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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-04
NJ! i E
Of the TWINS
bY OLIVE pOBERTS BARTON

"Who will do the next act? ask
ed Old King Cole. "lf we arc going
to have a stunt party everybody Will
have to do sOmeth!ng.'
81 will" said Captain Kidd, the
pirate, in a loud strong voice. 81
came to High links Land to have a
good time and am going to have It.
| shall dance Fishers Hornp;pa ii
the music will please be so k'nl as
to play
At that Old King Coles Three Fid-
dlers began to tune up, also the Hi
Diddle Diddle Cat and the Pied Piper
and Little Boy Blue. Then the Three
Men-in-a-Tub turned their tub upside
down for drum and the LittIe-Dog-
That Laughed got his dish and spoon
which when beaten together made
wonderful music. SO there was quite
an orchestra.
"Commence," said Old King Cole.
SO the orchestra went:
TIE dunn, te dunn, tie dunn, te dunn!
TIE dunn, tie dunn, te dunn, tie dun!
TIE dunn, tie dun, tie dunn, te dunn!
TIE dunn. te dunn, te dim. te dunn!
And Captain Kidd danced the Fish
er's Hornpipc. ,,
"How do you like that Mister
Corn Dodger asked the Twins. 81
call that a real stunt, so | do
ITS beautiful" said Nancy.
"l'd like to be a pirate when |
grow up" said Nick. EITHER a pi-
rate or drive a bus
There! That's Overt" said Old
King Cole. There cheers for Cap
tain Kidd"
There were three rousing cheers
led by the Clown.
When everything was quiet, Old
King Cole said, "Who will do the
next stunt?"
81 will" said the Ten O'Clock
Scholar. 81 can make up piece to
speak"
every wcll!" said Old King Cole
"Please do" And he knocked his
pipe on his bowl for order.
SO the Ten O'Clock Scholar made
deep bow and said:
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LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES.
COTT TO THE LITTLE MAR
CIISE, care THE SECRET

Have YOU missed ne, dear little
secret cOntidant? | have missed
you very, very much. Being abb to
talk to you means so much to me.
for although you never answer, you
are a most discreet and sympathetic
listener and always feel much com
fortcd after have poured olt my
whole soul to YOU.
First of all, | am going 10 give the
usual excuse for not writing to some
one for a long time, but in my case
it is true. | have been so busy lately
that really have had no time to
send you the letter | wanted to send
and any other kind would be per-
fectly futile.
Secondly. really have been afraid
that johns mother would find the
whereabouts of our secret drawer.
Two or three times lately | have
come home to find her sitting at this
lovely old, desk where | always write
my letters to YOU which makes me
feel so much nearer, so much more
sympathetic.
When have found Mrs. Prescott;
seated here, she has made the excuse
that she had come to my sitting room
to see me about something quite i'm
portant and not finding me here had
decided to write a letter while wait
ing for me.
OF course, Little Marquise, | knew
this was all HOnsense especially as
found the papers in one Of my draw
ers in confusion as though she had
hurried to put them back when she
heard my step in the hall. am
satisfied she is still looking for the
secret drawer in this desk and I am
afraid that some day she will find it.
| expect to go over to Ruth
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CAPITOL TALK
NAMES M'CUMBER
AS POSSIBILITY

The Washington correspondent Of
the st. Paul Dispatch has the follow
ing dispatch touching the North Da-
kota senatorial situations:
PORTER J. McCumber, former Sena-
tor and now "a member of the Inter
nation joint commission and
practicing lawyer in Washington,
may be the regular Republican can
didate for Senatorial nomination at
the North Dakota primary election
in June. according to gossip at the
Capitol Wednesday.
Interest in the North Dakota
Senatorial situation was revived here
by the announcement of Governor A.
G. Sorlie that the state will have
only one Senator until the next reg
ular election.
with the choice of Senator put
over until the regular election next
year, the regulars are laying plans
to elect an Administration man, one
who will support President Coolidge,
not oppose everything he recon-
mends. In an effort to agree on
candidate they will hold statewide
conference early in the new year, it
is said.
1.-THE expectation is that SOY many
names will be considered that there
is a probability of a deadlock. And
here is where Mr.. McCumber's name
is expected to be put forward as
compromise.
Former Governor Hanna, also men,
toned, was President Coolidge's cam
paign manager in North Dakota last
year. He stands we'll with the Ad-
ministration.
at would be entirely Satisfactory
to the White House for him to come
to the Senate. OF course, neither
the President nor his friends will
make any outward move in behalf
of Hanna. The fact that the former
governor is banker and a wealthy
, man, some think, makes his selec-
ton by the conference unlikely.
Conditions have so changed in
North Dakota, it is said, that Nc
Cumbcr or any other prominent reg
ular who was not overly bitter
against the Non partisan league in
the past would have an excellent
chance of success"
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The High Cost of Living
louisville Times)

In Paris the Street Reggars' union has notified
the givers of aims that owing to the high cost OF
living donations Of less than cents will not be
is not needed the beggars will go on "a hunger
strike may quit begging
No doubt the beggars' union advances good atsu-
ments for an increase in the amount of gifts Pen
MES in France not worth much in these DAYS
OF depreciation Of values in currency in Europe.
Takings in pennies would not justify the invest
ment that the beggar makes in time and in equip
men and in sacrifice for the sake of the art that is
so large factor in the development of successful
begging.
In some countries, where East is East, Begging
pair of sore eyes, or cancerous face, or perhaps
twisted leg. But in Paris, where costs of living
are relative high and competition is keen, beggary
Is almost In tho list Of the fine arts TIE beggar
must be linguist, an acrobat, an actor diplomat
and he 'mlst have picturesque rather than hideous
deformities Paris is sensitive 1t does not like the
hdeous except in paintings and in statuary The
repulslve beggar is soon starved out. He is what
you might call 'pauper labor and is unwelcome
among skilled workmen
1t may be- Of course that the beggars OF Paris
are envious of the takings by their professional
brethren in New York and in some other cities in
America. They may have heard OF the legless ma.
who begged by day Fifth avenue and lived the
gilded life of the Great White Way by night. In
that case, perhaps, the scent minimum may be I;
| feeler. Dollar gifts are required for beggary az
) luxe.
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Governor Doing Right
(Steelc OZOnC)

tStoec OZOnc)
A recent Forum issue rather takes Governor
Sorlie to task for failing to fill the senatorial va
cancy, either by appointment by special election
Seems to us that some time ago the Forum approved
the policy OF the governor in not putting the state to
Il special election cost, and did not insist APP
pointment for the brief term We fail to athOm the
secret of this change. Did the Forum influences
have a desire to some in the seat for few
months merely to give him the honor and salary?
Scarcely would Mr. Hanna wish to enter the race for
the short term, we think, but he is the man who
should be the choice of the Independents in ans
To run any even elect another for the va
cancy would be poor business and poor politics. AMI
believe the general thought OF the people is to
allow the vacancy to stand We do very well
with one senator for that time
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new W)Qlk

New York, Nov i.-Pure, unadul-
teratcd art can not withstand the
faint Of commercia!ism on Broadway
for long.
Only few weeks ago little darkies
would gather about the thcatcr lob
bies and entertain between acts and
after the show with quaint and fancy
steps of the Charleston. They seem
ed quite content to perform for the
reward of smiles and occasional
cheers. At times penny or two
would be tossed their way and their
dancing would be renewed with
vigor.
1t soon came to pass that pennies
grew into nickels and dimes and
when the shower ceased the dancing
ceased. Often theater gOers would
forego the second act to stand on the
street to watch the dmniut;ve
dancers.
And then a convention OF some
sort or other was held in town. Wine
flowed and hands became free. Dol
lar bills were tossed to the curb
stone entertainers. Charleston dane
ing became an industry. A collec-
ton of nickels and dimes would
bring only few steps Then bust
ness fell off. The little pickann-
MES decided that if those who watch
ed them would not shower them with
coins they would shower the watch
ers with stones.
The other night they gathered
across from one Of the theaters and
| peppered the departing crowd with
pebbles. AS the lovely Julia Hoyt
walked out, unaware even that there
| had been a Charleston entertain
| ment, she was struck on the ankle
with rock and could hardly hobble
| to her car.
This and other incidents brought
! about the end of the entertaining
urchhs of Times Square. The po-
lice chase them froom corner to cor
ner, and they have gone back to
shoe shining.
And the glory Of Broadway is a
fleeing thing. Arnold DAILY came
back to the Incandescent Boulevard
! this week-in second-class passage
paid for with borrowed money. | am
told. Arnold Daily was in his day
one Of the most popular and most
richly rewarded actors in town.
! And there is Bill Fallon. the young
attorney who promised to become one
of the greatest legal lights of the
country until he fell in with poor
company. Bill was great spender
and great good fellow. But when
he stood in court to defend himself
and to prevent being sent to Jail, he
stood alone.
He won his own case and became a
hero again. But he didn't go back ia
all the leeches who had chung to him
/ His way in the legal profession
became hard one and he was al
most forgotten by the public until
The was employed as counsel in the
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"The land is flat, the oceans deep,
Till nine o'clock | love to sleep,
Now | have done the best | can,
So | shall stop and-ard-and"
The Ten O'Clock Scholar stood on
one foot and then on the other, and
he put his hands in his pockets and
took them out again. And all the
time he got rcdder and redder
81 can't think Of the rest" he said
presently. 81 cant finish it,
"Then We'll help YOU" said Old
King Cole kindly. Can anyone
think of word to rhyme with
'can'?"
"Man," said Nick.
Fan" said Nancy.
Ran! Pan! Dan! Fan! Plan" call
ed dozen voices.
81 have it," said the Ten O'Clock
Scholar. 'I'll say it all over again.
SO he said:
"The land is flat, the oceans deep,
Till nine o'clock love to sleep,
Now | have done the best can,
Till grow up to be a man.
"Just fine!" said Mister Dodger.
81 think you will be poet and write
a book. Who will do the next stunt? ?"
81 know something" said the
Chimney Sweep. "What can go up
the chimney down or down the CHM
ney down, but cannot go up the
chimney up or down the chimney
up?' ~. ...
The people Of, High links Land
guessed for a quarter of an hour,
but no one had the answer.
"Give up?" said the Sweep. "Then
| shall tell you. It's an umbrella
(T0 Be COntinued.)
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
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A locomotive engineer dropped
dead the other day and the train
ran on distance afterwards ascer-
tanned to have been Is miles before
the fireman discovered what had hap
pened and took his place at the
throttle.
Nothing happened and no harm
was done, except to the dead engi-
neer. If the same thing had hap
pened to an automobile driver dis
aster would have followed in less
than second.
This illustrates a difference be-
tween the risks of automobile and
locomotive driving. And yet we will
not let a man drive a locomotive UNI
less hes is demonstrated to be much
more than an ordinary. man. He
must be exrerienced, skilled, tested,
intelligent, responsible and sober,
Anybody can get an automobile
license who has the price OF a sec.
ond hand car. Many drivers could
not qualify for a position as street
car motorman, to say nothing OF
locomotive engineer.
Few Of them drop dead at the
wheel though even that sometimes
happens. But many of them are
OeaO, cOnSenlCdlly, Ill Host "a s"S
qualifications of responsibility and
caution.
The wonder is that our streets are
as safe as they are.
| 1t is only a few years ago that
| rags furnished the raw material for
all the paper in existence.
Now the Bureau of Printing ana
Engraving is hard put to find enough
! rags to make paper Tor the amount
of paper money needed. What once
sufficed for books, newspapers and
correspondence. is now inadequate
for currency.
| Doubtless there are more words
of printed paper put out every day
now than there were in year when
our Constitution was adopted, or in
a century when much of the great
est literature in the world was pro-
duced.
"Of making many books there is
no end" wrote the Prophet, at
time when fewer books were pro-
duced in a century than are now
put out in New York in an hour.
We grind up whole forests for pa
per, and run out rivers of ink.
How much wiser are we?
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HEA1TH OFFICER NEED OF
EVERY COMMUNITY

SO per cent had full time health de-
partments. The remaining 4S per
cent either had no health depart
ment or had part time organizations
only.
Full time county health officers
are conspicuous by their absence.
The county health officer is the best.
return on an investment that a
county can make, yet in recent
publication the United States Public:
Health Service pointed out that in
the $3.50 counties in this country.
representing 5l,406,017 people, only
5.957,6l6 rural inhabitants were sun
porting full time health organiza-
tons.
In other words, over 80 per cent
of the people in our rural districts
are not protected with a full time
health service.
Great Help
To Children
The money for full time health
service comes from the general
fund; the general fund is derived
from revenues. principally taxation;
the people pay the taxes and have
voice in saying how the money
shall be spent.
Popular demand creates full time
health departments and this demand
popularizes clean, safe milk for
babies, better health care of chill
dren in school, the protection of
households from epidemic diseases,
the regulation Of the sale Of clean
TO cd stuffs and beverages, the safe
guarding of water supplies, the dis
tribution of vaccine and antitoxiu
and many other things which con-
tribute to better state of health
and consequently happier exist
ence.
If you have health department
as an integral part of your city or
county government. get better ac-
quainted with it. If you find that
it is only part time, think what you
would do and how you would act if
you only had a part time fire or po-
lice department and do as much to
strengthen the agency that protects
your life as you would in advocating
proper protection against fire and
robbery.
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Stand Is Justified
The Sentinel Butte Review

cine Sentnel Butte ReVleW)
Governor Sore is receiving both criticism and
praise from editorial writer's of the state for the
stand he is taking in regard the vacancy of one
Of the seats in the United States senate from North
Dakota, when he states that he will let the matte:
by default until the regular election next year
The road to appointment to fill the vacancy has
been practically barred a result of advces re-
ceived from the powers at Washington to the effect
that his appontee would be seated, and the gov
ernor considers the cost of special election out
OF proportion to the benefits to be derived from
filling the vacancy.
The cost of special election is variously esti
mated at from 100000 to 100000. North Dakota
can lose but little result of a vacant seat in
the senate for short period, and as the balance of
the term can be filled at the June primary, the
stand of the governor seems to have been well Sc
lected, considering the large sum of money which
can be saved in this manner.
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Editorial Comment
Decision Satisfactory
wells County Farmer)

wells County Farmer)
We doubt if North Dakota Will suffer much. II
any. from having but one senator in the United
States senate in the short session beginning III
December. While admit that Governor SorlieS
decision to make appointment to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Ladd is not strictly
"accoriing to Iloyle believe it is based upon
mature Judgment and will be hailed satisfactory
by great majority of North Dakota voters and tax
payers. The of Il special election would amount
to 500 900. and political campaign this time
could be expected to be bitter With primary and
general election in prospect for next year, we be
lieye it is wise to let the sleeping dogs sleep for
the time being--muc as would like to Il real
Republican represent North Dakota in the coming
session OF the United States senate.
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(Me&IA ~

! Burke's shortly, but you may be sure
that before | go, will take all the
letters to you from our secret hiding
place and put them in my safety
deposit box down at the bank.
One of the reasons | have been so
busy lately is that for the last two
weeks Jacks mother has been trying
TO run the children. She has sue
cceded in antagonizing Hanna and
almost made out little Jack a liar to
his father. | finally had to have my
husband tell Mrs. Prescott that she
could not stay here if she did not
stop il. OF course, she was awfully
hurt and insulted and after she had
given me a terrible tongue-las hing,
she resorted to her usual tactics OF
walking out of the room like :; tragi-
cal queen.
| wonder, Little Marquise, if after
grow old | will think that mere
years give me a superiority over all
young people. am sure that Jack 5
mother has never had the expert
cnces in life that j have and yet she
will not for one moment give me the
benefit of a doubt when it comes to
something to be decided between her
judgment and mine.
Only to you, Little Marquise, VIII
I make the terrible confession that
wish John were an orphan. You
know that he and l have had so
many little disagreements and now
that we are quite content it seems
too bad to have an old woman like
his mother make us all this trouble.
expect, however, that all mortals
have to have something to worry
them on this earth. If not, they
would be too happy and never reach
for heaven.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, IncD
TOMORROW Letter from Leslie
Prescott to the Little Marquise, care
The Secret Drawer.
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TONI
sSfk1S|
OaES

Civilization is coming right along.
You can buy almcs: any KIND OF TODD
in cans now.
All the world is "A stage. Act now.
Keep out Of trouble 1t is very dis
concerning to learn how few friends
you really have.
There are orchestras with only
four or five pieces, but they sound
as if they were tin.
One thing taught by experience is
that you cant always learn by eX-
perlence.
Absence from church was crime
in the seventeenth century. Now it
is merely custom.
If you feel badly just because you
are alone it is just because you arc
in bad company then.
The hardest thing about lying to
your friends is it makes you think
they are lying to you.
A man can smell with his nose,
but that's where woman shines.
The barber college must have a
course in convcrsatlo on.
Most of US have decided we are
going to pay the doctor biz we owe
If We ever get out Of debt.
1t is easy to decide what to do in
stead of work.
Bathing girl pictures should be
censored. Georgia boy robbed Il
man to get money to go to Florida.
Learning to argue is easy. All
you have to do is be from California
and meet a man from Florida.
All investments that sound good
arc not good sound investments.
What tickics Il man more than Il
new sui. of wooden underwear?
Keep your troubles to yourself;
and Others, thinking you have none,
will offer you theirs.
Copyright, 1928, NEA* Service, lnc.)
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BY DIR. HUGH S. CUMMING
Surgeon General, United States
puhlic Health Service

The full meaning Of good health,
or that state Of well-being when
makes life worth while, is rarely
ever adequately appreciated until
something deprives Us OF lt-acc'-
dent, injury, unav oidable causes or
what is more common, -preventaDle
disease.
Other conside ratons being equal.
disease, loss from fire or theft, and
crime are prone to develop in pro
portion to the number Of people Nv
ing in limited areas.
In cities with the continual inter
mingling of people in street cars
in stores, in schools and colleges,
theaters or moving picture houses,
and in offices, conditions are created
favorable to the spread Of contag-
ious disease. Housing probe ms con-
tribute to a large extent in foster.
ing tuberculosis, while milk and
such farm products as are consum-
ed raw may we'll be the medium of
reading the diseases of soil and
water pollution, of which typhoid
fever is notable example.
There does not seem 10 be, how
ever, the same feeling of concern
rega riding the saving of human life
as there is in means to protect prop
erty against fire and theft, perhaps
because the possibilities are not so
obvious and not so we'll understo cd
1t is often difficult to obtain suf-
ficient funds to maintain an ade-
quate full time health department
with full time health officer in
charge of the work.
1t is common to find, even in cities
Of 10000 and over, health depart
ments with a part time physician in
charge, who undertakes to admins.
ter the health department and en-
gage in general practice as we'll
two incompatible duties.
County Health
Officers Needed.
The United States Public Health
Service. requesting information from,
745 cities Of population Of 10000
and over. learned that only 394 or
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Fitting

A famous old Chicago saloon, padlocked at last
after 40 years of existence is to be reopened-but
a gospel mission
Really. no more fitting thing could happen to IT,
Despite all talk OF the cheer and good fellowship
and companionship that the saloon furnished it is
fact that every good old-time saloon needed some
sort of gospel mission to come along and clean IN
after it.
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BEHEADS ROBBERS

Tsinan, China.-Chinese police
men recently beheaded with their
swords three natives in front of a
jewelry shop which the men had
robbed of about 10000 yuans in cash
and goods. The executioners be-
lieved that the shopkeeper would be
Of revenge.
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could not have been put down in print for US be
fore he died. It would have made absorbing read
ing volumes OF it.
Our inland seas have their own romance, though
often fail to realize it. There is material for
endless thrillcrs in their lost history. Some day,
let us hope, some one will arise able to write them.
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love piracy suit brought against
Vida Bennett.
JAMES w. DEAN.
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Lost Romance

Captain Warrington Pritchard, one of the oldest
yesselmen on the Great Lakes, is dead at Fort Will
lam Ont, at the age of 100 years.
What pity that this mans wealth Of "reminiscences
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4! THOUGHT

Seek We the Lord while he may be
found, call ye upon him while he is
near.-Isaiah IS; 6.
Gods commandments are the iron
door into himself. To keep them
is to have it opened Samuel Duff
field,