The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-08
new YORK DAY BY DAY

Remember the old story about AL
II. Woods? Woods began his COM
mercial career with a knife board at
the county fairs. That was before he
had the string of prize fighters. A
knife board is an ingenious combina-
ton of pine board, many bone ham
pocketknives, some rings. and
some yokels. The yokels pay a quar-
ter for the privilege of throwing the
rings at the knives. Woods was en-
listing capital in the enterprise.
This" said he. lis a sure thing.
See how ] slant the knives"
Whereupon he gave Il demonstra-
ton. But capital was cautious. You
might run into a lot of sharps," capt.
tai urged.
Gee" said Woods. Take a sport
ing chance. Even il every ring got /:
knife, we'd clean up II cents to the
quarter"
Woods is nov fitting on the crow
as moving picture king of Europe. AS
the head of an American syndicate,
he has contracted for eighteen houses
in the six largest cities of the conti-
ncnt, in which combined vaudeville
and films will he presented. AS rap
be added. Woods will make his head
quarters in Berlin for such time as he
spends on the continent.
In all the discussion of the MINI
mum wage, tho fact has never beef
developed hat Walter Hines Page,
the newly confirmed ambassador to
England, had an experience with it
some time ago.. Miss Antoinettc Gree
ly-daughtcr of General A. w. Gree
lN. who is now conducting the social
service work at the Bush Terminal
told the story the other day. A So
service worker invaded the office
of Doubleday & Page. the publishers.
and talked to Mr.. Doubleday. Next
day he called in the superintendent.
Beginning today" he directed,
every in our employ must re-
ceive at least IS a week."
They're not worth it," said the
superintendent.
But pay it," said Mr.. Doubleday.
We can't afford it, said the sup
erintendent.
Then We'll lose it," said Mr.. Dou-
bledaN. But l do not want to be
talked to again as hat young oma
talked to me. l couldn't think of any
thing else"
The So a week minimum went in
to effect. To every ones surprise the
efficiency of the force was improved.
No one was discharged, but one by
n the less efficient ones dropped out
n those that remained did the work.
BY and by it was cheaper to run the
plant at a minimum of So a week
than it was before there was no mini
num-.
The return of racing recalls to
mind the present preoccupations of
Sol L~ichtenstein, bookmaker. Mr..
Lichtenstein is now engaged in the
rare-book business. One of his Gus
recently brought suit against
u of the books he had bought.
that has no immediate bearing.
Will Sol go back to bookmaking
Or will he De a regular bookseller"
his old friends uptown are wonder
ing.
When ~Lichenstein sat on the high
stool no n took bets larger or took
them faster than he did. 1t is of rec
ord that in n day he stood to lose
100000 on two races. That it isn't
all cream puffs in bookmaking is
proven by the fact than on the first
race he lost 5000, O00. He has shaken
aces out of the box at 500 the ace
all night long. He kept a staff Of
specialists reporting to him what he
ought to know about the conditions
of the horses on the big tracks. He
has two sides to his nature. Night
after night he has attended the auc-
tons at which famous books and pic
ture collections were disposed of. To-
ward morning he would audit the az
counts of the big gambling house of