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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
A LONG GETHSEMANE ENDED
minneapolis Journal

Mary Copley Thaw, who died at her Pittsburgh home
early this month at the age Of IS, was a remarkable wo-
man. She was q leading figure in philanthropy and civic
enterprise. best known BY her heart breaking struggle to
save her son after his murder OF Stanford White in 1906.
Mrs. Thaw came Of an old and celebrated family. hcr
father. the grandson of the American painter. John Sin
gleton Copley, and nephew Of Lord Lyndhurst, was one
Of the pioneer editors Of western Pennsylvania. Her aus.
leaving an estate Of $780, 900 900. Mrs. Thaw,s gifts to
various charities reached tar into the millions. She WAS
one of the founders and builders Of the Third Presbyter-
Ian church In Pittsburgh and took a deep interest in the
Mission House In the same city. When crops failed in
Nebraska. in 1894. she distributed seed to the farmers.
researches in aviation and sent many contributions to tic
impoverished European peoples in the World war.
The great tragedy Of her life was her sons murder OF
Stanford White. She fought his cause through six trials.
five a.Seas corpus proceedings and three sanity hearings,
over almos. two decades, with every mental and financial
resource at her disposal. Throughout four months in 1907
she sat unfalteringly beside him daily. and gave testi-
mony. Even District Attorney William Trayers Jerome
said to the jury. mo one would believe that this woman
Year after year. she was constantly at hts side. and when
he came home to Lyndlurst In July. 1925. she awaited
him In the first white dress she had worn since the day
of the murder.
In the shadow Of this tragedy. the woman was lost in
the mother. In q recent number Of a little poetical pc
riod.cal called The Harp, Virginia Spates writes the poem
Of the mother OF Judas:
The high priest says my boy
Betrayed Christ for . price?
A lie! A viper'S sting!
He dare not say It twice.
Then he was forced; some twist
OF fate left him not free
To choose He sold his Lord
In dark Gethsemane?
My Judas dead and Christ
O God, make me the one
Forever lost through this!
Spare him, my son. my son.
Her life, her fortune. her future-everything but her
integrity woman will give for her son. Much = slwe.s
forgiven her for this. for she hath loved much And
now the long Gethsemane has come = m end
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
EIGHT.HOUR DAY

EIGHT.HOUR DAY
On June Is. 1858. congress passed a
law making eight hours 4 legal days
work.
This law made eight hours a days
work for all laborers. workmen and
mechanics employed by or on behalf
Of the government Of the United
States.
The law was directory only and not
penal and had little value, except that
it formed an opening wedge in the
fight for shorter hours for working
men.
Laws of 1883 directed the public
printer strictly to enforce the pro-
visions of the eight-hour law in the
work under his charge.
A new eight-hour law was passed In
1892 limiting the hours of labor and
providing . penalty for exacting or
permitting overtime work. A work.
man laboring in violation Of this
law can recover nothing for over
time.
The new law applied to laborers and
mechanics employed by the govern
ment of the United States or by the
District Of Columbia. Later, this law
was amended and closely allied laws
were enacted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25

minutes. Please print the cause and
also the remedy"
Answer-Thc trouble with your
eyelid is caused by nervousness, and
can be cured il you will regulate
your diet, increase your exercises,
and build up your general bodily
strength.
Location Of Liver
Question:. NJ. G. writes: II was
having an argument with a friend
about the location Of the liver. To
settle the argument will you tell us
just where it is located and what
holds it in place."
! Answer--The liver is located in
the upper portion of the abdomen
just below the diaphragm. About
four-fifths of the liver is on the
right, and one-fifth on the left side.
The liver rests upon various abdom-
inal orga:s, such es kidneys, large
! colcn and stomach. It is also sup
ported by five strong ligaments.
The CELL bladder is attached to the
lower surface of the right lobe Of
the liver at about the level Of the
ninth rib.
IN sleep
Qucstion-Worried Mother writes:
l"My boy never wants to eat vege-
tables. He always ~perspires very
freely when sleeping. What can I
do to make him eat more wholesome
foods and prevent this excessive per-
spring SO he can get strong"
Answer-Your boy is weak be-
cause he perspircs, but because he
is suffering from some toxemia in
his body. His life is really being
saved because he ~perspires and gets
rid Of some of these poisons during
sleep. The best way to get him to
cat green vegetables is to give him q
fast fo- q few days and when he
starts eating again give him only
the foods he should have and you
will find he will be hungry for any
thing. Follow closely the menus
which appear every Friday In this
column.
Temperature Rises
Question-H. K. asks: "Does q
rise in temperature of from one.
fifth to three-fifths of q degree
signify any bodily disease? This
rise comes sometimes in the morn
ing, but generally in the afternoon"
Answer-Such q slight rise in
temperature does not Indicate any
specific disease. Most people are
below normal in temperatufe during
the morning and come up to normal
in the afternoon. Normal tempera-
ture undoubtedly varies with diff.
ferent people.
Copyright, 1929, by The Bell
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
Talks
- Parents
THE CARE OF PETS
(Ry Alice hudson pealel

alice was eight years old a month
ago. and for her birthday I gave her
a puppy with the understanding that
she was to take cart of him herself.
But already I have to remind her
about feeding him.
Il suppose she is too young to have
a dog. But she seemed SO eager that
I thought she really would live up to
her promise. Perhaps I ought to give
him away now that she has failed to
keep up her end Of the bargain"
No eight-year-old child will re-
member faithfully to feed I'VE a we'll
loved pet every day, day after day.
Young children simply are not cap
able of that sort of thing and we
should not expect it of them. Even
high school boys and girls find 1t hard
to perform a task so steady and e
recurring.
Any child who loves his pet and
plays with it deserves to keep it ever
if a good share of the time he does
forget to feed him. When you give
your child a pet. make up your mind
that the job Of caring for 1t often will
fail To you.
You may remind your youngster to
feed his dog or to clean the rabbit
hutch. but there is nothing to be
gained by nagging him about it. Just
comfort yourself with the thought
that. being a child. he cannot help
being childishly irresponsible. Tell
Yourself that the fun your youngster
has is compensation for the extra
work that falls your way.
Remember that while it is good to
try to cultivate a sense Of responsible
ity in the young, you cannot do it all
at once.
To the child the value of having
pets is not in learning responsibility,
but in deriving from them a natural
pleasure.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
Our Yesterdays
FORTY "A AGO

FORTY YEARS AGO
J. E. Hull. formerly Of this city, but
now connected with the Livingston
.Mont.o Post, is visiting here with
friends.
John F. Baker of st. Louis, is Wis
iting his SON, Capt. /. p. Baker, en-
route from Montana to his home.
Major Powell. commanding officer
at Fort Lincoln, will act rs marshal
Of the day during the Fourth Of July
parade.
Alex Fromme left for Pittsburgh,
Pa. yesterday to be with his mother.
who has been i'll.
TWENTY-FIv YEARS AGO
Mrs. Amos Robidou accompanied by
her daughter went to Minneapolis to-
day. where Miss Robidou will enter
Q music school.
Miss Helen Eaton of Rochester.
MINI, Is the guest of Miss Edna VIM
chester.
Prof. w. E. Hoover, who has been
assisting with the summer school
here. has returned to his home in
Park River.
Mrs. F. r. Smyth entertained at a
luncheon in honor Of Miss Eaton and
Miss Winchester.
TEN YEARS AGO
A. p. Lenhart was elected Grand
Master OF the North Dakota grand
lodge Of Masons at the annual ses-
sion in Grand Forks.
Almond Thor Of near Wilton is here
for q. few days on a business mission.
G. L. Young went to jamestown to-
day to attend the commencement ex-
ercise Of jamestown college, Of which
he is one Of the trustees.
Mrs. E. A. Hughes returned yester.
day from q tour Of the eastern and
southern states.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
KING OF SPORTS

When q sport is 50 enhancing that it calls man away
from his sleep for the greater part Of the night, hypno-
tines him into making a long automobile drive, keeps
him going throughout the chill, sunless early morning
hours In mist covered. wind-blown swamps. lakes and
woods. and then sends him back to town. tired. sleepy.
wet. bedraggled. and yet able to do a days work despite
these sacrifices and labors, there must be something to
that sport that hasn't been fully fathomed.
Doesn't the title Of king Of American sports belong to
fishing rather than to baseball? The diamond game is.
to be sure. more organized and spectacular, but wouldn't
. national census show more flies cast than flies caught
in . season. While rabid. the baseball fan does not COM
pare with the true disciple Of Izaak Walton in his mania
for his beloved recreation.
Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover have brought new
prestige to the gentle art Of angling. and their patron
age Of the art has made them brothers to . large fra
ternty. While former President Coolidge was q fair
weather. vacation fisherman, his successor seems to be q
fiend for the sport. 1zaak Walton would have gloried In
. convert who discarded q luxurious yacht for rod and
reel and who prefers to spend his week-ends along Z
mountain stream rather than In the white house gardens
and drawing room.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
CITY PEOPLE SLEEP. TOO

The big city may be wild and wicked in the imagina-
ton Of those who live far from it. a place where the in
habitants spend their nights carousins and their morn
ings, sleeptng off ~hangovers. But in the records Of COM
panies providing electricity which keeps the bright lights
burning. these cities are just great big villages.
Charts Of these companies showing the hourly con-
sumption Of electricity ought to prove more than almost
any document having bearing on the subject. How doth
the great white way?"
We'll, what do they prove? They prove that the big
city. taking one day with another. begins to so to bed
around . o. 10 o'clock at night. They prove that by Il
o'clock most Of the town Is asleep. and that by 3 or 1
cclock hardly anybody Is awake. They prove that city
folk instead Of snoostng through the day are up by I
o'clock and It work BY 9. They prove that from IL TO /
o'clock b the lunch hour on Wall street g well Is on
Main street.
In short the light charts prove Whist any urbanite
already knows. And they might provide material for
study for those who are not city broke and who believe III
thsy hear shout the sinfulness Of the big city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25

It might not make much difference
If they change the names Of the
months and add one more, but how in
the world would we know when to eat
oysters?
=
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Lowman says dry agents are within
their rights II they shoot at the tires
of a suspected car. II you happen to
get hit. Of course. that's just a little
mistake.
Not all the laree-mouths are bass.
even if they do sound fishy.
Citizen Coolidge says he doesn't like
to write. However. he writes.
Once there was q young lady who
had q perfectly natural photograph
taken. Maybe there's something to
Aesop's Fables after all.
=
London dress relormers urge that
men discontinue wearing trousers.
That's placing quite : responsibility
on the fog.
Copyright. 1879. NEA Service. Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
ENMITY THAT WON'T HURT

President Hoover seems to have the odd notion that a
man must have some genuine legal and mental qualifi-
cations in order to be appointed to the federal judiciary.
The president has aroused the il-will of a number OF
party leaders recently because Of this notion OF his. They
have a way OF recommending party hacks for appoint
mcnt-men. often. who have no more business on the
bench than so many mechanics. Because President Hoo
YER mos their wishes. they are filling the air with
protests.
A man can generally be judged by the enemies he
makes. Using that measuring stick, the American people
will presently be giving President Hoover even more OF
their esteem and admiration than he already has. For
4 presidents We remember the longest and most fondly
are generally the ones who made enemies of the political
old lard.
Most of the big fortunes are In bonds. industry and
litigation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
SEASON OF

4 The 1evotuttonaEy shibooeth United ~ stand. d.
vt6ed - TN" bald true today. II = feared the nation
sould la1l even more completely than the "one-hoss
Gay- and Hd0se e Usher.
1no ~ maternal shian Is not 20 much political or
oeaDaDnieal - Iegsatonal and vocational. No civil war
1oe - IL hertson "a m ths light for states rights
eooonoA IL seeooion sage. Ths lack Of unity and
sHnmonoe = ncted = other phaaes = the national life.
~ 49, enspn = he - ltbs American people are :
aunnm 10t1S1 1otnoln ~. eWtnnains. baseball, motor
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
THE POWER OF BUSINESS

A French druggist who operates a little store in the
Algerian town of Bisfra. on the edge Of the Sahara
desert. is doing one OF the most effective bits Of mission
AIRY work in the world. according to the monthly maya
zine, The American Druggist.
The magazine explains tina: rather surprising state
men. in this way:
The druggists customers are almost without exception
deses. fclk-wandcring Arab tribcsmen. Moslcms to a
man. brought up III a society where ignorant priests try to
cure diseases by incantations and mystic rites.
These people. seeing the things that the drug stores
products will do. arc rapidly being wcaned away from
their superstition. They arc learning that modern medi-
cir can heal a sore throat better than the mumbo-
jumbo mutterings OF a sorcercr. and that a scorpions
bite is better treated with a scalpcl and disinfcctant than
with the wand incantations OF a direct descendant
Of Allaas prophet.
This druggist. accordingly, whose sole purpose III locat-
Ing in Biskra is to make money, is actually pushing back
the shadows Of darkness from an ancient section Of the
earth and helping nightly in the never-cnding war on
superstition.
Our moIern world is pretty we'll. commcrcialized: and
this commerciahzation is carrying everything before it.
Old superstitions. old customs, old ways of living and old
ways Of th~ought-all are falling. faster and faster. before
the advance Of the merchant and the manufacturer.
Iook at It from this angle:
American exporters arc laying vast plans for Guilt
waiting the Chinese market" as they put it. They know
that China Is. potentially. a very rich land that could
buy huge quantities OF goods. But before they can sell to
China. they must help China get on her feet.
So loans are being made available to China. Rail-
roads are being laid down. good roads are being built.
government officials arc being helped to provide better
housing conditions. farmers arc being shown how to ret
the most out of their land.
The business men who are doing these things don't Gaze
especially about the w~ell-bcing Of the Chinese. They
simply want a better market for their goods.
But the upshot will be that China will be a better place
70 live in. It will have less misery. less poverty. less stag
nation. In a few decades it will advance farther than
Il has in many centuries.
You could find similar trends all over tho earth The
lot Of the ordinary man is being made better. He is
being set free from ignorance. penury, superstition-no
because the world has suddenly grown kind hcartcd and
noble, but simply because business Is moving that way.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
NEEDS

Sapulpa, Okla.-Of all the humans
in this country that need pity, Guy
Martinez is probably one of the most
deserving. Guy is a Frenchman re-
Gently arrived in this oil town. His
love for his mother tongue has kept
him from eating as he should ever
since he's been here. The only Eng
lish he knows is the equivalent for
"ham and eggs" Consequently.
every meal that he eats is "ham an"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
SHOCKS SPEED SEED

London-A new methoa ol treat
ing seed introduced here employs
electricity. The seed are soaked in
water for about 90 minutes. They
are then placed on a zinc plate, sub
iected to a high frequency current,
and rolled with a grass roller. Test
plots planted yielded so per cent
higher than plots planted using or
binary fertilizer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
TAXI DID JOB WELL

Rochester. N. Y.-As the result OF
injuries suffered in 1 taxicab crash,
Howard Williams was awarded 1854
in Supreme Court here. Leaving o
party, 1t which he Was hit on the
ear with an axe, williams boarded
the cab and in the crash suffered
Commissions Of the ears, nose. chin,
shoulders. elbows. chest, arms, legs.
In addition he received two frac-
lures Of the jaw.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25

Or. MCCOY viii gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet, addressed 70 him. care q the
Tribune.
Enclose Q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25

The cheetah is regarded as the
fastest Of AL runners Tor any dis
lance up to about 200 yards.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25

The Roman mile was considerably
shorter than the American mile, being
about l,6c0 yards compared with 1.760
yards.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25

And here's a picture Of l5-year-old.
Mrs. Amy Hoffman of New York
and her tiny Caesarian : born twins.
The dyed-in-the-wool feminist will
look upon Amy with pity because her
life work. and a hard one, is mapped
out for her at SO young an age. The
mother of children will envy her for
her great happiness.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25

"zIR2zA!I;Y':, ,.,,
ALLENE SUMNER

It's a safe wager that more people
will be interested in the tale of two
little children who fell out of seventh
and fifth story apartment house win
dows in New York the other day and
will live. than in any other items i'll
the days news.
The majority of adults are par
ents. The majority Of parents have
the normal instructive concern for
their children. Also the instructive
fears. Hope given any of these fears
to the effect that little children can
fall that far and still live means
much.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Eve WinkS

Question:. Y. z. writes: MY
left lower eyelid seems to wink when
I look at anything about five or ten
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
y y y
MA WOULDN'T no IT

VIII WV ~
The father Of eight children. an
Ohio farmer. has been missing from
his home for several days. If it were
the mother of eight. no one would
cver dream of interpreting her alb
sence as perhaps a final putting into
execution of the long simmering feel
ing that the responsibility was too
great and she had to get out-couldn't
stand it any longer.
DESERVING fathers arc too common
to wonder at. DESERVING mothers arc
a rarity.
MAMMALS EXPLOITED
Here We have a picture Of Paul
Whitcman. jazz king. attired III
chefs apron. handing his mother a
sample of raw biscuit dough from
the pan of mixture he has made in
her kitchen Of his old home where
he is visiting.
It reminds us Of demands put upon
the mothers of illustrious sons these
days. How they + exploited for
those prevailing human interest
pics" Still. to be the mother Of an
illustrious son makes immune
from pity. It's the mi thing Tor
which most women live.
X
BLAME THE MAN
And here's q picture Of Eva Cofcr.
2l-year-old mountain lass. on trial for
beating to death II Lee Athlcy Of
Georgetown. Tenn. who Rugged her.
I have little doubt that she'll be &C.
quilted. We are still enough of an
| old fashioned world to believe that
the man is always to blame for OAR
ing to lay finger upon the fair person
OF a lass. and that she has been gross
ly insulted and abused by the hap
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
PITY OR ENVY

pening and can never hold up her
head in pride again.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25

Most of the big fortunes are In bonds. industry and
litigation.
The Washington times., 1929-07-17

An unusual tribute to the stamina
and ease of operation of Chrysler
cars was paid by Mrs. Vivian W.
Adams. wife of Major John Quincy
ADAMS. United States Marine Corps,
In I communication recently received
Nv the Chrysler Sales Corporation
IN which she vividly describes a
10 IlOO.unile trip in a Chrysler ~
coupe through southern Europe ac'
companied only by her frleno' Mrs'
Gertrude T. Baskin.
Started for Cadiz
Desiring to visit parts of southern
E.,rone unfreouented by the average
tourist. Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Bas-
Tin against the advice of friends,
left New York with a Chrysler coupe
which had already covered SO,OOo
miles with the intention OF driving
from Cadiz, Spain, to Turkey.
From the outset, the two women
found the roads scarcely fit for
motor car journey. They covered
the first 1900 miles from Madrid
over the Pyrenees, at time OF the
wear when the heat in the noun"
tains was terrific. Although the
car had to labor up roads Wnich
seemed hut goat trails, for hours
on end, at no time were they forced
10 stop because of the motor BE-
coming overheated.
throughout Spain they encount-
cred few motor cara and the natives
OF the villages and hamlets over
which they passed were amazed not
on1v by the fact that woman was
driving the automobile, but that
auy automobile could be built which
a woman could operate.
From Madrid the couple drove
through France to Paris, where
after a two months stay In which
thew improved their driving skill in
the crowded traffic of the French
metropolis, they set forth for Sofia,
in the Balkans. For 1859 miles
they drove their Chrysler over roads
belying description, but it was not
until they had covered a total OF
5000 miles from their start at
Cadiz, that they experienced their
first tire trouble. At that, the
trouble was not caused by road con-
ditions. but by gang Of rowdies in
a small village, who, enraged by
the French license on the car, cut
one OF the tires.
Through II Countries
Through II different countries
Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Baskin drove,
finding the roads little less
terrible than the price OF gasoline,
which cost $3.50 a gallon in some
places. Despite the road conditions,
however, no mechanical difficulties
were experienced, not even when
they approached the Bulgarian
frontier, which was entered through