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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
Why Shirts Wear Out
New York Times)

An interesting discovery has been made about
the mysterious holes that appear in cotton garments
which have not had hard enough wear to justify
dsintegration. When shirts 60 to pieces after only
few trips to the laundry the owner is likely to
blame the strong acids which he supposes used
in place Of mild soaps. Certain laundry owners put
the problem up to research laboratories. The cause
Of the destruction was easily found to be sulphuric
acid. though it could not be found in any Of the
laundries reporting the trouble. 1t was then dis
covered that even housewives washing clothes in
the approved manner having the same diff
Guilty. and that sulphuric acid also the cause.
Suspecting that sulphur dioxidc in the air might
be oxidized, eventually forming sulphuric acid by
unt.g with water, the Investigators tried the ex-
pertinent of drying wet cottons indoors in pure air
and outdoors in smoke Laden air. In the former
case no weakening of the fabric appeared, while in
the latter the characteristic brown line of acid
formed when water was sprinked on the cloth and
allowed to stand for some time before ironing. The
brown streak could be washed out but the fibre was
permanently weakened.
Further proof of the soundness of their theory
the laundres occurred only in the winter, principally
during January. February and March. when the air
is smokest Seventeen years ago an engineer
wrote in the Journal of Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry that 300 tons of suphurc acid were
discharged into the air of New York City during
period of twenty hours. Since much more coal
is burned now, the amount of suphurc acid mus.
be much greater At any rate, it is sufficient to &C.
count for the destruction Of fabrics dried in the
open air.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
. School DAYS


Well, the boys are off to college
agsin. It's getting harder and hard
er to get horse shoed these days
what with the great demand for
fullbacks. Some of the boys who
never saw typewriter are very good
at the touch method just the same.
!. 80. One eastern university put up
q new dorniftory during the summer.
Probably just to keep up appear
ances. -. = The college yell is Z
grand thing, but father has the
loudeSt one coming. But youth
must have his fling-if it's only 81
inkwsll at some freshman's cap.
One thing about flying across the
ocean these days-there's lots 81
company.
Many Americans, in France await
ing divorces, spend their time ct the
gambling tables Of the Riviera. The
gambling habit is hard to break.
With. leap year only . few months
away. lads. watch your leaps,
:. Str Arthur Keith aestimates mil.
man. Sir Arthur, of course, gave
the outside figure.
At a Boston wedding, friends tried
to handcuff the groom. Some one
Is always going around painting the
lily.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
WASHINGTON ~
LETTER &M

party. Hoover and Loneworth are
IN their fifties and In good health.
but it takes more than youth and
GOOD health to win . nomination even
though these assets In rare instances
might tip the scles.
You might just rs we'll try to
prove that Hoover and Reed can't
win because they hail respectively
from California and Missouri. That
method Of argument is silly enough.
but not quite as silly as to suggest
that man past three score years il
lost before he starts.
The presidency and vice presidency
have been subject to narrow geo.
graphical restrictions since the Civil
War. In the fifteen presidential
campaigns since that time, the talent
has oil been drawn from Massachu-
sets, New York, Ohio, New Jersey,
Indiana and Illinois. The south, the
west and even the real middle west
have been left out Of the picture in
favor Of the geographical northeast.
For all the talk Of balancing tickets,
the west hasn't even produced q vice
president.
In the fifteen preceding campaigns
before the Civil War, thirteen states
were represented in the two big
national elective offices.
In the last fifteen elections, It 10
interesting to note, the six states
named above have always voted for
one Of their own and 50 have the
other northeastern states in New
England. So has Pennsylvnia ex-
cept when she went for the ticket
on which Hiram johnson ran for
vice president in 1912.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
A Great News-handling Machine
minneapolis Tribune

There are at least two sides to nearly every ques-
ton of public policy. On each side of nearly every
question there are those not generous enough to
believe there can be anything good the other
side This being the case, it is highly desirable
that there should be great news gathering organ
izaton whose sole business it is to collect and dis
tribute the news mpartially.
The American people have such an organization
in the Associated Press. Employees Of the A. r
have such opinions of their own, except those
necessary opinions to the relative value of this
that item of news in the test of general public
interest. They paid to find tho facts of a news
event or about person thing that Is Tor the
moment in the news, and spread the facts before
the news-reading public of the land. They do not
color their recitals to suit any feelings Of their
own. They are never guilty of any conscious dis
proportioning of one essential in its relation to
other essentials.
1t is absolutely indispensable that news gatherers
and assemblers of the Associated Press should
have trained news sense. They must be able to
weigh accurately this or that available item by the
yardstck of universal interest. There is just one
favorite for them to play-the general reading pub
lic-and in playing that favorite they put the en-
phasis on clean news for clean minds. although
they cannot ignore the other kind of news created
without their aid or consent.
If all readers, if all schools of opinion, as
Jealous for the facts, unbiased and tolerant
as the Associated Press staff, ours would be less
queruous and more neighborly country. Because
the situation is quite otherwise. it has been easy
task for the Associated Press to establish the pub
lie confidence which it enjoys today as faithful
gatherer and distributor of the news
Edgar r. Cutter superintendent Of the central
division Of the Associated Press, with headquarters
in Chicago, rendered worthwhile public service IN
telling the delegates to the national W.CTU. con-
vention what the Associated Press is and what It
seeks to do. He let it be known that this great
organization is not propaganda, not special
pleader. and not partisan in politics. religion, eco
nomics government, legislation or any other mat
ter Of common interest It strives merely to be the
most accurate possible reflector of the worlds hu.
man pageant from day to day and hour 70 hour
the most dependable purveyor Of information that
can be contrived in an imperfect world where oil
mediums are more or less fallible.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
A3SstdIaaN! N NJ

When Cherry, free forever from
Chris Wiley, walked out of the court
room with her lawyer, Stephen
Churchill. she asked rather nervous
ly what his bill for legal services in
connection with the divorce would
be-
You said it would be two hundred
dollars, because Chris was contest
ing the case, and you would have to
represent me in his counter suit il it
came to trial." she reminded him.
II We been saving toward it"
my charges are-exactly this"
and Churchill formed q large circle
by joining his forefinger and thumb.
THE divorce is present to you from
Judge Grimshaw and myself, Cherry.
I'm glad it was made easy for you.
Put your savings in the bank for
Hope"
And so it was jubilant, light
hearted Cherry who rushed home to
her sister and her child. She found
them together in her own room, Faith
bending over the crib, holding the
warm, filled bottle Of milk so that
Hopes little hungry mouth could
draw upon it contentedly.
I'm free, Faith. I'm free!" Cherry
chanted rapturously, as she flung her
arms about her sister. "Oh, Muvvie's
sorry!" she crooned contritely, as the
baby walled shrill protest at the
sharp jogging Of the bottle. "Hope.
my daughter" she Grief softly, bend
ing over the crib and touching the
delicate. rosy little cheeks with rev.
erent fingers, you're all mine now.
Meet your combination mother and
father-Miss Cherry Lane! Sounds
funny and little scandalous, doesn't
it, Faith :" she laughed up at her sis
ter, her eyes wet with sudden tears.
When she had finished her excited,
explanatory account. Faith sat quite
still in the corner of the big couch
to which Cherry had dragged her.
aren't you pleased. darling 2"
Cherry dema,Died impatiently. Are
you glad I'm happy for moment !?
I've had such an awful, awful time,
Faith! This last year! What a year!
Do you realize it's not quite year
since we first met Bob? You remem-
Der Dad brought him to dinner. We
had chicken and waffles and made
it appear to Bob that ! had cooked
them. and your feelings were SO hurt!
Remember? And Bob and ] went
out together that night after dinner,
and late that night, when I'd got
back, Chris tried to abduct me and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12

III NVUN6x. UU1Nu6M
Washington, Sept. 12.-Certain sta
tistics has been cited tending to
prove that most Of the current crop
Of presidential possibilities Is likely
to be disqualified because Of age,
but such . contention Is not very
convincing. -
A presidential candidate is as old
IS he functions and the country has
had five Of them in their sixties.
Furthermore, men live longer in this
day and none Of the possibilities
are exactly feeble. After Harding
died a theory gained currency that
the presidency was . wearing Job
which generally made physical
wreck of man. but Coolidge has
proved that q president can take
care of himself despite the exigencies
of his office. No one has suggested
that another four years after his
present term would kill him.
Governor Al Smith is said to have
told some of his friends that his
health wasn't so good and there Is
some question rs to Lowden's physi-
cal fitness for campaign. Secre-
tary Mellon is over 20, but he
wouldn't be nominated in any event.
That seems to cover the old age
handicaps, II there arc any. Smith
II only, 81, while Lowden Is 66.
Charles Evans Hughes at IS stands
up SO we'll under the strain Of alb
struse and long-winded court argu-
ments that he is obviously good Tor
a few campaign snceches. Dawes at
81 is as pcppery and perhaps more so
Is when he was 30. Senator Jim
Reed is 66, but there's more fiRht
in him than in any other man in lis
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
Daily Health
Service



Medical Association and Of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine
Public speakers, ministers, actors
and singers and not infrequently
business men and women in various
industrial plants use the voice so
frequently that they suffer with
hoarseness.
Some people seem to become hOarsc
much more easily than others. Oc-
casionally people will be especially
susceptible to inflammations of the
vocal cords resulting from the at
tacks Of bacteria. tuberculosis of
the larynx is usually secondary to
tuberculosis elsewhere in the body
and does not tend to recover until
the general tuberculosis has been
cured.
The voice may be affected either
by local disease in the upper respira-
tory tract or by those that affect the
whole system. Among the former
are the so:calle6 head colds, that be.
gin in the nose and extend down to
the throat to the voice box, or larynx,
and to the windpipe, or trachea..
Sinus Infection -
Infections of the nasal sinuses. tho
cavities Of the skull that communi-
cate with the nose, accompanied by
the formation of pus, often involve
the vocal cords because the pus may
drop from the nose to the throat and
down into the windpipe and bronchial
tubes.
Systematic conditions, such 8
tuberculosis, especially of the lungs,
often affect the larynx. In certain
occupations the inhalation Of irritat-
ing dust or chemicals Is likely to
affect the voice.
One Of the most common causes Of
change in character of the voice
is the improper use Of it, such ~
very loud speaking, especially in
open or in noisy or dusty places,
Caution to Speaker
Chronic laryngitis may impair the
voice to such an extent that public
speaking becomes difficult or practi-
cally impossible. A public speaker
should be cautious in the use Of to-
bacco, especially its inhalation, and in
the use Of highly spiced foods, al
cohol and other irritating substances.
The cure of vocal trouble depends
largely on the cause. In many in
stances. If no severe or marked dam.
age has been done to the vocal ap.
paratus, the careful use of the voice
and the avoidance of the irritanta
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12

when one could parade from one.
beer hall to another, getting drinks
and free lunch for q nickel. Today
the veriest orange drink sets you
back at least dime and, IL you wish
to gamble with digestion, = dime or
fifteen cents adds a hot dog that
isn't as good as free lunch used to be.
In those days. one could get a
bathing suit and take Q swim for two
bits. Today q dollar is a minimum
rate for q three by seven stall for
changing clothes. Before one exits
. two.spot has been kissed goodbye
and, with ones girl along. q IS bill
is about ruined before one enters
the water.
Everything is in proportion. If
one eats, dances and takes in
couple Of attractions . ten-spot has
gone never to return. And since
Coney Is the playground of the
masses people whose salaries are
small-one wonders how the tens Of
thousands manage to afford il.
In fact. often wonder how people
Of. medium incomes manage to do
anything or 60 anywhere in these
parts, since s. is little more than
pin. money when taking q Sunday
outing.
GILBERT SWAN. :
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12

New York, Sept. l2.-lR9-Seen in
the late hours Of the morning. Coney
Island Is tawdry thing Of wood
ana plaeeefs vs.s.s s.sS-as -.
It Is like SOLDERING in the morning
from hard night" and wondering
what strange quirk Of your nature
ever conserved, the Offering illu-
sion. It. is like . plain women who
becomes fascinating once she has
donned makeup and snapDy attire.
In the Hate night hours, when the
last gay lights. Of. Luna and Steeple-
chase have 'winked out, there comes
2 sense Of ocean chilli and loneliness.
here ana there . glow can be seen
coming from. > jazs palace and, sif
you pass, you may caeeh . little
music or q husky soprano warbling
Just like q butterfly caught In the
RAIN" The words remind you to put
up your coat collar and hurry on in
search OF taxicab.
In the early morning the cleaners
are shout, reninaing. yeu how dirty
are the human hordes. They are
going about the sands jabbine I'M
raperss With otked stiek6. and clean
ing up the boardwalk. There IL .
distastefuls kams.0wer oder Of hot
dogs and grease. The ocean breese af.
fords intermittent relief.
30 this s"the worlds playground =
you say = yeprsen rather wishing
that your curiosity had not led you
there q such unseemly hours. Some
how ell the allure has gone from the
show fronts that once seemed 90
The realization \ 60, come. suddenly
that Coiey Island needs people. Il
Is the crewd and ~ spirit that has
been most of the picture. The rides
become juyt sketetohs 81 wood. the
eeasters are really usly-what made
them vivid were Che shouts OF the
riders and Aitcord " the crowds.
- -
They tell me this has been a bad
year at Consy--in fact It al rs.
sorts. Even summer isn't what It
used to be.
And the oldsters recall the days
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
Old Masters

She sat and wept beside his feet;
Z the weight
OF sin oppressed her heart; for all
the blame.
And the poor malice Of the worldly
shame,
To her was past. extinct. and out
/ Of date:
Only the sin remained leprous
state;
She would be melted by the heat Of
love,
By fires far fiercsr than are blown
And purge the silver ore adul-
terate.
She sat and wept, and with her
untressed hair
Still wiped the feet she was 90
blessed to touch;
And he wiped off the soilins Of de-
spair
From her sweet soul, because she
loved 50 much.
am . sinner full of doubts and
fears:
Make me humble thing Of love
and tears.
Hartley Coleridgc: Multum
Dilexit.
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just about the same mentality 1t is extremely hui
initiating, after of these so-caed brilliant
criminals has been pulling of jobs for years, to
learn that he isn't SO very bright after all.
And the tests hitting very vital point in
the criminals makeup, that Of pride. There is a
naive, chdlike pride on the part of many of the
underworld habitues because they think they are
smarter than anyone else To stick pin into this
balloon of conceit should do just about much as
any strong arm method to reconcile the criminals
to moderation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
Official City, State and County Newspaper)
New Water Routes to England?

Canada, at least that part Of it north Of this
state, is in better mood nowadays. After wait
ing the completion of railroad line to Hudson Bay
for five years word has at last that the WORK
is to be rushed through to completion.
The Hudson Bay line had been agitated in Can
ada for good many years before it built.
Its proponents pointed out that it would give mid
dlewestern Canada a new and shorter route for its
products to foreign markets It's opponents tecried
it on the grounds it would cost too much money
So far the opponents of the plan seem to have the
edge It the terrific cost of the extension from
The Pas north through the uncharted wilderness
which compelled the government to put halt to
the work several years ago. Because many poll
tcians of the opinion that such railroad line
was more or less of local project, the government
was given another reason for stopping work.
But enthusiasm has risen again. One hundred
and thirty-fve miles of line remain to be completed.
When that is done Central Canada will have its
own port 1t might not be amiss to remenl-
Der that such a port, through possible lower rates
than granted shipments eastward may
also be of benefit to the United States.
There is one dsconcertng thing about the Hud-
Bay route to England. The straits at the out
let of the bay are choked with ice for all but three
months of the year. Fog and storms add t. the
obstacles
Whether the section of Canada which will make
interesting question. 1t is very expensive expert
ment. but in this it is which the public
heartily approves and is paying for.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12

mentioned will aid Ia restoring the
proper voice.
II there arc. any special defects
Of speech, training by one skilled
in this work frequently brings
gratifying results. In those cases,
however, in which there has been
liberation, destruction or marked
thickening in various parts Of the
larynx as result of some Of the
conditions already mentioned, the
complete restoratioK of a normal
voice Is almost impossible.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
Criminal Psychoses

Chicago's experiments with its criminal suspects
Ar proving fruitful.
Under new ruling. the chief Of police has the
rehtr to remand suspects to the psychopathic hos
pital for 10 days to determine their sanity. Some
% tn master minds have taken psychological tests
and splayed with the blocks only to discover that
thy have mentalites about equal to those Of six
year-cld children.
OF course it may not be polite to some Of these
leaders in the underworld to subject them to this
rigmarole. It would be much nicer to let them
70 about their business Of robbing banks stick
ing up people. But the plan seems to be bringing
results.
No master mind" likes to have the world know
that he and youngster barely out Of rompers have
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
Justajingle

'11l give you good advice" said he,
Cause I'm . smart young Ee1la.
IF you would keep your good name,
don't
:. Put It In your umbrella"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
A Thought

Vanity Of vanities, saith the
Preacher; all 10 vanity.-Eeclesiastes
1853.
All is vanity. look you; and so the
preacher is vanity. too.--Thackeray.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
BIDS WANTED. .

\ Bids will b received by the Board
Of Apple Greek School District No. 80
for so tons more or less Of Ignite
Coal delivered to three school build
ines. Bids will be opened ct p. m.
Thursday. Sept. .16. 1927.
The Board reserves the right to re.
Jet any or al bids.
o. G. DAVENPORT.
Clerk.
MRS. JOHN WEIGH,
Pres.
! Aug. 3l-Sept. 7.12.
I Bismarck, N. Oak:
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CASH IN HAND

- Wife: 1. saw my doctor today,
dear, about my loss Of memory.
Husband: What did he dot
Wits: Made me pay in advance-
Tit-Dits.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-12
TRIBUNE
j .OPICS

The world Of books is acquiring q
completely these days that certainly
was not part Of things when monks
worked laboriously on tones and
theses and when Shakespearc's play
efs broke the long records at the
Swan Theater.
Il used to be . comparatively
simple matter 60 select Z book.
/. Everybody read suehsand.suth .
, book and everybody who hadn't
read Il wanted to. But 4 change
! he's come. Such organizations q
tho "Dook. Of the Moath Club"
and the Literary Cuild' are
: partly responslble. These beck
!; reviewing and choosing organiza.
ttOns are ppringing ~ on every
hand. And the question Of which
Z organization to choose becomes
more and more involved. lt 10
something like those fluctuations
which grace the front sections Of
popular nagastnes, wherein the
. girl stands on the doorstep ct 2
completely O she gases at her
escort and wonders: ~Should
she ask him int"
Whether it is better to bank on
the group with the best looking au-
thors. or the one which has the most
learned faces in it, illustrations is .
question. Anyway. it is starting .
pernicious habit. The next thing, we
will be. having the egg-of-the-month,
the, Newspaper of the month and
whst-nct. Il is = pressing question.
and one which demands action.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-26
POLL PLAYERS

A young nobleman. the catch Of his British social set, who has eiud- ed all matrimonial nets, falls in love with a woman crook, seeks her as his wife even when he knows that the police want her, claims her for his own and thus prevents her ar- rest. Such a role has Vincent Cole man, leading man of the Poli Play CTS, in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," the delightful play at the Palace, Hartford, all this week. The title role is played by Pretty Marion Grant. Mrs. Cheyney is shown as a supposed wealthy widow from Aus tralia who Is taken up by English society and who, former shop girl that she is. manages to place mem- bers Of her crook gang in positions as servants in order that jewelry robbery may be committed. The robbery is staged at the country home of wealthy noblewoman. DOT trayed by Lillian Shrewsbury. At the scene one finds supposed butler who is really the directing brains of the band of thieves. He is an Ox- ford graduate who has taken up grand larceny as a profession.
 All next week "Tangerine" will be presented and Billy Lynn. comedian will rejoin the company in an i'm portant role. There will be a spe- cial matinee on Monday, Memorial Day.