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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT
TO RUTH BURKE, CONTINUED

SO you see, dear Ruth, Jack and
are just about where We were when
! l came home to mothers.
He is absurdly jealous of Karl
Whitney. l wonder why it is that
man is always more or less jeal-
Gus Of the man his wife refuses
Cannot he understand that she has
settled the question once for all
which man she cares for enough to
marry by choosing him?
At that moment, when my mother
came in, it just seemed to me as
though could not go on with it all
| Ruth, why do we women have to
keep fighting, fighting, to keep our
husbands love? Why do we have
to flatter them by word and deed all
the time? Why is it the magazines
are always telling women what they
should do to keep their husbands
still loving them? Why don't they
sometimes tell a man what he should
do to keep his wife's love? Why
don't they make him understand
that it is just as hard for woman
as man to keep on loving without
some encouragement?
i l turned to my mother, and for
the life of me l could not keep the
tears back.
"What is it, dear, what is y" she
said.
Mother, I'm going to have a
baby"
''Is that what you've been telling
Jack? Doesn't he want one?"
eyes, he seemed very happy over
the news"
"Then why are you crying, my
daughter?"
Because I've just received a tele-
phone from Karl, and Jack was quite
horrid about it."
"Karl is very silly to telephone
you, my dear. He should have real
lied that men do not talk over the
long distance telephone to other
mems wives unless they are very
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15
GENERAL PERSHING

Defense Day marked the passing of great soldier in
linked with Grant Sherman Miles and other great
tives OF the American Whether planned not the
demonstrations the length and breadth of the nation
last Friday must have had in them for his admirers
thing of tribute at least to this great soldier and great
American.
Always dilgent, always fearless always getting things
done in orderly way his promotion rapid and
ceptiona President Roosevelt who knew his military
were his seniors in the service.
Whether it was fighting the Sioux the spanard
upon orders being executed in the right way
Vigorous and alert at the age of g. he reres from
service with great record behind him. Not among the
least Of his accomplishments is we'll stated by Secretary
Weeks:
ITO him than to any other is due credit
lethargy which had followed all other wars"
The retirement of General John Pershing, marks the
rom e msv of
called when he first lead company of soldiers
captain given herculean task in leading the Amer
lean armies in France He called upon to lead army
into the field of battle and assumed place equal with Gen.
erals who had been fighting the kind of battles for
three years.
He called upon to give the associated powers the
most friendly cooperation and yet to keep the American
of the European military caste to fout them and yet
maintain the dignity Of the United States One of the most
interesting stories of General Pershng France
detailed the struggle he had at the French and
English generals desired to draft American troops into
their shattered regiments General Pershng had been
instructed that the American army fight as unit
after the preliminary training of American troops in foreign
regiments had been completed General Persng displayed
frness and tact in meeting the situation He created an
American army supplying it's munitions and leaders,
and at the time he had much to do with bringing all
the allied armies under the command of General Foch
General Pershng leaves behind him the army records
honorable and distinguished record He holds high
place the hearts of the nation He still is active vigorous
qures army officers retire at the age of g. General
Pershng has indicated he would not remain inactive It is
be hoped that he finds opportunity to render distg
ushed services to the nation private citizen he has
at the head Of the army.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

AT best the lot of school board member is hard In
city the size of Bismarck, is difficult to give equal acli-
ties at all times and to please every section of the city
Giving the board members due credit for solving the diff
Guilty presented in aoting grades various schools along
the lines which fair to them is apparent that the
issue presented by the 500 petitioners has been
way that will please the greatest number of school patrons
By locating the junior high school at the Will School,.
Rchhot patrons deprived of facilities they had we'll
as the patrons of the William Moore school, while the
Roosevelt patrons not benefited materially.
There has been general shake-up in the location Of
various grades without material gain in the of
School patrons in the Wachter district the
Will school is true but at the of the patrons of
both the William Moore and Richho schools. The stua-
ton regards the patrons of the practically
unchanged.
When 500 school patrons and tax payers petoned for
seventh and eighth grade facilities at the Roosevelt they
dreamed that conditions that then obtained at the
William Moore and Rchholt would be disturbed. Patrons
of those schools have real complaint coming and probably
will make themselves heard in uncertain terms At
time has been the intention of the residents Of the
end to seek any additional school facilities the
of the William Moore the Richhot school patrons.
The taxpayers signing the petition willing to pay
the additional cost seventh and eighth grade entails
the Roosevelt
There to be money for gratutes, additional high
school teachers-for most anything but square deal for
the Roosevelt school.
The present solution will please few and gives relief
to the west end school patrons.
Why dodge the issue?
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said Mister Snip Snap, pretending
not to understand what she meant.
eve always try to please every
body. I'm glad you think that our
shoes are nice. -
"You know very we'll what !
mean," she said sharply. "When l
say you sell nice shoes l mean that
they aren't nice at ALL"
''Do you mean that you got some
bad shoes here, Mrs. Cottontail? ?"
asked Nick in surprise. "Do you
mean the shoes l sold you for Cutie
last Saturday."
ayes. sir, I certainly do" said
Mrs. Cottontail. "They must have
been made out of tissue-paper or
something. Why, the soles have
holes in them as big as doughnuts
and he's only worn them three days."
do you mean as big as the out
side of a doughnut or the inside 2"
asked Nancy, who wanted to be
sure just what the rabbit lady
meant.
"Why, l mean the-Say, lookee
here" said Mrs. Cottontail. do l
have to go and measure those holes
and tell you just how big they are
before you'll believe that those soles
are worn out? ri just send Cutie
in after school and you can see for
yourselves"
With that the rabbit lady walked
out before anybody could say an
other word. And this time she
looked as cross as though she'd lost
two freezers of ice cream.
Ito Be COrtinued)
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

"Say, Mister Snip Snap" said
Nancy one morning, "school opened
today, so l don't suppose we need to
keep our store open any more, do
we?"
"Hey! What's that, what's that ?"
cried the little fairyman in surprise.
what did you say about not keep
ing the store open any more?'
~ just said," repeated Nancy,
"that the Meadow Grove school
opened today, because Nick and l
saw Mister Scribble Scratch the
schoolmaster, busting off the seats
as we passed. He said he was going
to ring the first bell at half past
eight because it always took Mosey
Mud Turtle whole half hour to get
there, and as it was he supposed
he'd be late"
"Just so,' nodded Mister Snip
Snap, "but what has that got to do
with closing our store, I'd like to
know" -.-.
Everybody is all fixed for school
Clothes" said Nick. "There isn't
anybody let to sell things to-"
"Well, declared" cried Mister
Snip Snap. 81 declare to goodness!
Is that all you know about school
clothes? I suppose you think those
things we sold to the Squirrel boys
and the Bunny children and all the
rest are just naturally going to last
them the rest of their lives. Well,
we'll keep the store open for a few
days and see what happens. Why,
my goodness, school shoes wear out
quicker than ice on hot pavement.
just you wait, my dear! Just you
watt"
Sure enough!
About three days later who should
come into the store of Nancy, Nick
4 Company but Mrs. Cottontail.
She was SO cross. about something
that her nose wriggled and wriggled
and her ears kept going up and
down and she just looked as though
somebody had stolen the ice cream
freezer off the back porch.
mice shoes you sell, Mister Snip
Snap" she said finally when her
nose stopped wriggling long enough
for her to talk
That's nice, Mrs. Cottontail,S
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15
FABLES ON HEALTH-
BEWA ARE OF BAD AIR

did you ever stop to consider the
stages man has passed through in
order to reach the state of a house
dweller?" the PHYSICAL director ask
ed Mr.. Jones.
"Most people take for granted that
houses always were, and so they
stick to them and dodge the much
needed outdoors.
"Now, as matter of fact, man is
biologically an outdoor animal. In
vention of houses made it possible
for him to live in all climates, yet
this indoor life has been at the root
OF much disease.
Nobody will ever. be able to fig
ure how much woe this indoor living
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=: The TQnQLe :,

much interested in them. Of course,
| know that Karl is perfectly loyal
and fine in this. Why, yesterday he
called me up and talked with me
about half hour. Long distance
telephone doesn't mean anything to
Karl, you know. He does love to
tell his troubles.
Hes very much worried over
Alice, and so am l. Leslie, make it
up with your husband at any cost
to yourself. Nothing in the world
is worth the tears you are shedding
now: Let me feel that do not
have to worry over you any more"
"Oh, l expect We will make it up"
| said YEARLY, "but why should he
forget instantly all about the lovely
things he had just been saying to
me? Why should the fact that Karl
Whitney was telephoning ME to ask
what he should do about the letter
he had written to me blot out all
the ccstacy and unity of soul that
we had just been having? Why
ohouiu hC iluhc Iuc leCl KIM OIL
sordid and self-indulgent thing who
must still be flattercd by the atten-
tons of man have refused to
marry-a man who is already mar
ried to my own sister?
by implication he has made me
one of the most immoral of women.
He has made me feel that he thinks
could be traitor to my sister as
we'll as disloyal to him, to crafty
my own pride of conquest.
Mother, l cannot bear it. Jack
will have to make some wonderful
apology and some very fair promises
before l can forgive him. This time
he has hurt my pride, and l can be
probably quite as implacablc as he."
This letter is so long, my dear,
that l am going to stop. 1 don't
know what the next hour will bring
forth. but l will probably save that
to tell you when 1 see you.
Lovingly,
LESLIE.
(CODyright 1924 NEA Sory;.o Inc
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

has worked for him. 1t has been
gradual and subtle, for he, went from
the outdoors into caves, and then
hurriedly built 1ean-tos, tents, cliffs,
huts with hole to ventilate, cabins
and houses.
And reaching supposed civilized
state in houses, he stood for such
things as tenements.
"The result is all the train of evils
that come from bad air and indoor
life.
about the only way we can in
any measure overcome the evil is to
sleep out of doors, when possible,
and keep the houses we'll ventilated:
get more out-of-door outings and
practice deep breathing"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15
DRIVERS

Police testing the eyesght of all traffic law voators
in Chicago They find drivers who cannot 20 feet
Small wonder, there many accidents.
But why stop at arrested drivers? Every owner
should have his vision examined before giving him license
Also he should be tested for sanity and quick decision
hablnd lontleigence driver is apt be
dangerous speed maniac with caous conscience and
hard heart.
The auto is dangerous loaded pistol, unwisely
handled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15
THE AUTO CARAVAN

difference Borner)
From Maine to California
The autos come and go,
From lands of brightest sunshine
10 lands of ice and snow;
The poor and modest fivver,
The costly limousine,
Keep going onward
And form endless line.
We know more of neighbors,
Than we have known before
Since autos by the thousands,
Have brought them all next door:
Each day we're rubbing elbows
With folks from every state
And hearing homely phrases,
And language most sedate
Oh, who would be Midas
With all his wealth Of gold,
When you can be a member,
OF caravan bold?
..a- .a.-, It storms the hidden places,
,+t. And takes them its own.
while Distance fees before it. ~
fla hey: n!,o,, az, And calls place it's home
Adventure beckons to u.s. IN
We mount magic steeds,
Fleet as the winds heaven
We follow where she leads:
NO fear dauM us,
No troubles cause dismay,
Inc Auto stands before u.s.
so hurry, away
The rich man and the poor man
The Young and the old,
The careful and the reckless
The touring &c car land and roadstet~oIl-
Inc coupe and sedan
All go to form endless chain
- --'---1- 1ae auto caravan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15
Editorial Review

Comments reproduced in this
the opinion of The Tribune. They
are presented here in order that
our readers may have both sides
Of important issues which are
being discussed In the press Of
the day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

Bad news from London. This city
now maintains 80 municipal bands,
in all of which are saxophones.
The Prince of Wales will visit
South America next year, perhaps
to compare its bathing girls with
ours.
A new lamp, consuming "a per
cent air. has been invented! but too
late to make speeches this campaign,
Colleges are opening and if the
boys wear their trousers much Lara
ger they can slip them on over their
heads.
There are about 10000 auto repair
shops in the United States, all doing
rushing business every Monday.
Player pianos that will run an
hour without stopping are being
made because there is no law against
it,
Buffalos, Indians, dodo birds and
pedestrians are becoming extinct.
Counting your chickens before
they hatch isn't as disastrous as
Matching your chickens before they
count.
The quickest way to reduce is to
have to pay the grocery bills.
The Swiss party planning to climb
Mt. Everest this fall isn't preparing
half as carefully as social climbers,
Denmark has nearly trebled it's
consumption of sugar in 30 wears.
which certainly was sweet Of her.
Hammond Nnd.) boy whipped his
teacher at Sunday school picnic,
SO may have had fine time.
Chicago man broke rib driving
golf ball and probably blamed It
on the caddy.
St. Louis woman broke her hus-,
bands nose with billiard cue, so
maybe he will keep it out of her
business now.
Man in Los Angeles tried to sell
his wife instead of paying somebody
to take her off his hands.
Now the Chicago murder case is
over, supper won't be so late.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

st. Louis woman broke her hus
bands nose with a billiard cue, so
maybe he will keep it out of her
business now.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

Man in Los Angeles tried to sell
his wife instead of paying somebody
to take her off his hands.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

Chicago man broke rib driving
golf ball and probably blamed it
on the caddy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

Now the Chicago murder case is
over, supper won't be so late.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

Hammond (Ind.) boy whipped his
teacher at Sunday school picnic,
so may have had fine time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

Denmark has nearly trebled its
consumption Of sugar in 30 years,
which certainly was sweet of her.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

Bad news from London. This city
now maintains 80 municipal bands,
in all of which are saxophones.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-15

A man who holds the world r,
other athletics usually can't do an
time to do anything else. Keeping
busies his body and brain to the Iii
So it goes in nearly every pursu
There's an old saying, that we
own businesses.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-13
NY FAVORITE STORIES
BY Irwin >. Cobb

This one is an old favorite of mine for pos.
siby because l have been hearing it for so
many years.
Late at night farmer was aroused by
drowsy cacllings ON the Part Of his hens
Aiming himself, he slipped forth and, sud
denly rapping on the door Of the poultry
house he cried out:
Who's in there?"
There was pause and then a quayering
Afro-American voice spoke:
"'Taint nobody in yere 'ceptin' jest us
chickens"
There is companion story Of this, Of some
what more recent vintage. A traveller, passing
through a coIored settlement heard cries of
anguish. Rounding a turn in the lane, he came
upon large, very black woman who unmer-
cifully was belaboring a small waiIing pick
aninny.
Wait minute" said the stranger. What's
that boy done to deserve such a beating?"
He's done done plenty" stated the woman.
pausing The discipling with hand uplifted He
tuck an left de chicken-coop do open an all
Gle chickens got out an run away"
Il wouldn't worry about that" said the
gentleman, anxious to save the offender from
further punishment. You know how chickens
are-theyU come back home"
Come back?' Her voice rose to a pestered
shrek. "Huh-theyu go back"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-13
Loyal Friends Club

IA IT r. L. Il. BOWDEN, of Route ?, Man
M son, N. c., gets the position of honor
- in the list of new members of the
Loyal Friends Club today with his renewal
and one-year subscriptions for ten neighbors.
Here are the other enlistments
Mrs. c. NJ. Powell Route l, Omega, Ga,
renews and sends one subscription.
J. a. Carroll, Route q Hartford Ala, re-
news and sends one
Lee Herndon, Route 3, Bowman, aG., re-
news and sends one.
Mrs. L. J. Grimes, Elberton, Ca, sends
one in addition to others sent previously.
J. w. Warbritton, Route 3, Greenv1lle, N.
c., renews and sends one.
A. H. Jenkins, 10 Prospect street, War
saw, n. y, renews and sends one.
Mrs. w. e. Floyd, RI. D., Ludowici, Ca
renews and sends one
James l.. Beasley, Route C, Statesboro,
Ga, renews and sends one.
Nath Smith, Route A, DeFuniak Springs,
Fla, renews and sends one.
John f. Taylor. Route l, Bolingbroke, Ga,
renews and sends one
b. J.. Freeman. Route l. FrankInton, n.
c., renews and sends one.
A. A. Harp, oRute l. Haleyville, Ala re-
news and sends three.
y. 5. Thaggard, Route 9, Dublin, Ga, re-
news and sends one.
II. \. TrueIove, Route /, Clermont, Ga.
reneWs and sends one.
We thank these good friends, one and all
Would YOU like to join? If So tell some
neighbor or friend, who does not take The
| Tri-Weekly Journal, what You think of oul
| paper and obtain his subscription. You will
! be doing him and us favor.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

1t is easier to write silly letters than it is
not to mail them.
Villains in plays have to be awfully bad
in order to make good.
FL the man who lives upright isn't like.
y to die in that position.
If mans real wants are gratifed he has
no excuse for being unhappy.
man never borrows the scales of Justice
for the purpose Of weighing the shortcomings
OF mis- neighbOr.
The constitution gives to every man the
r!c- Of free speeeh-unless he is boarding
in jail.
\ woman sometimes sues a man for breach
OF promise merely to let the world know that
she is still in the market.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-13

has been led by the nose by sheer nonsense
since history began. In ancient times gem
erals planned campaigns and emperors de-
cided matters Of state according to the ap-
pearance of the entrails Of fresh killed bulls
or goats or the fight Of birds or the sneez-
ing Of some spectator
PonderOus systems Of credulity have
grown up on no soUnder basis than this
This crazy logic has bent kings, swayed
savants filled countless Libraries with trash,
depressed honest men, worried good women,
frightened children.
1t is the stuffed club Of ignorance By It
timid humanity has been herded like sheep
The world owes an unpayable debt to the
spirit Of modern science.
Copyright, 1924)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-13

GNXT ELL, there may be something IN
W With that spiritual instrument
how many have been pushed into folly and
into fear, and how many charlatans since the
world began have prospered!
There are so many things that cannot be
disproved much more than there are things
that cannot be proved.
There is phrenology, the bump your
head indicating the bumps on your SOUL and
palmistry, the days of your life being indi-
Gated by the extent of a certain crease in
the skin of your hand; and pedomancy, the
wrinkles on your foot being the railway map
of your career; and astrOlogy, whereby the
stars are supposed to reveal your destiny;
and tapIe rapping, and innumerable petty
superstitiOns, such as walking under lad
der, seeing the new moon over your left
shoulder stepping on the cracks of the side
walk, opening umbrella in the house,
splitting salt and knocking on wood.
There may be something in it, 10 be sure.
And because we cannot disprove thing it is
proved we are under some obligation to
consider it proved.
This crazy reasoning influences more per-
sons than you would suppose. If your
friends would confess you would find very
few who are not affected bit by this form
of insane perversion Of logic.
Old Dr.. Johnson would go back and start
again if he left the house with his left foot
making the first step. Many a judge or
learned professor is shy of number thirteen.
So widespread is the Friday bugaboo that
few would begin journey that day.
When we get 70 the bottom of this state
of mind it is seen to resemble the old piece
Of fools logic which ran on this wise
4 can prove to YOU that it is raining now
in this room"
How so?"
well, it is either raining or it is not rain
ing isn't it?"
Certainly"
Very well. It is not raining, is it,"
cit is not
Then it must be raining
1t is curious to note how the human race