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Manufacturers of mattresses have united in
the statement that the feather bed is dead.
Official pronouncement was made at recent
convention in Chicago The mattress men
united in an anthem to its memory. insisting
the remaining feather beds should be classed
among the antiques.
History appears to be silent on the question
of the origin of the feather bed. The name Of
the individual who fashioned that product to
meet public need is not recorded The world
never may know and honor him or her.
Plainly it was product of pioneer days, when
modern mattresses were unknown, when the
man and the woman were forced to fashion
and provide their domestic aids to comfort
and rest Even if the feather bed has been de-
clared dead, it left long and noble record for
friendly usefulness.
It was a source of pride to many good women,
it gave nights of comfort and rest to weary
man as the new country was reclaimed to
civilization. 1t helped make America. Long
may it be remembered.
Pioneer beds were entire strangers to the
modern product The four-poster bed was
made by rude hands many times, there were no
woven wire springs as we have them today.
Their place was filled by the bed cord, laced
across the bed frame, anchored on either side
to stout pegs set in the frame. AS the rope
laced tighter.
On the bed cord was placed the straw tick, a
stout bag, filled with straw taken from the pile
left at threshing time and on top of the straw
tick was placed the feather bed. Linen sheets,
bleached in the sun, covered the feather bed,
there were homemade blankets of real wool
for covering, with quilts and comforts all made
in the home.
Eminent authorities declare that feathers
are light, horny epidernal growths which make
up the external covering and plumage Of birds.
In fact, feathers are found only on birds and
their presence is the most distinctive char
acteristic of that group. Goose feathers were
used to fill the bed ticks, as the huge bag that
held the feathers was known.
The pioneer woman had her own flock Of
geese, she picked her own feathers, an abund-
ance Of fine feathers for the bed gave q de-
gree Of excellence to the home. Occasionally
the feathers were renovated, but that was i
modern method. The pioneer woman washed
her own feathers
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WASHINGTON n
LETTER XM

stricken opposition. In five pre-
ceding elections they received a
popular vote plurality except for
one defeat by 10000 votes. Then
the party went into the hands of
the Bryan forces and undertook to
array south and west against the
northeast. In the last eight cleo
tions, from 1896 on, the party has
had plurality just once, except
when the opposition split in two. It
hasn't had q single majority in New
York state.
Some of the party's finest men,
honest and unselfish progressives,
still hold that it shouldn't truckle
to New York and other populous
states which haven't been voting the
ticket. They are heartbroken at the
likelihood of a Tammany mans
nomination and would 60 back to the
Bryan system, remembering that
Wilson barely won in 1916 by beat
ing the east with the west. They
cite the Cox and Davis defeats as
proving the folly Of compromise.
But the more hard-headed poll
ticians remember that the good old
days when the Democrats had an
even chance were when they had q
good chance to carry New York and
that governors Of New York or New
Jersey have been the party presi-
Dental candidates who polled its six
national pluralities in the last u
years.
The Bryan torch, now Pickering
family, has been discarded because
politicians must eat. The munich
pal and state job troughs largely
satisfy them where the party is
strong in the city or state, but the
great federal patronage orchard
lures them as we'll. And where the
local or state machine can't ever win
and the national machine hardly
ever, there the politicians are rabid
for q winner.
Until Wilson, Bryan was his par
tvs great figure. After Wilson's
death came the fight for control, re-
sulting in q stand-off with a slight
edge for the more pragmatic party
bosses. In 1920. Bryan kept them
from adopting a wet plank. In 1924
he was one Of the hottest anti-Smith
leaders and barely blocked the anti
Khan plank. His own candidates
were licked, but in 1924 they named
his brother for vice president in
order to conciliate him.
Few political leaders have been
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so blindly followed or bite
hated.

Dearest Nom:
Just time for word or two be.
fore l dash off to the office on an
errand for Alan. He asked Flor
ence to 60 but I don't want to take
her time for things like that when
she's leaving so soon.
Besides, l really think I ought to
drop hint down there about the
nuisance Of telephone calls. That
girl, Alan's new stenographer, must
do her work with typewriter in one
hand and a telephone in the other
I told Alan l thought she must be
too emotional to be able to concen-
trate and he just grinned at me
Why is it that q wife can't suggest
anything about business to a hus-
band without having him jump ia
the conclusion that her remark is
prompted by jealousy?
haven't seen this new girl, 50
how could l be jealous of her? Any
way I've never been jealous, but
suppose l would if Alan gave me
any cause for it.
If l were Of a jealous disposition
wouldn't be willing for Norman
and Florence to trot around togeth-
er, would /? Because even if have
no right to a share in Norman's af-
fections l feel that one never entire
~ closes the door that was open ia
q sweetheart or a lover. I might
hear of Norman's marrying, and not
turn q hair, but must confess that
I'd prefer not to come in direct con-
tact with his happiness.
Now l suppose I'll call down a
shocked torrent of criticism on my
head for saying that. But it is the
truth. It's mean little streak but
l think it's in all of US who are
honest enough to face it. Nothing
but a matter Of ego. And certainly
if person has no ego he has no per-
sonality. Who wants the definite
proof Of his election from favored
place in life, or another persons
heart, thrust upon him?
For instance, no one, l presume,
would want or expect to stay in the
White House all his life, but don't
tell me that anyone could leave that
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-! Lobbying is a recognized industry in the
Emitted States. There is hardly group or in
dxerest that is not represented by lobby in
| Washington. Congressman going about their
nbusness must listen to the professional lobby
! SITS representing manufacturers importers, ex-
oorters, power interests, agricultural interests,
Anland and the seaboard interests and heaven
ntxnows what else. They must listen also to the
dllnoral interests-the Ant-Saloon League and
The Methodist Board of Temperance, Pro-
Exhibition and Public Morals.
III Congress must not only listen, but often it
7}nust obey. It has obeyed to such an extent that
sthere is hardly single interest, group or sec
cfion which has not received some kind of
speca legislation which has the effect of taking
smoney out of the pockets of the taxpayers and
butting it, directly or indirectly, in the pockets
b6f the special interests concerned. If it is not
inoney, it is a right or privilege that is taken
S77rom the public.
~ All this and not an outcry. It is accepted in
|1zWashington as q part of the natural order of
S4hings.
There is but one weapon with which the
s,public can effectively fight back 1t must fight
fire with fire.
Y Were the supposedly represented but, in
ttooreality, unrepresented masses to send strong
lobby to Washington congress might discover
(that the many little voices it has been attentive
irto were not the big voice of the people. Ger
35s*ainly, in q republic the majority should have
- voice in the government, and that voice ought
ant times to prevail over the voices Of small
(4minorities.
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q Down Texas way stock growers are engaged
stln : sentimental undertaking. Its objective is
e33that the longhorn steer of hallowed memory
ee11hal not perish from the earth.
~. Hard-riding cow punchers recently secured
1.-The hinterland of Texas in an effort to roundup
elsfhe last Of the longhorns from the hidden
rSorroyos and mountain mesas They found less
eieharl ) half hundred. OF these much less than
hoH that number were true to type.
Sf1 The search resulted in finding one patriarch,
uuver, whose horns had spread OF feet
- TIP 70 tip.
B But Texas isr't going back to the longhorn
- = ii fact relic of the past. He
= symbol Of the old days, the brave days Of
Swoot that was. He is esteemed for his
fimental value only. Texas beef stock today
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-15
By RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

Washington, May 15.-For the
first time in nine presidential cleo
tions, the Democratic party will
have to get along this year without
William Jennings Bryan.
The Old Commoner's absence may
have no effect on the fortunes Of
his party, and then again his pass
ing may mark q new era for it.
With Bryan have gone most OF
Bryan's men, and those who remain
are no longer q power in the land,
Most Of Organism has gone, too
Many Of his best measures are now
law and the worst are no longer
supported.
Perhaps the most important item
from purely political standpoint il
the virtual disappearance OF the
Bryan idea Of carrying elections
with the south and west and letting
the east 60 hang.
! Al Smiths prospective nomina-
ton definitely throws that idea over
board; it means that II the New
York governor is nominated the
Democrats will carry the fight into
the great stronghold Of the Re-
publicans.
The party has bsen getting away
from Organism ever since the first
Wilson administration. McAdoo At
tempted to carry on his principles
and failed, even while he still
lived, to sway that great body Of
Democrats to whom he was Messiah.
Politically and cold-bloodedly
speaking. Bryan's disappearance
should be no great loss. Lacking q
great crusader and remembering
that crusaders seldom won elections
for all their great value. the party'a
best bet probably Is . man like
Smith, whose strength 10 the belief
that he has the best chance to win.
If Smith should be elected and
turn out q man Of broad, liberal
vision, 50 much the better for the
party and the country. At the mo-
ment, he is neither crusading
radical like Bryan nor an ultra con-
servative like Underwood or Alton
B. Parker and every informed per-
son knows that q Democratic candi-
date must stand somewhere between
those two extremes Il he Is to stand
any chance in 1925.
The Democrats were not . mi
nority party until Bryan ran in 1896
and scared Big Business into panic
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beautiful place without regret.
That's what mean about old lovers.
You don't want them and you
wouldn't want to keep them from
finding a successor to you, but
darned if you would like to sit on the
sidelines and watch your own evic-
ton.
Even il Florence hasn't done 50
well with her boy friends she's an
attractive girl and far be it for me
to say that Norman wouldn't fall in
love with her. So, with that pos
sibility to face, I think I'm of a very
magnanimous nature to permit her
to "ghost" for me.
Devotedly,
MARYE.
NEXT: A lecture from Nom.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-15
IN NEW YORK

New York, May 15.-The Manhat-
tan speakeasy has undergone a
startling change within the last few
months.
At the present writing, the lower
the dive the higher class the crowd.
What began as an occasional sport
for Summing parties is fast de-
veloping into a regular habit. More
and more do the young ladies Of
the debutante class find their way
into barrooms where silks and
satins and sailors and diamonds and
dudes mingle in an incongruous COM
partnership.
In New York's leading journalistic
exponent of sophistication there APP
pears this week a sardonic comment
ary that if you wish to find the
young lady whose picture appeared
in the last roto supplement Of the
Sunday society sections, you need
20 no further than the corner of q
certain resort. The place mentioned
is among the various rowdy drink
ing emporiums Of the Times Square
belt.
The speakeasy is no longer op.
Grated exclusively for the "roughs"
and the "bad girls" from the honky-
tonks. Any night, about the mid.
night hour or thereafter, you will
find the places jammed by young
ladies of the upper crust" who step
from snappy sport cars into dark
hack doors. Sometimes they are
with escorts; sometimes they are but
q couple Of girls stepping out"
They are smartly dressed, invariably
Attractive in appearance, and young.
In spite Of their mixed drinks their
conversations betray q boarding
school or college background. They
are not essentially, the younger
generation" Most Of them seem to
Be well into their twenties, and well
past what was known % the flap
per stag.
Within the last few weeks I have
seen dozens Of young women who
give none Of the suggestion OF
"wildness" associated with drinking.
They 20 to the bars and cafes 20
drink Is . man used to 60 to drink.
Most Of them are from excellent
families: girls who have gone
abroad for summer trips and there
become accustomed to their high
balls and their cocktails. To me they
represent at this moment the most
interesting factors in the much
discussed prohibition question.
It is no longer . secret that New
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-15

DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health
and diet, addressed to him,
care Of the Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-15

Judging by recent elections in
Chicago and Seattle, it's neither q
good thing to lift the lid nor to nail
it tight. The ideal seems to be to
Just leave the lid on-kind of
loose.
The prohibition administrator in
Chicago has notified restaurant
proprietors that the word "brew"
in signs is q violation of the Vol
stead act. Now if he would just
tell the headline writer's, maybe
we'd have fewer Of those heads
starting with "Storm Brews."
II the vogue Of ALTERATION con.
tinues, Herbert Hoover will be our
next president. Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
there you are.
Maybe one Of the reasons a girl
must be beautiful but dumb thesG
days is the male company she
keeps.
President Coolidge declined a Da.
kota bankers invitation to take a
plane ride the other day. He's
not ready to take the air yet.
Five European editors are racing
around the world. Bet they got the
marriages mixed with the death
notices.
Within the circle OF five miller
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late quickly in the wound; whereaA
those known as "bleeders" show al
evidence of being calcium starved
The use Of over-refined foods OF
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any kind is the direct cause of de-
caying and crumbly teeth.
Resistance of disease is also
made less and less as the alkaline
balance of the blood is lost and the
tissues develop more acid reaction.
You cannot get your lime out of
the rocks as the plants do, but you
have always for your use the
vegetables which have converted the
mineral lime into organic calcium to
be used by the body as nature in
tended.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: Mrs. j. M. writes:
"Will you please advise me what
to do? l have an acid system"
Answer: What you probably
mean is that you have hyperacidity
Of the stomach. This can be cured
if you will learn to live on the
proper food combinations. Follow
the menus suggested in this column,
and you will soon notice a change
for the better. If you will send me
a large, stamped, self-addressed en-
velope l will be glad to send an ar.
ticle, "Healthful Menus" without
charge.
Question: Mrs. ]. K. asks: "Is tn,
moderate use of condiments very
harmful? find it hard to do with
out little spice or vinegar in pre-.
pairing meals?"
Answer: Spices and condiments
stimulate the flow of digestive
juice, and if they are used at all
they should be used at a meat meal.
Those who suffer from hyperacidity
already have more acid than they
know what to do with and anything
which excites an additional flow Of
hydrochloric acid is bad for them.
Question: J. H. writes: "My blood
examination shows a positive Was
sermann. Will you answer me in
the paper and tell me what to do?"
Answer: Your question refers to
a subject which cannot be freely dis
cussed in the columns of the daily
paper. If you desire such informa.
ton, you must write a persona.
letter to me, giving your full name
and address which, of course, will
never be published in the paper.
Question: H. X. asks: "ShouZ
one eat his meal if it is time but
he is not hungry?"
Answer: There would not b.
much sickness nor many digestive
disorders if people would eat onll
when hungry. Appetite and hungel
are quite different, but you should
at least have an appetite before
your meals, or you should wait an(
miss as many meals as necessary
until there is a return of your
normal hunger.
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Within the circle Of five miller
round Charing Cross, London con.
tains more than 200 statues Of
famous men and women.
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The Democrats were not . MI
nority party until Bryan ran in 1896
and scared Big Business into panic
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It is no longer . secret that New
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-31
SOUTH TO RULE
IN CONGRESS IF
DEMOCRATS Win
Control of Most important
Committees in House and
Senate Involved.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-South-
ern Senators and Congressman
would head most of the important
committees of the seventy-first
Congress should Democrats capture
complete control in the fall cleo
tons.
Should the Republicans win. con-
troll would ste. much as it is except
for replacement of committee chair
men who might be beaten. Both
House campaign chairmen-Repre-
sentative Oldfeld of Arkansas
(Dem.) and Representative Wood
of Indiana Rep0-are out with
predictions of victory. Both Senate
leaders - Tydings of Maryland
Dem) and Metcalf of Rhode
Island CRep)-are saying little and
saving wood.
Southern control would come
from the fact that chairmanShips
are usually awarded through SEMI
GRITTY, and Southern Democrats in
House and Senate stay longer. gen.
orally speaking, than those from
other sections.
In the Senate the situation would
be complicated by the fact that
southerners are veterans of so many
important committees they would
have their choice of several chair
nanshipS. .....,
The very number of southern
Senators probably would insure that
the northern and western Demo-
Gratis would receive some chairman
ships, however, as the southerners
would have to take their choice and
leave important committees open.
In some Of these cases southern
Senators are second in rank, how
ever.
In the House the South would
supplant Pennsylvania as the COM
mittee power, since the latter State
has six members heading important
House committees.
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FIatrOck Baptists Meet

BB Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. 31.-At-
tendance of 200 is is Registered here
at the one hundred sixth annual
conference of the Flatrock Baptist
Association, closed this afternoon
after a two-day session.
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DRY PLEA TO QUAKERS
Temperance Board Chairman APP
peaIs to Indiana Friends.

DEdlS 10 AuuAdnd EAACAAOSs
BIZ Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. 31.-A
plea to Quakers to vote only for
dry candidates at the November
election was made by S. Edgar
Nicholson, temperance board chair
man of the Indiana Yearly Meeting
of Friends in one hundred eighth
annual session here.
In a peace contest, first place was
won by Olive Smith, Spiceland;
second, Pauline Jones, Paramount,
and third, Altha Wright, Winches-
ter.
Reports to the meeting showed
the winchester quarterly meeting.
with 1886 members, is the largest
in Indiana. The State total is 1900.
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Potatoes of Erin Put Starch" in
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better than English bones. His
theory is that the calcium in the
potatoes, so much eaten in Ireland,
strengthen the body structure.
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moved finally to East Hyattsville
Md, where they died. Meanwhile
Kinjiro had married an American
girl.
Four years ago, Edmonston. tired
of paying all its taxes to the coun.
ty, cut itself off from East Hyatts.
vile and obtained a charter as a
separate township. Matsudaira
was a leader in the separation
movement.
Edmonston elected mayors
named McQuinn, James and Nc
Leod. Meanwhile Matsudaira had
been elected to the town council
for two years. Edmonston has two
wards. Ward One and Ward Two.
and Matsudaira represented one of
them.
Il usually ran for mayor when
the other candidate hAd no v.ro-
sition, so my election was more or
less by accident" says Mqtsu-
daira. Mcleod ran for reelection
on a platform calling fIr new
streets and bridges which would
have made us borrow $500 600 and
put us in debt.
"My platform was for improve.
ments within the reach Of the PEG
pie"
So, in the election this summer,
beat Mcleod. lie hopes
for new improvements, including
least one bridge. and he wants
community stadium, but he also
wants to keep the taxes down.
Thus, he is having his troubles like
my other mayor, but Edmonston
likes him. He's a registered Dem
'erat. EdmOnstOn has but 100
citizens. so his mayoral duties are
lot arduous.
Matsudaira, who is an official in
large Washington department
tore, has always maintained that
e would rather be q citizen of
laryland than anything one might
lggest in Japan. He is AZ years
Id, has been here q years and
as never once felt the call Of the
ast. He has three children. Haru
aroline. Ellen and Robert Ford
atsudajra-tTo girls and Il hoy