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Dear Nom:
I've been so busy writing to you
lately about myself, that / have
never told you about the interesting
people up at Madame Elsie's shop.
In the first place, Madame Elsie
herself is a character. With no
particular background, she has as
sumed the manners Of a duchess,
and a French name and q French
accent, and the way she has her
patrons bluffed is marvellous.
But to the people here in the shop,
she is human, and extraordinarily
kind. And the women who cut, and
fit, and really carry on the work Of
the place adore her.
She is very particular about the
girls she allows to be her man.
nequins, and all of them are really
fine girls, who live at home and
who model for fun-except Helen,
who happens to be the loveliest
model Of all-and is the most sought
after one in town.
Helen is the most amazing char
acter you have ever seen. She looks
like an angel-her hair parted in the
middle and coiled on her neck, blue
eyes, wide apart, and mouth that
is everything a mouth should be.
and a figure like nothing l ever
even aspired to.
Helen is simply pursued by the
richest men in town-married or
single. If l ever want Alan to leave
me flat, I'll just officiate at a meet
ing between him and her-and so
long as l want him myself, I'll see
that he never meets her.
Madame Elsie is very much wor-
ried for fear she may lose her looks,
because Of her late hours. And yet
she is the best advertisement the shop
has ever had, for every time she
appears at a night club in a new
frock, a line forms on the right the
next morning for duplicate orders.
To look at Helen, you would think
that she had generations of aristoc-
racy behind her-yet she told me
quite frankly that her mother was
washwoman, and that she herself
had never known what square meal
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THE whole water supply Is hot
enough to boil an egg." BERTHE Lou
replied, and went down the stairs
on the banister. She didn't do this
for sport-it was too old . habit
for that-but to save time.
She made glass OF lemonade
for her mother after she'd had her
own and started back upstairs with
It. On the way she passed the hall
door leading to the dining room
and q sudden wish to take = peek
at the wedding presents seized her.
She put the lemonade on q stand
and opened the door. The light
from the hall shone In upon the
gfft-covered dining table and Ber-
tie Lou stood looking at the array
with frank pleasure In the gener.
osity Of her friends.
Since the family supper on the
screened back porch she had been
too busy to view the gifts and she
did not know that one had arrived
which she had not yet seen.
i was encased IN Q leather OBJ
long with gold satin lining. Mrs.
Ward had put It down on the edge
Of tho table. with the case open.
The light struck softly on . dull
bronze blade and caught Berthe
Louis eyes.
Eureka! Another one!" she
calculated and went In to examine
Il and the card Of tho sender. "A
funny wedding present" she
thought. picking It up. SHARP 90
the devil!" Then she looked at the
card.
miss Lila Marsh"
BERTHE Lou dropped tho paper
cutter quickly into tho case. Her
face. already flushed with heat and
excitement. grew . tribe warmer
In color and her eyes darkened.
Always the name Of Lila Marsh Ct.
fected her In some way. II others
were present she managed some.
how to keep . poker face but II. a.
now. she was unobserved. she
showed her true feelings toward
the girl who had refused to marry
Rod.
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Exercise and massage will speed up
the flow Of the lymphatics.
The colors Of our flag were select
ed before very much was known
about anatomy Of the blood stream,
and il is interesting that the colors
are similar to those / our body.
We have red blood in : arteries,
blue-like blood in our veins, and
white fluid in our Emphatic vessels.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: Mrs. 0. H. asks: "What
is an alligator pearl"
Answer: alligator pear" is a
name which has been given to the
avocado, but this /. me should not
be used, as it does not describe the
avocado. It is not sweet fruit as
the name pear" suggests, but a
salad fruit of a nut-like, buttery
flesh, rich in vegetable oil, with
also some proteins and carbohy-
drates. This fruit may be used at
almost any meal, and combines we'll
with any other article of food.
Question: Mrs. C. writes: II
have palpitation of the heart, but
all the doctor does is to give me
some medicine to use whenever the
trouble becomes bad. know / am
worse whenever I have gas on my
stomach. Please mark off the gassy
foods l should not eat. am en-
closing a list"
Answer: AS you lid not give me
your name I'D addvess I could not
send you a dicect answer, so will
merely name those foods you have
listed which are often found to be
gas producers with those who lave
this tendency: Brown or white
bread, potatoes, apple pie, cake, por-
ridge, lettuce, beets, bananas, peas,
corn, and chocolates.
Question:: j. H. j. writes: "Just
clearing my throat without any ef-
fort brings up little sacs Of clear
mucus. Do you think this neces-
sarily forerunner Of tuberculosis?'
Answer: The little sacs you men,
ton are simply the emulation of
catarrhal phlegm and cannot be con-
sidered the forerunner Of tubercu-
losis. Of course, an extreme catar-
rhal condition may develop into
tuberculosis, but your problem now
is to get rid Of your catarrh, which
you can do by living on mucusless
diet
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A TINE OLD CUSTOM


There are various ways Of celebrating the Declare
ton Of Independence and this nation in the 152 years
Of its existence has tried just about all OF them There
10 one Of them that has never been exercised
10 the extent desirable II consists simply in reading
that time worn document anew and deSoting few
minutes to bordering what it really says
In the old days the reading Of the Declaration OF In
dependence regular part Of every Fourth OF July
celebration The towns leading orator, but re-
spendent in frock coat and top hat would mount the
flag-draped rostrum, clear his throat masnfcently.
and fling forth the words that once told the world OF
the defiance of the American colonies.
This event. sandwiched in between selection by the
band and patriotic recitation by some harassed
school boy always greeted with tumultuous ap-
plause but it is to be doubted il the listeners
really gave very much thought to the sense Of the
words they were hearing. And that Is pity. There
are few things this nation could do with better profit
The Declaration, at times, comes close to being .
downright radical affair. What does it say! Simply
this that governments instituted to protect the in
dividua citizens Unborn rights to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, and that such governments can
draw their power only from the consent Of the gov
erned Furthermore IL expressly adds that whenever
any form Of becomes destructive Of these
ends it is the right Of the people to alter abolish it
Those are strong statements. The Declaration 1T H.
dependence is not milk and water affair Il not
written and signed by who lived in cons.a.
Of change in the existing order. It holds seant COM
fort for the superparo Of today who would deny the
rights Of free speech and free assemblase to
al who do not share his social and economic
views
There has been much loose talk about sticking 70
the principles Of the founders Of the country Fine
lets do it, by all But first let's just what
those principles We may be . bit surprised, but
that will be good for US.
One Of the best ways 90 about 10 to reread thu
Declaration Of Independence. It would Be good thing
if every adult citizen could take the time to-day to d.
that, bordering the implications Of the documentl
statements Is he did 50.
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frequent wistful references to .
great mistake.
DERTIE LOU slammed tho door
y Of the dining room with q bang.
Lila had spoiled her night.
When she offered the lemonade
to her mother Mrs. Ward said:
''Your hand is hot. honey: don't
you feel well?"
Its awfully close. NUNS: do
you think 1t will rain tomorrow"
Berthe Lou evaded.
maybe it will rain before morn.
ing and cool things OF. Can't you
sleep?"
I'm too excited"-that was q
slip-"I mean there are so many
darned things to think about when
you have wedding. I wish Rod
and l had eloped. What q lot OF
trouble it will save when people
who want to get married just walk
up to q mountain top and shout
their union to the four winds"
She had raised her voice. Her
father, sleeping beside her mother.
stirred restlessly. BERTHE Lou be.
came quiet.
want me to come and talk to
you?" her mother whispered anx.
iously. It had disappointed her
vaguely that Berthe Lou had not
come to her with condolences and
questions.
"You need your sleep. NUNS.
I'll read" BERTHE Lou replied and
slipped out Of the room. Back in
her own flower-papered bower,
stripped Of rugs and hangings for
GOODNESS. she threw her pillows
down by the window and knelt up-
on them. arms crossed on the win.
dow sill. curly head upon them.
It was more restful than her bed.
And the orchestration Of myriad
summer insects soothed her. She
didn't believe she would sleep that
night
AT six her mother woke her,
"A scolding. you'll be as sti1
as ramrod. Go and take Z hot
bath. real hot. Yes. know It's Q
hot day, but you do a. ! say. Cool
OF with q shower II you like but
don't stand there rubbing your
eyes out"
Mother feelings hiding behind
bustling authority.
Berthe Lou had . better idea
She went down and put on q phono.
graph record and limbered up with
the Black Bottom and . stomp.
Then she took the hot bath. and
poured the last quarter bottle Of
bath salts into the tub. Her mother
didn't like, them. She might ~
well luxuriate. Couldn't pack .
nearly empty bottle.
She was well seeped In rose per.
fume BY the time she was ready
for the cold shower.
Then came breakfast. lt was
slightly cooler on the shaded porch
and BERTHE Louis mother had pro.
vided iced honeydew with lemon.
No one "jawed" her for being
half dressed this morning. Her
old organdis house coat was left
unfastened over her limited under.
things without rebuke. Berthe
LOUIS sweet little body was no mys,
terry to her family. Keeping her
covered had been her mothers
chief concern and activity for sev.
eral years.
Her dad grunted at her. fingered
. bit over his second cup Of coffee.
and then took himself OF to bid
carpenter shop to work. until time
to come back and dress for the we'd.
ding. He wanted to say something
to Berthe Lou. He didn't know
what 1t was but . man didn't have
Z young daughter getting married
every day. He felt hs ought to
say something. And hs said moth.
ing because these halt naked youna
animals Of the present day con.
fused him.
Continued on classified page)
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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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In racing a horses age is reck-
oned from the January Of the year
in which it was born; thus a horse
born in December, and actually but
a month old the following January,
would officially be q year old.
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CHAPTER l

CHAPTER ]
QERTIE Lou stood on the brink
OF the great adventure.
She was thrilled to the core Of
her youth-firm, little body. And no
one guessed It.
Her own mother had not been
permitted to see behind the mask
OF sophistication she wore to con.
ceal her shy. dreaming soul And
not even Rod had known how hap.
py she was.
For BERTHE Lou would not talk
about it. She was afraid Of being
sappy. So she posed behind an ar.
NOR OF boots and jibes for tho
weakness Of sentiment. It was
the code Of her day among her
friends.
But tonight she could not jeer
at her happiness. It made her feel
like q traitor to the other girls
this being 50 old.fashionedly pal.
plating ana concerned. Wouldn't
they razs mel" she thought.
She knew she ought to be asleep.
Marriage was . million years old
nothing to get excited about. And
she was excited. No use trying to
be blase for her own benefit. Not
on this. her last night as BERTHE
Lou Ward. Tomorrow she. would
become Mrs. Rod Dryer.
She let herself dwell upon the
event with much the same thoughts
that might have filled the mind Of
any maiden Of yore on tho eve Of
her wedding day. The influence Of
her friends melted away before the
wonder In her heart-the thousand
questions. the fears and eagerness.
That was only for tonight. The
next day she would be modern
again-a clear.eyed. know.what.
its-all-about miss. No one would
have to know that she had been
misty'eyed and hesitantly prayer.
ful the night before-1ust like any
sap who believed in fairy tales.
She thought Of the advice one
l7-year-old Scion had given her:
Don't let It get you. BERTHE Lou.
II you don't like It you can chuck
1t. you know"
But it does get you-no matter
now wise you are" BERTHE Lou
whispered into tho warm darkness
OF her room. And that was the
nearest she ever had come to wis.
dom.
CHE lay . little longer. lost IN the
enchantment Of standing ON
the threshold Of . new life. before
the heat OF the summer niRht
pressed unbearably In upon her.
The little breeze that had sprung
up At sundown had died down
again. Her room had grown sultry
since she had gone to bed.
BERTHE Lou threw back tho sheet
that covered her and slipped her
sun-tanned legs over the edge OF
the bed. She felt around with her
toes for her old mules and thrust
her feet into them.
They clattered Z little a she
crossed tho bare door and groped
her way down the hall to the stairs.
Her mother called to her: sBer.
tie Lou. 10 that you?" \
BERTHE Lou halted IN surprise.
Her mother was . sound sleeper.
But BERTHE Lou did not know what
It meant to have Z little girl get,
ting married on the morrow.
Perhaps her mother was suffer.
ing from the heat. I'm going down
for . drink" she answered. sWant
. glass Of ice water?"
Don't drink ice water. honey.
There's some lemon juice In Z bot.
tie In the refrigerator. Let The
water run Z white"
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UNwIsE COUNSEL

George N. Peek, chairman Of the executive eom-
ttee Of the Corn Belt Conference, militant for the
McNary- Hausen bill, has issued statement urging
formers to vote the Democratic ticket in November.
He bases his advice the grounds that the Re-
publican party turned its back on the farmers at
Kansas City.
He declares it added insult to injury by nominst-
ing for president 1.-THE arch enemy Of square deal
for American agriculture"
Mr.. Peek's position is perfectly consistent with al
his activities in the farm equality fight Il is mat.
ter which, in oil fairness, he il especially privil
eyed to speak, for he has behind him long record
q constructive efforts behalf Of farm equality.
Yet he is jumping ct conclusions.
Al Smith has just established the precedent that
platforms mean nothing e candidate by announcing
that he will disregard the dry platform given him
By hs party and work for modification Of the prohib-
tion law.
Herbert Hoover has already announced that he is
giving study to the farm equality problem and in
due time will have something to say.
Condemnation Of Mr. Hoover q the arch-snemy Of
agriculture, Mr.. Peek has called him. il hasty and
10 not borne out by the facts.
The question 10 upon which Mr. Peek no doubt
feels deeply. Yet his statement 1T this time proposes
soothing constructive than that the farmers vote
their prejudices, any they have. That is not good
advics, no matter Whist the source
Neither Of the party platforms offer the farmer
more than platitudinous relief Mr.. Peek il great
farm leader, but he has made mistake. The fight
for square deal for the farmer must 30 on, Of
But counseling farmers TO vote their pref
udiess will accomplish nothing.
The farmer should vote HE economic interest not
bic prsjudices.
And he will find that 1t least a. well taken care
a. within The ranks Of the Republican party especial
y n North Dakota with Senator's Fr4sitr and Nye,
- Il ID in the Democratic group without rspresenta-
on here and with prospect most remote q setting It,
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out through the lungs and the oxy-
gen absorbed makes it red. As you
can see by this, the :. .eries and
veins travelling between the lungs
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STRANGE NEWS FROM HOUSTON

Ihsse are days Of disquistiAs ns~spapsr reports
eeneerning the recent Democratic family yeunien at
Houston.
Democrats have adoptsd dsisr plank than the Re-
yublleams.
o. another read that ths Democratic presidential
eoGninee has repudiited IL.
Tnng further It Il found ehrsniclsd that scores Of
OonlocFats ars IN Houston hospitals suffering from
h1ye dsh poisoning"
! Yet further on We find that many gshtlsmsn from
pnswth" wsrs unable 70 carry their liquor like rem
49, undsr IT, balsful influence Of Texas' sum.
= fsu on IL sidewalk. Seine fsll whsrever they
gcYor years your ttle s6nthstn esatlsmia hes
liquor str1iGhk sons IL, sans ginger ale, cams
y N.sI bit what \ ves-shadows 81 sunshne
Il I'm ~ hillstl6S lsie 40. Hs stetl up.
pAGs " M tAat ~ tyast> 1dltloye1
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LONDON WHIRL
TIRES AMELIA

London, June 23.-R-The strain
Of London's welcome has begun to
pail on Miss Amelia Earhart and
there were indications today that
perhaps she has let her days become
too crowded.
Miss Earhart slept today until
nearly noon and upon awakening
cancelled all her engagements for
the day except the luncheon at the
American embassy where she was
the guest of Mrs. Alanson B. Hough-
ton, wife Of the American ::nbas-
sador.
Friends of Miss Earhart remarked
that she had not been holding up
we'll to the fast social gait exacted
Of her since she has been here. Yes
terday, it was said, was particularly
hard on her. six engagements leav-
ing her no time at all to herself.
Early today William Stultz. and
Louis Gordon. pilot and navigator of
their flight from Trepassey Bay to
BURY Port, Wales, flew from Croy-
don to Manchester where they
placed wreath on the grave of Sir
John Alcock. first flyer to cross the
Atlantic. They intended to return
to London this afternoon.
The three American flyers will
return to the United States aboard
the S. S. Roosevelt on June %.
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CASE
is POSTPONED

The states case against C. M.
Rosson on a charge of maintaining
a liquor nuisance was postponed
until the next term Of district court
by Judge Fred Jansonius this morn
ing.
The states witnesses failed to
appear for the trial. The Judge
then gave the witness a choice Of
being tried next week or during the
next term.
Rosson. with his wife, was arrest
ed by Federal Prohibition Director
John T. Hagan. Mash was found at
his residence and two customers
were purchasing alcoholic beverages
when the federal men arrived it is
charged.
Failing to appear at prelim-
mary hearing before Justice of the
Peace A. E. Shipp Tuesday night,
the couple forfeited $500 bonds
each.
They plead not guilty to their
charges when arraigned Thursday
afternoon before district court. Mrs.
Rosson was charged with selling
liquor.
The next term of court begins
with Judge Frank T. Lembke, Het-
finger, on the bench, July 8 at
p. m.
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Personal and
Social News of
Mandan Vicinity
Bridge Party and
Shower HOnoring
Miss Rose Barth

Mrs. Frank Barth. Jr., entertained
Thursday evening a. linen show
er and bridge party in compliment
to Miss Rose Barth whose marriage
to Joseph Schreiner will occur July
3.
Cards ere played at five tables,
and high honors were won by Mrs.
C. B. Coulombe Of Missoula, Mont,
and Miss Marie Ferderer.
At the close of the games, refresh
ments were served. A color scheme
of pink and white was carried out
in the table appointments. while
pink roses tlecs lated the rooms.
Out-of-town guests included Mrs.
Coulombe of Missoula. and Misses
Lillian and Clara Papacek of Bis
marck.
Frank w. McGillic has returned
from Malone, N. Y, where he has
been visiting relatives for several
weeks.
Miss Esther Hanson Of Steele is
spending a few weeks here as the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Jack Peter
son.
Mrs. F. II. Schroeder and son. Yer
non. have returned from a trip
through the Black Hills.
Sister Helen Angela and Sister
Marie Ursule of the College Of st.
Catherine. st. Paul, Mimi, were
guests of Hrs. Jos. p. Hess Friday
while en- route to Portland. Ore.
A daughter vas born Friday at
the Deaconess hospital to Sheriff
and Mrs. H. G.. Schoonover of Fort
Yates.
A surprise party was riven Thurs
day evening in honor of the birthday
anniversary Of John Hoffman, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. p. Hoffman. Aft
er an evesing of games and dane
ing, refreshments were served. Six.
teen boys and girls attended the par
ty.
Edward Tapley has resumed his
duties with the J. G. Penney store
here after a several weeks illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brucker are
the parents of daughter, born We'd
resday at their home in Mandan.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Vilhauer and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Henley of Hell
were business callers in Mandar
Thursday.
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GRAFTERS ARE
SENT TO PEN

New Yor June 23.-(N-Two
separate Investigations into charges
of graft in city affairs have brought
prison sentences for three men and
indictments against four others, one
a former Borough president.
Three former officials of the
street cleaning department Of the
Bronx yesterday were given prison
sentences of from one to ten years
for payroll padding. An extraor-
dinafy grand jury investigating
sewer construction in Queens re-
turned indictments against Maurice
+. Connolly, Borough president for
sixteen years; .'ohn NJ. Phillips,
millionaire sewer contractor, and
two engineers.
In the Bronx investigation. Will
liam J. Oswald. former district
superintendent was sentenced to
serve 3 to 10 years in Sing Sing
William J. Lougheed, stable fore
man, who turned states evidence,
was sentenced T. one and onc-half
to three years, and Benjamin }.
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Shower Visits Fair
Grounds, City Is Dry

The city Of Bismarck remained
dry last night while a light shower
was falling at the fair grounds,
Orris w. Roberts, United States
meteorological said today.
Heavy rainfall in Williston and
Hettinger was reported during the
24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock
this morning. Many other North
Dakota points reported light
showers.
The precipitation at Hettinger
measured 100 inches and that at
Williston 1.58 inches. Precipitation
in other points was Crosby 20;
Devils Lake OF; Dickinson .l6;
Dunn Center 10; Fcssenden .O2:
Grand Forks OF; Langdon .0S; and
Moorhead, Mimi, AS.
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House of David Whips
Mandan Outfit Friday

The famed House Of David travel
ing baseball club slugged out IS
to / winner over Mandan at the
Mandan fair grounds last evening.
Big innings in the first and
eighth, in which the long-haired
beauties scored five and six runs
respectively, made the game a walk
away affair. =.
Eddie Tobin. Bismarck first
sacker, scored the only run for Man.
dan on George Heidt's smashing
hit. The David aggregation had
no stars for they were all good.
Torfler began on the mound for
Mandan, being relieved in the
seventh by Heidi. Mutt Gronvold
was behind the bat. Meve and Ken
dell made up the Davidite battery.
Clownish antics of the David
gang made the game amusing. All
Of them were powerful hitters, and
they fielded brilliantly.
The Benton Harbor, Mich, outfit
meets Bismarck at $50 tonight at
the city ball park.