The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-26
GILBERT SWAN
PICKS TEAM OF
CELEBRITIES
An All-Amcrican Eleven Of
"All Americans" Is Title
Given the Squad
New York, Dec. 2G--And now, an
Al American eleven Of

All-Amcrican eleven Of
ALL-AMERlCANS.
No one Will fail to recognize their
names. For they represent pinnaclcs
Of American ability, activity, accom-.
pliSbmcnt.
Wherever the major currents Of
modern Amcricanism flow their in
ilucncc is felt and their success IS
hcraldcd.
This All-AmcrIcan eleven OF ALL
AMERICANS was selected by GI!bcr,
Swan, New York writer and man
about town.
Il don't expect everyone to sub.
scribe to all my choices, but | do
expect most people to agree with
most Of thcm,' says Swan.
But let me explain what | have
tied to do:
Il set out to select list Of eleven
from the hundreds Of names OF ia
nous and popular Americans, who
would best represent America.
America as it really IS, its culture,
It's ideas of success, its hundrcd-pcr.
ccntiSm.
Individual Affection
II sought men and women not
only intimately known by Americas
rank and file, but who are regarded
with a great degree Of individual
affection.
IL selected persons who have con
tyibuted TO our thought, our ambI-
tionS, our work, our play something
that has become Observation-Disclosures
tional," added Broadway's best known
Eroadwayitc.
IL am not saying these arc the
A A n n
them, at least. certainly arc entitled
to that distinction, but | have not
attempted to make any such choice.
81 present their names just as an
.lll-Ame rican eleven of ALL-AMERl.
CANS. Those who wish to take issue
with me are welcome to-
The names Of Swans All-Amcricans
arc presented herewith. accompanied
by his crisp comment on them.
Chauncey Depew
Living proof Il man may be NIL
llonaire and a big business genius
and still keep his sense of humOr
One man who has stayed as young as
his mind and still placed chair
man of the board on his door.
Ma Ferguson
The gist of the sutfragist. Well
the girls will aim at next Yessir,
woman can be in politics and still
retain her fcmininity! Woman's
place is in the capital!
George NJ. Cohan
He; a Yankee Doodle Dandy. Who
VS. .nat Betsy Ross, anyway? Oh
he only made the flag. Somebody
had to put it on the map. And Broad
hn Arl
Georgie. of course. Well. life's very
funny proposition, after all.
DIR. Charles W. Eliot
Thanks to him we can measure
learning by shelf space and time it
by minutes. Fifteen minutes a day
ut the 5-foot shelf" Quick lunches.
short cuts to knowledge. grab and
run. II that isn't American, what is !?
Billy Sunday
He rcwrote the Bible in the Ameri-
can language. So jazz up your reli-
j.ion. boys. You can't onc-step into
heaven with a bum foot, no sir. The
one and only Billy Sunday. Monday.
Tuesday, or any other day.
Red Grange
He teaches us that in the 90-yard
dash for the quick money goal, ro-
nance often gets thrown for loss,
and that maybe there is something
after all in being an ice man. AS
they say in lywood--when a man
movies, his troubles begin.
Henry Ford
No street, no desert, mountain or
,.ulch complete without one. They'll
80 anywhere goat can! Now he
says they'll fly. If he could only
teach them to swim.... With all
his millions he's looked upon as one
"of the plain people
Thomas Edison
Synonymous with science in so per
cent Of the minds. Put on another
record, Susie! That one isn't snappy
enough. and turn down the lights.
Yes, without him there could never
have been fox-trots. moonlight
waltzes and flapper parties.
Harold Bell Wright
big Hearted Joc's" best friend.
AIS well in the world except the
critics. but what should he care so
long as his novels sell by the million,
TO say nothing of movie rights? So
he lived happily ever after.
Irving Berlin
From rags to riches, or should it
Dc rlches OUT OF rags anyway, tney
call him ragtime's middle name. OF
course, he came out Of the ghetto. By
the way, what's the tune Of Alex
andcrs Ragtimc Band"
Mary PickfOrd
"Amcrica's sweetheart" etc. She
was there when the galloping ccllu-
oids were just learning to Iope. Turn
Mary and three presidents loose on
the same street and bet on Mary to
pull the crowd.