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for an adjournment of partisan
politics for the duration of
the emergency.
He enlisted the support of
political friends and foes alike
in the enactment of his legis-
lative program of emergency
measures to meet the chal-
lenge of the crisis for which
the depression was held to
blame.
Relief First
For the most part, his leg
islation was enacted during the
first year of his Administra.
ton with a minimum of par
tisanship. Its avowed purpose
was to afford immediate re-
lief for all Americans in need
of relief, to save the hungry
from starvation, to give shell
ter and clothing to the desti-
tute, to provide work for the
unemployed and to protect the
home owners and the rent
payers from eviction and fore
closure.
So concentrated was the pub
lie mind upon the humane pro-
visions of this vast program OF
relief that little attention was
paid at the time to the assem-
bling of political machinery to
administer these so-Called emer-
gency laws.
Only in recent months has
the country become conscious of
the fact that although this
emergency legislation was en-
acted with a minimum of parti-
SanShip, it is being administered
upon the sordid theory enunci-
ated in the old slogan that ito
the victor belongs the spoils."
In fact, the multiplying victo-
ries of the spoilsmen under the
so-called New Deal Administra-
ton are one of the most sur
prising and sinister develop
ments of the times. 1t is esti-
mated that approximately co.
900 positions created by Con-
gress as part of the emergency
program to combat the depres-
sion and relieve the destitute
have been filled by the spoils
system instead of by the merit
system of civil service eXamlna-
ton.
According to official figures
of the United States Civil Service
Commission, there were IN
March, 1888, when President
Roosevelt entered power, 10000
Federal officeholders outside the
civil service. This number has
grown until it is now approx
matelv 10000.
Of the many emergency or
carnations created by Congress
upon recommendation of the
President in the past Is months
nearly all of them have been
exempted in whole or in part
from the nperat ton of the COM
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From the sound of those re-
cent West Virginia primary re-
turns, a member of the Hatfield
clan is on the trail again.
A member of the old feudist's
tribe which participated loudly
in the Hatfield-McCoy feud of
years gone by, Senator Henry D.
Hatfield, Republican, is going to
let fly a few bullets aimed at
the Roosevelt New Deal"
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SpOils Threaten New Deal
By James T. Williams, ]r.

petitive requirements of civil
service laws.
In other words, these agencies,
have for the most part been
manned by the SpoilS system
and in complete disregard of
the merit system. These offices
have been filled not by honest
examinations to determine the
fitness of the applicant for Fed
eral service, but upon the rec
ommendation of State and
county and local politicians who
make up the vast horde of po-
litical spoilsmen throughout
the country.
These emergency organiza-
tionS which ought to have been
filled by the merit system but
have been exempted in whole
or in part include the following:
National Recovery Admins
tration, Public Works Admins
tration, Civil Works Administra-
ton, Federal Emergency Relief
Administration Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, Fed
eral Home Loan Bank Board,
Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton, Farm Credit Administra-
ton, Emergency Conservation
Administration. United States
Employment Service, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Federal Securities and Exchange
Administration, Federal Alcohol
Control Administration, Emer-
gency Railroad Administration,
Federal Communications Com.
mission and Railroad Retire
ment Commission Board.
Raided Agencies
But the spoilsmen have not
been content with the distribu-
ton of newly created offices.
They have organized successful
raids on established agencies
which were operating until IS
months ago under the merit
system.
Secretary Roper began his ad
ministration of the Department
of Commerce by turning the
spoilsmen loose upon the Bureau
of Standards. Some of it's most
expert employees were dismissed
and their places filled by the
spoilsmen in the favor of Mr..
Roper.
He followed this up by de-
bauching the ronau tics
branch of the Department OF
Commerce to the most sordid uses
of the spoilsmen. Its veteran
experts were dismissed right and
left until that agency as now
operated is largely dominated
by the SPOTS system.
The same thing has been
going on in the Department OF
Justice, the Department of Labor,
the Department of the Interior.
And from the beginning the
spoilsmen have made their
headquarters in the Postotflce
Department. where as Post
master General the chairman
of the national committee OF
the party in power has his head
quarters.
How long this condition will
be allowed to continue depends
upon the initiative of President
Roosevelt and the patience OF
the people. He can halt the
raids of the spoilsmen whenever
he elects to do it. If he delays
doing it much longer, the force
of public sentiment against the
decentralization of the Federal
service by the spoilS system will
prove too strong even for the
most popular President in re-
cent years to ignore, must less
to resist.
(CopyriGht. 1884. The WASHINGTON Times
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with the big nose and the
handy legs, refused to talk to
him, waved him out of his
presence.
And of all the mistakes made
by the most brilliant of the
Bourbons that was the cost
liest, for the young man he
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worshipped his very presence,
and when, at the age of 20, he
bowed before the Grand Mon
arch and asked for a commits
sion in the French army he
went in high hopes and spirit.
But Louis the Fourteenth ig-
nored the spindly young man
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MARRY ROUND
By Helen Rowland

to be lovable, capable and loyal
than it is for him to be rich,
brainy or handsome.
No man will believe it, but
nothing bores the average girl
so much as the automatic kiss.
which every man seems to re-
gard as part of the taxicab etl-
quette.
The woman who does not
take a man seriously is always
his notion of a paragon OF
common sense. She is always
cheerful, never asks questions,
never bothers him with tele-
phone calls and never even no
tices that he hasn't been
around for a week.
No ardent golfer really needs
a wife. He has something to
love, something to spend his
money on, something to swear
at-and something on which to
work off his Sunday morning
hangover.
The honeymoon is over when
he tells her bluntly that her
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If Senator
H a t f i e | d
merely talks
against t h e
present a d.
min i S tration
the people of
West Virginia
might as we'll
retire to the
hills u n ii
election, for
H e nry is
about as poor
a speaker as
h is antece-
dents W er e
good shots.
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Lne COnLanl-
mating spread
of the spoils
S y S t e m
t h ro u ghout
the Federal
Service.
Upon the
theory h a t
the country
faced a crisis
ike unto that
of war, PreSi-
dent RooSe-
welt b e g a n
his Admins
tration with
an a p p e a !
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Faith of the American people
in the squareness of the New
Deal will not indefinitely survive
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These Modern Lovers

These Modern Lovers
Divorce is getting to be such
a foregone conclusion that the
average girl is a potential
grass widow while she's on her
way to the altar.
Sometimes an "old horse"
can learn new tricks, but you
can never be sure that he
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The Beeler Report
A Basis For Discussion

basis for discussion and settlement of this highly i'm
portant problem.
None of the three proposals embodied in the report is
perfect If Mr. Beeer had thought any of them he
would not have bothered submitting the Others
BUT OUT OF THESE PROPOSALS AND THE
MANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS WHICH WILL UN-
DoUBTEDLY BE MADE TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION WHEN 1T OPENS ITS HEARINGS 1T
SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE COMPRE-
HENsIvE PROGRAM WHICH WILL MEET THE
CHANGED AND CHANGING TRANSPORTATION
CONDITIONS
Particularly significant in the Beeer proposals is the
suggestion for increased of buses in the
portation scheme.
1t has been evident for time that buses offered
advantages which cannot be found in track cars and the
Public Utilities Commission has apparently been studying
the advisability of utilizing this newer mode of trans
portaton extensively.
The Beeler report, by suggesting the substitution of
busses for several important arteries seems
firm this view of the commission and to warrant the
deepest consideration of the wider use of busses by the
citizens of the District.
IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BEELER RE-
PORT AND OF THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR
CHANGE IN CAR ROUTING WHICH MAY BE MADE,
THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON WILL DO WELL
TO BEAR IN MIND THE FACT THAT WHATEVER
ALTERATIONS ARE TO BE MADE WILL BE MADE
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND
NOT MERELY FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF A
FEW INDIVIDUALS.
Almost every suggestion which may be made will mean
an alteration in the riding habits of individuals and
groups.
1t is only natural for those individuals and groups to
object to being forced to change their habits They will
feel that the change is accomplished for their personal
discomfort.
That Of course will not be the fact but this feeling will
be of the most difficult problems which the Public
Utilities Commission will have to face in ordering the
routing.
1T IS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT IT IS URGED
THAT OUR CITIZENS REALIZE THAT WHATEVER
CHANGES MAY BE MADE WILL BE MADE WITH
THE OBJECT OF ACCOMPLISHING THE GREATEST
GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER.
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In love, a woman is always
20 laps ahead of a man. Her
mind is at the altar putting
up the wedding decorations,
while he is still floating hazily
around in the first flush of ro-
nance and wondering what is
the matter with him.
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In the vicissitudeS and ext
gencies of marriage, it is far
more necessary for a husband
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The wisest, strongest, most
independent woman who ever
ran a business office of a po-
litical campaign has her weaker
moments when she longs to
be petted and called Little
Girl" while she cries it all out
on some mans coat lapel.
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Nou CaNr

won't break his neck trying
them out.
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If pride were a deadly dis
ease how many would be now
in their graves?
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final chapter Of his record-$023 in
and 2O.dollar bills in his pockets,

final chapter Of his record-$923 in 10
and 20.dollar bills in his pockets, a
clip Of bullets for his automatic, and
IN Illinois motor vehicle license regis
tration card issued to Henry Adams. :"
In June, 1923, Van Meter was SEN
fenced to Il days In jail as Kenneth
r. Jackson at Aurora, ILL.,, on . dis
orderly conduct charge. The next year
he was given one to 10 years on q
larceny charge at Menard. ILL.,. but
paroled the same year.
Two charges Of robbery lodged him
In the Indiana state reformatory In
lo25 after conviction at Pendleton.
Ind. His term was 10 to Il years. He
was paroled May 10, 1888. Since that
time he followed the underworlds
maSe.
Van Meters body will be shipped
to Fort Wayne, his childhood home,
probably Saturday, for funeral SER
vices and burial. Brief and strictly
private services will be held.
A Fort Wayne funeral director was
to leave Friday for st. Paul to get the
body.
THE burial will be very private"
said Mrs. Harry Van Meter. sister in
law Of the slain gangster. There will
Be none Of the curiosity seeking pub
ucity stuff. We will not permit It,"
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Bank Of N. D. Shows
Deficit Of $32,O49

While the banking department it.
self showed . profit, balance sheets Of
the Bank Of North Dakota, including
the farm loan department, Friday
showed . deficit Of $S2,04o.l5.
The balances were included In an
audit By o. B. Lund, state accountant,
for the period September !, 1888. to
April -. 1884.
The, banking department showed
profit Of 93e0, 1851 since the incep-
ton Of the bank. Profit for the eight
month period Of the audit was $751;
4l3.77.
In the farm loan department, TO-
I'll deficit Of $50, 875.O6 since the in
|oeption Of the institution, was shown.
Deficit for the period covered by the
audit was ~. 2l0.S1.
Operating expenses Of the farm
loan department.. including salaries
were 4l2e. A76.62. while operating In
come amounted to 488,l06.77.
Bank officials explained, however.
differences between 4lll .666.66. due
the state treasurer on bond interest,
and the total deficit would actually
show I profit TO the bank Of $780,
el76l. The bond interest Is not car
Red On the banks books Is money
Obligation due. It was explained.
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BANKING STRUCTURE
SOUND, SAYS LEFOR
Adequate to Meet Any Demands
Liable TO b Encountered,
Examiner Reports

North Dakota's banking structure =
adequate to meet any demands that
are liable 70 be encountered" Adam
A. Lefor declared Friday In his an
nual report.
II believe our banks are IN . more
sound and liquid state than ever be-
FORE" he said. "Restored public con-
fidence u shown BY the Increased de.
posits n the past few months"
During the last ok mouths Of the
period covered BY the report, up to
June 50, 1884, . VERY satisfactory Inn
rrovement" In banks was shown.
Footing increased $1,Soo ,S6597.
Loans and discounts showed Z de-
crease Of e774,3e2o4. Government
Issues showed IN increase Of $685.
700.ll and cash reserves are up d..
l70,10l06. Total reserves represented
In cash and depodts with reserve
banks exceeds the amount required
b. law BY @2,3o4, 1856.
Total deposits show . net increase
Ct $l.l6l y02o.3S, although one bank has
been eliminated by voluntary uqui-
dalton during the period.
Three new banks have been char.
, tered during the year July I. 1883, to
June 30, 1894. They are the Bank Of
Marmarth In Slope county; Cavalier
County State Bank ct Munich, each
capitalized for 4ls.Oo0 and the First
National Bank ct Wilnston, capital
lied for $4,000. Charters have been
issued for the first two banks, IL
though they have not yet opened.
Eight hanks Increased their capital
stock during tho year: two banks
have consolidated with others: five
have gone into voluntary liquidation.
Eighty-ttree banks In the State pos
seas . capital Of $4,000 each; 10
hanks with capital Of $4,000 each;
s. hanks with $4,000 capital each;
81 banks with capital each Of 425 900
Ind two banks with capital Of $780,
so. Total capital Of banks u a.
100000.
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r. o n T l n u Z n
- AeQ pa0o 90.
Van Meters Death
Closely Patterned
After Chieftain's

Suspicious Of Van Meter, relatives
Of the woman with whom he WAS keep
Ing company reported him to police.
Investigation divulged his identity and
for the last two weeks, authorities
sought the long. hunted criminal.
When they espied him, they shot
with telling effect compared 70 the
eccentric firing Of Van Meter during
his career Of crime during the last
six months. He II was who. With
Dillinger, Tommy Carroll, George
Baby Face" Nelson, and John Ham.
ilton, raided the Sioux Falls, q. D.,
Security National hank last March to
flee with more than $4,000.
Again Van Meter biased away ct
the law March 81 when he unknow-
ingly walked to the Dillinger apart
ment while federal department Of
justice agents raped ct the door. He
drove +. q. Coulter out the front
door with flaming pistol, u,iraculoasly
escaped being hit BY ooulter's fire.
and disappeared.
A moment later, Dillinger, with
Evelyn Frechette ,(now In prison for
two years for harboring the Indiana
outlaw blasted hts way TO freedom
With . machine gun. Somewhere,
later, Dillinger and Van Neter met.
then beaSenly invaded Z WarsaW, Ind,
police station, stole fireaSmg, and dis.
appeared again.
Again the law caught up with them
In the Little Bohemia resort near
Mercer, WIS.,. where federal agents
surrounded the gang one dark night.
But once more Van Meter. Di1linger.
Carroll. and Nelson sluded the guns
Of the government.
Search Turns. . Nelsea
Death first taSg6d Carroll at water.
loo, Iowa, several months 40. Then
Dillinger. The gang leader Was shok
down - he LETT Chicago theatre
. few weeks $50 after vi9wing film
Of gamblers and death.
A woman was with him and q WON.
IN Thursday night ct II the line Of
fire BY accident. But n neither case
did It make any difference. Death
danced at the end of the chase.
In Van Meters cAse, Il meant fms
to q two weeks hunt and the begin.
ming Of 4 new quest aro Baby
FACE Nelson and Hamilton and two
automobiles Van Meter had.
Police sought the answer Friday o.
they looked Tor Van Meters hideout
and his companions and connections
here. The last heard Of Nelson Was
last week ct Sioux City. Iowa, author
tiles said.
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that he fatally shot Lester G. Jones,
member Of the faculty OF the state
industrial school at Miles City, while
Iburglarizing the school office earlier
this month.
Nelsteads announcement was made
after he questioned Miller at the
county Jail here Friday. Miller, who
was returned to Montana from Min
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-24
GENERAL CONDITIONS

= nlgn pIeSSute area Is conferred
over the MtSsuort Valley and the east
ern ROCKY Mountain Slope (Rapid
City 30.2O while Low" oyerlies IA
Southwest (AGodena $3.50. PreciI-
tation has occurred from the soalfh.
ern Plains States northeastvard TO
the Great Lakes but elsewhere the
weather Is generally fair. Unusually
low temperatures for 90 early In the
season occurred in the Dakotas last
night, With readings below lreeSiue
In parts Of North Dakota.
Bismarck station barometer, inches:
1884. Reduced to sea level, 30.ll.
Missouri River stage ct q. IA, Il =
a hour change, 90 It.
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- ~ SVSo V8A 49,
kota and vicinity:
Fair, prob . bly,
frost tonight; Sat-
urday generally
fair and slightly
warmer.
Nor North Da.
kota: Fair, prob
ably frost tonight:
Saturday gener.
ally fair an d
slightly warmer.
For South d.
kota: Fair, pos
sibly light host
AADk NAANA1>~ -
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COnfesses Murder Of
Mill City Educator

Billings. Mont, Aug. 24.-(R-Ru-
dolph Nelstead, Custer county attor-
ney, said Thursday night Henry j..
Miller, Is, had signed q confession
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-24
Rl06ON9 WOl(EN DIF

lntou-Mrs. John Heb, Odessa,
dad n . hospital at Rochester, Mimi.
and Was buried near her farm home
NiesdAy.
Mn. Andrew Lipp, Strasburg. died
TNesdAy Of complications following
childbirth. She leaves her husband
and nine children.
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FROST,

night: Saturday generally fair ana
somewhat warmer. s''~
Tor Montana: Generally fair to-
night and Saturday; warmer norm.
central and northwest portions to-
Aeht and east Of Divide Saturday.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY fair, possibly
light frost Friday night; Saturday
fair, somewhat warmer In south and
extreme west portions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-24
|VEATHE4 m OTM1 STATES
- Hi4h. Lon.

High. Low
ct ct
marble, Tex, cldy 80. 50 s.
disc, Idaho, cldy ..... 80 B
mary. Alta, cldy 80. $ .
hlcago, H., cldy ...... % s.
euver, Colo, cldy 80. 70 81
- Aotneg, H., cldy -. o =
odee City, Kaus., cldy. % s.
dmonton, Alta, clear 50 -
Avre, Mont, cldy ..... s. %
Eelena, Mont, cldy 80. s. =
Eamloops, B. G., clear 9 s.
Kansas City, No. cldy @ 8
Ander, Wyo.. cldy -. 70 20
fodjcine Hat, A., pcldy IS =
Niles City. Mont, cldy 8 -
9odena, Utah, clear !. 30 80
10. Platte, Neb., cldy ). q =
Oklahoma City, O., oldy 50 .
70 Albert, 9aSk, cldy.. . -
hu.Appelle, 00S, cldy.. = -
o9eburG. Orc. clear ..loo ~
=. Louis, No., cldy.... q g
Bait Lake City, o., clear & 3
y. 3. Marie, Mich, clear 70 -
|9eattle, Wash, cle1r... q %
Bferidan, Wyo., clear .. 81 y
Sioux City, T.. cldy 49,. ~ =
3pokane, WASH, clear !. u ~
n 1T Current, s., pcldy - p
HE Pa, Man, cldy -. s. -
9ledo, Ohio, rain 800. q q
k4flnelmucca. New, clear q q
Winnipeg, Man, clear q
3oeoo0 sssssssssssessss ~ -
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Weather Report
FORECASTS

FOR Bismarck and Vicinity: Fair
probably frost tonight; Saturday sen
orally fair and slightly warmer.
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ALL-ARoUND MAN

Warner, N. H.-Walter Miner y q
pretty busy man
He IS . bookkeeper. cashier, teller
and guard Of the only one-man hank
In this section. On the side, he Is q
lawyer, notary public, store clerk and
insurance broker.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-24

Jasper,s characteristic broWnish hue
Is due . IT, adInixture q iron oxide.
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MINNESOTA FONTS
High Low
ct ct Pct.
clear 49,. g q g @
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neapolis for investigation In connec-
ton with the Staying, was being kept
temporarily In the Jail here because
officers feared mob violence II he
were taken to Miles City.
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drank several long, copious draughts.
Before he could replace the glass. he
became III.
Sponzilli's refreshment was . freez-
ing fluid used in electric refrigerators.
Humming birds. swifts, swallows,
and martins cannot walk or hop on .
horizontal surface.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-24

NICE COOL DRINK
Cincinnati-It looked cool and re-
freshing to Oswald Sponzilli, 50 he
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NORTH DAKOTA POINTS

gOUTH DAKOTA POINTS
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Combing Of TIE yarn ramovss thu
short, uneven thrsads before knit
tins and tho double knee 10 IN
added wear featured Sensible buys
for school! Black. tans. 81 to 0Ml
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-24

They're here all Of them, even
Hans und Fritz right on these
swanhy, snappy sweat shirtsl Grew
neck style with long sleeves. Sizes 9
TO Is. White. gold, blue or brownl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-24

Think Of it! A years supply costs
only dollar! And they're good quail
ity! Vests, boomers, panties all have
features you'd expect to pay much
more for! Sizes 81 to AZ! Come early!
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Yo11 recognise teir wuRt4 . soou
as you re ttsm! 1hsySs ct % b
good when they're msds - fsansys
Specifications. LINED eoat aad Vt
The Washington times., 1934-01-10

all of the available headliners by
barring it's stages to all acts play
ing on rival circuits, looking with
supreme contempt on the toddling
movie houses which offered an
hour of .flickers for ten cents,
the Loew enterprise was held by
the Keith office as cheaply as its
scale Of admissions.
I became one of the Orpheum's S
steady patrons chiefly because
could not afford to be a regular
customer at the higher priced
Keith TheaterS Marcus Loew
sensed the demand for new faces
and his scouts quietly covered
the country seeking fresh acts and
talent which had never bloomed
on Broadway.
In those early days of the Loew
circuit we habit patrons of the
Orpheum were treated to a great
parade of entertainers who had
never before appeared in Boston.
The Loew's Orpheum program
comprised eight and sometimes
nine acts, a news reel and a few
shorts with Florence Lawrence,
John Bunny, Flora Finch, Mary