The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1924, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE CMhe-years hes! hook by America's best? venir ae ‘(BLACK |OXEN. by GERTRUDE ATHERTON Published by arrangement with Associated First National Pictures, Inc. Watch for the screen version produced by Frank Lioyd with Corinne Griffith as Countess Zattiany. Copyright 1923 by Gertrude Atherton Talk. ‘Talk. ‘Tale Ve € e Good) (ar, Imos and no ac » e Bot oven promising first act was «© eighth failure and season) tre d. Me had his pubic hyp-| sloping shoulder: hore than half over . « « rather} noticed, Ho could sell ten copies | those, nowadays. jo @ playwright and fail than aj of a book where @ reviewer could | him, Iritle compoeliod to listen to has-|sell one, His word én a pl leone and would bos trying to put] fintt—or almost. Pere mou Wor Dad plays...) . Oh, for! (ion of any of the Sophisttcates | home, hard to shake out the en They reminded portraits in the, old gallery at Reing dark himself, he ad- ust one more grea firstmight | added a cublt to reputation, Thre pe | mired fair women, although since . e If there's a spirit world! mentions made them homsehold| they had taken to bobbing their why don't th sof ada words Neglect caused agonies | ha r they looked as much alike a Rts toge Inhidtt bad} of extinction, Dis-|m zine covers, This woman rand MaMa from form wort her hatr in no particular : ashton, It was soft and abun- men with rhinocerine| dant, brushed back from her face, deen seen to shiver.}and drawn merely over the tips yn courted him, Prize of the ears, At least so he in- on the dour morn after a/ ferred. Me had not seen even her phant night had howled be-| profile as she passed, Profiles fury and tears as Mr. Lee| were out of date, but in an old- ering (once crack reporter of! fashioned corner of his soul he ad- was preferable, By shall ye know. them.! ead to come ratnights unless } want t keep away 6. hs poor devil of a why must for ome ac Money! socia parlor type... T wish Tord! some ono would dig and leave me & million Clavering opened his weary eyes @ad glanced over the darkened anditorium, visualising a mass of bored resentful disks: a few hope tl, perhaps, the greater number ‘od in the theatre not to ed the heavy note of Incompetence that had boomed Uke a muted fog-horn since the tise of the curtain, It was a typical first-ntght audl- ence, assembled to welcome @ fa- vorite actress {n a new play. All the Sophisticates (as Clavering had named them, abandoning “In telloctuais” and — “Intelligentia” ‘to the Parlor Soctalists) were prosent: authors, playwrights, edi- tors and young editors, columnists, . @ramatic critics, young publishers, the fashfonable illustrators nd + cartoonists, a fow actors, artists, sculptors, hostesses of the emt Dont, and a sprinkling of Green wich Village to give a touch of old Tohemia to what was otherwise Almost as brilllant and standardlzed @s & Monday night at the opera, Twelve years ago, Clavering, im. polled trresistibly from a dilapt. fated colontal mansion in Loutat. Ana to the cerebrum of the Weat- prn. World, had arrived tn) Now York; and run the usual gamut of the high-powered man from re- porter to special writer, although pouth rose to eminence less rapld ‘ly then than now. Dramatte eritte | gy nt his newspaper for three years| © (two yoars at the war), an envied, “Sho lowered the opera glasses and glanced over the rows of upturned faces . . . scrutinizing them casually.” gentle art) tor warriors, wrote sadly of Lenin had men-) « 7 Ying to the tune of youth, damn it; but although she had dropped her Clavering was beginning to! wrap over the back of the seat he Noe o 6 Bald all] feel elderly at thirty-four), but it|had no more than a glimpse of a white neck and @ suggestion of Rather rare together with the haughty was| poise of the head, of the family damagea throat, It was, andtly, no a young ‘face. The mouth, rath large, although fresh and red (pot sibly they had lip sticks n Euro that approximated nature) ha none of the girl's soft flexibility, It was full in the center and thi red of the underlip was more thai a visible line, but it was strgigh at the corners, ending in an almo: abrupt sternness. Once she smiled but it was Httle more than ay amused flicker; the mouth did no |relax. The shape of the face he out the promise of the head, bu deflected from its oval at the chin} wihch was almost square, and in) dented. The figure was very sligh} but as subtly mature as the face possibly because she held it un compromisingly erect; apparentl, she had made no concession to tht democratic absence of “carriage! the indifferent almost apologetij mien that had succeeded the lim) curves of @ few years ago. She wore a dress of white Je made with the 1dhg lines of th¢ present fashion—in dress she wai evidently @ stickler, The nec was cut in @ low square, showin the rise of the bust. Her ow lines were Jong, the arms an hands very slender in the lonj white gloves, Probably she wa: the only woman fn the house wh wore gloves. Life was freer sinc the war. She wore a triple string of pearls, He waited Engerly ont) se should drop her glasses. . » He heard two girls gasping andj muttering behind him. . . » There was @ titter across the house. | She lowered the opera glassed! and glanced over the rows of up turned faces immediately before, her, scrutinizing them casually, a: it they Were fish in an aquarium.) She had dropped her lds slightly, before her eyes came to rest on Clavering. He was leaning fore ward, his eyes hard and focal, do ing his best to compel her notice. Her glance did Mnger on his for 8 moment before it moved on indifferently, but in that brief in terval he experienced @ curious ripple along his nerves « 9 » ak most & note of warning. » « « They were very dak gray eyes, Greek in the curve of the lid, and inconceivably wise, cold, disilla sioned. She did not look a day over twenty-eight. There were no marks of dissipation on her face. But for {ts cold regularity she would have looked younger—with her eyes closed. The eyes seemed to gaze down out of an infinitely remote past Suddenly she Beeme@ té fense mired them, and he was {dly con-| the concentrated attention of the vinced that a woman with so per-| audfence. She swept it with a Muoted and omniscient columnist| Mone’ him as an enemy of tho new |fectly shaped a head, long and) hasty glance, evidently appreciated, ainco MMs return from France. liston, who dealt not with the | narrow, but not too narrow, must| the fact that she alone was stand- Journaltatieatly he eould rise no) #8 Until he grow dull—no have a profile. Probably her full| ing and facing ft, colored slightly, higher, and none of the froquont| Sung skeleton as yet—his pub-| face would not be so attractive. | and sat down. But her repose was; | Ustinguished parties given by the! after hasty or solemn diges-| Women with cendre hair generally; absolute. She made no little em-. {Sophiaticates was complete with. 9M of the news, would turn over|had lght brows and lashes, and/Darrassed gestures as another 1 out the long lounging body and | @ "8 column with a sigh of relief. | her eyes might be a washed-out | woman Would have done. She did) J fatarnine cothtenance of Me. Loo | Rut he must hang on, no doubt of blue, Or prominent. Or her mouth | mot even affect to read her pro ‘ Glavering. As soon as ho had sot | @t Fatal to give the public even | too small. He would bet on the | gram, : F toot upon the ladder of prominonce | Mint that it Might learn to do profile, however, and instead of — ‘ i Mr. Clavering had sod tha | Without hin, rushing out when that blessed cur- " | value of Gramatining ue nse and oat baboa bod seit hasercs | a : aru he would wait atd| Cayering left his chair and wan- although he was as active of body | 8s - a Oy nypleasa ‘a; 40 0) - Cee e nd ct an amiable and{ fot himself a slave, a slave who| ‘Then he closed his eyes again| ‘red UP the aisle. He felt none of ‘ental disposition, as his friends | had forged Ms own gilded chatins.| and forgot her until he was roused | Mis usual impatience for the den} fometimos angrily protested, his world, that world of tnereasing im portance in Now York Kuow him as a cynical, morose, my oy creature, who, at a party, tra ferred himself from one woman's Jaide to another's by shoer effort of “YIN spurred by boredan, The ys Mmarried Women had given him {Was a confirmed bacholor, dut a bw still followed his dark face 5 Mth longing eyes, (lo sometimes S wondered what role he would have 4 Wepted if he had been a Mond.) + As a matter of fact, ho was tn yemsely romantic, even after ten rears of newspaper work in Now Fork and two of wary and whon ye ateebblue half clo saved over a gathering at the mo ment of entrance it was with the avergreen hope of discovering the pansuummate woman. 1 Phere was no affectation in Ns {dealistic fastidiousne: Nor, of al iate. in his general boredom. at Slimat he did not stilt Mike his work, qr possibly pontificating every 4 preiok over his famous name to] he was ] admiring public, > of “the crowd.” the same old tinea 3, tired of the steady grind. of had plays—he, who had sed al Talk the, drama} jonate love of Pomewhat tired of Himself He would have Wtked to tranip the although ic had money not drop out of was forgotten over night, and jons, especially sines the war k ahd yet so Aabily that he wiht de another iPwhose cursed audacity and dre- Qyouthiuiness world havea somed the facile paalié to some Drama of pap flavored with S aeteneail INLAID IN WOOL wf the newest capes of twill rt cloth are inlaid with bori- Bands of broadcloth or some fabric. ry djusting hims@if on bie! . Or find himself supplansed | some man youager thay bur! ‘The world waa march-| She had a lene ¢ But he sighed again for his lost| by the clapping of/many hands. eficent cigarette. Was he hitt mplicities, for his day-dreams | First-nighters alw applaud, m0) Hardly. Inquisitive, cert&inly. But or tho magnolias when he had/ matter how perfunctorily, Noblesse bolieved that if womon of his class/ oblige, But the difference between Be het san #9 many prewocatine: Jwere not obliged to do their own! the applause of the bored dnt loyal | Stells. Vile trick of nature, that— housework they would all be young!) and that of the enchanted and Poverty-stricken unoriginal crea and Doautif{ul and talk only of O | quickened is maneo; when he had thought upon | tween a rising breeze and a hurri-| the intellectual woman the | cane. woman who “did things” anomaly and a horro thaeeainatwcs, amen ouine aut reality: was moro cv tain descen! © lights rose, the he would say that for th udience heaved. hon No grinned as ho re days of his passionate when he had taken every soc st he had ever met, to leg tt be understood tha a born tn the | Well, so he had, AL southern tow |tive on but over allud anc nd to an two pains, of Ch rose sh her to the back t asses and lei. her opera 1 knew clicked can wom at—unless ved too lo: to he Kh mer never Q) ‘ orner abroad to rm ever doe maura 0s eyes, DY itd be sure to g neck, Then seen her figure had » and the pe 8 calor of wa was no ure There int owerer, a lav mended Ne opened hal © to a emall defined by the RED TRIMMING Costumes for Pale most inter@ting use of d Yor trimming in gowns silk as weil, GAY COLORED FROCK Peasant freck of close bedice and a full’ skirt, style im gay colors, tri the difference be- e actors bowed en masse, in Men hurried up ded over patient seats avering did a singular of annoyance 2se Was follow- © opera glass- t they e bridge of an in- Her fore. 2 contours above az ua! —_——— a Bands of white crash, embroidered ture that she was, He glanced over the rows of peo- ple as he passed. It was not the play that was animating them/ The woman was a godsend. His gaze paused abruptly on the face of Mr. Charles Dinwiddie. Clavering’s gtandaunt had man ried Mr, Dinwiddie’s father and the two men, so far apart in years; were more or less intimate; thd older man’s inexhaustible gossip + of New York Society! amused Clay ering, who in turn had initiated Mr. Dinwiddie into new and strange pleasures, including liter ary parties and first-nights—ig red by the ene of fashion. All New York} men of the old regime, no matter what their indk viduality may have been twenty rlier look so much alike approach sixty, and more after they have passed might be brothers ig as in caste, Their mous nd what little hair they turns the same shade ot white. Their fine old faces are generall® lean ¢ of cheek, their expression assured, not always smug: They are impegceabdly groomed-and erect. Stout they may be, but sek fom fat. and if not always hand they are polished, distins dlood bred } Nordic ing Owe sea re, except in av ed. aloof. They no longed nt menira a Wear side. whiskers and lool er than thgir fathers did at ame (To Be Continued) EMBROIDERED CAPE Magneta colored embroidery fon, in A heavy silk covers a cape of gold! ck satin crepe, With Aq metal cloth, ined with orchid chif- ‘OBREGONISTS CLAIM REBELS HAVE FAILED | Offensive Expected To Be Started by Federal Forces To Clinch Victory Mexico City, Jan. 7.— vin Ft Worth-Texas gram, by the A. P.)—Offietal gov- Ferrmnent reports on t situation indicating that ther ements confronting on government on the south of Me: prosresjzed mater Pantiliowe out a month ago Ww 1 armies are constantly thes erganizition and government i broke tlie feder ing position ee Uarris & Ewing.) 1ELLON PRESIDES nt during thy (Copyright by - WHERE MR. n on the Treasury depart s foreeful advocacy of tax reduction two months etary of the Tr tally its neve t t the fact that th : ve add a onal re tor c the past three 3 Not only has it lived wit : expen Sure the cupttre of i » been able to show a © dire apd the re on of Puchl financial policy @f the admin of Internal tle milita * hasbeen mani-| ¢ Prohibition orcement, C activities of tye Gov- ested wpon the Vera Cruz front] e m the federal oceup:tion | PO Ok OS Re I OIE i Manic reer tote tegit | ng hardships Gf baseball ommis- | a7 ror rer aren hes this serson will positive ee Bic sioner. ; “ son the level Batti Nuile Gen. Eugenio Martinez, . APRIL—Walter Johnson is lost to O'Rourke buys s of apd smandnder il Che? ot tha Vee| Washington club for BOA ment he 1 i rations, has been making | Sere, tm. ae Ben ee tions for an — offensive | Surely due in ; ee urrying ces ucsce | the Vera Craz revolution nils to low | _ 13 beer forced to devote nce to this ry through vert ces in the expect Tebua gener y Hot be state of Hidalgo, With rebel advance from still unmaterialized it is ly thought the offers long delayed TAMPICO New Orl Jan, E < beer captured by rebal forces, ccording fo the New Orleans Daily . Which bases its story on in- formscion ri ed through Mes can cae abe ie circles here. The | Nut Cracker | | \ | 1 \ \e \ JANUARY Joie Ray makes final effort to lower record for mile run, ¥ d denies matehing Dundes erable attention to eliminat-| on of revolutionary for- | e will) er fled record and quits running for " all time Battling O'Rourke i beats Abe Attell G ein in_ pri fight and Ancient Order of Hiberni- ans make aim charter member | MAY—¥ou'd be surp Tilden reiter in Times, Davis Cup matches get along without him. Sisler, wearing | Browns lose game from grandstand. ed to represent Americ | mateh race. Admiral G |son charges discrimination jon Supreme Cour f JULY—Dem |red-headed girl in “George Whit Scandals” is announced A. U. officials congratulate Paddock on winning 100-yard\dash in Olympic games Leonard and Dun- dee in draw : Rickard de- |nies that they will be remateied. May Exceed 43 Peking, Jan (By t 1) | | A combined federal and state inquiry into the dust explosion in the Corn Products company plant is now un- following the arrival here lof David Price engineer in charge of the Bureau of Chemistry, Wash- Jington, D. C., and H. R. Brown d P. P. Edwards, associated en rs “It is too e: gement | rly toa en an: Bill | AUGUST—Walter Johnson fans 23 | for the ¢ ir aes ness from tennis cup batters in eight-inning | «Copy by & ing) mate eccrine Gaara morte | a Lan G 2 Bobby Jones bea HON. ANDREW W. MELLON when oun dob) ul bene \ nt to blond girl in Follies n semi-finals in amateur c pion- " f A ary of the leted. We ,want to find out ship Babe Ruth is pur- fe condi Honk Gxieted ih CARY — Sammy Ginsberg | posely passed for 318th itr at conditions existed in t e-fighting under name | ” proval » ten the explosion oe: } ORtare yen The Idss of life prot nike racers go back to work. Joie Ra: Aho UAT atiggie| coos ae whe sovernment York referees give correct de- oid by 3. minute dellon. | clared ision for i game is closed |. Vai by the late = |! down to co fevent MARCH —Big 1 {go south for spri ague ball training. revise price se Charley Ebbets ber of Commerce s_in its infancy. lis shoots Bell out interv players and lias be- OBER — Notre scores 110 points in open game Columbia ond Dempsey zhton mental stege ystem is still in exper s Ho MeGraw ealls ae sey began hi H Minn. & exeerOk Tribune Want Ads Bring Resuits ————EE A Well- Known . New York Banker says: . “The place of advertising in the present economic system is thoroughly well established.” Goodwill has come to be a vital factor in the success of any business, and goodwill can only be created by right and persistent advertising. A manufacturer who advertises honestly the stability and qualit;: of his goods sets for himself a standard of pro- duction. He makes a treaty of faith with the buying public . which he must uphold at any cost. s Frequently, for the purpose of promotion, the manu- facturer needs financial assistance. The time is fast approaching when bankers, having carefully investigated the standing of a manufacturer desiring a loan, will ask this leading question : “What is his* advertising appropriation ? pa , an Published by Tie Bismarck Tribune, in co-operation with The American Association of Advertising Agencies PLANT BLAST Death List in Pekin’ Disaster t y