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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-20
GERMAN PLANE FARE

Milton Broner, European correspondent Of this paper
and NEA Service, writes Of the non stop Berlin
to Paris air line operated by the famous German Luft
Hansa company.
Commodious planes carry passengers from Ber-
lin to Paris in less than six hours-well under half the
regular train time. The fare likewise is less than
railroad fare between the two points.
An American, naturally, is moved to ask why our air
lines can't do well. They do in point of speed of
but fares remain considerably higher than rail-
road fares in this country and they probably will for
some time
The answer of course, is that the Luft Hansa, like
all European air lines, gets government subsidy It
charge low fares because the government Ruaran-
tees it profit. In this country an air line must pay
its own way. That explains the difference in fares.
Our lines expensive yet after ALL they
are being established on healthier basis
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assure us that the conductor prob
ably will be able to find q plethora
Of space for US to park at either ex-
tremity of his vehicle. 1t wouldn't
surprise us a bit, however, if Attor-
ney General Sargent were to declare
there "ain't no Justice" Ever since
the oil cases we've had good reason
to suspect that the statues were
blindfolded by gas station attend
ants. -. 1t seems we're a most
fanciful people, and probably moth
ing short Of another Constitutional
amendment will make this country
safe for the honest old Congress
sional Record.
Police were called when the "a
children Of two families and their
mothers became embroiled in battle
in Bridgeport, Conn. Police ought
to let the army and navy settle these
major marital affairs.
Judging by the talk he stirred up,
the worlds greatest man was Alex
ander Graham Bell.
A magistrate in Wildwood, N. J.,
refused to go up in a plane to mar
ry . couple. Probably because he
was not sky pilot.
Seat scalping has become a rec
ognized profession in the Berlin sub
ways. Later on we hope the scalp
ers get around to the people who
walk on your feet.
A small town is one where the
paper still carries the item occasion
ally that woman tripped over her
skirt and fell.
Copyright, 1928, .NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-20
Dear Nom:

Dear Nom:
Your sweet and motherly letter
came last week, and I intended to
write long before this, but some
how, I don't seem to have anything
very cheerful to write about. The
whole truth of the matter is that
Alan and I are just about as un-
happy as 'wo people can be. At
least l am.
Truly, l don't know why I have
let this "get" me so. We've quar-
relied often, and had swell fights.
And when the smoke of battle
cleared away, we forgot our ami
mosities and everything was jake.
But this is one Of those deep,
silent quarrels, that seems to grow
darker and more sinister all the
while. And believe it or not, it
has me at The weeping point. Now
you know I was never q sob sister,
and l have never wept much, ex-
cept for effect, not from conviction.
I'm perfectly sure Alan does not
care for me at all any more-and
the future looks just too dismal and
black for anything.
You know l told you how he went
out riding with Helen the other
evening, and low we quarreled.
/ stayed up until two, waiting for
him to return, perfectly furious at
first, and then gradually feeling
sort Of lumpy j., my throat. When
he did come in, ! was quite unable
to give him the fine lecture ! had
prepared. was too teary to talk.
He was quite silent and morose,
and scarcely said q word to me.
lay awake nearly all night, but he
slept as calmly as though he had
not given me such = wretched eve
ming.
Perhaps I ought to have said
something about Mr.. Shelton, but
somehow l couldn't. Alan was like
a forbidding stranger, instead of my
easy-going husband.
From that time to this, we have
maintained a sort Of armed neu-
trality. Before others, we keep up
a semblance of chatter and interest
in each other, and as soon as we are
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IN NEW YORK

New York, July 20.--Manhattan-
ties are self-sentenced slaves to the
conventions. They seem invariably
to place their social customs before
their common comforts.
Given q sizzling hot day on Main
Street, and you'll see the boys puff
ing along the sidewalks in shirt
sleeves and suspenders. Given .
sizzling hot day in New York and
you can count the courageous men
who dare remove their coats. They
will be, for the most part, laborers,
whose coatless appearance il more
or less commonplace.
The white collared" workers Of
the offices, banks and professions
are the most rigid stickl1rs in such
matters. They seem to possess q
consuming fesr Of doing the wrong
thing" Their obeisance to the codes
amounts almost to fawnine. They
are, generally speaking, underpaid,
unimportant and minus social possi-
bilities. Yet they ape those stand
ards they presume to b sst by their
superiors. OF al the residents Of
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At the Movies
ELTINGE THEATRE

Far surprising in emotional
drama her previous work as a CO.
Medicine, Colleen Moore has given
q performance in the stellar role Of
Happiness Ahead" that unquestion-
ably should be considered the finest
Of her career.
Happiness Ahead" opened last
night at the Eltinge, and remains
for today and Saturday. Elements
Of comedv. romance and pathos have
been well blended in this picture,
endowing it with every quality Of
entertainment from humor to trag-
edy. Through it all, the convincing
work Of Miss Moore dominates,
whether the action be serious or
comic, revealing in her . breadth Of
dramatic ability rarely found.
The story Of Happiness Ahead"
centers about an unsophisticated
girl from small town. who becomes
the wife of q city card-sharp. Her
establishment, and the subsequent
regeneration Of her husband, provide
the framework for q plot that is as
unique as it is interesting. Edmund
Lowe, who plays opposite Colleen
Moore, is provided with an unusually
strong role-and he takes full ad-
vantage of his opportunities. The
players in support represent an ad-
mirable example Of casting. Lilyan
Tashman, Edythe Chapman, Charles
Sellon. Robert Elliot and Carlos Du-
ran are conspicuous for their good
work.
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New York, the "white collar" bri-
gade lives with its nose closest to
the grindstone. It's bluff is fire.
quently annoying, because Of the
gestures Of servility and because it
frequently assumes an aspect Of
snobbery.
But, if l remember correctly, it
was pretty much that way every
where I happened to live.
However, ! recall no city in which
the men seemed more fearful Of re-
moving their coats. They tell me
that westerner who dared get
down to his shirtsleeves in a mid
town hotel lobby ran such a gaunt-
let Of staring eyes that he quickly
put his coat on again.
Two young things were talking in
the lobby of theater on Broadway
wherein has been appearing slight
~ risque play.
II hardly think this is the sort Of
thing to which q girl could safely
bring her mother. Do you?" one
inquired Of the other.
"Of course not. The old folks
would never understand"
Every New York pet store dis
plays q liberal variety of snakes -
from rattlers to black snakes.
Just who buys them, and why,
have never been able to learn. And
yet, inquiries from three dealers re-
suited in the information that they
sell quite we'll. The dealers had no
idea of where one might keep a
snake.
But since we're supposed to
handle 'em and get orders, we 20
along getting 'em," one remarked.
One told me that a middle-aged
woman buys . new snake about once
every half year. As soon as she has
tanned the snake she gives it away
and takes another to train.
Cats are least in demand of all
pets, I am told. Perhaps this is due
to the fact that the streets are lit
tered with stray felines and every
apartment dweller has 1t least one
yowling alley cat at the doorway.
Quite the thing to do, just now,
il to take the dogs out walking on
the roof. With the roof penthouse
vogue on the increase, far fewer
dogs are to be seen getting their ex-
ercise by means Of . Fifth Avenue
stroll. They can be allowed to run
loose on the roef.tops without dan
ger Of loss.
The vogue for certain plants in
just reaching it's peak. A number
Of exclusive places on Madison
Avenue now deal in cacti Tor maybe
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-20
STUFFING OUR BRAINS

Pennsylvania psychologist announces that If q
man acquired 10000 bits of information day. his
brain would be stuffed to capacity by the time he
80 years old. After that he could learn nothing
Knowing nothing Of psychology, nevertheless feel
there must be something wrong with the professors
figures We know any number of men whose brains
Theoretically sealed to any and all ideas. Most
Of them not yet 50, but they have learned nothing
new in dozen years. And we're positive they never
took in 10000 bits Information in one day--or
in 1000
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-20

he was right Chicagos municipal mess which is only
an enlarged photograph Of what nearly all cities
suffer, is of quackocracy's inevitable manifesto
tons. We won't get rid of it until have learned
. little about duties citizens Of den,oc-
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they call them cactuses) alone.
Prices range up to 500 a plant for
strange varieties. When / recall
the miles of plants on the Arizona
deserts and Southern California
flat-lands, it causes me to ponder on
the upside-downness of things.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)
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CRIME AND QUACKocRAcY


The Illinois Association for Criminal Justice has
been making public very interesting facts about
Chicago.
report organized crime" in the middle-western
metropolis just published ought be excellent read
ing for those people who believe that democracy
has surmounted its hardest problems and is now
ing gently along toward the millennium.
This report shows that Chicago has been in the grip
Of its criminal overlords for good 20 years; that the
leaders of this precious gang ordinarily have longer
and more secure terms Of office than city officials
enjoy; that gangsters active for few years and
then retire llionaires that bootlegging vice
and gambling interests have = skillfully nterlocked
machine that piles up profits at the rate Of some
$13500,000 year.
All of this would be amazing if we already had not
reached the point where expect almost anything
from Chicago.
The great danger to who live outside Of Chicago
that apt to adopt the attitude Of the Pharisee
thanking God that cities are not Is Chicago is,
and then forgetting the whole business.
Chicago is in class by itself, Of course Yet it is
only what many other cities are in miniature Chi
cagoE troubles did not come by malefcent mir
acle; they logically Is Developments from the
regular, time-honored American municipal system.
Il Is too easy to blame the whole thing on crooked
politicians, bootleggers and the like. Back Of all these
olements lies one major cause.-the indifference and
blndness Of the voter. And Chicago has no monopoly
q that.
The truth Of the matter to Be that democracy
came to NJ little bit bsfore ready for it. Our
1ational history to date has been the story Of our
Wondering effort to make democracy work. We've
made some progress, and we shall make great deal
more just ct present. however, are making plenty
~ mistakes.
Carlyls dating the birth Of democracy from the
Anerican and French revolutions, predicted that it
Weuld have 70 80 through two centuries Of "quack-
DeTscy" before it could function properly Perhaps
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-20

ance of pure wholesome blood. Our
consciousness stops if the blood sup
ply is shut off or II the blood be-
comes too toxic in nature.
Heart trouble and anemia are two
of the most common causes Of faint
ing, but any disease which lowers
the vitality or causes congestion OF
blood to some other part than the
head may produce this symptom. In
every case he original disease
should be cured, and measures
should be taken for improving the
circulation and building the general
health. It is important that the
right foods be used and that suffi-
cient exercise be taken to encourage
the circulation.
Question: D. X. L. asks: us it
harmful to the digestive organs to
deep-breathe as much as ten or
twelve times Immediately after each
meal?"
Answer: There can be nothing
particularly harmful about taking .
few breathing exercises after eat.
ing, but the best time is probably
when you are doing systematic ply
steal culture exercise.
Question: C. NJ. writes: II con-
slider you are doing a great and good
work and l hope you may be long
spared to continue it. Am SIS years
old and suffer from Indigestion. My
food consists of powdered milk
(diluted) and a little brown bread,
fruit, and a small quantity of bran
as a laxative. I take plenty Of ex-
ercise. but still suffer from pain and
lassitude after eating"
Answer: You should use more
greens in your diet, and be careful
not to overeat on the starches, or
to use bread and acid fruit together.
Question: D. H. G. writes: "There
are times when l get real weak,
mostly in the arms and legs after I
start work, and in the middle of the
day my eyes want to close. ! even
get those weak tired feelings while
sitting down. Is it anemia, or is it
due to malaria ?"
Answer: l would certainly like
to diagnose your trouble but cannot
do so by mail, as q personal examin-
alton is necessary to determine one
disease from another. Go to q good
diagnostician and find out if you
have anemia or malaria. Then write
to me again, sending a large, self
addressed, stamped envelope, and I
will be glad to send you some liter.
ature which l have already prepared
on the subject of either of these dis.
orders.
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THE NEW SCHOOLHOUsE

schoohouse. once upon time plain build
ing containing several rows of desks and few black
boards. 1t was used for educating children and had
no secondary
But changing times have made the schoolhouse over
into something else again. memorandum from the
Department Of the Interior points out that school
houses now are fast being converted into community
centers, with facilities for directing and organizing
the spare time activities of many people, young and DID,
Fairgrounds. more and more. centerng about
the schoolhouses. Extension study clubs for adults
meet there. The main auditorium of schoolhouse is
often used as heater and lecture hall in the evenings
The gymnasium ministers to the need of youngsters
long after school hours.
Truly, the times changing No longer do few
rows OF desks and blackboard two make school
house. Indeed. they sometimes seem the least i'm
portant bits of furniture in the place.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-20
CAPITOL THEATRE

No stunt is too difficult for Rim
Tin Tin, Warner Bros canine star.
In his latest starring picture, "A
Race for Life" coming tonight to
the Capitol Theatre for a run Of two
days, Rim Tin-Tin provides one
thrilling situation after another.
Versatility seems to be the key
note to Rim Tin Tins success.
Bobby Gordon as Danny, youthful
owner Of Rintv. who leaves home to
win fame and fortune that his aged
mother may enjoy Injuries in her
declining years, gives sympathetic
performance.
In the supporting cast are such
excellent players as Virginia Browne
Faire. Carol Nye, Pat Hartigan and
James Mason. "A Race for Life"
was directed by Ross Lederman from
. story by Charles r. Condor.
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WASHINGTON SURPRISES

There isn't any stork. says Z
bulletin Of the Children's Bureau Of
the Department Of Labor, and "such
fanciful tales are an insult to the
child's intelligence" It wouldn't
surprise as bit now II Andy Mellon
were TO announce there isn't any
Santa Claus. The Department Of
Agriculture is likely to break out
any day with . salvo against such
tales Is Jack and the Beanstalk. !.
Things have reached the point where
We hesitate to board q street car
without positive information from
the Department Of the Interior to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-20

Dr.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health
and diet, addressed to him,
care Of the Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
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Dorchester, England, July 90
The heart Of Thomas Hardy, English
novelist, who died several months
ago, lies buried in q bronze casket
in the grave Of his first wife. The
rest Of his body, which was cremated,
is buried in Westminster abbey.
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to determine the cause Of this. Since
your brain center controls all Of the
functions of the body, it is important
that it be supplied with IN abund-
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Moths can be kept away by sprin.
king liquid camphor under the car.
pets and turpentine in tie corners
Of the wardrobe.
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The vogue for certain plants in
just reaching it's peak. A number
Of exclusive places on Madison
Avenue now deal in cacti Tor maybe
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NEXT: Airs well, writes Marye.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Incl
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
Does the Child Get Enough to Eat?

The desire for food, the actual
eating thereof and the satisfaction
derived from eating is one of ma
lures powerful combinations.
When a child is hungry and
food is in sight-he takes it. If
food isn't available and money Is
found, he sometimes takes that
and buys the thing that he wants.
He may not actually need the
desired article of food-but he
Graves it. OF course his hunger
does not justify the stealing-but
1t causes it.
Nature plus a youngsters ac-
quired cussedness is too big a
force for him to overcome alone.
And the understanding parent.
teacher or juvenile director will
take this into consideration In
dealing with delinquents.
A child who is properly nour-
ished and properly trained in the
moral law has no temptation to
steal. But how many children
have the care and supervision
that insures physical well.being
and moral rightness?
Do you know a child who needs
a little extra attention regarding
his three meals day?
The matter Is of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant the concern
OF every parent.
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
By L. Lamar Matthews

THE Newmans are in the
i depths of dependency and
humiliation. Their youngest
daughter was recently sent home
from school for stealing. Not only
was she caught stealing once, but
it was found that, day after day,
she has been pilfering other chill
dren's lunch.
why did you take what did
not belong to you?" the mother
demanded Indignantly.
II was hungry" fnumbled
Grace.
Now, of course, that mother
feels maltreated by her young
daughter. In fact, she is so angry
with Grace that she almost hates
her. And the mother has her.
self to thank for the childs dis
honesty.
No. Mrs. Newman doesn't steal
herself; neither does her husband,
nor their other children. But
they failed to provide the right
kind of food for the little girl
and 10, the consequences.
Grace is a thin, anenic little
thing. She feels too out-of-sorts
in the morning to eat the hot
cakes or fried food that more
robust members of the household
consume. She would like an
orange or a piece of toast with q
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
Mysteries of Life
ExpOunded By
Philosopher
BY George A. Dorsey,
Ph.D., LID.
CHAPTER Is

TN 1888 there lived curious
4Dutchman who ground lenses.
He scraped some tartar from his
teeth. mixed it with water, and
examined it under his lens.
What he saw was more as
founding sight than that which
confronted Balboa, who, from MS
peak in Darien, saw a lot OF
water, For ages man had known
OF the Pacific Ocean and millions
OF men had sailed its deeps;
I,eeuwenhoek, the Delft lens
maker was the first human
being to see q bacterium.
And the world promptly forgot
him and continued for a CEN
tury and a half to argue "spon-
taneous generation" and to ex-
ercise devils as causes of disease.
1T remained for Louis Pasteur
1S22.95) to prove the part bacte-
ria play in decay. putrefactlon,
fermentation, and many other
processes until then hidden from
the ken of man. Koch, in 1875,
nrnved the causal relation between
the bacillus authracis and the
disease, anthrax, and in 1882 in
vented the solid culture media
for the study of bacteria. Pas
teur founded a new science-bio-
logv: Koch revolutionized mans
attitude toward the world and
gave the human race Its tirst
rational theory of disease.
X ~
Bacteria are so small that al
most nothing Of their anatomy
Il known but their shape. ana
that changes according to CIR
cumstances. They not only vary
during their life cycle. but as
individuals; even abnormal and
monstrous forms are found.
All bacteria have some power
Of locomotion. The typhoid bac.
Mus can make about a. tenth OF
an inch an hour, or 1900 times
its own length. Some travel
faster-so fast that If we could
move as fast in proportion to our
size, we could run mile a min
ute.
Bacteria show amazing vital
capacity. They can defy hours
oe boiling water; their spores can
resist a temperature of 212 de-
rrees. Some sulphur bacteria
haunt hot springs in water at
100 degrees. Some multiply at
freezing point. Typhoid and
diphter1a germs will live for days
in a temperature of liquid air
l2s4 below zerol.
Some bacteria have been known
20 defy liquid hydrogen tempera.
ture (464 below zero).
Even more astounding is their
oapacity to multiply. One be-
comes two by simple division.
The germ of Asiatic cholera can
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
The Golden Rule

IF the Golden Rule Is of any
Il practical value at all-and
we all know it is!-the principle
it holds forth might, it seems to
me. be pressed into service
further than that Of being mere
~ a guide for acts.
do unto others as you would
have them do unto you" This
is reasonable; this is q sign-post
pointing toward a happier life
and a finer world.
But why not say, "Think or
others as you would have them
think OF your" This on the
ground that every act, every
word, every man-created thing
we see and hear and touch was
IA thought before it came into our
awareness as an object or sensa-
ton.
Some of these things about us
are pleasant and make us happy;
a great many give US un'
happiness because they come
from careless or untruthful or
The Washington times., 1928-03-01

This isn't an unusual case.
Any experienced teached will cor.
roborate that statement.
Almost every school room has
at least one little thief enrolled.
And in the beginning. most of
them steal food or money for food.
Quite often it happens that the
children of we1l-to-do parents are
guilty Of this identical offense.
A teacher who has made q
study of child problems, and who
has also had experience in social
welfare work says that children
who steal usually do 50 because
they want food.
The first conscious want of an
infant is for food. The desire for
something to eat recurs az q
dominant force through life.