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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-12
DID your CHILD SPEND HIS
CUR10TMAS MONEY WISELY?

breakfast
Baked Apples
Coacc ~ Boiled Eggs
t,.h Lcft-Ovcrs Baked with
To~ Sponge Muiiins
Dinncr
Hamburg Steak
flashed Drowned Potatoes
Cramcd Onions
Coffee Raisin Pie
Rlgh, after Christmas may seem a
u0or time To talk Of saving-but l am
ucvcrthslcss going To talk about 1T. For,
though We grown-ups may have spent
the provcrhlal last cent" on Christmas
Joys, our children IN many cases have
received Christmas money from rela-
i'vcs, at least, part of which should
w saved
LATHE Johnny, for instance, received
g. bill I'm HIS stocking FROM Uncle
Tom. Naturally, the child's first inn
pubs j. to spend his fortune. Perhaps
h. had secretly hoped for toy which
santa not knowing II his wish. did not
bring and the Christmas money viii
Obtain II. Johnny plans. =.
Or take the case of little Ruth, who
was given dollar by Auntie May. III
huy my new doll some more clothes,
decides the child promptly. For to
child money suggests Spending ~ natur'
Niv ~ food suggests eating.
Vet the Wise mother influences hc'
child "a save some Of his Christmas
money before !, Is AL spent. Some 81
!, may be spent, 81 coursc-but at icas'
q small portion OF II should be put 10y
for the future.
And The best part Of this savings plar
- that the child soon learns To take az
interest in il. For tho practice Of saw
my u scli-propelling; once started, i
kc.ps itself going. There IS no,hlns
more inspiring, 10 both adult and child
than the rapidi,y with which the httl,
line oi figures in a bank book roll ul
10 high and Yet higher total.
20, YOU NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VIII
havr not vet actually started saving
,ccount for your child land how man,
luothcfs always mean 10" start sucl
IA account some day'-but never actu
Nv set 10 the point of starting IT.
Why not seize this opportunity to TAX
be- step? Let some of the child
thristmas money start that account.
Bu, even better than the actua
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-24
"JACKIE" MEETS THE CENSOR

All England is now in one of its
periodical tiutters at the absurdity
of the censorship of plays in oper-
alton. 1t seems that the sole relic
of the tyranny out of which a free
people has emerged includes the
film as well as the acted play. And
in pursuance of that authority thu
wrath Of the censor has fallen -
On Jackie Coogan!
Jackie is being shown in Eng.
land in oliver Twsit, and natural
ly one Of the scenes has to do with
Fagin's lesson in pickpocketry.
This, however, has been "cut."
Dickens book remains. Fagin il
a character adopted in the lang
uage and his school of thievery is
described by his name, but morals
are injured if Jackie does on the
screen what thieves from this
time immemorial have done in ac-
tual life!
England is freer in most re-
sects from any other country, ex-
cept for certain bonds of tradition.
Then in spite of all ridicule, it
giories in its shackles.-Durham
Sun.
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THE PROFESSOR FORGETS

Nothing could be more utterly
pathetic than the thing that hap
pened to Professor A. Holmes in
our city Tuesday The professor
occupied the chair of psychology
at the University of pennsylvania,
and he came here to address the
Advertising club. With graphic
precision he sketched the functions
OF the human mind. deity ex-
planned their correlation and in
terrelation. dwelling. perhaps, on
the subtle connections between
'lemory and Judgment. The au-
dience was impressed. 1t was
plain that the learned doctor
knew his stuff. He had his ia
telligence plant in the hollow of
his hand, so to speak.
The next act discloses him at
Union station, but in what a diff
ferent character! He wears a be-
wildered air. He is sure that he'
put his suit case on the running
board of the car. 1t ought to be
there. but it isn't. The chauffeur
intervenes. The chauffeur knows
nothing of the subconscious. He
has never explored the infinite.
The abstract is closed book to
him. But he knows that suitcase
will fall off running board un-
less there is something to hold it
on. He asks the professor if he
tied it. Dismay and chagrin spread
over the great savant's face. He
rubs the old bean ruefully. II for
got to- he confesses. OF such mo-
ments is the stuff of tragedy spun.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
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Sergeant Barry smiled to him
self, though not u muscle Of his cour-
tenance betrayed his inward amuse-
ment. He thought that he knew what
that theory, engendered by an almost
childish personal animosity, consist
ed OF and he was glad to humor the
foibles of this old man, so great in
his own line.
Just what is generally know
about Mrs. Vane, beyond the promi-
hence her odd style of portraiture
has brought her lately?" he asked.
II know only what l have seen
casually in the papers about hor
and what Mrs. McGrath, entirely
without encouragement, has vol
unteered," replied the professor
"Mrs. Vane arrived last October from
France l believe. 1t was Some two
months later that her vogue began
and spread like wildfire, so THAI By
spring she was quite famous"
There can be no doubt of Der
strange, whimsical talent" Barry re.
marked. "That unfinished portrait
before which she lies dead, for in
stance; it is an Enthusiastically recog-
nizable as photograph. fancy
Mr.. Theodore Vansittart would give
something to have his wife's picture
removed before the notorety of to-
morrow"
Professor Semyonov nodded slow
ly.
"Yon observed the most promi-
nent thing in the portrait, did you
not?" he asked. "The Vansittart
emerald? 1t has figured in more
than one unsavory episode in the
traditions of his history, yet it is
the pride of the family. Perhaps
that is the reason why Mrs. >Vane
has, one might say, maliciously EN-.
phasized it. The portrait was to
have been that of jewel, not
lady,"
"And the critics will fall upon that
fact like dogs upon a bone!" Barry
laughed and then his face sobered.
"How long have the other tenants
been in the house, Professor Semy-
cnov?"
"The thin, little creature in the
attic studio was here when / came,
two years ago next October, and
heaven knows how long before that"
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SWEET TOOTH

Did you consume 102 pounds sugar last wear? If not
you od get your share Americans 1922 used
and child. ' ' ~
Making allowances for infants who cannot be listed az
sugar consumers it is probable that the average
usea 10Y co 9o0 pounds of sugar during the year.
All OF which rather dumfounds Merrick p Wlett writ
ing IN the American Sugar Refining Companys market
letter. 500 "e ~
And is almost unbelievable that our sugar CONSUMPTION
exceeds 100 pounds year for each of u.s.
What's the answer? Why the Increase? Prohibition /,
Deprived OF legitimate stmuants nation is SWINGING
strongly to candy and soft drinks
Probably the most important for increased sugar
consumption to be found in the celar-homea wines
len pounds of sugar doesn't last long when the little giant
fermentation, gets started in alright keg
The average American in 1922 consumed ID mounds more
OF sugar than the year before.
Compared with average of 1902 pounds q wear each
most other countries far behind in use of the sm
liant, sugar.
Australians consume 100 pounds sugar year. on the
average Denmark ranks third with SO pounds Then
pounds
So the list tapers down. until the ta-end among lead
ing nations we have Chinese and Russians consuming only
five pounds of year for each man. woman and child
AS this newspaper recently pointed etorialv there
is as much stimulation physically but not mentality in
Jumps OF sugar as in the average alcoholic cocktail.
We nervous highly
less impatient The natural reaction is that we crave
stlmulants In alcohol able to restrain
selves nationally The French also highly nervousy
can be satisfied with light wines But your typical American
wanted whskyhghproof, concentrated and aged to the
point where it contained compound high others stimu
lating than the alcoholic content.
AS went to extremes in alcohol We appear headed
for extremes in using sugar It's curious development
fleeing our national psychology Incidentally it looks as
II sugar will be pretty good business field years ahead
What excessive use of sugar will do to our national
health is not so pleasant to contemplate.
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into Mysteries when she heard the
news and you know yourself how
you had to pound upon Griswold's
door to arouse him and how leisurelv
and reluctantly he came down final
~ to investigate! There did not
seem to be anywhere in the hallway,
badly lighted as it was, where any
one could, have hidden himself.
Professor Semyonov smiled and
his white whiskers lifted slightly.
~ am not thinking of the woman
he said. "Nor do l imagine that
we passed anyone unobserved in our
descent, hurried as it was.
i"Who was Miriam Vane? From
whence did she, come? If the ex-
cellent organization of which YOU
are a Fart should in the next few
days learn anything of Mrs. Vane's
antecedents or previous history and
associates which is not given out
generally to the press, would it be
too. great breech of professional
etiquet to put me into strictly con-
fidential possession of it?"
by no means, professor, in view
not only of your standing but of
the splendid services you have rem
dered voluntarily to the homicide
bureau in the pastf' Barry re
sponded.
Il shall be grateful" the professor
declared. ~ know nothing, abso.
lutely nothing more than you and l
should like to test and which think
only Mrs. Vane's past will prove or
disprove."
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YOU, THE ACTOR

Life. to be really enjoyable has to be staged craftly
Ie opmst tells you to let things take their
without worrying about them But such policy apt to
make existence dull
The dramatic instinct is born in all of u.s. And life is at
It's best when we exercise this instinct
For instance, the wife who makes success of
her marriage wizard at sagecraft She stages the fam
lly routine lntultively, usually without realizing it.
Mothers tact, her ability to smooth things over" and
keep members OF the family in line and contented merely
the working OF her dramatic instinct,
Where home is unhappy confusing otherwise uninvit.
this and probably explains why women are more interest
ed4n theatrlcas than men They have to be.
Mother is a Belasco.
ep forward, Willie, and speak your piece And father
ana the others are stagemanaged the Willie.
The dramatic intuition of the who has to pt up
with disagreeable husband or an mpsh child is close to
the phenomenal
Every woman, because she has the dramatic instinct
strongly developed in her. at time other passes
through period in which she longs be the stage
Illustrating their stage instinct: You have observed how
some women make striking dramatic effect of such
simple incident swapping finger, struggling shoulder
or abruptly closing book.
No. you do not have the drama the movies
fndxuperb acting and staging Just watch mother crafty
changing the family plot keep the actors from becoming
bored smashing the scenery.
Are you staging life to make the play of which you
enjoyable and interesting for the actors assocat
ed with you? It applies to business the same as to the
hde When part of existence is boresome something
wrong with the staging And that something can be cor
ret6d by with little knowledge of psychology the
study Of human nature
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A SAD COMMENTARY

On Tuesday afternoon the sheriff
and states attorney from Ellen
dale, N. ID. appeared in Chambers
before Judge McKenna, having in
custody two high school girls,
both about seventeen years Of age.
Written complaints were filed
with the Court by the parents of
the young ladies requesting that
they be committed to the State
Training School at Mandan, on the
ground that they were 50 disObedi-
ent. unruly and incOrrigible and
had been engaged in such a con-
tinual course Of immoral conduct
that their parents could no longer
contrOf them and that it was neces-
sary for the state to take them in
charge. Both OF these girls were
daughters OF farmers whose par
ents were endeavoring to give them
an education. One of tn EN- had ran
away from home. donned overalls.
and in questionable company had
toured the fairs in South Dakota
and Iowa the past fall, had become
almost a streetwalker and was
picked up by the police in Aber-
deem. The other was implicated in
a grand larceny charge, had forged
a check, and both of them admit
ted a state Of immortality and de-
pravlty almost impossible of be-
lief
1t is sad comment upon our
present day standards and our
system of education when mere
children who admitted they had good
homes and good parents are lured
to destruction by the glamour of
beautiful clothes, moving pictures,
automobiles and the life of gaiety
which seems to be demanded by
the present age. TO see girls in
high school SO hardened by their
experiences that shame and expos
ure to public punishment and SEN
tence to the State Training School
until they are twenty-one is re-
ceived, not only without any ap-
parent remorse. sorrow or the
shedding of a single tear, but with
apparent Indifference. should make
parents realize how necessary it is
to keep their children at home,
keep them off the streets nights,
and watch over their
companionship and know where
they are spending their leisure
hours. Far better that these girls
had never left the farm and never
saw high school than to have pro-
crossed at such an early age upon
a path which leads to misery and
ess. If all of The young
girls in .h'; and ctne: cormuni-
ties might have witnessed these
perhaps it would have
constituted a salutary warning to
those who think that life's chief |
object is enjoyment and pleasure
regardless of the consequences
Napoleon Homestead.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

The report OF revolver, followed
by hurrying footsteps on the stairs,
interrupts the social evening which
Detective Barry had planned to
spend with his friend, Profess or
Semyonov, in the latter's room on
the fifth floor of New York apart.
ment house. Barry and the Pro-
lesson rush down stairs and discover
that beautiful Miriam Vane, society
portrait painter, has been murdered
in her studio apartment on the third
floor. Gordon Ladd, a young artist
on the second floor, and Henry Girls
void, an irascible bachelor from the
fourth, enter the studio after being
told of the murder.
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ADVENTUROUS
THE TWINS
by Olive Barton Roberts

There were lots of valentines
these days dropped into the place
marked "letters" in the hickory tree
postoffice.
< Nancy and Nick and Mr.. Stamps
were as busy as ants in a honey not.
Only the valentines were not al
ways as sweet as honey. But some
OF them were. The valentine tina.
Fleet Fox sent to Mr.. Rooster would
have made your mouth water. II
went like this:
"Oh, dear Mr.. Rooster.
From Honk King to Brewster.
There's no one with you can COM
pare.
In all sorts of weathers
From beak to tail feathers. @
You're creature, exceedingly rare.
If l had my choice,
ID list to your voice
Instead Of the small nightingale.
Because he's so tiny
And little and fine, he
Could hide in the end of your tail
n watch you with longing,
And all your kin thronging
The barnyard from first peep Of
morn,
You crow and you cackle.
When earthworms you tackle.
You gobble, up bushels of corn.
Il wish I could try it,
This generous diet
That seems to be@yours every day.
But every ones wary,
They're careful, oh very,
About ever coming my way.
"But I'm never jealous,
Dear Rooster, just Jealous.
In watching you eat and grow fat.
Keep on with your stuffing.
Your sides are wide putting,
But I'll not object as to that.
Because you're so handsome
And worth kings ransom,
III stand and I'll watch and I'll
wait, 4
BY my valentine, do, sir,
On, please, Mr.. Rooster.
Won't you please to fly over the
gate"
Ito Be Continued)
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service)
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Tom
Sims
Says

If there were no cuss words, how
would you talk about the weather?
Everything has it's place, except
| your overcoat at q movie
In Kentucky, they found still by
| following some drunken dogs. Must
have been rum hounds.
Every time we read about Europe
we wish the Atlantic Ocean were as
wide as the Pacific.
Musician claims jazz is swearing
in music, but that doesn't leave any
thing for grand opera to be.
The output of peace doesn't sup
ply the demand.
Perils Of motoring are chiefly the
pedestrians.
Men who can't grow mustaches
seem to be the ones who want them.
Set thief to catch thief and
you lose two thieves.
AS rule, as you look so are you ,
looked upon.
bird in the pan is worth two in
the hand
People who talk in their sleep
toll IL.
Those who don't like movies have
a hard time staying away from
home.
Throwing yourself at someone's
feet is dangerous. They are liable
TO step in your face.
One sad thing is not enough wars
are being prevented. ,
Every man has letter he intends
writing wnen he has time.
Practice makes perfect, but who
wants to be a perfect liar?
l. all golf clubs were used pro-
perry every rug in the world would
be beaten twice a month.
Woman's place may be in the
home but her daughters place seems
to be in the auto.
There can't be universal peace as
~
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BY John G. Kleczka
u. 8. Representative From Wisc0n-
sin, Fourth District.

The recklessness with which some
politicians make promises reminds
me of the story of the group of men
who were laughing at hotel fire
in London.
what the bally joker" asked a
bystander.
Hits h'almost too funny to tell
replied one of the group, between
gasps.
Hits a great rag on old 'Awks, .
roared another. ''Lar,f neves
larfed SO in me life! You see, we
sees old 'Awks hup at the fourth
floor Of the 'otel, yellin' like a good
'un for 'elp. So Bill says, Jump,
'AwksA We've got a nett" Al,
'Awks, e jumps! Larf, l thought
we'd die!"
81 don't see the joke yet" puz-
zled the bystander.
The narrator paused after another
paroxism of laughter.
"We didn't ave no net!" he CUR
gled.
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Sergeant Barry shrugged.

| SN>'''s SoAAy ShiuSSSu.
when case of this sort occurs
professor, there's little time fo
diplomacy. We've got to get tn,
dope and get it quick. So you, too
heard that step on the stairs d
rectly after the shot was fired?"
Professor Semyonov laid a quici
hand on his arm.
1--WE will discuss that later. m,
! friend" His keen eyes beneath theil
shaggy brows rested for a momen'
on the grabbed face of Henry Girls
void and then drifted to Gordon
Ladd who had once more dropped
his head in his hands. "Let US have
little talk together in my rooms
as soon as the official formalities
nave been complied with, which will
grant us temporary privacy"
Policeman Boyle descended with
unexpected haste.
That's one of those nutty artistic
danes up there, with hair like sky
terrier and the nerve of mouse!"
ne confided in quick undertone to
Barry.
In the shabby, comfortable living
room once more, the professor low
cred the light and raised the win
dow shades with sigh of relief,
then turned to his younger COM
panion.
What do you make of it all, Ser
geant? Who do you think killed the
Vane woman, and why?"
Barry shrugged.
"The last part of your question
would explain much, professor, and
probably answer the first part as
we'll. l haven't had time to draw
any definite conclusions as yet, have
you?"
Professor Semyonov sank once
more into his own chair and mo-
toned to the opposite.
only some very obvious minor
Ones" he responded. "She was she
by no stranger, but by someone
whose presence in her studio at the
moment was known to her. Re.
member she was standing or sittine
directly before her easel and evil
IDENTIFY painting or starting to paint
when the end came. Ne intruder
could have got so close to her, or
practically between her and the
easel in order to fire directly into
her heart without her knowledge.
1t is possible that she turned to
speak to this person and thus unwit-
tingly gave opportunity for an un-
lmpeded aim. l think it is fairly GER
tam that she did not anticipate what
was coming"
Barry nodded.
:, Ihat seems clear. But about
those footsteps that we both heard
going down the stairs when we
opened your door here just after
The shot startled us?-"
Going. up, my friend, not down.
the professor interrupted.
"Up?" repeated Barry, "Wby
we passed nobody on the stairs, and |
there are only two other apartments |
--Griswold's below you, and the wo- |
man above in the attic! According
% Officer Boyle the woman went ]
~ - n ~ y ~ :. l. s
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THOUGHT

This IL the victory that over
cometh the world. even our faith
] John 5:4,
The two sentiments which most
inspires men to good deeds are love
and hope. Religion should give freer
ana more rational play to these two
sentiments than the world has h;ta.
erto Witnessed; and the love and
hope will be thoroughly grounded in
and on efficient, serviceable, vis;hl,.
actual and concrete deeds o. Goa
duct.-C Charles w. Eliot.
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UNBALANCED

Retail prices Of food last December Is were SO per cent
higher than in 1913 in Indianapolis In Richmond va the
was 81 cent So reports the governments Bureau
of E3Ebor Statistics. \. 1 - s...e.-Es@
There Is quite spread between those figures.
IN emphasizes how unevenly the back-tonormal move
nnen in different parts Of the country
feree from deaation. sssss'.
me however general balance will be re-established
SPrin IKE water, ultimately seek common level.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW

Comments reproduced in this
the opinion of The Tribune. They
are presented here in order that
our readers may have both sides
or important issues which are
being discussed In the press Of
the day.
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CHILDREN EAT GRASS

Newport, England, Jan. 24.-Police
found two children eating grass be-
cause they had no other food. Judge
fined their father $25 with promise
OF a bigger fine if he didn't feed
them.
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HEIR BUT RE DIES

Paris, Jan. 24.-Jean Millett, 16,
was sentence to death Charged with
numbering two women to get $40. On
the eve Of the execution he received
news his aunt had died and left him
$500.