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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
R. H. DAVIS PET
 STORY Al ODEON "The Last House. With Lillian Gish to Be
 Shown

Richard Harding Davis pet story. 'The Lost House." has been put on the screen and will be shown at the Odeon Two this week as the second of the Mutual masterpieces. Among the stars who are in the cast of the play are Lillian Gish, Wallace Reid, Elmer Clifton, T. A. Fur ner and A. D. Sears
 The story
 Dosia Dale's uncle speculates with her money left in his trust. and losses it. When her twenty-first birthday ap- breaches he tries to save himself by mar rying her. She refuses He locks her up in Dr. Protheroes private insane asylum. They take her clothes and try poisoning her by degrees. She manages to drop a note out of the window. When it is delivered it is discounted as from someone insane. Ford newspaper man. believes in it, however. and locates Dosia by playing My Old Kentucky Homes" in the street on hurdy gurdy till a glove is dropped from a window.
 Telling his pal to bring the police if he is not out by noon the day following, Ford, passing as a navy man with shat tered nerves. is taken into the asylum. In the night he goes to Dosia's room. but is discovered. Barricading himself, he holds off Protheroe and Dosa's uncle. They, in turn, hammer at him and bar out police and militia until the house catches fire. In a wonderful scene Ford and Dosia leap from the fourth story through the flames and are caught in the fire net, while doctor and uncle perish. To bring this thrilling narrative to an attractive conclusion MT. Davis leaves the two young people. not unnaturally, clasped in lovers embrace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Pity Sparrows of Boston

from the New YOrk world.
 Boston is on the brink of melanchoiia. There is fa mine in beans. If the price goes much higher beans will no longer be put into crooks and fed with molasses. They will be set in platinum in rosette of pearls for scarfpins in gold for cuff buttons. and d necklace of perfectly matched leans ought to be worth about sl ,OC0.00o.
 Anyway. beans have gone to 12 cents a pound instead of S--native beans. And New York state beans bring 8 bushel now instead of $2, and the red kidney bean and the yellow-eye are exclusive members of the porr-idge aristocracy, be- ing quoted at s5 bushel The California bean as well. A local merchant who of fered New York bean seller s2.75 a bushel for several carloads was informed that it wasn't worth spending telegraph tolls to discuss the proposition. E In self-deFense, Bostonians may de- eide to boycott the bean and fight the situation with an importation of Phila- delphia scrapIlo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

Positively the greatest galaxy of film satellites ever gathered together in one production will be seen at the Majestic Romance will be on the bill. Marie Dressler is the bright particular star of the production. Charles Chaplin, than whom there is no better comedian on the American stage photo or legitimate, will be prominent in the cast M:a abel Nor mand completes the trio of stars.
 The comedy is in six reels and is with out doubt one of the best ever released for Birmingham. It Is the rfrst ,.me that Charles Chaplin's face has bees shown in a six-reel production. The story:
 Tillie, a country maiden, was throwing blocks of wood for her dog to fetch 10 her Charlie, a city chap, wanders .n:o range and receives an unusually large block in the middle of his face. Tillie, seeing the stranger is in distress, drags him to her home Here the stranger dis covers that Tillie's father has a bank roll. With threats and promises, he induces her to get the money and go to the city with him.
 Their first stop is at cabaret, where Tillie takes the first drink of her young life. Things go along smoothly until they are disturbed by pretty young damsel, named Mabel, who has followed them since their arrival in the big city. She turns out to be Charlie's city girl, and he, on getting hold of the money that Tillie kept on her person, leaves with her.
 Tillie imbibed too freely and was put out into the street. She was then ar rested and thrown into jail Her gaolers, discovering her name to be Tillie Banks, telephone to the big millionaire of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
What Culture Is Not

From Harpers Magazine.
 Let us suppose that We want culture, by which I mean no mere af1ectatlon of knowledge. nor any power of glib speech, or idle command of the fop- peries of art and literature, but. rather. an intelligent interest in the posslbllt- ties of living. Indeed there is no raison d'etre for the college of liberal arts if there is no such desire. We'll what is to be done? Buy a library redecorate the living room, adopt the broad a. enter the whole family in the nearest summer school and take the boys to "Gotterdammerung' instead or to the ball game? Such a method of providing a background in hurry has been tried, with results that our native playwrights have failed to grasp only because their fondness Tor kmelodrama has dulled their seuse or humor.
 And vet, even a college professor can see remedies-partial, to be sure, vet remedies that will bring relief.
 The first is to be honest. If you are content with an education for your children that gives each csrtalh amount of superficial information 10 be acquired while they are mak,ne friends, advancing socially, and pre- parjnr to come out of college good :.mixers." if not educated men and women. why then, be honest about It, teach them to be honest and do not de- oeiye yourself or them into supposing that 1t is culture you are after, or cui- ture that they have got. For some ,,pderrraduates this is tho best; inueed. if is the only course, though for most if is perdition. Some minds can ab- sorb, and some will absorb, no more than a certain measure, even tnousn n deans and faculties and educational journals rage Once they get into col iege, one must make the best or them. The college will sufier. bu, enen eu noe tion has always had to carry dead weight and will continue to do so uI- tiI some new economic order makes 1t necessary for every one to work Tor a living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
By ELLIS c. HoLLUMs
SUNSHINE MOLLY AT
 ODEON Z THIS WEEK
Lois Weber and Philip Smally in a Great
 Production

l Featuring Lois Weber and Philip Small | Icy, Sunshine Molly" Bosworth pro- duetion of immense proportions, will be | shown at the Odeon Two this week. The play was written by Alice Bradley and is powerful story of the oil fields of the west with vein of delightful comedy running throughout. Some remarkable scenes are shown, and it was found nec- essary to purchase property in the oil region in order to make parts of the play.
 The settings of the different interiors from the dining room and kitchen of the workmen in Oilfield to the magn.-.cent O'Brien mansion in the city are all ab- solutely true to life in every way and exceptionally realistic
 Sunshine Molly first enters the ac- tion of the play when she comes to the oil town in search of work. Her first good deed is to help old Pete. whom she had met on the road, to carry his heavy bundle. She is seen to do this by "Bull'' Forrest Old Pete shows her the board ing house, and she asks for a position there.
 Mrs. O'Brien and her daughter, Patsy, slovenly girl, who have to do all the work, are tired out and, seeing in Molly willing worker hire her, and she searts in at once. "Bull' Forrest enters the dining room at this juncture and an- nounced there's a new female in town He is reproved by Old Pete as Molly en- ters with food for the table. In a spirit of bravado, Bull" pinches her She promptly breaks a plate over his head. He leaves the dining room in a rage.
 Mrs. OBrien engages a professional matchmaker to find a man of family to marry her daughter. He succeeds and the O'Brens attempt to break into so- ciety. The Widow Budd takes the boarding house and falls hopelessly in love with all her boarders.
 Mrs. OBrien announces the engage ment of her daughter and plans for reception. Old Pat, her husband, thinks it will be good opportunity to give his oronies of the oil field a treat, so he in- vited them to be present.
 Everything was going smoothly and Mrs. O'Brien was elated at the success of her party, when who should walk in but the workmen from the, oil fields. She is mortified. Old Pat becomes angry be- cause his friends are not welcomed and leaves the house. Mrs. 'Brien is in sore straits, the fiance of her daughter de- marding a marriage dowry before the ceremony is performed.
 "Bulf' finally wins Molly for his wife, through series of exciting incidents that keep the interest keyed to the highest pitch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

'"The Outcast, a four reel drama by Thomas Nelson Page, famous American author and present ambassador to Italy, will be one of the offerings at the Odeon Two this week. It is a Mutual master notables as Mae Marsh and Robert Har- ron Mary Alden and Ralph Lewis also have prominent parts in the play.
 The story:
 The story shows Mae Marsh as a danc- ing girl in resort where her sweetheart, Bob, is working as waiter. Graves, a cheap sport, inquiries about her and learns that nothing is known of her an tecedents. Later he pursues the girl to her room and is shot by her. Bob flees. as he is paroled prisoner and feels he cannot take a chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Retreating Romance

From the Chicago JOurnai
 One by one the abodes of romance and mystery-likewise of discomrors and barbarism-get progressive ana ,ass away. The last place to join the procession appears to be Bangkok, capital of Siam, and home of the sacred white elephant.
 Perhaps that elephant still trumpets from the royal gardens. but he soon will be transferred to zoo and become a spectacle instead of a holy emblem For Bangkok not only has installed an electric power station but IS uslns '.e surnlus current of daylight hours so run rice mills. In the presence of that sort of "efficiency" old time romance sickens and dies.
 It's loss is not without compensation to he sure. Electric fans. for example, must be handy to place like Bangkok. whose average temperature through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

Just take your shoes off and then put those weary. shoe-crinkled, aching, burn ing, corn-pestered, bunion-tortured feet of yours in "ITZ'' bath. Your toes will wrggle with joy; they'll look up at you and almost talk and then, they'll take an- other dive in that 'TIZ" bath.
 When your feet feel like Jumps of lead all tired out-just try ''TIZ" It's grand its glorious. Your feet will dance with joy; also you will find all pain gone from corns, callouses and bunions.
 There's nothing like ''TIZ' It's the only remedy that draws out all the poisonous exudations which puff up your feet and cause foot torture.
 Get a 25-cent box of '"rIZ at any drug or department store-don't wait. An! how glad your feet get; how comfortable your shoes feel You can wear shoes a size smaller if you desire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Labeled

From the Seattle Star
 He--I wonder what the meaning of that picture is? The youth and the maiden are in tender attitude.
 She-Oh, don't you see? He has just asked her to marry him. How sweet! What does the artist call the picture?
 He (looking about-Oh, I see-it's writ ten on the card at the bottom-''Sold. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Enough Said

From London Opinion. Naval Recruiting Officer tto actor
 who has applied to join the naval re-
 serve)--And what experience have you kadP -l4 Actor-Quite considerable. l was two years a midshipman in "H. M. $. Pin afore," a lieutenant in half dozen plays and an admiral in "The Chinese Honeymoon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

The girl giveh her young attorney a locket with her mothers picture in it, saying she was told to bring it to the attention of a noted lawyer. This law yer agrees to testify before Judge Lewis, noted as a hard hearted jurlst, that Macs past has made her irresponsible. Called to court Mae pleads seif-defense Bob comes forward to corroborate her, but it is brought out before Judge Lewis that the young man is a paroled prisoner. Mae is found guilty.
 The old lawyer comes forward and when he shows the judge the loclet the judge collapses. The screen then shows in restrospect Lewis love affair with Macs mother, whom he deserted before Mae, their daughter, was born. The last scenes show the old lawyer at his coun- try home receiving Bob and Mae, on whom another judge has suspended sen tence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Monkey in Irons

From the Chicago Tribune.
 New York.-A monkey from the Pana- manian jungle arrived on the United Fruit Line steamship Tenadores from Colom- bian ports, Colon and Kingston
 Jack who was thus named by the crew, officers and passengers of the ship as soon as he broke loose and began to make trouble for folks arrived in irons.
 He was the especial charge of Dr. R. Van Kenkenstam ships surgeon, and re- puted Dutch count, who was bringing him north to friend. Ships discipline would not allow pr. Van Renkenstam's charge to be interviewed. So the surgeon told about him.
 Jack is not destined to an affectionate household career, as he was when he came aboard. Instead he may spend his days in some zoo and a cage
 For Jack, when the ship was couple of hundred miles out of Jamaica, left his lair in the apothecary's shop. He ex- p;ored the engine room, stateroom pas sa geways and battered about on deck. The doctor, Purser John Murray, many of the crew and passengers joined the pursuit But Jack eluded everyone until the purser made net with which he was cornered.
 pr. Van Renlxenstam put Jack back in the apothecary shop and in so doing was bitten in the hand several times Now Dr. Van Renkenstam has monkey to dispose of and is anxiously watching ms swollen hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
AMONG THE LOCAL PHOTOPLAY HOUSES
GOVERNORS LADY ID BE SHOWN AT ODEON Birmingham Girl to Appear in BelascO's Great
 Success

Belasco's great modern American suc. cess, "The Governors Lady" in whicl Misses Edith Wynee Mathison appears for the first time in photo-drama, tells the story of an ambitious man who sud denly acquires wealth and feels that the wife, who shared his poverty, cannot adapt herself to the new surroundings. It will be shown at the Odeon Two this week.
 This man, who is a type of some Amer jeans who attain success. becomes in- fatuatee with a senator's daughter, a girl who does not love him but, through am- bition, is impelled in his direction. The faithful wife, however. refuses to give him the divorce necessary to per init him to marry the other woman, thus preventing him from suffering the full penalty of his own folly.
 In the end, the husband, having won the position of governor, finds that hon ors are empty without his wife. He pleads with her and she finally agrees to take her proper place as "The Governors Lady"
 Tn ddition to Miss Mathson, the com pany includes James Neil, Tom Forman, Theodore Roberts and Mae Allison. Miss Allison is a former resident of Birming ham. and her many friends here doubt less would like to see her on the screen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
WEEKS PROGRAMME AT LOCAL MOVIES"
OdeOn Two

Monday" "Dan.' with Lew Dockstader. Tuesday-"Sunshine Molly" with Lois Weber and Philip Smaley.
 Wednesday-"Th Lost House. with Lillian Gish and Wallace Reid.
 Thursday-"The Outcast,' With Mae Marsh and Robert Harron.
 Friday and Saturday-"The Governors s Lady" with Edith Wynne Mathison and Mae Allison, who is a Birmingham girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

out the year is about S1 degrees Fah- renheit. But what knight ever waited for an electric fan when rescuing his lady love from a mysterious zenaIa, and what fun is there in raiding a Sultans treasure that is guarded by white corbras? Alas and alack' Ro- nance has departed from Bangkok and the geographical novelist is driven from one more stronghold of the iinag- ination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Majestic

All Week-''Tilie's Punctured Ro- mance," with Marie Dressler, Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand. One of the greatest comedy films ever produced.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-11
State News and Comment

The agricultural college will open
on Sept. %, registration beginning on
Sept. 20.
Lewis Backstrom, formerly OF Cas-
SETON, was found dead at the foot OF
a 60.foot bluff in Minneapolis. Au'
thorities believe he met with foul
play.
The contract for the new dairy
barn at the state hospital has been
awarded to AL. %Jorgenson and Parker
Klarquist of jamestown, for S3,36S.
The building is to be &c by 100 feet,
8 inches, with l2-foot posts, cement
floor. Iron stanchions, ventilators,
%cupolas, ETC., will be supplied By the
state and the building made modern
in every way.
The city of Minot will conduct an
employment bureau during the har'
vestting aid %threshing season. 1t
will be under the jurisdiction and con
troll of the police department and the
Headquarters will be in the police sta
ton of the city hall. There will be
no fees to either the man who wants
to secure help or the man who wants
a job. The purpose is to provide the
farmers Of this section of the state
with help, if they desire to use the
facilities of the city bureau, and to
give the honest men who come to the
city looking for work a chance to Sc
cure it without cost.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-11
Toll OF The World War

servia-Killed. $4,000; wounded.
III, 1000; prisoners and missing.
10000; total casualties. 226,OOo.
Turkey-Killed, $4,000; wounded.
10000; prisoners and missing.
4 10000; total casualties. $4,000.
Unparalleled, 800; wounded, 80;
prisoners and missing, none; total
casualties, 1910.
Grand total - Killed, 2,22S,300;
wounded. 4,s37.51o; prisoners and
missing. 1.705,00 total casualties.
S,770,S10.
According to the foregoing figures.
the casualties outnrmber the popu.
lation Of Pennsylvania, which was
given as 1861! in the census Of
1910.
The number Of dead alone exceeds
the combined population Of Phila.
delphia (1,549. 00S, and Pittsburgh
(533,905), and the number Of
wounded is more than half the popu.
lation Of Pennsylvania.
The Russian losses which are esti-
mated at 3,4S5,00 are more than
double the population Of Phila-
delphia. while the German losses,
the next largest, are also greater
than the population Of that city
Kansas City Star.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-11
STRANGER THAN FICTION.

Victor Hugo's bishop, the delightful
character in Les Miscrables, is re
called by the case Of Rev. William
Graham, pastor of St. Patrick's Cath
olic church, Pittsburg.
He prefers the life of a lumble
wearer of the cloth to a legacy o.
$15,000,000.
81 have no desire to add to my bur
dens a lot of wealth that would brine
me no satisfaction he said. Il ar
by no means rich, but ] have erougt
worldly goods for my physical needs
and besides, l am nearly 60 years old
Why should a rheumatic old mar like
me choose to spend the rest Of hi:
days on earth under the weight o
SO much money? Give it to my poo
relatives, who need it"
Verify, life is stranger than fiction
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-11
LIBELING FARGO.

Bismarck made a hit with the coun'
ty treasurers and compliments Of the
capital city's progress were heard on
all sides. There is no city in the
state where growth has been more
rapid and more substantial. Vital
statistics show it to be one OF the
healthiest cities in North Dakota.
The SNUG reference made recently
by the Courier-News that Bismarck
is not a popular city, is hardly found
ed upon fact. Nor are such state
ments becoming to the Ga" City,
which draws considerable trade !com
the Slope district. The capital city
has no quarrel with any hamlet, vii
lage, town or city in the state. 1t re-
joices in their growth and prosperity.
IT'S vision As not limited. Unlike
the Courier,News, the Tribune knows
of no places in North Dakota that
are not justly popular. One section
of this great commonwealth cannot
AFFORD to belittle the other. All have
a community of interests. AS one
district grows and prospers, its boun
ty benefits us all.
The Tribune knows that the Cour
ier.News does not reflect the senti
ment of Fargo and its commercial in
terests when it seeks to belittle Bis
marck. What would Fargo be with
out the prosperous Slope country
Keen observers know this. The mar
row, provincial tone Of the Courier
News hardly adorns the progressiv'
spirit, of Fargo.
Bismarck is proud that the stat
has such a thriving city as Fargo
1t believes there is a great futur
ahead for the Gate City. The Trit
une feels that no city lives unto il
self alone, however exclusive tn
Courier-News seeks to make Fargo.
But the Courier-News libels its cit
when it belittles other sections G
the state.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-11

as well allow England to issue clear
ance papers for every merchantmen
that leaves our ports. The situation
could be no more humiliating than
1t is now.
England has a deep underlying mo.
tive in her trade embargo. She de-
sires to wage war but still maintain
her maritime advantage over other
nations. Her embargo successfully
prevents this nation from winning
back the merchant marine she had
before the Civil war.
England imposes an in%tolerablc
restriction upon the trade of this ma.
ton. In time it will be more dis
astrous to us than the submarine at
lacks of Germany. The time is COM
ing when tie Wilson administration
will be forced to weigh the sins OF
England and Germany in the same
balance. The two situations cannot
be treated separately. They both in
volve the freedom Of the seas and in
a manner that vitality affects the vel
fare of this nation. England, as we'll
as Germany, must recognize interna-
tional rules and regulations. This
nation is not so muci concerned with
the severity of the violation as with
the vital Importance of treating both
viOlators alike.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-11

Casualties IN the world war, ex-
elusive of those in the Italian army
and navy have reached the enor-
nous total Of S,770,s1o, according to
computations contained in an ap-
peal issued in London by the French
Relief Society. The figures. which
were compiled from oficial reports
Of losses up to June 1. show that
2,22S,300 men have been killed and
4,S37,510 have been wounded. The
detailed estimates follow:
France-Killed, 100000; wounded,
100000; prisoners and missing,
100000; total casualties. 100000.
Great Britain - Killed 10000;
wounded, 229,O00; prisoners and
missing, $4,000; total casualties,
428. 1000.
Russia-Killed, $4,000; wounded,
100000; prisoners and missing,
10000, total casualties, 3.4S5.oO0.
Germany-Killed, $4,000: wound
ed. $4,000; prisoners and missing,
$4,000; total casualties, 1,567.000.
Austria-Killed. 341,000; wound.
ed, 711,000; prisoners and missing.
$4,000; total casualties, 1,235,000.
Belgium-Killed, $4,000; wounded,
100000; prisoners and missing.
10000; total casualties, 247,000.