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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-22
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X4 SAYS

He who gets all lit up on bootleg
may shine for while but soon will
find himself out.
Chasing something is always more
exciting than catching it.
Very often, even in a seven-pass-
enger car, three's a crowd. ~,
Putting your best foot forward is
all right, but you only move along
by dragging up the other one.
There isn't any use in worrying
over where we are headed. All of
US have round-trip tickets.
Better be laying in good supply
of baths before the long cold spell.
Still waters run deep. but they
are full of snags.
More people would be good if be-
ing good was interesting.
The chief objection to new
stenographer is words fail her.
The harvest moon seems to govern
not only the tied, but also the un-
tied.
Some people don't marry for fear
it won't last and others for fear it
will last.
You seldom hear man brag that
he has gotten $4,000 miles out Of
one suit Of clothes.
The key to success locks the door
to excess.
You can't tell from how politi-
clan stands which way he will jump.
Cheaper farm produce might come
to us If We would mend our ways of
transportation.
A pair Of beautiful eyes are all
right, but need looking into.
Two can live on love and kisses
if love has job.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc
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LETTER FROM ANNETTE AMBER.
SON TO MRS. JOHN ALDEN
PRESCOTT, CONTINUED.

was perfectly aghast, my dear
Mrs. Prescott, when Miss Bradford
told me she was sure you would feel
very kindly to any one who would
discover that secret drawer. knew
you left hurriedly, and of course
do not know how many private pa
pers you have left in that desk. But
when | tried to remonstrate-and
did rather hcatcdly-Miss Bradford
interposed by saying:
"I'm sure, Nurse" (she always calls
me Nurse when she wants to be
particularly disagreeable)' "that Mrs.
Prescott Junior will be as glad to
have the secret drawer in her desk
found, as she will be to have her
rooms put in complete order without
any worry to herself. I'm certain
that it has not had thorough clean
ing and careful going over since she
moved in the apartment.
"When saw the condition of her
closet which we are cleaning today
and which has presumably been used
daily and therefore more apt to be
in order than any other rooms less
used, l know that if l were Mrs.
Prescott and through my devotion to
society and my friends had left my
place in such a way, would be very
glad and thank my husbands mother
very much for putting the entire
place to rights"
This bit Of righteous pretention on
her part led to discussion, in which
I was completely ignored, of the
dresses and wraps and other things
which were found in your closet and
bedroom bureau. The probable cost
Of all this paraphernalia seems to
worry them very much. Miss Brad
ford made your mother-in-law think
YOU were culpably extravagant.
Perhaps, my dear Mrs. Prescott, l
should not tell you all this, but l
know how Infatuated I would be to
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JACK FROST IN POLITICS

It not unusual sometime recently to read of state
ents of politicians far removed from the Northwest to the
effect that good and price uptuns surely going
to change the political complexion An act of Providence
to speak, to have weight in the political
pagn than all the promises of political orators Recently
with the far from maturity in the Middle West and
the fear of Jack Frost upon ALL the forces began
ing much in the Middle West would surely turn votes
in another direction in the campaign Campaign specula
ton has about gamut but perhaps has the
weather played such important part the prognostica
tons at present.
It is human nature that hungry man is desperate
that dissatisfied may inherently take different view
point from who content Peace and prosperity bring
outlook while conflict and adversely apt to make
and hasty of action But it is folly to
that turn in the weather going to produce turn
in the vote is insult to the farmer of the Northwest
his economic and political convictions insult to which
The Tribune does not subscribe
Lessened production of grain and and adjustment
of world conditions brought about better prices served
to the quackery of those radical politicians who
sought TO bring about general belief that manipulated
ditons had been the sole of the farmers difficulty
The change has served to impress upon all the fact that
forces which legislature and politician has
troll have most potent effect upon the we'll being of agr
culture They have served to emphaticaly point out
that general recognition of natural conditions and adjust
ment of the condition of the farmer that his action
alone in limiting production has been most effective If the
change fortunes has had the effect of dspeng unsound
economic theories which may have been born in adversy
there may be change of reasoning which will affect the
political result But Jupiter puvius with his generous rain
fall Jack Frost by remaining away visiting too
soon, are not in themselves the
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ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
THE SAND MAN LOSES HIS SAND
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

THE SAND MAN LOSES HIS SAND
One morning the Twins were
gathering golden-rod in the meadow
when they saw large red leaf fas-
tened to one of the yellow blossoms.
On it were some written words
and it only took Nancy and Nick
about two seconds to discover that
it was a letter for them from the
Fairy Queen.
Dear Twins" it went.
"A dreadful thing has happened.
The Sand Man has lost his bag of
magic sand and cannot find it.
IF he doesn't find it soon there is
going to be a bad time, because
none Of the babies can sleep.
Besides that it is getting pretty
late in the fall and lot of my
friends in Wood Land and Meadow
Land want to 60 to Dreamland for
the winter.
Sunless the magic sand is found,
they cannot 60, for the way to
Dreamland is secret and only those
who have the magic sand sprinkled
in their eyes can find the path.
"Will you please put on the magic
shoes you will find under this plant
and go to the Sand Mans house.
He wants you to help him to find
the lost sand.
Lovingly, your friend,
"The Fairy Queen"
A lot of words to get on one leaf.
isn't it, my dears!
But then it was magic writing,
and magic writing doesn't take up
any room at all.
The Twins were greatly excited.
"Hooray! Another adventure"
cried Nick
81 just know we shall like the
Sand Man." said Nancy happily. "Of
course, we'll put on the magic shoes
and 60 and help him"
So anxious were they to get OH
the wonderful shoes and go on an
other adventure, that they forgot
all about the golden-rod they had
gathered and left 1t lying on the
ground while they took off their
own little leather shoes and put on
the others.
"Achoo! Kerchoo! Achoo!" sneezed
somebody very loudly.
And there, standing right beside
them was the Sand Man. You
couldn't have seen him any more
than the Twins could before they
put on their magic shoes.
But now everything was changed.
Quite! It Vas remarkable the things
the children could make out that
they had never noticed before.
And the Sand Man was one of
them.
"How d. do-achoo!- he
sneezed. "I-I have hay fever and
golden-rod always makes me sneeze.
Achoo! And there is nothing worse
for my business. It wakens people
something awful-sneezing does.
Achoo!"
GLOW do you do. Mister Sand Man,
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:: The Tanqle ::

have perfect stranger 60 through
my small possessions when l was
not by, SOL determined to write you,
that youmight better understand
why / am leaving Mrs. Prescott
Senior in two weeks, even if you do
not return.
Unless you are willing that med
ding old maid should 60 through
your entire house in the hopes Of
making you out an Improbable wife,
you would do we'll to wire me, or
better still, wire your friend Mrs.
Burke to lock up the whole place and
forbid them. admittance.
l want you to understand, my dear
Mrs. Prescott, that before Miss Brad
ford came l was delighted with the
place. 1 enjoyed your husband and
yourself and little son immensely,
and although your mother-in-law was
at times exigent, she seemed to be
growing more tolerant of new ideas.
However, now it is perfectly impos-
sible to make her understand any
thing is of any use except what Miss
Bradford tells her. Srf
Sincerely yours, ri
ANNETTE ANDERSON.
Night Wire From Leslie Prescott "a
Ruth Burke
Immediately upon receipt of this
wire, demand the keys Of my apart
ment from Mrs. Prescott. Lock it
and return the keys to the manager
| of the apartment house with instruc-
tions that absolutely no one except
yourself is to be allowed in the
apartment. Above all else let no
piece of furniture of mine be sent
out of the apartment. Leave every
thing just as you find it. Do not at
tempt to put clothing that has been
removed from closets back. This
! commandais perempS4aak Hs.lneces,
sary shoE it to hef q fAscott
Sr. and manager otapzf 1t Rouse
Explanatory letter follows:
LESLIE HAMILTON PRESCOTT.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)
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NOT A JOYLESS AMERICA
New York Times)

New York Times)
Premier Herriot would seem to
be the latest participant in what
Is getting to look like conspiracy
against the American intellectual.
Elsewhere he presents the i'm
preston he carried away from this
country last year. And the sum-
mary OF his feeling about America
is contained in the following
paragraph:
To define the United States,
therefore, as a land of big
buildings and mass production
is to take very narrow point
OF view. For it is also the
country of free living-of nat
ural living-it is the Land of
Joy. Yes, the United States
is land of joy, of free life
beneath a wide blue sky 1t is
q calumny to represent 1t as
the slave of mechanical civili-
cation.
Obviously this is sinister thrust
at the favorite intellectualist dog
ma of our native sons, that the one
thing which does not exist in the
United States is joy; that our me-
chanical triumphs have made us
only the slaves of the machine;
that the Puritan tradition squats
upon a peoples natural impulses
like the Mississippi niger on the
safety valve; that we have merely
speed where other people have
beautiful motion, and have only
noise where other people have har-
monious utterance. Not even the
sight of Chicago's stock yards
and possibly of Pittsburgh's steel
mills-will convince NJ. Herriot
that Chicago and Pittsburgh. are
the real America. He has seen
Americans on the beaches, in the
parks and on the golf links giving
evidence of capacity for Joy that
is not to be distinguished from
happiness in other countries.
1t must be conspiracy. because
less than six months ago a semi
countryman of NJ. Herriot was say
ing the very same thing in the
Atlantic Monthly. Hilaire Belloc
wrote about us:
Wherever you go, in the
whole of the vast territory of
the States, you discover that
sort of freedom in the soul
which is the breeding soil of
happiness. The American peo-
pie live in truth. They are the
happiest white people in the
modern world.
Both Herriot and Belloc strike
the same basic note of American
happiness; freedom. In addition,
Herriot stresses youth and energy.
Take. the mere joy of creation,
which intellectualism will admit
as a real element in human happi-
ness. NJ. Herriot thinks that a
people which can build and tear
down as rapidly as we do, in a
sheer sweep of exuberance, and
free from the trammels of bureau
cracy and tradition, ought to be a
happy people. That is sounder a
priori reasoning than the intellec-
tual argument that America is
ioyless because. among other
things, it is so contented.
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Stark Institute
Oct. IL To l6

Dickinson, Sept. 22.-Dates for the
annual Stark county teachers insti-
tute have been fixed at October 10
to Is inclusive, H. O.. Pippin, super
intendent of schools, announced this
week after receiving advices to that
effect from Miss Minne J. Nelson,
state superintendent of public in.
struction. The conductor and prim.
airy instructor have not yet been
chosen, Mr.. Pippin said.
The institute this year will be held
for Stark county teachers alone in
stead of for Stark and an adjoining
county as has been the custom for
the past several years. The sessions
will open Monday morning ut the
Normal school auditorium and con-
tinue until Thursday afternoon when
adjournment will be made in order
to permit all teachers who so desire
to attend the annual sessions of the
Southwestern district meet of the
North Dakota State Educational asso-
citation which opens in Mandan that
night. Official sessions. of the dis
trict meeting will be held on Friday
and Saturday.
All rural teachers employed in the
county are required to attend the in
stitute. While doing so they are CIV
en- credit for teaching time. This al
so applies to attendance at the dds
trict meeting. Whether many Stark
county teachers are planning to at
tefd the conventions at Mandan is not
known at this time.
Dickinson teachers may also attend
the annual convention Of the state
association to be held at Grand Forks
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BY NEA Service

New York, Sept. 22.-There is
nothing new about jazz music. 1t
is as old as time. ~
This is the view of Guy Maier and
Lee Pattison, figures of Importance
in the musical world, who present
concert program on two pianos.
One of their most important offer
ings is a jazz concerto by Edward
Burlingame Hill, a Harvard pro.
fessor.
every country" says Pattison
"has its jazz feeling at some de.
velopment of its history.
"In good jazz each player must be
able to originate musical expression
that fits in with the next fellows
Improvisation. Three hundred years
ago to be a member of the famous
Peri and Monteverdi orchestras one
first had to be able to improvise cor
rectly. The Russian and Hungarian
gypsies have done the same TO,
years, their music throbbing with
a restless communicative beat.
1--WE think of blues as a very
recent addition to popular music
The truth is that the great Richard
Wagner composed the first blue
chord for mere graphic description
of the word 'blau'-blue in German
in his opera, Tristan and Isolde.
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ON HEALTH
SOME HYGIENE RULES

One day little Molly Jones came
home with q card on which was
printed the SLOGANS: IAN ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure"
Mrs. Jones smiled as Molly an
nounced: "We've got hygiene at
school now, and Pm going to help
you keep the house all cleaned up"
THAT'S fine" nodded Mrs. Jones.
"Well, teacher said first to start
with the Kitchen" said Molly,
"We've got to keep it well aired all
the time. And the sink must be
kept clean. And did you know that
if the pipes under the sink are not
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cleaned regularly they will draw
bugs and things?
Eyes, and it causes smells, too.
Then we have to scald all the milk
bottles SO that no germs can collect.
"The refrigerator is important in
summer. We must be very careful
that no old food stays there and de-
Gays. It's breeding place for
germs, the teacher said. And the
ice should be washed before being
put in, so that there can be no dirt"
"Wel, l guess that's enough for
one afternoon" suggested Mrs. Jones
with a smile. "And mind, you re-
member those rules when you are my
age as we'll as you do now"
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said the Twins. "We're so sorry
you lost your bag of sleepy sand.
And we'll try ever so hard to help
you find it,"
That's just-choo! fine!" said the
Sand Man gratefully. "Then let's
do start at once because if we don't
get away from this golden-rod I'll
sneeze my head quite off, and what
the children would do then l can't
think. For there wouldn't be any
me to put them to sleep any more"
And away they all went.
(To Be Con.inued)
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)
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CAPACITY

The iron and steel industry within another fortnight
month will probably have recovered sufficiently from de-
be producing rate of Is per of capacity
ful-tme operations
But the steel industry overbut during the booms.
It's capacity is half greater than before the This
giant industry wang because it's operating 60 per cent
of capacity is actually producing almost much in
1913 The nation still by comparing with wartime
instead of normal peacetime
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MURDERED

In the last 10 5000 Americans known to
been murdered. Thousands of others, detected
In the next 10 at the present rate 100000 $780,
600 will be struck down by pistol shot, dagger poison ETC.
The murder rate is disgracefully high and increasing
faster than population Whether capital punishment curbs
crime debatabe But we're unatics if don't put
derers where they'll kill another and keep them
there Parole pardon of killers is too dangerous
periments except in very
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CABLE

The Western Union starts laying cable to be-
tween New York and Rome. This cable, 5422 miles long,
will cost fabulous The investment indicates that
the telegraph people do not expect radio to usurp the cables
place, at least not for long time
Well need them BOTH The competition will spur them
on to improved service This cable will transmit 1900
letters minute, five times fast before Wireless
nscertainy didn't delay this improvement.
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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
OF important issues which are
being discussed In the press Of
the day
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AWAY

out of every 100 in four typical cities
are working and earning outside their homes This
reveaed by government checkup in Jacksonville, Pas
saic, Butte and Wilkes-Barre
More than half of these bread winning women are or
have been married And 81 cent Of the married
workers live with "wage-earning husbands"
The pinch of economics destroying the American home
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FOOD

The number of Americans working farms has in
creased Is per since 1900 But they growing per
cent food Figures furnished by the expert Davis
Friday
Scientific agricultural methods all the way from COM
merca fertilizer to tractors have than made up the
shortage of man-power the farms. The country of
is growing and is the food market What
production of crops will be shortage within few
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A Thought

Better IL ID to be of an humble
spirit with the lowly, than to divide
the spoil with the Eroud...-I'rov.
1919.
Beware what spirit RACES in your
breast; for one inspired, ten ,hou-
sand are possessed Roscommon.
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WORKING

European industries in 1921 producing only 81 per
cent much in 1913 The figure has risen to 81
per cent according the economists Jacoby and Sch
Wise Providence retards until hatreds cool
off, Europe hadn't suffered intensely after the World
War her politicians would have another under way by
now The headache of the morning AFTER curbs drunk
ards thirst.
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MANDAN NEWS
MANDAN NERO. co.

BUYS ELGIN YARD
The Mandan Mercantile company
which operates about SO lumber
and farm machinery yards in the
state and eastern Montana, has pur-
chased the stock and equipment of
the Thompson Yards company ut Ell
gin and will close out the plant.
Arthur Reed, manager of the Thomp-
son Yard at Elgin has been trans
ferred to South Dakota yard.
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October %, % and "a, on full time
with the consent of their respective
school boards.
, 1924-02-27
The Evil Shepherd

during one or the Drle1 DauSeS III tne
conversation. "have you ever tried
to analyze this interest of yours in
human beings and crowded cities, this
hatred of solitude and empty spaces?'
Oliver Hilditch smiled thoughtfully,
and gazed at a sailed almond which
he was just balancing between the tips
of his fingers.
Il think" he said simply. at is be-
cause l have no soul"
The three diners fingered for only
a short time over their dessert. After
wards, they passed together into a
very delightful library. Hilditch eX-
cused himself for a moment.
81 have some cigars which I keep
in my dressing ROOM he explained,
"and which l am anxious for you to
try. There is an electric stove there
and I can regulate the temperature"
He departed, closing the door behind
him. Francis came d little further
into the room. His hostess, who had
subsidized into an easychair and was
the fire, motioned him to seat himself
opposite. He did so without words.
He felt curiously and ridiculously
tongue-tied. He fell to studying the
woman Instead of attempting the ba-
nality of pointless speech. From the
smooth gloss of her FURNISHED hair,
to the uaintiness Of her low, black
brocaded shoes. she represented, so
far as her physical and outward self
were concerned. absolute perfection.
No ornament was ainiss, no line or
curve of her figure other than perfect
ly graceful. Yet even the fires glow
which she had seemed to dread brought
no flush of color to her cheeks. Her
appearance of complete lifelessness
remained. 1t was as though some sort
of crust had formed about her being,
a condition which her very physical
perfection seemed to render the more
incomprehensible.
You are surprised to see me here
living with my husband, after what
l told you yesterday afternoon" she
said calmly, breaking at last the ST.
lence which had reigned between them.
Il am" he admitted.
1T seems unnatural to you, l sup
pose?'
Entirely"
You still believe all that I told
your"
81 must"
She looked at the door and raised
her head a little. as though either
listening or adjudging the time be-
fore her husband would return. Then
she glanced across at him once more.
Hatred" she said, does not always
drive away. Sometimes 1t attracts.
Sometimes the person who hates can
scarcely bear the other out of his
sight. That Is where hate and love
are somewhat alike"
The room was warm, but Francis
was conscious of shivering. She
raised her finger warnlngly. 1t seemed
typical of the woman. somehow, that
the message could not be conveyed by
any glance or gesture.
He Is coming" she whispered.
Oliver Hilditch reappeared. carrying
cigars wrapped In a gold foil. which he
had brought with him from Cuba, the
tobacco Of which was a revelation to
, 1924-02-27

his guest. The two men smoked and
slipped their coffee and brandy. The
m sat with ~hnlf-closed eyes. IL
was obvious that Hllditch was stlli
In the mood for speech.
Il will tell you. Mr.. Ledsam," he
said, why I nm so happy to have you
here this evening. In the first place.
I desire to tender you once more my
thanks for your very brilliant Efforts
on my behalf. The very fact that /
am able to ofer you hospitality ut
all is without a doubt due to these"
Il only did what I WIS paid to do"
Francis insisted. n little hnrshiy. "You
must remember that these thlngs come
In the days work with u.s."
His host nodded.
Naturally" he murmured. There
was another reason. too. why I wns
anxious to meet you. Mr.. Ledsam," he
continued. "You have gathered al
rendy that am something of a crank.
| have a profound detestntion of all
scntimentnllty and affected morals II