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THURSDAY, ^APRIL 7,1921.
The exhibit of the wGfrk done during
the-winter term by the Applied Design
class consisted of two phases of dec
orative work, namely, candle-sticks,
sewing boxes, book ends,, and other
'articles with enamelac in attractive
designs. Perhaps, the most interesting1
part of-the exhibit however, was the
batik work. Miss Stevnihg said that
batik is very popular at the present
time, and while the class had attempt
ed only simple designs, yet consider
able skill and patience is necessary
to attain good results. Briefly the
process is as follows:
Cover up with wax all parts of the
design which are to remain white or
the original color of the fabric. It is
then ready fo&its first dye Jbath. Then
cover with wax all parts which are to
be this color, and so on until as many
colors are obtained'as-, are desired.
Batik is a Javenese art and investi
gation shows that there "never was a
time when the art of batik did not
flourish -in Java. Robes .of idols in
prehistoric days were decorated much
in the same way as they are today.
Batiks are chiefly used in Java for
wearing apparel. For the most part
it is a home occupation and the work
brings to the native the sum of two
and a half cents (American money ra
day. The designing and waxing of
batiks is done largely by the women
while the men usually take care of the
dyeing process. Considering the havoc
which is wrought to one's hands by
dyes this, no doubt, is a wise division
of the labor.
Batik in America is still a com
paratively recent importation, brought
here some ten years ago. It was met
with absolute lack of interest, but its
', real merit as a means of decorating
fabrics has earned it a pladfe in the
industrial arts and year by year it is
gaining wider recognition. The pres
ent keen enterest in the craft is
mainly due to Dutch artists who have
revived and stimulated an» apprecia
on of he a 1
It has been in danger of .getting
into the class of transient "cults" and
becoming merely a fashionable pas
time, but here, too.*its merit has sav
ed it from becomliig Just a modish
arnusemertt. People often try to pro
duce the effect without the work by
painting in designs. Fine results can
not be obtained in this way. The im
portance placed o? the "crackle ef
fect" is
also
The term Essay is used to describe
a brief prose composition-of an exposi
tory character, dealing with its sub
ject from a more or less limited or
.personal standpoint, and permitting
considerable freedom of style and
method. The word impliM the tehta
five and suggestive, as distinguished
from the formal and complete discus
sion. Dr. Samuel Johnson, from this
standpoint, defines the Essay as a
loose sally of the mind, an irregular,
indigested piece. On the other hand,
the term is equally applicable to for
mal expositary compositions, and has
even been extended to cover works of
a wider character, treating their sub
"jects under a series of captions, such
as Locke's Essay concerning, the Hu-*
man Understanding. In the 18th cen
tury it iis also extended to composi
tions in verse, such as Pope's Essay
on Man. In general an essay is dis
tinguished from a treatise or disserta
tion in being less formal, from a the
'sis, in not'bejng restricted to a formal
argument.
Assuming the fact that the literary
history of the past century is divided
into the Knickerbocker Period, the
New England Period and the National
Period, we may say tHat here modern
and national are synonymous, and that
the modern Essay begins shortly aft
er the close of the Civil War with
those new forces and new ideals and
broadened views that grew but of the
inighty struggle.
The Essay _was not, like the epic,
the novel, the drama, the climax of a
long' process of growth and develop
ment, but the invention of*an individ
ual: It sprang complete from the pen
of Montaigne in the 16th century. In
the year 1580 he published a work of
1 essays at Bordeaux, and from this
work theHmodem conception of the
essay as" a distinct literary form, and
the use of the wo#d essay to describe
it, have their origin. In this work he
.discoursed on whatever subject came
to hand from th« standpoint of his in
dividual experience ana mood,, so that
he could say in his address to the
reader: I have no respect or consid
-eration at all—either to-thy service
or to my glory. Myself am the
^groundwork of my book. To this sort
'i,of mood and the essays that represent
it, the whole later development of the
.essay is generally traced. Montaigne
essays were widely read in England
and the new form became more lm
'. pprtant across the channel Mian in its
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OF BATIK DESIGN
often overdone. Crackle
has its place iii the beauty of Tatik.
but the indiscriminate use of it is to
be regretted. Real design and color
should be the arresting features.
Miss Stevning's talk proved to be
very interesting and especially in
structive. A. H.
ASSIGNS PLACE TO
THE MODERN ESSAY
At the meeting of the Faculty Club
-on March 23 its members gave.atten
tion to a consideration of the topic
"ModernEssay andJEssayists" .Fath
er John Baker.teacner of French, read
a paper on "The Modern Essay* which
was the first number of the program.
Father Baker presided during the
meeting. ..
representative
in the familiar style in more-recent
i- times was Robert Xouis Stephenson
S In Familiar Studies'and-other works
whereas in the critical essay the palm
a -'must.be yielded to the French, such
as Sainte Beuve, Brunetiere, Anatole
i'» .*• France. Of the modern American Es
say, in distinction to earlier periods,
{one may say that the great mass of its
Writings could have been, produced
jfe-1 nowhere but in the United States
-"".They are redolent of thenew spirit of
JAmerica, they are American liters-,
ture: More than any literary form
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The Essay has been the medium
V'• throbgh which we may trace the
i, transition from the old period to the
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new. Before this period the Ameri
can Essay had but few and weak rep
resentatives. The classical essay of
English literature had run its course
before its feeble imitations Were pro
duced in America. This fact is per
haps in general accord with one of the
most characteristic developments of
American literature. From its begin
ning until well along the 19th century
our literature was constantly harking
back to the English models of an ear
lier generation, and giving anew lease
of life to forms and manners of ex
pression that the pareht country had
outgrown. But** change has com?
over America* Because the modern
essay, to be at its- best, needs! the at
mosphfte of old pulture and estab
lished social tfadi^ions to flourish,' ven
erable frative classics from which to
quote, and a long vista of romantic
history down which to*look, it may be
said that tte essay cannot yet find per
fect conditions in America. But our
modern essay is a reality nevertheless,
typically American, full of health and
vigor as the hearts of the people from
which it sprang. Instead of the con
templative, dreamy study of person
alities and institutions, there is the
vivid, sharply cut, short story, or in
cisive analytical studies. A few years
ago, hardly an American publisher but
what would balk at the idea of bring
ing out a volume of essays. Thev
said that the American public was not
interested in that kind of literature
and could not be persuaded to buy
such books. Evidently the American
public has either changed or developed
its mind, or perhaps like Mark Twain,
having a
great deal of mind, it took
it a loife time to make it up and so
when it finally decided to read essays,
it needed a great many to satisfy its
appetite. Of course the very nature of
the American essay, a little short of
perfection as it' is according to classi
cal standards,—has had something to
do with its welcome. It has been in
fused with the spirit of democracy and
its voice is ho longer addressed to the
cultured, leisurely few, but to the man
in the street, and its discourse is of the
life, the thought, and the activities
known to'us all. Whereas the essayist
of other lands has been prone to take
his readers into still, secluded back
waters'of
.life, and let the boat drift
as it would, while he mused and
dreamed from one subject to another
the American essay has changed all
this. Whether it deals
witlv
literary
criticisms, with phases of life, with
abstract matters, it is brisk and prac
tical. It does little musing and less
dreaming. Its author is either bodily
or mentally or both in the midst of the
busiest current of life, and he makes
no pretence that .he is sitting off by
himself in gracious leisure. It is this
fact, I think that has given to the
modern Amerisan essay its rebirth
and its present promise of vigorous
development. It has become a true
voice speaking out of our daily life
about matters that are of moment to
us all.
From Friday's Daily
Banker T. L. Beiseker, of Fessen
den, was a visitor to Valley City yes
terday.
H. C. McMaster of EllendalerN. D.:
visited in the city with his brother
in-law, C. M. Axtellj who conducts a
drug store on Fifth Avenue.
Soo trainmen and engine men re
ceived notice last week, that taking
effect April 27, their wages would be
reduced about twenty per cent.
Miss Hazel Nielson returned to Bis
marck last evening after spending a
few days in the city the guest of her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Nielson.
Harry E. Seigfried, who represents
one of the leading drug houses of the
country, was in the city, yesterday
looking after .his patrons.
P. L. Higgins, the genial manager
of the Dakota Life Insurance Com
pany, of this state, was up from Far
go- yesterday, loking after business
matters in this section.
Miss Lillian Hackbarth has been ap
pointed supervisor of the local tele
phone exchange, to fill the position re
cently vacated by the resignation of
Miss Lillian Corby.
The Kathryn,. N. D., creamery has
been sold by C. J. Lee to Alfred and
Wm. Borgeii of, New Richland, Wis.
and the new owners will reopen the
plant on April 3.
Litchville Bulletin:'*" A caravan of
whiskey runners in three large eights,
two Cadillacs and a Kissel, went thru
here on Sunday. We understand they
were Omaha "people.
March went out like a lamb and
April came in like one. Real
balmy
weather we've enjoyed today, altho
a little on the chilly order. The roads
dried up considerable yesterday and
last night,
Miss Bess Work, of St. Paul, Minn,
arrived
here
Wednesday to take up
her duties, as county purse under the
direction of the Red Cross. If name
counts for anything^ she must be ar
whirlwind—work.
Mrs. R. W. Metcalf was very
pleasantly surprised Wednesday eve
ning on her birthday., by seventeen of
her frienSs with a delicious lunch and
two pieces of cut glass. Everybody
enjoyed themselves until the small
hours of the morning. f'
Miss Rose Shouquist and Mr. Alvin
Burchill were married at Moorhead
this week, according to word received
by friends in the city. Miss Shou
aiiist has bwiva waitress at the Ru
dolf Hotel, and Mr. Burchill is a Val­
ley
City boy, and a former member of
Company G.
O. H. Neuenfeldt of Enderlin, N. D.
was looking after business matters
the city today, and incidentally left an
order for pointing at the Times-Rec
ord,* where he .said he had been as
sured that he could get prompt and
efficient service.
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Everett McGowan, who played oil
the Valley iCty baseball team last
year, and Art StaiF of Pittsburgh
will meet at the Boston arena tonight
in a series of skating races advertised
as being for the World's indoor skating
championship. They will race the
440-yard and one-mile races tonight.
Several of the Valley City basket
hall fans intend to journey down t»
Fargo (Saturday to see the final game
between Valley City and Madisoh.
Both
teams
are champions of their re­
spective states, and the .Valley City
fans want to see the Valley City boys
in action against the South Dakota
champs.
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A vtery delightful party was given
to celebrate Mr. W. R. Foster's forty
third anniversary at his home Wednes
day evening by Mrs. Foster and Miss,
Mabel Foster. The evening was
pleasantly passed in card playing. At
eleven o'clock, a dainty lunch was
served. The guests were: Mr. and
Mrs. PP J. Connolly Mr. and Mrs
H. J. Zeigler Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Wyttenbach Mr. and Mrs. red Col
by Mr. and Mrs. Irvin La very
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Fulle* arid Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Floyd.
ioj paqiJDsqns 000(£$ WAY
the 1921 baseball team, and organK
zation of a fast team being rushed
toward completion, ', indications are
that Valley City will have a feam in
the field this summer that will rank
among the best. It is expected to open
thfe season about May 25th. Plans are
being made to enlarge the grand
stand, and put the grounds in A J. con
dition.
The Grand Forks Kiddies, compos
ed of 40 boys of the Grand Forks High
School, will appear in concert here on
April. Before coming to Valley City
the .orchestra will also play in Fargo.
They will be seen at the Normal Au
ditorium in Valley City. They will
present a program of clasiscal num
bers, and also a regular series of
stunts. According to University stu
dents who are spending the Easter va
cation in the city, the Kiddies are well
worth seeing.
Waldo Geltch, the American violin
ist, who will give the last number on
the Artist Course this season, has
played with splendid success in most
of our larger cities. The press at
Kansas Citv. Missouri, said, The
playing of Mr. Geltch appea^p to the
hearts and minds of the people.
Sioux City Iowa., "He 'completely mas
tered the violin." Memphis, Tenn.
"The player and the viojjn were one
personality, the violin imbued with
that of the player. He made it do
whatever he wished, and, it responded
like a living thing." Mr. Geltch will
appear as the last number of the Ar
tjst Course at the Normal .Auditorium
Saturday evening.
Somebody played a very/bad April
fQol trick on Burt Stern last night or
rather early this morning and Burt
naturally, with very good reason, is
greatly pfeeved thereby. About one
a. m. he was awakened out of his
slumbers by* a phone call informing
him that two men were in his store
and rfr was thought they were on
burglary bent. Hastily donning his
B. V. D.'s he started down to the store
at a record.gait, while Chief Swan
son, supported by Patrolman King
also made record ,t|ime for the scene
of the supposed burglary. When they
got to the store there was nobody in
sight and aftlr they had examined
the plpte for supposed hiding bur
glars for fifteen or twenty minutes
they tumbled to the fact that it was
April first. Burt says they even ex
amined the ice box for burglars—tin
the days of real sport this was gen
erally the first place to be examined
However, it is carrying things a lit
tle too far to pull off a stunt like
tius and we advise those who are re
sponsible for the act to see that Mr
Stern does not find it out. The call
is said to have come from the Kindrea
Hotel feut Jack Aldrich says he is
sure with the training his boys have
had under him none of them would do
a trick like that—especially looking
into ice boxes. No, of course not.
From Thursday's Daily
Mrs. John McAllister arrived from
Sunnyside, Washington, last night
and is visiting friends in the city,
Attorney L. R. Burfening, of Hank
insoh, was looking after legal business
in the city yesterday.
Dr. and Mrs. P. M. Kellogg were
down from Rogers last night and
were guests at the Masonic doings at
the Gymnasium.
Dean Knute Froysaa will be going
up to Jamestown tomorrow to act as
one of the judges in the district Musi
cal contest held at the Jamestown
College.
Mrs. A. P. Paulson, who has been
spending the Easter vacation with her
daughter,' Miss Mildred at Minneapo
lis, returned home this morning on
No. 1.
Carl Long and Knut Furos, two of
Finley's leading business men, were
Valley City visitors yesterday, com
ing here tot, attend a meeting of the
Austin-Dakota Development Com-1
pany.
Mn and Mrs. Theo. Syverson, of
Cooperstown, N. D., were guests of
States Attorney and Mrs. L. S. B.
Ritchie last iiight. They were guests
of the Ritchies*at the Masonic concert
and ball:
Miss Grewcox and George Grewcox
of Brainerd, Minn., James Vidal, of
Fargo, and Miss Hazel Nielson, of Bis
marck, were guests at the Wylie
Nielson home yesterday. They were
here to attend the Masonic patty at
the gymnasium last night.
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recently moved to this city with his,,
family and is now,with the Embert-1
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man. He and Fred Jensen dropped in
to see us this .morning and to say that
the outlook for the Ford business this
season was exceptionally good.
Mr. 0. J. Austin of Fargo, repre
sentative of the Twin City Tractor'Co.,
was in the "city yesterday and con
tracted with H. J. Olson for the tale
of the2Twin City products for 121. Mr.
Olson is entering the sale of power
fann equipment and will be located
on Front street.
Paul Bunce, division traffic superin
tendent of the Northwestern Tele
phone Co., was in the city yesterday
looking after traffic conditions as af
fecting the local telephone exchange.
Mr. Bunce was also one of the El
Zagal chanters that gave a concert
at the High' School gymnasium last
evening.
Today gives promise of' being a
real spring day. It is about time. For
the past two or three weeks we have
a continual down pouring Jf rain.,
snow and sleet at regular intervals
and a little sunshine and dry weather
would not go amiss. 'Farm work is
going to be delayed for a few days
and we are not going to get the early
start on seeding as we igamined a
month or so ago
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Gov. Lynn J.* Frazier has issued a,
proclamation designating Friday
April eighth, as "Bird Day" and re
quests all teachers in the public
schools and the people generally shall
observe the same with appropriate ex
ercises, that a better understanding
may be had of bird life. Cooperation
to save the birds from wanton slaugh
ter by the thoughtless is one of the
principal reasons for the governor's
proclamation.,
The Valley City High School de
bating team will debate the Dickinson
high school team at Dickinson, April"
1. at Dickinson supporting the nega
tive of the question calling for Unit
ed States intervention in Mexico. The
winner of the debate here will meet
the winner of the Mayville-Velva .de
bate. The winner, then left, will meet
Bottineau high school in the final de
bate for the state high school cham
pionship which will be held at the Uni
versity of North Dakota.
Tonight at the^Normal. Auditorium
will be given the play "A Rose of Ply
mouth Town," by the Dakota Play
makers, students of-the University of
Minnesota. Everywhere these players
have been and put on "this play they
have met with great success. We
hope our people will show apprecia
tion of their visit by attending in large
numbers and &hus help make it a fin
ancial as well as a social success.
From all reports received from cities
where they have been they will give
you your money's worth.
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The annual election of officers of the'
Valley City Fire Department was
held Monday evening. The election re
sulted as follews: Chief, Wliliam T.
Craswell assistant chief, E. J. Pegg
secretary, Clifford McDonald treas
urer, R. J. McDonald. The re-elec
tion of Chief Craswell marks the
eleventh election of him as the effi
cient and competent chief of the Val
ley City Fire department. He was
elected chief six times in successibn
before the war, but finally resigned.
When the war commenced, he was
again elected, and the election this
gtime marks the fifth time since the
war, or eleven times in all:
Advance advertising for the famous
picture "Passion," which will be shown
at the Grand Theatre on Monday and
Tuesday April 11 and 12, will soon
start.. Matinees will be shown at
3:30 o'clock daily. Pola Negri, the
star of "Passion," first achieved fame
asr premiere danseues of the Imperial
Ballet at St. Petersburg. During this
stagec of her career, she enjoyed -an
intimate friendship with the family of
the late Czar Nicholas and the high!
favor of European royalty. There is
an intimate romance of a wonderful
woman encircling the picture. You'll
see men fight and die for her then
you'll laugh and thrill and cry with
her. The editor of the Times-Record
and wife saw this wonderful picture
while on their recent trip to Wash
ton, and they declare that it is a pic
ture that every Valley City man, wo
man and child should see.
Prizes of $25, $15, and $10 to be
known a§ the Mary Stewart Nielson
prizes for biographical sketches of
pioneers of North Dakota and to be
offered under the direction of the Eng-'
lish department of the University ^f
North Dakota, have been established
by Miss Minnie J. Niejson, state sup
erintendent of public instruction, and
will be awarded for the first time this
year. Miss Nielson has named the
prizes after her mother, who resides
in Valley City,'one of the state's pio
neer settlers. In giving the prize it is
the desire of the donor to preserve be
fore it is -too. late, records of actual
North Dakota pioneers and builders
of our state.
Waldo Gelch, who will give the clos
ing concert on the "Artist Course, in
stead of Miss Divinoff as formerly
announced is an extraordinary artist.
He is possessed of the manifold gifts
which give supreme command of every
phase of violin mastery. Years of
playing have matured and enriched
his art persistent efforts has placed
him in the-front, rank of violinists. His
playing is convincing, distinctive, at
tractive it has warmth and posey
with balance and poise an delegance.
He creates atmosphere and moods and
is a colorist. He has personality and
Two Kinds of Women
/fc know a woman, who when she needs to purchase necessary
things for the home or the family puts on her shopping costume,
dabs a bit of powder on her nose and sallie,g forth.
She shops one
here and
there chases
and
another hunting and h» njt g. When she gets
home she isj and j—a—d—e—d. She feels all mussed up
We know another who has learned the art of reading the advertise-.
ments before she starts but. She finds out what she wants and where to
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In this way she saves time, money and effort and comes home fresh as
a daisy and ready-to get friend husband a good dinner instead of taking
Which one are
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Mrs. C. E. Thayer and Mrs. Nancy
O'Neit were hostesses to the High
School basketball boys last evening at
the Elks home at a six o'clock dinner.
They had as their guests eight boys
of. Mr. Scarlett's Fifty-Fourth squad.,
and ten boyfc of Coach Fagin's first,
team m&terial. Honorary guests of
the evening were Mr. M. S.' Ward,
principal ot the' High School, Arthur
Busdicker, a former High School bas
ketball star, now playing on the Uni
versity of North Dakota team, and
"Bud" Gregord. The room was very
prettily decorated with streamers,'and
the big silver loving cup, given to the
Valley City team 'as champions of
1921, was situated in the middle of the
table filled with pretty flowers. En
tertainments of various kitids made
the affair a very .delightful one. Miss
Leona O'Neil and Miss Harriet Win
terer assisted in the serving.
It has thus far cost John Anton of
Dallon, Nelson county, $l£,000 for
discarding the affections of one.Miss ,v
Pickle, now of Walsh county, who
formerly served in Anton's household
as housekeeper. A jury in Lakota last
week gave Miss Pickle a verdict of
$6,000 in her suit against Antpn for
false imprisonment. Two years ago
Miss Pickle collected $6,000 from An
ton after she sued him for breach of
promise. Miss Pickle came to Anton
as a housekeeper. They became en
gaged to be married, but later Anton
married someone else and had' Miss
Pickle confined in jail as beinig in
sane. She was released soon by the
insanity board, who could find nothing
the matter with her cerebellum or
equilibrium. She sued Anton for $15,
000 on the breach of promise suit and
aftother $15,000 on the false imprison
ment complaint, collecting on the two
$12,000.
With the stage all set for the inter
Dakota basketball championship
games at Fargo beginning this eve
ning, between Valley City and Madi
son, S. D., interest in-»local basketball
circles has again reached a hig pitch.
Three games will be played by the
two teams, and the team winning two
out of the three games will be declared
the champions of the Dakotas. The
match sets a precedent in North Da
kota high school circles that will
doubtlessly lead. to. similar interstate
clashes in various lines of scholastic
athletics. Madison is believed'to hold
a slight shade over Valley City a!s they
have*an entire team of 1920 veterans,
while Valley City is missing two of its
last year's stars, .Busdicker and De
Lancey. However, the Valley City
team has showed its ability to p*y
basketball when they buck up against
a real team, and it is_ expected that
the games at Fargo this week will be
watched with interest from all parts
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