The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 13, 1932, Page 7

PARTY ANNONCES [Insull Spent Lavishly to Satisfy His Wife’s Whims DETAILS OF NEXT ROOSEVELT JAUNT Democratic Candidate Will Vis- it 17 States in 3,000-Mile Journey Albany, N. Y¥., Oct. 13.—(#)—Gover- nor Roosevelt Wednesday announced @ campaign trip of 3,000 miles to take him through 17 states, including .the south and the border states. The trip Utilities Magnate, However, Could Not Buy Her Come- | back on Stage I Editor's Note: This is the fourth story in a series of six on Samuel Insull, “the world’s great- est failure.” | ** * Chicago, Oct. 13.—The keen brain of Samuel Insull built a $4,000,000,000 public utilities empire, but he failed THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1932 each, debutantes sold programs for $25 9] . * * * Mrs. Insull played the coquettish role of Lady Teazle, looking even younger—on the stage—than ner 25- year-old son who watched his moth- er from a box. As the curtain fell on the first act, it required six ush- ers to carry the flowers down the aisle to the bowing, smiling little womah on the stage. The show ran for two weeks and netted more than $125,000 for the hospital. Mrs. Insull’s success in this ven-j ’ She’s Broke! Reem dada hd oe ° SHARER APPEALS 10 NORTH DAKOTANS T0 SUPPORT RED CROSS Lauds National For Relief Work in This State Last Year An appeal to North Dakotans to Promptly enroll as members of the American Red Cross was made in a Organization year ending June 30, a tely assistance through the American Red Cross, such aid representing a cash expenditure of more than $750,000. Besides the distribution of large quan- tities of clothing, vegetables, cracked wheat, flour and other necessities, the value of which cannot be accurately estimated. Our people fully appreciate that this great service, so efficiently and wisely furnished by the American Red Cross not only saved many thou- sands of rural people from the pains of indescribable suffering, but made it possible for most of them to be restored to a self-supporting basis during the present year. While this catastrophe is ended, nevertheless, many distressed people, both in the country and in the towns and cities, will require some assistance 50,000 in North Dakota, com- ,000 persons in Not akota, com- prising 10,000 families, received direct. | sume of past legislation regarding th TO REVIEW BONUS WORK Minot, N. D., Oct. 13—()—A re- e soldiers’ bonus and a prediction as to what may happen to the bonus move- ment in the future will be given in Minot Friday night by Jack Williams, department adjutant of the American Legion, at a special meéting of Wil- liam G. Carroll Post of Minot. All ex-servicemen of the vicinity are in- vited by Post Commander Frank M. Sullivan to be present. A bachelor tax on priests and members of monastic orders has been voted by one Spanish province. Latest Style Frames Only $5.50 Expert Eye Prices in Service at Lowest the Northwess Dr. T. M. MacLachlan Dr. A. S. Anderson Eye Specialints Lucas Block Bismarck ‘The first free delivery of mail in the United States was in 1863. Use the Want Ads ture spurred her ambitions. She proclamation issued Thursday by Gov-| during the coming winter. Plans are will start Oct. 18 at Albany and end at New York city Oct. 26. Major speeches will be made at Pittsburgh on Oct. 19; St. Louis on Oct. 21 and Atlanta on Oct. 24. The itinerary of the second long campaign trip of the Democratic residential candidate also includes stops at Rochester, Buffalo, N. Y., Wheeling, W. Va. Indianapolis, Springfield, Ill., Louisville, Raleigh, N. C., Richmond, Va., and Baltimore. Roosevelt will add nine new states and the District of Columbia to the 26 states he has visited since he re- ccived the presidential nomination in July. The governor, in announcing his plans for the trip, pointed out that while three -of the speeches he will make, those at Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Atlanta, will be broadcast over a national hook-up and may be con- strued as major addresses, he will make several other talks. “What will be the subjects of the major talks?” he was asked. “I can’t say just now, we haven’t prepared them,” he replied. “Will the bonus be one of them?” was another question. “I can’t answer that either,” he said, smiling. The same members of the Roosevelt family who made the western swing Jast month likely will be on the sec- ond trip. They are Mrs. Roosevelt, who will join the party at Pittsburgh; Mis. Curtis Dall and Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt. The make-up of the remainder of the governor’s im- mediate party has not been determin- ed. “I'm sorry we can’t accept the In- diana invitation to attend the No- tre Dame-Carnegie Tech football game at South Bend Oct. 22, but it ‘was impossible to work it in,” said Roosevelt. ° | Regan © By BERNADETTE HOPKINS W. N. and Owen Kelly motored to Bismarck Tuesday. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. N. ©. Strand Wednesday. The next meeting will be held Oct. 26, at the home of Mrs. A. H. Lundberg. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lein and daugh- ter, Marjorie, motored to Driscoll ‘Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Strand and Mr. and Mrs, Russell Hopkins motored to Bismarck Wednesday. Mrs. Luella Stratton and Mrs. Opal Olson of Bismarck were Regan call- crs Saturday. Audrey Stratton re- mained over the week-end with Elsie une. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kiefer and Bet- ty Anderson motored to Wilton Sun- day. The Ladies Aid entertained at a farewell party Friday for Mrs. Sig- mun Rupp, who will leave for Wash- ington in the near future. Mrs. Joe Mickelson motored to Wil- ton Saturday. The Bridge Club met with Mrs. J. W. Kiefer Thursday. The next mect- ing will be held Oct. 20, at the home of Mrs. Charles Tedholm. Mrs. Kiefer was elected chairman of the club. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tourtlotte were Bismarck shoppers Tuesday. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs, L, Hopkins were Mr. and Mrs. Russel Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kiefer and Betty Anderson. Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tourtlotte were Gladys Peter- son, of Bismarck, and Orrin Tyberg, of Chicago. G Mrs. H. F. Dimond, accompanied the Willard Dimond family to Mc- Clusky Sunday. Mrs, W. N. Kelly spent Friday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott. Those on the honor roll for the first month of school were: Patty Lou ‘Worden, Betty Anderson, Bernita Suezely, Ruby Mickelson, Charles Tedholm, Mavis Strand, John Wat- kins, Josephine Brennise, Margaret Garnes, Rollin Mickelson, Helen Aune, and Ruth Cox. Regan students receiving achieve- ment stamps for having 100’s in spell- ing last week were: Ruby Mickelson, Charles Tedholm, Helen Aune, Ruth Cox, Florence and Neoma Berg, Irene Fitzgerald, Rollin Mickelson, Mavis Strand, Enoch Christenson and John Watkins. <—_——_——_._——_* | Estherville | See By MRS. ROY LITTLE Mr. and Mrs, William Wilmot of ‘Wilton spent Monday at the George ‘Mowder home. Alvin Manning called at the Roy Little home Thursday evening. Mr, and Mrs. Earl Mowder and George Mowder were Regan callers Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davenport spent Friday afternoon at the Anna Strand home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Little were Regan callers Friday afternoon. Rev. Opie 8. Rindahl of Bismarck and family called at the Halvor Hal- vorsen home Sunday afternoon. ‘Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Strand and son, Ruth Wilmot and Alf Johnson were visitors at the Harry Davenport home Sunday. Otto Uhde was a Capital City call- er Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William Michelsen and children motored to Wilton Saturday evening. Henry Schilling called in Regan jay. ain Strand called at the Frank Michelsen home Saturday. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Davenport were Sunday evening visitors at the Roy le home. ate Carl Berg attended the fare- well party at the S. Rupp home Fri- day afternoon. Mrs, Earl Mowder and son, Stan- ley, were Regan shoppers Monday af- ternoon. Cash in With a Tribuze Want Ad’ when he attempted to bring about his wife's comeback as an actress after her 26-year absence from the stage. That venture, before it folded up several years ago, is said to have cost Insull at least $200,000. © But this story, which has to do with Samuel Insull’s romance, really begins in the "90s. In the same year that Dewey fought the battle of Manila Bay, a starry-eyed and raven-haired young ingenue, whose stage name was Gladys Wallis and whose real name was Mary Bird, played at Chicago's old McVickers theater in William Crane's production of “The Senator.” In the audience one evening was Samuel Insull, the up-an-coming young president of the struggling Chicago Edison company, who had come to Chicago a few years before to begin his career as a utilities operator. Young Insull, 36, admired the beautful Gladys Wallis, who was | still in her ‘teens. Later, they met at a dinner party and two years afterward—on May 23, 1899—they were married. She re- tired from the stage. * * * Twenty-six years rolled by, years in which Samuel Insull’s wealth and power soared with increasing speed and made him one of the richest and most powerful figures in Chicago. Mrs. Insull was a leader in society, mistress of a luxurious apartment on Chicago's “Gold Coast” and of a magnificent country estate with a $125,000 mansion and numerous ser- vants. Her jewels were the finest in Chicago. Her son, Samuel, Jr, had grown to manhood and gone through Yale. And so, in 1925, Mrs. Gladys Wallis Insull felt an urge to return to the stage—to attain “self-expression,” as she explained it. Her husband ac- quiesced to her whim, money. Mrs. Insull was a member of the board of St. Luke's hospital, which is more or less a directory of Chicago's ultra-rich. Her return to the foot- lights was to be a benefit affair for that institution. Herbert Druce, an English actor, was hired to play op- posite her in a revival of Sheridan's “School for Scandal,” and no expense was spared in recruiting a capable supporting cast. The opening night performance, on June 1, 1925, was one of the most dazzling events in Chicago's society history. Chicago's social registerites turned out en masse—in silk hats and Paris gowns and laden with jewels worth @ queen’s ransom. They arrived in purring limousines, through a blazing arch of orange and green electric lights, three blocks long, that Sam- uel Insull had erected. The “great names” of the nation’s second city were there; the Armours, the Mar- shall Fields, the Pullmans, the Drakes. Boxes sold for $1,000; Samuel In- provided ,| Sull bought two of them and, with a flourish, donated them to nurses from the hospital. Seats were $25 I. is false economy to buy cheap tea in order to save a few cents a pound. Figure the cost of tea by the cup~and you will see that Lipton’s Tea is truly economical. Lipton’s gives you more cups per pound and more LIPTON’S YELLOW LABEL TEA went to New York to try a come- back on Broadway—and failed. Re- turning to Chicago in 1927 she leased the Studebaker theater for five years} —and failed again after a few weeks when her company began playing to empty seats and running up a deficit | of $1,000 a day. Samuel Insull took matters in hand, announced he was “out of the theater business.” But, under the terms of the lease, the banks han- dling Insull’s affairs were still pay- ing rent on the theater until a few weeks ago when the lease expired. The mistress of the Insull mil- lions was a tiny woman, barely five feet tall and weighing less than 100 pounds. Her hands and feet were so small that she had to have gloves and shoes made to order. Her fav- orite jewels were diamonds and emeralds; she often wore as many as 10 diamond bracelets at one time. At a certain dinner party where Jewels worn by guests were valued at $15,000,000, hers were the finest of the lot. ** k But Mrs. Insull was not the social favorite in Chicago one might ex- pect. She had position because of her husband's riches and power, but her personal popularity was de-| creased, according to all accounts, by a tremendous amount of that quality which in actresses is called | temperament and which in lesser lights is called temper. Insull’s interest in opera, which led him to build Chicago's magnificent 42-story Civic Opera House, also pro- vided an avenue for social activities. It enabled him and his wife to hob- nob with opera stars of world reputa- tion, won Insull a decoration from Mussolini and provided an opportun- ity for gala “first nights” in which the display of Chicago's wealth, Jewels and position made a dazzling Spectacle. Insull’s interest in opera was ex-j} pensive. Year after year there were! huge deficits, and much of this; money came out of Insull’s rocket. He built the great opera house as he had welded his chain of utilities, through “customer-ownership” of securities, He was thorough-going in this as in everything else; pur- chasing agents for the vast Insull; companies quietly let it be known! that an investment in the opera’s | securities might help a lot, and firms that had occasion to do business with Insull found it convenient to rent office suites in the huge opera build- ing. Atop this 42-story edifice, said to have more bronze and gold than any other structure in the world, Insull built for himself a six-room pent- house, outfitted with Old English furniture brought from abroad. This was his private club. There he could go after a long, -hard day and relax: into the life of an English gentle-!| man amid the surroundings of his native land. A good host, he had! whisky-and-soda for his guests, though he never drank himself. | * % % ‘ i Here, in a reflective mood, Samuel Insull might look out upon the city, Lipton’s Yellow Label Tea no more? Us perts. Order from Label, it’s the world’s finest, grown and blended by tea exe ker Helen Menken’s face may be her fortune, but when it comes to actual cash the famous Broadway stage star hasn’t got a cent. And besides being broke, she is $20,000 in debt, so she has filed a petition in bankruptcy claiming that the dunning of her creditors is threatening to ruin her artistic career. that he virtually held in the hollow of his hand. Sverything was his; the myriad electric lights that twinkled far below were lighted by Insull power houses; elevated trains that roared through the murky can- yons of skyscrapers were his; gas that coked the evening meal in a million Chicago homes was his; the opera to which a great city turned for intellectual recreation was his; down in the city hall were politicians who cowed before him, in the great Loop were bankers who courted his favors. But that was yesterday. Today is another day. The wreckage of the Insull per- sonal fortune and power is as com- plete as the wreckage of the Insull chain of industry. The penthouse is for rent. So is the luxurious apart- ment on Lake Shore drive. The magnificent country estate—with its stately mansion, sunken gardens, gleaming lakes and graceful swans— is in the hands of his creditors. ‘Cash in With a Tri For that’s about the price difference per cup between cheap teas and the world’s finest— enjoyment per cup. Why take chances when the best costs e Lipton’s Yellow your grocer today. ernor George F. Shafer. The governor, calling attention that the annual roll call of the Red Cross takes place in North Dakota between Oct. 9 and Nov. 25, sald that the People of the state appreciate the as- sistance given by the organization last year when drought struck the north- western part of the state. He said that while this catastrophe is ended, many distressed people in the state will require assistance dur- ing the coming winter. The proclamation: “The annual roll call of the Ameri- can Red Cross -will take place in North Dakota this year between Oct. 9 and Nov. 25. | underway for the distribution through the medium of the Red Cross of flour and cloth for clothing donated by the United States government to aid’ these needy folks. In order to efficiently carry on this relief work, the Red Cross must have the financial, as well as the moral support of all the citi- zens of the state. “Now, therefor, I, Geo. F. Shafer, governor of the state of North Da- kota, do hereby re-designate the American Red Cross as the official relief agency for the state and do urgently appeal to all our people to American Red Cross. “Let us embrace this opportunity to “Last year at this time, many thou-! show our sincere gratitude for the life sands of people in North Dakota were in dire need as a result of the devas- tating drought which struck the north- west with such unparalleled severity. In this great disaster, we appealed to the American Red Cross for emergency aid; that great humanitarian agency Promptly responded, and the complete and satisfactory manner in which it furnished the necessary relief to the entire northwestern section of North saving assistance which the people of our state received through the Red Cross last year. Let us continue our fixed policy of self-help by contribut- ing to the support of the local Red Cross chapters in all parts of North Dakota, and let us through material, as well as sympathetic cooperation, aid the Red Cross in its nation-wide task of helping the victims of disas- ter, wherever they may be, and in Dakota is remembered with profound| addition, those legions of distressed gratitude by all our people. 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