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Evening star., 1924-04-20

| field gives Il Suggestion-only a small
sugge estion--of the epithets of the sea
The violence OF his efforts, the
haste he was under. set the footrope
| moving in mad jerks. If could hold
on with my fingers. once my right
foot slipped the instep losing its
place on the rope, but with my An
gers hooked into the jackstay I drew
myself up again. Retaliation was out
of the question. I had not been aloft
often enough TO be very sure of my
, footing or much at case. | could not
hit back. I could only hold on.
AZ suddenly as the attack began it
stopped. Looking down, / could see
Mr.. walker glancing inteutly up
ward. / took advantage OF the re-
spite to move in on the yard, nearer
the mast Brown finished his work,
grumbling, and let him precede me
to the deck. When / got there the
mate eyed me queerly. 1t came over
me that he had seen what was going
on, but he said nothing whatever
about IL. Nor did l.
John Brown. usually full Of delib-
Grafton. had in this instance acted
too hastily If he had waited until
rougher weather and nightfaii he
would have succeeded to admiration.
i could feel his vennmous glances,
and those Of Carney, directed my way
In the following days. Carney, how
ever, made no move. And before
Brown was ready to strike again, an
event took place which changed the
whole atmosphere on board the Way
farcr
EIRST the northeast and then the
l.. southeast trade had taken US
pretty far out into the Pacific. With
the coast of South Aemrica thou
sand or more miles away. II began to
look as if we were headed for Aus
tralia rather than to round Cape
Horn. Capt. Roberts was counting,
of course, upon the almost continu-
Gus westerly gales that blow in the
Capt Horn latitude One afternoon
the sky suddenly became overcast and
a marked stiffness without wind came
on the waters. The Wayfarer had
been carrying every stitch of her cam
vas. An order was Immediately given
to take in the msin skysail and to
stand by royal ha lizards
The squall broke before we could
get the skysail OF her.
There was rain, of course. but =
sailor takes no account of rain, unless
there Is a shortage of fresh water in
the tank. Weather to a sailor is an
affair of wind or no wind. There was
plenty of wind now. where an instant
before there hadn't been any. The
starboard watch was called on deck
ahead of time and all hands set to
work to trim sail as quickly as pos
sible.
The scene was apparently one of in
Evening star., 1924-04-20

WHY does the thing run in my
w mind. who knows and cares so
little for women's wear? Worn right,
say, the pIding bit OF silk was like
a Sargent portrait
Also II WAS offered in a big depart
ment store Of Paris. -.
"Our own model" they said. 'It
is going straight to the street win
dows."
Tut. tushi 1t was not their model
any more than your pants are, Bill.
And it was not going to the street
windows. II was snatched up by a
lady who desired IL. And, anyhow,
they do not put such things into the
Windows
It was copied yesterday for some
one OF the real exclusive style-de-
signing houses OF the Rue de la Paix
or thereabouts.
It is q new systen.--new in Paris.
You get everything except the
name.
OF maintaining high-paid specialists
who are real artists to ransack art
galleries and devise new models.
Buying such, American commercial
buyers get the name Ito sell the
original at a high price). and also
get the me emorandum"-list OF where
to purchase every element OF stuff
and decoration, even to the buttons,
to repeat tho model in another land
than France. 1t is quite understood,
the price is in proportion, all o. X.
But certain Paris big shops adopt
the system in a sketchy manner. as
We see, without name, and, one rathe
fancies, without memorandum.
Several such which came up from
the cheap-price trade with vast de-
velopment and still bank on 1t have
had the second thought to swing the
trade de luxe at the sarno time with
their vast capital.
Who can move against them? They
execute zach model nve times-per-
hAps ten times at the utmost. Such
fine gowns are swiftly snatched up,
scattered around the world. no more
in evidence, and others take their
places. Perhaps, indeed, there Is a
"memorandum"-the Rue do In Paix
must get its money whore It can.
In the same order Of ideas q world.
renowned perfumer, to my knowledg1.
has produced . famous perfume .,of
his own, with:ut his name. .fer: A;des
partment. store to, sell ats a ;lowef
price, ~ ~, :. % -, :.
r EFT us compare,% therefore, these
modtsh MODELS 80: new and ele<
CANT In Paris department store,
NOT with .reai. signed originals" OF
the Rue de Ia Paix tthese claim. to
be ofiEfnAts, hut with. thessafne thing
in New York or other American city
product Of an honest deal, all open
and above board, including memo
randum."
"A similar dress might be bought
In the United States" says the edi-
tors wife, "fof shout the same price,
but It would be very much Inferior
In quality and workmanship. All
finishing would be machine work in
stead Of hand, as In these examples.
To obtain the Same quality one would
be obliged TO have the dress made to
Evening star., 1924-04-20

order in America. and then the price
would range from one-half to once
again as much" ." 80
We sat in a kind of long, narrow
hallway on the fourth floor, entered
from, vast rooms crowded with wax
mannequns, all dressed up, and
thousands OF these slips called gowns
hanging from wooden holders on in.
terminable racks, where they were
crowded, fiat, together. as in a wom-
ans wardrobe trunk.
Amid this in the vast rooms, along
with salesvomen and aides, the massed
public Of seeking, women surged and
ebhed. The gowns, as a rule. OF
course, were reliable. sure-to-please
and moderate-priced models Of the
house." repeated in series, many OF
them figuring in pictured and num-
bered catalogues sent all ovei
France.
For the plums, you've got to pick
| EN-.
Or, rather, the saleswomen. judg-
ing by your front. pick you and
bring the plums in. Elegant women
Of Paris, on the plum quest. slip in
by tho hundreds to average down
their Rue de la Paix expenses
Everybody profits except the Rue de
la Paix--and one cannot be sure
about the Rue de Ia Paix's loss,
either.
The hallway where we sat was
lined on one side by doors Of twenty
or more little dressing rooms. Crowds
Of women, waiting for them. rubbered
our Fregoli.
She bounced out in new model
1t was a gray tailored frock OF
heavy gray silk alpaca. Great heav-
ems! What a change that insignif-
cant silk slip makes!
You could crumple 1t in your two
hands to the size of a base ball. Yet
1t is an afternoon dress, all right.
Mrs A. B. Spreckels has brough,
my dear old mother 4 bolt OF heavy
Chinese silk, fiowered navy blue, from
San Francisco, in the sweetness OF
her disposition. 1t must be made up
Now, in the innocence Of mothers
disposition tthe thing must be '''an-
made up like these mere slips which
they are wearing? They are decent
The lady is covered. All the same. o
stfr.I almost made one!
: This gray silk alpaca tailored
ffockt
An there was to 1t was a very
tight.i two-tiered underskirt, with
loose E straight tailored blouse. side
opening, long tight sleeves and mar
row ron collar Of white piaua The
Opening was edged with q narFow
band OF dark blue silk, with buttons
down the center Of It. In line with
this, a similar band on the Skirt ;ex-
tended to tho bottom. The blouse
free from fullness, had a round neck
and narrow gray silk belt, worn at g
low ;waistline.
y \ 81 I:
Evening star., 1924-04-20

NOV, there! fear ! have. not
conveyed the impression. When
our girl came out In 1t there was
nothing fimsy or scanty. I say she
looked a. picture!
The whole chic was due exactly to
Evening star., 1924-04-20
Sailor Has Battle for Life on Yard Ar

Every man or boy likes to think
of himself as being lifted out of
a routine environment and cast
into the thick Of adventure. That
is literally what happened to
Grant Overton who, as a reporter
on san Francisco newspaper, de-
cired to hazard the experiment of
shipping as an ordinary seaman on
an old-fashioned sQuare-rigged
sailing vessel for voyage half
way around the world.
70 translate into action his
adventure which is inherent in
nearly every human being. re-
CURED both nerve and initiative
although these Mr.. Overton mod
estly deprecates having possessed.
Nevertheless. the actual expert
cnces on this voyage were SO
peculiarly, unexpectedly and per-
sistently dangerous that they
might well have shaken the STAN
Ina of an individual who preened
himself on his heroism.
IT is not often that a man who
goes to sea. whether for literary
experience, or for a livelihood. is
confronted with such a singular
combination OF circumstances az
hefell Mr.. Overton. His story,
therefore. in this and the article
to succeed 1t, is truly remarkable.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02
Spitework Is
Skauge's Reply
To Indictment

Dunn Center, Dec 2.--Declaring
that information furnished to the U.
s district attorney and the federal
grand jury was false or highly tech
nical, and that his arrest is the direct
result of spite work, II. +. Skauge.
cashier of the Union Bank Of Dunn
Center, has issued statement de-
claring that he did not know what ae
was charged with.
Il know this much, however, that
a certain faction which has always
fought me while in the service cf
inson and was closely related to the
bank at the time, is undoubtedly
back of it all. On account of the
condition of the Dakota National
Bank (closed last summer) when |
took charge of it and also on ac-
count of certain interested parties in
the bank during the time | was
manager. it was an utter impossible
ity to maintain the bank on pay
ing basis. I conducted the affairs
of the bank as thought to the very
best advantage possible and with
fairness to all including the parties
who have been and arc knitting me.
+ am going to fight for, my rights
and I feel certain that ] have moth
ing to fear. I consider that a clear
conscience is worth more to me than
anything else
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02

the use of the Congress. / mention
this commission here for the reason
that will shortly submit to the Con-
gress an estimate of appropriation to
meet the expenses of the commission.
T., ,.,, vu.-
>.
I'VE are 'oN ~ 'he curtin year "
our camp"'@.- l"+ ''" I.s Ia me
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02
FARRAR'S M0DERNlZED VERSION OF
"CARMEN'' PROVES WHOLLY DELIGHTFUL

succeeds she will have by her in
genuity and intelligence added to
her reputation as u singer and an
actress.
Six singers of ability appear in
the operate fantastic. as Miss Farrar
is pleased to call it. There are four
dancers. Miss Farrar would not dis
pense with an important adjunct Of
operate presentation. She carried Il
l6-picce orchestra, led by Carlo
Pcroni. and the music Of the orches-
ira helped fill the emptiness in the
Imagination of the real opera lover
who may nave visioned Carmen
with all the Announcements of Choir
us. ballet and scenery.
1t is said that Miss Farrar has
been ill recently, and it had been
feared that she would not be able
to carry her tour through the
smaller cities between the Pacific
Coast and the Middle West. But
with true fortitude she of surety
gave her best in the role here, and
as a singing actress was wholly de
lightful. Emma Noe, an American
product, assisted in the delightful
and sympathetic role of Micacla.
Miss Noes histrionic background
does not bear the romance so often
associated with an opera singer. She
was born i'll the unromantic town of
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and has APP
pcared with the Chicago grand opera
company. with the. Minneapolis and
Cincinnati symphony orchestras and
| other organizations. She received
high praise from the audience last
night. Neira Riegger, who sang the
role of Mercedes, also is IN Amer
lean singer. who gave up college for
music. Joseph Roger, the young bar
itone who appeared as Escamilo, the
toreador. has appeared in operate
repetoire and left the San Carlos
Opera Company TO join Miss Farrar
Luigi Pasinati and Marcel Vision
took the important male roles.
Bismarck was extremely fortunate
that Miss Farrar stopped here dur
ing her tour. She will carry the good
wishes Of her auditors into whatever
field she may venture.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02
PROVIDING FOR
XMAS TREES IS
BIG PROBLEM
Approximately 100000
Evergreens Are Cut in
u. S. Every Year
CONSERVATION URGED

Washington, Dec. 2.-Thc rcal
Christmas Tree problem is: lIcw can
every family have one. Approx j.
matcly 100000 Christmas trees are
cut in the United States every year.
Recently II. V. Berry Of Fort
Plain, New York, delegate to the
| national conference on forest utiNz-
alton, urged Il Federal law prohibit.
ing the sale Of Christmas trees.
he Detroit Federation of Women's
: Club has also sent out an appeal
to that end. The American Tree
Association, however, says that in
extending the Federation's campaign
to certain Christmas green's the club
women are in the right, but does
not favor abolishing the Christmas
tree
why take the Christmas tree, the
universal sign of the Christmas sea-
son out Of the lives Of the children,
the American Tree Association asks
in statement by Charles Lathrop
Pack, its president. "The Christ
mas tree is Il legitimate by-product
OF the forest. The real problem is
how can every family in America
have one. Under proper forest man
agement which the Association -
vCcates, one crop of trees is made
to succeed another. That is the
big problem to which America must
give immediate thought.
"The proper cutting of trees for
Christmas use i'm most cases permits
sturdier trees to attain greater
growth. True conservation Of the
forest results not from leaving trees
to grow old and die. but from their
wise use when they, are needed. in
whatever size. by man.
"The foresters, whose profession
it is to manage and protect the for
csts, assert that the use of Christ
has trees is proper and wholly
irstifiable. Professor Ralph s.
Homer says 100000 trees Il year in
one space would require, at the most,
10000 acres.
1.-The United States Forest Ser
vice has recently stated that our
remaining forests Of all sorts are
being cut at the rate of about TO-
100000 acres "A year. Ten thousand
il one-tenth of l per cent of ten
million. Even if it took the clear
cutting of that area to furnish us
with Christmas trees each year. it
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02
ASSESSORS ARE
GIVEN METHOD
OF VALUATION
Scientific Basis For Finding
Value of Real Property
Is Proposed

Adoption of Il schedule of valu-
alton Of real property. in particular
buildings, along scientific lines, was
urged upon assessors. in convention
here, this afternoon by {. {. Con-
verse. state tax commissioner.
Modern methods of assessment
are built on the theory that it is as
necessary for an assessor to have
measures of value as it is for the
city weighmastcr to have scales"
said Converse to the assessors. Sew
eral cities i'm the country, notably
Duluth. Minneapolis. Cleveland, Buff
falo, and Baltimore have evolved
systems of assessment which are
producing satisfactory results, he
said.
The goal of assessment of such
property in North Dakota is actual
market value, he said
'In so doing the first step is too
apply that building factor in ethe
schedule appropriate for the parti-
cular class of structure so as to ar
rive at the cost of reproduction"
said the tax commissioner. "The
next step is to apply the proper
percentage to arrive at the amount
to be deducted for structural depre-
citation due to the age of the build
ing. The next step is to determine
~.ether the owner is entitled to any
other form of depreciation, either
because the building has not been
kept in good condition. or else be
cause it is out of date from the
standpoint Of style. or because what
was residence section is becoming
a business section, or because the
community as whole is suffering
the reaction which boom towns al
ways do, or reaction resulting
from series Of hard years. If >in
the making Of these allowances for
obs olescence. sound judgment is
used. the result will be the fair
present value of the structure. 1t is
evident that even with the aid Of the
schedules that have been devised,
there still remains plenty of room
for the use Of good Judgment as to
the allowance or disallowance Of
items of depreciation due to obsol-
essence and similar factors. With
all the aid that can be furnished
by such measuring sticks the work
OF the assessors still remains a
skilled business requiring the best
Of Judgment"
BY using many methods Of meas
uring the present value Of build
ing and keeping close record Of
the history of real estate over a
period Of many years, a more cquit-
able assessment may be evolved, Mr..
Converse believes. Mr.. Converse cx-
pressed belief that if the system
once was tried it would not be aban-
doned.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02
ADVERTISE FOR
BIDS ON ROAD
EAST OF CITY
Bids TO be Received on Pave
ment Job on December y.
Under Amusement
TO SEEK STATE HELP

An advertisement for bids for con-
Structing Il paved highway for a
distance of 2.3SI miles from the east
end of the paving on Main street
on the Red Trail has been published
bids to be received ut the court
house here on December ~.
County commissioners, in session
paving pro ect informally before the
session. Commissioner Swanson said
that nothing could be done on the
road until the proposition of aid
from several sources is settled. The
legislature, he said, would be asked
to aid at the session this winter
because of the road going past the
pcnitentiary. The Northern Pacific
and 500 railroads were asked to aid
because of property owned in the
eastern part of the city. Commits
sioner Solder said the city should
pay part of it.
Discussing the type of paving, the
commissioners said that if prices
were right the paving would be Of
an asphaltic wearing surface instead
of concrete. The advertisement for
bids provides for bids on reinforced
concrete, asphaltic wearing surface
on concrete base and asphaltic wear
ing surface on asphaltic base.
The form OF the bid was objected
to by some Of the commissioners, it
being provided in the advertisement
that bidders must bid on all items,
and that any bid for any number Of
items less than those contained in
the proposal will be rejected. Com
missioner Moynicr declared that it
was desired that individuals be per-
mitted to bid on various items, to
encourage competition and permit
letting of much Of the work to local
contractors. The advertisement for
bids, they said, was by the state
highway commission, the notice to
published, however, be-
ing signed by County Auditor John
son.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02
COLONEL BARKER
TO HOLD MEETINGS

Colonel w. Barker OF minneapolis,
Mimi, who is conducting nine ses-
sions of Y. Z. Councils at Bismarck
December 9th and 7th, will be the
chairman of the Y. L. Demonstra-
ton at the City Auditorium on Sat-
urday at 5 p. M. 1t has been ar
ranged for Mandan, Dickinson and
jamestown to bring delegates here
for the occasion.
The Colonel will also conduct Il
Salvation meeting at p. m. in the
Masonic hall, Dec. 7th.
During the war, Colonel Barker
had charge Of the Salvation Army
work overseas, and since then he
has been doing very credible work
in the Northern Division.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02
BISMARCK MEN
LEARN HEBRON
is LIVE PLACE
Join Advertising Club of That
City in a Banquet Given
Last Night
Nj A W ACTIVITIES
Hebron Organization Is Plan.
ming Several Improve
ments For the City

Business men of Hebron, members
Of the Advertising club of that enter
p.sing city. were Joined in Hebron
for a meeting last night by several
Bismarck business men, members of
the Bismarck Advertising Club, who
were driven there by Christ Bertsch..
\ banquet was given.
Theo p. Ewald is president of the
Hebron Advertising Club and from
the attendance last evening it is in a
very Furnishing condition. The Ma
sonic Temple was filled by the bust
ness men of Hebron who take an ac-
tive part in administering the adver-
Using and promotion end of that city
Probably the Outstanding feature
of Hebron to the visitor from the
outside is the Brick industry. Mr..
Martin, the present manager Of the
yards, is very enthusiastic over the
prospects for a large amount of bust
ness in that plant the coming year.
They are now shipping Brick to
Seattle. Portland and Tacoma. where
they have no trouble in competing
with the products of other and more
advantageously located yards. Heb
ron brick is also being shipped to
Duluth and other points east of here,
which places them on very high
plane indeed.
a permanent Road Committee of
the Hebron club is working on Fed
eral road projects for their leading
arteries, the principal one of which
will be over the Red Trail to New
Salem.
TO ReOrganizc Band
The club is fostering the rc-organ-
always held high place in the State
band organizations in years past.
New instruments have been procur-
ed and the prospects for live band
are very bright.
Hebron has put on some very sue
ccssful sales days the past year. The
membership voted to. continue the
sales day program and in addition
decided to invite the trade from the
surrounding territory to come to
Hebron for their holiday shopping,
for several weeks in advance of
Christmas.
New Building Planned
Another committee is working on
plans for the construction in Hebron
of Il building to be used for gather
ings of church organizations. A
branch of the Heart River runs
through Hebron and it is planned to
build near this stream so that by
putting in dam, bathing facilities
and boating might be available. This
is Il large undertaking for an ordin-
airy town, but Hebron is not daunted
and expects to do large part of this
construction work this coming year.
The city of Hebron will celebrate
it's 10th anniversary as a city in 1925
and the club is working on plans to
give this event the proper attention.
1t is quite probable that some civic
celebration will be put on under this
head.
In honor of the visit by the Bis
marck members, the club voted to set
aside one of their regular monthly
meetings as Bismarck meeting and
will look for the local organization
to take care of the major part of the
entertainment for this meeting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-02

Miss Geraldine Farrar, appearing
with her own company in her mod
ernized version of Carmen" at the
Auditorium last night, was given en-
thusiastic plaudits of large audi
ence, apprcciativc of the splendid
performance and in part, perhaps,
paying tribute to the glorious career
of the artist. 1t was a novel per-
Torrance for Bismarck, and some
thing new for Farrar. Doubtless
she was as interested in the success
of her efforts in Bismarck as the au-
dience.
Miss Farrar is prominently Il
singing actress. After being on the
concert stage fer two or three years
she conceived Il method Of carrying
the opera throughout the land, and
to present herself in her most fam
Gus rOle~of Carmen" in cities large
and small from the Pacific Coast
to the Atlantic. Bismarck perhaps
is the smallest city in which she has
appeared. As is usual, the audience
was gathered from wide area in
western North Dakota. The performs
ance was Il test.
Miss Farrar sought to reduce
Carmen to an operate fantasia:
to preserve the essentials Of the
great opera and yet to present it
without prohibitive cost. Manifest
ly it is impossible to carry great
opera company throughout the coun-
try; few OF the large cities in the
nation do see the best of grand
opera. Miss Farrar delcted and con-
structed, fashioned new draperies
for the stage, simple yet effective;
interpulated dancing with four girls
to take the place of Il large opera
ballet; designed new costumes and
restrained the vivid action of the
full opera to suit the occasion. 1t
was "Carmcn' in miniature. But it
proved wholly enjoyable. 1t may be
the forerunncr Of new vogue in
opera which will enable many Of the
countrys finest singers to take their
roles into tho highways and byways
OF the country, in short. to popular
ze grand opera. If Miss Farrar