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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

there are few that have not given
something, Dr. Grassick said.
Accomplishments of the associa-
ton during the past year. as report
ed by Miss Carrie Haugen, secretary,
include: distribution of $4,000 pins
in the child health crusade work,
distribution of 10000 chore records,
sending out of tuberculosis litera-
ture, nursing service supplied Devils
Lake for 10 weeks and also to Ro-
lette and Dickey counties, maintain
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
Try This Way
To Get Relief
From HeadCo
Nothing to Swallow
You just Melt q Little
i'm a Spoon and Breathe
in the Healing Vapors.

Tc stop . head cold, try this simple.
direct method. Melt little Vicks in q
spoon and inhale the penetrating We
pors of Camphor. Menthol. Eucalyp-
tus, Jumper Tar, etc. Also put .
little up each nostril and snuff well back.
Another method is to heat tin cup.
put in . teaspoonful of Vicls and inhale
the vapors that way. As fast as the
vapors lose their strength, throw out
the melted Vicks and add fresh. :.
Mothers prefer vicks for their chill
dren becauseit avoids 50 much internal
dosing. It can be used with perfect
safety On the youngest child.
vlSG:Ik<:S:
0Ea LZAsluow AAas NsEa MAaG,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

In addition to the payments above
made, the city has paid out during
this same six months $8I7.74 for
coal and repairs. The statement was
signed by E. H. L. Vesperman, man
ager, and A. j. Arnot, city treasurer.
While profit is shown from the
road shows the Auditorium has
been used free for conventions and
similar occasions many times in. the
last several months which cuts down
the balance, according to the Off
Gals
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

the rattlesnake gone, the Indian
gone with his blanket and war toys,
failed to see one blanket Indian
What a change had taken place in
"a years. Had | seen one blanket
Indian it would have taken me back
to the days of the old frontier don't
say passing will swear it's
gone, and they love the perfume of
gasoline Yours truly,
ID. +. BARRY.
Superior, Jan. %.
A total Of 26,536 miles of federal
aid roads was completed by June
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
30, 1923, according to the United
States Department of Agriculture.
STORE SOLD

Dickinson, n. d., Jan. ga bust
ness deal was closed whereby the
Senour & Langley Hardware COM
pany, disposed of their big hardware
stock to the firms Of Ray and Clark
and the Lish Hardware Co. The deal
includes the entire stock and takes
effect Immediately. The store j.
now closed and inventory is being
taken.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29
Failing Memory

LADY-But why is it you can't
remember how long you've been out
of work?
TRAMP-WeN, you see, ma'ann it's
this way. I'm not sure whether |
was born in '6S of '69.-Humalist
Uondon).
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

Total ............ 400 ,bU3..}4
The state Of South Dakota's mine
at Haynes produced according to
the report, 4l,226 tons of coal in
1923.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-29

ing an open air school, maintaining
the travelling clinic and conducting
the Christmas seal sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
EnrOpeans Hope to Capture LszuyglS From, Mary Pickford and
 Others.

sister and wears her hair in exactly the way Psaa used te.
 AA Of sAege stars wiIf>be introduced ta A yertes sf Earopean made pictures be- esnnaag NztA the great spectacle of -sssg- fr4sa- aaA iaea~aarg "cinderelia." "The nevaa AAse1karegA- and several others. EzamAA RAaeA aMd Egeda Mtssen win cssne aasag wssA the pictures te make a vesssAAa aSpearance tour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12

ana folk tales that are familiar Co all countries. We are not going so make any pictures wEth an American back ground or on American soil. though we may occasionally engage some American star. as we have engaged IAeAea Barrymore to make a Pictare fer us abroad.
 "As a matter of fact. we couiaaf wesar lM America. Our methods are SC different. Ip Neubabelsburg. a snburt of Berlin, which you might call the Hollywood Of Enrope. cur eight producing companies work at night. We have no night life. only night work. The hours are from eight o'clock in the evening to three or -four in the morning.
 "All day long the let's are given over to an army of worl0nen. eight hundred strong. who buita anything troGa forest To novel. NO scenes at ali are 'shet' in the day time. not even the outdoor scenes.
 we have no such thing as a To- cation men. because we build all our outdoor scenes on the lot. Not that ihsrs aEea't trees ana forests an Ger sAAag G eAS6se from. But we faAa that ttSlta is stranger thnA slUtlSn. Nature is sSe uaaataeal Ger ths aAS~- ing pi6tures. We caa get betteF ef- feOAs sv tae sse Of AxEaficiaa stzhtans tAAa we can sv ehe tse 6s Che sun. 1Se Saaad Wur trees and Oae sSfesss ts sait tAe needs SE sur pictures;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12

for weird pictures llke The Cabinet Dr. caagar' weird scenea bright pictures. brisht and happy places.
 You see. with us the mood of the pactars is the thing and not the star stars are types who are chosen for picture oniy they into the mood Of t. and not names We d6n1 feature them and thelr lives diosyncrases you do here.
 "MOst of them from the stage. xenia Desni and AIss Nissen, for instance, dancers. verna Kraas. who played The Miracle of stara whea they come to work in the studlO they through a severe of draining. No moods No playing of music to make the star cry laugh. And we dc not them in picture after picture the the merrier. We beeve the public gets tired whe are before it too often. There a well known player here wine the sophisticated about tewa in every picture have recently. Soon he will be dead for the public.
 "our stars don't make more than two or three pictures year They paid just we'll even bet ter sOmetinea than in Hollywood. We pay as high as the equivalent of three thouHana doIlars week. and while living Is expensive in Germany with the stabiIlzation ot currency they their homes servants jewels and motor us n Holly wood
 lures of all countries thaa have. Europe just as crazy to ge into the movies aa America and we have all the types of the various peoples world on lot. wearing their costumes and talking their native languages. It sounds like Babel some- times.
 Most Of the stars German, it's true. but we have many English. French and American actors One day took friend to the studio We walked fate the beautiful garden the lot The first star we met English, the second German and the third IAonel Barrymore. Thea sat down h the canteen and arank beer. Real beer!
 Something you do not have here" repeated Dr. KalImann 1ngerngiy. "Nor do you have our extras Russian refugees. Royalty fallen on bad times Brig ands from the BalkanA peasants French villages EaoiiaRdeTS in wooden shoes And mvsterious people who work for two three days and disappeaF-psst- like that for political We had an actress fin a small part once. very beautiful woman fin lovely clothes. She spoke French She held herself aloof one day she disappeared She had been used fin tbe rsfegrUuna Of sceae AAa we tnade search for her sgs fSana that she member one of the most families permanently exiled from Germany sAe had been recognized by the police so she flew.
 UEa more than a hundred theaters on tba Continent. Its pictures have beeh sh6wd here oc oae 0f them "PaMaeA" made r6ia Neet Naa etasA LuStse4s household words So perl,ans lhelr present Bfogram wifi permit the Richters and Ehs Desis and the Nsssns and the RAlpRs to inherit k4affvsvn1A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12

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 AasA eAere ss xeMfa Desai pretty little alra with saems whS give Mary PacsrEora for her money And. Lil Dagever. the. Leatrce Joy of Ger. many And Emil Jannings. Europe's Milton Stills. Egeaa Nissen who has the wistful appeal and gentle dignity Lillian Gsh. Ufa has also found a substitute Pola ngesr4. it's products now Americanzed in Hanna Ralph. She looks like Pola.s
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Af.-:J m. n IT, NIL
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.
Afraid TO Do Too Much.

YEyHE average man is afraid to do too much
That is the reason he is average.
If he wanted to do more than he was paid for he
would be exceptional man.
It is the exceptional who is in demand.
It is rule Of human conduct well test OF entry
into life Whatever that may be-:
Broad is the way that leadeth destruction and many
there be that 60 therein
It easy enough to do what expected Of u.s. but it IL
difficult to find the person who will do it.
Most people soldier on the job
Creations cry goes up
From age to cheated age;
Give us the men who do the work
For which they get the wage"
The demand not for unusual for genuses nor for
Of extraordinary ability The demand simply for
who will do what they paid for doing
And the demand exceeds the supply Whoever will make
it rule do just little than he is expected to do is
the sureway to Whoever makes rule simply
to 'get by little possible the way to
medocrty.
know great many employers Of labor do not know
any who constantly harassed by the difficulty of
finding good help. know of great many aborers. But
do know of who satisfied and happy who is
dissatisfied and maker Of trouble who not doing lit
tie as he
Work to be the universal panacea It not only
smoohs things out between employers and employees but
helps things between employees themselves.
1t is difficult restrain the inferorty complex and
aborers who angry with the boss because he makes
money. And there bosses that angry with the
laborers because they make much.
There simple and test for this matter 1t is the
test of honesty and fidelity.
Is any man. be he boss laborer doing his stunt he
should do it? In that he is worth the price he gets
and more.
Copyright Mcclure Newspaper syndicat.>
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18
Modern Religion
It Puzzles and Bewilders Sometimes

Rabbi Krass, Of Temple Emanuel in New York. says that
The need Of the hour is more religion in the homes
Dr. Lowell president of Harvard University tells four hun
red graduating seniors that the words is true re-
Ggon."
What is true relgon7 How much does Dr. Lowell believe
Of the religion that is taught to children in the Sunday
Schools; how would HE define true reigon?'
He knows of course that the average human being not
satisfied with religious contemplation, which Dr. Lowell
recommends The average wants believe something
positive he wants God that he imagine One as Michel
angelo painted Him. with long hair long bear and flowing
robe He wants hell with real fire. real devil and real
pchfork The tendency Of modern times is to take those
things away from him without giving him anything definite
lake their place
TO increase religious confusion, DR.. Guthrie powerful
earnest clergyman rector Of st. Marks New York tells Won
outright that he would rather be beautiful than good"
When recover from that he says II wouldn't mind if
nothing survived in me but thinking spook'
Dogs develop souls puppy be taught forty SEN
fences three months perfectly he intelligent says the
rector And the dog actually becomes person And when
the dog dies you can't think of him extinct any more than
you can think of your mother extinct"
is all very confusing for the feeble lay mind but as
Voltaire used to say Let not question, but adore
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18

For answer to the third, consult
the picture Of the orbits of Mars
and the earth. 1t is true that the
sun is in a corresponding focus
Of the elliptical orbit Of each
planet. but the orbits not only diff
fer in eccentricity, but also in the
directions in which their major
axes lie. In the picture the lot.
tiers A and p show, respectively,
the positions Of the aphelion and
perihelion point of each of the
two orbits. You will see by the
dotted lines that they are wide
apart as to direction.
Since Mars and the earth travel
at different rates, they may come
into line with one another, and
the sun, /. e., Mars, may be in
opposition at any point in the
circuit. But their distance apart
varies enormously, according to
the place where the opposition
occurs. This year the circun.
stances are extremely favorable.
since the opposition occurs with
Mars very near its perihelion
while the earth is not very far
past its aphelion. A little thought.
full inspection Of the picture will
show you exactly why the dis
lance between Mars and the
earth is least IL the opposition &C.
ours when Mars is nearest to the
sun (perihelon) and the earth Ia
farthesr from the sun (aphelionl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18

; roundings at the time that his
sight was lost.
The importance of this IL so
evident that a new recruit to
the Phare usually begins with a
special teacher who gets to know
him and understand him, and as
far as possible the original
teacher follows the progress of
the special pupil.
LAS the pupil advances, we
prefer as far as possible to have
him taught the use Of the type.
writer and shorthand singly,
while. of course, languages, com.
mercial subjects, etc., can we'll be
studied in groups. The staff of
the Phare is nearly all French,
though for the best results we
require the aid of other nationali.
ties also"
The Committee for Men Blind
ed in Battle, whose honorary
chairman is Elihu Root, Is con.
Quoting a nationwide drive to
complete the fund of 500, 900 need
ed for the purchase Of the Light.
house, which is to be perpetuated,
according to Mrs. Mather, as a
Symbol of the international
heart"
The war blind, the Paris ad.
vices to the committee say, have
been greatly cheered by the re.
ceipt Of additional funds from
America, notably by one remit.
lance Of $4,000 raised in New
England with the aid Of Doctor
Charles w. Eliot and others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18
"TOShangElai"

ITO shanghai means. generally
u speaking, to kidnap, but
there IS a special meaning, de.
fined by Webster's Dictionary as
follows:
ITO drug, intoxicate or render
insensible and ship as q sailor
usually to secure advance money
or premium" The word comes,
Of course, from the name Of the
Chinese city of Shanghai, and the
presumption Is that the practice
Of shanghai" was once common
in that port.
In the heydey OF the sailing
vessel In Now York ard cthHr
ports. about fifty years ago, It
was not uncommon for q selling
master to Shanghai par. Of his
crew. When the master lad yea.
son to believe that he wculd be
short of men on his sailing day
he would notify q shipping agent.
The latter would undertake to
round up" the required number
by plying them with drink and
then carrying them on board--or
even, In extreme cases. b. knock.
ing them insensihle. when the
victim owoke be was on the vca
and IL was too late to protest.
The agent. Of course, recstvOd
fee.
Icopys;sat Isst BY King Features
6yodicate. mel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18
By MARK STUYVESANT

low and still keep the cylinder
hot.
This idea revolutionized the
world. and its occurred to HIM in
: 1765, ten years before the Battle
Of Bunker Hill. Watt found cap
ital to develop his engine com.
pletely and it was ten years
longer before it was generally &C.
cepted as a great invention.
The Watt steam engine. 1t
must be understood. was not a
locomotive. 1t was a pumping
engine and its chief use was IN
mines and to provide power for
factories. Later on it was s"g.
gested that the engine could be
used as a motive power in stage
coaches, as railroads had not been
thought Of. But Watt, curl
ously enough. could not see this
development Of his engine.
Watt so hated the idea II
steam replacing horses that ,ate
in life he inserted a clause In the
lease Of his house that no steam
carriage should be allowed to ap-
proach II. He died in 1919.
Copyright. 1924. by Newspapers
Feature Service. Inc)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18
ONCE-OVERS
1T 1S FOOLISH TO BE LIBERAL SPENDER" WITH
OUT HAVING MONEY ENOUGH

Do not strive to be known "libera spender."
Especially when you with worth many times what
you are worth you should be careful not to punger
"spender.'
Why Because they would consider you foolish and you
would drop in their estimation they realize that you
not afford the things you, do.
True that you should pay your share in crowd else
stay ont OF the crowd bu-do not be the to suggest
expenditures which are beyond your means.
When you find that you assocatng with men who
habltually spend more than Afford you should
withdraw from the crowd
man who spend ten easily you could spend
dollar does not like to feel hampered in making suggestions
for good time in crowd knowing that you cannot easily
keep up with the procession
He may like your company but he feels uneasy
Your idea that spending freely makes favorable impress
sion IS false.
1t is pretty generally known whether afford
certain things.
The man who would hire you also likes to know that you
can run your affairs in busnesske and that
you are sensible before he trusts part Of his business
you.
Copyright natIOnAF ssrviea Inal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18
FAMOUS FIRSTS

JAMES WATT. as a boy. watch
ing a kettle steaming on the
- hearth, plugging up the snout
and discovering that the steam
could lift the cover of the kettle,
Is a favorite tale to describe the
coming into being of, the steam
engine.
1t may be true, but Watt didn't
discover the lifting power of
steam. This has been known
through the ages. But when he
was grown man, after years of
experiments. Watt invented the
first really practical steam en-.
CINE.
1t Is believed that the ancient
Egyptians understood steam power
and made use Of 1t to move huge
blocks of stone. Savants of the
Middle Ages experimental with It.
Watt found actually at work
pumping water out Of mines In
Cornwall a clumsy, cumbersome
steam affair invented by Thomas
Newcomer, and Newcomer, him.
self, had simply improved on ex-
listing devices.
Few things have been created
out Of nothing in this world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18

SlBnIIeSS III OdLLI0 Is trans
~ forming the Paris Light.
house for the Blind into a. world
laboratory Of psychology in which
the war veterans of all nations
are being studied. New arrivals
are found to present even more
complicated cases than those
taken in soon after they were
MANNED at the Marine and the
Somme.
Though war caused their plight,
the minds OF the inmates are still
dominated by the excitement of
battle and they crave literature
which tells Of the heroism of the
soldier rather than the magazines
and periodicals which are conven.
tionally provided in institutions
Of this character.
Neither do they seek the clas-
sizes nor the prayer book" says
Mrs. e. Berry-Wall. a member Of
the American colony in Paris,
in a report to William Forbes
Morgan, treasurer of the Ameri.
can committee for men blinded, in
battle, which is raising a fund
of 100000 for the Lighthouse,
founded by Mrs. Winifred Holt
Mather, of New York.
I'm order to bring the best
judgment" she says, ito bear on
literary pabulum for our wards,
which represent all the nations
engaged in the world war, we
have appointed a library board
composed of men distinguished In
science and literatilre"
The problem raised by men
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18

First, the orbit Of the earth Is
not "slanted to the SUM-" The
plane If the orbit Is like per-
fectly flat floor, with the sun In
the middle and the earth rolling
around it In slightly elliptical
path. The long elliptical outline
of the carth's orbit as shown In
> the picture, simply means that
its plane Is presented toward the
reader a. q slope in order to show
more Clearly the earth'e position
at four different and opposite
points in It's circuit.
The important thing to notice
is that the axis around which the
earth rotates daily is inclined to
the plane Of the orbit, and also,
of course, to the sun, but that 1t
keeps the same inclination, and
leans the same way no matter
where IL may be In the orbit. This
accounts for the cnange Of sea.
sons, for, because the axis always
leans the same way. the North
Pole Is inclined toward the sun In
summer and away from the sun
in winter. In spring and autumn,
ut the equinoxes, II leans neither
toward nor away from the sun.
All these facts the picture shows.
Because Of them the sun seems
to rise higher in the northern sky
in summer, and to sink lower IN
winter. There you hate tho
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18
The Bonnet
Shark

THE bonnet shark gets its name
l. from the peculiar shape Of
its head. which suggests an old.
fashioned bonnet. The ugly mon.
ster would never be mistaken for
a sweet, old-fashioned lady, how.
ever. 1t is member Of the fam
lily of hamrnerhead sharks, and 10
said to entertain the same dis
like for its cousins that some
human beings have for their rela.
tives. Although the bonnet shark
Is usually found in tropical wa
tiers. 1t sometimes appears along
the eastern coast of the United
States. II 10 fifteen feet in
length. and fond Of eating any.
thing that crosses its path.
CcSpyIiEht. 1924. by KinG Feature.
Syndicate. Iho.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18

Most great inventions are the re.
suit of long development and ex.
perimenting by various persons
and in various ages.
What James Watt did do. and
it was the greatest contribution
to science Of the eighteenth cen.
fury, was to invent the modern
condensing steam engine. The
Newcomer engine wasted about
nine-tenths of the steam created
by a vast amount of fuel. Watts
separate condenser resulted in
all his steam being put to work.
1t was the correct principle for
a steam engine, and though en-.
gtnes have been tremendously de.
velope6 since the days Of Watt,
his principle remains unchanged.
James Watt was born in Scot.
land in 1876. His father was in
poor circumstances and the boy
was early thrown on his own re-
sources. He arrived in London
at the age Of nineteen and an.
prenticed himself to James Nor.
gan. a philosophical instrument
maker. Soon Watts health gave
out and he returned to Scotland.
He repaired some astronomical
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-18

instruments for the professors in
Glasgow College and they took
an interest in the boy. who was
unusually intelligent. John
Black, the lecturer on chemistry,
and incidentally the discoverer of
latent heat. became Watt 8
friend. and John Robson, then a
student. but afterward the pro.
lessor Of natural philosophy at
Edinburg. struck up an intimacy
with him.
1t happened that a model Of
Newcomen's steam engine, which
formed part Of the colleges
equipment Of scientific instru-
ments, was given to Watt to re.
pair and the inventor Of the mod.
ern steam engines had a chance
to discover the weaknesses Of
this affair and to think about
remedyinE them.
Watts relates that he was tax.
ing walk one Sunday afternoon
on Glasgow Green when the idea
flashed through his mind that If
steam were condensed in a YES.
sci distinct from the cylinder, it
would be practical to make The
temperature Of the conden sation