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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

shall tell you something that
ahppened to the March Hare and the
Twins on their travels.
The first of April is over but that
doesn't matter. 1t isn't too late now,
and it happened anyway.
1t was the-day before they went
to see the Rubbish Man.
They were all going along just as
nice as pie, when somebody called
out, Just look at that rabbits tail!
It's all green.!"
Whats that!" cried the March
Hare sharply. II haven't any tail,
so how could it be green?"
April Fool!" cried the voice, but
who ever 1t was, the Twins could not
see SO much as the end of his nose.
Then they went on little further
and another voice cried out, Just
look at that little. girl. Her dress is
on backwards"
Nancy looked down in surprise.
"Lt is not!" she shouted GROSSLY.
"April Fool!" cried the voice mer-
rily.
But still no one was to be seen.
Then they went along little fur
Their, and still another voice called
out, "Say, little boy, you better
watchout. There's a big bear chas-
ing you"
"What?" cried Nick, looking back
in alarm.
But there was no bear, Of course.
april Fool!" laughed the voice.
But that's all there was to it.
Whoever had spoken had disap-
peared into nothing at all.
Suddenly the March Hare began to
wiggle his nose, which he always did
when he wanted to laugh.
81 know who it is" he said, cts
the April Fool himself. He's sly
rascal and no one ever saw him. He's
q fairy, but he always makes him
self invisible. And he can talk any
way he wants. He has a hundred
! voices"
| After that the April Fool didn't
fool them any more. They didnN
hear him again.
But the March Hare turned to the
Twins the next day after they had
left the Rubbish Mans house, ant
said, 1--WE been thinking, children
When it's April Fool Day it's sprinf
for good. l don't believe there i!
another thing we can do to get i
started. It's here and it's going t,
stay. The Umbrella Member and tn
AuxdX Gprdy Man and the Reg Ne!
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YOUR DUTY TO VOTE

In this issue The Tribune refrains from injecting any
issues into the campaign. 1t is not interested in
eleventh hour attacks Roolbacks carry little weight
with fair minded This newspaper started educa-
onal campaign city affairs almost year ago. AS the
time for election drew the articles became frequent
and vigorous but personalities have been seduousy avoided
They have no place in this campaign.
issue that confronts every citizen interested in good
is well defined and should be plain every voter
who has followed the arguments pro and
1t is the firm conviction of The Tribune that vote for
the ticket headed by Harry Thompson will result in de-
creased taxes equalization of taxation and better business
methods at the City Hall.
BUT DON'T FAIL TO VOTE.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT
TO LITTLE MAKQUISE, CARE
THE SECRET DRAWER
CONTJNjIED

AS it was, l entered the room a
little ahead of Jack and stepped over
to little Jacks bed. He lay with one
sturdy arm-from which the loose
sleeve of his pajamas had slipped
over his head.
! caught my breath, for his posi-
ton wa SO exactly like Jack when
he is asleep.
He is even more like you when
he is asleep than when he is awake"
l murmured.
God grant he grows up very diff
ferent from me-" answered Jack
fervently.
"Oh, | don't know, my friend, you
have really much to give your boy.
My father evidently thought you
were the best business man he knew
and heard you described the other
day as human dynamo, run by
personality plus"
John looked up from the bed over
which we were bending.
do friends flatter as sweetly as
you, my dear Leslie?" he asked with
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

his houses to the doors and brought
him back for curtain speeches.
But Otis Skinner was gallant
fighter. In the face Of debts and
encouragement he kept up brave
front, insisting upon good hotels for
his wife and whatever comforts he
could secure to make, says Otis Skin
ner, her life more bearable.
I'VE owed everybody" he says,
"from the barber to the scene shift
efs. But we were happy.
II rene mber day when l was re-
hearsing Hamlet to myself. Sudden
ly all my failures surged upon me
in wave OF despair, and l said to
my wife, Il am through. have
nothing to give them, and they don't
want me- 1t took her about Is min
utes to make me eat my words"
When their one child, Cornelia
Otis Skinner, was born five years
after their marriage, Mrs. Skinner
retired from the stage. She has re-
turned to it only once, to play a role
in 1.-THE Silent Voice." in 1915, for
which her husband could find no
other personality that pleased him.
During their daughters girlhood,
Mrs. Skinner maintained home at
the edge of the Bryn Mawr campus,
so that she might have the collegiate
setting for her schooldays. Her ed
ucation was completed in Paris.
Many of Cornelia SINNERS verses
have been published in magazines.
She was a member of her fathers
company in Blood and Sand"
Otis skinner has become one of
the great characters of the American
stage. But Mrs Skinner. he says, has
been the man behind the guns.
This title she denies. MY chief
importance she says. "has been in
keeping the home fires burning
which is the poetic way of saying
seeing that the furnace did not 60
out"
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In New York

New York, April 6. -See-sawing
up and down Broadway l saw Laura
Hope Crews, the actress lady, and
she tells me she's packing up to go
to the coast to play stock 20 weeks
this summer. Yet they say stage
folk have an easy time. ..... Saw
Gloria Swanson and her new hus-
band, the Marquis of something Or
other, and a handsome devil he is.
He would screen like a million dol
lars, as the saying is. saw jim
Barton who is now doing his black
face vaudeville without his black
face makeup and, methinks, he gains
new distinction as a funny man.. -.
Saw the new Albee Theater in
Brooklyn and certainly it is the most
gorgeous theater in the east. if not
in the entire country. Liked espec-
tally the many fine paintings and
tapestries in the lobby promenade
80. Saw Schumann-Heink and al
WAYS I think of her as just having
laid aside her apron and wiped the
soap suds off her hands =. Saw
Ruth St. Denis, slender as will
low, although think that a poor
smile, for willow is no slenderer
than other trees. Saw Lupino
Lane, the sadfaced comedian $3.50.
Saw Holbrook Blinn, the bad man
of the stage, looking like a good-na-
tured sport as he sailed along Broad
way. ..... Saw Rachmaninoff who
looks more like a broken down editor
than pianist. :. Saw Elsie Janis
whose face always reminds me of a
saucy sparrow's. -. Saw Herman
Gantvoort, the newest producer on
the stage line, in great good spirit
because of the success Of "HelPs
Bells" but even had his show been
flop / would have found him smil-
ing and planning for another.
Saw Eddie Bowling back among the
bright lights with sally, Irene and
Mary after many months on \the
road Saw George Arliss who has
one of the most interesting faces l
have ever seen. =. -.
Some men never outerow their
boyhood habits. The other day I
saw Basil Caparell, head of news
picture syndicate, picking up rub
Der bands on the street. He stuffed
them in his left hip pocket. I,asked
him why he did it. He pulled out a
double handful of rubber bands and
told me that he had begun to save
them when boy and that he al
ways has his pocket full, changing
them as he, changes his trousers.
Here's just another little story of
4 hidden genius finally beine brought
to light, no different than many
such stories here. Archie Sinclairs
PAINTINGS have been exhibited by the
Civic Club and leading artists are
taking keen interest in his work. He
came to New York three years ago
working his way from Portland
Ore, as stoker on ship. Since Their
he has painted floors by day and
, painted his canvasses by night. His
! home has been in an alley room.
"A M LANES w DEAN
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BY NEA Service
New York, April ct was the
green tlghts that did it. The green
tights, the faun-colored doublet and
the voice like Il golden bell.
Nothing was farther from Otis
SINNERS thoughts than falling in
stroled into the Garrick Theatre in
Rev York tor a rehearsal OF Mod
Jeska's Henry WILL"
Then all Of sudden, there she
was--ln the emerald tights and faun-
colored doublet Of page recltine
the words Of the prologue in rich
and thrilling con1ralto.
Modjeska herself and the girls
mother were listening in the wings.
When she finished, Otis Skinner
strobe up to ModiesEa.
Who is she? ?" he asked.
My latest protege, Maud, Durbin
of Denver" replied Madame
And the future Mrs. Otis Skin
ner" he thought.
For two years the two young pro
teges of Modjeska stutied with her
skinner playing male leads and Mis-
Durbin in juveniles.
Then Otis Skinner crossed the Ru-
bicon with his own company, opening
Sept. %, 1894, in Rockford, H., with
"a repertoire Of Shakespeare and 70
mantle drama.
Miss Durbin was with him, piar-
ing Juliet to his Romeo, Ophella 10
his Hamlet, and Mistress Hamilton
to his De GIammont.
"ln roles of sentiment and TO
mantle charm" says Mr.. Skinner
my wife has never been surpassed
| would rather hear her Juliet than
that of any actress playing 1T to
day"
Their romance progressed rapidly
that winter.
I'VE we're in love with each othel
in the beginning" says Mr.. Skinner
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for l was afraid that he might be
frightened before he recognized his
father. l need not have worried, for
little Jack, with that peculiar accep-
lance of children, recognized both Of
us Immediately. 4
"Hello daddy" he said.
"Hello old man. Wake up and give
me kiss"
The baby lips pursed themselves
up as a dewy kiss fingered there:
Jack bent down and hungrily pressed
his lips to those of his SON.
"Will you take Jackie and muFver
home with your
Il certainly will if mother will
come with u.s."
"Will you take Buddy, too?"
"Of course, we couldn't get along
without Buddy, could WEI"
"Come and see your other, son,
Jack" l interrupted.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
ON HEALTH---
CHILDREN MISUNDERSTOOD

Mrs. Jones had read two chapters
on social psychiatry when she came
to paragraph, stating that often
so-called bad children were not bad,
but misunderstood.
She had three children of her own.
OF course she would not admit to
herself that they really were bad,
but we'll she remembered how she
had worn out her clothes brushes
and blistered her hands in her sys-
tenn of correction. 49,
There was an actual feeling Of
guilt when she thought Of this.
Never would she for moment
agree that the old-fashioned Dunish-
ment Of the insane in asylums was
correct, or that it resulted in i'm
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
Editorial Review

Comments reproduced In this
column may or NAY not expre6A
the opinion Of The Tribune. Tn -
Are presented here In order that
our readers may have both Hides
Of important iSsues which are
being diAcUAseA IA the press Of
the Gay.
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and the Scissor Grinder and the RUIZ
bish Man are all working hard. TIE
Swimming Hole and the Bird Houses
and the Easter Bunny have all been
attended to, and if spring doesn't 50
along all right now, there is SONG
thing wrong.
IN say goodbye now until ,.eXt
March. There is one person | can
see on my way home and that's the
last. The Ice Cream Cone Man! Give
me the magic shoes and I'll leave
them at the Fairy Queens Palace as
go by. Thank you, my dears, and
again goodbye"
In an instant he was gone and the
Twins found themselves in their own
beloved meadow at home.
(To Be Continued.)
Copyright, 1925, ,NEA Service, In,.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
Air Travel To Make Changes In Life
By Chester II. ROwell

Almost night flying threatens to become as cheap
and almost motoring. Army experts figure
the cost of operating their present planes at from $4OO
$4,000 year. according to type.
This scarcely than the present automobile range
And great factories almost at the point of quantity pro-
ducon, which will reduce the purchase price did
automobiles.
From the tool of armies and of mail services the arpane
the point of becoming the convenience of everybody
What will be the social consequences of the flying age?
Nobody knows but the experiences of the electric and
then of the automobile give hints.
The electric began the standardization of American
cities 1t relieved abolished sums increased land values
and rents at the business center and in the outskirts
decreased them in the intermediate walking distance
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provement of the patients condi-
ton.
Neither did she agree that all pun
ishment for crime, as provided for in
the laws OF the land, was just, or
that the administration of the pun
ishment always removed the crimi-
nal tendency in the accused.
Some children habitually lie, she
thought. Some steal. Some run
away from home, and some have
such strong wills, stubbornness, it is
called. that control by parents is i'm
possible.
Are these children mentally sick?
A mother does not punish child if
the child is stricken with pneumonia
fever. Why punish because the mind
does not run along normal channels.
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husband could track in dirt for
them for almost nothing.
These thin stockings won't pro-
tect legs from sharp looks.
Tough steak may be made ten
der by letting the family wear it all
day as rubber heels.
We are seriously thinking of hav-
ing our house turned half way
around so the bill collectors can't
find the front door.
A successful amateur gardener is
one who is not disappointed until
after his seeds have come up.
Another one Of our reliable spring
style, tips is that scandals will be
worn to frazzle.
Copyright. 1926, NEA Service. Inc)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
STEEL

Right the steel industry operating at about 80
cent Of capacity Although this is little heavier than the
current consumption it is believed the output be main
tanned for and that the heavier seasonal consump
ton in the near will take of full production
This probably will upward trend in prices and
larger earnings for operatives.
with steel favorable the whole industrial outlook for
the United States optimistic Steel is the best barometer
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

In the little Metarie cemetery of
New Orleans, Otis Skinner asked
Maud Dulbi to be his wife.
They celebrated their betrothal
with a dinner at the little French
Cafe Louisiana.
On April p, 1895, they We're mar
ried.
Our wedding was the first per-
formed in the First Church of Christ
at Corning, n. Y, bright day in April.
Our assets were mainly rich hopes"
Then came the lean years, and
many Of them.
The Otis Skinner company was
presenting the cream of English
drama in creditable style. But the
public loves a name, and as yet he
had none.
For five vears his wife barnstorm-
ed with him, facing empty theaters,
short railroad jumps, complete indif
ference in towns that later packed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
IF THOMAS CARLYLE WAS
TO COME BACK

If Thomas. Carlyle could come
back, to put out new edition of his
clothes philosophy, the again re-
tailored Sartor Resartus might be-
come work of cynical ribaldry.
With young men lengthening their
tresses and wearing trousers so wide
as to be almost divided skirts, and
young women bobbing their hair and
wearing skirts SO 'scanty that they
have to he supplemented with panta-
let's, the sartorial distinction of the
sexes approaches the Siamese stand
ard.
And in Siam, you have to look
three times to tell man from a wo-
man, and then you don't know.
What profound spiritual symbolism
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
CHAPMANS END

With the dangling before his eyes, Gerald Chap
mans career is about to end sordid most criminal
do The press has devoted than the usual
allotted to the gun His presented many ang
les and the sharpness of his attack in the obs in
which he implicated arrested attention and put to the
test the best wits in the game of crime detection.
However spectacular their methods, however a yellow
press seeks to gorify their criminal instincts with
coined since the Loeb affair." the final end is the kind Of
retrbuon that usually meets the criminal who persists in
fitting with the law. 1t may not be but it is either
that confinement what may be worse liberty spoiled
by the ashing Of conscience and fear of detection.
Chapmans sentence is the best kind of crime deter
rent.
There are too few hangings.
Maudlin sentiment failed to make Jail delivery in this
instance at least.
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Then came the automobile, wild
ened the slack-water zone, moved the
suburbs further out. made park
boulevards of country roads. univers-
allied the vacation habit, de-ruralized
the villages, and extinguished the
chick" as human species. 1t built
skyscrapers and further raised values
in the business district. but now, by
traffic congestion, threatens to scat
ter them over many centers.
Now comes a new vehicle, which
abolishes distance entirely. A hun
dred miles, 90 it's wings, are as a
few blocks on foot. So far, we have
merely been making airplanes bet
ter. Now we are about to make them
common. If that does not work an
even greater revolution in the struc.
ture of cities and in the conditions
Of life than its two predecessors did,
then the lessons of the past have no
meaning.
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THE JABOT'S THE THING
The Importance Of the jabot in
creases daily on the tailleur and the
formal type of dress alike.
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FOR THE KIDDIES
For children English print designs
are stressed in frock and bloomer
combinations, heightened in interest
by bands of plain fabric. !.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

CARVED CRYSTALS
Carved Chinese crystals strung
with uncut crystal balls make lovely I
necklaces.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
A Thought

The steps of a good man are or.
dered by the Lord: anp he delighteth
In his way.-Ps. 37:23.
u
Let no man presume to give ad-
vice to others that has not first CIV
en- counsel to himself.-Seneca.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

Light summer fiction is being
written by authors who get their
ideas by wading across a sloppy
street. ls
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

Wouldn't you be rich if you had q
nickel, or even penny, for every
hairpin back of every auto seat?
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({z|gg&$&% $Al

Perhaps the only way to keep
chickens out Of your garden is to
eat canned vegetables.
The nice thing about soup for din
ner is if company comes just add a
little more water.
If you kiss girl the first time she
asks you, she will think you are a
flirt, so don't do it.
The hatN market is good, frantic
activity being noted among users on
windy days.
The experts around the country
stores are predicting this will be
the hottest summer since back in
"a.
The beautiful thing about static
is later on in the night you don't
mind hearing the baby have it.
And we claim if holding the breath
develops the lungs these necking
parties are healthy to some extent.
If you have kept coal in the bath
tub all winter isn't it about time to
take the coal out now?
Autos, babies and radios, YOU can't
look at them and tell what they will
do for you.
We almost married a girl until
we found she ate rOquefort cheese
just the same as we do.
The signs of love and songs Of
spring are about the same, both
making you feel oil for rent inside.
And, if the real length for dresses
really is four inches from the knee
some think it means above.
Wouldn't you be rich if you had q
nickel, or even penny, for every
hairpin back of every auto seat?
Light summer fiction is being
written by authors who get their
ideas by wading across sloppy
street.
One says she can't see why road
building j. expfnsiye. She says her
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
EASY COME: EASY GO

"a Osborne Cutler Wood, of Gen. Leonard Wood had
meteorc rise in the financial world because lucky
earnings which skifuly pressagented around the
world He $85OO00 upon lucky tips" Now he has
lost all through ogre of spending the gambling
Europe His is not peculiar merely typical of thou
sands of others who easy and lost easy the old story
of the fool and his money.
= Woods own estimate of his ventures quite graphic
for he told reporters who met him at Tampa Fla:
EYES, made it in specuations, but what ackass
to lose it all"
ZIG Twas thus!
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One says she can't see why road
building liz il expsnaiye. She says herl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

And if the real length for dresses
really is four inches from the knee
some think it means above.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

Perhaps the only way to keep
chickens out Of your garden is to
eat canned vegetables.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

The signs of love and songs Of
spring are about the same, both
making you feel all for rent inside.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

The nice thing about soup for din
ner is if company comes just add a
little more water.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

We ALMOST married girl until
we found she ate roquefort cheese
just the same as we do.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

Autos, babies and radios, YOU can't
look at them and tell what they will
do for you.
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If you kiss girl the first time she
asks you, she will think you are
flirt, so don't do it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-01
Agree to Pay Ex-
Kaiser Big Claim
Damages in Part Only

Berlin, Nov. SO--(AP)-Thirty mill
lion marks in cash (about $7,150,000),
10000 acres of agricultural land and
forests, three palaces in Berlin and
one in Babelsberg, together with
some Berlin house property. all fur
nished, is the price the Prussian min
istry or finance has agreed to pay as
compensation to former Emperor
William who has put forward claims
amounting to hundreds of millions Of
marks.
The Prussian state returns the So
called crown castles with their his
torical furniture and gardens, all
works of art now in the Berlin muse
UNI and the Sohacht Gallery I'm Mu-
Mich and the crown jewels. Prussia
will also have at it's disposal the Ho-
Ire nZollern library and archives, the
former royal theatres and their en-
downent, about 10000 acres of lands
ana forests. house property in, Ber-
Lin and Pots1am, as we'll as the rev.
enue from former crown estates.
= The ministry of finance explains
that the 30,00D.000 marks are the
equivalent OF the value of the land
and forests and house property now
reverting to the state. The ministry
was forced to accept this compromise
with the Hohenzollerns, or permit
litigation to continue in the courts.
Consider ing the fact that the former
err perior heretofore has won most OF
his suits in the lower courts, Prussia
deemed it prudent to avoid further
litipat'or and arrive at an agreement
OH the present basis.