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Show -- rtc-. -- y- rnova rxJJT;' 7u3IA I .MAKCif I6;i921. 'wr - PROVO IS FOR BASEBALL. THE PRO VOTOST The Story of Our States Provos Popular Newspaper Published Each Tuesday and Friday By , THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY Phone 13 125 West Center St. With the melting of the winter snow and the appearance of the beautiful violets along the grassy banks there comes a feeling for the geat outdoors with all its fascinating pleasures. Among the most exhilirating of all our outdoor is baseball. The hold this national sports NEPHI C. HICKS Editor and Manager game has on the American people great is one of the phases- - oLlife. in.this. country, Entered at the postoffice at Provo City Utah, as and that hold is strikingly illustrated by the second class matter. keen interest taken . in every, live community where the game is played. No community program is complete unless it Subscription Terms One Year $3.00 has one or more good ball teams, with .various 1.50 towns competing against each other for honors. Six Months .75 That baseball is of inestimable value to a town is Three Months a long established fact. A good series of ball games keeps people at home, provides wholesome SUTPORT A HOME INDUSTRY BY SUB- diversion and gives athletic young men physical By JONATHAN I ATTBE THEATRES BRACE DELAWARE O DEL C-OM-- most-interestin- SCRIBING UNCLE JESSE NOW ..... KNIGHT. ox-tea- m i i e . - j -- . Knight is dead. The call sumhim into the portals of the life beyond ' moning came yesterday morning with his devoted wife and his beloved children at his bedside. While the end came following a gradual weakening and members of the family had become somewhat reconciled to his going, the parting was nevertheless sorrowful, not pnly to those surround- ing himr but tor s multitudes friends who thought of him in terms of affection for the splendid life he had lived. Uncle Jesse," for thus he was known throughout the land, was a rare type of Americas best citizenship. His life from the days when he with other frontiersmen made their way over the desolate waste by way of the until his recent illness was one of fervent Activity. Even in his helpless condition after he was stricken he deplored the fact that he had to be waited on, for his entire life had been devoted in rendering service to others. This great service wenb'beyond the confines of his own home or his own state. It extended into the land of the far north, the east and the west, and to the tropical climes of the. south. .Like the light of right. the sun it everywhere and lifted many a ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION. - despondent,-spread drooping spirit ' from the forlorn to His render disheartened. the of ability path With the new administration in the national such service to his fellowmen came to him through constant toil backed by an abiding saddle people everywhere are venturing opinions faith in the great providence that directed his as to how our county can best get back to normal times after the upheavals and inflation of the course. The institutions he founded and over which war period. What positive, practical things can he presided up to the time, of his recent illness, be done now to produce regular employment and all models of business acumen, reliable and moderate living costs, and at the same time Yorks 45c strong, are living testimonials to his industry create a. market for all American products at - As to the derivation of the and ability and stand as monuments to.Jlre cou- fair prices is the all important question. name Delaware, this was approIf the American people will take hold of ntrys progress and greatness. In those busy priately given to the state from ' circles. as in all avenues of life he will be greatly iresent conditions in the same spirit of courage the river, which In turn was with which they, put named after the bay and the bay missed.,, They will continue to grow and flourish, and faith' and rbut it will cast no reflection on any of his succes-,po- rs over the war,they can make a vast change in the was called Delaware In honor of Lord Delaware, who was goverjo say that his place will not easily be filled. jusiness outlook, the cost of living, and the burnor of the Virginia colony In While Uncle Jesse had not been given the den of taxation within a very few months. J610. In on to able was its these he give opinion expressing questions scholastic advantages that by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. ) all The Post has arranged of editorials, in his family, it might truly be said that withtechwhich we hope to give some practical, sugges. Ur boasted civilization and our wonderful un- tions as to how in our opinion this can best be ha3 human heart the average nical progress education or done. We hope the discussion will be shared by dergone no change. Knowledge, a guaranty of character. others who are interested or troubled by existing genius do not constitute attractive is the good- conditions, and who look forward eagerly to reThe thing that is really PICTURE A NEW is of lief. final in the analysis which ness of heart Getting People t Work. much greater value than the most phenomenal CHARICTERIZATIONI To the begin with it occurs to us that reconstruc- intellectuality. We may admire come ability not is tion across the in difficult we this when problem terribly worship heroism, but touched by bene- country that it is in Europe. In those war torn Departure from Former Work are whose man lips good jeally volence and whose soul is aglow with love for lands millions of crippled men must be taught to . . Gives Her Wonderful . Opportunities. support themselves. Debts amounting to almost and Uncle Jesse was such bis fellow-me- n the entire capital wealth of some of these counto out the him, our whole hearts go man-t- hen Pickforda latest United Mary itself, tries must somehow be financed. ' Markets have Artists innate goodness of our own souls reveals which The Love production. been and destroyed many business men have to Light, which will be seen at the and we look up to him as a noble example we demonstrate, create a wholly new trade. " Columhia theatre on Wednesday, it is our duty to emulate. Thus Americas problems are relatively small. Our Thursday and character we that put . Friday, is an entirely perhaps, instinctively, country is just as rich as it was before the war, different story and an absolutely above genius and culture, and therein lies the charaterlzation than anything In onward march to and we have no great body of crippled men. Our new which the World's Sweetheart has hope of the human race in its is rewill man intact. Pessimists power nearly moral improvement and perfection. appeared. to the rear, while men of confidence and heretofore, tire hand and the comfort Ever slnce Mary Picwford has had found who those May of hopeful spirit see the wonderful opportunities of her own producing organization and of fellowship in his life find an abundance will a new era, and will carve out new fortunes for could dictate as to the type of photodeeds his good that fact in the consolation play In which she was to appear, she a themselves. as has adapted the policy of never ad never die, but that they will always stand The first step after a period of upheaval herlng entirely to one line of parts, beacon light to guide them on to emulate his when the ordinary habits of business are upset, not only because she believes that life. worthy is to get everybody wprking. The relief from the public like variety, but because she believes the different lines 'of the emotional strain of the war, created during characters tend to Increase her abil1919 and the first half of 1920, produced a wave ity as an artist. sore, Those who saw her recent comeof extraordinarily good business ,but on an artiwouldn dies will certainly enjoy her in her ficial basis. forthcoming production which was pay any When people began to recover their, senses, written and directed by ' Frances any income, I wouldnt have to pay any income at rebelled inflated the and level, they price aha been acclaimed the who, alive, Marion, alive being and, be tax. But Id rather commodities. This pricked the leading scenario writer of the counbe buying stopped to than tax a and income an pay have rather try, and bids foir to standing at the not bubble. But as when a balloon bursts in mid air, head of the list of dlrectoresses. dead, or than to bq alive and incomeless and the descent was too rapid for safety. The busiThe Love Light has unusual Inhave to pay any income tax ness community needed a parachute, and for terest owing to the fact that the idea was worked out while Miss Pickford lack of the same have come to grief. i Youve noticed - that - those who - kick most was on her honeymoon. She met .The has strike 'Consumers about girls buying their complexions wouldnt as far at present as is consistent with - gone Frances Marlon in Italy,, also on her safety honeymoon, and the two worked out look any better if they also bought theirs. While the price level ought eventually to descend j the story sitting on a high rock the Adriatic and it was in still further, if the people attempt to force it - Any woman is a girl iri her own mind as long down now, it will increase unemploy- Italy they secured many of the prop further and several of the players who as she has a chum in another woman she went to ment, and lead to maitf disasters. Good mer- erties support Miss Pickford. The plavers school with.. chandise bargains offered and 'properties 'werr broughrhu the as low as they will be at any time during way from southern Europe to Calishouldnt be your whole aim 1921. It is a good time to buy, and public wel- fornia where the Italian settings Money-makin- g ' were from minutely reproduced a greater movement of in life, but neither should failure to make it be fare demands taken by the two. photographs ' whole aim. Miss Pickford has appeared , dn .'your s never In an embut -:otional" dramaof M E THE ASURE ' STRENGTHTtanypsSr'The OF nauon, yuu unuei stitiiu, Love "WronnKnttSfy and it was only after Any industrial establishment is as strong as carefulLight, but which attracts the bigger crowd a strawand deliberate constudy the loyalty of those who work for it and as weak sideration that she felt herself equal berry festival or a fight ? as their dereliction. If the output of one of those to the tremendous role she plays in story.1. announces that health in man a When employed is inferior, it is the whole establish- thisThose good who have seen the producnot know it he ment to that stands discredited. The. mistake is may or he preparing jretire, tion say that Mary Pickford rises to but he also is announcing that hes preparing to the willful malfeasance of one stands not against histrionic artistic effects which a his name, which is hidden, but against the place screen artist has- - never before at die. of his employment, which is publicly known. If tempted, but In all this, in the clevel of an Italian girl, .Well never all agree on what constitutes a at a store, or at a government office, or in a trol- characterization she U still the beautiful Mary whom ' moral movie until we all agree on what consti- ley car, or at a railway station one employee we love so much. meets the public brusequely, the public resent- - Miss Bickford has surrounded hertutes a moral mind. ment extends beyond the individual agent to the self with a splendid csst, which insuch artists as Jean De Briac, A man whose memory is about as long as his impersonal institution behind him. A factoiy is cludes fur several years leading man to .1 thumb always says, I can remember faces but not a group of buildings or machines; it is, a Sarah JBernhardt, Raymon Bloomer, cant remember names. Phillips, Albert .Prescott, group of factors, each. of. whom . carries a per- Edward Dumo. who played with Mias sonal responsibility for the entire plant. Phila- Evelyn Pickford In' Little Peppla, but Public You want what you cant get till you get jt. delphia Ledger. who had returned to Italy to play Uncle Jesse XX development Last year the' people of Provo got behind the movement for better baseball in splendid fashion with the result that our townspeople were given much pleasure besides drawing many visitors who look upon Provo as being an city. To continue our success we must maintain a good spirit of home support. Many promising teams quit each y&ar early in the season depressed by incessant knocking on the part of certain spectators. When fellows are trying to do thrir best, and they are oftimes nervous over their efforts in public, it does not help when some lazy bleacher pessimist yells' Take him but, hes rotten. Of course there is always in our midst the sorehead who developes an irritation whenever the local team fails to win, but the players should not become too discouraged with these knocks, for oftimes a fellow who is vitally interested in their success hurls these disg couraging epithets at them with a view qftnak-in" them ginger up. x Provo should enjoy a lot of baseball this summer, and all young men who like the game should be given a chance to make good. We. hope the local club Will soon become active and that the boys will begin to show signs of life. Provo is for baseball, soviets get started M-WA fall the honor of being the first of the original thlr- states. teen December 7, 1787, It officially adopted the Con- stltntlon and thus was made a beginning of our present Federal government ' According to the seventh article of the Constltu- tlon, however, Itwas necessary for nine states to ratify It before It actually came Into force. So It was not until the following June, by which time eight other . states had accepted the Constitution, that the United States of America actually came Into beV ing. The early history of Delaware was S Varied due; It started In 1638 when a small party of Swedes settled at the mouth ofx the Delaware river and called it New Sweden. - In - 1655leter Stuyvesant, the governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherlands, annexed this territory. But It did not Jotig remain Dutch, for In 1664 the English took possession. When Pennsylvania was deeded to William Penn he desired access to the seacoast Xnd at his urgent request Delaware was transferred to Penns From the beproprietorship. ginning of the eighteenth century, however, Delaware had Its separate legislature, and at the time of the Revolution It became an Independent state. - Delaware is next to the smallest of oar states, having an area-o- f only 2,370 square miles. Its participation' To prefcldetotlaF elee tiona is limited to three electors. This Is arranged according to population. Each state is entitled to the same number of presidential electors as It has members of congress, so the influence of the different states In voting' for the President varies from Delaware's three electors to New TONIGHT THOMAS MEIGHAN : ' The Frpiiiier ofjfie Stars. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY and FRIDAY Matinee 4 p.m. 7 7. Evening, 7:30, 9:15 BIGJDOUBLEBILL REGULAR PRICES again demonstrates that she is the greatest artist of the silver screen for in Written and directed by Frances Marion by Charles Cosher and Nenry Cronager Photographed " she carries horsdf to. heights never betore attained by The'VoridS Sweetheart I . -- so-call- ed Also Comedy CLYDE COOK In All Wrong TONIGHT EUGENE OBRIEN In Broadway and Home WEDNESDAY-THURSDA- Y TOM MOORE :x -J- n . Stop Thief ; i over-Uwokin- k. f are-bein- T -- g now,-probably . ' comedy-drama- 1 s' 1 r - Important roles in an Italian com- the ' bewildered Thlefl. which come expense of CrrS-Sto- to the pany, Stid George Rigas. Princess theatre for two days, The photography was done, by Wednesday, ran for over a Charles Rosher who was also respongoers all over the country, sible for. the photographic effects in year In New York at its nltial enSuds. and several gagement, and has Pollyanna relighted theatre other recent productions of Miss Pickford. HONEYMOON RANCH A THRILLING ROMANCE BEWILDFREH DETECTIVE OF TIIE SOUTHWEST SHOWN IN STOP THIEF Forced to marry the girl he loved, John Lince, well knowii as a' char- driven from her by her irate father, husband, yellow-do- g acter actor since his first appearance called a shot at to be or ordered town leave on the stage In the Savoy theatre, sight that has changed Creighton L6ndon, 1886, "plays Detective from a tenderfoot lounge lizard Into n a that Thompson in Stop Thief! a cowboyvehicle featuring Tom Moore. Is what furnished the plot for Lince appears on the screen very Honeymoon a J thrilling Ranch. few times, but without him, there western which will be at photopaly would be no "Stop Thief!" for It Is the Strand theatre next Friday and the impersonation of the detective Saturday. ' . by Tom Moore which introduces the rosin comedy action to the picture. Miss Mary McGowan," business Posing as Thompson, the thief woman of Akron, O., aud further dis(Moore) reprimands the members of tinguished as the only woman memthq Carr household, for acts he has ber of the American Society of Bachhlmselt committed,' and both the elors, has announced her Intention audience and - the - fake detective to become a candidate fof mayor othave considerable merriment at the her own city. com-menci- Gold-wy- regular-hell-basti- n - |