The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1929, Page 12

4 k . the business folk know that an actor . By ALLENE SUMNER (NEA Service Writer) Washington, Jan. 10.—Peanut pur- veyor to five presidents and a sixth one on the way is the proud record of Steve Vasilakos, whose neat but not gaudy peanut cart has hugged the White House fence for nearly 20 years. Rosy days lie in wait for Steve right now, for He.bert Hoover, sixth presidential customer whom he will | know, has already signified his in- | terest in the goober, and during his Washington life has often stopped at | Steve's stand for his ag of fresh roasted peanuts. But if you think Steve's going to upset the destiny of nations by telling you whether the president-to-be likes his goobers hot or cold, well, medium | or rare roasted, you have another | think coming. He Keeps Quiet | “Best not to talk too much in this business,” says Steve, a speculative THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 | THE GUMPS—HEAR YE! HEAR YE! ae Good Business Location “It's @ very goo corner,” he says, | } RONG SURGES INTO THE COURT ! CURIOUS IAT wOTHEM. (8 A. HOLIDAY. RY CARR — tsnui STAI : WHEN 0 THINK, TOWARD a T MARY he swell guy. Taft, great old boy; OR— WATCHING = WATCHING Roosevelt, one mighty nice guy. Cool- & FACE idge ,all right. and this Hoover, say, MAT FAILS YO APPEAR— he’s grand. He eat three. four bags Peanuts to once.” in hve debee tad Steve has seen al e First ies, too. He “can't remember” whether gel they all bousht peanuts and Ligertt ON BI and crackerjack of him or not. But many a passerby has seen Mrs. Cool- Ano ARRAVED idge stop for a bag of peanuts for AGAINST HIM the White House squirrels when re- NE CRUEL AND turning from a walk. STONE LIKE Many say that Steve's diplomatic reticence springs from the time he admitted that the First Lady was one ATTORNEY of his customers. He was photo- TRIHARD — graphed and interviewed till his face was as familiar as ‘the president's. An THE The other vendors »ricked up their Pusu ears. How come that just one man Pr NN OF could hold so profitable a corner for Ol pac nearly 20 years? Pressure was ‘ap- WIS OL! plied. Steve hasn't talked much FRIENDS AND since. | NEIGHBORS= eye upon the big house beyond the iron picket fence. “Big men don't | talk much. Steve don’t talk much.” | Steve's peanut, popcorn and candy stand has done its stuff through the | rain and shine of five presidents. He | remembers the day “Big Taft he come to White House. I just new then. | Sure, he like peanuts. He like candy, too. That's why he so beega man. Pretty soon he have only one beef: steak for breakfast instead of two and then he pass by stand when hi go for walk and only langh when I | shake peanut bags at him. His favorite president? Again Steve proves that his 20 years as peanut | purveyor to presidents have taught him much. “All nice iellas—very nice fellas— all in different way,"” he said. “Wilson he very nice fella; Harding thereby indicating that the great of the earth passing by and into the White House yard have their peanut passions even as other men. | “Queen Marie? Sure, I saw the | queen. I've seen ‘em all,” says Steve, pouring some popcorn into the hop- per. ive me American ladies every time One knows that locked within teve’s breast is many a tale of the reat who have entered the nation’s jost famous gate for the past 20 rs. But try'in’ to get ‘em out! “Beeg men don’t like to have all the things they say told!” says Steve, offering a bag of peanuts to one who is neither a president no. a First Lady. And that seemed to be that. “You can say this,” says Steve. “Eat lots of peanuts and popcorn and get to be president. Makes you smart!” Freckles and His Friends TAN ON MY WAY DOWN JO CANDYLAND--Don. ) YES OANES= YOU NANT To 60 WNITH ANE, PATSY? {IN NEW YORK |) a 1 New York, Jan 10.—Just a gentle hint to the stage-struck girls and boys—17,000 actors are now pounding the pavements of Broadway looking | for work. | Yes, it's a great life—this stage, life! Nothing to do but look for work, and when you get it nothing to do but pray that the show keeps running for more than three weeks. Nothing to do but work 12 hours a day in re- hearsal and then finally open only to learn in the next morning's paper that your show is headed for sure failure. Then there's nothing to do but trust that you can collect your wages, pay off the landlady and eat somehow or other while going around looking for another job. see What with this reason and what with that, there are 10,000 legitimate actors whose shoe leather is being worn thin in walking from office to office; there are 5000 vaudeville ac- tors in the same fix and something like 2000 “transients,” which means chorines and such. Oh, yes, you'll hear ‘hat this is a Particularly bad season—and it is. But it is also true that the ranks of the performing business have been increasing from year to year. It is also true that any one of the 17,000 Jobless might be you. oe And what happens when 17,000 ladies and gentlemen of the enter- tainment business are plodding Broadway desperately trying to get the price of hash and beans? Well, hundreds of them swallow their thespian pride and go to work in the ribbon and dry goods de- partments. Hundreds more turn up the frayed and dirty ends of their cuffs, crush their trousers into a press or wash their waists in the bathtub and face the landlord with a “well, what are you going to do about it” look in their eye. see None is more patient than the creditor of a “dead broke” actor. I venture to say trat thousands of | of an offense punishable by life im- barbers and tailors and restaurants and boarding house landladies are “cuffing” the bills of thousands of performers. There's a little world in the the- atrical belt that is unlike any other little worlds. It has hed years of in the other fellow's prob- Jems, and it is prepared to share the good times with the bad times. All Must, of all persons, put on a good front—even when that front sags in @ little at the waistline from lack of food. Adversity is nothing new to, the pee of the bright lights world. day ends blackly and with each dawn new hope rises. The army goes blithely forth, lying to itself and to everyone eles; whistling gaily as it ‘passes the craveyards. The wise ‘agencies see them come day after day, chattering of tomorrow's great plans and of yesterday’s promises. The Be, ones listen sympathetically—but ys old stuff. Tomorrow they will be of any dim rainbow sends the army racing for a glimpse, and even the smallest bit is snapped up. I am told that the Actor's Fund, maintained for such emergencies, has been drained almost to the last copper. And the coldest days of winter are still ahead. If the stage-struck girls and boys like this picture—well, then, come right along. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) GILBERT SWAN. ed nT Corer SAO | Decisions of | ( Supreme Court ———___—______—_—_¢ Chart Barton, plaintiff and respond- ent, vs. Minot Flour Mill Company, @ corporation, defendant and ap- Ppellant. 1. The disposition by an assignee of a chose in action assigned as se- curity only, without the knowledge or consent of the assignor, is a con- version. 2. The value of a chose in action is presumed to be the amount due on its face and in an action for the con- version of such an instrument the owner is, prima facie, entitled to re- cover the face value with interest, and in such case the defendant may show in reduction of damages the inability of the maker to pay or any other matter which will legitimately affect. or diminish its value. 3. Where there is a conflict in the testimony the verdict of the jury will not be disturbed. (Syllabus by the court.) Appeal from the judgment of the district court of Ward county, Moell- ring, J. Affirmed Opinion of the court by Burke, J. Birdzell and Christianson, JJ., dis- sent. Mr. F. B. Lambert, Minot, North Dakota, attorney for appellant. Mr. G. 8S. Wooledge and Mr. J. C. Miller, both of Minot, North Dakota, attor- neys for respondent. Gosu! PoP DANCING, AT FORTY! ‘1 WONDER WHAT GLADYS YES .DANCING LESSONS AND NOU'LL HINE TO You'D _NEVER GUESS IT, We'S SO LINELY WELL, GOOD MORNING, __\ UN, HUH! | Got) HORACE. — DID YOUR Matie) NOTE SOMEWHERE sane: eee cove HERE WHAT Ses WHAT ve SHOPPIN' = si Ns 20 Some SHo AW e_ WANTS — State of North Dakota, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Francis Tucker, de- fendant and appellant. 1, Under chapter 123 of the Session Laws ef 1925, which amends section 11115 of the Compiled Laws of 1913, a defendsnt who has been convicted prisonment may not be admitted to bail pending an appeal to the supreme court, and, where an order has been entered admitting such a one to bail, it may later be vacated and rescinded by the judge who entered it. 2. Where upon an appeal from an order a question of jurisdiction is raised which is likewise involved upon a prior appeal from a judgment, which appeal has been previously sub- mitted, such question will not be con- sidered upon appeal from the order but will be decided upon the appeal from the judgment. 3. Section 6 of the state constitu- tion, which provides*that all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offenses when the Proof is evident or the presumption great, applies to bail before convic- bad and not to bail pending an ap- (Syllabus by the court.) vy) ‘rom order vacating bail or- der, and original application for bail. ita affirmed and application de- eth of Fargo and F, 8. , attorneys for ap- ? pellant. George F. Shafer, attorney general, James Morris, assistant at- torney general, and E. M. Warren state's attorney of La Moure county, attorneys for respondent.