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

in the motor cars, are ALL native
SAmericans. They "a i.s not seeking
freedom from opprcsss On nor religious
liberty nor a chance to.earn a living.
Their object is wholly to get away
from this biggest city to rear their
children where there is room, air and
ground. The plan, grew out ofsyacat
ton tours taken by two Of the men
and their familie After the: idea
was born, they wrote various COM
mercial clubs and state officials Of the
west, and partly because the governor
of Idaho was the first to answer their
letters, it is Idaho for which the cara
van will be bound. Five thousand
acres Of land have been taken there, Y
|. 1t was a gala day at the Metro
.politan Opera House the other day
when Enrico Caruso surprised the
house staff by dropping in for CALL,
the first time he has been able to step
into his beloved opera house since he
was first taken ill. Very few artists
were about. most of them having re-
turned to. Europe for the! summer,
but, those there hastily organized an
enthusiastic reception committee and
were voluble in their delight at the
return to health of the master singer.
Caruso is assured now that aftera
summer in Italy, he will be able tore
turn to the stage in the fall &sf5
The American National Council
has been organized to co-ordinateathe
Americanization, activities of moro
than score of nationally knowns pa
triotic and civic educational societies.
The first meeting was held the other
day when DR.. David Jayne Hill was
elected president, and Charles D.
Orth. Of the National Security league;
Frederick w. Galbraith, Jr., national
commander Of the American Legion,
and Albert E. Shields, director of The
Inter Racial council, were named
vice-presidents. Over 30 societies
are represented in the new council.
One of the features of the work will
concern the efforts Of the public
schools toward better citizenship and
Americanization. Az sstFS f5s
s@& Theres7is no use. We may as well
admit the complete wrongness Of all
the cartoonists and the funny story
people, who would imply that the Wis
itor from the village is the one VINO.
is buncoed in New York City. We've
had a few rather embarrassing in
stance of our own native-born Man
hattanites buying gold bricks of vari-
GUS descriptions these past few
months; and now comes another
grievous discovery. The! men who
sell, a 81 wrist watch for 35 cents,
those who offer the public an unex-
.celled fountain, pen for 50 cents, and
all the Fest Of such philanthropists
rarely try to sell their wares, in the
parts of the city where out-of-town-
ers are gathered. You can't sell a
Irube nothin' these days." said one of
the tribe the other day. They're
too cautious Or too: wise. The best
place for our, business is where the,
hard boiled native New Yorker works; ;
down in the business Districts We
can sell almost anything to office
boys, stenographers and business
men," So-one more tradition is
punctured. s.. ;,r+ = :: h.
The head stenographer in big Of
fee downtown is convert from the
teaching ranks. And the teaching
habits seem to stick. Recently it was
proven that they aren't always eff
ficient when transferred to scenes of
other activities. One Of the girls in
her office was cumming at her work.
The ex-teacher didn't approve of such
informality, in working manner. But
the request to desist was! either ig-
nored or forgotten, Then the teach
ing method came to the fore. Now
she said pleasantly, 'since you seem
to enjoy singing so much, perhaps
you'd like to stand up and sing to all
Of u.s." Doesn't that bring back
school to you ally But was the hum
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