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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
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know that the money ! have earned
would be used for the education Of
your oldest son. am sure if you
conclude TO let me have the pearls,
their ill-tated jinX will be broken.
IL the first place, You will allow me
to possess the most gorgeous jewels
of any actress in pictures today.
Think what that will mean to my
publicity agent.
You will have given me a chance
to believe that | am concerned in the
welfare of your oldest son Of whom
| am an admirer only second to your
self. You will have allowed Mr..
Whitney to give an enormous sum
TO the phiianthropic hospital with
which he is concerned.
am sure YOU will never regret it
Since have been in Pittsburgh
have seen a great deal Of your chill
dren, my dear Mrs. Prescott, with
the consent of your husband and
your nurse, who>showed me letter
from YOU saying that | could see
them whenever ] pleased, and
want to thank YOU for giving me
perhaps the greatest JOY of all my
life. for the time spent in their quic;
playroom. listening 10 the rhaps odies
&C lit-'s Lack about his "heautiful
mover" has brought both JOY an,
grief to me.
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TOMORROW: This letter contin
ned
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First Quarter Of Century Passed

u,;,l,i, , fow ,l,,a rb, twentieth century will D"
o,,o-c,,rtor ended
c,no,,o,r ,h ,l,oYpi, J.. DliIr ~uhvriug We live
r,r ,,,o s,y.,ug,. .l,4i.,n that il viii always h"
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IN n,a,s,n, mr. 1,,orcd ur0rossion they slowly draw
,bi u,-,n.d,,c rontnry Of ours through its youth
toward m,nboo1 ana old or, Hv. and hvr III"
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inc, u,horo h.c ,hiy ,.rtnr, taken uy Tins rlrr
von ,vhor fine ,wrnijeil century dawncd tn"
u,or1d uoo ,t ,cacc Armed conflict between th,.
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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
Good Suggestion
(Ward County independent

Ward County independently
Governor Sorlies suggestion that some method be
used for redepostng surplus funds of the Bank of
North Dakota in state banks Seems sound With a
surplus now Of some eight millions, the manage
m"nt is looking with favor upon plan whereby
this money can serve need in North Dakota rather
than in eastern money centers
# care is taken in placing this surplus the money
situation can be eased in certain centers without
peril to state funds Careful management is neces-
sary c. A. Green, manager is right in opposing
any effort on the part Of politicians others to use
the reserves OF the Bank of North Dakota bolster
up weak banks. Only strong banking institutions
carefully managed should be used as state deposi
tares The Industrial Commission working har-
mononsly with the bankers should devise safe
pan
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seen any night in company with q
pink-faced cavalier.
Perhaps it's just q matter Of get
ting used to it. And so ] give little
heed when ! see the fat-pouched old
baldheads dancing around with gol-
den-locked cuties Of 10 or 40.
But it is always with a shock that
] observe an ancient dame, fresh
from the beauty parlor, but still be-
traying every year of her age in the
tell-tale lines of the face and the
shrunken figure, trying to step
around the dance floor of a night
club with a lad young enough to be
her grandson.
The one have in mind not only
was spread with "warpaint' but
dangled baubles from arms, fingers
throat and ears.
A rare case, you say. Not at all!
Dear old grandma is having a last
fling as surely as any sugar daddy.
Somebody once raised the question:
Where do chorus girls go in sum-
, mer?
Many answers were volunteered,
but | can give three volumes of proof
that the Broadway bellies are not al
ways the wicked ladies that the
/ movies and story books would have
US believe.
For instance: Marie Jensen, who
was in the "Mayflower" chorus, has
just gone back to resume her studies
at the University of Iowa. 1t seems
i that she had joined the chorus mere
| ly to get thesis on stage psychol-
i ogy. But, then, she may come back
, And May Clark, of Gay Paree,'
became homesick and went to see
her mother in Atlantic City. Having
| bobbed her hair since last she visited
! home she faced the same family
, scene as any other girl. Nellie Rob
crts Of the "Vanities" goes TO dra-
matte school after show hours and
| studies to be an actress. Mary
O'Rourkc, who appears at the Silver
| Slipper, takes vocal and acrobatic
: lessons off stage in order to achieve
musical comedy heights, etc., etc
Oh, yes, some of them step out with
, sugar daddies, but the great white
way is filled with girls hungry for
home and struggling for bigger
, places in the spotlights.
GILBERT SWAN.
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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
LETTER FROM PAULA PERIER
TO LESLIE PRESCOTT

Ny dear Leslie Prescott
hope YOU will pardon my intrud-
ing upon your visi. with Your friend
Mrs. Burke. but YOU have heard.
! doubtless, from either Mr.. Prescott
or Mr.. Whitney, that |. hearing by
accident from your mother that YOU
might be persuaded TO dispose Of
your gorgeous pearls. would like
much to buy the two longes: strings
of matched jewels, the bracelet with
/ the diamond clasp and the large sim
gle pearl ring.
, | am prepared 10 pay 100000 Cor
them. OF course. | know tina: they
, are worth much more bu: Mr. Whit
, ney thought perhaps YOU might sell
them for that price, particularly as
| he would like 10 buy the remainder
of the Jewels ana give them to some
charity.
To offer you price Cor these
! jewels may seem very prcsunlptuous
| TO YOU who are not in the least need
| Of money and, although | hope tina,
you would not misjudge IN the least
any suggestions | might make, sure
| ly | may be allowed to say | was
very glad when Mr.. Whitney told me
he had suggested to YOU that YOU
could create trust fund with the
: money for your two boys.
! You cannot conceive, dear Ma
dame Leslie, how l would like to
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
THIRD OF WORLD is
HARD OF HEARING

are much too serious for any treat
ment except that which you can OBJ
tain from the best specialist.
Sound medical advice on the relief
of ear troubles is not to be obtained
from the advertisements of ear drops
or from those whom sell these
advertised preparations.
Children occasionally place buttons
or similar objects in the ear. If
these lie near the outlet they can
sometimes be removed without the
aid of physician, but you should
remember that the drum of the ear
which is extremely delicate and
means so much to the child in the
future, is only short distance in.
side and that any effort of this kind
made by the unskillcd should be very
gentle, indeed.
Sometimes an insect crawls into
the ear. In such cases the actual
physical danger is less than the
mental, horror for the insect soon
dies. A little sweet oil dropped into
the ear may cause the insect TO
come out, but here again you should
exercise caution. If an object gets
into the ear it is sometimes more
dangerous to try TO remove il than
w IelNt IT. ulllI can
be consulted. No one other than q
surgeon should ever attempt to re-
move an object from the ear by in
serting an instrument.
Another source Of ear trouble is
sometimes an undue accretion Of ear
wax. Sometimes cold weather, the
entrance of cold water into the ear
causes the ear wax to harden. Far
wax is a necessary secretion found
in the healthy ear and is not an
abnormal condition.
Under ordinary conditions wax
does not accumulate unduly. The
glands produce 4 quantity Of wax
just sufficient to protect the inner
ear from dirt and dust. Parents who
are scrupulously clean may be over
jealous in the matter of scraping
every particle of ear wax from their
children's ears. 1t is easy to start
an irritation in the ear that will
produce an increased secretion of ear
wax as well as other ear troubles.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
4 Word 10 Chester

These are stormy days in the stores Chester, 50
stay close to Mama's side Aunt Emma your own
Aunt Emma, some other little Chester's Aunt
Emma, Is downtown ana you may run across her
Sh" is risking her bridgcwork and all to sail the
uncharted seas Of Christmas shopping and Chester
don't you be rock in her course.
lon may see Grandpa downtown, too, Chester
or Uncle Ralph If not your Grandpa or your Uncle
ltIph. some other little Chesters GRANDPA or Uncle
talpa. Stay close to Mamas side and don't upse.
Grandpa, because Grandpa isn't as young as he used
10 be and he breaks easily. Your Uncle Ralph
doesn't break so easily, but if you step on his foot.
the one with the bunion it, your Uncle Ralph
may forget that this is really and truly the Christ
mas season and that old Santa Claus is really com
ing.
Watch your step, Chester, and Aunt Emma you
watch yours, too, and that goes for Grandpa and
Uncle Ralph
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
ADVENTURES
qMe TWINS
by OLIVE pOBPpTs RApToE

Nancy and Nick listened careful
| ~ while poor sick Santa Claus told
| them his troubles.
There he was. laid up in ped with
chil!s and fever and sore throat and
Christmas just a few days away.
Perhaps when you hear a fe"' Of
his troubles, my dears, you will be
as sorry for HIM as the iwIns wele.
| "To begin WITH" said Santa Claus
1.-TWO Of my reindeer are missing,
| Comet and Cupid took it into tnelr
! heads 20 run off when the toy-mak-
| erS second assistant was taking
them to the blacksmith's to be sharp
! shod.''
"sharp-shod." exclaimed Nick.
"W hat is that, sir?'
That means that they have to
have a special kind Of deer-shoe made
20 keep them from slipping on the
ice" said Santa Claus. "You have
no idea how slippery some of the
| roofs arc!'
Here Mrs. Santa Claus came in with
glass OF not lemonade which she
made Santa stop and drink, and then
! she put some oil on a cloth and
wrapped the cloth around his neck,
and then she put two hotwater bot
! ties at his feet.
In about two minutes poor Santa
| looked like a nicely boiled lobster.
| Suddenly the bed-clothes started to
heave violently. and the Twins dis
covered that the earthquake. or
| should say, bed-quake, or quilt
quake, was caused by the little man
laughing. Santa Claus was laughing
fit to kill.
"rll be either dead of cured by
/ Christmas" he chuckled. "Mrs.
Claus says there is nothing like boil
ing out cold. But there! This isn't
catching those two rascally reindeer
so it isn't
"Do you think we could go after
them - offered Nick.
"Sure l do" said Santa positively.
They can't be so very far away
And those two big geese know every
nook and corner of this whole coun-
try. Inch o. Pie, the elf who brough,
you heve could go with you. But
have a suspicion you'll have to 60
south to get them"
South" repeated Nancy. "Why
do you think they went south, Santa
/ Claus -
Santa Claus chuckled again. "Jus,
7 one Of my jokes" he said. Every
way is south from here. If you &c
out Of the front door you 20 south
and If you go out the back door you
20 south, and if you go out either OF
the side doors you 20 south. We arc
on tho tippermost top Of the world
"Sure, we'll hunt for the los,
! reindeer. Santa Claus!" cried Nick
"Come on, Nan, well get Inch o
Pie ard tn" two reese and we'll find
them in hurry"
were leaving. 81 have hunrh.
Listen" said Santa Claus AS they
think they have gone to look fol
lemmihgs"
"Lemminps!' cried the Twins
what are they?"
"Oh, ho!" said Santa Claus Don,
Jon know what Jennings are?
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
News From the
State University

The fourth annual "Who's Who" at
the State University, to he featured
in the 1927 Dacotan, will be select
ed this year by a faculty committee
of three, according to Miss Karleen
Home and James Fuller, who are edit
ing that section Of the 1927 year
book.
During the past three years the
University students have chosen the
fifteen campus leaders to comprise
the who's Who" by ballot. While
the students will vote their choice
by ballot for this years celebrities
in the junior and senior class. the
faculty committees action will be
final and does not have to agree with
the vote Of the student body.
reference books are by no means
the only type Of book students seek
at the State University library, ac-
cording to Miss Christian Dick, act
ing librarian. Nearly every student
has hobby, says Miss Dick, and calls
for books on numerous and widely
varied subjects.
Some students are interested in
books Of u sociological nature; 9TH
ers are fond Of books on English
literature; books of travel are es-
pecially popular. Fiction is read to
great extent but the general pre-
ference is for magazines. Univer-
sity students prefer magazine stories
to books because magazine stories
are shorter and can be more quickly
read.
The magazine room of the library
is poular place on Sunday after
Moons, when the library is open from
2:00 to $500 o'clock, Miss Dick states.
A large number of students go there
regularly to spend quiet afternoon
reading their favorite magazine or
following up continued story which
has interested them.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
Noble Mr.. Lemke
Grand Forks Herald)

Mr. Lemke tells the world that he is mot con
cerhed with puny personal ambitions but with
principles involving the welfare Of humanity" Tha,
is right handsome Of William There are those who
nave accused him of being actuated by selfish ambi
ton, OF having an eye the main chance 1t is
pleasant to know that this is all wrong and to find
that Mr.. Lemke has the true Christmas spirit
It's greatly to his credit,
And he himself has said it,
That he is friend of man.
For he might have had ambitions
Like the lesser politicians:
But in spite of all temptations
10 indulge in such firta,ons
lie remains friend OF man
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
The Only Remedy

Detroit is going to spend hundred millions on
widening streets to make room for the traffic in
Delrolts chlet product Some of the streets will
be over two hundred feet wide. And then thew will
not be wide enough for the cars, though they are
much too wide for the pedestrians who try to cross
\hem.
is nhere any onestory remedy in our many STORED
ptles? We do not make office buildings a mile
puarc We make them, instead, thirty stores high
)e have even made two and three storied streets
the traffic that goes on rails
Put for the individual traffic, whether on foot or
+. RUBBER tires, we cling to the old way forcing
|estrians to ind their ways through the most
gerous class of vehicular traffic, and increasing
danger of that traffic to its drivers and passen-
also.
le only final remedy, unless we are. to seek the
more radical one OF abolishing congested cities
districts entirely will be in multiple story
(. s.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
What's Needed

Berlin dispatches tell of an ideal ma arrage com
pact" which has been devised there 1t sets forth
long list of rules telling what the husband and
wife agree to 80 and not to do
And the inspired dot who drew the rules up de
cares tina, this compact will forever prevent d.
VOrcc.
He might have saved his effort. II doesn't take
much to make a happy marriage. Just love, tact,
kldliness and an earnest desire to make a go Of it..
That recipe can't fail.
OF course, if you're the Kind of person who rX-
poets b" able stay in love by formula
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you don't mean lemons, do you?'
asked Nancy.
AT this Santa Claus laughed 50
hard that he nearly rolled out of bed,
and Mrs. Claus rushed into the room
10 see what could have happened.
"Lcmons! Dear me, no." SAID San
Ia Claus when he finally got his
breath. ''Lemmings are littlc things
like mice. They come in great
swarms by the million and no one
knows exactly where they do come
from. Sometimes there wont be any
for five years, then back they come
again"
81 thought reindeer lived on green
stuff" SAID Nick.
$50 they do,' said Santa Claus.
"All except the Jennings. They
like lemmings better than you do
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23
ChOre BOv Drives His Auto Now

IT is unbelievable. the standard Of living this
country has attained. Your chOrc boy probably
has an automobile il fourth hand Ford, mostly
junk. which he bought for s. down and $lJ still to
pay a traveller, route from Frisco to Seattle,
recently passed the train a log bin They still
iavc a few such things in the Oregon woods But
there Il small autOmObil" parked outside. II
cost less than n horse, and more useful.
Bat that Htl" car, almost anywhere else in
the world, would De Il rich mans luXury
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23

New York. Dec. 23.-Thc "big but
ter and egg man. has long since
found his place on the map and in
the dictionary.
But not one-half enough has been
said about his feminine prototype
the big insurance widow" or the
big tea and pastry woman, OF
whatever name you wish to give her
For every butter and egg man
that backs a pretty chlorine IN a
New York show there are "ten big
insurance widows" that back the
dozen and one little "art ventures
Of which New York is so full. Check
ing over Il list of the bankrolls that
keen alive the very "arty' publica.
tions, and exhibitions and little the.
ater movements l note that 70 pei
cent of the donors are women.
There are any number of young
men who know this list far better
than | and who draw upon it fol
any number of fine sounding ven
lures that afford excellent incomes
as long as they last.
Among my acquaintances are two
young men, both in their early thir.
ties who. to my knowledge, have for.
gotten the meaning of the WORD
| work" Having little else TO do but
browse about at teas and other
gatherings these young men have
| achieved Il wide acquaintance among
"peorle Of Importance" in the world
Of writers and artists. The "insur
ance widows" are quite willing tt
pay well to be taken into this circle
of .lions." SO why should bright
young man work.?
Nor is the modern game Of "cradlt
snatching" limited entirely to fat
bankrolls from the cloak -and-suit
| belt.
More than one grandma is to be
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23

An oyster can lay 60,000,OO0 eggs,
but hen can't, so there is no use
in the hens worrying about it.
Food experts say people should eat
less. They will, unless something
happens to present prices.
Stag from steel mills is being used
in making cement now. We don't
know how bakery pies are made.
In Brazil there are fish which bark
like dogs which might Ike to be
chasing catfish.
We doubt if all the radio static is
due to the weather. Some of it must
be in the orchestras.
Christmas could be worse. Mail
ing early is fine, but suppose they
mailed the bills early?
Some stenographers haven't much
more sense than their bosses.
Even if the packers do report
hog shortage you needn't try to
make one out of yourself.
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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23

candy. And they'll eat all they car
hold"
ooh do, please. don't TALK Mister
Claus begged Mrs. Claus.
At this the Twins ran off to look
for the lost reindeer.
Ito Be COntinued)
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. THOUGHT

A prudent man fOreseeth the evil,
and hideth himself: but the simple
pass on. and are punished
We accomplish more by prudence
than by force.-Tacitps.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23

Dogs eyes are round while foxes
are eliptical.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-23

TOMORROW: This letter cOntin
ued.
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Some stenographers haven't much
more sense than their bosses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-21
Won Prize Through
Unusual Circumstance

Capt. G. 2. Edie, WASHINGTON n
c., retired L s. Navy officer, ha.
bronze plaque and his daughter nos.
sesses an unusually fine jewel case
because of mo parking" sign and
an obdurate traffic policeman an.
countered at Torquet, France. wbers
until just recently, Capt. Edie was .
visitor. Usmlly such a combination
results in summons to court.
Tired and hungry, Capt. Eide mil.
ed up at his hotel, The Hermita %
at Torquet, after a 180-mile drive
through the rain over muddy roads
from Fontahebleau. mo Parkinc"
signs faced aim and the traffic on
Ger told him he could not park he.
cause there was a "Concours d'Ele-
gance- Automobiles, an automobiIe
beauty show
Capt. Edie insisted he must mark
and eat. In order to do so he finally
entered his car. a Packard eight
touring car, in the show. The Amer.
ican-built automobile was drawn I'M
in long row of beautifully groomed
and polished French, British, Span.
ish and Italian cars, travel stained
as it was.
Members # the judges committee
examined al the cars carefully, lis.
tened to the motors run, watched
the contestants parade them past
and after half hour of deliberation
called out tie number ''trente-neuf".
Capt. Edie's number. First prixe
was the jewel case and the bronze
plaque.
Automobile beauty shows have
been almost a fad in Europe and
Packard eight cars have been win
ners at a number of the biggest
shows.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-21

Pessimism is that form Of
restricted mental vision that
causes men to anticipate all the
accidents Of, by and to car that
do not happen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-21
THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS:

Pick out a repairer who is as much
Of a motorist as you are. Don't be
satisfied with a chap who spends all
his spare time drivin' an easy chair
by the fireplace.
I get my best ideas from weekend
trips. ! see troubles as the car own
er sees them, and it helps me get at
causes. When you get that far
you've practically remedied them.
A man doesn't necessarily have to
own a car and use it lot to be 4
good repairer but he's likely to be
better repairer if he has the owner
slant. When the customer comes in
with a complaint about some strange
noise in the clutch, for instance, he
knows just exactly what the motorist
is talking about. The mechanic had
the same trouble himself a few days
before.
Too many mechanics are repairin'
today's cars in yesterdays way.
What little motorin' they do is done
in some used car of long standin'.
They are familiar with a different
brand of trouble than the man with
the latest model knows.
A repairer can't be expected to buy
a new car every few months in order
to keep posted on the new things and
the new troubles, but at least he can
try to drive the new cars whenever
possible and keep up to date as much
as he can. 1 mean, the car owner
ought to see that the man he assigns
his important work to is familiar
with the trouble that creates the
work.
I always try to take rides in my
customers car, even to drivin' their
cars whenever possible. Sometimes
1 can discover trouble that they
don't know is creepin' on 'em, and
at least I'm in a better position to
work on the troubles they already
know thew have