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Williston graphic., 1918-06-13
WHEELOCK
BY a Staff Correspondent

OLAF Oberg was calling on friends
in town Sunday.
c.. A. Severson and L. L. Hide were
Williston callers Friday.
H. X. Thue and Olaf Gulsrud were
Williston callers Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Winger autoed
to Williston Friday afternoon.
Miss Clara Solberg spent the week
end in Williston visiting friends.
H. N. Petersen and family were
over Sunday visitors with friends at
Bainville.
J. N. Dauer and John Bergquist
have received notice from the local
board to report there for the next
draft which will be on June "a.
The local boys met another defeat
Sunday when the Rainbow Valley
boys came down and cleaned them up.
However the boys are satisfied they
got beat. d"
Mrs. C. H. Woodfill arrived Friday
evening from Clearbrook, MINI. Mr..
and Mrs. Woodfill have started house
keeping in the Bickel residence in the
north part of town.
F. A. Johnson will give dance in
his large barn 1-2 miles south east
of Wheelock Friday evening, June
14th. The proceeds will be donated
to the Red Cross. Everybody come
and have good time and also help
the good cause along. e.
V. E. Groose had a narrow escape
from loosing his house by fire Mon
day. BY the quick response Of the
citizens of town and vicinity and a
hours hard fighting they were able
to subdue the flames. The property
was damaged considerably.
A shadow of sorrow was cast over
the entire community Tuesday by the
sad news that Mrs. Ole Hylden had
passed to the great beyond. Mrs.
Hylden was faithful wife and neigh
Dor and up till about year ago when
her health started failing she was
an active worker in church affairs and
ladies aids and everything for the up
lifting of the community. The COM
munity at large will join in extending
their heartfelt sympathy to the sor-
rowing relatives.
A patriotic rally and Farewell
party for the boys that are leaving
to join the colors on June 25th. will
be given in Theus Hall Tuesday
morning, June 18th. Attorney Craven
President of the Williston City Com
mission and Attorney 'Bratelien also
Of Williston will speak at the meet
ing. The ladies of the Red Cross will
serve ice cream and cake after the
program and the proceeds of the lunch
will go to the Red Cross fund. :
Buy w. s. S.
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GRENORA
BY q STAFF Correspondent


The Red Cross will hold an auction
sale the 22nd of June.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Eckman the past week.
w. H. Bird has the contract for
stucco work on the Eckman house.
One of the little Woodhall girls
has been quite sick the past week.
Rev. Smith and wife and Mrs. hoen
returned from Grand Forks Sunday.
Crop reports in this vicinity are
fine but good rain would help the
breaking.
Mr.. Hanks of Powers Lake made a
short stop in our little city one day
of this week.
Two young ladies from Stanley
are assisting in the work at the two
restaurants here.
The main street of our little city IS
being graded and leveled and cement
sidewalks put in. We have had the
Williston graphic., 1918-06-13
EPPING
BY a Staff Correspondent

Sam johnson bought a Ford this
week.
C. A. Levitt visited in the berg on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Schaaf returned from Willis
ton Monday.
Ole Ellingson went to the river to
fish Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wang visited at Tren-
ton Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carr visited in the
berg this week.
Ibert Bagstad left Tuesday even
ing for Montana.
Mr.. Luhagen and family spent
Tuesday at Ray.
Dave Wizards nephew left for
Indiana Monday.
O.. A. Bella transacted business in
Williston Monday.
Mrs. Schroeder has been on the sick
list the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Levitt visited
in Epping Sunday.
Charles Carr visited in Epping on
Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Chas. Woodfill and sister WIS.,
tied in Epping Sunday.
Mr.. Seaton and family attended the
show at Ray Saturday.
The basement of Mr.. Stueland's
house has been started.
Agnes Miles of Williston visited
Anna Ginther Thursday.
Alta Rem arrived Monday evening
for short visit at her home.
Mr.. King, Miller and Scott went
fishing near Trenton Sunday.
Bill Haney and Thomas went to
Pioneer hall to do some fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fonce Ginther visit
ed at the Ginther home Sunday.
Monday two of Joe Jorgenson's
children had their tonsils removed.
Bill Haney was passenger to Will
liston Friday evening returning on
Saturday.
Miss McCradie transacted business
at Williston, Trenton and Buford on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Ellingson left for
Reynolds aid other points in eastern
Dakota and Minnesota. While away
Mr.. Ellingson will act as delegate for
the Sons of Norway at Grand Forks.
Williston graphic., 1918-06-13
CORRESPONDENCE

| Mrs. Rem who has been i'll the pas
three weeks with cold on her lung
is out again.
Miss Livana Timboe, Mrs. Joe Jor
penson's sister, from Devils Lake ar
rived this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kilgore, Miss ykKet
and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Levitt au'oe'
to Williston Thursday.
J, V. Thomas returned from Ala'i'
this week where he has been WORK
ing for some time.
Mrs. John Johnsrud was pleasant
ly surprised Tuesday afternoon oy d
number Of her friends. .,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Levitt visited
at the Lee Haugen home Sunday re-
turning to Williston Monday
Mr., Uggen returned Friday from
Grand Forks where he was dele
gate at the Odd Fellows conventlch'
O. Houg was pleasantly surprised
last week by number of his frlends
appearing at his home to holo a
dance. ,,,
Mrs. Carry Spencer and children
arrived Tuesday evening from lay
ton, Ohio, where they spent the VIM
ter. ,
Mrs, Ellis and son Clyde attended
the play at Ray given by the Willis
ton Seniors for the benefit OF the keo
Cross.
Ralph Spencer has the mumps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Remilard from Ray
visited at the Gemberling home Sun
day evening.
Mr., and Mrs. Theo. Beacher, MIR.
Schroeder and Mr.. Williams attended
the lecture by Private John A. Scott
at Williston Thursday evening.
The Annual Truax Picnic will be
held June 21. A Red Cross sale will
be held. Everyone is invited to bring
something to be sold for the Red
Cross.
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock will
be the first school exhibit of Epping
at the school house. Everyone is cor
dially invited. A lunch will be serv-
ed. The proceeds will go to the Jun
ior Red Cross.
Mrs. L. Scott had the weekly Red
Cross tea. The ladies present were
Mrs. Lee, Rem, Holedakken, Vik Ja-
cobson, Evans, Levitt and Misses Nc
Cradle, Lykken, Renon, Chance. The
afternoon was spent making clothes
for the Belgium children and dis
cussing the making of war breads.
Williston graphic., 1918-06-13

electric lights for over q year. now
we want the phone and We viii be
o. K.
The eclipse Of the sun could be seen
with the naked eye Saturday, the 9Th
of June, from this place.
Mr.. Spalberg from Powers Lake
has been putting in the cement side
walk for Woodhall & Wilkinson and
others.
The Red Cross meetings are held
every Tuesday, Wednesday. and Fri
day afternoon of each week in the
Odd Fellows hall.
Rev. Simons, an Armenian, lectured
to large audience Wednesday even
ing. He told of the great massecrea
Williston graphic., 1918-06-13

by the Germans in his own country.
It was a very interesting lecture.
Grenora crossed bats with Plenty
wood Sunday, the latter winning the
game. The proceeds go to the Red
Cross.
The district Sunday school conven-
ton will be held Saturday and Sun
day the 18th and 10th of this month
at this place.
If you think we cannot raise fow-
ers in North Dakota, just look at
them blooming in the windows of the
American hotel.
Earl Orsborn and family received
letter from his brother Will. 1t
was from some where in France.
Williston graphic., 1918-06-13

Stating he was we'll and doing ali he
could to win the war. AS the writing
was spattered with mud it was thot
he must have written while in the
trenches. He was one Of the boys
who enlisted in Co. E from this place:
Mesdames Hains, Claybough ana
Frank have been appointed cannlng
demonstrators for the city Of Gre
nora and vicinity.
We hear there is to be moving
picture hall at Brush Lake, the best
summer resort of Williams county,
Just 6 miles from town.
Buy w. S. S.
Two big parades Flag Day. One in
the afternoon and one in the evening.
Williston graphic., 1918-06-13

S4,4O was taken in which is the lars-
est amount taken in at a Red Cross
tea here.
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duces his subject rather casually and
plays around with it a bit, then all Of
sudden he binds it and hauls it home
lie VIII begin, for instance: ~ see they
arc going to send another commission
TO Russia. hope they send Colonel
Roosevelt this time" There is usually
applause then, but Rogers has just be-
gun. When he COTS over there" he
continues, "therc's bound to be a fight
with somebody. Mr.. Root was all right.
of course. He meant well and all that.
But they couldn't understand him. But
when Colonel Roosevelt makes speech,
whether you speak his language or not,
you know what he's saying"
1t is Rogers who has hazarded the
guess that the Russians will be in the
fight again before long "They're doing
enough rehearsing among themselves. !"
he explains.
One OF the jokes which Rogers intro
duced on the opening night of the Fol.
lies found its way to the editorial page
Of "Vhe Times" That was the one
about ireland.
Il think Rogers said. that England
ought to give Ireland home rule and re-
serve the moving picture rights"
On another occasion one Of his ouips
inquired in Cabinet meeting 1t was
announced in the Washington Sunday
papers that Lord Northcliffe had de-
cllned to assume the Air llnistry in
the British Cabinet. On Monday Roc-
ers said: 81 guess he figured it was
easier to tell how to run a war than it
was to run it,
President Wilson laughed and ap-
plauded then, and the next day Tumulty
reported to Rogers that the President
had quoted the remark in the Cabinet
meeting. Curiously enough, the Joke
never amounted to anything except on
the one night. Since it was impossible
to have the President constantly on
hand, the quip was abandoned in Wash
ington. But Rogers never permits HIM
self to form an abiding affection for
any particular line. There are come
dians, you know, VINO learn to love GER
tain jokes, and support and maintain
them, in. sickness and in health, until
death do them part. Will Rogers is a
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theatres tickets on sale at a single
place saves the patron much time in
gong from theatre TO theatre in
search of seats
theatre we'll located, sumptuouslv
furnished and commanding the patron
age of the notable furnishes to it's
patrons an extra value as compared
with the same attraction in an out
of-the-way. antiquatcd theatre. This
leads to the 60 relative luxury of
the purchase. The patron takes a
certain pride in attending a plav when
1T plays at the best theatre He NAV
see 1T later in theatre just as fine
archltecturally, but away from the
theatrical centre, but is likely to
/ apologize for not having gone 20 the
more expensive Broadway house.
Many patrons feel that they must nav
the highest prices, that is, see a plav
when the tickets are most valuable.
and to such patrons the theatre seat
Is luxury product in which The salts.
faction of having paid the highest
rrce is no small part of The whole
value. They patronize the speculator
by preference and a cut-rate ticket
ONCE has no part in their scheme of
Things. Such patrons often cannot in
reality afford the extra charges. but
as 1T Is one of the ways of keeping ur,
appearances, they are not deferred bv
the price.
Io) The popularity of the attrac-
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The Spectator Defended

The following letter has been re-
ceived in response to- Mr.. Broun's in
vitation to send in the spectators
side of the theatre ticket question as
well as the public's:
July ,, 1918.
Having had occasion, as represent
ings of ticket speculation from the
theatres point of view. I have ceased
to be prejudiced against that much be-
rated institution. The public is really
to blame for ticket speculation, if any
blame attaches to any one, as it can
stop the practice over night by simply
refusing to buy from spectators.
You urge that if democracy is broad
enough it should include the provision
that every citizen is equal at the box
Office window. That is to say, ticket
speculation is unconstitutional, or
should be made so. This is good in
theory but in practice the public is
not democratic enough to be satisfied
with equal treatment at the box Office
Each patron wants an aisle seat near
the front, the seats the critics pick
out on opening nights, and if he
doesn't get it there is something rotten
in Denmark
The reason ticket speculation exists
is that there arc so many varying val
ues in a theatre ticket that it is i'm
possible for the theatre to sell the
ticket at its real value. As a ticket
is more valuable to some patrons thar
to others, ticket speculation seeks to
make the box Office really democratic
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good show is worth more than a ticke t
to poor one, and GU thai choice
seat is cfoicer than one less choice ;
but theatre cannot discriminate. 1t
must have a standard scale of prices
and stick to it, irrespective of the
merit of the attraction or location Of
the seat, for reasons ] will mention
further on.
The SPECTATOR enables a patron to
purchase at the last moment the
choicest seats, for the opening night
or other preferred night, taking the
risk that the patron may not pur-
chase. For this convenience the patron
pays an extra charge to which the
hrst-come, first-served" patron OBJ
Jccts. The position of the latter
therefore, is that no one should be
permitted to purchase at later time
by offering to pay moro than box Of
flee prices. A reserved seat is un-
questionably more valuable just be-
fore the performance than a. week in
advance. The "frst-come, first-served'
patron wishes to destroy that value
or to gain it for himself by reason of
his willingness to go to the inconven-
fence of making early purchases.
Is it not more democratic that any
one should be permitted to nav any
price he wishes for anything he wishes
if others may do the same? If the
late conner pays more, why should not
the owner of the ticket be permitted
to hold it until its price reaches the
highest level? No objection is made
to that course in any other line of
business.
(5) The spcculator by having all
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VII Rogers
Beginning as an Expert With the La
riat and an Occasional Joke, His Talk
Soon Became the Feature of His Act


The joke of VII Rogers are fresh
and hand made file bakes at least
twice week. II he had not been a
monologist Rogers might have turned
to cartoons we understand no knowl-
edge Of. craftsmanship is necessary, or
to paragraphing.
His 10 essentially the newspaper
touch No other comedian ranges so
wide field for subject matter. The
typical Rogers monologue will be made
UP of one or two jokes about the Mayor
the national Administration, a ref
erence or 20 N regard to Russia and a
little snatch from the latest speech BY
Kuhlmann or some other German
spokesman.
Rogers is at his best when things arc
happening IN the world. AS like as not
the news Of the sx-star absolutely
final final will be reflected in the come
dams monologue that very evening
OF course, the reaction is not always as
uGick as that. Sometimes Rogers will
carry subject around with him for
week or so before 1t crystallizcs into a
joke. 1t is probable that in single
season three or four thousand Jokes
pass through his monologue. And it
must be remembered that he is very
little concerned with the set pieces Of
musical comedy humor. We have fol
lowed Rogers closely for several sea-
sons. and we have yet to hear him say
anything about mothers-in-l law
Originally a cowboy, Rogers broke
ito the. show business as rope
n aripulator in Wild West entertain
meats.
Z prowled about the world with his
horses and his lassos, and finally
..dcd IN vaudeville 1t became neces-
= % fill IN the gaps between tricks,
Ipd % he talked little. Now it is the
Stpa winch asls the gaps between talk
Rogers is still expert with his lariat,
but MS tax is now by far the weightier
part Of the entertainments There is
something Of the rope technique in his
manner Of telling a joke. He intro
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Fall Styles IL, Choruses
Crou0der's Disturbing Work. or Fight
Order May Result in AU-Femole En-
senables for Broadway Musical Shows
By Solita Solano

Now that times in the theatres are
so dull that a press agent of no small
prowess had to resort last week to a.
story about five chorus girls cutting
their wisdom teeth, an eye may be cast
toward the coming season and the
dearth of those youths whom one is
accustomed to see disporting them
selves either just back of the third
line of ponies or clustered about the
juvenile man as he sings "We're devils
among the girls, oh how they -love-us. "
(This is the song in which the girls
file on for the second chorus, each
proiferlng the juvenile kiss which
he accepts with marked ennui.)
All-women choruses will be preva-
lent if not universal by the time the
fall musical shows are prepared to
take their chance on Broadway, this
unheard of state Of affairs BEING
brought about by the fght-or-work
order of Crowder, the man who abbors
a vacuum in trench or factory while
German shall remain on French sol,
Already Raymond Hitchcock has LET
1t be known that he will receive gladly
for inspection all girls who are tall
and slim, lacking curves that will be-
tray them too readily when dressed in
the habiliments decreed proper "a,
males who attend dinner dances
church weddings at high noon or con-
tests on the tennis courts at soma
ones Long Island home where the
cast is generally found in the first
act. In his "Hitchy-Koo 1872 two
OF these curveless commodities ALREADY
form background for their raver
companions. They replaced two youths
OF draft age when the order first went
forth that henceforward chorus-man.
nng would be classed with trv;oo
! 70 get seven on the break a dozer
times in succession, practising the
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Aamarinskaya, personally seeing TO il
that sofas and easy chairs obey New
tons famous law and other occupa
tons classed as useless by an unsym.
pathetic government.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Hitchcock's as.
sertion about the coming change, "Na
one can tell the ditrerence.1 there will
be one Just the same though not 50
drastic as meets the eye. And afte,
all, it is the provinces which will care
most about it. Greenwich Village has
hardened New Workers to so many
things.
Even as before Charles I. Englands
stage knew no women, those from
France who dared to appear being
missed, hooted and pippin -pelted from
the STAGE Gas Thomas Brand trium-
phantly wrote), so is virility doomed
to decay in the Broadway chorus, for
youths of the merry-merry are going
to be just as scarce in the next few
months as were actresses in Shakes
peare's day-and about as unpopular.
Until peace is declared and chorus
es restored to their former four
pretty girlsin-the- footight 's-gare-to
one-young- manin-th back aground stat
US. no one will be apt to put that familiar
question. "Oh, do tell me. you are 50
in touch with the drama and all thai
sort of thing, why do men ever go ln'0
The chorus and what becomes Of them
wnen they leave it %
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by selling the seats for their true val
ues TO the particular patrons who buy
them.
If a patron pays $40 for seat
on certain occasion it must be
worth that to him or he would not paw
1t. If he had gotten it at box Office
prices he would have gotten a large
Part of its real value to him for moth
ing.
The value of theatre ticket depends
upon number of factors, among
which are:
Cd The merit of the attraction.
go The location of the seat.
CD The particular performance for
which the seat is purchased.
(4) The time at which the purchase
is made.
80 The place at which the purchase
is made.
60 The location of the theatre.
CD The condition of the theatre
structure.
(s) The social standing of the pat
rons.
go The relative luxury of the pur
chase.
U0) The popularity of the attrac
ton.
OD The time at which payment
must be made.
(12) The unused capacity of the
theatre.
1t is obvious CD that ticket to a
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Rluebcard. On a trip about the coun-
try he leaves behind him trail of de-
capitated jokes, some cut off almost in
their prime.
His chief source OF inspiration is the
press. not only Of New York, but Of
Chicago, Boston. Philadelphia and sew
cral other cities. All comedians know
thc value of the local allusion. But it
is usually formed according to formula.
Thus, whenever monologist plays
Boston he Will say something about
Lynn. In Chicago it will be the stock
yards. And in Philadelphia it will be
something coupling Camden with baby
carriages or rubber plants.
Bat the hero of the present article is
able to touch upon much more timely
topics and to deal with immediate and
passing aspects of local conditions or
politics. Probably none of his assign
mcrts is quite as difficult as that of
New York
81 can't depend upon New York Jokes
when I'm here Rogers explains, "bc-
cause such large percentage Of the
audience is transient. Then, too, I'm
up against the fact that on the New
Amsterdam roof at least half the peo-
pie are repeaters. I've got to keep
changing my stuff constantly up there"
He never memories a line 1t is his
habit to jot down certain subjects, per-
haps to indicate the twist he wants TO
take. But he allows the uuip to fall
/ INTO form when he gets before an audi
ehce. In fact, it is rather difficult for
HIM to sit in his dressing room and
tell you just what he said on the stage
lew moments before. Of course, not
all his success depends upon his ma
tcral. He has an engaging manner of
seeming dif'idence, which is, in reality.
ease developed to high point. Only
IN handling the lines of other people
does he become at all set in style and
delivery. He is not good filter. The
thing which comes from somebody else
gets stuck inside him somehow or
other, and merely trickes through.
IT is probable that Will Rogers is too
highly individualized ever to become a
successful actor, although efforts have
been made to use him along these lines
1t should be enough that he is lust
about the most popular monologist in
America Of course, he is more than
that He is first rate satirist. The
fact that his comment on American life
is couched in humorous vein does not
make it any the less wise and inv
| portant.
1T was fine thing for Mr.. Bennett
to leave trust fund creating home
for INDECENT Journalists. And vet ,e
hope to be able to stave it off indef-
mtely. We are afraid there'll be moth
ing IN the reading room but "rbe New
York Herald" and "The Evening Tale-
| ~
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NoW on the Boards

Astor. Rock Bye Baby"
hooth ................... "Seventeen"
Broadhurst ......" Mavt;ron
Casino. ."Oh, Lady! Lady!!"
Century Grove. Midnight Revue
Conan & Harris. "a Tailor-Made Man"
Columbia. ."Hello. Amer;c.,u
oof' .'...'.. ."Flo- 10"
Eltlnge. THE Kiss Burglar"
Forty-eighth Street,
"The Man Who Stayed at Home"
Fortyfourth Street,
Hearts of the World" (Film)
Fulton, .......... Four one-act PLAYS
Galety. "The Rainbow Girl"
Globe. ..........". "Hitchy-Koo, 1918"
Liberty. ................. Going Up"
Lyceum. ................"T Tiger Rose"
Lyric. "Pershing's Crusaders" (Film)
Maxine Elliott. ."The Eyes of Youth"
New Amsterdam "Follies of 1918"
New Amsterdam Roof,
THE Midnight Froic"
Park .......... "Stolen Orders" (Film)
Republic "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Shuoert. .........." Gctting Together"
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Stuart Walker Successful

Stuart Walkers second summer ses'
son of repertory at the Murat Theatre
indianapolis, is now in its sixth wees
and established as an unqualified su''
cess. "PassersBy," the Haddon onsm'
bers play. was presented last weeS
and is acclaimed by local review
ers as an exceptional production, oo's
as to cast and scenic effects.