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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
Fighting Strength
of British Army Is
Reduced One-third

London, Dec. l7-lP)-The fight
ing strength of the British army has
been reduced by one-third since pre-
war days.
Parliament was told by Lord Mid
dleton before its adjournment that
the present total, including regulars.
army reserve, special reserve and
tcrritorials, was 4l3,500 men, de-
crease OF 234,500.
At the same time, he declared, the
administrative staff of the war Of
flee had been doubled. In his opin-
ion, it was ..midsummer madness to
clip the army to maintain the war
Office
The Earl Of Onslow, replying for
the government, said the army
would not be reduced below the
strength required to meet the COM
mitments undertaken by the govern.
mcnt with the consent Of parliament
Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 17--tP)--
The man-powcr Of the Belgium arm!
is to be reduced by 20 per cent next
year. The number Of men undcl
arms will be $1,000, as compared with
1900 this year.
The reduction forms part of thu
economy measures taken to brint
the country back to sound financla
health.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
BANDITS ROB
MESSENGER OF
| $4,000 Cash
Holdup Occurs on Kansas City
Downtown Corner in Midst
Of Holiday Crowds

Kansas City, Dec. 17-R1-A half
dozen bandits slu9ged = guard and
robbed bank messenger Of $4,000
in cash on downtown corner at
noon today while thousands Of
Christmas shoppers milled about the
scene.
Obtaining the money, the bandits
jumped into a motor car and escaped.
The loot was all in cash, $27 900
in $4,000 bills; $4,000 in S. bills;
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17

$4,000 in $50; $1,000 in 81 bills and
5000 in Sc bills. Bank officials said
the loss was covered by insurance.
W. A. Green, q negro, messenger,
was carrying the money in a sack TO
the Fidelity National Bank and Trust
company from the Federal Reserve
Bank for use in making up weekend
payrolls. w. NJ. MacAvagc. the,
guard. walked few yards behind:
Near the entrance to the Fidelity.
Bank two men suddenly appeared
out Of the crowd and grabbed the
bag, while at the same time two
more began smuggling MacAvagc,
knocking him to the sidewalk.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
$50 Bill Issued in
ITS Is Still Good

New Britain. Conn, Dec. 17.-[R
A bona fide $50 bill is held by Ber-
nard l.. Hoppe of this city. Local
banking houses pronounce it anthem
tic. and Hoppe has refused many
times it's face value.
The note. dated September 90, 1778.
and signed by "A. Lawrence, Secre-
tary Of the United States Treasury"
is numbered 2l7,3O5. It is about one
fourth the size of q modern dollar
bill. Bankers say it is still legal
tender
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
Berlin's Divorce
Mill Is Working
at Double Time

Berlin, Dec. l7.--tP)-B erlincrs are
rushing to the divorce courts with
nearly twice the frequency they
sought those tribunals before the war.
At the same time the number of
marriages shows a slight falling off.
Statistics reveal some 5000 divorces
in 1925 as against 1900 in 1913, while
marriages dropped from $4,000 in the
year before the war to 35,lOO last
year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
PLEDCES SON

Honolulu.-The pledging Of David
Kalakaua, last prince of Hawaii, to
future political activities in Hawaii,
was the principal feature of inter-
est at q recent political meeting here,
when his mother, Princess Kawanana-
koa, promised listehers that his would
be- q career Of public life. The
princess assured the gathering that
as soon as young Kalakaua was Of
age, he would actively enter politics.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
BRIDGE TO REST ON GOLD
H00YNnAT10N

Medford, Ore.-A gold bridge IS
being built over the Rogue River at
Gold Hill. The pier foundations will
rest on gold quartz. Every hole dug
recently showed 'color" and every
workman on the job is carrying
around . few grains Of gold in his
pocket. A big gold yield is expected
From gravel and crushed rock are
taken from the river bed from the
concrete pouring.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
Harding Named to
Succeed Gardner
on TideWater Body

Toledo. Ohio, Dec. l7.---fR)-W. L.
Harding, former governor Of Iowa
today was elected president Of the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Underwater
association to succeed H. c. Gardner
of Chicago, who declined reelection.
Charles p. Craig, Duluth. Mimi.
executive director, was elected vice
president.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
CLASH OFTEN

Paris.-As result Of the closing
Of the Italian frontier pitched
battles with the patrols Of both ma
tions are frequent. Most of the
trouble comes from anti-Fascisti
Italians who are trying to escape
from their country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17

Hear H. E. PinnOck of New
York lecture on "WhO Is Your
G0d?" tonight at Patters0n's
hall at 8 o'clock.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17

Slaves once were hired out to the
railroads by their masters for $50 to
s25 monthly, records OF old railroads
in the south reveal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17
BELL HOPS ADVANCE

Notwithstanding has it ad-
vantages in an educational way
Eighty Japanese boys who have been
successful applicants for positions a.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17

The organ in Liverpool cathedral
is the largest in the world, having
five rows Of keys and 1O,934 pipes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-17

bell boys in new Kaikiki hotel
which will open soon, have been en-
rolled by the company in a local
school to perfect the use Of their
English language.
Evening star., 1926-11-06
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
What Sort of Boys Do Modern Girls Llike?-Has
One Who Loved and Lost Any Chance of
Finding Happiness Again?

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girl run after them And
you should be difficult T, live up to to ths
specifications of a drug store sheik DOROTHY DIN
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that Te appsna nS sn
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with frs husbands and wives.
and Who
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Evening star., 1926-11-06
$50 YEARS AGO TODAY
Storv nc ba II
by JONATHAN A. RAWSON. JK.
Story of the L.

not he proper TO throw body OF
troops into the Jerseys Immediately"
The answer to this, Il unanimous
yes" foreshadows the shifting Of
the war zone to the west of Hudson $
River. That Washington now ex-
poets this to happen is clear from his
words to Congress-
'In respect to myself, cannot in
dulge an idea that Gen. Howe, sup
posing he Is going to New York.
means to close the campaign and to
sit down without attempting some
thing more. / think 1t highly prob
able and almost certain that he will
make descent with part of his
troops into Jersey; and as soon as
am satisfied that the present ma
noeuve Is real and not feint
shall use every means in my power
to forward a part of our force to coun-
teraCt his designs
Beyond the Jerseys from New York
lies Philadelphia. where Congress
meets, and where the Board of War,
the Marine Committee and the com
mittee Of Secret Correspondence
Of which are. committees Of Congress,
are directing this war, and where
Congress itself Is endeavoring to
frame articles Of confederation for
these States. If Howe could take
Philadelphia, he would indeed strike
"a telling blow against the liberties Of
America
Evening star., 1926-11-06

"Is il always the women who have
neglected themselves that come to
! your Helen asked iii rather small
voice.
NO OH no One fourth Of our cM-
ents are young girls, debutantes, whose
| social activities and outdoor athletics
! devastate their face skins. After 25
every woman needs skin food for
her face. whether it is fat, thin or
| medium. This is necessary in order
to prevent the laughing lines from be-
| coming wrinkles and to prevent the
| burrows OF fatigue around the eyes
and mouth. We also have a number
of business girls. Hard work and a
sedentary life play havoc with their
| compilations. SO many of them clearly
use paints and pigments
that are often worse than the defects
! they seek to cover up. They are on
the wrong track. seeking to hide the
! trouble rather than to remove its
| cause"
| II suppose you think it's absurd
| even for the normal person
to buy commercial preparations hap
hazard TO smear on the face igno-
rantly"'
''Certainly, madam. Each case
needs different treatments. Some
skins are dry, others oily Some are
very delicate. while others are Of
coarse texture. Some faces are plump.
others thin. Each condition calls for
Il special kind Of cream. lotion or
powder to get the best results.
! but 1t Is now very nice for the girl
Evening star., 1926-11-06
A Wife's Transformation
wBy NARY CULBERTSON MILLER

or woman who has to count her pen
MES. for she can go to the toilet
goods departments of the larger
stores. There an authorized agency
Is usually established. In those de-
partments there will be one or two
ladies' who have received instruction
from the author Of their particular
preparations. They are supposed to
advise each individual according to
her needs, suggesting preparations and
the time and manner for their use
for beneficial results"
mo wonder some of these business
girls are so fragrant and lovely" The
remark seemed TO we'll up from jeal-
OuSy. And Helen was, Of course,
thinking Of the perfection of her hus-
bands secretary.
They have to keep their jobs,
madam, and naturally they realize
what tremendous asset beauty is in
business. And they keep the wives
OF their employers stepping to hold
their husbands. too" A little inward
smile came to that; the woman in
ceeding the speed limit In her effort
to hold hers.
Tomorrow Helen will be taught how
to strengthen her throat muscles SO
that they will bear the weight Of the
lower face and restore the contour.
We will use II patter on Helen's too
plump underchin. 1t really is the
only scientific method. because 1t re-
stores the contours by circulation.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-11-06
Home Again.

Helena came home from Havana
to find Natalie engaged. 1t took
some of the glory of her own marriage
away. but it brought Natalie nearer
to her sister than she ever had been
before.
you're a sly one, Helena said
gayly the first day she went out to
see her mother and sister Il never
even knew you were interested in any
one. But then. of course, you have
always had SO many that the numbers
confused me. So. it's Fred Parsons -
"It always has BEEN Natalie said;
blushing brightly. There never has
been any one else. We're going to he
married Immediately"
The two girls We're in Natalie Is
room. Outside Doris was moving the
lawn. and the smell of freshly cut
grass drifted in through the window.
Mrs. Ford was in her room, lying
down.
II would have told YOU" Natalie
went on, but / thought it would be
nicer to wait till your wedding was
over. / want you for my matron of
honor. Helena. Isn't 1t exciting?"
"lt certainly Is. I'm So glad for
you, dear. I do hope you're going to
be very happy"
There was a wistful note in her
voice as she spoke and Natalie came
over and sat beside her on the cush-
ioned window seat.
Love does the funniest things to
you. doesn't it?" she confided shyly.
II can talk TO you because you're mar
ried. Mother is a sweet thing bu:
after all 1t isn't easy to talk to her
without feeling foolish. And Of
course. Dorry is just a child"
Helena could not help smiling at
this. Doris was just two years
younger than Natalie.
What do you mean, 1t does funny
things to your" she asked.
We'll. you suddenly know so much
more about men. You take Fred. for
instance. ! never knew that he was
the one man in the world for me until
he suddenly grabbed me up in his
arms one night. And now. oh, Helena,
1t makes me afraid the way he loves
me: And sometimes he's so funny and
fierce. He says ii would kill him #
anything happened to me. and when
we're at parties where there are other
people he keeps looking at me with
Evening star., 1926-11-06
OLO 11VAL ~ Il OAN1LIAC ". BURGESS

Nanny said nothing for few min.
funny, squeaky little chuckle. Danny
looked at her suspiciously. He didn't
know just what to ma}i,. of it.
You're funny declared Nanny.
Yes. sir, 4 you're funny. Danny
Meadow Mouse. The idea OF talking
about going away when you've just
got home"
But this isn't my home" said
Danny. This is your home
Nanny looked up quickly. "Who
says il isn't your home?" inquired
Nanny. 'Since when hasn't my home
been your home"
Suddenly Danny remembered the
handsome young stranger with whom
he had had n fight. What was that
young Meadow Mouse doing over
here?" he asked suspiciously.
IF a Meadow Mouse could giggle,
Nanny woul have giggled. 81 sus-
pect," said she, looking very demure.
that he was coming to see me. Didn
you think him handsome. Danny"
Danny gritted his teeth. If you
would rather have him than me, I'll
leave right away" said he GROSSLY.
"I'H leave and I'll never come back
to bother YOU again.
Come down here. silly, and tell me
you're glad to see me retorted Nan
ny. Il want To know where you We
been and why YOU went and all about
it,
Danny looked long and hard at
Nanny. He saw that she really meant
it. With a little sigh of happiness he
climbed half way down to meet her
as she started to climb up. Then they
both climbed back into the nest, and
Danny told about all the wonderful
things he had seen and done. But l
didn't really mean to go. Nanny. You
know | didn't really mean TO go"
Nanny nodded her wise little head.
II know" said she. II knew all the
time. That is WHY ! felt SO sure that
you would come back.
So II was that Danny Meadow
Mouse found a new home and peace
and happiness.
fCopyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-11-06

the atrangest look in his eyes pt
course. he's fearfully jealous, and you
won't think I'm foolish 10 say this
will you Helena? II gives me such 81
feeling Of Importance"
"Os course ii does" Helena said
quickly. and little breathlessly.
"I knew you'd understand. becaus,
Of course John is just mad about you.
Fred and l We're talking the othei
night and he said he didn't see how
John could wait "a year to marry. II
says he has to have me now. at one
Oh. Helena, I'm such Il fool. but I'm
so happy
I'm glad. dear, and. l think Fred H.
a peach"
81 suppose you're wildly HAPPY
aren't you Helena? 1t must be won
derful to be with the man you low"
every day and all the while, to make
plans together and all that. Is John
Jealous of you when other men stare?
You know you're much the best look
ing Of the family"
Helena laughed. but there was an
ache in her heart.
John had never shown any JEALOUSY
that she could remember. She remeIH-
bered the night before they had landed
in Havana and she had deliberately
tried to make him jealous Of Coi,
Hubert and he had laughed. No
there was very little of the possesslve
In John. Helena knew exactly what
Natalie meant She wanted TO be'
loved possessively. but either John
was not that type of man. or she did
not stir any emotion as deep as that
in him. She was glad that Natalie
was going to have II.
John isn't the type Of man to be
Jealous" she said evenly. But OF
course I'm wildly happy. You muE
remember he's the one man In the
world to me just as Fred is TO you.
I couldn't imagine being married u"
any one else.
Isn't it funny and wonderful
'. Natalie said dreamily. There isn't
anything in the world like love. feel
as If I'd never been alive till now.
Fancy being married to Fred
(CopyriEht l92oD
Continued in Mondays Star
Evening star., 1926-11-06

Chairs are such an essential article
of house furnishings that It seems
strange they were not so considered
as soon as they We're first designed
and Crudely made. But, oddly enough.
i was not until some time after that
they entered into home furnishings
At first they We're stately pieces of
furniture, not to be so lightly treat
I'd as to be admitted into homes
They We're for scholars and for the
clergy.
All of us are familiar with the eX-
nressions, seat OF learning" and
chairs" as signifying universities,
IN the first instance, and professor
ships in the second. Few realize how
1ruly the names came to be so APP
plied. To have a chair at a univer-
sity meant that q man was called to
that college TO occupy the chair that
was set apart for the teacher OF his
special subject, whatever It was. The
hair was a seat of honor and dis
'inction. and meant exactly what the
word signifed-an actual chair.
Seats OF Learning.
In the chair the professor sat while
teaching and lecturing. and 1t was
not expected to be occupied by any
other person. 1t was a sort of throne
10 be occupied by a definite person
during a definite period. The term
seats of learning" was given the
college, for at that place there We're
many chairs occupied by professors.
Today the name still fingers and 1t
has the same meaning. So also do
chairs at colleges. a professor who
Is engaged to teach any subject is
said to occupy the chair of whatever
subject he teaches. Teachers are
called to chairs OF this or that at
universities.
Evening star., 1926-11-06
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

was wawking up and down on the
cerostone in frunt Of our house see.
ing how 1t would feel to be a tfterona
Wawker, and some lady stopped going
pass, saying, This Is Benny. izzent II?
Yes mann, sed. and she sed. Yo,,
don't remember me, do you. and
sed, No nam.
Wich l d1dent. Being a kind Of :,
square lady with pointy feet, and she
seq, WEI! I'm Mrs. Nipple. is your
No nam, she's out. sed. and Mrs.
Aipple sed. o shaw. we'll are YOU
DIG enuH 10 remember q messidge?
and l sed, Yes mann.
wien 1 am, ony l genrelly forget
them Jest the same. and Mrs. Hipple
sed, Then tell your mother that Mrs.
Nipple has seets for the simfinnv
concert tonite and she can call me I'M
around dinner time II she would like
to go. will you remember all that?
Yes nam. I sed. Wich / would of
If nuthing hadent happined, ony the
fellows came around and diffrent
things, and tonite after suppir the tel
efone rang and ma ansered it, saying,
Hello. who hello, Blanch, wat. why
no, he dident tell me a thing, that's
Jest like him. why certenly, III be de.
lighted, was Jest longing to go some.
ware tonite.
Me thinking. G. good mite. And I
quick yelled. Hay ma. Mrs. Nipple
wunts you to call her up, she's got 2
tickits for something. Wich Jest then
ma hung up the receiver, saying, It's
q good thing for you 1 haft to rush
rite out. young man, or Id attend to
you properly, bleeve me.
And she quick put her hat and coat
on and went out and I felt lucky.
Evening star., 1926-11-06
The story of woman gone to seed
who searches out the highest knOwl
edge science affords.
I\STALLMENT vi.
Skin Treatment.
e.sss 90 fsss.s se

My lips are badly chapped. aren't
they?" said Helen, sitting up in the
chair and examining them in hand
mirror.
Yes. madam; If you are not afraid
of a little smarting, keep dabbing them
with spirits Of .camphor The astrin-
gent helps the scab by drying the
surface and protects the tender part
while healing goes on. FaSeline and
champion ice are more soothing, but
take longer to heal
You didn't use the patter you spoke
of. did you?"
Not today, madam, but ! shall
tomorrow. III tell you about It.
IT'S a specially contrived instru-
ment for the purpose OF applying
stimulation to the facial and throat
muscles in the most scientific manner
without Irritating the skin. 1t is made
Of rubber, with a long, flexible handle.
BY means OF this the friction can be
applied by q vertical stroke, assisting
the skin and it's underlying tissue to
become firm and elastic. II is par
tiCularly convenient for home treat
ments. 1t gives the sting so hard to
get with ones own fingers. 1t should
be used to pat in the astrinSents.
lotions and skin foods"
Evening star., 1926-11-06
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
What Are You Striving For?

! That doesn't sound like a very in
telligeni question. Any girl would
answer me, "Of course, I'm striving
for what want. Otherwise I wouldn't
| be striving. We all struggle to get
the things we want most in the
I world"
We all think we debut, honestly.
/ do we?
Take Jessie. for instance. Jessie.
early in life. got in with a crowd Of
young intellectuals, who Allied her
mind full of literary aspirations. In
cidentally, Jessie fell in love with one
of the young intellectuals. and he
convinced her thoroughly that she'd
rather be a great writer than any
thing else in the world.
Even after Tom and the rest OF the
+ bunch were things of the past. j..
held to her ideals. She was deter
mined to write. Shed thought about
1t SO long she had worked herself
/ into a state Of mind where 1t
seemed to her writing was the only
/ proper career for her.
And ploddingly she went through a
publishing house, learning the bust
ness from end to end, thence into a
| newspaper Office to get an idea of how
| things worked.
| At 25 she began to write with some
degree Of success. Yet she had not
found happiness. She was bored sick
with her work. Every inch of copy
she turned out caused her infinite pain
and boredom. But she would never
admit this to herself or any one else.
She didn't actually realize It. She
, didn't understand that she'd been
struggling for years to attain some
thing she didn't want at all. Writing
brought her no real pleasure. Only
she had trained herself to believe
that it would bring her pleasure.
: There are dozens and hundreds Of
girls like her--who, having made up
their minds definitely that such and
such thing Is the ideal career. have
striven to be successful in that
| chosen career even though success
brought no happiness.
/ Mae says to herself Tin going to
marry a rich man. That will make
me wildly happy"
! She says this because her best
| friend. Betty, has just walked off with
a wealthy husband. Mae gets her
rich husband eventually and is
amazed to find that secretly she's
longing for her old carefree life Of a
happy bachelor girl-that she's not
really happy in the state OF wifehood;
that marriage wasn't the career for
| her at all.
! Dorothy is impressed with women
who live Independent lives. She ad-
| mires them all SO much she deter
mines to be like them. She turns down
offers Of marriage. because she has a
vision of herself as a s1nartly attired
bachelor woman, running around in
n stunning roadster-earning a mans
salary and living comfortably alone.
! Perhaps she achieves all this, one
day to discover that it's only a beau
! tiful picture she painted for herself
that 1t brings no real human happi-
ness into her life at all
! Are YOU sure you're all striving for
the thing which will bring you JOY
/ or. are you trying to make your
/ Selves parts OF a handsome picture
you've unsconsciously formed in your
minds" Forming part of a picture
may be satisfactory, but 1t brings no
| lasting JOY or peace