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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-07

ternational affairs, they are not yet sur
feited, lecture managers report, with men
and women who can come here and en-
tighten us and make us understand" That
is the present principal phase of the lee
ture business, as some of the managers
see tia demand for authoritative treat
ment Of international relations.
There is also a continuing interest in
noted writer's Hugh Walpole, for example.
feels justified in coming back this winter
to lecture on THE English Novel of the
Twentieth Century" Novel Writing and
Novel Reading" Psychology and Fiction"
and Books and Friendship"
We Independent Americans keep on get
ting excited about foreigners, even without
titles, but the bureau managers say we are
more exacting than formerly. 1t Is getting
so that we expect a lecturer not only to
have a reputation and a message but to
know how to deliver the message. In this
respect audiences have been badly fooled
in certain instances. Ordinarily the visit
ing celebrity has not been wholly to blame.
He has been tempted beyond his strength
and ascertained too late that handsome
contract, bountiful publicity and luscious
advance sale do not commonly correct de-
fects Of language, voice or manner over
night or change an ugly duckling into a
Bwan.
There is also the type OF lecturer who
is capable enough but comes to grief
through failure to take American crowds
seriously. And occasionally there is one
who fails Though no fault Of his own. A
famous young Englishman was tortured
while here by headaches. Unlike Dickens,
who was i'll throughout his tour but upon
whom public meeting had a tonic effect,
so that he was always at his best at the
reading desk, this young Englishman felt
worse than ever when he faced an audience
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-07

G. Bernard Shaw doesn't need
the money, even if it is $4,000 a
lecture, and therefore won't come.
According to the American custom the
management always placed a pitcher of
ice water within reach of the lecturer. As
he talked he dipped in his fingers now and
then, clutched a piece of ice and held it
to his brow. Seeking further relief, he
dipped one wrist and then the other in
the pitcher. and on one occasion he absent
mindly-or maybe he didn't mind-poured
himself a glass and drank of the water
which had just contributed to his dis
tinguished additions.
The spectators were ignorant of the
headaches, and the gallant young English
man wouldn't permit them to be told.
They thought the ice water business was
all la-de-da mannerism. Though enter
tanning, it was not what they had paid for
and as it diverted attention from the sub
stance of the lecture the celebrity fell
short Of the expected measure OF success
He is still a first class fighting man with
the typewriter, but as lecturer he is not
at present contemplating another visit to
the United States.
Gambling as they have to do on the
vagares of public taste, managers of lee
ture bureaus must be good judges of
human nature, as well as careful observ-
ers Of what Is going on in the world. The
best Of them confess that they can't always
tell what the public wants and they have
no way of asking the public. College boys
on the bleaChers can howl concertedly be-
tween football quarters 1--WE want beer!"
and it's safe to say they do want 1t, but
no way has been discovered of getting the
public to yell out its mental desires Lee
Keedick who has brought many notable
foreigners to America in recent years,
says he gets lots of letters from patrons
who express a wish to hear So-and-So, but
he finds them not very helpful, for the
reason that the average petitioner Is
anxious only to hear some lecturer in his
own special field who might have nothing
to say Of general interest Physicians
want to listen to great physicians; clergy
men to great cergymen, and so on.
Americans are supposed to have an
lures" Mr.. Keedick says "but so far as I
can discover they do not differ in this re-
gard from people the world over. Every
where men and women like to sit and be
entertained or enlightened by one speaking
with authority. If we had Mark Twain
he would draw just as big audiences in
Europe now as the greatest Europeans
have drawn over here. Capt Amundsen
had a fine tour in this country in 1918.
but when he went to Germany he did even
better Sir Rabindranath Tagore had good
reception here on his first trip, but the
second time he Internationally gave Of
Tense and was rather a failure. Yet
when l was in Germany in 1919 they were
making more Of a fuss over him than we
ever did. Peary had good audiences in
Europe. The man who has achieved some
thing worth while and has happy way
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-07
He whirled the lariat
twice and let fly. 1t
missed the umpire
by a fraction of
an inch.

SHH HATS Dominack," said the In
dian agent who showed us
around the Shuswap Indian
Reservation. "Dominack is the reserva-
TONS problem, not to mention Lake Win
dermere's BY all the rules of the parole
system Dominack ought to be back in Jail
serving the rest of the six years he got
for killing his father-in-law.
But furnishing Dominack is about as
satisfactory as chastising an irresponsible
child. Doesn't seem to do Dominack a
bit of good. Doesn't seem to understand
why he is being punished, Besides, it
doesn't seem to make much difference to
Dominack where he is-n Jail or out.
Quite q problem, Dominack"
Dominack was sprawled out on a blan-
ket beneath a pine tree. There seemed to
be nothing of great moment upon Domi-
nacks mind, although he did seem some
what concerned in some faulty technique in
his lariat throwing. He was throwing his
rawhide from a reclining position and his
targets were small twigs stones and even
loose sticks. To the tenderfoot Domi-
nacks ability to snake these objects out
little short of marvellous. But Dominack
wasn't satisfied.
Hes been peeved about his lariat work
ever since that game of baseball" ex-
planned the agent.
Dominack is six feet Of slovenly Shu-
swap. The reservation lies near Lake
Windermere in southern British Columbia
and great is Dominack's fame in the prov
ince. II baseball could stand another
Sockalexis, Dominack might be enjoying
fame in the big leagues, but probably it is
lust as we'll for baseball and Dominack,
not forgetting the team that might have
him under contract, that he lies there on
the shores Of Lake Windermere content
to accept whatever may come to pass.
The great outside world means very
little to the majority Of the folk up In
that part Of British Columbia Whenever
excitement is needed to stir them out OF
TOO great a lethargy Dominack rears him
self TO his feet and goes forth hunting a
bit of trouble. Usually. unless he is APP
pretended in the seeking, he finds It, And
then there is plenty to talk about.
"Dominack he great man." volunteers a
scrawny Shuswap youngster. He great
fighter, great baseball player. Greatest
baseball player in the world"
"They say down in the States" we ven
ture, that Mr. sisler is the greatest"
"Seesler, bah! You ever see Dominack?'
.Then," we suggest, there is Mr. Cobb
and Mr.. Hornsby and Mr.. Ruth and Mr..
Speaker"
mo good. Dominack best of all. Never
heard Of these men you say great. Every
body know Dominack."
To get the proper perspective on Domi-
mack you must know something of his
mast. And his past seems to be domi-
mated by the unfortunate incident that
featured the taking off Of his father-in-
Iaw There are a number Of colorful
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-07
The Platform and the Box Office

Knut Hansun, one time Milwaukee street
car conductor who won the Nobel prize
for literature last year, also declines to
cross the Atlantic. His reason is that
he doesn't speak good English. Possibly
he has in mind the unhappy experience Of
Maurice Maeterlinck, who thought he had
phoneticized his French into the Amer-
can language but whom his audiences
found so unintelligible that he folded his
wings and flew back to Belgium.
The war interrupted a flow Of poetry
from writer's thereof who found profit and
sometimes pleasure in reading their verses
to the multitude. The moment this stream
was shut off the war lectures started. Ian
Hay Major Ian Hay Beith) was among
the first of those to whose personal mar
ratives Of combat the public gladly listened.
Then along came Arthur Guy Empey, Pr-
vate Peat Major w, A, Bishop, British
flying ace; John Masefeld, describing
this time rather than reading, and host
Of Others Among them came a group
Of strictly war poets, including Siegfried
Sassoon and Robert Nichols. Next in
evitably followed the prophets of recon-
struction and the new world" which was
to be fashioned out of the wreckage, but
which seems. like the good time comm for
Nicodemus the slave, to be long, long, long
on the way This wave lasted long enough
for Sir Philip Gibbs, Conngsby Dawson,
Blasco Ibanez Gilbert X. Chesterton and
others to have their say. and, in fact, has
not yet subsidized.
The war and post war problems having
given Americans a new interest in in
. Neru York Herald.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-07

the plate. Dominack hit one Ih"e
the umpire had to call fair and he got as
far as second base on it.
There followed two decisions by the UNI
pire that were entirely too much for Domi-
mack, The umpire had called two strikes
that Dominack thought were either too
high or too wide. Dominack decided it was
time to act. From his shirt he drew
lariat. He circled it about his head twice
and let fly. He missed he umpire by a
fraction of an inch but raised a welt on
that worthy's face. And that broke up the
ball game.
Dominacs went back to the reservation
in disgrace. Really he was Hero to the
youngsters, but in the opinion of the old
braves whose word is law among the
tribesmen Domnack was in deep disgrace
He had been paroled on condition that he
would behave. Here he had tried to as
sault an umpire--a white man, too.
The trial took place the next morning.
Bright an. early all the Indians drove
over to the little white wooden court
house. Dominaok dressed or the occasion.
He wore a handkerchief Of vivid blue silk
tied gayly about his neck and three painted
chicken feathers stuck from his wornout
hat He was all by himself. The Indians
were disguised with him.
They went in twos and threes and tours.
All the braves were there. But none of
the squaws. The squaws haven't got as
far as jury duty as yet,
The braves had had a pow-wow the eve
ming before and had put their case before
the Indian agent. They wanted Dominick
put off the reservation. He was a disgrace
to them and to the reservation and to the
ball team.
But Dominack felt no shame.
do nothing, do nothing, cept what
white man do. All ball player-good ball
player-in big city, they do same. Drag
umpire down street by hair, pull him
along So"
Domnack gesticulated more fully to ex-
plain that in his opinion all real baseball
stars were much more ferocous with ar
umpire than he had been. He was dis
gusted with the magistrate and the court.
Then didn't know about baseball in the big
places.
His imagination had made him firmly
believe that he did In his mind he could
see a splendid baseball star dragging,
without pity and without mercy, an unfair
umpire along a city's streets, while the
inhabitants looked on and applauded.
Dominack was fined five dollars. The
Indians all went back to the reservation.
They had had delightful morning. 1t
was wonderful to have an important en-
gagement like that on the very day fol-
lowing the baseball game day They had
Domnack to thank for that much.
But he must be put off the reservation.
They'd have to have lots of pow-wows
about this. Here was big problem.
And Dominack now awaits decision as
to whether he can smoke his pipe within
his little whitewashed log hut or whether
he must go to Jail.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-07

OF telling about it is in demand every
where"
Mr. Keedick sees no reason to revise his
opinion, voiced some time ago, that tae
war lecture" will find no market for sew
eral years to come. He thinks that when
popular interest In the war revives, as it
is bound to do eventually, the secret his
tory Of the conflict rather than stories Of
fighting will be sought after.
We have already referred to the fact that
American gold is not always sufficient to en-
tice foreign lecturers away from their ma
tive lands. For many years Charles Dickens
was numbered with these. When he finally
did come, in order to place his family be-
yond the reach of poverty, he had an ex-
perience the like Of which has not been
known in our day. Think of lines Of ticket
applicants stretching half mile from the
box office, Of hundreds of persons Juggling
mattresses from their homes and sleeping
on the pavements in order to be sure of
getting an opportunity to listen to man
read stories which could have been bought
for dollar or two and enjoyed in comfort
at home! We have seen something like
this on the eve of world series baseball
games, but never Of lectures or any other
kind of entertainment provided in public
halls.
Tickets for the first readings in Boston
were put on sale in November, 1867, at 50.
Intending purchasers" wrote Dolby in
his book, Charles Dickens as I Knew
Him." sent their clerks, servants and
others to take their places outside the
store Of Messrs. Ticknor & Fields, .
supplying each of them a straw mattress,
blankets, food and in many cases with
tobacco and creature comforts of an alco-
holic description"
The receipts for the four readings in
Music Hall were $4,000. Spectators who
were as rapacious then as they are now,
got as much as $26 for a ticket. The
scenes In New York when the sale was
opened for readings in steinway Hall were
even livelier.
my hotel was within fifty yards of the
scene of action" Dolby reported, land the
shouting, shrieking and singing of the
crowd suggested the night before an exc
cution in Old Bailey"
Tickets for the first four New York read
ings brought more than $4,000. Specu-
lators eXacted enormous premiums Ono
of them got $50 and brandy cocktail for
two tickets for three readings.
Dickens's state of health was such that
he had to decline nearly all offers of hos
pitality. He could not sleep at night and
ate little. An egg beaten in sherry and
taken every night between parts Of the
reading helped him to get through. He
visited Philadelphia, Washington, Balti-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-07
A Linguist

hO be able to hold a conversation in
forty different languages seems to
most persons notable achievement,
but famous globe trotter recently declared
that he saw no reason to boast because he
had this linguistic accomplishment Said
he:
"As q matter of fact, IL one acquires
working capital of from 5000 to 10000
words he can go around the world talking
to all kinds of people and they will COM
prehend him. There are about forty real
languages spoken in the world, and many
more, counting dialects. All that the man
who dislikes to be dummy" anywhere
on the earth's surface Is to do is to learn
about $50 words of each of these forty
tongues
1.-THE $50 words are practically all that
traveller would be likely to hear and abso-
lutey all he would need to speak, This il
as true OF the English tongue as it is OF
every other. In all limited vocabulary
serves the ordinary mans turn"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-07
Sir Henry Stanley in r8eo-e1 talked
to no audiences, who paid $287,o7o.

more, Syracuse, Rochester, Hartford, Prov
idence, Worcester, Springfield and New
Bedford, but gave up the idea Of going to
Chicago, and again cut down his schedule.
He sailed for England on April 22 1863
He gave a series of readings in England
the following winter, further impaired his
health by the nervous force he put into
the murder scene from "Oliver Twist"
and died Of apoplexy on June 9, 1870
Dickens's readings" were such only by
the convenient use of that term. He acted
all the parts and gave first rate dramatic
entertainment Macready, the tragedian.
hearing in his old age Dickens read
Nancy and Bill Sykes" entered the nov
elist's room, and leaning on the arm of
Dolby and glazing at Dickens finally said,
"All have to say is: Two Mdcbethsp
Dickens's son, Alfred Tennyson Dickens
came from Australia to lecture in this,
country in 1912. On January 2, 1912, he
died of heart disease at the Hotel Astor
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-19

A daughter was born January
9th to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gen
dron.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Stout Of across
the river visited over Sunday even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alister Colville. Mrs. Stout is a
sister Of Mrs. Colville.
Morton county has recently sold
. $500, 900 refunding bond issue to
Splitter, Rorick & Company of To-
ledo, Ohio. The bonds were sold
at par, bearing six per cent interest
and the bond company agreed to
pay all expenses themselves.
/ We wish to call our readers at
tention to an article beginning this
week, entitled "Some Aspects Of
the Farmers Problems" by Ber-
NJ. Baruch, a noted eastern fnan.
cier. The.article is reprinted from
the Atlantic Monthly.
Dan Howard Of Leupp, Arizona,
writing to renew his subscription
to the Pioneer, says, Anyone as
far as 1 am from home certainly
finds great comfort In the evening
to sit and read the local news Of
relatives and friends, and also the
progress Of the town. Regards and
best wishes to all my folks and
friends"
Potatoes lead with tame hay Sec
ond and corn third in the product
ion value per acre for 1921 in
North Dakota, according to the
December report of the U. s. Bur-
eau of Markets and Crop Estimates.
The total farm value OF North Da.
kota's field crop production for
1921 was 1927, 1913 ,OOO compared
TO 1907 1888, 600 in 1920 and $780,
157 900 in 1919.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-19

winds.
Mrs. Traversie is filling the po-I
sisition Of cook at the Agency hos
pital.
Roy Hartung Of Mclaughlin was
a business visitor Wednesday after.
noon OF last week. 81
Paul Tiger, living west Of the
Porcupine hills, was very ill last
week with heart trouble.
Joe Day came over from Shields
last week and plans to remain here
the rest Of the winter.
Have you got your costume ready
for the American Legion masquer-
ade tomorrow evening? a
r. B. Mcdonald Of solen was q
Fort Yates business caller Monday
afternoon. Philip Froelich brought
him down.
Mrs. Sam Goudreau Of Shields
has been visiting the past week at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. NJ.
Wilkie.
Congratulations are extended to
Henry Cairns and Mrs. V. LIE
Compt who were married last week
at Mcintosh.
For Sale at reasonable price, or
will trade, one International Hall
room Heater, burns anything. j.
NJ. Carignan Sr. Advertisement.
Geo. Halsey left Wednesday Of
last week for Tacoma, Wash, where
he had been summoned by a tele-.
gram telling Of the serious illness Of
his wife who is out there visiting.
A Seidl Of Solen has been ap..
pointed clerk Of the Cannon Ball
School District to take the place Of
James Zelenka who left some time
ago for Conway.
FOR SALE-China Closet, Writ
ing Desk and Book Case Combined,
Dresser with Mirror, White Double
Iron Bed and Spring, Single Iron
Bed with Spring. Inquire Pioneer
office. Advertisement.
A freigh train has been pulled off
the Cannonball branch line, There
is service only every other day now.
The train leaves Mclaughlin Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday -
Mclaughlin Messenger.
The basketball team started fol
Solen Saturday afternoon with
whom.a game had been scheduled
for that evening, but were forced to
abandon the trip after going part
way on account Of the wind and
drifted roads.
The Agency ice harvest began
last Thursday. One hundred loads
of ice were packed away during the
first three days. The work has
has been arranged so as to attain
the highest degreeof efficiency; the
agency men cutting the ice, the
school boys hauling and the school
men packing.
At q meeting Of the Foresters last
Friday night, VIM. Menu and Joe
Forte were given the first degree.
a special meeting will be held next
Monday TO give them the remainde,
OF the work. The Foresters are
planning the giving Of an entertain.
ment on Valentine day.
John Tuntland, who was ia town
Saturday from his sheep ranch
i west of here, states that the winter
thus far has been an excellent one
for bis sheep, as they are III fine
condition. Mr.. Tuntland has
adopted the policy 81 breeding hie
|sheep up 50 as to. be 4 cross be-
tween q good mutton and the mes,sii-
mo breeds. .'55 n
AZ 9 meeting OF the American
1 Lesion Auxiliary " ednesday even.
1 linz sof last week C the home 81
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-15
Grand Masonic Lodge at Fargo

The program for the 33rd annual
communication Of the Grand Lodge
A. F. and A. M. Of North Dakota,
which will convene in the Masonic
temple, Fargo, Tuesday morning, June
20, at 10, was announced today by w.
L. Stockwell, grand secretary. Ses-
sions will continue Wednesday and
Thursday.
Grand Master Henry E. Byorum
will preside. It is expected that every
one of the 124 lodges will be repre-
scented and the attendance ought to
reach 300 delegates.
Main topics of interest before the
grand lodge this year will be the con-
sideration of more definite policy of
relief and charity, the permanent or
ganization of the Masonic service
work, and the possible establishment
of three scholarships of $500 each, and
for each congressional district, open
to any senior year student at the Uni
versity of North Dakota, normal COL
lege, or the North Dakota Agriculture
at college, according to Mr.. Stock
we'll.
James johnson, J. F. Smallwood,
and A. D. 'Hagenstein are the Minet
delegates.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-15
Minot Contractor to Build FOxhOlm
Schno1

Sven Olson, Minot contractor, was
awarded the contract Monday night
to build the new school building at
Foxholm, his bid being $18,S75.00. The
bid of the Dakota Building Co. was
$19,055 and that Of Lantz & Mackley
$19,621.O0.
The Minot Plumbing & Heating Co.
were awarded the contract to do the
plumbing for $3.50. The Kopald
Electric Go. will do the wiring for
$2O4.OO. The total cost of the build
ing will be $24,859.OO and is to be
completed Oct. /. ...
It will be 52x78 feet and will con-
sist of basement and main floor. It
will be constructed of brick. A gym
nasium will occupy 29x50 feet Of the
basement. The building will have a
modern water system, toilets, electric
lights and steam heat.
The district has bonded for $4,000
and consider that they are getting
the building cheap.
Ira Rush, local architect drew the
plans.