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Show PROVO POST, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921. THE PROVO POST Provos NEPH HICKS Conditions Change With Mans Attitude Toward Life Says , Authority On Finance Business Popular Newspaper Published Each Tuesday and Friday By THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY 125 West Center St. , 0 Phone 13 At The Theatres Editor and Manager Entered at the postoffice at CHICAGO. Jan. I CL Busmens conditions are due to man's attitude toward life. Business renditions can be changed for the better only as mans attitude toward life changes. This was the new and rather startling diagnosis of the countrys ills announced last week by Roger' W. Babson, noted authority on finance, n. addresahefara.:m$inberi of.the Association of Commerce. The need of the hour, he asserted. is to get employers and wage earners to give their hearts to God. Business depression can be aroided, but only by redirecting the minds of your people to the need Df integrity, honesty and thrift. Members of the association stiffened in their chairs at this new doctrine and listened intenUy as Mr. Babson assured them the present business slump was not due to lack of "salesmen or foremen or morf technical men, but to lark of Provo City7 Utahrassecond class matter. . One Year Six Months -- ThreeJMont hs Subscription Terms - $3.00 1.50 .75 SUPPORT A HOME INDUSTRY BY SUBSCRIBING GAMBLERS OPERATE NOW con-tnue- of these business The btattsM'-changes she.? that periods of depression iinarlaMy follow the unrighteousness. dishonesty, extravagance and inefficiency w hkh develop in the latter half of a period of pros- peritxJatuLiliaL a perlQlpLcrpsper- ity is the reaction from the righteousness, Industry, integrity, and thrift "which develop in the latter half of a period of depression. The meaning of this is plain. It is not railroads, steamships or factories which cause our prosperity; it is not bank clearlngaTlfoteign' irade or commodity prices which give us good business. Prosperity is based upon those fundamental qualities of faith, temperance,. service and thrift which are the products of religion. The fundamentals of prosperity are the ten commandments. s ln-a- , HERE- .- , Gambling, vie aretoldJwhas become a most attractive . occupation to a number of men of this city who apparently have little to do and no ambition with which to do it. Resides being in violation of the law gambling is a disease of the mind once contracted is hard to throw off, and much Jike a drug it affects the entire nervous jy stem. Aside from the psychological effect there is a financial aspect that has to be considered- .- We are told that certain men in this city secrets themselves from the officers each " day .and night and Spend much of their time gambling. Its a small business at best, and while those who indulge may ask whose business id it, it might be said that it is the business of innocent wives, mothers and children, who as a rule are struggling tq make ends meet and maintain while theij; husbands,- fathers, or what not, are bringing disrespect and sorrow into thir homes; It might further be stated that when it is known that nearly two billion dollars changed hqhtjs.Jaft yar as a result of gambling in the United States, and that gambling at cards reached a frenzy' never before equalled, it ought to be someone's business to arouse public sentiment against it. The mania as we said, tends to check habits of thrift, which the government now is trying to build up. Its an old story, and one which if pro- -' longed never, fails to have a tragic conclusion. Persons who hope to maintain their and standing in the community cannot afford to encourage or countenance Bu.iues rung in circles, he First a period of prosperity aud then a period of depression. TONIGHT WANDA HAWLEY . -- -I- n- - - - ' Her F irs t .Elopement -- v N N S i ' J self-respe- ct - self-respe- ct gamblingia anyiorm. It might not be amiss to warn those who are making a t ' practice of this violation of the law, that if once apprehended and taken before our courts th'y and their, families will be humiliated when the limelight of public sentiment and pub- ' ' . licity is turned upon then To use the language of the street we urge those who - are thus engaged to, uit while the quitting is good. - yf A CORRECTION NEEDED. '' . At the Columbia Theatre Tonight 7 s court without a judge was the serious predicament .Ljfund by out city officials last week upon the Resignation of fj. W i Johnston,' whose residential qualifications were ques-- - " tionedT' And what was more puzzeling to the commissioners there were no applicants for the place. After some discus- -. sion they decided to draft Judge J. B. Tucker into service as Mr. Tucker, . again, but no doubt, the job is still begging like the other attorneys of the city, can scarcely afford to from the practice of law to accept the judgeship. , There is something sadly wanting when a position of such importance to our communitys welfare must go on the rocks. The law creating the office prescribes that the judge must be an attomeyat law. He is restricted, however, from the private practice of law except in probate matters. It fixes the salary at $200 per month, which, under present conditions, is anything but alluring to an attorney who is ambitious and anxious to establish himself in the practice of A - law. leaf lining and gold underlining of all perforations, gold hooks and eyes, and has a $20 gol d piece inserted in the heel of each shoe. NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Jan. 6. The other pair Is of tan with a linTwo pairs of shoes designed to sell ing of bright red satin and a gold at retail for $10.0 a pair, and said to watch ofthe wrist type Inserted in be the most expensive ever made in the left shone Just above the ankle. this state, were exhibited at a factory here today. One pair IS made Poet Want Ads Get Results of patent leather kid with pure gold GOLD TR1MMINGH FEATURE , . THIS 9100 PAIR OF SHOES COMING AGAIN The Varsity Players "77 Will Present Henry Arthur Jones Charming Comedy - At this moment while the legislature is convening is an opportune time to correct this condition. Without close investigation it occurs to us that some of the restrictions of the office could be lifted so that the person holding the position could practice before the district court in cases that do not come under his jurisdiction. To this end those intereset-e- d in the welfare of this important department of our city will find themselvesTengaged in a most commendable work in asking the legislature to se amend he law that the office-wi- ll ubstantial-practitioners be more attractive to the progressive-an- d of our city- REFORMING -s- CRIME INCREASES. Below is a report concerning crime which was publish-- , ed editorially in a recent issue of the Salt Lake Tribune. It' on the depicts a cqndition that calls for closer part of the people who are likely at any time to become the victims of this lawless element. That society will soon have to resort to similiar methods to those used by a group of men at Helper last week when they were held up by two bandits is very evident. Shoot to Kill, is not a band slogan when it comes to protecting ones self and ones property against the criminal element which according to the following report seems to be increasing at an astonishing rate; The year 1920 brought into the pockets of crimi- nals operating in Chicago nearly $5,000,000. The total does uot include the value ofautomobiles stolen during the year. Neither does it include .embezzlements and the harvest reaped from forgeries. ' Of the $4,500,000 stolen, the poliee recovered about $1,403,954, to be exact. The net gain of the crooks, therefore, was more than $3,000,000. In 1919 the value of property- - and , cash. stolen .la . Chicago was $3,543,590, of which the police recovered $972,699. - In addition to the $4,500,000 taken in vyhat may. be s called minor criminalTiperations", thousands of automo- biles were stolen in Chicago last year. While the larger number of these stolen cars w ere recovered, a -- great - one-four- th , . ' Under Auspices of the Utah Stake M. I. A. Columbia Theatre Wednesday Jan. 12, 1921. Prices of Admission $1.00 to 25c. Setison Ticket 93.00 Phone 615--W This is the first of a series of plays to be given by the Varsity Players in this city. It is a comedy of the first importance, rich in plot, ingenuous in incident and surprisingly whimsical, drolly and humorus in the extreme. The Lincoln Highwayman, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MABEL NORMAND many were never heard of again. It is estimated by the police that-,- in addition to the complaints concerning the loss of $4,500,000 in various bold forms of thievery, numerous holdups occurred which the victims never reported, disliking publicity or -the annoyance of a possible appearance in court, and detention in prison as a witthe further possibility ness. Also, there were an unusual number of petty thefts from dwelling and apartment houses of which , the police were not notified. crime "1920 record an of is Altogether Chicagos - unenviable one. And, what fs still worse, 1921 begins with a situation even vyorse. ' In-- ; - The Pest The, Columbia, theatre, wishes to an- nounce thhy have secured Eddie Polo in .King1 of,The Circus a hair raising serial to ' J ' start Saturday. , ( |