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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

/ across his shoulders and talked to
him as they walked
1T is the capital scene, my dear
sir; If 1t doesn't go the whole piece
will fail. What it needs is emotion,
grandeur despair. Don't hesitate TO
let yourself go. You gan make, and
you ought to make, something sem
sational out of II. 1t is just the
scene for you."
i see-I see very well what YOU
wish. But at rehearsal / can't let
myself so. i need costume, light, at
nosphere. But don't worry"
Only Three Days From Premiere.
Still the author insists, timid and
firm at the same time;
Certainly / won't worry. Ger
tainly. But / should like to have
you, once before the first night, only
once, show me your real quality,
Only once; just once. Think of Il.
We are only three days from the
premiere"
Don't worry" repeated Fanjard.
Then he went away.
At this moment the director pass
ed by He asked with a pleasant
Wen, how does it gO2 Are you
satisfied2"
Satisfied? My dear man, my
piece is ruined-you understand,
ruined. Mile. Ravignan is passable.
The light effects are a flzzle; Fam
jard is bad, bad, bad!"
The director tried to calm him.
He had heard many others talk
that way, and he knew that in the
theatre, better than anywhere else,
everything somehow works out.
Fanjard was an artist, sure,
conscientious: incapable OF slight
ing his roles, let him play them
200 times. Obstinate? Yes. I'm
equaled at rehearsals? Possibly.
But exceeding all expectations when
the curtain went up.
The author, still skeptical, shook
his head.
II Was the Directors Ultimate
Argument.
Let us wait and see, my dear
master" the director protested.
(And when the director thus adj
dresses an author who has only a
vague claim to such title, he Is
using his ultimate argument.) Let
us wait and see Have more
confidence. / am as much interested
in the success Of your piece az Won
are. Don't get worried, yourself
and don't worry him. He Is so-so
now, perhaps; only $3.50. But he
will be superb, That guarantee
you"
The first night arrived.
In the back OF a box, alongside
the director, the author listened to
his play. The first part Of it was a
torture. With each spectator who
entered late; with each seat slammed
down, he had the feeling that
humanity in general was In
conspiracy to ruin him. Yet the.
director kept whispering to him.
tits a go. It's a go"
: After the first curtain he wanted
to go up to the dressing rooms and
give some last suggestions to the
actors. But the director dissuaded
him.
let them alone. DON'T bother
them. Believe me, it will be q sue
cess"
The Curtain Rose f6f Last Act.
The second act had success
d'estime. and the curtain rose for
the third act. Fanjard finally APP
peared, descending the staircase
with an air Of nobility. Mile. Ra-
vignan stretched out her arms to-
ward him. He stopped her with a
gesture and said. What is it2"
And then, in a low tone, your
brother? Ny son?7 She bowed her
head, and he, just as at the
rehearsals. without a cry, without
sob. began his set speech.
Clinging to the arms of his vel
set cawcr0a cost 9~oh'nr his els-ssi
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01
WILLIAM A. SCOTT.

All the quiet humor, the Eeniai
companionship, the shrewd phllos-
opf,y of life, the keen knowledge OF
men and the simple kindness that
made David Harum one Of the best
loved characters in fiction MADE
william A. Scott one of the most
admired and respected Of citizens
MIR. Scott was a David of real life
without the Iatter's eccentricities'
He was a man of big affairs ana
keen vision. His sturdy American
ism. and his rigid honesty and indie
pendence made him as valuable as
a citizen as he was companionaole
as an acquaintance and friend.
His passing will leave a distinct
void in the life of Fargo; real sor-
row among the many who counted
him a friend; and sincere regret
among countless others who had a
briefer or less intimate acquaint-
aneeship.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

Mrs. Fl. had just employed new
maid, fresh from the old country.
She asked the girl to take the baby
out in the baby carriage. Gunhilde
was delighted. She had never seen
a baby carriage before and from her
articulate joy one might think that
she had waited for this moment all
her life. Mrs. III. was pleased to see
that the girl was so willing. The
baby was wrapped up and thev
started, Two minutes later Mrs. M.
looked out OF the window and her
face froze with horror Instead Of
rolling gently down the sidewalk the
way a baby should her child was be-
ing plotted majesticaIly down the
middle OF the street In the midst of
automobiles and delivery wagons.
From Gunhilde's expression one
could see that she knew that her
carriage was better than any coach
on the avenue.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

been said by critics to be the most
remarkable and costly ever worn on
any stage.
Miss Held received the inspiration
for this remarkable creation when
she saw a white peacock with its
tail erect, angered at the interfer-
ence of a flock of chickens with its
monday meal. The French actress,
whose stage creations have always
been a subject of great admiration
and placed her in the position of the
most beautifully gowned woman of
the stage, Immediately on seeing the
proud bird, conceived the idea of
transferring it to the stage with her
own graceful body the body of the
bird. She studied the bird with min
ute care. designed the gown, order
ed her costumers to make it. and
the result viii be seen when, in the
third act Of Follow Me-" the French
coincidence leads her band of beauti-
full Anna Held girls in a fashion re-
view.
Conjectureis always rife wherever
the gown is seen as to its cost. 1t
is said to have involved the expendi-
ture of $2,400, and that is not hard
to believe when it is stated that 1t
took six of the greatest hand work
experts in the world eight weeks to
alone embroider the gown. The body
and tail are OF rich white material
into which the feathers are worked
in delicate blue.
Miss Held wears seven gowns in
Follow Me-" each as wonderful as
it is different from the others. On
her wardrobe alone the star is said
to have spent $4,000, while the cost
of the entire wardrobe of the chorus
of beautiful girls reached above the
$4,000 mark. In fact, the perform
ance as a fashion show will be as
interesting to the women Of Fargo
as for its rare entertainment value,
by the long run or Sol
low Me" in New York last season.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01
Kaiser's Press Agents
Active

The thoroughness with which Ger
man agents here proceeded to i'm
volve America in any complication
that would interfere with our Wig
orous prosecution OF the war Is Ilu-
strated by the following incident,
selected from several related by
Samuel Hopkins Adams in Every
body's for December.
I'm the fall Of 1914, Macmillan
Foster, well known as a fiction writer
and with some experience in the
dramatic field, was approached by a
60 between with an offer to write a
play on the order OF An Englishman's
Home, Americanized.
The financial consideration was
liberal, not to say generouss five
thousand dollars on the completion
OF the scenario, and an equal amount
upon the delivery OF the finished
manuscript.
author.
"'Anti-Japanese, explained the GO
between. It's to be the Japanese in
vasion of California: yellow peril and
all that sort Of thing
suspicion began to dawn upon the
writer's mind. Who's paying the
money.
"ThatIl be all right he was as
sured. Any sort Of guarantee you
want
"'But / want to know where the
money comes from
What difference does that make
so long as-
" See here! Does this offer origin
ate in the German foreign Officer
THE other denied II, but so halt
fngly that Mr.. Fosters suspicious
were confirmed With considerable
emphasis and disgust he babe the
agen tell his principals TO 90 else
where with their offer-and even
specified a decidedly uncomfortable
elsewhere.
Later the go-between turned up
as the recipient Of German propa-
aanda money; he was q suborned
pro- German acceierator Of public
opinion."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

Charles Sumner Ward, information.
al secretary Of the " MI. Q. a., who
conducted the 100000, 900 campaign
for the Red Cross and who devoted
his entire time to the s53, 600 900 ".
M. @. A. war fund campaign, believes
the American purse lis still open to
any meritorious and patriotic APP
pea
''lde loyal Americans who make
up thu vast majofity Of our people
will contribute almost any sum need
ed 70 give comfort and strength to
the men at the front said Mr. Ward
lin washington 0nere he has been
helping Herbert HoOv-~ organize the
food pledge campaign. Witness the
two great campaigns or this year
producing over $l50,00O000 the
campaigners OF the Red Cross and
Of the Red Triangle.
These magnificent funds are our
expression OF patriotism and our
tribute to the soldiers who are risk
ing all for their country"
Ward has raised money for the
Y. M. G. Al. and the sd Cross in
practically every city the United
States (not to mention q biggest
money raising campaign ssver con-
Quoted in London, that Of the Z. M.
C.. Al
Ward is man Of even temper
moro quiet and unassuming than the
most backward American imagina-
able His courage is prominent on
account Of its abundance and his
optimism. even In the dark DAYS of
campaigns, is more than enough ia
keep the hearts OF workers fiIled with
feeling of success.
Ward said OF the effect of Rivinr
as applied to the Y. M. c. A. cam-
paign:
1T has stimulated every depart
ment Of the association. educated
whole communities. created civic
vived the spiritual life Of men Of
power who arc able to control the
consciousness and patriotism. ana &C.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

A clever young lawyer was de-
Tending q man accused of house,
breaking.
rYour honor, submit that my
client did not break into the house at
all. He found the parlor window
open, inserted his right arm and re-
moved few trifling articles. Now,
my clients arm is not himself and l
fan to see how you can punish him
for an ofeense committed only by one
Of his limbs"
THAT argument" said the judge,
"is very well put. Following il logic
ally. I sentence the defendants arm
to one years Imprisonment. He can
accompany it or not. just as he
chooses"
The prisoned calmly unscrewed his
cork arm and, leaving it in the dock,
walked out.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01
THE NEW YEARS CALL.

one OF the old customs that should
not bs permitted to fall into dlsuse
Is the New Years call.
In the western states, the custom
OF making calls on New Years oay
has never been followed to the eX-
tent It has elsewhere. Life is lived a
little more Ieisurely in the older
towns Of New England, and the
west has less time for the SOCIAL
amenities.
But what better way to start the
new wear than by a brief visit with
old time friends?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

bellows, thrust him from his pleasant
vicRrage. The essayist has only the
common world in which to rejoice
or suffer with the men and women
who fiji 1t. The element of artifice
in his work units it for bitter and
binding truths. If we open an index
to periodical literature, and see how
many columns are headed European
War" we understand why there is
look next at the columns bearing the
subtitle, Atrocities" we know why
there is no heart left in the essay
list
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

A village butcher, big man, pos
sessed a deep voice. and he was ex-
ercisipg 1t at the local concert by
singing several unapplauded en-
cores.
Hasn't he an extensive reper-
tory?" said his wife.
well, / shouldn't like to say
that" said the local dressmaker;
but he certainly is getting rather
STOUT"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. L.
Especial. Felix Calender has been
elected president Of Switzerland for
the year 1918 He having been vice.
president in 1917 his accession to the
presidency was a matter of form.
A term as vice. president invariably
Is followed in Switzerland by a term
as chief executive.
Calender has gone on record as an
advocate of the strictest neutrality
and will undoubtedly be a prominent
figure Ia any peace negotiations
which may be started durfna his
term sc office
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01
SCIENCE IN THE WAR.

The average reader has hay
idea that science is playing Won
derGul role IN the present war, but
how important that part is, is graph
ically told by Joseph S. Ames in an
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

voice mounted from the depths
of the obscurity in which, the main
floor of the theater was left. despite
the glare of the six dusty stage
That's not the way, Monsieur
Fanjard. Won't you do 1t over
again?'
Faniard, who had been perched on
a chair, which represented the stair
case OF a chateau, jumped down and
made his way to the front Of the
stage. Respectfully, yet not WITH
out a certain hauteur-his foot on
the prompter's cubby-hole, his elbow
on his knee and his hand held to his
ear like an ear trumpet-ne ASKED
ssWhat is It, monsieur
The author called back at the top
OF his voice, as il making head
against q tumult;
Il should like to have in that pas
sage more ardor, more passion, more
grief. DO you understand"
II understand answered Fanjard,
with a bow.
He played Again DUST as Before.
The author would have been glad
to elaborate his meaning But Fan
lard. having already returned to his
chair staircase and said to his COM
rades. "Iset us do ii over, my friends,
PLAYED the climax of the scene again
just as he had played it before.
That's not right yet! That's not
not right yet!n cried the author.
you are on the first step. Mile.
Ravignan lifts her arms toward you.
You stop her with a gesture. What
Is ito A silence, you understand,
rnademoiselle? A silence, a simple
silence! You. Monsieur Fanjard, You
ask her. almost in a whisper: Your
brother? NV SOM You bow your
head. madenoiselle. That is enough.
He has understood you. Then you,
Monsieur Fan5ard, you utter q cry, q
narrowing cry: all the rest of the
scene is only @ sob. You see what
want. Let us try II againl'
With a glacial patience Fanjard
PLAYED the scene over. But this time
his articulation was hardly any more
fmpassioned, and his gestures barely
sketched out, seemed TO die away, as
If succumbing to some invisible OBJ
The Old Actor Listened.
rive o'clock sounded and the play
ers left the stage. The author re-
Joined Fan1ard in the wings. After
having gesticulated. shouted and
fumed for three hours he had
moist skin. q dry tongue and
hoarse voice Fan1ard. as he made
his way toward his dressing room,
listened to the other composedly. He
was an old actor, reckDned as one of
the glories Of the stage. and oil Its
nohlest traditions survived III him.
The aUthef bod fh~a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01
The Great Scene In War
Play, Portrayed BY Father
Who Loses Son, True to Life
TRANSLATED by William L. MePher'
son.l

Translated by William L. McPhel
SOM
Here is a little war story with
a practical as well as an artistic
moral. 1t emphasizes the diff
ference in contact with war be-
tween reality and convention. 1t
Is the constant complaint of the
French poilus in the trenches,
and the British soldiers as well,
that the civilians in the rear do
not really understand the war.
Certainly no one can safely dog
matize about its reactions who
has not himself experienced
them. So it is in the whole field
of the wars tragedy tragedy
SO vast as to make futile most Of
our preconceptions about it.
The playwright in the story
thought that he knew what q
father ought to do on hearing of
his only sons death in action. He
was justified, perhaps, by ordin-
airy literary conventions. But
the old actor knew better. His
knowledge was based on personal
experience.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01
Britons Sell Old
Estates

War Made MiIlionaiNss Buy Prop
erty of Peers Impoverished BY
High Taxes and Found a New
Aristoeraey.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01

Closing OF frontiers in war
times Is huTnorously explained in
this correspondence from Chias-
SO, Italy. 1t is informing as
well ne nnfarfa lining
Oxford eagle., 1918-06-20
sor the game has
rr
ta-
INTO If

s or the game has
uag In which are ninety
,quares. each with q num-
thereon, from one TO nine
ps on the table and cries
down, my lucky lads"
ceases and every one is AT
ipier places his hand In the
draws forth a numbered
ID immediately calls out the
The man who owns the card
PaEt lular number on II,
square with match. The
overs the fifteen numbers on
FIRST shouts House" The
:ker Immediately comes over
ID veriffes the card by calling
numbers thereon to the man
bag. AS each number 10
picks II out OF the ones
'om the bag and says. Right"
unit is right he shouts. House
pay the lucky gentleman. and
a card fsr the next school"
Icky gentleman" generally buys
nless he has a miser trace In
g.
another collection is made. a
formed. and they carry on with
me.
calley-out has many nicknames
Mbers such as "Kelly's Rye"
LEGS Eleven" for eleven.
y-click' for siIty-slx, or 'Tep
mouse" meaning ninety.
game is honesi ana quite en-
2. Sometimes you have fourteen
rs ON your card covered and
waiting for the fifteenth to be
I. In en- imploring voice you call
Come on, Watkins. chum, I'm
'ng on 'Kelly's Eye"
uns generally replies, well,
ut Of a draft, you'll catch cold"
other game .is "Pontoon." played
re-1s; II is the same as our
or "Twenty-one."
called BRA alsC
cas-
Oxford eagle., 1918-06-20
TER XIX.

His Own.
-vilmy cenpo. always be
!ys, under fire but while
: he has numerous other
musing himself. He is a
~-yler, byf never plays for
ses -G~herally, in each com
III find regular Garfield.
ne.hly all the games
undisputed author
gambling. When
sument among the
me uncertain point
.ghton is entitled TO
the matter is taken
authority and his de-
Dpular games are
" and House"
used In Grown
$ of a piece Of can
rec feet. This Is
al squares. Iu these
.ainted a club, diamond.
:. crown, and an anchor,
10 square. There are
rsed, each dice marked the
~qn@ The banker sets
In the corner of
bally-hooing until a
les gathers around
trts.
ies place bets OIL the
crown or anchor being
most. The banker then
e dice and collects or pays
case may be. II you play
and one shows up on the
get gwen money. II two show
sf,sive two to one. and II three,
II the crown does not ap-
naye bet on ii. you lose,
Sercentage for the
ho <every square is
v TrOwd Is partial 10,
&. he has 10 trust TO
ser generally wins.
Iouse" is very popular
~ men TO run It. This
N,n,ln numerous ,9'n., squares ,aa,'e Of Of
ynbers TO a row. The
An one TO ninety. Each
aren't combination.
ned -esiamlnets" Ia the vii
open from eleven in the morn
ne IN the ernOoE in &C
wit-~.rmy 5rders.
~ dinner the Tommies eOrgre-
a." sc places 10 drink French
Npenny a glass and play
The Benson signal., 1918-06-08
Stoker's Act of Bravery.

In these days of undersea warfare,
when the blow is often struck without
warning, new danger is added to the
already hazardous tasks of the ships
f1remen. Speed is an essential in
beating the U-boat, and this requires
constant work. Recently the bottom
blow valve Of boiler was carried away
on vessel of the United States navy.
One of the crew was Aloysius Fawcett,
a ferman, first class. With two others
he made his way through steam-filled
fireroom and fought passage through
a hot cloud in the engine room. Here
he helped haul the fires at a critical
moment. The nerve and Quickness of
the act saved the boiler and the ves-
sci from serious accident Fawcett en-
listed in the navy in 1911 at Cincin-
natl.
The Benson signal., 1918-06-08
"Old Glory"
the Oldest
of Ensig1ls

ROBABLY few Americans real
- ize that when their country's
flag is referred to as "Old
Glory" the adjective is not
merely an expression of reverence and
affection, but is historically justified.
Strange as it may seem, considering
the comparative youth Of the United
States as nation, the flag of the
United States is the oldest truly ma
tional ensign in existence.
While the name Of the British
"Union Jack" dates from the union Of
England and Scotland, in 17O8, it's de-
sign was changed in 1901, when the
legislative union of Ireland with Great
Britain was recorded, by adding the
red cross of st. Patrick to the earlier
combination of the crosses of St..
George and st. Andrew. The design Of
the American flag has never been Off
cially changed since it's first adoption
on June Ia, 1777.
The continental congress on that day
resolved that the national ensign
should be one of 13 stripes, red and
white alternately, with "union" of
blue, in which should be displayed 13
stars. These referred, of course, to
the 13 colonies which had united in
declaring their independence Of Brit
ish rule. No provision was then made
for the recognition of future states in
the flag. Probably they were not
thought of.
After the admission of Vermont and
Kentucky flags appeared with Is stars
and stripes. They do not seem to
have had any legislative sanction,
though they are said to have been
carried by some regiments in the War
of, 1872. AS more states were admit
ted it was seen that it would not do
to keep eon increasing the stripes, and
in 1918 congress made a definite rule,
fixing the stripes at 13, with a star for
each state.
The French tricolor is a dozen years
younger than "Old Glory" What are
usually sold as the German, Russian,
Italian and Spanish flags are devices
of the nineteenth century, created as
mercantile" flags or in an effort to
find something that might be more
popular" than the "royal standard"
and also less complicated and expen-
sive. In fact, outside Of the United
States, France and Britain, the recog-
milton Of flags of nationality as some
thing distinct from attachment to
''royal house" may be said to have been
thought Of the last century.
In this connection it may be noted
that the United States also has the
Oldest national military school Of con-
tinuous existence. The French mill
,tary schools, the first that were "na-
tional" in any real sense, were sus-
pended at times during the great revo-
luton. But since it's opening in 1902
West Point has seen no sun rise or
set without the customary morning and
evening salute to "Old Glory"