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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-06

HOW TO PREPARE GREENS
All green vegetables should first be
put to soak in Z large pail Of water
to which = Tablespoonful Of salt has
been added. This will the sink-
ing to the bottom Of the grit and dust
and will also cause any small insects
to become loosened 20 that they Will
separate from the vegetables. At the
end Of the hour lift out the vege-
table. wash under running water,
throwing away all spelled Of tough
parts. Put to cook over . slow fire
with very little water In the bottom
Of the vessel and keep the cover on.
Cook until tender then remove the
lid and allow the water TO evaporate.
Serve and season with butter and .
small amount Of salt.
In using the vegetables raw. clean
them carefully - In the first part Of
tho recipe which ! have Just given.
Beet tops make fine greens. Select
the young tender beets with large
tops and crisp stems. Wash carefully
and chop the tops and stems into
small pieces. II you desire, the small
beets may also DO peeled and chopped
In with the leaves. Cook and serve
with butter. TuYnip tops may be pre-
pared In the same manner ~ beet
tops.
Greens and Potato Cakes. Some
green's such - spinach and lettuce or
spinach and beet tops may b cooked
together In one pan. Potatoes are
cooked In another. MaSh and season
the potatoes, mix the chopped greens
and the potatoes together. form into
cakes and brown in the oven.
Baked Green Loaf. Two cups Of
chopped spinach or other green's. one
cup Of Melba toast crumbs. one.half
cup Of chopped walnut meats, two
we'll beaten, eggs, one tablespoonful
Of melted butter. Form into 4 loaf,
adding . little milk II needed for
rnolding and bake thirty minutes.
Green Salad with Cottage Cheese.
Mix equal quantities Of lettuce with
ZONE other green's. such - spinach.
nastuytium leaves Or w~atercress. and
chop together. Dress With q little
olive oil, and arrange . mound Of cot
tage cheese On top.
PURGE Of Green Vegetables. Take
any green vegetable " mixture Of
them and cook until tender. then pass
through Z sieve Or colander. Chop
and mash the remainder. Combine
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Natalie was quick with an an.
swer. "You haven't heard what ]
have to say about Bernadine La
mont" she cried.
Alan sank back IN his chair. put
down the dessert fork he had taken
up again after answering Berna-
dimes telephone call. and assumed
. resigned attitude.
Lets have It." he said.
"All the women around here are
talking about her" Natalie began.
. bit subdued BY Alan's manner.
He nodded. what Of it,"
"Why. don't you sect" Natalie
fred back at him. "You can't have
anything to do with her. Oh. I know
it's business" she added hastily.
"You left tho door open and l
couldn't help hearing. But II you
accept her as = client everyone we
know will be against you. All the
women are wild about her having
bought . house here in Hillshire.
and -"
"What do ! care?" Alan broke In,
sitting up. and impatiently prepars
Ing to leave the table.
Natalie jumped to her feet.
you've got to care. You want new
clients, don't you? Isn't that one
reason why We came up here and
Joined the country club-so that
you could meet the right kind Of
people?"
"Don't be silly" Alan admonished
her. THAT was one reason. Of
course. But We like to live this
way. don't We: And let me tell
you, this houss wasn't built on
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other women admired him. Lately
she had openly snubbed one or two
Who were gushing compliments
about him.
She would. II she could. have
robbed him Of his good looks at
that moment. particularly his wavy
brown hair-that he hated-his
laughing brown eyes, and the ready
smile that won him friends 80 east.
y.
She was fierce in her Jealousy.
but she was still able to control 1t
Ito q degree. She did not ding
herself out Of her chair and bar the
door.
Instead. she sat quietly and bored
at him with eyes as effectively re.
monstrativs as words could have
been. It was Alan who acted.
He shattered the silence with an
uneasy, offhand laugh. Or. rather,
the beginning Of one. Natalie in.
terrupted.
6 A Ian. You aren't going!"
a She escaped being dramatic
only by the utmost control Of her
voice-the voice that could be a
silvery sweet as the notes Of Q rare
violin.
sNow. Natalie. for heavens sake.
don't begin that stuff" Alan re.
torted. more worried than he cared
to have her know.
"But Alan
"Please." he groaned. NJ know
what you're going to say. / know
It By heart The Lord knows I've
heard Il often enough"
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pronouncing a discourse in favor of
the abolition of the death penalty.
Most Of his activity was confined to
the Jacobin Club, a radical organiza-
ton, in which he ultimately became
the leader. Because of his position
there he set about making himself
the acknowledged leader also Of the
people Of Paris.
After he was elected the first dep
'uty from Paris in the new national
convention, Robespierre was instru-
mental in causing the execution of
King Louis. In 1893, he had executed
the chief members Of the Girondists,
opponents of the Jacobins, because
they were not in sympathy with his
plans for instruction. A period Of
terror followed and thousands Of per-
sons were sent to the guillotine.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chnlk1n~

Question: H. d. writes: ITO settle
IN arguments 1t possible to choke
to death on one drop Of water? In
what part Of the throat would II have
to be lodged to do this2 Can a ner.
son choke to death on q small fish
bone not quite onc inch in leneth?"
Answer: 1t would not be possible
to choke to death on a drop Of water.
IT might be possible to severely choke
on . small fish bone which had be.
come wedged crosswise.
Cream and Kidneys
Question: Mrs. r. r. asks: Evil;
you please advise il cream is bad 70,
the kdneys?"
Answer: Cream has no particular
effect upon the kidneys.
Ice Cream
question: Mrs. w. r. writes:
When ] eat ice cream red blotches
appear on my face. What Ia the
cause Of THAR"
Answer: 1t may be that you have a
s~enSitlveneSs against ice ream This
u generally caused by q condition Of
actdosis and can be corrected bv An
orange Juice fast for about a week
followed by = diet rich in alkaline
mineral elements.
Oarwin's Ear
question: M. ]. H. asks: Can YOU
tell me what is Darwiu,s ear. and
what does 1t signify?"
Answer: Darwin's ear simply means
That the ear has an etninence or point
on the outer part Of the top Of the
ear. 1t has no particular Significance
but Is supposed to be IN evolutionary
throw-back.
Copyright, 1890. by The Bell
Syndicate. Inc.)
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Editorial Comment
The Powerful Arms Lobby
(WaShington Starr

In the course of a series Of articles printed in the
New York World regarding the evil Of free armament
sale slaughter, attention Is given to the sources OF sup
ply. Manufacturers Of weapons take no pains to prevent
their products, pistols. machine guns and other terrible
lawbreakers. The laws themselves are lax In this respect
Some states have fairly effective weapon restrictions. but
these are nullified by the slackneSs Of adjacent states,
from which endless supplies are obtained. The District
of Columbia, according to the writer In the World. Is
one Of the readiest reservoirs Of criminal armament.
The following passage occurs In the latest chapter In
this chronicle Of crime:
The District Of Columbia Is another source
from which gunner draw much of their arms
supply. The national capital is without q law
of any kind to prevent the sale Of pistols or any
other weapon. Attempts have been made at
various times to obtain legislation to free WASH
ington from the indiscriminate sale OF arms. but
these attempts always have bees frustrated by
the powerful arms lobby. You may buy pistols
at any one Of twenty or more stores in Wash
ington, and nobody will ask you why You want
the pistol or what you are going to do with 1t.
Specific reference IS made I" the powerful arms
lobby" Would it not be well for the senate lobby invest
igating committee to turn the light Of its inquiry upon
this branch of law-preventing enterpriseP For many
years congress has been asked to enact q workable and
effective pistol restriction law for the District Of Colrul-
hia. Nothing has been done. Objections have been raised
mended by District commissioners. by police chiefs. by
citizens. On q few occasions bills have been approved
by committees only to die on the calendars. Elaborate
arguments. based upon a fallacious reading Of the con-
~stttuttonal injunction against denying the right OF the
people to bear arms, have been advanced. Somehow,
in some manner, by some method. some influence has
always managed to prevent legislation.
There are only two conceivable interests that are con-
cerned to prevent legislation laying restriction upon pistol
buying in the District of Coumbia-the arms makers and
the criminals. Hair splitting about constitutionauty Of
pistol limitation-whch is absurd-has never been be-
lieved to be sincere. Meanwhile washington has been 4
free market for deadly weapons, IN armory for the GRIM
iuals. local and metropolitan, and the crime record here
Is extensive in consequence.
Let there be light on this question of who is preventing
legislation to regulate the sale Of deadly weapons in the
District Of Columbia.
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Egypt, Gasoline and Locusts

Egypt is measuring one of the progresses made by the
world since ancient times by the way 1t is combating q
plague of locusts. It will be remembered that locusts
were one of the Affections visited on the land OF the
Nile in the days Of the exodus Of the ~1sraelites. Attic
ton, in fact, often came upon Egypt In this form. AS
unaccountable and uncomfortable as floods or tornado.
locusts could swoop down on q green countryside, turn it
to a barren waste and then vanish, leaving famine and
destruction behind.
We think of them as belonging to Biblical times. But
nature changes slowly. She still strikes with the locusts,
just as she still strikes with earthquakes and other
scourges. Five thousand years from now the people who
live in the Nile valley will probably find the situation
just the same.
One thing. though. is worth noticing. In ancient Egypt
the inhabitants could do nothing before the invading
locusts but beat their breasts in lamentation. Today
they are fighting back. with considerable ffect-an the
story of their fight helps one understand the real extent
Of a locust invasion.
Near a town called Ell Arish the Egyptians made their
most determined stand. They dug a trench a mills long
across the locusts' line Of advance. Presently a black
mass Of locusts seven miles long came across the plain.
The trench filled with them. Gasoline was poured in
and ignited, the charred bodies were thrown out and the
trench filled with living locusts again. to be st afire once
more. Flame throwers like those used in the World war
were called into service.
Finally the advance was repulsed. A bit of ground two
miles square was covered with dead locusts-black with
them. In places they lay four inches deep.
Thus, while the plague is the same now as it was in
the days Of the pharaohs, mankinds method Of replying
to it has improved iu,measurably. And 1t is just as well
that this is so. There is something about one Of these
tremendous o~nslaughts Of millions upon millions of in
sects that Is extremely disquieting.
There have been scientists who have wondered whether
men or insects would ultimately inherit the earth. Men
have brains and weapons to fight with, but the insect
world has a fecundity that can triumph over almost any
sort Of opposition. Trying to obliterate q tribe Of insects
Is like trying to behead the Hydra.
However. mans chances in this war are a trifle better
than they used to be. The mosquito, for instance. has
been completely routed at Panama. And now Egypt
seems to be finding how to deal with the locusts. The
stricken peasants Of Moses day had no flame throwers
o. gasoline-soaked trenches to combat their invaders.
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CILENCE ~ tense ~ Z bowstring
hung over the dinnsr table Of
the Converse home. Alan Converse
and his wife. Natalie. listened to II
with taut nerves and atraining emo.
tlons.t
Between them the table gave tee.
timony to tho material prosperity
Of their life. Il bore I cloth Of such
rich damask that the delicate rose
colored pattern seemed embossed
upon It. The dessert service. cor.
. rectly placed BY an attractivsiy uni.
formed maid. was Of pure sparkling
crystal. A trailing vine e~enterpiece.
with 4 few pink blooms. formed an
exquisite decoration.
These things Natalie Converse
had collected with delight. But the
table might now have been q pine
board and the dishes Of tin. for oil
the admiration they excited In her
mind.
Her one thought was that Berna.
dine Lamont had telephoned to
Alan. Bernadine lamont
Just that afternoon her nearest
friend In tho smart Wsstchester
suburb. where she and Alan had
built their home when his broker.
age business prospered sufficiently.
had telAphoaed her to talk about
Bernadlne Lamont. "That Lamont
woman" Gladys Wynns had called
her.
How had she got in? The ques.
ton was still raging In the neigh.
borhood. Through q dummy pur.
chaser. people said. Well. It was
someone's carelessness that had
permitted . notorious character to
settle down In q ane English manor
house. among respectable homes.
the wives declared, and there'd be
= lot Of voting 1t the next public
meeting Of the community ad-
mipistration committee.
OF Bernadin1's presence amoug
them. Natalie Converse had said
less than the other women-hut she
had thought more.
Bsrnadins was beautiful; allur.
inyly. dangerously beautiful No
one could help knowing this. Ber.
madness highly paid press agent
saw to Il that her light was never
hidden On an inner page. All could
read Of her conQussts, her quarts Of
pearls. her amazing diamonds
OFTEN Natalie had looked at
" Alan. and wondered where his
lavish generosity would lead him
should It ever be centered upon %.
other woman. A beautiful woman,
like Besnadine Lamont 4 greedy
woman.
She had no idea that Alan knew
The Lamont" It, seemed incred.
1ble. Alan was only q beginning.
te.bewealthy broker. Surely Der.
nadine would want someone higher
on the ladder Of success. But,
hadn't she heard . story some
where about some notorious woman
who had stopped to bring about the
financial ruin Of . young bank
clerkf A boy who couldn't have
given her. at the most, more than
enough money to buy perfume for
her pet Pekingese?
But the boy was handsome, she
remembered. Alan. too very
handsome. She had resented his
good looks on several occasions,
Now she stared at him, and her r.
sentiment grew with the fre that
famed under her cool exterior.
Since their marriage, three years
ago. she had come to scoR at the
memory Of the Joy she had found in
being engaged to . man who was
the envy Of Ill her girl friends. i
had erased to please her when
n
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Today Is the
Anniversary of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HIRTH

1SV0N01 1ES1O1V0 y 011V4H1
On May 6, 1853, Maximilien Robe
sphere, a leader Of the French Revo-
luton, was born at ArraS.
After gaining distinction as q law
yer, Robespiefre was appointed 3
criminal judge. He resigned shortly
afterward rather than pronounce q
death penalty. From law he turned
to politics and at the age Of 81 en-
tered the States General, q governing
body composed. Of members elected by
the nobility, clergy and commons.
Always adopting the radical view,
R~obespiefre gained prominence by
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Quotations

hLove is an ocean of emotion, en-
tirely surrounded by expenses Lord
Thomas Robert Dewar.
1T is knowledge alone that makes
us men instead Of lizards."-Albert
Payson Terhune.
X \ \
I'm dealing with Englishmen you
can be sure Of one thing only-that
the logical solution will not be adopt
ed."-Dean william Ralph lingo.
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catching them and otherwise doing what playful small
boys might be expected to do with. nice. shiny little
sticks.
Then a man came along and examined the sticks. He
gulped. then called q policeman.
The boys had been playing with dynamite sticks,
cached under a bush by thieves who had stolen them q
few days before from a construction job!
How they managed to fling that dynamite around
without getting blown to bits is something that their
respective guardian angels will have to explain.
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Small Bows and DYNAMITE

The author Of tom Browns School Days. asserts that
There is a special providence that looks after small boys;
and sometimes. when you see what some youngsters do,
you are almost forced to believe it.
A few days ago half a dozen small boys were playing in
Central Park, In New York. They found some two dozen
cylindrical. vanished little sticks, with gay printing on
their sides. These sticks made excellent playthings. The
boys amused themselves for several minutes with them,
tAxnvinz them around, tossing them up In the air and
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Rewarding Is Complicated Job

Rewarding Is Complicated Job
This business Of handing out rewards and penalties
seems, sometimes, to be just a bit too complicated for us
~benighted mortals to deal with properly.
Some of the things that happened in the Ohio peni-
Tertiary fire make a good case in point.
There was, for instance, the guard who had the only
key to cells in the top tier of the burning cell block.
He refused to unlock the cells until 1t was too late. If
he had let the prisoners out promptly, when the alarm
of fire first reached him, scores Of lives would have been
saved.
Our tendency is to blame him severely. But consider
his position a minute.
There he was, responsible for some scores of %convicts.
Prison riots in various parts of the country have been
numerous lately. His cell block begins to fill with smoke
and the convicts demand that they be released. What
is he to do?
For all he knows, there may be much smoke and little
fire-a smudge, set by the prisoners to force him to open
their cells. 1t must have seemed to him there was at
least an even chance that the whole business was just
a cleverly devised attempt at a wholesale jail delivery.
If his suspicion had been correct, and he had opened
the doors, would he not have come in for severe con-
demnation?
It isn't quite as easy to pass judgment on that man as
it looks on the surface. He was put in a tough position.
He made a mistake-but how many of us would have
done better, in his place?
Then there is a certain notorious bank robber. q prs-
oner in that penitentary, who shone as . hero on the
night of the fire. At great risk to himself, he went to
the burning cell block and carried out seven ~convicts.
He saved seven lives, in other words, because he was
brave enough not to care about his own.
This man has served enough time SO that he is tech
nically eligible for a parole. And ones first impulse, on
reading of what he did, is to say that he should be given
one, at once. as a reward for his daring.
Surely, If a man can earn his right to freedom this
man has done so. But there is another side of 1t. He
is an old offender-the kind of man we call q hardened
criminal" If he were freed, the chances are that some
bank would be held up within a month. He deserves
his freedom, perhaps; but can the state, in simple Justice.
give it to him?
And there you are. Deciding what is justice for our
fellow mortals is q pretty complicated Job. Sitting in
judgment isn't as easy as 1t looks.
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The Old Soldiers Pass on

IN 1920, the u. 8. census takers found 1851 war vcter-
ans occupying the Illinois Soldiers Home at Quincy, Ill
A few days ago the 1880 enumerators finished their
count. They found Just osl Of the veterans left. and
they are dying at the rate of 10 a month.
The survivors Of the war between the states are grow
ing fewer and fewer, as that dreadful conflict recedes
farther and farther into history. BY 1910, it is prob
able that few Soldiers Homes will house any Of them.
It is hard to see them go. Their valor, their unques-
tioning patriotism, have been a leaven in the life OF the
nation for decades, north and south alike. We are los
ing something Of great value in their departure.
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Looking Facts in the Face

The long7looked-for business revival may not begin
properly until fall. according to the Business Conditions
Weekly issued by the Alexander Hamilton Institute. Con-
ditions are gradually improving, and. as the Weekly re-
marks, "a foundation is being laid for a sound business
recovery: but the whole thing may take longer than We
have supposed.
All Of this, of course, does not mean that we should
give way to pessimism and grow dour and hopeless as
we look to the future. It does, however, suggest that
we may have been a little too optimistic for our own
good. The problems that Cypress American business can
be solved, but they can only be solved II they are fully
recognized and carefully studied. A mere parrotius Of
hopeful phrases is not going to help US q bit.
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Dr.. Mccoy win eladly answer
personal questions ca health and
diet addressed 70 1eaa. care q
The Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope fer reply.
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Where Wives Have to Obey

V1IC1O VIVID 44WVO ~ WY
TO realize how thoroughly American women have won
their freedom from the binding customs and laws of the
past you have only to read what happened in Paris re-
Gently.
Nelson Morris, Chicago packing magnate, was married
to one Jane Aubert. He had a divorce action pending
against her; while it was pending, she got an engage
ment as q dancer on the stage of the Palace theater.
Morris promptly filed suit against the theater.
The other day the court handed down q decision in
his favor. The theater was ordered to pay him $4,000
francs damages, on the ground that it could not legally
employ his wife when he had forbidden her to appear
on the stage.
In France, evidently, the wife is legally bound to obey
her husband. While in America
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An Illinois man, q news item saws.
has carved himself q set Of teeth from
= hickory plank. OF course his bark
Is worse than his bite.
And 50 long Is he has q place "a
sleep he'll always have room and
board.
A gardener is reported to have
crossed asparagus with cabbage. Ap-
parently tho cabbage figures to Be
ahead on the market by taking . tip.
Professor Irving Fisher, Yale &c.,
noxnist. says . dollar will buy more
now than 1t any time in the past Il
years. Only we don't seem to make
much OF an impression with this fact
in the stores.
It, as a psychologist says, character
- indicated BY the ears. q donkey
must have . wonderful personality.
Copyright. 1880, NEA 6eryiee, Inc.)
The South American llama, when
angry. splits upon the persou aunoy-
Ing him and. Ike our domestic ana.
mails, can deliver q mean kick BE-
sides.
tbs South See Ixlanders used red
feathers - currency. and the Ttians
used whales teeth.
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Finally, q conspiracy was organized
against "the tyrant," as Robespierre
vas later called, and he was executed
in July, 1894.
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Camouflaged
P~hiladelphia INQUIRE

Someone says the best Scotch Jokes come from Scot
land. and that is probably 81. Some Of the worst ones
come from creosote and denatured alcohol.