The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-05-28


Of this strawberry short-cake t0Sthe
young couple across the hall, she
told the cook the other night. you'd
better not. ma'am," the cook advised.
"They don't do such things here. Any
how they look to me like folks that
was raised on the kind that's made
Of cake instead of biscuits" But the
neighborly spirit was not to be down
ed. She rang the bell. A white-cap-
ped maid took the plate with an
amazed stare and disappeared. She
came back before the woman opened
her own door. "Mrs. J. says it's all
right and how much is it and was it to
raise money for charity?" :.
r. The theatrical people of the city
were busy last week on the celebra-
ton of Rev. DR.. ! George G.. Hough-
toms fiftieth anniversary in the min
istryl For no man in the whole coun-
try isscloser, probably, to the hearts
of the men and women of the stage
thar this rector &c the famous Lit
tie Church Around the Corner" Its
real name ii the ,Gprch Of the Trans
figufation, hut it s$ always called, the
5otherSs Drs Houghton's uncle found
ed jtgand was itssonly other pastor.
Many years ago, ALTER the succession
Of the presentsrector, the then famous
actor, George Holland, died and a
committee of actors, among them 10
seph jefferson, went to Fifth Ave
nue. Clergyman to arrange for the ac-
tors funeral. The minister explain
ed that his scruples would prohibit
him officiating at services for an &C
tor. Then he unbent enough to sug-
gest: There's little church around
the corner where the rector undoubt-
eddy would serve, you" And from !,
that moment, the, little Twenty-nlnth
street, church was beloved Of all the
actors and was known. as "The Little
Church Around the Corner" -,
It is difficult to deceive a woman
about anything, have heard, but it's
impossible when it comes to her own
wedding PRESENTS The home of Mrs.
Howard Won Bommell was robbed re-
Gently of wedding presents in silver
worth sc, 900. The other day she was
out for walk and discovered hand
some display Of them in curio shop
window. There was no denying the
keen 'eyes and memory of the bride 6.
She knew every mark and every de-
tail VI design Oh every single piece.
There was nothing for the shop-keep.
er to do but throw up his hands and
protest his personal innocence. 'Ney-
err" he said, "did I hear Of an own
err knowing her possessions so con-
yincmgly.""s Z e. III M 80. III
Interesting is the announcement
that Arnold Daily will take possession
of the Greenwich Village theatre next
October for series Of productions,
old and new, in which his leading lady
will be Lillian Gish. Of movie fame.
Dorothy Gish, too. is bound for the
speaking stage. She will make her
debut with stock company in Can
ada this summer, playing opposite her
husband, James Rennie, now in
Spanish Love-"
The women who have founded and
are backing the Junior Art Patrons
Of America had a difficult situation
to meet at their first gathering. While
believing firmly in the fundamental
interest of youth and girlhood in the
matter OF. high art, they nevertheless
felt that maybe they could get them
together more quickly and more nu-
merously if they put dancing on
their invitations to the first assem-
blage, held at the Fine Arts building,
That part was all right. It worked as
they thought it. would. The gather
ing gathered ingfull force. And Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Herbert
Satterlee and the rest of the patrons
rejoiced., But them The music start
ed for the dancing; the youths were
choosing their partners; when, like
a thunderbolt from a clear sky, came
the announcement in stentorian tones
from William A. Paxton, that the
charter of the Fine Arts building pro:
hibited dancing within its walls. For
few minutes it looked as though ART
would never get the support of its
Junior Patrons. But Adolph Lewis
ohm rescued the cause of. art by in
viting everybody to his nearby home,
where music, refreshments, and no
building rules made the art evening a
success after all, ss@
ag :. ..5.s,g 4. 10. --- ---=--s Il TIL .i,,
q Fancy Irene Castle .beingr siredp'
Andtsby the stage-door mani! But il
happened; and she's suing Charles B,
Dillingham; for breach Of contract in
consequence. She was to dance in
|"Miss 1917" she says at $500 a week,
and she wants the money. Mr.. Dill
ingham's manager declares that she
wouldn't come to, rehearsals and that
she insisted upon singing a song, both
of which things he considered sui
ficient excuse for the; dismissal. 1
Westward no! once again. The
emigrant train of the twentieth cen
fury will leave New York in two
months. It's the first to start for the
great. wide, west" in this genera
ton. and in spite Of the fact that the
caravan will be made up of 128 motor
cars, it is, after all, pretty much the
same thing as the trains Of prairie
schooners which crept across the con
tinent half century ago. The "emi.
prants.n the 1913 families who will &c