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budding, but she felt like picking
lp' friend husband.
~ was speaking OF my fathers side
OF the house threw my rice pud
ding up against It once. when | was
boy. Rice pudding may have run
in the veins OF your side OF the house,
but our side OF the house,
"OA, don't talk nonsense" inter-
rupted Mrs, Jarr. II don't see how
you can come home and talk lot OF
Stiffness at a time like this, when the
whole world Is at war"
Coming home crying wouldn't stop
the big fuss" MIR, Jarr declared. But
as cannot do anything personally at
this t,me to stop the campaigns Of
ruthlessness, I'm going TO be as blithe
and gay as possible not 70 the point
of offending any one, however. Al
though | will say that theatre man
ayers and cabaret proprietors make
me mad by playing the star Spangled
| Banner FIVE or six times every eve
ming. | think it's all right TO show
my reverence. but think they
cheaper our national anthem, and |
do not think 1t is the higher patriot
ism 10 have to get up and yell when
a fat young female person comes out
In tights and dinky little blue
Jacket waving a flag; and an actor
dressed like Uncle Sam, with his face
painted red and a palpably false chin
beard and a wig, leads out a hatchet
faced man wearing spectacles. a frock
coat and a silk hat-thatis he doesn't
wear the silk hat, he carries it--and
is supposed to represent our Presl-
7ent"--
MY gracious" interjected Mrs
Jarr. what a nice state OF mind Ia
come home int knew your smile
was all put on"
The evening world., 1917-02-28
Julius Rosenwad Genius of the Mail order Business, Dele
gated to Handle This Important Work n Need Should
Arse-Hop He Got His Opportunity in Life
and What He Did With IL.
By James {. Young.

amid flowers and trailing vines. Any
one of his twenty thousand employees
may look out OF any window in the
big establishment and ind somethiu (
pleasing to rest the eye upon. Each
one of those employees has a share In
the profits OF the business after a
reasonable apprenticeship. And every
individual i'm the organization enjoys
unusual opportunities for recreation,
good health and the pursuit of happi-
II ss, which is one way of mixing
business with sentiment,
No chapter I'm the romance q
American business bears more vivid
imprint than the story OF julius kos-
rnwuld's rise from pcddlcr To million
aire. lie WAS born in Springfield H.,
hfty-hve y ars ago, the son Of a
clothing dealer By the time that he
was ten, young Rosenwald had begun
to sell things, going from door u
door. Rut he found that many ped
dlcrs OF staple articles had heen
ahead of him, and sales were hard t
make, So he cast about IN search OF
novelty that would appeal To the
Imagination, thrOmOs were then just
coming into favor and he promptlS
adopted Chromos for his own, TheS
sold well ana his business throve.
when tn" boy merchant haC
reached the manly age Of sixteen h'
camo to New York city and went tC
work in a wholesale clothing house
There he continued for tive years
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buy certain foodsuffs the candaousy high prices
manded have caused sharp drop many Of those prices
Chicken for which dealers asked thirty pound last
Friday could be bought yesterday for twenty The price
down 100 cent from last weeks figure potatoes
now sell for cents a pound.
So far, good But is this the only way keep food prices from
jumping higher and higher levels? Must have constantly
ring boycots demonstrations food Investigations merely
force food supplies for the being speculative
normal channels Of distribution?
Is the food gambler necessary evl Must his manipuaons
forever disturb the relations Of supply and demand render hope
less all attempts get the
food prices?
To admit it would be admit that though public power
enforce its right and adequate performance
various public services by private corporations il has power
how its food shall be handled protect itself against
schemes Of food purveyors who find profitable from
sarve exploit it,
Food Commissioners appointed emergencies buying
food for public SALE contemplated bill introduced Albany
Yesterday do nothing toward removing the fundamental
the trouble they supposed The for the
people New York and their legislators seriously
work n simple question:
How ought the distribution Of food a community Of 5000
people to be regarded? Rather regulated public
less open private gamble?
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y Lotharo would Ntharo Kitten q
h old lady" pahecay thing but tenish old gentleman
is positively henous.
him. welgroomed welfed
decorated with bouonniere
delightful
INSIST
would calling "kidde and Baby ne
would
On a
he the boys"
polish
L a II
gentleman Age wither
tom
would remember THIS he could De
old he loses his his
and
he
sxbut thousand
he
beautiful
may be lovabe But there Is
should
girl which each should stop trying TO be
dgnhed delightful
in
OF much difference between
OF
old lady An old dog can't learn new
fooh
the
elderly laro loses ms char
nd mist
The evening world., 1917-02-28
BY Augustin NIcNally.

nAM JONES is OF too recent mem
ory 10 properly have place
in a series dealing with great
revivalists OF former days, II the in
tentlon were 10 hew straight to the
line. But 1t would be an unpardon-
able blunder to come down to the
times OF Moody and Sankey and ap-
pear to Ignore the work OF our most
popular preacher,
There are ffty-odd stories told OF
how Sam Jones went backward at an
alarming pace. stopped suddenly,
turned about and forced himself up
the mountain with the help OF God
and will OF iron. Some OF these
stories are fiction. Only this is true
that Sam Jones was once hard
drinker. though no slave to the habit
How long he kept this up is not inn
portant. At his fathers deathbed he
vowed TO stop drinking and he did
That's one side OF Sam Jones. This
is the real sam Jones: lie was a
Georgian and he became Methodist
minister.
His grandfather had charge OF a
small congregation two or three miles
away from Cartersvlle, Ga. ono day
ho had q sore throat and decided tC
stay indoors. lie sent for Sam ant
| Sam started in with all tho vlgor anC
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Great Rev ival lists
Of Former Day S
No. YII.-Sdnl Jones.

enthusiasm Of the new preacher. He
preached sermon that shocked.
amused, then brought that rural con-
grcgation 10 its knees. The shock
was caused by Sans flinglng to the
winds all tho acquired traditions OF
Methodist conservatism In speech.
Mere grammar meant nothing TO him.
Slang words and phrases, commas,
cOlOns, scmi-colons and dashes wera
his powerful and effective weapons.
They were amused by the witty
stories with which he illustrated his
scrmOn-and they were brought u
their knees by his urgent appeals.
That was forty years ago. No,
long after that first sermon he
earned the reputation of a revival
list OF tremendous pathos, whose
homely, straight-from- the shoulder
talks brought thousands to the peni-
tent seats. There Is no question
about the novelty of the methods
sam employed to drive home a les
| son. and there Is no question OF hls
/ indulging in slang, but exaggerated
/ descriptions OF his original methods
| has Cheapened the work of the real
| revivalist and given us n circus per
! former and a hard, unchanglng Se-
! former rather than a soul-saver.
/ sam Jones was essentially a soul
/ saver
lie preached 10 above a million
| people during the last five years OF
his work. In the hills OF South Caro-
. Ina he was mountaineer.
cit God into your hearts, bows
he told his rough and ready consre-
CATION, and there amt no place short
OF hell for the devil. I'm Just a
Georgia cracker II any OF these div .
Unity bucks tell you Sam Jones is
u. u. that means I'm n devil driver" +"
In the drawing rooms OF the South
he was a man who respected the dig
nifty of his auditors. He preached
all through the South and the Far
West and often came 10 Northern
towns and cities. No town was roo
small for him so long as II had one
saloon and two sinners, He pitched a
tent in the fields ana gathered tina
country folk about him. He smoke
In specially built tabernacles to from
ten to fifteen thousand. Tobacco ware
houses were converted into taber-
nncles and opera houses and audi
forums were used tor overflow audi
enCes.
The number Of men Sam turnad
away from barrooms and set uu
4 among Their fellOw-men as respec.
table citizens will never be known
lie died suddenly, in 1905, on a rail.
road train. The South mourned him
as It has mOurned no man in recent
times, lie would jump out OF hlI
grave II anybody called him /" mt.
ly" We give him that when hs
would prize most when we claim min
for our own Sam Jones, the man VIZ
once said, "rhe devil can run a mile
while the church is putting on III
boots"
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expanding at a rate that made more
capital an imperative need. r, w.
Sears, who was then the sole ownsr,
decided that MIR. Rosenwald would
make a good partner, and proposed
that the latter should enter the busi-
ness. which he did, buying n half in
terest with another man for $40, 900,
Since the retirement Of Mr.. Sears
i'm 1908 Mr., ROscnwald has been In di-
rect charge OF the business, and II ls
under his supervision that its great
est progress has been made. lie has
frequently figured in the public eye
through has interest In civic. educa-
tional and philanthropic undertake
ings, being "A liberal supporter OF
many institutions.
Mr.. Rosenwald's presence on the
Civilian Advisory Commission was
made desirable because OF his unusual
experience IN handling a large vol
ume OF merchandise. Should war
come, It would be his special duty t.
provide adequate supplies for al
needs, truly task equal to the man
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saving enough money TO open
clothing store of his own on Fourth
Avenue. nhe venture proved a sue
cess, and the slender capital OF young
ltos"nwald commenced to grow. a
little later he heard about "A man on
gagged In the manufacture OF summer
clothing who had more orders than
he could NIL.
cant MI his orders" Rosenwald
said to himself THAT must be a
good business"
II was not long until he had sold
his store and started to manufacture
summer clothing in Chicago, where
the thing had not been tried Aftc~
a struggle, the enterprise went along
amazingly well, and by the time OF
Mr. ROsenwald's retirement from the
concern in 1895 IT had become busi-
ness OF considerable Importance. In
the year last named he started Ia
manufacture complete line Of cloth
ing, and Sears, Roehuck & Co. gave
him a large part Of their orders.
Tho Sears, RoebuCk enterprise was
The evening world., 1917-02-28
r-aIsr for EmpIONers.

10 ths Eoys.E q The Eyn,ng Norid
AZ CONSTANT readers ana admirers
Oi yoSr uplifting editorials, would
great. appreciate your effort 20
bring before the public eve an excel
ant example for business men on the
question OF How 10 treat employees
The firm OF Brenner Brothers OF
No. 60 pivis.ed Street Sew York,
Clty, aside from the liberal bonuses
given to their one hundred and
twenty-five employees, Sew Years
Eve, called special meeting Feb.
20, 1917 Announcement was made
that all salaries would bs Increased
from 10 per cent, To Is per cent, CT
feCtiva this date.
In appreciates OF their Just treat
ment we, tho employees OF Brenner
BrShers, through our committee, cN-
press our unanimous vote of thanks
We earnestly believe the question
Of cooperation between employer and
employees would be practically solN ~
were all business men 10 treat their
employees with the same amount of
consideration.
In part OF his brief and pointed adj
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Letters From tn e eople

dress, Mr. Phillip Brenner said; "Our
action ls but Il lifting tribute TO our
employees falthfulneSs
Tha committee would deem II "A
great favor " you viii find space In
your valuable paper for this article,
(SignedD,
BREN NER BROS EMPLOY EES'
ASSOCIATIONS.
Committee
IRVING GOLDMAN
HERMAN =. SENCER
MISS NJ, MAISBl.
JOSEPH FRANK
iesI Tie IL a Citiueh.
To the Edito1 q IN. Even,ns World
Can a young man who was born
and brought up In this country vote
n his father was born IN Germany
ana has never taken out his citizens
papers? r.. H.
First Papers Good seven Wears.
To the I'd tor ~ TNe E'onnE World
Is II necessary to obtain frs
| papers to become naturalized, havinl
] taken out same siN years ago, hu
failed TO get second papers1 l. 7,
The evening world., 1917-02-28

The New York Evening Work..
CGN-TELIp how did things go to.
w day, old LADY," asked MIR,
Jarr gayly-for it was this
best OF husbands went TO greet his
wife, upon his homecoming, with a
smile
Mrs, Jarr did not smile back, She
had that wifely instinct which i'm
PEELED her to believe that a man
should not come home smiling quite
SO broadly-it was as though he had
been having too good a time all day
all for housework $ "A fcarsome thing
TO those that participate and all be
holders. On the other hand. Mrs.
Jarr would have been pccved, per-
haps, II Mr.. Jarr had come home
and had not spoken and smiled
gayly ON the threshold.
"What has saddened Etnylyn's
gladsome nature?" asked Mr., Jarr,
as he received a tepid kiss "there's $
been no food riots up this way,
trow."
"Thero was food riot when
wanted the children TO eat cold rice
pudding At luncheon why do chill
dren dislike rice pudding, when it is
so healthy y-and, compared to other
things cheap" she added.
search me" Mr., Jarr declared, "a
guess they inherit It from their
grandfather's side OF the house"
"What do you mean by inheriting a
dislike for rice pudding from thoiI
grandfather's side Of the house? My
father was very fond OF rice pudding
| | remember that distinctly"
Mrs Jarr did not remember It dis,
F unctiy, she remembered nothing thai
rnnoled her lato father with ric'
The evening world., 1917-02-28

. = A'AAAHN ~ HAA'
day But that
would seem 10 de-
pend a good deal
on the kind OF
sentiment that ls
meant j uliu =
Roscnwald, presi-
dent OF Sears,
Rocbuck & co..
the largest retail
merchandising or
gauization I'm cX-
istence, "A n d a
member Bl { n g.
The evening world., 1917-02-28
To-Day's Anniversary

NHANY veterans OF the South
V African war will celebrate
"Ladysm!th Day" to-day, this
being the seventeenth anniversary OF
the relief OF the starving garrison
which had withstood a siege OF llS
days. When the relieving column on
tered Ladysmith the men Of tho gar
rison presented a strange spectacle.
The late Richard Harding Davis, one
The evening world., 1917-02-28

II man and all of the higher animals
the nervous system centres in the
brain. and life is dependent upon
the condition OF the brain. so that the
slightest injury to 1t means death or
arrangement OF faculties. But In the
case OF the worm and other creatures
OF the lower kind, the nervous TISSUES.
are distributed over the body, and
do not centre in the head. So that
worm may be cut in half and still
live
The evening world., 1917-02-28

OF the correspondents present, wrote
They were in clean khaki, pipe
clayed and brushed and polished, but
their tunics hung on them as loosely
as the flag around its pole; the skin
on their cheek bones was as tight and
as yellow as the belly of a drum;
their teeth protruded through
cracked, parched lips; and hunRer,
fever and suffering stared from OUT
their eyes."
The evening world., 1917-02-28

not nave time 70 Know 40 munh about
her neighhors Memphis CONNER
Appeal.
Appetite selects means 10 satisfy
itself; hunger takes anything within
reach,--Albany journal.
Chicago has u school OF robbers, We
are told Reports don't specify
whether II Is a school Tor dentists
plumbers or lawyers, -- Milwaukee,
News
The evening world., 1917-02-28

This Is the nm IN series Of drti-
clcs telling lchO the men are Hdt Uldk"
up the Cirilidn Advisory com mission.
appointed TO hClD the GOuCrnmcnt IN
ipObHiziHO 4 AmcriCd's resources.
((D USINESS aud s'ntimcnt don't
~ 90 together" according 10
~ OF the most familiar
The evening world., 1917-02-28
Hits From Sharp wits

There are few old fashioned mis-
te-s" left. Nearly every man Is a
guy" TO the modern yOuth.-Toledo
Blade.
Capital punishment may be n little
TOO severe for a murderer but not for
The fellow who walks on your feet In
the street car.--Pittsburgh Gazette
Times.
A woman Who knows herself does
The evening world., 1917-02-28

new Civilian Advisory Commission, is
a man who mixes sentiment VIVA
business,
II IL sentiment that has led him
20 surround the sears, Noehu'N
plants I'm Chicago, covering many
acres, with beautiful gardens IN
which miniature Greek temples nestle
The evening world., 1917-02-28

lusons and enthusiasm with which he started out IN
life, and a lot OF gathered by the way The
Oldest know is just twenty-one He is so base.
and cynical and word-weary!
1t takes long time for the cream TO rise to the
top"-and maturity gives creamy richness to The
qualities OF a mans mind, a polish to his manners,
ripeness his thoughts tenderness to his attitude
toward women which make blatant youth seem crude
and awkward Age should improve a man as It doesg
wine cheese But this is true only the assump-
ton that the man has mind to start with. The elder
The evening world., 1917-02-28

II is suggested that the big German the
that trench warfare In be abandoned war
fare Of notion We notice the motion
Berlin
The evening world., 1917-02-28
Some Misunderstood Men
I BY The vss publahng Co. 1he New Y0rl Evening woid
The ELderLN LOthdriO.
By Helen Rowland 81

rTIE fascinating fyeght The dulest
| uninteresting know is just twenty-eight
The youngest know is just seventy. He has all IN
The evening world., 1917-02-28

Record Prices for Hogs. Headline.
Also some record hogging OF prices.
The evening world., 1917-02-28
THE REAL QUESTION.

UBLlClTY and the flat refusal of increasing numbers Of peop
buy certain oodsuffs at the scandaousy high prices
manded have caused sharp drop Of those prices
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-01
Hawley Wedding
Pretty Affair

A large number OF friends from
both Fargo and Moorhead. also from
Perley. Mimi. Fergus Falls. Mimi. and
the Hawley vicinity were present We'd
nesday noon at the marriage OF Miss
Ida Ronsberg and John T. Johnson OF
Fargo, which took place at the home Of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ole J..
Ronsberg, ten miles from Hawley.
Several guests were also present from
a greater distance, being Rev. and
Mrs. ]. o. Ronsberg OF Conrad. Mont.
Miss Ida Haarstad OF Dexter, Mimi,
and Rudolph Haarstad of Lacrosse,
Wash. -...
The local guests were Mr.. and Mrs
l.. @. Skiold, the former a half-broth-
er Of the bridegroom, Walter o.
Skiold. Gerhard NJ. Skiold, DR.. and
Mrs. w. r. Addison and family, Mr..
and Mrs J. p. Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Bergland, Mrs. Fred Moen. 8. r.
Aase, Gilbert Gilbertson. Mrs. r. H.
Corrie. and Misses Anna Sundfor.
Anna and Clara Solem, Esther Bernt-
sen, Inga Rynning, Inga Nordhaug
and Pearl F1amer. all of Fargo: Mr..
and Mrs. .Adolph Bowman, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. g. Dosland and Miss Beatrice
Peterson. all of Moorhead.
The Ronsberg home was prettily
decorated in pink and white. and fol-
lowing the ceremony a three-course
dinner was served. The bride was
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-01
Physical Training
Demonstration At
A. c.. This Evening

Social dancing for two hours will
follow an annual physical training
demonstration that is to be staged at
the A. G. armory this evening under
the direction OF Miss Marie KAN
meyer, who has that work among the
A. G. girls in charge. Music. that will
add to the pleasure Of the spectators,
will be furnished by an A. c. Or
chestra directed by DIR. G.. s. Putnam.
The program follows:
High school sophomores:
Military TacticS-College and high
school classes.
DR.. Sargents Drill-Strike hand over
head, under r and l. knee, alternating
and Advancing; archery, charge toward
and backward, reverse; steamboat;
swimming: diving; jumping and turn
ing; breathing; bowling; putting the
shot; wood chopping; chicken wing; on
your mark, get set-goi
Athletic Dance-Jumping Jack, col
lege.
Folk Dancing-High school fresh
men: Hey Diddle Diddle: Hickory Dick
DRY Doch; Tafty Was Welshman; Lit
tie Bo-peep.
A Days Order-college.
Esthetic Dance-Little Gavotte.
Folk Dancing-High school fresh
Patriotirm-College.
Games-High school classes; Fox and
Geese; Japanese Tag; Shuttle Race
Basketball Relay.
Dance of the Flowers-ColIege.
Walking Contest-Points: Carriage
of shoulders and head, and foot placing.
Presentation of prizes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-01

Glee club.
Highland Fling, in Scottish costumes
First year physical education dan
cling class of the college, numbering
eight.
Solo dance, An Offering to Vulcan.
God of Fire Miss Marjorie Cook. in
effective Grecian costume of red. and
with the effect Of fire as a beautiful
complement to the dance.
DumbbelI drill-second year ply
steal education class, in regular gym
nasium costumes of blue boomers and
white middies.
Selection by Fargo College orchestra.
Matinee waltz-Second year dancing
class, in ballet costumes.
Song, Greeting To Spring. (Strauss)
Fargo College Girls Glee club.
May pole dance-Sixteen college
girls in Grecian costumes of variegat-
ed colors, who at the close of the
dance formed an arch under which the
Nav queen and her attendants passed
on their way to the library building
to attend the ensuing reception.
Honor guests at the festival and
reception were the senior classes of
the Fargo and Moorhead high schools
and Fargo college academy, and
dainty refreshments in keeping with
the occasion were served in the libra
nv building. The latter was appropri-
ately decorated for the occasion. The
reception plans were in charge of the
group known as the deans cabinet,
Misses Eta Shaver, chairman, Martha
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-01
Junior Dept, Dakota Conservatory,
Delights Big Audience at Festival

Berkeley Minnie. Harold Henning.
Merrick Bierman. Lee Brooks. Rosen-
dale Iverson, John Porter. Gordon
Bestic, Ray Flodstrom. John AkeleAs
Lloyd Lykken and Joseph BIakesIee.
A girls trio. Dance OF the Flowers,
(Holst), forty eight hands at the eight
pianos. was played by Katherine Ham
mes. Eloise McArdle. Dorothy Clark,
Grace Crowl, Helen Watkins, Helen
Olson, Sybil Olson. Gladys Whitney,
Dorothy Kopelman, Marguerite Lemi-
eux. Dorothy Beckwith. Blanche Talbot,
Irene Jepson, Dora Mellen, Alvina
Bengtson. Adele Wood. Helen Frater.
Esther Selness. Isabel Johnston,
Vivian Young, Geraldine Ewald, Helen
Bowers, Cora Hogan and Florence
Hawkins.
Another very effective picture was
formed by those taking part In. the
playlet, The Call of the Sunbeams, for
which the pretty words and music
were written by Mrs Jessie Jepson
Remington, of the Western School OF
Expression. Mary Klinsman, Evelyn
Blakeslee and Margaret Alsop took the
part OF the sunbeams, who with the
assistance of simulated bird calls from
all over the hall, summoned from their
imitation flower beds these blossoms:
Evelyn Pull. Virginia Miller, Audrey
mae Miller, Ruth BOerth, Hazel Stone.
Agnes Rydgren, Dagne Berntson. Alice
Bergerson, Jesselyn Nelson, Naoma
Monahan, Mildred Ludwigson, Vivian
Hattie. Pearl Backer, Signe Luther
Marion Gasaway. Marjorie Coen, Joyce
Matters and Thelma Lagreed.
The sunbeams gave a pretty dance
and solo song parts were taken by
Marjorie Gullickson, as the Gardener:
Ruth Boerth as Daffodil, and Gordon
Bestic as Poppy. Garden scenery had
been borrowed from the Orpheum
theatre for this feature, and the chill
dren all wore caps representing a large
variety of flowers.
Another violin solo was featured on
the program. Allegretto, (Seitz), play
ed by Evangeline Burneson.
Just preceding the closing number
was a boys duet, Marche Militaire
(Schubert), thirty-two hands at eight
pianos, by these juniors: Earl Geek
Ernest Anderson, Leroy Miller, Allan
Meinecke, Edward Restic, Donald
More, Merrick Bierman, Harry Ander-
son, Fred Sorkness, Lloyd Lykken
Clyde Herreid, Myron Hartstein. Rich
ard Marshall, Berkeley Minnie, Ernest
Wright and Neal Gianinni.
The festival, because of Its varied
nature, was perhaps the most interest
ing Of the conservatory's commence
ment events so far.