies and I have of it.” “Where do you keep them? Your fairies?” asked Nick. ; Vell, in different places.” said’ Mr. Poorebout.. “My dream fairies live here in the moon in Snoozelum Town bzeyond the Silver Forest. They are called the Towslies.” “Oh,” cried Wancy, clapping her bands. “How nice! I always saiv there were real drzam fairies.” “M—m!” nodded the Moon-Man “there are. Then there are the Chim roy-Sitters. They Mve in Smokysoo lage, beyond the Golden For vith the Sweep. . The: sit in the chim neys on the moonlight nights and it zny bad fairies come along with un ant dreams for the chldrich they v vem out.” ‘Are there. any, more?” asked! the wins eagerly. BY COND “Yes, oh, yes, indeed,” nodded Mr. ‘Poerabout. “There are the Steeple-| Sliders and the Tree-Rustlers, and the Cloud-Rollers. All fine helpers 1} couldn't do without. The moon's, full of fairies.” “Then you won't need us,” said Nancy sorrowfully. “Oh, won't 1?” exclaimed the Moon- Man. “Wait till I tell you about my enemies.” (To Be Continued.) (Copyright, 1922, NEA Service.) —-—— + | TODAY’S WORD | ¢——————_ — Today's word is CRITERION. It’s pronounced—kri-te-ri-un, with accent on the second syllable. It means—a rule or test by which facts, principles, opinions and conduct are tried, in forming a correct, judg-; ment respecting them. It cbmes from—a Greek word sig- nifying ‘a means of judging.” It's used like this—“A free-trade ed- itor, ‘discussng pending “plans for -in- ceased import duties, says: “To poli- ticlans, the criterion of an honest; tariff bill is 4 be found in answering the ouestion—does it distribute the)” on booty equal —~e ("TA THOUGHT | ‘ + The Lord is merciful and gracious, stow to anger and plenteous in mercy. —Feam 103:3, : ‘ear the vongeance of God as much as thou myest! and this shall keep thee from sin: and whea thou think- is mercy, remember also His Pythagoras. PEOPLE'S FORUM ; — : ay ARE THEY SOCIALISTS? iditer Tribune: uur socialisuc frionds, the 1..V. A., alias tie wNeisonites, aeny they are socialists. Let tuese two quotations fom tne Jamustiswa platiorm decide whether ther demal clears then of cher socialism. , The first reads: “When Governor Nestos aad the oth- er members of the present State In- austrial Commission were placed in tice thrcuga we revalj el_ction they ancovered tne fact tnal the taxpayers _f the state stand to lose in this ad- venture inio socialism ore than half a millioa dollars.” The second reads, and lease not: in this quotation tie plaiform maker commends not con- deans “this adventure into socialism.” “We commend the effort of the indus- triat’ Commission to carry out the Jiviges of Governor Nestos, made in the recall campaign that the mill and slevator should be completed at the earliest possible. moment. The evi- ence of this keeping tne faith with the people being th: resumption of work | on these enterrises (‘this advcature | into socialism”) and the prospect thet they woud be put into operation by the end of the year.” What more evidence Coes anyone want than this official pronouncement to prove that Mr. Stegner’s allegation | “The I, V. A.s are socailists—believ- ors in state industrialism”? The writer of the “No welcome, no place for a third platform” editorial tells us the way 1 cure the people of | socialism is to make socialism a suc- coss. He has told us all along social- ism is notten meat. Now he tells us} to renovate it and cook it, giving it to the people to eat and, thoy will | want no more of it. Cook it unreno-, vated, and they will eat it with gusto| and scream for more nf it—sease aad! Jogic this. The ringmaster of the I. V. A. has} said, “Got the issue straight’ and keep it straight” or words to that effect. Mr. Stegner has given it to you, Mr, ‘Ringmaster, as straight as an arrow and in shooting it, the arrow has) Zone straight and hit the intended | mark end it hurts rou. That is why; yeu souirm. So it is you, not he, not even the N. P. L. who are g>tiing the issue crooked and keeping. it so. : EDWARD ERICSCN, | Werner, N. D. An electrical expert says that $200,- 090.790 worth of light is “asted an- nually beciuss windows. globes, re-| flectors and shad’s ‘are net. kept free’ from dirt and dust, A fool and hig straw hat are soon sat upon. The trouble with a girl throwing herself at a man is she has to pick herscl¢ up afterward, _ There isn't any payday for labor- ing under a delusion. : In Paris, they are wearing straw dresses, People who wear straw dresses should keep away from lawn- ; mowers. Our objection to banquets is we hate to miss a meal. Fordney was once a sawmlil hand; ‘but that hasn't anything to do with the tariff log rolling. ‘Real estate men might sell lots by advertising “Dirt Cheap.” ‘People who talk in their sleep should stay awake in church. This paper shortage in Germany isn’t a paper money shortage. This prize-fighter writing novels ex- pects them to have the punch. ‘Wettest town in.the U, S. is in Mis- sissippi. It got washed away. Lots of us can see how the styles nave changed by comparing our suits with the new ones, eaerees Taxis or taxes, they cost a lot with- out going very far. It’s perfectly natural to sing, “Oh, say can you.see?” after a bootleg par- ty. With malaria starting, this is the time for all good lemons to come to the ade of their country. The skinny have a slender chance of kecping coc); ‘but the plump— they have a fat chance, Maybe Burbank could cross mos quitoes with fish and make them anxious to bite. June brides are quitting their of- fice jobs because they are otherwise engaged. Now they will make windshields of unbreakable glass;.but no driver has an unbreakable neck, Cost of a chicken dinner depends on how many chickens you invite. It‘takes one two hours to change her elothes, wutionly two seconds to change her ‘mind. : AD CLUB HEAD SEES BUSI- NESS ON NEW BASIS (Continued from Page 1) vertising does not sell. goods except in the case of the great mail order houses, perhazs, and the companies that deal directly with the customer. All that advertising may do for most of us ig to bring customers into stores where salespeople may either sell them goods or kill ‘the sales, as they did in 55 per cent of the cases of our test. =) “In a recent issue of the Saturday Evening Post I noticed a story about the great ‘department stores of the country in which mention was made of one store wishing to know how many Wweople it had to handle on its main floor in the course of a day. It put checkers at the doors and discovered that 200,000 people passed into that store in one day. That same article mentioned that 60,600 individual gales were made that day—an enormous Vol- ume of sales—but the striking point was the fact that 140,000 people had walked out of that store without buy- ing. Seventy per cent of the chances to scl] offered to tne salespeople in that store were rejected, and the po- tential customers came out without buying. Allowing for a larger’ per- centage of pure “show case shoppers” in a department store, the example checks up our experience that fifty- five out of 190 potential customers, brought in as a result of advertising, go out without buying. And when ! speek of ‘advertising I mean loca] ad- | vertising of all types just as much as nationa] advertising. The success or ¥ailure of advertising conducted by a local store depends ‘as much upon tho sales ability of the salespeople as does the success of any of the great adver- tising campaigns. ‘Advertising brings customers in to buy the goods from salespeople, and yet we have done lit- tle on a nation-wide scale to help them tq become better sales-people and so overcome this present increased re- sistance to the buying impulse on tie part of our buying public; and also to help us take advantage to the full- est possible degree of all our adver- tising. It is true that the great stores today are putting in educational de- partments. They have educational di- rectors who go into each department of the store and take little groups of employees at a time and instruct them definitely in the best possible way to overcome sales resistance; but noth- ing, comnaratively, has been done for the smaller stores in the large cities and for.the stores in the smaller cities: and yet the Agricultural Publishers’ association assures ws. as 7 result of very careful investigation, that 52 ner cent of all merchandise sold in Amor- jea is sold in towns of less than 25,- ‘990 population.” Crewsky Shoe Repair Shop 109 8rd St., Bismarck, N. D. Across from Van Horn Hotel. We give mail orders prompt attention. SS ae