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« / \ SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1927 Social and Personal Out-of-town Guests {Miss Mildred Honored Friday at’ Miss Rust’s Party) Mrs. EE. Lilleskov Miss Ednah Rust entertained last evening at a brid; pliment to Mrs, George Grand Forks. of guests, party in com- Fargo and Mrs. Walter Schlosser of There were two tables Benson of Miss Mary Parsdne Won honors in the bridge games. Guests prizes were given to the honoree. At the conclu- sion of the games the hostess served a course luncheo: U.C. T. Auxiliary Entertains at Card Party Friday Night Fifteen tables of bridges were in play Friday evening at the bridge and whist party given by the ladies of the U, C. T. A uxiliary. Honor: the bridge games were won by Miss Rose Sell, George Tobin of Mandan and E. H, Webber. Whist honors went to Mrs, W. E. Cleveland, W. E. Jensen and M. O. Agre. Mrs. J. P. Sell was chairman of the gene by Mrs. W. E. Jensen, committee and was assisted Mrs. Peter »~ Karpen, Mrs, K. A, McCord, Mrs..J,, B. Smith, Mrs. W..C. Bush, Mrs, E.'H, Webber, Mrs. Leo DeRochford and Mrs. Felix Ulmen. served at the conclusion ning. A luncheon was of the eve- TO ENTERTAIN GIRLS The Business and Professional Women's club will entertain the girls of the eighth grade of school Tuesday: evening the public at 8 o'clock in the gvmnasium of the Roosevelt school. The program will include the reading of the prize winning essay on the subject Before Entering World.” The winner has selected. A social hour and refresh- Girls of the eighth grade and club members are ments are to follow. invited to attend. SPECIAL CAMPFIRE “Why Girls Should Complete a High School the Course Busine: not yet been MEETING There will be a special mecting of the Wachter school. ness is to be transacted. Monday evening at 7:30 All members urged to attend as important busi-) Wetomachick Campfire girls at the The guard- ian, Miss Leona Hiland, has called the meeting. VISITS BROTHER H. Banning of Swift Current, Can- ada, is in Bismarck for a week's visit tained Friday evening at their home with his brother. He will also visit! on Second street with a progressive i t Center ahd whist party. Six tables of whist were will then go to Pennsylvania where’ in play during the evening, honors he will spend several. months returning about the first ail his sister, Mrs. Dodd, relatives, April. RETURNS FROM with EAST Miss Eunice Cane of the millinery department of the Webb Brothers store has returned from the east where she hes been since Septem-! ruary 8, instead of Monday, January Miss Cane was with relatives! 31, as was first planned. ber. for a time apd later went to Chica-: ing will be held go and New York on a buying trip. BROTHER DIES Albert Anderson of Brainerd, Minn., brother of Theodore G., Clair and Carl ‘Anderson and Mra, E. J. Meader, all, turned from Grand Fotks, whi of this city, died Friday at his home, spent the past week on busin according to word received in Bis- ek, Funeral services Wednesday afternoot GUEST OF MRS. SPRAKE Miss Katherine Nesselrod of Grand Forks arrived today for a week's visit | - with Mrs, Zoe Sprake at the Mc Ken- Miss Nesselrod is on the staff of the Grand Forks Herald. ENTERTAINS AT DINNER 4 Miss Blanche Thistlewood enter- tained ‘Friday evening at dinner in honor of Miss Bessie Garvik, who is leaving Monday evening for Grand zie hotel. Forks. STOPS IN BISMARCK HH. M. Weydahl of Killdeer is jarck for a few days’ bu: from Fargo,| Where he went early in the week. RETURNS TO WILTON en route home will be held in Mack Thompson, son of Dr. RB. 8.| Thompson of Wilton, has returned to his home after a short friends and relatives in Bismarck. VISIT HERE — Annette | Erickson, Miss visit with panied by her brothers, Oscar and Anthony, al unsettled. & Hy of Wilton, friends in: Bismarck Friday. a Cloudy and ‘ somewhat visited! it and Eger Entertains Honoring Miss Mildred Eger was hostess Fri- day evening at the A. E. Brink home on Avenue A with a prettily planned bridge party in compliment to her house guest, Mrs. Elmer Lilleskov, of Miles City, Mont, Mrs. Lilleskov was on Miss Lois Hartman of this city. A color scheme of yellow and green was attractively carried out in ‘the card table appointments and decoray) tions. There were three tables of guests, honors in the games going to Mrs. Lewis J,.Mann. Mrs. Lilleskov received a guest prize. Mrs. J. E. Ames of Dickinson was an out-of-town guest. At the conclu- mn of the evening a refreshment course was served by the hostess, Royal Neighbors Install Officers Thursday Evening The Royal Neighbors lodge enter- tained a large number of out-of-town visitors, including almost the entire delegation of the McKenzie lodge, at its meeting Thursday evening. The | meeting opened with the exemplifica- j tion of the work of the lodge and a short program by the juvenile lodge. Public installation. of officers fol- lowed, the following assuming office: Mrs. Mabel Barnes, past oracle; Mrs. Marian Welch, oracle; Mrs. Phrona Roberts, vice oracle; Mrs. Dorothy Degg, ,chancelor; Mrs. Vera Trepp, recorder; Mrs. Gertrude Middlemass, receiver; Mrs. Mabel Penwarden, in- ner sentinel; Mrs. Katherine Brown, outer sentinel; Mrs. Jessie Van Hook, manager; and Mrs. Karla Lofthouse, musician. Cards were played during the re- mainder of the evening and a re- freshment course wi erved, DANCE AT MASONIC TEMPLE Dirlam’s seven-piece orchestra will provide music for the: dance to be given at the Masonic temple Satur- day evening, February 5, by the ladies of the Eastern Star and the local Masons, Dancing will start promptly at 9:30 and lunch will be served at midnigl A special invitation is ex- tended to the many members of Ma- present time because of the legislative session or for other reasons. WHIST PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Scott enter- Scene from “Gentlemen Prefer Blcndes.” Religiouh School ~~ Closes: Successful | stantia! deer Term Last Evening) “From the v. s. government report * lear that there were, on the The Bismarck Standard Training ge, 3,300 less deaths from School of Religious Education closed |coholism during each of the first six its sessions last evening after a very dry years as compared with the pre- successful term, according to Rev.| vious six wet years and this without Walter E. Vater, dean of the school.| taking count of the large increase in There were 37 students enrolled, 26| population. There were 6,000 fewer of whom received certificates for their work. In addition there were 11 auditors who attended the sessions of the school. Ministers of the city and Miss Bertha Palmer, state superintendent of public instruction, assisted the teachers by delivering chapel ad- dresses. The school this year, the second to be held in the y, Was conducted by the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Evangelical and Episco- pal churches. Plans are being made to hold the third annual session next January. ° At the mecting last evening the school gave a vote of thanks to the school board for the loan of the high school building. Adam Was Only Man to Enjoy Personal Liberty, Woman Says | their tears when they bewail the i eréase, for the figures show a sub- stantial decrease as compared with alcoholic disease) during 1923, ‘dry, than in 1915, wet, in spite of the fact that population had sharply increased. “The Salvation Army reports that, whereas formerly 50 per cent of the cases of poverty and disorder were the result of drink, now not more than one per cent arise from tha cause.” New Discussion Over Influenza Bacillus Aroused London, Jan, 29.--)—A letter from two Edinburgh doctors, David and Robert Thomson, brothers, : re- counting the discovery of what they term an unusual streptococeus,/has aroused another discussion over the influenza bacillus. \ 3 The letter, which appeared in the going to Miss Marie Jacobson and Miss Esther Neuman. At the conclu- sion of the evening a luncheon was | served, | MEETING POSTPONED i The Cosmos club will hold its re- creational mecting.on Tuesday, Feb- The meet- Roosevelt in the | school gymnasium. RETURNS FROM GRAND FORKS Dr. H. H. Cohenour of the federal (bureau of ‘animal industry hes 7 e { ILL AT HOME . Chris Bertsch is jll at his home with a cold. Mr, Bertsch was ~ re- cently discharged from the hospital following an operation. GUEST OF MRS. HOFFMAN Mrs. C. K. Green of Dickinson is in Bismarck for a short visit, the guest of Mrs, F. E. Hoffman of the Hughes apartments. CLUB TO MEET The Bismarck Study club will meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs, H. E. Shearn. LEAVE FOR FARGO Mr, and Mrs. George Benson left last evening for Fargo after a month's stay in Bismarck. Is ILL Mrs. Chi Boardman of the Webb Brothers store is confined to her home by illne: HERE ON BUSINESS Alex Macdonald of Glenroe is spend- ing a few days in Bismarck on busi- ness. ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ Coming Here After playing five weeks in San Francisco and eigh weeks in Los An- geles to capacity audiences, Edgar Selwyn’s New York comedy hit, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” acted by @ company organized in York ex- pressly for the Pacific northwestern cities of portanc has now resumed its tour with the east as its destination. * So much has heen written of this comedy by Anita’ Loos and her hus- band, John Emerson, and based on Miss Loos’ book of the same name, that the play, through its title, is as well known as any play that has ever peered fo9m coast to coast. The com- Personal liberty has never existed in this world since the creation of Eve, Mrs. Fred M. Wanner, James-| Roeee ace eres int or see North Da-! from influenza. They were sceking ota Women’s Christian Temperance! and expecting to find “bacterium Union, told members of the house’ pneumosintes,” discovered by Doctors temperance committee at a hearing, Ojotsky and Gates, of the Rockefell- recently. __\er isstitute, which supposedly but Seig ot eas gent Peete ease on unprovedly is the cause of the dis- rsona ” Mrs. Wadner said during a discussion of; ny, the bill to repeal the cieara Ke shsiatate: coments an: “The' in finding “this new streptococcus is there never has been any such which tentatively suggests the real thing as personal liberty since the cause, invading the blood from a time of Adam. He is the only one| primary focus in the nose.” iigid ever had 7 re oe ri bea tnd to he ereated ‘ver Man hasn't|W. Hi, Spear and Mrs. Nellie Dunnam. Are Married January 17 had personal liberty since.” Two important events" have oc- ‘Letters From Home’ Give Solons Plenty curred in the life of W. H. Spear, formerly of Bismarck and father medical journal, i etme says the streptococcus "was tained from a nasal discharge, and blood of one of the brothers.while he was suffering of Reading Matter’ Legislators who come to Bismarck |0f County Treasurer G. L. Spear, during tho session of the general as-|during the past week. sembly are not permitted to forget; On Monday, January 17, Mr. home influences, even if they desire |Spear was married to Mrs. Nellie to do so. . jChatfield Dunnam, also of Bur- + This is proved by the scores of “Iet-|leigh county, and a few days ago ters from home” which are read into he purchased a’ grocery store in the journals of the house and senate North Minneapclis, taking imme- veuch weck. Without exception the} diate possession. 4 letters are filled’ with advice to the! The wedding, news of which w' assemblymén'and*tell ‘them how the|be a surprise to even the close person writing the letter wishes them friends cf the couple here, to to vote on ‘whatever’ matter ‘is neares: place in Minneapolis. Mrs. Spear the author's heart. was employed at the First National So voluminous is this “home” cor-, bank in Bismarck until about 12 respondence that the letters are .years ago. Lately she has been printed in the journals only on re-jresiding with her sister, Mrs. quest of the member receiving them.| P. Goodrich, south cf McKenz' Many are not even read but are re-|Mr, Spear was in the grocery bus ferred to as a letter from so-and-so/ness in Bismarck for a number of advocating ge or opposing pass- | years, selling out his interests here age of this-or-that bill.- All are re-,in 1917. Since then he has been ferred to committees but few commit- engaged in farming and other lines teemen have been caught in the act|of endeavor, here. of reading them. 3 Some of the letters are long and some are short but most of them relate only to one or two bills. Recently, however, a house member received a missive telling him not to: “retreat” on the liquor question; not to permit license of Sunday movies; to oppose the law legalizing the sale of snuff; ‘to favor passage of the week-day church school bill; to pre-! vent a cut in the appropriation for a! certain normal school and to work for a children’s cottage at the state tuberculosis sanitarium. Each re- quest was accompanied by a reason. Prohibition Is of Great Benefit, . W.C.T.P.Worker Says Matinee Every Day 2:30 LL TO IGHT — Saturday Last Times Gobs of Laughter side leeclinatie benatit te tos WALLACE. BEERY country,” declared Mrs. Barbara H. RAYMOND HATTON Wylie of.this city, corresponding secretary for the North Dakota Wom- an’s: ip sad hi warance Halon to- day-in diseyssing efforts of the op- ments of the prohibition law to dis. good which she claims ished. under its. provi: interesting to note that the of prohibition, who hi “WERE IN PALACE - MANDAN - TONIGHT | deaths from cirrhosis of the liver (an| ion They tell. of failing to discover the! prohibition | “pneymosintes” and of their surprise | Nigel de Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Leo White, Frank Currier, Charles Bel- cher, Betty\Bronson, Dale Fuller and | Winter Hall. | A matinee was given this afternoon and the final showing will be tonigh | NEWS BRIEFS |, Minneapolis.—Minnesota Chicago Wrestlers, 23 to 0. ‘BEN HUR’ FILM MUCH ENJOYED Cinema Version of Lew Wal- lace’s Romance Pleases Big Crowd at Auditorium defeated Winnipeg —Fred B. established now Canadian tournament bowling record with 788, The large audience that filled the city:auditorium last night at the local paket premier of the cinema version of nbargo placed by United* States |“Ben Hur,” witnessed a presenta-| on shipment of military and non-mil- \tion that marks the beginning of a. itary airplanes to Mexico. ‘new epoch in the making and the ex- iibiting of moving pictures. The! Floods in Arkansas break levees, magnificent spectacle was offered to; inuhdating 40,000 acres; 300 families the public with the simplicity and | homeless; heavy livestock losses. dignity that would attend a dramat- ¢ performance of the highest class, British Isles from Southern Eng- The result was that the full attention land to Northern Scotland swept by ot the spectators was directed to the hurricane which kills 17 and causes j superb picture’ itself, which, by its| heavy property damage; eight killed | beauty, power and spirituality, held and hundred injured in Glasgow. |every eye captive and impressed it- self indelibly upon every mind and heart. General Lew Wallace’s romance, “Ren Hur,” which has been read by millions, and witnessed i dramat- form by many is Washington.—President Coolidge asked congress for expenditures out of Indian tribal funds totaling $1,- 3,000, including $75,000 fot addi- ns to Fort Totten, N. D., Indian School. presented in the new art form,| |. : ‘ with all its literary and dranjatic| Federal Judge Dickinson in Phila- values retained and hoa pictorial | delph ig final citizenship splendor and effectiveness “far be-| Papers to alten who violated the Vol- Vord the ‘reach of the elder acts, stead law, holds that a single viola- tion should not debar a person from citizenship rights. Thrilling Scenes Thrilling and exciting as are the splendid scenes of the chariot race and the marine battle between the and the pirate triremes, the greater joy to the spectator lies in the logical unfolding of the ex- auisite romance of the Prince of Coolidge opposes calling Ame out of China; reaffirms Secreta Kell Offer to’ negotiate ne PeXity ‘Gndorstands’ Great n is willing to, inteenationalize Hankow and Tientsin, Hurs—his ambition; his degradat ms. stores him heroism that ane . protection for aws he! en rece: divorce proceed ived, her counsel say rg0.—Louis O'Neill, 17, of near re, pleaded guilty to second de gree manslaughter in connection with shooting to death of his father, Ri y his triumph over his enemy, la, and the restoration to him of ose whom he holds'most dear. And | 4s a background, to this noble drama of human actions, motives and: emo- tions, is revealed the spiritual sto Jof the birth of the Savior and His Jdeath on Calvary. 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Phone us, and we'll call for that dress or coat, that blanket or bit of lace, and return them to you , a8 good as new—and at a very nominal price. ~ CAPITAL LAUNDRY COMPANY “The Careful Dry Cleaners” 311 Front cl of Fargo! | and luxury; his great tove for| Police f wife and his devotion to mother and| children of Charlie Chaplin is) | his militant. service to the;a@sked in Los Angel Dozens of proclaimed Messiah, and fi-|! threatening death, unless she chard O'Neill, and was sentenced to state training school until he is 21. PB DANCE At the Odd Fellows . hall Everybody Chicago.—Minnesota defeated chi-, Saturday night. © swimming team, 40 to 29, | welcome. The First National Bank THE PIONEER BANK | | ESTABLISHED 1879 | Capital and Surplus, $300,000.00 Offers all the facilities of a modern banking institution, \f C. B. Little, President J. L. Bell, Vice President Frank E. Shepard, Cashi Hi. E. Hanson, Assistant Cashier E. W. Leonard, Assistant Cashier B. F. Lawyer, Assistant Cashier | As Good as Home Cooking There’s a secret in the art of catering. People ' who are used to home cooking are not often satis- fied with the kind they get at restaurants. Here, however, they are more than content. Whatever you eat here is well cooked, according to home recipes. The food is all of the best qual- ity and served hot, Come and bring your famili We'll serve them well, and build up their appetites and their health at the same time. Sweet Shop Candies, Confectioneries, Cigars, ete. AUDITORIUM Bismarck FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4 A FIRST CLASS DRAMATIC ATTRACTION NOBODY SHOULD MISS The comedy that is making the nation laugh from coast to coast THE BIGGEST COMEDY SMA AMERICAN STAGE" HAS EVER KNOWN: ul GENTLEMEN da GA V4 Hntile Loor and dohn Eacrson, {A DQAMATIZATION OF MISS LOOS’FAMOUS BOOK) Selvy? Brest <2 Just One Explosion of Laughter After Another It Is Funnier Than the Book Acted by a cast of 21 funmakers All New York actors of the best ‘ The play is now the sensation of New York It ran six months in Chicago SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO OUR PATRONS:—The company that will be seen here in this laughable comedy, I can personally recommend as being of the highest class. The producer of the play, Edgar Selwyn, has had under his management many of the biggest successes American stage’ ‘ Fes pres Raewae acien. til ei pe) guarantee of e ‘excellence o| mtlemen ler .” the cast the _ Frcduction coming to Bismarck. sre. “= At thé present time “Gentlemen Prefer. Blondes” fifth menth in New York. It is expected to remain cn entire year, ie ae The organization booked here is on its way east from the Pae'fic coast, after playing seven weeks: in Los : & five weeks in San Fi a re long ane ter the New York compane akies oder to the tremendous success of this cry isin there its: or