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New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

have never recognized. To adapt =
French bedroom farce for American
consumption means to emasculate its
situations and demotivate its charac-
ters. The fun that remains is but the
shell of the original. Witness the at
tenuated mildness of "Sleeping Part
ners,' the burlesque disguise of Keep
1t 70 YOURSELF"
American bedroom farce is an en-
tirely different matter. A more innoc-
uous form Of entertainment it would
be difficult to devise. up in Mabel's
Room is a good average example: it
follows the usual formula. A half
dozen people are gathered at house
party on Long Island we had almost
said Long suffering Island, so over
worked has that part Of the coast been
of late b. playwrights seeking ambig-
uous atmosphere. The opening scene
gives us the key to the game; namely,
that every member of the party is
strictly and voluntarily homogeneous.
No matter what situations may arise
later in or out of Mabel's room, there
can never be any doubt in the mind of
the audience that every one on the
stage is in love with his own wife or
husband, or tiance, as the case may be.
This is so obvious we cannot help
surprise that the characters should sus-
pect each other so easily Doubtless
they are stupid. Can it also be that
their virtue has made them prudes !?
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
The Innocent Illusions
of Bedroom Farceu1.s

Bedroom farce is historic and
legitimate form of entertainment.
There are, however. three kinds Of
bedroom farce, the French farce, the
American farce, and the French fare,
adapted for an American audience.
The latter is bastard form. It is
impossible to make good French bed
room farce into a good American one:
the two spring from opposite sources.
Inc one is the farce of guilt, the other
the farce of innocence. Take the puiIt
out of the French farce and all its
polgnancy is gone Put it into the
American and it ceases to be funny.
French bedroom farce does not exist
on Broadway. Why should it? The
witty, unblushing, sincerely amusinc
form of the Palais Royal is as out of
place in America as an Esquimau in the
tropics. 1t deals with subjects the ex-
lstence of which is recognized in
France and denied as far as possible
here. The French are not ashamed of
their vices; therefore to laugh at them
IS not degrading. Moreover, they are
pragmatists in their comic perceptions.
IT thing exists it may be laughed at.
1t may be'tragic or sacred; that does
not prevent its also being funny. Con-
sistency, the jewel of the Anglo
Saxons, is one whose value the Latins
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Broad,cay Vary of
The Ne,u Comedian

1t took just one night for New York
playgoers to decide that Robinson New
bold was funny on the stage, but it took
fifteen years for theatrical manager
to recognize the same fact. Newbold
became overnight, in "The Royal vaga-
bond,' George NJ. Cohan's novel opera
comique, an established Broadway COM
edian. Newbold knows some interest
ing sdelights on the business of being
a comedian.
"a strange comedian is a greater
gamble, in a New York production, than
a new dramatic star. The experiment
has been made time and again Come
dians who have been stock or road fav-
orites have been brought to Broadway
by some enterprsing manager. only to
prove absolute failures. Their COM
edy was cold, as they say in the
classics. The audience simply refused
to laugh. And not few times a whole
production has been doomed because
the new comedian failed to be funny
for Broadway
According to Newbold this has hap
pened so many times that managers
were forced to doubt their own sense
of comedy. Moreover, they had to mis-
trust the laughter of au fences out of
town or in vaudeville theatres.
Therefore he fuctuated between road
engagements and musical stock COM
panies. In stock he was particularly
successful in Raymond Hitchcock's
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
NEWS AND NOTES or PLAYS AND PLAYERS

took practically the entire company to
get the instrument out of its hiding
place The piano needed strings, it
needed keys and most of all it needed
tuning, but in the division there was
every kind of musician and mechanic,
and two nights later the theatrical
troupe, having erected a stage and
built scenery at Oudezeele, rang up the
cheesecloth curtain on an amazing
truly Broadway production.
From Oudezeele the piano was moved
to Steenvorde. A performance was to
be given in that racked, deserted viii
lage, but the Boche sent an early au-
dience, consisting entirely Of high ex-
plosves and shrapnel, which wrecked
the improvised theatre and made it
necessary to place the piano in hos
pital for repairs. On that occasion the
piano received nine wound stripes.
After the New Workers had pushed
the Germans back from Mount KEN
mel and captured Vierstaat Ridge there
came a period of rehearsal and the pi-
ano was moved to Beauquesne. From
Beauquesne it was moved by truck
through the desolate Somme area and
arrived finally in woods known as
TempleuX lie Fosse. Here a number of
performances were given before and
after the men Of the 9th Division
broke the Hindenbure line. The thea
ire was a large stable beneath a hill
and its seating capacity was 400 sol
diers.
The captured piano was next moved
to Joncourt, and after the division had
finished its fighting was sent by lprry
to lie Mans. During three months it
gave entertainments to thousands of
soldiers. Throughout all this time, dur
ing spare moments, the musicians
worked out Let's Beat 1t" on the old
Boche instrument.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

We hesitate to answer, but the facs
remains that the characters in an
American bedroom farce are by all
odds the most impeccable and the most
easily shocked we have ever met,
The main theme Of up in Mabel's
Room is rose pink chemise Now
chemise partially glimpsed in a dim
light may be suggestive, but chemise
banded about the stage for three acts
has the suggestive quality of foot
ball. The play abounds in misunder-
standing and dialogue that has a
double meaning. But it is never
double entendre." In French farce
one Intentionally says something in
nocent and means something wicked
In an American one unintentionally
says something wicked and means
something innocent. This is funny but
1t is not suggestive, any more than the
adventures Of the football chemise,
which are also funny The interesting
POii-t - NNdl the duUleNCe really likes
this kind of fun much better than the
other, although most Of them come
out still under the Illusion of the title
and the underclothing thinking it has
been naughty and that they are So
phisticated dogs to have taken it so
well. 1t is an innocent illusion. Had
any one of the characters committed
or even intended committing, the adul-
terry so generously suspected every
ones evening would have been spoiled
But the characters never intend any
thing so disgraceful. AS matter of
fact, they never intend anything at all;
they are the merest pufballs of the
plot. Cup in Mabel's Room true to
type, is primitive farce of situation
That the locale happens to be bed
room does not imply immortality any
more than a dining room set neces-
sarily connotes scene Of drunkenness.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
4 Little Journey
With Cyril Keightley

the screen and the people out in front
thought it was all part of the play.
"And in another play, in the awful
chaos of the moment, l gave them the
wrong cue and we played the third act
before the second and then had to
play the seeLnd act last. They liked
that play so we'll that it stayed two
days.
"Now we know why you are such
delightful actor"
"Why? Because of my early train
ing?'
"No, because Of something which no
training can ever give you if you
haven't it,"
And here a hard hearted call boy
said "Fifteen minutes" and we left Mr..
keightley to prepare for his little Jour
ney without telling him why.
The Keota news., 1919-07-18

Q0npo comSerts 0abys okD0
~ - rough and itching with bot
boG Cuticura Soap and touches Of
O. - Ointment. Also make uDo
06p then Of that sxquisitely scent.
- 4IQG powder. Cuticura Talcum.
- the indispensable Cuticura
= IDxl1o.-Adv.
The Keota news., 1919-07-18
Choice Of olrla.

First Gucst-won't you Join me In
requesting young Squalls to rccite3
Second Guest-But don't like reci.
tatlOns.
First Gucst-Neithcr do I. But II
the young bcggar doesn't recite he'll
3ing.-Stray Stories.
The Keota news., 1919-07-18
BIC POTATO YIELD
Western Canada Man Raised 600
Bushels on Two AoreA
N0 Thlnies He DID Pretty WELL but
1hsro Were Even Larger Crepe
n the Nelehberhoed-elvo
otook Men Prosper.

A. by.product the yield Of potatoes
on the farm Of Ben Pawson Of Coal.
dale, Alberta. was somewhat Of . pay.
Ing proposition. COaldale 10 In the
Medicine Hat district Of Alberta. Med
icine Hat 10 . place. pictured in the
mind Of many Americans. where the
weather man holds high carnival. and
when he wants to put . little life or
spirit into the people just moves the
mercury down q few notches. The
rascal has thus given Medicine Hat Q
rather unenviable place on the map.
But II isn't half a. bad - II II pic.
tured. Anyway. Ben Pawson likes II.
Last year he grew six hundred bush.
els Of potatoes on two acres OF land
that had no special preparation. and
only the usual precipitation. or rain.
~ the less cultured would call It.
When he couldn't work at his hay or
grain. because Of the damp mornings.
be gave them some attention. And
then evenings between supper and
chores and bedtime he gave them some
work. Anyway his yield was SIX hun.
dred bushels. and he sold the whole
lot for S2o5. Ben 10 satisfied. still
there were larger yields than this In
the neiehhorhood.
II one might speak Of hogs IN the
came breath In which you speak Of po-
tatoes. there 10 nothing In the ethics
Of literature that would create . de-
barment. Taking advantage Of this
license Il will not be out Of place to
state that large potato yields are not
the only feature Of interest In this
new and interesting country. Amongst
others hogs are having . good deal OF
atteotioo. Not long ago. hogs reached
the $500 marx on the Calgary market.
Il doesn't cost much to raise . hog
and very little to bring him to weight
Of 200 pounds. Don't cost much! Ger.
tainly not. But what about the man who
recently paid $3.50 for Duroc Jersey
Boarf That was oil right. That man
knew what he was doing. He was do
Ing what q great many other farmers
In Western Canada are doing today.
He 10 acting on the old saw" that
sit costs no more to raise Q good crit.
ter than Q poor one" That 10 the rea.
con that Western Canada II looming
large In the live stock world. The best
70 none too good. The same may b
said Of horses. cattle. yes. and sheep.
too. The very best sires and dams
Of the best breeds are purchased. And
while big prices are paid. II Is felt that
the demand for pure-bred stock at
home and abroad will bring returns
which will warrant any reasonable
price that may be asked.-Advertiso'
ment.
The Keota news., 1919-07-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
wssssss Newspaper Usies News sssvsse.

wssssss Newspaper Usiea News Service
The Western Colorado Power Com,
pany was granted Q twenty.One-yeai
franchise by the new city council NJ
Ouray. Tho vote was unanimous.
Anderson l.. Mason. pioneer OF Colo
RADIO. and one OF the first settlers on
the land whore Denver now stands
died at bis home In jamestown At the
age Of -.
william Wise. 4 years old, SOU OF
Robert Wise. 4 rancher living -four
miles from Paonis, was Instantly killed
% result Of being accidentally shot
BY his sister. Mary, Z years old.
Every cent OF the $4,000 appropri'
atsd BY Congress for the United States
mint At Denver will be spent to im.
prove the lnint's sweep cellar. accord.
Ing 70 Thomas Annear. superintend.
ent.
American Refrigerator Transit Com.
pany Il In Grand Junction making ar.
rsuyemsnts for handling approximate.
ly $500 cars Of fruit and $40 cars Of
potatoes.
The total acreage Of corn grown In
Colorado In 1909. according to the CEN
sus report. was SD. $50 acres. In 1919
five counties In the eastern part Of the
state have more than $4,000 acres Of
corn In cultivation.
The per capita assessed valuation Of
property In Colorado for 1918 was 81.
SS4.es, compared with &i.27G3o for
1917. Jackson county leads In this re.
spect. with $l.70S70. and Huerfsno
county has the lowest. S76a33.
All the jefferson county men who
served In Cncle Sans military or nav.
nj forces during the war were guests
Of the city Of Golden and people came
from all section Of the county to at.
tend the "Welcome Home" day cele-
bratiou held there.
John Mccoy. 10 years old. was slec.
trocuted In the Jsssee mine, two miles
from Breckenridge. He was discov.
cred In nm unconscious condition BY
one Of his fellow workmen. who rau
over the mountains to town for physi.
clan. A 1iO-volt wire was found Oh
his head and his hands were t,adly
burned.
A suitable appropriation for the de.
velopment Of the Rocky Mountain Ma.
tional park will be made BY Congress
at the next regular session. Positive
assurance TO this effect has been
given Representative vaile by Repre-.
sentative J. ". Good Of Iowa. chair.
man Of the committee on apprOpria.
tiono.
Six Colorado counties, Weld. Morgan.
Logan. Adams, Washington and Yuma
have more land planted in corn this
year than was planted In the entire
state. These figures, although not yet
complete, Indicate that the acreage de-
voted to corn In the state this year will
more than double that Of 1900 aud con.
sltcrubly larger than that Of last year.
The superintendent Of transportation
Of the Cashln mines, which recently
opened in the Paradox section after
three years. Of idleness, has offered to
contribute $4,000 toward the construc-
tiOn Of a road from their mines to
MOntrooe II the county will contribute
Il like amount. 80 that they eau locate
their offices In this city instead Of ct
the mines us now situated.
The first attempt ever made to sail
an airplane over Pixies Peak will be
1ss0S sa.1,s. eh.n 1ss1s sHG
The Keota news., 1919-07-18

DayoR, Tablets Of Aspirin" to b
oooallo must be marked With the
dn1oeE aver Cross" Always buy an
u1neoe1 0ayer package which con.
t11ao ooer directions to safely -.
6esO HD11ache. Toothache. Earache.
HoQ&eQG& Colds and pain. Handy tin
boDoe ~ II tablets cost but Q few
coo1Q ~ rug stores-larger packages
aloe tlrin 10 the trade mark Of
0ayQ Manufacture Of Aonoacetic.
oeleogo1esof Salicylicacid.-Adv.
~ oood and Better.
s3WAnt piece Of meat without any
bo0o. 1t oe gristlc."
~Y00 boeter buy an egg. num-"
The Keota news., 1919-07-18

The charm Of bathroom n it, spot.
lsssness. BY the use Of Red Cross Bag
Blue, all cloths and towels retain their
whiteness until worn out. &c.
The Keota news., 1919-07-18

~. Too Well Taken.
- nolnts In Browns speech were
Wqol 40kon. I thought" "Ycs; most
oe 49, from other men,
The Keota news., 1919-07-18
~ Good and Better
GAN l BE
GRED7" SAYS
HE SUFFERER

1Dsa have you heard that -
- The victims Of disease. Per.
~ y sordsr b: gone too far tee
~ eltsnsr Il . Just in its afse
06 ~ the pains and aches are only
Qo0o1&1est cries for help. Do 1oe
d6gS4 nd out tie cause and siyo
1lfD the help Jos can and sAo
s. R you With health. Look afteD
1k1s =. The kldneys are u nese
Z - organs Of The human body,
QDNt they fan n their work q
I'D throwing Of Tie poison
antly aecumalatss b tle age.
I aaaE3em on Capeajs0 Wm
60 ee Immediate reliel from Id.
{ oAd6er troubles and thel4 d1-
81 + hsnts. They vim ffse yosF
pain IN ohort order. Bat b
3 6 GOLD MEDAL Look Sof
0o116 O every bog. ID three Glssak
60 6oGkaees. 0ooay eotW6eo .
80 1t bslp yoa. ADV.
The Keota news., 1919-07-18
UnsophistleAted.

Bess-She seems TO like everybody.
June-Yex: she has no husband
Baltimore American.
The Keota news., 1919-07-18
ltt3z,- OF No Importance.
4tsky says"
1oe mind the rest Of II. I'm fed
Qo9lunk."
3 ARE WoaKln0 uAaDE1


= their feet more than ever before.
8ese workers the frequent use Of
Dot -Ease, the antiseptie. healing
10 be shaken into the shoes and
] In the foot.bath, increases their
} and insures needed physical com
takes the Friction from the Shoe,
the feet. and prevents tired. ach-
,blistered feet. Women everywhere
Deant users Of Aliens Foot .Ease.
3 foot sore, get Allsa's Foot .1aso.
dealers everywhere.-Adv.
Pho shirks the duty he dislikes
shunned by the success he de.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-10

People visiting Williston VIII fnd
excellent hotel and restaurant ac-
Communications at very moderate RACES
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-10
Flowing well on farm Of Ex-
Lieut.. Governor Burdick. Good
water .abounds here.
Of Oil Near
Williston is Realized
BY Pioneer Company

A few years g when the Wild
lands OF Williams county and other
OF northwestern North Da-
kota were roved by great herds of
cattle that Toasted a~ndafattened on the
wonderfully nutritious prairie grass
that God sowed on these beautiful
plains, there was satisfaction enough
in that-to Justify the pioneers belief
that this was truly the land Of oppor-
tuntty. And then. the settler-the
farmer-came, and a a reward for
merely turning the peaceful sod and
sprtnkhng 1t with kernels Of wheat,
great crops sprung from the bosom of
the earth, enabling him to pay for
his farm in a single yea and then
prepare to get rich.
But these and all Of them we're only
a few Of the advantages that this
country offered to the MAJ who would
prospect with his hand and his heart
to win a livelihood and a fortune. A
couple of years ago j. W. Phillips and
A. r. Grapes of the Pioneer Oil and
Gas company, believing that the lig-
mite hills and the virgin wheat prairies
in h vicinity .:Williston were un-
dcrlaid with pools of oil, staked their
capital and experience on their be-
lief and began drilling on.the Pete
Hendrickson farm along the Missouri
Undertaking was slow and arduous,
not only because all undertakings of
this nature in new fields must be
slow, but also on account of the war
which made it difficult to get ma
terialA
A geologist Of over forty years ex-
perience that included survey work
in practically every North American
oil region from Tampico. Old Mexico,
to Sitka, Alaska. Mr.. Phillips, the
geologist and field manager of the
Pioneer Oil and Gas company, made
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,0lhM. Club IS
ANACHVEBODY
90 80


Il ThosyVnnseun commercfal club. an
Examinations DaAa MP Of the business
md pcof~kpnal men oe The city, al
plough In existeAco only about q
pear, han become firmly founded and
X now funcdoniag admirably alon9
n1e lines Of civic and rural promo
,ton- tn purpose to advance the
sauniciWl and commercial interests
{ the city and tho promotion Of the
general welfare IT the surrounding
tpuntry hAs already hAd signal suc-
iiess.
During tho early stages of It's ex-
Htence the Commercial club was for
l1nate IN having almost unanimous
Hpport Of the business men of the
Tty-men who gave willing Of their
Ime and their talent for the common
bod. Striking personalities in the
iouthfnr organization were Dr.. 7. H.
1avid. who served as the first presi-
cent of the club. He vas successful
a laying the groundwork for the faae
Jganization that now exists. Dr..
.Savid has since moved to Sacramento,
h~alifornia, where he Is conducting a
ractice. al we'll as being interested
q a fruit ranch. Dr. David was suc-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-10

If the present program of the Com
mercial club materializes. Williston
will have of the finest and most
extensive park systems Of any city In
North Dakota
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= "a, ~ et EsN,HE
Two Billion Tons ii Hills Near
City Gives Opportunity
to Many.

It Is roughly estimated that two
billion tons Of Ignite coal underlie
the hills In the immediate vicinity Of
Wi1liston. AT three dollars q ton,
which is the prevailing wholesale
market price this: year,sthe value rep
resented in the, Ignite coal deposits
aggregate a gun equal to the fourth
Liberty Loan As yet, less than a
dozen mines have beenaopened, and
tho total output Of these, mere
drop In the bucket Oft what might
have been accomplished. The annual
output of the Williston mines is now
in the neighborhood of $4,000 tons.
a great deal of which is shipped to
othert oWns'in northwestern North
Dakota. Ignite coal is used exclus-
lively in this city and, vicinity.
Ignite, while not Of as firmly and
lasting a composition as bituminous,
is nevertheless q splendid fuel for do
mesttc us or manufacturing pur-
poses. Its burning qualities are with
out equal for efficiency, inasmuch as
scarcely any ashes are left in the
stove after1burninx Ignite.
Future In Briquettes.
The b%riquetting OF ignite is a SCI
ence that has been under development
in the northwest the past ten years or
more. More recently the United
States government, through the bu-
reau of mines, has interested itself in
the meter and is now working out
a method whereby the raw ignite
product may be converted into a fuel
of value. .equaiato that Of anthracite.
The successful working out OF this
plan will automatically give Williston,
North Dakota. q place. Of unusual OPP
portunity to develop an industry as
great Or greater than the -four mills
of Minneapolis, the packing plants of
Chicago. or the steel industry Of Gary.
Its Importance cannot, be fully appre-
ciatcd by M u~nacquainted with the
fuel situation of the United States,
which. if left entirely to the bitumin-
u and anthracite resources. may in
a few years result in a shortage. The
successful briquetting of Ignite
which promises to be a reality within
a few cal under the encouragement
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-10
CHURCHES,
BEST IN NORTHWEST

=, To w1lliston has come the dis
tfnctfon of having tho strongest
>superintendcnt Of city schools In
North Dakota; possibly the
strongest In tho entire north
west. DR.. George A. Mcfarland,
who has the position, for q years
was president of the Valley City
normal the largest normal in
the northwest The school oilers
all branches of study, has q
lyce0m course, student societies
and clubs. Two years ago only
one team In North Dakota scored.
on the W1iliston football squad.
none defeated 1t, and this year no
North Dakota team has, so far.
scored on tho Williston players.
The Rncst Congregational
church building I'm the state Is
loCsBted in Wiltiston. The city
has a beautiful Catholic church
and tho Methodists, Iutherans,
Episcopalians and Christian Sci
entists' are represented.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-10

Remember this: williston is THE
CITY of Opportunity" located In the
land Of oil, coal, cattle and agricul-
ture, where fortune and happiness
await every seeker.
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Euks Hom-Waliston.

feded In the presidency of the club
y Charles c. Rieger, at the time vice
resident OF the Williams. County
tate bank A man Of unusual talent,
ynanic energy and striking person.
lity, Mr.. Rieger was well fitted for
ne job and. had 8 very successful adj
illustration. He recently moved to
annapolis to become manager Of
he bond department OF the State
Institution of Savings, in which ca
,acity he il enjoying splendid success
Thos. B. Hogan, proprietor of
togan'sA cafe, was elected to COM
lete Mr.. Rieger's u~nexpfred term,
nd during the two months he was at
ne helm Of the association, did ex-
Silent work
At the annual meeting held Oc-
3ber 81. a new board Of directors
yyere elected. consisting Of A A. Brad
~, Thos- B. Hogan, r. L. Greene, W.