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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08
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The only funny thing about it is
that somebody didn't think Of it be-
fore. But now there's a book the
month club for children. A select
group of child experts have been
gathered together who will sit IN
solemn session once q month. peruse,
examine and dissect all the chill
dren's literature published that
month, decide which will elevate and
entertain the little Johnnics and Su-
sizes Of the world the most, and 10, n
selected volume is wrapped M
packed and sent on its way rejoicing
to the child whose parents do u
right thing by it."
Full-page ads inform all the par
cnts Of the world something to the
effect that they have not done their
duty to the child merely by feeding
it spinach, keeping its nose wiped
and seeing that its stockings are
darned. They are warned that the
child's spiritual life. its whole fu-
turc, dependent upon the right start
it gets in childhood, is at stake.
* X X
THOSE lawful" TALES
We are reminded of the spiritual
ravages wrought upon "a little plas-
tic mind by such %''atrocious tales
as that of Little Red Riding Hood;
we are reminded Of nights Of cold ter
ror inflicted upon a child who re-
members those horrible tusks of the
wolf and the savage cry, the better
to eat you up!"
And the awful story Of Bluebeard,
and the bad moral involved IL Gin
derella. which really points no moral
at all because a young girl stayed out
late at night-why, she got a prince
by doing it and by deception and by
being rude and leaving the party in
a hurry. without telling her host I
had such a lovely timc'!"
So the only books permitted these
precious unborn flowers of maturity
will be volumes personally selected
with care and diligence by child cy-
perts," and brave indeed will be the
parent who dares overlook this "ad-
vantage" for its young.
When I was a child the very poor
family OH our street was scraping
the meat bones In order to get one
more stew out of them III order that
the children might have the decreed
child advantages" Of the day in the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08
NOT BASED ON ECONOMICS

It has been clearly indicated many times that the
people as q whole do not want the government to en-
gage IL business. nor do they wish to trust a govern
mental unit with the power OF fixing prices. There is a
quit. general impression that the government is already
too much in business an that government interference
with business has gone beyond reasonable limits in many
instances.
So the recent supreme court decision invalidating the
Tennessee law authorizing state officials to arbitrarily fix
the retail price Of gasoline upholds a principle well c-
tabnshed in the United States and more firmly estab-
fishes tn rights Of private business.
The decision should serve as a check on the activities
Of a lar-e group Of peop:. who are constantly seeking to
reg ate economic conditions by giving governmental
units the power to fix prices or otherwise regulate private
enterprise.
Ho 7ever, not even a decision by the nations highest
tribunal can so easily dispose Of the popular belief that
case inc prices are not always fair and equitable. a be-
lief which inspired the Tennessee law and made gov
eminent control Of the gasoline business seem inevitable.
Having n. information upon which to base judgment on
the fairness Of the profits Of the producers, the consumer
has not complained that the price is too high. but his
suspicious and indignation are aroused every time gas
prices rtsc with consumption. The layman knows enough
about thu law Of supply and demand to understand why
it should be cheaper to deliver q large quantity Of any
commodity than q small quantity. But the producers
would have the public believe that it costs them more
per gallon to produce and deliver gasoline when the
consumption Is greatest.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08
BEAUTY IN PRISON

Probably it is a good many years since men first began
making jokes about womans pride in her personal ap-
pearance. And. beyond doubt. such jokes-justificd or
not-will continue to be cracked for years to come.
The other day a 55-year-old woman pleaded guilty In
New York to a grand larceny charge and was sentenced
to spend from two and one-half to five years in prison.
She asked the judge for one favor; could her sentence be
postponed a week 50 that she could first get a permanent
wave?
The judge consented, and the woman went to get beau
titled before departing from the sight Of men.
Seldom has the power Of the human wish to look as
attractive as possible been more ~strikingly shown.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

If you have a small baby in your home, you will be in
terestcd In what DR.. Cheyalicr Jackson, Philadelphia
specialist. has to say about babies swallowing foreign
substances.
On. Jacksons clinic has extracted all kinds Of things
from the Threats Of chidren-safety pins. peanuts. toys,
candy. pennies, buttons and even jewelry. And here is
what he says:
Safety pins have killed more babies than firearms.
Intelligent care taken by the parents or nurses could re-
duce e~ffectuany the disheartenins number Of casualties
resulting from Judgment Of objects in the threats and
lungs OF children who have been permitted to put such
thing IL their mouths"
That bit OF advice ought to be pasted up in every home.
Il doesn't take much trouble to keep little THINGS out of
bahys reach-and . little carslessness In that matter
may cogt the childs sfe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08
BARBS

Perfume is now being concocted for
automobiles, cabbages and a lot of
other things. with the idea Of pro-
noting sales and ~neUtralizing dis
agreeable odors. 1t may smell like
heliotrope but bologna will still be
bologna.
y
Mussolini now holds eight of the
Is cabinet posts OF the Italian gov
eminent. Probably there arc days
when II Duce doesn't feel a bit like
himself.
* X 4
A Chicago couple were divorced af-
ter quarseling ove whether or not to
give the baby beer. Surely they
wouldn't give an infant anything
stronger!
II solne people wrapped themselves
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08
IS GLORY OUT OF DATE:

The Mexican revolution. launched with poinpous boni-
hast by florid generals in gay uniforms. is peteflng OUT III
= most dismal fashion. Looking quite unril'tary, such
~chieftains as can get away are Logging it for the border
leaving their hopes OF glory and fame to wilt under the
hot desert sun.
peaten from the start. the rcvolutionists now make
= sorry spectacle. They had such high hopes. and they
would have won SO much glory II they had oniy Deeh
luckier and ADLER. But they werent-and now, instead
Of glory, they are thinking chiefly about how to escape
Gales firing squads.
The dream OF glory Is a dangerous thing ior a man 70
harbor. 1t has led more than one citizen 70 dcath ana
destruction, although it has led others to success, fame
and riches. One is tempted to wonder, however II II
isn't a dream that is about done for.
This is becoming a prosaic age. Glory is becoming a
commodity that is hard to get. 1t may even be that " Is
. thing that has served its purpose and will be discarded
entirely.
Consider: there is no glory comparable to that OF the
military hero. All other forms OF fame pale before the
fame Of the man who has been a brilliant fighter. Yet
in a few more decades, 1t is quite probable that war Will
be abolished from the face Of the earth.
What will an ambitious man do for glory then?
To be sure. there are other ways of getting fame. Sci
ence, public affairs. aviation. industry. the arts-aA OF
these offer chances for high renown.
yet the glory a man can win in these fields Is dim in
comparison with the glory of the great soldier. Lindbergh,
to be sure. reached the highest Of peaks because Of his
flylng-0uC, IN a lew more years. dVldClOH may ~ .
stabilized that it viii offer no more chances for spectacu-
lar, daring exploits.
SO, il the soldier passes. except as a sort Of glorificd
policeman. the field will be pretty limited.
Probably we shall have to evolve a new idea OF glory.
In the past it has taken the crash Of battle and the
pomp Of military display to stir our sense Of apprecia-
ton. Perhaps, il war is done away with. we can reach 9
saner view of things. and can understand that killing his
fellow men, even for a noble cause, is not necessarily the
finest thing q man can do.
Then, it may be. we can gauge the value Of other kinds
Of service better, SO that we can see that the race owes
more to some Of its scientists. philosophers. poets and re-
formers than to all the generals that ever lived.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

way Of .'clocution" and dancing and
organ lessons.
Sometimes the mother literally had
no hat at all. but little Mamie was
on the elocution teachers recital pro-
gram and cid a pantomime on little
Willic's baptism saying all the words
with just letters of the alphabet.
X !. X
THE TIME WILL COME
It's no guess. but a safe wager, that
in another two or three decades, to-
days advantages" ultimated for the
offspring, and the sacrifices made in
order that they may have them, will
seem as inane and the sacrifice as
utterly wasted rs those which gave
hopelessly unmusical Willie his or
gan lessons.
This juvenile ook-of-the-month
club which thousands Of parents will
believe 1t their bounden duty to pay
for. because this is a day which ex-
coriates parents who do not strain
every nerve to pay for everything Of
fered their children by the willy com
mercial world, may have some very
tine clements.
Butt occurs to me that practi-
cally all u great men and women
tell III their own life stories, or it is re-
vealed in their biographies. that they
were left 70 browse III their fathers
ample Observation-Disclosures primarily
for the adult, and not the juvenile
mind.
Aside from a criticism of the av-
craee parents foolish insistencc on
procuring for its children everything
offered and said to be good and nee
cssary for juvenile life. is the mild
wonder if. after all. when Topsy is
just allowed to grow up, anyway
the results aren't about as good as
when too much science is applied.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

London. May 8.-Everyone probably
knows Of London's big Ben" the
clock whose chimes are broadcast all
over the world by radio. It has Just
celebrated its SEVENTEEN birthday, and
is practically as good as new. The
works are in perfect condition and the
only sign of a rundown condition is
its cracked bell. which developed at
the very beginning Of the clocks ca
reer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

in thought they would freeze to
death.
X i =
That ghost reported seen on an
English golf course probably was some
Scotchman looking for his ball.
\ +
Scarface AL Capone's dentist was
murdered. Police must consider, Of
course. that there are Eases Of justi-
fable homicide.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08
DEATH r SCHOOLS

The cyolon6e stosuD which have been sweeping the
ssounzy. taAing . Sreat ton In human life and destroying
reup<.ty. den01hhsd . frame schoolhouse in Virginia
Unen ~ p1pl1s md several teachers were In the build
- Iwslvs q the PUPILS and . teacher were killed and
memV eEhND vefe injured, same ~sss5ously.
Anout Y. ysar 80 : storm crushed smother frame
mn4eehcuDo ju1t : fev hnndred miles away with even
11e1tm - u ne Anong ~ pupils.
~ ths1 pll1n1Gip - 4 sturdisr construction the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08
Our Yesterdays
r YEARS AGO

FORTY YEARS AGO
Mrs. F. B. Morse has as her guest
Ore.
A. Y. Bayne Of the Minneapolis
contracting firm has closed a deal
with the county commissioners for
the construction Of three iron bridges
across Apple creek.
Attorney General Huston Of the
territorial militia is spending q week
here.
Governor and Mrs. Church and
family and Mrs. Cornelius left today
for Huron.
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
Brigadier General Jacob Kline has
been assigned to the staff of the gov
ernor of North Dakota in connection
with the national guard.
The L. Lamb Lumber company,
with yards at Bismarck and many
VoA1VA VVWAA0 OAA WIG WIl0SOOII 6IO0C
has sold its yards to the Union Lun,-
Der company of Minneapolis.
r. q. Nation, agency clerk at Fort
Berthold. has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Indian training school
at Fort Lapwai. Idaho.
Mrs. J. D. Mcdonald, has returned
from q visit with friends in Conova.
8. d.
TEN YEARS AGO
H. N. Menefee. Menoken, was q
business visitor In the city today.
Dr.. and Mrs. +. n. Smyth left yes
terday for Minneapolis where the doc
tor will attend q meeting Of the MIN
neapolis clinic.
Mrs. z. b. Ferguson returned yes
terday from Park River. where she
was the guest Of her sister, Mrs. John
Martyr.
Mrs. L. A. Whitney. Minneapolis
is spending the summer here with
her son. J. L. Whitney.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08
your thinking for you. Secure their
advice, yes, but decide for yourself.

Dr.. MCCOY win gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet, addressed to him. care Of the
Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

Attorney General Huston of the
territorial militia is spending q week
here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

Governor and Mrs. Church and
family and Mrs. Cornelius left today
for Huron.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

Mrs. z. B. Ferguson returned yes
terday from Park River. where she
was the guest Of her sister, Mrs. John
Martyr.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Brigadier General Jacob Kline has
been assigned to the staff of the gov
ernor Of North Dakota in connection
with the national guard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

Be self-reliant. and you will be
STRENGTHENED in all of your cndeavors.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

The L. Lamb Lumber company,
with yards at Bismarck and many
other towns on the Missouri slope
has sold its yards to the Union Lun,-
Der company of Minneapolis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

Mrs. J. D. Mcdonald, has returned
from q visit with friends in Conova,
8. d.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

F. q. Nation, agency clerk at Fort
Berthold. has been appointed superin-
tendent Of the Indian training school
at Fort Lapwai. Idaho.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

Mrs. L. A. Whitney. Minneapolis,
is spending the summer here with
her son. ]. L. Whitney.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

A. Y. Bayne of the Minneapolis
contracting firm has closed a deal
with the county commissioners for
the construction Of three iron bridges
across Apple creek.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

DR.. and Mrs. +. n. Smyth left yes
terday for Minneapolis where the doc
tor viii attend q meeting Of the MIN
neapolis clinic.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-08

Mrs. F. B. Morse has as her CUES
her sister, Mrs. Reed of Portland
Ore.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-02

Dimity. pique, bruadcioth. sifk
ind cotton mixtures. celancsc fab
RIGS and many more . bring
your clothes problem 10 our wash
goods Department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-02
NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK
PLANNED
Especial to The Herald.)

HARLINGEN. Texas. May p
National music week, May >. Wiz
be observed in Harlingen through
out the week. Observance on Sun
day will be marked by special music
in all OF the churches Of the city.
The program for the week is as fol-
lows.
Monday evening. music festival, at
the municipal auditorium at 8
o'clock. under the direction OF Mrs.
r.. Il. Crown. supervisor OF public
school music IN the public schools
Of Harrington. The program will be
presented by $50 glee club girls from
all Of the Valley towns. There Is
no admission charge and everyone
Is invited.
Tuesday evening a band concert
will be held at Travis park in front
OF the high school. directed by Joe
Lydey.
Fifth district OF Texas federation
OF Women's clubs in session at the
municipal auditorium May Z. 8 and
3.
Passion play at the municipal au-
ditorium May 10. IL. II and Is, with
matinees Saturday and Sunday. The
Saturday matinee Is to be given for
the children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-02

tain long-limbed. sliding-muscled air
of easy grace.
"A cat Is a refined animal-and yet
II can scratch.
Ditto General Dawes. He can
play the violin. discuss art and books
in the most delightful way. appear
as thoroughly dometsicated and
harmless as If he had never had
a destructive instinct in his life
and then. all at once-z-Z-z-Z-t-off
comes a long ribbon Of somebody's
Cuticle, and the place takes a dick
ems Of a while to heal.
The ex-vice president Is advertised
as a wonderful man for the United
States embassy in Britain because Of
his record Of diplomatic triumphs
in the pastor triumph. to be more
exact. On consideration. 1t is hard
TO recall more than one.
The Dawes plan is a matter
Of history. anyway.
That was the plan by which the
question Of German ~reparations was
settled temporarily at a mighty
critical juncture after the war. A
REIMBURSEMENT Of it Is IN progress
now. but the Dawes plan" certainly
did serve to stave off q serious sit
uation until ii seems likely q salts
factory permanent agreement will
soon be reached. in the calmer in
ternational atmosphere OF today.
Nobody can take away from the
Dawes plan the credit for having
avertcd a peck Of trouble az the
time u was devised.
True. II was owen ID. Young's
plan.
However. General Dawes was
chairman Of the commission on
which. as a member. MIR. Young
thought UP the scheme: so it was
called after the general and he got
all the parise for 1t. If that IS not
Skillful diplomacy. what Is?
The eX-vice president has another
qualification for the London en-
baSSy, too. which must not be over
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-02
Dawes' Pipe Qualities Him
For British Post, Says Stewart
Nv CHARLES n. STEWART
Central Press staff Writer

WASHINGTON. May 2.-Charles
c. Dawes has at least on qualifica-
ton for the post OF American am
bassador in London-his pipe.
Most British statesmen. like ether
Britons. smoke them-or cigarets.
The theory Is that the English
climate spoils cigars. 1t does make
tobacco mouldy. I doubt II it makes
cigars any mouldier than pipe to-
bacco or c~igarets. but the English
think 1t does.
Anyway. a pipe Is distinctly Brit
ish.
1t is particularly 50. smoked in a
plug hat, n cc2t with long tails.
pearl gray pants, spats and patent
leather shoes, in evening dress. Or
at court-in knee breeches and q
sword.
The ex-vice president smokes his
pipe like a true Briton-regardleSs
OF accessories.
The undressing Dawes model OF
pipe is not British. TO be sure. Still.
il Is a briar. England probably will
not cavil over the popularity OF its
pattern.
In principle. the Chicagoan recog-
nizes the pipes superiority TO all
other forms of smokes.
This Is bound TO make the Eng
lish like him. from the jump.
They may not say sc to a visiting
American. but they secretly regard
cigars moking as a species Of
"swank"-English for bluff CT
garet-smoking they do not think
about one way or the other. They
really welcome a pipe.
General Dawes physiognomy Is
suggestive OF a cats.
Perhaps the suggestion. IS mostly
in the generals chin. Without be-
ing a weak or a receding chin
a cats chin is not that-nevertheless
1t Is rather light.
The mouth shuts with a kind OF
tight-lipped Smugness which Is cat
like. too.
Even the generals figure has a
hint or the feline. He Is a taller
man than his pictures make him
look-not much. If any. under six
feet. He is slender and has a GER
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-02
new HOME FOR
STATES CLUBS
Circular Building zoo Feet
I'm Diameter Planned For
Valley Fair Grounds
Special to The Herald.)

Special to The Herald.)
HARLINGEN. May 2.-Construc-
ton Of one OF the most unusual
and s~erviceable buildings In the
Valley Is planned for the Valley
fair grounds here. the building to
be known as a Home States Club
building" according to j. a. Schunk,
officer OF the organization OF hume
states clubs.
The building Is to be q circular
affair. with a diameter OF zoo
feet. Its construction will be I'm
usual In a number Of respects. ms
IL will include the use Of cables,
making the building in many ways
resemble a huge circus tent In the
center will be the flag pole. or
main support pole
Cost win be approximately $4,000.
Ii Is estimated.
The present plan is to finance the
building through the home states
clubs. such as the Valley Oklahoma
club. which has 1000 members, the
Valley Kansas club. Nebraska club.
etc. There are 80 Of these clubs
in the Valley. with a combined
membership OF more than 10000.
The building will have an open
space in the center. and around
the sides will be the compartments
DR. rooms Of each club. Exhibits OF
The various clubs can be placed III
these compartments. including. for
instance. maps and pictures OF
their home states, photographs OF
governors and other public figures
there. etc.
The building will be in use dur
ing practically all the year. the
plan being for these clubs 70 hold
more fequent gatherings than NJ
present.
During the time the Valley Mid
Winter fair in in session. the CEN
ter OF the building will be used for
the automobile display. At nights
the automobiles viii be backed into
the various booths Of the different
clubs. and the center used for
dances or other such purposes.
Plans are also being considered
10 permit land companies bringing
parties from certain states TO take
their prospective Valley home own
ers through the building. SO they
can get in touch with the former
residents or their states.
ANY number of interesting fea-
lures can be combined with such a
building" John 4. Floore. manager
Of the Valley fair. said The home
states clubs probably will become
much more active. and dances. gen.
eral meetings and other features
can be held at the building here.
1t will also help materially TO build
the Valley fair. adding interest and
new entertainment
Efforts will be made TO get the
new structure started in time Ia
have 1t ready for the fair this fall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-02
WORK ON NEW PLANT
NEARLY COMPLETED
Especial to The HERALD J.

HARL1NGEN. MAY 2.-Construc-
ton work on the new ice plant Of
the Harrington Ice company. owned
by r. l.. Hill and j. b. Merton. Is
practically completed. and an OPEN
ing date will be set in the near
future. Mr.. Hill said.
"A formal public opening viii be
held, with arrangements for all Wis
itors to see the machinery and
equipment in operation.