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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
Wants to Abolish Dead Letter Office

The government would like to get rid of the dea
letter office-and could, if each of us would only
write his own name and address, for return on the
outside of the envelope
1t is simple enough. But are lot Of other
things that involve nothing but all of us using all
our sense all the time.
We would kill few or no people the highways
II each OF us would always be alert, sober careful
and skilled we would have few accidents in indus
try il each of us would use as much sense all the
time az all of us do most Of the time; the whole Of
life would smoother If each Of us would Away.
do each little thing the best he knows how
But it can't be done. Human nature is not bull,
that way. There will always be people who mail
unsigned letters in blank envelopes.
Whoever is careful enough always to write his
OWN address on the envelope for return is also
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
CONSUMPTION of Alcohol

Professor Achard OF the French Academy Of Medi.
cine has just completed investigation OF tn"
consumption OF alcohol in France
In 1918, when there were war restrictions still in
force, the consumption 100000 gallons.
In 1924 the consumption 90, 100000 gallons
Professor Archard says that the consumption of
alcohol is rapidly increasing among the women OF
France.
This is due, he says, 'to the general tendency Of
the female TO initiate the male, other aspects the
phenomenon being the boyist bob, the masculine
cut of clothing and the readiness with which
take to cigarets."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

near him. How big does he look to
you?"
about as big as the moon," said
Nancy.
"About as big as an umbrella" said
Nick.
ooh. no! We shall see!" said
| Tick Took. "Come on
They went Inside the building
where the tower was and started to
climb. When they got up about
umpty steen stairs. three hundred
and sixty to be exact. they arrived at
big room full of wheels and springs.
well. this is it," said Tick Took.
"What?" said Nick in puzzled
| voice.
1.-THE clock. These are the works
Of the clock. Come. we'll go through
this narrow passage and I'll take you
right behind the clocks big face, the
| part you saw from the street."
And so he led the way, the Twins
following.
snow how about the moon and the
umbrella?" laughed Tick Took.
But the Twins had lost their voices.
The big dial was so enormous that
you could have piled eight Nancys
! on top of each other. standing foot
on head, and just make it. Big Ben's
face was over twenty-four feet across.
The long minute hand alone was
fourteen feet along as it stuck out
beyond the edge of the clocks face.
"For goodness sake!" said the
Twins finally when they got their
breath.
Ito Be Continued)
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
BY DIR. HUGH s. CUMMING
Surgeon General, United States Pub
lie Health Service

Malnutrition is an important con-
dition very often neglected, and when
neglected may lead to serious conse-
quences.
Malnutrition may lay the founda-
tion for poor physical development
or poor health in later life or may
lead to some serious disease like tu-
berculosis.
You should know how to recognize
malnutrition in children. If you
find that a child is not much below
normal weight or height but that he
gains much more slowly than he
should you should at once suspect
malnutritio".
At the ages from to 10, when a
! healthy child gains four or five
pounds year, children suffering
from malnutrition may gain only one
or two pounds. Some do not gain at
all. From II to Is years, when
healthy children should gain from
six to ten pounds per year, children
suffering from nlalnutrition may gain
only two or three pounds.
Children suffering from malnutri-
ton, however, do not all behave in
the same way.
Some are pale, dull and restless
with dark rings under their eyes
They tire easily and have no ambi.
tion for work or play.
Their work in school is often sc
poor that they must frequently re.
peat their classes.
Other children suffering from NAL.
nutrition are nervous, fretful, hare
to please, and hard to manage. They
| eat and sleep badly. Still other:
are over ambitious, constantly active
and restless. They find conversation
difficult. To grow in height and
gain regularly in weight is just as
much sign of health in a boy OF
girl of 8 or 10 as it is in baby.
Mothers have learned to weigh
their babies.
If your boys and girls were weigh
ed regularly every month this condi
ton of malnutrition would be dis
covered early and would not be al
lowed to go on to serious conse
| quences.
CAUSES OF
MALNUTRIT1ON
| Causes of malnutrition are moi
difficult to find. Most important
causes are:
The child does not get sufficient
food.
The child does not get the right
kind of food. He spoils his appetit,
for simple foods needed for growth
by excessive indulgence in candy
sweets, pastries, and indigestibl'
| foods.
| He eats irregularly.
| He never takes time enought a
meals to chew his food properly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
Competition

Competition is the life Of progress
The radio having cut into the talking machine
business, the photograph manufacturers had to be
stir themselves, to make something better.
SO one company announces mechanical and
other an electrical Improvement, either of which
it is claimed, will make sound reproduction perfect
Thus shall continue to have two instruments
the radio to bridge space. and the photograph to
bridge time.
You will never hear CarusO by radio, Cool
dges speech while he is delivering it, on the phono
graph.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1925

ever fill a major place in the con-
quest of the air is still undetermin-
ed. AS it is, an airship as big as the
Leviathan will carry scarcely more
passengers than one Of the Leviath-
ans lifeboats.
Every pound added to it's weight.
as margin Of safety in strength,
means one hound less carried, Of
passengers, freight or fuel.
The Shenandoah disaster does not
mean failure and should not cause
pessimism. But it does suggest les
sons Of caution.
AIRPLANE SAFE
FOR LAND FLIGHTS
The arplane is still far short of
perfect, but it is at least safe and
efficient for land purposes.
The transcontinental airmail flies
daily, almost without mishap, and
with no more delays than happen
to the slower mail on the ground.
Regular passenger lines cross and
criss-cross Europe, and there are
seasoned voyagers there who will
never travel any other way.
The conquest of the sea remains.
The distances across the ocean are
fixed factors, and are just beyond
the present safe sailing radius of
our aircraft.
As fact the Atlantic has been
crossed, and il the Pacific to Hawaii
has not been, it soon will be. But
it means tightening everything else
beyond the limit of safety in order
to carry fuel, and then having only
barely enough if everything goes
we'll, with no reserves for emer-
gencies. The seas cannot be made
narrower. Planes can be made larg-
err and stronger, but there is nothing
in sight in that direction that is
more than just barely big enough.
Really to conquer the sea we may
have to wait on more efficient
fuel, which can be used in more
efficient engine.
A published rumor, Il few weeks
ago, that such a fuel and engine
had been perfected. was officially
denied the next day. So we may
have to wait But there is no reason
to doubt that the improvement will
come
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
Legal Technicalities
philadelphia Public Ledger

philadelphia Public Ledger
In comparatively trivial decision by the Supremo
court OF Arkansas of those subtle disclosures
made which lets great deal Of light in upon thu
growing Impotence with the law and courts, to call
it by no severer name The court ruled that neither
fist nor foot s!lod with shoe is deadly weapon
within the meaning of the law: man convicted
of aggravated assault by knocking his adversary
down with his first and then kicking him. On appeal
precedent was found for the view that there
no assault because deadly weapon was used 1t is
hard to see the logic OF such reasoning 1t is per-
fectly obvious that a man can do murder with his
bare hands; that without either shoessor stocking
ne might commit the most brutal assault Could
some qubbling lawyer get acquittal in such
by proving that the assalant had neither club nor
ak nor gun or other budgeoning instrument for the
work? In the Arkansas case there was ground for
the ruling in the way the indictment drawn, but
the ordinary man gets only the impression that jus
tice is more and more thing Of verbal tricks ami
| cunning. 4ssegsa 4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
Where Will II End?

Kansas w. G. r. t. has passed resolution urg
ing censorship of Mother Goose tales to eliminate
all reference to intoxicating drink
Old King Coleawith his "pocketful of rye seems
to be the specific object of attack of the women.
Well bet that some Of the worst drunka rds never
learned Mother Goose rhyme in their childhood
and that some OF the foremost advocates of prohi,
btion were able to recte many of the
from memory.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
BRAVERY IS A
COMMON QUALITY

We have not yet conquered the
air.
The battle is still on. with the
storms and the sea skill sometimes
the winner.
The trials cost precious human
lives and bring on the nation a
deep sense Of tragedy.
But they will not stop-at least
not with the consent of the avlators.
They are not afraid to dare, and
if necessary to die, in the interest
Of human progress.
1t is one of the glories Of human
nature that men have to be pro-
tected against risking themselves.
We are not the descendants of q
race of towards.
Bravery is so common quality
that it requires only the opportunity
to bring it out. But we are right in
honoring it. nevertheless, in those
who rise to great occasions. They
who give all receive little enough
when we render them our thanks.
Whether the great dirigibles will
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

If a man can do just what he
pleases-what will he do?
1t depends on the race and the
civilization that have provided his
ideals.
An Indian maharajah, fabnlously
rich by reason of the 100000
yearly income extorted from his
peasants, visited London, took a
whole floor at the Savoy for his
harem and attendants, hired fleet
Of limousines and disported himself
in plum-colored turbans and pearl
necklaces.
That, to him, seemed the natural
thing to do, for man who could
do as he pleased.
Suppose John b. Rockefeller, Jr.,
who pays more in income tax than
the whole revenues of the Indian
prince, were to begin performing in
any such fashion!
Which would we do first--lock
him up for lunatic, or start a
revolution to confiscatc his fortune
No need to answer, because the
thing is unthinkable. Our civiliza-
ton does not produce that kind of
people.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

full enough to write the sending address correctly
But you can not run life the assumption tina,
everybody will do even the simplest thing right all
the time
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
A THOUGHT

Thou shalt net speak evil of the
ruler of thy peOple.-Acts 23:5.
He who would rule must hear and
be deaf. see and be blind.-Old Ger
man nroyerh
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

It's been several years since it
was safe to cuss in a barber shop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18
Aero CIub

The day when the average citizen will MS
own airplane he does his own auto today is ap
rarently drawing closer.
club has been formed in London known the
London Aero Club Its membership is composed
of citizens who want to learn how to fly their own
planes.
Two members Of parliament included in The
club
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

Any blame fool can see a wise
mans mistakes.
Bad news from Texas. Grasshop-
pers there. What Texans need is
more time for fishing.
They think Virginia man who
whipped his wife is crazy. If she
can cook, we agree with them.
Here and there you see people
wanting more happiness yet using
only small part of what they have.
Truth is great stuff. But if all of
it were known practically everybody
would be arrested.
That's the trouble with having
too many laws. They have ten
dency to arrest progress.
Schools starting. Few children
hate school. It's the studies they
don't like.
About $20,0OO.OOO alimony is paid
yearly in this country. Better run
home and kiss your wife.
Florida burglars blew safe. Got
only four stamps and pencil. But
now they can write home for money.
They claim a Chicago man robbed
three houses a night. Maybe he is
trying to keep a son in college.
No man is as bad as he is painted
and few autos are as good.
People who want a living for moth
ing are getting to be almost as
scarce as flivvers.
Cleveland man stole an auto.
Stayed out riding all night. Judge
gave him thirty days to catch up
on his sleep.
Some of these bathing beauties
would be almost naked if it were
not for their ear shoppers.
It's been several years since it
was safe to cuss in a barber shop.
This is such terrible world. It's
getting so you can't believe half the
lies you hear.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.
Mud straw bricks are used in Ger
many for lRilding houses,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

This is such terrible world. It's
getting SO you can't believe half the
lies you hear.
downright. 1925, NEA Service. Inc
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

Some of these bathing beauties
would be almost naked if it were
not for their ear shoppers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

Mud straw bricks are used in Ger
many for hMilding houses,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

The honeymoon ends when washing dishes is no
longer romantic
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

Cleveland man stole an auto.
Stayed out riding all night. Judge
gave him thirty days to catch up
on his Sleen
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-18

People who want living for moth
ing are getting to be almost as
scarce as flivvers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
What Tomorrow Means to You
BIZ MARY BLAKE.
Capricorn.

The planetary aspects of tomorrow
are, although slightly adverse during
the early hours OF the morning, quite
favorable during the remainder Of the
day. They will inspire self-confldence
and courage-tWo necessary qualifica-
lions for the attainment Of success.
While commercial enterprise and re.
search work seem to be most favored
by the signs. all legitimate work, as
distinguished from hazardous or
speculative effort, will be crowned with
fortunate results. The indications
point, also, to happiness for all those
who are wed tomorrow.
Children born tomorrow will. ac-
cording to the signs, suffer more or
less from the usual ailments of in
fancy. and proper alirnentation will
be needed in order to secure for them
a happy issue out Of all their troubles,
and the attainment of q normally
healthy majority. In character. a boy
Will be fearless. self-conhdent and ex-
ceptionally aggressive. He may, in
fact, become something of bully"
but proper disciplinary guidance Will
tone him down. and the very attributes
that may be liabilities to q child may
prove 20 be assets to q man. A girl
VIII be winsome, sympathetic, none too
strong-minded,. and a trifie "teary."
She will be easily Influenced.
II tomorrow Is your birthday, you
are absolutely without fear You are
bold, at times audacious, and untir-
tngly energetic. Your nature is in.
herenty intuitive, and you possess
considerable latent talent If you are
not the success that you have had
reason to anticipate. it is because of
the fact that you have directed your
energies in the wrong channels. 1t
would be wise of you to take a mental
inventory Of yourself and then dispose
Of your stock in trade in the most
| suitable market. Much depends in
this life on a persons ability to utilize
his mental wares to the best adyan.
tage.
You love with deep concentration
| that Is whole-souled and resent with
bitterness any interference with your
indiyidualism. It Is necessary that
you acquire the virtue Of self.restraint.
| not allowing your passions to get be-
| yond control, as, without poise and
| elaboration, you are apt to bring dis.
| aster, not only on yourself, but on
others.
Well known persons born on that
date are: Christopher (KiU Carson;
pioneer and soldier; William T. Por.
| ter c'Yorks Tall SOM, journalist:
Henry Russell, song composer; vii.
liam Frederick Poole, librarian; John
r. Tucker. jurist and statesman of
Virginia; Samuel p. Duff1eld, physician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
THIN ICE: By Hazel Dayo Bachelor

haven't made any plans, but I know
that ii / stay in Mr.. Peters office or
any other, for that matter, I'll never
be able to climb out Of my rut. Don't
you see, Madeline, that I'm not like
you? I'm not sensible and practical,
and even tempered. ! thrive on ea:
citement. j need to be stimulated.
What kind of an existence have we
led for the last year: Eating at home
because it's too expensive TO go to
restaurants, going to the movies and
coming home to bed at $50, washing
clothes because the laundries charge
so much, and never having any really
nice gowns-just sensible n1akeshifts.
What men do we meet, what chances
have we to marry well? Of course,
there's Dorothy King, but how often
does anything like that happen? The
men We meet are. for the most part,
clerks who are making only a little
more than we ourselves. Do you sup
pose I'd marry a man like that? Dc
You suppose / want TO go from bad
to worse? Do you think | intend TO
lose my looks keeping a little fiat for
some man who speaks Of me 10 his
friends as the little woman? | hate
mediocrity, l hate commonplaceness
l intend to marry a man with power
man who can give me the things !
want. You wait and see.''
lCopyright. 1920
Continued in tomorroW'S STAR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
SUB ROSA
ny MIMI.
ny MINI.
Making Sure Both Ways.

The instant a girl makes the an
nouncement to her friends that she's
seriously in love with a man. that she
honestly wants to marry him. she's
greeted on every side with the warn.
ing: "Oh. my dear, be careful. You've
known him such a short time. Are
you sure you love him? Are you sure
1t isn't just infatuation," etc.
She hears this on the average OF
seven times per diem, and she gets
pretty fed up with 1t; also, II she's a
sensitive person, she takes it very
much to heart, and asks herself a
thousand times: Am I sure? Do /
really love him?"
But now, why in the world don't
the wiseacreS make the same fuss
when a maiden decides to break off
with the erstwhile sweetheart? why
don't some kind souls whisper in her
ear: BE wary. Don't take q false
step. Are you sure you can get along
without him? Isn't your breaking OH
rather the result of a slight misunder-
standing? Aren't you perhaps over
obsessed with the idea of popularity.
other beaux for the sake of one man!
Make sure before you tell him it's
all over
So many girls lightly throw over
their faithful SWANS, and spend a
long time regretting the action.
Just because nobody'S warned them
that they're taking a serious step,
they give a careless shrug, write the
old time beau a brief note, and look
about for new conquests.
They figure complacently that II
they find they really love the cast-on
they can easily call him back again
when the need arises.
That's where they're often wrong.
The man who's been given the air
once learns to be cautious-learns TO
think twice before falling again.
If you tell a man suddenly that you
no longer care for him, and that he
may az well abandon all plans for the
rose-covered cottage with you In the
supper, he'll probably have a bad time
getting over the news.
And once he's on his feet again he's
a wiser, warier. more hard-to-get man
than you suspect.
Thus. when, one fine day, you de-
eide that you've made a big mistake,
that the old love Is the best bet after
all, and you write a friendly. charming
little come back note, don't think he'll
rush for you with outstretched arms.
Not II he's a usual sort of person,
l.
ing, II he comes at all. And If he
finally gives in and returns 10 you,
he'll come back with a great many IL
lusions shattered, with suspicious
eye on you continually-and with a
casual look over his shoulder all the
time, just to see if there's anything
better in the line of girls who might
please his fancy more.
Once you've thrown a man over
you've spoiled something that's hard
to recapture.
So if you're about to write dis
missal to the old boy friend-just for
the sake Of seeing how he takes it
put the idea out of your head.
Don't get the idea that the only i'm
portant question to ask yourself Is
Am I sure I want to marry him?'
Am I sure 1 don't want to marry
him?" should be answered just as
seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
BY NEYSA McMEIN.
Lucky Days.

All superstitions. I suppose. must
at some time have had a basis 81
fact. One OF the curious beliefs that
still persist is that Friday, the 18th.
is an unlucky day. According 10
numerology any one born on the End.
4th, sth. 18th. 18th, 18th, goth, 22nd,
the 18th q very good day for him
even Friday. the 18th. 1t should be
a propitiouS day on which to starr
journeys, sign papers, or begin any
business venture.
AS I explained the three Concords
the other day, If your birthday falls
on any of these dates, you are in
the Fire Concord and the good months
for you are February, April, August
and November or, in other words,
the second fourth, eighth and eleventh
months of the year. The real devotees
Of numerology always plan their ar
fairs. as far as 1t is within their power,
SO that important business appoint
ments are made on their own days.
Like every other cult, I suppose
the thing can be carried too far. One
very nice woman ! know bedeviled
her husband until he consented to
move from the charming apartment,
they were living in just because the
street address failed to figure out prop
erly according to her ideas OF nuner
ology. However, some exceedingly
nice and quite unexpected things hap.
pened as soon as they got settled in
their new home, and you can explain
that any way YOU wish.