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these pumps will bring into fashion.
the short skirts will not appear abb
surd. With the really low-heeled
sandal, there is danger that twelve
inch skirt may have Its awkward mo-
ments. However, either Of these
shoes are better with short skirts
than the French heels OF eighteenth
century make. 1t is well that senti-
ment has turned against them for
street purposes IL the dressmakers
succeed In reviving quite short skirts
for the majority.
a S the beige stocking continues to
"A be the fashion in leg coverings
every inch of bone and muscle be-
tween instep and skirt hem is OBJ
servable. All lightrcolored stockings
make short skirts appear shorter.
This Is another reason for caution by
women who are not sure that youth
fulncss is their best quality.
1t is not necessary to wear trans
parent beige stockings. called nude"
In the shops, to follow fashion.
'''"NS tiiiu anu gray
deftly mingled, serve the purpose.
Black has no present chance of re-
vfval. Plain gray remains in outer
darkness. Dark brown is not worn.
Pale brown is good when reduced to
the thinness of cobweb. The cob
web Is the aim Of all stockings, no
matter what their color.
This is not shoe and stocking
story, but no discussion of the short
ness of skirts can be complete with
out bringing in the prevailing foot
and leg coverings. They, count for
much
When rumors drifted over the seas
of the incoming circular movement
In hens at a time when skirts reached
the. ankles there was dismay among
women. Naturally. The combination
of the two would have meant the
same usliness- that prevailed when
we accepted 1t in the eighties. Pos
sibly women looked as lovely and
graceful then as we do now, but
nothing could make us believe 1t.
The dressmakers, however, were
kinder than we anticipated. They
gave us the godets. but abbreviated
the hem. The circular skirt Of the
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of Juneau, with a face higher than
any in the Swiss Alps, to which you
can ride in an automobile and climb
to the top, and the Taku glacier,
which is about half as high as the
Washington Monument, flows right
down to the sea, and the steamers
from Seattle to Skagway call there
and wait while the icebergs, with a
noise like thunder, drop down and
lose themselves in the water. There
are mighty glaciers in the Hima-
layas; there are wonderful ones in
New Zealand, and as for Greenland,
the whole country is surrounded by
glaciers of ice and snow a mile or
more deep, bedded on rock
To hear these Europeans talk one
would think the Alps were the only
pebbles on the beach of the ragged
face of old Mother Earth. I am will
ling to concede all that they claim
as to their beauty, but when it comes
to such expressions as the biggest,
highest and most stupendous God
ever created" I must voice my OBJ
lection. 1t Is true these mountains
lady has only wishbone compared
to the backbone of Asia. If you
could take up the Alps and drop them
into some of the largest valleys of
the Himalayas it would not change
the face of nature and they would
be lost in their surroundings.
Mont Blanc Is the highest of the
Alps and the Jungfrau is about 1000
feet lower. The altitude of Mont
Blanc is 15,7SO'feet. There is a steam
road that goes higher than that in
the Andes just back of Lima, Peru. I
have twice slid from the top of that
road in n handcar from an altitude
of 1880 feet straight down to the
sea. kilimanjaro, which 1 saw in
German East Africa, is $500 feet
higher than Mont Blanc, and the top
of Ararat, where in the seventh
month and on the seventeenth day
of the month, Noah stepped out of
the ark, is full half mile above
where I am now. You could put
the Alleghenies on top of Mont Blanc
and they would not reach the height
of Mount Mckinley, and you might
put Mount Olympus on Sinai and the
Jungfrau on that, and the highest
peak would still be under that of
Kanchanjanga, which is overtopped
by Mount Everest.
There is one thing that is refresh
ing in the Rockies, the Himalayas,
and especially in Alaska, in compari-
son with the mountains of Switzer-
land. In any one of the first three
you can climb up hill or stub your
toe on a glacier without being asked
to pay for the view or having each
cubic foot of ozone you breathe
charged up to you at so much per
minute. Here in the Alps there
seems nothing but peddled sublimity.
There is not a beautiful view that
is not marred by hotel. Going UP
the Rigi from Lucerne few years
ago, I found big tavern right on
the peak, and they are now preparing
to build another within a stones
throw from where 1 am writing.
Here on the top Of the Jungfrau and
at every mountain station all over
the country you will find women
selling picture. post cards, alpen-
stocks and smoked glasses. and at
every stop meet q Swiss maiden in
a white waist, black velvet vest
laced with white strings, a red short
skirt and a snowy white cap, who
has pressed flowers. edelweiss and
carvings for sale.
Copyright. 1928. Carpenters World Trayels.)
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Mighty Alps Observed From Top of the Jungfrau

esty which can be found nowhere
else.
MY trip up the Iungfrau was made
Af1 In the cog railway that was be-
gun in 1896 and completed in 1912.
Mark Twain. was at Interlaken in
1892. There was then a cog road up
the Rigi and another up Mount Pill
atus. and Mark predicted that the day
would come when every mountain In
Switzerland would have a railroad up
it's back like a pair of suspenders.
That prophecy is almost fulfilled.
There are something like a hundred
cog roads in the Alps. and when the
times are good in Europe they must
pay very large dividends My trip
from Interlaken here cost $14. In
good years the visitors to that resort
between lakes Thun and Brienz num-
ber more than 100000. and If half Of
them GO up the Jungfrau the gross
receipts are more than 100000 q
year. The road cost less than $780,
900 to build, and within three years
1t should have paid for itself.
The Jungfrau railway Is remark
able in that a great part Of 1t Is a
tunnel, running through the rock un-
der glaciers and snow many feet deep.
1t goes for some miles on the outside
of the mountains, and then cuts right
into the heart of the Jungfrau and
the Monch, and crawIs upward
through a great worm-hole that has
been excavated in the dry rock of
limestone and gneiss. The power As
electric, and the current is trans
mitted by a trolley and an electric
locomotive of 800 horsepower. The
force is generated by falls in turbines
which will develop more than $4,000
horsepower. The current has 1000
volts, and this is run through trans
formers, reducing it to 600 volts. The
gauge is 80 inches. The rack and
pinion system used lis a new one
which is said to be absolutely safe.
My ride to the Jungfraujoch was
delightful. We had three cars, ard
they were all full. The party con-
sisted of tourists, mostly Americans
and English, and among the Ameri-
cans was boy of ten, whose char
acteristic Yankee remarks delighted
my soul. My first knowledge that he
was simon-pure American was as we
stood outside the Hotel Victoria, in
Interlaken. watching the wonderful
Alpine glow that comes just at sun
set over the face of the Jungfrau.
From this point the Virgin, as she is
cq is,c IN, fro,
and forests and she rises snow white
and pure. her head In the clouds. For
five minutes, perhaps, during the sun
set, her spotless silver turns almost
to gold and she looks more majestic
than ever. 1t was at this moment
the boy came up and exclaimed as he
looked:
Gee, what hi1l.'
The tribute reminded me of the
Montana cowboy. who, coming into
Switzerland at night. awoke at Lu-
cerne in full view of the Rigi. He
gazed and gazed with tears. in his
eyes, and at last threw up his hands
and in stentorian' tones cried out,
"Hurrah for God"
The Alps have beauty of their
own which in many respects sur
passes that OF the Rockies, the Andes
or the Himalayas, although these
other ranges are more stupendous in
the cir grandeur. 1t is only the peaks
of the Alps that are bleak and bare.
The valleys and foothills are covered
with verdure. Forests % stately
pines climb the sides Of precipitous
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.oU soon reach the snow line and
: always you are in sight Of the

You soon reach the snow line and
: always you are in sight Of the
glaciers. which nestle in the laps
of the mountains. In some places the
glaciers move out over cliffs and
there break, forming. walls of ice.
which, as 1t were. build up the walls
OF stone, making them many feet
higher. The g aciers run this way
and that. They wind about through
the valleys of the .giants above you.
and you wonder whether you may
not have a snow slide and terrible
avalanche come down on the train.
During our trip one part of our way
was cut through an avalanche which
had rolled down this spring; It con-
sisted Of hundred acres OF snow and
ice many feet thick. which could be
seen above and be ow on both sides Of
the road. On the cleared track the
snow walls reached high over our
cars. AS we came out I saw broken
telegraph pole which had been
crushed by the slide.
had visible evidence here OF the
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the pigs under glass globe and then
slowly lowered the atmospheric pres
sure inside. One Of the guinea pigs
was put inside wheel so that it had
to run and climb the treadmill to
keep from falling. The other was left
squatting outside the bottom of the
globe.
At an atmospheric depression cor
responding to an altitude OF two miles
both animals seemed to be in their
normal condition. AS the pressure
continued, however. the one inside.
the wheel fell forward and was 70 led
round and round. apparently dead.
AT the height of Mont Blanc the other
pig was still in his normal condition,
and he continued SO until the pressure
reached that OF the top of Mount
Everest, when he. also rolled over.
The two pigs were then taken out
and both recovered in the fresh air.
The pig that had done the work was
i'll for three days. The result of the
experiment showed that one can live
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AT LEFT-COwN GREEN VELVET DECORATED WITH SILVER
LACE, WHICH GIVES A GOOD IDEA OF THE LENGTH THE
DRESSMAKERS LAY DOWN FOR FORMAL AFTERNOON GOWN
THAT THAI HANGS in A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SHOULDER TO
HEM; THERE IS REASONABLE REASON FOR SUCH
BE A TRFIE LOWER THAN IN THE SKIRT THAT CARRIES A
COAT OR BLOUSE. THIS PARTICULAR FROCK
ORIENTAL SILHOUETTE WHICH MARKS THIS SEASON AT
RICHT-A BLACK VELVET SKIRT AS SIMPLE AS ANY PURI.
TAN COULD WISH, WHICH CARRIES A MCST DECO.
RATIVE BLOUSE OF WHITE VELVET COVERED WITH TRAC.
ERY OF GOLD EMBROIDERY TAKEN PERSIAN
PRINT THE LENGTH OF THE BLACK SKIRT is TEN INCHES
FROM THE SOLE OF THE FOOT, WHICH IS ESTABLISHED
HEIGHT OF A HEM WHEN THE SKIRT
AND NOON HOURS - "
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when taken quickly to q considerable
height above the sea If he Is quiet
and remains there for only a short
time. 1t is different If he takes ex-
ercise, and if he overworks he is al
most sure to get the soroche, as the
mountain sickness is called.
In coming up the Jungfrau I had no
trouble until T made my way UP the
steps from Jungfraujoch out into the
open. / tried to run up the snowy
path leading a distance of perhaps
1000 feet to the view, when my heart
straightway beat like a triphammer
and I fell fat on the ground. After
a little while rose to my feet and
sat down on chunk of Ice by the
side of the way. My heart was soon
quieter and I was able to walk few
steps. 1 took the rest of the climb by
relays of, about three steps and a
halt, and finally reached the top.
Heretofore / have been more than
three miles above the sea with no bad
effects as long as I took no severe
exercise. In going up the Andes
once reached height of 1856 feet,
but ! noticed that as l rose my feet
seemed to grow heavy and the air
was so thin that I hesitated to talk
on account of the effort that speak
ing entailed. At three miles above
the sea we had a SNOWFALL fight. but
1t lasted only five minutes before all
were exhausted.
TN CLIMBING the tunnel inside the
/ mountains we found stations here
and there where the cars stopped
to allow US to walk out through
cross tunnels for the view. At some
of these holes through the rock we
were right over glaciers which rolled
on and on under our eyes. At the
Eismeer station, almost two miles
above the sea, we were just above a
great sea of snow of such dazzling
whiteness under the sun that 1t was
impossible to look at 1t without
glasses. The sea wound its way far
down in and out under the peaks OF
the Jungfrau and Monch, until 1T was
lost in a bend In the mountains. AS
I looked two black figures on skis
like swallows down the icy surface.
One of them tripped and rolled over
and over, but he jumped to his feet
and followed his fellow, who was
already q black speck In the distance.
During the trip we saw many
glaciers. I counted six on one noun
tain side at one time, and from here
T,,r OF
to be seen everywhere. The princi-
pal ones of the Alps are to be found
here and in the group around Mont
Blanc, although smaller ones exist In
other parts of Switzerland. The total
number in the Alps Is 1000, about
evenly divided between Switzerland
and Austria. The glaciers Of Switzer-
land are the largest. and altogether
they cover an area of about 700
square miles. while the total area OF
snow and fee in the Alps Is only
1,60O square miles.
This seems a great deal to Europe,
but it is nothing in comparison with
some other glacial parts of the earth.
We have one glacier in Alaska, the
Muir. which is about half as large
as all the glaciers Of Switzerland put
together and it has twenty feeders
which are greater than the Mer de
Glace on the side of Mont Blanc. We
have two glaciers near Cordoya,
Alaska, which dwarf anything In
and they are within easy
access by a standard gauge railway.
There Ii q glacier within nine miles
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BY FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Jungfraujoch. Switzerland.

TROM the top OF the Jungfrau
@ write of the changes going on
in the Alps. saw these noun
tains first as boy when I
walked from Italy over the Simplon
and climbed on foot to ChaumoniX and
the famed Mer de Glace. Now one
shoots under the Simplon in tunnel
and reaches Mont Blanc by railway.
An electric road has pierced the heart
of Mount Gotthard and it was by bot
tied lightning that came here. Years
ago I stopped at the monastery where
the st. Bernard dogs with brandy
kegs strapped to their necks were
sent out to rescue tourists lost in the
snow. Now the dangerous spots have
telephones, with which the tourist
can call up central to find just where
he is. I saw Mount Pilatus when the
cog railway first ran up her snowy
white back, and later was pushed up
q similar road from Lucerne to the
top of the Rigi Now the Alps are lat
ticed with electric ladders, and the
mightiest gifts of the gods in the
way OF fine scenery have been brought
OO"u 10 Iudu.
AS write these words I am more
than two miles above the sea with
the clouds above and below me and
giant peaks of ice all around. Right
under my feet Is the Aletsch glacier,
q dazzling mass of fee and snow a
thousand feet deep and more than
twenty miles long. Beyond. through
hNo L. in hn ;pt
canyon where, far down in the green,
lies the little toy town of Interlaken.
from which have come. At my right
and left there are huge masses Of
rocks, cold and snow busted and tow
ering above me is the peak of the
Jungfrau, lost in the clouds. jung
fraujoch Is only about half mile
from the summit. and the gigantic
Monch, whose height Is only 200 feet
less. is at my back, it's snow-gloved
hand In the blue. The clouds. the
rocks and the snow make the whole
seem q mighty valley of desolation,
Just now walled in with masses of
vapor. which have rolled to the sky,
shutting in for the while this cold,
awful, gigantic laboratory Of the
gods. A few moments later the clouds
will break away and I shall have a
glimpse Of the Alps rolling over one
another away of to the east and west.
have seen most Of the great noun
tain views of the world. but none
whose sublimity and grandeur sur
pass that here on the Jungfrau. I
have stood on Tiger Hill. near Darjil-
ting. and watched the sun gild the top
Of Mount Everest. almost three miles
higher than this and the. highest
mountain on earth, but that peak is
Tar distant. and Kanchanjanga. a
thousand feet lower, which lies in the
foreground. obstructs the view.
have seen Aconcagua, the highest of
the Andes, from the bronze statue of
Christ. which marks the boundary be-
tween Argentina and Chile. It is al
most two miles higher than where I
am now. but. like Mount Everest, 1t is
dwarfed by its surroundings. know
Fujiyama. that well known, snowy
symmetrical cone which the Japanese
worship, and have seen Mount McKin-
)sy from the heights of Alaska. Each
has its own beauties. but none has
surroundings like these and none is
80 impressive. The Jungfrau is the
yirgin queen of the Alps, and wheth-
or Viewed ~ whole from the valley
Or hero face - face, she has a maj
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Front
Days-The
the Scenery Affected
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'ROM the top of the Jungfrau I
@ write of the changes going on
in the Alps. saw these noun
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-06
RELAY RACE
FROM MANDAN
IL Boys Carrying Message
From Mayor of Mandan
Here

A message was to be carried late
today from the acting mayor of
Mandan to the mayor of Bismarck
by 48 boys making up four relay
teams.
The race was scheduled to start
in Mandan at a p. m, Bismarck time.
Twelve boys will each run o half
mile. The teams are chosen from
the football squads in the Bismarck
schools under j. j. NJ. Macleod, boys
work director.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-06
SEEK ACTION
ON. DECORATING
PLAN FOR CITY
Committee Wants to Close
Permanent Decorations
Matter Up as Quickly
as Possible

An effort to wind up very quick
ly the campaign instituted by a
local committee to provide the city
with 4 set of permanent decora.
lions for conve ntion and celebra-
tion ues Is to be made in the next
few days by G. A. Hassell and Rob
ert Webb, in charge OF the solicit
tation. The matter must be closed
up If the permanent decorations
are to be available for the state
teachers convention, here Novem-,
Der Fl.
Mr.. HasseM explained that $500
is the goal set. Not all of this Is
needed for the purchase of the dec
orations but under the carefully
worked out plan fund will be
provided for requirements and for
the cost of putting up the decora
lions and taking them down.
The big advantage in the plan,
as the committee sees it, is that it
will save the business men money
in the long run and will enable
the more frequent decoration OF
the city. In the past few year,
muc: more has been spent for dec
orations than is now proposed, 1t
is stated.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-06
BRANCH BANKS
CASE BEFORE
HIGH COURT
Acknowledgement of Missouri,
With Backing of Other
States, Presses Case

jefferson City, Nov. 6.-Attorney
General Jesse Barrett left today fol-
Washington, where on Monday, Nov.
IL, he will argue before the supreme
court of the United States the ma
tional branch case which originated
in Missouri and has assumed nation
wide Importance. Eighteen other
states through their attorney-gen.
erals have joined with Missouri in
the case while on the other side OF
the question some Of the largest ma
tional banks of the country have
Joined to fight the states case.
The case grew out Of proceedings
brought by Attorney General Barrett
to prevent the First National bank
of St. Louis from establishing q
branch.
The attorney general held that un-
der Missouri's laws branch banking
was unconstitutional and several
weeks later the supreme court OF
Missouri upheld the opinion.
States joining with Missouri in the
controversy include Wisconsin, Min.
nesota, North and South Dakota.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-06
W0RRY0VER
HEALTH LEADS
TO SUICIDE
John D. Thomas, Widel,
Known Railroad COnduc-
tor, Is Found Dead in
Home

Worry induced by long illness is
believed to have prompted John
Thomas. 72 years old. one of the
most widely known railroad men in
this section of the state, to have tax.
en- his own life at his home, 3O6 Ave.
nue. B, about Z o'clock last night. He
was found on the floor in the liv.
ing room, his head pierced by bull.
let from a go calibre rifle.
Mr.. Thomas was born in Cleve-
land, Ohio. He lived with his par
ents in Covington, Ky. and Cleveland
and came to the Northwest at an
early age. He entered the employe
Of the 500 railroad. and was con-
ductor both on the main line and
on the 500 line out of Bismarck.
Mr.. Thomas retired from the 500
on July %, 1922. He became con-
ductor on August 1, 1886, and was
awarded a pension for his SO years
of faithful service as conductor
At the time of his retirement he was
the Oldest conductor on the 500
lines in point Of service. During his
service on the 500 he made hundreds
of acquaintance and was known for
his efficient and kindly service.
The deceased was a member of the
Masonic blue lodge, and was a
knight Templar. He belonged to the
Order of Railway Conductors. Mr.
Thomas is survived by his widow
and one daughter, Mrs. ]. G. Cowan
Funeral services will be held on
Thursday, probably in the afternoon
Arrangements had not been definite
ly completed this afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-06
HIRES TWO D. B. c.
MEN ON SAME DAY

w. P. Plath and Geo. Donnelly
graduated from Dakota Business
College, Fargo. N. D., on the same
day. Before evening, both were
placed with the Union Light,
Heat and Power Co., making ten
D. B. G. students with this institu-
ton. The Standard Oil Co. has
employed 1873 ''Dakotans." Nearly
700 banks have D. B. c. help.
Better have thorough training and
get good position promptly, than
take a hurry-up course and wait
until something turns up.''
"Follow the Successful" Enroll
NOW. Writk +. L. Watkins,
Pres, 806 Front St., Fargo, N. D.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-06
u STATION
TO BROADCAST
ON WEDNESDAY,
Stories of Indian Legends
Also to be Carried From
the Radio Station
VARIOUS TOPIC

Grand Forks, Nov. 8.--Radio pro.
grams will be broadcaeted regularly
on Wednesday evenings at the Uni
versity of North Dakota. The pro-
grams will consist Of story telling
hour and weekly news service carly
in the. evenings, followed later by
general program. The stories will
include Indian legends from the
Mandan, Chippewa, and Hidatsa
tribes, all of which haye been hand
ed down through the telling for cen
turtles by the older Indians to their
children.
Following the story telling hour
there will be broadcasted a weekly
current news review. This part Of
the program is planned for club wo-
men and others interested in hearing
the latest reports on foreign and do
nestle affairs. Comments will be
made on current affairs in the fol-
lowing order:
/. International.
II. National.
III: Northwest.
w. State.
The general programs will con-
sist of musical numbers and address,
es by University men and other
prominent speakers.
Programs for the next two weeks
have been arranged as follows:
Wednesday, November Z.
7-7:3O p. m. Story telling hour,
Indian stories by DR.. o. G. Libby.
7:3O-7:45 p. m. Weekly current
news review by Mrs. Jane Gaverre.
9-9:45 p. m. General program:
Selection ..... Lilac Hedge Quartet
Howard belong, first tenor;
Theodore Elton, second tenor;
L. w. Myers, first bass;
| ! E. R. Montgomery, second bass.
Selection &c.. Lilac Hedge Quartet
Address-Congressman o. B. Burt
ness.
"What can the next Congress do
for the Northwest?"
Selection 49,. Lilac Hedge Quartet
Three Flute Solos. Jacob Evansor
Selection $50. Lilac Hedge Quartet
Wednesday, November IA
1890 p. m. Story tellinga hour
Indian stories by Dr.. O. G.. Libby.
7:30-7:45 p. m. Weekly current
news review by Mrs. Jane Gaverre.
9-9:45 p. m. General program:
Violin solo-Mr. j. A. Buchholz Of
Wesley College. to .
Violin solo ......... Mr.. Buchholz
Address-Dr. E. P. Robertson, Pres.
ident of Wesley College. l.
"The Larger Neighborhood.'
Three baritone solos-Mr. Foster
Krake of Wesley College.
| Violin SOLO .......... Mr.. buchhOlz
(Mr. Franklin Krieger of Wesley
College, Accompanist)'"'N