davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
ADJUSTMENTS.
"HIT THE TRAIL HoILInAy,


When 'Fit the Trail Holiday" the
Cohan comedy. comes to the Metro
politan theater March 5. local play
goers will have the privilege Of not
only seeing one Of the best advertised
comedy plays Of recent years, but will
at the same time see young come
dian. whose ability has given him
high rank among the really good ac-
tors OF the present time.
The part Of Billy Holiday is pat
termed after the we'll known Billy
Sunday.
The play opens in a barber shop
in country town in New England,
whittier Holiday has come from New
York city to mix drinks for the guests
Of the new hotel Just being complet-
ed. He learns during a shave and a
manicure that Rex Granger, a rich
brewer. bosses the community. So
when Granger prohibits the holding
through his spirit Of fairness super
intends the prohibition meeting him
self, making a speech that brings him
fame. Everything he touches turns
to money He makes non-alcoholic
drink world known. He starts a
prohibition campaign that closes
Changers brewery. AS climax he
marries the clergyman's daughter.
This is only hint Of the plot.
The real story is too good for any
other telling than that of Young Mr..
Cohan himself as unfolded line by
line in situation, and action while the
play progresses.
Frank Otto and Lola Merrill are
the Cohan and Harris "finds" at the
head Of the representative Cohan and
Harris cast. They are returning from
a triumphal tour Of the Pacific coast,
supported by Arthur V. Gibson, Har-
ry Hubbard, Howard Hull Gibson,
Franklin Hall. Daniel A. Anderson.
Chauncey Causeland. Louis Eagan,
Sam J. Burton. Ben Sweeney, John
Daley. e. N. Lewis. Bert Sammis.
Mildred Beverley and Jo Robinson
Hayward.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
MISS RANKIN OUTDOES
MURPHY In PARRYING
Convinces Interviewers She Is as Re-
sourceful as the Famous Tam
many Chief.

New York, Feb 27.-Miss Jeanette
Rankin of Montana, the first woman
elected to the national House of Rep
resentatives, proved in her first inter-
view given in the east that she is a
master politician. She talked with
ten reporters for an hour, parried
close to a thousand questions and did
not commit herself definitely on any,
thing excepting woman suffrage.
Charles F. Murphy's famous "Ask
the People" interview. given on a
hundred occasions. was backed off the
boards by this woman from the West.
She was the eternal feminine applied
to political interviewing. Her master
ly evasion Of issues and situations
makes the Tammany system seem
crude and oldfashioned.
How She Parriee Questions.
Here are some of the western wom-
an politicians ways Of avoiding di-
rect answer:
THAT is matter for develop
ment."
II have not decided definitely on
that"
"of course. I cannot tell what
shall do before I take Office
Women will meet the question 10y
ally when the time comes"
II really am not prepared to dis
cuss that yet"
BY using these answers frequently
Miss Rankin succeeded in making the
reporters understand her position on
few questions to be about as fol-
lows:
She knows practically nothing
about the politics Of the House and
has not learned for certain whether
it will be Republican or Democratic.
Undecided About Training.
She has not decided definitely about
universal military training That
question has not much disturbed the
West.
She would not state whether she
was a pacifist, but was certain women
generally would support their govern
ment.
She would not advise what the gov
ernment should do in food crisis
such as now faces New York and the
East, but explained that was mat
ter Of development" Told that most
Of the food rioters were women, she
did say she believed suffrage for
women would not enter vitality into
such a situation.
She has not decided how she will
work in Congress-; whether she will
try to win support from Democrats
for her suffrage and child welfare
bills or line up strictly with the Re-
publicans
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27

We are in the age of service. serv-
ice to mankind. If the present crew
cannot run the ship we will have to
hire a few sailors. at the next elec-
tion of selection OF the men.
Just now it looks as though we
need to get in the game and buck the
line hard. knock privilege and lobby
ing clean out of the box. clean the
Socialistic barnicles off the hull, cut
off this SIG weed of unnecessary ex-
pense to the tillers. which befoul the
to get the old boat somewhere.
1t seems to me that the Pomona
League of each county should have
known who in that county is capable
of doing "some thinking for them
selves; that they ought to have en-
dorsed this kind to represent us, and
feel that with the development Of
disgust. which we are all beginning
to feel about affairs as they are);
that acting on and placing more de-
pendence on the judgment and faith
of those elected. than on the cock
eyed-Socialistic-em who has
nothing to lose and everything to
ers, have those dictators now at the
helm made a success Of any kind Of
business for themselves? If not can
they for you? If an injustice has
been done in the past will another for
selfish spite only, remedy affairs?
Politics. the public business, is Just
as much the farmers business, his
obligation, and duty as his farm. Re-
ally it is more, because it is for the
public veal, the mutual good, and
the man entitled to first considera.
tion in any country is the man who
produces the wealth of that country.
(But show me any material wealth
that any of these dictators have ac-
cumulated and 1 will bag the fox).
the fact that one of those chosen
Pomona legislatures told that he does
dancing as prescribed by "league doc
tors" and calculates to vote for the
whole program. When asked IL he
would do so in contradiction to his
own judgment for public welfare, an
sons. One, that they elected him
for a tool and a tool he is willing, to
be when elected that way, and for
that purpose" Another was that
the organizers had studied these
questions. and were more fitted to
pass upon needs and qualifications Of
laws than he was. (And by. the way
he pretends to know some law, too)
Oh! Shame where is thy blush. If I
knew a hole small enough to hold
one such jellyfled public imbecile,
without fear Of losing the specimen,
I would direct. go ye therefore and
hide therein"
Now. no man arrives at a perfect
or a just state of mind who does not
examine and consider both sides Of
question. Yes, much more is needed
when for the common veal. This is
the way the statesman should reach
correct conclusions: it Is the course
that Judges must pursue; it Is what
the jury is sworn to do. and it is
what every fair-minded man, who
does not wish to injure his fellow
man, WILL DO.
j. e. Sullivan.
Garrison, N. D.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
THE SHORT STORY.

In an article in the North American
Review James Cooper Lawrence takes
issue with the whole army of literary
critics who maintain that the short
story is modern creation. He insists
that the short story is as old as Ian
,guage, and that what we have at
present under this name is merely
the development of that which has
existed from time immemorial.
Naturally Mr.. Lawrence will bring
about himself whole swarm Of OBJ
jectors. for there has grown up in re-
cent years sort Of short-story cult,
the basis Of which Is the theory that
the modern short story differs not
only in degree but in kind from ev-
cry other form of literary expression,
and that it is governed by rules which
apply only to itself.
Quite commonly Edgar Allan Poe
lis held to be the inventor of the short
STORY, and Poe himself appears to
have entertained this opinion. That
Poe was very effective as a writer of
short stories Is undeniable. but Mr..
Lawrence believes that others had
done 30 before him, and, some very
eminent critics to the contrary not
Fwtthstanding, the facts seem to bear
out Mr.. Lawrence's contention. He
points out a similarity between the
Imodern short story and ancient folk
Pore and ballads, and he holds that
the short story Of today is a develop.
Iment from these beginnings, just as
tmany other things with which we are
Ramfliar developed without ciyiliza- :
tion.
! Inc folk lore of most nations is
tfuil OF tales which would readily pass
muster as "short stories," and while
many Of these tales were not written
until long after they were first told
land many Of them have never been
w1ltten at all, IN plot ana character
l1Afion many OF them comply quite
Iwsil with the conditions which have
lccnmonly been accepted as those gov
bsrnfng the short story.
And IN written literature we have
nuch that antedates modern times
1w1ich n Of like character in brsvity.
nnaty and concentration. The tales OF
ehe : Arabian Nights'' afford q familiar
lenmpie. Boccaccio qualities rs q
lsheft story writer about as well as
Poe. And, to go still farther back. in
Nhat literary classification are the
glssw books Of Ruth and Esther to
~ piaeed Il not among the short
y f1,.5
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
BETTER Than cALoMEL
Thousands Have Discovered DIR.
Edwards Olive Tablets are
a Harmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub.
stitute for calomel-are mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver 4
almost instantaneous. They Vre the re-
suit of Or. Edwards determination not
to treat liver and bowel complaints with
calomel. His efforts to Danish it brought
out these little olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the
good that calomsl does. but have no bad
after effects. They don't injure the
teeth like strong liquids or calomei.
They. take hold of the trouble anal
quickly correct it. Why cure the liver
at the: expense of the teeth? Calomel
sometimes plays havoc with the gums.
So do strong liquids. II is best not to
take calomel, but to let DR.. Edward5
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, "dullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
q disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards'
Olive Tablets whes you feel "logey and
heavy" Note how they Clear ciouded
brain and how they "perk up" the spir.
- 1ocaandu &c \ tnx, VI drae ~
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
STOP CATARRH! OPEN
M0STRILS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Relieves Head Colds at Once,


II your nostrils are clogged and
your head is stuffed and you can't
breathe freely because of a cold or
catarrh. just get small bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm at any drug store.
Apply little Of this fragrant. anti
septic cream into your nostrils and let
1t penetrate through every air passage
OF your head, soothing and healing
the inf1amed, swollen mucous MEM
brane and you get instant relief.
All! how good it feels. Your nos
trils are open. your head is clear, no
more hawking. snuffling. blowing; no
more headache, dryness or struggling
for breath. Ely's Cream Balm is just
what sufferers from head colds and
catarrh need. It's delight.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
STATE COMPANIES
MUST FULLY EQUIP
Adjutant General Issues Order and
Preparations arc Made Prepara-
tory to Annual Inspection.

Captain L. L. Eckman Of the Ma
chine Gun company and First Lieu
tenant Oscar Holm of Company NJ re-
ceived kilograms yesterday from Ad-
jutant General Tharaldson to imme-
diately put in requisitions for all
equipment Of which the two COM
panies may be in need. Similar or
ders have been Issued to companies
throughout the state, it Is understood.
Efforts to see that all companies in
the state are completely equipped are
being made as in the past preparatory
to the regular. yearly inspection Of
state troops. according to Captain
Eckman
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
SUFFRAGISTS, TWO
MILLION STRONG.
TO HELP IN WAR

Washington. Feb. 27.-Acting for
the 100000 women in the National
Woman's Suffrage association, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait. the president,
today made informal offer of their
services. In event Of war between the
United States and some foreign pow
er, to Secretary of War Baker.
The tender took place at a mass
meeting Of suffragists. whose slogan
was: eve are opposed to war but il
1t comes you will find us prepared
and ready to serve"
Secretary Baker accepted the offer.
He made a carefully prepared ad-
dress in which he touched on war
department plans to put the country
IN shape to meet any emergency.
Pledges and cash donations
amounting to $12,600 for the federal
amendment war chest were received
today. Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont Of New
York gave $4,000 to be used in help
Ing the suffrage demonstrations at
the White House next Sunday.
Some people who think they are
logical are only obstinate.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27
GOVERNMENT SUGGESTS
THAT RETAIL CREDIT
SYSTEM BE SUSPENDED

London, Feb. 27.-The governme ent's
suggestion that the retail credit sys-
tenn be suspended on grounds of ma
tional economy has created a stir in
the retail trade. Probably two-thirds
of the retail shopping is done on credit
in this country and the governments
idea. If carried out, will while effect
ing economy, produce Inconvenience
both to the storekeepers and the pub
lie.
The practice has been a charge
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27

more to customers buying on credit.
ferent to this extra cost because they
wanted the goods as a matter Of con-
venience. 1t is the poorer and middle
classes who are hit hardest by the
proposed change because the credit
allowed by the shopkeepers has re-
lieved them of a small financial diff
Guilty which they may be under for a
time.
An inventor is working on an x
ray machine to photograph mans
conscience and a woman's real age
Having too much thought of the
morrow is as bad as having too lit
tie. .
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27

Love doesn't always grow cold:
some people keep it in a thermos
bottle.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27

A man who has more luck than
sense seldom admits it.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27

Some people who think they are
logical are only obstinate.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-27

Garrison, N. D.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
Restoration of Charter to Miners District Is

and District United
that John R. Lawson and Ed L.
supported file of the coal miners in
executive board in issuing an order that the
admit
placing Lawson and Doyle in the Offices president and
which legally
ordered that referendum
F. Moran of Iowa and Warren E
Pippn acting officers in charge of the district
vvken taken
Hence will required make the
again they this having implicit confidence in
membership this district the for whom
Doyle ncesant battle gain justice and
Should these
every believe Lawson and Doyle will
win again in the referendum by large majorites
gratifying The Bulletin this has
fight for the rights of the miners during
brought
brand of vcation known
backguard forged checks and read
public letters which only served to bring the
petrators public
and Pippn the acting officials sought to read Lawson
and passed this
effect at held in Denver last June At
attended by all followers of the in
vaders it The Bulletin would be
business back the carPebag state of
Georgia
Doyle about supplant Moran and Pip
pn the spokesman for the
file organized labor and the Georgia editor is still on the
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
HERE'S TO THE LABOR EDITOR
By THE REV. CHARLES STELZLE.

of flesh and blood Most of us have ideal
ethereal
whose living is dispnsation OF divine Prov
all responsible AND
become accustomed to their benet-
that rather take them granted we
of when they removed
be occasion for raising mighty
howl.
paper with regularity when appear
when with the editorials
pricethen all is we'll
ponan misses delivery and if names
editorials indicate original thinking
which shocks conservative feelings and the business end OF the
usthen, Oh
dsgruned which has served faith
without which the labor could
scarcely exist
labor editor debt of gratitude which dollar or
year possibly He fights battles He
the aspirations of the toler the toer himself cannot
press He indeed the voice of the people who wander the
wilderness.
For this who believe in his job
He always do it snglehanded Some
becomes for mortal endure
limit human strength matter how full OF purpose
and power.
the editor does WE'LL tell him about it, and do
right his days because he
you You'd boycott the fellow who treated
this In woddo the editor
though you were the editor
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
Ho,U to Auoid Food Panic and Help HooUer

administration Washington has now perfected its
commodities while they through
and merchants
practically eliminates speculation hordlng or
But the farmers and small retail merchants
licensing and here where the
the benefits OF food
along democratic lines Uncle Sam does not propose
directly daily of the household small
store except cooperation democratic lines
therefore, calls only for food saving
by every but for intelligent purchasing food supplies
reranng boarding The machinery tor
bread canned goods cold storage prod
necessities of life is operation The re-
supplies from week
of their just as the flour miller and
their production what actually
necessary the people they To buy more than
Others but bad business tor the per-
who gain something in this
largely buying and boarding by housewives moved
has raised the past
Administration trying There
and stable help retail merchants in their ef
of needs and if find disposition IN
your community into panic about food articles or either to
understand that this
to the purpose Administration that duty
oppose if OF such local
ovecharges enough reach the
featuring wholesale trades which under Food
this licensing will itto that precisely
what it designed to do
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
THE MOTHERS JOB.

1t really isn't hard to be a mother,
There really isn't very much to do;
The days are just exactly like each
other
You simply shut your eyes and
wander thru
For six o'clock is time enough for
rising,
And getting all the children washed
and dressed,
And breakfast cooked-it really is
surprising,
But mothers never seem to need
rest!
jackets rounded,
And everybody soothed and sent to
To say that mother rushes is un-
founded
She's nothing more to manage, as
rule.
Unless it is to finish piles of sewing.
And cook and wash and iron and
scrub and sweep,
To order food and keep the home GO
ing
And then perhaps to hide herself
and weep!
And when at last she's tucked them
under covers,
And seen to doors that dads forgot
to lock, a.
Triumphantly, at midnight, she dis
covers
She's nothing more to do till six
o'clock.
Jane Burr.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
TRAITS DENOTED BY CLOTHES
They Don't Make a Man, But They
Cover Nine-tenths of Him.

Clothes do make a difference. They
shouldn't, of course, for real worth
has nothing to do with clothes. But
we who meet folk casually must judge
very often by appearance, Margaret
f. Sangster, Jr., writes in the Chris
tian Herald A girl with a blouse on
that is fastened by safety pin, in
stead of a button, is very often Ia
beled Sloppy" in our minds, altho her
character may be beautiful. A man
with weeks mud on his shoes is not
very likely to be given responsible
position, because it is quite logical to
figure out that a man who neglects
his shoes will neglect his work, too.
Perhaps the man, despite his shoes, is
a very conscientious worker. But how
can the casual observer know?
Many perfect housekeepers may
wear flannel wrappers to the break
fast table; but, tho their homes may
be immaculate and their children
wonderfully brought up, if / were a
man choosing the woman to trust with
my home and children, I'd be inclined
to search for the woman who looked
fresh and crisp and dainty and smil-
ing as she poured my morning coffee.
"Clothes do not make man." So
runs the old adage. But, adds mod
ern clothing advertisement, "they
cover nine-tenths of HIM"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
AN ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY
By FRANK P. WALSH

believe Alliance for Labor and Democracy
of organization that will parake of pol
will be certainly devoted cult propaganda but
feeling justice hungry for genuine
democracy may organize throughout this land
powerful that behind leader
Washington may armies victorious that
will bring happiness to all mankind.
of the American Alliance for La
bor and Democracy spring of fair
May that in that will be found
of American principles producer of the
worlds goods every fundamental disinrested democrat and
regardless of previous alliances and
regardless of politics religion?
the final hope that when the OF the
crat sweeps hemisphere will be be-
legion hearted eareyed athletic
marching CLINT millions of bayones ready give
their lives for their principles and when the listening of
gathers the sound swelling the American
tnen grand roar-Amercan manhood and
anhood, purified, unifed In the words of the bard:
Sail thou o ship of state,
Sail on, Union strong and great
Humanity, with all its fears,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
POSTAL EMpL DYES INVITE JJNIONST0
AID THEM IN GETTING SALARY RAISE
Being Organizations Denver and Fullest
Assured; Resolutions of Endorsement
Adopted Tuesday Night By the Trades and
Assembly.

through legislation in Congress, and
we can reach Congress only by appeal
supported by your own and similar in
fuential organizations and by public
sentiment.
Hence this appeal to you. If you
desire to help US in this just cause,
please pass a resolution similar to the
pro forma resolution herewith and en-
bodying the same statement of facts,
have a copy signed by your officers
and mailed in the enclosed envelope.
We assure you of our hearty appre-
citation and shall be pleased to recipro-
cate at any time.
Fraternally,
]. H. RHINEHART Chairman,
w. J. DEXHEIMER, Sec'y,
F. P. SCHAFER, Asst. Sec'y,
Joint Committee
At Tuesday nights regular meeting
of the Denver Trades and Labor As
sembly the following declaration and
resolution was adopted unanimously:
"Whereas, The Postoffice Clerks and
Letter Carriers are working today for
the wage scale that was enacted in
1907, which is wholly inadequate to
meet the present cost of living, and
"Whereas, 1t has been necessary for
them to lower that standard of living
which is not only essential to good
health, comfort and efficiency, but
which is the inherent right of every
American citizen, and
"Whereas, The government has re-
Gently granted increases of pay to
every other class of employees in order
to compensate them for the advance
in prices, and
"Whereas, The Clerks and Letter
Carriers have been unable to secure
any increase in pay since 1907, al
though Department of Labor statistics
show food prices had increased 45 per
cent. up to 1915, and later statistics
show an increase of 85.32 per cent.
from April, 1914, to April, 1917, there
fore, be it
"Resolved, By the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly, that we request
Congress to enact some measure of re-
lief for this class of government en-
ployes, and urge an immediate re-
classification and increase of salaries
along the line of the Madden Bill, H.
R. 1854"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
BENEFIT FOR MOONEY FUND
Dance to Be Given by Ladies' Of De-
fcnse League Evening Of Dec. ,.

Mrs. Halsted of the International
Workers Defense League is in charge
of benefit dance to be given by that
organization for the defense fund OF
Tom Mooney and co-defendants, Mon
day evening, Dec 3, at Maccabee hall,
second floor of the Mining Exchange
building, Fifteenth and Arapahoe
streets.
Ladies assisting Mrs. Halsted are
Mrs. Ida Doerr of the Ladies' Auxil-
iary to Painters Union No. 70, who
will be in charge of refreshments;
Mrs. George Stage, Ladies Auxiliary
to B. r. r. No. A3, superintendent OF
the card games; Mrs. Edward Eyser,
president Ladies Auxiliary to Plumb
ers. and Mrs. Alfred l.. Maybee, Aux
iliary to B. of l.. f, and f., chairman
of hall committee.
Tickets are so cents per couple.
There will be card tables for those
who do not care to dance.